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CHAPTER XXII.
Continued. '
'Bravo, Ernest; v.-ell resolved.
okla"t think you had so much grit ,
you. I "would - not have advised yc
In this case, but had I done so I coula
have pointed out no fairer or better
line of" action. So much for that.' Put
your letter In your pocket and get on
with your breakfast What can I help
you to?" , .
"I have not much appetite this morn
Ing, thank you, uncle. Another cup
of coffee and I have done."
"If it Is because you are in love tha'
you can't eat I will excuse "you, bu
not if It is because matters in which
you take an interest don't go bo
smoothly as you could wish. If I had
suffered my appetite to decline every
one or other of the scores pf matters
in which I interest myself ran off the
line I had marked out for it I should
have been dead of starvation years
ago. Exert your imagination, and
forgetting all about sequins, dishonest
retainers, village beauties, and what
ever else occupies your thoughts
bring yourself to believe that man
was born chiefly for the consumption
of food which is certainly true of the
greater number of us. Imagination
will work wonders. I have seen a pen
niless beggar confined in' an insane
asylum who has believed that he was
a king, and been far happier in that be
lief than many a specimen of the real
article surrounded by intriguers and
fawning thieves. Now I have a pro
posal to make respecting this steak.
You will observe that it is a very small
piece that it does not weigh much
more than a pound. Well, get outside,
cf that steak and this piece of bread
and I will give yGU a letter of intro
duction to Mrs. Van Rensselaer, which
will enable you to spend the day at
Tarx-ytown with Connie for your com
pan'oi': refuse me, and I will give such
a letter to your friend, Mr. Price, who
yesterday asked me for it."
The task imposed was a formidable
cne, hue thou the prize with which suc
cess v.. is to be rewarded was so de
Iightfi.I, and the calamity assigned, to
failure so awful, that I addressed my
self to it with great courage. But my
gastrouomical powers were not equal
to the strain to which it was proposed
to subject them, and before my tasla
was half completed I pushed my plate
from me and gave up the attempt ia
despair. My uncle, who had been
watching me, generously forgave jny
shortcoming, and remarking that I
ran better when spurred, invited me
into his study, -where he wroteas f ol
los cn the back of oue of his address
cards: , ., '
Dear Mrs. Van Rensselaer The young
gentleman who will hand you this is
my nephew, Mr. Ernest Truman, of
Holdenhurst,- near Bury St. Edmund's,
England. lie arrived in America a day
or so ago, and we are his only connec
tions here. Kindly receive hira to-day,
Introduce him to your friends and. tell
him ail he den't know as far as you
can. Very faithfully yours, S. T.
Sept. 13, IS- . .
"There," said uncle. Sam, aa lie hand
ed me the card, "that will do the busi
ness for you. Mrs. Van Rensselaer
owes ine some gratitude for helping1
to settle her late husband's affairs, and
she will be very pleased to entertain,
you. Con and your aunt will be tie-'
lighted when they learn you are to ac
company them. I have no doubt you
will find a sail up the Hudson to- Tar
rytown very enjoyable. My yacht will
he ready to leave at eleven, and it is
now barely half-past eight. I have
much to do to-day, and am going down
town at once, so you must amuse your
self for the next couple of hours in any
way you can. Hadn't you better send
your father a telegram informing him
of your intention to return in the Uiu
bria? I am going to telegraph to' Eng
land myself, and will despatch your
message with mine."
I hastily scribbled in my pocketbook,
"Truman, Holdenhurst, Bury ,gtj Ed
mund's, England Letter received.
