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Lippincott Company, Phila delphia, and published through special arrange ment trit?i the American Press Association.] SYNOPSIS. Chapter 1.?Tn a recruiting office in the "Queen City" Lieut. Fred Lane, ?. S. A., - receives two letters?one informing him of his promotion to tbe rank of captain, tbe other a brief note from Mabel Vincent. Chapter 2.?Gordon Noel, a lieutenant in Lane's cavalry regiment, succeeds, through wheedling the wife of his colonel, in being appointed to the vacancy caused by Lane's promotion. He is disliked by his brother officers, as he has in the paet several times dodged active servic?in Indian campaigns. Chapter 3 ?Capt. Lane is desperately in love with Mabel Vincent. He prepares to tarn the recruiting over to his successor. Chapter 4.?Lient. Noel arrived ro take charge of the recruiting office. He is hand some and agreeable arad succeeds in creating the impression that he was a very gallant officer and done brave eervice on the plain3. It is discovered that a clerk named Taintor has erohezzled some of tbe funds of the re cruiting office (forging Lane's name) and decamped. Noel professes an enthusiastic friendship for Lane. Chapter 5.?Lane writes to Mabel's father asking permission to pay his addresses to her. This is granted. Vincent is on the brink of financial disaster. Lane proffers his services. Chapter 6.?Tbe transfer of the recruiting office to Noel is made by Lane, who has or ders to return to his regiment in tbe west Lane makes good the deficit in the accounts out of his own pocket. Chapter 7.?Lane furnishes to Mr. Vincent the money which saves the latter from ruin. Before Lane starts for the west Mabel prom ises io marry him. The engagement is to be kept secret at her parents' request. Chapter 8?Noel succeeded in making him self a social favorite by telling false stories of his own bravery. He becomes acquainted with tbe Vinceuts and isinvi?ed to their house because of his professed friendship for Lane. Chapter 9?L?ne arrives at the frontier post whither be. has been ordered -and takes command of bis company. He writes often to Mabel, and her replies contain frequent reference to Noel who is very attentive. Chapter 10.?Mrs. Viucent is worried by Noel's constant attentions to Mabel. Tbe Vincents go to the mountains, where Noel visits Mabel. Chapter 11.?When Mabel writes Lane of! Noel's visit be is somewhat annoyed. He advises her not to encourage thes* visits. The Vincents announce the enga^ment. Lane receives a letter from Mr Vincent, begging him to come east at once. Just before Laue starts he learns that Mr. Vincent's partner has defaulted and that Mr. Vincent has died suddenly. He goes as rapidly as possibh-. Arriving at tbe Vincent mansion he enters un announced, and finds his fiancee clasped in Gordon Noel's arms CHAPTER . "TcR me truly and franlUy, Capt. Lane.1' A dreary winter; was that of 1S8? at oM Fort Graham. Capt. Breese became major of the-th, and his troop was ordered to exchange with. K, which had been so long at headquarters, and this brought old Jim Rawhns up to take com mand of the little cavalry battalion at "the oasis." There were many of the officers?Rawlins among them?who thought that after his success with "the Devil's Own," as D troop had been called, Lane was entitled to enjoy the position of battalion commander; but ill's. Riggs had promptly asserted her belief that he was not in position to enjoy anything. He had come back to the post late in the fall, looking some years older and graver; he had been very ill at Jefferson bar racks, said a letter from that point, while waiting to take out a party of re cruits to the regiment; he had resumed duty without a word to anybody of the matters that had so suddenly called him east, but there was no need of telling: they knew all about it; at least they said and thought they did. Mrs. Riggs had had such complete ac counts from Noel, and had received such a sweet letter from Miss Vincent in re ply to the one she had written congratu lating her upon her engagement to her (Mrs. Riggs') "favorite among all the ofScers?and the colonel's too." "She was so sorry?so painfully distressed? about Capt. Lane," said Mrs. Riggs. "She never really cared for him. It was gratitude and propinquity and pleaoure in his attentions that she mistook for love; but she never knew what loro was until she met Gordon. They were to be married early in the spring and would take only a brief tour, for he had to bo at his station. She dreaded ccL-.ing to the regiment, though she would follow Gordon to tbe end of the world if he said so, for she knew there were people who would blame her for breaking with Capt. Lane as she had to; but she knew long before she did so that they could ? never be happy together. She had written to him, toiling him all, long be fore he came cast, and they had that dreadful scene in which Mr. Noel had behaved with such perfect self command and such excessive consideration for Capt. Lane's feelings. Of course, as Gordon said, all possibility of reconcilia tion or future friendship between them was at an end unless Capt. Lane humbly apologized. She had been mercifully spared hearing it; for the fearful ex pression of his face when they discovered him listening at the portiere had caused her to faint away, and sho only caino to, Gordon said, in time to prevent his pitching him out of the window, so ut terly was he tried. She was so thankful to have in Mrs. Riggs a friend who would not see Gordon wronged, and who could bo counted on to deny any stories that poor Capt. Lane, in his dis appointment, might put in circulation.'