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VOL. XXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTYvN. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906. NO. 22.
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LITTLE MAKE-BELIEVE I '
OR
A CHILD OF
BY B. L.
CHAPTER VII.
. Continued.
To comfort Saranne, Little Make
Believe, oblivious of her own need, was
pretending that she saw, about three
quarters of a mile away, a kind gen
tleman coming toward them with the
express intention of giving them a
three-penny bit, which would supply
the firm with three small tin mugs of
stewed eels.
She went so far as to describe his
'dress and his appearance; he was an
old gentleman with white hair, and he
had a stick with a gold knob to it, and
lie had children of his own at home
who had sent him out for the express
purpose of giving a silver hansel to
Saranne.
To these extravagances Mr. Deep
dale and "Walter, standing in the shade,
listened unobserved.
'Wally," the father whispered to the
son, "have you got a three-penny piece
in your pocket?" -
"Yes," replied Walter, producing it.
Throw it into that pretty little girl's
lap, and then let us run."
ft was done; like a silver-wiLged
messenger from the skies, the three
penny piece fell into Saranne's lap, and
away scampered Mr. Deepdale and
Walter, laughing gleefully at the trick,
They ran till they arrived at Thomas
Dexter's shop, into which they dashed
almost out of breath, for all the world
like boys who had been up to a rare
piece of mischief, which, enjoyable as
it was, might bring some dreadful pen
alty upon them.
The Old Derby was inspected and
purchased, and then Mr. Deepdale re
lated the incident to Thomas Dexter.
"I think," he said, I never saw a
more beautiful child's face,, though
clouded with sorrow, than the face of
the girl who was sitting by the grotto;
and the ugly one with, her stories told
"with a wonderful faith and belief, poor
thing! it was really as if she were
reading a tale out of a fairy book."
The child you admire is called Sar
anne," said Thomas Dexter, "and she
and the ugly one are sisters. The story
teller's name is Little Make-Believe."
"That is exactly what she was doing,
making believe.- It isn't often that her
dreams come true, I should say. And is
that the reason of your calling her
little Make-Believe?"
Thomas Dexter replied that it was,
and seeing that his best customer was
interested in the children, told much
that he knew about them. -
He even related his dream, and the
singular episode that followed of his
being a witness of his own funeral.
They were more than amused; many
of the incidents narrated by Thomas
Dexter stirred both their hearts with
pity and admiration, and when they
took their leave of the old curiosity
dealer, which was not until past 10
o'clock, they were animated by a de
sire which did not find expression in
Thomas Dextr's shop.
They had their own peculiar ways,
In the similarity of which was an un
derlying tenderness; they were more
like brothers than father and son.
"Well, Wall," .said Mr. Deepdale,
stopping at the end of the street in
Which Dexter lived, "is It to be home?"
"What do you think, dad?" .
"What do you think, Wally?"
"Dad, I am thinking of the grotto.
"So am I, Wally; we will go and
have another look at it."
They were soon on the spot, but the
cene was changed.
The grotto was there, shorn of its
brightness; long before they arrived
the candle had spluttered itself out and
the sisters were sitting by the side of
the house of shells, the third partner
having left them in disgust.
The night was fine and the stars
were shining, but there was something
exceedingly touching in the attitude of
these children, the prettier of whom
was lying in her sister's arms.
"What are you sitting here for, chil
dren?" inquired Mr. Deepdale. Hav
ing had your eel pie supper, you should
be home and a-bed."
"We're going, sir," said Little Make
Believe, and she assisted Saranne to
rise. "But we ain't had no supper."
"Why, what became of the three
penny piece?"
"Oh, did yer know about it, sir?" said
Little Make-Believe, wearily. "We
thought it was our'n, but a boy come
up and. snatched it away. It was his'n,
and he only threw it at us out of a
Joke, cause I was pretending about it.
It was a mean trick to serve us, wasn't
it, sir?"
"A very mean trick," said Mr. Deep
dale. "I should not have supposed any.
boy would have been guilty of it." ;
"It was Dot-and-carry-one, sir. He's
always up to mischief."
. "So that was the end of your dream,
then?"
"Yes, sir, and now we're going home.'
Come along, Saranne."
"Wait a minute, children. Well,
-Wally, what do you think?"
"I think it would be a capital tuing,
dad."
'"So it would. Your dream shall come
true, after all, Make-Believe." !
