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Had and heaven will their own, 'theaaitofaminlnrtown. . p,t church or aalooo.- s ; - And when auccea. on bit toil attend Timi 1 "py r h0 ,,te:-' . :. n. 11 a cheer to hi. poorer -trienda, - , A hope to the help he bira., y K ? . , hi aara or a genial iinetu,f J f 1 rou" act the man, there'll he two of bi, And a wage fliat to fair he gives.- - ,. 'H. haa learned thia truth of hu own hard atrlle, n,t a mere exietene nlianomert lltai ' Ai a man earns, so he ltveej t . Then here's to the lad. of the djronJU. ' . To the boys who drill tnd blast;, , , . u,j they alvmya have t mine in sight r J . And strike it rich at last. ' jf, here to the lad. to the ragged Jeans, , Wbo can hope on a diet of pork tnd beant And Join in a laugh when "broke,". V For they build to the nation day by day . la tbat they pioneer the way fi ; fc. For the les. courageous folav. .. : Y Fred-T. ElUn in Denver Newt. . A Story of the Beev. By John E. Lauer, 1 We sighted the Alexander Blake In latitude 38 degrees 22 minutes north, longitude 07 detfrees ft minutes west, at daybreak on the port bow, heaved up on the wave's back for ns to look at, and then dropped out of sight, as '"tbough the sea were showing It to- us for a warning. ( The wind was light, very light, fixing for. a changer By eight bells we came, without trying, within a .mile or two of the derelict. . My, but she looked lonesome out there! Don't talk to tne; of.' anything" ashore - being lonesome. r" How could If, with trees and other things about for com pany? But a lone ship, dismasted, wa terlogged and her people gone, dead, most likely, wallowing' about, in a world of water-thaf s lonesome, if you like, and I ought to Jinow. i She was broadside on at first , Later the turned, and with a great, weary heave, like she was lifting the bottom ' of the world with her, she showed her ' name Alexander Blake,. N. S. - I took a look over the rail after breakfast, .and there she was, scarce a quarter , mllo away, with the old Dansforth T. bowing and nodding to, her, like she was sorry, but couldn't help' It " Then . the mate takes one of the boys on top of the deckhouse and - overhauls the gig, gets tackles on and lands the boat on deck, then runs her on- rotters, to tie .. davits and swings her outboard. ;' '- ' "Three bonds,", says hC'ta go and let fire to the derelict."" . : " 1, being young-and curious, was the - first to step out and first In the boat It always made me feel queer to go ' off from a ship at -sea."? You feel so mall and skeery, and that old Jonah . iwashing about so near made It worse. Ob, but she looked .bad; you might say . like a corpse, walking around -looking for a place to. bury Itself. " It was like interviewing a dead inan."oniy av dead ship Is worse. Her nose was poked ,well down In the water. She was awash amidships, but her stern stuck up high. We hit her about midships.. . Mr. Mon roe climbed onthe rail and I with him. Joe held to her with' the; boat hook, Jlle Tom fended her off with bis oar. Jhe water was waist deep ? on (deck ' nost of tbe time, for the waye would foil clear across her. He decks were clean as the blade of aoToarj not a stick of any kind left not a rope In sight ; We ran along the- rail to tbe. poopi. One of these here big American poops, with pilothouse, a raised deck or sky light aft of that and then the. wheel. The stairs led down into' the cabin from the pilothouse, v All this part of ' ;th bip floated high, and the cabin Hoot was dry; Mr. Monroe went down nd yeUed for me to get matches off f Joe., J04 in handing 'em bp lost his footing on the thwart and nigh fell erboard Tbe -hand with the matfhea wfnt under water, and theywere spoll d, and none of us had any more. I VM Monroe. Be bawis up' from the 4bin to go back to the ship and get me more. 80 back Joe and Toirl it. Then thS mate caUs to- me to me down and help move a chest to w IlRiit We pried it open and found fcti of tobacco and some medicine oH " - " "tB iue cnesi x too snip, ' n n "but yon and me may well we the tobacco." . ' ? - "V0 we were" longer filling out jockeu than we thought for by th we lugged the chest on deck we "ana change was coming and com-imUlck- Jo and Tom were Just " ?"n "way from the 'ship to come ck to us. They rowed a bit. stop-. looked rrw their cbonldert. -' w,r the .kipper come to tbe rail ahoot to them warintj hlav arm. then the wind Tilt 'em. and the , , w'P. with Mil aback, lid off to lee-r"1- This scared Joe and Tom Obey JI" Wer tnocb account nobowk and "Mnrned tailiij went back to -tbe ' mV j ... .... .,.-..... :.- '"'ked skeery. , Clondt were co'm- down oa ns out of the nortbeast "Oge gray walLwIth the top Zru cr ready to fall en yon. We efi! 10 rnshln toward It Instead " ' , Vke a train going toto J1- Bowerer, It was what yon ' - -"- can HKinfrn Dioti rty inn . ke than wind, although there most ,T.r wn enough to blow the Dans-, miles u leeward. - , v ? Is bad buslnesa for yon ana Dave," sayi the mate. . . , -I. tmi'M took the rery word me mouth. Mr. Monroe." "TU did we dot says yon. What e dot I t read of seamen rlg P P derelicts and all that and eatt- Z9 toto P01 Bat b"d iTr""1 to work with. We had noth- !L k0e stick anywhere. There Www spare coils of rope In her l 7 - 'rue but you can't bend sail on but rope.' Her nose was under Tsr mostly. Conl.la t get at nothing forward without tnvmg. Just a mere hulk, without a rudder, like the dnv she was launched. Mr. Monroe sat down on the skylight With VltM hfldil In l. I I . 