The Alamance Gleaner.
V(H, XXV.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, L909.
NO. 49
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MEBANS.
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Treatment of This important
Factor In Road Building.
KIND OF MATERIAL TO USE.
Nothing but the Beit Obtainable,
Say Highway Commissioner Sur
facing Is Also a Prominent Feature
That Demands Strict Attention.
A well built road's chief character!,
tic is not unlike a well constructed
house, at least Id one respect. Both
will hare a simllarlty-namely, a tight
roof and a dry cellar. Such a road
must have the ability to sustain and
hold up into position It should occupy
the wearing surface of the road,
whether it be two inches or two feet
in depth. Any yielding of the sub-grado
will be fatal to the road. The whole
question of dust laying and road pre
servative requirements of the hour Is
simply relegated to a secondary posi
tion when compared with this very im
portant feature of the construction,
and the remarkable aspect of this im
portant part of road building Is that it
Is not so much the expense, for the
OBTTIHO THB QBADK READY FOB STONE.
.(From Good Roads Magazine, New fork.
same principle can be adopted in the
Simple turnpiklng of a road as that
which will have to be employed In the
most expensive construction that we
are called upon to build today.
The first principle to follow in every
case is to properly drain the section of
road to be improved, after which you
then take up the question of sub-grade,
or foundation upon which to build
your road. I have found the best ma
terial with which to construct a sub
crude is sand or gravel. Disintegrated
rock, with an admixture of light loam,
wakes a capital sub-grade.
. Sprinkling the sand before rolling.
using a light roller before using the
steam roller or lightening the roller
by relieving the boiler of one-half its
water capacity is a great assistance in
firming the road, as the sand will not
then creep before the roller, thus mak
ing the sub-grade firm. A little sub
soil placed on top or tne sana u a
very good practice. This will prevent
the material from being pushed ahead
of the roller, and It will make a good
sustalnment for the stone or gravel.
If something is not done to make a;
sandy foundation firm it will shift
811ffhttne the sub-grade Is sometimes
Di-actleed by contractors, with the result
that they do not gain anything, for the
contractor has to nay In the end an In
creased exnense owing to the fact that
JJiere Fill be K sreater shrinkage in the ,
stone. . '
The wisest contractor Is the man wno
will anend more time with hi 15 cents
aa bow help in forming the sub-grade
and thereby require less stone or grav
.1 -r,A nthor incidental expenses. This
Is often the reason why the tonnage
t .lAn.'twr mil. has been largely ex
ceeded over the original estimate of
tm in Terr easily !
the contractor.
demonstrated by taking tbe cost of the ,
suit" L-uuuai.kvs. ' - t
nun ner ton. with rreigni. me u.m ,
m . ., th. time consumed in
applying the stone on tbe road, to say
nothing about the expense of watering
and rolling required to get the road
Into a perfect bond-firm and unyield-
k. ... -
"Is not
But yoo win ass mi"J'
the road better by reason of the fact
that more stone has been usedr Not
at alt This would be true if s unJ- ,
form depth of stone were on the road, j
. . int.rmlttent depth. In
me Blares there may De roor .u
. . I hoS tT
tnsy be eight Inches. The Influence of .
m ahl A in III I If I UIIU "
the roller is doi unu. ----- .
iab-gr.de fa. not sufflrlently bsrd and
Srm Wherever there Is
tent depth of stone the ron
vetoD a weakness becsu- tbe pressure
0Mb. X on tbe road has not been
mtT bsve . good, well buUL
ubrfsoti.. found. . -.U a
oT-er-hsve iaM I
:nf--
Tutting the surface
rtirertoees to yoor road. tbe. tbe re-
tbe. the J.S.ii
the th. -o imrxt
tbe QTiestlo. of ssrfadnsv
ptTe .n things
md bDdln. Toe want dliettnees w
good snrr.ee-. - .
Moimis. U- .canger ""' .
1 . te us - .
..! aat eooagw ie s
rfaJi etroa?tbrro.d. bat
WSteV OK aaai vm' . k. aoad.
. ,i,ia we eaa com-
Thee w sw the saav
r. te property eeaotrwrt tne mm-
rdo. aad oot before.
.k.. . arafl baDt sab
.- - tmmarm ail
w7 from the
and ves
travel put ox
- a springy
for
roadway that will be liable 16 heave or
c nuu nu an such places with
clean sand or gravel.