Returning in Umbria. Ernest," and
tearing out the leaf handed it to my
uncle, who having expressed his ap
proval if it, wished me, a pleasant day
and disappeared down the -stairs. A
minute afterward I heard the street
door close, and looking out of the win
dow saw my uncle walking rapidly
toward Fifth avenue. v
I turned from the window with' very
different feelings than were mine when
I watched my uncle's departure from
Hcldeuhurst. Then I perceived" no
ray of hope for the accomplishment of
niy desires: row my path seemed.elear
and easy. The girl whom I Joyed had
gone so far as to declare that she pre
ferred me of ail men, and would: never
niarry unless with me, while her pow
erful guardian, who had given abend -ant
evidence of his prejudice in my
favor, had just assured me that be
was not opposed to my suit. But the
estrangement "of iny father and uncle,
and above all that disboyed parental
command which I carried-in my" pock
et were as black clouds threatening
to obscure the sunshine of my happi
ness. Now that uncle Sam was gone
his defense of Annie Wolsey seemed
painfully strained and insufficient, and
-u,uu not out regard-the ;circum
tfluce as another and formidable difllv
WALTER BLOOM FIELD,:
Kobkbx Bovkxb's Sons.'
culty to be encountered in seeking to
effect the reconciliation of the broth
ers. My consolence whispered that
my right and proper course was to
bey my father, but I was too deeply
in love with Constance Marsh to dare
to imperil my present amicable terms
with her by offending my uncle, ana
the twofold result would necessarily
follow that course. When momentous
decisions have to be made by the mor
ally -weak (and such was my condition
at the period of which I write), then
also comes suffering, for it Is the
quality of .weakness to shrink from
pain, even when conscious that In so
doing it "aoLonly postp&aeibutcu;
initiates disaster. . Pondering these
things I slowly returned to my room to
prepare for the excursion to Tarjry
lown which luckily I had not done be
fore,' for my uncles practical illustra
tion of the way I was to deal with old
John Adams would have wrecked the
toilet of a Suffolk farm laborer.
At half-past ten aunt Gertrude and
Miss Marsh entered the drawing room,
where I awaited them In some trepida
tion, for I knew that my uncle had.not
seen either of these ladies since he had
arranged for me to accompany them
to Tarrytown, and it was quite possi
ble that they might depart without
rne, of t ha t my company migEFbe less
agreeable to them than my uncle had
represented. - These fears were at
once dispelled by aunt Gertrude, who,
coming forward to greet me, assured
me of the pleasure with which eSie
had just learned that I was to be tEfcir
companion for the day.
I expressed my thanks, and at Ihe
same time my surprise that she should
know of this, for I was sure that she
could not have seen her husband since
I saw him leave the house.
"Oh, you don't quite understand,"
said aunt Gertrude, laughing, "my hus
band is now at .his office, and he has
just been talking to me by telephone."
Both ladles- were dressed ready to
depart, and looked very charming, par
ticularly Miss Marsh, wTho stood near
to the open door, giving sundry pats
and twitches to a refractory rose which
could not be easily induced to repose
in the bosom of .a white muslin dress
to the satisfaction of its mistress. As
I observed this beautiful but silent
girl waiting while her sister and I
were talking, I did not think, and
could not then have believed that it
was she moved uncle Sam to furnish
me with an introduction to Mrs. Van
Rensselaer. That knowledge did not
"come to me till long after. A wife is
lavish of confession from which a
maid would shrink.
The journey to the dock in my un
cle's carriage did not occupy many
minutes. Arrived there we at once
went on board my uncle's "yacht a
small , staamer," exquisitely designed
and superbly fitted, & floating palace
in miniature. The hour appointed for
our departure had not yet arrived, but
steam being up, and the captain, un
derstanding . that our party was com
plete, the gangway was at once raised,
and ! the Iroquois slowly steamed out
from among the trading steamships by
which1 she was surrounded and bore
round into the North River.
September and October are the most
pleasant months in North America.
Then the Herce glare of summer has
subsided, and the air is dry, clear and
exhilarating, and the foliage assumes
a beautiful golden tint. In such a sea
son a journey up the Hudson River ii
a very delightful experience. The
American Rhine, as the Hudson is
sometimes called,, is Inferior to the
German Rhine in nothing but histori
cal associations', though even in this
respect it is not destitute. Precipitous
banks,' rising to a height of from 80C
to .500 feet, for the most part thickly
wooded, among which here and there
nestles a picturesque village or elegant
mansion standing in its own highly
cultivated grounds, enchant the eyes
cf the stranger for many miles along
its course. Speaking for myself I
must say that I remember few If any
jays In my life upon which I have ex
perienced greater pleasure than was
mine on the . particular thirteenth of
September of which I now write.
