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OT ARTHUR AFTER Mo, G era1 Stoessel lol Requests Terms i TERRIBLE SUFFERIN After Eleven Meaths of Fighting the "Gibi Ships in the Harbor Blown Up Befors Chefeo Describe Place as a "Li .lads. the Brave Defenders Them AU Military non, the Long Engageme . Accepted by,G Tokio, Japan.-After a siege of near ly eleven months Port Arthur has fall en at last. After blowing up all his ships; big and little, General Stoessel :at 5 o'clock In the evening sent a mes sage. to General Nogi offering to .give up the-fortress to save further u:eless sacrifice of life, and the following day at 2 o'clock (Port Arthur time) repre sentatives of the commanders were discussing terms outside the town. Two or three Russian torpedo boats escaped to Chefoo, and the captain of one of them described Port Arthur as "a living hell." Another report from Chefoo stated that the Russian com batant force had dwindled to 5000 men, and that there were 15,000 sick and wounded men in what was left of the town. . was 9 o'clock at night whea Gen eral Nogi, commanding the Japanese army of investment, received from the Russian general the note saying that he found further resistance useless, and asking for a meeting to arrange 1 THE The map shows Kin-Chow and the surroi Peninsuls, the tongue of lan terms of capitulation. The Japanese general immediately named comis sioners to' confer with representatives of the Russian commander. The terms agreed upon, according to dispatches from Tokio, are of the most magnani mous character. Thd Emperor of Japan, through the chief of the imperial staff, has given public his expression that '"General Stoessel has rendered commendable service to his country in the midst of difficulties," and that it is his wish "that military honors be shown him." Late dispatches from Japan have shown that the gallant defense of Stoessel and his men has nowhere been given a finer appreciation thani in the land of his foes. and Japan has embraced the opportunity to show her magnaminity and admiration of 'the gallantry of Port Arthur's defenders by allowing them all the honors which war permits- a victorious army to be-' stow upon the vanquished. General Nogi reported as follows: "At 5 in the afternoon the enemy's bearer of a flag of truce came into-the first line of our position south of Shu shiying and handed a letter to our ofti cers. The same reached me at 9 o'clock! ai night. The letter is as follows: "'Judging by the general condition' of the whole line of hostile positions hield by' you. I lind further resistance at Port Arthur useless, and for the purpose of preventing needless sacri fice of lives I propose to hold negotia - tions with reference to capitulation. Should you consent to the sa.me you BOSTON TRAIN IN ACCIDENT. Passengers For New York ,Obliged to Change Cars Near New Haven. New Haven, Conn.-The locomotive of the train from Boston and Spring field arriving here at 8 o'ciock at night jumped a switch at Cedar Hill, five miles from here. The passengers were transferred to the Shore line limited express from Boston to New York. which passed twenty-five minutes later. Nobody was hurt. Sporting Brevities. Alfred Wilmarth was elected presi dent of the Long Island Aut2mobile Club. "Phil" Kearney, N. Y. A. C.. won the scratch half-mile skating race at Ve rona Lake. Dr. S. P. Hopkins won the Christmas Day Cup at the holiday shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club-. Irving School. of Manhaitan, defeat ed St. Paul's School. of Garden City, at hockey three to nothing. Sixteen English foxhounds arrived in New York City from the Deep Elun Hunt Cl1nh of Richmond, Va FALLS. NTHS. OF SIBE ;ts White Flag au if Geeral Nogi. OF RUSSIAN TROOPS altar of the East" Has Fallen-All of thi Surrendor-OMoer. Who Escaped to ing Hel"-Mikado of Japaa' aad glres Orders to Show Prs-Brlef Sanmmary of at-Japan's Terms aNeral Stoessel. will pleM appoint commissioners foi discussing the order and conditions re garding capitulation and also appoin1 a place for such commissioners to meel the sanie appointed by me. "'I take this opportunity to conve3 to Your Excellency assurances of m3 respect. -(Signed) 'STOESSEL.' "Shortly after dawn I dispatchei our bearer of a flag of truce with