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' I jutiffp yen re bcrcniing impatient,"
the detective f ii'l p be joined Robert.
'l was detah-e-.l !o:?cr:r than I spected.
I will i'pffJ'!1 regime the role of mv
Georgia ir:Oj:'.i, v. we wi!! take cur de
psrtKi'C. '
I was net inijs'.roat." said Robert. "I
was watch in? ke gate and musing over
the imi-robubility cf your finding any
thing hcu- calculated to throw light on
the matter yon have in hand. You found
Cihiufr. I think."
"We!!, something that may prove of
-id." s:d Cellars. "At least it will en
able me to compare. the features of Earl
with th'se of others without trusting to
memory. I have secured one of the young
mail's photos'! a pb.."
"Nothius mere?''
"Well, some !:tt? trifle?," said the de
tective, ho v. as adjusting John Thorn's
beard. ' In a wfek's time, I will return
them if they prove cf no service. There,
I am John Thorn again. Let us go."
Yes, it is half after three."
"So it is. Well, I shal! leave your city
to-night. I may. possibly, be absent for
a week. Eel'ore going I would like to
walk through ycr.r i:iik."
"I will a-.tcmpar.y you."
Ten m:.ri".H3 later the two men entered
the grounds cf v.Iist sot constitutes Lio
coin Park.
As they walk?-1 '.i-isr.rc!- along, Robert
attentively !:s,?::i::j .o tie conversation
of the oM goutiemau bsslde him, the keen
eyes of his companion wore, from time to
time, glancing up ?ach avenue cr by-path
they crossed, as well as taking in all ob
jects for some distance in advance.
As they tea red a sudden curve la the
avenue on which they were strolling, a
voice broke on their ears, indicative of no
little cxcltemeut en the part of the speak
er. ''You de:iy it; fctit I know that I em
stating facts. I will have it. or it thall
be tie worte for you."
A laugh of eou'empt fell from a wom
an's liis-.
"Wretch! What cn you do? I defy
jou! You have my ultimatumf Tern
know what it is. There are two."
"And if "
Mr. Thorn grasped the arm of his com
panion and drew bhu back to the shad
ows of an elm.
"Do yen iecogme either of those
voices?" he asked.
"No," replied Kobert. "But there
seems to be a quarrel on hand. ' The man
is a jilted lover, perhaps, as the. lady
states that there ar two."
"It strikes me that I have heard one
of those vofces before." Mr. Thorn said.
"I would like to pass that couple without
your company, (,'au you not make a de
tour here, so that they will not observe
yea, and join me further on? I will fol
low this svaue."
"Certainly," said Robert. "I will take
this path that leads nearer the la.ke and
meet you t the conservatory." He pass
ed on and Lis .-'j.Tipanion was alone.
Again th detective stepped forward.
"In that fvnt," were the words that
reached his ears, as thv fell from the
lips of the weman. "I will not fail to keep
my word. Put you are pntire'y wrong.
You were a fool to inform me of your
don't dar to touch me again! Your hand
over my lips I would rather feel a viper!"
"Have a ear" the man said. "No
more errors f"r me. Within a week it
hall Le don?."
"I must go now." said the woman.
"Any treachery on your part, and this!
Look, woman, look!"
Not only did the woman look, but Sel
Irs, through the woven wires and inter
mingled foliage. gazM also. His eyes
rettf.d on that which caused him to shud
der. The woman's eys blazed, and with one
blow ehe struck the object from the hand
that held it. It fell in the graveled read
way, where the eun fell fall upon it.
Another lighter object bounded across
the drivew ay hikI w as lost "mid the shrub
bery that skirted the road.
"A silver cross." muttered Sellare be
' tween his set teeth. "A blotch of rust!
It will do!"
As the man, with a low oath, recovered
the object iu the road, the woman rote to
her feet.
Mr. Thorn rounded the curve in the
avenue which at this point narrowed
down to a width scarcely admitting the
passage of a single vehicle.
Not apparently noticing any evidence of
excitement cn the part of either of the
actors in this drama, the old gentleman,
glancing but once at the woman, address
ed the man, who bad restored the object
recovered from the road to his pocket.
"Could you direct me to the conserva
tory?" he asked.
The flushed face of the man turned to
him.
"Follow this road," Le said.
