I
Phenomenal Progress*
w £ £ J —| t- HE progress of the good
J I } roads movement in this
' country during the last
~g~ ten years," said Secretary
Crandall at the headquarters of the
American Road Makers, New York
City, "has been phenomenal; in fact,
more momey has been raised and ex
pended in that period than in the pre
vious 100 years. New Jersey, Connect
icut, Massachusetts and New York
have been pioneer States in carrying
ion this work. The sentiment favoring
highway improvement has been infec
tious until nearly every State in the
(Union is now vying with its neighbor
In an effort to better its highways.
Millions of dollars are now being spent
.where hundreds of thousands were ex
pended ten years ago. New York
State, as in most other things, seeks to
lead in this, and started a movement
*w last year to expend $1,000,000 a year
f upon her public highways for ten con
secutive years, half of which was to be
paid by the State, thirty-five per cent,
by the county, and fifteen per cent, by
(the township within which improve
ments were made. All of the proposed
Improvements were to be of a volun
tary nature; that is, no county or town-
Bhip would be obliged to improve any
of its roads except from choice. The
million dollar a year scheme failed, but
(SBOO,OOO was appropriated by the State
and expended during the last year."
According to State Engineer Bond, who
Is the First Vice-President of the
American Road Makers, this plan for
Improving the highways of New York
State has been far more successful than
Its promoters dreamed of. Mr. Bond
(states that during the last year, "There
(have been 193 miles of road completed,
Y comprising seventy-two roads in twen-
!ty different counties. There are sixty
/ two miles of road, comprising forty
eight roads, in eighteen different coun
ties, in process of construction, thus
making a grand total of 333 miles of
highways completed, or partially so.
In addition to this, 33S miles of road,
Comprising ninety-nine roads in twen
ty-two different counties, have been
surveyed and mapped, for which the
Board of Supervisors of each county
has appropriated its half of the cost,
estimated at $1,391,913. These county
officials are now waiting for an equal
appropriation from the State before
proceeding with the construction.
■ "Hp to the present time 400 miles of
road have been surveyed, a portion of
which is mapped and in the hands of
the Supervisors, and 848 miles of road
have been petitioned for. which have
not yet been surveyed or mapped. A
. grand total of 2007 miles of road, in
of the sixly-one counties of
the State, have been petitioned for
Blnce the operation of the Higbie-Arm-
Btrong law. The various counties have
petitioned for 1752 miles of road thus
(far, for which the State has made no
appropriation, and which, at S4OOO per
mile, would require as the State's
share, about $7,000,000."
Extends Educational Idea,
1 The idea of the National Government
taking an active part in the construc
tion of the highways, so popular three
quarters of a century ago, has for sev
eral decades been considered obsolete.
But the Interest manifested in the
Brownlow bill, which provides for na
tional aid to road building, shows that
this idea is very much alive,
i It is now ten years since the popular
demand that Uncle Sam do something
to help out of the muddle to the estab
-4 lishment of an Office of Public Road
*1) Inquiries in the Department of Agri
culture. The work planned was to col
lect and disseminate practical informa
tion concerning the roads of the coun
try and means and methods for their
Improvement. The preparation of bul
letins and circulars on road building
occupied several years, and it was well
done. Uncle Sam's "good roads" office
Is a veritable "information bureau" on
the subject.
The educational idea was carried fur*
ther, and during the past three years
the object lesson feature has assumed
greater importance. The idea as car
ried out is very simple,
d When the people of some progressive
dofllmunity, or the authoUties of some
educational institution want a piece of
road built to illustrate the benefits of
good roads and the methods of building
them, application is made to the De
partment of Agriculture, and, when
, ever possible, a Government expert Is
<sent to supervise the work.
. Recently a number of prominent and
progressive railroad men have come to
the conelusion that the improvement of
the roads in the territory tributary to
their lines would materially increase
their business. So popular has this
Idea become that the officials of some
of the lending railways have come for
ward with offers to co-operate with the
Government in the object-lesson work.
Another voluntary factor in this co
operative work is the manufacturer of
road-building devices who desires to
bring his machinery to the attention of
the public.
In this co-pperntlve work the Govern
ment furnishes the experts, the manu
facturers the machinery and the rail
roads the transportation. This idea has
proven extremely popular. Object-lea
' son roads have been built under Gov
ernment supervision in twenty States,
and so great has been the demand for
national aid of this kind that a large
number of applications have to be re
fused every year because the funds ap
propriated by Congress are insufficient
to employ and pay the expense of
enough experts to do the work. -
Already Congress has twice made an
increase in the appropriations for this
work, but the $20,000 now appropriated
annually has proven wholly inadequate
to meet the demands for this education
al work.
