ITS AN ILL, WIND," ETC. X t This One Blew a Wife to Sheldon Rivers, But a Thrashing to J Mr Hayden W. R. ROSE. In Cleveland Plain Dealer. He wai his mother's boy and had been her boy all his flve-and-twenty years. No doubt this was In a meas ure due to the fact that his father died when the lad was Just learning to walk sd Just a ne leaned on bis mother then, to he had leaned on ber ever since. She had petted and humored and spoiled him. He had a tutor when be was old enough to learn from books, and afterward he went to a private school which was understood to be especially designed for back ward boys of the best families. But Sheldon Rivers was not back ward in learning. He was quick at figures and his memory was excellent. He tired of the private school. He tired of hlf classmates. Then he went back to the tutor and contrived to pick tip a fair education. But when Major Jim Rivers, his father's brother, big and hearty and outspoken, had suggested college, the mother's white hands went up In dis may. "No, Indeed, " she answered. "Col lege is no place for Sheldon. I know too much about those places. Col lege students are rude young ruffians, exposed to all sorts of temptations and leading lives of reckless pleasure. Aren't the papers full of their mis deeds? College is no place tor my son." The big uncle shook hia grizzled bead. "Maria," he said, very gravely, "you are making a sissy of the lad. Let him get out and take some hard knocks. He can't stay here at your apron strings forever. You are hurt ing the boy. While other young fel lows are up and doing things, he mopes around at home like a sick poodle. Confound It, Maria, you're doing the boy a great wrong. Let me have him for a half year. I'll put a little manliness into him. What do you say?" The mother of the boy drew herself up with much dignity. "I prefer my son as he Is, she said with freezing dignity. "At least, I have made him a gentleman." Jim Rivers was too big a man to take offense at trifles. He smiled at the thrust and spread out his hands. "I know a stone wall when I bump Into it," he said. "He's your boy do what you please with him. But wait, Maria. You mark my words that boy will run up against an em ergency some day that will bring the real man from behind that polished reneer. There must be some of my brother Tom In the lad, and it's going to show itself. Just put that down on your tablets. Sister Maria. It's the straight prophetic goods. And now about those Atlantic & Northern bonds.' Uncle Jim Rivers was right. The emergency that Nephew Sheldon would presently confront was close at hand. Sheldon had been at hia tutor's home. The good man was slightly ill. Sheldon had gone 'in the family car riage his mother had no liking for automobiles to the quiet suburb in which the professor lived, and had left some delicacies for him and a huge bunch of flowers from the Riv ers' greenhouse. He was fond of the professor, who had grown gray In his service, and while the old connection had almost ceased being narrowed down to a course of reading he looked upon the old man as a deserv ing pensioner of the house of Rivers, and watched over him closely. Sheldon had sent the carriage home when he reached the professor's door, and when he came out he found the rain falling. He opened his um brella and stepped out briskly. He didn't mind the rain. He would walk home it was scarcely two miles. And then as he turned the corner a squall swooped down the highway. The air was filled with blinding rain that swirled in sheets before the hissing wind. Sheldon saved his umbrella by a quick movement, and then as he half turned, somebody was whirled against him with considerable force. He braced himself against the shock, and then drew the stranger into the nearest doorway. ' His companion was a girl, a girl f twenty, perhaps. Sheldon decided upon her age when she had pushed her hat back from her face and stared at him with black eyes that were big and wet. "Oh, I beg pardon," she cried, "did did I hurt you?" "Not In the least." Sheldon replied. "Are you all right yourself?" "I I think so," said the girl. "Wasn't It dreadful? Oh, my poor umbrella!" It was a sorry sight. The cover hung In tatters. "Too bad." said Sheldon sympa thetically. "Better throw it away." "Mercy, no," cried the girl. "That would be wasteful. Don't you know you can get an umbrella flted for a treat deal less than a new one costs?" He laughed at this her tone, was even more whimsical than her ques tion and she laughed, too. "I think It must have been the umbrella that drew me along like a runaway yacht and my hat tipped down, and then I bumped Into you. I'm so orry. You're aura you're not hurt?" "I I liked It. aald Sheldon with a suddenness that amazed him. Then he regretted his frankness. He was afraid he had offended the owner of those black eyes. The black eyes were Intbntly re tarding the clouds. "The wind has changed," said the girl. "The rain Is stopping. I must o before It