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VOL. XXVI. PITTSBORQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 12, Mi.
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CHAPTER XL1I.
Continued.
"There you mistake. Could I have
brought myself to consider so hurried
and unlooked-for nuptials I should
have come u you to stand by her at
the altar. As it is I come for your ad
vice as to the best way to refuse her
request without shocking her feelings
too deeply. I have a mother whom I
love. I cannot bring myself to marry
without her presence. Shall I tell
Jenny so? I only want three days in
which to bring her. Jenuy can easily
wait that long. But how to propose it
when her heart is so torn and lacer
ated:" Mr. Degraw, let us go to her. You
will have words given you. If she sees
that you love her and only wish to wait
:i suitable time that she may be mar
ried with honor and you with satisfac
tion she cannot be so unreasonable as
to feel hurt. She shall stay with me,
us she did before, until she is mar
tied." When they drove up to Jenny's
house Hilary remained in the carriage.
'Aii. you have come!"
The exclamation sprang from lips
that had turned suddenly rosy at hi.; j
step. He looked up as he heard it and j
saw Jenny before him in a dress sug
gestive of a modest bridal, aud carry
ing ia her hand a bonnet and a pair of
siiove. His heart for the moment
stoo;i still.
-My oarling!" he murmured, taking
her in his arms, and, as he did so gen
1 ly withdrawing the hat and gloves
from her clasp and laying them on a
table near by. "yoti are mine, then all
ii'iue! No one competes with me for
this small hand, and I may hope, in a
few days indeed, before the week has
closed to call you by my name before
ihe world, as I now do in the inner
most recesses of my heart!"
He had spoken without thought, and
bo had spoken, well, if her delicacy
only v,a to be considered. But there
wa- another passion lying hid within
thai beating heart, aud she started
back wounded and frightened at his
words, saying, wildly:
"J was mistaken, then, in thinking
yon would wish me to be beholden to
no man bui you. 1 must stay in this
house for days, eating Mr. Degraw's
bread and giving orders to Mr. De
graw's servants! I I wonder you can
wish it. But if you say so "
"I do not wish it, and it must not be.
Hilary stands ready to open her house
lo you. .She is outside now in the car
riage which stands in front of your
house. .She wants?, and I want, that
you should have every honor surround
ing yot:r marriage: and this couiel not
be ii we rushed oft' inconsiderately to
; minister's house to-nighi."
"Hilary!'' Jenny's voice sounded
strangely. '"1 had much ' rather not
marry you from Hilary's house."'
"And why, mv beautiful? Had ever
a girl a kinder friend than she has 1
been to you':" j
"You do not understand," was tb.2 j
quick reply. "I appreciate Hilary,
but Jenny stole a look at him.
Should she utter the words that were
trembling on her tongue? Would it
gain her her wish and lead him to solve
all her difficulties by marrying her be
" i'ore tne fatal letter couid reach hknY
He did not give her the opportunity for
testing this possibility. Seeing her
hesitate, he took her by the hand and
passionately declared:
"My heart and life are yours, Jenny.
You must know it from my look and
clasp. I have no doubts. Yet with ail
this love and all this hope, I recognize
that there is such a fact as duty. You
are not all I have in the world. I have
friends, I have my good name, I have
something like a career to consider.
But I do not consider these; I consider
only my aged mother, who lives in a
little country home among the Con
necticut hiils, and who would be heart
broken if her only son married without
her knowledge and blessing."
"Oh!"
' Jenny dropped her face in the hollow
of her two hands. She knew that her
cause was lost.
'Do you not see," he went on, his
voice sounding with richer cadence as
he dwelt upon the two deep loves of
life, "that I could not be a good hus
band if I did not start right by being
a good son? And she has been such
a devoted mother to me. My heart
warms as I think of her ceaseless care
and patient love. If I have any good
in me it came from her; and if I have
any gratitude I .must show it to her.
Am I not right, Jenny?"
She pressed his hand. Fatal as this
delay was likely to be to her, she could
not deny the mothers claims.
"Go to her," she murmured, faintly.
'I dare not ask you to remember iny
wishes in preference to hers."
He stooped to kiss her.
1 "And I dare not do so, Jenny. I
idolize you. I love every hair of your
head; every glance of your eye. In
deed, indeed, my love, I have no life
without you; but the more I feel for
you tne more i must reel for my
mother, since you two are the only
beings in the world that have ever
made me forget my art. Some day
you will be the only one to consider;
till that day comes let me pay my duty
to both."
