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l)(itl)ara Record II. A.. I A)M)(h( EDixoii a:;u tkotiui.toii. TtHMS OF &L'BSC:.!FTICK, $1.50 PER YEAR Sirictiy in Advance. ADVERTISI M G 0;:s h.;uuto, one insertion ': c RijUw( i wo insertions One Square, cue month 11.03 1.60 VOL. XXIV. 1T1TSIJOUO, CHATHAM COLNTV, i. C, THURSDAY, JULY ;v, J!M2. For larger advertisements liberal COD tricu will be uit.de. A NOVEL. (ISABELLA CASTLLAlt.) ('up?ri'il. lSJi al li.'.', by l'.oiEit Konnki'h HonO CITATTEK XX. ri.AVi.v.i wix;i nun. When Mury Hamilton and Dolores next met, there was on tho face of the latter a relloetioii of "tliiit light tlmt never was on sen or land," ami sho bad quite forgotten, for the luoinout, their conversation of the night before aud tho cause of i . When Clarence Stanley culled, lute in the day, he, too, observed that li.jht, and uito mis andorstood it. It wua like a halo about her head aud face, and when her eyes met his and soot led to bathe him iu their shining loveliness, he did not suspect that sue had looked through him without so much us soring him; and as his heart hounded to meet that look, he t lion t lit : "Tho girl iive.i me! I have seen that look before in women's eyes: nothing hut love evir culls it there! but let me beware, as old Van says; it is better she should do all the loving, siuco I can master l.er belter that way. Confound Mury Hamilton! If sho would only leave us alone for half an hour together! Let inn once throw Dolores into the mesmeric franco Uovv, auk he is mine forever." And Dolores, all uikmiihc ions of his presence, smiled at her own thoughts and passed on. Tho triuuiih which Stanley now felt in his p.,.ver over Van Tassel, increased by what ho mistook for open encouragement on the part of Dolores, made hi:u comparatively in diffeieut to the e fleet of tho unlucky contretemps between himself and Mrs. Helmhultz and tho now evident jealousy of Mary Hamilton. He felt Lis position strong in every respect. Let "old Hamilton," as ho now thought of him, suspect what he pleased; let I'olly be jealous either of Celostiuo or Dolores or both. There wag but one person living who could disprove his present identity, und poor old Van was us harmless now as a toothless dog whoso bark was fdleuced also. Had it not been that lio had no other chance of seeing l)i;lores, ho would not any longer go through the form of keeping up his, intimacy with tho Hamilton!). Hut until ho had quite won Dolores it would be necessary to continue his visits to Tolly; and, in order to bo ready for any contingency, it would 1)6 safer to reinuiu on good terms with her parents. Hut nothing could ex ceod his self-confidence and placid in difference, and this manner of his, which was so genuine it did not seem to be assumed, was powerful in its effect on Mr. Hamilton ami his wife. It was, indeed, rather too powerful iu its effect on Mrs. Hamilton. "Wo have done wrong to show tho least doubt of Clarence," said tho anxious mother. "J fear it has offended him, and it may be the ineuus of estranging him from Tolly; and nyw that" you have convinced yourself that there cin be no doubt of Lis succeeding to the title, what will become of us if anything should part Liiu from Tolly? She has grown to almost worship him, and a separation between them, from any cause, would kill the dear child." "What should separute them?" ex claimed Mr. Hamilton. "Nonsense! Hasn't a father a right to be particu lar? My mistake was in not looking into his affairs sooner; and it still bothers me that I can meet no ono who ever knew him in England, liut, cf course, that is all right. Ho is Clarence Stanley, and like enough to be Earl of Windermere by what I bear; but don't say anything to him on that subject. If he were fifty earls rolled into one, he would not bo too good for my daughter, and I wish you and Tolly would remember that. 8be lets him see how fond sho id of him far too much. You women ought to know enough to keep that more to yourselves. Toll Tolly so. It would do the fellow good if she held him off a bit. Aud, bye tho bye, since we are talking business, tho Windermere estates are heavily mortgaged, and Clarence hasn't money enough to clear them, lie know s that Tolly's