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CHAPTER X.
Continued.
When in a confidential mood ?which
-was frequent with him), Signor Sttno
aa had informed me that he -was own
er of only half the vast business he
fcouducted, his equal partner being one
Mario Battista, a Venetian merchant
who had been for many years located
"Sat Constantinople, where he was bus
ied with affairs such as he was him
self engaged with at Venice. It was
the wish of Signor iSimona to transmit
& great treasure of money to his part
ner, and he was in doubt bow to do 60
with assurance of its safety. On two
previous occasions when be had es
sayed to send much smaller sums to
bis partner his captains and sailors
fcad treacherously betrayed their trust,
and gone off with the money to some
small island in the Mediterranean, or
to the northwest coast of Africa and
there become pirates, but goods, how
ever valuable, he had never lost in this
tray. The occasion, I though, afford
ed an exeelitiit opportunity for me to
serve tho interests of my host, and in
so doing to reach Constantinople wlth
cat expense to myself, and I was be
sides anxious to be gone from Venice
that I might be rid of the amorous at
tentions of Anita, which I found much
difficulty in resisting. Nevertheless,
for her father's sake, and Tor no other
reason, I spared her. It was in these
circumstances that I acquainted Sig
sior Siniona with my intention to visit
Constantinople, at the same time show
ing him my passports and my letter
of introduction to Sir Thomas Roe,
English Ambassador to the Porte,
signed by King James's own hand. If
would fit out and man a frigatoon
for. Constantinople I would t said,
"gladly make the Voyage therein, the
money being packed and treated as
my baggage, but none the less faith
fully delivered by me to Signor Mario
Battista. immediately on my arrival in
that eiry. My host was delighted with
my offer, find that same day gave or
ders for a frigatoon to be made ready
for sea, as I had suggested. He also
'caused ten chests to be made of stout
ebony, lined with sheet lead and
bound on the outside with bands of
copper. Each chest was of about one
cubic foot content, and into each Sig
nor Simona packed with his own hands
25,000 gold sequins. "When all the
chests were filled they were fastened
With screws, the copper bands made
fast with metal studs, and the whole
coated with a resinous black paint, to
which later was added my name, in
white characters, upon each.
When the design of my journey to
Constantinople became known to Ani
ta, she opposed it with all her wit,
find exhibited a great wealth of art
ifice in her efforts to prevent it. She
represented to her father how essen
tial was a change of scene to one who,
like himself, had lived long and
worked hard in one place, and who
was besides suffering from recent be
reavement, from which she argued
that he Avould do well in going to Con-
stantinople, more especially as she was
capable, with my protection, of taking
charge of his house and affairs. But
finding that the old man could not- be
persuaded to undertake so perilous a
; voyage, she changed her tactics, and
after some honeyed compliments con
cerning my honor and probity endeav
ored to show that it was unfair to Sig-
.' nor Battista to entrust a great treasure
Hn which he had a half interest to the
; custody of one who was entirely un
known to him, and whom he (Simona)
I himself had known but little more
; than a hundred days, and that his
merchant wisdom would be more ap
parent in devising some other and
; ''more regular means of getting the
money to Constantinople. This advice
being also rejected, she feigned illness,
kept to her bed and inflicted upon her
kged father such fears for her life that
be dispatched a special courier to Pa
'dua to fetch a learned leech of that
city. Several days passed before the
leech reached Venice, and when he
came he made but a hasty and superfi
cial examination of the patient. "Your
daughter," said the leech to Signor Si
mona, "is suffering from an indetermi
nate languishnient and may die at any
time; the best thing for her is a pro
longed cruise in the Mediterranean;
by such means her life may be spared
for many years." When Signor Si
mona acquainted me twith what the
leech had prescribed for his daughter
I perceived at once what had hap
pened. Clearly Signor Anita's courier
had sped faster than her father's, and
this was a prescription which had
been first dictated by the patient to
the prescriber. Matters fell out as 1
expected they would. A week before
the jfrigatoon was j-eady Jo jput to. sea
Signor Simona took ice aside, and af
ter profuse expressions of his affection
for me, said he had resolved to entrust
me not only with his money but his
daughter also, and straightway un
folded his desire that Signorina Anita
should accompany me to Constantino
ple for the benefit, of her health.; I
had expected as much, and was not.
