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CHAPTER XXVIII.
Continued.
I instantly disappeared, and in two
or three minutes at most had returned
with the required restorative. My
aunt was waiting where I had left her,
and seemed anxious, I thought, that I
should not re-enter the room. "Thank
you," she said; "your uncle is not very
well; but if you go over to Orange at
once and fetch my sister, you will
find us both at our house when you
return with her. You had better not
tell Connie anything of what you have
seen and heard to-aay.
I assured my aunt I would do so; and
Laving wished her well out of her vex
ations, I departed for Orange.
CHAPTER XXIX.
COXCOED.
Such scenic beauty as the United
States of America can boast and it is
of wide extent and infinite variety
owes everything to nature, notfiing to
man. American cities, almost with
out exception, consist of unpretentious
buildings disposed in square blocks, so
that wherever the gaze of the urban
pedestrian is directed, his eye is met
by mcntonous right lines of avenues
and streets. The feverish pursuit, the
worship, cf the almighty dollar which
animates the majority of tJi American
people, killing the artistic instincts in
herited from their progenitors and
leading them to contemn Beauty and
deify Utility, has resulted in little or
nothing to make city life tolerable.
Everywhere in the new world the trav
eler is confronted by advertisements
of appalling dimensions and hideous
ness. Liberal-minded American who
have traveled protest ""against such
wanton outrages on good taste more
loudly even than the stranger; but
they see no way to its suppression.
Notwithstanding my eager haste to
see nnd speak with my dear Constance.
I could not refrain trom pausing a brief
space to contemplate the delightful
hone W ;i2re tne infancy of my promised
wife and her sister had been passed.
The cottage, constructed of wood,
was of low elevation, but covered.rnueh
grcund; it was designed with fantas
tic irregularity; windows and doors of
stranje pattern and diverse size ap
pearing at the most unexpected angles.
The cottage was sheltered at the back
by a wide semicircle of large, closely'
planted trees, whoso foliage had now
assumed the beautiful golden tint of
autumn, while -along its front ran a
commodious piazza, shaded with white
canvas, from which one might step on
to the sun-scorched lawn, or view the
fins prospect between it and the foot
of Orange Mountain. In this situa
tion it is difficult to realize that the
great city of New York lies so nearly
as thirteen miles eastward; but so it
is. However, I did not give much con
sideration to that circumstance, but
having admiringly regarded that part
of the neighborhood within my view,
I entered the grounds of Belle Vue
Cottage. The heaviness of spirit,
born of my painful experience that
morning, had quite pasecl away, and
I was elated by the prospect of present
ly accompanying one to gain whom I
had suffered so much. My presence
being challenged at no point by either
closed gate, servant,' or dog, I ap
proached the steps which led up to
the piazza; and there, to my intense
delight, I discovered my loved one re
clining in a hammock of netted silken
cords. As usual with her, she was
dressed very plainly, entirely in white,
which greatly enhanced her natural
gracefulness of figure and feature as
she lay, all unconscious of my ad
miring gaze, her delicate cheek resting
upon one hand, while with the other
she grasped the booi that 'absorbed
her attention.
"Connie!"
The startled fair cno cropped her
book and looked at ma- with an ex
pression of joyous surprise. ' .
"So you have come at last, dearl"
she exclaimed, as I assisted her to
descend from the hammock, for which
service, before it was half rendered.
I paid myself with a kiss. . "Why,
what a long time you have been, away"1!
I began to fear I should-never see or
hear from you again I" - ,
"That could hardly be and I were
alive, ray own little pet; but you will
remember it was agreed between us
that I was not to write or telegraph
unless my mission to England suc
ceeded. I am sorry to tell you it has.
failed utterly, and my fortunes, what
ever they may prove to be, are to make.
Never again will I reject-tbe advice of.
fy owa Connie."
"Not until the next time, you nean;j
fir until you weary of tne," amende
Constance, pouting. -
"Ch my darling, that can never be!"