She sobbed, but attempted no fur
idler remonstrance. . -
I ''Win'- ilrt -rm woon TrmnvO T dm 11
come back very soon. You surely
can wait in patience for three days."
, "Not if you go back to the studio! I
have a most unreasoning fear of the
studio!" she cried. "Ever since you
have been here I have had a premoni
tion of danger connected with that
place. What does it mean? That
some fearful peril menaces you or our
love?"
'Xo.! no! my darling. You are tired
and start at every shadow. I can for
give you for it. You have had a
wretched week."
"But if you would only go to your
mother without returning to the studio!
It may be only a whim, but is it one
that you can humor? I may be only
nervous, but Her attitude and
gesture finished her appeal. Both
were irresistible, and he smiled in
dnlgently.
it is a cuiiu s notion. said ne;
"but the child is very dear to me and
shall be listened to. I can take the
midnight train as well as any other
I hive money with me, and though I
shail have to go without my usual
conveniences. I will make it a flving
trip or buy in Waterbury what I think
I need. Does that lelieve your fears
my tlaviing, or persuade you that I am
willing to do any reasonable or un
reasonable thing tnat I conscientiously
can to please you?"
She kised his hand.
"Was ever a woman more beauti
ful?" he cried, ami "showered his ten
derness upon her. A thought of Hilary
soon came, however, to cut these dem
onstrations short. He gave his be
trothal a final embrace, and urged her
to complete her preparations for re
turning with Miss Apinwall. Jenuy
hastened to do his bidding, aud ore
long.both found themselves in the car
riage with Hilary, who was much
gratified at the success of Mr. Do
graw's undertaking.
As Mr. Degraw- had promised not to
return to his studio, he remained with
the- ladies till eleven o'clock. Then he
loft for the depot, but before he said
"Good-bye," Jenny drew him aside,
and whispered:
"You will think I do not trust you,
but for all that I am going to ask you
for the loan of your sttulio key till your
return. I will keep it like a talisman
under my pillow, and when I feel it
there. I shall know that our love Is
safe, and our wedding-day at hand.
Can you understand such nonsense?"
And he, thinking that she meditated
some surprise for him, gave her the
key, and never suspected that in the
trembling of the small white hand
which took it, he saw the evidences of
a relief, such as ihe prisoner experi
ences when he receives the commuta
tion of a sentence which had hitherto
doomed him to death.
CHAPTER XLIII.
FATE TRIUMPHANT. -
h;.d been decided during the hour
It
Mr. Degraw had spent with these la
dies that if he found his mother well
and submissive to his wishes, that the
marriage should take place immediate
ly upon his return. As he expected to
be back by Thursday noon, this would
leave them little over two days in
which to prepare the minds of their
friends for the event, and to make
such arrangements for the quiet cere
mony they contemplated, as would pre
vent undue gossip, and insure comfort
to the dainty and sensitive bride.
But Hilary was a power when her
faculties were fully aroused. She did
all, managed all, with consummate tact
and judgment, and though she could
not hope to save Jenny or the two
Degraws from criticism, she at least
managed to make it perfectly under
stood h their own circle, that it was
the trtist whom Miss Rogers was to
marry, and not liis namesake from
Cleveland, to whom she had been re
ported to be engaged.
Jenny, meanwhile, kept herself se
cluded. There was one task before
her, but that she kept for the last
moment.
At noon on Thursday a telegram
came from her absent lover, telling
her to expect him by three o'clock.
Hilary was out, but leaving the tele
gram with Miss Aspinwall's maid, she
dressed herself and went out, leaving
no word behind her, save that she ex
pected to be home before three.
She went direct to the building
which contained her lover's studio.
When she opened the door, three let
ters were lying on the floor before her.
Lifting them with a trembling hand,
she glanced at their several post-marks.
They were all city letters. Tearing
them open one after . the other, she
looked at their contents. One only
interested her. Jf you read these words
as she read them, you will see to what
a degree:
"37 East Street.
