Chatham flccorb. H. A. LONDON, Editor ud Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strict. ?n Advance- RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square, oDe insertion One squnre, two iusertouB Oue square, i no mouth 81.00 1.50 2 50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. VOL. XX VI. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY, FKBIMTAUYJ25, 1901. NO. 28. vhntl)..m Hccotb. 1 wtmm AJIATTER of Millions. I By Anna Katharine Green, J OPVHIOHT. litO, BY CHAPTEK XXVI. , , Continued. To von fear that 7" cried the artist, roimng hurriedly forward. "I have l' iivd it for weeks, nml that Is why I liavi kept such a jealous watrh over ho:-." I low ilid you know of Mis Ilogers' existence?" (iierinl the detective, "ll.-r name was not In the directory, imr oiiiit yoi have heard of her in the Hilo.'ls." No, I hennl of her In another way." ih i -hired tin' stranger; "I wan standing i'lii day nil the steps of my hotel when two young fellows of fashionable np 1" araiin. i-aine out and passed in ar me, talking. The one was saying: "Well, h" ymi want io sc a pretty girl. Rot an i;i Hat am to visit Miss Aspinwall in tlrcii l'.irringmil. She has a friend with l.er vim is a beauty. I assure y 'tl.' T.ahl' was the other's peovi-.ll it ply, some siupid bluestocking or ile ii'iire as-ar lnis. Excuse me.' Hut li e other answered 111 these to me most Ma, thus words: 'No. unless yon call ll.e SI tuorllia Vahli il bluestocking. Thai i l lie name, or rather, that is I. .il ih hnt.ie of this young beauty I u.i hi!, n. I b r real name is .It liny It eg- i'i-s. Ion she is lovely ' I heard no i.i-.io. The coincidence was startling, l ut '.he iiiMH'l us it gave me eame In m. -d time. 1 mad-' inquiries concern ing Hie ni ili'.a dellliil. learned her touch ing hiM'H v, and. satisfied that she posses.,-! the necessary (pialltieatlous of Loin-: a N. '.v York girl telegraphed at ou.-e M Cb' eland for the iuuvdiic i '.-us I iieed.-il, and as soon as I re reived ihi iu aim here." "A strange cine idoiiee. as you say." repeaie. I Mr. tlrycc. "hut it glvis 111.' no clue to ill ' puzzle we are slmlyiiiL'." Thill with mere earnestness he in quired: Where did veil gt t the valet w li'Hii v.i'.i ii'ivv employ':" A lonk of surprise passed over Mr, lie. -raw's fan'. Imt he responded promptly: "In New York, lie answered an ad vi iNeiiii in which 1 put In the Tribune and as his letters were excellent I hiii'd hi'n." 'o yrii like him':" 'Why. yis. as a valet. He is useful ami rai i in his duties, and I have no .-ason in find fault with him. Hut the man himself is not very agreeable. May 1 impure " In a moment." Interrupted Mr. (l.vvo. "I would first llko to ask whether yell consider him honest?" ll.'i'.i'st V O. yes; 1 have never found a pin lacking." "That is t:ot .an absolute proof of lienes.y. A man w ho will not steal will Mi'.'ii times a! use his master's mini .1. a.e in i'th ": ways. Are you sure of ihis fellow's discretion? Have yon li.vi-r - :i him tamp 'ring with your p. -.pets, ii,- peering into places where he had no '.nisim-ss to look?" While Mr. Pogr.iw was considering Pi; reply the ariisi drew near to Mr. Ciy.o and excitedly linpiired if these .iie-i:oi!s referred to hi's fellow deter live. M". Hrvi-" siliii. d. "Th n.i'iie of v oir fellow-detect Ivo Is H.'-rd. and you say this valet is not Hyi'.l." "But you insisted." "Oil. never luind what I insisted." was the quick reply. "I talk some times to veil my thoughts. 1 kuew that the valet was no otllcer of ours." The artist stared iu amazement, eon fused hy u revelation whose full eonse iui :n es he could not In that one mo n:e:it measure. Tiirniuu anxiously to. v.ar.l his namcsaUe hi' wailed for his answer to the question which Mr. Ciyee had put to him. and did not knew wheih-'f to he relieved or not when the riilleman linally remarked: "I do not know to what you refer. Mr. Cry.e, hut hnvp only pood to say of liarton. .Never to my knuwU'ds"' has he irone a step heyond hie duty In re f.' ird to any of my effects. As for my papi rs tliey an- always kept ahouf my j'.er-di!. I'.y day I carry tliem In an in ner i orket. and at nipht t place them under my pillow. He cau have had no opportunity of luiiidliiiK them." "And yet I most decidedly liilleve that he has not only handled thoui hut roiiMi'ir.l tiiem: tiiat, In chort, he kiinws their contents as well as you do. and that it