LYRIC.
Joy, the melody-maker, through mine
April winging,
Furled n tickle pinion, rented him from
night!
Joy. with rush and ripple through my
hough!) of apple,
Joy, the merry-maker, set my days
a-slngtng,
Set my life vibrating as a branchlet
f ant Bradley, never going back to the
Swinging
Where the birds alight.
O
O the music
laughter of an
the melody-making!
DrcllKltlK
Through the life and
April ngnii
O tho song and clamor leuvlng tuneful
ircmur; i
.. , I. n IMntmlll.MHlflni. .. a . f I tl '
juyi nic iiiciuuj -intimitis, cio iiij inn tui-
saklug,
Joy hath taught mo music still the
boughs ure shaking
Where he stayed his Might.
Kllnor Hwatman, In Frunk Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly.
The Lost Mineature.
"I would like to know," exclaimed
Ethel Bradley, abruptly It was get
ting too dark to read "Just what it
looks like In Mrs. Percy'. It must be
a regular enchanted palate If It looks
anything like It docs outside. Florence
Mayo was telling me, only the last
time we went by there, that she had
beautiful things everything almost
tapestries, paintings some of the old
masters, priceless vases, quantities of
real lace oh, dear! I don't know what
she hasn't got! 1"
"Remember what you're breaking."
nnd Mrs. Bradley shook her head play
fully. "1 know, and I break It every time
I go by that splendid old mansion.
Thero aro two things we ought not to
have, tho commandment about covet
ing, and that old colonial residence
right here in the village, whero one
has to ace It every time ho goes out!"
Kthol turned round in her chair and
raised the curtain.
"It wouldn't be so bad," she con
tinued, "If we were ever allowed to
gratify our curiosity. But it's been
nearly two yoars since wo moved here,
and we haven't even got what old
Auntie Hicks would call a 'face-to-face
vision' of Mrs. Percy, to say nothing
of being admitted into thoao spacious
colonial rooms.
"Queer sho never goes out among
folks! If sho didn't always ride in a
closed carrlago when sho does take a
drive, we might seo what she looks
like."
"I have heard, dear," rejoined Mrs.
Bradley, "it's all owing to severe bo
reavement. Mrs. Judge Yates was
speaking to mo about her, not long
utter we moved East I was thinking
1 tolu you. She lost In early life a
very dear relative; I'm not sure
whether It was a sister Mrs. Yates
didn't know," and Mrs. Bradley looked
wistfully out of the window into tho
gathering gloom. "You know I can
sympathize with her, Ethel."
"Yes, mother," gently.
"Then only about four years ago I
think it was no longer than that Mrs.
Percy lost her husband and two daugn
ters. The boat in which they were
out turning for dinners was capsized
in a squall. Since that time Mrs.
I'ercy has given up all Boclety. Sho
dosen't receive, and makes no calls
that's why she's never called on us."
"But she'd feel so much better if
she'd only mingle with people
'twould help her forget her trouble."
"Perhaps she can't, doar. We can
never Judge for others," and Mrs.
Bradley rose to light the lamp.
Whon Mrs. Bradley was a girl seven
years old, she was left an orphan. Sho
had one sister two years older, and
no other known relative.
"It's about all we can do to live,"
confided the frontier missionary to his
wife, the evening before the funeral
of the girls' father their mother had
died eight monthB previous "but it
seems aa though Providence means for
us to take the little ones there's no
body olse to. I guess we'll get along
somehow!"
"Yob; Clod isn't willing that any of
Hip llttlo ones should perish," added
Mrs. Jackson, reverently.
And no 'twas settled. The next day
the llttlo Holman girls began their
new life in the home of the self-sacrificing
missionaries. Hero they lived
until their foster parents gave up
their mission work, and returned East
to their early homo.
"You'd better go with us," urged
Mrs. Jackson.
"It only for educational advantages,"
argued the missionary.
But both girls had been offered
schools in the township and the one
adjoining, and they decided to Btay
nnd teach for at least a year.
