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IFfw ~ igg Eppin Assisted Wooing p.| him H ,’"^FSS SHADOW fell across An- BKr drew Barton’s desk. Be A| looked up. A man had en j tored his room and was standing by one of the win r rtv ’ (j OW g intently regarding Andrew turned a little farther K^his desk chair and looked at the B Sn. He was stout and below the B BBlhtmi height He might have been H^Jb-h fe. There was no trace of gray . lier his coarse black hair or his £ Or black ^ud. His face was flushed If MB his "teQyll^pyea glittered with B Ke in^^B S^^tlan e. ■ 'sil’ 1 ' ■ * .*^k?*“'?" Andrew B ■klBL ’’**** His voice S Brew fame d S OF t 0u - " A,lil ri ^y-ant to t.il.; « and pointed g & <Aook his isad. K Pta "Whit ) .in to say a Wd standirg.’ gj | ll Andrew, mi l ttn-xd ■ ■ Bls visitor. ‘ S K' Rawdon,” .. ’he ArAtawdon. u« r d S Andrew 1' i the ■Syvdon.” ■ HWK \< ! ■ i " 1 H" U J ■ i< wdon," KH|^^HHhK|^^^S H &KB i । H w te !ie prof ' ri bWO I ' a "r *!rt« hSmF me that you are Miss RawdSrSfirther.” The stranger nodded. True,” he said. “And that Is all you know of me?" “That is all,” Andrew replied. “Perhaps it's all that’s creditable,” said the stranger. “I was the black s.ieep of my family, and a very respec table family it is —though I’m the last man on earth to boast of such things I’m English, as you see, and an Eng lishman whose prejudices are bitter is not a pleasant sort of fellow. I’m an advanced Socialist and a kicker against the established order of things. I’ve hud a good education, too, though I never made any good use of it. The class I found myself in-or rather that I sought was not a class to develop a man s Intellect. It developed my gift Os gab, however, nnd that made me a leader among them. Pe-haps it was a bad thing for me, yet I’ll not admit that the cause is bad. Anyway, good or bad, I’m tied up to it.” He looked at' Andrew, and his frown deepened. “You have no sympathy w 'th the cause, have you? What Is youi fellow man to you? You can’t see anything bevond your bank account." “J 0 ?, ar ! wron « there,’* said Andrew, and his face showed no resentment. I take a lively interest in my fellow men." The stranger’s face cleared. “I’m just what I am," he said, “no better, nor worse. Anyway, I'm too old to want to change. Oh, I kpow that I have been a drag on my family. My daughter would have been a lady if she had had a less selfish father. There was nothing too good for her while her mother lived. Her njother was a lady, if ever there was one. God knows why she married me. But she kept things straight, and she kept we straight, and there was nothing she wasn’t ready to do for our girl. And now that she's gone”—he suddenly passed bls hand across his forehead— “why, things are all at sixes and sev ens. I left my work, I went back to the old associates and the old club, and my daughter had to go out and earn her own living. Understand me, Dm not an idler, I’m nu agitator. I'd rather talk than eat. Some day, maybe I'll show I can light, too." He paused ab ’ rtiptly and stared at Andrew “Curse me," he suddenly cried, “if rm not reeling off a lot of cheap guff about myself. That’s like me. i come here to have a reckoning with you, and before I know it I’m talking about myself." He stopped short and ad vanced a little nearer. “Weil, there's one good thing gained. You can easily see that my girl’s not a bit like her father. She's her mother over again, and no one knows it better than I know It. And she’s very dear to me. She's so dear to me that if any man as much as gave her an evil look* I'd kill him in Mr A^rR 8 that, menacing ffUttCre * Ws was I d * : &a,w AD ' A - back a little and passed his hand across • his forehead. • "My dead wife gave Anna into my s keeping,” he said. “I have neglected • her, but there are limits to this neglect. ; I am her natural protector, her de : fender—her avenger, if need be. > Andrew regarded him steadily. > <; There can be no disputing this, he i said. “But you came here to tell me r something else.” j "Yes,” said the older man. And yet I that’s a part of it, too.” He paused a i moment. “I find it hard, glib as I am, to explain further. Let me begin by r saying that I am the natural enemy of every mnn who absorb# an undue > share of the wealth of the nation. I 1 look upon a rich man as a dangerous I parasite. I ascribe bad motives to him. I give him n 0 credit for charity, fpr honesty of purpose, for unselfish- I aess. This i» a P«rt of m y creed. I think the worst of these gilded pests of society know them better—and ■ then I dKoubt my leniency. You are a pKpering man, Andrew Bar ton?” Jk “Yes-HJave no cause to complain.” “You are building up a great busi ness?” “It Is Increasing rapidly.” $ “You will become a rich