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VOL. XXIV.
P11TSHOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 20, .902.
NO. 31.
Urrer
will t
ou
be made.
A NOVEL.
f3v fiQrs. SlizrtVclli (?. tOinlor.
(ISABELLA CASTELAK.)
(OnpTrighl. 1 nd by
cnAnKK vur.
''"Yes, in
ro.NTisrrn.
iudeed, whnl a charming in a.'.
your papa is, Mr. Stanley! Dour old
Kentletunn! 'Jill 1 mot tin) Pari (
Windermere, I roully felt a little timil
shout mooting noblemen. In my in
Dooont ignorance I couldn't quite ree
oguizo that they who liUo other pe -plo;
but your pupa quite cured me oi
that feeling, Mr. Stanley. Ami then
your brother, Lord Appleby ! Ho is r.
most dolightful person."
, "Ah! Wo are 11 delightful family
altogether. Miss (inyc." said tho IIo:i.
Ularonoo Stanley, goo.l humoredly.
"Yes, Mr. Stanley, you nr! it do
lightful family; nii l I. inly Appleby
nd tho dear little fo.iy, the now heir
to Windermere, mi 1 cvou dear ol.l
Toddlokms!"
' "Ah, iudeed! Tli'M-o you have the
vlvautngo of mo, Miss (lave. Yo.i
see it is ninny years F.iiieo I left Png
laud, nml my brother was not yet
married. I hopo tho ilenr little box
is quitrt well. I Uuo.v untiling that
would distress 1110 11: ire tli.iu any ac
eidont to him. lint, 'dear old Toddle
kins!' Now, who ii Toddlekins?
That is a mouther of the Stanley fam
ily with whom I nut nut lit all ac
quainted." , "Why, of course; bcenuso I bn
etowe 1 that that name upon her my
self. Toddlekins i i the old-maid hit
ter if Lady Appleby."
; "Really, I hud quite forgotten her!
And by that name, too! Rut, since
yon iiavo bestowed it o:t her, I nm
quite charmed to make her aequaint
uce." "Rut r!io hasn't forgotten you, Mr.
Btanley. Ah, no! You nro iuite n
hero to her, and she h:n a picture) of
you about which (die is quite hilly.
Hue. has it net up in her room like a
aint iu a shrine."
.. "A picture of me!" exclaimed Clar
ence Stanley, an I his hand closed
convulsively upon the miniature ho
had been holding, lie was conscious
of th) violence of his ow n grasp, 1111 1
ho felt tho old and worn bingo of the
fruits amp. II v provoking! Do
lores would be distressed at tho nee;
but, and he was vjry anxious to do
nothing that might nanny hor.
Mary Hamilton, vaguely conscious
thtt soinothuig like a duel of words
was taking place botwo-u Clarence
itu.l this now acquaintance, but quite
unable to gne-is at the meaning oi' it,
had takoil llerthn Sefton to the other
side of the room to meet Dolores, and
tbo threo girls stood there, exchang
ing commonplaces an 1 feeling uncom
fortablo. Jiertlia was wishing that
eho bod not brought Olive, and xvou
dering at her curious manner toward
Mr. Stanley; Volly wns thinking that
Olive (iaye was "queer," and Dolores
was waiting an opportunity to pet
back her mother's miniature without
being obliged to nsk for it, ami feel
ing that she could not endure to have
it looked at and spoken about by tlie.-e
utraugers, even though they were
Marnja'x friends. Olive (iaye alone
was perfectly serene.
" 'A piet'tro of you!'" nho was Key
ing, repeating Stanley's last words,
"Why, yes, that is not very surpris
ing, I am sure. Why shouldn't dear
old Toddlekins have it picture of you if
she wants one; and n most excellent
picture it is, Mr. Stanley. Now, 1
don't think you at all like your papa,
or like Lord Appleby; but I veeog
liizod you at once by that picture
when I saw you last niht. Oh! How
did you like the opera? Wasn't it
lovely? I just doto ou music! Do
you?"
, Claronco declared fiat he, too,
doted on music; and then ho said
how flattered ho felt, that. Miss (biyo
had recognized him from his vctem
blanco to his picture. Mary Hamil
ton now camo toward them to intro
duce Dolores to Miss (iaye, and
Stanley felt that ho was at that i.io
nteut almost in lovo with Polly
pretty, innocent, frood, honest, little
Polly.
I He took immediato ndvautago of this
slight diversion to retire to a little
distance in order to examine how
much mischief had been dune, to the
miniature. He found that tho caso
was not broken; the slight, snap he
had heard was caused by pressure ou
what was evidently a secret spring in
the back of tho case; a'.nl, as this had
yielded, apiece of parchment, yollow
with age, had dropped out of it aud
Bow lay in the p.ii'u of his hand.