What Mud Costa.
"Mud" is a present, living, national
issue, affecting the happiness of all
classes and ages everywhere. Its ex
termination would be one far reaching,
perpetual victory for peace and pros
perity. Mud costs the nation more an
nually than all other drains upon its
resources combined. It breeds isola
tion and ignorance, poverty and pollu
tion.
MALADIES OF THE RULERS.
Nearly Every Monarch Suffers From Some
Duneerous Sickness.
Mental and physical diseases have
in a peculiar measure ravaged royalty,
the percentage of afflicted crowned
heads being much greater than that ot
any other group of individuals. Ex
cluding illness of the nature of King
Edward's and restricting ourselves to
chronic and incurable diseases, it is
found that almost every crowned ruler
is a sufferer from some dangerous
malady.
The Czar of Russia has been afflicted
with melancholia since Ills earliest
days, and his malady has increased in
intensity and in the frequency of its
manifestations since his accession to
the throne of the Romanoffs. Not all
the skill of the renowned mental spe
cialists of Germany, Britain and
France has succeeded in removing the
ever present blighting malady of the
emperor of all the Russians. It will
not be forgotten, moreover, that the
present ruler of the Muscovite Em
pire owes his accession to the mental
incapacity of his brother, the natural
heir.
Germany's strenuous kaiser leads an
embittered life because of Ills para
lyzed arm and an incurable disease
of the ear, which -will ultimately reach
his brain. It will be remembered that
the emperor's father, Frederick, suc
cumbed to cancer.
Alfonso of Spain is admitted to be
stricken with scrofula, and It is con
fidently asserted that the youthful
monarch lias frequently exhibited
signs of insanity.
The Sultan has only very infre
quent spells of freedom from melan
cholia. and harrowing pen pictures
have been drawn of the abject condi
tion to which the "kingly malady" re
duces Turkey's despotic monarch.
The late King Milan of Servia was
the subject of oft recurring fits of mad
ness, and the King of Wurtemberg
does not enjoy entire sanity. Bavaria's
last ruler terminated a wretched ex
istence a frenzied suicide, and that
country's present monarch suffers from
softening of the brain.
Hapsliurgs, Romanoffs, Bourbons
and Guelplis have been scourged by
the dread disease, which have to a
peculiar and striking degree, marked
out royalty for their own, and the
poisoned blood which has flowed from
their veins lias cursed a dozen dynas
ties.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh
eyes.—T. W. Higginson.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares
and no real benefit.—Penn.
The greatest and sublimest power
is often simple patience.—Bushnell.
A life of pleasure even makes the
strongest mind frivolous at last.—
Bulwer.
Follteness is as natural to delicate
natures as perfume is to flowers.—
De Finod.
Most people Judge others by the cora ;
pauy they keep, or by their fortune.—
Hocbfouenuld.
It Is not the place that makcth the
person, but the person that maketh
the place honorable. —Cicero.
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself; nothing can bring you peace
but the triumph of principles.—Emer
son.
The conditions of conquest are al
ways easy. We have but to toil
awhile, believe always, and never turn
back.—Simms.
Whoever pays you more court than
he is accustomed to pay, either intends
to deceive you, or finds you necessary
to him.—Courtenay.
Next to knowing when to seize an
opportunity, the most important thing
in life is to know when to forego an
advantage.—Disraeli.
There are only two powers in the
world, the sword and the pen; nnd in
the end the former is always con
quered by the latter.—Napoleon.
The President's Mended Trousers.
"If you do not believe that Mr. Roose
velt is the most democratic President
we have ever had, look at his trousers.
I doubt if any of his predecossors ever
wore patched garments while occupy
ing the White House."
This was the remark of a visitor at
the executive offices the other day as
he came out from an interview with
the President. Curiosity prompted the
man addressed to look at the Presiden
tial trousers when he was admitted,
and, sure enough, on the left leg of a
pair of neatly creased striped trousers
was the evidence that some skilled
needle-woman had repaired a rent lu
the garment. There had been a tri
angular tear in the leg of the trousers
just below the knee, which had been
closed very neatly with needle and
thread, but the extent of the damage
was still plainly visible. As the
patched place was just over the spot
where the President received nn injury
in the trolley accident last summer It
looked very much as though the pair
of trousers be wore then are still do
ing duty.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Some people measure success by
what they cgn borrow.
A Wife'® Secret.
