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ETJSn. aims !... the, argued. feUo' have
J Si tfc " w4th utUrto been knowi- tQ o on the water wagon
t r -" "W. ;.,;;;'i:rilld 10 tnrn over w leaf and all
'anltltksvMt, .. f y.;
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fntk nd pun cro th tka and pUioS
Kiwm w pce of hf,Ten - - '
v J- jj, t.t
V:
mini ol Of ""aim -" U
ld of A dl(iiC "J tV. ln
im oolJt and chill taom tb rutM of brio
d ot tin out nd.ibt mooa and atari v
JJJ Hk tlx boufha agaiort ttw dripping- eaves,
Yi kP ""' .'W io"-.v ,,.
9t tbo wet
; wind from the owit oj jtmUnd aad of toae-i.
Uitr naM- . 7
It was partly noble and heroic self
' abnegation whlph prompted Macintosh
to constitute himself the savior of Bar
clay, but It was also partly hope of
4 winning the hundred which th; rest of
' ' ' the mess put up and which would ena-
ble him to pay by several months soon
v ecthan he would otherwise have done
; (or the carved Ivory crop, the silver
spurs and the gold cross sabers' -and
other trifles of the sort that be had be-
stowed upon Miss Cunningham In hap
pier days. Thus Is the pure metal of
our 'finest actions ever combined in the
T coining with base alloy. - ,
Macintosh - .bad been In love with
-. nils' Cunningham' for some, time and
' was so-ejLill, though now be bad noth
' Ing to hope, He bad had reason to be
: lieve at one period of the negotiations
. ; that he found favor In et 1gt)t'Thetl
Barclay btid cnjule Upon ,tb seenaarlth
. u pull, prospects and exceedingly good
. looks,-and from .the -moment that - be
i .. 1. 1 . i j .. .. . i
. ties of MHM"OunalngbatR Macintosh
,- began to lose heart, realizing that, be
sides being fnrJess blessed In personal
s appearance than - the ; other, be bad
, , sotblng to 4pect In. the future beyond
' promotion and fogies -.-In the natural
1 conMe of death and yearsf - - i if
' He put bla faltb to the test"howevef,
and ben ,lt .proved definitely d verse
' he did not go Out into the world Imblt
., tered and scowling at Bnrclny ""and
I . making a spectacle .of himself general
r I. He even continued to Mit tbe borses
-of his troop at Miss Cunningham's !!
' posal, though -now she'' rode no more
with him, yet for alt tbat-be-uhnsetf
: would not stoop to putting a spoke Ip
v Barclay's wheel be wolilil bar been
. ..meretban: bumart, had jliei not expert
. ehced a certain' secret satisfaction at
etor one placertheri-'nf that ;by
Barclay himself. . This thing came to
. pass surprisingly soon and In the fol
V lowing manner: & ' uv, t .-v
V Barclay and bis lady bad a quarrel
i ,one day, and, whether it was a relapse
. to habits of his' past life (for Barclay
J vas a civil appointment) or whether It
r-'was merely to drown despals, certain-It
,Vwaa that tbe lieutenant bled himself
'.down to tbe officers' room and drank
. fc'Jtaore than was good for him conslder
; i- fbly inorft iTJils was, of ;oourse, bj the
told days, as many as five and twenty
: f years ago, before the service, down to
, ,'the last) least comnlssl()ned officer, had
-WforBJedi;' then finding perhaps that,
' though naughty, wbJsky even sutler's
3 . .whisky ;was : nice, Barclay took to
; drink regularly and all at once and for
- i period or several months, except
- when he was on duty, never drew a so
berireatb. His brother officers shook
thelt beads In decent sorrow and said
tnat.ths poor fellow was Solns the way
'. 4n)any tettet tuau, sine It ia.afc
j y the brightest who have gontf be
' fore IPs and tbe dullest who are left be
. hind.. ,.-.' - 1
, -Now-,tber U n thing -which. vary.
on Das probably observed regarding
tbe.aaa wb is- to Jils cups the beat
; Pn Otibe time, which Is that, besides
'. togj!he,'speclal care . of ; lroVldeiice,4
w war aepartment looks arter Dim
--'tenderly, and bis wife laenerally bis
., sooring'sUwfc j.r.i n -?r ' ,f
' Miss Cunningham was toot Barclay's
.',lf as yet, to oa sure. Jut she would
. be liked to be, so It came to pretty
; noch the sama thing, and In proportion
' kis vice took stronger bold npon blm
- he took stronger hold upon her bear
vTbea her parents Interfered, and what
. wHh tfaelt onnmltlAti anil nwniwi and
Barclays entreaties and -pwiibsr-Bfj
m"Wmnt 'after jeacbf new j fall loa
:i id a r tiaAtirri. Bverr
, a
-nT.Jfr.hfr..The 0jal.tm4 -
tot at, Barclay and pointed to bld-
' soit example, of what bis end wooM
Sit' 1 10 awavaa of. yontbs and of.
, Hawa who had done as be was doing.
Wa -dotted tba faca of Texas aad trf
" territories In general. Barclay was
wry. sincerely sorry. Ha pledged bn.
to reform and straightway sinned
.nia. . . .M.i.i-.t
ad berevhere aU others bad failed,
"elntosn steprwil . In- as meal
f""- fee had been off on avbnntmg
snd had got back to tbe post Jot
time tC report sod dress and go aver
" - Barclay belonged to the
, b be was not tbere", snd Mse-
' looking around, asked, wharf H
ut be, .
