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VOL. XXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY , AUGUST 18, 1901, NO, 1.
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Copyright 1996, by Bobkbt Bnnib's Son.
CHAPTER XII.
'Continued.
"I am Sir Thomas Roe, representa
tive in this country of King James of
England. Your passports and your let
ter of introduction accidentally came
Into my hands last night, and you may
thank God that it -was so, for had it
fallen out otherwise it is impossible to
say "what might have become of you.
The causes which have produced your
recent experiences are quite clear to
me. You have not been so unfortu
nate as in the circumstances might
have been expected. But before I ex
plain further, console yourself with
the knowledge that your ten chests of
Eequins are quite safe, and so is your
girdle, your passports and your Eng
lish money, and that you are free to
take them when and where you choose.
Know then that we are in the second
week of September, and that less than
five months ago Constantinople was
the scene of a bloody revolution. The
Janissaries, incensed by deferred pay
ments, broke through all restraints of
authority on learning that Sultan Oth
man contemplated a pilgrimage to
Mecca, the expense of which they con
nived boded ill for the satisfaction of
their claims. This turbulent and pow
erful military body broke down the
outer gates of the Seraglio, and with
angry demonstrations demanded the
heads of the Sultan's Ministers who
had advised the sacred journey. For
the moment the discontent of the Jan
issaries was appeased with fair word,
but the Government was In a bad Tray,
"with an incompetent Sultan, dire lack
of money, and but feeble support of
any sort, it was necessary that some
vigorous measures should be adopted.
The Ulema met secretly and resolved
to depose Sultan Othman, who was
soon afterward decoyed into one of
the eeven towers which compose this
building, where he was strangled by
an ex-Vizier assisted by three pashas.
This step, while it effectually disposed
of the pilgrimage question, raised
other questions vastly more momen--tous
to the State. Mustapha, who was
Othman's predecessor, and had him
self been deposed, is again installed
Sultan, though he cannot, I think, hold
his high office for long his conduct
" being al&fost empty, and money ur-
irentlv needed, the Admiral Pasha was
instructed to make reprisals on Vene
tian vessels for indignities inflicted on
the faithful by Venetian traders at
Rhodes and Cyprus. There have been
no complaints to the Porte of any
such indignities for the reason, as I
suppose, that no such indignities have
been committed, but the Admiral
Pasha understood his orders "in the
spirit in which they were issued, and
hence the capture of the Venetian fri
gatoon in which you came hither. It
was seen that you were not of the
Jltalian race, and you and your effects
were set aside for special considera
tiona consideration delayed by the
turbulence of the times, which en
grosses the attention of all the officers
of State.' It was last night when the
Grand Vizier put your English papers1
into my Hands for intei!etation. l;
. perceived within a little what had oc
curred, and exercised such power as I
have for your benefit. Your property,
uninjured and complete, is at my!
house, and there it is that I would ad-
vise you to come and stay for the pres
ent. With regard to the captain who
has your ring I could by my word
cause his head to be brought to you at
once on a dish, but you have not been
in Turkey long enough to be indiffer
ent to the sight, and indeed his fault
scarce merits the penalty."
No words can adequately express the
transports of joy with which I drank
in the generous declaration of Sir
Thomas Roe. When I was a school
boy at St. Edmund's Bury I saw a
thief standing on a gallows,, his arms
bound and his neck in a noose, with
the hangman at his side ready to turr
him off, but the king's pardon at tat
moment arriving, the halter ws re
moved from his neck, his ms un
bound, and he was led bae to prison.
Nothing can efface frorc my memory
tfee expression of Oat man's face
while the king's pardon was being
read out to hhr and I think I must
have felt somewhat as the Suffolk rob
ber felt on th&t occasion. My thanks,
however briefly expressed, were Very
fervent, and I felt faint with pleasur
able excitement when Sir Thomas rose
to leave and bade me accompany him.