Is solely on account of till;; knowledge that lie occupies his present oosliii'ii near your person." I'iiies-iile: What makes you think this? Vim alarm mo, Mr. (Jryre." And minu'iel with this exclamation came tint of the artist, who, if riot m jiirally asiniiislieil as the other, rcal i::ed. perhaps, with oven Kfcnter force. t!i roniniieaHnns nnd conjectures to which this si! -pichm pointed. "Vmi do not kuow the man." resumed Mr. Prsraw. with some enerpy. "V.'heii wo came up here there was a motiv.'nt on the train whenjt looked as if t e were on the verge of a collision. The r,irs shook and treat bird with frlTlit fill sudclennf bs, and while men stalled up and women shrieked this valet iif mine threw himself In front of me witli an Instinctive, movement of protection that I shall never forget. I irny not like him. hut I refuse to con . .Vol' him a blackguard without very :,iod cause." lie felt your life to be valuable. It v. tis worth three million dollars to him :-':d his accomplices,' observed Mr. ( i vee. quietly. "What do you iuvuo? My UXo worth Author of "The t'orkn Inn," Kir. SOSKRT aONNtS'S SONS. anything to himV I ennnot think ymi are speaking seriomly." ' Listen. Mr. Peuraw. hi the course of our inquiries inlo this inaiier we have lately conic upon a woman living In a certain doubtful quartet of New York. whom, if you have not seen. I wiil characterize as possessing deviltry cnmiRli to make her waninc beauty dangerously piquant. She is called .Icnny Honors also -Mine. Jenny Koc ers and lonf l'fon we knew what was the aim of the conspiracy against tlie otlur girls hcariiij; h"r name wo were eonrinecd that such a conspiracy existed, and that she was the centre of it. ."ml that ..ome unknown man. then 1 elieved to hear the name of Hamilton lii irraw, was In r agent and co-worker. Your slory li. trays what the object of this plot was. To gain ymir millions for thi.- Iia-e wmuaii. other girls of her name were to be suppressed, or in some way robbed i ilhrr of their good name or of the opportunity to win your r. ganl. You know. I upiiose. how we tirsl be.auie aware of the existence of tills plot V "X": 1 Know nothing but what 1 have t"U yo'i and what you yourself have air. ady fid n:e " "Very Weil. then, mill' rsiand that a short time previous to the string of un happy events which wo hac been con templating a jiiung man m" unques tioned respi'rtabi'ily overheard a short conversation uncivil under his window late one tdght between two persons who were passing by. A woman's voire spoke lir.-t. and the-.' Were the words he hoard: 'Hut if some oilier .liiiny lingers- ' Mark ymi. some oilier .lellliy lingers, which we lake as pmviiu that hi r ow n name was .Icnny lionets. 'Hi,, answer w as ia a man s L'tulV tones: 'Never let that trouble you. In a month there will not be an other young uiil by the name of Jenny Hogi-rs letiiaining in town. I will see to iheni.' Ones tliis not show the be ginning of a conspiracy V And do not the explanations yoll have given ns prove that the aim mid object of this conspiracy wen- the millions which have In en left io you for the use and heiiclii of some one by the name of Jenny lingers':" "It does; il does: but " "And thi threat, thus overheard, had proved to be no vniu one." procedod the detective, wiih nn apologetic wave of hU hand. "These girls hav lnvn '.ien to,' Mr. Pegrnw. As scou ik you showed the slightest interest In any one of tl'.cm danger or cllshouor has at tacked her and taken her out of your roach. This I see now: an hour ago 1 saw differently. Tin n I thought yea th- author of the threats I have quoted as well as ilie occasion of whatever mischief lias followed. Hut. with your explanations to nid us 1 am now ready to transfer all mj- suspicions from yourself to the man ynu have i tn ployed as valet. He it is who has worked in this woman's favor; he i! is who poison, d the bonbons, wrote the Idlers--" 'Tardou me. bur what reason have you for ascribing these iniquities to hia:7 I am not th." man to lake a'iy one. nuii-h lts ;l ) mid unknown body servant, into my conliileme." "I know. I know, ltut this low and unknown body servant may have opor tuniiies for siirpi-isiii? your eoiiiidonce, for nil that. Tell me any one else who has bc-eu near enough to you to liave access to these documents of yours and I may ciinsi-r.i to transfer my suspi cious into some lo w quarter." "He has not seen my pallets, but even If lie has ihe plot you speak of was started bt fore he entered mv em ploy" "Are you sure':'' "I did not sr-e him till after those threats jHiU have spoken of were ut tered." "Then I am wrong, or he has learned. In come way other thau through these documents, the conditions under which Mr. Pehtncj's money was left you." "There is no other way." "You are wrong, there must I.e." '"Whj-, how':" "Kon't ask me to answer "whys' am! 