It Always Helps
says Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky., in
writing of her experience with Cardui, the woman's
tonic. She says further: "Before I began to use
Cardui, my back and head would hurt so bad, I
thought the pain would kill me. I was hardly able
to do any of my housework. After taking three bottles
of Cardui, I began to feel like a new woman. I soon
gained 35 pounds, and now, I do all my housework,
as well as run a big water mill.
1 wish every suffering woman would give
CARDUI
The Woman's Tonic
a trial. I» still use Cardui when I feel a little bad,
and it always does me good."
Headache, backache, side ache, nervousness,
tired, worn-out feelings, etc., are sure signs of woman
ly trouble. Signs that you need Cardui, the woman's
tonic. You cannot make a mistake in trying Cardui
for your trouble. It has been helping weak, ailing
women for more than fifty years.
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TO ENCIRCLE THE COUNTRY.
Representative Stephens Introduces
Bill Per National Highway.
A national highway li),(*iO tulles long,
cbcllng the United Stales und running
Strategically near the Pacific, Atlantic
and gulf coasts, as well ns our north
ern and aouthem l*>rder lines, will be
constructed and maintained by the fed-
Mai government If the bill Introduced
la congress by Itepresentatlve William
IX Stephens of California Is adopted.
It.ls propose" 1 that the new highway,
Which mainly Is to Im* constructed for
national defense, shall cross the Unit
ed States, running eastward by the
Btoat practical route through Califor
nia, Arizona, New Mexico and the gulf
atatsa to Jacksonville, Fla.; theme
north through the Atlantic coast states
to Portland, Me. Commencing agnln
at New York city, the great roadway
would run westward through New
Tort, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
to Chicago; thence north to St Paul
and west through the I>akotaa, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington and at Seat
tle branch south the length of the Pa
dfle coast to Bau Diego.
It la also proposed to bind the Inland
points to the main highway now form
ed or contemplated. Every city In this
part of the country would lie on either
a main or branch road connecting with
the great htghwaya which already span
the country from the Atlautlc to the
Pacific. The various sections through
which the proposed national highway
would nm can be relied upon to give
their state and county highway sys
tens already constructed to the gov
eminent, providing the latter main
tains and extends these roads.
It Is estimated that a l>ond Issue of
9100,000,000 will be ample to maintain
the roads already built and to con
struct such links as will be needed In
the nest fifty year* The supervision
of the roada will tie In the hands of the
United States engineers and will pro-
Tide work format least 100,(100 Atnerl
can cltUens, who must t>e physically
eligible for active service In the army.
"GOOD ROADS" BY TRAINLOADS
Railroad* and State* Co-operating Far
■attar Highway*—Areualng Farmara.
Everywhere the movement for bet
ter roitda ahowi Increased Impel ua,
say* the N*w Tork Tlmea. Tlie Ira
portenre of highway* that nil) »tand
up, u ahown by tbe war In Europe, l»
Mcognlxed aa ono of tbe contributing
cauaae to the growing popular Intereat
la highway Improvement.
A number of the atnlea are planning
to Mod ont good road* train* to reach
the farmer at a time when he la not
traay with hla cropa. Tlioae actively
It the head of the Rood roada move
matit real tie that tbe farmera, In lante
majority, muat be drawn Into tbe cam
palgn for the fundi required to con
struct permanent highway*. A great
mlaelonary In thla direct lon la tbe au
tomobile. A marked feature of the
Mia of automobile* for tbe laat Oaral
year waa tba number of can that went
fa to the handa of farmer*. Fifty per
Mot of the machlnea dlapoaed of laat
Mar ware bought by farmera. It la
bdd bat true that the farmer when
Mated In his bow automobile aeaa the
bead of batter roada much more read
fly than whan on tbe front aaat of a
four bone wagon hauling a load to
town.
are co-operating with the
atatee' highway department* In aeud
tng oat good road* train*. On* of the
L' atatee that will operate a train of thla
ft kind ti Tmneaaee. It will make the
trip in January. Reprwentatlvee of
the federal aa well aa the atate depart
Mat will ha on board. Miniature m«d
eia of rarloua klnda of road* will lie
. exhibited. At all point* of community
Importance along the route lecture*.