"Make no rash assertions, my dear
Ernie, and so perhaps escape broken
vows. My sister, worthier far than I
.-but have you seen poor dear Gertie?
Uow did ycu know where to find me?"
"I left aunt and uncle at Windsor
Hotel not more than an hour ago.
'lh.y are good friends now, I am
h:-ipy to say, and I hate this very
teeming had positive proof that the
cav.se of their estrangement is now
si:jr removed. At their riant-it I htva
Mam
WALTER ; BLOOM FIELD
oetore we can reach the city they will
be once more in their own home, if
indeed they are not already there,
awaiting us."
"Thank Heaven for that! My most
ardent wish Is accomplished. There,"
continued my young lady, reading the
faintest possible reproach in my eyes,
"don't look at me like that. I welcome
you with my whole heart, and will
commit my life and ;-ll that is mine
in your keeping, as I promised ycu
I would; but oh, Ernie, I can never
think so well of men, or of women
cither, as once I did."
"Dear Connie, that is only another
way of saying that your experience
is wider than it was the reason why
old people are so skeptical. But bad
as the world is, there are always a
faithful few; and I hope you will be
lieve me one of them until you find
that I am not." ".
Here my innocent, artless lover threw
her arms around my neck. "I will be
lieve you, my own dear Ernie," she
cried, "though 'to do so were to haz
ard all. You bring good news, greatly
more welcome to irie than the discovery
of any number of treasure chests."
"I am as rejoiced to bring the good
news as you are to receive it; but at
the same time I confess I am much
disappointed in the other matter.
There are now only two things which
prevent my perfect happiness but in
the heaven of your companionship I
shall forget them both. I would h;.ve
liked my fortune to have been some
thing greater than I can carry In my
pocket, and I regret my csti'angement
from my father."
"The first is not. worth thinking of.
There are not n:ony New York girls
with more dollars than my fat'acr left
to me. We shall not want for nny
thing. Tha fecond can b? removed.
I have never seen your father; but if I
were to go to h;m aft-r we are tar
ried and ask him if he would like to
see my hu-sland. all his love for his
son would return that is to say, if it
has ever left him, which I much
doubt."
"Connie, you ane a jewel. Y.'as ever
man so happy as I?"
"Many a one, and gone out cf his
way to t-;' inmate his happiness. I
littvo just 11 rending im, I will not
tell you what it is I have been read-
'Please let mc see the bask for a
moment." T pleaded.
'Not for lit? world!" exclaimed r;iy
wilful charmer, breaking from ny
embrace. And hastily picking up the
volume from the . floor, where a few
moments before she had allowed it to
fall, with a merry laugh Connie
tripped lightly from the room.
I could not pursue her, for beingun
acquainted with the geography of the
house, I knew not into what trespass
I might be tempted.
Not many minutes elapsed before
Miss Marsh, reappeared with her maid,
both dressed for walking, Connie's
pretty face, almost hidaen beneath a
wide-brimmed straw hat, appearing
like a "beautiful miniature in a large
frame.
"Now, Ernest, dear, I an ready to
accompany you."'
I drew close to Connie and spoke
softly to her.
"Valerie," said Miss Marsh,, turning
to her maid, -'this gentleman has been
so rude as to say that he would pre
fer to be without your company. You
will please start for New York In about
an hour."
The French girl smiled and graceful
ly disappeared, murmur.ng something
which sounded like "Ricn u'est beau
aue le vrai."
The journey from Orange to New
York I 'still remember as one of my
most delVulijl experiences, surpass
ing even that Mp or my uncle's yacht
when Constnnee first promised to be
mine, i could not fail to remember
that upon that, to me, happy occasion,
my dear one was-distressed by an af
fair the termination of which now re
joiced her. Indeed, I now began to
doubt if there could b found within
he borders of the - American Union
any lighter-hearted lovers than we two;
and I congratulated myself on my
prospect of a charming wife, the for
tunate possessor of every esteemed at
tribute of that character.
