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CROSS TIE INDUSTRY. 1 Millions of Ties Purchased Bv Kallroads la lOH. ( Washington, June 17th. During i the year 1908, the steam and elec- trie railroads of the United Stales i purchased more than 112,000,000 1 cro6s-ties, costing, at the point of purchase, over $56,000,000, an average of fifty cents per tie, Accord ing to statistics jus. made public ov the Bureau of the Ceuaua in co-operation with the Urited States Forest Service. This was some 40,000,000 ties less tUau the quantity purchase in 1907, when the total was approxi mately 153,700,000, the highest ever lecorded, The decreased pur chases in 190S were, of course, chief ly due to the business depression which affected every line of i dustry. This forced most of the roads to purchased only the ties whicn were absolutely ess-utial for renewals, and heavily cut down the purchase ror new tracH. Iu 190$ oulj 7.431, 000 cross-ties were reported us pur chawed for new track as agaiuso 23, 557,000 in 1907. Of the total number of ties purchased for all purpostfl, the steiiin roads ttok ap proximate y liiuety-four per cent, leaving ibout s:xty per cent for the electric roads. It is very interesting to note the wide range of woods used for cross ties. The preliminary report by the Census Hureau lists separately fifteen classes or species. Of these the oaks are now and have always been by far the most important. The oak ties amounted to more than 4S, 000,000, or forty three per cent of the t jUl quantity purchased. Nex; to these ranked the sou heru yellow pines, with 21,500,000, or uiusteen per cent of the total. It, will hi seen that the oaks and southern pines combined furnished nearly three-fourths of all the tus bought by the railroad companies last year. L'edar and chestnut supplied more than 8,000,000 ties tuch, aud Dong las fir nearly as much. About 4, 000,000 tamarack ties were purchas ed, nearly 3,500,000 cypress ties, and, iu round numbers, 3,000,OOJ each of western pine and hemlock. Kedwood, white pi ie, loJgepjle pine, gum, betch, spruce, and several other woods were used in smaller quantities. While the oaks, and particuarly the white oaks, have always been the preferred woods for cross-ties and still form a large proportion of the totai, the increasing prices which the roads have had to pay for satis factory oak ties are forcing therato look more and more for eubstitut-s. This accounts in part for the great Tariety of woods reported. White oak, untreated, makes a tie which gives excellent service for many years, but it ha3 been found possi ble to take woods which naturally are not uurable, ive them a treat ment with either cre'S-tto or zinc chloride, which will prevent decay, and thus get much longer service from them than can be secured from untreated oak ties. Among the woods which have been most largely treated so far are the yellow pines, particularly loblolly pine, Douglus r, western piae, and lodgepole pine, This year's statistics adds to the list two kinds of cross-ties which previously had not been reported in sufticieut quantity to justify listing them separately, lhese are gum and beech. The purchases of gum tiesin 1908 exceeded 2G0.00O, while but slightly more than 15,000 of them were reported in the previous year. Of beech ties, the purchases in 1908 amounted to nearly 193,000, against but little more than 51,000 in 1907. These are woods which are distinctly not suitable for cross- ties unless they are given oreserva tive treatment. Their mcreajed use. thtrcfoie, is one of t'ae nuny results of the progrens of wood pre servation iu the United States Fir many years beech has been one of the principal cross-tie woods in Europe, where its value when giveu chemical treatment was long ago lecognizej. It is not uncommon for European roads to secure from twenty to thirty years service from beech cross-tits. Untreated they would not last long enough to war rant their use at all. Chamberlain' Congh Remedy Ibe Bt on lha Market. "I have used Chamber'aia's Cough Remedy and find it to tn the best on the market," nays E. W. Tardy, editor of Tiie cennuel, tramaboro, ieun. ' Uur bany Bad several colds the past winter and Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy always save it relief at once and cured it in a short time. I al nays recommend it