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Tur fiicr ci A* K I 4 \ 4 \ tit uniiitot oi Any Failure by China to W ishes ' ICCEPTEDAS A CASUS BELLI Enthusiastic Lady Clerks of the Navy Department GREET SCHLEY WITH KISSES. Storm> Scenes Between English Minister and Russian Charge d' Affairs Gather ing of English and Russian Warship in Chinese Waters. The Pekin correspo ndeut of The Lamtau Daily Mail says: "The situatiou has suddenly become acute. The relations between the Tsuug L Yamen and Sir Claude MacDonald, the British minister, are strained to the point of rapture. Sir Claude MacDonald has intimated that any failure by China to observe Great Britian's wishes will be acecepted as a casus belli. In support of Sir Claude MacDonald the tleet has been concentrated at WeiHai-W'ei and riankow. and all the warships under .*>,000 tous have been mobilized in the Yang Tse river. Begins to Look Like War. A special dispatch from Shanghai, 6ays: "Violent scenes are reported to have occurred between Sir Claude MaeDnnaM the British minister, and M. Pavlofl", the Russian charge d' aflairs, owing to the latter's commanding the Tsung Li Yamon to break its agreement with the Hone Kong Bank, under pain of the Czar's strong displeasure. The Chinese are inclined to obey M. Pavlofl, seeing that the British confine themselves to verbal protests. "The position is now worse than ever. All the Ruseiau ships Lave returned to Port Arthur, while the British vessels are assembling at Wei-Hai-Wei and PViofno af?tivitv nrevails ashore at Port Arthur. The action of the Russians at New Chwang indicates an intention on their part to remain there in strong force, whether they build the Tieu Tain Railroad or not," *^0 Schlc) Visits Washington. - ? Roar Admiral Winheld S. Schley visited Washington recently, He was quickly recognized at most of the stations along the line, and throughout the trip was greeted bv cheering crowds. When thetrain pulled into the depot at Washington he found a compact mass of spectators, which tilled the depot ai.d overflowed out mto the traiu shed. The admiral and Mrs* Schley, when they appeared, were greeted with cheers and shouts of "Hurrah for Schlej*'." Everybody joined in the shoutiop, and the depot attaches crowded about the admiral and insisted on a handshake. At the gates the crowd increased and amid deafening cheers the admiral and his wife, the lormer with his hat ofT, passed through two solid lines of people. Niece of Spanish Queen Dies a Pauper. Wanda von Speno Bodenback, an lS-year-old girl, said to be a niece of the t^ueen llegent of Spain, the heir ess to a fortune of 20,000,000 francs, died in New York recently. She was found siarving on the streets by Baron P. de Lange, of Austria, who identified her. She had been pledged in marriage to an old man and lan away from the roj-al home with ber lover, a member of one of the royal families of llussia, who deserted tier. South Africa's Foreign Trade. The import trade of South Africa consists of : Gold. $00,000,000 per annum, including that from the Transvaal; diamonds, $22,500,000; wool, $12500,o00; mohair, the hair of the Angora goat,$3,000,000; ostrich feathers, over ?2,500,000; hides and skins, $2,200,0OO; copper ore, $1,250,000. The export of wine and fruit, for tho production of which the country is so well suited, and also of grain is inconsiderable. Should Retain All. ? Henry Watterson, while in Kansas City recently, took occasion to declare himself ar. enthusiastic believer in the policy of expansion. "I am an expansionist, " said Mr. Watterson. I believe we should net only have Cuba p.nd Porto Rico, but that we should keep every island in the Philippine group. In short. I think that wherever the Stars and Stripes have been raised ct a cost of blood or otherwise they should float from heuceforth forever. " The President's Trip. The President and Mrs. McKinley left Washington recently for Somerset, Pa., where they s^ent some days with Mr. Abner McKinley, tne President's brother. Railroad up the Jungfrau. The boldest eut'erpiMse yet actually undertaken is the railway up the Jung^ frau. This peak, in the range which lies between the cantons of Valais and ia til rrntl Tift Aft biv nrAfinitrmo cliffs and is covered with eternal snow. It is particularly difficult cf ascent. Herr Guyer Zeller, who is president of the Northeastern railroad system of Switzerland, is beind the project. The Jungfrau is 13,G?b feet above the sea, and lacks only 'i,100 feet of Mount Blanc's elevation. Ill If unliUll nuOiL i Observe Great Britian's WW be j i A Schley Demonstration. Admiral Schley received a great demonstration at the Navy Departmet during his recent visit in Washington, j His presence in the building had become known, and as soon as he was seen, cheers rent the air from the clerks who had assembled to catch a glimpse of the hero of Santiago. The omcers ana cieras irom tno ->aw, oiaie and War Departments, crowded tbe corridors l.eading up to the Navv Department, until it was impossible