I WHY 00 YOU Oh mn with M(r eyes , Why do yon hurrv 10? In vour haute to gain the prize You mi much ah you bo; You hcsr no song birds mnft. Nor strny in flowery places; You never stay to bring Olnd smiles to wenry faces Why do you hurry sot Oh stay it little, sUyl Why do you hurry go? There ore blossoms along the way That never again ahall blow; The grave ia at the end Of the way that you are taking Stay a little, friend, And aoothe some heart that's aching Why do you hurry o? I, Mrs. Laton's Tea. NSCOXCEI lu the depths of I her big arm-chair, a imillo lighting tip her flue old face that her white balr framed with a crown of (mow, Mrs. Uaruiou was considering her nephew Andrew, a good-looking young fellow of twenty-eight, who, for his part, was eoiiHid erlng the timepiece on the mantel, whose IkiimU, were already well past three o'clock. "Well. Andrew, do you find my clock very IntereHtliig?" In some confusion the young man stammered au excuse, but she went on: "Now don't deny It, you naughty fel low. You wanted to know If your visit had lasted long enough for you to take your departure decent ly." "Not at all, aunt. Your guess Is quite wrong, for I haven't the slightest in tention of going yet. But why do you keep a regular min-riial like that In Mir drnwlug room?" "Perhaps because I was born so loug ago that It is I and not the clock that is behind time. But come Instead of criticising my drawing room, tell me what you are going to do when you leave here." . "In the first place, I nra not golug to leave here for some time; but whe.i I have wearied you with my preseuoe until you cannot stand It any longer, It will be time for me to go to Mrs. Laton's tea." "Mrs. Laton Pauline Laton?" "The same." "Ah, yes; I used to see her some time ago. I remember her vaguely a large woman, dark " "She Is a blonde, aunt." "Indeed? She Used to be a brunette. And so you are sighing at the feet of Mrs. Lntou?" "We are nil sighing nt her feet." "SlH) must enjoy It." "Well, I rather think she does." "Is It fun?" "Yes, after a fashion. We are al ways the same little circle of friends, and then, beside Mrs. Laton, there's a sister, a rather good-looking girl, and a few other young matrons and bache elor girls." "And what do you do besides look at these women?" "We tuke ten. we gossip and we flirt." "Oh, oh!" "But my dear aunt, one must do something between 5 o'clock and din ner." "Evidently; ami flirting Is what you have found to do?" "It's a way to kill time." "I scarcely know Just what you mean by the term. Explain it to mo." "Oh, impossible. A definition for the word has long been sought, but It hag not yet been found. But, given a young woman tete-a-tete with a young man who Is not a fool, and I warrant you It won't bo long before you have a practical demonstration. Flirtation Is a manner of becoming discreetly In discreet. To know how to flirt is no common accomplishment. It Is a veri table science." "And Is love a science, too?" "No; It Is rather an art." "r "And marriage what Is it?" "Oh. that Is philosophy." "Indeed? At what age does one at tain this philosophy?" "As late as possible." "It seems to me that at twenty-eight "Aunt, aunt!" cried Andrew, spring ing from his chair, "confess that you are concocting some terrible plot. You look as guilty as a conspirator." Mrs. Harmon smiled a flue smile and enjoyed for n moment the consterna tion In her victim's face. Then she answered, after a pause: "Yes, yon are right I wish to get you married." "In heaven's name, what have I done to you?" gasped the young mun, with comic seriousness; and as the old lady still smiled, he continued. "See here, aunt, I should never have suspected yon of such a thing.' You, a woman of intelligence, a superior woman, de scending to the role of matchmaker! It Is a terrible shattering of my Ideals." "Come, come, my poor boy, do not be so cast down. The girl ia charm ing. I can assure you." "Of course," Andvew burst out, "the Rirl is always charming. Oh, 1 know tier; I can see bar now; eho may not be exactly pretty, but as you have said, she Is charmlug. She dresses admira bly, and makes all her own gowns. Hue stood at the head of her class in school, and attends lectures now. Moreover, she has taken cooking les ..w.'VJ. Can put UD Preserves. She rJ , plano' Bh6 8m8- ue paints, 51m p A VMy fortl,ne ln her own I'"' Ba,",No, a thousand times, no! I do not want this miracle of perfec- 1 I,k,now a ,hlR or two aunt, even If I don't look It. and If I marry I shall marry a woman who suits me But i Unow glrta.u m and I know what they are and what sueWOrth- Th '"n't one who suits me, or can suit me, and I shall remain a bachelor." w.U yU t0 take tea at Mrs. La tons." murmured Mrs. Harmon, be tweea her teeth. "while a disturbing Bld,reyeiUn lW " Under this Ironical and even n. quisitoiial