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jfHt j.tx .any
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tou ;hav n lona wanted;
tells you U about tboa biff
, red apples, those luclous
penohen, and J" pluma"
with their ortauwl weot-
new, all of which you liavcK
"often seen an' ae of tea"
wondered Whew the tree"
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PHILIP
WENDOVER'S
WIFE.
-j "Hilda, Hilda, where are you ?"
.; ?'Y-e-8," and she snipped off an
other rose. "I am here, Dossie, cut
tine the flowers vou wanted."
I'm
going
iniq the village you don't care to
come, do you? Marjorie is going
with me. You'll be all right. We
'shall hi! llBi'k- tnnn "
"Don't trouble about me, Dossie.
I'm quite happy, thanks, and I have
neaps 10 ao letters and things.
Look after mother, girlie." (To
Marjorie.) "Auf wiedersehen." She
looked very happy among the flow
er. Once or twice she smiled to
herself and sang little snatches of
song, while the color came and went
:in her pretty cheeks. And no won
der she was happy. She was young,
people said she was beautiful, and
she was loved she was sure of it
hj the one man in all the world to
her.
w jo one came to msturD ner ana
really there was no need, to hurry.
She sat down on a seat near, and
soon lost herself in happy day
dreams.
Suddenly she heard footsteps,
and, looking up, saw a woman, dark
ly, dressed, coming toward her.
Hilda watched her as she drew, near
er, and noted what a pale, worn face
she had, but her eyes were bright
and loving, though somewhat hard.
It might once have been a beautiful
face and probably was marred more
by trouble than years, for, though
girlhood was quite left behind, she
was not old. What her position in
life might be Hilda could not de
termine. She might be a lady in
poor circumstances come to ask her
aiator-in-lnw to heln her. she finallv
'decided, and her face was very gen
tle as she looked inquiringly at the
stranger, who now stoodTfiesitating-
ly in iront oi ner.
jGood morning," said Hilda ten
tativnlv. .
Oood morning. Excuse me, but
are you Mrs. Beckett ?"
j i "No j. I am her sister-in-law.
She is not at home this morning.
Can I"
i ; "You are Miss Beckett, then, Miss
Hilda Beckett," broke in the other,
and her voice, losing all hesitation,
became hard and grim.
.r"Yes.rt
' fl want the address of Philip
Vtendover. WUl you be kind enough
t0 giveit tome?"
' ! "Mr. Wendover's address?"
j Tes. I must have i, and you, I
believe, can help me."
She spoke directly, with no beat
ing about the, bush.
I perhaps, as you know my name,
I might know to whom I have the
pleasure of speaking?" said Hilda,
i "Certainly. My name is Wend-pvarIi-ani?
Phffip Wendover's
wife!" , - '
. J'llis wife? I don't- .understand
you.'" . And ; HiW Scanned the
Other's face. "She does" not look
ij 'ho- ntMnnlrra thoutrht.
but her strarigTEf?rBitor Evidently
rea4 her thougni, mot
!!-OlJ!.bk BhavtaUTied in
her hand. "HerearJmy proofs.;
I rair married? TMUp Wendoyer
In Kew York on u.;4;
wily, 17, aW four years after he left
me and canmtotfianilTsI have
not vmrm&p
heard of iinv bei seiv.in London
and other placeaQ wT
here at this hoasej(MM,ae,' : I ye
heuditoiihiBgipau-tl meaato.
intvhiv ta.Jacwnot4hat l
care for him now, but I have a rea
son. I don't, want to take him
from- yon;- but you cannofo marry
him when be is already marrfed,tna,
oh. youvdon't now what I am aa-
inir von from, Miss UecKew 15 v
-Hilda was sUring at let open
eyedwhile her Jace was ueaiuv
"What do yo mean? I ua vot
ngaged- Wendover. It u
just idle gossip. Why do you tell
me all this?" M ' , .
"Because you wanted to knowl 3,
what right I demanded h address,
andifyowUlgiveittomelU
u Tyou and go back to Beignton
by the next train." ' ' ...
Tl don't know it," said Hilda
blCtW ttr But yo.. must
know it Ha stays here often, i wu
t0"Ves! buV I mlly don't know hi.
present eddres-." .