'hows.' Just rcmi mber that a conspir acy has Peeii found anil carried nut which proves that ;. man and woman living in New York knew almost as soon as ymi did thai there w;;s u great for tune to be ancleil for by a girl ow ning the name of 'Jenny lingers.' Now. if this ociiirr d before this man applied to you for t'ne position of valet then it Is among the possibilities that he made that implication on account of the knowledge li: prssessed of your affairs, lias net the plot prospered better since hp has been in your emploj-7" "rndoubtedly." "Was it rot by his hand you sent the box of bonbons to their proper destina tion?" ''Good heaven! Tes." "And ha.-? hr r. it had arripie epportu r:it'es for using your paper and steal ing your curds, and thus lending the siliy t'it'l at Miss lladdeu's school to think tl.at this letter he wrote eame from you':'' "Vis. If he has wit enough to concoct such a letter, aud knowledge sufficient to knnw that it would produce the ef fei t he desired." "Oh he has wit and he has know! eiUe. if lie is the man who is acting for 'he Intrigante I have mentioned. Though j-ou have been too absorbed iu jour own uffuira to be suspicious. you have doubtless not taken a stcr without his knowledge and surveil lance." j Mr. Pegraw looked disgusted, lutl ho simply remarked: "You speak of the intrigante who is at the bottom of this mischief. I thin!; I remember her, a despicable woman whom I would tint think of looking at twice. I saw her during the lime of my first Inquiries. Can it be possible that she thought me capable of being attracted by such as sin'':" "Such women are blinded bv their vanity, resides, she may have thought you were under compulsion to give this money to one of hfr name within a stated time." "Well, it is all a uiyslerj. I thought I had kept this affair a secret fmni How-hole world, and now you are trying to prove to me that it has been shared by the basest and most nn p enary o:' my kind. Why. 1 did not even speak to this woman!" "I can believe it." "Xor have I ever seen her since that time." "I can believe that. loo. She is in hiding, and knows that she has but to show herself to b(. arrested. Her ac complice, on the contrary, has had full swing, and if we have not found him in your valet " "Hut we have." now broke in iho artist. "Why else should lie have de ceived me by saying he was a deiei -tivo?" "A detective 7" repeated Mr. 1'egtaw, of Cleveland. "Yes, nnd thus excusing himself for the curiositj" he showed over a letter which I was reading. If h lias not meddled with your paper. Mr. Hegraw. he certainly has shown a disposition to do so with mine." "The scamp! And I have intrusted him with notes to Miss lingers!" TIil you send Mm to my rooms to night?" "Xo." "Yet he has been there. I 'id yoti ever utter threats against my life'." "Against your life. Mr. Pegraw! Po I hear you rightly?" "Yet this man told me ili.it I was in danger from your jealousy, swore that he had overheard you mutter threats against me." "Sir. you overwhelm me. I. th" most peaceable man alive! I ib not wonder you looked askance upon me. Is it necessary for me to say that this vil lain has belied me; that, for purposes I dare not fathom he wished to raise an enmity between us?" "Say, rather," continued the other, "that he aimed at driving me out of town. He did not like the survi illanee I kept over Miss lingers; it interfered with his schemes." "True," replied the oilier, turning pale. "If he Is the conspirator J'ou deem him ho has mint her victim in prospect. Whither has the man gone? I cannot rest till I see hlni in custody." "That we may hope to do sm.n." as serted Mr. Gryce. "Ever since wo knew that the SlguorUui Valdl, other wise Miss Ilogers, had come to this place unprotected we have kept a de fective here to guard her. Though yon do not know Mr. Byrd. who under stands his business too well to make himself conspicuous, he knows you and this other Mr. Pegraw