0 wau m uiB uuuqs ana never gloved for a good half hour. But he .Jumps up then, shakes hlsself and says: "This won't do. This won't do at all Dave," says he. "Come here, and let's talk , It over. This wind," says he "will blow the old Dansforth miles away. By morning, even without this fog, she will have lost us. If we were stationary,, there would be a show The current takes this cussed thing! while the wind is taking tbe Dansforth! Here we are. and here we are like to stay until picked up starved or drown .ed." - Says I, "Let's see what our chances of Astarvlng are," for I was hungry right then. - j: We went through the cabin first The tables and benches were in place, but everything movable was In a fine mess. "She ain't been like this very long," says' the mate. "This cabin's been flooded, though. It came In through the skylight and run out again." But I smellcd rats all the time, so I says: "There's live rats aboard. They must have something to eat and a dry place to stow themselves." Sure enough, we found tbe door 20- Ing into the lazaret swelled that tight we coumn t Duoge It But there was a batch on deck, battened down and calked. We got this off, and of all the scampering, squealing and Jumping you ever heard that was the worst. "There's a million rats down there," says Monroe. Says I, "Kats is good eating." "Have you tried 'em?' says he. "I have, sir," I says. "Well, well," says Monroe, Impatient like and getting red in the face, "let's see what the rats have to eat first." We found lots of things In there be sides rats.' But they'd run over every thing except what was In strong casks. There Was barrels of flour piled up, and the top. ones was mostly all right what the rats hadn't gnawed holes In. We found some pork, but all tbe ship's bread was no use. "We'll not likely starve, not for some time, anyhow," says he. "How'll we cook It," says I, "without a match?" . . We turned everything upside down, but we never found no matches. Happened I walks along tbe forward to the main chains where we landed aboard the derelict I was cursing roe for being so clumsy, when I Bees match lodge In a dead eye, with the swell reaching up to within an inch or two of It I snatched It out of there ' In a hurry, and the next roller covered tbe spot. I give it to the mate. He looks it over carefully, 'and says he, "This little stick Is all that stands be tween you and me and raw pork and rats." "And a smoke," says' I. He wraps It careful in his handker chief and puts It in his pocket, ' Tbe first puff of wind that came from tbem clouds was the worst and died down as the fog piled up thick. So after watching tbe old Alexander flounder around like a turtle we goes below and rigs up tbe cabin bogle. Tbe pipe was rusty and falls all to pieces except one Joint So we set tbe stove on the table, fastening It down with chain,, and stuck the pipe up through the skylight We put in a lot of shavings we made from a barrel stave, and Mr. Monroe takes out the match 'and holds it out to strike, but his band trembled that bad be dasen' strike It "Dave," says he, "you take It1 I reached for It and I got so scared I liked to have dropped It "Gflve It here!" shouts tbe mate, fierce as you please, and I see his muscles set like iron. He strikes It on the stovel I got sick and queer all over. When I see it blaze up. But bis band never give a ripple. , He held It till the stick caught and passed It slow and steady, to tbe shavings, and sue mazeu up. -I give a yell and was on band with a armful of wood to pile In on It But Mr. Monroe, he holds me off with one arm and takes one stick at a time anrl nnta It in careful, and the Bret thirnr w knew the stove was red hot nmrAa nr tmvK he. and we fills our pipes and have a comforting whiff. ft runted eood and made us reel Deiier. "Next we hunt up a nat piece or iron (there wsn't anything else), and we rets some flour to maae panca. . so belp he. we never thought of no wa ter! , We looked ' pretty rooiisn-ano k. it for tbe deck. We found the .t.rhnnrd cask half full Tbe bung bole dipper was gone, so we makes one out of a baking powder tin tied on 8 -fk ti, orator was some salty. We mixed tbe flour with It and the cakes was Just about salty enough without tin eTtrfl. salt We mumicked about In that fog for three data, and then it rolled Itself up .nrt off to leeward. And the sun came . K.ih, new shilling. Where t Th.ft more than I know. Monroe says tbe current was taking ns north and west He near fret blsself to death with trying to puzzle out some way to get her to go wnere ue her to. But Lord, we was helpless at ,wtt for. as 1 said, there . nni,inr to work with. don't