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A NOTE OF LIFE.
Tnko It as you find it
Black or beaming sky.
Brcilo and never mind it
Little time to sigh.
Fast iho cluudfi arc creeping
Over hsaveneif blue.
Little time for weepintr
Skiea'll weep for you!
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Atlanta Constitution.
BILLY GORDON.
"Onr mate was o mau any way I" cried
Hillyard.
"Whatd'yon moan?" said Lnkcr sul
lenly. " 'E wiped me over tbo eyo with
a stopper and nigh blinded me. If I
'adn't bin a poor man, I'd 'ave 'ad the
law on 'iin".
"You'd 'ave 'ad thnnder, " said Hill
yard, and he turned to tbe others. They
were sitting in tbe smoking room of
tbe Sailors' home at Hull, qbewing to
bacco and the oud of dismal reflection
sncb as comes np when times are hard
and the weather beastly, .for outside
Saltbonse lane was ankle deep in slush,
while rain and bitter sleet mingled npon
an easterly wind fresh from the North
sea. ' '
"Bah! Shnt the bloomin door, can't
yon?" said Hillyard impatiently as a
newcomer came in.
"I was shuttiu of it," said tbe other
man. "Do yoti want mo to shnt it
when I'm on'y 'arf in orontside, mate?"
"No, but it's that cold it wonld
freeze the toes off of a North sea pilot,
and I'm justont of thoMedjterrnueaur"
said Hillyard more good temperedly
than he bad yet spoken, for be was evi
dently the boss of the crowd by right of
strength and a oertaiu savage temper.
He spoko with decision, and there was
the salt of the seven seas on his tanned
face. Not a craft afloat but he knew
ber ; tbe paint and tbe funnel of a tramp
were common inevitable knowledge to
him.
"But I was tellin you," be went on,
"about Gordon, ouiTmateih tbo Japan,
when we went to Keval with a mixed
cargo, what Eyetalians calls a fritter
mister, and come back with rickers. 'E
was a man. Now, wasn't Gordon a
man, you Thompson?"
And Thompson iiodded.
"You see what Thompson thinks,"
said Hillyard to Lnker, "and what 'e
says goes with me. I don't euro if 'e
did bung up your eye. If so bo 'e'd
bunged np mine, I'd say the same,
'causo I knowed 'im long aforo I ovir
clapped eyes on tbe Japan, with 'er
bloomin old eight ton a day and eight
knot an hoar steady crawl. I knew, 'nil
in the W. H. Smith, out of Frisco for
Ilo-Ilo, and 'o was afore tlio stick with
me ('e 'adn't no second greaser's ticket
then), and I'm tellin yon it wouldn't
'ave bin 'Tom's bound to Hilo' with us
if it 'adn't bin for 'im. I own that as a
man in the fo'c'i-lo 'o was a bit of a
sea lawyer; bnt then 'e 'ad eddicatiou.
I seed 'is sisters' photos, and the girls
was daisies quite the lady.
"But, as I was sayiu, 'o was a sea
lawyer, and when ''o shipptd in the W. i
H. Smith 'o took it into is 'cad as she
warn't seaworthy und was" too deep,
and 'e tried to get us to skin out.
"Oh, but if Gordon 'ad the 'cavy
'and (when it Was wanted, Lnker) 'o 'ad
a- tongue, and 'e could make np any
kind of a yarn as easy as make sennit,
anc) 'e'd work round of a man befpro 'e
knowed it, und 'e'd enough brute abpnt
'im to sheet a cruisin frigate with.
''Says 'e pno day as we squutted in
the fo'p'slp pf tbe W. p. Smith for
we went aboard, that time three, rtuyt
afore she sailed, 'ell itself not beiu
fuller of devils than Frisco was of sail
ors and tbe skipper bein noways tcared
of our skippin says 'e Gordon, 1
mean, 'This bloomin old hooker is a
doomed craft, mates. '
" "Ow's that? I arsts Mm, for 'e
spoke serious, and cerions 'o looked.
" 'She is, ' says 'o, 'she's that deep,
and they've got 'cr by the 'ead now,
and at this season we shall get it stiff
from the northeast, and the seas oot
yonder when it do blow, why, they're
short and steep, and sbo'll dive, and,
what's moro, she'll never once np no
more.'
" ' Yon believe it?' says a Dutchman.
'"I do, solemn,' says Gordon. 'I met
a man as was shipmate in 'cr on'y
yesterday, and I says to im, "I'm in
tbe W. H. Smith," and 'e says, "Do
yon know 'er?" And of cpnrse I an
swers, "No; what's wrong?" 'E
screws 'is face np and says, "Well,
she's rather a wet ship." "Wet? Is
that all?' I answers, and, then ho says,
''She's worse tbau tbeLeauderat wash
ed fVer and killed more than 70 met! in
five years.'"
"So we came on board, and cmt to
sea we goes.
"'You miud your bloomin stops,'
ays the bid man, 'and bygones is by
gones. You was all skippers awbile
back, bnt I'm skipper now, and I'll skip
yea if yon ain't good and smart So now
then, my bullies, yon can turn to. Cn
nubee watch till wo gets outside tbo
gate.' For we lay off Goat island anoth
er 48 hoars.
