:4 10 M OWN. fir Y.finiv r. nhmw. ,fI'lM hid In his hollow tree, ft f In lu 'ng. soft tall; I nniiKifl-'d ttx smiir OHO bo ""'neHtli t l,o old fence rt; riptii In only a Imimli of flown ekut tli npolilnff bnipb 5cir't find wo In the town, , (ioiiy-b'y, limb. ' -J "'iiiii vBO s:n In n velvet bull Hi. t! dead wmp Rtnnn Vortkv iho fro.wn wnterfull Irfr-Miid oft ot the bints; ' ililck "f the erounil nnd air - 1 In hni "i ib-op , the at ,,lu f,relK1,t Inlrt Ihouey-boy, ulciop. Irlud rnmpe. wllh the whirling " 1-f I,... trnei nrunt nboiit; (.(.'j'ld fH'l lire n boil -for no, T I! I'm.; th nil Is OUt V " . i i t. . I I. more ti?M nnHiji.TKiu icu.it. is "'Kii-kin'n aw llRhl. '1 m jo hiioiv and tho front nnd torm, nut, .It tnnV-OiiV. ITtlllil-n IKin HIM-S -a-.tHTilnv EvonlUK fuel. mt , ,rnvl'K V;,- ir"kn' , W IStWOTS STORY. t332 30000OO0O30OO0O HUTU is impa tient imil the twelve woary mouths Hi at had crept by sinoo I had possod my trying examina tion and been admitted to tho bar peemed an to. I hired a oozy littlo baildiuff tilled with scores ieot law firms. After ar It wetl-stooked library, I I new sign among the rest I tot my clients to appear. ' ecame sad trial of pa- :lic :t m tho niaoy brilliant lights ot !'Sy own name passed un- U' li' t u'ler day, and mouth after attended tho courts or Itj.ie timo in perusing cole m,il oases. . Like Micawbar, I li. l-lg for something to turn up. 1 vcapital with which I had '"'"'as dwindliuu away it an ltut ?ace and, as yet, 1 saw no 'jBaaant afternoon Stanley ij'u fouui; lawyer, who, like my- t inwiliingly idle, dropped iu leoiJ- ; o:jnews, Jack?' ho asked, oa . .: h ihfli as usual," I replied, do ,e,y. "I've a notion to pack '""'wilderness for a few weeks. CO'ir- h,nrn nnil lliln a 100 Maid, carelessly, chance ucciuaint- rspeot of picking u,: return. rot.Biid was about to reply, nv t:ffo came n low tup at the i it ' ' Intil ( in," Ij ntroi-'it soim .l 1 bs::)001. Op0nd my heart gavo a lWi.Iicl. . I felt that mv lone- ; clionc had arrived at last. I'hiit m visitor's appearance. m,; middlo-aged man, dressed Sstuiiie, and with u seeming- atnred fnoe. Most mon e set him down at ouco as a 11(J! 4-heartod individual; but I ,D0,tfy constant attondanco at Hc'ts had 'taught mo much. Ivim I something underlying his (,.r:. and obsequions manner lily i me distrust him. rks-U Mr. Burns?" ho asked, Mi; , in the nflirmalivo and re- " bergoucy." jit way tan I uo of service ?" hui. U be seated. Stanley io iu nt that momeut, nnd the ' jontiuned: ''' jimo i Bron-u, sir Marliu ; jL-j have called upon you iu a I fr i ii'-i. ''"it tend, who is iu a dying oon )ri1(ihos you, to draw up a will mp-f ' ... my ltut nud liurricdly fol ,lllrlj visitor; In tho elegantly uroom of a hotel wo found rni i ii.-lto tli'i heavily darkened it pulJ distinguish nothing of oHe. lie lay with his face crpl .Ward the wall, and in feeble """ btted thi. terms ir hij will. J'litcp. V pliahed tiy task to his satis Bd plse-jd the document bo ;(;to flign, As ho did so I ' pi"BeP & scar ruuning across am! P h'8 hni1- Tho wllolB ' ,bir!man'sFroPcfly uniimueuHO b(i he way was loft to his dear rVi ;rtin iirowu. Mfthe servants had boon oalled loss the signuturo, and every- ... performed aocordiugto law. ., Ilia house tho smiling Mr. ,iud .'d me my fee. It was a ourrammyit the more so from i A 'hat Mv. .Brown was soan to tte'iwoallliy; The man's wily lb' o, whil,, his friend lay at the fleath R.ukuted mo, and I was kiwirry a .vay. 0n my return I 1 tk Jcy, an 1 1 iu answer to hia in- related tho ciroumstancos. ZW'1? ,iBw." Iw oxolaimed, luk tly. "I'd uevcr believe it -"ppearanco." linearly week afterward that dy, Urwsed in deep mourn- d upou me. This time I had lealtty. j HUe WM not more J nty, but her beautiful face offilli imPro,Hof deep grief. In a ,flH aha ttatod her business, f the names until sho had Utf.Wy Wttt as olIowg. Tni.oe rJ- "nolo had left home ol V iu! 3 .n tha nitv l, i..i . WT 111 au't died. Hhehad jJuo HMormation of tho fact P i.tivo was buried, f-iaii t: strangest part of the 'nva l. .... .. , .ht s"10 hBlre". f ttl 1 iii the oitv. iiowo,. own a will drawn up "U hia death-bod, in entire property to .liC I B"J1U inif !i H ti Cd j iff oeive of uo roasou for ft, and, distrusting xugui out a lawyer unaonuaintad witb r distinguished law '8 gold sign had been her eye, and no she "The case certainly look suspi cious," I remarked. "I think I will be able to make a fight in your behalf. Now, will yon kindly famish mo witb the names of these parties?" "My nncle, sir, was Andrew Thnr her. . His friend calls himself Martin Brown." Involuntarily my pen dropped from my ftiirprisod Rogers. It was the very will I had drawn up myself. She turned pale as I related tho cir cumstances and arose to leave. "I see I have mailo an awkward mistako in calling upou you," she said, sadly. "Wait one momeut," I