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tim wus tinxcdltiir down the tin n
l)ik i ouil. Thut l, ho was tuimiitni;
In the HtiiKe inuto bctui'i'ii Millet 8
I'UrK ami Oliuir, .Mlnut 1.
Ho hail no ohjrct lit view, to en' llf
uiin Ills cm'IIpo foi leaving IiIm Rood
coiiutiy honii', anil luil imw he tuw
Kiot'ii anil black liectlt'H, dniKLrlntr
itmiiiKli tlu dust, ami oci usionully ho
would kw a ntiaki anil tmmt't lines the
ly ii'litlli' IHrlf .mil that was mote
an vxcltlnir lire than Jim liked,
I.otiklliK li.uk iimm the mail whlih
In- hail Juat tniwi.ti-d hi- saw thu hnl
l'w In tlu 10 nl niailo bv hit own
fi't, anil It ccd hhn ei intiili tn
H'i' tin- dinfroii-llles ImiiKliiK ovoi ami
aioitnil thi'jn hi If tlii' wi'ii' a line
ciiiltmlty, neldtmi tn bf found In tint
lull t of thi' (ountti
The lU'lKhliois to .Urn's folk culled
fliugnri-lllut "nakp-foidiif" and It
amis a lotnimm ai InK that whctou'i
u i mild see inn Mm i mild find a
make nut far nwny.
"I'm Kind I'm Kfttliiximl ol this kind
f itllT i'ouiiti." Jim half mutteied to
himself and to the wide lieliK
lie tiaelcil uIiiiik the lnnelv load
until he cmue to a Utile ialne. lie
f-.U down nnd took out a "bit" he had
taken ftom his mother euiiboaid.
Theio was a tagged slice of soft Kin
nor In end. and as be ate It sweet Ms
b'ti.s of his mother as she went about
her wmk uiliie befmp hltn
"Mother's Rood .is frnlil. she Is," lit.
iimaiked nKiiln to his iooni sunouiid
ltiK". "T'alnt hci." and his nlce
ti.illed off Into a tender Mib as n lilc
tuiu of his mother appealed, just ns
sho stood In the kitehen ilooi, hoi n
Incr and kindly old fine u.itcliliijr In
Miln for his home-eoniliiK: fiom sehonl.
"Well. nnhow, a fellow can't be
'speLted to bo tied down to homo al
ways. Theio's old rhilo mil. who
went to Callforni when ho was ml
Ufteen and he's 1I1I1 us tilt t now. Cues
his folks at home novel say am thin?
moan of his liuinln' ofi, tauso the
hole family of 'em's pnui as an old
bain int."
Xeu'rtltolnwjt, Jim almost wished he
could tetuin to bis countiy liomc, but
the motive which had urged his koIus
nnd had brought him thus f.u, whls
Iiotcil: "Yon alnt game it you don't
Co on "
"If I i an sot to Ol.uio tonight jou
can bet our swoot life 1 sleep, 'lansu
1m most walked to death"
Looklnir bail; along the ti .ill whonco
he came, ho saw In the distance ti
sharply moving toll of dust, and he
know that the st.igeio.ich would over
take him.
Ills Hi st Idta was poison.il safety
nnd ho laid down In the tall, pi ah k
llko glass between some irnnlior bills-
he tietntiled, and his he.ut beat against
the oaith quick and he.ivv.
"I i.m't think for tho life of mo
why I'm m M.uy, I feel dicadful, and
theio h'alnt no noiso anvwhoto to bo
hi aid 'copt the stage."
Ho managed to i.ile his head a lit
tle and looked up, tho stage was just
coming out of the little dip of the r.t
lne. Theio wore two men on tho
dilvoi's so.it. Jim diopped his head
on his hands.
I'lcsently ho ho.ud tho instllng uf
tho wheels distinctly and ho managed
to take another look.
Tor a minute his hem t scorned to
falily but st, for thoio, s-tialght and
gi.no. beside the dilvor sat his f.uhot.
Kven amid the clouds of dust and In
the bilefness of tho time Jim could
see his father was white and his c.ves
sail.
The driver wns hollering at the ton
of his -voice, hutrying up the span of
gras and some of the wotd.s rcnohed
the sniveling bnj.