rains harder. . Thank you again." Sheldon asserted himself. "You must let me offer you the shelter of my umbrella," ho said, 'Your own is of no use and the rain Is falling briskly. ' Ifg no trouble. I assure you. Which way do we o?" t.,' You are Terjr klml" ld the girl. I'm sorry to lnconventunco you. I woutuu r. uslud the rala at all if it wasn't for my hat. This has to last until fall, you see." Sheldon nodded. He liked these pretty confidences. They werj alto gether new and altogether delight ful. ' "Let me carry your umbrella," he said with astonishing boldness. "Then you take my arm and hold my umbrella so It will shield your hat. Clever arrangement, Isn't It?" She suddenly laughed. "Immensely clever," she said. ,"t never would have thought of It my self." And she laughed again. "Come," said Sheldon as he left the doorway and raised his umbrella. She stepped down beside hira and slipped her hand through hia nrm. And at that a delightful thrill ran through him. He lifted his chin, the muscles In his own arm seemed to prow tense. It wasn't a long walk. To Sheldon It semed a very short one. It was pleasant while It lasted. And then a gate v.'as reached and the girl paused. "This Is my home," she said. He caught a fleeting glimpse of a tiny cottage. "Thank you ever so much," she added. "Good night." And she ran lightly up the path to the tiny porch. "Good night,' he murmured stu pidly, and, turning quickly, wtlked away. He had meant to say something more he dldnT know Just what. And now It was too late. He looked down. He had something In his hand. It was the wrecked umbrella. He turned and went back, and stepping lightly placed the battered thing tenderly on the porch. He had thought of ringing the bell and handing it in. But he was afraid that this might make him ridiculous. It was raining more briskly as ha turned the corner. He didn't notice It. What fine eyes she had! Black eyes certainly were the most beauti ful. He was thoroughly wet when he reached home. When he camo down to dinner he was whistling. "Who Is that whistling?" his mother called to him. She , didn't like whistling. It was not refined. charming girl but think of your mother. Yes, Mid of Anna's mother, too. She Is distressed. She has told me so." Sheldon suddenly frowned. "Why Is Anna's mother dis tressed?" he demanded. The old man nodded. "She fears that Anna will be made unhappy. She she fears that your mother will never ' consent to your marriage." Sheldon's face deepened. "Dear old friend." he said, "you know what I am. I'm what I've been made weak, irresolute, shrinking. I can make no promises. You would not believe them. But wait." And he was gone. His face was pale, but his eyos were smiling when he met Anna the next afternoon. "Well," he said, "I need help. I'm looking for a Job. Can you di rect me to one? I've never done anything, you know. I've had no useful experience. Do they give such people Jobs?" Anna's cheeks paled, but her voice was steady. "So you've broken with your mother?" "Not yet. She thinks I'd consid ering." "You've to!d her all?" "Yes." "She feels very bitter award me, of course?" "Where I am concernoJ my mother Is never reasonable." "You mustn't breat with her, Sheldon." "There is no help fo. It." "There must be. It would be cruel to her, It would be a (Tong to your self. Don't speak, Sheldon. Your mother has misjudged me. It was natural that she should. I am going to see her, dear. I am going to talk with her If she will bst me. To-morrow afternoon, Sheldon. Tell her to-night that I am coming. Trust me. dear." Sheldon's mother was attracted by the very boldness ot this proposition. Perhaps Anna Maimer knew she would be. Here waa a chance to end all this folly at a single interview. She would show the girl Just where she stood. She would convince her that her attempt upon the Rivers' money and the Rlrers social stand ing was a hopeless one. She would shame her before her foolish son. But It would be well for her to have John Hayden present at the In terview. John was her younger cousin and John was versed In the law John had a scathing tongue and knew Just how far It was safe o 4 Those who do their work as well as they cau: who make mistakes but have the courage to admit It and start over again; who mind their business and thus give you a chance to mind yours; who hold mere respectability In umall esteem, and throw no fits of righteous Indignation when a woman stumbles; who stand by their Mends through brimstone and high water, and spend the cheer and happiness like prodigals; who get charity and kindness on the schedule and use them right along they are the wireless girls and boys who radiate love, beget goodness and touch hands with the Infinite. Lee Willenborg. "Guilty, mother," he cheerfully called back. But he didn't stop whlstlln?. He went to see his old tutor the next afternoon He walked there, and came away at the same time ho had left the day before. He loitered by the corner, and then he