A MORNING PRAYER.
Let e today do something that shall
take
A little sadness from tlio world's vast
store,
'And mav 1 bo so favored as to mako
Of joy's too sranty sum o little more.
Let me not hurt. ly nuy selfish deed
Or thouplitlcas word, the heart of Vc or
friend :
Nor would I dam, unseeing, worthv need,
4?r sin by silence when I should defend.
However meagre be ;nv worldly wraith,
Let me si-c something that shall aid
my kind,
A word of courage, or a thonaht of health,
Drortpcd as I pass for troubled hearts to
find,
Let me to-nith1. look 'back ncros the span
'Twixt dawn and dark, and to my con
science say
Because of some good act lo beast or
man
"The world is netter teat 1 lived to day."
-Ella Whrelcr Wilcox, in the New York
Journal,
Mrs, Thistlegrow's girt
Bu Hefan Whitney Clark
,T M dregful worrl
hfc I If 'twas me, IM
I nil n mistake It
"5" nn' tlint was
M dregful worried : tout U an'
M tell her It wan
In the llrst place,
the hull an It.
But hi! You might ns well tnlk to the
wind ns to tnllc to brother John, when
his mlnd'H sot on nnythlng."
Mrs. Thlstlegrow, or Aunt Itodllln,
ns the neighbors called her, shook her
head gravely, as she sat down to peel
the potntocH for dinner.
"Au' here 1 am, with my lame back
n-glttln' linncr every day, an' no help
to be had, fur love nor money, Brother
John n-comln' home, too, an' whnt I
am a-goln' to do with such a sister-in-
law as Serena Saxon, I can't see. So
pertlklcr ns John alius was, too, au
to think of him n-mnrryln' n girl thnt
can t hardly cook a pertnto decent.
Them Saxons Is nil a shlf-less set, hut
.Serena Is the shlf-Icssest one of the
hull lot; an' It does rile me n heap to
think of her a-marryln' John, nu'
a-comln' here to be mistress of the ole
plnce.- A line housekeeper she'll be,
nn a pretty mess she'll make In this
kitchen, that I've alius tuck sech pains
.with."
And the tears almost stood In Mrs,
Thistlegrow's eyes, ns she glanced
n round the roomy kitchen, which, In
deed, gave evidence of her thrift nud
management.
The speckless window panes through
which the fnlntgst ray of sunshine
found easy Ingress; the long kitchen
table, white with its weekly scouring;
the bright array of pots and pans, and
the polished china and glassware, ar
ranged on the spotless shelves of the
tall, old kitchen-dresser all told of
careful Industry nud housewifely
thrift.
' Mrs. Thlstlegrow sighed as she
looked around, and thought of the
changes thnt would soon be mndu In
the tidy apartment.
"I wouldn't mind John a-gittln' mar
rled," she continued, "ef 'twas only to
somebody smart an' capable; fur what
.with the rheumntlz in my back nn
that spell of ager I hod In the fall. I
ain't none too able to git about no
how.
"But to think of Serena Saxon
n-trnpp!n' him like she did, purteudln
to take him In nrnest when he was
only a-funnln all the time! It can't
be helped, though, now, I s'poEe, an'
I must try to git soino help nforo John
comes. There'll be u heap o' cooklu'
to do, an of course Serena won't offer
to help. She'd only bo In the way
an' clutter up the kitchen, ef she did.
I must git Squire Brown to put an
advertisement In the paper fer me."
"You don't look nouo to chirk," said
'Aunt Rodllla, critically scanning the
.white face of a tnll girl before her
n girl with silky colls of bronze-gold
hair, and eyes the color of wild forget
me-uots. "But you hain't been sick,
you say, and mebbo you'd do. Hain't
never hired out before, I blevc you
sam?"
"No," but I have done housework at
home, an think I could suit you."
"I think so, too," declnred Aunt Ro
dllhi, heartily. "But you hain't told
mo your name yet."
