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C H A P T E R IX .— (Continue!.)
“ Oh, what does that mean? That’»
ftp second time you’re said somefhing like
that. It ’a cruelty ii it doesn’t mean------”
“ It doe» mean something. It mean*
that while I ’ll never forgive you for what
you did yesterday, yet I'll— wait— until
the war is over— for you. So you must
not get killed, you see.”
“ I won’t,” he answered fervently, “ with
you in view. I ’ll----- ”
“ Sail h o!" Shouted one of the lookouts
forward.
“There’s a steamer bearing
down on us from the nor’ard. sir.”
“ Now, we’ll have trouble,’’ said th*
Captain to tbe fair companion blushing
at his aide. “ I have observed that trou
ble always comes just when you don’t
want it. Especially in love affairs and on
ship».”
“ Have you had experienceT” she ques
tioned archly.
“ Only this one,” then he perforce turn
ed away. “ Mr. Brown !” he called.
“ Sir f answered the young midship-
' “ W e ll bold on jnst as we are. I f they
hail us, I will do tbe talking.’’
“ What do you intend to do?” asked
Miss Ellen.
“ I think yonder vessel is a Confed
erate gunboat patrolling the sound. W e
have learned that there are a number
a t Hat terns Inlet. I believe tbe govern
ment intends to— but there, you're on the
other side.”
“ I f you are correct,” said the girl, “ you
will be captured.”
“ No, I think not.”
“ You will fight r
“ Can't, with no guns mounted.”
“ I see. But you can run away.”
“ That would excite suspicion. Perhaps
I can delude them. They must know the
Greyhound is expected and— but I think
I shall bare to ask you to go below.”
“ But I don’t wish to,” she answered
promptly.
“ I didn't suppose you would. In fact,
I waa sore you wouldn't. But, you see,
while Pm endeavoring to deceive the Cap
tain of that other vessel if it should be a
Confederate gunboat, and from tbe way
■he's bearing down on us I ’m sure o f it,
it would be very easy for you to betray
me by declaring the truth.”
“ Would you do that were the case re
versed ?”
“ Yea.” be answered gravely, “ It would
be my duty.”
“ Duty !” Aie pouted.
“ I hate that
“ So do I, sometimes. Just at present
1 know one case where a duty would be
altogether charming.”
“ What ia that?”
“ The duty of marrying yon.”
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BRADY—
“ Do you think marrying you would be
nonsense? Now, I think that would be
a very serious business.”
•
“ Captain Smith, will you ever be seri
ous aud attend to your own business?”
“ Not until you finally reject me.”
“ I shall do so at once. How do yon
feel now?”
“ I feel as if I didn't believe you. How
ever, this is beside tbe question. I »halt
have to beg you to go below.”
“ And If I re fu s e r
“ There’s the bos’n’i mate,” with a wave
• f bis hand.
“ Odious man!”
“ Which man?"'
"Both o f you."
“ There's one thing I ’ll grant you,” he
■aid. laughing at her reply. “ I f you will
give me your word of honor that you will
not say a single word which will give them
the slightest inkling o f tbe truth, you
may stay on deck."
“ I promise,” she answered thoughtlessly
enough.
“ You give me your word o f honor?”
“ Yes."
“ I trust that as far sa I would that of
any man I ever knew.”
He spoke heartily, yet there was du
plicity in bis proposition. He realised
that the sight of Ellen Jones, who was
probably well known to the officers of
tbe gunboat, standing by his side would
do more to confirm the impression he de
sired to convey, that the Greyhound was
still in the possession of her original crew,
than any other incident. “ Men,” we are
told by competent authority, “ were de
ceivers ever,” and Smith waa no excep
tion to the rule.
C H A P T E R X.
During tfaia little conversation the Con
federate war steamer, converted from ooe
of tbe sound passenger steamers by
mounting a heavy gun on the forecastle,
had been rapidly overhauling the Grey
hound. which, in accordance with her
Captain's policy, made no effort to es
cape. The blockade-runner undoubtedly
had the heels of the gunboat, but It was
not Smith’s desire to ran sway. As he
had said, to do that would certainly ghre
alarm, and as the success of bis under
taking depended entirely upon a sur
prise, it waa imperatively necessary for
him not to awaken any suspicion as to
the changed condition o f the Greyhound.