replied, qniekly. "This Martin Brown is o total strangor to me. If he lias been engaged in an act of villainy I shall not shield him." We entered into a close conversa tion, nt tho end of which I said, cou Hdontly: "Leave tho caso to me. If I fail il shall be through no fanlt of mine." She accepted my offor with thankr and loft me, thiuking docply. During the interview I had loarnod that the deceased had no scar upou his right hand. Now, certain of vil lainy in tho affair, I set to work dili gently to find it out. Working cautiouuly, I found tho man who had lain the body out for burial. From him I learned that bo had performed his task on the morn ing of Jnne 23, just ten hours before I was oalled upon to draw up the will. The will had been already ofterod for probate, so there was no time to bo lost. Andrew Thurber's body was disin terred and tho contents of the stom aoh analyzed. It was found to con tain poison. By some moans tho sly wretch got wind of my movements and attempted to fly. At that moment the detective; seized him. Coafronted by the terri ble proofs, he made a full confession. Before his trial came off he euded his lifo by swallowing n quantity ol tbo same deadly poison with which he had killed his victim. Miss Thnrbor mot with no furthct obstacles in regaining her rights. Somothing still more important hap pened to ine from my connection with tho case. I wooed and won tho beau tiful girl for my wife. As Stanley Ferris reniarkod afterward, I "gainod fame and fortune- with a rush." Ilia Nrliomn to Win a (ilrl. "Ho was a good fellow," said he, "but young and without much capital. Tho girl was a beauty and loved tho boy, hut the father objected, and de manded that tho boy show that he was capable of supporting u wife. This was iu St. Louis about ten years ago, nnd tho boy camo to mo with his troubles. '"Never mind,' said I. 'I'll fix it np all righl. By the way, how much will you take for your right leg?' " Ho looked ntmo ns though I wore crazy, but made no answer. " 'I'll give you 810,001) for it,' suid I. 'Will vou take it?' " 'No. I won't,' said ho. 'What do yon take mo for?' "Well, 1 Knew the guTs lather; he was a merchant, uud I called to seo him. Wo dually drifted around to talking about this young follow, nud tho old man flared a little, stating that ho wauted some ouo who could sup port a wife to have his daughter. 'support a wife, said I, in sur prise; 'why, ho certainly can do all that, i Only a few days ago he rofused $10,1)00 for a piece of propurty.' His owu property? asked the father. 'Cortaiuly ,' said I. "'Who offered him tho money?' asked he. " 'I did, nnd he rofused it,' I an swered. 'He claimed it was worth more.' "Well, this made a hit, nud no more questions were asked. The boy is doing well now, and has a good family. I haven't spoken to tho father since." Washington Times. TERRIBLE BOER RIFLES. BRITISH SERCEANTS CRAPHIC NAR. RATIVE OF BULLER'S FIRST ROUT. A Newnboy'ii Rermun. He was working his way through a crowded car, otleriug his papers iu every direction iu a way that showed him well used to the business and of a temperament not easily daunted. The train started while he was mak ing change, and the conductor, pass ing him, laughed. "Caught this time, Joe!" he said. "You'll have to run to Fourteenth street." "Don't cire,"' laughed Joo, iu ro tnrn. "I cau sell all tho way back agtin." A while haired old gentleman seemed interested iu the boy, nnd questioned him oou3cruing his way of living and his earnings. There was a youngor brother to bo supported, it seemed. "Jimmy" was lame, uud "oouldn't earn much hisself." "Ah, I see! That makes it hard you could do better alone." The shabby little figure was eroet iu a moment, nud the denial was prompt and somewhat indignant. "No, I couldn't! Jim's somebody to go homo to he's lots of help. Whut would bo tho good in bavin' luck if nobody was glad, or of gittiu' things if there' was nobody to divide with?" "Fourteenth street!" callod the con ductor, and as tho newsboy plunged out into tho gathering dusk the old geutlemau remarked, to nobody in particular: "I've heard many a worse sermon than that." Forward. Sclontmo Jail llreakliiK. Throe prisoners effected their oscapo from the county jail at JIuutsville by making a holo through a sandstone wall. Tlu men are all white. Their names are Lee Chandler, charged with grand laroeny; Johu MoMuun, burg lary; Jake B. Levins, grand luroeuy. The prisoners were in the same cell on the ground floor of the old jail. They evidently had an accomplice on the outside who furnished them with a cord or more of stove wood. The thvee men burned a. fire against the sutidstoue wall, and while it was very hot dashed cold water against, it. This crumbled the sandstone to Band and soou made a hole big enough for a yearling calf to walk through. New Orleans Times-Demoorat. J