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NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: =.
waldorf storia Hotel; A. Brentano. >!
Union Square: Murray Hill Hotel; F1fth-sVe
nue Zoe end Hoffman House.
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DEVISADERO-ST BUSINESS CORNER.
s. =. cor. HAYES and Devissdero SITS: store.
houses snd fats; good business location; an
nual renss S2532; lot 75xI12-6.
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Get copy of our printed list of properties
for sale.
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS:
Sherman House; p. o. News Co; Grea
Northern Hotel; fremont House; Auditorium
Hotel; Palmer House
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$9C00-Southeast corner Central ave. and Oa
st, facing the park panhandle; lot 49:5x11O
let us show you how TO build this lot: yo
make is per cent the money invested
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OAKLAND OFFICE;
JOS Broadway. Telephone Main lVSS
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CHICAGO REPRES ESTAT1VE:
C. GEORGE KROGNESs. Marquette Building
lLong Distance Telephone. Central 26ls- }
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WASHINGTON CORREsPONpENT;
SAMUEL y. WALL-----------.-A Hotel Barton
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S775 each-Choice marine view lots; Lake
St, 26th and 9th ayes; ready TO build
OF. price includes all street work. sew
and sidewalks: will double in value
in one year; cash or easy terms il de-
sired
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s25, 0O0-Rents $500 per year on 6-year lease:
lot 50x137:6: close to Suffer and Van
Ness; 33-room rouse; a great buy.
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Alaska Asks For Good Roads.

Director Martin Dodge. Of the Office
of Public Road Inquiries, who is stay
ing at the Park Avenue Hotel, is en-
thusiastic over the work his office Is
doing. "It is remarkable" said he, re-
Gently, "what hold the idea Of good
roads has taken on the minds Of the.
people Of every class in every section.
I am answering all sorts Of inquiries
from this city since the Brownlow bill
providing Government aid has been In
troduced into Congress. The Office or
Public Road Inquiries is division OF
the Department of Agriculture and the
postal official having charge of its
mail tells US that letters for our depart
ment exceed in quantity the entire
mail delivered to the other divisions or
the department. In some sections or
the South this subject Of good roads
has actually superseded the race ques-
ton in political and other conventions.
The work Of experiment and actual
demonstra ton by our office of the
value Of good roads is bearing
greater fruit than we had dreamed OF
when it was established. They are
begging for aid from far off Alaska.
On the Canadian side of Alaska, where
good roads have received intelligent
Government attention, -four costs $S in
the distant regions, where not far from
the American line the same -four costs
S32-all because of the expense of haul
ing over the existing American road
ways. The demands Of the people OF
the South are forcing some Of the most
conservative opponents of Government
aid in Congress from that part of the
country to take an attitude of approval
toward the project. The farmer. the
railroads, and almost every aggrega-
ton of capital are together on this sub
ject. Good roads feed the railways
and in return reduce the cost of COM
modities which go to the farmers.
Manufacturers are benefited in both
directions, The rural free delivery and
collective system hinges on the Ques-
ton of good ads."-NeW York Trib-
une, i<s
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Anxious Tor Good Re . ls.

Frank D. Lyon. Special Examiner OF
Highways in the Engineers Depart
ment of this State. was one of the prin-
cipal speakers in Madison Square Gar.
den at the opening session of the ANA
teur Motor League convention. he
told the members several interesting
things about good roads and the grow
ing interest that is being taken in the
subject through the rural districts.
There are now 29S miles of permanent
highways completed in New YORK
State. 179 miles are under construc.
ton, appropriations by counties ano
the State have been made for 12o2
miles, and petitions have been filed
by various counties for 4l43 miles. 1t
will take several years to complete the
greater part of these projected roads,
but Mr.. Lyon predicted that the ma
jority would be in use within hVe
years.
