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The Great
Tontine
to
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GREAT
T O N T IN E »
• fine work of
fiction, embel­
lished! with •
truly wonder-
ful and fasci-
'
*
noti ng
plot.
It is a splendid story and deals
with
an
ori^nal
subject
in
•
powerful way.
The incidents of this sterling
romance are cleverly drawn and
full o f great originality and interest
The characters are life-like and the
serial one of the very best ever
offered.
C H A P T E R I.
Herbert Phillimore. Ufth Viscount Lak
Ington, had reached his twenty sixth birth­
day and the end o f his tether. There had
been no ho’der plunger on the race course.
“ T h e cleverest young one tl*4t has eve-
been o»«t.” muttered some.
“ H ow on
earth does he get his inf irm siion T’ mur­
mured others. The bookm aker said noth­
ing. hut continued dogge l y to lay him
shorter odds than ever, f t * bubble soon
burst, as it has burst many r time be­
fore. T h » Viscount was no more astute
than his fellows, nor bleasjd t l t h any ex­
traordinary sources o f information.
It
Was simply luck. *
I t did not occur to him to retire when
the smash came, to turn over a new leaf,
and attempt to live upon what was left
o f his income; but he quite recognised
that something must be done, and that the
o f w ar amst he raised frnan other
resources than his own in future.
He
fell back,-as- might have been expected,
upon the usual expedient o f unmarried
and impecunious nobility— the marrying o f
money. A popular, good-looking fellow o f
six-and-twenty, who can place a coronet
on his bride's brow, has not long to seek
fo r such opportunity.
Lakington was fortunate.
H e carried
off the greet matrimonial prise o f the
esason from a boot o f competitors.
A
quiet, lady-like girl, who, without being
s beauty, was still quite sufficiently good
lookin g; but whose greatest charm, prob­
ably, In the eyes o f the world was that
she. was the only child o f Anthony Lym e
TVregis, the great financier.
T o define
what M r. Lym e W regia was, was pretty
nearly as difficult as to say what he was
not. H e seemed to have a finger in pretty
Nearly every big speculation that
a flo a t H is enemies declared that hi
a “ selter o f diamond fields,” promoter o f
"bogus” silver mince, phantom railways,
and every description o f bubble specula­
tion that filled the pockets o f those that
started them at the expense o f the unfor­
tunate dupes that took shares in them.
H ow ever, whatever he touched turned to
gold. H e had given a park to the people,
built unto himself a palace at Fulham,
and was reputed to be worth more than
a million o f money. The Viscount’s mar­
riage was to take place the week after
Ascot, and the noble bridegroom, in con­
junction with three kindred spirits as
reckless as himself, was at present stay­
ing in one o f those pretty little bouses
that lie dotted around the village o f
Bracknell, and which had ben taken by
the quartette for tbe races.
i
a
?
! a
'
m
n;
I t is tbe evening o f the “ Cup” day,
and the party are lounging a t the open
window* o f tbe drawing room, and lan­
guidly discussing tbe results o f the fierce
combat they have waged with the knights
o f tbe pencil the last three days.
“ H ow did you come through to-day,
la k in gton ?” asked S ir Gerald F itzp a t­
rick.
“ Only so so.” replied the Viscount; “ I
had a pretty good win over Brown Duch­
ess in the New Stakes, but I knocked it
ail down afterwards, and a bit more be­
sides. I am fourteen hundred and fifty
out. and shall have to bet in earnest to­
morrow if
if I am ever to get home.”
“ I « X .” suddenly exclaimed Carburkle,
barrister, "b a re any o f you taken
shares in the 'Great Tontine'? W hat does
I k rising b
your
that is to be. think o f
____ father-in-law.
U
it, Lakington?
Does the scheme com
---mend Itself to the great financier?”
