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I Cartwright's
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- V 4 WHEX fhMiiu toted tack
mJAf UicWr«*lMttkfiM(k
W W Bad nort wall at the h%
turn, Ite tight rf the to
mow qua kh abundant gray hair and
(ruddy bat, tat he had draws eat of
KW heat. The coder a € Ida flannel shirt
fcred away apoa sack aMn and I aaar
Bds roundsd and strjog Umat. with a
- ■rttaHlßtilfHit *lHit -
( Km far the Intel ilia." ha said,
[passing talusta th> varti to draw
jap>«> Ua aowty Bchtsd pipe with keen
MafWd. -Why am 1 hac? That's
jtte mstur ad Waia. ta UJ Whj da 1
law thaae lada orar therw." and he
Hravd Ma teal taaaid a deal table
'mi Mli artth paa aad paper, "tate
at that which joa are pleased
jJJpaa tata ha Md tta following
a* .■ w tol
Fwßta a hsaglag party ahaat tea years
jaoata to I sow la aae way or taothr.
jsseu of MM, all of them. while I
riT aaaae ussy which la aot Important
|h thla nairaUve 1 became separated
fna my Mah aaa day when we
arere naafa* the prtnacval forest to
prtber. It waa a startling nprrimcn
Mr the 1 ha a 1 aa were ax ret lent that I
patch! wn In all sfcht la thr cold, aad
at that time 1 waa aat itfaat Uowrr-
W. Just aa It waa ginning dark I fell
|a wtth a ata apoa whaae neck I could
ha TO wept ftr Jay. though I had not
the pliaami of a prrvtoos acquaintance
jatth him.
I lie amy hare been tarty yeara aid.
Ibroara aa aa Indian, slender. tall and
Uthc. Ula rok* had a cheery Hac. bis
fjfa were bright hta laaeuage had the
Bray of the wood*, bat when we paaad
(beyond the drat qalcfc qwatkaa and
ana wean I prrrriml that he did not
lack calt!ration Hla name waa
M Cartwright
| He led me ta thla buusa. and. Qwo{k
•he tried to moderate Ma pace ta mine. I
pad hard wort to follow him.
[ When OsrtwrljrM art root upon the
atab of nek that makea the step out
Wide there, thr dww waa au Vlroly flong
open. and a pleasant voice cried. "TTjj.
jßobby. bow late yea ai*r
' The next asotnent "EoWiy" rat bdsf
frlMril la a mj simple, unaffected and
altogether enrlablr fSsbkm. and he waa
teatilbothm liberally to the ihMimslia-
Jttoa wheo he happened to remember
aae. which la mate thaa I tad a right to
inpwt under the dmimstaneea. lira.
JTartwright had aot yet become ajr are
Stat her taMbaad waa not ahmc. for
•be had (OK oat of the brightneae into
the data.
i "There la aoeaae one with ma.~ I benrd
Cart wrlgbt wlilapir. Aad then ta pre
mntad me aaat agreeably.
' Trt there waa a tea eh af formalism
In hla woeda and aaoarr. They «a-
Tored a t the city. Aad wbea Mr*. Cart-
Iwrlght g»«t(d aw thr waa aot quite
laa date a anaaaa aa ahe had been a
•Miauls before, with tar arma aroand
her busbsad*s atck. I tad latrudaced
aa elemeat a t srilfldslky. 1 tad ear
«Vd them tack
j -I wlah our boy were her*." mid
;Carto right presently. "Too'd then ace
our little hoar last right. Bat ta'*
goue to a boarding srbooL*"
| "We arc Barry* that we arot him."
