THE HILLS OF HOP-.
"Wtiat saw you, oblld, on tlio hills of liopo
(Wuern nono may ro that bo over-wlso),
Unit a staining Joy fades llngerlnqly
Out qI tbo deops of youroycs?"
"Thw h1?s of bopa nro ro3cs and snow "
And the clnd nlr of Its own self dug,
And tlio dull world bid In tbo mists below
Is n gray, forgotten drcnm of things.
And 0, but my lienrt wns light nnd gny
When I witlkodou tbo bills of hope to-uny?"
"Wbnt saw you, child, on tbo rainbow hills
OVhoro nono rany go thnt bo over-wlso)
Tlint you tny your cold little lmnd In mine,
Willi tbo sunuow oi lonr in your eyes?"
"On tbo farther side of the rainbow bills
Is n forest of (lend tri-es black And bare
And n rlvur cold ns tbo river of death,
And tho ghosts of dead J oya wander there.
And O, but ray heart was terrified
To-day at that cold, dark rlvor si do."
"Now be nit nfrnld, llttlo child, for coo
Tlio droam Is gone, and the warm sun
shine la bright on tbo paths of ovory-ilny,
And your linnil is cmspotl in minu."
Uharlotto Lowry Mnrsli, lu Uust
West.
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WO blind pooplo
who lo vo onch
other.
Ho. nn nogaiuly,
Btunted figure, with
a very homely face;
hIic, tall, thin, of
yellowish complex
iou nnd of sickly
nppenrnnco.
Ronevolont pco
plo had pin cod
them in n blind asylum yearn before,
There thoy wero brought up.
As childrou they hod played together,
nnd wero contoutod nnd happy. Tho
pleasures of tho world wero as strong
to them ns its daily miseries. Thoy
knew that quiet, comfortable house,
its lnrjro garden and nothing more,
There thoy belonged. Thoy could
kuow nothing of what wns going on
outnide. Ono thing only wns clear to
thorn and that was that thoy loved
each other.
A hot summor day.
The two snt on a bench in tuo gar
den chatting.
"Paul, I am so glad."
"On what account; Anna?"
4,Ah! Dou't you know? To-mor
row "
"Yes. To-morrow tho famous ocu
list will bo hero."
"And ho will make us both see."
"If ho is really ablo to accomplish
thnt."
"Yon aro joking. Of course, he
will bo able to do it. Thnt is his busi
ness."
"Thou, at last, I shall bo ablo to
seo your lovely laco. ui mat l nm
glad."
"Aud of nothing else?"
"Nothiug."
"Pnal," said she, langhinr quietly,
"how do you know that I hnvo a 1 jvoly
face?"
".Because I have seen you twico
already in a dream. You had golden
hair and wings as white as snow."
"Oh! if that wore only truel"
"It is quite certain."
"Was I bo beautiful?" she asked,
seizing him by tlio hand: "so bcauti
ful? Rut whon I reflect, Paul, I think
it would bo even better for us to bo
truo to each other than to ha ablo to
see. That would be lovely. Dou't
you think so?"
"I know not," be auswered thought
fully; and then both werosilout.
Tho eventful day had passed. . The
operation on tho eyes had been per
formed. If not all n delusion, it must
provo n success.
"Neither of you must take tho band
nco off tho eyes for fourteen dnysl'
Such wns tho doctor's order before ho
left.
un tno next evening, niter tuo sun
had gono down, tho ;wo wero again
seated in the gnrdou, clinging close
to each other.
"Paul, wheu will wo first seo each
other?"
"In fourteen days!"
"I know, but that is much too long.
Eight days would certainly bo long
enough."
"Less timothau that, perhaps; but
vra have the doctor s order."
'I cnunot ouduro to wait so long.
Wiuit if tho operation lias been
failure, nnd we have rejoiced in vain!
What then?"
Ho was silent.
"For all that, wo could "
"Anna!"
"Only for a momont, dear Paul. It
will surely not bo wrong."
"You will, notwithstanding
"Only for a moment. Wo will put
tho bandages on again immediately.
