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WHAT'S Don't codd>o up a,%voc. It oni:. nake- vol w-r Iton'; Wt It0)1 TIJx"11 J 0 Ih6. Dream an fonteSwithAn-i"1 Rte ,lwhity v J1 spt his . -"e,'ans ..u- th, vo Din oaekw .r''-. On t b to is wvan ideal" how ~ ~ cuk ;(. -,( vIi ,nDrea m Cni.t ear :1 li di' ho 4 4 4 4 4 a t u~;id to ifl1C (.iiie I. Years t!c,;'v from . the Scmitli Ai-or tou htate Nj doubil. h o had d ipentt h erij.Mas T.1rar the5 succ loed In .il:tp 'it thed 0." ar*.p1 ts' 11! andt wh t ie tot v.n sl loils: 't 71- feu cir t-''''1112 ~ ( NTt e r. * 1 " d. he 17t~. ;W ve 4to hav NO dO~t. 1t~ -)t, .vi re ati h tfnir i o .. i ofa THE USbE" mD, ep a t aI e n d :C4.11% T ., no: eXui-e. .1 - .1: .iw! in:x'1. * * * * * * * * * * d the Reality. the qualitie. of ii-ar. and mind thalt had lifted her -o high abov her S'x an:d ju 1 him culstant to hir. Iir splendid freedon froi conve-ntionalitv and her bright humor had been. in. his eyes. her greatest charm. Ie tried. but rather unsuccessfully. to remember dethiite instances of her breadth of mind. But she had often expressed her impatience of tho;e coni ventions that hedge the freedom (if young Englishwomen. and once,. as he distinctly recalled. she had allowed him three dances in succession. I Another proof of her originality was her contempt for her own sex. She. had gloried. he remembered, intcr lack of women friends. Then he tried to recall, but. with eurious !aCk Of success, examples of her rich and original humor. Well, it muist have been ier quaint wny (if saying things-the bright little touches, no doubt. that evade the nzeonory. Yes, and le clearly recollected her apprecia tion of good puns, and of .jokes from th - comi- which she used to retoil to Thus. time miglht dim her' leauty. but lth- elever. merry girl of twenlty would most surely have dleveloped z't thirty ilito the idal comead of his dreals. Then. at last. the door opeiied. and thry stood favc to face. The lonely yetrs fell aiwy :1 d were for1in ,i as he looked upoin hr untariished boauty. iThre was no chiinge. save' that she had grown a little thinner. The color mantled her cheek and her oriuht ey(s sank modestly under his e:ger gz. He tried to speak her beloved iauie, hut emotion held him spechless in, his supreme moment of ecstasy upon which he had counted for more than a year. His ecstasy lasted some five seconds at most: but emotion is not to bie measured by timia or weighed like so mtuchi bacon. She came forward briskly, offering him lier hand, at arm's length. just as if he htad been some rather unwelcome acquaintance. Simultaneously a chill ing torrent of words poured from her red lips. *"IIow (1d' you do. M~r. MIams field? I'm~ so glad to see you again. I'm afraid I've kept you waiting quite Ia long~ time: hum. you see. i'd no idea yon would come. so early. :mld I seldom ve rekas efr half-past 9." "Why, ye'." he said. dre::riby. feelin.g as if . he luni: lih! individuality. "Yes. ' fra.h1 L'i i.: ary." "I'll tell H: lamis to have 'i somethig cooked at isi-e." -he said. "You must be famuisi:ud aftr yo' ~ :: r jourm'a . They seldom piripa an~tythinit hc: :m c'.g or1 two for ;x.. "P1ray. donli .vable." ce s:tid. trinig to hid. his disappoin im not ailence tel))uponi them for :1 moment, 11- ('ould m e 1a11 whsheiir or r im .-lt ny real ' eiin *ut it wes w\1e(ity erhiet \1: wihd (Io disin;:z ttoe. in 0:-- eeni:: hmalirut She: ha:d a gret de: to s::y to him :Go~ :: onihe:-iiu in nilt of some' d' :Ei-r * :y o tI0: tav. iy hien beIt ii lion-I of foo!!sti wor.'Oi to iv.;i a scene.t 'cit he could not bet Hto found'' Ina l lyiing in wait for -mei t'i'i'ath n of 1:*'r br-idht humor ,a aotientl Io k I for. A:nd. at inst. h::eou'd im frn -.n a uiri of twe:n ty He' ~r' Inde to the~ poor' hu0 ins w". h ii ay ri aia s inkin: :0o.m. Hie would not adi te himuself m ewas dis!:lsi'oned. "Cor~al'it. e wi.p:e-e. fer'venl. n a. \n-::!kedl :after h-er 1hroucji ih : im. be' 's' sh' wVas talkintg tast oiver unw '-eemed' ch.'