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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-03-07
ROADS OF ANTIQUITY.

Those Built by the Medieval Peruvians
Were the Most Magnificent.
Perhaps the earliest road on record
is that men toned by Herodotus as
having been constructed by Cheops,
the Egyptian king, in order that stones
might be dragged along it for his pyr-
amid. In the opinion of the Greek
traveller the work of making the road
was as great as that of building the
pyramid, for it took ten years to con-
struct, and it was made of polished
stones with figures carved on them.
But, according to the London Standard,
with the highways constructed by the
Peruvians, while medieval Europe was
still in state of -barbarous disor-
ganization. The two principal roads
in Peru ran from Quito in the north to
Cuzco, the capital, the one along the
sandy and level strip of coast, the other
along the plateau of the Andes, re-
gion of unparalleled engineering diff
Guilty. The length of the second has
been estimated at from 1900 to 1000
miles. It crossed sierras buried in
snow, bridged ravines with walls of
solid masonry, mounted and descended
precipices by staircases hewn in the
solid rock and ran in interminable gal
1eries along the sides of intractable
mountains. Where rivers had to be
crossed bridges were made with ropes
of stout, plant osicr twisted to the
thickness of a mans body and stretched
over the stream sometimes for a dis
lance of 200 feet. These cables swung
side by side, and, fastened with planls
so as to form Il footWay, were drawn
through holes in enormous buttresses
of stone specially constructed on each
bank, and were secured firmly at each
end to heavy beams of timber. A rail-
ing of similar osier material gave the
passenger confidence as he crossed the
oscillating bridge that sank danger
ously in the middle and mounted rap
idly at the sides. The great highway
was twenty feet wide, and was built
with flags of frecstone covered with
out by posts set up at every league;
caravansaries and magazines were sta
toned at convenient distances for the
Peruvian soldiers on their military ex-
petitions; and regular postal service
had been organized by which highly
trained runners, relieved every five
miles, could convey messages a dis
tance of 200 miles in the twenty-four
hours. The roads were kept in beauti-
full order, the inha bitants of a district
being responsible for that portion of
- ~,
land. At the same time it should be
remembered that there was no wheel
traffic to cut up the level surface of the
hard pavement. There is considerable
irony in the fact that it was not till
the Spaniards forcibly introduced their
so-called civilization into Peru that
the famous roads began to fall into dis
repair.
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Ii sssf IT'S MOST TINE TO GO, MARTHA"
{ then she cried harder, till nervous
chill was the result, and DR.. Beals
spent. the evening putting her to bed
and looking after her.
Next morning she stayed in bed till
nearly noon, and when DIR. Beals
passed the minister, he did not ask him
TO Jump in and ride piece" but used
7 the whip on his horse till he was out
of sight, while Mr.. Kenney wondered
who was dangerously i'll that the
doctor was in such a hurry.
Mr.. Hammond and his wife were
never known to absent themselves from
I the "Wednesday evening prayer-meet-
ing, and of course Mr.: Hammond was
much astonished that his wife con-
tinuel her sewing SO late. He fdgeted
awhile, and then said: - - y
lifts most time to go, Martha" -
thought l wouldn't go tonight.
have a big pile of mending to do, and |
shall have it nearly done when you
come back " .s:.s !
'sWell, I'll read the new paper"
sOh, you must go; we can't both be
absent. / want you to tell me about it.
He went, and his wife was waiting to
hear about it. but he sat down without
saying word. 49,. = 20 SIS z1ss
Did you have full meeting?'
\; s.Fnll of men, was the laconic an
swer Il ackcd Carroll where his wife
!, was. and lie said he LEFT her ,:,cuuing
stockings. but shr insisted on his COM
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Saturday. March 2.

HOUSE-The house declines to inyesti-
gate the worlds fair commissioners by in
definitely postponing Mr.. Dressel's resolu-s
ton to that effect. Many members had
gone home and there was a thin house, so
the calendar was not taken up. Fifteen
new bills were introduced during the
morning session.
A resolution congratulating the people
of the United States on the adjournment
of the Fifty-third congress was introduced
by Mr.. Downs. A motion to lay on the
table was lost and the resolution was then
adopted. 49,
Among the bills acted on in committee
Of the whole were the following:
H. F. 2S7-To amend sec l, chap, 80.
laws of 1893. relating to legal newspapers.