thf following reply addressed to Stossel: 'I have the honor to reply to you: proposal to hold negotiations regard ing the conditions and order of capitu lation. For this purpose I have ap pointed as commissioner Major-Gener al Ijichi. chief of staff of our army. Hi will be accompanied by some staff offi cers and civil officials. They will mee your commissioners at noon at Shushi ying. The commissioners of both par ties will be empowered to sign a con vention for the capitulation withou waiting for ratification. and cause thi same to take immediate effect. Au thorization for sneh plenary power! shall be signed by the highest officer! of both the negotiating parties and thi same shall be exchanged by the re :3O C Z' 7 Y .AV AY DaE xaAD VANsJYA O $ /IO' KWNTNoEI tnin hi somedb heJpnsp n "'(gnd "NOI.'" forcehls stomed the pao~ aurnde: on 9.45h thcoc batle tihtdcddteft se foo.-TheRssin icrswh.a tocvey teefom ort Arthurlenc ths torpedo oat dyespetoeswic.sae fore Rusanh forres as en fort< pasthfie ays,tulaing whic the Jsap anres sineve omat and asued t ceaseolocs a nightny. Theyoouse trunrofaery anr ries hins ere fromo rauny de scrion. Thaterae hasvno a single so pist the days, dwhin whic tife -fao han he bombded anusd tosstaytc the. se tat wordh stroetseon hap: onincbrgl,.edecladitg that bte cor roweater,sd someetaggerd ay te theipfron. hrein wsones asng spoin inthe Japans wtich as prseon deahae Mnycofu thhospital thei here werte wouned refsad ntos i1 thi ste lay aains The stet o hap ofsbdes efos oth, biterl als th on. di waons and evdetytai th.apans about take rsonter prz ad cuntessrcful trese Ten catur FoiIri CtyLghin lat Ther er idys Mandor's u thissate re'commiende eislto for . itihus ng tad for nre as in; and cots wteasurel. THe cptace theciy' Cisty Lightin urin c The Nerman' ityameoArsannwit two~ sbmrcinedbolats la onboarwa prited frosaiing plnta to iNcewpor tewcys. Thbatser suppsed poe The dty pi hs e)eet e icrntry c1 .ie emort stear Agrgawte Iprisesad frot 400sailii at hio upon charit. to,has duty reid in this Jeistry joegaiport ast eanragge.t Itsed uain tht40 failies t th naetion ckaita lie clin min mu Japain ofcr G50,000. n I.T Near New York Ci,ty there has beern started a catnip farm, 'which is prov in:: a profitable investment. of 203-Metre Hill by the Japaneso was the garrison's first vital wound. Then came the capture of Riglung, Sungshu and Panlung Mountains. Gen eral Stoessel had announced that he would fight-till the last. "His plight last night," said Captain Kartow, Commander of the torpedo destroyer Ylastni, "looked like 'the last.' "There was no stopping the Japanese, who lived in droves and tought with the last instinctive twitch of the nerves, with eyes fixed on Liaotie Mountain. Stoessel had killed a Jap anese army and exhausted his ammuni tion, but," added Captain Kartow, "they became more furious, fero-itus and fateful than ever. 'So the white flag went up." The folowing are, in brief, the prin cipal incidents of the siege of Port Arthur: February 8, 304-Admira! Togo's tor pedo flotilla attacked the Russian ships off Port Arthur, and damaged the Czarevitch, Retvizan and Pallada.. February 9-Bombardment by the Japanese, during which the Poltava, Askold, Diana and Novik were hit. February 11-Russian mining ship Yenisei sunk by accident; ninety-six officers and men lost. February 14-Torpedo boats sink the Boyarin. April 13-Battleship Petropavlovsk sinks with Admiral Makaroff, the art ist Verestchagin, the chief of staff and 750 officers and men. The Pobieda disabled, and.., one a Russion destroyer sunk. May 5-Japanese transports disem bark troops at Pitsevo. May'2 -Japanese'batleship Hatsuse and cruiser Yoshino of Admiral Togo's fleet sunk. May 2-27-Battle of Kinchau and Nanshan Hill. May 30-Japanese capture Port Dalny. June 14-16-General Stackelberg, ad vancing to the relief of Port Arthur, driven back by General Oku, at the battles of Wafangkau and Telisu. July 22-Fourth Japanese army land ed at Port Dalny. July 30-Japanese capture Wolf Hills, six miles north of Port Arthur. August 5-Japanese capture outer de fenses of Wolf, Green and Christ Hills, north and east of the city. August 7-Japanese land troops in Louisa Bay, west of .tort Arthur. August 10-Sortie and dispersal of Russian