Uncle
Sam
Says:
This is
America':
Greatest
Spring
Medicine
Take it
Now to
Sharpen
Your
Appetite,
Vitalize
Your
Blood,
To
Overcome
ThatTired
Feeling. Go to your druggist and get
a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and be
gin to take it today, and realize at once
the great good it is sure to do you.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Spring Medicine.
LiauLinui,' ui i 1 1 1. uvui uu. " p
insuring German Workmen. : It was nearly dark I had time to dis-
Under the laws which compel both ! tinguish the features of one of the lead
German employers and employes to j lng lawyers of the city,
contribute to sick funds, accident funds ; As my servant showed him into the
and funds for the aged and incapaci- : front parlor, by the window of which I
tated, about $300,000,000 have been j was sitting, he came forward, and,
paid during the last decade to 25,000,- grasping me by both hands, said: "Mr.
000 employes. The sums paid in dnr- Martinot, we need no Introduction; we
ing that period amounted to $460,000,- j both know each other professionally so
000, of which the masters contributed : well that a personal acquaintance Is
$240,000,000 and the men $220,000,- : unnecessary."
000. Many large firms have also pri- j I motioned him to a chair. "I will
vate pensions and other funds to which be seated," said he, "but only long
they contribute liberally, and profit-
sharing prevails to some extent.
Cigars of Paper.
A German chemist announces that he
has discovered a method of making
cigars, without the use of tobacco. He
r e that peo le shall smoke jviper '
FJlEfLf Kntit ; n' lwr I
which has been previously soaked in a
preparation, of which he is the inventor,
which will give the smoker precisely
the same sensation as though he were
smoking "real" tobacco. He declares
that his formula will give forth an
aroma equal to that which perfumes
the air when a fine cigar is smoked.
In the jungles of Sumatra the largest
Bpiders are found. Some of the largest
specimens measure eight inches across
the back and have 17 inches of leg
spread.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.
7
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It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and !
, . .- . i r i
mstantlv takes trie sung oui oi corns anu
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov-
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callous and hot, tired aching feet. We
have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try
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package FREK. Address Allen S. Olm
sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
A uuggoiT.--.:-. fou-d in Siberia re
cently containing 74 pounds of gold.
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II w after first day's use of Dr. Kline's (jreat
Nerve Restorer. Send for FBKE .) trial
bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KT.INK, Ltd., two
Area street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
God-send to me. Wm. B. McClellan,
Chester, Florida. Sept. 17, 1895.
fl The exports of locomotives in 1897
were three times greater than eight
years ago.
9100 EEffARD 100.
The Teaders of this paper will be pleased tc
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to euro in all its
tages, and that is catarrh. Hall'sCatarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the founda
tion of "the disease, and giving the patient
... w t ... 1 . nnn.Htntiin a Ti ft
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-:
prietors have so much faith In its curative
-r. that thow nff iriT- I In t M 11 rwt MM I 111 1 1 fl TC 1
for any' case that it fails to cure. Bend for list j
of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O,
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
HOME FKODUCTS AND FUICB FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drivs" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class erocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drive'1 have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
More than a third of the French
crown jewels have been bought by
Americans.
In the spring cleanse your system by
using Dr. Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier.
ONK BNJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of rigs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tera effectually, dispels colds, head-
, i j- j P , -. ,
aefees and fevers and cures habitual
Syrup of Figs is the
T"'" T 7J-. , - , &
only remeay oi its mna ever pro- breakfast table my wlfe wUo had beea
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- j extravagan.t of late, brought up the sub
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in ject of a residence uptown. She want
its action and truly beneficial in its ed to be opposite Central Park ami to
effects, prepared only from the most ride with the swells of Fifth avenue,
healthy and agreeable substances, its I opposed her and she retorted sharply,
manv excellent qualities commend it ! '"You will regret this,' I said as I
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
LOVISVIUI. Kt. W YORK. $Lt-
CHQfcS? WHll All HSr rA La.
