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C H A P T E R X V III.
T he affairs o f the Traction Company
prosed to be in a wretched tangle. Sax
ton employed an expert accountant to
•pea a set o f books for the company,
while he gave his Immediate attention to
the physical condition o f the property.
T he company’s service was a byword and
• biasing in the town, and he did what
he could to better It, working long hours,
but enjoying the labor. It had been a
Midden impulse on Fenton’s pert to have
Saxton made receiver. In Saxton's first
days at Clarkson he had taken legal ad
vice o f Fenton in matter* which had *1-
rnady been placed in tbe lawyer’s hands
by the ban k ; bur moat o f these had long
been closed, and Saxton had latterly gone
*» Rarldan for such legal assistance as
he needed from time to time. Fenton bad
Brmly intended asking Wheaton’s appoint
ment ; this seemed to him perfectly nat-
nunl and proper in view o f Wheaton's po
sition in tbe bank and his relations with
Porter, which were much leas confidential
than even Fenton imagined.
Ponton had been disturbed to find' Mar
grave and Wheaton together in the direc
tors’ room the night before tbe annual
averting o f the Traction stockholders. He
canid imagine no business that would
bring them together; and the hour and
the place were not propitious for forming
■nw alliances for the bank. Wheaton had
appeared agitated as he passed out the
packet o f bonds and stocks; and Mar-
grave’s efforts at gaiety had only increas
ed Fenton’s suspicious. From every point
•f view it was unfortunate that Porter
ahould have fallen ill just at this time;
ksst it was. on the whole. Just as well to
lake warning from circumstances that
were even slightly suspicious, and be had
decided that Wheaton should not hdve the
receivership. He bad not considered
Saxton in this connection until the honr
o f the Traction meeting; and he. had in
wardly debated it until tbe moment of
big decision at the street corner.
H e had expected to supervise Saxton's
nets, but the receiver had taken hold of
tbe company’s affairs with s seal and an
.Intelligence which surprised him. Saxton
wasn’t so slow as he looked, he said to
the federal Judge, who had accepted Sax-
ten wholly on Fenton’« recommendation.
-Within a .fortnight Saxton had improved
the service o f the company to the public
no markedly that the newspapers praised
him , H e reduced the office force to a
working basis and installed a cashier who
wan warranted not to steal. It appeared
th a t the motormen and conductors held
th eir positions by paying tribute to cer
tain minor officers, and Saxton applied
heroic treatment to these abases without
ado.
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T b * motormen and conductors grew
m ad to the big blond in the long gray
winter whs was forever swinging himself
aboard the cars and asking them ques
tions.
They affectionately called him
■“ WhUkers,” for a s obvious reason, and
tbs report that Saxton had, in one of the
power-houses, filled his pipe with sweep
ings o f tobacco factories known in the
trade as “ Trolleyman’s Special.” had fur
ther endeared him to thoee men whoee
p a y checks bore hia name as receiver. In.
ssBOW-storme the Tractioa Company had
nasa lly given up with only a tim e strug
gle, hot Sexton devised a new snow
plow , which he hitched to a trolley and
drove with his own hand over the T rac
tion Company’s tracks.
John was cleaning out the desk of tbe
late secretary of tbe company one even
ing while Raridan read a newspaper and
waited for him. W arry was often lonely
these days. Saxton was too much en
grossed to find time for frivolity, and Mr.
Porter's illness cot sharply In on W arry’s
visits to the Hill. He was resting while
b e waited for the Transcontinental to
•xhaust its usual tactices o f delay and
come to trial. On Fenton’s suggestion
Saxton had intrusted to Raridan some
matters pertaining to tbe receivership,
and these served to carry W arry over an
Intervul o f idleness and restlessness.
"Y ou may bang m s!’’ said Saxton, sud
denly. He bad that day unexpectedly
cam e upon the long-lost stock records o f
tbe company and was now examining
them. Thruet into one of the books were
tw o canceled certificates.