"The experience will bo of value, and
besides," they added, "wo owe the peo
ple something for what they've done
for ub." ,
Everything went well until the be
ginning of the following spring, when
1 rumors of Indian uprisings became
more and more frcquont. Puttiug lit
tle reliance in those reportB, the in
habitants of La Salle and Gregory
townships took no precautions against
a possible danger, and one night in the
early part of April, were surprised In
their unprotected condition, by bands
of savages that had revolted against
the treatment of tho United States
government.
Hardly a family escaped tho awful
massacre. Both families in which tho
Holman girls boarded wore attackod,
. and all wero roported klllod.
But the teacher of tho La Salle
achool was spending the night at tho
homo of one of hor scholars, two miles
or more from the straggling village.
Discovering In time tho flames of tho
burning buildings of their less fortu-
nato neighbors, tho little family crept
away to the southwest, nnd wore well
on the trail towards tho government
barracks at Dcor Crook, boforo their
own homo was pillaged nnd-ftted.
Here nt tho fort, Mary Ilolmnn ro-
v Inmlned until her marriage to Lleuten-
sccno of that terrlblo April maasacro,
whero suffered her friends nnd sister.
"I I don't know," declared Mrs.
Bradley, one afternoon, ns she was
putting on her wraps, "whether we'd
better ask Mrs. Percy to contribute
anything to the rummage sale or not.
The more wo can make the more we'll
have for the repairs on the church
and she might donate some articles In
very good condition things that
I would bring vory fair price.
"They ought not to have appointed
me on the soliciting committee It
would have been moro appropriate to
select sonic one who hns lived horo
longer than I. But I believe I'll ask
her It won't do any harm. Wish it
weren't quite so far up there It will
be dark before I can get round."
"Let me go I haven't anything es
pecial to do this afternoon. I can fin
ish tho little petticoats for tho sale to
morrow evening," nnd Ethel brought
togothor her mother's cloak nnd
hookod it.
"I don't know but you might," re
llected Mrs. Bradley. "It's n long way
from Dover Btreot over to Mrs. Per
cy's. Be sure to explain how Its tor
the repairs on tho church, and that any
cast-off gnrmunt, dress, shoos, under
clothinganything, will bo acceptable.
"Tho poor people in tho factories
will bo glad of them, and It's really re
markable how much they nre willing to
pay for such things. But then, there's
nearly as much wear In most of tho
thlng3 wo sell na thero Is in tho now."
It was with a noticeable lluttur of
excitement that Ethol rang tho bell
of the old colonial mansion. Presently
a sweet-faced lady In deep black camo
to tho door.
"Mrs. Percy?" asked Ethel, as the
door wns opened.
"Yes;" roplled the lady courteously.
"Step In; it isn't often the young peo
ple call."
"Why, I hardly know yes; I think
I can give you something," said Mrs.
Percy, after Ethel had stated her er
rand. "I will have to look them up
perhaps you wouldn't care to wait."
"Thorn's no hurrv. Any time to
morrow will do. Send them to Mrs.
Bradley's, down by the high school,"
and Ethel rose to go.
"Must you hasten?" asked Mr.
Percy, politely. "By the way, you re
mind me of Bomo one I've seen I
can't rocollect whom. Srtange how
faces do bear resomblance!" '
"Oh. mother," exclaimed Ethel, the
next forenoon, on opening Mrs. Percy's
contribution to the rummage sale,
"just look! Why, these things aro al
most new and bo many of tnem!"
"I'm afraid she's sent more than she
ought," and Mrs. Bradley's tone was
on tho borderland of self-repreach.
"And here's a dress-aklrt," cried
Ethel gaily, "that Just matches tho
llttlo petticoats I'm making. I was
afraid I wouldn't have enough, and
here's a plenty to finish tho two I'm
working on, and a third one besides."
"It does look enough like the cloth
I gave you to havo como off tho same
piece," oxclalraod Mrs. Bradley with
n slight start. "But then a great deal
of cloth of the same kind Is made It
Isn't strange!"