, said tha adjutant laconically-
; t-v. :)U;hi;
elDtoh op'ned that K was a eotv
'VQH-Int Sham ., . .n4 aoM
lse siDremcd that It woold not
so Hjocb If the sbseot sa vera
l tlm :;: but that b wsa
. tls Cunnrhsm ss well. ,
't know,- oi jeoted Maclatoabk
Tlay-i m rvrt-ttj decent sort Wa-
"h," f--.,Trvt the odftrbtnf,
msEusnlmniia p. nil true." "
, ' con?'- -!i y .rintosh, anbeed
. t!,. e are K-ilow who could
t b,
' . .'"-H. t
r -rured. As fas aa I've
a is Lis ocly faults -V
ino4 toaarinf rare '" 5,-
i IdS Sir tke ptUU ad bar fcat and kl k f J
U ft,biDOBBd whrt be Bea.N.'- t,
J ; T f .V ' ' "-Cbarlei Pr tudtra,'
J ' 7" SALVATION ?
A Tha Oadeal of a Night , A
T ' la a Teraj Cabin " , - J
I '.BT QWINDOLE3T OVERTON ' A
j - - hi as ot tue opiaiua m
' ? f r a rvI espy leaser
. I', i 1 r...tt It waa oae, ora
I' . r t t.e CTirel.
3V, said Macintosh
. X of offering, opposition than from cou- i
f wuvu, uod ( Kuov about th- i
.'ft b bona flde cage of reform where
there .had not been a. hnfi-oiiH "n.
uuti wnen mere was a girl in view.
But the devil never despair when a
woman marries a taan to reform hm,
and -they always go back to the red
wine aoooer or later. An, man, near
ly, will lITPir nff Whan I...'. .
: ... . . .. . " " ui love,
f bnt wheB he ,n ,OT mm! ean'twear
in a very Dad way." And
they went on to point out ait aome
length howhe subject of discussion
mlgbt mO..nall af once ln r-eneral
collapse W trclji ulsh the atfof the
country wjlrfavorable. or, on tlie other
hana,migbt last to- a cpi rt nm
tatk.nd ihethd lists: ''You can't
mosttalwaysB declared one. "but,
J I'm cancerned. I should like
to see hlrn -die .off early enough for
Miss Cunnlogbftni to get over It and
forget all abont It," ;r:'-: ,
'V' said Macintosh, "had rathe see
him cared.", - "
"!-ou," observed. the captain with ad
miration, "must have - been drawing
on ;be post Sunday .school library.
Come ffl ,
Whereat all the contrariness of Mac
intosh's bafijre was roused. "1 would,"
he'Irts,teterl,Then an Idea seemed to
tdke blm.- 'And I'll bet." he fwlrtml
.'that tn rofovuv biro too,"
4 "ABgeJs have trod there," they assur
ed bim, "but It would be picturesque
to see you rush In. And, by way of Jfti
centhe. we'll bet you a hundred to ten
that yaa won't."
Macintosh took It, and .two months
was set. as the limit of time In. which
bet :mlghUhow tbe finished article.
."Provided, always," he stipulated,
."that the C. O. will give me another
hunting leave inside of a week."
Tbls the commandant, tbe matter
being presented to blm. agreed to do.
Bo Macintosh told Barclay of certain
magnificent bunting grounds be bad
discovered on tbe last trip and worked
on bis imagination and bis sportsman
ship, and they started off together on
horseback, with their bedding wrap-'
ped In rubber ponchos and provisions
oa' a, "led horse. 1 Macintosh did not
wanta prlvate'orjiny one else along.
;. Barclay, being In. a state of new and
keen repentance, abstained from taking
a flashy along, but Macintosh did not
believe- In foolhardy- heroism of -that
sort, and bis saddlebags held two.
., Their way led across an all but Inter
minable waste of chaparral. Tbe first
day out "Barclay drank1! water. The
second dtfyj be grew' drawn and gray,
bis hand shook, and bis mouth quiver
ad; his eyes were very bad. rliut be
stood it hi silence until they .halted at
boon under a mesqult'e bush. Then
Barclay gave a great groan; It was so
nearly a sob that Macintosh shudder
ed. He asked what -the trouble was.
but be knew very well.
"I'd give my eternal soul If I have
not already for a drink." he said. "I
don't believe 1 can stand It, old fellow:
let's go.back'; . f. : S I v
A But' Macintosh , refused. He had
come out to be gone eight days, and be
was going to stay-out " "You're t wo
days from the post anyway." ne
reasoned, "and you'd either be dead or
over It before you got back."
So Barclay bad no choice but to keep
on. Macintosh saiu notning aooiu me
flasks in tbe saddlebags. He was keep
ing those for possibly a more urgent
use..
At nightfall they came to n settle.
ment In a gulcb between two bare foot
hills. . It was a deserted settlement of
mtntnc origin.' to Judge from a forsak
en shaft or two, and If It had ever bad
a name it was as forgotten now as bad
ftrobablr been the pony whose skeleton
tbe legs still hobbled lay -across the
entrance of the, one street, wnicn ran
along the bottom of tbe gully and was
lined on either side by a dozen or more
shacks.