"This will do more for the rural com.
merce of the State he added. than
any other factor. including waterways,
steam or trolley systems"
In speaking directly to the automo-
bilists, Mr.. Lyon sounded a note OF
warning. "You are desirous of aiding
this industry" he said, "but you must
remember how valuable is the coop
Grafton. the goodwill and assistance OF
those who own property on the public
highways, and use the same for other
means than pleasure and with other
means of conveyance. When bicycle
riders started scorching. the result was
disaster. but the general use Of bicycles
brought discretion and consideration.
The result must be the same with
YOU. or it will bring forth the most
drastic legislative enactments WhlcD
can be enforced. New York Times
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Your Responsibility.

Respect your individuality, says Rev. w.
l.. Watkinson. 1t is good thing to recall
that we stand alone, that we are insulated
from our fellows, that each of us stands
out distinctly before God as if there were
not another being on the planet. Realize
this constantly. Do not confound yourself
with other people, do not lean upon other
people; stand on your feet
We saw an article the other day in which
the writer insisted that roses ought to be
grown on their own roots; he said such
roses were stronger and safer, and that
they thus came to the utmost perfection
of their splendid nature. It is the same
with men. Keep on defining your individ-
uality, hold personal fellowship with God,
grow on your own roots, grow for eternity.
Realize your responsibility. Never at
tempt to limit it or to escape it; 1T Is your
glory; it alone distinguishesyou from things
and brutes.
We may not put our burden on our
brother, but we may lean on God. be
knows US personally. He does not know
the ocean only, but the drop; not the
milky way, but the star; not, the meadow,
but the flower; not the mass, but the atom;
not the million, but the man, He knows
you and knows you altogether. And he
can bear your burden. 1t would crush
your neighbor, but it will not crush Him.
He can bear it as easily as the Atlantic
bears a bubble, easily as Mont Blanc
snowflake. Cast call your care upon Him
for He careth for you"
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who never gave this matter thought,
but there are hundreds who have, and
some Of these may have literally spent
sleepless nights in contemplation Of
the question.
In the first place, when PERSONS
muscles have relaxed after he assumes
a reclining position he is much longer
than he was tall as he stood on his
feet, and this discrepancy has been
more than responsible for the failure
Of a purchaser to properly judge the
size of a bed, so that when he comes
to use it his head butts into the head
board and his feet are securely
wedged against the footboard. In this
way he is deprived of the true rest
fulness of repose, as a contracted po-
sition is not only uncomfortable, but
unhygienic.
The new adjustable bed can be
heightened or shortened within given
range, and all such difficulties as have
been described eliminated.
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GOOD @
@ ROADS.
..........................o.
An Important Social Problem.

An important SOClal IIODlc"s
No tendency of modern times has
caused so much uneasiness in the
minds of social philosophers and re-
formers as the drift Of population from
the rural districts to the cities. That
this tendency is deplorable is admitted
on all hands. but there is no general
agreement as to what should be done
to discourage it. Recently, however.
public speakers and writer's have been
insisting that the way to keep the
bright young men and women on the
farms is to ameIiorate the conditions
of country life. The extension of tel
ephone lines into the country and the
rural free mail delivery are steps In
that direction. But the general i'm
provement Of the country roads would
be far more important step. Bad
roads do more than anything else to
promote ignorance. isolation, dlscour-
agement and disgust among the coun-
try people, Good roads promote at
tendance at school and the church;
they make social gatherings. literary
societies. dramatic entertainments
and club and lodge meetings possible
during the winter and spring. With
bad roads the farmer is compelled to
hibernate, socially. for three or four
months in the year. With good roads
these months become the most pleas
ant and in some respects the most
profitable in the year.
The improvement of the country
roads is now recognized as one Of the
greatest questions before the Ameri-
can public; and it is coming to be rec
ognized as a question which concerns
not merely the rural population, but
the whole people. Many public men
have declared their conviction that
road improvement is a proper subject
for national as we'll as State legisla-
ton. Among the reasons offered IN
support of this view are the follow
ing:
First-The improvement Of the high
ways is too great burden for rural
population 10 bear alone. If left to
them the problem will never be
solved.