"Oh, sir!" j
"Wouldn't you like something better)
than stawed ens?"
"Couldn't hare netlilok better, ilr.
leraniitfi $ tyv u$x$ on 'emfcavea'j
THE SLUMS.
FARJEON. ;
jmummstmsSBS'
yer, Saranne?" Saranne's eyes glit
tered. "But your only making game of
us, sir. Come along, Saranne."
"God forbid that I should make game
of misery! We will all sup together."
And to the amazement and joy of the
sisters they found themselves presently
sitting in a compartmefit of thr best
eating house in the neighborhood, with
large plates, of stowed ells before them.:
It was a night and a feast to be re
membered, for they had found two
friends who from that time never lost
sight of them.
Mr. Deepdale, indeed, after a while
Informed Little Make-Believe that thiy
might depend upon him to the extent
of half a crown a week, and her grati
tude knew no bounds.
She never tired speaking of them to
Saranne, who for the most part lis
tened in silence and endorsed every
word of praise that fell from her sis
ter's lips.
They were so noble, so tender, so
kind; there was nobody, there never
bad been anybody in the world half so
good as these gentlemen who stopped
to relieve and comfort, and were ex
alted by so doing. ,
They were princes, they were angels,
and they were prayed for and blessed
for being human.
"I was thinking, dad " said Walter
many months afterward.
"Yes, Wally, you were thinking "
"That Little Make-Believe and Sa
ranne being so ignorant they don't
even know how to read what fun it
would be if I were to turn school
master." "And teach them?" -
"Yes, dad say for an hour once a
week. It would be a good thing for
them when they grew up."
"A capital thing, Wally."
"Shall I, dad?"
"Shall you, Wally? When did you
run one way and I another? Do you
know, my boy, that this is a very sweet
and beautiful world?"
"It is5very sweet and beautiful, dad
with you in it"
"I was thinking of you, my boy."
And I of you, father."
Mr. Deepdale gazed at the portrait
of his wife, which hung upon the wall,
and a prayer of thankfulness trembled
on his lips.
So it came about that Walter turned
schoolmaster and on the Saturday
night of every week began to teach
Saranne and Little Make-Believe to
read and write.
-iney progressed very slowly, and
lessons being given them to learn dur
ing the week, they were seldom, if
ever, perfect in them.
But Walter was patient, and they
were in heaven.
Yes, in the wretched home provided
for them by their father of whom!
some slight mention is necessary, al
though he has but little to do with
this history in that miserable, dimly
lighted cellar, unseen stars were shin
ing in human hearts and heavenly
hours were spent.
A word about this father.
More often in prison than out of it,
at liberty on an average for about four
months out of the twelve.
tie was not a thief, and cannot,
therefore, be called a criminal, but he
was incorrigible, an irreclaimable
drunkard.
It actually became a kind of boast
with him that, in the records of the
local police court, no person had been
charged with being drunk and disor
derly more frequently than himself.
To first and pre-eminent in any of
the ways of life confers a certain dis
tinction, and this distinction Little
Make-Believe's father enjoyed.
Regularly as he came out of prison
he favored his children with a visit
and expected to be waited on.
Without a murmur did Little Make
Believe perform a daughter's duties to
a worthless parent, never sorrowing
when he left her, never rejoicing when
ae returned.
As a matter of course he became ac
luainted with his children's new
friends and in a small way traded up
m them. Their interest in Little Make
Believe and Saranne increasing as time
progressed, they would have been glad
to remove them to a more comfortable
aome, but to this their father demurred
anless he formed one of the 'family
group to which, naturally, they could
aot consent.
Of necessity, then, they remained in
the lodgment he provided for them;
(here was unhappily no law to strip
tim of his authority.
Sometimes on a Saturday night the
? ellar was honored with visitors.
i The cobbler who lived in the adjoin
ing room, for one; Thomas Dexter, for
tnother; Walter's father, very fre
juently. With these, after the lessons, could
Walter converse and argue, and he was
go like his father in his modesty and
gentleness and tenderness that his
views on most of the subjects which
happned to crop up could not fail to
eave an endurable impression.
He read stories to them, and he
children wandered in a new fairyland.
But he was not the only teacher and
entertainer.
On rare occasions Little Make-Be-
leve's fantastic fancies found expres-
lion, .Walter' fairy, stories pqre fruit..