* But Lane never mentioned the sub ject. As for the letters to which she re ferred, they ail followed him east in one bundle and were sent to her un opened; and she knew when she wrote to Mrs. Riggs that, though sho might \ have "told him all," as she said, he .' ev er knew a word of it until his eyes and ears revealed the truth that wretched night in the library where his brief, sweet lovo dream began and en: tel. There were other matter.? wherein Mr. Noel himself was consulting Mrs. Riggs. lie was now sonior ?f. t lieuteu ' ant. Any accident of service might moke him a captain, and then, if prece dent were followed, "he might be or- ? dored to join at once. Ordinarily. . greater joy; but now?solely on Makers j account?he hesitated. A friend at the ! war department liad said that, if Col. Riggs would approve, a six months' leave to visit Europe, for the purpose of prosecuting his professional duties, might be obtained Would she kindly, etc.'" There was no one to write or speak for Lane: only one side of the story was being told, and, though the men had had little else than contempt for Noel, they were of small account in molding garrison opinions as compared with two or three determined women. But no one saw the sorrowful, almost heart broken, letter written by 1rs. Vin cent to Lane. She had no words in which to speak of Mabel's conduct. They had both been deceived; and yet she implied him for forgiveness for her child. Th? world was all changed now. Their home remained* to them, and her own little fortune, together with the wreck of Mr. Vincent's, but Regy had to go out into the world and seek to earn what he could. He had no idea of busi ness. There was no one to step in and build up the old farm, and the executors had ad\*ised that everything be closed out. Mr. Clark's affairs had been left in lamentable confusion, but luckily he had nothing else to leave?nothing, that is, but confusion and creditors. People were constantly importuning her for payment of his liabilities, claiming that they were contracted by the firm. Her lawyers absolutely forbade her listening to such demands. If she paid one-fourth of them she wonld have nothing left. Lane thought of his sacrificed Cheyenne property and the little fortune he had so freely offered up to save to the girl he loved the home in which she had been reared. The very roof under which the girl had plighted her troth to him and then dishonored it for Noel?under which, day after day, she was now re ceiving, welcoming, caressing him?was practically rescued for her and her mother by the money of the man she had cast asido. The wedding cards came in April. It was to be a quiet affair, because of the death of Mr. Vincent within the year. Lane read the announcement in The Armj- and Navy Journal, and sat fer a while, the paper dropping to the floor and his head upon his hands. Elsewhere in its columns he found a full account, written evidently by some one thor oughly well acquainted with all the par ties, except perhap.-: the gallant groom. When Lane's servant tiptoed in at reveille the next morning to prepare the bath and black the boots he was sur prised to find that ofiicer sitting at his desk with his head pillowed in Iiis arms. He had not been to bed, and did not know that reveille had sounded. Was he ill? Did he need the doctor? No. He had to sit up late over some letters and papers, and had finally fallen asleep there. All the same Dr. Gowen, hap pening into the hospital while Lane was visiting one of his meu after sick call, stopped and keenly examined his face. "I want you to go right to your quar ters and stay there, Lane, for you've got a fever, and, I believe, mountain fever," were his immediate orders. *T11 be with you in a moment." It was only the beginning of what proved to be a trying illness of several weeks' duration. When .Lane was able to sit up again it was the recommendation of the post surgeon and of his regimental com mander that hebe sent east on sick leave for at least three months. And the first week of June found him at West Point; he had many old and warm friends there, and their companionship and cordiality eheered him greatly. One night, stroll ing back from parade