Second-The improvement Of the
roads would benefit all classes through.
out the entire country; hence, the
whole people should share in the nec-
essary expense.
Third-The improvement Of the
roads is necessary to the extension Of
the rural free delivery system; and
Congress is authorized by the Con-
stitution to establish post roads,
Fourth-The improvement Of the
roads is certainly as fit subject for
national legislation as improvement
of rivers and harbors.
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IMPROVED TOOL.

An improved >mbination tool that
dispenses with a number Of separate
tools found in an ordinary carpenters
kit, thereby avoiding the delay Incl
dent to the use Of separate instru-
ments, is the saw-blade, try and beVel
square. This combination had already
been effected by previous inventors,
but in such cases the combined beVel
and try square was arranged at dlf-
ferent angles to the back of the saw
blade. and in some cases the handle
of the saw was constructed to CO.
operate with the piyoted member. All
such devices have invariably been ca
pable of use at only one point on the
saw-blade. Mr.. Waters has succeeded
in arranging the several members or
his combination tool - that they per-
nit of a much greater range Of adjust
ment. The saw-Jlade is Of the usual
form. with a straight-back edge, di-
yided and marked so as to constitute
O rule or measure. On one or both
faces of the saw-blade. adjacent to the
handle Is q sector or angle scale.
struck from centre on the blade, at
which point is arranged smooth open
ing. Over the blade is passed a piece
of material provided with a pivot hole
and suitable for use as one leg OF
square or bevel, the back Of the saw
blade constituting the other member.
This headpiece is held in any desired
position by the fraction of the clamp
ing screw shown. The opening on one
side Of this member is threaded and
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acks MS enemy. At close quarters.
he Ainu discards his bow and arrow.
awaiting one final onslaught. The
Wounded and cnvaged beast stands
ipon his haunchps. ready to pounce
non his assailant If the Ainu be
JraTa ana experienced hunter, he
watches his chance to make the final
and fatal thrust. At the right time
he rushes into the animals embrace,
aud plunges his knife into his body.
But he does not always escape with
out a reminder of the encounter.
Some Of the less velturesome hunters
employ another method. Armed with
u long, sharp-pointed spear. they await
the charge, and keep the points of
thair weapons we'll hidden and covered
by a piece of cloth under the arm. The
animal seeing the hunter evidently
without a weapon. makes q wild dash
for him: quick as a fash. the hunter
merely steps aside, and the beast falls
upon the spear. which penetrates far
Into his body.
A great diversity of opinion exists
among anthropolosists as to the origin
and relationship Of the Anus to other
peoples. They have no linguistic
affinity to any neighboring or distant
nations. Baelz. a, foreign investigator.
owing to their rather white skin and
non-savage appearance, advances the
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solved knotty puzzle for the rest Of
humanity who may have suffered in
the same way.
His idea consists of the making of
an axe whose handle may be length
ened or shortened by means Of 4 teleS-
copic arrangement of very ingenious
nature.
This affair, as shown in the accom-
panying picture, can be easily adjusted
to the wants of the user, and as the
axe is held firmly in whatever posi-
ton it is placed, there is really in the
possession Of the owner of one Of these
new contrivances not one but half
dozen sizes Of cutting and hammering
tools.
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scissors before, it s true, hut here Is
an affair that combines an ordinary
pair of scissors with one that will
make the little slits in the cloth and
will avert all necessity for laying down
one of the tools Of the seamstress' art
for the picking up cf another.
This arrangement. which is made
plain by the accompanying picture,
consists of pair Of scissors which can
be used in ordinary cutting, to the
handle of which is affixed a peculiarly
shaped cutting blade which will do the
buttonhoie work in an instant when
the cloth is placed beneath it. There
is no danger of it's being mislaid or
lost, for the worker has it ever before
her, as she does the other cutting
necessary in her work.
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Natural History, Obtained by DR.. Ber-
thole Lauffer, an Asiatic explorer, and
partly by gift Of Arthur Curtis James,
Esq.
