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Calvert, Texas, has voted In favor of a easn road tax. San Antonio, Texas, has a civic asso ciation, the object of which Is the im provement and embellishment of the street by the planting of trees. The Eastern Ontario G. A. R. has reason to believe that the efforts that it has been making for some time to secure the establishment of a pro vincial division for good roads will be crowned with success. Schenectady County, N. T., has sue cessfully tried the experiment of plac ing the prisoners confined in the county jail upon the roads in working out a contract for road improvement which was awarded to the county. One re suit of this is the avoidance of Schen ectady County by tramps. Stone, brick and steel tracks have not yet received the attention that they deserve on account of their compara tive cheapness and durability. In this connection it is worthy to note that between Albany and Schenectady is a stone track road which is said to bo fully as perfect as when it was built some fifty years ago. That Florida will soon be among the States that lead in the mileage of good roads is indicated by the fact that there is now over $300,000 available in the internal improvement fund and that there is a reserve of 5,000,000 acres of swamp and overflowed lands, worth from $1 to $5 an acre. By a re cent act of the Legislature this was made available for the building of hard roads. Arkansas does not intend to allow the interest in the good roads move ment to flag. Tho Executive Commit tee of the State G. A. R. has requested the county judges to call county con ventions for this summer and fall and appoint delegates for the State convention to be held next January. If other States would work in this systematic way much more would be accomplished than Is the case where spasmodic efforts are made to interest people in the good roads movement. In Scott County, Iowa, the farmers along a certain road, finding that the ordinary road tax was only sufficient to keep the road in its normally bad condition, voluntarily entered into an agreement to tax themselves an amount that would make it possible to permanently improve the road. Land owners were to pay twenty-five cents per acre for all the land within one mile of the road, fifteen cents for land within one or two miles away, and ten cents for land between two and three miles away. This is a straightforward, self -helpful American way of dealing with the problem. Good Roads Magazine. The Money Value of Good Koads. There are at least five ways in which good roads will put money in the farmer's pocket or prevent its be ing spent wastefully; for a good road will 1. Economize time and force in transportation between farm and market. 2. Enable farmers to take advantage of market fluctuations in buying and selling. 3. Permit transportation of farm products and purchased commodities during time3 of comparative leisure. 4. Reduce wear and tear on horses, harness and vehicles. 5. Enhance the market value of real estate. Colonel Hepburn's View. In a recent review Hon. William I Hepburn, member of Congress from Iowa, expressed himself as follows: "My idea of a comprehensive scheme for the permanent betterment of the roads in the United States involves an equalizing of the expense. I would be in favor of appropriating one-third of the cost of any particular stretch of highway out of the treasury, the State to pay an equal proportion, and the township the remaining one-third. In this way the weight of expense would be so distributed as not to be oppressive- to any of the contributors, and in the course of ten years the mud hole and the bottomless pit of the spring season, when the frost emerges from the ground, will have disappeared, nd a macadamized road vlll pass every farmer's home. "It has taken the farmers a long time to come to a realisation of the .value and importance to themselves of good roads. They are now thoroughly awake to the fact, (however, and are ready to press their sturdy shoulders against the wheel of progress which leads to the elimination of the bottom less road. The movement has already begun in Iowa, and many towns are reached by farmers traveling over macadamized roads. These farmers Jiavo discovered that the hard, dry, klways passable road pays big diyl- dends In more ways than one. They have found -that it has put from JiSto $10 per acre upon the valuation of their land. Incidentally these facts are be coming generally known, and Iowa farmers are ready to grasp any com prehensive scheme