"I was suro I wouldn't have enough,"
and Ethol that evening held up tho
little garment sho was making. "It
Just lacks half a ruflle. Portunato
Mrs. Percy put in that dress skirt!"
"And the other things, too for tho
sale," added Mrs. Bradloy gratofully.
"What's "
Ethel waa about to cut out a breadth,
"There'B something hard hero," hold
ing the skirt up in her hands, "be
tween the goods and tho lining muat
havo slipped down through the pocket.
Feels like a large coin!"
In a moment Ethel held It up.
"It's a mlnlaturo!"
Mrs. Bradley leaned forward sho
turned suddenly pale.
"It it's father! I havo mother'B
the mate to this up-statrs! Whon
father died, my sister Martha had one,
and I the other. Mine was mother's
sho took the one of father. ,
"But how camo It hero?" asked
Ethel excitedly.
"She Mrs. Percy must know some
thing about . Perhaps sho'a "
Mrs. Bradley turnod the miniature
ovor.
"That's how the cloth looked 80
much like 'twas one of her own
dresses! She's oh, Ethel!"
And she was Mrs. Bradley's sister!
Sho, too, had escaped the awful mas
sacre, and bollevlng the report of hor
slstor's death true, had made her way
East.
"Twas tho only thing I took with
me the miniature, when I escaped,"
explained Mra. Percy, clasping her sis
ter's hands. "And if it hadn't been
lost "
"You wouldn't have found a sister,
nnd a nloco who's loved you every
mlnuto slnco I saw you yostorday
morning," Interrupted Ethel radiant
ly. Portland Transcript.
HER MOTHER.
I cannot think of hr as ono of Ills
Kxnulslle angeU, fair, and very wise
In all the many ways of perfect Miss.
Treading the llowered Holds of Paradise.
Nay, she Is still the little child that know
No thing buyond my arm's warm ten
dames, That spoke no word, my little child who
drew
My love by very strength of helplessness.
Lord, when beforo the doorway of Thy
house,
A timid, now-born soul, I trembling,
stand.
Let her not como with glory on her
brows,
A fair, strong angel, bearing Thy com
mand; .
But let mine own, my child, lookjp at
mo '
With tho same eyes that ne,S me,
cravo me. and
Draw mo iictos Thy threshold tenderly
i her own hand liar llttlo, teniiri
household cheerful nnd
Tho Congrcgatlonallst.
attractive
with
hand.
Harper's Ilaanr.
A Plea for Home Music.
"Play something for us, Maude."
"Oh, mother, don't nsk mo. I'm out
of practice. I haven't touched tho
piano In a month."
"But any llttlo slmplo thing will
please your fathor, child. Ho likes to
hear his old favorites, tho tunes and
variations you know boforo you wont
away to study. Often since we've boon
alono he's looked at tho piano, shut up
thero cold and dumb, nnd said, 'It
won't be llko thnt when Maude comes
home.' "
Tho young girl shrugged her shoul
ders Irritably, a trick sho had learned
from her music mnstor, and answered,
positively: "I havo forgotten thoso Billy
Jingling things, mother, and I wouldn't
play them If I could. As soon as I've
gathered mysolf together and feel
that I can do myself justice, I'll play,
but not Just yet."
Tho mother sighed. Sho and her
husband had made many sacrifices
that Maude's musical education should
bo coraploto. Tho cost of her lessons,
of keeping hor In town, of buying hor
tho now instrument and furnishing hor
not only with music but opportunities
to hear great performances had been
a sovcro tax on their resources and
The Arkansas Experiment station
has been making some tests to ascer
tain if human consumption can bo
transmitted to the lower animals. Two
sories of experiments wero carried on
not simultaneously but otherwise un
der similar conditions, and consisting
of inoculations with cultures obtalnod
In the ono caso from tho sputum of
human consumptives, In the other
from the lesions of tuberculous cattlo.
