VOL. XXX. THE QUIET MMi IN THE CORNER. I lingered o’er a checker game a night or two ago; The one v.uo played against me seemed to have no ghost of show; I had a bunch of lusty kings that strutted all about And bullied my opponent’s men, who dared not venture out. ’Way over in a corner shrunk a timid lit tle man Who staid right in his station ever since the game began. He watered my crowned heads marching by with banner and with song, And seemed to be discouraged over stand ing still so long. But prettv soon an opening occurred two blocks away, And not another moment did that little fellow stay. He bounded o’er the hoard and took three kings in one fell swoop, Then landed in my king-row with a wild, ecstatic whoop. Circumstantial Evidence. THE Carews lmd quarrelled. There was no doubt about it. A prolonged tit of “sulks” in dulged in by Mrs. Carew bo eause her husband had forgotten a cer tain commission she had charged him with had culminated in verbal warfare following the removal of the cloth af ter dinner, and this was followed shortly after by the removal of the master of the house. The act had been prefaced by a statement on Harry’s part that if she was going to sulk all the dobing he would go out nud amuse himstlf. and then, hardly giving Millie time to get in a last word Mr. Carew had dashed into the hall, snatched hat ami stick and quitted Laburnum Villa, closing the front door behind him with a vigor that shook the whole house. When perfectly convinced that she had driven him off the premises, Millie repented with the thoroughness that marked all her actions; she ran Into tlv? ball and opened the front door, in the vagi)* hope that Ilarry was within calling distance, but there was nothing but darkness to lie seen, and she reluc tantly dosed it again. And Harry had gone out without his great coat—lie would catch cold, be very ill. perhaps die. and she would be responsible; the tears came into her eyes at tills train of thought, and she felt harself the wickedest woman in London. As she stood remorsefully gazing at the garment Harry ought to have been westring she saw it lacked the top but ton, rr'd remembered during dinner Harry had said something about a but ton coming off his great coat. Millie carried the coat into the dining room and fetched her work basket. The but ton should be put on at once. She laid tile coat on a table for greater conve nience, and as she did so a letter slid out of the inside breast pocket. Millie picked it up. “Henry Carew, Esq., Acanthus Club, Earl street, W. C., was Jh? inscription, in a feminine hand, and the postmark was on that day, am] Harry’s excuse for forgetting his commission had been pressure of work at the office; yet lie bad found time to visit the club. Who wr.s bis correspondent? “He certainly ought to tell me; it doesn’t look like a business letter,” said Millie to herself, and then somehow the letter came out of the envelope. She was only looking for the signature, but the heading first caught her eye, and it was, “My darling Harry.” Af ter that It is needless to say she read the letter. The address was (5, Queen Anne Villas, Wellington Road, Kcnsel Rise. “My darling Harry Your bracelet came by tills morning’s post; it’s Just lovely. But you mustn’t bo so extrnv gant. Be sure aud come this evening to be thanked nud scolded by your lov lug sweetheart, Doris Forbes.” Mllly turned very white and held her breath. What did it mean? Bbe looked again at the address, at the envelope, examined the postmarks. There could be no mistake; flu- letter was genuine, addressed to Harry, received and read by Harry Harry, who had married her a little over a mouth ago. Presently she rose to her feet, shak ing with emotion. That was where he ’fone, to see this Doris Forbes; well, she would follow him, expose him to the innocent girl to whom he was obviously passing as a single man. Sternly repressing a longing to cry, Millie went upstairs and put on her hat and cloak; she would not let herself think of the future, but kept firmly lx fore her the thought of exposing Harry to the girl he was deceiving. With the evidence of his double dealing in lk*i pocket she came downstairs, niul leav ing the great coat still lying on the table, lacking its top button, she opened the front door and slipped quietly out of the house. IL The Carews lived in Kilburu, so it was not far to Kensel Rise, and a cab speedily deposited Millie at the gate of No. 0; in response to her rap a trim maid opened the door. “Is Mr. Carew here?” asked the wife, trying to speak In an ordinary tone. “No, ma’am, he’s not.” The servant turned and addressed a young lady who was descending the stairs: “A lady. Miss Doris, asking for Mr. Ca rew; are you expecting him this even ing?” The girl came forward and glanced curiously at the visitor. Millie noted she was slim and pretty, with fair hair and delicate features. “Mr. Carew may this evening,” said Miss Bfctecurtcously; "did you want to muttered Mrs. Carew asking perinis linll. The servant Sgkjvo w oil' 11 fa- < Y’ou.’ve known