The two young Turks who had guard
ed me threw wide the door to allow of
our departure, and bowed to my pro
tector so humbly that their foreheads
touched the carpet. I would have re
warded them for the kindly treatment
I tigSl received at their hands, but l
had nothing wherewith to do so, and
the ODDortunity passed
After descending a great number of
steps and threading our way through
some naved courts not much jihlike the
courtyards of an English castle, my
protector and I at last reached a puo
lie street, where awaited us six ne
groes with two fine horses. SirThomas
and I having mounted the horses they
were led by two negroes, with a negro
walking on either side of each rider.
. And in this manner we proceeded to
Pera, where Sir Thomas Roe's house
w situate. Our progress through
WALTER. BLQ FIELD
iiarroW streets filled with a motley
crowd of petty chapmen strangely ap-
pareled, all pressing closely to get a
view of me, was very slow, but I
would not, if I could have hastened it,
for the sense of liberty, the curious
scene, and the conversation of Sir
Roe were delightful to me.
Of Anita and her maid Sir Thomas
could unfortunately tell me nothing.
The usual course, he said, with female
captives was to submit them to the
Mistress of the Harem for examina
tion, and if, in the judgment of that
lady they were sufficiently young and
beautiful they were received into His
Majesty's harem, while such as failed
to present the necessary youthfulness
and beauty were sent to the slave mar
ket and sold. He promised to institute
an inquiry concerning them that same
day, but warned me that he was un
able to afford them any protection in
whatever circumstances they might
be placed, as they were neither of
them English subjects.
The house of Sir Thomas Roe was
large, square and low, with wide ver
andas on every side. It was in the
middle of a garden on the side of a
hill, andtOVjeTlooked the sea. The de;
niesne was "stuToundedby" aT thfck'wall
so high that the house could scarce be
seen from the outside. We were no
sooner entered within the gates than
a swarm of slaves crowded about us.
and our jaded horses were half led,
half pulled, toward the house. I was
about to dismount when a stalwart
negro threw himself upon the ground
right in my way, his legs and arms
doubled under him In curious fashion,
and the surface of his back presented
upward. Hesitating for a moment, in
doubt what this might mean, I no
ticed another slave behave in a similar
manner in front of my companion,
who proceeded at once to dismount,
using his slave as we In England use a
stepping stone. I copied his example,
but with an ill grace for Sir Thomas
smilingly 'observed, "I perceive by
many signs that you are newly ar
rived in Turkey."
As soon as we had refreshed our
selves with sherbet and fruits, Sir
Thomas Roe himself conducted me to
a room, where I saw, standing one.
uDon other on the floor, the ten black
i chests, each bearing my name, appar-i
entlv in the same state as when I last
saw them in my cabin aboard the Orio'
Malipietro, and there also was my
sirdle full of money, my papers, and
the pistols which Signor Simona had
given me.
"Mr. Trueman," .said my host, "if
the contents of your chests had been
known to your captors, I fear nothing
I could have done would have saved
them from confiscation. As it was,
mv knowledge of you was acquired
barely in time to help you, for the!
public disturbances having now sub-
sided, your effects would soon nave
hpm examined, with wnat result you
Tnv miess. On learning tnat your
usage was the best which the Porte;
allows to any prisoner I thought it pruj
dent to make your property my first
care, and accordingly oDiameu
night an order from the Grand vizier;
that it should be placed in my charge,
and behold it before you as I received;
it. Examine it all carefully at your
leisure, for I must now to Seraglio,
t will inauire concerning xne
two Venetian ladies, your fellow pas-
Cpno.oTs. and of the Venetian mercnam
TChnao senuis vou say these are. Mean
while you . must consider my house
and servants as your own. .at tnese
words my noble benefactor left me.
and I proceeded to carefully scruti
nize each chest. None of them had
been tampered with in any way; they
were all of the proper weight, and the
resinous black paint with which each.
was covered had scarce received a.
cnTatfh Mv monev. too. was equany
safe and correct, nine hundred and;
forty-four pounds, all told, snowing,
that my expenditure since. I left Eng
land had amounted to no more than
fifty-six pounds. i
AffoT .m absence of several hours
Sir Thomas Roe returned, and I per
ceived at once from his countenance
that he bore no .good .news, "The two.