You need not be at nil afraid. Please,
please!"
"Rather let us wait. Wo have suf'
fered mauy years. Lotus euduro it
a few days longer."
"No, I cauuot wait. If you love
me, do it, or I will myself alone."
Ho hesitated awhile, but at lengtl
auswered calmly: "We will do it.'
"Wheu?"
"To-morrow morning early hero
nt this bench."
"Thauks. You will corao at tho
appointed time?"
"Yes."
"Good night."
"Good night. T hope you will have
o good sloop."
Morning twilight.
Paul has beeu loug out of bed. IIo
is iu dread of tho next hour. Anna
of course, is beautiful, but he? Who
knows how ugly ho may bo? Perhnp
he is handsomo also, but he can never
appear before her in this dreadful uu
certainty.
"Off with tho bandage!"
' Ho tore it loo?o and throw it on th
table. His eyes wero still closed. H
ran to tho cupboard nnd searched
there uutil ho found a small mirror
Ho then went to tho window, whero
b seated himself and waited. His
heart beat violently; his head was in a
glowing heat.
In feverish anxiety he ?at there, his
sightless eyes ilxed on tholittlo glass,
which bis lingers held in a firm clasp.
It must now decido his fnto. In a
fow minutes ho would hnvo certniu
knowledge.
Clear daylight came.
Ho felt tho light, opened his eyes
slowly nnd stared at tho mirror, trem
bling all tho while with torturing ex
pectation. No, no, not Hut eeo.
What is that? Gould that bo himself?
An old, pook-marked, ugly face I Ho?
Thoso palo, sunken checks, that red,
tousled hair, thoso decayod tooth, that
long neck? It could uot bo possible.
No; it must not be!
Ho closed his oyos, leaned far out
of tho window, opouod them wido nnd
lookod again. His imago was still
thero unchanged. Still ho would not
boliovo it. In horror ho kept on star
ing at tho glass until it beenmc
clouded. Then n veil seemed drawn
slowly over his oyos. It grow moro
nnd moro indistinct: darkuoas gath
ered nil about him, aud suddenly
ovorvthiucf was black. IIo saw no
moro.
Despnir soizod him. Ho thought
ho had become insane Ho threw
tho mirror awnv. stamped with his
foot aud struok himself in tho fooe.
Anna would see him, nnd she would
bo horrified. Slio would forsake him
uclv nnd blind and slio would go
away into tho sunny worm anil lorgot
hua. IIo must remain uemuu, noip
losn and nlotio. All tho happiucss
was Bono forever.
IIo sank into n clinir nun souuea
liko n HlTlo child.
Suddenly ho started up. A well
kuowu baud caressed his head.
'Is it voti. Paul?" ho heard her
ask in n whinner.
"Yes," said ho, breathing neaviiy.
"Paul. I looked for you everywhere
in tho garden and could not mm you.
Then I took off the baudnge."
"And do von see me?" cried Paul
in deadly alarm.
'I must sav that I do not. no, noi
It is just as dark as it was before
Tho operation was a failure. I see
nothintr whatover."
"And I nothing." said Paul exult
iugly. "I also took off tho bandage
at once, everything becotno quite
dark."
"Now," said Anna with a sigh
'wo must remain forever blind."
"It is bettor so," answered Paul
with a happy henrt; nnd ho touderly
ombracod his poor blind friend.
A LANDLADY'S SCHEME.
How a Woman Got Her Start on tlio Iiom
tit Social Grcntneii.
"One henrs much fncotious tall
about tho hard luck of boardiug
house koopers with fellows who loavo
without warning after running up a
good sizo bill, but I am going to ro
late n story that is absolutely true,'
remarked a traveling salesman to
group of mon who wero swapping
stories in the hotel corridor.