Cough Syrup. Tutea Good. Use I
In time. Sold by q nitre ms.
I THE MURDER OF A WIFE.
NE night, just as it was growing
dusk and the lengthening shad
ows brought weird memories to
me, I was disturbed by the rattling of
a cab which stopped at the door with a
loud "Whoa" from the driver and a pull
that brought the horse on its haunches.
A man sprung out of the cab, and,
! hastily running up the steps, pulled
enough for you to get ready to go with
me. I want you to go to the Tombs.
My client, in whose behalf I have
called to see you, Is there. He Is in the
shadow of the gallows. The noose is
around his neck."
uiiustuu unn iur me iu w
called by a professional man, and there-
fore I gave no thought to the case as
we were rattling through the streets,
but the impatience of the lawyer was
such that he would not allow the cab
man to slacken, even upon the slippery
pavements. We were nearly there be
fore he mentioned the case. He seemed
unable to talk from nervousness. When
the shadow of the Tombs fell upon the
cab he turned to me and said:
"I can tell you only one thing about
the case; my client is innocent. That Is
absolute. In his confession to me he
could explain nothing; he only knows
that he Is innocent."
With this brief prelude I followed my
guide up the stairs leading to the
. - .- f fh tar crnjierv that
Tombs and into tne somDcr ganery hmh
....... .,1 ..... r,nw11ii.o' ytitr In tna loaf
runs along murderers' row. In the last
cell, surrounded by not more than ten
square feet of space, sat my man. He
occupied a wooden chair, and when the
turnkey unlocked the door he gave no
sign excepting to bury his head deeper
In his hands and groan.
At a glance I saw that he was a gen
tleman. He was a man In the prime of
life, not o-er 40, well dressed, clean
shaven and handsome. This I saw In
spite of the dark gloom upon his coun
tenance, for never in my life had I seen
such abject despair shown ia the race
of a human being.
At the sound of the lawyer's voice he
lifted up his head, and at the mention
of my name a ray of hope seemed to
come across his countenance. He rose,
shook hands with us both, and beck
oned us to seats on his rude cot.
"Now," said the lawyer, leaning back
and leaving us face to face together,
"tell Mr. Martinot everything that hap
pened that night and conceal nothing
from him. Tell him just as you have
told me."
Looking me straight in the eye and
beginning at the very beginning,
Franklin Jarvls told me his story:
"I am a manufacturer of dress
goods," said he. "My business carries
me j0vv-n into Barclay street and the
lower quarters of the town, and on that
account I rise early every morning.
For many years my wife has not break
fasted with me.
"We were married fifteen years ago
and our story is an old one. We mar
ried in poverty and were happy. We
grew to wealth and were indifferent.
When fortune began to smile upon us
my wife became ambitious and longed
to shine in the social set of which we
had read only a little and In gilded
paragraphs.
"I opposed her and we quarreled,
sometimes gently, but more often bit
terly. Our words at times rose high,
and whn, as on a recent occasion, she
showed great extravagance in her at
tempts to get Into high circles, I would
leave the house and not return for a
week at a time. Thus it grew steadily
on for the last five years, getting worse
I and worse.
"I will tell you now," said he, hesl-
i tating and half apologetically, "that for
I the last five years, since our trouble be
gan, I have been employing my spare
time in a little amusement whicn I
j have very rigidly kept secret from my
friends. I have been writing stories.
During these periods when my wife
hand I were estranged and neither of us
would humble ourselves enough to
make the first approaches, I have with
drawn from home, and, taking up my
quarters in a hotel, have amused myself
evenings writing fiction. This has been
mt- rntimf flfl other men drive horss
1 or seek tne billiard table. My stories
have been in print and doubtless you,
Mr. Martinot, have read many of them
1 under an assumed name. My wife
j knew of my little pastime and ridiculed
When I wrote at home I could only
i do It in the still hours of the night when
. ,
she was asleep.
"Last Wednesday morning at the
rose from the table. 'You may regret
cried as the memory of the things she
i pnnnnf rnan friii r n n k' i - v i .o ,
had said swept over me anew, '1 wisn
I could go away and never see your
face again.'