"You'd avT'tho"ogbrG6rdon would
'are took il bad, beiu so encbred. Bnt
do, 'e didn't I don't take do bark scat
when sailorizin la on, not with uo
nan, bar that I'm not so quick as 1 was,
bnt Gordon Billy we called 'im thru
''was op to mi mark at everything.
Slid over it on irrigation, for that 1
know'4 POthiq pf. Ap1 was si quick
as any cat, I'll say that, aloft as in Jaw.
And no man coold beat 'im with bis
tongn.
"Howsoever, wa 'ad a food time fot
about three weeks, tbrogn tba wind
was light, and then it brerard ap from
tba Dor'-Dor'eaat, and it began to look
"Tba second night was worse tbaa
tba first, and never a man tsnstd in.
Least waya no man took more'n 'is boots
off. . Tboogii what (rood. I donno. If so
be aba 'ad dona an AUlanta. s3 "ava
been (eft. for pothia ooold 'ave lived la
(das as.' It was fet tbroogb or boat,
pod t look d nor like boatia, I nross
pay. 'For wbest lory coold avt 'ova bar
to tbey didn't.
"Billy sod us stood moat of tbeaigbt
jsst aft of tba deck owe. and witn as
was tba boa'a'a maca. I nercr seed any
one so 'appy as Billy waa, for tba worse
It got tbo mora o eboered ap.
"'Lat 'er rip.' sayi ', tbers ain't
otbin like xciteent It'U be tbe
daatb ma one of tbeae days. What
cfaecr; go it tay beauty.'
'Ob. dry np,' says tba boaVs saata.
who 'ad the fear "of God in 'is 'eart..
'She'll go; she'll go. And this time.
Oh. Lord!'
"And down went the W. H. Smith
with a plnugo that made me a bit sick.
And she lock it in over the 'cad,-solid
(Teen it was, and it came over from the
topgallant fo'o'slo two feet deep, roar
ing like a cataract. ;
"The skipper yelled ont from tlie
break of the poop, and the bos'n crawl
ed aft, bunging on to the rail.
" 'Get a conplo of canvas bags and
oil,' fays tbo clil man, 'and sling them
over forward from Iho cat'eads. '
"'Yes, tir, ' eays tho hos'u's mate.
And me and Billy helps him.
"'Who's Koiu to bell tbo cat'ead!' i
says Billy.- 'iFor tbe man aa goes on the
fo'c'slo 'cad takes 'is bloomin lifo in
'is 'and.'
' " ' Yes, that's it,' fays tWeolhcr chap,
lookin pea preen ly tho light of th6
lamp in the bcs'u's locker.
"And Billy laughs.
" 'I'll do one, ' lays 'o.
"And 'o looks at mo.
"Ho forced my 'and, mates." And
though I felt rick enough to believe
that oven a sailorman's life was worth
liviu I f-ays, 'I'm on for tho other. ' And
then tho bo'son's mate looked a bit easi
er and not eo much liko'n Calashee in
cold weather.
"But I'm tolliu you it was a pretty
job. Jt cafno cut all right for me, for
we waited ior a smooth, and though it
was aa black as tho Earl of Hell's riding
boots I nipped rp quick and got (ho bag
fast with no' moro than ouo small soa
over me. But tho way sho felt and the
wind and the blackness rathtrcooled me
down. And though I knew Billy wat
closo 'aiidy r-ou tbo starboard tide 1
conldn't see my 'and befe.ro my face.
And tho roiir of her when she rose was
deafeniu. But nt latt back I come. I
found the bos'u's mate pecpiu round
tho deck'ouse, mid when I grabbed 'old
of (ho rail there says 'o:
"'Where's Gordon?'
"And just then she yawed and caught
a heavy ouo rigrt on tho port bow, and
she rolled lo port and then right over
again. And near six foot of green water
came over tho starboard rail amidships
and filled 'er up to tbo topgallant rail,
and as sho rolled iigaiii it went over the
port sido. I 'nng on tho 'andrail aft of
tho deck'ouse, and of a sudden I was
caught round the waist by tho LOs'ii's
mate, as I thinks, an then, though I did
feel as if tho W. H. Smith was a clean
goner, she began to recover and got on
an even keel and ros-o again. I catches
bold of tho man as 'eld mo and sets 'im
on 'is legs.
"'Oh, Billy's gone, ' I cries ont
1 'E's gone, 'e's gone I'
"And (ho chap gasps. And then I
seed it wasn't the bon'n'u mate ut all.
It was Billy. 'E'd been washed over
board right at tho cat'ead and washed
aboard again whi n tho bis sea came
over tbo starboard rail.
" 'E tells mo quick in my year.
" 'And w hero's Higgius?'
" 'Where?' hujb I.
"But wo never seed 'ini again. Tbe
sea as put Billy cu board took the
bos'n's mato over, and 'o watu't tho
only man, for Iho ccok's mato went,
too, either then or later, and the mate
'ad 'is leg busted -r.g'in (ho signal box.
"The cil for'ard did bnt littlo good.
It made u bit of a tmcoth between tho
whiskers and tho foremast, but not
enough to Flop Iho tea comiu in further
oft thick end 'eavy, and tho sea got
worse and worse -
'' 'Them little bags is jnst Hko spit
tin on a btuniu kerosene "caiU to put
it out, ' says Billy. 'I'm goin to get tbe
(wo fivo gallon cans With tbo taps and
jet 'em goin fur'ard. '
' 'Ow get 'cm?' I crsts, for Higgius
'atj took the keys with 'im.