these quiet fellows that just sat around and thought And never made a noise while the others raged and fought; The whole community had come to think of them as dead* Or else so very near it that their lidpe of fame had tied. The chaps with recognition for their por tion pose and strut, And seem to overlook the man who keeps his talker shut. But some day. wheu 'most every one is looking t other way, This quiet fellow sees a chance to break into the play. He reaches out and grabs things that the others had ignored; He puts into the life-game all the energy he’d stored Through all the years of silence. So you’d better not forget The still man in the corner, for he’ll reach the king-row yet! —S. W. Giililan, in Los Angeles Herald. each other under the ornamental gas bracket. “1 must have a few words with you," said Millie. Miss Forbes, without answering, led the way into aw empty sitting room, then coldly addressed the visitor. “What have you to say to me?” “Are you engaged to Mr. Carew?” hurst out Millie. The girl flushed hotly. “Yes, but who are you, and why do you ask?” “Because I have every right to ask. Because lie is deceiving you. Because he is my husband.” “Your husband!” Doris stared at the strange young lady who made this astounding statement. “Oh, no! you must be mistaken.” Millie thrust the letter before the other’s eyes. “You know your own letter, don’t you? Well, I found it half an hour ago in my husband’s great coat pocket.” “There must be some mistake. Have you got the envelope?” “Henry Carew, of the Acanthus Club, is my husband; he married me a little over a month ago,” replied Millie, pro ducing the envelope. “I enn’t believe it.” said Doris, slow ly, but she had grown very pale; “it seems so impossible—and yet ” A knock at the front door interrupted her. “That will be he,” she cried eag erly; “now we con have ibis cleared.” She opened the door. “Jane, if that’s Mr. Carew, show him in here.” Very faintly through the closed door the two wpmen,heard the footsteps v>f someone in the hall. Mrs. Carew stood by the corner of the table mo tionless, but Doris, in a fever of anx iety, moved restlessly to and fro. The moments seemed to drag, the delay to be emllesH, but really only a couple of minutes bail passed before the door opened again, and the maid’s voice an nounced “Mr. Carew.” A young man strode In. “Doris!” lie cried, as lie came toward Miss Forbes with outstretched hand and a smile on his face, but she just touched the ex tended Angers and indicated Millie. “Do you know this lady?” she asked. 111. The young man announced as Mr. and Mrs. Carew looked at one another across the table, “I have not, to my knowledge, that pleasure,” he said po litely, and then stared with amaze ment at the relief on his bctrotlied’s face and the lx* wilder incut on that of the strange lady. “I knew It!” cried Doris with heart felt relief. “She said—she must be crazy—that you were her husband.” “I her husband!” “Is this your Henry Carew?” Millie Anally found voice to say to Doris. Yes, of course it is! Now will you kindly explain what you a can by say ing lie married you a month ago?” "I never saw this gentleman before in my life. I said I was married to Henry Carew; in my husband’s pocket this evening I found the letter I showed you just now.” In fact, except being about the same height, there was not the smallest re semblance between the visitor and Mil lie’s husband. “Ah, the letter!” cried Doris; “that’s what so bewildered me.” She turned to her Ilarry. “Where is the letter I wrote you by the first post this morn ing. addressed to your club, which you ought to have received?” “I did receive it; at 2 o’clock to-day, when I w;nt to the Acanthus for luncheon. “I have it noav,”—he dived into his breast pocket of his great coat —“why, no! it’s gone.” “How did it get into my husband’s coat?” demanded Millie; “that’s where I found if.” Henry Carew the second took the let ter and envelope Mrs. Carew produced and gazed wonderingly at them. “This Is positively uncanny!” he stated. “Has the coat been out of your pos session?” asked Doris, ns he seemed unable to give any explanation. “Let me think. I rend the letter in the vestibule and put it In the breast pocket of my overcoat. I hung the coat on a peg in the luncheon room while I lunched. Then I put it on and went out. No, I didn’t. I had half an hour to spare, and had a game of billiards and gave the coat to a waiter, and he brought it to me when I finished, and I put it on and went out. Ah! Is your husband n Henry Carew?” Inquired the young man of Millie. “Of course,” said Mrs. Carew, impa tiently, “or all this trouble wouldn’t have arisen.” “Then I believe I know who your husband is,” was the triumphat reply. Millie, who in her bewilderment, was beginning to wonder whether the ,ex istence of her Harry was not imagina tion on her part, gave him all her at tention, and Doris began to think her THOMSON. GA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1902. supposition that her visitor was crazy might be incorrect. “He’s Paul