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? ? i*' \\ LINIMENTS WIEREL\ ^ & j^' JOB*?? m Pn?*Vr v?ffi?t5iblr Troi:!dc*i irjurf t t t? clcar*o the l-.ocd of the poifcanou* hi ^NJk" tism. Bc=c3t& thv * hole system. A;X J TRAGEDY OF THE CAUCASUS. Peasant Murdered His Son "at tha Command of God." In the village of IJayaudour, in the Caucasus, lives a man named Ivan Aslama/off. who a few weeks ago started the community by cutting the threat of his seven-months-old tor en the threshold of the church. lie was at once arrested and taken before a judge; whereupon he gave an extraordinary explanation of his conduct. A few years ago. he said, he was very side. unci ore nigm si. . uuu ~i>pcarod to him in a dream and took him into a valley, where he saw God seated on a throne cf gold. The Almighty, he continued, then said to him: 'Ivan, I will restore your good health to you, but in time you will have a son, and as soon as he is seven months old you must offer him up as a sacrifice." Aslainaaoff-said that many times since then he had prayed God to spare his son, but that, as the Almighty made no response, he considered it his duty to sacrifice him. His story made a great impression <m the people, and the general opinion was that he had acted like a saint and that the authorities had no right to arrest him.?New York Herald. Deer in City of Vienna. I.ack of food on the snowclad hills drove a wild deer into a suburb ol , Vienna. It was chased and died ol fright. " I had a bad cough for six | ' weeks and could find no relief 8 I Auflr'e fhorrr m i _ UilUI A mvu ? WMV l*^ a w?w n ral. Oniy one-fourth of the bottle 3 cured me." 1 L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. B Neglected colds always J lead to something serious. g They run into chronic I bronchitis, pneumonia, I asthma, or consumption. Don't wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral just as soon as your cough begins. A few doses will cure you then. [ Three ana: 25c., 50c., $L All drunlsts. Con wit your doctor. It he gars take It, thnn do u lie says. If he tell* you not to take it. then ilor.'t rake it. He knowa. I*ekrett with him. V> a'C rrillinfr. t. .* YKK (.*<).. jg^ajp-rff s~s.t nrrni rami mtm ?i181 i nn ' "T^ cartridges and shot shells | are made in the largest and g best equipped ammunition I factory in the world. jjj AMMUNITION | of U. M. C. make is now ? accepted by shooters as | |4'the worlds standard" for ? it shoots well in any gun. Your dealer sells it. | | The Union Metallic O l $ Cartridge Co. R | Bridgeport, - - Conn. | WO MORE ... CURLS IN YOUB HA1B Carpenter's OX HARROW POMADE /tjewahr of imitations.) Ta*e? them out andk?ep<> your scalpin splendid ?bsr- into the Ixarsrain. Tn.at's why you need it It*s higrhly perfumed, too. PRICE, 25 CENTS, At the Drug: Store, or mailed on receipt of 25 ] cents in luauii'o. A'idw?, CARPENTER & CO., Louisville, Ky. So. 44. ~ Ta wt??iiiiiti>iLtui uiu!l laT 13 Bast Ooagh H yr?p. Tnstee Good. Dae KS ra In time. Sold by taakH W IB ftllrtIrfSjaSafe*.v, ' ?. v ... . r EASE THE PAIN ^|pnn!i?fl - ihiui!11!uuu1ii| sj babe'* ditftloc. Yet powerful eaouj'u ^ 'it- ar.d lai tic acid* that caiuc UKuina- * ry our drujsis: about it. a (<^ufa2>nd/w$\ i &e jftaa bank deposit U?vJPcV/H>'?L/ Railroad Faro Paid. 500 | ISIIBHS!B!EBK3B c CE0RG!A-AUBAMAniJS:KE5SC0LLEGE,?a. .n.Ga, caplldine vjc? a J! ?Pb 1*= A'.eo Mi niekneta and curis Ml KAiiaOHcS ar-ass 2oct on brain or Lea 10c. 25a and 50c a bottla. (Ligim) iiml^?rni?ifiy! IriJndliriUNIH: Tor over rla- years I snfferoH with cbroni- conffi'UJfifS *yd dunn* tills time 1 Lia l to tnke cd injection of n aria water on on every 24 hours before f ,,av'> an ?etion on xay bowels. Hnppilv J tried CajeareU. and today I am I well wan During t.:o ainf year* before I used Casearets I U?'^ wnto'd n.w cry with internal plies. Thanks to jou 1 n-n free fr .n. all that this morninc Yon can use t:m in behalf of snCerinf humanlir." k". t itter, JUianoko, 111jn^The Dowels ^ I CANDY CATHARTIC Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Ta?t* OnM. T)o Good aoidTn hn^vC" ^)eaken ?,r 0rin?