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IlIiEMplII Chicago Platform Democrats Ruicd Cut in New York. INDIANS VISIT WASHINGTON. No Rett Cross liispta! i;i Cuba or Porto R.co- lM^r inajo to Jamestown ?The Revolt of R'as Mangascia. fcurgeou General Sternberg has enl the following to the commission to investigate the War Department. It relates to a statement ma le by Major Seaman, who testified Leforo the commission recently: "Army Building, New York, Oct. 14, 'i>S. Dear Genera!: Major Seaman, sergeant Firt Engineers made a statement to reporters iu my presence and it vrfs published broadcast, that he received uothiu:; but travel ratious from the army for ins convalescents on the Obdam, and depended on the lied Cross Society ami National War Belief Association for tiroir food. Major Bradley has just sect me the enclosed copy of receipt giveu to him before the Ondam started. Yours very siucerely, II. M. Appel, Major and Surgeon, I". S. A." The receipt shows tLat Major Seaman received on Se; teinber '24, from Major Bradley, Id cases of soup, 12 bottles of whiskey, 4 barrels ginger ale, 1 box corn starch, 1 barrel jellies, 4 boxes condensed milk, 2 boxes claci broth, 2 boxes salteen crackers. 2 boxes lemons, 2 boxes calves feet jelly, 2 boxes crackers, til) pounds airow root, one quart Squibb's mixture, 2 bottles bismuth subgnliate. No Red Cross Hospital Needed. Surgeon-Genoral Sternberg has written a letter to Mrs. Winthrop Cowdic, in New York, regarding the establishment of a i?cd Cross hospital ia Cuba and Porto ilico, ia which he says: "I have received your kiud letter of October 14th, enclosing a check for $2,000 for my special fund for extra comfort and luxuries for our sick and wounded soldiers. Accept my sincere thanks for * this liberal contribution. "I do not think favorably of the establishment of a hospital in Cuba or Porto ilico, by the Ked Cross Society, for the reason that the war is over and the garrisons which are to be stationed in the>e islands will require a fully equipped hospital, which it is the duty of the goV; rnment tolprovide, and which we intend to provide. Ticket RjIcJ Out. The New York State ticket of the Chicago platform Democracy will not go on the oflicial ballot. The certificate placing this indei eudent ticket :n the held was received by the Secretary of State at 11 o'clock Friday niglit, and in examining it he found the jurat of the notary public on the Cister conrty petition defective, and rotitie'd the committee. The error was not corrected before the time for filing expired, at midnight, so the Secretary of State has ruled that the whole certificate is defective and its nominees cannot-go on the oflicial baliot. Curious Indians. A delegation of full blooded Cherokees traveled all the way from their reservation in the Indiun Territory to Washington to ask the Secretary of the Interior if it was a fact that the Curtis Indian Territory act, which passed Congress last June, and was duly ap proveu uy me I'resnient, was really a law. Acting Secretary Ryau received the delegation and assured theui of the existence of the law. The Indians were not satisfied with this aud asked the Secretary to sign his name to a document to that effect. This was cheerfully acceded to, Mr. Ryan writing under the law "this is a law. " Pilgrimage to Jamestown. The members of the Episcopal General Convention who made the pilgrimage to Jamestown, Va., from Washington, were met bjr a large party from Norfolk, including a splendid choir. A platform had been erected in front of the ruins of the old Jamestown church, and on this the bishops were seated. In the rear of the platform was stationed a choir, which during the services of the day rendered several hymns, with or pan ana orcuestrai accompaniment. The clergy and others took seats on the ground in front of the platform. The Roolt of Ras Manjjascia. ? Advices from Djiboutil to the French government say it is believed that the revolt of ltas Maugascia, the most important of the Abyssinian chiefs, was engineered by the British. KingMenelik is sending -10,000 troops, commanded by Has Makonneu, to put down the insurrection, and as Has Maugascia has only 10,000 troops at his command, it is expected that the revolt will be easily quelled despite British support. Italians Intercepted. A special from New Orleans, La , says eigui policemen nuu liueeu deputy shenfis hare left the city to intercept and prevent from entering the city a large party of Italian emigrants who came to America on the lSritaunia. The vessel was ordered to be held at the mouth of the river, by the board of health, out of fear that the landing there of the 4os immigrants would furnish too much fresh material for the fever. Got eminent Aid. Government aid in the shape of army rations will be given to the sufferers from the recent floods in Georgia, who are in need of the barest necessities of mm Missouri, Kansas & Texas. a 3 A It. 1 - / lb. According xo ina auiium repurxui iuc Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company, the net earnings were $3,80-5,000, a gain of $72-5,000 over the preceding year. The surplus amounts to $475,000, against a deficit of nearly $150,000 for the preceding year. A High Mountain Fake. J. H. Eldridge, of the United States geoloeical survey, has just returned from Alaska. He denies the published statements of the discovery of a new mountain in Alaska higher than Mt. St. Elias. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. j A Plea Against the Old Methods of Teaching. At tho semi-annual meeting of the Seaboard Air Lino Industrial Agents, held nt r.lbertou, tia., recently, the following highly interostiug address i along the liues of "Industrial Ihluea-'i t'.in " vi'ns delivered hv I'rof..Limes I>. ! liunuicutt, of tiio School of Agricul- | tare, University of (leorgia ut Athens: ; Muuy hnve claimed that educatiou was developing what was m the person to be educated. We have never been able to understand how education could couio from within unless the | child was boru with more knowledge m him than was possessed by the world outside of him. For myself I am distinctly conscious that what little i know has come from without. Heuco I am compelled to believe that all true educatioa should bo conducted upou the idea of acquainting the mind ol the pupil with the facts and phenomena of the world about him. Object teaching is the best teaching because wo get our knowledge of the sutside world through our physical senses. The kindergarten is based upon this theory. Hence its wonder ful success. When the American colonies threw | off the British yoke they fa led to free themselves of the Old World's idea and methods of education. These relics of bygone aires stilt dominate American systems of education. Encrusted fos oils of lead languages Btill claim the right to rule out modern methods. Wo have suffered long enough ou this accouut. The time has come when practice should go with theory. When the how should be taught along with the why. Our children demand to be taught not only that a thing is desirable to be done, but how to do the desirable thing. Purely classical and literary educai: Its ~I1 .T.~ll on.l uuu maj uo mi " uu ivi kcuuuiuvu v* ladies of wealth and leisure. But the great toiling millions who are brought face to face with the necessity for earning a living need something practical. They need to be taught how to do something?at least one thing, and how to do that one thing well enough to earn an honest living, if not a competency. They cannot afford to spend all their youthful days and their share of the parental inheritance, and then come forth from the college halls helpless in the struggle for success. The world does not owe auy man a living, but every man owes it to himself. aud the world, to know how to make an honest support for himself and those dependent upon him. It is enough for the world to odor him the opportunity and means. Barents have a large responsibility resting upon them just here. They have no right to turn loose drones upon society. Every young man uud woman should be a worker in the great hive of human industry. They will be, if right ly ettucateu at liome aua at scuooi. Manuai labor is as honorable as mental, but it is not so considered. We ' have come to feel that the mau who does brain work is more honorable than the one who does hand work. Labor is considered as a drudgery. Not only this, but hand work if (lone in the shade is considered more desirable than when done in the sunshine. Hence,agriculture stands at the bottom of the list of professions. Our boys do not select farming from choice. When they can do nothing else they farm. This is not {accidental, not providential. It is the direct result of theeduacticn they get at home and at school. The trend of all they see and hear, at home and abroad, causes them to feel that any other calling is to be prefeired to farming. The consequences of this condition are natural bat appalling, Ignorance is not able to copo successfully with combined intelligence. Hence agriculture languishes, farming does not pay. When farming ceases to be profitable every other pursuit becomes less prosperous. General depression settles upon the country. Business becomes demoralized and commerce stagnates. Hard, hard times are felt by everyone. As iguorauce is the cause, aud wrong educatiou the occasion of the state of aflairs, we see that the only effective remedy is to be sought in right education. It is perfectly natural that a felt demand of the times is for industrial education. By this we do not