look Andrew lost couMvn. nce a Utile; ho could Bot den, that with Mrs"' alrti" He was pnllJug himself together to reply. r nuher to defend "himself! !." U at,-"t door bell was heard. , A culler, ch? Is this your reception -I t HURRY SO? OI maiden with doep even, v- Why do you hurry to? A world of sorrow lies Out where you long to go; You put your books away And coil your braided tresses, And, turning from wild play. Are stately in long drosses Why do you hurry so? Oh stay a little while, Why do you hurry so? I see you sweetly smile, Ann heaven is here below; lint oh you long to flee From youth and maiden glory, To grieve too 'late anil be The pathos of the story Why do you hurry so? Chicago Itecord Herald. day, aunt, or do you, too, givo your friends tea at Bve o'clock?" "You are Impertinent, nephew. At my age a woman does not give five o'clock flirtatious. It Is not even a caller. I am sure it Is my little friend Rosamond, the 'charming-girl' I spoke of." "I shall flee, then." "Do you not wish even to see her?" "Never! Or, If you Insist, I shall go Into this little ante room and look at Iter through the crack of the door. That Is the only concession I shall make," nnd the young man stepped iiuickiy Into the next room as the opposite door opened to admit the visitor; through the slit Andrew could make out the graceful silhouette of a young girl. 'How do you do, Mrs. Harmon?' said the girl, as slio entered the room. "I have brought back the little books on the orphan asylum that you lent mamma. May I stay a moment witli you?" She continued to keep her back to ward Andrew, and he, now beginning to get tired of the game, had about con cluded thot she must be frightfully ugly. "Sit down here, dear, beside me," and Mrs. Harmon easily contrived to place the girl just opposite the small room; and the young man, approaching his eye to the crack, was struck by the pretty face he beheld. "Well, Rosamond, what are you do ing nowadays? Are you going out much?" "No, very little. I had a card for Mrs. La ton's tea this afternoon, but I wrote her I was 111. You will not be tray me,' will you?" nnd she laughed a merry laugh that set Andrew's heart to vibrating. "Do you not care for such affairs?" asked Mrs. Harmon. "Sure, Mrs. Harmon, you do not think it would be amusing to spend an hour or two watching Mrs. Laton's flirtations, with no one to talk to, but the Insipid women and stupid men of her set?" "You are severe, my child." "Severe? Well, with a woman like Mrs. Laton I do not think one can be too much so." Instinctively Mrs. Harmon raised her eyes to the door that concealed Andrew, and, under pretext of arrang ing the portiere, she crossed the room, and. as she rearranged the drapery, whispered to her nephew: "It's nearly Ave you'll bo late for your tea." But her warning was unheeded; An drew did not budge. As for the girl by the Arc, she was still full of her Idea. "Do you know Mrs. Laton, Mrs. Har mon?" sho asked. "Yes, yes," the old lady hastened to reply, and to turu the conversation she went on. "But you are wrong to de clare that all men are stupid. There tire some who are quite sensible." "Sensible? Well, I don't know them. I do not mean that they are all stupid, but they think themselves so superior that they are wearisome. They are vain, insufferable bores, with, their blase airs and their Ideas that thoy are Irresistible because they can flirt with Mrs. Laton, who has blenched hair, smears pulnt ou her face as If It were a palcltf, and whose brains are good for nothing but to devise outrageous gowns." Again Mrs. Harmon cast an uneasy glance toward the little room, in which Andre-y was fast waxing angry. He would have liked o strangle this girl, whose superb health and triumphant beauty Irritated him. "And when will you get married, my dear?" suggested Mrs. Ilaruon, again throwing herself Into tho breach. "I shall never marry." "Indeed? -Why not?" "Why not?" repeated Rosamond, a shadow of melancholy coming over her face that Andrew adciired in spite of himself. "Because I am a little fool who-cannot do as tho rest do. I would wish to love my husband a id to have hlra love me. I would wish to marry a man whom I should single from among the rest for his g3oduess and Intelligence. I would wish to have a conlldence In him, and above ull to be proud of him." As the girl spoke she had become animated with a geutlo exaltation, which was not without its effect on the young man behind the door. "Well, Rosamond," said Mrs. Har mon, "why do you not realize your dream?" "Because there are no young men nowadays w hi, pre to look for a girl who pleases them. Marriage for them Is a matter of business, nothing more, and he woman herself does not count. They marry when they have lost their money, and the little heart they pos sessed has been frittered