surprised, though .1 heartily wished
the Italian girl at the bottom of the
sea. To have raised any objection to
the proposal would have savored of an
intent on my pai't to feloniously make
WALTER BLQOH FIELD
on: wit a "quarter or a million gold se
quins, so I accepted the situation with
the best grace I could command, at
the same time resolving that SO soon
as I had delivered my charge to Sig
nor Battista, I would send the subtle
Anita back to Venice in, her father's
frigatoon, and pursue hiy travels as I
had originally planned them in Eng
land. -
CHAPTER XI. ' '
ROGER TRUE II AN 5 HIS MiCORD CONTINUED
November 14. The frigatoon Orio
Malipietro was a noble craft, well
found and in all respects fit. I went
with my wortby host" to see her while
she lay in the arsenal where three
centuries before the fumes of boiling
pitch had assailed thenostrils Of the
immortal Florentine. A swarm of
workmen were busy about her, and
the arrangements for the comfort of
her two passengers surpassed any
thing of the kind I had seen or sup
posed possible. Two stately cabins
had been specially constructed one
fore and one aft; they Were divided by
a spacious general cabin, and both
richly furnished with all things heed
ful for comfort. The crew consisted
of seventeen men; that Is to say, of
Captain Jacopo Perugia a fine man
of sixty or thereabouts, who had
served Signor Simona for forty years
and sixteen sailors. The fore cabin
was assigned to me, the after cabin
to Signorina Simona and her maid.
In all there was accommodation for a
score of souls. Signor Simona intro
duced Captain Perugia to me as a
man of whose fidelity and good sea
manship he had had frequent proofs,
and assured me that he had voyaged
so many times between Venice and
Constantinople that he could safely
navigate the Grecian archipelago with
out a chart; whereat I scrutinized nar
rowly the face and head of the captain
thus appraised, and was satisfied that
he deserved his master's testimonial.
Notwithstanding that its owner
spared no expense the fitting out of
the Orio Malipietro proceeded slower
than I could have wished, and three
weeks passed before she was ready
for sea. And here again I perceived
;the hand of Signorina Anita, who had
divers women at work making clothes
.which she desired not to depart with
out, but could not sooner get com
pleted. Signor Simona was a shrewd
man, well versed in the ways of his
kind, yet in dealing with his daughter
he was but as clay in the hands of the
potter, so great is the blindness of a
fond parent.
At last the day came when Captain
Terugia reported to Signor Simona
that his frigatoon lay ready to sail
with the first favorable wind, that her
cargo of merchandise was well' and
safely stored, and all his daughter's
baggage aboard. It was then that
Signor Simona ordered the ten chests
of sequins to be placed upon the floor
of my cabin, where I should have
them constantly in sight, and gave me
a sealed letter for delivery with the
chests to Signor Mario Battista, of
Constantinople. lie commended his
daughter to my care, and both our
lives and fortunes to the protection of
God in a manner so natural and affect
ing that but few persons could have
witnessed the scene unmoved. As for
,Anita she wept abundantly, and
showed either great filial devotion or
consummate skill in acting. And. the
wind now serving, the Orio Malipietro
stood out to sea.
It was with strange emotions, not
unmixed with sadness, that I watched
the spires and campaniles of Venice
wax dimmer and yet more dim as the
swelling sails of the Orio Malipietro
bore us southeastward along the Adri
atic, and I could not repress thoughts
of all which had happened to me since
I first set foot in that marvelous city,
so appropriately called the bride of
the sea. Anita noticed my abstrac
tion, and with the admirable tact
which seems to pertain only to femin
ine natures sought to dispel it by en
gaging me in conversation. Poor
Anita! I pitied her greatly, for she
had fixed her affections -on one who
had determined not to reciprocate
them on a man who had never so
much as spoken to her of love, and for
him she had abandoned her aged
father (for whom I am sure she had a
real affection), and had embarked on a
perilous journey under circumstances
the most damaging to her reputation.