“ It’ s certainly queer,’ he said, as War-
ay went over to bis desk. H s spread out
one o f the certificates which Margrave
bad taken from Wheaton the night before
the annual meeting. "T hat’ s certainly
W heaton’s endorsement ail right enough.”
Raridan took Off his glasses and
brought his near-sighted gaae to bear
critically upon the paper.
“ There’s no doubt about It.”
“ And look ht this, toe.” Saxton hand-
od kirn Evelyn Porter’s certificate. Rari
dan examined it and Evelyn’s signature
o n tbe back with greater care. He car
ried the paper nearer to the light and
•eaaned it again while Saxton watched
him and emoked kls pipe.
‘T o o notice that Wheaton witnessed
the signature.”
Raridan nodded. Saxton, who knew
bln friend's moods thoroughly, saw that
b e was troubled.
**I can find no plausible explanation of
that,” «aid Saxton. ” Anybody may b t
called on to witness a signature; hat I
can’ t explain this. H s opened the stock
record sad followed the history o f tbs
tw o certificates from one pegs to anoth
er. It was dear enough that the csrtifl-
heM by Evelyn Porter and Jamas
merged lots sms,
•at la the same of
. and dated the day be-
-It
he arili
1
Mr.
at
ly go over this whole business and hs sen
easily explain these matters.’’
“ It makes a lot of difference,” said
Warry, gloomily.
>
“ W e’d better not any. anything aboqt
this just now— not even to Fenton,” Sax
ton suggested. “ I’ll take these things
over to my other office for safe keeping.
Some one may want them badly enough
to look for them.”
Raridan aat down" with his newspaper
and pretended to be fa d in g until Saxton
was ready to go.
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C H A P T E R X IX . t
The iron thrall o f winter was broken
at last. Great winds still blew In the
valley, but their keen edge was dulled.
Robins and bluejaya, coming before tbe
daffodils dared, looked down from bare
boughs upou the receding' line o f snow on
the Porter hillside.
The yellow river
had shaken itself free of ice, and Its swol
len flood rolled seaward. Porter watch
ed it from his windows; and early. In
March he was allowed to take short
walks in the grounds. He was much
weakened by his illness, and though ha
pleaded daily to be allowed to go to the
bank, he snbmltted to Evelyn’s refusal
with a tameness (hat was new in him.
Fenton came several times for short in
terviews ; Thompson called as an old
friend as well as a business associate.
Wheaton was often at tbe house, and Por
ter preferred bis account o f bank amt-
te n to Thompson’s. Wheaton carried the
figure# in his head, and answered ques
tions offhand, while Thompson was help-
lean without tbe statements which he
waa always having the clerk* make for
him. Porter fretted and fumed over
Traction mutters, though Fenton dic| hia
beat to reassure him.
He did not understand why Saxton
should have been made receiver; if Fen
ton was able to dictate the appointment,
why did he ignore Wheaton, who coaid
have been spared from the bank easily
enough when Thompson returned. Fen
ton did not tell him the true reason—
bat he urged the fact that Saxton repre
sented certain aharee which were enti
tled to consideration, and be made mnch
o f the danger of Thompson's breaking
down at any moment and having to
leave. Porter dreaded litigation, and
wanted to know how soon the receiver
ship could be terminated and the company
reorganised. The only comfort he de
rived from the situation was the victory
which had been gained over Margrave,
who bad repeatedly sent messages to tbe
bouse asking for an interview with Por
ter at the earliest moment possible. The
banker’s humor had not been injured by
the fever, and he told Evelyn and the
doctor that he’d almost be willing to Stay
in bed a while longer merely to annoy
Tim Madgrete.
“ I f I ’d known I waa goifig to be sick,
I guess I woudn’t have tackled It,” he
said to Fenton one day, holding np his
thin band to the fire. The doctors had
found his heart weak and had cut off his
tobacco, which he missed sorely. “ 1 might
anload aa soon as w* can rebond and
reorganise.”
