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LONG TIME A-WAITIN&
It's a Ions tlmo a-wnltfnir
tt tho ehlp from o'or tbc fclue(
nut it's sailing nuii a-sulllng ,
And In tlmo will como to you 1 -1
Unless, porohnnao, florco storms nrlift,
And cruol winds from nngry skies
Should drlvo to whoro dentu hlddon llos,
Tho ship ibnt sails for you.
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It's a long tlmo a-wnltlnfr "
Vor reward that's overduo; t '
The recognition for your tcfl
Tho tardy world owos you;
Jlut It wilt oomo, howovor Into,
Unless, norohanco, Death opos tho gato
And loads you out whllo yet you watt
Tho wngo tho world owes you.
It's n long tlmo n-wnltlng ' :
1'or tho Joy thnt should bo yours; '
But loy and rouompoaso will como
To that soul who onduros;
And over all tho storms thnt rUo
Abovo tho clouds aro sunny sklos,
And Ilouvon holds n gtnd surprlso
For that soul who onduros.
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BOUT two years ngo
I left tho Borvico.
I was tirod of it,
and, as I wan toil
Bomo moro exciting
o in p loy ino n t, I
joiuod a whnlor.
Wo woronnluoky
Boraohow I bring
110 luck any whoro
c$fer5feSi' ' and wo woro nenrly
' Olio bright after
noon, justnftor oiglit bolln, I mado up
tho log and tool: it to tho captain's
oabin. I knocked at the door, aud as
nobody answorod I walkod in. I
thought it odd tbo captain badn't
answorod mo, for tboro bo was sitting
at bis dosk, with bis back to mo, writ
ing. Booing bo was 'employed I told
liim I bad brought tbo log, laid it
down on tbo ta'blo bobind him, and, as
bo mado no answer, I walked, out.
I wont on dook aud tbo first porson I
mot was tbo captain. I was puzzled
I could not mako out bow bo bad
got tboro boforo inc.
"How did you got upboro?" I said.
"I just loft you writing iu your cabin."
"I bavo not boen in my cabin for
tbo last balf hour," tbo captain an
sworod; but I thought bo was cbaillug,
and didn't liko it.
"Tboro was somoone writing at your
dosk just now," I said; "if it wasn't
you, you bad bettor go and soo who it
is. Tho log is mado up. I bavo loft
it in your cabin, sir," and with that I
walkod sulkily away. I bad no idea
of boing cbafTod by the captain, to
whom I bad taken a disliko,
"Mr.Brown," said tho captain, who
saw I was uottlcd, "yon must bavo
boon mistaken, my desk is looked.
But oomo we'll go down and see
about it."
I followed tbo captain into tbo cabiu.
Tho log wa3 on tbo table, tho dosk
wa3 olosod, aud tbo cabin was empty.
"You seo, Mr. Brown," bo said,
lt.ugb.iug, "you must bavo been mis
taken, tbo desk is looked."
I was positive. "Somoono may
bavo picked tho look," I said.
"But thoy couldn't bavo closod tt
again," tbo captain suggested; "but to
satisfy you, I will open it aud see if
tho coutonts aro safo, though there is
not muob hero to to nipt a thiof."
Ho oponod tho dosk, and there
stretched right aoross it was a sheet
of paper with tho words "Stoor N.
W." written in an odd, crampod hand.
"You aro right, Mr. Brown; some
body has boen here. This is soma
hoax."
Not to appear to suspent nnyouo in
particular, tho captain determined to
bavo up all tho orew. We had thorn
up, ono by ouo. Wo oxaminod them
and made all those who could writo
writo "Steer N. W.," but wo gaiuod
no olow. Ono thing was very clear
it could not bavo boon old Shiel, who
was proved to bavo boon forward at
tbc timo I was in tbo captain's cabin.
Tho mystery remained unsolved.
That ovouing I sat with tho captain
iu his cabin. Wo wero neither of us
inclinod to bo talkative. I triod to
think of home, and tbo pleasuro it
would bo to soo tho old folks again,
but still my thoughts always wandorcd
book to thnt mysterious writing. I
tried to road, but I caught mysolf fur
tively peeping at tho dosk, expootiug
to soo tbo figure sitting tboro.