Carew, the junior part* nor of Stephens & Cos., the wool brok ers?” rtsked the young man. “Yes, yes.” oHed Mrs, Carew, cag erlV, and in her excitement Ungram matically added, like the monks wheii they Spotted tile tillering jackdaw, “that’s him!” “But still.” continued Miss Forbes’s Harry, speaking more to himself than to his eager audience, “that doesn’t ex plain how he got—why, I don’t believe this is my coat!” lie was feeling in the pockets of Ills overcoat with a puzzled expression, and looking at a season ticket pass drawn from the ticket pocket. “That’s Harry’s ticket! You’ve got ou his edflt,” cried Millie, a ray of light illuminating the puzzle, “and lie’s got yours—but they’re exactly alike.” "Of course they are,” said Harry Ca rew; “Harry and I patronize the same tailor, lie must have been at the club to-day, though 1 didn’t see him, and the waiter mixed lip our conts.” “You know my husband?” “1 should think 1 do. Why. we’re first cousins, and have been great chums till a year ago, when we quar reled over some trifling matter, and haven’t spokeirSince. 1 heard lie re* eently married. Hasn’t lie never told you of his cousin Ilarry Carew 7 Fancy that!” “Well, Harry,” said Doris, “you’ve never told me you had a cousin of the same name as yourself.” "Haven’t I? That’s just how we’ve drifted apart. I must make it up with Harry; I’m Jlarry Solus, lie’s Henry Paul Carew. Now, is everything clear to you two ladies, and are the charac ters of Ilarry aud Harry Paul cleared?” And both tlie matron and the maid declared the two Harry Carews were completely vindicated. Harry went home with his relation by marriage to fetch bis own overcoat and return Ills cousin’s, and then left with a message to his old chum that be would call on him on the morrow at his office and “make lip” their quar rel, and presently Mr. Carew returned and Millie made full confession of all Unit bad happened since his departure. So, the moral of It is, never judge by circumstantial evidence, New York News. LAKES ALWAYS FROZEN OVER, SUnling tlie Year Around on Two llodlo. of Wnter In Oregon. Two lakes covered with Ice at oil times of the year have just been dis covered in Baker County, Oregon. C. M. Sage, of Baker City, on Sunday, July 27, crossed two good sized lakes in tho Granite Moub.taip.B. .RQPiQ mtlcß northeast of Cornucopia, on hard frozen Ice. Mr. Sage, with a party of friends, wont on a hunting nud pleasure trip to the almost inaccessible mountain peaks back of the town of Cornucopia, in the Panhandle district. The moun tains are high and rugged, nnd before passing the timber Hue the explorer must find his way through n primeval forest. A puck horse is the only means of getting Into this district, except to trudge along on foot, which, to say the least, is uphill business. One part of the road Is so encumbered with fallen trees that it Is almost impossible to get through. In order to get sup lilies to their claims, two prospectors were obliged to cut n trail through this tangle of fallen trees, and it was by means of this trail that Mr. Sage and his friends were enabled to ascend the mountains, until they finally discov ered the two frozen lakes referred to. The lakes nre near the summit on the north side of the mountain, and in or der to reach them the party traveled over ice and snow for and distance of live miles. The bodies of water nre small. One is about 150 feet across, and the other is between 000 and 700 feet in diam eter. They are well defined lakes, or pools, however, covered with a thick coating of ice, clear as crystal and as smooth ns glass, which is so thick and strong that tlie exploring party did not hesitate to ride across ou horseback. Mr. Sage says so far as be is able to judge the ice on the lakes never melts, because they are so situated between two tall peaks that the sun’s rays never strikes them with sufficient power to make any impression on the snow and ice. This land of perpetual snow and ice is within a day’s ride of Baker City by the present means of transportation, part way on a buck board, nnd the rest on horseback. It would scarcely be more than a ride of an hour and a half on an electric railroad. Mr. Sage is of the opinion that from the lay of the country other larger and more pictur esque lakes with perpetual ice will be discovered.—Portland Oregonian. TYhat It Means to “Corner” Grain. Corners in grain are made possible by a scarcity of cnsli grain, due to drouth, large shipments abroad, Ina bility to move grain held by farmers, simultaneous big purchases on the part of a number of large buyers, and nu merous other agencies. The most suc cessful corner is usually the one that is most natural; that is, the least un forced. For this reason the big wheat corner of 'Bl (run by the same syndi cate that failed so signally In ’B7) Is regarded us the most successful corner in the history of the hoard in the amount of grain handled and the actual profits resulting from its termination With 30,000,000 bushels of wheat in hand this syndicate closed with the price at $1.40 a bushel; and the sound ness of their calculations was proved when, subsequently, the price of wheat actually advanced ten cents beyond this figure.