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C la im s, S o ld the F o r m e r In to
S la v e r y D u r in g Y ou th .
H E g re a t w all of C hina n ev er
falls to Im p ress th e tra v e le r,
no m a tte r how m any tim e s he
h as seen It. A t Munkow pass,
w h ere th e m agnificent scen ery
g iv es It an ap p ro p ria te se ttin g , it is
p a rtic u la rly im pressive. It is n o t so
m uch its h eig h t, nor so lid ity , n o r even
its seem in g e n d le ssn e ss th a t cau ses
th e o b se rv e r to m arvel. I t is ra th e r
th e bold, th e a tric a l way in w hich th e
w hole p an o ram a of th e w all h as been
stag ed . T he d a u n tle ss b u ild ers, who
e re c te d It o v er 2,000 y e a rs ago, seem
to have selected th e h ig h e st m ountain
ra n g e s and th e m ost p recip ito u s
p eak s for th e fo u n d atio n s of th e ir
w onderful w all. T hey p robably took
a d elig h t in placing th e wall w here it
w ould m ake th e b est show ing—on th e
to p m o st ridges and overlooking th e
h ig h e s t precipices, w rite s L u th e r An­
d e rso n in th e C hicago News.
As th e eye follow s th e w all o v e r th e
m o u n tain s to w here it loses itse lf in
th e hazy horizon one c a n n o t help
th in k in g of th e trem en d o u s len g th of
th e w all. F rom its w e ste rn end In
th e san d sw e p t d e se rt of in n e r Mon­
golia to th e Gulf of L lan tu n g , w here
It com es dow n to th e sea, is a dis­
tance^ of o v e r 1,500 m iles. A nd y et
th is d istan ce does n o t re p re se n t th e
e n tire len g th of th e w all. It h as m any
b ra n c h e s and is in m any p laces dou­
bled an d even treb led . A t K oupeikou
th e re is a p erfect n etw o rk of w alls
s tre tc h in g off in every d irectio n a s fa r
a s th e eye can see. A t N ankou th e
sam e p ro d ig ality of w alls show s th a t
th e a n c ie n t C hinese fe lt th a t one wall
w as not a sufficient p ro te c tio n a g a in st
th e wild h o rd es of T a rta ry .
In Days of Old.
O ne c a n n o t look upon th e g re a t w all
w ith o u t p ictu rin g in o n e 's m ind th e
d ay s of old, w hen th e se ra m p a rts w ere
th ro n g ed w ith sold iers, who g u ard ed
th e fro n tie rs of th e em p ire a g a in s t
th e w arlik e trib e s of th e n o rth . T he
ro ad w ay on th e top of th e w all serv ed
a s a m ilitary highw ay for th e v ario u s
co n tin g e n ts g a rriso n e d in th e fo rt­
re sse s, w hich stud th e w all a t in te r­
v a ls of from 200 to 500 yards. W h ere
th e w all clim bs th e ste e p slopes of th e
m o u n tain s th is road w ay is provided
w ith long flights of sta irs . T h e bricks
of th ese s ta irs a re well w orn, show ing
th a t th o u san d s of so ld iers m u st have
p assed to and fro from one fo rtre s s
to an o th er. O ne can p ic tu re th e re­
in fo rc e m e n ts ru sh in g along th e wall
a n d clim bing th e lofty s ta irs and
h a ste n in g to a s s is t th e ir com rades,
h a rd p ressed by som e h o stile arm y.
O ne can see th e fires lig h tin g up th e
sig n a l to w ers b u ilt fa r to th e so u th of
th e wall. O ne can alm o st h e a r th e
sh o u ts of defiance from th e d e fe n d e rs
an sw e rin g th e ta u n ts of th e besieg ers.
T hose a n c ie n t so ld iers of C hina did
th e ir w ork well. F o r ove: 1,000 y e a rs
th e y held th e wall a g a in s t th e T a rta r
hordes. W hen th e M ongols finally did
b re a k th ro u g h th e b a rrie r in th e th ir­
te e n th cen tu ry they w ere able to do
sc only b ecau se an effete d y n a sty n eg ­
le c ted to send pro p er re in fo rc e m e n ts
to th e defen se of th e wall.
T h e g re a t w all is re m a rk a b ly well
p reserv ed . T hough w e a th e rb e a te n by
th e sto rm s, th e fro sts an d th e su n s of
tw o m llennlum s, it show s sig n s of de­
cay only In a few places. T h e g re a t
body of It Is in ta c t and in a s good a
condition as w hen it w as built. T he
ag es have h a rd en e d th e m o rta r and
bound th e brick w ork to g e th e r so
th a t th e w all is probably stro n g e r to ­
day th a n It h as e v e r been before. It
seem s to be as e te rn a l as th e m oun­
ta in s upon w hich it re sts.
