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riLE STIREA ..\!v'.m deeii; toe Wthe Ia 'The fioc'rets 11:Ow ti; e -Crc', To clai.; trees are.: e. In ~arden plots te h : And houlse stand h l:nd, And thouu descenlet stili. ) liFe de;cendin- into d:U,, Our waking eye behold. i'r:>nt and friend thy lape atend, Compjanions young and oid. Lj-1J r rLrLrL1J he Firs jrLMl-LnJ~flXU-L 0 ONCE eALMENT wias impios . sible. Subterfuge availed nothing. Besides I wanted . NEither. She had run stra ight into ny arimS, LereIi uroad day-lit Regent streer. Aid the place she had run from was "Tihe Beauty Shop." as Daniel Wood roffe calls it. In other words. sli emerged (I like "emerged:" properly read it spells mystery dark alleys. se crt0 doorS in panels, furze-frinrged com mons. assignation's masks. highway men, romance)-she emerged fron t narrow passage that led to an otic where. with a childlike pretence 01 knowing nothing at all about each oth er, six or seven businesses got them selves conducted by one ueagre staff The businesses were: 1. The Artemis tigure improver. 2. Tbe Sells Tablet (for redinog em bonpoint:. 3. The Athenian System of Physica. Culture. 4. The Turkish Bath Cupboard. 5. The - I forget the others. bui I know that one of them was the cow pauy for helping people not to ge drunk. In less intimate circumstances I should have looked the other way. Bul when a lady is in your arms it does not much matter to her which way you look. To pretend that I had not seen her would have been idle: to pre-tenl that I did not recognize her impossible, .as well as disingenious. for she had changed. in those six years. almost as little as my thoughts of her. So I said. "You!" And she said. -How ykni frightened mne" Then she began to wavilk along the pavement, and I walked beside her. "I have just been to see my dress maker"-she spoke very fast. "The number of timiizs one h-is to be fitted-" She broke off because she saw that tle lie was wasted. She was never one to be extravagant in her untruti. "Our old friendship," I said. She laughed then. "Oh. well. our old love.' said I. "Your old love." she correctel. "Well. what about it?" "Does it-I'm very stupid about these 'things, you know: I've no exper'ience (does it give one thc right to ask qjues tions?" -"No," she said, decisively. "but you Yu~ay if you want to, all the same." "Then." said I, 'let mte ask whether you'll come and have tea wvith me? I've L'een away for nearly six years. I sup pose one still has tea? One Used to once upon a time. You remember: and--" "Certainly," she said, sweetly. And we went. After the tea qu~estion I .asked no more. ."But." she said over thre teacups, when we had said all we wanted to say, and a good deal more, about Cen '.rai Africa and nmy six years. and Gil bert Chrester'ton's poems. and Sutro's Iatest play. and the unemployed, and the Russian revolution-"but didn't y'ou wvant to ask me something?" A "Yes." I assented; "but I wvon't if you'd rather not." Of er she protested that she not m r. least. I knew she would. "Well," I began, "I should like to ::isk you whether you've taken to secret drinking?" I wish I could paint her face for you. But that can't be done with just ink. "But," I persisted, "it really must be that-because all the other' trades that are plied in that first can't have anyihinrg to do with you. You don't want the Seils Trhinning Tablets. or the Athenian Beauty Restorer, or the Arte mis figure-" "Don't." she interrupted: "if you'd be nice instead of being horrid I'd tell you. I'd dearly like to tell some one." she added, musing. "You've long longed to betray the se cret, but you couldn't find the right I~er'son to betray it to? Yes? Tell me!" "I hav'e"-she spoke very solemnly, and I don't know what I expected her to confess that she had-"I hatve * * * a wrinkle." "It's invisible." "That's bec'ause I've got a veil on. Andi the light i'n these tea shops was invented on purpose for wvrink led peo ple and peole with dyed hair and brand new faut-y complexions. Besides. it doesn't showv very much, really. Only * * * I know it's there." "The case doesn't seem very desper ste." I said. eating mutfin discreetly. "A\h: but It's only the beginning. Don't vou see? It nmeans that I'm gr'owing Old." ' You've go: a long way to go,' I qiuoted. ''Don't he vul:gar. I know I'm r.ot old yet. bult I'm getting old. And I'm ''You've nonij:n;: to he afr'aid of. Old see is' di'niti''d. beautiful.'' 