THE CALL OFTHE DRUM.
All fnlot nnd far nwny I hear
The calling of tho drum.
It rhythmic trummltig, drawing near,
Is evor nlcadlng: "Cornel"
Tlio' colors nro waving
My lienrt throbs with craving
As nearer
And clearer,
And louder,
And prouder
Its melody grow?, as the sound comes nnd
goes.
"Cornel Comet"
Is tho call ot tbo drum.
Now bravo and grand, and near at baud
I bear tho culling drum.
Tho ting, by gallant breezes fanned,
Is beckoning: "Oh, come!
We'll rush to tb clamor
Of strife, with Its glamour,"
And swelling,
And telling
Tho Mory
Of glory
Tho drum sings In leo ai It nnwes by me.
"Como! Cornel"
Is the song of the drum.
Still faint nnd far away I hunr
Tlio over ending drum.
Now singing low, now rluglug clear.
In Itn insistent "Como."
With tonus sweet aud hollow
It lures mo to follow.
Far nwny
Through tbo dny
It calls me
Enthralls me
The lift of Its beating my beurt l repeating.
"Gomel Gomel"
Is tho cull ot the drum.
-Josh Wink.
j Te Passing of the haird.
TOBIES ura be
ginning to como
from South Africa
nbout tlint Hold
of dread memory
M n g o r b f o n
tciu. From dawu
w u o n the
belching hill
front of lire
had mowed in
swathes the
ranks of tho
Black Watch till dusk when tho
last gnu had sent its whistling shrap
nel tho ir had seemed to livo and
jBcreech nnd scream, and to maim,
blast and wither tho men of tho High
laud Brigade.
Tho dark African night had flung
us blackness ovor Mngevsfontoin, and
in tho scanty scrub ami stony hollows
remained those who could not well
retiro when tho bugles, with reluotnut
notes, eouuded the retreat.
Piper Duncau Farqubniflon sat up
and groaned. His last experience of
life had been rather mixed. Iio re
membered retiring bchtud a wire
fcuco, and after ho had scrambled
over tho veldt a few dozen yards
something happened. What this was
Duucan was uucertaiu, but as he felt
his head ho know ho had been hit.
Ho sat up and considered. Whoro
was his company? Where was tho
captain, and his lieutenant tho young
lainl, wun boro tlio same name as he
bore? Ho would go to them. So he
went.
Thero wcro groans and sobs from
the darkness, and sometimes n wild
yell tore tho night asunder. Thero
wero calls for water in nil tho dialects
spoken north of tho Tweed aud in
many forms of southern Anglo-Saxon
Dnucau crawled through them. At
last ho camo to tho barbed wire en
langlements. As ho crawled through
tlieso tho barbs tore lus kilt and hose,
and ho folt them enter his flesh: but
at last ho throw himself clear.
Then ho rolled down a short way,
and a boulder brought him up. Ho
put out his hand to protect his fnco,
and caught nuother baud, cold and
clnmmy, in his own.
Tho other groaned aloud.
"Is that you, laird?" said Piper
unucan l-arquharsou.
"Ah, it's you, Duncau," said Lieu
tenant Duncan larquharsou.
"Ay, it s me, latnu Are yc sair
hurtit?"
"Oh, T. don't know, Duucaul For
heaven s sake, if vou hnve any water
give mo somel"
"I've nae water, laird, but I'll got
ye some. Yo are awfti' caul', though,"
said tho pi nor.
Ho took oil' his tunic aud wrapped
tho laird in it, as woll us could bo
done uuder the oiroiiinstauocs.
The laird suddenly stirred.
"Duncau, lad, if yon can move
bring me a drink of water."
Duucan sat still nud felt his head.
Ho heard with bio ears, but his brain
had not yet comprehended.
Then consciousuesBreturned tohim.
Ho must obey the laird.
It was in these circumstances that
Piper Farqubnrsou robbed the dimd
ou Mngcrsfouteiu.
Duncau pillaged from an officer
silver flask which its owner would
never more require.
