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UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
"Bulldog" Carney bad teen at it
again. .It was horses this time, and
when horses follow a man off without
rhyme or reoEoutbero is often shooting
from one sido or tbe other.
- And the owner of the horses that bad
gono off with "Bnlldog" Carney lay in
hospital in Fort McLeod with a ping of
lead iu his Inng. lie was a "rustler"
himself, and the geneial opinion wus
that Carney bad only stolen from
thief.
Bat the ping of lead that was
different Batter. A man has got to be
pretty tough before the shooting of him
counts far nothing.
So Sergeant Hetberington and Con
stable Williams wero sent ont with
three days' rations to look Carney up in
one direction, while a couple of other
constables took tbe trail in another.
Much riding and the viewing of much
open plain were' tbe results of tbe first
day campaign.
On tbe second day they rode again,
bat the plain was not quite so open,
There were several lakes and various
other interruptions of tbe viuta
"What's the sense of thin?" said
Hetherington to the other constable,
Yon might as well look for a needle
in a haystack or a prayer book in bar
nicks as look for Carney in this God
forsaken hole. We'll never get a sight
of him."
So they camped where they were; bo
side a small lake, and smoked the pipe
of peace and ate their rations and cursed
tbe government that had ont tbeir pay
down to 60 cents a day, howbeit tho
sergeant was getting more than that
now since his promotion. Bnt that wan
regulation lorin, tne rontlne, and so
they smoked long and swore hard and
denounced the service anyway as being
no good to a man, for it made him lazy
and unfitted bim for anything elro, and
it was a wild goose chase, and Carney
was a hundred miles away, and tbey
wero a pair of fools, as great as the
man who had sent them ont. -
And with tbe gray regulation blank
ets pulled over their heads and tbeir
feet warm against the blaze of tbo
smoldering canipfire they slept slept
the prairie sleep, which is long and
deep and strong end as nulike the other
as a strong growing bnsh is nnliko a
hotbonse plant; slept among the wild
roses and great yellow marguerites
and tbe little- wondering sunflowers:
slept on tbe dry, crisp grass, that was
as n gentle spring mattress.
And as they slept a man came and
looked at them and pulled at his' blond
mustache a little, reflectively, ond then
stepped book into tbe night again, and
all was still, only the mnnchiug and
occasional stamp of a hone's hoof over
on one side, where the horses were pick
eted, and the little, sneezing blow of the
noses of tbe feeding animals as tbey
cleared the dust ont of tbeir nostrils.
There were dncks flying over all
last night," said tbe sergeant as he
pulled on bis long boots. "They'renest-
ing here in these lakes, and I'm going
to have a look for some eggs. "
Soon a voice came np from tbe reeds
and cattails growing in tho edge of tbe
hike to tbe constable as he busied mm
self at the morning fire:
"Comedown here, Williams. They're
slathers of eggs here.
Tbe dncks there wero as other dncks.
Tbey pulled down tbe laucelike blades
of grass and plaited them into nests just
oat in tbe water a piece. That was Dame
Nature's insurance scheme, bnt sbe
hadn't reckoned with the sergeant aud
bis merry constable. The long boots
and the gray socks and the brown trou
sers were off in a jiffy, and with shirts
tacked up under tbeir arms tho two
warriors were soon filling tbeir bolmets
with dock eggs.
"I've got me bat full, " said tbe ser
geant, "and here's a nest witb 13 eggs
in it. Wbat'llldo?"
"Better leave it alone, "said tbe con
stable. "Thirtceu's an nnlnck'y num
ber." . "But I want the eggs," pleaded tbo
sergeant "It's nnlncky to go ou tinned
beef when yon can get fresh eggs. Be
sides, me lock couldn't change for tho
worse anyway, "be added as be thought
of what the exile life in that lone land
meant.
"Well, then," said tbe oonstablo, "il
yon don't mind the bad luck wrap them
iu your shirt, and I will bold yonr cba
peau." And he waded over to the other
and beld tbo belmet.
'-'I'm a qnare looking bird now, " said
h sergeant as he peeled the gray San
pel shirt over his head like stripping an
otter and proceeded to transfer the eggs
from tbe watery nest to the impromptu
bag.
"I miss my gnees or you'll ran op
ag'ln hard lock this trip." I wouldn't
touch neat with 18 eggs in it with a
ten foot pole," said tbe constable M
they made tbeir way out through the
scrub growth on the edge of the lakes.
'.'Having a bath, gentlemenr" asked a
cheery voice from the wilderness as tbey
merged into tbe open.
It was the man who had looked opoq
them the previous night as they lay
sleeping.
The sergeant was o-atnriiahed that
tbe comer of tbe shirt slipped from bis
hand and the II eggs rolled into a bat
tel- at bis feet.
And it was no wonder that be was as
tonished, for be was looking open two.
policemen.
The tbrea V shaped stripes oo tat
right arm ox one of tbem, the rpeakes.
showed that be was a sergeant, name
thing about the clothes struck bim as
being strangely familiar. He eoald 1
most swear to a spot or two on tbe front
of tbe tight fitting brown jacket.
Sorry to trouble yon, gentlemen,'
said tbe same cheery voice, as tbe own
of It toyed witb tbe bett of a big
regulation revolver at bis side, "bat say
partner bete sod 'myself took a notion
we'd like to tola tbe force, so we jnat
slipped Into yonr clothes till we'd see
bow we'd look, and as tbe two suits
will hardly go roud tbe fear of as sop-
pose yon stack oat dnda. They're just
over there Ly tbe eampflra."
As be spoke he atMtarodedly drew
forth tbe tig rTTjr and rut bed his
tbaaib reflectively over tbe ha miser ond
waited for them to snake tbeir toilet.