"The story concerns ono of tho
social lights of Gotham who got her
first step upon tbo rung of tho ladder
of success by realizing on tho death
of n boardor who owed her a pretty
tidy sum. A very improbable talc
vou say? Well, wo'll soo. It was in
tho days wheu she was not over proa
pcrous and kopt a boardiug-house in
a not vory fashiouablo part of the
city. Ono day a straugor went to
board with her aud paid regularly,
IIo appeared to bo without friends or
rolatives, for no ono called to seo him
and no lottcrs came to tho houso
addressed iu his name. Ho was em
ployed as a clerk in somo store, and
nover eulightoned any ono as to who
ho was nnd whero ho lived when he
was homo, if ho evor had ono.
Ono week ho lost his job, but as ho
was n steady cliap, and bad beeu so
prompt iu his payments, his landlady
allowed him to ruu up a bill. Ho
soomod to bo unfortunate, somehow,
for no ono would give him employ
ment, nud so thnt bill grow larger and
larger. Ono day tho Inudlndy pro
posed thnt ho become insured iu her
favor, that she would pay the premiums,
and, if nuythiHg hnpponod to him,
why sho would bo reimbursed for
the credit sho had advauccd him. A
blunt, cold-blooded proposition, say
you? Well, he agreed to it, and bo
camo insured for $500 in her favor.
Tho premiums wore regularly paid by
tho landlady.
All that timo tho delinquent bonrdor
went from ono job to nnothor, nud
uover staid iu one place long enough
to bo ablo to pay off his debt to tho
laudlady. A fearful winter sot in nud
pneumonia was prevalont, peoplo
dropping off so fast as to oreato tho
biggest kind of n scaro iu tho city.
Ho was taken t:ck, aud no mother
could have looked after this fellow as
his landlady did. She paid for n
dootor nud a nurso to ntteud him nnd
did everythiug in hor power to bring
him around to health. Hut ho diod,
and r. mighty good funoral the poor
fellow had. Tho iusurauco was paid
to her, and with the fow hundred dol
lars sho received in a lump sum her
husband was enabled to make n for
tuuato speculation which started them
well on tho way to tho possession of
millions nnd n placo iu tho Four
Hundred. Improbable? Well, the
story's truo every word of it."
VTlim tlio l'rluce lloreil liar.
Hero is tho latost anecdote concern
ing tho Priuco of Wales. A young
lady was presented to him at n social
function, and, not knowing how long
sho should talk to him, sho naively
requested him to tell her wheu sho
should leavo him. "Ou tho contrary,"
said the Prince, "it is for you to tell
mo whon you nro bored." Later His
Royal Highuess aBked whero tho
young lady was born. "At X. I
hnvo lived thoro all my life." "How
many years did you say you lived
there?" inquired the Prince. "Iain
bored, sir," aid the lady quietly.
If we have a Tomplo of Fame in tho
United States entranco to it should bo
denied to all supposed great who hnvo
not been dend nt least ilfty years.
Thcso fresh aud sudden great mon
very ofton drop with fearful rapidity.
Tho Galveslou Dally Nows remarks:
It would seem that tho Sultnu of
Turkey is superstitious. Ho has barred
tho American hog from his dominion,
probably because the importation of
thnt articlo Inst year amounted to just
810."
A child in Arkansas recently having
died nt tho ago of ten months, n Cor
ouer hold au inquest over tho body,
nnd, in making out tho ccrtiQcato of
dcr.tb, stated that tho child wns
uu
married nnd tint its occupation
wns
'keeping its parents nwnko o' nights
A Massachusetts correspondent of
tho Albany Country Gentlcmau, who
wants nil dogs, if uot killed, ro
strained from running nt lnrgo, says
tho Hook of sheep ou many n farm is
to tho farmer "j-ist tho difforonco bo
twecn cuough nud not boing nblo to
live."
Hurt Cftblo nud Mary Gyropo wero
married at Moborly, Mo., tho other
day, tho officiating clergyman being n
Hev. Mr. Snylor. It will hnvo to bo
admitted that Mr. Cablo nud Miss
Gyropo displayed n thorough appro
cintion of tho iltncss of things wheu
they called Mr. Saylor in to tie th
knot.