“ W eil,” replied the Viscount, laugh­
ing. “ as k so happens I did mention the
subject to him. Now . as you know, he
is no racing man— never troubles his bead
•bout I t In short; but, with a view, I
'
presume, to suit my limited apprehension,
ha puts his opinion o f that scheme Into
tu rf vernacular. H e described it as back­
ing a yearling entered for the Derby to be
run when be was twenty years old, and
remarked further that he looked to turn­
ing bis money over a good many ti
and making a good deal of it. bet'
this and then.”
"W e ll. I don’t know. I rather like tbe
Idea myself. It commends itself to my
mind as patting away something for one’s
old age,” observed Fitzpatrick.
“ A very broken reed to trust to, Ger­
ald. and I most sincerely hope that yoa'll
have a good deal mare than that to fall
back upon in tbe days to con»».”
“ But what on earth is It?*' exclaimed
Forteerue. “ Pray explain to me what is
tbe meaning o f tbs ‘Great Tontine.’ "
“ T b e 'Great Tontine,' my dear F or­
teerue,” replied tbe barrister, “ is a scheme
fo r tbe benefiting o f society, as orig-
ii «tc<i in the fertile brain o f Me. ftalie-
bury, the great Operatic impresario. He
that London has no opera
o f the greatest metropolis
H e prep earn to at t a n
o Of things by erecting
on# way or
furnikhed with all the tlaw.
1 have managed a
newest mechanical Inventions o f the ago. •run* an hotel, and may-do eli
The estimated triflo o f on# hundred and some day.
I have beea hi-
sixty thousand pounds w ill be raised by companles. I have mads say f
tho 'Great Tontine,’ end that la simply ‘bust up’ half a doses time
the issuing o f sixteen hundred shares o f often a ‘ big stroke’ to be dans
one hundred pounds apiece.
F o r every new place i f a man has a head on. hi'
hundred pounds share you take you must shoulders, and doesn’t arrive too late.
nominate a life, not leas than sixty years I t ’s vary possible 1 am th a t; but I heard
old, that la, you must give the name o f a good deal about this place from a M ead
some persoa who has attained that at
o f mine last week, and said I would rpu
say oae you lik e ; but he or she represent
down and look at it as soon as I had tp o
Ing the hundred pounds share must have o r three days to sp are; and h e n I am.”
attained the sixtieth birthday.”
In due course the lawyer showed his
“ And you may take as many shares as new acquaintance over the place, exp*
you please?” asked Forteecue.
tiating on Its advantages and fu tu n pro
“ Quite so,” continued Carbuckle: “ and pects. Mr. Hemmingby rattled nway with
name one life fo r tbe whole lot; or give his usual fluency, Intervperalag his speech
a different name for -each share.
Now, with incessant questions.
you see. It la considered, that as all these
M r. Pegram admitted to his new frtsnd
liven start at sixty years o f age, in twenty that he had been one of the very sarlie»t
years there w ill be very few, if any o f speculators in buying up land round about
them, left."
Llanbarlym, and owned that be bad made
“ And the holder o f the last Ufa takes a very good thing indeed on tbe transac­
A r s n a W t E n te r p r is e .
the pool,” cried Gerald Fitapatrlck. “ I t tion in various ways during the last
An Io w a fa rm er baa succeeded In
would be rather exciting to find one’ s self three years, and that be fu lly expected
one o f the last half-doaen left in."
to make considerably more during the opening up a big field fo r bla enter­
“ Don’t interrupt, Gerald,” exclaimed next five or six. A s for M r. Hemmingby. prise by applyin g an old method to n
lbs barrister pettishly; “ I want to make be told wondrous stories, and darkly hint new service.
H e baa gone Into tbe
Forteecue thoroughly understand Mr. Sal­ ed that ha guessed that there were dollars bualnean o f fu rn ish in g fresh eggs d a lly
isbury’s great conception.