"Jest jou rest easy thoio 'squire, if
he a tills this road we'ie bound to ketch
him 'foio he gets Into Olane Keckon
this here pair o' gias won't led a kid
like him beat 'em, not mui.li."
Jim's father made some answer the
hoy could not hear, but again the ill Iv
or went on:
"That's a fact, too, but In r.is- wo
do miss him, wo can put some postcis
up In the city, an' I'll cany him li.uk
to Mllloisbuis'n If he's "
Hut then the Mike was lost.
"That settles 'bout that place and
now whfie will T go?" Jim looked
hopelessly nt tho sun, whlih was slow
ly creeping over the hills. Ho thought
If he could only leach the stage ho
would beg his father to take him home,
but that chance was now gone.
Ho stood on a llttlo mount unil looked
disconsolately townids tho west. His
throat patched with a cij, for far
nway a thin, faint cut I of smoke was
nscendlng heavenward. It looked com
fortable and lovable to vveaiy Jim, nnd
ho tied his hundkcuhlef mound his
neck and began his Journey thiough
the clinging grass and lough losiu
w noil.
The 111 st ftleiidlv things his wo.nv
eyes saw wore a gentle mother iovv nnd
calf, tho latter shut nway ftom Its sup
per by a loughly-made log turn o After
.1 till climbed the little Incline he saw
tho tiny laim house nistllng among the
shiubby poi slmmon bushes.
Ilo hesitated, but thiough loneliness
and fe.ir ho vontuicd to knock at the
door.
"Sctntch under." came baik the an
swer full nnd clear, but Jim stood Ir
resolute. "Now, pa." ounii' the oleo again.
"You needn't bo 'tondln to scaio me.
Jus' come In an' liuiiy for hete's old
Mollle halnt milked ylt."
Htlll a silence.
"Squash slsh a tease anyway." spoke
tho full Mileo, her tesolute steps weie
lieatd approaching the door, and the
llttlo house fairly shook with the ener
getic movement.
"Now." she exclaimed, and Jim
Btf-pped Into the circle of light
"Well well'' ejrtruluted the woman,
while her hands fell helpless down nt
her side.
The boy wns dtstltute of help, dust
und team lind wi might his face so that
It looked llttli better than n crayon
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sketch, but his full, dalk eves bote a
sad look and theli pltltut glance to
winds the supper tuble told a stoiy.
"Now, child, whole's pa'"
"I don't know," Jim muttcteil.
"You didn't i ome heio alone, did
lou" '
"Yessuni "
An' what do .vou want?"
' I'm afiald outside an' tiled: I
hain't I'm awful hungry." Jloto Jim
pli ked up a llttlo coinage. "I'm look
In' foi a Job, so's I inn make my own
wa "
Ynii hain't got no kcti hln' disease,
have vou .' '
' Noli m '
"Nut .vou don't i haw nut smoke'."
' Noli in "
'Ikon tiavelln' long. '
"Yissum. '
"Win didn't ou Hi Ultni'?"
Jim was perplexed. Ho lolled his
eves and thought a moment.
"I'm slik ol towns," ilnally he mut
teied ' Keckon von halnt done much f.um
wmk thin?'
He explained that ho knew a little
.'bout It, and with n sudden sill pi We
ho lome'iibeiMil that It was bicuise ho
despised faim woik that ho tun away.
"Well I don't know what to do, but
when pa i imics ho inn manage It. I in
oxpcctln' ol htm eveiy minute He
wen' to Olane today to II ml a mlddllu'
sized bo to do ohotes."
She bulled liuself in the kitchen
mound the Hie and then said.
"Come now and drink some coffee an'
tat a filttet 'n then oit can tiv your
hand at mllklp' Pa usually sees to It.
but land knows ho 'alnt hole et I'led's
going to In lug the whole held 'round
the houso jit with her bolleiln' "
Jim felt a llttlo testless, suppose ' pa"
should lieu about tho ittn.iwuy bov
while ho was In Olane. but oven that
f"ar could not keep him from eating
heaitilv.
"Now tin you tool on you cau milk?"
Tie lomembeied plainly how he had
h.itcd milking and how his mother
saved him bv doing his pait fot him.
While ho was milking ho hoard the
lattlo of a wagon fin nway.
"That's pa," said Mrs. Walton, for
she and Jim had exihanged Introduc
tions. ' I'll Just l tin In an' git his i off oe hot."
