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oo*J -Kt3rt , ^ y>c almostyjdfcas^mHw**r * Tif lrn and the leller-thc HdBKi tW?f *^,VL ^ -tfnnd-aniVslove "<rf>c^'.-v arc always caught HHKo^'r- f"M the chaps that try H WXX^m ?;5/& enough by hair." HV ^repTt^' JTbaughts came ba? k to the ?^<a bxi'L lie soon found himself yAsfiexin% xrlueh direction the runa^^ray bad tairas. and speculating upon ?J? qoKtnx and safest rouie to for^ - 4^qi Ptrri'rary- It is an exciting thing. ^ a? nee agaaa&t tunc, telegraph and the * ?dB**39 el the Jaw. The manner and k. ^ mi Bin eT SL arr fascinating topics for esprriaJly for bank cashiers, ftdkuflr wasdiH musing upon the thing asheaB;MeQ from the train and en-| feml AF lemk. i A. fm amncsts -afterward Fred SUknot. tBfc' oerrarlng teller, came in, and Buyingof m?a chair the "bank robbery" cstn, he had been reading, MH-Ut b> Ub desk. C^harlie opened the mmtn, arras^n) his cash, and the busi ess at the day began. 11 vao * weary day for every one in *fce hsait- There was not much business. anj thing* were slow, without rhaoxe utf relief by conversation. paartfraBy. with little to do and ~S?toaet*ta& to, Charlie thought often ?f tke 3Walration at the National Ihwfc lie pirtmefi to himself all the "-Jtaae thagar that conld be done with There were a carriage and twnes, ;_hr oprrn. the" theatre, fine rfAhes; Isa^h livrog-and no work. Dep $s > s'Mhnllj S-. Soar pruKfuv-t for any reasouaWi? being. Charlie amplified the idea. dSridvit >2. and imagined each part to 9u3M4f is JrtafL it was as pleasant .* way :te* any of passing the time -ythit-h bfxos wJJLb unusual heaviness ' , apw Bl<bx. And sorely there could not ti? a?gbfce*t harm in thinking. * When ht grew tired of this, which wrax nit ttfxas, he looked at the money aniani) Mm. ami at the various empbrye^ nr fhr fistnk. W re they honest? Otutt Ihcy nll be trusted? He nn mr.; the whole list in his mind. WBMjthinir rare fully in each case the tfrtiYwn.-a fyw nr*A nnn fill 1ms nomn tn "jRirfi JiOiRB. At the {bought of liim bis ?al Fryertml to liis idea of the .-"arty owram*. It would be so easy 'Ifar a Ttritlag teller and a cashier ^corking tvge&icr to "d^" the bank. B* aouft^S and laughed softly to him* artf . ? "Jar rarried the thing out meutalty. ^"3te iariTgfieai customer rapped sharply i>>Hut the glass before the desk. * Charlie aSaned violently, recovered feinxxfif :awi.T?Hrx;<Jed to the customer's f?v?uo^fe 'After that calls were more Jfr?aycjiTU: am*! things went along more * br ?kl v? *~At .h .t banking hours drew to a i3o?e. i ?e books were settled for the Ae safes were securely looked, and t!fcirlle and his companions were frgnulit tn-morvow morning. ' 'is so.tb as duties were over Charlie juk^ei Frrd Allen on the pavement. J*, was fhrfr dally custom to walk for a tew n tiwnles in the park before going rtannu-- 'TKaewmnj: they walked along tor Knxjejdter In si'.e.uee: neither seemed #* bow* Jaat liow to broach the subj0r* vakh urns uppermost in their 'jB>rnft*~Scr ffbry both were thinking .aimot :fbe vanv* thing. The ohanc-e l-vaasurk af t passrriw which reached FlKrir eucr* *wt them started, however. iwraj. Vbey were fairly launched ?? liar tlKAawficii. **Tr 1* m ?oit> thing: no one ever vewnUJ it." soid Charlie. + "TrjC TManird Allen, "the way paw f*;C It, it-does seem pretty .safe, if-w* swr 1S?> valuer .shrugged bis shoulders SMC-tfuaRfenil iik*ghily. "*If we conk) do it and succeed. ShSBjii).'* ^ontinurd Allen, "it would ht xrrirjkt, simply great.-" His eyes &lwtv yrs&l with the idea. "Besides," St*- wf W. en, with a change of tone. -"ir.ii only a eonple of days since Millie was ?f;cw&l3bung Again about our being penr. Pain fjxll I know it must l>e haxA ? 