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WHY Off 10DIM ' f* / Admiral Dewey Stirs Up the Russian Bear. OREGON'S SPLENDID RECORD. Naval Activity at Cadiz? Will Wflcome OU1 tllory--Kaiser's Interest | In Manila. S A dispatch from Washington, dated May 21, states: The news e\entof the day at the navy department was the dispatch of the order to the Monterey to proceed to Mauilu to reiuforcc Admiral Dewey. Tbo M onjorey is a i tower of strougth m liorsclf and her , addition to Admiral Dewey's forco. | together with the dispatch of thousauds i of troops to Manila, is ample evideuee I that the administration 1ms assumed no J half-hearted attitude toward the I'hil- I ippiiics question aim is tioienuiucu iu to take iio clitlnco of disposition until i such time as the United States | itself has uriau^ed for the dispo- i sitiou of the islands. Tho Monterey is probably the most formidnblo | monitor in the world, yet she combines with the enormous offensive ami do- 1 J ?i o>/ i ?%' A f t.*'rv{y 'y t> J. . " *ArAll /: nONC * ":- * vr* Wlierc Hostilities I This Mn~ is not drawn on a s fensiyo qualities of tljti monitor type a ' llllliv. w llidl IS U.iuudl Vuv nonrenal. Dewey Stirs t'p Knssiit. The public and tlio press of St. Pe tersburo are eviuciuj* j.'reut interest 11 the future of tho Philippine Islands Much hostility is manifested townr* any scheme by which the United States (treat Britain, or (ierniany, individual ly or jointly, are to have possession o the islands, and some of tho uewspa pers urtro tin; Russian government t endeavor to obtain from Spain a leas of some of the Philippine Islands in or der that tlioy may serve as a Russia food base in tho Pacific. TTV^vv v - <v *'' > ^v mMm&*l Jfe-^crS r.vAS;< ^ I''V^ ' |||p|lg .,.. " S.VNTIAG Oregon's Splendid liecord. The navy department is proud of th record made by tho Oregon from a engineering point of view. The rt ports to the department from the shi show that she does not need five ceul worth of repairs to her machiner after her 13,(0.) miles continuous rut The record is Haiti never to have bee equalled since the building of the tin >lorr >!er?ey Nrc<1 c !. Pecretii.y Alger has sent to the Se* retary of the Treasury for transmissic to ( ongresa supplemental estimates i npproiuintions aggregating f*NM,r?3S,s. required by the \Vnr department f< the support of the revrular and volui teer armies of the I'nited States for tl first six months of the fiscal year en* i!it? .InnedO. in addition to tl amounts appropriated in the \cts March 1 '> and .May J. Not a Failure. The (iussie expedition did not fe entirely. Two native Cuban soon were landed west of Havana, out] second day out Spanish guerrill had lieen assigned to the duty patrolling the shore. A boat from t! t iussie lauded twenty men. They hi hardly set foot upon shore before furious volley was fired at them by tl guerillas, who were concerted thickets on the crest of the low Lull The American party advaneed, we halted when in range and the ord "Fire! was given. They fired as 01 inuu. sending three volleys at t guerillas, who scattered hko chatV h tore the wind, five <?f them we killed, including acf'ain. Pickpocket* Arrested. Hubert Sullivan and William I'attt son were arrested at Charlotte on t \ y i :i \. l.: Al l. VutlJ cuargeu *wiu mu pucKt p of a number of visitors to the May oe brution. Tliey were both bound ov I'o the ( rituinal court in the sum t , ( \. 'I hey immediately put up t t !! <!'. in ami were given their liberl 'rr notified both of the men tl Id linve to leave town on t This tliev did and seem t.irv we jj , >d i i .i l.is ".WutiHy. \? .1 r.u! piece ?<! i: - .. i. nee. i iv T.iimiie BATTLBB?1 irnn wnruhin Tllfi l>Ulllllo. wllicll I comes with the Oregon from lirazil, is | to he overhauled at Newport Nows. furnished with armor, givon a pood buttery of ft-inch guns and altogether made a very effective and modern cruiser. This will take about two i mouths. Naval Actlvitj ut Cialix. Captain* Strong, of the Irrigation Energy, which arrived at St. John's, N. F., j on the tlvM, with a cargo of salt from J Cadi/., reports that when he loft Cadiz < a fornight ago, the greatest activity pre- | vailed 111 the navut arseuul there. Tho I UNITED ?4 STATES " r,n "aonaiK t\y ; <Af.C IZC3 ft-.'