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GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910.
NO. 50
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mvmuiu may rest and reeuperat. .
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SAND-CLAY ROADWAY
Methods of an Expert In Con
structing It.
NEEDS LITTLE MACHINERY.
era per.
, wneeler. Carta uJ Pn.j
Sand l the Important Thing Should
. Be Clear of Soil.
' rtutia now.
. , , W ' the sand-cly wad
America is the present county super-
visor of Richland county. S. f!. ami ho
has a reputation for building lasting
roadways that Is almost national. By
his example all the counties of South
Carolina have been enabled to under-
take the building of good roads. Thi.
f t a rr y-v
t man is B. H, Owens, and he recently
completed one long stretch of thirty
foot wide sand-clay speedway over
which I have ridden in a heavy motor-
car at a speed exceeding fifty miles
i.
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per hour with scarcely a Jar of the
machine indeed, with more satisfac-
Uon than over many of the very best
fin H I. Vnrln A I ( T .
vuua lu juugmuu auu ui r rauce over
nun.u l uavc liiU LU1 L U .
Convicts are worked in gangs of
twenty-five, and they are housed in
comfortable tents. The food bill is
12 cents per day per man. This gives
a substantial bill of fare corn bread,
flour bread, bacon, always vegetables
in season and beef twice a week. This
Is accomplished by strict economy lu
management, and the men do not suf
fer for lack of sufficient food. The
Btrtned anlta msf 2 npp anlt nnrl onrh
Whlnh'1 1. ........ .1
suit lasts from three to four months.
suit lasts from three to four months.
. . , .
The shops cost SI ner nnlr nnrt tho
underwear 75 cents per suit, each last-
ing about three months. Each squad
of twenty-five convicts has one over-
seer, four guards and ten head of
mules, which are usually fine animals.
The real cost is in the feeding of the
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ItAXxNO A SAND-CXi? BOAD.
From Good Roada Magazine, New York. I
mules, this amounting to about $Hi
per month per mule. The squad oper
ates one road scraper, costing VIM:
one dump wagon to each pair of
mules, five "wheelers" (two wheel
scrapers) and a supply of shovels. No
roller or harrow Is used. Buch imple
ment; having been found unnecessary.
The mixing of the sand and tne clay
is accomplished by the passage of traf
fic over the surface. The total cost of
mn.fnu.ttnn nf one mile of the best
thirty foot wide sand-clay road, takiiif.
all the above items into considera
tion l not over $400 per mile as an
average. The cost of maintenance does
nnr averaee over tlO per mile annually
if Ha renslr work is done constantly.
If the season is a rainy one the repair
i .hrtnM Ka rinna nnr. a month. A
won suouia oe u 1
floallnflnane of two or three men, all I
.ha la n.a.i- ia maintained f
maintained for
" .K tlZ ,
Z S2T
or thrw
day can !
nt , Barfed condition.
. Put Perrec .,
In personal letter to the writer Mr.
I .1,. niinwlnr farts re-
"b pnatui. '" ;,,
gtrdUig b) methods of constrnctlns
i sana-ciay tobo
AM fBuwi-i c - -
ahort sketch of the sand and clnv
roads of BichUnd county. In January
aaa. -A T will wVB TOO
1889 1 took charge of tl
Richland county, which w
deep sand in two-thirds of
took charge of the roaoa 01
were ioeu m
the county
ihmnb sticky clay
ine Damned - - -
., .ka aToantlon of about
miles Of macadam ruu -
Moved too expensive for our county to
continue to build. A
! commenced covering the sand on
1 . 1 .. -ih ctav t
tne Ola ijamuru iva -
about ten inches In depth. At first lb-
!-tn.a r. displeased. It bad rslne.!
. m 1 .-a ihm were not accus-
peopiewe- - . ,ccu,
a area I aeai. auu ii
ai iu-. , con
itaued to ttrow Taand on tbe clay tU esaon for the people of the surround
tt oult twin, and sticking to the who as tlm,
wrl keeping It crowned with an omm more deply Intererted In
. .d scraper. After 1 nau
?tJ? road and It
became smooth sod bard the PoP-
vecm, ...
were delighted. h,
"As to tbe meinoa 01 d
aV.r-hlbtcrowno,
over "wo mcbe. to every t!
arat thin to OO a w - --
over two Incbea to every ten "
ter as posstbi. io c- " " . .1 ,
it iVdepeod- tlrely o. the
of clay a. to tne ne,
whW-ThaTto bT.PP
each rain -ndl w w
tn ram , . ,
wrfnr. The ruts sboold be kept
ZLiTaiid tbe proper crow. -ePV"
SSadtltb .m.chJn. "
ZlJrZ hard. Tbe Important tblnr
9eematm Ti ahoold be as clear of
-od la
oO P "TV IjT.Ha Matt b
ajjly viler wv.-
As'tocotk.td.