Consequently when the gunboat fired a
•hot across the bows of tbe blockade-run
ner Smith promptly stopped bis ahip. The
gunboat rounded to a Short distance from
the starboard quarter o f the Greyhound
and an officer standing forward of the
pilot house, bailed:
“ What Ship ia that?”
“ The blockade-runner Greyhound from
New Providence,” replied Smith calmly.
“ What ship Is that?”
“ The Confederate gunboat Pamlico.
Captaia Coley. W e’ve beta e x p «tin *
yen,” continued tbe Confederate. “ Have
yon got the gnus for the Ellen aboard?”
” 1 have,' answered Smith mendaciously.
They were at present skfely stowed be
low in the hold o f the St. Lawrence.
However, that didn't matter.
“ Good r raid Captain Coley, “ the pri
vateer is all ready except mounting the
All Hchto
| fact that she waa the only da ugh tar of
a soldier of position, a widower fot many
years— she found a novel experience in
being mastered by someone else. The
novelty of such things usually w ea n off
quits rapidly, and i f tbe endeavor ia
talned for any length of thne, a revolt is
sure to ensue. In thia instance, however,
the whole affair was so recent, so new,
that in her secret heart she really en
joyed It.
Towards aunaet the Greyhound crossed
tbe mouth o f the Neuse river and ran for
the open tug of Jones’ Inlet, which she
• i.ached about half after five in the a f
ternoon. A t her lover’s suggestion Mias
Aarrtewttsral C ollvses
Ellen bad gone below to the cabin to
Agricultural colleges generally bad
prepare for her journey. So soon as the their beginnings In the bill Introduced
ship stopped he went below to bid her by Senator M orrill o f Vermont In 1*52,
good-by. She was Just ranting out o f ber
which some time later waa enacted Into
stateroom when he entered. Behind her
law, providing that lands be get aside
was Chloe. H e motioned to the black
woman, who feared him Hke death, to by the government as they had been
leave tbe cabin. Ellen made an Invol for the construction o f the Pacific rail
untary effort to detain her maid, but roads, from the proceeds o f the »ale
there waa no stopping Chios with the of which schools should be established
Captain’» glance fixed upon her, and Miss Tor agricultural Instruction. It 1» in
Ellen was really glad to see her go.
teresting to note, says n a rp er’a Week
“ Mias Ellen,” said Captain
Smith ly, that In this same year, when most
gravely, “ the boat ia ready tor you. I
o f the white men folk were aw ay on
shall have to say good-by,”
“ I don’t want to go ashore,” she said southern battlefields, the Sloax Indians
quietly. “ I would rather stay with you o f the state o f Minnesota uproee and
massacred some 800 o f the fron tier
on the ship.”
“ I can’t allow that," returned the young settler» and In tbe white man’s repri
Captain.
“ I can’t tell vyhat desperate sal thirty-eight o f the lea d en were
work there may be before us. I can’t hanged on a single scaffold In the town
imperil your Ufe. No, not on any ac o f Mankato. So It may readily be be
count.”
lieved farm ing at that time had not
"B ut I ------”
been reduced to a pedagogic form, and
“ It ia useless to argue, Ellen, darling.”
be said firmly, mid again her heart re little waa done In any o f the states
sponded to the caress in hia voice and for years except to provide a few lec
words. “ I f anything should happen to tures on bucolic subjects, fo r the pur
yon on this boat. It would kill me. Ton pose o f hanging on to the appropria
must go ashore before the battle begins.” tion. When a t last President F a tw ell
There was a finality In bis voles that organised a real course o f Instruction,
silenced her.
according to the lights o f the time, It
“ I had hoped,” she continued, “ that in waa Impossible to secure any student
some way I might succeed in winning
to pursue It, even by dint o f bribery,
you <n thia adventure. I bad dreama of
which the worthy Instructors Industri
forcing your father’» consent to our mar
riage. of bribing you to accept me by— ously tried.
Book farm ing was scouted and ridi
but I have put that away. You know
that I love you, that I have always loved culed by every old-fashioned or “ prac
you since I first saw you. I can hardly tical" farmer, as It is In the “ w ay
expect to win your father’» content, but back” districts In many statea even to
you are of age, I believe, and I put my this day. I f a boy wanted to be a law
hope ir you. I f in a fair, square, manly yer or a doctor, o r even a parson,
way I can win you, with or without your
there was some excuse fo r his wasting
father’» permission, I shall be very happy
time In studying books, but T a m in ’ ”
and grateful. I f I cannot” — he amiled1
bravbly but sadly— “ I shall die a bar*- was “ fa m in ’ ” and it wasn't to be
learned In school. T im et have changed
“ You needn’t do that," said th* girl since then. Th e teachers themselves
have learned something. Many secrets
softly.