and all the lest of the persons connected with this affair. That ho should have siispecu d your valet and followed him into this other gentleman's rooms to-niglit las we know he did) adds tn my own con viction of your valet s guilt. My col league Is now upon this fellow's track, and if 'nothing unforeseen occurs we shall presently have the pleasure of an introduction to him under circum stances that will make his escape im possible." This was encouraging, yet the gentle man he addressed still showed that he was very anxious. "And, meanwhile." he suggested, "who is watching over Miss Rogers 7" At this question, so forcible and un expected, the artist started and a thrill of emotion disturbed the countenance of the detective. "If," continued their host, "a conspir acy has been formed of the nature you describe, and every girl who seems to stand In the way of its success is lia ble to death or dishonor, how shall we measure the peril now hanging ovi r the head of this beautiful woman, who. as any one can see. has not only attracted my admlratiou, but so won my regard that no donbt can remain in the mind of any one acquainted with my pur poses, of the direction which this trust money will take when it definitely leaves my hands. Barton has been frightened and is ruuuiug away, ynu say, but Barton may not be the only enemy she has In town. A plot involv ing so nuieli money is sure to have more than two persons concerned In it. How can we tell. then, that the woman who brushes her hair has not sworn to kill her before morning?" "True," nscntoil the detective, "ihciv In no telling from what quarter the blow may conic." "She does not fear any blow." put in the artist, with increasing agita tion, "and that makes her position only less secure. This villain rnnoii. I rajnn has so convinced her that the peril which surrounds girls of her name is In her case directed not toward herself, but toward one whom she hon ors with her regard that she Is abso lutely reckless as to her own safety, and will court any danjer unflinch ingly." "Then," declared Mr. De?raw. -with firmness, "we must dispel this danger by a decisive act. Once let her bo known as the legal owner of th'se millions, and there will no longer bo any motive for injuring her. It is i n'.v while they remain in my hands mid subject to the peculiar disposition which I am under promise to make of l hem. that the cause of these cniispira tnrs can be helped by her Injury or de struction." "That Is so," quoth the detective. To be continued. THE SIMPLE LIFE. A OiieMlmi Tltnt tn IVrplcxInK tlio Brain of Twentieth Century Miitm-ii. The siinpl" life lias been preached and advocated and harangued upon I since ilie earliest times, says the Bos ton l'osl. and yet to-day we are more sorely in need of it than ever before. How tn simplify our mode of living in order to bring into it more that is worth while? How to spend fewer hours upon the gaining of a mere ex istence in order to find leisure to enjoy the pleasures which are possible to us? These arc questions which are perplex ing the hearts and brains of the tweti icth century women, women who are striving to solve the problem of what is really liie essential and true home making. The burdens of this twentieth cen tury civilization rest heavily upon us, . and we reel and stagger beneath our load of real and imaginary duties, oh- I I'gations ami responsibilities, until at ' l ist we tiii'l ourselves trying to solve the problem of Imw much of the bur den we may drop as profitless and un- i iio.-cssnry and yet safeguard to our selves a quiet mind ami a conscious ness of duty done. We may have striv. en valiantly to be equal to the de mands of the new regime, but sooner o later we come to realize that t is ! folly for us to go oil piecing together tl'.e tailored fragments of time that is left to us for tin- tilings that are really worlli w hile, and we begin questioning i ;;!-selves as in how we may fashion ..lit- own individual lives according to our own convictions. It has been said that simplicity is a st.i.e of mind. It is a state of mind to v.i i ell we must attain by "the gospel i f Icalihy need, anl not the life of f ineied want." To make our lives sim ple aul wholesome, and quiet and pe.ieri'ul. and to stamp our own indi viduality upon our homes, this is the true se- ret of th" way to the higher life. Not that v.' should ignore the rare and the beautiful in the decora l mi of mil lainii s. Beamy and luxury iir, often iiec.'ssire.. The lieauliful pi -'.nr.'