Had I never suffered such treatment
as befol me at ihe hands of a woman
in England I should probably have
beeu content with this brave young
Venetian lady for a wife, for I doubt
ed not she was as faithful as she was
persistent, but my English affair still
rankled in my heart,, and my oath
never to regard any woman other than
as one in whom no faith should be put
was too recently registered to be light
ly broken.
"Our firogress was extremely slow,
and suffered several interruption, but
I. regretted itnot, for the month was
June, and the seas on which we sailed
locked by the most beautiful lands in
the world. Truly the ancients did well
in calling the Mediterranean such; it
was a compliment not an error, as
some have affirmed. Stoppages were
made at Trieste, Flume, Zara, Ragusa
and other places, and sundry mer
chandise delivered to divers traders in
those places who dealt in Venetian
commodities. It was on the sixteenth
day after our departure from Venice
when we put Cff from Lbmnos, and
ail had gone well with us in that time.
Our journey being almost accom
plished I sat in my cabin cogitating
how I might with the least harshness
return Anita to her father, for I had
gathered frdm her discourse that she
ehtttftaiiied the hope of my returning
with her to Venice in the Orio, Malipie
Vro, and that,, if disappointed in , that
expectation, she was prepared to ac
company me for so long as I chose to
travel in the dominions of the Great
Turk. Now I was fully determined
neither to do the one nor permit the
other, but concerning the manner of
acquainting Anita with my resolve I
stood in pause Weakness is a fatal
thing, and t cursed my folly in leaving
Venice in circumstances such as to in
volve me in this dilemma, and saw
clearly, now that if was too late, that
my proper course was to have plainly
told Signor Simona that I had too feel
ing fi3r his daughter other than that
of common friendship, and to have
left Venice as Ijiad entered it alone
There is no practical use in perceiving
good courses after the occasions to
which they apply are past, yet to rec
ognize one's self as a fool is the first
step towards wisdom, and this I did
very fully, albeit with much chagrin.
Suddenly, and without any warning,
my reverie was dispelled by the deep
boom of a cannon, and the next ruin---ute
Captain Perugia entered my cabin,
very patej but quite calm and self
possessed;, ''We are lost," said he;
"no earthly power can save us, but
we Will die like men," and with great
deliberation he made the sign of the
cross upon his forehead, and for a
few moments his lips moved as if he
were speaking, but he uttered no
sound. "Lost!" I echoed, lor 1 was
downright amazed; "how lost? The
ship is sound, the weather fair and
Venice at peace with every State.
At this moment three terrific cannon
charges rent the air. Captain Perugia
shook his head sadly. "The Turk is as
deceitful as Satan," said the captain;
"thous speakest truly, yet stand mat
ters as I have said. To the northward
ride thirty-four of the frigates in the
figure of a crescent and presently they
will enclose us, if they do not sooner
sink us with their guns." "But Venice
and the Porte are at peace," I retiter
ated.. "What of that?" retorted the
captain warmly; "it may be that the
Admiral Pasha desires sport, or the
Sultan needs Christian slaves, and no
Venetian vessel within a hundred
leagues of us to tell the tale. I have
said it; the Turk is more deceitful
than Satan, and you may prepare
either for immediate death or to be
chained to an oar in the galley of the l
infidel. Do as you will; I and my men j
elect to die." He turned and again
ascended to the deck. Hastily snatch
ing a brace of pistols from a locker I
followed the captain up the companion-way,
thinking of the remark of
Signor Simona when he presented
them to me, that I should certainly not
need to use them while aboard the
Orio Malipietro.
