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||1N"H!SSTEP! I44mt\at ittouto 3csus So? By Cliarlcs M. Sheldon. Copyrighted nml pultUnhcd In hco't form l>\ i i < Advance I*ubli*hiuu Co. of Chicago. ' ^t^SSSSS-S^SSS<^2-$S$$3^3-^yt "Now. In acting on this standard of condnct I have reached n ronclnsion which will no donbt cause some surprise. I have decided that the Sunday morning edition of The News shnll he i^iopnnfivinn/l offur rtorf Qnti/lnw'o {ocnn I I shall stnto in that issue my reasons for discontinuing. In order to make up to the subecrilxjrs the amount of reading matter tlioy may suppose themselves entitled to. we can issue a double number on Saturday, as is done by very many evening papers that mako no attempt at a Sunday edition. I am convinced that, from a Christian point of view, more harm than good has l>een dons by our Sunday morning pupcr. J do not believe that Jesus would bo responsible for it if ho were in my place today. It will occasion some trouble to arrange the details caused by this change with the advertisers and subscribers. That is for me to look after. The change itself is one that will take |>lace. So far as I can see. the loss will fall on myself. Neither the reportei*s nor tho pressmen need mako any particular changes in their plans." JDdwnrd Ncrman looked around the room. and no ono spoko. Ho was struck for tbo first time in his life with the fact that in nil the years of his newspaper life he had never had the force of the pnper together in this way. "WonId Jem1* do that? Tlmt is. would ho probnbly ran ? newspaper on somo Joying family plan whero editors, reporters, pressmen and all inet to discuss and dewia# and plan for tho making of a paper that ejjould have in view"? He caught himself drawing almost aiwitv from the facts cf typographical unions and oflico pnles and xeporters' ?uterpriso imd all tho cc]f] businesslike method* tJxat make a great daily sncoeesful. Bnt #>fill the vague picture that came up in fho mailing room wonld not fad? ow?vy, cyen when he hod gone into his oflicU unfl the nien had gone back to their places with won. der in their looks and questions of nU eorts on their tojigues ay iljey talked over tho editor's romnrk^blo actions. Clurlt rnmn in and hud a lonir u^rinna tall* with iUo chief. Ho was thoroughly , roused, and his protest almost reached Ah? point of resigning bis place. Nor- , man guarded himself carefully. Every \ minnte of iho interview wns paint i*J to ( him. but ho felt more than ever the necessity of doing tint Christliko thing. ( dark was a very yalHable man. It would bo difikrnlt to till Ilia plnti. But | tie waa not able to gjvo any reasons far j continuing the Hunday p;jper that afi'- , < awcrod the question. "What wonld , Jesus do?" by letting Jesus print that edition. , "It comes to this, then," said Clark j finally. "You will bankrupt the paper f in 80 days. We might as well face that future fact." p "I don't think wo ahull. Will you i mtay by Tlio News until it is bankrupt?" asked Edward Norman, with a j mtrr.ngo smile. f "Mr. Norman. I don't understand t you. You aro not the same man this week that I ever knew." ; "I don't know myself either, Clark. c Something remarkable has caught me t up and borne me on. but I was never uiu.u bunyiui'm 01 nnai success ana J power for the paper. You havo not an- c wered my question. Will yon stay g With met" j ?larlc hesitated a moment and finally \ aid "Yes." Norman tthook hands with I him and turned to his desk. Clark went J back into hi-"' room stirred by a number e of conflicting ^notions. He had never v before known such /)n exciting and k mentally disturbing week. #pd ho felt now as if he were connected with yn d enterprise that might at any moment ^ oollajwe and ruin him and all connected a with it. h Sunday morning dawned again on n RayTn.'nd. and Henry Maxwell's church U waa again crowded. P.eforo the service v began Kdward Noiinr.n attracted gen J ?ral attention. He set quietly in his q antral placo about three seat i fr m U. y pulpit. The h'unday panning issue of ti The News containir. ? t ie at^teiuc-.t of .its discontinuance lir.d Ik en r ?) by p nearly or erj* man in the liuu:**. Tito n:i- I .rtouncement bad been c xprossed m ev.cu j -remarkable lungungo tnat every r?ao a ( V r.truck l y it. No sreli f< - of .Unci H-usations nr.