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Sample Roads. Secretary Wilson, in his annual re port, points to the fact that "sample roads" hare been built in nine differ ent States during the past year pj the Department of Agriculture," and he ex presses the belief that valuable mis sionary work was done thereby in the Interest of a betterment, of the high ways of the country. These sample roads will unquestionably arouse the Interest of . intelligent farmers. But it may be doubted whether, if left by themselves, they will, prove materially effective In forwarding the good roads movement. Nor Is it to be expected that they will be left alone In this work. The farmer may be interested, and even convinced, but he is not the tsort of man, as a rule, to put his, hand Into his pocket and tax himself of his own volition for road improvement The initiative must be taken by some more enterprising agent. The farmer will pay his share if county and State laws are passed, and he will, perhaps, eventually become the staunchest friend of such laws. But he will not be likely to take the stump for their enactment without a leader. The sample road will prove to the farmer that it is easier to haul a given load with a given power on such a compact, smooth surface than on the old rutty, muddy, rough road ; of com mon experience. This will be espe cially true If the sample road is in jected into the middle of ft badly built and poorly maintained road, giving the farmer a sense of relief when he strikes the smooth stretch and of regret when he leaves it. His horse will show the difference in his condition If the sam ple is long enough to meet his average hauling purposes, he will find that be can double his loads and so halve his hauling work, and thus beat his com petitor using poorer , roads in putting his crop in the market These demonstrations mean some thing to the farmer who thinks, and the percentage of thinking farmers is increasing yearly in this country. Yet even with this enlightenment the act ive hustling for improved road laws must be done by the agents of the de partment and by the various organiza tions which stand for good roads, such as the League of American Wheelmen and the associations of autooobillsts. A few more seasons of sample road building and the task of securing such laws should be easy of accomplish mentWashington Star. -r. Must Hare Good Roads' Good roads are one of the features necessary to the establishment of rural free delivery routes. It Is evident that the rcRtoifice Department meant busi ness when it declared at the start that no free delivery would be maintained over poor roads. Not only must the roads be good In the beginning, but they must be kept In proper order, or the route -.111 be abolished. An East ern postmaster recently received the following letter, which shows plainly the attitude of the Postoffiee Depart ment: "Reports recently received show that the roads traveled by rural car riers from your office are in bad condi tion, and likely to be impassable in bad weather. You will please notify the patrons of routes 1 and 2 that the present lack of attention to these roads will. If continued, be likely to endanger the permanency of the rural iree delivery service there. "A rural carrier cannot possibly make regular time or perform efficient service over poor roads, particularly during the winter and spring months. The summer is the time for mending these highways, which are really serv ing as post roads, and which should al ways be in passable condition for the transport of the mail. It is the hope of the Department that the patrons who are receiving the benefit of the service appreciate it, and that they - will promptly -co-operate in an effort to repair all deficient portions before winter, sets in, so that the permanency of rural free delivery service may be insured." 2s ew England Homestead. Broad Tires ITor Farm Wagons. The great value of broad tires for both farm wagons and carts and those used for carrying heavy loads on the road has long bean demonstrated be yond quelou. In a recent bulletin issued by the experiment, station of the University of the State If Missouri, the director says: "Numerous tests of the draft of wMp and narrow tired wagons I have been made at this station ; durinc thc last two years cn macadam, gravel and dirt roads in all conditions, and on mead ows, pastures and plowed land3. both wet and dry. The draft has been determined by means of a self -record ing dynamometer. The. net load was in every trial the same, viz., 2000 pounds. Contrary to nubile exneotn. tlon in a large majority of cases the draft was materially lesa when tires six Inches In width wero used than when the testa wero made with Urea of standard width one and ' one-half Inches.' - A summary on the results of experi ments on all sorts of roads and farm fields follows tills statement. Why Farmer 'an Not Pleased, Although the rapid growth of rail- w.q vs in the - United States has ren dered unnecessary, to some