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CIlAl'TKIt XVIII.
Ihlwnnl 1 1 .i n 1 r. . r. 1 mill mit In hit pri
fail! nlljii", Spencer was gone but In
his place sto-nl a big, Imrly, evil-looking
felloiv.
Now, 1 Inii-lt' .r.l did iwt fed, at that
moment, disposed to t til U to n stranger or.
Indeed, Anyone else; lit rcillesteil his
new visitor to kindly call at niiulhei
timo.
"I'lih-ss y. .ii r business I very urgent
nilli in'. phase see my secretary, or else
cme up : i . i in. I am Tar from well, and
(tally unfit to dcti.-s any matter nt
pre. lit."
The stranger fixed his ga.e upon 1 Iairl
fonl vi;h n:i impudent leer, ami ihe rail
road pr.:.f'-tii imagined that he had
soiiicw in.;-,. I, K. man before. Ab!
W'h.i; about hi bin. k u:i iiiiiK visitor nt
his r- :n nearly a ear since? Surely
this was the m if same man.
"I'rgenl ?" n-k-'d the fellow, with n
"ie. r. ".m II, that's for you to say. 1
Mii! ;! rely mention ihe fact that 1 want
01 to give in., a couple of thousand do'.
tilr. nf yii will naturally re-
f't..- mill you bear Mime fairly good
r-i-'ii f..r ie." .b"ii.ia.l. Tim (inesiloj is.
1 'i vvls'i t . L:i...v ih.. reas in':"
II u.lfor i was silent ciiwiapiic I partly
hi t'i -night nf t!i,. wan who lml just left
h.in. Tne, i. r.-e'.'iiig th.:t the fellow
iuai;. . f..r a reply, he said:
"Are ; i iv .ir ilia: you are talking file
in. .st it
in n.-.l
f aiis
ir.liiii's'; Now, if you are
. ..r as-islaii' '. coinc up
!. ill, us 1 have nlread;
i;'-.-i! Oeal to worry in)-,
unwell. If you are lief.'
y inc. I shall have to call
.I ..i iv.. rl
-v. A ; t
I have a
am unite
' t . 1M
one
my men lo remote y0a."
.tranter v...-e t!m; s. lf-sati-:-
in .!":n, ).. k the demean. )
I: . !: . N a winting haml an I
;;,i . j-;.'.:-;mi;:y to display ii
. v a .
un- teli yo'l." Klli'l lie, "tll.lt I kn.ov
rabie ab .nt jour family a fl'a i .".,
. oi, the nlTahs ..f Harry Spencer.
' ;: willing to '.!! you all 1
I Mill jilsl as ,v 1 1 1 1 1 i L" t . tell Jolir
. wife ail I kaow. r.ilt silence is
. :. tin' r.;ent uf two thousand
I a:
I.:,.
1 la n.l.'..r. tried to nppear ealm ninl
i'.-i.'l. II" was naturally of a tranquil
I. s;, -''. ,t. :ib'. to meet ail exigencies
.v. 'a .. . ;. .: r brain an I a I. vol hea.l. I'.at
Ii. was n .-v. I., f.,-t, i.'..p'y aita'etl. This
. b'. ju a strange an. I in.
I -.k' I f i- .1 ; . his Ii',. plans.
! in wl a, on h:i"W, m; man," saM
!fi::''to '. ".a!, iiieanw hi!e. iveolliv!
t"'a-. I : i . r 1 1 1 . i r our former '.!(
t. ii;-. I '...'. i.. j on remember it. t.
"V. . I ..I. ," s.i' l the iii.in with
!: i !.ir.. "Itut per!ia.s
"U .an .-a I ti i..:!i.l. :ue tlui'.' )ear
u. pl'iji::' t:,,. ..in f tiieaiaa on a
loe..n:..i: l'i . liaps y.nt reinembel', too.
' lie bra i,. i;aa u ho li... the en.i:ineer l
the ! v.r with a sl siooior? l'erhaps
I.. II ! l"t aii.el' the ellnilleiTV 1 lllll
I : i -; u I : i sir! You thought you liehl
the tinii.p .'atils iviien ymi an. I that brake
n:a:i 1 1 'ii it mart pa . e of hiHiness i.n
Lie ran fr.-m I'lalrie t'ity to Ulg (.'reek.
So you h oi an I you pleil them well to
t :e i 'i, , f ;i:i; f ime. Vo.i (jot ine (lis
i ii i;i.' .,l an I bl.-tekiisteil. ami it ti";
mr fan. i tli i' I ili.l not serve time in the
penitentiary. I .boi't blame you very
tr.ii. il for nliat yni ilhl. llmush 1 am irhul
t'.at I eau now p-i even with yon. You
were an ar.stoerat ami playe.l the part of
on nut .ernr. Itut that brakenian bahl
I sv..:e to L-et even with him if it eofit me
a. y .!'.-. 1 eonhl have shot him or had
1. in sli..t easily enough. I eouhl lime
hurt h.m in a hiunlreii ways. "Hut, no,'
ays 1. That hrnkeimiu itiiln't alny
tailr a.. ll-'s V"t a little history, ami if
I sliek to ii 1 til I'.iis enoiili I nhall (lis
i .iiT that same little history, ami so bo
uh'e to lake a swci ter ami more iastinu
r.-ven than eoiiiiu.m ulllr.ler,, So I sliail-i.iM-.l
Mr. Ki liai-.ls until 1 fouml nut Ilia!
