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* < ' PIIIIIIII OfMB. ? i ? s ? ninor Events of the Week in a # m Brief Form. * On Chrrge of Peonage. Spartanburg. Special.?In the court ot I'nitcd States Commissioner William MeGowan. an interesting matter came up for consideration. It was the preliminary hearing of E. C. Daniels, a well-to-do farmer or the county, charged with being guilty of peonage, or holding a person in unlawful servitude. Mr. R. K. Carson represented tbe defendant and Mr. C. P. Sims the prosecution. Sections No. 1990 and 552b of the revised statutes, covering the peonage law, are the ones which it is claimed Mr. Daniels violated. After hearing the evidence the commissioner decided to take the case under consideration, and the hearing was continued until Saturday, the 29th ininstant. Five witnesses for the government were examined. Their testimony was to the effect that the negro boy, Leonard Brown, upon whom it is alleged the act of peonage was imposed by Daniels, was kept by Daniels for a period of five yers. During this time the negro ran away several times, and when caught, severe punishment was inflicted on his body. On August 1 the negro engaged to work for Mr. C. B. Kirby, a resident of the same neighborhood with Mr. Daniels. Mr. Kirby, by the way, is the person who swore out the marrant against Daniels. While the negro boy was driving a wagon for Kirby. Daniels overtook him on the roadside, and with a plow line inflicting a severe flogging. Attorney Carson, for the defense, int-cduced a contract between former County Supervisor Howell and Dr. S. S. Daniels, brother of E. C. Taniels, whereby the negro was bonded, or bound out, for a stated term, and his attorney took the position that the contract could be transferred without becoming invalid. The penalty of peonage is a fine of not less that $.1,000 ncr more than $5,000, or imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years. Palmetto Notes. The trial of Spain Kelley for the killing of W. F. Creech, says the Sumter Item, will positively be had at the approaching term of court at Bishcpville. The defense is ready te go to trial and Kelley's lawyers will place no obstacle in the way of an immediate trial. The defendant will be represented by A. B. Stuckey of Sumter. M. L. Smith, of Camden. J. H. Hudson, of Bennettsville. and B. Frank Kelley, of Bishopville. Solicitor Wilson will be assisted in prosecution by J. B. McLaughlin, of Bishopville. James H. Mims. a second boss in the spinning department of the Columbia mills, was carried to the office of Dr. R. W. Gibbes Monday morning in a bloody condition, suffering from two t;gly Mounds, one in the left arm and .the other in the left shoulder. This Mas -%lje result of an attack upon him by J. A. 'Derrick, because of Mim's alleged mistreatment of Derrick's children in the mill. Mims was painfully but not dangerously hurt. Derrick has not been arrested. There was a large attendance of colored ministers and delegates from all over the State at the antl-lynching convention in Columbia called some time aeo. Papers were read by several min isters and leaders of the coloifedrace in this State deploring the evil and condemning the crime for w*Ich lynching is usually the punishment. Most of the speeches were temperate and advised the cementing of the friendship between the races, and pointed out the evils of lawlessness. There died, near Inman, on Monday rJght, Mr. Cornelius Coster, who had nearly reached his one hundredth year. Mr. Coster was born in Charleston, but has for the greater part of his life resided in the Inman section. He was the father of ten children, five of whom are living. The residents of Sullivan's Island are thinking of asking the president of the "United States to send Uncle Sam's mosquito hunter. Dr. 0. A. Howard, to drive the beasts away from the seashore suburb. Dr. Howard is the chief of the bureau of entomology of the department of agriculture, and he knows ail -about every kind of bag and insect, especially about mosquitoes, having written a book especially about that tribe and methods for exterminating "**lt. ' | Eugene Milford, a native of Anderson county, died suddenly on Saturday night from a stroke of paralysis at the home of his sister, Mrs. Anna M. Walters, in the West End of Greenville. He has been living there for sev oral years, and was in feeble health when the stroke came that ended his life. Saturday afternoon at Denny's Crossroads. about six miles from Saluda, Arthur Fitzman shot and killed Queen Chapman. No one was present when the woman was slain, but a negro womaif saw Fitzman Jump out of the woman's house immediately after the shot was fired. It is said that the woman was murdered because she could not or would not pay the man 30 cents she owed him. The secretary of state Monday j granted a charter to the J. Thomas Arnold Merehantile Company of Greenville, a dry goods firm with a capital of $25,000. The officers are: J. T. Arnold, president and treasurer, and C. G. McEachern, vice-president and secretary. News In Paragraphs. John Blazer, once a noted abolitionist, is dead in Chicago, aged S9 years. The board of conciliation for the anthracite region sat in New York and heard disputed questions. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Hie Reports Indicate Good Develop* ment the Past Week. The week ending 8 a .m. Monday, August 24, had a mean temperature of 78 degrees which is 2 degrees below normal, due to low day temperatures during the first four days that were entirely cloudy, humid c id rainy. The last three days were clear and dry. There were local high winds in Aa/nm/\/v A nd Al*iAn or?/l I?0 i r. L'uuui.u, riVAcua, Auuruua auu a ?**? field counties that did some damage, and there was a light hail storm in Oconee. Generally heavy, In places e\.ces-1 | ?ive. rains occurred over the whole! State during the first four days, with local amounts ranging from one inch in the western counties to over six Inches in the southeastern counties. In places lands were badly washed and crops damaged, but where not excessive. the rains were beneficial on all crops except cotton. The average amount for the State was 2.38 inches. The condition of young corn continues to improve, except on bottom lands that are too wet where corn is firing. Old corn is about ripe, and fodder is being pulled from it in all sections. The rains damaged some fodder while curing. The rains of the week were harmful to cotton by causing increased shedding of squares ana young bolls, and rust has appeared in nearly all sections. In places the rains eaused too rank a growth of weed at the expense of fruitage that wa3 already on the stalks. These unravoraDie con-1 dltlons were general, while caterpillars. sharp-shooters and bollworms appeared locally, but have as yet caused small damp ;e. Cotton Is opening slowly in the eastern and central counties, and has not begun to open in the western ones. Picking is as yet sporadic. Sea-island cotton continues to make seasonable improvement. Rice Improved rapidly, and early rice is ripening. Harvert will begin next week. Sweet potatoes and cane are improving steadily. Grasses for hay and pastures are making good growth. Turnips sowing continues under favorable conditions for rapid germination.. There was too much rain for truck just coming up. Fruit continues in the extreme western counties. J. W. BAUER. Tu'ks Determined. Salonica, European Turkey, By Cable.?An insurgent movement is afcot | in the village of Salonica. It is feared that it threatens Vodena (46 mile* from here) and Salonica. Large bandt are reported to have been organized by j Bulgarians, who it is expected at a * - rvAnarol In. [ given Signal, may reson iu cendiarism. The Turkish population is resolved, should great disturbance occur, to exterminate all the Bulgarians in this city. Consequently a number of Bulgarian residents are leaving Salonica. Killed By a Fall. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Charles A. j McCarthy, vice president of the Atlanta Cornice and Roofing Company, of this city, was found dead Monday, at the bottom of the elevator shaft of the Winter & Leob Company, in Montgomery, Ala. rfe had fallen into the shaft during the night. North Carolina's First Bale. Morvcn, Special.?The first bale of new North Carolina cotton was sold Monday to the Hardison Company, by L. J. and P. E. Ratcliff, of Morven. The grade was strict middling, and brought 12 cents. The bale weighed ?09 pounds. A risssacre of Christians. Sofia. Special.?Travellers who arrived here Monday evening from Adrianople state that a massacre of Christians occurred there Sunday morning. One version says the guns in one of the forts opened fire on an insurgent band which had attacked a military outpost. A panic followed inside the town and <v>?. Mahometan nonulation fell upon the Christians. Will Abandon Steamer Line. Boston, Special.?Owing to the recent storms in' Jamaica, the United Fruit Company has decided to abandon its line of fruit steamers into Charleston, S. C. The company will continue to maintain its offices there, but will hll orders from its other seaboard divisions. and just as soon as the banana plantations have been restored, the line will be resumed. The Boston, Jamaica and Philadelphia *nd Jamaica lines are obliged to be operated, because of the mail contract, and there is sufficient fruit in Jamaica to make the continuance of steamers between these porta profitable. News Notes. Profeesor Langley, the inventor of the airship, states that it is intended to develop the flying machine for use in war. Fourteen Chicago clubs have discontinued the sale of liquors because they cannot afTord to pay the $500 license fee required, by the city. Some right shrewd prophets are predicting an amendment to the law. For after all there Is no way to get a low fixed so quick as by obeying it judiciously In times of trouble. k BILL ARP IS DEAD. The Southern Philosopher Rests From His Writings. LIVED TO SERENE CLD AGE. His Wise and Witty Sayings Have Been Long Popular In Southern Homes. Cartersville, Ga., Special.?Major Charles H. Smith, widely known by he people as "Bill Arp," died at his home, 'The Shadows," late Monday evening, after an illness of many months, which within the past three weeks had become serious. Following an operation for the removal of gall stones, several days ago, he became gradually weaker, most of the time unconscious, until the end. Of his family, his wife, four daughters and two sons were at his side. The four other sons, two in Texas, one in Mexico, and Carl Smith, of New York city, have been summoned by telegraph. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning. Major Smith was born at Lawrenceville, Ga., June 15, 1826. Disquieting Rumors. Sofia, By Cable.?With the rumors of massacres and the murder of prisoners in Monastir now authenticated, the general situation is considered here as fast becoming intolerable. Official and diplomatic circles alike are concerned, having every reason to fear that onlv a part of the horrors en acted In the Interior of Macedonia have come to light as yet. The revolutionary committees are doing their utmost to force tho hands of the Bulgarian government and the immediate outlook is exceedingly serious. It appears that the Turks have obtained the upper hand in the villayet of Monastir and the insurgents are planning to move the centre of their activity close to the Bulgarian frontier. Dispatches arriving today from the disturbed area are exceedingly gloomy. From Andrianople comes the news of a Turkish defeat and the extension of the revolutionary outbreak from Monastir, the news of Turkish victories is accompanied by barbarious excesses. While many of the reports remain without confirmation, sufficient authentic details are forthcoming to cause tho authorities the greatest anxiety. According to the Sofia D'Nevrick the Turks committed unspeakable atrocities at Krushevo. The mutilated corpses of 90 women and children were .'ound in one building; pieces of the bodies had been thrown into the street. Fifteen of *he principal merchants of the town were killed and their heads exhibited on poles. At Monastir the churches were demolished, the houses sacked and the town is now in a heap of ashes. The populace fled to the hills, where they arc In a starving condition. The D'Nevrick also asserts that a general massacre ha3 taken place in the whole viliayet of Monastir. Nearly all of the villages have been destroyed. The treacherous murder of 80 Insurgent prisorers by their guards near Monastir has made an especially bad impression here. Many rumors are current of massa in the cltv of Andrianople. but confirmation is lacking. The situation there, however, undoubtedly is serious. The population is afraid to leave the houses. The prisons arc full. When the Russian consul protested at the situation, the Tali is reported to have answered that he was powerless against the fanatical population. Ccst of Car 5trlke. Richmond, Va., Special.?The strike of street railway employes here was officially declared off shortly after noon Monday. It had lasted just 69 days, and is estimated to have cost the street car company $150,000, the strikers in loss of wages $50,000 .the State, by reason of the necessity for troops to maintain order, $73,000 and the city for special police, etc.. $5,000. One man was shot and killed by soldiers'during the progress of the trouble, and one motorman Was fatally stabbed by nnnthor while scores of nersons have been more or less seriously injured in various ways as a result of the disturbance. Killed Prominent flan. Punta Gorda, Fla., Special.?Sunday morning at 3 o'clock E. E. Williams was shot aad killed by E. B. Polk. Both ' were prominent men. Deputy Marshal Nick Langford attempted to arrest Marion J. Walker, who was intoxicated and resisted arrest. E. E. Williams, who was assisting the deputy marshal, struck Walker with a club, when Polk, who was with Walker, shot him through the right breast. Polk wa3 arrested and locked up in jail. Fires at El Paso. El Paso, Tex., Special.?Five flree have broken out within the past 24 hours, and suspicions of incendiarism have been confirmed. Fires have been started in the residence of William Crawford, in the Texas Pacific station and in other places, but watchfulness and prompt action made the losses trivial. Qreat anxiety exists and the police force has beea ii creased. KELIANCE WON SECOND RACE. The Prospects tor Brave Shamrocr Grow Darker With Every Event. The third genuine race in the 1903 cup series was successfully run onTuesday. The race was close as the following dispatch shows: Nw York, Special.?In a glorious whole-sail breeze, over a triangular course ten miles to a leg, the fleetfooted cup defender Reliance again showed her heels to Sir Thomas LiD ton's challenger, taking the second J race of the cup series of 1903 by the narrow margin of 1 minute and 19 seconds. It was as pretty and as hardfought a contest as has ever been sailed off Sandy Hook, and had the wind not fallen during the last ten minutes, the record for the course, 3 