'I know ai that: Doe you think w'omien won ; he d igtnifie'd and be'au tiful-juist d:in!!!e.I and beauiu!u 'I slhoith1 ..aVe tihon::hlt so." I said. "I confess I 10't,1 for'watrd to seeing may wvife old. anid dianitled. and beauti~ ftul. and beovel1 "Oh. you'rs mtarr'iedl?" she cried. and p:ausOen a t:C:n in flec'tion. She spoke :' . '!: fi:. :lmnost at once. "Oh " she* .e"ei. in qite acnother key. "''m'n o. :.1. Now~ I can talik to) you A: y' won't think ** And yo'on't el :: your wife. 'Be loved:'' T!:' jut it-that's what women w '''ino aty of the other things. "We!! a da-a': vou?" "I don 't mem "that I want it now. At leas ' Ni-but rea!!y, I'w a littl s kof t. to.>. One's alw.ays b ei n belve by' '~ :a' v rong people But I i, a : :' set into the coh Strongr purp:ose our mr~ie-ses ')ur heari:s affecions Ail We toi: and 'arn. w1 .k and Iearn, O end to which our curentz tnil, Inevitable -;w To which .v low, whrat (o w.e know, What snal we gue.;s of tbee A roar we hear upon thv shore As we Our course luitil' Scarce we d:vine a sun will shine And be above us stiil. -Arthur Ilu-h Clough. iWrinkle4 love other people for, that I loved yor for once." "And much good they'fl do me: Don I know? So long, as you're young ain(' good to look at your biain and yon heart are able to se iire valoir. An, when you're old-you mnay be St. Te resa and Plato rolled into one, an who cares?" "I care," said I. "Oh! you," she said. "What is you wife lil:e? Is she fair?"' "She's dark." said I: "as dark a. you are. But we weren't talkin;: about wives. We were talking abou love." "No-about youth and beauty," sih contradicted. "Don't you see tha youth and beauty are like the magic lantern screen? Without them yot can't show the world an3 little bits o: cleverness or niceness you may happei to have." "And you want to show the litth bits of niceness and cleverness!' "Well-one wants to be liked, yet kno'w." "You mean." said I, "that unless man is a little bit in love with you h can't see your good points?" "No, I don't," she said cros.ily: "bu if you're nice to look at people troubl to find out whether your're nice ii other ways. And then you get friends But when you're old-Look at Mrs Basingstoke. She's cleverer than I an -cleverer than you are-and as goo as gold, and people turn from hei 0-" "To yonder girl that fords the burn Yes. By people you mean meu,J suppose." She hesitated a moment-her elbow; on the table. and her eyes through hei veil shining. Then a little detinutly "Yes." she said. "I do. You knou% quite well that men are better friend: than women. They 'uderstand thing: better. and they cha.; er less." ' "Yet," said I. "some of my dearesi friends have been women." "Isn't 'that exactly what I am say ing? There's something about thE friendship between men and women that makes it quite different from othei friendships-m'akes it more alve, more real." "Of course there is," I acquiesced; "and that something is-Danger." "Danger?" she scoffed; "oh. well. of course, people do fall in love with' you sometimes. even if they're you~ friends. But that's not what I mean. I've been friends with.people that I couldn't think of as lovers without a shudder-people I wouldn't touch with a pair of tongs." "I don't believe you." I said: "you shake bands with your friends, don't "You know what I mean-I mean people one couldn't marry if one were the last woman in the world, and they wvere the last man. D:.nger, indeed. No. it's not that--" "But." I persisted, "if you have-and you know you have-such heaps o1 friends, and many of them people you wouldr't touch with a pair of tongs because its pleasanter and simpler to touch their bands with yours-why worry? You've won you-: friends by your beauty. You'll keep them by al' your other gifts." "Oh, no I shan't," shc said; "dlon't you believe it! Some girl will come along, and then all my other gifts won't be worth one ci her silly smiles. Don't I know? Look at 3Mrs. Sim mons." "I dIon't want to ;ooi. at any one but you," I said, and I leaner my arms on the Table. "MIrs. Basingstoke ought tc be contented with the love of her hius band and her children." "She hasn't any," she said triumph antly; "she's no more married than I am-not so much really." "MIy dear Lady-" "Well, her husband's dead, and when he was alive she never looked at any one else; and she hasn't any children. And she never was fond of him." "And you have been fond of some one? Yes. That gives you the ad vantage. And so you went to the beauty shop to get the wrinkle taken out, so that for a few more years yom might show your wit, and your good ness on the magiclantern screen of your beauty." 