tail Vim. Cart wrigbt. Aad thru ata
■bowed iae * photugraidi at a boy of
P7 waa able ta ay wKhoot prerarle*-
Oan that Bobby Jaalnr waa the Image
(of hla ata*
I Watt, we had a great anpfier. far
{which I had the hotter spalls {o
j
|\V nVU roc ah a cava m*
|ranar at waking while the pteparatlna
• tf B waa iimil nl. la this lata the
I I was a toy toatlMta ta thaw
■ jtay* My maaarr waa aa mm aa a
i, |,, a- —a A K|_a JLILIL* ■ fa anal * aa ._a we
wOnvBHI N*H a t^Bmt |hDU Br flla
daaet gaiasent opea a Bttlr wider at
Shear wertta- From Ibe uut et I rcaM
Seer that Mia. Cartwright detected the
(Savor of my breeding aad that her wo
taaa's aahae woohl aot fat her cdmtt
oar drlhtaury suhrrowa part laditil
thrrp waa aa aeed at B. tat abr sr*a
tarn aad taed a lady aad «otte la the
.rirrtref my era feaqyacrqcalntaard
aa I learned pn*ni|y. Cor ata was a
j^jd*t he Q»3m .f eiTal
ttacth:p bratagM aa aeanr together aad
carrlrd ta> farther from the wooda. 11
aaaweml aamny qnwtVw about the
aaaa of dtlea and beard aotae old ata
rlea which lad me to know that Cart-
Wright kad not lived always ta the wtt
drraeaa by any meanaL .
It waa late In the erralag. bowmr,
before I rratared ta aak what had led
theovao far away fNoa the centra a of I
caldvathm and rcdnement which woald
tar* been their natarai habitat.
"too remember Hobneo' mid
Cisrtwrlgtat—***l>nt not yoanr troat In
aaoawy. but your money hi trust' Well,
aty faJher (Mat his atooey In trast for
am. aad I hla Is the malt. My trustee
got away with H."
-God bleoa hlrar aald the lady, tab
tag her haaband*« band.
Mw was alttlng on the arm at his
rtalr at the time and looking very
sweet la the fltellgbt. I eoold aot thiak
of hrr aa th* mother at a ten-year-old
bay, ata tooked au yoang and ao light
hearted and hopeful. Yet ata waa a
basin* woman by all the rnlra. tthe waa
marrUd ta a man who waa poor and
would never be otherwise. liar real
yoalh waa goat, and even ahsadd ©art
*y\ VwttFX
L/ui ' .
aaa iu amtao oa tub 11a ur aaa
OHAIB.
wrlgbt dlo—aa Is the daty of a poor
man wltb a pretty wife—l couldn't fan
cy Bra. t'artwrlgbt returning to Hgbl
the battle over again.
It h true that 1 waa puzzled by the
fervency of ber prayer for tta dlahoa
eat truateo. ibongU 1 Judged It was a
port of ber HdHlty to her bnatand. a
part of brr long rrsnlvc r.cver to re
prnaeh him for thrtr poverty.
lie raised her bond to hla llpa beforo
he anawt-rad tta qaestion w bleb ta tad
•cc.i In my eye*
"1 Mp|»ee ta saved my life." aad
Cartwrtgbt. "and that Is why Marjory
blessr* hlna. May hearea Ideas tar! I
waa a wild l>oy, Mr. Cameroai. By
father always gave me plraty of mon
ey. and I 'went the pace," aa the phraae
ta."
"lie was not so bad. I guess.** said
Marjory, wltb a hand upon I.la bead,
where I obatervrd that the dark brown
tatr waa thin at-tta bark of th? crown.
"Let my be Id «pot be the wltans to
my crimes." said ta. reeding my rye
again. "It was bigger si twenty-Are
years than It is now. sod a follow
doesn't get Bucb an ornament fcr noth
ing. " Late hours, champagne, tad to
bacco In stifling eafca u'xter the glare
of lights! Yes. yes; It ha a Idewtig
that my tranter Uvntne a thief before I
tad time to becom* anything worse
Myself.
"I waa beginning ta M the strain.
My pet doctor pointed oat an opea
grave to me every tiu>« I went to sea
him, and Anally be drove me op Into
tta woods far a little ML lie did It
by promising tlint the reiaiatloa would
give mo life for a year and perhapa two I
of tbc tan that I waa having.'*
"Kuar rchocj Br*. Cartwrlght*
"I"poo my awl" seld her hnstand.