Clarenco cast ono quick, startled
glance toward Dolores, aud saw that
she was standing with her back
towards bim, talking with Olive
tiaye. His heart gave a great bound
of triumph.
What was it? lie could scarcely
reprefi his excitement, so great was
his kngiug to get uway "hero he
could examine this slip of parchment
at his leisure. Ami yet, perhaps, it
might prove of no value ut all. At
ony rate, it would bo well to return
the miniature nt oneo, and so rouo
no suspicion iu IK lores, who prob
ably knew nothing of the secret con
tained in it. He watched his oppor.
tuuity, and presently succeeded in
placing the miniature, in her hand iu
such a mauuer as to attract no atten
tion to it. She gave him a swift,
grateful look- a look that Hashed like
light from her deep, dark eyes and
which i-etit a strange elect ri "al quiver
through tho heart of Clarenco Stanley.
Rut ho waa scarcely coustioun of it
UftUBRT B.tSNPK'S SoN.1.)
then, though he remembered it after
ward. His id i ml was on lire for a
single glance at the slip of parchment
'ue held iu hin hand. He felt he could
not restrain hi i curiosity any longer,
and, under e iver of examining a book
which he had taken up from a table,
he went over to n window. There he
o curd the parchment, and laying it
wiihiu the open book, he read the Urst
lino written across it read it slowly,
for it was in the Spanish language
translating it carefully, word by word:
'"Helow is given, i;i cipher, the
secret of the hidden treasure of the
Meudoas, buried iu tho Santiago
Ca :on,"
CHAl'TKR
"isxowi.rinii: is rowpR."
As the full sigiiiiicanee of tho first
Words sank into the mind of Clarence
Stanley, he becamy dizzy with the
possibilities of future wealth that
rushed into his excited thoughts, for
he knew that ho possessed iu that
slip of parchment the key to almost
fabulous treasure. True, tho secret
was concealed in it cipher that was ot
the most intricate character, but he.
was not the man to bo batlled by any
thing of that sort. He knew that all
ciphers were made ou certain rules;
and, besides, having a natural talent
for puzzles of every description, he
had often amused himself by tho work
ing out of various ciplmrs and crypto
graphs; and by then re-arranging
and transposing them into more dif
ficult fi mis than before, this was
mere p'ay. In all arithmetical or
algebraic problems, there are certain
family resemblances easily recogniz
able to a mathematical mind; it is tho
same iu cryptography, or any other
species of mental gymnastics; ami
Stanley felt himself easily master
of the Mtuation. iiuo the excite
ment of having t'lta secret ill his
possession ntVi eted It. in so power
fully that ho was oMigtd to exercise
tho greatest control over himself
in order not to betray his feel
ings. He was, however, a person of
resources, oud startiing situations
were not new experiences to him. lie
folded tho parchment, took nil old
fashioned wallet from his pocket it
wallet hearing his name and the coat
of arms of tho Stanley family, and
having opened it, he placed tho pre
cious document in the inn, ist pocket.
Then with fjreut delihei a i ion he re
turned the wallet to its former place,
and closing the book he carelessly re
turned it whence he hit 1 taken it.
No one had observed him that he
perceived at a glance. Mary Hamil
ton, who hud always been, as her com
panions had said, "a very girly girl,"
wns, for the moment, entirely occu
pied by her two callers and by Dol
ores. Rut when Rett ha suddenly de
clared that site mid Olive had made n
very long call and must now bring it.
to an end, Clarence Stanley found
himself included in tho hiibbuh of
good-bye aud fnrewell remarks that
presently ensued. Ho took advan
tage of this to bring his own visit to
an end; and notwithstanding mi im
ploring look from Polly, he took his
departure, promising to see her ou the
next day.
He went directly to bis hotel, and
as soon as ho bad reached his room he
locked his door, Fat down at a writ-i'lg-table
oud placed tho parchment
with its cryptograph before him. As
ho sat tluie, poring over its secret
characters, he scarcely looked like
the sumo man on whom Polly Hamil
ton hud fixed all her hopes of future
happiness. The whole expression of
his faeo was changed. Tho bright
and debonair look that characterized
him in society was gone, and all his
latent capabilities for evil camo to the
surface. Rut tho predominant ex
pression was eager, greedy, hungry
love for gold ; and ns ho studied tho
mysterious characters ou the parch
ment, there was but ono thought in
his mind that ho would master its
secret and become the sole possessor
of tho wealth of tho Meiulozas.
That ho would find tho cipher a dif
ficult ono to interpret he hud, of
course, expected; but he hjcii learned
that it wns more than diihVult; it
might even prove impossible. Never
hail ho Fecit such characters. How
should he begin to interpret them?