Yoo'ra ep to larks this aaorniag.
id the sergeant, tbnakmg that tbe
bad lack of tbe II eggs was already get-
tiag its work la on him. He
that tbeir earbiaea sad
cartridge belts bad ail
a pretty Lurewu puces tuat luo n:au
they wero nftcr had turned tho tables
u do captured tucci.
"By George, I reefs thcro's no help
for it, said tbo tergcaut f;col lmnior
edly as ho begun to crawl into tho other
niun's clothe?.
" Wbut's yon fellows' gcrue anyway?"
bo find 1.8 In pcllcd cu n peir tt deer
skin riding I rci obcs.
"Well, I tuko it you're ralhcr n ror.gh
lot, enid the uiau with the slripesou
bis arm, "aud we're going to arrest you
for horse stealing.
"Well, tbut s pretty, neb icr my
blood, snid tbe eeraenut as he com
pleted bis toilet witb a bread brimmed
cowtoy bat.
"Now, I supr-ore ycu'ro i:ct much
accustomed to wearing jewelry, " taid
the ctber, "bnt I'll baro to troublo you
to put these darbies on." And be tocsed
tho sergeant a pair of linudcuffs. Tbo
sergeant lucghed, but made no move
ineut to put tlieui on.
"Fnt Ittiu en bim, Dili, " the
stranger said, "and if he moves I'll let
daylight through bim. Now the other I"
he added as Bill clapped tbo handcuffs
ou tbe tcrgeaut, r.nd ma twinkling tbey
were both handcuffed prisoners. Then
tliey were mounted on the bronchos be
longing to tbe two men who bad tbem
in choree, while the latter (ecu tbeir
two good police borecs and redo beside
tbem.
"You'll get in ton fine row over this,"
said the sergeant to his captor.
Too latter luuglied good buniorcdly.
"Not half so lino a row as I would
novo got into if it bad been tbe otber
way ul out. If you'd got tbo drop ou me
first and I was wearing tho bracelets
now, then I would think, thero was
troublo ahead. "
"What'reyou going to do with us
anyway?" said thecergeaut. "You can't
eat ns. Aro yon going to hold us up and
make the government ransom us ont?"
Wo rn going to leave tbe constable
here witb a friend who keeps a fashion
able hotel iu a thuck down at Dead
Man's Crossing on Deep Cut creek, and
we're goin to tako yon to Alaplo Creek
and turn you over to tho superintendent
there. Yon tbouldn t bavo run off tbo
horses, you know, aud then when the
man objected yon plugged bim."
Yon si em to know all .about it,
said tho sergeant. "I suppose yon are
Bulldog' himself."
"You Eceni a bit mixed, my friend,
replied the stranger coolly. "You're
'Bulldog' Carney and I'm Sergeant
Hetberington, in charge of this outfit."
And he pulled from bis pocket tbe ser
geant's papers, neatly inclosed in a blue
government envelope, and smiled de
risively at Hetberington.
Yon won t be ablo to work that
racket at tbe barracks at Maplo Creek,
for some of the fellows'll be sure to
know mo there."
Well, if they do you'll bavo a lon
ger rido, that's all," answered his cap
tor, "for I mean to get you put iu this
time snre, for you'vo escaped often
enough before."
That afternoon tbey cauio to Dead
Mun's Cronsiug, and Williams was left
there iu charge of a man they fonnd iu
tbe shack.- He bad evidently been ex
pecting Carney, but he opened bis eyes
U J t.... I
wiou mucn wouuur wueu ue euw me
prisoners, una when be understood the
situation ho went around witb a broad
grin on bis face that was particularly
tantalizing. '
Maple Creek was TO miles from Dead
Man's Crossing. They stopped all night
at Dead Man's Crossing nnd nmdo (10
miles of the 70 next day.
In tbe morning the sergeant had an
other lesson iu the deep diplomacy witb
which Carney negotiated mutters.
"Bide ou, Bill, "he beard him say
to his mate, "aud inquire if Sergeant
Hetberington has come iu yet with his
prisoner. Yen can tell them that you
wore out ou a littlo recouuoiter for Car
ney's mate, and that I expected to be
there at the barracks alont 10 o'clock.
If there's anybody tbcro knows me
I ergcaut Hetherington just bit tbe
trail back a piece, and we'll move on
to the uext post I want to give this
man Carney op to strangers, you see.
I'm afraid bis friends tnigbtn't trei.t
him well. Anyway I think you'd bet
ter ride back to meet me." -
Bill galloped away on his errand, and
after putting in an boar or so to give
bim a good start Curney end bis prisoner
struck camp and followed np. .
Bill met tbem about five miles ont of
laple Creek and. reported that there
Wasn't a kouP in the troop stationed
there that knew Hetherington. "Bnt
they're dead on to Carney's racket,
though," be aid "and when I told
tbem that -we'd captured bim tbey
thought 'twas a pretty slick piece of
purines Tbey say he's harder to trap
than a coyote."
I'Yoo see," said Carney to the ser
geant, "tbo easier you take this thing
and tbe leas racket yon moke tbe better
ron'll get along. If yen get rusty aud
insist that yon're sergeant, some of the
fellows'll round on yon, and the bad
jock the 18 eggs brought you'll be noth
ing to tbe trouble that you'll get into
than,-'
As soon as tbey got into tbe fort
Hetberington saw at once that Carney
most have been in the force at oor. Mme,
He asked for tbe sergeant major as
s tbey rode into the barracks
square and asked bim to report to tbe
superintendent that be bad brought in
tbe desperado Carney, who was wanted
for doits stealing and shooting a man.
"I was afraid to take bim back to
Fort McLeod," be said, "for fear fae'd
play some trick and get away. Ha al
mart made me believe be was somebody
else until I fonnd this letter on bin ad
dressed to John Carney."
