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l)c Chail)am Record, hc Chatham Bccori. RATES OF 1 ADVERTiSi NST One square, one insertion"" 00 One eqaare, two insertions JL.50 One square, ono month ,2.50 For Larger Advertlse menfs Liberal' Con ' tracts will be made. H. A, LONDON, Editor and Proprietor, I. Ay TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly on Advance VOL. XXyiT. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. THTJRSHA, DECEMBER 8, 1901. NO. 17. fir Of. mi 6 oldehhiits.ti-1 ifiall ?f'-..'B? WALTER BLOQMFIELD. Copyrifflit 18? by Boseet Bonneb's Sows.' CHAPTER XXV. D3ATH. The old man offered no resistance to my violence, nor did he utter a word. A ghastly paleness overspread his face, his head fell a little to one side, and he looked as if he would have fallen but for the support I afforded him. His apparent collapse under the sudden attack which had been made upon him excited my sympthy, and in less than b minute I relaxed my grasp, saying:. "Tell me where you have put those coins, and not only shall you escape punishment, but you shall be rewarded and allowed to remain here as long as you live." The old man made no reply, but leaned against the wall, breathing heavily, with a strange expression upon his face, the like of which I had not seen. Again I approached him, and laying my hand gently on his shoulder spoke to him kindly, yet earnestly: '"I am sorry I have frightened you. As I live, I promise you shall come to no harm. But please tell me what you have done with those coins, for I have a right to know." With a great . effort, pitiable for its feebleness, the old man took a large iron key from his pocket, and essayed to step towards me", making as though he would speak; but he failed of his intention and fell heavily on the floor. The incident seriously alarmed me. In an instant I was on my knees at his Bide, supporting his head on my arm. Put my utmost efforts failed to rouse the old man; his attenuated form waxed heavier and heavier, and his half -closed eyes and lips lent an ex pression to his face awful to behold. Quite terrified at his condition, I stamped violently on the floor and shouted so loudly for help that two servants rushed into the room. 'Ttteh Dr. Thunow at cnee; if he Isn't in, send the boy on a horse to Ixwe;th fcr a doctor. Adams is ill I don't know how seriously. And bring some water, one of you, quickly!" TLj women hastily left to obey my orders, and were met at the door by iny father and Mr. Wolsey. "What is the matter?" asked my father, stooping to look at the old man as he lay on the floor. "What has happened?" "I was talking to Adams, when he euadealy reeled and fell down un conscious," I explained. "He would be better on the couch," said Mr. Wolsey; and adopting the sug gestion we lifted the old man into that position. , By this time a servant had returned with some water; and while I bathed the face of the patient, Mr. Wolsey and my father felt his left side and watched intently for signs of respira tion, which could with difficulty be discerned. "I am afraid he" is going," said my father quietly. Mr. Wolsey, to whom these ominous words were addressed, signified his assent by lightly inclining his. head. "O no!" I cried in an agony of fear, oppressed with the consciousnes of how largely I was responsible for this catastrophe; "five minutes ago he was well. He must surely revive soon." My exclamation was interrupted by the entry of Dr. Thurlow, who at once began a systematic examination of the patient. He felt the old man's pulse and the region of his heart, closed and unclosed his passive hands, lifted one of his eyelids and placed his finger on the eye an experiment which I could not help but witness, though it horri fied me profoundly. These things ac complished, Dr. Thurlow turned to my father and said: "I am sorry to tell you, Mr. Truman, that your old servant is dead." My heart sank within me as I real ized the meaning of the doctor's words. This was my first experience of death; and in presence of that awful mystery I seemed to grow older by as many years as minutes had elapsed since the' fatal accusation. I could not speak, but stood in a sort of stupor, looking down upon what had so recently been instinct with warmth and motion. All thought of the sequins was banished from my mind, and instead I could think only of the one who had taught me to ride in the green lanes about Holdenhurst when I was a child; who had been first to impress upon me the names of the trees, shrubs, flowers and birds common in our neighborhood; and who, so far as I could remember, had never spoken harshly to me. And now that one lay before me dead, he vrlio but for me would doubtless still be performing his customary duties about the place. My reflections were too painful to bear uncisturbed, and I