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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-07
Ready to Go to the Pritish Death Pens

Chicago Jan. Rev. Hiram ".
Thomas. recently pastor o. tho People
Church os Chicago. has announced IN
letter 10 Petar EanVlissenFen. treasurer
OF the Chicago branch Q fthe American
T-arsv2al League the Willingness OF
himself ani his wife 70 70 TO South Afri-
ca in tho interest cf the non -coulbatant5
gathered at the rcconcertrado camps.
Dr. Thomas writes from Dc Fcniak
SPRINGS. Fla. saying
n the name Of God and humanity we
are ready 70 go 70 that car OF land
Glaily will we BE- the bearers of the ger-
erous offerings and sy:npathies % the
people of our country Of tho FREE 70 non
ccmbatants. the aged. the mothers and
children. the sic kand dying. whose hna-
bards and fathers are fighting for hoTe
and country. for the rights q man
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-07
BYNUA AND BYNUM TO SUE.
1hey Gave Been Unable 10 Collect in Gold
Brick Case.

(SpecilI to the News anI Observer
Greensboro. \. G.. Jan. 4.-Bynum &
Bynunl, who were associa ted with l. A
Gilmore, tho Chicago lawyer. in the de-
tense Of Howard. Hawley and Da ley the
gold brick men sent 70 the pcnitentiary
from this county, have been unable 10
collect their fee. Today they issued an
attachment against money deposited by
Mrs. Howard in the Greensboro Loan aud
Trust Company 10 the credit Of Gilmore.
Papers were served oD the officials ot
the bank this afternoon and unless Gil
mere arranges matters q suit Will fol-
low.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-07

The historic Liberty bell which is TO
10 placed on exhibition at the Charles
tor exposition. vas yesterday taken from
independence hall at Philadelphia TO the
Pennsylvania Railroad Station. where il
will remain under guard until Monday
morning when it will start on its
Southern journey.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-07

The Howell resolution deyoting s3Zo.-
$50 OF the public property fund 10 tns
payment OF interest on tho bonded deDt
OF the State 7ras yesterday declared con-
stitutional By tho Supreme court o. Geor-
gia. The principal question at ISSUE was
whether tho interest on the bonded dent
was a part o' the debt itself and the
court decided that II -as
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-07

X. c. Nixon, General Superintendent
was yesterday appointed General Man
aser of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
vice L. & Polk. elected vice president.
Tie office of General Superintendent has
been abolished
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-07

The department OF public instruction
has suppressed tho study OF Latin in the
great preparatory school in Mexico City,
where young men are prepared for pro-
fessional careers and replaced il with
English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
Snobs, Cads and Bounders.

From the New York Times,
A knot of men at a club were trying to
define the exact meaning of the above
terms. and this was the general idea:
A snob is a mildly pretentious person.
negative rather than positive, whose antics
raise smile but rarely excite anger He
may be extremely we'll dressed or he may
be sloven; generally speaking, he Is a
bore
A cad is a more active and militant char
acter, whose entrance in club causes some
dismay but not revolt In alluding to him
as bore some rather warm adjective is
pref1xed, partly because he Is difficult to
evade. partly because he Is apt to say or
do something for which he deserves to be
kicked, and the practical impossbility Of
doing so inks the others present. He is very
deleterious to large eaters after dinner,
since he arrests digestion and sends the
blood to the head.
The bounder is what might be called a
gorgeous cad, beside whom a snob is rest
and comfort. His briskness reduces you
to aphasia and temporary cerebral amaze
| mia; his laugh curdles your blood You
cannot be charitable to a bounder: charity
stops right there. He empties clubs and
causes ruin to corporations and Yestries by
the violence of the passions he arouses A
noisy. screaming, superfious peacock of a
cad Is bounder. such as many a captain
of liner has longed to put in irons, for
Weirdly enough, he is apt to escape seasick-
ness in order to harass mankind when most
helpless.
