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AMOE GrLEANER, I a 7 . !l 'I ft 2 - lf VOL.-XXVI. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1901. NO. 50 i7iTl -4 '- - ' . I i JML. 11 in- ir v I It 1 i'A ' " 3 ' ! lata ( tfc. rgU. atnfa-ta Kay. K I. tlx i atn. ; B has the mm mn words to asy ; Seroaa tbe Salda ef aprlaa . Amid Um R learn am the tree. Hark ta Ms irrle Haej - 'v - A bunt of km aad om1oo ' ' ? Sweetheart, b miner , . i '- ' The (oath wind', tnans lathe torn - , la ataac soft and elear, It i th aunt a. mine which goes To ber whom lor. holds dear. . He mnm-t the crlmao. to bar cheek) Sba tremblMoo tk. Tina Wltk or mri wd k. apealu; Bsaatnaait, ba nhail So, Uka tba tovth wlnd'a and tba Mtd'a tat mj (at. b at but; - ,', , Hnat I bara dared to tteal tbctr word ", ' Mr tet wltk tbcln 1 caat- n Tk raa aad rabln'a aiata thall (It . Their kaarta to Ion lad thina. IT tba (lad word and let aw Un; ' ' v waethaart, b mtncl I'.-n .frank O. Bbennan la rUrper's Baar. ' Oooooooo4ojo04odlward. The sailors were at their post I lii'.m'r)nn -t,;", , 4 The allslender - stood 1 w mmm-usi T a BUaarlinar Wltk u DmmAt i . BT S. L. BACON. 9 u$ri .a. .. joooooo4)ooiooo I I w young maB theni 34 years of age. That la very young, la It nott And ;I had been at werk er.r since I waa a mere lad, for I bad had my living to jmake, and at the time of which 1 write I beld a good position and had the re spect of my employers. - I had been given Just at this time a holiday because of a generally wornont condition of body and mind, having been Warned by my physician that un less I followed his prescription of ab solute feet, and' change fjg sbaold. suc cumb to a fever very prevalent then. 8elHCniaaedr4haluuisaj4tatIed jmyself In a little seaport . village In Prance.' It waa an ideal place In which' to rest and gather strength. t The salt air blew refreshingly, and .all' night long one could bear, tbe soand of the .waves lashing up against tbe shore. I Tbe only thing of Interest In this qnlet little place waa tbe story of the wreck of the Fleurde-lls and the fact that a good jart of .the ruined vessel still remained! Imbedded ; In luj - mense bankbf sand wblcb cover the . jcoast of this region. Uy .garrulous 4 - landlord told me tbe story of tbe ship while I discussed my rolls and coffee .the morning after tpjjrrvL.,TJie'big. three masted vessel bad been caught In ' . fiirfmia frnlo . It hail hoon itopm 'before Vhleb the" fished folk 'trembled fand which had. since been a byword 3 among them. -; , f .' r . , -f ir bad occurred lf DecetqNri nre Tithan three mouths before, and In tbe fury of the- burrlcabe aad tbe black- jneaa of the nlgbt the ship bad com ipletely lost her bearing aau Steered at- random, bad struck a terrible reef - me distance oiitMT.be-crew-an4tbt - ijthree passengers sue carried had made jfor tbe boaU, but before their escape . .could be effected the- vessel waa awung - about and tbe ooata aasnea against tne ijrockay; :pt an p board jsnly wo.Tera ravea. me nrsr. mate ana ine coos, TbeseJ rcscoed ialnpost by jpilracle, conld tell of that dreadful night Afterward the Vlnd ad -drfvea th vesasl j)n-.with. It powerf ol. jashlpgs and burled It upon the shore. It waa . fastened firmly by two projecting points w mc-Sv auu ingr uyuu iib aiwva. iucii idlsoolored carcass of what bad been the Fleur-de-lis. I was sufficiently Interested, espe cially as the sun was warm aad .bright- jtojfoilow; my host's suggestion, and lstrou off to view tfle wreck myself. I k the dlrectloo. he -bad pointed out I after brisk walking found myself - .hearing the coast Tbe fiat yellow . eanda stretched before me, and aa I stepped upon tbefr moist surface I Celt (that the sea had been there not long before. There waa a fresh wind blew 'W. anij the Itrong.irragmBijsaltJdr Wemed to bring returning strength ivltb It 1 walked faster, t lfelt sense of exultant life. . . Finally I -came upon .wbaf had fgok ed In the distance like a black rock. I It waa tbe ruins Of the eeel. .-But It ,waa not entirely destroyedi nAfter. ellmbfng over' the - tower1 aide- i-1 could1 . see Into' the bold, wblcb waa filled ,wlth debrlaX I marveled aa the sMen alaatefeftkevoner'tne fftat tbeWilp ahould have remained ier ao kag., evan wnapeeteai dsome of -tba rheeaar pirtta of the wa of making kwtaati lhat their bjac of 4atataat aad enrt- atty mlabt ro latest-' r I steed- -topes the deck wf the strand ed vessel and looked about me with de---Ugkt-aad admbratloa. fro enenaslty II waa with tba targe manufacturing Sflna of Davenport Caw but by Bat ore I "I was an artist With the love of art . i strong 'within me I had all my life -v&een obliged to crush it down until 1 ' lad tbe meane-to Justify ay ambition ' fnd cultivate what I felt sure waa my i jgift. Only recently had I been able jto begin study, and atrong eneonrage ment had brdi given me. Kow I seat- ( fcack to the shore, drew out my sketch-1 Wok and lost myself In my berorad I tiwork. . , y V ' y I worked steadily, for there were sereral fantastic points to make, and r along thVeoastt which atretebed to the - Tight of bj; there were many beautiful r jvlewa to be sketched. Bnt I waa awl strong, and tbe long, walk .bad. tired -' me. - Moreover, the strong salt oreese carried a -aootblag- potloo apoa -tts breath. The low (nrge of tbe wares (was jke a cradle ong. My pencil slid from my Inanimate flngera, my head dropped to oo side, aad my eyea clo wa. i aiepr. I awoke soddenly. It waa the aensa. tfnn of eokt of a rhIU. wblch awaken, ed me. Bow long bad I sarptT The sky bud rMnjrrdr It waa dark, lowering, I ncard Hie cry of t gull fiylng Inland, t rabbrd try yea! Wber was IT Was ' tXm the Klcar-de-llsT 1 -d aeam. T1i:t I - - t.t V - f t and rled ali .1 in 1. f. f r i j- - is saov- V - ,:.n .