saw her alighting from a car. She came for ward briskly and he had time to see that she waa still prettier In the sun light. Then she saw Sheldon. "Why," she said in smiling sur prise, "how do you do! I'm so glad you came. It began to weigh on my mind!" The remark was 'confusing. ' "What weighed on your mind?" he asked. , "Your umbrella, of course. Oh, such a fine umbrella! Did you worry?" Sheldon suddenly laughed. "I hadn't missed It." The big black eyes regarded him wonderingly. "That's strange, ' she said. "No," he gravely replied, "I don't think. It's strange." She looked at him again. "It's put away safely," she said. "Will you come and get It now?" "If you will let me," he answered. And they walked together a little ways In silence. "We found out your address," said the girl, presently. "Your name Is on the umbrella handle, and mother remembered hearing Professor Felton speak of you. He is our neighbor on the next street and mother looks after him a little all the neighbors are nice to hira and I went over with something mother had prepared for him and explained about the um brella and he told me about you." Sheldon looked around quickly. "What did he Bay?" "It was all nice. He said yov bad been very, very good to him." ' "What else?" "He said you had a devoted moth er." Sheldon flushed. "It is true," he aald, as if confess ing a crime. He drew a long breath. "You have found out about me." he said, "and so you shouldn't feel of fended If I ask your name." The girl laughed. "I am Miss Halmer, Anna Halmer, she said. "I am a copyreader In the office of the Columbian Magazine. That Is all." "Thank you, . he said. "And I have a devoted mother, too," she aald. "There are Just two of us." They had reached the gate. "Will you come In?" she asked. "Not now, thank you," he aald. "But may I come some other time?" "Why, yes," she replied. "If you like. I am usually at home after office hours." She brought the umbrella and he came away walking on air and gave no thought to hia mother. - It was als weeks later when the old tutor took bis pupil's hand and held fast to It. "My dear boy, be careful," ha ear nestly aald. "You are playing with fire. Ob, I know what Is going on. 8ha Is a clever girl, A good girl. to go. It was wll to be careful when dealing with fortune seekers. Above all the men he had ever met Sheldon Rivers disliked John Hay den. He was arrogant, conceited, abusive. Sheldon did not know that John Hayden was to be present at the memorable meeting; he was hot with anger when John -was ushered In. Perhaps the only thoroughly self possessed one of the quartet was Anna Halmer. And Sheldon thought she had never looked prettier. Even Sheldon's mother, who had deter mined to dislike the girl, suddenly found herself wondering how that straight, slim figure would look In shimmering white with the Rivers pearls at her neck and a white rose In her hair. "I don't know what you think of my coming here," said Anna in her even voice to Sheldon's mother, "but It seemed to be the only way in which I could meet you and tell you what I want to say. I thank you for giv ing me this privilege." The mother inclined her head. She felt a little sorry for the girl. . "I want to tell you that Sheldon met me quite by accident," Anna went on. "There could be no design about it. I am a busy girl. I have to earn my living. I am here to-day because my employer granted me per mission to come. I know that you must think unkindly of me, because because Sheldon Is fond of me, but I am not so selfish as to take him away from the mother who loves him so dearly. I am too proud for that much too proud." "Anna!" cried Sheldon. The mother's face softened. "That was very well said," Te murmured. And then the quiet of the scene was broken by the entrance of John Hayden, big, arrogant, Irritating. Sheldon looked at his mother and his face was not plearent to see. The newcomer stared around. "All here, eh?" ha aald in his abrupt way. "Good. My time Is precious. I fancy, Maria, that you want ma to state In as tew words as possible the conditions governing the control of tho Rivers estate." Sheldon ground hta teeth. "Is this necessary, mother?" he asked. But John Hayden Ignored bjm now aa he had always ignored him. "This will take but a moment," he went on. "The control of the es tate la vested In you. madam, abso lutely, during life. You can set this boy adrift as an interloper. You can at any time cut off every dollar of hia Income. With this wise rsitrtc tton In your bands, madam, you need bava no fears of the wlle of an ad venturess." Sheldon suddenly atood up. He steadied bla voice. "Hayden," be said, "I would like to have a word In private with you In the next room." The burly one looked at hia watch. "I can spare you a minute," be aid. . Sheldon followed him Into the ad joining apartment, closing the door behind blm. The women heard the key rattle. "He has locked the door," whis pered the mother. "Yes," said Anna. Her voice bad