IiUli Ailvloe. "Nevurbo critical upon the ladies," was the maxim of au old Irish peer, remarkably for his homage to the aex. "The only way that a true gentleman ever will attempt to look at the faults of pretty woman is to shut Lis eyes. " -Oollier'i Weekly. V rho Night Bfor the Battle The Flrlt Ahell end the Horrors That Followed the Sioond All Hey ITniler the Boert' Fire Terrors of Thlrnt. A y EBOEANT ALFRED MILLS, of the First Battalion of Royal lljj Dnblin Fusiliers, who were in the rout of General Bnller's forces at Tngola River on Deoember 15, writes to his pnrents of Ottawa, Canada, giving some details of that battle. He says: "My Dear Mother I have beeu in ray first battle and bow 1 am going to describe tho horrors of it to you I don't know. The night bofore the battle we were all served out with ex tra ammunition so that each man could go into aotiou with 150 rouuds. At the same time our commanding of ficer told us tho Irish Brigade were to attempt to cross Tngela River in the morning and would try to turn the enemy's loft Hank. Ho asked me to tell the men to keep up the honor ol the old regiment. Reveille was sounded at 2.30 that morning, nnd shortly after our brigade was on the march toward tho Boer position, which was ou very high hills on the other side of tho Tugols. The river is about thirty to fifty yards wide and the Boers hail it one mass of barbed wiro entanglements. The Irish Brig ade advanced to with 1500 yards of tho river in quarter column and halted, but shortly after were ordered to odvanno another 500 paces. All the commandiugtofneers wanted to extend their battalions, but General Hart wouldn't have it, nnd so, much against their will, we started to advance again in qnarter eolumu. "Thero was a square burnt patch iu front of us. After we had gouo a lit tle way, and when we came near it, tho first Boer shell burst right in tho centre of it. This did not do any harm, as it was only intended to find the range. Tho next shell, however, camo a few socouds later, and before we had time to extond, burst right in the middle of my company and knocked oyer two whole sections. I was on tho right of tho company. Sec tions two and three got tho shell. I escaped. I looked around after it burst nnd was nliiiost overcome with horror whon I snw two of my com rades with thoir heads blown clean off, aud the romniuder of two sections lying on the ground mauglod. As soon as the effect of tho shot was seeu by the oncmy, their riflo fire com menced. They had all the nnt hills marked white to give them the ran go and as we were oil a broad opon plain our men began to drop fast. "Although bullets, sholl, shrapnel, case shot and machine explosive bul lets were flying around us, wo still kept advancing. Tho wholo battalion was extended in tiring line by this time with our tbroo companies of the first battalion iu tho most exposed posi tion. The)Boors had burnt all the grass in front of their position, so tho black ground would show up our khaki uui lorina. We kept making short rushes of about one hundred yards eaoh, firing a few volleys from timoto timo, until we arrived within n couple of hundred yards of the enemy. We could not very well advauoj much farther ou account of the rivor being between us and tho enemy. Ibwas at this short rango where n great many of our boys fell. Lying on the bare ground they could be easily seeu by tho Boors. "I managed to got bohiud a small tuft of grass aud by shoving my head well into the ground when the Boor fire became too hot I was not hit, but with all ray sohemiug thero were thou sands of ballots that almost came with in range of my retreat. As balls be gan to rain thicker some went between my legs, somo under my arms as I lay fuoe down, nud more just missed my head by an inch or two. Once I put out my hand and got a bullet betwobii my fingers. Another time, without realizing what marks they were for the Boer aim, I had crawled behind one of tho ant heaps when a man of the EnuiBkillen Fusiliers shouted. 'For God's sake, get away from that nnt heap!' I crept oft'. A raomont later a Bhrapuel shell struck tho heap and blew it to atoms, killing aud wounding seven or eight meu who hud crawled up bohiud it. I fired 140 rounds, but hadn't tbo satisfaction ot seeing any of my shots take effect, as the Boers were completely uudcr cover iu thoir trenches. "To add to the horror of the battle, 'twas a buruiug hot day.