Y
V Around the
r 7 Hearthstone, 5
ON THE STAGE.
In the rosy light of my day's fair morn
ing, .
Ere ever a storm-cloud darkened the
west, i
Ere eyer a shadow of night gare warning,
When life seemed only a pleasure guest,
Why, then, all humor and comedy scorn
ing, I liked high tragedy best.
I liked the challenge, the fierce-fought
- - duel,
With a death or a parting in every act,
I liked the villain to be more cruel
Than, the basest villain could be, in fact,
For it fed the fires in my mind with fuel
Of the things that my life lacked.
'But as time passed on and I met real
- : sorrow,
. And she played at night on the stage of
my heart,
I found that I could not forget on the
morrow
The pain I had felt in her tragic part;
And, alas! no longer I needed to borrow
My grief from the actor's art. ..
And as life grows older, and, therefore,
sadder
(Yet sweeter, may be, In its autumn
haze),
I find more pleasure in watching the
gladder
And lighter order of humorous plays.
Where mirth is as mad, or may be niad-
- der
Than the mirth of my lost days.
J like to be forced to laugh and be merry,
J
Tho the earth with sorrow is ripe and
rife; .'
like for an evening at least to bury
All thought of trouble,or pain, or strife.
In sooth, I like to be moved to the very
Emotions I miss in life.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
HERO OF THE
HALL BEDEOOM.
When I told my wife about It she
exclaimed: "How utterly absurd! Why,
1 think., you should have understood
"him all along." ,
"Mrs. Dockboy," said I, sevoif-ly,
"how was I to believe all bis stories
his tales of prowess In matters of love.
In feats t strength? Perhaps he did
knock out O'Sullivan, the champion
middleweight; perhaps he was the
greatest halfback that ever played on
the Cad university eleven; perhaps he
did leave the West on account of the
Importunities of three beautiful mill
ionairesses; but even Lieutenant Swash
: ioubted the story of his capture by
Apaches and his subsequent release
by the chiefs daughter."
"Swash!" retorted my wife. "Why
' do you always quote that horrid old
thing? I think that be Is himself in
clined to exaggeration at times, wheth
er unconsciously or otherwise, I can
not judge."- -
I do not take my wife's view of the
matter at all, and I cannot ese why the
lieutenant and myself should have acr
ed otherwise than we did
We were talking of Filkins Filkins,
. who occupied the fourth floor rear hall
bedroom In my old boarding house. In
locating the man I have described
him, for that particular room In every
boarding house is inhabited, experi
ence has taught me, by a peculiar gen
ius men of culture, but on their up
pers, men whose long lines of distin
guished ancestors have bequeathed to
them some quarts of blue blood, but
nothing with which to keep It In circu
lation, and an Inherent idea that it
ought to keep moving itself, without
their descending to plebeian labor to
supply the motive power. Just such a
person was Filkins. His clean-cut
features, his easy manners, his polite
bearing, supported by ' his -pretension
. to family. When preparatory to go
ing cut after dinner he donned the
evening clothes of the medical student
' who occupied the second floor front,
and you saw him, not a hair of his head
or mustache out of place, not a wrin
kle or a speck anywhere, you instinct
ively felt that he was a gentleman
born, i
. And if, perchance, Jje was off to "that
swell little affair at Mrs. Van Foam's
that the papers have been talking so
much of," and needed a quarter for
car fare, his father having forgotten
to send him bis check for the month,
It was willingly given, for he was a
' capital fellow. He drew on us occa
sionally, but we regarded that as only
; a .slight compensation for his com
pany. Lieutenant Swash came Into my
room early one evening as Filkins and
I were discussing things In general
over our pipes, and announced that he
had three tiefcts for a series of .box
. Ing bouts at the Olympic Athletic Club.
"There will be some bruising," he
cried, enthusiastically, "and it will be
worth seeing."
"Awfully sorry, old man, but I oan't
go," replied Filkins. "There la a cer
tain man in New York who has been
' searching high and low for me for
three weeks. He'll be there, I know,
for he has been going to the bowwows
and spends all bis time about such
places. T'm not afraid of him. but I
. deem it more discreet foe a while to
avoid him."
. "Your tailor?" ventured the. lieuten
ant. - '
"Dear me, no," replied Filkins, with
great good humor. He seemed to en
Joy the Joke. "Would that he was and
. I was wearing a respectable-looking
- cause for him to pursue me, but I am
T not so lucky."