Where It Is necessary to fill to bring
the sub-grade ur to the height required
I have found iu my practice where the
filling exceeds one foot in depth that
me nmng should be deposited
courses not to exceed twelve inches in
depth, loose measurement and require
that each course shall be extended
across the entire fill and completed be
fore commencing another course, no
matter if the fill be two or twenty
ieei. Ana tnis method should be fol
lowed with each succeeding course un
til the established grade is reached.
ine constant traveling over each of
the courses by the teams employed in
handling the material will remove the
possibility of ever having a cracked
fill or one that will slide after the road
has been constructed. This Is a very
important matter, I find, and I have
used It In my work in my own state.
I also find that In the cuts It Is well
not to plow down below that point
that Is to be the finished grade of the
sub-grade, but to keep It a sufficient
height above that so that when the
roller is placed on the work it will
make a good solid foundation, and you
will not have to resort to filling In the
cut to bring the sub-grade up to the
grade desired. These two principles
of cut and fill will be found to work
to great advantage in the proper con
struction of a road.
The shape, or contour, of the sub-
grade has been somewhat a matter of
controversy, some engineers holding to
the level line foundation nnd putting
on an extra depth of stone or material
In the center to make the contour or
, shed from the center line of the road
1 to the berms. or shoulders, while other
engineers have given the sub-grnde or
foundation upon which the wearing
material is to be placed the same con
tour as the finished road. I have used
i this latter method In my own work In
my state by reason of the fact 1 be
lieve it makes a better foundation and
that the uniform depth of stone at the
shoulders will assist in holding the
crown of the road in shape and fur
nish a sustalnment at tbe shoulder
line better than to have a less depth
of stone at the shoulders and a greater
depth at the center of the rood. It
also assists In case of a brenking up of
the road or a fracture or other devel
ooments in draining to the side, or
shoulder, of the road.
The forming of the shoulders Is a
very important matter. They are real
ly the support of the rond. It has al
ways been my practice when making a
shoulder In tbe fills to lay out my road
and put the newly added material ten
or twelve Inches Into the new travel
path, tamping it down firmly and then
cutting back to the line, thereby mak
ing a good, firm shoulder to work to
and to hold In place the stone or grav
el In the travel path of the road.
It is a difficult matter to treat this
question as intelligently through the
medium of the written word as it
would be with charts, but If these
principles are followed In building the
sub-grade a good foundation upon
which to put the wearing surhire will
result.-James H. MacDonald. Stale
Highway Commissioner of Connecti
cut, in Good Roads Magazine, New
York.
CONVICT ROAD BUILDERS.
Inmates of Georgia Prisons Beautifying
Highways.
The roads of Swainsboro, (ia.. are
fast being converted from veritable
sand beds Into beautiful turnpike clay
roads. The county chain guiiK. which
is now about fifty strong. Including
thirty felony convicts, limaum-l's quo
ta of the state convicts. t doing fine
work in road building, under the su
pervtslon of M. B. Bontrlghr, who has
bad much experience In practical road
building.
However, the people of the county,
whiio .wakenlne somewhat to tbe
fact that tbey must be up and doing
In matters pertaining to roaus ir tney
would keeD apace with their neign
boring counties, still do not snow the
proper Interest in the construction of
their roads, or, rather, in the keeping
up of the roads after tbey are built by
ttiA rhntn arflntr.
There seems to or mu
Mm .broad that It 1 the chain gang'f
- - .
proTm.e to keep up tne roaus as
M t0 construct
them, and this wea
mn.r he eliminated before a thorough
good road movement can be Installed
mhat.ntlal imorovetnents made
as fcr- -
on the county's highways.
Object Lesson In Good Reads,
a ni.tonburv (Coon.i rural free de-
jTery ptrr,er bame tired of travel
Jhe dIrt 0D hta route and.
flDd,nf tba, b, do right to dictate
m regird to oeeded r-
. nnk . ,. of his spare time
nalra.
h.4 ih fourth post mailer gen-
i .a on tbe subject. That Offl
rfplM, thJt f tbt road, were not
put Is repair si v"
date-thirty days-tbe crrter csn de
vtate from those portions of bU root,
that sr. out of rrpalr and Inform
tbe families residing on these roads
that the department will not mabv
Uin rural seme r
cannot be traveled by tne
with facility and safety at all
carriers
of the Tear.
