THE SONCOP THE AXE.
4 rlhr'l ra I by the fore,
f relled In leaping flaw",
t Lulled by the clink arid lti elans
Of hammer lientlntf In turn.
Now In I'm hewer'a hand.
' Tempered and polished and edged,
fcwlnjf I all day in the mm,
Hwloff I and chant ttiln ou;r!
Iflffti on the mountain criit.
: Wliera trm itft win. In and "wlrl,
Tower th ancient tilnca,
Hooted a thomnnd yenr,
Myriad mimmrrt Ihiti waid
Aud wnncl In their odorou h:'le;
Known Immf morltil
Drifted their l-ranche tlirouj!i;
i Mill their eiiill.mt henda
1 Illftn to the limpid blu",
I Mill they fearlessly I "in
To themirtf of thn swlDifldif :Ve
I And about down tlio trail ' tliu Mist
I'lnn .r.oliuri!
Old they fin a the lur,
Moi'M a llvlnif rock,
I.Mntlos ai earlu Uoelf!
j J.o, then eomo I, the avef
Hover n moment ulIt
In eager and l r' h !-i roi: ,
i Then In n elrcln of lltfM
' J.enp to the cedar' root.
J)en and d'"pcr 1 tlt
1 To tun heart of thn vlriii woo l.
'And theacent of Its lloodle wounds
FUN all tlm air with l.alm.
, Hvdilun n tlnKllnir ahoeit
Thrill up the llvlujf trunk. .
I'uUe alonir thn bouliH,
' Hhlverlliff tiroN'Mem-n of dcutlj.
vainly tun mighty iun-t
Wrcatleii In
fa if i til f
, Thau with a ntortny ni'n
TremMe. and yield uud lnnit
Hweejm with t InifilToii rrn.iU
Jowu to thn hrulxed Mirth!
l.o, 'tin myself I Intr,
i Feller of onk and nth'.
Brother nm I to thn aworl,
, 'led-edifd lyer of men!
i Mdn ly aldo have we hewn
Tilths for thn (doneer
From ei to min-mltten enl
Murk to my chanted rrnl.!
' Wild enaende In thn hill.
Wind In ihe utrnlnlnif i1m;i,
"jle of woodm3u all,
towelling lu iinlon viiht
Shout thro' thn xunll'it day,
Hlnir thro' thn utarllt iili'.it,
Tht Bounding poiik (,' thn axft
William Lui:hn (JriiYC.
c ijream
That Game True.
II CUi: wat a Liut
of autnrnu in the
v ood I ii ml tints,
where tho colors
fliii1o I from soft
est graj -green
thro neb russet
tones to lccicst
reel and brown, nml
ine ore-jze mat swept over tlio up
lands mas sngpestive of chilly Octo
ber, but tho col den spell of Indian
summer laj on the valley, touching
the ripe peaches -with au added bloom
and wooing the late roses to unfold
their fragrant hearts before it was too
late to give their sweetness to tho
dying summer.
Ia the rectory orchard, under tho
shadows of the fruit lndcn trees, vil
J age lads and lasses hid nnd nought,
and oat in the meadow the children
laughed and played and danced to the
lausio of their own voices.
The Trofessor stood at tho outer
edge of a circle of infant revelers, his
spectacles pushed up on his broad
for chad, bis soft Hombnrg hat tilted
forward to shield his eyes lrom tho
an.
Gray eyes they were, with a keen
ness ia them that was reflective and
that lent them a clearer vision for
things that time bad set at a distance
than for present realities.
The iron-gray hair was brushed back
and outlined features that were not
unhandsome, though their sternness
gave him a semblance of severity, un
til he smiled.
When the Professor smiled children
understood that the tall figure with its
inclination to stoop was not likely to
prove aggressive, and that the learn
ing contained in that massive frame
could be put aside with the spectacles,
also that the Prof esse r might have
been young once, before the weight of
a laurel wreath had puckered his
brows and powdered his hair with the
frost that comes before winter.
He was smiling now and looking
with appreciate interest at the game
in progrnss.
"Do you hear what they are sing
ing?" he asked the rector's wife.
Mrs. Errington detached herself
from the tea urn to answer carelessly,
" 'Nuts and May,' isn't it?"
"The delighted irrelevance of child
hood,", pursued the Professor, "the
sublime faith in the impossible. 'Here
we come gathering Nuts and May so
early in the morning!' Not content
with demanding their autumn and
their spring at the same time, they
mast have it early in the morning,
too; all the world at their feet, with
youth to make them enjoy it. They
have faith enough to remove moun
tains, bat I am afraid the days of
miracles are past."
Mrs. Errington's glance lingered on
mm for moment, and tt en traveled
to where a girl in a white dress stood
under the trees that borde.'ed the rec
tory garden.
