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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
KATt'KDA Y.* Jf'.VK K T*».
BEAUTIFUL MEMPHIS GIRL
in
uhul he
ba<1 already begun. Ibere was
hi r<1 frost. Two roncSinen who waited
for Ui. lr mister* before tho door of o One
h<»»r In thr Champs Elysees bed ressoa lo
kn#u „ hat biting wsnther It wtl TIW
h« I i-r. u erdrred to come at midnight. but
there waa oo sign of th* appesranre of
th. Ir uabtrra aa yet. tm thr contrary,
ci 'Tithlnr arntird to denote that thr little
osrly would a loo* one. At loot thr
door opened. and aa It did ao a Omul of
light waa rait upon thr pavement, and tba
lei a expected gentlemen appeared.
"May I giro yott a lift, I»r I Hoof aald
°^r»iOha." returned bla rootpanlon, "I am
off hom*. and t think I will walk. Homo
of aa harr Horn iinoklna bed cigars, and I
!•-1 n llltla hit qnecr In th* hrad.’
How mnrh do I owr yon. Alberti now
remarked th# third uemtier of tha |*rty.
a avail man almont romplrlrly enveloped
lie a bag# fur root. Thr remark waa ad-
ilr.-inod to It# I linn, a* th* speaker oprnrd
th< door of hla rarrUar.
“IV TOO think, my dear frllow." repllrd
I>r Mon. "that I am iroliitr to unbutton nir
mat In thla aort of wauthor simply to sat
isfy yonr rurinalty I your scrans of pap#r
ore In my pocket all H*ht. and If you rare
ic. breakfast with tnr tomnrrnw-not lirfore
12 "VIork, romrmbrr-yoq ran regain pna-
►csaluo of your autograph*. '
In el frw aomnda th# rarrlagra had
bowled away and Hr Won. aflrr railing
Iwrk into th# hall "Hood night. Chanlon-
at-. ' plunged bla hands Into hla outsld#
L..--k. ia and w*ut on hla way to hla lodg
in' la tb# Qnartlrr dr la Madcllnr.
• liny a bnorh of rlolrta; th»y are only
a -on, monsieur. Taka on# of thrm. I Im-
Tha role# that than tirok# upon Hr Mon a
r-tt-rtlona did not pueeeee thr slug-sing
a. rot of a professions! lugger. It waa,
i I hr rontrary. awrrt, sonorous and pen
rating, and yol thr voir# l#snrd front
bat Albert hod taken for a liundlr of
f, raat haphazard by thr aldr of thr
th# rontrary. awrrt, aonorona anil
strati
what
'ftlon had' often glren ten
fr.... « for a atoll, front whlrh to llatrn to
artrraara quit# Incapahl# of thus exclaim-
It.r i imi.b.rr yon!" What atrurk him
p# r 'Irularlr waa the troth that rang In lb#
iuppllrant a wortla .
Til# difficulty waa that hr had hem
a-k.-.l for a amt, and hr ha<I uonr. At n
res'uurant hr anta In thr haldt of reward.
Ina.- thr allghfrat setvlce with a silver
el.ee. and yrt wbrn thla wretrhrd Wing
offered him b#r dowers he could but mtir-
niur that he had nn anna and walk hastily
..ii»nrd. with lirr Imploring wonts ringing
In hla eon. Aa he dbl ao. Ibr poor fir)
Ml |.ark upon Hie atepa of a hollar, utter-
lug. arilVh groin, the wonla. "My Uod!
Ihr' pliitntlrc rry plrrrrd AlWrt'a hrnrt
Ilk- a blow of a ttonlard. He retnrnrd
placed In thr mid hand of hla anppllcnnt
th- drat plrrr of money hr mar nrroan.
took a small liunrh of rlolna. and hurried
sn-ny, strangely. morrd. It waa almost S
o'clock when hr reached home nnd emptied
hla pockets. whlrh contained n handful of
gold tn.l silver.