T h e sixteen to be made in ’ Frisco, only he hadn’t to a regu lar *)lst o f customers, a fte r
hundred share« being all token up, and quite cyphered out fee “ hang” o f I f as the fashion o f tb e m ilkm en and bakers.
the namee attached to them being all care­ yet. Then M r. Pegram told o f his once
T h is fa rm er la a man w ho raises many
fully registered, tbe ‘G reet Tontine’ be­ winning fee “ Darby” lottery.
chickens and m arkets a la rg e number
gins. W ith the capital thus acquired the
“ L o tte rie s !' exclaimed M r. Hemmingby.
opera house ia at once commenced, and in^ “ I f you are good at lotteries, guess you’ ll o f eggs. T h ese he bad been sellin g to
about two years should be finished and in have to take a turn at the biggest tiding dealers, w ho In torn sent them to cold-
full swing. A s soon as that takes place o f the kind that has been mi hand in nay storage warehouse? o r to wholesalers.
five per cent per annum la to be paid to day. You w ill have to take a ticket in F in a lly th ey got to the consumers, usu
the aharfeolder*. As the lives la pee nom­ the ‘Great Tontine I” *
a lly p retty stale and much the w orse
inators lose all interest in the affair, and
“ W hat is that?” inquired tha lawyer. fo r handling, through tb e retail grocer
the rental is divided amongst those share­ “ I never even heard o f H.”
or huckster.
W hen eggs w ere p len ti­
holders whose nominees are still livin g;
Whereupon Mr. Hemmingby proceeded
fu l and the w holesalers
w ere
w ell
conseqeutly, those fortunate enough to to explain the whole system o f that elab­
stocked
up,
the
fa
rm
er
got
llttla
fo r
have made long-lived selections find their orate lottery to the beat o f hia ability.
income increasing annually.
The last I t took some time before he made hia them. W hen egga w are fe w and prices
eight, for instance, wUl be drawing • thou
companion thoroughly
understand
ths to consumers w ere very, ve ry high,
nd a year Interest on their hundred scheme. I t may be that the port wine the fa rm er found that hia egga In the
pounds share; the last two w ill have in­ had something to say against lucid ex­ warehouses w ere still In com petition
creased to four thousand a y e a r; while planation on ths one hand, and a dear w ith the producer.
T h is man’s egg
tbe shareholder who has nominated the understanding an the
other, although route Isn’t an egg route exclusively.
final life becomes the proprietor o f the neither o f the men showed the slightest
H e sells dressed chickens and other
whole.”
symptoms o f their deep potations; but farm produce, too, and when his egg
T h a t ia exactly what I say,” interpos­ when M r. Pegram had thoroughly mas­
wagon la goin g about th e d riv e r tokas
ed Fitzpatrick. “ I call It making a very tered the details o f the scheme he became
orders
fo r oth er things which a re raised
suitable provision fo r your old age. Any deeply interested in It, and finally inquir­
o f us, for instance, putting in our hun­ ed whether H em m ingby himself had token on the fa rm .— Springfield Journal.
dred pounds now, there ia a prospect o f shares in it.
S ta rttn p E a r ly C e le ry .
“ I ’vs got one," he replied, “ and I ’ve a
coming into eight thousand a year at fifty
C elery grow in g on
a
com m ercial
great mind to take another; but It ain’t
or thereabouts.”
A very distant prospect, a very dim so easy to find a life o f sixty that you icale baa received most attention In
and haiy prospect,” said Lakington, smil­ know and can do s bit with i f he gets tbo “ muck-bed" areas o f M ichigan and
W hy, if I found m yself In It New York, w h ere thousands o f acrea
ing.
“ No, upon the whole, Gerald, I ’d rickety.
rather trust to picking out the winner o f at last, and my man a hit ailing, I'd cart ir e devoted to this crop. C a lifo rn ia
the “ Wokingham’s’ to-morrow, and pot him round the world until he got ths c li­ ind F lo rid a have taken up the Indus­
my'hundred on that, than put It into the mate be wanted.”
replied Pegram, “ I like that— try and du ring the w in ter and spring
G reat Tontine.’ ”
nonths p rovid e N orthern
cities w ith
“ Yea,” rejoined Oar buckle m editatively; capital idea— life yon can watch over,
“ a hundred pounds is a good deal o f keep your eye on, that’s the thing. I sup­ arge amounts o f celery.