On reaching my uncle's bouse we
were welcomed by aunt Gertrude, in
whom, notwithstanding her more than
usual reserve, I thought I could de
tect a sense of satisfaction, not to say
of suppressed jubilancy. Uncle Sam
not being present. I inquired where he
was. "
"On the roof enjoying a cigar," re
plied aunt Gertrude; "he wishes you
to go up. to him as soon as you con
veniently can."
"Go now, Ernie, dear." whispered
Coifttance; "I. would like to talk to
Gertie for an hour;" and the next min
ute I was standing before uncle Sam
breathless from the haste with which
I had mounted the stairs.
"So Annie would not listen to you?"
were my uncle's first Words.
v "No; but how did you know that?"
I asked, astonished. , ' '
"I saw frora.th.tt window how h-
r wived you, cut nr tpm, i whh?.
'That she wanted nofniug tS S
with anybody of our name."
"Ah, poor girl I I am sorry for-her.
Do you know Ernest, I have a haunting
fear that she will carry out the hor
rible threat of hers?"
"What! destroy her life? Oh, uncle
I hope not.'? .
"And I am sure I do; but it is hard
to say.. Women are such uncertain
creatures, so much swayed by impulse,
so little by reason, that men who have
had most to do with them sometimes
understand them least. By-the-bye,
how wonderfully like she is to your
mother, and how nearly you resemble
them both!"
"I am not sure I feel flattered by that
speech," I ventured to observe.
"Truth is never flattery," said uncle
Saaa. "However, I have done my part
and can do no more, it matters wonc
out well, wiry, well; If ill, why then
they must be borne. The real authors
of this mischief are old Wolsey and
your father, who years ago treated me
villainously in respect of my engage
ment to your mother. .Their breach
of faith has, I am happy to think, at
last recoiled on them both. Of course
everybody admits that two wrongs
don't make a right; but revenge re
tains its primitive sweetness despite
that admission. ,'At the same time. I
shouldn't have gone out of my way to
taste of It, but chance set it In my
path. When I consider how good a
wife I have, how largely her fortunes
have aided mine, and how great is her
Vve and care for me, I frankly con
fess that I regret the whole incident,
and am inclined to regard vindictive
ness as a species of folly to be guarded
against."
"I am glad to hear ycu say that,
uncle. It augurs well for a cherished
hope of mine."
Uncle Sam, affecting not to perceive
my allusion, went on:
"You have been a lucky boy. Ernest,
and I congratulate you on your good
fortune. Without money, experience,
or talent, you have won for yourself
a charming young lady, whose dollars,
beauty, and training make her a match
that an English duke might envy. Why
It is that she has so lightly agreed to
hand over to you the command of her
self and her large fortune passes my
understanding; for you will pardon
my telling you plainly that 1 fail to
discover in you any remarkable ability.
On the contrary, you Impress me as a
man of "feeble judgment and irresolute
will. Your recent mission to England
was conducted with a lamentabje want
of skill; and againi to-day, a man of
average tact would have refrained
from speaking to Miss Wolsey in the
very heat of her passion: he would have
followed her and exerted his persua
siveness later. Don't look so downcast;
If I didn't greatly esteem you dc you
suppose I would trouble myself - to
point out your weak places?"
"Isn't your rebuke heavier than my
shortcomings deserve?"- I inquired
timidly. .
"Not a bit! Digest it well, and you
will derivo inestimable benefit from
it; It may induce you to cultivate cau
tion, a quality which at present you
greatly need, and will need yet more
.when your lucky stars have endowed
you with the control of Connie's dollars;-
for you must know that to hold
money Is second in difficulty only to.
the acquisition of It: nay, to seme na
tures its retention is the more difficult
feat. I would earnestly advise you
not to speculate with any portion of
Connie's fortune, but to be content
with its present disposition, chosen for
the most part by her father as clear
beaded a man as ever owned a rail
road. With its present investments,
all made with a view to security rather
than high rate of interest, you can
draw dividends enormously in excess
of your utmost requirements. As
neither of you nor your fathers be
fore you have ever had any money to
speak of, there is some danger that In
your new and luxurious circumstances
you may lose your head; and it is that
contingency I would warn you against.