. . it. riav. la real
r os) roe " a
pnm as rZ,JLm .hm
t.a-i utraad Uxwgto waers ,
,1,- caa be fo" f1"
the hilWdea er t t
..a'AfVM la the
dltcbea by Actios twe or three zee
It Is very snort aWllia
M as asacadass. aaa " -
l,ir. tbe ekffl 1
VLa. that It does the
and clay, especially where the clay
changes from half sand and half clay
and from that to a red, sticky clay
and sometimes a white chalk or stiff
Pipe clay. It requires close attention
In the application of the sand where
this Is the case. I have had as good
results putting sand on clay roads as
I have clay on sand.
"As to the durability of the sand and
clay roads, they will last as long as
macadam. There are stretches of
sand and clay roads In Richland coun
ty where they are level that are In
good condition that were built ten
years ago, while the macadam road
was entirely rebuilt last year. I would
say my experience Is that automobiles
Improve sand nd rinv mn.io i thinir
uuiu w tiyairs parK twelve years ago
the opinion of all road experts Is that
they damage macadam very much,
SInce tlle automobiles are here and
m?re are comIng every lt 18 ab-
11"' W,de" our road8
at ,cast luiriy reet.
"One thine
that Is, in building sand and clay roads
very little machinery is needed. I have
never used a roller. All the tools that
are necessary are a road scraper,
wheelers, dump wagons or carts and
the road plow. There are no drains,
The crown extends to a "Jaw" at th
a "Jaw" at the
.uJuM. V. ! .. l ! 1I . t .
iuaiuc wuicu carries nil me sunace
1 fill tila aurfaiA
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water better than a cut drain. Through
swampy places the roadbed Is raised
and underdralned." E. J. Watson,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Com
merce and Industries, in Good Roads
Magazine.
GOOD ROADS AND ECONOMY.
Impassable Highways Cost American
Farmers Untold Millions.
There Is no difference amoiic well
, . . , . . ,
informed peon e as to the cost of bad
' 1
roads- nor is tbere ' -lo"ger a (ues'
tlon as to where the l)urdP" of the
os' H ost severely felt. There are
hauled over the country roads of the
United States every year 205,000,000
tons of produce, equal to 30 per cent
or tne railway tonnage or me coun
try. The average haul from farm to
railway is 9.4 miles, and the cost per
ton per mile is between 23 and 25
cents. In Germany over better roads
the cost Is 10 cents per ton per mile
at the maximum and 7 cents per ton
per mile at the minimum. The loss
suffered by the American farmer and
consumer, figured on the basis of the
German wagon road toll, Is Immense.
If it were saved from year to year
it would soon constitute a fund suffi
cient to improve all of the common
. highways of the country.
L. W. Page, who has collected a
great deal of valuable information on
this subject and who talks about road
improvement intelligently and reason
ably, is not among those who clamor
for th federalization of the highways.
On the contrary, he deplores the all
too prevalent idea that nothing can
be done in this country until the fed
eral government puts its hand to the
wheel or its hand into Its pocket.
The states, in his opinion, should take
the Initiative or at least prove their
sincerity by setting an example for
the national government.
NEEDLESS WEARING OFPOADS
If Automobile Traffio Would Spread,
Highway! Would Laat Longer.
A country surveyor pretests ugainsi
the habit which many motorists have
of doing the majority of their drlvln -on
the crown or center of the ruad.
This method of driving means that one
portion of the road takes nil the wear
and naturally, of course, gets worn
into rots and ridges.
jj De traffic wouia spreuu uwn
h . -, 0f the road from
1. .1.. n r th rr. wn take a
gutter to the top of the crwn take a
share of the wear, roaa aurimr. -.u.u
last much longer and would require
less frequent repair. In these days,
when roads are made almost flat, tbere
is no excuse for this habit of clinging
to the crown, but where roads are
made with a great deal of camber it
is perhaps excusable, ss driving on a
continuous slope is the reverse of
pleasant
Let Good Roada Come Quickly.