believe we could have moved her, .h. tna that tow and soaicea. . -No chart nor no nothing, that's what Sato me, Dare." he kept saying orer . a t n iui daws tnd going otop of the Pilot bouj to look for a sail. Then he'd get own d ay: Thi. won't do; thU won't do at all- Xet' m0e,Jrht n... m M hHow and get a light from the store. We kept a rtlck n th. rime. I WeUcbed It day STSaTt If t.t stick went out; our .nabneIflndt.kof rd. In a Duna nw .ed and blurred, but we " erimwre do. - ;. . get to take two for "his heeU. V CL- -tu, a game at a time. The tgaa with a game in nUTta the ne nr. best three cot of fire, and wtt running It two days band nmnlng ! we t ketcned at It. We 1 made made ic tuw , -t-ti ro audi remember I was 'lS 1 - atn T show me, and I'd take the cards nud show him how I counted, when we hears a voice, low aud scaredlike, "Well, I'll be darned ! Aud then this voice calls out, "Oh, I say. Mamie, come here with the camera, quick!" We looks and sees a young fellow looking down the skylight. Weil! Sur prised! eMy Lord! We liked to have dropped. Monroe stood up. clutching the table, his eyes bulging out his face as red as an Injun's. Next I knowed a girl give a funny little laugh and says, "There's not light enough." We stood for about five minutes, 1 guess, hand running. Then Monroe he gives a cough, cleurs his throat and says, polite as you please: "Come in, sir. Come In." And the young feller, all brass bound and shiny, comes Into tbe cabin, and, says he, holding out his hand, ou don't keep a very good lookout on your ship, captain." Mon roe, be shakes bands and tells who he Is and then says, "Don't the young lady want to come down'" Aud she come. That was a picture for the artist fel lows. I wish that camera of her'n 'd a worked. Monroe and me, tough no name for it. And that cabin tougher yet And there was them two the young fellow, fine as a fiddle, blue clothes, brass bound, shiny shoes and all, and that young woman come down them greasy stairs that we'd tramped a thousand times with a rustle of fresh clean skirts and a breath of sweet per fume that nigh took our breath. And she was as perllte as if It wns a par lor she was entering. AU this time I was like In a dream. I stood whittling tobacco, breaking it in my hands and filling and stopping my pipe. Then what does I do but reach to the stove, dazed like, for a light. "Holy blazes," I shouts, all of a titwuble, "our fire's out!" Mr. Monroe turns round tike be was shot, scared enough for a second. And then the young feller laughs, and Mon roe laughs, and we all laughs like to kill ourselves. And the young man hands me a match from a little silver box he has in bis trousers pocket. "There's plenty of matches, my man, aboard tbe yacht," says he. Then' we goes on deck, and, sure enough, there was as pretty a piece of wood and Iron as I ever saw, painted white, with yellow funnel, and three little poles for masts and alongside one of these here little gasboats. "Don't you think It would be best to blow her up, Monroe?" says tbe young man. "Yes, I suppose so," says he. And, do you know, I felt kind of sor ry, too, when I see tbe old brute fly all to pieces. New York Evening Tost 1 From aa Up to Date Hovel. - She came Into tbe room where he sat alone with a glittering knife her clinched hand amid tbe folds of her dress. Her face was white and drawn, and her eyes were wild and haggard look ing. He, tbe man whose name she bore, sat by tbe fire deep In thought and never beard the slippered footfall of tbe beautiful woman who now stood behind bis chair with a strange, cold smile upon her lips. Suddenly, with a gasp, she cast tbe knife from ber toward the glowing coals, but It sank silently Into a sofa at tbe other side of tbe room. "I cannot!" she moaned wearily, cannot!" And she fell In a white heap upon the floor at his feet A Ditvlne. tender expression broke across tbe Gothic granite of bis cheek. and be murmured In deep, tender. heavy dragoon tones: "What Is It my darlingr . But she spoke no word, only raised one white band toward him In which was clasped a lead pencil. She bad been trying to sharpen It poor girl I Pearson's Weekly. Tbe Wins, of Wealth. To have bis swing In Walt street Is the consuming desire of ''ery man with tbe money craze in bis blood, and brain, yet most of tbe "ex-klngs of Wall street" died poor unless tbey had other resources of income. Their llv Intr successors dare not try to retire by converting their holdings Into cash. Outside of Wall street toe nnai ex periences of thousands of envied men have been similarly bad. An ex-mll- linnnlre. once suDDosed to oe , ids shrewdest of tbe shrewd. Is keeping a cheap restaurant In Boston, another Is an object of chanty in cuicago. ana many monetary meteors to whose names "Lnckr" was prefixed a few wears aeo would exchange all their inek that remains for a permanent as surance against tbe wolf at the ooer.