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ROAD BUILDING EXPERIMENTS
Result of Tests Mad. Near Harris
burg, Pa., of New Methods.
Important changes In the matter of
constructing state highways are likely
to be made as a result of experiments
being conducted by the Pennsylvania
state highway department. These were
begun two years ago. when it became
apparent that under the stress of in
creasing automobile traffic the ordl
nary standard macadam roads could
net be kept in first class condition
without expensive repairs. .
The various experiments have been
made in the vicinity of Harrisburg. In
order to be frequently inspected. The
first was a piece of road built on what
is called the penetration system in
1908. Upon the usual foundation was
planed a layer of crushed stone, half
the thickness of that ordinarily used
in macadam construction, and ' Into
the interstices was poured an as
phaltic oil containing about- 80 per
cent of asphalt. The surface of the
road was then covered with dry stone
screenings and the mass rolled. Al
though subjected to heavy traffic for
over a year, the road shows but little
evidence of wear and Is nearly dustlesa.
Two pieces of road closely resem
bling the ordinary sheet asphalt pave-
wit ,C23S-3
IL t J t T .:' W
BPBINKL1NO ASPBALTIO OIL.
meat, which were built last year, show
practically no evidence of wear. . Tel
ford blocks. laid by hand, were used
aa a foundation, and on top of this
was placed a mixture of crushed stone
ttS asphalt, ttixed not and tolled. A
surface of fine stone screenings and
asphalt was placed over this.
Another experimental road now be
ing constructed has a telford base,
upon which is placed a layer of crush
id stone, and asphalt mixed with the
tone cold and the asphalt hot The
surface is sprinkled with hot aspbaltlc
oil and covered with a thin coating of
coarse stone screenings.
These various methods exceed the
cost of ordinary macadam by at least
25 per cent, but this extra cost Is sup
posed to be more than compensated by
the reduced cost of upkeep.
The department is also experiment
ing with a dust layer for ordinary
macadam roads known as glutrln.. It
Is a byproduct of wood pulp making.
The liquid has the consistency and ap
pearance of tar. It is soluble in water,
and one of its peculiarities is that each
succeeding rainfall renews the bond
ing or cementing qualities of the com
pound. A piece of road dressed with
it early this season is being carefully
watched by the department.
A BOON TO ANY STATE.
Money Value of a Hard Wagon Road
to the Farmer.
The reduction of a cent or two in
railroad rates or a similar Increase is of
far less importance to the farmer than
the condition of the wagon road on
which he hauls his produce to the rail
road. If he must waste a day going and
coming, if be must haul a small load
for fear of getting stuck en route, if
sometimes he cannot get through the
road at all, even though the market
price of his product be at that time
unusually high, what does a slightly
lower or higher rate on the railroad
profit or harm him?
On the other hand, a hard, level road
is his good servant. He can make the
trip thereon quickly at almost any sea
son of the year. Ho can haul a large
load and so have to make the trip less
frequently. A good road means, there
fore, a practical reduction in the cost
of getting his products to market. It
means more money for every bushel of
wheat or potatoes or other crop. - It
means a lower cost for all the supplies
he buys in town. Minneapolis Journal.
Bad Roads Did It.
A farmer pld, so we've been told.
With a team of horses strong
Drove down the road with a heavy load
While singing his merry song,
But bia mirth In song was not so long,
Tor his horses gave a leap.
As he ran amuck In the mud he stuck
Clear up to his axles deep.
Bad roads ltd It!
And a wheelman gay went out one day
For. a Joyful morning spin.
With the weather bright, his heart was
light
Aa he left the country Inn,
But he went not far when he felt a jar
Which started his troubles and cares.
He was laid up 111, while the doctor s bffl
Came In with- the one for repairs.
Bad roads did it!
In an automobile of wood and steel !
A millionaire prim and neat
Went out for a ride by the river's aid
In style that was hard to beat;
But, , alas, he found that the broken
ground
And the ruts and the holes so great '
Had smashed a wheel of his automobile
What he said we cannot relate.
Bad roads did It!
But we're glad to say there shines a ray
Of hope that will right this wrong
When In every state they will legislate
To help the good roads along.
So the, man wlj.h his wheel or automobile
Will never again get blue.
And the farmer with smiles will travel tor
miles
On a road that Is At to use.
Good roads will do It!