It Is planned by the good roads as
ociation of Spokane county. Wash,
with the cc-operatlon of the state good
. an1 tnwnahlD
roads association, '
.nuon, and property owners
.long the route, to buua a mown
erea with a continuous
.. .u.j. hat ween Spoksue
Line 01 ufluc .
Coeor d Alene. Such . rosd would
. dlrect to thouwnds of
" . .,lke
peopie, , , . .
Taluable object
rh.n and
Tltai robject or gooa ana i-ru...-
'bwyV It U hoped tbe pro-
road will te'.'l
wiailnm of Its construction In sucb
tte wW . m to snr-sd.
a way ss iu i.i
J a U-AStl MaMlaVV,
The people new 7 ,
The people need to be jedto
proven) -
A Winner.
ia.kML becomlnc interested la
ZLled U . bird U wbojs
the local excitement over cocmnau .
. Li kail everr eoafldence.
O the eventfal day rat arrived al
tto pit wtth a rat aleek dock aadar
hia ana aad. proodiy aettlnc It dow.
before tbe allm adversary, remarked:
VtrU a Wt a yoo thrlp ala apl
at that futT-kort Btorasa.
Las leal Conal law
MaRark! I h
asM tsJkinav Secseal BarfUr-WTufs
aaytagi nre ''-
aaother horse as
t. he Una. Becood Barglar-
Ie get eat of this. Ke ssooey a 1
At Last. -Xh.
ha." exdaloMd tbe mat
farfany. -at tsst I aare
fbe) aiaMlnf Uakf
. hes wader hie bed,
be pro rdrd as pat tke amau ton a.
fair fes his daa. r-Kew Tork Joar
"
be proceeded as pal the arnaU goid f
TEMPERAMENTS.
. )
They Divide the Human Family Into
Five Great Claaaea.
The physician of a former gen
eration used to talk much of the
"temperament" of his patients-
that is to suy, the predominant type
of pliysicul constitutiou possessed
by each, lie studied this permanent
temperament fully as carefully as
he did the disease temporarily pres
ent before deciding upon the line
of treatment to be Adopted.
Even today, although the physi
cian speaks less of temperaments
and diatheses and perhaps would be
at a loss to tell the names by which
they were formerly designated, he
by no means ignores the physical
tendencies of his patients. From
the viewpoint of temperament one
may regard the human family as di
vided into five great classes, al
though few belong solely to one
l type. Most persons have a mixture
of two or more, being classified
rather by the one which predom
inates. The first of these temperaments
' is the lymphatic or phlegmatic. In
; this the individuals are of a quiet,
rather inert disposition. They move
. slowly, but they move surely. They
are usually dependable people, true
to their word and faithful to per
form the duties assigned to them.
A second type, in many ways the
direct opposite of the first, is the
nervous temperament. These per
sons are quick in their movements,
energetic in work and in play,
strenuous, but often without stay
ing power. What they accomplish
they accomplish quickly.
The third type is the gouty, san
guine or rheumatic. The individ
uals of this group are of floral com
plexion, frank and jovial disposi
tion, good eaters and sleepers and
"never sick." But in later life they
pay for their previous health by
gouty attacks, and when attacked
by serious illness they are likely to
succumb quickly.
Persons of the bilious tempera
ment are poor assimilators of food.
They suffer from intestinal indiges
tion, which leads to repeated at
tacks of "billiousncss All the
processes of secretion and excretion
are sluggishly performed.
The fifth temperament is , the
strumous. These people have poor
digestion and defective reparative
power, little cuts and scratches
healing slowly. They are always
"catching" whatever contagious
disease is about. They lack firm
ness of texture. The glands in the
neck, in the armpits and in the
groins frequently become enlarged.
The treatment of the same dis
ease in persons of different temper
aments often varies greatly, and
hence the importance of the study
and power to recognize the five
distinct temperaments. Youth's
Companion.
Marriage Deals In France.
French marriages turn out sur
prisingly successful, although they
are generally arranged by the. par
ents of the bride and bridegroom.
In some parts of provincial France
the wishes of a man or maid are
as often not taken into considera
tion by the parents "making the
deal." In one province a lover,
after declaring his passion, may re
ceive, while sitting at dinner at the
house of his beloved, from ber
hands a plate of 'pea soup into
which she has grated some cheese.