- The sweat poured out ot us like rain. Tho thirst was harder to endure than the enemy's fire. I lost my water bottle in the dark bofcre going out in tho morning, nnd was so thirsty when my mouth was filled with dust I could not spit it out. My only thought was where I would get tho bullet when it came. I was certain I could not possibly got back without being hit. One young fellow of the Euuiskillou Fusiliers, who was lying besido ine, got so thirsty that he raised himself up from the ground to driuk, saying to me, 'I can't stand this, chum; I must havo a drink.' He had tho driuk, lay down again, and was - instantly shot dead. As he rolled over be cried: 'Oh! Oh! Mother! Mother!' and died with the words on his lips. "Before I saw that youug fellow die aud hoard his last words, I was as cool as if I were only on a field day at Aldershot; but when his last mourn ful cry reaohed my ears it made me think of you and all at home, aud it was with a heavy heart that I went ou fighting till we got the order to retire. Whilo we wore lying so near the eu omy, wo didn't oare a bit for the rifle bullets which do thoir work clean aud neat; but what did terrify us was tho shrapnel, case shot and explosive bul lets which were on our flanks. Every few seconds one ot those would go screeching over our backs, so close wo would involuntarily fool our bodies to see if we wero wounded, and every timo on looking to right or Jeft we would see fellows writhiug ia awful ugony from the effects of those whiz zing shots. Tho battlo lasted from 6 a. m. till 3 or 4 p. ru. Most of the infantry bad retired by noon. I did not hear the order to retire and was a good half hour lying with a dozen Counaught Rangers and Fusiliers in the firing line before we notioed the whole army on the right had retired. I then gave the order to fall back, al though I thought it certain death to stand op. Of us all, only four got out of range without being wounded ot killed. "All the horrible sights I had seeu up to this were nothing compared to what I observed as I retired. Every two or tbreo paces I would have to step over some poor follow, either killed or frightfully mangled. About four hundred yards from the river I found one man of my own section, named Dowling, and gave him a drink out of bis own bottle. Seeing the terrible wound he had I tried to carry Lira off the field. I called a sergeant of the socond battalion, who was near, to give me a hand. He has since beon mentioned in papers for it, but I havt not, though I sat half an hour under heavy fire with the wounded man till I got help to carry him off. "Shortly after I left Dowling in safe bands a forty-five-pound shell hit right under my feet. As good luck would have it, the thing didn't burst until it was well under ground. Tho shock flung me teu yards away, not hurting me in the least. Had it buret a socond sooner, it would havo blown me to atoms. Somo officers were su astonished to soe me come out alive, they gave a cheer when they saw m unhnrt. After that experience, I got safely back, and almost drowned my self when I came to water, I was &i thirsty. I had at once to act as color sergeant for C company. All theif sergeants were killed but oue, aud he was woundod." MEDICINE IN NEW YORK IN 1800. Dr. Carney Describee Quaint Iteinecllei and Idoei n Century Ann. At the last mooting of tho New York Historical Society Dr. Sydney H. Car ney, Jr., rend a paper ou "Tho Now York Medical Profession in 1800." There wore ninoty-four physicians in New York. in 1800. "They all used," Dr. Carnoy said, "that stair of medi cal propriety, a gold-headed cano." These canes formerly had within tho heads aromatic vinegar, whizh had its usos. "Small clothes," said Dr. Car ney, "were rapidly disappearing, nud pantaloons wero covering a mnltitudo of shins." Thero wero five medical schools in the United Statos in 1800, nt Columbia College, nt Philadelphia, Cambridge, Dartmouth aud Lexing ton, lly. Tho chair of chemistry in cluded study of tho natural bodies, sciontifio medicine, rational and ex perimental ngrioulturo and other things. "No doubt tho rational and experimental agriculturo instruction was duly appreciated by young medi cal men goiug to practico iu tha coun try," said tho doctor. In 1708 sixteoa doctors hero had lost their lives try ing to mitigato the 'sufferings caused by the plague. The pay of doctors at Bellovuo was then twenty shillings a tlpy. The hospital was thrco milos out of town. Tho propagation of disoaso by speci fic germs was not then a fact accepted by all. The yellow fever was brought hero from tho West Indies thou as now, and conditions here favored its spread. Yet a Philadelphia doctor writing to one of his Now York broth ers said: "Yellow fever, so long as the laws of nature endure, cannot bo imported, but is tho outgrowth of ex isting conditions." There has boen somo speculation among tue curious as to the prevalouce of gripes nt bodtimo among Now Yorkers of a hundred yenrs ugo. The romedy for this complaint prescribed by tho physicians was nutmeg aud brandy and the yolk of au egg to bo tukou before going to bed. For apoplexy, salt and cold water wero to be used, whoroupon tho patiout was "immediately to como to himself." A toothache remedy efficacious always with ono excoption