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Gleaner 1 .. . .... . VOL. XXVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THUK MAY, A FBI... 4, 1901 NO. 9 Alamance -ml f . . ... , I" , v II I) 1 1 1 "1 J ,-. ( , 7. v , ; j;, II JUL JL IJ J )-....-.".... 1 - ' t i THE BOV. Ii wonlfe't t a elikTl. thlnf an eartk J-fExeept a ao..- And tt'e Juet en ecctdent o blrUi ', nut 1'a a do;. :fv - r . -And, foodneM jrractaual When 1 atop and think That I net trembled on the wiy brink..,.-,. I Of making my appearance here a girl, ' It fairlT maJiei my eare and eyebrow! curl, ' v; ' ; - - : But I'm a boj. - :''.': ,' i.l.;n1-ii'v .. -t irfin : ...- .w." .-. . Jttat think a all th Jolly run then la -. ...When you're a boyl- -. .-.a 1 tell you, you're uet full ol bnatnea) . ' .. , w nen ywu 1. a wuy. ..,,. IM - . . .. I 11J 1. .11 .,.... 1 ' 1 MCI" 111 I XV IWl'U M HW I tvxmt do nrtnrarinr. tie the fttlert" clothee In knol Tie tin cana on the telle of done; why, fee, ";The day! ain't half ae long ae they ahould be When you're a boyl There'! lota of footiih thing, that mat you tired ... '. When you're a boy;- - -. Tliere'a beape of grouchy men that can't be hired To like a boy; ' There'! wood to chop at home and coal to bring, And "Here, do thle. de that, the other thing I "f And, woreefcthan al), taera'ei gtrle oh, bl) amk-l - i. 1, n. S Wthey a crlm. 0 are they juet a Joint 11 JLTriY. liHl ;U i And then "fiiere'i alweyi aomebody to Jew, I I . ;Whe you're bay- i j oomeuooy aiwaye wying wwu iuv law . To erery boy. . . "Pick up your ooat 1 ae when you've pub yaw bat; .. Don't etoti. the dog; dnaj'ttemee the poor old eat; .Don't raw around the bouae;" why, aun"rin Moeeel - Tha only time you ban to practice thing, liki ' When you're a boy! .: And yet I doa't beliee. I'd change a thing , , t,I rn an hfl! ;" t A J . . r, You're got to laugh, to cry, to work, to alng, - To be a boy. With all hie thoughtleae nolee and careleea play. With ail hi! heartfelt trial, diy by day, ' ' With all hi! boylih bopea and all hi! feara, I'd like to lire on earth a thouaand yeara 1 And be a boy. ... -W. H. Pierce in Chicago Timee-Herald. ' 'i -.,.-.. j - - 1 ii 1' ..! ' MosMooMooNooMooMooipJ I ED mALLETT 5 I secret;; ' o People. i ' tlooMooNooNooMooMO - '.' Ed Mallett hid been the laziest man . ' on the beach'ever sine he had' attain' . ed bli majority, though Zed Mallett, hla half cousin pne removed, fao Wm was a lack of brain power, for Zed would wkf j fraa at It Jnceasantljr, early and late, week In and week out, " yet he" 'never""wal Tbeyoud wiiht the ' beach called povertj." That meant that there were never enough cornmeal and . pumpkin,, liv hlf cabin at one time to feed to fullness all of thj vmgrf there and that always Zed. was dependent apon rfJaptaln Sct. Jprj tbel other, hand, Ed, wis N"P"I eo! praji at be could, none -could tell so many different things "about the doings In aea, sky and earth as he. IndefJ none dared try, for CiptalnScottanW Wid that one prophet in the settlcuicnt was enough at we timer" He could prearhi ! too, could Ed, and whenever be did so the congregation wnt jtiotii quiet and ' BUbdued? presumably f miii etllfled. And Ed would amble across the Holds, seeking out rj.tob"-terM,e'ttbp - than climb to bis own bouse under the '. rows of stiver poplars tbat stood half . . way between the cove and the alt .ffilU. There he would find hUrwIfeen gaged in brushing and culling one or - two of her numerous progeny while the " viands that were to make his midday . meal sizzled on the atove. ' - - Ed was never known to do anything besides these tbiugs but read bis Bible in the best room, where the sea fans, shells' and : tiny, ship .'models 'made . gaudy the whitewashed .walls. . There, lit carpet slippers and white canvas "'Clothes winter or summer. 1 with the huge tome open on bis knees, he could be found any day between "sunup and sundown.' , -" . .There Captain Scott found him on the winter's day tbat tbe bark Break o Day went ashore and routed him out - Tbe captain strode Into' tbe room cry . . lag:, km. jfitmnr map . -"Ed Mallet, git out o', here, or I'K kick y t Wta 'af-1 been- feedm ye an tbat there wife ' your'n for all these years 7 Thcy's wreck on the bar, an yere a-goln over with mer -'" - Ed obeyed "Without dissenting go tore, the legend says. At all events I "'. the "beacbers -bo"heard tbe dialoguf for tbe first time-learned hoML Ed had -a.-.. -I.,.