away on some Mrs. Laton or another." Again Mrs. Harmon arose, and pre tending she bad an order to give, ex cused herself and hastened to her nephew. "Well, aunt, she has given us a nice dressing down, eh? For a 'charming girl,' I would back her against the world." "Hurry, Andrew; It is late, and you have almost missed your tea." "My tea!" be repeated. "Bother my teal Is there nothing else In the world but my tea? Now, you must Hnd an excuse to bring me Into tho room and I'll show that young shrew whether all men ar fools. Oh, sho need have no fear, I shall not try to marry her, for I still have all my lmlr, a little money and a heart still intact." Mrs. Harmon cuuld not restrain a smile at the young miu' vexation, and Ave? minutes later Andrew entered tho drawing room. But contrary to all expectations, the conversation did not become a war of words; on thu contrary, the girl's fresh gayety disarmed Andrew's nnger at once. Ills preconception fled before her dimpled smiles and her gentle voice, and he soon fell under her charm, forgetting his nnger ln his ad miration of her graceful movements. the penetrating timbre of her voice, the sparkle of her wit. The hour for the tea hnd long passed nnd Andrew was still there. He had lost all desire to run aftpr Mrs. Laton, that faded dill whom Rosnmond as he was forced to admit to himself hnd portrayed so truthfully. And esconced once more In the depths of her arm-chair, Mrs. narmon smiled a kindly smite, and silently re garded the young people, who for their part, looked at one another with looks that do not deceive and In which the old aunt read with joy the hope of a happy union. Waverley Magazine, The Country Keillor. It has been frequently stated that the editor of a country newspaper works harder for less pay than any man of similar ability In his commu nity. There Is no doubt some truth In this, but It is far from being a fair statement of the case. A similar statement might be made to' appljto the country doctor or law yer, and with quite as much truth. There are poor editors, poor lawyers, poor farmers, poor merchants and so on along the line, but as a rule we do not have to look far to discover tho whys and wherefores. Just a man's ability to g;-t a few hundred dollars together for printing machinery does not make him an edi tor, any more tho.a the purchase of a few bottles of pills and boxes of pow ders makes a man a doctor. There must be something more thnn mero name. No doubt the country editor does work hard, and In very many In stances he works In the dark. If he gets out a poor newspaper he must expect to be 111 paid, and generally It Is the editor of a poor newspaper that does the hardest work. Fortunately there are very many editors of country newspapers who do not come under this bead, and In every Instance It will be found that they are live, hustling men who run their papers on business principles, and are not satisfied with putting "any old thing" In type just so long as It will All the required space. Backed up by brains there are hard er roads to travel than publishing a country newspaper, but without at least a normal supply of "gray mat ter" it Is tortuous and full of snares and pitfalls. Fourth Estate. Presented Himself to Be Hanged, Lord Wolseley tells an amusing story of his experience with Abel Erasmus, the Boer, who has just come Into the British lines in South Africa. In 187!) Wolseley was making a cam paign against Sekuklnl, tho chief of the Bapedis near Swaziland. After he had captured the chief and put down the rebellion, he asked Sekuklnl how he dared make war against a great power like Englund. Tho Kaffir replied that he had been urtfed on by Erasmus. Soon after, nt a public dinner at Pre toria, Lord Wolseley made a speech, ln which he snld thnt if he ever found that Erasmus had Incited the chiefs to war he would hang him. A day or two later a tall, bearded Boer appeared at Wolseley's offlce.and said to the secretary. Sir Henry Brack enbury: "I am Abel Erasmus, and I havo very important business to transact. I have heard that Sir Uaruet Wolseley has declared that he will hang mo whenever he can lay bonds on me, so I have come to be hanged." The secretary admitted the' advisa bility of consulting Sir Garnet, who was in the next room, and it happened that the general was busy nnd could not stop to discuss other matters, even so Important as hangings. According ly h returned to the Boer, and paci fied him by suggesting that the bus iness could stand over for a day or two. Erasmus felt that he 1 ad dis charged his share of the obligation and departed In good health and In better temper. Youth's Companion. How Women Mat an Emergency. A curious outcome of technical edu cation for women was showu during tho past year In the caso of a una who by allure in business