4
IMPROVING FARM LIFE.
tfiMntf 1 Um cm which Tim
■man mritM" MM i i*Mte at a
Meant pod road* convention "We
an iMibf I great deal about diaaatie
fhctioa ob ttoa farm. Recently a »um
bm of Indiana educators bar* devoted
Mk time to the conaideratloa of
■■the Cum. While we have bo dealt*
to mma the rani genius wbo seeda
(ha Ufa ot tbe city to bring bin. to hie
feMt flantefmnit It la. of course. a
Moat Important matter that a faetlag
•C dlaaatiafaction aha 11 not tab* bold of
mm rural districts and unsettle a dto
liaillm ot labor which long "pari
aaca baa abown la eeoootnicsHy daeir
■Ma. Dtaaatiafactlon with rural coo
HUM can often be remedied by other
mmm than removal to tbe city.
"Tbe opening op of tntarnrban Ho*
tbe tile—lnn of telepbooee into farm
raglooa, tbe development of tbo
ratal free delivery eervlee-nll tbeaa
bare done a vast amount toward light
aang tbo hardens of farm life. They
lava helped to In fane into tbo dull
drudgery at term work tba Ufa and
gayety of tba dty. They bare helped
to brtng together young man and wo
mm wboae aodal InatUfcte for cam
y— cannot bo raprwaad It to
eMail woodar that Carman* none aad
daaghtera will fret and straggle to bo
toad from an environment which
kato" them prtaonefa several moatha
eat of tbe year bacaaae tbe roada are
laiinnet
"Tba effect of good rodda baa bean not
aaty to help banlah dlacontent from tba
Ihrmara. but alao to btlgbtao tbo Htm
af all claaaae of our cltlaena. It la
■at too macb to aay that an era of good
reada will bring with It an ara of opti
■fcm. I remember a few yea re ago
at bearing one of Indlens'a well knowa
Merary men apeak of tbo feoUng of
personal happlneM aad buoyancy that
same to blm from the reflection that
■t lout a doaan hard, well kept atone j
reada lad out of fata borne In Craw
tetdsvllle. bringing Mb within eaay
■••eh of hie farm and bla favorite flab
tog gtoßoda aad opening ap to blm tbo
whole book of nature. It gavo Mm a
reeler vtow of life
"Aad ao It moat be alwaye and ev
erywhere that better opportunltlee for
tbe enjoyment of llfe'a bleaatnga will
Make ua happier, better citlaana
Among tba thlnga that are largo fao
tore In bringing on thla era of good
(aallag 1 give a prominent place to tbo
development of good roada."
VERMONT ROADS.
MaleS Ul«» !»•■ For tMha la
Hlakwar
Tba Vermont ayatem of etate aid for
highway Improvement la onlgua and
apectally adapted to rural towns. aays
• writer In Oood Koada Mngaalna No
debt la Incurred A money etate tai la
annually aaeesssd and apportionment
■lade to tbe towna on a baata of road
mileage. Towna receive money on cer-1
tlflcate of tbe etate highway comntla j
alon that aucb town haa expended tbe
amount In permanent road work ao
cording to specifications and regula j
. tiona made by the atate commlaaloner :
and to bla aatlafuctlon. Thua every
town la benefited by a section of lui ,
proved road each year. The typo of i
road la telford baaa wltb gravel aur-1
face.
Tbe amount espended In IDUS waa!
900306.00. There were built K£.B mllea. |
XU of wblch haa telford foundation:
alao 1.088 culverta of atone and tile. !
Tbe amount of atate road fund for IKOI j
will be about f126.000.
We ara not building macadam roada, j
but a typo of road coating very much I
leea. eeklom more than fI.OOO per uilla. ■
—Tbeee roada are entirely aaliafactory.
aa more comfortable for horaee to trav
ot upon, comparatively free from the i
dimgreoable Impalpable duat of a mac I
adam road and the expense of main i
talnlng reduced to the minimum, uau
ally from |lO to 912 per mile per yoar. 1
Aa will be ecen, state aid la extended '
to every town. We are gradually and i
an rely Improving the main roada In
•very part of the (tute, with the reault
af good country roada generally.
Wilt's ii i Nan ?