TTnnHar, indies'' said he, "you are not
likelv to see again. I have spoken
with the chief eunuch, who has con
ferred with the Mistress of the Ha
rem, and I Jearn that both ladles were
rejected. 'as, unworthy of the Sultan,
and sp'iit to the slave market for sale.
I bsve een to the slave market, and
talked with the merchants there, and
hr thPtn that the younger of
the two ladies was bought by an old
merchant from Aleppo for two hun
but that she protested in
dumb show so pathetically against
being parted from her .mistress, xae
niv human being near with whom
nhle to sDeak. that her new
owner bought the other lady also for
Mntv.fiv seauins. to be tfie servant
Ma first ruirehase. and thus, both as
Ul ' .
slaves, and with their respective posi
tions reversed, they have Deen carneu
rnnr Anita! I was too dazed by
mriiatinn of her -miserable and
tuuuv."- .
. ri fa to tn nffer any remark. Sir
t.s141"
continued: "
"Signor Mario Battista is dead; he
n. full month before you
a r.AntfljatinoDle. Ha had
V . ""r "
amassed a large fortune by trade, and
being a ehrewd, ' clever man he liber
ally feed an Influential pasha, from
whom he received in return intelli
gence of State matters. In this way
the unfortunate Battista learned in
advance of the Porte's alleged griev
ance against the Venetians, and cor
rectly estimating the incident he closed
his affairs here with as much secrecy
and despatch as he could, and, accom
panied by his wife and his two sons,
embarked one night aboard a vessel
he. had purchased, taking with him
an immense treasure of money and
jewels. But his flight was noticed
almost at once, and his means of in
formation ascertained. His friend, the
pasha, was bowstrune, Battista's ship
overtaken and sunk with all aboard
before it had got out of the Bosphorus,
and the treasure brought back and
placed in the imperial treasury, where
it now is."
This horrible narrative dumbfounded
me, and I resolved to get without the
dominions of the Grand Turk as soon
as conveniently might foe. Apprehend
ing that. I should experience some
difficulty in reaching Venice (for I
designed to return to that city). I ques
tioned Sir Thomas Roe as to the de
gree of safetylen joyed "'by Englishmen
in Turkey, and in particular desired
him to tell me how it came about that
his representations were more regard
ed than the representations made toy-
ambassadors from other countries,
which appeared very plainly the case. '
"The Turks " said SirThomas Roe,
"have resnected Eneland since 1588.
In 1587 England humiliated herself
by asking these people to aid her in
repelling invasion. The Turk, who is
nothing if not selfish, of course re
fused, and Elizabeth's envoys succeed
ed only in impressing the Porte with
an idea of England's impotency. But
when in 1588 England single-handed
scattered and destroyed the whole
might of Spain, it was noted here, as
Indeed it was throughout the world,
that the islanders of Northern Europe
are not only keen in trade, but quick
to avenge and formidable in fight, ac
customed withal to speak the truth
and stand for their rights against
whatever odds. Your Turk, I say,
noted these things, and the benefit to
Englishmen has been that to this day
their ships ride in the Bosphorus as
securelyas intheir own narrpwjseaj.
That" it is' not so with the ships of
'weaker States you yourself can wit
ness." For many days I continued to reside
in the house of Sir Thomas Roe, not
going abroad further than the bound
aries of the garden which encompassed
it. My host was a delightful compan
ion, as full of information as an egg is
of meat, yet withal singularly modest
in his manner of imparting it. By
his advice I not only delayed my de
parture for Venice, but refrained from
walking about the city, and I was the
more content to follow his counsel
when I considered the pain which In
telligence of the ill-fated Orlo Malipie
tro and her passengers 'would inflict
on Signor Simona, and so I rested my
self, filling my mind from the rich
stores of knowledge possessed by my
host, and making under his able guid
ance rapid progress toward a mastery
of the Turkish tongue.