The heavy wagon chew up to Un
gate and a tough llguio climbed out to
lot down the bais, Jim went on with
his milking and the steady "strip,
strip" soon attiacted Mr. Walton's at
tention. "Maiv, ' he c .lilt il
No answer.
' Whoso that nillklu' ' I sav. '
"It's me," unsworn! Jim foeblv.
"Let him bo, pa, an' come In to sup.
pel." called Mis, Walton ftom tho
door. Jim brought in the pall of milk,
nnd stood hisintlnglj at tin dum
' Come In, thlld," said tho woman.
"You hain't no Mioak at inllkiu' i eitaln
It takes u good milker to bung the
foam like that." und she blew away the
feithoiy mill..
He lomembuted how his mother told
him ho could milk If ho onlv would.
The man ojed him keonl.v, nut good
nntuiedly. "1 letkon 11 jtiii'd wash our faro
I could jldgo sum looks a llttlo bet
ter," ho laughed.
"Sakes alive, jos," tiled Mis. Wal
ton. "He took mo all of a he.in or
I'd of thought of that bofoio."
"1 guess ,vou didn't bilng any tluss
suit did ye.'" inqultod Mts. Wnlton
"No sii," answeied Jim, "1 didn't
have an.v. '
"I wont to town today thlnkln' I'd
pick up some joungster vvlllln' to git
a bioath of fiesh air and a llttlo imy
tor workln' on the fat in, but bless you
the'd lather starve than leave the
city."
Jim mm mined .some answoi.
"Ma says jou'io tiled o' cities, tli.it
shows you've got some sense. You
can sleip note tonight an' If you suit
mo I'll make a swop with vou. .o
long!" and Mi. Walton ietitul to the
upper ihaniber.
"You'll sloop in this bodioom," said
Mis. AVnlton, lighting a candle for
Jim She paued a moment on tho
thieshold, looking back at Jim klndlv.
"Wh'iu common folks hero, chile, an'
I guess you can put up In this hens
bed, for It's tho best wo got: but we
alius says our majors. Say joins,
chile, an' If .vour inn's alive or dead
she'll know "
Jim looked out of the little window
over tho moon-lit limitless view. A
gteat hot tear fell on his hand, and the
Hood-gates of his heart weio opened,
but his pilde was not btokon yet.
'You tan dig lateis today." said
Mr Walton next morning. "I'll give
you six dnllnts a month un' boaid, an'
washing, an' that's 'bout ns good as
you'll got this way"
"When do you think ou'll be going
to Olane again?" Jim asked.
Not' foio Chjlstmns, I reckon T
gt nei.illy manngo to take In some tiuck
then, lay In my Chilstnias dinner an'
git ptovlsons enough to last till
sptlng," nnsiveied Mr, Walton,
And he tinned again to his vvoik
"If ou need any clothes," ho called
b.uk, 'the old woman'll 11 vou up
something to do till hollduvs. A o
hain't got no sasloty here "
All Jim wanted to do was to write
his mother u llttlo letter and tell her
whole he wns. All through the night
ho dioamod of her i uniting, falling Mj
tho daiknoss, seaichlng for him. Ho
di earned of her with tout and bleeding
foot, feeling over the pinltle for him
ho had heatd her piajlng and raving
and ho felt that It was tiuo even when
ho was awake.
At noon that duy Jim could not eat.
Ho had done a halt d.iv's hard work,
something ho hud never dreamed of
doing at home. He was exhnusted
ftom his long tiamp In tho Indian sum.
mer sun.
"Hain't sick, ate you?" usked Mr,
Walton.
Jim shook his head, but his Dps were
lmle.
' He's Just tuckered out. pa. Uetter
let him rest this evening."
' Well, tlieie hain't no nnttlcular tush
'bout tho inters un' I don't want any
sick boy 'lound Iiete, Unit's ceitalu "
Hut theio wan little use for talking
about pet mission to stay in, for Jim's
thoughts were soon centering around
homo, mother, city and stage, and cry
ing until good Mrs. AValton was nearly
cinzy,
"I lecokn that bov' homeilck aa
well ns feverish, pn," said she solemnly
ns thev came from milking Molly.
"You've got to make up your mind to
go nfter some medicine for that boy.
He's plum sick, shtire."
"do to Olane?" asked Mr Walton
In nmiizenient.