broke down utterly. Dr. Thurlow was about to lead me from the room when he saw the Turk ish daggers which lay on the table. "What are these ?",he asked, picking P the weapons. "Has the man died from an injury which has escaped my notice?" and he turned again towards the couch.' "No, no," I explained; "they have not boen unsheated for 3-ears- Look; JTou will una n eo." J"?m" assented Dr, Thljrow wbo Si nevertheless thought it proper to sat isfy himself of the truth of my state ment by making a careful examination of the daggers. '"Of what has the old man died?" These were the first words that my father uttered after he had been told that his eld servant was dead, and his voice was tremulous with sup pressed emotion." "I can't say until I have investigated the case more particularly," replied Dr. ihurlow; "but appearances seem to ndicate syncope. His heart has been weak for a long time, and it is not an mnatural termination for him; but at the same time I should not have ex pected it unless precipitated by some sudden excitement or passion." While Dr. Thurlow was speaking, Mr. Wolsey opened the door, and re vealed our servants standing in a group just without. He informed them of th? melancholy event which had occurred within, and they returned sorrowfully to the kitchen, whispering together as they went; while Mr. Wrol ses. my father and I, and Dr. Thurlow, crossed the hall to the dining room, the latter carrying the Turkish dag gers and aigrette which he had taken from the iable, and a large rusted iron' key which he had found on the floor close to where Adams had fallen. CHAPTER XXVL EOilELESS. "No, Ernest, I am not hard on you; my fault lies oii the other side. I have been weak, and am justly punished for my weakness; but I am not too old to reform. Henceforward I will rule in my own house; and anyone, not except ing even yourself, who is indisposed to submit to that rule, may betake him self elsewhere. Consider well my words; they are not lightly spoken.". "I protest that my conduct towards ycu has never been anything but that of an affectionate son. WThy has all this trouble fallen upon me? Because L have sought to make peace between you and your brother. Was that a oad task to set myself? I have always believed, and do now believe more strongly than ever, that your brother had no hand in the robbery of the sequins." My father smiled faintly, and re marked in a somewhat sarcastic tone that he doubted whether I should have assumed the Christian part of peace maker so earnestly in this case If it had not also been the way to a closer acquaintance with Miss Marsh. His words aroused the slumbering anger within ma, and I replied to them with more warmth than discretion: "What you say is very true. When inclination and duty point the same way, the duty is well performed." "That has hardly been so in this case," said my father. "My purpose was defeated by a natural though unexpected event; and I am no more responsible for the death of the old man we followed to the grave yesterday than I am responsible for the death of Charles the First. Dr. Thurlow has told you that Adams' heart was weak, and that it was a mir acle ha lived so long as he did. It was my ill fate to be the one to accuse him .of his crime. Uncle Sam's advice was sound." "Very sound!" echoed my father bit terly. "And nearly all the property found in the eld man's room, including the red Turkish chest, was placed there with my consent when all the rest of the house was being overhauled by your uncle's workmen!" "Plow about the key which Adams was about to give me the moment before his final seizure?" "Ay, how about it? Have you not spent two days ineffectually trying to tit it to every lock within these walls? Ernest, you have entirely exhausted my patience. I must absolutely de cline to discuss with you again the robbery of the sequins; and I repeat, for the last time, my determination. Youiinay remain hero as long as you will, and all I have- is yours, provided that you cease to correspond with, my brother, his wife, and Miss Marsh. Unless you are prepared to adopt that course you must no longer consider this your home. I daresay it pains you to be told this so bluntly; but you must reflect that a man does not talk in this way to his only son without" pain to himself, and surely never with out great cause. I, at least, do not."A And with pale face, compressed lips, and a strange light in his eyes, my father passed out of the rootr. For a few moments I stood still, Jazed by the importance of the decision I had so unexpectedly been called upon to make. I never for a moment doubted that I was very ill-used; on the contrary, I considered myself most unjustly punished. Ever since my un cle was at Holdenhurst my policy had been directed with a view to effect Lis reconciliation ' to my father and the winning of Constance Marsh for my self; and such desires, I conceived, were commendable and natural in any one circumstanced as 1 was.' The terms imposed -by my father as the price of his continued friendship and pro tection were too exacting: for ifie to eaterta.a, Deeply; eg it $i'lf?