But the time soon came when I
could no longer suppress my desire to
explore the streets of Constantinople,
v.,i nhQoi-ro tho manners and customs
and observe the manners and customs
of the people, and I intimated as much
to my host in the choicest Turkish I
could command. My host no further
opposed my desire, but merely auvised
me to adont the dress or a TurK, and
never to stir abroad unless accompa
nied by at least two stout slaves;
snj?restions which I very willingly
adopted, though at first I found the
loose flowing garments or tne uito
mans excessively inconvenient; and
could not then have believed that I
should for twenty-eight years clothe
myself In no other way.
ThA health of Sir Thomas Roe was
not robust, and it was always his cus
tom after a spell of sickness to talk of
!hia return to England, a change wnicn
the contemplated with pleasure. He
had no regular assistance in tne du
ties of hiB officgj, which -at times
pressed heavily upon him, so that
when-1 volunteered to assisi iu
his dispatches to King
James my offer was gratefully ac-
,0ntPd. And thus the winter or j.oz
nocaari axcnv. the sDring of 1623 ad-
vanced and still my daily life remained
oitoTori hut. I had meanwnue ac
quired the language of the Turks, and J
tit tnn -with little trouDie, lor ji pre
sent's but few difficulties to an earnest
cedent in June. 1623, intelligence
reached Bir Thomas Roe, In answer to
Inquiries which he had institutea ax
my instigation, that Signor Pietro Si
mona was dead, that the good old
Venetian merchant had died in the
belief that all who sailed from Venice
t ho nrlrt MaliDietro had perished.
There remained nothing now to attract
me to that city, and abandoning my
intention to revisit It; I continued to
live with Sir Thomas Roe.
To be continued.
Actor's Independent Valet.
Arthur Bouchier, the English actor,
once hired as a "dresser," a frequen
ter of the gallery at the theater. Mr.
Bouchier says: "One night a new
play was produced by me, and when I
came back to my dressing-room from
the stage I found the door locked. As
time was pressing, I sent another man
to search for my missing servant. He
was caught red-handed in the gallery
among his old associates loudly 'boo
ing' his master. Arraigned before me,
he maintained the firmest attitude
possible and asserted boldly, 'No, sir,
I am your servant behind the scenes,
but as an independent man and hon
est gallery boy I am bound to 'express
my unbiased opinion either for or
against any play which I may happen
to ie at a first night, "
Huraof
1 Or
All Correct.
An antiseptic baby lived on antiseptii
milk;
His clothes were antiseptic, made of ant
septic silk. ...
In antiseptic carriages he rode, with tim
to spare.
He had an antiseptic nurse, breathed anti
septic air;
And though upon this mundane sphere M
did not long abide,
They placed him in an antiseptic coffin
when he died.
Smart Set. j
It Drawback. '
"Education is a great thing." '
"Yes, it turns out some mighty Intel
ligent criminals' Life.
:
Expensive Engagement.
Patience "How do you know her
love for him was strong?"
Patrice "Because it broke him."
Yonkers Statesman.
Ambiguous.
Jack Nervey "I'm going to kiss you
when I leave this house to-night."
May Kutely "Leave the house this
instant, sir!" Philadelphia Press.
,jt
Mother Earth.
"I wonder why people always speak
of Earth as she?"
"It's natural enough. Nobody knows
exactly what her age is." Philadel
phia Ledger.
After.
She "Ah, you men! Before mar
riage you pay compliments, but af
ter "
He "After? Why, afterwe do befr
ter; we pay bills." Life.
Advanced.