With other melancholy loot Duncau
crawled slowly back to the laird, and,
feeling for his face, he poured water
between lus lips.
ITo drank tho liquid, nnd, ns i
brought back life into his treinbliug
frame, he said:
"Man, laird, I honp that officer
cuiei was a good-loviir man. ile do
serves to gang to a place there's une
bicu a drought as thero s hero."
"You wore nlwnys plucky, Dun
enn," said tho lieutenant, "but I'm
going." His voice was now at a
whisper.
"Na, na.ve'll ink' auither drapptel'
said tho piper. Aud again ho poured
a few drops bctweeu tho laird's lips
"Duncan, could you play a march
befcro I go?"
"I'll try; but ma heid's awful' queer,
Hiv yo my pipes?"
"Yes; 1 kept them hi mylefthand.
Piper Farqnharsou timed his pipes
"Now, tho 'Haughs o' Oromdalo,
Duncan. I'm going!" whispered th
laird.
"Na, no, yer nae gann, laird I I
play yo a reel." And over the deso
lation floated the springing crispucs
of the "Perth Hunt."
TT
From (ho darkuess tho sentries on
tho heights nnd in tho trenches fired
off their rifles, nud their sleepy com
rades stood to thoir nrms. Theso pot-
ticoat rooiuoks wcro to mnko u night
attack. Suddenly the music stopped.
"Dao yo mind that? It was danced
nt your coming o' ago."
"les, I roinembor, Duncau. But
piny the march, nnd sit down hero bo-
sides mo; I'm cold. It will soon bo
snow, Duncau."
Duncau, whoso bond was throbbing
with tho effort made in plnying tho
col, crawled down besido his laird.
"Ay; I think it will bo snow nforo
lnorniu'," ho said.
Then Piper l-arqiiharsou played
marches and strathspeys, nud in tho
cold nud darkness doath camo to many
of his nudimicc. But as thoy foil
asleep, aud their thirst was sated, nud
thoir pain eased, their lullaby was to
thorn tho Rwcotest they had heard
since childhood.
Duncau could piny no moro. It wns
indeed only fitfully ho had played nt
nil.
And the laird was passing.
"Good-by, old man, nnd thauksl"
sighed tho laird. "If you go homo
toll thorn I sent iny love. I wrote
them nil yostordny. Good "
Thero wns n slight tinklo and the
laird fell sidoways. Ho bad gouo with
his comrades.
Tho dawn would como soon. Al
ready tho summits of tho Eastern hilts
wero bogiuuing to appear through the
grayuoss. Dny wns coming and tho
night, nnd thoso who had gono under
its blackness wcro now to bo num
bered with that which had boon.
Duucan, howovcr, was only con
cerned about ono thing.
Tho laird was gone. Ho had nskod
him for n inarch; ho should hnvo ono.
Duncau rose, propped himself ngatnst
tho bowldor, and stood over tho body
of his lieutenant.
Then over tho veldt tho low, wail-
iug strains of "Lochabor No Moro"
rose nud swelled in tho dnwu, liko tho
voice of a mothor mourning with n
sore, articulate grief tho loss of her
children,
Tho Boer soutinel in tho advanced
trench saw, as tho dawn camo, a rooi
nek standing faoing him. Ho was a
petticoat aud might havo thousands
behind him. Tho sontry brought his
riflo to tho "Present!" It was an easy
shot a tall man, with no khaki tunio
to deceive tho marksmen. Then tho
Mauser barked.
In this wiso Piper Duncau Far-
quharsou, of tho Highland Brigade,
ejoined lus laird. Answers.
NOT WHOLLY FREE FROM CUILE.
A Traveler Correct n Value Itniircmilim
it to tlio Central American Inillaiii.