“ You mean------"
have been Unlocked regarding the chem
“ Oh. I don’t know what I mean r She istry o f
aolls aa determining their
protested as he caught her in hia arms.
treatment and the crops they w ill grow,
Indeed, it waa not necessary for her
the scientific crossing o f breeds o f
to explain. A fter a faint resistance she
plants, as well as animals, the Im
coffered him to kiss her upon the lips, and
after a little pause she returned his cares». provement o f seeds by the selection
A fter a longer pause, filled In the usual o f exem plary single heads from a plot
happy way, they found time for artkn- where each straw ia numbered, over a
period o f ten or a dozen years. One
late speech.
“ You are so masterful.” she said. " I such process as this added 12 1-2 per
hardly know why I obey you.”
cent to the bard dollars In the pockets
“ Don't you love me?”
o f the fa rm er» who planted one such
variety produced In the Minnesota sta
1
“ 1 shall never constrain you again
tion.
Spraying w ith mysterious col
swear i t ! ” said Captain Smith solemnly.
lege connections eliminated the Insects
“ Oh, Ellen, dearest, darling, beautiful.
Ellen, if I am the flattest failure In this ffcpm the orchards and doubled the
enterprise. I shall have cause tp bless it, value o f apples In the fru it m arket
count it the happiest time of my life, for
S elea tM e P e rm la p .
I have won yon for my promised w i f e -
Husbandmen are looking more fa vor
poor. plain, unknown sailor that I am !”
“ Hush!
Yon must not say that, I ably upon scientific agriculture as they
won’ t have yon disparage yourself. You come to understand that the system
are the noblest, the bravest man I ever means farm ing according to tbe latest
saw I” she insisted vehemently.
discoveries o f tbe laws o f plant and
“ But not the handsomest!” he laughed animal life. Farmers used to regard
like a boy.
scientific farm ing laws o f agriculture
Well, may be not that but you are
jnst the A ind of a man I like to look at.” I ” E m u la te d by some agricultural ed-
X admitted
a d ^ tted with
with a
Who * a d no practical knowledge
she
a glance
glance of auch devo
tkm as aet him in tbe seventh heaven of o f. husbandry.
Science means classified knowledge
delight.
“ Yon can give me no greater proof of on any subject, arranged fo r easy ref
your overwhelming affection than that,” erence o f tbe cause which
produces
chuckled Smith, «baking bis red head joy certain effects. Science preserves the
fully with an air o f great satisfaction.
facts connected with every department
There was s tap at the door.
o f knowledge, so classified that the stn-
“ Beg pardon, air,” «aid Mr. Robinson
lent can obtain an understanding o f
discreetly, “ but tbe tide is drifting the
istronomy,
medicine, chemistry, geol
ship toward« tbe «hore and------”
“ A ll right,” returned Captain Smith, ogy, biology, entomology and bacteriol
“ we’ll be on deck in a moment. Is the ogy. W ithout science the knowledge o f
tbe ages would be lost and man would
boat ready?”
tic nnable to make progress.
“ Yes, sir.”
(T s be continued.'
A ll industries are operated fo r tbe
w elfare and maintenance o f man and
Tea » « » * » 1 1 » * .
no profession is so allied to mankind
Wlmbleton— Hello, Sim pleton! How
as agriculture. I t is the oldest science
dkl yon enjoy yonr visit to the Insane
end the discoveries o f the laws o f ani
asylum the other day?
mal and plant life systematically clas
Simpleton— Oh, so, so.
It was all
sified are scientific agriculture. T b e
right enough, I guess.
Importance o f Improved farm manage
W lmbleton— W ell, yon don’t talk ns
ment has Interested alike the national
though you were much Impressed with
and State governments.
Agricultural
i t D id you give the superintendent my
colleges and experiment stations are
•note o f introduction?
established In all the «States to tsacb
Simpleton— Yes, I gave it to him.
tbe science o f farming.
Wlmbleton— W ell, what did he say?
Husbandmen no longer look askance
Simpleton— Oh. he Just looked at me
upon
scientific
agriculture.