bank account will bo seven llgures on her wedding day, und he is by no means indifferent to that cir cumstance." Tho result of this confidence be tween husband and wife was a half playful, holf-contidential conversation between mother und daughter, with in tho next twenty-four hours. "Aud don't bo so ready to throw yourself into his arms, Tolly, dear," suid Mrs. Hamilton in conclusion; "for, really, meu are so pieer, und the best of them prefer tho love that is tho hardest to win." "Oh, mamma," exclaimed Tolly, between laughing and crying, "don't ever try to shine as u worldly-wise, maneuvering mother, for indeed tho tou-iu-luw that would bo deceived by your artful wiles would not bo Worth the having!" "And that's not Clarence," re sponded Mrs. Hamilton, "for he's worth the having. But remember 'what I say, Tolly, dear, all the same." "I will try to, mamma, dear; but I am afraid it is rather late in the day," sighed Tolly. And that is how it chanced, when on the next day that Stanley called and asked for Miss Hamilton, ho was told to wait in thedrawing rooui, if he was oblo to spare time, because Miss Polly was very much engaged. )p3i)ish (reesdre. "Toor Polly Hamilton!,' If she hud tried for u month to think of tho one thing above all others that would at that moment liuve pleased Stanley the mo st, she could not have been more successful than she was now in sending him that cool and careless message; for. as ho entered the drawing-room, Stanley wus aware t hut Dolores was seated tit tho farther end of it, half buried iu an arm-chair anil sorting a pile of yellow roses that lay on her lap. Never had she looked so beautiful. She did not attempt to leave the room; indeed , Stanley's presence had become, a matter of indifference to Dolores. Another atmosphere now wrapt her completely from his inlbi enoe that she had forgotten eveu her former dislike nuil fear of him; and that feeling which, combined with her love und anxiety for Tolly Hamilton, had so troubled her that she could not tell if sho was repelled or uttructed, was now so entirely in abeyance that for tho present sho was no longer con scious of it. She looked up as he approached her and said, with u careless nod: "Tolly will bo here presently:. Sit down." "Tho longer sho stays away t la better I shall be pleased," said Clar ence, drawing forward a chair so that he sat directly opposite Dolores. She looked up iu mill? questioning of his words, but she made no other answer. "liecause her absence gives me tho pleasure of a little talk with yon, fair est cousin, and I havo too little of that." Dolores had put two beuufiful aui-ber-colorcd roses together, ami laid them against tho front of her corsage it was now June, aud she wore a loose gown of cool, white India silk, without color or any ornament, for sho was t till iu mourning. Hut the golden lino of tho flowers, like pris oned sunshine against he dress, hud a perfectly dazzling effect, together with the gleaming light of her eyes through her long lashes mid the sheen of her brouzo-brovvn hair. "You are very beautiful!" suid Stanley. How often ho had suid those words to other women how often ho hud laughed iu his heart at the other women to whom ho hail said them. Hut now they really seemed to havo a meaning, und his breath came quick and his pulses throbbed while he watched this woman to whom they seemed to havo no meaning. "Do yull think so?" usked Dolores, with supremo indifference. "What do you know of beauty?" "Xot much, indeed, cousin, till I met you," said Stanley, with uhiimhlo sincerity ho had never practiced till that moment. Yes, it was true, ho said to him self all ho hud told Yuu Tassel, mid more, too. Ho loved, adored, wor shiped this girl. Sho might, if she cared, make of him what she would something even good enough to he loved by herself or good or bad, what mattered it? Ho could give up the whole world and all that it con tained, content only to sit at hor feet ami worship there, if she would but let him. "You must not call mo 'oossiu,' " laughed Dolores, mockingly. "I don't believe we are even cousins." "Then something nearer, dearer, Dolores. I love you! I love you!" He bent toward aud would have takeu her hand, bat sho snatoned it