Was each character a letter, t.:; d, if
so, to what mysterious language did
they belong? Or was each character
a symbol, and, if so, what did the
symbol indicate? Hour after hour he
i pent over the parchment, turning it
hither and thither iu every direction
md looking at it from every point of
view. There wero twelve characters;
l hut was the fust discovery. Wb.Vj
twelve? There wero twelve signs ot
the zodiac, twelve months in the year,
twelve tribes iu Israel, twelve apos
tles. What wns the mystic, significa
tion of twelve? Had it any? He be
:it'.i copying the characters, tracing
them ouo by one, with laborious utiu
uteness. i'They wero certainly not
letters; they wereyes, surely, they
wero fragmeuts of a picture! Ho
took several pieces of paper and
traced each one of the characters sep
arately mi a pieco of tho paper, and
then laid then side by side, to catch
tlmetleet; b"1 this told him nothing.
"If I lii.il it pair of scissors!" be
thought, gazini; helplessly about the
room. "Ah! How welcome would
be the feitfht vf a wumau's wvik-
basket nt teis moment! Tl tluij
nothing I can mnmige with?''
Ho rose from Hie tab!,! and began
walking aimlessly snout, till, catching
sight of his dresfiiig-ca'c iu the inner
room, bo went toward it with tin
ejaculation of triumph.
'My nail-scissors! What was T
thinking of, not to remember them?"
Aud snatching up that implement of
his toilet, Mr. Stanley again sat down
to tho solution of his cryptograph.
With great care ho cut out from the
nieces of paper tacit carefully traced
character, and then he cndi avored
'o lit them together. Ag'.iu mil
igaiu ho trie 1 and failed. The mys
terious scraps of w hat seemed to be a
picture of something had no moaning
by themselves, still less had they any
when ho lai I th-.'iu si b by side, above,
helow nothing. With a groan. h
leaned back in his chair and lookc 1
up at the ceiling. Then he gathered
up the scraps of paper in his hands,
and looked vindictively toward the
grate, iu which, as the alter. ioou had
been chilly, still burned a bri'tiit lire.
Ho was ni the point of crushing tho
papers in his hands to throw them into
the grcte, when ,i sharp knock sounded
on his door. Clarence Stanley slnrted
slightly, uud opening the drawcrof his
table, swept into it the fragments of
paper he ha I s care u!ly cut out, and
o.t top of that the niece of parch .ueiit
with its well kept secret. uiekly
locking the drawer, he t imed impa
tiently t the door, on which now
sounded a second and loud-r knock.
"Como in!" ho cried: and as t'.io
handle was turned ineiVectually, he
hastened toward the doo1', unlocked
it and flung ii open,
"f had torgolten the door wns
locked," he said, with a s irl of inso
lent impat ienee toward everything out
si. It! of it, and then, in it sharp tone
to the servant who stool waiting,
"well, what do you want?"
"Some o:ie--a--a u'cutlciuan to ree
you, sir," answered t'i.e man in a hesi
tating way, as he tendered a ;:-).
which Stanley tool: ; and. w illmut look
ing at it, he said :
"Oh, all right ; show liim up."
As ho glanced on! nft-r the servant,
Stunloy observed thatihe hall lights
were already burning, and ho realised
that ho must have been engaged for
hours iu the efloi t to read tho mys
terious cipher, without even suspect
ing tho approaching du.-k. He poked
his lire viciotu ly, so that it sent out a
myriad of bright sparks ; aud then hav
ing lighted several gas-burners, he
glanced at the card he still held iu hi '
hand ami exclaim .1 :
"Why w ho the tb.uee!"
The name on the card wns:
; ruor. nixai van tam:i.. :
And before Stanley had recovered from
his amazement, the owner liho namii
stood, bowing, iu the doorway.
"Oh, come in!" ex-daimed Stanley,
testily. "If f had read your ii.imi
first, "l don't think I should have had
you come, up, but finee you me here,
perhaps you can be u-eful. Shut the
door, nod lock it, too; I don't want to
be disturbed."
The person to whom tin"-o curl
words had been address";! obeyed tho
concluding direction with the air of u
slave who acknowledges a master; ami,
coming forward, he dropped into a
chair to which Stanley pointed witfl
insolent indi. Terence.
Professor Van Tassel wns a small,
Inrk, slender man of an uncertain age
that, according to circumstances and
the hour of the day, might have be mi
variously guessed at anywin.ro front
thirty to lilt v years. lust now ho
looked about forty; pale, with sunken
hecks, Iougish. straight hair, miuut
and hungry, with large, wild eyes and
an inexpressible appearance of loss.
