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'T . . ". ..'3- , - 3:1 - 7 - - ,1. , jr v Sic J4- I. . . .4-v satf fV - V- S. A Neir HampsUire Pln, ; Goveraor;Bachelder of New Hamp shln'saysr "Within a; day ride of Yonr Kjtamer capital, Mount v Washing ton, are .10,000,000 people. We xronld lifec ta have at ieast one-tenllx if them visit us every" summer,vand in ; order to getthem and keep theuiaa Iot,g;as 5ve caif'tre are planuiDsta-Im: prove ur . highways . o as toiirtake a good impression onur;' visitors when they arrire on- foot, by horseback, by boat, by bicycle, in Automobiles, palace e&r or steam 4yachtr They are wel come; they are all welcome, and the welcome is equally hearty for one and 'all." . " In order to enable the visitors to see, the State of New Hampshire, the Gov ernor has appointed -an- engineer, who Is. At work mapping, the roads of the State, and under the Governor's direc tion a comprehensive system of- per manent road improvement is being out lined with much exactness before a dollar is expended in its completion, as to clearly show where the per ma: nently Improved' roads' are to begin and? end, and' the expense to the State for their construction; together with the annual expense of maintenance. Thejmproved highways will aim to peTSieate every section of the State -with at least la well ballasted, well , drained and well surfaced gravel road, ? iwhoss cost, using the present roadbed for a -busy, vTIft be from $S00 to $1300 a mile. On this, calculation, appropri ating '$100,000 a year for six years,vthe State would have at the end of that time COO miles of the best roads in the world "for light ; travel and mountain scenery, traversing the State from its entrances at the southwest to the v iWhite Mountains. Ife is intended to SiTide the cost of completing! the roads Ibetween the State, dounty and towns, the .same as in New York. The-" Gov ernor says there is Ho more mystery about buildiig roads than about build ing, ; houses. Use common, practical, business, sense' and conform the cost of your highway to the kind of travel Cor which it is desired. If the Gov ernor of New Hampshire can get 1,- 000,000 visitors to come to the State during the year rfhd leave; $10 apiece he has provided for the spending of $10,000,000 within the State during the summer months. Who can esti mate the amount of money which would be t spent in New York State's , lake and mountain region if this State only had a system of improved high nvays and a Governor as heartily in in. terest with the subject as the Govern or of New Hampshire? Would .not isffe have 3,000,000 people spending $20 -each and leaving in the State during the summer ae sum of $60,000000, aa ragainst the $10,000,000 estimate made :in New Hampshire? New York , Tri ... bune. , ; , iusii?ih; . Uslnff Improved Macliipery. Improved machinery and new meth ods were introduced in Massachusetts last year, reducing the cost and in-. i reasinjj the efficiency of the roads. x. Formerly gravel roads were resur . tacpd by hand. , The gravel would be spread to a depth of from three to six ' inches. Really a new road wnild , be ibuilt.' This would require moriths of packing, and the roads' would not be Abl good Condition untiL this process -ivas.somewhat completed. Now a ma--chine is used for distributing gravel. vTJis snew treatment can be given for "small cost of from $10 to $15 a mile. ; The machine is used also f oi spreading sand. On the surface ot macadam roads the sand is bettei binding material than, the dustjfrom the stone, for , it is not so liable 'to b aalownoff by winds. With a machine, a cubic yard of sand can be distribut ed in a minute and a half. The com . mission has also introduced a system for using the road' material which is jiear atrhandln all towns. In the case of heavy clay roads the plan has been tried of digging out the centre to a . depth lower than the frost will reach. The cut is made, gradually less toward the sides, so that there is a V shaped trench. This is filled with eoarse stones' or stones frpm useless stone . avails in the vicinity, to a. depth . ql about eighteen inches in the; centre and sii or eight inches at the sides. The best material which is coiveni cntly ncarjs used for covering. If cood gravel is not to to be had, then -earth is put on. It will work down on ly part way, leaving a practical drain at the bottom. ' Such a road is not acted upon by frost, and the cost va- - ries f rom $300 to $1,500 a mile, probab ' ly not averaging 1000, while . the cost pt macadam is from $5000 to $10000 VmiI- Frn:n t-nrentv-fivo to IhirtV miles of thris rough stone road have been built in Massachusetts this year, Buried Tiro Cats ia Cemetery.