I' fllaatrated by moving plcturea and lan
tan *Mea, will be glveu.
Read Improvement In New York State.
Kaw Tork town* and couutlea placed
C—ti act* for nearly 300 mile* of con
if crate * treed and road* laat year, and
More than 110 mile* of tb«*e were com
* plated daring the year. Contract* were
tat In thirty-two count lea for 2J01.88.S
square yard* of concrete paring, audi
elect for 244 mllea of atxteeu foot
fc' paved aarface. At tba end of tba year
fe. If?""* aquare yarda had been com
" ptalld equivalent to 140 mllea of alx
taen foot roada. Many of tbe piece* of
goad vara pot down In towna and were
« mom than all teen feet wide. *o tbe ac
' *•—' mileage completed w** a little
1 more than 110
Suffolk county, N. Y., led. with 233,
$33 aquar* yarda, or about twenty
j mltaa: Niagara county waa next, with
* 186,474 aquare yarda, or about eighteen
| Mltaa; Brta county third, with HW.2W
; square yarda. or fifteen mllea; Catta
raugua county fourth, wltb twelve
' —gad Chautauqua county fifth.
gTatasltas,
Not Far Wrong.
Jamea was halting and etammertn*
fcta way through a Latin' tranalatlon
Mtaa Graham waa deftly trying to aa
- ifct that none too brilliant student'*
| memory, "Sin later" waa tbe word abe
wanted.
"Come, come. Jamea," «he urged
"Juat think bard. Tou know tbe I-atln
nr Jama* did as directed and thought
p'- bard for a moment Then be looked up
f**sp(lnstorr he offered. New Tork
STAKING FARM BOYS.
Bankars and Businats Man of Oklaho
ma Btart Youngstars In Hog Raiaing.
Bankers and business men through
out Oklahoma are starting hundreds
of farm boys into the ling raising busi
ness by either furnishing a free pig or
lending the money necessary to a start
In tbo business. Although many per
sons have expressed a willingness to
provide a certain number of boys with
foundation stock at no cost, the most
popular plan now seems to be a busi
ness arrangement by which the boy
shares a responsibility practically
equivalent to tfiat of business trans
acUona he may enter into later In life.
Three county agents in eastern Okla
homa recently held a conference and
adopted a contract form to lie used In
their counties In the Pig club work.
Following arc the terms of the con
tract as agreed upon in these three
counties:
That the party of the first part fur
nlshes to the party of the secuud part
a registered sow pig.
That the party of the second part
agree* to receive the pig above men
tioned, to make all report* required,
feed It, rare for It anl house It as
directed by the party of tlie first part,
provided that all pigs aliall be housed
In a hog house such as described In
Farmers' Bulletin WHS, on pages 11, 12
and 13, or a hog house of Us equiva
lent
It la further agreed that the party
of the second part shall breed the sow
when not lese than eight months of
age to a registered site of the snme
breed.
It I* further agreed that the party
of the second part shall keep all breed
lug atoek registered.
It la further agreed that the party
of the (Irst |mrt reserves the light to
purchase the choicest pig of the first
litter at from six to ten months of age
at |ls If unbred and at S2O If bred, to
he sold In turn to another club mem
ber.
It la further agreed that the party
of the second part shull sign a promis
sory note, which shall bear 10 per cent
Interest from date until paid, for such
an amount as party oJ tho first pnrt
may have spent for tmt,pig that was
delivered to the party of the second
part.
It Is further agreed that payment of
aliove note ahull be made on or before
the expiration of one year from time
of euterlng this contract and when
same shall have been paid by the par
ty of the second part that the original
sow mentioned, together with all of
her Increase, shall liecome tho property
of the parly of the second part
It la further agreed that In case the
party of the second part Is unable to
carry out the provisions of this con
tract or willfully violates them the pig
with all her Increase shall lie paid for
at once by tho party of the second
part or returned- to tho party of the
first part to lie delivered to some oilier
club member. In such esse the party
of the second part cease* to lie a club
member.