"There is Evadne," she said; "how
fresh and coot and sweet she looks.
Don't you think so. Professor?"
lie adjusted his spectacles to give a
conscientious answer.
"Miss Evadue is always pleasant to
look at," be said, an lie gazed with
painstaking air inner direction; "at
this distance I do not see her-so plain
ly as I could wish."
"And she is always pleasant to talk
io, auueu iurs. jcrrmgton; "go ana
ask her if she would like some tea,
xTotessor. '
He went obediently, and the white
figure moved to meet him. while the
echo of the words "cool and fresh and
sweet" floated still in his ears.
"I am sent to ask you if you wil
have some tea," he said.
"Is that meant for an excuse or an
apology?" asked Evadne demurely.
"Does my errand need either?" he
questioned in return, with his usual
"You seemed to consider so," said
she, "in which, if you wilt not think
me conceited, I wilt ceufess you are
unusual. There are people," she con
tinued, noting his puzzled air, "who
come and talk to me without any er
rand at alt merely for the pleasure
of the thing."
A little smile was playing round
her mouth, and through her curved
eyelashes ' the sparkle of her eyes
meaat mischief.
The Professor pushed his spectacles
up again; when people wero close to
him he could see better without as
sistance. "There tre people," he said, "who
- " might venture to come to you on their
own merits, Miss Eva. I am not one
of those fortunate few."
"No?", she queried, lifiing her eye-brows,'-."yet
your merits are by no
means Jnsinifi;ant. They are publio
property, Profesaor, and we are very
proud of them down here. I have
even," she looked away from him, I
"felt a little alarmed at the thought
of them sometimes, and wondered
whether we all seemed very stupid
and dull to so learned a person as
you."
".Stupid and dull," he echoed the
words involuntarily, while he was
thiuking What a dainty outline the
cotitonr ol Ler cheek ana chin made
like a pink sea shell, and what a
singularly sweet intonation she had!
"iou ngTeo that we are po, she
said alter auinstani sonenaeasuence.
"Yon add candor to your other mer
its, Professor, I see. Well, tho school
treat is over. I think I must be going
homeward. (Jood evening."
Khe stretched out a small white
hand. Ho took it and considered it
for a moment.
Do vou tro across the fields." he
said, "or round by the road?"
"Across ihe fields when I haye
some one with me.
".Should I count as some one, or am
I too "
"Too what too candid?"
"Too old," he said thoughtfully.
Khe looked hirn up and down.
"I suppose that you are twice my
age.
"More than that, I am sure."
"Ifr.s uny one ever called you any
tiling but Professor?"
"My mother calls me John."
"Any one else?"
"No one, since I was a boy."
Taey wero crossing the meadow
now. In the distance Mrs. Errington
waved a goodby to them. They had
forgotten about her.
"Which would you rather be your
self at your ago and with your knowl
edge or an ignorant young person like
me?"
Hhc had taken off her hat and was
ilaiigling it by a ribbon from her arm.
ller hair was rdl milled, and one little
tress with a glint of gold in it kissed
her cheek lovingly.
They had reached tho stile and he
stoppedjto help .her over it before he
answered. Then ho said:
"Miss Era, do yon think it is pos
sible for any one to gather nuts and
May at the sume time?"
"Yes, if they get up early enough
in the morning."
"What difference does that make?"
"The difference of notleaving things
till they are too late."
He was still holding her hand. She
gavo it to him at tho utile, and ap
imreutly ho had not remembered to
givo it back. Her eyei were like stars,
and there was a roso-Ilush like day
dawn on her cheeks.
"How is one to know whether it is
too late or not?"
"I thought you know everything,
Professor. And you called rae stupid
aud dull jnt now, so my opinion can't
be worth having."
"I called you stupid and dull? Do
yon know what I think you?"
"You think me a vain, frivolous
girl."
"I think you the most perfect thing
on Clod's earth."
"Professor -"
"I have another name, Evadne."
"When you havo quite done with
my hand
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Yarding Cowl at Xlxbt.
The practice of bringing cows up at
night is not a good one. It is far bet
ter to leave them in the pasture and
rnilk them there, even though it makes
more labor. In hot weather the cows,
if allowed their freedom, will graze
during the eveniug and early morning.
while dew is in the grass, and will
then lie down to digest what they have
eaten. If yarding of cows Is done at
any time in summer it should be done
in the middle of the day.
GOOD ROADS NOTES 3 !
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Kjfcjs9sBaCfeanFJSrCS
"I Bhall never have quite done with
it. I waut it for my own."
"Hnch ii useless, silly little hand?"
".Such a pink and white little hand.
Liko a May-blossom." '
He lifted it to his lips, and they
were silent for a moment.
"Evadne, is a miraclo possible?"
"WThat would be a miracle?" she
said softly.