—The Pilgrim. An elephant's sense of smell Is so delicate that the animal can scent a human being at a distance of 1000 yards. GOOD $ ® ROADS. tnteieslliiK Information. f"1 T HE following interesting lit- I formation is taken from the 1 recent article entitled "Bond Building with Convict Labor in the Southern States," by Fx’bfessof J. A. Holmes, ami will he of interest to those Interested in the good roads movement: Portable prisons on wheels are novel ties which are now In use in several localities, These movable jails appear to solve the problem of preventing the escape of convicts employed at great distances from their prison proper. In exterior appearances they nre freight ear bodies provided with barred win dows and mounted upon wagon trucks. As the road Improvement progresses they are drawn forward by horses and collected In some conve/ nt grove or open Held, selected as K temporary prison camp. Morning and evening the convicts are marched along the road from and to their quarters. To facil itate their being safely guarded hiring the night without too groat risk and expense, each prisoner, when he goes to bed, has either one foot or one hand manacled loosely to n chain or rod from which he can he easily re leased the following morning. Tiers of bunks inside comprise the sleeping quarters. These are easily and cheaply made comfortable. Ample ventilation is afforded In summer nnd during the cold months there 1s n stove in each car. One of these portable prisons, which can ho disjointed and transported In sections, Is in use on the public roads of North Carolina. Cue of these movable jnlls cab be lengthened to accommo date fifty convicts. Its sides and ends are of boards bolted together ill sec tions. The roof, of corrugated Iron, Is also In seid lons, Large tents are used in States. Women prisoners do the cooking and washing of some migratory camps. Tills work Is usually done, however, by trusty male convicts, and in some eases it is performed by hired labor. The younger prisoners are usually as signed to such tasks as the carrying of wnter or the running of errands. A hall and chain are attached to con victs who show o desire to escape. While these encumbrances make it im possible for a prisoner to run rapidly, they do not seriously hamper Ills move ments during the regular road work. Critics of the convict system of road huildfeti -my. that it "C‘\T W too many opportunities for liir escape of prison ers; ns a matter of fact, however, the annual escapes amount to less than two men out of each hundred, Almost .WO counties, representing ten Slates, employ convict labor upon their roads. This furnishes an army of 4877 road builders, each of whom costs Ills Stale llilrty-lhree and one-half cents n day. Were he left hi lbe county jail he would cost one and one-half cents more a day. Hence lie is a cheaper article tolling upon the roads than languishing In a cell or jail yard. All told, tile cost of convict labor In these Slates ranges from onc-tlilrd lo one-half that of hired labor employed in the game work. The Southern States employing con vict road builders are Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Texas and Virginia. In (lie two Carollnns nnd Georgia such a per fection of systems Is reached that large camps are operated at cost of only twenty to thirty cents per convict per day. Provisions arc purchased for the prison camps at wholesale at competi tive rates; the convicts do their own cooking and washing. Owing to the usually good sanitation of the camps and the benefits of exercise to the pris oners, the cost of medical attention is almost nothing. Another virtue of the system Is that the prisoners, after Injuring thefr com munities by the commission of their crimes, and after adding to Its financial burdens by Incurring expense for their capture, conviction nnd punishment, are put in a position to benefit that community. Having served an appren ticeship in the handling of road build ing machinery the convict leaves prison with a training which enables him to earn a better living than he probably made before. Only prisoners convicted of nfisde mennors can he assigned to work on the public roads of Virginia, West Vir ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Geor gia. The terms of such convicts do not usually exceed one year. In Ala bama all able bodied male prisoners whose terms do not exceed two years, may he sent to the roads. In South Carolina the limit Is five years aud In North Carolina ten. An experiment Is now being made in some Southern counties in the employ ment on the roads of captured, but uu convieted prisoners, unable to give ball. If the prisoner he acquitted at his trial be Is paid for his services. If con victed, his period of labor on the roads is deducted from his term. Many convicts In the Southern States nre employed on farms, In factories or In mines, being worked under