"You say that Lord Fucash's social
position has improved since he married
a rich American girl?"
"Yes, indeed. Formerly he was only
a nobleman; but now he belongs to our
heiresstocracy." Washington Star.
; .4-
Kone Such.
"I'm looking for a painless dentist.
Can vou recommend one?
"I never knew any that didn't hurt
at least once."
"When is that?"
"When his bill comes in." Detroit
Free Press.
is.
Careless Artist.
"Do you think you can draw that
ball the length of the table r
"111 have to, I suppose. But I don't
see why the artist didn't draw it back
there to begin with." Chicago Tri
bune. , ..-.iii.-s..
Wisely Chosen,
Mr. Short "Can I believe it you will
TAflll-e mnrrv me?"
I Miss Tall "Yes. I always make my
own dresses, and. as we are both the
own dresses, and, as we are botn tne
same height, you will come real handy
when I am cutting and fitting." New
York Weekly.
Not Compulsory.
"Tell me, Colonel," asked the begin
ner in politics, addressing the gray
haired statesman, "can a politician be
honest?"
"I suppose so, my boy," replied the
veteran, "but ah! it isn't necessary."
Collier's Weekly.
Making Allowances.
"People do not take in proper ac
count," said the broad-minded man,
"the nervous strain under which we
live. It is necessary to make allow
ances for some of our public officials."
"That's the idea," rejoined Senator
Sorshum. "And liberal allowances,
too." Washington Star.
Physical, Not Political.
Doctor "You have a perfectly sound
constitution, sir, but you are over
worked a little and run down, and that
is why your physical energies have be
gun to flag."
Patient "Then in my case the con
stitution does not follow the flag?
Thank you, doctor." Yonkers Herald.
No Contretemps.
"How did your nephew's wedding
pass off?" ..vjuu.
"just spienuiu. ifciti
"Were there any contretemps?
"I don't think so. I didn't see any.
Ymi see we had the church thoroughly
cleaned up just before the wedding
took place." Cleveland Plain ueaier.
In the BiUvllle Baclrwoodn.
"How far is it to the next town, my
friend i"
" 'Bout fifty acres or better."
t Tnpnn how many miles."
"Well, hit mout be two, or hit mout
be six."
"You're a big fool!"
"I know it; but you orter seen mj
daddy 1" Atlanta Constitution.
Ills Preference.
The father was giving the son some
advice.
"Now that vou are starting out in
life." said the parent, "you will find it
pays to cultivate the acquaintance of
well-to-do people."
But the son shook his head.
"No, pop," he responded, "I will find
It pays me better to cultivate the ac
quaintance of easy-to-do people. I am
going to locate in Wall Street" Chi
cago NtWS.
The smallest oak trees are to be
found in China. They are one and
one-half inches high and will take root
in thimbles. ' m ' '"f Y
The lancuaee of the Republic of
Haiti is French while the language of
the Republic of Santo Domingo, on
the Island of Haiti, is Spanish. tii,m
Dr. Carl Schmidt, of Heidelberg,
Germany,- has succeeded, after seven
years of hard work, in piecemg to
gether two thousand small fragments
of papyrus and translating the conr
tents from the Coptic.
Stunted dogs are very much admired
by Parisian ladies. The demand for
them is met by at least forty profes
sional "dog dwarf ers," who bring up
the duds on an alcoholic diet which
has the effect of checking their growth.
The Bank of England notes are made
from new white linen cuttings never
from anything that has been worn.
So carefullv is the paper prepared
that even the number of dips into the
pulp made by each workman is regis
tered on a dial by machinery.
The Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia
Is the fifth husband of his wife, Taitu,
who was once a great beauty. Her
first husband was one of King Theo
dore's generals, her second she di
vorced, her third was killed by King
John, her fourth was "removed," and
In 1883 she married Menelik. - ..r,
Soldiers are despised in China. They
belong chiefly to the coolie classes.
