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r^-v, , - - ..-'V. - ~ : mmmmrnnrn . ?1? 0 liural Free l>elivery an Aid. Wl?m|j T the recent International Good Roads convention, at . jk 7\ St. Louis, Hon. Frank E, XjL Nevins, of the United . M <?. States Postoflice Department, delivered an address in which he said: . y. "The establishment of the rural free delivery of mail throughout the country has produced a marked improvement in the condition of the highways. When there is a prospect of rural free s delivery in a community, work immediately begins on the roads. There are now in operation 23,000 rural routes over which carriers travel 550,000 miles delivering mail to about ^ 9,000,000 people. More than 13,000 bridges have be constructed over streams that would not have been built if it had not been for the establishment of the free delivery system. Nearly every portion of the country, where road conditions will warrant it, is now supplied with this service. But in many sections the bad conditions of the roads, or the lack of bridges, prevent the extension of the service. The % rural carrier of a standard route ia now expected to travel about twentyfive miles each day to earn his salary of $000 a year. He is required to furnish and maintain his own outfit and team, and to give a bo.id of $500 for the faithful performance of his duties. Experience has demonstrated that this ^ distance is too grput on account of the bad condition of the rotds. So many carriers have resigned, vhereby causing much confusion and labor in the department, that the Congress just adp journed has been compelled to add $1J0 a year to the salaries of the car riers of the country. This increase of salaries amounts to about $4,000,000 a year additional that the department has to pay to maintain this service on account of bad roads. Over a good graveled or macadamized pike road a carrier can easily make twenty-live miles a day six times a week. With the roads as they are, it is a question whether the next Congress will not be called upon to add another $4,000,000 ^ to the salaries of the carriers. "Under the road laws of most of the Western States at the present time work is done upon the roads in the fall by the various road districts, when there is no work to be done on the ^ farms. In the spring this work disappears. Nothing permanent remains, and the roads are in as bad condition, or worse, than they were before. The cost of $2000 to $6000 a mile for the construction of hard roads in this Western country is too great, in most instances, for road districts, townships and counties to bear; neither is it right that they should bear the entire cost. The public at large, which shares directly or indirectly in the benefits, should contribute to the expense. There never will be good roads in this country until the National Government takes the initiative in this movement, and the respective States of the Union join in with liberal contributions, and this again is supplemented by local en amnto rvm t i n pn tn 1 Eurone. England iVi^/AAWV* wand Ireland are covered with hard broad pikes built at the expense of the ^ governments of those countries. No country in the world ever yet had or ever will have permanent and passable highways constructed and maintained by local authority. !* "'Sixty per ceni. of the population of this country lives in the cities and villages; forty per cent, lives in the country. It is not fair or just to place the entire burden of good roads upon the shoulders of the farmer. The general public shares directly or indirectly in k the benefits and should bear the expense of an equitable tax for this purpose on all assessable values. The weight of it upon the individual would then be as light as a summer shadow. While this spectre of taxation may . frighten some of our skittish country friends and cause them to rear and plunge a little, they will find on closer inspection that the goblin is a harmless creature of the imagination. They will get back in benefits ten times more than they will pay out in taxes. "Why some of our friends spurn ' Government aid when it is offered them I cannot understand. They claim ^ to be opposed to it on principle, and can see no good in it. There are some people so constructed that when