The Anus dress, religion and mode
of life are almost the same as those
existing hundreds Of years ago. The
PEOPLE are subjects Of Japan. but have
no voice in government, and are simp-
ly left to themselves. They have no
ambition. and have not introduced into
their industrial life any of the pro-
gressive methods Of their near neigh
bors, the Japanese. They number
about 10000, q mere remnant of a
once numerous and barbarous race.
They subsist chiefly by hunting and
fishing. The bear is still pursued and
shot by means of the primitive bow
and poisoned arrow. though the Ja-
panese are endeavOring to enforce a
law against this method.
An Ainu house consists Of frame
work Of poles having the roof and
sides matched with reeds, with q
small hole left in the roof for the
smoke to escape The completion OF
one Of these huts is considered a gala
occasion. and marked by house
warming feast. at which all the rela-
tives and others who helped to build
the same are invited. Cakes Of mi.let
are passed around. and big tub OF
sake or rice wine is placed i'll the CEN
tire OF the room.
One of the odd objects used by Ainu
mon are long wooden sticks extensive
" ornamented, called mustache lifters.
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by the Japanese for wives. They
practice, however, the custom Of tat
tooing their lips so as to initiate mus
taches, thus producing strange effect
to their features. The tattooing is said
to be somewhat painful. 1t is done
by degrees, requiring about year to
put the finishing touches on. Ihe
tattoo is obtained from the bark of the
birch, a pile Of which is burnt under
kettle, until the bottom is we'll black
ened with a thick coating. With
knife the woman makes a few 1n-
cisions on the part to be tattooed, after
which she takes some Of the SCOT upon
her finger, and rubs it we'll in the the
gashes she has made. Several appn-
cations result in two dark-blue bands,
which will last for five or six months
before being renewed.
One Of the most curious and sacred
Of all the Ainu belongings is the
'inao," or wooden prayer sticks, which
hold the most important place in
their religion. The people believe in
a great many gods and deities. good
and bad, who reside in and control the
forces Of nature. The inao are pieces
Of whitfield willow wood. with the
shavings left attached to the top. They
are symbolic offerings in prayer. pre-
sented to the distant gods. Some are
shaved upward. and others backward.
They are hung up in the windows.
doorways. and looked upon as charms,
safeguards. and evils. They are also
placed near springs, river-banks, store
houses, by tile freside. and in fact IN
every domain where the particular goa
is supposed to dwell. Near each hut is
a small plot, which might be called
the Ainu church or temple, for it is
his special place Of worship. This
consists Of a number Of inaos or poles,
upon which are placed the skulls OF
animals, which have been killed in
hunt or sacrifice, especially the bear.
The men, old and young, with solemn
faces, sit before these weird-looklng
objects and Offer sacrifices, pour out
libations Of wine, and utter prayers
to the gods, and implore them to re-
ward the suppllcant with success in
hunting.
The material for the garments of
both sexes is made from the inner bark
Of the elm tree. which is put into
water to soak and to soften. after
which it is taken out, and the fibre
divided into threads and balls. 1t
is then woven into narrow rolls or
cloth on a primitive loom. The gar
ments are quite rough, and have
faded brown color. The women are
somewhat expert in executing fancy
needle-work, and in their arrangement
of patterns and designs. the embroid-
cry and decoration is done with ia
pcnese colored thread, upon the
groundwork of their own elm-bark
fabric. In winter the women sew
bear, deer and wolf skins over the
elm fibre for greater warmth. The
Ainu bear hunters undoubtedly out
class the best civilized sportsmen in
bravery and courage. The latter con-
slider one hundred yards off with
modern Winchester a safe distance
for a shot for such an animal. The
Ainu method. on the contrary. is as
unique as it is thrilling and danger
Gus. To rout them out, long poles are
pushed inside: if one shows himself in
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Charity Thtnketh No Evil"

The minister was conscious of the de.
preston Of Monday morning as he sat
looking over the unanswered letters of the
last two days. He wanted money-not
much, but a little-and he could not shake
of the helplessness which that want>
brought with it. II haven't a friend in the
world of whom should be willing to ask
the loan of $780," he bitterly reflected.
