The Corvallis gazette., November 06, 1896, Image 4

OLD-TIME FORTUNES.
inhere Were Millionaires Then and
They Knew How to Spend.
When reading of the !arge sums pos
sessed by modern millionaires, it is in
teresting to recall the notable fortunes
or. aneivnt days. Croesus, whose name
has become a byword for excessive
wealth, could certainly not have bought
up a Vander'oilt; his whole fortune did
not exceed three millions. A far great
er sum was left by the Infamous and
miserly Tiberius, who was worth $118,
125,000 at his death, and It is said that
liis successor, Caligula, .squandered this
immense wealth within a year. Sen
eca had a tidy little fortune of $17,500,
000, which could hardly have been the
case had his philosophy been pure and
unalloyed. Asplus, discovering that his
treasury contained only $400,000, com
mitted suicide from fear of poverty; a
single repast cost Lucullus $100,000,
and at one of her banquets Cleopatra
made Antony drink a pearl valued at
$50,000. In extent of fortune, certain
living millionaires may beat the an
cients, but in the matter of extrava
gance we think the balance is oil the
other side.
An African Salt Works.
Karembwe's is one of the salt-making
villages; a sandy clay is dug out
of the marshes, and placed in grass
funnels; water poured on this dis
solves the salt; this solution trickles
through the green filter into a trough,
after which it is boiled and strained,
and a fine.larse-crystal salt is obtain
ed. It is a great trade in this part of
the world. All villages make salt,
which is put up in loads about five
inches in diameter by four feet long.
All these people, the Waitawa, are very
polite; most of them hall you with,
"Mornin,"; they donot seem able to
manage the "good." Century.
Frugality.
"There are mea, I suppose," she re
luarketl. pensively, "who are engaged
jo more than one girl at the same time-'1
"Yes," he answered, "but I am n&
one of them."
I am glad to hear you eay that It
is so frivolous and insincere."
"Of course. And there's no reason
iwhy a man shouldn't make one engage
ment ring go all the way around if ha
only takes his time." Washington
Star.
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physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have, the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
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WHEN I HAVE TIME.
When I have time, so many things I'll do
To make life happier and more fair .
For those whose lives are crowded now
with care.
I'll help to lift them from their low de
spair,
When I have time.
When I have time, the friend I love so
well
Shall know no more these weary, toiling
days;
I'll lead her feet in pleasant paths always,
And cheer her -heart with words of sweet
est praise.
When I have time.
When you have time! The friend you
hold so dear
May be beyond the .reach of all your
sweet intent;
May never know that you so kindly meant
To fill her life with sweet content.
When you had time.
Now is the time! Ah, friend, no longer
wait
To scatter loving smiles and words of
cheer -.
To those around whose lives are now so
dear.
They may not meet you in the coming
year ;
Now is the time, "T
Indianapolis News. .
V
THE HELMET.
"But, uncle, I love my cousin.',
"Get out!" ' j
"Give her to me!"
"Don't bother me!" . .'
"It will be my death!
"Nonsense! You'll console yourself
with some other glrL."
"Pray "
My uncle, whose back had been to
ward me, whirled around, his face was
red to bursting, and brought his closed
fist down upon the counter with a heavy
thump.
'Never!" he cried; "neverl Do you
hear what I say?"
And as I looked at htm beseechingly
and with joined hands he went on:
'A pretty husband you look like!
.Without a sou and dreaming of going
into housekeeping! A nice mess I should
make of it by giving you my daughter!
It's no use your insisting. You know
that when I "have said 'No' nothing un
der the sun can make me say 'Yes!' "
I ceased to make any further appeal.
I knew my uncle about as headstrong
an old fellow as could be found hi a
day's search. I contented myself 'with
giving vent to a deep eigh, and then
went on with the furbishing of a big
double-banded sword, rusty from point
to hilt. ...
This memorable conversation took
place, in fact, in the shop of my ma
ternal uncle, a well-known'dealer in an
tiquities and objets d'art, 53,-Rue des
Claquettes, at the sign of the "Maltese
Cross" a perfect museum of curiosi
ties.