Wecan putuplnoneof those houses I
tonight," Macintosh said cneerruiiyi ; -i i
did when I ma bare a tear oays ago.
1 lis
Barclay; who va in aery su wmr
f by now and wheeerve feragoulz-
Ing, looked dubious and said tnat ne
woold prefer to steep puisme uuurr
poncho, as they bad done tbe night be
fore.""The placet are probably alive
with centlpeds or skunks or some-
T tnlng." he complained. '
opaaing before him for the nlgbt In any
case, so he entered courageously npon
It now. He ssld tnai we uouxc u
gone Into bad been singularly free from
!.riM.i,f the sort that it bad been
very comfortable-and that a roof where j
ron could get k was iuuuu....,
ter than the stars. So. they cooked
their sopper and hobbled tbelr stock,
and when tba moon rose, they took
their bedding Krie and weat Into the
shack, -which sppesred I to , bj- In the
.t wnalr snd which bad In
g,e tori's Bfetlmelbeeajlts most floor-
Isning saioou.
Mstlatali Wt av-saadls aa4svt
It on
,m.inl of tbe bar... If Barclay
had been In a condition .to. Jiotlee any
thug bealdea bls.ewa woes.
have seen tb.t Msclniosfi-. face was
whit, and bla looks anxlou But be
only unwrapped we P"""
. . ..j hwan to sorrad It in a
.m cTd into he shadow, i
rhere- was a mlnoniT . aonnd
"r$.-1 L anavered.
"gay, aicui""! -
"there s a rsiuw -v:;,.h
mmmkI over to blm ana
i mesa
laid his band on nis -r7"
M fellow" be soothed. .
aWTtaiPsa I
- m s.lU-w Kan MOUieO - ' I
B0: 4,LVhteT in the taonrtof."
and you-O feel ett we
angry
want
a. Jnmr.i "Don't. on hear
-sot step-
Itrbearged.
LscuSlM snoak bis bead Pr.
MscUMoa -om-thlng dark
. . tfca aometblng
"7" f.UdTn, slowty over the
"dJli which tote
wa to the soots af
utTfouudJt"
aid Barclay.
hla Voice breaamg
high between i-a- At
aace ana r.
J e,et that csodl en- , .
Msclntosb w,7t'".t!irWehmg
tag elrcoHonsly to T?r 71
eXd snd berlnnlDf to1r
MMMst yet one ssore, wu-
vj w - -
aitaa.- ....- 4r I
Barclay ta ,vr he
perbspa yea didn't bear war , I
maaded. . . . wu,toA pa I
-Hear wbstr sskea tc
tlentty.
Ho brought the candle, and Barclay
took It In his band and put It almost
ai mo raised and darting head of a rat
tier. "Maybe you don't see now!" he
triumphed.
Macintosh Celt like dancing as the
tenderfoot does when the cowboy
shoots at tbe floor beneath his feet. He
wondered If bis and Barclay's leggings
and boots were surely fangproof. His
teetli clicked together, but be only
rsucueu out ana took tbo candle away.
"Come to bed, old fellow," be Insisted
once more. "You'll be all right by day.
light"
ifte sympathy of bis tone worked
Barclay to frenzy. He got Into the
middle of the room, fairly staggering.
The candle, held high In Macintosh's
hand, threw a circle of rague light, and
In the circle were no less tlran eight
snakes, some colled, some moving, some
raising evil bends, some writhing away
Into the gloom beyond. "Do you mean
to say yon don't see those?" His hand
swept on unsteady circle.
Macintosh steeled himself and sntd
that be only saw tbe floor.
. Tbe other stared at him wildly for a
moment, then gave a howl of terror
that from tbe blood In Macintosh's
temples and made him wish that be
bad left Barclay to go mad In bis own
chosen way. Horrible thoughts began
to come to blm o what would happen
If the fellow were to go Insane here In
tbe midst of the desert, In a forsaken
settlement with only hundreds upon
hundreds of rattlesnakes everywhere
around.
"Get me out of this: oh. get me ont
of this!" pleaded Barclay, starting for
the door and stopping short with a bias
of fright as a snake sbot up Its head
and rattled. Tben- in a patch of light
which fell on tbe wall a centiped. big
and fat and long, begau to crawl, slow
ly at first and more swiftly. His eyes
fixed themselves upon It glassy, and
he stood perfectly still, his breath com
tag in sobs and gulps. When tbe
crawling thing bad disappeared Into
crack, be turned deliberately about
His face showed livid and aged and
lined. "On your word of Donor, Mac
intosh," he said, with painful quiet
"are none of those things here?"
"What thlngsr said Macintosh. He
looked forward over tbe seven or eight
hours o( darkness yet to come and
wondered whether be or Barclay wodld
go mad first or, if not that then which
would Drst be stung. But there was
no way ont of It now, no way but to
make an eternal enemy, a fool of him
self and a fizzle of tbe whole attempt
not to speak of losing his bet. Besides.
he was doing a good act
So be got Barclay tip on top of the
bar, and be lit one candle as another
burned out, and all through the night
be . kept alternately, poking op tbe
snakes and insisting that there were
no snakes there, tbe while be laid quiet
ing hands on tbe trembling form and
looked about blm to see thnt uo centi
pede or scorpions should come near.
He could have given Dante and Milton
noluts.