-f f - ' - re 1 " -I i- 1 ' - water. 1 : ! .'.a w v -'Bel, the v- - I !" a !j t beaek i by tbe :. a... I tbe ves !.u b I stofwl. waa ' ii-tai bed t J Sad Lu4c4 out to seal' ' ' I cried elood. I shrieked. I tboagfat I - anas yarn? tats) th water. Ftaally I . felt the hnpilfssnass at ay attaatWa and realgBc4 aayaclf to dsepahr A strong wind had sprang apt almost a egusUI, and rdrwTjbahlp faster, f The shores faded, "bout me was the measureless sea. Jllght cam oa. I was faint and worn with hanger, and I crawled down Into the bold and wished for deatb to coma to my release. ' . alnaaenly as I lay there I beard a faint sound. It was not like any noise I had ever beard, and yet It waa Strangely familiar to me. I strained 'my ears; while I listened there passed me suddenly a (learn of light It was surely some one carrying a lantern.. Borne one. Who? e I started ue.t Cold peroration was upon me. The next Instant I knew aad recognized the sounds I bad beard. It waa the moving of the machinery of a vessel, but dim and far away, like the suggestion rather than the actual thing.! ' I rose and witb the sense of re turning strength aU fear left me. s I ellrabed upon deck. The masta were there as they had been when the Fleur-de-lis waa happily sailing home- .with his Klasa ttfiaieyeaij JBMt. itboTit them all was au air of vague strange-' ness. A deep melancholy, mingled witb an unearthly ; quleCpervaded f them. Their .nioveiunu..werflt-rathr than beard. ..A (, stoodjlookingwithont fear up on the martfclops- scene my attention was arrested by the figure of 8' young glrtbe stood with ber profile to ward me,. the wind stirred tbe little curls of ber light ualr,-with a faint,' transparent bint of color In It as Is wawtlmes'ieen'rir of a cloud She bad a blue scarf twisted, about her throat which abe beld In place wtth tbe delicate flngesa of one hand. On one of them there glistened a ruby of great size and brilliancy. Bbe 'turned keiriftc ' sluwly as looked and sml)d a faint,-nnmlrthfnl smile, jl approached. her nd lifted my nat Mii..-i7y J3KUl.7oa ,telLme" iMMm eyes meanwhile feasting upon her beauty, "what shlp'thls la abd Where It la go- -k-i .w-a;:--"-' She looked at me naif sadly. thought and answered in a low. vl brant tone: '' "It la the rieur-de-lls, but It la dead, yon know.' We are all dead, and we are sailing1-through eternity. Ion are stranger. 1 ain. glad to-see. you. We ha v been alone s long. f Tba voice Of this youflg glrt thrlUed me as nothing had ever done before.: My heart beat fast -I looked Into her bine eyes, with their changing lights, and the past jintj Jutnre faded. w Jjpared only ror the present "Are you alone T' . I .ventured; j could' scarcely Testra: rain myself from putting my hand on ber delicate wrist. ; from caressing bee soft hale, & s ; f "No," ibe repUedl " hav.m maid and Mme. d'EsteU with me." r Too are French, then f : TTes; but T was' at school In Eng- I Una-",iAa . absent kxrame Into :her eyes. - "That was long, long ago.. must gw now. end help madams with dinner. Wa tuke the cook's place. He waa lost yofl'kntfw." . ' - -. . , at - M. II. U,. piio auiill pjuur:austi.ii7i. UiV, ' A repast was presently served In the J fopg Uori'.Ibnt all hunger seemed; tor j - tiave ten me. nor uia t see nnw ot via I others, partake of anything set before them. ' Afterward. I walked on deck WKhh.ttrl, :W paBsed.' looking at the, born shaped moon together.. 1 felt the blown strands of ber hair upon my face. 'Will rou itell me your .namef I whispered to" ber.' ': 1 She turned ber face to me serenely. "I have forgotten," she said Simply. ic auswerdl116trsurprls mew for to me tne past waa a blankv-i 1 "Then I shall call yon Psyche," I sald.K f 'i a a - -.w "Very well," abe replied, and we be gan to walk again. T Thus days went by, or at least soma form af time;. Just whatt oald. not tell. I waa like one Intoxicated with A teyoo wine. I thought and "Wared only br the tahjfof $1tsaltlHer seductive beauty enchanted me: her proxlmtt thrilled. ewHbj ntepi J3e- The veaaaraoited MwaUat'iatever sighted Jan& Before na atretohed -ad- Waya taeedBoteM wakr, now-taking strange and varied; hnea nnw.babbUng and 'whirling around'ns,- ntrw,ltikmg into s glassy calm. t niday aa. t ant wltljPsycbe; a It pteased MrXrto call tcf, watt-trlng ber aa abe -looked oat -npen lb aea I felt a suddnaHwHdoaaUng to palat her tmou A sense of oy and tellgbt sprang BpTwHbla id. : 'Tseaablhtgly I -asked kef If ! telgbt ttempt' her portrait be with ner .