John Thorn's cane dropped from hia
hand.
"I declare, I am completely exhausted,"
he said. "I will rest here before going
further." And he stated himself on a
rustic seat cn the opposite side of the
narrow drive from the one wjafoh had
been occupied by the couple before him
end directly over the shrubbery amid
which had disappeared the object that
had bounded from the road.
The woman had passed from view.
The man with the flushed face crossed
to John Thorn's side and peered about
through the grass aud vines.
"Lost something?" asked the old gen
tleman. "Ob, it's of no moment," said the man.
'And he leisurely strolled off through the
pa rk.
4 Gone," mused 'Hiorn. "Gone, but to
return and reuew your search after I
fcave passed on to the conservatory."
After the individual bad disappeared,
Air. Thorn became rather more active.
The old man'a cane re ted on the rus
tic seat, while he himself wae on bis
knees instituting a search.
"I have it!" be presently exclaimed.
"What! The crosa here also? Thie may
prove invaluable,"
He placed the object in his pocket and
soon after joined Robert.
"Did you recognize either of the parties
to that quarrel, Mr. Thorn?" asked the
bankers son.
"I think I have somewhere seen one of
them before," was the reply.
"Will you go through the conserva
tory?" Robert asked.
"I think net. It is getting late. Let us
return."
"We can take another rente from the
park."
"Let us pursue the one over which I
came."
They soon seared the spot where Mr.
Thorn had secured an object fcr which
a man was now groping diligently.
"Notice that man closely as we pass,
Robert. You may be able to state if you
have ever seen him before."
At that moment the man glanced in
their direction, then saunterad off toward
the lake.
"Never to mj knowledge," said Eob
err. "Should you see him again, weald you
recognize him? '
"Oh. yes, easily. I had a good view
of his features."
"In case you see him again within the
next week, please make a note of the
time, or times; also of the locality, and
what he seems to be doing."
"A suspect?"
"Oh, no. Decidedly not a suspect. But
I have a great curiosity in regard to him.
Does he resemble no one of ycur ac
quaintances?" "I think not; at least I am unable to
recall one."
The two men left the park deeply en
gaged in conversation.
As they were about to separate the
younger man said:
I can see no reason for your making
the request, but I will comply for one
week at least."
"Anywhere save at heme," said Thorn.
"Not there."
"I understand."
"Now one more favor I wish you to
grant me. Do you go armed? Do you
carry a revolver?"
"Seldom," replied Robert.
"For the next week I wish you to haTe
a revolver on your person night and day,
to keep ycur eyes about you and be pre
pared to defend your life."
"Am I CTazy, Mr. Thorn, or are you?"
"'either, my dear boy. A peril threat
ens you that you dream not of. I can
state co more. In a week's time all will
bp o'.enr to you. Promise me that until
the xpiratK-n of that time you will go
a ruled."
The impressive rammer of the detective
startled the young man.
"I promise," he said.
"This is Tuesday. Y'ou may look for
me at any time after Friday next. Call
in at the hotel after each train from that
time.' Good day."
A mome-nt later, Jean Thorn boarded a
Clark street ear aud Robert went home
ward, pondering over the experience cf
the day.
Two events of importance occurred that
night. One was the departure from Chi
cago of Sellars, the detective; the other,
a consultation that took place Letween a
widow and her son. in an apartment that
but a few hours before had been thor
oughly inspected by a Southern detec
tive.
Ah, little did they dram it!
CHAPTER XVIII.
Thursday morning. July 20, while the
banker and his family, or, rather, what
was left of it, were seated at the break
fast table, two of the members present
were rendered unusually happy.
Thomas had brought in the early mail.
and the first letter Mv. Kellogg had pe
rused had been from Dr. Strong.
A smile wreathed the features of the
banker as he proceeded to read the mis
ive aloud:
Wilmington, N. C.
JO o. m., July 20, 55.
Stephen Z. K?ik-gg. Esq.:
My Dear Sir Ti'e arrived home at 12:20
on yesterday. Janette bore the journey-
remarkably well was m a decidedly im
proved condition when we arrived, and is
improving each hour; I am happy to be
able to state that she is no longer in a
critical condition. Of her ultimate com
plete recovery to health and vigor I en
tertain not the slightest doubt, though
some months will elapse ere her system
can be restored to ixs normal condition.