-e. tawdry timetrn. 1nlId sea ted hiimsetlf at the tabtle -hi pla's had been'~ lid many fee: 1'..r.ind. tied main~fully to ea:t the 'o pre-pared for- him. Shie, sittinig at Ih heaid of thle biIle. hiehinmd a hear riealamju-s and platedl ware. talked I n ine.-.-miyt. It reouired somle ef forit iOna hi :trt io followi' wh.at shte i m!! atl:theclo-se of thie. me.al. 5>he :nren-mhe'tlr t hat in::tne. Is shei a "Ol i.no. st.' ::e.red initiVly "anwne:in::mee. I elont 't i: "Ii re imb r. he i: "h i Ia iie o ou !a go: h t1:1 foo1ljsw gihifI 1: am.v1s i t Ie lotdn a the of inlgs. it:s :- ho r :: : In I o tam in Q'o-lb -x i C1 EN TFI C 4 NDT openi-air tr-tnttfrpinunian . tle Forti i l sptital , i N x I rI C'ity. T.e pasiit :ir t kep in tent> wvith the. air sn)W:ia . Into to freezing. :it e e 3 h v h :w comiplished in :t ;iici h iwer orlt aItof eas(t than un i . 11*r f4-t c iv-.- Tl tItm I!ut. Ct feso Emi!.-1' I o p h hring v he d-. ::d-. re :at I:e li recekly : . a h : 11~ he was makin, inarked rores witd his tcrrosis serum. IH- *eats CIe wien very 01111 with al .titkoxti hl ais tuiereiIas': this. h I ays, in nniz's the cows to tuberenlosis. and so ncts upon thlieir milk t hat children drinkng it are in turn trutdered imt. miiune. EaIst of theo Missoulr* River ;nut Dakota mlore than 1 0 rteian wllS now exist.drawiiitheiir wavter from tic suppiy carried by the underlying sand stone formatoti. -.nid supposed to cewn-: from the' Blek Hills and the Rocky Mount:tins. These welis. used muinly for irra. 1tion purmoses. are fron 5O to 100) feet deep. and the pressure of water in the easterni part of the State is sufficient to give a surfaue low. es' Cept on the nighest lands. It happens that shalde ires are known in different parts of the cou try often by very different and in many ases wrong names. The forestry brt reau at W'1as1igtol is low ready to id cities and towns to identify their re's without charge, on receipt of proper specimnens of the foliage. Pt(. It is recommended that town otficials .e that unlfainiliar trees are propl.y aheled. so that the peopl uay learn to rcognize them. Tho Frec chemist. MoissitI, reports ia n1 ; !he electrie furnace told boils freely at a temerature of 2-K4-w de rees0i (ntgrade. In thvo or three mimites froni 14) to 150 grams of gold l)ass 1into the sttet, of vapor. Itn con dosing ponl a cold Imly. this goien apor forills filifort masses anti cubie rystals. At its temperature of ebuli ont gold dissolves a little carhon, hich. at the moinent of resolidilica ion1, is deposited in the form of graiph Trunnel's cli for ml~ore tunlsl andO analis for more' canals, the cotuluon bject being to facilitate traffic around the world. A singular result of the romise to dig the Panama Canal is iretly connected with the recent COml pl'tionl of the Simpion Tunel through the Albs. This is the revival of a project in France to tap the northern eni of the Simition Tunnel by means f a (hain! of thmree tunlsl through the Iura Moumnains, having ani aggregate Ieglh of albout twenty mtiles Man ve. Veef. The lunct(h rounter man ~valke1 in irily. took his usutal plae. and gatvec den:e." heo saiti gatily. "I've ::ot at is :-for you to-daty. See who'll es irs. Why is a tinan' like lm'f' apn down the pltihont ,~oe Mmlt. *\ntd wanted' worPst whlent ir enn't he ai :,vea mienimt.:aiwhs ''o!! tins of 1 striVPn nu t -r fl-n r i:7 tl. " ' ro h' a rnin: lyth ts;:oth:it intfl:t hire::s e stri'' ni:1yv wie t hu arer::emry. nl of . *Ldti 6 . '. Inm 3a* in all. hI' pu' \:a n:Die a prict. oferitm pith "Ganl ipro''. by tCo- ag:: ailatou '' i' n :er h valage' y isp~t or Ig ofah~ r.!Al sii e. td Ltour i antoe Ou il eu0c rt- giy mswe ;s i;'' onevo link.ti hir :-o.i i ler r- . "- dis *: !. ('- ls :i - -el ~3. n ouipgeeni' - 0'- zTh stupid of reocty w t 'K'~ -~o l. mi-: 1 a' i';.ii ta s t ayo im i' vtl'lat ' 3 ated t SO --~~ to ::1 b.