Towards tubercle bacilli of human
consumption, pigs, sheep and cattlo
showed a degrco of susceptibility di
minishing in tho order in which they
are named. Cattlo proved vory resis
tant and in no case obtained what ap
peared to bo a progressiva or oven
permanent infection. Pigs alono of tho
Bpocles tested obtained a genuino tu
berculosis, in moat cases chronic, but
leading to emaciation; In others gen
eralized, though not necessarily fatal.
on their strength. Now sho waa ac
knowledged to bo an accomplished mu
sician, wonderful for an amateur, as
piring to bo a professional, yet Mr.
Burrows shook his gray head sorrow
fully as ho confided to his wife: "Wo
nover get any good from it all. Seoms
as It Maude doesn't get any good from
it horself."
At prayer meeting, tho week after
hor return from a year's absenco, it
had happened that tho pastor's wife,
who usually played tho hymna, was ab
sont. The minister asked whether
somo one of the young ladles would
not take hor placo for the ovening,
and had pointedly nddrossed Maude,
aftor a pauso of silence and waiting;
"Will you not help us, Miss Burrows?"
Maude declined, to the deep disap
pointment of the old people, to whom
it uppcared incomprehensible that af
ter all her study sho should not be
able to render so very small a service.
Fortunately the pastor played a llttlo
himself, and was not, therefore, en
tirely dependent upon others, but ho
said to his wife later, and she agreed
with him, that he thought any young
woman who played at all might learn
to play simple sacred melodies so that
at a moment's notice, It the occasion
arose, she could be of use in a gospel
mooting. In thlB opinion the minister
doos not stand alone. Thero are many
who share It with him.
A thorough musical training, with its
discipline of car and hand, its mar
velous technique and its intellectual
breadth need not wholly exclude the
less while it gives tho freedom of the
large. Tho girl whose refinement of
tasto is satisfied only with classical
music may still, it she choose, give
rare pleasure to a homely audience of
her own peoplo and her neighbors to
whom the harmonies she prefers are
an enigma to which they have no clue.
I thought of this one evening lately
as I sat on a veranda, whero the moths
flitted about the fragrant vinos, and
listened to Chopin and Schumann de
llclously played Ly a young woman,
from whoso slender fingers tho music
rippled and dipped in a golden shower.
Her roportolro was wide, hor attain
ments catholic and her memory phe
nomenal. And when thore was a mod
est request from a timid, old-fashioned
acquaintance for a former favorite it
was not preferred In vain to Dorothy,
who could dash Into college songs,
glide Into dreamy nocturnes, play the
sentimental pieces no longer in vogue
and accompany a quartet or a soloist
with equal facility and willingness.
Such easo and grace wero not uncom
mon at an earlier period, but aa our
Ideals havo become higher, our stand
ards more exacting, young women
have overlooked the fact that a little
home music to give enjoyment to the
domestic circle and to chance visitors
Is a cnarmlng contribution to the sat
isfaction of lifo.
"Why should we not carefully cul
tivate the memory for music, so that
we may not be obliged always to de
pend upon the score," is a question for
tho consideration of amateurs who are
not willing to carry their notes wher
ever they go. The musical memory Is
as susceptible of cultivation as the
memory or History, arithmetic or
spelling. And a question for parents
Is, "Why should not tho boy, as well
as the girl, be taught the piano, tho
violin or somo musical Instrument?"
To a youth at tho period when child
hood passes into adolescence music Is
a resource; it provides agreeable oc
cupation fur lolsure and is a partial
defense against temptation. Thon, too,
tho responsibility for making and
keeping home tho dearest and happiest
place on earth Is as much laid upon
sons ns upon daughters. Tho boys as
well us girls should join In making tho
The Wonderful Hklll of Urn Chlnear.
On one occasion, while he waa pros
ecuting attorney, says tho Chicago
Uecord, Luthur Laftln Mills camo upon
an Indictment returned against n Chi
nese lauudrymnn upon the chnrge of
having assaulted an Irish policeman
with Intent to kill. Ho thought this
an exceptionally curious case, nnd upon
exnmlulng tho prosecuting witness and
others he threw out tho indictment as
being wholly absurd. Tho compatriots
of the Chinaman wero vory grateful
for this act of Justice, and In plgeon
Kugllsh assured Mr. Mills that they
would not forget his kindness.