to the broad piazza of the hotel, he saw the stage drive np from the landing and a number of visi tors scurry np the steps in haste to es cape the prying eyes of the older arrivals, who invariably thronged the south pi azza at such times and curiously inspect ed, the travel stained and cinder spotted faces of those whose ill luck it was to have to run that social gantlet. There was something familiar in the face of a young lady following a portly matron into the hall, and when a mo ment later ho came upon the massive ! frame of Mr. Amos Wither.?, registering himself, his wife, daughters and Misa Marshall, of the Queen City, Lane knew at once that it was his friend of the dis mal dinner of nearly a year ago. Later that evening he met her in the h*ll, and was surprised at the prompt and pleas ant recognition which she gave him. It was not long before they were on the north piazza, watching that peerless view np the Hudson, and, finding that she had never been there before, and was enthusiastic in her admiration of the scenery, Lane took pleasure in pointing ! cut to her the various objects of interest that could be seen through the brilliant ! sheen of moonlight. And so, having ; made himself at once useful and enter taining, he finally went to his bed with a sensation of having passed rather a brighter evening than ho had known in a long, long time. On the following day Miss Marshall was in the hall reading when he came out from breakfast. She was waiting, ? she said, for Mi?. Withers to come down. The nurse was dressing the children. "I want to ask you something, Cant. Lane. I saw Mrs. Vincent just before I left home, and had a little talk with her. j She has always been ven- kind to mo. ! Did you over receive a letter she wrote j to you three ?r four weeks ago?" "I never did," said Lane. "Do yen : think that she did write to me?" "I know she did. Che told me so, and expressed great surprise that you had j accorded her no answer. She felt very sure of your friendship, and she was at j a loss to understand your silence. Al- j though I had only met you once or twice ! before I felt that'l knew yon sowcll thai 1 you could not refuse to answer a loiter j from so lovable a woman as she, and I i deemed it my duty to let you know what | she had told me. I am very giad now that I did so." "Is she at horno?" asked Lane, eagerly. \ "She was when 1 left, but they were ! expecting to go to the mountains. Mrs. 1 Nod seems to be drooping a little. The i treatheris very warm there already, rs you know, and the doctor has advised that both ladies go up to Deer Par1.:. Mrs. Noel doesn't wish to go, as it takes her so far from hf- husband; but. as he was able to get there quito frequently when they were there before, I see no reason why ho should not be abler to join them every week now." "Was he fchero frequently when they were there before?" a ??e ! Lane, ah old, dull pain gnawing at his heart. "He was there three or four times to my knowledge during <>:ir stay, but of course his visits were very brief: he came generally Saturday and wentaway . ? at midreglil Sunday." I will r.nd telegraph to Mrs. Vin cent. ;:?-? ? be I will go and seo bor: and 1 thank you wry much. Mis:, Mar- ? shall.** ?rom Mrs. Vincent ih res]? >nse <?> the or.o seht almost immediately after rats < convers?t ion. "If ?iossible. coir?*? h?i? ' greatly desire to see you. Wire an swer." . What could it mean? By the first train on the following morning he left for New York, and was far on his way to the Queen City when sunset came. Arriving there, he went first to the old hotel, and, after changing his dress and removing the stains of tra\Tel, for the first time since his mem orable visit of October he mounted the broad stone stops and asked to see Mrs. Vincent. She came down almost in stantly, and Lane was shocked to see how she had failed since their last meet ing. Years seemed to have been added to her age; her hair was gray; the lines in her gentle, patient face had deepened. She entered, holding forth both hands, but when she looked into his eyes her lips quivered and she burst into tears. Lane half led, half supported her to a chair, and, drawing one to herside, spoke soothingly to her. For a few momenta she could not speak, and when sho did he checked her. "Oh, you too liavo aged and suffered! and it ?3 all our doing?all our doing!" sh* moaned, as her tears burst forth anew. "Never mind my crow's feet and gray' hairs, dear lady," he said. "It is high time I began to show signs of advancing age. Then, too, I am just up from a siege of mountain fever." "Was that the reason you did not answer?' she presently aJked. "I never got your letter, Mrs. Vincent. When was it mailed?' "About the 10th of May. I remember it well, because?it was just after Mabel and Capt. Noel got back from their tour. " "Pardon me, but did you post it your self?' "No. The postman always takes my letters. I leave them on