"Mr. Hamilton. Degraw. Sir: This
afternoon, it was my fortune to pick
up, at the corner of Fourth avenue and
Sixteenth street, an unsealed letter ad
dressed simply to Mr. Hamilton De
graw. As it is a name well known in
this city, I was about to venture upon
inking ii at once to your studio, when
a friend suggested that I should write
J first and inquire if you had lost such
letter. It is signed 'Jenny,' aud seems
to be of importance. If U S y OW prop
erty, you can easily regain it by calling
at the above address. i
"Respectfully yours,
"GEORGE VANDECKER.
"To Mr. Hamilton Degraw, Artist."
Ah! what a narrow escape! Thrust
ing the three letters into her pocket,
she hurried out, locking the studio
door behind her. Going at once to
street, she rang the bell of 37, and
inquired if Mrs. Vandecker was in.
Happily she was, and after a few tor
turing minutes of waiting in the parlor,
a good-looking woman entered, and
quietly greeted her.
"I have come," she said, gently, and
with her first conscious effort at acting
a part she did not feel, "for a letter
addressed to Mr. Degraw which your
husband is said to have found. I am
his intended wife, and wrote the let
ter." "I am sorry," Mrs. Vandecker began,
"but Mr. Degraw has just called for his
property."
"Mr. Degraw!"
"My husband went out of town this
morning. He met Mr. Degraw at the
depot, and told him of this letter, and
where it could be found. Mr. Degraw
came for it immediately, and it is not
ten minutes since he left here with it
in his hand."
Jenny gave her one look the woman
never forgot it then she staggered
out of the house, and wandered dizzily
away to Hilary's house. Ah! if the
ground would only open in mercy and
take her in! She was not worthy of
cumbering it longer. And her steps
grew very languid and her heart very
faint as she drew up at Hilary's steps.
and with difficulty mounted to the
door.
"Oh! if I could fall asleep," she
thought, "and know no more for
weeks!"
But she had to ring the bell, she had
to enter the door, she had to confront
Hilary, and. in another moment, her
waiting lover.
He was standing in a little reception
room off the parlor, and she felt his
presence before Hilary spoke his name.
But she did not have to nerve herself
to meet him, for he was at her side be
fore she could shake herself free from
the torpor that was gradually benumb
ing all her faculties.
"You see I have come back," he cried.
"My mother sends her blessing, and
waits to welcome you to her heart. Is
that not good news, dearest, and was
it not worth the waiting, lo feel lhal
you have made two hearts happy, hers
and mine?"
She nodded mechanically. She was
not deceived by his words. Had he
read all the letter or only a part? She
dared not lift up her eyes to see.
He divined her trouble, and sought at
once to allay it.
"Jenny," said he. "there is a little
matter on my mind which it may be
for our happiness to clear away before
we turn our attention to the arrange
ments for cur wedding. It is about a
letter "
"What letter?" she faintly articu
lated. "One written by you at least it is
signed 'Jenny,' and is addressed to
'Hamilton Degraw.' It was found ly
ing, unsealed, in the street, and was
picked up by a gentleman who knew
my name, and evidently my face, for
he picked me out ia a crowd to-day,
and told me of the occurrence. I have
not read it "
"You have not read it?"
She had forgotten herself, and there
was no mistaking her tone of absolute
aud overwhelming relief. He dropped
his arms from about her, and a strange
look of doubt began, for the first time,
to infuse itself into his expression.
"No." he declared, "for I was by no
means sure that it was iiieant for me
Was it, Jenny?"
"No." was her well-nigh inaudible
answer.
"Then, take it, dearest, but " he
did n6t say this till it was in her hand
'I should like I should be happier
if you would give me the privilege of
reading it. I do not know why I ce
sire to; perhaps I am getting whims
ical, too, but ever since it has been in
my hands I have felt restless and un
easy. You had the right to address
Mr.' Degraw, and I knew, of course,
that you had done so: but call it
jealousy or call it love I long to hear
vou say: 'Read it, Hamilton, and see
how true my heart was to you, if false
to him.' "
"You shall read it." The words
came slowly, each freighted with a
vanished hope. She knew', whether by
intuition or instinct, that suspicion had
at last been aroused in his heart, and
by her own act. "You shall see it,"
she repeated, more rapidly; "but not
till I am dressed for the ceremony.
Will, you wait till then?"
There was such a tlepth of entreaty
in her voice, such an unearthly gleam
in her eye, that he sought for what
ever word would calm her.