of
T o secure an e a rly crop
tbe best
money to put Into such an everlasting lot­ pose the life you have got la a
plan fo r the am ateur g ro w er is to fill
tery as this,”
..______ Whom y o q can take care?"_____
H ia host eyed him keenly as he
i wooden tr a y 16 inches by 24 inches
But,’ replied the ever sanguine Fits-
patrick, “ look w hat a price It ia ! Treble “ N o ; and tbatis just the reason-1
:n slze w ltb fine soil three inches deep.
events are nothing to this. I have my lit­ like my eecond chance to be o f that kind. This soil should he pressed down and
tle scheme, and it ia worthy o f Salisbury No, I won’ name him ; but I ’ll fiv e you rbe seeds scattered eith er In row s or
himself. W hat do you say, my brethren, a very fa ir Hip’ if you think o f venturing jroabcast. C o ver the seeds by aprlnk-
to a pool at cards? W e put in twenty- your luck. D o as I have done— pick out
five pounds apiece.
D raw a card each one o f tbe moat eminent statesmen o f that
In spite o f tbe tremendous work
o f y o u ; the tw o highest first play togeth­ age.
er, then the two lowest, and then the two they do, the balance o f them go very near
w isu ers; and I propose that whoever livin g out the tim e."
“ I have i t ! " exclaimed M r. Pegram
wins the pool be solemnly pledged to in-’
vest that hundred in the ’ G reat Ton; next morning. “ Old Krabbe’s the man “ I
want. H e must be about sixty, and is as
tine.’ *
T b e game was played, and Lakington hale and hearty a man aa I know. H e’s
been clerk w ife me now some seventeen
won.
years and never been ailing all that time.
OEBMINATIXO BOX fo e CELKBT.
“ Remember, Lakington,” said F itzpat­
I can’t call to mind his ever being a day
rick, “ yon are pledged to put that hun­ absent or five minutes 1st*. Father did a
dred into tha ‘G reat Tontine.’ I have the good stroke o f business when he got hold ling through a fine sieve a sm all quan-
strongest presentiment that you w ill even­
of M m ; and, to do him justice, the old
lo w o f a m oderately w arm room w ith
tually win i t . ' I t w ill be so like tbs luck
dad was a mighty good judgs o f the points
o f tbs Fitopatricks to have chucked eight
frequent
sprin klin g w ill
p rovid e tbe
o f either man or beast. Old Krabbe has
thousand a year out o f window. Anyw ay,
germ ination.
been a good servant to me so far. I 'll xm dltiona necessary fo r
I am the first o f tbe fam ily who ever
ust ask him his exact age. and I f that’s When the seedlings a p p e a r 1 a fte r tw o
stoked as much on a hand at cards. And
about right, pot him in. L e t him Uve to jt three weeks turn tbe boxes d a lly
now I ’ m off to bed ; I can’t do the fam ily
land this stoke, and he shall have s new to keep tbe gro w th even. T b e
lllua-
•states any more mischief after that. I
rigout and live like a gentleman to the trstion shows the form o f box used
shall dedicate the next twenty years or
end o f his d a ys; and he may take hia oath
so o f my life to the framing o f a compen­ I ’ U not see Ms valuable life endangered*. 'o r sta rtin g the plants.
sation bill to be presented to Viscount
T h at’s settled. Yes, I ’ll put in for the
Cost o f B a ta ta s a C a lf. •
Lakington, the then owner o f the new
G reat Tontine,’ and old Krabbe shall be
In an experim en t to ascertain tbe
R oyal Italian Opera House.”
my nominee. I ’ll w rite about it to-day.”
coat o f raisin g a c a lf P ro f! Shaw o f
( T o be continued.)
C H A P T E R II.
M lcM gan station took a d a ir y c a lf and
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Amongst the little knot o f land dealers,
kept an accurate account o f the e x ­
T h e B a c h e lo r * ’ E x c a s e *.