"It's Bella-Bella Bittersweet."
smiled the girl, looking wouderfully
pretty, Aunt Itodllln thought, with
deep dimples Indenting the fair cheeks,
over which a faint, blooming Hush
hnd dawned, helghtenlnc their dcllcnte
Jjenuty.
"Very well, Bella. I shall be glad
of your help, I know. There's heaps
o' house-eleanln' to do, fur I'm ex-
pectin' my brother John home every
day, now, to bo married. An' there's
fruit-cakes and lemon-tarts to be made
for the affair. An we might as well
make up some Jelly rolls while we're
about It. Brother John used to bo on-
common fond of Jelly-roll."
And when Miss Serena Saxon walked
Into the kitchen one day, as she fre
quently did, with the air of proprietor
she stared haughtily at the fair-faced
girl, who sat whisking eggs, with up-
roiieu sicoves showing a trnlr of white.
dimpled arms such as the Medlcinu
Venus herself might have envied.
"uumpii: so you've got a hired
ginr remarked Serena, turning to
Aunt Bodllla, with a supercilious smile
In her bold, black eyes, and at the
comers of her sharp, thlu-Ilpped
lUOIIlll.
"I needed one, I think," retorted Mrs
umsuogtw, abruptly. "Willi tho
rheumatlz In my back, an' all tho trou
Die of gettln' rendy for John "
"Vou won't have the t ouhle long.
men,- onserved Miss Snxon, compla
ccntly. "For I shall soon be the mis
. .. . . . , .
wean iierc, aim it you pay your
jxmru "
"Jonn-8 n-eoinlnT' cried Aunt Bo
dlila, rushing through the hall, Miss
Sorcnn trlppllng closely nt lief heels.
John greeted his sister nffectlonntely
before addressing his Intended bride.
"Then you have not changed your
mind yet?" he asked, half gloomily.
Serena pouted, and tossed her bend
defiantly.
"Of course not! 1 ain't tho kind to
chnngo my mind. after I say a thing,"
she retorted, slgtilllcautly.
"Very well."
John looked resigned,, ns If ho had
made up his mind for the sncrlllce;
but his hnndsomu face looked trou
bled and downcast.
Aunt Bodllla seized n moment to
bounce out to the kitchen, as a relief
to her indignation.
"Bella," she commnnded, abruptly,
bring In n glass of cherry wine.
Brother John looks Ilka he needed a
little stimulation of some sort."
And Aunt Boddln hurried back,
while Bella rolled down her sicoves,
smoothed out the folds of In-v apron,
and carried the glass of wine ou n
tray to the pnrlor door.
Brother John stood In the centra of
the room, tall and brond-shouldered,
with Spaulsh-brown eyes, dnrk, wav
ing hair, and moustache tawny as a
lion's maue; hut wltli n grave, re
signed look ou his dnrk, hnudsomc fea
tures Serena hovering nenr, her black
eyes gleaming triumphantly.
Bella stood for half a second on
the threshold of the door; then there
was a crash, a cry of "Jack!" and
Aunt Bodllla's goblet lay In shattered
fragments on the floor, the ruby-red
wine splashing over the carpet and the
gold-nnd-crlmson wallpaper, and broth
er John was holding Bella, linlt-fnint-
lug, in his arms, showering kisses on
the pnlc cheeks and tremulous coral
red Hps.
"Whnt Is the meaning of this?" de
manded Serenn, In violent tones.
"What's this girl to you, John Gro-
ver?"
John clasped the slender form more
closely In his nrms, and looked defi
antly Into. Serena's flashing eyes.
"She Is my wife," ho nnswered, tri
umphantly.
Finding thnt her well-laid plans hnd
thus gone "agley," Miss Serena
flounced nngrlly from tho house.
And brother John took tlio first oc
casion to explain to his sister how he
had secretly married Bella two years
ago, her .guardian being opposed
tho match. Tho boat on which they
took their bridal tour hnd been
wrecked, the young couple separated
and both hnd been reported lost. And
Bella, having no proof of her mnrrlage,
hnd chosen to retain her maiden
name.
