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where in New York or its vicinity.
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on account of the owners thereof.
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REASONS WHICH LEAD FARMERS TC
ADOPT THEM;
The Highways ' Are Such That Duuhlc-
'Loads Can be Hauled, thus Saving Unw-
“ Half the Expense of Marketing the Pro-
duce—A Creed for this ItozldIBuiluu 1-.
New Jersey is famous throughout the
country for its goOd roads. It is almost
equally famous for the enthusiasm of
its farmers over them. They have
found that they pay: State aid to
building such roads, State organization,
and a perpetual preaching of the gos-
pel of good roads have brought it all
about. The Commissioner of Public
Roads believes in agitation. ~He keeps
at it all the time. Here are a few of
the arguments he uses, taken from his
fourth annual report, which has just
been issued:
It costs 9% cents per bushel to ship
wheat from Chicago to New York, a
distance of 900 miles; it costs 3 cents a
bushel to haul wheat on a level road
a distance of five miles, and on a sandy
road it would cost at least 9 cents per
mile to haul it. The saving on a bush-
el of wheat with good roads for a dis-
tance of five miles would be about
equivalent to that of 600 miles of
transportation by steamer or canalboat,
,or of 375 miles of railroad. One mile
of good roads would make a saving
equal to 75 miles of railroad transpor-
tation. Thus every mile of good roads
places the producer 75 miles by‘rail-
nearer to the markets. It is estimated
that the cost of hauling 500,000,000 tons
of farm produce to market is $2 per ton,
or just about $1,000,000,000; it is also
estimated that about 60 per cent. of'
this last amount, or $600,000,000, would
be saved each year if farmers were
able to do this hauling over good
roads. _
We have demonstrated by building
numerous stone highway-s under the
State aid law that we can have good
roads without overloading wit-h taxes
this class of smallest income.
farmers’ returns are comparatively
small compared with those in other
pursuits; therefore, at first they hesita-
ted to subscribe for 'the building of
these improved highways, but they are ,
rapidly learning that by the use of
these they can vmy'much add to theiz
net return-s by the lessened cost in
serving the cities with their prod-
not-s.
You can haul 5135 pounds/more on
good, hard, sandy roads with a. four-
inch tire with the same amount ofpow-
er exerted than you can with a one-
and-a—lfalf inch tire. You can haul 47] .
pounds more on level gravel roads with
a four—inch tire with the same amount
of power exerted than you can with a
one-and-one~ha.1f inch tire.
The object of all legislation should be
the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber; therefore legislation should be lib-
eral toward good roads, as they are
more generally useful than. any form
of public improvement.
Good roads in the'end will not cost
as much money outlay as poor ones.
No tax is as great as one of bad roads. l
A bad road is a heavy tax on those
who use it, and the worse the road the f
heavier the tax.
Improved roads bring better prices
for farms and farm products. Double
load-s cheapen transportation.
Can market over good roads when
commodities are scarce;
ship despite the weather.
Rural ho-mes'are more sought after
along goo-d roads. '
Cannot sell lands advantageously
along poo-r roads. Good roads make
brisker demand for farms. .
Bad roads cause a decay of agricul-
ture; they impose the greatest of all
burdens on the farmer.
Bad roads cause people to gather into
cities
Wagon highways are the greatest ar-
teries of commerce.
The splendid condition of the roads
of Switzerland and France is due to
perpetual attention.
Experience over a. series of years
demonstrates a stone road is cheaper
than a gravel, although the first cost 01
gravel is much less.
The trained road builder is'just as
necessary as the trained doctor, manu.
facturer, or educator.
Result of improved roads: TrIcm-en-
dous increase in value of farm proper
ty; facilitates business; greater happi
ness for farmer, wife, sons and (laugh
ters; shortens distance to be traveled
He who shortens his distance toImar-
ket gains a great advantage. , .
Poor roads wear out the horses veiy
rapidly, thus detracting very largely
from the profits of the farm.
Civilization is to be judged by th(
condition of the roads.
His Last Hope. I
“Well, old man, did your son pass
the Civil Service examination?”
“No, suh, dey turned him down.”
“What was the trouble?”
“Short on ’rithm-etic, sub.”
“Any-thing else?”
“An geography.”
. “Yes?”
“An’ spellin.
“Nothing more?”
“Nuthin’ more, snh, ’cepin’ gram-I
mar an’ hist’ry, an’ a few other
things.”
“Well, what will he do now?”
“Well, suh, he’s des ’bout decided
ter teach school.”—Atl anta Constitu-
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Juneau Jake—How about that mine‘
of salt some of the‘ boys found up the
Igulch the other day? ,
Sitka Sam—Turned out to he noth-I
in’ but a. gold mine. TThe, thievin
scourdrels had- -salted, its-Chicago
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, C THE 11 V M“ N * G GAAET‘I‘ E
' AN AUDIENCE OF THREE' '.5
"0W: ArtmnusIWal-d Escaped from, an
1 IAwkward‘ Situation.
Before Artemus Ward went‘to Lon-
don, where the English fell in love
with him only to mourn his prema-
ture deathamong them, he had con-
quered the respect and affection of his
kindly humor. . The itinerary of one
of his tours led him to a town in cen-
tral Pennsylvania. It was about the
middle of January. The day of the
lecture came, and with it early came
Artemus. Before noon a tremendous
snowstorm broke over that part of
Pennsylvania and raged furiously all
day and night.
stage that night and- looked about
him, in all‘the large theater he saw
only three men, each in the seat his
coupon‘called for; all three, as it
happened being far to therear. *-
The three men Zooked' lonely and
uncomfortable. Keeping that solemn
face of his at its solemnest, Artemus
advanced to the footlights and beck-
oning to the three 111311, said: “Come
up closer, gentlemen. I want to speak
to you.” He had to repeat this invi-
tation before his auditors understood
that he meant what he said and mu's-
tered courage to go for-Ward. When
they had taken seats together in the
front row, Artemus said: “There,
now, that’s more sociable.” He paus-
ed a moment and went pn:
“Gentlemen, you are Entitled to see
my Show and hear my lecture, if you
are so disposed. But I understand
that underneath this hall there is an
excellent cafe, and I suggest that we
spend the evening there, you as my
guests.
Though reluctant to forego the show
and lecture, as they saw Artemus had
no mind for them, the three agreed
to his proposition, the lights were
turned out and the little party de-
scended to ."the cafe, where for hours
they, made“. merry,
, of them at least was most reluctant
to start for home. He says he never
. had a more enjoyable time in his life,
' and that if Artemus Ward was not at
his best then his best must have been
“past all Whooping.” For 'the stories
he told and the way he told them
:made them forget time and circum-
{stances and completely banished any
lingering regret for what they had not
received upstairs. ——New York Times.
BIBL’ES FOR MINERS.
. Novel Plan for Splending the Gospal in
Alaska.
The Yukoners who outfit in Seattle
will not go into the cold, frozen north
. without a small copy of the New Tes-
tament tucked secuiely in their packs,
if the plan of the members of the
I Westminster Presbyterian Church suc—
ceeds.
Rev. Gilchristr pastor of the West-
minster Presbyterian Church, said:
“The Westminster Presbyterian
Church has subscribed money to pur-
chase hundreds of Testaments for the
use of the Yukon miners in the gold
fields of the, north. A number of
young ladies of my congregation will
prepare the books for packing. They
sign their name to it on the fly leaf
of the book. It will then be securely
wrapped 11p and turned over to the
outfitter. A number of the promin-_
ent houses of this city have been ap-
proac'hed on the subject of putting
the Testaments 'into the packs they fit
up, and alf so far have agreed to do
so. We will endeavor to get one of the
Testaments into the pack of every man
going north from here, and expect
to do a great deal of good by it.”
The Testaments are of the smaller
size, Well bound and printed on good
paper. The type, while small, is very
clear, and the book weighs practically
nothing. This point was one that was
considered in purchasing—Seattle
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FOUGHT SNAKES FOR" LIFE.
The Result of a Practical Joke Played by
Pupils on a, Teacher.
Some mischievous pupils in a school
in Palme Sola, Fla., played a practi-
cal joke on their teacher the other
day, which came near causing her
death. The teacher, Miss Jenkins,_is
much afraid of snakes. some of the
‘ boys in the school captured several
large blacksnakes and 211 ter killing one
placed it in the teacher’s desk.
When Miss Jenkins opened the lid
she saw the snake and fell to the floor
screaming. A moment later she saw
two large snakes glide in through the
door. They were evidently mates of
the dead one.
They sprang toward the teacher, one
of them wrapping itself around her
arm and the other about her waist.
The teacher fought it desperately, but
crushing her.
eral minutes when Miss Jenkins’ s
screams attracted the attention of a
girl pupil, who killed the snakes with
a knife—New York World.
She Had the Art but Didn’t Know It.
“Tell me, ” pleaded the artless maid
“wherein lies the secret of the alt of
conversation!”
The sage assumed the attitude he
of imparting wisdom, and said:
“My ‘child, listen.”
“I ’am listening,”
answered. .
' “Well my child ” he 1ejoined, “that
is all there is of the art of conversing
agreeably. —Chicago Tlibune.
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breathlessly she
Dr. 'Mdiar (kindly)—Now, does that
vii-um?
Ilozzphiz—I don‘t mind you work-
'ing an the tooth so much, if you would
only keep your sleeve button out 01
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own countrymen by his quaint and
When the lecturer appeared on the
and whence one.
will write a little personal note and '
was barely able to keep them from
The unequal contest went on for sev- .
'was wont to assume when in the act
. in Havana, sailing
board the Olivette on the afternoon
He was 'ad- '
' informed by the
my eve. ~lloxbury Gazette. , .« , 11'
SAW MAINEBEOWNUP; ‘
A'Passenger on City of Washing-
ton Describes the Scene:
SPANISH EXPRESS DELIGHT
Captain Sigsbde Described as a Hero and
Consul—General Lee Cool and Collected
—Maine Officers Said It Was'the Work
of Outsiders. ‘
New York, Feb. 26.—The first .eye-
witness of the Maine explosion to ar-
rive in New York is Joseph M. .Mann,
a well-known business man of Provi-
dence, R. I., and? brother-in-law of
-Maurice M. Eckstein, ”Senator Platt’s
priVate secretary. Mr. Mann was a
passenger on the Ward Line steamer
City of Washington, which left this city
on February _11 and arrived [in Havana
less than half an hour before the ca-
tastrophe to the Maine.
“We cast anchor in Havana Bay less
than 300 feet from the Maine a few
minutes after 9 o’clock that fateful
evening,”said Mr. M nn. ”A bugle blast
had just piped the s ip’s crew below.
In company with several of the Wash-
ington’s passengers I was down in the
saloon aft taking a farewell drink. We
were looking out, some of us toward
shore. and others over the bay. Of a
sudden I heard a dull, muffled sound.
It was like the explosion of a giant fire-
cracker under water. I paid no at-
tention to it, but almost immediately
after came a roar that fairly shook our
ship from stem to stern. We could hear
the sound of falling missiles on the
deck above.
“My first thought was that war had
been declared between the United
States and Spain and, that hostilities
had begun. Looking o'ut of the saloon
port hole toward the Maine I saw her
midship section some fifty feet in the
air. All around was a mass of flame
and smoke. Something struck the side
of our ship just then and again we
shivered all over.
Above the roar of the flames and ter-
rible excitement that followed we heard
the cries of the dying and wounded.
They shouted ‘Help,’ ‘Help us!’ These
were the only cries the poor fellows
made. Two boats ~-were immediately
lowered frOm our ship, but they had
been rendered useless by fragments of
flying iron and steel from the Maine.
Two other boats were soon’ made ready
and in them the crew of the City of
Washington, assisted by Captain Ste—
vens and the officers, picked up over
a score of the crew and several of-
ficers. . .
“Captain Sigsbee was the last man
to leave his ship. We could see his
LIEUT. 0011. W. P. POTTER,
of the New York.
figure clearly outlined against the
flames of the supeIstructure and his
voice rang out clear as a. trumpet. Soon
we had twenty-eight ofi‘icers and about
thirty of the crow on board the City
of Washington, which had been trans-
formed into a. temporary hospital. Bed
sheets and linen of all kinds were torn
into strips and used as bandages. All
the passengers leutIa hand in succoring
the wounded, who bore their hi. rts with
_, wonderful stoicism. Many of them were
terribly mangled. and one or two died
as they were being carried on board
the City of Washington.
“Less than an hour after the explo-
sion Consul General Lee came aboard
the Washington. He was perfectly cool
and made minute inquiries concerning
the disaster. Others who visited the
injured and dying on the ship were
Civil Governor of Havana. and General
Parrado, second in command of the
Spanish forces to Captain-General
Blanco. They were profuse in their
protestations of sympathy.
“None of the passengers on the City
of Washington would ’have dared to
leave the ship that night, even had
they been permitted do so. The
greatest disorder seemed to prevail on
shore, and from the shi p we could hear
and see that everything u as in a cha-
otic state on land.
“The next morning when We landed
things seemed to have quieted some—
what and Spanish officers were run—
ning around everywhere. They were
in the cafes and similar places, and few
of them seemed to feel any sorrow for
the awful event of the previous night.
It was a common thing to hear the
rabble say as they looked at the hulk
of the Maine, ‘served them right,’ or
‘we ’11 serve them the same way again
if they dare send another war vessel
down here.’
“To the credit of the Spanish officers
be itsaid that they afterwa1d made
every effort to stop all anti—American
sentiments. Nevertheless, I am con-
vinced
Americans in Cuba comes from this
rabble. Once war is declared they will
loot and ravage and pillage from one
end of the island to the other.
and when it comes all Spanish soldiers
won t be able to keep them back.”
Mr. Mann spent less than five hours
for Key W’est bn
following the explosion.
vised by Dr. Brunner, the American
Health Officer stationed at Havana, not
to remain there any longer than neces-
sary. Mr. Mann says that many other
Americans who have lived on the island ;
for a long. time have been 1171 :-1fli('iall}.
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It is the theory
leave as soon as;
I ‘jW’liat' is 'my $11.,
cause of thedisaswr’.‘
advanced by nine out of every ten
Americans in. Cuba. today—that the
Maine was blown up "by some outside
agency. A piece of cement some two
feet in circumference and about an .
inch thick landed on the deck of the ' ‘
City of Washington. from the Maine
less than half a minute 'after the ex-
plosion. This cement is believed to
have been a part of the double bottom‘
of the ship. Evidently this piece of ce- -
ment was blown high into the air by ’
the force of the explosion, Which, had
it been internal, would have forced the . ' '
cement into the water. ‘This piece of
cement was taken away by officers of
the Maine, who seemed to think it an
important feature of the disaster. . .
“I cannot, withopt violating. c‘onfi~
dences, tell all that I heard that night
on board the City of Washington, but
I will say that not a few officers of the
Maine were then of the unalterable
opinion that the wrecking of their ship
was the fiendish work of an outsider."
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ISIGHTED IN MID-OCEAN.
The Blemerhaven Saw the Frensh Litre;
Disabled in a. Fierce Gale. '
New York, Feb. 26.———The Dutch tank‘
steamship Bremerhaven arrived hererat
noon yesterday and reported that 2011;
February 19 she had sighted a. vessel,
which is believed to be the French line
steamship La Champagne, now seven ‘-
days. overdue.
The Dutch steamship was in latitude
43, longitude 44, on the evening of Feb-
ruary 19, when her lookout spied some
distance away a large trans-Atlantic
liner which was hardly moving through ,
the water. The stranger had red fun- '. '\.
nels and two masts, thus answering the 3
description of La. Champagne. Appar- ‘
ently she had only her regular lights
out and made no signals of distress, so
the Bremerhaven moved on.
