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Copyright 188. by Bobkbt Bosun's Bona.
CHAPTER XIIL - '
TJNKEST.
The conflicting emotions aroused by
the perusal of my ancestor's Record,
but more particularly, I think, by the
keen hope of the existence of the
treasure where it had been stored by
Roger Trueman, and the possibilities
Which its recovery and possession pre
sented to my mind, were beyond the
strength of my nature to endure. The
heavy volume fell from my hands
to the floor, and I involuntarily rested
against the side of the carriage, while
a feeling of deadly f aintness came over
me, though I did not lose conscious
ness. Without doubt my aspect pre
sented all the signs of sudden illness,
or the comedy which immediately en
sued could not be accounted for.
"Janet," screamed the old lady, "the
flask, the flask! Don't you see the
gentleman has fainted? Quick! What
a stupid girl you are!" and the next
moment that awful gorgon had me
fixed in a corner, where she franti
cally endeavoured to thrust the neck
of her nauseous flask into my mouth.
I offered what resistance I could, but
my efforts were as nothing opposed to
the strength of my tormentor, who
persisted in her purpose, her tongue
running with great volubility while
Bhe saturated my shirt front with
brandy. "This is what comes f read
ing novels. God bless us all, look at
the size of that one! How thankful I
am that I never allowed my sainted
William to see any such devices of
Satan! Janet, throw that horrid book
out of the wondow."
The natural hesitation, of the young
lady addressed to deal in such sum
mary fashion with another person's
property averted the threatened calam
ity and afforded me an opportunity
to grasp my volume, fear of its loss
having inspired me with strength for
the effort. "
"Well, well, keep it, if you must,"
the old lady continued; "but it would
have been no great loss any way; you
could have got another at the next
station. All novels are alike; though,
I must say, that is an extra large one.
Ah, if my poor dead boy were alive,
he would be just about your age, and,
oh, how like you he was! E verybody
said what a sweet face my William
had just like a girl's. He was a good
boy." Here the old lady, being over
come with emotion, resumed her seat,
by which circumstance I was enabled
to breathe once more, having learned
that it is neither pleasant nor judicious
when in a fainting condition to be
projected against a fat individual en
veloped in ar vast quantity of crape.
The collapse of my fellow-passenger
was the signal for my recovery.
It was with much satisfaction that
I perceived we had nearly arrived at
Cambridge, where I . was to change
trains. It had transpired in some
remarks to her maid that my trouble
some fellow-passenger was also going
to Bury St. Edmund's; but I resolved to
avoid her companionship for the sec
ond part of my- journey by taking a
Beat in a smoking compartment; and
with my precious volume safely
Btowed in my bag, on the handle of
which I kept my hand, I sat looking
out of the window ready to alight the
moment we entered the station.
The old lady must have divined my
attention to flee from her at the ear
liest possible moment, for, though she
did not cease to talk, she now assumed
a somewhat quieter manner, confining
her remarks to what she was pleased
to consider my wonderful resemblance
to her dear boy in heaven, and inviting
me to visit her at my earliest con
venience that she might have the
pleasure of gazing on my features,
to which end she presented me with
her card
: MRS. ANDREW BUTTERWELL, :
I Kingsthorpe Grange, :
r Chevington, :
S .J Bury St. Edmund's. :
I took the card and, having glanced
at it, put it in my pocket, at the same
time resolving to most carefully avoid
Chevington and its neighborhood.
The short journey from Cambridge
to Bury passed without incident. I
tried hard to dispassionately consider
the facts which my ancestor's Record
had so opportunely revealed to di
gest them and to weigh the chances
for and against the treasure having
been long ago found and appropriated;
but my mental balance was too greatly
disturbed for the task, and besides,
thoughts of the living treasure which
1 might fearlessly claim were I but
possessed of those long' immured Vene
tian sequins obtruded themselves and
prevented me resolving upon any den
Bite plan of action. At last, after what
seemed an interminable period, the
train steamed into Bury station, and,
pale, nervous and agitated, carrying
my bag (which I would not trust to
a porter), I ran down the steps into
the courtyard. My father was wait-,
tag for me with the dogcart, and I
observed with satisfaction that he was
unaccompanied by a servant.
