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VOL. XXVIJ. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1901. NO. 5.
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Copyright 18P, by
CHAPTER XV.
FATHEB AND SOS,
f,0 Ernest, my own dear boy, look
up and speak to me like yourself,""
said my father, holding my hand and
looking down upon me with an - ex
pression of deep solicitude upon his
kindly face.
I pressed my father's hand and re
garded him steadfastly, hut made no
reply, feeling painfully weak and ill. ;
"Please don't irritate my patient,'
Mr. Trueman. With quietude, in a day'
or two he will be as well as ever," said
a voice at my side, which I recognized'
as belonging to Dr. Thurlow. ;
For a few seconds it was difficult
to realize my surroundings, familiar
though they were. Yes, this was my;
room, and I was lying in my own bed.'
That was our housekeeper, sitting by!
the clear, low fire; and the sunlight,!
which the drawn curtains subdued!
but could not exclude, seemed to denote!
midday. I
With a great effort I suddenly satj
upright. "Leave me with my father,";
I cried; "I want to talk with him." ;
"Not now, not now," answered the
doctor; "another time will do for that.'
You must rest."
"No; now, now!" I exclaimed, with1
great excitement. "Father, send these;
people away." ;
"My dear boy, be calm. I know all1
that you would tell me, and care notic
ing about it. My only anxiety is- to'
Lave 3'ou well again." i
"No, no; you do not know. I must
tell you now." i
"Ernest, my boy, for my sake don't1
excite yourself. I say again, I know
ail that you would tell me. For two
days and nights you have talked of
nothing else." '
"Impossible! Two days and two
nights! What do ycu mean?" ,
,-I think you had better withdraw
for a few hours, Mr. Trueman," said
Dr. Thurlow; "your, presence disturbs
my patient."
My father relinquished his grasp of
ray hand and moved reluctantly to
wards the door.
"Don't leave me, father," I implored,
stretching my arms out towards him;
and he at once returned to me. "Tell
me, what day is this?" - ' '
"Wednesday."
: "Wednesday," I repeated stupidly;
''Wednesday. My father says to-day;
is Wednesday. Then all is lost," and!
I lay back again on my pillow.
"Yes, to-day is Wednesday," corrob
orated Dr. Thurlow, gently putting
back the hair from my forehead with
Vs hand; "and before Wednesday
comes again, I hope to see yon on your
pony, galloping past my house in your
usual style. But you are mistaken in
thinking that all is lost; on the con
trary, nothing is lost. There have
been no thieves here."
.a. long silence ensued, during which
I iay quite still, my face towards my
father, who had seated himself by the
side of the fire. That two days and
nights .had elapsed since I went down
into the crypt extinguished my last
ray of hope of obtaining the sequins,
'and my normal calmness, to which I
had been a stranger from the hour of
reading my ancestor's Record, began
to reassert itself. At last the houses
keeper rose from her chair and noise
lessly quitted the room. She was soon
afterwards followed by Dr. Thurlow,
who whispered a few words to my
father, and then departed on tiptoe.
My wished-for opportunity had now
arrived, but i was careful not to lose
it by too great precipitancy, recent,
events having taught me some policy.;
and I therefore allowed several rnia-:
utes to elapse before I spoke.
"How was it that I came to be here?
The last thing I remember is being in
the crypt on Monday -night, not long
after my return from London. What
has been the matter with me? Don't
fear to tell me. I am nearly, if not;
quite, well, and it will relieve my mind
to know." ' I
"But Dr. Thurlow has just impressed;
upon me that I am not to talk to you.
of that; he says it will distress you.".
"It is only natural that he should
think so; but he is wrong. If he only
knew what I know, he would not have
given you such advice. See, I am
calm and rational. Do please tell
me."
"There is really very little to tell,
and it is hard to refuse you anything.'
You must not let Dr. Thurlow know
that I have disobeyed him. On Mon
day night, or rather very early on
Tuesday morning, Jonn came into my
room in a great fright and woke me
up. I thought the old man was mad,
and for a little while in my sleepy
state could make nothing of his rapid;
utterances and violent gesticulations;'
but at last he got me to understand
that he had been unable to sleep, hav-.
ing heard strange noises in the house
which induced him to go down stairs
to see if all was right. He found ths
door of the stillroom pen, and also
the door which leads to the crypt.