from his touch and pushed back her chair with a movement of violent, passionate fet.r ami louthing. "Don't daro to touch mel" she cried. "You love me? Oh, you are mad!" "I am mad, or anything you choose to make me; but listen, Dolores you ahull listeu! I love you! I have never before loved any woman. I did not kuow 1 could love. I am had; urn evil; J know it; 1 acknowledge it. Hut to love you would redeem any man. I feel myself exalted, purl lied when I am near you. You can make mo an angel like yourself. Without you, I shall be, is I havo ever been, a devil! Think, girl, that you cuu save a soul from Satan. Does that mean nothing to an angel such us you uro? It is your mission to save me. I belong to you. Ta It my fault that I have borne heritage of evil handed down to me for hundreds of years, while vou finve in herited only goodness null purity? It is your duty to redeem me the debt my Indian ancestor owes to roo. Dol ores! Dolores! We are the last of our race. To us belongs the countless treasure of tho Menuozas. It is ours to enjoy, ours to possess it forever, to lift tho curse of the ludian woman from the race of the Mendozas. You said but now that I was not your cousin. liehold! Is not this the birthmark of the Mendozss?" With a sweeping gesture he pushed back the golden hair from his temple, and there Dolores beheld the woll known birthmark inherited from Tedro Mendoza. "The black heart!" she cried. "Oh, come not near mel Murderer, doubly, trebly accursed! Yes, you do indeed bear the mark of the Mendozas; but ouly those of tke black heart are horsed past redemption, Maruja! Marujal Evn jour love cauaot savs Uiml" f:'ho v.Tun ; Is-r hauls j nfionaiely together, while c. low ntiari of tho deepest distress burst fnon her lips; lor face hecuuit! sit and white, her eye rolled wildly, then closed as if suddenly ulued to ;e".'.e'i ; and, as sho sank helpless into her ehair, her head fell buck, and Stanley saw that idio had heivmo unconscious. It was so su bleu, so unexpected, that he could hardly comprehend what had happened; but iu the next moment his heart, gave an exultant hound, "At last, at last!" he muttered. "I would have loved her; I would havo knelt at her feet us a slave; but she would not have it so; now she is at my mercy, and she shall bo the slave, Hot would have taken tho step toward her, but his feet seemed glued to the tloor; he raised his bunds, but when ho would have waved them be fore her face they deemed suddenly like lend, while u cold breeze seemed to strike u chill to his very heart. "What is this?" he thought. "Am I then powerless over her?" He seemed to hear the hollow echo of a mocking laugh, und every evil in stinct of his nature rose to light for him. Let come what might, he would compel her to seo the treasure und de scribe its hiding-place, (iold, gold! Thut wus tho passion of his soul, and now ho returned to it with feverish gladness, all the more its devoted slave because of his brief inlidelity, his Meeting fancy for a woman's love. "Can you see the hiding place of tho Mendo.u treasure iu the Santiago Canyon?" he asked imperiously. ' I am there," suid the voice of Do, ores; yet not her voice, as it seemed to Stanley, though speaking through her lips. "Describe the place." "Near a sycamore tree, far up tho canyon, where the wild pnnsies, tho poppies and the blue forget-me-nots star tho ground." "Can you see beneath tho earth?" "Yen, where gold lies in veins through tho earth and a thousand iicU and rure jewels lie buried." "How cun I reach it?" "That I shall not tell you?" "You shall; I command you!" "I will not obey." Stanley bent forward nnd, with nil tho force of his strong aud evil will, fixed his gleaming eyes on tho still white face before him, aud with set teeth and hands clenched, he hissed in low, vibrant tones: "I command you, by the strength of my will and by all the depths of evil iu my soul, that evil which yo fear and tremble at, to auswer aud obey me!" "I refuse and I defy you!" Choking with rage, blind with fury, he would have rushed on tho slight ami quivering form iu the effort to wrench by physical force the obedience ho could not command; but when bo would have seized the insensible form of Dolores, his arms