My father greeted me with cordial
ity, and in less time than it takes to
tell I was seated at his side and we
wir speeding towards Eoldenhurst
WALTER I BL'OQMFIELD.
as fast as our bay mare could trot,
"I thought it was best that you should
come home," said he, "if only for a
day. Of course, the place would be
safe enough with old John; but you
know I never fancied leaving it unless
you were at home, and just now there
are a dozen or more strangers at the
Hall. It is a strange piece of business,
this affair of your Aunt Annie. I
have Telegraphed to your grandfather
that I will do all I can to find out
where his daughter is, though, so far
as I can perceive at present, that will
be very little. Annie is the last girl in
the jworld I should have expected to
err in that way; she was always such
a loving child. I would no more have
believed that she had a thought hidden
from her father than I would at this
moment believe such a thing of you.'V
At this remark I winced, yet fool
ishly held my peace as to what I had
so lately read, and which now en-,
grossed all my thoughts. To be wise
after the event is the quality of mod-
ern prophets of dispensers of gener-;
alities and copy-book wisdom, whom
I have no desire to imitate. I know
not how it was. I suppose I cm by;
nature secretive, or that at the time
some ill-defined idea suggested itself
to my mind that I should best serve
my interest by carefully reserving
to myself the information I had ac
quired; though I have never at any
time regarded my father's interest as
other than identical with my own, nor
did I conceal my information as part
of a determined policy. That my reti
cence was a grave error I now know.
Had I at once imparted my discovery
to him who by nature and statute law
had the greatest right to know of it,
I had spared myself much misery and
the British public had not been af
flicted with these memoirs.
"Even If you cannot suggest any
thing for us to do In the matter," said
my father, continuing, "it Is well that
you have returned home. When two
persons discuss a case some practica
ble notion will often occur to one of
them which solitary contemplation
fails to produce. Tou have, read your
grandfather's letter?"
"Yes; I have read grandfather's let
ter," I replied.
"Well, and what is your opinion?"
"I think he has- acted unwisely in
making such long journeys to find his
daughter, more especially with such
slender means as his. If he did not
know at all what had become of her,
I could better understand his doing
so; but according to Annie's own let
ters, as grandfather describes them,
she has gone off of her own free will,
and repents her act only so far as her
present position prevents her seeing
her father. Suppose Annie's address
is discovered, and grandfather visits
her and learns all her circumstances,
depend upon it his gratification wi'J
end there; having been heartless
enough to voluntarily abandon her
father, she would hardly be likely to
give up whoever she is with and return
to Holdenhurst, or to some employ
ment in London. That you may
gather from her protest that she is
kindly treated. I do not think so well
of her as you and grandfather do."
"Why, Ernest, my boy, you begin
to reason like your uncle, and are
rather uncharitable; but I fear you
are right." '
"I am not in the least uncharitable,"
I retorted warmly. "On the contrary,
I regret" what has happened as much
perhaps as you do; but my sympathy
is more with grandfather than with
Annie. Although I see but little use;
in the inquiry he has asked you to'
make, I was in the act of starting'
for Richmond to investigate the clue
he ave when the Rev. Evan Price
brought me your message, and I at
once came here instead. Don't think
I'm indifferent to what concerns you
so much.".
"My dear boy, why asure me of what
I know so well?" asked this best of
fathers. "Your prompt return is suf
ficient proof of that." As this parental
commendation was uttered we passed
through my father's gates, and the
next minute alighted at the porch of
Holdenhurst Hall, where old John
stood at the open door to receive us.
