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PRESS, vm,l!MK XXI., FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNKSDA Y. SKPTKMBER 5. 1006.. MJAlBKtt 36. PHE FRANK LIN PLAYING 1 remember when in boyhood, ' Just step advanced from toyhood, : When in through the schoolroom win dows flatted sweet the wild birds' ' call, ' I would close my desk t dinner, Like hardened little sinner, And the after-nooning found me playing hookey from it all. What to us the far-off sorrow Of the whipping on the morrow, For the day seemed all the future -'twas a hundred hours long, And each hour we were enjoying By the wood and pool just boying, While tho wild birdr, caught our laugh ing toned and wove them into song. I THE MAN AND THE SNAKE i By E. AU'round the circle of the hills, the dazzling sky pressed down unclouded to the touch of the parched rlm-rock. Between the hills the shallow basin : lay baked and breathless. Over It the tense nlr quivered with heat. Within, ; no bird fluttered nor water purled nor green plant raised Us head. Only the desert children, safe-brush and grease wood and long-spined cactus, gray but never dying, lived on there in the drought, sterile and forbidding as the land which gave them Mttlu Everywhere was silence upon the place, everywhere was Immobility, save where the man lay and where beside him the bound snake whirred and writhed and rattled In the Impotent fury of fear. The man lay stretched on the hot ; earth, stark naked, his face turned to the sky. A buckskin thong passed across his throat and was drawn tnut betwen two roots of sage-brush. The noose which held his ankles was se cured about a clump of greasewood and both arms thonged at the wrists, stretched wide as In crucifixion. Heavy bands of buckskin spanned bis body so that to the prisoner there was left but two possible movements. He could turn his head from side to side, facing on the one hnnd the snake, on the other the miniature forest of sage brush; and he could clench and un clench bis pinioned hands. In this Inst freedom the finnl In genuity of savage captors bad found expression. With the left hand tight clenched, the snake's wild stroke fell Just short of Its aim. Should sleep or mseiisiuiiiiy relax lue nngers, l'-A reptile's head might overlap blm. -tW Since early morning'," through" the Increasing heat of the day, the man had lain there, grim and silent as the gray hills around him, save when now and then he rnlsed his hoarse voice In defiant shouts. The snake, on the other hand, struggled and fought un ceasingly against the cord which held him, striking Impartially at it, at the just removed fingers or at the wooden stake to which the cord was tied, grovelling his body In the sandy earth, writhing and tugging with protruding tongue, and all the while translating in whirr and hiss the blind fear of his captivity. , Sometimes the man turned his head to watch; once or twice when the snake's movements flagged he slightly stirred his fingers In the sand, the ruse each time rewarded by the swift spring and fruitless stroke. But mostly he lay still, all his mind bent on endur ance. , The man had 'been placed there to die. He knew it and the knowledge tinged his thoughts with a strange curiosity. There were three ways In which death might reach blm ; through the snake, through sunstroke or by the weary route of thirst and hunger. Tile second and quickest of these ways the light mountain air, vibrantly hot though it might be, rendered Improb able. For the snake, It was part of the man's torment that at any minute he might stretch forth his hnnd ami by the movement Invite an end, brief Indeed but horrible to the mind, doubly horrible to the strained imag ination. There was one other chance. An unexpected rain-storm, a heavy night dew In that barren place, would sti stretch the slender buckskin thong which held the rattler that unaided he might reach and strike his victim. This was the element of uncertainty In the grim problem. Thin it was that sent the man's eyes searching the bare horizon with a look half dread, half longing. On out of these weary Journeys of sight a tiny siieck of black above the western hills attracted him a steady pin point In the dazzling blue, lie shut bis eyes a moment In order to look again the more intently, and when be. opened them, lo! the dark points were two. Ho watched them uncom prehendlngly, us slowly and steadily high In air they moved from west to east When at last In mid-heaven the un's sheer strength beat down his gaze, he was the lonelier for loss of this one sign of movement. The sense of heat had by now grown Into anguish. The man's exposed body drew and quivered beneath the sun's rays as though each inch of it were endowed with a separate life. Unseen insects brushed and fluttered uiou It, leaving beneath their light pressure a trail like