That the companionship of my Con
stance (I had already once or twice so
addressed Miss Marsh and she had not
demurred to the style), had much to
do with my satisfaction must be imme-j
diately admitted. Aunt Gertrude,
with admirable tact, had begged Con-
stance and me to excuse her continue
ing the perusal of an interesting book
which she had brought with-her, and
we (heaven bless our charity) saw fit
to graciously, grant the desired pardon,
upon which she took a seat at the aft,
and vouchsafed us no further notice
until our arrival -at Tarrytown. :
' The-f ewHbours - remaining -to- me In.
America were rapidly - wasting away,
iiud I fcit'th'at i; could not tell Con
stance of my resolve to return at once
to England without at the same time
informing her of the "reason' for my
sudden departure. This I now pro
ceeded to do. Having already acquaint
ed her with the story of the sequins 1
did not have to again go through that
Wearisome 'recital, but merely related
uacle Sam's viewvo. the case 'and. the
:f Tvice which-he -had given me I
"And must yon really leave for .Eng;
land so soon as the day after to-mor
row?", asked Constance, looking up at
me reproachfully. f "Why, Ernest, dear,
you have only just come here!"
"I am sorry I must," I replied, "but
I will stay in England only so long as
it takes to tecover those sequins, and
will . then return to you by the first
steamer." ! ' .- ' ' '
''Why, you may never recover theml
How much are the old coins worth, all
of them, wherever they are?" Inquired
Constance.
"Almost a hundred and seventeen
thousand pounds," I answered.
. "Oh, I don't understand that," said
Constance; "tell me in dollars."
"Five hundred and sixty thousand
dollars, exactly."
"Well, let them go, and trouble nd
more about them; they have already
caused mischief enough. I haven't so
much money at niy banker's, but if
you will abaffdan the pursuit Of those
sequins I will get' Sam to sell out a
little of my stock to-morrow and give
you a check for that amount. Will that
satisfy you?" '
"Satisfy me!" I exclaimed in amaze
ment. "My dear Constance, how shall
I answer you? Your generosity takes
my breath away.. I want those se
quins for one reason only, and but for
that one special reason . I don't think
I would" interest myself about them at
all, or certainly not much. If only I
could get those coins, their possession
would give me, courage to ask you to
become my wife, courage I must al
ways want while you are rich and i
am poor. Love of you It is chiefly,
dear Connie, which takes me back to
England, -and also the honor of my
uncle Sam which, as you know, Is
bound up with the recovery of the se
quins." :
"And if you recover them, you say
jrou will return," remarked Constance'
quietly.
"Yes, dearest Connie, and then my
fate will rest with you."
"Am I to understand that if you falj
to get that money I am to forget you?"-
"No, do not do that In any case,-but
I think I will be sure to get the se
quins." .
"Oh, Ernest, dear," said this artless
girl, pressing my hand, "come to me
when you will, with money or without
money, I am always yours. I can lovt
none but "you." '
V CHAPTER XXIII.
AT TABBXTOW2T. V
Pleasant hours pass quickly. When
the, Iroquois entered Tappan Bay I
was surprised to find that il was two
o'clock. Aunt Gertrude who had not
spoken to her fellow travelers once
during the journey, nor, so far as I
was aware, in any way observed them
now laid her book aside and came to
ward us. - Constance and I the f r
mer very quiet since her declaration of
affection for me, as if abashed by that,
spontaneous avowal also rose from
seats and. went to meet her, and to
gether we three paced the deck, aunt
Gertrude pointing out to me where
Piermont lay, and the course of the
beautiful Palisades, and explaining to
whom belonged the tasteful mansions
with which the river banks were now
thickly dotted. In this delightful sit
uation, with one of these charming sis
ters on either arm the more youthful
and silent my very own, the other my
near relation, wife of the man I most
admired I was intoxicated .with my
happiness, and felt how unworthy I
was of my place an image of Suffolk
clay set between two jewels.
