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$)C (Ujalljom Utcorb. ihe Clmtljam tUcorb. TTaTlondon, Editor nd Proprietor. RATES OF ADVERTISING, One square, one insertion One square, two insertion! . One square, one month - $1.00 1.50 5 Z0 TEflMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $,.5o Per Year. eirictlv m Advance For Larger Advertise- -ments Liberal Con- VOL. XXVII. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY, N. G.. THURSDAY, APRIL 27. 1905, NO. 37, ' tracts will be made. vr If r! If THE SPLENDID SPUR OR- THE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL. ST ABTHDB T, q'JIHEE COUCH.; 1? CHAPTER XII. Joan Does Me Her ?iast Servi. We came, a little befjore midrlght, to. Sir Bevill's famous great louse ' of Stow, near Kilkhamp ion; that to-night -as brightly lit and full of captains' and troopers feasting, as' well they neeiled to, after the jreat victory,;- And jiere. though loth to tlo so, I lef' Delia to the care of Lady; 5raee Iprenvllle Sir Bevill's fond, beautiful' wife, and 0f all gentlewomen I fcaye ever seen the pint and paragon, a j wen for her loyal heart as the gWes of her mind before the half of ar tale was out kissed Delia on b' h cheeks, and led her away. "To you, too, sjr j would counsel bed.'' said t "after you have eaten and drun'i, 'ana especially given God thanks f jr this day's work." Sir Yavh 1 did not see, but, striding dow, '.uto the hall, picked my way flP'Jag "the drinking and drunken; the f vtvants hurrying with dishes of roast trad baked and great tankards of beer; ;the swords and pikes flung down under the forms and settles, and sticking out to trip a man up; and at length found a gpoom who led me to a loft over orn of the barns, and here above a BMittress of hay 1 slept the first time :for many months between fresh linen :that sireiled of lavender, and in think :ing how pleasant it was dropped sound asleep. v Sure there is no better, sweeter couch than this of linen spread over" hay. L'v.-Iy in the morning I woke with yiis clsar as water and not an aehe r oun?e of weariness in my bones, and after washing at the pump below went in search of breakfast and Sir Bevill. The -0-20 I found, ready and laid, in the ha!!: the other seated in his writ ing room, studying in a map, and with apology for my haste handed him Mas ter Tingcomb'j confession and told my ;stcry. - "As a Magistrate I can give this warrant, and 'twould be a pleasure, for well, as a boy, do I remember Dea liu Killigrew. Young sir" he rose up and taking a turn across the roou came and laid a hasd on my shoulder have soon his daughter Is it too late to waru you against loving her?"' "Why, yes." I answered, "blushing; "J think it is." "She seems tcth sweet and qvraini". God forbid I should say a word against one thni has s-y taken me! B-Jt in these times a man should stand alone; to make a friend is to run the chance of a soft heart, to marry a wife makes the chance sure" '"For many reasons I would blithely issue this warrant. But how am I to spare men to carry it oat? At any moment we may be assailed:" v "If that be your concern, sir," an swered I, "give me the warrant. I nave z good friend here, a seafaring man, whose vessel lies at this moment 3n Looe Haven, with a crew on board that will lay Master Tingcomb by the heels in a trice. "Within three days iwe'll have him clapped In Leunceston Jail, and there at the nest As3izs you shall sit on the Grand Jury and hear his case, by which time, I hope, the King's law shall run on easier wheels In Cornwall. The prisoners we have already I leave you to deal withal; only, against my will, I must claim some mercy for that rogue Settle." 'Twas not ten minutes before I bed the warrant in my pocket. And by 11 o'clock (word having been carried to Delia, and our plans laid before Billy Pottsry, who on the spot en gaged himself to help us), our horses were brought round to the gate, and my mispress appeared, all ready for the journey. So, v.ith Billy tramping behind ns, away we rode cp the combe, where Kilkhampton tower stood against the sky; rr.d t'irning to wave hands at the to- found our host and hostess still b7 the gate, watching n3, with hands raised to shield their eyes from the su:2. At Launcetoa, Billy Pottery took leave cf us; and now went due south, toward Leo?, with a light purse and a lighter heart, undertaking that his ship should iie off Gleya, with her crew ready for action, within eight-and-forty hours. Delia and I rode faster now toward the southwest; and I was recounting my flight along this very road, when I heard a sound that brought my heart into my mouth. 