The German officers engaged some
time ago by the Chinese government
found that their most important tasK
was to overcome the soldiers' own
feelings that they were a lower order
of beings than other Chinamen. '
The Chinese department of the Brit
l$,h Museum Library contains a single
work which occupies 5020 volumes
This wonderful production of the Chi
nese Dress is one of only a small num
ber of copies now in existeace. It is
on on rv pinned La of the literature of
China, covering a period of twenty
fielrfc centuries, from 1100 B. C.
to
1700 A. D.
It is not senerally known that the
vanilla bean is the costliest bean on
earth. It grows wild and is gathered
by the natives in Papantia and Mis
cantia. Mexico. When brougnt .from
the forests these beans are sold at the
rate of ?12 per 1000, but when dried
and cured they cost about $12 per
Dound. They are mainly used by drug
gists, and last year over 90,000,000
were imported into the United btates.
The warrant under which John Bun-
van was aDDrehended and placed in
jail at Bedford for six montns during
the reign of Charles II. was sold at
auction in London for ?lo2o. 'ine
warrant, which is signed by thirteen
justices of the peace, six baroneis and
seven esauires. charged tne tinlcer
with contempt of law, by preaching
and teaching: otherwise tnan "accord
ing to the liturgie or practice of the
Church of England." -lik
k'aklne Ptarmican by Pitfalls.
In Scotland there is a way of taking
ptarmingan, which seems so simple
that it is hardly credible tnat any
birds can be so captured. Yet reliable
witnesses have spoken of it as sue
osfni A -nisi pa nn the mountain side
is chosen where ptarmingan resort and
the snow lies sufficiently deep, vux
an old wine bottle, held neck foremost,
holes are made in the snow and the
bottom of each hole is filled with
erain. The ptarmingans lean over to
peck it out and find themselves over
balanced a'nd caught head down in
the snow, unwilling prisoners, but un
able to use their wings in getting out
again.
In Siberia wild geese are regularly
taken in pitfalls like these, but dug in
the earth instead of being poked in
the snow. The pits are dug on gras
sy places where the geese assemble,
and are shaped like flower pots, round
and gradually narrowing to the bot
tom. Baits of grain prove irresistible
and the geese tumble headlong in and
then, being unable to extend their
wings, find that they cannot get out
again. Chicago News. j . .
New Potatoes.
The discoverer of a new potato in
England is selling the seed at $500 a
pound, or $30,000 a bushel. That al
most ranks with the Lawson Pink.
It beats a ginseng garden, which is
worth $50,000 an acre each year. But
the Irish potato will surely have to
go, as it is becoming too diseased for
human consumption. We shall have
to turn to Uruguay. The French scien
tists, you know, have found on the
banks of the River Mercedes what they
style the "Solanum commersonii," a
notato that is immune from all dis
eases. Its yield is enormous, and its
quality is superior to the finest insa
potatoes. Let 'em come in!
Life a Reality.
Life is a reality- a useful, usable,
noble reality. Happy, too, when once
the grim idol Self has been dethroned
forever. For it is a trutn wnicn we
all have to learn oftentimea through
many a bitter lesson that we cau
never be happy unless we cease trying
to mate owrseT so.
ISIS
Carrot Pudding:.
f Two cups grated carrot, two cuDi
grated potato, two cups chopped suet,
two cups nour, one cup sugar, one cup
molasses, one cud raisins, one cud cur
rants, one lemon (srate rind and add
juice), one teaspoonful cream tartar.
spice ana salt. . Steam three hours.
bake half an hour.