that will give them permanent highways, and they are willing to pay for them. "I find many representatives in Con gress who are deeply Interested In the good roads proposition, and they have Indicated a willingness to take the mat ter up from the viewpoint of national co-operation under proper conditions. I believe the subject will receive at tention at the hands of the fifty-eighth Congress and that some practical re sults will very soon follow.' WELL-DRESSED. MEN. More ltatlonal Attention Is Being- Glyen to Appearance. Older men of the city note with gratification the better dressing and general air of, gentility carried by this generation than.'was common with that of twenty years ago. These sar torial accuracies are not the signs that betoken a fresh epidemic of dudisin. They do not portend an era of fresh Beau Brummels, Beau Nashes and Berry Walls. They do not mean that an old adage has been changed to read: "Clothes make a man and want of them a fellow." On the contrary, they indicate that there is a Avholesome revival of that personal care for one's appearance that reveals the man as neither a sloven or a sloth. Perhaps the advent of "clothing made to measure" at cus tom trade prices and, even more, the facilities of the "pressing clubs" have been most responsible for this com mendable pride of apparel. But what ever is the honorable reason for It needs to be encouraged and ap plauded. The days of the "old codger" who thought it a signal of independence to go around in public in an unvested and collarless shirt- are passed. To put on any old thing in any old way and call one's self "dressed," even for ordinary business intercourse, is to be come a person apart from the crowd called gentlemen and to announce one's self as a crank. It used to be the other way. The man who dressed in accordance with the best modes of the day was called "a dude" and "a Jlandy." Those were terms of common reproach hurled at any one who dared to be neat, clean and clothed as the most perfect form God Himself could make. There is a physical, hygienic value in good dressing. Put a slouch in a sol dier's uniform and he transforms him self with erect carriage, head erect and a quick step that altogether makes his mother doubt his identity. And in the really elegant mode for men of the present day there is dignity given to one's carriage and distinction im parted to his personality. Certainly, a man may yet make a guy of himself by loud and outre self-decoration, but we are commending the quiet, genteel, fashionable dresser, and he deserves it. Atlanta Constitution. No Beggars in Finland. "Begging doesn't go in my native land," said A. F. Watch, in speaking of the famine in Finland. "If a man asks for bread he is given the oppor tunity to earn it, never the money to buv it. It is this policy, generation after generation, that has made the Finnish people prefer death to begging, as it is understood here. The fanners begin to sow in June and seed potatoes and rve and bailey and oats are their greatest need. What little rye was raised last year was not properly ripened before being taken to the kilns. It was unusually dark and lacking in nutriment. In a letter from my sister she sneaks of a friend who had trav eled north establishing free lodgings in ten bailiwicks. In these lodgings warmth and food could be had; the women and children were taught cook ery and earned their food by sewing, spinning, knitting and weaving, and the men were provided with work. It is work. work, work, there being hard ly a millionaire in Finland's 2,555,000 inhabitants. The fish famine was as crre'at as the bread famine, as the con stant rains last summer flooded the country, the myriads of lakes spread over the meadows, making the usual catch impossible." Philadelphia Rec ord. The Brick Industry. The largest brick-making region in the country is the Hudson River valley in New York State, where nearly a bil lion brick are made annually. Pcnn- svlvania leads in the production of m-essed brick. Most of the terra cotta comes from New York, New Jersey and' Illinois. Although West Virginia was the cradle of the paving-brick In dustry, Ohio now leads in the produc tion of vitrified brick. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan are the most Im portant producers of drain tile, and Ohio is the main producer also or pwpr nine.' Pennsylvania produced over four and a half million dollars' worth of fire brick, about one-half the total tiroduction. in both 1900 and 1901. Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in the order named, are the greatest pro ducers of pottery. East Liverpool, Ohio and Trenton, N. J., being the chief cen tres of production, American CuIUvjm tor, ' -'V -'-J- - Ml w l THE RIGHT KIND OF A WIFE. SSe Sometimes Makes a Man of a Ne'er Do-Well. He is the most sociable soul on Main street, and he beamed on the girl In the white shoes who pattered toward him as he stood in the doorway of bis little shop. Ills stock in trade in sea shells with "Souvenir of Seacrest" Inscribed on them, pocket books made of mussels, mirrors framed in shells (like the one In David's bedroom when he went to visit the Peggottys), and other more or less marine articles of bigotry and Virtue. The summer girl stood idly gazing at the fanciful wares in the sweetgrass basket at the door while the shopkeep er took leave of a customer. As the latter went down the village street the communicative shopkeeper said to the summer girl, "A powerful smart man, that!" The girl looked after the re treating figure of the "smart" man. He didn't look the part. She smiled inquiringly at the shopkeeper and thus encouraged the worthy seller of shells continued: "Why, I can remember when he was a poor boy not so many years ago either. He was no 'count whatever absolutely. One day he had the nerve to get married. We all kind o' pitied the girl. But " and he made a ges ture that might mean horror, aston ishment or joy, or all three. "How she pulled him up! She m;ule him work; and when he did work ne was smart. He wrote and he lawyered and he clerked, and she kept a-tuggin away at him all the time and saved his money and sent tho children to school and dressed herself neat and made his home a very pleasant place." "A wonderful woman," said the sum mer girl, with a glance into the gloomy little shop. "Yes, she was. He was lucky. Most women couldn't a done nothing with a no 'count fellow like him, but he got a treasure out of Providence's grab bag, didn't he?" "It seems so." "And I tell you that a man's fortune Is his wife. She makes him or breaks him." "She usually tries to break him," said said the summer girl unsmilingly. "Many a fellow that starts out of some use in the world is dragged down and out by a silly, airy woman. But a good, economical wife is as good as. parties and savings banks." "Parties?" "Why, she keeps a man home and leads him out of dissipations such as shows and theatres and circuses and balloon ascensions. But I tell you it's better to have any wife even a silly one than to have none at all. Plunge in and trust to luck, say I." "Yes, I think so. too. There's some thing pathetic about a dried up, selfisn bachelor.. How about your wife?" asked the summer girl interestedly. The seller of seashells' round, rubi cund face took on lines of wistfulness. He dropped his jocular tone and said gently: "Well, you see, it was a long while ago. She was very young and gay. I suppose people would say did say that she was not the kind to help a man in business, but she made me very happy. She only lived a year. But I never forgot that happy year, that's Vhy I advise young men to 'plunge in.' " and he smiled a little mistily. And as the summer girl's white shoes weat tripping down the street, she looked back at the rotund propor tions and bald head of the prosaic fig ure in the doorway and told herself that one can never tell where romance will choose to take up its abode. New York Commercial Advertiser. The Three-Hole Blucber. The flattest of soles is seen on some walking boots, both buttoned and laced, and on the popular oxford or low-cut shoe yclept the "three-hole blucher." From the ball of the foot, beneath the instep and to the heel, there is a heavy curved support to the foot, with unusual "spring" to it The heel is high, and for some reason called a military heel. This blucher has three holes on each side, no more, and, therefore, is truly a low shoe. It has no tip across the toes, neither pointed nor square, and the sole lies flat and square on the ground, not in the least turning up at the toes, as older style boots and shoes are wont to do. By these marks you may know the "three-hole blucher.' ll .rMWIT T mrn NEWEST FASHI0NS. , rieated boleros are wonderfully be coming to slender forms. Soma sashes are broad enough to cover the back of the skirt. Embroidered sashes of satin Liberty are rounded pff at the ends. A Mohair is one of the smartest fa brics, because it hangs well. Summer evening fans are airy fairy weapons to match the dress. Cape collars finish various jackets find broaden narrow shoulders. Shaped