The old man had the courage to de-j
ecened into the crypt, where he was
horrified to find you lying, as he fc up
posed, dead. He came up to me, a I
have said, and as soon as I could rr.ako
out his story, I went with him down to
VUe crypt, and together we brought
21 sXouel.
WALTER BL'OOMFIELD.
Bdpert JBonkeb's Sows."
you "up Ifere. Xou were bleedlhgTrom
n, wound at the back of your head, and
quite senseless. Everybody in the
house was alarmed, and one of the
women fetched Dr. Thurlow. At. first'
we thought you had been struck by'
a burglar; but Dr. Thurlow disproved
that by your wound, which he has
shown was caused by a fall. Why
you went into the crypt we know; but
exactly how you came to fall as you
aia you must ten us, if you can, when
you get quite well."
"Why was it I went into the crypt,1
ao you think?"
"We suppose you heard the same.
noises that old John heard, and went
downstairs to ascertain the cause. It
Is strange that both of you should be
eo mistaken. Nobody had broken into
the house; all the outer doors were
fast, and nothing is missing. One cir
cumstance none of us can understand
is how a certain lantern came to be
lying by your side; it belongs to the
stable, and I have never known it to
be brought into the house. But I am
talking too much; Dr. Thurlow will bep
back in a minute and lecture me for'
disobeying him."
"Your conclusions are as I thought
they would be7 Tlas DF. Thurlow
gone home?" , , , ,
"No; he is with John." '
"Why with John?"
"The old man is very ill; he has not
yet recovered from his fright at find
ing you as he did."
"Ah! I have much to tell you which
should make you angry with me for
concealing it from you so long; but
you are so good and gentle with your
foolish boy that I don't suppose you
will be."
"My Ernest would have to act very
differently from anything I have ever
known of " him to excite my anger,"
declared this best of fathers. "I have
nothing to forgive; or, if I have, I for
give you with my whole heart before
I know what is the offense you charge
yourself with."
At this point our colloquy was inter
rupted by the entry of Dr. Thurlow.
He stayed but a very little while, how
ever, and having expressed his satis
faction with the condition of both
his patients, and promising to call
again in the evening, he took his de
parture. As soon as the sound of his,
footsteps in the corridor had died
away, I resumed the - conversation
with my father. i
"Tell me what are the "matters I
have raved about since that night ini
the crypt," I said. "It may be that
you know something of what I would
tell you." ;
My father's face relaxed into a smile,'
and his eyes twinkled in a manner pe
culiar to him in moments of amuse
ment. "Oh, we will tell you about that in
years to come."
"What was it I talked about?" I
asked again.
"Many things.
I don't remember a
tenth of them." ;
"Tell me a few that you do remem
ber," I urged. I
"About vast stores of gold coins
jbeing stolen from this house aboui;
the beauty of your aunt Gertrude's
sister about the Rev. Mr. Price and
a lot of similar nonsense which I may
perhaps recollect more of by-and-by."
"No, father- it was not nonsense I
talked about, but sober fact; though
maybe I didn't know what I was say-i
ing at the time. In very truth, as trusi
as you are listening to my words, you
have quite recently been robbed of
an immense treasure. in gold." And,
raising myself on my elbow, I ac
quainted him as clearly and briefly
as I could with the information I had
obtained from Roger Trueman's Rec-'
ord, and of my consequent action and
its result.
My father, who soon became deeply1
interested, suffered me to continue my
narrative without interruption. When
I had ceased speaking he made no ra-j
mark, but rested his face upon his!
hands and appeared lost in thought.
After waiting some time, and finding
that my father exhibited no sign oi
remarking upon my story, I asked him1
if he did not now believe that he had
been recently robbed of a quarter of
a million sequins.
"I believe I have been robbed of sO
much treasure," he assented; "but I
hope and pray it was not recent."
"What an extraordinary wish!" I
exclaimed, astonished. "Surely the
chances of recovering the treasure are
much greater if it was lately stolen
than they would be if it was taken
away years ago."
"Do you know, Ernest," said my
father, appearing not to notice my re
mark; "your uncle Sam was talking
to me about that very treasure the
first evening you saw him here."
"Then its existence was known to
you both?"
"Not exactly. It was known to all
his family that Roger Trueman Roger
the Renegade, or Roger the Alchemist,
as he was variously called brought
with him from Turkey an immense
treasure of gold and jewels; but none
of us ever knew what finally became cf
them, and for more than a hundred
years nobody has troubled to inquire,
put X have always understood, that my
great-grandfather spent years in a
fruitless search for it, which I suppose
has deterred his successors from wast
ing their time in the same way."