" 'Very careless of Higgius, says
Billy, but 'o buret open (he locker with
a big splice Lar, and 'e got out the cans
and shoved' cm in for'ard in what
Eyetalians (alls retrealcrsand turned on
the taps at n fair, good, steady trickle.
"Now I'd 'card tell often of oil and
what it docs, but I never believed it be
fore. After Billy 'art set it ilowin we
never took a drop aboard, cud tho quar
ter deck fair dried np. - i went aft and
stood under the' poop bidder, and pres
ently tbo second mate conies down.
t "'Tbat Krhimo of (hem oil bags
works, don't it?' fays 'o. 'I believe it
was just touch and go when wo put 'cm
over. '
" 'Yes, sir,' sayj I, but I never told
'im about Billy, and I 'alf forgot to tell
'im 'ow Hi Kins vi s pine.
"And about four bells in the room
in watch wo was quitq throngb with
the thick c.f it, and tho sea went down
with tbe rain v Inch como cn tbeu.
"But (lie bos'n was mad when 'a
found 'Is locker burst open and tbo oil
pans gone
" 'E went oft flyiu and makes o
complaint to the skipper.
"'Whodouo it?' says tbe old man,
nd Billy, tfclD then Of tho Wheel,
specks:
I done It, sir.
" 'Then by (be tail cf (be rncred tail,
yon saved tbe llc n.iu ihip!' rays tbe
old man. '1 thought it was li.dii bsgs,
"But tbe bags nlciio wooldift 'i.ve
fetched us into Uo, for tbo difference
them tanks made was enough lo make a
man believe as a 'oga'cad cf oil would
smooth all bat- liesbet tbe apa
and tbe south polo.
"At Ho llo Billy skipped out and e
'ooktd it off Into New Gtinra atd 'id
tbreo years fool in rocud. I met 'im
again right 'ere in Hull, and tbtu 1!
'ad bis second mate's ticket Ws went
ana (rip together, mo bein bos'n, to Bt
Petersburg and back And two years
later ' waa mat of tbe Japan, and
tbanderin good man as mate ' waa.
" Work was what 'a leved, and wbta
oot of a job 'a waa sick. At sea 'a waa
merry, bat not to be played wilb by no
mean a. Betwn this time and la last
trip with mo 'a was In sercral Unra,
mostly la tbe Baltic Mediterranean and
Black as trade. E wss in every pnrt
in tbe Mediterranean and" to Eatoom
and Poti and Kertcb and Kovorwdsk
and Solina and Galata and iLraiL But
wbai I startrd eat to tell yoatbape f
par trip to Beval this but t(ma. .
.'! We left Ibis 'r piare jos$ in abo
(iraa to get there whrq be ice broke ap
end tbcre was plenty af it round. Pat
tba old J pa" was leUt for socb Work,
and aba plowed tbrongb toe that woald
'ava stove tbe gats oat est eosasacsj
Mediterranean fair weal tier tramp, fine
j came back right eooogb. or sactbe 1
! woald not be talkin beta. - Bat ja aa
' we came away fnxa Beval most every
; one on board waa qneer, for that rotten
disease tbry calls Inflates waa layia
. 'en oat in Baasia Ilka tba cholera. Ba-
for, va'd been tfaree days at aea tba old
a utfeded old snorter ' was,
was down with it, 'ollerin like a man
with delirious trimmiu's, and the third
mate (she was a good boat for tbo offi
cers and 'ad tbrvo watpbers), he went
down too. Crlminy, they was. bad I I
'ad a touch of it, and for three days 1
wanted to slie and get out of such a
black world. I 'adn't no more 'ope in
mo than if I was in 'ell on a grid. Fry
in it was, and 'elpless as a kid. Why,
isan alive, I cried ! And then the second
mate 'o goes under, fair knocked out. A
rag of a man 'o was at 'is best, but no
more in 'im when 'e 'urt 'imself than
in an old soup and bully tin. So poor
Billy Gordon 'ad it all to 'imself.
"You chaps for all you're mostly
chaps as never saw real tall water
knows what a blasted 'ole (be Baltic is
when it is bad weatber. It was bitter
then, and a northeaster as sharp as a
razor that went through a man. There
was ice about oven tbeu ico in bergs
and small floes drifted ont of rivers -and
it blew at least three-quarters of a gale
all tho time.
"So yon may guess that poor Gordon
'ad an 'ell of a timo on the bridge.
What could, 'o do -with all' tho test
down? Why, notbiu, as 'o said to me,
bnt stick it out. And 'e stuck it out
like a man as 'o was and ns I told you.
"Says I to 'im, 'For Gawd's suke,
sling it, Mr. Gordon !' For I conld see 'e
was sickcuin for the flu; but 'e answers,
angry.
" 'And who'll bo in chargo of 'rr?'
says 'u.
"That night the fever got 'im. After
'e'd bin six and thirty bours on the
bridge, with 'ardly a got off for ten
minutes nil tbe while, 'e calls me.
" 'I've got it at last, ' 'o said. 'Now
look you 'ere, Tom; I'm not going off.
They 're all down, and none of yon knows
nothing. '
"'I knows the rule of tbo road,' I
told 'im, and 'e laughed.