- l?c. ** ?c- Never sold In bnIk 1 he cennina tatlet stamped CC C. Guaranteed to euro or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicace or N.Y. 603 mULZMl, nu M1LL1DH POXES Machine to Sew Up Wounds. A wound-stltching machine is the Invention of a doctor named Michel. It works very much more rapidly then the old method of stitching by band, is painless and effective. It consists of a case, or sheath, holding a number of nickel hocks, or bands, like those used for the corners of card-board boxes. They are put in position with a pair of forceps and can be adjusted at tho rate of 25 a minute. Their rounded points do not penetrate the lower layer of the skin, but only the epidermis and therefore the pain caused by them is very slight. They have the additional advantage of being very easily disinfected.? Stray Stories. 'i ho <>l<leat Forry. Perhaps the oldest ferry in Ihe world Is the cross-ohaunel service from Calais to Dover. It has boeu in existence for more than twenty centuries, and the vessels which have been eu- j gaged in it include every variety or shipping, from Caesar's high-pecked galleys, propelled by hanks of oars, to the new turbine steamer. Catarrh Cannot I!e Cured With local applications as they cannot reach the sea. ot the disease. Calami is a blood or constitutional disease, anil ia order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur 'ace Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. 1: was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. ~It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the Lest blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney <fc Co.. Props., Toledo, O. Sold bv druggists, price, 75c. Hall's Family Tills ure the best. The growth of the nails is more rapid iu children than in adults, and slowest in the aged. It goes on more rapidly iu summer tbau in winter. Mrs. Leland Stanford is said to carry a larger amount of insurance than any other woman in the world. Her policies amount to more than ?1,000,000. Flood Benefits One Man. The Missouri river flood has given P. C. Nuckles of Rocheport, Mo., a new house, completely furnished. The high water drove Mr. Nuckles away from his farm, and when he returned to it he found on his land a comparatively new house, which was in good condition, despite its watery Journey. There is nothing about it to indicate who the owner la. 7 A man cannot be fervent in spirit if he is slothful in business. A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 Sixth street, Fond Du Lac. Wis., Presbyterian clergyman, says: "I had attacks of kidney dlsor4H ders which kept me in jSS the house for days at a time, unable to do anything. What suffered can hardly be told. Complications set in. t? "-JtjfinlT particulars of *- which I will be pleased to give in a personal interview to any one J5E3b^^T;_- who requires informatiou. This I can conscientiously say, Doan's Kidney Pills caused a a general improvement in my health. They brought great relief by lessening the pain and correcting the action of the kidney secretions." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. v The king { _^hone A NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIFr CV MAURICE Cop?<rht. *i>a wr. i CHAPTER XIX. | CONTINUED. "Live the American Republic! Live the bravo general!" Ami added thereto! "Down with the English!" Claiborne, Lonallier ami other members of tho Stato Government chanced to be in the street, ami when they heard tho shouts paused to hearken. "Vive la repnblique des Etas-Unis!" nroso clear and loud, above the general din. "There!" exclaimed Cl.iirborne. "What di<l I tell Jackson? That is Vernon vanning up the slums. It means everything, everything!" Tuat very night threo companies were formed and armed by Mr. Ycr nou, and tlie next day they reported for duty. Genera! Jackson was delighted, and when Mr. Vernon called at his lieadqnarter*, he sjir.ed his hand and wrung it savagely. "Yon are the Kind of a man that I like!" he exclaimed, his face lighting np ami its hard Hues softeniug into cordial enthusiasm of expression. "You are the noblest man of this noble State!" There was no mistaking tho general's feelings, ami Mi. Vernon could not repel them; indeed the lire of the old days, when -he fonght by sea and laud, was burning higii now; ho had fanned it with his own oratory in stir-, ring up the cmoors in the breasts of that reckless crowd. "I know, general, that the safely of New Orlenus depends upou tho courage and patriotism of her own cbildrer." was all the reply that he made; but his nianuer and voice told how deeply he felt. "True, sir; truo as Gospel!" said Jackson, r.till holding on to his hand, "And you will lead them, and those English dogs will yelp and criuge bofore yon. You arc the mainstay of everything now; we cannot do without you." It was as if a son were speaking to a father. Jackson was in tho full prime of life, and, thongh worn by sickness, still stalwart and rugged; but Mr. Vernon looked the master who could enforce his will, eveu with the stubborn and relentless commander. He smiled a strange, illuminating smile, and his deep-set eyes glowed out from under his'grizzled and shaggy brows with a power that was uresis! able. "I am r.t yonr command, general? I and these men. Whcro you say go, there wo will go or die." When Lieutenant Bailanche came in with tho report from Eayou Bien?