It was in vain that tbe sergeant swore
that be was Sergeant Hetbcriuglou him
self. Tbe more be swore against tbe fate
that bad tangled bin op tbe more tbey
laughed at bim and told bim to drop It.
Carney's repntation for slipping out
of tbe toils stretched from Winnipeg to
tbe bigbeat point of tbe Bockiea, hot
be'd find that be couldn't do tbem op at
Maple Creek. Tbey were oa to bis little
'Are yoa quite snre you're not Major
Steel bimself or Uimmissdoner Harkle!" j that an ancient boatman of Kinross,
asked tbs superin teodent, Icokiog at Jwboee aoqnainunce be made on
bim witb a knowing smile. lLocb Leven many years ago, bad
Al mis ssuy a wit oeruey ana tne
rsst of tbem teagbed so heartily tbatj
tb
lf that be told the prisoner be
iiM.ir
migbt sit down. : jiug tbe tim be wan gathering bis-
- "Toar nolsnadotiea rnuU make yess -te-rUl for "Toe Abbot." In retily to
tired," ba said, witb a wink at Carney. Mr. Pritt's qneatioa as to what 8ir
"All tbs aaoM. air," said tbs pour Wslter was like, tbe boatman tnv
t, tears almost "rtiug to bis
ry for this wueu you flud oat what u
mistake yoa'ro making."
"Ob, uo doubt, no doubt," raid the
superintendent. "When tbey find out
that you ro really a sorgiunt iu the
force, I'll bo reduced to tbo ranks foi
this aud you'll bo uiado inspector. "
"At least, sir," Kiid Ilttheriugtcu,
"yon might keep this iv.cu who claiini
to be a sergeant hero nutil this matlei
is cleared np.
"Capital, capital," said the superin
teudcut. "A capitul idea. We'll Leep
him bero so that your mate cau get
cleau away ; then I shall get promutiou
for that brillinut idea. You re Lagged
but you d rutber that your mate sot
away, cb? Sergeant Hetberington here
tells me that he was pretty bot ou yenr
mate s tiail, nnd cue of tbe ebjeets fot
bringing yoa iu hero wus that bo might
uavo bis bands clear Id follow it up.
So the sergeant was put behind the
bars, and Carney and Bill wero made
free of tbo canteen, and tho superintend
ent congratulated himself upou the
prospect of being able to forward on
"Bulldog Carney, who bad been want
ed at headquarters for somo time.
Then toward evening, when the fierce
beat of tiie noonday sun had spent itself,
Carney and Bill rode forth to huut up
the other man, the mate, and Maple
Creek never saw again tho good police
horses that went with tbem, nor the
rifles, cor tho revolvers, and it took a
year's official correspondence to clear np
the mystery as to who was to biuino for
committing Sergeant Hetherington of
tho N. W. M. P., as "Bnlldog" Carney,
borsu thief and handy man with a gun.
There is a legend tbut it never was
cleared op. Templo Bur.
Trleks With Liquid Air.
A small party of prominent electri
cians, among whom wero Professor Eli-
ha Thomson, John W. Gibbouey aud
Walter C. Fish of Lynn, with Kdwin
W. llice, Jr., and a few outsiders, sat
down to a quiet supper iu tho private
dining room of Earl & Martin s restau
rant, ou Union street, when somo of tbe
wits iu the party amused themselves by
playing tricks on tbo table attendants,
and ulso on tbe astuto cook, William J.
Bond, by freezing some of the dishes
solid as soon as the latter wero put on
tbe table.
In fact, to such an extent did oue
member of tbe party carry bis murri
meut that ho sent back a slice of bread,
solidly congealed, to tbo cook, with an
interrogation as to why such food was
put upou tbe table. Billy was natural
ly puzzled at the occurrence, aud ull
tbo more so when he, too, examined
tbo bread complained of aud fonuel it
crumbled to dust ut his touch. Ho could
not solve the enigma and was still fur
ther puzzled when a glass of liquid was
returned, also frozen solid. One of the
elcctrioiaus gavo the secret awny after
the supper and explained that tho sub
stances were frozen by means of liquid
air, of which uuo of the party had a
supply. Lynn (Mush. ) Exchuugo.
A Japanese Cu.tom.
At tho birth of a Japanese baby a
tree is planted, which must remain un
touched until the murringe elay of tho
child. When tho nuptial hour r.rmes,
the tree is cut down, and a skilled cab
inet maker truukforma the wood into
furniture which is coutidcrcd by the
youug couple as tbo most beautiful of
all ornaments of the house. Meeban's
Monthly.
The Sleep Irresistible.,
"Whoever sits down," said Dr. 8o
lander to bis company among tbo billi
of Tierra del Fnego, "will sleep, and
whoever sleeps will wake uo more."
The brave ' doctor and his men bad
tram poel a considerable distance through
the swamps, when tbe weather became
suddenly colder and fierce blasts of
wind drove the snow before it. In a
short time tbo cold becamo so intense
as to cause tbo most oppressive drowsi
ness. Dr. Solander was tbe first to find
the inclination to sleep too Irresistible
for him, and he insisted upon lying
down. Iu vain his companions entreated
and remonstrated. Ho luy down, and
When told that be would inevitably
freeze to death answered that bo desired
nothing more than to lie dowu and die.
Ono of the black servants lay down also.'
Solander declared himself willing to go
on, bot begged to te allowed to- sleep
first, and in a few minutes the two meu
were iu a profound sleep, fc'oou after,
those who bod been sent forward to
Kiudlo a Uro returned with the welcome
news that (he fire awuited tbem at a
thort distance. The men happily suc
ceeded In awakening Solander, who,
although bo bad not been asleep five
minutes, bad almost lost the ose of hit
limbs, sud tbo flesh was so shrunken
that bis shoes fell from bis feet. It was
witb much urging and assistance that
be consented to go cu, bot all attempts
to rouse tho black man wero futile, and
be was left to die.