Tbo captain bad not spoken for somo
timo, aud was sitting with his faco
buried in his bands. At last ho sud
denly looked up aud said:
"Supposo wo alter her courso to
northward, Mr. Brown?"
I don't know what it was; I cannot
hopo to mako you understand tbo feel
ing iu my mind that followed thoso
words; it was a seuso of rolief from a
borriblo nightmare I was ashamod
of tbo childish pleasuro I felt, but I
could not help answering eagerly,
"Oortaitily; shall I givo tho order?"
I waited no longer, but hurried on
dook aud altered the courso of the ves
sol. It was a oloar, frosty night, aud as
I lookoil at tbo compass boforo going
below I felt strangely pleased, aud
caught myself chuokliug and rubbing
my hands;at what, I cannot sny I
didti't know thou, but a groat weight
bad boen taken off my mind.
I wont down to the cabin, and found
tho captniu paoing up aud down tho
small'spaco. Ho stopped as I enrao
in, and looking up said, abruptly:
"It can do no barm, Mr. Brown."
"If this brooso continues," I un
Hworod, "wo can bold on for thirty
hours or so, but thon, I should think
"But thou wo shall find ice. How's
tho wind?"
"Sinndv. nnrtli liv flnnl."
, . j
I had iho morning watoh to koop
next day. I was too restless to Bleep
after it, so I kept ou deok tho wholo
of tho day. Even that did not satisfy
me, I was continually running up
info tbo topa with my glass, but every
timo I camo down disappointed. The
captain wa3 ns unquiet as mysolf.
Something wo oxpoctod to bappou,
but of what it was to bo wo could form
no idea. Tho second officer, Iboliovo,
thought ns both crazy; indeed, I of tou
wondered mysolf at tbo stato I was
in. Evoniug came, aud nothing bad
turned up.
Morning camo, aud with tbo first
gray light I was on dock. It was
bitterly cold. Tboro was a mist low
down on tho horizon; I waitod iin
pationtly for it to lift. It lifted soon,
and I could not bo mistaken boyond
it I could sco tbo shimmer of ico. I
sont down to toll tho captain, who
camo on deok directly.
"It is no use, Mr. Brown," bo
sid; "you must put her about."
"Wait ono moment, tho mist is
lifting moro, it will bo quito clear
directly."
Tho mist was, indood, lifting rapid
ly. Far to tho north aud west wo
could soo tho ioo strotebing away iu
ono unbrokon field. I was trying to
soo wbotber tboro appcarod any break
in tho ico toward tho west, wlion tho
captain, seizing my arm with ouo
baud, and pointing straight ahead
with tho other, oxolaimod:
"Good heavens! thero is a ship
there."
Tho mist bad rison liko. a curtain,
and tboro, suro enough, about throo
miles ahead, was a ship soomiugly
firmly packed in the ico. We stood
looking at it iu silence. Tboro was
somo moaning after all in that myste
rious warning, was tho first thought
that suggostod itsolf to mo.
"Sho's nipped bad, sir," said old
Sblol, who, with tho rest of tbo cTow,
was anxiously watohing our now dis
covery. I was trying to mako bor
out with tho glass, when tho flash of
a gun, quickly followed by tho ro
port, proved that she bad soon us,
Up wont tho flag, union downward.
Wo nocdod no signal to know her dis
tress. Tho captain ordered tho sec
ond officer off into tbo boat. I
watobod him as bo mado bis way ovor
tbo 100 with a fow of tho men toward
tho ship. Thoy soon returned with
eight of tho ship's orow. It was a
dismal account thoy gavo of their
situation. Thoy might bavo sawed
thoir way out of tbo ice, but tho ship
was so injured that sho could not
bavo floated an hour. Tho largost
of thoir boats bad boon stovo in, tbo
others woro hardly seaworthy. Thoy
woro, preparing, howovor, to tako to
them as a last rcsourco when our wol
oomo arrival put an oud to their fears.