to pass through. They crowded around the admiral, eagerly reaching forward to shake his baud. The lady clerks were even more demonstrative, and the admiral was kissed by old and young, without discrimination. It was finally necessar}- to form a line and pass the crowd around through the large rooms of the Secretary's office, iu order to give them a chance to sjiake hands with tiro admiral. Many proTninerft army officers took .'part in tne demonstration. Wilhcim's Jerusalem Trip. Considerable alarm is manifested in political and court circles, not only in Germany but also abroad, with regard to the influence which Emperor Wil dam's approaching visit to the Holy Land is likely to have on his mind anil future conduct. Not only has he addressed invitations to all "the Protestant rulers of Germany to make the pilgrimage to the Holy Laud in his train, or else to send some Prince of their house in their place, but he has likewise invited representatives of the Evangelical and Protestant churches of the uon-Prussian-Germau States, and of Austria, as well as of Hungary, to accompany him. Indeed, it is estimated that there will be at least 230 members of the Protestant clergy i*esent at Jerusalem as the guests of the L-* ^ in tKa W n I UU1 AUK Uli) o\yjwut *-? ??v Laud. Convicts Make a Break. A special from St. Andrews' Bay, (ia., says: Twelve convicts, employed on the turpentine camp of J. A. Donelson ? Company, of East Bay, overpowered two guards, securing their arms, and made a bold dash for liberty, hastening at once to the inland. A party of pureuers was immediately organized and employing dogs, a spirited chase was immediately instituted. They were overtaken in a small cypress swamp, near Bayou George, and a battle immediately ensued. Many shofe were tired, the convicts fighting desperately for liberty. One was killed and three wounded, but no casualties : occurred on the side of the purj suers. Frivolity in Spain. I A Mmlrid rablo to the New York Sun says: "The rage for public amusements throughout the country, culminating here iu a bullfight with young women acting as tyreros, brings lamentations from the press auil higher clergy. The i bishop of Taragona has issued a pas| toral in which he reproaches his flock ! for their many noisy festivities, savoring of paganism, when the country is in monruing for its brave sons. A Republican paper compares the present mood of the people with the passengers of a foundering vessel, who, perceiving that the captain and crew have been beaten in their struggle against the elements, break into the storeroom and indulge in the wildest intoxication. Spanish Censorship Still Exists. The Commercial Cable Company has issued the following notice: "We are advised that, with tho exception of Ponce, messages of all Porto Kican points, including San Juan, are subject to strict Spanish censorship, and are only accepted at the sender's risk." Treaty Between England and Japan. A dispatch from London says that Lord Charles Beresford to whom has been intrusted a special mission to the Far East, is the bearer of a preliminary treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between Great Britain and Japan. Lord Beresford will submit the treaty to tho emperor of Japan, who is expected to receive it favorably in which event Beresford is empowered to conclude the trealv. War on the Friars. The Philippine Islands committee in Europe has addressed a letter to President McKinley regarding the appeals made to him by high Komau Catholic ecclesiastics in America, to protect the religious orders in the islands. The expulsion of the friars, the committee contends, is "a necessary antecedent to moral sanitation." The committee urges President McKinley to "aid the Filipinos to suppress the immorality of the diabolical institutions fostered by these monks," and the letter concludes as follows: "Your name can never be associated with that of the friars; and the sense of right of the noble nation at whose Ifead \-ouare placed will never permit the ever victorious and humanitarian Stars and Stripes to protect them " Miss Wmnie Da\is Seriously III. A special from Xarragansett Pier, R. I., saj6: Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefierson Davis, is seriously ill at the Rockingham, where she has been confined to her bed several weeks. Mrs. Davis is at the bedside of her daughter. Furloughs Extended. An order has been issued by the War Department extending the furlough of volunteers given leave of absence from 20 dava to 00 dava. 1 THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. TVasliincton Items. Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Clous. Ju>!t;e-a<lroonte, lias lipon designated as Seeretarv and Heeorderof the Commission /-.n r:nv,.i.nn?.Ti? .if r-nl.o It was stated that an investigation of the conduct of the war would almost certainly l.e made by the Administration before Congress assembled. Ordnance department officers were relieved that the Mauser ri!