Yours very truly.
D. M. STRONG, M. IX
"That is glorious news!" exclaimed Mr.
Kellogg, as he concluded reading the let
ter. "We can never repay the good doc
tor. Only for him this would again have
been a house of mourning."
"Glorious, indeed!" Robert said. "I feel
like celebrating the day."
"I am delighted," remarked the widow.
"I had truly feared that dear Janette
would not survive the journey, we shall
soon have her home and as bright and
happy as ever, I trust."
"No, not soon, my dear Elinor. She
must remain until she is fully restored.'
"But but the first of September?" said
the widow demurely, casting her eyes on
the table before her.
"Ah, yes. Oh, she must attend the don
ble wedding if possible. Some of my
brother's family will probably accompany
the girls North, and Janette can return
with them.
"She may," said the madam.
A few moments later Mr. Kellogg left
the house accompanied by Robert and
Earl, and was soon engrossed with the
business cares of the day.
"I must attend a meeting of my board
of directors to-night, and probably shall
not be home until a late hour," remarked
Mr. Kellogg at the tea table.
"It is very lonely evenings when you
are absent, dear Stephen, now that my
nieces are away, said the widow, glanc
ing tenderly across the table.
"You may rest assured, dear Elinor,
that I shall make that meeting as brief
as possible, observed the banker.
much prefer your company to that of my
business frieuds; but I must go."
"Oh, I know, dear, that the calls of
business are imperative. I would not
have you remain away."
The madam would not, of a truth, for
Mr. Kellogg's absence would afford her
the ODDortunity of an uninterrupted even
ing with Earl; and it was with a sense of
inward satisfaction that she bade him
J good-bye at the outer door at nearly eight
o'clock.
The banker had stated many times m
company with his ton at table when wine
was served, that in the use of ardent splr. !
its there was a happy medium that no '
man should transcend. i
All this may be true, but there are, un
doubtedly, those who, if they imbibe the
aforesaid ardent spirits at all, far trans
cend the happy medium to which the
banker alluded.
Such a one was Robert Kellogg; in fact,
he rarely made use of the wine .when it
is red that he did not transcend; and on
this occasion between rejoicing over his
sister's improvement and an unusual
stroke of good fortune on the Board of
Trade, he was impelled to indulge so free
ly that when in the evening he visited one
of the theaters, to his eyes a double bill
was being enacted on the stage at one
and the same time at least the charac
ters were in duplicate.
He left the theater before the perform
ance was concluded, met three or four
friends, and indulged in as many drinks.
and was passing down Clark street, not
walking any too straight, when he en
countered a man who was in the act of
entering a door just north, of a notorious
Clark street saloon.
The man looked up as he stepped in the
doorway, and Robert, who had been mind
ful of Sellars' charge in relation to a cer
tain individual, recognised, or thought he
did, the person the detective had pointed
out to him in the park on the seventeenth.
Robert was well aware that the stair
way leading from this door terminated at
some rather extensive gambling rooms
two floors above.
The gentleman he had so nearly come
into collision with had faced about and
stood in the door, seemingly hesitating
whether to ascend the stairs.
'Are you intending to test your luck?"
asked Robert. "If so, go ahead. I should
be fortunate to-night."
"So should I," observed the man of the
pars, as he ascended the stairs.
Robert followed him, and five minutes
later the two men were seated side by
side at a table, on the second floor, each
with a goodly sized stack of little white
ivory chips before mm. it was evident
that in neither case was a stranger seat
ed at the table.
The two men played with varying suc
cess, seemingly regaraiess or otners
around them and apparently paying little
attention to each other, though when eith
er had made an unusually successful play,
the porter was summoned with the side
board decanter.
As time passed on they became more
and more talkative, and were soon on the
best of terms. Both became jovial.
Robert thought once or twice of possi
ble foolish suspicions that Sellars might
have had in regard to this man. Later
he forgot all about the detective and nil
about hi suspicions.
The trips of 1he decanter became nior
aud more frequent, racb time a fiery
liquid that had filled Robert's glass went
down his throat, while of the contents of
his friend's glass a good portion found its
way into a convenient cuspidor.
It was exceedinelv warm in the room
and Robert was fast becoming thorough
ly inebriated.
The young man was soon making me
chanical moves with the chips in a dazed
condition and almost unconscious what
he was doing.