- Saturday evening rwu- A Hastier. The Merchants' Review tells this at rrnni drummer for an Ithaca grocery boose: The ffocsr nt ont aa energetic worm man to canvass for new custom ers. He worked bard for the Interests of his employer and also somewhat wearied the good ho ns wires whom he called upon. At one house be used up bis whole line of arguroimt sou gaspea for more, as tbe lady of the bouse still aid she was perfectly satisfied with ber regular grocer.- Then a happy tbougni sttuc biuj. and be said: "Mrs. Jones. I woo Wat rr the world ear anything against that grocer yon patronise, but let me ask yon If yon think tbat be cares anything for yon except your money 1 Do yon think that be Intends to plant roses oa roar gravel Now. yon J oat trad wttb bit firm, and I guarantee that they win five you entire attufnettoa" Sorted la We-tea. 1 la 16T9 an act was passed requiring tba dead to be bonea in wwks,,ui. parpose being to letae. "the Importa oaof linen from beyond the seas and tba enwuragemeiH ei iaw netmanuractures 01 iuis nsfiy of a was Inflicted for a rto- lation of this an. sua mm people preferred te bt bnrVd la line, a ! M af the floe appears. For exalsv Dle. at Qeyton, fiorthamptoosalre. wa lad fa tbe regWter: -170. Mrs. Dert tby Beningaam was burred April 8. la Unnea. and the forfeiture of the Act paytt flfty-stiraiBgs to ye Informer and ifty shminan to the ponr of tbe par- tebe." " ' pope wrote th touowuig anew m ua bajrtal of Hra Old new. we s ums, erttb reference to this castora: I t woetaol Tsias. a arte! ii v; ha s ! I.l' I , , , , . i I - .MILK. OF HIGH GRAM HOW TO OBTAIN THE BEST RESULTS IN ITS PRODUCTION. Clean llac.a a (he Keynote of the) Situation Care of Utea.lla Uaa dllatr the Milk Cawa and What to Peed Then. The keynote of the situation Is clean milk, says K. H. Stadmuller In Ameri can Agriculturist. To accomplish this the milkers must have clean clothes and bands. .For clothing, suitable suits" devoted exclusively to milking are re- quired. Ordinary white- cottqn Jump ers and overalls are well adapted for this. Tbey must be washed and steril ized dully. . The milkers must thor oughly wash their hands with hot water and soap, using brush, and cleanse the finger nails. The milk utensils, palls, cans, bottles, strainers, etc., should be sterilized, which is best accomplished by moist beat (steam) rather than dry heat. For sterilizing bottles a wooden chest is the best For convenience In handling the bottles are placed in trays which slide into tbe chest. Avoid the use of galvanized Iron In thU work, as steam attacks and destroys the galvanizing. ' The trays should be made of wood, secured with wooden dowels Instead of nails or screws, as metal takes the heat before the wood, causing expan sion of tbe metal and spreading of the wood so that tiays soon full apart The dust In the atmosphere of the stables should . be maintained at a minimum, particularly during milking. This Is accomplished by moistening all dry foods, the repeated removal of such dust as accumulates and frequent whitewashing. Experience has In dicated the absolute necessity of using1 covered milk pails. Milk produced under Ihese condition! will, nevertheless, be somewhat In fected by micro organisms, as despite all these precautions It will have been exposed to an Indefinite and varying amount of Infection. To prevent the multiplication of such bacteria as shall have gained access to the milk It be comes indispensable to Immediately' cool the milk to about 40 degrees. The. milk must be cooled In a room as dust proof as possible. This precludes the feasibility of cooling tbe milk In tbe stable. If a room In tbe stable Is con-, structed for this purpose, the entrance to It should be double vestibuled. When milk Is produced under such conditions, butter making resolves It self Into a mere rule of thumb. Cream derived from. such milk has only to stand long enough to develop tbe re quired degree of acidity and then churned, worked, etc. Tbe Initial prod' net, the milk, being uniform, . the butter making becomes a mere me chanical process. .This fact has demon. strated Itself In our practice with such emphasis as to raise the question why dairy Instructors do not devote more effort to emphasize care In production rather than to dwell so much upon methods of correcting evils which bare their origin In Indifferent nnd careless handling of the milk. In addition to wbolesomeness or cleanliness there. Is a growing demand for richer milk. This is most econom ically met by selecting cows pos sessing the Individuality 'to produce rich milk. For this purpose we rely upon Jerseys. Having the proper cows, tbe only remaining factor worthy of note Is Hie feeding. . This problem Is ultimately associated with local con ditions. For winter feeding we usual ly use a grain ration composed by weight as follows: Corn meal one part, bran three parts, old process Unseen meal V, parts. A cow If milking re ceives from 2 to ll pounds per day. sc-' cording to period of lactation and in dividual capacity. Whenever a great' er deviation In tbe grain ration Is de sired for nuy particular purpose It Is obtained by adding either corn or Un seed meals. . . . HOUSE THE COWS. Comfortable Stable Red. tbe Coat ;. -. of reodisjK. . .. Food Is fuel. ; The