man?” “If all goes well.” The olderWman glowered at the younger. “I will admit that men speak well of you,” he said. ♦They tell me you were' a boy of the streets and the only sup port of an invalid mother. That’s good. And you have an honost face. That counts for something. But your junduey is against you.” K "Come, come,”, said Andrew, a little Sharply, “what is it you really wish to J self (Wrer and let us get to the ■point.” |“I will,” said the older man. He Spoke hurriedly. Then he leaned a ■ittle forward and looked Into An ^Brew's eyes. “What is there," he slow igly asked, “between you and my Anna?” B Andrew started and flushed. But fee that met the older man’s did iich. . rj^rtuere is n»dng,” he said. “What you mean?"^®^ rW'Yqn hove maaSKac to her?” • o ‘w Wl ML “ You hare jed balieve that fOT W n 1A yot;r'w^ybTm^you to the fact that those who take their wages at your hands have souls and 1 hearts, and feeling mayhap even more sensitive than your own?" “That Is false and idle talk. Why ’ do you come here and accuse me of c these things?" “Your face is an honest one and your t voice has an honest ring. But how can I believe you?” “Come, come,” cried Andrew,“enough s of this. Tell me at once what it is that i prompts you to make these, accuse • t tions.” j The older man bowed-his head. [ “My poor Anna," he said. “She came » home last night looking sore distressed, t ‘What Is it, my girl?’! asked. She told i me she must quit her place. I asked t why. She said it was distasteful to i her, but I could sae she was holding ; something back. ‘ls the master not kind?’ I asked. She said he was al ways kind. And when she said it she looked so troubled that I blurted out of a sudden, ‘ls it because you love him?’ And with that she gave me a quick look from her brown eyes—they are ao like h,er dead mother’s—and .burst into tears. I said no more, but I kept up a lot of thinking. Then I made up my mind to see you and have it out with you—and I’m here with a mind that's torn with doubts and a heart that calls for revenge.” His voice had been raised a little, but it suddenly dropped. “I was going away,” he said, “across to the pld country. They have sent for me. They need me. I wanted to see my Anna settled in a good home, the wife of a good man. I’m no com panion for her. Ebe could not go with me. I cannot leave her unprotected. But she would have naught, to do with any man I might choose for her. And now I feel lier peace of mind is gone, and her happiness is gone.” ■ He paused and his eyes again sought Andrew's. “And you blame me?” “I cannot help but blame you.” “Yet I tell you I am innocent.” “Prove it.” “How can I?’ “You must.” Andrew looked at the dark face be fore him and was silent a moment. Then he suddenly flushed. “There is a,way,” he said. “Step into this storeroom here and leave the door ajar. I want you to hear all that is said. But. understand, you are not to The older man looked at him doubt fully. Then he slowly ptepped to the opelred !t - ' said * * S< * that I ® m he ^ e ” he fl'll it. Thou he returned°to his desk^nd struck a bell. A boy appeared in the I doorway. “Request Miss Rawdon to come here.” The girl appeared a moment later She paused on the threshold. “Yes." said Andrew, as he turned " ■ ■ ~—n ■» ' She came forward with It tablet nnd pencil aad.took the ch 4 by his desk. Andrew gave her J quick glance. She was pale. Andi' mehow ; the pallor became her. * “Miss Rawdon,” said Andtw, “am you quite satisfied with yoflpositlou here?” , J? i She gtfve a little start ml a dull red flushed her cheeks. I “I have no reason to comj'lm,” she answered. t Andrew hesitated. * “For some time I have Aught oi i asking you to give up your lace,” h< , asked. f “I am yeady to leave a( any mo ment,” she quickly remarkm- “Wait, please,” he said. “ wanted you tojeave because I mean to offet you what I hoped you would consider a better position.” She looked at him with startled ex pression. <’ “I have hesitated,” he went <n. “l>e cause I wished you to know mebettei firsts You have really had no thanct fi^et acquainted with ma, 1 arc amid you regard me as a npre money grubber. You had no reasm to sup pose there were any tender jualitie; in my make-up. And yet I .w\nt yot to know that you attract*'L tta very first day you c<me int-lmy em plcy. That attract^n hasj rrowt stronger and deeper It has ; ten s great pleasure to know that v -u wort within call, and I drtadeato speak the words that might part us. But this morning I saw my error. Asuw thai it was better to put the maker to the test and learn my fate. I Hy this tc you because I want to exc^Bmy ab ruptness. I amlot tactful^ am only practical—and I love you. ttul you be my wife?” The girl had been regarding him with a troubled look. The hand that held the tablet trembled. Then her gaze was suddenly averted and a rosy flusi crept across her pale face, “Your wife," she murmu^y. “Yes, my wife.” There was bewilderment in her eyes as she slowly raised them to hfs face. “But I never dreamed yajp-cared for me.” “I fancy,” laughed Andrew, “that I have been repressing my natural emo tions too long. But I’ll ptomlse to make amends. In the meantime my question goes unanswered.” She hesitated. Then she shook her head, rind the tears filled her eyes. “My father would never consent,” she murmured. “Your father?” .