>s surrendered at Manila \*er? to be returned, as it wag felt that their uso by our army wtuld Lw inadvisable. The repairing of "ffie M.TOfl* tiie work of the United States Army Signal Corps. General Morrlam. who loft San Francisco for Manila via Honolulu, Lnsbeen ordered to erect barracks, a hospital and officers' quarters at Honolulu, besides surveying tbo harbor. Paymasters have been ordenod to Sail for Manila from ?an Francisco. There are strong indications thnt a general investigation of the army administration. especially of the medieal and subsist ence departments. will l?o orderon. isecrotary Alser 1? in favor of a searching examination of these departments. At the desire of the Netherlands Government no representatives of tne American army or navy or of the armies and navies of other countries will attend the installation cf Queen Wilfcelmlna. P.v an order of the Post office Department, only mail matter addressed to persons connected with the United States foreesat the Philippine Islands, Cuba and Porto P.ieo will enjoy tho advantages of United States domestic rates. Domestic. Mr:-. C. E. Makkemaus, of Jacksonville, Cal.. sacrificed her life in saving her threo children from death in a ilro started by the accidental upsetting of a lAmp. All tvere terribly burned. The mother Is dead, but the children will recover. Nathan Tlollenbeck, a deputy ponnHmaster, of Oakland, Cal., was shot dead by Qaan Mon, a Chinese gardener, who was watching for>vegetable thieves. Mon surrendered. The business portion of Cartervllle, 111., was almost completely wiped out by lire. Twenty-Ove business flatus were burned out and several residences were destroyed. The loss was about P2JO,OGO, with but small insurance. The forgery case against Mrs. Myra Atkinson, wife of Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia, has been dismissed. The Herreschoffs will turn out for the Morgan-Iselin syndicate, tho fastest and costliest ninety-footer ever built. The contract has been signed, and the cost Is placed, at $120,600. ? Sixty prospector?, just returned to Taconia, Wash., from Copper River. Alaska, tell stories of terrible suffering. They say that nn unknown number of men, estimated at fully fifty, have lost their lives by drowning 'in Copper River, or falling into crevasses of the Valdes glacier while getting back fo the seftcoast. Rev. J. B. Fletcher was riddled with buckshot while standing in a pulpit at Smiley, Ga.. while he was attempting to organize a Congregational Church at that place. He was not killed. William C. Hinohman, a wealthy cranberry grower of Haddontleld, N. J., was instantly killed by a trolley-car near Haddonileld. He was driving in a buggy, when the car struck hia*. and he was thrown under the car wheels. An explosion at the plant of the Chattanooga Powder Company at Coltowatx Station, eighteen miles from Chattanooga, Tenn., killed two men, Lucius B. Eakinand jou bushels 01 wneat, ana 'Jtw.inw ousnoisoi cleanings. A defective gas jet caused the P.re. The bulldln^and contents were fully insured. John T. Lee, a tbirteen-year-old son of James F. Lee. of New Haven. Cona., committed suicide bv hanging. Upon being punished for neglecting to do some chores, he went down to the cellar, and adjusting a strap about his neck, hanged himself from a rafter. Fore Iff a. The Colombian Government will grant the request of the United States for permission to establish meteorological stations at Barranquiiia and Colon. Signor Feschettl, a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, .was sentenced to prison for ten years In Florence for taking part in the bread riots in May. Jamaica Is preparing a plebfsclte to Aroat Britain, asking permission to try to arrange annexation to the United States. iiiinuii .uun unite, auu mcuuui'u dciiuusiv six others. After the explosion the plant was. destroyed by lire. A passenger train on the Atlantle, Knoxville and Northern was wrecked in a collision with freight cars three miles south of Knoxville. Tonn. Two of thctrain crevtwere fatally injured. Engineer Bert Garwood, of Blue Ifjdge. Ga., was killed, and the llreman, name unknown, was fatally injured. Several passengers were slighty injured*. The fifth trial of A. K.Ward at Memphis, Tenn.. charged with forging notes to the amount erf nearly $250,000, resulted in a verdict of guilty, and the defendant was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. All the previous attempts to convict Ward had resulted in I mistrials. Hugo 7cilner and wife, of Chicago, I aged respectively sixty-five and seventy, w^re foutul dead In their room at n boardlnghouse In Milwaukee, Wis., havlngcommitted suicide by taking chloroform. Despondency ovcj-" financial reverses caused I the aged couple to end their lives. Theodore Gasman, who refased" to lower the American flag at Clipperton Island when ordered to do so by a Mexican man-of-war, remained on the desolate Island thirteen months and left Old Glory flyiag, arrived safely at San Diego, California. Mrs. Chrlstenseu, Wife of a balloonist, was killed