-. ,Ka -illalttfiat t ' managtei i llre.la aMlatloa ' tbat wrought sad havoc -among tbem. but with a fwrack on the bar" there - was no time' to parley ' It will do no harm to add, however, that Ed bad represented- to the "beacbers that be bad "married money.". And this brings na to tbe few Incidents of Ed's mar riage tbat were generally knowa. on tbe beach. They are these: - One day 12 years before tbe wreck of J the BrefTk p'.Pay E4 tailed awayjn Captain Jim's battean. tbe Elsie Ann. for tbe Isle of Wight bay With a load of : shelled corn tbat be said be was going to trade off foT-ifueials" en tbf mitn land. He was to be back hi two days' time, but he did not come. It was six days before he returned, and when tbe sails of tbe battel a were sighted from Captain Scott's wharf the waicbers ob served that there were two forms la the stern sheets Instead of one. ' "By gum, Ab'U bet Ed's gone aa got married," cackled youDg Jimmy Mai lett No one- galnsatC blm. preferrlog to walt.fpt facta in so lmportai a aiat- - ter before venturing aa opinion. When tbe batteau rounded up to the - frbarf, Ed helped a woman out. -My-Wife. Cap'n Jim." be saldT Captain Bcott gave tbe wom'sn a feaKfatog- look- from bead" to foot and then slowly extended bis bend. Cap - tain Boott would have" given' majesty ttself the samt treatment 1Tlie woman bad a depth of express'on tn ber eyes that proclaimed her not of brach blood and was not abashed. Ebe let ' ber shapely barid clasp tbe bomy flat of tbe old sea dog for J oat an Instant and ID tbst Instant she won hlou thongh tbea t betrayed It by aeltber sign ct ' ' "J ' . " Tbe woman was not of tbe teach tmrely, as every line and contour of ber Cgure showed. . Bh waa ollvs skinnod, with black hair, snd It lay In luxurious glossy colls over half of her head. Bbe , i-ti tytnr- rke a gol)es sod bd a IrwJuia acJ auple Wutth of limb that aluuned tbe aarrow chested. HI ahaped beach women of starved blood and cotv glornenite llneaga. , Captain Jim looked from her to the Uck. shambllcg form of Ed snd regis tered a trftn"nloos oath. Tbm he lauifhed stfaHgeIyand stumpeTl off to the house. v ' ' ' ' ' v When Ed took bis bride and lila bun- dies off to his borne. Captain Jim sat on the top of a sand dune ana watcnea the pair through the eyepiece of his big marine glass. -'T-.-"; 1 In an hour the news of the' marriage had traveled as far as the life saving station, which was at the uttermost part of tbe beach. But did they go to ee her? - Not they. They would have ' died first. ' ; -- " -aV -v '' i So the beach bad a mystery Which osted and became greater each day. In time It got to be said that Captain I 3ka was In the secret, whatever It was, but Captain :Jtn was never known to say more than was absolutely necessa ry to any occasion; so no one- knew more until the day Of the wreck of the Break 0' bay , I i'i,.V V:' 1 Perhaps. Mrs. Ed was as much star tled as the others were when her bus band obeyed Captain. Jim's behest as be did, but she said nothing. "What she did was. to toss a shawl over ber Jiead and follow tbem across tbe sand bills to tbe surf where tbe vessel lay beach ed. r'.r:.;: i.y v:. J .,i,v;.? v. i ' - Gathered there were all of the other folks,, and among them this woman passed, one. of another race. Once wheathe men were -slow in launching a fishing boat that they had brought from the cove; to aid the life savers she jy waded Into the surf, bent ber strength to the boat and sent it -cutting out Into the breakers. In the act the sleeve on ber right arm split from cuff to shoul den, leaving. .bare; a magnificent arm that made the women envious. . . " ;The crew of the ship reached the shore In safety,, tbe sun broke through tbe clouds, and when tbe group broke up Ed's wife returned to the settle ment In tbe center of the crowd, and Ed went alone, -a discovered liar on whom the ban of tbe settlement bad al ready been placed. Ed, was not seen again that week by any one outside of his own household. But before noon- of the next day a meeting bad been called In the church and It was decided to try Ed for living a 'lie all those years. ' Uncle George Mum ford was deputed to notify the culprit of this fact - I . Uncle. George delivered his message . to the wife, r - "An right Mr. Mumford; Edll be there," she answered simply. Now, ' the beach bad never bad a church trial before, so on -the morning that . was set for Ed's the , beacbers. men, women and children, assembled at tbe schoolhouse where It was to be held. The little church on the other side of the "dreen" was to know tbe presence of the sinful liar no more, And It was clear that the Culprljt had been prejudged.-?. -h l. i 4 The hour for the trial was near at band when some of tbe spectators strolled down the patb toward Ed's bouse to see him on bis way. Present ly the door opened. 'and.JEd appeared, And "Lordy goodness!" his wife was with blm. -Tbe two strode" along" side by side to the parting of the paths. where the group stood, an there tbe jwouiaa halted ;Ed Stopped, too. and stood with lowered face, knowing not where- to turn or-wbat.to'dov for the faces that met his gaze were stern and unforgiviug. None said a word until bis wife spoke. ' - "Go on, Ed," she said, stretching tbe long right arm tbat the group remem bered - u so beautiful .toward the schoolhouse. "Go on an face 'era. an yer shame be with ye!" . - ' - Qer volet) broke, and tears rolled down ber cheeks. A gust of wind loos ed the dark coils of her hair, and In an Instant she Was wrapped in It. a wild and glorious spectacle to the awed group. "Go on. Ed.t tbey echoed almost ten derly, they knew not why. for In their hearts tbey hated him not so much, maybe, because of bit lies as because be had shamed the woman tbey loved but did not know. ' , Ed shambled on while tbe group watched bis wife