the lease or contract system, or In some cases under State control. California convicts quarry and crush stone for use In permanent road build ing. The cost Is half what It would he with hired labor. Strong stockades surround these quarries, also the con vict quarters. The percentage of es capes is no larger than that experi enced in Jails proper. There are over 82,000 prisoners In confinement within this country. Sev enty-six thousand of these are men, 13,- 000 white. There are 73,000 Inmates of alms bouses, 41,000 of whom are men, With shell a force every county in every State might develop Its highways to’ the highest degree of perfection. The fir title above referred to on “Road Building With Convict Labor in the Southern States" can he secured free of cost by application to Professor .T. A. Holmes, Chapel Hill, N. C„ who Is the Special Agent of the Southern Division of (lie office of Rond Inquiries of tllu United State Department of Agriculture. Ah linngtnhtioh StagßOTor. If we cotfid have good roads it would add more to the value of farm property than all other public improvements put together ever have. It would reduce the cost of getting our crops to market more than one-linlf, and In saving of feed that is now fed to idle horses, !t would amount to a sum that staggers the imagination. A Pmotlcnl KHtilt. Every day that a team remains idle It Is something for which no return will ever be received. If We had good roads the teams could he used oh the farm when the ground was hi condi tion and the crops could he hauled to market at such times as farm work could not he prosecuted. A Ilcmarhable Statement. It has been computed that the aver age cost of getting crops from the farm to the railway station Is greater than putting it from the railroad station to the seaboard. A Farmer’s Opinion. “If it were a question of farm wag ons with narrow tires furnished free of expense, or such wide tire wagons ns I am using at my own cost, I should coutlnue to use the latter.”—A Farmer. Have Wltlo Tires. The very best way to make nnd keep good roads is to have wide tired wagons. BRAZILIAN AVOCADOS, Increasing Popularity of tlie Alligator Pear. The increasing popularity of the avo cado, or alligator pear, has brought the Brazilian variety into great prominence of late. Asa matter of fact, the fruit Is not a pear nt all, but belongs to the laurel family. The chief authority on the subject is a picturesque West In dian, who Imports these exotic dainties, and who is an enthusiast on the sub ject. “The avocado,” he snhl, “is food and medicine, ns well as refreshment. When nature made It, she intended It ns the highest development of the vege table. yvorhl. It Is delicious, hut. not cloying. It has its own TdnmicterieUob, but will gratefully accept all other flavors. For Ibis reason it Is the only fruit which can he eaten plain, with pepper nhil salt, with lemon .juice and sugar, or with a salad dressing. New Englanders have made It Into a successful pie, which, to lie candid, I do not recom mend, because I think pies are bar barous; and Brazilian cooks convert It Into a marvelous custard pudding. The peculiarity of the pulp Is that It contains a large amount of fixed oil, which gives It a nutritive value supe rior to the olive nud the peanut and makes It almost equal to the egg. “Though a stranger In New York, It Is known nnd loved In every tropical and sub-tropical city. It Is grown In the West Indies, Central and South America, Hawaii, the Far East, North ern, Eastern and Western Africa. Some enterprising Frenchmen have a small orchard not. far from Palm Bench on the Florida Const, and In Southern California there nre hundreds of trees now bearing. The finest variety Is not the Mexican or the Venezuelan, or even the Chinese, ns Is claimed by trav elers, hut the Brazilian, and of these the very best come from the Island of Marnjo, nt the month of the Amazon, Just opposite to Para. 'The fruit Is of a lustrous, almost vitreous green. The skin Is very tough, rather than hard, so much bo that it should he cut wllli a hard steel knife.”—New Y’orlt Post. How to 110 Popular. Appear happy even if you are not. Happiness is never out of place except at funerals. Even then It Is better to cheek it with your coat at tlie door than lo leave It at home. If you have a stroke of luck sec that an account of it Is thoroughly circu lated. The reputation of being lucky is a powerful magnet If you want a large following of friends. Wear an air of prosperity nt all times, even while availing yourself of the bankruptcy law. No one (except your creditors) will think less of you for looking prosperous at such a time. One of the most. Important requisites to attain popularity is to dress well. Your jewels may he Imitation, but you must have a good tailor. Few can tell the real from the false in the matter of gems, hut even a “Buttons” will sneer at your back If your coat lias not the proper cut. Wheu you converae let It he lightly about nothing In particular. 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