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^ UNREST. BT FX.ORKXCE EABLE COATEB Man that will not l>e beguiled Like a fond and ha;)pv child Prom his toil or futile strife. Feels within his bosom burning >11 the deep, impassioned yearning i Woven in the woof of life. And though far. with wean,' feet, " s lie may wander, man shall meet ?[So content until he come? Soon or late, his fate compelling? To love's domed and star-lit dwelling, For he has no other home. f; ?The Outlook. OMR.ADES OF VIRGINIA. | ^Qj^^ILLIAIlD turned courteous ly at' Lydia Deuning's I?I summons. . "jJg "Will you be so liind as to run up to Ted's den and the book?" she asked. '"Then we i settle the question." Hilliard acded the commission, as befitted 1's friend and a fellow who wns en at the house.. He went up stairs 1 kuocked at the door of the den. pectlng no response, he immediately shod it open. At the same moment liead with a mop of brown curls 1 into a bunch at the back lifted ;i? from above a big book, a pair brilliant brown eyes looked up into [Hard's, and Virginia's face broke 0 a smile as he stood smiling back. Oh," come in," she cried. "Why are 1 up here? Aren't you having a id time?" A charming time." he answered hout hesitation, for Virginia was > younger daughter of the house. rhy are you not down stairs? When f you going to be old enough to couie Miss Lydin's parties?" Never, I hope," declared the girlish lips scornfully. "'Do you really ? them? They sound so stupid to . Think of staying in the house to ice when you might be out coasting ist come in. Such fun!" [illiard sat down upon the arm of l'a big chair. "Tell ine about it," he uested. "In the tirst place?who ' V you?" irginia closed her book and came und to drop among Ted's sofa pil- ; 'S. six feet away. She wore her ! iting dress yet, he saw?an aulclcgth fur-bordered, gray affair, with j ouch of scarlet, which set off her 1 k young beauty effectively. Oh, I went with our set." she eximed. "It was magnificent. I aildn't have made Kent briDg me so early if I hadn't forgotten all ?ut Lydia's party." But, really," he insisted, "when are i 'coming out'?" Why, that is a thing that's depend- : on several others," declared the ' 1. "In the first place, I'm in no ' ry. In the second place. Lydia's in : " Slio ctrknrxvl ihrnntlr lnr?l.-ir?r* flat him with a shake of the head. |l don't mean that,*' she added Billiard nodded. "I understand. I Hs sure you must be?well, nearly H\teen, at least." H am?nineteen?at most." she ad- ' Hted. "If I should put my hair up, B'il see." Hind they're keeping you back on Hi* sister's account?" That's all right," she said defiantly. 1 I does make a girl seem older to 1 we a big younger sister around. Hd, besides, I really want to stay a ! as long as I. can. I hate to put < 9 hair up and my skirts quite down. 1 Hon't care a straw for dressing up H going to receptions and teas and ties. Lydia loves it. I love coast- ' and skating and riding, and swiruftg, and all the rest of it." H?o do I," he said heartily, "and it's 1 H>ng while since I was nineteen." Hhe looked at him critically. "Yes, I Huld think you must be about thirtyH. No, you can't be, because you H-e at college with Ted." e laughed. "Not quite that," he Hi. "It won't be long before I am, Hugh. But I shpuld like coasting as Hi as ever. I wish I had been out Hh?your party?to-night. It's years H?e I've coasted." Hirginia's eyes turned longingly toH-rf. the windows. "It's a heavenly Hit," she said. "Let's go!" She H^d at him. smilins darinirlv. e stared at her for a minute, then ! leaped to his feet with a laugh. 1 ime on," he cried, under his breath. : lere's nothing I'd like to do better. 1 ; how shall we manage it?'' [ didn't really mean it," said VirLa, "but if vou do we might have t one coast, 'and nobody would miss ' i. We'll slip down the side stair- 1 o, and Luc-ian's bobs are where we ; get them." ['11 tell you," said Hilliard rapidly, eyes dancing. 'I'll just take this ] k down to your sister, mix in the svd, slip away in ten minutes, and 1 i we'll be free?see?" ( plan was carried out. The two 1 t JRently away from the house, and eurninutes more were at the suburi hill, where a few jovial coasters [ lingered. 