." "Surely 1 can f-f"
house, perbsp. b? .J
..dluldhbuUh
rou would warn
You would not lesa b.u,
kutthe.ddrea.-iUJJ
-He will be here b
Hilda." -You might htm te
ijorrow. I believe 70a art mak
luJ-TirMt mirtake, ad wbea yoa
tmJPt- STjL- who star.
r -m aae hinTWrrow ana in
f!-,;" ill know m. the o-
ZZTi eaiv alU-vag- my face
thank. t kua.
very b""1 . . . MWW.
I . aorry for you, but. ttte-
to. IJa t aim.
llilda sat there without moving
for some time. Thilip Wendover
married already! It must be false.
It was an absurdity, an impossibil
ity, that the man she knew as Philip
Wendover could act such a villain's
part. Never! She would not and
could not believe it, and yet the
woman told her story calmly and as
suredly. She had said she had
married him in New York ten years
ago, and Hilda knew he had been
in Amcrieu at one time and about
that time. Still, any one might
know that, and in the making of a
plot against him the knowledge
would be made use of. No; it was
an infamous lie, and she would
think no more of it. Mr. Wendover
would see the woman himself, and
the in furious scheme would be thor
oughly exposed.
Presently she heard Marjorie's
voice ns she chattered to her mother,
and knew that the next minute she
would be under a cross examination
as to what she was doing still there,
and picking up her flowers quickly
she took flight in the direction of
the house. When she reached her
own room, she locked the door and
sat down to think, and when her sister-in-law
knocked later she pleaded
a violent headache and asked to be
excused from lunch. Dossie was
much concerned, but at last was per
suaded to leave the sufferer alone.
The more Hilda thought over the
woman's words the more she inclin
ed to think there was some mistake
and that all would be explained.
Still, she could not quite regain her
peace of mind, however hard she
tried to, and when she did leave her
room Dossie exclaimed' at once on
her ill looks.
"Hilda, my dear child, you look
wretched. I'm afraid the heat has
been too much for you. Do you
think you were too much in the sun
this mnrnin"? Well, 1 do hope a
cup of tea will do you good. We
must not have you looking like this
tonight, vou know.''
"Oh, i shall be all right soon,
thanks, Dossie. The beat is rather
trying, 1 must admit."
"1 think there is thunder in the
air. I hope Harry won't miss Mr.
Wendover. They will probably
come by the same train."
"Yes," said llilda, beginning to
sip her tea slowly. Her sister-in-law
was too busy talking herself to
notice how quiet the girl was, and
then her heifdache accounted for
much.
It was sonic time later that a tele
gram was brought to Mrs. Beckett.
She read it and handed it to Hilda,
Baying: "How tiresome! Mr. Wend
over is detained at Beignton and
will not be here until 'tomorrow.
What can he be doing there? did
not know he had friends there."
Hildrt was silent. 'Hie woman
who called herself his wife lived at
Beignton.--They. must have met at
some station on' the way; she would
he on the lookout for him, knowing
in what direction he was traveling. -
, ;:. - ' .'
' When she went to bed that night,
Hilda's mind was made up. She
would leave her brother's bouse be
fore Philip Wendover arrived the
next day. Some excuse must be
made to Dossie. She felt she could
not tell her the truth. She roust
devise something. She must make
them believe that a letter called her
way anything but go she wouldj
even if it meant offending her kind
hearted sister-in-law for a short
time.
I Philip Wendover would probably
Come on bv an afternoon train. ; If
she left at midday, she would pans
his train somewhere on the way.
She must forget him from thai mo
ment. The man was vile and base.
Yet how unlike anything off the
uia hu .wnK.il so frank, so open.
and whauIarwite 'Hhvery
But the woman's face its saiKiess
haunted her,. II da '
'1 A ho vcm& nifif itrue
Hilda inewf she spoke the ruh.
He wa a Clever actor ana- nau
Ceived theiU all. aOd frjiag. he
thought hil wife ,,ws jpead.f ll
night long she tossed in bed. Sleep
wouU noFcome to hef. and she ro$e
next morning looking, as she felt, HI
tnd verv miserable.
Dossie and her husband were load
in their outcries when she joined
them at breakfast ' .i
Whv. Hilda,' said, the former,
-vou look a perfect wreck.", ,
"Do I ? Well, I mean to eat some
breakfast,", answered the girl, with
forced gayety. , - .