"Yes sit, to Olane. and while yoti'io
thete maybe you'll Und out somcthlu'
bout him."
Mi. Walton was seen tho next mottl
ing on his stout mustang, galloping
along the stage toute towatil tho ilty.
A gloat habit of Mr. Walton as he
went to the city was to load all tho
posters and bills which wore posted
along the road, on fences and b.uns.
I.lku all fat mors, this hud Its chat in for
him.
Suddenly he lifted his lint and sttuck
his mustang across the neck.
"Hear that," ho filed. "Disappeared
James Miller, commonly called Jim,
ftom home, September, the 19th.
heavy built, blown eyes, black hair,
lather handsome. One hundred dol
lats toward for an information ns to
his wlui cahouts "
' That's him, I'd bet a cow on It."
said Mr. AVnlton, ONcltedly. "And T
Just guess I'll take addiess down and
send tin in naients word"
Mr Walton came gaily home Mis
AVnlton leptlmantlcd him for the nolp
he made nnd had him to listen to the
hiw-i. breathing and mutteied pi ay.
oi s of poor Jim.
"Hole's tho pool fellow's medicine,
und I gut ms lvo got something to tell
jou, ole woman. (Jo and give the poor
follow a dose an' then tome hole, I
letkon 1 can make jou fool good "
With manv "ahs" and "land sakes"
Min Walton lived thtough tho re
cital nnd when pa concluded "and
theie's them bundled dollars, they
won't come bad."
" Ymi'ie so close-Hated," sighed Mis
AValton
When Jim s fever broke anil ho open
ed his eves to natuinl live again, he
saw his niothei's fine above his own,
"Mother," be said, timidly.
'My poor boy," whispeted his moth
er, teal fully.
"Yotinln't going to hate lno.ato jou?"
ho asked, " nnd I wish I could see
fathoi."
A stiong, bony hand clasped the boy's
weak hand.
Hoio I am. my son," nnswerod the
father's calm oke.
"father took It awful haul," vvhls
peiod his mother. "foil know father
loves you so muih."
'Oh mothei, I'll never be a bad boy
Jgdiii. I can see It all now, just how
good ou were all to mo, even when I
was a bad boy. I am going to do milk
ing too, nui. I can now."
"Hut. theie's another, not us" be
gun his mother. Jim nodded his head.
"You moan Clod," said Jim "I know,
I am going to bo good all through
Ami poor Jim wont homo with his pat
ents, a sadder, but wiser boy.
PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT
His Strange Pat titer.
' Doctots have stiango oxpoilences
sometimes," said a well-known phy
sician the other night. "Not long utro
I vi as i ailed upon by an old man who
asked mo tn go to his house ami sto his
son. The latter, who was -i enrpent-r,
had boon upon a piolongod spu which
had ended In dtliiktm tn men".
"When iv" got t tho luuso wo went
iiji stalls, and as wo lid si wo heanl
some one singing, and also a .juetr
bumping uolso. Upon eutoilng the
son's loom wo found that ho had lifted
tho boavj door off Its hinges, ami.
bidding it in fnmt nt him as if it weic
a paitnei. he was waltzing mound tho
loom with it to a tune that ho was
singing. 1 did not caio to got too near
him for feat ho would lot tho door full
on mo.
'Hnvvevei, 1 Hilt d my hjpodeimle
s.v tinge with muiphiue ami watched
my opoituultj. He seemed entiioly
oblivious to our pii"-ence and paid no
attention to us, but continued hia
waltzing.
"As ho passed with his back toward
mo 1 suddenly jabbed the sj tinge Into
his arm. With a loud j-oll ho foil back
wattl on tho Hour with the door on top
of him. As ho did so his father and
injself jumped on the tloot and held It
down on him, while I teachod under it
and jabbed the sytinge Into his arm
iiain.
In a few minutes he became quiet,
and wo lifted tho door off him. As we
did so he sat up and said quietly: "1
feel vol j sloepj. I think I'll go to bed.'
Wo put him to bed with illfllculty, as he
was a vety heavy man, and In a few
davs ho was all light again.
"I never hoar a waltz pluved now
that I do not think of tho delirious car
pouter waltzing around with a door for
a paitner." New Yoik Times.
His Own Medicine.