Another detachmont was soon brought
off, and tho captain with tbo remain
der of his crow was to follow imme
diately. I went down to my cabiu aud triod
to think over the singular fato which
had mado us tho preservers of this
ship's orow. I could not divest my
solf of tbo idea that somo supernatural
agenoy was connooted with thatpapor
in tho desk, and I trembled at tho
thought of what might have boon the
consequouco if wo had noglootod tho
warning. Tho boat coming alongsido
interrupted my rovorio. In a few sco
onds I was on dook.
I found tbo captain talking to a flno,
old, sailor-liko looking man, whom ho
iniroduood to mo as Captain Sqniros.
Captain Squires shook hands with me,
and wo remained talking somo timo.
I could not koop my oyos off bis faco;
I bad a oonviotiou that I had soon
him somewhere, whoro I could not toll.
Evory now and thon I seemed to catch
at somo cluo, whioh vanlshod as soon
as tonohed. At last ho turned round
to speak lo somo of bis mon, I could
not bo mistakon thero was tbo long
whito hair, tho brown ooat. Ho was
tbo man I bad scon writing in tho
captain's oabiu.
That cvoning tho captain aud I told
the story of tho paper to Captain
Squires, who gravoly and in silouco
listened to our conjectures. He was
too thankful for his cscapo out of
suoh imminent peril to question tbo
means by whioh it had boeu brought
about. At tbo captain's request ho
wrote "Steer N. W." Wo compared
it with tho original writing. Tboro
could bo no doubt of it. It was tho
samo old crampod hand.
Can auy'ono solvo tho mystery?
l'owor In Our l'otrrier.
"Velocity aud presBuro," explained
tho powder mill suporintondont, "aro
tbo two main requisites in proving
powder. Tbo Govoriimont is very
spooillc in its contracts. It demands
that whon fired under sorvico condi
tions iu tho gun for whioh it is in
tended powdor must givo to tho pro
jectile a muzzlo velocity of at least a
certain numbor of foot per second
without producing a prossuro of moro
thau a certain number of tons to
tho squaro inch. For modern guns
tho volocity roquirod varies from 2000
to 2800 feet per socond, and tho pross
uro is cot allowed to oxcood fiftoon
tons to tho squaro inch. Iu somo of
our guns of tho present day tho
j amount of energy stored up in tbo
powder chargo is so tremendous as to
bo almost iucrodiblo. Tbo limit of
enorgy upon tho projectile cannot bo
estimated, so vast aro tbo possibili
ties. "For example, I may cito tho Oro
gon's 13-iuch riflos. Fivo hundred
aud fifty pouuds of powdor in thoso
guns impart to an 100-pound shot a
volocity of 2100 fqot per second, and
tbo energy of tho projeotilo is nearly
1)1,000 foot tons. This powor is suffi
cient to lift suoh n vessel as tho Oro
gon eight foot out of tho water.
"Thoso scroens botwoon tho cannon
and tho broastworks aro oloctrio chro
nographs 100 foot apart from caoh oth
er and tbo cannon, aud thoy register
tho timo of tho projeatilo's flight with
absolnto accuracy."
"And absolute aocuraoy is what?"
"Tho millionth part of a second, "-
San Franoisco Call.
Montaua clipped 20,000,000 pounds
of wool last year.
"To gel nil you can" is novcr tho
motto of n successful aud bonornblo
man. Tbo law of mutunl scrvico ir
tho law of all bonorablo businoss.
Two-thirds of tbo contiuoutal area
oi tho United States lios west of tbo
Mississippi Bivor. To-day this vast
area is inhabitod by only 21,000,000
pooplo, wbilo tho ono-third of our
area which lies to tho castof that river
is inhabited by 55,000,000.
Long raugo guus and rifles woro
supposod to bavo put cavalry out of
notion boforo our oxporionco iu tbo
Fbilippinos demonstrated that it is
still as ossontial an arm of tho mili
tary sorvioo as any other. Tho South
Africau campaign ban provod also that
oYon tho infantry must now bo mounted
to raiso it to tho highost dogroo of
ofiloionoy. Tho horso is still a groat
factor iu war.
In 1889 a law was passod in Gor
many whioh mado it compulsory for
ovory Gormau with an iucomo of $450
or moro to insuro bimsolf agaiust ill
ness and death. In 1803 thero woro
11,200,000 persons in Gormany thus
insured, and so many of thoso suffered
from consumption that thirty-seven of
tho insuranoo companios erected at
their ownoxpouso a sanitarium for tbo
caro of thoso persons.