. VClyA CWMl'fJj* t?ivl*T0'' tAow?y7/ : *S) i ^ t'\ J A Vit (AI ?S " Iftweon Spain ami tlie I'nlteil Stutfs n ealo, the oulj object Iw'iiiu to brim; out clearly two I! Uoaj-i- ' ? ".A.VT*. Mormacuia, purchased to b( used us auxiliary cruisers, and uov ! named the liapido and Putria, were be iiux rapidly armored, and tho warship - retittin^ in the harbor were loadim u stores and aimiiuiution. [ i Will Welcome Old Olory. The pcoplo of the Past 1 ndies welcotm j the impending occupation of tin . Philippino Islauds by Amcrieans, ac o eordint; to A. Dittmar, tho manu u facturer aud tobacco grower of Siujja pore. A material improvement 11 u trade is expected, ho says, following the advent of the Americau fln?*. ttBSSBSBB&T I / ' O 1>E CUBA. Kaiser's Interest In Manila. e , Advices from Manilla say tho situa 11 tion there has improved. Captain An s* gusti, if is added, hns regulated th 1* price of provisions. It is also ro| orte 8 from Manila that tho foreign colonist >" have sent the Captain (Jeneral expres ' stons of sympathy with Spaiu. This i 11 markedly the case with thotierma st colony, and the action of tho (ioramu T' e t'barlestoii <>?!'. e- The United States cruiser Chni n loston passed through tlie (ioldeu (?at ?f at spjo on tho morning of the "JJd r.ftt " having been anchored in the stream a ,r night. She adjusted her compasses : 11" an early hour and passed up the bn lo ttirou;;ti uacccon Mraitn r.uil t asse the ducks on the northern frontage < 10 the city. Every steam vessel in tl harbor blew uu revoir to Capt. dlai and his crew. One l'"\peilltton Oone. 'd A f-pecial t" the Record, from Maooi ts (la., says: I'nless some accident hi he befallen the United states transpo as Florida, there are now I'nited Stati (>. volunteer troops on the island of Cub Erom accurate information obtain* " V it can he stated as a faet that the lir ft(l expedition toward Cuban soil hasstat ; H ed ami the outlo*>k is for a suecessf in ,n,>' ? ,s, Will (Irani No More Permit*. re Secretary I.on^ will grant no mo; el permits to vessels of any nation to e [lu ter Havana Ollicers conininndiu h*3 hhickaders have been opposed to tl ,e" former policv and united in a form )?e ?r?|uO ,id? inLrnx.lim. bj curried to Havana under their guu The Columbia Cops to Sea. :r- The 1'nited States commerce destro jJO er Columbia, which has been at anch at Tomkinaville, coaling and provisio !lB ing after a tour of duty with the Nor le- Atlantic patrol, weighed anchor ai er proceeded to sea ou the night of t! of _ . he New Methodist Ittsliops. tv> At Hnltiuiore I>r. Warrou Candler, ' . (Jeorgia, 1'resident of KtuoryColle 111 at < >xiord, and Mr. 11. ('. Morrison, be Nashville, Tenn., missionary secretar ed were elected bishops of the Method Kpisropal church, South, at tuetieuei , Con ference. ia Baid to bo duo to ordora recoived by ' the tiorinau Cousul from Borliu. Hay Itrtallntc. It is confidently asserted that Conpress will not vote a cent for the Paris exposition. This nctiou is taken on account of the manifest uufriendlines of tho people of Franco toward the peoplo of tho United States. While the French povernment has done nothiup openly to awl Spain it is known tliut country has its moral and secret support. If tho United Stutes declines to make au exhibit at tho Paris exposition aud Americans boycott tho exhibi ! )9l7. ^ <o J| j *- | " ^ ffkOl** i 15 / I ,1 // Jf O (,^^j ire Likely to Occur. the leudiug points of intor?'st. __ .,. ^a?l~ ' . itou it will be the severest blow that 0 } coulil be given tho enterprise. ! DKATI! OK KDWAKI) BllLLAMY' Died nt His Home in Chicopee Kails--A Sketch of Ills Career. Edward Bellamy, author and huuiuni' tarian,. died ut his home in Chicopee : Falls on the morning of the .'2d, in tho a forty-ninth year of his age. Mr. Bellamy has been in feeblo health ever . I sinco he finished his "Equality," eight . mouths ago. 1 He was born at Chicopee Falls, r March 2i>th, 18i0, and was tho third son of llev. 11. K. Bellamy, for thirtyfive tears tho pastor of tho Baptist | Church at Chicopee. After linishiug a course a* Cuion College, he completed his education by a year of F.uropean travel and study. I By the close study of law he was, at ; 21 years of age, admitted to the bar of llaiupdun county, Mass. From the latter positiou he went into journalism, finally in co-partnership with his j brother, C. T. Hellamy, starting Tho i Springfield Paily News. It was in | that his famous hook, Looking Backward, was published, the sale of j which up to the preseut time is over 4"in,no\) copies in America, and probab! 