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| ? - - \ : ' " " - [ " f he Press and Banner prfnt'i" ned every Wednesday at SJ f ear id advauoe. Wednesday, Feb. 5,1902. Re Appointed. PorI Master Roberts. Liuk has been appoint ed Post Master at Abbeville, anil he may now feel safe Id the office tor four years to come A better or a more obliging poMmaste would be hard to tlnd. He gives nnlversH satisfaction Id the conduct of the office, am we be'leveali patrons of the office ar?* pleased Mr. LlDk Is most acceptably assisted In thi office by MIbs Josle Lyon and Master EJdli Roche. It Is lime for another outbreak against Mc Laurln, He has given us a good postmaste and of course me senator mum onvr> ,u. much Influence with (be President if be oat gel so good h postmaster at Abbeville. Mc Liturln will have to be lynched. There Is u< other way out of it. Glad to Nee Him. Mr Homer Quia, foreman of the Connli Maxwell Orphanage printing office, was ii town last M ?nd-i>, "and right glad we weri to*eeb'in. He learned to stick type in tlx Pie*?ai.d Bann> r office when he was quit** ? lad He 1* * mmi a ttood printer. lull o ei.eig*, and worthy young m.tn? a s<iod c tlct (or a g ?od girl. ? ? Home AkhIii. > . Col. James M. Baker, of Washington, wai la town yesterday. A more efficient II brarlan Washington never had and a more polite aud accommodating mail could not be found this a d? of ttie Philippine Inlands Mr. Baker left yesterday afternoon by tb< Seaboard tor Washington. Nomination. Mr. R. S. Link received yesterday his re-appointment. a* Post Master lor Abtieviiie President Roosevelt and ihe Senate could noi have confirmed the appointment of a more falthfui, efficient and courteous g-iuiiera iu, one lu favor with the people at large. Local of R 91. Haddon A Co. R. M.Haddon & Co., are now showing theli 1st shipment of sprlug goods. The principle thing* on sale this week are white goods, em broideries, laces, wa?h fabrlquee, black aod colored cheviots, mohairs, siiks, &c. A. R. P. Church, Feb. 9th. "Tbe Wanderer'* Joy" win De me Huojeci 01 ttie ber ruou uextSaboalb morning *t the As ttucluie Relormed i'rebby terian Cburcb. Ail are cordially luvited. For 8hI?, We will bell one mule coeap for cash. Thomson Bros. Miss Nettie L Brums >?, of Orangeburg, lit lu Abbeville where bhe ? ill make ber burnt Indefinitely. Sue lb ?u efficient type-better, kud bae couie to belp Ibe frebb and Banuei to prlii i brielbaiid oilier job work. Xbe Piebt ai d Bauner low ban lu Me employ lour ol tbe preiuett youug ladleb in Ibe city. Jane Drennun, colored, It. In great dlbtren becaube of tbe absence cf ber bOD, Fobtei Allen Drennou. Auy Information us to bit whereabouts will be gratefully received by her at Abbeville, S C. Married, Wednesday Jan. 29.b, 1902, by Rev. J.K. McKinLon, Mr. Ubaa. H. LliiE auc Mltto Jaule Baugbniau, all ot Abbeville Co. Loal?Small buucb of keys, containing Post, cfflcekey &c. between Post office anu Baptlbt Cburcn. A liberal reward will b< given for delivery of tame ai lb lb office. Lost--A rniall black memorandum boo ft Win dmv ilbeial rewaid If relumed to me. L.T. Miner. If 5 ou want to see (be most complete Hue 01 np to date Maticneiy } ou e\er d*w. can ui Milloid'o Drug Stoie. Fine ptrJuine aud toilets t-oup a specialty with ub. V. A. Minora Tbe DruggiM. For lamdeutB fceed go to Millord Drug Store Phone 107. Nick Jkwklry.?If you want nice Jewelry 01 llie ue?en and bet-1 patterns, or It you netd optctaoleh or wad-bee, call on J. W. K>kard. Him goous are boili preiiy and cbe?p. ?ie baa beauUlui pieseulb lor iuvtd outs, tl Cure tbalcold with Mlilord's Cold and Grip Qabieta. No cure, 110 pay, Pboue 107. Mi. lord'b urug aioie. No prayer aud no petition urged in simple latth and bumble acquistenet in (iod's loving will can ever be in vain. A true Christian will be courteous, charitable, Belt-denying, live a devoted lite, ready to sutler if need be, iu every great aud noble caut-e Piety and virtue are not only deiigbtlul lor tbe present, but they leave ptace and contentment tebind them. He who cannot coutrol bin tempei and deal humbly and iruibiully with his neighbor might an well keep uilent in tbe prayer meeting. We live in a world where be man who would be succetsful in ser\ing himtell mui-i at ihe stune time be occupied in setving oihel . The mi<st aiicuew-ul au-n ihat evei . 1 liveo oil eanb wa> the poorest aiui humbltsl He ' bau no wbeie to lu\ bis bead." God pity the man who says "no" tc Chriot and fpeaks for ibe last time, and then comer- to the place where be hac no hope and ib without God in tbt world. To have no help in temptation and ' ' v no comlort in the hour of sorrow, and no support in the day of death would indeed bean awful thing. The ei-seuce of gambling is the hellish lust of getting t-omething for nothing; It ib a contrivance lor taking money awa\ liom another, and an peopnaiiiig'it lo yourself,' wuhoiii giving auy equivalent for it. J VJ ? The Season is Here J ? WHEN YOU ENJOY # $ RUGGY PIPING $ ^ to the limit, If you have tbe ^ i right kind of a vehicle ^ ^ We have tbe vehicles which will please J J yoa and that will wear longer than a ? J great many other mHkeii. ** T We bought these vehicles last fall and ? V nave the Munuractuers plenty of lime V ^ to paint them, ru we have the 4 $ Nicest Finished J 0 goods which we have ever haDdled. ^ f We also bought In car load lots and 4 ^ got car load pricesaDd freight rates i ^ and propose to give our customers _ J ^ the benefit of these prices. ^ ^ Give us a call before buyiDg and we 4 6 can Interest you. m 1 J. L. HILL & CO. I *? Carriage, Buggy, Wagon and Harness # J Repository. S Do Pre'* Local*. Read DoPre's Ads. aDd bis street sign, and you will make do mintage If you buys bit Toys, DuPrebasa fine line of Iron Toya at 10c and 25c., belttr than tin toys at the sarin price DuPre bus a Job lot of Toys be Is celling oui very cheap. You can buy a doll almost as large as a twr years o'd baby for 51 60 at DuPreV Store. Call and see tbe line of Wall Paper at Du Pre'a store. , KEVIEW AND FORECAST. What the LeirlMlatnre (ins Done atwl ij mill May l?o-Xo Bill Has Yet Be I I 4'ome an \?