On reaching the deck I saw the for
midable Turkish fleet, distant not
more than half an English mile, and
disposed as Captain Perugia had de
scribed. The captain himself I could
nowhere see, but after I had stood a
minute or so gazing in silent wonder
at the grand spectacle before me, and
wondering whether the Turks intend
ed to do us any mischief or not, he ap
proached me from the after-part of the
vessel, leading Anita and her maid.
Both the women appeared dazed with
fright, but they obeyed the captain's
orders quieter and with greater expe
dition than I should nave expected of
them. The stern of a frigatoon being
large and square,, it affords a better
mark for an enemy's guns than any
other part of the vessel, and in the
captain's judgment it was safest for
the women to be concealed in my
cabin, situated in the fore-part; where
they were accordingly placed with all
haste, and the door barricaded on the
outside with bales of merchandise.
These arrangements being speedily
made the captain addressed himself
to me and his men as we stood in
groups round about him helplessly
gazing at the huge hulls of the Turk
ish vessels as they approached us:
"Comrades and fellow-citizens! the
enemy of your State and of all Chris
tendom is about to add to the many
proofs of his treachery and cowardice.
Behold, Venice and the Turks are at
peace; ours is a small vessel, built for
trade and not for war. And it seems
that the tremendous sea strength of
the Great Turk is to be debased to
doing the work of a corsair's galley,
we being the victims! We have but
one brass cannon aboard, and that
good for nothing but signalling, while
the thirty-four Turks are well armed,
and the lightest of.. them is three times
as heavy' as we. Escape is impossible,
but though we number only eighteen
men, .we can avoid being taken alive.
Let us fight with all ohr strength; and
so die, remembering that life with the
Turk is-worse than many deaths."
Though"-second to none in,y.alor It
was but a feeble cheer with" which the
Venetian sailors greeted this speech.
Had they been about to engage in :a
fair battle, none would have;' been
more . enthusiastic .than .they, ..but an
execution excites, no ? enthusiasm, es
pecially" in" the Victims, and fguch lit
seemed was to be the character "oi the
coming encounter. 1 m'-iT:':"J:i ,
To be continued.-" - t i
In a Dublin paper some time since
was a biographical nptice of : Robes
pierre, which concluded as follows:
"This extraordinary man .left ho chil
dred behind him, except his brother,
who was killed at;the same tune."
Glasgow Times. vr :.
Putltliiig Sauce.
One pound of sugar, four ounces of
butter, one-half cup of water; boil,
flavor with cinnamon or" vanilla, and
just before serving stir in the stiffly
beaten whites of two or threeeggs ,
Pieplant Dessert.
Trim off the crust of stale bread, cut
it in fingers ' two-thirds of an inch
thick, dip each piece in rneited butter
and line the bottom and sides of small
buttered molds. Fill the centre with
stewed and sweetened rhubarb and
cover the top with buttered fingers.
Bake in moderate oven thirty minutes
and serve with whipped cream.
Seed Patty Cakes.
Cream together one cup of sugar aud
one-third cupful of butter. Add alter
hately one cupful of sour milk and two
eupfuls of sifted noun Add the beat
cn yolks of three eggs, one teaspoon
ful each of caraway seed and vanilia
extract; Fold in the stiffly beaten
whites of three eggs, and, lastly, stir
in well one-half teaspoouful of soda
dissolved in a tablespoonful of warm
water, if the batter runs from spoon,
add one-quarter cupful of flour; it
should drop nicely from spoon. Fill
pattypans scant half full and bake in
oven suitable for bread. These cakes
are very tender, and it is a nice Avay
to use the sour milk.
Peaches For SliortcaVe.
Cover one-half pound best dried
peaches with hot water and let stand
an houi Wash peaches and cut out
hard and imperfect parts and strip off
skins. If peaches are a good quality
the skins will come off easily Wash
again, cover with warm water and let
stand over night. In the morning put
on to coo'c in the water already over
them and simmer two hours, or until
perfectly tender. Add one and one-half
cups sugar and cook one-half hour
longer. This makes a rich sauce.