The Iroquois was now slowly ap
proaching a landing stage at the foot
of a very steep bank, on -the summit
of which stood the Rensselaer mansion
an elegant structure of wood, with
three verandas continued quite'around
the building. The bank was cut into
a series of terraces, each acarefully
cultivated Cower garden,' connected by
white marble steps flanked with copies
af classical statues. All the doors and
windows of the house appeared to be
open, while dispersed about the
grounds was a numerous party of la
dies and gentlemen, some of whom
were endeavoring to make out the.Iro
quois by the aid of lorgnettes. ,
"See!"1 exclaimed aunt . Gertrude,
with almost childish glee, "there are
Mrs. Van Rensselaer and Mr. Rosen
berg on the top terrace endeavoring to
salute us. " '
Connie handed - me the lorgnette
through which she had just been look
ing, and I saw distinctly the two per
sons of whom aunt Gertrude had spo
ken. Mrs. Van Rensselaer was a lady
not much short'of fifty, tall, stately,
with clear cut, regular f eaturesv and
Mr; Rosenberg was by her. side wav
ing a white handkerchief; f '. ? ;
Our journey, which had been a slow
one, was now over.J A large party was
assembled on the landing stage to re
ceive us, including the hostess, Mr. ;
Rosenberg and several persons-whpnr
I remembered . having seen . at aunt
Gertrude's At Home. Mrs. Van Renss
2laer having jissured me .that any rela
tion of her late husbands particular'
Triend, Mr.. Samuel Truman, was very
welcome to her house, we proceeded to
pass upward through the terrace gar
dens, our hostess and aunt Gertrude
leading the . way,, with Miss Marsh
and. I -immediately following
' I had now obtained that for which!
had so passionately longed and "so of-'
ten despaired, .and the result, -was a
buoyancy of spirit and a1 degree of
courage which I ; had never before ex
perienced.. Tjie confidence - which ii
born of success was strong within ,me,
ind that 'awkward shyness of maimei
which had all my life marked me out
;or ridicule fell away "from me as 11
vere by magic.
To be continued.
- ,Lt(e AMoau Bita. -
Bats measuring nearly five feet from
tip, to tip of their wings have
found rM- ? esve near sTanga ia t East
Africa,. - , . " I "
The United States lighthouse service
costs $4,500,000 a year. - ,; '.
There are no . poorhouses In Servia.
Even the poorest people own property.
The House of Representatives costs
$3,000,000 a year and the Senate $1,
400,000. ' , ;
Greece has as many people as Mich
igan and as many acres as West Vir
ginia. . -. .v
A new kind of lightning, vortex
lightning, has been photographed in
Switzerland.
The Magyars rule Austria-Huugary,
although they number but 6,000,000 or
7,000,000 in a total of 13,000.000. .
The Secretary of - the Aeronautical
Society of Great. Britain expects the
tite to be the base of the future instru
ment of aerial navigation, the aero
plane. ' , " '
The. number of irrigating ditches and
canals in operation - in the United
States exceeds 20,000, and their com
bined length is not less than 50,000
miles. - ' - i
The Agricultural Department has
107,000 voluntary crop observers. Cot
ton is reported on seven times a year,
wheat eight times, com and oats each
six times. "
A piece of camphor gum is a very
good indicator of what the weather is
S'oiug to be. If when the camphor is
exposed to the air the gum. remains
dry, the weather will be fresh and dry,
but if the gum absorbs the moisture
and seems damp it is a sign of rain. .
We learn that there are over 2000
miles of streets, covering nearly 10,000
acres.'in London, and that along these
streets are .1500 miles of tramways.
There are eighty-seven miles of main
intercepting sewers, to "say nothing of
the sewers under the. control of the
borough councils. These carry the
drainage of houses inhabited by over
5,000,000 people.
.Relieving the Preacher.
A popular preacher tells a good story
of a young clergyman "who launched
out, on a strong temperance sennon.