Progress. Z
S. f. officiating to divorce. To be in
definitely postponed.
H. F. 1910 regulate the sale of iptoxi-
eating liquors. To pass 4.
H. F. 2S5-To authorize county survey.
ors to restore posts, ETC., marking bound
AIRY lines, and making each. prima facie
evidence. To pass as amended.
S. +. 18-Relating to the incorporation
of villages. To pass. "a
Fl. F. 1910 prevent drunkenness and
insanity resulting therefrom. To be re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. Z 81.
Il. +. 371--An act to amend Sec 1856 OF
the penal code, to abolish the death pen
atty for murder in the first degree. Prog
ress.
SENATE-Not in session. - - .
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you, and at the school, where hoped
he could hold his head as high as any
one? Oh, aunt, aunt"
You ought to be ashamed of your
self, Jane. I've been a good aunt to
you; and, as for the school, I never
touched a thing. I put my hands in
my mu1f, and sat just so, and made a
pint of it. And it's nothing much to
make u fuss over. I took it almost
without thinking. 1t came in so
handy"
What is it?' asked Jane, despcr-
ately.
,"Wcll, I'll tell you,'' said Aunt Dinl1-
er, land if they want it they can have
it. From the school to the depot there
came up rain. l had on my best bon
net, so 1 looked about me and there
was church open and in I popped.
"We]l, as l stood there, out cumr -
gentleman that knowed was the
clergyman, and says he: walk in,
ma'am. and wait for the rain to be
over. There's a fire in tho vestry.' And
he left me before the CRATE in the
incest little room. And I waited until
the streets were dry. The sexton cana
and talked to me, and told how they Il
been workin' there, and they'd just
gone. And somehow, when got into
the street, this was under my shawl"
'sShc's committed sacrilcge at last"
cried Jane. ''Oh, dear! oh, dear.'
"'Tain't neither" cried Aunt Dinker.
"It's only shabby old book" And as
tr1, rl,o
tossed upon the table n dingy lcathern
tome, on the covers Of which was
marked in black letters:
Marriage Register of St. Grace's
Church, 1860. 1873"
Jane seized upon it with a low cry.
est Gracc's church, she said. AUNT,
aunt, that was the name. That was
where I was married." And her trem-
bling fingers turned over the pages,
and her eyes sought out the date, and
suddenly glittered with joy. 1T is
herev' she cried, ''here! here! here!'
ION the sOth of June, by me, Oliver
Sparkle, Capt. Richard Murphy to
Jane Dinl<er, spinster, of the town of
Cu1nminseed, N. J.
"Witness-B. Britters. Clerk
When Jane Murphy arose from tho
floor she was an altered woman. Proof
of her matron dignity and of her boys
birthright was in her hands, and be-
fore the next sunset all Cumminseed
knew the truth. The pastor of st.
Grace's came from New York at her
summons to swear to his book and his
deceased predecessors signature, and
legal proceedings were instituted to re-
store the widow to her rights. Of
course they were successful.
To-day no one is more respected in
all Cumminseed than Nrs. Capt. Muir
ply, although she has never quite for
given her neighbor's cruelty. And Aunt
Dinlzer, growing quite old and unable
to go abroad, INDUCES her singular
propensity by stealing napkins from
the linen press. There is good in all
things. Jane Murphy often says She
never will dee: & -. :rll great
rood came to lis ii { 80 iiiuker's
klcpiomani;l.- 1t i,'.,, -'-..s.:.
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Old Miss Dinker called IA hiRh dud.
geon upon the schoolmistresa, md re.
monstrated in vain. The fact that she
stole spelling book during her briei
stay did not further her object When
little boy was sent for 1t at dusk Jane
wished herself dead again. III only she
could have had pride in anything or
anyone, she thought; but life Was all
shame to her.
''nubits are hard to break !" she said,
"but I'll try. Only you oughtn't TO be
SO hard on me when I've stuck to- you
So" And then she revealed plan
which she mad concocted for giving the
boy an education. ''I'll put him to the
best school in New York, '' abe said
I'll keep the story that they elllie,
as it is-to myself, and I'll pay his Bill Is
regular. "Tain't likely I'm agoing to
see him grow up without eddication.