"Yes," said he, "I will wait till you
see fit to show it to me. I do not ask
to see it now or ever; I only hope that
you will be willing that I should. A
wife is so sacred to her husband! He
wants to feel that she holds no secrets
from him that all is clear between her
soul and his. Do you understand, ray
darling?"
Ah, yes, she understood. She showed
it by the wistful gleam of her eye
the passion of her embrace.
To be continued.
Government Wants to Know.
The controversy that has waged
about Koch's assertion that bovine
tuberculosis is not communicable to
man is about as undecided as ever.
The consensus of opinion appears to
be that, while man is not absolutely
immune from animal tuberculosis, he is
far less susceptible than has generally
been held. To throw some additional
light on the matter the German Gov
ernment has appropriated $1500 for re
search for the study of the relation
between tuberculosis i man and settle,
AuRIGDLTDRAL
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to
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3$
Good Staple Palter.
To make a good tool to pull barbed
wire staples with, take a piece of iron
or steel one inch wide and about fif
teen inches long. Heat it ami bend
4-
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liiun- -
one end and make it picked as here
shown. To pull staples take a ham
mer and drive the picked entl in side of
staple. You can pull them fast and
easy.
That Barnyard.
When I moved on our farm I found
places in the barnyard that were soft
and miry. I at once laid a tile drain
through this barnyard, which of it
self did much to relieve it. After this
I drew stones into the soft places aud
covered them with gravel. Then I
placed eave troughs all around . the
barn to carry the water awray from the
barnyard that fell from the roofs. Few
farmers are aware of the amount of
water that is shed from the roofs of
barns into the barnyards to wash out
the manure and makes the barnyard
soft and miry.
Overfed and Underfed Hens.
It is not possible to lay down hard
and fast rules for feeding, because of
the fact that tuttereut hens require
different quantities. The best plan is
to watch the flock carefully when feed,
ing to see that every hen gets her
share. The man who raises the feed
for his fowls is the one who is likely to
overfeed them, while the one who buys
his feed is likely to err in the opposite
direction. The only way one can man
age with any tlegree of certainty is
to try different quantities of fooel on
the flock for a period long enough to
note results. It will nay to weigh
the hens in order to get accurate re
sults. When the proper allowance
see-ins to have been reached, feed ac
cordingly and do not change unless
necessary.
Building Vp a Flock of Sheeji.
In starting out to raise sheep, a
breeder should have clearly in mind
wliat breed ami type he wishes to
raise, then stick to it, come what may.
writes W. F. Renk, in Orange Judtl
Farmer. Cross breeding and changing
frcm one breed to another gives no
definite results. With pure bred
sheep, type may sometimes change a
little.
Now, suppose we have a good bunch
of ewes of the breed we want; we will
Uiale them to a ram with a masculine
ore and head, with a short, thick neck,
wicie ami deep chest, back and loins,
wide and straight and well covered
with lean meat, rump wide and long,
twist plump and fleece of good quality
and dense. Too much pains cannot be
given in selecting a rani, as on him de
pends by far the greater part of the
improvement of the Hock.
A common flock of ewes can m a
short time be graded up to first-class
sheep by always using the very best
of sires and selecting and culling with
judgment.
Teaching a l)or.
You will want kindness, forbearance,
patience. Make the dog fond of you
do not strike him with stick or slip
per; use scolding sparingly ami only
as a punishment. If the tlog does well,
tell him so. Pat him and say, "Good
dog." Teach one thing at a lesson. Do
not rush his education. Teach him to
jump by placing a stick across a door
way, where he cannot crawl around it,
but very low, so that he can walk over
it. Raise it gradually, until he must
jump to get over it. Say "Jump!"
ami if he does not understand, jump
over the stick yourself to show him
how. He will soon learn. Hold a mor
cat n hnva o lrare lioojl fint car "T!ii?l"
If he jumps and snaps, give Inm a
slight slap on the nose. He wrill soon
learn to balance on his hind legs. Then
by walking with the morsel, saying.
"Walk, walk!" you can make him fol
low. Get him to stand, take a paw in
each of your hands, gently press him
iutu a sitting posture, and say
"Steady! Sit up!" and he will quickly
learn to obey. V. II. Sweet, in The
Epitomist.
tVhy Horses Crib.