'Twa3 the blast of a bugle, and came from behind the hill In front of us. And at the same moment I understood. It must be Sir George Chudleigh's cavalry returning, on new3 of their comrades' defeat, and we.were riding straight toward them, as into a trap. "Quick!" I cried; "follow me, and tide for dear life!" And striking spur into Molly I turned Sharp c5! the road and galloped across the moo? to tha left, with Delia close after ej. We had gone about two hundred yards only when I heard a shout, and, glancing over my right shoulder, 3aw a green banner waving on the crest of the road, and gathered about it the Vanguard of the troops some score of .dragoons; and these, having caught 'sight of us, were pausing a moment to iwatch. . The shout presently was followed by Another; to which I made no answer, but held on my way, with the nose of Delia's horse now level with my stir rup; for I guessed that my dres3 tad already betrayed us. And tbig wai the fjhie; for at the next glance I law five or six dragoons detach themselves from the main body and gallop in a direction at an acute angle to ours. On they came, yelling to us to halt, and scattering over the moor-to in tercept us. ; , Not choosing, however, tojje driven eastward, I kept a straight course, and trusted to our horses,:1fleetness to carry us by them, out of reach of their shot. In the pause of their first surprise we had stolen two hundred yards more. I counted and found eight men in pur suit of us; and, to my joy, heard the bugle blown again, and saw the rest cf the troop, now gathering fast above, move steadily along the road without intention to follow. Doubtless the news of the Cornish sv.ccess made them wary of their good order. Still, eight men were enough tto run from; and now the nearest let fly with iris piece more to frighten us, belike, than with any other view, for we were far out of range. But it grew clear that if we held on our direction they must cut us off. Only now with good hope I saw a hill rising not half a mile in front, and somewhat to the right of our course, and, thought I, "if we can gain the hollow to the left of it, and put the hill between us, they must ride over it or round in either case losing much time." So, pointing this out to Delia, who rode on my left (to leave my pisi tol arm free and at the same time be screened by me from shot of the dra goons) I drove my spurs deep and called to Molly to make her best pace. The enemy divined our purpose; and in a minute 'twas a desperate race for the entrance to the hollow. But our horses were the faster, and we the lighter riders! so that we won, with thirty yards to spare, from the fore most not without damage, however, for, finding himself balked, he sent a bullet at us which neatly cut through my rein, so that my bridle was hence forward useless, and I could guide Molly with knee and voice alone. Delia's bay had shied at the sound of it, and likely enough saved my mis tress's life by this, for the bullet passed within a foot before her. Down the hollow we raced, with three dragoons at our heels, the rest going round the hill. But they did little good by so doing, for after the hollow came a broad, dismal sheet of water, about a mile round and banked with black peat. Galloping along the left shore of this, we cut them off by near half a mile. But the three be hind followed doggedly, though drop ping back with every stride. Beyond the pool came a green valley, and a stream flowing down it, which we jumped easily. GlancingNat Delia as she landed on the further side, I noted that her cheeks were glowing and herself brimful of mirth. "Say, Jack," she cried, "is not this better than love of women?" "In heaven's iiame," I called out, "take care!" But 'twas too late. The green valley here melted into a treacherous bog, in which her bay was already plunging over his fetlocks and every moment sinking deeper. "Throw me the rein!" I shouted, and, catching the bridle close by the bit, leaned over and tried to drag the horse forward. By this Molly also was over hoofs in liquid mud. For a minute and more we heaved and. splashed, and all the wfrile the dragoons, seeing our fix. were shouting and drawing nearer and nearer. But just as a brace of bullets splashed Into the slough at oiir feet we staggered to the harder