Tboro is a churob in Boston whioh
is popularly known itho "Churob of
tho Holy Bcanblowers," iu allusion to
tbo faot that on its tower nro ungols
with trumpets at their months. An
other goosby thonamoof tbo "Church
of tho Holy Thormomoter," becauso
tboro is n big thormomoter on its
front; and still another is called tbo
"Church of tho Kindergarten Stee
ple?," becauso it bos ono tall spiro
surrounded by sovoral small onoo.
When it waB proposod by tho Fod
oral Fostoffico Dopartmont to authorize
lotter carriers to register letters re
ceived at tho homes of tho writers
tboro was somo doubt as to whether
tho undertaking could bo mado practi
cal. But careful experiment has dis
sipated all doubt and shown tho valno
of tho innovation. So pleased with
tho now systom aro tho public and tho
department that it has boen extoudod
to fifty-fivo additional cities, and
eventually it will cmbraco all of tho
777 free delivery offices.
Disoiplino is somdtimos carried to
ridiculous lengths iu English stores,
if ouo may judgo from a caso whioh
rocently found it3 way into thopnpors
on tho other side." A dry goods
morohaut iu a Loudon suburb wont so
far as to summarily dismiss n sales
woman boaauso suo oommittoil tbo
boinous offonso of smiling during
businoss hours. Wbotber her om
ployor bad formerly boon in tho under
taking business and thought ovon tho
mildost form of hilarity unprofes
sional did not'nppoar, but as tbo girl
obtained substantial damagos for
boing "firod" without notioo it is likely
that tho morobant will no longor ob
ject to his employes smiling, oven it
ho is iuolinod to pull a long faco him-
Bolf.
Ono bopofnl thing is that, no mat
ter how much tho romautioists and tho
misogynists discuss tho question of
hnppy marriages, young pooplo will
go thoughtlessly and blithely on in
tbo samo old way. Tbo woman hator
raay bo unoonviuced of women's en
during oharm. "Tho hardest task is
to porsuado tho erroneous, obstinato
misogynist that any discourso ac
knowledging thoir worth can go bo
yond poetry," wrota Whitlock. But
misogyny bolongs only to ago.
Bomanco is youth's own, aud bo long
as youth is in tho world bo long will
melancholy statistics bo poohpoohod
aud raarriago bo popular. Carlylo was
not wrong whon ho said: "Tho ago of
romauco has not ocascd; it novor
ceases; it does not, if wo think of it,
so much as very sousibly decline."
Much has boeu said in condemna
tion of tho ugly advertising sigus
which defaco tho laudscapo whorovor
ouo turns, but littlo has boen douo to
rostrict tbo evil. It may, indood,
scorn a trivial mattor, in comparison
with tho reckless destruction of groat
forosts aud tho demolition of suoh
wonderful natural boautios an tbo
Palisades. , It is obviously of vastly
greater importance to savo tho sconory
than to protoot it from potty disfigure
ments, but thero is uo reason why
both movements should not go for
ward band in band. Iu tbo countries
whoro oivilization is oldor ouo would
naturally look for a procodent in this
mattor, aud in Franco thoy scorn to
uavo suitieu it in an ingenious way
by adopting tbo polioy of taxing tho
farmer who allows disfiguring signs
on bis proportya prico whioh is not
covered by that paid by tho adver
tlsor,
BEES IN A DATHROOM.
A nnltlinnre Family Supplied With Honey
Iiy n It Ig; Working Colony,
Honey boos of different timo and
countries bavo chosen many peculiar
locations for their homes, but nono
bavo shown thomsolves moro domestic
in thoir ohoico than a colony in north
west Baltimore, which has invaded a
dwolling-houso, aud cannot bo induced
to go clsowhoro. This colony, which
has thousands of mombors, has pro
omptod for its own uso n part of tho
dwelling 1045 Hnrlom ovcuuo, occu
pied by Mr. E. J. Godmau.