"I declare fur It If I ain't glad, plum
to my gizzard," declared Aunt Bodllla,
delightedly. "If I'd picked your wife
myself, John, I couldn't a-choso one
thnt suited mc better.
"An' I do believe my rheumatlz' Is
glttlii better already," she added, slip
ping out to sec about tho dinner. Sat
urday Night.
How Itulers Aro Addressed.
The simple little "madam" is, ns
most people know, all that serves be
tween Victoria and her court to mark
her dignity as the ruler of n world
wide empire. Had Britain a king ho
would be no more than "sire," tho old
French form of "sir," sacred to roy
alty. The term of "your majesty" is
only for servants and ceremonial oc
casions. Not every one Is aware, how
ever, that there are few other courts
whero this simplicity prevails. Tho
Emperor of Germany Is "majestat"
there Is no pronoun lu the title to nil
and sundry, even to his family, except
when In absolute privacy. Tho Em
peror of Austria is "eurer majestat" nt
all times and under all circumstances;
the King of Greece Is "votro mnjeste,"
French being tho court language, and
the King of Sweden Is "els mnjestat."
Their royal consorts arc addressed with
the same formality. Only at the courts
of Belgium nnd Italy mny the sover
eign bo greeted as "sire" or "madam,"
though the etiquette of tho Russian
court permits It when the French Inn
gungo Is being used. Njeholas II.. Is
to his courtiers and officials "czar."
To the Hps of a Russian peasant face
to face with his sovereign the time
honored "little father," "little mother,"
would spring, as would "excellenza"
to those of nn Italian. It should bo
noted lu passing that not oven their
most privileged courtiers may speak,
to mouarens unless tney aro spoken to.
This piece of etiquette does not work
out quite so sillily ns mlfht bo expect
ed; once embnrked on a conversation
remarks nnd opinions mny be offered
with a duo amount of tact.
At n Ceylon Hospital.
Every nurse. wo touches nt the port
of Colombo wants to luspect the model
little Lady Havelock Hospital, which
was suggested and opened by tho wife
of. r. former Governor of Ceylon of
thnt name, says the New York Tri
bune. Tho hospital Is staffed entirely
by women, and was built for the ben
cut of tlio native women whose reli
gious customs and traditions forbid
the ministrations of medical men.
The resident surgeou . at tlio Lady
Havelock Is a qualllled Dutch burgher
-the Hist, and so far the only, wom
an who has studied and taken her de
gree lu Ceylon. Tho hospital stands
In the centre of beautiful grounds, full
of shady tropica1 trees and vivid flow
ers, and contains ten wards built on
tho pavilion plan. Three rupees a day
$1.50 ami ten rupees entrance feo
cover tlio cost of nursing, medicines,
medical attendance and board, Tho
uniform Is brown hollaud, braided In
white.
The native women nro plensnnt nnd
tractable patients. Nightgowns nro
garments unknown to natives of Cey
Ion, and It Is curious to sec patients in
bed with leugths of linen rolled around
them, '. lose doing duly ns robes dc
milt. , ..- .
Probably no yoiing worqnn ever re
formed a mn by Inborlng with him.
The most effective way for. young
ivonicn to reform men thnt -need It Is
to leave them nlonc.
If the courub estimate of $00,000,
000,000 as the total wealth of the
United States In 1000 Is correct, this
nation' Is worth more than twice ns
much as It was In 1SS0.
Alfred Austin, the English poet lau
reate, has written a poem ou tho con
clusion of tho Boer wnr, In which ho
says England "mustered virile throng
nnd sped her war-shares through the
waters white." Wo understand, how
ever thnt In these words he Is not re
ferring to the loans raised by Great
Britain In (he United States.
Postal rates between Switzerland
nnd both Germany and Austria-Hungary
have lately been reduced. Un
fortunately thorntes'for letters to for
eign countries remain the same, nud It
Is said that the United States firms do
themselves a deal of unwitting dam
age by sending lusulliclcntly stamped
letters to foreign houses lu Switzer
land who have then to pay a line upon
receipt equnl to double the postngo
Inching, and thus receive n bad Impres
sion of the methods of American firms.
