Spending a Million
WASHINGTON. One million dol
lars n dny la tho record Unit will
lio established throughout tho United
HtutGB iiB the expenditure) for Im
proving u ml maintaining public ronds.
Never beforo In tho history of th's
country Iiiih thero been bucIi Inten "i
In the Improvctncnt of hlghwnyR, and
with tho loglslntures of tho states iijh
propriating iiiIIIIoiih of dollnra for
this purpose, tho good roads move
ment litis received ItH grcntest itn
petus since tho foundntlon of tho re
public. The money thnt will bo expended
on tho ronds of thlu country during
the next six inontha will bo moro
than ever beforo In tho minio period
of tlmo. In 190 1 the tatnl expendi
ture for tho construction nnd mnln
tnlnlng of roada nnd bridges In tho
Unltod States amounted to nbout
$80,000,000, but tho expenditure for
this purposo In 1011 will nggrcgato
about $140,550,000. Exclusive of Sun
days and legal holidays, the outlay for
roads will amount to $1,000,000 a day
during the present road building sen
son. This Includes all moneys raised
by local taxntlon, bond Ihbuc, state
appropriation and prlvato subscrip
tions. "Every state In tho Union," snid
Logan Waller Page, director of tho
tnffb ettrt n th'5 wMQ " trmm
Number of Dope Fiends Is Increasing
A
CCORD1NQ to statistics collected
by government Investigators, wo
nro becoming n nation of drug fiends.
Tho number of persons nddlctod to
this degrading nnd debnslng habit Is
placed nt 4,000,000, und tho evil Ib
constantly growing. With the object
of warning tho country, tho United
States government hns Issued n bul
letin, cnutionlng tho people ngnlnst
what Is known ns tho "habit-forming"
compounds. Tho exports employed
by tho government nro certnln thnt
new drug fiends nre being crcntcd
very yenr through tho Insidious pat
ent medicine nnd the soft drink thnt
contain a trnco of tho narcotic agents
which finally form tho terrible drug
habit. Thero nro 100 snnltnrla
throughout tho country for tho euro
of this mind-wrecking habit nnd thero
nre hundreds of graves bolng filled
every year with unfortunate victims
of the drugs.
Never n dny goes by that some
murder, death, defalcation or sulcldo
becnuso of tho drug falls to occur.
Tired workorB driven to tho ragged
edgo of humnn endurance- lenrn to uso
opium or cocaine or other seductlvo
drugs nnd sooner or Inter they depart
thlB life by mentis of n rope, carbolic
Midshipmen Being
TIIIC 194 midshipmen who recently
graduated at tho United Stutes
naval academy, nnd whom It Ib pro
posed to crcnto ensigns ns soon ns
possible, have In tho Inst year of
their courso received speclnl training
to fit them peculiarly for n war with
Jnpnn. A member of tho class hns
let tho sccrot out. Tho hundreds of
other middles will bo similarly treat
ed. Tho members of the graduating
cIbbb during tho last four months
hnvo been fnmlllnrlzed with the prin
cipal nnvnl bases, nriuntnonts, naval
forces, nnd resources of Jnpnn, nnd
they hnvo in theory fought naval
battles with Japan.
It could not bo learned who had
given tho orders to instruct the mid
Young "Hippo" for the Capital Zoo
A FINK young female hlppopotaniim
from Enst Africa Is the latest ad
dition to the national zoological park
In Washington. Tho hippopotamus Is
nbout two yenrB old, weighs 830
pounds, nnd Is nn excoptlonnlly lino
specimen. Tho Interest in tho new
nrrlvnl wns almost ns grent ns It was
several years ngo when formor Pres
ident Roosevelt received his fnmous
consignment of nnimnls from Monollk
II of Abyssinln, which he promptly
turned over to tho nntlonnl zoo.