As a bu lw ark of d efen se th e wall
h a s long since becom e o b so lete, but
Its u sefu ln ess is by no m eans a t an
end. I t h a s becom e a m o num ent to
toll, p ersev eran ce, will pow er and to
Im agination. It se rv e s to In sp ire all
w ho see It w ith a new fa ith In hum an
effort.
A t ten o’clock we p assed th e la s t of
th e g re a t ra m p a rts an d w ere "o u tsid e
th e b a rrie r," to q u o te a C hinese
p h rase. T he region to th e n o rth of
th e wall h as alw ay s been re g a rd e d by
th e C hinese as a wild an d law less
co untry.
B an ish m e n t
beyond th e
g re a t wall h a s alw ays been co n sid ered
a sev ere p u n is h m e n t T h e C hinese
living th e re hav e alw ays had th e feel­
ing th a t th ey w ere o u tsid e of th e ir
ow n c o u n try and alm o st a t th e edge of
th e w orld.
A t noon of Ju ly 12 we sto p p ed a t an
Inn In a little h am let called Pangshl-
hylng, w here we re ste d and had tiffin
T h e p ro p rie to r of th e Inn ev id en tly
h ad a m ind to th e m oral Im p ro v em en t
of h is g u ests, fo r he h ad o rn a m e n te d
th e w alls of th e g u e sts' room s w ith
T
n u m ero u s m o tto es su ch a s "S eek
rig h te o u sn e ss a s yo u r profit and
ric h e s w ill n e v er be lack in g ,” "A m ia­
bility a ttr a c ts ric h e s a th o u san d fo ld ;
w ith Justice you will e n te r Into a wide
reg io n of w e a lth ,” "In y o u r c a su a l con­
v e rsa tio n do n o t sp e a k of people’s
fallin g s.”
M u s ic A t t ra c t s C h ild re n .
T h a t even in g we sta y e d a t a c a ra ­
v an sary in a little m o u n tain v illage
H ere we a sto n ish e d th e n a tiv e s, anu
esp ecially th e little boys, by p laying
a m outh organ. T h e s tra in s of "P o o r
Nelly G ray ” an d "H o t T im e in th e
Old T o w n ” soon drew a sm a ll crow d
of h alf n ak ed u rc h in s, w ho su rv ey ed
us w ith w o n d erin g eyes. H av in g got­
te n to g e th e r o u r little au d ien c e, we
proceeded to q u estio n th e m
a s to
w h a t th e y had had to e a t d u rin g th e
day, how old th e y w ere an d w h e th e r
th e y w en t to school o r not. T h ey had
all e a te n m illet porrid g e, m elons and
v ario u s k in d s of v eg eta b les. M eat
w as e v id e n tly a lux u ry an d e a te n only
once In a g re a t w hile.
T h ey all said th ey h ad gone to
school, upon w hich Mr. P eck exam ­
ined th e m lik e a sc h o o lm a ste r and
m ade th e m re p e a t th e san zu chlng or
trlm e trlc a l classic, w hich Is th e first
book stu d ie d by C hinese ch ild ren . Of
tw elv e boys b etw een th e ag e s of five
and tw elv e only one w as u n a b le to re ­
p eat th e sa n zu ching, an d h e w as a
d eaf m ute. W e w ere a sto n ish e d to
find th a t so m any of th e s e c h ild re n of
th e m o u n tain s h ad been to school. A
sim ila r ex am in a tio n in a m o u n tain
d is tric t in A m erica w ould n o t have
given b e tte r re su lts. T h e se m oun­
ta in e e rs w e re so poor th a t th e ir ch il­
d ren had to ru n n ak e d in th e sum m er,
bu t th e y w ere, n e v e rth e le ss, ab le to
send th e m to school. W hen th e ex­
am in a tio n w as o v e ra w e aw a rd e d th e
boys a few p en n ie s each an d u rg ed
th e m to c o n tin u e to go to school.
B efore n ig h tfa ll th e re p o rt had
sp read th ro u g h o u t th e w hole tow n
th a t som e fo re ig n e rs had com e who
m ade w onderful m usic an d w ho w ere
so learn ed th a t th ey could c o n d u ct ex ­
a m in a tio n s in C hinese. M any people
cam e to us a sk in g for fo reig n m edi­
cine. M o th ers b ro u g h t little sick
b ab ies and crip p led ch ild ren to us a sk ­
ing us to cu re them . T h ey seem ed to
h av e th e id ea th a t all fo re ig n e rs w ere
skilled in th e a rt of healing. W hen
we told th em th a t we could n o t cu re
th e ir d ise a se s th ey did n o t believe us.