*enu, Jackson sent immediately for Mr. Veruon, but was unable to see him till the next morning, when he told him of tho advance of the English. Tiie old man's face blanched. "But my wife and my daughter!" ho hurriedly said. "They have just gone out to ray plantation near tho Bayou. I sent them there but yesterday." "Then >t?)u liad better go get them and bring them back," was Jackson's blunt rejoinder. "We march down jtlia river immediately." ^ . "Mademoiselle Maria do Sezannes is with niy family," said Mr. Vernon, tnrmirr to T.ioutoiiflnt Ballaucho. It was uow that young officer's turn to grow a trifle pale. '"Mademoiselle de Sezannes!'" he echoed quickly. "Yes. She accompanied my wife aud daughter." "General," said tbo lieutenant, "I ask for a smalt detachment aud leave to go after tho ladies." "You cannot go. I cannot spare you," was Jr.ckson's brusque answer. Then Mr. Vernon rose to his feet and Sxcd his eyes upon the gcueral. "General," he exclaimed, "the young lady is tho lieutenant's promised wife! He must go!" And he went. Thcro iiad been good reason for the failure of General Jackson's messenger to And Mr. Vernon on the day before. Indeed, if he had found him, his message must have been delayed; for Mr. Vornon was in no mood to be interrupted. He and Colonel Loring were having a memorable interview. Loring came to Chateau d'Or,where the master of tho place was superintending some hasty linal touches in the way of securing it against intrusions, late in the afternoon. Mr. Vernon was astonished to see him. "Why, what upon earth! What are you doing here?" he ejaculated, frowning darkly and speaking with infinite impatience. "You told me that you would not come back here again." "I never keep my word," remarked Loring; "it's too inconvenient. I always do just what I happen to wish to do. What aro you up to now?" Mr. Yernon looked at him in a hopeless way; but he did. not answer his question. "You'll stay here, I suppose, and let the Euglish scldiers show such mercy a3 they may to your family and you," continued Loring, half-sneeringly. "I have sent my wife and danghtcr to Lapin at the plantation. "At Bay Saint Louis?" "No; on Bayou Bienvenu." "Oh, out there! What did you send those defenseless women out there for?" "For safety, in ease " ' "Safety, indeed 1 Don't yon know ? * i Ofy^ IY ISLAND HV? DURING THU WAR OF 1S12. srrr THOMPSON. >7 r.obert Conner'* Son*. that right tip Bayou Bienvenn the English army will eomq first?" "No." Mr. Vernon looked uneasily at Loring. "Well," said the latter, "I know it, and jou had better go fetch them back at ouce." "How do you know?" Lcring laughed, and his laugh was like au open sneer. "Ob, to be exact, I expect to lead those jolly red-coats in by that route." "Ta! It is a nasty jest. Be serious if you can. Tou have something on v.rar ruind to sa.v to me. Say it. please." "Well, then, I need some money." "Certainly?you always do; but how ranch?" "Ten thou3aud dollars will do." Mr. Vernon, who had been sitting, roso slcwiy aad stood up before Luring. "I will not give you one cent," he toJH, Ilia aaaanf. nf finalitv. w4W4J *MW va * y "Yes, you will, when you know that I do not mean to- gamble with it aud that I am going straight to the British, who will send mo oat of this country." "Ta!" ejaculated Mr. Vernon. "You do not beliove me? Well, on the whole, I do not wonder. But yon must trust ine this time, at all hazards." "I havo said no." "To be sure, but that was beforo you knew that yon owed me a hundredfold the amount." "Ta!" Loring leaped to his feet like a tiger suddenly aroused to fury; but th^re was no particular change in the expression of his face. His eyelids may havo drooped a trifle, so that the openings through which the cold gleam of hie eyes shot out were narrowed to mere slits under his baudsome brows. "Do yon dream who I am?" The question was put