THE LOST.
T SIXl WRIBLIB WILCOt.
Then u a fnlr green garden sloping
From tli southeast tide of the mountain-
led; "
'And the earliest tint of the dawn came
groping
Ifciirn through lu paths, from the day's
dim et ne.
The bluest skips and the reddest roups
Arched and varied its velvet sod;
And the glad birds sang, as the soul sup
poses The angels sing on the hills of Cod.
I wandered there when my reins seemed
bursting
With life's rare rapture, and keen delight;
And yet in my hrnrt was n constant thirst
ing For something over the mountain-height.
wanted to aland in the blaze of glory
That tinned to erinison the peaks of snow.
And the v.-ind from the west all brenthed
a a lory
Of realms and regions I longed to know.
I saw on the garden's south side growing
The brightest blossoms that breathe of
.Jane.
I snw in the eaxt how-the sun vas glow
ing. And tlia gold air shook with a wild bird's
tune;
I heard the drip of a silver fountain, .
And the pulie of a young laugh throbbed
with glee;
Hut still I looked out over the mountain
White unnamed woikLtj awnilcd mo.
yiE!2SM-f-Rs
HAUI.lti SL AIM KICK ami Gil-
rny Curtis were p'ttiii'.; up it
circus in (lie Summers buck
yard. The price of admission
wis to bo ijiiu penny, ti ml the iiiouey
r.-.ixed was to go to the Fresh-Air
Fund. Tin- "shelter tent" in which
Mrs. Summers sat out with the baby
when tin- weather ivtis very hot, lind
been given over to tlieni for the week,
ud Charlie's grown-up ulster Auua
lind promised to get some of her
grown-up friends to help with the
music. A beautiful circus programme
nud menagerie had been nrrnnged,
with the cat for n tiger and Gilroy's
big dog for a bear, and the only thing
which the boys pnrlijukirly wanted
was a tattooed boy. Somehow or
other Gilroy bad set his heart upon
having this particular "feature," which
seemed Impossible to secure.
Then Charlie's little sister Emmu
weut across the lake for a day, and
when she came bails she was full of
the funny experience which Had hap
pened to liar. She had passed most of
the day In Michigan upon the lake
shore In the blazing sunshine, and
when she took off her dress at ulght
the pattern of her embroidered shirt
wnlst bad been sunburned all over her
arm and neck. When Charlie saw the
marks on her wrists he shouted and
rushed off to tell Gilroy.
The uext day the two boys, ili-spltt)
the amused warnings of Mrs. Hum
mers, who had been let Into the plot,
borrowed nn old lace curtaiu from Gil
roy's mother, and went off to n spot
behind the Cnrtis barn, a spot where
the stin shone uninterruptedly most
of the day, nud where nobody was
likely to Interfere with or come upon
Uieui. Tho circus was to come off la
"THEN WE SAT IN THU SUN UNTIL THIS PATTERN1. WAS Bl'UNlOl)
O N."
the afternoon, and It was decidedly
Inconvenient having the munnger, the
ticket-taker nud two of the star per
formers absent all niornlug, but the
Until rehearsals were gone through
with somehow without them, nud the
two boys turned up nil right lu time
for dinner. Tho only thing which
worried Mis. Summers (Jilroy took
dinner with ( burllo that day was the
fact that neither boy seemed to cure
very much about leaning buck la liin
chair, nnd that both of them shrunk
from being lunched or handled, how
over gently.
"Ouch:" cried Charlie, sharply, when
his older BlNfer' laid Uer baud on bis
should, while Gilroy's romp with
tha baby wasn't hult so lively as usu
al. The Hiiti. tinge-re seemed to hurt
him whenever they touched his arms
or shoulders.
. "Hut II worked beautifully," they
presently louiliied iu Mrs. Summers;
"looks ntie."
"Isu't it painful" naked Mrs. Sum
mers. Not very," said both boy together.
"And wo i tin fix up with vaseliuo or
otuitU'j'g after Uio show's over If
It hurts too much." they explaiued, ns
they w.ut out into the yard ngaln,
with Mrs. Summer between. tn-m.
"My-looks Ilk, snakes," Jessie Cur
tis heard OUnrlfo cnyiug us alio ran
fluvvu the back s(ep just behind lilui,
but sin, couldn't quite cntch what It
,w:l that looked like Mliikes.
Ami mine l,l;o lli.e. era," whispered
G.Uoy, vvtiii,. Mrs. Smiikiu", smiled
CARDEN.
T eame at last to the western gateway
That led to the path 1 longed to climb;
But a shadow fell on my spirit straight
way. For close at my side stood grey hpitrd Time,
I paused, with feet that were fain to linger
Hard by that garden's golden gate;
Hut Time spoke, pointing with one stern
linger;
"Pass on," he said, "for the day grows
late."