Tho last ouo of muo reasons given
by n leading spinster of Chicago why
sho had nover married wns, "Ho ha
not proposed." It would eoom that
tho othor eight woro superfluous
Why spend timo worrying becauso
"Ho might liko tidies" or "Ho might
part his hair in tho middlo" whon tho
dreadful uoccssity of decision seems
nover to hnvo nrrivod?
Tho Illinois Audubon Society for
bird protection, now three years old
is tho youngest but largest Stnte ns
sociatiou of tho kind. It hns nearly
10,000 enrolled members. Nearly all
are childrou. there boing about 800
nd ults, most of whom nro residents o
Chicago. A now Illinois statut
makes it a misdemeanor, puuishojil
by flno or imprisonment, for any per
sou to havo in his possession thobody,
living or dead, of auy wild bird, th
English sparrow, tho crow nnd the
chicken hawk excopted.
The United statos having completed
its war with Spain it has ratified The
Hague treaty for tho substitution of
arbitration for war. Holland being
too small to light anything except tho
East Indian aboriginos has ratified
this measure of uuiversal peace. Eng
land is too busy carrying on war iu
South Africa to attend to this matter
at presont. Franco, Germany, Rus
sia, Austria and Japan feel that thoy
must bo a littlo bettor prepared for
ir before thoy engage to submit
their quarrels to arbitration, aud the
increase of fleets and rcarmiuent of
artillery forces proceeds, remarks the
New York Journal of Commerce.
Harvard Univorsity is establishing
tho throe-year course for a dogroo in
placo of tho time-honored nnd uni
versal four-year course. President
Eliot says thnt "any young man with
fair abilities can now procuro tho do-
greo in throo years without hurry nud
overwork, if ho wishes to do so, or if
his parents wish him," nud this
opinion is amply borno out by ro-
cout statistics. For, at tho present
timo, nearly two-fifths of tho wholo
number of students, or 231 who are
graduated, are credited in three
years with sixteen or moro courses,
Tho President further stntes that
"within n comparative short timo the
majority of thoso who outer tho fresh
man class will como to collego with
tho purpose of complotiug tho re
quirments of tho collego iu threo
years."
A further and final test of the
Kearsargo'8 main battery has sot at
rest all doubts as to tho stability of
tho vessel and tho structural strength
of tho superimposed turrets. Tho
tremendous shock from tho simulta
neous detonation of full service
charges in four thirtcen-iuoh'nnd four
cight-inoh gnus was sustained by the
ship without tho slightest indication
of weakness at any point. No such
ordenl would bo possiblo in nctual
warfare, although it might be
safely undergone Thero iB scarcely
a dissenting voico among tho naval
experts in rogard to the supreme
value of tho now design, nnd it is ex
pectod that tho superimposed turret
system will now bo applied to tho
three battleships in conrse of con
struction, as well as nil other future
creations of this class for the Atneri
can navy.
MODERN BURIAL CASKET.
Soma Now Solil ns Chennty nn Conine
Other More Klnbornto Tlmn liver.
Probably about oue-lbitd of tho
pooplo dying in this country nowa
days nro buried in tuo old-fasuionod
coffins, about two-thirds boiug buried
iu ouo sort or another of tho modern
burial casket, which is as different in
appearance from tho old stylo coffin
ns it is possiblo to mnko anything de
signed for tho purpose, Tho percent
age of thoso buried in caskets is nit
tho timo increasing, Tho only thing
that has provontcd tho casket from
practically, if not absolutely, super
coding tho coffin, has boen apparent
ly its greater cost. Tho burial casket,
howovor, is now produced nt lower
prices than ever before. A blaok
cloth covered casket of n kind that is
very extensively used, and was sold
uvo years ngo for about 805 is now
sold nt $50, nud it could uow bo
made nnd sold for loss Minn tint but
for tho advanco lu cost within tho
past year or two of tho various mate
rials that outer iuto its construction.