once more fell, powerless, to his sides ami a shock us if from an electric battery thrilled through him frv.ni head to foot. Again a cold breeze, chill, benumbing, hor rible, smote on his face, aud a pule silvery mist, shot through with glit tering dust of tire, set -mod to rise In -tween hiiuand Dolores. It grow denser and tho air rew colder; and a shadowy face, dark, menacing, terri ble, looked at him, while two great, glowing eyes glared on him so fiercely they seemed to burn into his brain. Willi a smothered imprecation of fear and impotent rage, Stanley fell back before the look of those eyes; und when they had faded uway and all the air was clear again, he rubbed his own eyes us one awaking from sleep and darted forward toward Dolores. The chair in which she had been seated was empty; the door elose be side it was open, aud sho had evi dently left the room. "What is the nieuuiug of all this?" exclaimed Clarence. "Is it magic? Witchcraft? Or have I been asleep, drugged, hypnotized?" He turned aud strode across the room toward the other door, aud as he parted tho curtains he found himself confronted by a face, so drawn, con torted, livid with suffering that he looked long upon the once familiar features before he recognized them. Then he said: "Tolly! Oh, Tolly! Is it you?" "Yes, Clarence it is I!'' CIIATTKU XXI. some or T1IK RKSI I.TS, Her voico w as changed as greatly ns her face; und pushing aside the cur tain, she entered the room, sinking heavily into tho nearest chair. "How long have you been here?'' ho said at last. "I don't know-; I can't tell. It seems a long while." "How much have you heard?" "Everything, 1 suppose; but I un derstand nothing nothing, except thut you love Dolores only Dolores. You liu.'e never loved me never loved any ono hut Dolores, ouly Dolores always and always Dolores! Oh, my I I it it, my llita, whom I loved! Oh. my Clarence, my Clureuce, who never loved me!" "Tolly, Tolly, won't you listen? Can you forgive?" "Tlease, don't oh, please, don't speak to me! Ouly go away now and leave me! Tlease, only go away just now and let me, be alone!" , Stanley turned from her quickly. He was, indeed, stilling, choking, and he gladly rushed into the hall and out into the street. The situation was bo eomo too much tveu for his iron nerves, and although the cool air seemed to brighten his mind and bring back his scattered wits, he walked as in a nightmare. TO BR CONTINt'Eo. The dogs in Barnwell County, S. C, arc retained at s valuation of 81'2,8iiO, while the assessed value of the entire property of the county in sheep aud goats is $'2,01. THE WOMEN OF JAPAN, Improvement Iu Their Com It inn the Ef fect of Western Civilization. Tho place occupied by woman !n nil far Eastern lands is. In giucral. wcil known. In Japan, however, for the largest part of Its history, woman ha not been cjuite the social zero or slave sho has been in India, Shun, China, or Korea. In'lecd, In undent times anil until about M) years ago, the Japanese woman stood comparatively high, not only us wife and mother and compan ion in the homo! but as scholar, writer, artist aud adviser in business, aud even In affairs of state. It Is remarkable that In the early classics cf Japanese literature the names of women lire among those of the li adcrs Iu both prose and jsietry. I'ntil the t'.ilrteentli eeiiturv their social relations were in grt-at degree unconstrained, and they were graced, along with (loiiiestle knowledge, by many of the highest attainments in refined lcariiinsrlu his tory, poetry, Action ami religious lore, mill in artistic skill. The change, to le deplored, that at length befell woman's I position, took place eliielly in couse i queiiee of the universal civil wars that j devastated the i-mplre froi.i the thir teenth to the sevellt. entll centuries, ! a ml the dominance during the bitter j part of Japan's middle nges of the j social regulations of the Chinese age I of Confucius. I Willi the acceptance of Confucianism j by the upper and ruling classes about j three centuries ago, ihe Japanese wom an sank almost out of sight as a social factor everywhere outside the h nie; and so she remained i.ntil the present period of the general political, religious, scientific