■ s|* thousand frnnm In nil." he muttered
to himself.-"end I lint-r glren Iftnt wretch-
rd woman l"H » franc."
on thr nc*t day, murh rnrllrr than wag
pleasing lo him. AlWrl dr Hlmi waa awak-
rn.-l l.y bla eervent lo lull him that thr
val.-t «f M. Ir t'omtr dr Maraap desired
to arc him. AlWrt gave direction# that
be shoo Id W edmlttiuC . ,
"What la II. Lsotinrdl" hr Inquired, "la
your master worse!" • •
"To you. monsieur, who are toy master's
br-t friend. I would say ihnt M. Ir Coiute
la arrlmialy III: Itql Mnilnnir In Comtreee—
you know lundamr ne well aa 1 do. mon-
alt-ur—ah, well, ahe boil derided thaf-therr
la nothing the matter with her aon. If yon
had .>i,ly heard how ahe rated the doctor#
>.atir.hu -lint pardon, monsieur. tb-ee
n.ait.-ia have nothing lo do with yon. May
I wnlt for monsieur t"
"f'ertalnly. Leonard. replied AlWrt; and
aflrr n huaty toilet, they were auon oq their
way to the twagnltb-i-nt Hotel dr Marian.
"Well, llenrl, you bare firm me a
atari." aald Alban on hla intranet Into
hla frtend'a mom. "I ripected to dud yon
In entrrmla. Mil here you are, amoklog a
rlgan In iurfert content.” ... .
‘go yoo think I am well? Ah, Albert,
t know tuy strength le rapidly falling me
I bore Merer remvrred from that woun.
In the breast."
"Hah! llenrl; It le your nervooe ayalen
that la al fault, too uinat W In lore."
"That le Juet the point. I.lalen to me
Allmrt. Voq will perhaps laugh when I
any I never waa In lore hut onet-. aud tha
waa when I waa but fourteen year* of age
Ho yon know my cousin Blench#!
"Vo." replied AlWVl. In aotue aurprloe.
-I hare never heard her apoken of."
"Ah. well. I hare always lorcl her."
said hla friend. "There waa a loug-etgnd-
lug quarrel wtwnen her father awl my
nmlliur, the rraeou of which I could nerer
dlaeorer: my own father. In rourae of
lime, wna lurolred In II. Then there hap-
C snail that scandal about my uncle—yon
now whet I mean.*
•Am I to Itoderalaiid that yqur uncle
IS the Into Inf—the well-known Colonel
Octave Maraant"
slonslenr Ihuinlral, the notary, and gara
him Inalruetlona for my will; liy my
mother—yoo know my mother! (here l)e
Hlon. rememWrlng lasmanl'e wortla. roald
'rain ffwn ainlllngl "my mother
rylhlng ahe ran to prevent m«
ng mil my Intention#."
out of your eenere. llenrl. ’ In-
le friend. "Yonr mother would.
ernreely refrain f(»n ainlllngl "my mother
trill do everything ebe run to prevent me
from currying mil — —
"Yon are otti
terrupled hla friend. "Yonr mol
of rourae. reaped yonr wishes, no matter
what they were."
My dear AlWrt. when one woman tatea
- 'll not
er there la nothing that ah'
Injure her. Sin- would lb
e mil!
I not
TS
her thla
■MMI I had left
/our brother?"
“My brother, you know, l« at Bread. Boor
hoy! lie la young aud completely under
flu* lnliueur* of my motlier. No. ft la from
you thnt I uiuat claim the aerrlca
quire.';
••Well, I promtae to, reuder It.
*i have.” went on llenrl. “hut little to
leave, slur* the property I hflTe, of course.
Itemuie* Charlea'! but lu aecond
i]rower of thnt bureau you will find a aum
of two hundred Utouanml franca. Tike It
to Itothacblhr* and deposit It, In your
unnie. It ta, you will underataod* a truat
for Kfnnebe da Maretiu.
••Should I die twforf algnlng my will,
ae«*k oiit Itlanrbe, tell her why I acted In
i hla manner, aud aay that I offer tlila anm
n memory of tluf days of oor childhood.
There Is a packet for you In the aarna
Irwwcr. Ah: Here cornea mother.