'11
1
Chocolate Souffle. 1
Melt two tablesnoonfuls of butter:
add five tablespoonfuls of flour; do
not brown, but stir constantly until
smooth: add gradually half a cupful
of milk and stir until thickened; pour
this over the yolks of three eggs and
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, which
have been beaten together; put two
squares of chocolate in a pan over hot
water; when melted add it to the mix
ture: stand aside until cool; shortly be
fore the souffle is to be served beat the
whites of eggs until stiff; mix them
carefully into a cold mixture; turn into
a buttered mold; the mold should be
only three-fourths full; cover the
mold: stand it in a pan of boiling wa
ter and boil half an hour; serve yvith
sugar and cream. ' -
Two Cheese JSandwichea.
A circular cracker, of the variety
known as water thin, is crisped in the
oven.- It is ,. then spread with rich
cream cheese .rather thickly, and
toppec- with a layer of ruby bar-le-duc.
This Is made of stemmed red currants
floatir g in a delicious thin jelly. The
other cheese sandwich consists of two
blonfrs. three by one and one-half
inches, of brown bread, cut very thfn
and freed from crust. The filling is
Drepaied by rubbing some cream
cheese; very soft and blending It with
mineeil watercress and two table
spoonfuls of mayonnaise dressing. The
brown bread sandwich is served on
a crisp lettuce leaf. It is a tasty and
delicious sandwich for summer lunch
eons and for picnics. Nothing can fill
its place. . .
A Short Cuft to Marmalade. "
To slice oranges and lemons in the
process of making marmalade, there
is nothing better than an ordinary car
penter's plane, an instrument which ia
found in almost all households in the
larger or smaller form. The older
wooden planes are preferable, as they
do not discolor the fruit as the more
modren all iron plane would do. To
use. Invert the plane over the pan in
which the marmalade is to be made.
Take the whole fruit and move it back
and forth over the knife, removing the
seeds as they appear. This will give
slices equal to those made with the
very exDensive marmalade machine.
though with slightly more trouble, but
much more quickly and easily than
with an ordinary knife. The plane
blade should be sharp and properly
adiusted before commencing tne sue
ing. An individual once trying this
short Cut will never use the ordinary
kitchen . knife again, for the ease and
rapidity with which the fruit is sliced
is marvelous. Boston Cooking School.
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Dishcloths- are quickly made fresh'
and sweet by boiling in clean water
with a good lump of soda added.
Always put the sugar used in a tart
in the centre of the fruit, not at the
top, as this makes the paste sodden
When peeling onions, begin at the
root end and peel upward, and the on
ions will scarcely affect your eye at
all.
In hoiliner meat for makinsr soud the
meat should be put into cold water.
in order to extract all the goodness
from the meat.
Soup will be as good the second day
if heated to boiling point" It should
never be left in a saucepan, but
turned into a dish and put aside to
cool. Do not cover the soup up, a
that may cause it to turn sour.
A tablespoon of black pepper put in
the first water in which gray and buff
linens are washed will keep the colors
of black or colored cambrics or mus
lins from running. A little gum arabie
imparts a gloss to ordinary starch
If moths are in a carpet, turn it over
and iron on the wrong side with a good
hot'flatiron. Then sprinkle the floor
underneath liberally with turpentine,
pouring it into the cracks if there are
any. Rub the turpentine in and then
you can turn back your carpet. Re
peat this treatment two or three days.
A good recipe which will keep the
bristles of hair brushes stiff after
washing is as follows: Pour into an
open dish a dessertspooiiful of am
monia to a quart of cold water. Dip
the brush into this, moving up and
down, but taking care not to wet the
back of the brush. In this way the
bristles will be clean and white in
less than one minute and without any
rubbing. Then dip the brush into
clear water, shake and place in a
rack to drain,
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Checker Board Roads.
40 5 most parts of the West
r . V wnere. tne puDiic ianas
O I O were surveyed and laid
X R off Into sections, halves ,
Vatf and quarters, the public .
roads have been established on the'
section lines. These roads consequent-
ly run either north and south or east 4
and west, crossing at right angles. This
method of locating roads is sometimes
called "the checker board system," and
the term is quite appropriate. In some
States the road laws contemplate tne
establishing of a road orr every sec
tion line, so they will be only one mile
apart, but not nearly all these roads
have been actually opened.