" 'You think so, sonny, but wait till
you get into the thick of it and red
lights and green lights as thick as a
chemist's shop, and your 'ead'll go off,
and so will tho old Japan. '
"Ami 'o stock on the bridge till 'o
just couldn't stand. All tbe time tbo
skipper wa? as weak as a kid and would
weep if tbo stewurd said a word to
'im 'e didn't like, and tbo second and
.1.:- ... L...A 1... ...
third were real bad, too; but I'vo my
doubts if they was as bad as Gordon.
"For now 'o was lyin ou tbut frees
in cold bridge, wrapped up in blankets,
aobin iu every limb -and just 'orrid to
look at. But 'o said: 'Don't yon touch
me. .lust you ten uio wnut s anead. i
stood there most of tbo time watchin
'im und lookin out, and accord in
told 'im what lights tbero was, so 'e
said, 'Fort or starboard. ' And then I
saw as my rnlo of the road would some
times 'ave cared 'im and me and the
others of tbe flu, and any troubles, too,
for that matter.
"And now we was gettiu down to
Loudon liver, whore we was bonud.
But sometimes I did think as Billy
would go out before wo ever sot iu
sight of (ho Nore. For 'o couldn't burd
ly speak, and 'o looked just pitiful and
like a ghost. Bat e was true grit, and
never even moaned, unless 'e slept for a
few minutes. And all tbe time 'o should
'ave bin in 'is blankets, and even then
it was a chance for 'im. And at last 'o
fainted dead -away, but not till I told
'im there was a pilot boat nigh handy.
The old man was a river pilot, and so
they didn't look forns to tako one. Iiuf
pilly says, Signal for ouo,' and 'p
fainted as I rung the telegraph for then)
fo ease 'er down.
'When tbe pilot came on board, I
took Billy iu my arms a skeleton '$
was and carried 'im down below. I
jinew 'o'd never get over it, and 'e uev
fr did. i 'li died inside of a week or so.
Ono of 'is sisters wrote and told me.
She was a regular lady, and I kept 'er
letter by me a long time, until I got
drunk and lost it. But if 1 did it could
not be 'elped, and sbe sent mo Billy's
likeness. 'E w as wbut I call a man, and
not a thing iu tbe shape of a man. 'E
could 'it 'urd, and swear 'ard, and at
the right time drink 'urd, but 'o knowed '
'is work as few bloomin officers knows
theirs. Acd when ninety-nine men out
of a 'nndred would 'ave caved in 'o
stuck tbcre and dono 'is duty, know in, I
if a man could know, as it would be 'is
death. A man, 1 say, 'e was. And if 'o
did wipe yon over tho 'ad with a stop
per I dessuy yon derarved it, Lnkcr."
"I dessuy, too," said Lukcr. "I uever
said as 'e warn't a good man. It takes
a good man to 'it me. "
"I done it myself," said Hillyard.
"Well, did I hevtr say yon didn't?,"
asked Lnkcr. "But there ain't uo other
bloomin swine in this room as can is j
(be same."
s they were all sober and mostly
Entchuien nothing came of the euiil
age. "Hark I Don't it blow?" said one.
And the deadly northeaster roared dona
the dismal street. Morlry Roberts in
Bt Louis Globe-Democrat.
, w jad tba Sum.
Frank L. Stanton ays that on oue
occasion when William Hamilton
Hayne was,, visiting r'aieuel Miutom
Feck at the latter's homo In Tnnkaloora
tbe two porta t ftclh d into tbo woods
and paused to rest bem-atb tbe shadows
of tbe pines. "Hera are yoor favorite
piues, IiVDr" sold Peiav "Let's dream
a few poems beneath I htm." Tbe lan
guid eammer day bad its tffctt tn tbtm,
and tbefy were eooo snoring aud dm ru
ing away. Bnt suddenly both awoka
started down (he botre aad at top
speed, ibtotiug ps hiy ran. Aa army
pf vellov jackets bad dlacvrcrcd tbeni,
and, not being partial to poetry, bad
forcibly and feelingly rut Mid its luira
rioa on their domain. Later, at sapper.
Peck a tied, "Did yoa snake a potm,
Hayne?-
"No," was tba meek reply. "I made
apoalltae."
"Bo did I." said Park.
Stoaw rr Sjlsjlifrava.
A host ISO.000 teas it broken ator
are needed annually by MaasaobuartM
Ekerp I. tOO uilea of road in good rt
lr.' If tba reads of this ooontry arft
sal those of France. 100,000.000 tons
rill be required eacb year- Esrhanga
.. 6od reads are highway morality.
Eacb rod' in widib adda lo lb read
two acre prr mile.
Tie re ia a macadamutrd road ia India
1,800 miles in length.
California bos passed a taw requiring
tba use of wide tires after Jan. 1. IO0O.
Road repairing ia all rigbt bnt It
aboold be prrrvded ly rratdbailding.
'Repairing" a idbole will never snake
1 1 lad 14V it.
itOADWAYS OF STEEL
GOOD POINT3 CLAIMED ?OR THIS
STYLE OF HIGHWAY.
Practical Test or Its Merita Gives Exiol
lant BmuIU Loads and Ppcert Nearly
Doubled Free From Dust and Mud and
Very Durable.