“ That’s for you to say,” answered the
lawyer. “ Margrave wanted It, and no
donbt he would be glad to take it off your
hands if you care to deal with him.”
“ I f I was sure I had a dead horse, I
guess I’d as lief let T im curry him as
any man in tow n ; but I don’t believe this
animal Is dead.”
“ Not much,' said the lawyer, reassur
ingly. “ Saxton says l e ’a making money
•every day, now that nobody is stealing tbe
revenues. H e’s painting the open ears
and expects to do mnch better through
the summer.”
” 1 guess Saxton doesn't know mnch
about the business,” said Porter.
“ He knows more than he did. Ha’a all
right, that fellow— s lo w but sure. He’s
been a surprise to everybody. He’s solid
with the men, too, they tell me. I guess
there won’ t be any strikes while he’s In
charge.”
“ You'd better get a good man to keep
the accounts,” Porter suggested. "W hea
ton’s pretty keen on such thing».’”'
“ Oh, that’ s all fixed. Saxton brought
a man out from an Eastern audit com
pany to ran that for him, and he depos
its with the bank.”
“ All right,” said Porter, weakly.
Saxton came and talked to him o f the
receivership several times, and
Porter
quisled him about it in his characteristic
vein. Saxton waa very patient under bis
cross-examination, and reassured the
banker by hia manner and his facts. Por
ter had lost hia jannty way, and after the
first interview he contented himself with
asking bow the receipts were running and
how they compared with those o f the
year previous. Saxton suggested several
time« to Fenton that be wonld relinquish
the receivership, 'n ow that Porter was
able to nominate some one to his own
liking. The lawyer would not have It so.
He believed In Saxton and be felt anre
that when Porter could get about and see
what the receiver had accomplished be
wonld be satisfied. It would be foolbh
to make a change until Porter had fully
recovered and’ was able to take bold of
Traction matters In earnest.
Saxton had suddenly become a person
o f importance in the community. The
public continued to be mystified by tbe
legal stroke which had placed William
Porter virtually in posseeaion o f the
property; and it naturally took a deep
interest in the court’s agent who waa
managing it so successfully. Warry Rari
dan waa delighted to find Saxton praised,
and be dealt ironically with those who
expressed surprise at Saxton’s capacity.
Hs was glad to be associated with John,
and when he could find an excuse, he
liked to visit tbe power bouse with him,
and to identify himself in any way pos
sible with bis friend’s work, ¿hiring the
sxtreme cold hs paid from his own pock
et for the hot coffee which was handed
np to the motormen along all the lines,
and gave It out to the newspapers that
the receiver was doing It. John warned
him that this would appear reckless and
injure him with tb* judge o f the court
to whom be waa responsible.
Though Porter waa not etrong enough
to resume hie boeiagee burdens, he waa
tb* better able in Ms abundant leisure
to quibble ever domestic and social mat
ters with aa invalid’s unreason. He waa
troubled because Evelyn would not go
o u t; she had missed practically ail tb*
social gaiety o f tbs winter by reason-of
bio 11 In ere, and hs wished her to feel
tree to leave him when she liked. In
h k careful reading of tbe n*w«p*p*ra be
noted tbe Items rieeeifled under “ The
Giddy Throng” and “ S o d a l Clarkson,"
and it pained him to mlee Evelyn’s setae
in ft * Uet e f those who “ poured,” gv “ an
=
slated,” or “ were charming” la some par
tk-ulaf, raiment.
’
The doctor advised a change tor Por
ter, tlra purpose o f which was to make It
Impossible for him to return to hie work
before bis complete
recovery
Evulyo
and the doctor ^hose Aabeeille before
they mentioned it to him, and
of course, included hia son Grant. Hr*.
Whipple still supervised the Porter house
hold at long range, and the general fre
quently called alone to help the ba*k*r
over the hard places In his concalevasnre
A day had been fixed fo r their dafac
ture, and Mrs. Whipplb waa reviewing
and approving their plana in the library,
as Evelyn and her father and Gtnut
discussed them.