When he had finished, a deacon .said
to him: ' . . " -
"I am afraid you have made a mis
take. Mr. Jones, who pays the highest
pew rent, who practically supports
the Sunday-school and who is ever
ready with a contribution when asked,
is a distiller."-
"I am sorry," said, the minister.' "I
will go and explain it to Mr. Jones and
remove any unfavorable Impression,
and tell him I did not mean him."
Accordingly, he waited upon. Mr.
Jones, who, in addition to the- profes
sion of -distilling., also .carried on a
good many other branches of trade
and indulged in a good many amuse
ments of various kiuds.
The pastor expressed his deep regret
to Mr. Jones for anything he might
have said in the sermon which could
hurt his feelings. He was extremely
sorry, indeed; he did not mean any
thing by it, and hoped Mr. Jones would
not feel hurt. ;
He was somewhat relieved, when,
with a jovial air, the other said:
"Ob, bless you, don't mind that.at
all. "It must be a mighty poor sermon
that don't hit me somewhere." Lon
don Tit-Bits. "
Freak Vegetables and Fruit. '
In the children's "freak garden" we
grow monstrosities and curiosities,
from pear-shaped tomatoes to Sand
wich Island pumpkins, and from ser
pent gourds to garden ; lemons,' and
from Spanish peanuts to stagborn po
tatoes, says a writer in Country. Life in
America. The seed catalogues abound
in novelties, the growing, of which cerf
Mainly serves to interest others besides
the children. : ' '
' To Find the Salt' Sonrce.
In order to ascertain whether the
flood waters behind the.Tonto dam, of
the Salt River project, will have an im
portant effect in reducing the amount
of saline constituents in the water,
periodical salt determinations will be
made In. the river waters" at that point,
eeent experiments" showfthat the salt
in the waters is not derived from local
sources. - ' ;
- A Chemist is Honored. -
At the annual meeting of the Asso
ciation of German .Chemists, held at
Manheim recently," the' Liebig gold
medal for, distinguished services In ap
plied chemistry was presented to Dr.
Rudolph Knietscb, of the Badische
Anilin und Soda-Fabrik. the discover
er of the so-called cohtac. process of
sulphuric acid manufacture..
' ' .Lv.,1
A Betnrn Salute
AH English warship recently arrived
at Puerto Arenitas and saluted the flag
of Costa Rica with; twenty-one- gun.
It took the gunners of Costa Rica two
hours to answer the salute.' They had
only one-old muzzle loader, which had
"to be allowed to cool after each "round.
But the salute" was got through ta the
course, of the day. ' " '
' .Destroying the Loevstt.
Great success1 has attended the ef
forts of the' troops and ocast guards
In Egypt to combat the locust plague
by destroying .-the young insect witfc-
S HOUSEHOLD r
3j MATTERS
' 1 ;.' Storing Plated Ware.
v. . ..-
When storing plated' goods, thor
oughly wash all the silver, and then
clean with powder in the usual way.
Wrap each piece in silver paper and
place in an airtight box with a large
pieci? of camphor.. Plated goods wilf
always tarnish if "stored in 'a lamp
place. Be" very careful to dry the in
side of both-tea. and coffee pots before
poliinimj. , . - - . .,
Good Plant HoMerf.
The possibilities of common, ginger
ars as flower vases, and plant holders
are well known. They are made twice
as attractive &y woven covers of raffia,
either in the uncolored or. the tinted
varieties, t says the Chicago News.
When the jar. shows splashes of blue,
green or red at the top of the glaze,
It is well to repeat the lone on the
raffia. ':
Linoleum Polish.
This polish for . linoleums is easily
fuade, and produces a very- good result
without much labor. Take four ounces
of beeswax, two ounces of white wax,
md two ounces of Castile soap. Scrape
all-fine, and pour oyer it one pint of
boiling water. When dissolved, let it
boil again. Take it off the fire and add
bne pint of turpentine. Stir until quite
cold. XJse as you would beeswax and
turpentine. . '
. Cold Without Ice.
"A few years ago," writes one cor
respondent, "ice being expensive, my
husband thought of a ' way to keep
things cold without ice," says the
Ladies' Home Journal: "In the cellar
floor he dug a hole three- feet wide,
four feet long, and two and one-half
feet deep. .He masoned it with brick
at th sides and cemented the bottom.