Pruning Peach Trees.
(J. F Rlddell. Oklahoma station ]
A question frequently asked la,
"When Is the proper tlmo to prune
peach tree*?" In general the answer
to this question Is: During the dormant
period, preferably In late winter or
early aprlng. Just before growth *tarta.
ekcept In regions where bleeding from
wound* 1* likely to occur. In such re
gion* it should proliably be done In
early winter, but conditions snd the
object of pruning must be considered
In esch case. If the pruning opera
tion* are very extensive economic re
quirement* may tuske It necessary to
prune throughout the winter whenever
the weather Is suitable for men ro
work In the orchard. If the fruit buds
are endangered during the winter by
'adverse temperatures It may lie ad
vlsable to delsy pruning as much ss
economic conditions iwrmlt until set
tied spring weather arrive*. This la
especially advisable If heavy heading
In of the previous season's growth t*
Involved, since the proportion of live
bttda may determine the extent to
which the cutting back ahould be car
ried.
Light* en Llneeln Highway.
It la anuounced that the sect lon of
the Lincoln highway between Aurora
and Geneva. 111., a distance of ten
mllee, la to be electrically lighted for
the benefit of travelers st night
Through the city of Aurora the high
way la already marked by colored
lights, these being supplied by the local
automobile club. The street car com
pany furnishes the electric power. The
township voters adjoining Sterling, ill.,
recently passed a bond Issue of SOO,OOO
for the paving of a three mile section
of the I .In colli highway Just outside of
that city. The roadway will be of
brick, eighteen feet wide, and by July
1. 1910, the entire IJneoln highway
route through the township will he
paved In the same manner, the entire
Job coating |225.000i A celebration Is
planned for next July In honor of the
fact that this Is the
m unity to complete paving Its part of
the national roed.
Times Change.
"I wouldn't be seen with that old
eat"
"Why, I thought she waa your dear
est friend."
"That was last week."—Kansas City
Journal.
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signed for a corner lot. with entrances to the dining room and also living room
at the front The living room connects with tlie library, which cap I>e used
as a in unit; room or n drawing room. One front chamber has dressing room,
with toilet and lavatory. Slxe, :W feet wide by 32 feet deep over main part.
Full basement Cost to build, exclusive of beating and plumbing, |B^SOO.
Upon receipt of *1 the publisher of this paper will furnish a copy of Sax
ton's book of plans, "American Dwellings," which contains over 300 design*
costing from SI,OOO to $0,000; also a book of Interiors, $1 per copy.
UNDAY SCHOOL;
Lesson Xll.—Second Quarter, For
June 18,1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Acts xvi, 19-34
Memory Verses, 33, 34—Golden Text
Acts xvi, 31—Commentsry Preperec
by Rsv. D. M. Bt*arns.
In verses 1(1 18 of our lesson chapter
we read of an evil spirit possessing a
woman who, as she followed I'aul und
hla friends, cried out, "These men are
the servants of the Most Iflgh God.
who show unto us the way of salva
tlou." She continued to do this many
days, but Paul. lielng grieved )>.r even
so good ami true u testimony from
such a source and knowing her to be
controlled by an evil spirit, command
ed the spirit to come out of her in the
name of Jesus Christ, and lie did. It
was certainly strange to hear such a
testimony from such a source, but an
evil spirit In the synagogue at Cajier
nauui one day when Jesus was pre*
ent cried out, "I know tliec who thou
art, the Holy One of God!" And Jesus
commanded the spirit to come out ot
the man (.Mark 1. 23 2(1).