"Of course I was sorry for the words
as soon as I had said them, and during
the day I squared matters with my con
science by sending a basket of flowers
to her. I even notified a real estate
manager that I was in the market for
an uptown residence.
"I was detained that night at my
office, and when I reached home the
church clock opposite was tolling the
hour of 11. I went softly in at the front
door, and knowing that my wife would
be asleep at that hour I walked through
the long hall to a little study situated
at the rear end of the hall. Here stood
a small writing desk, and here I knew
I could be alone for an hour to quiet my
mind from the business events of the
day and to indulge in my favorite recre
ation of story writing.
"A plot had come to my mind as 1
came uptown in the cars, and I resolved
to write it while it was fresh. A flat
tering letter from a publisher who had
accepted my latest story made me re
solve to supply him with another as
soon as possible.
" 'This time my wife shall know of
my work and be proud of It. I will
enter society and court the litterati,
while she enjoys herself with the but
terflies,' I said to myself, smiling, as I
dipped my pen in the ink.
"The plot of my story was a singular
one. It was tne "Murder oi a vvne.
"With accuracy I went into each
startling detail, and as I wrote down
the bloodthirsty words I saw that uiy
anger for my wife was melting away,
even as the beauty of the story grew
underneath my fingers. When I had
finished I saw that I had achieved
what would be the greatest work of my
life, and that honors would come to me
from tho public who would read my
story.
"When I had laid down my pen I
sighed a sigh of relief.
" T could not do that again for $1,
000,' I said aloud. 'No,' I repeated, as
I Tralked through the hall, still intent
with the plot, 'no, I could not do that
again for $10,000.'
'"Did you speak, sir?' Inquired a wo
man's voice.
" 'Who is thatr I asked.
"Tt is I Ellen, the cook. I heard
"I HEARD A VOICE SAY: 'FOR THE
somebody walking around, sir, and I
came to see who it was.'
" 'AH right, Ellen,' I said; 'it is L Go
back to bed.' And Ellen, who sleeps
In the basement, went back down the
basement stairs.
Bounding up the staircase, I threw
open the door of my wife's room and
stepped inside. A moment later I was
pulling the bell frantically and shout
ing for help.
"There upon the edge of the bed lay
my wife, with the blood dripping from
her head and heart. She was uncov
ered, with one arm hanging to the
floor. Her countenance was fearfully
distorted. She had been cruelly mur
deredstabbed in the head and heart.
Stabbed to death by the hand of a mid
night assassin.
"In a moment the room was filled
with frightened servants and I was
sending them in every direction for
physicians, policemen, neighbors.
"But there was nothing to be done.
She was dead. That much we all saw
at a glance. Her head was slashed al
most beyond recognition and the hand
that had done it was a desperate one.
"I was too dazed that night to con
sider. But the next day when the ln
ciuest was held I saw the awkward
Hon In which I was placed. The
coroner, in his search of the premises,
came upon the manuscripts lying upon
the little table in my writing-room and
there, word for word, lay before him
the act description of the murder of
my wife. Just as it was, In my manu
script. If I had killed her before wri
ting I could not have written down a
more accurate account of the details.
"The rest you know. My arrest, Im
prisonment and impending trial fill the
newspapers. I am a doomed man.
Nothing on earth can save me! The
testimony of Ellen alone would convict
me. No chain of circumstantial evi
dence was ever more closely entwined
around an unfortunate wretch like
I must confess that when I came out
of the Tombs that uight I was puzzled.
The awfulness of the story and the cer
tainty of conviction were all that I
could bring to mind.
As we stepped down the stone steps
the clock in the Tombs was tolling 11.
"Drive me to the home of Franklin
Jarvls," I said to the lawyer. "Let me
In the front door and leave me. Come
back for me In one hour."