He relishes that soup, for the
grated cheese means that he has
been accepted. If his addresses to
the young woman are not welcome
he finds that some one has placed a
stinging nettle and some oats in his
pocket Another unmistakable sign
is when the young woman turns the
blackened end of -a poker toward
him. New York Tribune.
Caatern Funereal Pomp.
When a rich and important Chi
naman dies his funeral if conducted
with much pomp and splendor. His
friends and relations instead of
sending wreaths send innumerable,
banners. These are made of white
silk with inscriptions beautifully
worked in black velvet and express
the tenders' good wishes to the de
cessed himself or to tbe members
of his family for many generations.
On tha dsj of the f antral these
banners are carried br hired men,
who are all dresaed alike for the oc
casion. After tfe funeral is over
the banners arc all brought back
and eventually graca tba room of
tbe lata Chinaman's house.
Am Easy Way Out.
Here, yon," said the conductor,
yoo rang op a fare. Do that agin
and 111 put too oSV
Tbe smsll man standing. ia the
middle of the crowded cerpromptly
rang up another fare. Tbereupon
the eondnctor proiected him
through tbe crowd and to tbe edge
of the platform.
Thanks," said the little man.
1 did not see any other way to get
oat Here's your dime." Success
Uagtzuie.
A Fertem Heee.
'Art yow la favor of votes for we
aster
-Tea. Peraape If we caa get thea
to thick siore abes vetea they will
tbiok leas sheet ckXhee. 1 have foer
daufbtars who are grvwlaf wp-"-CW-cafe
Becord Herald.
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PREJUDICES.
They DoVt Mind Close Quarters The
Closer the Better.
Of all the occupations known to
men, entertaining a prejudice is
the most absurd. Yet the practice
is almost universal.
The prejudice is usually uninvit
ed. He comes in quietly, removes
his hat and coat, saunters up to the
guest chamber and prepares to be
come a permanent feature of the
establishment. You entertain him
royally, strain him to your bosom,
exhibit him proudly to every one,
fight for him, defend him and per
petuate him. Yet you do not even
admit that he is present. "I enter
tain a prejudice?" you say, with
becoming concern. .Never!
Birds of a feather flock together.
It therefore happens that if there
is one prejudice present there are
also others. They always come in
unawares and take their places si
lently and unobtrusively. But, oh,
how they hang together in an argu
ment! A group of prejudices is invinci
ble. They have never been beaten.
The strange part of prejudices is
that one would think they would
prefer more commodious quarters.
But, no; the narrower the mind the
more content they are. They don't
mind close quarters. The closer the
better.
Prejudices are always busy. If
they are not tampering with one's
eyesight they are screening the
mind from the open putting
blinds on and making it dark
enough to sleep in comfortably.
A man can get insured against
almost anything else but prejudices.
He can insure himself against fire
and water and loss of life and acci
dents and depreciation in his prop
erty. But there is no company so
fortified that it would take the risk
of insuring against prejudice. And,
then, no man would ever think of
taking out any insurance against
one, because he would never admit
that he bad it. The prejudice him
self fixes that. The first thing he
does is to make the man think he
isn't there.
That is why prejudices, no mat
ter how much damage they cause
to character, are never evicted.
They have come to stay. Thomas
L. Masson in Lippincott's.
Just Like a Man.
Mr. Hopperdyke, who had been
slightly injured in a railway col
lision while on a trip away from
home, found it necessary to make a
stop of a day or two to rest and re-
Sair damages. He was not much
isabled, however, and he wrote a
letter to his wife, telling her of the
accident and assuring ber that he
was all right and that she need not
have a moment's uneasiness about
him.
When he had posted the letter
an idea struck him, and he sent her
the following telegram:
Have been hurt In railroad accident.
Letter on tne way, which will explain.
JOHN.
Two days afterward he received
this dispatch from ber:
Why oa earth did you eend that horrid
telegram T LUCX.
His reply was:
I sent It to prepare you for tbe letter.
JOHN.
Dumas' Mushrooms.
A Paris contemporary, comment
ing on the little knowledge of
French possessed by some Germans,
relates a story of Alexandre Dumas
pere, who knew little German. He
found himself at an inn in Ger
man Switzerland. Be exhausted bis
small stock of German in trying to
make tbe waiter understand what
dishes he required for dinner. One
he could not make the man under
stand, so in despair the author of
"Monte Cristo" called for a pencil
and sketched what he wanted.