'I do want people to go on liking me." she admitted plaintively. "Wo'uldn't one person do?" "If he were the right one. of coursE lie would. But when he wants to bE he never is. I'm talking nonsense,: she said, and rose. "Let's go." "Don't you want a hansom?" I said on the pavement outside. "I don't want anything." she said "Geodby." But we too: the hansom. One can not talk wel' . a hansomis. We did no speak ano r :wenty wvcrds till wt were in her :ing room and she ham taken off her hat and huffed up he hair before the mirror. Then I said "It's six year's since-" "I know." she said. "'mz nearly thiry. Go home to your wife anm ha irns, hiaddie ." "I aim more than for'tv." I said: "it' a chill age. And I haven't any bairnls. "Then I pity you." said she. "I've been: out of England a loni ime. You hamvent chauged hir~f a much as you ought to have chianged. "That's because I've always ha( some one to like me." "Show mec the wrinkle," I said. She pushed her hair back from hel white forehead. "There:"' she saidl: "now go. I wisi I hadn': said all the things I havy said. Go nome to your wife and for get them." 'I haven't any wire," I said. "But vou told me-" "I only told you that when my wift was i.d I expected he: to be dignifief andt beuutiful and beloved. Do y01 --O-- The pause was lon. said sonierhiing. "Yes. I telle-:e I do." she sa:d, "and you have. all the time-really,': "'Win interludes." I 'r wNed. "bit well-ye.;. all the time." "'lit im iihpossible." she urt. and it was the la5st defense. 'Yoii know so much about mae-now." "Doi you think." i sa. 'that t's ratlhe r ..n aldvantage' "And'l the interiludes:" she be:.. "Are rine the only rnesi'' I a;ked, coming nearer. "Ah. don ':" she said: "all that doe::n't count." *Exactly," said I.-.Vestninster Ga zette. QEN TFIC7e According to La Nature. American museums of natural history are re imarkable for their restorations of van ished types. European mu..euins lack ing such inteoresting exhibits. residents in Edinburgh are much perturbed by the discovery that their water supply is polluted b: the pres ence of a living organism, white in color, but described from its shape and general appearance as *a water tlea." Miany of th! Belgian :ape.s dwell upon the necessity for good imilk as a preventive against s'ekness. reports Consul 31eNally; of Liege. le states that many experimelnts have been made there on the absorbing qualities of milk, and that the Belgian depart ment of agriculture is rging greater care in hmndling cows, and for sani tary stables, etc. Hydrophobia, which has practicaliy been stamped out in England. stil: flourishes in most Continental coun tries. Germany tops the list with an annual average of 2632 dogs aud cats destroyed for -:his reason, while the figures of France are 22;:. In Bel gium. Switzerland and Holland eases of hydrcphobia are rare. the tota! for all three countries combined beting un der fifty. Another has just been added to the list of the world's recovered niaim moths. It has been found at Terdonek. in Belgium, during the cutting for the Terneuzen Canal. and was met with at thirty-three feet below the surface. The skeleton was entirely complete. The pieces first struck by the drag in clided the sacrum, a piece of the mas cillary, a femur and a tusk thirty-niue inches in length. In riveting with pneumatic hammelinrs. two men and one heater nverage 500 rivets in ten hours, whereas-by hand 230 rivets is a good day's work for three men and one heater. The cost per rivet, according to the Engineer ing and MIining Journal, was 3.f2 cents by pneumatic hammer. and 3.6S cents by hand. On 03.-1S0 rivets in a shipyard at Chicago the machine cost was 1 cent to 3.5 cents. the baud cost 2.3 cents to 4.5 cents.-Seientitle Atmer ican. Germany claims to be making won derful progress in the adoption of wire less methods of communications for inland purposes. Several stations ex ist already, and anothe:' has quite re cently been established at Oberschone weide. which is to place Berlin and Dresden in communlietion over a dis tance ?a 111 miles. There are also re ports that German-: it about to make a most remarkaLM' step in advance of all the rest of the world in the instalha tion at Nordeich. in Frisia. of long distance telephoning by a wireless sys temn. The radium treatment of rabies is discussed in the Centralblatt fur Bak teriologie of Jena, Germany. A. nm ber of laboratory animals were inocu lated with the rabies virus and subse