Why don't you light a cigar?"
This speech removed somewhat of
the depressing effect produced by the
destructive criticism which preceded
it, and under the soothing influence of
the weed I soon recovered my equa
nimity. "Your disposition," continued uncle
Sam, -unless I entirely misread it, is
affectionate and domestic; and with
so charming a wife as yours will prove,
you ought easily to avoid such folly
as mine. If you don't, you will lacK
even such excuse as I can make, and
that I. don't find' manjr people accept
a satisfactory. Besides, you must
never forget that Connie is a clever,
observant girl. When I say clever, I
don't mean you to infer that she knows
anything about Greek quantities, or
that she has projected any new theory
for the sewing onof shirt buttons
or the reconstitution of society, but her
discernment Is such that it would not
be easy for a man of your parts to play
her false, while it would be eminently
unprofitable for you to be foiled iu
the attempt." -
"Nothing is further from my thoughts
than such baseness," I protested warm
ly. '
"I don't In the least doubt it; but for
your own sake as well as for Connie's,
watch that you may not lapse from
your present right thinking. Have you
arranged when the event is to come
off, and do you intend to acquaint
your father with the Important step
you are about to take?"
"I shall ask Connie to-morrow, or
this evening if I get the chance, to
name the day when she will make me
the happiest man vn the world; and at
the same time I shall acquaint her
with triy impatience of delay. I shall
not lnftYui my fatner. Connie lias
promised to negotlflts with bUn &im
wt ar$ XBRrried," "
: ; TO W8tiBttt&
Prorret of t' Idea.
jtCK HE leaven of road improve
V meut seems to be woikiu;
O I O in all parts or the unite;
K. States. An Eastern-mar
W who has recently ta!:tn
trip through Texas says the enthusi
asm with which the people have taken
up the "good roads idea" Is wonderful
In some couutjes they are in danger
of "going wild"; on the subject. Funds
are being raised mainly by issue of
county bonds. :
In Pennsylvania, the State aid Idea
has taken firm hold. The plan just
adopted is forjthe State,: the county,
and the township to co-operate in the
work of building and improving the
roads. The State is to pay two-lhirds
of the expense, and the county and
township in which the work is done
each one-sixth; of the expense. The
State has.made available for this pur
pose $6,500,000 to be expended during
the next few years.
The principle involved1 in the State
aid plan is exactly the same as that
involved in the scheme for national
aid which has developed such popu
larity recently.- The fundamental
idea of both is that road improvement
Is not merely a matter of local interest
and responsibility, but a matter of
interest and concern to the whole peo
ple; or, to put it another way. road
building is coming to be viewed as a
species of "internal improvement" be
longing in the same class as river aud
harbor improvements.
Another reason wky National and
State aid are becoming so popular is
the realization that, unless something
of the kind is adopted, the burden of
bad roads, like the poor, will be always
with us. The bottomless roads of the
country constitute a sort of "Slough of
Despond" in whick the people are
destined to flounder until some one
cemes along to help them out. In fact
the expense for improving the roads in
many localities is a burden which the
local population is wholly unable to
bear. It is believed that whenever
the State or the .nation reaches out a
helping hand to such communities,
they will grasp it and bend all their
energies to the great work of improv
ing their highways, but they will never
undertake the job without help from
the outside.
The frequent rains have made the
roads almost impassable in a majority
of the local communities throughout
the Eastern half of the United States.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why
the good roads idea is uppermost in
so many minds.
Ideal Earth Roadbed.