"Now, see here, Filkins, you've got
to come," I said.
"To tell the truth, It would be awful
ly embarrassing for me to meet that
fellow," he replied. "You'd be sur
prised If I'd tell you who he is. Every-o-
one has heard of him rich, : great
' swell." -
Swash looked at me and winked one
of his knowing winks. Then, turning
to Filkins, he asked: - -"Well,
what does he want with you?"
"A woman at the bottom of the whole
: thing." replied our companion, unruf
fled. "You'd be surprised if you knew
who she was great belle piles of mon
ey In her own name. I met her at a
dance. Three weeks ago she broke off
the engagement, and since then he has
been going to the bowwows a' perfect
madman, the fellers say, and he has
sworn to break my head on sight."
"Andwhy should he bother about
you?" sneered Swash, sitting down on
the edge of the bed, a most contempt
tjous look on his face. " '
Filkins smiled and softly puffed up
.hi pipe. '
. "Why should he bother about you?"
V repeated the lieutenant, more emphati
cally.
Inled, I don't know," was the 'quiet
'I never spoke to her more
lire times." - He was silent for
JJFhen he laughed: ."And,
(of on know,: she sent me a
-r day that cost me a
t tnessetwn
x
"Never mind your certain man. Come
on!" cried the lieutenant, rising, but
toning his coat and drawing on bis
gloves.
Filkins sighed, knocked the ashes out
of his pipe and arose.
"Very well, if you insist,"- he said.
"But I know there will be trouble, and
I am very rusty with my fists. Now,
I would not care if I was like what t
was when "
"Hurry! We're late!" interrupted
Swash. And as we were tiling down
the stairs he whispered:
"A million to one we don't see tin.'
certain man." ...
"I would be a fool to take you up." I
replied, softly.
When we reached the gymnasium of
the Olympic Club the first bout was
over. Several hundred men, generally
In their shirt sleeves, were- seated on
low benches about the ring, all smok
ing so vigorously that a thick haze
filled the room, and from where we
stood we could hardly distinguish the
faces of the two muscular fellows who
were seated in their respective cor
ners. "There are three seats up fronj.
Let's get there," said the lieutenant,
indicating the place with his cane.
Filkins hung back.
"I'd rather not," he said, "I'll not be
noticed here."
"Rot!" exclaimed the other, seizing
lehls arm and literally dragging him
through the crowd, until at length we
were comfortably fixed In the front
row. I could see everything then, and
even beard the low tones of the referee
as he arose and announced: "Sixrounds
between Harry Donobue of Boston
and Kid Williams of New York. Then,
with a nonchalant wave of the hand
toward the right-hand corner, "Doua
hne;" toward the left, "Williams."
Donahue and Williams . were two
very respectable looking young men,
with clear, pink faces, and splendid
chests and muscles. Swash said that
the latter was a middle weight and
fought too low, but of that I knew
nothing. . In fact, I thought It was
rather tame. My idea of prize fights
had been drawn from comic and religi
ous papers, but in these two active,
athletic young men, who shook hands
and then began to jump lithely about
the ring, beating the air and at times
striking each other with their gloved
hands, I did not see a realization of my
sanguine imaginings. To be sure, in
the second round Williams landed vil
lainously on Donohue's nose, causing it
to bleed profusely, and received in turu
an upper cut on the chin which brought
from the crowd about us cries of "Good
un!" "Now, another!" "Yer got Mm
skeert." "Ah, pshaw! the Kid's too
slow; jest see the chances he missed!"
"He's fighting too low."
The affair was getting more Inter
esting. Williams gave his opponent n
body blow that sent him reeling against
the ropes at one side, but the Boston
lad regained himself in an instant and
dealt the New-Yorker such a violent
one on the cheek that the youn man
began to stagger stupidly about, hold
ing his hands out to protect His face.
Involuntarily I half rose and cried, "A
good un!"
A sudden pull at my coat brought
me back to my seat and Filkins whis
pered In my ear:
"There he Is! What did I toll you?"
"Who?" said I, ruffled at the inter
ruption. "The man that I spoke of. Come. let
us get out. He is moving this way."
Swash heard him, and, seizing him,
he pulled him back Into his seat, lor
he had made a motion to go.
"Leave at this point?" he- cried.
"Filkins, you're a fool."
