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To Build Earth Roads. OT WITHSTANDING all that Nhas been done or proposed in the way of rdadi improve- .X J Ull 1 1121 I I raent, the real problem for ir?xt twenty-five years will con. -tbe H!P tO be how to make good dirt -.is. Model roads, under ' the : Hig Armstrong act, or any other pos- M,ip act, will not cover, the, State; of ;"w York with macadamized roads in- of seveuijf-ue ,y tin s. me cuange 01 setuij-uc jcaio. AUB WUUUge . , ,k .11 nor un ueiiTi-uiiuie iu iiih i nnniv i . -7 farmers mside of twenty-five years. I bourse, this kind of 4rk should pushed forward with earnestness flncl liberality. The trolley meanwhile '-rill a great ways to supplement he macadam, but both together cannot lift, us out of the slough. - We must .gtudy the dirt road question, and not consider it as of little, importance. County engineers, taking charge' nnder the pay system, ought to make a solu tion of the question,; wmch the old patlmiaster system did not, and never could have done. A good dirt road could never be made by surface drain- in?. It was no more possible and 'never will be possible than to make dry meadows by surface draining. The farmer knows that he must unito'drain his land, and do it thorf oujhly. But if you go into a highway and drive a spade down in the middle of your road you will find that the crust even in the dry est weather is rot more than six inches in thicknessl How long a rain will it take to soften tins cr break it up entirely? The result is mild holes, and in a wet spell almost impassable roads, and this has been the history of our country roads ever since we took possession of the land ard laid them out; It would continue to be the story forever under the patbmaster system. What is neede'd is in: derdraining as well as surface draining. In some cases a main ditch alone: the centre of the road, thorough ly laid in six or eight inch tile, would bo sufficient. In other cases it would need tlie French system of tile ditches on each side. European model roads iiave these deep ditches four feet deep on cub side of the road, and in some cases there is an additional ditch down in the centre, all tiled and covered. The expense of such a dirt road would, of course, be vastly less than a mac adam; or tel ford road, and it would pay for itself in the saving of a single year to the farmers adjacent. There could 'be no objection to a thoroughly Trell laid stone drain, where tile is costly and stone plenty. In other irc?:cls, drain your roads as you drain jour meadows, and they will be pass able driveways and- haulways at - all seasons of the year. We note that Tvhcre trolleys are built they improve .I.- .1 ! i S ' 1 !A. lit- ifl 1 mi' drainage, ana no it wnn coverqu lraius.-E. P. Powell. Clinton N. Y. Foster Self-Kespect. Good roads foster a proper self-re spect, both in the man who uses them and the man who lives adjacent to them. New Jersey Commissioner ofY Public lioaus: Bad roads are costingymany a farmer much of the self-respect he feels when driving along a good road at a good pace, with clean buggy, clean harness and a clean horse. , .T. A. Mount, ex-Governor of Indiana: The man who lives surrounded with good highways, who-sees a good turn out soincr by. drivinsr rapidly, with Iiandsomely dressed people in the con veyance, will think more quickly, has icre pride and is apt to catch inspira tmn and .become more active and pro-ressive. f : ' n . W. Pendergast: To sum up, a per feet highway is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. It blesses every home hy v.hich it passes. ' It brings into Pleasant communion people who other vis;e would have remained at a per poiiiai. distance. It awakens emulation, enr. outs friendships and adds new ' en.irin to social life.- It mates tuo it traverses more attractive, the i'e;U'ncc3 more delightful: it stimu- I'ieids. begin to look tidier, shabby fences disappear, gardens grow fewer Avecfb, laTVEs are .better kept, the J ,JMst;:i seem cosier,' trees are planted l!f its borders, birds fill the I air v.ith music, the world seems brighter and tiif- atmosphere purer. The coun " tly is awake,, pa triotism revives, ' p Wl ntbrbpy blossoms as selfishness fades nd nks f rcm view. The school house and the church feel the magic inSuence the wand of progress' has touched even them; the old are young gain, the young see something new to live- for, and to all life seems Tvorth 1!