“ W * shall probably not a** yon at
home much In the future," Mr*. Whipple
said to Mr. Porter, who lay In Invalid
ease on a lounge, with a Roman com
forter over his kneea. “ You’ll be our*
to become tbe worst of gad about*— R j
rope, the far East, and all that.”
“ I guess not,” he said, emphatically.
“ I never expect to have any time for
loafing.”
“ Well, you’re going now, anyhow. Don't
let this girl get into mischief while you’re
away. . An Invalid father— only a youug
brother to care for her and keep the anit-
ore a w a y ! Be sure and bring her back
without a trail o f encumbrance*. Great,
aha said, turning to the boy, “ you must
protect Evelyn.from those Eastern men.”
“ I’ll do jn j beat,” the lad answered
“ Evelyn doesn't like dndes, and Warry
says all the real men live out W est."
“ I guess that’ » right,” aaid Mr. Porter.
She roe#, gathering her wrap about
her. Grant rose as »he did. Hi* man
ners were very nice, and he walked Into
the hall and took up hia hat to go down
to th* car with Mr». Whipple. It was
dusk, and a man waa going through the
grounds lighting the lamps. ^Mra. Whip
ple talked with her usual vivacity o f the
New Hampshire acbool which the boy-
had attended, and of the trip he was
»boat to make with his father and slater.
They stood at the curb in front of the
Porter gat# waiting for her car. A baggy
■topped near them and a man alighted
and stood talking to a companion who
remained seated.
“ Is this the way to Mr. Porter’s sta
ble?" one of the men called to them.
“ Yea,” Grant answered, as he stepped
into the street to signal the car. The
man who bad alighted got back Into the
buggy aa If to drive into the grounds.
The street light overhead hissed and then
burned brightly above them. Mrs. Whip
ple turned and saw one o f the men plain
ly. The car came to a atop; Grant help
ed her aboard, and waved bia hand to
her aa she gained the platform.
At 9 o’clock a general alarm was sent
out In Clarkson that Grant Forter bad
disappeared.
(T o be continued.)
S IT E OF T Y B U R N T R E E .
M a r b le T a b le t P la ced ess Spot W h e r e
T h o u s a n d » M e t D e a th ,
Thousands o f English m alefactors
and thousands who were not m alefac
tors, accord in g to m odern Ideas, met
their death at tbe bands o f the hang
man on a spot in one o f the busiest
centers o f L ondon cou nty c o u n c il,!»
L ondon dispatch say*.
T h e spot Is the site o f the famoue.
T yburn tree, the gallow s on
which
L ond on ’s crim in als w ere hanged fc i
m ore than 600 years. It Is situated
at the Junction o f O xford street. E d g e
ware road and B ays w ater road, oppo
site the m arble arch w h ich m arks th«
principal entrance to
Hyde
Park.
Shops and m ansions look out on th<
spot w h ich was once avoided by th«
superstitious.
T he Londofi cou n ty
cou ncil
hai
m arked the exact sp ot where the per
m anent gallow s stood by letting a tab
let Into the roadw ay. It bears an ex
cellent representation o f the old gal
low s, surrounded by a triangle with
the fo llow in g In scription :
"H e re stood T yburn Tree. Removed
1759.”
T he exact site was on ly fixed after
m uch reeearch and poring over old
maps by the county cou n cil's archaeo
logical experts. T he reason for the
difficulty waa that different authorities
— equally trustw orthy— gave tw o site«
fo r T yburn tree, and It was not until
It wag discovered that there were real
ly tw o o f them that the. mystery wai
solved. T he spot now marked Is th«
site o f the old perm anent gallow s
w hich It Is know n waa In use In 1196
which w as probably standing for many
years before than tim e and which wai
rem oved in 1759. It was replaced by
a m ovable gallow s w hich was situated
a few hundred yards aw ay and was
finally rem oved In 1783, when it was
decided that public executions were
barbarous spectacles, and that men
and wom en should be hanged In fu
ture w ithin tbe w alls o f Newgate pris
on.
