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LOSS BIB 'BAD ROADS.
FELT
BY-EVERY INDUSTRY IN, THE
UNITED STATES. ;
Improved .Highways Would Be Profitable
in Many Wmimkni' iut
and Fanner Have an Interest In Thli
QuestionAverage Coat Per Mile.' .
The
roads 1
economic importance of - good
as been demonstrated by 'star-
Uing itatistioa It has been shown that
the traction ; force required to more
f 3,000 pounds at a speed of three miles
' ? hoover a level rmd of iron.
1 phalt, loose gravel and soft sand is
spectively 8, 17, 830 and 448 ponnds.
From this statement it may easily be
inferred how costly bad roads are. Iron
and asphalt are mentioned for - the sake
of i comparison. ; They1 ; could . inqt, . of
couise, bo naed as the oonstractive ma'
tcriuW of conn try roads. But the differ
ence between poor and good roads is so
great that the team wbicli can only
draw one toil on the forme will, ac
cording' to the character of the improve
ment, haul .from three to five tons on
the latter,
The improvement of onr highways
would be- variously profitable. Now
farmers'' lose many days in" the year
waiting for good weather and dry roads.
But the support of men aud animals is
as expensive when they are idle as
when they are engaged In lucrative
work. : With good roads the fanners
need never lose any- time. In wet
Weather, when they could not work on
the laud, they could carry their prod
ncts to market No rains wonld compel
them, to spend valuable time in idle
ness. 'Independent of climate, they
could deliver their produce whenever it
suited their ! convenience or : enabled
them to secure higher prices. Foul and
fair weather would be equally profit
able.-..' , ., ' ''.";:': ;;'x : ; , r . ;'
The utilization of stormy days wonld
prevent losses from idleness and enable
farmers to avail themselves of the high
. est rates' which the market ever offers.
Perishable fruits cannot await favorable
conditions of weather or of roads. If
they are not sold at maturity, they of'
ten become a total loss. Farmers', dis
heartened by such losses, are unwilling
to raise crops which, with better means
of transportation, would be .very re
munerative.' Therefore the occasional
inability of cultivators to market their
perishable produots at the right time
deprives 'them of a fruitful source of
profit. ,. . 1 -
. It takes a much longer time and .re
quires a " far greater tractive force to
haul light loads oyer bad roads tuuu it
wonld to draw heavy loads over good
roads. The unnecessary strains to which
bad roads subject teams, harnesses and
wagons are very wearing. Bough usage
seriously injures the farmer's equip
ment. Improved highways wonld pre
vent avoidable depreciation of property
and increase.tbe gains of producers. .
The- experience of other sections reo
ommeuds the construction of two roads
side by side, one of earth and the other
of stone , or gravel. Each road would
prolong the life of the Other. In dry
weather the dirt road would be used,
because it wonld be easier for the feet
of the'draft animal In wet spells the
nse of the rook road would prevent the
injuries which travel would then inflict
upon the dirt road.- In the longest rains
one good highway wonld : always be
; available.-' In fair weather the farmers
could toko their choice cf a stone or
earth road. The use of wide tires wonld
lessen the oosc and frequency of repairs.
' It is hardly worth while to build
few good highways. Systems of roads
should be improved at the came time.
A draft wagon, light enough to be used
on muddy roads, could not avail itself
of the full advantage of a rock road.
The wagons used on hard roads weigh
from 3,600 to 8,000 pounds, and they
carry loads of three or four tons. Such
wagons could not be employed on soft
roads. They wonld sink into the mud
and require as much force to move them
us it would tO haul their heaviest
freight on gravel road. Common and
improved., roads cannot be profitably
combined. What is fit for the one is not
suited to the other. Therefore the main
and tributary highways of any district
should all be reconstructed at once. -
It U estimated that the average cost of
good roads in the United States wonld be
from 1,000 to 1,200 s mile. This, of
course, implies higher -taxes, but the in
creased gains of agriculture will recon
cile) farmers to their share of the tmr-
den. The 'economy of . time and labor,
the conveyance of heavier loads, the
saving of perishable fruits, the market
ing of prodocta when tbey will bring
the highest price and the profitable
bm of rainy days are important advan
tages. To the gains derived from tbem
sources must be added the enhanced vl-1
uea of real estate. The average appreci
ation of the lands through which good
mads run is estimated at $9 on acre.