And now on the chill gray cliffs I wander;
The heights recede which I thought to
find.-
And the light seems dim on the mountain
yonder.
When t think of the garden I left behind.
Mould I stand at last o:l its summit's
splendor.
T know full well it would not repay
For the fair lost tints of the duwn : ten
der That crept up over the edge n" day.
I would go back, but the nsvs ate wind
ing. If ways there are to that land, in sooth, -For
what man succeeds in ever limlirm .
A path trt the garden of his lust ynith?
Hut I think sometimes, when the June
stars glisten.
That a rose-went drifts from far away;
And I know, when 1 lean fiom the cliffs
and listen.
That a young laugh breaks on the air like
spiny.
New York Journal.
and uedded. l!tU when Jofule u.Uod
for nu explanation, tin boys only
laughed ami told her to wall until the
circus opened. So Jessio mul the other
girls were Just as curious as could be,
and they were decidedly disappointed,
as the circus weut ou, by ami by, to
discover nothing at all that looked like
snakes or flowers. Ami they couldn't
understand It one bit when .Mis. Sum
mer:), us munnger lu the temporary
nbsence of Charlie, who took part In
about every third "turn," announced
presently that the uext number would
be nu acrobatic performance by the
"Tattooed Partners." They didn't see
where the "Tattooed Partners" were
to come from.
The bund, which was made up of
Charlie's growu-up sister Anna, who
played the mandolin, n couple of her
friends with guitar and banjo, nud two
of the boys with mouth harp and a
shepherd's whistle, blared out beauti
fully und out Into the Hug tumbled
Charlie nnd Gilroy, in bathing trunks,
striped stockings and tenuis slippers.
And, sure enough, their arms nnd
shoulders wero "tattooed" lu curious
patterns nnd lu a shade of vivid red.
"Why! They look just us 1 did after
that day ou the beach at South Hav
en," cried llttlu Emma. Summers
when the applause wns beginning to
die awuy, nud no sooner was the per
formance over than she caught hold of
Charlie nnd Insisted upon knowing
how he got those funny murks on his
ui'tiis nnd shoulders. Charlie looked
at (Jilroy, Gilroy nodded, and tho boys
owned up.
"We got the Idea from you," ex
plained Charlie. "You showed me your
wrists where the pattern of your
waist had been burned ou them, nud
we got nu old lnce curtain from Gil
roy's mamma nud wrapped pieces of
It urouud us. Then we sat out lit tho
sun until the pattern wfts burned on.
My neck looks Just ns though n lot of
little suulies had been painted on It,
and Glrluy's i.nns ore nil flowers. We
thought We'd huve two tattooed per
formers Instead of one; evwy old oli
cus has one. We must have looked
Hue us the 'Tattooed Partners.' "
"You did," said Emmn, heartily,
"but, my! how your arms nnd necks
must hurt, nud how they'll hurt to
morrow. Mine were Just nwful until
Aunt Surah put some cold cream on.
them and bathed them with witch
hazel. You'd better get mainmu or
sister Alum to do It for you right off."
"Oh, rubbish," cried both boys,
laughing, its they rushed nwny to get
some of the Ice cream Mrs. Sum
mers was serving ou the side lawn
tho audience bought the cream for the
benefit of tbo Fresh-Air Fluid, but tho
circus performers were to have all
they wanted for nothing. "I guess
we can stand It without coddling, kid
die; we've been In bathing often
enough to know how sun bllstere feel.
We're not tender like girls."
Hut the sun blisters proved a little
more severe tlinu the boy.-i had antici
pated, und tluit evening Mrs. Sum
mers, going upstairs for the night, wag
surprised to bear her presence request
ed by Charlie, who had gone to bed
beveiul boms before.
"Say, mamma," he called, softly,
"wou't vou put some cold cream or
row:. ,
witch haze! or something on the back
of my neck? It's smarting Just nwful,
and It won't let nie go to sleep."
Mrs. Curtis, strange to say, wns nls
called upon to bathe nud anoint Gil
roy's smarting neck nnd shoulders b
fore morning, nnd It wns several dayi
before either of the "Tattooed Part
tiers" found It convenient to turn theb
bends suddenly or to leau buck In theli
chairs.
"But, dear me! I don't mind the old
blisters." Charlie told his father (
couple of days later. "They don't hni'!
so nwful much, nnywny, and Mr. Cnr
tls gave us n whole dollar for tin
Fresh-Air Fund just on nccount of tin
'Tattooed Partners' he said It wni
the best turn of tho kind Mrs. Ctirtli
hnd oer seen nnd you gave us nnoth
er dollar beennse of It. nud Sister An
na fifty cents. So we hnd $2.30 ex
trn to send In. nnywny, and thnfi
worth a few sun blisters. Isn't It, Gil
roy V"
"Well, I should think so." nnsweref
(Jilroy, feeling the sore spots on tin
back of his neck. F.thel M. Colsou
lu the Chicago Hecord.