quently treated with radium rays. At the time of the report, which was two months subsequent io the inoculation, the animals were considered cured. It was found that 10,000 radio-active units applied directly upon the eye of inoculated rabbits had the same ef fect whether the applications were continued for eight hours, or whether eight applications were made of otne hour each. It is claimed that these studies show that the rabies virus is rapidly decomposed by radium rays ad modified into very effective vac ci2 toward ratiet Cauah? Napping~. "It pays sometimes to have the right kind of lawyer," remarked W. T. Pur dy, a well-known mining man of the Northwest, at the Paiace Hotel. "'I was a witness in a case a few weeks ago in Seattle in which a colored man was seeking damages for perman.ent in juries sustained in ann accident to an elevator wvhich be was running. The plaintiff claimed that lie haud been maimed for life by being permanently deprived of the free use of his right arm. Although the accident had hap pened months before, his arm was stil crippled, and he was unalek to risei5 it above his waist. He expla:ined aill this with much feeling anmd ea:rnles;ons duir ing his direct exami nation. Th'len the attorney for the owvner of the building too him ini hand. -Show us how high you can raise your arim.' said the attor-ney. "Amnd the detendant feebly raised his arm a few inchies. - -Now showv us how- hi;gh youi <-onid raise your anni before you were in juied.' pursued the attorney. "And the defendant unhe.Ia tinugly a nd uinthIink ingly ra isedl lie nri ppied arm high abhove iiis head. t huis knock ig his damage claim skywaird wvith onec eloquent gesturIe.Mai nFamncisco Chronicle. IA Thought For the Week. I always believed in life rather than in b)ooks. I suppose every day of earth. with its hundred thousand deaths arid something more of births-with its loves and hates, it triumphs and defeats, its pangs and blisses, has miore of human -ity in it than all the books that were ever written put together. I believe the flowers growing at this moment send tip more fragrance to heaven titan was ever exhaled fromt all the essen~ces e ver distiled-F'romi "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," by O~iver Wen~ dell Holmes. 80UTH ERN * f TOPICS Of INTEREST TO THE PLiANTE Preparing a 1sa'h 241 mio - If the land is fresh and has just been cleared. it should be cultivated at least two years in conton ov sume other Vt0p adapted to the locality. Should this' iew land be too rich for peaches. the fertility should be reduced by pianting corn or some other exhaustive crop for a year. If it is old and worn out. it should be restored to a state of fer tility before setting out the trees. The land should be broken up to the propr depth with a two-horse plow. followed with a subsoiler if necessary. Cim son clover. cowpeas. potatoes or other crops which will require fertilization are excellent as cover crops to turn under. After the land has received the proper plowing and subsoiling. I rec ommend broadcasting or drilling in peas in* May, using one bushel to the acre; 150 to 200 pounds good fertilize.' per acre will materially increase the growth. In February or March I break up the peavines by running over the ground with a cutaway harrow, then turn under with a good turn-plow. As the depth of the top soil has been in creased, the land can be plowed to a greater depth than at the previous plowing. I subsoil again, if necessary. and in November the land is ready for the orchard. Another excellent mode of prepara tion is to sow crimson clover in Sep tember, first broadcasting with stable manure or applying good commercial fertilizer. The clover is plowed under in May and peas sown. All )each lands should be deeply and thoroughly plowed, because after the trees are planted and are in growth, they enn not be plowed deeply. All places in the orchard where the top soil has been washed away should receive care ful and special attention: !iucli places are devoid of humus. This must be supplied by a liberal application of I stable mafure or compost. Peas or clover, which must be plowed inder in March. should follow in two years by treating as above mentioned. these depleted parts of the orchard can be made very fertile. The land is checked off at the proper distances with a good two-horse turn plow. At the intersections hoics two feet square are dug, the top soil is thrown to one side. I use a liberal anonit of well-decomposed stable ma nure in