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100 feet. Each pillar Is to bear a weight of
81, 100000 pounds. four times which, 14S, 0OO.-
600 pounds. will be the towers total weight
These pillar foundations are to be aided in
their herculean task by what are technically
called flying butteresses. Recently work
was begun on one of the buttresses. While
the stonemasons We're laying the vertical
part of the buttress five carpenters ted
and built the false work. for the arched
portion 1t took six weeks Of steady work
of ten hours day to do it. Then when the
masons We're ready for the false work" 1t
took five men six weeks of steady work Of
ten hours day to wedge 1t into place The
wages and the cost of the material for the
false work. footed up nearly 81, 600
For some further idea of the cost consider
the facts that the cathedral authorities in
order to be sure Of the necessary supply of
stone. had to buy outright a big granite
quarry in Westchester county. this state
and take a nnety-nine- year lease on lime
stone quarry in Minnesota. But In return
for this big first expense the cathedrals
builders have a practical monopoly Of two
magnificent building stones that hitherto
have not figured in structures of any con-
sequence.
The New York product is being used for
the exterior, the Minnesota stone for the
interior finish above base Of Dakota jas
per- so hard that it will shatter the strong
est carving instrument, and a molding Of
green serpentine from Pennsylvania.
How the Stones Were Discovered.
The discoveries of the two principal stones
form interesting incidents in the cathedrars
history. 1t came to a point one day with
the architects where it was imperative that
the stone to be used In the cathedral should
be decided on. Messrs. Helms and La Fargo
wanted something novel. They set out to
find these novelties. They had poor sue
cess until an accident favored them. Mr..
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consumed $1,000 cubic yards of exterior and
each only several feet wide and about thirty
feet In height. have required more bricks
for interior lining than are used for six
story apartment house
And then consider the decorations essen
tlai to the proper Crnamentation of this
chapel There are fIfty-two inches for five
foot statues. There are hundreds of oppor-
tcnitios for fret work, for bosses, for Carv-
tgs and sculptur.ng of all kinds. j. G. C.
Hamilton, the sculptor. has begun the task
nj supplying the necessary stone and mar
BILE decoration.
Mr.. Hamilton is known in the art world
as the man who has more statues scattered
about this continent than any other living
man. J. Q. y. Ward alone excepted. He
also IS known widely by reason of what
many consider his masterpiece, the largest
carved crucifix in the world. 1t stands in a
Euffaio, N Y. cemetery. 1t is thirty feet
high. twelve feet across the arms and sur
mounted by Christ ten feet in height. 1t
was carved from d single stone weighing
100 tons and the upright piece is five feet
square.
A Task for Generations.
This crucifix is an example of the handi-
work of the sculptor who says that it will
take him the better part of four years of
continuous work to think out and turn out
the stone decorations for the chapel. His
son. Alexander Hamilton. is helping him in
the clay modelling and plaster work. and an
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friendship raised a protest. Wait then for
a moment. Wait until the bitterness of an
ambitious and unrounded life could formu-
late this evil impulse. Wait, till Mary
Connynge could summon treachery enough
to Stay her friend. And yet, wait only I'M
I'll the primitive soul of Mary Connynge
should become altogether imperative In its
demands! For after all, was not this friend
a woman. and is not the earth builded as II
Is And hath not God made male and re-
male its inhabitants; and as there Is war
OF male and male, is there not war of fe-
male and female, until the end of time?
Il came from the Lady Catharine, said
Mary Connynge, slowly, but l bring no
message from her of the sort which perhaps
you wished 1t was a desperate, reckless
lie, a lie almost certain Of detection; yet 1t
was the only resource of the moment. and
a moment later 1t was too late to recall.
One lie must now follow another, and all
must make a deadly coil.
Madam, l am sorry said John Law,
quietly. yet his face twitched sharply at
the impact of these cutting words. Did
you know Of my letter to herr"
Am l not here?" said Mary Connynge.
True, and thank you deeply. But how,
Why-pray you, understand that l would
be set right. 1 would not undergo more
IMAM Is necessary. VIII you not eXplaln!
There is but little to explain-little.
though it may mean much. 1t must be
private. Your brother-he must never know.