Nothing more was said about her
just il-wi, but Hilda knew Dossie
was watching her. She determined
not to say anything about her de
parture until her brother had left
fwL- when the moment wu
eominS sh. felt bow difficult it
wouldfbe to eeiisfy. Do-i. on the
subject of her decision, and still
harder would it be with the two of
them. She most persuade her si
: i. thai ft was necessary she
Aouldw, aad .leav. it to ber tell
hefbusbaad. J .
Ae soon as they were alone she
rained into the .object.
Powie, yow will be very much
nriaML tmfl find I must leave
k. tw aniddav train.
"ijati na ut uw j -
Hilda, what do you mean FV ,
"l cannot explain to yoa asy rea
looa, Doaaie, but I must go. Will
yoa trust m? Some time I may
be able to explain.".
-Well, nilda, I am very wry, bat
I feel yoa have wine good reason,
tad I won't ask any question, but
I am dreadfully disappointed, dear.
, Hilda congratulated-herself, al
the train whirled her away, oa hav
inx a verv senjible brother witi a
very sensible wife. "She""kncw"lhey
were very loath to part with her,
and yet neither had bothered her
with questions, knowing that if she
wished to tell them her reason she
would.
At the next junction she had an
hour to wait for her train. She
spent the time in the waiting room,
taking no notice of what went on
around her. So absorbed was she
in her own thoughts that she almost
missed the train when it did at last
come and was just able to hurry out
and jump into the nearest compart
ment. It was empty, as it happen
ed, but just as the train began to
move the door opened and some one
else got in and the door slammed to
and they were off.
"Mr. Wendover!"
"Yes, Miss Beckett, may I have
the pleasure of traveling so far with
you? I am going up to town."
"Yes, you may," she answered.
There was nothing else for it now,
but her tone was ice cold. She look
ed at him as she spoke and thought
he looked troubled.
"I saw you get into the train," he
began, "and 1 ventured to follow
you."
She did not look encouraging, and
he went on quickly.
"I wanted to see you, Miss Beckett,
and had it not been my luck to catch
sight of you at the last minute I
should have now been on my way to
your brother's, where I hoped to
find you."
"Yes?" she queried without un
bending. "I want to explain-to you how it
was I was detained at Beignton yes
terday. I met there some one I had
believed dead for some years."
Hilda started.
"My cousin Philip's wife."
"Your cousin Philip?"
"Yes. I don't think I ever men
tioned him to you. He is not well,
the kind of relative one would be
very anxious to mention. I have
not seen him for n year or two. I
don't think ha is in England. 1
understood from him when I last
saw him that his wife had died in
America, and yesterday I saw her.
I should never have recognized her.
I knew her when she married him.
But she knew me; was, in fact,
watching the trains at Beignton for
her husband and found me instead.
I had to change thero.'HIe stopped
for a moment and looked steudily
at Hilda. -
"Then she was is not your
wife, after all ?' '
"My wife I Heaven forbid! And
you thought it possible! She told
me she had seen you and the mis
take she had made, and you welt,
you believed 1 could be ; such a
scoundrel." ,, ,,4.
"Forgive me" she began.
"Hilda," he said. "I will forgive
you upon one condition only, and
that is"-
- She raised her eyes and looked at
him, and lie saw the ' answetf he
wished for in her eyes, even hefore
she spoke. ' ,' ." ., - ".
Mrs. Beckett cannot quite make
out what really happened, but he
is so pleased with Hilda s engage
ment to Philin that she has never
asked for an explanation from either
of them. Woman'. L.ue.
. . mi i.iiiiipssn iii-wi.hu- vi .
Ephraim Knox's Hsit itory.. ..
Enhraim Knox lived in the center
, -Ml....; .1
OI nis naure tiiiikc, uu
wandered here and there at their
own sweet will, to the. frequent afl
noyance of hi. neighbor Ephraim,
however, waa no respecter of per
sons and : considered his hens "as
good as anybody" and desirable visitors-
. .. ..
When it was decided tnai me
town library should be. built in a
vacant lot "next, door, 0, Mm,"
EpTiraim war filled with, prule and
joy, and be and bis bens .uperin
tended operations xroiu 11m rv. s
Ephralm's brother Scth wa. not
devoted to hens. One day he was
nassinsr the site of the library with
a friend' and atopped to T'ew the
progress of affairs. " Ephraim'. hen.
were there, cackling away a. if their
live, depended on H." Beth looked
at them in distrusr.
"What in the world are those hens
making such a noise for, do you sup
mm? There ain't any arain W
there." said the friwd.