It w as only w hen we to ld th e m th a t
we had n o t b ro u g h t an y m edicines
th a t th e y w en t aw ay. It m ade us
sad to th in k of all th e m isery th a t
m u st be e n d u re d u n a lle v ia te d In China.
It b ro u g h t hom e to u s th e fa c t th a t
lite r a tu re alo n e c a n n o t m ake a people
en lig h te n e d an d th a t w ith o u t scien ce
th e y m u st en d u re all th e Inconveni­
en ce an d m ise ry of b a rb a rism .
O ne sees m any s tra n g e th ln g a in
China. A t W an g ch aly ln g , w h ere we
sto p p ed fo r th e n ig h t on th e 13th, I
saw a piece of b rick tied to a d o n k ey ’s
ta ll to k eep It from bray in g . T h e
m u le te e r to ld m e th a t It w as a p hysi­
cal Im p o ssib ility fo r a donkey to b ray
w ith a w eig h t tie d to Its tall. I lay
aw ak e a long tim e th a t n ig h t w ait­
ing for th e donkey to bray, b u t th e
b ric k b a t seem ed to do th e w ork. T he
donkey n e v e r b ray ed once.
T h e n e x t day w as th e six th o u t
from P e k 'n g . W e tra v e le d th ro u g h
m any b e a u tifu l m o u n tain p a sse s and
w ere c o n sta n tly clim bing o v e r rocky
rid g es o r d escen d in g into n a rro w val­
leys. A t se v e ra l p lace s we saw Chi­
n ese p la c e r m in e rs w ash in g th e san d s
of th e m o u n ta in s tre a m s fo r gold.
T h ey w ere u sin g a w ooden c rad le
very m uch lik e th a t used by th e gold
se e k e rs of o u r w e ste rn s ta te s . A t
L a u n p ln g h sien , w h ere we sto p p ed for
tiffin, we saw a la rg e m o n u m en t e re c t­
ed by Im p eria l o rd e r to th e m em ory of
a F re n c h C ath o lic m issio n ary w ho had
been k illed by th e bo x ers In 1900.
A bout fo u r In th e a fte rn o o n wa
cam e to K u a n je n pass, w hich la c a t
In th e solid rock, and o v erlo o k s Je-
hol. W e sto p p ed th e re fo r a w hile to
enjoy th e b e a u tifu l p a n o ra m a w hich
lay stre tc h e d b efo re ua. In th e valley,
only a few m iles aw ay lay th e city of
Jeh o l. an d beyond It th e p a la c e s of th e
M anchu em p ero rs. A fte r a
sh o rt
re s t we p re sse d on and e n te re d th e
city. W e found a la rg e Inn called
Poo T u a n T ien , w h ere we found com ­
fo rta b le q u a rte rs
H ouston. T ex.— H ou sto n h a s devel­
oped a s o rt of second an d seco n d arv
Jo sep h , son of Jaco b , who se n d s n ec­
e ss itie s back to th e cro p -ru in ed land
of C anaan.
H e w as a tw iste d , w h ite-w h isk ered
old negro, w ho p re se n te d h is grizzled
head a t th e sta m p w indow of th e post
office th e o th e r day. and sa id : "G im m e
tw o sp ecial d eliv ery le tte rs, an d tw o
stam p ed envelopes. Dis h e re am Jo ­
sep h re lie v in ’ de w a n ts of h is b re th ­
re n .”
T h en h e a sk ed a w h ite m an to
“ b a c k ” th e envelo p es, and w hile th e
a d d re ssin g w as in p ro g re ss h e told
his ta le ; an d h e to ld It w ith ev ery
a p p e a ra n c e of tru th .
Som e tim e b efo re th e b ig w a r h is
fa th e r’s m a s te r a t h is d e a th fre e d h is
slav es and divided p a rt of a L o u isian a
p la n ta tio n am ong th em , for h e h ad no
frie n d s o r re la tiv e s am o n g th e w h ite
p e o p le ,to w hom he could le a v e It.
T h e old m a n 's fa th e r an d m o th e r
p ro sp ered and had a fam ily o f th re e
boys, of w hom he w as th e y o u ngest.
O ne d ay th e old m an. th e n a boy of
six o r seven, w e n t to to w n w ith h is
tw o e ld e r b ro th e rs, w ho w ere e ig h teen
and fifteen. T h e fa th e r h ad given
th e m som e m oney w ith w hich to buy
su p p lies, b u t th e y g o t Into som e so rt
of a g am b lin g gam e and lo s t It. T h ey
fe a re d to go hom e w ith o u t It. So
th e y s a t dow n In th e ro a d to th in k .