2an you steer?" demanded Vira. Jnless I've grown old faster than >el as if I had, I can?sure." e took his place, she started the s, and flung herself on behind them. ras a long, swnr. oreatmess nignr, then they stood at the bottom and ^ed at each other, laughing, hey sailed down the hill again and in, until Virginia realized the darof this unauthorized, unehaperoned Cormanee. Hilliard never hated to anything in his life so much as he ed to put up those bobs and go in. lingered in the shadow of the side ranee. He pulled off his glove and 1 out his hand. !fs the best fun I've bad in a dozen $ moons," he said, enthusiastically, je nodded, smiling. He retained hand for a moment, then he gently w off the scarlet silk mitten. [ don't like to shake hands with a d comrade with gloves on," he exiued. She let him have the warm, i little hand a moment?a very short one-then drew it demurely J away. >;.hxl night. Mr. HUHard," slit'4 said, j I've oil joyed it. too." "Miss Virginia." lie urged, taking a | step after lier. "I've n favor to sk i of you. Couldn't you?wouldn't your ; sister be willing for you to appear at ' her evenings now?" "Tliis is nicer?and so is all the rest of my world. Lydia's too much indoors. I don't like to wear my best j clothes, Mr. Milliard." "Try it. It's more fun than you j think. Come down next time?please, j Miss Virginia. I can't grow young again, and get back into your world, j You can put up your hair and put 011 j a trailing skirt and?come iuto my J world. Miss Virginia " "I really must go." She was 011 the ! top step, her hand 011 tht> door. But j she could not escape him. He was at j her side in two leaps. "I should like to be in the same ! world with you," he said rapidly. ! "Miss Virginia, come down next time? | will you? Ic will .iust mean that you are willing to be friends?comrades? j in the same world. You- don't know how long I've been waiting for you to get old enough for that." 1 She was gone before the words were fairly finished. Presently he was back in the hot rooms and the crowd, a faint flush 011 his smooth cheek, ami a .singular sparkle in his eyes. When at last Lydia entertained again, Ililliard found himself entering j the crowded rooms at the I Jennings with a quicker pulse than any social j , affair had ever caused him. As the j evening drew to a close and no Virginia came, he blamed himself for an unwary hunter who had been follow- | ! ing his gam? down the wind. "Louis," said Ted Denning's voice in j his ear, just as he had made up his i 1 mind to go dejectedly home, "come up | i to my den for a minute, will you V?or ! ' ?you run up first, and I'll he along. I 1 I've something I want to show you." ; 1 Willingly enough, Milliard escaped j < to seek the familiar spot. He opened j 1 the door unceremoniously?and stopped I I with a rush of warm blood to his J i heart. With a little cry of discom- | < fitted surprise, Virginia tried to pass j < him, but his tall, broad-shouldered i figure filled the doorway, and he stood i ! determinedly still. 1 But was this Virginia?this lovely ; I woman with the blushing face, the j ' sweet bare neck and arms, the trailing j t white garments? A transformed and : glorified Virginia, then! lie stared 1 nf hpr a iovful smile breaking over his grave face. But with, her lieail j bent down and turned aside, her Iinnds hurriedly pulling a filmy scarf over her shoulders, she was imploring like a frightened child who has been caught tit mischief. "Please let.me go by, Mr. Milliard. I was not going down stairs?really I j was not. I just dressed up for fun? j for?for Ted to see. I?it was just for j fun " "You didn't do it for ine, then?" He would not stand aside an inch. He felt with a thrill that her sudden intense shyness was far more significant than her appearance down stairs would have been. The thought swept him off his feet. "I always liked to dress up." she breathed. "It's a childish trick." "You told me you hated your best clothes." "I do!"?vehemently. "Then why did you put them on?" , "I?you?Mr. Hilliard!" She raised her head and tried to meet his look with dignity, but the lashes fell before . the light in his eyes. "Virginia"?he took a step forward j and bent to whisper the words?"you >. tlid do it for me, only you didn't dare j 1 come down. Tell me, wasn't it so? j ( You were willing to be comrades after i 1 all?just comrades for a while, Vir- j ' sinia?till you get used to it," he added, j under his breath. Ted's step was on the stairs. Hil- j ( liard turned and closed the door be- j \ i.f t- - ?J. ! !