How may we, in a cheap and efficient
manner, construct and maintain an
earth roadbed? The plan is simple; too
simple for ready acceptance, yet as
efficient as it is simple.
A simple drag is drawn along one
side of the roadbed at the proper time
to smooth off the surface, filling the
ruts and pushing the earth slightly to
ward the centre of the road and press
ing it into all crevice3. This is done
after each wet spell, just as the sur
face, is beginning to dry. This pro
duces a smooth surface, the ruts and
tracks are obliterated. The vehicles
that enter upon the road go promiscu
ously over it, and compact the surface
as completely as if it were rolled by a
heavy roller. 'In fact, a waoa with
1-inch tires, giving six inches of im
pact upon the surfaceT and with a total
weight of only 1230 pounds produces
as great pressure upon the surface
touched as a ten-ton roller. An ordi
nary two-horse wagon load would pro
duce a pressure equivalent to a twenty
ton roller. The only question is, there
fore, how much of the surface will be
thus reached and rolled. Experience
shows that in a roadbed kept smooth
for a considerable period, say six
months, every part of it gets its quota
of rolling. Then, again, the smooth
roadbed thus : compacted sheds the
water that falls upon it almost as
easily as a shingle roof. Hence the
chance for saturation is reduced to a
minimum. It is stated thta this com
pacted condition is destroyed by frost.
But it should be remembered that the
expansive force of frost is in direct
ratio to the water content. " A satura
tion of less than 15 per cent, would not
when ' frozen exert expansive force
enough to lessen materially the
cohesive force or widen the interstices.
Roadways cared for in the manner
suggested have remained solid enough
for the past five years to bar up
heavy traffic during every day of every
year, the only mud being, one or two
inches on the : surface, and that was
quickly hardened after the rains and
promptly smoothed, thus restoring its
former fine condition. All kinds and
sorts of clays and even sticky gumbo
of the Missouri River bottoms have
been Successfully treated this way so
as to remain good throughout the ex
traordinary wet season. Good Eoads
Magazine, ' -
Costly Greatness.
Mr. Pretty man, of England, In reply
to a question of the government lately,
stated that the'average annual cost of
maintaining in commission a first-class
battleship of 13,000 tons is: Pay of
wages of officers and crew, 40,369;
vieualing, 14.004; coal, 2?,600; stores
and repairs. 9548; naval ordnance
stores, 5550 a total cost of 94,000, or
$4t0,000. Boston Globe,
A New York life insurance company
i holds 18,000,000 wnrth pf Bttllia's rail-
mi iteBrttiti, '
WIT and HUMOR.
THE D AY
Bad Beginning.
Lady (calling on new vicar's youns
wife) "Have you seen the library at
the Hall? Sir George is quite a bibli
ophile, you know." -
Vicar's Wife (warmly) "Ob, I'm so
glad to hear that. So majiy of those
wealthy men have no reiigloh!" Lon
don Punch.
'A Good Clowr.
"Do you remember Munchaucer? H
was the biggest boaster I ever knew.'
And his blowing never did him any
good."
"Ob, yes, it did." j .
"How so?"
"Why, he plays the Dig horn In a
concert band." Cleveland Plain Deal
er, -
The Worua'a Erolutlon;
"Have you seen Henpeck's sporty
new clothes? I thought his wre al
ways bought his clothes for him."
"So she did, but he broke away from
her this once, . The worm will turn,
you know." ...
"Huh! the worm seems to have
turned into a giddy butterfly." Phila
delphia Press. -
Shocking Symptom.
Your husband seems to be making
a large and unique collection of books,"
remarked the caller, looking with in
terest at the costly array of rare vol
umes on the library shelves.
"Yes," replied Mrs. G&swell, with
well-bred indifference. "I believe he
becomes more bibulous every day he
lives."-Tid-Bits.
. . There's a Jolter.
Monologue Artist "I suppose, now,
you think that the things that I get off
on thex stage are spontaneous that
they- come to me for the first time as
I deliver them?"