$ td. Anally quit that sequestered spot where T was born, whose every nook recalled )me pleasant incident of my child bed's happy days when my. father iad watehed ovtr me with a tender and anxious solicitude such as a man only bestows on a motherless child, I was prepared to abandon it at once and for ever rather than renounce the dear girl whose love I had won. It was iiard for me to leave my home and live, estranged from my lifelong companion and friend, the one to whom I owed everything; but even that, hard as it was, would be easier tnan the alterna tive offered to me. These considera tions brought tears to my eyes, but my purpose was never for a moment weakened. Suddenly I roused myself rom the reverie into which I had -alien, ana turning to go to my own room, encountered Mr. Wolsey at the door. "Wrhat is all this trouble between you and your father, Ernest?" asked the old gentleman. "You had better inquire for the par ticulars where you learned the fact," I answered testily; for I could not help thinking that Mr. Wolsey was in iome measure responsible for "the present resolute attitude of my father; that he had been exerting his influence to annul the friendship which he knew existed between my uncle and me. Without waiting to hear any further remark from him, I passed nty interrogator abruptly and continued my way to my room. No sooner was I in assured solitude than I sat down, and resting my aching head on my hands, endeavored to impartially review the whole course of my life, which consisted, I found, of two periods nearly twenty years of happy, careless indifference, and six months of high hopes, grave anxieties and bitter disappointments, the division being marked by my in troduction to uncle Sam. The shorter of he two periods seemed the longer? the flight of time being appreciated for the importance rather than the number of its events. For two hours did I wrestle with myself and suffer indescribable anguisu of spirit, vain ly desiring the light and guidance which I knew not where nor how to seek. The purest, mo3t loving, most disinterested, most generous being I had ever known was Constance Marsh", and to" heir would I go to claim the promise she had made to become my wife. Would that I had accepted her .advice, and abandoned all hope or thought of the cursed se quins! But the mischief was past and irreparable, and I could only resolve that never again no, not even though the clearest conceivable indications of success were placed before me would I so 'much as lift my hand for the recovery of a treasure the very name of which mast ever be asso ciated in my mind with misery. My resolution was taken: I would certainly leave home. Indeed, there was nothing else for me to do, my father's terms being precise, and sucli as I could not bring myself to accept; yet did I love my father as well as I had ever done, and the thought that I was now going away from Holden hurst, perhap3 n?ver to return that possibly I had looked upon my father's face for the last time cu.. me to the heart. I sat down at a table and wrote upon a sheet of paper, which I could only dimly see, a few lines addressed to my father,- re gretting that my conduct during the past few months had been such as he could not approve, especially as that conduct had been based upon a sin cere belief in its righteousness, a be lief which I still entertained; and therefore, by bis own ruling, Holden hurst was no longer my home. I closed with many endearing expres sions, not forgetting to state that should he ever desire to see me, it would be my pleasure no less tnan my duty to come to him. My painful task completed, I folded the note, and rose to pack a handbag. As I did so; the looking-glass revealed my. face and startled me, so pallid and haggard had .1 become. I ob served my appearance for but a mo ment, and then hurried forward my scanty preparations for departure. Yet a few minutep later, and I had left the house with no more than I could conveniently carry, coming away unobserved through a door which led from the garden into an orchard, and thence along the footpath which served us as a convenient short cut into the Bury road. It was early morning, and the au tumnal mist which obscured the fields was slowly . disappearing before the rising sun. When I reached the bend of the road I turned to take a last look at my old home, but it was en veloped in the mist and could not be seen. Resuming my journey at a great pace, I endeavored by rapid walking and clear thinking to emerge from the mental depression which had resulted, as I did not even then doubt, from my errors of judgment no less than my peculiar circum stances. Clear thinking! Alas! that was a power which had never been mine; and it seemed' there was no way for me to attain it but through the cruel discipline afforded by a suc cession of blunders and conseqn disasater." To be continued. 