I'.. .is Mr. Spi n. er, ami the latest seeiie
in my play was j.nir hiimhle servant with
I is ear I Ihe keylmle of your private
i.'fiiee, llsleuina while our ilear friend re
lated his toin him; story. As 1 said before,
1 a. n't f' cline; s , s ire nt what you did
I ' -Xj'et'ted as iniieh from the f.'eiiernl man-
but when a fellow goes brnkuitf
to J
play spy and sneak, 1'to got to show
n. soemr or later, that he can t have !
nil tin' fun wheti I'.arney lliifhes is
around! St!!!, as you never did me any
(.od, I'l i i' lii.i. to kill two birdu w ith one
.-tori". Holy, as moi.ey ha been earec
wlih u:o for suae time, I inn willing to
; ut my revenue in my pocket nloiiij with
"ine re -uly money. Therefore, I offei
v in the "ptioii ..f piiy inK me the man I
innu'd. fcpot cash, or of having me inform
Mrs. Ilaadi'orJ that sho is Ktill Mrs.
Spencer."
Ibirim.' nil the time that the rascal had
be. oi talking, a thousand thoughts mi l
(iinter thmmhri had rla?hnl through
Ilandtord's brai.i.
The! i! was not a crooked tendency in
I-Mward Ilainli'ur i't head: jot nfter bis iii
teivii-w v ili Spencer, when the Istrct
had m PNT'llcitly ft.'.ied hli ninhes in thi
matt'-r. ho had nl.iiust deeded that ii
would be be;ter to eay norhius tn Emiiy
until after Spencer's death. Kven then
it , ) crhaps. a tm au thuiijht tj enter
tain, an !. if he ha i taL-. ii t'nie to consider,
lie U:li,'it iiev r h.'re UL'ted upon his deie.-ulaatioa-
Now, howevtr, ho was iuli;
tattled la i3t- er.rcv jich ho prcpoi,e,i
T.1 lirfwe.
If 'i::.e..- H'i's iiad rjumod npot.
tia.liiu -lii H i i ll'ord a wp.ik-minded, vs.
-ill.it m.in. nh" would buy fair peac,
,..,. )..,;,. i- at i price, he bail reckom-.
very to '.is!i... . 1'lie pr..p..itioll of the t-
nk'.:'' iT instan:!' hwed Handfurd hov
la iic:.
"Ion rtl.l leute this otHee miee," rani
he, "or I .shall have you arrested for at
ttmptiiie; to extort mom y by threats. You
may go, anil I d i not ear ' w her", only do
iinr e .tne to my hi use. My wife will know
all ihn: I know as ijulekly its can it"
home and tell her. I Hli .ttld have Inform
itl her witliont j-uir outiiU'eoiiH interfer
enee, sir; tlierof.iri', your threats are ab
solutely worthies. Let me advise you"
ami there was a ilaniteroiis expressa.)!! In
I liindfoid's eye its he said this "to med
dle n i more with my personal affairs, as
I wiil brook nothing of the kind. Fur
thermore, let tne suggest, if you hnve u
spark of manhood or human sympathy
remaining, that yon h ave that poor fellow
alone. Ymi eau see that his days are al
ready numbered. Ills life, it is true, has
been a raiinre ami jet n is a titan, ti
iioble man, a better man than you,
lluglm. A for nit', I can take L-are of
myself, tio!"
Like a whipped euf, Hughe sneaked
out. Itut, as le silently withdrew, he
t'.ow hated I landfill! as much as he did
Spencer.
I landlord rniie. bell for Mr. Sharp, a
b lei'iivi' detailed to do secret work for
til,- lire-it icei leuta! Company. His of
fice adj .'ned thai of the pn sident. and
he arrived in a moment or two.
Through the window Hughes coil. I be
"en, s.oiiehing along the street hc,ov.
Mr. Il ia Iford pointed him cut to the de
tective. "'That fellow. Sharp-yon understand?
I Leave ..lie of your best m."i here and nt
i tend to tlc-j pcrs .tiiiliy. Never mind the
I I'ofti it will be ;ii lie private rxi.eiive.
Thtit is nil.-'
"Yes, sir," Klhl the olli'vl', very quiet
ly, as ll.hnild Han. Il'otd left his othce to
go' liotue.
CHAITIIU XIX.
A i yriad thoughts crowded themselves,
(one .(iTor another, upon Il.iiidford's
brain "as be e.ailo.l home. Itut they nil
tended tu one direction what would he
tint rcMtlt.of all that had just come to
light V
Mdward Ilamlford did in.: think for n
niotiiejit that llmily eared more for Spen
cer than for himself, (hi the other hand,
he felt morally certain thai Ktuil.v and he
were bound together by a far btrmiger
and more enduring affection than she
had ever entertained for her husband of
,t day. So he was not fearful that she
vould. even after learning all the redeem
ing features of Spem er's later life, cease
to love him. At the same time Ilamlford
thought Ilia! lie was well ciougii su
it nam led w it ii ll,ui 'a tint in e n u l . i me
ter to know that she Would ii"er if a
single ii' .iiii-ti t consent to remain with him
while her lawful husband wa living--or
at lt .if until sin-h time as ihe i.iw c mid
untie tiie ..Id knot.
lint these and similar thoughts d.d led
leter llatnlford from his purpose. As
lias be.-n before remarked, lie was the
very s.ul of honor. It was not in h;- na
ture to w ithhold Knowledge from his v. lfo
which lie felt lie ought to share with her.
and he was not likely to be false t.. her,
to himse'f and to his honor in so imp .r
t .i lit a matter as ih it which m,w ivtipicd
his mind, lb sides, it lie fnib',1 (,,
her. there was llainey Hughes, w a i
might do si at any lime. Certainly
llaiidford would iievr sillier humiliation
.it the hands of that fellow, if there ivtie
means to prevent it.
When Han If .id h id left home thai
morning llmily was not feeling well. As
he now entered the house Ihe housekeeper
met him.
"Mrs. II iitdfonl is quite ill, ir, and ne
have sent for the doctor."