-r i1 :1 the: miil it1 '-oera tii'c a hw- ur-dn 1)i, -- w e' no U a.'n -od doi. '''i o hi a ck It he ;Ite .-' - 'tt e k . 13 fai i F n....e tieme h v BLEASE ACQUItEE S!ayer of Joe Ben Coleman 1 Found Not Guilty ThE PRISOINER BROKE DOWB Slayer of Joe Ben Coleman Tells it Sobs of the R.in of His Home and raints at tho Ehd of H-s Jury Out a Short Time. C.. r il to tla. State frezm Saludan savs: .'ate Senator ;-.a:s' S. Ilease n* n wit :Ci[ te- mr r h i broth. I -iBen Coli 'oma. ;I Octo ber h. wa argineld ajterj aI tria -wi 1.1,: ov I on a]ty No mor] Sr amatic (erene has eei been witnesse.d in the Saluda couri Louas.e than when Blease told in tears I sob i* ii,; frienl-hip and love filr Joe Ben Colema. their associa. tion fo may yershisexertilons to eure Colent a p i inii. and then of thre ruin of his home and the ap palling weight of shame and dishon. or the inforimation of his wife's in. fidelity brought him. At the conc.u sion of this (iraniatie scene the situa tion was rendered even more dra. matie when the defendant swooned as he was leaviig the stand and became limp as deatih. lie had to be car ried to tlhe jury roon where he re imained during the entire time of the arguments. attended by a physician. The arguments were concluded by 8 o'clock at which ime Judge Prince delivered his charnge. the .iury return ing a verdict of not guilty at 9:30 o 'ciock. Blease and Coleman married sisters and i. was alleged intimacy between Coleman and Blease 's wife which led up to the tragedy in October last. Fire at Cleveland. Cleveland, Special.-In response to an alarm fOirm ire box :'4. the chem ical fire wagon was called out tie fire proving to be in a negro dwelling in the third ward. A stron:: wind was blowing and it was not lungr before the negro Cumberlaind P resbyterian ehwth and another nenro dwelling were on fire, the three being entirely consumed while other property was threatened. The fire orieginated from some clothe.S which had been placed too near a fire to dry. igniting and fromt thlese the clothing of a negro baby about two years old. caught fire 1he baby being so badly burned that it will probably die. Pardoned by Governor Heyward. Spartanburg. S. C.. Special.-L. C, Barns, of Paeolet, who was convicted on the charge of killing J. G. Gibson, strikin.g him with a rock, which was thrownr at Amos Gibson, his son, hai been prardonied from the penitentiary by (Goverior Heywvard. up1onl the re~ commondat ion of the board of par. dons. Solicitor Sease also favored executive clemency on thle ground thai the circumstances of the ease indi. cated manrslaughter and not murder; and that Burns had been suriicntly punished for his~ deed. Burglary at Salisbury. Saili bury. Special.