Some minutes later the innkeeper
himself appeared bearing a large
open umbrella. Dumas had ordered
mushrooms. London Globe.
,
Climatic Changes.
There is indisputable evidence
that tbe greater part of Kurope was
at one time covered with icebergs
and glacier and that an arctic cli
mate prevailed as far south as the
shores of the Mediterranean. But
there is also abundant proof that at
a still earlier epoch not only Eu
rope, but the lands situated within
the arctic circle, possessed a tropical
climate, for tbe numerous fossil re
mains found is those regions are
those of plants and animals which,
accordinaT to the present state of
our knowledge, must have lived un
der conditions now found only in
the equatorial portions of the globe.
New York American.
JJaat the tame.
District Visitor I've Just had a
letter from my son, Arthur, saying
he has woo a scholarship. I can't
tell you bow pleased I am.
Bustic Party I can understand
yer feelin's. mam. I felt just tbe
same when our pig won medal at
the agrictdtural show. Pearson's
Weekly.
A rood ataay farasera have adopted
tbe plaa of eowlas; eene clover seed
with aH email arala, and tbe Idea Is as
xceDeat eoe. The practice hi worth
whOe area U tbe dorer la plowed os
dr la the fan. Te gtv beat result
eboaJd be attowed to grew tbe eeeood
sea son, a crop betnt- takes off m fan
aad the eeeood grewth plowed aadef
ta the fan, whew tbe weO developer'
root eysteaks wfll add snatertally tt
tbe altrofea supply ea the eoO.
ROAD DRAGGING EXPERIENCES
Pennaylvania 8uperviaor Telia of Value
of Uaing the Drag.
Supervisor Albert Groff of East
Heinpfield township, Lancaster coun
ty, Pa., writes about the drag aa fol
lows: "First of all, road dragging. smooths
tbe roads. We bare found that out
since we bare been using tbe drag.
The second thing is that road drag
ging makes tbe roadbed firmer and
enables lt to shed water qulcktjx than
a road wblcb has been uudrnggTd and
neglected. This Is another of our ex
periences. The third tblug we bave
shown has been that a little dragging
1 done at tbe right time Is worlb a lot 1
I more thau dragging done In tbe thick
dust. This latter dusty condill.n of
tbe road is not tbe time to wuik on
the road with a drag, but any other
time will do, though tbe best time of
all is right after a rain. When we
first begnn to drag tbe township roads
tbe neighbors, many of tbem, were
skeptical. So were we. But as things
went on tbe proof was demonstrated,
and now we are beginning to wonder
why we did not adopt It years ago.
"Tbe principle of working up tbe
soft, sticky mud of a clay or loam
character means that It will grow bard
when left to tbe rays of the sun, and
It Is this Idea of working up a soft
roadbed after every rain, of smearing
over tbe entire road surface a tbln
layer of soft, pliable mud which will
become dry and bard, that I now real
ize Is giving us our solid roadbed
where the drag Is working. Out super
visor board pays the farmers who dras
the roads by their farms 35 ceuts per
honr for their labor. We are planning
to put mere drags on our - township
roads very soon. We have forty-four
miles of dirt roads In East Ilcmpfleld
township, our assessed valuation Is
$3,000,000, and our road tax is 2 mills."
BOWLDER FOUNDATION.
One of New England's Most Subatan
. tially Built Highways.
If you were to try to find tbe most
substantially built road in New Eng
land It would not In all probability be
necessary to go farther than Acton
Center, Mass., to locate the one which
would take first premium for solidity.
Just beyond tbe town was a con
siderable bill, but tbere Is not as much
of a climb there now as formerly, for
It bas been cnt (Town very perceptibly.
Tbe old condition was far from
pleasing to Augustus Conant, who
lives but a abort distance from the
foot of the hill. He informed tbe
town that If tbe bill could be cut down
and slightly relocated be would put
In tbe necessary foundation for a
first class road, tbe town to put on
tbe finishing touches, and bis propo
sition was readily accepted by tbe
voters.
For tbe new basis of tbe new high
way Mr. Conant had carted to the spot
many loads of field stones and Innu
merable bowlders, large and small.
Some of I belli weighed several tons,
and It Is a user ted (bat tbere Is not In
sll probability another road In the
United States which can boast of sucb
a foundation as tbe one wblcb was
constructed to tbe liking of tbe town's
benefactor. In some parts of tbe road
it bss a solid stone foundation of sev
eral feet.