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C. DeWitt & Co.. of Chicago, dis
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that is a specific for Piles. For
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bruises and all skin diseases, De-
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has given rise to numerous worth
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An extraordinary case of attempted 1
■radar haa Juat come to light In West
ara Australia. A package containing
■ vanomoua snake was i>o*ted to the
wife of a well known hotel keeper who j
was In a very delicate state of health
at tbe time. The snake waa packed In
a parcel with a hole at on* end to ad- •
rait air. Tbe poatal offlclala. however,
noticed tbe exceptional weight of the
packet and. feeling tbe content* mov
ing, looked through the aperture and
Into tbe eyee of the anake. Tbe snake
waa duly killed, but tbe author of the
sail age haa not yet been found.—Lon
don root
A new theory that is proving suc
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. in Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar
This remedy cuts the mucus, heals
the membranous lining of the
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wards off Pneumonia and strength
ens tbe system generally. Qroup
and Whooping Cough disappear
before its use as snow before the
gaashine of Spring. It's pleasant.
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ITHE ENTERPRISE, N. C., Friday, September 30,19Q4
NEW SHORT STORIES
IV aartf- aa4 His Klvat.
Chalkley Ixwda, the Unit mayor ,of
Atlantic City, related at Atlantic City's
IflldCh anniversary aomc Interesting
I—lhlsi mi im of the town's early life,
■ays tbe Mew York Tribune.
1 can to mind," be said, "two rival
barbers. They have been dead a long
ttae now. They had shops opi>oslte
one another in Atlantic avenue, aod
tba competition between them was
brisk and Mtter.
"Smith, tbe younger barber, always
had bla hair cut and drenaed In the
"I OET Mr BIVAIi TO DO IT " t
most graceful aud correct manner, and
be waa always shaved beautifully.
! Brown, on tbe other hand, would he
shaved badly, wltb n cut on Ills chin
and a patch of overlooked Ixiird on his
cheek, and his hair would be cut In
stepa. as though a child had dono It.
"Smith couldn't understand why Ills
rival displayed on his own |>ersoii such
poor examples of bartering, and lie
aent ■ friend to Brown's one day ns a
detective.
•The detective got shaved. During
tba process he said:
" 'How la It, Mr. Brown, when you
ara yourself a barber, that your hair
ia always badly cut and your face
hacked up from the rnaor?'
"'Why.' said Brown, the explana
tion is simple enough. I can't cut my
own balr. and so I get my rival across
the street to do It, and ho shaves me
too. You see tbe result.' "
Senator Star's Wit.
Senator Hoar, whose humor was
keen as a rapier, not long ago said to
a newspaper correspondent:
"When I am asked for my opinion
ou any subject 1 refer the Interlocutor
to my lucaaonger, Itoherty. lie talks
more freely than I do."
j This same Itoherty guarded the door
to Mr. Hoar's committee room for al
most a generation and was the semi
tor's factotum. Some one. In descrlb-
I lug him not long ago, referred to him
11M Senator Hoar'* "Fldus Achates."
"Do you see what these ucwspaitor
| men hare been calling you?" suld Sen
ator Hoar, directing Doherty's atton
! tlon to the paragraph.
! "What does that uieuu, senator?"
i anxiously lmiulred Itoherty as ho read
j —to him—the strange expression.
"I would not like to tell you, Doher
ty," solemnly replied tbe senator.
I Doherty Immediately started out to
discover the offending newspuper man,
' but in telling his troubles to a fellow
employee he was enlightened as to the
! meautng of tbo Latin words.—New
York Mall.
Tkr ata« of Life.
Kir Iteukema, a Milwaukee lawyer
i and member of the Wisconsin legis
lature, la su|ierlntendent of one of the
j largest Sunday schools In the city, says
i tba New York Times.
1 Mr. Iteukema was making a chil
dren's day address and, wishing to
get an explanation of "manna," asked,
"What ia the staff of life?"
An agitated hand waved the air, and
on being encouraged to make reply a
lad answered, "Whisky."
Tbe assemblage waa astonished, but
roared when tbo boy, encouraged to
1 I make himself clear, continued:
| "Mows threw down Ids staff, and
' than tbe people saw n anake." *
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WaaM aa Epidemic.
| Oomplalut was made to tba late Hon
17 Nllea Pierce, bishop of Arkansaa,
; that ■ certain clergyman of his dloceae
| bad preached a heretical sermon aud
that tbe man must undoubtedly be
mad.
Tbe blahop aent for the offending dl
; vine, lift him read the sermon, which
{ ha found to be a brilliant, thoughtful,
j broad minded dlacourae. I.ater he met
j aome of the critics and astonished
' them by hla comment:
I "Weil. If that mm ia mad 1 wish
I he'd bite ail the ministers In ray see!"
—New York Times.