hurrying back to ber home, wiping ber tears from ber eyes with ber flowing hair., Then tbey turn ed and filed slowly and silently toward tbe schoolhouse. Uncle Tom Mallett the patriarch, was tbe chosen Jndge for tbe trial, and wben Ed appeared Uncle Tom rose and pointed a finger of scorn at him. P4 fBtln. a anl.t til v-nlneVoreink ..VI ...... .I uv " " tug with righteous passion, "ye liar an fcippercTlt set In tbat there cheer an beer the word ag'ln ye." . Ed did his bidding, shamed and trenv bllng. " . " ' - "Jimmy Mallett. y read that there commandment "bout lyln to this man tbis cousin o' your'n. an If ye leave ont a word 'cause be's yer kin ye'll go with blm outer this beer eongergatlon." Jim read tbe commandment from the big Bible on tbe teacher's desk, and at every word Ed ahlvered and groaned. Every one was moved at thin out ward sign of penitence, and from sev eral directions came suspicious sniffle Of sympathy.' It was a cue to tbe judge also, for be rose- and. polutlng tbe finger of acorn at the guilty man agaro, shouted: -- f . Tremil an groan, ye mls'ahle sinner an worm o tbe dust fer ye're rotten In yer Innards, an tbe truth ain't In ye." Then be turned to tbe people. "This yer man. a kla o' mot' all o' us. be a liar. He said tbat wife o' bls'a bad money, an she bsdnt -none. It's Gap ftm has kep 'em all these mor tal yeara 'at be's been married, aa we never kaowed it Well bear the fust witness. Cap's Jim. aa wall swear 1m." - Captain Jim rose. ,...y,. "No," be said; "Ah reckon nobody need, do any sweaiiit fer me. Ah beea at It all ay Ufa, aa. by golly. Ab ought tar kaow bow by this tiaoe, hebl" . There waa bo response to this chal iaogm, and Captain Jim continued: "Xaaa," drawling , unplraaantly through hla eagle beak; "Ab fed Ed Mallett an hla wife aa bis Chilian, aa Ab ysrned tha money Ab dona It with. Got anything In yer book ag'ln tbat? There's some aa 'av said Ab done It fer tbe woman. Ah did that too. fer tbe woman aa ber kids 'cana her husband wa'a't wtath a raw. - Ben't tbat trael EX ye don't know It ye would "' kaowed tt if ye'd fed tbe BIWe readla loafer et long ei Ah bev. There's some es aaul Ab watched tbe woman through my glajw one day, aa tbey made It worse fer ber fer tbat Ab did. My eyes ain't got too poor fer what's good to see. Ab been beta TO J years. Ah've seen ye all grow up petty nicb, an Ah've fed ye an kept a roof over 'the liends o' most of ye Tor years. Ye eald harm o' me, though, an didn't ye lie? This man ain't done no more. What's In yer book' bout that? Read It! Ye're liars ye'selves. fie lied be cause he's a liar In bis blood, but he didn't lie to harm. : "Jim Scott's honest, and be never harmed a man In bis lift, let alone a woman. Ye una can't ray that" fer ye've done yer beat to harm her an me, an ye want to jedge blm." :; ' ' , ' .He thundered that ! "Where'd ye git the right? Jim ' Scott's clean. He kin look nil o' ye In the faces an count on hla fingers where yer liars an wus'n that Tom Mum- ford, Where's that f 100 ye owe me an ! ye promised to pay It every year for 20 years? ' Jim ' Bloxum, Zed . Mallett, George Birch" : ' . Captaltt-laXnever finished bis ' speech, for UncleTtrm and tbe others named rose and cried out: v. . '- "Cap's Jim, ye- aiu't in the church, an -ye ain't any rights here. We be the trustees of this church, nn we say tbat Ed Mallett's expelled. Hear It?" i Captain Jim did not answer, for tbe I door burst open Just then, and Ed's ' wife, ber beautiful hair falling about . ber, passed up the aisle and turned upon tbe people with blazing eyes, and they stared ut ber wonderingly. Then . ahe poured out her anger upon themv "You're cowards," she said. Includ i log all of them In a sweeping gesture, "an yotKwould judge uiv man. .. . ., Her voice brokefi -" : ' '". "I'm only n woman, an I'm a foot, like an of us women. This' man's my husband, an he's a liar just as you say. He's sinned, but be sinned against me, Dot you. It don't make no- difference who I -am. I'm not one of you. You wouldn't bare me because I couldn't be so, tared ugly a you arc. Wby did I marry blm? I loved him. an 1 bad to have aomebody to love. ' He told me when be courted me that be was a life saver. I was saved from a sblp, an I don't know a word of who I am or where 1 came from. . I believed him, an I thought be was good an noble. "I knower? he'd lied like a fool be fore I'd been here a week. But be's only a fool, an "he can't help It any more than you can belp being tbe nar row minded," hard hearted people that yon are. Yet who Judges you?