extent, the const ruction of hard roads, advocates of cood roads hold that we have reached a stage in our history when better country highways are. necessary to our commercial and agricultural progress. Farmers, as a class, are not enthusiastic oyer the good roads move ment They feel that the expense to them would be greater than tho gains. In the prairie States of the West, where there is little or no gravel, the cost of the improvement is greater than in the East, and It has not been safe there for any rural legislator -to proclaim himself an advocate of good roads. If the cost of the improve ment, however, were distributed ac cording to benefit received, as Is sup-; posed to be the theory upon which city pavements are laid, the farmer might see the question in a different light WHERE MARRIAGE IS A LOTTERY. Th Chinese Girl Knows Nothing of Her Husband Until She Is Wedded. 411 Marriage is truly a lottery to the Chinese girl, ,for she knows not what the is getting until she is actually mar ried," writes Sui Sin Far, In the La dles' Home Journal. "Sometimes it is a kind, good husband, an amiable mother-in-law, and much . eomfcrt; sometimes it is a tyrant, a mother-in-law who Is eternally scolding, and a life that is a weariness to both flesh and spirit The ceremonies of betroth al and marriage cause ouch trouble and anxiety. The young man's family begin the negotiations. They engage a go-between to call on the girl's fam ily and tender a proposal of marriage. If the young man Is considered clifrl-' ble by the girl's parents they consult a fortune-teller who decides whether the betrothal would be proper. If his decision is favorable the go-between is given a card on which is marked the hour, day, month and year when the girl was born. This is delivered to the young man's family, who in their turn consult a fortune-teller. If he also pronounces favorably, a festi val Is held by both families, the be trothal contract is signed, and the bridegroom makes a present to the bride of a pair of bracelets, but neither he nor she is present. The betrothal, however, Is not considered binding un til a pasteboard card has been inter changed by -the families. The bride groom's family provide two of these cards, pne having a gilt dragon on its face, the other a gilt phoenix. The phoenix card Is retained by the young man's family as evidence of his en gagement, while the dragon card Is kept by the girl's family. The betroth al is then complete." Luminous Flowers tn France, Luminous flowers and fruit are the latest novelties in the decoration of French homes. The idea was obvious ly suggested to the inventor cne Na tional Fete evening, when the boule vards were decked out in their gala garb. Garlands of electric blossoms were first used to decorate the streets of Paris on festive occasions during the Exhibition of 190D. They were at onco voted the most effective orna ments of their 'kind ever imagined. The Idea was developed, and tulips, violets, roses, marigolds, a dozen sorts of flowers, with a glowing ball of elec tric light enclosed In their petals of brilliantly enameled metal, now blos- Eon fortn in the trees of avenues and in the shrubs of gardens whenever Paris has a public fete. A little extra refinement of workmanship has suf ficed to adapt the luminous flowers f cr home decoration. Now all really modern Parisian drawing rooms are converted Into magic gardens. Every where,, of course, there is the usual profusion of fresh flowers. But the natural blossoms appear to have ac quired a supernatural radiance and glow. Cn closer examination it is found that here and. there artificial blooms made of suitably-tinted glass have been placed, in the hearts of which shine electric lamps. The same electric flowers are used together with luminous fruit for the dinner table. They are, in reality, artificial fruit, wonderfully imitated In delicately-colored glass, each containing a tiny elec tric lamp. London Telegraph's Paris Telegram. How Rat Portage Cot Its Name. Hat- Portage was named for just what the words convey, a portage for rats. It is on the Winnipeg River, just below t!ie outlet of the Lake of the Wo od3. Long ago, before the country was settled as it is now, there was' a portage at the point where the town is built for the thousands of muskrats that passed from the river to the lake in winter and back again to the river in spring. At the outlet of the lake there Is a waterfall eight een or twenty feet high that the rats could not pass over, so they went around, making the "portage." Detroit Free Press. ....;...;'- ' TVhen Bores Meet. Two bores never get any amusement oat of each other. New York Press. IN CONGRESS. Detailed Doings of Our National Law makers. , HOUSE. Forty-first Day-rreneral debate In the House on the oleomargarine bill have decided to offer an amendment to make the 10-cent tax on oleomargarine in imitation of butter "of any shade of yellow." The amendment is , designed to meet the charge of the opponents to the bill that without this