At the tim e when T yburn tree was
bearing Its dreadful fru it Its site was
far ou t In the country. Oxford street,
now L ond on ’s greatest shopping thor
ou gh fa re, was a cou ntry road and was
known at T yburn road. It Is the di
rect route from N ew gate prison, in th#
old city o f London, to T yburn , nnd It
was ths last road ov er w hich the con
demned men traveled, sittin g In an
open ca rt w ith n priest or clergym an
standing bealde them and a mob o f
cu riou s spectators
follow in g. H alf
w ay to Tyburn tree there was s liquor
shop known as "L a st D rink House,”
at which the condem ned m in was al
ways served w ith a quart o f ale. That
baa long since been destroyed and a
great business bu ildin g stands on Its
sits.
Many fam ous crim in als were hanged
en T yburn tree and It is estimated
that at least 60,000 persons met their
death there.
Claude Duval, the fa
m ous highw aym an, was hanged them,
and John P rice, the origin al “ Jack
Ketch,” the hangm an, waa hanged for
m urder In 1718 qp tb e very gal
low s on w hich h s had hanged so many
oth er men._____________________
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B itte r
In ten siv e D a iry
F s r e tla g .
T h e question is often
asked bow
many oowa a certain num ber o f acres
will
support.
B y the question is
meant that the en tire en ergy o f the
farm is to be devoted to raisin g food*
for the dairy cow . A farm In a good
state o f fertility can be easily arran g
ed s o that on s oould ksep a cow
to every tw o acres If the land Is all
good, rich , tillable land.
A nd one
would be able to raise both the forag e
or bulky part o f the ration, and the
grain ration, too. It could be done
In a few years' tlm s with the proper
handling o f the herd on the farm .
T hree crops upon the farm w ill do
It— first, co rn ; second, clov er hay. and,
third, peas and oats. O f course, the
clover aod w ould be plow ed dow n for
oorn and then the corn ground be put
Inte peas and oats th s follow in g sea
son. W ith these three foods on e can
m ake a balanced ration for the dairy
cow w ith ou t pu rchasin g any oth er ou t
side food , either concentrated or
bulky.
T he statem ent has often been made
that an acre o f good land w ill sup
port a cow th e year around.
One
dairym an m ade the rem ark that he
could keep tw o cow s on an acre, but
p ractically the m an w ho keeps ons
cow on tw o acres Is d oin g very good
business i f he gets fa ir prices fo r ths
product. It is s fa ct that the dem and
fo r m ilk, butter and cheese is Increas
in g faster than cow s and the prices
are con tin u ally advancing. T h ere Is
no better business -than dairyin g.—
A gricultural E p lto m lst
B e tte ».
B itter cream and butter m ay and
gen erally does result a fte r the cow has
been feed in g liberally
on m oldy
hay. d ecayin g roots sa d certain weeds.
A nother fru itfu l source o f bitter cream
and butter Is the holding o f tbe cream
at too low k tem perature, when ob jec
tionable bacteria g e i In their w ork,
cau sin g a pungent or bitter flavor.
F or beet results cream should be cool
ed and held at a tem perature o f about
60 degrees fo r s ix or seven hours Im
m ediately after separation, a fter w hich
it should be rlpenpd In a tem perature
o f from 60 to 70 degrees. W hen It
begins to tn ra sou r It is ready to be
churned, and then th e soon er It is
churned th e better. In sm all dairies,
where several separator skim m ing*
are required to m ake up the quantity
o f cream fo r a ch urning, the cream
should never be run from the separa
tor in to the vedsel h old in g previous
sk lm m ln gs. One needs a cream can of
sufficient else to hold all that Is re
qu ired to m ake Up the ch urning, and
such vessels should be kept In a place
where th e tem perature is about 60
degrees. E ach sk im m in g should 'be
cooled b efore being em ptied Into thla
storage can.