each hole, and have this thor oughliy incorporated with the soil. If stable manure is not available, then I use from one to two pounds bone-meal, or the same quantity of a mixture of two parts acid phosphate to one cotton seed meal. When using chemical fer tilizers the best results aire obtained by first setting the tr-ee, filling up the hole one-half its depth, and then applying the fertilizer, but mixing it thor-oughly with the soil. The earth must be tirmed well about the roots of the tr-ee and leveled off. After the tr-ees have put out a growth of one and one-half to two inches. I rub off all but three growths, so dis tributed that the tree will he well bal anced- The early rubbing off can not be too thoroughly emphasized; a great saving of time is effected by rubbin~g off before the young gr-owth becomes tough. The trees shotuld be gone over once or twice during the growing sea son to remove all supertiuous growth. f these are allowed to attain sonme length it is then necessary to use tihe pruning knife, a slow and more expen sive operation.-L. A. Berkmans. Some Rtutee For Fatteninr Hoge. The following rules, published in the Frarmr's Ihome Journal. are good, but :1 not apply to razor-backs, which pick up their living in the woods. But if you have an impr-oved brced, it will pay to treat them pr-oper-ly. Mr. Forest Henry, writing on the above subject in the Minnesota Farm er's Institute repor-t, advises the heg breeder to get al the growth possible while warm weather lasts, Feed lib erally while it is goed weather, says Mr. Henlry. even though It takes lots of corn, hut (10 not let the brood sows r-un in with the driov-e that is being fed for the market, as they get too fat. thius endangering thieir- breeding qualities. While your pen of hogs is changing' so much-I Porni into pork look out for the health of your her-d. This is the time swine plague and hog cholera get in their work. I canniiot gvC you a positive pre veitve for these diseases, but this much is certainl: Anything that will keep your heird in a healthful -onditionl is a preventive of that (ireadfuil diseas5e. and at the same time wviil pay twir-e its cost in the gener.ilI thrift of your hozs. There1- ar e setr-al h iundi'ed hiogs tha t died in our neighborIhood laist season. I made it a stdy: took close obter'va tion an uaid downi (th 1ese riules to gidet me in amy own herd, andl snl-eeded in b iinging them-a thiroutgh wthlout any 3. Breed from ma mure stock. 2. See thmat thety have dry. cin sleeping quarters. Ncws Items. Wiliam A. iHurris agreced to accept l e I emoe"O:ic no1hmathio f or' (h ne m:- oJ oansas :at te hands or thme n: I iranit-sc felt ear'ttquae . hew imeb lasit-d nea!v a 111nlint' and thriewv downxi danmged walls. lii. re'pts thal Mount Tacoma is i i a state ol erupitio it I S deied The relief work on the ruined city is Jorsn 'apidly and reconlstruec tion han begunm. Rev. Drm. Algerinon S. Crapsey wasm pu on trial fori heresy in Batavia. N. Ni:wtIcen pe::ents we're killed andi Sh -,mded be enar'ds and ('oFsack s at iexitza. a 1Runssiana village. In t ie figh iing hi wveen ('a ihtlies' nd Mariavits at Lesnoes. 1Ru5sia. p iit' xer'e muitilatedt and men goutg <RM -- f_0 TES ?1. SyCNMN N 'C %-R nIII 1.4 suddhl changs unie 11 their h * r e-e oered 4. Se bn Lwy har fee :icce.-s,to 5. .We tha thwy have :xnod shadle S.e! tla t y re:i not obliged to ,at tli-lr feed in tilh and ni111. and vhat i. still vorse, i the dust. 7. Never feed on :n exclu-sive corn net. S. Do not inbireed. . See tihat their sit rrou ndiing.s are epr clean. In warm wt-:ther du11st rehlime arouind any piaces, thant are pt to givfe oil' a stench. I keep the following mix ture in a lry place where they van lelp them elves the year rounid: One load a.-hes, 00 pounids salt. tifty pounds sulphur. :wenty pound- nopperas. one barrel inme: mix thoroughly. In addition I ifien fed chircoil .id soft coal. III our opiiion o me exc(edinaly im ori-tanUt poin:ts are I onehed on above. ome will take exception to the state eu t that fattening hogs lould not w fed oi aln cxelusive morn diet. How iver, we think that the imijority of accessful corn ireeders will idlilorse Ir.