But wbeu morning approached he led
Barclay, a broken, quivering man. out
to tbe empty street and caugut me
horses snd saddled them, while nar
elav sat huddled on the around. As
the day begun to break be turned to
him. -Would you like to go back, now
that It's lighter, and see for yourself
that there was nothing In tlierer hi
aaked. ' If Barclay were to accent. H
would sK)ll tbe whole thing pmlinlily
but that had to be ehanml.
"No," said Barclay and smiled wan
ly; "I'll take your word for It Only
Just get roe home." ' -
So they mounted aud turned back by
the road they had couif . for It bad got
beyond all question of l!nrclsy" ban
dlluz a ami. As tbe sun rose, bow
aver, hla, courage rose also Inch by
Inch. And at last be spoke In quite a
normal way, so that Macintosh divw. a
long breath of relief. "See here. Mae
Intosh." be said: "I'll make a bargain
with you. If you'll sever tell Ibis on
me, I-'U never take a drmk again." -And
be keot bl word, and Maclu
j,,,,!, W0D u,e hundred, snd everybody
WM oapp, aU around, nsrciay una
Miss Cunningham were .roamen biiu
lived happily evernmre. Bnt. Barclay
ascribed bis reformation to his own
power of will. Miss Cunningham to her
Influence over blm. and tbe others were
dlvHed between these two views.
And Macintosh got no credit from
anybody, ss Is usually the esse with re
formers, and It was probably Just what
Jje tleserved.-Argonaot , ; v ,
' :'wlntnmmmm Us" CnfmM MMM,'
" la "A White Woman la Caotrat Ai
iea" Miss Caddlck gives aa InisrssUag
tcconnt of tba flrstorsa which had
wived the attacks af tba taalsa iy a
tba Journey from Darns ta adaaja,
fflua tacky or loeklees aatasat had aa
adventure oa tba way wMc cams asar
adtng 1U history, uaetita
Tha horse waa landed safely at Chl-
romo, but one evening !
was in camp " I
and it Drone away, uw
Its back. " . - ,
The boys followed H la vain and at
last gave It as ae lost and went on to
Xlanje, From there natlvea ware sent
at in aU dlrectioas te search for the
loot horse. '
It wss quite two weeks before the
an'' wss found, tired oat, very bnav
gry snd stm very mart nigntanen. s
larase aader-
It was the first horse tha natives had
swen, aad they gaaed at It awsetroek.
net daring to toocfe It nor even ta go
Bear It Flaally they gave the aatssal
a great heap of native eora. and while
t ... aatliic tbey bastUy pat a fence
a s H.s.lss. tkavkT anatiaW f M V binTal
AFDima Ha WiW-m " ' -
rtroag. They then tmOt n root ta
,"-h. jv. t
M was a long time before the pas
tb, trigbt and tha fa-
ta. .ad tha .or. Pl
ah. bat It did recover at arnet aabe -
aaukOSL but It did recover I
came tba Joy and pride of ke owner.
At the greet exposition In Omaha It
tbe custom for the swop to regie-
ter or sign their names as we differ t
atnta balMIng. People who rrltva
were asked to give tberr occupations,
na that tbe book read like this: "John
a-piH., tmttrf "Tboajsa Brewa. ear
pester." and oo en. - -
A Uttle golden haired girl aa.--J thai
aha Bishl regiatcr. am rwo so
write ber
m moA aeeiiraitksa. -and
tU ts wbst. she wtvte: -Mary Joaesi
help mawma.-- . i7 rw.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 18.
HIS IDEA OF LONDON.
THE ENGLISH METROPOLIS M SEEN
BY A 'FRENCHMAN.
tvecta. Httrn tm PsU swaaa
Caaatttata at Dlrsr 1st MaaV-lai Smaa.
saar, Wkta th City la Claaa. h
' liamae Baataaa rtaai It, ;
This Londonl My friend, wo call
It tondrea. But we are wrong. Tha
English are very right Tba name
must not be softened. It Is London.
Have you aver lived In tbls city? Do
you, know what these English call a
capital? Do not think of Paris, of
Vienna. No, no. Not even of Berlin.
London Is London. There la nothing
like It In the whola world. Tba dis
coveries of tba archaeologists have re
vealed nothing like this London. Even
the barbarians conceived cities mora
beautlfuL Is It strange this should be
SO! .:
I win tell yon what I have seen
Lord Boberts walking to tha war office.
He Is washed and clean. Ha baa tha
neatness or the Frenchman, sudden
ly I sea bis band go up to bla eye. Ha
holds it there tight ... . :
My friends, what has happened? The
hand Is removed. Tha eye is black.
The collar. Is black also.
The cheek Is likewise black. He la
no longer washed and clean, ne is no
longer like tbe Frenchman. . :
Shall I tell you what It means? Tha
streets here are rivers of ooze. They
are never cleaned. The mud that lias
there today Is the mud on which Sir
Walter Balelgb laid bis cloak for
Queen Elizabeth to walk cleanly. It Is
very old mud. It hurts yon when It
nits you In the eye. Tha English are
proud of old things.