squadron by Admiral Togo. Aubust 14-Defeat of Vladivostok squadron. t August 14-15-Capture of the Pigeon Bay positions. August 26-The Japanese in full con trol of Pigeon Bay positions. Capture of one of the inner defenses. August 28-Japanese capture Parade Grounds and Etseshan. rowcHo CIOV 14 IN 20 2$ SULA. e mountainous nature of the Kwan-Tung of Port Arthur were fought.. . September 19-21-Japanese capture Fort Kiuropatkin. September 27-Russian water supply cut off by the .Japanese. November 8-Japanese offer terms of surrender. November 13-The Japanese capture trenches in front of Rihlung and Shungshu forts and moats of principal forts of eastern fortified ridge. November 22-Russians abandoned north fort at Tungkikwan. November 30-Jlapanese begin attack on 203-Me-tre Hill, lose 4000 men in an hour, but eventually capture the hill. December :30-Rihlung .fort captured Iwith a thousand .Japanese casualties the previous day. .Japanese also cap tured Yangpthuban Hill. Decemller 31 - .Japanese mounted eight big guns in commanding post. tions north of the Etse forts, and later captured Sungshu Mountain, west of Rihiung; "H"' Fort. a fort on Panlung Mountain, the height south of Husan yantao; and Wantai Hill. Academy of Design Exhibits. Some 400 paintings are shown at the atnnual exhibition o.f the National Academy of Design in New York City. SCourt Demands Inquiry. The Colorado Supreme Court ordered a sweeping inquiry into the alleged Denver election frauds. :1 Storms Do Damage. Storms did widespread damage on the Atlantic and in Europe. Austria's New Premier. lBaron Gautch von Frank--Suthurn, ex-Premiier and President of the Su pr-eme Court of Accounts, was appoint Ied Austrian Premier, to succeed Dr. vo Koerber, the other members of the Cabinet to retain their portfolios. Russia's War Expenses. Russia's expenses in the war amount ed .on November 23 to $?.38.000.00J0, with outstanding credits of .'12G.000J. 000, a total of war expenditures for the year of $364,000.000. IThe Queen of Italy has chosen shoot ing and motoring as hecr principal hob bies. There is a boat in a canal north of London which is entirely "manned" by women. The Empress of Russia has a passion for caricaturing and the collection of caricatures. Mrs. Louise G3. Smith, whose mother was a sister of Thomas Jef'erson, is dead at Louisville. The Queen of Norway and Sweden. outside of her family and public life, is 1EXT OF TE AGREEMRNT All Russians Taken Prisoners, the Of ficers Being Paroled-All Forts and War Materials to be Turned Over to the Japanese Army. Tokio, By Cable.-A telegram from General Nogi giving- the text of the captulation convention was received Tuesday afternoon. It is as follows: "Article 1.-All Russian soldiers, marines, volunteers, also government officials at the garrison and harbor of Port Arthur, are taken prisoners. "Article 2.-All forts, batteries, war ships, other ships and boats, arms, ammunition, horses, all materials for hostile use, government buildings and all objects belonging to the Russian government shall be transferred to the Japanese army in their existing con dition. "Article 3.-On the preceeding two conditions being assented to, as a guar antee for the fulfillment thereof the men garrisoning the * forts and the batteries on this mountain, Sungshu -Mountain. Antse Mountain and the line of e'ninences south;east therefrom shall be : emoved by noon of January 5, and I the same shall be transferred to the f Japanese army. "Article 4.-Should Russian mil'tary or naval men be deemed to have de- 8 stroyed objects named in article 2 or I to have caused alteration in any way d in their condition at the existing time the signing of this compact and the negotiations sh'ill*1eannulled and the Japanese arnn will take free action. I "Article- 5.-The Rusian military and t nav l.,authorities.shail.prvpare and transfer to the Japanese a=thy a table showing the fortifications of Port Ar- < thur and their respective positions, i and maps showing the location of mines, underground and sub-marine, and all other dangerous objects; also a table showing the composition and 1 system of the army and naval ser- I vices at Port Arthur, a list of army , and navy officers with names and rank and duty of said officers; a list of army steamers, warships and other ships, with the number of their re spective crews; a list of civilians, showing the number or men and wo men, their races and occupations. "Article 6.