amendment the language of. the bill might be con strued to absolutely prohibit the sale of oleomargarine. ' 4 The speakers were: Haugen and Thomas, of Iowa; Shallenberger, of Nebraska; Dahl, of Wisconsin; Gaines, of Tennessee, and "Lamb, of Virginia, for the bill, and Messrs. Feeley, of Il linois; Slayden, of Texas; Mondell, of Wyoming; Berkley, of Georgia, and Wooten, of Texas, in opposition. The House adopted the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill and it was again sent to conference. Fcrty-third Day The House passed the oleomargarine bill, which has been under consideration in that body dur ing the last ten days. There was n division on the final passage, the real test of strength having been made up on the motion to re-commit, which was defeated by a majority of 34, the vote standing 162 to 118. The provision to require the inspection and branding of renovated butter which was adopted in committee of the whole yesterday was retained today on an aye and nay vote As finally passed the bill is somewhat modified from the form in which it was reported from the committee on agri culture. It makes oleomargarine or imitation butter or cheese (transported into any State or Territory for use, sale or consumption therein, subject to the laws of such States or Territories, notwithstanding that Jt may be Intro duced in original packages. ' Penalties for violation of the act are a fine or not less than $50 nor more than $500 and Imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor mors than 6 months. War claims occupied the attention of the House after the passage of the oleomargarine bill and the day was made notable by the passage of the first bill for the payments of claims ol United States citizens arising, out of the Spanish war. It carried something over $55,000 for the payment of 202 claims for property taken within the United States for the use of the army An omnibus bill carrying claims aggre gating $2,114,552 for stores and sup plies taken from loyal citizens during the civil war was also passed. These claims were allowed under the provis ions of the Bowman act and the bill was identical with one passed by the House at the last session. Two other bills which have been, before Congress for 28 years to refer certain claims for additional compensation by the build ers of certain monltors'durlng the civil war to the Court of Claims were like wise passed. Forty-fourth DayThe War Depart ment's bill for the reorganization of the army staff branches and the crea tion of a general staff corps was trans mitted to Chairman Hujft, of the Honso military committee, and by him intro duced into a division ef supplies under an oflicer ranking as major general, with brigadier generals in charge of the branches of supplies, commissary finance and transportation. The "gen eral staff corps" Is to consider the "military .policy of the country and prepare comprehensive plans for tho national defense and for the mobiliza tion of the military forces in time of war." It also haschargeo f all questions af fecting the, army and the co-operation of the 1 army and- navy, equipment, etc. A lieutenant general is at the head of this board, with one major general, one brigadier general, four colonels and numerous officers of lower rank. There Is a proviso that General Miles shall be chief of the general staff while he continues in active service. Forty-fifth Day The House held a short session, and did practically noth ing. It adjourned at 3:35 p. m. SENATE. Forty-first Day Throughout the early session of the Senate, the Philip pine tariff bill was under consideration. Mr. Turner, of Washington, concluded his speech begun last Friday. He de voted his argument ss 'on the previous day, to a discussion of the legal and constitutional phases of the Philippine question, holding in the main, that as the Filipinos had established an inde pendent government in the islands prior to the. fa?.. of Manila, the United States, under the principles of interna tional law harl no right to the Islands, Forty-third Day With the exception of a sharp clash' between Mrt Lodge and Mr. Patterson over the'-admission of representatives, of the press to the investigation which the Philippines committee is conducting, the discussion of the Philippine tariff bill in the Sen ate was quiet. The Colorado Senator desired that all newspaper men be ad mitted to the committee hearings, de claring that as now conducted they were of a Star Chamber character. Ho said his recollection was that Mr. Lodge suggested that the hearings be entirely secret. This drew, the fire of the Massachusetts Senator, who in dignantly denied that he had suggested anything of the kind. He insisted that the reports mode of the hearings by the three press associations were ac curate and fair to both sides of the con troversy. The communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a me morial of the Federal party of the Phil ippine Islands in SUDOOrt of A m &Tlrrt ri rale in the Islands drew from