*t. bnt the Red rlxtl uir j Bill, ilif CiMlf, iho Jury Kill and | County OlllccrV Sitlarli N ltill lire < Almost Kcnily lor Kiitlircetlou?! > 4'lilltl liiibor Lt'UiiiliUloii mill AnilTrust ;I^ifislulion Will Probably1 Fttll?C'oimnlNNlon I tiMurHiico?And i Ollior Nnllcro.-Anenwt Kohn In ' Me?N hiiiI Courier. r Columbia, February 1.?Special: The GenI era I Assembly is getting along with lis work J' very well. It could easily get through with .lit* session hi ten days more, but'.l will not e do no. The "whys and wheretores" are many, 0 but there does not seem to be much doubt | about the fact that the Legislators are going - 10 iHKe the full limit and draw their forty r days' pay. The House and Senate have both 1 done a great deal of work, and if theCalen 1 darn were sifted, It would be found that there In really very little necessary legislation pend 9 iDg. The House has sent over to the S^nst* the ^districting bill and that measure has been made a special order in the Senale lor Tuesday. The Jury bill has been practically agreed upou. Tne Senate threshed over the 9j whole matter ?nd finally ir*raed a bill that 1 was acceptable. Then the H >use judiciary "'committee reporud on the Senile hill mid 9 yesterday the House adopted the bill witli * oniy one unlmportan amendment, arid ihe ' Jury l>l 11 will be ready lor ranflcHtmn b< fore 1 the I rip to the Charleston Expt.sltiou?ih? I Hphi uoi mi the scsMcu. Tbe general salary hill his b*en fthnui agreed upon by tne Senate aud It will be ver\ much like it was with Ibe Jury bill. The * salaries that have beeu put In tbe bill In the Senate have been pretty generally i i agreed upon at meetings of ibe various cnun - j ) J ty delegation*, so that when the bill o>nn?K j1 . over from tbe Senate wttb the salaries fixed I j they will he generally acceptable to the House, especially where ibere have be? n del-1 egatiou agreements. Thus It will be 'eeti that (be redrlstlng. the adoption of ibe Code, j Jury ai d county officer*' salarlts blils aie. . already practically out of the way. \ number of matters that might have been t of great Importance have be?>n disposed of In i one of the two branches. Tbe Senate Is rl>i i of ihe cblld lahor proposition. Tbe House committee b-ts agreed upon a nubsiliute bill which will have a rough lime to get through tbe H<>u?-e m ?uy shape. Tbe advocates of | ( ? h11d laiior legislation say that they would be satisfied Willi almost any kind of leglsla " tlmi Just so that ihey can make a start and ( ! get lu an entering wedge. Tnose who oppose any parental Interference or legislation preju- < I dlcial to me growing textile interest* of me i State are equally as anxious that nothing be done to Interfere with the prosperity of tbe J cotton mills. | j THE WAR ON TRUSTS. j There has been a great deal of talk, excite- ! rutnt and hurrah aoout corporation and antl ttun legislation. It seems 10 have about petered out so far as results are now expect 1 ed. , The hearing at which Attorney General Beiuuger aud Judge Hudaon appeared seems J to bave put me finishing louche* ot the mat < ter, and Judge Hudson a emphatic position, acquiesced in aud agreed to by Attorney (ieu- I i eral Bellinger, that the Virginia-Carolina ( 1 unemicai umuiiau^ guuuiu uu^ uc o.vow, > peudlogthe litigation against the Vlrglua 1 Carolina Chemical Company, seetus to Uuve 1 wetlled the outcome on the Grayson Senate ' I resolution and the DaBrubt House bill, wblcb ' IB about tbe saute thing. I Tbe main feature of ibe DeBrubl resolution, . It will be remembered, reads: 1 "i'bat froiu aud alter tbe approval of this ( Act do permit or license shall be grunted to any foieign business corporation to locate or 1 do business within this Statt; andauyorail pet mils or licenses beretolore granted to any , I ioielfcD business corporations to locate or do ' business witblu thisSlate are hereby declar* | ed to be withdrawn, revoked aud declared oi , no eflecl from aud alter the 1st day ol April, ' i A. D. 19U2. \ Tbe tiraydon and the DeBrubl bills have , not bet been reported by tbe committees. 1 The M. L. Smith coipoiatluu bill has not < ' yet been seriously considered, snd It is baru to say bow it will come irom tbe committee, ' hs many maienal amendments are in cou- I i itmpiaiiou. ( INSURANCE MATTERS. , Tbe House does a great many surprising j things, but one ol tbe ujosi unexpected \vn? tbe appiovul ol ibe bill to piovide lorauiu ' buraL.cc commissioner, it has been very | evident lor along time that such un officer whs netUed, buitne House bas been but utile disposed lo establish a new office, although iu 1 Luis ca?e the insurance companies pay ibe . piper. 1 Tbe committee bill to repeal tbe Maudlin ' > Insurance Act Is ot more larireacbitig ana i geneiai importance, ibe Maudlin bill, as will be remembered, was duecled against the I making ot tales and Insurance supervision , by the Southeastern Tan 11 Association, ol Atlanta. Uuuer tne Act ageuts nave to matte 5 affidavits ibat they do not receive or use . , iales made by an association or combination. Tbe Insurance companies oiler as *n induce- i ment to ibe septal ol Ibe Act ? gtneialit- | auction In rules ol irom 16 ioSuper cent. Exuci j bow ibis is io be canitdoul is nol ' aiiuWn. 'l'no bill bas tbe approval and sup ; i^oi i ol tbe committee on banking auu insurance. COMMITTEES ARE USEFUL. \ Another instance of tbeloice aud weigut j ol o.inmitlee leports was the adoption ol ine ' Coot. Theie Was a gieat deal ol leur auu t tiepidaiion about tbe manner In which the J Cuue Mas to be adopted, but Hie whole trouble stems tu ba?e i>eeu a >olUtd lu a olugeiltUc 1 ten iue bin by wi|icb tne report ol lue code ] CcmmissioLei was adopted as tbo statue ia\? I ?