"It is n common impression that
tun Central American Iudtau is siugu
larly honest aud free from guile,"
said a traveler who camo up ou the
last banana boat, "but don't you be-
liovo n word of that story. I recently
mado a mulo-back trip to tho Olaucha
district, in northwest Honduras, my
particular purposo being to take a
look at tho famous old placer diggings
on tho Uuayapo luver. I spout
weok or so in tho rogiou, and wns
especially interested in tho nntivo In
dians who live along tho banks of the
stream aud who regard the placers ns
a sort of family pocketbook, from
which thoy help themselves ns thoy
plcaso. When a housohotd needs
anything" that can't be hunted or
ilshed in other words, that has to bo
bought nt tho store tho womou sally
out with thoir 'batoas' orwoodou bowls
nnd procood to wash as much gold as
is required for the purchase. Tho
motal thoy secure in that way is
usually in tho form of minute grams,
hardly as largo as tho head of a pin.
but occasionally thoy una littlo nug
gets, nud that brings mo to my story.
"Tlio day before I loft I wns nt tho
principal storo of tho distriot talking
to tho proprietor, or 'tienderos,' when
a typical Olaucha Indian shamblod iu
nud sat down on tho floor. I at
tempted to question him about tho
diggings, aud presoutly ho untiod a
corner of his neckcloth and sbowod
ino three small, fantastically shaped
nuggets which he said his wife had
lately found. It occurred to me thoy
would maico interesting souvenirs
mounted as scarfpius or bauclos. and
after somo haggling I bought tho lot
for 81 they weighed altogether somo
thing under a quarter of au ounoo.
was so disarmed by the apparent sun
plicity of tho Indian that I never
thought to cxauuue tho nuggets close
ly until I leached Port Cortez, and
then it hardly needed a second look
to see that they were not gold nt all,
but evidently n sort of brass alloy.
"A few days later, I learnod from
au engineer who came dowu from tho
Gunyapo district that my Indian
friend was boastiug that ho had stolen
some yellow 'composition metal' bear
ing from n stamp mill and molted up
a fragment in n home-made clay cm
cible. In that way ho produced his
handsome uuggets. If he had put m
tho same amount of labor at the
placers ho could easily have washed
out S20 worth of gold. That's what I
call n natural aptitude for crooked
ness." Now Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
The Level-lleniled Never I.ote Their Nerve
Worry is tho, twin sister of norvous
ness. Neither should ever enter into
tho daily life of any one. God, in
His nil-wise providonce, put the head
of a human being cn top, that all bo
neath it might bo subservient to it
Thero is something wrong above the
eyes, in tho region of tho will power
when ono becomea nervous in tho
seuse of excitability. "Know thyself
is good; control thyaolf is bolter
Worry and excitement never aidod
any one. Any fool can get along when
everything is all right, but it takes a
wiso man, a level-headed man, to got
along nnd not worry nor become
nervous when everything is all wrong,
.Ladies' Home J.ournnl,
HONEY IN PALESTINE.
,fcvr Who Went All the AVity I'mm Sit It
Zetland to (lu Into Hen KnUlnR.
Biblical and other histories say that
Pnlcsllne wns famous for its honey in
ancient times. The natives still ratso
n great doal of honey, but thoir moth
ods hnvo been crude; thoy hnvo so
cured tho honoy only by destroying
tho bees, nnd thereforo their business
has not boon profitable. Of late years,
however, their methods havo boon
improving and tho industry is now
developing with tho uso of modern
appliances. This grent improvement
wholly duo to n lowisu Inmily
nnmod Bnldoiisperger, that weut from
Switzerland iu 181!) and nettled nenr
tho famous pools of Solomon, sovou
milos south of Jerusalem. It was
not until 1880 that this family mado
their real stm t iu the bee business,
aud now, according to Consul MorriU
nt Jerusalem, they are famous in their
liuo of industry.
In 1883 thoy carried out tho novol
idea of transporting their bees from
one locality to nuothor to give thorn
frosu pasturage among tho blossoms.
Tho first experiment was to transport
tho hives to Ynfn, n distance of twolvo
miles, to givo tho bees tho benefit of
tho ornuao blossoms there. Women
carriod tho hives on thoir heads all
tho Avny, onoh womnu enrrying n hive.