1 \ over half a million copies have been ! sold in Kiiglaud ami other foreign countries. Looking Backward has j been translated into < ionium, French, ! Bii-sinn, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian , and several other languages, i i >n Peceiuber 18KI, Mr. Bellamy issued the first number of The New i Nation, a paper destined to become the most quoted and influential political or revolutionary journal in the world. Ho leaves a widow and two children, ! besides two brothers. ( harles.I. Uellu: inv. editor of Tho Springfield 1 >n11 y News, aud Frederick Jfellaiuy, of , Brooklyn, v. V. '* | > iot Passenger Crashes Into a Militne , ry Train, d 1 Tho train conveying the Fi>st Miss j souri infantry from Chattanooga to i Cliiokaiunuga tiark was wrecked in n 1S collision at Kossville station on the n ! morning of the 21st. Five privates were s ' killed uud twelve injured. To ,tle;t In Denver, t o!, I ' f- , The eleventh annua! convention of le I Stuto Hailroad Commissioner will be )r | held iu Denver, Co!., on the second ij Tuesday iu August, lblW. Censorship Over the Senate. ,|l ! President Mclvinley on tho littli esof i tnhlished a censorship over the cabinet. ie ! Hereafter onlv Seer?fnre I.ano ami ss ! Secrutury Alger will be coguizaut ol ; war secrets. >lorc Spanish I'laiits. n, I A dispatch to the Star from Montren (is > says Senc*. I'olv y Bernnbehas f ecu red ; by cable, a coal depot near St. Pierre, I Miquellou, the French colony oil tin south coast of New Fouudlnnd, a ? which the Cadiz squadron will con I previous to attacking the Atlanta i seaboard of the I mted States. Sweli ligtlie Insurgent Banks, (iustavo Arangneren, a brother o the Into Cuban insurgent general rf' Nestor Arnngiiereu, on tho 22d receiv u* 1 ed letters from iiavanua, via Yen j Crnez, <iated .May 7. stating that Gen '? ! eral Blanco's orders impressing id " | Cubans in the Spanish army has hai to , tlie efleet of driving many in the in " surgent ranks. War Tirlefs. Col. Babcock left Tampa Thursdn; n. night under orders to report to Majo th ( ieneral Merrit at. San Francisco. H ^(1 will act as adjutant genera! of the Ma L,e nila expe dition. A dispatch from St. I'ierro. MaT ; tinique. says that the Spanish torped ()f boat destroyer Terror, at Fort d I France, lias completed her repair and is ready to leave at anv moment. v. \ dispatch from Tauipa last Thtirf ist day night says that a favorable repor ral will lie made in regard to Jacksonvill , at u fioiutof c mcentration. \'l.l 1^1 SPieRdi; SJy to Vote for Any Mcnsire Thi ' y" Bring the War to a Close. M McLaurin, Democrat, of Soul ] in thoaba, in the Senate on the 10tl oif*lit Mil the discussion of the war re imodtatfyll With a carefully prepare 10 torpetfj?acilio? *1' ?* features. H d ' **e *?id. to rote for an ' t..k?nJAth*1 would tend' to bring th * 00 .successful oonclnsfon. Peopl 1 tbo na>land of Cuba ware dying ever ned l>y J-beir condition 'is beyond tb g- and his description. Every day no cm thatue loss of hundreds, perhai 1 not be V( of lives in Cuba, he deola bee watfjty on the. island is at staki has placed our ownni W^d.the proposed issue < ^^HWway. a that there was an inilr ^Hvlo keep.lt iu this country in or WrorfuIMu"i?D 't8 ^>resideut, more pol jut than ?yof n*re88> It w*? the silenl jecrofc ?nliairen?e the money powei which wao3C?de*Ionne to force an ? sue of bOLej ,Jvnc? the Senate, tli foruiu of I t IHCPI?, yielded to tin clamor, MiU-^cVaiu ,'l1 declared,aud b< jomes ?otiEV** e n meshes of tb [uouoy ocf_, .e P??P'o will sulle indeed. P* hero is an army iu tbi country," f'1?. 8?\j> ' ^u,?t 1,8 "nxioust raid tbe Uw? ^>tatea frcasury us ou roltiuteors ( 816 to raid tbe lslaud o Cuba. ToL""3 'uv i/eier to no vol unteers are JjP5 e"? lues?jobbers an jpeculatorsii orm.? greater menace t< as than th?