Are on the blistered surface. The snake lay prone, exhausted al most beyond striking. The man, not ing It, smiled grimly and scraped his fingers noisily In the loose earth. As the snake whirled to front the chal lenge, he curled bis hand close with a taunt for Its futile effort. He was thus engrossed when sud denly across bis face swept a sense Of delicious coolness. IJe turbed bis head; close above him almost within touch of his free hand, a great black bird, carrion in every movement, hov ered on steady, outspread wings., -its hadow fell across his face;' Its eyes, beadlike and listening and greedy, looked straight Into his own. Forsu Instant they stared thus, man and bird. Then with a cry the man Dung himself against his lionds, strug gling and straining -nti them for es cape from this new horror. On bis body, dry till now, the sweat poured forth In streams.. Blood gushed from his nostrils. With shrieks, with oaths, with stumbling words of prayer, he fought ngaiast the fate which held bim. Not once but many times the it:; C'e wa repeated. . When at last, ex HOOKCY. And to-day t robin twittered Through the window, and my littered Desk became the ink-bespattered one my 1 schooldays used to know, When the voice of spring was crying And some voice in me replying To ite every note and echo and tome yearning bade me go. Hut a stern duty fetters Mi to these unanswered letters hile through hnlf-openedshutter sweit the wild birds cry and rail, And I'm wishing, wishing, wishing, I might steal off somewhere, fishing, Lock up every caro and worry just play hookey from it all. J. W. Foley, in the New York Times. mirrhles. hausted, .bis convulsed body fell back to quiet, the bird was gone. Shudder Ingly the man raised his eyes. Far up, half lost in blue, but ready, tire less, it hung above him. "God!" breathed the prisoner, "God!" and turning his blanched cheek to the sand, he fell into a sort of sleep. All through the waning day he slept, through the approach of night and the swift desert change from heat to cold. When he awoke the first pale amethyst of dawn was In the sky. The snake was sleeping, not as snakes are wont to sleep In freedom, head tucked to tall and sinuous fold lapping on fold, but with Ills swollen body back-thrown and stiffened against the stake which held him, caught niid-Btruggle by Insen sibility. The man turned his head to face him. "Hey, rattler I" he called cheerily, and scraped some grains of sand toward the recumbent body. But when he saw the start and shudder with which the creature woke, the anguish of returning consciousness, suddenly he was sorry for his act. When the snake,' writhing round, struck at its cord quivering from head to tall, he would have given an hour of Ills own rest to have restored the sleep which he had broken. The sun rose presently. Again the weary panorama of the day unrolled before the eyes of the two victims. The snake was quiet, weakened by bis long struggle. The mnn, strengthened by sleep, restored by the night's cold, held himself strongly In band. Sometimes, Indeed, the gwv.Hnj heat (View frtHit Ills iips a broken sigh. Sometimes birds, many now, swooped low around him with hoarse cries and Happing of heavy wings; at such times his whole Imdy grew tense beneath the stress of almost uncontrollable disgust and terror. But be lay still. Not for his reason's sake dared he again give way to the expression of feat'. It was a comfort to him in these moments that the snake showed no apprehension of their gruesome neighbors or eyed them only with the avid eyes of hunger. Watching the Indifference of the reptile, the man feared less. Fixing his eyes upon It, he could hold hard to sanity and to endurance, though around him perched and hovered the vulture ministers of death. But ns the morning passed a new anxiety should die first? It seemed to weaken with every hour and the man trembled. He Rpoke to It soothingly at times and had, or believed he had, the power of quieting Its paroxyuis. In bis fevered mind he searched halt ingly for some knowledge of Its needs. Would It live longer for the taking of life? And If by stretching out his band he could delay Its end, what then of the lengthening of Its pain? Before bis dimming eyes, the' snake loomed, now a refuge, now a menace. A dozen times, he half relaxed his hand only to draw It quickly close again. Once when the snake fell In its spring, seem ingly dead, he thrust the Angers wide with a -cry of utter deprivation. When It moved again he drew them in, the Instinctive iove of life still strong upon htm. A buzzard had risen at his cry and perched on the sage-brush at his head. He studied It quietly for a while, Its coarse, draggled feathers, its filmed, eyes and cruel beak. When the scrutiny had grown Intolerable, he strove to shout to scare It from Its place. His voice came dry and