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quarterly, iemporary advertisement I
D paia in aavanoe.
Job work cub on delivery.
It cost 2,423,r,22 to food tho United
States Army during tho past fiscal
year.
Business worried are said to bo t lio
cause of twelve per ceut. of the rases
of insanity.
Tho farmers of Iowa hnvo ap
parently enough money in banks to
lny off nil tbo farm mortgages iu tho
BtRtO.
Rev. Dr. Jenks, nn Iudinnnprencher,
Fays thnt he can give seventy reasons
for believing Hint tho world will
"oomoto an end" within the next ton
years.
Out in Maine, where, according to
tho New York Recorder, "they nro
now catching herring to put tip as
Italian sardines," they luro the fish
into the nets at night by n blazing tire
on a pole.
New Zealand is tho first of English
colonies to give womon equal political
rights with men. A bill giving them
Btioh rights has just become law. It
gives to nil women, married or single,
the same right to voto as is now pos
sessed by men. Tho only other State
in the world in which men and women
hnvo tho same political status is
Wyoming, in this country.
Electricity is gradually taking tho
place of oil for locomotive headlights,
notes tho Bt. Louis Republic. One
fit. Louis rond tho Vnndulin has
fourteen locomotives equipped with
the new light and is adding to tho
number every week. Tho roceut rear
end collision of tho Illinois Centrnl
road would probably not have occurred
had the eugino of tho second section
been provided with an elect rio light.
The paper mill nt Salina, Kan., hn
mado from sunflower stalks several
tons of paper, which will be sent to
experts in the East. Tho paper is re
garded as superior to Btraw paper and
marks a great departure in poper mak
ing and sunflower raising industries.
Tho mill is now buying sunflowers and
proposes to make sunflower paper a
specialty. On n recent evening tho
Snlina Daily Republican ran its entire
edition on tho sunflower paper.
The thoory that times of depression
in business are peculiarly fnvorablo to
religious development, hns somo justi
fication in experience, concludes the
Ban Francisco Argonaut. But, on
tho other hand, there arc more suicides
in hord times than tit any other. Sta
tistics show thnt there has been a
noticeable increase iu suicides in New
York City during tho lost mouth, tho
aggregate being thirty-four against
twenty-two for tho same period during
tho previous year. The statistics nro
suggestive, but hardly conclusive.
The suicidal tendency is certainly
growing; but it derives its stimulus
rather from what muy bo called fixed
conditions of our life than from tern-'
pornry and exceptional incitements.
The Xew York World observes: Wo
are npt to imagine that America is the
land of progress and Asia the land of
regress. This is doubtless true, as a
rule, but every now and then we are
startled to find that tho Mongolians
huvo idem i.lwi and sometimes net
upon them. This statement is borno
out by a receut report mado to tho
JapaneKe fiovernmeut on the state of
agriculture iu t'mt country, and advo
cating, uiuong other things, tho es
tablishment of agricultural insurance.
Mutual insurance that is, "a fellow
ship, tho single members of which are
all insured by that samo fellowship"
is also advocated. Tho report shows
that the Japnneso aro wide awake.
The recent disbandmeut of several
companies of Indians, who had been
enlisted as soldiers in Uncle Sum's
army, seems to have been duo more to
the difficulty of finding recruits than
to any real opposition among officers
to tho employment of tho red man in
the ranks. Tho Indian himself does
not take kindly to the restraints of
discipline, and misses tho freedom of
his roving life; hence, he will no
longer enlist, but while ho is iu the
Government's service ho uppeurs to
discharge his duties us well as can be
expected from him. He does not like
the routine of drill, and he cannot bo
depended on to stand in liuo of battle,
but he makes a good scout and skirm
isher in short, he shows nil the weak
nesses and virtues of the savage. The
great argument in favor of taking him
into the regular army is still as strong
as it ever was, the experiment with
him not having weakened it in tho
least. It is cheaper to pay him for
bein on good terms nith us than to
fight him, and, even if he will not tako
kindly to rules ami regulations, ho is
sure to become a more tractable being
by subjecting himself to them even
imperfectly.
WHEN NUTS ARE PIPE.
"he frost king comes by stcnltb at night,
'ulntlng the loaves In colors bright.
With mnglo wand, In impish glee,
tie breaths upon each shrub and tree;
O'er hickory, walnut and the oak
Ho shade a variegated cloak,
And ns they ope' their sleepy eyes
Ills breath comes thick from chilly skies.