. the rare bit of statuary, the n-aeefiil i.inliues nf a Morris chair or the handsome i-eiii repieee. are all a tit ting accniupaiiiiiiriit to simplicity in the homo. It is the overdoing in our daily lives find the over crowding "f our homes with useless furnishings, our desire to outshine our ueignbor and at ain to so cial distinction, which crowds niii the things which are reallj worth while th" peace and happiness and sweet se ivniiy which is a benediction in our latme and the sign and seal of a leg Hunt life. Pcimit Free Tress. rnrislnn T Kiinm", For the ordinary person, who Is not given over heart and soul either to mil liners or to museums, who doe not conceive Paris tn be sol My the apoiheo sis either of chiffon or of culture, p r haps the most perfect consolation to he found in winter is in the t-a rooms. All of the more important hotels boasi a tea r n. that of the Ely see I'a lace being notable for its elegance and enormous extent. Almost the w hole of tlie ground lloor of this great caravansary is s.-t with tea tables ar ranged among a forest of palms and cviii.- plants. An agreeable orchestra discourses llulit music, which invariably includes. i.th thoughtful regard for the Ameri can clientele, mil. or two Amer'can numbers that is to say. a coon so ig ami a Smisa march. Everywhere the Old World oenorplion of what Ameri cans value in art is as; painful to our vanity ns lr Is contrary to the truth. One would believe that literally tout le moii'le goes to the Eiysee Palace for tea, such crowds of well-turned-out men and voui"ii gather there. But this is eosmopolis, and It is to a small er, less ornate resort that the vraie 1'a risietme will conduct you -to CoPim blt:'s. a p.itiss. rie just off the Hue do lllvoli. llaxishing toi'ettcs. beaulies that, after ihe French fashion, are of ten both fearfully and wonderfully l iade. personages distinguished in the (.I'ial world -all this is to he seen at I 'olnnibiti's !!! ! inii 'iiions of a no-i-uliar snrt of intimacy. Harper's Ba zar. nrwgl:ili laiilirnttlerj'" The girl wiih clever lingers is mak ivg snme pretty sets of stoic collars i.n l oiiiside cutis in the colored thread embroil!- rv iu various stitches. North- i .-,i and Central linrope litu-ackcd for preity desl: have been ! us and gay I color cti.nbiiiat 'ons. otl can purclias" collar and cuff ses stamped ill i!e.. ruble patterns on best linen, ami then buy canvas for execiit irg ihe Uussiini cross s. iich eiulirnel i rv , and skeins of best imported cot- t u:s warralit'tl to le nisi co.ors, wun , small book of ilirc'-iions aud pattern bm can also tun chase your In er'tis do jour! and with the aid of patt own stamping from jour choice pat i torus, baste on tin' canvas to direct j your Buss. an enibroe'.ery stitches, and s i attend to the whole matter yourselt. The long French collar is supplied with an elongated pendant. It is cox - fortaniy shaped to the tbroat. end nett-her rides up under the cbin cor pincl.es ill at ine urn k oi iue uecs. l'n :;. ii collars can be e1 - brol.I red .1,1 . ,. ..15, 1 tv..,-L- on , ,' . . ",, ...' . ,, .... Call Oil.. .1 ItllSs;;... ,. iiuin,.ll Mar with I work air' .ni ' . for M a s,. ompleto the - of the nub or velvet ci and materials at" iiitiroiilery. al.-ry to be applied a i s is meant to be e-ei itte.l ill solid bead work. i'.ead needles are In he bought by the paper, tiie pri.per s.ja' which will not split a liny head Tttark EmliroMerjr on Wlilt. j Black embroidery on white is ex tremely fashionable, providing the con tra: ts are not too starlling. As one well-dressed woman said: "Black em broidery on white should take the form of a delicate tracery, otherwise It be comes bourgeois.'' A dainty white .vnist follows after this dictum. It is of tine French llanticl, and is perhaps too elaborate to come under the head of a shirt waist. It is cut after a shirt I waist model, however, except that it has n deep cuff. The sleeves are laid ill wide pleat as far down as the el-; bow. Each pleat is oriminentcd with , a slender line of black and white si'k embroidery, and the end of each is "larked by an iiieh-wide medallion, al-o , embroidered in black and whit" silk. ! The same embroidery trims the box, pleat diiwii the front of the waist, and ' a line of medallions runs across just below the bust line. But the waist does imt depend nil embroidery alone I for its ornamentation. The high stock collar is a eumbination nf emhm ib-red j white flannel and white lace. I .ace is. also appliqued tn form a shallow round ing yoke, which extends sightly over the sl-eves, i'.ud the cuffs are covered with it. To f.nnU sllclit. Nothing is prettier and more b-- -outing to j fair, slight woman with a pretty cninplexinii than white, but white gltives must be carefully avoid ed by her s;s,-r of ton ample charms. Black is the col..;- r.,r the stout wniii. an, espooiiiily if she be of the black- cveil and black-haired type. A bia.