Kmily wa indeed sick, and it was out
af the question to acquaint her with Spen
cer's story at me present lime. It would
keep until the morrow. Hut the morrow
came only to tin I Lmiiy worse, and for
weeks afterward she lay prostrated with
a violent fever, so that a month passed
mid still she knew nothing, if what llatnl
ford wished to tell her. When llmily
at last became convalescent, H.imlford
took her to Colorado, propositi;;, as ooti
a she should become sli'.ngei', to unbur
den his uiind to her. Si far, however,
Ilamlford had neither seen tmr heard any
thing more of either Hughes or Spencer.
sil(.e (ho w., flrst j,,,,.,,,,,, ,
,h(, m,uing village of Hosedale. there had
come many changes, cmcuy l..r the bet
ter, to that portion of the Andy Jackson
Cuieh. Instead of the old 10... I1 r. ad the
iron track followed, at a rather dizzy
height in places, the trail al-n.g the moun
tain side, and only thru' miles from the
center of the town the trains Mopped
at a pigmy telegraph cabin, upon which
was painted in primitive lettering the
word HOSKDAI.II. Down jo the village
proper, ( lillicnd.ly's still existed. Ctlii
cuddy presided, us of yore, over the ng
ister and the cigar boxes, but the "veran
dah," the barrel verandah, had disap
peared, giving place to a modern porch
of mammoth dimeiisioiis, furnished with
huge red rocking chnlrs, imported by Gil
licuddy resardlefs .if expense.
On a certaiu night in the late aiumu-a
s,i late in the night that ail the chairs
oy Gi'.iieudJy's new porch were deser:- i
a handsome private car was switched on
a sale track ,; r.f t the cabla ion;
Tu miy kn..v:i as ' It's. 'at. ue ,r I
was uot a lU'.'OMi.s-it UitaUt. but lite Colo
rado atajotpUei'.' v.'.-.s ij cJc-ar aud train
I a rei that :a sta.s sh :::c upon the
t irth w';th -. .na'. lo'biti lit .iliate r, a!l j
tippeat'ed 1
bait avion
Down in
ftord as much bsht :i
-s f ivored . iimatfo..
liltle Iowa :, I i i,. f,
of t:
g h.i
i..
W 11 s
ii. bu' lip "ii the in
ie railroad track, moi
' li:i n cue iv nkct .
in na
on the alert.
The elegant private ear belonged to
President Haudfoid. nf the Creat Occi
dental Itnilr.iitd. lie and his wife, as
well as their servants, including ihe col
ored watchman, were all soundly sleep
ing. At a short distance from the car.
behind a boulder, sal a young man the
coliar of his heavy ulster turned tip to
protect his ears from the keen night air.
Some distance nloiiif the track a man
was approaching, nt a bri.-k pace, lie
was a big. miiscula. fellow, dressed in
rough clothing, and was carrying a small
package which he handled very carefully.
Not more than three hundred yards be
hind this man there followed another.
Strangely enough, the second mail wore
rubbers nvr his shoes, although there
had been no rain for .several days, and,
furthermore, whenever the first man
paused, the second man halted also.
About one mile from Ihe spot w here the
private car was swiP-ned, the lignre of an
old man started up from a lit'le pile of
ties very much start ling the leading
pedestrian, who had just reached the
same pile of ties.
'"Harney," said the old man in a low
voice. Although, as far as he knew, there
was not a soul within a mile.
"Oil, it's ymi, Is it';" mulieted Hughe,
for the tramp was none oilier. "Well,
say. l)e Watts, it's bad enough fo. you to
be lixing yourself up like an old scare
crow, without hiding away like that to
spring out on a feii..,v unawares. I
thought you had some work of your own
to do to-irgiit oti tlie o'.hcr side of the
village'''
""So I had. but it' (..,. light. It's never
dark in this Colorid c .niiiiy miles it
ruining. Hesides, I must stier clear of
Hosedale, There' -i a fellow named Sharp,
a pretty clever detective from Chicago,
in Ihe neighborhood. He's the only man
my disguises can't fool. He wants, tun
for an old crime. You'd better look out
yourself, liarmy."
"Oh, well," replied Harney, "if I eau't
make any money tin. I ymi eau't get what
you hid away over yonder. I might as well
gel nabbed and lite well until I'm hung.
1 spent my last dollar far this piece of
mischief. He Watts, and I'm going to
have my money's worth out of it. If I
get away ul! r.ght 1'il meet you in the
morning."
Hughes then proceeded na his way
toward the car. while He Wait careful
ly placed his whi'e W'g la his pocket,
straightened out his bent shoulder and
took from behind the stock of ties a stout
pair of boots, whi.-h he had hidden lucre
during the evening.
As ha sat there changing his shoes. De
tective Sharp, in hi rubbers, tripped
Roftly past on the trad;. Th" ollicer had
wondered much who Harney's interro
gator might be, but had held back, fearful
lest an inopportune interference might
cost him his man. So, for the time being,
He Walts escaped.
As Hughes approached Mr. Haiidfoid'a
private car, he left the track and pursued
his way. very slowly, carefully and soft
ly, through the shrubbery nu.l grass at
, the s:iie of the railroad. Arrived opp...
! site the car, he hid himself among s-.n;e
stunted trees, e.a"!ly opposite where the
i young man in ihe ulster sat behind the
I boulder.
I Detective Sharp also crept up camions,
j ly am! ensooinvd himself where he con! 1
watoh Harney Hughes, at a distance.
!orhaps, of a hundred feet up the track
of course in Ihu direction from which
he had come.
Tim occupants of the car woro si ll
sleeping soundly.
(To be continued.)
The AViijh of the Opossum.