the little table in the vestibule." "Where any one can see them?' "Yes; but who would touch my let ters?' Lane did not know, of course. He was only certain that nothing from Mrs. Vincent had reached him during tho past siz months. "Capt. Lane," she said, at last, "I j want you to tell me the truth. Just af- ? ter Mabel's marriage I heard that a story was in circulation to the effect that it was your money that enabled Mr. Vin cent to tide over the crisis in his affairs a year ago. It was even said that yon had sold property at a loss to supply him with means; and some people in society are so cruel as to say that Mabel's trous seau was actually purchased with your money, because it had never been re paid. I know that Mr. Vincent often spoke of his obligation and gratitude tc you; Tell me truly and frankly, Capt. Lane, did you give my husband money: Is this story true?* "I never gave Mr. Vincent a cent." "Oh, I am so thankful! We have been the means of bringing such sorrow tc you" "I beg you, make no reforence to that, Mrs. Vincent. Neither your honored husband nor you have I ever thought in the least responsible. And as for this other matter, you have been misin formed." "What cruel, reckless stories people tell! It hurt me terribly; and then when no answer came to my letter I felt that probably there was something in it, and that you were hiding the truth from me. Mabel heard it, too, but she said that Capt. Noel investigated it at once and .found that it was utterly false. I could not be satisfied until I had youx own as surance." "And now you have it," he said, with a smile that shone on his worn face anci beamed about his deep set eyes like sun shine after April showers. "You are go-1 ing to be advised now, are you not, and seek change and rest in the mountains?" "We meant to go this week, but Mrs. Paterson, of Philadelphia, is urging us tc spend the summer with her at the sen shore, where she has a roomy cottage. Sho is a cousin of Captain Noel's, and was an intimate friend of Mabel's at school That was where my daughtei first heard of him. Oh, I wish-?] wish*' And here once more Mrs. Vincent's tears poured forth, and it was some time before sho could control herself. At last the captain felt that he must go. It wa3 now his purpose to leave town a3 as he could attend to one or two matters of business. "Shall I not see you again?" she asked, as he rose to take his leaw. "I fear not," he answered. "There is nothing to require more than an hour 01 two of attention here, and then I shall seek a cooler spot for a few weeks' rest, then back to the regiment." "But we?that is, I heard you had three months* sick leave." "Very true; bat I only need one, and I am best with my troop." "Tell me," she asked, "is it true that there is trouble brewing again among the Indians?at San Carlos, isn't it?' "There seems to bo bad blood among them, and no doubt disaffection; but if sufficient troops are sent to tho agency and to scout around the reservation they can be held in check." "But I have been told that j-ou have too small a force to watch them. I wish ? you were not going back; but it is like you, Capt. Lane." And so they parted. He saw and heard and asked nothing of Ms whilom fiancee. He did not wish to see her husband. He meant to have left town that very even ing, after brief consultation with a real estate agent whom ho had had occasion to employ in his service; but even as ho j was stowing his traveling "?dt" in a J roomy leather bag there came c knock at j his door and there entered a man in plain i civilian dress, who motioned the bellboy j to clear out. and then held forth a photo- : graph: "Capt. Lane, is that your man Tain tor?" That is certainly like the man," was Lane's answer, after careful inspection. "Have you got him?' "No, sir. We had Mm. and took Capt. Noel to f-ee him, and the captain said there was some mistake. He wears Ir's hair and beard different now; but we know where he is, at least where he was up t.) yesterday. lie left his lodgings at noon and. took a bag with him, as though he meant to be away a few days. He does copying and typewritings and man- . ages to get along and support a good looking young v. : a who passes as his wife. That's wha: we think brought him back here last wint ." "Why didn't you take some of :ho re cruiting party to see Mm? They could j identify bini." "All the old men that were with you] ;?re gone. sir. it's a new lot entirely. ? They said the serg: aar couldn't get along with the captain at ali, and they were sent away." "Where's the woman who kept the lodging house for the party?' "She's g;>no, too. sir. They moved iway last winter because Capt. Noel gave i;t ; :;?'. of the town. We let the thing ?lide for c?i'?C while.; but when the d:".'f H?