There is one instance of an exceptional
rise of $83 per acre in the value of farm
land. As all the people of the United
State participate ia the benefits of good
roads, they should all bear their share
of the cost of coostrnctioa and mainte
nance. As there is a community of in
teretta there should be an tqnality of
burden.
Merchants and manofartorTs are
deeply interested in good roads becaoas
it wonld frequently happen that with
out them the ' applies with which
coantry customers pay their bills could
not he brought to market nor could the
wares which their patrons parchased b
qu icily or the ply transported to the
points of consumption. - Bat with good
roads producers and consumer could
carry on their exchangee irmpectiva pf
bad w ea tber. ProtesMor a Waterboose.
- Beads f linero-
The : a venae that . make poctfbit
ploaasnt eutnmnniaatioa with the mill,
factory, market,, railroad, ferry, fair
ground, school, church and neighbor
and unite town and emu try are tbe
that need to be always clean and
ft fesr use.
MUP AND SAND TAX.
South Carolina Annually Waste an
f.
mow Sam.
Professor Holmes told the ieople of
Sontn Carolina some wholesome truths
at the good roads convention at Colum
bia. Here are some of them i :
-1 Bad roads have retarded onr develop
ment along every line. ' They havo in
terfered with our schools and with our
chnrches and with the pleasures and
the comforts of onr people.in many other
ways. Their . blighting influence bears
heavily on all, and especially on the
farming classes, but wbat is of more
vital importance is the fact that . these
bad roads constitute an enormous mud
and sand tax of - not less than $5 per
capita per annum on every man, woman
and child living in the southern states.
In South Carolina alone this terrible
burden amounts to not less than $5,000,-
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- IMI'KOVKD KOAD IN IOWA. -'
. . From L. A. W. Bnllutin.J
000. No wonder that our people stagger
nnder snob a burden, which they do not
seem either to realize or to understand.
This means that it costs tho people of
South Carolina every year $5,000,000
more to do the hauliue and tho travel
ing Which they now do on the pubiio
roads than it would cost to do the sam
amount of hauling and : traveling . if
there existed in the state good macadam
roads instead of tho present poor dirt
roads. - Every tax ieviod is supposed to
benefit tho people who levy it and the
money thus paid by the people as the
tax soon comes back into circulation
and reaches tbem again, but this $5,
00(1,000 mud tax, wbton Is levied re
gardless of the will of the people by the
inexorable law of natnre and the coudi
tion of trade, is a complete loss, aa it
benefits no one. It ,is simply un euor
mous yearly drain upon toe energies,
resources aud money of onr people,
which is aa senseless and useless as it is
enormous, and is a total loss. . '
Our people complain that they ureal
ready too poor to build costly macadam
roads. - Tho truth is we are too poor to
do without them, and so long as our
bad roads continue we may expect to be
poor. Indoed as compared with other
states aud countries which have good
roads wo may expect to become annual
ly poorer. .Without good roads every.
phase of tho industrial progress of the
south will be greatly retarded and her
agricultural interests will relatively go
backward. .-'"'
This public' road problem is of too
vital importance to bo left longer in
the background. We mnKt give it the
recognition which it demands. We have,
been asleep long enough. We nro not a
wealthy people, nor have wo a dense
population, but we mnst accept the nit
nation us it is and make the best of it. ;
We must regard roadhuilding as a
business. It demands intelligent super,
vision as much aa railroad building or
ootton nmiMifaotuiring or any sort of
business. We must select for tho' posi
tion of road supervisors tho most com
petent men to be fooud, regardless of
their politics or other considerations,
and whenever we can find a better man
for the place we should feel duty bound
to make tho change. In turn the friends
of good roads must npbold tbe super
visor in doing tbe best possible work.
We must not make the mistake of wast
ing the little money which can be raised
by taxation for this purpose, and heuoa
we need constantly the best engineer
and the best roadbnilders that can be
employed. ' t:
MICHIGAN ROAD LAW.
Count Um Have Fall Power to X'otm Bonds
For Highway.