Amply PrtrfeoUd.
Lord Alvanley was always tA?
Kb a joke. One traveling wfctb
Berkeley Crave, la a port chain, asd
tear they were speet. Naturally very
ladifBaat at the eataatropbe. Berkeley
Craven determined to glw M
aoptboy a -taate of bis qnellty. hot
adtaf Wm aa oH man simply t
.arked. -Toor age VJ-
Lord Alvaaiey -west for" P"1
tbeleod. but. WHIM
detertdned llC. WJV
-as for y pP0rt"
7 - - "
to rmtmt,
witfa the f-rot was
r. . - - a far aa ra. be
Seared sre. t- -" .set teU tbe
.trang. tone, of tta
aatSooe of old. aor hn ever bee.
foaad arammtfied ta tbe tooths of
w Moat Hketr Ibo aoclewte
thoactt K . wesay bird and alo.
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CONSCRIPTION.
European Peasants Imagine That All
Countries Enforce It.
Conscription is so universal
throughout Europe that the French
or Italian peasant cannot imagine
a government which does not .en
force it. This amusing account of
the struggles of some Italians to
comprehend our army system is
found in an article by II. A. Fouck
in Harper's Weekly.
At one of my stopping places the,
hostess wandered in and sat down
before the register in which I had
written my autobiography. Her
eyes fell on the figures indicating
my age. "Aha !" she cried, jabbing
the number with a stubby forefinger
and winking good humoredly. "Sol
diering is hard work. I don't blame
you any. Officers are hard mas
ters." I had too often been accused of
running away to escape military
service to be at all put out by this
familiar accusation.
"Many a boy I know," went on
the woman, "whohas run away to
America just before Jie reached his
majority and the beginning of his
three years in the army. How
strange you Americans should fly
over here to Italy for the same rea
son!" "Well, I don't blame them,"
growled the innkeeper.
"But military service is not re
quired in America," I put in.
"Eh?" cried my hearers in
chorus.
"We don't have to be soldiers in
America," I repeated.
"What! You have no army?"
shouted the host.
"Yes. But the soldiers are hired,
as for any other trade."
But who makes them go? de
manded the blind musician.
"No one. They are paid to go."
The audience puzzled over this
strange urrangement for several
moments. Suddenly the landlady I
burst out laughing. "You think to
fool us !" she cried. "How, if there
is nobody to make them go, can
there be soldiers to pay ?" -
"Ah! That's it!" roared the
host.
"They go because they want to,"
I explained.
'Want to be soldiers r bellowed
the innkeeper. "What nonsense!
Who wants to be a soldier and work
three years for nothing?"
"But you dont understand.
Those who want to be soldiers are
paid wages."
"Ah! cried a musician, with a
sudden burst of inspiration. "When
your name is drawn you pay a man
wages to go for you?"
"No, the government pays him.
Our names are not drawn."
"How much money the king must
spend, paying all the soldiers!"
"Ah! They are strange people,
the Americans," sighed the host.
And he cast upon me a glance that
6eemed to say, "And liars, too, very
often."
A Question of Usage.
The choir began the hymn. When
they came to the line, "Neither are
thev afraid," the composer of the
music had so written it that it had
to be repeated first by the soprano,
then by the alto and finally by the
bass. The soprano seemed to be of
conservative taste and sang the line,
"Nee-ther are they afraid." Ap
parently the alto had departed from
the usage of her forefathers, for
when she brought out the words
they became "Ni-thcr are they
afraid," and it became a serious
question which side the bass would
take. The bass was an Irishman.
Out rolled his rich voice, "Nay-ther
are they afraid."
So the question of usage still re
mained unsettled. London Stand
ard. The Roots of Altruism.
The three eternal roots of altru
istic energy are these: First, the
principle of justice that there is a
moral law before which all men are
equal, so hst I ought to help my
neighbor to his rights; second, the
principle of charity that I owe in
finite tenderness to any shape or
kind of man, however unworthy or
nseless to the same; third, tbe prin
ciple of free will thst I can really
decide to help my neighbor and am
truly disgraced if I do not do so.
To thia may be added tbe idea of a
definite judgment that is, that the
action will at some time terribly
matter to the helper and tbe help
ed. G. K. Chesterton.