breathless, scarcely a whisper, and the bird swayed back Bnd forth unmoved. . He closed his eyes after this and for a long time Iny still, only rolling his bead from side to side that the vultures might not light upon his body. At last, when the sun lay low on the horizon, he ceased the movement and again looked about him. Overhead a cloud of birds, scared by the sudden quiet, hung high In air; swarms of ants and lesser Insects crawled and fed ujion bis arms and body; the sage brush all around rustled with pungent dryness and to the west the sky burn dryness and to the west the sky burned hard and bright as burnished copper. For a long time he waited. Then, with a sobblug breath, he flung round, straining his body agitinst the cords which held hlml The snake too had moved. The throng that bound It was drawn tnut and painfully It had thrust Its swollen head across Its flnegrs. It lay thus, outstretched, not striking. Its glazing eyes on the man's face. And while they lay so suddenly there cams to pass the Impossible, the one uncounted chance. ' ; From far across the desolate sage-brush desert sounded to them the barking of a dog. It came nearer and with It ; the creak and grinding of heavy wheels. The man strove to cry out and, fall Ing, gnawed desperately at bis baked lips and tongue. - When the feeble trickle of blood which paid bis ef forts ba'd moistened bis dry throat, be raised his voice In shrill and ter rible cries. Above blm at the sound the startled birds twirled to the west. The Hiiake, too wet to spring, had yet dragged himself to a coil, bis flat neai raised in air. Between the cries the man could hear the abrupt stopping of the wagon, the confused exclamation of men's voices. Next Instant, the dog's moist breath whiffed on his forehead and a man's face bent to bis own. There was a sudden tightening of the buck siting thongs u knife passed bt- Dentil them, Its cool blade tearing Ilk Are ou the blistered flesh. Htndl dragged hint from his place, A mnn on either aide he was held erect. Through a maze of pain nd weakness, he could hear the comment of his rescuers. "Alive, all right!" "God! He'll die on our bands." "Carry him to the wagon!" "Look out! Step wide of the rat tler!" , Hnnds beneath his shoulders, they bent to the task of lifting blm. The sufferer sent out a groping hand In protest. He swallowed hard, strug gling to speak. His naked foot thrust close perilously close to the fanged head of the snake. "Turn him loose, too," he command ! ed. San Francisco Argonaut. MAKIXO OVER A MOUNTAIN. Helena Objects to Great Big Bald HIU Wffl Make a Park on tt. The strangest and most Interest ing park project ever undertaken in this country Is to be found at Helena, Mon., writes John H. Raftery in th Technical World Magazine for July, where the citizens are engaged In transforming the bald slopes of a conical mountain which towers nearly 1400 feet above the city Into a for est park. There is no spring, well, brook or pond upon the bare sides or rocky summits of this singular park; nor will it be possible to raise water from the valley for the irrigation of the trees, shrubs and flowers, yet the ex pert foresters of the Federal bureau who spent last summer planning for the planting of the park are agreed that several varieties of evergreen wlU flourish there without water or attendance. A spiral footpath has been graded from the city to the summit of Mount Helena, and there an ornate pavilion has been erected upon the highest point of rock, 1400 feet above. the main street. In the cliffs of the peak there ure two spacious natural caves, which will be tenanted by specimens of the native bears, lions and Other carnlvora of these mountains, Parks enclosing herds of deer, an. telope, moose, elk and buffalo will be added as the present 'Imits of the tract are extended upon the desert lands which lie back of the mountain. How to Train lour Dog. - Jtimcaglsg"Touil-fogi"ther-o will not perhapB be much fun unless yWU can follow your Individual notions on what constitutes enjoyment. There is not perhaps a single thrill In twist ing your soul to carry out processed which rasp against tho grain. However, I am not your parish prleBt, but a dog man. Whatever your imagination may Invent, a dog is still a dog, and has none Of the at tributes which we assign to your selves when we feet mushy, A dog understands "yes" and Is equally competent to grasp the "no." Out side of that, he Is all dog and follows his dog ways. He Indulges In no mental refinement and will not com prehend many of your changes of mood or mind, Whatever you un dertake to teach, make It plain, sim ple and unchangeable. It Is a pity that he must be taught not to Jump up on people and compltmeht theid with his caresses. . Ha means Welt, but must be disciplined sternly lntd knowing that It ii not good form under any