- Not us, but tbe God that'll Judge my man too.' Leave It to blm." She raised ber hand to heaven and paused a moment breathless. In the Interval Captain . Jim slapped, his leg and swore. Then the woman spoke again. "Have I asked you to punish him for mer' she asked. , "Do I want It? Haven't I suffered a-looklu Into the face of ft liar every time I snw my husband's eyes? Haven't t? One day you said I uwas a ; sinner von. you wouldn't look nt me. i The next day yon knowed he'd lied, an yon wouldu't look at him. I wonder if OodMnifghty will want to look at you wheu, the Judgment comes! If there's nny Judg In to be done, leave It to him," . Anieii,'' shouted -tt woman In a far corner, and tbe trustees, who hud stof ? trembling for sheer helplessness. Wi n dumfounded. "Amen." shouted auoiher woman. and tbe trustees sat down. Some one started a bymn. and Uncle Tom stamp ed ont and oyer tbe hills to his liomu. While the music swelled Etl sat lently weeping.'"' It ended, fiml by a common Impulse all of t Gem. -'even Captnln Jim. fell upon their knee and prayers from a dozen uioutha wejir up In niilaon for Ed. the liar, and then for the poor weak sinners who hml pre sumed to, judge when they Imil been Jidden by blm to whom they prayed to "Judge not" . ,. x ' Thns ended the trial of Ed Ue never was expelled. V What penance be did for his sins ether than standing the ordenl of his trial matters not but. from tbat day on be bos worked as other men. and more he baa made restitution to bl bene factor. So much for .the generous heart and devious ways of "Captain Jim." New York Sun. - .-- Among tbe rules given by a physi cian to promote longevity Is one tor biddiCat the placing of tbe bed against tha wall. This Is In accord wltb the advice-of another scientist, who dem BStrated some time ago that tbe layer of air within-a few Inches of to wall of tha average bedroom, with uq ven tilator but the window. Is not disturb ed by that draft Tbe rule further ad vises sleeping on the right side and tbe placing of a mat at tbe bedroom door, npoa which, presumably, tbe dust from tha aboea may be left thus reducing tbe danger from disease germs. Adults are advised to drink no milk, to avoid Intoxicants, which destroy tbe cells that In their turn destroy disease germs, and to eat fat which feeds these ceils. A rale to eat little meai and to see that it la well cooked Is rather surprising. -Another Is full of wisdom: Watch the three D's drink log water, damp and drains. Tbe last four relate to mental therapeutics: Have change of occupation; take fre quent and abort holidays: limit your ambition; keep your temper. rew York font V Two young men were walking down Chestnut street, when on of tbem tumbled slightly. Instantly be cover ed bis eyes wltb both bands as though aome dreadful explosion were about to happen. It waa aa odd and oveilieae gesture, and la answer to a quest loa from hla friend be said of It: . "Whenever I stainbla I do that All soy life I have been doing It. My foot slips and at once It seem to me that a great noise la to burst forth and a great flame to shoot np Into my ryes. I eoald BO more break mynelf , of this habit than-1 coold stop breath lug.. ; - "It la. my father says, a freak of heredity. My father la blind. He fought In tbe civil war. and In a cer tain charge one alay aa be ran toward tbe enemy bis foot slipped In a furrow, be stumbled, and a abrll la rat m bis face, blinding bltn. He was a young soars, then, and I was not yet bora, tie has always ever iIdco put his bauds to bit eyes -aa atumbUog. aad I tlevrkrp ed tbe habit at the age of 4. "It Is amove. Ion, bow In fMwtoeiy the same "rsy my father an I I mak ar rcuiiK-a jreRtare. We place the back cf ocr fc-ft Hirl ever our eyre bortxniii.-.ny end ! :.- iwilra erf ewr right l:.tl cjKia t!i. rtrtv-r'iy. form- Jcg a h nd of t-rcuu. V.j fjuer will have it- taMt t'TI he !' v and I sup pne t!;n I. .to. ill ! 3-.e M i me- l" tt aakit ta h'r-'!i!r.', A STORY OF DAVENPORT. Raw the Cartoonist One Carlea - tared the Wrona Ma. " "Some years ago," said a Ban Fran tlsco man reoeujly, "Homer Davenport the curt(iTtrCtuen employed iu San Francisco, was called up on the tele phone by bis paper and told to go to the Academy of Sciences that evening and draw caricatures of tbe Camera club, which was to hold Its annual re ception there. ' The telephone worked i badly, and Davenport got only so much of tbe message as told him to go to the ' Academy of Sciences, but he supposed that waa sufficient and let It go as It stood. - . ... :s... - j. "The owner of the paper took a great Interest In the Camera club and wished to make a great spread at its annual . meeting. A reporter bad been detailed for this assignment and told to connect I with Davenport He waited about; but no Davenport turning up, he went back to the office and wrote bis story of tbe : meeting and turned It In, supposing i that In tbe crowd he had missed Dav enport and that anyway tbe latter waa ( amply able to take core of his end of j rt The Camera club article appeared - In the paper tbe ' following morning I without a solitary Illustration, but a i lecture on geology had a profusion of caricatures from Homer Davenports facile pencil. . . .. "Tbe contretemps came about In this way: Davenport duly arrived at the Academy of Sciences as per the tele phonic Instructions, but aa bo did not know what he was there for he follow ed the crowd. ' This crowd was attend ing a lecture on geology by Professor Joseph Le Oonte of the University of California, the great authority on the subject and a man whose reputation Is worldwide. Dr. Le Conte, It might In cidentally be stated. Is a mnn of the greatest dignity In both character