Ono Sunday, flvo years later, whllo
Mr. Mills sat on tho lawn in front of
his home, two carriages rolled up nnd
out stepped n delegation of Chluamon
In natlvo costumes. One, who was nu
perbly nttlral in silks, addressed Mr.
Mills nnd recalled tho affair of his per
secuted countryman: "I havo Just ro
turned from Chlnn," snld he, "and 1
havo brought with mo cortnln articles
which I crave permission to present to
your family as ovdenco of my appre
ciation of your kindness to ono of my
countrymen whon ho was in trouble"
Tho delegation waa ushored Into tho
house, bearing numerous packages of
teas, fans, silks, otc, which woro dis
tributed nbout to soveral mombera of
tho family. Boforo taking his depart
ure, tho spokesman of tho party asked
Mr. Mills to let him havo a cablnot
photograph ho saw on tho lnantol
plece; it wns a picture of tho Mills
children, vory prettily groupod. Mr.
Mills thought tho requost a Btrnngo
ono, but ho could hardly deny It. "By
nnd by you will know why I want It,"
mild tho Chinese gontleman.
This incident remained a mystery
until a fow months Inter, whon thero
arrived a parcel from Hong Kong, con
taining nn enlarged wntor-color repro
duction of tho photograph, giving tho
details of expression nnd color with
startling fldollty. "This 1b our present
to you," Bald thu Chinaman. "But how
was It possible for that artist on tho
other side of the globe to know what
Bhado of color to give to tho hair and
eyes of theso children whom he novor
saw? That's what puzzles me," said
Mr. Mills. Tho Chinaman replied that
tho art of photography was bo thor
oughly understood in China that it
was easy to detormlne from tho revela
tions of tho magnlfylng-glasB JUBt ex
actly what color and what shade and
what tint wero represented by such Im
pressions ns tho photograph retained.
APRIL.
"The spring cornea slowly up this way."
Coleridge.
'TIs tho moon of the spring time, yet
never a bird
In the wlml-Hhukon elm or the maple Is
heard,
For green meadow grasses, wldo levels of
HIIOW,
And blowing of drifts where the crocus
should blow;
Whore wlndllowor and violet, amber and
white,
On south'sloplng brooksldts should smile
In the light,
O'er the cold winter beds of their late
waking roots,
Tho frosty llnko eddies, tho Ice crystal
Hhoots;
And longing for tight, under wind-driven
lieiiiiA
Hound tho boles of the plno wood the
ground laurel creeps,
thu showers,
Uuklxsod of tho sunshine, unbaptlied of
With buds scarcely swelled, which should
burst Into flowern:
Wo wait for thy coming, sweet wind of
the south,
For the touch of thy light wings, the kiss
of thy mouth,
For the yearly ovangcl thou bearest from
(toil,
ltcsurrectloii and llfo to the graves of
the sod.
Whlttlcr.
rocked boughs, tho homo noat cannot'
full to suffer loss. Apart from tho loss
to those who remain, tho daughter'
gocB out, often finds too lato tho low
nest was safest nnd host. There aro
colder winds on tho mountain crags,
nnd It Is the birds of prey that build
tholr nosts on high.
"Aftor all ono's thinking and talk
ing of progress of man or woman, It
Is trtto thnt nothing ovor comes to us
thnt is bo awoct as tho llfo of home.
Lot women seek tho largest culturo,
the broadest freedom, the highest serv
ice. All goes well whllo they keop tho
homo lovo warm. Whon tho lovo wav
ers it Is tlmo to paitBO. Wo are build
ing our nests in tho wrong placo. Sing
ing birds uro to mnko raolody, first,
for our nearest and dearest, and when
our best is too good for tho homo we
nro placing our nests too high."
A Woolly Judas.
Krth Roads.