Truth may lie .talked without lioing j
known In the heart, but the Lord reads
the heart and does not want testimony
from Ills enemies. Knowing the truth
about the I.ord Jesus doe* not save
any one, yet It may lie that many
think they are saved lie>ause they lie
lleve that Jesus lived and died and
rose again and that lie Is the Sou of
God.' Hut It Is he that bath the Son
of God that bath life, and he that
hath not the Son of God hath not life
Only such as receive Hlin become
children of Gsl (I John v. 12: John
I, 12).,
When th«»l~Who employed this wo
man and made money by her saw that
this source of Income was taken from
them they incited a riot against Paul
and Slla* nnd had them beaten and
caKt Into prlaon. and the jailer, having
received a charge to keep them aafely.
put tb"in In the Inner prlaon and made
their f-et fa«t In tho atoeka (veraea
ltt-24). There are soma thing* right
on tho surface of thla record, and one
la that people are apt to grow very
angry If tbey are making money
wrongfully and their bualneaa la Inter
fered with. Compare tUe riot of the
allveramltha at Epbeaua In chapter
xtx, and then think of the nppoaltlon
of tbe liquor dealer* and all who dla
honor Jean* Christ to the work *ud
teaching of Rev. William Sunday and
all true evangellat*: *!*o tin- opijosl
tlon of those who profit by graft to
those who dt nlre righteousness.
Then notice that If you won't let tbe
devil help you he will - take pains to
ahow you how be can hate you and
l>eniecute you. Compare In Ezra Iv.
1-8, tbe derided op|>o*ltlon of those
who were not permitted to help In the
work. There are atlll those who are
ready to help in many a good work If
they may lielong to the devil while
tbey do It But If asked to renounce
the devil and to receive the Lord i*-
sua and put their trust In III* great
aacrlfice a* the Son of God. theu one
1* apt to wltnes* tbe eumlty of tbe J
carnal mind against God.
How grand waa tbe victory of fattb
In theae men of God, who, with aort
and bleeding harka and feet In th*
atock*. could praise tbe God whose
they wer* and whom they served and
talk with Him In heaven from theli
prlaon! Not only did tbe other prlaon
er* bear them praising God, but tbey
wet* heard In heaven, and suddenly
tb* earth was shaken, and the prlaon
too; prison doora were opened and ev
ery one'a bond* looaed (verses 25, 26»
Oh, -how great and wonderful 1* out
God. the God of Israel, who only doeat
wonder*! (Pa. Ixxll, 18. 19.) A* *om«
one haa said, theae men had not lnflu
ence enough on earth at I'hlllppl U
aave tbem from thla shameful treat
ment (1 Theaa. 11, 2i and from prlaon.
but they had Influence enough In
heaven to shake the earth. It wat
midnight when tbey_ prated and *ang
praises, but ijie God of Israel neitfiei
.slumber* nor sleeps; He watches ovei
Ills people nlgbt and day (Ps cxxl, 4;
Isa. xxvll, 3).
Not only was the prison shaken, but
the keeper was so shaken when be
saw |be prison doors open that he
would have killed himself if Paul bad
not cried out, "Do thyself no harm,
for we are all heref' He was shaken
deep down in his soul, too, for, falling
down trembling before Paul mid Silas
lie brought tliem out and said. "Sirs
what must I do to tie saved?" 'Flieii
did Paul at this unexpected midnight
service spoil hlni and to Ills house
the word of the I.ord. and they lie
lieved—that Is, they reofelved the Lord
Jesus Christ-and, beinjf saved, tbej'
confessed Christ lri baptism and were
all tilled with rejoicing. The second
saved household at Ptilllppl (verses 14.
15. 27-34).
Reading of saved households, I al
sva.vs think of the I»rd's word to
Noah, "Come thou mid nil thy house,'
mid I find great enconrajroDient to lie
lleve (lint the l.ord still loves to sav«
households. It would seem that tie
fore the linptism those poor scarred
barks were rnude more comfortable
and then wlmt n love feast they must
have hud Iti the Jailer's house, and
what Joy there was In heaven us well
as on enrthl Next morning those who
had imprisoned the apostles wanted to
let them go privily, but I'aul Insisted
upon a public acquittal, which was
granted them, and after a call upo»
I.yd la they departed.