The Onst 1st DCnce'cI 1ST.'
During tbe fall of 1874 rats becamo a
serious menace to tbe farmers of Jack
son coonty, Kan., snd one night st a
meeting of tbe literary aorii ty In the
Coleman scboolbonse it wss proposed to
organize a boot Sides were chosen,
snd It wss agreed that tbe losers were
f to pay foe a capper and a daucer-Tbrtaj
Weeks wrro fixed ss tbe limit t-f the
hunt, bat tbis was reduced to ten days
wbea it was discovered that wsrm
Weather was making it impossible to
preserve tbo tails, wbicb were to be used
In making tbe count. At the end of tbe
leu days both bunting teems assembled
at tbe acboolboass with tbeir tails and
a count was made, witb tbe result of
bowing 0,850 dead rats iu total. Mors
than 1,000 of these bad been killed on
tbe farm of O. W. McBeyoolds alcae.
After tbe count supper was served, sod
a dance followed until daylight The
affair la still known in local annals as
tbe great -rat dance. Halton (Kan.)
Signal.
Trry lassaisM.
Tbe lata Mr. T. E. Pritt, in his
book. "An Angler's Basket" tells
beemi isH-rtWl in hi. vonnsr dars
Uk aA rou1 call4 dur
awered with nnconadoas truth and
THE LIFE OF A ROAD.
IT DEPENDS ON C A ft E FUL7C0 NOT fl U C
7ION AND REPAIR.
The Varlous-Layera of 11 a ad Metal Should
Be Well Compacted Willi a Hcavj
Itcara Roller Rats aud Holvs Are
Deadly Enemies Efficacy of Sprinkling.
Permanent, smooth surfaces that can
readily Lo repaired and which will be
free from mnd, dnst and water at ull
seasons aro the requisites cf h good
road. Hundreds of miles ef macadam
are being built uuuually witb thefoeudt
in view, but tho objects desired are not
always obtained, partly ou account oi
imperfect construction and partly ou ac
count of inadequate and improper cure.
Common faults iu construction are
failure to put dowu tbo roud metal
properly uud a' tendency to depend en
tirely too much ou "binding muteriul"
to get a smooth surface, says Tbe L. A.
W. Bulletin. The bottom layer of coarse
stone is not rolled until it is veil l acked
beforo tho upper layer is put ou, uud
this iu turn is net rolled until thor
oughly compacted beforo screenings or:
applied. Horso tollers are freeiueutly
used, but will not do the weirk effective
ly. Constant use of a steam roller cf
ubont 15 tons is needed to aecoinplli-h
tbo desired end. Each layer of stone
should be thoroughly rolled before the
next ono is npplied, unci tho surface
sbonld be made so firm that a- pieco (if
loose macadam laid ou it would U
crushed by a roller rather than driven
into the roadbed. With proper pressure
the broken stone will bind by its ov. n
angles nnd muko a solid bed. When tl,b
is accomplished, the only "binding ma
terial" roqirrrwHs a littlo finely broken
stone or screenings.
Iu tome sections rolling is very inade
quately done, and before tho Mono i
compacted quantities of elay are dump-
rd ou tho surface. After a light rollei
has beeu run eiver that a eout cf lint
screenings is spread en nnd snmothcel
with tbe horse roller. An even Lut in
sufficiently compacted eurfaco is obtain
ed, pleasant to use for a short time, but
with tbo first ruin tho clay wnrl.s tip
and an inch or two of mud covers the
surface. Before long ttio edges of stones
REEDS IMl;llOVIMl.
work through tbo "binding materia;"
it becomes uueveu and rough in speitn;
very dusty iu dry weather; ruts uppear,
anil people wonder what is tho matter.
This method is much in vogue where
trap rock is plenty and is defended on
tbe ground that the rock is so hurel that
it requires a "biueler" to hold it togeth
er, and it is then asserted Hint clay and
screenings must further be used to ' ' pro
tect" the sarfnee. The hardness of the
material and its excellent wearing qual
ities aro admitted, Lut a slovenly meth
od of construction is de fended, end cu
effort made to uuite ami preserve the
surfuco by using enrth and stone din t
instend of compacting the stones Ly
their own angles through tho nseof ade
quate rolling, and to keep it iu its Her
nial state through e!ry weather by regu
lur and consistent sprinkling,
A good load is one ou which neither
dust uor mud nerumulates and w hich
does not w ear intei ruts. Truvt 1 always
tends to ucci mi late loud. Let tbe diffi
culty is augmented by tho fri o jise of
any soft or (luo mate-rial to serve fi.r
"binding" purposes Ordinary accumu
lations cuu readily bo removed Ly scrap
ing the read immediate ly after ruin,
but this is rarefnlly avoieled in places
where eluy is use-el iu tho process of con
struction. Tbo efficacy of proper rolling
Is ignored, and earth is substituted for
It. Removal if mud is not permit ltd
when rafu allows it to work to the sur
face, bnt occasionally in dry weather a
little dust is swe pt off. - -rv"
The only way to preserve tuacaelara
in dry weather and to keep it always in
goexl condition is 10 give it a moderate
Sinouut of mciituro regularly, and Ibis
cannot te insuied unless niuniclpul au
thorities undertake) tbo work. It is a
poor policy to build expensive roads and
leave them to the, fates afterward.
Every town and city ought to mnintaiu
aud operate a sufficient number of carta
to moisten oil ita roads. Ji Js an injuri
ous, absuid and antiquated policy to
.leave a work of such public Importance
to private cute rprine, which, of coerce,
will not go beyond Immediate personal
interests.