Every
and said: “ Make you rself at home.” — where tbe farm er la confronted with
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new developments In the art o f his
profession worked out st experiment
A a E x p h ia a t lo « .
“ H ow long has this restiurant been1 stations.
H ow to Improve the yield
o f grain and grass per sere, how to
open?” asked the would-be diner.
‘T w o years,” said the proprietor.
successfully combat the enemies o f
“ I am sorry I did not know It,” said plant and animal life are too closely
the guest. “ I should be better o ff If I allied with successful agriculture to
be Ignored by the farmer.
had come here then.”
“ Y e s Y ’ smiled the proprietor, very
Knowedge is Illim ita b le
W e drink
at Its fountain, which Is Inexhaustible
much pleased. “ H ow Is that?”
“ I should probably have been served T b e greatest pleasure o f life ts the ac
knowledge.
I t Is like
by this tim e i f I had,” said the guest, quisition o f
and the entente cordlale vanished.— seeking the fountain o f perennial youth
— there Is Joy In the expectation o f
H arper’s Weekly.
flndlnr i t
So with tbe farm er, new
A a H o a e s t W a lt e r .
dipcuvaries are being made annually In
“ I think I ’ll try an omelet, this morn
the principles o f agriculture which are
ing. James,” an Id the customer.
a pleasure end profit to know, and tbe
"Yes, sir,” replied the w a ite r ; “ what ■ucceeeful
husbandman
la always
kind o f an omelet would yon wish, air Y* Seeking scientific knowledge in hie vo
“ Oh, a fresh egg omelet, James."
cation.— Goodall’s Farmer.
“ I ’m very sorry, sir, bat I don’t
think freah egg omelets are on tbe bill,
Wetee hr » W o rk in g Farm er.
this morning.” — Yonkers Statesman.
T o make ■ aucceee o f farm ing avoid
k "Yea, just where she was.”
“Good I*
“ You seem rather high in the water,”
said the Confederate captain.
"M y cargo’s a light one. medical stores
and so on. bulky but doesn't weigh very
much," answered Captain Smith readily.
“ I see. Is that Miss Jones on board of
you?”
“ It la,” replied Captain Smith, coolly
stepping aside so as to bring Mist Ellen
into full view.
Now that the two ships had met. Miss
Ellen regretted, first, that she bad stopped
on deck at all, and. second, that she had
pledged her word not to betray tbe state
of affairs on tbe Greyhound. She loved
her lover, but she also loved her father.
While ehe was not rampant for the South,
she was sufficiently attached to her native
State. Foreseeing, so soon as the con
versation began, that She would probably
be recognised, she had kept behind Cap
tain Smith and so partially out o f sight
of Captain Coley.
“ How unkind o f you !” she said re
proachfully to her lover when he Stepped
aside, bringing her into full view.
“ I had to do it, dearest; I am so sorry,"
he replied softly, and ah* thrilled at the
endearing name and forgave him on the
spot. “ I f I had shown tbe least hesita
tion, I might have awakened his suspi
cion and----- ”
“ Good morning. Miss Jones,” cried Cap
tain Coley, flourishing his hat, ” 1 hope
you are well?”
“ Quite well, thank you. Captain.”
“ Did you have a pleasant voyage?”
“ Rather exciting towards the last.”
“ How’s that?”
“ Well, we were chased by some Yankee
cruisers.”
“ Remember your promise!” said Cap
tain Smith quickly, in a low tone.
“ You need not remind me. I always
keep my word," she returned.
“ I am glad you escaped from them,”
continued Captain Coley; “ your capture
would have been a terrible loss indeed.”
“ Yes. wouldn’ t It?" said Smith heartily.
It was a near thing, though. I f the
Greyhound had not been a swift goer we
would not be here,” which was true
enough, by the way.
“ Well, it’s all right so long as you got
away,” said Captain Coley lightly. “ I
won't detain you. Captain----- ”
“ Evers. Captain John Evers, at your
service,” said Mr. Smith promptly.
His name is Georg«,” put in Miss
Ellen maliciously, not loud enough for
Captain Coley to hear her, of course.
Miss Jones, pray give my remem
brances to your father. Tell him we are
ecgerly awaking for the privateer to get
to sea. 8he’lt make tbe Yankees jump.
I'U warrant!” continued the Confederate
officer.
“ I hope so !" said Miss Ellen fervently.
It was the only time she had felt at
liberty to express her real opinions freely
and without restraint.