-'. rv r di-innWi t'J J usual trjnsJness cut-tor.- of Ilayna ! I n ^Tie events ,< *>}}oecl -d . it:i The Nev- ! wtro not all. Poopi-' wcro eagerly ta * u ing alrrnt the st range things done cb r- c, ing the week by Akxa :der Power,s at tbt> railroad shops ai d b 'Milt m Wrk > in his stores on tiro avenue. The service r( prOj^eaacd upon a distinct wnv - f ex idtewflBt in the i>ev/s. H -nry Maxwill Ci Atrial it with 11 t ill* " .J 1* liifli in. ? sdicatad u Kr</jQgth and purpose infr/c p, than uanal. His prayers were v-\ ^ helpful. His Horn)or yt.,h pot t-o easy 10 describe. How would a minis tor l>e apt 0j to preach to his pooplo ho came bafcro tj them after an entire wepkpt eager tngr "How wonhl Jeans preach? What t would h? probably snyt" It Id vtry !, certain tfc&t Henry Maxwell did r.ot ^ preach as ho had (lone two Sundays be- ' fore. Tuesday of past week ho had j stood by tho grave of the depd stranger *j; acid naid the words, "Earth tp pjwth. ashee to aehea. dust to dust," and still . he was moved by tho sj irit of a deeper ' Impulse (than ho could measure as he w (thought of people and yearned for ;lhe Christ message he should be M la his nulDit attain. .4* % " Now that Rnnday# hr.d como and the people were tlier? to hear, what would tho Master tell them ? Ho agonized over hi* preparation for them, and yet ho knew he had not been able to (it his message into his jdenl of tho Christ. Nevertheless no one in tho Fif?* church ^.,1,1 , ar.t,msin before. There was iu it rebuke for sin. especially hypocrisy; there was definite rebnko of the greed of wealth und the selfishness of fashion, two things that First church never heard rclmkod this way before, and there was n love of his pooplo that gathered new force as the sermon went on. When it was finishedthere were those who were saying in their hearts. "Tho Spirit moved that sermon." And they were right. Then Rachel Winslow roso to sing, this time, after the sermon, by Henry Maxwell's request. Um bel's singing did not provoke applause this time. What deeper feeling carried people's hearts into a reverent silence and tenderness of thought ? Rachel was beautiful, but tho consciousness of her remarkable loveliness had always marred her Pinging with thoso who had the deepest spiritual feeling. It had also marred her rendering of certain kinds of music with herself. Today this jyns all gone. TltnrA U'nti n r* lnnlr nf iti hnr grand voice, but thero was an actual added element of humility and purity which tho audienco strictly felt and bowed to. Before the service eioavei Ke;irj* Maxwell asked those who had remained j the week before to stay again for u few moments for consultation and any others who were willing to make the pledge taken at that time. When he was at liberty, ho went into the lecture loop). To his astonishment, it was almost filled. 'J'his time a lay go proportion of young pceist, had come, but among them were n feW bUsiut-oc, tjnd officers of tho church. As before. Ilenry Maxwell asked them to pray with him. and. as before, a distinct answer came in the presence rg t{jp Divine Spirit. There was no loubt in jtljo minds of any ono present that what ilu\v ^reposed to do was so clearly in line with t<iy Dl.vipo will that a blessing rested on it in a very ' special manner. ThfV remained somo time to ask luestioiis am) yon suit together. Tliero ivas a feeling of fellowship such us they had never known in their chnrcti uum>; ^ership. Edward Norman's action was well uiuieystood by them all. und he msffArnit Bfvnriil .ti?ina "What will bo the probable rosnlt of r<^u' .discontinuance of the Sunday paler t" usWt.it ,A 'errander Powers, who ;ut next to him. "J don't know yet. I presume if >viij 'o-sijii iu h fsJJing oft' of subscriptions Hid advertisements. I pptieipate that. " "Do yon havo uny doubts ub^nf: your iction* 1 mean do you regret ft fpr bar it is not what Janus would do? ' isked Henry Maxwell. "Not in the least, hut I would like o ask for my own satisfaction if any mo of yon libra tfcipks Jesus would isne a Sunday morning papMf if" No one spoke for a ininnto. Then faepor Chaso said: "We seem to think iliko on that, but I have been puzzled overal times during the Tvcek to know ust what ho would do. lc is not ijlvays an easy question to answer. " "I find that trouble." said Virginia *agl>. 3h? Rnt by Rachel Winslow. Evry one ku&tf who Virginia Page was. rondering liow slio iyonld succeed in :eeping hor promise. "I think perhaps I find it specially i iflicult to answer the question on aewui/it of my money. Jesus never owned ny propwrty, and there is nothing in is examplo to'guiuv ;:;o in tho use of line. I am studying and piu^i^g. 1 Ui.uk I sou clearly a part of what lie 1 .'on Id do. hnt not all. 'What would j '.Tais <lo with a piillinu dollars?' is iny | uo.slion really, i confers that I aui not j 11 able to answer it to my satisfau- j ion." | "I conld toll you what to do with a j art of it.1' said Rachel, turning her | >/ i! toward Virginia. ' "That dfX'H not trouble me." replied J irginia. with a flight smile. "What I | m trying to discover is a juinpipje of j e.-vs that will enable me to.como tl'9 | earest jmssiblo to his action as it ought > influence the en tiro courso of my I fe so far as my wealth and its use are 1 >ncerned." "That will tako time," said Henry | [r::wc11 slowly. All tlio rest in the . wcro thinking hard of the samo | ling. Milton Wright told something j : his expevioucu. lie syuy grudaaliy j orking ont a plan for his business rations with his etnployors, and it wn3 1 [vning up a new world to him mid lem. A few of tho younger men told ! speciul attempts to answer the ques- 1 eg. ( Thoro wuJi almost general consent j rer tho fact that, tne Application of ^ ,e Jcma spirit and practice to overyly life was the serious thing. It ro- * lired a knowledge of him and an in- . gilt into bin motives that most of them * d not yet possess. When they finally mljonrned after a lent prayer that marked with grow- ^ g ppwer tlio Divine presence, they cot away discussing earnestly their ' finalities und seeking light from one ^ lother. . v Itachel Winslow and Virginia Paar * I I \ went out together. I'M word Norman und Milton Wright became so interested in their mutual conference that they walked on past Norman's home and came back together. Jasper Chase and the president of tho Endeavor society j stood talking earnestly in one comer of the room. Alexander Powers and Henry Maxwcfl remained even after nil tho ; Others had gone. "I want you to come down to the shops tomorrow and seo my plan and . talk to tho men. Somehow I feel as if you could get nearer to them than any one els? just now." . "I don't know about that, but I will come," replied Henry Maxwell, a, little sadly. How was ho fitted to stand before 200 or 800 workingmen and give them a message? Vet ip tho movement of his weakness, as ho asked the question, he rebuked himself for it. What would Jesus do? That was an end to the discussion. Ho wont down tho next day and found Alexander Powers in his office. It lacked few uiiputps pf J 2. and the fill ttnrtllfrtlilntlf coir? iit\ otniva ou|/v*iuivi?u\.tiv ??i?v?i vviliv HJ' ?? ?