The walls were hung with Marseilles
and old Rouen china, facing' ancient
cuirasses, sabers and muskets and pic
ture frames; below these were arranged
old cabinets, coffers of all sorts and
statues of saints, one-armed or one-
legged for the most part and dilapidat
ed as to their gilding; then, here and
there, in glass cases, hermetically clos
ed and locked, there were knickknacks
in Infinite variety lachrymatories, tiny
urns, rings, precious stones, fragments
of marble, bracelets, crosses, neck
laces, medals and miniature ivory stat
uettes, the yellow tints of which lnsthe
sun took momentarily a fleshlike trans
parency.
Time out of mind the shop had be
longed to the Coduberts. It passed reg
ularly from father to son, and my un
cleshis neighbors said could not but
be the possessor of a nice little fortune.
Held in esteem by all, a municipal coun
cillor, impressed by the Importance and
gravity of his office, short, fat, highly
choleric and headstrong, but at bottom
not in the least degree an unkind sort
of man-such was my. uncle: Corubert,
my only living male relative, who as
soon as I left school had elevated me tc
the dignity of chief and only clerk' and
shopman of the "Maltese Cross."
But my uncle was not only a dealer
in antiquities and a municipal council
lor, he was yet more, and above all.
the father of my cousin Rose, with
whom I was naturally in love.
To come back to the point at which I
digressed.
Without paying any attention to the
sighs which exhaled from my bosom
while scouring the rust from my long,
two-handed sword, my uncle, magni
fying glass in hand, was engaged in the
examination of a lot of medals which
he had purchased that morning. Sud
denly he raised his bead; 5 o'clock was
striklng.r
"The council P' he cried.
When my uncle pronounced that an
gust word it made a mouthful; for a
pin he would have saluted it barehead
ed. But this time, after -a moment's
consideration, he tapped his forehead
and added. In a tone of supreme relief
"No, the sitting does not take place
before to-morrow and I am forgetting
that I have to go to the railway station
to get the consignment of which I was
advised this morning."
Rising from his seat and lying down
his glass, he called out:
"Rose, give me my cane and hat!"
Then, turning toward me, he added.
In a lower tone and speaking very
quicKly:
"As to you don't forget our conver
sation. If you think you can make me
say 'Yes,' try it! but don't think you'll
succeed. Meanwhile, not u word to
Rose, or, by St Barthelemy, my patron
of happy memory, I'll instantly kick
you out of doors!"
At that moment Rose appeared with
my uncle's cane and hat, which she
banded to him. He kissed ber on the
forehead; then, giving me a last but
eloquent look, hurried from the shop.
I went on scouring my double-handed
sword. Rose came quietly toward me.
"What is the matter with my fath
er?" she asked. "He seems to be an
gry with you." .
I looked at her her eyes were - so
black, her look. so kind, her mouth so
rosy and fier teeth so white that I told
her all my love, my suit to her father
and his rough refusal. I could not help
it after all, It was his fault. He was
not there; I determined to brave his an
ger. Besides, there Is nobody like timid
persons for displaying courage tinder
certain. circumstances.
My cousin saidnotblng; she only held
down ber eyes while .her cheeks were
as red as those of cherries In May.
I checked myself.
"Are yon angry with 'me?" I asked
tremblingly. "Are you angry with me.
Rose?" "' ; ; --; '
She held out to me ber hand. On that,
my heart seething with audacity, my
bead on fire. I cried; . "
"Rose I swear It! I will be your
husband!" And as she shook her head
and looked at me sadly I added: "Oh,
I well know that my uncle Is self-willed,
but I will be more self-willed still;
and, since be must be forced to say
'Yes, I will force him to say it"
"But how?" asked Rose.
Ah! how? That was exactly the dif
ficulty. But, no matter; I would find
a way to surmount It
At that moment a heavy step resound
ed in the street Instinctively we mov
ed away from each other; I returned to
my double-handed sword and Rose, to
keep herself in countenance, set to
dusting with "a corner of her apron a
little statuette in its faded red velvet
case.
My uncle entered. Surprised at find
ing us together, he stopped short and
looked sharply from one to the other.
We each of us went on rubbing with
out raising our heads.
"Here, " take this," said : my uncle,
handing me a bulky parcel from under
bis arm. "A splendid purchase, you'll
see."