- : The little village of Parkville, on the Hartford road, a few miles north of Baltimore, is agog over the discovery t of the fact that two etits are buried in the churchyard; of Hiss Methodist -JSpiscopaUSburch, beside the grave of the late Theodore H. Ilice husband of Mrs. Sarah Rice, who now resides oh Central avenue, this city. .To add to the excitement created , by the discov ery, the church trustees accused Mrs. Itice or. burying the cats there with ber own3 hands, and she does not deny the . Jmpeachment. Indeed, she -ac knowledges killing them. Pittsb'rirg ' Gazeite- " f A . Kansas man claims to have a S'.::,j swarm vof . bees 'that made twenty ' pounds of honey in three diys. , New York City. Evening coats; that are made full and ample below ' fitted yokes are among the most fashionable SHIBBED COAT. of the season, and are both eminently smart and "eminently comfortable. This one is suited to many materials, A Late Design soft finished cloth, silk and 'velvet, but as illustrated is made of Burlingham sacking in. mahogany color and is com bined with self-colored lace and trimmed with handsome banding, frills of Lierre lace finishing the Sleeves. The coat is made with the yoke, which is cut in, two portions and fitted by means of shoulder seams, fronts, back and sleeves. The sleeves and coat are shirred at their upper edges to form a tyandf finished with tiny frills at each edge, and are joined to the yoke beneath the upper heading. The cuffs are wide and flaring and can be made to roll over onto the sleeves or to turn down over the hands as shown in the small 'view. . The .quantity Vof a material required for the medium size is six and three quarter yards twenty-seven Inches wide, four ' and; seven-eighth yards forty -four inches wide or three and three-eighth ' yards fifty-two inches wide, with seven-eighth yards eigh teen1 inches wide, for yoke and cuffs, A Beauty in day Velvet. ' Very lovely is a deep silvery gray velvet coat, with collar and cuff, fac ings of white broadcloth. The. buttons are of antique silver. The coat is worn over a .broadcloth skirt of the same color. . " ' Full Skirts. - Full skirts are here, not without much discussion . in advance as to their mission in submerging millinery lines r.ud the delightful slender and Iim Hues of the Gibson girl heroine. . ' ' t ; " five yards of banding anC three yards' of lace for frills to make as illsutrated. XllUe Fan peads. : 'Smart new. hatpins haye the heads made in shape of a spreading fan in stead of in the familiar bead, shape. In jet, silver or gilt they are extreme ly modish. More expensive hatpins in this good shape are enameled in col ors to match fashionable winter mil linery. Some hatpins show fancy heads - mounted with colored beadwork or imitation jewels. Shirred Moasquetaire Sleeves. - Fancy sleeves have already become established facts and are necessary to the fashionable gown ; These very graceful ones are quite new and are peculiarly well adapted to all the soft and pliable ixiaterials of the season. As illustrated the sleeve to the left is made of willow green crepe poplin,' the one to the right of mahogany colored messaline but appropriate materials are many. The sleeve to the left is snug just at the sfioulder, while the one to the right is more mouffant. Which is better depends entirely upon the special figure to be considered. The sleeves consist of the fitted lin ing, which is the same for both, and the outer sleeve, on which thejdiffer ent shirrings are indicated. . Each sleeve is cut in one piece the one to the left being shirred In several rows at its upper and seam edges, while the. draped sleeve is gathered once only at its edges and shirred on vertical lines for a short distance from the j shoulder, forming a draped puff. ' ' by May Manton. The quantity of material required for the medium size is two and one quarter yards twenty-one, two and one eighth yards twentyseven or one and SHIBBED MOUSQTJETAIBE SliEEVES. one-eighth .yards forty-four inches wide. . In Marie Antoinette Stvle. A gem. of a large Marie Antoinette bennet hat, sort of mushroom, is of black silk. It is wreathed with small pink roses, a bit of blue bow beinsr at the left front. There's a fall of. vream lace under the brim. A Velvet Gotrn. ' A niauve velvet' gown, richlv em b'roideredln chenille of the same shade has a slightly draped bodice cut. low to show a round yoke or guimpe of hue transparent cream lace. nonniDLp njui-TiiAPS Spikes Which Freaoently Maimed Poachers ForvIiife. s v Great -Britain has passed a' law re cently- against pole-traps, but ; the ac companying - illustration, ' reproduced from English Country Life, shows "an even more horrible f6rIn, of trap," which was employed not so very; many ."years ago to : deter human poachers from In terfering with therights of game pre servers. It is true that the - law, de manded that a notice should be posted at the church door before the traps TWO VIEWS OF i Trap vere employed; but as these notices wete nractically permanent, whether the traps were set oi not, they gave little or no warning to the miserable poacher. It is marvelous that anyone could have been found daring enough for the sake of a few Dheasants or hares, to run