“Yes; you do not know him. He— he has very strange ideas.< He—oh, it is impossible." * 4 "Wait, dear, I haveWieen your falser." ’ Io “You have M-cn my fatHMMB^ She gasped as she taid^’^4 1 - “Yds. Indeed he i^^^ so terrible. I made up f your daughter. WUI you kvg her tc J He raised his Video a little U th“« words. < S [ J , “Did you say that ^>«ay f^«ef?” sre . gasped again. - | n “I said It to him.” / “And he—what did in etty?” Andrew suddenly smiled. “Wbll, he said quite enough to con ( vines me that I had sotbiug to fear , in that quarter. Then*—'the ofily ob stacle has gone. Is it yes, Anna?” She drooped a little. “It is yes,” she softly nnswere’. He caught the trembling hand that held the tablet and pressed it to hit lips. “You make me a very happy man,” he murmured. "There, no^go back to your desk and gather tip your belong ings and collect what is due you from the cashier. You are discharged. If anybody asks you why yon are going, tell them you have accepted a half in terest in the Barton Manuafcturing Company. To-night you may expect me at your home. And tell your father to have his consent and his blessing ready. Good-by until this evening.” “Good-by,” the girl murmured aa she hurried out. Andrew looked toward the door oi the storeroom. “The coast is clear,” he called. The door was pushed ojien and Raw don appeared. He came up to Andrew and put out his hand< His Ibok had softened. The hand extended slightly trembled. iWt'KISI “It’s all right,” hw snld, “it’A slj right.” He choked’ a little. “I know you'll be good to her. Tae money' can’t hurt my Anna. And now I’ll get out of the way as soon as I can." i Andrew smiled. “There was away to find the proof," he said. i “Yes,” nodded the older man. “The best way of all.” ... i He grasped Andrew's hand again ant , was gone.—W. R. Rose, in Cleveland ■ Plain Dealer. '— Overflow of lava. The Overflow of lava from volcanoes is tremendous in some instances, and the amount that is deposited over the sides of the mountains and poured into the valleys is almost beyond compre hension. At first the JaVa- spouts up into the air to a considerabto height, nnd then pours slowly over j the edge of the crater in ’an npparedtly inex haustible stream. In the excoptlon of Mauna Loa in 1852 the lava which buret out of the base of the knountain into the sea formed a wave stem 20C to 700 feet In height and iOOO feet broad that overwhelmed '’ / - - —.J I 1 Queries^]. [ , take C ° mP ®’S MY’ 1 i ’ Take a reasonable amount of exercise 1 daily, plenty of fresh air, nourishing } food, with a minimum of sweets; eight h hours’ sleep in the early hours of the night, and good soap to the face, fol- . lowed by plenty of clear water, at j least twice a day. . 3 \ 2 Whehe did the Incas, who ruled Peru, | come from? INCA, r There Is nothing known of their ’ origin that approaches certainty. They evidently came from the' north; and ' though there have been all sorts of • Specula lions regarding them, there is j nothing worthy of being relied on. Is it true that the sun, with its attending planets, is plunging through space? Is so. in what direction is it going and nt what rate of speed? STAR. It, is trde, according to the best as tronomical authority, and our entire system is flying northward in the di rection of the bright star Vega at the rate of 43,000 miles an hour. If a Jew becomes a Roman Catholic or a Protestart does he cease to be a Jew? STEWARD. He does not. A Jew is a descendant of Judah, son of Jacob. Modern rep resentatives of the stock call them selves Hebrews in race and language and Israelites In religion, but Jews in both -.enses. Tc it correct to say, “I went the balance of the way alone?” RUSSOPHOBE. It is not. Say “remainder” in place of "balance.” • To what race do the Filipinos belong, nnd what are their chief characteristics? ENGLISH LAD. Filipino Is the collective name for the representatives of various races inhab iting the Philippine Islands, and espe cially <if the Negrito, Indonesian and Malayan races. The twenty-one tribes representing the Negrito race inhabit the islands of Luzon, Panay, Negro and Mindanao. They are typical ne groes, with thick