animal must, use food enough to warm up tbe body to life temperature, says L. W. Llghty In Tbe National Stockman. If tbe cow must be out In tbe cold and storm, she uses rery much food to keep np the temiwrature. and to digest this food re quires considerable energy, which en ergy must also be supplied by tbe food, and thus It comes about that If the cow Is compelled to rough It she la kept bosy keeping warm and can give rery little attention to making milk. . Arrange your stable or cowhouse so that the jU'Diperature never gets to frecslng and keep tbe cow In at least 23 bounf out of the 24. and- If tba, weather Is real bad' keep ber In tba oth er bour, too. and It wilt save yon lots of feed and give tbe cow a chance to make you t profit out of the feed cony earned. When bay and corn meal sell St three-foortbs to seven-eighths centa per pound. It Is an expensive experi ment to try to warm op tba universe by burning these In tba cow's body while tba cow la bumped up la tba field or Urnyard. , j. . . i Seoore tm Calvea. Young calves should be fed whole Ilk for two trees, then gmduafly substitute sklmmllk until, at a month er 6 weeks old. tbey get sll sklmaallk. Add to the sklmmllk a little flaxseed eHy er old process linseed mesi. Tba Bilk should always be red at tsa tem pers ture. of new milk., Scald tba path) each day. Keep tba eahf warm sad dry. as log plenty of bedding. Tba ad- drtloa of a little wheat floor to tba milk ta asef nl to stop fcourlng. i rat. TW aaonnt af fat la tbe Interior of Aeaaa U not decreased daring rtpe mg. ..Tba superfluous fat la usually tV wvpoeed and tbo ratty acids set frea Tbe stomach control tbe sito Uon. Thorve who are bean and strong are tboe wbo can eat and digest plenty of fond. ' Kodol Dyt Depeia Cure digest what too eat and allows you to eat all tbe good tood you want.- If too sutler Irora indigestion. fcearXbornr bekbin or any other stomach trouble, tbb pre paration can't help but do yon good, Tbe moat semi live stomachs can take it, , J. C Sun moos, lbe drag- NATIONAL HIGHWAY. GENERAL ROY STONE FAVORS CONSTRUCTION. ITS Woold Ue aa Object Let.Oa la Head Improvement Postal SaTlatra Bank. Will Help Solve the Problem of Better Boada. General Roy Stone recently address ed tbe- Automobile Club of America in New York city on the subject of road Improvement. General Stone said: "I would be glad If I could trust my self to advise you as to the line of ac tion you Bliould take In promoting roar? Improvement It would seem as though you might wisely take up some of the larger problems which we have consid ered, but which were beyond . tbe means at our control. In this great country It Is often easier to do big things than small ones. You have on ly to catch the public fancy aud stir up public sentiment and unlimited means are placed at your disposal. . "There are three great enterprises In connection with tbe good roads work, any one of which is "worthy of your consideration! "Three years ago, when tbe price of steel rails was below a cent a pound, we were on the point of success In In troducing the general nse of steel tracks, but for tbe lack of $2,000 of $8,000 to pay for new rolls to make special- shapes of rails we were com pelled to patch up our specimen tracks from shapes already In tbe market nnd thus failed to make them successful and attractive. When steel comes down jigaln to normal value, It be comes the logical and necessary road material. All the considerations of easy traction, cheap maintenance and even of moderate first cost are In Its favor, "A second great departnre which many of us have advocated looks to tbe provision of vast sums of money at very low rates of Interest for the general construction of highways' throughout the country, - It Involves tbe establishment of postal savings banks and tbe loan of their funds or on county bonds Issued exclusively for road Improvement and guaranteed by tbe state, the rate of Interest to be no more than tbat paid by the government on deposits possibly 2 per cent tbe government gaining Its compensation In the Improvement of tbe highways and tbe better and cheaper transporta tion of the malls. ; - 'The campaign for postal savings t anks Is already half won, and tbe on tj serious drawback to It Is tbe dlfflcnl ty of a tack of the proper Investment of tbe funds. No Investment could be safer than tbat In public roads, which add at lesst tenfold their cost to the value of tbe property fvhlcb Is pledged for tbe debt - The small Interest cbarg ed could In most cases be token out of tbe present amount of road taxa tion and still leave enough to keep good roads In good order, so tbat tbb great result of good roads everywhere would be brought about wltbont a per- tjeptible Increase In - taxation, while their benefits would be accompanied by that Increase of rural thrift and econo my which would result -from an ex tension to nU the agricultural regions of convenient savings. Institutions and the saving habit "There are two or three minor ares of gres practical value In tba gradual development of road Improve ment such as strengthening