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Ing taxes too The subscription
ls more popular than the toll road. In
preparing to build the Columbia Mex
leo free highway the promoters start.
ed with nothing except confidence.
They were laughed at, but they said,
let us build one mile and you'll want
twenty And that was true. The
county court subscribed half the
amount needed The property owners
adjacent to the first mile put up the
remainder.
THAT was the start 1t attracted
others living farther away, and they
offered to subscribe for Il mile. SO that
the first contributors were given two
miles of highway for the price of one.
Others joined in, and the work contin-
ued the cost to each subscriber being
what he paid for one mile, and yet he
had the use of the whole road 1t is TO he
extended this summer in the same way
until 1t is thirteen miles long, all free
highway. The highest subscription out
side that from the county court was
500. The sums ranged from So to
500. Farmers We're allowed to give
$50 in work. One man who owned six
ty acres gave 500 and worked it out
He said the road added % per cent to
the value OF his land"
We've been hauling rock" farmer
said. "Some of us have got plum tired
waiting for laws. We're going to build
two roads this season, each five miles
long, by the subscription plan. They'll
be free roads. The county will contrib
ute one.half the cost. The more we
get of these roads the more the farm.
ers demand them | know one man
who gave $1,000, and he owns only
300 acres. That's the effect of road
agitation in a community We get
subscriptions from abutting property
and from benefited districts. Every
one who goes near the road is asked to
help and they all do it,
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ToIstoi and the Hear.

When Count TolstOi was young
man he took part in a bear hunt that
nearly ended fatally. When the beast
charged him Tolstoi fred and missed.
He fired a.second shot, which hit the
bears jaw and lodged between his
teeth. Tolstoi was knocked down, fall
ing with his face in the snow.
There" he thought, "all Is over with
me-" He drew his head as far as pos
slble between his shoulders, exposing
chiefly his thick fur cap to the beasts
mouth till she was able to tear with
her upper teeth only the cheek under
the left eye and with the lower teeth
the skin of the left part of the fore
head At this moment the famous
bear hunt leader Ostashkof ran up
with small switch in his hand and
cried out ais usual "Where are you
getting to? Where are you getting to-"
This, says Tolstol, sent the bear scut-
Ting on at her utmost speed.
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Black Men In Persia.

Old inscriptions and carvings have
shown that there existed in ancient
Persia members of race of black
skinned men who possessed features
resembling those of Africans. The
origin of these people as well as
their apparent disappearance in
modern times has furnished puz-
cling questions for ethnologists.
Some nave supposed that in prehis-
torie times the greater pat of
southern Asia was occupied by a
primitive black race, of which only
yestiges remained when the empires
Of Babylonia and Assyria arose.
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MEN or LEISURE.
There 10 Vast Difference Between
Them and Mere ldlers.

The word 'leisure" comes from
Latin word which means sit is law
full" or it is permitted, or it is al
lowed, and, therefore, by leisure we
do not mean idleness, but space of
time during which or a condition in
which we are at liberty to do as we
please. Hence "leisure" has come
to signify the time during which we
are free from the demands of pro-
fession, business or occupation and
which we can at our own pleasure
devote to something other than that
which is regarded as our work in
life. 1t is taken for granted that
every man should have some work
in life, some duty OF occupation
which it falls to his lot especially to
perform, whether from necessity or
choice. If u man profess to have no
such demand upon his energy and
time or if he ignore the fact that
he ought to have his work in life, it
is the fashion to call him ''a man of
leisure" which, in this sense, is one
of the most ignoble epithets which
can be applied to any human being.
On the other hand, we often see
persons doing their legitimate work
in such self contained and deliher-
ate way that we speak of them as
working leisurely. There cannot be
greater praise. They have such com
mand over their work that they
really take their own time about it,
and the consequence is that the
work is well done. Contrast these
with persons who work excitedly
and nervously, who cannot brook
the slightest interruption and who
regard with impatience everything
which does not Immediately fall in
with the task in hand. The former
ought to be called the "men of lei
sure" and the fashionable name for
the do nothings changed into idlers.
We wish to emphasize the fact that
leisure has something to do with
law and rule. 1t implies right to
command ourselves and is the very
opposite of that tyrant which does
more to ruin life than any other
hurry. Every man ought to aim at
doing his daily duty in '1eisurely"
ashion.-Philadel Ledger.
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His Excuse.