mean simply teaching the young to work with their hands. Wo mean to teach them to think while they work, aud work because they think To cultivate the brain as they tram tne muscie, ana cnltivate the brain throucli the train ing of tho muscle. Let the conversation at home and the course of instruction in the schools and colleges be based upon the principle that "an honest man is the noblest work of tied." And furthermore, that it is well uijrh impossible for a man to be honest who cannot earn a living by his owu eflorts. And still further,that it is e<iuttliy honest aud honorable to earn this living by manual or mental labor, or by both combined. Teach them that nothing is honorable that is not s'lictly honest. These c dleges should be managed by those who fuily recognize the dignity t f I;i )or and illustrate it in their own 1. . ? .1 1 iivei*. uuciui > liiMitu'uuu auu it?uIUii!g a trade or profession should bo combined all tiio way through tne school t.i'e of our children. We live iu a real world. Let us rccoiinize this fact all the time. "Life is real, lil'e is earnest," should be written over the doorway of every schoolroom. Our children should be taught that "they, too, cau make their lives sublime" by honest, manly and womanly toil. That the sweat of the brow ornaments the diadems of true nobility. That he is tho man of greatest worth who adds sumetiug to the common stock of human possessions by his own brawn and braiu. 1 hat inau ic Tnllxr oonsoions of Ills own lmlo. pendence is capable of being the truest patriot Without seeking to tear down _ injure any school, we demand theestnblishme.t of schools and colleges where the t-cieuceand art theory ami practice of agriculture aud the mechanics and home iuduktries shall occupy the place of honor and receive a full share of attention. From such schools rrili come men and women equipped for useful and happy lives. Having been taught the laws of nature and understanding their relation to them, these men and women _________ will know how to develop the great resources of our Southland. They will inaugurate and perpetuate an era of material prosperity that will bring about peace and plenty, comfort aud contentment. Any money spent in this direction will yield an hundred fold in this life and eternal life in the world to come. Poverty is tho child < f ignorance and the parent of vieo. Wisdom is better than riches, and the enemy of sin. True development of mind and body, in even harmony, produces the noblest manhood and renders possibleali things good. Industrial education will solve the problem of statecraft and society. '.Ma jor ileebe, ordnance oiiicer Cuited {States \ oiunieera, u:eu m iiavauu re eently of yellow fever. A committee lias been appointed to investigate "lie almismanage incut of the Seaboard Air Line. Socnth Corps A^ain Changed. An order has been issued from headquarters by which the Seventh Army Corps is changed from three division.to two divisions, of two brigades each, this change being made necessary by reason of the many regiments recently sent away to be mustered out. All the Crew Share in the Prize .MoneyIn the United States District Court at Charleston, S. C., Judgo Brawley banded down an opinion in the Rita prize money case, lie decrees that all the crew shall share in the proceeds of the sule of the ship. The Rita wa*. bonght by the government for $123,Ol d. I'antn-n Wisp of the Yale, will receive .?9"000.*~ 2.500 Troops Sail For Spain. The steamer Eovadongo recently sailed from tran .Tusn, Porto Rico, for Spain carrying "J,500 troops. Kaiser's Trip Comes High. The cost of Emperor William's trip to the Holy Laud, exclusive of presents and liberal bak.sheeshs, -will amount to at least .",000,000 marks. The costly gifts to the Sultan of Turkey and his harem, etc., will also figure up from l\000,000 to 4,000,000 marks. The occurrence of frost at various points in the S< nth is welcomed by the Marine lies; i?i?l Service authorities, who look tor t:.?' r < <>! t nip nee and a rapid : ?.f the lever. The frost r- : < : ! ' > s !:v ?.t 'uckson, St;ir!c> v. i ii:: and ilolly Si'i-i::;;-. li Prixate Kcnn Promptly Acquitted. Private Charles Kenn, Company E, Second Missouri Volunteers, who shot and killed llussell Wedney, at St. Louis, .Mo., the negro despoiler of his home, was acquitted by the coroner's jury, after less than 10 minutes deliberation. The President Gratified. President Mclvinley, in commenting on his recent journey from Omaha to Chicago, said: "Throughout the journey I have been deeply moved by the patriotism of the people and delighted with the evidences of their prosperity." One Soldier Shoots Another. A special from Athens, Ga., stiys: Win. K. Smith, of Bogart, Ga., shot and killed Pat Wood. The parties nlinvA mentioned and J Jenkins and J. K. Harris, were engaged iu a game of cards at a point near the cemetery, when Smith grew angry with Wood and shot him, the bail going through his head, producing instant death. All of the parties are members of the Second Georgia Regiment, Company G. Smith escaped and every effort for his capture is being made. Feeliug against him among the soldiers is very strong. The Trouble at Virden. Attorney William Patton, of the Chicago-Virden Coal Company, is authority for the statement that no further attempt will be made to land at Vinien. 