Wen make him a clergyman or doc
tor. Well snap our fingers IN the
faces of these critters. I'll take him
up myself tomorrow and he shall come
down every Saturday, night;
II shall miss him so," said Jane
''But it's for his good, and thank you.
aunt"
So Jane spent the night in tears, and
in the morning Aunt Dinker went to
the city, taking with her little Richard
Jane suffered a great deal that day
and when at night she saw Aunt
Dinl1er return alone she could not find
voice to speak to her. But the old
lady was in good spirits. She sat down
before the fire with her shawl on, and
told Jane how pleased Richard was
with the journey and how Miss Speers
had admired him. And Jane brought
her the tea, and she took it sitting by
the fire. but still kept her shawl on
and, moreover. the shawl looked Curl
ously thick and bunchy.
Once before had Jane seen the same
thing, and it had resulted in: the APP
pearance of somebody's worllbox. Her
heart lnisgave her.
"Aunty," she said, in trembling tones,
care you cold?"
Not particularly, said Miss Dinker.
Then shan't take your shawl?''.ss
when ask you to do sc" -
Jane was silent. Old Miss Dinlzer
idgeted. Finally Jane burst into re-
proaches.
"Oh, aunty! couldn't you help dis
gracing my poor boy, to steal in New
York, where they have no mercy on
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Ing; and then I asked Jepnings, and
his wife aaid the minister said the
women ought to stay ut home and do
the mending, and she was going to
stand by the minister Il It took = leg,
80 didn't say any more; but there
wasn'ta woman there, and I'm free to
say the meeting wasn't what 1t ought
I to be-.
Nellie Cords was i'll, and Mr.. kenney
called on some Of the leading ladies' Of
the church to ask them to visit the
sick girl. but each one had some home
duty to attend to, SO she could not
possibly 60. lie felt sure Of Hannah
Keen, but though she said there was
nothing she could not readily put of,
she fully agreed with him that ''wom-
ans place was at home and she ought
not to interfere in any way with mans
work. Nellie had the doctor and the
pastor. and she understood they had
notified her young man, and She didn't
see that they would need any Of the
women. '..:...s III - -
Mr.. Kenney made no more calls that
day. ~. ~.
Then it was told in the village that
the great concert had not been Il tinan-
cial success, and the singers would
hereafter give Quincetown 4, wide
berth. " =,
Sundry errands that Mrs kenney
had been accustomed to do herself
were transferred to. her husbands
shoulders. lie now was required to do
the marketing, because the last num-
Der of the Woman's Home said it was
mans work and he should attend to it.
Sunday came, but the women of the
town didn't come-to church, at least.
The children were all in Sunday school,
but one little girl said they'd had com
pany dinner every day that week." and
another volunteered the remark that
"Papa said he couldn't pay the bills if
they lived so high all the time, and
mamma said she was Just going to spend
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would have got her into trOuOle DuC
Cumminseed was used to Miss Dinker.
| When she visited the village store, and
put a piece of tape up her sleeve, the
watcbful shopman added its price to
her bill. When she took neighbour
forks the neighbor sent polite mes
sage to Miss Jane Dinl<er to have them
restored; and Miss Jane, who was old
Miss Dinker's niece, would find them
up chimney or down cellar and restore
them.
Old Miss Dinker knew that she was
deserving of blame in thus indulging
her desire for stolen fruit, but as she
often remarked when reasoned with,
''she couldn't help it."
She was generous old lady,, too,
and kindly, and if she taught Jane
that man was 4 deceiver and that
spinsterhood was blessed, she meant
we'll.
Capt. Richard Murphy told another
story when his ship lay in port, and he
himself rested at little hotel in Cum
minseed. And Jane, won over by his
merry voice and jolly ways. forgot her
aunt's precepts,. and one day ran away
with him. leaving a penitent little note
for her aunt and begging her forgive
ness.