W hen fresh cream Is
em ptied U should be at on ce thoroug-
ly Incorporated w ith the contents o f
ths can by stirrin g with a spoon or
ladle. C hurning ahould not take place
w ithin five o r six hours after the last
cream has thus been added.— F ield and
Farm .
Reelalnalear W aabeU L an g.
I had about one acre o f washed
clay land on one sid e o f a good field.
It was absolutely devoid o f vegeta
tion. had been left ou t fo r a num ber
o f years after w astin g fertiliser upon
It, and w as an eyesore. - E arly In the
sp rin g I crossed It w ith fu rrow s about
W o l e » n N o c e » » » « » fo r C rope.
In these fu rrow s I
T h is reservoir Is 100 feet high and 5 feet apart.
37% feet in diam eter and w ill hold dropped w ild black berry roots, one
3,400 tons o f water, an equivalent to abou t every 4 fe e t I dropped a fork
30 acre-inches o f rain fall. An aver fu l o f stable m anure next to each root,
age rain fall o f 13% Inches du rin g the p artially cov erin g It, and covered the
w hole w ith one fu rrow m ade w ith the
turn plow.
In the next fu rrow I
dropped sm all pine tops and partially
covered them w ith the plow . I went
ovdr all the land In the sam e way.
T h e w ork required three days fo r tw o
men and a team. T h e follow in g sp rin g
1 plow ed ou t the m iddles. T his was
five years ago, and I have not touched
the land since. I have gathered tw o
good crops o f blackberries and tbe
land la now covered with heavy berry
bushes and a good w ild grass sod,
w it h , >»0 wash to speak of.— O. M.
H um phreys, In A gricu ltu ral E plto
m lst.
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— illS in
I
t
grow in g season would fill to tbe point
Indicated. A rainfall o f 9 Inches, If
com pletely utilised, would produ ce a
yield o f 30 bushels o f wheat o r 187
bushels o f oats.
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S ilo
B a lK la s .
Beet C olt e r e W a n e s.
Com m ent has arisen over tb* appaF
en t decadence o f sugar-beet culture in
the farm in g section about T oledo,
Ohio. W here a few years ago a d osea
fields cou ld be seen w ith ou t traveling
m ore than a m ile or two. now scarcely
one exists. A farm er reported he saw
but one field betw een T oled o and Mon
roe. though on ly a few years ago this
section produced heavily. Several fa c
tors have arisen to w ork against beet
raising. In the first place, labor s a d
care considered, th e present high-
priced cereals a r e . con siderably m ore
profitable; again, farm ers have befeun
to learn that beets tax soil vitality
about as h eavily as an y crop. and.
unless fertilizin g elem ents are constant
ly applied tbe land Invariably suffers.
F o r n S e e k in g C e w .
T he follow in g description Is given ot
In all silos the greatest w aste o c a device to prevent a cow from suck
curs around the sides, p articu larly In in g h erself:
the corners, because tbe air has great
Secure tw o length»
er access to these parts. T h e fodder
o f small cord, also
Is not packed tigh tly In the ‘corners,
six pieces o f round,
tb e a ir fills the interstices and decay
light
wood about
results. W ith tbe cylin d rical silo tbe
13 Inches lon gh an d
friction is equally distributed over the
1 % iuchea In diam
en tire Inside w an surface, so that the
eter, bore % inch
allage settles evenly.
holes at each end of
T he place a silo Is to occu p y may
■ticks, then having
determ ine th* form to build. There
tied a knot at one
are several kinds. C hief am ong these
end o f the rope, thread on the sticks.
are the round the stave, the square
K n ot the cord on either side o f the
rectangular, and the octagonal form . sticks, then throw the same across
A square o r rectangular silo can usu
the cow ’s neck (h a v in g regulated the
ally be constructed w ithin a barn with knots and stick s to suit the small o f
better econ om y o f space than a round
tbe neck and also the sh ou ld er), and
silo. F or these reasons square silos
the end o f the cords around the first
are m ost frequently em ployed within
knot. T he accom pan yin g Illustration
the barn, and the circu la r type when
show s the result.