Tho morning sun, In mild reproof,
y weeps from the fences nnd the root
The crystnl footsteps of thnt raid ;
Ha smiles upon eneh leaf nnd Made,
And welcomes to hie genial rays
The friendship of a mystic hnso,
While voices through tho hill nnd dell
Eobo clear as sliver bell.
Olad, golden dnys I O, mystic hnno
And all the swelling symphonies
Of ringing shout nnd childish mirth
Tho brown nuts pattering to earth ,
Tbo scolding of a snucy jay.
Ah, glories of an nutuma dny !
Of earthly pnrndlse ntype
The frost -oro ,vued woods when nuts ai
ripo.
Good Housekeeping.
EPIIRATM DOM'S NIECES.
BY PAULINE WE8T.KV.
UMCE R TO N
people felt a
certain pity
for Mr. a n d
Mrs. Ephrnim
Dodd whenthe
two orphan
daughters of
Mr. I) odd's
younger broth
er enmo from
a Wes tern
homo nnd took
up their abode
with tho old
couplo ; but
Ephrnim and
Susan Dodd wero honestly delighted
with this sudden addition of their
nieces to the family circle.
Mrs. Dodd soon began to talk to her
neighbors with complacency about the
responsibility of bringing up girls,
nnd when her back wns turned her
friends shook their heads, saying :
"It's a shame I In their old age,
too, whon they were just beginning to
take a littlo comfort!"
Tho girls wero tall, pretty, strong
and vivacious. Their names wero
Martha nnd Evolina. Each had brown
hair, a delicately tinted face and large
gray eyes that looked nt people in a
friendly, unabashed way. Martha
was thirteen yours old when sho ar
rived two years older thun her sister
nnd before she hnd passed her six
teenth birthdny Ephrnim decided thnt
she muiit go awny to a better school
thnn Lumberton afforded. It 'was a
snd day for tho Dodds when a small
lentheru trunk bumped to the railway
station behind one of Uncle Ephraim's
ox tennis.
Ephrnim, Evelina nnd her Aunt
Susan clung to Martha with a frantic
earnestness iu nay in? good-by and
then stared at ono another tearfully
when the train whirled weeping Martha
and her belongings away from Lum
berton. On the wny back to the farm Mrs.
Dodd and Evelina sat on a board
plnced ncross the cart railings, and
Ephraim walked beside thorn, directing
his oxen. After a while he spoke sol
emnly. " 'Taint thnt I nin't got confidence
in Mnnhy," said he. "I think she'll
turn out fust-rate; but -if there is any
meanness in her nature, or any hidden
dust in the corners of it, .we'll know it
before long. She's started out on the
testiu' times of her life."
"Mercy," Mrs. Dodd exclaimed,
dashing a tenr from her eye, "how you
talk, Ephrnim I You make cold shiv
ers run nil over me!"
"I think she'll turn out fust-rato,"
the old man rcpeatod ; "but sho nint
been tested yet, an' now she's n-goin'
to be. The city nint the country, an'
their ways aiut our ways."
Evelina sat rigidly erect and gazed
at tho oxen through a Bcreeu of tears,
while the three, moving along autumn
tinted country roadsides, went slowly
home. There wns great vacancy in
tho farmhouse. They felt it every day.
Longing for Martha, they eagerly
read and re-rend tho letters which she
sent regularly once a week, written iu
an uncertain girlish hand nbouuding
in littlo curves. She told all about her
studies and her toachers and her
friends, sometimes even specifying the
day's bill of fnre, or tho color of u
claHsmato's eyes.
Ephraim read nil tho letters uloud
on Sutuiday evenings, piecing'them to
gether like a continued story, nnd
5lrs. Dodd aud Evelina listened. It
brought the writer very near to them.
They always felt breathlessly inter
ested. After Martha had returned homo for
two visits, she was allowed to spend a
long vacation with ono of the school
girls iu her city homo. Then tho let
ters, arriviugoftenerthan before, tool:
on brighter tints, nnd gave glimpses
of n luxurious town-honeo vastly dif
ferent from tho Dodd liomsteud, with
its wooden "wings" ami air of humble
thrift.
Ephrnim Dodd read these letters in
a serious, fulteri u g voice while Evelina
nnd her aunt listoned rather anxious
ly, knowing his troubled thoughts.