and bearing. The reception of the Camera club waa held iu the same, building, but on the top floor. - ; j ' : "Davenport yawned through an hour of glaciers, stratified rock, moralns and sundry other things. In which he took Uttle Interest, and then, discovering that only Dr. Le Conte was to apeak, concluded be had sufficient material for the matter and departed. As wns his custom, he drew his sketches at home and sent tbem to bis paper by messen ger. They took op the Darwinian the ory and represented the venerable Dr. Le Conte In the guise of an ape and swinging from a tree by the tall. - He was placed In the stone age and, clad only In a bearskin and a smile, was represented as knocking about' rocks with a geological hammer. A pecullnr--ly happy thought was a caricature of the ' professor as the Cardiff giant. There were six or seven of them in all. "Davenport did not require the O. K. of the editor for his sketches. . What ever he drew was published as, of course; consequently the caricatures of Le Conte were duly printed, and the make up man naturally put tbem In the geological lecture. The consterna tion of the editor when that Issue of tbe paper came out can well be Imag ined. - Here was one-of tbe flrst citi cens of tbe state, and one with whom the, paper In question particularly de sired to stand well, held up to ridicule and for no apparent reason. After cudgeling bis brains as to what was best te do In tbe matter tbe cut out the report, caricatures and all, and sent It to Dr. Le Conte, to gether with I polite note, lit which be said that be trusted his paper bad re ported bis lecture wltb accuracy, and If such was not tbe case tbe columns of the paper were open to the doctor to -make any correction be saw fit; tbat be (the editor) would be glad to receive Dr. Le Conte'a Impressions of the arti cle In question. .- J'':- "In reply Dr. Le Conte advised the editor that be bad never been so accu rately reported and Ignored the car toons entirely. His friends say be never even looked at them) Tbe relief to tbe editor was so great be took a day off. But even If Vt. I Conte did not look at the paper other people did. and that edition sold at a premium In San Fran cisco before tbe day was out." New York Tribune. . Beaaat te Preaa. I bava not tbe least hesitation In naming tbe press as tbe Institution of modern times which has already prov ed Itself tbe most mischievous and threatens to become jthe most deadly enemy to International good will and peace and to the liberties of people. For the one argument tbe only argu mentIn favor of a frees press Is tbe enormous advantage of spreading tbe troth broadcast Tbe truth, mind! But uppose It la not tha- truth, but false hoodmalignant calculated, deliberate falsehood? - - '"" ' How would It be If one of our own papers, one of those whose strength and position lie wholly In their known truthfulness, were to take np tbe sub ject seriously and devote a column every day. to the exposure of lies from tbe press? ; Such an exposure, steady, unrelenting, continuous, could not fall of producing a tremendous effect. Unless something Is done to check the lying statements of llie preaa, I see before ma a long and terrilife tyranny. Sir Waiter Besant In Undoo Queen. Brwaret ef faaaatrw. Faithful Housewife Mrs. Candour, t H? I can't stop my sewing bow. Tell ber I'm not at home. liridget Please, mum. I've been ten ia to tnsny you're not at noma I wish you'd see aome nv 'em. "Wby. Bridget?" - " ' , "I don't like the way they act Tbey look at each other and ealcker so." "Mercy! Do they suspect I am at borne 7" "No, mom; I wish tbey did. I beard aoa av 'em aay tbey wouldn't like your husband to know nr your gola's on." "Going on! What do tbey mean?" "Tbey think, mam. yov're tbe worst gadabout In townr-Excbange. MI bar troubled with indigestion inr t varL " have tried man thing and spent tnoch mrme tn no pnrpoea until I triad koooi, uya Dctwia Cure, I have taken two hoi- tieav and gotten more relief from thero than all other roedicirtea tak en. I tV-el more like a boy than I hare felt ia ta-epty Tears." Ander on Riftr. rf Ponnr Laiva. Tex. Thousands have teotified aa did nr. Rictt. J. C. Simmons, the drug gist. MAKING DIET ROADS. THOROUGH DRAINAGE OP UTMOST IMPORTANCE. apervisloa ef aa EasrtBacr Mat Uvea aanry Pr.parlna 'tfca . fabraae. hapla tbe Raaawar HOW to : Daaaia Itarra Water. Thar instruction of a dirt road does not necessarily requlr tbe supervision of an engineer, but slrrply the exercise oX, burse aense by th 'milder, aay W. E. 3oit. In the Kan as Farmer. A thorough knowledge of drainage and the results obtainable must be his first consideration. How to handle tbe storm water and quickly dispose of tt before it can penetrate into . and through the roadway must be bis con stant study. - To obtain a dry subgrade on which to build his roadway will also be a factor In bis success. Covering In the form of sods, clods and weeda or vege table matter of any kind tbat will re tain the moisture will tend to make hla work a failure. In preparing the subgrade for bis road be .should plow and scrape out on each aide