THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
The way of the world is a wonderful
way
Wonderful in its madness!
Tis a mad endeavor from day to day
That ends each night in sadness.
For men are greedy to compass wealth
With schemes unjust and vicious,
Or seek for pleasures, by sun or stealth,
And call their Bins delicious!
The way of the world is a sorrowful
way
Sorrowful in its grieving!
'Tis a grievous fear that friends betray,
And none is worth believing.
For men will sell their honor for gain,
And women their virtue give
For ripples of joy on seas of pain
The way of the world is a sickening
way
Sickening in its meanness!
Tis a mean existence with husks alway
To pall the soul with leanness.
Far better the ways of Christ, with
peace,
With rags, and a crust and cold!
A little from God, with a heart content,
Is better than hoards of gold!
Atlanta Constitution.
DORIS' CONQUEST.
PECULIAR? No, aunty, that is
not the word. Ridiculous, I call
it; perfectly ridiculous! Why
should every mamma with a marriage
able son choose to snub me?"
Doris Hollister was a widow, and
with her aunt and trim maid servant
had lived in the vine-covered cottage
about a year.
The male portion of the populace
unanimously pronounced her charm
ing, but the ladies could see nothing to
admire. In their opinion the rose-colored
cheeks were rouged, and as for
the hair, it surely had been bleached,
which was utterly false', for Doris was
nothing If not natural.
A carriage rumbled past and Doris
remarked: "There, aunty, is a man
whom I may say I thoroughly respect,
Dr. Thornton. He came here an or
phan boy from Canada, I believe. He
is what I call a self-made man, there
fore I respect him.
"If Isabel Lee, that 'fashion plate'
he so admires, should discover it, I
fear he would be jilted. I have heard
her say she would never marry a man
who had low relatives. By low, I pre
sume she meant poor. I cannot imag
ine how we happen to have invitations
for his lawn party to-night I am
convinced he utterly detests me. There
is one man, at least, who is not a slave
to my charms," and Doris laughed a
merry, blithesome laugh that did one
good to hear.
As Doris had said. Dr. Thornton was
a man who claimed, respect from all.
True, also, admiration ror ner was noi
one of his failings.
He had assured himself, many times,
that coolness and composure were ex
cellent qualities in a nurse, but in a
wife well, that was different, and Isa
bel Lee, the aristocratic beauty who
was besieging his heart and fortune,
"was all impulse, animation and good
nessat least so thought the doctor,
as ne stood inspecting tne grounds
before the guests arrived.
The velvety lawn, the spreading trees
just touched with gold and crimson,
the many-colored lights, fountains and
flowers, made the place , a modern
fairyland.
The evening was a success. Sweet
music came floating over the tiny lake,
in the center of which the orchestra
was stationed.
Suddenly a servant hurried" across
the lawn and addressed the doctor in a
low tone. Hastily excusing himself,
Dr. Thornton started toward the house,
but had not proceeded three steps
"when a grotesque old couple appeared
before him.- .
The doctor was encircled by two
pairs of feeble, arms, while a quaver
ing, shrill voice attracted the attention
of every near-by guest. .
"Hermie! Hermie! Don't you know
your Uncle Hi and Aunt Tildie? I'm
that upsot! We had the wust time
gettin' here."
"Tildie's right," interrupted Uncle
Hi. "We got in one o' them goll darn
trolley cars up on stilts, and the fust
thing we knew we landed in a tunnel
underground; then they called out:
'Change cars for everywhere!' so me
and Tildie buttoned on to one of them
fellers with brass buttons, and"
But by this time Dr. Thornton had
regained his breath, and managed to
gasp: "Yes, yes, uncle, you must be
completely exhausted."
Dr. Thornton's face was crimson, for
he beheld the scornful eyes of Isabel
Lee and pictured the general aston
ishment. "What be ye heving, Hermie, a par
ty?" and the old lady in the faded
black bonnet and shawl glanced
around. Then the lovely gowns and
cold, critical faces of the crowd ar
rested her attention, and she shrunk
nearer to Herman and glanced at her
shabby clothes.
Suddenly the cruel thought that
Herman was ashamed of them flashed
upon her, and the faded eyes filled
with tears.