- Ineffably ' aad smUe, agreed at once. . -Wkam touch tbat t should hare en- ployed In handling tbe silk of thistle down I turned her bead to tbe desired pose, adjusted tne silky tendrils or ner hair and began. Uy heart thrilled with a wild raptare aa tbe plrtnr grew .un der ny band, I designed It to be very mall, scarcely more than tntnlature, and after aketcblng her bead Ja several different positional ebeee the 'most suitable, if. Indeed, there could be any cannot be deecrlbed. I felt that for the first time In all my Ufa S lived. Aa and with unerring touch portrayed the perfect face before' me my happiness knew no bounds. " ' " J,J" ; At length tbe picture waa completed. Aa 1 put the finishing toocbes upon tt she rose and cam to me, seaaJag ever my shoulder to look at tt I At that moment a crash of thunder Bounded, and a brilliant flash of light ning illuminated the ship. I looked up. The sky had grown black as Bight Th sea, with its Inky waves, seemed to bound toward as. It hissed under the slug of tbe wind. The vewsel rock ed from aide to aide, and the water eplaabed upon th deck. I sprang to my feet an 4, throating tbe picture tot my btsmav -aetaed my - companion's hand. .;-. j Another aad still another clap pealed through tbe air. Ia a few momenta we were almost in complete darkness save whsai th lightning ahot la flash ing lines across the aky. Th fury of the storm was todeecrlbatHe. -The wind Beetned to have gone mad. PaR tpray dasbed on my face, ratting tike a knife. la the darkneaa I turned and threw mi arms hboat tbe glrU Aa my lip Bought itar. there earn Suddenly M cry cry that nwbed apoa ate like a iesunecUui. I felt my cempanloa allp from my arms. By a vivid flash of nghtsing I caught 'a gllmpe of hrr face. Jt waj a shadow. v wean- IngatlU tbat sad smile upon the lips. .".The next Instant a light flashed be fore my eyea. The storm bad abated. had eeased.- -All was calm. Beside me stood a tall, man Is uniform. . Ilia ap pearance seemed strange to me. . He suggested that which I had forgotten. He bad his arm thrown about me, and he seemed to be supporting me. ' ."Feel better now?" lie spoke In loud, gruff; Voice, hnd It was to me like the1 memory of a dream." 'n; i, lie held, something to my lips. It was like liquid fire. 1 gasped .and turned from "blm. '' " ' ' bJ - "Psyche!" I cried. . t , V r The ship, tbe crew, my. beloved, all were gone. I stood alone upon tbe ruins ofr 'flie "Heuw!e-llSi" Tbe was calm and placid, the aky blue. Tbe rotten planks were bencatb my feet. "Come, hurry," said my companion. TTWa won't last much longer." - And be dragged me to the aide of the ves sel, where there, was a. boat. Just be yond I saw the masts of ap English frigate..! felt myself being transport ed td the! boat and, though i shrieked and struggled, 'begging .-.that tboe bad been with on tbe Fleur-de-lis might be saved or at least that might nemaln there also. It was of no availi, .h-i , ."Be la raving." I heard the officer mutter. "The strain baa caused Insani ty, not unusual In such cases." ' i . I thought of Psyche, of my love, and With the despair of the thought swooned away. . 1 1 remained unconscious. Ill, for many days; and when I waa myself again wa were n earing tbe shores, of Eng land. Aa I tottered weakly upon tbe deck and. wrapped In a heavy cloak. reclined In my easy chair I suddenly bethought m. of . my portrait. ' I nut my hand in my bosom There, close to my heart, I felt-It ' Tremblingly drew It forth. I gaaed with a sense of Joy and relief upon It . Just aa it bad been completed it was now the beau tiful,' perfect features,1 the exquisite turn of th bead, the sweet melan choly smile, rr - "I pressed It to my Hps In a delirium of Joy. ' I spent myself upon It At least I had this tangible' proof of the past It waa more than I bad dreamed possible, a treasnre. For when I re lated my experience to those on board I' saw from tbelr Incredulous faces that they -regarded my words bat aa the incoherent , wanderings of a dis traught brain. '''' ;; "The captain told mrTbnt -he had co pied a floating . wreck, that with bla glass It bad appeared to him that some One was signaling, land ft bad sent to Investigate. Thla story, and not mine, waa everywhere 'received among my friends, and as I noted tbelr pitying glance when I eagerly related my nar rative, J ceased finally to make any mention of It ... . But In tbe solitude of my chamber I kissed tbe loved face which t carried against my heart and heaped every dear and endearing name upon It. had a case of chased gold made and fitted the picture to It. 