and broad ening tbe WW which the department of agriculture la doing through tbe di vision of road Inquiry In order tbat the larger educational work may be dona both In the literary department of tba office and In tbe object lesson work of road construction; sucb again aa devel oping tbe employment of convict labor In tbe preparation of road materials In quarry camps, where tbe convicts can be guarded nix secluded as well as In prisons and where tbey can bare a bealtbf o occupation, noncompetitive with free labor, and sucb Anally as tbe promotion or state aid to road build ing under wblcb tbe most substantial progress In road construction has so far been made. I "But the third of the grand under takings wblcb 1 would like to com mend to you la the construction of a . great national object less In road lm- ' provemenl and In tbe advance of val ues due to good roads. . It la tba build- . tog of a national highway across tbe continent and .along both Its shores. Such a highway, extending, for In stance, through all tba great coast dt laa of the continent branching north and south along tbe Pacific, would traverse or touch two-thirds of tbe totes of tbe Union. It need not be ullt by tbe general government ex cept through Indian reaervatfona and public lands, where tba government Itself would reap the profit In tbe ad rsnced values. Each state could build rto portion as a part of Its own system i oa us owa oojeci reason in roau cm-1 Btroction. Tbe national supervision would Insure tba proper location and coooeotloo of tbe different state sec tions ttj order to form a contlnnona and well located through line Hocb a high-. way wop1 be tba great thoroughfare' of buainetv and pleasure travel for Vehicles of at! kinds. It would sooa be lined with tlliigea, villas and model . farm throughout rto entire length, and tbe advance la property raises would be so pis la that wbo runs may read.' I "A project so vast may seem like a vision af d rea so is ad. but la an Its vast aess It Is only a fraction of what at-' ready bas been dona In tbe const ruc tion af our continental railways, and rt Is no snore than a fitting adjunct or sequence af tbe great transforms tlon of travel wblcb tbe swcwsaful advent of tbe antomobOa bas wrought for tba future. Sorb a fletd for your, vehicles would multiply their as a hundred fold. Road and vehicle would fit each ether, and together tbey would wort hi- ( ty signalise tbe advent af tbe twentieth Boar Llttlo Starr Smmmm. At tbe great expoatttoa la Omaha M was the mat oat for tbe people to regt ter or sign their Mates la tbe different tat bnlhllug. IVople wbo registered were asked to give tbelr occvpattoaa, a that the boost read like this: "John to fta, fsrwrr Tbosoaa Brawa. car penter." and so ost. A little guide, haired gui asked that be tstgbt register. She ws told to write ber aam sad acrapstton. and this t what she wrote: "Mary Jones; J 1 beiD auoiBsa.' Kaasas City Journal. I FLORIDA'S NEW INDUSTRY. Cassava flood for Stock and a Ready Meoej' Croa Ontllae of Caltare, Cassava growing, a recently under taken In Florida, appears to provide a promising source of profit in those sec tions suitable for It. It has aroused much Interest and the value of cassa va, both as stock food and a .ready money crop for the starch factories, Is generally conceded. In a recent pub lication on the manufacture of starch from potatoes and cassava,. Dr. H. W, Wiley of Washington gives advice about the culture of cassava, a subject on which comparatively little is known: In sand land the planting should be preceded by tbe removal of stumps. sprouts, etc., aud tbe soil given a thor ough plowing. It Is advisable to spread about BOO pounds of fine raw Florida phosphate floats or about 160 pounds of superphosphate containing 12 per cent available acid to tbe acre. This may be applied as a top dressing and thorough. ly worked Into the soil by a deep running cultivator, Tbe rows should be marked out In furrows 8 to 4 Inches deep and from 84 to 4 feet apart. To get a good stand, about double the number of cuttings required to produce 2,000 bills per acre should be planted. The excess of plants can be removed wttb a hoe as soon as vigorous growth Is assured, leaving one bill every three or four feet About 100 pounds of kalnlt per acre should be dropped In the hills before planting, together with an equal amount of cottonseed meal or half tbat amount of Chile saltpeter (nitrate of soda). The cultivation should be such as to keep the field free of all weeds and the surface of tbo sell well stirred. While the plants are young deep cultivation Is not objectionable, but as soon ns the root system begins to develop superfi cial culture must be practiced, not to exceed two Inches In depth. Some cul tivators draw tbe soli to the plant dur ing cultivation so as to form a ridge at the time of laying by. Where nitrate of soda has been used, an additional 00 or 70 pounds per acre should be sown broadcast Just before the final cultiva tion. The above method Is t lie one wblcb should be followed for tbe poor est kind of sand soils whore