1 he dealer Knew wno ne was. ana as
Robert had, on two occasions, loaned him
money when he was sadly in need of the
same, had no desire to rob him outright,
so he said:
"Robert Mr. Kellogg, you had better
cash in your chips for to-night. This warm
room and that brandy have about knocked
you out. The game will be running to
morrow. Let me casn tnem. iou are
twenty dollars ahead, at least, as full as
you are."
"You. you are about right, Abe. Ca
cash 'em in. I I'm drunk, an' I'll go."
The man of the park cashed his in also
"I will help him down stairs and into s
car." he said, "or he'U break his neck."
Robert, indeed, could hardly stand on
his feet.
"I never saw Bob Kellogg in as bsd
fix as that before." remarked the dealer
as the door closed behind th two men.
"Who is thnt man who passed out with
liim, Abe?" asked oive of the proprietors.
"I can't recall his name, if, indeed,
ever Knew it; out ne nas eauea in nere
occasionally for the past two or three
weeks."
(To be continued.)
Naval Flairs.
In the navy there are seven flags des
ignating rank aside from the special
one pertaining to the Secretary of the
Navy. Next to his Is the Assistant Sec
retary'e, an exact counterpart of the
former except that the colors are re
versed.
All the remaining flags have a blue
field and white stars, the order being
For admirals, four stars; for rice ad
mirals, three stars; for rear admirals.
two stars; for commodores, one star
In center of blue pennant. The cap
tain's pennant is a strip of bunting fif
teen feet long, with thirteen stars In
a blue field and a red and white stripe
Last of all is a small triangular pen
nant with a dead blue field, denoting
the senior officer's presence in the ab
sence of the captain of a ship.
There are seven sizes of flags used in
the navy, running down from thirty-
six feet to three feet in length. The
first five 6izes are designated officially
as "ship" flags, and the remaining two
are "boat" flags. Sizes Nos. 1 and
are now almost obsolete. They were
intended for the old wooden frigates
whose sterns stood high above the wa
ter, and would be entirely unsuitable
for the low lving freeboard of our
cruisers and battleships.
A vessel In commission always car
ries the national colors at the stern un
til sundown every night. The flag of
the commanding officer remains at the
masthead day and night. In going to
and from shore ship's small boats carry
the flag of the senior officer at the fore
when the officer is below the gradn of
captain; otherwise the officer's own
colors are used.
Taking Long Chances.
You wouldn't think to look at that
little man across the street that he was
especially brave, would you?"
"No. What has he ever done that
"was so brave?"
"Married a widow whose first hus
band committed suicide."
A Lav Breaker.
He Your kisses are so intoxicating.
She And you have been kissing me
on Sunday. New York Evening Journal.
AMERICANS TOUR MUCH.
MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT
IN FOREIGN LANDS.
We Pay an Enormous Tribute to Hotels
and SteamsUips The Bis Item at Tips
Over One Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand Visiting Europe Tbls Season.
Much has been said and written
about the great number of Americans
who go abroad every year, but few
persons not connected with ocean
transportation realize what an im
mense business has been built up in
travel abroad. The bald statement
that 150,000 Americans will go to Eu
rope this year conveys no adequate
impression of its proportions.
These figures, it must be remem
bered, relate only to Atlantic travel.
There are increasingly large numbers
of persons who start on their wander
ings from Pacific ports. This travel
has received an unusual stimulus this
year trom the events which nave
turned the attention of Americans to
the Far East. Countinz in the
voyagers to the Orient, to South
American and other less visited points,
there are probably not less than 200,
000 Americans who will visit foreign
shores this summer. If they all W6nt
on one grand excursion it would re
quire a train of passenger oars thirty
miles long and a fleet of 500 steam
ers, forming in single file a steaming
line one hundred miles long., to con
vey them.
Nearly two-thirds of these travelers
want to leave this country in May.
June or July, and to return in August,
September and October. Therefore,
the tide of foreign travel is marked by
movements as regular as those of ocean
itself. It rises sharply at the begin
ning of May, reaches its height toward
the end of June, and commences to
ebb along in August. The outward
movement is at its height now, but
there are indication that the return
flow will begin somewhat later than
usual this season.