A lady, at III beautiful, entered. .Her face
Iwtrayed the poeaeiudou of a will of Iron
irfft&.tft'nmr'ws. her
greeting. “Yon are nn early vlaltor. Would
you Wllerc It. iWualcur. llenrl la talking
of dying, tie, who baa never been 111 a
n ngb’ day alnce bit waa ten yeaya old!
ere aho imeaed her tlnrcra gently tb^mgh
•nrTa curly locka. 'Tinagiito! Hi* tails
of making ont hla wtll becanae he haa
had a palpitation «*f the heart! M
••Brory wan, replied her son, **!»• be
III or well, ahonhl make out hla wlll. M
••Yea. my child, but after mature con
sideration, ao that be may not aufTci
»y a
able Impulse to etgn with hla own hands
a wilt thnt Innutta Ihe memory of n father
who Is no more.” The two friends ei-
changed atgalhcant glancca.
••3d. Bonnlver, continued the countesa.
"callwl eome time ago. I did not know that
— _ jpj Vr dtreettona that h*
ep|M*ars that he t«M»k of
“ 7 off. lu the oW
r« leea preten
... # - tr
•Ideratlon. my toother."
*“-• accordingly comport themmdret
the retort of the countoM.
"And accc
Ike Wara." i
Albert »oo
REMAINING
LOTS
IN
N
R
K
Will Be Sold at
PUBLIC
AUCTION
NEXT
MONDAY,
JUNE
18,
AT 1:30 P.M.
For further particulars,
apply to
Forrest and George Adair,
Charles M. Roberts.
Ansley Brothers.
■mwoHfciMMk at Rotbarhlbr#. SI
al*ur llonnlref. the notary, left the Hotel
■I# Mnrann In • high at.tr nf Inillgnntlon.
The hour of hi. revenge, however, «•».
nut fur uff. tin rrnrhlng homo h. fnnn'l
n letter nw.ltlng him. which nth a. fob
Latent picture of Min. Maude Beard.ley, of Memphl., Tenn., who waa
married a few daya ago to Frederick HanlehurK Gang, at the home of the
bride'ii (liter, Mrn. Charlea Clifton Cowan.
Nooks and Corners of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
re to any
"OCTAV
>’K HR )d A lift AX.
Ifmmf
ward that wretched quarter of the town.
The ohl notary, «• ho walked, smiled bit
terly at the remembrance of the
courtesy dealt him t»y the count*
was already arrayed; what would
ess. Hi
I she aaj
er-ln-la*
from the uu*nt de tdct»*
‘ rr shawl. Were llenrl
die. how rich I would
on a palltaaao snread on tho floor and cor
ered by a single aheet. The tick man briefly
explained to him that he had beard hla
netView, Charlea, lay 111 at Breoll aud
flalahed by asking If he. tne notary, had
brought any money with him.
"Before you apeak «'f money." replied
the notary, "I think you owe me an ex
planatlon. You have spread abroad a re
port of your death."
"I? Not at all. It waa the papers did so.
I merely did aot contradict them. It suited
me to naro It oo,"
The colonel.theti entered on a history of
hla dolaga atuce he was ouppoard to hare
been loat at the time of the shipwreck of
the "City of llarre." a tale of prosperity
attained by heavy gambling nt Xew York,
followed by the danal fall from Hches and
return to
lya," silded
I . ..j|ar
extracts
by the sacrifice or n
and Charles only to
be!"
"Y
tea In
morali r
Uod known how!-aud she brought me this
r.f! |, |k
Inner-
Will
yah Unto It?"
The uotary dccllneil. Putting on
gloves, be said. "Here Is the money yon
require nnd a few cigars. I shall send you
a good doctor at once. I eauaot allow any
De Ifarunn to thro aa you are now living,
and he left tho wretched attic, full of
many thoughts.
Hhonld be return to the Hotel tie Mamin
and urge upon llenrl the execution of the
will that waa to benefit Blanche? Yea, he
would, but not fust now. Meanwhile he
would neod a doctor to the colonol. I«ater
In the day the notary awl Aioert de ldo.i
met at the bouse of the De Mariana. The
a weeping aerrant. In
*Yat the news
iaraaa nf.ytV
low fever at Breoll. announce*! without
tact by the ‘countess to lleurt. bad caueei
the death of the elder brother by the
bursting of au aneurism. A double mount-
or had fallen on the family of |>e Marsan.
Rut thla waa not to be the last shock
that the notary waa to bare that day.
“Dr. Herad came sn hour ago." aald the
servant to him on hla return home.
"Ite asked me to telt you that he went to
the gentleman yoo named, but ha waa too
lain.”