II It II MM ■H-H-H 1 1 H-H-H-H ;
|BITS OF POULTRY WISDOM.::
•H I I I I I I I !■ 11 I I I 1 I i H-H-H-H'
To prevent, hens from eating tbelr
egg* arrange a false bottom In the
liest. through which the egg will roll
slowly out of sight when laid. There
are several ways of doing this. By
making the nrtds dark the formation
of tills habit will lie prevented.
The best means of cheering up chicks
Is furnishing them with some garden
worms to tight over. If It's dry and
worms are scarce fresh lieef cut In
■trli>s will serve the purpose. Sliced
onion will do the work if you don't
give It to them too often. Anything to
make them scrappy.
An excellent grade of charcoal can
tie made by hunting corncobs till tbev
turn red, extinguishing the Are and
when dry grinding for uuish feeding
fop the poultry.
To tell a pullet from a hen look at
the surface of the upper part of the
wing. In a pullet this shows minute
rove colored veins, which are not seen
in a bird over twelve months old. A
pullet, too, has smooth legs and shows
long, silky hairs In the plumage, which
are not seen In a blnl over a year old.
Often lack of exercise and green food
will causo feather eating. It la a very
good plan to feed sulphur In the mash,
especially when one sees the bens
startiug this bad habit. In a very
confined run one should gtv# the birds
alt the occupation possible. It Is also
a good Idea to have a perch out In the
DUtslde runs.
Petemac Valley Gold.
A good prosjiector can go out and
Ond some gold In tbe Potomac valley
almost any time he tries, but tbe dlffl
culty with tbe yield la that the cost of
ore reduction Is several dollars for
every dollar of gold 'yielded. A Baltl
more expert predicts that some time a
veto will be discovered which will give
rise to an eastern gold excitement
Kirffe Alfred's Bugle.
The most Interesting of all bugles la
tbe famous "blowing stone." first used
by Alfred tbe Great to signal hla
troops on the field of Ashdown. It is In
the historic Vale of the White dorse.
In Berkshire, England, ami is a mass of
sandstone so curiously pierced with
holes that when blown It emits a loud,
clear call. Tbe sound travels-over the
green meadows, through the woods of
the river Ock, echoing among the
White Horse hills and down to King
Alfred's camp on the southern slope
and back to Wayland Smith's cave,
where the smith lived, whom no one
ever saw, who shod the travelers'
horses left at hla door.—London Specta
tor.
HAVE GOOD WAGES
AND SHORT HOURS
Soma Interesting Figure* As To Act
ual Earnings Of Men On
Southeastern Roads.
Washington, D. C.—ln connection
with the movement of train and en
gine employes for Increased wages,
a frank statement of the earnings of
men employed In freight service In
the southeastern territory will doubt
less be of Interest
For engineers the prevailing mini
mum rate In through freight service
ranges from $5.15 to $5.65 per day
for engines of ordinary types, in local
freight service from $5.25 to $6.00 for
engines of ordinary types, In both
through and local freight service
from $6.25 to $7.00 for Mallet type
eng^pes.
For white firemen on engines 'of
ordinary types the minimum rate
ranges from $2.75 to $3.50 per day in
through freight service, from $3.00 to
$3.60 In local service; on Mallet
engines in both thrcrtigh and local ser
vice from $4.00 to $4.25.
For conductors the standard mini
mum rate In through feetght service
is $4.10 per day, in local service $4.50
per day.
For white brakemen the standard
rate In through freight service is
$2.75 per, in local service $3 per day.
The foregoing are the minimum
daily r&tes that must be made by the
railways to each employee in the
classes named who does any work at
all In a day, irrespective of how few
hours he may be on duty or of how
few miles be may actually run. These
paid for any work up to
100 miles with additional pay for
overtime if the run is not completed
In the specified number of hours.
On the other hand, the earnings of
employees frequently exceed these
figures as the actual earnings depend
upon the number of miles run and, in
the case of fast freight runs, the
earnings are much higher for com
paratively short hours.