was re duced to poverty. He bad a capable family, and his daughters at once sought fDr situations as Cressmakers and milliners. In the latter trade thero was no prospect of Immedlato remuneration, as It Is customary for tho beginners to give three months of service, both spring nnd fall, without receiving wages. The second daugh ter gt a place to sew In a dressmak ing establishment at small wages, and the father's efforts to make a living were hampered b7 Lis advanced years. Then the tuother took a band. She had tcsa rais:d on a farm and sought nnd found employment tying up vege tables for ciarket. Ia this industry tba chief requisites ore careful count Ins nud lionestj, early rising and In dustry. She actually r.iade enough money to keep the family for three uouths, but then s'ae dli not havo to spend money to dress up to tho situa tion, and was paid for ber work at tho end of each day. Philadelphia Record. The Highest-Frload BUcip. A Btarap sold the other week for '221, fhe highest price ever realized ln a public salesroom for any one stamp, although Messrs. Puttlck & Simpson, at whose rooms It was sold, tell us that they have another copy unused which will shortly be offered for sale, and is expected to fetch up ward of MOO. The stamp is the first issue of Kouuianlu used for the prov ince of Moldavia in 1854, blue on blue paper, with the arms of the province and the value, eighty-one paras, equal to about 7d. in our money. Incredlblo as it may appear, there are other stamps believed to be of even greater value than either of , these. London Onlooker. , ' What It Iudloates. , Any woman who will flatter a man t"i his face Is either in love with him oi else Is perfectly willing to be. New. Yo 'lf Press. . qs9Sr!j AGRIGOLTORAL Knoourag the Woodpecker. The woodpeckers, which are sup posed to destroy trees by drilling, rpally destroy the Insects in the trees, thus performing a service by saving the trees. They should be encouraged to remain In the orchard, as the very fact that woodpeckers ore nt work is evidence that they are needed on the troes- , One Use of Trailing Vines. Many trailing vines can bo used for covering bare spots on the lawn around the house or under trees. English Ivy will remain uninjured on the ground, even If the winters are too severe for it when trained on walls. Put the plants four or five feet npart, making the ground very rich with well-rotted manure, which should be worked into the soil. An Excellent Compound. Fish oil Is the basis for nearly nil the compounds for destroying lice on stock and also for preventing attacks from flies and mosquitoes. An excel lent prepnratlou Is todlssolvc an ounce of naphthaline (powdered) In a pint of kerosene (which mny require sev eral days), and add It to one gallon of flsa oil. Next add a gill of spirits tur pentine nnd a gill of crude carbolic ncld, placing the mixture in a Jug for use when wanted, always shaking well before using. The mixture may be ap ijlcd by spraying or with a sponge. Keep One Breed of Fowls. It Is much easier nnd much better ln every way to keep only ono breed of fowls. It mny. perhaps, cost a trifle more to get a good start, but when once on the right road the cost will be no more, and the satisfaction one g.'ls from a well kept flock of pure bred fowls, to say nothing of the money side of the question. Is suffi cient Incentive for one's guidance. Take, for Instance, a Cock of 100 pure bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, all ex actly alike, and what prettier sight could one wish? And this does not apply alone to this breed. There are dozens of others equally as attractive and as profitable. Several pure breeds run together soon develop mongrels; possibly no doubt they are superior to the old-time barnyard fowls, but mongrels just the same. They cost as much to feed, and require as much attention In every T.ay ns the pure breed, while they are neither as good layers or table fowls as are the pure breeds. Keep only one breed, and let that one be some good standard variety that you fancy most. Home and Farm. V- ' Poultry Notes. Por soft-shelled eggs give lime water. Fowls thrive best In high dry locali ties with a sandy soil. When chickens are droopy or weak look for lice. Light, nutritious and easily digested food Is w"bat confined fowls require to do well. One way of losing money Is to keep a lot of cockerels long after they have censed to grow. Under usual conditions a variety of food is better than any medicine that can be given fowls. The main thing In raising enrly broilers Is to get them to weigh two pounds as soon as possible. Water enters largely Into the com position of an egg and it Is therefore necessary that hens have plenty of It, pure and clean. Where hen houses, nest boxes, roosts etct, are properly looked after