A physician of Moutclalr, N. J.,
stopped In front of a residence in the
town, on n recent evening, nnd while
ho was paying his call somebody stole
his automobile nnd rode away In it.
Tho machine wns found scvernl miles
away at an curly hour tho next mom
lug, nud from Its appearance It wns
Judged that the thief or thieves had
tried to ride it over stone walls nnd
through bnrbed wire fences. It was
considerably damaged. This is be
Moved to be the first ense of theft of
au automobile yet recorded In this
couulry, at any rate.
People Interested In anlmnls who be
wall the henrtlcssucss of those who
go In the country nud leave cats to
starve In the city seldom think of the
unitnnls which nre left in tho country
by summer people when they go home,
There Is n man nt one Now Jersey re
sort who keeps a big hogshend of wn
ter on hand at tho close of the season,
and in this the stray cats which find
their way to him lu senrch of food
take IcnVc of their sorrows. In an
other place where there Is n largo col
ouy of summer visitors the residents
after their departure" have every.. fall
n cat hunt and exterminate the nn!
mnls. .
A recent special dispatch from Lon
don gives tho following serious story:
It has been discovered that Loudon's
"two-peuuy tube," as tho new under
ground electric railway Is called, con
fors another benefit besides transit.
The enervated and debilitated nre now
resort lug to It ns a means of restoring
lost appetite. This strange suggestion
was first made by n gentleman "Who
uvcrs he had suffered from loss of np
petite for eighteen months, but who,
the tlrst day he traveled In the "two
penny tue," renched homo rnvenous,
and hns maintained nn appetite ever
slnco by tho taking of a Journey every
two or three days. This tonic Is ns
crlbed to the ozone generated by the
electricity.
Modern highwaymen on the Iron
roads of tho West arc not entirely lm
muuo as might be conjectured from
recurring reports of successful "hold
tips." They run the snmo risks of
brave resistance and fatal retaliation
to which the Duvals nnd Sheppards of
Hnmpstcad Heath were occasionally
subjected more than a century ago,
As was shown lu a rcceut nttcmpt on
nu express train nenr Council Bluffs,
Iowa, a bold exprc.-s messenger, with
a WIuc1 2ster rifle, inny prdvldc at
once security nnd vengennce for prop
erty and passengers on the menaced
train. With high power rifles handy
to tho reach of train hands tho train
robbcr'rf vocation becomes distinctly
extra-hnznrdous,
A young womnn committed suicide
In New York City the other day, and
her reason for so doing, ns explained
by her relatives, wns that she worried
because she wns plain and nobody
asked her to marry. This girl had
doubtless never been told that "hand
some Ik as handsome does." She hnd
never read eharltablo essays written
by kind hearts for such as her, set
ling forth facts of history showing
thnt very ugly women hnvo married
not once, hut scvernl times, nnd wield
cd enormous Influence over tho lives
of men, observes Harper's Bazar. She
had not any good friend to tell her
that It Is beauty of soul, loveliness of
mind, which men ndmlro lu this world
that mere physical attraction, fair
skin, straight nose, bright eyes, red
Hps, curling hnlr, arc fleeting charms
vanity, all vanity. .u..
NAMES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Many Are ns Euphonious ns Our Indian
Words.
Speaking ot queer nnmes nnd no
menclature, there Is probably no other
country In the world thnt affords such
n wide range nnd ns great variety ns
the Philippine Islands. In the dis
tricts over which tho Spaniards held
sway the villages and localities usual
ly hnvo two names the old native
ones nud the more recent Spanish
ones, the hitter generally being tho
names of saints. There nro hundreds
of Santn Mnrlas and San .loses nnd
Santa Cruzcs several of each In every
province. And then there nro Snntn
Anas, Snn Estebaus, Santn Tomnses,
San Fcruandos, Snn Domtugos, Snn
Roqttes, San Mateos, Santn Isabels,
San Lulscs, Snn Mnnucls, San Anton
los, San Marccllnos, San Mlguels, Snn
Junns, San Pablos, San Quentlns, San
ta Barbaras, Snn Jaclntos, Snn Potcn
clns, San Pedros, Snn Fnblnns, Snn
Frnnclseos, San Fellpes, San Isldros
and San Udefonsos without number.