Witb the constant removal of mud
Snd dost cornea the repair of rots aud
boles Immediate ly cu their appearance.
Every deprecation should be promptly
filled with stone of suitable size, uud
any pieces that work cot iboold be at
on co replaced. In short, constant watch-
fulness aud care are absolutely essential
to tbe rjowTTatrotrrrf grmd mads, and if j
it is worth while to put iuto highways
Ibe sums that lbs Lest roads cost (t is
sorely worth while to take tbs reason
able cars raj oi red to maintain them in
good shape.
tatisfactory maintenance aud efficient
rare deinaud tbe division of tbe roads
Of soy locality Iuto sections witb re
sponsible heads and tbe constant em
ployment of a limited nomber of bands
to kp them scraped snd re paired. In
tbis war roads ran be kept always clean
and goexl, big repairs are obviated aud
expense of main tens nee redBced.
Sew r!M Mem BMIm.
A steam roller will elo tbe same work
ss a seven tun, tight boras road roller
at one-qnarterr tbe rooniog cost aad in
one-balX Ibe times.
I have tivcn Lliamlserljin's
CwigU Iiil a lairiwt an'l c n
snler it one of the reir best nrnedie
for emu that I hare ever feHiml-.
One ! has always len sufficient,
sltliougli I ue it freely. Any coll
m v children contract yicMs Terr
rrseliJr lliis niedirinti: 1 xan-jron.
. i 1 :. a
scienuousiy recenn iiiciiu u hit C'"UP !
snd cxdds in - chilelren. tito.
Wolpt, Clerk of Ihe Circuit Court,
Femandirw, Fla. &ld by T. A.
Albright A Co.
ROAD STATISTICS.
Our HlghT.sya Could lie Improved Willi
""OUt Illcres&lug Auntmi Expense;
Thero ttri, it is emluiuted, 800,000
miles of highway roads in lliu United
btutes about 20 per cent of the roads
of all tho world. Great Britain Iihb
120,000 miles of roadways, and these
are somo e f tho best in the world. Ger
many has 275,000 nities of ruailB, nnd
some ft limn uro nx poor uh tho road
ways of n great country eaii Lo. I'tuuco,
which lias taken an enli(i'ened view oi
the good roiidB question le;r many years
and has spent by governmental or local
authority more than $1,000,000,000 on
highways, has a road mileage of UilO,
000, mora than liny other country.
Russia, with an enormous nreu, hue
only 70,000 miles of roadways, while
Italy, a smaller country, -baa 05,000.
For a coiiKide tublo time tim agitution
iu the United states for goedtejuds hm
gnished, for tho reason perhaps that by
tho American syslein of snl elivided local
j' authority
what s everybody s business
is nobody's business, " nnd, controver
sies Leiug frequent an to tho liability ot
national, state er municipal authority
for needful espeLditmes, very little
wus dene. Hie National League l ot
Goeid licr.els was ipnuiKtil in Ih!i2 "tr
awake n gmcii.l iMnest iu tbe in: r vo J
meut of put lie: loads, to determine tits
best methods of Luiieling anil maintain- j
ing thi ni and conduct and foster sucl
publications as may turves these pur
poses." At t iio beginning of the ii;it
u beginning of the ngitn-
reads question did not
railway, iind it was '
tiem the gird
muko in i eh I
until the popularity of bicycling grew
that the demand for improved roaem !
nimo organized, nnd since then coitsid -
eral.lo beiilway has bei n muelej. A com
pututie n winch duels much fuverami.m
the i advocates cfgnrdromlsiH this:
lbero arc at proximately, though ti.
number s steadily e.t. the decline, I!, -
000,000 horses lit the United t-tat.-
(time were 1.1,000,000 by the census i i i
lHilli), and there ere ubor.t 2,000,000
mules, piincipully in tbo south, the mi
nual cost cf fe elder for these- uuimuls .
being 81,500,000,000. Ou liuu stem
roads ono horso c.n haul as meiih as
three heirxs e an haul e;vi r the: avcrni.i i
dirt re ad of this country. It isestiient. d
that it would l o necessary to ' c'" -
I ...il.... ... . 1. .. : 1
iiuuui i,v.uw,uv.u IJ1J1I3 ill u:i)Uiiiui; i,:ii
roads in tuu United fctate s in e nli r tc
huvo us good n system of public high
ways us is found iu several European
states. At VI, 000 u mile- this would in
volve uii outlay of $ l,0lJH,0i,0,OOO a
pretty large sum. But if ein-1 nil i f the
draft animals could I e dispi mi . w ith
by tho I milling of such inn's the re
would be an aiiui:al la; lug of 700,000,
000 in the leeel Liil. t'eufeeim nlly it
road Lends wero i.:inil I curing up'
eent inli rest 11,000,000 mills of rncc
adumizcel luud could bu built witi:eul
increasing tho unuual expenses
Now York Kuu.
CRUDE OIL ON DIRT ROADS.
It Is Knlil 1 Millet) Tlirin Hard ni.i!
Smooth and Frro I'rntn Iln.t and Mcl.
"In the winter f 194, near (iini.il
Valley, a small plug was forced out i t
an oil lino uud u quantity of oil spurted
oil the road," says I lie Oil City Derrick.
"Tbo snow was thoroughly saturated
with pit for about one, rod in eliuuieti r.
The oil was spre.-ad over the road by the
feet of horses end the ncti m of sleigh
runners for tho distance of about font
rods. The roads in this vulioy are clay
bottom anil very dusty in dry we-ather'
uud muddy in we t, aud it's no unn-nnJ
thing to see dust from !) to U incl.es
deep and mod from 10 to 20 inibe s iu
the season.