Whon that gentleman movod iuto
tho bouso, sovoral years ago, ho noticod
that a largo number of bees colloctod
around tbo windows of tbo bathroom,
ou tho socond floor, aud, ou observing
them closely, ho saw that thoy camo
out and wont iuto tho oponing iu tho
bouso wall through which tho pipe
from tho bathtub rau. Ho concluded
that tboro was a hivo somowhero in
tho vicinity of tho bathroom, and on
cutting out a small sootion of tho floor
ing ho found in tho vacant space un
der tho floor, and botwocn tho joists,
ou which tho flooring rostod, what
soomod to him n million boon, with a
largo amouut of houoy.
Tubs and largo pans woro brought
into requisition to hold tho houoy.
Tho houoy combs stood at right nnglcs
to the joists. They woro an inch in
thicknoss aud about ton inchos square.
Tho squares of Ihouoycotnb, sot ou
odgo sido by side, completely filled
tho spaoo between tho bcaus. To tako
thoin it was only necessary to detach
thorn at each sido from tho beam aud
lift them out. Tbo mombors of tho
family had all tho honoythoy wanted
and it waB freely distributed to neigh
bors and friouds.
Tbo "robbing" took place iu tho
fall. A small amount was loft for tho
boos to subsist upon. Mr. Godman
thought it would bo bettor to transfer
tho bcos to a hivo and tako thorn out
of tho houso. Tboro woro some dis
advantages connootod with thoir preB
enoo in tho bathroom now, especially
sinco tho holo had boon borod in tbo
floor to get at thorn. Tho ohildron
could cntor tbo room aud tako tho
bcos up from thoir plaoo by tho doublo
handful, nud smooth thorn along thoir
laps with thoir bauds, but tho workers
of tho colony woro opposed to cortain
mombors of tho family, and Btung
them whenever thoy got a obauoo.
That was why Mr. Goodman desirod
to put them in a hivo in tho yard.
Tho hivo was prepared, aud au effort
was mado to induoo tbo boos to ontor
it, but tho effort was not a success.
It brought about a schism in tho
colony, howovor, and nearly all tho
bees went away. During tho blizzard
last Febrnaiy tho colony that romainod
beuoath tho bathroom perished, and
Mr. Godman thought ho bad gottou
rid of tho boes.
About a year aftor tho exodus of
tho boos a swarm that seemed larger
than tho ono that had gono away re
turned to tbo Harlem avenuo houso
aud rcoccupied thoir old quarters.
Wbilo ontering through tho aporturo
in tho wall tho boes s warm oil about
tbo waste pipe, and formod a bundlo
about as largo as a half-bushel basket.
They bavo romainod thero ovor since,
supplying tho family with houoy at
tntorvais. uaitimoro American.
A Tula of Tlireo IJrotlierf .
Threo brothers, all rich, livo to
gether in a flno old homo not a thou
sand milos from Frankford. Thoy
aro bachelors, and probably none of
them will ovor marry, for tho young
est will soon bo sixty years old. It
is singular how thoy livo, Tho two
younger onos aro inseparable com
panions, aud tbo oldost ouo docB not
speak to either of thorn. Years ago
tho quarrel bapponod no ouo knows
why and though thoir enmity must
havo burnod itsolf out long ago, tho
habit of not speaking ban grown too
strong for them, and will no doubt
continue, liko their habit of baoholor
hood, till the end, Thero is n story
to provo this assertion. Tbo oldost
brother onoo lay vory ill, It was
thought that ho would dio, and his
fraternal enemies camo in for tho final
reconciliation. A moving scono fol
lowed. Thoy Bhook hands, wopt,
caoh blamed only himself, and all was
forgiven and forgotten. But at tho
oud tho sick mau said coldly, in his
weak voico: "This don't count, you
kuow, if I gotwoll," "Ob, that was
understood," tho others answorod.