with a sort of grinding intonation, and the speaker snapped his ihuuib aud forehnger impaticutly. "Ta!" "I am Pierre Eameau. and I want ton thousand dollars!" "I am Jules Vernon, end " "Bay, rather," interrupted Loring, "that you are Thomas MacCollough. I like accuracy irr business matters. Mr. Vernon glared and stood speechloss. "I know yonr whole pa9t life, Thomas MacCollongh, us well as I know my own. Yoa need not become excited in the least. I kavo known it all these years of yonr acquaintance." "I know your life, too, from your cradle to this moment," Mr. Vernon presently said in a dismal voice; "J have been told that yonr natr.e is MacCollongh, too?Kirk MacCollongb." "Wo ocam to be pretty well ac rjnninted, then, a:-)d possibly wo urc kinsmen." Mr. Vernon lifted his hands as if to want off the suggestion, aud stopped backward a pace. "( do not piaoe ray doraand for the money on that ground, however," Loring went on with a .measured, merciless manner of speech; "but wholly on the ground that you are my debtor. You have grown rich in dealingwith Pierre Kameaa, and now that you know who that mysterious man is, you cannot object to his demand for money, can yon?" Mr. Vernon tottered into a chair and sank into it with the air of one who collapses under a deadly stroke; his face withered; his eyes wore dnll and sunken. At that moment bis age seemed doubled. "I have no time. I am followed, hounded. Two dogs scout every track I make," Loring continued. "If von cunuot give money, why, of oour3e, I mnst go without it. I havo been u fool, played in hard lack, lost every thing, and this infernal war lias blocked every channel yf my operations. Yon can feel my condition." "What do I care for money!" cried Mr. Vernon, springiug np again. "Take all I have?it is nothing ?so you go and never return!" "Oh, I promise. I think you can depend upon ttiit." Mr. Vernon gazed at him with n iook curiously searching, wistful, boneless. The cold drops of a power ui excitement were beading the old forehead. He lifted his hand and wiped them away mechanically. "Tell me one thing and tell me truly," he demanded, a husky tenor in his deep voice. "Tell mo on you.tife: Are the sou of Thomas MacCoilough?" "Thero's no timo for explanations," said Luring evasively. His lace seemed to soften in some strange .vay. "It doesn't matter who I aui. I am pressed. My life is at stake. 1 cannot parley," Tilr. Vernon stepped forward aud laid a powerful grasp on the younge: man's shoulder. His lingers wort like mighty hooks of stoel; tbev closed over the hard muscles with au almost paralyzing power. "Speak to me! Tell me! You shall not go till you do!" ho exclaimed, with the emphasis of desperation. Loiiug tried to shake him off, not roughly hut firmly. Ho might an well have tried to push out a wall of the house. The other hand closed upon him, and he felt how unequal would be the struggle with the grizzly giant h \ before him. luueed, his cvtn3 v.-eit a3 if pinioned to his sides. 'It you are indeed Thomas JZaeCollough's sjn," continued .Mr. Vernon, in that deep, hoarse (jrovl, "joirwill not lie or evade or herniate no.v. ipeak, I command yon!" "I weem to be ratlior helpless in your hold," said Loriug. "When yon get. tired, let go of mc, please." Mr. Vernon's hand fell away, and he stepped back, drawing a deep 'Jr. a ill as ouc does who controls pustiou by sheer force. "Loriug," he said slowly, "or Pierre Itameau, or Kirk MacColloagn, whoever you are, it is " ".Stop!" interrupted Lorini?,? "Can you give me the money or not?" A man-servant at the door was par- ' leying with some one whoso voice barely reached the room. Mr. Yernou 1 had given orders to admit no person. "If you are Kirk MacOollongh I 1 will give you the money," the old man almost whispered. "I could lie to you," said Loring, "If you could, yon aro not lie." Mr. Vernon spoke with a tono which seemed to have years of retleetiou and multitudes of memories in it. J Loving was fumbling io the breast i of lii.4 vest as if trying to Hud some- < thing stowed away in deepest security there. 1 "A knife or a pistol v. ill not serve i yon," said Mr. Vernon, with calm 1 dignity. I "I'm not so slow when I roach for a weapon," remarked the other indif- 1 fereutly. "Here, will that bo a. suf- I indent pledge for what money you can let me have?" As he spoke he drew forth a small < worn leather case and handed it to i Mr. Veiuon, open. It was the a me- 1 thyst cross. 