During April tho bees gathered for
thoso thrifty Jews n rich harvest of
oraugo blossom honey. Then the
hivos wero moved to two other places,
whoro crops of honoy from cactus nnd
ncaoia blossoms wero also obtaiuod.
Tho Baldonaporgor boys, pleased with
their success, started npinrios in other
localities aud begau to gather a groat
deal of honoy from other blosBoms
also, such as lemon nnd wild thyme.
Their boos wero very industrious aud
fifty of their hives nt. lain have some
times yielded 0000 pouuds of hoffey
in less than a month.
Of courso the Turkish officials soon
heard of this prosperous industry nnd
onerous taxes we imposed ou tho Bal
dousporgors. Thoro have been other
auuoyancos also which havo interfered
with their business, but thoy havo
persovcrod nud now liud n Rood mar
ket for all tho'thoney produood. Their
product goos to Germany, Switzer
land, Euglnud, nnd a littlo to Franco.
Tho average yield por hivo is nbout
one hundred pounds of honoy, and
tho product is tnken from tho hives
only during tho four working mouths
beginning -in April.
A wlulo ngo nu American named
Howard heard tho story of theso pros
perous boo raisers of Palestine while
ho was iu thnt country. Iio visited
tho family nnd purchnsod from them
number of queen bees, twclvo of
which wero alivo when ho roaohed
homo, and ho sold thorn here for 315
npieco. in this way tuo bees oi i'ni-
estino havo been introduced into
morica.
Tho Baldensporgcrs extract tho
honoy without killing tho bees nud
hnvo taught their mothods to a good
many natives nnd also to Jewish col
onists who havo gono to Palestine
Through tho efforts of this family it
is likely thnt Pnlostiue will again
bocomo famous for its honey. Now
York Sun.
The fleolocy of Oaliu.
In n recont Bulletin of tho Geolog
ical Society of America C. H. Hitch
cock describes tho geology of Oahn,
which is tho main island of our newly
acquired Hawaiian Islands. The
town of Honolulu is situated ou tho
islaud. Geologically tho island is al
most wholly composed ot basalt, with
narrow fringe of limestone. Tho
following is n condensed summary of
tho geological ovents in tho history of
tho Island of Onhu: Igneous erup
tions commenced uuder water in post
tertiary timo nud nccumulnted until n
smooth island domo arose above the
surfnoo of tho water. This domo wns
soon chauuelcd by rain, precipitated
from tho wavm tattle winds, and grad
ually vogotation dcrirod from distaut
regions covered tho surface. As soon
as coralline aud molliiscau fauna
migrated thither limostouo began to
bo formod. The subtorrnuonu ilres
wero by no means dead, but con
tinued to pour forth nt uncertain in
tervals lava nud ashes. A sinking of
tho land then took place, allowing the
accumulation of n murine deposit,
which was subsequently raised, prob
ably by an earthquake.
A Letter In u NoMrll.
Au interesting relio of the siego of
Ladysmith one of tho first to reach
this couutry has just been placed ou
exhibition iu the Museum of tholtoyal
United Servico Institution m White
hall. It consists ot n diminutive let
ter which wns writton in tho town by
n trooper in tho Nntal Cnfbineers nnd
enrried out by n untivo runner. Tho
messouger wns captured by the Boers,
nnd while thoy wero in tho act of iu-
torrogatiug him ho coucealod tho tiny
missive in ono of his nostrils, nud, be
ing released, was ennbled to deliver it
to the addressee, "Captain A. N.
Montgomery, Magistrate, Nutal." The
letter is about an inch nud a quarter
in length, nnd has been folded several
times over, iu order that it might bo
contained within the smallest possiblo
compass. London Chronicle.
The Accident lie Meant.
"I understand." remarked the ro
porter to tho manager of n rnilwny
noted for tho unpunctuality of its
trains, "that thero was nu accident
on your railway Inst night."
"Oh, do you?" was the sarcastic re
ply. "Yes, sir."
"Do you know anything nbout it?"
"Only that it happeuod to tho train
which wns duo hero nt 8.15."