there Is no such pest about as vermin to at tack the little chicks. Then why neglect the poultry yard and suffer the consequence? Young bens are, as a rule, not de sirable mothers, but if the farmer ex pects to hatch with hens he must train a few of bis last year's pullets to set and take care of the young ln order that ho may not run short of good mothers, for they are half tho battle In poultry raising. Setting Hen In the Poultry House. Other things being equal, a chicken batched In early April Is worth twice as much as one hatched In June. It costs a little moro to raise it, but on the other band an April chicken Is less likely to be troubled with lice. A pul let of the medium sized breeds batched In April ought to begin laying In October, and will produce eggs when they are high, while a late pul let reserves her energies for providing eggs when they are low. The cocker els of the early hatch are ready to cat or sell In the early fall. K8T ob srrriNO uen. The only place for hens or chickens at my command is an ordinary hen house ln which I keep twelve hens. If a hen was set In the henhouse tho other heus would lay lu the nest, and when chickens hatched, tho hen, In trying to defend them from invaders was Ukely. to step on and kill them. So I got a box eighteen Inches long, fourteen inches wide and eighteen lucaes high. Tho top was tnuen off and split so that one strip was seven Inches wldo, which was nailed to one sldo of the opening, an shown in the cut. Two short pieces wero nnlled ou this at a aud b to bold the door. This box Is used for a nest In which to set the hens, nnd, it stands on tho floor. Several holes are bored In tho box for ventilation. When a hen shows a strong inclina tion to sit I make a. nest in the box, put hi two or three china eggs and shut' the hen in. Tbe next afternoon I open the door and lift her off to feed. After sho becomes accustomed to tho new nest the real eggs are put under her. Keen the box closed linrlnir tim day and open late ln the afternoon, so suv vuu vuuiv yu to (ecu, ' ' When It I not practicable to give) this care, the door is simply tnken off nt noon and replaced nt night. Almost nil the hens lay before noon, and the sitting ben Is not apt to be disturbed after dinner. I have frequently bought sitting hens from people who did not care to set them. If a hen is carefully moved after dnk, there is seldom any trouble about her sitting In the new quarters. Will Dana, In New England Homestead. , " " A Demand For Oood norseU The excessive drain upon the supply of horses for military purposes In the last few years has practically de pleted this country's number of good horses, and there exists to-day an act ual shortngo which cannot be nnide good for several years. The demand has bern chiefly for heavy horses those suitable for cavalry and for dragging .heavy provision trains. Horses thnt would answer too re quirements for these purposes have been shipped to South Africa, Manila and Europe In grent quantities. It has leen Impossible to meet the needs of all requirements becnuse of the lack of suitable animals. The demand now Is for heavy draft horses, good ani mals for horseback riding, and even for roadsters. Breeding and rearing of any of these must return good profits to the farmer or owner. Horse flesh In the last few years seems to have recovered from the low ciepres slon It reached a few years ago. Then the animals reached the lowest stage of demoralization possible, but the losses sustained by owners of horses then were not wholly an evil. There was some good that came out of It. Not the least of these was the cleaning out of all the poor and Inferior ani mals that bad been accumulating la the country. Years beforo the depres sion prices for horses had been so good that people paid exorbitant sums for pretty Inferior horseflesh. Breeders found that they could sell almost any thing they raised, and In a few years tho country was flooded with poor horses. Tho depression lu prices cleaned out these inferior animals. Some wero shot, others froze to death on tho Western prairies and some were shipped away. Only the man with good horses decided that he would not sacrifice his stock, and ho clung to bis favorite animals. Now tho country Is actually de pleted of good horses, and there never was a better time to breed. The type of animal that Is needed should be an Incentive to every owner of good horse flesh to raise some for mnrkot. Toor horses will never again pay in this country. If tho present boom contin ues It will never include tho Inferior animals which n few years ago found a market. If one cannot raise animals suitable to do their work well ln the world, It will be better to abandon the business entirely. The farmer with fair Intelligence, who has good stock to begin with never had a bet ter chance to make money from rais ing good horses, and the time to begin Is when the supply Is low, nnd the country Is depleted of stock. E. P. Smith, In American Cultivator. Crossing a Lane. ' Where a farm has but one well and the stock must be watered from the same pump that supplies the family, tho following suggestion may prove helpful. With us. In order that the cattle may have free access to water, a lane leads directly from the cow lot at the rear of tbe barn to the watering trough, thus avoiding the Inconven ience of twlco or three times a day having to drive them through the barnyard Intervening between the house and barn. There are no gates to open and tho yard Is not made un sightly by the cattle. 