It is during the six months of sum
mer travel that the companies operat
ing the great ocean lines make profits,
enabling then to keep their magnifi
cent steamers in operation the year
around.
To Steamship Companies.
There are thirty steamship lines car
rying passengei'6 trom iNew . lorx,
some twenty from other Atlantic ports
and a dozen from different points oil
the Pacific Coast. Of course, many
of these do their principal business in
freight, and have only a small passen
ger capacity. The great passenger
carrying linett which operate the fast
liners number about a dozen alto
gether. These various companies ruu
about 150 ships, besides freight steam
ers and sailing vessels.
The little Americans who lament so
vast an expenditure of money for for
eign travel would be surprised to learn
how large a proportion of it remains
in this country. Nearly all the voy
agers must travel some distance by
rail before beginning their ocean jour
neys. The amount spent in this way
and in unusual expenses m prepara
tions for the journey is at least $25 for
each person. This makes an item of
$5,000,000 to begin with, which goes
directly to American laborers and
tradesmen. Every person who goes
abroad, too, finds it necessary to pur
chase extra clothing and traveling sup
plies to the extent of least $50.
All the liners outfit for their voy
ages on this side. American meats,
American canned vegetables and
American ice cream supply their tables.
But the men who sail and own the ves
sels are for the most part foreigners,
and their earnings go into the pockets
of foreign shareholders.
The cost of first cabin passage by
all the great liners is $100 during the
summer season. Second cabin pas
sage costs from $40 to $80. About
two-thirds of the Americans going
abroad travel first cabin and one-third
second cabin. Accordingly, if the es
timated number of Americans go
abroad this season, they will pay the
steamship companies something like
$17,000,000, or very nearly the amount
of the Spanish indemnity.
Into Foreign Pockets.
The cost of the stay in Europe, or
wherever the tourist may elect to roam,
varies of course according to his means,
tastes and methods. The rule or
dinarily laid down is an average of $10
per day for each person to cover all
the ordinary expenses of travel. As
the length of the usual stay is from
six weeks to two months, the outlay
for each person, judged by this stan
dard, will amount to between $100 and
$600. Of course, there are many who
spend several times this amount , and
an average of $500 for each person is
a very conservative estimate. Accord
ing to this calculation the amount
spent by Americans on foreign touring
this summer will not fall short of
$100,000,000, or more than is spent by
the governments of the smaller Euro
pean countries for all their expenses.
One item in our foreign travel ac
count that amounts to surprising pro
portions it i the expenditure for tips.
The American abroad realizes that he
is expected to tip, and if inexperienced
he is likely to overdo the matter, dis
tributing his fees with a lavishness
that excites the contempt rather than
the admiration of the recipients.
Five per cent, of the amount pur
chased is the established European
tip. Waiters in the restaurants ex
pect that; more they do not appreciate
or understand. But even if Amen
cans adhere to this rule, which most
of them do not, their outlay in tips and
fees amounts to a pretty penny in the
course of a season.
The tiping on shipboard varies ac
cording to taste or will, but on a land
tour through Europe the fees to wait
ers, porters, guides to public build
ings and a horde of unnecessary of
ficials need not be large. Twenty-five
aonarB tor eacn traveler id a meager
allowance, but at this estimate it adds
$5,000,000 to the bill paid by Ameri
can visitors to the old countries.
Another Five Million.
Another item that reaches to about
the same figure is the money expended
for souvenirs. Every American who
goes abroad brings home a number of
little gifts for his or her friends, and
this outlay is seldom less than $25 for
each traveler. The custom of shop
ging abroad has fallen off considerably
of late, on account of our rigid cus
toms inspection and the national pride
in our own products. But every worn
an who goes to Paris spends from
$25 to $500 for the "perfectly lovely"
creations of the Parisian shops. Thus
another item of millions is added to
the account.
From these figures it will be seen
that by a conservative estimate $150,
000,000 will be spent this summer by
Americans who are going to foreign
countries, and at leant $100,000,000 of
this amount will be spent abroad. The
compensating return from Europeans
visiting America is too small to be
taken into account.
It is almost a certainty that the close
of this season will give Americans the
right to claim the distinction of being
the greatest travelers on earth. This
honor has been claimed for them be
fore, and for years they have been
second to the English, but now they
bid fair to outrank their Anglo-Saxon
cousins as well as the rest of the world.