>, tne biate eor the ntxt leu years, 'ine House has already adopted the bill and ibe ] senate's a> lion >s airnosi more Certalu than , was that ol ibe House. ' I . _ THE STATE FARMS. | The House went through the perennial ' ' Uuiiyavout lLie sale Ol ILie Slate InTOi* ru 1 tin g iuiu <imptiiiiou v% 11Li ulc.r luimei* j .. & Li tb < i. li! C'> tApil.UlU, ULiU iiow lilt . .j....Li pn;p i.l lb- tp|>. uciiit ui (tie&utie'br? I tuu. I. ?-l tl.t: IniUiB is lhal I Lie couticl* cou u L-e ut eu 10 oelief ad> udiage on (Uc puoR i > HUN Tbe loci seems 10 be thai Greenwood aud Boianc-rg uua otber eouuutb thai haveap , pned lor convicts lor road work bavegoiteu ' ibeui lioui I Lie i'eniieuuary. All the eoun- ] ' .iesb?veio pay H per mould aud lue keep . ' (,| iue convicts, aud lUe laet remains luat ibe 1 i demand '? lacking lor ibe pnsoueis, aud it i viuipo lefcoi ?e? uoeil iuiuhu econoiu'cques- . i)i u as l'? wbelber 11 1h Uesi 10 bave ibe cou- ' vicis make ibeir own stuff or buy. 1 | KO SOLDIERS' HOME. I Tue recent debate on the pension bill deveioptd marked aud deaib-dealing views as 1 lo ibe tooldier's - Home proposition. Ibe t . Houce by a deemed majority voted io Increase ibe (JouiederiiSe pension mud to 8200,000?ibe 1 ' sum ol SloO.OOO was available ibis ear, al- i ; i bough ibe t>ui pose was to vole 8150,000, Tbe j , memoers oi ibe House are of ibe opinion * uom ibeir debate and vote, that tbe increase ( otlbe pension lund is all ibat ought to be doue ibis >ear and tbat bt Ip ol this kind 1b ol 1 more use al tbe homes ol tbe needy veterans j BIENNIAL SESSIONS. ( The House Is even more strongly tb?n ever J In lavor of biennial Missions ol tbe General j Assembly. As matters stood H was hud pi) u question of gelling sufficient members lu * Ltielr places to vole one Why or another, so as 10 get the requisite two-third majority 68 votes. lue absentees In both the House and Senate this year are palniully numerous?so numer- , ous as to Interfere with legislation. ' VISIT TO CHARLESTON. 1 The trip to Charleston on Frid?y and Satur ' day Is the one absorbing topic Just now The final arrangement*? the hours of leaving Col- j umbla and departing from Charleston and other details?have not yet been aunounced, < but it Is expected that they will be in the { next day or two. A number of the members , have wrltteo home to have their families < Join them In Charleston and take in the Ex- ] i position. DATE OF ADJOURNMENT. ( The Senate has sent over a resolution fixing j the 15th of February as the dste lor adjourn meat. It has gone on the House Calendar, ' and is very likely to slumber there until the / last days of the session, when it will be amended by inserting February 21 or Feruar> 22?the lull lorty days?Instead of the 15th Inst. THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. j The General Assembly will give an audi | eope to the St. Lonls delegation in the interests of a Slate exhibit ai the g>eat Exposl- I Hon. All ol the members, those who have ] Ihemselves been Hi or been detained by family sickness, have reported lor work The members regret very much that I hey will not be In Columbia on Saturday to hear Sousa's Band at the Opera House. OTHER MATSERS. Mr. Samuel! Wilkes, who has Just been In Charleston arranging for ihe visit of Govern- ' or Candler, says Charleston has the greatest ; Exposition ever held out of Chicago. , No mention In the Legislature has thus far ' been rnaueofthe Tlllman-McLauren contro- i versy. A.. K. WHler Power In Slock.?In order to aid . lu the establishment ol an electric power plant at or Dear Abbeville Mr. Stella will J subHoribe tbe water Power at Martln'M Mill, . and take ibe bame in tbe capital ettock. tf. One night Is all you want te break up a cold 1 or grippe wHb Mliford'n Cold and Grippe i IhbieiK. Ahk your neighbor about tbem. Glass and pntly at living prices, at Mil' fotd's Druu Store. PrattH Food at Mllford'e Drug Store. Pbone ' 107. , GREAT CURIOSITY. It Did Xol C?iu? From bcudy'M ' Bridge. A machine Ihe like of which was never ij peeri on our Ktreets before, nppe?retf lu bight *. yesterday evening. Kyes from windows, cor- ~ nerx and Jar-oil perches were (strained to n make out the straDge apparition. Some sug- tl jested that perhaps the hidden recesses of Dendy's bridge had beer explored, and that Borne specimen of the utedelulan archlteo- 0 lure had been brought ihe surface. Others fc knew not what it was, i jt all sorts of guesses i: were made Finally somebody discovered , that it was the convicts kitchen on wheels. ? H g " " " 11 a a GOVERNMENT ROADMAKING. ? Ill Work of Construction Supplemented by Lectures by an Expert. Several weeks ago the department of ^ agriculture began its first experiment u in road building at New Brunswick, ol N. J., under the direction of E. B. b1 Harrison, special agent of the office of w wad inquiry. The model road being considered is ^ the first of several which the government is to build at the various experi- e; ment stations throughout the country. a The government famishes a rock crush- d er, screen, enph.e to drive steam roller, b spreading waj:;n and road grading machine and tw skille . operators. The city furnishes the material, carts aud * laborers. , The road will be of macadam pattern. 