FWsrs ae Feed.
The old time epicurean was as
enthusiastic over flowers and herbs
as is the modern vegetarian ever a
rabbet. lie mixed all kinds of
bods, leaves snd flowers with loving
care and se them all the common
nam. of "saUets." Violets and cow
slips be put into costards. Elder
tops, burdock roots, broom buds and
marshmalJows be osed for pickling.
For concocting coloring sirups all
manner of flowers were osed. To
day a cooked flower is a curiosity.
The Ortelo Eeeter.
The ward E-eter. derived from OS
ABe-aioa -Bastra.- r. TewtooJe,
Ostlra.- tbe roae -dawn
ir-b-. ehkrf ffTsJ wa. esis.
braM ab.wttb.tuoo T tbo vwj-l
ana E slKrtn -bnM" ,Dt
tm, The Oormsm. so 01. tJ eal
Xprfl tb. -OeteraeoMt"
SMne. eaetare s4
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Caasee Obeaevseiea.
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beta,
THE LONGEST WORD.
A 8hort Cut to 8ome English Claim
ants to the Honor.
This moot point has never been
satisfactorily settled. About 1870
the Liverpool Daily Courier came
out with a new word of gargantuan
dimensions, "velocipedestrianistical
istinarianologist." An Edinburgh journal followed
with "ultradisestablishmentariasts,"
an extension of Archbishop Ben
son's previous "antidisestablishmen-
tannn. given in his diary.
A junction might be effected if
one is anxious to see a friend car
ried out in a state of collapse (to
the refreshment room) that a good,
long word is ultrantidisestablish
mentarianists" (only thirty-three
letters). .
Then there is another short jaw
breaker, "antitranssubstantiationis-
tically," which appeared in a high
land paper. It is highland enough
in all conscience.
Sir Walter Scott has in his jour
nal a word, "floccipaucinihilipilifi
cation," "which, b'ke a wounded
snake, drags its slow length along."
Then Rabelais takes some doing
with his "antipericametanarbeugo-
damphicnbrationis.
Wyntoun in his Chronicle sup
plies us with "honoriflcabilitudini-
tatibus, which Shakespeare uses in
".Loves Labours Losr (twenty
seven letters). Dante also has it in
the ablative singular form in his
"De Vuigan iuoquentia.
Byfield in a treatise on the Colos-
sians (1615) wrote lncircumscnpti
bleness." But the Englishman's real jaw
breaker is a Welsh word over which
Mr. Justice Lawrence once at the
Anglesey assizes asked an explana
tion from Mr. Bryn Roberts, M. P.,
"What is the meaning of tbe letters
T. G.' after the name Llanfair?"
The answer was, "It is an abbrevi
tion for the village of Llanfair
pwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwila-
ndysuiogogoch. How is this pro
nounced? It will take some beat
ing. This word of fifty-four letters
if repeated often enough is said to
be an excellent cure for the tooth
ache.
But the jocular man will tell us
there are longer words, "smile" and
"beleaguered," for instance, be
cause one is more than a "mile"
and the other more than a "league,'
and another will insist that the
longest word in the English Ian
guage is 'longer," for, howerer long
any other word may be, it is always
"longer. Ihis is on the principle
of the wily Scot who bet his chum
that Glasgow was not the biggest
town in Scotland. "How's that?"
he was asked. "There's a bigger."
"What is itr "Biggar," was the
prompt reply. London Academy.
Tied It Down.
Joseph Chamberlain in one of his
political speeches said: "Many of
my opponents are as ignorant of
my proposition as was a certain
farmer many years ago of the um
brella. This farmer had made a
journey of some twenty miles on
foot to a small town. As be was
about to set off for home again a
hard rain came up, and bis host
lent him an umbrella novelty
at the time opening it himself so
as to save bis friend ail possible
trouble. A week later the farmer
brought the umbrella back. The
weather was bright and fine, but
he held the contrivance open over
his head. This instrument he
grumbled, 'is more trouble than it's
worth. There wasn't a doorway in
the village 1 could get it through,
and I bad to tetber it all the week
in a fieldj;
Mother's Experience.
Fond Mother Now, look here,
George! 1 want you to break off
with that girL She is very pretty,
and alL that, but I know ber too
well to want yoo to risk your life
and happfness by marrying her.