It was her habit, as she grew In years,
to close her eyes when fancy required.
"What do you see, Make-Believe?"
"I see Saranne walking in the park.
There's fountains, and soldiers, and
balloons, and flowers. There's water,
too, and boats,- and lots of people sing
ing in 'em."
"What are you doing?"
"Selling matches. Everybody's buy
ing them I can't take the money fast
enough. Here's a woman with a box
of dresses, and I buy a shining silver
gown for Saranne, and a feather bed,
and a white horse, and four pounds of
beefsteak."
At which strange mixture they all
break out laughing. Little Make-Believe
opens her eyes and smiles.
"All for Saranne, eh, Make-Believe?"
asks the cobbler. .
"In course all for her. And she's go
ing to marry a prince."
At which. Saranne claps her hands in
ecstasy.
There are higher and more solemn
lessons in that dimly-lighted cellar
The children learn "Our Father," and'
trembling repeat it until they know it
by heart.
The cobbler is somewhat of a stum
bling block when this prayer is intro
duced, for he is a terrible materialist.
But, after some reviling, he is silent
upon these occasions, though nothing
on earth, can make him a believer.
In this better way, the springtime of
life, with its bright clouds and sunny
glades, comes to Saranne and Little
Make-Believe.
F ART III.
FIiOWEB.
CHAPTER VIII.
As Time Rolls On.
Eight years have passed, and Time
the changeless, has wrought its change
upon men.
The world is still in labor, as it hath
ever been, and ever will be until the
Reign of Peace shall have truly com
mencedwhich will be only when man
has changed his nature.
But although multitudes in their hu
man shape shall never be able to wel
come this better time, to each man it
comes in his turn, and none shall es
cape the Divine transmutation.
From this history of every day events
no actor who has played a prominent
part therein has yet departed; upon
the comedy or the tragedy of their
lives the curtain has not yet fallen.
But some are withering, while others
are ripening. In these suggestive as
pects a comprehensive picture of the
world is seen; here wrapped in dark
ness, there bathed in light, at one and
the same moment.
Thus side by -side march joy and sor
row, life and death.
During these eight years Mr. Deep
dale's hair has grown gray, but his
heart is as suspectible as ever to char
itable and tender impressions.
Wonderfully like him is his son Wal
ter, now a fine young fellow of three-and-twenty,
the two are even closer
together than they were in earlier
days when Walter was a child, andl,
therefore, presumably, more easily led.
The secret of this lies as much in
sympathy as in love. These insepar
able companions are more like twin
brothers than father and son.
Thomas Dexter's hair has grown.
white, and he has contracted a serious
and reflective habit of mind.
This is due to a more frequent as
sociation with Mr. Deepdale and Wal
ter, who exercise over the old curiosity
dealer an unconscious influence for
good.
It has led as yet to no practical re
sults, no crisis having occurred to ne
cessitate decided action.
His intimacy with Little Make-Believe
and Saranne continues, and he is
occasionally kind to them in a larger
degree than the bestowal of occasional
pennies.
This was especially conspicuous on
the occasion of the death of their fath
er when he presented them with black
frocks.
ft was a gift they appreciated, for
despite his useless and evil life they
mourned their father with genuine sor
row, and they would have been
shocked had any person ventured to
tell them that their loss was a blessing.
So, but for three friends, in no wise
related to them, and of whom circum
stance orthe freak of fortune might
deprive them at any moment, Little
Make-Believe and Sarranne were alone
in the world.
They still led their precarious life, be
set now with peril because of drawing
womanhood, crowned, in Sarranne's
case, with beauty which made people
stare after her in the streets.
The contrast between the sisters was
very markjed. Beautiful as is- the
spring-time of life it had invested lit
tle. Make-Believe with no grace of
form or feature; she fulfilled the prom
ise of her childhood by growing up
stunted and plain.
She cared not; she lived but for the
happiness of one human being, and
that assured, she was herself happy.
She gloried in Saranne's beauty, and
was as proud of it and as fond of set
ting it out in its best light as the most
devoted mother could have been.
Whatever dreams and fancies she in
dulged in were all for Saranne and Sa
ranne's future.
Dangerous dreams, but indulgence in
them was a sweet pastime for which
neither she nor Saranne was ever dis
inclined.
The kernel of these dreams wa
that Saranne was to marry a prince.
Heaven knews from what mysterious
fairvland the prince was to come, but
he Would surely come one day and woo
and win her.