This made it dry and easy to wash
and kefip clean. He then fitted on a
snug cover with an air pipe running
through it. In this box we have kept
things: cold and sweet all summer
without any expense whatever. -
. Watch the Burner.
The burner of a lamp should be es
pecially looked after, but this Is the
part. most often neglected. The fine
boles in it. or the "gauze" through
which air is admitted to- the flames,'
should be kept entirely free from oil
and dust. The little machinery which
moves the-wick up and down must
also be cleaned out when necessary.
If the lamp is a large brass lamp with
a -tube for : ventilation, running clear
through the fount of the 'burner, so
that air ascends to the wick froni - be
neath, be careful to examine this
pace, for itr is i likely to become
ihoked with dust and burned-off par
ticles of the wiek.-
. . For Porch Chairs.
An economical, as well as perma
nent, method of reseating porch chairs
that must' withstand more or less ex
posure to rain is to take stout drill-
j ing or ticking and cut it .lengthwise
' into two-inch strips. Double these,
; turning -in ! raw edges, and either
"overcast" closely or stitch on ma
chine. Next fill in the vacancy .with
pieces, ranged side by side. - Across
these draw others in an opposite di
rection, much after the principle of
stocking darning, securing all tightly
at the ends, so that they will not slip.
This will be found more comfortable
' and resist wear and tear much better
than If one straight piece of goods is
used for the purpose. . . . -
mm
Egg Lemonade One egg; one or two
tablespoons sugar; juice of half to one
lemon; one cup. of milk. Beat egg till
lemon colored and thick; add sugar
and' beat again. Pour into delicate
glass, grate nutmeg over the . top and
serve. If the stomach is very delicate
use the white of the egg only.
Endive Salad Arrange a head ,o?
well-washed endive in, a salad bowl,
adding .five . radishes that have been
pared and cut into dice, and four hard
cooked eggs that have been cut length
wise into quarters. Just before' serving
mix half a teaspoon of jsalt a- half tea
spoon of paprika and-six tablespoons
of olive oil; Tvheu thoroughly blended,
add a flavoring of tarragon- vinegar;
pour over the salad' and ; toss lightly
with a silver fork. Garnish with whole
radishes cut to resemble flowers.
Cauliflowerand "Beet Salad Boil A
liead of caulifloweritia piece of fine
cheesecloth, until tender. Remove from
the fire . and break-. into flowerets,
sprinkling with a tablespoon of lemon
juiee. - When cold arrange neatly In a
dish,, adding twq tablespoons of cold
boiled beets cut into dice,' a tables;
spoon of , chopped parsley - and a tea
epoon, of -finely minced wild sorrel.
Mix them lightly with a French dress
ings and garnish' the base of the salad
.with a border of boiled carrots va.nd
beets, cut into fancy shapes.-: ' r
Huckleberry Loaf . Cake Sift ; two
cupfuls of" flour with two heaping" tea-'
spoonfuls of baking powder '" and a
quarter . teaspoonfur of salt. Cream
cupful of butter with two cupfuls
: X. powdered sugar, stir, in the .beaten
yolks of four eggs, a, half pint of
sweet milk, a half teaspoonful each oi
powdered ' nutmeg and .cinnamon, and
the stiffened whites of the four eggs
added alternately with ' the ' sifted
flour. Last of-all stir in lightly a
quart of huckleberries thickly dredged
with flour. Turn into'a greased moli
with' a funnel ia the centre and hake.
WITHUMOR
of TH E D AY
Honorable. , ' ,
'I seeyouug Warwick with
; Harding
Miss Prosser a good deal.. He's a mau
of honorable intentions, I suppose?" ; ,
Whiting "Undoubtedly. . He told me
he intended to' marry the girl. ; Says
that of course; he can't steal her
money." Boston-Transcript.
- Sutli Men Are Scarce. '
"The man whom I marry," said Miss
Sparker, "must.be handsome and -"
"And rich !'' ; put in Miss Whizem.