Admirer "Of course; if you had pre
pared yourself in advance you would
not have reeled off such a mess of rot."
-Eoston Transcript.
Insufficient. "
"So your wife has given up the study
of Theosophy?" '
"Yes. She decided that one astral
body would he of no use. Unless she
could be at a tea, a progressive euchre
party, a meeting of the sewinjf cir
cle, a matinee, and a department store
at the same time it .wasn't worth wor
rying yWnt." Washington Star.
The Early Bird
"What makes you so late, my boy?"
"I didn't know you were coming so
early, sir!" Ally Sloper.
He Was Convinced.
Smithby- -"I know I need glasses.
Oculist "How do you know?"
"Because last night I was reading a
newspaper, and I couldn't tell whether
or not a certain word was 'building'
or 'blinding.' " .
Oculist "Which did it turn out to
be?"
Smithby "It turned out to be .'bull
dog.'" Judge.
Theory and Practice. -
"The rewards" of science are but
scant," said the man with the high
forehead.
"Yes," answered the man-with the
square -jaw. "Nobody is going to pay
you as much for picking up a rock and
telling you what geological period .it
belongs to as he will for directing him
to a market that will take it up as
building material." Washington Star.
TfothlnK Bt ne Truth.
"Yes," said Stormington Barnes, "we
did well in the West. At a one-night
stand in Arizona we played to a $10,
000 house." -
cow irhnt nr -vou giving, me:
J " " '
queried Walker Ties. : -
"Facts," answered the footsore tra
gedian. "The one man who comprised
the audience was said to worth fully
that amount."--Kennebac (Me.) Jour
nal. - Won In sV Walk.
"Well," said her.proud old father, as
the trembling young man entered his
presence, "it is unnecessary for me to
ask you what you ? want. You have
come to ask me for my daughter. Now,
tell me about yourself. What are your
qualifications?" .
"I I am a vegetarian for one thing,
"Good. She's youifs. I'll not have to
pay meat bills for you, any way.." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
v An Illustration.
ire"Wbat is meant, John by th
phrase, 'Carrying- coals to Newcas
tle '' "
Husband "It is a metaphor, my
dear, showing the doing of something
that is unnecessary." .
wlfeI don't exactly understand.
Give me an illustration a familiar
one." ' -
Husband "Well, If' I were to bring
you home a book entitled How to
Talk,' that would be carrying coal to
household
alters
' Creeping Rues.
Creeping rugs for the little ones wh
are just beginning to creep are novel
ties which appeal to the mother heart
They are made of a material !iki
Turkish toweling, backed with canvas
are washable, and large enough t
furnish a moderately, active baby wit
a fair afternoon's promenade.
ltefrigerator Hints. "
Keep the ice compartment full of ice
The more ice the greater the economy'
Ice saving schemes are absurd, de
feating the purpose of the refrigerator.
It is the food that is to be kept ln
stead of. the ice. Keeping ice in the
sick room or at a picnic is another
matter.
Overripe fruits and vegetables are a
menace to the health if left in the re
frigerator.. A cellar or other damp spot is no
place for the refrigerator; on the other
hand it should not be put out of doors
unprotected. . ,
If much ice is used on the table and
for other 'purposes an authority ad
vises a storage box for extra ice.
It should be sponged out often with
warm water in which a little soda has
been dissolved, and the drain should
not be neglected.
- Should ants get into a refrigerator a
saucer of tartar emetic mixed with
sugar and water . should be placed
there. It will drive them away.
Do not think of covering the shelves
With cloth or paper any more than you
do the ice. There must be good circu
lation, with consequent melnug of ice.
to preserve the food therein. New
Haven Register.
A Man's Rule For Coffee.
"The coffee at any breakfast table,"
ays a veteran New York hotel man
ager, "is one of the most, Important
elements of a satisfactory meal.
"Coffee should never be decanted.