circumstances. The dis cipline heed not be accompanied by any severity. A light touch with a whip, if applied invariably, will soon settle the matter. Some kennel-men adopt the plan of stepping lightly on the hind foot, and It Is perhaps the clearest way of conveying the idea. Joseph A. Graham, In "Start ing an Exhibition Kennel," In The Outing Magazine. The Lights of London in A. D. lOOfl The decision to use gas fn prefer ence to the electric arc for the arti ficial lighting of the new station at Victoria marks another stage In the duel between the two ilhimlnants. Few of us, perhaps, realize how long that duel has been In progress. It Is nearly fifty years since the arc light was used In the building of Westminster Bridge; it Is nearly thir ty years Blnce It first illuminated Waterloo Bridge, a portion of the Embankment and the entrance of the Gaiety Theatre. Since those early days it has passed through many stages of Improvement, but at each o them it has been met by a corre sponding Improvement in gas light ing, and It has bad a hard struggle to keep a place in London streets. Apparently even the rosy glow of the "flaming" arcs falls to illuminate the atmosphere of darkest "London as sucessfully as pressure gas; and It is more expensive. But If electricity cannot hold ltl own in the lighting of large open spaces In London, there is a steadily widening field for it Indoors. The time is near at band when, with the cheapening of the production ot electricity and the discovery of a more economical filament tor the In candescent lamp, the use- of gas will be confined to the kitchen aad the atreet. London Dally Graphic. Government Had No Objection. The late Nat Head, once Goovernor ot New Hamshire, 1 sometimes sur prised those who approached him to gain hit political Influences by his witty parrying of their requests. Colon ol Barrett, an estimable of ficial upon the Governor's staff, died, and with unseemly, haste hit would- ib successor began to push their claims, even while - his body was awaiting burial with military honors. One candidate, somewhat bolder than the rest, ventured to call upon Governor Head, thinking to ascertain the bent of the Governor's mind upon the Important question. -; "Governor' be asked, not to apeak In a manner too postltve, "do yon tnlnk you would hare any : objec tions It I was to get Into Colonel Barrett' place?" The answer came promptly, "No, I don't think I should have any ..ob jections, If the undertaker I wining." Earl Cromer la one of the most thorough students of th Bible whom the English public have among tbtif prominent nun. 'v:- i f , ,,K ;?s i THR MOST BEAUTIFUL HORSE IN SPAIN. Selected by the King as a Present For His Bride. LAP-BOARD. Has Features of Simplicity, Con venience and Efficiency. It Is well known that lap-boards and sewing tables are often used for "cutting out" garments, and for ac curately performing the work the cloth must be maintained In an un wrtnkled and comparatively taut con dition. An Ohio woman has patent ed a lap-board which has features of simplicity which could also be applied to a table or any similar article, Holds DownTfce Cloth. The lap-board shown here Is ot th"? Ordinary kind, a marginal groove being made In the sides. In this marginal groove Is placed a strip of penetrable material, as felt, Into Which pins can be easily stuck. The groove and strip can extend part way or entirely around, as convenient. In a table it Would be desirable to Insert Into all sides, while In a lap-board the side containing the concave recess will generally not re quire the strips. Such a tap-board Would be useful In holding work While A seam is being basted or sewed. Even the clothes could be held in position on the table by the addition of such a groove, and when used on library tables, the strip used as a pin-cushion. IN THE PUBLIC EYE. v '"V ; t Photo of Young Queen Wllhelmlna nd Prince Henry, Her Consort. For the Hands. . A few drops of cider vinegar rubbed Into the hands after washing clothes will keep them smooth and take away the spongy feeling they always have after being In the water a good while. An Aid to the Housewife. Handling boiling elothea with an ordinary pole was not considered an up-to-date method by an Iowa In- It . ' ' . I 'lo handle iiulied Clotuus. 1 ?