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CHAPTER XI.
As before stated, Ike Baxter belonged
to the class kDown at that time and
still referred to as "poor whites."
Throngh the efforts of his wife he had
managed to hold onto a small f am. just
outside of Winchester, left him by his
father, but it is doabtf al if her argu
ments would hare carried the day had
any one made a cash offer for the few
acres. While Ike always referred to
himself as broken down by hard work,
about five days out of every week had
been spent tramping aronnd the conn
try with his gun or discnssing "Yan
kees" and "niggers" in the village bar
rooms with others of his ilk. Accord
ing to his own line of argument, he was
a martyr. Ill lack bad always followed
him, even to the birth and death cf
triplets.
Mrs. Baxter also had a constitutional
and ready made grievance. If she bad
been allowed to have her way about
things, she always argned, they wonld
long ago have been rich and owned nig
gers, "Yes, sab, real niggers and mo'
or fewer $75 mewls."
Ike Baxter had also been granted a
m furlough, and according to the stories
he told after reaching home the battle
of Bull Run would not have been a vic
tory without him. When anything was
said about Kenton, be was prompt in
replying:
"Dura the Yankee! But we nns has
got our eyes open now, and he nn can't
play as no mo' tricks!"
He was so outspoken in his language,
and his language was so bitter that
Lawyer Williams and others were given
an inkling of the true state of affairs.
' The lawyer fonnd opportunity to in
quire of Ike :
"Didn't my nephew enlist of his own
accord, and is there a man in the com
pany who has exhibited more bravery
and won more of a reputation?"
" What did he tin rush in and rally at
Bull Run fur befo' Duke Wyle could
git thar?" demanded Ike in reply. "He
on just wanted to show off and make
believe. And isn't he nn givin us away
to the Yanks all the time? And isn't he
nn talkin 'bout Oineral Jackson and
boldin his head above ns? And if he nn
gits the chance won't be un give up onr
ball army to Gineral McClellan? Oh,
we nns has our eyes open fur him I"
Mrs. Baxter had got the idea from
Ike's letters home that he had not only
won a crown of fame under fire, but
was holding the whole Federal army in
check. She could read and write, but
very poorly. She had picked up most of
her information and all her military
terms from others scarcely less ignorant.
When Ike appeared in sight down the
road, she ran to meet him and welcomed
bim with:
"Hurrah far Gineral Ike Baxter, who
fit and fit till the Yankees dun ran
away I"
"Don't yo' un know nothin?" angrily
demanded Ike as he came nearer.
"Didn't yo' un fit and fit?"
"Of co'sel fit, but yo' needn't gab it
all over Virginny and make other folks
jealous!"
" Whar's yo'r stripes?" she asked.
"What stripes?"
"Onyo'rarms yo'r gineral stripes?"
"I hain't no gineral!"
"Yo' hain't? Vhy, I thought yo
was boss rjf the hill army! What's the
matter yo' hain't no gineral?"
"What's the matter yo' hain't got no
sense in yo'r bead?"
"But yo' un's a corporall"
"No."
"A major?"
"No."
"A lef tenant?"
"No."
, "Hain't yo nn nothin but jest com
mon folks?" she persisted.
"No."
"Didn't I allna- oay yo' nn had no
jsexit-abeai' yo', and that's why we
was alius pore and low down?' she
bitterly exclaimed as they passed into
the house. "Ike Baxter, yo' hain't
Bbucks! You nn's low down, and yo'
like to stay right thar! Everybody else
is comin home with gineral's and cor
poral's and major's stripes on thar
sleeves, but yo' has dun let 'em walk yo'
inter the mud and hain't got no speerit
to resent it! If I'd gone down thar, I'd
'a' come back as big as anybody! I've
dun told everybody yo' nn was a gin
eral, and now now yo's only jest com
mon!" Mrs. Baxter sat down and wept and
used her apron for a handkerchief. Ike
had expected just such a reception, and
be had a plan to develop at the proper
time. While she continued to weep he
helped himself to a bite to eat from the
cupboard and maintained silence.