I looked toward the person whom
Filkins had pointed out, and although
I had never before seen him, from a
series of pictures of noted society men
which a certain paper had published 1
knew him to be Archibald Van Peys
ter. "Yes, Filkins," I said, "you're a fool."
"Call me what you choose," he retort
ed, "but mark my words, there will be
trouble if we stay. Time has ben
called and I, at least, had better go."
"Nonsense!" laughed Swash. "We'll
stand by you, old man, for I propose to
see this thing out. It'll be hot the next
round."
"Indeed, it will." said Filkins. grim
ly. - w -
"Well, here comes the certain well
known man," I chuckled, for Van Peys
ter was moving around our way, and
since Filkins had so boldly . declared
himself I determined to give hiiu a
few gentle thrusts. The opportunity
was so good. . - t
"I see him," he replied, quietly.
Swash began to laugh and used a
rather strong expression, but hardly
was it out of his mouth when I heard
a stronger one, and looking up saw
Archibald Van Peyster right in front
of us, glaring down at our companion.
There was a pause. Then he deliber
ately raised his cane and brought it
down toward Filkins' bead. I sprang
from my place and put out my arm to
arrest the blow, but Filkins was too
quick for me. He caught it on his
left wrist, and shot out his clenched
right hand, landing neatly on bis as
sailant's chin with such force as to send
him groping against the ring platform.
"In an instant the place was in an up
roar; a dozen men sprang between the
two new combatants; a hundred others
gathered around us, filling the air with
their excited cries and Inquiries as to
what had happened.
Van Peyster's execrations were
something : terrible. Inflamed with
drink, maddened with jealousy and
thirsting for revenge for the punish
ment he had received, he struggled
to free himself from the grasp of those
who held him. Filkins- on the other
hand coolly explained:
- "The man Is drunk, gentlemen. Some
one had better And his name and ad
dress and send him home." Then in
a lower tone he whispered to me:
"Don't you. think we had better go
now?"
,;I think we had," I said, and with
out another word Swash and I follow
ed him out of the 'place and home to
the boarding house, where be bid us
good-night and retired to bis fourth
floor rear hall bedroom.
I saw Filkins the other day. He was
driving toward the park in a handsome
victoria, two neatly liveried men on the
box. At his side sat a pretty girl whom
I had never before "seen, but knew
from the pictures to have been the
great belle. Miss Emily Ca rusher. And
when I told my wife about it she said
that I ought to have known it all along.
.' "But I judged him from his other
stories," I expostulated. .".'..
"Perhaps they were true, too," said
she. New York Sun.
Mosaics.
Mosaic floors, laid with small pieces
of different colored stones set in regu
lar patterns, were known to the Egyp?
Man 2300 B. C. In Babylon floors of
this kind dated from 1100 B. C. ' :
Peasant I spoke to our herb doctor
and he advised me that I should
Doctor (interruptlng)-rOhl he gave you
some Idiotic 5 advice, 1 don't doubt
Peasant He advised me to see you.
umorlstIcbeBlaet
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Sugg-cations for Brightening Farm
Life How to Secure Regular Salting;
of Cattle-Thorough Cultivation Will
Kill Canada Thistles. -
To Mke Life Brighter.
We - want to see more beauty and
greater abundance in fruits about the
farm house. We want to see more con
tentment and pleasure there. We urge
the cultivation of flowers for the pleas
ure It affords, and the raising of more
fruits and better gardens for the In
creased vigor and health such things
Impart.
We have a vineyard that begins to
ripen its fruit about the first of August,
when there is a certain amount of lan
guor and listlessness in the atmosphere,
a time when fevers are apt to take root
In the system, and when every one feels
more or less run down. But since our
vineyard has been bearing, and we can
go to it of an early morn, before break
fast, and eat the fresh, sweet, ripe
grapes, there comes a revived feeling,
breakfast tastes better, and the system
Is toned up for the day. It Is one of the
wise provisions of nature to ripen
grapes just at the time of the year when
they are best suited to the health and
appetite. - - , r
We urge the planting of vineyards
and other small fruits. A fruit garden
is of greater necessity, in so far as the
health and happiness of the family are
concerned, than the corn field. The
peasants of Spain, it la said, eat fruit
more than anything else, yet they are
noted for their strength and vigor.
Fresh fruit is filled with the very es
sence of the life-giving principle. It is
nature's storehouse of the most beauti
ful and pleasant elements of the soil
and the air, such as are bound to Im
part renewed strength to the consumer.
It is beauty and vitality combined and
condensed.
