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THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT. Gratifying Progress Shown In Road Construction Everywhere. That there are upward of $400,000,000 of good roads bouds issued and outStanding is indicated by the Good Roads Year Hook of tlie United States, K..? h.xnti IUV Ii.MO VU111UII Ul v* 11H.U Uiis JU91 UCfU issued, containing a resume of the whole road situation It is evident that, whatever may be the faults in methods of construction and maintenance, money is being spent in sufficient amount bring about a vast improvement in the public roads. The year book shows $137,000,000 of state and road bouds authorized and $150,000,000 of county bonds outstanding on Jan. 1. 1913, making a total of $293,500,000 As this is based on reports front about 75 per cent of the counties iu the United States and as a large number of tbe individual townships have uot reported it is estimated that the amounts not re ported would run the aggregate up to probably Ss550.CKXt.000. to which should be added ten or lift ecu million dollars of the bonds voted in 1012. which have not yet been Issued ((ratifying progress in road construction during the past few years is indi cated by the statement in the yeai book that, while the percentage of all road improvement in the United States at the close of 11KX> was 8.0*5 per cent, the revised statistics to Dec. 31. 1911. show an improved mileage of 10.1 per cent or a net gain of 1.44 per ceut. This does not sound so impressive in terms of percentage, but it means that In the two year period more than 34,000 miles of improved roads were constructed, or 10.000 miles more than the entire mileage of national roads in France.?Scientific American. RURAL SCHOOLS AND ROADS. Impaesabi* Highways Seriously Handioap th# Country Child's Progress. The most serious charge yet lodged against the rural school Is that the rate of rural illiteracy is twice the nrban rate, despite the fact that threefourths of our immigrants are in the cities, and illiteracy among uative born children of native parentage Is more than three times as great as among native children of foreign born parentage, says A. C. Monahan of the federal bureau of education. With 220.000 one teacher school houses, of which 5/XX) are log buildings. wo face the fact that the rurai school Is alarmingly neglected. Although more than CO per cent of the children of the entire country are enrolled In country schools, the aggregate attendance Is only 51 per cent. Inquiry as to why children do not attend school longer In many communities will almost invariably bring the reply that bad roads, blockades of mod, snow drifts, washed out bridges and the discouraging factor of long tramps through the cold weather keep them away. Even the consolidated Bcnooi is urnueu 10 lis useiuiuras uy the impassable highway. While the one room school and the Inexperienced teacher are serious defects, we should put most of the blame where It belongs?on our abominable highways?which had better In most cases be called lowways. With good roads the little red scboolhouse might free Itself of many of the charges it now t>ears.? Country Gentleman. GOOD ROADS AND CHURCHES. If the Walking or Driving Is Bad Peo! # "pie Stay Home. Churches and schools, the two great agencies for the upbuilding of any citioanohln cnftnr^rc frnm tho Ilia (iVUOUt|/( UI V OUUVi VI ? ?l vvu IUV ? which come from thoroughfares of aD inferior type, says James R. Marker, state highway commissioner of Ohio, in a recent report. Decreased attention during periods of inclement weather, when either to drive or walk imposes at the best a hardship and is of ten an impossibility over poor roads, cannot help but be the natural result It cannot i>e expected that children will be compelled to walk to school if a sea of mud furnishes the only footing, and this is too frequently true in places outside the urban centers and often so in the latter ;\or is u to De hoped that the horse will be employed to find his path along the treacherous road lu order that the children may not miss their lessons Those who deal In statistics claim that good roads everywhere would increase school attendance not le6s than 25 per cent ^ Preachers bear striking testimony as to the effect miserable roads have upon the attendance at the churches. They can gauge It with accuracy^ and the percentage of decrease there is no less than In the schools. Good roads point not only toward larger audiences, but larger contributions and less donation parties. Thus they become a powerful agency for spiritual and educational growth. t .. The Farmer's Need. iuo imuici icvwfeui/ica iuc ucruo vi better roads and realizes how much euch roads would contribute to tbelr comfort and prosperity. Good roads save dollars and cents to the fanner. Bad roads make farming unprofitable nnd undesirable. Bad roads increase the solitude of country life and limit the opportunities of the farmer. Good roads bring him into closer touch with the center of progress. Good roads euhauce the value of farm land, beautify the country and advance the farmer in bis social, religious and educational de velopment. Good roads are the avenues of trade which lesseu the trans portation of marketable products. Good roads are the cords that bind the clt> 1ind the country together In thrift. In- \ dustry and Intelligence. Good roads Sfev are the most potent factor to make the American farmer better, greater and happier.?Better Roada. ' j CURIOUS CLOCKS. Ingenious Schemes by Which They Mark the Passing Hours. A Grenoble clockmaker, Antony Jacques, is responsible for the ingenious clock which he has named i "Los I leu res ltacchiques'' ("The / 11 1 . .r sl.^ Hours 01 naccnus ). vne ux me two drunken individuals is drowning in a glass of colored water simui lating wine, while his equally helpless companion is barely able to hold ; out to him, by way of stupid drunkj en greeting, the bottle which they have emptied between them. In i the body of this figure is secreted a magnet, which is attracted by the steel hand of the drowning diseiple of Baeehus. The two figures remain stationj ary, but the wineglass, with the hours painted in blaek on it, rei volves so that while the floating figure remains suspended in the water, but motionless, the hours and quarters are marked o!f by the revolution .% ' tin. irl.icc uliii'h i? liimtp to \'l lir r???. .....X.. .W turn on a circular place actuated by the mechanism secreted in the base of this strange hut attractive 1 clock. "The Seizor cluck, by M. A. l\)itel, constitutes a particularly at-1 tractive object for the shop window. It is made to represent the old type of schoolmaster, who, with his stick in hand, used equally for teaching and chastisement, is instructing an urchin in what appears to be a sum in arithmetic, but the figures really represent the hours, to which the teacher automatically points as the movement impels his arm to indicate the passage of time. "La Mappenmonde" ("The Map of the World") is another ingenious mechanical device, the invention of a modern French cloekmaker of Bethune. The movement is in the interior of the globe and causes it to revolve and so mark off the hours " - - a ?i-1 i y i on me equatorial uanu uy menue ui a locomotive, which, by the way, lias a separate mechanism of its own, whereby, if the globe is made : stationary, it may make a circuit ; on its own rails of the equator in twelve hours. If the clock is used for show purposes the stationary locomotive with revolving globe is possibly the best method to employ, as the locomotive may then be kept always in view of the public. But as an ingenious and useful clock for private use the circuit made bv the locomotive is more interesting.?From the Watchmaker, Jeweler, Silversmith and Optician. Saw* Without Teeth. An explanation of the manner in which a soft steel disk revolving at high velocity cuts hard steel has recently been sought with the aid of microscopic inspection. The result corroborates the view hitherto held that the material acted upon is heated at the place of contact to the fusing point and then brushed away. The high temperature appears to be conlincd narrowly to the point of contact, so that a thin gash is cut. The temperature of the revolving disk does not rise so high because of the large surface area of the disk. The part of the disk in contact is continually changing, while the frictional energy is concentrated on a very small area of the material subjected to its action. ?Saturday Evening Post. An Offending Egg. "Waiter!" The voice of the eldm..r? men i?i nf wrath from his table by the window. "Yes, sir," replied the waiter, bustling forward. The customer swallowed several times quickly before he could command his voice. 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