'A flue, almost Invisible: gold thread was fsstened to this, and It never left my person. As often as I gazed upon the sweet face wnicn roouea uaca ri me i tongea wnu an Intense longing for tbe original. My heart cried out for my lost oue. Will ingly would I have spent all my days upon tbat ghastly wreck to have pos sessed the Joy of her presence. ; -. I mingled but little In society, for It held no attraction for me. I was con sidered a woman hater-and-looked upon with curiosity. ; But I was pros perous In my business. Fortune smiled upon me. I made rapid strides and all that 1 touched seemed to yield ten fold. But whatever art 1 had in paint ing waa, lost gone from me forever. vainly I'strove to restore my talent could accomplish aetblng. Since tbe painting of tbat one perfect picture aU else waa of no avail. Finally I aban doned the effort In despair. Bo time passed. Tears came and went 1 watched tbe gray balra come about my temples, and In my unevent ful life counted 'time "by tbe figures on a dial" -. - -;.-"-fv,i Eighteen years went by. It was th tummer of 1889. We all remember tbe great beat of that year. I took a little trip Into Switzerland, to ' Interlaken. Tbe first evening I waa there, after dinner, I stepped out. ou tbe piazza of the hotel witb my cigar.' I raised my eyea from lighting It. I saw standing at tbe other side of tbe balcony tbe figure of a foung girt Her profile only was-toward me as she' gated out at tba beautiful view. Her Ugbt hair waa uncovered, and abe had a blue scarf twisted a boot ber tbroaf. As t looked she raised one bsnd to draw It more closely, and 1 -caught the flash of a deep red atone upon her finger, - Uy heart seemed to .stand - still. Thro win away my djrar and- absktng aa wtth an ague. 1 approached her. Aa I passed her t was obliged to steady mvself fty the railing.- Her face waa identically the earn- as tne on ( Celt against my fast beating heart 8b lookedtat me curiously and, With sym pathy, 'and the pallor of my face might well have startled her. I sought IL Lanse, The maltred'botel, and begged to be Introduced. Be hesi tated, but my. earnestness Increased, and Anally be presented me to th young - gtrL Her aamu was Man Bamee, and abe waa traveling with her Invalid mother., Bbe had bat just left school. . ' "Yon remind me of a dear friend," I said to her in explanation of my pra aumptkm. -Tne words quivered upon my tips. . , - Whea nlgbt came, I took out th por trait f looked eagerly -apoa tbe race It waa Indeed a perfect 41 keaesa af thla French glrL But aa I looked It seemed to grow less distinct, or were my eyea tired? t replaced It without kissing th Bps aa I usually Old. Marie aad I. were mch together. We walked or sat oa the broad piazza look ing out oa the heantlea around aav-' I longed to show ber the picture, bat re frained. I knew not 'why Whea I looked at ft at nlgbt It seemed fresh, less dear. I wondered If my cav- asea bad Injured ft ' - There came at last a day wbe I felt that atari loved aaa. I divined that precious girt wsa mla and for an was reaerved Cod's greatest Messing. Trembling, though I felt tbat tba treas nre waa already within, my reach. I asked for ber arrc' Uy arete encircled bet; ber warm llpa met mine. Tbea I sold her tbe story of the Fleor-de-Ha story I bad vowed never to relate again. - Her rye widened, ber face paled Ukf a wntt flower. "Tbe Flcur-de-lis!" she. exclaimed. "Surely It la, not possible, dear one! ily mother's only sister, my young aunt a beautiful girl scarcely 18, waa lost on that vessel. It Is for ber I am named. Sbe waa returning from Eng land with a companion and maid. They an perished." Her blue eyes filled with tears. -"Yon see It Is not possible, "But It Is," I exclaimed, "and I have her portrait. .1 painted It and I, will show It to you now." I put my band In my bosom and drew out tbe case. With trembling fingers I opened it Vaguely I gazed at It There waa nothing there; the face had faded ut terly! ' 1- ' .While I looked, horror strieken. upon the empty case there waa breathed close to my ear a faint sigh. Twice It came almost Imperceptibly, then It ceased. It waa not my companion, for when I looked at her sbe waa smiling. St Louis Star. SAGACIOUS HOESES. EXAMPLES OF THE ANIMALS' MEMORY , .. AND INTELLIGENCE. , latataateM Wtm Vher Bow ateoel ' levee Imjwrle. aV Have Kevesuresl Thsas i A Case of a Horse Who Varav. ! Un BoT.r. , Anthentleatadlmrranneaof thahonoa - memgry underclrcumstances the moat trying In fact, where man himself tot the time being has relied Solely on the Intelligence and memory of his steed - In preference to hla own are J many and place the horse In a highly creditable llgbt An instance hi on record of A man riding young horse In a most difficult part of the country, perfectly unknown to him. After a great, deal of perse- verance and many Inquiries he at last reached hla' destination. Two years later be had' occasion to travel tbe earn roads again. Nlgbt closed In and left blm In a most trying section'' of bla Journey, still many mllea from hla des tination. In the darkness there waa no light or other guide to lead him through bla labyrintbiaa. way.' Per ceiving bla utter Impotency to guide bla horse to bla destination. In abeer de spair he abandoned the reins and al lowed - bla horse to choose Its own course, and, wonderful to relate, thla animal, that "bad only traveled the road bnt once before, two years pre vious, with bis -master, unerringly