The faded comfort of their old sitting
room somehow touched them with n
wistful foreboding. Would it seem
dingy to Martha ! Might not her new
surrov.jidij'M teach her to despise the
simple homelifo of I umherlon Tillage?
At last caino a letter describing her
frieud's bedroom :
"I wish yon could see what a dunn
ing boudoir Dorothy bus! "'he bed
stead is brass nnd it glitters like gold.
Overhead hac(,3 a canopy o! pale blue
and white, fringed with ribbons. 1
feel like n princess sleeping on n roynl
couch, Tie floor is covered with soft
till
Wm
rugs. Tliero nro oeenns of cushions
everywhere. I never sow such a bean
tiful room."
When Evelina read the alluring par
agraph, her heart wns filled with a
sudden longing. Sho believed thnt
Martha would surely cherish her home,
in spite of its limitations, if the room
where sho slept could bo made a lit
tlo less unlike that city boudoir.
Now Evelina Dodd had an energetic
mind and active hands. The follow
ing noon sho gently broached the sub
ject of her meditations to her Uncle
Ephraim mid his wife.
"I might kind of chirk ii. up, nnd
give it a sort of stylish look," sho re
marked, blushing.
Ephraim Dood pondered some time
before ho answered.
" 'Tnin't that I don't think s'co'll
liko us the way we are as well as
ever," he said, awkwardly. "But it's
incase nho shouldn't; iu that case jt
might be wiser to fix things up ft littlo
fancier, an' if you're mind to do it
Eveleny, I'll help you."
Mrs. Dodd had strong faith in
Martha, yet possibilities loomed dis
agreeably ns she thought of her hus
band's words, nnd sho secretly worried
in the midst of the sowing and plan
ning which began almost immediately.
"I shouldn't care 'bout the house or
ourselves," she confided to Ephraim,
"so much as I would if .Mnrthy hap
pened to get to settin' herself up above
Eveleny. I couldn't boar to see Eve
lony's feolin's hurt."
Mr. Dodd kept his thoughts to him
self as he joinod in the efforts which
were gradually transforming one of
the old-fashioned slceping-rootus above
stairs.
Remarkable chauges, indeed, were
being made. Ifc was well that Evelina
possessed no knowledge of the huvoo
worked by her loving zeal. For tho
massive old-fashioned furniture of
Martha'sroom could not be adapted well
to modern taste in decoration. The
plain mahogany bedstead was out of
keeping with a fantastic spider-shaped
object which Ephraim Dodd manufac
tured in the woodshed, and awkwardly
fastened into place above the bed. He
stood on a step-ladder to do this, while
Evelina and her aunt held the hammer
aud nails, crying, "Oh, do be careful !"
or, "Ephraim Dodd, you'll certainly
break your neck 1"
The poor room, with its furniture of
another era, really looked abused, but
Martha Dodd's relatives glowed with
satisfaction over their efforts. They
were obliged to make their purohases
at a country store whose supplies were
not abundant, yet in the end they felt
thnt their labors wero repaid.
After the canopy's frame had been
draped with blue denim and white
mosquito netting, Mrs. Dodd and Eve
liua stood and admired it from afar.
They believed that Martha would be
pleased.
Martha Dodd cnuio back to Lumber
ton in midsummer, a time which al
wuys found the place full of verdant
beauty. She was carried to the
farm in a shining buggy, recently pur
chased. Her Aunt Susan and Evelina
btood smiling in the yard, and show
ered greetings upon her, before Eph
rnim could help her out of the car
riage. Afterward, they sent her up
stairs alone, in order to surprise her
more completely.
Mart ha closed the door and remained
in tho room for some time. She sat
down on a sofa, and stared about her
iu a bewildered manner. When she
descended to tho expectant group ic
the sitting-room her cheeks wero
flushed and she was smiling.
"Whoever thought to do it?" she
askod ; "who spoke of it first ?"
"Eveliny," Ephraim answered, red
with pleasure.
"Ah, 'twa9 lovely of you all," Mar
tha said, and sho went over to Evelina
and put her arms around her.
"How did you manage it?" she
questioned again. "Who mado tho '
canopy?"
"Uncle Ephraim," replied the de
lighted child ; and everyone laughed
as Martha embraced her uncle affec
tionately. Ho tried to get away, but
sho caught him and clung to him.
Her fuco wns radiant.
"You've been so kind !" sho cried ;
"but, uncle, yon neodn't have done it.