a strange ring. The mother looked at the girl. Hor cheeks were blazing. "Hark," said the mother, "they are quarreling." "I hear them." said the girl. The voices suddenly rose. "Oh, oh," cried the mother. "I must atop this!" She ran toward tho door. Anna suddenly barred the way. "No," she said firmly. "Sheldon must not be Interrupted. You heard him. He had something to say Id this man. He Is saying it." An oath rang out, followed by a thud then came a sudden crash. "They are fighting," cried the mother. "My boy will be killed!" Gently but firmly Anna held her. The tumult grew louder. "We must not Interfere," said the girl. "Sheldon's father would not have brooked such tin insult. You heard what thnt man called the wo man Sheldon has honored with hia love." "My boy, my boy," moaned the mother. Anna's arms were round her. "Be brave, dear mother," Bhe mur mured. "It is our ninn, our bnive knight, who Is fighting this battle.'' And then the door opened and Sheldon stumbled in. His face was bruised, his hands were bleeding, but his eyes were H'e fire. His mother looked at him and shuddered. "Come, Hayden." The words were a command. Tho big man slouched through the doorwiy and he was a sorry sight. "Speak," said Sheldon imperiously. The big man spoke. "I find I made a mistake," he said in a low voice. "I apologize for any offensive language I may have used." Sheldon pointed to the door, and the battered one crept out. "Well, mother," said the victor, "I begin to think I have come Into my own. I find I have the muscles of a man, and the spirit of a man. And I have tasted the elixir ot victory and It is boiling In my veins. You'll have to take me as I am, mother. I'm not going to run away. I'm going to stay here and light for my rights If it Is necessary. And, mother," his voice suddenly softened, "I'm going to marry the girl I love!" She was beaten. She saw it clearly. "Oh. my dear," she murmured, "we will share him between us." Her Fourth Term. MIbs Martha E. Johnson has Just been re-elected tax collector of La conla, N. H. This la her fourth term. She Is said to be the only woman tax collector in New England. She la a graduate of the Laconla high school and an active member of the Laconla Woman's Club. New York Sun. Annoying Mannerisms. If we could only learn to be quiet, absolutely quiet when we are sup posed to be qulot, without motion or sound, faces quiet, hands quiet, feet quiet; If everything that we do could be done aa noiselessly as possible without an unnecessary sound or movement. The movement to re strain noises should begin at home rather than abroad; better Innumera ble bells and whistles outside than slamming doors, creaking shoes, or shrill voices Inside. We need tho training given by constant attendance in a sickroom. What a relief it would be to tired nerves if a general reformation of this kind took place! If we could learn to listen to our selves as to others! Harper's Bazar. Servants For the Country. The comic papers crack Jokes on tho difficulty of persuading servants to go to the suburbs. And there is little exaggeration, I think, In the Jokes. In the city there Is much pov. arty, there are many pleas for work, there are hot, overcrowded, stuffy tenements. In the country in the summer there Is employment for many servants at good wages. The air Is healthful, the food good, the work no harder than In town. Yet dozens ot my friends, as well as my self, can't persuade servants to stay there all summer. We are not brutes, and In town our servants are always content and seem to enjoy our em ployment. Who can explain? It Is all a mystery to me. Mrs. Mary S., la the New York World. WORDS OF WISDOM. What Is not necessary Is dear at a penny. Cato. No man becomes a villain all at once. Juvenal. 'Tls the mind that makes the body rich. Shakespeare. There Is no grace In benefit that sticks ti the fingers. Seneca. The beginning of excellence Is to be free from error. Qulntlllan. Tis not the whole life to live, nor all of death to die. Montgomery. Man's chief wisdom consists in knowing his follies. Rochefoucauld. Many go out for wool and come home shorn themselves. Cervantes. Vulgarity In manners defiles fine garments more than mud. Plautus. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Carlyle. Power and liberty are like heat and moisture; where they are well mixed, everything prospers; where they are single, they are destructive. Saville. If a man does not make a new ac quaintance as ho advances through life, he will soon And himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair. Johnson. Women Should Know. That lata hours are a frequent cause of the appearance of premature wrinkles. That if we took the trouble to "count our mercies" most of us would And that we have more to be thank ful for than to. grumble at. That absence of occupation Is not rest. That you cannot expect admiration nated the observatory to the univer sity. At its recent commencement Syracuse University