I hardly knew what I Intended to do,
although my mind was fuU of vague
suggestions. As the front door of the
fated house closed between me and the
street a shiver ran over me in spite of
my many experiences and I walked
softly the fall length of the ball and
seated myself in the little writing
room. Taking up pen and Ink. I took the
blank sheets of paper before me and
began to write as though I were' living
the night of the murder over again. As
I wrote I turned and laid the sheets
one by one upon a small Cairo stand
back of me, which had evidently been
used for that purpose, for there were
blotters upon it.
Scarcely had I written a page when I
thought I heard behind me a stealthy
step. On the second page I heard it
again. This time there were whispers.
I listened and heard a voice say, "For
the love of God, can it be he?"
I sprang to my feet and turned
around.
A loud shriek rose to the ceiling and
out' upon the hall floor there fell a
heavy weight. It was a man and over
him bent a woman.
"You scared him almost to death,
sir," said she. "I told him that it was
only one of them detectives that they
are always sending here, but the back
of your head looked so much like mas
ter's that it scared him most to death."
"Why should that scare him?" I ask
ed. "Sure sir, I don't know, but lately ho
has been like, like "
At this moment the man opened his
eyes.
"Forgive me, forgive me," he cried.
"I have dreamed of it day and uight,
forgive "
"I will forgive you nothing," said I,
"until you confess how your curiosity
made you creep up behind your master
that night and read what he was writ
lng. Confess how you went upstairs
and killed your mistress and robled
her of her jewels; confess how you hid
after the others were called and pre
tended to be asleep; and confess how
you have allowed an Innocent man to
suffer for your crime.
Truly frightened now, the wretch
told how he overheard the quarrel on
the morning and how he had planned
the murder of his mistress. And how
and by what dastardly means he had
found the very description of the mur
der before his eyes and had followed it
out with awful correctness. Chicago
Chronicle.
COAL CHALCEDONY.
Beautiful Fossils Found on the Flor
ida Beach.
There are many things of interest at
and around Tampa, but if the majority
of tourists who visit the place only
knew it the most wonderful and most
fruitful in returns is at Ballast Foint.
a small pleasure resort about six miles
from the city and on Tampa Bay. On
the shores of this point are found in
vast numbers a curious and valuable
form of dossils known as coral chalce
donies, the like of which are only
found, it is said, on Desolation Island,
In the far North Pacific Ocean.
These coral chalcedonies were first
discovered by a Philadelphia scientist,
named T. A. Conrad, about fifty yearF
LOVE OF GOD, CAN IT BE HE?"
ago, and were first described by anoth
er Philadelphian, Prof. Angelo Heil
prin, a few years later. The fossils are
of both shells and corals, although it is
onlv the latter that possess a marked
beauty of coloring. The corals have bo
come changed from their original com
position into chalcedony, through, as
Prof. Heilprin believes, "an infiltration
of silica in a htated condition." The
fossils nearly all take the form of hol
low geodes or hollow pipe stems, as the
term Is, and in the former it is on the
inside that the chaldecony Is found,
and It occurs in brilliant, translucent
reds, browns, whites and blacks. Some
times there are successive layers of
different colors, which give the whole
an appearance of being agate. The
most beautiful, however, are thosd
which are brilliant red and covered
with a peachy bloom.
The pipe stem forms are usually
translucent throughout. In some cases
the geodes, although hermetically seal
ed by nature, contain water, and from
this circumstance are known by the
people of Tampa as "water stones."
These forms containing water, which
may be seen through the translucent
chalcedony, are somewhat rare, and
the curio dealers in the South ask extor
tionate prices for good specimens.
Many efforts have been made by sci
entific men to determine the precise
method by which the hollowing of
these fossil corals was brought about,
but none of them have thus far been
willing even to hazard a guess which
they would like to see In cold print.
Sometimes the geodes contain wet
sand, and this is nearly as curious as
the water, only In the case of the sand
it cannot be seen through the chalce
dony. These curious and exceedingly beau
tiful gem-like chalcedony corals belong
to the geological period known as the
Lower Miocene system. It is not a re
mote period, when the vast age of the
earth is considered, but long enough
to make one's head ache In trying to
figure out the years. Florida letter in
Philadelphia Ledger.