I liked it tho way it was. Didn't you
know I liked it?"
A fortnight later Martha's friend,
Dorothy Bundle, accompanied by her
two sisters, accepted invitations to
spend a fortnight at Miss Dodd's home.
On the day of their arrival a county
fair was being held in the next town,
and Mrs. Dodd watched somo neigh
bors' vehiclos fly past the, door with a
good deal of interest.
"If 'twa'u't for company comin',"
sho said to the girls, "I might have
gone myself. I nint been to a fair for
three years."
To her surpriso Martha seized tho
stray idea almost eagerly. The girl
talked to her uncle so earnestly about
tho mutter that ho resolved to take his
wife and Evelina to the gaily decorated
grounds and stay tho entire day. Thus
tho ho'lso chanced to be co:upuratively
still when four girls ei.tcied merrily
aud rushed up the stairs to Martlet
Dodd's "boudoir."
"Why, what iu the world !" lierthu
Bundle exclai'ued wouderiugly, i:.s
soou as sho h'l.l surveyed tho room.
Two old pcopl) and a gill trundling
over tho turnpike road were two far
nwuy to hour the pculs of laughter that
Buiblouly rang through tho house.
"O Martha Dodd," said one of tho
g.rls, " it's the fuunict bight I ever
saw in all my life."
"Who did it !" uuother asked, aud
hen the laughter began aguiu.
But only three girls laughed. Mar
tha tut among somo queer looking
patchwork cushions, aud viewed the
mirrouudings gravely.
' You may lauh all you like," 6he
said ; "n jbody can hear you. I
wanted you to get used to it, before
thu folks coaje It-jino. X" the
checked herself and the girls looked
at her.
"Why did they do it?" Dorothy
asked at last.
Martha gazed out of tho window be
fore she answered.
"They did it," nhe said, slowly,
"because they lovo mo. I wrote about
your room, and they hoped to make
this something like it. My littlo sis
ter Evelina " she paused.
The listeners drew nearer and stood
around her in a littlo circle.
"They did tho best they know
how," sho continued, "and I like my
room as well as Dorothy's. The cano
py is ugly, but whon I woke and look
up at it, I think how their love covers
me night and day ; so you see it's a
pleasure. "
"The rngs are funnier," Bertha re
marked finally, in order to break tho
silence, and her sisters smiled, but
they did not laugh ngnin, in tho samo
way. They began to feel an interest
in Evelina, and 'his inoreosed through
the happy dnys which marked their
stay in Lumberton.
Ephraim Dodd's generous heart
warmed as Martha's citycompohy bads
him a reluctant good-by on the station
platform. The eldest Bundle girl
Hhook his hand cordially.
"Well," Mr. Dodd," said she, "we've
had about the plonsanteBt visit we ever
had. And when Martha comes to see
us again, we want Evelina to come,
too."
The old man blushed, and Martha
nearly interrnptod his stammering
thanks.
"I'll stay at home and let Evelina
go," she explained. "We sha'n't leave
Aunt Susan and Uncle Ephraim alone."
Thnt evening, Ephrnim unburdened
himself to Mrs. Dodd, a little remorse
fully. "We needn't have felt no uneasiness
'bout Marthy," he declared. "She's
turned out first rute ; she'll stand any
amount of testin', an' so will Eveliny,"
Mrs. Dodd laughed tremulously, as
she extinguished tho sitting-room
lamps.
. "No," was the answer, "sho aint
goin' to hurt anybody's feelin's Mar
thy aint." Youth's Companion.
Farasol Ants.
The Eew Bulletin says thnt tho Gov
ernment of Trinidad has passed an
ordinance for the extermination of
parasol ants, so far as its power ex
tends. The pest has become unbear
able. In fact, from the nature of
things, wherever this ant is found, a
growing civilization must wage wnr
to the death with it. For the creature
strips trees of their leaves, which it
neatly trims to the size and shape of a
three-penny bit and carries to the nest.