"It was tta emptiest, pabfolst, most
sodden, wretched and tapetais exist
«ncr ever suffered by a mortal erra
tum. Bat I didn't knim lllVs. Well.
I came up Into tta Adlumdscks with
JtaHLXdgaa»-athsr-prntllgat— tafia*
whom the prnvo tii.*> jauiml. «r».l .> •
OBdesvored to restore ocr health by
alttlng all day aad night In tta room of
a little hotel a few miles from here
drinking tad liquor and playing csrds
tar money. 1 rrntember that tta tah
Mraa dead itgalut ine all the tlaae—the
worst ran I ever bad. Indoed. about
tta third day I sent a hurry caß to my
.trader for fnnda. Bat. Mr. Cameroa
ad the very moment when 1 waa writ
ing to him ta waa a bankrupt and
tweaty-foar boars later ta wsa oa hts
secret way ta Booth America, or some
say to China, with tta wreck of h!s
distantidy. Heaven forglre and Meaa
him: It waa tta beginning of a aew
nfe to me."
"Too went tack to town and atarted
orerasaln. I soppaorr*
1 have nrviT been oat of throe wao>ls
stare then." said Cart a right "eieept
when I took my l>oy down to Albany to
school at tta beginning of this fx lb la
the old days .when that thund-rbolt hit
aae I went to bed. brilrTlng that the
grave wkb'h any doctor bad potnlwl sot
ta me was my oaly refuge and wUhlng
to sacocrxge It to yawa aa hard and
fast *s possible. Pmaently my rross
and crabbed old uncle. Wtlthaan Cart
wright trutm Brooklyn, appeared apoa
the seme and favered ~ with the de
tails of my ruin. He dosed by offering
me a smalt allowance oa the bargain
that I would Urr up tare In the WOOJJ
for a year or tar lougrr unless my
health should ta fully restond.
"1 was wilttaig. There was no renscn
why I shun Id go brefc. Bat dying Isn't
an assy ap here. Strangriy enonpb. I
atqiM an appetite for life. I tajn
to go act hunting wltb a guide and sur
palsed him—and myself fsr more—by
darrefaplng Into a Crrt rate shot with a
i fle. Heforr tta end of that winter I
bad pa'ned nearly twenty pounds,
tbcogh yea wooMaTt cell me fat ss I
stand andj esald eat bear meat right
i.Jui i>lii: ii!tlVt)rj|Jl.l Vl' » ftai« iSOil .. • >.' •■' « ''>"
WILLIAMSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, BEGBMBER 5,1902 ;
ripe far B. I tad tad nmogh of the
! other ktad. I resotvad to stay here, and
tare 1 am. My ancle gave me money
(sasik ta buy this taaase and a Mt of
land running down to the laka, and
here I astahllslwd a hermitage."
His votes ctaagsd. and his eyes be
gan to gttsteu.
"In the hag winter evenings." he
ccattascd. *T began to write to a Bttle
gtat She waa only sixteen, and ahe was
gatag to school I wrote bear stories for
tar sad laai ntsi tales at the woods.
Tea aiast andeestand that Just before
nay pecuniary disaster I tad chanced to
see tar. and aomchuur her beaaty"- at
IMB point Ma*. Cartwright tried to cov
er his mouth with her tand-"her beau
tjr." ta paaalslnl. "aasl ber Innocence
had remained with me. And sta had
rruutubered me. Think of It—me, the
prodigal*! What miracles doth heaven
grant! Well. well. 1 wrote her sturies
st tta woods, and dually I wrote her
lore at si lea. and ss at Isat being quite
free In tta world, though only nineteen
arhra this happened, ahe came up Into
the wOdtrucoi to are uir. and we were
Married at line Knot, dve miles down
thsksta.
"iThwfcan" he went ou. extending
hi* left band toward a pitcher of rider
on the (aide, "1 shall propoos the
health of sB thlrvtag. rascally trustees
whs steal tta money of those foolish
betas who are art dt to taw* It. Ah.