A WONDERFUL LENS.
It trill -Show I.lglit For Thirty Mite
nnil Will Cost H'i4,BOO.
The first order lens for n lighthouse
which Is mounted In the United Slate!
Treasury Department's exhibit in tin
Government Huildlng nt. the Pan
American Exposition Is the stronges
In tho world. It Is n new device, ant
is not yet used by the I'ulted Stntei
Government. One or two may bi
bought for dangerous points peculiar
ly situated, but the lens Is so expen
sivo that Its general use Is nut ex
peeled. At n proper elevation, it It
warranted to show a light for Ihlrtj
miles. The cost of the lens, without
nny of the fittings. Is SlM.r.isi. Tin
lens Is it hollow circular structure
Willi n cone-like top. It Is eight feet
ten nud a half Inches high, and has
n diameter of six feet four inches
The structure consists nf a brani
framework into which pieces of glaai
are set. The lower pnrt of the struc
ture Is encircled by eight parallel belli
of glass, each belt being divided Inlc
twenty-four sections. Above these,
and forming the middle of the lens
are sixteen belts of glass, divided lute
the same number of sections. Tin
cone-like top Is encircled by eighteen
belts divided in the same way. Enct
piece of glass Is cut so that It radiates
toward n common centre, thus con
centrating tlie rays on n certain point
There nre 1008 pieces of glass In the
lens. No piece Is less than an Inch
thick, and h11 except those near the
top are five or six inches long. The
whole makes n dazllng array In thu
daylight. With n powerful lamp In
side the lens, there will be few whe
will care to try to look nt It nt night
from nny point within the Government
building. It is mounted on a revolv
ing platform, which stands ou a base
twelve feet high.
Tho lamp which is to burn Inside the
lens Is three feet high. It consists of
a brass can, sixteen Inches high nnd
fourteen inches In diameter, with a
burner six Inches In diameter, and n
globe one foot high. In the burner
tire six circular wicks one Inside tha
other, nnd each controlled by n Hep.
arute lever. The largest wick could
be slipped over a four-Inch gun pro
jectile and the smallest has n diametet
of nbout one Inch. The glass of which
tlie globe Is made Is a quarter of an
Inch thick.
The mechanism operating the lens
is so arranged that the light is dashed
every twenty-four second".
The Diet of the l'lioebo.
Among tho early spring arrivals at
the North none are more welcome
than the phoebe. Though naturally
building lis nest under nu overhuug
lug cliff of rock or earth, or in the
mouth of a cave, its preference for
tlie vicinity of furiu buildings is ho
marked that In tho more thickly set
tled parts of tho country the bird is
seldom seen nt any great distance
from a farmhouse, except where a
bridge spans some stream, affording
n secure spot for a uest. Its confiding
disposition ha.i rendered It a great fa
vorite, and consequently It Is seldom
disturbed. It breeds throughout the
I'ulted States east of the Great Plains
and winters from the South Atlantic
anil Gulf Stntes southward.
The phoebe subsists almost entirely
upon insects, most of which lire caught
on tho wing. These species are most
ly harmful. Small wild , fruits nud
berries comprise the vegetable food.
No cultivated fruits nre disturbed by
the phoebe. It U evident that a pair
ot phoobes must materially reduce the
number of Insects near n garden or
Held, as tho birds often. If not always,
ralso two broods a yvar, and each
brood numbers from four to six young.
I.os Augeles Times.
Why They Went Smoothly.
The following story Is told by a
traveler about one of tho locul rail
ways In Ireland:
We were bounding along, he said, nt
the rate of nbout seven miles au hour
and the whole train was shaking ter
ribly. -I expected every momeut to see
my bones protruding through my skin.
Pasucugers wore rolling from one cud
of the carriage to the other. I held ou
firmly to the arms of the seat. Pres
ently we settled down a bit quieter
ut least, I could keep my hut on and
my teeth didn't chatter.
There wns n quiet looking man op
poslte me. I looked up with a ghastly
smile, wishing to appear cheerful and
said:
"We are going a little smoother, I
see."
"Yes," ho said; "we'ro oft tho line
uowV' Loudou Spare Moments.
A Mertlca-1 Mascot.