the risk of falling into one of these traps; he was not only sure of severe punishment after being caught, but in. most, cases the cruel spikes did his leg such an injury that he was mote or less maimed for life. We have reason to be thankful that the spirit, of humanity has abolished this horrible invention, though it b4 been in use within the memory 4f some still living Philadelphia Record. NEW CARTRIIG3 TO AWE MOBS. . - ' . ' The new cartridge! for riot duty is nearly ready for the National Guard, State of New York, j Ijt is of the cali bre of the Krag-Joi-gensen rifle, which is, .30, and will be. used by the guards men lin that rifle. Until a few weeks ago the State soldiers were equipped with the Springfield only, except for fifty Krags, which the expert riflemen in each regiment were permitted to use in Creedmoor practice. Now, how ever, the Krag is to be issued gener ally, and by the opening of the drill season in a few jweeks the entire militia probably will be using the weapons of the regulars. ' The new riot ammunition is called the "1"multibair cartridge, because in stead of having only one bullet it has two, a trifle larger- than buckshot. NEW EIOT SHOT CAKTBIDGE iFOB THE NATIOXAIil GUABP. When fired they will scatter, and a volley of-them will make a mob thiiik it is facing Shrapnel. The range of these riot cartridges is only about 300 yards, as against 2000 yards and more of the regular bullet. It is practically the range of the old musket of the Revolutionary days. The adaptation of this cart ridge is entirely in line with the larger humanity warfare.f-New York Press. The mystery of the Roentgen rays appears to be deepening.. Several in stances in which it caused cancer in operations are nowj on record, and the doctors are wondering why it should in some cases cure that disease and in others cause it." I ', BATTLESHIP GEORGIA,' RECEN Displacement, 14,948 tons. Speed, 19 k mor: Belt', 11 inches to 4 inches; tur barbettes 10 inches and 6 inches; d mament: Four 12-inch 40-caliber B. 8-inch 50-caliber R. F.; twelve 3-inc a pounde'Tsrtwo 3-inch field guns; six Torpedo tubes; 2 submerged. Com Trap Closed. TO. nESIST A COLLISION. , , J. - H . . Collapsiblp Car Frame to Take Up X : .y . .f:.. v Shock. - : - -1 - - It is a well-known fact that because of -their positions" at- the head of the, train the baggage- and'mail cars are shbjected to the ; greatest amount of hard usage, v The lif e;of a railway pos tal clerk for 'this reason is regarded as a most hazardousone. In a - col lision the baggage car, which is often also the mail car,, is generally smashed to splinters and ef ten by consuming A MAX-TRAP. Set. 1 the shock is the n.-ean& of saving the remainder of the train from a like fate. J -, ' ' - v A car which is designed almost as especially for collision as for mail and baggage ; carrying purposes is the in vention of J.D. Barber, of Cleveland, Ohio,! and ina few words consists of a construction which will consume the shock of or collision and save not only the! car thus equipped, but also pre vent any damage to the other cars of the train. Inv this design the under frame of the car is combined with a series of springs , and a telescopic framework' which permits the springs to act as a cushion and absorbent of concussion, .Cul Showing Tnuck. ColUpC4. COIiXiAPSIPIiE CAB FBAME. the severity of collision will be re lieved, and other cars in s the train protected against destruction. The platforms of this car are of es pecial construction, which permits, of them sliding under the car in case of the accident: without damage to the body oL.the coach. Philadelphia ITec ord. ' !' ned Seen Em. "What business i& papa in, mamma?" asked) little-Bobbie. "Why, he's in the hardware business, my boy." "And does he sell cockroaches, mam ma?" I '.. "Why, Robbie! What a question! Of course he doesn't." "Well, he's got a sign on the store window which reads, 'We sell every thing to be found in the kitchen.'" Yonkers Statesman. Two old portraits of Nelson, in good condition, have, it is announced, been discovered in Dresden, dating from the great admiral's visit there in 1801. The one is. a large pastel, the other "a miniature in oil. s TLY LAUNCHED AT BATH, IE. nots. Bunker capacity, 1704 tons. Ar rets, 12 to 8 inches and to 6 inches; eckflat, iy2 inch, slope, SincheSj Ar L.; eight 8-inch 45-cali6erB. L.; twelve h R. P.; twelve 3-pounders; eightj 1 automatic ' guns; two . machine guns. plement,81Z ' 9 s THE SOUTH'S WEALTH Notable Increase Shown During The, - Pasf Pear ; A STEADY - INFLUX OF CAPITAL The Remarkable Gain in Diversified . Agriculture Motable The Increase in - the: Taxable Value of Property 40 Per Cent As Great as the' In crease in the Preceeding 20 Years. Baltimore, Md.i Special. The Man ufacturers Record presents this week the approximate figures of the assess ed valuation of the' property in all the Southern States at the beginning of 1905, publishing a table showing by States