Every one who has owned a horse
which is constantly gnawing at the
manger and at any bit of wood into
which it can get its teeth knows how
troublesome the habit is. It can be
broken up, but it will require consid
erable time and effort. The cause of
this habit is, in the majority of cases,
due to indigestion or to bad teeth, so
when a horse has the habit it should
be turned over to the veterinary sur
geon to have its teeth put in order. If
this does not break up the habit, then
treat the animal for indigestion.
Give the animal a close consisting of
a mixture of two ounces of turpentine
and one pint of linseed oil, and repeat
in a week. See that the animal has
plenty of exercise, and keep a lump of
rock salt in its manger all the time.
For a while let the ration consist of
bran and cornmeal night and morning,
with cut hay as roughage; at noon let
the ration be of whole oats, with a
small allowance oi nay. uncier tuis
treatment the animal will show a
marked improvement in a short time,
anel if it is persisted in the treatment
eventually will break, up the habit of
cribbing.
Apple Packages.
A number of apple boxes of various
sizes and shapes are on the market.
Tht Oregon box is twenty anel a half
by eleven by nine and three-quarters
inches inside. The ends are three-
fourths inch and the sides one-fourth
inch material. A box in which apples
come from Coloratlo and New Mexi
co is a little shorter and deeper, but
of about the same capacity.
A new box shown in the figure holds
a little more than a bushel. A special
feature is the panel ends. These make
the package lighter and stronger than
if the ends were of one solitl thick
piece, the panels acting as braces and
making handles. The best way to get
these boxes Is in the form of shooks.
They are easily put together by any
one who can handle hammer and nails.
Making boxes is entirely different
from putting barrels together. We
never recommenel any one to attempt
this unless he has had some experi
ence at cooperage business, as barrel
staves are as contrary things as one
can imagine. iJox siiooks may ue
APPLE BOXES.
stored in some clean place and take
but little room. Now that Eastern
manufacturers are getting into the
apple box business we expect to see
the odd size mongrel boxes displaceil
by something nearer uniform, though
it may take several seasons to learn
just " what size and form are best
adapted to our needs. The form must
be governed by convenience in storage,
handling and shipment and the size
by the demand of the trade, which we
believe is best satisfieel by a bushel or
a little over. The chances at present
are that it will pay to hold tue nest
of the apples and box them for winter
shipment. It will never d to put in
ferior apples in boxes. This is a new
package in most markets, and more
than one season may be required to
make buyers familiar with it. The
bulk" shipment of fruit is rarely sat
isfactory Jn the long run. If a man
has a good lot of choice apples wo
should advise him to try the box ship
ment. There may not be mueh in it
the first season, but this package is
sure to come into use, concludes Ru
ral New Yorker in giving the foregoing
advicd. .
Voultry Notes.
Prevention is better than physios.
especially in the poultry yard.
Keep plenty of grit where the fowls
can eat what they want at any time.
The small poultry yards and houses
neetl more attention than the larger
ones.
Many of the poultry diseases are the
result of crowding and unclean stir
foundings. Lazy men make bad poultry men.
Only hustling, busy, wide-awake men
ever succeed.
All fowls that you do not iutenel to
winter should be sole! before cold
weather sets in.
Theory works very poorly in the
poultry yard. You need good, sound
sense, coupled with experience.
Do not imagine that you know all
about the poultry business. It takes
years of experience to insure success.
Be kind to the poultry, and teach
every hen to love ami Know you. lie
suits will tell of every little favor
shown.
Dark skin fowls are just as sweet
and juicy as the yellow. "lis not the
color that makes the favorite fowl for
the table.
Charcoal is very beneficial to the
fowls, and you never see a ease of in
digestion where the fowls are given
access to it.
A Culinary Problem.
In a co-educational college, near Chi
cago, the senior class recently elecid
ed to give an olel-fashioned "sociable"
for which the girls of the class should
provide the supper. To two of them
was assigned the task of bringing
doughnuts of their own manufacture.
For several days they went about
with puckered foreheads, evidently
wrestling with some mighty problem.
Their study, which had been a haven
of peace', resounded through long
evenings with argument and expos
tulation.
At last, when their relations were
somewhat strained, they upplied to a
court of arbitration to settle their dif
ferences. Mr -. Smith, wife of one of
the professor.--, was taken into their
confidence.
"Mrs. Smith." begged c:ae of them,
"won't you settle a dispute for us? It's
about doughnuts, anel I can't convince
Anna that I'm right. She thinks they
ought to be fried in milk!"
"And what would you do wTith
them?"