»
builders, surveyors, architects and others
A t a w eddin g breakfast the bacbo pense o f feed in g fo r one y e a r from lta
who busied themselves earnestly about the
lore w ere called upon to g iv e th e ir rea­ birth. T b e amounts o f feeds used In
development o f Llanbarlym. there were
sons fo r rem aining single. T h e fo llo w ­ that tim e w ere 381 pounds o f w hole
none more keenly interested than M r. Paul
m ilk, ¿.668 pounds o f skim m ilk. 1,262
Pegram, a solicitor residing in s country in g w ere am ong the reasons g iv e n :
“ I am lik e a fro g In the fa b le who, pounds o f silage, 210 pounds o f beet
town some twelve miles from the budding
watering place.
M r. Paul Pegram. al­ though be loved the w ater, w ould not pulp, 1,254 pounds o f bay, 1,247 pounds
beit a sharp and a somewhat unscrupulous Jump into tb e w ell because he could o f grain, 147 pounds o f roots. 14 pounds
practitioner, had arrived at the age of not Jump out again.”
o f a lfa lfa meal and 50 pounds o f green
forty without in his own opinion having
T h e grain ration consisted o f
“ I am too selfish and honest enough corn.
done much good for himself. H e was not to a d m it it.” 1
th ree parts each o f corn and oats and
a popular man; and though the Welsh
“ I p refer, on the one hadd, liberty, one part o f bran and ollm eaL A t tbe
bsve tbe reputation o f being a somewhat
refresh in g sleep, the opera, M idnight end o f the y e a r tbe c a lf w eighed 800
litigious people, they at all events put
pounds at a cost o f $28.50 fo r feed. T b e
their litigation but sparsely into Mr. Pe- suppers, qu iet seclusion, dream s, elgnrs,
gram's hands. H e was s man o f vary a bank account and d u b to,on th e other c a lf w as a H olstein.
humble extraction, his father having been
a cattle jobber. H e died very prond o f
having brought up his son as a “ profes­
sional gentleman,” and o f leaving some
four thousand pounds behind him.
Paul Pegram threw himself heart and
soul into the development o f Llanbarlym,
Th is was the sort o f speculation that he
had been waiting for all his life. I t bad
special attraction for him.
H e was early in the field, foreseeing
what the railw ay would do for the place.
H e determined to sink ail the money be
could lay his bands upon in this specula­
tion. Llanbarlym throve and grew In a
manner that quite surpassed tbe expec­
tations o f those interested in its exten­
sion. T h e annually Increasing throng o f
visitors bad brought settlers
in
their
wake.
Lodging bouse keepers and shop
keepers flocked from surrounding towns
to start In business in the new watering
place. I k e first hotel was already dw arf­
ed by a gigantic rival.
N ot only had Paul Pegram already
made money, bat he saw tbs land he » in­
quired Increasing rapidly in value.
In
sh ort should Llanbarlym
continns to
prosper, in the course o f s few years he
would become a rich own.
One day there arrived (h Mr. Pegram's
office a dark, rather flashily dressed gen
tleman, w ith s great deal o f watch chain
and a good deal o f diamond ring about
h im ; a dark, well-whiskered man o f soma
five or six-aDd-thirty, with a very glossy
hat.
Ha guvs his name as M r. Hem-
mingby, and curtly informed the lawyer
that he had coma down to sea If there
was anything to be done with this new
place— Llanbarlym. M r. Pegram natural­
ly Inquired what did the stranger propose
to do for himself or Llan bariym
“ W ell, you sos,” replied
the other,
“ that is a thing I am not particular
I have had a tuna at a aaod
EEKLY J
IAN
T r o o io a S o u * Coot o f P r a lr lo D o b s .
In tbe state o f T e x a s alone p ra irie
dogs sat an n u ally enough grass to sup­
p ort 1,062X00 cows. U tte rly uaeleea, tb e
little anim al la a peat ao dreaded that
the fo re s try aervlce has undertaken his
exterm ination.
Poison is k illin g him,
w h erever be now flourishes and another
resource o f the fa rm er is safeguarded.