The hippopotamus is of tho species
which Inhnblts tho rivers nnd lnkea
of Afrlcn south of tho Soudnn. Sho
enmo direct from Enst Africa, via
Germnny, nnd was not born In enp
tlvlty, but rn tho Jungle, on tho bnnk
of Borao teomlng African Btrcnm. Sho
wns nbout tho biggest ploco of llvo
"freight" thnt hns nrrlved In Wnsh
lngton In somo time. Every propnra
ttlon, however, hnd boon mndo for hor
arrival, a new cage and tank havlni;
a Day on Roads
United StntoB ofllco of public roads,
In telling of tho results of tho groat
campaign for good roads, "hcoiiih nt
last to bo thoroughly aroused to the
benefits derived from Investments In
improved highways."
In California tho stato hns issued
$18,000,000 In bonds with which to
build n ByHtoin of Btato highways.
This work will begin during tho pres
ent senBon. In tho stnto of Connecti
cut about $2,500,000 will bo expended
this year out of tho stato treasury
for trunk line and stato aid rondfl.
Of tho $5,000,000 bond issue recently
nuthorized In Maryland moro than
$1,250,000 will bo aviillablo this year
for trunk lino and stnto nld roads.
Massachusetts will expend from Btate
revenues over $1,000,000 for tho con
struction and maintenance of stato
roads. It Ib expected that at least
$5,000,000 will bo expended on state
aid roads and on trunk lino systems
In tho stnto of New York, In addition
to $7,000,000 already raised by local
taxation. In 1910, thirty countlcn In .
Ohio voted $2,500,000 In bonds to bo
expended this year. Ohio will also
expend about $."00,000 from tho state
rovenues for road Improvement. In ,
Pennsylvania, the stntcald npproprla-
tlon will probably amount to over
$1,000,000, nnd a $50,000,000 bond Is-
buo Is being considered. Various i
counties In Tennessee will expend '
$1,500,000 from bond Issues. In Vlr-1
glnlo, $2,500,000 Ihib been authorized
by various counties, to bo expended ,
this yenr, while over $250,000 hns
been npproprlntcd In tho stnto of
Wisconsin, In nccordnnce with tht
stnto nld system.
ncld or n leap from a bridge. So
ciety girls in search of a now sensa
tion tnko up tho habit nnd drift down
to tho under world. Tho drug evil
spreads Its ravages In all clnsscs of
life.
Tho bureau of chemistry, undor the
direction of Its chlof, Dr. H. W.
Wiley, which mndo a far-reaching In
vestigation of tho drug habit, waB ap
palled by tho results of Its Inquiry.
It found thnt tho amount of opium be
ing Imported into tho United States
has doubled within tho Inst genera
tion. It discovered that hundreds of
preparations for tho euro of head
aches and tho relief of pain that are
bolng Bold every day were lllled with
nllurlng. eiiBlavlng agents thnt creato
the drug user's lotos Innd. It found
that over 150,000 ounces of cocaino
wero being consumed nnnunlly by the
drug userB of tho country.
Trained for Japan
shipmen what to do In caso of n war
with Japnu, and tho greatest possible
secrecy has been maintained whllo
tho teaching wns going on. In mnny
of the places nnd instructions the
name of Jnpnn wns not mentioned nt
all, und the author of them simply
Bald, "the nnvy of tho Btrongost
Asiatic power."
It wns further stnted by tho In-
formor that ho understood tho 85
graduating cadets nt West Point, N. '
Y., had received tho snmo Instruc
tions ns to lnnd lighting thnt tho mid
shipmen hnd In naval wnrfnro. The
member of the class upon promise
thnt his nnmo should not bo revealed,
said:
"We have been taught whnt to do
in a moment's notlco In caso of war
with Jnpan. Of courso soino of the
papers, nnd. in fnct, a majority of
them, did not mention Jnpnn. They
said 'nn Island emplro" or 'an Asiatic
nation,' or something llko that. We
have, In theory, (ought u war on both
sides of tho continent namely: on
both tho PnclHc and Atlantic oceans."
been installed In ono of tho wings of
tho Hon houso.