when opportunity presents itself. , tor sale by All Lmiggists. So loobt. "Some of the department stores are rutting in theaters." "Will they allow shoppers to in spect a couple or acts, with a uew of buying seats if the play suite: Bices Litt'e Liver Tills rgu1ste the bowels and cure sick headache. Easy to take, i'tnenles, carbohzed, thoroughly healing I ar.d clesing, sntiseotio, soothes and stops Jin. . .iuld by fcimpson Drag Store. Our Country's First Naval Flag. In 1773 the American colonies were beginning their life and death strug gle with Great Britain. One day in the nulumn of that year a man ap peared before the marine committee of the Continental congress at Phila delphia and asked for employment In the navy which the colonies vrerc trying to form for defense. The ninn was not tall, and he was quite slender, but his eyes wore very gharp aud bright, DONTTRWD ON HE RATTLESNAKE FLAG. IuJ he hnd forceful way with him that showed he could do nil lie undertook to do no matter what it wns. His name was John Paul Jones, he said, mid he bad walked all the way from Fredericks burg, Va.. to Philadelphia. He was ery pour in purse then, but exceed ingly rich in courage and military genius. Congress commissioned him as first lieutenant of the first war vessel ever fitted out in the infant nation. It was named the Alfred and had been hanged froni a merchant ship to a man-of-war. Hie commander of the Ifrcd wr.s a Commodore Hopkins, whose seainanlike ability Jones had a hearty contempt for. Lieutenant Jones with his own hands raised over the ship the first Independent naval ensign ever used in America. It was the so ailed "rattlesnake flag." In the cen ter of a piece of yellow silk the size and shaiKi of the present American Has was the picture of a rattlesnake coned ready to strike, ana uiulerneatn It the motto, "Don't Tread on Me." It Is odd. too, that when the stars and stripes were afterward adopted as our national emblem John Paul Jones was the first man to float the new t!ag over a naval vessel. Ills pol icy iu sea fighting was to sail directly the enemies' coasts and there so disturb and injure them that they would have no chance to send their ships against us here. Of the fame and glorious victories of John Paul Jones you have learned In your school histories. There are different flags for all the higher ranks of naval officers. The long, leant iful man-of-war pen nants look very inspiring to an Amer ican ns t!:cy tlc.at full length from the masts of our naval vessels. Hard Luck. Johini.v I-.ir; - i" hat are you crying aliui.r. . ll'y . Willy Centiped H'vihoo! I hung up my stockings, and Santa Claus only put presents hi thirty-nine of 'em. Uoohoo! An Optical Illusion. I:(l you ever try to see through your hand? By following these directions you may a least make yourself be lieve yon are looking right through the palm: Out of a piece of pasteboard about five inches square roll a tube. Have one end just largo enough to fit around the eye and the other a little smaller. Take the tube between the thumb and fingers of the right hand, put the larger end to your eye and press your left hand against the small er end. Keep both eyes open. Objects beyond the left hand will be plainly visible, and there will appear to be a hole through the center of the palm. It Is the uncovered left eye which I actually doing all the seeing: but, so far as appearances go. it will seem as If the right eye were seeing, too, straight through the left hand. A Picture Puzzle. Much is bad, and much Is sad, And life has many woes. May we keep clear from year to year Of what tnis picture shows. - A mlBUnaer'0"' between ' MM W 18 f, fi if The Land of Puzzledom. No. 489. Numerical Enigma. From a carpenter's tool subtract ft letter and Ind the basis of this puzzle. Add two letters and find something in the heavens. Subtract the head and tail and leave a path. No. 490. Charade. I. My first Is rigid, formal, cold. And never pleasing to behold. My second's fragrance tills the air When summer days are bright and far. My whole uas never had Its birth Till gladsome spring's returned to earth. II. My first gives expression to wonder; My ne::t In come cases am I; My third gives permission and hinders; My whole is an eggcellcnt fry. No. 491. Fruit Dish Puzzle. On the chart can be spelled twelve kinds of fruit. You