- i i v The Chinese Bride's Veil. Doesn't It look like a latest In lampshades? There's the top In bead blossoms and the deep fringe. But it Isn't . Rather not. It's the bridal veil of a blushing Chinese maiden who is about to promise to love, honor and obey her mother-in-law forevor after. Portable Cot. "Take up thy bed and walk." This is the Biblical quotation which In spired a North Carolina woman to design the portable cot shown here. It is especially suitable for traveler and others who have need of a bed or couch which can readily be moved from place to place. It Is construct ed to be particularly useful upon the ordinary "day coach" or railway trains, when It Is Impossible or un desirable to secure a sleeper. In Fits Into a Suit Case. addition It Is equally well adapted for use as an ordinary couch or bed In the home, upon the lawn or upon camping trips. The body portion Is In two sections, hinged together. The cushions are also hinged together, one of the cushions having draft guard at the top and sides. The en tire cot folds neatly and compactly to form a package Approximately the size of a suit case. A waterproof carrying case 1 provided to protect the cot from the weather, with mean for conveniently carrying It as ordin ary hand ba-rftge. Apostle and Epistle. A Phlladelphlan riding through the mountains of Tennessee stopped one evening to water his horse before a little cabin, outside of which sat an old colored woman, watching the an tics ot a couple of colored boys play ing near by. "Good evening, aunty," he called. "Cute pair of boys you've got. Your children?" "Law a massyl Mah chlllunl 'Deed dem's mah daughteh' chlllunl. Come hyah, you boys," she called sharply, "an" speak to d' gemman!" , A the boys obeyed the summons, the : Phlladelphlan inquired their names. .-, ....-.,...,......... "Clah to goodness, Bah, dem chll luns I right smaht named I" aald the old woman. "Ye see, mah daughteh done got 'llgton long ago, an' named dese hyah boy right out de Bible, sah. DIs hyah One's named Apostle Paul, and de udder's called Epistle Peter." Pittsburg Post , ventor. He therefore evolved the apparatus shown here a pair of for ceps io shaped as to firmly and posi tively grip the clothe so that they can' be handled without tearing. It resembles very much a pair of scis sors, having two levers Intermediate ly pivoted. One end of the levers Is shaped io form a handle and the other Into spoons. These spoons are hollowed out to form a recess, the back being slotted, which reduces the weight and also affords a firm grip. Between the handle 1 a spring. It Is the intention of the inventor to manufacture these forceps of alumln lum. Hitter Cry In England. To cultivate a desirable, elevat ing and charming social set 1 a much the province ot 'parent as to feed and clothe their progeny. Nevertheless, the bitter cry ot the British daughter is heard in the land: "We know so few people. We hardly ever Bee a man." World and Hi Wife. f Ii j - When folded Search Fot ALL THE WORLD LEVIED UPON FOR PLANTS AND FRUITS Where Many of the Present Staples Originated Pern Gave the Potato, Tomato and 'Lima Bean Successes In the Quest For New Salad Hants Japan Has a Promising One in Udo A Delicious East w Indian Mango Soon to Come From Florida. W The recent agitation on the snbjett of pL-epaBlrlg meats and meat product lias turned ''popular attention mors strongly thaa- any other cause to an Interest In a vegetarian diet, and this In turn has Induced Individual curios ity as to the origin of the vegetables which we know best -In this country, writes the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. Every one knows, of course, that potatoes are the mainstay of the Irish and rice of the Chinese. If there Is a failure of the wheat crop, there Is famine In India and the sympathy of the whole civilized world Is drawn upon to sup ply the wherewithal to tide over the year's deficiency, England must main tain n great navy to prevent Its being Isolated from Its bases of food supply In case of war, as much as for the protection of Its colonies. Taking less"u from these patent facts, this country, in spite of the unusually wide range of Its products and Its practical immunity from harm on this score even under stress of war, has undertaken, through a bureau of the Department of Agriculture, to search the whole world for every sort of growing thing which has possibili ties as a food product. Having found such a plant, It has been Imported here for development In the Government's laboratories and subsequent distribu tion to such Government experiment stations or private growers as could develop It more scientifically for the climate to which It Is best suited. Many persons consider Ireland the home of the potato, which has become such a necessary part of the average American's diet. The plant came to this country from the highlands of Co lombia and Peru, a section of the world which baa furnished a number of the best known and most widely cultivated vegetables of the present time. The to mato was Introduced from Peru back In Civil War days, when Ignorant peo ple had nn iden that It was a poisonous plant. Agricultural statistics of the past year show that superstitious fear of the tomato has disappeared suffi ciently to encourage the growing of this popular food on 500,000 acres. The II ma bean is another vegetable of popu lar consumption which came from