"That train camo in to tho minuto,
sir," said tho manager, firmly,
"Are you sure of that?"
"Of course, I ara."
"Tbnuks. That must havo been
the accident referred to," aud tho re
porter dodged out. Tid-Bits.
That or-1.' door is not tiulikely to
bo tho menus of tho Chiuoso Empiro
taking its death of cold.
A Knusns paper says: "Jitdgo
Myers pronouueed Stnynczstraw Bno
zynakt n citizon Inst weok." If the
Judgo prououueed Slnynozstraw'a
unmo nt tho same timo ho ought to go
out lecturing.
A Nov York preacher says nuy
womnn who opens hor husband's lot
tors runs tho risk of destroying hor
happiness. Hut sho has known thnt
nil tho timo. Sho wouldn't bother
with them otherwise.
It is propo3od thnt no man shnll bo
eligible to a consulship who cannot
speak tho language of the country to
which ho desires appoiutmeut. This
will be a very marked improvement,
nud yet thero is ono thing evej moro
important than ability to speak tlfo
laiignago, nud thnt is tho possession
of brains.
It is only very rccoutly that atten
tion has been drawn to the fact that
America is likely to become tho chief
source of tho world's supply of coal in
tho futuro, just ns she has become tho
world's chief granary nud the lending
supplier of iron nud steel. Owiug
largely to tho increasing scaroity of
coal iu Europo the prico of that com
modity abrond has been rising by leaps
aud bounds, nud has almost doubled
in two years.
If, ns recent letters state, a work
nblo doposit ot conl hns been found
within n fow miles of Dawson City, it
moans n groat denl to the mining iu
terosts of tho Yukon. Tho reports
say that 8000 tons hnvo boon tnkoc
out ready for shipment, whioh is very
probably nn exaggeration. But tho
presence of conl, oven of comparative
ly poor quality, ought to result in n
cousidornblo reduction in tho cost nud
difficulty of miuing nud living in tho
country, obsorvos tho Engineering
nnd Mining Journal.
Tho 1000 ConsiiH Superiutondent
oners the popular lauguage a new
word median. Heretofore it claimed
only an auntomical nud nu cntomo
logicnl usage. Now tho nocossity of
statistical science has given it n tech
nical numerical meaning. Given u
sequeuco of 00, tho number 50 would
represent tho "modinn;" thnt is to
say, thero nro ns many numbers of tho
sequeuco before it as after it. The
"modinn" ngo of the pooplo of tho
United Stntcs is 21 years. There are,
that is, ns many pooplo in it who nrc
older than 21 years as thoro nro who
nro younger. This is quite a difi'er
ent thing from tho "avorage" ngo of
tho pooplo of tho country, which is 25
yenrs. If nil now word usages wero
as sensible as this thero would bo no
objections ofl'ered.
Tho old saying that "cotton is
kiug" wout out of fnvor years ngo, and
iu tho corn belt of this couutry thero
is n firm bolief that "corn is king."
If this belief is truo King Corn will
do well to look to it that his crown is
on straight, or it may fall off, Tho
now claimant for tho kingship of trndo
is our conl product. The initial Bale
of a littlo lot of two million tons of
Alabama coal to Enrqpo via Now
Orleaus is merely the first tricklo of n
stroam iu its natural bod. At Pitts
burg a singlo tow takes twolvo liun-
drod thousand tous of tho sooty cargo
to tho mouth of tho Mississippi. Tho
Eastern soaboard will get its share of
tho tradoby tho now railroads recently
reorganized into shape for business.
Germany caunot supply her own de
mands. England is short of coal.
Every step iu colonial expansion and
naval activity nnd world-power rivalry
moans moro coal consumption, and tho
only source of supply with a Burplus
seems to bo iu tho Unitod States.
The bulletin recently issued by Dr.