Mr. Pat terson the statement that the Federal party had obtained its control in the Philippines by promises to the Fili pinos that they would be admitted ulti mately to statehood in the United States. Mr. Teller occupied tne time of the Senate during the greater part of today session and has not rt con cluded hU sneech, , ; rv In response to some statements made during the debate Mr. Teller asserted that the prominent commanders of the American army did not agree .with the conclusions reached by the members of the Philippine commission as to tho reconciliation! j of the people of the Philippines. He mentioned among oth ers the name of General Chaffee. Twentieth met there vacant seats. Day: - When the house were a, number of iA. great many new bills were presented. The senate sent over .word that it . insisted on its amendment to ithe chicken bill.,' The house v appolnte to the committee on conference as follows: Capt Dean. Mr. Dominickl and Mr. Brown. There was a lot of discussion but nothing of general interest was done. Twentieth Day The senate was in session both morning and night! - Be yond the ratification of acts the pro ceedings of neither session were of Interests- :' ;'; ' ".': The new code was adopted at night and is now the! statutory law of the State. The new jury law was also rati field. The governor was In waiting in his office and as jsooh as these two acts were ratified they were' sent down to the chief executive and received his signature and the seal of. the State. Jurors will nrbahlv bo dmxsm In v. era! counties this week under tne new jury law. ; ':!' Forty-fourth Day A little flurry was created in the Senate over the employ ment, since the beginning of the ses sion, of a score ior more of extra cferks and messengers.! The charges of extra vagance made induced the reference of the whole subject of clerical employ ment to' a committee for investigation and report. The matter was brought up by Mr. Clay, of eGorgia, who 'made a vigorous protest against a report from the committee on contingent ex penses authorizing additional employ es. He pointed. out that during th6 past 60 days more than 20 extra mes sengers and clerks and been employed at a salary of $1,440 each per year. He had been informed, he said, that 9 of these employes Iwere for committees that had not had) a meeting in 8 or 10 years. The bill creating a permanent census office was under consideration for a time,, but was not disposed of finally. An effcti to cut down the sal ary of the Director of the Census was defeated; ; !i ? ' . ' : After the passage of a large number of private pension-bills,. the Senate eu logized the life a&d character of the late Representative Brosius, of Penn sylvania. ; . Forty-fifth DayDuring the en tire session tho senate had under bill establishing a bureau. It was not consideration the permanent census completed but an agreement was reach ed to take It up again immediately after the executive session that is to be held on Monday next for the consideration of the Danish treaty. The great contest of the day, of course, was over the transfer to the classified service ofj'the employes of the census office who are to be retained in the permanent establishment. It involv ed the entire civil Service question and the debate covered much of the ground that heretofore hasi been gone over in congressional debates. A School Girl Rescued. Mocksville, N. C.; Special. Late Wednesday evening, near Beck station, eight miles north 6t Mocksville, Miss Mamie Stafford, aged 14. while on hei way home from school, was assaulted by Luicoe Gray, a negro, but thf screams of the young lady attracted the attention of near-by citizens whe quickly went to her rescue, the negro fleeing with a posse in pursuit! Gray was arrested a few hours latere and brought to tliis p.lace by Deputy Sherifl Crotts and lodged in jail. The young lady Is the daughter of Lee Stafford, of this county, and is of splendid fami ly. Prince Henry Denies. Bremerhaven.By Cable. Previous to sailing Prince Henry, in conversa tlon with a correspondent of the Asso ciated Press; referred jto the report that he had written a letter to Admiral Dewey apologizing for the conduct of the German squadron in Manila bay during the war with ISpain. "It is all untrue," said the prince. "I have never written to Admiral Dewey in my life." Charged With! Forgery. Macon Ga. Special. Dr. D. M. Mel ton alias Smith alir Ulay, who is held here under charges Of wholesale for gery, says he has made $37,000 since October and that he 1$ good for all his obligations. He saysj his mother is worth $100,000 and resides in Seattle, Wn., and sends him ri on ey frequently. An officer from Sanford, Fla., arrived to take him back to Florida, where he is wanted on several charges of for gery. - .:: . '; -i !.-.