Well," remarked Seth dryly,
"they're had the oversight of moot
everything in town. &"You know the
cornerstone of the budding waa laid
yesterday,' and I calclate that
speckled lien over there think, she
laid itr lonurs companion. -
A Lost New so7 '
-A managing editor tell, this story
of how he failed to get the best of a
correspondent; "News was scarce
tad the prospects mf getting out an
interestioc paper ia lb morning
ntt tMor indeed, when from
tniall bat prosperous and aapposed
y pious Lttle Illinois town earn, this
dispatch:- -
"Tifty of oor best eitisrti. ar
rested tonight for playin? poker.'
"It Jiffy I wired the i-orre pond
en t: .-,-.-.- r-f - ...
"Bash details and all the names.
WhiI awaitinc the Slorv T
spiriU ree aT pkflared the effect
of the bucolic teaaatioa oa the first
ptge, The proapeeU of t dry pa
per were about disappearing aa I
thought bow interesting the story
would be (50 prominent citlxens in
a small town like , yoa know,
mean, pretty much the whole town)
when there .came on the wire not
the correspondent's story, but hi.
reply to my orders "-; -!:r "'
u 1 in bo fool I expect to live
in tlaa town for severs! years. " .
JOLTED HIS DIGNITY.
Laughable Cslsbratlon In Which a
Minister Participated.
Past 60, hale and strong, young
at heart and full of interest in life,.
this particular minister delights in
living over the memories of his ear
lier days.
"At the university, he told the
other night, "my roommate and
best friend was Jim Masters, from
Colorado. He was big, jovial and
forever planning something to laugh
at. 'Anything lor tun' waa nis
motto, and he kept things whirling
for 16 hours a day. After the regu
lar course he went to the law de
partment and I to the theological.
After I was through and had a par
ish he invited me to spend my first
vacation with him, and 1 went. 1
was soon known in the settlement?
as the sky pilot, and Jim assured me
that the boys were behaving unusu
ally well because of my presence.
"They had somo big celebration
at the village one day, and Jim in
sisted that I ride over with him. I
mounted a fine looking horse that
he assured me waa as gentle as a
sheep, and we attracted a good deal
of attention on our arrival. Just
as soon as the band struck up that
horse began to waltz. The crowd
was silent for a few seconds, anu
then amazement gave way to mirth,
I struEcrlcd to discipline the worldly
creature and momentarily wished
that I. had a gun, when 1 saw Jim
rolling around in his saddle and en
couraging the boys to cheer. . .. ,
'"Fire the cannon!' veiled Jim,
and when the old field-piece boomed
the horse threw his front foet on a
stump and went around it in the
most ridiculous way. 1 was to
angry. to dismount and after a
spirited tussle made the horse be
have. Of course Jin? had bought
the 'animal from a circus, and
equally, , of eoursc, ; hoped, for just
such a performance aa that in which
I participated. . I haven't the slight
est doubt that some of those people
are laughing yet, and there is not a
year that the incorrigible Jim does
not telegraph to ask if I have fully
recovered from , the wild , celebra
tion." Dcroit Free tfross. '
Expression "He's a Orlckf
The expression "Ho's a brick,"
which is now a family byword, 1.
first found in Plutarch. The whole
phrase' is expressive of every form
of" admiration. ' The Spartans,
quick wittcd and noted for their rep-
artee, were: eany trainee, m twin
schools. fhcy. were . men: of few
words and fewer lawa and embodied
in short phrases their admiration,
dislike ' or appreciation. ' Lycurgus
Waa not only a man of few words;
but quick action. , On beipg asked
"Should Sparta bo inclosed?'' an in
vasion of the enemy being expected
during the time of war, 'replied, "A
city is veil fortified which has a wall
of men instead 01 one. ,
A very clever story is told of the
diplomatic, mission front the court
of Epirus. s The embassador, being
shown over tno city ny mo icing, ex
pressed surprse that no walla- were
built around Sparta for its defense)
Wal s!" cried the kina. "Thou
canst hot have looked carefully: To
morrow We will-go together, and I
will show you tbo walls ol eparta."