T hen a h ap p y Idea stru c k th em .
T h e re w as a c irc u s In tow n and
th e y c a rrie d th e ir y o u n g e r b ro th e r
o v er and sold him to th e rin g m a s te r
fo r a boy to b ru sh aw ay flies a t m eals
T h ey claim ed th a t th e y had been s e n t
by a w h ite m an w ho ow ned all th re e .
P e rh a p s th e rin g m a s te r k n ew th a t
such could n o t be th e case, b u t h e w as
g e ttin g a n eg ro boy fo r th e rid ic u ­
lously low p rice of sev en d o lla rs, and
h e w as w illing to risk ru n n in g afoul
of th e law . A nd b esid es th e g lam o r
of a c irc u s filled th e little n eg ro w ith
Joy and h e b o re h is b ro th e rs o u t In
tlie lr lie.
T h e tw o o ld er on es w e n t h om e and
told th e fa th e r and m o th e r th a t " th a t
little fool D o rrle slipped aw ay from
th e m and ru n n e d aw ay w ith th e show
and th e y c o u ld n 't ca tc h him .” And
th e sim ple old c o u n try n eg ro es, n o t
u n d e rsta n d in g e x actlv how hoys did
“ru n aw ay w ith sh o w s,” b u t th o r­
oughly u n d e rs ta n d in g th a t h is fo rtu n ­
a te d isa p p e a ra n c e le ft th em one less
m o u th to feed, w e p t a few te a r s and
n e a rly fo rg o t a b o u t th e w hole m a tte r.
Y ears slip p ed aw ay
and
finally
D orrle w e n t h om e to find h is fath er,
m o th e r and o ld est b ro th e r dead, and
th e second b ro th e r and a n o th e r w ho
had been born a fte r h is leaving, still
farm in g on th e old place. T h en Dor-
rie cam e to H ou sto n and m ade m oney.
T h e M ississippi riv e r ra n all over
th e little farm In L o u isian a and fa irly
■wiped It off th e m ap a s a liv in g pro­
d u cer fo r th is y ear. A nd th e n eero es,
now old an d feeble, w ere p en niless.
T he g o v e rn m e n t w ould feed them , but
still th e y w ere sh o rt. So th e y got
som e one to w rite D o rrle ’w av over
In T ex a s fo r m oney. And th e d ay he
got th e le t te r th e old n eg ro w as a t
th e p o st office a sk in g fo r sn eclal de­
liv e ry sta m p s to h a ste n th e m ove­
m e n t of tw o m oney o rd e rs fo r 220
each.
“A nd I’m g w ine to sen d ’em Just
a s m uch a s I can sp a re from now on."
he sa id ; an d Just to show how m uch
h e k n ew of th e B ible he once m ore
lik en ed h im se lf to Joseph.
IN
G ERM ANY
ERED
THEY
E N E M IE S
ARE
OF
BAD ROADS COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ;
C O N S ID ­
SPO RT.
P re ju d ic e Is R esulting In T h e ir S ys­
te m a tic S la u g h t e r In P a rts of the
F a th e rla n d , and the B ir d s A re
R i g i d l y E s ln g T h in n e d Out.
No one who h as an y d elig h t In
H an s A ndersen’s ta le s can h ear
unm oved th a t th e sto rk h as fa ll­
en upon evil tim es.
F our y e a rs
ago It w as noticed th a t th e y w ere
b u ild in g less on T u rk ish house-tops
an d th e ir dim inishing n u m b ers w erp
re g a rd e d by th e su p er3 titio u s O tto­
m an s as an evil om en for th e fu tu re
of th e race In E urope. On leaving
E u ro p e a t th e end of sum m er, th ey
seem to p e n e tra te fa r down th e In­
te r io r o f A frica. O ne th a t had been
c a u g h t and m arked In P ru s sia w as
c a p tu re d In N atal, n e a r Colenso.
W h e th e r th e d isap p earan ce of wild
a n im als from South A frica before th e
a d v an ce of th e s e ttle rs also affects th e
s to rk s Is a question n o t y e t settled .
H ow ever th a t m ay be, a tte n tio n Is
b ein g draw n anew to th e ir dw indling
n u m b e rs In A lsace, now th a t th ey a re
g e ttin g ready to leave fo r th e south.
G erm an s c ie n tists h av e asc e rta in e d
th a t th e y a re also g e ttin g few er In
th e P a la tin a te , H esse, and F ran co n ia.
T h e co u n try people a re m ak in g va­
lia n t efforts to m ain ta in th e n u m b ers
o f th e ir v isito rs by p lacing artificial
n e s ts on th e roofs of th e ir houses, a n d
e v e n by feeding th e m artificially.