1 "That argues more forcibly than 1 knife or pistol, doesn't it?" 1 The old mau answered not a word; 1 but an intense feeling seemed to rush 1 into his face. His month twitched ' under his heavy, rimplcd,gray beard, i At this moment there was some ] rort of distnrbnnco at the hall-door; I the servant was trying to keep tuo i visitor from entering. "Stand aside?" panted the voice ( of Burns. j Tlio npirrn fitnod aside. "w Loring turned about, and quicker than the gleam of au eye was the drawing of his pistol. Burns came into the room, gliding like a serpdnt. Mr. Vernon was ready for tbo emergency, and he was prompt and certain rather than quick. A strode of his left head scut Loring's pistol spinning across the floor; a sweep 01 his right caught Burns's arm as it flourished a long knife. Loring did uor hesitate a second, ?, while Burns was struggling to his arm, walked straightway out of the house. In the effort to wrfug the knife from Burns's hand, Mr. Vernon let fall the amethyst cross, and it tnmbled on tho floor, where it lay, flashing a flue purple light. CHAPTER XX. DESOLATION. . Mr. Vernon and Lieutenant Eallanche had no sooner received permission to take a detachment of men and go tuan they set out at fail speed, riding down to Uio plantation house on Bayon Bicnvenu. (If course, Mr. Vernon's mind was 1 crowded with tho incidents of the interview with Loring, ami almost as much v/aa he affected by tho conversation-which had lolluwed when he was left alone with old man Jitirna. Tho la'ier, balked in his effort to stab Loriug, aud seeing that Mr. Vernon would not lot liiuigo at ouco in further oil suit, gave up and r.tood pathetically helpless, gazing in blank, despairing inquiry at the powerful old man who had handled him as if ho had been a child. "You assassin!" exclaimed Mr. Veruou, quite out of patience aud temper. "You attempt to do iuurdcr in my hcuse!" " '.Murder?' No! That man's lifo bolougs to any ono who can take it! Tnat was Pierre llaroean, I tell yon!" Liuriis replied, with but little show of spirit. Ho stood gazing into Mr. Vernon's eyes for a moment aud then added: "Did I not tell yoa what he did to use? 1 bore everything. What would you Jo if you wore in my place?if be 1 nad killed your daughter?if ho had 1 wrecked your life?if he had murdered yon in the woods?" "Ta, man!" said Mr. Vernon. "You are excited and nervous. Sit down." Then seeing the cross on the floor, he stoopad aud picked it up. Turning it over in his fingers, he was replacing it in the worn case, when Burns reached for it. ] "Where did you get that?" de- 1 rnauded he, with sudden, breathless I haste. "Did he hove that? That is i Margaret's! His mother gave that to i Margaret! Let me hold it! Let me 1 touch it! Let me kiss it! Oh, it must have been on her bosom when " < "Be still, man. You ore wild," i said Mr. Vernon. "You do not know < * rwii. _ itf 1 I ? wnat you are saving. xuia mug aus < beea.in my family for a century." i "Ah, well, I thought?forgive me? ] it is so like it." The old mau held his forehead in his hands as if recovering from dizzi- . ness. He reeled, aud Mr. Vernon helped him into a chair and brought . some wine. "No, I never drink it," he said, . putting aside the proffered glass. After a little he appeared to shako ' off his weakness to a degree. Rising slowly, he said not another word, but picked up his great knife, which lay J where it had fallen on the floor, and went out. (to'be COXTnJTJED.) In the years 1890-1893 the number. ; of families who left Alsace-Lorraine : tor Franof was over 7000^ ^ 1 1 O&o? |3p4iaS *Defects in lioad legislation. dE rouii linvs of the difrer7( rr. ^ er.t Stules are geucrally t\ ' I ' n unite too loiiir and too often K '-hanged. declares M. R. MOW Campbell. The people don't have luae to set well acquaintetTwitb the law before it is repealed orcbanged, and all changes or amendments conclude with this or a similar declaration: "Be it further enacted that all acts >or parts of nets in conflict with this act. be and the same are hereby repealed." So that, to fully understand the road law In many of the States the inquirer has to go back to the days ol Patrick Henry, George Washington Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson 01 some far distant period, and ruinmagt through the musty pages of the many road laws thnt were passed at various rind sundry times for the improvement ^ af the public roads. Road laws should be plain, simple and easily understood, so that the common people can understand tiieiu, and there should be much left to executive intelligence. Some States have over 100 sections in their road laws, and every year they keep adding to them. Every State should have a superintendent of public roads, and every county & superintendent with ample authority to view out and lay off public roads within their JnrisdictiotCand to oversee and generally superintend the construction and maintenance ol n?