lips, broad nose and curly hair. Intellectually they occupy nearly the lowest rank in the human series. The Indonesian race, repre sented by about sixtfeen tribes and in habiting almost exclusively the island of Mindanao, is physically superior to both the Negrito and Malay race. The people are tall, sturdy and of fair com plexion, with a high forehead, wavy hair and’Kometimcs a lohg beard. Many of them are bright, intelligent and in dustrious; but none of these tribes #ave ^nvyriqd^to C^tiaplty. The repnesentiiuves of the Malay race, consisting of. about forty-seven tribes, constitute the greatest part of the population of the Phllippjna Islands. They are of a brown complexion and decidedly darker than the Indonesians, though much lighter than the Negritos. All more or less civilized tribes of im portance, such as the Visayans, Taca logs, Ilocanos and Moros, belong to this race. Although the majority of these tribes are ignorant and illiterate, they are to a certain extent civilized, and, with the exception of the Mahometan' Morqs, they havp been converted to Christianity. Besides these native tribes there are numerous mixed types resulting from marriages with Spanish, Chinese. Japanese and even American representatives. q " Cattle on Farms Scarce. So much for the growth and decline of the Western cattle king. It was in evitable that his prosperity should af fect the farmer with his few animals pastured in fenced fields and sheltered in stalls. At first he paidjittle atten ’ tion to the tales of the immense herds and quick returns of the cattle business In the West. Gradually, however, . there was forced into his life the un- J derstanding that he could not possibly compete with herds of such magnitude. The price of beef went down as the supply increased. Western beef was in I demand. The packing industry came Into being. Wholesale dealers’ and packers purchased beef direct from । the cattlemen and sold it everywhere at a much lower price than the farmer could possibly allow himself to part i with his few beeves for. In the end the .cattleman with his thousands drove . the farmer with his dozens of animals ■ out of business. The farmer sold his origlnai stock because he could not j afford to keep It. Instead of Short horns and Herefords, he raised Alder । neys and Jerseys. A few milch cows ■ were the sum total of his herd. I For the last five or six years, old i travelers have often remarked on the ! scarcity of cattle on the farms on either i side of the great transcon tinetai rail- I roads. Horses, sheep and hogs are there, but comparatively few cattle.— New York Times. ri»h That Do Not Fear. In rare Instances fish appear to be without fear. This was particularly noticeable in the case of several trunk fishes which •! found on the Florida reef In an old deal coral head of large size, low tide I could reach from b^y^X^ Ing to dislodge some gorgonins which were clinging to the eoral I was sur prised to see several of the little ar mored fishes swim up to mv hand and permit me to touch tbem- an act which I often repeated. The mullet is very tame. I have often stood knee-deep cn _ LONGFELLOW AND HOLMES, I . .-nierectisK Trait, of th-i Two American 1 J Authors. • * i ! One afternoon in tie years of which ! lam writing, relates J. T. Trowbridge, ; ;n Atlantic Monthly, I chanced to call • upon Mr. Longfellow just after he bad received a visit from Dr. Holmes. “What a delightful man he is!” said he. “But he has left me, as he gei er illy does, with a headache.” When I ■ inquired the cause, he replied: “The , Movement of his mind is so much more 11 rapid than mipe that I often find It , lifficult to follow hlpi. and if I keep , ip the strain for a length of time a headache is the penalty.” Every one who knew the Autocrat must have been impressed by this trait iscribed to him by Longfellow—the extraordinary rapidity of’ his meutal processes. Not that he talked fast, out that his turns of thought were sur prisingly bright and quick, and often nade with a kind of scientific precision, igreeably in contrast, with the loose aess of statement commonly charac terizing those who speak volubly and think fast. Longfellow had a fund of quiet humor n relating traditions connected with the old house, one of which commemo rated an occasion when Washington tvas said to have indulged in the laugh ter so rare with him. It was when General Putnam brought to headquar ters an old woman taken as a spy, whom he carried; reluctant and itruggling, on his back, into the house —a sight which proved too much for the gravity even of the Father of His Country. . . . After the ladies isome stranger callers) were gone I asked Mr. Longfellow if sucn visits were not sometimes a bore to him. “Yes,” he said, “if the