% IHenry's view. Fattening hogs f*-d sir:Ught c--ra ra 1ion are very apt to finih up withoIut naking sufficient size. If they are ed such by-prodts as talnknige. oil neal or sLorts. it is sulrriing Low ogs a year old will grow and at the ame time thicken in flesh. An excellent iha is to feed some ?orm of sip at noon if the hogs are ed their heavy grain rations night n morning. although some believe in he practice of feeding the slop first thing in the morniig :ind :ifterwards ilowing the hogs to have a liieral ra on of corn. A slop Coiposed of corn meal and orts. and especially so if to this is itdded a little oil meal and taiik.re, -ill contribute to rapid and ecnoli-l -al gains. The Cominr Crop or tie South. The cowpea as a pa yin g crop 1has lever been fully realized by the great ass of the farmeirs as it should be nd as it will be in the future. This s plainly obvious to the iitelligent )bserver who iravels anlmg the pine uid farmas of the South. This is more !1inly shown by those who persist in lanting about .1li their avaiiable land u cotton: the quickest :nd surest routo o tinancial ruin that could be phlaned in the farm. and while this clas of -aIers are rumm themselves. 1*ey ire ruiin g their soil andl contributing hir pairt to injumre all the othler cotton hiters by overproduction. The de :erimationm of the soil is probably thme ;orst feature aibout it. Now to fully ealize the fac-ts take the average yield if cotton or* corn per a'-re iln the South; bout one-third bale or eight or ten ushels corn per acre. This in itself :peaks louder thanm words that the soil sadly neglected by the average armer and the deteriorationm continues orse each year. Tis will be at 'alamity on next generation if a rad cal change is not maide. The great remedy for sure and quick sults for the better is the cowvpea: t has all good qtualities and 110 had ines: it amakes food for your family. *our horses. cattle. hogs. chickens. and est for your cotton-sick soil that will ~nable it to pr-oduce fifty per cent. nore after each crop grown. It will toule your crops a fter two crops cas andmi enmnefe the value of the ;oil In) per cent. Indeed, it seems strange that so good thing ha~s been so commonly negect to make a big crop) of cotton or 'ather to increamse the c-ottoni acreage. Another convincing fetu tre in favor f the pea crop is it can be planted as second crop after simall gmrainm and in -or. thus making two( good crops. but here are thousands of acres that hould he devoted to peas exclusively year or two to enable it to make a aying erop. If one-hnlf the cotton land in thme oth cou1ld haive a good growth of eas each year the other half would roduce in a yecar 0or two as much cot n as all do now. to say nothing of the n stock that wvould consume the op. Thlere is nothing that gives reater returns for the labor and 1nany invested than the pea cr-op pron ly planted. To give my idea in igres I beg to give my expense and irotit on p0:ns tis year. Haing failed to ma~ke a good crop peas laist .11'r due to insects. I ough t anid planted onec-halIf bushel ias on each necre, corn amt laist work mg. ait a c-ost of eighty cents for seed ld cost of sowing: no extra labor fterwards. Results. ienetit to hmnd or next c-iop per :Iere. at lowest esti nlIc. $5: lpens. per ac-ie. seven amil one iaif hiushels : 57.51) elentr of picki ng' il ail 51'2.t1. Cast of sd and1( sow~ing, 1 net prtiti. $11.5li.--W. R. F. Lewis. Iniani steamI rednin1005 iII ~'X. earnemd Plantation Philosophy. A woman never likes to admit that -4e is beaten-even if hier husb:and eats her. Eve a0 1 Lw'oman who is not dev-e' t Sir!es to wailk ill a way that wid Some pieole art theic fool intent til ilc yIll olhcrs who ha~vce 15 ivl( abliV wVilcie attainl siii rt -esuls. i 2('ndne5 11 1 hI i-ce uiit:0 ' L lF'ery Vdin Ks wvil inc to pah b-u p a !: rre lpovi\ hen:j~ is ai!"wed h" e- a ilrg h1:1 h- is th1e headl of: the Ihe me: earnin- of the i.:elcc ltes -Steel( (irpii;ttionm fo' the s ren C Sand on C6:y. ,%ty E lw iauabe in formnation is taken from a g le-ter whviichi the write-r has reTceived from, Ronad Suiper 140 ,visor. Mr. 'F. II. Owens, wviio .an authtority On the construe tionl of l.:y roads. HjTe Saiys: -The nece.ary fepwntity of !,and on clay. or chiy on sand. has to be deter mined by experimIent !ing. Whien the road has been; prope j, graded. and the road-be(_d is of sand roundation. the vlay is spread evenlly ovrthe surface to a depth of fromn foir to si~x inches, the dlepth depending on the per cent. (it sand in the clay. If the -oaad-bed is cf clay foundation. the sand is spread onl a little thicker. say from six to eight inches. The clay or sanld is simply spread on. not mixed, as the mixing11 is dlone by she travel over the road.* which is not interfered with While the r -ad is in course of con struction. I find after thorough exper! muenting that sand on elay does not give us as good results as clay on s.