How much more of happiness and
pleasure there Is sure to be in the home
that is surrounded by beautiful flowers,
and fresh, sweet fruits! How superior
in every, respect Is such a home In
which to raise our children, compared
to the barren home of ttie thoughtless
and shiftless, that give no heed to the
better and more elevated system of liv
ing that conies of cultivating nature In
her higher branches. Think this mat
ter over. Colman's Rural World.
Salt Boxes for Cattle.
. In order to secure a regular salting
with a large herd of cattle it Is neces
sary to have salt continually before
them for use at their leisure.' Many
farmers use rock salt, scattering It
about over the pasture, but even with
this there Is waste in wet weather, an
some danger that cattle will lick out
large lumps in such a way as to make
a cavity, which sometimes will fill with
water and become brine, and too much
of this will produce more or less disor
der. Where barrel salt is used there is
much waste In wet times from melting.
The "Denver Field and Farm" sug
gests a salt box for cattle where barrel
salt Is used that seems to meet the case,
as follows:
,"In salt boxes for cattle In pasture
the writer likes the kind resembling
In appearance an ordinary school desk.
It is entirely home-made, and the stock
will soon learn to lift the lid and help
themselves. In order to teach them
how It is done cut a seml-clroular open
ing in the top part of the front side,
Just below the lid, and fill with salt
so as It can be licked without raising
.the lid. They will come and taste the
salt and keep helping themselves, right
along, lifting the lid to get to It. The
lid protects the salt from rains and
saves from waste and from getting
packed In a hard lump. Fasten the box
at the height that will be convenient
for the stock, making fast to a post
or a tree." '
A box of this kind Is easily made and
is worth trying.
Ashes for Sandy Roil.
Almost all sandy soils lack potash.
Even when It Is present, unless tlier;
Is also some vegetable matter In the
soli to furnish carbonic acid gas, .the
potash forms a union with the sand,
and thenceforward can only be releas
ed as It Is some way made soluble. The
benefit from applications of potash to
sandy soil Is direct. They supply the
klnd of plant food In which It Is defi
cient. But the use of potash In "the
form of ashes Is not restricted to sandy
soils. Most heavy soils have more or
leas potash In Insoluble form. As the
caustic potash In the ash changes it
makes the potash and phosphate In the
soil near It soluble, also, and thus pot
ash will sometimes oblige the soil to
supply to the plants the phosphates
they require to make a grain crop. But
In such cases the potash does not take
the place of the mineral. - It simply
enables the plant to get phosphate that
was In the soil but not In soluble form.
Killing: Thistles with Hoed Crops.
One year's thorough cultivation will
entirely eradicate not merely Canada
thistle, but all kinds of perennial
weeds. But the cultivation must not let
up even for a single week.; If any
sprout reaches the surface and gets to
the daylight. It reinvigorates the root,
and such half cultivation may be kept
up for years without greatly lessening
the pest. Wherever attempts are made
to kill thistles by' growing a crop of
corn or potatoes on the land, the month
of August will be found a very critical
time. It will b necessary to examine
the hills closely so that no shoot creeps
In with the corn or potato crop In the
hills. The cultivator alone cannot be
depended upon to do this work. Hand
labor, either literally with the thumb
and finger or with the hoe, will be nec
essary several times in August and Sep
tember, If the work of destroying the
thistles Is to. be completed. . A little
salt applied to the latest appearing
shoots will set them to rotting, and that
Is better than cutting them off at the
surface of the ground. -
Karl y Fattening of PorV.
; Corn is not so exclusively the feed
of hogs at any age as It used to be.
Instead of growing pigs on their swill
with pasture,' and thus stunting their
early growth, it is the practice of the
best farmers to begin the high feeding
from birth, keeping the pig always in
condition for the butcher, and topping
off the last few weeks with a clear
corn diet Many farmers prefer" that,
pork for their own use shall not be thus
topped off. It Is sweeter but less firm
In texture, containing more moisture.
This, however, only means that the pig
killed after being fed so as to waste
In cooking Is by that fact shown to be
In healthy condition. All animals In
perfect health are composed largely of
water. This is evaporated when Inter
nal fevers evaporate the Internal mois
ture, and the meat is then said, to be
wanted, It should be fattened with boil
ed vegetables or fruit mixed with wheat
middlings and bran to make the right
proportion of nltrogeneous matter. We
have often more than half fattened
hogs on boiled pumpkins and windfall
apples, and never had pork that tasted
better than that thus fattened. Even
before we knew that it was unwhole
some, "we never much liked the porTc
fattened on corn alone. American Cul
Mexican Sheep.