111., the Alabama negroes, whose coming resulted in the loss of so many lives. There is under consideration, according to Attorney Patton. an at tempt to fix the responsibility for the tragedy upon the Governor of 111:nois. | [ An Alexandria, Egypt, dispatch rays. Several additional arrests ba\o beer made in connection with the p ov against Emperor William of Geriu&av The Array Mule. The management of the rcgul? army in the lield is almost sordidly husinessdike. lint in the end it makes for the picturesque. The baggage train, for example, as it toils down the highway is superb. The wagons are of a faded blue color and a bit tattered. but they are like those veterans you sometimes see at encampments. Th old army overcoat they have resurrected for the occasion has faded to the palest of blues and the wearer is a bit battered. He is sound at the core, though, and so are those lumbering caravans that have come all the way from Fort Iteiio and farther. They lurch through the sand and over the rocks of the Florida highway, and nothing gives. They are piled high with tents and greasy eamp equipage and boxes of ammunition. Six mules draw iliein and the mules are admonished unceasingly in a profane monotone by a powerful person who has learned to drive with one rein. The most poetic and seductive names appear with what might at tirst blush seem startling irrelevancy considering the general context of the driver's remarks. One is surprised to hear him couple the names of Lena. Paulina and Sadie with his frantic ex lortntious ;is to the rights 01 tne roau and t!ui proper conduct of an army mule. Si ill there is no reason why even an army mule should not be graced with a romantic name. Life at best can hold so little for an army mule. Trenton. (X. J.) American. "Borrowing is a disease." said Bigbee, In self-justification. "And lending Is insanity," replied Small, significantly. Philadelphia North American. A POPULAR FEDERAL OFFICER. Citizens of Beaufort Present Capt. C. 'A. Rockwell With a Silver Loving Cup. When it was ascertained that Capt. C. H. Rockwell, the popular command;t:it at the United States naval station nt ISeaufort had been ordered elsewhere and was about to bo transferred from tti.it place, where he had rendered himself so exceedingly acceptable and esteemed, the citizens sot about procuring and presenting to him at hisdeparture scute substantial token of tire high regard m which lie is hold. According I ij .i ? cri j nuuuauuiu |nui;o ui r?ii>ci) cuusisting of an elegant anil massive silver loving cup, appropriately engraved with "Presented to Commander Charles H. Rockwell by the citizens of lleaufort, iu tokeu of their esteem, October 10, lbUS,"' was ordered and the presentation took place at the uuval station, iu the presence of a number of citizens, who accompanied the gift by steam yacht to its receiver. A Splendid New Wharf. Contractor Samuel J. Pregnall has completed for the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad at Charleston tho largest and linest wharf on the Cooper river, with perhaps the exception of the stone piers at tho custom house docks, 'lho South Carolina and Georgia Railroad has a very valuablo terminal property on the Cooper, within easy reach of the general depots und yards, and duriug th9 past two or three years improvements have been in progress, until now every available inch of water front is utilized and to tho very best advantage. There are now four piers on the property aud the docks in between are capable of berthing the largest vessels that conio into that port. ^ ? Pawned Government Rifles. Co!. William H. Robertson, of tho National Guard, (colored militia) whose headquarters nro in Charleston, had some very serious charges made against him recently. He is accused of having pawned 6eveu Springfield ritles belonging to the Government and placed in his charge as colonel of the local regiment of the National Guard. He denied the whole charge, but tho other side of the story, as told by the pawnbroker, with whom he left the guns and by another with whom ho attempted to pawn them, does not tally with his. In Good Shape. A prominent fanner from tho upper part of the State said that the farmer* in his section would, generally speaking, be in better condition to start the work of next year than ever before. There has been a lot of grain produced this year, and more peavine hay than ever before. In his county lie kuew of over 50 mowers which had been bought to gather the peavine hay. Alone all lines of diversified farming the farmers have made strides.?Columbia State. ?