An army of aecodoma cephnlotes at
work is one of the strangest sights in
tropical America. The column may be
followed for a mile, three or four
inches in width, a serried mass of ants
each carrying aloft upright as a flag
its green disk. They will strip a large
tree of which they fancy tho leaves in
twenty-four hours. But nature has
limited their ravages in the way which
Darwin and Wallace teach us to re
spect. Many species of trees are quite
protected against them by peculiari
ties which we cannot detect. Many
inches iu width, a serried mass of ants
will not attack them if they have a
choice. But the enterprising for
eigner brings his useful fruits and
plants from every quarter of the world,
and establishes them in the domain of
tho aocodoma. Then there is joy un
mixed. With unprotected fruit in
abundance the ants multiply as they
never could before. So tho Trinidad
authorities havo mado a law that the
warden of any district may authorize
a land owner who "suffers, or is likely
to suffer," from their ravages, toenter
any neighbor's ground and destroy the
nests if he can, be it understood.
And any one obstructing such proceed
ings when duly authorized by the war
den becomes liable to a fiuo of $50 or
imprisonment for three mouths, with
or without hard labor.
An Elevator For Cats.
It has been such an everyday con
venience to be hoisted in an elevator
car at railroad speed, to the 'toenth
floor of a high ollice building, that
one regards it as a matter ofconrse.
It has remained for an East Weymouth
(Mass.) couple, however, to apply tho
principle of the elevator to tho felino
economy of the household with grati
fying results. Mr. and Mrs. O. live
in upper apartments; therefore Mr.
Q. had to go down and upstairs every
time their half-grown kitten was put
out of doors or let in. This became
monotonous, so one day Mr. O. placed
the cat in a basket, tied a rope to tho
handle and lowered the cat, I'aul-like,
to tho ground. Tho cut evidently
grasped the situation at once, for since
that time sho has rarely been let iu or
out of tho door, but bus mado her
perpendicular pilgrimages with all the
gravity of an old business muu. Tho
most remarkable circumstance is that
she now gets into the basket as it rests
on tho ground beneath tho window
aud mews lustily until taken in. If
there were u set of electric buttons for
her to push, "up once, down twice,"
she would probubly learn tho combina
tion. As it is she is tho cause of a
mild little sensation iu the town,
ami is as proudly exhibited by her
owner ns would be the feliue heroiiio
of the bahtd, which iu ancient num
ber is declared to huvo returned. '
New York Telegrum.
The lliiti.h rmpire.
Boughly speukiug, the Biitish em
pire extends over one continent, 100
peninsulas, 600 promontories, 1000
lakes, 2000 rivers, and 10,5000 isluuds.
The AoMTitiU empire was not ii
wealth as this is ; tho Roman empire)
was not so populous ; the Persian em
pire was not so txUntive ; the Spanish
empire was not lo powerful.
St'IKMIFIC AXI IM'USTKIa:.,
The distance from the farthest point
of polar discovery to the polo itself is
400 miles.
Powerful air brakes aro now being
constructed for use on freight trains
of 160 cars.
Tho long distance telephone hasboen
put in operation botween Norway and
Sweden, and his Majesty at Christiania
can communicate, directly by word of
mouth with his ministers at Stock
holm. When yon speak of bees, designate
the kind referred to. There are 4500
species popnlarly known an "wild
bees," 3200 being natives of the Amer
icas. Britain has seventy species of
bees and sixteen of wasps ; of the
latter there are 170 species known to
entomologists.
The value of vaccination against
smallpox is shown by recent statistics
from London hospitals, showing thnt
whereas in tho nn vaccinated 23.8 per
cent, died, and tho remaining cases
Inst 47.2 days, there were in tho vac
cinated cases no deaths at all, and 28.5
days was the averngo duration of tho
disease.
It may be doubted, says an English
writer, whether our measurement of nni
malcournge has yet been sufficiently
extended, for there nppenr instunces in
which the acts of daring are prompted
by a sense of obedience, of discipline,
and even of duty something similar
in kind to that which marks and dis
tinguishes the highest forms of cour
age in man.
An operation for appendicitis re
vealed the fact that the disorder wns
due to the presence of tooth brush
bristles. "Cheap tooth brushes," re
marked the surgeon who had charge of
the case, "are responsible for many
obscure throat, stomach and intestinal
ailments. The bristles aro only glued
on and come off by the half dozen
when wet and brought in contact with
the teeth."
A fire balloon is a recent invention
for signaling by night. The balloon
is made of paper, is portable, and is
inflated by burning spirits or even
straw or wood. When ready to ascend
a message string is appended. This is
made of combustible beads strung nt
intervals on a pieoe of quick match.
Different combinations of large and
small beads oro usod to express the
signals.