Why, she knows no more about
housekeeping thsn I do about
Greek not a bit!
George Perhaps sot, but she
can learn. .
Mother After marriage is rath
er late for that, George.
George But yoo said yourself
thst yon did not know a-thing
about housekeeping until after yoo
were msrried.
Mother Very true, George, and
your poor father died of dyspepsia
twenty years ago.
A PeaeiW. Eaplanatie.
There is a certain clergyman who
has a bapy way of enjoying his
own disadvantages.
Never a handsome man, Mr. C
was severely battered in a railroad
wreck, in which be safferod the loss
a t
afttT nurrTin, beautiful
woman tbe ill used minister met an
old friend on tbe street, who ban
terintlr asked, "C bow in tbe
world did soch a pretty girl come to
marry you?"
"Oh. ladies like remnants,1' was
tbe cheerful reply.
Pollaaa oed fUaJe.
The book of tbe peMeaa's bffl is red.
aad adoabtedly the fa We that tbe
pel lea. feeds Ha yoanf with blood
froai Its m breaet ortgt-ated ta tbe
bird's habit of aisaalrg tbe Mfl aeoa
th. breast la order to eaore eaatiy
empty tbe peaca. waea tb. red tip
aaiarbt be snMakea few Wood. Anotbcr
expUaatloa Is that tbe palleaa
oaraaad with tb. a.mbsan.
dlscbarces Into tbe seeotb of Ks Tw
a seeratkss wbJc ta rotor raastnbies
OIL MADE EARTH ROADS.
ew Product Which Will Keep Dirt
Highways Hard and 8 moot h.
Now It is possiblo to make smooth
boulevards out of rough country roads
at a comparatively small cost. Pro
tracted rainy weather may prevail or
regular "gully washers" may come,
but tbe roads treated by tbe new proc
ess will keep hard and smooth even
though mud Is knee deep In tbe ditches
and In the Quids. A prominent oil com
pany asserts It has solved the prob
lem. Tbe general manager of tbe fuel
oil department of that company In
New York city states that for several
years his company has been making
tests to perfect an oil which would
serve the same purpose on the earth
roads In the country and small towns
as the asphalt road oil does on the
macadamized boulevards. In April tbe
company placed on the market tbe
standard macadamized asphalt binder
oil for earth roads. Test, have been
made In different parts of tbe United
States, and tbe general manager .ays
it has been thoroughly demonstrated
to be a complete success. To show his
confidence In the oil, arrangements
have been completed to build a Bmall
section of rond at Independence, Mo.
Tbe process of ranking good roads
with this new brand of road oil is very
simple. First the road must be plow
ed thoroughly and then run over sev
eral times with a barrow, after which
it should be rounded with a grader
and draceed to make It bard. After
this It I. ready for tbe road oil.
"The cost of this process Is far less
than the rock or mncadnmlzed roads,
of course." said the manager. "It will
cost from $500 to $000 a mile to thor
oughly oil an earth road tbe first time.
Tbe cost after that Is far less each
year to keep It oiled.
"It la expected that this new process
will revolutionize road building. We
receive thousands of letters from all
parts of the country asking for com
plete details. The demand has been
so strong It has been necessary to have
printed matter prepared on the sub
ject. Tbe good roads movement is
spreading rapidly. It Is one of the
most striking evidence, of continued
and substantial prosperity. Good road.
enhance the value of property and tbe
pleasure of living In the community."
CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR ROADS
Only the Wheel Track Is Paved, Re
ducing Cost of Construction.
Orlando H. II. Dickson of Jackson
ville, Fla., one of the most active
champion, of good roads hi Duval
county for many years, bas received
word from bis attorney at Washington
that a patent bas been allowed on his
concrete block for constructing roads.
The authorities at tbe patent office at
first refused him a patent because tbe
method w.., tbey thought, in conflict
with other similar roads that bad been
patented, but Mr. Dickson employed a
Orst class attorney, who fought the
matter through to a successful Issue.
Tb. road as patented consists of
heavy concrete block. In shape not un
like common T r.11. laid on their .ides,
except that tbey are much larger and
only tbree or four feet In length.
Tbey have a mortise on one end and
a tenon on tbe revers. end and so are
locked together, making tbem a con
tinuous road, but easily repaired If
broken, as one block can be taken out
and another one Inserted In a few
moments' time. Tbe groove Is large
enough to easily carry an automobile
tire, and inch a rond can be built with
a double (rack at less coai man ordi
nary first class country roads coat.