a total assessed valuation of $4,510,925,237 in 1890, of $5,266,594,044 in 1900 and of $6,196,697,813 in 1904. Commenting upon these figures The Manufacturers'1 Record says: J "These figures, subject in part to re-vision--and, it is believed in the case of two or three States, several millioa dollars below what will be shown by the final returns on assessed values ' indicate the remarkable advance in material wealth in the South" between 1900 and"lf04. During that period, as shown by these figures, there was a gain of more than $930,000,000, or at an average rate of $230,000,000 a -year. Tie magnitude of this increase Is strikingly illustrated ' when compared with the progress in the decade, be tween 1890 and 1900, when the total increase in assessed valuation was $755,000,000 or at ihe rate of $75,000, 000 a year. It was I during that decadc that the price of cotton fell to its low est point since the war, but during the last four years there was a steady ad vance to .the exaggerated speculative value of the early part of last year. It may not be possible to connect with, exactness the increase in the price oi cottonand the enhancement in the as sessed values of property in the South but that higher prices do have a ma terial bearing upon the prosperity, goes without question. "In studying this question,, however, it should be borne in mind that during that last few years the increase in diversified agriculture in the South has been almost as marked' as the in crease in the value of cotton, and ad ded to this is the. really wonderful in dustrial jdevelopment. The remarkable change from the low price of cotton of six or seven years ago is hardly more striking than is the increase in the pro duction of grain, fruits, , vegetables and other farm products. ' The total increase in the assessed value of prop erty in the South in th 20-year per iod from 1880 to 1900 was $2,310,000, 000; or, in other words, in the last four years the gain in the taxable value in the South has ' been 40 por cent, as great as the total gain of the preceed ing 20 years. Bearing on the increase in the as sessed value of property, The Manu facturers' Record gives in detail statis tics showing the great development of diversified farming in the South, which, in 'connection with industrial develop ment has been a potent factor in the enrichment of that section, and says : "By reason of the short crop and high prices of cotton in 1903 and the larg crop and lower prices in . 1904, the world's attention has been so rlnsp-' ly centered upon cotton that the re-. mantaoie development in diversified : agriculture throughout the' South, now : one of the most marked features of ; Southern farming operations, has been to a considerable' extent overlooked. ' In lu3 the -South produced such an exceptionally large grain crop that it was hardly to be expected that there would be a; further increase in 1904, although there Is practically no limit to the Srfuth's capabilities in the de velopment of i diversified farming, in 19.03 the production of corn showed an increase of 138,000,000 bushels over 1903. The aggregate - production of corn in the South for the last two years was 1,300,000,000 bushels, against 900,000,000 bushels for the two preceeding years, an increase In twoM yeairs of nearly 400,000,000 bushels. The total value of the jcorn crop of the last two years was $720,000,000 against; $566,000,000 for )the two pre-, ceeding years, or a difference in favor of the last two years of $154,000,000, which was, added to tne wealth of the South by the increase in corn alone. There was no material I difference in the wheat production bpt' the higher prices of wheat in 1904 made a differ ence of nearly $15,000,000 to the South as compared with the wheat crop of 1903 and a difference of $31,000,000 as compared with the wheat crop of 1902. The total value of corn, wheat, oates, Irish potatoes, rye and hay produced in the South last-year was $542,000,000 a gain of $36,000,000 compared with 1903 arid of $140,000,000' compared with 1902. Outside of these crops and' of cotton, the value of other farm pro; ducts, including rice, sugar, tobacco', sweet potatoes, vegetables, fruits and live stock products, was about $550, 000,000, or a total talue of Southern agriculture outside of cotton in 1904 of about $1,092,000,000. The aggregate, grain , production m the ' South last year was 790,000,000 bushels, against 607,000,000 bushels tn 1902. ,j Rehearing in Rebate Case. Washington Special The interrState commerce commission telegraphed President Ripley, , of the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe Railroad, that it would give a re-hearing in Chicago of the1 Colorado Fuel . & Iron case, prob ably on Friday- or Saturday of next week, though possibly not until later. This is the case in which charges were made of granting rebates, by , the rail road to the Colorado company. r
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