T his device pre
a separate bu ildin g is constructed.
vents the cow
from
reaching her
flanks.
M e llln l B a tter.
S treaky o r m ottled butter m ay be
caused by the salt, or it m ay be due
to the w ork in g o f the butter. T he
salt is so even ly diffused in the finest
kind o f butter that, as Is shown by a
m icroscope, every grain Is surrounded
by a film o f clear and transparent
brine, w hich points out th s necessity
o f a v oid in g tfie ov erw ork in g o f the
butter before the Salt is added.
In
the first w ork in g every particle o f
m ilk should be gotten rid o f, but
enough clear w ater should be left to
d issolve every grain o f salt In tw elve
hours before the next w orking.
If
th is is done there w ill be but little
danger o f etreaklnese In the butter,
but to get the beat results tbe salt
should be very finely ground.
1641— F irst com m encem ent
exercises
o f H arvard College.
1684— T reaty o f pe#ice concluded at A l
bany betw een the C olonists and
the F ive Nations.
1731— Jam es Franklin esU bllsh od th*
“ New E ngland C ourant” In B os
ton.
1713— British troops defeated the In
dians at Bushy Run.
1776— T h* British burned their fleet
off R hode Island on the approach
o f th# F rench fleet under C ount
d’Estalng.
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1798— C om m issioners o f tho
United
States m et the Indian ch iefs o f
W estern tribes e t Greenville, Ohio,
and concluded a treaty o f peace.
1807— T rial trip o f F ulton’s steam boat
"C ferm ont” w as made,
l i l t — A m ericans routed by a force o f
British and Indians at B row n s-
town, Mich.
1813— A m erican privateer D ecatur ca p
tured the British sch oon er D om in
ica.
3814— C om m issioners o f th# United
States and England met at Ghent
to arrange a treaty o f p e a c e .. ..
A British fleet landed troops a t
Pensacola, Fla.
1811— F irst P resbyterian con gregation
In M issouri w as
organised
at
Bellevue settlem ent, in W a sh in g
ton County.
1839— F irst locom otiv e regularly used
in the U nited S tates run on’ the
Carbondale and Honadale R ailroad
In New Y ork
1846— David W llm ot Introduced hia
p roviso In C o n g r e s s .. . .S m ith son
ian Institution at W ash in gton
founded.
116«—-Kansas rejected the L *com pton
constitution fo r the second time.
1861—Federal* defeated in tbe battle
o f W ilson ’s Creek, Mo.
18«3—C onfederate ram A rkansas e x
ploded above Baton R o u g e .. . .B a t
tle o f Cedar Mountain ended in
victory fo r the C on federates
18S3— Cavalry fight at Culpepper, Va..
between G ena Stuart and Buford.
1164— A dm iral F arragut entered M o
b ile bay with th irty -tw o v e sse ls
....G e n . H ood attacked Geo. L o
gan ’s tinea at Atlanta.
1373— Cuban privateer P ion eer seised
by th* United S tates marshal at
N ew port^ R. L
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1873— L arge section o f Portland, O re-
destroyed by fire.
1|74—A n O hio JUver steam er burned
near Aurora, IndL, w ith loss o f
tw en ty-five liv e s
.
1384— Corner stone laid fo r the Statue
o f L iberty la N ew Y ork harbor.
....R e c e p t io n o f th* survivor* o f
the O feely A rctic extradition at
Portsm outh, N. H.
1886— Parcel poet established betw een
Canada and points In Great B rit
ain.
18*7—-H aw aii adopted a new con stitu
tio n . . . . C ollapse o f the wheat syn
dicate in San F rancisco, loss $«.-
060,000.