The subject did not interest me In the
least
I opened the parcel and from the en
veloping paper emerged a steel helmet
but not an ordinary helmet, oh, no
a superb, a monumental morion, with
gorget and pointed visor of strange
form. The visor was raised and I tried
to discover what prevented It from be
ing lowered. - - . '
It will not go down the hinges have
got out of order," said my uncle, "but
it's a superb piece, and when it has
been thoroughly cleaned and touched
up will look well that shall be your
to-morrow's job."
"Very good, uncle," I murmured, not
daribg to raise my eyes to his.
That night, on returning to my room,
I at once went to bed. I was eager to
be alone and able to think at my ease.
Night brings counsel. It Is said, and I
had great need that the proverb should
prove true. But after lying awake
for an hour without receiving any as
sistance I fell to sleep and till next
morning did nothing but dream the odd
est dreams. I saw Rose on her way to
church in a strange bridal costume, a
fourteenth century cap three feet high
on her head, but looking prettier than
ever. Then suddenly the scene chang
ed to moonlight, in which Innumerable
helmets and pieces of old china were
dancing a wild farandole, while my
uncle, clad In complete armor and with
a formidable halberd in his hand, con
ducted the bewildering whirl.
The next day ah! the next day! I
was no nearer. In vain, with clenched
teeth, I scoured the Immense helmet
brought by my uncle the previous even
ingscoured It with such fury as al
most to break the Iron; not an Idea
came to me. The helmet shone like a
sun. My uncle sat smoking his pipe
and watching me, but I could think of
nothing of no way of forcing him to
give me his daughter.
At 3 o'clock Rose went into the coun
try, whence she was not to return until
dinner time, in the evening. On the
threshold she could only make a sign
to me with her hand; my uncle had not
left us alone for a single Instant He
was not easy In his mind; I could see
that by his face. No doubt he had not
forgotten our conversation of the previ
ous evening. -
I went on rubbing at my helmet
"You have made It quite bright
enough put It down," said my uncle.
I put It down. The storm was gath
ering; I could not do better than allow
it to blow over.
But suddenly, as If overtaken by a
strange fancy, my uncle took up the
enormous morion and turned and ex
amined it on all sides.
"A handsome piece of armor, there
Is no doubt about it; but It must have
weighed pretty heavily on Its wearer's
shoulders," he muttered; and, urged by
I know not what demon, he clapped
It on his head and latched the gorget
piece about his neck.
Struck almost speechless, I watched
what he was doing thinking only how
ugly he looked. '
Suddenly there was a sharp sound-
as If a spring had snapped and crack!
down fell the visor; and there was
my uncle, with his bead In an Iron cage,
gesticulating and swearing like a pa
gan.
I could contain myself no longer, and
burst into a roar of laughter; for my
uncle, stumpy, fat and rubicund, pre
sented an ' irresistibly comic appear
ance.
Threateningly he came toward me.
"The hinges! the hinges, fool!" he
yelled.
I could not see his face, but I felt that
It was red to bursting. '
"When you have done laughing,
idiot!" he. cried.
But the helmet swayed so oddly on his
shoulders, -his voice came from out it in
such strange tonesthat the more he
gesticulated, , the more he yelled and
threatened me, the louder I laughed.
At that moment the clock of the Hotel
de Ville striking 5 o'clock was heard.
"The municipal council!" murmured
my uncle, In a stifled voice. "Quick,
help me off with this beast of a ma
chine! We'll settle our business after
ward.1" ... '
. Buf suddenly likewise, an Idea a
wild, extraordinary Idea came Into my
head; but then, whoever Is madder
than a lover? Besides, I had no choice
of means. -"Nor
I replied.
My uncle fell back two paces In ter
ror and again the enormous helmet
wabbled on his shoulders.
"No," I repeated firmly; "I'll not help
you out unless you give me the hand of
my cousin Rose! . . . :
From the depths of the strangely
elongated visor came, not an angry ex
clamatlon, but a veritable roar. I had
"done It" I had burned my ships.
"If you do not consent to do Wjhat I
ask of you," I added, "not only will I
not help you off -with your helmet but
I will call In all your neighbors, and
then go and find the-' municipal coun
cur
"You'll end your days on the scaf
fold F cried my uncle.
"The hand of Rosel" I repeated. "You
told me that It would only be by force
that you would be made to say 'yes'
sa y it, or I will call In the neighbors."