the same South American country, having been Introduced here about eighty-five years ago. Certain sections of the country have come to grow lima beans In snob profusion that farmers have been able to obtain special railroad "iatcs for sending their crop to city martate. Thousands upon thousands of dollars 'invested In the orange groves of California vui Florida obtained that opportunity for Invertuieiit In conse quence of the introducthn of orange cuttings from Brazil. Englan?. is glv- en credit for having provideoVlTifs country with asparagus, while celery came originally from Southern Europe, and rhubarb from Central Asia. Still unsatisfied with all that other countries have given us In the way of food supply, the aggressive agricul tural scientist of to-day has been tour ing the world and exploring Its far away corners and uninhabited desert and forest nooks for what may turn out to be only a slip of a plant or a sample of an undeveloped fruit. Each, however, brings to the explorer llie ;rerm of an Idea by which he hopes to develop the new plant, through Govern ment aid. Into a staple of both food value and financial profit. Descriptions have been given In the Evening Post's correspondence of the last six months of some of the note worthy novelties brought to this coun try In this way, Including durum, or macaroni wheat ; cbnyote, the new del icacy of the egg plant variety; the cac tus cheese, which Is so nearly like the ordinary cake chocolate as to be read ily mistaken, except for Its slightly tart flavor ; new varieties of tangerines and other specimens of the orange fam ily, and of grazing plants which will grow In the semi-arid parts of the West where there are less than six Inches ot rainfall. In each of these In stances there has been an accomplish ment worthy of note, but the list has not yet been exhausted. Other plants and fruits are beiug developed along the same lines, and descriptions of some of tbem will be available, before long for the Information of the public. At the present moment It Is possible to give some brief facts about several ex periment which have progressed far enough to indicate a gratifying success In as great measure, probably, as those Just mentioned. - .-. . Salads have come to be a part of the principal dally meal tor most persons who live reasonably well, because of the many kinds Which can be prepared at small cost and which add to much to the enjoyment of the repast But i' there Is a continual longing for new kinds of salad, and chefs are puzzling their brains to arrange new combina tions. To meet the demand ha been one of the task which the agricultural explorer ha set for himself, and al ready be ha succeeded to a degree. In Japan he has found a vegetable, called by the Japanese udo, wblch Is as com mon there a celery I here. It I so enjoyed by the Japanese that they Im port the canned article to this country rather than do without their accus tomed food. It cannot take the place Of lettuce for variety Of uses, but may be Adapted to a palatable dish by the addition of certain sauces. It bat not yet been given a distinctive American name, but It grow in thick blanched hoots of two feet or more In length, and prospers splendidly. By slicing the shoots Into long, thin shavings and serrlug. with a French dressing, there is presented a silvery looking salad tilth unusual crlspnes and a new aiw"i di'itlnct flavor. . - ' Some day epicure will cberlsh the name of the explorer who brought to this country the original mango, the friilt which has become a fad with number of Florida orange growers In Motion whore there Is a suitable sell New Foods nad little or no frost. There have.been mangoes sold In this ceuutry, but tlie.v hare not been of the true, high-grade 'Stock which has given the fruit Its fame abroad. It was In 1889 that the East Indian Mnlgoba mango was Intro duced Into Florida. It prospered for several years until the great freeze of 181)5 killed all but one tree, and that wn saved only through the exertions of a horticultural expert on the ground. Thousands of grafted trees now grow ing in Florida owe their start In life as fruit producers of the first grade to this one lonely tree which nearly suc cumbed to the frost eleven years ago. The experiment has reached such a stage that the marketing ef a crop Is expected by another season. Mangoes offered In delicatessen shops to-day are disdained by the experts as unworthy of the name, which will be lived up to by the new variety. The Oriental mahgo Is known as the most luscious fruit that grows, h.tvlng no more tilire than a peach, but being much more richly flavored. Another Inducement to cultivation Is that they will grow on soil of no particular vniue and con tinue bearing for years. This, In addi tion to enormous crops, is likely to re sult In general Introduction In such