"This1.it of road end the ertidc oil
referred to huvo attracted r:iy otteiitieu
ever since, for when the dry weather re 1
turned uud 'dusty roads' was the bail- j
ing salutation of every emu you in. t
this particular four roils of read were as ;
free from dimt lis a well kept brick par- ,
eel street, and ufter u shower, whin the 1
dusty roads wero e onviite d into bed.-, of 1
mud, this section if load wus us dry us
if uo rain bad fallen. Tbowritir has
explained the i hene tnenon to many ob-i
serve-rs who wi-te ignorant of tho i-num-. !
At prese nt uud after tho action of three !
I summers uud winters there is still to be !
aot-u the uumistukablo evidence of thej
preserving qualities of crude oil. Now,
. accepting the fun going nbsrrvrftion us '
truth, is it not safe to conclude tbut a i
bono for a solution cf the ennto-t nut)
lio questions bus a nuclcos on which to
I rest a hope?
j "In the employmi ut of eruelo oil fur
i gexxl roods no change ne-d I o made in
tbo un do eif constrnclir li now In ge iieral
use. Tbet r'jeilled thouhl Lo proM'rly
I shaped with im.eliii .ry, and immedintc
ly after working cud funning and while
the earth is b lue uud L-.t adapt' d for
tthe nlmirption of e il the) oil rl.'t t:ld te
i spplied alte r tli i mauuer i f sprinkling
I streets. Tbe quantity of oil tu the rod
ef road can only lo .letermiu.il by ex
periments ami actual I -is. The writer's
opinion, boreel on oLrvatiou, is that
oue barre l of oil to each thr.-e ro-els e,f
roe will sulllee-. This, if the writer has
Hot el red fn ligare-s, ill Lo oil to thu
d'pth of one third f an null ( nrnnt
price of ml and tost ef i plying will
deU-rmiun i use i f treating a mile of
reel. "
'r there Coend ltotb TlSM,
Tbe state uie nt is n.sdo that good J
roads work tin a ue w sikI eiti u.i ve stale ,
bus Unn eutlioid Ly Ibe 1a ague cf j
Amerieau Wbe-elunu for tbe coming -year
iu that Ibe whee lmen have secured
the eo-ope ration of tbe United f talcs '
bun-aa of Inquiry, which is a part of
the agricultural dertwcnt, anel witb j
Ibis great aid il is sruposd to diMrjui
ns te the gospel of be tter highways as it
was b-r-ver done before. When lt Is taken
into considtrTaticA "that I.OCO.bOO pain
pble Is will be distribotvd aa a resnlt of r
the Co-operation betwef o tbe league and ;
the toreaa of Ineiniry, some idi of tbe j
magnitude of tbe plan may be gathe-nt
(icneral Roy Htone is at tbe bead of tbe i
boreao, and be faas lesag been one of tbe
roost persistent good roads advocates La j
tbs esoontry. - I
. Tbe avidity with which laying bent
Southern aivl )rtn stock , ,,, en, .bow. bow
men know giMxl tlinf when tneyj aiammT7 tbey are iu the ben's eaomy
see it then-fore fr srraleTics, ; tur egg prodoction. Tbere U no l-ctt-r
swtvnr. rinjz liiorn, strain sprains, j way to supply lime reqo'rcd fer cfg
lirninie. sielillc and h-irnexs galls Sn-I , shells than tbis, Tbe shells iu tbe giz-
ailment of hetre!, they ne Hie"s ;
(timac ' rease Liniment, it is good
tor man as itean. rstid anel guar-
antpreyiy all druggist and gcrreral
atoreis.
TO
TW net
siacls
km
j
PROFITABLE GEESE.
Ormy Africans Grow Fast and Are Beady
For Market la Ten Weeks.
Gray African geese aro by many rais
ers considered tho moat profitable of all
geese to keep. They grow the heaviest
in the shortest spaco of time, and are
ready feir market in ten weeks, weigh
ing ut that ugu between eight and ten
pounds. They uro very much like the
Pekin dunk in this respect and as com
pared with other geese give tho most
satisfactory returns for tho least labor
mid Tlinu bjuih iirErowlii,' th
rSuy
r.ro, according to standard weights, as
heavy as tho Toulonso aud Embdeu,
but specimens aro not uncommon that
exceed these weights by several pounds.
They aro first class layers and average
about -10 eggs in a season. This is con
sidered as a low estimato for their egg
production. For table purposes they ars
esteemed very highly, thij;. fleeh being
flue aud nicely flavored.
These gecso huvo a largo bead, with
a large knob nnd n heavy dewlap un
der tbo throat. Thi'se and the Chinese
geese aro different from tho others iu
tho head uud are tbo ;nly two breeds
h
1
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'i
1
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1
j l'Ain i- or v ai-i r1 ' s e s t F '
)hflt ,)uv t, i.n,ltj (:) , ,,,, j
; T1) hiu ,jf Ul() Afri(.an1 ,. ratUi.-r j
j ,.,,. ,, ut tJ; ,ate, and their
, ttcvU me 1(Jll(,, xbtlr lil:hs are , i
. ,,,, , ,,,., rul., ,, ,u0(jer3tcy I
,,, ,, ,,.., ,,.. 1: ,,,,, ,, ,. ,
right Ijrxlie-:). Tho wing are largo and
j strong nnd nrn febh-d wi II against the, j.
body. Hie tliigi..i are short and "tout !
and the shanks of medium length. The j
knob is black and the dewlap cf a pray t
color, While tile plumage or tin; in i! 1 j
lifht TTnl? with si fltrL- err'.,.;, r, ,,,!,,
j frnm , e., . . 1H , Tllf. , . . I
1 dark grav, the plum
. . i
;e of tbe Lt. a-t is
gray, and the under part of l, dy is
light gray. Tho wings and tail are
dark gray, and the thighs aru ii-ht
gray. Tho e ves are hazi 1 i r brown; bill,
black; shanks, toe s mid web are of eiiirS:
oruugo eol.ir.