He drew her with gentle insistence
into his arms, and she raised hers and
clasped them round his neck.
"This ia one," he answered; "it is
the impossible come true."
"It was never impossible," she mur-!
mured, "only you were asleep andl
dreaming, John, and now you are!
awake, and it is early in the morn-'
ing." New York Times.
Teaching- Colta to Eat Out I.
Wherever it is necessary, as it often
is. to work tne mare wniie tue colt is
nnweaned it is nsual to shut up the
colt in a box stall and without food or
drink. This is nnnecesary cruelty. If
a little clover hay is placed where the
colt can nibble at it, he will soon learn
to eat hay. and if there is a box with
a few oats in it he will learn to eat
those also, luisistlie more impor
tant, because if the mare becomes
heated while working, the milk may be
injurious to the colt. The clover and
oats cannot do him any harm. When
a colt has learned to eat oats he can be
weaned from the dam without any
check to his growth. It is best in
most cases that the liking for oats
fchould be tauirht before the colt is
weaned.
A New llapo Insert.
During the dry seasons at the Michi
gan station rape has been injurea
more or less by tho bluish-tureen
plant louse which attacks the cab
bage. One early sown field was en
tirely destroyed by this insect and
other fields were so badly affected as
to detract much from their feeding
value.
No direct remedy which can be
profitably used in field culture is
known. Late sown fields are less
liable to be attacked than those sown
early. In Beasons having the usual
amount of rain this insect has given
but little trouble. "When the insect
makes its appearance the best that
can be done is to turn in the sheep at
ence, even if the plants are less than
half grown. After the plants have
been eaten down the sheep are turned
off when the rape will start up again,
and if rains or cooler weather occur it
may produce a good second growth
free from the lice, which can be again
pastured late in the season.
Whole Oata For Chickens.
As an all around every day food
there is nothing to equal whole oats.
Of course, the hens wish a change, and
certainly they should havo it, but if
forced to confine myself to one par
ticular grain food, I should unques
tionably select oats.
Wheat is often said to bo the best
of all grains, but a thorough test
shows that it is too fattening for a
daily ration, still, for an occasional
meal, wheat is highly relished.
Some complain that oats will cause
swollen crops, but I have yet to see a
single case which I could trace to
this.
Any food, liberally given, with in
sufficient water, grit and exercise, will
sooner or later bring on disorders, but
oats will not cause trouble any sooner
than will other foods. You can hard
ly give too much oats to a flock ot lay
ing hens, and I am satisfied they will
be healthier and lay more eggs than
when fed any other whole grain. As
a change occasionally the oat) may be
steamed a short time before being fed.
but this is not necessary. Farm and
Home.
A Vacationer' Tboaght.
The country's pleasant, mr eaoujji ,
Eut not near what It coulJ t.
If road now ragff?dr and roagu
Were only what thy ehoald t.
"What Poor Road Coat Oar Farmer.
If ever there were two classes of
people that had a good cause in com
mon they are the bicycliati and tho
farmers. The question ca which their
interests agree is that of the need for
good roads; for vhile a hard, smooth
surface is an Absolute necessity to the
wneeiman, n is oi 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 mado in 1893 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 Univd
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 wa3 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 Eelgiuin 'Ji
cents, in Italy 7 cents, and in Switz
erland from six to eight cents, the aver
age for all of these European States
being 8 0-10 cents per ton 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.
Too TtctaH4 ef u E
Tae ttclaltntfe which Louis
pooa experienced t'moit from the
cradle ia the crave were proaabty all
but unexampled, lie wag a fugitive
tfore he could rpeak articulately, la
tne Interval between his 20ta and bis
40th year be was a prison r in Stras
burs. Lorlent. Ham and the Concler
gerle. He was an outlaw for more than
half hit life. There were Incidents, at
Slrasburg. and lafer at Boulogne,
which brought upon him the mock acl
Jeer cf Europe. He carried a baton as
a special constable In Park I-ane oa
Chartists' Day. Then, by a sudden
turn of fortune, he became President
of the French Republic. The Coup
d'Etat 'made him Emperor of the
French; and thenceforth for fifteen
years he was, perhaps, the moat-considered
man. of Europe. It was cald of
him that on being asked whether he
should not find It difficult to rule the
French nation he replied. "Oh. no!
nothing is more easy. 11 leur faut une
guerre tous les quartre ao." (They
Juet need a war every four years.) This
policy held good In a modified degree.