; The old lady was naturally indig-
nant. but when. three days after, the
captain brought Jane back under his
arm. established her in a beautiful lit
tie house. which he had purchased,
and sent for the Old lady to make up"
Miss Diliker rclented, took tea with
her niece and dcigncd to approve Of
her choice. and SO the village scandal
was siIenccd for awhile, and people
called on Mrs Capt. Murphy.
They lived together for five years in
great contentment and little boy
was born to them, and all went pros
pcrouslv: but at the end of that time
the sword that always hangs by a hair
over the head of 4 seafaring mans life
fell at last. The captains vessel was
a wreck. and the captain and crew
persisted in mid-ocean, and Jane, after
hoping against hope, and refusing to
believe when no one else doubted, and
listening night and day for a step that
came not and could never come, accept
ed the truth at last and put on her
widows cap and took the awful truth
in place of suspense, and tried to live
and bear it for her boys sake.
Then there came from some far-off
place a man who proved himself the
captains brother and who claimed his
property, alleging that Jane Dinker
had never been married to John atfall.
Jane was furious, but she could only
VOW that a clergyman of the Episcopal
church had married her. She could
not remember the name of the church
nor of its pastor. nor had she what the
brother called 'er lines The mar
riage certificate, as she declared, the
captain always kept among his private
papers and had taken to sea with him.
She advertised in a New York paper
for the clergyman who had performed
the service, but no answer came and
finally the law and popular opinion
declared that the widow had never
been wife and she was left poverty
stricken and helpless. and not 4 friend
in the world but old Miss Dinker. She
came ont nobly.
Alas! all the rest of Cum ulinsecd held
a contrary opinion. They shuddered
at the thought of having associated
with such q creature, and wondered
how she had dared to impose upon
them SO. They sent her to Coventry
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Monday, March 4.

HOUSE-There was barely n quorum in !
The house. The Warner bill to appoint
state mineral land agent was considered
in committee of the whole. It was finally
recommitted to special committee. s.
The Tier bill to abolish capital pun
ishment was Indefinitely postponed. -
Littleton's bill to revise statutes was
favorably recommended, as was also Feig's
bill for state entomologist. .SS-sss
Other bills passed were:
H. +. 4-Relating to town insurance
companies. Passed. 80
H: F. 1so-To regulate the employment
of children. Passed
Fl. F. 33s-To fix time of holding terms
OF the district court in the county Of
Roseau, Fourteenth judicial district.
Passed t4
II. 3. 2s5-Relating to roads. Passed.
Il. F. 131-To encourage the use Of Ger
tain wagons, etc. Passed.
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does not meet with the approval OF the
ladies of his congregation. it is sure
sign that he will only stay one year.
But the minister's wife. was lovely
and it would, of course. hurt her feel
ings If they said a word against her
husband, SO what could they do? : r..
Rev. Arthur Kenney let it be
known on all occasions and in all
places that he considered a womans
place to be at home, looking after the
children, mending the clothes of the
family, getting the dinners, and other
wise making herself useful The
lovely wife of Rev. Arthur Kenney
let it be known in II very quiet way
that her opinions and his were very
different, and then the ladies were
more at a loss whatnto do than before.
The men knew that something was
disturbing the even tenor of Ounce
town life, but as their wives were not
much given to worrying their men
folks with troubles they could not APP
preciate, they never knew what fer
ment was going on in the breast of
every woman in the town.
Finally meeting of the ladies' So
cial circle was held, and at this meet
ing the whole affair was thoroughly
canvassed. The sermon of the pastor
had been announced two Sundays be-
fore, and the day it was given there
The galleries were filed and a row of
chairs were brought in and Sc behind
the last row of pews on the floor of the
audience-room. No minister had ever
filled church in that town before, and
the trustees and other prominent mem
bers congratulated themselves on hay
ing secured such man.
After that Sunday gloom seemed to
settle over the female portion of the
town. The men remarked one to an
other that the minister was pretty
hard on the women, and one said he
GUESSED his wife wouldn't like that
sermon"
DR.. Beals and his wife were looking
forward to attending the Philharmonic
concert on Monday evening. The tick
cts were expensive, and they couldn't
go to many such things. so they picked
out the best and enjoyed it heartily,
contcnted to give up minor entertain
ments in order to save money for this
treat.