Prof. Charles H. Pettoo, of tho New
Hampshlro Agricultural Collego says:
An oarth road is ono surfaced with
a largo per cent of earth, which may
bo sand, clay, hardpau, loam, or a
mixturo of somo of theso. A very
common idea of nn earth road is one
surfaced with tho natural material
whero tho road is built. This descrip
tion, though generally characteristic,
doai not givo the true distinction be
tween these and gravel ones and may
convey an entirely wrong impression.
Tho truo distinction lies in the pre
dominance of earth ovor rock or the
revorso in tho surfacing material.
Again, it will bo seen that tho gravel
road is Intermediate betweon the earth
and tho macadam and that thero Ib no
absoluto lino separating tho earth
from tho gravel or tho gravel from
the macadam. Tho latter statement
will appear evident if wo consider that
it makes uo difference whether tho
stono for a macadam road has been
prepared by a stone crusbor or broken
by the processes of nature and depos
ited in gravel banks during tho glacial
epoch.
The oarth road, under favorable con
ditions of moisture and repair, Is the
smoothest, most elastic, and most
pleasant for pleasure driving of any
in existence. It is safest for horses'
feet and, where the natural soil Is
favorable, Is by far tho cheapest both
aa regards construction and repair. On
the other hand, if It is an Ideal sum
mer road, it is reasonably sure to bo
muddy and rough for perhaps two
months in tho spring as Well as dur
ing the following heavy rains at other
seasons. In short its perfection for
all seasons is apparently Impossible
and It dependa upon constant, though
inexpensive, attention to mlnuto re
pairs for its favorable condition during
a limited season.
It tnua appears that, If wo aim at
durability, nothing less than a body of
rock will keep us up out of the mud
in the spring; that this will render
the surface too dry for comfort and
durability during tho summer, and that
the more expensive and more perfect
tho surface constructed upon this
foundation, the more expensive and
more difficult the matter ot repair. In
the city sprinkling has given greater
durability and comfort to the macadum
surface, and the heavy expense for
construction and maintenance can
often be easily borne. In the country
theso favorable conditions are usually
absent. Some have attempted to find
in the gravel road the safe middle
course between the earth and the
macadam, Thoy do not, however, ap
pear to havo wholly succeeded.
Smoothness, elasticity, freedom .from
dust, low cost, and cheapness of main
tenance seem to be thus far moro or
less incompatible with durability nnd
constancy throughout tho year.
The Mississippi penitentiary board
of control has made Its farming ar
rangements for another yeur, leasing
tho same plantations that wore worked
this yeur. These several big farms, all
of which are in the delta, comprlso
9,350 acres of cleared land, on which
720 convicts will bo used. In addition
to theso, tho estate owns and farms
3,000 acres of its own land, on which
olghty convicts will bo employed.
Mississippi has found that farming
with convict labor is profitable.
Homo time ago a Bheep wns killed in
tho Armour stock yards tu Chicago.
This Is nn every day occurrence, but,
in this case, a regular "Judas" was
slaiu for Dually turning saint, says
"Up-to-Dato Farming."
Judas was n big wether. He camo
from Wyoming. At his debut In tho
Armour sheep pens at tho stock yards,
ho attracted uo attention, but whon
tho time came to drive a thousand
Hhuup to slaughter, he plnccd himself
In tho lead, and wnlked bravely to tho
slaughter pen, but nt tho door ho
turned to ono aide, nnd walked back
to his old quarters. His victims kept
on, nml woro soon reduced to mutton.
Nuxt dny another thousand sheep wero
told off, Judas among them. Again
ho marshaled tho host, and led It to
tho threshold of the shambles, nnd
stood to ono sido whllo tho thousand
wont to tholr death.
Judas Instantly became a favorite.