Good-by,” said Captain Coley, bowing
again. “ Go ahead. Captain Evers.”
With that the wheel o f the gunboat
was put up, she swung around under the
stem o f the Greyhound and went off np
tbe sound again. Captain Smith was in
no hurry to get away. He waited until
the Pamlico fairly crossed the stem of
his ship, so that her commander could
see the word Greyhound printed thereon
in large letters and thus receive another
evidence of identity, if he needed one.
“ It was fortunate for us,” he remarked
at last, “ that Captain Evers was a stran
ger in these waters. Otherwise this cruise
would have ended right here. I ’ m afraid.”
“ How did you know that Captain Evers
was a stranger here, sir?” asked Midship
man Brown, who had drawn near.
“ From the fact that he had to have a
chart to the inlet, for ooe thing, and be
cause be told me so, for another,” an
swered Captain Smith, laughing.
“ A » for me,” said Mias Ellen, “ I feel
like a traitor.”
“ I do not see why you should.” said
the yonng Captain reassuringly; "It was
force ms Jen re, you know.”
“ I doot’ understand French.”
“ Neither do 1, except a phrase here and
there. Force majeure, for instance, means
pressure by” — his glance swept forward
— “ Master Oantlin. tbe bo’s’n’s mate------”
“ I understand.” said the girl qoickly.
“ And do you mean to apply it to me all
my life?”
“Thank you for that question,” exclaim
ed Captain Smith joyously; “ no; only
until I have won you. Then it will be
the other way.”
The rest o f the day’s run’ was made
without molestation.
The sound, the
waters of which bad once teemed with
small boats, was largely deserted. Sailor-
tnen of that vicinity were all afloat either
In blockade-runners or in the Confederate
naval squadron, which bad Ita headquar
ters near the forts st Hatteras Inlet, and
tbe place was as lonely as the ocean. Nor
was there saything particular to engage
the attention of the Captain at present,
•o that he and Mias Ellen had tbs happy
day to themselves.
Captain Smith could be very nice when
he chose, and thia time be (hose. He laid
aside hia jesting manner and devoted him
self with all hia powers to bis fair com
panion. They passed idyllic hours to
gether. The rapidly moving ship, the
blue A y , the fresh breeae generated by
the speed of the vessel, tbe assiduous at
tention of her lover, hia deference, bit
courtesy, moat of all hia frank and open
admiration, filled the girl’s heart with
happiness. Although she refused to eay
Ig tip to Date.
so outwardly, she had forgiven him for
“ Yea,” m M tbe housewife, “ yours ts
all he had done. Her heart really exulted
at the cool, masterful manner in which he a sad story. But It Isn’t the same story
had handled her.
Surely, having suc you told last year.”
ceeded so brilliantly In mastering a wom
“ W ell, lady," answered Clodding
an of her temperament, there waa noth Pete, “ you surely wouldn’t expect a
ing to which he would not be equal. She man to go all dat time an’ not show
might trust herself to him without bsal any Im provem ent!” — Washington Star.
ts (ton.
Lika every masterful
Men who like tbe eame things and
those who lived In the slave-holding
women
who hate the same people are
tended to become that, and
la Ellen's case by the congenial.
“I suppose—well—yes. then.”
expenses.
Food given to unprofitable animals
is wasted.
W ith a vg riety o f stock one can util
ise a ll fo od s
Best breeds do not Inauro most p rof
it without proper treatm ent
A ll foods fo r plants must be soluble
to be available.
1
I t Is tbe little economies that count
m moot la tbs and
Profitable feeding consists hi givin g
an animal all that It w ill sat and d i
gest property.
It la not th# hardest labffr, hot tbs
best directed labor, that accomplishes
the best results.
Th e nearer an article Is put th con
dition to suit the purchaser the better
It Is fo r tbs seller.
Good food and «belter pay well In
either case, but alw ays best when g iv
en to the best stock.
Tha value o f commercial ferttllaera
depends on their containing the e le
ments which the soil needs.
Profit In farm ing depends upon three
factors— tbe cost o f
production, tbe
time consumed In producing, and the
price received.
I
H u m a n e Slaaarhtsrlnar.
In Germany, where the retail meat
dealer la usually hia own butcher, e f
forts are being made~wts elsewhere— to
substitute humane alt ««titerin g fo r tbe
old-time practices
that have caused
much su ffering Saxony Is "taking the
lead, and now has strict law s forbid
ding bleeding until tbe animals have
been made unconscious.