< *?4. ?? Li lull ujlu; in? set ins iuut n. ( Virginia looked up appealingly?and j found herself for one breathless uio- ( ment in his anus. ^ "Just comrades?till you get used to | it. darling," he repeated softly, "aud then, more?more!" ""HeJlo, old man!" called Ted, out- | 3 side. "Did you find it?" ? "Yes, I found it," answered bis * friend's voice, with a happy laugh. "Come in."?Washington Times. ^ t Poison-Sumac. There are several species of sumac, j " md most of them are harmless, but if I we do not know one from the other we are apt to feel uncomfortable ia the presence of any of them. The poisonous specics may be readily distinguished from either the smooth j sumac or the stag-horn sumac by rea- | son of the fact that the leaflets of these I species are saw-edged, while those of | the poison sumac are "entire"?that | is, without teeth or lobes. The one other species with which it may be I confused is the mountain sumac; but as iu this shrub the leaf-stems are widened out into so-called "wings," it | need not be mistaken for its dangerous 1 relative, ,}whose stems are wingless. The noison ivv. a near relative of the i poison sumac, though usually a creeper, is classed with the shrubs, and sometimes becomes one when it grows in a spot where there are no supports for its aerial rootlets. This plant has compound leaves with three leaflets, n. fact which enables us to distinguish it at once from the Virginia creeper, which has five leaflets, ami from the bittersweet, which has from seven to nine.?Woman's Home Companion. "Wood For Paper. It has been estimated that nine novels had a total sale of 1,600,000 copies. This means two million pounds of paper. We are assured by a manufacturer of paper that the average spruce tree yields a little less than half a cord of wood which is equivalent tc five hundred pounds of paper. In other words, these nine novels swept away four thousand trees. Tlie Oil Indnitry. The recent report of Dr. C. T. Deane; tnat trie touu uuipui 01 me uamorma oil wells last year amounted to ovei 22,000,000 barrels only partially repre sents the important influence and valut of the industry. Its true significance Is pointed ost by J. W. Harrison, a promi. neat Indianapolis coal dealer, who sayt it practically displaces 0,000,000 torn j of coal as faeL I 6' > LMmL. ** In the Pu k GENERA] (The Japanese Officer I Operations Arour SPUING MATTRESS TO FALL ON. Device Which Will Prevent Many Elevator Accidents. A new life-saving device, designed Lo prevent serious injury to one unfortunate enough to fall down an elevator shaft, has been made by Joseph G. Branch. Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, and is shown herewith. It consists of a woven wire net covering the full opening of the well and supported just above the bottom by stout arms. The whole is supported in an outstretched position uuder normal circumstances by a pair of springs. When the falling boily strikes the net the fall is broken by the combined action of i'c and the springs. It will give and sag to a position indicated, the arms themselves closing up scissors-like, as is shown, and being resisted in this movement by the compression of springs. The pipes are i VJ . SPUING MATTRESS TO FALIi ON. free to move endwise t/rough proper jpenings made-in the upper ends of the strut arms, permitting them to llose in and break the force of the ! fall. During the last year 08-1 persons bil:en by dogs having hydrophobia were :rcated by the Pasteur Institute in Inlia. There were only six failures to : mmunize the patients. Six other ( :ases came after the disease had de reloped. . Hamburg has a Madchenheim, or re- 1 !uge for girls, at which last year 9315 : roung women were provided with ' sleeping accommodations at' seven to ;en cents a night. The most expensive chair in the vorld belongs to the Tope. It in of : iolid silver and cost $90,000. 1 IHE MAN WHO V PANAMA If-- . : - * ' ' \ C-1 " ' .-* . *' ** { '. . *'* '! ' ' *, V :. * ; m vh, ' ? ' 11 | |$|| : ;K.\ ' n- , -? ^ ? ix ??