Miss Hippo hns tho best nccommo-
dntlons nt tho zoo. Zoologlcnllv sneak-
Ing, hor apartment corresponds to n
room nnd prlvato bath In n hotel.
The cage Is divided In hnlf, ono part
consisting of n big tnnk nnd the other
n dry concrete surfneo amply lurgo
for her to movo nbout without crowd
ing against wnlls or bars. Although
weighing nenrly 830 pounds, she Is
regarded ns something of an Infant at
present nnd therefore does not require
or receive ns grent n qunntlty of food
ns a full-grown nulmnl.
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TII1C little iiiIhh bus a much wider
choice in hats than sho bad u lew
years ago. Since It beeirue the
fashion to copy Bliapes made for
grown-ups, in small sizes, for young
heads, children's millinery has become
much more Interesting to the pur
chaser and much less taxing in ItH
demands on the milliner. The variety
In shapes makes It possible, also, to
suit the child's Individual style,
i Two good designs are shown here,
suitable for girls from about 8 to 1G
years old. They are mado on the
familiar bell nnd helmet shapes and
only differ from theso shapes made
for grown people, In tho matter of
size. The bell-shaped lint appears to
bo covered with silk, but would be
Just as effective In a braid. It Is cov
ered with rowH of flne-tueshed lace,
nltornntlng with motifs In flower
forms made of braid. The petals of
each motif Ib lllled with a figured
net.
A wrentb of small ribbon roses, set
In millinery foil a go and Bhowlng more
buds than blossoms, Is divided and
placed part on tho upper right brim
nnd tho under loft brim. Tho design
Ib particularly good for girls who wear
curlB. White Is tho color chosen In
this model, but any pale tint Is pretty.
A light blue braid of strnw covers
This Is of soft satin draped with
' Niiion-dc-solfi of tho snmo color, nnd
trimmed with lnce and satin bands.
t The hat is of tegal straw trimmed
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Other Velvet Accessories.
Velvet ornaments summer raiment
In tho way of Swiss embroidered or
openworked llnon, muslin or cnmbrlc
dresses, moro often than not charm
ingly worked In tlornl sprays nnd de
signs, with mercerized cotton, that
looks remnrknbly llko silk. A velvet
sash nnd groups of small vclvot but
tons make an effective trimming, nnd
complete a summer frock moat
daintily
GRACEFUL GOWN. GOWNS FOR THE SUMMER,
1' ill
tho helmet shape, shown In the second
picture. A band of lose petals, made i
of ribbon in n slightly darker shiulo I
of blue, Ik laid nbout tho base of the
crown, finished with a lint roBctte nt
the front, mudu of the same petals. A
lustrous, light weight satin ribbon la
used for the band.
A short, Huffy, "made" quill In dark
and Iridescent feuthers 1h posed ut
the lelt Iront of the hat, nnd mny be
dispensed with when the hut Is mads
for a very young girl. The snmo de
sign Ib pretty with small llowerB set
In the ribbon bund at IntervalB or with
four rosettes llko thnt at the front,
dividing the band into four lengths.
Theso little shapes stny on well
nnd provide some shade for the eyes.
Wlde-brlmnied Leghorns and other
straws are never out of fnshlon and
probably never will be. Lnco bonnets
with simple outlines and fluffy laco i
hntn are worn every year. Tho lingerie i
hutB innde of embroideries and of i
flowered fabrics llko dimity and ere- tho shore with tho boy, nnd the p.iB
tonne are Ideal for misses, mado In I sengers cheered hysterically for the
simple, youthful fashion. The tlmo daring brakemnn.
hns gone by when It was hnrd to The trnln was stopped for a mo
choose n lint for the little girl or ment to learn the lnd'B condition,
young miss. She is sure to be pleased When It was found that although suf-
nmong the mnny styles that tho de
signers of millinery have this scanoi
mndo for hor.