An interesting experiment with (ho
use- of steel trackways is reported from
Illinois, where 100 feet of steel roud
was laid In the pnblio highway and
tested with all kinds of traffic for 18
months. Tbe road was first suitably
graded. Tbo rails were a quarter inch
thick, 8 inches wide, with a downward
flange of 8 inches on either eido und an
upward flange of an inch on the outer
side to keep tho wheels on. They were
laid on tbe crown of tbo grado and
pressed into tbe soil to tho depth of tho
flange until tbe soil supported the rail.
The downward flanges held the rails in
place and rendered ties unnecessary.
Fishplates fastened them together, so
curing continuity. Fcr (ho horses' tread
the soil was removed between the rails
to a dqpth of five inches and gravel put
in. A mile of this kind of road requires
about 60 tons of steel, at a cost in quan
tities of less than (2,000. A cubio yard
of gravel is needed per rod.
This piece of roadway gave such geod
results that the following claims aro
made for it: First, great saving of pow
er; second, reduction of wear and tear
on vehicles, (hero Icing no jolting,
twisting or irregular striiinc; third, sav
ing of time, and a team can trot on it
with a heavier load than they can wulk
with oil a dirt road; fourth, it isoxtrcmo
ly durable ; fifth, it is very free from d use,
as none is ground up by .tha wluse!;
sixth, its first cost is reasonable and its
maintenance easy; seventh, it will fa
cilitate traveling ami' make freo postul
delivery possible in ' rurul districts;
eighth, it is a perfect bicycle road;
ninth, it is a first class motor carriugo
road.
In order to leain what resistance to
the movement of vehicles steel plates
would offer soma traction tests were
madn in Pittsliuru. iimi it was found
) tuBt lu0 foro0 rCqUircd to movo ono ten
. ..... . . .
on them wus Hut pounds.
This in
an exeediugly low figure, being but cue-
eighth of tho force required cn asphalt,
one-eleventh of that required on mac
adam aud one-thirtieth of that requir
ed ou good earth.
It is cluimed, however, that much
narrower rails, only three-eighths by
one inch, can bo used satisfactorily in
connection with mnigidam, and that a
simple barguido will keep an unfiling! d
wheel ripen u cno inch rail. Such rails
wonld add Lint from JD00 to $700 per
milo to tbo cost of macudum, allowing
for tho stoiio diHjihice-d, would cany u
trafllc of COO vehicles a day for eight
years and redueo tbo cost of mainte
nance. Tbo stone roud could bo narrow
er, because one lino of wagons of a sin
gle truck road and both lines of a doublo
track are kept to tho extreme edge of
the road, aud Wagons ou rails can vsuy
but one-quarter Inch from a straight
line, while wagons guided by a driver
require scverul feot of sea room.
The traction tests show that loads
could be doubled, speed nearly doubled,
and crops taken to market with about
ono-flf 111 the number of (rips needed ou
(he average at present. The cost of baul
age would bo enormously reduced und
the good roads problem solved. It is the
traveled surfuce, or (rack, (hat produces
tbeso results and. mukes it possihlu to
utilize all tbo possible efficiency of tho
(earn. If these ruilswill do all this that
is claimed fcr them und there seems to
be no reason why (hey should not it is
Very Important that it should bo known
and understood at the curliest po.-fciblo
moment in order (hutudvuutuge of them
may bo taken another year. To this cud
it is desirable tbut exhaustive experi
ments should bo coliiTdCti-d'Sri'd the re
sults published. General btono is un
derstood to bo in favor of them. On, hi
tests, reports and recommendations
much will depend.
TOLL ROADS OUT OF DATE.
They Arm Not In Aeeord With Modern
Ideas of Government.
Tbe passing of toll roads is bound to
be a thing of tho no very distant future.
Concerning it in (-'ulindu, tho Moutrrsr
Garetto says; "Tho movement is ouo
fonuded ou permanent chows and is to
be commended as pointing iu tbo right
direction. Tbe turnpike trust is an an
cient corporation which bus tlono good
work in its time, "bet tt-is po( in accord
with modern ideas of government and
administration. 1 be plan of raising rev
enue for road repairs by means cf tolls
is now recognized all tbe world over is
waatefnl and expensive and is fast going
out of use. Tbe municipalities coold do
the work at verv much li sa ex Dense, it
is in the interest of all partlis that tbe t
change she-old be mado, und it will he- j
come tbe doty of tbe provincial govern
ment to enact legislation lo bring tbe
arrangement proposed into effect."
Kstravegaat Staad Keswlra.
A sample of wasteful and extravagant
road work was lately noticed by the
government road couimiasioucra in o
Canadian town. For JM.. years broken j
atone and gravel bad la-en placed, on, ouo
street until (bete is a, depth of (row two
(o three fe( pf stone. Tbe money speot
eo it was so flit ii nt to pave all Ibo
streets tn town with asphalt brick tr
other good material.
Haad MrtrDk
Tbe common road ia to tba fnrrj
wagon wbat tbe steel track la to the lo
comotive. Tbe Colorado Good fioade league will
be actively engaged in iuaogarat- i
log read Improvejistuu. '
litaU aid in rtadboilding is a syiiem
of eo-opcTatifla by wblcb good rds eca, '
teecciocswfoilly endrepidtjrennstracted i
Good tatsplMpt roaa proftasdjoua and ,
gilded primisrs baild o roads, Tb r- j
fogb orgnpUaiioa and persistent latcjr j
(one eag secars I beau j
m m ' 1 -. 1
. 'mi BmJ "' " . . .
rannmg oot of Waabington are In poor
eondition, Wby sboald not tbe naticsual
capital be tba center of good roads, and I
ail streets ana nignwaya in too masnci
of Colombia be so bailt and carrd for
that tbey woald be c interest to in
numerable viilnr and perpetual object
A. W. BalMin. ;
Wort For Ova naads.