1 COM, FIO, 1 COW LOT CLOSED. On tbe other hand, this lane cuts off direct communication with a much visited Held of truck and small fruits, and to avoid the continual opening of two gates, we hit upon the plan shown in the engraving, whereby both gates open inward, and while temporarily opening a passageway to the field they close the cow lot, as ln Fig. 1. Mid way between the gates Is set a block for them to strike against, with a shoulder a little lower for them to rest on when ln this position. Then a four-inch hook is fastened In the for ward edge of ono of the gates, and in tbe other gate, two staples to receive it, one on each skle, so that whichever gate Is thrown back first there is a staple in place to receive the hook. To make the gate close flush with tbe fence on the outside, the latch must be such as to pass tbe post. This ria. 2 OA.IB Lircu. can bo done with a sliding bar, bnt a more convenient latch is such a one as Is used on stable doors, placed as near the top of tha gate as possible. A notch Is cut from the top of tha post making an incline over which tho latch will pass and drop down. Fig. 2. This makes a latch which cannot be opened accidentally or otherwise by cattle on that Inside of the lane. O. M. Snull, iu AaWlcau Ji srlculturlst. I I" zips r;v . ji L Penalty For Neglected Highways. I T HE rostofflce Department Is I IF trynSf to UHe tbe rural free " I delivery experiment as an "J" argument In favor of good roads, and where the experiment has railed to Improve the bad roads along the routes tho service will have to be uhandoned. The department has gone over the records to see how many routes were Interrupted by the condition of the roads lust spring, and has sent out notices that unless the roads are Im proved to prevent similar Interruption this spring these routes will hnve to be abandoned. The records show that a grent many routes were Interrupted from one to seven days Inst spring. There were forty of these routes ln Iowa, twelve ln Illinois, ten ln Wis consin nnd a less number ln other Western nnd Southern States. The record against Iowa Is not so bad as it seems because that State has a great many more rural free delivery routes than any other State, and, like Illinois, the State suffers at times from bad roads which cannot be Im proved. Tho department admits that It will have to give some consideration to tbe ditllculty In building roads In Iowa and Illinois, where the depth of the soil makes It almost Impossible to con struct roads that will be passable nt all seasons of the year. It Is admitted that there are routes lu Illinois and Iowa where everything possible has been done to make good roads for the greater part of the year, but during the spring freshets these nay be Im passable for a few days. The order Is meant to apply to those routes where the people are indifferent to the condition of the roads and have allowed them to become Impassable through neglect. The Inspectors will report on tho routes that are Inter rupted this spring, and where the In terruption Is due to neglect of tho roads they will be abandoned. Where the Interruption Is due to conditions which cannot be overcome the depart ment will make allowance;) and con tinue the service. But the department regards rural free delivery as an argument and an Inducement to build good roads, and wherever tho people are Indifferent to the advantages of the service the de partmnt holds that tho experiment Is a failure. The demand for rural free delivery Is greater than the depart ment can meet with tho appropriation by Congress, and it will favor those communities which show most appre ciation by building roads over which tho Government can send malls with tho least possible Interruption, Prepared For Summer. Ia the lata spring after the ground has settled, the roads should be pre pared for summer travel by being shaped up vrlth the "road machine" or "road grader." When this work Is done, the ground Is comparatively dry, and consequently the heavier road scraper Is required and can be bandied on the roads. It Is somewhat unfor tunate that