1*r. Bving like we do after /wrtttT *he was used to once. More vmdd make'things easier for tec. Perhaps j-mir scheme is worth tryi^i; a/far all. Charlie." *~Aa4 m. case we find ourselves in Amgrr ?f dfiaeovery. why, there is J^ht: 1 hne it *11 planned out." -SStSioue w uie uculucs, aqr'aOMftanr. When they arose cwMtftg faJ ateeady come, and It was jeniWgAdt rapidly. "SI* JMte akesfly.1* exclaimed Allen, iMfbl'KSMMC ^must hurry or Millie ariH Bihl aewthing has happened He iHBB^H|m^H^fl drink. out tipota suddenly. hnihJH^^H^^^H and bidding the driver hastro^JH^Hfl rapidly into the suburbs. He alighted before a fcirge gray stone mansion. "Is Mr. Wentworth in?" he asked of the footman. Mr. Wentworth was ptesident of the Imperial Bank. "I beg you to pardon me for disturbing you at this time, Mr. Wentworth," said Charlie whbn Mr. Wentworth met him in the library; "but I felt that I could not rest until I had seen you." "What is it?" asked Mr. 'Wentworth, a trifle alarmed. "Has anything gone wiong?" "So, sir, nothing has gone wrong yet," replied the cashier. And then he hesitated, wondering how he could go on. "You see," he finally broke out, "I was scared when I read the papers this morning. There have been so many defaulters lately, and the Im perlal might be the next to suffer. You can't tell whom to trust." The words almost burned his mouth as he said them. "So after hours to-day I? I made a little experiment. I suggest-, cd to the receiving teller that he and I should take?take mouey from our j bank. And he agreed to. We've made a lot of plans already. Of course, it was purely an?an experiment on my part." lie added with a nervous little laugh. The president looked grave. "You say he is willing to do it? I had a better opinion than that of Allen." "Well, we can't take any action on what you have told me," said Mr. Wentworth, after a considerable silence. "All we can do at present is to watch closely. I depend upon your vigilance, Mr. Morton. I thank you for telling me, and will see that your attention to duty is not overlooked." lie hSwed the cashier graciously out of the room. Scarcely half an hour after Charley's departure Fred Allen was shown into the library. "Mr. Wentworth/' he said, "I have come to tell you something terrible that happened this afternoon. The cashier at our bank, Charlie Morton, proposed to me that we rob the bank. Of course, I didn't scare him by refusing. but accepted his proposal to draw him out and tell you, so that you could protect yourself." And he lapghed a nervous little laugh. "You .astonish me," sam Air. wentworth. "I believed Morton fully trustworthy." "We have been friends a long time, and 1 never suspected hint capable of such a thing until to-day." "Well," said Mr. Went worth, suppressing a smile as he repeated himself. "we can't very well do anything about the matter as it stands now. About all that we can do is to watch carefully. I depend upon you to draw Morton out and to report any new developments to' me. Be assured that your fidelity will not be allowed to go unrewarded." When he was alone again Mr. Wentworth leaned back in his chair aud laughed heartily. ?* At the directors' meeting next day all wore anxious faces, except the president. All were considerably frightened by the United National embezzlement. the third in the city within six months. The president listened with j a smile to the expression of their fears. | Then lie told them of the two who j had called on him the evening before. | "So we have two honest men watching each oilier and every one else like hawks. Why.'' he said, laughing, "it's safer than any patent lock ever invented.". * The others joined in his laugh: but their faces became grave again about a month later, when the Imperial Bank suddenly found it&elf poorer by one cashier, one receiving teller and nearly sixty tnousaua aoiiars.?acw York News. Saying and Writing. If you feel that you must say something unpleasant, SAY It; if you would say something pleasant, WRITE it. Nothing is. so mean as a mean letter, because it gives your opponent no chancy for defense at the only time defense is a satisfaction?at once. 1 Girls are, gradually becoming con* l vinced that it is easier to love t frich man than aboor one. ? H^^9||^^^ill industry ma; IflHWfZ the spare hours of a coupl ^^^^ eks or so that will bring fror $5 to $15. according to size, workraat ship and quality of materials used. Table centres of drawn work brin from $5 to $25. drawn wcrk pin cusl ions from SI to $5. and ones in Bal tenberg only a little less. These squares and round pieces ar I used especially on handsome bar tables between meals, even