Just why the great zoologists of the
present day should have chosen to con
sltlor the opossum mi ;t 1 1 i m:i 1 of a
lower order Minn the stupid aiul help
less ninth, mid tb; third oi'.b'f I' rum the
lowest of nil. Is not so easy to tinder
Mniid us It ought to bo. As it matter of
fact, Jinturo bus tbuie u great ilon I for
the oiiiiosstiiu-fnr ntniv than lor tbu
giont majority of iiiinli'iipeiN. Note
what the orotitniv Is, nml can Id, mid
nintcli it If yon cnn. It cats nlmost
everything that cnn bo cbewcil-wild
fruit, berries, green corn, insect larvae,
eggs, young birds and ii.'iiliiipcK
Kol't-shellcd nuts, ninl certain routs. It
Is n go"(l climber, and has a very use
ful prehensile tail. It for;i'-es on the
ground quite its sun cssl nlly us any
squirrel. It . sutilly burrows tiioler the
roots of large p.-. .- he., o ii ;
sible for the hunter lo dig ir out; but
suiic ilnu'N it makes the mistake of
choi sing a hollow log. When attack
ed, :t often feigns death to throw its
iis.-;i ilatits off ihcir guard. Like the
bctc and woodcliuek, It stores up a
plentiful supply of fat for winter use.
when food Is scarce; ami. nliove nil.
the female has a nice, warm pouch in
which to carry ;itul protect her helpless
young. Instead of leaving tbciu in the
nest to catch their death of cold, or be
devoured by sotne enemy.-St. Nich
olas. ore a u Houses.
livery CoroMtl holise has :i foliar, not
for the storing of wine, but for the
storing of heat. The cellar is called a
"khan." Its mouth, throng!; which it
Is fed. Is at some distance from the
hoi On a coi I night may be mvii
c.;i.' u' more wlilte-cl.nl llgtin s etiii..
ming tint "khan's," mouth us f.ist as
tiny can with twigs. liraiioI.es. a 'el
other collibttstibb' food. Mice v. 11 1. .1.
the furnace bnnji I'm- hour-, and ! ;is
tlit' house warm till night. S.. tic at
tendants on the lire life mo kept out
in the cold very long; :ii,,. while tirj
arc there, their hand are fi 1! of w oi 1;
A Corean liou.-e. In nted at sen -!. hoes
warm all night, heo'inso il o t ic is in
variably littge. bccaii-e tic- ilooi
tli rough which the heat p. ino.r.cs n:v
Uir.de of died paper, and I-. 'att. e the
furnace Itself Is largily r. iio-tss ,.f j-ir....s
tind flues that both retain and c cut
heat.
Tna a Typnuraplii'-nl !ro.-.
"That was a curious pfli; ': eiv r '
iaid Mr?. rartrWgo. "lit.- t :ie : th:-
new Uooli iS pli!i!cl TliC ,-.'.
'"Well. y Joi -'' J-u'- i i'si'.o,!,!,
-Wta: oag'-: ;- . U-'-"
"Why. 'ikUli A-s-.' ..ir'"-:rj ;;"..
Bofrton Glf'iie.
Young Lawxtr-'lht'.nk l-'cneui Ai
last 1 liave n ' ii'i-- i.i'ial Ti I .
has ..t !.:;: h". a d-. .-. u .01 l-i
eonsi-ielo C. Wit. !i"W s. :! ..; j
eliooso you ! r nis coiii'-.l. !,;:
ymi think we c.ht t" lti i!.- t - 1 . ;
dipncrV I'i'i'.-ti'l.' iUt.etter.
Road Milking.
IT Is pretty certain in our Judg
ment that the fanner, sooner or
later, will he forced to construct
belief highways. The bicycle
people, wlille perhaps not quite so en
ergetic in the matter as they were u
few years ago, tire still calling for bet
ter roads, and there I a suilh'iont
large vote nt their command to give
Itltlitelice to their demand ttpou legis
lation. There Is a disposition to create
new olliecs in the coitneelion with
the Improvement of roads, and the
prospect are exceedingly good for
the Introduction of road building re
form, whether we l'lirmers like it or
not. Ir, Ihi'i'ffore. behooves it to
look Into the mailer ourselves. Per
haps, lu ninny iustatices. nt least, we
can Improve our roads lu a substan
tial manner ourselves, nml nt much
less expense than the Slate would do
it for us. The gravel road 1 a good
one. If it lias i.nv fotimlatlou. and
uhe;o there Is no foundation It is
dillii'itlt to i e how n good rojd can
be constructed v. iih nuy reasonable
mil lay. If there is n good natural
foundaihui, and gravel is applied to
the centre of the toad, ntid good drain
n go provided, we shall have a road
that N substantial, as substantial ns
'.srielililie'' road makers could con
struct. 'I'he application of coal oil, a
Is generally known, makes a good
load, though what the cost Is we are
not advised. Wherever oil htt'i been
Applied the fi sttlis have been satisfac
tory. We apprehend, however, that
stt'-h a ; ad is not satisfactory to the
V'li.'elmeti. We suspect, too. that
wh'io 'Hide oil Is used If Is too cx
jiiiiivo. Otherwise we might expect
it move extensive application of the
method.
We probably may safely conclude
tlsal the Improvement of roads will
ft;!; - the shape of either tramways
wide iron vails on which the wheels
are to run - or Mono const melton.
The tramway would oem to be the
only pi;nti.,il method in sections
where th. re is :io natural foundation,
ntid !t i ui'ipn tioiiiihly Ihe cheapest
fo."..l anywhere. Wlt-re gr.ivtl i
o-.o.iy. or icasona'.iy so. It can he
;, - .it.''.' y tt-nl. Ill some localities
:!,!!, i - iii 1 .ravel, but Ihere Is plenty
of lii.u -: 1 It would pay. under
si;,''i circumstance, for the author!
tics lo purchase a stone crusher anfl
prepare lios limestone for application
to the roads. l;i every State labor
pu-; itn a lici-ee light against the em
ployment of cotsvlct labor in manit
lacii'.riiierartiile of commerce, though
iti-i why 11 nieihnnle who is unfortu
nate cnoi'gii lo g l"" prison, should
'.. .'oiiie a non-producer and a gentle
tii.i't of Unsure. Is not plain. Passing
:;ll that, convicts might be profitably
I'liipiojcl in crushing stone for road
liiiildiiiL'. There would be no antag
onism ! this haul of employment,
for : is not on ihat i sought by
those oi.-io.-ed to convict labor. The
npi.liciif.nti of crushed slone thus
j.i'ciiaivd - with a covering f sand,
ami tolled wilh a heavy roller, would
make an excellent road, and would not
be very expensive, provided the stono
was close at haiid. -W. C. Hull. In
The I'pii'Uiiisl.