Mr. Csmasviu. think what ta did for
Mt Thtak of this paws. tasNhy life
anssg tta fragrant trsea! 1 am so
|ia amalj kappy. I MM* htm. I homf
him Hera's ta him—old ArctUtaM
WtthlagUH* may tta aalaU loeolv*
I was about to aulss my glass, but
laid It down again.
"Archibald WKhtagtoar aald I.
"Why. 1 know him. He ta* odlen* IB
tta Mm* bailhllng aa mjrartf .•*
"Toa're thinking of hi* bob,** Mid
Oart wrlgbt *mdlng
Thrdoa am." I rcjolnod. "Th* man
I'M thinking of rant br the sua of any
oao now living. lie I* more than a hun
dred years old. I should say. though he
h-umt grown a day older In ten yeara.
ll* la tall aa a tree, straight aa a gun
band and he bears a sear upon his
left cheek that he ssys be got In the
ctrß war. tbnagh I think It waa more
Bkety tta Bevotatkm."
"Archibald Wlthtngtna In New York!"
cried Cartwright "ll* ta* made an
other fortune. Then"—
"He has always been rich." Mid 1.
"ll* was never rained. He never lied."
We were all npon oar fevt by tills
time and very morta cxrlted.
"Cartwright" sM I. "year iiihle --
tell me about him. Too ssy that be was
strict severe. By hcav.-ns, be took this
moans to reform you. with Within*
tuu'a cmnlvanc.*. of rourse. Was there
aay provision hi your father's will
which could giro th* color of honesty
to"—
"Marh: mnrh was left to Witbliiß
tofi's dtarretkm." aald Cartwright lb a
t riUO AT TtBI
tremlding voire. "And yet the money
I* undoubtedly mine. Did anybody ev
er hear of soch seandsloos. Infamous
rutdiery as this? Marjory, my poor
gtal! And 1 tars kept yea slaving In
this «MmHk wit boat I rsg of
clothes, wrlttaat a Jewel"—
"We have been tappy tare," she Mid
thruogh hysterical trara. "But for our
sno'i Mta I think we ought to make
■one attempt to tare our rlghta."
"Attempt."* cried Cartwright "Well
you Jast watch m I'U stand tboss
two old rßlala* sa their vsnersble
head*, nr—
Oh. dear! (Mr. Camoroa oontlmmd).
To think what I did to ttain, thoa*
ktad aad tawpy faiks who welcomed
CM ta their taapßahl* table that even
lug.' They went bach to tta city, and
they found tta troth to be as I con
Jectned. It tad bean doa* for Cart
wright* good.
Ba they got all their money (be
tumbled ao), and a great sum It waa.
Cartwright gave as* SI,OOO and this
cabin. He aad his wife lock a boose
an Fifth arena*, sad they went mucb
Into sorlrty—for the sake of tta child,
they aald, though What difference N
could make to a boy I don't know. If It
bad tan a girl but why dleruM It 7
I called at their house when 1 was
|a tta city tart yssr, sad Mrs. Cart
wright had OS* to loach. Her husband
was too 111 to come dowastaliß— too 111
to ass me. ta fact I don't wonder.
They Br* very Ugh. and when a man
has been uaad to opea ah and good,
übolnaoin* food tta change goes hard
with Mm. A woman, of coarse, can
■tend anything—except won* clothes
than tar neighbors. And Mrs. Cart
wx'ght druses wsnderfeffy well, but
•he's beginning to look old. Poor *»
man! She was M pretty, so rosy, so
tappy and tasithy hers that nlglit in
the Ugbt of the Cre! And It's not so
long ago.
Cartwright seat down word to me
that If therr was anything 1 wanted 1
need only ask for It He would set no
Unlit apoa tab grst tade to t!-e man
who Lroogld him into his fort cue. I
didn't fata sruthiag. Aa a man at
9mm,
: W. . '■
" TOWN IMPROVEMENT.