Tba coming sis months will afford a
splendid opportunity to agitata f Vet- j
aer bigbways. develop popular ret(-1
Stent SFifl furre it f nra Isrgisnitaresi
THE ASIATIC BREEDS
THEIR GREAT ADVANTAGES FOR
SMALL POULTRY FANCIERS,
L angshanA, Brahma and Coelilus Thrlva :
In Limited QuarterVIg;orou., Healthy
and Easily Raised The Greatest of !
Winter Layers Ulaok -.ang-iiliaiis.
III tbe Asiatic breeds we find tho lur- !
gest of all domestic fowls and Iho most I
quiet in habit. Slowness in motion ami i
no desire to roam aro tbe characteristics
of temperament in these mainmoth
breeds. Tho Langshan is the most ac
tive as well as the smallest cf tbo tbreo
families of the Anilities Laugsbun,
Brahma and Cochin. The Brahma comes
next, and tbeu tho quietest pf all fowls,
tho up to, date, full feathered Cochin.
Tho Laugshan, as tbe most active
Asiatic, has tho fullest development of
wings iii farit, it is a good flier for so
largo a fowl, and whilo doing exceed
ingly well in confinement requires a
pretty high fence to restrain it. There
is really not much difference between
tho LongHbail and tbo Plymouth Hock
in habit, and in the distance it will go
from the farm buildings to roam. The
larger wing of tho Langshaii gives it a
greutor breast development thuu hnvo
the other Anilities. Romembor this fact
if you want a fowl with plenty of
A PAlll OF I'.I.ACIi LAMMIIAKS,
brr-HHt meat, yon can only find it on one
which has great wing development and
uses the wing. Tho long continued
breediug of fowls in confinement, with
low roosts and littlo uko niiido of tho
Wings, must iu time modify the breast
und body shape of sue-h fowls, for a
muscle mmscd will In tlmo beenmo ru
diinentury. Tbe Black Langshan In perhaps by
reason of its more active habit tho bent
farm fowl of tbo Asiatics. They me
very due looking fowls. Tho cocks aro
very attractive.
Tho Light Bnihmas aro tho largcxt
of tho class und for many years havo
engrossed tho lovo and euro of an army
of fanciers. The Light Urobilin pullet
iu lier coming out clothes is extremely
handsome. Tlio beauty of the breed is
in tho felonies. Tho combination of col
ors is very fetching.
In Cochins activity is first with tlio
Black, thou th While, (Ini Partridge
and the Buff, which Iflst in tho quietest
in temperament of all fowls, The town
and villuge breeder who has but lit tits
room and must keep his fowls in closo
confinement should (uru his utteiUiou
to tho Asiatics. Tbeso breeds thrive iu
limited quarters. Oh, what strifes,
wbut neighborhood bickerings, would
bo avoided if in town and village none
but Urobilins and Cochins wi-ro bred
and nil fowls "confined! Au active,
scratching hen can disturb the pencil of
a neighborhood. Flower beds, iilraw
berry beds, gardens 'everything is de
stroyed by (his scratching vuiidul.
'i ho Asiiitlusnra nut aduptcd for keep
ing in largo flocks. They do not scatter
out; their very size prevents their be
ing kept iu great numbers iu ono flock.
A full Rrown Cochin or Brahma is n
big bird and occupies coiislderaf lu
ground. Tho town or village resident
who wants fresh eggs, for his own fami
ly dm can always have tin m if bo will
keep a dozen Bruhum or Cochin female s.
As be fore said, tbeso big fowls do not
sculler much. Feu! them, und they
will pick it up quickly and go (o sun
ning themselves.
In Ibeso bleeds aro (bo greatest of all
winter luyors, but to get the eggs the
lions must bo forced to exercise. This i i
tho way to do it: Litter tho feeding
room or yaid a foot deep, the best mil
iaria! being rut cornstalks. Throw I lie
whoUi gruin in this litii r, em1 1m Iicji .
which will not range for food will dig
all day for It. Then with wrusional
animal food, some vcgflullcs and wurm
quarters (hese breeds will give you lots
of eggs all (hriiugh tho winter.
Tho Asiatics aro the most vigorous of
all fowls. The chicks urn iIih easiest
raised and tbo freest from dim aso of all
pooltry. A cross of Asiatic blood adds
bardiiiess to any poultry, and tho Abl
atio cross is to bo seen in all oor com
mon barnyard fowls.
The poultry fancier who wishes t-
"wl 'rw, fveu if lie live
ia b'Wfj and has only nelly U.-k yard,
can indulge his tastes and breed u iin rs
if he c!rt some ono of the Asiatics
and dots not overstock. It is not in tho
number bred that you get Iho most win
ners, but in a projs r muling and gxd
caro of tho growing chirks. A dozen
eblcks may contain uiiro crackajacks
tbau do a thousand, carelessly bred and
carelewlj car''l for Tlier aro no fowls
which can bring moro joy lo tho fan
tier's heart tTiau tbo Asiatic none,
whoa grown to perfection audexbilillnd
In good health and feather, which at
tract moro t.ttetitioii in the showroom.