"What Mo y«o mean by too lata?**
••Monoteur had Just died when he nr*
rfre»l," said the terra nt, speaking In a low
voice, with th# Involuntary respect that
the thought of ddath Inspires, tin the mor
row aU Paris knew that the (laughter of
she notorious tYdonel de Ms roan waa
helresa to aa Immense fortune owing ta the
almost simultaneous death of her two
conetne—but nisdche alone knew nothing
of her rood fortune, and waa nowhere to
be found.
Many months afterwards IK* Dion went
K pay a lour promised visit to his sister.
arte de Monbrsn. and was there pre
sented to a fountess de Marsan. not the
door waa opened by a weeping i
explaaatloa she told them tha
of the death of Pharlea de Mai
i.iiiiii nr. gniiiNiii nnu
etlng was particularly
Heft. so. Tn obedience to his
>'tabes, he had esg«*rlr sought
for Blanche. The hHr “ ‘ *
annoying to
Ttssailiit w|i , _
ir and wide for Blanche. The heiress had
jesrd of hla exertlono. and taking him for
one of the greedy Imnd of fortune-hunters
that had gathered around her on the news
of her accession of wealth, had written
Mm a eon note. Informing him that she
desired him t« erase hie exertions, which,
•a ahe phrased It with deep sarcasm, "were
doabtleea diet at crested." Albert was too
at the Imputation to even attempt an
^nation, and directed his uotnrv |o
te. Informing her that two hundred
Lexington! What glories cluster alrnut
the name! I^xlugton!—when* the "em
battled furmefb" fired the shots that were
heard round the world!"
All honor to Lexington! Let no man 1*
base enough to want to detract one Iota
from the glory of the men whose patriotic
valor mnde the little New Knglnnd town
forever fainoua!
Hut there la nnpttier spot that abonld lie
aa ancred ns l^slugtou lu the eyes of the
American rieopie, aud In the eyes of the
lovers of lllwrtr the world over.
That spot Is Alnnmuee, North Carolina, a
place of which the overwhelming iiinjorltr
of the American people have never heard.
William Trron, (loyal (Jovernor, was ao
_rroi
Tu." w an
In the name of hla royal master. George
III., and for the furtherance of hla own
brats) and greedy Inatlm 1 **. be taxed and
oppressed the peoide to the point where
they were obliged to do one of tw
resist or be completely enslaved.
Thy resolved to resist and formed them-
aslrr * *
jftgwd „ ...
or be ctunpletely enslaved.
resolve«l to reafat and fort
res Into a Imud known as "Uegnlfttore."
* The ttegulntnra were aa ours imtrlota as
ever shouldered a gun. and they had Idens
and principles for which they were willing,
If necessary, to die. *
Having protested again ami again against
the oppression of the British government
aa exercised In the perarni of the tyrannical
Tyros, and protested In vain, they now
resolved to try what virtue there might be
In armed resistance.
The odd# were greatly against them.
They were few iu numbers nnd but poorly
supplied with the sinews of war, but the
best blood of the world flowed In their
veins, their hearts bud the full courage
thousand franca lay la Rothacblld’n bunk at
her dlapoonl.
Never since then had I hey met, and, aa
" with rousidera'
Were It not f«
MP not f«»r the presence
of hla slater's little girt. HofStte. ft would
have tieen Intolerable to Albert. The B
went for n walk lu the park, aud Al
chatted to Hoavtte.
"Why do you wear that big top coat,
uucle?* she asked.
"Because It Is cold* my child."
“Why have you such targe pockets?"
“Because I haw so much to carry In
them."
•That's not true; there’s nothing In cither
of them."
As In Anal examination. Rosette's tiny
arm disappear** to the shoulder Into tho
huge |M*cket aiid drew out a withered
bunch of violets. -
Marie shook her head laughingly, and re
marked. "Thereby hangs a tale/'
"Would you care to hear It, slater?" I»s
asked.
••Certainly," replied Marie. ."Wouldn't
you^ Blanche?"
the story ....
marked; 'Tlmse beggars know
of sitettklng In *1 fearful voice."
/"Nay." replied AlWrt, "It waa real mls-
r. retdi*
Iter life xteiwndeil on the money.