There is a brief time in our lives
when we see the future through a shin
ing veil which reflects, in their most
entrancing forms, oar bright wishes
an4 destrei.
To ce cpnttnuea,).
The "Nice" Girl.
"There is only one infallible way to
tell when a girl is a nice girl," said
man who gives wise advice to his son
at home instead of publishing if in the
magazines, "and that is by finding out
how she pulls, things off with the peo
pie who come in contact with her every
day. If her mother and father like
her, if her little brothers and sisters
think she is a kind of unfledged angel.
if the servants in the house smile when
her name is mentioned, if she is a
friend of the postman's, if all the ele
vator boys in your office smile when
Miss Mary' comes along and if all her
girl friends think she is . 'perfectly
lovely' you are pretty . safe in going
ahead with that girl, young many
Philadelphia Record.
Neir Fur Neck - Pieces.
The low stole effect is out of fash
ion and standup collars will be seen
on all fur cravats and tippets of the
fashionably dressed. Fur stoles have
lace ends and a fringe of some other
material. Every sort of fur and lace
is seen combined. -
The effect across tha shoulders is
also much narrower, just as sleeves
have become smaller in size, too. There
Is a general tendency to long narrow
effects becoming to the woman who
has been broadening her shoulders to
suit the modern type of feminine beau
ty.
An odd and pretty feature of many
of the new fur coats will be elbow
length sleeves, with under-sleeves of
lace and velvet. The popular fur for
next winter will be mink, but beaver
is also coming into public favor after
a retirement of some seasons. Ermine
is more the vogue for trimming and
In combination with darker furs, but
white fox promises to be the fur for
evening wear.
Plain laving and High Thinking.
It is remarked that some English
hostesses, who feel that the table and
what we shall eat have become of too
much Importance in life, are giving a
series of dinners marked by primitive
fare. Indeed, so, enthusiastic has so
ciety become on the subject that the
fewer the courses and the worse the
food the more fashionable does the din
ner become. At one select party re
cently in London there was nothing to
eat but sandwiches, chicken and a lit
tle watery salad. The same exagger
ated simplicity was shown at an even
ing reception, both in the dressing of
the guests and in the floral decorations,
which consisted of a few lilies and
i'aoac' r1iiar! ohniif 1 1 rv t'AAm ill rneoc
moyed about the room
talking together as long as they want
ed to, while the hostess herself made
no attempt herself to enliven the'gath
erins:. A bowl of lemonade, some
damp sandwiches and a few cakes
were on a table in the drawing room.
In the centre of this festive board the
piece de resistance was arranged, con
sisting of a large bowl of chopped fruit.
sprinkled with sugar.
About a Shirt Waist.
Here are some points relative to fit
ting a shirt waist brought out at a
dressmakers' convention. They are
dwelt upon with terrible earnestness,
wherefore it is presumed that no de
cent shirt waist can be made without
a knowledge of them:
Make a straight collar band. A
curved band will push down beneath
the ribbon stock.
Don't bring tle shoulder seam for
ward: it is better to drop it a little
back to make the garment fit.
Cut the waist a half inch too big all
around in height, at neck, under arms,
etc., says the Trenton Times. 1
It is better to have a small armhole
and plenty to play in the waist under
neath than to- cut a large armhole for
freedom of movement.
Take a small dart into the front of
the armhole, if necessary, to get a good
set across the chest.
If the sleeve is too tight don't let out
the inside seam to remedy it.
The sleeve must be seamed into the
waist with the seam turned into the
neck and stitched flat. Otherwise' the
sleeve will stand up unpleasantly.
Don't use French seams in a thin-
waist. Turn the edges in and finish
flat with two rows of stitching, as a
man's shirt is finished.
Iace Used Extensively.
Lace is the thing this season, and no
costume is complete until a touch of
this dainty fabric is added, if nothing
more than the collar and cuffs for the
tailor made costumes. Every possible
use is made of lace from the neck to
the flounces on the bottom of the skirts
when yards and yards are used to fin
ish the evening costume. Beautiful
berthas of rare old lace that has been
an heirloom for many years are now in
vogue. .
A handsome black silk worn by a
middle-aged woman at a fashionable
wedding recently, had one of those
rare old lace flounces, about eighteen
inches deep, which had been in the
family several generations. The waist
was trimmed very elaborately with the
same pattern in a narrower width and
just a dainty 'touch of blue. It was
one of "the most attractive of gowns
at the wedding.