iu tho practice of ouo physician was to cviiBh a lady bug between tho thumb aud forefinger and then to rub tho finger on tho gum aud tooth. Freshly crushod bugs wero rec ommended. For tho bite of a mad dog the prescription was au ounco of tho jawbone of tho dog, some colt's tonguo and a scruplo of verdigris, that taken from tho coppers of Goorgo I. nud George II. being preferred, of which compound a tcaspoonful n day was to be taken. It that failed to cure 180 grains of verdigris and half an ounce of calomol wore to bo given iu oco dose by a physician in person. If this still failed four graius of pure opium were given to thopatieut. This last was a eecret remedy so successful that early in the century the State Legislature bought the secret for $1000. For a visit tho foo charged was $1, for a visit aud a dose $1. 25. Pills were twelve conts. Doctors got $1 a mile for going out of town. It cost S3 to get one to Brooklyn and $10 to havo one visit Stateu Island. For bleeeiug a chargo of from $1 to $5 was made. Tadpoles figured iu the regimou ot that day to such au extent that it is said the people of Vermont iu a sea son of soarcity almost fattened on them. And one of Now York's famous physioiaus spent a part ot his time iu the study of the alimentary qualities of these tid-bits. New York Sua. Contraband or War. Many old stories are told with re gard to the difficulties iu detesting coutrfcbaud of war, but thero is an other sido to the question. Duriug the Franco-Prussian War a lady iu a carriage was stopped ca hor way through tho Prussian lines. A search was instituted to see wbother she had been playing tho spy or had suspicions papers. Nothing was found until the Prussians came to a oortaiu black box, which tho lady positively re fused to give up or allow to bo openod. Sho was told that she must. She refused, abused the soldiers as cowards and screamed loudly. Eventu ally the box was opened by force in spite of her resistance, and then it was found to be full of toilet acces sories contraband of the tournament of flirtation. She was passed on with apologies and smiles. The Space Horse Ute. By abolishing horses travel ia cities will not bo as congested owing to the saving in room now oooupiod by the horse. There aro approximately 200,. 000 horses used in New York Oity alone, and a horaoinoreases the length of a wagon by nine feet. Taking the average width occupied by a horse and shafts as two feot, it is seen that 200,000 borsea occupy about 3600 square feet. GOOD ROADS N0TE& 5 Co. Operation In Road Improvement. ONE ot the disadvantages un der which our farmers aro laboring is poor roads, says George C. Borck, of Michi gan. This being a sandy couutry, there is scarcely n timo during any part of the year that our roads are good. Something like five years ago, about twenty-five farmers camo to gether nnd offered to haul marl one day free it the township would allow them to take the marl from its bed. Tho township was willing, aud about twouty men volunteered to shovel and levol the marl, and so tho first half mile was laid. That road proved such a succoss that tho next year an other half mile was put down. This marl packed so hard and made such excellent bed for gravol that the farm ers donated $'2'i' and labor for about one-quarter mile ot gravel. This be ing putou iu what was always a wet placo it was spread about eight iuches thick. Next year S'iiiO was collected nnd about one-half mile was put down, spreading this only about four inches. This year only $100 was collected, but a quarter-milo-strip was put down, finishing tho mile started five years before. Besides this about half a mile of marl was put down ready for gravel next fall. This method of making a road is a good one, for if tho marl is once packed down and it gravel is then added the resulting roadbod is as hard as macadam. Next year tha town ship will try to raise $H00 for gravel it the farmers will pledge their labor toward getting it down, and now about a year boforo it is needed throe fourths of tho labor is promised. This shows what farmers cau do if their town is too poer to make good roads. This is tho sort ot co-oporation that pays. AutotnnlilllMi Intereateil. The first good roads moeting of tho Automobile Club at tho Waldorf-Astoria iu New York City was a success. The lata spoakors were Assemblyman J. A. Allds, Charles E. Himms, Jr., aud I. B. Potter. Old-timo workers for good roads declared the meeting oue of the most notablo they ever had attended, not ouly because of the uuiou of the cyclists and motorists, but on account of tho speakers being the most prominent authorities ou tho subject and their addresses being tilled with valuablo statistics. Asau exam plo of how tho tax would bo felt by tho couuties, Stuto Engineer Bond said that if tho State appropriated $500,000, with tho counties to make up