A Cape Town tailor has Invented a
I coat that can be turned at will Into a
| frock, morning or evening drew coat
; The change Is effected by tbe use of
; detachable and interchangeable skirts,
1 which are fastened to the body of the
I coat by an Ingenious ayatem of lacing,
j It to claimed that in two uilnutea a
man can change a frock coat into a
morning coat or a dress coat by whip
ping off one pair of aklrts and lacing
OB another, and it ia impossible to dte
tlngulah the Joining from an ordinary
. seam.—St. James' Oaaette.
S|»l«t| of a Btlihlai.
I At tbe battle of Jena the standard of
tba First regiment of Prussian bus-
Bare waa raptured by tbe French, and
1 the trophy has recently been dlicov
: erad by a collector at Potsdam in an
. oM curiosity abop. Tbe purchaser
' made ■ present of tbe atandard to Kra
paror Wllllam, wbo baa instituted aa
1 Inquiry as to how It to that this stand
r aid, which was captured on Oct 14,
IBMI by the troops of Marshal Lannaa,
- came to be dlacovered In s Prussian
. brto a beau abop ninety-eight yeata
after It waa teat
OOOD ROADS GOSPEL
HOW IT 18 aCINO PHKACHIO «V A
MISSOURI FARMER.
D. Ward Uas, laveatar mt the B«ai
Drag, taetarla* ea Ma Method
at lagrsvlsg Oeaatvr Bifkwara.
Maar Adept the Flaa.
Tba Missouri farmer, O. Ward King.
1 wbo discovered that country highways
esn bs vastly improved by am 0* a
1 road drag, bas been engaged to deliv
er a Series of lectures sad baa turned
aver bla farm to others and to devot
ing all of bis time to preaching the
goapel of good roada. Good roads meet
ings have been beM in various parts of
Missouri, snd hundreds of converts
have been mads. After every rain la
Mlaaonri hundreds of tarmara drag tba
roada la front of their farms, and tba
number of these volunteer good road
workera to increasing every weak.
Mr. King's method of preaching good
roads- is similar to tbe methods of tbe
Old faabloned Methodist preacher, aays
tbe Kansas City Tim*. He tells of the
awful posalbllMes for evil and for low
priced laada that lay In bad roada and
the Inevitable rewards for good roads.
Ha does not urge any change In the
road laws, bnt he does urge a change
in the attitude of all good citlsena to
ward tbe road Question. Be urges that
thay make it a personal question and
aaaume tbe responsibilities themselves
and instead of blaming the road over
seers go to work themselves snd lis
the roada. Than he calls for converts.
At each meeting over half tbe tarmara
preeent promise to drag tbe roads.
Msny of them do, snd others tsks It op
sfter they eee their neighbors' success.
Tbe good reaults of tbe method are far
reaching, and there baa been a greater
Improvement In the roada of Mlsaoart
during tbe paat year than there bas
been In any pravioua Ave years.
Mr. King's theory, which practice
baa demonstrated to be correct, ia that
1 all olay and gumbo roada shouM be
dragged with a light drag aftar eacb
rain or wet apell Tba drag smooths
down the roagb places aad fllia np tba
rata. When tbe aun driea up tbe road
It laavee a roadbed aa smooth and per
fect as a city atreet
The dtocovary of this method waa
largely accidental. Five yeara ago be
lived on a small but well improved
farm near Maltland. He waa not par
ticularly Interested In tbe good road
moveuiriit aa a national or atate Issue,
bnt the four mllea of road from bis
farm to Maltland were of great Interest
to blm. The road waa of that aoft
sticky red clay that In wet weather
clings to tbe wagon wheels in great
lumps and in dry wsatber la aa bard
aa rock and almost as Injurious to
wagon tires Paasing wagons in wst
weather would dig deep ruts, and
when tbe road dried up tbe rata would
remain. At best tbs road waa very
poor. Many tlrnee wben wheat was
selling st a good price and Mr. King
bad many bushels of it the road would
be so bad that be could not haul It to
tbe market, and wben tbe road finally
bscams psssable the market would be
low again.
After many experlmenta be con
structed a small, light drag, using two
old timbers connected wltb light strip*,
and began to drag the road In front of
bla residence. Aftar esch rain bs
would run the drag over It and wben
the sun came out and the road dried up
it waa In perfect condition. Wben be
began to drag the road many of bla
neighbors told otbsr neighbors that
King waa craay. Otbera told King
( himself that be waegMiy. Th# otbera
didn't say anythlngrnut tbey believed
be was craiy Juat tbe aame. But the
experiments proved that Klng'a meth
od waa successful, and be extended bis
operations until ha waa dragging all
tba road in front of hla farm. Hla
neighbors took it up, and In a few
montha tba road from bla farm to
Maltland waa aa good aa any In tbe
atate.