No one that ever looked at him an t
was capable of putting into thought
the effect produced by his appearance
could have failed to be conscious of
this curious sense of loss w hich he car
ried about with him like an atmosphere;
to some it was pitiful, to others ridicu
lous, and to others still, aud by far tho
greaterini'iihc'-, it was perfectly inex
plicable. To Stanley, who understood it
perhaps even bettor than tho victim
himself, it brought a sudden feeling
of triumph, as he thought of many
ways in which he could make this
wretched being useful.
"Well, old fellow, how did you find
mo out?" bo asked, in a jocular tone.
"Ry what you call 'accident, 'Carlo
what call 'a leading.' I was led
to lounge about tho hotel door
though I knew not for what - till T
saw you come along the street ami
enter Ibis house. Hy asking it ques
tion here and there ami spending my
last few dimes among the waiters, I
learned that you had been staying
here for some time, that yon had re
turned a day or two since from Chi
cago, and tii.tt you wire siill paving
court to the pretty San i'raueisvau
girl whoso father will makehis sen in
law as well as his daughter a million
aire."
to r.n rosrivi in,
e.Servlef" IiiHlm.l nt Hello.
In one of tho new apartment houses
in town they have adopted a plan
which does away with the rule
"Hello" which came in with the tele
phone, and which conservative per
sona have never been able to use with
out an apology to tlifinselves for its
luck of elegance. Hveiy room in tint
houso is connected w it Ii tin" o'.:ic by
telephone. You ring the b '!l, put the
receiver to your ear, and a respectful
voice sayf, with a rising iullectio i,
not "Hello," hut "Service?'' Wash
ington Post.
Th Iiib Vurr V .ir sli-retum-....
A Russian remedy f--r i-.isomu'a is
to have a dog sleep iu tin" mom, and
preferably iu tho same ) 1. It may
be through a scn-. of companionship,
or one of security, or it may net sue
(eslively; ut any laic. It i "aid r.t
limes to pii.v.t of v. due when other
uuaiis. fail, -Public IKnltU Journal.
.&iVXBlJD?ET
ltfinoriif.
When Mddml goes to simp she takes
II. r sweetest smile alone.
Ail I .1 -lie counts her change she mnkca
.Me isi'y wil h her sunns.
Hut. soiled .-mil lutU'lel all to banish,
Me- Imis hack linns' to Ii et
i:.cn; e lie Imunlit n lot of tr.isli
The f.nih.-li only (jet.
I'lii'-aiM Record -Herald.
rorguvn 111. Fneutli..
"And he ilicd in peace with nil the
world."
' Yes. lie even forgave the doctor who
attended him."-J'.altiuiore W orld.
AtlMM'llitlB.
Clarn "It's a thrilling story, isn't
If;"
Maud "One of tin- most thrilling I
ever read. 1 couldn't skip more than
half of It." - Dei roil free Press.
I.noltlni; Out Tor ('oiiifort.
II";ii'.v-"IIow can a man tell when
he begins to g-t oMV"
lulu: "Well, a man has begun to got.
ol.l w in u In- iiliils nut that ho would
rather sit by the lire limn go sleigh
riding." - Detroit 1'ree Press.
t''.nroiil':ii;iliK.
I'liicnologisi "Ami (he hump of ac
quis:' ivi nes "
( holly "Ah! I have a bump of ac
quisitiveness!" His Friend -"Rail Jove! Cholly,
may be you're going to many Miss
ii'otiox!"- I'uck.
I'mircUng llliu AHrr a 1'anliinn.
Riirgkir-"'i'ake off that coat ami
vest."
Victim -"Riii I shall get chilled if 1
di.-robe.''
I'.urgkir- jii'.i won't. I'll keep
y.iu I'lycrei! wiili this gun." Chelsea
i.Mas.-O li.iz.etle.
Wont I'rrim ilu Wttiiilerer.
Hear Tom-"Here it is three weeks
:i"ier Cliii.Min.is, and as 1 write this I
sit wiih my window open. Think of
'.niil,- that b::ek iu old New Rutland"'
-- .linUc
(ii'litlrineii.
"Von don't know how to make love!"
sneered the Ceiillcman of the Old
" No," laughed the (hiilleman of the
New School. "I have all that to the
w,mi. n. I have need only to make
money! " Life.
Au .Mil Story.
Castleton "Willie, for a younger
hiviher, you don't seem to have much
curiosity about your lister and my
self." Willie--"No. I did when the fellows
first came, but now I guess I've seeu
all there is to be scou." Detroit Free
Pre..
Tlit" llciiliiii; Touch of Time.
Mrs. Dash - The idea of Mrs. Hash
having society aspirations; why, hei
father was a huckster."