"Why, I know just what to do. I've
been in the kitchen and seen Imogene
cook them. You fry ihenii in water, of
course, in a whole kettlefal."
Amend the Koad taw.
The decision of the Grand Jurors to
recommend that the Legislature change
the present road laws, insomuch as
they affect Fulton County, appears to
us to be a step in the right direction.
Under the present law all males over
the age of xsiteen years in the State
of Georgia, who do not live within the
boundaries of an incorporated town or
village, must pay the sum of 2.50 an
nual road tax, or accept the alternative
ef working the roads for a period o
five days. This is an antiquated sys
tem, and one which does not work out
well. The Road and Bridges Commit
tee of the Grand Jury, which recently
made an inspection of the thorough
fares of the county, found many of the
highways ami bridges to be in a very
poor condition. With the view of find
ing some method by which they may
be improved the Grand Jury called all
the County Commissioners together,
and the result of the meeting was the
decision that the present laws should
be changed.
Under tha plan proposed the Board
of County Commissioners would have
direct supervision of the entire road
system of the count'.. All persons of a
legal ago would be compelletl to pay
an annual tax of J2 for the improve
nient of the roaels, anel the portion o
the act now in force which allows the
alternative of working five days on the
roads would be repealed. The tax of
?2 paid Would be applied directly by
the County Commissioners to the road
improvement.
Under the present system a !arge ma
jority of males over sixteen years of
age prefer to give five days' labor to
the roads instead of the money. The
labor oa the roads is therefore con
ducted In it most haphazard manner
without centralized direction, anel lha
results are bound to be Inferior. If
there was no alternative of road labor
those from whom the taxes are due
could be required by lawr to pay their
$2 each year, with the alternative of
punishment in the case of failure. The
money thus collecteel coulel be used by
the county board in an intelligent man
net. Such a system would bring or
ganization into the matter of highway
improvements, ami the results would
be made manifest in a very short time.
With the money collected improved
road machinery could be collecteel a
thing which is impossible under the
present haphazard system. In this day
and age of the world the old system of j
labor for a few days of the year, which ;
vio!ii.-iti.l cnmon-hpi'a ft limit, the liUlcS
of King Alfred the Great of England,
is very uiucn or an anacuromsm. .ii
good machine can do the work of a
great many people; do it much better
and save time and money.
It is reported that a good roads con-
vention is planned to be held in this
city in the near future, at which the
plan of the Grand Jury will be in
dorsed. Resolutions should be drafted
then for presentation to the State Leg
islature, and everybody in the county
should get behind the movement anel
help push. The plan is distinctly a
step for the better, and should receive
the indorsement of and assistance or
all the public spirited Atlanta Jour
nal.
Governor Odell on Good Itoads.
The annual message of Governor
Odell, of New York, had the following
to say 'on State supervision over State
roads: ,
"Four hundred and eighty-four miles
of road have been improved by State
aid since the enactment of Chapter 115
of the Laws of M89S. The counties
lmva nlrpnrlv contributed their half Of
the expense for building 619 miles for
which plans are now ready. Petitions
have been presented for the construc
tion of 3250 miles.
"The total mileage of roads in the
State is 74,097. In order to form a
perfect system of highways through
the State, it is estimated that the im
provement of not more than ten per
cent, of the total mileage will be neces
sary. In other words, in order to se
cure a system of good roads throughout
the State, the total ultimate mileage
would be about 7500 miles. The coun
ties have provided for their half of the
expense for 1103 miles of improved
roads, while the State has contributed
its proportion for only 481 miles. It is
estimated that $2,801,000 will be re
quired from the State to complete this
1103 miles.
"While it has taken a number of
years for this system of road improve
ment to grow into popular favor, it will
be seen that probably within the next
six or eight years all necessary roads
will be under construction or will have
been completed, provided funds are
available, which will give a perfect sys
tem throughout all portions of the
State. This, with the States contri
butions for the repair of roads in coun
ties which have adopted the money
system, ought to give to New York a
magnificent system of highways.
"Some changes are necessary in the
good roads laws in order to protect anel
repair these highways. These neces
sities can be met by amendment of
the existing statute. While it is not
contemplated that the repairs to these
roads shall be the State's duty, except
in so far as provieled under the so
called Plank law, yet there should be
supervision by the State in order to in
ure the maintenance of these im
proved roads. Willi this end in view
it might be proper to provide for State
supervision over State roads by giving
Ko the State Engineer aud Surveyor
such jurisdiction as will always secure
uniform plans for repairs in all coun-
I i.es in the State."