Where Water Is Peddled Lite Milk.
In Arizona there Is a town where, be
cause of the aridity of the region and
the dryness of the climate, water Is
peddled in the streets like milk and
carried from house to house in canvas
sacks on the backs of burros or pack
mules.
When a young man proposes to a. girl
she Is usually about as much surprised
as a presidential candidate is wh(;n he
is officially notified of his nomination.
Our best friends are apt to appeal
bad in amateur theatricals.
SLEW NINETY DEFENSELESS MEN
A Buccaneer Captain Puts a Captured
Crew to the word.
"The Buccanneers of Our Coairi-" is
the subeet of a series of sketches by
Frank B. Stockton now appearing in
St. Nicholas, writing of the French
man, L'Olonnois, and his adventures.
Mr. Stockton says:
By the time the war vessel had ar
rived at De los Cayos, L'Olonnois had
made his preparations to attack the
place. But after the ship had come
there was a change in the state of af
fairs, and he was obliged to alter his
plans.
Of course L'Olonnois could not now
row leisurely up to the town and begin
to pillage It as he had intended; but no
Intention of giving up his project enter
ed his mind. As the Spanish vessel
was In his way, he would attack hei
and get her out of bis way. He was
obliged to devise some stratagem; and
he also needed a larger force. He there
fore captured some fishermen to help
row his canoes. Then by night he pro
ceded slowly In the direction of the
Spanish vessel. The man-of-war was
anchored not far from the town; and
when, about 2 o'clock in the morning,
the watcli on deck saw some canoes ap
proaching they naturally supposed
them to be boats from shore.
The canoes were hailed, and after
having given an account of themselves
they were asked if they knew anything
about the pirate ship upon the const.
L'Olonnois made one of his prisoner
fishermen answer that they had not
Keen a pirate vessel, and say that it must
have sailed away when its captain
heard the Spanish ship was coming.
Then the canoes were allowed to go.
They rowed off into the darkness, and
waited until nearly daybreak; then
they boldly made for the man-of-war,
one canoe attacking her on one side
and the second on the other. Before
the Spanish could comprehend what
had happened, there were more than
twenty pirates upon their decks, the
dreaded L'Olonnois at their head.
The pirates had the advantage; they
had overpowered the watch, and were
defending the deck against all comers
from below. It requires a brave sailor
to stick his head out of a hatchway
when he sees enemies on deck armed
with cutlasses. But there was some
stout fighting on board; the officers
came out of their cabins, and some of
the men were able to force their way
Into the struggle. The pirates, however,
fought, each scoundrel of them, like
three men, and the savage fight ended
by every Spanish sailor or officer, who
was not killed or wounded, being forced
to stay below decks, with the hatches
securely fastened.
L'Olonnois now stood, a proud victor
on the deck of his prize, and ordered
the prisoners to be seat up from below.
As soon as each prisoner was standing
before L'Olonnois the pirate slew him,
and he thus killed nearly a hundred.
His First Doer.
Buck fever is a hunter's disease, the
symptoms of which are pretty well
known, but they have seldom been
more feelingly described than by a
"Marquette citizen," whose first expe
rience in deer-shooting is related in the
Mining Journal.
After spending a few hours tramping
through the woods, feeling tired, he sat
down on a log to rest. Like most hunt
ers, he had taken his pipe and tobacco
along. Filling the pipe, he smoked for
a time without Interruption, when, hap
pening to turn his head a little to one
side, he saw a large buck coming
straight toward him. As luck would
have it, he had sat down to smoke near
a deer trail.
The deer came nearer and nearer, un
til he -was nearly opposite the place
where the hunter sat concealed. While
the hunter was watching the approach
of the deer he forgot that he had a gun,
aud that the deer was "his meat." He
began to tremble and shake In every
limb and joint, and it was difficult for
him to restrain a yell of fright.