hours, L2 minutes and 15 seconds, made by Columbia two years ago. In her memorable race against Shamrock II..would have been broken. As it was Reliance sailed the 20 miles within 2 minutes and 39 seconds of the record, which speaks wonders for her speed in the wind that was blowing. The Reliance's victory, narrow as it was, would have been even smaller had not Captain Wringe, the skipper of the British ship, bungled at the start, seadkig his carft over the line 19 seconds after the last gun and handicapping her to that extent. At every point of sailing the defender's superiority was demonstated. She gained 1 minute and 51 seconds in windward work, 40 seconds on the run to the second mark, and 45 seconds on the close reach for home. Taft Will Succeed Root Oyster Bay, Special.?Secretary Root under date of August 19, presented hie resignation formally to the President The resignation waa accepted by the President with the understanding that the Secretary continue at least until January 1. Governor General William H. Ta-ft, of the Philippines, will succeed Secretary Root, as Secretary of War. President Roosevelt authorized the following statement: "The President some months ago tendered the secretaryship of War to Judge Taft and at that time it was arranged that he would succeed Secretary Root. Secretary Root will go out of office some time in January and Judge Taft will assume the duties of ofTice shortly afterward." Q. A. R. Offcers. San Franeiaco, Special.?The Grand Army of the Republic selected Boston as the place in which the en campment o? 5C04 will be held and elected the following officers: Com mander-in-Cheif, Gen. John C. Black, of Illinois; senior vice commander. Col. C. Mason Keene. of California; junior vice commander, Col. Harry Kessler, of Montana; surgeon-in-chief, George A. Harmon, of Ohio; chaplain in-chief Winfleld Scott, Arizona. Reports of officers were made. That of Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Stewart advocated a service pension of $12 a month, and expresses the opinion that the present Commissioner of Pensions la earnestly endeavoring to discharge the duties of his office honestly, liberally and Justly ,but that he is not able to satisfy all who make complaint. Longshoreman on Strike. Burnswick, Ga.f Special.?On account cf a strike by longshoremen here, the handling and shipping of lumber is seriously crippled. Their demand is for an increase in wages of 2 cents an hour, which so far have been granted by one of the large shipping companies. Some ships are being -loaded by imported non-union labor, but the unions are rapidly increasing their ranks from the imported men. So far nearly 400 longshoremen are involved in the strike, which threatens soon to tie up entirely the lumber shipping interests here. Effort to Avoid Friction. London, By Cable.?Shipping circlet hero show keen interest in the develoD ments of the relations between the German and British Atlantic steamship companies. The lines are making every effort to avoid friction and Derector General Ballin, of the HamburgAmerican Line, who is in London, said today that its policy was to maintain and promote the existing harmony. A Lyncher Convicted. Danville, 111., Special.?Winfleld Baker, who formerly lived in the mountains of Kentucky, was convicted in the Circuit Court of assault to murder Sheriff Whitlock. He was sentenced to ? term of from one to 14 years. This is the first conviction of a member of a mob that attacked the Danville Jail in the latter part of July, after having lynched the negro James Metcalf, and burned his body. Immediately after the verdict today Harmon Magnott, a painter who was publicly criticising the court officials, was arrested, charged with inciting riot. Certificates Sold. Washington, Special.?Bids were opened at the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, for the purchase of $3,000,000 certificates of indebtedness for the Philippine government. Harvey Fish & Sons, of New | York, bid for all or any amount at 102.2. This was the only bid for the whole amount, and it was accepted. Among the other bidders was L. W. Wisp, of Richmond, Va., for $6,000 at 1100.25. K =ai?* i-m ?aw FAILED ONCE MORE Fourth Race of International Cu| Contest Declared Off on Limitaticn NEITHER BOAT REACHED THE LINI The Reliance, However Hnd a Lon: Lead on the Shamrock, and Cam< Near Winning Three Stra glits. The series of international cup races was continued on Thursd-y, with th< usual result, except that officially il was no race at all. The sea was calm and the wind light, so that neithei boat was able to cross the line in the time limit aliowed by the rules. Th# series so far stands two failures and two straight victories for the defender The Thursday event is given in detail as follows: New York, Special?With Reliance lees than a mile from the finish and Shamrock III, hull down on the horizon, fully two miles astern of the gallant defender, the fourth race of the present series for the America's cup was declared off because of the expiration of .the