"And why didn't they make a gin
eral of yo'?" asked Mrs. Baxter after
about 10 minutes.
"If yo' nn dan had any sense in yo'
head, I conld tell yo'," he sullenly re
plied. "Sense! Sense! If I hain't got sense,
who has ? If it hadn't bin fur my sense,
we nns would bav bin right down to
tater skins y 'ars ago! It's my sense that
has kept us outer the porebouse and let
ns hold onr heads np with the best of
'em! Leastwise I've alius held my
head up, even if yo' hain't!"
"It's this way," said Ike as he con
tinned to eat and reflect. "It's cor
poral, sergeant, orderly sergeant, lef ten
ant, captain, major, kurnel and gin
eral. Takes a heap o' time to git up
thar! Everybody has got to begin way
down."
"But yo's not even a corp corporal
yit!" she exclaimed as one eye filled
with tears of disappointment.
"And what's the reason I hain't? Do
yo' un remember that Yankee lawyer
who lived yere feller named Kenton?"
"Seems like I did."
"He un's to blame. Tried to git us
all captur'd at Bull Run. Tried to put
all the officers down. ot in with Gin
eral Jackson and talked agin us, par
ticklarly me. Reckon he un said a heap
.'bout yo', too, while he tin was at it. If
it hadn't bin far he nn, I'd hev had
stripes on my arms heaps o' stripes
and yo'd bin proud o me. It's jest he
nn that keeps me down. We all hate he
nn, but him 's got Gineral Jackson on
his side."
"The pesky varmint!" she gasped,
with uplifted hands. "He un's all to
blame then?"
"All to blame."
"Talked about me to Gineral Jack
ont What could he nn say?" -
"Dun no, but I reckon he un w6nt on
'bout yo'r gwine b'arfut to church and
dippin snuff and gaddin 'bout and com
plainin. He un rubbed it in on both o'
ns powerful hard, most likely. Befo'
that Gineral Jackson was as .good as
pie to me, but afterward he un wouldn't
dan notice me 'tall!"
"Then then it's the Yankee who
dan keeps yo' all back?" she asked aft
er taking a couple of minutes for reflec
tion. .
"Jest he un alone," answered Ike as
he finished his snack. ; ' '
"And yo' all hain't got spunk nnff to
drive he an out! Ike Baxter, -yd nn
alius did dan let folks walk yo' inter
the mud, but I didn't reckon it was as
bad as this! Fur shame on yo'!" J
"How's we all to drive he uiTwhen
Gineral Jackson is in the way?" asked
"Shoo, how you taZkt"
Ike. "If I never git to be a gineral
it's he un's fault. If I git killed or
captur'd, it's the same. Duke Wyle
wonld make me sergeant tomorrer but
fur that dod blasted Yank!"
"Then if yo' doan pay him out I
will!" exclaimed Mrs. Baxter as she
rose np with a look of determination on
her face.
That's what Ike was waiting to hear.
He was now ready to develop the little
plan sketched out in ' Captain Wyle's
tent before leaving camp.
"I reckon yo' kin do it better'n we all
if yo' want to try," he finally said.
"Yo' know them stuck up Percys in
town, of co'se?'
"Of co'se."
"He un's in luv with the gal."
"I heard that yisterday."
"If we all could brek it up, it would
flatten he un out. Jest think of a south
ern gal luvin a reg'lar Yankee spy, and
probably goin to marry him, when she
could hev Duke Wyle!"
"Shoo, how yoa talk!"
"And if we all could flatten him out
I'd soon be a gineral and prance around
on a boss," continued Ike. "Drat him,
bat he talked about yo' to Gineral Jack
son, and that's what hurts me mo' than
t'other!"
"How kin I flatten him out?" she
asked, ready to begin work at once.