-U gown will make her look slighter than anything else, while paie blue, light gray and lo-arly every shade of red will make her "too, loo solid llesh" most undesirably self-assemve, sajs Homo Notes. A subdue! shade of blue, heliotrope and olive green, with black, may ail be advantageously worn by the stout woman, who will also find mauve ami the higher shades nf green, used iu decoration about the throat and slioiil deis, very helpful in diminishing the effect of her size. Tlie si-;. 1 im Ii I'hh- Tl." snia'.I fans have hum used f"f several sce-m:- imw. under the nam' of theatre fans. They were found the most useful thing tor use at the play, where a large fan is aimost as much of a nuisance tn ot.--'s iieluiibnrs as a large hat. And. having prnv. d th'-ir cnnveiiicitci. in ihis respect, they have been no-op; oil for other uses as well. Tiny are not nearly so picturcsqu" and gra.-i fi:l as the large fans, espe cially thus.- soi't Kg oil, s. i.r.r.i. of ns- tricli fi-atlirr-i wha-h were iu favor for snme years. Bill one must bow to the f.isl'leu. and its decree is that th. six inch fan is t . smart one this jcar. Harper's Ba;- ir. Ciitnt'ifiiltion of T.Hces. fashion of combining two kinds The lace hi o"o garment shows no sign if waning. Yt-u often see a blouse cov. I ei'ca w un i.ice. w iitcii is km'. i inn I nisue.l with a yoke or a medallion of another kind. An ecru siik slip is the foundation f'-'-' a handsome blouse of ciimy lace: this a ilci p pointed ,-oke of Boiu'e d'Araiie lace in a heavy pattern. The blouse npelis on the left sl.etll.l. r. w l.ei-e the Vol,.' hunk up. and lllii'e'l- th" left arm. which is open to til.' waist. Tl'.e sleeve is a in s.- bishnp. entirely nf cluny 1: but wi ll g ":'.'.' or s.'a.ght wristband of I'ointe d'Arab". Tl." high tie. kb.ual is of cluny lace nvi-r ct "ii s Ik. I'aiu-lng lrrsi' l'or a voting gad who goes to a ilane. iug class a truck of wuite aleaca is i'o.h il.iinlily pret.y and durable. Al paca will s and the w, liter's wear bet ter than almost any other white fab ric. For trimming, bias bands of silk are best. White taffeta, satin dotted or striped silks, now sn fashionable, are all pretty m such a dress. The silk may be used for the bertha or for the I ,-!t. with iis short sash end::, or on the cut's, ei'.l'.'T on all or one of th -.' parts, as the siik shall prove to louU best. $ a Mole fur combines happily with fawn clotu. Inlaid bands of velvet form one of the rich and a.im. fable garnitures. It is hard to say which is the desire - the broad or the 'Inning shoulder. Strappings set on in d. amend shiip.-s are among the attractive trimmings. Suede nr other leather trimmings are smart and imt at all or.umoii. so far. Visiting cost utiles sliow skirts with ! broad, bolby trains that are not very I"!-. Walking dresses are cut so that the skirt conies just b the ground, haroly touching. Tricorners. turbans, toques, sailors , anfi pirectoire thapes dominate the j world of bats, , .rab cffecp- rallge from shoulder finiinM in t.pau!ette style to stoles to ,he edge of tbe front Silk linings, as a ri: It-ess. tliiuigli in son. match the i uses th.y I inatcli tb tIMIIll'.llg. After admiring ail manner of dresses trimmed with curtain laces, .mi's thoughts revert to an exquisite a flail iriniuied in dainty Brussels hiee. one of the sniariesi fur jiukets seems m be an affair abbreviated oil all sides and tilled out with a magnifi cently embroidered fouiulatiuii of vel vet the color of the fur. Our Budget of Humor.. Ai Tn smi-li-ty Iti'iuiller. Wliv di-.ti la i fatier oi. fuel say lie -..-'!" I.. I to the .i.l-.t ' Tie' .i.-i..a- bri.li- v. ..sil.l n.ii.e l.er A!"ic, .in 1 iii-vri- i.ioi r. -- Pin'eiili'lpiiA 1'icaJ. Nut the Snme. "Are ymi a moi.cycd man, sir':' "N". sir: I'm a man ic I man."