-Arms, including those carried on the person; ammunition, 'war materials, government buildings, objects owned by the government, horses, warships and other ships, in cluding their contents, excepting pri vate property, shall be left in their present positions and the commission ers of the Russian and Japanese army shall decide upon the method of their transference. "Article 7.-The Japanese army, con sidering the gallant resistance offered by the Russian army as being honor able, will permit the officers of the C Russian army and navy as well as of- a ficials belonging thereto, to carry s swords and to take with them private property directly necessary for the t maintenance of life. The previously b mentioned officers, officials and volun- t teers who will sign a written parole . pledging that they. will not take up arms and in nowse take action con trary to the Interests of the Japanese a army until the closb of the war will r receive the consent of the Japanese army to return to their country. Each army and navy officer will be allowed 2 one servant, and such servant will be i specially released on signing the par- t ole. "Article 8.-Non-cotnmnissioned offi- s cers and privates of both army and navy and volunteers shall wear their uniforms and, taking portable tents and necessary private property, and commanded by their trespective offi cers shall assemble ati such places as may be Indicated by the Japanese ar-b my. The Japanese cominiissioners lvill c decide the necessary details therefor. "Article 9.-The sanitary corps and the accountants belonging to the Rus sian army and navy shall be retained by the Japanese while their services are deemed necessary for the carIng for the sick and wounded soldiers. . During such time sti'ch corps shall. be required to render service, under di rection of the military corps and ac-r couitants of the Japanese army. "Article 10.-The treatment to be ac corded to the.residents, the transfer of books and documents relating to mun- ~ icipal administration and finance andt also detailed files necessary for the enforcement of this compact shall be . embodied In a supplementary com-t pact. The supplementary compact shall have force as this compact. "Article 11.-One copy each of this compact shall be prepared for the Jap anse and Russian armies, and it shall e have immediate effect uport signature thereof." No Action Taken: Memphis, Special.-A spetial to The Commercial-Appeal from Newport, Ark., says that no action will be taken by the authorities of tnle town In con nection with the lynching last Satur day of Louis Allwhite foi' the murder U of two women. The coroner's jury g holding an inquest over the body of Awhite found that the deceased "came to his death at the hands of c an unknown mob." r Speaker of North Carolina House. Raleigh, N. C., Special.--wen- H. Guion, of Newbern, was named for Speaker of the House of the Legisla ture by the Democrats, who have 98 aJ of the 120 members, Guion, was placed a in nomination by W.I P. Wood, second-. 'ed by A. W. Graham. The nomina-, Ition was made by a rising vote. The House Democratic caucus, presided over by John S. Cunningham, chose Frank D. Hackett for chief clerk and F. B. Arendell for reading clerk, the ~ latter having no opposition. The sen- I ate Democratic caucus chose A. J.' Maxwell for chief clerk,. John W. ~ Simpson, of Rutherfordton, engrossing clerk; Brown Pegram, of Raleigh, for sergeant-at-arms; R. W. Sta~riley, of Wilkes, assisstant door-keeper. Sail fcr Hamburg, Newport News, Va., Special.-The German steamship Acria sailed for c Hamburg Tuesday with two of the t Lake sub-marine boats which are said I to be consigned te the Rusian govern t ment. The delay in the Adria's de- 1 parture has been explained. The yes- e sel was held up by a:a agent for the j underwriters, who insisted upon the i sub-marines being more securely fast- I ened to the decks, fearing that rough t seas might cause damage to the boats j by dislocating the medianical parts. 