A member of the seulor class of Mil
waukee Medical College found n mas
cot the last day ot examination In tin
shape of a tiny bluek kitten, which
followed him ou the street as he wai
on bis way to the college. Not know
lug what else to do with It, be putj.be
kltteu lu his overcoat pocket, where ll
slept contentedly all day. When be
weut to tho Turkish bnth late lu the
afternoon the kltteu went, too, ami
nfter eating a bowl of cream, curled
up on tho cot by his protector and
slept ns If he belonged there. When
tho senior gets his shcepMkin nexl
week nud opens an office the little
pledge of succesK will have a borne
there. Milwaukee Seutluel.
uRninm.TnRii.
UU1UUUU1U1IUUI l.f
The r C'rnp.
Plant peas about, an Inch deep, nnd
make the ground fine. Use plenty of
seed, ns the plants may be thickly
grown In the rows on good soil. Keep
tho grass down, working the surface
soil only lightly. As soon as the vines
hnvo ceased bearing pull them up and
plnnt cabbage, beans or any summer
crop ou the plot.
A Balanced Itatlon.
A "balanced ration" Is the ration
that Is best for the purpose. A cow
that produces milk requires more pro
tein in its food than ouo that Is not a
producer. A steer that Is being fat
ted for market should have more car
bonaceous material In Its food. There
Is no ration that wll serve all pur
poses, nnd us no two niiimnls are ex
actly mike no kind or ration can be
said to be "balanced" to provide the
substance demanded by every animal
In a herd. The farmer should en
deavor to use a balanced ration as far
ns it Is possible to do so, but he must
be a close observer of his live stock
nnd endeavor to know every animal
and Its characteristics.
The Udiler s sn Indicator.
The mammary gland Is, in my es
timation, the most reliable indication
of n dairy cow. I think It may be
considered more Important thau all
others combined In point of estimating
nctitnl production.
We may, nnd frequently do, see
cows with nn ideal bend, neck, body,
etc., but if hot- udder Is not well de
veloped the cow Is n failure In direct
proportion ns this Important feature
Is lacking. But do we ever see poor
producers with well developed udders?
It seems to me perfectly natural that
ns milk Is secreted in tlie mummary
gland the greater the development of
that oi-gan the greater will be Its pro
duct. I tiiiul; that we, as bereders of
dairy cattle, should pay more ntren
tiou to the development of udders in
our ideals ot breeding. In order to
lo that, however, It would be we'l to
have some expression us to what kind
of an udder is Ideal lu shape, size aud
composition. Texas Stockman aud
Farmer.
Anchoring Water Fenre.
Where a fence must be carried
across a stream or out into the edge
of a river or pond, the plan shown in
tbo cross section glveu herewith will
be found useful. Two logs are placed
side by side, and cross pieces of tim
ber are spiked to them. To these cross
pieces fence posts nre spiked, nud
boards nailed to these, as suggested.
The logs are kept in nny position de
sired by anchoring them with wires
VSS'M
TLAN FOU CAItHYlNJ A I'ESCE ACROSS A
BTRRAM. ,
nttuched to boxes of stones sunk to
the bottom of tlie stream. Such a
fnce cannot be upset. New York
Tribune.
The Value or lite Smoker.
The bee smoker Is n great help lu
working among bees, nnd If every one
who keeps bees would provide them
selves wHh a good smoker, it would
possibly bo the means of getting much
better returns from their bees, than
to try to get along without it. Brjall
beekeepers, such as farmers, do not
provide many necessities In the line of
the management of their bees, and iu
most cases they do not have a srjoker
nt all. No one needs a smoker so bud
as the farm beekeeper, for he does
not usually study the muuugement of
bees without positive protectioa, such
as smoke will afford. The farmer has
but a few minutes to attend to 'bis
bees, and without smoke he ust-.ally
mnkes a failure iu the short bit of
time ho has to bestow upou them.
Quick work with bees demand
smoke, whereas with lots of tirua and
patience we can get along iu many
cases without It, but it does not pay
to thus spend the timo necessury to do
it, and tbo smoker eunbles us to do
good, effective aud quick-work with
bees. Everyoue should provide them
selves with a good beo smoker who
keeps but a calouy of bees, aud iu
every case enough csti-a may bo mado
from tho bees to pay for ceverul
-Bmokers. Really, tho smoker is the se
cret of success iu handling bees, aud
getting tho best returns from then.
No apiarist can We fouud, It matters
not whether ho Is on expert in hand
Hug bees or not, but Is supplied with
a beo smoker, and it is bis constant
companion when working with the
bees.
There is no otner method of apply
ing smoke to bees that will absolute
ly control them, and It is no use of
thinking that you can furnish u sub
stitute that will answer the purpose.
You may furnish smoke enough to
quiet a colony of bees on tho start,
but about the time you have the hive
open ready to do some important
work, tho bees come out fit you by the
dozens, and your substitute smoker Is
not tho tulug to put ui a del'euce
against such un attack, and tlie bees
have possession of the entire situation.