a maxi mum crop Is desired. For muck soils tbe cottonseed meal and nitrate of soda ahould be omitted and about 000 pounds of Florida phosphate flonts used per acre. If saud soils are cover ed with a good layer of muck before tbe plowing, the nitrogenous fertilizers may also be orultted or reduced In quantity. .. . In ordinary seasons, with the treat ment outlined above, a crop of from four to seven tons per acre will be se cured. On saud soils containing a little organic matter approaching tbo hum mock variety a fair yield of from two to four tons per acre will be secured by good cultivation without fertilizing. For seed the stems of the un frosted plants are .cut Into pieces about six Inches In length, care being taken that each piece bas two or more eyes. In planting, these pieces may be laid di rectly down In the furrows and cover ed, but tbe general practice Is to place tbem obliquely In tba furrows, so that one end may not be covered. In case of a threatening frost before a field is ready for planting the unfrotted tops may.be cut, thrown Into heaps' aud protected with leaves or trash from the action of tbe frost. They should, how ever, be Imbedded In moderately moist earth If tbey are to be kept for any length of time before planting. In case of frost before tbe seed Is saved the stumps I. e., the points of nnlon of the top with . tbe root will usually be found uninjured, and these msy bo cut away and planted Instead of the cut tings Just described. The larger parts of tbe stems Immediately above the ground make the best seed. The roots should be left In tbe ground until tbey are needed for use, whether for food, for starch or for glucose. The crop can be harvested at any time dur ing tbe year, but tbe best season Is from October to Way. Tbe roots should not be allowed to grow more than two seasons, and for most purposes It Is be lieved that an annnnl harvest will prove tbe more profitable? , Paatarlaa PI as Coea Cawweas. Tbe pasturing of tbe pigs upon cow- pea has a value to tbe farmer beyond what tbe pigs get and tbe gain ibey produce In that tbey work the vines ever, tread them down and distribute. manure over tbe field. This put the vine In a good condition to turn under, and tbey decompose quickly, wblcb Is particularly advantageous If the field Should be desired to seed to wheat or rye. Again, tbe droppings from the pigs will Introduce Into the soil de sirable ferments, wblcb would not be produced If tbe crop was simply turn "V"" "T"eu, rtef Mention. . An unusual amount of loco weed, or erasy weed, wblcb I fatal to animals eating rt I reported from western Texaa. 1 According to The Sugar Planters' Journal, within tbe past year all kinds of commercial fertilisers used on tbe sugar plantations of Louisiana bare advanced fully 25 per cent In price ow ing to Increased demand both from tbe southern state and tram foreign mar ket. . . ' Winter vetches If sown la Pebmarr In tbe gulf ststes provide a supply ef green forage In April of Msy.- Tbe plant la valuable both as a soiling and bay enrp. - - Tbe domestic supply of rice I con siderably leas tbsn the consumption, and there I yet abundant room for the expansion of this Industry. romelo. or grape fruit I nearly all larger then tbe Urgent orange and I uniform Ir if a pal yellow color. In texture tbe rind may be smooth or even polished. - Prof. Ivison, of Umaonninc, Md., suffered terrihjy from neuralgia of the tomsch nd tnoigeetion tor ks. mitmm it,. AnMmm fcileTtnrwh irn tW fed I hem on railed to cure him they fed tbern on morphine A mend advised the im f Kodol - DTDetiA-GiTeand after tawing a few boUle of it be savt 'St hss cured me, entirelT 1 ayty H ria cui rne entirely. ,1 can t say ton mncb for Krd.nl Dy- pepsin UUre," II dlgee'e what yoU i w. ciuaminia, feo , Harba af tba Teterebaat; . Did yon ever notice tbe queer little letters on the outside of the boxes In the shops and wonder what they meant f For Instance,' when the girl at the glove counter handed you the tan sixes, did yon not note on the edge of the box a- legend something like this, "TI-Gee," or .something on that order? To be sure Ton have. Those marks mean something. They say to the clerk or to the chief of the store: "I was bought for 75 cents, and I am selling for L Look at 'me, and observe my proper pride," or words to that effect ' , , Ten letters are required to carry out the plan that Is, a letter for each numeral from 1 to 0. Tbe terms most In use are "gas fixture," "black horse," "misfortune." "Importance." ; "Black stone," "fish tackle," "cash profit" "so friendly," "gainful Job," "Joiners', tax," brown sugar," "now, be sharp," "elu- ctdator" and "of industry." Each of these words or phrases con- tains ten letters and only ten letters, and there ,1s no letter, repeated. Sup pose tbe private mark- to be "brown sugar" and tbe article tagged a cut glass decanter. There Is apt to- be some sucb combination as this on It "War Nsr." In case two letters come together, It Is frequently the practice to avoid repe titions by nslng some other letter which does not appear In the key word. For