A Good Bread Pudding.
Cut white bread in slices; butter the
slices before cutting; cut in thin slices
two ounces of citron; soak in warm
water one-half pound of currants; but
ter your baking elish anel lay the slices
of breael in; sprinkle over with cur
rants anel citron; add just a sprinkle
of allspice, then sift sugar over each
layer. When your dish is two-thirds
full pour over all a custard and bake
for half an hour, or longer if neces-
Soup aiaigre.
Tut in an agate stewpan six boiled
potatoes those left over one pint of
tomatoes, one-half a small onion, one
stalk of celery, two stalks of parsley,
one tcaspoonful of sugar anel three
pints of cold water; cover the pan and
let simmer three-quarters of an hour;
melt two level tablespoonfuls of but
ter, aeld two level tablespoonfuls of
flour; adel it to the soup, stirring until
boiling ami thickened; then rub
through a strainer, reheat and serve.
Spouse Pudding.
Tut one pint of milk in a double
boiler; mix one-thirel cup of sugar. and
half a cup of flour with a little cold
milk; pour this into the scalding milk,
stirring until it thickens; when boil
ing aelel two tablespoonfuls of butter,
then aeld it to the well beaten yolks
of four eggs; them aeld ihe whites,
well beaten; put this mixture into but
tered cups or a buttered pudding dish;
stauel it in a jar of hot water; place
it in the oven and bake twenty min
utes; serve with creamy sauce.
Steamed Apple Dumplingg.
One pound of suet chopped very
fine; one pound of sifted flour; mix the
suet anel flour thoroughly "together;
aeld a teaspoonful of salt anel one heap
fng tcaspoonful of baking powder; add
enough cold water or milk lo make a
paste; roll out as thin as pie crust;
pare anel core as many apples as you
require. This quantity of crust will
cover twelve. Cover each apple with
a square of crust, press the edges well
together, butter the bottom of your
steamer, lay the dumplings in ami
steam for one hour. Serve with hard
sauce.
Favluft Jelly. ' -
Soak one generous tablespoonful of
gelatine in one-half cupful of cold
water; put one cupful of milk over the
fire and three-fourths cupful of granu
lated sugar; stir until it is dissolved,
anel when boiling adel two tablespoon
fuls of farina rubbeel in a little cold
milk; stir until boiling; let simmer ten
minutes or until clear; aeld the gela
tine; stir until dissolved; take from
the fire, rub through a sieve; add or
teaspoonful of vanilla extract; boJL
one cupful of cream until thick; aelel it
to the farina when it is beginning to
stiffen, folding it in carefully ;
When mending gloves use cotton
rather than silk, as it will not cut the
kid.
If your shoes get wet wipe off all the
dirt with a damp cloth; then rub them
.with sweet oil or cream.
If you put a little whiting every day
in the water in which you rinse your
silver you will not need lo clean it so
often.
When an engagement is broken off
the ring, as well as all other presents,
is returned. Letters should be de
stroyed. When making custards or blanc
manges allow them to cool a little be
fore adding flavoring. You will not
need so much.
Soak three sponge cakes in milk, add
a little sugar, the juice and rind of a
lemon, three eggs well beaten, and one
pint of milk. Bake in a buttered pie
dish in a slow oven till set.
Never tantalize or ridicule your
children; never scold or punish them
for au accident; never laugh at their
mistakes or misfortunes; never ele
stroy a cherished pet. Such treatment
exasperates and alienates, and tends
to make them secretive anel untruth
ful. The hair, if kept covered by a thin
muslin cap, will not neetl too frequent
shampooing. Nothing is more hurt
ful to the hair than eternally rubbing
and washing with soap anel water.
Therefore pains should be taken to pre
vent the accumulation of dust in the
hair.
When sweeping is to be done of
course put on a close-fitting sweeping
cap' and elon your workman's gloves.
Throw open all windows and work
cheerily and with vigor. When the
task is done, dusting finished, it is
well to remove the tlust from your face
as soon as possible. A little cream
well rubbeel Jn anel then wiped off
with a piece of oltl linen will be found
most effective.
Gold is being electrolytic lly renned
In the Philadelphia Mint, , .