Perhaps there is no better index of
foreign travel than is afforded by Paris,
for the reason that almost every per
sou who tours on the continent visits
the French capital. Inasmuch as tho
Parisian police department keeps a
record of the number of travelers
stopping , in the city it is possible to
gain some reliable information from
their statistics.
Americans in Pari.
Iu 18S5, according to the reports, a
little more that 20,000 Americans
visited Paris, while the number of
Euglish visitors was 35,000. In 1895
the number of Americans had in
creased to 12,000, while of Euglish
tli ore were 45,000, and of Germans
32,000. During the coming seasoD,
estimating the increase of Parisiau
visitors from the probable increase iu
the number of Americans going
abroad, the number recorded by the I
Parisiau authorities will be more than
ti0,0:Jy, while the Lnghsh and Ger
mans are hardly likely to approach the
50,000 mark. Iu the amount of money
spent and the distances traversed
divergence between the Europeans
aud Americans is even more strik
ing. Putting together the total distauce
covered by this Americau army of
foreign occupation, and it cannot be
less than 500,000,000 miles, or enough
for a round trip excursion to the
centre of our solar system, with side
trips to Mars, Jupiter and all the
intervening planets. If a party of
100 persons set out to cover the dis
tance traversed in a single season by
the Americans who go abroad they
would each be compelled to travel 200
tiinas around the world, a task which
would keep them busy at the highest
speed they could attain for a matter
of fifty years, a lifetime of activity.
About ten per cent, of those who
go abroad travel by some one of tho
numerous systems of personally con
ducted tours. This method of sight
seeing is not to much iu favor as
formerly for the cheaper kinds of
touring, but is coming to be adopted
by those who demand all the luxuries
of modern travel with none of its in
conveniences. It is being generally
adopted for trips to distant places
and to points ofi the beaten track of
the ordinary tourist, such as the
Orient, Australia, Northern Spain and
South America.
A Soldier With One Eye.
"It is not in the regulations, you
know," said an army surgeon, "that a
man with one eye is eligible for en
listment. But there was a man,
blind in one eye, who xiassed the
necessary examination and served in
the Porto Bican campaign. One day
last summer I examined a batch of
recruits and among them was an ex
cellent specimen of physical manhood.
They were drawn up in one line, and
when I tested their eyesight I com
menced with the fellow at the head of
the line. I used a card on which wa3
printed a number of letters, and these
the recruits had to read at a certain
distance. "When I came to my man I
covered his good eye, and he read
the letters just as they were printed
on the card. I then covered his blind
eye and he read those letters just as
well as he did with the other eye.
Well, sir, it was not until tho cam
paign was nearly over that the discov
ery was made that one of his eyes was
totally worthless. "While I was ex
amining the other recruits ho memor
ized the letters on the test card, so
that when his turn came he could re
peat them without an error. He made
a good soldier, as I have since
learned, aud the loss of the use of ono
eye did not impair his effectiveness ao
a fighter. I have not heard of a simi
lar case."
Erer Kesidy For lnty.
It is toid that a telegraph operator
at Springfield, Mass., was kept at bio
post of duty fcr many hours receiving
special news. After losing two nights'
sleep, ho was relieved from duly to
get some rest. He went to his room
at the hotel, and soon was fast asleep.
When the time came for him to return
to his instrument, he could not be
awakened. Loud pounding ;i the
door did not result in arousing hitu.
An operator theu, with his kuifo
handle, tapped "Hpriugtield" ou ibe
door, in imitation of the clicking
the instrument. At once the sleeping
operator sprang from his bed, aud was
soon ready to continue Iris work.
Underground Iionclon' contains 34,
000 miles of telegraph wire?, 30C 1
miles of sewers, 4530 miles of water
mains, ana 3200 miles of gas-pipes.
A Vacationer's Thought.
The country's pleasant, sure enough
But not near what It could be,
If roads now raggedy and rough
"Were only what they should be.
What Poor Beads Cost Our Farmers.'