The clock was still striking; my uncle
raised his arms as If to curse me.
"Decide at once," I cried, "somebody
Is coming!"
"Well, then yes!" murmured my un
cle. "But make haste!" .
"On your wordof honor?" - . . '.,
"On my word of honor.t
The visor gave way, the gorge piece
also, and my ancle's head Issued from
durance, red as a poppy.
Just In time. The chemist at the cor
ner, a colleague In the municipal coun
cil, entered the shop.
"Are yon coming?" he asked; "they
will be beginning the business without
us." : - v
"I'm coming," replied my ancle.
And, without , looking at me, he took
up his-bat and cane asd harried oat
The next moment mil my hopes baa
vamsnea. my uucie wouiu surety aoi
forgive me.
At dinner time I took my place at ta
ble on his right hand, in low spirits, ate
little and said nothing.
'It will come with the dessert," I
thought .
Rose looked at me, and I avoided
meeting her eyes. As I had expected,
the dessert over, my uncle lit his pipe,
raised his head and then
Rose went to him.
"Do you know what that fellow there
asked me to do yesterday?"
I trembled like a leaf and Rose did
the same.
"To give him your hand," he added.
Do you love him?"
Rose cast down her eyes.
"Very well," continued my ancle, "on
this side the case is complete. Come
here, you."
I approached.
"Here I am, uncle," and, in a whisper,
I added quickly, "Forgive ine!"
He burst into a hearty laugh.
"Marry her, then, donkey since you
love her and I give her to your
"Ah! uncle!" , :
"Ah! dear papa!" ,
And Rose and I threw ourselves Into
his arms.
"Very good! very good!" he cried, wip
ing his eyes. "Be happy; that's all I
ask." - , .
And, in turn, he whispered In my ear:
"I should have given her to you, all
the same, you big goose; but keep the1
story' of the helmet between us two!"
I give my word that I have never told
It but to Rose, my dear little wife. And
If ever you pass along the Rue des Cla
quettes, 5, at the place of honor in thei
old shop, I'll show you my uncle's hel
met, which we would never sell.
Strand Magazine.
RODE INSIDE THE COWCATCHER.
Novel Journey of a Tramp in the
State of Washington.
The man who rode In a cowcatcher
bids fair to become a hero among the
knights of the road, as well as a mar
vel to railroad men. His name is Will
lam Errixson and his years are 20
twenty years as replete with adventure
as a chapter out of a dime novel. Beat
ing his way oyer hundreds of miles of
territory has become second nature to
him, and a trip on a brakebeam is a
positive luxury.
But wherein William Errixson has
transcended all the feats of the migrat
ing hobo Is that he was the first and
only Individual of his kind to conceive,
and execute the audacious project of
caging himself within a cowcatcher
and beating a ride in that perilous and
essentially melodramatic situation. It
was thus that he traveled from Win
nemucca to Wads worth. He 'had to
be carefuf in selecting his locomotive
to find one that had no forward steam
exhaust He has some knowledge of
locomotives, and so was able to- pick
out one with only side exhausts. In
side of the cowcatcher there is only a
small space, and he found it necessary
to sit upon timbers which are used for
braces for the frame of the cowcatch
er. Then he was In a half recumbent
position, his hands clutched around
the cowcatcher bars while the train
was running fast. Being ahead of the
drivers and the machinery, he was
jolted terrifically by what is technical
ly known as the "fall" of the locomo
tive. Every little depression in the
track permits the dead weight of many
tons of Iron and steel to fall, with the
added 'speed and momentum of the
train, and then in an Instant rebound,
which Is followed by another fall. As
the track through Nevada Is not level
much of the way, Errixson, In his
novel eyrie, had the most thorough
shaking up of. any man who ever stole
a ride west of the Racky Mountains.
The air was intensely hot and the
smell of the oil and other odors from
the locomotive was stifling. The dis
tance between Winnemucca and Wads
worth is onljr thirty-six miles, but
there are eight stops, and It seemed
an age of suffering to Errixson before
he reached a place where he could
climb down and out of his perch. He
climbed under the cowcatcher in the
pit of the roundhouse, and got out in
Wadsworth. His back was wrenched,
his arms seemed ready to fall from their
sockets, and his eyes were bloodshot
He staggered from the train undetect
ed, and fell half exhausted In the sage
brush, where he slept several hours,
awaking with a terrible start from a
dream in which he was once more
speeding over the alkaline wastes, with
the machinery of the locomotlvepound
Ing terrifically just back of him. San
Francisco Examiner.