-There was a Islight burglary in whielh a burrglai Idid a v poor job. lHe entered the honme of Mr. GordoJn in East Salis. bury ani'd mranaged to find thc trous raof the landlord, fronm wllich he stole 43 cents. In a vest pocket the man might have found SU1 but he was to clumsy about it. Alter steal inm the watch and smuall change. the tiefL was feeling aromund in the dark and caught M'rs. (Goorons foot. She was aroused and Ire made his escape. Telegraphiic Briefs The city of Philadlelphia bezar suit to recover( $.O.00.00 from con traetors and former cityV oflicials in. terestedl in the const ruction cf :iltera tion plants. The Russian eleetion commission has set aside thle election of twvo Con st itutionalI Denmocrats on eleventhi houri charzes. The~ d;&'renerslii b't-.ri Aunstria and Hlunrgaryve bnn-- adljusted bya comprnieinire ad Dr. : A hexantder Welk crle ha:s bcee a ppintedl Premier. Thea mnneruipalI conventbion in Kis ebeneri(. 1he-sn rabin. reslt ed in a vie torn for a Jlew:.inn majority. IColit ical pi iSoner' s at MoCscoCw arc refusiing ii patakme of. lood utiil the. Ire legally triedI. Th'ei erniaion Cf Mount \esuvins is i-ei in yiiience and mnany. per Sir Wyke Wrvyies. presidenut of the Royal Soriety of .\rt ists. is (dead, aed 71 years. Died From Bxposure. -;rnt :n:burm. S. C.. Special.-The de:i dbody of the negro which was Ic nid in a badly deconmposed state. in he Datil ing Springs nei-ghborho .d. i~ believed to be that of Ga1 Copeland, a half wit ted - .mr who Ilived t here and who hmas been missing for several Iweeh,.. The tilleory is that rhln neg e sdeath dturng the trcent colt sln and that (death was due to ex I' To Hav tve:: C on SOUTH CAROLINA CROPI Reporlt of Crop Conditions For th Past Week as Given By, the. De partment of Agriculture. Th w- !I- S .ri'r l O s ia of tn- wek eali~r a 8 :. m. ill dAi. .\pil 9th. was 'ze nerally clea 1n Ico wI - ith una i llV co1 4)1n i.:ht hnt duriinz the iidl~e of1 the4 we' ;Q11 v rits clo the tempLeratires wet mehnd i-her and the ig-hts wler Thv average teimpera tuire was 54 de reis, wilch is about 2 degrees ab'ovi She inormal for tie week. The hiai: (st occumpeeratures ocuid general on the 5th when a maximmu of S defgrees was recorded at Sumner ville, Dorehester county. The lowues teraperatures occurred genVierally oi the 3rd when a minimum of 3-1 dh gre wiS IN r1ed at Darlingt'uto Dariington Comty. :nd at Newber ry. Newbirry county. Lizht frosts; occurred in expoStv place over iohe entire State. incluri ing' the imnediate coast distriets. the 2nd and 3rd. and thin ic- wa oted inl I;.,. eeintrial and wesirn p.ur tions oil the morning ot Ole 2nd. There was no prec'ipitationi ini State during the .irst six days. bu d1ur14ig the n ight of the Sth a gni raini fi-ll in places althiough th-, amu'lnts were generally too small t measure :ud had no beneficial cffee in softening the grounidi, which. ol elay soils. has become hard aid dr.y due largely to the fresh to brisk dryin : winds that. prevailed durin; the grelter part of' the week. and t( the prevailing low relative humidity The deficiency in precipitation. va ri eld bei ween three-fourths and oie inel ThIe Sunshin(e was in excess ot th norm1al un1itil the last two (ays whN1 eloudiness increased gradually wit the skyn over(ast when the week end ed. accompaiied by a marked rise i the percentage o relative humidit of the annosphere. Convention Going to Columbia. Spartianburg, Special.-The 101! annual convention of the Bap i YoungI- Peoples' Union came to a clos after theo most slccessfil! coiventi4 e-:ir held At the meeting Thursda unirnei:i. Colnbia vwa selected a i1 next iiecting place of the union an the time selected was 1he Tuesday af ter the first Smulay nApi Te was an effort made to have the cor veniti'on go to Greenwood and als to Darlington. but the convent ioi adtopte'd the report of' the comnmitte< which wais in favor of Columbia. Petitions for Pardon. Gov. lHeyward has received a nuir beCr of petitions for pardon. One wa in the case of' Susannah Malachi o Marion: anothlen from Orangeburgi behalf of ( leveland Hooker: anothe in beha:lf. of Dock Davis of Ande1 son,1 who is upl for murder and sni I t'red hr not. having a lawyer ut lie day of tial; ano.aher for Austi Sammons, a whlite 1boy~. wll) in killed Franuk Gr iflina at l'iednmnt: ar thter in behalf of J1oe~1 lumbert o Greenville: one for L~v i Bluitfond o Marion .whio will be pa rd 'ned on t reconoi-1'lat ion 4f lte panlon4)i hoand and one in behalf of Fr:'ildie like of Orangeburg. New Enterprises. A 'omiss.i' a wa' uin'O to tit en'or:tors (of the Spaienborii' T'he ver'it . Arc i UiI. ( a!lvert. 