the other $500,000, as tho law pro vides, this would menu for Westclie'i tor County tou cents on every $1000 worth of property, accordiug to tho valuation of 181)11. Albany County would havo to pay $'J0li5 on this basis, which is less tliau Westchester. A mile of macadam road costs about $8000, aud with $1,000,000 ono hun dred nnd twenty-live miles could bo built. This would bo a littlo more than two milos for each county if it was distributed that way. Thus, for iustance, Albany County for its $0005 would gut somewhat more than 31(1,01)0 worth of good roads. More thau thirty uew State roads have beeu laid out by cuginoers aud are now waiting for tho funds to be appropriated. tlooil ltoailfi anil Hail. Somo vuluable and suggostivo fuels and figures oro furnished by tho Chi cago Tribune on tho subject of tho cost of bad roads. It says that Maur ice E. Eldridge, of tho Department of Agriculturo, who has special chargo of tho office of Public Road Inquiries, has been collecting data as to the oost of hauling farm aud other product-) over American roads. Tho conclusion which he draws from tho replies to 10,000 letters of inquiry sent to reli able farmers uud teamsters iu tho United States is that tho average cost of hauling ono ton a distance of ono mile is twenty-five conts. For tho same amount of money a tou can be carried 200 miles by steamer aud fifty milos by rail. Evidently horso power or raulo powor is expensive But whilo it costs tho farmer of this couu try a quarter of a dollar to toain a tou or produce ono milo, it costs European farmers ouly 5.8 ceuts. The latter havo bard, smooth aud comparatively level roads, which ouu bo travolod iu all kinds of weathor. It is impossible to figure out the cost ot tho bad roads bills which tbo farmers pay yearly needlessly and without complaint. Ono road reformer says thoso biiU foot up $250,000,000 auuually. That is a mere guess, but it may bo uear tho truth. Whatever tho sum may be, it falls ou tho far mors exclu sively, aud thus cuts dowu their net receipts from their crops. Cumpalsn For Uooit ICnadi. In its efforts to obtain good roads the Automobile Club of America has made a good start. It is going about tho work in a systematic way. To acquaint itsolt with the needs ot tho Stuto and tho nation by haviug lec tures from meu who havo mado tho building of roads a lifelong study , is an oxocllont idea. Massachusetts and New Jersey havo expended more than $2,000,000 on thoir highways during tho lust few years, while tho roads of the Empiro State havo beon to a large extent nog looted; bnt this fact should only stir us to more vigorous action. The club members are goiug to Albany fortified with theso facts to urgo tho Legisla ture to do justico to tho State by mak ing liberal appropriations for road making. Iu this they should reoeive tho hearty support ot the farmers of New York, who, ufter all, will receive the greatest. beuotit from good high ways. Let the enterprising agriculturist: combine with the widoawako, pleasure loving automobilists aud bicyclists, and we shall soou havo a system ol roads of which tho Empiro State may well be proud of. New York Herald. Vh the Alternative Syatent. The county commissioners ot Jaok son County, Georgia,' havo put into operation the alternative road system, aud this body will begin in a short whilo tho work of patting tho roads of tho county iu exoollent condition. The tax rate to secure this improved system of roada will bo small, ouly $2 per thousand, aud the oitizons of the county aro willing to pay this small ad valorem tax. MOY KEEAS A BOY. 4 Chinese Talk of Ilia Childhood In the Old Conntrr. "When I was a boy," said Moy Kee, tea merchant, laundryman and interpreter, at 216 North Dolafare street, "I went to school io my native village of Shin-King, eighty-seven milos from Pekiu. I was seven years old whon I started to school and, of course, the teacher was a man. Now thero are women teaching in China, Chinese women, bnt that is a new thing. Wo sat on stools with desks tefore us and stndiod aloud. At tea years old I could writo very well, and had to learn every word of a long les son by heart. The teacher had a stick, and sometimes, but not often, ho would punish a boy, either by striking him on the hand or on the scat of his trousers. "Thero aro no bad boys in China as thero are here in this country. The boys nre respectful and polite to all who nre older than themselves, and while they have their plays and thoir fun they do not think it fun to hurt any one. "You have seeu boys place a pack age on the sidewalk and when a per son stoops to piok it up you have seen that package (for there is a string tied to it, and a boy at the other end of the string) move away uuder a crack in the fence, That is an old trick iu China. "The boys here in America do not know what long sohool hours are. I