looking into a pool of water they can never ? see the sky and the clouds above it reflected on its surface, but only the mud at the bottom. "This Government never fails to do I the right thing in the end. It will not fail to do the right thing in this instance. The impetus given to this movement by a few progressive statesr men who introduced measures in Congress last winter authorizing National aid in the construction of highways, will -ultimately produce the results aimed at. It cannot fail to do so because the public interest demands it; the welfare and development of the country at large demand it, and it is bound to come in spite of those who raise their voices in opposition to it." Helpfnl Association. The movement to help the cause of good roads by organizing fin association that will be interested in keeping the roads in repair after they are built is one that deserves encouragement. The serious problem of good road building is to provide fou maintenance as well as construction, and no matter how carefully public authorities may act in this matter unofficial cooperation will be of some assistance; ,V ; THOUGHT 3HE WOULD DIE. Mr*. 8. W. Marine, of Colorado Spring*, Kcjan to Fear the WorSt ? Doan's Kidney Pills Saved Her. Mrs. Sarah Marine, of 428 St. Urain street, Colorado Springs, Col.. President of the Glen Eyrie Club, writes: "I suffered for three vears U W e r ^ i^eite<1 ' 1 never get well. * j A friend advised me to try Doan's Kid1 j ney Pills. Within a week after I began ' j using them I was so much better that ' i I decided to keep up the treatment | j and when I had used a little over two ! boxes I was entirely well. I have now '! enjoyed the best of health for more | than four months, and words can but j poorly express my gratitude." j For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ; cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. MATINEE ACCESSORIES. George?Did you have a good time) Gertie?Oh, lovely, lovely. George?Was the play good? !K*\ Kilt- T Vi o H nn mrr r*. | v*v A uwu VM U1J ug TT | hat end had a ho* of delicious carai mels with me.?Cincinnati Commer i cial-Tribune. WE CURE DISEASES OF MEN tWe guarantee a quick and lasting cure in all cases of SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON, STRICTURE, VABICOCELE, WEAK BACK, PROSTATIC TROUBLE AND jILL DISEASES PECULIAR TO MEN. ALSO ALL NERVOUS, KIDNEY, BLADDER AND RECTAL DISEASES AND RHEUMATISM. Imnnrtanf Drs. Leatherman k Bentley IHiporiattl the only specialists in j Atlanta who treat their cases themselves. ' Wrifp ** you canBOt cal1 describe ! IT IIIG y0ur troubles and receive by rej turn mail, free of charge, our diagnosis I blank. | BEST HOME TREATMENT. Consultai tion Free. Everything confidential. I | Drs. Leatherman & Bentley, i Cor. Marietta and Forsyth Sta., ATLANTA, GA. j Honrs: 8 a. m. to 10 p. ex. | Sunday: 10 to 1. I L. THE BE*T I WATKPfiCOF CLOTHING IN THE WORLD //,,/ /j / *ARS7IIBT!?eH?a mm** ^x2(y* MAr Jv n*o Mtu*xmnum mWM: taiekoswstitvto Vfl&cEfj^: ONSALeeyiRrwiac aTAMCUCMRSS 3HOWIN??fULL UNCOf GARMENT* AND HAW j A. 4. TOWER ca, aosTON. mask., w.s.a. i iTOsrta CAMAOUWCO.. ltd., toaoAtq. CAMAPAThe Watkins "Boy" Hay Press THE MARVEL OF THE COUNTRY. j Two boys can operate it (no other power need! ed) ana bale the erop right in the field at less I than cost of hauling to big press. It does lota I of other things and costs only S2C. Write U9 at once for circular No. 27. E. E. LOWE CO., Atlanta, Georgia. AP?WI BUY AND ftELL LUMBER.-^d C5^ Dropsy sss -LwH. -?r Removes all swelling in 8 to so . / days; effects a permanent cure Ji in 30 to 60 days. Trial treatment given free. Nothingcan be fairer WBBKRim Write Dr. li. H. dresn's Sons. 1 o?C5J.? o Atlanta | ?, * ^ VM D nw.., WANTED 1,000 Hen and Women to Try $6.00 Worth of Samples Frees, Send no money. Only send your name to W. C. HUG HEN. Atlanta, Ga. Thompson's EyeWater . WORLD'S FAIR 6T. LOUIS. Louisville and Nashville Railroad. If yon are going to the World's Fair yon < want the best route. The L. A N. Is the j chortest, qnlokest and best line. Three trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping j Cars and Dining Cars. Low Bate Tickets j sold daily. #et rates from your looal agent I and aak for tiokets via L. & N. Stopovkb | Allowed ,kT MAMMOTH CAVE, I j All kinds of information furnished on ap' plication to J. G. HOLLENBECK, Dist. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. 1 \ j HER WAY. 0\A Manager?So your prima donna j has a bad cold? Youthful Manager?Yes; she contracted it Old Manager?A contract, hey? Shell bfreak it inside of twenty-four hours.?Detroit Free Press. i *". ; ' * v .>1.. ; ;> ' r-"r p" ?" ?*:- : W0LVE8 INCREASING IN NUMBER Large Amounts Still Paid by Western States in Bounties. The wolf 1b more dreaded of humanity than any other animal. No doubt we of to-day inherit that dread from ancestors who had occasion to fear the long-fanged quadruped, for there are few portions of the world to-aay wnere tne w-uu m rtrany -ueuigerous to mankind. Dargercus to man's pocket, to his | herds JJid flocks, he is still to-day in | many portions of the country. A j ranch in Montana or New Mexico may pay many hundreds of dollars a year for gray wolf scalps. Such a scalp is cheap at $12 or $15 to the rancher, for the gray robber would certainly have destroyed many times that value in calves or colts from the range. Yet in spite of all the j warfare made upon .them, and all th'e prices pu: upon their heads, these dreaded, mysterious, ghostlike, terror inspiring creatures still hold their own. Outcasts for ages, hated, persecuted, 1hey still endure, each for himself, and without a friend on earth, even among his own kind. Last year the State of Minnesota paid over $6,000 a month in the best nf the wolf season. One dav of the month of last March the State Auditor paid $6,158.50 in wolf bounties. The total for the few months preceding was $36,548.50. On this basis the current year will foot up nearly as much as the two years pnjcefang, which appears to indicate that Brother Wolf is holding his own, even as a matter cf commerce. In many parts of the Western eattle range the gray wolves are increasing rather than decreasing.?Field and Stream. China's Medical .School. The Dowager Empress of China has given a sum of money for the establishment of an institution for teaching medicine, the management to be confided to the missionaries. _ { How's Thjs? We offer On* Hundred Dollars Reward for any case oi Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chsxet A Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. j Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him , perfectly honorable in all business transac- 1 tions and financially able to carry out any obligations! made by their firm. 5 West A Tbuax, wholesale Druggists, Toledo, C, 1 Walding, Kihka* A Mabvin, Wholesale 3 Druggi sts, Toledo, 0. ] Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and muoonssur-1 faoes of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. 8old by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constip ation. " ( His Just Deserts. ) 1 A Chicago railway ticket scalper must serve eighteen months in the 1 House oi Correction for fraudulently * representing himself to be i. clergy- 1 man to obtain half-rate tickets. FERVOR OF THE MOHAMMEDANS. j ] American Tourist Calls Attention to a Railway Gang at Prayer. ( I have often remarked the fervor of the Mohammedans, says Jerome Hart in the Argonaut. Their strict attention to their religious- rites is unique among denominations, so far 1 as my observation goes, for when the hour of prayer eomes, whether they find themselves in public or not, they J go through their devotions. I admire a loan who has the courage of his convictions, religious as wedl as political, and the unaffected devotion of the Mohammedans has always impressed nre. ' On the outskirts of Cairo one day we saw" a row of workmen on the railway lining up just as the muez- i zin's call to prayers rang out from an adjacent mosque. "Look," cried I. "There is another instance of Moslems' devotion to ttleir religious rites." "How so?" I was asked. "What do you mean? What are they standing in a row for?" "To pray," I replied, sententiously. "Don't you see they are facing toward Mecca?" Now they were ail standing in a row. As I spoke?as if at a given signal?they all went down. *3ee!" I cried. "They are prostrating themselves. In a moment you will mo. thom to how toward the sa OVv WUVAU W I. - ? _ - cred city and go through all the elaborate forms of