-e living. The .daily ; mail .reaches J.ch home. The rural cosmopolitan "e!s the daily pulse of the world." Wheelmen are no longer" confined ; to l!je cities. Bicycles, now within reach 01? aH. are no strangers among farm-trs- The golden days of which ihe jets long have sung are upon them. Uo areams jrOf. the past are coming n Great Cost of Hauling'.' , , There is graduallv Trnncr greater inteUlgence as totted ol good roads. Government show that in the South the average cost of hauling a ton a mile is twenty five cents, that the average length of ""Ui lu ul5?lKet is twelve and one-half " tneri"e it costs the' Southern tnn eraP 53.12 to haul a row, if a farmer hauls " I iweive tons of stuff to each horse worked on the farm, and runs,, sav, a five-horse farm, his Z hauling for the year will cost $1S7, a much larger sum than he is likely to suspect Government calculations, based on census reports, reveal the astounding font iU.i Ai , ,. lac that the haulinc connected with . - " vV- one-iourtn mejalne. of the produce raised VEGETABLE JVI1MICRY. Stapelia and Other Flower, That TTnv '" . ; . Fetid Odors. Quite a number of flowers have dis tinctly mimetic odors. It can 'hardly be doubted. f or example, that the of fensive ; smell of the carrion flowers stapelia, Aristolochia, arum, rafflesia and others is more effective in promot ing cross fertilization because of its resemblance to tne odor of putrid meat. So completely are the flesh flies de ceived, that they often deposit their eggs on the petals of carrion flowers. Fetid odors, occur in byronia, hello- borus, geranium, stachys, ballota, iris and other gen era. The odor of others have a curious resemblance to' the smells emitted by certain animals. Hypericum hirinum and orchis hircina are bad-smelling flowers with an odor resembling that of the coat: corian- drum sativum has the fetid smell of bugs, while the hemlock, agqin, emits a strong odor of mice. Alone with these may be mentioned adoxa, the musk orchis, the grape hyacinth and other musky-scented flowers. The resemblance in smell b?twcen these flowers and the secretion 'formed in the scent glands of the musk ox and other animals is. to say the least, a remarkable coincidence. Possibly flies which accompany cattle" may be attracted by smells of this description. Very curious also is the vinous smell of oenauthe, and the brandy-like aronla of the yellow water lily nuphar, heue called the branfly bottle. Etheral oils exhaled by plants, while attractive Jo some animals, seem to repel others; the scents of sweet-smelling flowers, such as daphne, thymus, marjoram, melilotus and gymnademia, though grateful to bees and butterflies, appear to be distasteful to ruminants. Kerner states that in general the latter avoid all blossoms; even the caterpillars? do not readily attack the petals of their food plants. Odor may therefore be protective or attractive or it may be of use in both ways. The same remark applies to color, which may serve either to attract or repel; the richly variegated leaves of the Indian nettles species of coleus and the tinted foliage of I begonia and geranium may possibly escape injury on account; of the general resemblance to colored blossoms. h Instances in which one plant resembles another in smell are not very common In the flowering class, though cases do occur like the garlic mustard and apple-scented saliva. Resembling odors are much more frequent among fungi. Knowl edge. - ' i An Awkward Tosltion. I The following incident occurred at an entertainment in a large provincial town. On the programme a certain vocalist was down to sing 4The Miner's Dream of Home," and to add specihl effect to the son,g he, having a friend a nreman at tne nrc swuuu, auuui three minutes' walk from the hall, ran out and borrowed his top-boots. His turn on th,e prrgramme came around. He appeared on the stage In all the glory of a red blouse, slouch hat, white breeches and (the fireman's) top-boots. His, rendering of the song was a great success up to the middle of the second verse, when a commo tion was heard at the entrance of the hall. V'.. Thea a hot and eager fireman forced his way through the audience up to