The bee smoker Is always charged
and rendy for such occuBions. Farm,
Field and Fireside.
West Methods of Cultivating Corn.
If the preparation of the seed bed,
tho selection of seed and tho planting
have been well done, the cultivation
of the com crop will bo easy nud will
accomplish Its best results. Tho culti
vator should have iu mind nt least four
objects, via., the conservation of mois
ture. Ihj destruction 'of weeds, the
feediug ot the coru plunt said the aera
tion of the coru roots.
The tine, manner nnd frequency ot
the cultivations will be modified by I
the condition of the soil, but should
he adapted to best effect the foregoing
objects. Generally it Is best to beg.'"
with the hnrrow beforo or soon nftet
the corn Is up, nnd cross-harrow in
four or five days. The Importance ot
this early nnd thorough work with
the harrow cannot be overestimated,
nnd ought not In any case to be ne
glected. This harrowing destroys the
first crop of weeds, which Is always
the most Injurious to the growing
corn, and pulverizes the surface soil, I
forming the moisture below ngalnst
the time of drouth most sure to com;-,
Follow' the harrow' with tlw cultiva
tor, using small shovels nnd running
close and deep the first plowing. Cul
tivate every week, the cultivations
nfter the first being shallow nnd farth
er nwny from tho corn, until the corn
is too tall for the cultivator.
The Impression Is quite prevalert
that a corn crop Is well cultlvnted
when It Is plowed or cultlvnted three
times. Three cultivations may be Kttr
flclent for the best results In some
Instances, but five or six nre some
times necessary. If n farmer contem
plates planting nnd cultivating forty
acres of corn with one team. It is a
mistake. It would be better to plant
twenty or thirty acres and giver It the
cultivation necessary to attain the
best results, and use the rcuiaiuder of
tho forty for pasture or some other
crop.
The question of dee) or shallow ctil
tivallon has Its ndvocates pro nnd con,
and will perhaps never be settled to
the satisfaction of nil, but tlie pre
ponderance of opinion, based upon ex
perience and backed by the principles
of science, favors shallow cultivation,
at least shallow enough to prevent tho
destruction of the com roots, whlcli
form n network n few inches below
the surface surrounding tho plant.
Deep cultivating tears out these feed
ing roots nnd limits the corn plan; to
a very smnll area for food and mois
ture, which we seek to save nnd ren
der more available by cultlvatlia. A.
D. McG'allen, in Anvjrlcuu A.'Ii-uitur-1st
. '
The Art of Crafting.
The terms used in grafting are f-'n,
which is tho part inserted, rail stock,
which is tho tree grafted t-poa. Cleft
grafting Is probably more cenerally
used than nny ether kind. It la com
monly performed to change tin bcrr
mg of apple, plum and various other
trees and plants. It may ba used on
very suail branches or stocks, but is
best adapted to large branches. Tho
tools used on larger-sized stocks nro n
sharp knife for cutting the scions, a
sharp saw for cutting c ff the branches
or stems, nnd a grafting-chisel for
fcpllttinj, tho stocks nud for holdkig
the cleft open while the sclouu are bo
!ng inserted. On small stocks a sharp
knife nlouo lo needed.
The work Is done au follows: The
place selected for the Insertion of tha
scions Bhottld be where the grain Is
straight. Tho stock Is then cut square
oK an'" is cplit through ils ceatre to a
sufUcieut depth to allow the ccion t3
bs put la place. Tho cleft should be
held open by tho wedfe-shaped part
of tlo chisel (a lurgo nuil will answer
tli3 purpose In a small way) until tho
scious are Inserted, when the wedge Is
withdrawn, allowing the stock to
spring back and hold the scions lu
place. If the ctoek does not spring
back Into pluce it should be drawn
tight against the scions by a piece of
slrin;. Tho number of scious put Into
each Etock will depenj upon its size,
but generally not more than two are
inserted, nnd on small stocks only one.
It Is absolutely neeessnry for success
that tho inner bnrks of both eclon and
stock como together, ns shown In Fig.
l. vt lion inserted the scions should ap
pear as shown la Fig 2. The scions
should be wedge-shaped for about one
and one-hnlf Inches where they go into
the cleft in the stock. They should also
be wedge-ahaped crossways, as shown,
in Fig. 1, so as to blud tho inner baiki
'riO. 2. TH 3 SCION INSE11TID.