slope and were gaining on them again. So for twenty minutes along the spurs of the hills we held on, the enemy falling back and hidden, every now and again, in the hollows but always following; at the end of which time Delia called from just behind me: 'Jack, here's: a tordo; the bay is 'going lame!" . - There was no doubt of it. I suppose he must have wrung his off hind leg in fighting through quag. '.Any way, ten minutes more would see the end of his gallop. But at this moment we had won to the top of a stiff ascent, and now, looking down at our feet, I had the joyfulest surprise. - 'Twas the moore of Temple spread below like a map, the low sun strik ing on the ruined huts to the left of us, on the roof of Joan's cottage, on the scar of the high road and the sides of the tall tor above it. - "In ten minutes," said I, "we may be safe." So down into the plain we hurried; and I thought, for the first time of the loyal girl waiting in the cottage yon der, of my former ride into Temple, and (with angry shame) of the light heart with which I left it. Past the peat ricks we struggled, the sheep cotes, 'the straggling fences-all so familisr; crossed the stream auu a. rode into the yard. "Jump down," I whispered; "we nave time, and no more." Glancing back, I saw a couple of dragoons already com ing over the heights. They had spied us. - ' . Dismounting, 1 ran to the cottage door and flunng it open. A stream of light, flung' back against the sun, blazed into my eyes. I rubbed them and halted for a mo ment stock-still. For Joan stood in front of me, dressed in the very clothes I had worn on the day we first rae buff coat, breeches, heavy boots, and all. back was toward me, and at the shoul- ' aer, where the coat had been cut away from my wound, I saw the rents all darned and patched with pack thread. In her hand was the mirror I had given her. At the sound of my step on the threshold she turned with a short cry a cry the like of which I have never heard, so full was it of choking joy. The glass dropped to the floor and was shattered. In a seebnd her arms were about me, and so she hung on my neck, sobbing and laughing to gether. " 'Twas true 'twas true! Dear, deai Jack dear Jack to come to me; hold me tighter, tighter for my very heart is bursting!" And behind me a shallow fell on the doorway; and there stood Delia re garding us. "Joan," said I, hot with shame, tak ing her arms gently from my neck, "listen: I came because I am chased. Once more the dragooners are after m not five minutes away. You must lend me a horse, and at once." "Nay," said a voice in the doorwaj'. "the horse, if lent, is for me!" Joan turned, and the two women stood looking at each other the one with dark wonder, the other with cold disdainfulness and I between them, scarce lifting my eyes. Each was beautiful after her kind, as day and night; and though their looks crossed for a" full minute like drawn blades, neither had the mastery. Joan was the first to speak: "Jack, if thy mare in the yard?" "Give, me thy pistols and thy cloak." She stepped to the window hole at the end of the kitchen, and looked out. "Plenty of time," she said, and point ed to the ladder leading to the loft above "Climb up there, the both, and pull the ladder after. Is.it thou they want or she?" pointing to Delia. "Me chiefly they would catch, no doubt being a man," I answered. "Aye being a man; the world's full of folly. Then. Jack, do thou look after her, and I'll look after thee." She flung my cloak about her, took my pistols and went out at the door. As she did so the sun sank and a dull shadow swept over the moor. , "Joan!" I cried, for now I guessed her purpose and was following to hin der her, but he had caught Molly's bridle and was already astride of her. "Get back!" she called softly, and then, "I make a better lad than wench, Jack." leaped the-mare through a gap in the wall, and in a moment wa3 breasting the hill and galloping for the high road. "What think 70U cf this for a hiding place?" asked I. with a laugh. "But Delia did not laugh. Instead, she faced me with blazing eyes, checked herself and answered, cold as ice: 4 "Sir, you have done me a many favors. How I have trusted you in return it were best for you to remem ber, and for me to forget." . The dark drew on, and still we sat there, hour after hour, silent, angry, waiting for Joan's return, Delia at tha entrance of the epttage, chin on hand, scanning the Zieavens and never once turning