In local business house night
watchman has been under suspicion
for some time of falling asleep at
MS post. The other night when the
house was open until near midnight
the manager came suddenly upon
the watchman and found him fast
asleep in a chair in a secluded part
OF the busiest room in the establish
ment. Waking him rudely, he said /.
John, you had better go to the of
flee and get your money. You were
asleep You're fredp
81 was awake all the time," ex-
postulated the watchman.
"Ratsl Didn't l hear you snor-
ing?"
"sure, but there is a couple of
crooks in the vicinity, and Pye been
piping them of. | was snoring to
let them think was asleep"
The excuse was so brazen that the
manager decided to give him one
more chance, and so.he escaped with
a reprimand Albany journal.
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I've got friend in the literary busi-
ness
He writes books and wears hair
enough to put the Brotherhood of Bar
bers on the bum
When he isn't running a serial story
through the magazines he's running his
fingers through the eel-grass on his top
knot and looking wise.
| hate to knock friend but simply
because guy is a genius does he have
to rush around with a mop on his ko
ko, and butt into public building
every time he thinks In the open air?
My friends name is Newton With
eringham Hurtuboise in print, but al
home they call him Bud for short.
Buds father says the lad with the
literary bug ought to be driving a cart
in the direction of the dump. but Bud
only smiles and asks mother to pass
the fish
A fish diet is said to be the real cheese
for the brain.
| think If Bud would only eat a shark
or whale he might be able to write
something warm
I'm not knocking, remember; I'm
only saying what I think
l hate knocter.
l used to go to school with Bud
While he was inside licking up loga-
rithms and beating Caesars Commen-
taries to pulp. | was always loatng
around the outside of the knowledge
Factory, printing my name ON the
fence with jackknife, and acting just
like the village cut-up.
Annd look at the difference between
us to-dayi
Bud can sit down and write a novel
that will stand you up in the corner,
but when he wants to get downtown
he has to touch the old lady for the
price of a car ride.
never got beyond the Fifth Reader,
and l couldn't dig up Latin word to
save my soul, so all / can do is to
squeeze into pool-room, bury my face
in the dope and crawl out little later
with hatful of money.
tell you it's all dead wrong to give
the little old red schoolhouse the CLASSY
grin. That's right.
Anyway, bumped into Bud the other
evening and ] led him to trough
coughed for couple of throat teas
ers and Bud warmed up with the CAB
He was out TO tell me how hard it is
to write novel, but cut in on his
circuit
"It's a cinch!" says. "All dub
has to do is to pound ont parcel of |
drag them down TO the
starter and let them get away in 4 |
bunch"
was ready to buy again, so Bud
didn't contradict me and delay the
game.
After l had filled his reservoir he
turns the hot-air into his pipes and
comes down the lane with the assertion
that l couldn't write postal-card to
a friend and finish right.
l call that ingratitude
To give me a steer like that after |
mobiled with him across the Plaza and
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OIL FOR JERSEY ROADS.
To He Used TO Preserve Them Frop,
the Eject of Heavy Auto Traffic