There is now mado n burial casket of
tho modern typo, of whlto-wood, fin
ished in imitation of rosowood, that
is sold ns low as 835, or as cheaply as
n coffin of tho moro costly kind; cof-
flus boing sold, ncoording to material
nnd finish, nt 810 to 835. Thoso prices
for coffins nro nlso rnthor less than
tho prices at which thoy woro former
ly sold; thoso now selling nt $10 to
835 having brought but n few years
ago 815 to 815.
Tho lower prices hnvo beou brought
about by improved nud more econom
ical methods of mnuufanturo. It is
familiar fact that burial caskets aud
coffins nro not mado nowndnys ns thoy
wero iu old times, by cabinet-makers
aud undertakers, but ill factories do
voted to their production, mauy of
thcso being big establishments,
cnuinpod with tho most modern ma
chinery nud npplinuces of nil sorts for
tho working of woods aud metals. Iu
old times tho undertaker might work
away on n singlo coffin in aback room,
off his chop; recently nu Amoricau
concern manufacturing caskets has
put iu 850,000 worth of now aud iiu
proved machinery.
Not only avo tho less costly of tho
burial caskets uow producod at lower
prices thau thoso at which thoy woro
sold a fow years ago, but thero aro
also now mado lower priced caskets
of tho finer grades. For oxamplo: Up
to say llvo years ngo tho loast costly
of tho burial caskets of tho most
modern typo, ouo with straight aides
piul squaro straight ends, was of carved
oak. nud wart sold at 8225. A casket
of this kind. hand-ur,'d1 .and p
wood liuished in imitation of oak
cau uow bo bought for $85; aud a
hnnd-cnrvod casket of this stylo of
oak, and iu a handsoino desigu, can
uow bo bought for 8125. This would
bo of straight oak. A similar caskot
of quartered oak would cost more.
Fivo years ngo tho lowost priced of
tho carved mahogany caskets of this
kind cost $300; sueh n casket would
uow cost $250; this smaller propor
tiouato reduction boiug duo to tho
presont increased cost of mahogany.
Rut while grado for grado all burial
caskets aro now sold ouoapcr than
formorly, and somo of them hnvo boon
brought down to tho pried of coffiue,
thoro nro nlso mado nowadays burial
caskots of a still moro costly aud olab
orato charaoter thau over, and for
such caskets thero is n constant salo.
Amoug tho costlier varieties, caskets
coverod with silk plush aro still in
domaud, though uot so many plush
covored caskets are sold ns formerly,
tho lnrgcst domaud among tho more
cosily kinds being now for caskots of
wood, of oak nnd of mahogany.
Many of those caskots nro most elab
orate nud in every wny beautiful, in
matorial, in stylo nnd in finish.
Among tho costlier burial caskets tho
prices range up to 81000 aud upward.
Suu.
A Camllil rulillilier.
Ill tho death of J. Sshabolisz,
Zurich .publisher nnd author,
tho
tho
one
Ho
world of art and letters hns lout
of its extrnordiunry characters,
wns n shrowd busiuess man, nu excel
lent linguist, n skillful writer, nud
probably tho most snvngo publisher
who over livod. Whou ho nccoptod
tho famous momoirs of Count von Ar
id m, he wrote ou tho postnl onrd, with
tho acceptance, tho proviso:
"i ro-
servo tho right to correct your
infer-
nally bad grammar."
To nn nspiring poet who had sub
mitted manuscript ho auswered by
postal card: "I refuse to bo dis
graced by printing your doggerel. I
don't return tho copy becauso you
didu't inclose enough postage If
you will send it, with tho price of this
card, I will send it to you, but I don't
think tho stuff is'worth the expense
on your part."
Ono of tho postal cards to a novelist
read about ns follows: "For Heaven's
sake, come nud tnko nwny tho iinnnin
nblo mass of paper you loft here for
mo to look nt."
An ambitious historian wascrushod
by tho following, written, liko nil of
his correspondence, upon n postal
card: "You nro mnking tho mistake
of your life. You don't wnnt to study
history. You waut to learn how to
write." Saturday Evening Post.
IIvnrytliliiR Dry.