The stau'iard weight of tbo a. !.:':(
gander is 'o pon,,ds; a.!n!c go--.:, I'i
poouds; yoimg gitmi, r, Hi pounds, ai;S
young goose, 14 pounds.
DUST BATHS.
Very SjM-ntUI lo tUt, llralth of All
Fowl..
All nnimals have a natural te ndency
to cleanliness. Tim hog, the common
typo of filth; is not l y any means a.
dirty as wo would suppose if given au
opportunity to be clean, nnd iu this he
needs only ih much assistance from m;m
us u horso deinaiids; tho result will
prove his natural 'tendency to cleanli
ness. The Inn has tin aversion to bath
ing in water. Ilersul.siitute is the du.-t
bath, v liii li answers the .-amo purpOM.
for cleansing lo r feathers. A dust Laib
is very esw ntful to the health of all j
fowls. In winter, win u tbo outside j
ground is frozen hard;- a substitute '
shouM be provided in tho shape i.f a i
box filled with dry sand uiix d with
cejai ashes or read dust.
Watch your hens mi a bright tunny
day in winter and sen how they wijoy
this b itJi. They pii k the das', iuto their
feathers, ri ll liiM oi one side and then
on the other uud se cm to sift tiie dry
dirt into every I art if tbe-ir fen tin red
cut.
from
It eh an -is them and frees them
heir moitai cut my, the lice. Oue
would supposii that he n lice wer; v ty
clean the mw Ivc; since tbey bavw sooh a
dread e f dirt, and it is true they tatiuot
exist where dirt or dust abounds
The dust bulb is therefore very neces
sary for tho health and happiw. uf
your fowls. It should 1- phe-eil where
tho sun cun shun: inin it This makes
it uttracti)e, and y..ur bens, will so u
avail themselves of it. Poultry Cul
ture). ColJ WVstlsrr 1.-C4.
It will not pay 1 1 scrimp the he-uj iu
fenxl, shelter or e ar. . The farmer h is
P" "" duting win!
t i di vote- to
his fowls; he has grain to f I th. m
and may have eomfortahlii quutrsf r
them. Many grtuU IW jiraia.ftjta
fowls when tie v -rf n it laying. If sup
plemented with ,., d i-,ire;m.l shelter,
it will be paid fi.rv.itb profit. If
tfm grain I in i lowering al uuiingly
fsst, jy no r. g:.t !. Lut give' tun bens
what they le-d, n.oi th-v will till the
Liu when it i- empty.
I'oallry 1'i.lat.
Hens lay 1 irge r Ilia:! pullets.
Kgga from f it bens e!.i not butch Well.
Tho l.e-st layers are usually t!m We erst
sitters.
Tbei nest is tbe batching !.- for lira
aa well as for chi:.-k us.
auil is not a good scbstitcta for
gtavel in the poultry yard. e-
hi neh fat predje in,; f, -j is io : Lut
fur layiug or growing fe.l-.
Supply Me laying teTi's itii L-ui-r
oyster shells aud vegetal.! .
Tbe fowls are bi..ltl:er v!,tn they
bare to srrntcb for the ir M e).
tJive tbe beiis ull of ti..- b'.itt rmiik
and skirimllk tiny will drink.
Tuomocbwet it sloppy find gives
yooos fowls ofte n iudui-m scours.
Kt'-p a vsri' ty of'piiultry. liw-c aud
docks pay fully as well asVhicktlu.
I'll less heaa lay w-il iu winter they
Will prove rather expensive to keep
over.
Tbe eggs ef i hen will batch for text
day. after .lie is separated from tbe
roosters.
Tbe valae cf a breed depends largely
Dpoa what yoa want to do with it
sard also art as grit, enabling it to di
Socrwsb the shell thoroughly, so tust
its libeaest to tbs egg may txA -l-e
Where eggshells are thrown out with
out being crashed tbe fowls soon Kara
tbs habit of picking ut tbe shells cn
eggs, and from this tbey quickly becomo
egg eaters, a habit wbicb when cues
for sued Is perer - futgutleu,-
EXPERIMENT IN DETECTION.
the Crossing Policeman Is as'Wisa Sol
. - omoB. When Necessary,' .
The policeman who maintains life
and order at tho meeting of two down
town 'streets mast be possessed of con
sielerablo judgment. Ho sranst knew
when to make a holo in the wall, so to
speak, through tbe mass of vehicles anil
let a portion of the surging humanity
go through. Ho must know bow to
do several things at once to at the
same time chat pleasantly with a lady
', Tfieud of bis, tell a woman from tho
suburbs wbere the streets she's on is
and pull a couple of old gentlemen from
tho jaws of cablo cars, aud, what is .
moro surprising, most of the down town
force cau du this, and, what is truly as
touishing, nearly all do it in a gentle
manly manner and keep tbeir tempers
well. -- - -
It is not infrequently that an officer
is found who can do all this and more
too. At one of the most prominent cross
streets thero is a policeman who is a
cloto second to tbo caliph that decided
tho ownership of an infant in bis own
highly original way. Among many in
stances where bis acumen has played a
particular part is one that happened a
day or to ago. ' It concerned a bicycle.
The latter was left by its rider against
tho curb. A few minutes later a young:
man approached it Tbe policeman in
questiou had not seen tbo owner get off
tbe machine, but bo thought tbe new-
comer looked a trifle auspicious. Tho
chain anel sprocket w heel of the bicycle' '
bad been secured together by a padlock.