TAFT ON NEED OF ROADS.
The Movement Is General and of Great
Value, Says the President.
President Taft bas Indicated his In
terest In good roads, the latest ex
pression being elicited In connection
with a movement for better highways
In Virginia, this taking shape In an Im
mediate plan for a road from tbe na
tional capital to Richmond. In a letter
on tbe subject tbe President aays:
"I regard this ss part of tbe general
good roads movement In tbe country,
and I bave pleasure In saying that
tbere Is no movement tbst 1 know Of
that will bave a more direct effect to
alleviate tbe difficulties and burdens
of tbe farmer's life, will stimulate tbe
traffic and add to tbe general happi
ness of tbe people more tbsn tbe estsb
lisbntent of good roads.
"I do not think tbst because this
may bave been stimulated by people
using automobiles It Is to be frowned
upon, for, while persons using auto
mobiles are by no means tbe most Im
portant In Hie community, tbe fact
that tbelr abarp Interest baa focused
tbe stteutlon ef tbe public on tbe move
ment entitles thrni to credit.
"I bare 110 duuut that wltbln tbe au
thority wbb-b Is bl tbe secretary of
agriculture will be glad to assist by
recommendation and practical advice
tbe method 10 be pursued la good
road building In Virginia."
an australFaOornado.
The Shew as teen 'rem a Reserved
Front Seat.
The tornado of Australia is re
lated pretty nearly to the same
phenomenon in this country. It is
on the land what the typhoon is in
eastern waters. The storm of wind
and rain is preceded by an unnat
ural stillness and silence of the ele
ments Sensitive persona and ani
mals are aware of the approaching
atorm. The author of "Pjrta of
tbe Pacific," who calls himself "a
peripatetic parson," experienced one
such gale when he was at the house
of a friend in the northern part of
Australia, very near the equator.
His account is humorous aa well as
instructive.
By and by there-came across tbe
night air a distant roaring noise.
The stillness of the slumbering
hours waa broken. Something ter
rible was at hand, as had been fore
told by the clerk of the weather.
The wind began to moan,' then to
whistle, then to bellow. The roof
rattled, tbe trees shrieked, rain
rushed and hissed, lightning biased,
and thunder crashed and boomed.
- All the household wis busy hold
ing on to goods and catching things
as they were hurled off by tbe vio
lence of the storm. The roof was
ripped up and carried away. Shut
ters and doors, walls aad furniture
off they went, and people raced
after them fo the rescue. 'All were
at work, myself included. .
Khd a bad leg coming on, and,
considering the bed to be the most
valuable article in any part of the
house, I right manfully lay in it and
so. held it down. From the com
fortable bed I watched t&e roof go
off, piece by piece. From it I saw
the slabs and boards ge I saw
everything go until there was noth
ing left at my side of the house but
me and my noble bed.
Together we weathered the storm
bravely. Together we remained in
the torrents of rain and in the
blinding lightning, littered with
broken timber, hornets' nests,
oranges, bits of furniture from the
next room, pomelos and guavas,
boughs of trees and sundry other
things.
I had never before witnessed a
tornado, and the kind bed gener
ously afforded me a front seat on
the brow of the hill, from which the
whole show was seen splendidly.
Moreover, as you do not always re
quire a roof over your head in that
country, it was a mere trifle being
left without one on a night like
that.
When the storm ceased and day
light forced itself in a measure
through the still inclement weather
it was strange to see the river a
long way up the lawn, spreading
its turbid waters over the plain
which we had traversed only the
day before right up to the foot of
the mountain. Two trees out of
every three were blown down, and
no leaves were left on any. Water
was running everywhere, and the
bright, peaceful scene of yesterday
was now an expanse of dull gray
and wholesale desolation.
Appropriate.
Thcro was a great discussion in
progress among the members of the
faculty of a certain college. They
wrangled long and , raised their
voices to too high a pitch, each
eager to have the measure in ques
tion embody his particular varia
tion of the idea. Finally a pro
fessor of largo mind and calm voice,
who had been silent, rose and made
a tactful, conciliatory speech. As
tho' effect of his words began , to
show in the peaceful quiet that set
tled over the fidgeting members,
another professor, who also took
things calmly, turned to his neigh
bor and whispered the line from
Kipling: ,
The oil can soothe, tbe worrying cranks.