more not than during the repast, and have com to almost supersede the embroidere one. also the doylies. But table embroideries have no ' gone out" by any means?it is on of the very oldest arts, this, and onl; changes in its expression. These wil always repay the worker whose actua livelihood does not depend upon 11 I especially if by showing a sample o I her work at the exchanges she cai i secure orders for them. Not- every one can do nice hemstitch i ing, and those who can may also ge I orders for hemstitching tablecloths napkins, tray cloths, sideboard scarfs towels, sheets and pillows. But most frequently the gentle woman who seeks to add to a verj restricted income by home industrie: wishes to do only such work as mai be executed and sent to the place o: sale in an unnoticed way, and this h easily done by making all sorts oi those small, dainty articles that mod cm living^ has evolved as necessities and confining herself to those whicl sell quickest and most profitably. Some women make tne lame sort cn bags. pm cushions or little sacques over and over again till a staple de ma nil is made for their specialty, find ing that it pays better to make tht same article in large numbers, aftei the demand is made, than- taking chances on a varied assortment. One girl who used her brush witli water colors remarkably well made a fine little income doing dinner cards, copying Gibson girls with the consent of the artist, until the publishers issued a ban on all reproductions. A clever girl can decorate tally cards profitably?there are' such stacks of them used?making sketchy heads in various studies of the "whist woman.:' Concernlnc " Make-Up*." W*l:at a pity It Is that women nowadays make up to the extent they do! What is the use? For surely the pretty woman does not need "make-up." and the plain one only draws attention to nature's harsh dealings by having recourse to it. And how few made-up women one sees who are anything but ill-painted! Indeed. In this matter the old proverb, "Practice makes perfect," gets constant contradiction, for it is noticeable that the longer a face has been "beautiful," the less well it is done, a want of care in dealing with the delicacies of the art eansing a general overaccentuation culminating in a tout ensemble, which Is to the beholder nothing short of revolting. Before things had reached sucfi a pitch as at present, when quite yonns girls have recourse to the rouge pot, says Home That, it was only those who knew that their good looks were on the waue who called in suck spurious aids. The chief eTeet of this indiscriminate touching up is that "most women are not so young as they are painted"?01 one doubts it of them, which comes to the same tiling; for seeing the dan ger signals so glaringly displayed, one jumps to the conclusion that charms which require so much emphasis must of a surety be almost lost. Why not remember that no one but yourselves is deceived by your Craudu lent endeavors? In these days of sham the practice of honesty in appearand has become so rare as to give to fi almost a new kind of attractiveness To Belt MUa Sler der. Very slender girls make a mistake in wearing the too tight belt. Some times the effect is positively unpleas ant. That pulled-in look is especially ugly at the front, and reminiscent o the days when a smtill waist meaauri Jtvas desired at any expense of com fort, looks or aborted anatomy. Wt is easy tov avoid this ugV look by wlu one's belts with double fronts ^^ttfculieg particularly^ drnpa H^P^Pmuing pjlrl does not remain ; (1 adeld all the time, and for the hours y when she is under the trees she has 0 prcttj* gowns in linen, with blue linen n leading in point of favor. There are the most charming dresses in blue, trimmed with white satin wash ribrr bou. put on in Grecian design, and warranted to wash every time. Widow* and Mourning. The mourning of fashionable widows does not extend over as loug a period r nowadays as heretofore. Indeed, her seclusion from general society is practically over at the expiration of two months. t Instead of being covered with crepe, she is now permitted to wear as little e crepe as she pleases during the