"Wo insisted on that before wo would
cousont to como in." Tho head on
tho pillow nodded; tho weak voioo
said: "Good-byo, boys," and a fort
night later tho owner of thoso two
properties wan downstairs, dining
heartily, pointing, in tho old way, to
tho broad or tho wator iustead of ask
ing for thorn, and whon signs would
not avail, gotting up aud helping him
self in preference to broakiug tho
long, long Hilonco that had boon ro
sinned onoo moro, Philadelphia Boo
ord. Unfortunate,
Thero aro many Jonosos iu this
world, but porhaps not quito so mauy
as peopio tlnnk. Not long ago two
friouds mot who had not soon eaoh
othor for ton years, since their school
days. "Whom did you marry, Billy?"
asked one.
"A Miss Jones of Philadelphia,"
ropliod Hilly, who was a trulo sousi'
tivo.
ion niwoys mil tauo to tuo name
'Jouob.' i onn romombor whon wo
wont to nohool together, you usod to
tag round aftor a littlo suub-nosod
Jonos girl."
"I romombor it, too," naid Billy.
"Sue's tuo girl I married."
Tho troaty of peaoo botwoon tho
United Statos and Spain was written
in French, as also bavo boon the ma
jority of international documents dur
log tho last two conturios.
GOOD ROADS NOTES,
Rond Mending,
WITH tho opening of tbo
riding nnddrivingseason,
aud especially with tho
reappearance of bicyoles,
wo shall hoar muob of good roads. It
is wished that in this country wo
might see ns muob as wohcarof thorn.
Whcro tho highways nro improved
thoy arc valued, aud pooplo who uso
thorn aro novor again willing to go
book to tho kind of trough of sand
and mud that passos for a tnrnpiko in
many parts of this country. Tbo
good roads movement lias not coased
from moving, and ohcoriug nows
comes, ovory now aud again, of the
laying of asphalt in oitics and of mac
adam in tbo couutry, yot bo littlo is
dono in proportion to what ought to
bo dono, and must bo done, thnt ono
loses hoart, now aud again, and fears
that for tho noxt ountnry this country
is doomed to tra?el over nlmost tbo
worst roads in all tbo world. A trav
eler who has just reached tho East,
ou his return from n wheeling tour of
nearly throo years around tno world,
reports that ho found tho roads iu
Illinois worso than thoso iu China,
which wcro borotoforo supposod to bo
tho moanont that could bo found in
any laud that bad roads at all.
Ono of tho cbiof oausos of tho Blow
noss with whioh roform progresses
will probably bo found in tbo fact that
iu our country districts tho farmers
disoovcr that good roads do not stay
good forovor. Thoy appear to think
that thoir wholo duty in douo whon a
propor foundation is laid and it is
umoothod by n rollor. They do not
think iu this wiso of thoir bousos or
thoir ohurohos or thoir farms. Thoy
know thnt buildiugs ncod repair; thoy
kuow that trees ncod trimming; thoy
know that ilotdtt nood plowing, and
thoy gatbor tho Btouos nud stumps out
of thorn ovcry now nud thon; yot tbo
road that passes thoir dcors and in
usod by huudrods of thousands of
persons, is buriod iu snow iu wiutor,
is scored by raiu aud piorood by frost,
receives no attention from thorn what
ever. Thoy do thoso things hotter
abroad. Thoy first mako a road with
a oloan, broad, proporly graded sur
face, thon thoy appoint mon whoso
daily busiuoss it is to go ovor it aud
mako repairs.
Quoous County has spent millions
of dollars for macadam, aud it has se
cured tho best roads in tho Stato of
Now York. If thoy are allowed to go
to ruin tho work will nil havo to bo
douo ovor again at a tremendous ox
ponso. A road mondor oau keep at
least a couplo of milos repaired; and
his pay will not bo moro than a oouplo
of dollars a day, uuloss ho is iu poli
tics. It is wiser to pay this sum thau
to havo a bill of thousands of dollars
to moot at tho ond of oomo yoars. Iu
Europe tho menders watch tho high
ways just as track wnlkorn watoh tho
railroads. Whoiiovor a heavy raiu has
atartod a littlo ohannol in tbo pavo
mont it will widen aud doopon with
ovory succoodiug rainfall until thnt
part of tho pavement is torn boyond
ropair. A littlo tamping with gravol,
n atouo put iu tho ohannol, a shovel
ful of earth hero nud there, n cart rut
obliteratod, a loosn stone thrown asido
now and thon will koop tho road in
norvicoablo condition for a lifo timo.