, The county road system in Michigan
can be adopted by a majority vote in
any county. Five road commissioners
are elected, none of whom can in any
way be interested in any contract that
may be entered into by the board. They
have foil power to lay oot county roads;
to change tbe width, direction or loca
tion of existing ones; purchase projwrtyj
unite with adjacent count i,- iu laying
out and maintaining ruaas and to adopt
any road as a county road, except thut
iu - incorporated village the consent of
tbe village most be obtained.
'TheyTan grade; drsiB-Rjwel, marind-
amizo or improve in any way according
to their judgment ; crmitrroct and main
tain culverts and bridges, but can coo-
tract no indebtedness in excess of the
amount at their disposi) in tho hands
of the county treasurer. A county may
by vote bond itself- for rtd purpnaea,
and ia liable for damage growing out
of their bad condition. The system was
adopted by Chippewa county iu 1894,
baud far -$100,000 bvocd, and In tha
two year following nearly 100 miles
of -road were improved and built to tbe
satisfaction of tbe peoi le. ,
- Telford Ia'
The chief advantage of tbe telford is
in tbe foundation, which consists of
tone eight or ten inches long, laid
npou a well rolled bed in regular rows
across the reed, tbe some as.belguui
blocks are laid, tb interstice clonejy
chinked with stone chip and the sur
face made piisfactly even. Upon this ia
placed ajayer of rbree-qaarter inch traft
rock, covered with a dn-ntiug of clsyL
stone screenings and dost. A road so
orirructed ia Delaware county. Pa.,
with aa eight inch-foundation, four
inch layer uf trap -rock and rat-face
ir d. -coat 63 crot square yard. It
used to cost from SO cents to $1.10.
j HORSES IN HISTORY.
i SOME OF THE NOBLE STEEDS THAT
j , . HAVE ACHIEVED FAME. ; .
The Foot Footed Friend For Whom, a
. . City Was Named Boman Horses That
Uved Like Prinoes Charge Who Won
i. Itenown Amid the Carnaaro of War. - '
I It is hard to say with any near ap
proach to accuracy bow long the horse
has been a domesticated animal. - We
can only say that he has been so - from
time . immemorial that is, from the
earliest times of which we have any
records. The Assyrian . sonlptures and
they are about the most ancient of whioh
we. know anything, for some of thorn
are estimated to date from 4300 B. C
contain more representations of capari
soned horses than even men. " Still, we
do not get' any examples of favorite;
horses nntil a long time after this. . 1 1
' Even the first examples, indeed, are
only legendary, for; though there is no
doubt that Hector of Troy existed, it is
not improbable tbat-Homer invented
tho names of hif. three favorite horses,
Poderge, the cream colored Galahe and
the fiery Ethon. Bnt the. horse of Alex
ander tbe Great, Bucephalus, is an indi
vidual as historically real as bis master.
This famous horse was, says Plutarch,
offered to Philip for 18 talents (about
3,618), but be displayed so much vi
cion'sness that Alexander's father was
about to send him away . when -the
young prince offered to .$asae him. He
agreed, in the event of failure, to for
feit the price of the horse and began by
turning his head to ' the sun, as he ob- :
served that tbe horse was frightened at j
his own shadow. - In the end he com
pletely tamed him so completely, in
deed, that Bucephalus, though he would
permit nobody except Alexander to
mount him, always knelt down for that
purpose to his master. He died at the
age of 80, and his master- built as his
mausoleum the city of Bucephala. "' ;
Readers of Maeanlay will remember
the famous black Auster, tho horse of
Merminius, and the dark gray charger
of Mamilins, whose sudded appearance
in the city of Tusonlum without his
master brought the news of the defeat
of the allies at Lake Beglllns. Connect
ed with that battle, too, were the horses
of tbe great "twin brethren, " Castor
and Pollux, coal blapk, with white legs
and tails. But those are legendary. Hot
so, however, the well known horse of
Caligula, Inoitatns. This animal had a
stable of marble; bis stall was of ivory,
his .clothing of purple and his halters
stiff with gems. He bad a set of golden
plates and was presented with a palace,
furniture and slaves complete, in order
that guesto invited in his name should
be properly eutortained. His diet was
the most costly that could be imagined,
the finest grapes that Asia could provide
being reserved for him. Verus, another
Boman emperor about a century later,
treated hta horse almost as extravagant.
ly. He fed him with raisins and almonds
with bis own hands, and whoa ho died
erected a statuo of gold to him, while
all the dignitaries of tho empire attend
ed tbe funeral. . . .