"What was it uncle Sam said to you
about the treasure the evening I first
saw him?" -
"That he believed it, was concealed
somewhere in Holdenhurst Hall, and
might yet be found."
"Then why do you hope that the
robbery is not recent?"
"Don't ask me,l' exclaimed my
father, starting up excitedly; "I hate
myself for my present thoughts. Tell
me where I will find that old manu
script; I will fetch It and read it here."
My father walked to the other side
of the; room and took the book out of
a drawer which I had indicated. I
had never seen him so strangely moved
before. That he should be disturbed
by the Information: just imparted to
him was only what I had expected;
nevertheless his reception of my rev
elation surprised me. Though" greatly
concerned with the matter, and evi
dently considering all I had said, it
was plain that measures for the recov
ery" dT the sequhasengaged very little
of his attention; but I refrained for the
present from remarking on that cir
cumstance, and remained still and
quiet while he sat by my bed and read
his ancestor's Record. At last he laid
aside the book with a sigh, and rising
from his chair paced about the room
thoughtfully. After some minutes he
suddenly paused before me, saying
. "I wish you were well enough to ac
company me to the crypt."
I assured my father of my ability to
do so without danger or even incon
venience, and was about to get up
when he stopped me.
"Not until Dr. Thurlow has seen you
again, and then only with his con
sent." "What nonsense!" I exclaimed,
springing out of bed. "Because I
have been disappointed and have
knocked my head on a stone pavement
you want to make an invalid of me.
Surely two days is enough to spend
in bed talking nonsense, especially at
such a time as this, when there is so
'much to do and consider;" and despite
my father's protests I hastened to dress
myself, assuming a smile and talking
cheerfully all the while. But the per
formance cost m.e a. tremendous effort,
for I felt "wretcneoUyweak anof ill.
"Well, I suppose it must be so, then,"
consented my father, when he per
ceived that my obstinacy was not to
be overcome; "it will be best to make
a careful examination of the place
before your uncle comes."
; "Before my uncle comes!" I echoed.
."Is uncle Sam coming?"
; "Yes; to-morrow morning. I tele
graphed to him yesterday, informing
him of your accident, and he replied
that lie would come down on Thurs
day." i--
"Ah!" I said, "he little- knows what
a story we have .to tell him."
. "I hope he does not, I am sure," said
my father sadly.
"How strangely you talk, father!
Surely you don't mean to imply that
your brother has directly or indirect
ly stolen those sequins out of your
house? I would stake my life upon
uncle Sam's honor; and as for his
wealth, liberality and ability, you
would not easily match them in an
other man." . ' ' .
, To my inexpressible surprise and
pain, my father ignored my question,
merely remarking that he hoped no
harm might come of my going down
into the crypt, and that I must certain
ly be back in my room again before
Dr. Thurlow returned.
It was an hour past noon when we
entered the crypt, my father walking
first holding a lamp, for the place was
as dark by day as by night. After
pausing for a moment to observe a
crimson stain which marked the spot
where; I had fallen, we proceeded at
once to the Abbot's Cell for my
father, when he assisted in bringing
me up out of the crypt, and again
when he went there with Dr. Thur
low to explain to him in what cir
cumstances I had been found, had not
penetrated so far.
- The crypt's store of surprises was
not yet exhausted, whatever might
be the case with its sequins, for walk
ing up to the Abbot's Cell I saw with
astonishment that it was closed by the
brick screen as when my attention
was first called to it. The bricks had
been carefully replaced one upon an
other precisely as I had found them
on Monday night, or if there was any
difference, they were built up some
what more neatly; for notwithstand
ing the aid of my father, it took longei
to effect an entry into the cell than
when I was unassisted. On -reaching
the interior we found that the candle
and matches had. been taken away,
and the empty chest upon which I
had seen them was placed with the
other empty chests. All else in the
cell was unchanged.
My father spoke few words .during
this investigation, and appeared great
ly depressed, though, so far as I could
make out he cared but little for the
loss he had sustained. He agreed with
me (for indeed the evidences of it
were undeniable) that the contents
of the chests had been abstracted quite
recently probably only a few days
before. .