-Harry Ellard la Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
,7 fferf'' v,
What "Hamlet" Lacked.
In a mining 'camp town "Hamlet"
was one evening given by a scrolling
company, and this is the criticism that
appeared, next day In the local papers,
written by .the miner dramatic critic:
"There is too much clilnulng In this
piece. The author is behind the times
and seems to forget that what we
want nowadays is bair raising situa
tions and detectives.
"In the hands of a skillful play
wright a detective would have been
put upon the track of Ilamlet's uncle,
and the old man would have been
hunted down in a manner that would
have lifted the audience out of their
cowhides.
"The moral of the piece Is not good.
The scene where Hamlet susses his
mother Is a very bad example to the
rising generation.
"Our advice to the author is more
action, more lovemaklng and plenty
of specialties. The crazy girl scene
should be cut out altogether and a
rattling good song and dance substituted."
Charles V. at Table. .
Emperor Charles V. of Austria, by
far the most powerful ruler of his day,
was thus described as he appeared at
table by Roger Ascbam. secretary to
the English ambassador, in 1550: "I
stood hard by the emperor's table. He
had four courses; he had sod beef
very good roast mutton, baked hare;
tuese be no service in England. The
emperor hath a good face, a constant
look; be fed well of a capon; I have
bad a better from mine hostess Barnes
many times in my chamber. He and
Ferdlnando, king of the Romans, ate
together very handsomely, carving
themselves where they list, without
any curiosity. The emperor drank the
best that ever I saw; be had his head
in the glass five times as long as any
of us and never drank less than a good
quart at once of Rhenish wine." It
was notorious that the emperor ate
and drank Immoderately, and as a nat
ural result he suffered terribly from
gout from the time he was thirty years
old.
. Game to the Last. ,
Douglas Mac Donald and his old cro
ny, Donald MacDo'ugal, were Once op
posed to each other in a famous curl
ing match, and the last two stones to
finish the game were the two cronies'.
Donald MacDougal, with enormous
deliberation, threw bis stone. He
threw it well. He made what is called
a pat lid and Jumped for Joy. Then Hi
was Douglas MacDonaldJs turn. HM
case seemed hopeless, but such a splen.
did throw did be make that the par
lid was knocked off, and his stone lay
at the side of the tee, winning the
game. In his Joy the old fellow Jump
ed sky high. He came down so bard
that he broke right through the ice.
He sank, but, bobbing up again, he
shouted from the cold water:
"Hi, lads, we've won, and if 1 dlnna
come oot o' here alive be sure ye pit
that stone on my gravel" Exchange.
Dirt and Death.
When a celebrated Paris physician
was asked how the city could prevent
the coming of a plague then ravaging
other European places he answered,
"Boll your ice!" That tersely called
attention to the necessity of utter
cleanliness and that even ice made
from Impure water carried disease.
"Yellow fever," said Henry Ward
Beecher, "Is God Almighty's opinion of
dirt" The chief contributing cause
toward modern efficiency in surgery is
that surgeons have learned to keep
clean. Nothing is so spotless as a good
hospital. Everything la boiled and
sterilized beds, instruments, clothing,
washrags, floors, hands and finger
nails. That is why they save lives
there. Nobody would die if he could
keep perfectly clean.. Death is the
final . triumph of dirt Chicago Trib
une. ' ' ' '
He Understood the People.
One of Jay Gould's campaigns as a
dealer in railways was with the Wa
bash system of railroads. He got con
trol and after effecting a reorganiza
tion which increased the capital stock
and also the bonded debt sold them
ont It is related of him at this time
that an associate said to him, "Mr.
Gould, don't you think yon are bond
ing this much higher than the property
will stand?" "That may be," answer
ed he, "but the American people are
mighty partial to bonds.'
She Has Positive Proof.
The Cook Sure, an' ye don't mane
to teU me that ye think It's bad lock
to break a mirror? The New Maid
(earnestly) I don't think; I know It,
The Cook Glory be! An' how do ye
know It? The New Mald-Every time
I break one I lose my Job. New York
Journal.
Part of the Role.
"Shall we pose as millionaires or as
foreign dukes at the hotel 7"
"As the Utter, my boy. As million
aires we might be expected to display
some evidences of wealth, bnt as
dukes nobody can possibly take tt
amiss if we skip." Kansas City Jour
nal Currying No Favor.