-Detroit Five Press. A ;i'l i'mili-iiiim. rental. i!'"!i' l'rjer- "Arc you sill! .it ymir mot hi r inlaw's-:" poli-ful Ileiipcck -Yt -s-stillci- thai e i-r." Brooklyn Life Tlie C.iilllt Nut rruet. You wouldn't marry me for my money alone, would you?" the Iciress nski-.i. "Ah. int." it -piled the rinllit: "ill: t would be cruel, and I have a h;i.d lit art. "-Chicago Keeord Herald. W.illl.l lliive I.IHIM,I . I.amlnn "lleilo. ,,i.l maul What are you doing in Wall Street':" Bullo"!; "Oh. I'm merely trying to make an honest d 'll.n.'' Lambert "Well, y.ni might n mi ceed. Ymi won't hav ai.y c a i-c'.i-t.oti." Chicago N"W s. Tin- llillii iilly. "Is Yt it -o.aei lines hald to ca!"tll.'!e i... -a,,,..,!, t!...- I.t ulii.-h von claim an election '" ' ' i work nf mi-.-, .-ting alleged inc'iualities -No." answered Senator Sot-hotn. j ii' the freight rates charged by rait "the cul-iilatiou i o.sj. Vi rifyiug the i'o.-.i and s, li b.. ,: i "n ,p:: tites lil.UflS j- where tie (lltlicuity loai's! In." Washington Star. A itciiiimicr. j Hi-- incoming t r. 1 -1 : t delivered by the Wesie Ba!,imorc-"l see ill to d.,y's j .-a! rail road had ! be hauled up a papers that the l'ope sat behind a lai go ( s.eep hi'l in wagons. o:i which only rating " ' half an ordinary load i-ou'd be drawn. llolaude Burke "Oh. thank J'"n! This condition was complacently sub Thank you! li.at reminds me. My inltte, to for a nun. her of years, when -if.. in!.! me l.riiir snme nutmegs it (lo-m-r.'d to s,ie.et..',!y to suggest that Lome."-Baltim-ov Nvws. Vtii-.li:-l Vi-Miihor. "This i. -i bin a licet, l remail. d ti " ,-u-:.-" citize; show," "I supi.-o s.." answered Mr. storm- Ingtou Barn. -. "And the taxpa.M-r is ihe lean who pays his money at the box otli'i- .".lid t.ik-'s whatever the mati ng, -r chooses t , give him." Wli Hi ss nf the Willi II. Miss nun-lcid -"l"id you i i.ioy '.la-play'.-" Miss Eld. rl-'Igh-'-Ycs. indeed c-'i'-Chilly the third act." Miss Youiigbiitl -"i 'a. yes. Thai was the a'i iu w lin-h tl " heroine mid how she induced her husband to propasc." ; 1!..' feud Kitlilltv Aitu-.-i-sslve. Stranger "But Imw il"! start: Which family was th- a;; Nat.va---It's lard to tell w hid. was the aggressor, mister. As l:tar as we an make out each pulled the trigger at exa-tly tl. - s.rue instant. sah."-Judge. "Bardoti me, .Mr. Perkins, but you've g.u your foot on my g .w n." "Why. so 1 have. P'yoil kiaov. I shouldn't have ii.Hiced it if ymi hadn't told me, it ally." - New York Ameri ca p. Vitsily IMstiticiiifclii'tl. T can alwa.vs ti ll whom Miss Barb ley has been talking about," said Miss Cayenne. "How "By noting which refer to her as a frightful gossip and which speak of I or as good company." Washington Star. "Not Fur AiTeiim.oilatiiin. "Po ymi think ymir friend wouid lend himself tn a shady political transaction.-'' "Nn." said Senator Sorghum, "he might lease himself, or rent himself, or sell himself outright, but he ' oiililii't stand any friendly borrow ing." Washington Star. HI Wy. tjood Lady "You are not one of those l ad boys who put pins in their teacher's chair, are you?" B ev ' No'm." Good L3dr-"I tJjousht cot fTr' a penr-.y " p.oy 'No ir. . I ilways pn tacks. Piiis'b.-i.l : ' '' ." - Chicago News. Anxious '', easy about I- J I io,-!..- - I- "Pocior. I am tin -Irs to be the troll- Ke. madam':" Anxious Mother "I Ion t know. It's Irs sjinptoms that scare me. He has ;nt his appetite. He only w ants three sura Is a ilitr now."- Chicago Tribune. Tlie Awkivjir-l .Mini. J0 6 In (tic South. O movement calling for Pop ular aid oi 'o-operative as sistance on the fii t of the legislative and commercial bodies has made such r.-!tiL! iip.grcss in sn short a timt as the good roads movement in the South 'While this movement is gen eral thrnughnut the emu. try and seems to be afracting ail elements to its sup pmt in tl e South, where Jri'cat natural resources tuv being do.'clo'K'J at an unprecedented rate, and where facil ities for transportation are a ma't'T of immediate, pressing cmcern. hirg.'iy i.i.-id. so .'.uimg the past three years, this subjri t of improved country high ways is taking deeper root with the peopic than in lir-l other sections. The commerce of the world comes primarily from lb" ground, and as a rule the cost of ti -ii. sporting a product is relatively higher in lb" initial s-'age -frn-a the ti. Id or mire to the railroaif. river or ,-aua! than hi any other part of its journey i- th" .v. .rids mli-kets. The most expi nive au.l ih" most op pressive kind of i:at:spert;;tion is wagon tr.i!:si..r-.at:on, where it is a comph-le-,1 o . r bad roads, but this f.i.