We left the crypt as we had entered
it, my father locking the door after
him and putting the key into his
pocket. Coming out of the stillre-ora
into the hall we noticed that the front
door was opened as widely as possible
and that eight strong men were with
much difiiculty bringing in upon rollers
an immense steel safe of enormous
weight, the secure recepta'cle for our
family papers which uncle Sam had
promised to my father. "
$9 l?e continued, :
"
lemon Ice. ,
One-quarter cupful of sugar, one
half cupful of boiling water, two table
spoonfuls of lemon juice. Make a
syrup by boiling sugar and water five
minutes. Cool, add lemon juice; strain
and free, using three parts finely
crushed ice to one part rock salt. Serve
in f rappe glasses. ....
w Cocoanut Macaroons.
Sift a scant cupful of flour and add
too it one cupful of granulated sugar
and two cupfuls of the best shredded
cocoanut. Mix these ingredients
thoroughly, and fold into the mixture
the whites of three large eggs whipped
to a very stiff froth. Roll the batter
into small, flat caBes, and bake for
twenty minutes in a moderate oven,
or until they are crisp and a golden
brown.
Gingerbread. ' -f 1
Beat a cup of butter and one cup of
sugar together; add a cup of molasses
and a cup of sour cream; beat in the
yolks of four eggs, a tablespoonful of
ground ginger, and one of ground cin
namon; a teaspoonful of ground cloves,
three cups of flour, the beaten whites
and a teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in
a little hot water. Bake in greased
tins. This should not be stiff, but
what is called "soft" gingerbread, and
Is pulled, rather than cut, into pieces
while hot
Veal Croqnettei.
For breakfast -can be prepared the
night before, and so be ready for the
table in a few minutes; chop the veal
fine; mix half cup of sweet milk with
about a teaspoonful of flour; melt a
piece of butter the size of an egg and
stir the flour and milk into it; then
let It come to a boil; mix this thor
oughly with the meat, form it Into
balls or flat cakes, scatter a little
pepper arid salt over it, and let it stand
until morning; then beat one egg very
light; add a little milk; dip the meat
balls in the egg and then in tho
cracker crumbs; fry in hot lard until
brown. , . ,v
Paprika Schnitzel. ' - - -
Cut two pounds of thick veal steak
Into small pieces, roll in seasoned flour,
fry brown in salt pork fat Remove
the meat-from the pan, add two table
spoons of flour to the remaining fat
brown lightly, and pour in gradually
the strained liquor from a pint can of
tomatoes. Add a slice each of onion
and carrot, three bay leaves and a bit
of mace, then return the meat to the
sauce, cover closely and simmer three
quarters' of an hour. When done re
move the meat, add a little more salt if
necessary to the sauce, a large pinch
of paprika and strain into the platter.
(The pork fat helps to season.) . ;
- '1"
Orange Ice. "
One-quarter cupful of sugar, one
half cupful of boiling water, one-third
cupful orange juice, one-half table
spoonful lemon juice. Make syrup by
boiling sugar and water five minutes.
Cool, add fruit juices, strain and freeze.
To obtain orange juice cut oranges in
halves crosswise, remove pulp and
juice, using a spoonk then strain
through cheese cloth. A glass lemon
squeezer may be used if care is taken
not to break the peel. Take out all
tough portions and remaining pulp
from peel and point tops', using sharp
scissors. Fill cups thus made with ice
for serving.
HiNXS FOR THE?
USEKEEPE1
If the -glass stopper of a bottle is
thinly coated with vaseline, it will
never stick.
Moistened tea leaves applied to a
burn will relieve the inflammation and
prevent a scar.
Bleach faded muslin garments with
chloride of lime, using one tablespoon
ful to one quart of water.
Varnish and sticky flypaper can be
retnoved from curtains or carpet by
alcohol to which a little salt is added.
One bright woman finds a dry white
string mop a very satisfactory utensil
to remove the dust from hardwood
floors.
A practical use for the pyrography
fad was observed in a handsome
wooden salt shaker at a fifth wedding
anniversary.
A white silk covered dress shield un
der the baby's fancy bib is a sure pro
tection, not only to the dress, but the
underclothing.
It is said lamp chimneys will last
longer if never touched with water.
The spots on them can be removed
with turpentine.
As it has been found expedient to
abolish thresholds in school buildings,
is there any sufficient reason for re
taining them in Our homes?
Mothers can do much to preserve our
native wild flowers by teaching the
children to respect the flowers, not to
ruthlessly tear and destroy them.
Break off the dainty blossoms, but do
not destroy tbem root and branch.