Oho enn hardly turn In any direction
without rinding n street or n town or
a bnrrlo bearing the name of a saint.
Then tho Spanlnrds, to give n little
touch of variety, named some of their
towns nfter Spanish heroes and his
torical personages. There nro lots of
Legnspls, Elcnnos, Andns, Cervantes,
Mngcllanes, Urdnnctns, Dnsmnrlnns
nnd Bnlcedos. Here nnd there wo mny
find a still further variety In the shnpc
of surh mimes ns Florida Blancn,
Llnnahcrmosa, La Lomn, Ermltn, Los
Banos, Marlqulnn, Marlvelcs, Corrcg
Idor, Angeles, La Carlota, Las Plans,
Novcleta, Castclla and Escalante.
Of the native names there arc many
that nro beautiful and euphonious, as
there nro also many that nre harsh
and ugly. Whero will one And prct
tier sounding nnmes that Naravacau,
Llbmnunn, Carranglan, Cabnnatuan,
Blnangouan, Autlpolo, Montalkau, Cal
nbnngn, Parang rarang, Pnugaslnan,
Pampangn, Bluondo, Mnrlcnbnn and
Cathbalgnu? They nre ns musical as
Indiana, Maryland, Mashonnlaud or
Mandalay. Or such, crisp, stanch
names as Tnrlac, Torac, Bontoc, Luk
ban, Tondo. Ormoc, Paco, Polo, Vlgan,
Morong, Vlrac, Laoag and Bcnguet.
Or such queer ones as Bag-bag, Bllc-
bllc, Cut-cut, Bus-bus, Ballluag, Cull
cull, Blnc-ua-bnto, Majnyjny, Cnrlgnrn,
Nnmncpncan, Mnbnlacat, Tayay, Lag
ulmnnoc, GIngaran, Glnagangan, Bain
bam, Bngumlmynn, Bnyambnng, Jim
nnmylnn, Glnjuluugan, Gubat, Blgna,
Bougabong, Batiang, Dlnalupljan, Tn
gulg, Dumnguete, Nasugbu and Fng-
sanjan?
And where, where In the wide, wide
world is there such a coinlc opera
name ns thnt of the Dnttn Tnntung of
uongao, who lives lu the little Island
of Tnwi-Tawl In the Sulu group? One
could almost set the name alone to
music, If one remembers that Bongao
is pronounced Bung-gow.
homo local poet has already begun
a lyric dedicated to tho datto, the llrst
four irrcTcrent verses running thus
"I'm tho Datto Tautung of Bongao,
Aim i rule In tho South, South Sen:
I don't give a blame for nny blame man
Who don't give ft blame for me."
And that, by tho way, describes per
fectly the character of tho famous
Datto Tautung of Bongao. John T,
McCutcheon, In tho Chicago Record.
A Storm ill lln Trmiloa.
The sun dlsnppcnrcd behind a mount.
ninous mnss of leaden-colored clouds
which rose rapidly in tho southern nud
western quarters, says J. Tnvlor Wind
in tno Atlantic. To tho eastward
also, the signs wero threnlenlnfr
wignt came on suddenly, as It does In
tlio tropics. Soon the darkness nnvol
oped us, a palpable veil. A noise like
tne marcli of a mighty host wns heard
proved to be tho nnnroaeh of n trnnl
cni Hood, Heralded by drops as large ns
marbles. It churned the still waters
Into n phosphorescent foam which rcn
dercd the darkless only more onnrnH
slve. Tho rain came down as It enn
come only In tho Might of Benin. Tho
nvninuciic cooled us. reduc inr the lnm
peraturo ten or fifteen degrees, giving
us new lire, and relieving our fevered
blood. I told Mr. Block to throw back
the tiirpnulln over the main hatch nnd
let our dusky friends get some bcnollt
of It. In half an hour the rain ronurxl
but It wns as calm and ominous ns
over. I kucw this wns but tho fore
runner of something to follow. Wt
hnd not long to wait, for suddenly n
blinding flash of lightning darter
through the gloom from east to west
followed by one In the onnoslto dlion
tlon. Without Intermission, ono blaze
after another, nnd thunder crashing
until our eyes wero blinded and our
enrs deafened, n thousand times ten
thousand pieces of artillery thundered
nway. We seemed utterly helpless
mm insigniiicnnt. "How wonderful
nro Thy works," came to my mind
Still no wind; the brig lay helpless.