Ike slowly lighted bis pipe and sat
down on the doorstep and made room
for her beside bim. He kept her wait
ing for another minute and then unfold
ed his plan. She listened patiently until
be was through and then pointed out
the obstacles here and there. He re
viewed the case and explained how ev
erything was to be overcome. Although
an ignorant woman, she had a good
deal of natural shrewdness in her com
position, and after the plan had been
gone over in detail for the third or
fourth time she said:
"I'll try it anyhow. I hev alius dun
hated Yanks like pizen, and that Per
cy gal is jest too stack np fur anything!
Might do her a heap o' good to come
down a few pegs! If I flatten he un
oat, that will make yo' a gineral?"
"I reckon."
"And yo'll ride around on a critter
and w'ar a cocked hat?"
"Yes."
"And buy me two new kaliker
dresses, a bonnet, a pa'r of shoes, a
a"
"Yo'll jest be richness and wealth and
look like a queen!" said Ike as she hesi
tated. -
"Then I'll do it if I hev to walk
through fire, and p'raps I'll ride aronnd
on a critter too!'
CHAPTER XII.
Panio does not always follow defeat.
Indeed ' it seldom does. A battle is a
checkerboard wherein all the spots are
marked with blood. The checkers are
men nwn lying in reserve, men on the
battle Hues, men charging on flanks or
center.
The generals in command watch the
board. If one makes a move on the
right or left, the other seeks to take ad
vantage cf it. For the time being they
shut their ears to the roar of battle,
shut thei eyes to the s&t oi ueml and
wounded. Beauregard halted at the
threshold of victory at Shiloh. So with
McClellan at Antietam. At Freder
icksburg Lee permitted Burnside to re
treat after defeat. At Gettysburg Meade
did the same with Lee. Jackson had
thrown himself against Shields at
Kernstowu on the right, on the left, on
the center. He could not break the line
anywhere. He left his dead along a front
of a mile and a half, but the sacrifice was
in vain. It was military tactics to re
treat to fall back to a strong position
and oblige Shields to attack him or give
over bis march np the valley. There is
sometimes more generalship in a retreat
than in an advance or in fighting a bat
tle. The trains mast be saved, the
broken and disorganized commands
picked op anil re-formed, the best troops
sent to the ruar to stand as a bulwark
between the exhausted army and the en
thusiastic enemy.
Jackson left nothing behind him ar
tillery, wagons ox muskets worth gath
ering np and reporting. Most of his
wounded were carried up the valley as
he tell back. Shields followed slowly,
and the rear guard had no fighting to
do. The panio of an army, of an army
corps even, is a terrible sight, but the
panic of a town is something which no
one can fitly describe. The news of
Jackson's defeat preceded him, and
when he reached Winchester it was to
find a town wild with fear and crazed
by terror. War was young then. In
after years the old town changed hands
without a tremor, gathered up the dead
off its streets and buried them as part
of the regular prpgramme.
"The Yankees are coming! The town
will be given np to sack! Winchester
is to be burned, and women and chil
dren mnst flee!"
So rose the cry from house to house.
Some locked their doors and rode away
on horseback or in their carriages.
Others left their doors wide open and
took the turnpike to the south on foot,
carrying whatever they had at first laid
hands on as a burden. Furniture was
brought out and piled in the streets and
set fire to, and had not Jackson's ad
vance arrived as it did the people of the
town would have applied the torch to
their own rooftrnes. The Yankee sol
dier was popularly supposed to be with
out honor or pity a ruffian who stopped
at no crime. Jackson paused to refresh
his men and allay the excitement. Those
who had not fled decided to remain,
though fearful of consequences, but the
general excitement scarcely abated.
The Percys were among the first to
hear of Jackson's defeat and the news
that the Federal army was following
him np and wonld soon be in Winches
ter. They were excited, but not terrified.
"We will remain right here, and we
shall not be disturbed," said Marian to
her mother. ''Tbo Federals have not
burned towns elsewhere nor made war
on women and children, and they will
not do so here! We have no cause te be
afraid."