As we como to later times, so we got
more examples of favorite horses. - Wil
liam the Conqueror had one which be
rode at the battle of Hastings, about
which almost everything seems to be
known except his name. He was of
huge size and was a present from King
Alfonso of Spain "such a gift as a
prince might give and a prince receive."
This gallant horse, however, did not
survive"" tbe bat t Io, for Tlyft h ,Harold 's
batcher, "clove bim with a bill, and be
died." Richard I's horse was called
Malcck, and was jet black. He bore hi
master through the holy war and ar
rived in England before him. ' In fact,
he survived the king several years. The
second Richard,- too, had a favorite
horse,' called Roan Barbary, which was
supposed to be the finest horse in Europe
at that time, and it was on Roan Bar
bary that tho yonng king was mounted
when tbe incident wherein Wat Tyler
was stabbad by tbe mayor of Walworth
took place. '
About a century later we got tbe
Wars of tbo Roses, and in the many
battles of that civil disturbance a ooa
pie of horse played important part.
These belonged to tbe great Earl of
Warwick, tho kingmaker. Hi first
was Maleck, a . beautiful gray, which
be rode at tbe battle of Tow ton. It was
this horse whose death turned tbe for
tunes of tbe battle, for Warwick, seeing
that his men were giving ground, de
liberately sprang from bis favorite horse
and killed bint. Then his men knew
that the kingmaker was prepared to
conqner, bat not to fly. They rallied
and finally won the battle.
There were two horse belonging to
highwaymen which were famous in
their time.; One of tbem belonged to
tbe celebrated knight of tbe road, Paul
Clifford. He was called Robin and was
Irish. In color iron gray, n was re
puted by judges of horseflesh and
there were tome who were quite as com
petent to gire on opinion, if not mors
so, ss any of the present day to be ab
solutely without blemish and to be sec
ond to nono. Another famous horse, or
rather mare, was Black Bess. Her own
er, Dick Turpi n, or, to give bim bis
correct name, Nicks, committed a rob
bery in Loudon at 4 o'clock ia the
morning, and, fearing discovery, made
for Graveaend, ferried across the liver
and appeared at tbe bowling green in
York the same evening, having accom
plished his ride of S00 mile in 10 boars
on one boras. At least so says tba leg
end, and this is certain tbat on his
trial be wu acquitted. tbojury consid
ring it impossible thai be could bats
not to Vqrk in tbe time, London
Standard. ' ' v " "
Tie Hetiaid te Alb . -
j Fcnjenclia lienod . lo everything
and ho oUcudtd no one by durputing
anything. At tho close of his life h
was stked t'r.e eccrc. cf bis tooreaa, aud
he replied tbst it a. ly th r.'mi two
maxims, "Everybody may u: light"
and "Everything may be so."
STABLE FLOOR DRAINAGE.
Iron Gutter Which Carry the Liqnldi
- Away as Fast as They Fall. '
In reply to tbo request of a render tot
t plan for good stable drainage tha
Ohio Farmer illustrates and .describes a
method commended by F. W.' Bach in
his book "How to Judge a. Horse." j
Fig. r in the first cut represents a
stall 6 feet wide and 9j feet long.
D t L'
Htil
' FLOOR WITH lKO CUTTERS. j
O C C are three plunks in front, laid
orosswise of tho stall. Theee are 14
inches wide, making B'4 feet. B B are
two planks, od each side of the stall,
each 10 iucbes wido and 6 feet long;
Between these plunks are the drain gut.
ters and lath, D being the drain and L
the -laths. These laths are S inches
thick, 8j inches wide and 6 feet long,
They, ore rabbeted out underneath
three-sixteenths of an inch, so that the
iron drains or gutters. jnst fit under
them. They are rabbeted np from tbo
bottom 1)4 inches. - . . .