B u t th e sto rk s In G erm any have to
c o n te n d w ith a p reju d ice m o st dif­
ficu lt to erad icate. T hey a re looked
u p o n a s enem ies of sport. I t is tru e
t h a t th e y som etim es raid th e fam ilies
of h a re s o r find th e ir food In ponds
w ell stocked w ith fish. B ut th e dam ­
ag e th e y do In th is w ay Is negligible
in com parlslon w ith th e g re a t boon
th e y co n fer on fa rm e rs by d estro y in g
m ice an d moles.
If w e we a re to b elieve th e G erm an
o rn ith o lo g ical p ap er. “ M lttellu n g en
u b e r die V ogelw elt,” a bad exam ple
in th e tre a tm e n t of th is u sefu l b ird
h a s been se t in high places. T h e
G ran d Duke of O ldenburg Is said to
h a v e given o rd ers fo r th e c u rta ilin g of
th e n u m b er of sto rk s in h is s ta te .
F ifty p e r cent, of them a re to be sh o t
dow n. By depriving th e fem ale b ird s
o f th e ir m ale ad m irers, th e G rand
D u k e hopes to “c u t dow n th e b ir th ­
r a te .” T he G erm an p a p er co n tain in g
th is an n o u n cem en t p ro te s ts a g a in s t a
b a rb a r ity w hich d ep riv es v illag es of
th e ir old-established g u ests, b u t It
a d d s th a t sim ilar ca se s a re re p o rte d
fro m U p p er F ran co n ia, w h e re th e
o w n ers of sp o rtin g e s ta te s a re a c tu a l­
ly com pelling th e p e a sa n ts to rem ove
th e s to rk s ’ n e s ts p erch ed on th e ir co t­
ta g e roofs.
T h e p ap er a p p e a ls to th e public to
p u t a sto p to th is w ork of d estru ctio n .
In A lsace hap p ily such b ru ta l m ethods
a r e unknow n. T h e re th e b ird w hich
sym bolizes such v en erab le tra d itio n s
is tr e a te d w ith u n iv e rsa l resp ect.
T h e Illu s tr a t io n s h o w s the typ e o f m ud road that
(III.) c o n v e n tio n w a n t e lim ina te d .
the
recent
P e o ria
BAD ROADS CAUSE BIG WASTE
D e c la re s T h a t $35,000 Be L o e t In llll-
nola U n l e t i A n tiq u a te d M e th o d s
A re Changed.
CARING FOR ROAD FINANCES
M o s t M o d e rn M e th o d s U rg e d f o r F i­
n a n c in g C o n s t ru c tio n and M a in ­
te n a n c e s of T h o ro u g h fa re s.
R ealizing th e need for th e m ost
m odern m ethods of financing th e con­
s tru c tio n and m ain ten an ce of public
ro ad s In th e U nited S ta te s L ee Mc-
Clung, tr e a s u r e r of th e U nited S ta te s,
h a s accep ted a n in v itatio n to preside
o v er th e finance sectio n of th e
A m erican R oad congress.
In an Interview Ju st m ade public
Mr. M cClung calls a tte n tio n to th e
u rg e n t need for th e in tro d u ctio n of re­
form s In th e m an ag e m en t of road
finances.
»
“My o b serv atio n s,” said T re a s u re r
M cClung, "lead me to believe th a t In
c o m p arativ ely few in sta n c e s Is th e
sam e c a re ta k e n of funds fo r road Im­
p ro v em en t a s is ta k e n by financial In­
s titu tio n s for p riv ate e n te rp rise s. T he
sam e c a re an d Judgm ent displayed by
b a n k e rs In m aking in v e stm e n ts should
be show n by s ta te an d local highw ay
d e p a rtm e n ts in th e e x p en d itu re of
public m oneys for th e im provem ent
and m a in te n a n c e of roads. L eglsla
tlo n and reg u latio n should so be urged
In each s ta te as to provide fo r th e
levying of road rev en u es on carefu lly
p re p a re d e stim ates, for th e Introduc­
tion of sim ple y et th o ro u g h sy stem s
of acco u n tin g and co st keeping for a
Bystem of re g u latin g bond Issues
w hich would Insure econom y an d wise
b u sin ess m an agem ent.
"A s one of the p o ssib ilities w orth
co n sid erin g I m ight sim ply re fe r to
th e difference betw een th e sin k in g
fund m ethod and the se ria l bond m eth ­
od as applied to bond Issue— an d th e ir
re la tiv e m e rits.”