ami social revlvilicution of the people under the influence of the civilization of Christendom. I can best illustrate woman's position during the 'J.'iO years of the Takuguwn IShoguiiate, the age just preceding the recent restoration of the Kniperor to active sovereignty, by a few quotations from the "(ireater learning for Wom en," the code most w idely accepted as regulative of woman's place aud con duct. "Seeing that It is a girl's destiny on reaching womanhood." says the Onnii Dulgaku, "to go to a new home and live In submission to her father-in-law ami mother-in-law. It Is even more incumbent on In.' than it is on a boy to receive with till reverence her parents' Instructions." "The only qualities that belit a hi man are gentle ! obedience, chastity, mercy i:nd quiet I lie.-s." "After her marriage her chief duty Is to honor her father-in law ami her I mother In-law- to honor them even be I yond her own lather and Mother i m love ami revenuee thorn witli all I ardor, and to lend iiieui with oer.v practice of tliial pieiy." "A woman must look to In r husband as her lord" I or, as another code expresses it, "as ln-r only heaven ti look up to" "ami must serve him with ail wniship ami reverence." "Her lifelong duty is obedience." SI mil else Is enjoined In this code, tint only in like lone, concerning wom an's relations, which are exclusively those of daughter, wife ami mother. The closing lnjunctlou reads: "Tar cuts, teach the foregoing maxims to your daughters from their tenderest yetirs. Copy them out from time to time, that they uiuy rend und never forget them." T.ut during the pnst fifty years, un der the benelicent Increase of the in fluences of Western civilization, Im portant changes, just now becoming strongly marked, have begun to affect thV degrading social eondltluii. It can not be said thut these changes have us yet been very widely iperative. Japanese society Is still greatly bound by the code of Confucius. Outside the capital and tome of the chief commer cial centres women still remaiu ig norant of what you und I consider their essential worth. They are de prived of the sense of personal freedom and the self-reliance necessary for their own best welfare and for the best development of human society, of w hich they are parts, co-ordinate with im u. The changes if which 1 speak began, I occasioned by the pro-ioieigii move- incut started about thiny years ago. I The .slaiesmeii then iu eiiniiiiaml of I t he empire, in establishing an enlight j i-ned educational system, were induced to include In their plans a lilicrnl cdu : cation for girls, and to send to Amer ica and Europe sienc promising young woine'.i for preparation Iu forelgi schools us teachers for their country women. At present there are more than r,iHn women employed as instructors in schools modeled in iiccorihunv with he educational sysuius of ihe West; and in those seii .oU are more than a million girls as pupils. Wuu'nns Jour nal. Three 1'lrit. of Women. It Is worthy of observation that tho three greatest periods of English liter ature und remarkable military con quest occurred under three women Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria. The reign of ljueeii Elizabeth, which lasted forty-five yours (Ems ltioiti, received an unfading lustre from Shakespeare, Bacon, Sidney, Spenser nnd Hen John sou, und la forever associated with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Un like her predecessor. Queen Anne was an Indolent woman of ordinary capac- by. lint In her short re.;: of twelve years llT'C-ITl Si We le'd A Misoii. Ci Vi'i ve. Defoe. Tope, I'lii :1. Swift an oiho" authors; Newii.n .ml Kerl eley, with their Mllua'd" d: -. o eri"s ill si l ence, then truly ill i.s imaio-y; the great Duke of .MniTmroiigh w ii.niti:: Lis brilliant victories, and the twin n of England and Scotland. ilttt it was in th, reign of uiieon Vii toiin -the longest in Kriti.