*ai a 1 ? . voir had arrived in tow:: ' you could sec him, but he had skipped. ! Was there any way he could have heard ; you were coming?" j "No. I telegraphed from West Point to Mrs. Vincent. She was the only one : who knew." ; "Beg pardon, sir, but isn't that Capt. Noel's iaother-in-law? The captain lives j there, I think." Lane turned sharply and studied the j man's face. A question was at his very tongue's ead?"You do not suppose he could have given warning?"?but he stifled it, his lips compressing tight. "If you think he has gone because of my coming I will leave on the late train, as I purposed, and you can wire to me when he returns. Then keep him shad owed until I get here." And with this understanding they parted, Lane going at ooce to a cool re sort on one of the great lakes. Four days later came the dispatch ho looked for, and accompanied by two detectives Lane knocked at the indicated doorway one bright, sunshiny afternoon within forty-eight hours thereafter. A comely young woman opened the door just a few inches and inquired what was wanted. "Mr. Graves was not at-home." He certainly would not have been in a minute more, for a man swung out of the third story window and, going hand by hand down the con venient lightning rod, dropped into the arms of a waiting officer, and that night the forger and deserter spent behind the bars in the Central station. The identi fication was complete. Lane was to appear and make formal charge against him the following morn ing. Going down to an early breakfast, he picked up one of the great dailies at the news stand, and, after taking his seat at table and ordering a light repast, he opened the still moist sheet The first glance at the head lines was enough to start him to his feet. "Indian Out break." "The Apaches on the War Path." "Murder of Agent Curtis at San Carlos." "Massacre of a Stage Load of Passengers." "Captain Rawlins, Elev enth cavalry, a victim." "Horrible Atrocities." "Troops in Pursuit." It was the old, old story briefly told. Warnings disregarded; official reports of the neighboring troop commanders pooh-poohed and pigeon holed by func tionaries of the Indian bureau; a sud den, startling rush of one body upon the agent and his helpless family; a simul taneous dash from the other end of the reservation upon the scattered ranches in the valley; a stage coach ambushed; a valued old soldier butchered in cold blood. There was no more thought of breakfast for Lane. He hurried to the telf graph office, thence to the police sta tion, thence to an attorney whom he was advised to employ, and by noon he was whirling westward. "No laggard he" when the war cry rang along the blazing border. [ ss continued j WASTED WORK ON ROADS. Unintelligent Expenditure of" Time and 5Ioney Xot at All Unusual. An article in The Boston Congrega tionalist says: The season is at hand when repairs will need to be made on the roads and highways. There has been great im provement in this direction during the past twenty years in the older states, but there is room for more. Comparatively few fully realize the advantage of good roads. If the farmers who have to use the highways a good deal could be made to understand the great gain in having hard roads free from mud in winter and spring over which they could haul full loads at any season of the year they cer tainly would be more ready to tax them selves for this object. A very loose way of looking after the roads prevails in many towns. Men are chosen, or appointed, highway supervi sors who arc not at all fitted for the po sition. The money put into the hands of such men is not economically expend ed. In some towns, where there are many miles of roads and the appropria tion small, little more is done than to plow out the gutters and pick off. the stones in the spring, and then leave all until another year, when the process is repeated. In some cases the loam is thrown in from the sides of the road, only to make the traveling worse every time it rains. The great fault with tho roads tu coun try towns is that they have not been built properly. In many cases even the loam has not been taken off, and in some cases no gravel has been carted on. Such roads cannot, in the nature of the case, ever be good until they are made over. It costs a good deal to make a road prop erly, but ia many cases it is more profit^ able in the long run to have it so made/ In some towns it is difficult to get good gravel or stone for road building, but where there is plenty of good material there can be no excuse for not having good roads. In making a road all loam should be taken out to a depth of a foot and a half or two feet, after which there should be a foot or more of quite largo stone put in over tho whole of the dug- out space, with drains of stone to carry off the water; then finer stone to within two or three inches of the height required, and that may be covered with fine crushed stone or the best of gravel. Such a road will last a great many years and bo in good condition at all seasons of the year. Such roads are ex pensive in the start, but will requiro