0. L...1 Johnsr Steve'ins. The Airant D''r Cop. of Kiazstre The Ashley Mf 't. Co':. of Newherr' was1 !2iveni a conniion54I. TheC (orp ator's are .1 1) ). alanlpor alld .1. BackwelOei' to rui a h iti ng til efa tital~iia'tion to 1h. .t'U . The .orpora4itor of I I- Entpt:i lBuidingz anild ' iia Asseitin!i i "um4ter we ..rei e l'' \i . om ('Of i5i''. ea; ializatione to b4" 25.Onn. Pe'irr '\ ses'. Jri.. and L C. Strni cor15. 4 pora ors. The Roy' Aid o A.-4'eunt i4' of ( lmbiai was' (ennuis'~ionied. Thisi n1(Css iil cloreC mnain here. A\ ohbartri was isued to the 1)Dl .\vrise'r (ntp:'ly- ('.1ap in'i Futc' Compiany it to becapitalized a :00,ti00. c"rporaitor's be0ing W\. I'. BC tt ie. J1ohnii B. Mar:shall and L. (. Mr.1J. C'. Mi; belhl has snut in hi resinati'n as mavi-traute at I ed Andersons Freight Receipts. \iii.,:-'.-. Spteein1.-'-D)una i * ' \enri 'a i ot or fri- It h .n PALMETTO_ AFFAIRS 1 Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range--What is Going On in Our State. r Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices repreent: the pries Ipaid to wagons: (Good middling.... .... ..... 11.35 Strict middlinz .... .... .... .11.35 Middling.... .. ........... 11.25 Good middling, inzed.... .... 11.25 Good middling tinged .... ..... 1 Stains .... .... ...... 10 to 10 :-4 General Cotton Market. Galveston firm.... .... ......11 5-S 3 New Orleans 1rm.... .... ..11 1-4 - Mobile quiet.... .... .... ..11 :;-16 t Savannah steady............11 1-S Charleston quiet.... .. .... .. 11 1-8 Wilmington steady ........ ...11 Norfolk steady.... .... .....11 1-2 New York quiet.... .... ......11.)70 ABoston (JUiett.... ....1........ -70 Philadelphia steady.... .... .. 1.95 Augusta steady.... .... ....11 3 Memphis steady.... .... ..11 5-16 The Excelsior Mills to Establish a Branch. Union. Special.-The Excelsior knit t ing mills of this city will in the next -30 days establish a branch knitting mill at Newberry, with R. A. Horn. formerly of Union. as resident super t intendent. The mill will have as its i present equipmer.t about 50 knitting ,machines of the most improved pat , tern. will employ from 35 to 50 opera tives. and will occupy a building eon veniently located in the incorporate limits with Columbia, Newberry and Laurens and Southern railway siding facilities. Electrieitv will be used as operating power. The mill will de vote its attention exclusively to the knitting of high grade hosiery, the yarn to be shipped from the mills h Iere and the completed hosiery to be returned here for dyeing. It. will be under the same manaiient as the home concern. Announcement of the Medical College. Charleston. Specia.-The 76th an t niversary' commencement exercises of the South Carolina Medical college I were held at the Academv of Music. in the presence of a large audience, when. with impressive and interest ing ceremonies, the degree of doctor of medicine was conferred on eight graduates and of pharmacy upon 29 - students who had completed this course. The class in medicinc was tin usually small this year. having been small from the start and reduced by varou et.uses, but the exception will not be so marked in the future as the succeeding classes all very much larger. Anderson's Library. - Anderson, Special.