The horses, placing tbelr feet npon
the ground when they walk, when: they
trot and when they gallop, fling up
tba mud. They are very good horses,
but they cannot help themselves. It
ascends Into the air like the Jets of a
fountain, this mud. On either side of
tha road tha splashing goes an. This
squirting Is continuous. Always it la
so; all tbe day, all tbe night streams of
mud pouring op from tha-road, de
scending npon the pavements. Is It
not droll? Tha windows of tba shops
are spotted with mud. Nobody's coat
la clean; nobody's collar escapes.
Sometimes a Jet of mud will catch yon
In tha aye. It Is painful, and It spoils
one's handkerchief.
Tbere la no such thing as good taste
In this city. I went to the pantomime.
Tha Drnry Lane Is tha national the
ater. Keep that In your mind. - It la
for the children, this beautiful pan
tomlme. And what do I sea? An ac
tor, my frland, making a fool of tba
Frenchman, ridiculing the French. Do
not blame tha English. ' My friend, tba
entertainment la for children, .-My
friend, tbe mud is responsible.
The streets are dirty.
Tha houses are gloomy.
Tha people are silent
It Is tha city of nightmare.
When these Londoners would be fan
ny, they are like men agnong against
tbelr destiny. No one can be fanny
in London for long. Their funny man
are always vulgar. Their funny wo
men Ah, let us forget! V n
There la no nation so Illogical as
these people. Has that ever struck
yon? It has never struck them. Let
It Main. Tba streets are aug
ap for tba telephone, for tha laettio
light for the hydraulic. The people
complain. They are" a nation of trad
ers. , They laugh at as for loving
pleasure more than commerce, and
when the streets are dug up for tbelr
trade they complain. I must smile.
The streets are so narrow tnat tna
traffic Is always stopped. Tha news
papers say. "Let the big vans and
carta be turned Into aide streets." Com
merce la Ignored. It Is tbe worship el
tba naneom. Are tbey not very droll,
these shoppers? ;.-V'
The mad baa entered war mugs.
We say London la foggy, we are
wrong London la muddy. That la all.
I said ta aa English mend or mine,
"I have a bad cold." -
Hla eyes brightened. He became an
imated, French, baman.
"Have yea tried eo-end-eer ne cnea.
cried. ......,V'
"No." "
"Or ao-nad-ee?" - ,
No."
"Or so-and-so?" . -
"NO."
"Ton must try them," he said.
' Tna Eaailsh are only eataheuetJe
when they talk about these rsmedVes
far colds. TWy are a hardy people!
If yon woold see the real London,
mac yonrseif from Paris la winter.
Too wUI see the tree Lsadoev , Tew
win never eaU at Leadree again. Tna
Strand la a raaalag river. Pan Man
Mackaasa. Piccadilly Is full of pod-
Everybody's dotbes sre spUabad
wHh mad. An tbe wans of tsa
an tha windows of the ahopa. are
atnaatiag artfn mn4 K ks sloppy.
Kitaywhere R la sloppy.' HotUag bat
Do not come ta London In tna enev
mar. It Is dean then.
The Leadoaer gow to tbe seaside la
tbe saiamer-H. B. in Pall Matt Oa
"See the little girt ran," wa said te
Che moantalaeer. "She fairly darts ta
and ont" -
"Tea," said the hooast fallow, hW
face gJewtag with paternal pride;
-she's my artar."-Pittsrg CkranJ
clavTelegrapa.
' amir
Haw in tbe world
ta marry a maa wtth oa legr '
j-I don't knew aralosa at can be traced
te her strong Ukisg for daaaaged goods
that come cheap." --Caleag. Ttasaa-
vt ,
Yon will waste ttn If ytm try to
eora Wigaation or djspepeia by
sUrring yourself. That only make
H worse when you oV eat heartUe
You aJwayn need planty food
tood properly tfjreetetL Kodol
Dyapfpsia Cor W Ma reanll of rears
bf acientific research tor awnrthlng
that would digest not only sorn
alm.ntni of food bat every kind.
And il is the one remedy that will
do it J. C. Simmooa, tba drog-
ADVOCATE8 GOOD ROADS.
of Haw Tee ' woven a
Stoto naataiaaT riaa Vor Hlnhwara.
Governor Oilell In his message to the
legislature of New .York refers to a
matter which Is of Interest to aad
should strike a responsive chord In the
breast" af - every one, . but especially
farmers, business men, bicyclists, rid
ers of every sort and degree and even
pedestrians. . Good roods are one of tha
best evidences of elvUbutlon. a fact
which tbe ancient Romans thoroughly
appreciated, many of tbe magnificent
highways they built In England still
existing ss monuments to tbelr skill
and wisdom. Governor Odell" Is a
stickler-for economy, bat be does not
favor mere parsimony snd Is by no
means opposed to liberal expenditures
wherever aecesssry or desirable, aa Is
shown by bis recommendation of , a
"much larger appropriation" for good
roads daring the coming year; The
governor, however. Insists npon a sys
tematic scientific plan which snail ben
efit every part of tbe state and eitend
the time for paying tbe cost over a pro
tracted period. It la worth while re
calling Governor Odell's specific recom
mendation upon.this point: - " ; '
"An amendment to the law which
would provide that the state should
pay the entire expense of construction
by the Issuance of bonds, levying upon
the counties their proportion for tbe
benefits received, would expedite and
reduce the cost and extend tbe time for
payments over a longer period and. at a
lower rate of Interest, A. systematic
plan .should be adopted, however, for
the building of roads, so that all parts
of tbe state would be equally benefited.