5'omeof the 0es--3
joUssTof the
The. Redeeming Trait.
There ia a young lady named Smart
Whose hair is so scant it won't part; .
She's cross-eyed and thin
And as ugly as sin,
But they say "She has such a good heart,'
The Cynic, ia Town Topics,
Expensive Engagement.
Patience-"How do you know her
love for him was strong?"
Patrice "Because it broke him."
Yonkers Statesman.
Obliging.
She "Have you a copy of Prome
theus Bound?"
He "No, ma'am; but we can get it
for you bound any way you like."
Minneapolis Tribune.
Extreme Ielicacy.
Ella "What are the wild waves say
ing?" Stella "I never listen-to private con
versation." Town Topics
Thought He Knew of One.
Instructor (at night school) 'What
are some of the evils of wealth?"
Shaggy Haired Pupil "Automobiles
is one of 'em." Chicago Tribune.
' Back Tay.
"What did he get $300 back pension
for?"
"Why, ie wa- shot between the
shoulder blades." Yonkers Herald.
They Loved Each Other So.
Ethel (to Rose, who had just told her
a funny story) "But, my dear, that's
an awfully old joke.".
Rose "Is it, really, dear? Well, of
course, you ought to know."
Safeguarded.
Mr. Dash "Is your cook amiable
when 3rou bring home unexpected com
pany to dinner?"
Mr. Rash "Oh,- we have a guaran
teed asbestos curtain between our dining-room
and kitchen." Cincinnati
Tribune. .0
Poor Consolation.
He "I don't like your friend, Miss
Knox. She told an acquaintance of
mine that I was a perfect idiot."
She "Oh, I'm sure she didn't mean
it. She knows as well as any one else
that no human is absoultely perfect."
Chicago News.
Nothing to Speak Of.
Miss Skrawney (giggling) "Mr. Kid
der is such a flatterer."
Miss Ascum "What has he been say
ing to you?"
Miss Skrawney "Oh.tee, hee, he's so
gallant. -He told me I had arms like
the Yenus de Milo." Philadelphia
Press. .
The Private Carriage.
"Yes," said the man who boasts of
what he once was, "I once rode in a
carriage of my own."
"All of which goes to prove," re
marked the man who had his measure,
"that baby carriages were in use at
the time you were born." Butte Inter
Mountain. ' .
Marred.
"Here's a queer fcrror you
OVer-
looked," said the copy -holder.
"What's that?" demanded Peck, the
proofreader.
"In this sentence in the copy which
begins: 'His married life' the T is left
out of 'married.' "
"It amounts to the same thing
it pass." Catholic Standard
Times.
Let 1
and
Fixed For life.
Tom Plodder "Still looking for a sit
uation, Jack?"
Jack Luckey "No; I'm engaged
now."
Tom Plodder "You mean you're en
gaged to work for some one?"
Jack Luckey "No; engaged so that I
don't have to work. 01f Roxley's
daughter, you know." Philadelphia
Ledger. '
Disappointed.
Young Bridegroom "I had hoped
your father would- forgive me by this
time for taking you away from your
luxurious home."
Young Bride "Why, Clarence, he
forgave you long ago. What made you
think he hadn't?"
Young Bridegroom "Why er he
hasn't asked us to go and live with
him." Chicago Tribune.
Contemporaresi.
Miss Passay "Teach you the five
step schottische? Why, I don't know
it."
Young Callow "No? Miss Pepprey
told me you did."
Miss Passay "No, indeed. The five
step schottische must be a very old
form of schottische."
Young Callow "Yes, that's what she
said." Philadelphia Press.
An Apology.
The Doctor (angrily) "Look here,
Dicer, I understand that you have been
telling people that you would not let
me treat a sick cat of yours!"
Dicer "I believe I did say that."
The Doctor "Well, sir, you'll have
to take it back."
Dicer "Very well, I will. I will let
you treat a sick cat of mine. I'm not
very fond of animals anyhow."
Satisfactory Reason.
"I've just been" making my . will. I
have bequeathed everything I possess
to my wife."
"Then you did it in about ten words."
"Not at all. The lawyer who drew it
up for me used four sheets of paper."
"What did he charge you?"
"Five dollars."
- "Then he's an honest lawyer. He
wanted to make the service worth the
fee," Chicago Tribune, J,
As the pearl fisheries at Lohia, the
lower end of the Red Sea, are financed
by natives of India (the divers being
all Arabs), it is difficult to get the year
ly output of the pearls or their correct
value; but the trade returns for 1901
show that $77,077 worth were exported
for that year. .