The method of fixing tbe drains ond
laths is shown in tbo cud view, second
cut, Fig. 2, L being the lath, with gut
ter between. Tbe- laths are- fastened
down by long screws, tho beads well
snuk inf.' They can bo removed easily, if
desired, to renew the lath or make any
repairs. The iron drain or gutter is
shown, in Fig. 8. O in Fig. 1 is tho rear
gutter Into which tho liquids flow to
be carried off. Thin gutter enn bo made
of cement. ' The iron, drains are 1 14
mnvirw. laths aud drain.
inches high, an inch wide inside, about
one-eigbt inch thick aud 6 feet long,
closed at tbe front or bead end and open
at the other. Tbo laths and gutters pro.
ject over tbo gutter U an inch or nioro,
Tbo incline of tbe floor from manger to
gutter should not be over three iucbes. '
" .. TheMamden Prooeea." 1
The Warndco process consists in sav
ing the waste of dry cornstalks. They
are ground. Tho cellulose or pith is
then separated, leaving a residamu of
ground meal. . The ratio in bulk is
about one part of meal to one of cellu
lose. Tbe ratio in weight is said to be
seven parts or more of meal to one of
cellulose. This dry meal bus been fed
to live stock for a loug p riod at the
Maryland experiment station. It proves
to be equal to if not better tbau the
best of hay in tbe production of meat
and milk in combination with other
food to make it complete that is to
say, nsed in tho same manner as buy is
used as a piirt of a ration.
Tbe cellulose will havo a vast num
ber of um-s. The 'most conspicuous use
Will be in the construction of naval ves
sels. For this purpura it is ooiupre.Khcd
to 94 pounds to the cubic foot, iu
which condition it will absorb 20
times its volume of water. For naval
purposes it is mado into large blocks,
each of which is placed in a cell in tb
steel bull of tba ship, notably at the
bow aud stern, and between decks so as
to protect the deck over tbo vital points
of tbe chip, the center of the vessel be
ing protected with stc.t-1 plates. Such a
vessel ba great, power of notation. The
eenterxif gravity is al.K-n d so that tba
gun deck has very much gnuter sta
bility in action. It is duiuicd that such
a vessel is nusfukable. Country Gen
tleman.
Ma frig So gar From lleeta.
Much is said nowadays in agricultural
newspapers about making sugar from
beet. The experience of France aud
Germany long ago showed that this ran
be done profitably where labor is cheap
enough. It is in this connection that
American Cultivator says:
"Then is much land in all our north,
rn states, where good . beets for sugar
making canbuVgr6whTfiKcw York;"
State, uudir. tbe influence of a state
bounty on beet sugar, several beet sugar
factories bare bet-o started this year.
While the sugar making experiments
have bora entirely raooenfulHt is not
yet certain, whether, the sugar can be
produced at a profit to tbe manufactur
er. But as tbe price paid for tbo beats
Is only $5 ptr ton it is doubtful whether
snany farmer who lire near markets
can grow and haul their beets to tbe fe
torie for th prion. Farther from the
factories there would be increased cost
of transporting tbe beets to th places
where the sugar is to be manufactured.
W'tia fMmwah .r.w. hvlrit this
Ipriceglverxauch labor andg. very Lit
tle fr it." ' ' ."."-"-"
ENGLAND.
-. ' 1 " ;
A Vermont Farmer Telle About the Pro flu
of This Industry. ;i
" A Massachusetts correspondent writes
I as follows to Tho New England Home.
' flrpfirl "Klllrilv ttifmnn ma whnnin. m
man with a fair - knowledge of sheep
cooid make a succew 01 tbo business here
in New England by leasing two or more
bin farms, stocking them with from 800
to 600 ewes and devoting all time and
labor to them and such crops as it was
practical to raise for tbe consumption of
the sheep, thns making the sheep tbe
only source of income from the farm. ",
To this query a Vermont farmer replied:
, "A man with a fair knowledge of the
sheep business conld lease a farm in my
locality that would carry 200 ewesfor
$125 cash yearly rental a mountain
farm, I mean. He could do the work on
tho farm with, say, $90 for help in hay
ing and iu the oat harvest He wonld
not be so likely to succeed with two
farms. Tho question of personal super
vision would enter into the problem to
bis disadvantage; with two farms unless
they were situated so as to be the same
as one furni. If ho should get one form
that wonld carry 400 or 600 owes the
question of hired help would trouble
bim, and we must assume that your
man is a poor man, with a family td
bring np and not going into the . busi
ness to demonstrate a proposition, bat
to get a living. So be should got. a farm
that will pasture 200 sheep and cnt bay
enough to winter tbem, say: 46 tons. If
tho fences are good and he must look
out for that be can do tbe work himself.
with tbe exception of the $60, and raise
two acres of rntabagus, five acre of- oats!
and five acres of rape. This would keep
a pair of horses, two cows and the sheep.