Instance, If It were desired to ex press (4.77 In the "brown sugar" mark lag Mwun'' would be the ordinary way, but to keep from repeating a "blind" letter, say x. Is Introduced, and tbe sign therefore would be "wux." New Tork Herald. To Aval Chapae Haada. To avoid chapped bands all that I needed Is that the bands should be thoroughly rinsed In running water aft er they have been washed with soap. Tbe bands, .Indeed, should never be washed In still water. This practice, so common as to be almost universal, Is chiefly responsible for tbe roughen ing of tbe hands and for producing the uncomfortable so called "chapped" con dition of these useful members, a' con dition directly resultant from the alkali remaining In the water from tbe soap. To prevent this the hand waablng should be accomplished under a run nlng faucet, wblcb Is also, like the rain or shower bath, mncb more wholesome s well as more tidy than any other plan. Borne radicals In this matter believe tbat It would be a service to mankind If plumbers could be Induced to omit tbe plugs from washbowls, a procedure not likely to be accomplished at the present stage of popular education. In the contemplation of water the human mind seems to revert at once to still water, a trait we have probably Inher ited from our savage ancestors, wbo bad no opportunity of applying water save from ponds, rivers and lakes: Money expended In pure soap. It should be added. Is well laid out , The purest soap to be bad Is none too good. and care should be taken to secure It but whatever soap Is used see tbat the bands are thoroughly rinsed and after ward perfectly dried. Providence Jour nal. ' ' " ' ' " " ' A Tbrlftr Haa. According to the Somerrllle (Mass.) Journal, t Somervtlle man borrowed neighbor's ben recently on the pre tense that be wauted Iter to sit As soon as he got tbe hen he broke up the sitting habit and got ber to laying eggs. In the next six weeks she laid two dozen eggs. These lie sold for 40 cents a dozen, and with the. 80 cents be got for tbem be bought 'tbe ben. Now th question arises whether the original owner of tbe ben wa fooled or not Bad Blood Breeds Humors Boils, Pimples, Eruptions, Sores, Debility, Languor, Kidney Troubles, Indigestion and That Tired Feeling, s ; AU of which Hood's garsaparilla Cures, by purifying, enriching and vitalizing the blood. , Blood troubles, left unchecked, In- tse and multiply Jut a naturally the weeds and thistle infestlnir tbesolL Tbey need the same radical treat ment, too. They should be rooted ont In Spring. HOOD'S Sarsaparilla Stop the breeding of disease germs aud Impurities In Uie blood. . -- It also imparts vitality and richness, and that mean a strong, vigorous body a well as a clear beaUliy akin. You will look better and feel bet ter if yon begin taking Hood' Sarsa- parilla TODAY. It - v Purifies: The Blood A nothing else can. My son had pimples on bis race, which sftar a wbjle became a Bin of sores, el began giving him Hood's RarssparUl sad sooo the sores were, setting better. Tbey d Daily btaied witboo lea vine a nr." Mas. L. Tansr, 7 Willow A' Bobokeo.N.J. " Dbesfs what yon cat. It artificial v digest tbe food and aid K a Lure in strengthening and recon-, atrnctln&T the exhanBted digestive or- rn. It tatbeUteatdiscove-red dlgesU ;ntan4 Ko otber preparation na approach It In efficiency. It ln- stantlV relieves and Permanently cuiea Dyspepsia, Indigestion. Heartburn, liatuleoce. Sour 6ujachf Nausea, 8lck Headache, Gas Lralfrl a, tYrnnpe sod ail otber reaulu of Imperfectdigestion. PHreSncsndtl. rTre.rretrmtalna 1H fnt papered by C C D.W1TT CO, Citoga DvsDODSta Guro . s To produce the best results in fruit, vegetable or grain, the fertilizer ' used ; jrnust contain enough Potash. For partic- ulars see our namntiWa , We . .. , r ,v sena Mem Iree. CJERMAN KALI WORKS, M Ktaaan St, New York. - We U tint to Dye Your clothing old dresa fabrics, and ' ! guar.mice , perfect ' Batisfactiun in ev- ; ery respect. " Lightning Greats tradicator , . FOB BALE. . m . WHITE, GRAHAM, N. C.V ' ESTABLISHED 1893 Burlington Insurance Agency - . . INSURANCE IN U ITS BRANCHES. arWhAH . WW : "v.j. ' - v Local agency of Penn ' . Mutual Insurance i Company. . Bet , Life Insur- , ; . ; v ance contracts now on the market. - 3, u - ..r"t ':.,.; WVO,.-,; r .:,!, h? Prompt personal auontino to alt orders. CorreoiMlnu solicited. JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, Agent. fruit Trees That Grow and " Bear Good Fruit. "' Write for our tDpajre n Itiatrated earaloe; ami 40p. psmptilet, -How to Plant ' and Cultivate an Orchard." (ih)OU thst'lnfonnatliin youtbavoso looir wanted; tell, yon aU about tboae bit? red applea, thosa luciou. pesohea, sod Japan plums wttb their oriental sweet- ; ne,allor which you have often seen and ' as often wondered Where the trees came from that produoed :.tlion.,''v.,,;.':.,....ii;.iJ, ; ..-- ;.,-( i Everything Good4 - , In Fruits. , Unusual line of fine Silver : Mnples, yuuna, thrifty trees snuioth snd straitens Hie kind tliat irruw off well. Mo . 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