We should effect tbe reopening of tbe
old state roads, which would be of
much greater advantage to tbe citizens
of all parts of tbe state than tbe build
Ing of many such roads In any one lo
cality. With state aid for a common
road through aU counties tbe building
of other roads under a local money sys
tem by the oonntles would follow, and
In si snort time good goada would come
wltbont the' great expense which must
necessarily follow, and the discrimina
tion which Is probable under a fall
state system would be avoided."
GOOD ROADS LESSON.
Mia seta
aa Baaaaplo Far
Tbla
CemttT to Follow.
British India promises to be the
pattern for tbe United States In tbe era
of country road building which the
new century promises, says tbe St
Louis Republic. . WbHe tbe agitation
for good roads In tbla country la of re
cent date, India has perfected 200.000
miles of macadamised roads that are
superior even to-tbe famous pike roads
of Indiana and Ohio, . ,
Tbe benefit of tbese Improved high
ways Is considered so great In India
that only graduates of civil engineer
ing colleges are permitted to superin
tend tbelr construction. Tbe present
system of roads In that country la tbe
result of 100 years of experience snd
expenditure. Tbe visible results of
tbese well directed efforts are found
In roads that are, according ta n writer
In tbe last number of The Engineering
News, tbe beat In tba world. Tbey
nave IS feet of macadam and an earth
portion af almllar wtdtp oo tbe sides
for use In dry weather. Tbe roads are
kept In constant repair. Jt being held
that n shovelful of gravel today la
spring Or fall. Annual conventions are I
held where matters relevant to the
business sre discussed aad aptnvpriA
atlooa recomnieudea.
Tbe Intelligent farmer of the United
States Is beginning to realise tbe Im
portance of good roads. The railroads
nave alwaya urged tbe betterment or
tbese blgbwsys, as tbey realize that
every country road la simply a branch i
Una of the railroad. At present bad
weather means delayed shipments of
grain. Under a system of roads such
aa India boasts rain or shine would
affect the market not a Jot Tbe move
ment for hard roads In tbls slate and
Country has been too long delayed.
Peeroe-e oa the Deetsaal ersteaw
Aa money is to be tbe master, would
It not be wise to bare our peerage
established en the decimal system? It
would work oat In this way. Tbe rank
af a man should depend entirely npon
hla Ineotne aa returned by him for tax
ing purposes and woold vary with It
Thus one with aa Income of 100,000
over would be a duke, 100,000
would bp a marquis, VSOfiQO would be
an sort, IZifm would be a viscount
10,000 would be a baron, 3.000 would
be a barooet 1.000 would be a katgnt
and 500 would be an esquire. The
rest would be the copper elsssss,
Tbo scheme -S. a be especially
serviceable to Incjaaslng tba amount
af the ioeeme tax, for af course every
self respecting Englishman woold re
turn hat Income at the highest figure
which hue reaoorce could support
What saaa aa sordid that, having but
300 a year, he weald not willingly
pay tax en fLOOO so aa to enjoy the
right as being dabbed a knight? The
instinct of self advancemant would
make each pay aa) the highest scale.
aa that the revenae would benefit
I the snthorttles
could ratr anon the vast majority of
taxpayers overstating rather
aaderetattag their
Troth.
At tba departmaat of agriculture
ease thorough teats have been made of
samples of coffee to determine the ex
tent sad aature of coffee ednlteretioee.
Tbe results are entirely reaaoaring to
coffee lowers. Tbe expert charge
soda that WbHe very nttie pure Java
or Mccna berries find tbelr way lata
Aeaericaa market, alatost If not
".rr'J,? i '
from ether tropical placea. Porto Bice
aad Hawaii betag aeutloaea as fur
nishing goad coffee. The adolteraata,
when awed, are for the most part barnv
The tort log chemist farther declares
that tbe no ef coffee la aaederatlon
should not ao aay Injury to adult even
tf continoed a fun lifetime, but saeav
tioas ta detsn what moderstlou mesas,
Tbla at n cupful-only half ef It coffee,
the rest hot mOk-at breakfast, none
at aoon. and a amaU cup ef black coffee
after draaer. Oa some systems wav
aoabtedly coffee msy act as a potsoa,
aad such pereoas, of course, should not
arlnk ft Tbe average grown persoa la
normal beetta may use R moderately
j -rttbout barm ricbiBl-.
1901
THOUSANDS OF PIGEONS.
CaJlfarala.. Has tha Lareaat FlaraoB
Raaeh la tha Werl. . v .
Ten thousand flying pigeons and
0,000 little ones In tbe nests present
the unique spectacle shown In tbe ac
companying illustration of tbe largest
pigeon ranch In the world, says a cor
respondent of tba Chicago Times-Her
ald. It la located at Los Angeles, Cat.
and from a small beginning baa devel
oped into a , pretentious Institution,
from which squabs and grown birds
are furnished for cafe and family ta
bles an over California.
The ranch eontalna about eight acres
and Is conducted by , J. x. Johnson,
who lives among his winged pets.
After running gantlet of fierce bull-
-j-a-aiirTS-i .
El
.,- vrsw or thb johksox rakcb.
dogs the visitor finds himself Inside a
bewildering mass of life and color In
kaleidoscopic change. Add to this a
constant roar of cooing and of myriad
flapping of w'ngs and It becomes In
describably confusing. ' Tbere are pi
geons everywhere. - Tbe shed roofs are
crowded with them; tbe ground Is cov
ered with them. Tbey rise In swarms
and darken the sun like a cloud.
