ts .
Bridge Over River in Montjoie.
i t.v j-.h material m<J\an
Wl/ tages may acertte by-and-by
^ W to Belgium from tho restitu
tion of her old possessions
in tile Ejf>!, there can be no dispute
that the most picturesque townlet in
all those border regions of the former
duchies- of Limburg, Juliers, und ISerg
has passed at once into her hands in
the auci«m and little-known, because
secluded, human habitation on the
Boer which hears the picturesque
name of Montjoie. ' -ites Demetrius C.
Bouiger in the Lorn! m Graphic.
In the days of the Franks, before
milestone - came into vogue, it was the
practice to mark the stages along the
main routes by erecting a pile of
stones, and sometimes it happened
that the snot selected was on a field of
battle. These heaps or piles were
ermed “.Montjoie” from the Latin
worts Mens Jovis, and when the name
Montjoie was incorporated in the bat
tle-cry of France it signified no more
than Forward St. Denis. The Burgun
dian battlecry, “Montjoie St. Andre,”
of the .same period, was only Forward
St. Andrew. Baedeker's plausible
suggi stion that the Unmans built a
fortress here and gave it a high-sound
ing name may be relegated to the or
der of fairy tales.
Montjoie then was nothing more
than si stage or resting point on the
high road of the Franks across Aus
trjsi:i to tiie Kliinc. Situated in a
gorge of the upper Boer, it gave tin1
easiest access from the south to the
centers of Frank, not Teuton, culture
in the Alx, Juliers and Stollberg re
gion.
!<i Picturesque Setting.
Unlike Malmcdy, Montjoie aspires to
no political role. It rests its claim
to fame in me pieturesqueness of its
situation, and tin' charm of its
medieval buildings bordering Its nar
row streets. The Itoer, here only a
shallow stream for three parts of the
year, rippling over a stony bottom,
flows through the town, and in some
places even under the houses! It is
swollen in the early spring by the
melting snows of the Kifel. hut it has
scooped out for itself so deep a chan
nel that floods are rare, as it sweeps
along with increased volume past
Daren and Juliers to join the Meuse
iu Holland.
Surrounded by the most beautiful
forests of the Herlogenwald or llohe
Venn, which completely screen the lit
tle town front view, the valley is so
narrow that a cricket ball might be
throws from the height on which are
the ruins of the old castle to the oppo
site diff on which Is the Haller or
watch tower. This was placed where
It is because it allowed of a better
view up and down the valley in the
•lays when the robber counts of Belch
rnstein levied toll on travelers even if
they did not completely plunder them.
Tlte scenery is finest in the direc
tion of Kalterherberg. where the i'er
lenbach may be traced like a silver
thread as it flows through the wood to
join the Boer. This stream is called
the Pearl brook because the dukes of
,* liters used to derive from it the
pearls for which their treasury was
fa-note- it is true that mussels are
stilt found, but no one has claimed
lor tunny a long day to have discov
ered a pearl.
©vi iint Buildings, Narrow Streets.
The little town Is worthy of its set
ting. Apaiust the rocky and pre
cipitous sidi*s of the monntulns,
through which the river has cut a way,
Hided. perhaps. by volcanic action, the
inhabitants have run up lofty and
many-storied buildings, which seem
to aspire to reach the summits that
confine them in so small and cramped
a space. Houses of five and six stories
are quite common, and even loftier
ones may be found. The consequents
is that the main, street, which at sonic
places is not broad enough to allow
of two carts passing each other. Is m
all times of the day in the shade, am
that early in the evening it is huriei
in gloom. This is the more noticenhh
because up to a short time before tin
war only oil lamps were used in tin
public ways. Locomotion after darl
was attended with no small inconven
ien<-e. and even peril, for a false turi
down one of the numerous passage
uader the houses might easily lead t
a ducking hi the river.
The houses, mostly la the rococ
style, ore cruelty noticeable fer tne
brass and ironwork of their external
decorations, in railings, door knockers,
lanterns, and heraldic insignia.
Shields, nten in armour, gonfalons,
and weapons figure in brass or copper
to distinguish and to give a name to
separate mansions. It is said that the
impetus given to metal work was due
to French Protestant immigrants, who
fled to Montjoie. At any rate, there is
something quite French in the atmos
phere eif the place, arid there will he
no sharp wrench in the people casting
aside the German dress they were com
peted to wear against their will for a
century.
ABOUT HUSBANDS AND WIVES
1 One Who Should Know Has a Few
Words to Say on Inter,
esting Subject.