'Hungary's Big Towns. . Hungary has eleven towns of 50,000 inhabitant or more, according to the recent census. Budapest has 732,000. Szegedin. 103,000, Maria Theffesiopol S2.000, Debreczin 75,000, Presburg G6, 000, Hodmerovasarhely 01,000, Keis kemet 57,000, Arad 56,000, Temesvar 53,000, Gi'oswardein and'KIausenburg 50,000 eaeji. Agraw, la A'otini lias National Asd Coming Soon. SKXOlOfOK OLONEL BROWNLOW, of . Tennessee, the pioneer ad f. vocate of National Aid to T .... -1 T j. 1 uuuu iiuproveuieui, mis given t the press an in terview in which he dis cusses the progress and prospects of the good roads movement. He says: "The movement is making gigantic strides. Judging from the letters I receive, nearly,, everybody in the United States wants the Government to aid in improving the roads. 1 know from the comments of the press, and the resolutions adopted by State Leg islatures and conventions in all parts of the country that National aid is making enormous headway among the people. In a recent communication from W. H. Moore, President of the National Good Roads Association, he says: " 'Everywhere I go Governors and officials and the great mass of common people want the Government to assist them in building roads not as a qies tion of charity, but governmental duty.' "I have a letter from Prof. J. II. Bruner, President of Hiwassee College, Tennessee, in which he says: " 'Millions have gone for the im provement of harbors and rivers, and millions more will go for canals. But the good work should not stop there. Good l'oads are needed to get the products of the country to, the rail ways, the rivers, the cities, the out side world. Rural routes forthe postal department need improvement. ' I am entering my eightieth year. No enterprise of equal imporiance to this good roads movement has come before the American people in my day. There is a blessing in it for every body, in town and country.' "But don't you think, Colonel, that the proposal to spend such a larg? sum along an entirely new line of Na tional expenditure will prove startling when the people, take a sober second thought?" "That the proposition is new in one sense, I concede. The idea- of appro priating Government funds to be spent in the rural districts for the direct benefit cf the country people is de cidedly new. Heretofore, the principal relation Avhich the farmers have sus tained toward the Government is. that of taxpayers. But I think it is about time for that to come to an end, and. if I am not mistaken, flie farmers are coming to the same conclusion. ' "As to the size of the appropriation, I want to say that I think it is very small when compared with the sums we are appropriating for other pur poses. This is a period of "profound peace;" yet we are proposing to vote $77,000,000 for the army and ?9G,000, 000 for the navy to be expended in a single year. My bill proposes an ap propriation of only $24,000,000 to be spent in three years, or $S,000,000 a year, just one-twelfth of what we pro posed to spend on our navy. -Nobody was particularly startled last year when we appropriated over $70,000,000 for river and harbor improvement. I don't think the taxpaying farmers will be very badly scared at an appropria tion of $8,000,000 to help them build good roads. Eesides, they know they will have to pay just as much tax whether they get any of it back or not. 4iYou can say that, on the whole, I am well satisfied with the progress we have made, and that-1 firmly believe Federal co-oporation with the States in building roads is coming, and com- Object-tesgon Koa1. More recently the educational work of the general government has taken the form of object lessons. Short pieces of road have been constructed on scientific principles to illustrate the best methods of road building and the use of available local materials. It should bo stated, however that these roads have not been built at the ex pense of the Government. It has merely furnished plans and expert supervision. Such work is only under taken on receipt of a request from some educational institution, or some voluntary organization of enterprising citizens, or the public officials of some local community which is willing to bear the expense of furnishing the ma terials and labor needed. Object lesson work of this kind has been done in twenty States, and so great has beenthe demand for such work that not nearly all the requests can be complied with. This object les son work has in nearly every