this toot is ordinarily called a road grader, since the name has possibly led to a misconception aa to an Important use of tho machine. As an instrument of road construction, this machine Is used to give a crown to tbe road; but as au Instrument of maintenance. It should be used only to smooth tbe surface and restore the or iginal crown. Apparently oome opera tors assume that the machlno is not to b used except to Increase the crown of tha road. Employed la this way the crown Is made too great, and a big ridgo of loose earth 13 left In tbe mid dle of the road whicli only slowly con SJlidates and which Is likely to bo washed into the side ditches to make trouble there. Sine? the introduction of the road machine there has devel oped a strong tendency to Increase the crown of the road unduly. Doubtless the object Is to secure better dralnago of the road bed. but pilln3 up the earth is an inadequate substitute for the drainage. Side slopes steeper than just enough to turn the water Into tbe side ditches are a detriment. Other things being equal, tbe best road to travel on or to haul a load over Is a perfectly flat one. S. Oood Road a Neeenlt?, With many expression cf apprecia tion for tho warm hospitality extend ed by tho business men of Philadel phia, tbe convention of the Southern Industrial Association adjourned to meet next year ln Memphis. Tenn. Beforo adjourning the following reso tlon was adopted: Whereas, Tho territory of many of tho Southern States Is entirely or lurgely remote from water navigation, and, Whereas, The more prosperous coun tries of Europe have realized from the earliest periods the vltul Importance of good roads, and that much of their prosperity depends upon a systerj of fine roads, and, Whereas, We of the South, realize tho great disadvantage under which we are marketing our valuable pro duets; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the Southern In dustrial Association in convention as sembled, do hereby earnestly urg upon the attention of all good citizen of the South the importance of tb improvement of tho roads, and do hereby memorialize the Legislature! of tbe various Southern States to take up this important matter and to enact such laws as will tend toward the bet terment of the roads of their respect ive States. Poorly Drained Road. It is the settled opinion of road ex perts that farners would better aban don dirt roadmaking unless they do It selen'-'fleally. If the dirt roadway be left to Itself it becomes hard packed at least In tbe course of years, while the elaborately graded and good to look at. but Insufficiently drained han- HiwA,1r if tha unanluii MHn von il mH lipra fulls an easy victim to the first severe rainy season, because it has uot nau time to be packed by trafllo. Clitterlog generalities seldoa pro duce the gold uf truth. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. 1- - Otneral JftAt Conditions. New York (Special). R. G. Dun 6V Company's weekly review of trade saysr Development of fresh labor troubles i a feature of the week that has mads or. conservatism in many directions, but throughout the country jobbing and retail lines are busy and are handling goods at prices which yield fair profits. There is a reflex of this activity in th continued improvement in the textile markets in the East, and the uneasiness over the money market does not extend beyond the ranks of speculators in stocks. Crop reports continue gratify ing, much good having been done by rains in the Middle West. Harvesting of winter wheat progresses favorably. "Commercial failures during the first half of loot numbered 5759, with liabili ties of $55,804,690. against 5333 last year for $74747,452. In manufacturing line there were 1.265 defaults, with $21,691,' 048 liabilities, while 4i89 traders failed for $24,864,207. The improvement over the preceding year was most striking in brokerage and banking insolvencies, which were $9.240.4.,5 and $15,839,554, respectively, against $22,124,346 and against $25,822,682 last year. .This is the more noteworthy because the vio lent agitation in Wall street during May was calculated to cause serious disturb ances. . LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour. Best Patent, $4.603485; High Grade Extra, $4.1034.35; Minnesota bakers, $2.ooa3.io. Wheat. New York, No. 2 red, 70a 7ie; Philadelphia, No. 2 red, 69'4a69)4c; Baltimore, 67J4a7tJ4c Corn. New York, No. 2, 47c; Philadelphia, No. 2, 4734740; Balti more, No. 2, 48349c. Oats. New York, No. 2, 32c; Phila delphia, No. 2 white, jyAc; Baltimore, No. 2 white, 33334c. Rye. New York, No. 2, 58c; Phila delphia, No. 2, 58c; Baltimore, No. 2, 5oa5tc. Hay. No. 1 timothy, $i6ocai6.5o; No. 2 timothy, $15.00315.50; No. 3 tim othy, $i3.soai4.oo. Green Fruits and Vegetables. Ap ples Early June, per bbl, choice, $1.25 