Mr. Dash "Yes; she's entirely too
forward. She ought to hang back until
people have forgotten it. Now, in our
case, my th ai', il was your grandfather
who was a huckster." Detroit Flee
Pre as.
Coal.
'You doii'i get such poetry as was
written in days gone by," said the re
gretful person.
"Of course you don't," answered the
smug modernist. "There Is no further
demand for it. There is so much
ilays gniie by poetry already ou the
market thai there is no further de
mand for it." Washington Star.
A I elil Iti jiiiiiiler.
"Dcre ain't much sympathy iu dis
world, an' dat's a fat k," said Meander
im; Mike. "1 took tlat policeman into
i i ' eenli'b nee. 1 tohl him dat l had
km! all tie troubles extant; dat I was
a collection of sorrows."
"Wlril .lid he doV"
'lie leiiokcd nic over ntf den said
il was aliotu lin e fur him to lake uo
foiled i-hi." - Washington Slur.
Tli" Coiivi'titloiiHl llollMr.
Tho boy litially foiilhicil to me IliJit he
was coining lo New York, and with
.l.oO iu bis pot kct.
"You ore tempting Fate!" I es
I'luimcd, oud tirurtl him by ull means
to throw' the hall dollar into the hay,
as we crossed over on Hie ferry.
J'.ui ho was brave, and declared he
would sin eei. I, in spile of conventionalities.-
Puck.
hen in lln I'ttilrtl.
Here," said lh" president of the
sired railway company, "you'll have
to look lor another job. We must
make a change."
"What's the trouble? We haven't
had any strikes lately. I've succeeded
iu kcepi'-.g the men satis-lied on low
wages, uud I've been cutting down the
ni her operating expenses right along,
haxtn'l 1';"
es, but I've just been inspecting
tin. i ;ii. and 1 '.lie I that the straps iu
mo t id' Iheui ai' marly .is good as
xt. You iiiuM u" The illredors'll
ttexer stand ilia:, " - Chicago Kevord
Undid. ' "
WHEN TO WIND YCUR WATCH.
Rrgular Trenliiicnt 1 -yi-iilliit lo Accuracy
nf l-'llie Tiilifliif f r.
"My watch has developed a most
mnoying irroirularliy," remarked n
rery businesslike woman. "It lost and
rained time by turns until I conceived
the disagreeable Impression of having
(mid a tlrst-class price for a third-class
trtlele. Full of resentment. I posted
iff to the dealer In chronometers from
whom the watch hud been purchased
md accused him of having trcand me
unfairly.
"He opened my timepiece." she con
tinued, "nnd having examined its in
ternal economy very closely, remarked:
It's simply a ease of unconscious ni
di. v lo a faithful but sensitive friend.'
Those liiile workers lhai tirelessly tick
thing, even when I heir owners are
isleep. are worthy of far better treat
ment than they receive. Fully liim ly
iiine per cent, of the people who t arry
watches never give them a thought.
"Take, for instance, the simple pro
N'ss of winding a watch. There is a
right and a wrong way of tlo'.ng II.
Whether It be by key or a stem, it
-lioiihl bo wound in lln" morning. Torn
slowly and avoid all jerky iimveim ins.
l'he watch will then work best dining
the day, as the spring will exert iis
strongest traction power, whereby the
?xternnl jostllmrs Indicted on the
ivalch by your daily works and walks
ire fairly eiiunlerbalaiiied. When a
ivul eh Is wound at niht it has only
the weakened spring to offer as re
sistance to the jerks and jobs of the
laylime. The morning xviiuliug also
lessens the danger of breaking the
mainspring, v.liieh, being no longer at
full tension al nighi. can stand the
:old better.
"All watches keep heller time as tin"
result of regular habits, Imu'l lay it
loun one night uud hang it up the
next. Keep it in the same position as
icarly ns circumstances will permii.
hi second -class wait lies ihe r.ue dif
ference between Ihe horizontal and
verlieal position is oticn ipiite signiii
ant. Nor should yon hang your
watch on a mill where il can swing to
ind fin like n n'li 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n i . It will cither
sain or lose a great thai while in Hint
position.
"The difference in temperature be
tween your breast or a man's waist
?oat pocket and a wall, lh.ll may be
nearly nt Ihe freezing point, is about
seventy-seven to eighty eighl degrees
Filhl-nheil. ami a xv.U. h should Ihere
lore never be suspended or laid against
1 cold surface. Sudden changes in h:
temperature of the alinosphere are tho
Muses of most mainsprings breaking.
The watch wearer should clean his or
her pockets frequently, carefully
brushing out all dust and fibre, for
.here never was a joining made light
enough to keep out all tlii-st. This gets
Into the oil which has thickened xviili
lime, and necessarily prodm-i s irregu
larities of rate. Kven wiih the great
est care a watch should be cleaned
.nice in eighteen months', and every
renr would be belter. I!.v thv. time th,.