1889— Spokane
Falla,
W ashington,
nearly destroyed by
f i r e ..,.T h e
Sioux Indians ceded their reserva
tion In D akota (11,000,000 a cres)
to th# United States.
1890— France and E ngland reached an
agreem ent respecting their posses
sion in A frica.
1893— F irst Chinaman deported from
San F rancisco under the G eary
act.
1894— T w elve live* lost In the w reck
o f a R ock Island train near L in
coln, N e b ....T h e great strike o f
tbe Am erican R ailw ay Union d e
clared off.
1908— T he Standard Oil C om pany waa
Indicted at C hicago fo r receiving
rebates.
1907— T he French
n evy bom barded
Casablanca,
on the M oroccan
c o a s t .. . .G ov. H oke Sm ith signed
the G eorgia prohibition bill, to b e
com e effective January 1, 1908.
1908— The Am erican battleship
fleet
arrived at Auckland, N ew Zealand.
Mehmed All Bey, Turkish m inis
ter to W ashington, r e c a ll e d ....
F orest fires devastated
several
tow ns o f British Columbia.
N e w U se fo r P a lp M i ll R e fe a e .
A s the resnlt o f a series o f recen t
experim ents conducted by the J. A
J. R ogers palp m ills at A usable F ork s.
N. Y., it is announced that new nses
have been found fo r the “ sludgs” o r
w aste m aterial o f the w ood pulp m ills.
T h is w ill n ot on ly be a great saving to
th* pulp interests, bat w ill end th *
pollution o f
stream s on w h ich th *
m ills are located. It Is dem onstrated
that th * poisonous sulph ite waste can
be used as a substitute fo r th e corn
m eal and m olasses em ployed la Iron
fou n d ry co re casting as a top dressin g
fo r m acadam roads and fo r oth er pur-
Sllaar» « » » F e e d in g .
T he ch ie f difficulty in grow in g silage
corn In som e o f the N orthern States Is
In gettin g a suitable variety, and farm
ers are stron gly urged to take advan
tage o f such new varieties o f silage
corn as m ay be offered fo r trial by
the experim ental stations o f their re
sp ective States or by the United States
D epartm ent o f A gricu ltu re, and also
to select th eir own w ed in order to
fill It. In sections where potatoes fill
the place o f corn In a ration, silage
can be made from Japanese m illet or
oth er crop s and succulent w inter feed
be thus provided. C lover and Italian
CH URCH A N D R E F O R M .
rye grasses are su ccessfu lly used for
silag e In th e State o f W ashington
The Epworth League o f the M-ohodlat
and the com bination Is w orthy o f trial Episcopal Church was organised at
Cleveland, Ohio, May 16, 18Ju.
in northern Maine.
On* hundred and forty-five men aie en
I
P w w r r l s s Fenee Feete.
O r«M fo r Sh adr Ptaeoe.
rolled In the Y. M. C. A . Bible classes
It la estim ated that a fence post,
T he low n A gricultural E xperim ent at the United States naval acad*tr.>.
w hich, under ord in ary circum stances,
Th* Roman Catholic apostolic delegate
w ill last fo r perhaps tw o years, w ill, Station has found ou t t h a t on rail
If given p reservative .treatment cost roads running east and west, it Is nso- to th* Uaited States la Most Rev. I Re-
in g about 10 cents, last eighteen years. assary to plant a different kind o f mede Falcon lo o f Washington, D. C.,
Last year the Methodist Episcopal
T b e service o f oth er tim bers, such as grass on the north side o f emtNUBk-
publishing bones o f Lucknow, ladle, put
A man a n y liv e ju stly by avoiding railroad ties and telephone polos» can m ents from the south side because e f
be doubled and often trebled by taox- the different am ount o f su n ligh t that oat s total o f about 1 fi,000,000 peg«* of
w hat h s
blam es la
religious literature
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