On the following day the king led
his guest to where his entire army
was drawn up. Pointing with great
nrldrf to the mafimlfident body, of
men, h exclaimed, "There thou be-
hodest the wall, of Sparta,? and
every man' ,a -Dncir. woman.
a s ate ttf .
liomo Companion. ,
' - Ill 1 nil ) 1
1 Origin of i Quaint Expression.
la the fifteenth century U' was
Justomary' for English . alehouse
eepera, to write the wore, of their
customers on.the wall with a bit of
charcoal The letter P served as an
abbreviation for pint, and Q for
quarts, each being placed it tbo top
of a column, long or abort, of figure.
showing the state of the customer's
account. The . fact being, well
known, It became customary for
sober friends t to 'withdraw "their
drinking companions from tbo tap
room by showing tbera the length of
the account, or, in I heir language,
the "-late of their Vt and Q's."
"Mind your Ps and Q's" was a com
mon hint lo 0 bawl drinker that he
waa going toe far. and tbo expres
sion , easily found favor in , other
places thnn taprooms and became
accredited as a synonym for "Be on
your good behaaior." " .
. The Immovable Coin.
Place in the center of lour hand
when fully opened a silver dime.
Then beg a friend to take a brush,
and tell him that the piece of money
is his if he can brush it off from the
center of your hand. Your friend
will dq bis best, but will become
very tired, a ihe piece will move no
more from the renter of your hand
than if It were gloed there. It Is un
derstood he cannot shake violently
your band, because the piece of
mantt would fall off. but be must be
satisfied to do exactly aa if he were
brusbiL-x roat in order to gain the
,. - ? " -- -
ttess Blrda.
Doert Imarine a blnl s cheap slmptr
bexame yoa got af a low price, la
bwytag low priced atort kaewledge and
ooarrratlaa are aeneeary. If a ataa
wwbea t lake cbaacea no avwdha
ekwblng and coaaUlers be baa mr
. haMin a-iiru the rlD ao tbe bart
ecapra bU aotarav there la aa saw to
prerenl aim.. Bat It always tatya te
hay good goods, pay living price aad
tvraember that the ebeapee Wrd
year yard aamy have coat yea tbe str-
geat
In a profitable dairy cows must be
kept clean and lu proper condition. Cur
ry regularly. Cows should never be
Imllked outdoors when raining, aa the
dlrty water runs off the cow and would
likely drop In the milk pall, says a Ma
ryland dairymaid In Farm and Home.
(Vheu cows are driven from the pas
ture under cover to be milked, they
bhould be wiped dry before milking,
whether the cow is wet or not the ud
Ider should be wiped clean to remove
dirt or loose hair, which too often falls
ilnto the milk.
Milk should be strained -through a
sieve Into clean, cool crocks. Milk
should never be strained into freshly
washed crocks, or Into crocks that have
not been washed. Crocks should be
scalded thoroughly and washed and sot
In the open air. Cream should be skim
med aa soon as in a skimming condi
tion. Set cream In a cool, clean, well
aired jar, not in a freshly washed, dirty
or hot receptacle. Do not put off churn
ing too long or the cream will spoil, es
pecially In summer,
I Keep the churn well aired when not
In use.-, Wipe the churn carefully with
a clean eloth, then put in the dasher
and pour in boiling water, dash around
until wet all over the Inside, let stand
Ave minutes, then draw water off, put
in the cream as soon as water is drawn,
and churn until done. When cream Is
hard to churn, a cupful of boiling water
Is often helpful. Wash butter thorough
ly and get all the milk out.
The print should be put In a pan to
scald with boiling water and then put
In cold water. Then stamp the butter
and set It In a cool place. The cellar,
pantry, sprlngbouse or wherever the
milk is placed should be free from all
dirt Fish, cooked cabbage or anything
with a perceptible odor, should never
be kept near milk, butter or cream.
The covers of milk, butter or cream re
ceptacles should be kept scrupulously
clean and after being washed aired in
the sunlight Never use milk from an
unhealthy cow. ": 1
t.Bat.Tlaia im rmhaw Cows, v
There la no room for further discus
sion of the question as to whether it Is
more profitable to have cows freshen
lu the spring or In the fall, says
Hoard's Dairyman. It haa been tried
too often and under too -widely differ
ing conditions, and without exception,
ao far a. we are advised, the cow that
freshens In the fail will yield more
milk In 12 months, and the milk and
Ita products are worth more money.