may move in any direction and use the same letter more than once, but you must not skip. No. 492. Odd Transpositions. Add e to weight, transpose and make a form of obligation. Add p to fruit, transpose and leave a dully publication. Add 1 to base, transpose and have a state of this great nation. Add p to strike, transpose and make a part ol plant and tree. Add o to skin, transpose and show a number next to three. Add y to talk, transpose and leave a ves sel on ilie sea. No. 493. Fractions. Take one-seventh of a cabbage, two- ninths of an artichoke, one-sixth of a radish, one-fifth of an onion aud one- sl.vth of n tomato. Arrange carefully and another vegetable will be pro-du-ed. No. 494. Enigma. Or.e of the Instruments by which So runs tne ISible story old Die death of Uabylon's last king In striking manner was foretold. A measure also used by those Who look too often In the cup. Although ilochiifd by far too small To 1111 a Jovial bumper up. A littlo thlnsj of flesh and bone. To ent which few would care to try, Yet some there are, of baser mold. Who yearn to have one in the pie. The object which from days of yore Each woman ' oon or late has found To be a most euectlve tlitnu To turn devoted beaus around. No. 495. Cities Rebus. What European cities are here pic tured? No. 496. Diamond. A letter from snowy; Then qualified, heed; The next, with force violent, Or, again, at full speed; A bird that's quite common; Now jaded you see; Of assent, a motion; A letter from wee. No. 497. Concealed Abodes. There is much latent good in that man. You will have to shovel the snow, for it's too deep to sweep off. You must cast leniency aside and be sternly Just In this case. Trumpet and Drum. A fireside free from noise, From din and clash, Proclaims that certain toys Have gone to smash. Key to Puzzledom. 481 Word Building: No, Satisfac tory. No. 482. Charades of Countries: 1. Den, mark Denmark. 2. Lap, land Laplaud. a. Fin. land Finland. No. 483. Talking Baby Puzzle The cut shows how the ciphers ciH be changed to what baby is saying by the mere addition of three straight marks: "Goo. goo, goo." No. 48 Sure Thing Fill In: Insure, pleasure, treasure, measure, assure. No. 485. Numerical Eiulgna: ret, ring, hint.' press the prlntiug press. No. 480. keheadings: 1. T hames. 2. N-carly. 3. O rally. 4. IMayer. 5. It-educe, fi. It-elapse. , No. 487. rictured Word: Ten-drill-" tendrils. No. 488. Pyramid Puzzle: Remem ber me. 1 7 cp o poo goo Body Training For Children. Ilardly any children are naturally graceful after they have passed baby hood. For that reason all boys and girls ought to be trained in gymnastic exercises that will develop every mus cle of the body and bring it into use. It will not do Just to let oneself grow to maturity anyhow and any way, like a crooked tree. There are several good systems of gymnastic training, one or another of w hich ought to be as much a part of school Instruction as writing or arith metic. The reg- u 1 a r military drill which has been introduced into some schools is excel lent. Another fine scheme of phys ical culture is the German turner system. In Germany and in some parts of America there are turn er halls espe cially provided for girls and women, so they, too, may be come graceful and athletic. Another sys tem of physical instruction is that devised in Sweden and in use there since 1840. Figures HOW TO STAND. have been kept of the results of this gymnastic training, and it has been found that since it was Inaugurated among the Swedes In general the aver age of human life In their country has lengthened eight years and a half. In other countries of Europe this fine Swedish system is now being adopted, with rre"t !"nefit to the health and good looks of both children anil gn.v. L people, it r.I:as to cuIU- ,u:j1;, IV., live! i::ive::u:it3 cf the Iu'v. 7 r vears many r.blo teach- uMcd 'o I'prlY t ii. The pictures here given show some of the exercises In the Swedish plan. A most Impor tant part of the training Is deep breathing through the nostrils, never KKC'K AND WAIST MOVEMENTS. through the mouth. IlreatMug with the mouth open causes catarrh and sore throat. Don t let yourselves do It under any olreumsf.uiecs. The tieep breathing through ihe nos tri's you can all train yourselves to do. Stand quite erect In I In- opeu nlr with the client