-At the meeting Sof the city council Messrs. Fred G. f Brown. J. A. Broek and T. C. Walton appeared before the body and ask edta council increase its appropria infor the maintenance of the Car - negie library in order that Mr. Car neigie might be asked to give at larger l(onat ion than thle $10.000) already ae etetd by the city. A letter was read Sfronm Mr. Carnegie's secretary say in that he had been unable to) con - fer with the philanthropist on the subjct. butt it wVas reasona~bly sure that Ihe dlonat ion would be increased. The council vi ted an appropriation oft $2.000) annunaly to the library. provid 1 ed that Mr. Carnegie would increase his aift fromi $10.000 to $20.000. One Negro Shoots Another. Branchville. Special.-Son Tucker Swas shot and mortally wvoundedl by - Denis Sumter here, both negroes. - Suint e lef after the shooting. but was locanted in a Ihense near here ant in his elforts ti escape was~ shot by constables Li yvd an Dllukes. but was not seriously hurt. Ie wc~as taiken to Orangeburg jail this mornintg by ('nm m sable Boyd. Smunter elaims to have - shot Tucker in tun. but eve witnesses - a that he rested his ri!lc tin a fene -ant took deliberate aim at lucker. who was about :800 yeardls away. Kaolin Mine Sale. - Columbia. Spweial.-Neaotations are - now ,pending for tile sale of about 8C aers of kaolin landl in the lower part - of this couty to be developeti. The , land is owned by the R~ev. d1. i- dlohn i son, coloredl one of tie assittant deouty revenute rioil eeltors at the rev s emue otirechere. The kuohdn is said to be excellent and rev.nt ly there has been a great <h-a1l of~ it aimned mn this State. The mine is si tated about two railes north of Conigaree statuon. Pant Factory May be Built. Columbia. Special..--Planis are be tinZ (iscussed for the establishment of a pans factory in Clumbiat.Ac'ord in to Mr. C. M. D)empsey. the real etatte anent. Mr. Dempa'snv lhas heen apnroached by a number of. busin's -met for an option -n a lot On upe Main street. adjointin:.- theC residnme of the llev. Walter I. I~erb 'rt. pastor of the Main Street Methodist chutrch. To Meet at Bamnberg. - abr.Siecia!-Thl! mie' me -' 0 tihSe EporhL n Tne i: a i.aw to, t ca. w.ork is haulii:: r:ivel. I do my grad iing int, spring. Th lnith road bed is well sted for Ihe grave.Can I do the work for the noney? No. I can not. Then I munst. tell you why. On 'Monday we put four men in tei pir. to load the wagons. antd warned out ten teams to work on the roads. Some of thes team!s were i make lown hafulS:. Other1S shorMT 0110S In1 all WV should take- out seventy-tive loads of gravel. have four teams come to work. the ones that were to make long hauls. The result was we got out sixteen loads. Four en in the pit at $1.50 per day equals .6, and divided equals thir ty-seven and one-half cents a load, for putting the gravel on the wagon. Who is to blame for this? It can not be the fault of the supervisor. On Tuesday you have arranged for a like number of teams. Every one comes: the bal ance of those that were to come on Monday. Now what is the trouble? Too many teams for the number of pit hands. You cannot send them home. The law gives them the right to work the tax. for which you are to al low them $3.73 for ten hours. You can take the money and hire the same teams for $2.50) per day. Mr. Cullen. my neighbor. has the county work and is hauling from the same pit. Can he get men? Yes, by the dozen. He has no 'phone. and I sometimes call on men or tell them when he wants them to work. Last night I called a man for him. I wanted to know of the man what he was