On his 'way to his office after a hur
ried breakfast the merchant, Karl
Namelos, received n letter from his
wife. "For the letter-box?" "No, dear;
It's for your own self, but . .
"For me? A letter from . . "Yes,
darling! Flease ask no questions, but
do as you are bidden. Don't read it
until you are In your office. Now go."
It was an uncommon experience. His
own wife, with whom he had just been
chatting at the breakfast table, now
formally gives him a letter, whicli lie
Is to read in his office. Curious! What
could it mean? At the office be opened
it. The writing was straggling. The
beginning was solemn. He read: "I
am forced to make you a communica
tion, which will doubtless evoke your
displeasure. But it is my duty to
make the fact known to you, nnd I am
firmly resolved to follow tile dictates
of my conscience nnd divulge it. tie
the consequences what tlicy may. For
more than a week I foresaw that I
should be driven to take this step, but
I locked the secret In my breast un
til this morning, nnd now the truth
must be told! But do not blame me
too harshly for the action I am tak
ing. nnd. above all tilings, do not let
it worry you too much. . . ." Here
Herr Namelos turned the page, with
trembling hand nnd palpitating heart.
"The fnct is," the letter went on to
say, "the coal-eellnr is empty, or very
nearly so, and I want you to order
coals this very moment, or else we
shall have no tire even in the kitchen.
You always forget it when I ask you
in the ordinary way, nnd, at the risk
of rousing your wrath, I determined
to bring it to your notice in an extra
ordinary manner. I trust that you
will not forget it so easily this time."
And lie did not. Neither did tile lady,
if the gossips speak truth.—Berlin
Correspondence London Telegraph.
How It in Sometimes I#ne.
Good journalism is so valuable that
It is a pity that there should be so
much bad journalism. Yet we have all
learned not to trust absolutely to the
daily press, and we never can trust it
absolutely so long as such a story is
possible as this, which is vouched for
by the London Globe:
A British journalist of good 'reputa
tion was called on suddenly to write an
obituary of the late Bret Ilarte. He
sat down full of enthusiasm for his
subject, and with what seemed to him
pretty complete knowledge, and wroto
a glowing article. He sent it to the
printer.
When it came back in proof he was
appalled to see that he had written a
column and n half about Mark Twain.
Time pressed. There were only a few
minutes to get his article Into the
paper. So.he simple changed the book
titles and let It go.
How Santos-Dumont ltelaxes.
Sanfos-Dumont, the intrepid experi
menter wvith dirigible balloons, quite
naturally, when on solid earth and at
home, prefers to find recreation in pur
suits of a tranqulllzing and non-ad
venturous kind. Yet a recent visitor
to his house admits surprise at the par
ticular form of mild diversion selected.
"His whole house, or rather the rooms
where he is now staying in tile Elysee
Falace Hotel," records a visitor, "are
filled with pieces of embroidery, tapes
try work and knitting of his own do
ing. When he is studying out a
troublesome problem in connection
with his airships lie knits. When he
returns home, tired and nervous, after
several hours spent In the sheds with
his workmen, lie knits. He says it is
a relaxation, and Insists that he likes
It."—Tit-Bits.
A Famous " White Flair."
In Lord Roberts' town house in Port
land place is an interesting relic which
never fails to attract attention. It is a
small and not over clean "white piece
of linen" of irregular shape, and is
placed in a very conspicuous position.
Very few visitors fall to notice it, tint
r: me can even guess what it is until
they are told. They they learn that it
is Cronje's "flag of truce" which he
sent in preparatory to his surrender at
Paardelierg, now nearly three years
ago. "Bobs" is an enthusiastic me
mento collector, and his house is liter
ally crammed with relics which he lias
picked up in the course of Ids lengthy
military career, nnd all of which have
some interesting story attached to
them.—St. James' Gazette.
When She Took Ont Her Teetll.
She was not yet middle-aged and she
was not ill-looking. She was better
dressed than most others among the
women suburbanites going home to
Jersey. But sho didn't care. She had
a bad cold and sneezed and coughed
alternately. The tears ran down her
cheeks and her nose grew redder every
minute. Something else, too, made her
uncomfortable, and more than a little
apprehensive. Every time she sneezed
a look of alarm spread over her face.
At last there came a time when she
could not stand it any longer. Under
the battery of sympathetic eyes she
took out her front teeth, sneezed twice
in comfort and slipped them in her lit
tle reticule.—New York Sun.
Elephant Stealing.
Elephants ai'e not the class of goods
in which one would expect petty lar :
ceny to be brisk. In Siam, however,
elephant stealing is remarkably preva
lent. One British forest company
alone had fifty elephants stolen from it
in a year. The average price of a
working elephant In Siam Is $730.