0| An inferior grade of traprock is found in abundance near New Brunswick and this is being used in the substructure z< of the road. The superstructure is ob- ci tained from the traprock deposits in al the neighborhood of Plainfield and the Oranges. ' The model pavement will have a depth of about nine inches and the foundation be made of small, wedge shaped, (( broken stones of as nearly the same dimensions as possible. The roadbed will be prepared by thoroughly rolling with a steam roller weighing about ten tons. Every hole will bo carefully filled with the same material that composes the ^ rest of the roadbed, and the finished BI cross section will be formed by two tc grades of one foot in 30 feet from the p< aides, uniting at the oentcr, with the ej apex slightly rounded. Four inches of a* crushed stone will be spread on the carefully prepared roadbed to form the foundation of the substructure. The largest of these stones will be crushed so fine as to be able to easily pass h through a two inch ring, and the smallest will bo about half an inch in diam3ter. It This foundation will then be sprin- es kled, making the stone as wet as possible without softening the roadbed, and a' the roller passed over it a few times 01 until the stone is only slightly disturbed 0l by the teams returning with the empty ti wts. The first foundation is not made fe< deeper than four inches, because it has ai been found that a greater thickness ii :auses the stones to "elbow" together, wearing off their sharp corners, making hl the "bonding," which is the great desideratum, a very slow process, if not ^ an impossibility. When the first f(.;:ndation has been m thoroughly eprinklei., a second coat of i p] similar stone three inches in thickness will be applied. After the etone has been well "bonded" to this extent it will again be sprinkled, and while very w?t . a thin coating of traprock screenings ^ will be most carefully spread over the surface, just thick enough to fill the small spaces between the stones. The tfc size of the stones of this last applica- be tion, which is called in the parlance of P* roadbuilding the "binder," will be w, from half an inch in diameter to the finest dust. When the work has reached ge this stage, it will be left untouched in the dry state as long as practicable to ^ i ? ? J L: a ml ... Harden ana lhuu. alio appnuunuu <j? ju water and the passage of vehicles will In 36 prevented as long as practicable. fa A8 the work proeresses Mr. E. B. w Sarrison, who is directing the work for 6h ;be departmer.' of as; -iculture, will de- " liver lectures viiplain'ng the process of laying.the ri.ad. Rutgers college students in the agricultural department jnd farmers will be invited to attend Bj. ;he lectures and witness the work. ^ ki General Grant Favored Good Road*. af Nearly 20 years ago General Grant, in enumerating necessary lines of pub* 01 lie improvements, named the pnblio J* schools and highways. Once, when he md General Sheridan were in a remi- tn liscent mood, the old commander said jc :<j "Little Phil, "speaking of the latter's w, 'amous ride to the lattle of Oedar 2reek: "Sheridan, if that battle had w :aken place after a prolonged rain and ofl ;here bad not been a good pike from eE Winchester, you would never have been *? promoted to the head of the United JJji States army. You would not have reach3d the battlefield to cheer your men, as ind there would have been a great de- hi feat for the Union forces instead of a ar ijreat victory. That would have left Sleade and Thomas a long distance lo ihead of you in the line of promotion." UI ?New York Tribune. Keep the Road Dry. F. A. Dunham, who has been prominently identified with the farfamed oc system of modern highways of New to Jersey, at a meeting Of the Connecticut m Valley Highway association, stated that poor material well put together :an be made to produce better results than first class material carelessly put together. Nothing is more fatal to du ^ rability than the drainage of the road- ^ oed, and more particularly the subdrainage, which is often neglected. A | m macadam road cannot be left to itself i bs after a completion, but needs constant at supervision. ^ Both Hard avd Kafiy. Good roads are ab at the easiest thing in the world to mak , once undertaken, but about (he harde.it thing there is to 0f get officials to take hold of.?Parkers- ! ti( burg (W. Va.) Sentinel. I pe Wheel Tracks. According to the statement of the Je president of the Missouri Good Roads oo association, the people of that state apent $490,000 during 1896 for road improvement, while it cost them just |600,000 for roads supervisors. In othsr words, it cost the state $1,090,000 < dnrinor the vear for 2490.000 worth of w? road improvement. sti In France there are ,44,000 miles of |)a Brst class roads built by the govern- ~ ment, and about an equal number of (j0 miles have been built by the different 8t( departments, as well as thousands of miles built by smaller divisions. From the beginning of the work to the end in there is a Byr.rvm, and responsibility ia th assured. , di STUDENTS' D.U?LS. [ow the German University Mea Art Padded For the Fight. My friend hud vanished into the dress 3g room, and nfc first glance I entirely ?iled to recognize him in the padded lonster that now staggered clumsily intc bo room, supported on each side by hh joond and sword bearer. The thick armoi f leather and wadding with which ho was olstered entirely protected his body and rubs. His neck was rigidly Incused in a lgh, thick oollar of silk and whipcord, nd his eyes wero protected by Iron gog les as large as 6mall teacups, from whici strap passed round the ears to bo buckled t the back of tho head. His second wnf )mewhat similarly equipped, and in ad ition wore a leather cap with a strong on peak. The other principal presently otercd the room and took np his positior b ono sword's length from Zimmerman, [e was closely followed by the umpire 01 nparteiischer. This personage was a bronlc medical student of ten years landing?a mass of genial rotundity, 'ith a fat, amorphous faoo in which fea^ ires seemed n superfluity. He was duly ualifled for his responsible position bj d unlimited capacity for beer and thj lorious fact that ho had never passed at semination. Enthroned on an armchaii little in front of tho other spectators, h? ivided his time pretty equally botween s uge mug of Munchener and a long pipe f which the painted china bowl rested or le ground. He