"Lend a hand. Hiram, and help ketch
the alderman's pjg."
"Let the alderman ketch his own pig.
rm out of politics fer good." Louia
Tille Courier-Journal.
Taken at His Word.
Creditor Suppose Til have to wait
till the day of judgment for what yon
owe. Debtor-Yes; call late in the day,
though. Fliegende Blatter.
Thought works in silence: so does
virtue. One might erect statues to
silence. Carlyle.
Not Salts, Oil or
Pills But Cascarets
No Odds How Sick Your Stomach;
How Hard Your Head Acnes or
How Bilious Cascarets Make
You Fid Great
Cascarets act as a bowel tonic, not
as an irritant. They are vegetable.
Their action is natural. Their effect
is the same as the effect of some
foods. They are gentle; no griping.
Ihey are pleasant; no dieadine.
Tbey are convenient no waiting.
One old way was castor oil. The
effect was to grease the bowels,
and for a single day. Oil never
causes the bowel muscles to act.
Othei ways were pills, salts and ca-
thartcs. The effect was the sme
as pepper in the nostrils. They
flooded the bowels with fluid.
Those fluids were digestive juices.
And the waste today means a lack
tomorrow.
We kaew that the method was
wrong. That the after effects only
weakened the bowels. But we had
no gentle laxative in the old days.
St we waited as long as we could ,
then took a big dose of physic. ' The
method today is to take one Cas-
caret at a time just as soon as you
need it. 1 hen the bowels are al
ways clean. They coBt only 10
cents per box at any drug store. .
MARK TWAIN'S MAXIMS
A Few Taken From His Book
"Pudd'nhead" Wilson
We ought never to do wrong when
people are looking.
Let us be thankful for the fools.
But for them the rest of us could
not Bucceed.
Nothing is so ignorant as a man's
left hand, except a lady's watch.
. Few things are. harder to put up
with Jbhau the annoyance of a good
example. . .
When in ioubt, tell the truth.
There are two t'mes in a man's
life when he should not speculate:
when he can't afford to and when he
can.
Grief can take care of itself, but
to get the full value of a joy you
must have somebody to divide it
with.
Hunger is the handmaid of ge
nius. Every one is a moon, and has a
dark side which he never shows to
anybody,
Training is everything. The
peach was once a bitter almond;
cauLflower is nothing but cabbage
with a college education.
Wrinkles should merely indicate
where smiles have been.
There are several good protections
against temptations, but the surest
is cowardice. '
Habit is habir,and not to be flang
out of the window by any man, but
coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.
It is your human environment
that makes climate.
It is easier to stay out than get
out.
Alan is the only animal that
blushes or needs to.
Don't part with your 'illusions.
When they are gune you may still
exist bnt yon have ceased to Jive.
Make it a point to do something
every day that you don't want to do.
This is the golden rnle for acquir
ing the habit . of doing your duty
without pain.
In statesmanship get the formali
ties right; never mind about the
moralities.
First catch your Boer, then kick
him.
-1 have traveled more than
any one else, and I have notiot d tbat
even the angels speak English with
an accent.
Early Home of Dickens.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Johnston street, Somers Town
where the London Count Council
have decided to erect a memor
ial tablet to Charles Dickens, was
associated with what was prac
tically the first ray of sunshine
that broke through the clouded
sky of the novelist's childhood.
It was in 1825, when Dickens was
13, that a sudden improvement
in his father's finances enabled
the family to leave the Marshal
sea prison ana take a nouse in
Johnston street
For Charles, who had boarded
out during his father's detention
in the debtors' prison, this meant
the resumption of home life. It
meant also relief from the slav
ery In the blacking factory, for
his father was now able to send
him to a fairly good school in the
neighborhood of their new abode
The Dickenses remained in John
ston street for four years and de
scriptions of the locality occur,
it will be remembered, in Nichol
las Nickelby and Bleak House.
Banker Charles W. Morse Vis
crushed because of the refusal of
President Taft to pardon him. His
wife is coming to live with him.
FRUIT CAKE
A Recipe Which Can Be Depended
Upon
Dorothy Avery Howard in Washing
ton Herald.