at Jamaica Bay, Long Island, by falling from a balloon 200 feet into the water. The Air Line Elevator, at Chicago* owned by F. D. Armour, and the Galena Elevated Company, was totally destroyed by lire. The loss'ls $'2 500,000." It contained 1,500, Trices in Havana, Cuba, continue high, and there is much suffering among the poor. The British steamer Toledo, Captain Wlshart, which sailed from Galveston on July 20 for Rotterdam, Holland, struck on Criin Rock, Sellly Islands, in a denso fog, and foundered almost immediately., There was just time to launch a large boat, and all on board were saved. Captain-General Augustin bad his arm broken when on his way from Hong Kong to Singapore while a typhoon was raging. General Augustin proceeded to Spain In a German mailboat. Mrs. George N. Curzon wife of the newly appointed Viceroy of Inula, gave birth td a daughter at the priory, Betgate, England. It is reported that th ^ Spanish and American Peace Commissioners will bo entertained in Paris as guests of the French Government. A terrible thunder storm swept frhe whole Jutland Poninsulu, Denmark. Many buildings were struck by lightning; six persons were killed, and thirty-pine farm buildings and thirteen houses burned. Tile Bllns cloth factory, Bouen, France, where two thousand persons were employed, was destroyed bv fire. The Are was the work of an incenaiary. It is estimated that the loss Is more than ?500,003. The British schooner Catherine was sunk in the X' rth Sea in a collision with the German steamer Hamburg. Seven persons were dn wneo / QUE PEACE COMMISSION. The Men Who Will Arrange Terms With Spain, LEANINGS OF THE MEMBERS, A Majority, Cnmponcd of Senators Barl* and Frye and Whltelaw Reld, Are Believed to Be Annexationists Views of i Justice White Not Known Judge Bay's Conservatism, Washington*, P. C. (Special.) The Cabinet is ilevotiucr a lar^e share of the time to matters which will come before the Pence Commission. At the adjournment of the last meeting Secretary Day announeed that four members of the commission had been selected Secretary Day, Supreme Court Justice White, Senators Davis and Frye and Whitelaw Held. There was some doubt about, the aeeep tanco by Justice White of a place on the commission, as he feared that his duties on the bench would force him to decline the President's offer. Secretary Day finally announced that Justice White of the Supreme Court had accepted a Commissionership; that all now have accepted, and that the Peace Commission stands completed, as follows: William II. Day, of Ohio, Secretary of State. Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, United States Senator. William P. Frye, of Maine, United States Senator. Whitelaw Reid. of Now York. Edward D. White, of Louisiana, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Three of the membersof the Commission. Senator Davis, Senator Frye'and Mr. Reid nre .strongly In favor of holding all or the | Philippines. Secretary of State Pay holds to the view that Manila City, bay and harbor are enough for the United States to take. It is said, though, that he is ooen to conviction and will be guided in his conclusions by what may appear best fcr the country. The views of Justice Whit? on the I hilipplne question are not definitely known. It is said by some of his friends that be will favor holding all territory over waich the flag floats. He will be a valuablo member of the Commission, since he speaks Spanish fluently, and is familiar with Spanish laws which govern in the islands. ' THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS. Careers of the Men Appointed to Settle the Details of a I'eace Treaty With Spalu. William R. Day had had no prominent part in tho couutry's history previous to his appointment as Secretary Sherman's first assistant on April 23,1897. Since then, however, he has been one of the President's strongest advisers and has cared for the UI()1UU1U11U (IUU3C U1 L 1113 WUUIljr 3 U13HJ1? almost entirely alone. He was born at Kavenna, Ohio, April 17, 1849, and comes from a distinguished line of judges. He entered into the practice of law in 1872. In 1886 he was elected to the bench of the 1 1 M } \\Mlill Mk/ Jy SECRETARY OF STATE W. K. DAY. Common Pleas Court in Canton by j both political parties, and in 1S89 was appointed by President llurrison Judge of tho United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, but falling health compelled him to retire before entering on his duties. After being appointed Secretary of State to succeed John Sherman, who resigned on April 26 last, he conducted the important and delicato negotiations that were intrusted to him with an ability that eliclced the upproval of the country. tVhltelaw Keld, Whit?lntr Reid has been prominent as an orator, politician, statesman, and journalist since the flrst^nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency. Descended from early settlers in the Western country, he was born in Xenia, Ohio, October 27, 1837. He was prepared for college by an