Ho was petted, fed on tho best and
given cozy quarters. Ho saved tho men
hours of work chasing sheep. It tho
woolly vlctlma wero to be transferred
from pen to pen, Judas would be sent
among them nnd thoy followed his
lead. During eight years ho led un
counted thousands of his kind to
slaughter. They nover lost faith In
him until too late. He know All the
Intricacies ot tho pens. In and out.
ncross and beyond, up to the slaughter
ho marched at tho head ot tho sheep,
and at tho door Invariably turned
"about face," nnd watched tho othors
go to tholr doom.
He wnxed big and fat, and grew In
knowlodgo. Last month he begnn to
show symptom! of despondency. It
was observed that n euHpTclous moiB
turo was in his eyes when ho did hi
"stint." Once; instead of lending tho
sheep t slaughter, he balked, and re
fused to take his placo at the head ot
tho procession. Tho butchers petted
and fed him, but an ugly temper de
veloped. Finally ho rofusod absolutely
to play tho traitor. When placed In
tho Hhccp pen, ho started a rebellion,
and the bufchers aver ho told tho sheep
whnt their fate was to be, because ft
wnB almost impossible to drivo thorn.
He was placed in solitary confinement
for soveral days, and then put back to
work. Ho was worse than ever, and
could not bo brought to reason.
Then sentoncc of death was pro
nounced. Ho was led up to tho slaugh
terhouse, resisting nt every step, Two
of tho butchers pleaded for a roprlovo,
but in vain, and there, on tho spot
where he had sent so many to bo sno
riflced, his own life wfi aftoU'
Crodo Oil ApplUd to Hoads.
Some one has said that tho discovery
ot oil In California was ot moro value
to the state than tho discovery ot gold.
It certainly added much to the wealth
of the stato furnishing as it docs a
cheap fuel aa available for tho small
engine ot the ranchman as for the lo
comotives ot the big railway compan
ies. Wheat growers alone are threat
ened with a loss of foreign markets
on account of this cheap fuel, as tho
vessels that formerly brought coal to
California ports and went homo laden
with grain, cannot make a profit un
less thoy havo cargoes both ways.
One ot tho most interesting uses to
which tho California crude oil has been
put 1b Ub application to roads. A Los
Angeles corporation, known aa the
California Dustless Roads company,
has been doing this work. Under a
recent contract mnde with tho super
visors of Kent county nnd with the
Kern County Land company, twenty
two miles of county roadu and ten
miles ot road belonging to the land
company are to be oiled and kept In
ropalr by the Los Angelei company at
a cost ot 250 per mile. This will
make the cost to the county for the
twenty-two miles of road mentionod
5,C0O. In order to make a perfectly
satisfactory hard and elastic road it
Is claimed that moro than one appli
cation of oil is necessary. The CO per
cent oi asphaltum, which experts state
the oil contains, produces the effect ot
a road paved with asphalt.
Tho application of crude oil to roads
seems an eminently practical method of
packing the soil Into a firm, moisture
resisting body, and the recent discov
eries of oil in many state should mako
it cheap enough to be extensively
used for this purpose.
ttnprnf rmttr Dairying.
Euclid N. Cobb, "Buff Jersoy," writes
to Column's Burnt World, as follows:
Slnco my last article I havo taken a
trip to my natlvo state, Wisconsin,
attending a county Institute aud tho
statu round-up Institute. Having boon
away from thu stato for 25 years, I
wiih very auxtotiH to scu what progress
had been inailu In dairying. What I
saw In three counties wns vory disap
pointing to mo. In Wnukosha county,
where 1 was raised on n dairy farm,
I found tho nnmo methods in voguo
that wero used 25 years ago. Tho cows
wero no bettor, tho buildings thoy oc
cupied no bettor (taken from a prac
tical standpoint) nnd tholr foods no
bettor balanced. Tho dairymen with
whom 1 talked wero a very discour
aged set of moti, nnd well they might
be, selling tho product of tho hord na
milk at 80c per 8-gallon can, nil calves
going to the butcher. I oxpocted to
llnd silos on every farm, Instead I
found them as scarce na ono would
find them In Missouri, whllo tho Jer
sey cow 1b looked upon ub a thing to
bo soveroly lot nlono.