He watched and trembled until the
deer passed his hiding-place and went
into the thicket beyond. Then feeling
for his rifle, he discovered that it lay
on the ground near his feet. By the
time he had picked it up the deer was
out of range, and then he discovered
that in his excitement he had bitten the
mouthpiece of his pipe in two.
He was greatly relieved to see the
deer move on, as it seemed to him that
he was the game and the deer was the
hunter.
The Palace at Potsdam.
The walls and ceiling of the vestibule
of Emperor William's palace at Pots
dam have been lined with shells, pieces
3f quartz, agates, crystals and other
mineralogical specimens. It is an enor
mous apartment, sixty-eight feet
square, and broken by six huge pillars.
The floor is of tessellated marble and
mosaic. The windows are of stained
glass, but every Inch of surface on the
walls and ceiling Is covered with geo
logical and mineralogical specimens,
which have been collected from all cor
ners of the globe by the imperial miner
alogists and arranged under the direc
tion of a famous artist. The effect is
unique, but ugly. Few museums con
tain a greater variety of rare specimens
than are found in this room. The
members of the diplomatic and consu
lar service, the naval officers, the scien
tists and the travelers of Germany,
who are familiar with this fad of the
Emperor, have sought his favor by
bringing beautiful examples of shells,
minerals and rare stones from the arc
tic and antarctic regions, from the isl
ands of the Indian ocean, from the
shores of Siberia, from Patagonia and
Lapland, from Burmah and the Trans
vaal, from the Andes, the Urals, the
Himalayas and the Mountains of the
Moon. There Is a considerable collec
tion from the Rocky Mountains in one
corner, which was presented to the
German government some years ago by
the geological survey of the United
States. Most of it is from Colorado.
Chicago Record.
Hyacinths.
Sing a song of hyacinths.
Larkspur's not so blue;
Never any gallant rose
Gathered from a garden-close
Redder blushed than you.
Honey-colored, white as sleep
Sweet and coid your state you keep
From the careless crowd;
Crocuses that overgild
Close-cropt lawn and open field.
Snowdrop in his shroud.
Yellow tulips bubble-clear,
Budding thrift, may all be dear
As they're fair to see.
Yours be sage and snowdrop still,
Violet and the daffodil
Hyacinths for mel
London Sketch.
Value of Brown Diamonds.
A New York jeweler was exhibiting
in Wall street a day or two ago a brown
diamond, whose brlllancy seemed to be
more adamantine than that of any
white or canary stone In the market.
Brown diamonds of so fine quality are
extremely scarce, but the color bas nev
er been appreciated by any exoept ex
perts. In time, money making becomes a
disease.
Improving Highways.
Road-making is one of the themes
now quite frequently discussed in the
farmers' institutes. It is a hopeful sign
for better highways that there appears
to be a determination to give this sub
ject more practical attention. In a re
cent Kossuth County meeting Senator
Chubb submitted his views on this
topic. He had found In a farm journal
a description of a good road that he In
dorsed, viz.: "Smooth, hard rolling, the
macadamizing being greater in the cen
ter. Good roads are roads that are good
when the weather Is bad, good under
any and all circumstances." The views
he submitted were in line with the
more effective of the cheap methods of
road building. He thought the most
essential thing in the construction of a
highway was to keep it as dry as possi
ble. For this reason special attention
should be given to ditching on each
side of the road, and tiling should be
used where practicable. However, he
considered the first essential in the im
provement of highways was to have a
good boss, and it seemed to him that
some sort of civil service ought to ap
ply to road supervisors, and that a cer
tain amount of Information in road
building should be necessary to qualify
a man for the office. "It is reasonably
sure," he said, "that In the construction
of grades a heavy roller might be used
to pack the dirt as it is being put on in
layers by the grader; it would have a
tendency to make the roadbed more
firm and impervious to water. Great
pains should be taken when the grade
is completed to have the sides of the
road from the roadbed to the ditches on
each side smooth, with the slope gradu
al, and no place left to hold water, and
it seems to me when this is done, and
you have a good roadbed prepared, it
would be of great advantage to seed it
to some kind of tame grass, to take the
place of the obnoxious weeds that are
almost sure to spring up if left vacant.