Mr. Dickson Is In correspondence with
severs! manufacturers of machinery
for concrete work, who assure him
that a machine can be constructed to
turn out severs I hundred block. In a
day at .malt cost for labor. A short
piece. of tbe road Is now In use be
tween Jscksonvllle and Apoka and bas
been tested enough to prove Its com
plete adoptability a. a first class road
for farm vehicles or automobiles.
MENACE OF ICEBERGS.
One Danger of Sea Against Whisk
Wireless I. of Little Avail.
The fear of icebergs has been
partly removed in recent years by
wireless telegraphy, but their pres
ence on the Mas is still menacing
enough to cause anxiety.
The government every summer
and fall makes out an iceberg guide.
When some ship reports an iceberg
in a certain latitude and longitude
a little red dot is plsced on tbe ice
berg chsrt .
It is drifting in a southerly di
rection, and allowances are made
for so msny miles of sdvsnce every
twenty-four hours. So the red dot
is moved slowly forwsrd. But ad
verse winds, seas and urrenta may
change tbe course of urk berg, and
this sort of rcckoningttnay prove
aU wrong. J
Later another snip it ports ue
same or another IceVrg in a differ
ent place, says Hsrper's Weekly.
More red dots appear on the chart,
end aa tbe season advances the dan- j
rer points increase. These charts
are issued as warnings to mariners.
Ships sailing in certain northern
latitudes must study tbe location
of the icebergs, and for tbe sake of
uMf the eantain- nrovid. them
selves with duplicates of the charts. I
icebergs are aangerous odsxt-o-tions
to navigation on clear, dark
nights as weu as in times of fog.
Tbey carry no lights, and tbey can-
not be detected in tbe dark ta
close upon a thin. '
rperienced sea captains poaaesa
certain instinct for detecting tbe
nraaenca of ice ber ra. Dome cap-
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tains claim that they can smeu an
iceberg miles away. Something in
tbe atmosphere warns tbem of tbe
danger, and tbey double tbe watch
and redace speed until out of the
danger bom. Then, again, when
near aa iceberg tbe air grown sud
dedy cold and chilly, and some
time, there is a drop of several de-1
rreea in tbe temperature. !
Many unaccounted dujea
ascet of ships and steamers are at-
tributed to collisions witfi" icebergs,
ships and all on board going to the
bottom without so much, as a rem
nant left to tell the tale.
Bidding In a Bride.
While some furniture was being
sold of. Biiftinn at. OtItaII vtitioti. in
j o ' t
1 . .... 1 '
dweaen, a curious incident occurred.
A young girl pushed her way
through the crowd until she waa
quite close to the auctioneer, so
close indeed that she somewhat im
peded him when he desired to make
effective gestures. Being a man of
humor, he resolved to get rid of her
in a novel manner, and therefore,
taking her by the arm, he shouted:
"Here, now, is an excellent bargain'
a young girl, aged nineteen, very
pretty and well educated! What
am I offered? Come; well start it
at 3,000 crowns 1" At once there
was brisk bidding, which continued
until an elderly bachelor farmer of
fered 10,000 crowns. The auction
eer tried to get a higher bidder
than this, but failed, and so he de
clared the fanner to be the pur
chaser of the girl. All those pres
ent thought that it was a good joke,
but it was more than that, for a
few days later the farmer and the
girl were married in the presence of
the mayor, and before the ceremony
the farmer presented the young
woman, an orphan, with 10,000
crowns, the exact amount which be
was willing to pay for her at auc
tion.
Victim of a Soft Heart
The prison visitor' looked at the
occupant of cell 49 through eyes
that were dim with tears ana passed
a few more fragrant blossoms be
tween the iron bars.
"You poor unfortunate!" she ex
claimed. "So you were brought to
this through sympathy for another.
Tell roe all about it Perhaps some
thing can be done to set you free."
"Well, mam, 'twas this way," ex
claimed the convict. "When me an'
my mate cracked the crib we found
the bank watchman asleep, an' we
tied an' gagged him. It was him
88 arterward identified me."
Tea, and the sympathy for an
other?" asked the visitor. .