"Friendship isn't worth much in dollars
and cents"
The money was needed to pay a small
minister had never been able to bring him
self to accept the clerical immunity from
doctors charges. He wanted, too, with an
unreasonable eagerness, to buy set OF
maps for the Sunday-school, OF which q
| sample lay on the study floor. He wanted
his wife to keep her nurse maid another
month. Fifty dollars would do the whole
thing-but it might as we'll have been $500
| 80 far as he was concerned.
Just then his morning mail was brought
in. A letter announced the death of an
old friend-a woman whom he had met in
| a summer vacation years before, and who
/ She was spinster Of moderate means, but
large and hospitable heart, and there was
J always welcome and comfortable meal
| in her home for him whenever he passed
through her city. Now she was dead, and
she had expressed a wish that he should
assist her own minister in the service at
her funeral. He gloomily thought that he
could hardly afford to go. The IS for his
| fare looked large to him. It would doubt
! less be labor of love, and just now he
| did not love the labor.
But he went, and he read the noble
words of St. Paul on death and the resur-
rection with an awakening sense of their
depth and beauty. As he was leaving the
! old-fashioned house, now empty OF the
gracious presence which had made it's
| plainness pleasant to him, the servant
| handed him letter. It was in the hand
writing of his dear friend. The mere sight.
| of it wrung his heart. -,
As he tore it open slO0 bill dropped
into his hand, and he read, 'For my dear
friend, in memory OF the many hours when
! he has renewed my belief that youth may:
have deep regard for age, that true
Christ rules in many human life"
| He read the words as In dream. Had
| he, in spite Of his frequent lapses into cyni-
cism and doubt of human kindness, had he
helped this strong, quiet woman to faith
| in human virtue? He had always been at
his best with her. All, that was it! Sud-
denly, as in vision, he saw that he was
forever bound by his best, committed to
it, judged by it.
In one sense the revelation was well
come, in another sense unwelcome. But
here it was, brought by the gift from the
dead hand 1t had not come as an answer
to prayer, to relieve distress, or to estab-
lish his faith in special providence, but
it had come to convince him of his guilt
I for that easy, Monday morning pessimism
which had cheapened all human love, and
| for the moment had credited the devils
doctrine that every man is for himself.
| text, Charity thinketh no evil" and his
congregation went away with noble as
surance of the dominion of goodness in
this world.-Youth's Companion.
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The Perseverance Of God.

God is the one who does the persevering,
even in saints. "He giveth power to the
faint" When men hold out unto the end
they feel, as Paul did that it is not they,
but "God who worketh in them" Ii
there were no divine voice saying, 81 am
with you until the end" there would be
no perseverance unto the end. Well. we
know how Journeys tend to drag and grow
weary at the last. Who Of us has not at
some time had the pleasant relief of a
friend coming into the train at the end of
a tedious days travel, the passing away
quickly in interest Of conversation the
weary finish of the journey? Perhaps that
is why the Bible is SO full of promises
about the end of life's journey. God seems
to make it clear that He is going to meet
us and 20 with us even more fully and
personally there. God will make Himself
in closer fellowship the companion of that
"long last mile"
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Last Years Sunshine.

THE Official summing up for 1903 as re-
cards sunshine shows that all districts in
the British Isles with one exception fell
short of the average. The exception was
England northwest, including Manchester;
that curiously enough had an, excess OF
ffty,seven sunny hours. In Scotland north,
west and east, the defect was eightty-one
hours, forty-eight hours and l33, hours.
England northeast and east were short by
lO7 hours and l99 hours, while in England
south and southwest the deficit was sixty
eight hours and ll5 hours. The Mldlands
were behind by ninety-eight hours. In
Ireland north and south the shortage was
eighty-one hours and ll9 hours. Common
IL the islands in the English Channel were
short of sunshine bv l25 honrS-