Whether yoor taste in color rests iu tbe
black and white of the Light Brahma,
tbe brilliant luster of the Black Laug
tban or Block Cocbiu, the spotless while
of tbe White Cochin and Laugsban, tbe
g or genua colors cf the male of tbe Far
fridge Cochin
ad Dark Brahma, the
delicate, bewitching penciling ot tlw
females lit Iheaa last tuentioncl bleeds.
or on tbe rich golden color of the Koyal
Baff Cocbiu, which, in its rounded cut
Jlnes and matebkas coloring. Is Ibo
trride of tbe show room if yon breed
Asiatic, any of them, yon will never
"tH It Cnltlvator and Coontry Uea
Hem an .
- At tho Cfctafcaa Bw. -
Bow immr le mj ssssrt la la old siiadilsd
WhfcHi toad noolloetloa tsrtesa- bark (o aiy
view.
VHk spara lussf sad patattd aad eorttiaf. he
Ml tor
Oaemslai aroaad III! koasada tn alrtdae.
Aad arfcra ioi slrasf roosts wonld eosaa lo
do battle .
Bow antra woo Id Ibo old eaap get aa a Ua
B a tomkm la or.tmllsof the anus rsoslet
ralllo
Aa4 snMier t(s SraiHers alt evar lbs yarn,
ffba otd aparkkd tooMcr, tbe awarci bred
rvoner.
The tfty csoit toaster that scrapped sa tka
ymro.
- . -KebraAa (IM JuaraaL
A HOUSE FOR SWINE.
It Is Provided With a Self Closing Door.
Device For Watering Bog.
A Nebraska fanner, writing to the
Iowu Homestead, furnishes a description
of his house for swine,- which has
proved entirely satisfactory. The build
ing is S'i feet east and west by 0 north
and south, with four furrowing pens
on each side 0 by M fuet and an 8 foot
alley through the center, with u door on
rollers tho full width of tho allay, leav
ing room to drivo a team through und
to let tho sun iu at oue end in the foro-
AN AUTOMATIC DOOB.
nonn and the other in tlio afternoon,
On tho south side there ure tbreo large
glass windows to let in tho sunlight al
so und tho entrance to the furrowing
pens from tlio yard is by a self closing
door mado us follows:
A space of 2 feet, or tho distance bo
tween two studding, is cut out of tbo
siding where the door is wanted and
aeg' feet high, and the siding that is cut
nut is battened closely together und
hung iu tho place it was cut from by
menus of two pieces of strnp iron. It
will rise np when u pig rushes against
it und let him iu and fall back in placo
again. I give an illustration of tins door.
A slot is cut in tho siding to lot iu the
strap iron, which conies down ou both
sides of the door aud is fastened with
wrought nails, which go through both
door and iron on each sido. Thn door
opens from oithcr side, mid Mr. i'ig
never leaves tho door open, uftcr him
when ho goes in or out. A pig at S
weeks old will learn to work it. In
plensu'iit weather it can tie bold open to
lot tho bedding dry by raising it ami
fastening it with a piece of wiro.
A Missouri contributor to llief-journal
already quoted gives an illustrated de
scription of u device for watering hogs.
It is not patented and will tuko the pluco
of the high priced watcrcrs. It con
sists of a barrel set iu u water tight box.
Tbo box should bo six inches wider at
its top thun tlio diameter of tho barrel,
and its sides should not bo moro than
eight or ten niches high. Horo a hole
ln the barrel near its bottom ut the
height it is desired to havo (he water
stund in tho box and another in tho top
of the barrel, indicated by A and li.
Holo B is plugged np tight, und tho
A M AtKltlSU DKVKK.
barrel is filled through tho holo at A.
When tho barrel is full, tbo holo is
plugged np ut A, and tho ping in hole
B is removed. The principle upon which
it works Is tbut us tho water runs into
thn box a vacuum is formed iu tho top
of tho barrel, and tho resistance will
not penult tbo water to run over tho
sides of tho box no long us tho upper
plug Is uirtight. Mg. I) shows a con
slruclion of tbo wuterer by which hogs
in four different lots may he supplied
from it merely by the urriiugcmeiit of
fences, tho hogs drinking out of tho cor
ners of tbo box.
When to Irrigate.
When to irrigate isn scrions problem,
especially mi with now settler. Tho
Irrigation Ago says: "To lay down nil
inflexible ruin would be absurd and in
fact impossible. The main- point is to
watch thu appearance of the crop und
give water as thu conditions demand it.
Moot rropH will thrive beat if irrigutid
frequently. Corn when small should
have but little water, frequently none,
until it is several inches high, but when
it is caring out II will require a great
deal of wuter. This Is (ruu of all crops
when the grain Is filling out and the
most rapid growth is Icing made. Tbe
water should lei abut off when thu grain
is liurdvuiuir. "
POULTRY FEED BOX.
It Keep th fowls From Tmanpllag Up
on Tliolr Halloas.
Despite! all that has ever been said to
tho ountrury, tho idea still prevails in
some sections that poultry can get along
and even thrivo if their food is present
ed to them in tbo simplest manner.