Cattle and
other animals are stunned by a blow In
the m it e r o f the forehead, usually w ith
something more certain than the ham
mer o r ax o f a few years ago. Many
butchers apply the slaughtering mask,
which covers the eyes and has a sharp
bolt that* is driven Into the brain by a
single blow from a wooden ham m er;
but lees strength and skill are required
In apparatus using powder— one o f
these being in the form o f a tube like
a telephone receiver, that projects a
bolt when tbe 'cartridge is exploded
by gentle tapping, w hile another fires
a sharp-pointed ballet Instead o f the
bolt. An Improved instrument just In
troduced Into England la tbe poleax
gun, which has a steel barrel In place
o f the striking end o f tbe ordinary pol
eax, with s w ire through the wooden
handle fo r pulling the trigger. In Ger
man, Italian, Swiss and other cities
abattoirs nre public Institutions, where
butchers go to slaughter their animals
under municipal supervision.
E le c t r ic it y
is
A a r r le s lt s r e .
Th e co-operation o f Prof. Sir Olivet
Lodge baa recently been solicitedt in
England by experimenters desirous o f
testing the effects o f electricity in
stimulating the growth o f plan ts Sir
O liver Lodge himself describes some
o f the result». W ires are stretched on
low poles over tbe field to be treated,
one pole per acre being sufficient. Posi
tive electricity is supplied at a po
tential o f about 100,000 volts.
Th e
negative electricity la conveyed direct
to earth. Persons walking under tbe
wires feel tbe electricity in tbe air.
The current la maintained fo r Severn 1
hoars daring tbe day, but is abut off
at n igh t
During bright sunshine It
seems unnecessary, and may rren be
harmful. * In the case o f wheat the
electrified plots showed an Increase o f
yield o f from 30 to 40 per cent, and
the wheat brought a better price In
the market. Other crops showed Im
provement also.
W h ite w a s h the H sah oase.
E very ponltryman should give tbe
henhouse a periodical coat o f lime-
wash god the oftener he does It the
better. T b e matter Is a very simple
one. I f tbe house Is small all yon may
want Is a Umewash brush and a bucket
o f w ater Into which g few bandfulls
o f quicklime have been put, well stir
red together and allowed to settle. Tbe
stuff when put on should be about as
thick as cream. A handful o f common
rough salt w ill help It to adhere to the
walls, a spoonful or two o f liquid car
bolic acid w ill help* It to do Ita mur
derous work on animal life and a little
hit o f powder bine (w ashing bine) w ill
prevent tbe w hite coat turning yellow
by and by.
I f the tfcnhouse Is a large one It will
pay to use a sprayer fo r putting on
the Umewash. ThJ# Ip a moat effective
w ay o f whitewashing vany building.
'AM s.
“ Th e prevailing mode o f dress— tbe
clinging, soft,
droopy
effect— ia
a
blessing to theatergoing mankind at
least?’ remarked an observing young
man to his companion in an orchestra
chair at one o f the seaaon’s> opening
plays. “ I f a woman comes In late to
the performance she cannot disturb,
every one about ber by the rustling o f
o f many silken petticoats without pro
claiming herself hopelessly behind the
day In style. Th e sbeath-l!ke gown o f
this year d in gs and la silent and s o ft
For myself, I ’m g la d ; I ’ve lost more
than one good speech by the tardy en
trance o f a rustling petti coated wom
an.
I ’d as soon
hear
her
shoes
squeak.”
1888— The Marquis de la Rocha
given a commission by Henry IV . of
Franca to conquer Canada.
1073— Turenne defeated the Imperial lata
at battle .of Turkbeim.
1G88— First regularly elected Assembly of
Pennsylvania convened at Philadel
phia.
1781— Arnold invaded Virginia with 1,000
British troops.
1782— Bank of North America, tha first
Institution of Its kind in the country,
opened in Philadelphia.
1785—Seat of United Statea govern meat
located at New York.
1788— Connecticut ratified tbe constitu
tion of the United States.
1800— United Statea Congress passed
laws to enforce the embargo.
1811— Wreck o f tbe Revenge off Watch
H ill, R. I.
1814— British government made over
tures for peace with United States.
1815— Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated tha
British at New Orleans.
1822— Greeks proclaimed their indepen
dence.