The lato Sir William Lockharl's
father, tho Rev. Lawrence Lockhart,
D. 1),, before his succession to tho
family ostato, in Lanarkshiro, wa.
parish minister of Inchiuuan, in Ren
frewshire. When, ou his succession
to tho estates, ho was "flitting" from
Inohinnau, ho left a number of things
behind him, stored in a garret. Some
timo afterward ho wrote to his suc
cessor to ask him whether tho things
in tho garret wero "all right," aud, iu
particular, whether they wero "well
aired." In reply he was told: "Tho
things in tho garret are all right, well
aired nnd quite dry sermons aud
all." London Chronic!"
GOOD ROADS NOTES,
Country lllglinrnff.
T X Owe
13 ?.'.
(T thn
O wo actually wautgood ronds?
aro bad roads preferable
tho cry that has boen raised
throughout tho length and
broadth of this contiuout: "Wo want
good roads," tho domaud of mon iu
thoir sober sonscs? Or has labor and
money boon placed on our roads for a
century past merely to till iu time,
aud keep our atirulus capital in circu
lation. If wo do not want good ronds,
if bad roads nro preferable, why should
wo want ronds at nil?
Wo must hnvo roads. That neces
sity having boon placed upon us, tho ex
porionco which has taught us tho wis
dom of building other structures sub
stantially, tcachos us tho economy of
having roads that aro good. Wo want
roads which will withstand wear. Wo
want tho labor and uionu? spout ou
thorn to bo a paying investment. Wo
want roads which will bo pood no mat
tor what tho Btato of tho wcathor. Wo
want roads which will not becotno
ruttod immediately tho fall rains como
ou or whon tho frost loaves tho ground
in tho spring, remaining iu rough
ridges for n ooiisidorablo part of tho
summer. A road whioh does this is n
bad road. Tho mouoy nud labor
spent on it is largely forcod down iuto
tlio mud, is plowed under withlu n
year nnd wasted. A good ror.il is nu
economical rond.
Iu building an economical road, im
provements must bo mado in sitati a
way that thoy will last. Roadi hnvo
boon built on the same principle as is
wagon which breaks down under the
first load, and is usod for firewood af
ter a year of Borvice. Most of tho
leadlug roads havo been mado and re
mado a sooro of Union aud aro still bad
roads. Thoy aro of tho kind that
"broak up." A road that "breaks
up," liko anything olso that breaks
up, iB n poor invostmout. Wbouroad
building is rightly understood in this
country, township couuoilors will no
moro think of buildiug roads th.it will
broak up in tho spring thau thoy will
think of constructing houses Hint
break up m tho spriug, barns that
broak up in tho spring or foucos that
broak up in tho spring.
Tho road buildors of this country
havo not given snfficicntconsidoratiou
to tho effect of building bad roads,
Year after year work of u flimsy, shift
less character is placed ou tho ronds.
Tho results aro only tomporory and are
destroyed by a very littlo wear nud
traffic. In a very short timo the work
.bus n bn done over ngniu. Rut tho
evil doos not end with this. This nu
mini demand fo. ropairn in ho great
that no township can respond to it.
Tho roads instead of being repaired
when thoy need it are uoglcotod, grow
worse nud worse, nud nil the evils of
bnd ronds follow.
Whnt bnd roads nro doing for this
country is only ouo sido of tho evil.
Tuo other side is whnt thoy nro not
doing. Tho Iosh doos not arise so
much from tho mouoy and labor wasted
every year ns it docs from tho nbsonce
of benefits which good ronds would
bring. Our loss must bo measured
uot so much by tho inouoy nud labor
wo aro throwing away ion bad roads,
ns by tho opportunities which would
come to us if tho roads wero good.
AVIiln Tlrn TvXImniiy.
Testimony ou tho valuo of wide tires
comes from nil sections of tho globe.