The young woman who has a grand
mother should ask if she has some
piece of lace that can be used in some
way, and doubtless many a choice bit
will come to light that has lain in tis
sue paper for years, and complete
chic - costunme for this season. New
Haven Register. .
Wanted the Whole House.
"No, I can't take boarders," and Miss
Compton looked defiantly at her ole
neighbor as she spoke. I haven't goi
a room to spare." -
"Why, Lucilla!" said the neighbor,
feebly. "Of course, I'm never one tc
push in, but I can't help knowing
you've got four spare rooms you don'1
occupy, and these folks are friends ol
my cousins. I'm sure if I lived in
corner house all by myself I'd be glad
and thankful to have them."
"If you'd lived in a corner house all
alone tot fifteen years you'd feel jusl
as I do," said Miss Compton, firmly.
"When yu have boarders in youi
house you can't go into their rooms
without knocking, and then sometimes
they don't want you. I've heard Mrs
Sawyer tell, so I'm speaking with
knowledge.
"Now, I'm not one to go gaping from
lower story windows, but behind cur
tains upstairs nobody can take offense.
When there's a funeral or a wedding
at the Orthodox, I go in the west room
and watch it. When there's anything
going on at the Episcopal and you
know there's most always something
I step in the east room.
"Then most of the summer folks
from up on the hill drive down to the
clubhouse pleasant days, and I run in
when I hear wheels and so who 'tis
from any north window I can watch
them quite a distance. And the south
room I use when it's getting toward
mail time, and band concert nights,
and a good many times off and on.
"Now, I should like to know if you
think I'd count any six dollars a week
worth being hived up downstairs for?"
demanded the mistress of the corner
house, triumphantly. "And I haven't
mentioned Fourth o' July, Memorial
day, nor the circus p'rade, , either!"
Youth's Companion.
Photo Screens
Some of the cleverest ways of dispos
ing of fine photographs have been de
vised, for it's no longer the fashion
to keep them hidden away in cabinets
for the mere joy of possession. Will
iam Morris' tneories are Desoming
more and more widespread, especially
the one which demands a use for every
thing that is about.
A nlain wooden screen was called
upon to create one of these uses for
photograps. ' The wood was stained
a dull brown, one of the innumerable
Flemish finishes. At the top of each
panel was mounted a fine photograph,
all in warm brown tones that har
monized restf ully with the wood. ,
The photographs were covered with
glass, and around each ran a narrow
moulding stained to match the wood
exactly.
Tliose photographs were almost
square, but the same idea could be car
ried out with the tall, narrow photo
graphs, using more of them, of course,
and with oval ones as well, and the
gray tones can be used, with the wood
of the screen stained that deep gray
which is so old looking and artistic.
But all sorts of possibilities suggest
themselves as you look at the screen
ideas of gray prints mounted in a
swirl of pyrography lines, the whole
screen deftly touched with color, or of
the blackest ebony effects, with pic
tures that have plenty of black in
their makeup, set off with lines of
gold. Utica Observer.
Tulle and net stoles and ruffs are
very handsome.
It is almost as difficult to buy a sim
ple hat as it is to find a plain, well
built gown. -
It is a tradition of fashion that laces
and embroideries, are never in favor
at the same time.
Nowadays . an evening coat is as
necessary to even simple dressers as
any other garment.
No wrap has been introduced which
has given as much solid comfort as'the
long, loose fur-lined coat.
The veil draped hat is having a mod
erate success, but it is a little too spec
tacular to please conservative wom
en.
Velvet hats, are well liked. One
handsome model was a saucer shape
with a low round crown and a rolling
brim.
The dressier hats offer the widest
choice, and are often very artistic,
aside from the exaggerated lilt of most
of them.
Before the weather is quite cold
enough for furs, there is always a
vogue of feather stoles and boas and
of the lighter tulle and net neck
pieces.
It is possible to have a very individ
ual hat with these soft -felt shapes,
and one can do no better than to in
vest in one to match her walking
gown.