|.wTar w^b Hpaiu. " Senator j]l?I ?urin defeuded the bill a reported bf, Vho majority of the fiuuuc cowmittcef ?~. hojied that with thi possible t? _<ption of the stamp tax which ho d^s ??d unnecessary, the bil would past * '?ported. He strongl; urged the ua'op ,u ?* the propositiol to issue lega< \ touder notes. 4,it is tli< dealers in iLf , re?f declared Senato: McLaurin, f "nan?hal speculator! and cormo\f ^ the trausportatior companies, tPe mauufacturerB of am munition, w ma*e money out of the war. Upon) 'hose the financial burdens of the wat\ 52 ' . *? 'u" aQd uo upon the fsny . 8 ?* the men who gc to the front y>t hght for their country.' TOBXAuVr AWFUL WORK. Sweeps Portions of ArKau and Texas. The torniy^^Avhich passed through a porTuvj,"v^1 ^thwost Arkansas on thouight of tiK 20th did Ufiaiifcise damago to property aud caused tl death of at least seven people. Tl storm came frotn the southeast, passir through the great fruit belt of tl < >zark region ami tore its way throng the Southern end of lieuton count; spending its force in the White rivi valley. Everything in its path w destroyed, the greatost damage hen; done ueur Elm Springs, Lowell at: .Mnltowu, tho latter place being ei tirely swept away. At Elm Spring houses were blown down, orchards d stroyed and stock killed. One ma who had sought safety in a cellar, wi killed by fulling timbers. THE TORNADO'S WORK IN TEXAS. A tornado struck Hnvenuu, in I'm ning county, ou the night of the 21 from the southwest, blowing dou I....... ?.... .1. IK 1 .1 u?c?cn uniuo, icu vi >> t'l 11li^auii 11 Methodist and Christian churche The tornado traveled in a northeuste ly direction, and passed just north lvauhoe. wh^j? <p t. Jos. E. Dupr was killed ana las house wrecked. J Clnrksville a negro was killed ar eleven people injured. Many hors and mules were killed. The proper damaged in the Red River valley w reach SIuo,000. LI lIL'NCi CIIANU ASSAULJKD. A Man Strikes Hint us the Stutesmn Was Entering tlic Imperial Cliun tier. The North China Daily News April CJd, gives details from Pekin ol desperate assault upon Id HuugChai I as he entered the great audience hall have an interview with the Eniper three hours after midnight, lie w passing a double line of guards at t palace gates, when a man dressed c lirolv in lilnnl." fin 1 who hnd hidili behind the guards, broke through t! line and aimed a blow nt Li Hm Chang's bead with his list. Li sf him :u time and jumped to one sid receiving the fcjjw on the shouhit The man then ifuoinptcd to seize Li 1 the throat aiul'\tnrow him. but one the guards drew his sword and near ham-strung tho man, nnd ho fell hel less and was seized and bound. An >.i.iL*..ry From Cuba. A dispatch from Kingston, .Tnrnair dated May til. switos thatSenor Mend Capote. Vice-President of the Cub republic, who is on his way to Was ingtou, arrived there today. Sen Capote snys: "I go to Washington set forth tho nspirations of the pr visional government in conjuncti I \\ilh Senor Polaoia. L cnuuot dtsc'o the precise nature of the represen tions I shall make. Their object is establish a linn understanding lietwe . tho governments and arrange a basis co-operation in military designs. an< civil reorganization of the isiaud. \ feel immensely giutefnl to the Unit " i States for their aid. The non-decisi . j character of tho wtir so far is a lit 1 i disappointing to us, hut we know t L American plans must be wise and e tain in the end to effect the res striven for. That result for us is i liberty alone, but independence in< ' [ peudeace of the United States as w , J as of Spuin. " The Charleston Returns. 1 i The cruiser Charleston, thi?t sail I on tho 1 titIi for Manila with amiuu j ' tion and supplies for Admiral !>ow< is Unck nt her berth at Maro Isln navy yard with her condousers out order. The accident is trivial. y | A Congressman in tlie course of n < r hate on one i>h.?A> of the llnanelal iju 0 tion the other day very earnestly : marked that "the United States 1111 tench the world that while she once an infant she Is now a full grm 01 man." How long has she been a fi e ; grown man? s ?^? ? A NYw Yorl: man says he can rnn diamonds by electricity. Very like I A great many In this oil are made 0 real estate deals. -'lGOODRaA^NOm!