Mr. M cClung said th a t he w as very
m uch gratified to n o te th e activ itie s
of th e v ario u s s ta te b a n k e rs asso cia­
tio n s In th e good road m ovem ent. He
b elieves th a t th e financiers of th e
c o u n try h av e a g re a t deal to do w ith
sh ap in g th e road m ovem ent along th e
rig h t lines and he e x p resses th e hope
th a t every s ta te b a n k e rs asso ciatio n
w ill h av e Its re p re se n ta tiv e s a t th e
co n feren ce on road finances w hich will
be h eld a t th e A m erican R oad con­
g ress.
C ouldn’t S tand fo r W ager.
B aylls S teele, c a p ita list and prom o­
te r , one day becam e Involved in a d is­
p u te o v e r a q u e stio n of B iblical h is ­
tory.
" E lija h w as a lucky m an,” h e r e ­
m arked. “In s te a d of being com pelled
to lin g e r and die of som e u n p le a s a n t
d isease, h e w as c a rrie d to h eav en In
a w hirlw ind.”
“Y ou’re w rong,” p ro te ste d th e p a rty
of th e second p a rt, w ho h ap p en ed to
be afflicted w ith a n Im pedim ent In htB
speech. “ Bay-Bay-lis,
you’re
r-r-r-
w rong. E lija h w e n t to h eav en In a
c h a rio t of fire.”
“You c a n ’t convince m e th a t th a t
good old m an w as s tru c k by lig h tin g ,”
re to rte d Steele, and th e d isp u te w axed
w arm . A fte r it h ad raged fo r som e
KILLS GUEST; WAS OWN SON th r e e m in u te s i t reach ed th e b e ttin g
stag e.
T h o u g h t H e W a s Stra n g e r— M othe r
“ B et you I ’m rig h t,” said Steele.
a n d D a u g h t e r H a n g e d T h e m s e lv e s
“T -t-t-taken,” said th e p a rty of th e
o n L e a r n in g T ru th .
second p art.
"W h a t’ll we b e t? ” ask ed Steele.
Kteff, R u ssia .— R ablusln, an old
"W-w-w-well,” stu tte re d th e o th e r,
p e a sa n t of K rlsto ft, had a son, Ivan. In "seein g th a t you d-d-d-don't know an y CAUSE OF WILT IN APPLES
th e arm y . A fte r se rv in g his te rm he m-m-m-more a b o u t S c rip tu re th a n you
w orked fo r som e y e a rs a t th e cu stom s do, I g-g-g-guess It had b-b-b-better S k i n Is R o u g h and P o ro u s, and N o t
C o v e re d W it h C o a t of W a x a s
and saved $800— u n h e a rd of w ealth for be a-a-a B ible.” A nd S teele a d m its
O t h e r V a rie t ie s A re.
his class. H e w en t hom e on th e quiet. th a t rig h t t t e r e h e backed out.
T h e old folks w ere o u t an d his young
E v e r sin ce ru s s e t apples hav e been
s is te r did n o t reco g n ize him a fte r ten
grow n, say s th e R ural New Y orker,
B o u g h t a n d P a id F o r.
y e a rs ’ ab sen ce. H e th o u g h t to play a
“You say th is is w o rth $5,” said th e th ey have th e fau lt of w ilting In sto r­
Joke, said he w as a tra v e le r, ask ed for w ary cu sto m er. "N ow , do you g u a r­ age.
It is co n stitu tio n a l w ith them .
food an d bed an d paid tw o d o llars for a n te e th a t I'm g e ttin g $6 w o rth of T h e ir skin is rough and porous, and
th re e eg g s sh e cooked him . T h en he valu e fo r my m oney?”
n o t sm ooth and covered w ith a co at
w e n t Into th e g a rd e n fo r a nap.
If
"F ive d o lla rs’ w o rth o f v a lu e !” flash­ of wax, as all o th e r k inds are.
T h e old folks cam e hom e and heard ed th e b rig h t young clerk . “W hy, m is­ anyone w ill scrap e th e su rfa c e of an
of th e rich tra v e le r w hose w allet was te r, fo r every one of th em th in g s we o rd in a ry ap p le w ith a knife h e can
stuffed w ith n otes. "L e t us kill him ,” tu r n o u t th e r e ’s fo u r m iddlem en, sev ­ easily see th a t a w h ite wax Is g a th ­
su g g e ste d th e old wife. B ut R ablusln enty-eight d ru m m ers, five b an k s, tw o e re d on th e blade. In som e cases It Is
lack e d c o u rag e, said he would th in k of ra ilro a d pools, e ig h te e n
a d v e rtisin g v ery n o ticeab le and m ay be g a th ered
it, an d w en t to th e s p irit s to re to get agencies, seven la w y e rs and 842 bill* Into a little ball.