Taking as an Illustration a fast
freight train running over a division
150 miles long where the run
can be made in 7 hours and 30 min
utes, the engineer would receive tor
this 7 1-2 hours on duty the sum of
SB.IO, the fireman $4.70, the conduc
tor $6.15, and the.white brakeman $4.10.
Thus while the first figures show
the minimum that can be paid an
englofeer, fireman, conductor, or
brakeman for a day's work, the lat
ter figures Bhow the wages that can
be and are being made by train and
engine employees on fast freights on
long divisions, such as are being run
every day In regular service by a
number of roads In the southeast for
handling live stock, perishables, and
other freight which It Is necessary
to move on expedited schedules.
In yard service the standard rates
for white employees vary from $3.00
to $3.50 per day for day switchmen,
and from $3.20 to .$3.70 for night
switchmen, and from $3.50 to $3.80
for day foremen, and from $3.70 to
$4.00 for night foremen. These are
the minimum rates that can be paid
for a day or any part of a day up to
10 hours, after 10 hours pro rata over
time is paid. ,
Under the men'B proposals the low
eat yard employees who now receive
43.00 for a 10 hour day would re
ceive $3.00 for an 8 hour day, or
$4.12 for the work at present per
' formed in 10 hours, and y the night
yard conductor now receiving $4.00
for his 10 hour day would receive
this $4.00 for his 8 hour day, or $5.50
for the work at present performed in
10 hours. ,
It is the rankest nonsense for The
Trainman to pretend that the public
has nothing to do with this business.
The public has everything to do with
It, as the brotherhoods will find, if
they refuse arbitration and cast con
servatism to the winds. Ttie most
cowardly government could not, In
that case, shrink from Its supreme
duty of keeping the national high
ways open to commerce.— New Or
leans Times-Picayune.
FOLLY IN DEMAND FOR SHORT TRAINS MADE DV UNIONS
Might list is (ill id Couitrj Tl Return Tl Sailing lilts Aid Dl Cuts
Washington, D. C.—To the public
th»t pays every dollar of the railroad
bill (and forty five cents of every dol
lar paid for transportation Is for
wages) the leaders of the four
brotherhoods of railway employees,
who are demanding Increased pat,
say: "All the railroads have to do
to meet our demands for higher
wages Is to shorten their trains, move
freight more rapidly, and escape the
penalty of overtime wagea."
The fallacy of thla statement, which
Is the last-ditch argument used In
support of the demand for increased
wages, is well shown in the following
editorial which appeared in the
Washington, D. C. Times of April It,
under the heading "A Mad Freight
Train Idea:"
"Everybody in the ranks of the
general public will agree with the
railway managers that the campaign
which the railway worker* are wag
ing particularly In the west, for short
er trains, while at the same time de
manding higher pay and fewer hours
of work, is of all possible claims the
most preposterous. Indeed, in econom
ics It is an Ideal little short of mad.
"The, railroads have spent hun
dreds of millons of dollars lowering
grades, eliminating* sharp' curves,
fee Know What Yon Are Taking
When jou take Grove's Tasteless
ChiU Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that It ia Ires and Qui
nine In • tasteless form. No
cure, no pay.—Mc. adv.
Considerable Doubt.
"I hear you are going to give a big
dinner dance," chirped tbe society re
porter.
"I don't know whether I am or not"
said Mrs. Flubdub. "Nobody skems to
want to come, tbe cook threatens to
leave If I do. and my husband Is mak
ing bad talk about tbe expense."—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
WB HAVE THE EARLIEST, BlO
gest, high class Strawberry grown.
Also the Best onq, or the ever
bearing kiqds; bears the best fla
vored berries from Spring until the
■sow flies. Free Booklet. Wake
field Plant. Farm, Charlotte, North
Carolina. 17feb6t
Subscribe for THB GLEANER—
tI.M a year LA IIYUN,
STRIKE WOULD INFLICT
A STAGGERING LOSS
Would Cut Farmers' Prices, Stop In
dustry And Face Cities With
Starvation
New York.—On one point related to
the demands of the unions of train
service employes for a heavy Increase
In wages the sentiment of the general
public /has been expressed In no un
certain terms. That is on the ques
tion of a strike.