-1 V..; JOHN F. Je baa been appointed Chief Engineer ol has been General Manager of blic Eye. L OKU. tlost Prominent in the id Port Arthur) Milking Fionch Knots. "I did not see your daughter in the coaching parade, Mr. Gates." "No She has been captured by the latest fad?making French knots. You HIGH=GRADE ANGUS BUTCHER amilMHIII Live weight. lbs.; dressed weig 40 lbs., worth 4e. per lb. (2) Chuck, 2i (4) Porterhouse steak. 103 ibs., 1! Rump, 30 lbs., Sc. (7) Round. 1S3 lbs.. ] 52 lbs., 4c. (10) Ribs, plate, 13S lbs., 5c, icnrm- slip was a nunil of Madame I Buchanan, of the Champs Elysaes, and is quite proud of her needlework. Every young woman these days must have at least one hand made dress, that is, a dress made uy her own hand. Eloise spends four hours a day ornamenting her latest creation with French knots. Last night she informed me that she had made already over 1200, and expects to make S00 more. The knots look like little hummocks of thread, and are built right in the cloth." irn itialB For Names. Brevity is said to be the soul of wit, so the mania in England for initials as abbreviations of die names of persons, societies and newspapers seems to be growing. The lively periodical, II. A. P.. "commonly understood to mean "Mostly About People," has already a secure standing, and the London correspondent of the New York Times Saturday Review notes the starting of several other papers named an the same principle. Among these are T. 0. P. and T. A. T? and the latest is 3. M. G.. which is devoted to the banjo, mandolin and guitar. Several Milesian village have been visited by a plague of adders. Ia Frendenthal alone 452 snakes have been killed. PILL BUILD THE CANAL. : .r ?/. ?>. .. -T&? y ' :" V. - , 'Y-'.C -*v * "" ''' ' ' l ? ; . i | rALLACE, ' the Panama Canal. Mr. Wallace < the Illinois Central Rai!roa<L TARGET SHOOTING ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE Figure 1 shows t!io target cut out of ' cigar bos wood. A circular piece is an first cut. about one inch iu diameter, 'jh and eight small round pieces of card- uo . jf TABL3 TARCJJ2T. j tu - ?lit. 1 <-/-> W nn I uoara wiui uic uuuiucia * iu ^ i thorn are mounted on toothpicks and. i grouped around it at even distances; ' . the other ends of the toothpicks are j . then inserted in the sides of the circular piece of wood. The target itself is fastened to a stick of wood about .. eight inches long, fastened to a stand, j 1C as shown in the picture. The gun | " consists of a paper tube, which is I * made by winding cardboard well cov- i ered with glue, around the stem of a j leadpencil. When it is dry, a piece j about five inches long is cut off. One i and three-quarter inches from one end, r? we make an incision about two inches i ?? long, cuttiug down to about one-half j PC j STEER, SHOWING ? :s cuts. jse i is ............ flc ??? mi M-irgrnrrcH| I ' ! if ! bl lit, }04G lbs. Retail prices: (1) Neck, [ in 7 lbs., 7c. (3) Prime of rib, 117 lbs., j in Sc. (5) Sirloin steak, 87 lbs., 15c. (0) I qc Oc. (8) Sbank, 30 lbs., 2c. (0) flank, I re . (11) Shin, 23 lbs., 3c. I sit , ^ of the thickness of the tube (see +'i?- J tire 2). _ | w] Figure 2 shows how. a piece of whale- j no Imno fihnnj- civ innlios Inrur is inSfrtCfl. I Ul""' a l WJ acting as the propelling power of the ! .g| gnn. You shoot with a wooden peg j about one and a half inches long, j ' fitting loosely into the barrel of the j gun; to give it more weight and j ^ strength, we insert a carpet tack. . To shoot, hold the gun with the ? ( right hand, pulling the whalebone back go with the index finger, and inserting ^ the peg; as soon as the Index finger ne releases the whalebone, it springs for- ! _ ward and forces the peg out. To aim j 1 well, hold the tube in such a way | that the whalebone spring points,down- j ward. ' 1 bc | m: CUTS OUT THE PINEAPPLE EYE. "J pi) or The preparation of a r>;r.tapple is a ru long and tedious cperatfbu because of ra the size and shape of the fruit, and for an the reason that tbe fruit is rather hard to cut. After it has been pared it on must be carefully gone over and tbe eu eyes cut out. These tough portions ab being allowed to remain, interfere he largely with the enjoyment of eating rie the fruit, whether it be in its natural sic J ^ II PINEAPPLE EYE CLIP. I ^ condition or cooked, and the economi- j cal and ?juick removal off the eyes with j W? the ordinary means it) impossible. j rei A pistol-like device with which this j is accomplshed with celerity and dis- i patch is shown in the accompanying fai cut. In use the pineapple i.s pared and cei the band 01 the clip is placed under the a eye about one-half inch and then the j sta trigger is pulled, and in its descent it j ve completely cuts out the eye. The trig- j Fr ger, being released, throws out the j ga bite. In this manner the eye is cut out dei with great economy of the fruit as an compared with the usur.I method of pri procedure. cet kii Fuel Without Smoke. / A French naval olBcer has made it am possible, with certain changes in the ma fireboxes, to burn a fuel in the form Th of petroleum briquettes. which gives it off no sruol:e. The officer claims his arl invention will give fuel of which one ag pound is? equivalent to four pounds of in* coal. The briquettes are made by add- tai ing to petroleum oil. for each liter, 150 grammes of ground soap, 150 grammes of resin, and 300 grammes of caustic j TMiio miYlllPfi is first llCSt un. .jr. J. ?>- ? . ed anil stirred until near solidilicution, when it is poured into molds, a"' which in turn are then placed in an Dveu for ten or fifteen minutes, and tLio briquettes are iroady l'or use after fooling for a few hours. Greater so- " lidity may be obtained by the addi- , tion of a little quantity ?f sawdust ind a little cjay or sand.?New YorU Times. yoi There are 13,000 to 15,000 street casualties which cafl for the use of ^ an ambulance la. London erwry yeac PA'f FOR OLD STUMPS. rmcrft Reimbursed 1?y the Speculative Makers of Turpentine. Tnjipeutine can bo extracted from i old pine stump, and this fact is tha sis of a new industry reported from rtliern Minnesota. The promoters the novel enterprise are asking farm, s for the privilege of clearing their nd.of stumps. . Such a proposal, comes to the owner a "cut-over" farm, whose ribs are re in futile efforts to dodge the obrusive stump,.like a message,of .de erance. All the promoter wants is e stumps, and the farmer serenely ants him to have tliem, so a bargain easily struck. The turpentine men go on the land | ith a 'stump puller and extract all i e remnants of the forest, hauling j em away to the plant where the tur* j rntine is extracted, and all the urnps, pine or hardwood, are burued r charcoal. It is asserted that the umps are rich in turpentine and that e process yields good financial rerns. Hitherto the manufacture of turpenle has been practically, confined to the uth, where the yellow pine is very ?h iu all by-products. White pine elds them in comparatively small lantities. It is not likely that the dustry will ever reach great propor>ns in the North, but as long as the rpentine man finds his raw material ieap and easily accessible he is likely carry on the good work. What Minnesota is more interested is the elimination of the stumps. >me cut-over land really needs theui decay and thus enrich the sandy il, but there are large areas of good rming land, especially adapted to tatoes, red clover and other crops, at will be much rnpre valuable when itirely" cleared. It is an enormous bor for the farmer- to, clear a quarter ctlon of these obstructions. When it done he can put in a larger crop ;reage and raise more to the acre, it the clearing means years of labor, he can have it done for him by the rpentine and charcoal producer he in not oegruage ins ukubuiului a mdsome prolit.?Minneapolis Journal. Eat Apple* and Be Healthy. Hail to the apple. It is tlie latest itry in the life-preserver class offered r the scientists who are ever seeking eans to prolong life and relieve the i s that flesh is heir to. In a well loyvn sani'tafium for nervous diseases ere are numerous placards on the alls of the gymnasium, the dressing oms and the haljs, which read: "Eat )ples!" Apples are served in every rm?raw, baked and stewed. When ey are served raw the patients are ipected to pare tliem and to save | e stomach from the hard work of gesting the skin. THe apple has in it the elements 1 hich go to the making of good red ood; it has a goodly quantity of iron side its red, yellow or green cover: g. The apple has in it both a tonia hi and a f?MAnin2 susrar: it is a al food. There are two large divi-1 3ns into which apples may he put?; | e acutely acid and the subacid. Not | ery one can eat greenings, with their I liolesome sourness; those who can-1 ?t can try the beJi:lower or the russet, | hich are less acid, but equally nour-, ling. N'ot every one can eat apples un- j oked without sufTering from indi* | stion; those who cannot should cat j em baked. Baking is better than ! swing, for the fruit juices are kept | side the skin and changed gradually, j > why not eat apples and see what I ey will do for your blood, for your j irves and for your pleasure??Salt' ike Telegram. EYiila ?!?? Brother and Gets Married, Jacob Sachs and Minnie Wechsler, j >th of Newark, N. J., -wanted to get ' arried, but Minnie's big brother, Jo ph, said "No." Minnie, in tears, j mned with Jacob that, big brother 1 no big brother, they would get mar- ! id, and in the night, when it was ' ining, they slipped out of their home j d eloped to New York. Joseph, the big brother, followed hot . their trail. He was unromantic ! ough to look upon the affair as an j duction ajid not an elopement, and j told the police how Jacob had car- ; ;d off his infant sister. With two j ?uths Joseph traced the pair and had em arrested. 'Why, my sister is only seventeen * ars old," said Joseph in court. "This : in abducted her. She has no right choose a husband." 'Insane jealousy," snapped Minnie, j ten she counted back to the time j e was born and proved by arithmetic I at she must bs at ler.st twenty-three ars old. { 'And, O, Judge, won't you marry I ," cried the girl. rhe judge could and did, and Minnie I is a bride before she had time to ! llize it?New York News. The Alligator in France. Llie l<rencn are 10 nave an am^uur -m. Several French capitalists reitly visited this country to purchase ! few head; of stock with which to ! irt it The point selected for the ! nture is somewhere in the soum of i ance. The Frcnch prize the alii- } tor's skin so highly that the leather j alers belive it will pay to raise the ! imals directly on home soil?or, more ' >perly in home waters. If they sue- j ;d it will be the flrst farm of its id in the world. illigator skin is daily growing rarer ii more high priced, while the dejid for it continues on the increase. ie French require large quantities of for shoes, bags, portfolios, and toilet tides. ^President Loubet, not long o, received as a gift, an entire huntl suit made of the finest skins ohnable.-^oston Transcript Her Opinion. In English lord \v:ts recently dininft tii a family in New York. Tlio stcss' little girl sat opposite the lord I stared solemnly. Are you an English lord, really 1 truly, sir?" she said at last. Yes," h* answered, laughingly, tally and truly " \ I never saw an English lord be"0," she said. "I've always, wanted >t I 'And now you're satisfied, .aren't u?" said the young man, gayly. No, I'm not satisfied.", responded i little girl. "I'ju disaDDOiuted."? e Children's Visitor, t ' "v tjlllt City FriondH. .-*0*4* WONG those interested in 4 A ^ roa(l iuiProvemeut. the O /\ O farmers of course stand first. The character and condition of the roads are of vital interest to them every day iu the year. The farmers, until recently, have been compelled to struggle with the road problem without much help or encouragement from any other class. Now, however, some strong elements of the city population are rallying to their support. Among these may be named the manufacturers of road building machinery; the makers and user/j of bicycles and automobiles, and the monej-eil men of the cities who hnvA mnnpv invested in tlio country. Tliese people are entering into the work for road improvement with evea more enthusiasm and zeal than the farmers. Just now the farmers who want better roads are brought face to face with a most important question. Will lie accept the assistance of these city allies? Will he welcome the aid of the machinery man, the capitalist, the bicyclist and the automobilist? Or will he treat them as schemers who are trying to meddle with his affairs? The answer to these questions ought to depend on what these city friends of good roads ,a,re proposing to do. If they propose to have the country roads improvedin order to increase their business, and enhance their pleasures. wholly at the expense of the farmer, then he should spurn the proffered alliance. If, on the contrary, they are proposing, through State and National taxation, to lift a large part of the burden off the farmer and place it on the taxpayers of the cities, he ought to bid them welcome, and extend the glad hand. This is a live question for the farmer to consider and answer. Already th? opponents of State and National aid are at work trying to sow seeds of suspicion in the minds of the farmers, and they will do their best to prevent any co-operation between the country, and city friends of good roads. JiUlLiu tui J-aui, omic aiiu tional aid offer the only hope of general road improvement, and such aid can never be secured if the city people array themselves against it. Unless the farmers are wholly'blind to their own interests, they will welcome aid from any and every source, and will make every effort to secure the powerful aid of the State and Federal Governments. Depends on the Farmers. The candid and unprejudiced opinion of a public man on a question concerning which he is well qualified to speak is nearly always, of interest. Such, an opinion concerning the prospect for National Highway^ legislation was recently recured fr6ia a gentleman who is a close observer of men and events, , and who has spent many years at the National Capital. He said: I have watched the growth of the so-called "good roads movement" with much interest, and especially sine? Colonel Brownlow introduced into Congress his bill providing that the Government should pay half the expense , of improving the roads. As regards tlfe prospect of such a measure ever becoming a law, I will say that it all depends on the farmers. If the agricultural classes go to work in earnest for Government aid, they will get it; if they do not, Congress will never enact such a law. In Government affairs, as in most other affairs, I have noticed that the people who go after things are the people who get them. The farmers as a class receive com paratively little serious consideration from Congress simply because they don't demand it Every Congress now appropriates more than a billion dollars, but how much of this is spent in the rural districts? Almost nothing. Millions are spent for public buildings in cities; millions for improvement of rivers and harbors; millions for the army and navy; millions for the Government at Washington, etc. Occasionally a few thousand dollars go for something that directly benefits tbe farmers, but that is all. Of course there isn't as much chance to give the farmers direct benefits from the spending of public money. But national aid to road improvement furnishes aa ideal opportunity. It would even up things to some extent. It would certainly be a big thing for the rural districts. The money spent would of course make good times; but the main benefit would come from the improvement of the roads. It would increase the value of farm lands; it would enable the farmers to market their crops to better advantage; it would make farm life better worth living. In fact it would bo a great permanent bene fit. If any other class of our population had such an opportunity to enjoy the fostering care and aid of the Government, how they would work for it. They would give their Senators and Representatives no rest. But the farmers as a class move more deliberately. They take time to look into the whys and wherefores, and to consider all objections. So far as I am able to learn, the farmers are taking up this question seriously and in time will make their influence most powerfully felt. I think Congress wil be ready to enact a national law whenever there is a general demand for it from the farmers of all sections. Tlie-Britl8l> Income Tnx. The income tax was introduced into England by William Pitt in 1799 under the stress of the French war. It ceasedt in 1816, but was revived by Sir llobert Peel in 1842, and extended by Gladstone in 1853. From being a temporary war tax it has now become a permanent part of the British financial system, and is resorted to by every Chancellor who finds himself in difficulties. Bamboo sprouts shoot upward at th? rate of three feet a day under favor^ Me circumstances. ' / / ?A