few repairs. Tho sooner tho American peo ple come to appreciate and learn to build good roads the bettor. Those who have traveled in the older countries come home full of the praises of the roads. No money is letter spent and none will go further to give a town a good reputa tion than that which is used in construct ing and maintaining good roads. ITebreTr, InraeHto and Jew. Our bromi national distinction gave us the name Israelite in the time of our an- ! ci eut greatness, a greatness to which all ? people may at Home time in the long fut- j ure rise, and then we may again, to- ? gether with all God fearing people, adopt the name of Israelite. Before our an cestors were, in a national sense. Israel ites they were Hebrews, a name which was and is today a race distinction. The word Jew is a. narrow name in use for our separate religions distinction. Nothing I could bo plainer tous. Hebrew refers to the race, Israelite refers to the nation, ' Jew to the religion.?Hebrew Journal. ? Ou?r Way of Eating Hay. A list of military sentences recently : made public in Paris contains this pen- j ?;:<.y, adjudged upon a cavalryman: ; "Trooper -is sentenced to four days , in the guard house for having cruelly ; struck his horse while it was earing hay ; with a pitchfork *' Perhaps French horses may take on 1 A BENEFIT-. ALL AROUND. Good Conntry Roa<?s as Necessary'for tho City Man as for the Farmer.* T?a.? common road is to the farm?ra ! part of the machinery of commerce. It j bears a marked mechanical relation to ' ' the farm wagon, and to the power by j j which the wagon is moved?the same re ! lation that a steel rail bears to the ra? ! way car and to the l omotive. The j wagon and the car are alike in many es ! sential points, subject under similar con ditions to the same rules of cause and effect; and when both are nsed upon the hard steel rails of the railway track they resemble each other in the efficient results which they severally attain. But the common road is the track upon which the wagon is designed to roll, and it has the samo claim to tho respectful considcratioa and intelligent treatrneat of its owner?the publie?as ere aocord ed to the railway by its owner?the rail I way corporation. In the maintenance j of the railway track it ?j found that the two conditions of smoothness and hard ness are indispensable to the economical j management of business. They save time, power, money. They enable the railway company to carry grain from Chicago to Is ew York for twenty cents per hundred pounds, and make a hand some p fit by the operation. These two conditions of - smoothness and hardness make up the essential difference between the railway track and the farmer's highway; not that it is urged that the common road can be made to fully rival the railway track in point of efficiency, but as regards the power required to move the millions tons of produce which are annually hauled over miles of country roads. It can.be so largely diminished by the use of smooth and hard roads that the wis dom of the railway corporation would be demonstrated to every farmer by an object lesson in which he could find both interest and profit. A good road is always good, independent of the weather. The average conntry road is intermittent in- its condition; in sym pathy with tho caprice of sun and storm; a streak of disturbed soil, fringed by weeds and crowded by fences. It ab sorbs with irksome slowness the forty odd inches of annual rainfall which falls upon its surface, and for weeks at a time is useless for any of the substantial pur poses of travel or traffic. In summer it is flocculent, impalpable, powdery; in winter, soluble, sticky and soft It is condemned by our own experience and shamed by comparison with the roads of other countries. It is maintained 1 y a system which every enlightened coun try of Europe has long since condemned and discarded as extravagant and unfit for the purposes of modern civilization. To carry on the business of agriculture these roads in their present condition re quire the farmers of the state of New York alno to maintain permanently the sum of $65,000,000 invested in farm j horses, of which at least 30 per cent, could be saved by the use of properly constructed highways. Add to this sun: a fair estimate for the saving of help, time, wagons and harness, and the in creased value of fanning lands which always follows the construction of good roads, and the conclusion is easily reached that the cost of improved roads, as shown by the experience of other countries, would be profitablo for the people of today and a lasting legacy to future generations. But if good roads aro a benefit co the farmer it must not bo forgotten that they are also in a great degreo important and valuable to the cities as well. The increased cost of hauling produce over bad roads is added to the ultimate mar ket price, and is paid in the end by the consumer. The certainty