the sod and rich underlying soil, shaping up the roadway from tbe subsoil underneath, after -which this rich soil that baa been laid aside hould be carefully freed from sod and spread on In an even layer over the surface of tbe subgrade he baa' con attracted, as It will effectually prevent washing of the roadway by storm wa ter and the carrying away of material oy the wheels of vehicles. Tbe contour of the roadway should not be tbat of an arc or the segment of a circle, but should slope la straight lines from the center to the outside of the ditch oa either side. - In fact, there should be no ditch, but the outside of the roadway should simply be lower than the center, a ditches tend to con fine the water and cause tbe washing away of road material. If tbe roadway I round Instead of running on alopes from the center to the outside of the ditch, there ia a shoulder on either side which would prevent tbe water from quickly flowing from" the. apex to the ditch. This shonlder, from constant travel In tbe center of tbe roadway and wearing away of the material by vehi cles, will be Increased aa time passes and eventually prevent all storm wa ter that falls on the roadway from reaching the ditch, retaining It In tbe rut to soften the roadway. ;: i Where the road builder encounters oft ground In the subgrade such places ahould i be thoroughly and properly drained by ithe use of drain tile laid along tbe center of tbe roadway on one or more lines to culverts Intersecting across the road, thus draining and dry ing out tbe subgrade and giving a dry foundation tut which to build, as the presence of any undue quantity of moisture under the roadway would pre vent permanent work. ;( ' -f : ' , The width of tbe roadway should be determined by, tbe travel. On ordinary country roads a width of 20 feet from outside of ditch would be ample. A roadway of thla width, properly grad ed, with sufficient height and slope to drain quickly, wltb storm water speed ily disposed of In the . side ditches, would give drainage and dry road ex cept during storms. The tendency of moat roadmaker I to dig up tbe whole tight of way be cause It belongs to tbe township, go ing from hedge to hedge, plowing and craping and disturbing tbe settled condition of the soil, thus losing annu ally vast quantities of valuable mate rial for road construction, which, be ing constantly waabed out, eventually bring 'the road to a lower level than the surrounding lands, making It a ca nal Instead of a roadway and forcing all water from tbe adjacent lands Into the canal and on to the road. On comparatively, flat lands, where slope Is slight and water move slow ly, at grading material should be tak en from tbe lower ditch, and culverts hould be supplied wherever water ways occur. Tbe tendency of road workers to attempt to carry water long distance In upper ditches should be discountenanced, as It seeps through and Into tbe roadway, softening tbe grade. The only obstruction to the flow of water down these slopes ahould be the grade, which would force the storm water Into th low places, where It could quickly be put across tbe road wltb proper culverts. In fact on fiat Lands there should be no upper ditch, a tbe grade would be a sufficient ob struction to the flow of water down thfalopea, forcing It Into and through the culverts to tbe lower ditch. ,. The location of these culverts de pends entirely npoa the Lay of the ground. The six of tha pipe need I determined by tbe fait Tbe capacity of the pipe Is determined by the veloci ty of the water ta It All fall should be Increased If poaslble by having ei ther no ditch or a very shallow one on tbe upper side of tbe roadway. Bead builders should conserve fall at every opportunity. Increasing It If possible, thereby decreasing the sise of the pipe required and lessening tbe coat of the culverts. It to Just aa eco nomical for the roadmaker to pot In Ave 12 Inch pipe at Intervals along a mile of road aa It ta for blm to carry tbe water along tbe roadway la the apper ditch a mile or more and be com pelled to ase a 24 tack pipe. If be ware to put tbe water across tbe read In abort runs where low place exist ed, be would then prevent that macb seepage from softening to road. Ia fact well drained road to usually a good road, excepting where aaad oc curs. - Ta Twa BVetad atatariaVa. The secretary of agriculture baa es tablished In tbe division of chemistry a laboratory for testing physically aad chemically all varieties of road aaa tertala. The stibataooes Include rocks of all kinds. gravcL abeQ. brick, clays aad other bod lee need la road building ta country district, but do not Include material for mnnlctpalttle. Any person desiring to have, road tnaterials tested la thla laboratory Is advised to writ to tbe office of pontic read tnrrolrt, department of arrtcvjl tare, Washington, for tnatrocttona la reran! to tbe method of selecting and shipping samples. pedmeea win be tested la tbe or der la which tbef ar received, ex cepting those kent by the special ageoU of th department which will be give I preference ever aQ other. MUSIC OF BOYHOOD. Plaaaar. a Oawwa Haa