The roots of the grass would have a
tendency to hold the dirt in place and
prevent washing in heavy showers."
This would prove a good foundation for
roads, which might be improved later
on by a layer of gravel or burnt clay.
Marshalltown Times-Republican.
Country Highways.
The greatest benefits to be derived
from good roads are the increased val
ue of the farming lands and the more
expeditious facilities provided for send
ing the farmer's products to the mar
ket. Statistics place the total length of
the common roads in the United States
at from 1,300,000 to 1,800,000 miles.
There has been no system in the build
ing of these roads. They have been con
structed in a haphazard way, and in
the majority of cases all principles of
civil engineering have been disregard
ed. Exchange.
Using Convict Labor,
Baltimore is macadamizing her sub
urban roads by labor of the inmates of
the house of correction. Last year she
paid $9,000 per mile for macadamizing
suburban roads. With convict labor
she does it as well at a cost of $1,000
per mile. This is of interest to other
localities. There are hundreds of crimi
nals in jails and houses of correction
who would be better off If worked ev
ery day of their several terms.
Shows the Difference.
The road commissioners of New Jer
sey points out that it costs three cents
a bushel to haul wheat five miles on .a
well-made road, and at least nine cents
to haul it the same distance on a rough
or sandy road. The farmers may just
ly conclude that some luxuries of life
are more economical than the bare ne
cessities. Music to Order.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has always had a
capacity, not only' for clever, but for
exceedingly rapid work. When a very
young man, he desired some training in
the composition of operatic music, and
with characteristic- energy, determined
to learn something of the technique of
the stage. lie thereupon obtained a
position as organist for the opera In
Covent Garden, where his musical fa
cility at once came into general re
quest. On one occasion he was admiring the
"borders" which had been paintwl for
a woodland scene.
"Yes," said the painter, "they are
very well, and If you could support
them by something suggestive in the
orchestra, we could get a pretty .ef
fect." Mr. Sullivan at once wrote Into the
score some delicate arpeggio work for
flutes and clarinets, and every one was
quite happy.
Next day, perhaps, the machinist
would say:
"Mr. Sullivan, the Iron doesn't run as
easily In the slot as I should like. We
must have a little more music to cover
It. I should like something for the
'cellos. Could you do it?"
"Certainly . Mr. Sloman," the com-
posfT would reply, gravely, "you have
opened a new path of beauty In orches
tration." lie at once added sixteen
bars for the 'cello alone. No sooner
was this done, than a solo dance was
required, at the last moment, for a
denseuse who had just arrived.
"What on earth am I to do?" asked
the poor musician, of the manager. "I
haven't seen her dance. I know noth
ing of her style."
"I'll see," he said, and took the young
lady aside. In less that five minutes
he returned.
"I've settled it all," he announced.
"This is exactly what she wants. Tld-dle-iddle-um,
tlddle-Iddle-um, mm- tl-rum-tirum.
Sixteen bars of that. Then
rum-tum, rum-tum, heavy, you know,
sixteen bars. Then finish up with the
overture to 'William Tell,' last move
ment, sixteen bars and coda."
The composer sat down to his hur
ried task, and In less than a quarter of
an hour, the work was ready.
These were base uses, perhaps, for
genius; but they constituted an appren
ticeship. A Great Place for Glr's.
Young women are still so scarce in
Idaho that It is almost impossible to
keep a female school teacher unmar
ried and at work. A lady named Miss
Musch recently went from Iowa to
teach in Givensville, Idaho. She be
came engaged to a prominent man and
they were married at the end of the
term. Miss Musch's sister came to
teach the school and she was married
In the middle of the second term. A
third sister finished the term and she
was married at the end of it.
Everyone thinks he is compelled to
devote too much time to covering up
other people's mistakes.
A fortune teller always tells a man
that he is fond ot women.
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