toward, me; I further inside, with my arms drossed, raging against myself and all the world,, yet with a sickening dread that Joan would never come back. As the time lagged bjr, this terror grew and grew. But, as I think, about 10 o'clock, I heard step coming over the turf. I ran out. ,'Twas Joan her self and leading MoIy by the bridle. She walked as If tiredv and leaving the mare in the stable followed me into tle cottage. Glancing round, I noted that "Delia had slipped away. "Am glad she's gone, said. Joan, shortly. "The rebels 'ill never trouble thee more, lad." "Why? how'" "Listen, lad; sit down an' let me rest my head 'pon thy knee. Oh, .Tack, I did it bravely! Eight good mii)es an' more I took the mare by the Fo'ur hol'd Cross, an' across the moor past Tober an' Catshole, an', over Brown Willy, an' round Roughtor to Vthe nor' west; an' there lies the bravest quag ' oh, a black, bottomless holej'- an' into it I led them; an' there they lie, every horse, an' every mother's son, till Judgment Day." "Dead?" ' " "Aye an' the last twain wi' a bullet apiece In their skulls. Ohare! Dear heart hold my head so, atween thy hands." ' "But, Joan, are these men dead, say you?"" "Surely, yes. Why, lad, what be four rebels, up or down, to make this coil over? Hast never axed after me!" "Joan you are not hurt?" - In the darkness I sought her eyes, and, peering into them, drew back. . "Joan!" "Hush, lad bend down thy head, and let me whisper. I went too near an' one, that was over his koiees, let fly wi' his musket an Jack, I have but a minute or two. Hu$h, lad, hush there's no call! Wert newer the man could ha' tamed me art the weaker, in a way; forgie the word, for I loved thee so, boy Jack!" Her arms were drawing down my face to her, her eyes were dull with pain. ' "Feel, Jack there over my right breast. I plugged the wound wi' a peat turf. Pull it out, for 'tis bleeding inward, And hurts cruelly pull it out!" As I'liesitated she thrust her own hand in and drew it forth, leaving the hot . blood to gush. "An' now, Jack, tighter holjd me I tighter. Kiss me oh, what brave times! Tighter, lad,, an' call wr me 'Church an' King!' Call, lad M3hurcb an' " . " The warm arms loosened, the heai sank back upon my lap. I looked up. There was a, shadow across the entrance, blotting gut the star of night. 'Twas 'Sella, jeaniup there, and listening, (To t continued.) , Lace Coats. Now that winter's end has come, women's thoughts ' are already begin ning to turn to lighter wraps, and no sooner will the day of furs and far linings be passed than the lace coat will make its appearance. Even now it is occasionally seen with a warm interlining and no apparent additional weight. There is something distin guished and beautiful about tn all lace evening .coat. True, the mesh needs Ho be laid over glittering tissue or soft chiffon, with the usual silken lining, but it requires very little trim ming; perhaps but a few incrustations of another lace in a border effect, or medallions inserted in the all-over pat tern. 1 While chantilly or all black, or white with black or the arrangement "re versed are stunning combinations for such coats, and sometimes even the lace is dyed a shade to match or har monize with an evening dress. Phila delphia Bulletin. Blue Cameliaa. W'hether or no the blue camelia was inspired by the sad fate of La Dame aux Camelia s there is no learning. And, with all deference to the blueness of the last days of Marguerite Gautier, it makes no differences-it is here. And it is pretty. It has appeared on the hat of the fair one "who is to spend a month' in Flor ida. The hat is a chip, a lovely shade of "blue, almost as brilliant as. tur quoise. It is bent into something the shape of a small tricorne, and the dents seem to be held-ln by the big bunches of Parma violets. Between these bunches of sumptuous violets are placed blue camelias.' This gives the wreath effect. The conventional shape of the scentless camelia renders it very effective. Indeed, a fluffy flower might make the hat look fussy and overdone. So much the A'ogue is the camelia that it is done in many colors besides its own lovely white and red. Hints For the Girls. Some one has suggested fifteen things that every girl can learn before she is fifteen. Not every one can learn to play or siug or paint well enough to give pleasure to her friends, but the following "accomplishments" are within everybody's reach: Never fuss or fret or fidget. Never