'j Japs Entered yuesday. Tokio, By Cable-Tie text of Gen eral Nogi's telegram announcing the capitulation of the Rissian forces at, Port Arthur is as follovs: "The pieni potentiaries of both parties conclud~ed I their negotiations Maiday at 4::10 o'clock. The Russian commissioners accepted on the whole the stipulations of the Japanese. The doci.ment lias ~ been prepared and sigratures arr- now c being affixed. Simultanl3ously with the conclusion of negotiatials, both armic.s suspended hostilities. It is expededd that the Japanese arms wilt enter th2 ' cit se Pn Arthur Ties-la:.''" [OV. LOYNDES DEAD ormer Chief Magistrate cf Maryland Passes Suddenly Away iE SUCCUMBS TO HEART FAILURE =ormer Maryland Executive, a Factor in Many Financial and Industrial Enterprises, Falls Unconscious While Dressing For Church and Dies Before the Arrival of Physicians. Cumberland, Md., Special.-Ex-Gov rnor Lloyd Lowndes, of Maryland, led suddenly at his home here Sun ay. Mr. Lowndes appeared to be in his sual good health and spirits when e arose this morning. He left his of ce in the Second National Bank late aturday afternoon, went to his home, nd after dinner spent several hours a the preparation of an address to be elivered here- at Bishop Paret's twen leth anniversary as bishop of the (aryland dioces of the Protestant piscopal Church. He then awaited he arrival from Clarksburg, W. Va., f his son, Richard T. Lowndes, who i id not reach the house until past mid Light. The Governor retired at about .1 a. a. He arose at 8:30, took a bath and egan to dress, preparatory to attend ag church services. A sudden fall ttracted the attention of Mrs. Lown ea. who was in the room. She sum aoned assistance, and the unconscious orm was placed upon the bed. Physi ians were hastily summoned and were uickly at the bedside, but death had nsued before their arrival. Death was ue to heart failure. Mr. Lowndes was born in Clarksburg. V. Va., Feb. 21, 1854. He is survived y his widow, his brother, Richard T. owndes, of Clarksburg, W. Va., five ons, Llyod Lowndes, Jr., of Cumber nd; Richard T., of Clarksburg, W. a.; Charles T., of Colorado Springs, ol.; Col. W. Bladden, of Mount Sav ge, Md., and Tasker G. Many Animals Burned. Rockingham, N. C., Special.-A fire ccurred here early Saturday morning ppalling in its nature. The livery table of M. L. Hinson, was destroyed gether with over thirty mules and orses. All day the atmosphere of the own has been laden with the sicken g odor of burning flesh as the charred nd half burned carcasses of the poor nimals lay among the smouldering Ans. The fire originated about 2 'clock. When first discovered it had ained such headway that the .stables i which it started could not be en red. The building was an imiense ooden structure containing the ables, wareroom and store of M. L. [inson and A. W. Porter & Co., and ituated in that gart of town known s "The Rockets.' Mr. Hinson does a rge live stock business and had on and belonging to himself and others 3 horses and mules, all of which were urned to death. One lone mule broke ut in some way and escaped from the ames. but was burned so badly that e had to be killed.. Wrecks on British Coast. London, By Cable.-Stormy weather 'ill continues on the British coasts, nd several shipping casualties are eported. The Glasgow steamer Stel Maris Maria collided Saturday ight, seven miles oif Holy Head, pith the Spanish vessel Ois, and oth sank. The crews were saved in se boats after drifting all night. The alfast schooner Dispatch collided the Sunderland steamer Dinning >n off Ramsgate this morning. The lispath was towed In, but the other essel is believed to have sunk with r crew of ten men. Several other essels were driven ashore at differ nt points, their crews being rescued 'ith great difficulty. - ireat Asemblage at Hampton Roads. Norfolk, Va.. Special.-The United tates cruiser Newark, the coast de mse monitor Nevada and the con erted gunboat Scorpion left here Sat rday for Hampton Roads to join the reat fleet assembling there. Secretary the Navy Paul Morton, Admiral ewey and other distinguished offi ers will arrive on Monday morning to view the fleet. There will be about 2irty warships of all classes in the view which will be held Monday. Killed in a Mine. Concord, N. C., Special.