conferred the honorary degree ot doctor ot laws on Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood and gave the honorary degree of master of paint ing to Mrs. Luella Stewart Itolden and to Professor Jeannette Scott. Mr. Holden Is the wife of Senator Holdcn and was a professor lu the Fine Arts College before her mar riage. Professor Scott Is now con nected with tho painting department of the Finn Arts College. Yet another departure was made by the trustees In creating the ofllce of dean of women of the university. MIbs Jean Maine Richards, professor of English, was appointed to fill it. Hor duties will Include advising tho women students of the university. New York Sun. College Girls In Smnll Town. The college girl who lives In a small town has perhaps tho greatest power for Influence. Hor education and experience raise her to a position which commands the respect of those others who have not had her advan tages, and this position she should use, not as an excuse for egotism or self-sufficiency, but as a means of ac complishing reforms in the life of the community. Starting a village Improvement society Is an excellent way of Interesting peoplo In their surroundings, and opens to many an entirely new world, a world which teaches that the usoful Is not neces sarily the ugly, and that environ ment Is the Inspiration of action. Beautifying the village or town la bound to bring the citizens together In a new and more intimate associa tion, and does much to abolish those dena ot vice which disfigure, not only the aspect, but the moral lite of a town. Of course, this Is but one phase ot civic Improvement; there are many others. In the factory .town especial ly there is wide scope for the collego bred woman's activity. There is no reason why the factory town should be unsightly, or why tho' employes of the factory should live In ugly, un sanitary dwellings; no reason why the women of the town should not be roused to Interest In their surround ings, and, above all, to self-respect. The woman of education owes It to her less fortunate sister to en courage that feeling of self-respect which lies dormant In the breasts of Q3 j a. o CD a. en 2 u 3 " o - Invalids' Sponge Cake A slle glass of milk makes a nutritious and pleasing lunch for a convalescent. To make tho sponge cake, sift together two cupfuls pastry flour, a teaspoonful cream of tartar and a hall teaspoonful soda. If preferred you can use two teaspoon fuls baking powder instead of the cream of tartar and soda. Beat the yolks of four eggs fifteen minutes, add a cupful and a half powdered sugar and continue the bentlng. Add one-half cupful cold water, a pinch of salt and the sifted flour. Lastly fold In the stiffly whipped whites of the four eggs and two tablespoonfuls lemon juice. Bake In a mod erate oven about twenty-five minutes. If served while still warm, break instead of cutting. Pack Carriers. Tho city man wonders at the weltfht bis Maine or New Brunswick guide will carry, whereas he himself sweats and labors under one-quarter of the weight, and la worn out by nightfall. Were these North Wood natives equally inefficient on the trail they had stopped all the wheels of civilization In that part ot the world. The "pieces" of the fur trade, wheth er of furs or supplies, was about nine ty pound: In weight. The man who could not pack three "pieres on his tump line over the average portage ranked low around tho ramp fire. I have known a Chippewa to carry a barrel of pork two miles, with fre quent rests, of course, and I saw one once smilingly bet a 160-pound man that be could carry him five miles over a logging trail and not set him down once. Some of these men would pack 200 pounds, and it is said some times 300, but they were unusually powerful men and working under keen rivalry the only rivalry which could bring any honor In their coun try that ot physical prowess. Each strove to excel, as we strive to-day on Wall Street of New York, on State Street of Chicago, or any of our de vious thoroughfares of so-called civilisation.- Emerson Hough, in Recreation. If you never take any trouble to de serve It. That If you really care for a per son you will not say unkind things to, or of them. That personal remarks are seldom In good taste. That when you meet a friend and say to her, "How poorly you are look ing!" It Is by no means paying her a compliment. Pittsburg Dispatch. Modernity of Ancient Music. In hia last lecture on music In con nection with Gresham College Easter term, delivered at the City ot London School last night, Sir Frederick Bridge, organist at Westminster Ab bey, said that In the chapter library of the Abbey ha had coma across motets of Richard Deerlng, which had lain there for S0O years. One ot these waa aung at the Royal Maunday 8ervlce, when the Queen was present. The Dean ot Westminster called Her Majesty's at tention to the composition, upon which the Queen remarked, "Dear me, I had no Idea such ancient music could sound ao