-and, on account of the drainiage being in sufficient under the road-bed and the clay not being as porous as the sand. "As to the Curability of the roads treated in this manner, I will state that those which were built five years aigo are in as good condition now a1S when constructed, and in some in stances better. Of course the roa(-s have to be runi over occasional~y and repaired, wiclh is quickly and easil *y done. SZometimes when there is mnhnt tr-avel over the roads small holes will %vear in them, due to a lack of elay or sand being not at that particular point. I find -hsto be the case near Colum bia where travel is necessarily greaf er than in the remote scetions of the country. There are come roads in the country, constructed five years ago, that have had no repairs and are now in firs;t-class condition. "We have about fou., hundred miles of public road.-, iuilt on the sand clay method out of a tetal of about six hundred and fifty miles in the country. These roads are giving per fee 'atsfatin.and have stood the tests of hard rains and constant travel. The ecst of constructing roads by this miethod depends on the amount of garadingz to be done anC the distance the sanld or clay has to be .iarled. The cost of repairs is 7vary slight. "In construetmlzg roads, by thi-s meth od #:are must be takent not to g-etsthe cross-section grade too heavy, as this Iwill have a tendency to cause the Isand o: clay to washzl from the sur face of the road." Terare ery or mny~i scet on,; in tnis conrprtclryirteSuh where sad and cuy are th onyavail ample f Ri"hand onCouny. S . W. . o'lison.3 i tureau o Pbl ItoaInuires, Was hington, D.te C.s A od .od m etingro waso rentl which tetownsips' reord ere posroc duced o sho that 'l t'fh~l.e pr stamoun of'mone raised y tlaxatiyo and onil cal f.or localo improvemens tas I modtr tha ne-thir e ageriICI tha a~ fe tear aoatuhthe t a-~ so ax roiiae. the saye It spras eldi, that' the increase in ~ Cth vaeof rope'r to had inces, brhetabouthsoeenlyn on the cnte tio sfaud roadwac~y. Ith wastaed. iha tel fonatipsn, theun wih hade~ borowe montey toikr cary onroad work toun ehthenlves ale -or red materllflly thread on.ebt meah yas thy roason ofwhe isnreasedrfelue ofirea eteGo Iradis inagazine.Q cn .netin Bttit se od odsno givetu asu.Good Rsuls 3agcayzine.nd on a Aouid oChepdanaeting in Wuict goodrd the rfarers cundh mlayrnet their asrosas thne nd.ce which to moe theaili ofrpthe randhs troatd reiv the mpnerii stralnstte that mhonemrt which bitnieatrl hage adresinasgoo efconditioe nos ness ofwhe hoecounry. and soeach eve to te rnatonar oceasurly and aiwedl whilchi quion, and asuc doeSogess.eHighway teremn is a~vr Tael other the rad mall hwas selli soeri tyeallon due thelc stret ad he. sad bhemn ot at that ptricula poidnt. Tw fidohs woerte plasinaroum-ea bian whe te isa hessrety gral -ier' haomte remote secio off then Tey. er are thestrong in tier that praeny had nairsped are dows rolic ovr oad top onthe balosand clayk-bnm:th oursatt one abourt: sithure. adffymlsi h cIuthrnk Thse twoados ate inpr fe.n safritofl andi ave stoo ad the twoe rd rain had happentd srayel hme cht. osrcig od yti meto daepe on theastrmount ot adinuto . onad he antwhose bthe aorona hat benspid enoaugh mone otof rearsh isto. slightey.gea A.n outmobilg oad by is m eh thing in must bie ofet noto esorie 11 iy he a tendyli and paethca tinan bound to cal1fo hem sr-i I oe of the e ad ok.wul"as bered br y mmbr sc on ihn tanic wheeuadnd aond poletemonly aail in.ar in seiviodup here such dicon-s flfrI thf dtehrn. County. uS. Cb W.tI-'e Toins. Breauf ofivl pube. .itoad .nres, WashngtonbDr C. 1iIDSJANE~E RD NOT MAY THIRTEENTH. Christ's Life.. Lessons From His Miracles of Healing. Matt. 9: 27-34; 25: 31-40. Christ is always saying to u2. "'Ac cordipg to your faith be it unto you'' Faith is the key to all blessedness. The blind men were healed, not so much that the. mighit see as that they might speak. Their gratitude was better than their vision. There are still "dumb devils" that need casting out! Do you think of Christ as sitting on. a radiant throne? Think of Him as suffering in the boav of the next wretched man whom yoA could help. Suggestions. The only thing at which Christ wondered was the splendid faith of a Gentile. Perhaps He is now wonder ing at our unfaith. Christ healed bodies in order to the far more important healing of souls. Christ's promise that we should do "greater