now proclaimed "Silen ,um!" and proceeded to announce the uel. It was to iast fur 20 minutes, ex luding all pauses, and as usual to consisl f ourvaif vis\ii+a r?n ontietc M TCith hHfif fn> irvals of rest between eaoh. The swords -long, nasty looking blades, sharp as ra )rs an<J flexible as riding switches?wer? irefully wiped with disinfecting lotior ad banded to the combatants. The sec ads took up their position behind and tc ie left of their respective men, and gavt 10 word of commund in the following tra itional form: "Auf die Mensnr bindet die Klingen!" >09s blades for the duel!) "Gebundon eindl" (Crossed they are!) "Los!" (Go!) The swords clash togother in the pre> minary stroke. Then ensuos a brief hail' iorm of blows so rapid that the eye refuses ? follow them and retains only a confused Dpresslon of flashing steel and flying mrks. The head of each combatant seemf > be enveloped In a halo of gleaming )ints. It is impossible to realize that toh of these lightning strokos is deliber iely and scientifically aimed and as deberately and scientifically parried.?Pal] [all Magazine. MAMMA'S DEAR CHERUB. e Deserved a Spanking and Got a Stran ter In Trouble. People never get encouragement for doig the good Samaritan act in the interits of the public, as the man decided who lert'd to n9slst a distracted woman and ueliorato the sufferings of a lot of people ] a suburban cur. The boy who howls was in evldenoe, the lrled darling of his only own mother and le terror of everybody elso, and be had jpt the car in n state of wild excitement 3d exhausted the patience of everybody, icluding his doting parent. "Oh, if your father were only here!" she ad said for the fiftieth time as she tried ilnly to restrain the howling terror. At that he stopped howling long enough i beat the air with his small shins, and ip woman on the other side of him rearkod audibly thut a cage was the proper lace for savages like him. "Johnny, dear," asked his mother, won't you be a good boy?" Boars and kicks from Master Johnny. "Oh, I wish your father were here to ve you a good trouncing this very min:o!" she wailed as ebe struggled with Im. ... Thnnlfcwnn thnfc the nhilanthronlst ol ie company asserted himself. He had icn trying in vain to rend his morning iper ever since he started from home. "Allow me, madam," he said blandly. [ am a father myself, and 1 will be happy chastiso your cherub in behalf of his abnt parent." "Oh, no, you won't; not if I know It!" id Johnny's mother, rising in, her wrath ke a tigress. "There ain't that man livg i are lay a finger on that boy?his own ,ther or any other ugly old catamount bo thinks he knows it all!" And she lUt of! debate by going into the next cat id taking the sweet infant with her.? blcago Times-Herald. The Origin of Mr. Mod Mr*. In earlier times the ordinary man was mply William or John?that is to say, ba id only a Christian name without any nd of "handle" before it or surname ter It, Bays me .rniiaueiiJiiiu xteuuru. Somo means of distinguishing ono John William from another John or William loamo necessary. Nicknames derived om a man's trade or his dwelling plaoe from some personal peculiarity were eked on to his Christian name, and plain ibn.bcoame John Smith. As yet there ere no "misters" in tho land. Some John Smith accumulated more ealtb than the bulk of Ills fellows?heme perhaps a landed proprietor or nn ployer of hired labor. Then he began be called in the Norman-French of the \y tho "roaistre" of this place or that, these workmen or of those. In time the "maistre," or "maister," it soon beoanie, got taoked on before s name, and ho became Maister Smith id his wife was Maistress Smith. Gradually tho sense of possession was st sight of, and the title was conferred jon any kind?by mere possession of ealth or holding some position of more less consideration and importance. Nice For Nervous People. A party of Cambridge professors on one casion undertook, for a scientific object, penetrate Into the depths of a Cornish ino. One of the number relates the following artling incident of his visit: On his cent In the ordinary manner, by means a buoket and with a miner for a fellow issengcr, ho perceived, as he thought, unistakable symptoms of the frailty of the pe. "How often do you change your ropes, y good man?" he inquired when about ilf way from the bottom of the awful tyss. "We change them every three months, t," replied the man in the bucket, "and a shall change this one tomorrow if we it up safe today, sir."?Pearson's Weekly. The greatest potato eaters are the people Germany and Belgium. The consumpm of this vegetable averages 100 pounds it annum for each person. According to the offloial reports of the ipanese government the island empire n tains 62,520 teachers. Manhood That Does Not Die. Tho nfher ilav r framn. one of the >rnt of his kindwas walhingaloner the reets of a Connecticut town. Dogs rked at this human wreck. Indeed, : looked more like a bea9t than a man. e wasn't even clean, and was so low iwn in the scale of life that when a me was hurled at him he did not rent it. Then there was a cry from mewhere, a woman was seen weepg and wringiug her hands. Her liti giri had fallen into a canal and was 'owning. The tramp became a man r FOOD FOR THE SICK. i How to Prepare and Serve It In * Tempting Way. As the .patient begins to regain health ' and strength more solid food Is given 11 ?milk or cream toast, soft boiled or poached eggs, cereal mushes, stewed or sometimes fresh fruits or a well baked ootato. Great care must be taken not to overtax the digestive organs. Relapses are often caused by too much indulgence of the patient's appetite at this stage. One must advance slowly and with great care. A broiled bird or a piece of rare beefsteak or a chop may be given when the patient is in a sufficiently advanced stage of recovery. Oysters are almost always allowed and are both palatable and