-ii nt:mi!s that, the greatest advances w-'i I'liiile In all departments of human knowledge. This re'nn of nearly sis-ty-foiir years witnessed gnat liie.ary achievements, great contributions to art and music, tremendous progress in niedicul science, the prolongation of liuiiiuu life and the alleviation el' hu man stifferlug. the abolition of ancient abuses and extraordinary strides in education and philanthropy. Though the distance traveled since the Victor ian era Is but a fraction of historical time, yet If is nlrcudy plain that we are in another hemisphere, and that the most human. Intellect mil nr.i'. pro gressive reign in the world's lib lory is behind us. Huston Transcript. ClmniilnK rttrasolii. Tarnsols are almost nil things, but show ti decided tendency toward lack of lriils. Eaee edges, tuck;: galore, ap plique, ruches are to be found i i pro fusion, but fcr the most part edges are finished without frills. Hlad; and while, white, pompadour am! Hon ored silk, lace, chiffon and batiste are all In vogue and are used in innumerable ways, the Washington post declares. The good old standby, the coaching umbrella, Is here, as It is each year, nnd without noticeat.ie change, but in silks of exquisite color. Those WliO cnu afford the luxury buy puritsols, tu they do gloves, for each and every gown, und to such the lovely pale pinks, blues, all ajlke appeal with pe culiar charm. Less fortunate but more numerous mortals are content with one or two, and buy with greater discre tion, choosing more durable colors. To these last the quieter shades, dark blue ami the like, appeal more keenly than the perishable silks, how ever chiirming they may upix-.ir, but for all colors, the favorite bundle Is the simple one of nuturul wood. Pa club style, tied with a strip of the sill; and are quite plain. Toir.padotir stripes are favorites and lire exceedingly ef fective, as well as serviceable, for the reason that they harmonize with many gowns. Warp printed floral designs al so are popular for much the same rea son. Slade quite imtrimmed and with handles of natural wood or enamel, they are simple enough for n tailored gown, yet allowable with an after noon costume or a dainty summer gown. Tlie (.'orr't C'olfTure. At the recent international competi tion of modern haii'drc ssiug, held 1:1 London, tile "negligee coiffure was al i.n st unrepresented. Studied and sym metrical dressing; were the rule, and more than one dressing was hopelessly sp died by a profusion of ornamenta tion." The prize offered by the French ambassador was awarded to an Eng lishman, who "adopted :i low dressing, as did nearly every other competitor, and an indefinite Marcel wave was sparingly used. The hair in front was slightly parted to the left, and puffed rather lull to each side. Slur lean cutis titled closely on either side of a figure S that narrowed on to the neck. Side ornaments of tortoise shell and a high eoinh at the back and a short spray of geraniums In the front heightened the effect of the coiffure, which appeared less studied, and yet more finished than the rest." Hairdressers are scarcely to Ix blamed for a lavish use of combs and ornaments, since they look to the sale of these articles for some ef the profits of their trade a branch which ihe wearing of flowers, real and artificial, had considerably lessened. We have already returned to the fashion of Jeweled e.iiubs nnd ornaments, but nothing will ever suit the young face as well ns the simple wreath of flow ers. New York Commercial AJver tlser. The Newest Kantilons. Hlneherettes are the fad of tho mo ment Iu "outwear. Satin chiffon is a pretty new ribbon for summer go wus. Sue le ham! coverings are slowly forging to the trout for summer wear. Chiffon veils, with self-colon d dots widely spaced, are the vogue of the hour in veils. Crass liut u c niching parasols lined with a eoulr.isilug silk arc in hml; ia or just now . Diaphanous textures, both f ir morn ing ir evening Wear, mark the eMreme of -IllllUler Voglle. ihe cry ".inch bl ued clYii't ban li. i n i lodilicd upon smart IuhIucs as to be .scarcely lvcog :i:'.ablc. A leading modiste says that the l.r-t principle of being well iliiLsed is to be appropriately dressed. The cost uiii" Idea iu u gjwu is the prevailing fashion this year, the Jacket ami skirt suit being decidedly passe. Shin waist suits of pongee or Shan tung vie with those of foulard for tltst place In the aff ect ioi s of the sumiacr girl Slidalllou effects, produced by lace motifs iu al plique, still remain one of the most popular