%** ot and I'll show yon what I've been trying to do." They went throngh the machine shops. climbeil a Jflllg flight of stairs and entered a very large emp|y poom. It had onco been used by the company for a storeroom. "Binee making that promise a week ago I have had ft good njapy t)iipgs to think of." eaid the superintendent, "and among them is this: Our company gives 1110 the use of this room, and 1 Hiii gpipg tp fit it up with tables and a coffee plant in iho cpyper there where those steam pipes are. My pla-ii ia to provide a good plaeo whero tho men can come np and eat their noon lunch and gjyo Jhejn, two or three times a week, tho privilege pf ft }.) minutes' talk on soino subject that wil} ft real help to them in their lives." Maxwell looked surprised and asked if tJlP would come for any such purpose. "Yes. they'll come. After nil. I know the men pretty well. They are among the most intelligent worlringmen in the country today, but they are, as a whole, entirely removed froip all church influence. I asked, 'What would .Jcsus flftY and. among other things, it seemed to inc he would begin to act In some way to add to tiie lives of these men more physical and spiritual comfort. It is a very little thing, this room and what it represents,'but I acted on the first impulse to do tho first thing that appealed to UtJ good sense, and I want to work out (his idea, i w&jjj; /on to speak to tho men when they come up'at boon. I ! hnvo asked them to como up and see the place and I'll toll them Eomething about it." Henry Maxwell was ashamed to say how uneasy he felt at being asked to apeak a few words to n company of woftringmetp plow could ho speak without notes or to sucli a cVowd? )Jo was honestly in a condition of genuine fright over the prospect. He actually felt afraid of facing these men. He 6hrauV the ordeal of confronting such a crowd, to uifJn^ent from the Sunday audiences ho was fntniliar with. There were half a dozen long rude tables and benches in the great room, and when the noon wliistlo sounded the men ponred up stairs from tho machine shop below and, seating themselves at the .iablcs. began to eat their lunch. There were perhaps (500 qf them. They ' had read the stiperintendent's notice, which he had posted -up in varibus ^ places, find came largely out of cufi oaity. ; They woro favorably impressed Tbo j room v.*as large and airy, froe from j smoke and dust and well warmed from . the steam pipes. j ^.bout 20 minutes of 1 Alexander j Powers toi?i ii?o pien what he had in ^ mind. He spoke very simply, like OuQ who understands thoroughly tho chnr- } aeter of his audience, and then iutro- ( duped tho Rev. fJenry Maxwell of tho First church, hie pastor, wbfl bad pen- < Ben ted to si>cak a few minutedHenry Maxwell will never forget tho ^ feelings with whigh for the first time ho confronted that grimy faced andifificp of workingmen. Like linndreds of other hiinistc-f^. he had never spoken to c any gathering except tlrosc 1/Mfle up of ' people of his own class in the sense' that t. they were familiar in their dress and d education and liahits to him. This was a >??/// world to him. and nothing bnt his Hew rate 4 cpvduct could have tmwln Tirictathln liia lunJou?/. 1 (iio litrnoii^c <IUU Ii3 U4L' Flo spoko on the subject of satisfaction c will) life. what caused, it. what its real <1 sources were. Ho had tlio groat good n sense on this first uppearuppe pot to rec n ognize the men as a class distinct f;on himself. lie did not use tho terir "workingmen" and did not say a word ^ to suggest any difference between their lives and his own. The men were pleased. A good many " of them shook hands with him before ^ going down to their work, and Hem? ' Maxwell, telling it all to his wife'when I J he reached home, said that never in al; j * his life had ho known tho delight he then felt in having a handshake from p. u)ud of physical labor. The day marked ^ an important one in his Christian ex pc-rience, more important than lie knew ( e jt was tho beginning of a fellowship be i twoeh him wjf} the working world. It j ^ was the first plank laid down to help j ? ma^n mc cnnsra between the cburcb nul labor in Raymond. Alexander Powers went back to liis ** leak that afternoon much pleaded with Vl lis plan and seeing ninch help in it for P"1 ho men. Ho know where ho conld get oino go<xl tables from an abandoned n /louse atonoof the stations down he fond, and Jio saw how the eoffeo arangemont conld Iw made a very at- ^ Tactivo foatnro. The men had respondd even better than he anticipated, and *" ho wliolo thing