; Dr. Thornton's first Impulse had been
to hurry them into the house, but as
the quivering lips of the poor old lady
caught his eyes his stately figure stiff
ened. Clasping a hand of each, he pressed
his lips to his aunt's wrinkled cheek,
then in a haughty, clear voice an
nounced: "My friends, it affords me
deepest pleasure to Introduce to you
my aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. BIs
by. Nothing could give me greater
pleasure than to have this couple, the
dearest friends of my boyhood, under
my own roof."
Dr. Thornton glanced around to en
counter the clear, steadfast "eyes of
Doris Hollister.
"Dr. Thornton, I beg permission to
shake hands with your aunt and
uncle. I am aware," with a bewitch
ing smile, "that handshaking is out
dated, but," extending her handwhich
was eagerly grasped by Mrs. Bisby,
"in this I am old-fashioned."
"Bless your heart", child!" came from
Aunt Tilda. Dr. Thornton's face was
a study as he realized that the irre
sistible charm in Doris Holllster's pos
session was f pure, unaffected soul.
THE "NEW METHODISM' PROPOSED
AT A CONVENTION OF CHICAGO CLERGYMEN.
HN compliiance with a request for a more complete definition of the "new
Methodism," which, in preference to the "old Methodism," was flailed
enthusiastically at a recent meeting of Chicago Methodist ministers,
the Rev. Camden M. Cobern, of St. James' Church, prepared the following
statement for a Chicago paper:
"It is easy enough to eulogize the old-fashioned Methodism; no rented
pews, no paid choiss, no tableaux and rainbow socials or progressive euchre
parties in those great days when Methodism was born. In those times there
ing equal to the benevolence of modern times. The originators of Methodism
were scholars, but after Mr. Wesley passed away the standard was lowered,
so that as late as 1835 a storm of protest was raised against the establish
ment of a literary and theological institute. It was thought in those days
that refinement was antagonistic to the genius of Methodism. But Wesley
planned Methodism for all classes of men, and in refined communities he
encouraged an elegance and dignity of worship which even surpassed that
of the English state church, while in uneducated communities he encouraged
the methods now known as Salvation Army methods. But he believed In
the organ, and wanted It played softly during the celebration of the holy
communion. The new Methodism is a return to Wesley's idea. Methodism
is for the world, and the bald, hard, rough, noisy, and unlntellectual service
is no more Methodistic than a beautiful, harmonious service such as Wesley
himself loved. The new Methodists do not shout as much as their fathers
nor pray as loudly, but they honor the same Bible and love the same Savior.
-They still, believe in revivals, but not the revivals of trances and hysteria.
As to the matter of card parties, theaters, and dances, I would say that the
new Methodism does not frown on these things as much as did the old, but it
certainly does not encourage them. CAMDEN M. COBERN."
which, just now, shone through the
beautiful hazel eyes.
Hating the young widow more In
tensely than ever, but thoroughly
ashamed of their rudeness, others came
flocking around. Even Isabel, deciding
that with Dr. Thornton's thousands an
ignorant relative made no difference,
insisted on accompanying the old
couple to the house.
Some days later. Aunt Tilda per
sisted in calling on 'that dear child
with yaller hair." Dr. Thornton" at
tended her, and, seeking Doris in her
favorite nook under the vines, he whis
pered something I did not catch, but
Doris' eyes danced merrily as she ques
tioned, archly: "Marry a woman who,
according to gossip, uses rouge and
bleaches her hair? Why, Dr. Thorn
ton" WHEELED SKIDS FOR TRUCKING.
Our illustration shows a new roller
skid, which has been designed by
Eduard Scharrer, of Stuttgart, Ger
many, for the purpose of loading and
unloading heavy boxes from wagons.
With its use all necessity for turning
the boxes over and over as they are
forced up the incline to thewagon Is
done away with, and there is conse
quently considerably less danger of
damaging the contents of the package.
Fewer men are required to handle
heavy freight where this skid is used,
as a single cartman can push a heavy
box over the rollers with ease, and the
new device makes the operation prac
tically noiseless. There is no chance of
the box sliding down the incline, as the
rollers have automatic locks which pre
vent them from revolving backward.
The skid can be reversed for unload
ing goods from the wagon, or may be
used as a truck for moving burdens on
level ground by using it with the roll
ers face down. With the time saved In
SKIDS WITH ROLLERS.