picked his way through the darkness and mazy way mile after mile and at last brought bla master In safety to his destination. , In Broad street Newark, N. J, horse, with a llgbt buggy, waa stand lng at the door ot bla master's store. The horse waa a great pet with tbe children and waa continually eating out of the handa of some member of the family. On tbla particular morn ing one of the younger children, a little girl about 0 years of age, bad been playing around his legs. . At - last growing tired, she made for tbe street car tracks and, unnoticed, fell Just aa a car came bounding along. Another Instant and the horrified spectators ex pected to see the child crashed beneath tbe approaching car. The horse gave a strange little "ninny" and suddenly veered toward tbe track, picked tbe child up quickly by Its clothes afid awltcbed It aldewaya from tbe track Just In time to save It from a horrible deatb. Occasionally the borse displays un paralleled obstinacy, Buffering himself to be lashed and bruised In tbe severest manner rather than yield to the wishes of his msster. In most Instances there Is some discoverable cause for such perversity, though In some there ap pears to be no other Impulse save tbat ef a stubborn and willful dlsposl tlon. -Many nave witnessed a draft borse working lustily and cheerfully all at once stand still on coming to a certain spot and no coaxing tbat could be offered or punishment tbat could be Inflicted wonld cause blm to move one step nntll be was blindfolded, and then he would push forward aa If nothing bad happened. On one occasion an expressman s borse took one of these obstinate fits. Tbe moat shameful tortures were had recourse to by tbe expressman, but all to no purpose. It seemed aa though tbe animal would allow blAseif to be cot to pieces rat ber I baa stir on foot A a Inst recourse tbe expressman threw a cbaln around tbe animal's neck and yoked It to another horse. but do sooner did the obstinate ani mal perceive tbe purpose In view than be rushed forward, and afterward tbe mere Jlagllng of a rbaln waa sufficient to put blm out of tbe sulks. Though Providence seems to have Implanted In tne horse a benevolent disposition, with at the same Um certain awe of lb bninaa race, yet there are Instances on record of bis recollecting Injuries and fearfully re venging them. A person near Boston was la the habit whenever be wished to cstcb bis bora In the Held, of tak ing. a quantity of corn l:i a measure by way of bait On calling to him th borse would com up and eat tbe corn while tbe bridle waa pnt over bla head. But tbe owner, having deceived the animal several times by calling him when he bad no corn In tbe meas ure, tbe borne at length began to sus pect tbe design, and coming op' one day aa nsosl on being called looked into tbe measure aad. seeing H empty. turned round, reared oa hla bind lege and killed bla master oa tbe spot. It Is toM of a borse belonging to an Irish nobleuian that he always became restive snd furious whenever a cer tain Individual ram Into hla presence. On day thla poor fellow happened to pass wtthla reach, when the animal seised him with Its teeth and broke hla 'It tbea threw him down and lay anoa him. everv effort to ret K off were compelled to snoot It Tbe rea- aelgaed for this ferocity waa tbat th man had performed a cruel opera tion oa the aaluial mom time before and which K seems to have revengeful ly remembered. Chleago Tlatea-Her- add. -- v " ' WmM water ia allowed to stagnate oa) a road, tt softens tbe materials, alters tbe eaallty. aad tbe toad a ris ing from tbe mlxtarr of the debrla and water has also a dVrrlraeatal effect vpoa th aaaterlabt. The effects pro dneed by thee casjsee are caDrd altera Ocm ef th quality ef a road. ROAD SUPERVISION. Practical Mob Direct taw Work of laaprovesacat. A. W. Campbell of Toronto, highway commissioner for the province of Onta rio, said at tbe recent good roads meet ing at Chicago: "What we must do la to organise ourselves permanently. '. W muat bave proper plans, specific meth ods, a concentration of money and en ergy. Streets and roads should be classified according to tbelr require ments. The organization of our force, with competent men at tbe head to aea that the labor and capital are need to the best advantage, will bring success to the movement ' " - "I don't believe In spending a greater t amount of money, bnt I do believe we Bbould so systematize the work now to be done tbat It will be placed on a proper basis. We muat do thla, and then we can ask for a greater expendi ture. . "There has been a great deal of un necessary criticism on the labor tax In tho country-' That system waa adopted years ago when this country waa prac tically a wilderness, and It waa really the best road system for the times. The trouble with this system as It Is In op eration today la tbat there are too many overseers. On a stretch of road ten miles long yon will And ten differ ent kinds of roadbed. Each man la ' wonting to u um m n au.my, uui thaw Aa tii Irntw hav ) niillrl fhesm i ta tn,'ln.Jorlty of case. tha