Itonils In loiroio-.
Two litindrcd years ago Kngland
had the worst rc.'l Is in the world, be
cause the peasantry living on the
toads a '.utic were required to work
tl em. In speaking ( t them Macnulcy
".i.n a route connecting two
'iv:.t towns which have n large and
Ihiit'.ishiii,' trade with each other
should be niaiiilalucd nt the cost of
the rural 1 opulution scattered be
tween mem is manifestly unjust. It
was not until many toll bars had been
violently pulled down, until the troop
had in many instauces been forced Hi
.ii'i against ll.e people, and until much
I loud bad been shed that u good sys
tem wa Introduced." livery class
now lotitributes to the maintenance
of ilio road system In llngland. The
l'rotteli have probably the most effi
cirni laws and regulations In the
world for the building and repairing
of highways. The Minister of Pub
lic Works' ha the general superin
teiiucuce of all roads and ways by
laud iiud by water. There nre font
daises of load recognized by law.
namely. 1 national. ('- departmental,
illi military. 'I' truss roads. National
reads ai'o built and kept up by the
national ititiMtiy. Departmental
toaiis arc a. charge upon the depart
ments liii'' '.i'ii which they pas, and
part of tl. military loads are kept
no bv tiie Covi ruiuent anil a part by
tic- ii .par: 1.0 ut thi'otigii which ihe
;. ii.ls I
1 1.0 etc- read are kept up by the
Co-.l.toU'i ' i!"'l-h soiueliuies ill thin
ly po.,il.'.:i I region. these commune
reecho t:. -:atu:e from the Oovcrn
h.cir.. tJjMi Lilly when t'nose roads
tiicu.c (o l-.tipol'lauce.
lie nai. tit! roavis are paed LUc
a si -vet. uvii:g an averasts width ol
tiltj- wo and a half feet. The de-:v.r;i--'ai"!
nads are thirty-nine fett
w :d -. at..! 'h.' military and croi
.. iiriable width. Plies
0: . i. .1 -ne placed at conve-;.'.-,.
.. -. '-2d c. mau Is cou-
.. . "'S-l in ifipaiiiug eaob
'; . . . .: an A;.pb.ilt Journal.
' tee Pun bearing In
th" plain me lour
i -a.' in Hbviudaiu e
ie can !,' 1 1 luled ol
i. d.vci-i's quickly.
THE MOON AND THE WEATHER.
Tbr .suppiisril Iiillni iiri-of Kir Dim un III
Other Not Well llHlillhcil.
Ill view of ihe popular notion that
thcl'.' I sotne relation between the
noon's 1 haiigcs and the weather, the
I'ni cd Slate Monthly Weather lte
vicw ! publishes au e.ttraci from a
reci iii I'leiich tretitlse on weather, by
Alfred Argoi. The writer say that
ti e t.i )si distinctly recognized eff ect
tints far Is t: slight atmospheric title,
wiili Ii ntVerts the reading of the bar
nipol":' r.boiit 1-JtM' of an Inch. Tills,
of curse, Is so maill that ii cannot
.-'.islnly alter the wind dim lion and
forte r the htinhlity f tie air.
Vfh'i'i o'lur wea'her plienomenn are
e:;amii'.e.i. I'. ( oiniutrlsoti with the
pii'.s.'s of the inoo'.i, the results are
di Lor indecisive or else ejlltradiet one
aiiMl'ar. For lnsiar.ee, some one has
shewn that nt Purls for a certain
p rl id (.f years the maximum number
of rainy days in a month occurred be
twee i the lirst quarter and full moon,
aid the lnlnlr.iui.l between the third
qtti rter and new moon. And the pro
poi'il 'ii was put at 1.21. Hill, unfor
utnciely, the rule did not hold good
for the south of France. In one part
of that country there seemed to be
mo'.'j rain in Ihe thirl week than Iti
lie other, while still in another the
maximum fell in the fourth week.
Now, it liguiv. disagree- like this,
what must one think? Does not the
iimoi: Ititlcenei southern and northern
France r like? Ought it not to operate
siciip.rly In F. irope and America?
I lit. If so, in which of these three dif
feri nt weeks ought we to look for the
nio-t rain? If flier1 is any rule about
tl.e ;.ion;', ought ii not 10 be universal?
Careful stiu'.y L."c thus far failed to
rcve il o:te which works f. r the whole
'.veil. I alike. Henei' there l good
tea -on for doubling thai there is any
rule at all. The fact that there should
fcen. lo be 11 preponderance of one
kind of weather at a certain Mage of
il.o moon, cither lu France or nny
other country, may possibly be ex
Ida. ned hi some .-uch way as this: If
is well known that rain gauge differ
greatly among tin nisclves In their
tal. . owing to Improper placing.
Asalt.. tha rainfall frcr.i any given
stcf .a Is never mit'orm over the whole
ii gl in visiie. I. I'tid the track of storms
varies a piod deal fnc.i time to time.
Consequently, when cue tabulates the
rdnfall of 0110 place for comparison
with another, or for one part of the
: lo'.ith with another i.t the same place,
the e will always be inequalities if the
1 fried be short. The longer the term
1 f .-ears ihe less will be these inequali
ties; ami ir ! qiiiie possible that If the
i-ervatioiis v-xuiahd through a ecu
ti ry. and vveie accurately made, the
seeming eXcos of precipitin lou ai any
otic part of the mouth would etitircly
disappear.