first twelve months, and after that she may discard crepe altogether if she is so J. Inclined, instead of wearing it nine ' months longer. Then, again, she may wear a cap or not, just as she pleases, and her veil, instead of being crepe, may be of chiffon or crepe lisse from the commencement of her mourning. After the first twelve mouths she ] ' gradually lightens her mourning to second mourning, instead of wearing < * deep mourning for two years, as has 1 * been the custom iu the past. < I "S, * Sweeping For txtrclir. i f Physicians recommend sweeping as * being one of the most beneficial means , f of strengthening muscles and giving , - tone to the entire system, a* It brings , * i lto action all of the important muscles l 1 cf the body. In sweeping the swaying Delsarte ] ' exercise can be put into practical use, > as moving from left to right advance j loft leg. bearing weight on ball of foot, * iiclice head toward ft and torso slight- : Ir backward, while inclination hollows . ' the l?ack at the waitft line aud raises , < tie chest. As the right leg follows j and bears the weighs tire head in- ] ' clines backward and torso forward, | 1 aud there will be easy play of the ] ankles. Reverse the motion and sweep < : to the right. The strength- used on the . I broom must come from the arms.? j Cincinnati Enquirer. i < L'?r Women Without Taitn. ^ i Black is safe for the woman without < taste?since all her accessories match ? despite her careless way of arranging j her-toilette. Faahion Note*. Plain dnst coats in pale gray nau fawn are-very smart. f lack voile skirts to wear with shirt 1 waists are a useful investment. Parasols of chene silk trimmed with lace and chiffon are very pretty.. Long coats of Irish point laoe arc very smart, as are also the bolero and . Eton- jackets of the same. Flowered lawn gowns with stitched bands of plain color as trimming, are very pretty and cool looking. ' Hats of coarse straw, trimmed witb folds of soft silk and a few qnills, are very suitable and convenient far traveling. One accordion pleated Empire gown is held in at the waist by a pointed : belt of pink taffeta trimmed Avitb- real silver lace. Cream renaissance over lettuce green changeable taffeta makes a very effective gown. Clowns of accordion pleated crepe or chiffon are very much worn. Traveling coats of pongee, taffeta or . mohair are made in loose flowing lines, . with the half fitted back, and some of 1 hem are belted .p at tbe waist with , straps of the goods, i A very pretty g;Jrden party costume t is made of accoi jion pleated green" chiffon trimmed with ecru guipure. ' i rrtir.ro jc n voko of* eeru chiffon and a . ruche of the sanw at the bottom of ' the skirt. i A pretty gown for a brunette fs buff I t batiste embroidered iu white dots. Silk embroidery in dull shades of green and red is used as a garniture. Black velvet tabs ndiirn the waist and ? sleeves. \ One of the new auttniun street gowns - is of mixed cheviot,! with a pleated j bodice and vest of Wall red brown f peau de sole. Little A?i pearl buti tous are set along^^^^ke of the . vest, and two largQ^^^^Hn-im each side of the collai^^^^^^^Las seven' y gi^es and Is M^^^^^^^naounced I. thrre at seam on his business, or who ridos for the pleasure to be pained from this sort of profijt- ' able recreation. J To enumerate the phases of life that would receive benefits front better highways would be to include the entire list of human avocations. Any attempt to confine the benefits of pood roads to a particular class or community must fail, because if a man does not use the public road in the ordinary ways of travel he does reap the advantages accruing from them in the increased prosperity which has never i failed to come to a section that has * constructed permanent good roads, n No other public improvement Is so ^ generally conceded to bring good to every Inhabitant, and yet no other great public work seems so thoroughly ? neglected or so poorly understood by a * great mass of our intelligent citizens. % Practically every State In the Union ? has recently awakened to the fact that o the prosperity of our growing country ? is to be along lines of productive