The pot must be fitted with a cover
that lifts off, and not one which swings
back. It must also have a cover for
the spout. Make your own filter from
a piece of not too fine white flannel
eewn into a bag terminating in a point,
which must be long enough to reach
to fit snugly-over the top. Have your
coffee (two-thirds ' Java, one-third
Mocha, or any mixture you prefer)
ground as fine as powder. It will re
quire all your Blandishment to get
your grocer to do this, but the secret
of the excellence of this way of making
coffee depends upon, the fineness with
Which it is ground. Fill your pot with
boiling water to" heat it, pour it out, fit
on the flannel bag, a heaping teaspoon
for each person, and 'one for the pot,'
and pour on one large cup of boiling
iwater for each spoonful of coffee. The
water must be absolutely boiling and it
must be poured slowly. Let it stand
several minutes on the back of the
range; lift out the bag and send it to
the table. - I will not say 'have hot
milk. For the perfect coffee you must
have thick, sweet, rich cream; put in
the sugar, then the cream, fill up the
cup from the steaming vessel and you
have that coffee which makes the poll
tician wise." Good Housekeeping. "
'IHOVSEHoLD1
Macaroni should be kept in an air
tight receptacle and when cooked
plunged into boiling salted water.
Buttermilk is excellent for cleaning
sponges. Steep the sponge in. milk for
6ome' hours, then squeeze it out and
wash it in cold water. Lemon juice
Is also good. - -
A little orange or lemon juice put
on the blacking brush after it has been
dipped in the blacking of polishing
cream will give a brilliant shine to
the boots or shoes.
': The latest in yacht pillow covers con
sists of two squares of goatskin, laced
around the four sides with silk cord
and decorated at each corner with
cluster of loop ends.
To rid a room of flies it is a good plan
to heat a poker 'and lay it on a lump
of camphbr, which will give off fumes
most objectionable not only to Jlies,
but to other insects also.
To purify water, tie a small piece of
undyed flannel into the tap, leaving it
rather loose; and it will be found to
absorb all impurities from the water,
Kenew the flannel from time to time.
Water in which "potatoes have been
boiled is very effective in keeping sil
ver bright. It can be bottled for use,
and if required to be kept a long time
a tenth part of methylated spirits will
do this. .
Fruit jars, tea and coffee pots, stew
ing pans, in fact all kitchen utensils
with hovers, should be left open in the
Intervals of using. The same rule ap
plies to the wash boiler and bread or
cake box. '
- Wet umbrellas should be stood on
their handles to dry. This, allows the
water to run out of them instead of
into the- part where the ribs and the
silk meet, thus causing the metal to
rust and the silk to rot.
Many, mothers take the trouble of
having adjustable paper covers to slip
over the books brought into the homd
from public libraries. In these days of
microbe fear such a course insurei
peace of mind, even if nothing else ia
gained. ';. , .
" To clean the coffee' pot fill It with
water, put in a pinch of borax and
a piece of hard soap, and set on the
stove, letting it "boil fpr half an hour.
It will be as bright as new and should
b9 submitted to ttis treatment fro
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rerc -cr-asr
The earliest money was in; the;forEB
of animals' skins. .
One of the oldest known Uvlnf ani
mals on earth is a tortoise, in; N$w .Zea
land that weighs 970, pounds. It Is
known to be over 300 years old.' "
Eagles sometimes rise to the height
of 6000 feet, and larks, crows, storks
and buzzards' often get up 2000 feet.
But the "ayerage bird seldom goes 1000
feet above the earth. 7 M v
The total number of horses at Paris
decreased 1000 last" year, because of
the great increase in. the useof auto
mobiles. There are more automobiles .
in Paris than any other city Iu the
world. '' ' -
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. The Attorney-General of Kansas has
decided that a pupil ' in the public
schools - cannot . be compelled' by a
teacher to tell tales on another pupil.