Would that 1 knew what had become of
ta
The visit of AlWrt and Blanche to Marls
de Monbren was a prolonged one; day
aureeede*! 'day. and neither thought of de-
K rtlug. At length one day aa they re-
rued to the chateau from a walk In the
woods. Marie noticed with Joy that
Blanche's gloved haml reposed on Albert?#
arm. Mhe had promised to be hta wife.
On the ntotrsw Allwn was more than us-
toulslnsl to Dm! on hla dressing table nine
teen francs, which he knew be had not
' rd there the night l»efore. After break-
he meat (one*! the strange Incident
when alone with his betrothed.
"One should pay his debts, should they
not. Altwrt?" she remarked. . v
"I have none. I am glad to aay."
"How Glare you summse. sir. that I was
alluding to yoars? I sneak of mine."
"Welt" replied Albert, with a laugh,
you should have no difficulty In getting
Id of them."
"Rxactiy. And that Is why 1 barn rent
you hack nineteen franco."
"Was It then y«»u wbo—hut. why. In th#
name of heaven?"
"If a man Intends to gtre someone a
franc, bat gives them a paMcon Instead,
that person should pay back nineteen
franca." •
"1 do not understand." said Albert, now
more pnaxled than ever.;
was dying or hunger i
sell ooms violets near the
t'oacoede. Only |ra
I. and tried to
— hitoc# .1# lu
• pm**rr l>r h»q titty on
— hat h# tkoaght wu, ■
l«t li #.. « mpoiuui,"
girt i
of thi-lr ronvlrllonp. and th#r llguml It
nut that It were k«tt#c to tw,omilhlluh-d
ttmii to hr alavr.-
Thi* result of flit# m.nljr <l#t#nntoaftnn on
th# iiart of th# Cjigollua furmi'r# jvu# th#
llultlu of Alsuuiiii-c. fought on tin- litih of
May. 1771. up uoar the hsaOwaUra of lh#
C-ati# Fonr rlvfr.
.Th# liattlu u-a# ■ fl#re# on#, nnd ttinugh
Hu- Itrgututor# tm totnlly il#f#nt#il. l#nv-
Ing orof two hnndriMl of th#lr tl#ml nuil
woiiudG'd upon the field, old Tryon recclviil
the tcsaon h«* lind so long needed—that
Americans eoiibl be shot down upon the
battlefield, but flint they could not be uindo
drumbeat «»f the Itevolotlon," for It In |
fectlv Hue tint “tb- UgkmI tli-n '
the Of fil- marfyr-G -<t
Th" principles for whlrh th- faro!
fann.T-G f .»J.f at Alaman.-.- «.-r- Id-ni
with thufc- f-r whfeh the Masimchnsi
fsrtners l*>:irht. four yennt later, at I
IngtoQ. nf th- M.i-nrUon-ttM potrl-M n
teen were killed a tel wonmlafk of thosr
Carolina over two hundred Is/ kllle*!
crippled upou the field, while six, later on.
died upon the scaffold. And ycr, whf*
the world has Jiesrd of “laexlngton,'
one perc-m In the thousand knows anything
about "Alamance.
The Injustice of all thla la pretty forcibly
hinted at tur John Kisktf In uls “American
lievolntlon."
battle *if A
JlevoJnlhm.
'The ImHuiroua condition of
where these scenes occurred
(the battle of Alamaitee, etc.| and tho fart
that the militia of the lower counties rot
•on! River that ordinarily occurs to us
when we think ot the fitst blood abed In
the Revolutionary war.
Rut Flske's hint, while It nuty explain.
In no way Justifies the historians (a au
lightly passing over the first armed resist
a nee to British oppression and the opening
battle In the great struggle for American
Independence.
EDWIN F0RRE8T8 STORMY LIFE
Domestic Difficulties Constituted Part
of the Great Tragedian's Woes.
William Winter In Hu.trey's.
In ftlwln Forrest’s private life there
came a time when be was unfortunate and
unhappy. He htiil nvirrled. in Uindon. in
1837. rntherlue Sinclair, daughter of John
Sinclair, the celebrated Kcuttlsh vocalist,
and for ten or twelve years had lived hap
pily with her; hot. Impelled by Jealous/,
he repudiated hla wife and sought a di
vorce, A counter suit was brought, a pub-
Me scandal ensued, and the wife was r|n-
J lea ted. That accomplished gentlewoman,
known for many years to the present bla :
torliu. declared to btm that Forrest’s Jeal
ous disposition showed Itself almost from
flrtrt of their married life—on one or-
?r.
one of her father’s friends* and one or
the most punctiliously honorable amt cir
cumspect old gentlemen lh the British
kingdom.