case proven of great value. The people have not only been shown how to build good roads as cheaply as possible, but they have, been given a taste of the pleasure and benefit of using such roads. The popular interest in this work of the Government has been so great that Congress has five times in creased its appropriations for the Of fice of Public Road Inquiries. During the year $50,000 is available to pay for the Government's educational and experimental work along this line. "Feeders of Steel Highways. The principal reason why the policy of national road building was aban doned elfly in the last century was the invention of the steam railroads. For three-quarters of a century we have gone on" developing our steam roads until we? have the greatest system in the world. Now that this development approaches completion, attention is re verting to the importance of the com mon roads. And it is especially grat ifying to find railroad men working tmtbusiasticaiiy. and devotiB? . their means to the improvement of the put lie roads. They recognize that such roads are not competitors, but feeder! of the steel highways. Hence, they organize "Good Eoads Trains," load them with road-building machinery and run from place to place on their systems, getting up conventions and building object lesson roads. The work of this kind which has been done in the South is bearing fruit, as is shown by the widespread interest in the na tional aid plan. SOME NEW DEV.CSS. Novel Inventions That Make Life a Bit ; ' Easier Tor Us, .An umbrella is generally regarded as an awkward thing to carry at. its best. Any one can think of a dozen reasons why it is in the way, and a confusion problem to deal with under ordinary circumstances. In a town called Gibsland, La., a man has in vented an umbrella that is supported, over the owner by a system of rods and which leaves both of his hands free to be used as occasion demands. It is hardly necessary to attempt an elaboration upon the merits of this device. It will be gratifying to timid young women to learn that a boat has been invented which is said to be abso lute proof against the fool man who insists on rocking the craft. This is done by the simple attachment of a piece of metal to the keel of the boat, which the inventor says dees not in the least interfere with the progress of the boat through the water, but makes it impossible to interfere with its stability in the water. The device, which Is the patent of William M. Young, of Troy, N. Y., consists of a piece of metal extending the length of the boat and fastened to the keel and extending at right angles with the keel for a short distance, and then curved upward to meet the framework of the boat at the waterline. Under ordinary cir cumstances this is not visible and does not alter the lines of the craft, and, being open at each end, does not im pede its progress through the water, but any attempt being made to rock the boat is rendered exceedingly diffi cult because of the weight of water held in the space between the boat's side and the attachment. It has been discovered thaV a modi fication of the telephone can be made use of for the purpose of improving the hearing of persons afflicted with deafness. While this scheme is not always beneficial, it has been found to afford great relief to a large number of persons afflicted with deafness. Of recent years inventors have devoted themselves to the construction of in struments of this character in the most convenient form and of such shape that they can be used without attract ing unnecessary attention. There has been recently patented in this country, the work of an Australian inventor, an installation of this character which can be stowed away in an ordinary Derby hat, the only portion of the apparatus exposed to view "being two ear tubes which depend from the sides of the hat and repose in the ears. The sound collecting bells are adroitly con cealed in the sides of the hat crown. Chicago Chronicle. WORDS OF WISDOM. Painting the pump doesn't purify the product. Good cheer puts love's gifts into cas kets of gold. God's designs promise us more than our desires. Only the home can found a State. Joseph Cook. Gingerbread on the steeple cannot feed the people. A coxcomb is ugly all over with the affectation of the fine gentleman. Johnson. Unhappy is the man to whom his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable. Richter. A beautiful woman is a practical poem, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches. Emerson. A good book and a good woman are excellent things for those who know how to appreciate their value. There are men, however, who judge of both by the beauty of the covering. Dr. Johnson. Ilolison as a Humorist. Captain R. P. Hobson was a student, after his graduation ' from Annapolis, at the noted Ecole d' Application du Genie Maritime, of Paris. A friend said of him the other day: "Hobson made a brief walking tour through England with me.. One cold night on this tour we put up at a small hotel in Bakewell. We nearly, froze here, for there was not a fire any where. We had to go to bed imme diately after dinner to keep warm, and even then we were not comfortable, for our blankets were thin and scanty. Toward midnight Hobson entered my room. " 'I can't sleep,' he said, I am too cold. What do you think of- a land lord who keeps his house like this?' " 'Think of him?' said I. 