There is. however, still another pes
sibiliiy :. b. considered. Those who
have stt-dii'd the weather maps sys
tematically know that there is an ap
parently Irregular shifting around of
certa n areas of high barometric prcs
suve. aril that one sort of Weather pie
vails .11 otic side and another on the
it her si.'.1. If It could be shown that
l.ii.: shifting wa-; regular and lhylh
1 ileal, and r- kited to the moon's:
plat :-. s. then it would be cits' lo Mil -r.ci-t.nd
why the second week of the
liivti. would have n tendency to be
wet I 1 one place and dry In another.
TI is matter, indeed, has already been
ihe subject of a good deal of research,
and V.. Angot s.iys; "These studies
f.re. however, of ton recent date and
sti-.l loo undeveloped to have already
given results thai may be considered
t.s snlllciently com bislve and general.
It is. however, interesting to mention
them here, since by continuing to
wrrk In the same lutes we may, per
haps, succeed 111 discovering the true
relations between ihe moon and the
phenomena of the weather, since the
earlier researc! es have not brought
abort nny positive coiiclasiou. On the
whole, in the present state of our
knowledge, it cannot be ndiriued that
1. 10 nif.o 1 does exert any influence up
on the weather, but at the same time
it should n..i be denied that this ia
iluotico may possibly exist."
luj.istlcn lu tlm f amily.
It seems rather hard 011 the punc
tiliously li.rcful people of the world
that tl.e absent-minded are always
readily firgiven tor every misde
meanor, however f ten repeated it
may be. while every lapse on their
part is ivsviiKd as :m intentional rude
ness. 'Hilly can d anything,"
grumbled the good elder brother of
tli family, speaking of the prodigal,
"a id lie i:i never held accountable,
l.c may miss engagements, forget
pn mises. ami get iuto scraps more or
less serious all the time, and nobody
is ever angry with him. Whereas, If
l neglect the smallest conventionality.
I am punished with black looks and
am -lire lo have It 1 etueinbcicd
against mo. It is just ibe same now
as in uuelcnt Judea. The good, con
scientious member of the lninily tas
represented by myselfi is always at
a ilMidvautage. while the fellow who
puis everybody out (and 1 Inn's Hillyl
! always the favorite. -New Yotk
Tribune
Mlcrotcoplc Kucravlng.
The Lord Pvovott of Feria has Jum
(.oLiplitcd a work of special interest,
on u:fc side of a ituall plaequc of gold
tl.e si;e of a three penny piece, he has
etigtavel ihe Ten Coruniauduitut. the
ih .ititudcs. as ia Matthew v 3 10;
tic. I-old's Piaycr; Number vi., 2i-'M,
. i.d the Doxoliigy. Tuere are foriy
Ciiv separate liues of lettering, thirty-;..
v! of Seilpture. 512 hepav
;.ie i:ds aud 1.13 letters. On the
ni he 1 ;iJe of the tiny placque is en
o.iiv.d wiihin a circle of about halt
11: il an. i ter, the profile of the Savior,
,,v.cd t;''in the poi'ir.iit reported to
have been given to l'ope Innocent
VIII by the Sultan r.a.iazet. Li.ndoti
I'aiiv Mall
An Hgi.tl.t No Morp.
He used to talk uhoisl iuioe.i.
Hut thai w.i- y. ar .1..:
lie used .o fay but "I" and "me -
He's changed hu subject I lioi'gli.
J'is wonderful the v..-.y that time
Pings changes 111 and how
liltle tiling tianstoriiis he talk
dust of his babv now.
Chicago Itecord lieiiild.
Miiliuitl l.utioi'.
'So your sou Is lenrning a Irade?"
"Yes. lie I 10 be a novelist " -Life.
'.silt liiliertlnl.
Visiior "What 11 tiae proiiili.'i'.'iilt
forehead your baby lias! Did he .et
It from bis fai her?"
Find Mollier "No; be got it from a
fall down mail'." Chicago News.
now it AflVi'trii iiim.
Ciiolly- "Does your l'atui r -a; any
thing about me'."
Mdith -"Dear me. i-l Mamma s.iys
he'll never get over hi- Imal clicss W
less he stop hollering ivery dec he
speak ; aboui you!" l'uc!;.
Ili'lilllil Hie Seel.. ,.
"Why arc auiiiois sm ;, : . ;. ui
men?''
They have 1 1 I.e. so as loo lo dis
close tin' fact that most of the won
derful thing ihcir pui li-h.-i say
lllHilll. litem ate lieliotis."-V.'tt-lllllg-
tun S'.ar.
iter l olliiut-lil.
Charley, dear," said young .Mrs.
Torkin. "do yuti incaii in tell mo that
nil these famous men go down town
day after day Jnsi :o hold an iiniuii.v ':"
"Certainly.''
"Tiie idea! Ami they talk abmu the
curiosiiy if woiuaii'" - - Wa h i 'on
Star.
ul n linny llieamei.
"What would you do if ym: ...1 1 1
billion dollars?''
"Oli," answered tie1 l.iiigind man "I
don't see why I should expect to in-ovo
tiny cseepiion to the rule. 1 tvuiiU
probably go to otic of the Usual ex
tremes and either buy yachts .1 else
Walk to save ear t '.re" -Vv'. .-!,, c . 0,1
Star.
I liilteiv.
"Iinltaiion," remarked tic i! ' 'u
second-hand philosophy. "I- ;'.'
ceivsi p.a. t, ry."