easily digested If perfectly fresh and not too much cooked. When they are overcooked, the albumen becomes hardened, very tough and difficult to digest Cook them only until the gills begin to curl. Cream soups are valuable, as they are nourishing and easily digested, but they should not be boiled too long. A rrrnot ilonl rtf ottonf-lnn fthmilrl hp .??. fel VWb V.VI.. ' paid to the serving of food for a sick ' person. The faint appetite of illness ' can best be coaxed by the daintiness of , the food. Serve the food on a tray with . a fresh, white cover and be careful not i to put so much on the tray as to crowd it. Better to serve too little and let the * patient ask for more than to put so much on at one time that the sick one ' Is Immediately discouraged. A flower . or a little sprig of green laid upon the i white tray cloth is often an incentive . to the indifferent appetite, but do not i attempt a vase of flowers unless it be a > very small and dainty one. Have the ' tray set with the prettiest china and , glass obtainable, without too much color, so as to weary the eye. If the china is all of a single pale tint, the effect will be very dainty and pleasing to the . eye of the patient, it must aiso ue small enough to accommodate the size ' of the tray. Never-let the tray or re' mains of food served stand in the sick: room after the patient has been fed. ! Let all hot foods be served imme\ dlately after they are prepared, and It seems superfluous to mention that all hot dishes must be hot and all cold I dishes equally cold. However, this is not always done. Sometimes both the cold and hot dishes are allowed to stand until they reach the same tem. perature. There are a great many simple, dainty desserts which may be served to the invalids, especially those made with i eggs and gelatin. Ice cream is often I given and is very nutritious and can be digested by some very ill patients, and It is almost always relished. How to Whiten Ivory. i , Ivory may be whitened by washing well with soap and water and allowing It to dry in the sun. This process 1 must be repeated for several days. If the ivory be attached to some heavy article that cannot readily be moved, | another process is to put a thin paste of lime over it until it turns white. ' It is then dried and polished. How to Cue Iniomnls, It Is now a generally recognized fact that one of the most prolific causes of 1 insomnia Is overeating, that practice resulting usually in a disturbed condition of the digestive organs if in nofh' Ing more serious. The remedy in such 1 cases Is obvious enough. Cases are ! common where insomnia of a protracted and stubborn nature has yielded to a period of fasting. There are few cases of sleeplessness, in fact, in which a little dieting may not be tried with good effect Copious drinking of cold water just before retiring Is often highly efficacious. Deep breathing kept up as long as possible by will power is a generally recommended remedy for occasional sleeplessness, the main aim being to keep the mind from thinking. How to Stew Mnaltrooms. Remove the stems and peel the caps of two dozen large mushrooms, sprin tue W1UJ SUil UXIU UiU oauLt iu> five minutes In a tablespoonful of butter (hot), then add half a cupful of sweet milk Into which has been stirred one-half a teaspoonful of cornstarch. Stir carefully and let It boil slowly for five minutes. How to Make Wine Whey. One pint of milk heated to 100 degrees F., one teaspoonful of prepared rennet and two tablespoonfuls of wine. Stir the rennet and the wine into the milk quickly, so that the wine may not curdle the milk in blotches. Let it stand in a warm place (on the stove hearth, for instance) for half an hour, then separate the curd from the whey by straining. The whey is excellent for children with delicate digestion who need a little stimulant It is very good also as a drink for invalids at ! any time. How to Hake Cabbage Dressing. Heat one-half cupful of cream, beat yolks of two eggs and rub one tablespoonful of cornstarch in a little cold milk. Add it to the scalding cream and add two beaten egg yolks. When , thickened, remove and add two table spoonfuls of vinegar and a few drops of lemon Juice. How to Make Batter Bnttoaa. Beat a quarter of a pound of butter | o ??iom and ntlr In thrPO PETITS. When I this Is done, add three large tablespoonfuls of flour, and salt to taste. I Take up the batter In tiny portions ' with the tip of a small spoon, and let them simmer 15 minutes In clear soup which Is boiling gently. They can be eaten with this soup or served with any other preferred. Bow to Serve Celery With Sance. Cook celery roots In stock until tender. Make a sauce with a piece of butter, flour, a little salt and pepper, and when boiled five minutes pour It on 1 the yolk of an egg. Stir well and put In the celery. ? in an Instant. He_ knew what to do ; and how to do it. lie tore otl a few or, bis rags, leaped into the icy water,!( grasped the child, and a moment later 1 placed the precious burden in her: mother's arms. He wouldn't wait for thanks, or for dry clothing, or forj money. "It ain't worth making a fuss ( oAer\ lie said. "Men don't do those things for pay." And he disappeared. < Another incident. A child was tak- , en to the home of one of Cincinnati's 1 great physicians. He is a busy man and prosperous. If you would talk to him he would carefully conceal his , I I- I ' BAD ROADS TO BLAME.. T?t 4Iia Vtnil Tha4? VT 11/ iUC CB1IUO10.J.U MOW A- UIU ?MVA* Business Unprofitable. A highly important feature of th? highways question is the effect good o* bad roads have upon the local market* and their sources of supply, says the New York Tribune. In all the cities and large towns of the state there is a demand for farm products and for the bulkier and heavier products, such as hay and straw and grain. In many cases the surrounding country is quite capable of supplying