In go, an scute observer, notices the com
pulsory (tower, upou some people, of "trifles
fight as air." ft was a silly lore letter,
written by George W. Jamieson, In Imita
tion of the manner of ••fonsuelo," nnd
found by Forrest among hla wife’s papers,
that wrought the mischief. Jamleaon, In
after years, Intimately known to this writ
er, said that he wrote the leter In order to
sustain hla Idle boast that be could write
exactly In the manner of "Conauelo"—a
feat which Mrs. Forrest had declared
was Impossible he, or anybody else, cou
ftci-onipfish. He was the leading tnnn In
Forrest's company at tbe time, and many
persona were then reading George Band,**
sentimental novel.
the Umtson River railroad, nefir Glen-
wood, October 3. 1888. OH bearing of the
catastrophe of hta death. Forrest wrote;
*7 see by the telegraphic news In the
paper this morning thnt George W. Jamie
son wna killed last night by n railroad
train, nt Yonkers. God Is great; and Jus
tice, though slow. Is sure. Another scoun
drel has gone to hell—1 trust forever.**
This Hone May Be a Little High
But Our Carriage* Are Low Enough, Eepecially in Price.
• Some Irishman hooked up the Big Horse to a Pony Bug.
pv, hence comparison; but our small Buggies are amply
strong to carry human pairs—a boy and girl.
If you are full grown and want plenty of room, capacity,
etc., to carry four persons or more, this is IT—the very place
to get suited.
Kvery vehicle must have Harness. Did it ever occur to
you that we make all Harness we sell? The custom kind-
best obtainable and most economical for you to buy.
Remember two per EVERYBODY KNOWS
ce« of our June £ j, CRANE S C0„
Front Sew Depot.
42 and 44 MADISON AVENUE.
Sales go to 1910 Ex
position fund.
ELLA
WHEELER
WILCOX
SHE PUTS IN A PLEA
FOR THE CONSTRUC
TION OF GOOD ROADS !
AS AN AID TO NA- I
TiONAL PROGRESS. j
i r 1
IHMIMMIMUMGMGHIHIHIUMMMHIUI
A
(Copyright, 1906. by Amerlcan-Jour.
rml-Exnmlnrr.)
MEHICA Is ju«t waking to Its
need of good roads.
When visiting the Pan-Amerl
can Exposition I tint learned of the
great organisation ’which existed for
the promotion of this splendid move'
ment. —
England's good roada are justly fa
mous, and In her West Indian Island,
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months of June, July
and August the Seaboard Air Line
Railway will operate on Ha train leav
ing Atlanta at 9:35 p. m„ every SAT
URDAY, a through ilceptng car to
Wilmington, N. C.; returning the
through sleeper will leave Wilming
ton at 3 p. m.. arriving In Atlanta at
6:30 a- m„ Friday. Arrangements
have been made with the street rail
way people at Wilmington to hare
cars ready at the depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to the hotels
at Wrightsville Beach. Baggage will
be checked to destination. WEEK
END rate, good for live days, $8.25;
8EASON Tickets, $18.65.
SEABOARD.
good romls by town, city or gov
ernment as an extravagance for the
benefit of th# rich, who drive In car
riage* and automobile#.
The real fact of tho matter Is that
no one benefit* so greatly from good
highway* a* tho farmer nnd the Mock
breeder and th# country dweller* who
ara engaged In any kind of Industry-
I cah recoil season* In my early girl
hood when there was despondenty and
R loom over the whol# country mtuh-
I I.... ansa, of Si.ni" sudden rWe
tn th* price of produce when the roads
were absolutely Impassable.
And before they routd be safely used
to transport the crops to market the
price wa* certain to fall.
Perhaps It Is because of my early
recollection* of bad road* and all the
discomfort and loneliness they caused
that' a good road, seems to me a thing
of such beauty.