Neither had they', but circumstances
which could not be foreseen soon caused
a change in the programme. Among
Jackson's- troops was the remnant of
P-the Shenandoah guards. All the house
servants about the Percy mansion were
colored people and slaves. Like others
of their col,r, the general excitement
had made them half crazy. . They had
left the house for the street to see and
bear and were ready to catch up and
believe the-most absurd tales. There
were two men and four women. Back,
who was,a young man of 25, joined a
party of the fleeing inhabitants hurry
ing up the valley. Uncle Ben, as he
was called, was a man of 50, born and
reared in the Percy family, and though
sharing to some extent in the general
excitement he -would not leave his post
of duty. He had-Baid to the female
servants: " ' '
- "I nebber dun did see no Yankees in
all my life, but I hain't gwine to be
afraid an run away. I didn't bring on
dis wah. I hain't killed nobody. What
dein Yankees want to hurt me fur?
Miss Marian hain't skeered. Her mad
der hain't skeered. If dey hain't skeered,
what yo all want to be skeered fur?"
The four women were on a street cor
ner in a group when Captain Wyle
passed by and recognized them as be
longing to the Percy family. He had
beard from the gossips of the town long
ago that Kenton was to carry off the
prize. He had written to Marian with
considerable fervor and without men
tioning the news, and she bad replied in
a very brief and formal manner. To
revenge himself on a woman was quite
foreign to his nature, but as he saw the
four servants and noted their state of
alarm he remembered that he and Iko
Baxter had a plan . to carry out. Ten
minutes later one of his company was
saying to the colored women:
"The Yankees are only a couple of
miles away! If yoa all don't hurry,
you will be taken prisoners, and that
means that every one of yon will be
burned at the stake! They shoot down
white folks and burn niggers!"
That was sufficient to start them off
to join the fleeing throng. Not one of
them returned to the house. Jackson
sent put couriers to advise the panic
stricken people to return, but hundreds
had gone too far to be overtaken. Among
them were the four women. Shields
entered Winchester without opposition.
Within an hour the excitement had sub
sided. The Yankee soldiers had neither
horns nor hoofs. No one was molested
nor made afraid. Where timid women
requested it guards were placed at their
doors, and instead of the merchants be
ing robbed and rained, as most of them
bad folly expected, their properties
were safely cared for.
"Didn't I dan told yoa all so!" ex
claimed Uncle Ben on the street that
evening as be was out looking for tbe
missing servants., "Yankees am jist de
same folks as anybody. I'ze bin lookin
at heaps of 'em, an I can't see no differ
ence. All dem folks who got skeered
an ran'd away was fools! Yankees
hain't gwine ter hurt nobody onless yo'
onbehave yo'self fust!"
Captain Wyle knew where to find Ike
Baxter's wife. She had moved into
town two weeks before, leaving the farm
to take care of itself. That was one of
the points in tbe plan presented by Ike
and accepted by her. She knew that
Jackson bad been beaten and was on tbe
retreat, but ehe did not know of the
fate of Ike and many of his comrades.
Some of those who escaped both death
and capture had seen Ike go down, and
it was certain he bad fallen into Fed
eral hands. Mrs. Baxter fell to sobbing
as sne neara me news rrom tne captain,
but ber sorrow did not last long.
"Drat that Ike far a fool!" she sud
denly exclaimed as grief gave place to
indignation. "Didn't he on promise
me last thing befo' bim went back that
if him ever got into another foot he on
would scrouch down so the bullets
would fly over him! It's all in him al
ius wantin and hevin his own way spite
of all I kin do!"
"Ike and the others would have been
all right if they had not been betrayed, "
observed the captain.
"Shoo, that's what Ike was afraid of!
Was it that Yankee agin that Lawyer
Kenton?" - "
The captain nodded his head.
"Ike hates bim. So do I. If be un
hadn't stood in Ike's way, Ike would
hev bin a gineral befo' this. The)xne7
Stjftk, to betray his own comrades! ' If
I conld git hands on he on, I'd kill
him! I'll never rest till I hev his life,
even if Ike lets np!"
"Have yon seen the the Percys late
ly?" asked the captain as Mrs. Baxter
got ready for another wave of sorrow.