Hn l* ißtwml Ik* C»ui»»»« la
Ik* ItaNtr.
The effort to form a anion at all
organisations that kin for their object
the beautifying of towna and dtlee
which will be made In connection with '
the convention of the American Park
and Outdoor aaaodatlos In Buffalo next
year will be widely approved, says the
Buffalo Exprm. klwat of the larg*
cities and many town* and vWam
have aucb aaaocUtions and would glad- |
ly Jolu In the propoaed movement.
One of the ohjecta of forming a union
la to totei eat the government In the
work and get Ita aupport to *be extant
of collecting and making public Infor
mation on the ul'Jwt with photo
graph*. «"» show lug what can be ljtk
by organized effort. The gorwrnmeut'e
work would prtanmaldy bo largrly to
abow what haa been done In foreign
towna and dtlca. The Individual or
gnniautlooe have accomplished much
as It In. but there la a Itndtlea* Add In
which to work, and government aid
would lw valuable.
Every city In tho country and many
towna are, for example. Blled with un
sightly billboards and display adver
tlalng In the form of Immenae palnllnga
on buildings, etc. The Improvement eo
rietle* have given their attention to
thla matter fir a king time, with con
siderable success. The eourta In arr
eral at a tea have upheld the right gf a
city to regulate the alar of Mllhoarda.
and thera la every re—on for believing
that In the not distant future billboards
will have disappeared from towna and
cities.
The care and planting of tree* and
shrub*, straightening the sidewalk
lines, removal of sidewalk anil lot
fenna and the beautifying of back
yanla are a few of the other change*
which should be rnada In towna and
ritle*. The question of architecture la
another Important point Thcrs la plen
ty of work to be done In Improvement,
and any movement sorb aa tlie pro
posed onion of the asperate sod Hies
which proiulare to help the ceuae
should ha heartily supported.
VILLAGE ATTRACTIONS.
■smith!lw4*i I* Ofwl Caa ml
llMlrra >»>!■•■*
Telephones. rural mall routes. Inter
orltan aud trolley llnea have luui the
effei't. It Is said, of making ansnll lowm
and village* more iiulet Uian formerly,
says the Imllnnapoiis Journal. Now
that t|ia farm telcpiione Ias come
Into nso, ||K on ncr i«» • not ' hitch up"
and (i) to the village aa formerly to ilo
his errands. Ha telephones to the
storekeeper his order for cords and
asks him to semi them out biy-trolky
or by the first man traveling tpat way;
he consults the doctor over the tele
phone nml talks with bU friends In the
village In the same way.
Tlie mall la brought to hia gnte ami
thus relieves blin of the m-cwwlty of a
daily trip. Ills relations with the
blacksmith remain uncluingcd. fir no
way lias been yet devised whereby
Hint useful personage can shoe a borne
or mend a wagon without having horse*
and vehicle present, but the* needs
are not of dully occurrence, and so It
happens tluit the little street or open
squaro which waa wont to recta al
most crowded wllh hutin nnd vehi
cles at certain hours every day or on
certain days In ihe week no - * often
wears a deserted look, and the resl
dents arc conscious of a sense of lone
liness.
They soy, too, that when once a man
gets on n trolley car with Intent to
make a pnrdiase be goes to a larger
town and that thla Is imrtleulariy true
of his wife or daughter on a similar er
rand. All this Is a natural but rather
curious development following tlie ex
tended use of modern convenience*,
and what remedy the village has Is not
plain. Ita only hope la apparently to
establish attractions of a aortal or edu
cational nature that will off art tlif ioas
In other direction*, and will draw Its
rural neighbors there for ameaeeeiti
and entertainment
AN EXCELLENT PLAN.
Oo*4 Cltlsesskto Um**« Premel*
Ik* Or*wlk *1 s T*wa.
To pnxnoli the growth of a town an
excellent phn la to form an organiza
tion, under any nam*, baring for Ita
object everything tending to Improve
the town. Increase Ita population, pro
mote the Introduction of new bulus
tries: alao to look after the taxation of
the property embraced In the town and
to aecure the passage of ordinance*
and laws conducive to the prosperity
of the place and the comfort of thoeo
making their homes there.