If you have not already made your
fruit cake hasten to get them out of
the way this week, for the week be
fore Christmas will 3 ad you in such
a rush that the caket may not be a
BuccefcB. mere are all tunas or re
cipes for this annual cake baking,
but many of them are no gooa. xne
experienced housekeepers will need
no advice on the subject, but to the
young bride, who has never tried to
make this kind of cake, which is
called one of the most difficult to
undertake, a few suggestions and a
tried recipe may not fail of apprecia
tion. She need not fear to trust
these, as they have been tested by
one of the best housekeepers I know.
And the cake is not as expensive as
some which taste no better. One
pound of butter, 1 pound of sugar,
12 eggs, 1 pound of flour, 2 tea
spoons each of cinnamon and mace,
1 teaspoon each of alUpice and nut
meg, 1.2 teaspoon of cloves, 2
pounds raisins, 2 pounds currants,
1 pound citron,, 1 pound almonds
(after shelling), 1 wine glass of
brandy, and 1 lemon. (Jut the cit.
ron in tings, blanch the elmonds
and chop fine. Mix all the frnit
but the citron with enough to coa
it. Mix spice with sugar, cream
the butter, add sugar, tne oeaten
yolks, beaten whites, lemon rind and
juice, brandy, flour and fruit.
A pan with a stem in the middle
makes the cake soak better, since
the heat radiates all through it.
Line the pan with grocers' dark-
brown paper, which has been greas
ed, to keep from burning.
Another thing which is most im
portant of all, do not attempt to
bake the cake yourself unless yon
are experienced in this line; for tnia 1
is the teat of cake making, and yon
cannot afford to throw away the in
gredients of fruit cake or have it
burned. Even some or tne best
cake makers send their Christmas
cakes to a reliable baker, who
charges only 25 cents for relieving
tnem or an tne responsioiiuy, to say
nothing of the saving in their gas
bill and their time, wnen tne cake
is done, sprinkle it every few days '
for a week or so witn port or some
good wine, to insure it from getting
too dry.
Now. I have figured cut just the
exact cost of the cake, the materials
of which were bought in Washing
ton last week at prevailing prices of
the green grocery stores.
For a thirteen-pound cake there
are one or two slight changes in the
recipe.
Two pounds raisins .20
Two pounds currants .25
One pound citron .25
One pound almonds .50
One pound figs .20
Three pounds Sour .10
Twelve eggs .40
One pound butter .38
8 pices .10
Wine and brandy .10
Baking 25
Total
$2.73
Lame (boulder is almost invariably caused
by rheumatism of the muscles end yields
quickly to the free application of Chamber
Iain's Liniment. This liniment ia not only
prompt and effectual, but ia no way dis
agreeable to use. Bold by all dealers.
Crab Makes Its Own Wig.
There is a small crab fonnd upon
the English coast that ia so afraid
of his ecemies that be has found
out, or has perhaps been taught, a
clever way to hide himself.
The writer once saw one of these
crabs which v aa kept aa a pet, and
he was luckly enough to visit him
when he was in the very act of mak-;
ing his wig. The crab first tore off '
a piece of green, ribbonlike seaweed
with his pincers and put one end in
his month.
This be sucked and nibbed and
moistened with some kind of sine
that hardens under water, and then
he pressed the sticky end upon his
back. By and by his broad back
was covered with a regular green
and waving wig, so that as he crawl
ed about he looked like a bunch of
seaweed in gentle motion.
We must suppose tbat he makes a
very sweet mouthful for a hungry
fish and that makes the wig to pre
serve him from being gobbled up.,
From time to time the wig requires
repairing of sourse. Ex
Deafness Cannot be Cored
by local application, aa they cannot icaoh .
the dlaeaeed portion of the ear. There to only
one war to cure dtefneae, and that fa by consti
tutional remedies. Deafnese la caused fey aa In
flamed condition of the muooua lining of the
Eustachian Tube. Whea this tube la Inflamod
you have a rumbllDf aound or Imperfect hear
ing, and when It ia entirely cloeed. Deafness la
the result, and unlese the Inflammation can be
taken out and thla tube restored to ila normal
condition, bearing will be deatroyed foreveri
nine cam out of tea are eanaed by Catena,
which le nothing but aa inflamed condition of
the mucous u facet.
We will give One Hundred Dollar! for any
caee of Deafneae (caused by catarrh) that o
not be cured by HaJJ's Catarrh Cure. Sender
circulars, tree.
T. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O,
Mi by Druaelete, ?So.
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