Emigration From Antwerp.
Last year altogether G2,7i)9 persons
emigrated byway of the port of Ant
werp, Belgium. Of these the far greater
number were Russians, Poles and Hun
garians, and nearly 53,000 of them
went to the United States. The re
mainder embarked for Asia, South
Africa and South America.
DISGUISED CATARRH
A Stealthy, Insidious, Weakening Enemy to Women Many
Thousand Women Suffer Needlessly From This Cause.
There are a multitude of women, espe
cially housewives, and all other women
obliged to bo on their feet constantly,
who are wretched beyond description,
simply because their strength and vitality
is sapped away by catarrhal discharges
from the pelvic organs. These women get
up in the morning tired, drag themselves
through their daUy duties tired, only to
go to Ded at night as tired as before.
Mr®. Era ltartho, 133 Kant 12th Street,
I*. Y. City, N. Y., writes:—"! suffered for
three yeais with what Is generally known as
lmcorrhoa, In connection with ulceration of
the womb. The doctors advocated an opera
tion wh'ch I dreaded very much, and strong
ly objected to go under It. Heading of the |
value of Peruna, I thought It best to give ,
this well-known remedy a trial, so I bought I
three bottles of it at once. Now I am a
changed woman. Peruna cured me; It took
nine bottles, but I felt so much Improved I
kept taking if, as I dreaded an operation so
much. lam to-day In norfect health, and
have not folt so well tor fifteen years."— Mrs.
Eva Bartho.
MIIS. EVA BAIITHO.
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MIIS. ANNA MARTIN.
Mm* Loulfto Malion, 3 Glen Untile Street,
Toiou to, Out. ( nii.,Necretniy ot the Kiuu'tf
Daut;hit)ii, mul Secretary of l.ndy Mucca
been, write*:—"lf al women knew of the
benefits to be derived from taking Perunn wo
would have Diany happier and more hcnlth
ti 1 women. My loa th has never been too
robust, and J um easily fatigued and can not
etund much. About a year ago I v, as so run
dowu that I hud to take to my bed, aiul lx
came weaker and weaker. A friend advised
me to try Peruna, and I have great reason to |
be gratutul, for in two weeks 1 wnsout ol bed !
and in a month I was perfectly well, and I '
now find that my health is much more robust I
than formerly, so that I take Perunn once or |
twice a month and keep well."-Louise M ahon.
Peruna is such a perfect specific for each !
case that when patients have once used it !
they can never he induced to quit it until
they are permanently cured. It begins to
relieve the disagreeable symptoms at once.
The backache ceases, the trembling knees
are strengthened, the appetite restored,
the digestion made perfect, the dull head- j
ache is stopped and the weakening drains i
are gradually cured. These results certain- I
ly follow a course of treatment with Pe
runa.
Barbara Alberty, corner Seventh and
"Walnut streets, Appleton, Wis., writes as '
follows in regard to Peruna:
"For years 1 have suffered with back
ache and severe pains in the side. I doc
tored so much that I became discouraged.
A Bchool friend told me how very much
Peruna had benefited her and I sent out
I or a bottle, which did more to relieve me
than all the other medicine I have ever
Degrees for Women.
It is believed that the University of
Dublin will soon throw open its de
grees to women, and it is said that
with this following in the footsteps of
the Scottish universities, Oxford and
Cambridge will hardly be able to con
tinue much longer their policy of ex
clusion.
Striking resemblance has been point
ed out between the remarkable ancient
ruins at Zambabwe, in Rhodesia, and
antiquities in Cornwall.
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the World's Commerce.
Knowledge of What In Dent More Im
portant Than Wealth With
out It.