From Waukosha county I went to
Walworth county. This county has,
perhaps, ns many co-oporatlvo cream
eries In it ns any county in Wisconsin.
I visited soveral ot them and found a
largo amount ot milk being worked
up, but on examining the tent book
nnd patrons' Individual dollvorlea, I
fouud a very low teat and a small
amount of milk, considering numbor
of cows kept. On visiting several
hords, I easily found tho cause ot both
the low tests and the comparatively
small amount ot milk. Tho former
was caused by keeping no particular
breed of cows, and tho latter by keep
ing tho cowb In no Dartlcular mannSr'
I JilJt-as-ft-cnnncod mothods wore In
vogue, urjr umuer wl jyru. u, on
was Hie principal food. I eaw ticrda1
of hogs allowed to run behind cowT
In s'tauluB to savo any chance corn not
digested by cows.
To renew tjje herds of this county
buycr'i were iu all timos on tho look
out In the stock yards of Chicago for
yprlngers nnd fresh cowb, whllo the
heifer calves were shipped as veal,
barring any possibility ot herda got- -
ting better in years to come.
!
Changes In American Immigration.
According to statisticians, during
tho sixty ycara between 1830 and 1890,
thero were thirtoon million Immigrants
to tho United States, ten million ot
whom came from Great Britain and
Germany, and about one million from
tho Scandinavian poninsula. The great
majority ot these immigrants were
farmers who sought tho frontier and
developed the country. During tho
EiH -Ave. vWk ..jty Mn&LJlL ifi$
Immigration" has ecihTed 'dotiildoTaWy'
"Hinging lllriL ItulM Low."
One who had been listening whllo a
bright girl announced most ambitious
aspirations and purposes for her own
llfo, answered gently: "You may be
right, dear child, but do not forget
that 'tho singing birds build low.' "
Taking this oh Ub toxt tho Philadel
phia' Public Lodger speaks these words
of comfort to girls: "If your flight Is
ubovo tho roof trees, It your haunts
are to be high up among tho wlud-
a largo proportion of tEe eWrcomers
being from .(hi !ilTctfptl hn
have sought JiSnlirlii oliSetciTTeT
and tywns and"empIoyminl 'aft labor
ers or factofy hand's. The countrle
which now furnish the largeat share
of tho immigration are Austria, Russia
and Italy, and from them are drawn
the cheap labor used in tha building
of railroads aud other big enterprises
whore unskilled labor is demandod.
The reduction ot our public domain
and of the railroad grants baa natur
ally chocked the Influx of tarmora
looking for free lands, though on ac
count of the development of the coun
try nnd Improvement ot transporta
tion facilities agricultural conditions
on tho frontier are Improving all the
time, but tho development ot the min
ing interoBts of tho United States and
the demand for mill hands and arti
zans havo called a different class seek
ing escape from the congestion of
European cities. It is questionable
whether it is as desirable an clement
na tho peaceful tillers of tho soil who
formerly came to America and buried
tholr discontent In the prairies of tho
west, Instead of remaining in the cit
ies to become a part ot the dissatisfied
masses.
Tsblo Dsooratloa.
The smartest down-town flower
shops aro now offering pussy willow
boughs for table decoration, says What
to Eat. The soft, downy brown ot
tho buds is often chosen for an en
tire luncheon decorative scbemo, and
nothing could be moro delicious to the
eye, Tho branches are cut long and
aro massed together in tail vases.
Glass does nicely for thia purpose, but
porecalin especially gray, blue or
buff-colored porcelain Is Ideal.
Lucky tho woman who lives In tho
country. Sho can uso pussy willows
for her springtime tables, and need not
pay a florist a dollar for six sprays!
But tho pretty things that wo havo to
our hand we aro apt to overlook. It
Is tho city woman who thinks of util
izing willow buds a word to tho wlsa
woman In suburban places!
It Isn't tho tlmbor ot a voice burn
ing Iu Its rango that gives it warmth.
People who enn't slug a llttlo bit
usually slug at It a lot.
X&jym"