A oorrospondeut of n paper in Sydnoy
dosoribos n rond iu winch honvily
laden wngoua with unrrow tiros sank
hnlf-upoko deop, nud in placos to
their whool hubs," nnd yet n load of
fivo tons carried 'on six-inoh tiros sank
but two to four inches in tho worst
placos. In dry weather, ho says, tho
roads nro cut up by narrow tiros until
tho dust is a foot deep, and then the
rain will uot mako tho dust sot hard
again.
A good material for roads is gravel,
"but no gravel loads often aud twelve
tons on threo nud four-inch tiros, Au
experienced leninster will not spenk
nbout tho tonungo his team can draw.
Ho will say, 'I thiuk tho road will
carry fivo tons' or more, ns tho case
might bo. I hnvo heard road superin
tendents say that enormous sums of
money could bo saved nuuunlly if
broad tires woro usod. Tho only ob
jection I have heard raiso.l against
tho wido tires is ttint tfioy do not fit
into tho ruts cut by tho narrow ones,
whioh makes tho draught heavier upon
tho team. That is partially truo, but
tho ruts would not bo cut if all tlio
wagons had wido tiros. Portablo en
gines varying from six to eight horse
power and weighing fivo tons aud oyer
aro drawn by lighter teams thnu
wagons whioh, with thoir londs, would
not weigh moro. This is owing to tho
broad tires always used on engines.
Tho ash paus on engines nro seldom
moro thnu nbout ton inches from tho
ground, but owing to tho wido tiros,
these eugiucs seldom bog deop enough
to allow thopaus to touch the ground,"
North American Horticulturist.
Milking (Iiioil Itouita.
Wo onco holpcd n man fit a bit of
road through n low nnd miry piece of
laud ou his farm. Thoro was n bad
road ofton used at certain sonsons nud
he wautod it mado good. Tho surface
soil was thrown out as deop as it was
thought to bo valunblo matorial, and,
by tho way, that well paid for tlio la
bor. Thou a bit of old stouo wall was
put into tho roadway, tho larger
stouos boiug rather carefully packed
at tho outside. On thoso larger stones
woro dumped piles of small stones
that had accumulated from clearing
tho meadows and cultivated Holds, It
whs two good jobs iu getting tho walls
and stono-hoaps out of tho way. This
foundation was covered with gravel,
and whon it was dono tho owner said:
"Thero, that job is done, and I think
it will stay dono while I live." and wo
think it would and through one or two
moro generatirns, Wo havo thought
sinco tho agitation of tho good ronds
question thnt wo should not reach a
Boluticr. of it until road makers learned
to do their woik so that it would "stay
dono. " Mauy farms havo places used
as roadways which need lust such
treatment, nud so do certain pieces of
town ronds.
A tlromlcneil Movement.
To ono whoso wish is to seo tho
good roads movement broadened and
accolcratod it is gratifying to noto tho
greater attention that the uowspapem
of tho wholo country nro dovoting to
tho subject. And tuo rurnl press.
just whoro tho work is to hi dono is
now nativo in tho agitation, nidod by
correspondence from tho fnrmcrx,
themsolvcs, who certainly kuu
wheroof they fpcak.
Tlir Alill-llut Criitmlo In tlrlf'.
Thero is uo doubt that this ycat
will see many more miles of goj I
roads built thau has auy of its pre
decessors.
Tho agriculturists, to v.hom good
road j will mean ro much, nro nowdis
oussing tlio subjoct as thoy have never
done before.
Whilo road building is mne!
chonpor now than it waa fivo yearn
ago, so far ns labor is concerned, thorn
is still nn incrcaso duo to the greater
demand for building innlerial from
various parts of tho country.
Tho National Goyornmont has dono
nothing for n half century for belle.-
road highways, wiiioh would directly
boneflt the farmers nud indirectly bo
of untold valuo to tlio couuucroaof tho
entire couutry.
Thero nro nt present 20,003 miles of
roads of nil kiuds in NowJcisoy, in
cluding stoue, clay, grnvol nud mind.
Of this amount 1000 miles hnvo boou
improved,
Tho Nntiounl Assembly of tlio
LengiM of American Wheelmen
strongly iudorsod tho bill presented
to Congress, calling for an appropria
tion of 83,000,000 for highwny im
provement iu tho various States.