comers are pretentious or shallow-minded; then I make as quick w.ork with them as courtesy will al low. But these were sincere prtsous, ind I am glad to have afforded them a pleasure which w’as evidently so much :o them, and which they will remember ill their lives.” His conversation was simple and sasy, and often enlivened by a genial pleasantry, to me more welcome than the wit that keeps the listener tool much alert. I never heard him make a pun. FroGudnc CoUi Artificially. The production of cold by artificial means began in the warmer climates, ’specially in India, China and Egypt— where ice and snow were not availa ble. It was early discovered that porous receptacles would keep the con tents cooler than non-porous. In Egypt sad East India the vessels containing the water to be frozen were covered with stalks of corn or sugar cane. Ref erences are found In the works of many ancient authors Indicating that some of the principles of artificial re frigeration were understood by the Greeks and ppetlced by them in cool ing'w^ter’ffM vaiTc^s The Egyptians were accustomed to al low jirs of boiling water to remain bn the roofs over night, and in'the morn ing moisten them with” water on the autside, bind them with grass or plants, and put them in trenches. The discov ery of the principle that hot water ex posed to the air is susceptible of great er evaporation than cold is generally ascribed -to Nero, although Aristotle relates that, if it was desired to cool water suddenly, it was customary tc « expose it first to the sun's rays. It is believed that saltpeter for refrigerating purposes was first used by the Italians in 1550. The liquid to be cooled was put iiito a little-necked bottle, which was immersed In a receptacle filled with colfi water. Saltpeter was then added to the water of the outer vessel, and the bottle containing the liquid to be cooled was twirled around on its axis like a modern ice cream freezer. —New Yflrk Post. Coninmptlan of Ice in Cltlei. Efforts have been made to get esti mates of the consumption cf natural Ice in the great cities. In New York the annual consumption of ice is be lieved to be about 5,000,000 tons. If this figure is approximately correct, the manufactured ice consumed during the census year amounted to 8.2 per cent, of the total consumption. Census Office corresponder.ce with several of the leading ice manufacturers indicates that the average cost of production was approximately $1.30 per ton, and the average wholesale price $2; while the average retail price varied from fifteen to thirty cents per 100 pounds, according to the season of the year. In Philadelphia the annual consump tion of ice was estimated at from 1,000,000 to 1,600,000 tons, 042,602 tons of which was represented by the local production of manufactured ice. In San Francisco from 10,000 to 15,060 tons of natural ice was used, brought from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, but owing to climatic conditions, the consumption there is much smaller than in Eastern cities of like size.— Nev,’ York Post. Ijnoranca About the Feallop. Fishermen say they know less about the '.callop than about any other mar ketable shellfish. No one seems to know just what they live on, although all agree tha't they die in their second year. They are not at all to be relied on so far as staying In one place it concerned. They move, like other bi valves, by opening and closing their , shells, but they attempt much longer ; voyages than the oyster/»r clam. When on the move they go forward about three feet at a time, and tiie jumps ain taken with great rapidity. They move about from harbor to harbor la thia way, and no locality Is sure of having a second crop the following 1 year. The-scallop beds are usually dis- ; rorered by accident or after • long ] search. The fishermen take them from j I lift bottom with tongs and oyster . dredges.—New Ycrfc Trlbuuw < !»>»>»*»*** > *»>***»*»•»***'**>* ■ GOOD ' © i ® ROADS, i Uovtrnmnt Construction of Roads. A bill has been introduced in lite House of Representatives of the United States providing & . for the establishment of a Bu reau of Public Roads to take charge of. the survey, planning nnd construction of good roads, outside the limits ofj cities and incorporated towns or vil lages. which may be petitioned for by the authorities in any political division of any State. It is proposed to appro-; priate $75,000 for the uiaintenam ' the office and $20,000,000 for the structlon of the roads. The limitations are that the National Government shall! pay one-half the cost of a road and the' locality the other half—this half being divided between State, political sub-.il vision (county or township) and prop erty owners in any manner determined by