T h is wax may be m ade to sh in e by
up pluck. H e re he le a rn e d th a t th e board s all ru n n in g up e x p en se a c ­
tra v e le r w as h is own son and had co u n ts and ad d in g valu e to th a t th e re ru b b in g th e apple skin, an d th is Is
com e hom e to s h a re his w ealth w ith a rtic le so fa s t th a t th e co m p an y 's often done by retail fru it d e a le rs and
h is fam ily.
p ra c tic a lly giving you th e 34 c e n ts ex h ib ito rs a t fairs, to e n h an ce th e ir
B ut it lessen s th e ir keeping
Old R ab lu sln ru sh e d hom e crying sp e n t on p a te n t ro y alties, shop up­ beauty.
o u t to h is w ife. “ D on’t kill h im ; i t ’s keep, ra w m aterial and lab o r."— P uck. quality, b ecau se of ta k in g off som e of
n a tu r e ’s p ro tectiv e covering.
T he
o u r so n .” H e th e n fainted.
ru s s e ts hav e a lm o st none of It, and
On re c o v e rin g h is wife sa id : "D on't
G etting Even W ith "G reatn ess.”
th e re fo re th e ir In tern al m o istu re o r
b o th e r a b o u t th e tra v e le r, he la dead.
" I t is my d e lig h t to m e e t a G reat Juices easily pass o u t
T he w ay to
I polished him off m y self.”
M an,” grim ly said th e Old C odger. *1 p rs v e n t th e w ilting Is by sto rin g th e
W hen th e old m an told w hom she e x tra c t a deal of glee from h av in g a
B ut It
had m u rd e re d , m o th e r and d a u g h te r paunchy, aelf-lm portant, ultra-in flated , • p p le i In a very dam p place.
m u st be cool as well, or th e apples
h an g ed th e m se lv e s an d old R ablusln p ro m in en t citizen In a fancy w a istco at
w e n t rav in g m ad. T h e police found an n o u n ce to th e P e rso n a g e ; ‘Oh, S en­ w ill rip en and rot.
Iv a n ’s body In th e g ard en . H is m o th er a to r H um shak. p e rm it m e to p re s e n t
S p lit L o g D ra g.
h ad s tra n g le d him a s be s l e p t
to you Mr.—e r — H aw hum !* T hen, as
T he s p lit log d ra g la by fa r th e
th e P re se n c e g racio u sly g ra s p s my m ost Im p o rta n t
im p lem en t y et de­
B a c h e lo r a M o r a l C o w a rd .
h an d w ith th e clin g in g c lu tc h of a vised fo r m a in ten an ce of e a rth roads.
8t. L ouis.— H e a r w h a t Rev. L ouis c u ttlefish and u n ctu o u sly re m a rk s th a t T h e drag, besides leveling out th a
S c o tt De B urgh s a lth : "T h e old bach­ h e la gul-lad to see me, I lik e to n o te rough p laces lu th e roads, packs th a
E v e n in g Up.
M istre ss— W h a t w ould you give, e lo r o b s tru c ts th e social p le a su re s of how It seem s to galvanize him Into m a te ria l of th e su rface and In reality
o u r ch u rch . W ith th e so p h istry of a new life and c a u se s him to su b m it c o n v e rts It Into a lay er of brick w hich
A n n ette, to look a s n ice a s I doT
M aid—As m uch as you would, seaso n ed d ip lo m at he Im pedes the m e to In s ta n t and keen s c ru tin y , to w ith each su ccessiv e use of th e tool
m a'am , to be as young a s I am .—F lie ­ ro ad of tr u e love, w ooing b u t n ever h av e m e Inn o cen tly In q u ire: ‘W h a t la becom es th ic k e r sn d th e re fo re re s is ts
th e nam e, p lease?* ”
w edding. H e Is a m oral co w ard .”
g ende B la e tte r.
th a traffic to a g re a te r degree.
B ankers, farm ers, au to m o b lllsts, ed­
u c a to rs, labor and business m en from
a ll over Illinois m et a t P eo ria th e oth­
e r day and approved u nanim ously a
g e n e ra l program for "pulling Illinois
o u t of th e m ud."
A fter th re e ro u sin g m eetings th ey
p re p a re d a reso lu tio n to th e n ext s ta te
le g isla tu re se ttin g out th e lin es on
w hich th ey th in k state* leg islatio n
should be based.
T h e Illinois highw ay Im provem ent
com m ission, w hich called th e m eeting,
d eclared $55,000,000 w ill be w asted In
Illinois during th e nex t tw en ty y e a rs
u n less th e p re s e n t an tiq u a te d m eth­
ods a re changed.