time limit of five and onehalf hours, as happened on Thursday last. It was no race officially. The defeat administered to the challenger was so ignominous that whatever lingering hope remained in the breasts ol the friends of Sir Thomas' boat vanished into thin air. Reliance's victorj was in every way more decisive thai that of last Saturday. Outsailed, outpointed and outfooted, it waa & procession from start to finish. mi tt ?v aU a mt) rurrresuiiuu wuuuer ueui iuc Shamrock hopelessly In the 15 miles of windward work, rounding the outei mark in 12 minutes and 30 seconds ahead of her, a gain in actual time oi 11 minutes and *20 seconds, and dowr the wind she steadily increased hei lead. The real race of the day was not against the Shamrock, but it was seen in the exciting struggle of Re liance in the last half-hour to react 'the finish line before the regatta com uiittee fired the gun which should an nounce the expiration of the time limit Had the wind freshened 20 minutes earlier then it did, the cup series woulc have ended with three straight win: for the defender, and Fife's famous light weather boat would have sailec back to Albion's shores one of th< most disastrously worsted challenger! in tV>o hiatnrv nf r?nn PfintPSt"? Fully as discouraging as the sail Ing qualities displayed by the chal knger was the atrocious manner ir which she was handled. The Yanke< skipper not only outmanoeuvred his rival in the spectacular battle for posl tion at the start, as he has done even time they have met, but worse still foi the downhearted supporters of Sham rock, Captain Wringe repeated his blunder of Tuesday. He crossed th< line in the wake of Reliance with j handicap of 61 of the precious second! for which Fife had sacrificed so muci in said spread for time alowince. Botl boats, it is true, went over after th< handicap gun, but it is only the stern most craft which actually suffers. It was not a pleasant day on th( water and the observation fleet whicl put out to sea to witness the race was hardly more than half as large as 01 the preceding days. The dark water oi the ocean was as smooth as a flooi and a light breeze of about four knots blew out of the southwest. The course was laid 15 miles dead into the wine and return. At tfle end 01 me nrst nour snam reck was beaten and the interesi waned. After rounding the float foi the run home and setting big balloon ers. t?e wind, which had strengthenec to six or seven knots on the beat, diet down and the towering clouds *ol canvas was drifted" lazily down ar ocean lane, a mile wide, between tb< two divisions of the excursion fleet. Even in the fight air it was aston Ishing how the defender slippec through the placed seas. With th< gentle breeze distending the surface of her pure white sails and her sterr crowded with tars to hold her head up she moved along as serenely anc peacefully as if in a dreamless sleep Yet the gap between her and the chal lenger steadly widened until two miles separated them. Half an hour from nome, wuen me syecutiurs uau auo.ii doned any idea that the finish lin< could he reached in time, the wind suddenly freshened and Reliance cam< oowlihg down at a merry clip. But th( wind had come too late and when stll a hundred yards from home the gur on the tug Navigator boomed across the water. The excursion boats heic on until she crossed the line to giv< her a rousing welcome and ther scampered for New York. Sir Thomas who, heretofore, has always followed his champion into the Hook, sent his steam yacht, he Erin, ahead at ful speed as if to drown out the memorj at the inglorious licking he got. Shot at, But Not K lied. Washington. Special.?A decidedly new turn in the case of the Unitec States Vice Consul Wm. C. Magelssen at Beirut. Syria, who was reported t< have been assassinated last Sunday developed Friday when it becami known that the report was incorrec and that although Mr. Magelssen hai been shot at he had not even been in jured This information came to th< State Department Friday night in t dispatch from United States Ministei Irishman at Constantinople, who sail the mistake in making the origins announcement was due to an error it the transmission ef the cipher dispatel j from Consul Ravendal at Beirut in re porting the incident to the minister. Tunne' oa Fire. Roanoke. Special.?A stubborn fir is raging in Craigen Tunnel, on th Clinch alley division of the Norfolk i Northwestern Railway, near Virgini; City, Va. The tunnel is lined wit! heavy fibers and was discovered on fir 300 feet from the east entrance at ai early hour Thursday. So far it ha been Impossible to approach the fir from the east end. The officials say i will probably be three or four days be fore the tunnel is clear. Traffic i blocked. . " Sm? ' (foopJfoApsj Z Economic Effects. HE problem of good roads 10 __ Jf most largely an eccaoinlo * O I O oao. yet It Is interwove* ' ^ with othoi's of social and "^fOW political well being, state# the nrst report of the State Board of Public Roads of Rhode Islnud. s There is 110 class of citizenship but ; what is benefited directly or indirectly. I The farmer, that he may come to 0 i ready market to sell and barter; tb# . manufacturer in the town remote froa , seaboard or railroad, who in turn caa ( haul his coal and raw material at aa , appreciably lessened cost, and carry bis finished product for transportation, i will be helped. It will make him hidependent of small railroad branches : which are obliged, by reason of short I distances, to charge an euccessiv# ' freight. | The toiler in the many shops and ' offices is to be helped by lower rent# r . within his means, because suburbs* . living is made possible tyy good roads. . And all who prefer the open living t# ! the huddled city life will appreciate tb# " benefit. Every citizen is to profit i* " some way. Country and suburban dis? tricts will be mere easy of access. Gro? 'r eery and marketmen will be enabled t# t send their goods by free delivery, at n# . enhanced cost to the buyer. Good roads not only cheapen the cost of living in the matter of rents, hut nls<*reduce the price of supplies by rea* ? a? Ti U.- Kaaa son 01 a reauy murKiii. 11 uus ucru demonstrated again and again that tb# betterment of roads means a rise la the value of real estate, and the rise will come, the demand be enhance^ because of facilitated transportation. It would be interesting to learn ho\r many farms have been abandoned because of poor roads. Land hag beem given up. homes deserted, the building* gone to rack and ruin, because the former holders could not make it pay. It was not worth the living. In many instances good roads, passable in all se? sons, would have changed the drift. The most costly, as well as the greatest anrount of freigbt traffic, Is over country roads. Outside the mere t question of land values is the larger one of the influence of good roads upon commerce, manufacturing, farming. Success In business is not more remit# to the question than the wear and tear upon horseflesh, wagons, human strength and endurance. This whole matter of th? economic value of such roads as your commission recommends is beyond question, and to sum up the reasons therefor, we claim: (1) That they make land more access!- . ble, and so give it a wider market; (2) They Increase the desirability of llvinf in the rural districts. The great value or electric roods, in many instances, is not only In rapid transportation and j quick service, but because with tbelr j building almost invariably comes a 1 good road; (3) They lessen materially t the sost of production by decreasing r the cost of transportation. In wear and ' tear and time; (4) They bring with * them the so-called rural delivery system; (3) Tliey increase the value of . property *nd iessen taxation, t And yet, besides all these, there ar? r other values. The State is solidified - in its educational interests. The publle 1 school is more fully appreciated, and > its percentage of attendance is visibly 1 increased. The people can come to\ gether more frequently for social intercourse, and so develop the community. . Good roads are civilizing influences. I As Charles Sumner once said: MTh? ; road and the schoolmaster are the two i most important agents in advancing 1 civilization." # ' tie No Vegetable matter. All recognteed authorities on the sub* ' Ject say that no vegetable matter , should be used in the construction and . maintenance of roads or highways. In i spite of this, however, many road [ menders are throwing into the middle ; of the road the mud from the side - ditches, as well as the grass and weede ' that beve grown up by the side of tbo 1 road. The leaves and other little that I have accumulated at the sides of the ; road during the winter are placed In { the road to rot and make quagmires , for the people to travel through during I the winter and spring.?Good Roads | Magazine. Rerolling Mocsdem. Where a county has a steam road roller it can be used to great advantage in keeping the roads in repair when it r is not required for construction work, j either by picking up and rerollipg macadam roads or by working the eartb roads into shape after they have been > treated by the road machine.?Good ' Bonds Magazine. 1 , A Clever Woman. Patty Lyle Collins, a Southern wom~ an, Is said to be the best chirographi leal expert in the world. She is emr ployed by the postoffice department at i Washington, where she deciphers some 1 of the addresses of letters that wauld 1 otherwise not reach their destination. 1 Out of every 400,000 letters received "dead" every year the system of delivery by her has been so perfect that the majority of them reach their destination in an astonishingly abort ? time, and this she does without break* lug the seals. Iu her record year sho ^ supplied them on eighty-seven per cent, a of the cases, a fact which in itpelf be^ speaks the enormous work this clever e woman does day by day. ? Chicago . Record-Herald. S -? e ^ The Man Who la Frank. The man who boasts of bis franks ness usually has a reputation for brutality?Baltimore American. iirrTh wBEahanfflWBMi