VICEROY AND VICEREINE OF INDIA.
.
LADY CTTRZ03T. LORD CURZOIT.
Y ORD AND LADY CUUZON, the Viceroy and Vicereine of India, who
Ma were the central figures in the big celebration In honor of the acces
sion of King Edward to the empire of India, were married at Wash
ington in 1895, when the future Viceroy, was an untitled British student of
diplomacy, with only a barony in remote prospect Young Mr. Curzon made
his reputation by hard work and considerable persistent travel and observa
tion in the East His purpose was to master the eastern question, and to do
this he was perforce required to learn something of the people of the East
and their psychic life. For some years he was a visitor to Persia, Afghanis
tan, the Pamirs, Siam, Indo-China and Korea, and the fruits of this study
were embodied in books which showed the sure touches of a master hand.
His marriage with tbe beautiful Mary Victoria Lelter was a love-match on
both sides., . ; - ' v
was no such thing known as making
a church a social club or bureau of
amusements; there were no smart,
sensational sermon topics, no lolling
in comfortable parsonages, reading
the last novel. Nay, verily, in those
days the knees were the first part of
. the preacher's wardrobe to wear out.
To have a stove, or cushion, or fam
ily pew was considered a sinful lux.
ury.
"The Methodist church to-day Is no
weaker, no less pious or less success
ful than the old. Ruffles are not
Babylonish; a ribbon is not carnal;
church bells are not anti-Christian,
and pianos are not devilish inven
tions as many of the fathers
thought. This age is better than
that Old time Methodism had great
faith, but had credulity also. It had
zeal and enthusiasm, but there were
visions, and illuminations, and hys
terics. It had benevolence, but noth
both loading and unloading, the neces
sity for fewer men and the great de
crease of danger to both the truckman
and the goods, it would seem that this
new skid has much to recommend its
use by express companies,' glass, porce
lain and piano factories and all con
cerns shipping heavy freight.
Rosy Alaskan Picture.
Judge James Wlckersham, of the
third judicial district of Alaska, paints
a gorgeous picture of the future of
Alaska. He says that 1,000,000 inhab
itants will find support in the Valley
of the Yukon, on the American side of
the line. Time will tell of 'the unim
aginable possibilities of this grand re
gion beneath the Arctic circle. Good
gardening and farming is being done.
Good roads is one of the crying neces
sities of the country, as they are of
any new country.- During the winter,
however,- he says you can have good
roads in any direction without any
expense.- What is needed is a general
i system by which a road that is great
ly needed can be built The country
has no such system now and no law;
From this time on Alaska will have
to be reckoned with as a residence
country. The whole Yukon Valley is
capable of comfortable settlement and
will support an immense population.
There is a peculiarity of the plant life
of that country in that Arctic vegeta
tions is found at Lake Bennett and a
country void of trees, the further one
goes north the vegetation increases,
until at Fort Yukon forests of a mer
cantile timber grow. These forests
fade away again before you reach the
coast and they do not reach the Ber
ing sea by 150 miles.
The interior Is much warmer than
the coast, owing to the dry atmosphere
of the Yukon region. The high coast
range of mountains precipitates the
moisture on their western slopes, leav
ing a dry winter In the Yukon Valley.
Baltimore American.
Modest Worth.
"I don't see," said the sensible girl,
"how you could bring yourself to run
around after that actor; such a conceit
ed stick as he is."
"You're mistaken," replied the mat
inee girl. "He's just as modest as he
can be. Why, when I asked him whom
he considered the greatest actor In the
world ne actually blushed and replied
that It wasn't for him to say." Phila
delphia Press.
Tall British Soldiers. v
The standard of height in the Brit
ish army Is greater than in any other
army In the world.
It is hard for the man who is flat
on his back to face the world.
ORIGIN 0E THE
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VIEW OF THE HAGUE, WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE
TRIBUNAL MEETS.
cr LTHOUGH The Hague tribunal was constituted only a little more
Y than three years ago the rapid succession of events seems to have
erased from the public mind a definite recollection of the manner of
its creation. Revived Interest In The Hague court, by reason of the decision'
to refer to it the Venezuelan dispute, makes it desirable to repeat the story
of its birth. The United States and Mexico have the honor of being the first
nations to refer a dispute to the international court, the same being the
Pious fund case, decided In favor of the United States last July. It is worth
remarking in this connection that Baron d'Estournelles. one of the French
delegates to the convention that created the court, declares that but for the
course of the United States it would have expired of neglect.