PRESERVING ORANCES.
New rrocm Which It Snlil to lla I: II or
llinti Colli .Stor.tgn.
Tho Southern California Fruit Ex
change, with headqunrtors in Los
Augolos, has for somo timo beou ex
perimenting with n now system of
proserving oranges whilo iu process
of sliipmout. Lnst year, oxporimoutH
woro made with good results, but tho
mattor was tiudortakon too lato iu tho
soasou for anything dclluito to bo de
termined. Tho question has boen
taken up ngniu this year, and, early
as tho ornugo sonson is, tho Fiuit Ex
chango is preparing to announce tho
coniploto success in every particular
-f.ils now system.
R. R. Suowdeu, of Los Angolcs, ii
tho inventor, nud tho prooo3s con
sists iu fumigating tho oranges with
oortain gases before shipment, iu
ordoi' to kill tho fungus which is tho
a!!,8C attractions, nnd to ronoli tho fain--.
HEALTH, HATIUNU, AND
l o i T n 1.1 t I.1C.-H imet ttj..i. n...
IH"To.
,,1 iouivu ivr-,owr.JLO in uuui, iiiu
it wa'" "UiL'iu mis iniiiio a rate m
whiol'BN nnd SALT LAKE CITY of
ohomiro for tho round trip plun $2 from
ClMlt ,,..1 lt,o tt l.,x In .,ir..t 1...... 1)1
wwa... ,,, ,UI, lf lU III 1'IIUUU I, llllfl Ml,
was vl to 112 inclusive, July 18, nnd Aug.
was urn limit Out. 31, 1000.
11 a Hi". imui uniuuii, uuu uu ur mi-
uflts JAS. 11. SOANLAN, Agont.
fnot
vory
is nt
(1
Been uuuuuiu vi
inven'
load
3 Notice,
is nb
ily os'
coat rVo 400,000 Acres of Pus-
JJ. II, VJUUU11IUW,-I . . T n , n
W. Gl Coobrauo & Son, agents iu this
city for the Soutliorn California Fruit
Exchaii.'re, talked lulorcstiugty yes
tordayvof tho now motliod. "Thoro
is uot tho slightest room for doubt,"
ho said, ,"that our now oheuiioal pro
cess has proven n success. Not only
is tho fruit preserved boltor thnu by
tho uso of ioo, but tho saving in cost
is tromendous. Just what the cost is
of using gases wo do not know exact
ly, ns there socms to bo considerable
secrecy surrounding tho details of tho
matter, in California. Rut thnt it will
rovolutionizo tho present lnothods of
shipping fruit thoro cau bo littlo ques
tion. "Wo nro cxpocling sovernl moro
consignments treated by tho now
method in a fow days, but wo nro
quite sure that tho results thero will
boar out the experiments aud th,i
tests nlrcady made." Kansas OllJ
Tunes.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Fino eeu.se aud exalted nonse nro
not half so useful ai common sense.
Pope.
Tho tostimouy of a good cousoienoo
is tho glory of n good name. Thoniai
u.KoinpiH,
Wo nro nltogethar too dopendout
upou society for plensuro nud profit.
II. A. Kendall.
Wo have far bettor insight into our
weaknesses thau iuto tho abilities of
othors. Spnrgeon.
Ono of tho godlike thiugs of this
world is tho veneration dono to human
worth by tho hearts of mou. Oarlylo.
It is bolter to suffer wrong thau to
do it, and happier to bo soinotimca
cheated than not to trust. Johnsou.
Wo Hud it hard to lovo thoso wo
inonsnro ourselves ugninst ospeoinlly
if tho pattern is n little largo. Garri
son. Worthless things rocoivo a value,
whon they are made tho ofloriugs of
l-ospoot, O3teoiu and gratitude.
Looke.
Tho shortest aud surest way to livo
with honor in the world is to bo iu
reality what we would nppoar to be,-
Socrates.