Tbi is a mMk-.. Where--soft--food i
given it is generally trampled npon by
all the birds before it is fully eaten, and
In consequence tbey aro compelled to
devour a more or less amount of dirt,
which Is usually of such a natnro as to
bo no good to (hem. In order to avoid
COXVSJIICXT rSED BOX.
this I woald suggest that a feed box be
made, baviug a dm of slats made of
laths, as shown herewith; also on the
side opposite from tbe door I should
nave slats, as seen trout tba inside of
tbe box. ITace tbe food in this, shnt
tbe door, and tbe fowls ean reach tbe
food from each side readily between tbe
alata, bat cannot soil it Forthermore,
a dish ot water can be act within it and
tbe fowls can reach through and drink,
but tbey cannot pollute it aa thi-y other
wise would. By this device array cats
and, dogs bare no chance) ot getting at
lb food, should It happen to be of a
aatnre palatable to them, and stealing
It away bom tbe fowls. The semiro-
tcadity of tbe roof is to keep tbe fowls
from roosting on it Frederick Ck Sib
ley in Kew York Tribune.
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Royal stakes the food
wbol
aaaaUclsaa.
Fovoin
Absolutely Purs
ROVAL SAKIMO POWOTH OO., NtWVflSt.
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N. C. NEWS.
Gleaned From Our Exchanges With
And Without Credit.
Jm
The Zub Vance Democratic club
nt Ashcvillo has a membership of
714. . '
Raleigh is agitating the abolition '
of hog pens. The mayor is opposed V
to it. . y v
,. . '
rn nurii yat nil,, u nra nnir. Ai-ttAn. . ' -
izeil to begin a campaign ogninat '?iV
Mornionism. . '
Asherillo was 100 years old Jan. 'r
28th it having been 100 years - ':
since the town was ortranized. "
"t -
Ucidsvillo had a municipal eleo -.
tion week before last. R. T. Wil- ;
liainson was elected mayor. j
rl'hii nntilinl tnnollnr. nf iho fttnf-A -
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Council Jr. Order United American :':
Mechanics will be held in Salisbury i
on the 22d and 23d. .'
Work on tho link of the narrow -
gnngo railaond to bo built between y:
Hickory and Newton began Tuef , f
In the cane of Lamm, who killed ,
Kidman in Wilson county last week
tho coroner's jury found that the
killing-was justifiable.
At Holly (Jrove Academy, fivo ;
miles cast of Lexington, Monday
niglit a week, 'Geo.' Bryant, while
under the
nlllloneA nf linfiAe won
burned to d-
icath. r
The Stale University owns 86,000 V
of the repudiated Stanley county .
bonds, 'and f?8,00 of the Wilkes
bonds, which it is proposed to re
pudiate. ; '.. ".V ':"'
l!ov. Robt. E. Caldwell, of Win-
ston, has been commissioned chap-'"
lain of tho third regiment of the
Slate Guard with tlio rank of cap- v
tain.
At a negro dance in Mecklenburg
county lust Friday night, a week,
Major Jlaxter shot and fatally
wounded Will Fewell. Baxter is
in jail and Few ell is expected to die
at any time.
A tuns meeting was held in the
ccond l'resbytertian church of
Charlotte last Wednesday night to
use limits) lor tlio poor of that :
town. 1 ho attendance was not
large but $315 was raised
The Citizen says W. A. Boycc,
W. L. Ketchcin and B. O. Sanders
riipusc to bo members of a party.
that will leave Ashevillo for the .
Maskan gold fields ou tho 15th of
(hi mouth.
W. W. Iiay ward, who was con.
nceted with tho defunct daily Trib-
line at Itulcigh, will organize a stock
company and buy the Kockingham
Iixlox, lormerly independent, and '
conduct it as a Kepulilican paper.
The Charlotte Observer says s '
two-year-old child of Mr. John I'ar- 1
well, of Ixiwer Steel .Creek, Meek-. '
lenburg, got iis finger mashed in "
suusago mill. The doctor was sent
for and bou nl up the cut artery as
soon as possible. A few days later
tlio artery burst the bands and the
luld bled to death before help
could bo gotten.
The Ilnlcigh 1'ost says Sunt. Mew-F
Ixirne, of the penitentiary boa de- '
chiied to let Cabarrus county hare
(he 41) convicts heretofore promisee!
to work ou the roads of that coun
ty. The convicts were" promised and
(.al arms had sent for them but -Mcwborne
says he has none to spare ,
now maybe ho will have later on.
7hcl?ecnrd "tells ftf in unusual "
ca-o in Greensboro. A magistrate
sent a young white man to the road
for ''.) (lays for beating a woman,
giving him some fatherly advice
along with the sentence .'When the ;
yiiii.K man finished his term he -called
at the magistrate's office and .
Ih inkcd hint tor sending him to the
ro vis. He said he had been taught
a lesson one he would never for-
get.
In Winston Sunday night a week,
MdT?Sk Hart and I en Wall, both
colortOgot into a row and Hart
struck Wall on the bead with his
fist, knocking him down. Wall
was rendered unconscious by the .
blow and died a few hours later.
Hart was arrested, A doctor gave
it as his opinion that Wall died,
from tbe effects of liquor and not
from the blow received from Hart,
No inquest was held and Hart was
discharged. ".. .
Wny will yoa nay bitter naaneattnt fonlj
when Grove's Taotele Chill Toalo la s
plwuant as L-emna Syrup. V ou r rucn .
autoonsed to reland the meney la iwerr r
olM-ro It UlU u cure. lrK-e, il ecni. J
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