When the shortcake is made put the
peaches back on the stove to reheat,
mash them and add one-half cup more
of sugar. Shortcake, to be good, should
be served as soon as baked. Spread
with the hot mashed peaches. Serve
with or without cream.
Pressed Chicken.
Use the meat from half a boiled
chicken; chop very fine aud mix it
with four skinned sausages; this
should be chopped to a paste. Grate
enough bread crumbs to make equal
bulk with the chicken meat and have
the sausage about equal also; that is,
a third of each. Mix well and add pep
per, salt and lemon juice to taste, with
a pinch of grated nutmeg. Cover the
chicken bones with boiling water, add
three cloves, half a dozen allspice and
a bit of garlic, boil about half an hour,
take some of it to moisten the paste,
then add three well-beaten eggs. A
square tin mold with sti-aight sides
should be used; line the sides and bot
tom with strips of salt pork, covering
every inch; pour in the paste, put
more pork slices on top, tie a buttered
paper on top and bake about ah hour
in a moderate oven. Set aside to cool,
turn out, remove the slices of pork and
serve the loaf on a bed of jelly. It
may also, after cooli4 and cool, be
molded in jelly and turned out, or it
may be served plain. ,
Hints for, the;
riOUSEKEEPERj
Cretonnes and damasks -are much
liked for bedrooms, the latter being of
more general usefulness.
Lettuce and green peas cooked to
gether make a dainty spring dish. Few
people know that lettuce is as good
when cooked as spinach. Boiled with
young peas the flavor is delicious. Also
it is very -U'holesome.
There are magnificent Japanese em
broideries on satin for those who
can afford them. These are used on
ceilings especially. Paneled with hard
Avood they are splendid. They are
charming, too, in panels for side walls.
The secret, of success in whipping
cream lies mainly in the coldness of
everything employed in the process.
Chill the cream on ice, and if you have
a syllabub churn an upright, glass egg
beater will do the business it should
be chilled before the cream is put into
it, and in warm weather, set in a bowl
of ice while being operated. Beat
steadily, but not fast. Rapid beating
makes the cream greasy. One cup of
cream will make a pint of whipped
cream.
Palms will not do well unless they
arc kept free from dust; they should
be washed as often as once a week
during the winter, and a sprinkling
with a hose every day in summer will
do them 110 harm. Set the pots con
taining palms in a deep dish and water
them from the bottom, placing the wa
ter in the under dish; this should bo
supplied with water every day for
plants kept in the house during the
winter. The palm will drink a great
deal of water if it can get it and will
thrive on a cold water diet
L1TIL
mix N Okf
on
Cuba grows nearly one-third of the
world's sugar cane.
The Siberian sable, unless protected
by iaw will soon be extiUct
Every square mile of sea is estimat
ed to contain some 120,000,000 fish.
Passengers on the Teutonic recently
played in a golf tournament at sea.
On the east coast of Scotland 1,000,
000 barrels of herring are cured every
year.
In the course of a century an acre of
constantly " cultivated land loses no
less thau 12,000 pounds of alkalies.
Last year some fishermen on the
Azores Caught a Whale from which
?3175 worth of ambergris was taken.
A Monett (Mo.) man has written 40,
0S3 words on a postal card and is now
one of the principal personages in the
town.
A Parisian barber, to win a wager,
entered a cage containing a lion and
a man and composedly shaved the man
while the lion iuterestingly viewed the
operation,
Mountain climbing is taught system
atically at Moedliug, near Vienna,
where the low but abrupt mountains
present many of the most difficult Al
pine problems.
The winnings of the bank at Monte
Carlo, Sir Hiram Maxim says, amount
to about 6,250,000 a year not far
from $25 a minute. The bank gels
ninety per cent, of all the money tbe
gamblers place on its tables.
PASSING OF MEDICINAL PLANTS.'
They Will Be Rapidly Exterminated Un
less Precautions Are Soon Taken.