should cuch have two or three buus
aurve tiie curt, me scions must be of
wood of the preceding year's growth,
nnil nn nlflc. It Is inmni-tnnt- t,i uaa n
sharp knlJ'e for making the cuts. When
tho scions aro inserted and in place
an tno cue bur.aces snouia oe cov
ered with grnfting-wux. Clay and
cow-dun? well kneuded together In
equal proportions into n stiff mastic
uiaj uu um ii iu ifiuce ui wax, Due nil
thiugs cousidered wnx is most desir
able. A good grafting-wax for general uso
may be made as follows: Ilesln, four
parts by weight; beeswax, two Darts:
tallow oue part. Melt together and
pour into a pail of cold water; then
grease iu. burnt and pull the wax un
til It is nearly white, iu the same way
that molasses f-nmlv Is nulleil Tn
plying tho wax, place it lu warm water
iu suiu-u iur um; ii iou imru. urease
the linnits
them. Gruftiug is generally performed
witn greatest certainty just as growth
s'-nrtK iu the spring. The buds on the
hclou should ui t have btarted at tho
timo they arc inserted. Plums gener
ally gr.il't best ju-U bei'oio llie- growth
lar'.s. Farru and Flvoeido,
1 IS
iNSEirrrxa tiie scioh.
wood yy
ijood toads f2tes
In the Booth.
SENTIMENT among the citi
zens of several of the South
ern and Middle Western
States, notably Louisiana.
Mississippi, Illinois and Tennessee, In
favor of Improving the highways, is
Just now at white heat. Under the
direction of the National Good Koads
As iciutlou mass meetings nnd con
vcti.lons nre held In mnny of the cities
and towns, nnd the subject of good
roads is discussed and dilated upon
everywhere by champions of the
movoment with earnestness and un
derstanding. On the strength of the
benefits which, unmistakably, have
resulted from smooth and permaneut
highways wherever they have betn
built, the good roads agents are striv
ing to impress upon the people that
the mnlntenanee In their respective
localities of roads that nre sensibly,
not to say scientifically, constructed
is a duty they owe to themselves and
to succeeding generations. The agi
tation certainly Is producing Impor
tant results.
Leading newspapers In the States
mentioned are doing much to help
along the work. The New Orleans
Times-Democrat, for example, has
printed a series of Interviews with
'representative citizens in various parts
of Mississippi and Louisiana, and
they leave no doubt of the sincerity
nud vigor with which the good roads
movement is conducted. We quote
some .extracts from Interviews with
residents lu three large towns of
Louisiana. A progressive landholder
says:
"It Is for the agricultural Interests
to realize that they can haul twice ns
much of their products over a good
road as over one poorly kept. I don't
know anything better for this parish
than the inauguration of a movement
of this kind."
A prominent physician expresses
himself thus:
"Good roads, like good schools, nre
the most Inviting objects to Immigra
tion. Coupled with the fertility of
our soil, good ronds will surely result
iu bringing hither capital nnd immi
gration." A large Loulsinnan planter takes
this view of the matter:
"Good roads are an object lesson to
the capitalist, home seeker and man
of moderate means. Wherever he
sees good roads he Is assured that It Is
a community In which h cau safely
Invest, satisfied that he will have good
schools, quick- nnd easy transporta
tion of produce to nnd from market,
nnd everything which can be desired
in nu enlightened and Christian com
munity." Here are the opinions of a wide
awake farmer of the same State:
"There Is no surer, safer or more ex
peditious way of bulldlug up and de
veloping the resources of a country
than by the construction nnd mnin
tenance of good roads. They will al
ways Invite the home-seeker, ns well
as the capitalist, each of whom is as
sured of ensy transportation to mar
Ret for his produce, as well as of edu
cational, religious and other advan
tages Incident to such a combination
of happy circumstances."
A prominent lawyer and planter
says:
"The nbsence of good roads fre
quently means a lower market when
products reach their destination; loss
and delay from the failure to receive
nrtlcles promptly when needed, and a
large loss resulting from the wear and
tear of vehicles and horses and pay
ment of Increased time to teamsters."
We might go on quoting almost in
definitely similar opinions gathered
by the Times-Democrat from citizens
of Louisiana nud Mississippi muni
cipal officers, bank presidents, cler
gymen, wholesale nnd retail mer
chants, farmers and others.
The good roads sentiment in the
part of the country referred to has
been greatly stimulated by tho recent
undertaking on the part of the Na
tional Good Itoads Association and
the Illinois Central Railroad, to run
a train, specially equipped for practi
cal road making, from New Orleans
to Chicago. The "Good Itoads Spe
cial," as it is called, has already given
demonstrations in road building at
New Orleans, Natchez and Vlcksburg.
Ic then proceeded northward and
stopped nt fifteen or more places. At
each place a specimen road at least a
mile long was constructed Hnd left as
an object lesson to people who would
like to huve opeu highways twelve
mouths lu the year. New York Sun.'
Improvement In Conntry Itoads.