The Crimean war was for him a suc
cess, although not precisely a triumph;
the Italian campaign, in spite of its
hard-fought victories, ended abruptly
in approximation to a failure. The
Mexican expedition was an utter fla?co.
let Napoleoa might have gone on wu
his program of a war every four years
but for the circumstances that there
happened to be In Europe In the mid
dle 'Sixties an Infinitely stronger,
more masterful and more ruse man
than the dreamy and decaying Na
poleon. When he and Bismarck
walked along the Biarritz beach in Oc
tober, 18C5, Bismarck expounding his
polftical speculations as they strolled
"Is he mad?"' the Emperor whisper
ed to Prosper Merimee, ou whose arm
he leaned. Napoleon had very soon to
recognize that madness had no part
in the character of Otto von Bis
marck. The Prussian Premier was his
superior in energy, in determination,
and in finesse; and he foiled the
French Emperor at every turn. Archi
bald Fcrbes ("Life of Napoleon III.")
AskVer Dealer for AUea's roKmf,
A pewd to a&ak late yoer bo; rti
th !. C'area Corn, baaiota. 9wUr.
ho re. Uot. CXou. Aral.. hetUf lH
tad lurrowlax Naiia. AUoa'a rooi-E
make ww cr list hoe eay. At all in
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ton l&Ut.
mty le Blo x.
Clean blood ue a eleaa ai.n. ?M
beauty without it. C aacareta.tandy CaVLAr
tic rkn your blood and n 1 '1
urnr-c p the Uxy ber a4 dnvws aJ io
rcrilMt from a bodv. 1w.b ldy te
1ti! punp.et, I u, liowocn, . (
and that aitkly biuous complexiea br taUaf (
Caacareta. beauty far ten certa. A.1 drvf ;
KNOXVILLO BUSINESS COLLEGE AND SCHOOL
OF SHORTHAND, KNOXVILLO. TENS.
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at the ho j Itala jretrdar.
Ia Chin Well Mnoy Port
of Am a ih tan. berry t bub y ut fr
earing ronipiin. hetcbe and t;r com
plaint Winterru tu "Uu twrry IV.i" e-n-taln'.nc
tb conce"trtrl aib principle ff
the tuullrrt 1 t Ik- ltUe at-d lt-r
medirloe jet kO"n. To i rai It atnp.
an box t lualled to any addre oa rrcei t.t !
a 2 cent larup tu IT r-otge. AdJrrt
ABTHl'K I'lTIK Co . l-ou,T.lle. Ky.
Th wUe
finds them.
I IckjKX-ket take thing a h
Stats or Ohio. City r Toi-roo, I
Ll.AfoV3lTV.
Frask J.l'nT nikknottb that Let ui
tcntor partner of tae Arm o- J. F. hiit A
t'o..4in buine In the City o 1 o'1a, boun
ty and htit affreW.ant thtl t Srmwill
pay Vhf (am cf t BI'MMKU IhM.I aim for
e.chan.l every cbc.f r.iTaim that rt not
be curel by tlie U!m f 11 !. i'Tia
O rb. 1'uiMi J. utzr.
fcworn to bt fore me and ubwribel lu nT
i --l prepuce, thl5Jl dr of 1 e-reiaer.
BIAl. - A. 1). 1. A. X . t.Lro.
Hall' CnUrrh CnreUUVon internally.and
act directly o:i tae blo4 u.l luuitiat iur
fce of the avetem. -rd fr t-t.nionl
free. F J. HrAET it C".. Tolrd'i, O.
Sold by Dru?tflt. Tie.
Haira Family i ill are the brt
WtrLita 1 a tjplcal -bojia" town
Tulvf ear aco It ha J a tKpu.atlcn
rf S.O"'. Toiay It ha prrfcapa 2S.
which is a roatlderatle recovery from
low tide in lSlO. aleo It bad la thn
15.00. arordlnr. t,- e:lmatea taed
upon tte turner of camra In the di
rectory. In ISSC-. tefre the boom
troke. Wichita real ett- waa ae'.'.lns
at N York trice, and they ro'at oit
lot on the rnala rtreet that ao.4 fr
I2.5t a front foot for wbUh the own
er would now W it'.ad to ret 2o0 of
H'.Hi. The teil :a:e farhaacef In
New Yrrk In good time will re-h
i about JJS.ft'O.OOO a year; ia hSca.-.
In W2. Juit before the wurld'a fair,
the trans-f r. a hon by the recrd
er' IkioW. were about fW,000.0o0. tut
at Vichia dntlnjc the Ave raonih rre-
mm
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tcdinx the ollapfe in more than
Naearuth, l'a.
ley liae.
, U eo a Vi have a trol
Ko-To-Bae tor rlfty Ceota.
GuaranuseJ tobacco habit cure, rcakea weak
3 en atretic, b'.ood pure. bOc. L AU tirucgiat
0nernl Velcr. at Madrid, has declared
himself a F'dra!ist lie j nMi-an.
rermaoenuy cnrei. ,-oanormrri
res after first rtny' ua or ir. ivuno re
Flta
Nanre Reatorer. fitrial bottleand tratla tr
LiU.tt.tl. KLISE. L.W..UJI Arcasi. i-oiia. ro.