conld not help being a front lxmofit to them. He took up the routine of his work vith a glow of satisfaction. Aftor all, \<i wppted to do aa Jeana would, he said q & Hn-rH * ? It was nearly 4 o'clock when he opened one of the company's long envelopes which he supposed contained or- j ders for the purchasing of stores. lie t ran over the fn-st page of typewritten | matter In his usual quick, businesslike < manner before ho saw that he was read- | ing what was not intended for his office, bnt for the superintendent of the freight department. He turned over a page mechanically, not meaning to read what was not ad- ' dressed to him, but before he knew it he was in possession of evidence which conclusively proved that the company , was engaged in a systematic violation of the interstate commerce laws of the United States. It was as distinct ant} , unequivocal breaking of law as if a privnto citizen should enter a houso and rob tho inmates. The discrimination shown in rebates was in total contempt I of all-the eMntcg, y?der |hq Jaws of ; the state it was also r distinct violation of certain provisions recently passed by the legislature to prevent railroad ( trusts. There was no question that he held in his liar.d evidence sufficient to convict the company of willful, intelli- ' geut violation of tlio law of the commission and law p? the folate also. He dropped the papers cn his deslc r.s if they were poison, jmft instantly the question flashed across his mind, "What would Jesus do?" lie tried to shut the j question out. lie tried to reason with himself by saying it was none of his business. lie had supposed in a more or less indefinite way, as did nearly all of : the officer* of ihu ppjnpany, that this s had been going on right along in nearly all the roads. He was not in a position, , owing to his place in the shops, to prove anything direct, and he had regarded it all as u innttyj; which did not concern ' him at all. The papers now before him revealed the entire affair. They had through somo carelessness in the address come into his hands. What business of his was it? If he sa;y a man entering his neighbor's jiouse tystoal,'would it not be his duty to Inform tfio officers of j the law? Was a railroad company such a different thing? Was it under a dif rob tlio public and defy law and bo un- <" disturbed because it was such a great i organization? What woukl Jesus do? , Then there was his family. Of course if ho look any steps to inform tho commission it would nieaif tlio loss pf pis position. His wifo and daughters hr.d always enjoyed luxury and a good place v in society. If lie came out against this r lawlessness as a witness, it would drag ' him into courts, his motives would bo < misunderstood, and tho wliolo thing would end in his disgrace and tho loss j of his position. Surely, it was none of his busjpootf. }?e ? <?uld easily got tho ' papers back to the freight department ' and no one be the wiser. Let tho iniquity go on. Let the law ho defied. What was it to him? Ho would work out his plans ^ for bettering the conditions just about him. What inoro could a man do in " this railroad business, where there was s so mupp going on anyway that mado it li impossible 'to live by tho Chyistjdh r standard ? But what would Jesus do if v ho knew the facts? That was the ques* . tion that confronted .Alexander Powers 1 is the day woro into evening. Tho in fho ofllco had been turned on. The whir of tho great op?ino and the crash of tho planer in the n big shop continued until 0 o'clock. [ Then the whistle blew, tho engines rj slowed down, and tho men dropped their tools and ran for the blockhouse. Alexander Powers heard tho familiar } dick, clipkj of tho blocks as tho men )' iled pass tho window or ihe blockhouse C iusfc outmde: He said to his clerks: ei ."I'm not going just yet. I have something pxtfa tonight." Ho waited until hoard tho last man deppsit his block p Tho men behind tho block case weu* mt. The engineer and his assistants '' lw. ) * i 1?