+? E* eryttiinjf in Good Shape. All of the work for the Fall Festival at Charleston is practically finished. There are some matters of detail to be arranged by the sub committees, but all of the big matters havo been cleared and the executive committee is congratulating itself on the progress and the outlook. Indications point to a large attendance this year, and for that reason the workers are all the moie anxious to give a fine show. Can't Tax Cemeteries. Assistant Attorney General Townsend recently rendered a decision in a very interesting case, and by his decision establishes the right of a citizen to set apart unlimited space for a burial ground, on which no taxes are to be collected until the land is used for barter, sale or speculation. The decision was rendered in the attempt of the sinking fund commission to collect back taxes on the "Maverick cemetery" in Anderson county. Stone Church Cemetery Association. Tho Stone Church Cemetery Association, organized to preserve the ceniftterv at historio "Old Stone Church," met in Anderson recently. I Sufficient money was subscribed, added to what is already iu the treasury, to put a strong picket feuco around the ' yard. The Industrial School. The trusteesof the Charleston Industrial Institute have just issued their fourth circular and prospectus, in which the work and the needs of the school are set forth. The total number of pupils enrolled during the past year is two hundred and seventy. It is Hardly Warranted. The arrival of 15,000 rounds of ammunition and side arms for the heavy battery of volunteers on Sullivan's Island recently caused the boys to brighten up and speculate upon the chances of being moved, but the expectation is hardly warranted, for the best informed of the officers do not anticiI natfi a nlian<?fl from Sullivan's Island at present. Open Through the Winter. The winter season will not witness any close of business at the Isle of Palu.-?. The managers hope to make it just .is attractive for visitors during the winter as any other time of the year, and ine same convenient schedules will be run the year round. Several new cars have been ordered for the Seashore Lino and one has already been re- j C2ivt d. A New Bicycle Device. So ith Carolinians have in the pastinvent d appliances which are in daily use all over the country. A South / Car- uniau has invented an improvement ! on 1 :e running pear of a bicycle, which : i mav yet revolutionize the present style ; : of i inning gear. This gentleman is Mr. i?. A. Oakman^jif Chappell's. Working on the Claims. Governor Ellerbe and Senator Till.' mnn ate endeavoring to have thl ftb.ims of citizens for services rendered j the (State daring the organization ol ! the First Regiment paid direct by the j "War Department as soon as possible. ' These claims amount to several thousand dollars. One claim for blanketi amounts to $1,900. | Mr. John F. Pearson, a Marlboro boy, is chief clerk to the comihnndanl of the naval station at Key West, with ' u salary of $!,CU0. THEY HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN. Wisconsin Soldiers Still Speak and Writs Pieasantly of Charleston. The Wisconsin boys have not forgotten Charleston, even though they are now safe home again. lu the course of au interesting article written by Private John Ericson, of the "-'(I Wisconsin, for the Phillips. Wis., Times, he says: J.iuring our stay in Charleston we were treated with the very kindest consideration by the people of that city. Especial praise isdue to the ladies of Charleston for their kind and tender care of the sick in the hospitals and camp quarters. The boys from Wisconsin will never forget the hospitality and good treat- | me.it received from the citizens of Charloston. Darlington's Tobacco Season. The tobacco men, the merchants and the banks, report the most satisfactory tobacco 6eason that Darlington has ever had. A larger amount has been sold, prices have been, as a rule, entirely satisfactory and better business conditions surround the general tobacco interests. lleliab'.e authorities says that the sales for this season amount to over one and a half million pounds,and a good deal has been shipped. Two pounds of extra tine wrappers were sold recently at 31.50 per pound. Of course this wan an exceptional price, but th? sale was made quietly on an ordinary day, and only shows what grade of tobacco can be grown in South Carolina. \ Fleet of Fine Ships. The Charleston Transport Company, which