-Fred Leon rd, a young white man, was killed t the Miami Mine Thursday, shortly. fter noon. Two passing buckots in shaft became entangled at a shift bout 25) feet from the surface -md .eonard went down to see and correct e troubl,e. The rest of the story is nknown.' From this shift he was brown, or fell, to the bottom of the 2ine and there picked up dead, his kull being crushed. The body was urned r,ver to an undertaker and sent ist night to Gold Hill, where the oung man had a wife and two child en. He was about 25 years of age. White House Conference. Washington, Special.-An important onference regarding legislative ques ions pending before Congress was eld at the White House Saturday af rrnoon. In addition to President oosevelt, the parties to the confer ne were Speaker Cannon; Senators llison, of Iowa; Aldrich. of Rhode sland; Spooner, of Wisconsin, and 'latt, of Connecticut, and Reupresenta [es Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of 'ensylvaniia; Grosvenor, of Ohio, and 'anney, of Minnesota. Number of the Prisoners. Washington. Special.-The Japanese egation received the following cable ram from the Foreign Office at To :o under date of today: "General hgi on Sunday reports that the de ivory of Rugsian prisoners were 878 ffcers anid 23,491 men, whereof 441 ficers and 229 orderlies gave parole o far. General Smirnoff, General 'ock Ge.neral Gorbalvosky and Ad 2iral Wihmann preferred to be sent o Japn 2 prisoners of war. WHEN HE WAS SATISFIED. A Story of the Early Western StagS Coach Days. Otto Mears is known in Colorado as the "*Pathfinder of the San Juan" be cause of the stage and toll roads he built through the mountains. One of his stage lines was over Marshall Pass. He was constantly censuring his drivers for being slow. The result was that e.ery man was anxious to get him alone in a stage and demon strate that thej could go fast enough to please him. One morning he waited at the sum mit of Marshall Pass for the stage driven by Henry Burns. a reckless driver, to leave for the foot. He was dressed in a black suit that was molded to him, and on his head was a new silk hat, and his linen was spot lessly white. He was the only pas senger. "I'll give him the ride of his Ii.e," remarked Burns to the station men. Four of the best horses on the line were hooked up, Mears stepped into the stage with a fresh cigar in his mouth, and Burns clambered on the box. He cracked his whip with. a volley of curses, and the leaders nearly jumped out of the l}arness. He- sent the four down the s'erpentine road in record time. the stage banging against the side of the mountain, grazing the edges of precipices. whir:ing around sharp curves on two wheels. and bounding over rocks with jars that raised the heavy vehicle three feet and lunged it forward with a bump that started every bolt and nail. The horses were white with lather, but still Burns urged them on. At the foot pass Burns pulled up his foaming and 'well-nigh spent horses. and Mears climbed out. "His siik hat was a battered wreck, his clothes were torn in a dozen of places, and iis hands and face were scratched and bleeding, for he had been tossed about in the stage like a pea in a can; but his cigar was still gripped in his teeth. He said nothing, however, until the stage was driven up to continue on its way, when he remarked to burns: "Henery, I tink I vill ride on te out side mit you. I vas so lonesome inside I couldn't keep avake."-Sunday Magazine. WORDS OF WISDOM. 'The man who applauds the brave always thinks he is running over with courage. A man is not likely to get honey from the rock when he is pounding it with his head. We should be as cari'ful of our words as of our actions, and as far from speaking ill as from doing iil. Cicero. God has the best place for the bet man, although men cannot always see this until the work is finished.-H. J. Steward. Many a man who prays for power to lift a world shuts his eyes when he sees a poor woman struggling with a heavy satchel. The craving for sympathy is natural enough, and it ought never to be treated harshly, nor thought of as a fault, but it easily becomes ignoble and very morbid, because very seltish. -Charles G. Ames. I believe that there is no away, that no love, no life, goes ever from us; it goes as He wvent, that it may come again, deeper and closer and surer, to be with us always even to the end ot the world.