that demand; in all cases it shoald do so as far aB possible; in most cases it does not. Instead, supplies are brought in by rail or canal from far away, nerhans from other states; while at the same time, within a few miles of the market thus supplied, are farms that have been abandoned aa not worth working and others whose owners are in chronic discontent and despair at the apparent impossibility of getting profitable prices for their orops. The big farms of the west, they say, monopolize the markets, and so farming here no longer pays. Now, one prime secret of the trouble lies in the bad. roads, which keep the produced and the consumer apart by making it difficult, if not impossible, for the farmers to get their produoe to market. The farmer 1,000 miles away oan get his crops to market by rail or canal more easily and more cheaply than the farmer only ten miles away can haul his in over roads that are so hilly and rough and miry that half a ton is a heavy load for a horse to draw at a slow footpace. It is not that farms in tbe east are no longer productive, nor that the eastern market no longer oners fair prices. It is that the roads between the farms arid the markets are so bad as to make shipment unprofitable. Good roads throughout the farming regions adjacent to the cities and towns would do more than anything else to restore prosperity to the farmers, enabling them to get their goods to the best possible market easily, promptly and cheaply. Good roads would mean good farms, good markets, good prices and good times for all concerned. i MONTANA HIGHWAYS. Beeent Laws Provide For Their Systematlo Improvement. The highways of Montana, by a bill passed by the state legislature, are placed in the charge of the county surveyor, and the old office of road supervisor, usually held by an inexperienced man, is abolished. The act defines the powers tmu uuuea ui uuuuty auiveyuio and provides for their compensation. By this act each of these officers is required to keep the highways in hia county clear of obstruction and in good repair and maintain bridges, to make all plans and specifications for new roads and bridges, to report to the county commissioners on all work completed, and if the work is done according to the plans, specifications and contract he is to draw his vouchers for the same before payment is made. The county surveyor is ohairman of all boards of viewers of roads, keeps the records of road surveys and is the general superintendent of all roads. He may employ labor, teams, etc., and has power to contract for all work not exceeding $200 in cost For larger amounts the approval of a majority of the board of county commissioners is required. The salary received varies with the class of county, from $750 to $2,000 per year. Viewers and all assistants of the county surveyor may not receive more than $3 per day. drtanc tu4t adc wcrner* nvnuw ni iu ibk.Vk.wa Henry Watterson'a Idea la That They Be Local, Not National. Henry Watterson takes issue with a good roads advocate who insists that the general government should have charge of road making?that there should be national highways built and maintained at publio expense. The good roads that are needed, says the Chicago Times-Herald, those that are most needed, in the language of, Colonel Watterson, are those that' 'lead from the farm to the railroad, the mill, the factory, the school, the ohuroh, the ferry and the market." This apt remark of Colonel Watterson is a condensation, a simplification, an absolutely plain presentation of what ic most wanted in the matter of good roads. Carry out that idea, and what will be wlanting? It will meet the rennirpmpntu nf thft farmer: it will save the farming element hundreds of millions of dollars every yeaf; it will meet the expectations of the pleasure seeker; it will add to the value of every foot of land in the country; it will be of value to every merchant and every professional man; it will be a source of pleasure and profit to all classes, in all communities. A Muddy Road. One day this week, as a teamster wai alowly working his way through the' quagmire commonly known as a coun- j ty road between the Cummings hill and Fossil, he espied a hat in one of the ruts in front of him. As the headgear appeared to be in fairly good condition he dismounted to pick it up. As he raised the hat he was astonished to hear a voice coming from under it exclaim: "Holdonl That's my hat 1" As soon as he had gathered his breath and wits the teamster asked, "What are you doing down there?" Which brought1 forth the reply: "I'm in big luck to be Where I am. Tnere s a corse unaerneatn me."?Fossil (Or.) Journal. Worth Remembering. The community with the best roads is veiy likely to be the best community. A narrow tire- will dig a rut, but a good broad tire will roll it shut. The depth of a road is more to be dreaded than its length. The state of the road tells the size d the load. heart, and you would scarcely connect bira with philanthropy. And this child, a girl of 12, was half starved. There were tears in the eyes of the nurse as she looked at the frail little Tf rnnti r.ho r?lH atnrv. A man uwujr. v with a big family. He wouldn't or couldn't find work, and the result was hunger and despair. It was a case of appendicitis, so severe that there was only one channe in a hundred for life. The little girl was on the operating table for two honrs. And she is getting well. The child of a millionaire couJd not buy better treatment than , ? ? JAiUel . ? / HIGHWAY. CONSTRUCTION. Hie Employment of Free lelwt Ww ?