The old Mexican sheep are the direct
descendants of the original Spanish
Merino brought over two hundred years
ago by Spaniards to Old Mexico. They
have been bred with scarcely any our-
cross, and are a very distinctly marked
breed. They have long legs, a long.
thin body, notTery deep; small, rather
long neck, and a long, thin head, carried
high. The wool Is fine and thin. To
the eye they appear almost worthless
as mutton, and of still less value for
wooL Their good points are that they
are hardy, excellent travelers, will keep
In good condition on the poorest and
driest of ranges, are fairly prolific, and
can be herded In bunches of almost any
size. They fatten easily, though never
getting plump and fat like the Northern.
sheep. When they reach the Chicago
market, If In good condition, they out
sell all other sheep, for they shrtuk
.'ery little In dressing, the meat has an
excellent flavor, and the hide Is so thin,
firm and soft as to command the high
est price.
First Kxperlment Ftat'on.
The first agricultural experiment sta
tion established under Government aus
pices was organized at the little Ger
man village of Moeckern, near Leipslc,
In 1851, under the Influence of the Leip
slc University. Lleblg In Germany,
Bousslngault In France, and Lawes
nd Gilbert In England had all been
experimenting along the lines of agri
culture and horticulture for years, but
the action of the Saxon agriculturists
la 1851 marks the beginning of the ex
periment station proper.
Peaches on Flnm Stock.
The peach can be and frequently is
budded on the plum. It makes a good
combination where the trees are plant
ed on heavy soils, the plum stock doing
much better on these than the peach.
It does not make the peach any more
hardy, as even In the coldest winters
the peach tree escapes, while its buds
are destroyed when the thermometer
runs down to 10 or 12 degrees below
zero, and with a sharp wind at 8 de
grees below if the ground it not covered
with snow. -
"Tho Dairy. '
A gallon of milk weighs eleven
pounds. -
Divide the pasture into two or more
lots and you will gain In food and milk.
When the cows have been long in
milk, the churning becomes more diffi
cult... The rate of consumption of cheese In
America Is about three pounds per
capita per annum. :
A good dairy cow should be trained
to stand quiet in milking, so that the
m'lker can readily use both hands.
It Is less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter when In a gran
ular form, and it can be done more ef
fectively. V -:
Once In a full year should be consid
ered often enough for a milker to beat
a calf and for younger cows once- In
fourteen to sixteen months.
- Howhaveyougotthe best results from
your, milk sending to the factory,
making butter at home or peddling to
local customers?
Let one person do the milking, If pos
sible. Cows get used to a -milker,' and
almost Invariably "hold up" their milk
when a new milker comes. Too fre
quent changing of milkers has ruined
many a cow.
Don't hire at any price a man who has
a bad temper; he will ruin your cows.
Don't hire one who Is not a good milk
er; he will dry off your cows. Don't em
ploy a man or boy who Is not' willing
to learn to carry out your Instructions.
Odds and Knds.
Sandpaper will whiten ivory handled
knives which have become yellow from
age or usage. ' "'
A person broken out with prickly
heat will find great relief If the parts
affected are dusted over several times
a day with rye flour, .-'';-.''.-' - . "
If hot "meats and soups. are covered
before they are perfectly cold they will
surely spoil; the hot air must have a
place to escape or the meat will be af
fected. ' "
A common cause of failure in mak
ing fancy bread and -rolls is mixing
the dough too stiff; It should be soft
to be easily .worked, without being la
the least sticky! . , - -
Bread that has been cut in slices and
become stale may be freshened by lay
ing the slices together and folding a
damp napkin around them; put. the
napkin In a paper bag and place the
bag In a hot oven for fifteen minutes. J
The most wholesome way of cooking
a potato, says the New York Sun, Is
to bake it A small piece of the skin
should be cut fromthe ends before put
ting the potatoes in to bake. If a baked
potato stands after It Is cooked It Is
likely to become soggy. To avoid this,
when the potato is done fold it In a nap
kin and roll the potato between the
palms of the hands until It cracks open.
Treated In that way, the potato will al
ways be mealy.