I had been absent from my birth
place only one wees, but the changes
which had been made in that brief
period astonished me. . The entire Hall
was encompassed with an intricate
network of scaffolding, and our beauti
ful lawn, disfigured by planks, ladders,
and piles of .. slate and white hewn
stone laid about in confusion. Many
of the upper windows had been taken
out, the vacant spaces presenting -a
grim, inhospitable aspect- Thoughts of i
the enhanced grandeur of the place
a few months hence failed to dispel
the chilling depression that came over
me as I noticed these changes, and I
entered my old home with sadder and
stranger feelings than I had ever be
fore experienced.
My discomfort was increased when
I, saw the interior. All the pictures
and armor had been removed froni
the hall and staircase, and while part
of the oak walls remained darkened
by the centuries part had been scraped
and polished and looked like the library
walls of a Kensington mansion built
j yesterday, la wwly all :tfca room
the furniture was displaced and much
of it covered up.
"How do you like the look of the
place?" asked my father with a faint
smile. " .
The disconsolate expression of my
face, which prompted this query was
a sufficient answer to it. I do not re
member having ever before having
been so profoundly miserable as when
we wandered together from room to
room and along the gloomy corridors
surveying the confusion which every
where prevailed.
"Come, don't be so melancholy about
it," urged my father; "in seven or eight
weeks at most the Hall will be thor
oughly restored and cleaned, and the
architect your uncle has engaged as
sures me that the renovation shall be
effected in the most conservative man
ner possible, the antiquity of the place
being in no. way damaged."
I observed that I hoped it might be
so.
"There is no doubt of it," continued
my father. "Have you seen the
church? No! It is at present without
a roof, and the pulpit has been moved
from the north to the south side.
Where the altar was the new organ
is to be. On Sunday Mr. Fuller is
to preach in Johnson's barn near the
watermill."
"Haven't these changes been made
very quickly?"
"Indeed, they have; but you are not
acquainted with half of them yet. Yes
terday a celebrated arborculturist from
Kew was here and went over the es
tate, marking trees which he considers
too old either for use or ornament;
they are to come down and more than
two thousand new trees are .to be
planted. I am told that your uncle
had to pay a fee of 25 for his ser
vices." "Shall we dine now?" I asked, ab
ruptly changing the subject, though I
never felt less inclined to- eat in my
life. WThat I had seen and heard made
me feel sick at heart, and I would have
welcomed almost anything to divert
my rnind, perplexed as it was and
wearied with strong and varying emo
tions. "Of course; you have had a long
journey," said my father, looking at
his watch. "It is not yet seven o'clock,
but I will order something to be served
at once."
A small room which overlooked the
garden had not as yet been interfered
with, and there we sat down to a
hastily improvised dinner. Old John
waited at table as usual, but made
one or two awkward blunders, and
semeed so strange in his manners
that I took the first opportunity that
presented itself of remarking upon
it.
"You see, he Is over sixty," urged
his employer, "and we must not expect
much from him now. The alterations
going on here, and the presence of so
many strangers, has so disorganized
him that he has been almost beside
himself for the last few days; on Fri
day I could scarcely make anything
of him. When the workmen are gone
-we must find the old man a cottage
and a small pension. He has lived
here since he was a boy, and has been
a good and faithful servant."
"That will be rather lonely for him,
won't it? Fancy old John Adams, bach
elor and ex-butler, who never had a
thought that went beyond his side
board or the kitchen, living by himself
in a cottage!"
"It will be as. lonely for him as it
has been for me the week that my
boy was in London," agreed my good
natured father, and then reverted to
the case of my unfortunate Aunt An
nie. I listened to his opinions and con
jectures with but feeble interest, mak
ing pretence of so much interest as de
cency required, while I debated with
myself how I might best go down into
the crypt unobserved by my father or
the servants.