*e Com men ting on the employment d >'XM convicts on the publio highways the New Orleans Times-Democrat points JmB otit that the best results have been obtained in road building when the beat free labor only has been employed. It -ays: % . | JRoad construction is a science requiring a more careful study of the subject than is generally imagined. The prevalent idea that any one can build a good road -will not hold good.. The matter requires study, care and a thorough knowledge of the soil and country through which the road is to be built. The department of agriculture has lato-; ly been doing good work by laying be-; i frtra tho nannta Arnntlv what is DCMfl* Bary in road construction. The employment of convicts in road [0 oonstmction L? very popular just now, - ' ? as offering simultaneously a solution of the two troublesome problems of what to do with our prison population and how to improve our highways. In view of the fact that the oonvicts in New York, Indiana and other states are kept idle, as the law* makes no provision for their support, it ia well that Louisiana should take some steps to utilize hers when it has them on its hands, and roaa construction seems an iaeuw ployment for them. On the other hand, the experience of those states which have been most sue- -:v cessfni with their roads is that only . the best labor (and convict labor is not the best) should be employed in their V; construction and maintenance. No state which has made any material improve- ;v. ment with its highways has employed ' convict labor, and no state which has employed that kind of labor has seonred much improvement in its roads. The best results have been accomplished by ' road taxes and the giving out of oon- t tracts. vSt ' . GOOD COUNTRY ROADS. She Burden of Their Cost Should Jte Alike on All the People. It has been estimated that 500* 000,000 tons of farm produce ar& battled to ' market annually in the United States and that the cost of marketing it is $2 per ton, or jnst about $1,000,000,000. This is not money paid out, but is the < value of the time spent by farmers with \J: their teams in marketing crops or what these men and teams would have earned if they had been hired for cash to do this amount of hsuliag. The secretary. [-'-A of the farmers' national congress and , the United States department of agri- 'V: culture agree in estimating' that about 60 per cent of this vast amount, or $600,000,000, would be saved each year if farmers were able to dp this hauling J', over good roads. This, then, is the amount of the annual mud tax to which we have been d submittinc. savB the Cedar Banids (la.) , % Gazette. Railroads, telegraphs tod 'i steamboat lines have been assisted by , ,-j v the states and subsidized by the govern- - ; . J merit, bat nothing has been done for Pi the common coufctiy road. The farmers > alone have had to build country roads, without assistance from the cities, from wealthy corporations or from the state. , . Every citizen will be benefited by the construction of good roads, directly and indirectly; and every taxpayer should . contribute his share to their cost ! No wonder the farmer opposes the good roads movement, if he alone is to stand \ the expense. He has rightly suggested that he should be assisted through the / medium of a state road tax, under a system of state aid, as now employed in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massaohu- s setts. Good Roads Otject Leafton. , 'J Four or five years ago the town of Hempstead, Queens county, N. Y., voted r ^ to 8pend^400,000 in road improvements. Farms at the time were worth from $80 to $50 an acre. They are now worth several hundred dollars an acre and re- ': i turn good interest for those who pur- ' chased them at that prioe. This has * . ' .$*& been such an object lesson to their neighbors that I understand something like $1,000,000 will be spent this year 1 in other parts of Queens oounty and " neighborhood in building good roads., |p?S This may seem a large amount of monr ey to be spent for the purpose, but owing to the character of the soil and the . v' fact that good road material must be brought the oostof construction is higher than it would be in most parts of the ' r'% tote. , Fifty Mile# to Market. I It is not an uncommon thing in France to see a farmer 40 or 60 milea | from home in wet weather with a heavy load. If he sees a prospect of a three ';/%? days' rain, he pnts his tarpanlin over his load, a cover over his horses and a ;h waterproof coat on and starts off to market. He may go 50 miles before he finds a market that suits him, or he may know in advance just where he is going. ' } You do not often see anybody driving 60 , , :i miles through a rainstorm in the United States to find a market for a load of hay, but it is not at all uncommon to see farmers'wagons 40 or 60 miles from home in France. They choose the wet weather for that purpose. Their roads ?Tfl inst An cood then as at any time.?* General Roy Stone. . ' .*~v| :-r,i Convict Labor on Roads. Convict labor in road bnilding is being employed in Duval county, Fla., and in North Carolina. In the latter case 21 % cents per day per head is said to cover the cost of food, clothes, medical attendance and guards, as compared with 28 cents per day for maintaining the same prisoners in jaiL The Duval Good Boads association of Florida advocates the use of short term convicts s on sach work and makes the claim that they would in this manner pay baok some of the money expended upon them, and they would also stand a better chance of being called baok to an honest life than if they were made to associ ate with more hardened criminals in a prison. , - | J ??? ij this penniless little one receives. She has attention and kindness and sympathy. She has good food in abundance, and she lies on her cot and sings for hours because of the happiness that ie? in her. In the breast of every human being there is a divine spark that: is unquenchable, and it always operates for good. It is greater then abversity, grerter than prosperity. It shone like a diamond in the life of the outcast, and its luster 19 no less bright in the life of the prosperous man of the world. Cincinnatti Poet, t I I I u,-_.. . V-' -il.: