WALLS OF CORN.
Smiling irnil beautiful heaven' dome
Bends softly over our prairie home.
But the wide, wide tands that stretched
away
Before my eyes in the dnys of May;
The rolling prairie's billowy swell,
Breezy upland and timbered dell;
Btstely mansion and hut forlorn
All are hidden hy walla of com.
!A1I the wido world is narrowed down
To walls of corn now sere and brown.
What do tbey hold theKC walls of corn,
Whose banners toss in the breeze of morn?
He who mirations mav soon he told
A great Stnte's wealth these walls enfold.
No sentinels guard these walls of eorn,
Kever is Bounded the warden's horn;
Yet the pillars are hung with gleaming
Bold.
Left all unharrcd, though thieves arc bold.
Clothes and fond for the toiling poor;
Wealth to heap at the rich man's door;
West for the healthy and balm for him
Who moans and tosses in chamber dim;
Fhoes for the barefooted: pearls to twine
In the scented tresses of Indies fine;
Things for use for the lowly cot
Where (Bless the corn!)wnnt comcth not;
Luxuries rare for the mansions grand.
Booty for thieves that rob the land
'All fhese thintrs, and so many more
It would till a book but to name them o'er,
lAre hi'' and held in (he walls of corn.
Whose banners toss in the breere of morn!
Open fh" alios, conned hv rule,
In the olden days of the district school.
Point to this rich and bounteous land
That yields such fruits to the toiler's hand.
"Tree!es desert" they called it then,
Eaunted by beasts and forsook by men.
Little they knew what wealth untold
lay hid whete the desolate prairies rolled.
Who would have dared, with brush or pen,
As this land is now, to paint it then?
!And how would the wise ones have laughed
in scorn
Tad prophet foretold these walls of corn,
Whose benners toss in the breeze of morn!
-E"n V. Allerton, in Topeka (Kan.)
State Capital.
TIEMANN TRIES TABASCO.
I Water Front Joke That MIsstd Fire.
From ih Vaw VrV irA Di
v
Jim O'Connor, the Battery boat
man, looked In at several towboat
offices in Coeitles Slip, and on his
way back to the Battery Basin passed
the time of day with Old Pete Mur
phy, who keeps a curb-line oyster
ettnd profusely decorated with
ffnerlcan flags and gastro-patrlotlc
legends, all in colors on glaring white
canvas, not far from Whitehall
street.
It was obvious that MuT(rt)y had
something on his mind, as be opened
the bivalves for Ikey Sabbath, the
marine clothing runner, absently dis
cussing South street affairs with the
boatman. And finally, following the
Itysterman's eyes, those of O'Connor
tested upon an innocent little bottle
containing a red fluid.
"Hump," he said, "It's a small dose
of ketchup yer handln' out in these
times of finn-anclal distress."
"Ketchup," snorted Murphy;
that ain't ketchup. It's tabasco."
"Yes? I've heard of It. Is it good
to eat?" O'Connor shook out a dash
on his thumb, and placed It to his
tongue. "Holee mack'rl! What Is
It, vitril?"
"Naw, tabasco I told ye," replied
Murphy angrily.
"Well, the next time I eat oysters
here ye can provide me with seven
r eight red hot coals to wash 'em
flown with." And O'Connor went on
bis way, caressing the tip of his
tongue with horny fingers By the
time he had passed the Barge Office,
however, the pain had subsided suffi
ciently to allow the turning of his
mind from himself and his woes to
objective things. The flrBt thought
that presented Itself was the possi
bilities that lay within the presence
of the first bottle of tabasco that had
appeared on South street since that
Old thoroughfare was laid out.
From thoughts condlmental his
mind, through logical sequence,
turned to consideration of "Big Joe"
.Tlemann, the dean of the Battery
landing shanty, whose fondness for
oysters, or, rather, for tomato cat
up flavored with oysters, was a
popular topic among his many
friends. A happy smile pervaded
O'Connor's weather beaten counten
ance, and he hastened to the landing,
maturing plans of campaign as he
went. He found his quarry deeply
Immersed In a game of poker for
matches with Bill Qulgley, the boat
man, "Sailor Dan" McGinnlty and
"Bolivar Hose" Darragh.
"I Just bore down to Murphy's
stand," said O'Connor, as Qulgley
hauled In a match safe full of win
nings, and Tlemann began to shuffle
the cards. "They's a new lot of oys
ters In th' finest sa'ay, Pete Mur
phy's got the best line in the city
right now." O'Connor concluded his
eulogy with a comprehensive wink,
Including everyone but Tlemann.
whose back was turned. "I ate two
dozen."
"TJmmm," Tlemann sighed. "How
mtich carts do yon said you vill haf,
Bailor Tan?"
i Thus the game proceeded.
' "And," resumed O'Connor, "Mur
phy's got a new sauce that comes in
a big bottle. It's tomato ketchup
boiled right down nothing but the
reel tomatoes stlckln' right out
and, sa'ay, yo put It on an oyster
and and O, Lor! Cleck, deck,
clack." the boatman snapped hi
tongue la furtatory reminiscence.
"No," and Tlemann settled back
with a vacant expression in his eyes.
"No; I vill stand pad."
The game went or
"Good sauce, eh?" said Qulgley
tentatively.
O'Connor abandoned himself to an
expression of -espalr, as though hav
ing tasted that sauce, life hold noth
ing more for him.
- Tlemann. after five minutes of si
lence, broken only by the rattle of
Darragh's pipe, suddenly laid his
cards on the table.
"I vill blny no more. I haf an
engagement at Corlear's Hook, for
vlch I am now Into." Thus saying
he put on his hat and overcoat and
went outdoors.
O'Connor, htigglnt himself with
glee, Imparted the cause of his Joy
to those In the room, with the result
that there was a hasty adjournment
to the seawall, whence they followed
snfely in the rear of the unsuspect
ing Tlemann. On their way they
picked up a dozen friends, a number
which was augmented by others in
the course of tho Journey until fully
a score occupied positions of vantage
behind ship chandlers merchandise,
In doorways, or behind trucks, when
Tlemann stopped in front of Mur
phy's stand.
"Goot mornln', Bete, you may open
me halluf a tozen oyster. Ah, a new
getchnp! Sure enough. Malg dot
a tozen."
Murphy, overjoyed at what prom
ised to develop Into a Battery run on
his stand, pried. apart a large gray
fellow, and handed It over to the ex
pectant customer, who, as usual,
flooded It with scarlet condiment, and
swallowed it voraciously. There was
a quiver of excitement among those
who were watching. That he would
either fall to the sidewalk or kick
over the stand was unquestioned.
But. he did neither. A beatific smile
slowly overspread his face. He
turned to the oysterman.
"Malg dot 4hree tozen, Bete," he
said.
Ten minutes later O'Connor, Qnlg-
ley and the rest were seated in grim
silence in the Battery shanty.
"Any news to-day," said the cub
ship news man, peering Into the
sombre room.
"Shet yer head," said O'Connor.
HUNTER'S TIN CAN
LURE A SUCCESS.
?oaee Fays He Learne ' of It in
India. Where K Is Used to Catch
Fierce Tigers.
If a fine old buck hadn't been so
anxious to read the labels on several
tin cans he would still be propelling
his antlers through the forests of Sul
livan County, in New York, instead
of lying in state at the home of
Farmer John Quick. Daniel Space,
of New York City, arrived at the
Quick homestead a few days ago with
a trunkful of bullets and a brand new
scheme for putting venison on the
table.
Quick and Space started out to as-
certain If the latter's plan for trap
ping deer was practicable. The plan
consisted of stringing about twenty
tomato cans on a rope and stretching
the rope across the runway. While
one of the hunters stood near the
cans the other was to go back Into
the woods and drive the deer toward
the opening. The scheme worked
satisfactorily the first time it was
tried.
Quick succeeded In locating a deer
and driving it toward the runway,
where Space lay in wait. When the
deer was within 200 yards Space gave
the rope a yank, and the cans set up
an awful Jangling. The deer was sus
picious at first. He hesitated for a
moment, and- then his curiosity got
the better of him. Pulling his ant
lers down and tying them beneath his
chin he sneaked op to the cans and
began to inspect them. While thus
engaged Space took careful aim and
brought the animal to the ground
with his seventh shot.
"That's a trick I learned in India,
said Space. "They use the tin can
trap out there to catch tigers. I could
have killed him with the first shot,
but I gave him an opportunity to
finish his inspection of the cans.."
The buck was a fine specimen and
weighed 265 pounds. ,
The Riot Act.
What Is commonly known as "read
ing the rtot act" is better known than
the origin of the phrase. The his
torical Riot act was passed by the
British' Parliament- in the reign of
George I. in 1714. It enacts that
felony is committed when twelve or
more persons unlawfully, riotously
and tumultuously assemble together,
to the disturbance of the public peace,
so to continue together for an hour
after being commanded to disperse
by the Sheriff or Under Sheriff or a
Justice or the Mayor of the borough.
In the "reading" of the British
Riot act, which is a necessary pre
liminary to its being put into opera
tion, it is not customary to recite the
whole of the statute, which is rather
a long one, but only 'the following
proclamation which It contains:
"Our sovereign lord the King
chargeth and commandeth all persons
being assembled immediately to dis
perse themselves, and peaceably to
depart to their habitations, or to
their lawful business, upon the pains
contained in the act made in the first
year of King George for preventing
tumults and riotous assemblies. God
save the King!" Chicago Journal.
Between January 1 and November
1, 1907, the fire loss of the United
States was I1S0, 785,300, compared
with 1424,460.100 in the tame ten
months of 1106.
WOMEN BALK AT
ELIOT'S IDEA OF
THEIR EDUCATION
ts Main Object, Says Harvard
Head, Should Be Henceforth
to Prepare Them For Their
"Normal Occupation "
President Eliot's declaration to the
Collegiate Alumnai Association at
Cambridge that woman's education
should no longer "be a mere Imita
tion of that of the man," but should
have for Its purpose to prepare her
for motherhood, has provoked al
ready a discussion of which Har
vard's president will not hear tho last
for many a day. A diversity of
opinion was expressed by representa
tive New York women, and some of
them did not hesitate to take flat is
Bue with the noted educator whose
Ideas clash with probably a majority
of the 600,000 women In America
who are engaged In some profession
besides raising babies. Speaking on
The Future of the Educational
Movement for Women," Dr. Eliot
said'
Woman's Normal Occupation.
"Higher education In the future
should recognize the fact that the
majority of women take up the occu
pation of training children, the mar
ried ones as mothers and many of the
unmarried ones In the Interest of the
mothers.
"Training of children Is the nor
mal occupation of woman, and its
importance in 'education has proba
bly not been recognized because it
has hitherto been regarded as an un
intellectual pursuit. Yet it Is the
most Intellectual occupation in the
world, In no matter what walk of life.
It calls always for great moral and
carefully trained mental powers.
"What a great power a reading
mother has to train the minds of her
children? This normal occupation of
woman should be the main object
henceforth In the education of wom
an, and no longer should her educa
tion be a mere imitation of that of
man. On such a basis I believe
higher education will truly perfect
the home life and household Joy.
"It Is certainly not the chief end of
woman's life to enter man's occupa
tions, as was intended when higher
education was advocated for her. It
is high time that th-.t Idea of an edu
cation for her was abandoned, and
that the aim should be to develop in
woman the capacity and the powers
that fit her to make life fuller of
intellectual enjoyment and happi
ness, more productive physically,
mentally and spiritually."
"I question whether the education
of man Is yet sufficiently far ad
vanced," said Mrs. John Sherwln
Crosby, President of the Women's
Democratic Club, "to qualify him to
decide upon the education that wom
an should have. There is, of course,
a broad fundamental education that
is Just as necessary to develop the
powers of a woman as of a man.
There Is also little In regard to
the training of children that the man
as well as the woman ought not to
learn.
"If womankind -vere restricted to
rearing and teaching children she
would be deprived of many of the
best opportunities for learning how
to do that very work. The greatest
idea in education, as in other things,
is freedom, and restriction placed
upon the education of woman would
tend to render her less efficient in any
special service to which she may be
by nature adapted better than man."
Man's Duty, Too.
Mrs. Harriete M. Johnston Wood,
law partner of her nusband, William
H. Wood, didn't have much patience
to spare for Dr. Eliot's views.
"True, the training of children al
ways has been woman's occupation,"
said Mrs. Wood, "and to the exclu
sion of other things until her horizon
has narrowed and her mind has been
warped. Let the training of children
be her duty,' but let It also be the
man's to do his share. Each should
assist if the proper balance is to be
given to the development of the child.
Any occupation exclusively for men
or for women is lmperf.-ct. Mascu
line and feminine must co-operate
eternally; each supplies the comple
ment to the other.
"I should like to know," inter
jected the woman counsellor with the
fire of a lawyer daiving home, a
clinching argument , "by what divine
authority certain occupations were
set aside for men and certain ones for
women? Every occupation in the
world is for woman if she can do It
well. Her physical and mental limi
tations, not the mandate of man, are
to determine these things.
"A woman's sphere is not her
dooryard, but the wide world. It
is not her duty alone to care for the
children she has borne, but to have at
heart the Interests of the children of
the world. If she had taken her
place in government and in public
affairs, there wouldn't be the problem
of race suicide which some men pre
sume to command her to solve by
bringing more children into the
world Instead of doing a woman's
work in improving the condition of
those already born.
"And if women shirk this part of
the work which legitimately belongs
to them, let the men insist that they
shoulder their share of the respons
ibility. Good government Is only
good housekeeping; you might as
well expect to find a house perfectly
managed without women as to look
for school boards and city govern
ments perfectly administered without
their aid.
Beaents Dictation of Men.
If the education of women were
to be restricted we would simply go
back to primitive conditions. What
ever tends to develop woman Intel
lectually or spiritually or morally
prepares her to become a better
mother. Preparation for the duties
of parentage should be an aim in the
education of both sexes, but that Is
not all. And It will not be all," con
cluded Mrs. Wood with a determined
setting of her Jaw. "Women have
been forced into occupations which
men used to think were theirs ex
clusively, and men have encroached
upon' domains formerly labelled 'wo
man's work' until the world recog
nizes that necessity Is more potent
than tradition. I object to any man
telling me what I uhnll learn or whac
I shall do or not do, and those who
set themselves up to dictate to us
should remember that the blood of
our Revolutionary ancestors runs in
women's veins as vell as In men's.
We will not tolerate a step back
ward." Cannot All Be Mothers.
Mrs. Frederick Nathan said she
could ngrea with Dr. Eliot in the
main, that women should be trained
to be good mothers, but no, more
than that men should be educated
to become good husbands and
fathers. "What Is a boy ' to be
trained for for himself?". she asked.
"Should he not hand down to suc
ceeding generations the benefits of
his education?"
Mrs. Nathan did not agree that
womnn's education had been an imi
tation pf man's, rather, woman had
come at last into the rights of educa
tion formerly claimed exclusively by
the other sex. In cases where women
must support themselrej she con. I
see no reason for limiting their field
of activities and compelling them to
marry the first man who comes along.
Attempts to circumscribe a wom
an's possibilities by limiting her edu
cation would smother ambition and
stunt her mental growth. "Woman
as well as man," said Mrs. Nathan,
"Is entitled to the chance to develop,
each in her or his own way. Wqmen
cannot all be mothers, nor teachers,
but each has possibilities to develop
which reJounds to the benefit of the
whole race. I think every girl and
every boy should receive some indus
trial training, but where the lines
should be drawn in education of
women I do not think It is for the
men to say." From the New York
World.
S THE PARABLE
: OF THE TALENTS. 2
A man traveling into a far country
called his servants and delivered unto
them the goods. And unto one he
gave five talents, to another two and
to another one; to every man accord
ing to his several ability, and straight
way took his Journey.
Then he that had received the five
talents went and traded with the
same in the Street, and made them
other five talents on paper. And
likewise he that had received two
talents; be also gained other two
on paper.
But he that had received one tal
ent went and hid It in a safety deposit
vault.
After a time the lord of these ser
vants cometh and reckoneth with
them. And so he that had received
five talents came and brought his ten
paper talents, saying, "Master, I put
my five talents into United Copper
and Inter-Met., which straightway be
came all to the pazzaz, and I am
wiped out." His lord said unto him,
"Thou hast been well done, thou sim
ple, foolish servant."
He also that had received two tal
ents came and said, "Master, here are
four talents on paper, the which are
like unto last year's bird's nest. Be
hold, I Invested In Amalgamated and
American Ice." And his' lord said
unto him, "Thou, too, hast been well
done, thou foolish servant."
Then he which had received the
one talent came and said, "Master, I
was afraid, and went and htd thy tal
ent in a safety deposit vault: lo, here
thou bast that is thine."
His lord answered and said unto
him, "Thou art a wise little guy, and
I will take thee into the firm."
For in these days unto every one
that hath shall be given, and a talent
In the bank Is worth ten on the curb.
From Puck.
Elder Dock Cultivated.
In Iceland, on certain islands, near
Ryckavlk, the elder duck is raised in
a systematic manner. It is really
more of a small goose than a duck,
being so independent of fish and ani
mal food as to be able to support It
self by grazing on the seaweed at the
bottom of the sea, at a considerable
depth. It is a splendid diver, being
as much at. home under the water as
on the surface. The great value of
the elder duck's down is well known,
and, owing to the bird's tendency to
pull out such large quantities for lin
ing Its nest that it leaves its lower
breast almost bare when it Is setting,
there is no difficulty in getting a good
supply of these feathers without de
stroying the birds. In Iceland It is
strictly guarded against intrusion.
The inhabitants consider it a worse
crime than stealing deer in Scotland
for any person to Bhoot an elder duck.
Back to the Ranks!
At West Point the cadets begin
at the bottom of the ladder by learn
ing the mannal of arms and drilling
like private soldiers. Under the new
military law cadets admitted to the
French military school must serve
one rear as simple privates.
MONEY CHANGERS KNOW A LOT.
Indeed They Have to, to Keep Track
of European Coins and Counterfeits.
"I never renllzed until to'-day,"
said a man who had Just returned
from Europe, "what an undertaking
Is to be a money changer."
"I came back with about $20 in
foreign money, principally French
and Italian. This I took to a money
chnngor's to cash In.
"Ho looked over the coins rapidly.
throwing them Into little piles and
putting down notes on a Blip of paper.
Whon he had cleared up the lot he
said I hud $10.25 coming to me.
"At first I thought he was doing
me. But he was not. He showed
me a dozen or so Italian coins that
had been demonetized and were
worth about forty cents on the dol
lar. There was a nice little pile of
counterfeits that were not worth a
cent, and altogether only about a
third of the coins that I brought
home were worth their full value.
"The onlv consolation I hnd was
that I Annfced my stars I am In the
Insurance business and not In the
exchange business, for my poor little
brain could not carry half the things
that those fellows have to remem
ber." The man with the coins did not
exaggerate. There are thousands of
different coins floating about that a
money changer has to know. He
has to keep In mind every demone
tized coin made within the last hun
dred years.
In addition to that there are
counterfeits. The Immigrants bring
over heaps of bad coins. Many of
them buy up counterfeits cheap with
the hope of exchanging them at Ellis
Island.
Then there are the coins of the
South American countries. They are
worse than those of the European
countries. Brazil, for Instance, has
a good scheme all its own. Certain
notes are good for ten years, after
that time for every year they lose
ten per cent, of their face value until
the whole value Is used up and they
are worth only the paper they are
printed on.
As one man expressed it yon have
to know the history of the world to
be a money changer. A peculiar part
of the business 1b the reshlpment of
coins back to the countries whence
they came. Often during the rush
season one firm sends back a million
coins, while It is estimated that in
the course of a year $10,000,000 in
foreign money Is reshlpped to Eu
rope and a million to the rest of the
world.
Money changing is a business Just
like any other. They do not exchange
money. They buy it. When yon
go there with foreign coins they buy
them from you at a stated price.
When you go there to get foreign
coins you buy them from them at a
certain price Just as you buy eggs
and cigars. New York Sun.
He Talked Too Much.
In a certain village of New Hamp
shire there Is a quaint old character
known as Boss Mellln keenly alive to
the truth of the old saying, "Silence
is golden." Mellln's gift in this re
spect approaches genius, though he
was fully aware of what he deemed
his shortcomings therein.
Mellln used to make mattresses for
a living. One day a native of the
place entered his shop and asked,
"Boss, what's the best kind of a mat
tress?" "Husks," was the laconic reply of
Boss.
Twenty years later, so runs the tra
dition, the same man again entered
tho shop and again asked, what, in
the opinion of Mellln, was the best
kind of a mattress.
"Straw," said Boss.
"Straw? You told me husks was
the best!"
Boss Mellln emitted a sigh. "I've
always ruined myself by talkln'," said
he. Harper's Weekly.
Croquet.
Eben M. Byers, Pittsburg's famous
golfer, was talking at a dinner about
dawdling players.
"Nothing Is more vexatious," Mr.
Byers said, "than to follow one of
these dawdlers over a course. They
should all be served as a bow-legged
chap was the other day.
"He was playing at Englewood.
His play was as slow as It was poor.
Setting his warped legs wide apart,
he would miss the easiest ball three
or four times bandrunnlng. He was
retarding half a dozen good, brisk
players, but this he didn't seem to
mind at all. .
"Finally one man, having drawn
very near, lost patience, and with a
neat shot sent his ball flying directly
between the slow player's bow legs.
"The slow player Jumped back in
great fright. Then he yelled angrily:
'Say, do you call that golf?'
" 'No said the other, 'but I call It
pretty good croquet.' " Washington
Star.
Gum and Thought.
One thing is certain you cannot
chew gum and think at the same
time with any degree of success. You
may chew gum and work mechanical
ly, you may read with gum In your
mouth and perhaps not miss anything
In the author, but when It comes
right down to good hard mental effort
you cannot concentrate and achieve
the best results of which you are cap
able while your Jaws work unceasing
ly. That champing Is Just so much
wasted energy and as such dissipates
your force and keeps your thinking
powers reduced to the lowest point.
Just put it down in your note book
as a fact that no man can think deep,
logical or well balanced thoughts
while his Jaws are working overtime.
Chicago Tribune.
Tar on Roads.
As a direct result of successful ex
periments with oil for roads In Cali
fornia and in Oran, Africa, and sev- '
eral towns of Algiers where aloe and
massot oil were UBed road builders
took up the question of employing
tar, cither alone or In connection with
oil for road surfacing. In France a
mixture of tar and oil was tried in
1900, and by 1901 such good effects
were obtained with various tar mix
tures, that many miles of roads were
surfaced with them. The French
engineers pursued the subject' with
Intelligent perserverance, and they
secured some Ideal roads for travel
ing. The tar is applied hot at about
210 degrees, and only In dry weather.
After tho tar Is applied, a sprinkling
of snnd Is made over the surface to
harden the mixture and to prevent
slipping of horses and vehicles. By
the addition of heavy oils, the tar Is
hardened more quickly, and the road
thrown open to general traffic. All
dust and mud are eliminated by the
tnrrlng process, and the roadbei It
self is kept from injury by heavy
traffic. The waterproof character of
the tar surface keeps the water from
entering the roadbed, and thus elim
inates one of the most destructive
agencies of highways.
In England tar is also used quite
extensively for the maintenance of
the surface of the roads, and In this
country It Is also a well-recognized
practice. One of the first applica
tions of tar to the surface was made
at Jackson, Tenn. The surface lasted
about seven or eight months. In
Montclalr, N. J., a mixture of tar
and screenings was tried In 1904 on
a steep grade, and for a year prac
tically no wear or tear was notice
able on the road. Since then a num
ber of other roads in that town have
been similarly treated at a cost of
about seventeen cents per square foot
Including the cracked stone and
screenings. The tarring Itself cost
only about five to six cents per square
foot. In several other New Jersey
towns and on Long Island, roads are
now being treated with tarred sur
face for eliminating dust and mud
and for the protection of the road
itself. .
The difference between the method
of tarring the surface of roads in
France and this country is In the use
of sand or screenings. In France they
merely sprinkle sand on the tar after
it has cooled a day or two, but in this
country cracked stones or screen
ings are either mixed with the tar
or sprinkled upon the surface, with
the purpose of Incorporating them
as much as possible with the tar. The
French roads are excellent and form
a dry, dustless surface, but they do
not last as long as the American
roads of equal excellence. The tar
and screenings, when properly mixed
together, form a sort of cushion,
which greatly reduces abrasion.
The use of tar In territories where
there are ample rainfalls Is far tupe
rlor to oil, for the latter then forms
an emulsion with the water, which
does great damage to vehicles and
clothes. It makes the surface mushy,
and resprlnkllng is necessary at in
tervals. But in dry, hot, arid regions
the oil In superior to tar, afnd accom
plishes the object of laying the dust
and forming a smooth compact sur
face better. It Is consequently a
question of climate and topographical
conditions which must determine the
use of materials and methods In any
part of the country. Scientific
American.
France's Roads Best In World.
Among the reasons which make)
the highways of France the best in
the world is the requirement that all
preliminary road-making operations
shall be thoroughly performed, says
Leslie's Weekly. When embank
ments are made, tbe earthwork is
built up only a few Inches at a time
and, in the neighborhood of masonry,
rammed. Every ditch is carefully,
cut at a proper angle, rammed, and.
If necessary, paved with stones.
Dangerous turns are protected by
stone parapets; at each cross road
there are sign posts, Always in order,
and the Touring Club of France has
established indicators to remind the
tourist of dangerous curves, rapid
descents, etc. Every railroal cross
ing is protected by a gate, which
has a watchman In charge day and
night.
Protection of Roads.
The subject before the Massachu
setts Highway Association at its last
quarterly meeting was the prot-:t: a
of macadam roads from the excessive
wear of automobile travel and the sup
pression of dust. Experts of large
experience gave their views, the con
sensus of opinion being that some
very bad smelling preparation In
which coal oii is a main ingredient
is the best found so far. It is lament
able that the bad smell should be an
essential element of surface-preserving
material for use on our roads.
The park commissioners preserved
our parkways and toulevards in this
section last summer at the cost of
all enjoyment for those who rode
over them. Boston Post.
Progress in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania has now under con
struction 268 miles of highways,
under rules prescribed by State High
ways Commissioner Hunter. Fif
teen counties of that State are doInak
no road making under State-aid lawp
Good Roads Magazine.
Seven hundred British subject ai
born at sea every year. '