Iceland is so commonly believed to be
a barren glacier-covered land like
Greenland that it comes as a gentle
shock to read of a grant of $25,000
annually made by the Icelandic Par
liament for the granting of "loans to
purchase galvanized barbed wire for
fencing farms."
An information bureau has recently
been inaugurated in connection with
the University of Paris, and is consid
ered an excellent innovation. The
bureau will afford information on all
matters connected with higher educa
tion in Paris, whether in Government
or private institutions. Those who, in
this country or elsewhere, are contem
plating entering a university, and who
have spent hours in trying to derive
some tangible ideas from calendars and
class syllabuses, will appreciate the
useful purpose which would be served
by a bureau of this character.
An English naturalist has discovered
a new and interesting species of spider
in Australia. It lives in the crevices
of the rocks along the seashore be
tween high-water and low-water
marks, selecting this peculiar situa
tion, it is believed, because' it finds
there the food that it likes best. Of
course, its home is submerged when
the tide is in, but it prevents the
water from coming in by weaving a
sheet of silk across the entrance. The
web is air-tight, as well as water
tight, but enough air is inclosed when
the web is stretched to last the spider
until the tide recedes.
The text-books have put down car
bon as an element that could not be
melted. Dr. Ludwig has succeeded
not only in melting it but in keeping
it in the fused condition long enough
to study it somewhat. The melting
was produced by subjecting the carbon
to a pressure of 22,500 pounds to the
square inch while at the same time
it was heated to the highest point ob
tainable in the electric furnace. The
carbon in the liquid form is transpar
ent. On being suddenly cooled a gray
powder is produced in which there are
myriads of microscopic diamonds
formed by the crystallization.
Tennis in Russia. ,
In "How Russia Amuses Itself," by
Fred Whishaw, included in Esther Sin
gleton's "Russia:" As Seen and De
scribed by Great Writers," it is amus
ing -to read, how the Czar's subjects
play lawn tennis:
Of late years "lorteneece," as lawn
tennis is called in the Czar's country,
has been slightly attempted; but it is
not really liked; too many balls are
lost, and the rules of the game have
never yet been thoroughly grasped. A
quartet of men will occasionally rig
up their net, which they raise to about
the height of a foot and a half, and
play a species of battledore . and
shuttlecock over it until the balls dis
appear; but it is scarcely tennis. As
a matter of fact, a Russian generally
rushes at the ball and misses it, on
the rare occasions when he strikes the
object, he does so with so much energy
that the ball, unless stopped by the
adversary's eye, or his partner's, dis
appears forever into "ths blue."
Christianity in Japan.
Thete are about 200,000 Christians
in Japan's popuation of 45.000,000.
Their rate of growth is about four and
a half per cent, per annum, the popu
lation increasing at the rate of one and
a half per cent. Nearly all these
Christians have been the result of for
eign missionary establishments in
which native Christians had but a very
subordinate place. If the education of
the Japanese in other respects had
been conducted in the same manner,
the nation .would have sprung within
a single generation to its present posi
tion of power and dignity. When the
spread of the church will have been
largely committed to the Japanese
themselves a very rapid increase may
be expected. The positions held by
those who are at the present time
Christians is out of all proportion to
their numbers.
Iove Among the Spiders.
"A spider's love for her children is
pretty strong," said a biologist. "Take
her children away from her and she
will remember them for twenty-four
hours."
"How do you know?" '
"I have often made the experiment.
Always, at the end of ten, twelve,
twenty hours, a spider mother wel
comes back the young that you have
removed from her. After a full day has
passed, though, she forgets. Keep her
little ones away from" her a full day
and they are strangers to her on their
return. She is liable to eat them.
"Her marital is stronger than her
maternal love. Take her husband from
her and she will mourn him faithfully
for a day and a half." New York
Evening Telegram.
Webster Might Have Been President.
The campaign of 1840 had a drama
tic and unexpected sequel. Thurlow
Weed, before the meeting of the Whig
convention, sought out Webster and
urged him to take second place on the
ticket with Harrison, but the sugges
tion was rejected with scorn. An ac
ceptance of Weed's advice would hive
made Webster President in little more
than a year, -
Governor liachelder Talks. ' !