W h o w ould think th at the p ra irie dog.
the shy and am using lit t le rodent that
w e lik e to w atch b efore the door o f
hia bu rrow a t tha Zoo, w ould ever be­
com e the subject o f tb e governm ent in­
terven tion o r endanger the success o f
stock raisin g?
Y e t such la tha fact,
aaya th e Technical
W o rld Magaxlne.
O ut on the national foresta which U n d e
Sam la guarding, fo r tbe use o f the pub­
lic, expert hunters have gone a fte r tb e
p ra irie dog w ith seal.
Ingenuity and
poison and lite ra lly exterm in ated them
In grea t num ber», because some o f th eir
i choicest bottom landa have had the
graxln g ruined fo r stock by tb e Indus­
triou s bu rrow in g o f th e “ dogs.”
/W W S^W W Ai
•
1606— Lord Ds La W a rr appointed G ov­
ernor o f Virginia for Ilfs.
1648— Indiana o f Hoboksn massacred by
tbs Dutch.
1676— Indians mads a raid on the town
* o f Weymouth. Mass.
1724— The R h ois Island Assembly passed
an act requiring a property qualifi­
cation for becoming a freeman.
1763— W illiam Franklin,
laat colonial
Governor o f New Jersey, took office.
1704— Rhode Island college waa incorpo­
rated.
A G a te T h a t W ovov Saar*.
1778— First salute to the American 6ag
I h a re used this gate fo r many years
by a foreign government.
and n ever spent five m inutes rep a irin g
1783— First United Statee bank
char­
it
Countersink tw o pieces .and pin
tered.
them together. Then aet up tw o 2x4
1780— The Cayagas sold their landa to
pieces 2 f t high er than the gate ao it
the State o f New York.
can be raised In w in ter.
M ortice and
1810—
Arkansas territory
formed from
set in between the crosspieces, which
Missouri.
1820— “ Missouri Compromise B ill” pass­
ed.
■ ■ ■ I I I S a » I I R l
■ iisiiim c g a i
• »
wmx-covxaxD
•
a '
o atx t h a t
b alances .
a re 12 in. apart,
the board, a. and
fasten a cap to the top o f tbe fram e.
T h e gate Is 16 ft. long, 12 f t being fo r
the ga tew a y and 4 f t fo r the w eights
to -balance I t
T h e fra m e ia o f. 2x4!a.
C o ver the 4-ft. end w ith boards and fill
w ith enough atones to balance It when
hung. C over the gate w ith w ire fen c­
ing and ban g by a chain.
Pu t a bolt
through the lo w er p a rt of, the fra m e
Into the crosspiece, a.— A . J. Fraser, in
F arm and Home.
1827— Charter for Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad granted.
1820— The Alabama Legislature protest­
ed against the tariff.
t
1838— “ Compromise tariff”
bill passed
ths House o f
Representatives.. . .
George McIntosh Troup o f Georgia
resigned his seat In the United States
Senate.
1836— Declaration o f
Texas signed.
Independence
of
r
1887— The United States Senate resolved
that the recognition o f Texas as an
independent nation was proper and
expedient.
1845— The President approved a bill for
------the annexation o f Texas.
1847— Americans defeated the M exicans-
at battle o f Chihuahua.
.1848— Louis Philippe o f France abdicat­
ed.
1854— American steamer. Black W arrior,
seised by the Cuban authorities at
Havana.
1857— Cfengress authorised the people o f
H o w to G ro w Potati
Minnesota to form a Stats govern­
D irecto r W oods o f the M aine agricu l
m ent
tu ral experim ent station sum m arizes
1863—
Union force defeated by tbe Con­
hia suggestions aa to succesful p otato
federates at Battle o f Falmouth.
gro w in g as ^follows.
W hat
he aaya
about thorough preparation o f the soil 1864— Ulysses S. Grant made a lieuten­
ant general. . . . Kentucky University
is applicable to that to be used fo r any
destroyed by fire.
1
crop.