Andrews, Superintendent ot tho pub
lic schools in Chicago, calls atteution
to the fact that tho apparont dullness
or iuattenliou of pupils is quito fre
quently duo to dofects in sight or
hearing. Such pupils will strugglo
along against theso physical disadvan
tages without disclosing their nature,
and tho low marks thoy rocoivo in
daily recitations nud final examina
tions are directly attributable to these
imperfections. Iu tho boroughs of
Mauhattnn nnd Brooklyn, New York
City, these defects nro ascertained by
medical examination, nud nmplo pro
visions nro mndo to placo defective
children iu the most favorable loca
tions for soeing nnd hearing. Iu Chi
cago those disabilities must bo located
so far as possiblo by tho teaohers,
nnd whenever found tho pupils, no
cording to Dr. Andrews's suggestions,
must bo properly cared tor in n way
that will givo them equal advantages
with children that are physically per
feet.
1 GOOD ROADS NOTES,
Wlilo Tlre.l Wheel.
IN the Farm. Field nnd Fireside,
writes E. P. Gibbs, of Hmdesty,
Md., I uotico nn nrticlc by C. S.
Butistiuc, Oklahoma, headed,
"Doubtful About Wido-TirodWheels."
Now, speaking from tho standpoint of
n farmer, I not only cousidur thnt tho
farmer that uses wide-tired wheels
benefits himself, but is also n public
bcuofnetor, by helping to malso better
roads. Tho wide tiro packs nud
nmootliH tho moderately moist ground,
while the narrow tiro will cut up nud
render tho samu ground almost im
passable.
I had, n fow years since, n largo lot
of mnuuro that wished to haul across
n piece of cornstalk laud in tho spring
that was quito Boft. Wo commenced
with our narrow-tired farm wagous,
ns I had no other. Wo hadn't hauled
a dozen loads until the boys wero
getting stuck with nbout every load,
nud I snw wo cither hnd to stop limit
ing or got u different wngon. I bor
rowed n four-inch tired wngon of n
neighbor, nud wo had no trouble get
ting over thnt soft ground nt nil.
Of courso, it docs not matter so far
ns tho wheel cutting into the grouud,
whether tho whuol is n high or low
one, but ono man can go out nud put
n load of hay ou a low-down wagon as
easily as two men can put the samo
load ou n high wagon. A load of
fodder tho same. It is easier to put n
load of manure, gravel, wood, or any
thing elss thnt I can think of ou the
low wngou than ou the high oue, nnd
just ns ensy to get it olT, unless it Is n
load of grain thnt hns to bo shoveled
nwny up.
I will vonttiro this assertion, that n
man can havo two wagons on the farm
ono a wido-tirod, low-down truok,
tho other n narrow, high-wheeled
wngoir, nnd ho will hitch on to tlio
low, wido-lircd wagon ton times to
tho high ono once. I will admit they
run bad on the road where nothing
but tho narrow tires aro used, ns they
nro constantly cuttiup tho sido of the
rut. In some localities thoy aro using
so many of the wido tiros that the rut
is out out tho proper width for thorn;
in that caso thoy run. iu my opinion,
much easier than the narrow tires,
and in somo localities that I know of
thoy think it would bo well if the
Stato would hold out somo induce
ment for pooplo to use tho wido tires,
so that iu timo thoy would all bo wido
tires.
1 think this might ho done by the
Stato olVcriug to refund tho distriot
road tax to any man using a tiro uot
loss thnu four iuches, then when n
man had to buy n li'jw wagon it would
bo an object for him to get the wide
tires. In a short timo there would be
mure wido tires ou the road than nar
row tires. After that, 1 think tho
bounty could bo taken air. I nm now
using n six-inch low wooden wheeled
truck that cutn under, so you cau turn
sqiiaro nronud, and I would not ex
change it for any four high lip, narrow-tired
wagons 1 ovor saw, if I had
to keep nnd uso them. Of course, it
runs hard when tho grouud is very
soft, but I cau go with it whore yon
could not go at all with tho narrow
tires. I think there has been less im
provement iu tho fanner's wagon in
tho last fifty years thau any other ono
thing tho farjner has had to uso. It
has no spring, it wnuta one-half au
aero to turn it around, and tho sooner
tho old stylo form is dono nwny with,
tho hotter it will bo for the farmer
and every ono else that has to travel
tho roads.