His Intimate Friends.
It Is related of Father Darcy, one
of the celebrated wits of Ireland, thnt
he once visited the palatial mansiou
of a man newly become rich. He' was
shown over the house, his pompous
host taking great pains to inform his
guest a3 to the cost of all the beautiful
objects he saw.
Finally, after making the tour of
the rooms the library was reached, its
shelves groaning under the weight of
thousands upon thousands of volumes,
resplendent in the most magnificent
bindings. Here they seated themselves,
and the host said, with a sigh of snob
bish exultation:
"Well, father, I have brought you
here last, because this is my favorite
room. The other rooms, maybe, give
pleasure to my wife and my daughters,
but thi3 Is my place right here among,
these books, who are my' friends. And
these here on the desk (pointing to A
score 'of ultra-looking volumes) are
what I may call my intimate friends."
Father Darcy got up 'and examined
one of them, when a broad grin spread
over his good-natured face, as he no
tlced that the leaves bad never been
cut
"Well. It's glad I am to see that you
never -ut your intimate friends," hs
exclaimed. - .
Tortoise Shell.
The finest tortoise shell comes from
the Indian archipelago, and is shipped
from Singapore, and most of It Is ob;
tained on the Florida coast of America.
There are three rows of plates on the
back, called "blades" by the fisher
men. In the central row are five plates
and in each of -the others four plates,
the latter containing the' best material.
Besides these there are twenty-five
small plates round the. edges of the
shell, known as "feet" or "noses."
-Whittier's tthrge Fortune.
' Whltfler left $250,000, though for his
earlier poems he received' . nothing.
Lowell, on the other hand, published
his first poems at his own expense, and
to the end his Income from them was
small; and it was only in tbe closing ten
or flftefa years of his life that Brown
ing, who had a similar experience with
his first volume, received anything from
his poems,'-: " " -
- - Strictly. " k
. Hungry -Hlgglns What are you rcd
ln now? ' - ": - ,
.Weary Watklns Marklts.
"What's de quotations oo shirts?"
,r0ncw,ored." Indianapr4i3 J
Friends Failed to Recognize Her
Mrs. Hadli so Changed In Appearance
That She Hardly Knew Herself.
She Bays the Secret of the Great
Change and Her Freaent Good
Health Is Dne to tbe Vie of Dr.
William' Pink Filla-Other
Prominent Citlsena Teatlfy
to the Merita of Thla
Remedy,
from the Call, San Francisco, Cal.
"You don't know me! Well, I am
not surprised at that I hardly know
myself, and yet here I am full of life
and vigor. - Look at my arms, - round,
strong and healthy. The color of my
cheeks show life and animation. "
So Bpoke Mrs. Hadix, wife of Rev.
E. Hadix, of Plaoerville, California,
and "what has produced this wonder
ful change from alomst death to health
ful, active life?"
"Well, J will tell you it was Pink
Fills for Paie People. Yon will remem
ber that for years I walked the streets
a living skeleton emaciated weak,
and a complete wreck. My flesh color
less, my nerves unstrung. I had no
blood. If my flesh was punctured, a
thin pink stain was all that could be
produced. My physicians said there
was no hope for me. My friends de
spaired of my recovery. . I was sent to
Sacramento, where three of the most
eminent physicians diagnosed my case,
but they shook their heads and said
they could not help me, and they re
fused to take my money as they could
do me no good..
"My husband was sent for to say the
last good-bye. "When I lay on my
couch to rest I felt as though I was
sinking, down, down, down. I could
not sleep, neither could I rest When
all hope from physicians .was gone, I
determined to try what virtue thexe
was in Pink Pills for Pale People. : I
commenced taking them and soon be
gan, to improve. I continued their use
with the result that to-day I am fully
recovered to health and happiness, and
this in less than six months from tbe
time I commenced their use. All hail
to Pink Pills for Pale People."