There la no attempt to breed pure
strains tbere, though tbe owner mar
kets the dark squabs snd saves tbe
light ones, tbe object being to eventusl-
ly make tbe whole flock light colored.
The white birds make a better appear
ance when dressed and find mors ready
sale. Tba flock li Increased by hun
dreds every dsy In tbe year. At tbe
age of 30 days tbe squab Is fully grown
and feathered, and If It escapes tbe
market It la soon on the wing. Each
afternoon Johnson and his son go
through the buildings and take from
tbe nests enough of the fat squabs to
fill orders for the next dsy. Early In
the morning tbey are killed by disjoint
ing their necks, dressed and delivered.
Tbe pigeons are weU boused In three
large buildings. In each of tbe sheds,
running lengthwise and extending from
ground to roof, are tiers of shelves,
with narrow passageways between. On
these shelves, loosely placed, are little
square boxes turned upside down, with
small apertures for doors. Tbese are
the nesting places, and the largest of
the buildings has 2,000 Inside and 1.000
outside. Tbe : others have nearly as
many. But tbe pigeons form nests and
lay eggs everywhere, In tbe passage
ways, on the floor and even on tbe
roofs or In any stray nook where a few
straws can be gathered together.
In one of tba long sbeda 1,000 oil cans
are utilised as boxes, the sides and
aada being made entirely of them, laid
like bricks In a wall, each with the
open end Inward. Through the center
of the abed runs a doable tier of tbe
same material, facing opposite ways
and extending to the root In these oil
cans a colony of SXXX) pigeons Is com
fortably stowed sway.
A remarkable fact In connection with
tbla place la that tbe pigeons rarely
Lieave the ranch, and It Is seldom that
one of tbem gets beyond tbe blgb wire
fence wblcb surrounds three sides of
the place. Tbey are fed assorted grab)
and screenings, and tbe cost of feeding
tba IS.000 Is about $7 a dsy.
. 'i .-c atcsra ta Winter..'
The whole problem of winter feeding
for eggs can be expressed In one abort
sentence turn winter Into summer.
Tbls Is easy to say, bat very bard to
accomplish, and the best we can do Is
to supply some af tbe conditions which
exist In sammer.
The first essential Is warmth, but It
most not be supplied by artificial best
as tbls makes the fowls lender and sus
ceptible to colds, bat by wsnn bouses,
ta keep eat wind and frost snd con
serve tbe nstnrsl heat af tbe birds.
Dryness Is nest to be considered, and
tbls la beat brongbt about by keeping
tbe noose clean and the floor well lit
tered with straw nod some shaortieut
material like choff. Also vrntllste a
little by tbe windows every mild dsy
by opening tbem a little, according to
the weather. ' Tbla will carry out mois
ture, purify tbe air and keep the fowls
accustomed to tbe outdoor iemN-ra-tore,
aa tbey will not be affected so
much by extremely cold spells. H. J.
Bla ec bard. -
Draft awg aVeee,
Allowing birds their irberty will
make tbem bealtbler. more rigorous
aad wUI be beneficial In every way.
Tbey should not be eoaflned at any
time la the year when tbe weather win
permit of tbelr living outside. Msay
ef as bare no doubt put off nisklng
necessary repairs to buDdlnga One
or two cracks la tbe aide of a boose or
a broken window may give the cold
winds n chance to start a cold which
win develop rata roup and estermlnate
tbe Sock. If aay of tbe birds are af
fected In tbla manner, they shoo Id be
arparated from tbe well ooes and treat
ed for the troeble.-Tbomss F. Bigg
ta American Poultry Journal.
Clsaaltaope la Poalt rjr Bloaaoa.
i People who eieaa tbelr poultry boners
but once n year In "core ptsstlng time"
are those whom you bear tell log "there
ne money la poultry keeping." soys
Henry Trafford of Cbenaase Forks, N.
X. Poultry will st sod eoofloemest aad
do weH provided tbey receive proper
are. Note the eoadltloea which sur
round fowls with free range. Tbey
have aa abundaare af green food, more
- grain, many Ic-ecis. plenty of
exercise aad fresh air The
rjala mast be supplied tbem when eon
lard. .- . - t" -
"I bar troubled frith iodigwrtion
(or ten years, have tried many
things and spent mnch money tano
parpona until I tried Kodol Dys
pepsia Care. I have taken two bot
tlea and gotten more relief from
tbem than all other medicines tak
en. I feel more like a boy than I
bare felt in twenty years." Ander
son Bifgv f Sunny Lane, Tex.
Thousands bare trstiHed aa did Ur.
Rips, J, C Simmons, the drog-
f2
2fe
HOW DIAMONDS AR MINED.
Kethoaa l'a4 to Compel sfotaoa
. .; Earth to Dlaaerne the Oassa.
The methods of' compelling Mother
Earth to disgorge her hidden stores of
wealth, be It In tbe form of diamonds,
gold or silver, copper or coal, appear to
be much the same everywhere. Too
first find your mine, your reef or crater
of blue clay as It Is at Klmberley, and
then you bore a bole down Into It
wblcb you call a shaft Sometimes, aa
at Klmberley, you can begin at the top,
but sooner or later you have to resort
to burrowing laterally or perpendicu
larly. Tben "tbe thing you are in
search of ts wound up on a pulley over
awheel.