Traaapertatlea Ovee Dirt Beads.
It Is estimated by the bureau of road
Inquiry for the United Htatea that tbe
average coot ot transportation over a
dirt road la aft cents per ton per mile.
It la within raaaonable limit to aa
aume that the average length of tbe
tributary haul to tba railroad to at
least four mllea. Thla makaa the
, average cost of every ton dsllvered to
the railroads sl.
\
Walt Trees aa Cl»7 lata
Many people who live on city lota
long for fruit treea of their own from/
which they can gather freeh fruit InL
stead of being dependent on the mar
keta, aays Country I.lfe in America.
Mr. Vaughn of I'aaadena waa con
fronted by Just Much a problem, but
he haa cleverly found a way out of the
difficulty. On tbe back of bla town
lot be had room for alx fruit treea. He
pranted navel oranges and peaches and
pluma, and when they had become
atrong and sturdy he grafted and bud
ded other vartetiee into them.
The opera tiona were all aucceaaful,
and now Mr. Vaughn has numerous
varieties of fruit that ripen at all timea
of year and furnlah an abundance for
table use. On one navel orange tree
1 Mr. Vaughn budded a tangerine, s
1 grape fruit a lemon and a blood
orange, making with tbe navel orange
' itself Ave klnda of fruit on one tree.
Tbey all bear profusely, and tbs fruit
9 to of extraordinary large alee. Tbe
'•, peach treea were budded wltb nomar
-1 ous varieties of early and lata peachaa
1 aa well aa apricots and nectarines.
" These treea bear from tbe lat of July
I to the Ist of November.
h -
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more good, than calomel, blue mass
l. or any other pill I ever took and at
the same time the effect was pleas-
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■t »■«>— M WIMIM ■>
Om of the keeper* at Wtodaor oo
MM wfirtw ■cored neatly off the late
James MacNeill Whistler, who wai
naHni a *tndy at a picturesque damp
a t oaks.
Mr. Wblatler could not endure to
ktre any ooe watch him while be waa
painting. Ha turned itburply to the
Intruder with the oxed and angry
•tare peculiar to him.
"Too oafl" 'ha exclaimed. "Too
iootlah clodhopper! bou't you know
better than to atand there annoying
ma? What poeatble Interest can yoo
take la wbqf I am doing '"
"Blees m»J' cried the man, "don't
get excited, sir I I meant no harm, bat
1 never In all my life, air, *uw an art
bit painting two pictures at oncer
"Two picture*!" exclaimed VVhlatler,
bewildered.
"80 I aald, air," replied the keeper
quietly. "And I'm blessed. air. If I
don't like the one you're got your
thumb through the beat of the twoi?
And be pointed to the great palette,
ameared with every conceivable tint,
that Mr. Wblatler held In bla left
hand.
Ink Waa Reepeaslhie.
When Jay Hambidge, the artist waa
painting tba portrait of ex-Prealdent
Cleveland he spent aome time aa a
vial tor at the family manalon to
Princeton, N. J.
"The ex-presldent gave me mauy alt
tlnga, but one In particular," aald be,
"made the picture. Mr. Cleveland aat
gravely In a big anncbair talking. It
waa early In the afternoon; bla face
waa unaaually grave and lacked tbe
expreaalon I wanted. A tap eame at
tbe door, and In aid led bla eon Jack,
the apple of hla eye.
" 'Now I wanta my laaaon In flabln*.
father,' aald tbe lad.
" 'But, my son, here la Mr. Ham
bldge, the artlat We are buay.'
"'Oh, let him atoy.' aald I.
"•Very well,' replied Mr. Cleveland,
and the boy jumped between hla fa
"rrt of aoaiimt tub aocxa."
that's logs and proceeded to unreel a
flahlng Hue from a spool. lie threw It
acroaa the room and out Into the hall.
" 'lt* 1 agalnat tbe rocka, fatberr ha
Shouted.
"•Bo It la, aon,* waa the reply; 'jerk
It thla way carefully, gently now;
don't dlaturb your flah. There you
•re. Tou must have a bite now. Draw
It In thla way, quickly, not too ex
citedly. And tbe ex-prealdent looked
Into the boy's face with all the
warmth of a true flahermuu aa Jack
pulled In aome toy called by him a
trout that ha had hidden before tba
make believe flahlng began.