Among other interesting matters
with which the psychological labora
tory is experimenting is the subject of
time measurements of different men
tal processes. The conclusions reached
on the average time it requires us to
make some of the commonest judg
ments wero: Recognition of a ray of
light, .011 seconds; recognition of or
dinary sounds, .015 seconds; to local
ize mentally when blindfolded any
place on our body touched by another
person, .021 seconds ; mental judgment
of a distance when seen, .022 sec
onds; recognition of the direction of
loud sounds, .062 seconds ; recogni
tion of short English words, .214 sec
onds; recognition of pictures of ob
jects, .163 seconds; to answer suoh
questions as "Who wrote 'Hamlet,'"
.000 and over.
Sufferers From ' tJlliheilsh Aphasia."
The Edinburgh Medical Journal
publishes nn article which, among
other things, disonsses the question of
the effects of brain changes on speech.
A patient is mentioned who suffered
from what is called "gibberish
aphasia." This poor man knew as
well as anybody else exactly what was
going on around him. Ho was per
fectly sane in all respcots, and, if his
tongue would havo obeyed his under
standing, all would have been well.
But when ho began to speak nothing
whatever but absolute "gibberish"
would come out of his mouth. Tho
only coherent words he could utter,
and those only at times and by acci
dent, wero "If you please, sir."
Another patient, who also was sane,
could not even read aloud correctly
from a book wheu the page was open
before him. When nsked, for example,
to read aloud tho passage, "It shall be
in tho power of tho college to examino
or not to examine any licentiate," he
invariably read it thus: "An the bo
what in tho tomothar of the throtho
todoo to majorum." Tho patient re
covered in due time aud spoke liko
other people.
A (Jueer Elecfric Clock.
T. F. Hudson, a conviot in the
Maryland l'vuitentiary, bus construct
ed a real horologicul oddity in the
shape of an electric clock. The diul
is a somi-circlo of white marble with
twelve murkod at each corner, tho
other numerals for the hours being
figured along tho aro. It has one hour
huud and two miuute hands, tho lieit
two set opposite to ouch other, and iu
such a muuuer that one is Been at
noon and tho other at midnight, aud
at no other time. Tho seconds nro
marked on a diul thnt turns from right
to left, while tbo pointer or secoud
huud is stationary. Hudson is a born
genius, nnd nearly every room iu the
prison is adorned with a specimen ot
his ingenuity. St. Louis Republic.
Modesty ( nine With Age.
Gounod, the composer, htuuds exon
erated from tho reproach of vanity,
which, liko affectation, belougs to tbo
weak and tbo youii;f. Ago and taleut
restore equilibrium, u:id vanity is su
perseded by legitimate pride. He one
day compared the progress of modesty
iu his soul wnli the simultaneous whit
euiug of his hair. "Wheu 1 was very
young 1 used to sny 'J ;' later on Imiij
'1 and Mozart ;' thru lozurt und I.
Now 1 say '-Moz.irt."' Tbo muster it'
versed tbo wor Uof Mirubeuu : "Hum'
ble, when I consider myself; proud,
when I compare inyeclf with other. '
Argouuut.
VALUE OF GOOD KOADS.
flESTJLTS OF AN INOUIRT DIRECT
ED TO INDIANA FARMERS.
Profit In Dollars nnd fonts From
Improved Highways, and Annual
Ioas Due to Poor Hoads.
JT ANY persons are accustomed,
l I when approached with a
1 project for road itnprove
(i ment, to pnt tho mutter off
as they would a luxury "until better
times." While they acknowledge that
better publio highways would be a very
nice thing at certain seasons of the
year it never seems to hnve dnwned
upon them that to improve the roads
would be nn investment, just like rais
ing higher grade stock or using im
proved and labor-saving machinery,
which would soon pay for itself. Un
fortunately this class of people hns
been in the majority both in town and
country, where solid roads are most
needed, and their want of progress has
seriously clogged many nu enterprise
of value to the community.
It has long been known in a general
way thBt no better outlay of a few hun
dred dollars could bo mado by the fnr
mer or country merchant thnn in build
ing rock or gravel roads, but attempts
to reduce tho prncticnl value to dol
lars and cents have seldom been made.
A gentleman in Northern Indiana re
cently undortook to find out whnt the
farmers themselves thought of the
matter. In answer to his inquiries
letters were received from farmers in
forty counties of the State, some of
whioh were provided with turnpike
and some not. Some of them took a
very pessimitio view of tho road im
provement, sand some were unduly elot
ed over the possession of splendid high
ways. Tho average was taken on the
various propositions, however, just as
the replies came in, and the result is
extremely interesting.