Very rarely was anybody out of bed
at Holdenhurst Hall at so late an
hour as eleven in the evening; and I
therefore determined, if I could only
screw my courage up to the necessary
pitch, to make a" secret visit to the
crypt at midnight. With this purpose
in view I withdrew to my room as
soon as possible, and having unpacked
my bag wrote to MJss Marshj but I
was so unsettled and unnerved that I
made three rough drafts of a short
Iettejr before I could express myself
to my satisfaction. That task accom
plished, I went into the garden, and
thence wandered to the stables to fetch
a lantern which hung behind one of
the doors there a ponderous structure
of glass and metal, encasing an oil
lamp, the whole depending on a huge
ring; such a lantern as the watchmen
of London carried in the time of the
Georges. Having assured myself that
it was provided with oil and a wick,
I conveyed it to my room, and then
returned to my father,, who at once
resumed the discussion ot which I
was so heartily weary. As with most
matters which are much discussed, no
decision was reached; and when at
ten o'clock we separated for the night,
I retired to my room in a strange con
dition of unrest, a prey to diversified
emotions, Hope and Fear struggling
for the mastery.
To be continued.
A Forsotten Craft.
It was probably known to near
ly every Roman citizen how the mor
tar which cemented the stones of their
buildings was made just as it is
known to the majority of people thai
the principal ingredient of English
mortar is street scrapings, but the
knowledge being general nobody wrote
it down, and in time, as the Romans
shifted their building upon slaves and
foreigners, the recipe of their mortal
was lost. So far it has not been dis
covered, though the secret of it would
be immensely valuable, for the cemenl
outlasts the very itones which il
joins
dusehold
atters
Lamp Chimneys.
To prevent lamp chimneys from
cracking, wrap each chimney loosely
but entirely in a. cloth; place them to
gether in a kettle, and cover with cold
water. Bring the water to a boil, con
tinue the heat ten to fifteen minutes
and then cool oif. By this tempering
they are toughened against all ordinary
lamp heat. .,
Oiling the Wringer."
Do not fail to oil the wringer every
time you wash. If oiled often, there
is less wear on the machinery, and
less strength is expended by the oper
ator. To clean the rollers, rub them
first with a cloth saturated with kero
sene oil, and follow with soap and
water. Always loosen the rollers be
fore putting the wringer away.
'Sew "Way to Sweep.
There is in the doing of little things,
even in housework, a right way and
a wrong way, and a good way and a
bad way, says the Philadelphia Inquir
er. Consider tor a moment the item of
sweeping with a broom. The next time
you undertake it notice your broom.
Do you find that you hold it or move it
rather in front of you the brush fur
ther forward than the handle each
stroke raising the brush and with it
a cloud of dust into the air and the
space beyond? If so, try this way:
Stand with -the broom rather behind
you, partly facing it, the brush fur
ther back than the tip of the handle.
Used in this way, you will find that
the dust rises no higher than the
brush; that, in fact, little rises, but it
gradually moved to one central point,
where it may be easily gathered into
the dustpan. Swept in this way, even
a dusty room may be perfectly tidied
without discomfort to any person who
may be obliged to remain in it during
the process.
Bananas Keel and Yellow.
In the tropics the banana is usually
picked green and ripened in the dark
like a pear.. They should, however,
have attained their full growth, or
else no matter how rich a color they
may take on, they will always be bit
ter and puckery. The banana grows
fastest at first in length, then suddenly
begins to swell, and in a few days will
double its girth. Then it is ready for
the ripening process. The best ones
sent to this country start half or whol
ly ripe and get their color en route. If
they start hard and gummy, having
been picked in an immature condition,
they will never attain the rich, smooth
flavor of the perfect fruit, and are apt
to make people ill. Never, therefore,
purchase a long, thin banana. Bana
nas are far better a little over ripe
than under, for a creamy softness is
essential to its full enjoyment. Ba
nanas are of two kinds, the yellow and
the red, but a vast quantity of plan
tains are palmed off on us in place of
the yellow banana.-
Tapioca Cream Two tablespoonfuls
of tapioca soaked over night, then
stirred into one quart of boiling milk;
add the beaten yolks of four eggs and
four tablespoonfuls of sugar; boil four
minutes. Stir the well beaten whites
I of two eggs into the cream when cold;
flavor with lemon. Use the remaining
.whites for a meringue.