That is a great question that has long
required settling. .
t.'t
It is asserted by a sculptor Ythtt tha,
human foot is becoming smaller. The
masculine foot of twenty" centurlea
ago was twelve inches long. The aver
age man' foot f-to-da'y-is easily fitted
with a No. 814 shoe, which is not more
than ten and seven-sixteenths' of au
inch in length. '
South Australia is said to be suffer
ing with a great invasion of mice.
The cause, is the recent brfdweather,
which caused more or less of a failure
of the wheat crop, and the " farmer
allowed much grain to remain In the
fields. This fell to the ground in time
and so furnished food for 'the' mice.
i .
' A Monte-Proof House. !
You will have to ' satisfy ' yourself
that your house is built mouse-proof;
no man will ever do it of. his own ac
cord See yourself, with your own' eyes,
that every board of the floor goes ex
actly to the outer .wall. Tb'en, have a
thin coating of cement spread, over
the. narrow strip" of floor between the
walls. This is the only certain way.
After several terrifying experiences I
have come to the conclusion that a
mouse can squeeze himself "through a
crack too. small to see! 'You wiM also
have to use cement to satisfy, your
self that no possible places are left
where the plumbing" Is brought Into
the house. Elizabeth Knight Tomp
kins, in Good Housekeeping; .
' Not m Scrap Lft.'v
The editor of a flourishing ;journaJ
in a California town recently . called
at the "home of the bride's parents'
the day after the wedding. ''He was
desirous of telling his readers alf about
the event, and wished to . give the
young couple a good "send-'off" as well.
The bride's mother met him." 'I
. "Good morning, Mrs. I. Jones VI said,
the editor. "I have called to et some
of the .details' of the wedding."
"Goodness!" replied Mrs. ' 'Jones, In
dismay. ; "They're all gone. ' You
ought to have come last night.' ; They,
ate every 'scrap.'" San Francisco Bul
letin. , . - ' r
Glazed Baiter.
German butter ' makers have a' pro
cess of glazing butter with a coat of
melted sugar. 7 It is stated, that the
butter so treated keeps ' fresh for a
much longer time than ordinary but
ter. It is carefully worked and washed
and put . up in. one pound lots and
placed in:a. cool room. It Is then'
glazed by painting the surface with
melted sugar, using a soft broth and
performing the operation very quick
ly. The hot sugar melts the surface
of the butter and with it forms a kiad
jf varnish which protects the, surface
against the air. . . . . . .
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Preservation of flowers. t
- Professor Constantine . Gregory, 1
Naples, has .discovered a : tiew chemi
cal process for . the preservation f
flowers and leaves .which has vron
silver medal from the Neapolitan In
stitnte for the Advancement of Sci
ence. Plant leaves . as difficult of
preservation . as those of the orchid
and begonia have been kept wonder
fully; well by this method,; aftj Pro
fessor Gregory is hopeful Of preserv
ing even fungi in a remarkably nat
ural condition. ...
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Music In Missouri.
Talk about sharpening musical criti
cism to a needle point! A-skylight fell
with a crash in the festival hall at tha
St. Louis Exposition, and musical ex
perts declare solemnly, that th&" acci
dent was due to harsh notes played on
the great . organ - by the h unskilled
musician, explaining that ,MtLe sever
vibratory, force of the poor playing
jarred the glass loose." Then the flaa
did not fall from the shock of ita
sense of divine harmony. Atlanta
Constitution.
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Golden Bole Jones'. War. .-
The late Mayor Samuel M.; Jones; of
'Toledo, had been giving - away very,
large sums of money,' sometimes aa
much as $100,000 a year, to help; peo
ple out of trouble. k Among his 'papera
have been found the notes of some two
hundred men in Toledo, which lie had
indorsed and paid.' -
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Things Worth Bemesabsriat.
Do not forget that it isn't necessary
to be disagreeable in order to disagree
with the other man. 7
If we took as great pains to- say,
kind things as we do to think unkind
ones, life would b one long, mfa.pborl