If ever there were two classes of
people that had a good cause in com
mon they are the bicyclists and the
farmers. The question ca which their
interests agree is that of the need for
good roads; for while a hard, smooth
surface is an absolute necessity to the
wheelman it is of even more vital im
portance to the farmer, seeing that
the condition of the roads makes a
serious difference one way or the other
in his yearly profits. As the result
of an inquiry made in 1895 by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, replies were received from over
1200 counties giving the cost of haul
ing crops in various parts of the United
States. The average load hauled was
found to be 2002 pounds; the average
length of haul, 12 1-10 miles; the aver
age cost Of hauling a ton cf crops to
market was $3.03: while the average
cost of hauling a ton for a distance of
one mile was twenty-five cents.
In order to compare the roads of the
United States with those of Europe
the bureau through its consuls made
careful inquiry on the subject of cost
of hauling in England, France, Ger
many, Belgium, Italy, and Switzer
land. The average cost of hauling
one ton one mile was found to be in
England ten cents, in France ten cents,
in Germany 8$ cents, in Belgium 9i
cents, in Italy 71 cents, and in Switz
erland from six to eight cents, the aver
age for all of these European States
being 8 6-10 cents per ion per mile.
More than one cause may enter into
this determination of cost, but that
the great cost in America is due to
our poorly made dirt roads is proved
by the fact that while over the superb
roads of Europe a farmer will haul
three or four tons at a load, our farm
ers are able to haul only a ton or less
than a ton over the "plow and scraper"
ridge of soil which even at this late
day is dignified by the name of road
in many parts of the country. Scien
tific American.
A Georgian's view.
New Jersey is not only about the
most progressive of all our States in
the goodly work of road-building, but
she seems to have discovered a way to
make good roads at a less -expense
than any other State.
Hundreds of miles of fine macadam
roads have been built in New Jersey
during the past five years at an aver
age cost of $2750 a mile.
The Jersey gravel roads, which are
considered by horsemen even more
pleasant than the macadam roads,
cost only from $1000 to $1300 mile.
These roads are not only excellent as
driveways, but thev last a very Ions:
time, and require very little expendi
ture for repairs. In some parts of
New York where stone is abundant
first-class roads have been constructed
at an expense of no more than $900 a
mile.
In nearly all the States there is an
increasing appreciation of the value
of good roads and improved methods
of constructing them.
We regret to say that Georgia is
hardly keeping up with the proces
sion in this important respect.
While road improvement is going on
finely in some counties in this State,
in others it is hardly known. The
average Georgia road is a very shabby
affair, and a constant drain upon the
resources oi the State.
The question is not how a commun
ity can afford to construct good roads,
but how it can afford to do without
them.
Money can hardly be invested
more profitably for the public than in
cood road-building. We must move
up in this matter. Atlanta Journal,
i- oil on Koad"Surfacei.
Beports on recent and successful ex
periments in improving road surfaces
by sprinkling them with oil increase
the surprise at the unsatisfactory ter
mination recently of like experiments
on the roadways in Boston's parks.
These good reports come from Cali
fornia and Florida. In the former
State Supervisors of Los Angeles
County recently examined several sec
tions which had been sprinkled with
oil, and found them in excellent con
dition. A mile stretch at Alhambra,
sprinkled once a year ago, had no
dust, and riding over it is described
as "like riding on rubber." In Florida
the experiments were in Duval County,
where roads made of shell rock had
been greatlyTdamaged by heavy travel,
which crround the surface fine, the
wind blowinc it awaT. A section of
new road of Volusia shell at Jackson
ville was sprinkled with oil six weeks
aeo. At first there was a noticeable
odor, but this soon passed away. The
surface was united in a solid mass,
which became more compact with
travel; the road was smooth aud
crowned, and rain and moisture did
not penetrate, but ran off, forming no
mud. Sun heat had no enect on it,
and where the oil was applied less
thickly the surface was slightly ground
up, but remained on top without blow
ing away. It is now proposed to cover
one mile of road with oil. at a cost of
$278 for twenty-five foot width. New
York Post.
The Anti-Kut Agitation.
Evil roads corrupt good morals.
The best road leads to the best mar
ket.
People generally are beginning to
realize that road building is a public
matter, and that the best interests of
American agriculture and the Ameri
can people as a whole demand the con
struction of good roads, and that
money wisely expended for this pur
pose is sure tp return
THE WILDER FILIPINOS.
More Interesting Than the Partially Civ
lUsed Tribes.