J. C. Stephens, another resident of
Placerville, eaid: "I was afflicted
with rheumatism for more than twenty
years, and only with the greatest diffi
culty was I able to walk to my place
of business, my hands were so stiff and
swollen that I could scarcely hold any
thing in them. When driving my
team, eould not hold my whip. I
saw in the San Francisco Call- that a
friend of mine had been oured of rheu
matism by using Pink Pills. I com
menced using them with the result
that I am completely enred."
Mrs. J. G. Bailey was afflicted for a
long time with kidney trouble and
could not rest nights. She said: "I
had heard so much about the wonders
that Pink Pills performed that I con
cluded to try them. I commenced
taking them, and found immediate re
lief, sleep nicely, and in every way
am greatly improved."
W. F. Fairchild is a drugigst doing
business in Placerville. He says he
has been selling Pink Pills for Pale
People for several years, and that his
customers speak very highly, of them,
and sales have been more than doubled
within the last six months, especially
since the wonderful recovery of Mrs.
Hadix, whose case waB considered hope
less, and whose recovery by the use of
Pink Pills was considered almost a
miracle. The reputation of these pills
is fully established for doing what they
promise.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in
a condensed form, all tbe elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St Vitus' dance, soi
atioa, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effect of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sal
low complexions, all forms of weak
ness either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, 50
cents a box, or six boxes for $2. 50, by
addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y. '
Special Offer to General Stares. Dry
Goods Stores, Dealers in Notions.
We wish to establish in everv town on
the Coast an exclusive agency for the A.
M. W. Water-Proof Dress Facing a"kd
Binding. Best seller on market. For
terms, samples and particulars, address at
once Pacific Coast Agency We"beb Manu
facturing Co., 819 Market street, rooms 23
and 24, San Francisco, Cal.
I never used so cjuick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. B. Palmer, Box
1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 23, 1895.
HANDS For all kinds of work furnished free on
short notice. Address Higley's Employment Of
fice, 142 Third Street, Portland, Oregon.
A Story of Sonator Hawley.
Sitting by my side at the convention
which nominated Lincoln for Presi
dent, writes Isaac H. Bromley, was a
newspaper editorwho called me "Ike,"
as I called him "Joe." He was run
ning. over with enthusiasm. When the
nomination was made he Interrupted
himself in his hurrahing to say to me,
who looked, on in wide-eyed silence,
"Why don't you hurrah?" I don't
know why I did not; but I remember
that I felt queer and only said, "I
can't hurrah; I should cry if anyone
touched me." I came nearer crying
when, .In less than twelve months, I
saw him In uniform at the head of the
first Connecticut company that an
swered the call for troops. He was
afterward a brigadier general, Gover
nor of his State, and member of Con
gress, and has lately been elected to
his f"ird term as United States Sena
tor. There were probably other similar
cases. It was Joe Haw'ev who sat at
ny elbow. . ..
Want Singing Anvils.
"It is not generally known," observed
a prominent blacksmith recently, "that
nearly all of the anvils used by black
smiths In this country are made by one
firm in Brooklyn, N. Y. All kinds of
substitutes have been invented and put
on the market, but after using them the
blacksmith generally goes back to thp
wrought iron anvil, which is hand
made. There are plenty of cast iron
and steel anvils for sale, but they find
but little favor from blacksmiths, who
Drefer an anvil that sings
A syndicate has been formed to tun
nel the Great Sfc Bernard and connect
Turin and Lausanne by rail.
We are spending more
than our profits on Schil
ling's Best tea to get you to
try it just to try it
Your money back if you
don't like it
At grocers' in packages.
A Schilling ft Company
. It has been clearly proven that the
Increase In the price of farm, lands
more than pays for the cost of making
good country highways.
Dr. Mendenhall on Roads.
Dr. Mendenhall, chairman of the
State highway -commission, summar
izes the argument for good roads in a
nutshell by ah illustration drawn from
his experience in Japan. He found
that the city of Tokio was built of
wood, and fires were so frequent and
destructive that he calculated that by
sections the city was entirely destroyed
once In seven years. When he asked
why stone and brick were not used in
building, the people replied that It was
cheaper to replace burned sections with
wood than with more substantial ma
terial "That's- the way the old-fashioned
road builder looks at the question
of permanent work," says' Dr. Menden
hall. Permanent road-building will be .a
feature of public enterprise for the next
twenty years, both municipal and
State. Worcester (Mass.) Gazette.