1865—
John
Young
Beall,
Confederate
Select h ig h ly fe r tile land, ao situated
spy, hanged on Governor’s Island,
that It w ill su ffer as little as possible ,
, N ew .Y o r k .. . .Transylvania U n iver­
from e ith e r excessive
rain o r ' from
sity consolidated with Kentucky Uni­
droughts.
versity. . . . United
States
Senate
T h orou gh ly prepare tbe soil and far-
passed the $600,000X00 loan MIL
Itllse liberally.
1868— Disraeli became premier o f E n g­
K eep the crop fre e fro m weeds and
land, succeeding the Earl o f Derby.
the surface o f the soil loose d a rin g the
1871— Meeting at Washington o f Joint
w h ole season.
high commission on Alabama claims.
D o not 1st anything prevent the po­
1873— Alexander H. Stephens elected to
tato field from receivin g constant care.
Congress from Georgia.
V astly m ore fa llu ree In potato g ro w ­
1873— Fernando Wood
moved
In tha
ing can be traced to neglect o f crop
House for the impeach meat o f Vice
than to lack o f knowledge.
President C oifst.
1875— Rev. George D. Gillespie conse­
H o w M a n y Houo.
crated bishop o f the Episcopal dio­
H a v e yon pondered the fa c t that it
cese o f Western Michigan.
requires v e ry little m ore labor to keep 1877— New American theater. In Ph ila­
flock o f 100 birds than a flock o f 20?
delphia, destroyed by fire.
T h e re Is a bint there as to gettin g
1879— President Hayes vetoed tbs Chi­
the proper return fo r you r labor.
nese
A restriction bill.
A lso the expense o f housing and y a rd ­
1887— Scores o f lives lost In tbs b a ilin g
ing the la rg e r flock la but little m ore
o f the steamer W . H. Gardner near
than fo r th e sm aller.
Gainesville, Ala.
These are- tbe tw o Im portant outgoes,
1880— Congress appropriated $350,000 to
aside from feed.
aid American workingmen thrown
I t fo llo w s that you r p rofit w ill be
ont o f employment by the stoppage o f
g re a tly Increased by the enlarged flock
work on the Panama canal.
w ith ou t a corresponding Increase o f
1800— Pan-American Congres voted fo r
expense.
an International railway.
hand, disturbed rest, cold m eat, baby
B y all means. I f I t w ill pay you at
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Edw
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1801—
Charles Foster o f Ohio qualified aa
linen, soothing sirup, rocking horses,
all to keep chickens, It w ill pay you
Secretory o f the Treasury.
W h a t a re considered the finest apples to keep not lesa than aeventy-five.
bread pudding and em pty pockets.’’
“ I h a re a tw in brother, and w e have- ev e r grow n in the U nited States o r
1894—
W a r between Nicaragua and Hon­
duras ended.
n ever had a secret From one another, any oth er country passed through Bos­
W h o a and H o w to P ru a o .
ton recently on their w a y to the table
I t la very Im portant that tbe healing 1895—
l i e is m arried.
Postmaster General Biased resign­
J o f K in g Edw ard, o f England. T h e y are process should
start soon
a fte r the
ed and was succeeded by W illiam L.
. s .known aa w in ter banana apples, and wonnd Is'm ade. otherw ise the cambium
T h e G ra n d est.
Wilson o f West V irgin ia. . . . Express
“ W h a t Is the grandest th in g In the a re tw o and a h a lf tim es tbe slxe o f w ill be killed hack qu ite a distance
train on the Iloustou and Texas Cen­
u n iverse?"
asks
V ictor
Hugo.
“ A tbe ordin ary apple to which one la ac­ from the exposed surface, and healing
tral road held upland robbed near
Dallas.
storm at aea," he answers and contin­ customed. T h ese hpples are grow n at w ill be grea tly retarded. F o r this rea­
ues, “ A n d w h a t is gran d er
than a tbe Beulah land orchards. H ood R iver, son w in ter pruning should be avoided, 1903— Aldrich currency bill defeated in
storm at sea?”