Indian , Pudding Scald one quart
milk in a double boiler; then take one
half cup Indian meal, one-half cup
molasses, "one-half cup sugar, pinch
salt; mix with a little cold milk; stir
into the scalded milk until it thickens;
then turn into a buttered baking dish;
put bits of butter on top, about a tea
spoonful in all, and bake two hours. -
Dutch Dumplings Put a saucepan
on the fire with one-half cup of water
and same amount of lard. To this add
a saltspoonful of salt and grate one
half nutmeg. When fairly boiling stir
in as much flour as it will take up and
set off to cool. When cool break in
four eggs and work it up thoroughly
until there are no streaks in the mass.
Cocoanut Pie Mix two tablespoon
fuls sugar, two teaspoonfuls flour, one
saltspoonful salt; add the beaten yolks
of two eggs and beat thoroughly; then
add the whites beaten slightly; one
cup grated cocoanut and two cups hot
milk; bake in a deep pie plate and
border with a rich paste; as soon as it
puffs up and a knife blade comes out
clean, it is done. "
Cherry Pie Get the best sour dried
cherries, mash and cover with water
to soak over night; in the morning add
sufficient sugar to sweeten; cook till
tender in the water in which they are
soaked; line your pie dish with rich
paste; fill , with the stewed cherries;
cover and bake; sprinkle with pow
dered sugar when first taken from the
oven. If carefully prepared this pie
will quite equal one made of fresh
cherries.
Deviled Tomatoes Slice tomatoes
without peeling them, fry them in but
ter, take them out when tender and
lay them on a hot plate, while to the
butter left in the pan or chafing dish
you add a tea spoonful each of white
I sugar and of onion juice, a teaspoon-
iui oi vinegar, a pmcn or cayenne ana
a teaspoonful of salt. When all are
well mixed, add, a drop at a time, one
well beaten egg, and as soon as the
sauce has thickened lay the tomatoes
back in it for" a minute, or until they
are hot. fierve at once
H
Russia is said to own 3,000,000
horses nearly one-half of the whole
number in existence.
Tamarisk timber 4000 years old has
been found in perfectly sound condi
tion in ancient Egyptian temples.
If a man could use his legs propor
tionately as fast as an aut he would
travel somewhat about 800 miles an
hour.
The sea is said to be gradually eat
ing away the French coast, having
within the past five years swallowed
up no less than 400 acres.
The live-saving globe invented by
Captain Donvig has been indorsed by
the Norwegian Government. It is
made of three-sixteenth inch steel, has
seats for sixteen persons, a sail and
a rudder.
The chalk' pits in Kent, eleven miles
from London, are found to be exten
sive ancient British cave dwellings
connected by galleries which extend
for miles. Near the centre is a Druid
ical temple.
Nature's infinite variety is well il
lustrated in the collection of photo
graphs of snow crystals made during
the past twenty years by Mr. W. A.
Bentley, of Vermont. He has now
more than 1000 photographs of indi
vidual crystals, and among them no
two are alike. '
The crookedest railway in the world
is one from Boswell to Friedens, Ta.,
the airline distance being five miles.
The road doubles itself four times,
and at one point, after making a loop
of about five miles, the road comes
back to within 200 feet of itself on a
grade fifty feet lower.
It is said that when the tomb of
Childeric, a King of the first Frankish
dynasty in the fifth century, was
opened in the seventeen century, hun
dreds of golden bees were found in it.
So when the French Empire was es
tablished the golden bee was adopted
as one of its emblems.