doing. He said not much of aLyihing. Then I said. can yoit work the roads to-morrow? Well. he had not bought a farm, nor married a wife, and it was amusing to hear hini Tell why he could not work the road>, Oh: I said Mr. Cullen wants you Lo work oni the coun.ty roads. A sudden change cane at that time. Yes! I promised Cullen to haul a few days for him. At the other end of the 'phone he was saying "I can work for you at any time." Now to the inen who made the Road law: Why nor give the supervisor the same chanlce with the other fellow? The railroad companies are paying men in my road district S2.30 for ten hours labor with man and team. They sell the work to the lowest bidder. "Come off and change the law." Or stay at home. and let some of the poor. ig norant supervisors make laws for a while. They can do no worse, and might do better.-T. M. I., in the In diana Farmer. Dragng the FEoacl. "Out there ill Kansas," where they have been very successful in Reeping ordinary dirt roads in most excellent shape by the use of a common, ordinary drag, a speaker at one of their meet ings made the following suggestions as to how to use the drag: "Don't drive too fast. Don't walk; get on the drag and ride. Don't wait for our neighbors to take hold: they may be waiting for yor. Don't bother about a tongue: it is much more trouble and expense, and is of little benefit. Don't wait for tihe big grader to come and shape up your' r'oad: all you canf do first will help to) make the work of the rader permanent. Don't be particu lar about mnaterial: with an axe and a two-inch auger almost any kind of a log can be made into a drag: the onec I used for several years is a bow-elder'. Do't try to drag with one piece: use two. One wvill sc'oop out the hollows in the road and. deepen them. When two are used the one- keeps the other up: and in a amonith or so the hollows wll hamve filled. and become level andl hard like thle balanee of the road." Wekiy Witness. A National Oblikstirn. The proposition to have the Govern mnt aid the States in the improve ment of igh~ways. :as embodied- int the bills now before Congress. means only to diseharge a national obliention. The Governent belongs to the people. In its eontrol there is a community of in terest involved. The necessity for Government aid to good roads is so plainly apparent that it is outside the doain of controversy. Bad roads in the manted States cost the produc-ine people $l.5l.300.m) every twenty-four hors. This drain is fearful: it is deadening the natilonal life, a nd is at at onal dlisgrace. Good roads deve:op god people. 'Tie wagon roadis are tho' higialvays along wvhich civilization and de'vlpmefnt mEore. Trhe rural free de livry ini our posnal servi(c is doing nch to :iaken. ou~r Congressmen tuo The ne.'is of the ctounitry roads: and the' develonment of the touring auto mobIile' is b ring' ag thle uroan tioptii1 tion~ to ho et'r under'staind the highay neids of tihe nation. Every interest o ouri plet dema~nds good roads. and we can only have them through a great no i:il ml(P~ovemet, the G;overment ot the U-nited Staates leading thet way. C'liers. 'rnwns Maa't Wnnli You Watt. In the earings the log house is a rariy. hieause the portalie sawvmill goes atlon:: with the timbesrm~au and -li s the log imon framing and boardst fr the: dweiiing while you wait. Antd h pople~ a ra even in t9o('h with the vi:olbi. If they have- 1n0 time to phttt teephon:. pl'.. they mw i the in~sula tr to the trees anld runa thma wire tarugh the wo~ods. In the old days of mel -'Ptial We'Si." ib' kownl was bor whn the sal son. si.' smalibshp atnl t h enrnler tore :hr.- ope-n their J)ours. Ia int iJ'orthwer t he connuu-l~