keep anybody waiting. Shut the door, and shut it softly. Have an hour for rising, and rise. Learn to bake bread as well as cake. Always know where your things are. Keep your own room in tasteful or der. Never go with your shoes unbut toned. Never let a button stay off twenty four hours. Never come to breakfast witboiita collar. Never hum so as to disturb others, of all things. Be patient with the little ones, as you wish your mother to be with you. Never let a day pass without doing something to make somebody comfort able. ' The girl who has thoroughly learned all this might almost be called a "mis tress of arts." The Sunday-school Vis itor. Princess a Needlewoman. Needlework always was popular among old-fashioned women in Eng land and Canada, but it has fallen sadly into desuetude here. There is a chance, however, that ali Americans who set their watches by the clock of St. James' will find renewed interest in the little bit of steel when they learn the Princess of Wales is one of the most accomplished needlewomen in either hemisphere. What Her Royal Highness doesn't know about fancy stitches doesn't amount to much, and when it-coines to plain sewing she Is far superior to the best seamstresses in the royal household. Most of the fine linen in her town house has been em broidered by her own hands, and it is said she marks all her husband's gar ments with' his crest and monogrlim. Moreover, the Princess is proficient with knitting needles. It is whispered in court circles she makes most of the Prince's stockings by hand, and that she betrays pointed chagrin if he for gets to wear those she turns out for him. Even a royal dame must have occupation, and, in spite of the many demands, on her time the Princess is fonder of simple household pastimes than of the bridge and baccarat en joyed so tremendously by her royal papa-in-Iaw. New York Press. Make Him Comfortable. A man must feel that he can thor oughly enjoy himself in his own quiet way before he will stay at home on every possible night, says the Phila delphia North American. If your hus band feels like having a smoke or game of cards with his friends, let him have It at home, and do not drive Him to seek Buch pleasure elsewhere by complain ing about the extra work and trouble. Do not be selfish and expect him to listen to all your worries while you make no sympathetic inquiries about his own, and, above all, try toj be cheerful and thus create an atmosphere of brightness "in the home, which, no matter how neat and tidy it may be, will otherwise be unattractive. - Many wives sorely try their husbands by their lack o cheerfulness or encour is&ment in times of adversity or other wise. Tb!; cue faillpg along ag wore to do with a husband's absence -from home than almost anything else, .for when a husband meets with no en couragement at Lome, he naturally seeks solace elsewhere. And finally, when the .matrimonial knot is tied, do not make the mistake of supposing that dull monotony must now hold sway. Be the same immacu late and daintily attired woman when your work is done that you were be fore marriage. Keep up a perpetual courtship,' and do not allow anything to prevent you showing an absorbing interest in the man you have sworn to love, honor and obey. Tactfully humor him, and make yourself as agreeable five or ten years after marriage as you did during your honeymoon. It is by such means that a husband can be prevented from deserting the domestic hearth, v ; Care of thezHands. ' You can't have pretty hands without the most careful manicuring of the nails and taking some care of the skin in cold weather or where any house work is necessary. The first step in grooming the hands is that they should be exquisitely clean, and the second is manicuring. It is absolutely necessary that they should be washed in soft water, and best of all, water made soft with borax. 