-.. Woman Suffragists in Session. Washington, Special. The first In ternational Woman's: Suffrage Confer ence and the thirty-fourth annual con vention of the National : American Woman's Sufferage Association' was be gun here with an unusually large num. her of delegates in attendance. - The convention was presided over by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, its president The delegates were welcomed to th , city by Hon. Henry B. F. McFarland, president of the board of District com raiwdoaers. Cfll TTHCD to IWm tr New Enterprises That Are HnrlcJ Y Our Favored SectJn ' ": - .- -vu S'.:t;:77To Double Capacity The first six months' operate Ellawhite Cotton Mills at vUniom Ala., has proven so successful thau? stockholders have decided to doubled plant. - This action necessitates the - crease of capital stock from $75000 $150,000 and the installation 0r 3tJ -spindles,' which Is the number no -l operation. About fifty people are S ployed at present, . and this yi doubled, all the operatives bei housed in cottages owned by the 'J? company. 1 Steam-power is used ' 1 and yarns is the product, four bale8T cotton being now worked up daily t!t ' - . V . . VJB U V1V.1JL111JT Ui UU1UUWWU, A $100,000 Enlargement. The management of , the JackJ Fiber Co.,' of Jackson, Tenh., has aboirl decided upon a considerable Increase Its equipment of machinery, - the pendlture for which would amount fc about $100,000. The contemplated ditional installation is 6,000 Bpinoie preparatory machinery for same, m looms to take care of the product ani manufacture brown cotton-bag rood,' This company's plant at present !, 20,000 spindles and 624 looms, prod. Ing cotton cloth for making bags. officers are members of the Bem Bros. Bag Co., of St oLuis, Boston am other cities, and the plant at Jacks' Was only completed a few months a& . ' . ' I CHANGE AT FREDERlCKSBURa Big Manufacturing Plant Make ! -- portant Changes. I , The Fredericksburg, Va., Daily Six of Feb. 7, says : "Mr. Chas.- Tyler, Baltimore, Md., has disposed of his ii-r terest In the Southern Foundry aai Machine Works, located In this city, ti -John T. Dole. Esq., of Chicago, 111. f "Tb officers will be John T. Dolt 's president, and a gantleman whosii name we are not at liberty to give, t!ci' president and general manager. Mr j Frank Tyler will be assistant manager, of the mechanical department, and Vt.i U Jeff ' Mllbourne secretary and treat'' urer. . ;' "Mr. Ij. Jeff Mllbourne has been i charge 1 of the (financial and sale de partment since last May and will con-' tinue his services in that line. j "Under the new organization the 1 company expects1 to do a large and te-f. creasing business, adding more' capi-t-tal putting in new and latest machiu- ery, etc. "In addition to the manufacturixk of their well known genuine Farmer Friend, Dixie! Tyler Chilled, OUvwf Pattern and other makes ol plows, ther manufacture a full line of saw mihs, feed mills, feed cutters, corn shellecs, corn planters, field ;and lawn rollers, trucks, barrows, etc, for foreign ai well as domesitic trade. ) "The transfer of this property meant , much to the city of Fredericksburg, j "The purchase pries, wav in tit neighborhood of 70,000.'1 i The Rhodehiss Hill. RHODHISS MILL EQUIPMENT j Announcement Is made of the com-! pletion of the buildings for the Rhod-I hiss Manufacturing Co., of Granite, Falls, N. C, under construction for! some, months. This comnanv omn-l ized over a year ago. with can! tal stock of $300,000, and win begin operation!; w"u a insiauauon or 16,000 spinalei,' and 450 looms. Contract for this mi chlnery has just been awarded, "and the?. manufacturers will shin it as soon ai? possible, so that the plant may n ready or producing , early this sum t mer. Water-power will be used. Geo. B. Hiss of Charlotte, N. C.t is presK uent, ana C. J. Rhodes, secretary-s treasurer. ? Textile Notes. f It Is reported that Rnfiin TTlnsTiaw. fl Graham,.N. C, will build a cotton mi at some location in the South. J M. Lasker of Galveston. Texas, pro- poses the establishment of a hag fac-j tory at Dallas, Texas, : or at Fort ! Worth.; :' 7 xtanaieman (Ni C.J. Manufacturlc (?o. has expended considerable money. for improvements recently, including the overhauling oMts engine, installs J Hon of 3,000-pound capacity drying nia- f enine ior raw stockhouse, etc. R L. Beare of Humboldt, Tenn.. i I corresponding, with a cotton manufac I turer relative to the establishment t a cotton ' mlll.at Humboldt The man' facturer makes a liberal offer, whicB , Mr. Beare will endeavor, to meet. Kanaieman vr. nosiery wins i . completing improvements that will im prove the character of its product half-hose and full-ribbed hosiery. A report states the Mineola Manufac- j turing Co. of Gibsonville, N. C, ; change its production from plaids toj outings; mill now has 2,000 spinas and 2Q0 looms. Central Mills of Sylacauga, Ala., j now Operating at full.capaclty day aBJ night in order to supply the'decoaDfl for iits product of 10 to 26 yarns. T1 ; plan has 10,080 spindles. I templates; establishing a mill for mantj tacturing felt and cotton batting, Is asking manufacturers of the req" ed Ewshincry to correspond with w
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