wont to sohool early iu the morning, before the birds began to sing. After that we went to breakfast and then to dinner and in the evening to supper. Those were long, long days, the boys here would say, but we Chinese boys did not say anything about it. We just sat on our stools aud snug ont our lessons all at tho samo time as loud as we could. "Vacation came along iu the har vest time whon the rice was gathered. Then we played at fiyiug kites. We did not, as boys do here, fly kites any time. No, there was a season for it, and we flew them at no other times. The boys in China walk on stilts just as boys do here, nnd play at blind fold, hide aud seek aud leap frog, but all in a different way from here. "Wo had great sport fighting bee ties. Wo would find theso iu the fields aud train them to fight and we would lay wagers ou which would win just ns you do here ou prizefighters. "ao neighborhood in China cau af ford to havo a bad boy iu it. Sup poso a Chinese New Year, wheu we are all shooting tiro crackers, somo oue would shoot a revolver. There would bo great trouble. Not ouly would the one who shot the revolver bo puuiHhed, bnt his relatives and neighbors aud the magistrate of tho district would be puuished or ropri lnandod, because in China such things must not happen. A strangor could walk through my village day or nicht with no ono to hurt him. Ha would be safe all tho time. It is nob so iu this country. "Wo had great sport iu shooting at Hparrows with bow and arrow, and uo body over shot at persons, as some boys do he-e with airguns. Tho boys in China laugh u great deal, aud laugh very loud somotimos, but they have pleuty of sport without hurtiug r.ny one. "When I was nine years old my mother died aud my father gavo mo a stonroothor. When I was twelve years old my uncle, a tea merchant in San Fraucisco, brought me to this country. Twenty-eight years ago (I nm now fifty-three years old) 1 wont back to China and got a wife. Mv fal hor and my stepmother found a wife for me. did not know her. I did not see her until we were mar ried, but she is a good wife and camo to America with me. She is tho ouly Chiuawomau in Indianapolis, uud thiuk tho ouly ono in Indiana. I have been book to Chmajuightoeu time?, but I am a naturalized Americnu citi zen, aud voto at elections." Indian apolis Now n. Large or Hinall Hnulc. "The day of big books has gone by,' remarked a New Orleans dealer the other eveaing, speaking of soma re cent tino publications. "Up to a few years ago all the art-prints aud hand some hmitod editions of standard works were either folios or something almost as largo. There's a beautiful set of Dickeus, for'' instance, printed in 'HO. The illustrations alone cost fully $50,000, aud it represented high water mark iu the mechanical excel lence at that period. But look at the sizo ot tho volumes. They aro almost as big aud heavy as standard cyclo pedias! At presout tho tendency is just tho other way, aud tho majority of the really fiuo books that aro beiug published aro small nud light. The usual cover measurement is from five by seven to six by eight iuches, and most of tho standard uovols are com ing out iu that size. One roasou why big books have gouo out of favor may strike you nt first blush as rather fool ish, but I'm assured of its importaneo by publishers who have mado the trade a lifo-time study. The big book cau't. be read iu bod. It's too heavy to bo bold when ono is in a reclining posi tion, whilo tho small, compact vol ume caa bo haudlad as easily as a magazine. Tho great, massive folio i of the old times mado nicu omamoute for the centre-table and came iu handy for tbo younger ohildrou to sit on a', table, but to really' read thoiu was a job for an athlete." Now Orleans Times-Democrat. LIKE MOLTEN SILVER. QUEER 8IOHT9 OFTEN WIT NESSED ON OCEANS. A Cure Fur Lepruiy. Two dozou Npocuuens of the plant known iu Vcuezuolu as the tau tail have beeu sent from Washington to Hawaii for tbo purpose of makiug s tost of its alleged power as a cure for leprosy. Tho plant will bo tented at the leprosy hospitals there, where 1073 lepers will afford evory facility for a thorough trial. Surgeon Oar uiichel, of tho Marino Hospital, ha also stout half a dozen bottles of the liquid preparation to Molokai, and this will bo used for immediate teats while plants will be set out aud culti vated, with tho purpose of providiug unlimited fresh matter for further use. Wonderful stories are current iu Ven ezuela about tho marvelous ourativo properties of tua tua when applied to leprosy, aud the Government phy sioiaus attach oonsiderable importance to the evidence given them. It ii proposed also to test it iu tho island of Guau, that ' tiny spook ot Pacific land that oame to us with our othor ypauuh war acquisitions. Serine; Sett Fhoephereeeenre Snrpeaaee All Other Like Pheaoaaentt In Ur 