things" than He is fulfilled In the marvels of modern science. Will Christ answer prayers for healing now? Yes, if the prayer Is willing to be denied. Illustrations. To Christ, the Creator, a sick hu man body was like a halting machine to the inventor of it. There was no 'real marvel in Christ'. healing; the marvel would have been if He had kept from heal ing,-as if a fire should burn without heat or a lamp without light. Christ's miracles were the mint mark stamped upon His teachings. Healing radiates 'from Christ as light from the sun, and the true Christian must reflect it like a mir ror. Questions. Are you trying to heal the sins and sorrows of those around you? Has Christ been a Physician to your soul? Are you spreading the prais3 of the Great Physician? The medical mission is the out come of the living teachings of our faith.-Isabella Bird Bishop. Christ is now, through His dis ciples, healing more sick, opening more blind eyes, binding up more broken-heated, than He did in Pales tine eighteen hundred years ago.-F. N. Pelouber. EFWOHTH [laUl ESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 13. Investing Our Lives.-2 Tim. 4. 6-8. Anniversary Day. The seventeenth anniversary of the . Epworth League will be celebrated on May 13. A complete and attra'tive program will be prepared, which every chapter ought to use. It is intended .to be sim ple, sensible, and full of interest. Its successful presentation is meant to be within . the powers of the smallest chapter, and yet the largest should find it entirely worthy of being used. Do not permit any light reason to interfere with the use of this special program. It affords every chapter th'e one opportunity of the year to put its work fairly and strikingly before the whole church. The whole day may be profitably de voted to the anniversary theme. Per haps the pastor may be willing to preach a special sermon at the morn ing hour. The evening service should be entirely devoted to the special pro gram. Of course, there must be an understanding with the pastor, so that the chapter may have hid consent and cooperation. Magnify the occasion in every pos sible way. Emphasize its importance by careful preparation, Dy vigonrous advertising, by general participation. Let the entire celebration be on the high level of the League's tru-e import ance and dignity. not use the- anniversar-y program they should yet plan to celebrate the day in some way or other. Ev-ery year the official program pro vides for the installation of officers and the graduation of Juniors. These exercises may be made part of the eel ebration, even though the rest of the program is not used. Wheat has two uses. It may be eaten, or it may be sown. Eaten, it satisfies the appetite of the moment and ministers to the needs of the body. Each grain has one grain's value, and no more. It abideth alone. Sown, it dies. But out of the death of the wheat comes the life of the harvest. The grains are buried in the dark earth. The fields are brown and bare above them. But soon there is a shimmer of green, then a sea of gold. Each grain of the sowing has risen from death, but with its life and its value multiplied thirtyfold. Life may also be put to two uses. It may be eaten, or it may be sown. It may be consumed as it comes, each day's power antd worth used to satis fy each day's i:esires. That way there is~ 'ratification for the moment, but no gain1 of inhluenre, no strengthening of the forces of life, no enlargement of Ife's meaning. Life may be invested for others. And that way comes the increa:e ot influence, the widening of lifv's out look. the enrichment of life's purposca and results Must Have Been a Sight. A magazine editor was, sadly prais ng William Shari). recently deceased in Sicily, who achieved no little famc as a poet under the pen name of Fior.a McLeod. "'Sharp." he said. "wrote meian choly, dreamy things, but he was per sonally a cheery, vigorous soul. He was one day praisirng the real literary talent that humble, uneducated people often show in conversation. "He said tha-. in Londonderry one afternoon he waSsated in a barbex shop when a farmer entered to get his hair cut. The farmer's locks had an odd, ragged look and the barber, after regarding them scornfully. said: "'Who cut: your hair last. old man?' -My wife.' the farmer answered with an awkward smile. -Thne barber snorted. 'What did she '1o i' with-." he asked. 'A aknife and An Itaim who tried to walk ::rough the SimpLonl tunnel was eU~kd b- :he he: and died.