sections ss afford the proper climate. In this same general clnss Is a fruit called mangosteen, which the Depart ment of Agriculture experts hope to propagate as a new industry for Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Panama Canal zone, and perhaps some other localities. Some specimens are already growing In Hawaii, as In Jamaica and Trini dad, hut It Is not entirely acclimated as yet. The mangosteen has a delicate flavor and attractive appearance, but lacks a sturdy root system which will make It commercially practicable. To discover a representative of this spe cies which will provide the toughness of fibre required and on which the del icate mangosteen can be grafted, Is now the work of the Investigators. The fruit has a white pulp, more ten der than that of the plum and an al luring flavor which Is hard to describe. The rind Is of a purple brown shade that distinguishes It from other fruits of similar variety and marks It as dis tinctively as the red-sklnued banana Is different from the ordinary Bort. These several experiments in fruits contain great possibilities to the fruit growers of America as well as prophe cies of new delicacies for the gratifica tion of the Increasing thousands of well-to-do citizens whose material pros perity develops the market for new, food products. All parts of the world have been levied on JtQ. jptvx'iin vTflew sensations fortjtTc'uTtural and horti cultural. America, and as quickly ns re- sjiWiTareattaiik.l they will be made known to those who can carry on tho work most successfully. L'sually the State experiment stations are given this opportunity, since through them the general public may be supplied most satisfactorily. Because of this co operative plan, by which the work of the Government ex perts Is made available to every grow er and experimenter in these lines throughout the country, there Is al ways a large majority of the National legislators who are willing to vote the necessary funds fbrdevelnplng It. What no individual grower could afford to attempt on his own responsibility and expense, the Government can and does do In the Interest of all Its citizens. THE CUTTING OF CAMEOS. Stones Are Plentiful, But Large, Per fect Pieces Are Costly. Cameos are cut from tho stones onyx and sardoynx, which are Bald to be bo plentiful on the Uruguay River In Brazil that Bhips often carry them away as ballast. Nevertheless, perfect pieces ot large size are costly. A piece suitable for a large portal costs about $75. This stone Is preferred for cameos because of its hardness and durability and Is suitable for such work owing to the fact that It comes In layers ot contrasting colors, as black and white, black and cream or red and white. When the cut figure is sunk into the stone instead ot being raised the cutting I called an Intaglio. The cost of these gems is due to the time and skill required in the work. Formerly a small gem might occupy an artist for a year or more, but with modern appliances the work can be done more rapidly, Still the ancient work bear the palm tor ertla tlc excellence. ' The cutting Is now done by hold ing the stone against a revolving drill, whose soft steel face Is covered with diamond dust. No steel is hard enough to cut the stone. The utmost patience and caution and , delicate handling are required, as the slight est slip may spoil the work. Chicago Tribune. New Source of Starch, In a bulletin of the Jamaica Df. j partment of Agriculture H. H. Cous- Ins, the Government chemist, states that th high percentage of starch in the cassava makes the latter more valuable than the potato as' a source ot this ' substance. The cassava is also not subject to the fungoid dis ease prevalent In the German pota to fields, from which a .large propor tion ot the starch now cold In Great Britain I derived. The cassava sea son Is unrestricted, and this give a further Important advantage over the one-crop-a-year potato. Mr. Cousins apparently believes that the manufacture ot starch from the cas sava can be done so cheaply that th German potato starch will be driver, from the English market. Argus. 'ii:, '";". '' -' ;. 