Monday night his wife hardly spoke
a word at the ted table, and when the
doctor inquired anxiously if she felt
we'll, she threw herself on the lounge
and cried--cried hard. The doctor was
almost frantic. He could be very calm
when it was sickness in another mans
family, but when his own wife was
Suffering and he was, sure she never
would cry SO about othing-why, that
was a very different matter. He
soothed AID questioned and finally
foun,. out ,hat she had been struggling
with herse'f IL day, debating in her
mind whether she ought to go to the
concert o. not
81 want - 60 a:3fully-it's almost
the only thing all winter we do go to-
but Mr.. !>r"1oy e:,l it wasn't a
woman p''"e cut in l>1hlic with the
men, and H.. o'::c,s',lt t. t;.y at home
and mend ana bike: an! les been to
college, a.I:j OF course he's ;'tudied up
all these tliag5, aid nos her. to teach
us about temporal things ;ls, we'll as
spiritual, and-l just wi-wi:sh he'd
waited till after the concert and
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FRIDAY. March l.,

p i . Il
( SENATE-The census enumeration was
the subject Of considerable debate at the
afternoon session Of the senate. 1t was
finally decided that all statistics be left
out. 8. I.. .s+szs a s IL s3
The senate and house passed a joint res
olution recommending General Mason as
a soldier worthy Of promotion to the full
rank Of ,Esigadier general. In the house
the resolution was passed bya rising vote.
At II o'clock the senate and house went.
into executive session to formally receive
the portrait of General Thomas presented
by the State Veterans association. Com
mander-in-C Chief Lawler was present and
delivered an address.
HOUSE-Senator Stockton's bill appro-
priating $500 for building purposes at
the Fairballlt Institute for detectives was
passed under suspension of the rules.
= Mr.. McGrath's bill appropriating $780,
600 to open closed waterways in the north
ern part of the state passed, but the
amount was reduced to $4,000.
Representative Br4vig introduced res
olution looking to the impeachment of
Governor Clough and Bank Examiner
Kenyon. 1t was referred in the usual way.
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FAN
MP ROvEMlEk L
A GREAT cIvILlZER.

That 10 What Ex-speaker Reed Calls .
. f..< Good Country Road.
Hon. Thomas b. Reed, ex-speaker OF
the house Of representatives, in an ad-
dress to the graduating class OF the
PIERCE College Of Business, in tho
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, speak
ing of the various forms of wealth and
the comforts and benefits arising from
and made possible thereby, made the
following significant allusion to the
country road as an asset of the nations,
and as a factor in contributing to the
wants and necessities of the human
race:
Zone of the greatest civilizers of the
world is something we hardly. think OF,
either as civilizer or as .wealth-the
common country road. Few people
ever think how much roads cost us.
They represent the surplus labor OF
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Thursday. Feb, rs.

HOUSE.-The sensation of the session
was sprungi in the house during the morn
ing when Representative Feig presented a
petition from citizens and attorneys of
Crookston, asking the impeachment and
removal from the bench Of Frank Ives,
Judge of the Fourteenth judicial district.
In general, Judge Ives is charged with
INVESTIGATION, Partially, lack of legal
knowledge, with being arbitrary and with
degrading the high position he holds by
using it as partisan position to punish
his enemies and reward his Populists
friends. There are 81 specific charges Of
the most serious character, and when he
presented the petition to the house.:
Speaker Pro Tenn Staples asked that the
members give 1t close attention. The mat
ter was referred to the judiciary commit
tee for investigation.
SENATE.-The senate killed the Du-
luth normal school bill, and passed the
bills relating to drainage of wet lands; the
Gibbs resolution to congress asking that
the old Fort Smelling buildings be ceded
to the state; to prohibit the aiming of fire
arms at a human being and the Schur-
meier bill, proposing an amendment to
Sec 1, art z, Of the constitution, relative
to the election franchise. - l-=zzzs,...s
The capitol bill introduced by the Ram
sey county delegation was made the
special order for 2:30 Thursday afternoon.
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What Feed viii Do.

It is pretty well established that no
amount Of feeding will increase the
proportion of butter fat in the milk,
but il is just as fully proven that the
amount of milk may be increased and
the proportion of fat kept up. Feed
does it. ...-..