"He "must. )e more than rich," ex
claimed Miss Sparker. "He must .be
able to. pay the repair bill ou my auto
mobile."Cievelamt Leader. ' '
Autopbobia. -
"Herbert has been running an' autc
so long that he had forgotten all about
horseback "riding;" '
"What dicThe do when the horse
balked?" "
"He crawled under it to see what
was the matter." Cleveland Tlaiu
Dealer. ' '5
' Basts of His Esteem. .
- "It is: proper to respect an office un
der the Government,' said the patriotic
citizen, "even if you do not happen to
approve of the man who holds it."
"Of course," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "It -is v'to the office that thf
salary and perquisites - are attached)
not to the . individual." Washington
Star. -
Drew the Crowd.
Missionary (Gulch ville) "Dear! dear
It's tod bad I am told there has jusJ
been a lynching."
Deacon Hairtrigger "Yaas, parson";
you said you wished we could have a
big crowd here to the openin' of the :
religious revival, and I told you I'd '
bring 'em. They're all here." New ;
York Wekly. . . . ..
liOoTiiDK Over the Family.
Mr. Watkyns "Do you think that
that young Mr. Spryggyns is especially,
interested in Mabel?"
Mrs. Watkyns "Well, it looks that
.way. The last time he called he per
sisted in having her bring out the old
photograph album and show him the,
pictures of all the near and distant rel
atives." Somerville Journal.
' In Chicago. "
"Somewhere - in his ..works," the
bookish man was saying, "Ben Jonson
speaks of the 'metropolis of the ages
and "
"What did you say his name was?"
asked the Chicagoan.
." "Jonson Ben Jonson.".
"Never heard of him. When was he
in Chicago?" Philadelphia Press. ,
After the Honeymoon.
Mr. NewAved "I was worried for
nearly three years for fear I wouldn't
get you."
. Mrs. Newwed rWhat are you think
ing of now, dear?",
" Mr. Newwed "Thinking how foolish
I was to worry-" ' . ,
' tf
Fond of Hina.
"Of course,'? said the theatre patron,
"of all: play wrights. you consider the
Bard of Avon the. premier." ,
"The bard of who"?" inquired the
theatrical manager.
"The Bard of Avon Shakespeare,
you know." . ' .
"Oh, Shakespeare? Oh, sure; I like
him. He doesn't bother me about roy
alties." Philadelphia Press.
She'd Xoolsed It Up Alright.
. Teacher "Have you looked up the
meaning of the word 'imbibes,' Fan
ny?" ; f. 1 - -
Fanny "Yes, ma'am."
" " Teacher "Well, what does It mean?"
Fanny "To take in."
' Teacher "Yes. Now give a sentence
Csing the word."-
Fanny "My aunt imbibes boarders."
Woman's Home Companion.
' ' V " ' Homeless.
Wiseman "To look at that English
man you'd think he was a tramp,
wouldn't you?"-' : ' . ' '
-, jokeley "Well, I .know for a fact
that he hasn't a place that he can call
borne." . ; . -,. :
Wiseman "Nonsense! Why.his man1-
ion in London is- -"' "
Jokeley "Sumptuous, yes, but he
calls it 'ome.' Catholic Standard.
. . w Ho Wonder.
. "How does breakfast food affect you?
Make you fatter?" , '
"Nope.", . , . '
"Thinner?"' ' '
: VNope." ' ' , ' V
' "Does' it keep you exactly at the
same weisrht?" "': r .
"NOpe." " " -
"Now, see here,-it must have some
effect on youJ'f; ,.t ?- ,; ;
iXope. - I don't eat it.'.'-Cleveland
Plain-Dealer, '
Rural Free Delivery an Aid. N
T the recent International
Cinml TJn.nds pouvention. at
A St. Louis, IIou. Frank E.