The farmers estimated thnt by rea
son of the roads already improved their
lands had increased in value an aver
age of 80. -48 an acre, one enthusiast
placing it at 100 percent. If all roads
were improved tho Increase was esti
mated at $'.) an acre. So tho increase
of value alone on each section of land
would amount to $5760, or enough to
macadamize four miles, which is twice
as much road as a section contains.
That is ono phase of the questiou. The
annual loss due to poor roads was
placed at 76 1-5 cents an acre, which
is manifestly too low. Accepting it as
correct, however, tho loss from poor
roads in five years would amount to
$2432 for each section, or enough to
build two miles of good road at $1216
each, which is considerably more thun
the average cost per mile in Indiana.
The actual money value of good roads,
obtained by adding tho loss for not
having them to the gain if you did, is
$6000 for every 640 acres, and increases
by nearly $500 every year
These are facts, ice-cold and not pos
sible to contest. With good roads tho
farmer would make a great economy
of time and force in transportation be
tween farm and market ; ho would be
able to take advantage of market fluc
tuations in buying and selling ; he
could do the hauling of farm products
and purchased commodities in the time
of greatest leisure ; the wear and tear
upon horses, burners and vehicles
would be greatly reduced. Tho mar
ket value of his farm would be greatly
enhanced, so that, nt the lowest esti
mate, his 300 acres would be worth
$U880 more, while nt least 8250 would
be saved every yeBr. These are the
facts brought out by Mr. W. C. Lntta
in tho journal known as Raving, und
they are worthy the closest attention
by furuier and towusmuu alike. Kan
sas City Times.
A Fierce Bird from the Sea.
Captain Faussetof the British steam
ship Lord Landsdowue, from Ardros
sun, Scotland, captured while at sea a
most peculiar bird. It is still held
captive on bonrd, being peuned up in
thu lower churt room. It is very tierce,
aud tho Captain's large dog is afraid to
venture near tho peculiar bird. Ever
since its capture it has been feeding
on raw meat, which is thrown iu the
window gratings.
Early ono morning when many hun
dred miles from the shore, the bird
was seen hovering about iu tho locality
of the ship, uud finally it landed ex
hausted on tho foretopmust, where it
was captured with some diUiculty by
tho boatswain. Wheu brought to the
deck its craw was found to bo empty,
but it refused everything offered until
the steward threw into the quarters
where it was confined a piece of canned
beef, which it ate. Upon becoming
rested tho bird became very fierce, uud
tho sudors were ufraid to go near it.
It is not known to what species the
bird belongs. Its head resemble
somewhat that of uu owl, but the body
is liko a chicken, only tho wind's are
much larger uud appear more power
ful. Captain Fausset believed the bird
was driven offshore iu one of the re
ceut gules. Ho does not think it is a
sen fowl. Philadelphia I'lcss.
The Oldest Soldier in the World.
Russia proudly claims tho oldest
soldier, if not the oldest citizen of
any rank, in the k.iown world. Her
claimant for this distinguished honor
is Colonel tlritzeuko, of l'ottawa, near
Odesun, who, if he lives until February
7, will celebrate his one hundred and
twentieth birthday. ( b it ieuko i i ti red
tho military service iu the year 17'.',
101 years ago, i:u I received frmii the
hsnds of Etnpresi CatHerine leioi lt a
gold medal tor conspicuous bravery nt
the assuult ol Ismail. This trophy,
of which the aged warrior is justly
very proud bears, the following in
scription: "For exceptional bravery
at the ussuult of Isiuuii, December 11,
n&J." St. Louis Republic.
THE OLD MILL.
Peep in the shadow, down under the hill,
Ptund the mossy planks of an old sav-mlll,
Leaning far over, ns If to look
At its fair companion, the rushing brooij
For there below In the turbulent stream
Lie many a worm-oaten joist and beam.
Negloeted, orgottec, left alone.
Through its broken roof the broozes monn,
And birds sing more soflly thotr cheerful
lays,
Romcmbering other brighter dnyi,
When this tottering ruin wns firm and strong,
And the mill wheel roared its thunderous
song.
Rut the mill wheel lies in the brooklet's bod,
And the water's rushing song hss fled.