roads are usually found bad. "These road men do not work togeth er. If they did, they wonld take ad vantage of tbe modern Ideas and would construct then roads In different sec tions alike. An organization would do way with thla system ef road men. In asmuch as It wonld place the control In the hands Af one. man, who could dic tate aa to the width, moke np of the ( w,a tnd M the otneP detail, that are necessary to good roadmaktng. HIQHWAY8 OF CUBA. laaoraveaieats Made Itae the Amer- Icaa OaeasiattoB. - Senor VUlalon, secretary of public works, In his annual report abowa that during the Spanish regime only 276 kilometers of public roads were built mostly In Havana province. There are now 440 kilometers In course of construction, .492 kilometers have been surveyed, and 1,847 kilometers are projected. All this has been done In less than two years of American occu pation. Tbe estimated cost of all these road improvements la f 13,026,000. Tbe carrying ont of tbe work will be ex tended over a number of years. An office has been established In each province, with an engineer In charge. In making the plana for a road sys tem the most Important localities are considered. Th work Is necessarily stow owing to the lack of funds. Nev ertheless each piece of road construct ed forms part of an entire plan, wblch will be consummated In time. Thla plan provides for a main trunk road th entire length of the Island, with branch roads connecting with the prin cipal coast towns. Tbla will allow planters and others to reach tbe porta with their products without being com pelled to have recourse to the railroads and will undoubtedly In time result la a very material reduction In th pres ent high railway tariffs. Some valuable lands will soon be opened up owing to the roads now be ing constructed. The secretary of pub lic works la overwhelmed with peti tions for tbe construction of highway. Boa da will be first built In tbe districts where the greatest number of people will be benefited. trawea Read la Tesaa. Up In Denton county some of the roads are aandy. Tha small grain crop la great . Straw la abundant So It turns out that "st rawing" th roads has been an experiment with road builders In Denton county this year, and. Judging from a efretcn of what used to be very bad road north of tbe city of Denton, It la claimed the ex periment la an unqualified success. The piece of road In question Ilea between Denton and th Pilot Point crossing on Clear creek and np to thla year was almost Impassable for a heavily loaded wagon, the sand being several Incbea deep. Part of tbe road waa clayed and another part "strawed."tb. latter being done at about one-balf the cost of the former. Both pieces of road are In fine snap, sow, tbat pert "straw- ed" In wet weather being superior to tbat clayed. Galveston Dally News. Btaa. af Bla Oaaacat, A road of slag cement la to be con structed at North Tonawanda, N. by the Iron and Steel company of that city. Thla corporation baa received permission to lay tracks oa a road which la sow hi poor condition, pro vided It will slag tbe roadway for its full width of 00 feet Tbe street la now about 40 feet In width. : There hav been a number of slag roads previously laid In this country, bnt IB this case tbe conditions are qnlte aoveL Tbe molten slag la to be run In a "hot train" of Iron cars over tbe track and th slag poured over tbe surface at tbe proper place. It Is claimed by tbe company that tbe alag will solidify on cooling and form a solid ma an. asaaaaa aad Mia Hahfcr. Gerbart Uauptmann. tbe famons German playwright and author, must hav been born coder a Incky star. In the first place, while young b In herited a large fortune; then, and still while young, be married a wealthy aaa. Of late years bla Income baa been largely Increased by tbe profits from bis plays. lie has a bobby that hla means allow blm to gratify. Tbat bobby la the building of villas. He be gan by building oa In Silesia, a second be erected In tbe vicinity of Berlin and the next be plaatcd la the Bleeenge btrge. He la at pi sot at building a fenrth near Dresden. Pa lladel ph la Telegraph. - Btocalawa re t'tlllalaa laaa.ta. Chickens are machine, by means of which graaaboppeTa, rut worms and other Injnriona trisects are converted tot eggs and marketable poultry. Ia there not a profit la keeping tbeaa oa th farm, avea If they do eat a little grata aad annoy oa a tittle by scratch ing? It la claimed that poultry manor. If properly take care of aad Jodldoiz ty applied, ta worth half the food th fowls sat Ranch aad Rang. FLORIDA'S BLUSHING TREE. The georot of Its rllaa Chaaglaar ; Colo Wkcw SUUa Kail.. " A yi rn w thai manv wnnftAM aI Itinaa strange Florida swamps there is noth ing mora surprising than the blushing tree," aald a man, wbo baa recently passed a month In the Everglades of Florida. "The blushing tree," ho .continued, "Is by no meana common. It la found only In the densest thickets of those Interminable marshes whose luxuriant vegetation la a. revelation to explorers. It Is called the blushing tree by those who know It