"The 800 ewes should clip 1,400
ponnds of wool, which Wonld bring to
day $800. If he docs bis duty by bis
sheep, he should havo 200 lambs to sell
and leave 20 of his best ewa lambs iu
the flock. If ho raises, his five acres of
rape and takes care of the lambs, he
will get $5 each for thorn the 1st of No-
veniber, which wonld amount to $1,000.
Allowing for losses, whioh should not
exceed 10 ewes, be would have 10 ewes
to sell fat, at $3 eaoh, for $60. Now
we bave $1,860 income' from the sheep.
His outgo wonld be; Rent, $126; wages,
$30; tools aud repairs on tools, $76;
seeds, $36f repairs on buildings to make
thorn comfortable for lambing first year.
$76; total, $850. - , ,
.''Now, without looking ahead to see
where my figures would land I have
hit upon an even $1,000 with which to
pay taxes, interest and support the fnin
ily. To this should be added the income
from the two cows and the poultry and
pigs.. 'v.: ! fr :.'.: '
"I speakxith confidence in the above
statement from tbe fact that I have a
farm niue miles from home that I carry
on as a sheep farm pure and simple and
know what it costs. -1 get much better
prices for my- sheep, - however, " than
those above. -1 make my wethers yield
mo about $13 each, dressed. For 14
ye;irs my average was about $16, bnt
yon asked wbnt a man with a 'fair'
knowledge of the business oan do." ,
Pennsylvania's Abandoned Farms.
Last spring there were scores of aban
doned farms, which had not been culti
vated for several years, all over eastern
Pennsylvania. In Burks county alone
these farms numbered about 100. They
ranged in aizo from 10 to 76 acres. The
average was 40 acres. Today few of
these properties are idle. - They bavs
been rented and are now occupied. Tbis
is one of the most noteworthy evidences
01 an improvement among tee agricul
tural classes. The demand for farm real
estate baa for the hist three months been
steadily incrcahing. Both buyers and
tenants are ninth more numerous than
a year ago, aud tbe price of land has
Increased at least 16 per oent. One cause
of this increase is tho advance in tbs
price of grain. Continued bard times ia
cities and boroughs have caused soma
men with large families to leave their
town hum ei and settle down on small
farms, where they expect to be able to
live well without the exertion that is re
quired iu tbo city or borough to sup
port a family, and they can koep all
their children at work and yet hava
them at home. It is predicted that by
next spring tbe "abandoned farm" will
bo entirely a tbiug of the past, in tbis
section of tba state, according to a com
munication from Reading, Pa., in tbs
New York Tribune.
Kmj Way to Ceok Feed.
It sometimes becomes nrxwsasry to
cook a mum of feed for tbo poultry or
pig in tbe winter time, aud to do so
sometimes requires a fire when it is not
convenient to build one. Following is a
-r plan suggested in
he Iowa Home.
"1 .1.. Pl., an
old keg or half
barrel in a box
aud pack around
it with straw or
chaff. J Provide
keo wmu.V a box. both barrel and
box with tight fitting lids. Then, hav
ing mixed tbo feed with hot water, put
it in tbe inner receptacle and place both
lids iu position. The mens will cook in
tbe time elapsing from one feed to th
next. It la scrprising now long the wa
ter will remain hot, even in very cold
weather.
Wintering Beea.
An Ohio correspondent of Tha Farm
Journal drop tb following hints : Use
only good cellars, for wintering bees. A
pood cellar is one tbat is dry and well
ventilated. Sucb a cellar will keep bees
from freezing and be of great advantage
to tbem. '
Eifh hive should have 80 pounds
sealed store, honey or sugar sirup. .
A draft should never strike S hive ia
tbe cellar Keep the cellar dark.
Tbe thermometer should be kept at
83 or 40 degrees if possible. Keep out
of the cellar aa much as yoa can. Have
a bole in tbe floor to let the thermome
ter through for erSTti'iiatinn. BegaLate
rei.: ..tjrsalsufr - i 1 ' f -T.'e. .