trimming idcaii of the season. Fashion now distinguishes Ix-twoen a traveling gown und a train gown. Women of the smart set wear the for mer for g dug long distances from home, while the latter la much fussier and is for running Into town for the day from the out-of-town hous. I If II Were True. l.,V'-s e gn.il laell '.Ii I'i'MMel us We e.iu make our lac., sal. Sum; ill it's t ! ne t li.:l 1 one i- ni'iae ) It v.e i.ni h.ue t ,:e ! one. !:.ill;m ue News. . A tils I'nr Tnitti. "Truth is mighty and will prevail," quoted the g I Man. "I would infer." returned the other, "that you think that truth always has the machine guns on its hide." Chi cago Tost. Tenilnr IlcKi-tnl. It V. 175- The Storyt ih r 'There, there, don't cry. You know the sharks didn't really eat me." The I.isteiier-"i'hnt's just it! I feels so sorry for ihe poor, hungry sharks!" New York Journal. Plain. rarke "After all. sir, the extreme simplicity of our American institutions must commend Itself to every one." I.ane "I know it. Half the time we're without a cook." Harper's Ba zar. Too Sincere. ' "My husband ofieii says that his dis position might be worse," said the pa tient looking womuu. I "That sounds gentle and concilia- ' tory." "Yes. but be always insists on going ahead und proving it." Washington i Star, Ill tVraknfM. Albert "Why. don't you recollect j that girl? That's the girl you used to i rave over last summer cull her a 'poem' and nil Unit." Eilward-"liy Jove! so It is! I never could commit a 'poem' to memory." Harper's Bazar. DeHerlptlTe. j Bacon "Who is that short, thick man over there?" Egbert "Are you Mind? That man j Is tall and slim." Bacon " Hi. you haven't talked to j him. He's short of money and thick iu the head." Yoiikers Statesman. ! Known Too I.tn, yon remember." said Sfrs. i. "when vou asked me to mar- "Do liruiiq ry you?" "Yes," said Mr. Crumps. "And I said Yes?' " "I remember it. We both always did talk too uiuch." -Washington Star. All Oil;l ('nte. "Why, the first publisher the book was offered to .v'cepled it, and predict ed that It would be a phenomenal suc cess!" ' That's very strange. I never heard of a book being a success until lit least n dozen publishers bud declined It'." Tuck. Kconomy. "Charley, dear." said young Mrs. Torklus. "I did Just what you told me to " "You mean about economizing?" "Yes. Iustend of buying sirloin steak, I bought porterhouse. It isn't nearly so large, you know." Washing ton Star. The lteion. Wise- "A college cducatii u pays in the end." Wrong "How so?" Wise "Well, my sun has signed to pitch for SJihhi next season."-Detroit Free Tress. How 11 Mlicht lie Simkrc "I saw him." said the complaining witness, "steel a hammer from this hardware store and bolt for the door, upou which 1 noticed he had riveted his attention from th start." "Y'es," said the magistrate encourag ingly. "Well. I tried to hold him. but he gave a WTench and got a weight, and then I quietly called a policeman, whj nailed him." "You employed grate tack," said the magistrate. "Tin mouths." Which shows how convenient It would tie If we would only fit our con versation to circumstances. Baltimore News. I hi l.:.:.y A Co; !;.! J':;;-.-.-., Al.-j- i., of tha i: .:1 . V; ; v: o:-a 'al S. !: at a iveen: m v...i.-, 1.. . u-. d Vt a paper on "J !;.-; ry mid Emia- In Colonial Advertising" by Frank Warren Crane. Mr. Crane tpcw his quaint examples from such plunder u-. wspapers as "Tub lick Occurrences," "The Boston Xtws letter," "The -oiv York CancLtc," after ward "The i'ostboy;" ''Bradford's ia zette," Benjamin Franklin's "1'eunsyl vania tJnaette," "The .Massachusetts Spy" and "The "ow York Diary." It vita "The New York Cazette" that earned the thle of "Eying tiazette," by Its Eoyulist sympathies during tin! Hevolutlou. Mr. Crane noted that Col onial obituary notices were short and numetlmes read like advertisements. The matrimonial advertisement and patent medicine advertisement are no new inventions. Mr. Crane read an advertisement In "Bradfoid's Cazotto" for Slay a, 173iJ, In which a discontent ed bachelor made his wants known at some length, und specified the mini mum fortune, iu pounds, shilling und pence, which would i" iu his considera tion. Another man advertised himself as