Takes la Ra- aaambarlaa Taa.a Ha Used ta Play. V "I wonder." said the man who occa sionally Indulged hi reminiscent mood, "what has become of tbe boy wltb the JewsharpI I haven't seen a boy with a Jewsharp for years. , Don't they make Jewslmrps any more? When. I was It youngster every boy " had a Jewsharp Just as every boy had a top or pocketful of marbles or a pet shinny stick. And somo boys were rattling good players on the jewsharp; wan n star on that Instrument myself. M Ighty fetching and appealing music hi a Jewsharp too. As I remember It, the Jewsharp bod a mystical teollau qual ity that sort of led an Imaginative boy on to dreaming. I've sat on a log on the bank of the old 'crick' playing tbe Jewsharp by the hour, and tbe far away music of the thlog'd lead me very far by flood and field, 1 must say. I'd pick out the air of 'Beautiful Isle of the Sea,' as I remember, and then I could see myself a massive pirate chief, all togged out In brown velvet, with a crimson sash and heavy gold hoop earrings, with a dirk between my teeth and a cutlass In each hand, standing In .the lee scuppers or some where or another defying the. whole mutinous crew to come on. Mighty Imaginative music for a fact Jewsharp music, was. And It bad a kind of sol) in It that I don't know of any other instrument poasosslug nnless It's the 01 and D string cords on the violin. '. "When I grew up and would pass by a boy playing tbe Jewsharp In the dark, it sure would give me a feeling of goneness and lonesomenesa. The music would sound somehow like a reproach, and It had that wailing qual ity such aa the wind baa In passing along telegraph wires strung by the aide of a country road. Ever notice that bow tbe well, how tbe wind Just weeps along a telegraph wire strung by the side of a lonesome country road I Something very chilling and depress ing about tbat sound, dutches you like the cry of tbe loon In tbe night forest "But to get back to tbe boys' instru ments, I don't see so many boys with mouth organs a I used to either.. Most boy used to have two or three of tbem in my young day. Let' see. There waa the Rlchter barmonlcon In tbe key of 0, and tbe Rlchter barmonlcon In the key of CI I remember I always bad those two anyhow. There's a whole heap of 'reach' Iu mouth organ music too.. A man that' Just doue a mean thing la pretty liable to be made to feel cheap and ashamed of himself If be accidentally bear some of tho right kind of mouth organ music Im mediately afterward. Now, dogs know a lot and dog are' pretty conservative, bnt nothlng'li get a dog agoing so quick a mouth organ music. A vlolln'll stir up some dogs, though not all of them, but there never was a dog yet that wouldn't plant himself on bis haunches and throw up bis bead and whine nnd moan wben be heard the music of a moorb organ. Gets dogs to thinking about their poor old mothers that they were rudely torn from In Infancy or something like that, I s'pose. I am bound to shy, however, that the darky boy were tbe best mouth organ play ers wben I was growing up. The Afri can mouth I peculiarly fitted for com pletely encompassing the moutb or gan, and I've seen dnrky boy almost wallow tbem In their soulful Interest In the music. " ' - " "-' ' , "Once In awhile In the summer time here In Washington I enjoy a singu larly pleasant experience. It's when I'm Just abont ready to go to bed and a troop of colored boys, a couple of tbem with moutb organ and ether of tbem with guitar, come paddling down tbe atreet. The mouth organs and guitar together sound beautiful, and tbe wbol business Is generally so surprising that It about take my breath away. I can hear tbe music coming along from a long way, and then right in front of my bouse, and then It gradually dies away In the distance, very vague and tender. Some thing mighty enjoyable In little old thing like these, bey V Washington Star. Mave Their Owe Trnaalra. A magazine editor Iu New York wrote to a New England woman aorat time ago stating that be was publish ing a story In which a heroic act ol tier's waa described and asking bei to send her picture to be used. In bis magaslne. The woman had oerer dom anything else Iu ber life to distinguish herself, and the editor was aomewbai nrprised to receive a letter from bev In which ab said tbat she would furnish ber picture and tbe story of ber deed for $30. She knew that maga sines made lota of money, and she wanted ber share of It He offered her 12 for ber photograph and declined tbe story- Tbe woman Mock to ber original offer, and so lost ber chance of baring ber picture published In the magaslne." "' Another picture nnblUbed by this same magaslne was a photograph of a atreet scene. A man whose picture bad been taken unawares by tbe pho tographer recognised It Id the maga slne. Hla face added nothing to the view, bnt like tbe New England wo man, be assumed It bad been of some rain to tbe magakina, aad be called on tbe editor to collect - "That's my picture." be said polutlng "It does look Ilka yon," said the edi tor. "Well. then. I want pay for It" "Wby, your picture wa of no value," said tbe editor. "You Just happened