Mohamm'e-cfan prayer. Ah, is it not interesting to see a group of ordinary workmen interrupt their toil in the middle of the day and turn to their religion?" We were all much impressed! I was particularly so. But as we gazed on them, with reflex religious interest, the row of men arose. With a unanimous grunt they rose, bearing on their shoulders a long steel beam, which they proceeded to walk away with down the railiway track. > * * < A~n awkward silence followed. I im- agined I heard a faint snickering, but I affected not to observe ft There" are moments when it is just as well not tc be too observing. NOT OUT FOR A GAME. Willie?I met our new minister on my way to Sunday school, mamma, and he asked me if I ever played marbles on Sunday." Mother?H'm! And what did you say to that? Willie?I said : "Get thee behind me, Satan!" and walked right off and left him.?London Tit-Bits. To cure, or moi - , .v'- * " " MODERN JAPANESE GIRLS. Have Entirely Adopted Occidental Education Methods. In an article in the Far East, Mme. Uchida, wife of the Japanese Consul General in New York, tells of the Japanese women as they were and are. She s;\ys: "In our mothefs' generation the girls were taught simply to become good wives to their husbands, and good mothers to their children; therefore they were educated to be modest, obedient and capable of controlling themselves. They are taught also how to keep house, how to sew, how to read and write, how to arrange flowers, how t? make and serve tea, and very often they also studied music and literature, but they received no school education such as they receive now. "Girls of the present time all receive a modern school education. Japanese ladies in 1904 are not contented merely to stay at home and take care of their children. They attend lectures, meetings and entertainments. They publish women's magazines and discuss their rights and duties. "I think there is no girl now in Japan who cannot write her own name, for the parents are compelled by law to send their girls as well as their boys to school when they reach the age of six. In the primary school girls receive the same AJmaaII MM TT*" 1* VA. o/4iTIHAnol CUtnJCtUUJJ CU5 k/VJ^ D, tt 11U. VJU-C ouuii.ivu?i study of sewing. After they graduate from the primary school many girls attend the high school. "A fact that might interest American readers is that the women in Japan never get stout when they grow old, although they take hardly any exercise. "Young men and women while they are in school or college take much outdoor exercise, hut as soon as they leave school they give it up. Tennis Is a popular game among young ladies." \ ANSWERED. "What," asked the female suffrage advocate with the square chin, "has become of our manly men?" "Some of them," replied the meek and lowly citizen, "have married svomanly women and are now engaged in raising childish children."?Chicago News. A SNOB'S GRIEVANCE. "Young man," said Mr. Dustin 3tax, "I had to work for my money." "Well, father," was the chilly reply, "enough people In our set are hrowing that up to me without your :alking about it."?Washington Star. FITS permanently cured. No fits ornervousless after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great tferveRestorer,$2triaLbottleand treatise free Dr. B. H. Kline,Ltd., 981 Arch St., Phila., Pa. The United States leads all countries as i consumer of coffee. Piao's Cure cannot be too highly spoken ol u a cough cure.?J. W. O'Bbikn, S22 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900, The average cost of labor in the production of coffee is 4.7 cents a pound. Dyeing is as easy as washing when Putnam's Fadeless DVes are used. The Czar employs 30,000 servants. At 41-04) CRICHTON1 /7J /W ^^LuiSiiUlUYVI a Shorthand Dept., E. O. Crlchton. Bookkeeping >ept., D. E. Shumaker. Catalogue free. L O. Oriehton, Prop., Kiaer Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. * T Hnu/n 1 fiTW^I I UIW " UVTTll ( Don't spend from $5( S9[/ much less money yo 5&J9 i Down Repeating She -relf? outlast the highest5?|| besides being as sal j 4 X1 / dealer can show you 01 ' FREE: Ow h ^ WINCHESTER REPEAT! ley refunded by your mi 1 letter follows, is ano position who owes her " - - " * * < t Lydia h. 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