I Nevins. of the .United
States Postofliee Depart
ment, delivered an address
in which' he said: - ' "- --'.. ,
"The establishment of the rural free
delivery of mail throughout the coun-,
try has produced a marked improve- . f
ment In the condition of the highways. ,
When there is a prospect of rural free
delivery in a community, work inline- '
diately begins on the roads. 'There .
are now in operation 23,000 rural
routes over which carriers travel 550,
000 miles delivering mail to about
9,000,000 people. More than 13,000 ;
bridges have be constructed over
streams that would not have been
built if it had not been for the estab
lishment of the free delivery system.
Nearly every portion of the country,
where road conditions will warrant it,
is now supplied with this service. But
in many sections the bad condifions of
the roads, or the lack of bridges, pre
vent the extensioa of the service. The
rural carrier of a standard route i
now expected to travel aboui twenty- :
five miles each day to earn his salary
of $000 a year. He is required to fur-
nish and maintain his own outfit and '
team, and to give a bond of $500 tov -the
faithful performance of his duties'.
Experience has demonstrated that this
distance is too great on account of the
bad condition of the roads.' So many
carriers have resigned, thereby caus-.
ing much confusion and labor in the
department, that the Congress just ad
journed, has been compelled to add
$170 a year to the salaries of the car-,
riers of the country. This increase of
salaries amounts to about $4,000,000 a
year additional that the department
has to pay to maintain this service on
account of bad roads. Over a good
graveled or macadamized pike road a'
carrier ; can easily make twenty-five
miles a day six times a week. With
the roads as thoy are, it is a question
whether the next Congress will not be
called upon , to add another $4,000,000
to the salaries of the carriers. ' ; .
"Under the road laws of most of the
Western States at the present time
work is done upon the roads in the fall
by the various , road districts, when
there is no work to be done on the
farms. In the spring this work disap
pears. Nothing permanent remains,
and the roads are in as bad condition,
or worse, than they were before. The
cost of $2000 to $6000 a mile for the
construction of hard roads in this
Western country is too great, in most
instances, for road districts, townships
,and counties to bear; neither Is it right
that they should bear the entire cost.
The public at large, which shares
.directly or indirectly in the benefits,
should contribute to the expense.
There never will be good roads in this
country until the National Government
'takes the initiative in this movement,
and the respective States of the Union
!join in with liberal contributions, and
this again is supplemented by local en
terprise. Continental Europe, England
and Ireland are covered with hard
broad pikes built at the expense of the
governments of those countries. No
:country in the world ever yet had or
'ever will have permanent and passable
highways constructed ana maintainea
by local authority.
"Sixty per cent, of the population of
this country lives in the cities and vil
lages; forty per cent, lives in the coun
try. It is not fair or just to place the .
entire burden of good roads upon the
shoulders of the .farmer. The general
public shares directly or indirectly iu
the benefits and should bear the ex
pense of an equitable tax for this pur
pose on all assessable values. The
weight of It upon the individual would
then be as light as a summer shadow.
While this spectre of taxation may.
frighten some of our skittish country
friends and cause them to rear and
plunge a little, they will find on closer
inspection that the goblin is a harm
less creature of the imagination. They
will get back in benefits ten tlmee
more than they will pay out in taxes. ,
"Why ..some of our friends spurn
Government aid when it Is offered
them I cannot understand. They claim
to be Opposed to it on principle, and
can see no good in it. There are some
people so constructed that when look
ing into a pool of water they can never
see the sky and the clouds above it
reflected on its surface, but only the
mud at the bottom.
"This Government never fails to -do
the right thing in the end. It will not
fail to do the right thing In this in
stance. -The impetus given to tbi
movement by a few progressive states
men who introduced measures in Con
gress last winter authorizing National
aid in the construction of highways,
will ultimately produce the results
aimed at. It cannot fail to do so be
cause the public interest demands it;
the welfare and development of the
countryfat large demand it, and it is
bound to-come in .spite of those who
raise their voices in opposition to it."
Helpful Association.
The movement to help the cause of
good roads by organizing an associa
tion that will be interested in keeping
the roads in repair after they are built
i3 one that deserves encouragement.
The serious problem of good road
building to provide for maintenance
"s well as construction, and no mat
ter ' how carefully public authorities
may act in this matter unofficial co
operation will hi -aome asitane.
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