~ nnhifA mnifa within their resnect* lut yju KJiiv ? vu\*u .. b Ive territory under the general direc- t Hon of the State superintendent. This 1 would materially abridge the laws In ? relation to public roads, for any com* > petent superintendent can build a road - ^ better, and do it cheaper, than any ordinary Legislature can legally ad rise him to do it. The amount annually consumed by legislative bodies, dlscnssing, amending and changing the road laws, would go far toward paying all of the State expense of the office of ^ State Superintendent of public roads. The State Superintendent should hare annual meetings of the county superintendents in each Congressional district. to discuss road construction and maintenance, and draft or suggest needed legislation. Superintendents of the different coun ties should be held responsible by law for a proper maintenance of the i*oad* In good, passable condition, at all seasons of the year, and if they cannot d? so should report the fact to the county court, or judge of the county, for relief or rele.asement; for it should be required in all cases that good roads b? maintained and not merely that they should be "worked" once a year, and the balance of the year go withont attention. Laws should be passed In all State* faxing heavily or prohibiting the running of narrow-tired wagons on public roads; for they are a positive injury tc * all roads of every kind and grade. T? grasp this idea more fnlly take a disc harrow or disc plow and pet weight thereon and haul tt <SWr the*^ roads for a month so as to pass over the same part of the rond ten timea day when the ground is damp, and then see the condition of that roadthen take one of those heavy steam* rollers used in road construction, welching 10,000 pounds or more, and have it pass over this same piece of road for the same number of times as the disc plow and observe the change. This test involves t ie use of extreme* lo determine a problem, and there are none so dull of comnrehenslon as nol fully to grasp the folly from such a demonstration of permitting the running of two-horse wagons, carrying 2300 to 3000 pounds, with one and a , . half to one and fire-eighth inch tires. These wagons would destroy even the roads that Nero built. I am aware of the difficulty of getting such a law passed in a State ivhere the narrow tire prevails, but thie ran be done by passing the law to take ?ffect at a distant date, so "that in pur rhaslng new wagons, or repairing old .* >nes, the change can be made within a rouple of years without great injury to any party, but Injury or no injury II will have to be done liefore good roade ran be maintained. Narrow-tired wagons have long since been outlawed Ir jj ilder countries, and they will have t? in this fnr thev are absolute destruc tion to dirt roads. In order to past laws in some States to do away witi the destructive narrow tires it mighl tie necessary for the Legislature tr. pass acts declaring the running ol wagons and other vehicles on the pob lie roads in the State to be a privilege ind thus tax the harmful narrow tiref ind not thofee with the legally required widths. And now in conclusion, what Is need ;d in the way of treatment of the bad roads disease is: less laws, fewet changes, more money, better exeeutivi ability, mixed with one-tenth science ind nine-tenths common sense.?Good [toads Magazine. ^ A New Industry. The mending of expensive silk stockngs is a new profession which is not ivercrowded, and which pays exceedngly well the few women who are itted for it. A single evening's danc- ng often rubs a hole in a silk stocking tn<l there arc comparatively few vomen who are rich enough or ex* ravagant enough to discard an extensive pair on that account. Nearly ill the better class shops employ one ir more expert darners and pay them veil. These women are able to match he weave of the stocking so precisely hat the darn Is absolutely impercipfr ble. They also ?>' o ccrfectlou* . ^ ,