In comparison with the system, or
lack of, system, which prevails in the
Older settled States of the East and
South, this checker board system has
some advantages. The roads are not
left to be located at hap-hazard, or on
crooked farm boundaries, or accord
ing to the whims or selfish interests of
the locators. The order and mathe
matical regularity of the system na-
turally appeals to the minds of those
who read about those roads or study,
themon maps, but to those who actu
ally travel them, their location appears
to be very far short of ideal perfec
tion. In fact the system involves two
very -grave defects. If a man wishes
to travel directly north, south, east or
west, these roads take him by the
shortest route.. But a large majority,
of the people wish to travel in other
directions. Let us suppose a man lives
exactly ten miles northwest from his
country seat. In order to reach it he
must travel seven miles east and seven
miles south, or fourteen miles in all.
Thus a majority of travelers suffer
a hardship in the matter of distance. "
But the second defect in the system
Is far graver. The mathematical pre-
eision with" which these roads are
located carries them across hills and
hollows without any regard to econ
omy in the matter of grades. Where
the country is perfectly level there is
no difficulty; where it is rolling tne
roads can only be improved at a heavy,
cost in making cuts and nils; wnere
there are steep hills and deep ravines
to cross the system is wholly imprac
ticable. .
Doubtless one of first benefits
that will follow the adoption of the
national plan will be the modification
of this system so as to remedy these
defects in a large measure. Naturally
the first roads to be improved in a
county will be those leading directly
north, south, east and west from the
county seat. Then main roads or av
enues leading northeast, northwest,
southeast and southwest from the
county seat should be opened and im
proved. Thus the first defect shall be
largely eliminated.
The second defect pointed out can
only be cured by departing from the
section lines where the lay or tne
road makes it economical to do so.
Under national and State aid compe
tent engineers will be employed, to
correct errors of location, so as to in
crease the usefulness of the roads, and
at the same time reduce their cost.
The sentiment for national aid is
making great headway in this part of
the country. In Nebraska the Legis
lature has declared in favor of it.
Several members of Congress from
Missouri are outspoken advocates of
the plan. In Illinois a State Commis
sion has been appointed to investigate
and report on national aid. In a num
ber of other States definite action will
probably be taken in the near future.
Conrress has no more widely useful
measure of domestic legislation in
hand that is contemplated in the bill
put forward by Representative urown
low and Senator Gallinger to give na
tional aid to the good roads movement.
The plan is to make a liberal appro
priation which will be available ior
the payment of half the cost of build
ing new roads, the other halt to De
paid by the State, county or local po
litical division benefited by the im
provement. The authors of this de
sign pointed out in addresses to tne
Automobile Club that the general gov
ernment, which has spent $2,000,000 in '
the Philippines and.$l,500,000 in Porto
Rico on road building, could properly
do something in that line for the Amer
ican farmer. As $450,000,000 has been
spent on rivers and harbors since
the Civil War, they suggest it is time
to make facilities for land travel also
a matter of federal concern.
There is no doubt that the Ameri
can farmer directly, and the whole
people indirectly, would gain much by
the stimulus the good roads move
ment would receive from a federal
appropriation sharing with the State
half the cost of new roadways. xner
is only one argument against putting
tn2 plan quickly into effect, ana mat,
is the danger of opening the way to
extravagance in appropriations ana
"graft" in their expenditure. 11 tne
American people could have assurance
not to say Insurance, against turning
the plan to the advantage of reckless
legislators and corrupt contractors,
they would quickly order it carried
out. They want no more river and
harbor grabs or public buildings steals
or rural free delivery plunder. There ,
are plenty of arguments against open
ing the Treasury door to that kind of
graft." But there is no argument
against good roads.
A Good Tip.
R careful what you do here and
don't worry about what will be done
.with you hereafter. Chicagq News.
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