having the advantageous "knack of seldom having his bills disputed." But the two most amusing notices were those of a man and wife who had disagreed. The tirst. from the husband, gave not ho that be intended to "abscond," and forbade any one to give his wife credit, as he repudiated all liability. In the second the wife retaliated, withtheexplanatiou that the separation was mutual, that she had money of her own, and would, on her purt, pay none ui her hu.siiaud's bills from that date. The merchants who .?.ld the founda, tiou of New York City's commercial prestige were frequent advertisers. Some of the mor. conspicuous names Were thote of Thilip Livingston, later one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, whose advertisements would suggest that he kept what would now be called a "ib partuuut store;" Teter tlocb t. TetT ami (ieorge Lorillard, who had a tobacconist shop, ut No. I!0 Chatham street, "near tho Jail," and John Jacob Aslor. Ilbyuied advertisements, now much used, are also found In the early newspapers, as witness a parody on Hairnet's solil oquy, "To shave or not to shave," end ing with tin; Invitation to use "IIop klu's new invented strop nvj compo sition." New Yurk Tribune.. The Man 'LonirMiore. Tho only place to study him Is hi his actual haunts where he works, and wastes and lives aud dies, seldom get ting more than u few blocks away from his little chosen world, says Don ahue's Magazine. This section of New York City extends from the Battery north to East and West Tenth streets. Here the big "liners" and ihe tramp kteiimers discharge the vast cargoes of freight, am! carry away on their outward voyage otir native products for foreign markets. Willi on exag geration this section of New Yurk is the busies 1 urea in the world. It is an exceedingly picturesque sight to see a mighty steamer, a filiating city, glldif majestically into n larg. pier, and when its load of human freight has been discharged. 1o behold the army of sturdy 'longshoremen dis appear Into its vast depth ami In a few minutes, amid a shouting of men and creaking of crane and cordage, tha boxes and bales litter the pier, their place In the hold of the steamer, al most at the same Instant, being taken by the box and bale of American thrift nnd Industry, From the time the "gung" begin work on the steamer till the moment the last object has been removed or packed, they never leave the vessel. If It takes twenty-four hours or forty-eight tr sixty hours, work must go on. If a man drops out, another Is there to take his place, and there is no chance for him to do any thing until another steamer comes In. This means a ureal loss, ns he has waited perhaps u day or two for the arrival of this particular vessel. MI.lteran MielrtnnB' For Sale, A lioudou second hand bookseller Is offering In his cutiihiiim' the potential ity of literary fame. He advertises a budget of "skelcti.u projects" in the manuscript of u deceased am hor. These projects are for "really .-olid and great works," mmo of which have been aiilicipir.ed. while oilurs ivn..ilQ fallow. "To i tie iiiittqiiariiiii, biidio graphical and critical sehoi.i;- oi scii'clt of fresh ideas, the viiuiue simr.l.i prove a desideratum. ' The jeting l.onN we know, lack and sillier hunger, liiu a scholar so jaded as to be ui si arch of fresh Ideas is in.id'.v likeiy to "Pud himself' iu th.s i:j, 1'. on:, bly ll,e bookseller has a v i ry .;,, id ilo.liiig of this, since for nil i' i s.- p i.Yii.,, "tho majority of whiiii st.il be n tl." womb of ihe future," be i-as i i..v si shil lings, the price of one lolnp.eud lioVeh Eolidon Chronicle. Mru-.irlng a 1 low inii't'- H ntli, The up-.o iia'e lai'iucr ...i c limate quite closely what au.ou.i, ., work his men do in a da;. , niai ; . . y ,:i w hicli he docs it is vi i.v .a. ... Assum ing that a gn.ni , vv.ll walk about cigl.'ei n In. i a :, he pro ceeds to delerm.iie . .... : land will be goue over in .. . . i ne tai lor iu the ease is r.i u . i tie plow. Cutting a T im .i . . all day's work will mean of all acre and a qu i u turroW will un a n an a. .. ; an 11- iuch furrow, tv a la-Inch, furrow, two a. . is acres. Thus the ia . .v many men he liei -a ug the work, aud a iu should accomplish .