AN ARTIFICIAL SILVER MINE.
How Uncle Sam Check the Waste of the
Coin-Maker in the Mint. ,
In one corner of the melting room!
at the New Orleans mint ia a large ironj
ank in which the newly cast silver;
bars are dropped, hissing, to cool off.;
At tue end of a hard day's work the'
surface of the water shows a faint rain-;
bow-hued scum, like the metallic lus-'
ter of stagnant pools, seen near a dye;
bouse. It comes in part from micro-;
scopio flakes of silver that have scaled;
off in the cooling. The water, when-
changed, ruds down a pipe that ter
minates in tho bottom of a cistern,;
which contains a layer of mud a couple
of feet'deep. As the water seeps np;
and through, the-raud acts as a filter1
and catches the particles of precious
metal, so in time it becomes an arh-j
ficial silver mine. Once every quarter!
the stuff is scooped out and passed
through a reduction process. The re
sult is a silver brick, worth maybe 50.'
When it comes to monev-moking,'
Uncle Sam can beat the world fW
stinginess. The artificial silver mine
in the yard of the old mint premises!
is only one of his numerous Schemes'
for checking waste. When the cas-:
ters raise their glowing ladles from the:
melting pots a shower of sparks fly!
from the molten surface. They are'
mostly incandescent particles -of car-!
bon, but among them are pin points!
of silver, almost gaseous. Some fall'
among the ashes and clinkers beneath j
the furnaces, and when the fire boxes'
are raked out at night the contents are
scrupulously preserved. Down below,'
in the basemer.t, is a great revolving
crusher that grinds the debris into fine
powder, and when enough accumulates
it is sold by sample to a Northern
smelter and treated like ordinary ore.
Nor is this all. Every evening the
floor of the melting room is swept far
more carefully than ever a lady's par
lor and the sweepings are preserved
along with he ashes. Once in three
months or so the soot is scraped out
of all the flues and chimneys and finds
its way to the same receptacle. From
the ashes, clinkers, sweepings and
Boot of the New' Orleans mint Uncle
Sam derives a larger income than the
average bans president. Tue cruci
bles used in melting are-good for about
three charges; then they are wheeled
down to the basement, crushed, and
share the fate of the clinkers. The
pores of their earthen sides are full of
virgin silver, aud the gritty brown
powder into which they are ground
yields an average of $200 a ton. A
wornout crucible is really worth more
than a new one.
What a Lead l'encil Iteally I.
The first thing to be said about lead
pencils is that they are not lead pen
cils at all. Once upon a time sticks
of lead were used for making marks on
paper aud wood, and the name has
survived, though nowadays all the
pencils are filled with graphite, or
plumbago. This mineral is found iu
only a few places in the world in
Cumberland, England, along the
Laurentian ranges, in the province of
Quebec, and at Ticonderoga, Vt. The
; largest mines on this continent are at
' the latter place.
Corn Culture.
The objects of com working are
threefold. First tho soil must be
kept from baking and thus getting
too hard for the plants to thrive. Sec
ond the weeds must be kept down to
prevent them from robbing the soil of
moisture, and thus causing the corn
plants to suffer for the want of mois
ture sufficient for their use in growth.
It has been pretty accurately ascer
tained that most plants use from three
hundred and fifty to four hundred
pounds of water for every pound of
dry matter tney produce, wnat a
vast quantity of moisture may be
wasted in the growth of weeds in a
corn field which has been carelessly
cultivated and left partly to the weeds
Much of the fertility of the soil is
also wasted ou the growth of weed jin
a weedy corn field.
Third, proper cultivation helps the
soil to hold the moisture by prevent
ing it from being evaporated. The
best method of cultivation is to set the
cultivator so as to stir the soil about
three inches. This is not deep enough
to break the roots of the corn plants
and it is deep enough to kill most
weeds.
It is an old theory that it is neces
sary to three inches is the best depth
for developing a mulch to prevent
waste by evaporation. The corn roots
are usually about eight inches deep in
the soil when they first reach the mid
dle of the row and they are nearer the
siyface the closer the stalk you come.
They are nearer the surface the older
the plant gets, until maturity, hence
the corn plant will bear deeper culti
vation when it is young than when it
gets older.
It is an old story that it is neces
sary to break the roots of the young
corn in order to get it to grow well.
This theory is still held by some
farmers. The main object of the corn
roots is to collect food for the growing
plant and every root thai is broken off
robs the plant of a means of obtaining
food for its proper nourishment. It
weakens the vitality of the plant. Of
course, the plant may overcome the
injury, but it will not make as perfect
a plant as it would if it had not had
its roots broken. A. J. Legg, in
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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
sho 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 road9, which are
considered by horsemen even more
pleasant than the macadam roads,
cost only from $1000 to 1300 4 mile.