' Ill' coiii'se." a.i: '..-i-ii d ilio cynical
person. "livery robber pays an i 1
piled i otr.pltnioiii to your more ad
vantageous situation in lite win ii 1.0
tries to boo? l himself ;.t y.".ii' c;
pelise." Washing! oil Siar.
1'lie Worm nt tier lei i.
"I have been a hou-ekocpo. !...
twelve years," remarked one o! tin
fair guests at the chafing dish n
per, "and the only thing 1 can d :s
to tiiiisii polaloes.''
Obviou-ly. there was only one re
ply for the polite host to make.
".Madam," he a.d. you wmihl 111c h
auything."-Chiiago Tri'irli"
I llerlv I iiiiglllil.
Did you know.'' said the in; u e 1
is always worrying, "that the cal
supply wiil be exhausted in f1 w
inillioii years?"
"Well." answered the fi .end w i ll
the world weary face, "can yon blati
it? Von would be I'Xhaiistid loo if
you were worked for a million years,
wouldn't oil? Wly express surprise
a so simple a phen. an-nor. ? " " .,
iugtou Star.
linch.
No; she would not be his vv,;..
"Ilave a care I" be hissed, an I !..
eyes held a vengeful glittci "If yoti
refuse me 1 shall become gt-.i! and
famous!"
"Vou dare uetl" cried tile bee mi ltd
girl her voice rising in a shriek. "If
you do 1 fhall get rich 1 ubllsiiin
your love letters!"
For a momeut he muhI biokaig ill
her. balefully. Then be mined and
rduuk away. Puck.
Mrclinnn ally l oin bli-rtit.
A a clergyman dismissed liie nevv iy
married pair he tucked the lee 111 his
vest pociiet wilh 11 matter ot coin's.'
air. observing which a friend re
marked: "1 imagine ih;u lolln of revenue
must be tin everyday affair lo vmi;
you pocket It so mechanically."
Why shouldn't I accept It mechan
ically, good sill" replied the ilivmc;
"it is compensation for joiner woik,
isu't it?"-- Kichuiolid Dt-paieh.
"I'liv llnl.v One "f Her KI11.I.
"Queer thing almul ih-n n-ageinelit
of Hamby's. 1111 ,t'.-"
"I ilunno. I biidti': too.-id any
thing extraordinary ic oiu a
"Why, vou know the !:.' I i s 111
Kentucky. "
"Yes. Wba: oi :o.ti':'
"'i'lie piipers in jitiii.tm.. in-, 'm '"
gugeii.elit haven'i nl ::cd to :ni' as
a 'blue gra-- bclh S:.; s .
Kentucky wom.".o 1 ve- ii ; - I ' .l;ai
wasn't a belli " (.'Ii 1 '- II' ' ' ' il '
aid.
(lie JLliU or lie.- U.e.cc.
"Algie," she tal" lining U. ... ms
around bis 1,.. . n '. ! . U.ug ceufid-
itigly into his I !: :iily inec. "If
I were to be Uidn.i; ;t.I i "" i..tv.-li i au
cui would yo'.l I', w ilMug to pa.v ':"
My dear. ' he aii-w J. "I'd ue
' Lo lift lo ;a.v .; : .liil. , - ..in-si.-iu
for you."
.V IcL'lr p.!i.o; -.-; v.-.- .1 : :' la.e
and ic drew a':. v : i..:.- 'i l:t
nml b.-rti MjUlfi"nli.n v-..t. ' i: '.!
..oil. I sjuak. ui la-., -ice el !:
1 iie.iid you -.iv y.-stu-iiay 'ict
you ue I nt 1 i.s' eievcil nnieli'i ii
iholisami d'.lla:- Ai.d 'vi nine l it
mart. ed only iv 10 lis"' - Clm ao
lie. old llel'lld.
LOTS OF MAN.EATiNC SHARKS. m
"lllitnlli I .-Igllsoll.of l'lnirleIOII.ll KP
li. eoi .1 of Tlii'li' 1!;4VU' Neur Tlicrt.
c a Iii William C. Ferguson, of
i .ii i. sun, S. C.. believes 111 the the
,iv ilial sharks usually found ill
oi;li Athiinic waters will aliack live
in. 11. ami be has kepi a record extend
ing back to Jsn to show dial his
lleoiy is ciivcii. Captain Fetgusoii
rcii'l in ilr- New York Sun recently
that a N' vv ork skiiier had said
that ih . vveie 110 man -eating, sharks.
Ilo says that the skipper didn't know
ati.v belli r.
"Tii 10 a iv o many instance of
whcie tisberiiieii and others have been
ai lacked." said Captain Ferguson,
-ihat It may lead people into danger
by liiiui;. tig ihat ii.nk- are harmless.
A pilot i'o.ii coming up lo ihe wharf
hero in lsl! lost a man oveihoard.
While ine no 11 were trying to rescue
him a south twenty live feet long "P
pnu'cd i.t ihe si.". II. The pilot was
tti.nl'tr: v.ai.r wilh his elicit! above
tli,. line He Wiis seized by ihe shark
nml cai-eiid uinh r. A red streak of
blood ci.'. hil 111 ' so.jl wher.. the Uillll
went ilvvit.
A ! v -at - h ier 1 wa young men
fi'oiii Ci,n; lesloli were capsized while
row, tig low. ml .Mount Pleasant, Haeli
I., i. an oar and wa Wilding ashore
v. 1. en Charles t ha lu I its. one of the
y...ig un ti. v,as tiiiaeked by a shark,
lb- tot ; la ihe shark, but was seb.ed
Hill vv.nl .1 ,u;i i-'l-tiv I be wilier No
tra.-c o1 it.s I10.lv v.'a- ever found. Ill
Ui.' Sill:..' e::r while sitilillg off tllC
Har.ir.v aiioii.er young man upsel
his i.oai wii.Ie trying to light a shark
wliii.li vvas felloiTing it. His body
xv iii: i;cv.'l' l- cov ei'cH Mouth later
hi-; waiclj vvas found in a shark's belly.