held up. :-nd Inhale slowly through both :i)Sf. mouth tight closed. Ther. slowly, taking the i. i did to inhale. just as you Lifting With o Z- It seeuiK almost an imp lift a decanter by a bent iity to w. but the feat may be necompllshei'. The decanter sh n'd have a narrow neck and a wide i;ml ratling square shoulder part. The rtraw must be a good one about two and a half feet long. This must be bent upward one-third of Its length, or enongh to bring It under the shoulder of th? decanter where It spreads apart, leaving the leng end outfide ai (I the shcrt one inside. This end Is Uftid carefully, and an it Is lift ed It disph'.ers the eenter of gravity, which Is brought dlracrly under the point of sifpemlon. Suppose! Bon-etlrr.es I thin. I really think. That fairies live In trees. That broTnles corn from Brownie Land And rids on I'uniblehess. Sometimes I think, 1 really think. That fairy tales are true. I don't believe In ugly things Like witches, though, do you? -fit. Nicholas, r 00 (03 (JO Deaths Due to Vnelraa Stables. More than passi ig importance at tachet to the statements of Dr. Aus tin Peters, chief of the Massachusetts state cattle Bureau, when, iispeak. ing of the slaughter of cows in New Yo k, he said; that clean stables were of more value in obviuting the danger of milk than a ciusade against tuberculosis. Wholesale hill ing in his opinion was useless and a physical inspection was all that was necessary to determine the con ditions of suspected cattle. As re ported by The New England Farm er, Dr. Peters holdsas follows in regard to the tuberculin test: That clean stables were of more value in obviating the danger arising from milk than a crusade against tuberculosis, lie said that wholesale killing was useless, aud that a physical inspection was all that was necessary to determine the condition of suspected cattle. Dr. Peters Eaid that tuberculin was used in Massachusetts only at the request of cattle owners. Ac tne detention stations every imported cow for dairy purposes is tested twice; and a cow, if excited, will! Bnmflhtinag rocnoiiH in I'll I Ofn Ii ji vwi i the first test. Evan und.r the double method mistakes OJCUr, as Out of ttr .ii .n i l r i-i 2 75 Cattle killed in the Brighton curd in HHiC frur ttofj oicrbf failt.il .u nu. 6, ' I Peters, is a very small portion. J. hen comes this concluding state menl which is full of interest. Probably there are more dea hs, many tunes over, caut-ed by neglect of stables au 1 improper care of milk than fruin bovine tuberculosis trans nutted to human beings. A l-'ool Missive There are said to be all kinds of fools in the world, and one of them has started a "chain prayer" accom panied bv an explanatory or threat ening missive which may frighten some superstitious persons. One of our lady readers recently received a ;opy of this strange missive, and no doubt others have received the same, which she has sent The Record as a sort of curiosity. ibis peculiar missive begins with a short prayer; and then some great misfortune is threatened if the per son who receives it does not copy the piay r every day lor nine days, aud if it is copied for niue days on the ninth day some great joy will be ex perienced. ' he recipient of the missive is also cautioned not tj break tne chain, and is advised to make a wish while copying . the prayer. The lady who has sent this mis sive to The Record says that she U not at all superstitious, but that she is copying the prayer for nine days, ss directed, simply as a pastimt! Chatham Record. Pineules new Kidney remedy are for all diseases of the kidney and bladder. Tliey act promptly in all cases of lame bad;, iheumatit; pains, iiiHammntion of the hlail der, urinaty disorders aud weak kidneys. Sold by Simpson Drug Store. Cause Of The t'anlc. The Greensboro Telegram remaik: Mr. Hariinian sys the pi iic was caused by the bin tine imposed on Standaul Oil by Judge L'taJis. Isn't it more likely that the real tronble was that the government didn't collect the fine? The logical deduction 13 that tne Standi.id Oil Company started it first and caused Judge Landis to im pose a fine that the Roosevelt admin istration didn't collect. The first sin ner is the culprit. Wilmington Star. Molhnre Have you tried Hellister's Roeky Mountain Tea? It's a great bleeing to the little ones, keeps away Bummer