'It not only whitens the hands, but keeps the nailsof nervous women from getting brittle. The water should be tepid, never hot, and pure castile soap should be used. To whiten the hands, use a wash of three ounces of rosewater, two' ounces of benzoine, half an ounce of glycerine and half an ounce of borax. Before manicuring, the nails should be soaked at least five minutes in strong castile suds. Then the nails should be filed, never cut with scissors, into shape. After the filing the edges should be smoothed with fine sand paper, and the nails cleaned with an orange wood stick. Last, they should be powdered and rubbed very gently with a polisher. Nails are cut slightly oval to fit the shape of the end of the finger, and never highly polished. If the hands are at all inclined to roughen with exposure to cold or the plunging into water necessary in housework, they should be softened with cream every night. Before rubbing in cream, scrub the hands, even if chapped, in warm water and soap with a hand brush. Brush each joint, then the nails, until every bit of soil and grime is removed, then dry thoroughly and rub with some tested cold cream. Too much rubbing and polishing will make the nails brittle, and too much, soaking will ruin the color. If they grow very swiftly, file every four days and smooth with emery paper. It is an excellent plan where there is laundry work or dish washing to be done, to keep a jar of cream in the kitchen and rub the hands with it al ways before drying, then pat dry and they will be smooth without feeling greasy. Hands that redden or rough easily should never be allowed outdoors un protected. Where there is any tendency to chilblains, fleece-lined gloves or woolen are most disastrous. Heavy dogskin or caster with a fur muff are the best precaution for hands suscepti ble to Jack Frost's admiration. A well kept pretty hand is not a mere exhibition of vanity; it is a proof of good taste and a desire to give other people innocent pleasure. Lace is seldom used with the cloth suit. The combination of fur with con trasting fur is a fad of the season. The collarless coat has seen its day. The new coats have' collars. Some have deep ones that will turn up and keep the ears warm. Except on elderly ladies, bonnets are rarely seen now fhattoques are fashion able and universally becoming. They are small, medium and large, and are simply covered with folds of crepe or mourning silk. . Embroidered leathers are fashionable with furs. They appear in self or con trasting tones. Embroideries, shaded in the shades of the color of the gar ment, are used. The leather collars and cuffs are not used.entire, but bound with fur. ' V : x Face veils may or may rot be worn, according to personal taste. Usually a thin mesh in a weave becoming to the wearer's complexion is brought just under the nose or to the tip of the chin. This face veil may have a trim border of crepe, too, if desired. A novelty mourning costume was one made of all crepe, trimmed with folds of soft silk. The skirt of this was cut with a deep circular flounce, headed top and bottom with flat trim mings of peau de soie, veiled with' black mousseline. The bodice was sim ply relieved " with narrow bands of silk. This makes a very handsome and elegant gown, and for a change is rather good, but the. general effect Js heavy, and would be ponderous for any but a large woman who could carry pjs? tlit ml and imaginary weight WHERE WAS WASHINGTON WEDDEPT rii Records of His Marriage Leave Mack to Conjecture. "Although one of the most interest ing events in Washington's private life, his wedding has been compara tively neglected by the majority of his biographers," writes William Perrine in' the Ladies' Home Journal. vlt is genei-ally agreed that the ceremony took place on the sixth of January (or the seventeenth of January, new style), 1759.. But' as to whether it was.'per formed in St. Peter's Church," in New Kent County, or at the home of the bride, known as the 'White House,' there is a wide variance of opinion. The weight of local authority is against the belief that it occurred in the church; nor is there any record in the church indicating that the couple were married there, although its rector,- the Rev.' Mr. Mossom, who had been in the pulpit for' forty years, sol emnized the contract. On the other hand, those who insist that the clergy man officiated in the church point to accounts that Washington rode on" horseback on the day of the wedding, and that the pair were attended by a bridal cavalcade., as evidence that there was a journey between the church and the home of the bride. This, how ever, is offset by the conjecture that the cavalcade was escorting the couple immediately after their marriage to Mrs. Custis' house in the town of Will iamsburg, or to Mount Vernon, and that -they were repairing thither to spend the honeymoon." WORDS OF WISDOM.' Peace on earth waits- for the peace from heaven. There will be good will in all when God's will is over all. It is not what you get but what you go for that