' oh, no, madam, that doesn't hurt
mu au," said tho doctor, as he pushed
In the needle for tho hypodermic in
jection "Hut It does'" moaned the patient.
"It hurts awfullj'"
"All your imagination." went on the
doctor ' I ought to know. I've per
formed this little operation hundreds
of times, and I toll you It doesn't hurt
at all."
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"Now be taieful of that," said the
same doctor, as his wife ptessed the
needle to his ow n arm.
"Oh, but It won't hurt ou any."
said his wife loassuilngly.
"Whoso arm Is this, anywaj ""
bawltd the dm toi Don t vou sup
pose 1 have any feeling'' I tell jou I
never bail any thing huit so in my
life" and he proved It by a jell that
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An Erroneous Diagnosis.
After breaking Into tho doctor's office
he sat down and said: "Will j-ou kindly
look Into mj' eye and tell mo what Is
tho matter?"
"CYitulnly," as the quick loplj-.
Then tho physlilan opened up tho te
fraetorj' optic and bognn In a hut lied
mnnuei "I see nt a glance that jou
have been suffetlng fiom kidney
trouble. Your liver is also out of older,
and there is danger of you having an
attack of gastiltls unless tho matter
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ed pupil I should sav thnt jour nerves
ate In a debilitated condition, and
thnt"
"Hull up there," came the olco of
tho patient
"What's the mattei ?"
"Dad burn It. Vou'io looking Into my
glass oje." Cincinnati Ihiiiultor.
Legal nnd Medical Soctois nt Odds.
A eilminal case Is pending In the mll
Itaiy coutts whlih is pi nimbi J with
out pi credent in tho annals of ctlmlnal
jurlsptudoncc. a seigennt und a cor
poral of the .Seventh Ueglmont stand
accused of having causotl the death of
a pilvato soldier by boating him. In
cidentally they mo chatged with abuse
of authotlty and violation of tho per
sonal rights of the soldier.
Now the medical expeits havo de
cided that the beating adminlstoied tho
dead soldier shortly be fot o bis demise
was not the causo of his death, but,
on tho contiary, Intciuipted the pio
gtess of a. ceiebral congestion btotight
on by an excessive us of alcoholic stim
ulants. The e.xpeits hold,. In fact, that
If the beating had boon continued tin
man might have recoveted. In spite of
this finding the court found the ac
cused man guilty of abuse of authority
und sentenced them to two yeats' im
prisonment each. Fiom this sentence
an appeal has been taken to the Su
preme court, vvho-e decision is being
expected with great interest. City of
Mexico Two Republics.
SURVIVAL OF WAR WIDOWS.
Pension Report Shows Remarkable
Facts in Regard to Longevity.
One of the curiosities of the United
States pension service Is the astonish
ing survival of war widows. The le
poit of tho United States commissioner
of pensions, just Issued, shows some
rematknble and intetestlng facts in
legard to the longevity of the widows
of soldiers. For instance, while thete
Is not u single soldier of the war of
the l evolution alive todaj1, theio are
still suivivlng nnd dt awing pensions
twelve widows nnd daughteis of sol
dieis of tho revolution. Of tho war of
1S12 theio aio only thieo soldiers still
alive, but of their widows thoio are
sut vlv lug and drawing pensions the
astonishing number of 2, 107.
The war of the; t evolution closed In
1781 and ii period of 115 joatu has
i lapsed, anil, while thete ate iy male
sutvivois, theio are still some of their
widows alive. This state, of affairs can
onlj" be possible on tho giound that
some of tho soldiers, after they had
attained old age, married young wives.
Tho war of 1S12-14 closed with the bat
tle of Now Ot leans on Jan 8, 1815,
elghtj'-three joats ago. Supposing that
the youngest soldier were eighteen
jeats old, a period of 101 j-oats has
elapsed sltuo tho birth of such sol
uiers Kvldeutlj' mnnj of them, alter
they wete old, man led young women,
so thnt. although all the men but tluee
nio dead, they hae left behind mom
than 2,000 widows. 11 y the same rule
of proceduie It is plain there will be
widows of soldiers of the civil war on
the pension lolls In ISSOand even u few
in tho j ear A. I). 2000, inniu thnn a
centuij' hence, for if u soldier eighteen
jeaiH old In 1861 should many wh'n
lie hud reached the ago of eighty jeats
In 19.':i, u gill sixteen yea is old s.lo
might hope to live seventy-seven years
longer, or to the age of ninety-three,
which would bring her up to the year
2000, Of. course, It is not likely there
will be many such, but thete will, In
all probnbllltj-, be some.