Fromlse me not to speak to him OF TINS
my dear lady" said John Law. Il trust
may keep my counsel In a matter which
comes so close to mesr
Yes, truly" replied Mary Connynge, 'if
you mad set your heart upon kindly an
swer." - -,v
What! You mean, then, that She
DO you promise?' III
The brows of law settled deeper and
deeper into the fr6wni which marked MIN
When he was pertufbed: The blood, settled
back. now slowly mounted again into his
face, the resentful! lighting blood of the
Il promise" he cried.s "And now tell me
K Knaf answer had 'tHs Lady catharine
She declined to- answer" said Mary
to come. She said that she was ill enough
pleased to hear Of your brawling. Said
that she doubted not,the law would punish
you, nor doubted thar :uhe law was just"
smote his hands 'togfther and laughed loud
and bitterly.
Madam" said he, II had never thought
to say 1t to woman but in very Justice
mus tell you that see quite through this
shallow falsehood"-t
Sir" said Mary :Connynge. her hands
clutching at the arms of her chair, ''this is
unusual speech to a lady!'
usual"
burst out the girl ,sWhat is 1t to me? Why
should care what the Lady Catharine says
or does? Why should risk my own name
to come of this errand in the night: Now
let me pass, for I shall leave YOU.
The swift jealous rage of Mary Connynge
ter served her real purpose. The stubborn
nature OF Law was ever ready for chal-
lenge. He caught her arm. and placed her
not unkindly upon the chair
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take centuries to complete the cathedral OF
ST John the Divine. but know it can't be
completed, decorations and all, which are
as essential to building of this character
as it's walls. in the thirty years the PUBIC
has generally been led to believe. thlrd
Of this time has passed already, and what
have we above ground? Only one OF the
four great arches that will support the
tower, g. part of the foundation and the
Belmont Chapel. Why it will take years
to lay the mosaics In the great dome, with
a 96-foot span. which IS under the central
tower. rising to height Of 425 feet And
think of the soul pture, the statues, the fret
work, the stained glass windows, the mo-
sales. that must be scattered here, there
and everywhere from the towers tip down
into the crypt underwear the choir, where
services are now being held.
mo. no man can even guess when the
cathedral will be completed.
What will it cost? What was Adams
salary the first year he was banished from
Eden? Observation-Disclosures. I can only
answer millions upon millions-and still
more Millions
Owns Quarries.
Some idea of the way money must be
spent on the cathedral may be gained from
the following:
The most striking portion of the cathedral
above ground is one of the four great arches
that ultimately will support the great CEN
trail tower. These arches are to rest on
four pillars that rise to a height Of over
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extensive and expensive pneumatic carving
plant soon to be installed on the ca thedral
grounds. will aid him in the carving.
Mr.. Hamilton recently stated that if he
should be engaged to furnish the stone dec
Grafton for the choir proper, in all likeli-
hood he would never be able to complete
the commission ITS reasonably certain
that I've still twenty years to live. but not
even two score years would suffice. Why.
it would be the work of lifetime almost
to create and carve the 2o6 statues that
ultimately will repose in the inches of Just
eight pillars. And when you think of the
decoration needed for the whole cathedral
II seems like a task with no ending.
No one not even the architects, George
l.. Helms and c. Grant La Fargo, who
know more about the big cathedral than
make a rough estimate of the amount of
stone and bricks and other material and
the quantity of decoration that the building
will demand. ''All we know said Mr. La
Fargo recently, 'is that the amount will
be great-great almost to the point of in
Comprehensibility. Each day we find our
task grows larger: each day we are as
founded by it's continually magnified pro-
portions.
when will the cathedral be completed2
When will the world come to an end? Con-
lecture conjecture. We are arranging the
drawings so that the architects, whoever
they may be, who succeed us when we are
dead will be able to understand them clear
Iy and take up the work without hitch
where we left off And we are not old men.
by any means. No, l can't even make a
guess when the cathedral will be completed.
Nav Be Centuries in Building.
at took centuries of uninterrupted build
ing to finish some of the European cathe-
drals. some of which are considerably
smaller and none much larger than the one
gradually climbing skyward up on Morn
ingside Heights. 1 don't say that it will
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by heaven. I half believe what you say
is true!" said he, as though to himself.
yet you just said twas false" said the
girl. her eyes flashing.