| ;h laieteiojeiaoteiefeie^^ i __ Value of OooJ I Coeds Kvoryirhcre. *Z For many years past the "farmers e and suburban residents of this great iy republic have been hard at work helpie ing the railroads extend their lines ie everywhere. "Just get a railroad y through my property, and my fortune id is made," has been the expression of w more thnu one extensive landowner. )S And he'has gotten the railroads, with Ji* great benefit to himself and his viciuity. By their means he has been enable^ to get ont to the centres of civi>f lizatnon, and to bring his produce to X' good'.murkets. e Tjopg ago ho should have devised t- sonieUvny l?y whioh tho public higli^ way rtould be improved and made even r? more I useful to hiin than the steel " track* of the groat trunk lines, i? Thrive is at present under consider? at ion (a plan for the introduction of ^ horscltpss carriages, with wide-tirod r wheels!, for the main thoroughfares, 3 througth thickly settled localities, the i) carriage itself to bo of the ordinary r pattern], nud coupled to it one or moro f cars, off very light and strong cou' structhln. This vehicle could bo run regardless of tlio grade, and, to some u extent, l of tho state of the roads. a liuts anld ridges of any ordinary ohar0 aeter wit 11 not obstruct tho progress of 0 this car,C neither will the weather have any effee it upon it. 1 The h sorsciuau's worry is his horso y and bar 11'ess, and all anxiety on this 1 score is < p'louo away with by tho liorseu less carri 'ago. The running gear of r the vehicVdo will he placed under a j metal guiirrd, resembling an old-fash. ion drippking pan inverted. This af, fords proA ection to tho gear, aud coni hues tho jtnud to the lower portion of t 'tho oqui] i<uient. conducing generally ; to the cot Infort aud the cleanliness of tho passei 'igors and car alike. While a high rat 'S of speed would be desiraftble, it if ?? not expected that this will . be one of F tho main points, although Excellent t rjime can be mado whore the l ioads are I good. This plan will uurluestionaliyity necessitate *00 widening of the ordil'uary track; but this is a . -trr.V cnuily r.'. imaged. If only 10 vlido-tirod Vehicles were used, the cost IO 1 -d ,..,...1- ul.l t -1 1 < ... ?ui? ?uitm 11(9 CCHUCCU to 155 a\very low figure. Imagino a horse* ie less carriage with a six or eight-inch :h s:6el tire, whieh would not like arollor, y, and smooth dow 11 most of the irregtier larities on the roadway. as The suggestion that there would he bumping and bouncing is scarcely wotrth consideration. Jolting cornea g frotu sudden contact with a single e! point. A wide tire wheel would cover in so lunch surface at one time that most as of the jolting could be avoided, and, excfcpt upon very hard, frozen ground, would wear down the surface as it wont, leaving nothing to bounce and 11- bump on. st ft is an interesting fact that much :u of the good-roads enthusiasm has been 16 stirred up by the manufacturers and jl* riders of bicycles. The wheelman must have a good road, and there beeo ing so uiauy of him. the beginning of the iVovemeiit was not in the least id dillictlt. es Too much cannot he said against ty the inertness of certain localities and the atrocious management of certain bits ot roa l. Tin ve are regions where one li^iy ride for miles upon roads that ai*j almost as smooth as a floor; then siddenly the rider encounters ? in which is a veritable Slough of Despond?i I ?ng stiv'eh <>f deep holes, ridges tud cut-up nrface, which is a of distract t.. * ? 0 - ~ . -i II 14 i I ^ Ullit IU A a evr.tes it J(T It is the shoevi nonsense to say ?o that smli pieces ol roa<l cannot be made paisable. Sucu assertions show ag more mil moro clearly the need of ho Ciovernuent supervision of roads, and n. the imp>rt.v.ieo of intelligent and ea painstakiig work from the foundation ho to the sn fa- ex?New York Ledger. j i r IW Igj T!if Ja-.v.jos of Ni.-.'.-ow Tires. :r. For th> first few days after the by steam vol ore arc taken off tho new highways 'they arc dreams," says tho - Springtide News, "the best thing on earth, suoot.h as a tabic, and yet yielding elastic. tlie nurrow tire 1. V\ns u put in its work, cutting theib.yike a knife, first disin'' tegvating tr*\surfnce, and later on aij knocking tl|t foundations to pieces, jj. Once t!ie 8-;-*~\eo is disturbed, the Av mill cl.ipq if ilin to stantly passi'fjk Ar.rrow tired vehicles o- UiJ not hupj'.