Captain Ninnes, of the Bremerhaven,
said that the strange liner was moving
very slowly, heading to the northeast
and facing tremendous seas from that
direction. It is quite probable that she
had signals out, althbugh it was too
dark for him to see if such were a fact.
The weather had been very stormy,
blowing hard from the northeast, and
continued to blow throughout the fol-
lowing day, Sunday, and part of Mon-
day, with very heavy seas from the
northeast. -‘ ‘
The steamship was then 1,350 miles
from this port, and if repairs were
made, the Champagne should be able-
to cover about 300 miles a day. This I
that the gravest danger to_
They ;
-. are only waiting for the opportunity
would have brought her to this port
yesterday. Still' she has not arrived,
and the sighting of her, instead of al-
laying the fears of those who have
lfriends aboard, has increased their ap-
lprehension through her non-appear-
once.
Captain Ninnes, when informed that
ILa Champagne was ovei due, said that
.there was no doubt in his mind as to
the identity of the vessel. She had
nearly stopped, but as she was burning,
regulation lights and displayed no sig-
nals the Bremerhaven passed on. The
French ofiicers think this 'was their
\essel.
La Champagne left Havre Februaiy
12, with 304 passengers and a crew of
175. She usually reached this port
Sundav me rning g, making the run from
Havre with the regularity of a fciry-
boat. .
THE ANNEXA'. ION TREATYK [1,,
lIIessage of the Acting President of Ila-
- waii to the Legislature.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 26.—Presi-
dent Sanford B. Dole, of Hawaii, has
received a copy of a. mes sage submitted
by Acting President Cooper to the Leg-
islature, which met in Honolulu on
February 216.011 the subject of annex-
ation the message said.
“Owing to the intimate relations ex-
isting between the republic and the
United States of America, great care
should be exercised that no action be
taken which might in erfcre with the
scope of the annexation treaty, nor in
any way jeopardize the present satis-
factory relations, nor hinder the future
presentation of the treaty, should it fail
at the picsent time to receive the ap-
proval of the Senate of the United
States, where it is now pending.”
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Dole Sails Away f01 Hawaii.
San Francisco, Feb. 26. —President
Dole, of Hawaii, returned to Honolulu
en the steamer Mariposa, which sailedr
yesterday afternoon. A number of the
Hawaiian delegation was on hand to
bid him fzu ewell.
A NEW KLONDIKE HORROR.
Disease Attacking the Spine “’hich Kills.
Its Victims Quickly. ’
Seattle Wash, Feb. 26. ——In addition
to the rig-015 of the Alaskan climate,
the fortune hunters have now to face
a new and tei rible disease. The bodies
of five dead men were brought into
Skaguay Thursday, and with those
who bro Jght them were four others
moze den (1 than alive. It appears that
the disco s,'e which is one affecting the
spine, is epidemic around Skaguay, and
medicine so far as proved of no avail.
Up to the present time twenty deaths
have been 1eported, and it is said that
scores of victims are now suffering in
the mining camp. The symptoms are
a. numbing pain at the base of the
brain, which extends down the spine,
and results in terrible pain in the ’d-
neys. This is followed by a, comatose
condition and death within twenty-four
hours. '
lIIrs. Booth Has a Relapse.
Montclair, Feb. fall—Mrs. Ballington
Booth, who, since her recs- nt illness, has
- improved so rapidi.r that she expected
to resume her work early next week
has suffered a serious relapse. She is
again in the Gale of her physicians in
her home here. Her condition is criti—
cal. No one except the doctors and the‘
immediate family is permitted to see
her. Preparations had been made for
her to resume her tour of prisons, but
: all her plans have been cancelled. -’
Circus People Go Abroad.
New York, Feb. 26.—One hundred of
. Barnum & Bailey’s circus people sailed
on the Massachusetts at U A: .‘1. to-day.
for Europe. ,There were also shipped ,
“-1 new band. wagon and‘a iiuztilmr of
L.
'a udy vans.
A The Postoffice Department will have ' . 1‘, -.
1. rural free delive ery system l:1 1:1.cr— ~
:1ti1m, in New Jersey, about .izi...-;1 l-l
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