of good roads the year round insures the uniformity of supply, enlarges the farming territory which contributes to the homo market, and increases the business of town and country. The enhanced value of rural property under tho influence of better roads tends to equalize assessments and lighten the proportionate share of the cities in tho pigment of state tases. The manufacturer and tradesman are di rectly benefited by the maintenance of good roads, and every citizen who uses these roads. To the farmer of New York state they would cost scarcely anything. Indeed, if a balance were to bo ''struck*' be tween tho expense aud the income the cost would be less than nothing. In the state of New York the farmers are pecu liarly fortunate. They pay a compara tively small portion of tho state taxes; and in the improvement and mainte nance of the principal roads under a gen eral state law the farmers' contribution would be exceedingly light. It has been proposed to raise the sum of $10,000,000 by a state loan, payable in seventeen years and ata low rate of interest, and to devote the entire sum to the improve ment ?f the country roads. This would be sufficient to construct an average of fifty miles of splendid roads in every county of the'state, and the entire year ly assessment upon a farm of tho value of ?10,000-' would be less than $2. Leaving out of the'question the great advantages which such roads would give to the farmer in the carrying on of his business, it will be seen that an in crease of only 1 per cent, in the value of any farm would amount to more than double the entire tax levied upon tho farm for the purposes of this improve ment. The reason for all this lies far the ; fact that about So per cent, of all this , exoenso would be paid by the cities. ( Tffey will, naturally, in some cases ob- , ject to this proposition, but the stock arguments which lia ve been used by the < cities to oppose state roads have given { way to the views of liberad statesmen in . other countries as they will hi this. In , France the principal roads, those model , roads from which ail the world might . take pattern, are made and maintained j by the general government, and from'tho . day of their completion these roads have added to the wealth and thrift and hap piness of th? whole nation. Any legis lation, then; which tends to improve the country roads is directly in the interest . of tho ?urmer, though in a general sense j of benefit to the entire state.?Address , by Isa*e B. Potter. Thv Force of Example. A few days since a man living ::n the west wanted to pay off a grudge against . a neighbor without any risk to himself, and placed a dynamite cartridge in a sheaf of wheat. The cartridge was dis covered before it went into the thrasher, and no one was hurt. This suggested .? an idea to an Ohio coward, who tried the j t same plan, and succeeded in blowing up j . the machine, burning the barn and in juring several men, but killing no one. f If bad examples were as slowly followed as good what a fine thing it would be.? ; Detroit Tree Press. Reasonable Suggestion. , "Why do they publish so many dialect ; stories In the magazines?" ; ? "Because it saves the proof reader th? rouble of correcting the.spelling."--? Puck. -_??.-?- - . ._ .. ? - SM LITTLE HENNIE'S WILD RUN. A Chicago Boy's Thrilling Experience M* Part of a Cable Car System. Little Henry Altenberg, who lives' with his parents at the. corner of West Madison street and Western avenue,' Chicago, nearly lost his life as the re-" suit of a scientific experiment which he* had carried beyond the bounds of per-" sonai safety. Since the new street car cable on" Madison stree t has been running cldV dren have discovered that a strong cut-" rent of air is continually working down' through the slit in the road. Acting on1 this discovery many of them have amused themselves tying a piece of paper at one end of a string and an o?d tomato* can or eimilar article at the othey. Los ing the piece oi paper on the elit, f?t?jr soon had the satislaeiricu of seeing it dis appear under grounA, where the string became wound around the cable, and fax1 a moment or two their delight would' be intensified by seeing the tomato can1 go rattling down the street. Little Henry Altenberg, however, is] of a reflective turn, and he figured it oat" that if he tied a rope around his waist' he would be able to stop the cable when* the slack et ine line would be hauled" taut, as the Lake mariners say. Other] boys might fatten cans to the creeping cable, but such divertissement Was too* tame for him. Running np to his mother's rooms at* 803 West Madison street, he quietly and: without ostentation took the cord from" the family bed. Fastening it about-h?s" middle he tied to the other end a piece" of paper. Running down into the street' he dangled the paper into the cable tun-* nel. His scientific ideas had been weir conceived. The currents of air