^l*. on "As long ni'i M'l'ovi' tirer/are allowed 's0 for heavy leni 1[ '? no such tiling as a |'o satisfactory i?j?4dnm roadbed is posen sible. The use is much worse with ef dirt roads. The knifo tiro cuts 1 a through quic.er, and tlio water tears Ve them to notling quicker. There is i ed no reason \vh dirt roads should not ivo prove satisfnoory in country districts ' if wide tires for loaded teams wore ! '10 required, witl wiieels which do not track. The sooner a State law is enacted to eery out this idea, the le. sooner will tnxiayers have relief, soul ell good roads he n sight. "I?ut do not ctour legislators forget for a moment t at wide tires without ! a provision tlia the hack wheels shall ( run in a differed track from the for- j "i ward wheels is.nly half the battle, if , Hd ftS ni"ch as half Six-inch tires, with ; u{ the rear wheels 'uniting right behind i the forward one, would only smooth 1 one foot of the i>ad on a trip. Make I lp* the wheels run ii different tracks, and j es- we will have twifeet rolled each trip. Allowing for tains passing each ,st other, each keejug to its side of the *as centre line, uu< we firW four feet (Vii rolled, and, makug due allowance for ill- teams not takiugtheir e.'rcme right, unless required, it is reasonable to expect that liealy the whole road- j iKe j)0)] would, in tun, receive its share | l.v. <,f rolling instead as now, of being j by | cut deeply and diastrously .vith every ' 1 rip." I A New Jersey Estimate. The annual report of the State Road Commissioner of Now Jersey makes the following statement of the oost of haulage on various roads, and shows very'concisely where the advantages of good surface and light grades come in. He says: "It costs 9J cents per bushel to ship wheat from Chioago to New York, a distance.of 900 miles; it costs three cents a bushel to haul wheat on a level rcftd a distanoe of five miles, and on a sandy road it would oost nine cents per mile to haul it. The saving on a bushel of wheat wifcfr g?^d roads for a distance of Ave tnites would be equivalent tn that of h00 miles of wkansnor tntion by steamer or can/.I boat, or 375 miles by railroad. Ono mile of good roads would make a saving equal to seventy-fivo miles of railroad transportation. Tims every milo of good roads places the producer seventy-five miles by rail nearer to the markets. It is estimated that tho cost of hauling 500,000,000 tons of farm produco to market is $2 per ton, or just about $1,000,000,000; it is also estimated that about*ixty per cent, of this last amount, or $000,000,000 would be saved each year if farmers were ablo to do this hauling over good roads," Ono YVny ??r 1'reaervlng llo.-uls. To protect nud preserve the highways by withdrawing them from public use at times wheu they aro likely to bo injured by heavy travel is certainly a unique,'method of providing for the public welfare, but this is what the Kentucky statutes say: "Any corpora*.ion, company or individual who nui^, by unusual use of a road, materially damage the same, shall repair all damages caused by the use of such road or roads. The supervisor or ovorseor of roads shall, at auy tirno when necessary, notify said corporations, companies or individuals of their duty as provided in this section; and should the said parties so notified fail, in a reasonable length of time, to be tiled in tbo notiee, to make such repairs, such parties sliall bo deemed guilty of obstructing the publie roads and shall bo subject to a fino of not exceeding $100, to be applied to road purposes." The Weakest Link. Like a chain, a }-oad is no stronger or better than its weakest link. In a higiiway there are many links which may be poor, weak or defective. "Whatever or wheiever the cause of inferiority may be, the efficiency of the whole road is thereby reduced to a level with that of its most inferior part. If drainage is inadequate, and water accumulates, J;heavy hauling results; if there is a single steep grade, the size of load that can he transported is materially