Wide Choice of Colors Is Allowed for
the Costumes of the Pre
vailing Season.
Gowns of liberty satin are practical i
as well ns effective, and jpilto ns
mnny colored as black ones are made,
whllo the same can )t said of tho
soft-finished taffeta silks. Mnny of
theso gowns have jackets to match,
but there Is always n wnlsl to match
the skirt, fashioned in such mnnnor
thnt tho appearance is given of n
one-piece gown. This stylo is per
fectly possible on warm days ns well
as cool, for yoko and sleeves may be
or transput ent material.
Extremely practical, also, are tho
cont-nnd-sklrt costumes for cool dnys
In plain color, with trimmings of
striped black nnd white, thero Is quite
n new model with which Is worn a
lnoe wnlst of white over tho color of
tho gown. It Is of filet nnd Irish Ince
combined. It Is not necespnry that
ion! lnco be used to carry out tho
model satlsfnctorlly, for thero novor
wns n time when to many effective
Imitation laces could be bought at
such low prices Harper's Hazar.
Restoring Faded Flowers.
Ono may freshen faded artificial
(lowers by retiming them with water
colors, After they nro tinted, burl
the petnls again with the blunt side
of u ease knifo,
Notlco how the petalB curl back be
foro tinting them nnd then curl In n
similar manner and do not apply the
pnints too wot or It will be Impossible i
to obtain good results,
ThlH Is tho best home method of
restoring flowers that hnvo becomo
faded.
The New Gloves.
Tho smart French fnncy which
should reach horo soon Is tho wearing
of gray sucdo gloves In thf morning
or with nil Informnl costumes. Theso
havo ono button nt the wrist nnd nro
then turned widely over tho hnnd Into
n cuff which Is lined with Empire
greon or Egyptian brnld. It Is qulto
a fnshlon of tho moment to hnro this
cuff of the glove carry out tho colo
scheme of tho costume.
SHOWED HIS METAL
BRAVERY OP BRAKEMAN 18
WORTHY OF RECORD.
Oeed That Might Well Be Deacrlbed
at Heroic Resulted In Saving
Life of Boy Struggling In the
Susquehanna.
While a Delnwaro, licknwanna &
Western trnln at normnl speed was
approaching King
ston, Pa., the en
gine driver saw, n
quarter of n mile
nhead, a boy light
ing for life In the
middle of tho Sub
quchnnnn river
nnd c 1 u t h I n g
frantically at ev
ery piece of tim
ber that came
near him in nn effort to save his life.
Frederick Stoker, a brakemnn on
tho train, saw the boy nbout the same
time and shouted to the engine driver
that he would try to save the lnd If
the train could overtake him. Stoker
got down on the steps nnd grasped the
handrail and the race began.
Ordinarily thero Ib n current In the
Susquohnnnn river so swift thnt It hns
coat the lives of many. Hut since the
torrentlnl ratriR of the Inst few days
the river hnB overflown Its banks at
muny places nnd In midstream the
waters have raced madly In their
course. Tuesdny tho boy wns playing
nlong the railroad on the river bank
when ho fell In nnd wiib drawn Into
the midstream current. He wns bat
tling bravely for life when he was
seen by the trainmen.
Throwing on nil his power, tho en
gine driver took the challenge of the
brakemnn to overtnko the boy. Hy
this tlmo the passengers on the trnln
were nwnre of what wns going on,
nnd every window on the river side
framed the head of n mnn or woman,
while others crowded on to the pint
forms thnt they might get n better
view of tho exciting contest.
Slowly the train overtook the boy,
swirling down the river, and then ynrd
by ynrd It forged ahead of him until
It had n lead of perhaps 100 ynrds.
Stoker stood with one foot on tho atop
of a enr, with his body swinging out
wnrd, nnd when tho trnln had whnt
he thought wns sufllclent lend ho
threw himself clenr of the train nnd
alighted beside the rails.
In another Instant the mnn hud
leaped Into the river nnd with bold
strokes swam out to where the boy
was putting up his brave but unequal
fight. The train kept moving, always
abreast of where Stoker nnd the boy
were In the water, and as Stoker
grabbed the lad by the hair and began
the fight to get him nshoro the pna
BengerB sent up cheers thnt could be
henrd above the rumble of the train.
It wns n terrific struggle for Stoker,
who turned on his back nnd kicked
vigorously as he fought his way across
the rushing tldo. He finally landed on
ferlng somo from submersion he
would bo able to make his way home,
Stoker, without stopping to nsk -the
lad's name, leaped aboard the train
and gavo the signal to proceed. The
brakemnn did not appear to be nt nil
disturbed by his remarkable experi
ence. Toledo Illado.
Telephone Supersedes Telegraph.
The Interstate Commerce Commls-
i Mon hns Issued Its bulletin showing
tho mileage of railways In the United
States worked by the block system on
January l, 1911.
The total length of road In the
United States operated under the
block sjstem on Janunry 1. 1011. wns
71 ,liG9.1 miles; 17.711.5 miles nuto
mntle, nnd 53,537.0 miles manual.
There wns an Increase In twelve
month of 3,47.1.8 miles automatic and
2.037.3 miles manual, making the In
crenso In road operated under the
block system during the year 5,511.1
miles,
The table containing statistics of
methods nnd npparatus used with the
manual block system shows n Inrgo
Increaso In tho mileage of rond on
which telephones nro used In block
ing. The Pennsylvania now reports
more miles worked by telephone thnn
by telegraph, and there are four
prominent roads on which nil of the
mnnunl blocking Ib done by telephone,
nnmoly: Tho Snntn Fe. tho Rock
Islnnd, tho Chicago, Milwaukee & Pit
get Sound, nnd tho Seaboard Air Lino.
Other roads on which there are large
Increnses In the telephone mllengo nro
tho Atlnntlc Coast Line, the Chlcngo
d Northwestern, tho Erie, tho Evans
villo & Torre Hnnte, the LouIhvIHo &
Nashville, nnd the Cleveland, Clncln
nntl, Chicago & St. Louis.
Work Steadily Progressing.
Tho rnllwny tunnel up the Jungfrnu
In Swltzerlnnd Ib proceeding at tho
rnto of 10 to 12 feet n dny through the
Bolld rock of tho Monch. It Is expect
ed thnt tho projected station Jung
frnujsch, nt nn elevntlon of 3,150 mo
tors, will be renched by November.
Towns Laid Out by Railroad.
Lnst year tho Canadian Pacific rail
road laid out nnd Btarted forty now
towns on Its recently-built branch
linos, nnd this year It will Iny out nnd
stnrt fifty more towns nlong tho same
lines.
TELLS SPEED OF THE TRAIN
Penny In tho Slot Indicator to Satisfy
the Curiosity of Pas
sengers. A penny in the slot speed indicator,
to be fixed In railroad uarrlnges for
tho benefit of passengers who wish to
know how fast or slow tho trnln la
traveling, hns now been patentod.
The Inventor, the Now York Amer
ican says, Is H. Wnymouth Prance, a
London consulting automobile engi
neer, who has given Rome details of
the new "trnlnometer."
"My Iden," snld Mr. Prnnco, "is to
provldo n prompt answer to the ques
tion every ono traveling by train hn
heard so often: "I wonder what speed
we nro doing now?'
"So far as I know, no railroad com
pany has yet tried to gratify thin
whim, and my simple appliance, which
Is similar to tho speedometers fixed
to motor enrs, is Intended to show tho
railway passenger tho figures he
wants at once.