has maintained direct trade with 1'ni.nnj ricrlit tiirniicrh tll? Slimmer mouths, is now very active and for the next four or tire months will have ships constantly clearing for Manchester, Liverpool, Hamburg and Bremen,with cargoes of cotton, iron, Hour, grain, oil, lumber,cotton seed meal,etc. There are a number of ships which make regular trips between Charleston and these ports, and many others will be needed during the cotton season to keep up with the large business which this exporting company has worked up. Report of the Bank of Florence. The Bank of Florence has just issued its report for the quarter ending September SO, which makes the following showing: Assets Loans and discounts, 899,080.95; stocks, bonds and real estate, $8,656; furniture and fixtures, 81,162.50; expense account, $ 2,223.04; cash on hand and in banks, $25,545.70. Total assets, $136,660.09. LiabilitiesCapital stock, $25,000; undivided profits, $7,130.47; deposits, $74,541.47; dividend unpaid, $0; interest and ex nl.orwrrt 4? i'.Ti! ? 1 ,1iia hnn IfH Hit 44: rediscounts, 820,000. Total liabilities, 8130.600.09. Port Royal the Terminus. The citizens of Beaufort are expecting the arrival of Col. Boone, Sir Thomas Tankard, the Hon. T. C. Dickenson and President Kirby and party, of the Black Diamond Bailroad, and are making preparations for their reception and entertainment. It is confidently expected that Port Roya/ will be made the terminus of the railway enterprise that promises such grand results to the section through which it passes. -? ? - Stil Remain in Service. The question has arisen in the minda of many a3 to what will, after musterout, be the f.tatus of those militia companies and militiamen who entered th? volunteer army. Adjutant General Watts construes the law to mean thai those companies were merely furloughed from militia service to enter the volunteer army, and that when mustered out they will still remain in the militia service, unless they ask to bo disbanded. Murderer Caught at Last. Anthony Carter, colored, the slayer nf Mr .Tames Lan-r. near Johnston, in Edgefield county, now Saluda, after having baffled all efforts to capture him for seven long vear9, has at last been located, and as soon as arrested will be "taken to Saluda to answer for hii crime. Workings of Jim Crow Cars. For reasons best known to themselvei the colored people do not seem to take any more kindly to the Jim Crow cai law than they did at the very first. Id fact, they seem to object to it on principle, and it will probably be some time before there is a complete acquiescence in the arrangement. A Loss to Clemson. Prof. J. W. Hart, Superintendent ol Dairies at Clemson College, has handed in his resignation to President Hartzog, to take effect on November 1. He will go to Kingston, Ontario, where he has been elected sui erintendent of th? ? v p it. - - -l- _ _i _e dairy oranca 01 me scuuoi 01 mmiug and agriculture. This school is one ol three maintained by the Government of Ontario, for the education of cheosi factory and creamery operatives. 40 Murder in Greenville County. Jack Fisher and Cal Greer, tw? beardless youths, aged 16 and 19 yean respectively, were put in jail at Greenville recently on a warrant charging them with the murder of Jerry I owns, colored, who lived near Marietta. Th? killing occurred in Towns's house in the presence of several witnesses. The evidence brought out by the coroner's jury, which is, of course, exparte, makes a black case for defendants. - 1 Palmetto Notes. Charleston has now one of the finesl board bicycle tracks in the South. Governor Ellerbe has received a very interesting letter from the War Department relative to the records of the Confftderuttv this jState. Executive Clemency. Governor Ellerbo has granted a pardon in favor of J. Arch Moseley. It ia a curious case. Moseley wan tried in lS'Jo, and a sealed verdict was brought iu against him. He was not present at the time the verdict was presented in court, and the verdict remains sealed. When the war broke cut he volunteered and was accepted. Palmetto Notes. The Ohio River and Charleston railroad will run a branch line from Camden to Sumter. ' _ ' ' ' W* a- u mmmm juaaefseiaa^ 1 GOOD ROADS NOTES.' i *&sefoe!8feieie{8ie{fliemeie!8ieie:eioieieK Komi Instruction :i Necessity. It is not to be denied that wheelmen sometimes feel discouraged at the results obtained from ten years of persistent agitation, much thankless labor and considerable expenditure of money in the cause of highway improvement. At times, the efforts that have been put forth seem to have been out of all proportion to what has been accomplished. The temptation, then, is strong to relinquish tho work entirely to those who will he the most immediate and chief beneficiaries of it; but, knowing that