1 '" . ..' ''" ll "f'-J-;.:'-; A man of eighty, elected by a Judg for Frutlgen, Switzerland, Is to through a university course in ordiv to enable hint to pass the exauiolatlvu required by law. Ear-th Roads. A road should not be wider than ' ;weuty-flve feet. An ordinary rain will never hurt a road, but the storm water and snow thawing In spring will cut nnd wash out the roads; therefore the roads should not be made over twenty-five feet wide, so that the centre of the road is close enough to the ditches to give the fall ing waters a chance to reach them. The centre of a road should not be more than two feet higher than the . bottom of the ditches; if the centre Is higher a loaded wagon will slide Into the ditch if the road Is frozen In winter. I also find that In a long slope, say one-half mile long, or longer, and where the road Is higher on one side than on the other, a culvert pipe should he put In every forty rods to ,. lead the water Into the lower ditch, as tin, higher side of the road gathers more water. For culverts nothing- sewer tile should ting In a culverr take Into conslderaP water It has to carry, an ground to be drained is or sloping. If the ground is on the level a small tile, by giv it the proper fall, will take care of an Immense amount of water; but on sloping ground It will take a much larger culvert, as the water comes rushing down the hills, and If the culvert is too small and has not the proper fall, the water will run over the road. Tlie culverts should not lie laid too deep, to keep tbem from clogging, tint the dirt on the top of the culvert idiotild be higher than the adjacent ground, so that In case the water should break It will not disturb the culvert. A road lied twenty-five feet wide Is wide enough even on a hillside. It Is true a deep ditch will wash out on both sides, but as the road wears down It will also wnsh In the centre. Then In repairing the road the dirt should not be dragged into the centre of the road, but sliould be carried to the sides ami dumped into the ditches. I have done tills several times and find it satisfactory. This will lower the road, hut will leave It high and hard in the centre if the roads are laid out In the centre where they belong, and are made straight and given the right width, and culverts are put In wher ever they nre necessary, and put In right and of the right kind of material, and the roads are kept In repair Then, If the State will pass a law to aid the counties and townships In making macadamized roads, the roadbed will , be In such a shape that the gravel or inck may be applied at once, TB3 wiil Insurer Riwtt saving to Yr community as a lusting Improvement. The above embodies the result oh tallied by a very snirc'-ifful roadbullder In the State of Kansas constructing earth roads. "'W' Dustlcss Road fn View. Prospects of a dustles roadbed vithout the use of oil or cut stone la pleasing officers of the Illinois Cen tral road. Though gravel is con ceded to make the easiest rldlpg roadbed, Its dust feature has made It a nuisance. General Manager Rawn, of the Illinois Ceutral, and hie as sistant, Mr. Frltch, have made a find In the way of dustless gravel. Re cently the company began taking gravel out ot the Mississippi River at tho Memphis bars. The gravel, being washed for centuries, Is free from soil, the only thing on it is sand and all but twenty-flvo per cent, of this 19 washed off after it Is taken from the river. The first of this new bal- ; last is being used on the Yazoo ft Valley line. It Is clear and clean as a crystal, and must ever be dust less. The Illinois Central will ex: tend the new-found ballast over all lines of the system, giving it an easy k riding, and at the same time a dust-J less roadbed. Buffalo Courier. Public Roads in Alabama. - -In 1004 there were 50,089 miles of public road In the State of Alabama. Of this mileage, 1201.6 miles were surfaced with gravel, 892.5 mile with stone, fifty miles with shells, twelve: miles with snndclay mixtures, and four miles with chert and slag, making In nil 1720 miles of improved road. It will be seen from these figures that 8.4 per cent, of the roads has been Im proved. By comparing the total road mileage with the area of the State, It appears that there wa 0.87 of a mile of public road per square mile ot area. A comparison of mileage with popula tion shows that there was one mile of ,. road to every thirty-six Inhabitant, but only one mile of Improved Wad to every 1003 Inhabitants. Home and Farm. Oil In Making Roads. The use of oil In road maklnfi was tried with some success In experiments at Jackson, Tenn. The best result were obtained with heavy.' natural oils, which were applied while hot, being heated on the cart by steam, using about one-third gallon per square yard. The toad material ind the oil formed a mixture something like concrete, which produced little dust, and proved quite desirable, also reducing the noise of traffic. The coating I about one eighth thick. The experiments, being very recent, are not yet regarded as complete with regard to the lasting effects of the oil. Polish Women' Perfect Feet. Polish women are renowned Ton... their beauty, for the perfection of their hand and the tm&llnea ot their feet. They place the fineness of the hands above all charms. "I regard, my hands, not my face," said . one, and It Is reported In Warsaw that the Vienna shoedealer keep a separate case of shoes for the deli cate feet of their Polish customers. Tli world's navies number 2201 v els.
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