trou bles. Makes tlieui sleep and grow. 3oe. Tea or tub cU. Asheboro Lrug Co. Sell'-Miarpenlng Shears. The demand has been so great for the self-sharpening shears that The Courier has trouble in keeping them in stock. We have on hand a new and large supply. Every time a dollar is paid on subscription to The Courier the payment of 25 cents extra will get a pair of Hamilton's celebrated ten sion shears worth more than a dol lar anywhere of anybody's money. Send in y ur subscription today. Do not wait until you come to town, but send it along by mail in stamps er money order or check. Summer coughs and colds are obstinate nd difficult to cure. The most prompt method is to tak something pleasant wbicb will gently move the bowels; a good laxa tive Cough Syrup will surely ana promp'ly "ire your cold. Sold by Simpson Drug fchre. Humis Jlatare No man respects free advice. e'd rather go To t.hoBe we know W ill charge a handsome price. OaahtTo Help.. "We roust do something to im prove collections at church." "Why not have the plato passed by onr prettiest girls?" Mild Laxative for Baby Frca The child of today is the parent of the future, and whether it grows up healthy and strong, or puny and weak, depends upon the intelligence of it parents, for most children are bom into the world healthy, but thousands become future weaklings between birth and the age of ten, when the parents are still in greatest control. The prime cause of trouble is In the Stomach. A baby that Is digesting its food seldom cries and always looks cheer ful; the little child whose stomach Is good romps and plays and never whines; the growing child learns well at school and Is eager for fun if its head is clear and lt stomach llRht. and that means If it has no constipation. The best and safes way to cure any irregularity of the stomach and .bowelB in children Is by the use of Dr. Caldwe I Syrup Pepsin. This Is a liquid laxative. Wonderful In Its effect as Mrs John W. Dunham, Apple Creek, O., Mrs. H. U. Cullam, Plainvllle. Ind., and numerous others can testify who give It to their children with extraordinary results. A bottle only costs BO cents or II ac cording to the size you want, and evea one 60-cent bottle will do a wonderful amount of good in a family. " can be given to any member of the family to constipation, sour stomach. Indigestion, torpid liver, dyspepsia heartburn, sick, headache dlm"'ir dlKesUve troubles i.vi-.- .!.- Milrn. which shouli) not be' given to children, women or old" .ti. ttZwlloZ ZS this grand laxative tonic, send youjname and address to the doctor and a iree iriai bottle will be sent to your home. In th way you can find out what It will do- without personal expense, If there Is anything about your ailment that you don't understand, or If you want any medical advice, write to the doctor, and he win answer you fully. There I no charge for this service. The address Is Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 500 Caldwell bidg., MontlceUo, 111. STANDARD DRUG CO. We are now showing the latest fads in Ladies' Collars, Jabots, laundered and soft Dutch Collars and pretty lace patterns. Full assortment of Ruching, Windsor Ties, belts and Belt ing. You will be interested in seeing our attaactive line of Dress Goods. Select line of popular patterns in Percales, Ginghams, Lawns, Linens, &c We have the smartest in Shoes. Clothing and Hats, for Men and Boys. W. J. MILLER, Asheboro, N. C. I GUERNSEY I BULL 14 months o 1 d' Sire Pride of North Carolina No. 11237 Dam Hero ine of Haddon No. 14, 927.. This cow gave 5 gallons of milk that tested 51-2 per cent, butter fat which is much above the aver age. This is the best bred Guernsey in the South- He is a large, strong, gentle animal re a d y for service. Price $100.00 register ed and transfered. John A. Young, f' Greensboro, N. C. 4,000,000 Peach Trees. The J. C. Hale Nursery Co.. Winchester. Tenn. Exclusive Grower Peach Tree, June butlB a specialty. No agents travel ing, but sell direct to plantnr at wholesale prices. Abxolnlcly free from all diseases and true to name. W rite us lor catalog and prices before placing your order elsewhere. We guaran tee our stock to be true to name. Largest peach nursery in the world. J. C. HALE, Prop. Winchester, Tennessee. Latest Novelties afcaai-la
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