For a sprain use hot fomentations or
a very hot bandage, and rest the hurt
limb until It Is knit together well. In
all cases of sprains and broken bones
the patient "should be kept perfectly
quiet until a physician arrives. Burns
are painful and hard to heal If not well
cared for. If the skin Is off, creosote
is a good remedy. Do not remove any
dressing until a skin Is formed under
It If nothing else Is available, flour or
cornstarch are good, as they keep the
air from the skin and allow It to heat
Minks Banish Snakes.
Water moccasins were formerly nu
merous In the regions close to Taylor,
La. In recent years they have become
scarce while: minks have increased in
numbers.' Old hunters there say ' that
the mink Is the deadly enemy of the
snake; and that in a fight the quadruped
always comes off victorious. New York
World.
; ' '. ' His Ties.
She knew not what he meant;
" She little guessed the dreadful ties -
That held him while she went; .
. For though with love his heart was
filled
He moved to no extent
' Because he sat where some one spilled
A tube of bike cement!
The Looking-Glass. .....
per' For ealzht.
Maudevl think Cooper must have
foreseen this craze for bicycling among
the women.
Marie SWhv so? - -
, Dld"vbe write the 'Leather JStock - J
Bow Is It In Yonr Town?
A locomotive must get up steam be
fore It can pull the train, but It should
not spend all its time' steaming up. It
should do more or less pulling after
awhile. '- v,
A certain amount of discussion re
garding any topic is necessary to awak
en public interest, but after about so
much talk has been Indulged In some
thing more tangible should be done. :
In every city and town are people
who are talking about good roads and
clean streets. Talk Is good enough
for a starter, but It's no"-good for a
stopper.
. If you live In autown where a number
of citizens reside who think something
should be done along these lines, call
them together and lay out a plan of ac
tion that will result in putting the the
ory Into practice.
You can't pull much till you get your
feet on terra flrma. Your local news
papers will assist in the .matter. Ev
erybody wants good roads! How to get
them Is the only problem you have to
solve.
Get your townspeople together and
try. The chances are you already have
fit earn enough up to" do considerable
pulling, If only you will apply It
Try it L. A. W. Bulletin.
Karly Chinese Honda. -
. While there are no good roads in
China nowadays, there are one or two
Interesting relics of what were in and
for their day most excellent roads. The
first emperor of the Mings, some time
during his reign of from 1368 to 1399,
made a road from the bank of the
Yangtse, opposite Nanking, to his birth
place In Annul. The levels were care
fully graded and the road carried across
river valleys on well-built, arched via
ducts. It remains to-day simply a re
markable specimen of early engineer
ing. The road from Peking to Tung
show, built by ' the : emperors of the
Yuan dynasty away back In" the dim
ages, "remains as a vast effort of In
utility." It was pad with great
blocks of granite, averaging-fifty-to
eighty feet square surface . each, all
closely Jointed. - To-day It Is worn into
ruts a foot deep, and is almost Impassa
ble. With the exception of these two
roads, no attempt of any note has been
made to facilitate land communication
throughout the empire. The stone
bridges at Fukien and elsewhere, often
instanced as remarkable, are notable
only as Instances of the ability the
Chinese display In moving huge masses
of Stone by manual labor. Chicago
jjjews. ' -' v- ; .-" '-V
r$ ' Use of Roads.
: According to Col. Albert A. Pope, the
census returns show that there are in
Hie United States about 15,000,000
lorses, over 2,000,000 mules and 49,000
asses. The annual cost of feed for
$iese animals is about $1,575,000,000.
fsr fine stone roads one horse can haul
as much as three horses can haul over
tike average dirt road of this country.