-George Macdonald. Population on thle increase. Our population is on the increase. as never before, and there is not a shad ow of doubt that it wvill continue to steadily increase, at least for the next half dozen years; and no reasonable mind can doubt the enormous signifi emnce of this increase in poppiation in its relations to the demands for the necessities as well as for many of the uxuries of life. Four years ago we were surprised at the census, which showed a population of T->,000,000,. hut we soon came to regard such a popu lation as a mere matter. of course, and now we talk of 80,000.000 and seem to attach but little significance to it. And yet, in 1910. if the percentage of in rease keeps on. we shall have a pop ula tion of more than 88.000,000. When it is realized that in the past thirty three years our pjopulation has in reased 100 per cent.. while that of all the world has increased but twenty five per cent.. we get some idea of what this expansion in our population means ti the Uited States. And the increase in population can have but one effect, and that,is to increase our )rosperity and material resources. Leslie's Weekly. The Wateh-Maker's Screws. The fourth jewel screw of a watch is so small that to the naked eye it will hot look like anything more than a bit of dust, and is p)robably' the smnall est screw made. It must necessarily be perfect in every respect, and the :hracter of the wvorkmnanship required > it is illustrated by looking at it un der a powverful microscope. when it is seen that the threads average 200'to the inch. It is exactly 1-400 of an inceh in diameter and over ->000 could be packed in a lady's thimnble with ease. Counting these screws is never at tempted, of course. but 100 are weighed on a delicate steelyard and the total number of ar. output is ar rived at by comparinig the gross weight with the weight of these. Such tiny screws can only be made in large num bers by machinery, and the operation teadng their manufacture is one of the most delicate things in watchmak nmg.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Native Japanese Politeniess. The p>roprietor of the Japanese ten store on the South Side had been much annoyed by the incessant howling of his neighbor's dog under his window while he was trying to sleep. There came a night when his pa tience gave, way, says the Rochester Herald., He raised the wondow, stuck his head out and called to his neighbor: -Mist' Jones," he said. "woll you do the kindness for request the hon orable dog that he stop his honorable bark? If you don't, by gosh, I'll knock his head off'" The student of philosophy will not need to be told where the native JTap anese politeness of the speaker left off and the demoralizing influence of his mericn environment came in. p 9). 00 A New Hampshire Plan. Governor Bachelder, of New Hamp shire, says: "Within a day's ride of our summer capital. Mount Washing ton, there are 10,000,000 people. We would like to have at least one-tenth of them visit us every summer, and in order to get them and keep them as long as we can, we are planning to im prove our highways so as to make a good impression on our" visitors when they arrive on fc , by horseback. by, boat, by bicycle, in automobiles, palace car or steam yacht. They a,re wel cofe; they are all welcome, and the welcome is equally hearty for one-and all." In order to enable the visitors to see the State of New Hampshire,.the Gov ernor has appointed an' engineer, who is at work mapping the roads of the State, and under the Jovernor's direc tion a comprehensive s.stem'"of- per manent road Improvement is being out lined with much exactness before a dollar is expended in its completion, as to clearly show where the perma nently improved roads are to begin and end, and the expense to the State for their construction, together with the annual expense of maintenance. The improved highways will aim to permeate every section of The State with at least a well bullasted, well drained and well surfaced gravel road, whose cost, using the present madbed for a base, will be fronm800 to $1500 , a mile.. On this calculation, appropri ating $100,000 a year for six years, the State would hg e' at the end of that time 600 