reduced; if the connection between points is indirect, due to square corners, much ' time is wasted; if care and repair are i irregular and unintelligent, money and i labor arc spent in vain. The remedy is, lay out the course of tho road judiciously, build it scientifically and care for it. constantly.?Good Roads Bulletin. Distanced by Europe. Americans must foci some disappointment, since their country has long been famous for its quickness j and skill in adopting mechanical and scientific discoveries for business purposes, when they realize that European cities are far surpassing any of ! ours in the use of horseless vehicles. ; Until wc have bettor roa 1 and better ' street pavements wo must submit to j the humiliation of being distanced by , Germany, France and England in one i of the most interesting and imp >rlunt ! phasds of modern progress. It is one j of the penalties we pay for make-shift j highways and for the folly which per- j nuts the use upon them of de.struo- I tively narrow tires. ? Cleveland ! Leader. Cowl linadi nn?l tho Mnllfi. "T~~ | If country roads were generally im- i proved by the modern plan of road j building there would not bo much dolay in providing free delivery through the more populous parts of tho country. One reason why England 'dolivers mail from house to house in the country, as well as in the city, is beenuso the country roads are in so fine condition that the work of delivery is greatly expedited. If there were Eng- | lish roads all through the Middle and i Eastern States it would not be a great undertaking for this Government to establish free delivery in those sections.?Syracuse (N. Y.) Post. Virc*. If onr political providences insure that only wide tiros for heavy loads shall be used on the new roads they will be a permanent blessing. But if the old style of tires is permitted to toar them to pieces it will hot be many i years before we have nothing but. tho J tax bills to remember litem by. ? Pittsburg Dispatch. Good UoikIs Aro Guoil InvrRtincnta. When tho farmers can he brought to j see max goou roans constructed wuu State aid mean money in their pockets, as lias lieen demonstrated in New j Jersey, good roads will become us | common as bad roads are now. ? Phila- | delohia Press. A "Ilnd ICiKidn Slap." A "bad roads map" of Illinois is being prepared by the State Division, L. A. W., to be sent to the Legislature j and all the newspapers in tho State. ! Such a mai? would be an "eye-opener" in almost any Stato in the Union.? I L. A. W. Bulletin. Hope Skipping and Mfi'.ingllitt. A New York school girl died re- ! cently from meningitis, brought ou from over-indulgence of rope skipping, i This fact may be of interest to j mothers of sundry small maidens too I much addicted to a practice which is I healthful enough when moderately iu- j dulgod iu. HOUSEHOLD MATTER* Chr?i? K?ll?h. Six Boston erne iters, split and dried, Tlien battered well upon one side; One pound of oheese (be sure 'tis nice); Cut ilrst in siloes, then in dice; One pint of milk (if fresh uso cold, Bat scald it 'tis a little old); A baking dish to hold a> quart. One of the round and shallow sort. Now first put in some bits of elieese, Thou crumble ornoker over these; Then oheese, then cracker. When you stofL Be sure the cracker coqics on top. With salt and popper season lightly, Also with cavcne very slightly. The milk udd last; bake half an hour, ? Und servo it h.ot, if in your power. Poisonous Salt. Salt must uot bo kept iu a tiu cam The moisture of the salt creatorf a runt that is absolutely fatal, ami produce! the worst form of blood poisoning. For Up-to-Dute Dining Rooms. t Dining-room furnishings, to 1>{$ Biricuy up-io-naie, must ne uiussivi niul modeled after the styles in vogu in colonial days or old English o ^ Dutch. Tho iast named is partieu rmly popular. XViiiln; l.ialit IVimil floor*. For waxiug a light wood floor usi one pint of boiled wax to 0110 pint, o turpentine. Molt the wax over tin register or in a warm bath until as sofi as butter; then boat theturpontineint< the soft wax, taking care to be awaj from the tire when using the tarpon i tine. Apply with a soft woolen cloth jtheu polish with weighted brush. Thii polish is equally