Compllmentaiy.
AVhyte "I always innko It a lido to KHs
my wife whenever I Icuvo the house in
the morning and when I como home at
night."
llrovvne "That's right I would If I
were jou." SamunlUo Journal.
THE OWE RAILROAD
IN THE PHILIPPINES
AN OBJECT LESSON IN SPANISH
MISRULE.
How the Road Wna Built and How
It Was Mnnoged The Country
Through Which It Runs Crude
Conditions in Constiuctlou, Equip
ment and Management.
From tho Sclentlllc Anietlrun.
No better Idea of the undeveloped
condition ot our new oriental colony
could be convevod than by tho state
ment that this gient Munil group, with
nn niea ot over 114,000 situate miles
and a population exceeding JO.000 000,
has but a single lallroad lino. The
oiiy tallroad lino ot tho Philippines -the
Manila and Dagupan tnllwitj ex
tends for a distance of'UO miles from
Manila to Uagupan n minor pott near
the centre ot tho west const of Luzon
It thus selves us an outlet to the lor
gest continuous area of valley lam's on
Luzon or elsewhere on these numcious
lulatuK
Tho lnck of intct est in tiaiHportutloit
fncllltles and lit commercial nnd agil
cultutnl pursuit? mulct Spanish mle Is
ever nppaicnt, and this neglect Is quite
compiehenslblo to the average .student
of Philippine alfalis. Tho governor
genoials, nlwnys expecting a tociill,
had llttlo Intoi est in the development
nt the lountiy, and all save mllltat v
Improvements which were impel nttve
weio neglected. Kstimatos for load
making and other Internal linpiove
nionts weie Ignoted. or, if any stmt was
actually made, the wotk v as never
completed, foi the funds raised foi this
purpose through opptesslve taxation
weio all misappropriate cl or used for
Improvements hero In Manila
Hut In spite of nil this nnd the re
strictive methods of the Spanish gov
ernment legnrdlng commetce and In
dustry, tho company which eonsttueted
tho Manila and Dagupan lnllway was
granted quite liberal concessions. This
wns duo probablj to tho hope of nn In
crease In levenue fiom taxation on the
road und to the advantages it would
ofter for transporting tioops, luther
than tt a desire to benefit the island
comtncrclallj,
AN KLABOllATn SCHKMi:
The question of tailtoads occuple 1
the attention of the colonial govern
ment ns early as the year 1S7.". At that
time nn elabotate scheme was formu
lated It ptovided for tho constitu
tion of roads of general utility, either
by the government of by subsidized
companies, under concessions gi anted
by the homo government, nnd for
loads of private Interest untlei con
cessions granted by tho governor gen
eral of the colonj'. Hut no definite
move toward sccuilng a lalltnad line
for these Islands was made until ten
years later. In 1SS5 the Spanish gov
ernment offered a subsidy of S7,C.10
per mile on n specified lino of 130 miles,
but It was not accepted by any Span
ist capitalists. Tho following joar an
other and more liberal offer was made.
It included a guai.intcc of eight per
cent, tuinu.il Interest on a maximum
tost of $I9,G13 per mile. In the fall ot
ISSfi the offer was accepted by a num
ber of London capitalists, anil In a -
cot dunce with tho tonus ot the con
cession the line was to bo completed
within four joais fnun July 2.', 1SS7.
At the end of ninety-nine jcuis the
toad, with the lolling stock, was to
level t to the government without com
pensation. Most of the wotk of oonstiuc tlon of
the load was done by native lalmtoi-,,
but quite a number of Chinese eoolloc
weio employed. The ttack Is of three
feet six inch guage, and steel in'l-t
weighing foity-llvo pounds to tho -aid
nte used. Tho ontlte road-boil Is voiv
level and It Is quite fteo :iom tuts
and ctitvos. but has plenty of biltlges,
and this last was the only diltlculty
mot with in tho constt notion of tho
mad. On the wholo lino thete ai at
least sixty lion bildges, with eviln
diltal steel plots. The bildhcs' are
unifoimly of twenty motor .ipans. ami
tho largest Is that over the Kin Oi.tndo
do la Pampagna, which consists ot six
spans. Tho road-bed has an a vet ago
elevation ot about four foot abov tho
geneinl level and Is nil ballasted with
line giavel. The ties are of hard v ocd,
which Is generally cut on the islands
thi: noLLiNo stock.