There is a new lace on the market,
new at least, in the sense that it is
an innovation, called Japanese lace.
t is not made in Japan, but the pat
terns are supposed to suggest Japan
ese designs, "
qyffi " SCIENCE Jp
Prof. Chantemisse, head of the Pas
teur Institute, lecturing at the Acad
emy of Medicine, said that flies were
the greatest disseminators of cholera
and that his experiments had proved
this fact. ' "
Prof. Albert M. Reese, of the Syra
cuse University, has gone to Florida,
under the auspices of the Smithsonian
Institution, to collect eggs of the alli
gator with. which to work out its em
bryology; subsequently he will spend
some time at the biological laboratory
of the Carnegie Institution of the Dry
Tortugas, developing his find of .this
crocodilian species.
A curious fact regarding diamonds
Is that it is not uncommon for the crys
tals to explode as soon as they are
brought up from the mine. Sometimes
they have burst in the pockets or the
warm hands of miners, due to the ef
fect of increased temperature. Large
stones are more likely to do this than
small ones. Valuable stones have been
destroyed in this way. By way of
safeguard, some dealers imbed large
diamonds in a raw potato for safe
transport from South Africa. . V
The resistance of tantalum increases
6trongly with a rise in temperature, as
opposed to carbon, which diminishes
in resistance as it becomes heated.
This fact has been made use of in the
construction of a new form of incan
descent lamp. Tantalum, originally
brittle, has, by treatment been made
sufficiently ductile to be drawn into
wire, which has been used with success
as a filament for the tantalum lamp.
It has a life of about 1000 hours, and
burns at once on being connected, with
out any previous heating. Philadel
phia Ledger.
A luminous push-button for the front
door is being .introduced. It consists
of a brass case having a crystal lense
in the front and an opaque glass disc
in the rear, the whole being about three
inches in diameter. It is intended to
be used in hall doors and is so fixed
that the light from within - shines
through, making the fixture very con
spicuous after dark. The use of a
frosted glass for .the back lense se
cures privacy within the hall without
detracting from the luminous effect.
The device is being put on the market
in England, and is one of the two nov
elties shown at the recent electrical
exhibition In London.
All birds of the crow tribe, rooks es
pecially, exhibit a tendency toward
winter like squirrels and some other
animals to lay up a store of provis
ions for their sustenance against a
season of scarcity. While jackdrawa
select holes of trees and old buildings
to store away such provisions, rooks
convey -them away to their rookeries.
There in last season's nests they de
posit them. Toward . springtime.
when they begin thinking about set
ting their houses In order, they visit
their rookeries and, when rebuilding
their nests, throw out. the unused store.
Thus it is we often find an accumula
tion of acorns, potatoes and what not
on the ground under their nestsNa-
ture Notes.
Pork and Peas in Colorado.'
The cultivation of the lowly field pea
in San Luis Valley is said to have
solved the problem of profitable pork
production in Colorado. It is declared
that a drove of more than 450,000 hogs
can be fattened in that district, and If
this proves true it will add to the agri
cultural wealth of the State a sum ex
ceeding $6,000,000 annually. Already
large shipments Into the valley have
been made from the northern part of
the State and the Arkansas Valley.
The animals will be turned into the
pea fields and will live practically wild
until spring, when they will be ready
for the market. Scarcely any attention
will be required for them beyond see
ing that they have sufficient water.
This introduction of the hog Industry
on such a large scale will stimulate the
raising of pork all over the State. In
conjunction with the field pea, the su
gar beet has been found to be a won
derfully fattening food, besides mak
ing the flesh firjn and putting the ani
mal in first-class shape for the market.
Alfalfa also is discovered to be an ex
ceptionally good food, but it is not all
sufficient. Denver Republican.
Caught a Crown Prince. '
It would really 6eem as though the
recent marriage of the German Crown
Prince and Duchess Cecile was a love
match. The young man is credited with
having made a decidedly original pro
posal. He and his future wife were
stopping at Schwerin Castle and, both
being enthusiastic anglers, conducted
their courtship through the aid of rods
and reel. One afternoon the Prince,
being unsuccessful In the sport,
dropped the rod for a small camera
which he carried, and among other pic
tures taken was one of the Duchess
just as she was about to land her fish.
That evening she received a finished
copy of a picture beneath which her
royal lover had written "Gefangen
und Ich auch" ("Caught and I also").
--Philadelphia' Record.
Modern Burglary.
The Cleveland burglar who played
Handel's "Messiah" on the piano as
a prelude to robbing the house, re
ceived the gift of a suit of clothes
and $20 from his intended victims as
a start on a new life. In the present
advanced state of the science and art
of burglary it seems likely that ability
to play the piano will' soon become
an indispensable requisite: to admit
tance to tie provision, .'..,'. ..