uncle, and graduated from Miami University. After his graduation he became prin WHITELAW REID. cipal of a s bool at South Charleston, Ohio, and in one year had saved enough moae^ General Copplnger's Record. General Coppinger is the only Ul States commander who has seen service in the British army. He is the son of a War wickshire esquire, and after serving with the First Bat alion of the Warwickshire inilitia as far ick us 1S56 joined the regular service as a lieutenant. Subsequently he emigrated to the United States. Huge Bridge Sold. The mammoth iron bridge that has spaut' l Cattaraugus Creek near Springfield, ! V..many years,has been sold by the B., P>. i . Baiiway Company to the Pencoyd .. n Works. It will be melted. W to pay his father his college expenses and to purchase The Xenia News. Thisjourual, outside of Illinois, was the ilrst to support Lincoln. In 1*87 he went to New York City and was appointed managing editor of the New York Tribune, under Horace Greeley. He subsequently gained control of the Tribnne. He accepted from President Harrison tho appointment of Minister to France. He returned to Xcw York in 18D2, becoming the candidate for Vice-President of the liepublican party on President Harrison's second nomination, but was defeated. Justice Edward D. White. Justice Edward Douglass White has been In active publb- life sluce was a young wan. He was born in Lafoufche, La., in 1845, and is descended from a notable line of barristers and judges. When a young man I he entered Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., and afterward transferred to Georgetown College, being there at the commencement of the civil war. Leaving college, he entered tbo | Confederate ranks as a private and served throughout the four years, being a prisoner for part of the time. Iu 1SG9 Mr. | White was ndmitted to the bar in New JUSTICE E. D. WHITIJ. Orleans, and in 1871 was elected a State Senator, serving four years. At the close of his Senatorial career ho was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. He was elected United States Senator In 1801, and served until ho was appointed Associate Justice of tho United States Supremo Court by President Cleveland. He is tho owner of extensive sugar plantations in Louisiana, and has the reputation of being the wealthlbst member of the New Orleans bar. Cusliiuan K. Davis. j Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, of Minnesota, has been in the higher houso since 1^37. He was born in Henderson, N. Y., i June 16, 1833, and tho same year his parents ihOved to Wisconsin. In 1860 he began the practice of law, and two years laterfenllsted in tho Northern army, re-' signing in 1964 on account of ill health., In 1866 ho was elected to the Minnesota i T.n<ric!nfnrA hnvinf mnrfld thereafter the Sk.-AiOB <J, T& RWT3t war, rtiA la 1868 was appointed United States District Attorney, serving live years. In 1373 he was elected Governor of Minnesota by a majority of one vote, and twenty years afterward, by a strange coincidence, received the same majority for tho United States Senate, Since John Sherman's retirement from the Senate Mr. Davis has been Chairman of tho Committee on Foreign Relations. Senator William F. Frye. Senator William P. Frye was born in Lewiston, Me., on September 2,1330. Graduating from Uowdoin College in 1850, he sgon sprang Into prominence, and In 1861 was elected to the Maine House, serving SENATOR W. T. FRYE. tliree terms, in iso* uu ?ua ? iiw Identlal elector, and In 1966 and 1867 was Mayor of Lewiston. During the latter year he was elected AttorneyGeneral of the State. In 1871 ho first took | his seat in the National House, and in 1880 was elected United States Senator to succeed Mr. Blaijie, and has been, a member of tho Senate ever since. The blockade liaised. The merchant vessels of the world are now open to enter and leave all Cuban and Porto Rican ports. Tho State Department, Washington, holds that no further procla mation is needed raising the blockade of these islands. A County Centennial. Angelica, N. Y., is fixing to hold a centennial celebration of the first settlement of Allegany County. It will occur in 1931. The claim is ma le that there was no warrant for holding the celebration at "Wellsvillo three years ago. A Famous Captain. Lord DufTerln, who Is cow over seventy | years old, has lately sec aooui me aequisi- i tlon of a knowledge of the Persian language, thereby rivaling his Queen, who, at nearly the same age, began to study HinJostanee. 