A curious phenomenon has been no
ticed in the tropics that can never be
seen at higher latitudes. A miuing
shaft at Sombrerete, Mexico, is al
most exactly on the Tropic of Cancer,
and at noon on June 21 the sun shines
to the bottom, lighting up the well for
a vertical depth of 1100 feet or more.
THE MODERN LAWYER.
The Idfe of Some New York Corporation
Attorneys Is Strenuous.
I know, says a writer in the World's
Work, a prominent New York corpo
ration lawyer who is out of bed at 5
o'clock in the morning and after taking
exercise is ready for breakfast at 6.30.
He is at his office in Wall Street at 8
o'clock. His secretary and his stenog
rapher await him. Dictation begins
at once of the rough outline of a brief
to be prepared. He follows this with
dictating memoranda for his clerks,
specifying certain questions of law and
of fact which he desires looked into
during the day.
At 9 o'clock he reads and answers im
portant letters which his secretary has
sorted out for his attention. At 0.30
he is ready for consultations, with cli
ents. From that time until 4 or 5
o'ciock in the afternoon he is in con
tinuous attendance, either before
courts (generally of the appellate juris
diction), at meetings of boards of di
rectors, or in consultation.
At perhaps 4.30 o'clock the lawyer is
ready to receive reports from his
clerks. They are required to report
solely on the point intrusted to them.
Little or nothing is left to their judg
ment or discretion. It is merely de
sired to know what the law and the
cases are upon some particular point.
They are expected to report accurately,
concisely and quickly. This miscel
laneous work continues until perhaps
6.30 o'clock, when the day's labor
down-town is at an end.
Some lawyers even make use of the
time "consumed in going home. Dur-
' ing the summer months William Nel
son Cromwell spends his nights on the
New Jorsey coast. He goes down by
boat each afternoon, but a large state
room on that vessel is equipped with
desk and typewriter and stenographer,
that full use may be made of the pre
cious hour devoted to the trip. During
the winter he will probably be ready
for dinner at 7.30 o'clock. An office
boy has gone ahead of him, carrying a
green bag full of books and papers
which are to be considered during the
evening.
Bees in Warfare.
There are at least two recorded in
stances in which bees have been used
as weapons of defense Li war. When
the RomanGeneral Lucullus was war
ring against Mithridates, he sent a
force against the City of Themiscyra.
As they beseiged the walls, the inhab
itants threw down on them myriads
of swarms of bees. These at once began
an attack, which resulted in the rais
ing of the siege. These doughty lit
tle insects were also nce used with
equal success in England. Chester
was besieged by the Danes and Nor
wegians, but its Saxon defenders
threw down on them the beehives of
the. town, and the siege was soon
raised. New York Times.
Lord Delamere has purchased 100.
000 acres of land in East Africa and
offers It fret to fifty suitable settlers,
BARBARIC SPLENDOR;
Tendency Noticed in tbe Latest Produc
tions of the Jeweler.
Ornaments such as glisten on the
bosom of Indian princesses are now
chosen for the adornment of Western
maidens. Barbaric splendor is the ob
ject toward the attainmen'; of which
the jeweler applies his art.
Precious stones of t: - richest and
rost brilliant colorings are used to
fashion corsage ornaments. These con
sist of silver chains, tarnished as
though by age. Here and there they
are studded with flowers wrought in
silver and fashioned in relief, some of
these flowers measuring more than an
inch across. Pendant from the chains
are glistening stones, pale green, pink,
crimson, transparent, blue, faintly
tinted with lavender, some very large,
indeed, perhaps an inch and a half
across. These beautiful pendants are
not necessarily formal in shape, though
some are cut in ovals, circles and
hearts. All have facets, which cause
them to shine brilliantly in artificial
light.
Of all the precious and semi-precious
stones used in this way by tne art jew
eler, perhaps the pale, translucent
green of aquamarine is most attractive.