Tho way not to do it is tlnoly illus
trated iu Prospect Park, whoro a
couplo of mon of intelligence aud n
littlo moro diligouco than wo boo iu
public Borvico would mako farther re
pairs ncddloss; but absolnto negle'ot
follows tho surfacing of ovory path
and drivo. Tho stitoh in timo that
saves niuo is novor applied. It in not
sufficient lo mako good roads, It is
just as important to koop thorn good.
How York Mail aud Express.
Tlio Kconnmlo l'linie. '
Spoaking of good roads as an econ
omic proposition, tboro is no doubt
that if tbo common highways of tbo
Unitod Statos woro p'lacod iu anything
liko propor condition thoy would savo
millions of dollars annually. A Gov
ernment export estimates it at half a
billion dollars, or ono-half tho appro
priations of tho famous "Billion Dol
lar Congress."
Thoro wan a national good roads
raovomont on a different principle
early in tbo coutury. It included tho
building of a national turnplko from
Washington to St. Louis. Tho advont
of railroads nipped tho movomont in
tho bud, aud nil that remains of it to
day is tho Cumborland tnrnpiko. But
highways woro noodod aud tho neces
sity was recognized. Tho iron rails
havo boon mado tho loading highways
duriug tho past half coutury .
A railroad is a highway of oommoroo
in tho samo nonso as n public road,
and so aro rivers, harboni and canals.
Thoy aro tho urtorios of trado, This
couutry has spout billions of dollars
for railroad building, hundrads of
millions for canals and still mora for
rivers and harbors.
Yot not ono ounce of any commod
ity, or nuy Kind, that is liauloil ovor
railroads, canals, rivors nud harbors,
but is first baulod over country roads
or city strcotB.
Tho Why to Got (lund Komli.
Ono hears a good deal from timo to
timo of tho good roads movomont. Is
public sontimont behind it? Do tho
farmors of Now York really want first
olass highways, or nro thoy content
with thoso thoy now drivo on? Tho
treatment whioh tho bill pending at
Albany appropriating 81,000,000 for
good roans now win turow ngnt on
thoso quostious, It is providod in
thin moaBiiro that tho appropriation
shall bo spont iu acoordnnco with iho
provisionB of tho law of 1898, by which
the Stato pays fifty por 06ut. of tho
cost of road improvomont, tho county
tuirty-uvo por cont, ana tuo town or
abutting property ownors immediately
intorostoil tho remaining fiftoon por
cent,
Tills certainly is a fair division, or.
nt all events, it is a division Blilcli
onablca thoso who desiro good roads,
to flocuro tliom without placing too''
heavy a burden upon their shoulder,"
Tho bill is ono of tho results of tho
good roads convontion latoly held iu
Albany. If tho farmors as n wholo desiro
its passago and bestir themselves to
that ond thoy can havo their way. H
thoy romaiu pnsrivo tho legislature
will bo juflliflod in concluding thnt tbo
timo is not ripo for makiug no largo
an appropriation. Now York Mail
and Express.
PRESENTS IM MEXICO.
Tho OWInjr ol Tlirm U rurcly n Mailer of
lUlquetteandNot lo tleTnkenMerlniidy.
"I havo just returned from a two
weeks' nojourn in tho City of Mexico,"
said a Mississippi lumbermau, who in
n frequent visitor iu Now Orleans. "I
had a rattling good timo, aud learned
sovoral valunblo lessons in foreign
oliquotto ouo of which was to bowaro
of gifts. Tho story in connection witti
it is this: A friend who rosidos in tho
city introduced mo to a lot of charm
ing pooplo directly aftor my arrival aud
ono of thorp, n young Moxioan lawyer,
invited mo around to his baoholor
quartors. Whilo thoro I happened to
notioo a boautlful pnuol ou which was
au olaborato floral dosign excoutod en
tirely in feathers. I uover Baw any
thing liko it boforo, aud was express
ing my admiration whon my host in
terrupted by insisting that I ncoopt it
as a souvonir. I didn't want to do no,
but bo was no pressing audjapparoully
so sincoro that I finally thankod him,
aud whon I loft I carried tho thing
away. On tho following day I saw
him again, nud was very muob nur
prisod at tbo ohango in his mnunor.
llo was oold and distant, nud iu fact
ho hardily roooguizod mo nt all. I
was nt n loss to account for suoh u
transformation, and roportud tho mat
ter to my friend, who wa3 also puz
zled nud questioned mo olosoly ai tj
my visit to tho lawyer's quarters.