Americans have never been slow
about doing things, but we may be
said to be slow about doing some
things well. It was not, for example,
until the bicycle came iuto vogue that
people thought very seriously about
good roads, aud evc.u yet lu many
parts of the country, especially through
the middle West and the South, the
buggy uud carriage are alike stored
away for three or four months out of
the year, the roads being in no condi
tion for any such vehicles. And even
when the bicycle beenme so popular,
bicycle riding wascoufined very large
ly to the streets and boulevards, the
most uuluterestiug of all the ways for
b1cycle. During the past five years
more attention has been given to good
roads, aud uow .thut the automobile
ns well as the bicycle Is here to stay
there will probably be greater devel
opment lu the so-called "country
roads" during the next few years
than lias ever been known lu this
country before.
Golf, too, Is doing its part in brlnj
tug the people Into the opeu air nnd
iu touch with country life. It is diffi
cult to understand bow we huve gone
along fur so many yedrs with only
one here and there appreciating the
beauties iu nature that lie almost at
our very door.. With the roads nloug
the Hudson as well kept as the roads
along the ltlilue thi Hudson will prob
ably be the more popular oi the two
famous scenic roadways.
llun:u hair, wigs, albums, chrom.
aud photographs are some ot the ar
ticles which iuo Cuit-'d States Imparls
&teuivc)y from Germany.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Qeaeral Trass Ceedlttess. '
New York (Special). R. G. Dan
Co.'s weekly review of trade says: In
creasing distribution of merchandise
particularly in the territory beyond the
Ohio river, including the far North
west, is a feature of the general busi
ness situation and tells of widespread
prosperity and confidence. The rail
roads are carrying more goods that
may be classed as luxuries than ever
before, and in spite of Wall street's
slightly higher money market, there is
no fear on this score in any bn; of
legitimate trade. Crop news continue
good, there is less trouble from disa
greements with tabor, and the lon.f
laggard cotton goods market has re
covered slightly with the reduction of
unsold stocks of print cloths.
Less interruption through labor con
troversies at machine shops makes the
iron and steel iudstry more fully em
ployed than in recent weeks, and for
another week there is assurance of vig
orous activity a re.ilU and furnaces. In
many instances promised deliveries
cannot be made before July I, and ur
gent business that is now offered cannot
be undertaken.
Bradstreet'i says:
Wheat, including flour, shipments fur
the week aggregate 5,5.10.000 bushels,
against 5,159.107 corrected last week,
4.645,180 in the corresponding week of
1000, 3.746,718 in 1899 and 3799.470 in
1808. From July x to date this season
wheat exports are 211,512.214 bushels,
against 196,480,136 last season and 223.
193,476 in 1808-00. Corn exports for
the week aggregate 5-5.83i lushcU,
against 2,569,254 last week. 2. 514-593 "
this week a year ago, 2.872,43a m 1809
and 3.002,321 in 1898. From July I to
date this season corn exports are 173.
081.949 bushels, against io8.7"8.9- last
season and 165,209,15 in 1898-99-
Failures for the week number 188,
against 188 last week. 167 in this week
a year ago, 199 in 1899, 220 in 1898 and
215 in 1897.
Failures in Canada for the week
number 26, as against 17 last week, 2
in this week a year ago, 22 in 1899 and
19 in 1896.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour. Best Patent, $4.6014 85; High
Grade Extra. $41024.35; Minnesota
bakers, $2.9033.10.
Wheat. New York No. 2, red, 758
a79Vc; Philadelphia No. 2, red, 75'i
76c; Baltimore, 75!ja76!4c.
Corn. New York, No. 2, 46V4c;
Philadelphia No. 2, 44844-Kc; Balti
more, No. 2, 47a48c.
Oats. New York. No. 2, 3ic; Phila
delphia. No. 2. white, 34c; Baltimore,
No. 2, white, 3.W4C r
Rye. New York No. 2. fic; Phila
delphia, No. 2, 60c; Baltimore, No.2,
jiaS2c.
$13.50314.50. .
Hay. The market is easy. We
quote: No. 1 timothy. $t6.ooai6-5o;
No. 2 timothy, $15 50; No. 3 timothy,
$i45oai5.oo.
Green Fruits and Vegjcaijles. On
ions, spring, per 100 bunchs, 6;a7Sc!
do Egyptian, per sack. $2. .-"a ? 40. As
paragus, Eastern Shore Maryland, pet
dozen, primes, $i.ooai-5o. Cabbage
native, per 100, $2.ooa3.oo; do, Norfolk,
per bbl, 6oa75c; do, Norfolk, per crate,
6oa75c; do, Eastern Shore Virginia, pet
bbl, 75a8oc. Celery. Florida, per crate,
$i.5oa2.oo. Cucumbers, Florida, pet
box, 75ca$l.oo; d9, Charleston and Sa
vannah, per basket, $1.0031.25. Lettuce,
native, per bushel box, I5a25c Green
peas, Anne Arundel, per bushel, 8oaooc;
do do, Eastern Shore Maryland, per
bushel, 6oa70C String beans. North
Carolina, per basket, green, $i.25a$i-50.