the withdrawal of their assistance would be the removal of one of the strongest supports of the cause, they turn again to renew their efforts in its behalf. There are some things connected with the road problem that are better understood to-day than they were a few years ago, and they have brought to wheelmen a realization that there are many sections of the country in which it is well-nigh impossible to interest or instruct the people on the subject, and where it may take a generation or two to convince them that bad roads cost money while good roads save it. Therefore, while in no degree abating their own interest in highway improvement, cyclists find it for their own interest in such districts to secure the construction of cycle side-paths. Such paths are directly beneficial to all concerned, for the wheelman gets a good roadway aud the opposition are afforded food for thought in the constant spectacle of the easy, rapid locomotion of vehicles over smooth surfaces. ?_ _ .3 l; ;_a 1 X Luis is an eancauve muueuce, uuii it cannot always be cotfnted on as sufficient. To secure permanent results it should be supplemented by practical instruction, not alone to the adult generation but to the youth who will, before many years, be called upon to decide whether the mud ways of the past are to be retained, or whether greater prosperity is to be courted by the aid of hard and permanent highways. Demonstrations of road construction held annually in every county; building of sample stretches on scientific principles; efforts to arouse interest by promoting discussion in farmers' granges and associations; circulation of readable, convincing matter, and the like, are among the means that can be used to appeal to the adult mind. But younger minds can be appealed to more effectively through the instruction of the schools and colleges, in every one of which information on the social and economic vahie of good roads ought to be given. This is a phase of the subject that has not yet received the attention its importance merits. Too much cannot be expected of the present generation, but the oncoming one can be trained to see the great advantages of improving the highways, so that they will naturally take up the work when their time and opportunity comes. Doubtless there are obstacles to be encountered in securing the introduction of such instruction into the common schools, but they can all be overcome. Not the least among them, perhaps, is the fact that few teachers are themselves at all well informed on the subject, and might not welcome it at Grst. Few works suitable for purposes of instruction now exist, and a demand for them would be created; but, in a short time, all this could be remedied, and intelligent instruction given to the young would eventually bring forth fruit a thousand fold.?L. A. AV. Bulletin. Villas? Iini>ro\-ement. In some villages there seems to be a tendency to reduce everything to the cut-aud-dried condition of the tliim marrinc natural rural *<"V? o beauty and destroying many attractive features. In a protest against this sort of thing, the Bridgeport (Conn.) Post adds: "We refer to the passion for clearing away vines and shrubbery along the roadside, to the desire to make everything prim and formal, to place whitewashed boulders along closely shaven turf, and all those cut-and-dried processes whereby a Connecticut village is changed from delightful, interesting, romantic beauty to a spick-and-span ugliness reminding the artistic visitor of the most dreary streets in bourgeois cities, where the hand of the Philistine hasJjeen guided by mere utilitarianism." The War Are on Kutty Roads. "A ditch in time saves nine," if it is placed so as to prevent a lot of higlrway "washouts." The Misscuri Good Roads and Im nrnvement Association now has an or I ganization in fifty counties. Salt scale largely used upon the roads of the county of Cheshire, England, and is said to greatly improve the surfaces. Spreading stone on the surface or in a trench is not road-building, as some still seem to think. A properlyrolled, shaped and drained earth foundation is the first requisite. Commercial and military necessities constructed good roads in Europe before the days of the railway, but the canal, steamboat and railway began so early to develop this country that need for good roads was but uncertainly felt and imperfectly appreciated. At tho Folsom prison in California a vein of trap rock runs through the 1 Jf J grounds; tuere is spienuiu watu power and a railroad at hand, and the , convicts are able to turn out road material for the counties at the'remarkably low pric3 of twenty-five cents a ton. It is estimated that fully two-thirds of the whole amount of public money held by the London banks does not bear interest. * ' V ' -V&f?