makes the difference. "The heart looks over mauy a; diffi culty that the head cannot see through. Life is a jewel: its creams are Ihe rays it shoots out iuto the dark in finite. Life is hardly respectable is it? if it has no generous, guaranteeing task, no duties of affection, that constitute a necessity of existing. Emerson. Time past is irrevocably gone let it alone; time future will inevitably come lose no moments waiting for it; time present is irredeemably yours use it Dora Bradcliffe. Children have moral -measles some times. Only let them alone and they will get well of themselves. There is a wise herb in the gardens, and it is called Thyme. S. Weir Mitchell. Every Woman is happy with her work well laid out before her for some few straight-going hours. Her occu pation is so apt ordinarily to consist chiefly in interruptions A. D. T. Whit ney. Then you think the Judge will be satisfied if you say, "Lord, I had so many names in my visiting book, and so many invitations I could not refuse, that it was impossible for me to attend to those things." George Macdona'd. What the Siamese Eat. Siamese food principally consists of dried, frequently rotted, fish and rice, done into curries which comprise a little of about every kind of condi ment, and especially a very popular sauce called namphrik, a chutney-like and thoroughly mixed thing made of red pepper, shrimp, garlic, onions, cit ron, ginger and tamarind seeds. The only reason for the fish being putrid is because the natives like it sovfor fish are plentiful in the rivers and fisher men numerous, though their ways of catching are rather amusing and an tique. One favorite method, borrowed from the Chinese, is beating the waters with long bamboo sticks to frighten the fish into an eight or ten foot squar ish net, which is lowered into the river from a framework on the bank by a system of wheels and ropes and pulleys and hoisted up again when the catch is complete. I must confess that when the fish in the curry chanced to be dried instead of decayed, I found the decoction decidedly toothsome. In fact, a really good curry is in a class apart, and one must go to India or the Far East to get it at its best. Some times the natives eat pork and often times chicken, but for the most part rice and the fish curry constitute their chief diet, supplemented by the fruit of the country, of vwhich there are many kinds mangosteen, mango, pine apple, banana, orange, bread fruit, and that most healthful and serving, of all Siamese fruits, the papaya, which grows back from the water and is a grenish oval amion that suggests can taloupe when opened. Outing. , Advice For Naggers. There is the woman who nags, and many do without being conscious of it. She is often perfectly well bred in all other respects, but she loves her hus band so that she can't help' but ply him. with questions. The whys and' wheres andvwhens and "I told you so" become a daily routine which exhausts the patience of the best of men. A wise wife should remember that when a thing has once been talked over and threshed out it is good form at least to let it alone. If it is a faulMhat must be cured or a habit endured she should remember that men folk are often like Bo Peep's lost sheep "if you let 'em alone they will come home," etc. Con stant reference to a -fault or a manner ism is the cause of more marital infe licity than the average wife dreams of. Good manners are happy! ways of doing things, and good sense, cheerful- ness . and tact should guide eyery woman who bears the honor and dig nity of wifehood .toward the channel of these happy ways.-.rhllaaelphia, In. I qulrer. ' ' SV V yl Cost and Lost. ' tOv N.a paper read before the g mt )g Engineers' Club, of Phila O T g delphia, General Roy Stone, ' JJ Js director of the Office of fObf Road Inquiry in the United States Department tit Ag riculture, discussed "Various Thases ot the Road Question," says Municipal Engineering. From data ..obtained , from over 10,000 letters of inquiry sent out from his office, General Stone ' deduced certain figures, referring to. the average length of haul from the. farms to market or shipping points, the average weight of load hauled and the average cost per Ion for the whole length of the haul. The figures, tabu lated, are as follows: ; Group of States. a ? SS"? SST? 5! v Eastern Tfl 216 "$0.32 $1.F9 Northern G.9 .... : .27 1.P0 Middle 8.8 .... .3I '."2 Cotton.... 12.0 1,307 .IT, 3.0.1 Prairie... - ...... 