To he Used to Preserve Them FROM
the Eject of Heavy Auto Traffic.
The freeholders of Hudson county
are contemplating treating sections OF
the country roads with a preparation
of crude oil to preserve them from the
effect of the great traffic of automo-
biles, says Paterson (N. J) CORE
spondent of the New York Sun I'm
less it be the roads from New York to
Philadelphia, no county roads in the
state are more used by autoists than
the roads in Hudson county, which
lead to Greenwood lake, Lake Hopat-
cong, Echo lake and other inland New
Jersey pleasure grounds.
The weight of the machines and the
dust they create are continually lay
ing bare the embarrassing of the
roads, making it compulsory on the
freeholders to keep repair gangs out
almost continually. The oil is said to
act as a binder and will prevent the
disintegration of the top dressing by
the heavy tires of touring machines.
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yellow envelope ,cn his tray.
Hetherton tore 10 open, glanced at its
contents. then stood twisting IT be-
tween his fingers and smiling an odd,
dazed smile. After long breath he
took Phllomena in his arms and kissed
her, saying In her car
Luck has stood your friend. I'm a
beggar. or shall be in two hours more.
That was call for margins | can no
more put up than | can ily. I've been
specializing wildly. l wanted you SO
badly | thought / must OFFER you mil
lions no less than myself Until today
they seemed in my grasp. That was
why | dared But I'm losing every
thing mt once"
Not quite" she said, ,clnging to
him, her eyes shining up at him
through mist of tears. you may
have me, If you lose everything else.
I'm not afraid of poverty if may
have love"
Seems like it's time took a hand in
this game" throaty voice said be-
hind them, and there stood the Mac
ton. He had been ambushed all the
while in the summer house outside
which the lovers stood you folks
think listnin' amt the right thing" he
went on. mo more 1t amt, but |
walked from a nap as you were in the
midst O talkln', and 1t didn't take ten
words to show me the lay o the land.
| like the lay of it. The little lady
thar" noddlng toward Phlomena,
has got me doped out fine and pat,
but she didn't make sport of the old
galoot. She said it in sport, but she
has looked out fer me. And more'n
that, she's made me understand thar
was at least one woman money
couldn't buy. You amt half good
enough fer her" this to Hetherton with
a chuckle. But since it appears she
likes the looks o. ye, be hanged if
you're a-goin' to take her and try love
in cottage. At least, not onless the
cottages got all the fxin's. No need
to tell me how you stand. l amt quite
out O. the market if l am up here in
the mountains, cOurtin and rusticatin'.
IL you need margins, l know the rea-
son why. Go right straight TO the tele-
phone. I'll be along o. ye; together
We'll get the straight o things down to
a dot over my private wire. I'm goin'
to see yOu through if it takes one
million or even two. But when you
are through you git married and keep
out of sech messes'
II will" Hetherton said, holding out
his hand.
Before the MacCarty could take it
Philomena flung herself between them.
threw her arms about his thick neck
and kissed him on both cheeks.
You're an angel elephant" she muir
INJURED. II shall love you always, no
matter what he says" with nod
toward Hetherton.
He says, Amendment accepted"
Hetherton said, wringing the Mac
rarty's hand.
That gentleman laughed apologetical-
", but returned the grip heartily, and |
said as he puffed away with Hetherton
1T his elbow:
ut takes jest an angel elephant to |
,keer the bulls and bears good and
hard"
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women of Ancient Rome.

1--WE are assured by Seneca" says
the historian Inge, that there were
women in ancient Rome who counted
their ages not by their years, but by the
husbands they had had Juvenal tells
of one woman who had married eight
husbands in FIVE years. Divorce was
granted on the slightest pretext. Many
separated merely from love of change,
disdaining to give any reason, like
Emilus Paulus, who told his friends
that he knew best where his shoes
pinched him. Rich wives were not
much sought after by wise men, Their
complete emancipation made them diff
ticult to manage. Accordingly, since
both rich and poor wives were objec-
tionable, the large majority of men
never married at all. In most cases a
Roman bridegroom knew practically
nothing of his wifes character until
after marriage. Marriage for the Ro-
man woman meant u transition from
rigid seclusion to almost unbounded
liberty. She appeared as matter of
course at her husbands table whether
he had company or not. She could go
where she liked, either to the temples of
Isis and Scraps or to the circus and
amphitheater. She had her own troops
Of slaves, over whom she ruled without
interference"
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The Careless Doll.