Strawberries, per quart, 2'Aa7c Cher
ries, Maryland and Virginia, per box,
red, 5oca$i.oo.
Potatoes. Old, Maryland and Penn
sylvania, prime, per bushel, 6oa70c; do.
New York, prime, per bushel, 7oa75c;
do, Michigan and Ohio, per bushel, 65
a7oc; White, new, Savannah, per bbl.
No. 1, $2.5033.00; York river, per bbl.
No. 1. $2-5oa2.7s; do, Rappahannock,
per bbl, $2.25a2.50. Yams, choice,
bright, North Carolina, per bbl, 75c
a$i.oo.
Provisions. Bulk shoulders. 8aSjc;
do short ribs, 9jc; do clear sides, 9!4c;
bacon rib sides, 10c; do clear sides,
loJ4c; bacon shoulders, 9c. Fat backs,
84c. Sugar cured breasts, nJ4c;
sugar-cured shoulders, 9c. Hams
Small, lic; large, 11c; smoked fckir
ned hams, I2'4c; picnic hams, 9c.
Lard Best refined, pure, in tierces,
9J4c; in tubs, 9c per lb. Mess pork,
per bbl, $16.00
Live Poultry. Hens, !0jjnc; old
roosters, each, 252300; spring chickens,
T4a20c. Ducks, 7agc. Spring ducks,
14a1.se Geese, apiece. 25335c.
Hides. Green salted, b!c; do do,
damaged, 6c; do do, Southern, 6Hic;
green, 6c; do, damaged, 5'jc; dry flint,
13c; do do, damaged, 10'Ac; dry salted,
11c; do do, damaged. 10c; dry calf, 10c;
dry glue, 6c. Bull hides, per lb, green,
5'a6c; do do, per lb, green salted, 6c.
Goatskins 15325c. Calfskins, green
salted, 6oa8oc. Sheepskins, 60750.
Spring lambskins, 3oa4oc.
Live Stock."
East Liberty, Pa. Cattle steady; ex
tra, $5.ooa6.oo; prime, $5-f5a5.75; good.
$5-3SaS-5S- Hogs stronger; prime heavy
and assorted mediums, S. 1 5 : heavy
Yorkers, $6.i2a6.i5; light Yorkers,
$6.osa6.io; skips, $4.3535 50: roughs,
S4.ooa5.60. Sheep firm; best wethers,
$4.0034.10; culls and common, $ 1.50a.
2.50; choice yearlings, $4.7535.00; com
mon to good, $3.0034.50; veal calves,
$6ooa6.25.
Chicago, IIT. Good to choice steers
strong; others slow; butchers' stock
steady; good to prime steers, $5-5oa
6.30; poor to medium, $4.50,15.40; cows,
$2.7534.80; calves, $4.5036.50; Texas
fed steers, $4.2535.40; Texas, bulls, $2.75
a3l75. Hogs Top, S6.17J4; mixed anil
butchers' $5.80.16.12!; gond to choice
heavy, $5-95a6. 17K1. SheepSpring
lambs up to $5.60: good to choice weth
ers. $3.9034.25; fair to choice mixed,
$3.6034.00; Western sheep, $4.0034.25;
yearlings, $4.2034.50; native lambs, $400
as 25; Western lambs, $5.0035.25.
LABOR "aNDINUUSTR Y
F. of L. has 640 organizers.
Mexico ccntaina 115 cotton mills.
China possesses 156 Chinese papers.
Coal fields aggregate 471,800 square
miles.
New Orleans has the only paper in
the United States that publUhet a Sun
day evening edition.
There are now. in operation in all
countries about 100.000,000 spindles,
consuming about 14.00rj.000 bales of cot
ton. Tlie Southern States furnish about
75 per cent, of the raw materijl and op
erate only about 6 per cent, of the
spindles.
A veritable "quick luncheon," it is
said, is to be had at a restaurant in
Paris, where a dinner of several courses
composed of concentrated food in the
form of tablets "can be consumed in a
few minutes. The entire meal, indeed,
can be carried about in the vest pocket
cr pocket book.
Judge Baker, in the District Court of
Omaha Neb., has decided that ihe stat
ute known as the female labor law of
Nebraska, prohibiting the employment
of females for more than sixty hour;
per week, is constitutional. The c.Mirt
holds that it was iwcissaty t; limit tt- -hours
of. female employment in trl. f
to protect ihe pub' h.-a'tli.