* ? '' 1UU nuin uau till 1JUUI, (JUL lllt'V 1! vent, out at another door. l>< ^ 7 ji*Clock that evening any ono Sl vhu had looked into juie superintendmt'e office would have Been an" unusual light. He was kneeling down, and hi:i 'ace was buried in his hands as bo . K>wo4 his l?en4 *he papers on his d leak. ,r r CHAPTER III. st It any man cometh unto mo and hateth not hit nvn father and rfiothor and wife and children and >rethrcn and sisterj?yea, and his own life also? .0 c.n.iot he my disciple. And whosoever orsa'V^th' ubt ail tlint he l.ath, he cannot he my 11 lisclple. " g. When Rachel Winslow and Virginia ^ Jage separated after tho meeting at tho ' iMrst church on Sunday, they agreed to "* 0UUUU3 their conversation tho next lay. Virginia asked Rachel to come |u ,nd lunch with her at noon, and Raclie} \t ccordingly rang the bell at tho Page j ,r uausion about half past 11. Virginia lerself met her, and the two were soon j alking earnestly. "The fact is," Rachel was saying ; iter they had been talking a few niinites. "I cannot reconcile it with my j ndgment of what ho would do. I can- 1 ict tell another person what to do, but ,. 'feci; that fought not to accept this iff or '' "What will you do, then?" asked 1 !);1 Virginia, with groat interest. ( j , "I don't know yet, but I have deoidd *s> refuse f !s offer*." Rachel picked up a letter that hod teen lying in her lap and ran over its 'r ontents again. It was a letter from 1 to manager of a coiuic opera offering #} pr n place with a largo traveling com' |)0 any for the eeason. Tho salary was a ,,' ery large figure, and the prospect held at by the manager was flattering. He '-'i ad heard Rachel sing that Sunday Wf turning when tho stranger had inter- | ,-iu ipted the service. He had been much ' Qj npressed. There was money in that j Dice, and it onght to bo used in comic i ce poi*a, so said t.he letter, and tho man- i ar irer wanted a repiv n? soon as possible, j [to nx continued.] hv till fir Co I-nUcnbe now and read In Ilia ?t;< teps, Di i A Thousand 1 on?ucs I Could not express tho *-*p'nre of Annie E. Springer, cf 1125 Howard i it., Philadelphia, Pa , wheu she found ihat Dr. King's New Discovery lor Doiuumpriou had completely cured i ner of a hacking cough that for main years had made life a burden. Ad tlscr remedies ami diclors could givi nr t o help, but ste says of ihis Hoy? 'ore?4 it s< o i removed the ptiu i; ( ny chest nud L cau now sleep s< undh, j '(. iiiething I can scarcely remeiub? [ loing before. 1 feel like sounding i , >raises throughout the Universe" 8 0 vill everyoi e who tries Dr. KingV ? ^ w Disc >very for any trouhlo of tin ? i hrra*, Che>t or Luug?. Price 50e j md ?1. Trial bottles tree at F. ( s Dukes Drug Store; every botth r juaraiteed. * ? ^ ???? n McKiuley is report*d to have de- g ei mined not to remove Otis, liu ii he j.cop'c have made up iluir mind.- * it ri n\nt*? \T? Tv ? * Tl Robbed the Grave. ^ A a'arlling incident, of wl.Lh M v John O iver of Philadelphia, was tb* ^ ?ubjtfit. ia narrated by hi into, f as i.? t ow : "I was in a ioostthenl.nl c>n- a lition. Ivly skin was aim- at yelh.u V y.s tunken, tongue co&ted, pain c?u , inn illy in back and tides, no uppetil c tradu.illy growing weakir day l> * lay. Three phytlciai o had givei- m g lp Fortunately a friend advised tr 8 ng E'ertiic Bitters a- tl to my gr?r h >y a ml surprise, the first bottle inn U ! i d< cided improvement. I continue* *: he r u-e for three no lis, auil am U'jv well rr.nn. I know they saved nsv c ife, and robbed the g'are f a io?h. e rioiitn." No one should fail to t- r< i:em. Q.ily SO cpnle, guaranteed a t< Duke'e drug store. si rv _ |< Heal prosperity is not when s^i> < 11 ?f the favored few arc malting a'! t'. -r uonoj, but when all the people u naking some money. .1 A r r?i * s* m.-ijffimui juiuimcr Wi 1 ofton cause a horrible h? i v C?ld, cut or bruise. Bdck't-u's Ar- n lien Halve, the beat in the world, wn i| iili the paiu and promptly heal it *( urra old sort*, fevtr e>rea, ulc-ri- p oils, felons, corns, all akin eruption^, p Boat pi'e cure on cnrib. Only 25 c'a i box. Cure guaranteed. Sold Lt tl ?