“ T h e unclouded heav­ Ore., by O scar V anderbilt, an exp ert p a rticu la rly in fro sty weather. In the
tbs S e n a te... .United States Senate
ens on a sta rry, moonless night.” “ And orchardiat. and they are considered the e a rly fa ll o r la te spring the cambium
passed the Philippine currency bill.
w h at is grander than these m idnight highest developm ent in the cultivation la a ctive and wounds made at thla tim e
1906— F ive million dollar dock Ir e ia
skies?” ‘T b e soul o f iqan” — a spectac­ o f this f r u i t • T h e ir color la perfect, ■tart to heal at once, and there la l i t
New Orleans.
ular clim a x such as H u go loved and the rosy blush blends w ith the green tie o r no d yin g back o f the camMum.
1906— lo w s State Senate passed bill pro­
still, w ith a ll its d ra m a tic effects, the in tb e m ost luscious m anner Im agin­
hibiting Sunday baas ball.
In fla vo r and textu ra they are
picturesque statem ent o f a vast and able.
A t ’* » f u l F a ro » Im p le m e n t.
1908—
N ew York State Senate refused to
•a good as they look.
sublim e and m igh ty truth.
remove Otto Kelsey, State Superin­
tendent o f Insurance... .T h e first o f
L s e k y Youth.
Salt W a t e r to K ill '
ths tunnels under the Hudson R iv e r
D iggs— Lu cky
fe llo w , th a t young
g a it w a ter fo r k illin g weeds baa
between New York and New Jersey
Green. H e w en t w est last spring, you been exten sively used du ring tbe past
was opened.. ..U n ited
States Su­
know.
season on the Oregon Short L in e ra il­
preme Court decided in tbe O rre t
B iggs— D id b e do w e ll out there?
w ay. and ve ry sa tisfa ctory results have
Northern Railroad case that ths El­
D ig g s— I should say bo .
W hy, he been reported. W a te r fo r tha purpose
kins rebate law was not repealed by
the Hepburn set.
w as abla to g e t back w ith ou t w ritin g ia taken d irectly from G rea t Salt Lake,
A useful but much neglected
farm
home fo r money.
w h ich la approxim ately 22 per eent salt,
W lro lo sa fo r B allo o n * Next.
and is m erely pumped into tank care Implement— th e shaving horse.
The Aerial
Navigation
Company
and hauled over tbe line.
which, under the direction o f Charles J.
O r c h a rd S a v a c a tio n s .
W ig w a g — I believe there’s a tin ge o f
(Hidden of Boston, is constructing sev­
A s a ra le applet from orchards that eral airships to be used in regular traffia
T o K o v a l « « Stato I.oaS s.
Insanity in a ll religiou s enthusiasts.
T h a t a ll the
homestead landa in are In sod culture are better and m ore between Boston and N ew York, is ar­
Henpecke— Y e s ; take the Mormons,
fo r Instance.
A n y man th a t wants M ich igan have been w ith d raw n from h igh ly colored than those fro m tilled ranging to Install a system o f wirelaoa
m ore than one w ife la plumb crazy.— the m arket ia announced by State Land orchards, bat this la not neceasarlly so. telegraphy for this ne«r air llna. Tha ob-
C om m isloner H u n tley Russell.
The
Ph ilad elp h ia Record.
T h e peach requires good culture, but oct la to communicate with any aerial
that
landa w ill be kept out until they have this culture should not be continued too craft carrying wifeless apparatus
A n attem pt to establish a municipal been reappraised, aa provided by a res­ la te In the season or the w ood w ill not may be fifin g anywhere east o f tbs Mto-
Special sanding and receiving
b rew ery In B erlin resulted In a dis­ olu tion recently introduced la ths lo w er harden by tb e tim e w in ter sets in and ■iselppL
stations a n now being constructed a t
m al failu re. I t d id p len ty o f buslnaaa, boose off the stato legislature.
tha tree w ill ha Injured.
but lost
c n tr .
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