EW. HAMPSHIRE j is i one ,
n f Via l fifarna wft 1 rtli la
Vj . I making rapid; strides ' in
roads. Governor. Bacbel-.
der of that State and he is also . an .
officer of the National Grange is 'a
very enthusiastic advocate of road im-i
provement. In a recent address he 1
said: , , . -
"The development and , prosperity,
of any State or nation depend in'
some degree upon' the transportation!
facilities provided; and such facilities
include not only our rivers and har
bors and our great failway' and" steam-
boat companies, but also the highways,
over which all our. products andall
our people are transported. , , (
"The important matter now before" :
the friends of good roads is to arouse,
the people to a realization of .their .re-,
sponsibility in securing favorable State"
and National legislation " on the sub
ject. The small pittance appropriated
for the use of the Good .Roads JJureau
of the Departments of Agriculture Js
entirely out of proportion to the'money
appropriated for other objects of a
public nature when .their; relative tiniT
portance is considered.. j ., .
"Another important matter is the
construction of toads adapted to the
needs of travel-over them. Mucu
harm has come to the good roads move
ment in some sections of the' country
through the advocacy of more expen
sive roads than the resources, of tho
people would .warrant , and demand.
Costly stone roads are economical up
on portions of 'our' highways,' but we
must not overlook the fact that .there
is a vast mileage of roads that could
be permanently improved by the judi
cious expenditure of a comparatively
small sum of money per inile.4j. We
should give due prominence to this
fact in considering the matter from a
"State or National standpoint ' '
"As an official of ' the National
Grange, I desire to say a word for the
farmers of the country In regard to
National aid for road building. ' The
farmers have been loyal to the Inter
ests of the nation in. every. emergency
in the past. They have contributed
their full share in proportion to1 their
wealth to the revenues for the support
of the Government The ablest states
men and most successful , business
men, contributing to the development
and prosperity . of the" country, ' point
to the farms as. .their,, birthplace.
When our country has been, in danger,
the farmer boys have responded nobly,
to her defense! We have uncomplain
ingly contributed our share to ,tho
enormous expenditures of the National
Government for river and harbor im
provements, the construction of can
als and the erection of costly build
ings in our great cities, and we do not
regret it We now(ask in the name
of justice that National aid be granted
for the improvement- of highways.
This involves the establishment of no
new policy, but the extension of the
former one. We ask the loyal support
of those who have been benefited by
our contribution to other, public mat
ters to which I have referred. I be
lieve the farmers of the nation," repre
senting more than a third of our pop
ulation, are practically unanimous in
favor of such a movement and .will
give it their unqualified support" '"
Experiments For Dustless Roads.
English road builders are working
on the dustless road problem. An- ex
periment is being conducted in West
Sussex County, the results of which
Will be watched by all who are inter
ested in the improvement of our high
ways. The object of those in charge
of the experiment is to make a road,
having a smooth surface, which shall
be dustless and at the same time resist
the percolation of water. - i
The stones used, Cherbourg quartz
ite, are placed on iron plates over a
flue, when they remain until all moist
ure is expelled; they are then spread
out for the purpose of cooling." .The
next step is to make a deposit of them
about half a foot thick on a wooden
platform which has been covered with
tar and a little pitch, five gallons to a
ton of stone, when they are turned
over and over until well covered with
the tar. After maturing they are
spread on the roadbed, which has been
prepared to a depth of nearly .six
inches, sprinkled with sand. and con
solidated by a ten-ton roller. Good
Roads Magazine.
A Circulation Maker.
According to the Bangkok Times the
proprietors of a Siamese newspaper
have distributed handbills containing
the following notice: "The news of
English, oh crumbs, we tell the latest.
Writ in perfectly style and most earll.
est Do a murder git commit, We hear
of and tell it. Do a mighty chief die,
oh crumbs, we publish it, and in bor
ders of sombre. Staff has each one
been colleged and write; oh crumbs,
like the Kippling and the Dickens, We
circle'every town, and extortionate not
for advertisement Buy it, oh crumbs,
buy it. Tell each of you its greatness
for good. Oh crumbs. " Ready on Fri
day.' Number first." .
Verb f age.
"One hears much of legal verbiage,"
said the politician, "but there is a coun
cilmanic verbiage as well. Here's a
sample the bill was passed by Com
mon Council last Thursday:
"'An ordinance to amend an ordi
nance entitled an ordinance supplemen
tary to an ordinance entitled an ordi
nance relating to nuisances.' " Phlla.'
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