them, and that no State shall re ceive more of the sum appropr otod than the proportion which its popula tion bears to the entire population of the United States. Twenty-two officials and employ*" are provided for, the director to reet $4500 a year and others from $2500 :*> $720 a year, and "such other ofHw.s. agents-and servants as the director may from time to time require.” The $75,000 appropriated in one section would scarcely provide for these twen ty-two men and the expenses enumer ated, and would fall completely to pro vide for 4i force sufficient to plaa the work and supervise the expenditure of the $20,000,000. Fortunately the section appropriating tlie latter sum for “co-op eration and actual construction” in cludes “the maintenance of said Bu reau of Public Roads.” The Government* has in the past con structed public roads, but they were highways to carry the traffic between sections of the cduntry without other means of communication, approaches to Government reservations or of simi lar public use. The excuse for the Im provement of rivers and harbors has always been the. service or the develop ment of national commerce, however far the actual practice may have de viated from this ideal. This bill, how ever, goes to the furthest limit and leaves It to the Judgment of the direc tor of the bureau as to whether the road fund shall lie used In developing communication by iiighways between States or distributed in improving sec tions of road entirely local in character, whether largely traveled or not. , There are many who defend the principle of the river and harbor improvements who could not advocate such a bill “for the relief of the Treasury of the United States” as this. Were the principle of the bill to se cure n majority vote the form of and this Mil would scarcely raceivei <Wor®® able consideration except in a LegiAni - ure composed entirely of “praetienl” pdlitlelnns. The Bureau of Itolfli^jl Roads, under this bill, could readily made the place for paying political debts and for distributing public pat ronage to the hungry. There have been State Legislatures which would pass this sort of bill, but Congress lias never done so except in the river and harbor bill in its worst days, which was n gradual growth from a 'legitimate be ginning.—Municipal Engineering. • — — Omlilng Pliant For M'tcKfipm I’narU. The cities of New England are wiser In their day nmi generation tluin are most other municipalities in the coun try. They make a dollar go further than the average city. Economy and arudence may have been Inherited from the Puritans, but whatever their source the example is a good one to follow. Authorities of large and small munici palities throughout New England for years have been noted*for their eco nomical methods in ths construction nnd maintenance of streets and high ways. More portable stone crusher^ and permanent plants built ou a larger scale will be found within New Eng land territory than any other eqwl \ area in the United Slates. In Connect icut and Massachusetts, partleulariy. the highways have been greatly im proved. For instance, the city of New ton has its own crushing plant which has been in operation for years, nnd as a result not only are the streets of the city well macadamized, but the leading from the city are carefully im proved. This is made possible by the economical use of this plant. There is an abundance of good trap rock in a quarry not far from the limits of the city, at which is installed au up-to-d '.te plant. • There is no public improvement more । popular to-day than that connected with the construction and maiutenam* of a better highway system. The good work is being pushed along by many ' national, State and town good ronds as sociations. All classes of people arc i interested in the work, the rich and the 1 poor, the farmer and laborer, the biv.v- I cle rider and the one who walks: for all I alike can and do appreciate a well built I and maintained t borough fa re. Titis movement means that the farm- I er can transport his produce to market I over a good road at less expense than I over a poor road. This is a fart wWh I is being repeatedly uemonstrated, nnd ■ n larger number of people are coming I to recognize It a-i a good argument why ■ । the roads should be improved. If it I ; benefits the farmer in this way It can- H not fail to benefit every ope who uses ft the public highways. Therefore, cve>y ■ municipality should promote the work ■ by investing in a stone crushes D»nut I adapted to Its needs, to lie used both ■ for the improvement of its streets find ■ 1 the main highways leading Into It. A ■ ; better investment could not be'made.-- K , Municipal Journal and Engineer. ■ — — ■ If it were not for the tHab^or Ute I