clasps for the back of the belt should be correctly shaped. La Valliere necklaces adorn the neck of the woman" in the low or half -low gown. A rose wreath Is a lovely garniture for a decollete dress of softly rosy pink. Heavy chatelaine pins have a way of disagreeably sagging on very thin goods. The cut and fit of underwear is im portant if one desires perfect-fitting clothes. Some handsome dresses boast made sashes that have ends not over a foot in length. , Some stitches in modish embroidery can only be appreciated through a mag nifying glass. Heavy sashes to match the dress, such as velvet, are effectively finished at the scallop-shaped ends with heavy fringe. A veiling novelty is on the order of thin crepe de chine furnished with a border in fancy cat-stitch forming dia monds. This veiling comes in all colors. Lilacs are among the fashionable flowers for hat decoration. White, blue and purple blossoms are combined in large wreaths and placed around the brim of straw hats. MODERNIZING THE HOLY LAND. Invasion of American Mechanical Inven tions Into Syria. "A peaceful revolution is now going oh in the Holy Land," writes an Amer ican correspondent to the London Sphere. "Where plows of antique types are hauled by camels, oxen and don keys the steam plow is seen. In har vest time, instead of the patient, an tique methods, huge harvesting ma chines, reapers and threshers are op erated by steam. The standard-gauge railway lias already penetrated .inland to Horns, the 'Manchester of Syria,' where, on its arrival, a mob demanded its surrender. Victorias and landaus are running between Honis and Pal myra, where the ruins were once a sealed book. Automobile lines are pre paring to cross the desert and succeed the mail lines of ( fleet dromedaries. When the American steam thresher arrived in Syria from Indiana the plant was promptly bought by Najib Sur sock Bey, the progressive millionaire, owning great areas of Syria and Egypt, who vows to buying anything the Americans invent. The success of the plant was complete. The straw bruiser attached to the separator has opened a new dawn of plenty for starving ani mals of the Holy Land. Syrian straw is hard and stiff, and hence it was supposed for ages to be valueless. The bruiser, a steel cylinder with twelve roAvs of corrugated teeth mak ing 1200 revolutions a. minute, now makes the straw fit for the animals to eat. The Koran," adds our correspond ent, "will surely retreat before Ameri can machinery and methods introduced simultaneously with American schools. This may be said to be the first death blow struck at Mahomedanism. The Arabs are accustomed to work, and court it. All the wars heretofore waged have never wrielded the slight est influence on the religious fanatic Ism of these people. Machinery and modern methods and enlightened edu cation, however, bringing the" Arabs new and cheerful labor, better pay and rewards, will expose them constantly to the weaknesses of their creed and end in their complete metamorphosis from their forms of dress, foods. thoughts and conduct." How West Point Sets the Pace. West Point sets the pace for military instruction in about sixty public and chartered military schools in the Unit ed States, and more than a hundred private institutions. When it is stated that from 10,000 to 15,000 young Amer icans are graduated at these prepara tory schools each year to enter busi ness and the professions, it will be seen how far reaching is the influence of West Point rules and West Point traditions, even outside the department of governmental service for which it was principally established. In it own peculiar field West Point stands with out a rival, for its history Is the history of all the great victories won by Amer ican arms since the war of the revolu tion. Nearly all the famous American generals since that time have been sons of West Toint Logan and Miles are famous exceptions who rose from the ranks and nearly every commis sioned officer of high rank in the army to-day received his first commission on the day when he was graduated at West Point National Magazine. " Silence is Golden." A thoughtful looking man was eating his lunch in a restaurant. Suddenly he said musingly, "I wonder who invent ed the phrase, 'Silence is golden?'" "Probably some poor fellow who had a wife, a parrot, a seven-year-old boy, a phonograph and a barber," said his companion with the bitterness of one Who knows whereof he speaketh. Wise is the man who can distinguish flattery from honest praise. ' :-. , AT DUSK. I follow, through