Il meant that what you add is true, and
hence the first also must be believed. Then
you saw my meSSage?"
Il did. since it fell OUT
But you did not read the real message.
l asked no aid Of any for my escape. 1
but asked her to come. In sheer truth, I
wished but to her.
And by what right could you expect
that?
II asked her as my afianced wife" re-
piled John Law.
Mary Connynge stood an inch taller, as
she sprang to her feet in sudden scorn and
bitterness.
your affianced wife" cried She what!
So soon! Oh. indeed must be my opin-
ion of this Lady Catharine!"
1T was never my way to waste time on
a journey" said John Law. coolly.
Your wife. your aff1anced wife?"
LAS l said"
Yes" cried Mary Connynge, bitterly, and
again, unconsciously and in sheer anger,
falling upon that course which best served
Ter purpose. And what manner of af-
famed wife is ii would forsake her lover
at the first breath of trouble? My God! its
then, 1t seems to me, woman would most
swiftly fly to the man she loved"
John Law turned slowly toward her, his
eyes scanning her closely from top to toe
noting the heaving of her bosom. the SPAR
KING OF ner SOlQ-cOlOred eye, now darkened
and half ready to dissolve in tears. He
stood as though he were a judge, weighing
the evidence before him, calmly, dispassion-
ately
would you do SO much as that, Mary
Connynge!.; asked john Lar.
Il, sir?" she replied. Then why am I
here tonight myself? But, God pity me,
what have l said? There is nothing but
misfortune in all my lfeI'
1t was one rebellious, unsubdued nature
speaking to another. and of the two each
was now having it's own sharp suffering
The instant of doubt is the time of danger.
Then comes revulsion, bitterness, despair,
folly John Law trod a step nearer.
by God! Madam cried he II would
might believe you l would l might oelieve
that you, that any woman, would come to
me at such a time! But tell me-and l be-
was even unsigned-whom then may trust?
If this woman scorns my call at such
time tell me, whom shall 1 hold faithful /?
Who would come to me at any time, in any
case, in my trouble? Suppose my message
i were to you?"
Mary. Connynge stirred softly under her
deep cloak. Her head was lifted slightly.
the curve of cheek and chin showing in the
light that fell from the little lamp. The
masses of her dark hair lay piled about
her face. tumbled by the sweeping of her
hood. Her eyes showed TREMENDOUSLY soft
and deep now as he looked into them. Her
little hands half twitched a trifle from her
lap and reached forward and upward. Prim-
tive she might have been, wicked she was,
sinfully sweet; and yet she was woman. 1t
if one might claim vocalization for her
speech.
Have I not Gomez whispered she.
by God! Mary Connynge. yes. you have
conner cried Law. And though there was
heartbreak in his voice, it sounded sweet
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The turnkey looked at VIII Law with a
hesitation in his attitude. why, this gen.
tleman 1 know he began.
Yes; let US in," cried Will Law, with
sudden energy. IT'S time that we took
steps to set my brother free"
True, so say they all, young master" re-
piled the turnkey, grinning. Its easy to
get We in, but passing hard to get We out
again. Yet, since the young man we wish
to see is very decent gentleman, and
knoweth we'll the needs of a poor working
body like myself. we will take the matter
under advisement. as the court saith, for
sooth."
They passed through the heavy gates,
down narrow and heavy-aired passage,
and finally into naked room. 1t was here,
in such somber surroundings, that Mary
Connynge saw again the man whose image
had been craven on her heart ever since
that morn at sadler's Wells. How her
heart coveted him. how her blood leaped for
him-these things the Mary Connynges of
the world can tell, they who own the pri-
meval heart Of womankind.
When John Law himself at length en-
tered the room, he stepped forward at first
confidently, eagerly, though with surprise
upon his face. Then with a sudden hesita-
tion he looked sharply at the figure which
he saw awaiting him in the dingy room
His breath came sharp, and ended in a
sigh. For a half moment his face flushed
his brow showed question and annoyance
Yet rapidly, after his fashion, he mastered
himself.
WILL said he, calmly, to his brother.