The Hague court was the chief result of the remarkable conference of
the powers at The Hague in the spring and summer of 1899, a conference
brought about by the momentous proposal Issued to the nations of the world
by the Czar of Russia, Aug. 24, 1898. The conference agreed upon a con
vention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, a convention re
garding the laws and customs of war by land, a convention for the adapta
tion to maritime warfare of the Geneva convention and three declarations
regarding the use of balloons, expanding bullets and explosive projectiles'
carrying poisonous gases.
The conference resolved that military budgets ought to be reduced, and
formulated six wishes regarding international relations. The convention's
declarations were in no case signed by representatives of all the powers at
The Hague, but ultimately the arbitration agreement was signed by every
one of the powers represented. Including the United States and Mexico.
The permanent court of arbitration consist of four representatives of each
signatory power, though different nations may appoint the same persons and
its permanent office is at The Hague. Its administrative council consists of
the ministers of the powers at The Hague and of the Netherland minister for
foreign affairs, who Is president It is charged with general direction of the
affairs of the court The expenses of the court are met by all the signatory
nations. '
When nations desire to settle a dispute by appeal to this court they ap
point five arbitrators from the list of arbitrators made-up as described above.
Failing direct agreement each nation appoints two arbitrators; these to
choose an umpire. If they cannot agree on an umpire, the choice is left to
a third power, and in event of failure then to get an acceptable umpire, each
party names a power which, acting with the power named by the other party,
shall choose the umpire. When the tribunal has thus been composed the
parties notify the bureau of the court, and the tribunal assembles at The
Hague on the date fixed by the parties. .
While appeal to the court is voluntary, the understanding is that each
party agrees to accept the decision as binding and final, except that if it is
so stated in the arbitration agreement a revision of the award may be de
manded on the discovery of new evidence "calculated to exercise a decisive
influence on the award." The arbitral procedure Is laid down in the con
vention with great detail. Decisions of the court will be promulgated in much
the same way as the decisions of ordinary courts, all of the administrative
machinery, except the physical power of enforcement of decrees, being provided.
GENERAL FREMONT'S WIDOW,
NOTED WOMAN OF HER TIME.
Mrs. Fremont, who died at Los An
geles, Cal., recently, at the age of 79,
shared her husband's fame during-his
lifetime. She was a belle at Washing
ton at 14, and was only 16 when she
eloped with Lieutenant Fremont "The
Pathfinder" probably would never have
made his most famous exploration trip
that to the Pacific coast had not his
wife, instead of sending him the recall
issued from Washington through the
efforts of men Jealous of him, warned
him to start at once and get out of
reach of orders. On that expedition he
reached the Pacific coast and opened
the great territory intervening between
It and the Mississippi Valley. Mrs.
Fremont set out to join him by way of
Panama in 1848. The trip was a great
hardship, but she did not complain.
Following her arrival, she aided her
husband materially in bringing Califor
nia into the Union as a free State.
Returning to Washington when her
husband was made the first Senator
from the new State, she renewed old
friendships and made many acquaint
ances, who became strong friends in
after life. When General Fremont had
been defeated for the Presidency Mrs.
Fremont accompanied him to Europe,
where they were received at many of
the European courts and great honor
paid them. :
After the death of her husband Mrs.
Fremont made her home In, Los An
geles, where she was presented a home
by the women of California. While she
always was busy she found time to
write of some of her experiences. Mrs.
Fremont was engaged on her biography
when she died. She had enjoyed ex
cellent health until last summer, when
she fell and broke a hip. Her health
then steadily began to decline.
Mrs. Fremont was . a remarkable
woman, to whom the territory west of
the Mississippi River owes more than
to any other person perhaps in the
country. By withholding the dispatch
ordering her husband to abandon his
expedition to the Pacific coast she
made the opening of that great section
possible. -
Literary Men in Prison.
Vanishing Newgate, besides its
chronicles of crime, has other interest
for newspaper readers, and, above all,
for newspaper proprietors and writers.