Tn a series of stories written by
.lean Pierre Perard, designated the
most married man in the world, lie
cause he has 23 times led blushing
brides to the altar, are many things
illuminating to men and women. Two
of liis stories discuss men and women
! who make the best husbands and
wives. In his own words:
Consideration for his wife’s feelings
is the good husband's middle name,
lie doesn’t bawl her out in public. In
fact he doesn't bawl her out at all,
but if something goes wrong or he
thinks he isn't getting a square deal
somewhere, he lias it out with her ami
gets it off his chest. lie doesn’t go
about with a grouch bottled up.
lie doesn't keep a strangle' bold on
! the purse strings or dole out the
i shekels as if lie wore sitting in a
j continuous game of penny ante, but
neither does lie throw the clutch and
hit on ail twelve cylinders.
When you come to face the facts
in the ease at hand the “good" hus
band is the one who heeds the advice
of tin' Good Book and doesn't let his
right hand know what the other does
—or words to that effect.
The women who make the best
wives are the ones who see to a man’s
comfort without making any fuss
about it. They’re the ones who take
an interest in their husband's comings
and goings without keeping tab on him
iill lie feels as if home were a jail and
she's tile keeper.
They are .strong-minded enough to
keep husband in the straight and nar
row path, but they refrain from push
ing him too far or too fast.
To sum it up the women who make
tile best wives are the ones who regard
marriage as an occupation or a profes
sion.—New York Mail.
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Essay About Hens.
A chilli of nine In Standard ITT <t<
a Sheffield school wrote the following
essay on “Hens,” says the London Tel
egraph: “Hens are treble (terrible)
things in a garden. They do not chew
their food; they swallow it hull. Hens
eat bits of pot and then the egg shells
are made from these. They lay a lot
of eggs if y< u are ducky. Some peo
ple put pot eggs In the hens nest to
tys (’lice) them to lay. When hens
start eating the eggs, the people put
mustard in an eggs shell. Hens have
cloven feet and searly (scaly) legs.
One kind of hens are called coekerils.”
Praise for Yellow Hammer.
Few birds have so many scandals
connected with their names as the
yellow hammer has in England, where
ihe old wives used to tell that, the
scratches and hieroglyphic's on Its eggs
were the handwriting of old Mick him
self. They do say, too, that this bird
“drinks a drap o’ the deevll’s ldood
I every Monday morning," certainly a
had way to begin the" week. So far
a>. I can learn the yellow hammer is
really a harmless < hap. I’ve always
loved the name given by the: Italians
to thc» young of this species which is
“rigoletto,” the name of the' court fool
in a well-known opera.—Exchange.
Boarding House Romance.
“Our landlady seems to have no soul
for romance.” “Eh?" “Displays no
i interest in those two young people who
- are In love.” “Well, it’s this way.
>: It's a romance to us. but to her It sltn
I lily means the loss of two boarders."—
>; Louisville Courter-JournaL
STATE OFFICIALS WILL AID
Committee Named to Bring About
Closest Co-operation in Construc
tion of Highways.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
To bring about the most effective
co-operntiou between the federal anti
state governments in the big program
of highway construction now under
way, A. K. Hirst, president of the
American Association of State High
way Officials, has named, at the re- j
quest of the secretary of agriculture, j
a committee to act with the depart
ment of agriculture’s bureau of public
roads in carrying into effect the fed
eral aid road act and its amendments.
Following are the sfnie representa
tives selected by Mr. Hirst:
George P. Coleman, state highway
commissioner of Virginia; S. E. Ilradt,
I state superintendent of highways of
I Illinois; Charles J. Bennett, state
| highway commissioner of Connecti
cut.; W. S. Keller, state highway en
gineer of Alabama, and Ira R. Brown
ing, state road engineer of Utah.
Stimulated by recent liberal amend
ments and added appropriations to the
original federal aid road act, road
building plans in the states have re
ceived tremendous impetus. Many of
the states have provided by large
bond issues and otherwise, amounts
much larger than will be required to
match the federal appropriations.
Up to May of this year, 1.057 proj
ect statements for federal aid roads
had been approved by the secretary of
agriculture. They involve the improve
ment of 10,580 miles of roaejs at an
estimated cost of ,$02,033,121.81, of
which l.ie federal aid requested was
$30,570,857.4.8. The amount of federal
funds available on March 1 for road
building was more than .$72,900,000,
which, under the law must be match
ed by an equal amount from the
states, making a total of $145,800,000,
which includes approximately $9,800,
000 from federal and state sources for
roads in the national forests. Funds
that will become available on July 1, j
with equal contributions from the I
states, will provide an additional $198,
000,000 for federal road work, mak
ing an aggregate sum of $343,800,000
available for the calendar year. It is
expected, however, that the states will
defer taking up part of the available j
funds until 1920.