To p rev en t th is w aste th e co n fer­
ence u rg es th e cre a tio n of a sm all
s ta te railw ay com m ission to rep lace
th e p re se n t arm y of local com m ission­
e rs, m ore a c tiv e a ss ista n c e by th e
s ta te for th e tru n k lines, and m ore ac­
tiv e In sisten ce by th e public on good
roads.
It is proposed th a t p riso n e rs In th e
s ta te p e n ite n tia rie s be used n o t only
fo r th e p re p a ra tio n of road building
m a te ria ls, as a t p re se n t, but, If possi­
ble, for actu a l co n stru ctio n w ork
th ro u g h th e sta te .
It Is proposed to follow th e C olora­
do m ethod, u sin g th e h o n o r Bystem,
and sen d in g th e gangs o u t w ith
gu ards.
T he leg islatio n recom m ended by th e
co n feren ce w ould provide;
S ta te and county co-operation In th e
co n stru ctio n a n d
m a in ten an ce
of
m ain highw ays and bridges.
A nonpolitical s ta te highw ay com­
m ission of a t le a s t th re e co m p eten t
m em bers, w ho sh all devote th e ir e n ­
tire tim e to th e ir duties.
Im p ro v em e n t In such co u n ties as
elec t to com e u n d e r th e provisions of
th e law , of m ain, co n tin u o u s Inter-
county h ighw ays co n n ectin g co u n ty
s e a ts an d o th e r Im p o rtan t cities, prin­
cipally a t th e ex p en se of th e s ta te and
co u n ty ; such ro ad s to be selected an d
Im proved by county a u th o ritie s, su b ­
je c t to th e ap p ro v al of th e s ta te h ig h ­
w ay com m ission and a fte r Im prove­
m en t to be tu rn e d o v er to th e s ta te
fo r p e rp e tu a l m ain ten an ce.
Im provem ent, m ain ten an ce, an d con­
tro l of re m a in in g ro ad s (a b o u t 80 p er
c e n t of th e w hole) u n d e r su p erv isio n
o f county and to w n sh ip a u th o ritie s.
E ffective m e a su re s to g u a ra n te e
m ain te n a n c e a fte r ro ad s a re once con­
stru c te d .
U se of th e s ta te auto m o b ile ta r , to ­
g e th e r w ith su ch o th e r fu n d s a s th e
le g isla tu re m ay a p p ro p ria te . In th e Im­
p ro v em en t of highw ays.
U se of s ta te p riso n e rs—u n d e r s ta te
d ire c tio n —on an honor sy stem . In
a c tu a l road w ork w hen p racticab le.
P a y m e n t of «11 road ta x e s In cash.
C om pulsory d rag g in g of all e a rth
roada.
P ro p e r co n stru ctio n and g u ard in g of
c ro ssin g s a t ra ilro a d s and In tersectio n
of s tre e t and highw ays.
T h e "p la tfo rm " of th e co n feren ce In­
clu d es re so lu tio n s in fav o r of fed eral
aid for p o stro ad s and n a tio n al high­
w ays, and calls a tte n tio n of Illinois
co n g ressm en to th is position. It was
devised by th e co m m ittee headed by
W. G. E d en s of th e C en tral T ru st
com pany, p resid en t of th e association.
J e s s e T ay lo r o f Jam esto w n , O., told
th e th e con v en tio n th e difference b e
tw een h au lin g c o st in Belgium and
A m erica, 13 c e n ts a m ile, m ean t a
w aste of $137,500,000 In th is y e a r’s
farm crops alone.
“T h in k ab o u t It," he said, “and then
do som ething, w ork for local aid and
s ta te and fed eral aid. Jo e C annon be-
lleves In fed eral aid now, becauae h e ’s
h e a rd from hom e, and If he can be re »
cued by th e folks a t hom e you ought
to do ao m eth ln g for th e o th e r aln-
n era.”
T h e fa rm e ra ’ view point waa p re s e n t
ad by A. H. G rout, head of th e Illinois
F a rm e ra ’ In e tltu te ; lab o r’a, by Edw in
R. W rig h t, s ta te fed eratio n p reald en t;
th e b a n k e rs’, by R. F H a rris and
Jo h n D. Phillips, old and new heada of
th e s ta te asso ciatio n , and H. E. B radt,
th e ir good roada ch airm an .
P ru n in g G rapes In Fall.
G rapes a re pruned In th e fall; na-
n ally a h alf to tw o-thtrda of th e new
g ro w th Is tak en off—depending on th e
sy stem of tra in in g th a t is u sed —and
In n o rth e rn e ta te a th e p la n ts a re laid
on th e ground and covered w ith e a rth
In m uch th e sam e way as ra sp b erries.