8.8 2,409 .22 1X4 Pac. Cost, and Mtn. 23.3 2,197 .22 5.12 Whole U. S... ...... 12.3 2,002 .25 3.C2 Middle Southern States. 'Assuming the correctness of the data, and using the census return 'of farm products and forest and mineral out puts, and estimating incidental traffic,' General Stone arrives at a total of 313, 349,227 tons as representing the total, annual movement over country roads.' At the average cost, $3.02 per ton, the grand annual cost of haulage on public roads, amounts to $946,414,GG5. Not including the loss of perishable prod ucts for .want of access to market when prices are good, and the useless ness of cultivating certain products which depend upon the markets being' always accessible, statistics of the cost of operating foreign highways, and the data obtained from the use of the few good roads existing in this countrs, would indicate that nearly two-thirds of the above cost is directly chargeable to bad roads. The enforced idleness of "men and horses, duringa large part of the year is another item which should be charged largely to bad roads. The negative or hostile attitude of the rural population toward all effective legislation in this direction is an obsta cle also to road improvements in this country, while another is the general overestimate of the cost of such im provement. ' A few years ago the macadam roads of New Jersey cost $10,000 per mile; now equally good roads are being built for $3000, even where railway transpor tation of materials is required; and in localities better supplied,with road ma terial, and where a narrower road is deemed sufilcient, $1500, or even less, will make a mile of good stone road. Experience has demonstrated the fact that in most country districts a single stone road, eight or ten feet wide. with a good earth road on one or both sides, is more generally satisfactory than a wider road of macadam. f The South in the Van. The Southern States are putting to shame this great Empire State in the matter of good roads. A recent trip through the South "disclosed to me the fact that the; subject was being more generally discussed and more work done to the" end that the highways for wagons should be well constructed than in our own State. In the Carolinas, particularly, I noted many miles of new macadamized roads equal to the famous turnpikes of Vir ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee of the ante-bellum time. This particularly Impressed me, too, in view of the neg lect of roads in the old Virginia State, which I observed at the time of the maneuvres last fall at Manassas. The magnificent road of old from Alexan dria to Warrenton "the Warrenton pike" I found had been so-neglected as to be no longer discoverable as a macadamized road. Florida;' Alabama and Mississippi are all wide awake to the value of well constructed, and care fully maintained country roads. In this State something is being done in that direction, but in no measure com mensurate with the vast interests in volved nor the wealth and- ability of the commonwealth to build. It is to be hoped that the proposed measure of issuing bonds by the State, to. an ex tent not exceeding $50,000,000, and with the proceeds supplying half of the cost of any pubjic highway to which the county, the towns or private interests will contribute the other half, will become law. Of course a. system should be devised for the laying out and construction of each road, and for the economical and honest "disburse ment cf the funds. The materials for good roads in the State of NewJYork are to be found on almost every mile section throughout the State, and the agricultural interest, as well as the interests of pleasure driving, are so enormous that it is difficult to under stand the apathy that has left the greater part of the highways in a dis graceful condition. If the preos of the State generally would take the matter up vigorously, a sentiment could be aroused that in a few 3 ears would cause this State to lead in this matter, as it does in niost others. New York Town Topics. - . . A Valu..W Snggestiont Many neighborhoods may have goot road bnilditig material right at lreni and not know it. A sample" sent to (he Bureau ol! Chemistry, Department q'f Agriculture, Washington, DV C, will be examined and reported, upon. It oiav be that. von can get cood voad r.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 27, 1905, edition 1
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