The best plan of all probably Is to
have cows freshen at different times In
the yens say three-fourths of them
from September to January and the
other, at Intervals throughout the bal
ance of the year. , -
Waldo ' V. Brown' In Prairie Farmer
baa the following to say about cement
floors: I write from the standpoint ot
experience on this subject, as It Is now
about ten years since I put In my first
stable floor of cement and I had been
watching and Inspecting cement floors
la stables for several year, before lay
log mine. There la ao comparison for
durability between a. cement floor and
wood floor, as I believe the former will
last without repairs for 100 years If
made of the best material and properly
laid dowfl,' while I have rarely been
able to get a plank floor that would last
ten years, and unless made of the best
oak lumber It usually begins to give
war Id half that time. There are
other advantages In the cement floor
beside. Its' durability, one ef which Is
that by It. one all of the liquid manure
la saved, and, another and stilt more
imnortaot Is that there win be no foul
odor. In the stable with this kind of a
floor, for the cement will not absoro a
nartlrie of urine, and If cleaned as It
should be every day and a little fresh
bedding added the air of the stable will
remain imre and sweet What I say
sprites' only to floor, made of Portland
cement , . ,Hs. -i
.. raras reaewe.
Bad fences have been a trouble to
ever rural eommontty from the earli
est history to the present day. Kelgb-
borhood rows and feuds ana aggravat
ing litigation sod even bloodshed have
resulted from defective fences. Wood-
ea. fences, whether of rails, pole, or
boards, are a standing menace to the
nubile neaee wherever tliey exist, ana
bat little better Is a wire fence that
iaea not effectively serve Its purpose.
There are nowadays a large number of
patterns of wire fence reedy made
and sold In rolls ready to be unrolled
aod nailed to poata. Home of these are
good, and some are better, and some
are almost perfect A really good wire
fan mar cost more to begin with than
t woode one, but oa account of Ita
durability alone It la far cheaper.
Dark .tafelee.
Cart stables sre as Injurious to cows
ae none as a dungeon la to a man.
It as Use basement barae for milk cow.
that have developed tuberculosis to
each aq.sIarnilog extent In the sooth
west there Is no necessity for base
soent barns, aod aa far aa we know
taer do not exist aaya Farm and
aUncb. But we -have aeea many sta-
.. . . . .-b Vmmnt
J?:.VmZZ'Z;Z,'ZZ
ITL'JZL; he thV ara bad
a,.h fttmahina la nature's great vt
ofh. Koosb me M nature-s great
tnw and dlarnfectaat and asea and,
talm-le should have It la large quan
tities.
aahseaav.
Why not raire a drove of guineaat
ask a writer la Farm Journal. Tbelr
em are aa cood as bena. aad tbelr
grab has tbe flavor of wild fowl and la
popular with eplcarc. , Their danger
inal atake them equal to the beat
of watcbde la glvtag warning and
eraiing off prowler. ,Tney are no
harder to rala than .turkeys and will
deaa a living from orchards and fields.
The wblta rohseaa are prefrrred by
many because they are peaceable and
more do mottle 1 tbelr hsbits tbaa
tbe peart.. ;v --VVT' ''-.-5
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BI8L. FOfTGOOD ROADS. ;
Ceatmaadad That Taller B Exalte
auaa aTeoattalas taweeed.
Speoklng at a good roads meeting at
Grenada, Miss., the Bev. W. A. Ham
lett said: - ,i
"The subject of good roads, now be
ing agitated, is worthy the profoundest
consideration. The necessity of such
Improvement Is so potent that he who
would oppose (t would only advertise
his stand against progress. This mat
ter of good roads Improvement la not
without Ita precedent, both anciently
and scripturally. We, in this modern
sge of energy and Invention, are rather
Inclined to scoff at the people whose
existence is but a dim historic memory.
Nevertheless, on the subject of Im
proved, well kept highways, we may
well sit at their feet and learn. A
mere glance at Rome teaches us that
"What would Rome's senators or
legions of war have done for the City
of Seven Hills bad It not been for her
splendid system ef good roads? Hav
ing' conquered an outlying province, she
linked It to herself by one of ber en
durable highways, over which social
and commercial communication was
established or over which an army
could march with ease iu time of re
bellious. Today trace of these roads
still exist, and, having endured, the
ravages of weather and time, they, re
main to remind us of that principle of
Rome worthy of Imitation by any na
tion. Roma would never have been
what she was had It not been for her
roadways. A system of good roads
makes a good city or nation. Thle Is
axiomatic. . ,
"Moreover, Scripture uses this prin
ciple as a figure: When the Almighty,
through prophecy, bad promised a Sav
iour, he likened htm to a king who
was about to visit his people and In
honor of whom the highway should
be put lu perfect order. I'Prepare ye
the way of the trd; make straight in
the desert a highway for our 00a.