.ill dries no nnd mixes with metallic
lust; it grinds away on the work- lik"
r-niery. When 1 tell you ihat a wat.-h
licks ,'!VMi:i times in one day. yo.i can
compute the gigantic task it performs
'n n year. Treat your watch reasona
bly, and it will appreciate stidi tare,
md -will serve you faithfully a a
friend Iu need." "-Washington Star.
Slippery Siilrirulkf:.
Slippery sidewalks that have be, n
'ho rule for the past few mornings
have tended to bring ot:t emphatically
me of the peculiar sides of human nu
lure. No matter how much Ihe fall
injures a man physically, it seems as
nothing to the damage to his seli'-is
icem if perchance his misfortune hup
liens to be tvilln sscd by some one else,
l'he first thing ihe inn'oi innate tines
after picking himself up is to iook nil
ibollt him xvlth an Idiotic smile on his
face just as if he look ihe whole
thing as it juke, bin anxious to see if
anyone has seen his Uimhl".
If there happens to lo some one
near by who has wiinessul the fall the
smile vanishes ami there is a display
of temper that is lmlit roits. It is h s
hat. that suffers. It is p.'iinded iu-i-teitd
of hni'diod. as If thai hai was
responsible for th,. humiliation. ; as
if he could gel sipiaie with Ihe Im,
by a rough-house" sort of In i:-iii;i".
if, however, no one is iu sighl. an.', no
face is seen at it window, the i!tii..r
lunate goes his way nfier a few pre
liminary limps, as if the ihing was a
innller-of-course incident thai n.u; b
taken gootl natiiri'tlly iu fninumn with
the other trilling affairs of a lifeiii.ie.
The result is aboio the s;iiuo when a
sol i, slushy snow hall, hill li d by a
mischievous boy, finds its mark mi ihe
broad back of an otherwise digiiifed
person.- Washington Siar.
Animal. Stimrtlinr. Kill Tin in .riven.
You often- inore's ihe pity! hear
about men killing theinselvt s. bin did
you ever hear thai animals i.iUe their
own lives? There Is a Florida beetle
that dies in one's luuui ihe ii.Mant it
is caught, front excitement, maybe,
vml a sea cucumber, akiti to the siai
lish. that gels so iiind when xeii tiis
Hull il that It throws out all its dit
live organs. The crab often ilnn,
away a limb, if in any way ii is in.-o.
useless. It Is easily tlmie. In lie
trail's upper arm there is a huh
groove, and when he grows exeiieti
ami xxauts lo jerk off his arm. he
jerks il back and off it conies at ih
little grooved ring. There is a kind
of lizard that drops its tall iu He
grass when the captor draws near. Tin
Inil squirms on lo attract attention
while Mr. Lizard slides out of sighl
The fox will gimxx off a paw lo release
himself from a trap, ami the "man
lis." all insect, biles oil' its loo when
captured A dug xvill sonu l Iim s vi n v.
himself lo death al his muslt-r's grave.
.Many xx i It I animals refuse to cat x hcu
naufiUb-Chicsgo Ifccwd-Uerald.
I'.i'i'f lying Attention Mow.
Til rllR paramount importance of
' I 1 this class of internal im
J ' provclnciits begins to receive
Ihe intention which the bene
fits that, will How therefrom demand.
Iu Illinois ami four Southern States,
through whii h the Illinois Central Rail
road passes, Ihat company nml the
National Oood Roads Association have
recently constructed twenty miles of
eatlh. stone and gravel mails In the
presence of thousands who desired to
learn the art of road building. Con
ventions on l'oatl building have been
held in Louisiana. Mississippi, Tennes
see ami Kentucky. The South has
realized that lands, however fertile,
foi'esis however vast, ami minerals
though rich and varied, have but
little market value xx In n inaccessible,
ami such tiny really arc xvlthout good
roads loading to and from lliem.
The late liulfahi F.xpnsll loll brought
together large numbers of men who
had made good mads the subject of dis
cussion at meetings held there, and
great interest was taken and much
cnihilsiasiit :irotised. It was math;
known ihat Ihe Federal iovernmeiit
had established un otlice. known as :iu
Olliee of Public Itnad Inquiries, in the
Department of Agriculture, and thai
experts therefrom have constructed
mails In a dozen Western ami South
ern Stales as object lessons, which
work was done wider the observation
of thousands of Interested settlors.
'l'he employment of the idle on mails
during periods of business depression,
the utilization of prison labor, ami the
appropriation by special tax of a spc
cilie sum annually are objecls worthy
of the serious consideration of every
farmer, wagon maker, bicycle manii
faeiuror ami merchant in lh mniry.