A closely shaven lawn, peatly kept,
and a hard, smooth road always etlr
me with a peculiar sensation; some
thing like to that which n sound ot
music or a sight of a beautiful picture
or the reading of a great poem pro
duces.
Lift assumes new meaning and a
glamour and a halo fall ovsr tha com
monplace.
A Grtst Contrast
t can remember when good roads
first appealed to me.
My childhood home was on a WIs-
msln oralrle. twelve miles from a
i roade were rarely good, de
hollows, and when dry end smooth they
were covered with Inch-deep duet.
Three or four times a year perhaps I
drove Into town with older member* of
the family, and aa we approached tha
city the good roade began and the
clipped lawns, and all Ihe face of the
world and tha atmosphere ot life
chanced for me.
Hope, ambition, joy teemed to rise
from those hard roads and smooth,
green lawns and envelop me; the world
grew larger: Imagination waa etlmu
atad, and when. In addition to alt thla
a strain of music ' reached me from
within some house by the wayatde, or
from some street organ, bringing ro
mance with It. then Indeed Hfe became
a thing ao wonderful that It could
scarcely be borne..
As we drove back homeward all
these emotions fadsd as soon as ths
rough roads and ragged lawns ap-
ptared again.
And to this day the seme feelings, to
degree, lake possession of me when I
pass from unkempt nature end see
rood roada and lawns which show the
orlng care of man.
I know that artists rave over tangled
grasses and wild paths of nature, but
to me uncut grass In a yard means
Ured men and women, overtaxed with
duties for which they were not fitted
by temperament, and to which they
brought only Irritability and discon
tent; duties which left no time for. the
decorative and beautiful; the fields and
barns, stable* and pens must receive
care; tha front yard could wait.
And It did wait, lonesome and over
progress drives through the land.
The poor, the rich, the humble, the
great, the people of today and the peo
ple of five hundred years to come will
all be benefited.
It la a curious fset that of all the
marvelous achievements of the Roman
dynasty In surrounding countries at the
time of It# greatness, nothing remains
today but tho good roads'. 8chool#,
temples, cities, aqueducts Institution#
of learning, buildings of state—all are
gone, but ths good roada remain.
Let every man and woman and child
In America clamor for good roads!
What everybody wants must come.
CONCENTRATION.
Its Effects Upon tho Social, Do
mestic and Business Life.
By LANDON CARTER.
Schwartt and
easeful young
ngs. Including
i—"'. #iiu -jir. uuoietr.’* Hie bride
formerly waa Mrs. Alice Darts, of Cin
cinnati. a widow, and to yean old.
n my mind, heart hunger and dcso-
lation.
Roads and Progretg.
Just so the country road, - with Ha
humpa and hollows and mud and dust,
typifies poverty and misfortune and
ssatUfactlon and. tack of progress.
It means Isolation from companion
ship and dUtanca from market, and
waiting for tatters, and discomfort In
locomotion for man and beast.
And In contrast the clipped lawn and
the good road mean time for pleasure
and leUure, hours tor recreation and
the enjoyment of life; music and
laughter: communication with friends:
th* ability to go and come without
exhausting all time and vtuilty; com
fort for animal and man, end benefit
to Individual and community.
Tee, Indred. Miss Columbia, and
Undo Bam, give ua good roada.
Give u* money to build them and
money to keep them In order.
Put all Ihe unemployed upon their
construction.
In every Mat# and town and village
1st us have these highways built
Let them run from place
silver ribbons by which tbe
ft#c###*ry fnrtnr In every form of suer###, '
still on# of It# very (rent foe# In, nut mere
ly th# poxHihlllty, but prolmblUty. uf une's
liitereHt# tn"‘"inInc iiIikiirtn.l, elmuet to tb#
evrlunlv# neglect at other duties.
Th# "huppy medium" In this partial!nr
tin# K I'.'I lull-, in-*r.- tn tie desired Hum
oup generally realize#, for by .It many
forms of imrr.nv miii.l# Iness, selflshur#*
nnd other unfortunate rh»rn#i#l1itlr# eontd
t#* sVoided. In nit pirn### of life, howerer.
Ill# 111 I iliin 1 •- nt II min ri) for s msu Is bts
own rounelenee. nail neither tbe constraint
nf IniHtn###. affection or the authority of
overwhelming number# enn atone for folic*
he## there.