11 lne Beea From the Deck of tho Roveoeo Cotter M. Golloeh. V "I hare very often heard of the won derful phosphorescence ot southern sens," remarked a traveler from the north, "and I have seen some pretty fair samples of It in the Atlantic be tween New York and English ports, but I did not know that it prevailed to any extent In northern waters until during the past summer. ' In Augtis. iBst I was on board the revenue cutter McCulloch, In the Boring sea, about 63 degrees north latitude, bound-north, when one night about 10 o'clock 1 hap pened to go on deck, and I was almost frightened by the sight of the sea. The wind was blowing sharp, enough to raise the whltecaps, and tho whole sea looked as If It were lighted from Its depths by a million arc lights throw ing the whitest rays upward and undnr the flying, fonm. The hollows of the waves were dnrk, but every crest that broke showered and sparkled as If It were fillel with light. From the sides of the ship great rolls of broken white light fell cway, and she left a broad pathway of silvery foam as far back as the eye could reach. But about thl" hour there was a most striking display. Here it was as If the ship were plow ing through a sea of white light, anil as the water was thrown back from her prow it fell In glittering piles of light upon the dark surface beyond, and was driven far down below, light ing the depths h If all the electricity of the ocean were shooting Its sparkles through the waves and turning Itself Into Innumerable Incandescents that flashed a second and then shut out for ever. I stood on the forecastle deck looking down Into the brilliant white turmoil of the waters until I began to feel as If we were afloat upon somo slt vcr seu, and a really uncanny feeling took possession of me. The white Bhlp was lighted by the phosphorescence of the waters, so that as high up as the i',eck there was a pale, weird white, U:at made one feel as If the 'Flying Dutchman' were abroad upon the seas ai.d had Just passed us. The masts towered In ashy gray above the decks, and every rope and line stood out distinctly In the light, but cast no shadows. It was all as ghostly as It we had gone up against the real thing, and It was a positive rellpf to get back Into the wardroom, where there was something more human. I don't know how long It lasted, but when I went to bed at 11 o'clock I could still see the silver shining through the air porthole In my stateroom." Wushington Star. I-on DUtaoee Klillne. New York Tribune: "As Is natural, many stories are afloat at this time." said George Lamborn, of London, who has lived nt Pretoria for several years, "to account for the extraordinary man ner In which tho British have been outflanked and overcome by the Boers. I have repeatedly seen statements that this was partly on account of the su perior stamina and endurance of tb horses which tho Boers rode, whlcV could cover 80 to 100 miles a day and keep it up for several days. That Is all tommy rot; the Boer horse is good animal, but he Is of flesh and bone, and not of steel and Iron, as such endurance as that would Imply. Th greatest record ride in tho Transvaal' was tho one made by Schmidt at the time of the Jameson raid, who, In a single night, rodo from Pretoria to a. point near Krugerdorp, on the Mafe king border, and return. The distance was about 90 miles, nnd he covered It on the same horse, although I' 1 do ing ho killed tbo animal. MARKETS. TAI.TIMIHH nitAIN KTlT. FLOl-R-linlto. BostraL m 1 60 Illh Ormln Kxtrn i 00 WHEAT No. 2 lted 74 75 (XJltN No. 'i W hite 81) 40 Onts Southern I'euu... S'J 2'J' IlYE No. 2 61 55 HAY Choice Timothy.. n50 10 00 (food to Prime 11 50 ) 5 0 fTHAW live Iu car liU.. 1.150 14 Oi) Wheat Mocks 7 00 8 (K) OutUJocks 9 00 S50 TANNED UnODa. TOMATOE8-Stuil.No. a (It 70 No. 2 6'. riiAS Mtandnrds 1 10 1 10 KecouilB BO COUN-Dry pUck HO Jloitt 70 Dior. CITY KTEF.I13 II Ji 11', CilyCows 10 It),',' rOTATOKtt AND VKdSTARLKl POTATOES Burbauks. .$ 55 (3 5 ONIONU 40 15 riiovimoNt. noo rnoDucT3-Bbis. Clear rlbsUIvs Hams Mens Pork, uur bar I.AKD Crude Dust relluod iwrria. BUTTElt Flue Craiy.. .. uniier l ine Creamery Hulls mEESUL N. Y. Fancy... t 6 . 7 7 7' 10,4 H'-i 12 75 4 7 27 2 27 IS 13 U 10 12 cnr.Ksn. N. Y. Flau bkliu Cheese xaax EO OB State North Carolina LIVR rODLTBt, CHICKENS 9 Ducks, per lb 10 TnnAoort TOBACCO Mil. Iufor's.. ISO m Hound coinuiou 8 0 M Milling 601 l'uucy ... 100J uts srooc tF.TIF llest Beeves 4Sn bllKLl" 60 Uok-s 4 10 runs and skiM. MUBKIUT 10 9 llaeooou... 40 lied Fox Bkuuk Block. Opossum. 23 Mink Otter yiw vobc 28 2T an ist 10 11 950 4 50 701 U0J 470 4 00 4 5 IV 45 J00 m us so lOOi FLOOR Bouthern a $85 m 4 30 WHEAT No. 2 lied 70 77 BYl. Western 61 (15 COltN No. i 41 42 OATH No. 8 . 28 2D DUTTER 8tatt 18 SI EQOa Htste 13 nu t'ttuaus-btat mi 13
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