It; Is estimated that it would be neces
sary to build about 1,000,000 miles of
macadamized road in the United States
airsbrder to have as good a system it
public highways as is found In several
European States. At $4,000 per mile,
this would Involve an outlay of $4,000,
000,000. .But If one-half of the draft
animals could be dispensed with by the
Duildlng of such roads there would be
an annual saving of $788 000,000 In the
feed bllL This is 3 per cent interest on
$26,000,000,000; consequently If road
bonds were Issued bearing 3 per cent. In
terest, more than 6,000,000 miles of ma
cadamized road could be built without
creasing the annual expenses one dol
lar. The people," Col. Pope shows, are
actually paying 3. per cent on $26,000,
000,000 in order to keep up the present
tad roads, while it would not cost one
sixth of that sum annually to build the
1,000,000 miles needed in order to put
this country on a par with France .in
the matter of good roads. Col. Pope is
now abroad looking Into the foreign
bicycle market, but he will also inter
est himself In gaining still further In
formation relative to foreign roads and
the most .advanced, principles of Euro
pean road building. New York Trib
une. Had to Work. Their Way
"A great many years ago," said an
old army officer, "I was stationed on
the Government reservation at Iviblsil
lah, on the coast of Mendocino Coun
ty. About the only amusement I had
was working tramps and they were
scarce. ' " - - - - . - 1
"The hills along the coast from Kibl
slllah to Fort Bragg are very precipit
ous, and in those days there was noth
ing but a little trail that wound along
the sandy beach at the . base of the
bluff. Whenever a tramp came along
and begged a meal I would caution-him
against the dangers of the beach and
warn him that the tide might catch him
most anywhere. Then, to insure bis
safety, I would strap on him an old
life preserver from which I had re
moved nearly all the cork and substi
tuted scrap Iron.: He would carry that
eighteen miles to Fort Bragg, and there
a friend of mine would relieve him of
It In a day or two I would see It eom
In np the trail on the back of another
tramp. I don't know how many hun
dreds of miles that scrap Iron was car
ried, but It was kept on the move the
greater part of a year and a half."
San Francisco Post - 1
-'.r' Tho Bli Fire in London.
The "great fire" in London broke out
In a baker's shop In-Pudding lane, close
to the monument, on the night of Sept,
2, 1666. It raged for four days and
nights, destroying 89 churches, the city
gates,- the Royal Exchange,. Custom
House, Guild Hall . and many other
public buildings and palaces, together
with 13,200 private residences and
shops. The ruins covered 436 acres of
ground, and 200,000 persons, "whose
homes had been burned, camped for
weeks In the open air. -::
"- Novel Way to Raise Money.
A ' mammoth artificial mosquito
adorned the New Jersey State booth at
the Washington convention. At the
close of the convention this, was sold
and the proceeds were devoted to the
Armenian relief fund. . .
- fnan r --'us to neglect his
TJNCLE DAVE'S" SCHEME,
He Enjoys a Siesta While Neighbor
. Disr Hie Well.. .
Blairstown, N. J., has a clever old
farmer,, who has evidently read the
story of how Tom Sawyer cajoled his
friends ' into whitewashing the front
fence for him. .. Blalrstown's man of
genius, however, made his friends dig
his well gratis. His name is David
Hennion, or "Uncle Dave,"" as he t
familiarly known. '--'..
A few days ago he decided to sink
well, and, determining not to have fur
ther trouble in obtaining water, made
the well large and deep. ' He bought a
windmill and then started to excavate.
He went down and down, although the
Job was a slow and tedious one. Final
ly he struck a splendid stream of water
and prepared - to line the well with
stone. He carried a large quantity of
stone to the well side and dumped It.
The weight of the stones or something
else caused the sides of the well to cave
in! " .-" "' .:-'- - --' ,' .
"Uncle -Dave" viewed the collapse
with chagrin and disappointment, for
It meant much more hard work on his
part to clear the well again. Finally
he struck an idea and proceeded to car
ry it Into effect. He obtained his coat
and place's It near the excavation, then
be placed his hat on top of his coat.
This done he sought the hay loft of his
barn and secreted himself The neigh
bors had taken considerable interest in
the well, and it was not long before
one of them came along to see how the
work' was progressing. - He saw the
half -filled well and the hat. and coat
close ; by. Believing -toe walls had
fallen in on hinifbe rushed to the house
and asked where "Uncle Dave" was.
Mrs. Hennion had not seen him and a
search of the farm did not bring him
to light The conclusion was he was
bulled under the earth and stones In
the welL '
The neighbors for a great .distance
around were alarmed, and within a
couple of hours twenty . men were at
work digging to clear the well and res
cue the body of their neighbor.
By morning they had the well cleared
to the bottom, but found no trace' of
"Uncle Dave." The men, when they
found they had nothing for their pains
except a cleared well, . went away
weary and startled. .When the coast
was clear, 'Uncle Dave" emerged from
his hiding place to find his wife sit
ting beside the well hole, dazed and
mystified. ' She was as much puzzled'
as any one. "Uncle Dave's" first greet
ing to her was: "Golly", Sally, I'm most
starved; get me something to eat; bu
didn't those fellows work hard?"
. How Bicycle Tubing Is Made.