Among "the early martyrs "to free
dom," to quote the language of one
who has written its chronicles, was
Daniel Defoe, who, however, learned
by the easy way in which the Irony of
his "Short Way - With' Dissenters"
hanging for preachers and banishment
for congregations deceived both high
church and dissenters, the way to
HAGUE TRIBUNAL.
write "Robinson Crusoe." But he had
to pay dearly for the lesson, three
times In the pillory, 200 marks fine and
imprisonment
Then Rev. Mr. Lawrence, having
i canea ueorge I. a usurper, was fined
i rAn i , - . ,
iow, liuyrisoiiea inree years, whipped
twice and stripped of his gown. To
say nothing of Thomas Paine and oth
er "martyrs," the record brings us to
John Wilkes. Nor can the Times for
get that its founder, Mr. Walter, was
imprisoned for alleged libels against
three royal dukes. And the soldier
has a reason to remember with grati
tude William Cobbett who was fined
f 1,000 and sentenced to two years' im
prisonment for protesting against cor
poral punishment in the army. Lon
don Times.
The World Must Not Know.
The great Duke of Wellington, whose
watchword was duty to his sovereign
and the English nation, was a soldier
first, last, and all the time. Such, too,
he wished to appear. His jealous care
of his reputation as a fighting man Is
amusingly disclosed in Frederick
Goodall's recent book of "Reminis
cences," in an anecdote of the. duke's
later years when, as warden of the
Cinque Ports, he lived at Walmer
Castle.
His grace commissioned Wilkle to
paint "The Chelsea Pensioners," and
agreed to pay him. twelve hundred
guineas. The picture finished, In due
course the artist waited upon the sol
dier, who, to his surprise, began with
great deliberation to count "out the
twelve hundred guineas in notes and
gold.
"Your grace, it would save you much
trouble If you would write me a check,"
said Wilkie.
The duke looked up. 'What!' said
he. "Let Courts' clerk ind thus the
rest of the world know what a fool
I've been to spend twelve hundred
guineas on a picture?"
He shook his head and resumed his
counting.
She Was Sure of Applause.
That the theatrical claque Is not con
fined to playhouses was demonstrated
beyond all shadow of doubt to the
teacher who was drilling the pupils for
the exercises in one of the public
schools.
The unresponsive bit of femininity
over whom the amateur "coach" work
ed rejoiced in the name of Sarah.
When Sarah began to talk all her
vocal organs took joyful holiday and
retired In favor of her nose. In vain
the teacher begged and implored.
Sarah . still clung to her monotone.
Then the teacher threatened.
"Sarah," she said, "If you don't try
to do better you will fail utterly and
then how will you feel?"
"Oh, they'll applaud . me. Miss
Brown," returned Sarah, easily, ac
cording to the New York Times. "My
mother is goin to give my little broth
er Andy 10 cents,, and if he don't begin
clappln' the minute I sit down he's
goln' to be strapped within an inch of
his life."'
2 he Very Man.
Jaggles Military experts are rather
disappointed in regard to the destrue
tivenes's of modern engines of war.
Waggles Why don't they hire the
inventor of the toy pistol to get up
something on a large scale? New York
Times.
After a woman has had her thirty
fifth birthday she-worries more over
getting a bank account than she does
about meeting her "fate."
DENMARK'S GREAT CATHEDRAL.
Historic Sanctuary with the Remains
of Balers Is at Roakllde.
The great cathedral of Denmark is
situated about eighteen miles west of
Copenhagen in the L'ttle town of Ros
kilde, where in former days was a
royal residence. Roskilde is on the
main railway line running across Zea
land to Kursour, the little port on the
Great Belt from whence the boats
sail for Kiel and Nyborg. it is a very
quiet little town of 6,000 inhabitants,
the picturesque houses looking very
humble beneath the towering mass of
the cathedral standing on the edge of
the hill which drops precipitously down
to the fiord at Its foot It seems
Utrange to see so grand a pile built en-
tirely of red brick, but the cathedral
of Roskilde Is of this material within
and without
The original building, erected by
King Harald Blaatand in the tenth
century, was of wood. This .was fol
!
lowed In the next century by a build-, witu the complaints of the rural car
ing consisting of a nave and two rIera about the condition of the roads
aisles, constructed of limestone. The . over wnlcn they are expected to carry
present building is believed to have , the malL The department has had no
been mmmoncnl In 1210 when 'Peter : wa7 ot making the road supervisors
Suneson was bishop of Roskilde.