Not. only these classes, but every
resilient of a county is directly or indi
rectly lffccloil by the lack of good
roads. Rad mails increase the cost of
fuel, provisions iiiul all commodities;
thai need to be transported and de
prive people of health illltl comfort
pleasant drives over gootl roads pro
mote. In view of the fact Ihat nil arc
affected by the question, imne should
neglect to assist In devising ways
and means to bring about such essen
tial improvements. There should be
a gootl mads i lub at. every county
scat, with members from every loxvn
iu the county, who would confer with
i heii' neigh' iii's on market days, ami
iu.ee a month there should I a general
.Reeling ft.;- comparison of xiews and
lisiribmiou of literature on the subject.
Circulars and reports should be pre.
r.irctl from the National Contl Konds
Association ami from the olliee herein
before referred to connected xvlth the
Department of Agriculture nt Wash
ington. D. C. The members of Ihe
Legislature ami the supervisors should
be asked, from time to time, what they
have done, or are doing for good roads,
ami if found lo be negligent, a commit
tee should be appointed to Spur t hem
on in t he good work.
cll reliance, ministry nun vigilance
on this and iu all things are essential
to success. Ry organization, education!
and agitation the necessary legislation j
can be secured, but not otherwise. i
f,ttrriiipnt iif llleliwavft.
Much credit is given by Mr. Marlic
Dodge. Director of the Vnilod Slatef
Oii'n-e of Public Road Inquiries, to
what be calls "the rellcx intluenre of
the bicycle and the automobile" for
forming the public sentiment which If
crystali.ing into the bcllerinont of
b ghways in nil pans of this country
ami Camilla. Writing in the .Municipal
.louinul and engineer, Mr. Dodge says
that many States which formerly re
fused lo spend any money on road im
pi'incincii's are mov. iu response to the
general demand, making generous ap
propriations, ami Ihe prospects every
v. here arc encouraging to those Vv'ho
for years pn ached lo thaf ears the
etiinoluy of these expenditures. He
also tells in detail of the admirable
missionary nml; done In the South
by means of the "Oootl Roads Train,"
which, tarrying tight carloads of Hip
best ami most important roatlmakiiig
machinery ami a par.y of export oper
ators, roadmakors and engineers, has
been slowly moving from toxvn to
loun, giving in each a practical illus
traiion of the speed and cheapness
with which l hose who know how and
have the proper utensils tan ereati
highways up to modern requirements.
The train was made up in Chicago
through the co-operation of the Na
tional Association of (iood Roads, the
Illinois Central Railroad and several
manufacturers of road making ma
chines. It slatted in April, and by the
middle of duly exhibition"1 bail been
given nml informal ion imparted to
large numbers of deeply interested ( it
Incus iu New Orleans. La.; Natchez,
tirecnsville, iranaila. McCoiub Oily,
and Jackson, Miss ; Jackson. Tciin.;
I.onis iHe, llopkinsville aud Owens
I onaigii, Ky., ami F.llingliani, ill. Al
iuot of these places two miles of
specimen l'oatl were made, usually in
less than two days, and the almost in
variable result of the demonstration
was tbo formation of a local society
to push forward the good werk.
Workmen. Unfilllng'1 In London.
London oxvns at the present tiun
completed duellings containing ovc;
I ."iint nm lilt His, eiceletl solely for Hit
bent in el the working class. din
housing st heme, the largest ever al
I templed in Loudon or elsewhere. In
volved the txpeuditure of MIO.OW,
BRICANDACE IN MACEDONIA.
Inl vrrnitl Atluiiraliou For tlin Men Wtia
ICol nntl I'liinttri'.
The bandit Is Ihe Macedonian hero.
The admiration of him Is iuhreil. fireek
Independence was won by bnudils in
ured to lighting and marches, not by
townsmen. The Crock National cos
tume today the resplendent uniform
worn the the King's crack regiment of
"ICtizoiies" is that of the Albanian
brigand. Macedonia spasmodically
hopes to be redeemed from Islam as
was (i recce. Iu a country where pov
erty Is the sole safeguard against plun
der, the brigand is the only hero, and
he is the only dandy. He comes into
Ihe seuil-weekly market, where tho
xvnmeii chatter over their wans, or
strides through a railway car, known
by everybody, with his snoxv xvbiie
ftistanella standing out about him like
a ballet daneie 's skirl, his lieavlly-las-selled
cap. his embroidered tunic stiff
with gleaming metal, txvlrling bis fierce
niustaehols. The romantic young envy
111 Oi ; their elders at hast recognize In
hint a familiar bunion. lie Is popular.
The world hears nothing of Ihe bri
gands unless they disturb Kuroponns.