Much Work For flood llua.W.
Now thnt tho Lcngno of American
Whoelmou has abolished its racing
dopnrtment every attention will bo
given tha other brnnchea of work.
Tho most important of these is tho
highway improvoinont department, iu
which is entrusted tho work iu behalf
of tho good roads movement, which
was started by the L. A. W., nnd
which has boon constnntly ngilnted by
it for almost twenty years. Tho
Lcnguo has mndo rapid strides in this
movomont, pnrticulnrly duriug tho
past year, but tho racing question has
reflected upoitjlhis as upon alt other
departments, tho belief being des
somiuntcd that none of tho branches
of League work could bo made oll'oc
tivo until tho racing question was
settled.
Tho most important work accom
plishod last year was tho holding of
inauy good roads conventions iu var
ions Stntes, tho introduction of high
wny improvomout measures in lnnny
of tho Stato Legislatures nud the
evolution of tho movement to national
proportions, ns wns evidenced by tho
bill introduced in Congress calling
for nn appropriation of $2, 000,01)0
Constitutional ameudmouta were car
riod iu Michigan nud Minnesota, nud
a largo amount ot education on tho
subject wns circulated by tho League
All of this work will bo continued
during1 tho present year, but upon n
much larger scalo thuu heretofore.
Ren That Worlt I Well Done.
Taxpayers, who aro obliged to cou
tribute to tho cost of macadam roads,
will do woll to seo to it 'thnt tho work
is proporly done. Tho old ndnge thnt
whnt is worth doing nt nil is worth
doing, woll, applies with irresistible
force Many of us still boliovo that
wo cannot allot d. in tlio United btnles
to build first-class highways. It is
even moro emphatically true that wo
caunot nllord to wnsto money in un
successful nttompts at macadamizing
Tim Care of Macailain,
A lYlnnnilnm l'nnil mrmnv1 v littill
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with proper slopo to each side, w
vnnilllv ili-nin n(V wnlni- nnil Miintv T
nm
will
ho
nhinnt. nf nil vnntl nvnnvla iu In n onn
struct n macadam road that water can
not, permeate it, if water is allowed
to find its wny through tho macadam
.1 I I II.. 1 Al t k
ruau into tue lounuauou ueiow. u is
6itro to work mischief; nud if tliorond
is then subjected to any cousidornblo
pres-diro from tho whools of heavily
londod wngons, it is certain to givo
war, llnnce, the propor maintenance
nud enro of n macadam road aro ns im
portant as its proper construction.
If onco tho road bo datnagod iu thi-i
wny, tho work of deslrtiotion is bonud;
to continue It is, theroforo. ns im
portant to prevent this first dnmngo
ns it is to prevent tho first small hole
in n dam.
TESTING BUTTER DY PHOTOGRAPHY.
.Shown llm lllnerenea lleltrrrn the lleut
mil tlio liciaun at (luce.
Oleomargarine nud ronovnlod but
ter hnvo seen their halcyon day, if
tho silent efforts now being made in
the basement of tho Stnto Capitol
prove olTectivo. Stnto Cliomiat J. A.
Hummel in eugagod ou varieties of '
ollow stull, nllegod butter, whioh tho
inspectors aro sending him from cvory
porttou of tho Stnto.
Tho choiiiiit has hit upon a new
scheme whioh ho thinks will surely
bring tho butleriiio dodgers to timo.
By n combination ot nickel prismt,
microscopes nud n leusoless camera
with n sousilivo plate. Mr. Ilniniuel
has developed a plan whioh must show
tho difleretice between biulors and
psotido butter to every nmntcnr eyo
at n moment's glance. Thus, it is
hoped, tho photographs will carry
weight with n jury where ohomicnl
formuho failed. When nskod to ox
plain tho process of examination by
pbologrnphiu methods, Mr. llummol
aid:
"Tho simplo fact to bo considered
is that pure buttor as mndo iu tho
dairies or nt tho orentnory contains
ouly niuorphous fat. Any hcnling
process iiuch as is followed in renova
tion nnd ruuiiing in of milk imme
diately generates fat crystals. In tho
oleomargarine, tho crystals from tho
meat fats added to cottonseed oil aro
very thick.