SHEEP rN NEW
r';?-'
the food pare, . ;
. - wboteeom and deitck
Absolutely Puro
OVAL MK1MQ WfflO CO., HfW VfMC
Elisha Burris, a young man from
Southport,' N. C. blew out the ' gas
in his room at a hotel in Washing
ton, D. C Monday night a week,
lie was found dead in bis room
next morning.
President McKinlev on Wednes
day of last week nominated C.lM.
Bernard, of Greenville, to be U.;S.
attorney ; Trye Gleen , to be post-
iiniNiJfr hl iTrn'tiHiHini. nun 11 . 11,
,,. a. t v aSaa . S-f
Chad burn to be postmaster at Wil
mington.'. -" " ,. i ; . ...
Rev. Bay 1 us Cade has resigned as
chaplain at the U. S. penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kansas, at $1,UUU a
year, and it ia learned that RevvPr,
T. T. Speight, of Halifax county, is
tendered the position thus made va
cant. .
The Journal says Mr. David A.
Coon, of Howard's Creek township,
Lincoln county has an Indian game
hen that is a curiosity.. Beginning
at the root of its bill and continu
ing to the tip of its tail, the feathers
on one side are as black as a crow,
while the feathers on the other side
are yellow.. .v ,
Senator Butler in his paper last
week editorially calls on the gover
nor to remove Robert Hancock ns
president of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway, saying if the facts
are as reported Hancock is not fit to
hold any public position, and that
he is sure if the governor, upon in
vestigation, finds tha facts to be as
stated he will remove Hancock at
once.'' -'- -; V"? ';v-v-v- ':---':.
Lincoln Journal : 5 Lincoln "can
just walk all around any other coun
ty when it comes to fighting women.
The latest fight among the ladies
was one (hat occurred one day last
week between Mrs. Mary Moore and
Mrs. SaJIio Stamen, near Mai. Black
burn's. -They; fought desperately
for half a mile along the public
road. It was a "master fiirht'' and
the courts will tackle it. ,;
A negro named Gus Harinan at
tempted an assault on Miss" Minnie
Cuthberteon, a beautiful and pop
ular young lady, of Nebo, McDow
ell county Sunday a week. She ran
and the negro pursued her, but was -frightened
off by some - boys. The "
negro escaped to the woods but the
iicople turned out in great numbers .
to search for him and he was cap-
tlirod nflitr ixpi rlnii a 1sti,l nf kil-
shot in his back. He is in iaiL - ;
Tatter, Salt-Rhcuin and Ecsecna. 1 -
Tha intense itchinar and smarting-, inci
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain's Eye and
ikln Utntinent. Many very bad cases
lav"ebeen permanently cured by ft. It
cqnsuy emcientror itcning pues and
a favorite remedy for sore ninole.
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bite
iwi caronic sore eye. 23 eta. per box.
l:r. rsdv'it Condition Pdm. are
int whr.t a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonie. blood nnrifier and
vermifuge. They are not : food bnt
ne.iiclne and the best in- nse to pnt a
hiihr ia prime condition. Price 23
cnts per package. " ,
For sale by T. A. Albright 4 Co. ,
Raleigh cor. of the Messenger : It
is said that Robert Hancock has
written to relatives of his wife's '
niece, Miss Annie Abbott, of New
York, for proof that she was with
them during their stay in that city
and that they accompanied her to
Jersey City upon her departure and
that alio was in fine spirit.
When in need of a remedy 16
relieve iiin you want the surest, -,
quickest and best, such a one is Rice's
Goose Grease Liniment, it relieves
all pain at once, it cures croup,
cough and colds as soon as used.
For sale nnd guaranteed by all drup
J gits and gencraLstores. It relieves
wboopmg ough.
Anderson & Anderson's large ,
three-story tohacco prize faouoe at
Wilson was burned Tuesday night
a week! Low $15,000, ully cover
ed by insurance. T The origin of the
fire is unknown."''
Why will yon hov bfttwr n.iramttn fouls
when Ufwr'e Tetmie Chiil 1 on - i. 4
pleanant aa Lemm irmp. Vi'iir or. . - -l m
autborifted u refund the mrner lneUf
where it tail to cure. 1'rwe. Ui renin, j .i
Pulfrilo fr The (!
Royal
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