Bo the trees growing near extend leafy arms
To hide from the sight of the prosperous
farms
And protect from the sun's bright, pitiless
ray
The poor old mill, so shattered nnd gray.
Alice B. Leu, In Sprlnglleld Republican.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
On time Wings.
A fishing resort Lying.
Column articles Vertebra.
Cut down in youth Whiskers.
A race for wealth The Americans.
Minds his buainess The psycholo
gist. Forcing the season Shaking tho
pepper-box.
Usually out of season The boarding-house
pepper-boxes. Elmira Ga
zette. It is said that the bull is very liable
to an attack of scarlet fever. Lowell
Courier.
After the wedding the typewriter
becomes a sawing machine. New York
Advertiser.
We opine that a sea dog feels most
at home when he is on a bark. Seneca
Republican.
"Man wants but little here below,"
bnt it seems somebody else hos it.
Dallas News.
Seems strange thnt when a lady
wants to show her diamonds off she
invariably puts them on. Statesman.
The long term convict isn't much of
a believer in the theory thot life is
evolved from a cell. Lowell Courier.
After the train Is captured,
Aftor the robbers have gone,
Then come a thousand suggestions
Ot how things should have been dono.
CUiongo Iuter-Ooenn.
"What is your best reason for be
lieving that Bhe'll marry him?" "Her
parents Bay that she shan't." Chicago
News.
Bessie "That young Mr. Skimpley
has over a million." Kitty (looking
over him.) "Well, ho noeds it!"
Vogue.
What a lot of labor would be saved
if the sweeping glances we rond about
would only take tho dirt from carpets.
Buffalo Courier.
Strange to say, many brokers are
best pleased with the stock market
when it is simply unbearable. Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Teacher "Now, Robbie, take four
slices of cako from six slices, and what
will thera be left?" Robbie "A
lickin' for me." Inter-Ocean.
Professor X. (on finding a living
bug in his textbook of zoology) "Ha,
how did this thing get here among the
mammals?" Fliegendo Bluetter.
The prophet bnth a curious way
His wonders to perform ;
Fur he predicts a sunny dny
And struightw.ty comes a storm.
Kuto Field's Washington.
"Waiter, it is almost half an hour
since I ordered that turtle soup."
Waiter "Sorry, Bir, but you kuow
how slow turtlos is." Fliegendo Bluet
ter. Muruma "Georgie, have you been a
good boy to-day?" Georgie "Thut'l
not for me to say. You would not
have me boastful or egotistic, mamma."
Boston Transcript.
Teacher "Emma, what doyoukuow
of the orchid family?" Emma "II
you please, madum, mumma has for
bidden us to indulge in any family
gossip. " Fliegendo Blatter.
Mrs. Clinker "I understand, Mrs.
Vault org, that your boh is going up
rapidly in college." Mrs. Vaulters
"Yes, indeed. He's ulreody broken
tho high jump record." Cleveland
I'luin Dealer.
"What mukes yon look so unhappy?"
"Toothache." "Allow mo to congrat
ulate you." "Why?" "A man who
at eighty can still huve toothache is
certainly to be congratulated." Flie
gendo Bluetter.
Jiggers "Young Justwed nys bii
wife is a very mugnetio woman. Jag
gers "You bet she is. He asked her
to let him go downtown with mo tbo
other night uud sho showed both nega
tive and positive qualities in less'u
half a minute." Buffalo Courier.
Yachts Were Alnuvs Pleasure YenscN.
Tho term "vaoht" is derived from
tho Danish word jaght, meuuiug a
c.:tse ; benoo yachting Is tho chasing
'if ono vessel utter another and, ac
cordingly, yachting mid yacht racing
nro t vnoii viuotis expressions. A yacht
is uud always has been essoin i'llly a
pleasure cr.ilt. History does not tell
us where, when, or under w bat cir
cumstances yachts were lht built,
but it is certain they nro of ancient
ori;;:u uud were only own-.-1 by royal
persona und giv-'it nobles. Loudon
1 inns.
1'iissttord to 1 In loner ol London.
A London paper says that probably
very lew p'Tsoiis know that tho Lord
Mayor is the only pcrnm --other tbun
the ll;ii't-!i and tho cotistulde - -v bo
knows t In- password to the Tower of
London. This pi-saword is sent to tho
M:iusii.n House quarterly, signed by
Her Mai. sy. It lo a tuivivul of uu
uuoieut eas.oiu,