the garden dim, , f V,e winding way that Lvdia passed. I follow, led by trusty guides, t Confident of success at last- i,?.be rewarded for my quest When Lydia's lips to mine are pressed! The blades of grass they help my search; A leaf upon the garden walk. The imprint of a little heel, -V: -' Are a 1 endowed with power to talk. me' s?ft! a 6ecret sweet: This way and this went Lydia's feet!" The stars leaned down to watch her pass, , JF he bovg?a kissed her as she went, (They caught their white bloom from her gown), And all these messengers are lent To guide my heart, by whispering low, "lhis way and this did Lydia go!" Harper's Bazar "Was she happily married?" "Very! Why, her trousseau alone cost oveE six thousand dollars." Judge. "1 dislike that Miss Jones. Sho seems double-faced." "Impossible, or. she'd be wearing the other one." Stella "Did he get down on hia knees when he proposed?" Bella "Yes; but papa' won't set him on hia feet." Puck. j Mrs. Sharp "What is a great, stout,' healthy man like you begging for?" Bulky Butters "Only two cents, mum." Chicago News. . r "I fell into the swimming hole," 1 The mother 'gaii to scoff, "JIow did you keep your clothes so dry?" "Why, ma, I took them off." Chicago Record-Herald. Edith "I dreamed last night that I wa going to be married." Kitty "Funny, what absurd things come to us in dreams, isn't it, dear';" Boston Transcript. She "There goes General Chutney, with his daughter." lie "So 1 see and they say that the daughter has been through more engagements than her father." Tit-Eits. Wife (in her latest dress from Paris) "Harry, what's the difference be tween a 'gown' and a 'creation'?" Harry "I can't give the exact figures, but it's a small fortune." Punch. She wears the smile that won't come off. Ah. me, it is perfection. I only wish that I could say As much for her complexion. Philadelphia Record. Mrs. Newrocks "Yes, Tessie, your uncle made his money before you were born." Her Niece "Did he? Well, it's a good things to have somebody in the family who was born rich, isn't it, auntie?" Puck. Kutten "You'll excuse me.'old chap, for not introducing my wife.' The fact is, you know, she's she's io infernally particular." Dryde "In everything but her choice of a husband, perhaps, I see." Chicago Tribune. Daughter (pleadingly) "I am sure you will like George. He is the most conscientious young man I ever knew." Father (a business man) "Then don't you dare to marry him! You'll starve to death!" New York Weekly. Towne "He seems to think he's quite an orator." Browne "Huh! Why, whenever he attempts to make a speech he really makes a monkey of himself." Towne "Sort of harangue outang, eh." Philadelphia Pres. Johnnie "Mother, say, that is all nonsense with the life insurance, isn't it?" Mother "My, what an idea, Johnnie. What makes you think so?" Johnnie "Well, didn't Mr. Brown tell you the other day that he hud his life insured, and now he is dead all the same. Brooklyn Life. "Soda Dispensers." In a lower Broadway store, New York City, where "soda dispensers" are not required to work on Sundays, the manager says he is able, virtuallj-, to take his pick of men employed in tills kind of work. The time ha? gone by when one boy and the "boss" took care of the soda water fountain in a large drug store and considered It merely an incident to the day's busi-i ness. Twelve or fifteen clerks are kept busy from 9 a. m. until S p." m. in , many of the downtown establish ments that make a specialty of soda1 water trade. Many uptown stores em ploy a large number, but wrhen the hours are longer they work in shifts.; Their wages range from $12 to $19 a week. They are young men, not boys,' and this year mey refuse to take a po-, sition with Sunday work included if they can get along without it. Pitts burg Dispatch. Kreak Building in fioilmm. The fight for light in New York City,, is becoming interesting. William Bj Havemeyer has planned to erect an': office building on a plot 23 by 16 fee that is to cost $200,000. It will b eighteen stories high. it will be Impossible to rob this towj er of light, for its small area will per mit of but ono office on each floorM thus securing all the light neededr even on the ground floors, while thdj man on floor 18 will be flooded with; light, like the wick of a candle. U In cas$ of an earthquake visitation! the qccupants of the sky parlor wiljj probably find it convenient to be ontj until the shakes are over. How manys years Is such a tower caloulated t& stand? Boston Globe, ..
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