War conditions, which almost imme
diately followed the passage of the
first federal aid act in July, 1910,
brought scarcity of labor, materials
and transportation, and restricted
Good Road Between Annapolis and
Baltimore—Big Job to Build and
Keep in Repair a Highway Like
This.
road-building projects to those abso
lutely essential to winning the war.
Thus the road program was held hack
for more than a year at a time when
demands for improved roads increased
more rapidly than in any previous
period. State and federal forces alike
are working to get highway construc
tion under way as rapidly as con
tracts can he let and as soon as road
building forces, somewhat disorgan
ized during the war period, can again
be placed on an efficient working
i basis.
Behind China cn Highways.
America lias developed its railroads
far beyond those of Kurope, but it is j
j behind even China in the utilization
i of its wagon roads and waterways.
I those reliable avenues of cheap trans
portation. It is time we made an
effort to catch up with china.
George Ade on Good Roads.
George Ade says. Good roads cost
money, but show me a community
which has invested in hard roads such
as can be used at al! times of the year
and which now would be willing to go
hack to the mudholes for a cash con
sideration.
Good Roads Are Prerequisite,
Good roads are prerequisite to suc
cessful motortruck operation. It is be
lieved that few motortruck operators
realize the increased expense which re
alts from travel on poor roads.
“PRESIDENT” DE VALERA OF IRELAND !N AMERICA
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K.tnionn I>e Valera, "president of tl»*» Irish republic,” is in iho United Slates carrying on an ■ ■ ‘ A .
"free Ireland.' The photograph shows him with some of his warm supporters in New \oiU. l e. •’ 1 • /}
l.yneh, Peter Hendrick, Judge Goff, Judge Cohulon; Eamonn I>e Valera, John Devoy, Just ice (itttiUan.°
itev. Patrick O'Donnell.
FERGUS FALLS, MINN., DEVASTATED BY A TORNADO
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Iluins <>f business buildings on L'nion avenue, Fergus Falls, Minn., destroyed by a tornado tb.it Killed several
hundred persons and w recked much of the town.
RHODE ISLAND’S SENATOR
Senator LeBaron IV Colt of Rhode
Island was a distinguished lawyer and
jurist prior to his election to the sen
ate in 15)13. Since that time he lias
made a place for himself in the na
tional legislature in a quiet, unassum
in<; way. He is a Republican.
Unqualified Disapproval.
Margaret had lived in the city all of
h<»r life, ller grandmother lived in a
little town out in the country nearby.
One day the grandmother came in to
spend the day with Margaret and her
mother, and told many things about
the people and the titrle town where
she lived. Margaret, becoming In
tensely interested, decided to find out
about the place, so she- said:
■■r.randma. Is there a nickel show ■
there?”
“No. Margaret."
“tc there a IfVcent store?"
■ No. Margaret.”
“Is there an ice-cream parlor’"
And Iter grandmother replied:
-oil. no. Margaret."
This was too much for Margaret.
nT„] she became much disgusted, an:!
<ald: “Well, good-night on such a
place 1”
Sun Baths Prolong Llfs.
Pleopatni was right when she tnos
'it.se -an baths on the Nile. Speak
before file National society of
lev In eonvenllon. Prof
. .leh Bernstein of Philadelphia said
,,science has vindicated the an
i' ptian- end Romans and ha
ven that sin. hat Its not only brine
a live results hut promote long life.
NOVELTY AT A WEDDING IN ENGLAND
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Ktiglish women indulge in smoking more openly than those of Ann-iien
The photograph shows (.'apt. (J. C. Martin and his hride tioth enjoying th«
weed ns-‘ivy left the church at Stoke I’ogis, wliere the wedding ceremony wai
performed.
FRENCH SOLDIERS IN BULGARIAN TOWN
Sl^ll,:r^’:"ln-, ,7;eli' s.hw‘ •“>»««« ^ kuhiunm. „ ,y„i(.ul lluI.
' ^s. "!*!!*. other* have them <n
I w .r clothe* arc literally iuuig.(
b)L
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- bin rify. Most of ihe children haw no
h;i‘U,v worn 'lint they are praetlcully u>el* v
[i\a Lvoiii tbelr bodies In mgs.