These roads are not only excellent as
driveways, but they last a very long
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 oi tne 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.
Whilo 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 ot 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
good road-building. We must move
up in this matter. Atlanta Journal.
The Englishman was Routed.
At the time of the New Orleans ex
position, in the winter cf 1S84-5, Ad
miral Luce, no won the retired list, was
in command of the North Atlantic
squadron, and was sent down there to
add to the gayety of nations,. which no
other old seadog could do better than
he. Upon his return the flagship was
anchored in New York bay, where It
was visited hff oaauy people. One day
a party cams fiboard which included
among others a very pretty girl and a
very dignified and learned English
man. As Admiral Luce was entertain
ing them in his cabin ho asked the
pretty girl if she would like to see an
original autograph of William Shakes
peare. At this the dignified and learned
Englishman pricked up bis ears and
remarked that lie had made a study of
the autographs of Shakespeare, and
was positive there was no authentic
example in America. Admiral Luce
replied that he was very positive his
was authentic, and that its genuine
ness had neves been questioned. This
made the Uritteher quite hot, and be
delivered a lecture on tho fraudulent
autographs and manuscripts that were
brought over to America and exhibited
as originals.
"Well," replied the admiral, "I am
convinced that my autograph of Wil
liam Shakespeare is genuine, and I nm
going to have the pleasure of showing
it to this young lady." Whereupon he
went to bis desk, took out his visitors'
book, turned back a few pages and
then pointed out the signature, "Wil
liam Shakespeare, mayor of New Or
elans, January 2, The Eng
lishman gave a painful gasp and re
tired. Chicago Iteeord.
FIso's Cure Is the mi-ilirine to break up
children' Cough and Cold. Mr. M- O.
liLLNT, Sprncu". Vsh , March . !..
It's safe to a.tsuuin that a good all-'round
fellow Is certain to l.e yquare.
To Coro Constipation rWT
Take Cascarets Caadv Cathartic. lOporSo.
t C C C. fail to cure, urucjrists refund tooaey.
Cold facts are not often brought to light
Jn a heated argument.
Educate Tour Bowcla With Cacareta.
Candv Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. 25c If CL C C.falUdrueglsts refund money.
As usual, the
with the times.
thermometer keeps up
Don't Totseco Spit and Satoke Toar life Atj.
To quit tobacco easily end forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nervo and vlor. take Ko To
Bac, the wonder- worker, that mr.kes w eak inea
strong. All drugzists, COc cr CI. CureKuaran
tccd. Booklet nnd sample free. Addrcrt
Sterling KemeJy Co, Chicago or New York
A systematic war of extermination
has been waged against tlm common
adder in the Vogtbiu-l. A r.erinau
paper says that in ton yours lM.4S'l add
tr woro VHliul.
$53.rOo.(x o d town lot cban,-ei haoda.
Corn sju.nd n e t'hii aro Kr.-ord.
The for. and diiRhtera of the
arinrely families of Home are aa!J to
have a pntty hard lot. They arc -n-erally
ery ior. yet they hate to live
Jn enormous houses and keep un a tra
dition of inaRnificence. The you DC men
drive In dog cart which, according to
rumor, are owned Jilntly by a !ozen
of them. The young women are to
be eeen driving on the 1'inrJo. arrayed
In stylish hat3 and coat, wearing food
cloves and carrying pretty paraaol.
"And yet." rays the Knl:h corre
fpondcat who Is responsible for this
gossip, "their d;strait exnrcsi!on shows
that they are uneasy In their minds.
Tho particular form cf guilt which
burdens their ouls I a dread tbit
fonie one will Invite thfia t dicend
and stroll about the bandstand, reveal
ing the fart that their skirt are by
ro means ro smart as their coats or
waists, and their ttno', more open to
criticism than their glove;." New
York Sun.
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A speculator, who had mat. i -r
fortune out oT a tnedl. hie f-r
roiuujoa amr be-p. t..!,t.4' ,
fine market fir t'.'.s jat'M 1
fnuni In AuMra'.ia. II- kti
was an enormoos nuruVr .,. v.
that 'country. be rent out 5 ... a
to open ut this taosl pro-..', s: .? ti
nertlon. The yo'inc man t. v
falhT as follows: "This 1 a ! . ;
place. The neep are a t;: .r .it r
reported, and I bave tin duli i )
co a Rlorlcm business If we id i;
chance. Hut bef.te Mtidlrc r.e
liere you should have . r.t !.. .;-;
dwae. They tsen't :
nnlees you can le: tne a u '.
tnlcrole. I had better -Stray
Stories.
W. L. DOUGLAS rnrne!r:e fnii
S3&S3.50 SHOES "JS? I """Is'l U
tel!!M.
l.rfh S4 H $3 rerp.-ei nta
c;htr rakas.