AVI dtp Mountulii 1'nrcstslii Hunger.
A "boa contrlctor," "the very worst
trust lu tho world," or "vampire"
these are hard names, hut even such
terms fall to express tho character of
the enterprise which Is denuding the
mountains of Now Hampshire, and
bringing ruin ami desolation upon
them. Tho gravity of tho situation
cannot bo exaggerated. What the rem
edy mny be does not appear. For while
ou tho ono hand the people of Now
Hampshire have to deal whh tho re
niorseless greed of the lumber opera
tors, on the other they are handicapped
and shorn of might by their own In
d ffcr.u.o nnd Ignorant want of appro
elation of tho evil and tho necessity
of Its cure. There Is ono way, and one
way only, to save the White Mountain
forests, nnd thnt Is by condemnation
nud the taking of tho land by right of
eminent domnln.-Forest and Stream.
Postcards In Franco cost two cents,
letters threo cents for every fifteen
grams or fraction thereof.
(Hood joads f2otes
8
One State's 1'lne Jteconl.
-TT-ff-r 1TIIIN n few Tears New
W Jersey has come to the
front ns a builder of Im
proved roads. Within
n year or two it will be possible to
ride from one end of the Stnte to
the other upon roads built In each
county and mndo Into n continuous
system through a well studied scheme
which Stnte Bond Commissioner Hen
ry I. Budd hns nurtured over since ho
hns held the olllcc.
New Jersey's modem ronds now
have n total length of one thousand
miles, which Is considerably In ex
cess .of thnt of nny other Stnte, while
live hundred miles of additional roads
havo been applied for In excess of
those for which contracts have been
nwarded.
The project to build these roads by
menus of State aid nt the outset wns
very unpopular. The movement wns
slatted In one or two counties In the
southern pnrt of tho Stnto by ft few
progressive fnrmcrs who hnd become
wenry of hauling their produce to
mnrkct over ronds often hub deep In
sand or mud. It was next taken up
by the Granges, farmers' clubs nnd
County Boards of Agriculture nnd dis
cussed In nil Its bearings. Next the
League of American Wheelmen lent
n hand, and In connection with the
Stnte Board of Agriculture succeeded
In securing the ennctmont of the llrst
State Aid law. This was lu 180'- and
it' was finally amended until the law
of 1805 wns passed, which Is the pres
ent law. Orlglnnlly tho Bonrds of
Freeholders wero compelled to order
the construction of nny rond whero the
necessary elgnnturcs ot the ndjolnlng
property owners hnd been secured to
the petition, nud In the event of the
neglect or refusal of nuy of these
bonrds to net, provision wns made
for mnndnmus proceedings, which had
to ho resorted to In Burlington County
at tho outset, ns tho Board of Free
holders refused to award the contracts
to build tho ronds until compelled to
do so by the courts.
A yenr later those who most strong
ly opposed these ronds were most out
spoken In their favor. Tho result was
a number of additional ronds were con
structed, nnd now It Is almost Impossi
ble to satisfy tho demand for exten
sions from nil pnrts of tho county.
Thus New Jersey hns the honor of be
ing the llrst State successfully to per
suade the construction of public roads
by appropriations from the Stnte
Trcnsury. Heretofore they were built
nnd enred for nt local expense. Their
supervision wns under locul authority,
except where by special legislation
county authorities were empowered
to net. The money raised for their
construction and mnlntcunucc was by
taxes ou the property lu the town
ships through which they passed.