It must be apparent to every one that
qualities of the highest order are neces
sary to enable the best of the products of
modern commerce to attain permanently
to universal acceptance. However loudly
heralded, they may not hope for world-wide
preeminence unless they meet with the
general approval, not of individuals only,
but of the many who have the happy
faculty of selecting, enjoying and learn
ing the real worth of the choicest prod
ucts. Their commendation, consequently,
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements of the well In
formed of all countries the method of
manufacture must be of the most per
fect order and the combination the most
excellent of its kind. The above Is true
not of food products only, but is espe
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly a quarter of a century of
growth and general use the excellent
remedy. Syrup of Figs, is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world, as the
best of family laxatives. Its quality Is
due not only to the excellence of the
combination of the laxative and carmin
ative principles of plants known to act
most beneficially on the system and pre
sented In the form of a pleasant and re
freshing liquid, but also to the method
of manufacture of the California Fig
Syrup Co., which ensures that uniformi
ty and purity essential In a remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi
cian who is well informed and he will
answer at once that It is an excellent
laxative. If at all eminent in his pro
fession and has made a special study of
laxatives and their effects upon the sys
tem he will tell you that It Is the best
of family laxatives, because It is sim
ple and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system effectually, when
a laxative is needed, without any un
pleasant after-effects. Every well-in
formed druggist of reputable standing
knows that Syrup of Figs is an excel
lent laxative and 13 glad to sell It, at
the regular price of fifty cents per bot
tle, because it gives general satisfac
tion, but one should remember that In
order to get the beneficial effects of
Syrup of Figs it is necessary to buy the
genuine, which is sold in original pack
ages only; the namo of the remedy-
Syrup of Figs and also the full name of
the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.
—printed on the front of every package.
Vapor Motor for Boats.
The first large vapor motor applied
to navigation is to be placed on the
fishing boat of M. Emile Altazin, now
being built at Boulogne. The vessel,
which is 90 feet long, and is designed
to carry 300 tons, will be provided with
a 200-horsepower motor, together with
sails, and will also have a 25-horsepow
er motor for operating nets. The mo
tors will use either gasoline or alcohol,
of which the tanks will contain 8,000
! gallons.
Universally. 1
l Laxativ^^^J'
SYRUP OF
I Recommended by
ft Many Millions
I The Well-Informed
Throughout the World- j
Manufactured by '' I ' T \ -"4|
i^HMNIAffe^RUP^
San Francisco* Cal.
Louisville* Ky. New York* N. Y.
FOR a ALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLH
taken. I used it faithftl-!y for two
and it completely cured me. I have not
had any pains since, anywhere, but feel
like a new woman. I am truly thankful
for what Peruna has done for me."—Bar
bara Alberty.
Mrs. Kate Mann, 800 ftathnritt Street,
Toronto, Ont. Can., Vine President of the
Ladles' Aid .Society, writes:— "l am pleased
to give praise to Poruna for the blessed relief
I found through Its use. I Buffered for years
with backache and dragging down pains and
often had to go to bed and stay ther* when I
was so busy that I could illy bo spared. It
was therefore a simple godsend to me when
Peruna was brought to my notice. Every
drop seemed to give me new life, and every
dose made mo feed much better, and I prom
ised myself that if I found that it cured me I
would advocate it BO that othor Buffering
womon should know of it. I have been in
perfect health for one year, I enjoy work and
pleasure because in such fine health, and no
trouble seems too heavy to boar when yon are
in good health. Peruna has simply been a
household blessing, and f never will he with
out it again."—Mrs. Kate Mann. ,
Mrs. Anna Martin, 47 Iloyt St., Brook
lyn, N. V., writes:—"Peruna did so rauoh
for me that I feel it my duty to recommend
it to others who may be similiarly alfilcted.
About a year ago my health was completely
broken down, had backache, dizziness and ir
regularities, and life seemed dark indeed.
We had used Peruna in our home as a tonic,
I and for Cold* and catarrh, and 1 decided to
try it for my trouble. In loss than three
months I became regular, my pains had en
tirely dlaippeared, and I am now perfectly
well."—Mrs. Anna Martin.
Mrs. Wm. Hetrick, Kennaxd, Washing
ton Countv. Neb., writes:
"I am nlty-six years old and have not
felt well since the Change of Life began
ten years ago. I was in misery somewhere
most of the time. My back was very weak
and my flesh so tender it hurt me to lean
against the back of a chair. 1 had pain
under my shoulder blades, in the small of
my back and hips. I sometimes wished
1 mvself out of this world. Had hot and
cold spells, dizziness and trembling of the
limbs, and was losing flesh all the time.
After following your directions and taking
Peruna 1 now feel like a dilferent person.
—Mrs. Wm. Hetrick.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results fioin the use ot Peruna write
at once to Dr. Hartrnan, giving a full state
ment of your case, and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Peruna can be purchased for $1 per bottle
at all first-class drug stores.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
The Aerial Tournament.
Leo Stevens, the American rival of
Santos-Dumont, has leased a part of
Cayuga Island, in the Niagar River, a
few miles above Niagara Falls, for his
experimental work in airship construc
tion, with the view of producing a ma
chine to compete in the aerial tourna
ment at the World's Fair in 1904.
Thirty tons of cauliflowers from
Italy are being landed dally at Folke
stone for the London market.