The l oiling stock is ery light as
compared with that ot" our i.tllroads.
The locomotives appear tn bo little
supetlor In speed or eapacltj to tho
"Jerk watei" or "dinkey" locomotives
In use about mines and mnnufaetotles
In the United States. They nro of less
than ten tons weight und the pass
enger cats uio correspondingly small
These caniages are of uu Kngllsh
type and aio of tluee classes, all being
divided Into thtee compnitments, with
u gangway running along on tho out
side. Fach apartment will seat eight
passengeis. The few llist-class pass
engers aio comfoitubly seated In cane
chalis, and the second and thlld-clnss
carriages have wooden bench-like
seats. Tho second-class cats are the
moto comfortable of the two, as they
aio seldom crowded, while those ot
tho third class nre usually filled with
natives c.urjlng gie.it baskets and
bundles
At piosent tin to aio tluee passenger
und thieo freight ttnlus each day
dully, but only one of tho trains rati lex
mall. The passenger tialns cover 110
miles between Manila, nnd Dagupan In
eight hours. A passenger tialu Is us
ually composed ot eight oi ten cai
llages, of which moio than half is
usually of tho thlld class. Tho pass
cnger rntes range fiom two cents per
mile for thlld class to live cents for
tlist-tiass passage. The station houses
and other buildings along the lino aio
eiy complete, owing to a lequliement
of tho Spanish authorities. The Ma
ullii depot is u well ai Hinged two
story building, seventy by forty-tlvo
feet, with cur .sheds 3.'3 feet long. It
covers four tracks but the entile sttuc
tuto Is built of wood. Tho genet al of
fices of the toad ute located on tho
second Mom, while the flist floor Is
quite similar to American ftatlon
houses on the load, und while they
differ somewhat as to size, they air
of a uulfoim type. Tlieie we good
freight sheds nt all stations
Tho machine shops and engine houses
of the load nie located at C.ilooian,
foiu miles ftom Manila, nnd heio Oeu
vial Manager Hlggliis has his lost
deuce. With the exception of tho gen
einl manager and a few Kngllsh over
seeis and one or two Spanish station
musters the toad Is operated by na
tives. Theio uie native station mas.
ters, telegraph operators, clerks, en
gineers, tiulnmen, mechanics and labtn
cis. nnd all of these woik for Aery low
wages. Twenty dollars in gold is a
large salury tor u station master or
Absolute
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These pills contain, in a condensed form, all the
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St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
partial paralysis and all forms of weaHnessv either.,
in men or women.
To n Lawrence Journal reporter Mr. fl II. Snyder, a well known v""
clllton of Lawrence, Kan., related a wonderful tory. Ilo said :
"I am now seventy yeurit of ago. About three years ago 1 experl
enofd a roltlnrsg or niiiiiimoBi In tho feet, then creeping up myle,
until It reurlird niv body. I grew thin, appetite poor and did not rolfli
my food. I brcamo unable to move abuiil. Ounmiltecl bfvcmI dis
tinguished phVHiclaiiK.nne telling me I bud locomotor ataxls, another,
creeping parnlvnla. 1 took their medicines but continued to grow
norise. A friend udvlned me to try Dr. Wllllamt' rink IMIls for l'ala
l'eople. Ilefore 1 hud finished my nrtit box I found that they were
benefiting me. I used twelve boxts and watt perfectly cured. Although
over fix months sliuo 1 tued my last pill there. Iii been no return of
the disease. My uppotlte Is good and general hcurih fetter than for
jnany jcars." ,
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Has at last becu reached in the production of the
1899 MODEL GHAINLESS SPALDING
We would be pleased to have you call and examine it.
FLOREY II BROOKS,
eleiK, nnd the tialnmen tceelve but
little morn thnn linlf this amount. Hut
the natives itive rood satisfaction In
every capacity In which they nte em
ployed, In spite of their Inclination to
make extia money when the cliuncc Is
presented.
OUIGINAI, COST.