"Did Ike tell yo ? she whispered.
"Partly."
"I've bin tryin to do as we planned,
but couldn't fetch it. Ike thought as
I might get a place in the house, but
they uns hev got too many niggers f uh
that."
"AH their women' have cut and run
not one left. If yoa should happen
to offer your services there now, I think
they'd be accepted."
"Shoo, nigger women all gone?"
"I know it for a fact."
(To be Continued.)
Debt to Dolly Madison.
The capture, Invasion and burning of
our National Capitol by British forces
under Admiral Cockburu are graphical
ly recalled by Clifford Howard in the
Ladies' Home- Journal In Its notable
"Great Personal Events" series. Mr.
Howard lucidly tells of tbe incidents
leading up to the invasion, and pictures
the terror and excitement of the people
of Washington, who fled shouting,
screaming, jostling one another under
foot, into Virginia as the enemy ap
proached. President Madison had gone
to the front, and his wife was anxious
ly awaiting his return, in fear for his
safety. The White House attaches had
nearly all deserted their posts, hut Mrs.
Madison had packed all her husband's
papers and records, and as she was
about to abandon the house, bethought
herself of General Washington's por
trait. The heavy frame inclosing it
was broken by a servant with an axe,
and she removed the canvas with her
own hands, keeping it from falling in
to the hands of the enemy.
"It was then," writes Mr. Howard,
"just as she was in the act of hurrying
away, that Dolly Madison was seized
with an inspiration that will ever cause
her name to live in the heart of every
true American. She stopped to think.
What if the White House should be
burned? Did it contain anything of
value to the Government that she had
neglected? The Declaration of Inde
pendence? In a flash she called to
mind this most precious of all docu
ments. Carefully treasured In a case
apart from the other papers it had
been overlooked in the worriment and
confusion. It must be saved at all
hazards! Without a moment's hesita
tion she turned and rushed back Into
the house. . 'Stop! for Heaven's sake,
stop!' cried her friends, vainly en
deavoring to inercept her. - Regardless
of their commands, regardless of her
thinger, the brave woman sped to the
room containing the treasure for which
she was willing to sacrifice her life.
Without attempting to open the glazed
door of the case she shattered the glass
with her clenched hand, snatched the
priceless parchment, and, waving' it
exultantly above her head, hurried to
the: door, where she entered her car
riage and was rapidly driven away in
the direction of Georgetown.",
A man hears and reads a great deal
more about love in the course of a day
than he sees. . " ' 1 :
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the rest are painters, which connt doe-i
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Professor Alexander Graham Bell is
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Every man has some peculiar train of
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Professor Aarperath, of the Cordoba
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A fulgurite has been found in Borne,
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ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and un less the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restorswi fn its normal
( condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine tases out oi ten are caused by catarrh,
-which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the ihucous surfaces.
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A German doctor of reputation pre
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Literary Note.
Howard, Ainsle & Company, "New
York, announce in their sterling little
magazine, issue of August, a change of
name from The Yellow Kid to The
Yellow Book. This departure is made
in view of the improved and more gen
eral character of the contents of the
periodcal, which will hereafter appear
but once a month. The Book will be
as large and spicy as ever, stocked from
cover to cover with pictures, jokes,
sketches, verses and short stories. For
variety and excellence of material, in
view of the price, 5 cents, The Yellow
Book is unique.
A Famous Group In Bronze.
Dalou's colossal group, "The Triumph
of the Republic," which was set up in
plaster during the 1889 exhibition in
the Palace de la Bepublique in Paris,
is to be cast in bronze at tbe expense of
the city. The group will be very cost
ly, as an attempt made to cast it by the
cire perdue process proved unsuccess
ful, and some parts had to be made over
again. It will be cast now by tbe usual
sand process.
There are about 100 grains of iron in
the average human body, and yet so
important is this exceedingly small
quantity that its diminution is attend
ed with very serious results.
- England is trying submerged cannon.