Another case is known in which a
jo'iiig 1. .:.a who was sitting in a row
boat, d:' ping ills baud inio 1 lie water,
had Ii bit t' 11 off by n sharl; which
s'.i.hleiilv rose fiiiin ike wiiter.
' i iict c was so niiii-h i ii 1 "I'i'Mf in
!l,;;.l; ihet a sailor, who aid he
; w;is n.ji airaid of -harks, undertook to
j swim t" t ic-ile I'lticktii y. and he en
i 1 ..'.ii.ieivd a "-a iiio;iser en the way.
j lie never f. tut 1. i d. r.oe was his body
j ri covered. In s:; ii sie.i'nboat oil' the
j coasi of si, ml, Cat. .1, mi sighted a bal
; loon !cs.-.'ii....'g. The balloon failed
I to land at, I came in ro.-s the beach.
I ilr.ig;:.i,g i,e aeronaut into the water.
' With n great -plah!iig a school of
' s.nirl.s bapid ei't or the WiiUr iilid
; caught Ihe aetvtmut.
"lu IVil Captniu (.'eoice dacoli
i I ' i.is'-lc hit. a native of t harlestou.
Miicli.ii ..vi 1 board I loin a vessel
' at l-'i'i 1 .i i.dlii 1 bar. A !:irv.c shark.
'.v hi -Ii l ad bet a tallowing tin- Vessel.
: : -;i i- can .1. and a stiviiiu of blood
; o i,.i .1 lleiiud 1.1 the surface of Ihe
Unier gave liUli;is;akal.!e evidence
' that Hi'li.-i la hit bad been killed. .lust
i bcioiv he fell ovii'boatd 1 Inliselieldl
I. ltd -'ci It the shall;. M hope you are
ii it . i- me. old boy.' be said, and
those v ote the last words lie ever ut-
; id.
I know of eUiii iiiMai . where
;.ioi. have I n ;, Hacked while try-
j lag In 1 s.-apc !r..i. i sharks. The proof
1 sii tos in !,. 1 'u ami coio'Iusive. and
. people v ho ill Inn believe .11 the mail
j .iters had bi.st nay out el ihelr
J reach."
WORDS OF WISDOM.
I Tiie dead in-ver disagree.
' Yell will live nil to whi you love.
Ili'Vel.ge is svv.-it otllv when fore-
I -
1 llunnli.y ,s -.Ii.- be..; proot of line
' .ii'Jli.lc
I Aficctiit.oii iniirks toe hbsi iii c of
i i-fieciiuli.
Nu rate i-ii:i o, 11 uly rich without
i-. 1 1 i ensues-
Ih r-oaality :- .1 gn-ater power in
c. local loll 1 1 ' : 11 lc. ei epl.
Liberty Is the life of law and law
t lie pi e-ct v er of ilberty.
To v. Idea your he withooi liceiictt
ing il is only lo vv 1 .1 ben it.
biioc method- of raising money are
most sac-. ..i ii) in lowering manhood.
The ptiieiy of i".!1' motive deter
mines urn- 1 ,,,!,,,' povv 1 r in ihe world.
lie v. 10 loiniot rule h's own jippe
lin I- lii.ii'.lc i 10 rail hi- neigiibor's
..fie M'
lt is , i b . . ,i,,,ioi lance o. pusli the
trcll. y 1 ar ... 'tig t i 1 ii 11 to get Ihe 011
g.nc s-ai ii'l l-i ui" povvei- house.
i h,. lives v 0,0. ; - will be none the
Min i- 1 I'...- - citi .iile'tip; lo aiisorh
all the see ..I'.-.s ill I he on' I'se.--Ii.
lot'. , .11
i inio, s Cio,i I iii-iiiiiilil , .
s.'iin cu. Ions iac'inaiil. (-.' says
ii;. Kan-.!. City .loiirual. "arc Holed
,u 1, bails., s crop sitiiaii.il'. At sonic
points i.t' i :r-.- tiivip-t - ioiliid It 11(1
;i I'.l : ', . . : '' l..:i ll.!' il pollllll Ol
Cl.itl. V,I tl . ii;. lo bo ilui'c.' l by till'
ii'.ttho; t : .i.a. l"i' aliiii.st cv eiy pur-pn-e
ii I .'ol i 1 ,' v. ;.,e,it is vv orili more
tiiiiu 11 pcni. -i of i' iii l' 'clliiigton
I rati and c.-ii: a-. -. .; a-. ; I tfll a
1 If ton. y l a".e " ' " lln-u -heir
wl.. at at a Utile : half ion. Il
-ecii-s uin 1 a--oii:; blc 1 nr. 1 lu'iiu and
si;., lis shviUel '"' vv 10 i.t a. o... limn t lie
v. Lei.: in'.. ' itis li ihey are made, par
ilct.'.a.'l.v 1 i n tl." Hour p.i'duct taken
ii'oui thi v'luat is Woith n if. iv than
si'f r hait - n "
1 nl nosa 'iroilc Murk.
There ate tlicusands of trade mark
tliui are n. 11 nd.iil ot by tiie great
masses, btiousv; iney ..!'. not properly
.lilv OVll-vf. 'i'Lc ii.jj. l.c- o. IVudc-
tca;-l: iavT- it rejiHS'! -" w&t to.
tliUtittji eaieit. ot private
marks, u.f..: lUsu in is cenng uew
ot;(-. fo..- 'i iiitui un- j'."i settled a
.as" Ih 1 a- !! tin- cent 1.1 for four
,-esi:'. Ttie 1 uitle word "lavoriie" wn.
,t i s,i a lev eoiiris litive decided
ic t ih 1 c.eoi-lv.' proprietuiy
r.'.'ei i' ti ,'. in ; . :i trade uiark,