t'he footlights, and' bawled out at the top of his voice: "Bill, (you've got to come out of them 'ere . boots if you value your life. I'm called to a-tire." Tit-Bits. Xhe First of Its Kind. . The peace agreement between the British and; Boer leaders is typewrit ten, and is probably , the first instru ment of the kind. Louis Botha's sig nature is described as being in a "fine, clerkly hand." The others are all somewhat rougher, and Delarey's is stated to be the roughest of all. By the way, he splits his name into three syllables, thus:- de la Key, while his l-edoubtable colleague of the late Free State signs himself Christian de Wet, also with a small "d." The raail from London to Shanghai, which now is on .the way thirty -three to thirty-six days, will require, only, sixteen days via. the Siberian Railway. Incandescent lamps emit more heat than is generally supposed, only six per cent, of- the energy of the current, being converted into light. A sixteen-candle-power lamp, fed by a current of 100 volts, has heated; ten ounces of water to boiling point in an hour, and fires celluoid in five minutes. An effortlis'being made to secure the establishment of a Government biolog ical station1 on the great lakes.; The purpose of !sich a station is to investi gate all -the problems connected with their whole extent, principally for the protection )f the commercial fish. A new lifeboat from Scotland is in flated automatically on being plunged into the Abater. A perforated metal case lipids materials for generating gas, togetherwith a spiral spring held under tension by a strip of paper, and as the paper becomes wet it tears, re leasing th spring, and this causes the J J w- . mixing of the chemicals and the begin ning of the gas-making, vi ; It has remained 'for a New Orleans railway company to discover the deco rative and advertising value of a smoke stack. It J height obviously renders it a conspicuous feature of the city's per- spective, And when encircled with a spiral of incandescent lamps it stands' out in the! night a veritable beacon of. light. Th0 top is decorated with clus- ters of lamps, the light from which re flected on jthe clouds of smoke issuing from the phimney make a most pleas-; ing picture. ; c ! TExperinlents by the Government have shown that no matter what the i . . . . process oi cooiiing, meat loses a great; deal of it bulk, owing to the evapora-f tion of thje water, whicb constitutes a large par: of all flesh. This loss is greater in small pieces than in the larger onfes. In a lean piece of beef weighing I from one to one and three quarters if a pound, the loss of weight was 45.Gjper cent, while in a piece weighing! from; five to five and three quarter pounds the loss was only 39 8 per cent. 1 The loss of nutrition is not nearly sq great, however, as that of the weight would seem to indicate. The substitution of crude oil for soft coal as af fuel for both stationary and locomotive engines is steadily grow ing. If. Jthe cost of oil can ; be mate rially reduced the use of it will increase even more rapidly. v Most of the fuel oils nowf come from the new fields in Texas and California, and the great drawback to their general use is the lack of facilities for regular and clean delivery.! Theoil producers say that; if i m t ft -i- i j ' mere - were a line oi xanu sieamers they coujd deliver oil in New York at thirty cfnts a barrel; and that would be equivalent to a supply of coal at one-third the normal price. Oil has many advantages over coal it makes steam niore quickly, keeps the press ure mor even, emits no smoke, leaVes no ashes and does not, clog the flues. In the cp st of handling, too, it has the advantage, for one fireman using bil can do the work of four using coal. I J JExerclslng Horses. An English army officer, writing on the ear of horses, says: "Regularity of exercise is an important element in the development of the highest powers 1 of the liorse. The horse in regular work will suffer less in his legs than anotherj for he becomes gradually and thoroughly accustomed -to what is j re quired of him. The whole living, ma chine accommodates itself to the regu lar denlands on it; -the body becQmes active nd well conditioned, without superflojis fat, and the muscles and tendons gradually develop. Horses regularly worked are also