There should be elected a board of
officers, consisting of representative
business men ami committees appoint
ed to look after state and local legisla
tion. taxation and village expenditures,
enforcement of village ordinances, ccn- j
dltion and appearance of afreets and'
pobtlc places, travel and communica
tion. education, water supply. sewage
ami sanitary affairs, new Industries
and membership.
If controlled by the proper spirit,
such an organization cannot but be
pond noire to the growth and prosper
ity of any town.
Tsar* l*»r*T**t»l Dial*.
Outdoor housekeeping la J oat %a Im
portant as indoor housekeeping
Waste paper receptacles | laced On
street corners will help greatly In keep
ing the streets free of rubbish, etc.
One of the best ways to beautify
front and back yards la to Interest chil
dren In thla work. ♦
Village Improvement societies are a
power In building up towna and keep
ing them clean and beautiful. .
Neatly trimmed trees ami lawns add 1
greatly to the appearance of * street
Much oX the beauty of a lawn la Isat if
the a»agirnetlßpt tester. |
UNCLE SAM'S ROADS. |
AMERICA BEHIND OTHER NATIONS IN
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.
Aaaaal Ik»*aillatM Iter* aa la
t»n>»a» Cosalrle* P*r CaaJ
B«**■ y«*l *( BalMlas Hls»*»r«
' la S*aa* ml OUT Slates.
The United State* doea not beg!n t»
spend the amount of money up>m Ita
public highways that It casta to con
struct and maintain the pubUc roods
of England and European countries.
While thla "country Wads tlie wurld In
Its raHroada and street railways. It la
Tar lAdilnd most countries acroaa the
Atlantic In Ita gysteui of public high
ways. England and Wale* S|MI>J an
nually (2U.tMIO.IIUU on tbeir reads, Ire
land $3,01)0,000. France f.WJ4OU.i»M
while the United States, tlie piomer of
all nations lu public liu|>rmvi>i*nta. the
leader- of the world In defining ami
per fed lug pinna to add to tlie comfort
aud welfare of mankind, laga In the
race with the disgraceful record of
spending fJO.OOO Ulain Its federal plan
of pillillc road Improvement.
Thla doea not Im-lude. of course, the
annual expenditure* of the vartoua
at a tea of the Union, aays the* Buffalo
Uxprnas If tbeae suuia werr Included,
the comparison would uot lie ao unfa
vorable, for there will be expanded thla
year cloae on to 91tt.U00.0Ui throughout
the country for the betterment of pub
lic highways. Moreover, the outlook
for the future la exceedingly bright.
The poaalbllltlea are that by the end of
anotlier decade the combined expendi
ture* of tlie federal government and
the vartoua states will equal ♦.V'.IIIO.
000 a year for the construction ami
maintenance of public highways.
There are fully 2UO good roaila or
ganizations, national, atate and coun
ty, In tit* United States. The aaaorla
tlon that la doing the moat work fur
tlie betterment of blgltwuya through
out the country Is that known aa Ihe
American ltoadimikera. Tlie uieml>rr
ahlp of this assodatlon Is limited to
ten Influential men In each atate. one
of the provisions of Ita constitution be
ing that there shall not l« more than
ten members from each state.
When New Jersey, which waa the
pioneer atate In the goal roads move
ment, fir at liegan to Improve Its roads.
It cost fIO,OOO Iter mile; They are now
il-- *
>' l'~' r
va I
ar.MATOII KA lIt.KS OOOU BOA US 1 HAIX.
being constructed for S2,QUO to
|MT mile, moat of tlicm costing only
9'A500. This 11 due to the greater knowl
edge and practical experience gained
by the road bulldcra aa well as by the
use of Improved machinery and incth
oda. In Mlclilgnn. Ohio and other west
ern states roads are being constructed
at a much lens figure, some of them
costing not more than SI,OOO. As might
bo expected, these roads are not as
durable as tho.se upon which a greater
•mount of money la exjicndcd.