It suggests to the mind's eye the cool
depths of old ocean.
The gleaming yellow topaz is also
very showy set in this way. Without
any backing, simply held in place by
a silver band, it has a limpid beauty
which otherwise one could not appre
ciate. The lapis-lazuli is one of the uncom
mon stones thus employed, and its
rich dark blue, opaque and veined
with red and white, makes it very pop
ular. The changeful tints of the opal show
to advantage in these ornaments. Oth
er stones are used are jade, green, as
jealousy; green, red yellow and white
cornelians, amethyst, malachite and
emerald matrix and pure white crys
tal. It is difficult, after all, to say
which of these is handsomest, though
for delicate coloring the amethyst is
cinspicuous.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Most boys need licking, and all need
loving.
God never reveals what man can
discover.
A stolen sermon is bound to please
the wicked.
Many things are good until they be
come gods.
One Father of all must mean one
family for all.
A man is never too poor to send a
prayer dispatch.
God is the refuge of His saints, but
not of their sins.
Adversity is God calling us to give
up our perversity.
Seeds of sin must be judged by their
sheaves of sorrow.
Men seldom seek to dissect a relig
ion until it is dead.
Its need of salvation is the secret
of the world's sadness.
Your attiude with men depends on
your attitude with God.
Offensive Militarism.
The minor persecutions to which
militarism can descend in Austria are
illustrated by an order just issued by.
the commander of- the garrison of
Wisner Neustadt prohibiting the offi
cers under him from frequenting the
court cf the former Grand Duke .of
Parma, whose estate is in the district,
on the ground that their honor as sol
diers would suffer from association
with an officer who had been dismissed
from the army. This refers to Count
Ledochowski, who was a captain on
the Austrian headquarters staff, and
was dismissed because he refused to
fight a duel, declaring it to be repug
nant to his feelings as a Christian to
do so. He had afterward become a
member of the suite of the former
Grand Duke, and th? officers often met
him at shooting and hunting parties
given by the Grand Duk-. London
Globe.
Large Engines.
An idea of the dimensions of a mod
ern engine can be gained from the
figures which represent the largest
and most powefrul one the Baldwin
Company ever built. The total weight
was 267,800 pounds, and the weight on
the drivers was 237,800 pounds. The
diameter of the boiler was 78 3-4
inches and it contained 463 ubes, 2 1-4
inches in diameter and nineteen feet
in length. The fire box was 108 inches
long and seventy-eight inches wide,
with a heating surface of 210.3 square
feet. The heating surface of the tubes
was 5155.8 square feet, and of the fire
brick tubes 23.9, "making a total of
5390 square ieet. The gauge of this
engine was four, feet eight and a half
inches, the cylinders were 19x32x32
inches, and the drivers sixty-seven
inches.
Soporific Senate.
One afternoon during a tedious de
bate on the Panama .Canal Senator
Penrose and a colleague repaired to
the Senate lunch room. When the
other Senator had given th order he
asked Mr. Penrose whether he would
care for coffee.
"Coffee!" exclaimed the Pennsyl
vania Senator, indignantly. "Why, if
I took coffee I shouldn't be able to get
a wink of sleep all through the weary
afternoon."
Irish. Needlework in Demand.
Ireland is having its ianing this
year; for all the French dressmakers
are using what is called "broderie
anglaise," or Irish needlework. Whole
gewns are made of it, sleeves and
bodices trimmed wif it, and it will
appear in all the freshest and most
springlike dresses. London Graphic
OJ noted Approvingly.