Three Reasons.
N the first place, bad roads
are an extravagance, and
the second place they con
tribute much to the isola
tion of farm life.." A third
consideration may be added the
wholesome effect of good highways
on the farmer himself. Any one of
these reasons Is sufficient to warrant
a considerable expenditure of. money,
and time on improvements. , Togeth
er they make an invincible argument.
The modern farmer keeps in touch
with the market either by telephone or
by his daily newspaper. Frequently
in the case of ordinary produce, oc
casionally with the important staples,
he can take advantage of a temporary
rise in the market provided tho roadi
are good. If they are bad his precau
tions go for nothing. ' '
The waste of time Involved In haul
ing through mud is apt to be over
looked. The farmer is too inclined to
think that it makes no difference
maybe he wouldn't bo working-that
day, anyway. But it is just, in this
neglect to make the most of their
time that other farmers fall. It is
Important that all hands keep busy all
the time on a farm as it is that they
be kept constantly at work in a manu
facturing plant. Another element of
waste in using bad roads is the wear
and tear on the horses, wagons and
harness. All appliances have to be
renewed much more frequently when
they are subjected to the strain of
hauling through mud than they would
if used only an macadam.
The side of this question which af
fects the. matter of taste also, has a
practical bearing. Dirt and sbiftless
ness tend to get together. The far
mer whose wagon is covered with clay
doesn't feel the pride in keeping up his
place that he would if his vehicles
came back clean from a drive to town.
Manufacturers and business men of all
sorts are finding that it pays to keep
their plaes shipshape. The most suc
cessful farmers have learned the same
lesson. Muddy roads are enemies to
the good order that helps make a
farm successful. It is hardly neces
sary to dwell on their relation to that
isolation which Mr. Morton rightly,
said is the chief objection to farm life.
In part this is inevitable. But It can
be greatly relieved by Ihe improve
ment of roads. There is no reason
why a farmer's family should suffer
solitary confinement during many
weeks of the year.
The remedy is in the farmer's own
hands. With unanimity of action they
could enlist help that would bring
widespread relief within a few years.
Some Pertinent Questions ;For Farmers.
How much do you suppose it costs
you a year to repair your wagons and
harness on account of bad roads? How
much does it cost you a year for shoes
and clothing that are ruined by your
children wading through the mud to
school? How much does it cost you a
year for medicine to cure your chil
dren's colds contracted, In wading
through the mud to school and church?
How much of a damage a year to you
is the mud that prevents your children
from attending school, or damage done
to them, rather, in the loss of an edu
cation? How much damage to you is
our bad roads in preventing your reach
ing market with your produce? You
are .perfectly willing to spend plenty,
of money in the buying of reapers and
mowers and other farm machinery.
You are willing to purchase fine car
riages and harness. At the price pota
toes are to-day one load would be the
average farmer's tax for ten years for
good roads, at the end of that time tne
roads would be good and you , could .
vote to rescind the law if you wanted
to, and you would have good roads and
no tax for thirty or forty years, JJie
balance of your life.
StAte Aid.
New Hampshire has taken a most re-'
markable step In the direction of a
better system of public highways.' A'
measure has been enacted into law.
appropriating no less a sum than three
quarters of a million dollars, for the
permanent improvement of the -main,
highways of the State. The money is
to be raised at the rate of $125,000 a
year for six years.
This amount will build a great many
miles of macadam road, and will no
doubt lead to still further construction
in years to come.
It is what we will all have to come
to, sooner or later. The State must
do the general road-making. The cities
and villages and even counties are too
small units for so large a work. But
State and towns in combination can
accomplish a great deal and , the bur
den will be lighter. New Hampshire,
in reality, has only taken a place In .the
march of process. .
.7) ,
Care With Model Road.
Considering the importance of good
roads, it is cl vital moment that object
lessons In their building should be
well taught. For this reason none but
the most skillful engineers and, bo
most conscientious contractors should
be employed In building model roads.
If the improvement proves' good and
permanent, it will soon convince the
taxpayers that more such road is de
sirable, and development in that line
will follow. Should the model road
prove defective, It weuld be a serloua
setback to the cause.
Submarine e!zna!!ng has teen tritf
mccenfully. in the Mersey.,