The approaching extermination of
our chief medicinal plants, unless
measures are taken for protecting and
cultivating them, is predicted in the
Journal of rharmacy, by Dr. Krae
mer. Says the British Medical Jour
ual. in a notice of this article:
"Some well-known plants as spigelia,
sernentaria, and senega, which iu the
time of Linnaeus were found in abund
ance in Maryland and other Atlantic
States, are already becoming scarce
It is well known that some plants
have been improved by cultivation,
and it may reasonable be supposed
that all can be when the peculiar re
quirements of each have been ascer
tained. Dr. Kraemer urges a study
of these plants in their natural sur
roundings in order that they may be
successfully cultivated and conserved.
Many of the medicinal plants now 111
use are being cultivated in the United
States. It is staled tbat 40,000,000
pounds of peppermint are produced
annually near Kalamazoo, Mich. Cas
tor beans, from which castor oil is ob
tained, are grown in the Western and
Middle States. Valerian is produced
in Vermont. Digitalis purpurea, atro
pa belladonna, sanguinaria canadea
sis, cimicifuga racemosa and many
equally valuable plants have been
raised experimentally in America, aud,
in Dr. Kraemer's opinion, could be
grown successfully with the proper
cultivation. He urges the further cul
tivation of certain plants, such as sen
na, colocynth, gentian, poppy, etc.,
which have been introduced into the
United States and grown there to some
extent. He believes that three-fourths
of all medicinal plants are grown
either wild or in cultivation iu the
United States, and that fully one
fourth of the remaining fourth could
be successfully raised there. He points
out that Americans must realize the
necessity of protecting their forests
and plants, and must consider their
care and preservation a duty both to
themselves and to future generations."
Cnt-Kate Telegrams.
Wireless telegraphy is rapidly com
ing into commercial utility in, Ger
many, and large numbers of "spark
messages,'' as such telegrams are
called, are. transmitted daily. There
is a service in operation between Den
mark and Prussia, while two German
steamers running between Kiel and
Korsoer are equipped with instruments
and maintain continuous communica
tion with both German and Danish
land stations. The system employed
is the Slaby-Arco. Private messages
are accepted at the two offices at
Bulk, near Kiel, and on the Isle of
Fehmarn. A fee of seventeen cents
is charged for every message trans
mitted from one station to the other,
irrespective of the number of words it
contains, and it is thence despatched
to any part of Germany or Denmark
at a cent a word.
Success Easier Than Failure.
The principles that win success are
very simple and few in number. They
are easily remembered. Here they
are: First, industry, but not over
work; second, willingness to profit by
the experience of others; third, ability,
coupled with modesty; fourth, simple
and correct habits; fifth, honesty, po
liteness and fairness. Any one of or
dinary ability who practices tiiese
rules cannot avoid success. Success
is easier than failure. Atchison Globe.
German Publications.
Of the 12,703 newspapers and peri
odicals published in Germany, mor
than twenty-seven ier cent, are in
other languages than German, nine
per cent, beiug in English alone.
Humor
The New Version.
A soldier of the Russians
Lay japanned at Tscurizvkjskivitch,
There was lack of woman's nursing
And other comforts which
Might add to his last moments
And smooth the final way;
But a comrade stood beside him
To hear what he might say.
The japanned Russian faltered
As he took that comrade's hand,
And he said : "I never more sha 11 see
My own, my native land;
. Take a message and a token
To some distant friends of mine.
For I was born at Smnlxzrskgqrxski,
Fair Smnlxzrskgqrxski on the Irkztrv
khnnov."
W. J. L., in New York Sun..
Engagement Time.
He ' At wha. time in a girl's life
should she be engaged?"
She--"Just before she is married."
Tonkers Statesaiau.
The Other Fellows.
Little Willie "Say, pa, what kind of
modesty is false modesty';"
Pa "False modesty i the hind other
people have, my son."
Satisfied.
Salesman "Are those shoes large
enough for you?"