Declarations have come from every
quarter that an interruption of trans
portation will not be tolerated by the
public, but wifr call forth drastic ac
tion. The enormous injury to the
country that would result from a na
tion-wide strike of train service em
ployes Is discussed by a writer In
the March National Magazine, rrom
'which the following extract is taken:
What such a strike would mean to
the American people cannot be set
forth in—mere facts and figures, it
can be dimly imagined by those who
realize what an intimate and vital
part railway transportation plays in
every industrial activity of the coun
try. i
There is scarcely a person In any
part of the land who would not be
immediately affected if the million*
of busily turning wheels on our
nearly three hundred thousand miles
of railway were to stog for a single
day. If the tie-up continued for a
week, the blow to the Industry of
the country would be greater than
that caused by any panic of recent
history. To the big cities of the coun
try, and particularly to the cities of
the eastern seaboard It would mean
a cutting off of the food supplies that
would place the inhabitants virtually
in a state of Siege. In the case of
many food products these cities do
not carry on hand a stock sufficient
to feed their people for more than a
week, and in the case of some, such
as milk and fresh vegetables, supplies
are replenished daily. The stoppage
of transportation, therefore, would
mean suffering and want to these city
dwellers, and if continued for long
would threaten many of them with
actual starvation.
To the farmers of the country a
general railroad strike would be a
catastrophe, only less serious. Cut
ofT from his market, the farmer could
not move his produce, and the price
of grain and other staples would be
quickly cut in two, which the marfcet
value of more perishable articles
would disappear entirely. The great
industrial plants of the country womld
goon be forced to close down follow
ing the declaration of a strike Be
cause they could not obtain supplies
needed for their operation, nor could
they ship their finished products to
market. Their plants would soon be
Idle, and millions of men would be
thrown out of work. With the In
come of practically every class of
citizens either seriously cut down or
suspended entirely, merchants would
transact Uttle business, because there
would be few purchasers. In short,
the Industrial activities of the whole
country would be virtually palsied
from the moment the railroads ceas
ed to operate.
The railroads cannot purchase bet
terment materials in huge quantities
and also devote the same money to
the payrolls. If they yield to the de
mands of the men they must abstain
from spending what they are plan
ning to Bpend for purchases; the
result will be that the steel mills will
drift back into slackness and the
business boom just getting well un
der way will flatten out, to the bitter
cost of everybody in the country—De
troit Free Press.
The use of the huge new locomo
tives and the long and heavy trains,
against which the Brotherhoods of
freight trainmen, who are asking an
enormous Increase In wages, protest
so vigorously, seems to have resulted
in a rapid decrease in accidents to
railroad employees, and a decided In
crease In their safety. The number
Of railway employees' killed In ser
vice diminished from 620 In 1911 to
452 In 1914, and the number of In
jured from 6601 to 4823.
To pursue a dispute as to hours
and wages on the theory that work
ingmen are entitled to all that can
be forced from employers and extort
ed from the people by employers Is
not the best way to promote the per
manent welfare of labor.—New York
World.
ballasting roadbeds and putting in
heavy rails, so that powerful loco
motives, larger cars, and longer trains
could be handled in one movement'.'
If this object had not been achieved
railway wages never could have been
advanced to the point at which they
already have arrived and traffic rates
never could have been held down
where they are today without the
whole railroad system of the United
States being made a financial wreck.
"Any child can see that If, after
tbe principal railroads of the coun
try nave been reconstructed to haul
the heavier tonnage in mass, you cut
every freight train in half, the cost
of operation must be increased stu
pendously, with . two locomotives
where one now does, with two engi
neers where one now does, with two
firemen where one now does, with
two conductors where one now does,
with virtually two whole train crews
where one now does, not to speak of
the new equipment and the new ter
minal facilities that would be needed.