I nlret l.y m er
l.tKKl.OWO araren.
ALL LEATHERS. ALLSTYlCS
ins crti ta . L.
TVe no nlilrate rl1me4
to l-raM1. Irrri niaket
t t i rul ;M lHr ia tlm
'iTi4. V"ttr1el-rli"lHtrel
liirtti :i v r v 111 -t)4
a I'.'roTi r, -el. of r1 e. Mt
klui ft leather. If nt v'dih. (la or tkji icju
alalono C Krrc. -
W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO- ErUton. KatS
Snlpliur aud Treacle For Keatlesanesa
"Confirmed restlessness" is one of
the new maladies of school life. It
haB shown itself unmistakably at the
great scholastic institution at Han
well, aud lias led large numbers of
tne nrcnins tnere to receive a caning
or other punishment as a cure for it.
The homoeopathic method of treating
restlessness of body with restlessness
of rod aroused the wrath of a clerical
member of the Central London School
District Committee,-who declared that
sucn a system ot patuoiosrv was
worthy of the darkness of the middle
ages. Restlessness was due to the
spring weather, arid he suggested that
instead of birching them, they should
bo dosed with sulphur and treacle. If
that did not give them repose, a little
paregoric might be tried. Another
member declared that the dire disease
had manifested itself among his col
leagues on the occasion of several
meetings of late, upon which the
clerical objector declared, amid much
amusement, that he would have no
hesitation in recommending the birch
to gentlemen who -showed pronounced
symptoms of the malady. It -was
ultimately left to the schoolmaster to
soothe the boys in the way he thought
best. London Telegraph.
' Oil on Koad Surfaces.
Reports 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 greatly'daniaged by heavy travel,
which ground the surface fine, the
wind blowing it away. A section -of
new road of Volusia shell at Jackson
ville was sprinkled with oil six weeks
ago. At first there was a noticeable
odor, but this soon passed away. Tli9
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 rau off, forming no
mud. Sun heat had no eaect 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
8278 for twenty-five foot width. New
York Post.
The Anti-Rut Agitation.
Evil road3 corrupt good morals.
The best road leads to the best mar
ket. People generally are begianing to
rer "ize that road building is a publio
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 to return.
Prices Paid for Manuscripts.
The highest price over paid for apiece
Df manuscript was $8,000 for Homer's
Iliad, written on vellum, probably In
the eighth century. It is now in the
British Museum. A manuscript bible
which was presented to the Emperor
Charlemagne upon the occasion of hhi
coronation in the year 800 was sold at
auction some years ago for ?7,500.
That is also in the British Museum.
The original manuscript of Scott's
"Lady of the Lake" brought ?G,4."0 at
suction. The autobiography, of Lord
Nelson in his own handwriting, as pre
pared for the press, brought .VJ."0.
The manuscript of Keats' "Endyniion"
was once sold for ?3,47."i, and the manu
script of Scott's "Old Mortality", for $3,-
100. Sir John Thorrell paut ior
l)iMo of the seventh cen
tury, and Lord Crawford paid $2,800
for a handsomely illuminated manu
script of the New Testament.
North and South are joined In the
material of the national capitol. The
central building is constructed of Vir
ginia sandstone, painted white. The
extensions are of Massachusetts mar
ble, and twenty-four coI'imn3 of the
grand central portico are monoliths of
Virginia sandstone thirty feet high,
and one hundred columns of the ex
tension porticos are cf Maryland marble.
Is your breath badr ihcn your
best friends turn their heads aside.
A bad breath means a bad liver.
Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure
constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia,
sick headache. 25c. All druggists.
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BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
CONSTIPATION
"I bare none 14 imy nt a time without m
movement of the bowel, not being tle to
move tbem except ty using but water Injections.
C nron io constipation for seven years ila-ed ne In
tbU terrible condition; during that time I did ev
erything I beard of but never f -.mud any relief : Mich
was my case until I beiinn using CASCAllfc.Tr. I
now bave from one to three as.sgck a day. and if 1
was rich I would give tVM.W for each movement; It
is sacb a relief. a vi.mek l- Hi st.
IJJ Ilusscll bt.. Detroit. Allen.
Dr. Ricord's Esssbcs cf Life Kif-1..lV
r-l. ner-failin3 remly f-r U r :f nervous,
tiirutal. J.hyM-1 dfl.l ly. Im vi-flHy and r
mature J-ray In both ree; poaitlve, riunent
-nre: full I ri-' iiiii t at, ,r fl a lttl: iaui f.-r
oinnlar. J. J' Qt KM. Agnt. i: ndwy. X. .
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ww by i it drift.
Men's $2i9
Bovs $1.75
Ycuihs' SiiO
Little Gents' $L35
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College of Dentistry.