The Stato Aid act recognizes the fact
that tho roads belong to the general
public, Irrespective of where they live,
nud that it was not right for the local
authorities to bo taxed for tho roads,
which nro lnrgely used by people trav
eling long dlstnnces, so- It provides
thnt when property owners nlong a
certain road desire Its Improvement
two-thirds of them shall petition tho
Freeholders for it, agreeing 1 hereby to
pny ten per cent, of Wio cost. Upon
the acceptance of this petition by the
Freeholders and Its approval by the
Stato Boad Commissioner the State
will pay one-third nnd tho county the
remainder of tho cost.
To Stnto Rond Commissioner Henry
Budd Is lnrgely due tho credit for
these improvements, ns he has given
the subject his undivided attention
ever since his appointment to the
place, nearly six years ago. In spenk-
lug of the great strides made In road
Improvements throughout the country
In tho Inst decade, Mr. Budd said tho
other day:
"Any ono who had predicted ten
years ngo that we would have such
a complete system of ronds as we have
now would havo been looked upon
as visionary, Bemcinbcr, tho road
movement was not begun until 180'.'.
Tho llrst rond wns built In Middle
sex County, from Old Bridge to Mat
nwan, a distance of about live miles.
Burlington County next made applica
tion for a rond, but It was bitterly op
posed, on the ground that it would
Increase taxation. Litigation followed,
resulting In n dcclsloqu In favor of
the rond. To-day tho people are al
most unanimously In favor of good
roads, and In tho county to-day men;
aro about 115 miles of road, tho re
sult of Stale aid. At tho close of this
yenr Aliunde County will havo about
thirty-three miles of Improved road;
Camden, forty-live; Essex, sixty;
Gloucester, forty; Mercer, sixty-four;
Middlesex, eighty; Monmouth, forty
six; Mortis, thirty; Passaic, thirty;
Salem, ten; Somerset, twenty-seven,
ami Burlington, lir.
"In 180:i-'tl the Stato built seventy
(five- miles of road; lu 1805, forty-six
miles; mm, llfty-ono miles; 1807, six
ty-slx miles; 1808, eighty-four and one-
half tulles, and In 1800, 115 miles. The
total amount expended lu rond con
structlon by tho Stato and counties
up to Ibis yenr was $2,001,175, and
during the current year over $500,000
will bo expended."
A Cynic's View of Life.
On the plains it Is a dead level, lu
the mountains 11 has Its ups and
downs. On nu Isthmus it is neck or
nothing. Ou uu Island it has Its limits.
But nt sen It Is all over with you.
Ilnrlcm Life.
It. Is not nn uncommon sight to sec
tho Chinese soldier with it fan nud
nn umbrella strapped across his back.
NEW STYLES OF FEATHERS'.
lturitjnnl l'owln Now Furnish lllrd I'liun
ngeft For tlio Milliner.
The demand for feathers for millin
ery purposes has caused nn Inventor to
experiment in this Held, and he hns
succeeded so well that many of our
most fashionable bird plumages and
fenthcrs nro artificially manufactured.
The trade In feathers nmounts to mill
ions of dollars initially, nud the sup
ply of the birds furnishing them Is
decreasing so rapidly that It Is quite
essential thnt substitutes should be
found. How many women who wear
the beautiful ostrich tips nud plumes
know whether they nre the genuine
article or nrtltlclal fenthcrs? The
work of raising ostriches lu California
has certainly brought the cost of theso
feathers down to n reasonable figure,
but hardly to tho ridiculously low
prices that are sometimes asked for
them In the stores. The nrtlllchil os
trich fer titers have their quills mndo
of celluloid, nnd the barbs of silk'
waste. Then when dyed nnd skillfully
curled It would take nn expert to de
tect them from the genuine article.