Solid -lraw steel tubes have been
made fo years for boilers and general
use, but the great demand arose when
the safety type of bicycle came Into
vogue, the diamond frame requiring the
use of a greater length of tubing and
necessitating that this' should be as
light as possible. There are variations
in the methods for producing a cold
drawn s.eel "tube, but the principle of
all Is practically the same. Only a very
high class of steel is suitable for the
purpose, and that hitherto employed
has been chiefly Swedish charcoal steel,
containing a certain proportion of car
bon. The steel is taken in the form of
a ' billet vwo feet long and about six
Inches n diameter. A hole Is bored
through the center and It 's heated, an
nealed and rolled into the form of a
tube about 1 inches in diameter, with
walls of about 10 gauge. . This is then
drawn through a die and over a man
drel by means of a draw-bench, until
about 800 feet long, beautifully smooth
and bright both within and without.
This is not drawn at once, but In a
number of operations, and between
each of hem the metal, has to be re-
pickled and reaunenled to prevent the
crystallization to which . the drawing
process tends to give rise. The first
drawings of the tube leave it about
three-eighths of an inch thick, but this
gradually decreases until a tube Is pro
duced which is of the thickness of stout
writing puper. : This is the class of tube
employed In bicycles and that imparts a
strength and rigidity out of all propor
tion toits lightness. Boston Transcript
, " . . Telling Time in India. . ,
The Hindus look upon our clocks as
ornaments and curiosities. Many are
found In India, but they are not em
ployed as timepiecos. ' They are the
luxury of the rich. : The old-fashioned
way of telling the hour of the day in
India by calculating the number of
bamboo lengths the sun has traveled
above the horizon Is entirely satisfac
tory to the natives. In the country po
lice stations in India, where the Euro
pean division of the hours is" observ
ed, time is measured by placing in a
tub of water a copper pot In which a
small hole has been bored. It Is sup
posed that It will take one hour for the
water to leak into the pot so as to fill It
and sink it. When the policeman sees
that the pot has disappeared he strikes
the hour on a bell-like gong, if he Is
smoking or dozing the copper pot may
have disappeared several minutes be
vore he discovers the fact, but thr
tour is when he strikes the gong.
- ( Military Pride.
Looked at from a soldierly point of
View, the following little anecdote of
the battle of Alma is worth quoting
from Sir John Adye's "Recollections of
a Military Life." "The battle ended
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
headquarters camp being pitched near
the river;. and Lord Raglan then went
in search of his orderly officer, Lieut
Tom Leslie, and, with the help of some
Guardsmen, with a stretcher, brought
him to his tent Lord Raglan asked
me," writes Sir John, "If I knew Tom's
mother; and on my replying In the
negative, he said, 'A charming woman.
I must write to .her. How proud she
will be to hear that he has a bullet In
bis shoulder!'"
- Vitality of Toads.
We have all read of the discovery of
toads "in solid stratas of stone," where
food and air sufficient to sustain life
could not have possibly been had. We
have not only read these stories, but the
majority of us have put them down as
Mulhatton yarns, which were written
by Bomeone who did not expect' them to
be believed. . Now "comes the scientist
M. Victor Lagroche, who snys that he
has Imprisoned toads iii ; masses of
mixed plaster of Paris and found them
"well, fat and hearty after a lapse of
eight years.' He argues -ha I if such
creatures can live for years without
air or light they "can couc'uue to live o
indefinitely."
1 " U RiTal Artists.
Joseph Glllott, the manufacturer of
pens, once visited the artist, Turner.
'I have come to swap some of my pic
tures for yours," said he.
"What do you mean?" exclaimed
Turner. "You do not paint!"
"No, I do not, but I draw," said Gll
lott, unfolding a roll of Bank of England
notes, "and here are some of my pictures.":-
V-'i v J ; -' -i y:-:. " r
Undoubtedly the "swap'i was effect-
DISHONORED DRAFTS.
When the stomach dishonors the drafts made
upou It by tbe real of trie sjvtem, it is neces
itrlly because its fund of strength is very low.
Toned with U.wtetter'g Stomach Bltitm, it soon
beiciiiH lo pay out vigor in the shape of p re,
ich blood, cont lining the e'ements of maacle,
bi.ne aud brain. As a reqnence of the new
vigor Mfloried the stomach, the bowels peiform
their functions reculary, and the liver works
like clock work. Malaria has uo effect upon a
system thus reinfjreed.
A grain of pure mask will scent a
room for twenty years, and at the end
of that time will not show it has dimin
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