\ C. Duke, druggist. n ^ ft In Chicago the other dav a man Ui Tied to disturb his wife by threaten ct ng to kill himself, and was promptly $ hot by the dutiful spouse "to sav< iui trouble," as she declared. As u ^ emedy for sipcjdal mania this Ul ronmn's plan is effective.?Charlts ^ an Post. ai of J lint Throbbing Headache pi Wou'd quickly leave you. if jo- . red Dr. King's New J^ifo Pill* ^ Tou7ai.de of aifferers have prov* st heir matchless merit for sick and Cc ervous headachre. They make | ur yi loud a"d s'.roDg nerves and build uj is our health. Easy to take. Try then >uly 25 cents. M ?ney b.ick if n< co ured. Bold by F. C. Duke, drug ,'i?* The Ilaytean Government stecmei 9 >efense, psee} as an armed transport, do as gone ashore near Forturn fib jland, in the Bahamas, and will ^ e a total wreck. All on board were 1 P? ived. ab tei Eat plenty, Ivodol Dyepepda Curt tc til digest what you eat. I: cine co: 1 f rrts of dyspepsia a id stotuac roi oublce. E. K. Gamble, Vernon, on ex., say3, *'Jt relieved me from the art and cured me. It i? now my rerlasting friend." F. C. Duke. vn( The total bank clearings in the ^ Hited States for the week were nK 1,752.988,539; per cerit. increase be< !) 0. Exclusive of New York ?703, ?n? 79,365; per cent, increase 23.1. ' 1 roi Joseph Stool font, Ilodglon, Are., otl -alul a fore running f. r seventeen coi mis and cured bis piles of long stand- in ig by using DeWitt's Wiloh Ms'/.e- f,lc lve. It cures all sk'u ditpases. 1\ C. 1 |ca uke. j f of More than half the time when a not oman be'rays a secret, some man pi:: at the bottom of it. The areat suec?ss of Chamberlain':- ton ?li". Cholera and Diarrhoea it mwl j oth the treatment of Innvel complaint*- T. is made it standard over the aieab-r tlii rt rf the eiviliz- d world. For sale by. (n;i r. F. C. Dnke. ft ^ roa The Boston Museum of Fine Ails trn i? just received a consignment of of irtccn valuable getns and jewels, lie.h comprise a part of the Marl>rough collection. Atmng them is ^q., e famoua oarneo. "The Marriage of naL tpid Psyche," for which $10,000 led ?s paid. It was well known throughly the civilized world before the j iristian era began. For twenty jn , ntnries it lias been in the greatest q t gallaries of Europe. wil Millions of dollars, is the value placed f0?! Mrs. Mary llird, Hariinburg, Pa., on -P 3 ilfe of her child, which was saved *nu< ?m croup by the use of One Minutr *us ugh Cure. It cures all coughs, cold^ T 1 throat and lung troubles. F. C. tycl ike. tat* COST OF GOOD ROADS. DEPENDS UPON LOCALITY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. "? Improved SJncliltiery linn Done Mnch lit I.i'Knen tlie K: prone of Ilontl Ho I lil I iiu?We 11 Hullt Stone Iloitdt* tlie Clienpent. The improvement of conntry roads is 'hiefly an economical question, relating . irincipally to the waste of effort in lauUug over bad roads, the saving in noney, timo and energy in hauling ver good ones, tho initial cost of im roving roads and tho difference in tho ost of maintaining good and bad onca t is not necessary to cnlargo on this ubject in order to convince tho average eader that good roads mince tho re^stance to traffic and consequently tho ost of transportation of products ami ;oods to and from farms and s reduced to a minimum, says M. O. ildredgo of the office of road inqniry. The initial cost of a road depends ipon tho cost of materials, labor, millinery. the width and depth to which he material is to be spread on ai\d the uetliod of eoustraction. All these things ary so much in tho different states hut it is impossible to name tho exact mount for which t\ piilo of a certain :ind of road fan he built. ^ho introduction in recent years of mproved road building machinery haa nubled the authorities in some of the fates fq lmild improved stono and ravel roads quite cheaply. First class ingle track stone roads, 0 feet wide, avo been built near Cunnndaigna, N. r., for $900 to $1,000 per mile. Many xcellent gravel roads have heoq bnilf [i New Jersey, for. $1,000 to $1,000 pey lile. Tho material t?f which they were onstrnctcd was placed on in two Inyrs, each being raked and thoroughly oiled,,and t he whole puus consolidated ii a thickness of H inches. In the same tato macadam roads have been built or $2,000 to $5,000 per mile, varying 1 width from 0 to 20 feet and in thickess of material from 4 to 12 inches, 'elford roads 14 feet wide and 10 to 13 ichcs thick have been built in Now ersey for $4,000 to $0,000 per mile, lacadam roads have been built "ai a idgepu. v and Fniiheld, (Jour\., 1'8 id 0 feet'wide for $3,000 to $5,000 per die. A tclford road 10 feet wide and 2 inches thick was built at Fanwood, f. J., for $9,500 per mile. Macadam >ads have been built in Rhode Island, 0 to 20 feet wide, for $4,000 to $5,000 er mile. Massachusetts roads aro costing all io way from $0,000 to $25,000 per die. A utile of broken stone road 15 et wifio cost* m tho state of Mansamsetts alKUit $5,TOO per mile, while a lile of the same width and kind of road ists in tho stato of Now Jersey only t,700. This is dne partly to the fact tat tho topography of Massachusetts is unewhat rougher than that of New jrsey, necessitating tho reduction of any bieep grades and tho building of ^ [pensive retaining walls and bridges id partly to tho difference in methods ' construction and tho difforouce in iocs of materials, labor, etc. Doubtless tho state of New Jersey is lilding moro voads jtnd Iwqtor roud4 r less, money per mile than any other ate in tho Union. Tho'roads are nbuf >sting from 20 to 70 cents per square ird. Where the tolford construction used they sometimes cost as much as i cents per square yard. Tho averago st of all classes of tho roads of that ate during tho last season was about I cents por square yard. Vho stolid as, as a rule, -spread1 on to a depth of inches, which, after rolling, gave a pth of about 8 incites. At this rato a agio track road 8 feet wide costs about .840 per milo, wltilo u doublo track ad 14 feet, wido costs about $4,106 r milo, ar.d ono 18 feet wido costs out $.">.280 per milo. Whero the marial is spread on so as to consolidate a 4 inch layer tho 8 fooi road will st about $1,17Q 1'Pr thile,'the l4 fooi ad abont $2,053 per pii}e, while th4 o 18 feet wide will cost about $9,0 pov tnila. Tho total cost of maintaining roads good order ranges, on acconnt of rying conditions, between as wide nits almost as tho initial cost of conuction. Suflico it to Ray that all >ney spent on repairing earth roads ?omes each year a total loss withont tterially Improving thou co..ditjo^*. ey are. as a rnlo, tho must %3pett&it1o ids that can bo tised, wlrile, on tho ?er hand, stone roads, if properly jstrncted of good material and kept perfect condition, are tho most satistorv, tho cheapest ana uiost eco^ox^1 roads that can he constructedriio road that \vill best suit tho needs tho farmer in tho tirst placo must ; bo too costly and in the second co must bo of tho very best kind, for morrt Hhlltllll 1>? nV?1r> > ? iouu men ncavy iling over them when their fields nro wot to work ?::d their teams would orwise ha iulo. l'Iio b.-st road lor Iho farmer, nil n;;s bring fonsid ? j.- [\ fjolify well It stone road, so nnrrox' ns to bo only ingle track, but liav.? " a firm onrth d on one or both sides. Where the file is not very ex tensive the purposes good roads nro better served by nr.rr tracks than by wido ones, while ny of tlio obiectionable fontnpps nf lo tracks are removed, the initial t of construction is put dowu<>Uf*i f op more and the charges for repair need in proportion. ttooil llontl Note*. lorscs liko to bo well stnlled, bat not i muddy highway. . ? >h, but those motor carriage folks I be "liollerin" for good roads pretty al Totv is about the time of year when Jlioles are converted into job lotA of t. Any in front of your lionso 1 'he horse wanted good roads; tlio bile has tried to get good roads; the * omobile must here good road*.