Oaken beams 21 inches thick and the
hull of a Bhip protected by three inches
of boiler plate were pierced by a solid
shot from one.
A medical authority asserts that death
caused by a fall from a great height is
absolutely painless. The mind acts
very rapidly for a time, then uncon
sciousness ensues.
When the electric railway in South
London was constructed, the delicate
compasses in Greenwich observatory, 18
miles off, were affected, and had to be
adjusted.
Sociologists have been paying an un
usual amount of attention of late to the
questions of prison reform, reduction of
the criminal classes and the like.
It is said that an establishment for
the manufacture of calcium carbide
will be established at the new hydraulic
power plant at Rhinefelen, Switzerland.
The island of Malta has a language
of its own, derived from the Carthagin
ian and Arabian tongues. The noblity
of the island speak Italian.
Iron has for ages been a favorite
medicine. Nearly 100 different prepara
tions of iron are now known to the
medical chemists.
Norway is the only country in the
world which is not increasing its an
nual yield of. cereals. The reason is
found in climatic conditions. -
German agricultural papers say the
lmI
imports of American apples into Ger
many last year were SO times as large
as in any previous season.
Cost of Bad Road.
According to statistics collected by
the office of road inquiry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the amount of loss
each year by bad roads of the country
is almost beyond belief. '
- Some 10,000 letters of inquiry were
sent to intelligent and reliable farmers
throughout the country, and returns
were obtained from about 1.200 coun
ties, giving the average length of haul
in miles from farms to markets and
shipping points, the "average weight of
load hauled and the average length per
ton for the whole length of the -haul.
Summarized, It appears that the gen
eral average length of haul is twelve
miles; the weight of load for two horses
2,000 pounds, and the average cost per
ton per mile 25 cents, or $3 for the en
tire load. - -
Allowing conservative estimates . for
tonnage of all kinds carried over public
roads, the aggregate expense of this
transportation is figured at $940,414,600
per annum. Those in a position 1 to
Judge, calculate that two-thirds, or
nearly $631,000,000, could be saved if
the roads were in reasonably good con
dition. At $4,000 per mile a very good
road can , be constructed, and if an
amount equaling tbe savings of one
year were applied to improving high
ways, 157,000 miles of road in this
country could be put in condition.
The effect of this would be a perma
nent improvement, and an exchange
says not only would the farmer be as
tonished in the sudden reduction In his
road tax, but he would also wonder at
the remarkable falling off In the cost of
transportation. He would also find that
he required fewer horses and less feed
for them. He could make two trips to
market a day Instead of one, when abil
ity to get his goods there at a timo
when high prices are ruling is a matte:
of great consequence.
Farmers are beginning to apply a lit
tle simple arithmetic to some of thess
matters, and it is not too much to ex
pect that in the near future we shall
see a decided revolution in the condi
tion of our rural highways.
Dorner's Plan for Good Bonds.
At the Rock River Chautauqua at
Dixon, 111., Mr. Otto Dorner of Milwau
kee, chairman of the Improvement
committee of the National League of
American Wheelmen, delivered au ad
dress on "How Shall We Obtain Better
Roads?" He said, in part:
"Road building in the United States
has been left entirely in the hands of
the farmers and in charge of the local
town authorities. These local authori
ties, as a rule, have no knowledge of
road building, and fifty years of experi
ence has shown a great deal of labor
wasted, and our roads to-day are no
better than they were twenty and thir
ty years ago. A radical improvement
in the system itself must be made.