All the Danish royal family are laid
to rest in Roskilde; the word "burled"
is scarcely applicable, for the royal re
mains merely stand in great coffins in
the various chapels on the north and
One of the chapels is dedicated to
Christian IV.-one of Denmark's most
famous kings, who lived In the latter'
part of the sixteenth and the first half ;
of the seventeenth centuries The
or tne seventeentn centuries, l he
chapel was built party after the king's
own design between 1615 and 1620,
but the mural paintings were added
later by Christian VIII. In the naval
battle of Femarn the king lost an eye,
and fell fainting from loss of blood.
Christian IV.'s coffin is of oak, cov
ered with black velvet, and ornament
ed with silver plates on the sides, and
a crucifix and the king's sword on the
top. The coffin nearest his Is that of
Queen Anna Catherina, the first con
sort of Christian IV., and another be
longs to the Prince Christian, who was
elected successor, but died before his
father.
During Queen Alexandra's recent
visit to Denmark most of the mem
bers of the royal party at Bernstoff
visited Roskilde Cathedral on the an
niversary day of the death of the late
Queen of Denmark. The coffin Is cov
ered with ' wreaths and the one sent
by Queen Victoria a few years ago,
though withered, is dtill kept with the
others which cover the coffin.
The German emperor stands twenty
fourth in the list of succession to the
British crown.
In an ironclad of ten thousand tons
the hull weighs 3,400 tons and the
machinery 1,400 tons.
Thibet is larger than France, Ger
many and Spain combined, but has
only six million people.
Divers' boots weigh twenty pounds
apiece. The helmet weighs - forty
pounds, and the diver carries also
eighty pounds of lead to enable him
to keep his balance at the bottom of
the sea.
The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing, and they
iron their clothes by spreading them
on a flat board and leaning this up
against the house to dry. The sun
takes the wrinkles out of the clothes
and some of them have quite a lustre.
The Japanese woman does her wash
ing out of doors. Her washtub is not
more than six Inches high.
The ancients did not have lightning
rods constructed as oursare, but they
had lightning conductors, which shows
that they knew how to protect them
selves from the danger that lies in a
thunderstorm. x Even so long ago as
the tenth century lightning was divert
ed from fields by planting In them
long sticks or poles, on top of which
were lance heads. It is said that the
Celtic soldiers used to try to make
themselves safe from the stroke during
a storm by lying on the ground with
their naked swords planted point up
ward beside them.
HE PAINTED "LOVE AND LIFE.
George Frederick Watts, Creator
of
the Much-Discussed Picture
The picture. t Love and Life, which
President Roosevelt intends to keep
on the walls of the White House in
spite of the pro
tests of the Wom
a n ' s Christian
Temperance Un
ion, is a character
istic work o f
George Frederick
Watts, the noted
English painter. It
represents two hu
man figures a
young and timid
ueobuk f. watts. girl wuo is strug
gling along the rocky uphill path of
life, while love personified by a 'man
angel tenderly bends over her hesitat
ing figure as she places her hand In
his for guidance up the rocky path.
Without the protection of -love she
dare not venture. The picture was
presented to the United States by Mr.
Watts at the time of the World s Fair ;
in Chicago. President Cleveland sub-.
sequently hung it in the White House. .
but tcrok It down and sent it to the
Corcoran Art Gallery, when the TV. C. ;
jl. u. protesieu agaiusc iu rrraiueui j
Roosevelt thinks the White House its
proper . place.
Watts is 82 years old. He first
achieved success as a portrait and his
torical painter. Later he turned to
representations of .the great things of
life which are the common things to
love, death and judgment. His pic
tures appeal to the masses. Some of
his paintings are in the House of Par
liament, others in'the Tate gallery in
London, and four of his best in St.
Jude's Church, Whitechapel, the poor
est district in London. He is a tire
less worker, arising at 4 o'clock in the
morning and working until late.
Real old-fashioned people never look
at the picture of a girl taken profiJi
without wondering if she had it taken
that way because she is cross-eyed.
To Make Better Rural-Roads.