Kverv vallcv shall be exalted, and every
mountain and bill .bait be made low.
(Isaiah xl, S). Even so there is another
king, though an uncrowned one, woo
wishes to visit our cities, but who I.
hindered bv 1 the ' unsatisfactory? con
dition of our roads. If he oomes, he
will brine nlenty with him. I refer to
his majesty the farmer. He can exist
In his independent way . witnout tne
cities, but the cities can't exist without
blm. Prepare your highways, exalt the
valleys, bring low the bills, ana let wis
king come in. Citlxens, build good
roads!'. . . '
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Will Give rmpstaa to flood Ha
Movaaaeat. 1 :-, fit
Now that the nostofflco department
has announced that the continuance of
free delivery of the malls Itt rural dis
tricts depends upon the maintenance
of good roads the question of the keep
ing up of the roads is of more impor
tance thart ever, soys the St! Louis
Post-Dispatch;.-? v; - 1 , ; h ' '
Free mall delivery has been of arest
benefit wherever it has been tried. It
means a saving of time and money to
the people. It Is the use of well organ
ised effort for tbo desultory and waste
ful method of each man going for nis
own mall. In many cases It msy save
Individuals of families mucUr)money
and suffering There are plenty, of
Instances where the prompt delivery of
letter was a matter Of lifter death.
When It Is understood that those sec
tions that maintain good roads have
free delivery, wbllo (hose that allow the
roads to become Impassable are' cut
off from Us benefits, It can hardly be
doubted that we shall see a great Im
provement' In road making, country
people do not like to pay for something
which they do not get , . ..
GOOD ROADS PAY. '
a alia ef Ulahwar lBi"t la
llarlb Carella.
The Industrial commission at a recent
session at Washington took up the sub
ject of good roads. Most of the time
wss devoted to a paper reaa Dy if. r,
Hutchinson of Charlotte. N. C. Ills
statement however, was confined al-
moat exclusively to the roads In Itortn
Carolina. The movement for a roau
Imorevement In his state, be said, nao
started In the town and bad been ad
vocated and supported very strongly
by the residents of munlclpslltle. The
dtlsena of hi city. Charlotte, submit
ted to a road tax la addition to their
town taxes, and tbo money raised this
way made It possible to build tbe first
mscadamlzcd road1 In ; Mteblenberg
county. - .!4-.fv: - .-;,
Tbe roads, Mr. Hutchinson said, were
worked by convict. One effect of im
proved country roads, be said, wss to
Increase tbo value of suburban prop
erty. Farming land on macadam
road within two to ten mile of town,
be said, have Increased from 00 to 100
per cent In value la the last ten year.
OMd Beads WmmutHm1
Good road pay from every possible
point of view. JTiey save tbe armor
money, both in tbe improved maruev
lng facilities of bis product, and la tbe
wear and tear of vehicle and team.
Ha can draw blaxer loads, get to mar
ket Quicker, travel more mile dally
with lea fatigue and put hie prodoeta
on tbe market In a great deal better
condition. -
The value of land Is also greatly en
hanced by tbo Improved conditions, a
are properties la tbe town. lt would
be Impoaalble to Mat In a brief inter
view tbe pecuniary be Dents to o De
rived from toed. road, to say nothing
of the comforts and pleasure depend
ent anon tbe same. j
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Good road are abeoldtelf essential
to ta. proapenty f any .cultural
community,
. Cswdlaa ha rarea-.
Hena will erowi on tbe reoat even
when there Is an abundance or room.
I believe that thle crowding' cauae
them to rest lea perfectly than they
would tf not crowded, and tuns tnetr
atrenctb and productiveness are Icaaeo-
ed. Agate, I think thle crowding cause
them to overheat and tbaa become saor
apt to take cold. To prevent these evua
1 bore boke flve-eigbtua or an idcb m
diameter, etebt Inches apart from cen
ter to center, for Bocks, seven inenes
for Leghorns. In tbe upper sides or tne
roosts and stick wooden rounds about
ti tttMi-a Inne In tbe aetea. if
rouada are only few lnchea long
hea win sometimes fly up between
bena aad Bght on top of a round. -
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