modern." London Dally Mall. Temperament. Fatlma had been exhaustively edu cated at an exclusive school, and hen, having entered the forbidden chamber, aha beheld the severed heads of Bluebeard's former wives. she understood Instantly, "There's temperament for you!" she exclaimed, and thought how the other girls would nvy her. It was a rapry nioroeut nr rwn fjfic. , Course of Lectures. The Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, vice-president of the American Civic Federation, has completed a course of lectures on sanitary matters in the leading cities of Kentucky. She waB invited by tho State Board of Health of Kentucky to deliver these lectures for the purpose of Instructing the people In the best method for keeping their cities clean. Because of Mrs. Crane's work in this direction In Kalamazoo she has calls from all parts of the country asking her to give lectures on the subject. Mrs. Crane when scarcely more thau a girl was called to Kala mazoo as pastor of tho Unitarian Church. The congregation was dis organized and the church property heavily In debt. Ono of the member told tho new minister that about all they expected of her was to keep the church open for funerals. Since then she has built a $40,000 church, taught Kalamazoo the lesson ot mu nicipal cleanliness and bueu a leader in various movements of boelal re form. Now York Sun. Shortsighted Mother. The housekeeper who has to man' ag carefully should set herself to learn this much of wisdom to In trust to others the duties they can perform, In order that she may exor clsa her greater skill upon others tnat they can not accomplish. Every one knowa mothers and very good mothers, too who soeru to feel a kind ot prlda la bearing their own burdena and denying to others the discipline of taking a share of them. Such are the women who boast that tbey never ask their husbands to fetch a book or carry a portmanteau; never trouble their children with lit tle home duties, but bring them up to be tree ot any burden or knowledge of housework. Let not the mother aay to herself, "I can do this better than they can," referring to her daughters; or "Let the girls have all their time to them selves; their day for work will come." For If the daughters never learn, when "their day" comes thera will be many mistakes made In housewifery. I aud how will their huBbanda like muii inaianapons news. I Vnlversily Trustee, Mrs. William Nottingham has been elected truatee at large of Syracuse University. She Is a sister of Bute Sonator Hendrlck Holdea and a tfsMS'jter of Erastua Koldcp, wha 4o. so many factory women. Give them the vision of something broader and higher than is comprehended in their own horizon, and they will try to con form their lives to It. Give them model day nurseries, and they will give their children cleuner homes. Awaken in them the consciousness that they have possibilities, and they will try to realiza tuaia. The Delineator. Silk panels are plentiful. Draped waists are very popular. A new fad Is the bathing parasol. Never were linen suIU mora pop ular. The trend is toward picturesque effects. Violets trim many of the new pur ple bats. There Is quite a fancy for hip orna mentation. The genera! trend of tho hat brim Is downward. The princess costume is r foat urn of the season. Simplicity la tha kevnoto in chil dren's apparel. Guirapes will loso nothing In favor. The day of the wide and fussy neck ruche Is passing. There Is Inevitably an Increase in tho width of aklrts. It Is a fad to have belt buckles made out ot watch cases. The black and white hat Is most modish for all occasions. Silk that rustles does not flguro la the present fashion scheme. Flowers and fruits are used In enormous quantities In millinery. Trim cravata are again tha thing, finished with dainty little stickpins. Metallic ribbon belts, finished with buckles of the same tone, are popular. Foundation collars made of not rather than of chiffon ara now to ba had. The dlroctolre la only hinted at In the development of washable mate rials. Perforated tin ara aeen on minv ot the amartost pumps and one-eyelet ties. A good many eighteenth century ruchtngs are being used on new gowns and wraps. Hosiery to match almost any gown may now be obtained In different weights and different materials. ee-ai Auto Ruin the Rood. . The autos will have to look out when Uncle 8am gets after them. They can run the farmers off their roads and do about as they picas ao !ar as they are concerned. They can run at a speed of thirty, forty; or ven fifty miles an hour, although) the law restricts them to twenty; Biles, and the farmer cannot prova the violation of law, or if he could, tn most cases, he cannot identify tha swner or driver by the number on bis car, going at such a speed, and be goes on his way with Impunity. But Uncle Sam can determine the) rate of speed and read the number n the car by means of instantaneous picture machines. ( It Is encouraging to learn that offl :lal government tests are being madt :n the vicinity of Washington rega'd Ing the damage done to road by i tieavy machines at high Bpeed. Soma i!ood will grow out of the testing work. In other directions as well. Results thus far obtained show thnt at a speed of a mile a minute the best macadamized roads are cut to pieces In a very short time. With ipeed reduced the damage Is much less. The tests ara still in progre-i.-. When the road Is oiled with cruda petroleum, or snmo other lubricant, but little destruction Is done. The farmers will Btrenuously resist any attempt to compel them to pay for oiling their roads. No legislature would dare to impose a tax on them tor oiling the highways, so that autos may aped upon them. The auto owners will have to oil the roads if It Is ever done. These tests tho Government li making will bring out the tact that the machines are running not only occasionally, but It may be said, regularly beyond the speed limit, and the effect will be to put a check on undue speed, we trust, not only about Washington, but throughout the country. The test will show some what like this, we think: that run ning autos at ten miles an hour wilt make no perceptible wear on the roads, no more than our ordinary two-horse wagons do, and they will show that driving at a speed of twenty miles an hour will not damaga the roads one-fourth as much as run ning at a speed of forty miles an hour would do. In other words, wo think the tests will show that tho high rates ot speed from thirty miles upward are ruinous to our ordi nary highways and cannot be per mitted. The auto people will rebel at this: If they can't go as fast as they please, they won't go at all, they will say, but they will go Just the same, and watch their chance to speed up. when no Bpy Is In sight. But If the au thorities get after thera some of them will be caught and heavily fined. When It comes about that autolst; cannot run their machines as fast as they please on our common roadf, as they now are, they will be ready to listen to a proposition that has been advanced In these columns a time or two, namely, to widen out the highways to the fence on either side, at the autnlF.ts' expense and for their exclusive use. This is tho only solu tion of tho problem that we can sea that would bo satisfactory to ail par ties. The autolsts could scoot along as fast aa they cared to and the team driver would be out of danger, and his part of the road would be unin jured. Indiana Farmer. Should Have the Ilet. We should have the best roads In the world. Practically all of them run through agricultural districts, and It Is said to cost the farmers 25 cents to haul a ton a rnlle on them. The average haul of farm products Is nine mlnlos, according to the esti mates of the Department of Agri culture. The average cost of hauling a tnn a mile on the mads of France Is 7 cents. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Setting a Good Example, Except where they are under the direction of experts good roads are still unknown In tho country liaces. New York has set a good example, and like Georgia, she ha made pro vision for utilizing her Jail inmates In carrying on the work. Boston Transcript. One of the Problem. The chief problem In good road building is the finding of a topping which will produce a smooth surface and stand the wear ot all sorts of usage. This is the particular phase of the road-building problem which more than one State Road Com mis sion Is Just now endeavoring to solve. Baltimore Sun. As an Advertisement. Our own people will be the chief beneficiaries ot good roads, though the visitors within our gates will tlso enjoy them. But possibly tho chief advantage ultimately will be the f.d vertlsement of tho State as a leader In these enterprises. Troy Times. Once In While. Occasionally there is a college pres ident who receives as high a salary aa a first-class baseball pitcher. In spite of the prevalent inipretslou to th contrary. Power of the Press. The printing-press has made presl dents, killed pouts, furnished bustlea for beauties and polished genius with criticism. It baa made the world get up at roll call every morn ing, given pupils lunga ot Iron and voice of ateel. It has aet tha price on a bushel of wheat and made tha country postofflce the glimmering goal of country scribes. It baa cur tailed the power of kings. It has converted bankers Into paupers and made lawyera out of college pr el dents. It educated tha homeless tAd robbed tha philosopher of hia iea son. It smiles and kicks, cries and dies, but It cannot be run to suit everybody, and the editor la a tool who tries. Make For Good Health. Boston has come to the eouciuon that the health of the child is of great Importance to Its success In school, ami a "health day" has beon appoint ed. Ttls was observed recently, phy sicians speaking to tha pupils ot tha high schools upon the subject ol . lltiltb, 1U Value said Cost."
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