because It actually blusbea when the rain falls upon It This phenomenon la apparently Incom prehensible. It never f alia to astound those wbo see It for tbe first time. Th mysterious and beautiful glow of color which it assumes In a rainstorm baffles description. The Seminole In dians, who once ruled Florida, have always known ot tbe tree, and In tbelr musical language, now fast disap pearing, hav words wblcb mean 'the maiden tree, which reddens at the' com ing of her lover, the rain.' "In company with a tacltnrn Indian guide I Journeyed 40 miles to see this marvelous bit of vegetable life. could scarcely . believe tbe atory he told me, yet curiosity at length over came Incredulity, and we set forth one morning In a small canoe. We spent nearly three days paddling and poling our way over tbe winding waters. In tbe afternoon of the third day I began to wonder H be had only been decelv lng me for the sake of the boat hire and hla psy as guide, when be gave a grunt of satisfaction and pointed to tbe right "Distrustfully I followed him ashore and through the underbrush. Beneath great cypress trees, hoary with the gray hanging moss, and past Immense bay trees we wended our way Inland, Eagerly he led the way nntll, reaching the edge of a little open space, be stop ped and with silent pride pointed to ward the center. Gracefully a tree, with broad, bananalike leaves, reared Itself aloft Wide spreading branches hung down, slightly waving In the warm breeze. Its emerald hned foliage was tbe most beautiful I had ever be held. It rose to a height of 20 feet and Ita thick, substantial trunk Indi cated many years of existence. This, tbe. old Seminole Informed me, was the blushing tree.' I told htm to prepare to camp here until tt rained, regardless of time. We unrolled our blankets, stretched our mosquito bara, without which one can not sleep In the glades, cooked supper and rolled np In our blankets for the nlgbt Tbat nlgbt the day following and the next nlgbt paased without rain, ' I began to think It would never rain, when about noon a cloud dark ened th sky overhead, I pnt a rub ber poncho over my shoulders and fix ed my eyea on tbe green and pretty tree a dozen yards away. It was cov ered with a greenish Insect tha size of a large wood tick, wblcb Intensified Ita color. -'The rain began to fall In torrents, after Ita custom In tbat re gion. Beside me, grinning confidently with a pip In hla month, stood the Seminole. "Aa th cool water drenched tha tree I was amazed to not a changing of color. Gradually, yet unmistakably, the green hue was giving away to pink. Tbe Indian bad told -the truth. Tbe tree waa blushing at tbe rain. 'In a few mlnutea the green bad faded from sight Ohly In a few, half bidden spots beneath broad branches and en Its trunk was there a tinge of green to be seen. Tbe tree was as pink as tbe cheek of a healthy glrL "After an hour or more tbe shower passed over, and I watched with no Interest tbe wonderful tree as sume Ita familiar green once more. As waa changing back to emerald suddenly realized tbe secret of tbe phenomenon. The tiny Insects and not the tree Itself changed color. These peculiar parasites are possessed of tbe power of chameleons. In tbe bright warm sunshine they are greener then the tree on which tbey live, but wben the chilly rain falls upon them tbey contract their little backs and become a pretty pink In color. Millions of them thus change tbe tint of tbe tree. Tbey are found only upon one species of trees, which grow In certain parts ef tha Everglades. Denver Post Load asaadwtch at a." Tbe "aandwlch men" are among th "East London Types" described by Sir Walter Besant In The Century. Tbey walk between the boards all day long for a shilling. It Is work which makes no demand upon them. Tbey slowly aad mechanically plod along, each following the man before him. If yon watch the aandwlch man. yon may observe that be looks neither to tbe right nor to tbe left. His face expresses no emotion of any kind; be feels no Interest In anything. He at like th hermit, or tbe recluse, or tb anchorite Inclusua. He la dead to tb world, a man without friends, without money, without hope, without re sources, without the power of work, without strength of mind to resolve, without will to nrge him and to sus tain blm or to lead blm out haa no fur ther concern with tbe world. It la a moving panorama, a aeries of pictures on which he looks without interest Bis own figure, wblcb ought to be there, la not there. Newsboys shout their evening papers; tbe shops light p tbelr ware tin tb whole street Is a fairyland ef treasures; toe well dress ed people pass blm In long procession; the cs Triages go np and down tbe road. To all th life around him. to all tbe sights around him, to the meaning of tbe show and to tbe dance of life and death tbat fills tb street the sandwich 0 la Indifferent He haa ao ambi tion; be bss no fntur to nope for, no past that be caree to remember; be Uvea only for tbe dsv. " tlan la Atsaaa. The old idea tbat the body sorae- Umeg needs a powerful, drastic, purgative pill baa