When the speaker cad finished
the more aggressive members took
up the discussion again. Presently
the professor who had Kipling in
mind leaned over once, more and
quoted the line from "McAndrew's
Hymn:"
And now the main eccentrics Start tneli
quarrel.
The Almanac
The word "almanac" is derived
from the Arabic "aland manah,"
which means to count and thus
aptly applies to measurements of
time. In ancient days almanacs
were employed by the Alexandrian
Greeks, but it is. uncertain as to
when they were actually introduced
in Europe. In 1150 A. D. Soloman
Jarchus issued an almanac in script,
but the first printed one waa
brought to Vienna in 1457 by the
great astronomer, Pur bach. The
most celebrated almanac maker waa
an adept in the so called black art
Nostradamus, and since his time,
somewhere toward the middle of
the fifteenth century, almanacs with
predictions have been in vogue,
and their pictorial prophecies and
weather lore have invariably appall
ed to a large number of people.
Scheme te Improve Reads.
Under a new arrangement to sys
tematically Improve tbe roada of Atchi
son county, Ksn each trustee will be
required to bave his township of road
dragged after every bard rain. It Is
estimated that a mile of road caa be
dragged once at a coat of SO cents and
that tbe cost of keeping each mile Id
good condition during a year will be
$5. The new law calla for a special
tat levy to create a road fund.
Drag, Brether, Drag!
If roar road la aoft or rouch.
Draa. brother, drac
Once or twice will he esouch.
Drag, brother, draa.
Wbeaia mi I atok Into a rut
Every time roe atrtke a eat.
Teama won't worry If ron'U
Draa. brother, arms.
Twon't take hma te as year road.
Draa-. brother, draa".
U voo'4 rjuU a bisaer load.
Drac, brother, draa.
It anaaae dollare ta tbe aad.
Saved ea teaaaa. mr friend.
So te this roar beat ear tend
Draa. brother, dra.
-Pawpaw (Mich.) Baaoa.
A Debtor's Stratagem,
Tea.-" aahl tbe boalnesa man, "1
hare given up trying te collect, that
Utile bill from Bilk Ins. Toa aee. he
Is a pretty bis fellow, and he used te
throw my collectors oat every time
they celled."
Then.why dlda t yen employ a wo
aoaa collect-! Be.coeldat do that to
a srofnae.1
-That's what 1 thought, eo I got ea
and aeat ber reond. bat she arec
caax back."
-Why aotr
He soa rrtrd her'-Loado-a Tit Bltm.
' Ptaaaant DImmt Chat,
A eaptloaa Cngtlahsaasi beaa hold
lag forth after -Sinner apoa the eewr
aaltles of a certara haroaet ha the art
eeonty. Bkf aetghbor batorfrrrd with,
1 think it rtxM to tarbras yew. air.
that I aa Sir Gr-rr's brother." "Bla
brother I Oh, 1 too-w aothlag a bent
hie brother per -a'!y, bat I am taM
he ia even a great bUekgnard tba a
Sir Oeoi-ge." Arg-oat. '
The Cause of Many -.
Sudden Deail;.
There la a disease eresilias a this
country most dangerona because so decep
ii i mm tv
ttve. eiany taadea
deathe are caused
by it heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
tMiqreauat of kid
ney aiaesae. u
H-nWy 'trouble is
allowedto advance
blood will at
tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, 'Sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste sway cell by ceU.
Bladder troubles almoet always result
from a derangement of the kidneys and
better health, in that organ is obtained
quickest by a proper treatment ef the kkt
neya. Swamp-Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding pais ia pasting it,
and overcome that unpleasant iwccesaitr
of being compelled to go often through
the dsy, and to get up many tunes during
the night. The mild and rmmediate effect
of Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
is aoon realized. It stands toe nignest De
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A thai will convince anyone.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and ia
old by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. Yon snay have
sample bottle and a book that tell alt
ahnntit Inthanthaili-aallj lUaa
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gea
eroua offer in this paper. Don't aoakei
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, and don't let a dealer sell
Son something in place of Swamp-Root
you do you will be disappointed.
PROFESSIONAL CAEKS ,
DL WILL S. MG, JR.
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t . DENTIST . . .
Graham. - '- - Nerth Carolina
OFFICE SIMMONS BUILDING
JACOB A. LOKfl. J. RLKKB tOHO.
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