. The blue clay Is found In circular pits
(once craters filled up from an un
known deptb; tbey have not touched
bottom at 2.000 feet). Tbe Inclosing
walls are basalt, and tben a layer of
shale la superposed.' ' In tbe open or
through shafts the clay is blasted and
carried on trucks by endless wires to
the "floors." The tram runs on donblo
lines, one set of trucks carrying the
clay, tbe other returning empty. . The
"floors" constitute one of the most in
teresting features of the place. The
earth wblcb contains tbe diamonds be
comes very friable wben exposed to tba
sun and air and crumbles like loam.
Tbe harder rock, consolidated under
tremendous pressure, has to be pulver
ized by crushing. .Thousands of acres
are Inclosed by barbed wire fences,' a
much disguised blessing In South Afri
ca, and there, bidden In the molderlng
earth, are hundreds of thousands of
pounds' worth of precious stones. Borne
of course become detached and, are
picked up by the "boys" and generally
accounted for.' though. In spite of tbe
necessarily stringent laws. It Is difficult
to believe that none fails to reach tbe
sorting bouse.' ' ; 'i ...
- Wben sunshine snd atmosphere have
done tbelr work, tbe decomposed clay
Is taken back from the floors and com
mitted to tbe pulsators. The matter Is
shot Into receivers and passes down
to tbe pulsafor. a graduated plane of
metal, wblcb, as the name Implies, to
shaken by machinery laterally, as a
man shakes a sieve In his hand. The
different steps of the pulsator are cov
ered with grease, to which the dia
mondsat least all of any size --adhere
aa tbe broken clay rushes over,
. mingled with a stream of water. Tbe
top atep generally manages to catch
the larger stones, and very few es
cape to the lowest grade, The, refuse.
however, Is all carefully band sorted by
natives, whose natural quickness of
eye and deftness of finger have been
Improved by long practice. Many of
the hands so employed are convicts
hired by tbe government to tbe com
pany. These victims of civilization
most of tbem are guileless Of any crim
inal appforauee much prefer tbls
work to tbe dull monotony of prison
labor, Tbe sight of these convicts en
gaged In sorting out minute gems from
the dross might suggest many reflec
tions. The contrast Is the most strik
ing at one end of tbe scale diamonds,
representing tbe highest luxury of
civilization, at tbe other the nstlvs
to whom European culture means the
magistrate and tbe politician. How
ever, If tbe native criminal moralize
which I am sure that, as a rule, he Is
far too sensible to do be can chuckle
at the Idea that each ttons be extracts
msy eaaUy prove an Incentive to hla
fellows on a higher plane to go and do
likewise, . t ,.
- Tbe sticky matter.' holding little; but
the gems, is thoroughly washed oat
and tbe deposit Is ready for the sorter.
Diamonds are by no means unlovely In
tbelr uncut condition, and tbere la no
mistaking the slightly greasy, feeling
of tbe real gem, due. Lam told, to Its
Incomparable hardness. Tbe atones are
then Inspected and: weighed and are
ticketed according to their value In
little heaps on a counter In a sorting
room. Thus the first heap of a week's
clean np" will contain perhaps : a
dozen large diamonds, perfect In shape
and color without a flaw. Tbey may
be of any value from $1,000 to $10.-
000. ; Tben come smaller ones of tbe
asms spotless character; next In value
are the large yellow, stones, then the
flawed whites, and so on down to
hasps of tiny gems like, coarse sugar,
white and brown. London Telegraph.
Pleat lafaraaae. '.-!-First
PolttlclBB-DId yon see that
Welsaker bss been Announced to dis
cuss a few public questions from, a
high moral plsne?
Second Polltlclsu-Tea. I wonder
wbst tbe old geezer Is sore about? In
tfisnapolle Press...
Bad Blood I
Breeds Humors
Bolls, Pimples. Eruptions, : j
fores, Debility, Languor,
Kidney Troubles, Indigestion snd
That Tired Peeling,
AU of which Hood's Sarsapartna
Cures, by purifying, enriching aad
uttallalnf the blood.
BkMd troubles, left unchecked, In
atse aad multiply just aa naturally
aa the woods and thistles lnfestiar
tba solL
They need tha same radical treat-
ansnt, too.
They should be rooted out In Spring.
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
Stops the breeding of disease germs
and Imparities In the blood.
It also imparts vitality and richness,
and that means a strong, rigorous
body aa well as a clear healthy skin.
Yon wUI look better and feel bet
r if row begin taking Hood's rrsa-
parUk TODAY. It V i
Purifies
The Blood
A notUng else can.
sty soa had pinoles on his face, which
srur a while became a saaaa pt sorea.
T" "I beeaa (Ivtna him Hoodt Barsaparilla
snd soon tba sores were getting better.
- "Tbey finally healed without leaving S
far." Mas. U Tkkst, ? 'Willow Avenue,
Two hundred btishc.3
tatoes remove eighty , p
of vactual" Potash frc
f :t?, soil. " Unless this qu
...is rtnrnrl tn the
jx . " "
the following croj
materially decn
Wa hara booka tell
and
Jertiltsera for rsno
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tells you sU sbout tb.
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