that' swished down the dark passage whirled* the paper about until the rope wound' round and round the cable. Then his* wild career began. Men, women and children, and tW West End gentlemen who wear silk hats* and sack coats simultaneously, were soon" awe stricken at the figure the boy was* cutting. He pranced down the track: like a yearling colt around a blue grass" pasture. Eis soiled shirt fluttered in the" breeze and his hat flew off. But he did" net stop to pick it up. He couldn't. He" gripped the rope that so closely identified: him with tho cable system and sped on*" and on. Then he lifted up his voice/ swelled his lusty lungs and yelled wi*ld~C ly. People generally shouted, "Heyf* at him, and several thoughtful ones^. asked him if it hurt much, but he onfjT galloped on. He was devoting his whofe' thought to the scientific investigation be?' was conducting at such a rapid gait and* with such flattering success. He had started up at Leavitt street at* 3:10 p. m. At 2:12 he flashed by Hoyne? avenue. At 2:18i he had gathered speed: and was cantering across Seeley avenue. At 2:14 two men, seeing the boy's pre-" dicament, rushed out to bear him on his** way. One of them tried to jerk the rope* away,* but could not. Then they began"" to call foi knives. There was a dearth: of knives along Madison street just then*"' and none was forthcoming. More men joined in the exciting chase, but HennteT led them all by several laps. Soon the* intense excitement of the situation wasv beginning to tell on him, when at 2.144?" he made Robey street, and he was pant-"" ing for breath. Still men' shouted and: women screamed. The boy joined in*1 and swelled the high refrain. But he" could not break away, and, though re-* luctantly, he madly sped on. The end came finally. A. E. Allen, an* employe in a paint store, rushed into ths* street with a huge knife, the only one! available along Henni e's entire right of way, and trotting along by the boy's" side hacked the rope in twain. Hennie*" fell exhausted in his arms, and the thrill-? ing scene was over. Several hundred: people stood gaping at the boy who had" made such a sensation and tenderly in quired if he were hurt. But he disdain-" fully answered. "Naw!*' Then' a big blue backed prefect of police put the boy under arrest. He was released presently,* and silently stole away to' his home.?~ Cor. St. Louis Republic Ganiir.g for a Man's Lif>." Before the war a man was on trial bai Laoderdale county for murder. The circumstantial ?vidence against the man was very ctrong, and when the jury re tired and took a baDot the result was six for conviction and six for acquittal. It remained this way* ter two days and' nights, neither side shoving any disposi tion to change their minds. At last one,' of the jury, named Sihertooth, proposed'' a game of seven up between the oppos-" ing sides, one man to be selected from"; each side, and whoever won the losing' side was to stand by the result. This was agreed to, and Silvertooth. who was in favor of acquitting the pris-* oner, and another juror, who was strong-* ly in favor of conviction, commenced the' game. It was a hotly contested game/ and each j'?ror had scored six points' when it came Si: ^tooth's time to deaL: He shuffied the cards carefully and" dealt o?r the right number to each and then turned a jack, which made him win the game and which saved the prisoner's' life. The six who were for conviction voteci with the other six for acquittai and the prisoner was discharged from1 -rustody.?Atlanta Constitution. Whitewash as a Disinfectant.' The value of whitewash in destroying* infection Iras been investigated by a doc-' tor of the Pisa university. He tried the' experiment on the microbes of cholera," typhoid, carbuncle and tuberculosis. Portions of the walls of a room were in-" feted " with the various microbes and" covered with a coat of whitewash, the* room being closed hermetically for twenty Tour hours. Tue doctor then' found that the whitewash effectually de-' rfrr?yixl the Choiera and typhoi v bacillus.* trat the microbes of the other diseases* mrvived several repeated" applications.' ?New York Telegram. Ills Father's Old Teeth. Little James had been imparting to' he toinister ?be important and cheerful nformation that his father had got a' iew set of false teeth. ''Indeed; James"-" replied the minister ndulgently. "And what will he do" idth the eld set?" "Oh. I s'pose,'* replied little James, they'll cut *eui down and make mo' -rear 'em."?"Sew York Ledger. TU od er Success. Levelhead?Ther:- goes the writer of he latest successful novel?one that 'vorybody ir; going crazy over; millions' >f copies sold. Friend?That man? He doesn't look" is if he had a particle of genius.' Levelhead ? lie hasn't. ? New York" Weekly._ Enjoyed l?. Too, Probably. "Yon don't seem well tins morning?** Iv ?. ? lay insensible for eight hours ' Goctlncfs gracious! What was the "l\v<:s :??hvp." -('letter.