"It was fer him, mum. My mate
wanted ter stick a knife in him. If
I hedn't been a fool an' done it I
wouldn't be here a-talkin' ter yon
now." Boston Traveler.
His Luggage.
An Aberdonian went to spend a
few days in London with his son,
who bad done exceptionally well in
the great metropolis. After their
first greetings at Bang's Cross sta
tion the young fellow remarked:
"Feythcr, you are not lookin' weeL
Is there anything the matter?" The
old man replied, "Aye, lad, I have
had quite an accident" "What
was that, feythcr?" "Mon," he
said, "on this journey frae bonnie
Scotland I lost my luggage." "Dear,
dear! That's too bad. 'Oo did it
happen?" "Aweel," replied the
Aberdonuin, "the cork cam' oof
Crushed Coral Foe-Roads.
doners! Curios Osrcla-Velez, minis
ter from Culm to tb. United States,
who bss been traveling In tb. west to
promote reciprocity sentiment, says
that Cuba boasts of more than 1300
miles of the moat excellent macadam
road. In tbe world.
"We ned crushed coral In our roads
In Cuba," said be. "and there la no
better medium for road building
known. It U practically Impervious
to water aod when rolled smooth pre
serves for many years ids continuity.
Our aovernment bas expended $15.-
000.000 In the past tbree years In this
kind of Improvement and will con
tinue until we bare a 'perfect system
of roads."
Oood Reads W.uld Help everybody.
Tb. good roads movement Is aa
economic movement, a thing that
K me where and at some time touches
th. "pocket nerve" of every producer
and .very consumer In tbe land, a fac
tor as Indispensable as navigable In
land waterways to tb. fundamental
settlement of all freight rat. question-.
A real and stable macadam highroad
between Denver, Kansaa City and Chi
cago, for distance, would be of more
benefit to the economic development of
Colorado thaa forty socceaaful appeals
to tbe Interstate commrrce commission.
Ooed Reed Campaign.
Tbe chamber of commerce of
Wichita Pall.. Tex, bas engaged to a
campaign of rd oration on good roads
objects. It Is sending out speak
er, with st-reoptlcoo exhibits to lec
tor. In county srboolbooae. on the
advantages of Improved roads and to
era re .Ignatnres to a petit loo to the
county coumlaaiooer. to call an e lee-
tton to rot. o a $100,000 bond
for tbe eoBetrvrtloa of good road, la
tb precinct or dtetrk.
It Waa Fenny.
"Sometblas very fanny happened tbe
rotber day." said O-Beetle t. bia friend
WcFoo. "I was downtown ana ion do
m elf wit boat car fare. Before I tod
a rbaar t. war over tb. I bought of
walking a few mile, la tb. hot aa.
aloog coatee Bloker. who write. Jokea.
1 keow aim vary well, and yet I bad
i- urn ta aak him to loan nso a
4Mrtvr. ne totd me b. waa glad te
accoanwdate m. aad handed over tbe
,.-
-is that alir ektd UcPoo. -
-
Well. wkst. tbe )oker
Why. tb. fanny pert Is that a maa
ark. writes tokes sboold bsve a whole
quarter with him at eoe dm-.--Urw
lot Tlnwo -
Mere Thaa He Deeervad.
iooea What did yoar rich
unci.
Ira v. yea ware be died T
gnltb-Notbtag:
Jooeo-Dtdnl be say anything
to
ri before be passed awayt
gmitb-Tes; be said oothing wma too
rws rw me.-LooJoa nt-Bit.
j WlEMB IS Will IS ESI M CJ
17 Hdscr tsl Bliar TrcH
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages aadleens ambition; beauty,
vigor ana cneemu
i . nea. soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased, i ". v
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom
mon for a child to be
bora afflicted with
weak kidney. lithe
child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
j the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting,
depend upon it, thecause of the diffi
culty is Eianey hoodic, ana we nra
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. Thia unpleasant
titrable is due to a diseased condition of
th. kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit aa most people, suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
nd both need the same mat remedy.
The mild and the immediate, efiect of :
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty. JLFVai,
cent and one-dollar M0-
size bottles. Yraawy
have a sample bottle J' " '-
by mail free, also af I
pamphlet telling UlL-, J
about Swamp-Root, mmm m i-nm, .
including many of the thonasnds of testi
monial letters received from .offerer,
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer
St Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be son and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N, Y., on every bottle. ,
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