New York pays about $5,000 to 17.100
• mile and builds a very thoroughly
constructed road out of crushed atone
under the direction of the state engl
neer and In accordance with the atate
aid plan which provides that the atate
shall pay SO per cent of the cast of con
atrurtlon of the roads, .13 per cent Is
paid by the county and 15 per cent by
the town in which the road la Improv
ed. Connecticut and Massachusetts
both have admirable methods for Im
proving their highways and have long
been recognized aa among the most
progressive atate* of the I n lon In tbla
reward, each expending SBOO,OOO a year
au tlie improvement of Its roads.
The state of Georgia la. perhaps, the
moat progressiva among the aoutlieni
eta tee. Kor a number of years It baa
employed a large amount of priaon la
bor In the construction of Ita ruada.
using prisoners, both black ami white.
In cruablug stone and In constructing
the roada. The system of employing
priaon labor bus been ro successfully
carried out that It baa been adopted
In other states.
A moot Interesting good road* cam
paign la being conducted In the atate of
[ Michigan by Senator Karl*. The eeo
ator haa equipped a good roada train.
| consisting of a traction engine, Ave
•mail cars for carrying stone and •
atone crushing plant, all of which Is
drawn by the traction engine, which
(a also converted Into a road roller
god la employed In Unletting the road
#■. * lew J*r*er's Coo* Roada.
Daring the peat twelve monthsstio,-
000 waa apent In macadamizing pub
lic roada In New Jersey, and for thla
comparatively amall sum the state now
baa 140 miles of the finest rural thor
oughrqira In the country. Altogether
New Jersey baa 011 uiilca of thee* Cue
fclghwaya.
Balld Then* I* Last.
Great loss has often been occasioned
through temporary and Us
ing of roads and the erection of flimsy
end Insufficient culverts and brldgra.
It la poor economy to erect anything
but permanent siructarea built to laat
and atand the eeveraat testa.
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. For larger ahntumesti C««trart» win t* «^de
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A- Yorkshire than and n Lancashire ;
■Kit were conversing together the oth
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r The'l-nncatshlrc nun kil J to the York
-1 shire num. "Well. Bin. rto yon kfew :
! tlirt beet wuy t* Uiu| a liorUiiirt! iron's
I' kwl flngerst"
"Va," aays BllL 1
"Well. I will tell yoa what Uap-
at our place the other flay. Turk
shire Has had two of his flngeri ettt Wt
with a steam naw. ami tl*y got lost
among the sawdust. ami two of my
mates were dawn on their Imml* ami
knees looking for then when the f.«w-
Dir.n enme up and asked what they
ww (Unii.
"One of them said:
" "We an- looking for Pan'*
•"Oh. come tml of the »ai.i the
(cnmin. "Thirt's not the way to lind a
Yorkshire tnita's flliK-rn.' at the suuu
tluie taking a shilling out of kin i*nW
and throwing It amon£ the nawduxt.
when tin* two tingcra-at once
up after It.
" Tlmtc." mU the foreman, "that's
the way to find a Yorkshire titan's lust
lingers.'Pearson's.
lodnrn *nr*rr>.
Year mudern surgeon of note la a
"atcrlU'" nun. The of. rating rui.ni. al
most beruuMleally souled and at a tem
perature of UJU decree* or thereabout,
la purlAod dully hy manna of a huee
throwing a solution of IdchlorVle of
merctuy over celling. walla and flow*
The arrlvea In an anteroom In
hla civilian's gurb. lie la required to he
clean shaven. Ilk* a monk. «a)« the
Xew Vork I'rww. Ills clot lies are re
mured. Two attcmlantn In the stcriltz
Ing room hand 111111 a white duck gow u
teaching from collar to lie* I and a cowl
of the anion material which covers
tightly every port of hla head excvjit
«}••*. IXSM- and mouth. The sleeves of
tlie gown reach to hla ellHtwa. lie In
cnwn hla lumla hi tlie thinnest. lineal
ati'iiltsail rubber gloves. Tlnne gar
Uumts are handid to him In sterllianl
tonga. Tkitc lina been n» hmtiau eon
tact. Thtia ii|ul|ip>il he U prepared to
naw and slice.
