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The Alamance Gleaner. V(H, XXV. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, L909. NO. 49 JUST WORD that word Is refer to Dr.Tutt's Liver Pills r.f 1EANS HEALTH Aic yon constipated? ; Troubled with Indigestion? -5lck Jacher . Virtigo'r Bilious? ., - Insomnia? i ' . NV of these symptoms and many othe J2.t Inaction of the LIVER r -fToH STc3L Take No Substitute irfs LUNG' 5, ! li-4iiM ueus too $1.00. Trial Bottle Free I THROAT AND LUNQ TROUBLES. i GUAKAW TEED SAX-SFAOTO I OB MONEY BMXVaVXU. .. ua I eaaacnes This time of the year are signals of warning. Take Taraxacu m Com -pou nd now. It may ave yoa a sfreli of fe ver. If will? regul ate your bowels, rset your liver right, and cure your indigestion. A good Tonic. 7 An honest medicine MEBANS. N. C. estion When your stomach cannot properly fflgtw food, of Itself; It need a title assistance and thli assistance la read ily supplied by EodoL Kodol aasita the J0 b7 temporarily , dlgeatlng1 all of the food In the stomach, so that ttu tomach may rest and recuperate. - Our Guarantee ro? fSZtt EJLV?. o benefited the flrngrtt will a Jn,.JT. """.ronj money. Don't hesitate: an Kg f$ "Ul eeH ob fcoaol on these terms ?? S?tt,e ontatoe )4 ttmee ae nook estte lot bottle. Kodol Is prepared a the orles of . O. Wla SoTcblaaee. Graham Drn0 Co. ' PROFESSIONAL CARDS V1LL S.10M1, JK, OCNTI8T ' . '. 7" Herth Carelias '0!K, -J . KUfkJl LOMO. and t Vranawlorsj stf OS a HAM . ' 3. O O Attorney art Law, Panama feafkttnc Wage, i ..... - - W. f.Bwuvn, i. BOSO. ft C -anane es Mi. . sj -1 K'a.S. Joyce; Cliremont, N. ' Vtf: "About ft yeavr fO I r1 two bottle of Foley Kid Remedy. It eared m of "we ease of kidney trouble of 7' grand, food medicine, 1 etilj recommend it" . Jlotbera irTt y0u tried IIol Rocky Mount!. Tef It'a keV1 bleMil'sT to the little one, v?" ay cummer trouble. 2 thea aleop end grow. M or Tablet. Graham Tultsll iRemember U). Indig Dysp: IK (DlM 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. T, ! ZSZ, 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 n - s Caasee Obeaevseiea. aa. eacu 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- ----- - 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. 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