The Omaha Bee quotes approvingly,
Senator Latimer's statement that "The
Government must stimulate and aid
the people in the work. .'It is the his
tory of road development in every
country," but adds: "It is unlikely that
there will be any action taken in the
matter by the present Congress, or at
any rate at this session; but if the
agricultural interests of the country,
earnestly, espouse the public roads
cause it will certainly in time receive
from Congress the consideration to
which its obvious Importance entitles
it." The Tacoma News estimates that
the passage- of the Brownlow bill
would result in the construction of be
tween 6000 and 7500 miles of splendid
roads, and the News thinks that there
should be no need for argument in fa
vor of the measure since its merits are
eo plain and the need for better roads
so great. "While the United States
has more miles of railway than all the
other countries of the globe combined,
it is a lamentable fact that we have
the poorest wagon roads of any civil
ized country. The Federal Govern
ment has aided the construction of
trans-continental railroads, and has
expended hundreds of millions of dol
lars in river and harbor improvements,
but has done nothing to aid the im
provement of roads. It is justly ar
gued that the Federal Government
may now fairly lend its aid to the
Commonwealths in the improvement
of wagon roads throughout the United
States."-
The Principle the Same.
The fundamental principle on .which'
the State aid plan rests is that tbe pub
lic highways are for the use and ben
efit ef the whole people, and that all
should, therefore, share in the cost of
their improvement. From State aid to
National aid is but a single step. Both)
embody the same principle. It is an
interesting fact that the people of the
States where State aid laws are in
force are enthusiastically in favor of
taking "Uncle-Sam" "into the general
scheme of co-operation. The State
Highway Commissioners of New Jer
sey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Vermont are outspoken ad
vocates of National aid, and the New;
York Legislature has memorialized
Congress to enact the Brownlow bill.
If National aid would accomplish for
the whole country what State aid is
doing where adopted it certainly de
serves serious consideration. i
Miles is For Good Roads.
At the second session of the National
and International Good Roads Con
vention, in St. L,puis, the . principal
speaker was General Nelson A, Miles,
who declared himself to be thoroughly
in sympathy with the movement for
better roads. He recommended that
5000 men in the army be used in times
of peace as an engineering corps to
locate the" best and most feasible
roads and co-operate with the survey
ors of various States. He said that
the Government would be vastly ben-.
efited by such a plan when it became
necessary to use such roads. The pre
liminary work of surveying could be
done by the army, he said, and the
work then left to the State to be car
ried to completion. General Miles
said he would have introduced in Con
gress a resolution or bill to this effect.
Auto Future Seen by Mr. Post.
A broad, vtell paved highway across
the continent is foreseen by Augustus
Post, of New York, President of the
American Automobile Association. At
a luncheon given in his honor by John
Farson, at the Chicago Automobile
Club, he said: "The automobile will do
what the bicycle failed to accomplish.
Within a few years there will be well
paved highways across the continent,
and with branches to St. Louis and
New Orleans. Men will have automo
biles built for the accommodation of
their families and friends, with buf
fets, dining and sleeping rooms, and
observation decks. But before this
comes there" must be good highways.
The automobile agitation and the
newspapers will give the West a sim
ilar system of highways." New York
Times.
Federal Aid. I
There is a widespread demand in this
country for Government aid ,in the
movement to improve the public roads,
and it would not surprise the close ob
server to see Congress meet the popu
lar clamor and give it the glad hand.
With perhaps a reasonable appropria
tion besides. There is no reason why
the Government should withhold aid
from the good roads movement. So
long as the public money is spent on
rivers, harbors, canals and other ave
nues of commerce, why should it not
be likewise spent on the public roads,
or at least the roads designated and
us4 as postal roads? Atlanta Journal.
, .Always There. 1
iitt American quarter of a dollar,
with the figure of Liberty on it is said
to have looked down contemptuously on
a copper cent, with the head of a red
Indian on it, and to have said: "Oh,
you dark-skinned, feather-trimmed
barbarian, do you call yourself a
coin?" "Well, whatever I am," said
the copper cent, "I am oftener found
in. missionary meetings thai, you are!"
Trade With Ethiopia.
Ethiopia buys about $600,000 of
American cotton sheetings and the
United States uses more than $800,000
cf Ethlopiaa coffee each year,