How Ike K-nnk ctllisn.
How does one generation of men
succeed anotherT The fathers are not
swept awa.v In n liody to mnkif room
for tlie children, but one by o.ie ftie
old drop off and the young come 03
uutll a day la reached wlfn m»ie of
Hkmc remain that once wore la-re. Hov.-
does some form of human >|xwh lie
route extinct? About ion jcars ago an
old Inily named I Hilly Prntreath died
In Cornwall. She eot;M s|ienk tlw
Cornish language. After her death
there wan nolioily that could. Thus
quietly did the living Cornish language j
heeonie a dead language. And In a l;k»»
unobtrusive manner have been wrought
most of the new liccouiiiu.'.'i which I
hive changed and are climbing tin'
earth.—John I1«ke In Harper's.
Too Mprh Pood. 0
Much of the i-tnklng, tired anl empty j
filling from whieh bnitiiu-sa men wlw
work their brains nlone r> often suffer
Is' due to the accumulation of toxin t In j
the system which want "working off."
Two men 1m a day and active exercise
are the preventive, nn-1 llirre Im no 1
crcise whlh can he.got-at nriy time,
and by aiiyliody to the extent Ilia! j
walking can. Hut to do go.il It mult j
not l>c» antiutci Isir. Really "smart"
walking la what 1h Trnntrd. -Hospital, j
Thr
"The tueinlter froin the Orkneys" Is
the only man In the ltrltli;h house of
conuuotm who can sny he fits j>r 3»t
Islum!*. Only sixty of the Islands are
Inhabited, but tlie constituency era
brace* tii-jre than *i.OuO people.
Tlie Orkneys were nnce given by Nor (
way to Kngland as security for n :
queen's (lower and nrver redeemed. In
the islands the voters must go to thej
polls by tsmts. ntid In some cases the
dlstancu to Im- traveled Is eight lUllchl
. no 1'
"Do It Now," Is the motto which th»* ]
head of lite stationery bureau of the j
|nstoltlce de|MH°tuiriit keeps over hU,
d«,»k. He eiplalna that next to doltiit a j
tiling, having |o Ix-ar In miud tluit it '
must lie done Is mopt wearing, aiul ao (
prefers to cut off the unnecessary tax
by nteeting tlie real one promptly.
Trots.
Truth la always consistent with It* If j
and needa nothing to help It out. It la
always titer at hand, sits u|>ou our Up*
and la ready to drop out before we nre
aware. A lie la troulilesouM and acta a
man's Invention upon the rack, ami
one trick m-cds a gnat many i«orc to
inako It good.
He |«4mto«it Rimi *Jtsrr.
Kdltur Itazuo Itugie-Co a little easy
on Colonel Uore this week. In fact. I
think we'd lietter try to—er—atuugti .
matters ov«-r noinewhr.t.
AssUtant- Has he ma-le any threat?
Editor—No; lie lusn't sahl a wor»L
That's what worrlca row. N-w Vork
Weekly.
A On nine Arhteveaseat.
**My son." said the old lady proudly.
"!s a stirgeoiv of great ability. Why,
wh-.-n tlnre was a rnttrood wreck down
here a little while ago he nuved the life
of a man th.it was ratally Injured."—
Washington Tim en
A Omi] Tklii For Dlsarr.
"I had something I like for tny din
tor today." said the poor man, "but It
didn't do me any pood."
"You don't soy! Whnt was ItV
"A tnagnlfleeut appetite."—Philadel
phia I'm* *» 1
A Oiwd Reason.
"What makes yon' thln'r. B'r, that I
will not he able to support yonr daugh
ter!"
•"Well, I haven't been able to my
•alt."—Brooklyn Llfie. _
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