to be standing In front of tbe camera." "WeU, If It waa of no value, what did you publish It for. that' what I want to kaow? Ton ought to pay me tor It To won't? Then yoa won't catch m buying your magaslne again. It ala't a fair deaf And a be went out be lammed tbe door. Magatin editor have their trouble. Hew fork Sua, Yoa will waste time if yoa try to rore indigention or dyspepeia by eUmngyoareeir. That only makes it worae when yoa do eat heartily. Yon always need plenty of Rood food properly digested. Kodol nyanerxu Cure is the result ol year f scientific revearch lor something f . a a that . would ' diffest Bol om" .lament of food but every kind. nd it ia the one remedy tbat will lo it. J. C. Simmon, the drug gist BROODER CHICKS. Raw to Car For Then, ta Malta . :: Than. Lara aa Stroaa. One of the most necessary appliance connected wltb the poultry Industry 1 an A No. 1 brooder, even though a batcher Is not In use. It Is an easy matter to find a number of sitting bens, and by placing In the brooder tbe chicks hatched by them yon will avoid feeding the chicks' feed to the hens, and they will soon begin laying. The chick can be cared for and raised safely, no "matter what weather pre vail outside tbe brooder.' Tbey are free from vermin and -If tbe brooder I kept clean they will not be troubled with lice.. There" Is no need of losing a .chick If properly cared tor. Tbey will' be much more tame and easier handled than those raised by bens. For from 60 to 75 chick a run of 90 feet I sufficient :. for , one to two Weeks, after which . the chick should be placed in a - larger In elosuro or allowed to run, at large. I believe In plenty of range, as chicks confined In amail tnclosurea very sel dom develop well, but often do develop off colored feathers In plumage, which nature provides against If tbey bave large range- The run may be made of boards 12 Inches high, a portion of which mar,, be covered- wltb cheese cloth. This will afford protection from wind and storms, also from the sun.. ' Chicks when first ont of the shell can have no better food than bread from two to three days, then a mixture of cornmeal and bran (half and half tn bulk), to which add a small quantity of bone meai about one part to eight of the mixture of meal and bran. Wet this with water, and It makes an excel lent food for morning and noon. At night good, clean wheat and crocked corn, wltb oat flake or bulled oats, are unsurpassed. Milk la very beneficial If placed where fowls or chicks can drink It bnt should not be mixed with tbe food.- , A good brooder, an abundance of tbe tight kind of food, coupled with a fair amount of common sense, will bring good results. W. F. Brace In Sellable Poultry Journal. 1 - DrewslasT Dora':" Stephenson, In Wisconsin Farmer, say one' reason wby geese are not used more In' this country I because so many do not know bow to dress and clean tbem. She ha often beard tbe remark tbat a goose I not fit to eat, but a young goose properly cooked Is a dlsb fit for a king. To clean, take- common wash boiler, put ting two brick In each end, and pour In a gallon of water., Make frame of lath to fit on top of the bricks, then when the water 1 boiling lay your goose on tbe frame and put on tbe lid to the boiler. Steam It for about three minutes, or till tho feathers come out turning tho goose when it has been . In the boiler about two minute. ' Tbe feather must pull easy, a they, do when a chicken I scalded. Now get a thin sack of any kind and pick your feathers into It and hang tbem up to dry, -when tbey will be fit to use tbe same as dry picked ones. To roast prepare tbe same a any otber fowl. One 6f tbe patent roasting pans I best When your goose has been roast ing about two and a half or three hours, take tho pan out and skim off all the fat that Is melted.; If the goose I young. It (hould be tender In four hour. The goose must be fat to be good. Miss Stephenson . say she teamed over 100 Last winter and sent them to the Chicago market saving all tbe feathers. Tama Vat, the Parser. When Lord Charles Beresford was la China on of the beat servants It was bis lot to have was a certain Chinaman named Tom Fat Unfortunately, Tom Fat did not alway devot hi undoubt ed Intellect to worthy object. Ha learned to Imitate his master's hand writing so cleverly that be forged check amounting to over 2,000 In tw yeara. And on on occasion, whan Lord Charles was professing a spirit of very broad toleration toward the heathen of all denominations, one of hla friends ventured to Inquire what b thought would be th ultimata faU of bis Chinese servant whereupon Lord Charles Instantly replied, "Thai Vt will certainly be la the nrel" Kaaa the Baa. Cleaa. The road abonld at all times be kept clean and free from mud and dirt and any vegetable matter that would tend to cause It to be soft and muddy abonld b temoved. Hood's Sarscparilla Ha won suooeaa far beyond tbe effect of advertising only. , Tbe Ann bold it ha won and retain upon the heart of tbe people could never bava beea gained by even the most lavish expenditure of money. 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