As to the otluinul cost of the to id
tin ic nre few tellable statistics, and Its
piesent llnnnclnl standlm? Is unknown
to otheis than the ofllehils. Hut It Is
evident that the cost of construction
per mile must hnve been much llRhter
than the to.st of hltuIKii lo.uls would be
in Amciiin, and tho iiinnlmr eneii"es
me much lovvei. Kimn nil nppenianies
tin lo.'d is nt piesent 111 a veiv lloui
Is'ilnpr condition, anil since the i.iptuic
of .Manila the tiaflle has been heavier
than ever befoie.
This single inllio.nl line of our new
oiiental colony tiaveises mine of tin
llnest countiy to be found In nil thee
Islands For piobnbly nlnetj miles tt
urns dliiRoually minss a oiitinuou-
level or sliuhtly lollinir niea, Kep.u.it d
ftom the tea nnd hemmed In by moun
tain tmiKes which In plates list in
the height ot Si.OOO feet Tile noitll
wc stein coiner of the valley opens on
the shallow Ktilf of UnK.ien, wheie
tin l.s xltti'itetl Dapcupau, the tei
mlnus of the road. On the southern
end this Ideal valley leKion Is hounded
by Manila b.iy. the Paslg liver and
Lake Hal, the most Impoitant laki
in these Islands. In this valley region
Is Included all of the sK piovlnees
wheiein was begun the Spanish htibju
gatlon of these islands, and today they
are the most Important p.ut of Luzon
These ate Manila, Iiulaciui, Pampagna,
Tail.ie, Xueva j,i anil Pangiislnan,
all of which nie tiaveihctl by the Man
ila and Diigupnn load.
I'lCTl'IlKSQUi: SC'ENKIIY.
The Keenery along the line of this
railroad is most picturesque. For fif
teen miles out of Manila the land llses
In it regular, long, sloping hills, Kcaice
ly half a hundred feet in height On
one hand Is a succession of rice Ileitis,
and on the other the hillsides uie tet
raced with ciueer native bamboo huts
At I'aloocnji aio Keen the tlrst Klgtu
of civilization Twenty-live miles
ftom Manila Is Malolos, the capital of
the so-called Filipino lepublic Like
many other native towns, it Is Kttetcli
ed out fot n considerable distance
among ti.e bamboos anil ponds. He
tvveen Malolos anil t'alumplt, a dis
tance of nine miles, tlieie nie twelve
bildges act oss .sti earns of sullleient vol
ume to be called livers Ten miles
I I oiii Calumplt Is San Fernando, and
ere we lench this pluco we have left
behind the bordeting hills of Manila
bay. Twenty miles beyond San Fei
nando we pas thiough a cut about
i!00 ards long and lift v fet t deep, the
onlv one of llliv enlist iUi lit e nil the
mad. anil heio at Ilambnn we h.ue
leaihed the muuntuliis. lleyond l!am
ban the lands-cape manges ami cotou
nut gloves begin to supplant the bam
boo tliitH. Tat lac Is one of the most
Impnt taut towns on the mad. It Is
located In the piovlnco of Tat lac
The irmnluing foi tv-the miles of the
load to Dagupan inn thiough tint
lnnds, vvell dt. lined, and thi re Is n mie
cesslon of lice fields, time fields and
coioanut gloves. The only Important
town on thlspnit of the io.ul In llavam
bang on the lhei Agno The Hngllsh
III m of Smith, Hell .c.- i'o has n lame
ibe mill thete, and nt Calaslas, the
net station to Oagupnii uie niadi the
llnest of tho Manila hats Such aio the
scenes along tho only inllioatl line in
tho Philippines, and In spite of Its In
Klgultleaiii e this mail has done much
toward Imptovlng the countiy through
which It passes. V.iv long Ametlcnn
entigy and capital will begin the jriuncl
woik of development so long delayed
thtough Spanish misrule, and the toot
of the Aineilcnn locomotive, echoing
thiough tho bamboo Jungles and tocoa
nut giovest, will soon awaken these op
ptessed lslnnJs fiom the'i long sleep.
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Tho complotonoaa of our assort
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oxhiblt, more thnn two hundred and
iljty distinctly dijffercnt Bedroom Sets
in every vnriaty of matorial, na woll
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comfort nnd ndommont In tho houieholdj
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(Adjoining Utn Mtl.ee,) .
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