took my dolly for a walk. Before we
reached the gate
She kicked one little slipper on, ana soon
she lost the mate.
took my dolly for ride; II was a windy
day
She broke her pretty parasOl; her bonnet
flew away
! took my dolly for sail, ana what did
dolly do
But drop her necklace overboard--it was
her best one tool
And thea, the more j scolded her the
more she smiled and smiled
Hea, 1ould you fake her out sgain-shs's
such 4 nauEhty chiidf
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Presently the first section of the tall,
wide man pulled In on the home siding.
The second section, consisting of a
boot heel and several portions OF over
coat and trousers, remained out on the
sidewalk
"Oh, Harold" the wife exclaimed,
passionately. "how did you fall?"
When | have fully recovered" he
said, not unkindly. 81 may demonstrate
for your benefit the various convolu-
tions through which passed. At the
present moment, however, an illustra-
tion of my method is impossible for
obvious reasons Therefore. you must
let your imagination feed your curiosity
until such time as am better able to
tie myself in bow knot for your in
struction and edification."
Then he swore fitfully. and yelled for
the arnica bottle, the brutei
The End
| showed the novel to Clara Jane and,
she threw the most ladylike fit you ever.
saw.
'Oh, it's perfectly lovely!" says she.
Me!-to the roll-top desk Mel
with fountain-pen in each hand and
hand-sewed novel hot off the steam
pipes every week.
Copyright, by G. w. Dillingham; Col
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of road. Several motor cars of differ
ent types and weights are in readi-
ness. The photographers and the men
with stop watches are duly placed at
their appointed stations. Whooshl Off
goes machine at a rapid rate, fol-
lowed closely by another, in the front
of which, with the chauffeur, sits a
man who operates camera. The
dust flies upward in q cloud, partly
obscuring the automobile in front, but
that is what is wanted-to show by
photography how much dust is thus
thrown up from the roadbed, to be
carried off by the breeze and so. in
considerable part, lost.
To say that dust is the life of O road
is not putting the fact too strongly.
1t is the cementing material of the road
surface, which, combining with the
moisture contributed by rain, holds to-
gether the stony particles composing
that surface, shedding storm water
and preventing the particles from un-
dergoing dis,ntegration. Thus it may
be said that dust is to a road what
shingles are to house. If it is taken
away the roadbed goes TO pieces. The
amount of dust thrown up by the uu-
tomobile Is in proportion to the speed
at which it goes. But, in order to OBJ
tain exact figures on this point, the
government experts take a series of
photographs of each motor car tray
eisng over the same stretch of road, at
ten miles, twenty miles, thirty miles
and so on up to seventy miles an hour.
A stretch of road with fairly sharp
turn is chosen by preference, in order
that photographers posted at the bend
may, with safety to themselves, snap
shoot each motor car from directly
in front, as it approaches, and also
directly from behind, after it has
passed by. Now, 1t is not merely for
theoretical purposes that the road bu-
reau is making these experiments. 1t
is trying to find remedy for the mis-
chief-a practical part of the inquiry
which is being carried on simultane-
ously with the automobile tests above
described. Something must be found.
obviously, to keep the dust from being
carried on the roads, and the pre-
ventiye seems to be either tar or oil.
For some months past the experts
have been applying tar and crude Pc
troleum to different sections of roads,
and they have found that either
Though the tar seems TO be preferred)
accomplishes the purpose admirably.
IL appears that an application OF tar
costs less than cents a square yard.
including labor, and 1t will last for a
year or 50, though just how long can
not be statsd exactly as yet. The cost
OF oil Is even less. The tar is trans
ported for the purpose in tank cars
and heated In the car by introducing a
coil of steam pipe into 1t and furnish
ing the requisite heat from an engine
en wheels which Q run up alongside.
ia thiA wNy ths Material is made fluid
so as to be easily spread by men with
broOms or otherwise over the surface
OF the rOadbed that is to be treated,
The tar gives hard and smooth coat
ing, resembling asphalt. IT penetrates
to depth of one or two inches, and In
the case OF macadam forms sort OF
matrix into which the stones OF the top |
layer are set A tarred street is dust |
less in the same sense that an asphalt /
street is dustless.
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RARE MAP or LONDON.
Only Two Copies, One at Paris, Other
at British Museum.