-t ;, oil. a ;..-t sigl:' of by i-omin'in- Iti w hieli a. Mr- -s lie His. -iv,-s tn tlie A v.oage.a ;. v.. -si. w i.icu nan us j or, :, pi-i-im.ti- ;::.e:ii e miii-nuiK I freight rates was mi Mtnated that all the point i,!' attaei; ni g1:! be protltalil.V shifted ffotu the railroad, or its atti tude mi the s-ibject nf freight rates, tc this hi!. When this suggest;,,!! was acted ,,., r suliing iu tlm ctitlinj. il-'wn i f the g'-ade. the reduction ir cost ,.f hv-.i! cnt-tage of one-half, and a correspmitlinu saving in cost of trans-pot-taie'ii greater than could possibly l ave resulted had the railroad granted all that was asked, the business mer cf this village realized that tiny had been guilty of an error of omission in not having ii mired, at an earlier day. the cost of ii-.iusporiaiiou to ami from ih,- door- of their si, .res and ware houses instead of between stations or, the railroad, and that it is possible foi a short plo e ;' neglected wagon rout; I" be an important adverse factor in the relations ot tins!' ''omiinr.i.iy witli ilitthir.t itait t;i'i s . The encourag. ment given to the go roads' movement in the south by xU St;t!,cr:i Railway, beginning ,n 1 H'V 'h-u ir m-op -ra'cl with the Imt.-.. , States Agricultural 1, rannmut and th ! National Cod Heads Asso, iati,m in ar ; expeditimi fnf building object-lesson ' roads iu the southeastern sections of j the country, is a consistent part of i the policy whi. h aims at the develop Hu nt ot its t.-ffiiory. In recent wars so much has been ' he e to p,.i-'e.-i tralllo relations betweeti I Southern 'Miiw-.-iy points and ail the ! gent i-oni.ti.-ri ial centres, icf only of ! this country, but o'' the w orld, that it is simply logical ; .Ateiid the system ol cc-u oie I a! il :r;buii-'tl of lii ndltcts tc ! the Imt f the farmer, and the way to , ai ouiitdish this is t lie. .,1 the improve ment of tin- conntry wagon roads. o;,e of -, Ii,. most promising nnd gratl tying features ..f S.ai;ii"t ii ilevelnpmcnt lo-iiay is tlie aeti,!y disphiycd by min im rcial bodies in rouio!iiig road build ing in the country, assuming part of the burdens in tiia'. y instances, and thus recognizing what has been so long largely ignored -the mutual interest (in.1 inter-detiemlence of town and coun try in .me of the tuot important move ments of ihe time.-Home and Farm. n Alnleiin,! I..tiii'.-ii'iii-p. of the l-". or I"."" miles of country f. ails in .! offers". i County, iib.uit "Jltn miles are iiiaca.l.in.n-etl. ;unl the c.un m.oii dirt roads ar, kept in fairly good r.'pa'r. 'I'lu-h i' miles nf n.-vv maca.lanj I n.i- hav .. p. on c..:i pit ,1 this year, I he ai e'iiiil "f !; "-. -riu. lit, ilicllld- itig l-i pa. i- et'd s:;-,. lion nf bridges, during tin pas, summer and fall has Peru i lore rter.ive Ihan in any previous j car. The poorest i!:rt road in Jefferson County is b.tter than the best mad in so:-..' parts, ni the . -iiii-y. while Plr :.i r.ghain has f, tv 's equal t" the best roads . : -. -. The facts spi-ai. well : .-. .-niiiiiiiistratliui. No money tin.; a b 'ard of revenue cxpiuds atinuulY - so j- "titably ap plied as that wh ' is pal out for the iiiiprov cni.-iit of i ... I.iglivvajs. County M-lues .re V' ,t! enhanced by our go .. roa.N work and every year will i.n"l. an itn tias. ,1 raiin nf prngress. I'.y l;in Jell, rsnn will liitve -Jim or :.ini mill., i.f luiciolam roads n ti. I it veli I'm. bo here than ever "a garden sp-c." Tito grc.-c .l- vt-lopim lit of truck tami ng ar.d the dairy iudustiy in the . r.iity It ts been made possible by the c.v ti.ent read.-, and in five or six years th .f-w s-.Tt-i -c of land not covered ! y n.lastri-tl pletits or suburban town v.s.w will I..- cnltivatcil to the highest .;-gt-.' of pi-o'lii.-tive capacily. Bir n, : :h.,:n ( A'a I Age-Herald. l'nrti:-.--il is Ihe most illiterate mini try in Europe: nearly tif'y eight per ee::t. of lo'l' pnp'.lla 1 ioll e.ll'lint write. Iii li.ily th" proportion of illiterate is i'iI'ij three per o-nt.: iu Kussia. thirty s, per cent.; in Spain, nine per cent., and iu Britain, not quite four per cent. JUS

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