1828— Boundary Una between Mexico
and the United States settled by
treaty.
,
1890— Riotous demonstration« in English
manufacturing districts against tha
introduction o f labor «aring machin
ery.
1898— President
Van
Rnren
warned
Americans not ts aid in the Canadian
revolt.
1842— British army destroyed in Khybet
Pass.
1840— Penny Pom established In Massa
chusetts... . .Hundred and fifty gold
seekers sailed from Boston for Cali
fornia on the ship Edward Everett.
1855— Tracks and bridges destroyed In
railroad riots la Erie, P a ........A ll
liquor shops in New York closed by
older o f tbe M a y o r.. ..Irish military
companies in Boston disbanded by
order of the Governor o f Massachu
s e tts .... A commercial convention of
the Southwestern 8tatea met in Now
Orleans.
1803— Confederate force attacked Spring-
field, M o ..,.M a s s meetings held in
tbe large dtlea of the North to sand
•applies to Savannah.
1865— United States Senate voted to ab
rogate tbe reciprocity treaty with
Canada... .Gen. Butler removed from
the command o f the army of the
James, and succeeded by Gen. Ord.
1808— United Staten military asylum at
Augusta, Me., destroyed by f ir e . . . .
Congresa censured the President for
remorlng Gen. Sheridan.
1871— First elections for the Provincial
Legislature were held in Manitoba.
1872— Congress arranged to lesne 1 cent
postal ca rd s....C ol. James Flak, J r ,'
«hot in the Grand Central hotel. New
York, by Edward 8. Stokes, and died
two days later.
1876— Kalakana, King o f the Sandwich
Islands, visited Chicago.
1885— Grover Cleveland. President-elect,
resigned the governorship o f New
York.
1888— Suspension bridge at Niagara
wrecked by a storm.
1885— Property to value o f $1,000,000 de
stroyed by fire in Toronto.
1886— Cecil Rhodes resigned the pro
miership o f Capa Colony.
1807— Anglo-American arbitration treaty
signed at W ashington.. . . J. Plerpont
Morgan presented $1,000,000 to tha
lying-in hospital in New York.
1888— Lord Curxon o f Kedleston assumed
the vtceroyahy of India.
1001— Tha Delaware and Hudson railroad •
came under control o f the Vanderbilt
interests. ,
1904— Fifty-two lives tost by the sinking
of the steamer Challum between Se
attle and Victoria.
1007— Gen. Pavlov, military procurator,
killed by Terrorists in St. Peters
burg-
1808— American battleship fleet undei
command of Rear-Admiral Robley U
Evans arrived at Rio de Janeiro.
Cora sag Kerosene.
Tw en ty years ago, aaya the Kansas
F A C T S F O R F A R M E R ».
C ity Journal, a gallon o f kerosene cost
Mors than 900,000 bushels o f wheat
three bushels o f corn. N ow a bushel were shipped from Portland, Ore., fot
o f corn buys five gallons o f oil and European markets In ons day last week.
tha seller has 8 canto d u n g s coming.
Broomhall cables that tbs first general
memorandum report, which, however, ia
Notes aa Oreharg Cottars.
incomplete, gives the acreage under wheat
Clover Is tbs apple tree’s best friend. In India this year at 21,500,000 acres,
Profit from s fru it orchard Is not compared with 17,142,000 last year. Tbs
final general memorandum last year gars
theory but a demonstrated fa c t
acreage, 20,809,000, and crop, 202,000,000
A few days a fter pruning paint tbs bushsla
stabs w ith w hits lead.
Minneapolis ia again enforcing her milk
Each tree has an Individuality o f Its
own and most be dealt w ith accord-
lngly.
Good, first-class fru it Is the aim o f
our efforts.
Never be satisfied with
anything else.
Stable manure la without doubt the
bast general fertiliser that can be ap
plied to orchard stale.
Inspection ordinance. In one day the In
spector poured 090 gallons taken from
uninspected caaa Into the sewer.
Secretary Wilson has raised the quar
antine against cattle In tha districts when
foot and mouth disease rsosutiy appeared.
The disease' has apparently been stamped
oat.
According to reports from the Ante
lope valley, In California, thousands of
cattle a n roaming tha govern a m t ranges
Make tbe orchard a business venture
in «hat esetioa with nothing to sat, an »
and keep an account o f everything per hundreds era said to ha dying of etarvto
taining to Its Interests.
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