Willi natives their methods arc drastic.
The famous Nicko mice took from Lar
issa two children of different families,
whom he held for ransom at ."'in and
b"l Urns, respectively. The wealthier
parents t oth clued their child. The
other pair xv-ro very poor. They sent
fi f t y liras. wit li humble apologies.
Nicko reiiirneil the money, lty heroic
efforts the distracted people scraped
together 1" bras; again Nicko re
turned them, giving in a peremptory
message three days lo furnish the en
tire sum. When the three days bad
passed he sent hack Hie child cut into
four pieces. Kismet! It was fale!
Nothing was done.
Seventy or eighly dollars for a un
live. .Slno.iioo for a foreigner -that is
about ihe scn'm anil Hi" measure of the
land's poverty. This same Nicko look
from the heart of a village, no one
hindering hlni, Mr. and Mrs. s.viigc,
liritish subjects. He scut Mrs. Syngo
to Consul i !i neral Hlunt. In Salmilea.
to say that Hie ransom was lixetl at
tfliMi.Ooo. Women are seldom taken
by brigands; it Is Ihe theory, natural
enough In the Fast, Ihat a Woman
cannot walk or ride well enough It)
slaiiti hasty inarches. Resides, iu JI.icc
tlonhiu circles, there is still no doubt
lo which is the important person,
Hie head of Ihe family. When bandits
steal women it argues tin education iu
Western ways. .Mr. Sy ngo xvas well
treated ami fed hearlily; if occasionally
Nicko would smile wickedly and draw
Ids linger across his throat iu panto
mime, it was but Ihe custom of tho
foiuiiry. lie was polite enough In ne
gotiating by mi sscnger xvlth Mr. Rlunt,
issumliig all the airs of a belligereut.
party. Iu the end Rlunt got Synge off
fnr .'S'.O.OtHi ami forty gold (?) watches
bought for each in Hm Sahulica
market. Rlunt's kavass took the money
into the mountains and met Nicko, who
bit i. ml tested every coin of the gold.
I bl owing out a few light, pieces. The
watches were all acceptable. That
ended the transaction exnept that the
kavass nearly came to bUxvs with
Nicko because the latter wouldn't fee
him for his trouble iu carrying Ihe
money. The Kra.
Tlie Seat of the Soul. .
Professor Lombard, of Ann Arbor,
Instructor of physiology in the Cni
xersity of Michigan, believes that he
has localcd the dwelling plavo of Hie
soul iu Hie spinal column. He has
arrived at this conclusion aflwr many
mouths of experiments with frogs.
Results of experiments seem to in
dicate that dea 111 through the medium
of Hie bralii tines not terminate the con
trol of the muscles. The professor
produced before bis class a live frog,
from which he removed the brain. It
was then suspended by Its under jaxv.
An hour later a drop ot acellc acid
was touched lo Its foot.
instantly the frog began to Jerk and
twitch lo get away from the stings of
the acid. Twenty four hours later a
tiny bit of liber paper saturated xvith
it ciil xvas placed against the body. The
frog kicked XVillt both legs Illltl tlls
lotlgtd the paper. Placed upon its
back. Ihe paper was shaken off. I'.veiy
I i im. ii was placed on any pari of Hie
body tile legs sen I il living.
Professor Lombard calls this activity
'"reason movements," and will con
linue his experiments for the purpose
of ascertaining how far the reasoning
instinct may go. New York Times.
Hoof IHiellcr. In !Snw York,
Perched high tip in midair, atop the
lolly olliee buildings, are liule homes
ns quiet ami secluded as though liny
stood beside some country lane, in
stead of directly above throbbing, h'lf
ryiug, maddening Rroadway. Suxeial
years ago some inventive architect dt -vised
the plan of locating carctakcrrt
ami their families ou the roofs of tho
buildings of which they have charge,
'l'he plan xvas so satisfactory in every
respect that it has been very gciicially
followed. Within an ana of a few
blocks iu the doxvnlown district dozens
of families are living thus, above the
eaves oi Ihe tallest buildings in tho
world. They form a quaint ami littel
esling colony.- Ledger Monthly.
Flntltnjc h liravo Wltlt nn F-kr.
The Mian tsze, a Irils' in Asia, xvill
not bury a man until they have first
tested the ground wiih an egg.
This operation is curious. While Hie
body is being pr pared for burial, u
number of Mian ts.o, including th
male relatives of the deceased, go out
to the appointed spot, bearing a large
basket of eggs.
Stooping down, one of the natives
lets an egg drop softly on the ground.
Its breaking ! considered an ill omen,
ami another spnl is selected III Ibis
way the parly of ten wander about for
hours, dropping eggs until one strikes
a piuce where the shell dews not viuck,
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