miles of the best roads In the world for light travel and mountain scenery, traversing the State from its entrances at the southwest to the White Mountains. It is intended to divide the cost of completing the roads between the State, county and .towns, the same as in New York. The Gov ernor says- there is no more mystery about building roads than about build ing houses. Use common, practical, business sense and conform the cost of your highway to the kind of travel for which it is desired. If the Gov ernor of New- Hampshire can get 1, 000,000 visitors to come to the State during the year and leave $10 Apiece he has provided for the spending of $10,000,000 within the State during the summer months. Who can esti mate the amounts of money which would be spent in New York State's lake and mountain region if this State only had a system, of improved high ways and a Governor as heartily in in terest with the subject as the Govern or of New Hampshire? Would not we have 3,000,000 people spending $20 each and leaving in the State during the summer the sum of $00,000,000, as against the $10,000,000 estimate ma4e in New Hampshire?-New York Tri bune. - Weing Improved Machinery. Improved machinery and new meth ds were introdueed In Massachusetts last year,. reducing the cost and in resing the efficiency of the roads. Formerly gravel roads were resur faced by hand.. The gravel would"be spread to a depth of from three (o -six inches. Really a new road would be built. This would require months of packing,. and the roads would not be9 In good condition until this process was somewhat completed. Now a ma ehine is used for distributing gravel. The new treatment can be given for. the small cost of from $10 to $15 a mile. The machine Is used also for spreading sand. On the surface of macadam roads the sand Is better binding material than the dust from the stone,. for it is not so liable to be blown off by winds.. With a machine, a cubic yard of sand can be distribut ed in a minute and a half. The com mission has also introduced a system for using the road material which is near at hand in all towns. In the case of heavy elay roads the plan has been tried of digging out the centre to a depth lower than the frost will reach. The eut Is made gradually less toward the sides, so that there is a V shaped trench. This Is filled with coarse stones or stones from useress stone walls in the vicinity, to a depth of about eighteen. inches in the centre and six or eight inches at the sides. The best material which is conveni ently near is used for covering. If good gravel is not to to be had, then earth is put on. it will work down on ly part way, leaving a practical drain at the bottom. Such a road is not acted upon by frost, and the cost va ries from $500 to $1500 a mile, probab ly not averaging $1000, while the cost of macadam is from $5000 to $10,000 a mile. From twenty-five to thirty miles of this rough stone road have been built in Massachusetts this year. Tar For Good Roads. Tar preserv4s rope. They have found in France that it preserves roads also. Consul Skinner reports from Mar seills that he has had frequent op-. portunity this supimer to compgre stretches of tarred and untarred high way, to the advantage of the former. The principal suburban boulevard of, Marseilles has just been so treated. He says that it may be expected that dust will be effectively banished from a well built macadamized highway into which hot tar is thoroughly worked. A thoroughly dried roadway must be taken, such ass we have in July, Au gust and September. From the sur face every p)article of dust must be re moved. The pitch should be distrib uted from the centre of the roadway. It should be poured, not sprinkled. It is a very simple matter to pay out the pitch in small quantities and to spread it immediately upon the surface. The pitch penetrates well into the Joints and impregnates thoroughly the whole, roadbed. This process is aiqled by ru)big it in energeticajly with s'tiff brooms. After several days it be comes unit-ed, compact and resistant. A very little sand, or even dust, thrown over the surface five hours after the dosig. of tar comipletes the operation A Kansas man claims to have a samp of bees that made twenty, pound o honey in three days. ,