Various other expensive feathers and
plumes are manufactured out of silk
nud cotton waste, and Inventors nro
constantly devising new methods try
which they enn supply the demands
of fashion a1 little cost to the public
and at a great profit to the manufac
turers. Tho utilization of poultry
feathers for millinery purposes Is n
subject of Importance. There hn
been nu unexpected dom.iud for tho
fenthers of chickens, ducks nnd geese
this yenr, Farmers have renlly found
thnt their poultry was profitable. Some
of the speclnl breeds of fnrmynrd
ducks nnd gecso have remarkably
beautiful feathers, shimmering with
gold, green and blue, and tinged with
a metallic lustre of unusual beauty.
All of these have a value itsldo from
the meat and eggs they furnish. But
oven the common barnyard poultry Is
made to furnish material for the mar
ket. By dyeing tho fenthers they can
be made to Imitate the brightest
plumes Hint ever graced the back or
topknot of it tropical bird. The plumes
nre artfully made up by hand, ench
Individual feather being colored be
forehand, nnd then worked Into nn ex
quisite design. Some of these plumeH
are so gorgeous that they aro more In
demand than the genuine plumes of
wild birds.
A remarkable machine Is In use for
plucking the fenthcrs from dend poul
try, and by Its use the feather Industry
has been greatly simplified nnd ex
panded. The dend bird Is placed on ti
table, and the picker strips It of all
feathers In Just half a minute. Then
the plucked feathers nre passed rap
idly along to another small room
where a current of itlr sorts tho very
fine from tho heavy' ones. Tho very
lightest and softest feathers nro used
for pillows, but nil tho others llud
some use In the millinery trnde. It In
becomlug the fashion now to hnvo
clonks nnd mantles mndo out of the'
feathers, and some handsome pieces of
wearing apparel have been mado in
this way. Hiieh a feather cloak Is
more expensive than sable or seal. In
the National Museum nt Washington
there Is such a cloak that Is said Jo lift
valued by the authorities at $1,000,000.
It watt made of the feathers of an ex
tinct bird for one of tho old Kings or
the Hawaiian Islnnds. nnd contnlns
probably several million feathers.
New York Times.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The beautiful can never die. Kings-
ley.
Knowledge Is tho eye of the soul.
T. Watson.
Every man stnnips his vnluo 'on him-
self.- Schiller.
Gratitude Is the music of the heart,.
Robert South.
We get out of nnturc whnt we carry
to her. llngur. ,
Genius Is nothing but labor nnd dili
gence. Hogarth.
Cheerfulness is tho bcsfproniotcr of
health. Addison.
Have an nlm In life, or your energies
will bo wasted. M. C. Peters."
No capital earns such Interest' as
personal culture. Sheridan.
Whatever Is worth doing at nll.U
worth doing well. Chesterfield.
Pho education of tho will Is the ob
ject of our existence. Emerson.
Candor looks with equnl fairness nt
both sides of a subject. Noah Web
ster.
Know something of everything ami
everythlngof something. Lord Brougli-
hain.
Hull u I'niiiplilii.
The Rev. John Haynes wns famous
for his pit by sayings. At one time he
overheard his daughter and boiuo
young friends criticising certain neigh
bors more severely than wns pleasing
to him, whoroupon ho proceeded to
read them a lecture on the slufuluess
of .scandal.
"But, father," remonstrated his
daughter, "we must say something." .
"If you can do nothing better," re
torted Mr. Ilnynes, dryly, "gel u
pumpkin nnd roll It about. Thnt will
be at least an innocent diversion."
Not long nftcrward a conference of
ministers met at his house. During
thu evening an earnest discussion on
certain points of doctrine nr)3e, nnd
from tlio lofty pitch of somo of tlio
voices it seemed ns If pari of the dis
putants, at leas), wero In danger of
losing their temper.
At that Juncture Mr. Ilaynes'sdaugh
ter quietly entered tho room, bearing a
huge pumpkin. She put It down In
front of her father, and said, "There,
father, roll It about; roll it uhoul."
Mr. Haynes wns called upon for an
explanation, and good humor was re
stored. '