When the young man in question began
to curry the wheel off instead of uulock
in; it he felt it wa,i about time to act. "
"Do you own that bicycle?" be said
to the voung; man."
"Yes-,", was tho reply.
"Where's your key, then?" was bis
next.
"I vc lost it. " That settled it '
"Say, now," continued (he police
man, " will yoa give me yoar name and
addiesi:"
T he youug man seemingly did not
w ant to mulie any trccLlc iio hesitated
for a mc-mc.t and then said, "Why, yea,
if you want it. "
"And no-.v, " continued the police
man, fifti r ho had it, "yon know tbo
ee l ;ks ttr;;n; e-, atd yon know we
have so c::.ny bikes lost, would yoa
miiiJ wuiiing 15 minutes to see if any
cue else . Le-aW ccme after that wheel?"
"No, 1 tt.n not," raid the young
mau. Ti t n he I sued Lack cn a railing
hi,. I 1 .,ii i . wait After he had fceeu
there tbri- tr fe.tr minutes the police- -
n:ui s:.id : "Well, I guess it's all right.
Y u c-jii go. " AeiI then, turning to a
Lystaudcr, be remarked, "Ycu can bet
your next ia nib's pay te wouldn't
have rtexxl there if it waTt hi"
Chicago Times-Herald. N
BRAINS EQUAL TO COURAGE.
! Tlis Cat r.rtrnr ', but the Stoat Wassnus
Was Nul Stifieti.
j It a a el: in p day. bnt the crowd
i stood and watehtd tite black cat as it
! me w. il ; biattvely end clung to tho
j trailing vie" three stearics above tho.
! street m Irctt if a fear story brown
steue dwelling- A long wire supported
lb j vine, i.iaiiy rearhiug the root Tbo
cut, in i j oniio wood eviekntly, had
climLt.il tl:a 2.i: vicej ritd at the third
story ftopp.d, u if trrjl.t had paralyxcd
further itlcri!). Every minute it me-wed,
uud lUnppeal '. I heip collected a crcrwd.
A lar-io we-n.au said:
" hy elc-o ( iciue cms climb up then
uud re 1. i.se ti.at tat?"
"tupptaeyoB iry it, madam, " ehirped
a iI-ij i i.Lti-) iiiii, who looked open
the auair as -a ; ke.
' V. :i, if I had year small beft I
we-al'i rSnirb d:Ht vte: Men never tdo
airi :nl!:g dui:g. iocs theas day t "
"Oh. :L-y do, msuajn! They
ev.'.c :i t !d. drmk leo mach and stay out
lato at il; ir lulgis."
M;o j...vo little tiau a look snd
ejaculate tl . ' , a ihiuk vca are smart,
el. i, t j. u'.- V u i ..u talk, bnt yoa can't "
HK ti) it. u .1 eat. " .
"V. i- e!e, n:,: v.re i-g. Watch me rescne'
'that ; evi !-..: the ptril cf Leiug in
sLit. -l. L u- t U frightened. I go. Lot
1 will return " He- ran aeries the street
as tin; !.;r... v. . mail afaonted. "He is go- -iu
to eiimb! i !; mu; the doorbell of
li:: 1. v..-.-, iiid wiu.n too servant girl
ope.:-.reil he pt-iated to tbe cat abovo.
The ele r il, - o. aud a few minute
lut. r a wiuJ-ew m the third story opened,
and the- girl, rciibing her arm out,
eu,;i;i u,i ca; nnd tixk it in. The
croJ. thi;ct:-LL--jiii-JLhadapr.nuij .
t-,i d, l ut tho Uige woman said cou- .
te moluru-ly :
"Men Lsve no courage. Tbey get so
nit a to riitre caii" New York Com
mtituiL "" I st f ol Books,
stbclar; haa littlo mcuey for
If a
i Looks, he
ebocld expend it mostly cn
r. fen uce, and so get a daily
works of
r turn fi r bis output
fro seems to bavo
thought a yrun man of "whonTwejri
cvntly beard, who, when Sikcd ty a
cauvisn r lo purthaso an eiiclcpttUj,
uiei be bau CI.I-.
"WliicU one is if" iuqaired theean:
va.-e r.
TL young hijU eocld net n mea-bex.
Neitbir eouiii h - t il wh puLlishcd it,
-te-it wit liuu wefk, iu njjny iarge
ve.iuu.es. i
t-L)o ya ever oxi tUe-ci?"-asked tbe
age::t.
"Certainty almost every day." " '
"Iu w hat liner" -
"Oli. 1 preM my truusers w!tb tbem.
Tbe y are J. ud;,l for that " Ramble
A Fersertanc For Flowrn, .
lira Mackay s;xnds more cn floral
decorations wba giving a darner party
or Tvception than any ether xuejuber eif
the fishiecAtilo world. S'o baa Vera
knowu to have cbsriots drawn by
swans tilled with rose-s, frcm wbicb
her guests could help themselvr-s. IU r
diiiuer tables are a wealth of Bowers.
When the blcteaiuis are expeusira anil
cat cf sea sen, the bill for Sowers at a
reception cflea amounts to 500. Lon
don Stan din!
Tette r. Fa't-Khe-uiu and Enema.
T; in'i itehinir and sraartin!?. lo"i
Irn: frtTie-.(iis..is. taim'tantiy aih'.yt.l
'T "I ', fyrrr larnhfTlain's "te and
sii Or.inetesnt, Mnay ve ry ld ta
'iST,'. L" n lef-tmrpntly cored by it. Is
s e.i.iy ciVvot fcr rtching pi;? sal
t t.iT.rire rex-'T fur tra civp!-.
"V.i:TJ- hands, cuilblfcins, frost" Lires
jnrijrrssBif !rr crrn. ctm. ts?r U-s.
IV.
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