Pretty Girl "No, but they match
my suit." Detroit Free Press.
The Two Kinds.
"The great art of cenversation is to
tempt ether people to talk."
"Yes, but some people neet" to b
headed off." Cincinnati Tribune.
Hardly.
"Did you take in the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition?"
"Well," said the man, jingling three
pennies and a souvenir medal, "I doubt
If the exposition was taken In."
Enough.
"Geewhilikins, what's the matter
with Biffins? Has he lost his money
in speculations?'
"Oh, no. Biffins is all right. That is
merely his housecleauing time face."
The Only Hope.
"Of course, she's got a pretty baby
now; our only hope is that as she gets
older she'll grow handsomer."
"Yes, I guess there's nothing for
you to do but believe in 'age before
beauty.' "Philadelphia Press.
Changed His Boarding House.
"Is your dog trained?" asked the
new boarder.
"Oh, my, ye.;," replied the boarding
house' lady; "he goes down to the
butchers every day and brings home
the meat for dinner in his mouth."
His One Accomplishment.
"But," she protested, "you should
be ambitious to make a name or a for
tune for yourself. You can't make
anything by sitting still."
"I can make love," he replied, with a
soulful simper. Chicago Tribune.
Lucky.
"There goes the luckiest man in St.
Louis," remarked the old resident of
the exposition city.
"Lucky! Ho don't look it."
"Well, he is. He hasn't got a rela
tion in the world outside of St. Louis."
Next Best.
"Ahl" alio sighed, "now that you
have rejected my proffered hanC, I
have nothing more to live for.
"Oh, I don't know," he replied.
"There are two full-page bargain ad
vertisements in this evening's paper."
Chicago 'News.
Easy.
Teacher "Williams, this is an ex
ample in subtraction. Seven boys
went down to a pond to bathe, but
two of them had been told not to go
into the water. Now, can you tell me
how many went in?"
"Williams "Yes, sir, seven."
Went Higher Up.
"He Isn't in our social set any
more."
"So I understand."
"Yes, he dropped out some
time
ago."
"Why, he gave me to understand he
had climbed out.'-Philadelphia Press.
Fond Memotles.
She "Do you remember
the first
night you called?"
He "Oh, ; es."
"I had a sort of flower iu my hair,
didn't I?"
"Yes, and I had some sort of flour
on the lapel of my coat when I got
home."
TTew Occupation.
"I don't see your name in the maga
zines any more."
"No; all my time is occupied iu writ
ing unpublished poems of Burns, By
ron, and the rest of tbem, and post
humous novels of a dozen authors who
died without permission of their pub
lishers!" Better Unsaid.
Paterfamilias (to unexpected guest)
"Why didn't you send us word you
were' coming? Pot-luck, you know,
my boy! Hope you have managed to
make a pretty good dinner."
Unexpected Guest (politely) "Eless
you, old man! I hope I may never
have a worse one."
limited Guarantee.
Customer -I think this is what my
rtmie-htpr lokl me to set. You uuaran-
tee it to be one of the popular songs of
the day?"
Music Dealer "Yes, sir; but of
course I can't guarantee its popularity
among your neighbors after your
daughter has learned to sing iL" Chi
ago Tribune,
m r m .
Gravel Good. . .';...Jt
The air is full of talk about good
roads, writes T. E. Richey, in The
Epitomist. It is "good roads,' gooil
roads" everywhere you go. But isn't
it about lime something practical, waa.
coming to pass? All talk with .no re
sults amount to nothing, so let us get
down to the root of the matter. Howi
are we to really have good roads?