at. 50. Beets, native, per bunch, iai4c; Eastern Shore Md., per bunch, ic. Blackberries, Eastern Shore, per qt, Rochelle, 4a5c; do do do, Wilson's, 4a 6c. Cabbage, native, per 100, Wakefield, $2.0032.50; do do, Flat Dutch, $3.0033.50; Cantaloupes, Georgia, per crate, $i.ooa 2.0a Carrots, native, per bunch, iyii 2c. Corn, Rappahannock, per doz, oa 12c; Eastern Shore Md., per doz, 10a 14c; native, per doz, 10314c. Cucum bers, Norfolk, per bus basket, 6bc. Egg plsnts, Florida, per crate, $20032.25. Gooseberries, M3ryland and Virginia, per lb, 2c. Huckleberries, Eastern Shore Md., per qt, 5a7c. Lettuce, na tive, per bus box, 20325c. Onions, new Rappshannock, per J4-bbl basket, 60.1 75c. Peaches, Florida, per 6-basket car rier, $i.5oa2.oo; do, Georgia, per 6-basket carrier, 75cai.5C Pinespples, Flor ida, per crate, as to size, $2.5033.00. Plums, Florida, per carrier, $1. 00a 1. 50. Raspberries, Eastern Shore, red, per pint, 2'2a4c; black, per qt, 6a8c. String beans per bus, green, 25330c. Water melons, Florida, per 100, $25 00330 oa. Potatoes. Old. Md. and Pa. prime, per bus, 6oa6sc; New York prime, per bus, 65370c. White, Norfolk, per bbl. No. x, $i.5oai.75; do, No. 2, $1.0031.25; do, culls, 75cai.oo; York River, per bi.l, No. 1, $i.4oai.6o; do, culls and seconds "Scal.oo; Rappahannock, per bbl $i.ou ai.40; do, seconds, per bbl, 5oa7c; Eastern Shore Md., per bbl, $1.2531.50; do, Virginia, per bbl, $i.4oa 60. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk rib sides, g'Ac; clear do, 9-Kc; shoul ders, S'jc; do fat backs, 14 lbs and un der, 854c; do, 18 lbs and under, 8'ic; do, bellies, iojc; do, mess strips, 8c; do, ham butts, 8'jc; bacon clear sides, lo!4c; do, clear, io;4c; do, shoulders, 9'Ac; sugar cured bressts, smsll, nc; do, do. 12 lbs and over, 124C; do, do, shoulders, bladecuts, 9'Ac; do, do, nar rows, 9!ic; do do, extra broad, 104; do do California hams, o'c. Live Poultry. We quote as follows: Chickens, hens, loj-jc; old roosters, esch 25a30c; springs, iJ4to 2 lbs, 17a 18c; do, i4 to I'A lbs, i6ai7c; spring, 1 lb and under, Maisc. Ducks, spring, 1 lbs and over, 13c; do do, poor and smai oaiic; fancy, large, old, 8Ac; do, small, 7a754c; muscovy and mongrels, 74a8c. Geese, each, 25335c. Guinea fowl, esch, I5a20c. Pigeons, old, strong flyers, per pair, 25c; do young do, 2oa25c Eggs. Western Md. and Pa., per doz, 13c; Eastern Shore Md. and Va., do, 13c; Virginia, 13c; Western and West Virginia do, 13c; Southern 12a I2rjc; guinea, 7c. Dairy Products. Butter Elgin, 21c; separator extras, 2oa.uc; do firsts, 19a 20c; do gathered cream, 1 8.120c; do imi tation, I7ai8c; ladle extra, 15317c; ladle first, I4ai5c; choice Western rolls, 14a 15c; fair to good, I3ai4c; half-pound creamery. Md., Va. and Pa., 21322c; do, rolls, 2-lb, do, 20c. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle : Good to prime steers, $5 2536.40; poor to medium, $4.10 35.15; stockers and feeders, weak, $2.50 a 4.60; cows, $2.5084.50; heifers, $2,503 5.00; canners, $2.0032.40; bulls slow, $2.4034.40. Hogs Tops. $6.1254; mix ed and butchers', $5.7036.0754 ; good to choice heavy, $5.8536.1254; rough heavy, $57oa58o; light, $57oa6.oo; bulk ol sales $5.8536.00. Sheep t- Sheep and lambs steady; good to choice wethers, $3 4034 00; fair to choice mixed, $3,003 3.65; Western sheep, $3.3034.10; year lings, $3.6534.25; native lambs, $3,003 5.00; Western lambs, $3.2535.00. East Liberty, Pa. Cattle steady; ex tra $5.9036.00; prime, $5 6535.75; good, $5-354S-5S. Hogs active and higher: prime, heavy, $6.1036.15; mediums and Yorkerst $6.loa6.l25jj light Yorkers and pigs, $6:0536.10; common to fair York ers, $6.ooa6.05; skips, $4-753575; roughs, $4.2535.60. Sheep low; best wethers, $37033.80; culls and common, $1,503 2.50; yesrlings, $2.5084.50; veal calves, $0.0036.50. LABOR AND INDUSTRY A ton of gold is worth $627,915. London has 100,000 night workers. The French Alps now possess 58 fac tories. Great Britsin's coal fields cover 9000 square miles. Americans are the greatest coffee top ers in the world. Nearly all the tram conductors ia Valparaiso are women. The strikes that occurred In the Unit id States last year cost the country, it is said, between $400,000,000 and $500, 000,000. One-half of the world's production of coffee berries comes to the United States. The length of life of. a tradesman is two-thirds that of a farmer. Philadelphia department stores dose at 5 p. in. daily; Saturady, I p. m. Every week more thsn a billion dol lars is sent out of the United States in payment for coffee. Last year Germany and France to gether only consumed half as much cof fee as the United Slates. In Norway girls are required by law to become proficient tn knitting, bak ing 3 ml spinning before the are eligible for matrimony.
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