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... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Btarilng tUmtij Otaptnj, t.kaio. B sural, r lt. Z.
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Why Bo You Scratch ?
Whn yoa can c:ire yourself for fifty rents?
All skla diseases such as tetter, ea'.t rhum,
rlnew.)rm. eczsm-.. etc. ran beu.-ely curel bj
hii ointment called Tetterlne. Any number of
tej:im nla!s siwn for tbe asXluz. Nothing
ol9 U as ffcJod. Cnlss your drucgist ha It,
i end iMc. in st.iia;s to the intnufaeturer. J. T.
'i;mptrlne, Savi.in ih. Oa.. ior a bos postpaid.
Electric cab9 have now been introduced
iu Berlin.
Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothlnK Syrup for children
trtthlnK.eofteusthe Kama, reducing inflnm.
ticti. allay pain,curea wind colic 35a a oostl
After a convict has served out Ms
time in the State prison of Maine and
Las tlonned the suit of clothes eiv?r
to hiai by the State he is reqniieil tc
sit for his plictograph, and it is kept
for future use, should his subseqneul
career cull for it. Heretofore ciilj
the picture taken upon commitnieni
has been kept, and this has ofteii
been found of little avail in laU-i
years. '
4 4 For the Sake of Fan
Mischief is Done,
A vast amount of mischief is done, too,
bzcuuse people neglect to keep their blood
pure. R appears in eruptions, dyspepsia.,
iiuiigzstian, nervousness, kidney diseases,
and other ailments. Hood's SarsaparSLa.
cures aU diseases promoted by impure
blood or low state cf the system.
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ANY a dutiful da;if;riter pays :n pain for 1 ?r m :l;f r's
ignorance or perhaps reglect.
The mother suffered and she thinlcs hrr !aurl'' r
must suffer &!so. Th!s is true only to a limited cxient. Ho
erxessive pain is healthy. Every mother should infer: i l;rr-
. self for her own sate and epccbiiy
for the sake of her daughter. Writ j
to Mrs. Pi nit ham. at Lynn. Mass.
for her advice about all matteri
concerning the ills cf the ferr.inino
organs.
Many a young girl's beauty is wasted by unnecessary pain at
time of menstruation, and many indulgent mothers wj-.1i
mistaken kindness permit their daughteis to grow careless
about physical health.
Miss Carrie M. Lamb. Big Beaver. Mich., writes: "Dear
Mr Pixkham A year aeo I suffered from nrcfWe an!
1
INDULGENT
MOTHERS
American superiority in every art
is becoming recccrnized the world
around. A somewhat embarrassing
indication of the high appreciation
awarded American skill is Riven in a
dispatch from Sweden, which states
that- Swedish bank notes are being
extensively connterfe.ted aud that
"the excellence of the counterfeit
seems to prove that the plates were
made in America."
Quite Apparent
Mattie I want you to know I don't
stand on trifles.
Helen (glancing at her feet) No,
dear; I see you don't. Chicago News.
MISSING LINKS.
A paragraph is being mucb handed
around to the effect that a flour mill at
Warrensburf. Mo., ships its product to
Kansas City In barrels, has it repacked
in sacks, and. employs a stranger to.
come to Warrensburg and sell it as
hard wheat flour made in Kansas. It
"goes like hot cakes," and has almost
run the home product cut of the market
Two hustling advertising agent are
trying their utmost to buy all the
available space on each side of the
Reading railway, from Philadelphia to
Norristown, in order to display the
merits of their numerous wares. Be
ing hacked by plenty of capital, they
are enabled to offer tempting sums for
the spac3 desired. Farmers owning
ground along the line are only too glad
to get their old fences torn down and
have high ones erected In their stead.
They also receive a handsome sum per
foot from the agents for the privilege
of the advertisement. The agent makes
up the cost In width by the height of
the fence, which is sometimes twenty
feet. It is apparently the purpose of
the advertisers to have all the pretty
landscape) shut from the view of the
passengers and Instead to offer- them
a continuous panorama of patent med
icines, pills, bicycles, biscuits, etc.
fnuaaeipnia Record
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhcea, My
appetite was variable,
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular, and
was subject to pains liko
colic duringmenstruation.
I wrote you and began to
take LydU E. PinkhanV
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash! You can't
Imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general health improved."
Mrs. Nakxie Adkixs,
La Due. Mo., writes:-
"DearMrs. Pixkham
I feel it my duty to tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time of menstruation be
fore taking your medicine :
but the Comoonnd fca
lSiTed p1": &m better color, tnd she fee!s
I8"' an? b" "nprored every way. X am very grateful to
o "
To enra. nr Tticvriavir rfwHn . '
: " vawa.a, w way not try it?
I'rice 50c.