Kindly ask the coachman to wait for this
lady"
He stood for moment gazing after the
form Of his brother as it disappeared in
the outer shadows. For this half-moment
he took swift counsel of himself. 1t was a
face calm and non-committal that he
turned toward the girl who sat now in the
darkest corner of the room. her head cast
down, her foot beating a signal of perturba- :
ton upon the floor. From the corner of her
eye Mary Connynge saw him, a tall and
manly man, superbly clad faultless in phy-
sique and raiment from top to toe He stood
as though ready to step into his carriage
for some voyage to rout or ball. Youth.
vigor, self-reliance, confidence this was the
whole message Of the splendid figure The
blood OF Mary Connynge this survival this
half-saVage woman. unregulated unsub-
dued. leaped high within her bosom, fled to
her race, gave color to her cheek and
brightness to her eye. Her breath short
ened after feline fashion. Deep was calling
unto deep. ancient unto ancient primitive
unto primitive Without the gate of Lon
don prison there was one abiect prisoner
WITHIN Its gates there were two prisoners
and one OF them was slave for life.
Madam said John Law. In deep and vi
brant tone. you will pardon me if I saw
that it gives me surprise to see YOU here -
Yes, have come" said the girl, not logi-
cally. 1osi-
You bring. perhaps, some messenger"
IL brought a message"
1T is from the Lady Catharine?"
Mary Connynge was silent for a moment
1t was necessary that, at least for mo-
ment. the poison Of some aeons should dis
til. There was need of savagery to saw
what she proposed to say. The voice OF
training. OF civilization, Of unselflshness. Of
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CHAPTER XIV.
If There Were Need.

Time on in the ancient capital Of
England. The tramp of troops echoed in
the streets, and the fleets of Britain made
ready to carry her sons over seas for wars
and for adventures. The intrigues of party
against party, of church against church. of
parliament against king; the loves. the
hates, the ambitions, the desires Of all the
citys hurrying thousands went as ever
Who, then. should remember a single pris-
oner, waiting within the walls of England
jail? The hours wore slowly enough
for that prisoner. He had faced a Jury OF
his peers and was condemned to face the
gallows. Meantime he had said farewell
to love and hope and faithfulness, even as
he bade farewell to life. "Since she has
forsaken me whom thought faithful" said
he to himself, why, let it end. for life is a
mockery I would not live out" And thence
forth. haggard, but laughing, pale, but with
unbroken courage. he trod on his way
through his few remaining days, the won
der of those who saw him.
AS for Mary Connynge, surely she had
matters enough which were best kept secret
in her own soul While Lady Catharine
was hoping, and praying, and dreaming
and believing, even as the roses left her
|-cheek and the hollows fell beneath her eyes,
she saw about her in the daily walks CO life
Mary Connynge, sleek and rounded
neither did the make sign to the other
of her own anxiety, nor did that other give
sign of her own treachery. Mary Connynge,
false guest, false friend. false woman. de-
ceived so perfectly that she left no indi-
cation of deceit. She herself knew. and
blindly satisfied herself with the knowledge.
that she alone now came close into the life
of Beau" Law, the convict; "Jessamy'
Law, the student the financier. the think
err; John Law, her lord and master. Herein
she found the sole compensation possible in
her savage nature. She had found the
master whom she sought!
Cynieally mrthful irreverently indif-
ferent. yet never did her masters strength
forsake him, never did his heart lose its
undauntedness. And when he babe Mary
Connynge do this or that she obeyed him;
when he bade her arise she arose; at his
word she came or departed A dozen nights
in the month she was absent from the
house of Knollys. A dozen nights Will Law
was cozened into frenzy, alternating be-
tween a heaven of delight and a hell of de-
spair. and ignorant of her twofold duplicity
A dozen nights John Law knew well enough
where Mary Connynge was, though no one
else might know. There was feminine tri-
umph cow In full in the heart of this Mary
Connynge. who had gone white with rage
at the sight of a rose offered across her
face to another woman. Had she not her
master? Was he not hers, all hers, be-
longing in no wise to any other?
r'or the future, Mary Connynge did not
pondc, it. An ephennera, once buried gene