and ? commercial enterprise. A number or ' these States are looking toward North Carolina for lessons in economic and j practical toad building. It is an ac- I knowlcdged fact that some of our counties liaro as good roads as can v be found probably in the world?while * 011 the other hand, it is also a fact ? that a very large majority of our counties have roads that are frequently impassable and as unsatisfactory as can he found anywhere. Our hope of a salvation from this latter condition is I that the public-spirited citizens are jjj going to take up this roads matter frr a * methodical way and overcome the prejudice in the minds of some citizens ^ who think that a tax for bnilding per- $ manent roads is a costly experiment. _ Experience and statistic* prove the w reverse to be true: it is the most pro tit- i rble acrd satisfactory investment r;:y &. community can make. The "Id labor ? system at wogfcing the puoiic rords is in not in keeping with advanced methods jjj n all other departments of modern re ife. A number of the counties in our d State have adopted the plan of levying i small tax for road Improvement purposes, to supplement the old labor equirement. and the results from this combination are of a highly satisfactory nature. Every county in the State should at least try this plan and see if it won't to same extent improve :be condition of the public roads. In the ifoutb. the producer is especially hampered becanse be cannot wofltably get his- stuff to the great centres of trade and e-jmpetitioii. A striking illustration or rftis disadvau-l, age to our-North Carolina farmers is' seen in the recent statement from an tuthentic source to the- effect that a treat many necessaries of life can be wrought from California* into onr owu State on the* railroads nod sold to our *ity population at less- cost than the same article* which roust he hauled I nto the cities from points in the same ? rounty flfteen or twenty milts away! 1 This is because of the- fact that the a ailroads cair haul pro/luce a thousand ^ miles on their GOOD SOADt cheaper 1 :bau our farmers can haul tt twenty y? miles over onr BAD' ROARS. And ret it is rather intenesting to know 5 hat the railroad oompanies are the ? nost earnest advocates of improved u luldic highways. Ordinarily we would u think of them as opposed to a line of ft ommunication which would seem to compete with theniu But they have realized the important fact that a greater territory will be- opened to _ them; farmers can profitably haul their farm products from a iauch greater iistnnce to the main line- of the railroad and thus increase its traffic, while i the general prosperity of the inhabit- f ants of the section wiU add to the _ value of property, promote educational | facilities and create a tendency to- m svard wider usefulness for every citizen where this material advancement is __ i?nin?r on information on these subjects is being continually collected from every part of the world, and our Federal Government is making a study of the question of good roads from a sensible " and a scientific point of view, throogh J tbe office of Public Road Inquiries at * Washington, D. C- so that these facts _ are not the result of guess or estimate but com* from actual investigation and ~ personal observation. This information is being compiled In convenient form for distribution in every part of tfc? country, and can secured free am upfo application. nBU^Hnng^ Iy^KHOBT and I DHHHBIHprs. wc I HBM^Kty years I |HHh saying it I AHtagto ^ RKor. If he asjt take It, a. If he tella 70a not I li 't t*i.e it. Be ksov*. I jv'e are wllllnf. I r?ER CT).. Lowe'J, Mail. ^ OSS? Poor ma^He can't help it. It's his lir. He needs a liver pill. Oyer's Pills. j Want yourustache or beard a > I beautiful brior rich black? Use iBuckiiham'sDye 50 c'ti. cf druggisl. P. Hall ScCo . Nashua.N.H VVMTED 2SO lung Men \ t once to quoltr *ood positions whtch we ill guarantee'ritlnf under a $5,000 epoelt to prompt ocure them. Phe Ga.-a. Bus. College, MA', GEORGIA. ?*o;ao*o*4io*o*ofcoT?osao*o* HEAIGHE, ?*** I FEVSH CONDITIONS r ANDLDS CURED BY 0 C?UDINE S ? 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