Well, I have. seen many plans tested
but this is the best of all: Make good,
deep ditches on each side of the roarf
to carry off all water In digging the
ditches throw all dirt into ihe road
and add enough from other sources to
elevate the roadbed to a good height
above the ditches. The roadbed should
be eighteen feet wide, aud should ..bs
highest :n the centre ,-aud sloping
slightly each way &o as to drain all
water into the ditches. Cut down- tl
hill and fill up the hollows. As, a vail;
road company had rather pull a train
four inilre up a steep "grade so it is a
vast deal better to observe this rule
for wagon roads. And now; to, make
the roads permanently . good . gravel
them good. Better macadamize them"
if at all practical. But at least grave!,
and that with thoroughly good gravcL
If parts need tiling bo sure. to tile tluiu
and do this properly. Let every hour's
work be well done. . There is vastly
more truth than poetry in -the . old
adage that "what is worth doing at all
is worth being well done." Fill in all
small ruts when they first appear.' 'It
is much easier done then than ;when ja
foot deep. Besides, it might save a
wagon or buggy wheel from being
broken or a horse from being crippled.
It might even save a human being's
limb or even his life.
IiuporJanco to Ilural Districts.
Martin Dodge, Director of Publ'c
Road Inquiries in the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture, recently made an
address, -in which he dwelt upon the
importance of roads to the rural dis
tricts. He spoke of the concentration
of population and wealth in cities, in
virtue of an economic law which can
not be resisted. This is hard on tho
country communities, but something
may be done to offset it. Cheap trans
portation is profitable alike to city and
country. But in the country the ve
hicle propelled by animal power over
an ordinary road is about as expensive
as it was 100 years ago, costing ten
cents a mile for passengers and twenty-five
cents a ton for freight. But
by the concentration of wealth in the
towns the country is deprived of the
means of making the roads as good as
they should be. New boards of trade
and chambers of commerce in the cit
ies are beginning to declare that they
are willing to contribute to a general
fund for the purpose of improving the
highways of the country, no part of
it to be used in the cities. Mr. Dodge
also spoke with approval of national
aid to road building. "i
Ancient and Modern Eoads.
Among the men whose names will
live as long as civilization exists is
that of John L. Macadam, the road
builder. Not only has his name be
come a part of the English language,
but the kind of road which ho built
has been adopted by all civilized na
tions. The ancient Romans built
stone roads, but they were different
from and vastly more expensive than
the macadam roads of modern times.
They built a substantial foundation of
rock, sometimes several feet in depth,
and then covered it with a pavement
of large, fiat stones. This kind of road
will outlast any other. Indeed, some
parts of the Appian Way, the building
of which was begun three centuries
before Christ, are still in use and in
good repair. It remained, for John L.
Macadam, a modern Englishman, .to
prove that the great expenditure of
lime and money required In the build
ing of the old Roman roads was large
ly wasted. He demonstrated that a
smooth, hard, enduring road could be
built of crushed stone a few inches in
depth, properly spread and compacted
cn a foundation of earth.
BulldinglCoads Kight.
Albert Lewis, of Bear Creek, Pa.,
who makes his winter home iu St.
Augustine, Fla., has set an example
in road improvement which may bo
followed advantageously in one degree
and another in many parts , of the
country. Mr. Lewis likes to drive.
When he came to St. Augustine, ac
cording to a dispatch, from that cityt
he fouud...such. poor, facilities for his
favorite sport that he bought about
1000" acres cf laud at Moultrie-'-. Point,
built a Sue drive, to his property, and
is now building public roads inthe
neighborhood 'of his own drive." At
bis own e::pense and using his own
improved road machinery, he is. re
building the Moultrie road, and ba3
planted' along a driva of about 'five
miles cabbage palm trees, 'i He has
also ehovrn c. disposition to giye-ma-tCiir.l
aid to tba county authorities iu
their 'worli on the read. 4 One man of
that kind' is worth a hundred. resolution.-;
and is . a splendid example-ot
enterprise and vigor. Southern Farm
... -it.-
A Nw'8yrim,
'.niy r.ro discussing in England a
i nov; f-yslcui of read bu'iding, which
would save a large percentage iu the
'cost of construction. Instead of tho
I present method of convex surfaces
( with a gutter at each side it is pro
1 posed to build concave roads with a
gutter in the middle.