"My Idea Is to have a metal case
with a knob fitted In each compart
ment. When u penny Is lnsorted In
tho Blot It releases n catch nnd en
aides the knob to be pushed In. ThlB
mnkcB nn Immcdlato connection be
tween the speed indicator nnd the car
riage axle, and tho exact speed li
shown on the dial,
"The apparatus Ib easily fitted. It
1b merely necessary to attach the In
dicator enso to the wnll of tho enr
rlnge, carry the tubes containing the
operating wire through the floor, and
to fix the clutch mechanism to the
carriage nxle.
"So long us the knob Is kept In by
the pressure of tho passenger's finger
tho Indlcntor remains connected with
tho cnrrlngc wheels, but immediately
the pressure Ib relensod tho two por
tions of the clutch separate and the
knob returns to Its normal position,
where It Is locked by n catch Inside
the case.
"When this tins happened It cannot
be moved nguln without nnothcr pen
ny being placed in the slot, nnd It Is
probnblo thnt the passenger nnxlous
for Information nnd relief from th
tedium of his Journey would wish to
know tho exnet speed at various'
points.
"Sixty, soventy or more miles nn
hour could be shown on the dial, nnd
the traveler on the fnstost express
would be nblo to ascertain tho speed
ns exactly as tho belated pnssenger
In the Rlnwest of suburban trains.
SPLENDID INSPECTION CARS
(Courtrsy Locomotive KiiBlneortng.)
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Railway Inspection Car.
TIiIb unique, but effectivo railroad
inspection enr Is mechnnlsm from
Ing tho propulsion mechnnlsm from
nn ordlnnry hand car nnd tho wheels
from nn nutomobllo and combining tho
remaining pnrts of tho two. The nu
tomobllo engino la geared to the rear
truck of tho hand car by means of a
chain drive. Popular Mechanics.
Veteran Leaves Service.
After fifty years' service on tho foot
plnte, Mr. David Hutchison, an cm
ployeo of the North British Itn II road
company, has retired from service A
flno record is his, for during tho forty
years he hns acted as an engine driv
er ho hns never hnd n slnglo nccldent.
Nevertheless, his career has been
eventful. He recalls n day when a
pnssenger trnln ran Into tho "goods"
of which ho was fireman, with tho re
sult that ono llfo wns lost. On a Int
er occnslon ho witnessed n smnsh be
tween n pnssonger and a conl trnln,
when n Hremnn nnd throo pnasengers
wero killed. Mr. Hutchison drove the
second train thnt crossed the first Tay
bridge and ho wiib among tho Inst to
negotiate it. On the morning of thnt
fnteful Sundny 28th December, 1879
on which the brldgo foil, ho crossed,
nnd ho vividly recnlls hnvlng to keep
n "good tight hold of tho engine" be
cnuso of tho violenco of tho western
wind. He retnlns In his possession a
wnlklng stick which was mnde of
wood from tho wrecked bridge.
Oddest Little Railroad.
The Qunkortown & Eastern railroad
has been resurrected and will again
bo used for tho passenger nnd freight
service, snys n dlspntch from Doyles
town. Tho men nt the head of the new
movement contomplnto using n stor
age battery car for ranking hourly
trips, cnrrylng pnssengera between
Qunkertown nnd Rlegolsvlllo, nnd
hnvo n smnll Btenm engino to enrry
freight.
Tho pnsBengor car will connect with
tho Heading railway nt Qunkortown
nnd with tho trolley rond to Rlegels.
vllle.
Long Railway Trains.
Engineers of the days of tho old
wood-burning locomotives would be
surprised If thoy could ntnnd nt tho
Jnckson street crossing of tho New
York Central these dnys nnd seo tho
strings of enra being drawn by single
engines, Yestordny n trnln consisting
of one locomotlvo nnd 101 empty gon
dolnB went wost. Enrllor In tho week
ono passed west with 131 empty gon
dolas. Tho latter train wns 5,360 feet,
or over n mile long. Hatnvln News.
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