nearly ex empt frbm the many accidents which arise frm overfreshness. j "As 4 proof of the value of regular exercise? we need only refer to the stage ()ach horses of former days. Many oJC these animals, though by no means of the- best; physical frame, would trot with a heavy load behind them fdr eight hours, at the rate of :en miles . ah "hour without turning a hair, and" thi work they would continue to do for J years without being sick' or sorry. T Few gentlemen can say ; as much lor. their carriage horses. No horses, in fact, were in harder condi tion. ;- -;.;' -''; "On he other hand, if exercise; be jseglectjkl. even for a few days in a horse if high condition, he will put on fat. He has been making daily jthe large amount of material needed to sustain! the consumption caused by: his work. I If that work ceases suddenly nature I will, notwithstanding, continue to supply the new: material ; and fat, followed" . by plethora and frequently by dislase, will be the speedy conse quence!"' J LonRfellovr. Longfellow turned out about one volume of poems a year for many years; pearly four years' were required, for hisftranslation of 'Dante." Torcf on lace, of any pattern can now be maje by one machine, owing to a cecent invention in Vienna. the . Cross. ; ; r . Sincerity is tbe secret of; success. ? Singing faints are seldom sad ones. . He who was often weary , can always give us rest. To break our mir ors will not make us beautiful. s . The worldy-wise nay be eternally foolish. ' It takes more than money to make a living. - Strength in prayer caniot be meas ured by length. It is vain" hope that the chains of habit will rust off. The recording angel cannot be fooled by church reports. To be at our best tomorrow we must be at our best today. i f When a father is too tender his sens usually balance things: . . You cannot worship the Father while you are wounding the child. v'.:- Good intentions do not improve with age. V --v- :k '- Z ; Grapes of peace do not grow on thorns of passion. '! . , . : ; . I We do not . need the Cross without if I we have the Christ within. i ; ! Self-knowledge will cure self-love. 1 Practical piety must be personal, j Half a truth may be a whole lie. I Iniquity is the first cause of infirmity.? ! The love of God-is the light of manj The avalanche starts with a peb-! ble. ." . . ; ;..;' ,;v; ; Zy .;, p The greedy man alvays cheats .liim-l Self. ' v;.. . :,i ''; -; . '! - ! Sense and sanctity are not antonyms j Profanity is of ten a species of insan- ity. - .y' v. ' :: 1 Humility, is one of the gates of heaven. :---.f . The flames of lust quenches the light of life. -y,. ;;;t ; ; Permanency : of pleasure depends on purity of purpose. J The world's premiums are never worth the cost of the coupons. I . -f A Land Speculation. John Jacob Astor, son of William H., married a Miss Gibbs, while - the other son, William, married Miss Schermerhorn, a member of an old and opulent New York family who brought, him a ' fortune. These two brothers built adjacent houses in Fifth avenue, which they occupied till death, wlien the buildings were de molished and the lots- each 100 feet front were occupied by the Waldorf Astoriar The combined property be fore the hotel was erected was worth $1,500,000, and yet it cost' old John Jacob less than $200. Rochester Dem ocrat and Chronicle. 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The change lasted three days. .Then, so thestory goes, Blanco's natural color asserted :. itself once more, and he resumed his .place on shipboard as a man of ebony. : ' - ' "I had heard of a negro turning white from fright," said Captain Z. R. Thompson of the Small, "but it was : tae first time I ever saw such a trans formation, r- Ordinarily Blanco is as black; as night, but while the storm lasted he . was almost as white as snow." .f , In a wrecked condition the schooner came - into port yesterday, and . was towed to drydock. Three weeks ago slo left "v alparaiso with a cargo of wood, birds, and-monkeys. Six days later she ran into a severe storm. For four days and nights her crew was kept on deck. On the fifth day top mast and bowsprit wert by the board. All this time Blanco, the cdok, is said to have grown whiter and whiter. New York Mail and Express. A;. 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