The different rbarseterlitlcs formed by
the varlon# element# of concent ration, such
a# thought, rsrneotn###, etc., arc enormous
factor# In life's surceases, and tench * cer
tain form of adsptsMUty, whlth responds
readily lo every true ■tiggothm, whether
g.»«l or evil, thus enabling the' Individual
to profit by th# avoldsnr# of rvll a# well
M i th# pvrananr# of good. As tho provrr-
sl miner would accumulate more, ilk] be
understand eumiNitmil Interest and th# art
uf nuking good Investments, BO does nn
exaggerated and abnormal Me* or coucco-
Itou eellps- snd almost paralyse caw-
n sense, thereby denying tbe Individual
_ ny valuable suggestion# of nature and
hla Icllnw-aien. In the other extreme, how
ever, Is to be found the almleos. Idle m*n,
who generally exeuees hlo Isxlntmo by bl*m-
lug the quality of hi* mind; but one #o
often see* brtltlsney passed by persistency
thnt one Is Ini to realise snd forced to
acknowledge that anything ran be made
valuable If worked upon.
A untvrraal form of concentration, em-
hrarlng luterrst In *11 thing#, can become
habit frum earliest youth; It Is true
-- - - Uf there are
iqallty.
may not acquire tbtt qoi
r abonld prove of tnentclllabl
nt to all.
ro-
So one routd honestly say tltat the sue-
#»*• of the Japase## Is owing to their fa
talism or good lock, tmt to their ke»«-
blral." which means "better death than
unaccomplished work,” and owing to t" 1 *
0 to put
chariot
>laco.
. work,” ami owing t<
spirit of roneentratlou Imbued In thrm
ilndtvldnalty and coHcetlrclyl lie* their al
most unprecedented eureeseee. *ml which,
proportionately speaking, were si or-
pendent upon the esrneotne#* of the pri
vate aobllcra e# their mure llhmtrtou# gsu-
eralo—and au It Is with every trftrl*l enn.
responsibility nnd duty of life, which roii d
lie accomplished so easily and so well d 't
on# but feel that whit# at the task It Is
the one thing to li# accomplished.
All life, social, domestic and business. It
well typified by the old More about tb#
bundle of sticks, tbe strength of which,
when bonml together a# s anil, to • ft*;
portloo to the frailness of rack Individual
twig, which ena only stand certain reslst-
*°H j# nndenlalde that with tom# toper-
sensitive people Ihe very conarlousueo# #t
I heir fralllle# aud their nrtghlior* #u|ie.
rlorfty undermines lh# ambition# energy »>
necessary to life* friction, but was not
Ihe "widow's mite" given more prominence
lu the llilde than Ike donation of the rich
mon, who gave lu proportlAi to hlo v"l "■
Tkke the email thing# ne they com#. Im
prove them end be Improved by them, thru
pose them on, for—
"Little stem oft gild life's gloom,"
•Dll m wa bar* profit*! bythoai
•houlil Wr ctmtrilmt* »*W
— - — —f, for xrtf
oor wllllns*
br ronrrn-
to upon nock stU sel«
... iH*e, ktndseos, one k
to attire for tbluis of greeter ling-
nitude. aud what stronger force known
mankind ths* con ecu rested encourage
ments?
to the tienedt of our auceevaors, fi
true philanthropy la evtneed by our
ness to share knowledge, and by
Dr. Ctrl Muck, of the BerUn Royal Oft
era, who has been engaged at conductor #t
the Moot on Itymphony Jfrebeotra foeneit
season, has the retmtatlea of being one -d
the greatest conductors lu fcurope. >•*
began Mo mosteal eoreer as a ptoulsl.
Miss Josephine P. Ilottdmt*. whoso em
as gemrn tlo wed that wesUbywldower,
Senator ('rase, of .Mssssrhnw-tts. *■>;
non scat. Is t clue# flraud of Mrs. Sn*'
l-ongworth. Jr. was not In tho Tan
party that visited tbs PMUppIse*. lint bet
stater Mattel was.
Hod. Lnresxo t'rennec governor of Ne
brash*, has announced Ms re-idldscj- for
the I'ntted State* senate. He helped_!»■*
ihe flrst constitution of hit .ute.._and j hs;
poUtlea assay ysjus.