The Postofllce Department ..has
, scheme under consideration which, if
adopted, will help to do away with the
bad roads to be found in many parts
or tne country. The plan is to have
i inspectors appointed In the rural free
delivery part of the service whose duty
It sh&ll be to determine whether the
roads over which it is proposed rural
carriers shall travel are fit
At present the department is swamp-
better the condition of the roads. Now
It is proposed to ask Congress for au
thority to abolish the rural routes that
Include parts of bad roads and not to
re-establish them until they have been
so repaired as to make it possible for
an ordinary horse to drag an ordinary
vt,cle ,over the roadbed in the fall
an BpTAlu m,onhs- A t ,
eKdUty of e PrX8Cd Wtorn
Bn"nJ be to e,xam,Ine a"tne rT' alH
Whlcn comPlaint 18 made- If tliey flnd
ft allegatlon to be true lt BnaU
d supervisor of
tha 0utl K
which the road passes that unless it is
put Into condition within the fixed
time, the carrier service will be discon
tinued. There are about 14,000 rural
free delivery routes and on three
fourths of them the roads are in a bad
condition for about half the year.
Better Roads vs. Better Schools.
One of the most beneficial results of
road improvement is the facility It
gives to consolidate country schools
and thus concentrate our children into
central buildings, so making graded
schools possible in our country dis
tricts. In traveling around the State
we have noticed that where Improved
roads exist the children, by means of
bicycles, easily go long distances to
central schools; thus graded roads
make possible graded schools, the im
proved roads working in harmony with
the State education law, giving the
children of the rural districts the same
advantages as those residing in cities.
In one year forty-four Connecticut
towns, by means of Improved roads,
were enabled to give free transporta
tion to a large number of their pupils.
Eighty-four small schools were closed
and 849 children rode to the central
schools. The cost of transportation was
ghnnt $19 000 hut a trrnsi amnunt nt
some $20,000 was saved, leaving a net
saving of some $8,000. This saving
was only a small part of the benefit
derived, for it resulted in a berter at
tendance and better schools. This
close co-ordination between improved
roads and education cannot be too
strongly Impressed upon the public at
tention. New York Tribune Farmer.
CHEAP HANDY MAN.
In NewTork There Is a Youth Who
Works for a Penny,
No woman, no matter how poor she
may be, who lives within the confines
of a certain territory on the upper
West Side, in New York City, need be
without help in her household duties
any more that is, provided the pres
ent state of things in the section con
tinues. She can call to her aid a man
of -all-work who will perform any serv
ice she requires, and all she will have
to pay is one penny.
There Is a youth Just verging on
manhood who patrols the section .
every morning regularly, going Into
the yards and calling out at the top
of his voice that he will "do any kind
of work for one cent"
The territory covered by this strange
character extends from 72d street to
110th street and from Central Park
West to the North River. Sometimes
he goes a little above or below this sec
tion, but usually he confines himself
to. these limits. He was first noticed a
little more than a month ago, and
since that time he has not failed to
appear on any day except Sunday.
He goes into the yards of flat bouses,
the janitors seldom making any objec
tion, and loudly bawls a list of tbings.
he will do for a cent Here are a few
of them:
Take the clothes on the roof.
' Blacken stoves.
Carry coal from cellar.
Beat carpets.
Clean rugs.
Wash windows.
Make the beds.
' Wash the dishes.
Wash the dog.
Clean the beds of bugs.
Scrub the floor. f
Chop wood.
"I will do anything at all," he goes
on, "for one penny."
The youth is apparently in earnest
and when any one, taking compassion
on him, throws out a coin be will In
variably ask: "Do you want any work
doner
He seems loath to take the money
without giving its equivalent In work.
thug eiplodlng the theory that some
formed at first that he was mereiy
playIng upon thelr sympathies. Some
avalled themselves of his services out
f compasslon at first, but they have
found that he does his .work well, and
now they do not see how they could
get along without him.
Many housewives in flats who do
not keep a servant find this youth ex
ceedingly usefuL They get the hardest
part of their work done quickly and
cheaply and do not have to contend
with many annoyances consequent on
keeping a girl in a small flat. Most
persons who employ the youth give
him more. than a penny, but he does
not seem to expect any more. New
York Times. -
Glaciers in Montana.
But few people are aware that there
are in Montana some of the finest gla
ciers in the world.s
There , is entirely too much future to
some people