"The League of American Wheelmen
has been the subject of much criticism
on account of its agitation for better
highways. We have been accused of
selfishness in the matter. It is believed
by many that we wheelmen expect
farmers to 'oad- themselves up with
taxes to build roads for the convenience
of tilcycle riders. No greater mistake
could be made. We of the League of
American Wheelmen who are engaged
in this agitation for better roads feel
that the farmer to-day bears his full
share of public taxation. We feel that
a mistake has been made in the past in
expecting farmers alone to pay for
building roads and in leaving
the entire responsibility for our
roads in their hands. It is
claimed that in the State of New York
every farmer is obliged to build roads
for eight persons out of the State popu
lation. Wrhy should not the other sev
en contribute to their cost? While good
roads would save the farmers immense
amounts in hauling products, this sav
ing would indirectly benefit the whole
population. Neither is the farmer the
only one who travels the country high
ways. Country merchants, doctors and
professional men, peddlers, pleasure
seekers and, last but not least, the
wheelmen, would be directly benefited
by good roads. It is unjust, therefore,
that the farmers should pay for build
ing these roads. I am glad of an oppor
tunity to say to a gathering of farmers
that the League of American Wheel
men proposes to help them in bringing
about a proper division of the cost of
good roads.
"The League of American Wheelmen
believes that many of our country
roads should be built by State aid; that
a part of the cost of good roads should
be paid out of the State tax, which
would be levied upon all property and
all classes of people alike, so that every
taxpayer should contribute a propor
tionate amount, according to the
amount of property he owns. We pro
pose that the States shall help to build
roads and divide their total cost be
tween the people of the locality who are
most directly benefited; the adjoining
property-owners whose land rises in
value as a result of the improvement,
and the State as representing the en
tire population. This l-as been adopted
In practice with great success in New
Jersey, In Connecticut, in Rhode Island,
in Pennsylvania, and, in a modified
form, la Massachusetts. New Jersey
has become famous for the fine roads
she has built. These were constructed
by a State-aid system, and the towns
and counties are glad to pay their
share of the cost of these roads so long
as the State pays its part. The country
districts in New Jersey are overwhelm
ing the State authorities with petitions
to assist in tbe Improvement of local
roads, and the Legislature cannot ap
propriate funds for the purpose suf
ficient to meet the demands from tbe
farmers." ' -
A Favorite Abiding Place.
In a little English village there is a
baker's shop over the door of which Is
the following Inscription: "One piece
of bread, to be eaten on the premises,
given to any one passing through
Broughtou direct until 10 p. m." This
extraordinary sign-board was affixed
to the shop some years ago by Sawrey
Cookson, of Broughton Tower, who re
coups the baker for the bread which he
disposes of in this singular way. As
may be expected, the shop Is a favorite
halting place for tramps and artisans
out of work, who are making their way
to the busy town twelve miles from the
village. ; '- - : :
. Modern Gossip.
Miss Quizzer Do yon believe all the
disagreeable things you read in . the
newspapers?
. Miss Buzbuz I do If they're about
people I know.-oston Traveler.-, i
, When, a woman wants thirty or forty
dollars, she asks her husband for a
"little change."., -. , "
Remarkable Will Power.
The late William S. Groesbeck, of
Cincinnati, never took another law case
after his defense of President Andrew
Johnson. "The brilliant speech which
won that case," says the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune, '"proved the
man's remarkable will and intellectual
powers. He had been so ill as to be
confined to his bed, efll 1 on the day of
the trial, while lying in bed, he jotted
down on a sheet of foolscap paper the
main points of his defense. He was
driven to tbe tribunal in a carriage,
unable to walk, and spoke extempore
for four hours and a half. At the close
article XI was voted upon, and the
president aoquitted of the other arti
3les. Since that time Mr. Groesbeck
has lived a life of quiet and retirement.
In 1872 he built Elmhurst, a 'noble
bouse of superb proportions, command
ing a river view of unsurpassed beauty. '
A bulletin (No. 7) of the division of
entomology of the United States de
partment of agriculture says that in
Prance and Pennsylvania an industry
has recently sprung up, which consists
sf the farming of spiders for the pur-,
pose of stocking wine cellars, and thus
securing almost an immediate coating
Df cobwebs to new wine bottles, giving
them the appearance of great age. This
industry is carried on in a little French
village in the department of Loire and
near Philadelphia, where "Epeira vul
Saris" and "Nephila fluniipes" are
raised in large quantities and sold to
he wine merchants at the rate of $10
per 100. This application of entomol
)gy to industry is one which will not
be highly commended. I
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