Civilization assuredly works won"
ders in a community, but it often yen
ders the community less interesting '
or at least less picturesque, than be
fore. That was what Pxofeesor Wor
cester, who visited Palawan, of the
Philippine Islands, thought when he
contrasted the wild Tagbanuas with
their partially civilized brethren. The
wilder people were to him the mors
interesting.
Their email village houses of bam
boo were perched high in the air.
When the inhabitants wanted to write
a letter, they took fresh joints of bam
boo for note-paper, and scratched
their letter in vertical columns, like
the Chinese. They had a simple sylla
bic alphabet in common use, pointing,
in Professor Worcester's opinion, to a
time when they possessed a higher
civilization than at present.
These peculiar people were not with
out a form of government. The affairs
of each community was administered
by a council of old men, who dispensed
justice according to tradition and their
own sense of what was right.
It is to be inferred that a man
thought twice before accusing his
neighbors of a grave offence, for the
method of judging was something of
an ordeal, as well to accuser as to ac
cused. When any one was charged with
a serious crime, the old men conducted
him and his accuser to some deep
pool, and there, in the presence of re
latives and friends, caused them to
dive beneath the water. He who re
mained under the longest was ac
counted to have spokeu the truth.
The religious beliefs of these in
habitants of the Philippines were as
peculiar as their i leas about justice.
As to a future life, they considered
that state io be the privilege of the
good. The bad, they believed, were
judged after death, and when found
guilty, were pitched into a tire and
completely consumed.
They had their theory of evolution
also, only in their case the man had
not been evolved from the monkey,
but the monkey from the man. When
asked why the monkey looked so much
like a man, they said it was becauso
he was once a man, but he waa very
lazy, and would not plant rice. Then
his companion threw a stick at him,
whereupon he assumed his present
state, the stick becoming his tail.
WORDSOFWISDOM.
Simple integrity, simple fairness,
simple justice to rich and poor alike, .
giving to each ono his rightful dueefi
in short, carrying out in daily life the
principle of honesty and fairness, is
the very best and most efficient means
of benefiting the community, and tho
only foundation on which to build a
benevolence worthy of the name.
From a wordly point of view polite
ness is the best stock-in-trade that
one can possess. It has opened more
doors of advancement than any faculty,
genius, or art, because for strangers
there is no other way to judge an
other's character than by externals.
Never make the mistake of crying
down the merits of anything which
you cannot possess. Facts are facts;
you impose on no one when affecting
to undervalue what is really desirable,
and are laughed at as an imitator of
the fox in the fable.
There are few things impossible in
themselves, and the application neces
sary to make them succeed is more
often wanting than the means.
The man who is never tired knows
himself. It is only in the furnace
heat that the soul learns its own
strength and weakness.
Power sometimes forgets itself so
far as to imagine that it exists for
itself, and not for the service of
humanity.
The lottery of honest labor, drawn
by time, ia the only one whose prizes
are worth taking up and carrying
home.
Force yourself to take an interest
in your work and the effort will soon
become a pleasure instead of a hard
ship. He is the best accountant who can
cast up correctly the sum of his own
errors.
There is no situation in life so bad
that it cannot be mended.
In love of home the love of country
has its rise.
Wheelmen Scared by Texts.
One of the bicycle papers calls at
tention to the fact that a little legisla
tion would not be amiss to check the
unfeeling way in which certain ultra
religionists are doing- their best to
shake the nerves of timid cyclists. A
correspondent riding from Yarmoth to
Lowestoft was traveling a goodly pace
down a steep grade when, upou
rounding a turn of the road, a big
signboard painted black aud white at
tracted his attention, and he almost
fell off his wheel as hs read, "It is
appointed unto men once to die, but
after death the judgment." At the
foot of the hill, where the cyclist, a
might be supposed, lost the control o?
his machine, the following comforting
sentence glared at him from anoth er
board: "How shall we escape if wa
neglect so great salvation?" London
Correspondence in New York Herald.
An Unstealable Umbrella.
A new unstealable umbrella has
been patented in Vavis. When you
place your gamp iu the stanfl, you
unscrew the haudle and drop that in
to your pocket; by so doing you lock
the ribs together so that the umbrella
cannot be opened until the handle is
screwed into its place.
Home Truth In the Definition.
An applicant for a teacher's certifi
cate in Beynolds County defined lnic-a-brac
as something to tfafrow at a
dog. Kansas Citv Star-
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