"It waa during thla lessou that I
got my lnaplratlon. I painted In tba
glow of lnlereat and of expression
that won the prslee of Mr. Cleveland'a
, Intlmatsa. But, aa 1 told tbe family
afterward, Jack really did It 1
didn't."—Philadelphia Ledger.
What Re MMrtM.
Some years ago William T. H medley
, boarded In the aame house with a
1 young man who prided hlmeelf on hla
Itkeneea to the artist though, truth to
toll, he waa very plain, while Mr.
Binsdley waa quite handsome, says
Jha Wsw York Times. One mornlug at
breakfast ha tuned to Mr. 8 rued ley
sjtdsald:
~ "Do you know, I am thought very
like your
"indeed," waa the anawer, "I cannot
aae any resemblance."
"Well, give me a good look now and
tall me who I am like." *
Hie artlat looked at him ateadlly for
a (aw momenta and then replied:
"You look only like the boarding
houae martyr at the ataak."
Re Oaaae Wmw Weerr.
"labor saving Inventions never dc
any real harm to laboring men and
women," aald Profaaeoe 8. P. Langley
the scientist and aeronaut "They
who bemoan the appearance of laboi
saving devices are uuwlae."
Professor Languor smiled.
"Such unphlloaopblcal persona." hi
resumed, "should lean a leeeon fron
the stable cat Hare you heard of tlx
■table cat? It sat on the borae'e back.'
"Dear, dear,' tbe bore* walled
•Mow that automobUea are coming tnt
such favor I fear I a han't be wanted
""Nonsense,' said the stable cat
•Don't carry on ao. brother. Ttn
mouas trap dldat do away with ma
did ltf "
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A BM«eae MM Mur.
During hla sojourn to San mtndaca
. Btagene Field often visited at the pah
' Be library, aaya the Philadelphia Preaa
E At such times the toqulaltlve femals
t stnployeea would manufacture excuse*
„ tor sntarlhg to gaaa at the celebrated
author. Shdng up the situation, FleW
1 announced to aa authoritative vole* tc
- tba consternation of the young women,
. "Tea, air, to view of the financial con
dition of the library, aatartaa moat tx
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ton coming to market, between the dates named by
the official report of New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
Contest Opened Jine 1st —Closes December 31st 1904.
Splendid IKWO&OO proposition upon ttt moat interacting cotton
erep aver planted. It Involvae Inorsaaad acreage, extraordinary do-
L nil rt in unht •■ftjl All Ai|A |f|p|^
iHanOj Don wecvi I 9 orouyni, tnv KPlofi ■ conQiiivnsi J■ *cj sii uiv »
aitudaa of the growth of the fleecy step to.
From September let to December SIM tart jeer the official flpree
were 0,929,240
This isthe $10,910.10 Cash Offer.
1. TOT the exact, or tbe nearest to tbe exact. eatlaMrta at tbe total
number of balea of cotton marketed, or "broagbt la to algbt."
from September 1. 1904, to January U. I#o4, botb dataa In
clnalTe .. .. 13500.00
I. Por tbe next nearest estimate aa above 1000.00
I. For tbe next nearest estimate aa above 750.00
4rfcr tbe next near eat estimate aa above 500.00
i For tbe aext nearast estimate as above '250.00
For tbe five aext nearest, $50.00 each.. .. 250.00
For tbe tea next nearest, IttiKl each 250.00
For tbe twenty next nearest, SII.SO each.. .... .. 250.00
For tbe fifty next nearest, 910.00 each 500.00
For tbe 100 next neareat. $5.00 each 500.00
For tbe 100 next nearest, $2.60 each 250.00
98000.00
•FECIAL EXTRA OFFER FOR EARLY ESTIMATE*:
We will give for tbe best estimate aa above that we re
ceive during tbe calendar month pf June.... SIOOOO
During the month of July .... .. 200.00
Daring tbe month of Auguat..... .. ...... .... 200.00
During the month of September.. .. .. ....... 150.00
During the month of October .. .... IftOO ,
During tbe month of November .. 12840
. A total of special extra prlsee of 91000.00
These prlsee to be awarded for tbe NBAREBT ES
TIMATE we receive during each period regard leas of
how far It may miss tne exact figure, so It Is the neax
eet estimate offered.
QRAND CONSOLATION OFFER:
Tor distribution among thoaa estimates (not taking any
of tbe above MO prliea) coming within 600 balea
either way oI the exact ftguree 91000.00
QRAND TOTAL.'. 910.000.00
In Caae of a Tie en Any Prlsa Eettmate the Money will be Divided.
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