Finally Irotnomborod about tbopanol,
and when I narrated tho incidout my
friend wai borritlod. Ho told mo I ha'.
I had mado tho worst posslblo 'break'
in acoopting tho presout or at any i uto
in taking it away, aud oxplainod thnt
iu Mcxioo it is a picoo of merely por
fuuotory politonosn to offer n guest
anything for whioh ho oxpressos ad
miration, but that such gifts aro novcr
takon seriously.
"Wo got out of tho scrapo by re
turning tho panel with a noto saying
I had inoroly wishod to uxainino it
closely, and now desired to rcstoro it
to tho collection which it adorned.
When I again mot the Mexican gontlo
man ho was cordiality itsolf. I re
membered, on soooud thought, having
read somothiug about tho custom iu
regard to presents, but had no idoa it
was roally followed. Even nt tho bull
fights it is a common thing for spoata
tors to throw magnilloout sombreros
into tho aroua, ostousibly as gifts to
tho matador. Thoy aro always scrupu
lously collected and returned to tho
owners." Now Orloans Times-Domo-crat.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Truth is violated by falsehood, ati'7
it may bo equally outraged by silenbo.
Aminian.
Persistant pcoplo begin thoir suo-
oosu whoro others cud iu failure. Ed-
word Eggloston.
Wo nro nnsworablo not only for-
what wo know, but for what wo might
know. Manning.
Thoro is no groat aohievomont tha;
is not tuo resuit of patieut worlclu'i
and waiting. J. G. Holland.
Tho grand cssontiols of lifo aro
something to do, Bomolhing to love. .
somothiug to hopo for. Uhalmors.
"Thoy that cannot havo what they
liko should loarn to liko what they
havo." A tough lesson, but well wo'rtb,
learning. Spurgoou.
A man by bis conversation may
soon overthrow what by argument or
pomuasion ho doth labor to fasten
upon others for their good.
Ono dny of sioknoss will do moro to
convinco a young mau that his mother
is bis host ftieud than sovontoon vol
iimos of provorbn. Roseleaf.
Novor build after you nro flvo-and-forty;
havo livo years' iucomo iuJiand
bofovoyou lay a briok; and always cal
culate tbo oxponso at doublo tbo esti
mate, Kott.
Ouo can Mover ba crnshod by sor
row who is unselfish in a souse of,
sympathy with othern or iu a bcuso of
tho duly of loving scrvico for others.
II. Clay Trumbull.
Tho3o who sny thoy will forgive.but
can't forget au injury, Hitnply bury
tbo hatohot, whilo thoy leave tlu
handle out, ready for immodiato uso.
Dwight L. Moody.
Bomumbor that if tho opportunities
for great douds should uover oomo the
opportunity for good doodH is ronowod
for you duy by day. Tho thing for us
to long for is tbo goodness, not tbu
glory. F. AY. Fnrrar.
"But" is a word that cools many n
warm impulse, stifles mauy n kindly
thought, puts a stop to mauy a broth
orly dood. No ono would ovor lovo
his neighbor ns bimsolf if ho listonod
to all tho "huts" that could bo said.
Hulwor.
Thoro is no musio in a "rest" thai
I know of, but thoro's tbu mnkiiig of
musio in it. Aud pooplo nro alwnyn
missing that part of tbo lifo melody,
nlways talkitrg of prosovoranco and
courage and fortitude; but pationco in
tho finest and worthiost part of forti
tude, nud tho rarest, too. ltuskiu.
Tho woll-orderod lifo, tho lifo obe
dient to law, is nlnuo the lifo of liber
ty, As well call n ship froo that with
out rudder or compass drifts hero mill
tboro upon a great high sons as to cal
a lifo free that is without definite guid-
nllnn n.I I Knnl I n Atlil im nusn -
John W. Ohadwiok.