good for furniture, beating in one gill of alcohol, A X'opulur fruit loo Crouin. A fruit ice cream which is populmf. at tho cooking schools is mndo in thiwl wise: The ingredients required for tJE quart of ico cream which will server eight people fashionably or six people^ bountifully are three cupfuls of inilk,! one cup of cream, one large deep yel-K low egg, two tnblespoonfuls of flour,! one cup of sugar, one level tnblespoon-3 fill gelatine (if it is to be molded), one->j half pound English walnuts in the^ shell nud one-quarter pound of tigs.o Soak the gelatine in a little of the cold I milk, saving two or three tablespoon-1 fills more of the milk to go with the# sugar, Hour and eggs. Mix thoroughly. 5 Heat the milk and add tlio flour, eggs 1 and sugar stirred in the cold milk, stir- ft ring carefully until thickened. When $ it comes from the fire add the dir.- | solved gelatine, the cream and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Chop the walnuts j| and llgsand put in after the cream is Si frozen. Take but the dasher and beat f in thoroughly. L'aek.. . Itd-ipe*. Molasses Doughuuts ? One cup ? molasses, one egg beaten in a teacup, then till cup with milk, one-half tea- 1 spoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, jji :l much of salt, roll in flour. Buttered Kggs?Heat twj tablespoonfuls butter in frying pan until brown; break in carefully four eggs. I'our butter over them with a spoon. g WUon set, serve on buttered toast, spread with anchovy pastd. Sprinkle eggs with saltspoonful of two dashes of pepper; serve very not. Molasses Taffy?It-oil molasses until it hardens on a spoon when dipped into cold water. This takes about a half hour. Stir when necessary. As the syrup thickens add a little sifted baking soda. Add slices of lemon, peanuts or cinnamon. I'oitr into buttered or oiio 1 tins and h.t it harden. Compote of Chestnuts !>.n! forty chestnuts eight minutes, remove the husks and skins, Bnu g a gill of water and one-fourth pound of sugar to a boil, then drop in the chestnuts and let them boil until they absorb all the sirup, then arrange them in a glass dish, squeeze over the juice of half a lemon ami sprinkle with a tablespoonful of granulated sugar; serve hot. Rhubarb With Blanc Mango--One pound of rhubarb, washed and wiped dry and cut in two-inch pieces; place it in a pie dish with the rind of a lemon cat very thin, a piece of bruised ginger about two inches long and onefourth pound of loaf sugar; cover and bake until tender, stirring occasionally that the flavoring may be uniform, then romove the giuger and servo cold with boiled ride. Okva Pilau- -Put three slices of the indispensable bacon into a saucepan t with one quart of okra pods scraped and chopped into tiny bits, discarding heads; pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Stir ten minutes. Add three pints of boiling water, one pint prepared rice. Remove bacon when rice is clone, dry < n the hack of the stove for ten minutes, stirring several times loosely with a fork. Vegetable Maigre Soup?Cut into clieo o'.ie" medium-sized potato, otie small turnip and parsnip; fry them brown in a frying pan mi one tablespoonful of hot butter. Turn into?u soup kettle with two quarts of cold wates, two tablespoon fills of rice, a sprig of parsley, a root of celery (chopped), a half -altspoonful of pepper, two level teaspoonf lis of salt. Let boil until the rice is done and servo ho' with toasted crackers. Lentil Soap?It is very nourishing and has many advantages over those of a viiniPi> kind Soak olie 1 >iIIt of lentils over night; in the morning drain nnd wash thoroughly. Prepare ami slice an onion, u carrot, a leek auft two sticks of celery, and fry in a saucepan in one ounce of dripping. I'our four pints of stock or water over; add tho lentils and simmer for about thours. Hub through a hair sieve, boll up and season to take. Serve voify hot, with dice of fried bread. } The hottest region on tho eartli ia on1, the southwestern coast of Persia, where Persia borders the gulf of the i sa?ne name. For forty consecutive dilys in July and August the therniomjeter has been known not to fall hnv, eg than 100 degrees, night or day, aud of'ten to run up as high us 12S. I I