1t does not appear to be widely
known that the second copy of the
celebrated map of London, engraved
at Fithborne in 1868, which was ac-
cidentally discovered half a century
ago, can now be seen in. the print
room of the British museum. There
is only one other original copy in
existence, and that is in the Bibli-
otheque Rationale in Paris. There
are at least two pieces of internal
evidence by which the date Of the
survey can be definitely determined
as having been made between the
years 1643 and 1647. Cheapside
cross, which was demolished in the
former year, does not appear in the
map, but that long known as Char
ing cross, which was cleared away
in 1647, is depicted as standing in
all its glory.
The engraving of the map was
not completed until 1868, and ad-
vantage was taken of the delay to
introduce the new buildings and i'm
proyements up to that date, as, for
example, the new buildings on the
west side of Lincoln's Inn Fields and
Clare market, which was opened by
John HOLES, earl of Clare, in 1856.
Pail Mall is represented as a pleas
ant walk, with double row of trees
on the north side.
A windmill marks the site and
origin of the name of the present
Windmill street. The gaming house
that existed at that period at the
top of the Haymarket is also repre-
sented. From Stepney to London is
open country, the only water shown
in st. James park runs from north
to south across the present parade
ground, and in the middle of the
roadway of Holborn, near the top
of Chancery lane, is shown a row
of small houses that completely OBJ
structed the view along that thor
oughfare.
1t is considered questionable, it
may be added, whether the map was
ever published, for the period was
one of considerable turmoil, and
there seems little doubt that the
plates and their impressions perish
ed in the great fire of 1666.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
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The Sheen of Pearls.

The famous pearl stud belonging to
the late marquis of Anglesey, sold az
Christie's In London some time ago for
the large sum of SIS. 900, is eclipsed by a
beautiful pearl which changed hands
sope years ago for over $65, 900. 1t was.
of course, huge in size. and absolute per-
lection as 10 shape and color, and IL
possessed that radiant sheen which
marks the pearl of great price. This
characteristic is noticeable in the pearls
owned by Queen Margherita of Italy.
and by those in the possession of the
duchess OF Marlborough, gems which
often graced the beautiful neck of Marie
Antoinette. The luster 1t is which raises
the value OF the pearl and decides fts
price. and smaller jewel possessing it
will realize larger sum of money than
one of even greater size lackingit.
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Cork TOYS.

Curious toys may be made OF cork.
One of these is the we'll known llttl-
tumbler such as is generally construct
ed of pith. But cork, especially II II be
followed, will answer the purpose
quite AS well Make the puppet OF
three or four corks, shape and paint it
as skillfully as you can and glue to the
feet or un0er them little hemispheres
OF lead. When thrown into any posi-
tion the figure of course rights itself
and, like eat always falls on its feet
dt is quite possible to make cat OF
plth or OF cork too
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Not In Tune.

81 see you lave made short and
sport rhyme" said the critic, as
though the idea was too aburd for
anything.
"What is the matter with that P"
asked the poet, who took criticism
about as pleasantly as a small boy
takes castor oil.
"You know" (" said the critic, shalS-
ing his head graYely "when sport
ls short he is out Of tune with every
hing"
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An InsIdious Danger

One of the worst features of
kidney trouble is that it is an in
sidious disease and before the vie
tim realizes his danger he may
have fatal malady. Take Foley's s
Kidney Cure at the first sign of
trouble as it corrects Irregularities
and prevents Bright's disease and
diabetes. Bort 4 Co,
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The Texas Wonder.

Cures all Kidney, Bladder and
Rheumatic troubles; sold by all
druggists, or two months treat
ment by mail, for 81. DR.. e. w.
Hall, 2926 Olive Street, st. Louis,
Mo. Send for testimonials,
July 10, 'Oo. Tyr.
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SUBSCRIBING FOR ROADS.
How Farmers Ia Missouri County
Built Fine Highways.

The methods used In obtaining funds
20 build subscription roads" in Boone
county, Mo, were described few dnys
ago by w. b. Cauthorn, an engineer In
Columbia who helped and who directed
the building OF some OF the finest high
ways In that part OF Missouri. says the
Kansas City Star. Il don't think Amer
leans Ike the toll idea" Mr. Cauthorn
said, especially when they ar
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"OH. IT'S PERFECTLY LovELYw
sidewalk perils for those who go down
in slips?
Esoteric Science leads one to sup
pose SO.
Meanwhile the wife waited wearily
at home. and the cook tapped the beef
steak nervously with the coal shovel.
1t was her night out
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II need the advice of a physician. :.
remarked the alleged actor. Would
you advise me to consult DR.. onscker-
ly?"
We'll" replied his friend, the drug
gist, II don't think much OF his ability
as physician; still. he might be able
TO cure ham. Chicago Daily News.
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Chapter LII.

my mother was a lady" so
She said. but just the same
She ate boiled cabbage with knife
Except when company came.
--DeWolf Hopper.