'I think he ought to be rawhided.' , " 'Well,' said Hobson, I am going to punish him a bit. ' It won't make us warmer, but it will be a pleasant thing to tell our friends about. ."Then he threw open the door, and at the top of his lungs he shouted: . "'Fire! Fire! Fire!' Waiters, maids and finally the land lord, all in white night attire, came scampering toward ' Hobson through the hall. They surrounded him. "Where is the fire?' the landlord cried. 'What is it? "That is what I want' to ask you,' said Hobson. 'I'm .neJarly frozen.' " Reporters on Paris Jjewspaperji earc f i;oia 30 to $0 a month Humor 7 Two Men. s One man by making both ends meet Believes himself in clover, Another's joy is not complete Unless the ends lap over. Philadelphia Press. Tlie Impropriety. Horseowner "Did you feed the horse his oats?" Stable Boy "Yes, but he wouldn't eat; I wonder what's the matter?" Folisher "Probably objected to eat ing breakfast food for supper." De troit Free Press. No Use For H me Czar "Viskyvitch." The Orderly "Your Highness.' The Czar "Go and take down that sign in the front parlor window." The Orderly --"Which sign, Your Highness?" . The Czar "Boy wanted!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Very True. "If Washington was alive to-day, do you think he would be elected Presi dent?" "I do not." "Not enough of a politician, eh?' "That isn't the reason." "What then?" "He'd be too old." Cleveland Plain Dealer. As It Should Ce. "No," said the dentist, "it would sim ply be a waste of good money for me to advertise in the newspapers." "Why d? you thiuk so?" queried the persistent solicitor. "Because," explained the tooth car penter, "my work speaks for itself through the mouths of others." Chi cago News; . Modern Hecess "Harl you practiced on the piano?" "Yes, mother." "And read Professor Simson's lecture on Greek "art?" "Yes, mother." "And studied your calculus?" . "Yes, mother." "Then you may go out and play for ten minutes." Life. Their Specialty. "The Americans ran away from theii foreign competitors in the ' athletic games at St. Louis." "So I saw. But if a certain Euro pean country had been represented, tht result would have been different." "To what country do you refer?" "To Russia. Her representatives would run away from anything." Cleveland Plain Dealer. After a Few Washlnsrs. Mrs. Gee "How many pieces are in that set of dishes your husband gave you on your birthday?" ' ' Mrs. Whiz "About a thousand now.1 Chicago Daily News. . -Willie. Dashaway "You say your sister will be down in a minute, Willie? That's good news. I thought perhaps "she wanted to be excused, as she did the other day." " . Willie "Not this time. I played a trick on. her." Dashaway "What did you do?" Willie "I said you were another fel low!" London Tit-Bits. An Artful One. "I am very much bothered. I can marrv a rich widow whom I dorCt love, or a poor girl that I do love. What shall I do?" "Listen to your heart and marry the one 3'ou love," "You are right, my friend. I shall marry the girl." "Then yOu can give me the widow' address?" Fliegende Blaetter. Nothing; Bnf the Truth. "Yes," -said Mr. Stormington Barns, "we did well in the West. At a one night stand in Arizona we played to a $10,000 house." "Say, what are you giving me?" que ried Mr. WTalker Ties. "Facts," answered the great footsore tragedian. "The one man who com prised the audience was said to be worth fully that amount" fihica go News. Little Willie's Trick. Dashaway "You say your sister will be down in a minute, WTillie? That's good news. I thought : perhaps she wanted to be excused, as she did the other day." ' Willie "Not this time. ' I played a trick on her." Dashaway-"What did you do?" "I said you were another fellow!" exclaimed Willie, triumphantly. Lon don Tit-Bits. , - The Fatalities. Mr. Rooter "The Giants were too much for the Pirates, seven of the lat ter dying at first, four were struck out and the only man that reached third was doubled up when trying to reach home." ' Mrs. Rooter-"Oh, don't read any more of that terrible war news, John. Read the baseball news instfeadVCltf W$o Journal. ' Lord .Wolseley owns the costliest sword in Great Britain. It was a gift to him and is valued at $10,000; but there is many an old bolo