beco exploded ; for D7. King New Life rills, which are perfect 1 harmleea, gently stim ulate, liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleans tbe sys tem and abeolutel r cure Cbostipa patioa and Sick Headache. Only 25c. at A. J. Thompson fc Co.' drag store. H. Got tk Hat. : An Alleghany schoolteacher bad oc casion to reprimand one of the boys la ber school for some Infraction of th rules, and she sent blm Into a small room to wait until after school had been dismissed for the day. The boy did not care to wait for the punish ment which he had good reason to be lieve was In store for him, so "he got out of tbe room through a "window, leaving his hat behind blm. This was on Friday afternoon. The boy re mained near the school until tbe other pupils came out and tben be persuaded one of tbe smaller boys to go back and ask the teacher for bis hat The teacher refused to give It to blm and said that the boy must come or It himself. - On Monday morning tbe same little boy came up to ber desk and said. "Please may I have that hat to take homer .. ... "No, you cannot bave It . He must ..... i. 1. 1 1 . , - .. i vuuig iu it uiiuavu, "But be can't come," waa the reply. "Why notr asked tbe teacher. "'Cause be was drowned while he was In swimming Saturday." The boy received the bat after the teacher bad recovered from tbe shock Of tbe abrupt announcement of tha fa tality. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Ba Sreat.r Thaa Toar Poaltloau A distinguished theological professor once said, "If 1 bad a son, I should tell blm many times a day to make himself as big a man on tbe inside at possible." Young men too often wont to be big men on the outside, to occupy positions wblcb fit them as a turtle's shell fits a clam. - - . .-- A? Never "mind your position, young man, Whatever It may be, try to fill It The duties which you have to perform may seem trivial, but because It Is a smalt position I no reason why yon should be a email man. Ton may be big Inside, you know, If yon are small outside.-. Tbe young man wbo applies himself to internal growth, as It were, la bound In time to find a place where he will be able to use every power be possesses. . At any rate, better be a big man In a small place than tbe opposite. A pinch of powder In a email cartridge can make a deal of noise and drive a bullet a long way. What can It do in a Krnpp gun? Success. Worthy of His Hire. : ' A stranger got off tbe car, and, ac costing a newsboy, asked him to direct him to the nearest bank. . - "This way," sold tbe "newsie," and. turning the corner, pointed to a sky scraper Just across the street ; Thank you, and what do I owe yon?" aald the gentleman, pulling a penny out of bis pocket "A quarter, please." "A quarter! Isn't tbat pretty blgb for directing a man to the bankr 'You'll find, sir," said tbe. youngster, "tbat bank directors are paid high In Chicago." Chicago Tribune. " The Warns Taras. "Yes," said Mr. Henpeq; "I, too, hav my favorite flowers." "And what may tbey be, pray?" sneered bis wife.' "Tbey are tbe onea tbat 'shut np' at nlgbt," be bravely managed to artlcu- Inte. Harper's Bazar. ; HO Wltehas (laae flaed. Sir Henry Irving once received what ba at tho time considered a very pal pable anub, delivered him by a high binder. While touring in Scotland the actor visited some of the notable tradl tiouary scenes associated with Shake spearean drama, Aa a matter of course one of the first pilgrimages waa to th blasted heath where Macbeth met the witches. In an agreeable mood Sir Henry, as they drove along, turned smilingly to bla driver: "Are there any witches about now 7 be asked. Tbe driver whipped Dp-hla horses. "Not since tbe Hood," be replied In his curt Scots way. ' ' ExBlaaattea Call.4 Far, Alfred (whose sporting opportunities have been limited by parental decree) Papa, what does It mean by base on balls. Papa (wlio Is reading an account of tb latest heavyweight light) Alfred, yon conld better employ yourself with your Ban day school lesson. I'm to busy now to explain. Alfred (still thirsting for knowledge) Did It mean tbe same aa base on ball when yon telephoned last night that as mamma waa away yon were going out on a bat? jt Mamma (wbo la alwaya listening) Benjamin Bldgely, yon will take Umej right now to make two explanations,! with tbe most Important one coming to; me. Denver News. 44 Good Beginnings Make Good Endings' Zl Yom it mtUng a good beginning when yoa eommtnet to iakt Hnat SMpar3U for any trouble of your blood, ttomtdt, kidneyt or Over. Persistently taken, this rial mediant wxff bring yoa the food end tog of perfect heslth, strength snd vigor. Dyspepsia Curo Dfaests what you eat. It artificially dloeets tb food and aids Kauira In atrensthenins! and recon structing tb exhausted digestive or gans. ItUthelateatdisoovereddifreet- antana tonic, ao oiner prenarauon can anDmach It in efficiency. It io- aiantly relieves and permanently cores spepsia, indigestion, uearrourrj, Ltulence. Soar Stomach. Kansea. Sick Headache, Oastralgi a. 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