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THE RED CROSS NURSE.
rnlfxw of the Admiral" are ringing everywhere;
.! ...plmidlts of the Generals are sinelug In thn nlr:
L ', 'men who sniled to dink their lives within thn Merrlmne,
'dauntless they Hint even death was fearful to nttiv-k!)
- hard murines whose tnetin knew no sluntil for retreat
Linua rain of Manser bullets and the drench of troplo heat,
nuIVoiiKti and ready riders In their resoluto advenes,
laku our dally records a continuous romance.
,r ,."ry them In our stories; we chant thorn In our verse;
k let as slug a stanza for the tied Cross army nurse.
-'"'nils In the foremost battle, slio Is In Hie rearmost tonts,
iml wears no weapon of attack, no armor of dolense.
- (Ms brarer than the bravest, slio Is truer than the true,
asks not If tho soldier struck for red and white ami blue.
asks not If he fell beneath the yellow and the red;
ttl Is mother to the wounded, she Is sister to the dead.
victor's cheers ring In her ears, but those she docs not hood;
, 'victim's moans mid dying groans are given ns her meed,
lf "K many a sufTerlng hero chokes his blind nnd sullen curse
go t mootti It to a blessing for the Ited Cross army nurse.
,,'!" k on, 0 noble army, nnd thn crown of crowns be yours,
always shall destruction bo the glory which endures.
''" ! coming; It Is coming; you are helping on the day
l ''' 'in wo loam t ho nobler action Is to suocor, not to slay.
Kit- nomlng; It Is coming; you are aiding It along,
Thn m we know the leeblest nation Is as potent as the strong.
ui, coralog; It Is coming; you are bringing It to pass,
, in the snips have shed their armor and tho fortresses are glass.
1 "" in thn atnrmv wiilMnir till the nrniainents dlsoerpe.
blessings on the liowur of war the lieu i;ross army nurse;
J. E. V. Cooke, In The Herald of Teaco,
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TIE fact is my son
Oeorge gave it to
me," Mr. Hudson
was explaining to
an old neighbor,
Caleb Sawyer, who
liail como in to chat
for a few minutes.
"George is in New
York, you know.
He's a lawyer, and
I guess he must be
Mi veil, for Letty soys she
Mia yesterday that he lives
'lH house, and they keep
girls, besides a man to
k after tho horses. Oh!
art!"
ivn rubbed his bands nnd
. a dent satisfaction. Oeorge
' ri .on, and Letty, who kept
'""'a, was the orphaned child
wt'l: mghter.
' wiped his gold-bowed
his faded silk haudker
them carefully, nnd
,1 mine the present alnrge
II .critically. He was a
n.u-faced old man of an.es
, i, tsimistio touiperament;
,1 i.orse of cheery Grandpa
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net ( is clear," ho said, after
'ln mgh Genesis.
H iorge knew my eyes were
""f' Mr. Hudson said, "so
1 fie with good large print,
at read it without my
eema to me tho binding
ong," the neighbor con-
ooks as if it might come
J' ii will last me," the old
nJ;id, quietly, "though I
0 leave it to Letty when
,t,. keep a newspaper around
i lite time."
iC ouiv eon's writing?" Mr.
I id, as he turned to the
;a:.Rnd gazed with wonder
r'''rate flourishes which he
'Sphered to mean, "Pre
1 jsiah Hudson by his son
Mr. Hudson replied,
rf : and I don't mind telling
j'.let it go any further but
ly thing about the book I
.( ike. I wish George had
mj; himself, for I don't see
forge's writing," he eon
etioolly, "and it would be
Ur. some where I could see
in." ..
.' !;d for a moment, and then
an attempt at choerful
Letty says it's fashionable
es written that way, and
ci.kii are real fashionable,"
r'.'Bat n the sitting-room
"'ion, sewing, she noticed
r nd fat her was busy at his
evidently writing a let
i's .undertaking was arduous,
.his pen, used up several
per, and succeeded iu get-
ak on his fingers before
' toraed tusk was done,
'..ftljy wrote his letters for
l"e wondered why she had
filled to write this one; but
f 0 quentionh.
cr i day for nearly two weeks
ivi Ij went abont with an air
l He meudod the few
ios ia the fence, white
st ohiokeu-house, and was
,s)us at to the condition of
: garden. Every evening
.' seeu walking to or from
t half a mile," he replied
-protests, when this daily
ivien kopt up for a fortnight,
i.ed exercise. I don't get
'Mo do here. The kindling
"d the row to milk! Why,
-' rpltty!" and he started to-
ftgain.at a nimble gait.
'fg for mo to-duy, Mr.
usked. as ho walked into
;b.6e, tryiug to spouk as if it
ji;er of no ituportauce.
1 the postmaster replied,
)Lei-e is a letter for . you
Momewhero. Hank Goider
rl,, and wo were curious to
iyni oould be from. You
plotters very often, you
Sold man took hi letter,
hint, and wont out with
ny inforiuntlon.
"i might bavo boon more
"ttiiittered the postmaster
teiiHnper as wellns he be
! " out for a ouh-
ljt"(y l:kes to know what'a
it until uftor minper that
4 found titan to read his
f bo siivo, ho had gazed at
fty home, atndied the post
. wondered if it was "
,, t ho would not open it till
. uty of tiro,,. Thou he read
,,acs oeiore he mastered the
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J we 11 pet up early in the
J h said to Letty, as she
fi empty the dish-water,
fcnudpa?" bIio aked, iu
.V'ls there anything spooial
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"We're going to have company,"
tho old man answered, complacently.
"Company?" the girl echoed.
"Why, who?"
"I could tell," he answered, "but
you'd rather be surprised, would you
not?"
"Of oourse, if you'd like it that way,
grandfather ouly I should like to kuow
how many are coiniug, and just when,"
Letty auswerod, pleasantly. She
knew his weakness for surprises.
"One, wilh an appetite for two,
about six o'clock to-morrow evening."
Mr. Hudson went to shut the gate
without offering any farther explana
tion. At the appointed timo the next even
ing the kitchen fire was burning
brightly, aud tho kettle was sending
tin a cloud of steain. The room was
titled with the odor of frying chicken.
Tho biscuit were in the edgo of the
oven, covered with a white cloth, and
Letty was so busy creaming the pota
toes that she forgot to wonder who,
after all, was coming, when the door
oponed aud her grandfather aud
Uncle George walked in.
"I told you she'd be surprised!" the
old man said to his sou, misinterpre
ting the look of astonishment on the
girl's face.
"I hope Letty enjoyed her stay in
the city," George Hudson remarked
to his father, as he sat on the porch
after supper, while Letty did up the
dishes.
"Yes, she had a good time," the old
man answered, "but I guess she must
have got rather confused with the
noise and everything, for she clean
forgot all about a new dress aho had
been plauuiug all summer to buy.
She picked berries to get the money.
You see, Hul Muvkham's sister's going
to bo married pretty soon I guess
Hal likes Letty pretty well," ho
added, with a Bly wink "and Letty
was to stand np with her, but sho for
got all about the dress." Ho laughed
heartily at his granddaughter's lupso
of memory. "Funny how forgetful
some people are!" ho resumed after a
while. "Why " Tho old man
stopped suddenly and stared at his
son iu amazement.
"What is it, father?" the sou asked,
with auxiety.
"I deolare!" he exclaimed. "Talk
ing about forgetfulness made me re
member. Why, George, I forgot to
thank you for my present! Here I've
been usiug it every day, nnd haven't
said a word to you about it! Of
course, when Letty went away," he
continued, while the look of perplexity
on the sou's face deepened, "I didn't
kuow what you'd send me, but I knew
it would be something nioe.
"I said to Letty, 'Letty, what do
you' think George will seud mo?'
She couldn't guess, and neither could
I, but I said I hoped it would be a
Bible with nice largo print; aud when
she got' homo, this is whnt she brought
me! Why, where is it?" he exoliiimed,
with conoern. "I alwoys keep it
right here. Letty must have put it
away," aud ho started iu quest of the
missing book.
"But, father, I don't understand.
What is this about my giving yon a
r.ihle?"
The old man stopped for a moment,
gazed at his son with a quizzical look,
and laughed lond aud long. "Yon
thought Letty wouldn't toll who sent
it, didn't you? Oh, you like seorets
as well as your father!" Still chuckling,
he went into the house.
One look at her uncle's face as he
hurried into tho kitohen, and Letty
knew that be had found out.
"I know I'm wicked to deceive him
so," sho stammered, while tho tears
began to gather, "but, Uncle Goorge,
I couldn't help it! He wanted the
I!iblo bo much, and counted on your
sending him one. I had to get it! I
couldn't disappoint him!" .
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked,
severely. "I didn't know he wanted
one!"
But he did not wait for an answer.
He suddenly remembered how little
he had seen of Letty while sho was on
her visit. He had been busy on an
importaut case, and had hardly noticed
her. He recollected with a pang of
remorse that ho had scarcely even
asked after his father, much less
thought of a gift for him, until he had
reuuived tho letter asking him to come
back to tho old farm for a few days.
Ilia wife nnd children were at tho sea
ooahl, business was dull, and he had
come come empty-handed.
"Another Bible?" asked Mr. Saw
yer, in surprise, as he oauie in a week
after Guorgo's departure.
"Yes, George took that one baok.
I guess he hadn't examined it very
closoly before, and he said the bind
ing was poor, just as you thought,
aud he sent me this." He displayed
a beautiful Bible iu au adjustable
holder. "It'a real comfortable and
handy," ho continued, "and George
wroto my name iu it himself." He
showed tho strong, business-like writ
ing with a pardonable pride.
"I told him I'd rather have his
writing, if it wasn't quite so fanoy
though ha ia going to write onoe a
week now, so it doesn't matter so THE PAROLE PRISON LO"
mueu, ne atiueu. - lie sent letty
some things, too some dresses and
hats and Inst night I got a letter
from his wife. She wants Letty and
me to come to the city for the holi
days. I haves't boon to New York
since Georgo went there, ten years
ajjo, and 1 want to see the town over
no much. And then they're going to
have a Christmas tree," ho added,
with childlike enthusiasm, "and I am
to be Santa Claus!" Youth's Com-p.miou.
WHY YOUNG MEN FAIL.
f.ack or Application to One 1'i.rMilt the
Cardinal Weakness.
Thomas B. Bryan, ex-President ol
the World's Fair, lawyer, capitalist,
scholar aud man of affairs and society,
has a personal acquaintance peculiar
in its extent and nature. Iu Chicago,
his home city, Mr. Bryan is known as
the friend of young men, and it is to
be doubted if any other man of ad
vanced years is iu closer sympnthetio
relations with a turgor cirolo of young
men than Mr. Bryau. He states his
view of the most general and potont
causes of failure on the part of the
young men of to-day as follows:
"Chief among the causes which
bring positive failure or a disappoint
ing portion of half-success to thou
sands of honest strugglcrs is vacilla
tion. The luck of an tindeviating ap
plication to ono pursuit is a cardinal
weaknoss in tho younger generation
of toilers in almost every line of effort.
The youug men who keep their eyes
fixed on a definite goal, never yield
ing an inch until their efforts are at
tended with absolute success, are not
as common types as we might wish.
Indomitable will is a quality of char
acter that the youug man of to-day
may well afford to consider aud culti
vate. "It is also my observation that uni
form courtesy kindness of disposi
tion expressed in graciousncss of con
ductcontributes, to a larger degreo
tliau is generally appreciated, to tho
advaucomeut of the young man who
fosters this trait. On the other hand,
surliness aud even indill'ereuce mili
tate against the promotion of the one
who is so unfortuuato as to allow
those rcpelluut forces to influence his
relations with others. Politeness is
so easy of acquirement and so profit
ably eucortaine.l that I marvel its cul
tivation recoives so little serious at
tention. Certainly the failure rightly
to prize this olomont of character
gives the key to many a life failure.
"The disposition to look on work as
a task to be thrown oil' at tho earliest
possible moment is a too common
failing, and is tho reverse of that stal
wart faithfulness which attracts the
attention and approval of employers
and gains promotion and advancement
for those who thus identify them
selves with the interests of those
whom they serve. It is with the
young man as with the farmer: he best
succeeds who plows deepest. To
scratch the surface of things lightly
is not enough to insure a bountiful
harvest. The crop of such a seeding
is failure. He who would win must
go deeper, must live more seriously
aud with greater determination and
fixedness of purposo." Saturduy
Evening Post.
Flsli Delighted In lining Caught.
Fish hoc m to have no sense of feel
ing, and many pooplo believe that tho
angry and energetio movements of a
lish when it is caught are duo rather
to annoyance at losing its liberty than
to any souse of pain. I can confirm
this, because I have over and over
again taken an uudcrsixed pike that
has been once or twice caught and put
back into tho water. Upon one
oocumou three of ns boys of the Old
Brigado wore fishing in a small pool
in a narrow, sluggish river. Jones
caught n small pike, and as it was
undersized being barely four pounds
ho cut the hooVi out of its gul
lot and threw the li.sa i'l ngain. In
sido of thirty secouds Jones caught
the samo fiah again. Once more ho
cut out the hooks, aud this timo he
had to maul it very muoh. Onoe more
it was kickod in. Then I caught it,
still bleoding. I got tho hooks out
with difficulty, and before I conld
throw the fish in again a terrier dog
bit it half through. Then I kicked
the fish in, and Brown caught it. At
last we got so tired of catching this
fish that I threw it away in disgust.
It caught iu the fork of a willow tree
and stayed thore for half an hour,
whou a crow attacked it, dislodged it
from the tree, but not before it had
removed oue of the eyes. The self
same fish was caught next day by the
keeper. Fishing Gazette.
A Flih Miory.
Hero is a chap from Iowa who goes
tho Bod and Gun contributors ono
better and raises the limit on fish
stories: "We wet our lines in Shell
Rock Biver, a few miles below Cedar
Falls, and caught a catfish that
weighed l'.)0 pounds. Being without
fish, flesh or Howl at the camp, we
put a pole through its gills and shoul
dered it half a mile for dinner. On
opening it we found that it had swal
lowed a smaller cat that weighed
about fifteen pouuds, so we said wo'd
cat the latter forMinuer, iustiiid of the
big follow, as it wus perfectly fresh.
But when wo opened Number 2 thero
was a still smaller cat iu its gullet,
oue that woighed live pounds, and as
the party consisted of only three we
made a dinner on that. I have nbuu
duut witnesses." New York Press.
Almost a. Death Struggle,
A large crowd had gradually formed
around the two fashionably dressed
and oblivious young girls, aud at one
time it seemed necessary to separate
them.
"What; can it mean?" said the
stranger who had just oomo up.
"It took me," said the man ad
dressed, "some time to learn, but as
I understand it now, one girl has beeu
six mouths iu Europe, aud while she
was goue the other oue has learned to
play golf, aud they are trying to tell
each other about it." Life.
Only Seems Bo.
The New York olergymau who is
preaching a series of sermons on
matrimony pointed out to his con
gregation Sunday that married men
outlive bachelors. Fnbahty this
preacher never heard the Hon.
George Marden'a conundrum as to
why married mou live longer than
single ones. Thoy don't. It ouly
eema so to them. Boston Herald,
OPERATION OF THE INDETERMINATE
SENTENCE IN INDIANA,
i'l-lsnners retit t'rt For it Minimum and
Maximum TermIJovr Hie Tlrker-of
Leave System Is Worked Aiding
Youthful Criminals to Itefnrin.
At Michigan City, Ind., tho last
prison Sunday was observed by a union
meeting of the Methodist, Presbyteriau
aud Congregational Churches, held in
tho Methodist Church. W. H. Whit
takor, clerk of the Stato Prisou, read
a paper ou "Tho Indeterminate Sen
tence and Purolo Law." Ho spoke,
in part, as follows: '
"Before the passage of this law all
prisoners sentenced in counties north
of aline running cast aud west through
the centre of the State, which line
touched tho southern border of Marion
County, were sent to the Michigan
City prison, and all south of this line
wore sentenced to Teffersonville. This
was done without regard to age, crime
or the number of times tho prisoner
may have been iu prison. Tho result
was that many a j oung boy who had
committed his first offense was thrown
into prison and put into the same coll
with an old, experienced offender, and
after serving his term of one or two
years, with no attention being given
him while in prison, ho was discharged
a graduate iu crime. The new luw
seeks to remedy just such oases as
this by committing to the State Prison
all men who are over thirty years of
age, and those who have been sent
enced for life or treason aud those
who have sorvod in prison more than
one torm. To the Indiana Reforma
tory aro committed all persons under
thirty years of oge, except those who
have a life sentence or are found guilty
of treason. The management of the
State Prison and tho Reformatory, as
soon as the laws were passed, inl8i)7,
set out at once to adopt rules and pro
vide for the better government of the
prisoners iu their charge as contem
plated by the new law.
"The first reform that was insti
tuted at these institutions was to
abolish tho lush nud in its stead well
ventilated and warm colls were pro
vided, where a prisoner is placed in
solitury confinement on short diet, be
ing compolled to stand at his coll door
during working hours. This punish
ment lasts until the prisoner is will
ing and tho management is satisfied
that he will return to his work and
give no further trouble Again, the
change of clothing from the titripes to
the cadet bluo for tho first grade pris
oner and a chockered eloth of a dark
aud gray check for tho second grade,
and the stripes for the third grade.
The lock-stop has nlso beeu abolished
aud instead prisoners are permitted
to march in military order, two
abreast. These threo reforms the
abolishment o( the lash, the striped
clothing and the lock-step have doua
more to improve the condition of the
prisoner ami make him feel liko amau
than anything that has been done.
"Tho ludoteruiinate-soutence law
means that when a prisoner is sen
tenced to prison ho goes for a mini
mum term, which is determined by
law in accordance with the offense
committed. It may be from oue to
three years, oue to fourteen, two to
fonrteeu, or two to twenty-one years
On entering the prison the prisoner is
permitted to enter second grade that
is, his clothing will be of the check
ered cloth. While iu this grade he
will be permitted to write one letter a
month aud reooive one visit per month
from a friend. At the end of three
mouths, with perfect deportment in
this grade, the prisoner will be ad
vanced to the first grade and the
clothing will be of the cadet blue. In
this grade the prisoner is permitted
to write two letters per month aud re
ceive two visits per mouth from his
friends. For the breaking of any
rules that have been adopted by the
management tho prisoner may be re
duced in grade; if reduced to the third
grade he will don the stripes, aud
wuue iu tuis oiothiug will not be per
mitted to write letters nor reooive
visits from his friends, nor to read iu
his coll.
"With the grading of tho prisoner
from the time he enters the institution
the management begins to study him.
making a careful investigation as to
his previous history while ou the out
side, and finding, if possible, if he has
a criminal record. If he is illiterate
he is taken to tho schoolroom four
evenings iu tho week and nine morths
iu the year. There he is taught to
read and write. He is permitted to
attend Christian Endeavor meetings
each Sunday morning and regular
chapel nervice every Sunday forenoon;
lie is alio permitted to have in his cell
the best library hooks, papers and
magazines. With such methods as
these tho authorities aro enabled to
study enoh prisoner and at the end of
his minimum sentenoo are able tojudge
as to tho character aud habits of the
prisoner when he appears before tho
I arolo lioard asking for parole.
"This brings us to the manner in
which the indeterminate aenteuoe and
parole law is administered; wheu a
prisoner has served oue or two years
iu prisou, as the case may be, and has
complied with the rules ho is permit
ted to come before the Parole Board.
ThoBouid first examines tho state
ment made by the trial judge and
prosecuting attorney; thoy then ques
tion the prisoner as to his past rec
ord, lf thoy find that he has served
other sentences and that his past life
has been spent iu crime, his case will
not be favorably considered by the
Board aud he will be ordered to re
turn to his work, not knowing just
wheu he will again have another
chance to be beard by the Board. On
the other haud, if the Board finds
that it is the prisoner's first offence,
and that the judge and prosecutor
who tried him are favorable to his
purole, and the records and all evi
dence at hand go to show that the
prisoner will again become a useful
citizen, they will parole him. Em
ployment then must be found for the
prisoner, usually iu the home of his
own people, if they are responsible;
if not, we will secure work for him in
a factory or on a farm, the person
giving tho employment agreeing to
pay reasonable wages for one year
and to take a friendly interest in the
prisoner's welfare. He is also to see
that the prisoner makes his reports
to the warden or superintendent on
the first of eauh month for the previous
month, staling iu this report the num
ber of days be has worked; if idle
for what reason; amount of money
earned and amount expended, and for
what: bow many times he has at
tended church during the month, and
where; where his evenings have been
spent; how often lie has beeu iu a
saloon during the month.
"This report must be signed by the
paroled prisoner and approved by his
employer. If this report is not re
ceived by the warden or superin
tendent promptly, investigation is at
once started to find why the report
has not boon received. If after in
vestigation, it is found that the pris
oner has violated his parole, ho is nt
once returned to prison withont trial
and compelled to serve out his maxi
mum sontente.
"During the two years the parole
law has beeu iu operation nt the Slate
prison we have paroled 132 prisoners,
of which number six have been re
turned for violation of their parole
and two have failed to make their re
ports, and at this time wo do not
know where they are. This showing,
as compared with otlior institutions,
is remarkably good, only being a frac
tion over aix per cent, of the prisoners
paroled who have violated the confi
dence placed iu them by the manage
ment. Wo now have eighty men ou
parole who are making their reports
promptly, earning all tho way from 8"i
to $10 per month and their board,
and in many cases are caring for their
families that would otherwise be a
publio ohurgo upon the township
where they live had tho prisoner been
kept in confinement.
"The value and suocess of this new
system of prison management depondu
upon the faithfulness with whiuh it is
executed. All unworthy considera
tions must bo left out. The parole
must not be granted upou influence,
either political, religious or family,
but purely upou the record and char
acter of tho prisoner iu question. Tin
ideal of prison discipline which this
system involves is ahigh one. It would
be useless for the prison management,
where high ideals of life are unpopu
lar, to attempt to carry out this law,
but suuu is not the case in the town
and country districts of Indiana, for
our people are always foremost in
adopting and carrying rut ideas an I
reforms lookiug to the betterment of
all raaukiud, and w beliove the tim,
is now hero iu whioh the peop'o in the
different counties, townships an I cities
of this State are ready and willing to
assist the mon who are worthy of
parole iu evory possible way for them
to regain their social standing.
"Whilo the parolo law iu Indiaua is
yet au experiment, I believe when the
law, as it now stands, is fully under
stood thero will be no desire on the
part of the people if, in fact, there
be any such desire at this time tore
turn to the principlo of dollnite sen
tences. There is now a way open
whereby tho habitml c.-iiuiml ovi be
driven from the State or retained be
hind the bars where ho oin no lon.jr
prey on sooiety. At the s.ime tims,
the unfortuuato person who, tem
porarily crazed by intoxication of la
boring under some temporary derange
ment, commits his first crime can be
saved. The principlo of the parole
law is iu accord with tho advanced
thought of tho day, which believes
that there comes a tim j in tho history
of those incarcerated iu prisou whou
they can he reformed and placed on
the road to good citizenship. To all
such it says, 'Go, and sin no more.'
While for the habitual criminal iii
writes over the prison doors, 'Aban
don hopo, all ye who eutor here.'"
Spanish Idea of lienor.
One recently returnod from Culvi
says that Spanish honor which wo
vainly tried to understand during the
war is even stranger than we imag
ine. Put a Spaniard in any kind of
office and ho regards it merely as an
opportunity to steal, aud au oppor
tunity it is a crime to neglect. He
will stop at nothing to fill his pockets
from the publio wealth. Ou the othot
hand aud to us it seems so incom
patible as to be incredible iu his
private dealiags ho is what we ro au.
customed to call the soul of honor. Ii
he rents a house to yon, he will not
think of making a lease, his word it
sufficient. Let never so tempting an
offer be made to him for what he has
promised you for a certain length of
tune, and l.o will not tor au instant
eousider changing tenants until the
time has expired. Publie office, ap
parently, is looked upon as "liudinj
money." Trivate contracts, so tho re.
turned traveler says, are more sacred
than with ua. It may be wo have
something to learn as well as to toioh
in Cuba. New York Commercial Ad
vortiser.
The fjualily of Thrift.
"Speaking of thrift," eaid the
promineut clergyman, "I remember
one man who was as good an example
of shrewdness as I have ever seen.
It was when I began preaching that 1
met him. I was youngand struggling,
my salary was small, aud the mau was
a member of my church. Ho used to
do work on a scroll saw, aud one of
his specialties was a sort of plant
stand with two shelves aud with scroll
work ornamentation. Two or three
times he tried to sell me oue, but a.t
I had no need nor use for it, I told
him so. The time for the annual
donation purty drew near, M-hen every
thing that was given counted toward
that limited salary. I was not alto
gether pleased, therefore, when the
man with a plant stand appeared at
the doer. 'Here, parson, 'he said, ia
a plant stand, It's worth ten dollars,
and I'd like to give five of it toward
yonr donation.' There was no way
out of it; I gave him the other five."
Kui.plles For England's Holdlors.
Eugland always keeps on hand a
large supply of army stores at tho
Woolwich and Deptford stockyards.
When the fitting out of the South
African expedition began there was ou
hand at those two depots 2,000,00!)
pounds of ships' bread or biscuits,
1,000,000 pounds of oholocat., 100,000
pounds of tea, 7,000,001) pounds of
sugar, 100,000 bottlen of lime juice
and tins of oondonsed milk, a quartet
of a million barrels of beef aud pork
aud millions of tine of moat.
A Tru Cuiiiplliiisnt.
Madame Melba Buys that the truest
oompliment she ever received was
from a littlj boy out West, who
blushingly remarked, "You cau sing
nioer than my pop cim whittle ou his
lingua. "
fiOOT) ROADS NOTRS. 8
Whal It Costs to Haul Prodnr.
"The condition of roads iu the
United Statos, taken as a whole, can
most cleanly be shown in figures. If
we can make Inquiries of a hundred
farmers, in as many localities, as to
how long it takes them to haul a load
of crops to town, how far lie hauls it.
and what his time and that of his team
are worth we can readily ascertain
what it capita on au average to market
a load of crops, nays Otto Dorner,
unturman of the Highway Improve
ment Committeo of the League of
American Wheelmen.
--J.I me number or these inquiries
ne Bumciently increased, and extended
over the entire country, the rcsnlt
will pretty nearly ahow what it costs
on an averago in the wholo United
Statos to haul a load of crops to mar
ket. If with each inquiry we also as
pertain the weight of the load, we can
figure out how muoh it costs per 100
pounds, or per ton, to market all these
crops, and if the inquiry also include
tue number of miles comprising each
haul, we can easily figure the cost of
hauling these crops per ton per mile.
This gives a unit which can be com
pared with the samo unit, similarly
obtained, by similar inquiries made
in other counties.
"An inaniry of this kind was mado
in November, 189D, by the United
States Department of Agriculture
through its ollloo of rond inquiry. Ten
thousand circulars were sent out to
farmers iu all parts of the United
States asking for information in theso
various particulars. Replies were re
ceived from over 1,200 counties dis
tributed throughout tho United States,
and tho results were carofnlly com
piled. The weight of loads hauled
varied between an average of 2,101)
pounds iu the prairie States and an
average of 1,397 pounds in the cottou
States, the average woight of farm
loads for the whole country being
2,002 pounds, or practically a ton.
The average length of haul was found
to be 12 1-10 miles, varying be
tweon 6 910 miles in the Eastern
States aud 23 3-10 miles iu the
Paoiflo and mountain States. The
average cost of marketing a ton of
crops iu the United Status was found
to bo $3.02. It was as high as $5.12
in the l'aoiflo Coast and .mountain
States, due to loug hauls, and as low
as $1.87 in the Northern and Eastern
States, whioh aremore densely settled,
aud where railroads are numerous
aud hauls are shorter. The average
cost of hauling a ton a distance of one
mils was 25 cents, it being 22 cents in
the prairie aud Pacifio Coast and
mountain States, and rising as high as
32 cents in the Eastern States.
"The net grand result of all these
inquiries and computations showed
very clearly, and as nearly as human
intelligence can, that it cost the farm
ers of the United States, on the aver
ago, in time, labor and energy, figur
ing the value of teams, wagons and
men at what they can reasonably be
hired for, twenty-five eents every time
a ton of their crops was hauled a mile
nearer to market, or briefly, that it
costs twenty-five cents per ton per
mile to move crops in the United
States."
Enforco Tresant lload Laws.
The increasing strength of tho
movement for good roads is bringing
to light many forgotten facts, and it
is encouraging to find that roads need
not, perhaps, be quite so bad as they
aro iu most places, even under tho
present inadequate and radically bad
methods that generally obtaiu. It
appears that iu some States, at loast,
road officers can be held responsible,
and compolled to get the best results
that are possible under the law.
Judge Monks, of the Indiana Su
premo Court, has giveu his opinion
that ruad supervisors can be com
pelled to keep tho roads in their dis
tricts in good condition, and may be
fined for failure to d) so; Judgo
Woodward instructed the Luzerne
Connty (Penn.) Graud Jary that it is
their duty to make return of roads
known to be bad, aud that the courts
will compel the supervisors to do their
part, aud now Judge Wright, at the
opeuiug of tho session of the Supreme
Court at Rome, N. Y. , calls the at
tention of tho Grand Jury to the road
question, and tho duties of road com
missioners aud pnthmasters,
, Kxpout to lntroili.ro Kills.
There aro twenty-two State divis
ions of the League of American
Wheelmen which expect to introduce
"good roads" bills in their Legisla
tures this winter. In several others
thero will be bills calling for the
building of cycle paths. The Nutional
Highway Improvement Committee of
the league is working iu conjunction
with the State divisious to securo the
pussuge of these bills.
The AntUKut Agitation in Brier.
It is claimed thut the improvement
of the roads in Allegheny County,
l'enn., has increased the value of farm
property about thirty-five per cent.
Have you tried wide tires? The
wider the tires the Ii ghter the draft.
Don't aave the horses by wulking, but
ride and let the wagou become tired.
In the fall the entire road should
be gone over to nee that all gutters
and bridges are free, that the road
may not bo washed out by winter
storms aud spring rains.
The L, A. W. is beginning to re
ceive applications for membership
from automobilists, who are as much
interested iu the cause of good roads
aa the wheelmen and farmers.
The application to the road work of
the business rules whioh govern every
progressive farmer in the couduot of
his farm, with the work done under
the supervision of a responsible man,
will accomplish wonders.
A distinguished Canadian civil en
gineer, attached to the Department ot
Agriculture of Ontario, has calcu
lated the direot finanoial lose daily in
Ontario from poor roada and he shows
that the provinoe oould afford to spend
$8000 on every mile of publio high
way, Tl. I'art or Wisdom.
A Conneotiout farmer who is a large
grower of turnips, and who has Buf
fered heavily through the pilfering
propensities o' the villagers, this
year planted a trpeoial part of the
place, aud put up a notiue, "You are
requested to ateal out of this part of
the-field."
mm ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
DECEMBER 10.
The Indwelling Prtsenca. Cot. I. 21-29; Gat
II. 20.
Prrlplure Verses. Joel II. 2s, 29;
I.uke xxlv. 2 jjohn xlv. IB, 20; Act
I. 8; II. as. 39; Iv. ,11; v. Si; xlll. 2: Horn,
vlll. 26; Jmlr 20. 21.
J.KSSON THOUOHTS.
If we have the spirit of Christ dwell
ing In us It will surely drive out thn
spirit of the world nnd wi kcdni'ss and
sin, for there Is liiiriidliiK enmity be
tween Christ and sin.
Christ Is our streiiRlh for this life
nnd our only hope of Klory for the 1 1 r
to come. )ly him alone can we hnvo
power to overcome sin; and only
throuitli his rlKlitPiiusnrss can we bn
presented holy und unhlumeHlilo anil
uiireproveuMn In the slpht of Hod.
KIJLKCTIOXH.
Tliither, purer, deeper, surer.
)le my thought, o Christ, of thee,
Hieiik the narrow bonds that limit
All my enrtli-hnrn, Fin-bound spirit
To the breadth of thy divine.
Not my thought, but thy rreatlon.
lto the ImiiKe, purely thine;
Deep within the spirit" shrlno
Make the secret revelation ;
Reproduce thy life In mine.
If through the conimunlrntlon of th
Holy Spirit the life of ChtiHt Is con
Mnntly Imparted to us, thut life will
prevail In us.
In proportion to tho closeness of oar
nbldiiiK In him will be the complete
ness of our dellvi-ritnee from sinning.
A. J. liordon. D.D.
To be a public representative ot
Chilstlanfly is u mockery and hypo
crisy unless It Is nccompnnied with)
KTowIiik faith li, Jesus nnd fellowship
with him. Those who tench must not
only have lenrned, but they must f?o on
learnliiK. The power of public testi
mony depends on Intimacy with Jesua
In secret.
We sometimes seem to forRot that
true nearness to (!od is n moral noil
nplrltui.1 nearness. . . . There were
those In the time of Christ whi
were neur him, but were not helped
by him. "The multitude throng thee,
nnd press thee, nnd Kiiyest thou. Whi
touched inp?" siilil 1'eti r once; but
only one poor woman was near In her
sense of need. . . . Spiritual tllHtunccj
are not thus measured.
C. K. Ilospil liymiiH. 17, 33, 67, CS.
62, li'is
UoHpel Hymns, 1-4. i::S, lis, 93, 13(i.
4.-, 1TG.
SLOT OAS METERS.
The rnnr Machines Have rrovnd m
Sucre is In Knirland.
The penny-in-the-slot gaa meter in
troduced from Liverpool by the South
Metropolitan Gas company three or
four years ago has been an astonishing
success, at any rate, so far aa the at
tainment of a wide popularity may be
considered to constitute success,
though It Is understood that the Gas
Light and Coke company does not find
It pay. On the other side of the water
It pays very well, and tbey have nearly
10,000 customers and are adding to
them at the rate of 300 or 400 a week.
These are all penny customers, and
they bring into the company's ex
chequer somewhere about 200,000 a
year, so that this development haa
done muoh to neutralize any lnjuiy
the electric light may have Inflicted.
So satisfied Is the company with the
result of Us new departure that it la
now getting out "shilling In the slot"
and "half-crown In tho slot" meters
for customers a cut or two above tho
penny people. One great advantage
the company has In this system Is, of
course, that there Is no trouble and no
difficulty in getting In money. "No
penny, no gas," Is the principle, and it
will he the same with tho shillings and
half-crowns, though these at present
are only In t.be experimental stage,
London News.
MARKETS.
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