which -has done more execution in hewing down bushes and men than the diamond studded bla'de of the British general. ; Mayors appear to have had their troubles two centuries ago. At-Bielefeld, Germany, there is a tombstone with this inscription:-"Here lies-Jo hannes Burggreve, who considered his . election as burgomaster . of this , city the greatest misfortune of hls'life.' . German newspapers mention among the signs of the times a recent an nouncement regarding Hugo Zu llohcn- lohe-Oehringen, the first German prince who has turned merchant. With a merchant named Schode he has formed a company with a capital of $75,000, for using oil 'to lay the dust in roads. r . t . . More than S000 women are employed in the various Government offices in Washington, 2044 of whom have en tered the service after competitive ex amination. Nine hundred of them are paid salaries ranging from $1000 to $1800 a year, the others being paid the compensation of ordinary clerks $600 to $900 a year. Some merchant in Paris hit upon the . novel scheme of advertising hair tonic by painting the name of the tonic, on the heads of bald-headed men ' and having them walk through the street bareheaded. But Paris has a law that all advertisements in public places must have a revenue stamp, and the men kicked against having the stamps pasted on their heads, so the plan has failed. Professor Kretschmar, of the Ger man Navy, completely, rejects the tra ditional type of ship patterned on the form of fishes and substitutes that of aquatic birds. By minimizing the wave resistance the new form aug ments the propelling capacity of . the screws of a ship of the present type fifty per cent., thus producing a- cor responding acceleration of speed .with out any increase of power. The English Face. It was an American who, meeting an Englishman in a country hotel in the States,, opened, conversation sympa thetically with the words, "Cheer up! It may not be true, and if it is true, it may be all for the best." And he was ' surprised ' to find that the Briton's look of acute gloom was normal, and not the result, of any more than or dinarily bad news. The prevailing no tion of the American with regard to the Englishman is that he looks "as if his only friend on earth was a yel low dog, and he had lost the dog." Fot years the inhabitants of the States have been scrutinizing the faces , of British visitors to try to ascertain whether their resigned expression Is due to a recent bereavement, confirmed misanthropy, or simply supercilious ness. According to a weekly paper, some Americans attribute the English face to the English climate. "They did not look actually sad," said an American lady to the writer in the above mentioned weekly paper, "or happy, or preoccupied, but they ono and all had an expression of resigna tion the only state of mind possible with an English climate." - This is an ingenious explanation. Centuries of rain and years of fog may have had their effect on our looks. There is, in deed, a certain dignity in the idea. But it is curious that New Yorkers have not a similar expression cf resignation. It does not rain a great deal there, but the extremes of heat and cold are enough to make any one look . re signed. London Globe. ' Wide Field For Weeklies. The day of the weekly literary home and farm paper has just begun, and in my opinion there never was a better day for the right kind of weekly papers than to-day. In saying this I wish, you to remember that the weekly paper that comes to the family filled with able editorials and feature articles, fic tion and poetry, and has departments for the women, for the farmer, for the mechanic, and especially for the little Qnes a paper that is clean and leans toward a higher ideal in journalism than does the present sensational daily is the one I refer to. . . . These papers will always be factors in our national growth. No matter how many improvements are made in the mail service, they occupy a place not filled by the average daily, and the better the weekly Is made along the lines set forth the more certain it is to main tain a high place. W. T. Moore of the tndianapolis Sentinel. ' '. Hungry Dors. "Alaska dogs are getting the worst fare they have had since the early days in that country," said Robert Pas chall, who recently, returned from Daw son. "They are eating anything and everything they can find now, when a few months ago they were living on . the best of dog bacon, an inferior prod uct that was shipped north Just for dog feeding."- "You see,this packers' strike was beginning to be felt even by the dogs. The dog bacon that was formerly shipped to Alaska for feeding the pups is now in general use, and the dogs have to take the best they can getr I juess those dogs up there are glad it is the end of thstrike."--Seattle Post Jiitelliseqcer, . !