"This proposal Is not essentially
different from urging that the world
go back from the steamships of to
day to the sail barks of centuries
ago, from the railroads themselves
to tbe stage coaches and ox carts of
the past It is like suggesting that
the farmer himself drive his wagon
load of produce in small lots day af
ter day to ftie distant market of tbe
city instead of loading It in bulk iato
freight cars and shipping it all at
I once by rail-"
The Purist Lost a Sale.
"I've Just happened to remember
that my wife told pie to get a tin pan
that will go under the icebox. Have
you any}" £
"No, sir. but we have some that can
be shoved under tbe icebox. Won't
that do Just as well?"
"I think not young man. My wife
Is a bit particular about my getting
tbe exact thing that she tells me to
get I presume I can find it at some
other store. Good day, sir."—Chicago
Tribune.
Odd Superstitions.
In England there is a superstition
that if a bride and groom eat perl
winkle leaves together they will love
one another. Should he after marriage
prove recalcitrant here is a way to
win him back: Take a piece of tbe
root of a wallflower and a partridge's
heart, roll tbem Into a ball and make
the man eat it If you want to know
whether your lover loves you crush
some bleeding heart If the juice is
red he does, but if U is white he does
not.—London Globe.
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Exact Copy of Wrapper. TH« CUKTAUH OOMPHHY, nummorn.
Millions For State Roade,
A total of $54,839,000 was i-X|>ended
by tb«> states for road building In 1015,
according to a circular ixsHed by the
secretary of agriculture at Washington.
In the list of states New York lends
with sir>.ooo.ooo. California was sec
ond with $7,000,000. Next i-anic Penn
sylvania with $5,000,000. Maryland
standi! fourth. $4,572,000. Other states
that spent over $2,000,000 are Ohio, $3.-
-800,000; Washington, $3,107,000;
sacbusetts, $2,4:17,000; Illinois. $2,100.-
000.
Improved roads to the extent of 35,-
477 miles had been completed under
state supervision at the outset of 1015.
It was about twenty years ago that
state governments began to make appro
priations for road Improvements; up-to
Jan. 1, 1915, the grand total set aside
by the states for road improvements
amounted to $211,850, 1 000. Showing the
way this policy of the states has grown
In recent times, the circular states that
$104,000,000 of the total was appro
priated by the states since the liegin
nlng of 1014.
A Mean Trick.
"I wasn't able to match that piece
of goods for you," said hubby. "I
tried six different stores, and they all
told me they hadn't had anything like
that in stock for live years."
"I knew that all the said
wlfle. "I just wanted (o prqve to you
that my best dress is hopelessly out of
style. You wouldn't believe it when I
told you."—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
A Tailor'* Query.
Is a clothing storeroom a coterie, a
pantry or k vestry ? —London Tele
. sta-ph.
All Kindt.
"He has all kinds of money."
"Rich, eh?"
"No; coin collector."
Uiri oaoiea In Japan.
In Japan all the girl babies have
their heads shaved until they are three
years old. -
A Diet I notion.
"What's yonr boy learning at col
lege?" "I don't know. I can only tell
yon what he's studying."—Exchange.
Hogekine.
- Green salted bogsklns are considered
a great table delicacy In some parts of
Mexico.
Cat Proof Fenoe.
A fence can be made cat proof by
stringing a tight wire about two inches
above and parallel with the top.
rior« of Palestine.
The flora of Palestine Include about
the same number of species as tlipt of
California, 3,000.
Hard on Baby.
First we teach the baby to talk and
then we teach him to hold his tongue.
—Smart Set
What Btartod the Quarrel.
Young Wife (at home) —Hello, dear
eat! Young Husband (at the office)—
Hello! Who Is lt?-Puck.
Burning Glasses.
The use of the burning lens to gen
erate Are was known to the ancient
Greeks. lnf
ing jipanm way.
I Japanese do not say northeast and
southwest. Tbey say eastnorth and
westsouth.
In a Bad Way.
"Is he hard up?"
"I should say so. He can't even get
credit for his good intentions."—jßdgS.
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