They Know Better.
O this is what the farmers call
"A road," but when the horses haul
A very heavy load that way
They shake their knowing heads, "neigh,
neigh!" -
Keepincr Roads Good.
Most everyone has heard of the man
who gave it out that he always took a
bath every year whether he needed It
or not A great many roads are "work
ed" on the same principle. Once a year
they are given what is known as a
"fixing up," and the rest of the time
they must shift for themselves. As a
consequence they "shift" from one side
to the other, Just as the lay of the land
and the lack of proper drainage may
demand. -''
' And, be It remembered, there Is some
times a piece of road that Nature has
kindly cared for which really does not
require fixing. Often this is plowed up.
along with defective sections, and is
made soft and susceptible to ruts and
washouts. It Is also then In a good con
dition to produce the largest quantity
of dust
A good road should never be thus "re
paired." A defective road should be
repaired at any and all times. It Is
cheaper, and certainly much better.
Europe's good roads are the result of
proper building and constant care.
They do not have to be repaired. They
are fixed before they need repairing in
the sense of being partly rebuilt.
" The one great lesson the people of our
land must learn Is that the time to re
pair a road is when It needs it These
once-a-year refownations are too few
and far between. Fix the roads now.
Happy as a King.
In some cases, the covttousness of
bibliomaniacs increase with their col
lections. Mr. Heber, brother or the
bishop, bought all the books that came
in his way by cartloads and shiploads
and in whole libraries, on which in
some cases he never cast .is eyes. An
other collector would buy a book though
he had twenty copies of it. The fa
mous Antonio MagaliabecchI In ealil
to have lived on titles ai d indexes,
and whose very pillow was p. foho. The
old bibliomaniac lived in a kind of
cave made of piles and masses of
books, with hardly any mom for his
cooking or for the wooden cradle,
lined with pamphlets, which he biung
between his shelves for a bed. He died
in 1714, in his 82d year, dirty, ragged
and as happy as a king.
Not Affected by the Weather.
The seamless boat, for which there
Is a growing demand, seems to be able
to stand any amount of rough work.
This boat is pressed out of an Ingot of
steel and shaped by hydraulic power,
and it fulfills all the requirements of
an ordinary boat In a remarkably In
genious manner. It Is claimed for these
boats that they will last twice as long
as wooden ones, and that there Is less
danger of their capsizing, and that they
are less liable to be affected by changes
of climate. The method by which the
seamless boat is constructed Is a larger
application of the method which has
long been used In this country for man
ufacturing cooking utensils and other
articles of small dimensions.
Hia Worldly Effects.
A New York firm applied to Abraham
Lincoln some years before he becamj
President for information as to the
financial standing of one of his neigh
bors. Mr. Lincoln replied: "Yours of
the 10th received. I am well acquaint
ed with Mr. , and know his circum
stances. First of all, he has a wife and
baby; together they ought to be worth
$50,000 to any man. Secondly, he has
an office in which there is a table worth
$1.50 and three chairs worth, say $1.
Last of all, there Is In one corner a
large rat hole, which will bear looking
Into. .-. Respectfully, .
"A. LINCOLN."
Alum ninm.
' docking utensils made of aluminum
may be used with perfect safety. This
metal never communicate-' to food any
poisonous salt such as is given off by
copper, tin or lead. For cooking pur
poses it seems to be pec iliarly adapt
ed, seein? '.t is a splendid conductor
and retainer of heat, and has also the
advantage of being non-poisonous and
non-corroding. v- '. '
Keep the Crown in the Tower.' -The
crown of England Is kept in the
Tower of London and not in - the
Queen's dressing-room. It Is-never
brought, out . excepting on grand state
occasions, but whenever a ceremony,
such as a drawing-room or levee, takes
place the Queen wears a circlet of dia
monds In the; form of a crown on ber
BLACKWELL'S
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and two coupons Inside eaen
four ounce nag of Black
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of this celebrated tobacco
and read the coupon which
gives a list of valuable pres-
nd now to get them.
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Try Walter Baker & Co.'s Cocoa and
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ished ever since. Look out for imitations.
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