"Now nil we uocd to do is to placo
n sample nf suspected butter inn glass
slide nud then undor tho microscope.
Wo put ono prism nbovo nud one bt
low iu such n wny thnt tho light rrys
caunot pass through, According t n
I aw of physios. Now, wo push tho
tubo of a camera directly ovor tho
head of tho microscope, nud msort a
plato nt tho othor end. No direct
light, you see, can pass through, that
is, nn long as thoso two prisma nro
properly plncod. But according to
the laws of light, as soon ns wo get n
third prism, suoh ns n crystal which
you know is of prismatic Bhnpo, tho
light nguiu finds its wny through.
Consequently, if tho butter is frco
from crystals no uiroot rays, nud ouly
n dull translucent light will pass
through, whilo otherwiso bright nnd
lark spots will come togothor nnd
form tho peculiar shaded picturo you
seo iu the oloomargnrino nnraplo. Tho
proof is simple, absolute an 1 convinc
ing." St. Paul Pioneer Press,
WORDS OF WISDOM.
He couquera who endures. Per-
aius.
Good counsels observed aro chains
of grace. Fuller.
Finish cacIi day nnd bo dono with
it. Abraham Lincoln.
What loneliness is moro lonely thau
distrust? Goorgo Eliot.
Auger begins in folly nud ends ia
repontauco. Pythagoras.
Thiuga don't turn up in this world
until somoboby turns them up, Gar-
liold.
There is no genius in life liko tho
goniiiH of energy nud notivity.
Mitchell.
Thero in no substitute for thorouch-
going, ardent and sincere earnestness.
Dickens.
The wisest man may nlwnys lonrn
something from tho humblest poasnnt.
J. P. Scnu.
Evory duty whiolfvo omit obBonres
somo truth which wo should havo
known. Buskin.
Where thero is emulation thoro will
bo vnuity; where thoro is vanity
there will lie folly. Johnson.
Envy is n pnsision so full of cow-
ardico and shnmo thnt nobody over
had tho confidence to own it. Roches
ter.
Man stands in creator dread of a sin
glo beam of self-revcaliiigllghtthun of
nn nrsenal of bludgeons. H. A, Ken
dnll. -"-i'v.'. lV .,
Itotv JuMlcn IMelil AiiiIiikUpi1. "
Whilo in a peculiar mood one dny
tho Into Justico Stophen J. Field
sovcroly reprimanded Pago Henry
McCall for mi ofi'euse of which tho
page wns inuocont. But tho member
of the highest court in the land could
not bo persuaded that his course was
uot tho correct one. MoOnll loft
humiliated, hut ho was n littlo gentle
man nud held his peace.
Later iu the day Justico Field sent
for MoCall.
"Come to my house nt 7 o'clock this
evening," wns nil ho snid,
With mingled feelings of doubt nud
despair tho page called nt tho Field
residenco nt tho timo specidod, was
ushered into tho jurist's library, nnd
told to hold tho lookn which Mr.
Field began, without explanation or
ceremony, to tnku from thosholvos.
When tho veteran lawyor hnd piled
nbout fifteen volumes iuto Pngo Mo-'
Call's arms, he grttflly remarked:
"Ilonry, I'm very sorry for tho wny
I trentod you to-day. 1 renlizo that
my conduct was uuwarrauted, aud I
beg your pardon. Hero aro somo
choice hooks. Keep them n&auuolous
for your library. Keep them, young
mail, mid keop your tempor, too,
whatever you dol Good nightl"
Christian Endeavor World.
f Ail KiiiclUlimnii Unite ritiinili. HQ
"I understand Now York is on nn
islaud?" said tho Englishman on his
wny to this country for tho first timo.
"How long n journey is it ,to tho
Coutineut?" Now York Sun.