8 GOOD ROADS NOTES. I fo;;?5:a2Ssa3:aemsf3iae^oieK^ Hotter Public Iiwads Needed. Some well-informed authority onl the subject of public roads states that there are 1,500,000 miles of public' roads in the Uuitecl States, ovcrwhich the aggregate aiyouut of 500,000,000 tons of freight is hauled annually. Estimating the average distance over which freight is thus hauled! from the farm to the depot at eight miles, it is figured that the total cost of hauling freight annually over the public roads in the United States i3 $1,000,000,000, or $2 per ton. With uniformly good public roads it is claimed that the cost of hauling, freight from the farm to the depot ought not to be more than $400,000, 000, or $000,000,000 less than what it' is at present. This difference is strongly emphasized by the authority from whom we quote when he states that it is equivalent to the yearly interest on $20,000,000,000 of three per( cent. Government bonds, and adds that with only one-half of this almost inconceivably vast amount every pub-' lie road in the United States could be rebuilt. ! There is food for serious thought in the ligures which are thus given. Public roads are the arteries of the nation' just as much as are the railway sys-J terns, and the prosperity of the nation' must necessarily depend, in a large| measure, upon the manner in which it cares for its public roads. One of the m-eatest sources of strength which the O" ~ ^ O . old Roman empire possessed was derived from its magnificent public roads,i many of which are as well preserved' to-day almost as they were in the time of the Ciesars. European travelers at' the present time state that Germany, is indebted to her public roads more than to anything else for much of the' imperial stability which to-day belongs to her. While the penalty of bad public roads is visited primarily upon the farmer,' it affects ultimately every industrial,' commercial and agricultural interest of the nation. In the North and East' the public roads are in fairly good condition, but in the South and West they om in nTfroninliT tiorl pnnrlitinn and' i... <" *"J ? f steps must speedily be taken to overcome this evil if either section expects to make the most of its possibilities. Atlanta Constitution. ^ A Field For Agitation. Highway agitation seems to be sadly needed in Lawrence, Ivan. The Journal of that city, in a recent issue, saya that "there is no country road leading^ to the city but is in better condition' than the best street on the south side.". The worst street of all is Massachu. a n a .a . . ill a /lii.. ll A A fi An A tl a DGlia, UI1U UU It kilU LHV LLUO UUJiC UU work "through the park in years, save to drag the scraper through it occasion-! ally. Through that park road the mud has been from one to three feet deep, and a loaded wagon could not go through it. This on a street within a block of the business portion of the town, and on a street traveled necessarily by a large number of people, is a shauie and a disgrace to any city or community that claims to be civilized. We pay out thousands of dollars a year in charities to people who are able to work, and who should be made to ^ work, and if they were put on the roads the amount given them each year would keep some of the streets, at least, in good condition. It is time something practical was done. Almost half a century has come and gone since Lawrence was settled, and to-day the roads and streets are in far worse condition than when the first settler came." Steam Wajons For Heavy Load*, Loudon Engineering describes the'. recent trial of steam wagons to carry heavy loads on ordinary thorough-: ^ v fares as encouraging, though the- ^ matter still requires much study and experiment. At one of the trials the' loads carried by the different -wagons' varied from two to five tons, and the' conditions of the test were that the vehicles should be able to go any- f where that simiiar ones drawn by horses could go. The test was moderately well sustrined, and it was demonstrated that there were no obstacles to the ultimate practical' success of the employment of steam wagons on common roads, but that general improvement of the latter would nave a gooci aeai to uo wun it. The Movement Cnllforuia. The good roads movement is getting a strong hold in old Sonoma County, which is becoming one of the most progressive counties in the State. The live people there are opposed to building any more wooden bridges and are in favor of iron-stone culverts and fills where possible, and iron or stone bridges where there must be bridges. They favor putting the roads in charge of the county surveyor, sprinkling the roads thoroughly and enforcing the wide-tire law. They are divided in opinion about issuing bonds, but seem to be agreed that the cities should help build the country roads on accouut of, the benefit of the trade which they bring.?San Francisco Chronicle. Items. The sprinkling cart is a daily necessity if macadam roads are to be maintained at their best. Two equally good farms, not far apart, in Pennsylvania, were recently sold. The one on a macadam road brought ninety dollars an acre and the one on a mud road but sixty. The death of William H. Rhawn, of Philadelphia, one of the early and active workers iu the good roads cause, is regretfully announced. He wa3 closeiy identified with the movement' in many wars, and was largely instrumental in offering the prizes for essays on road-building. A well-known doctor states that baked banaua is the ideal food for nervous and anaemic brain-workers.