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The Construction and Masmtcn ancc of Earth Roads. (Continued from page seven) at long intervals. The only way to keep an earth road in good condition is by the employment of men whose doty is repairing once or twice a year ' or bnsine8S it snail be to watch tni road continually and make each small repairs as may be necessary from time to time. .Bats and holes should be filled with stones unless a considerable section is to be so treat ed.;They should be tramped full of some good material like that or which the road is constructed. When work is needed over a consid erable area, earth roads can be rap. idly repaired by the use of road machines and road rollers, in case the roadway is sufficiently high, the work should be gradually pushed to the ditches and finally shoved off the roadway or plajed where it will not be washed back into ditches bv rain. The advantage of this meth od is that there is secured at once a smooth, firm surface, a surface which will stand much longer than one composed of worn out ma terial thrown up from the ditches, When, however, the crown is worn down and the roadway low, it is de sirable to work from the sides.scrap ing the material lightly, toward the middle until the proper crown is ootained, and then compacting the surface by the roller. It is claimed that two good men with two teams can build or repair more road in one dav with a roller and road machine than many times that number can with picks, shov els, scoops and plows, and do it more uniformly and more thoroughly. As soon as possible after long continued rains, the roads should be gone over with the scraper and put in proper form, and then rolled down hard. While earth roads should generally be repaired in the spring and fall of the year, if they receive daily attentiou, they will rs quire no extensive repairs. The old adage, "a stitch in time saves nine," finds appiicutio here. A sjstem of common road main tenance introdnced in Vermont, has been so successful in operation that "much better ro.id3 are secured at less expense, and the tax rate for highways has been reduced each year." This system is like that ap plied to railway maintenance the roads are divided into certain lengths and each length allotted to a section man, caretaker or farmer. It is suggested that our important country roads could be divided into sections varying in length from one to five miles, and a good roadman who lives on the section put in charge. It should be hia duty to devote a few hours each week to the filling of small ruts or holes and to the protecting of the road from run ning water. lie would have plenty of work to do in keeping the road clean, free from loose stones and rubbish, in cutting weeds and clear, ing drains and side ditches. The efficiency and economy of this plan I ui ruuu maintenance nave maue iue roads of France and other European countries deservedly famous. Asheboro Route 2 News The protracted maetiog at Charl otte will begin the 2nd Sunday in October, conducted by Rev. Hitley. It wis to have baen t e first Sunday in September, bat was post poned. . , Miss Lara Spencer, of Mechanic, is visit ing at Mrs.T. VV. Andrews' this week. Miss Nellie Ctark has been employed to teach the school at Gold Hill this year. Chester Eulla left Monday for Charlotte where he will enter the Mjdioal College this year. David McCain, who has been ill, is im proving. THIS LADY'S ' G00D APPETITE Mrs. Hansen, In a Letter Fron Mobile, Tells Row Sh Gained It Mobile, Ala. "I Buffered for seven 5-ears, with womanly trouble," writes Mrs. Elgurd Hansen in a letter from thl3 city. "I felt weak and always had a headache and was always going to the doctor. At last I was operated on, fend felt better, but soon I had the same trouble. My husband asked me to try Cardul. X felt better after the first bottle, and now, I have a good appetite and Bleep well. I feel Ana, and the doctor tells me I am looking better than he ever saw me." It you are sick and miserable, and Buffer from any of the palna due to womanly trouble try Cardul. V Cardul la successful because It la composed of Ingredients that have been found to act curatively on the woman ly constitution. For more than fifty years, It has been used by women of all ages, with great ucceBS. Try It Tour druggist sells it. V.B.-VrriUto: tdl' Advlwry Dept., purt ftoo MdiclnCo.. Chtunoo, Jnn.. tor bptctal inftrwtwnl, nd 64-ims bok. Horn 1 rutowM er Wbsmb," Mnt in plain vnvper, oo rauuttU Clever Paris Beggars. Begging Is forbidden on the Paris boulevards. But one day recently a pale, poorly dressed man was seen humbly approaching various pedes triuns. lie was evidently not used to begging, and as be told bis pathetic story without the requisite boldness people passed him by unnoticed. A man dressed in black stepped up to him and showed him a card. lie car ried a thick stick and wore a heavy mustache and thick boots, which are the outward and visible signs, with a multicolored ribbon in the buttonhole, of a detective in plain clothes. "Now, then, get out of this or I'll run you In," he said roughly. Then in a lower tone, "Poor chap!" and fur tively he gave the man some silver, People, had seen him do it, and, cheering the kind hearted policeman they, too. gave to the poor beggar. A few minutes afterward in a side street the two men divided the spoils and moved off separately to ply their trade elsewhere. The detective wasn't a detective at all, but a beggar made up for the part. Finally Lost It. "I may have lost my golf ball," thought the old man as he crept on all fours round the bush into which it had rolled, "but I will not lose my temper." So ho continued to grovel and grope and to wear a persuasive, patient smile. His knees bagged, his back ached horribly, and the bush bestowed upon his hands a generous quantity of thorns. But he refused to discard his smile and kept on repeating: "No; 1 will not lose my temper. I will not." Suddenly the elusive ball caught his eye. Flopping flat, he stretched his hands toward It, grasped it among its nest of thorns and gingerly with drew it. "ITolty-toity!" exclaimed an old wo man behind him. "You ought to be ashamed, bird nesting at your time of life!" And then he did lose his temper. London Answers. A Fearless Quaker. Uncle Abe was noted for his ability to turn his clouds inside out and show the silver lining. If any particular cloud was dark through and through ho wisely supplied it with the lining from another. His yoke of steers had taken the cash prize on the first day of the fair. On the second some new contestants were entered, and Abe would probably be outclassed. But, as usual, he had made the most of good fortune while it lasted. "Aren't you quaking in your boots?" a friend asked. Abe thrust out a foot clad In new tan leather. "Why, yes," he said; "I am quaking In my boots. Cut when I got that $50 yesterday I made sure they should be uew boots. It ain't bo bad to quake il you can do it In new boots." Youth's Companion. Ghiberti's Famous Doors. The world renowned doors of the baptistery at Florence represent nearly the entire lifework of GhibertL lie began the first pair when he was twen ty-three years old. and when he fin ished the second pair he was seventy- three. Excepting the three statues out side Or San Mlchele and one or two minor works, these two pairs of bronze doors represent his labors for half a century. These doors, declared by Mlchaelangelo "fit to be the gates of paradise," represent the book of Gen esis in oil the depth of its moaning, and the skill of the artist has never been overpraised. It is Impossible to exaggerate the glory of the work, and if one has the time and money the sight of those wonderful doors Is well worth the trip to Florence. New York American. Pull or Push? Is there any such thing as pull? Does the horse pull the cart, or does he simply push on his collar and so draw it along? Would you pull a weight that was fastened to your coat- tails, or in that case would you sim ply be pushing against your clothes? Do our political oQceholders always get their jobs through their own push, or is It usually a matter of pull? This is au Interesting problem. Think it over. New York Globe. Very Strong "I see." Paid Platers, "that our old friend P.ilklns had a strong article in one of the Huston papers the other day." "Really?" said Biuks Incredulously. "I'd never have believed that of old Bilk. What was it?' "A recipe for p'.cklrd onlon3," said Slat era. Ila rper'3 Week ly. Lona Drawn Cut. Little Elmer hnd Just baen clven a piece of pie. "Are you going to give me another piece, mamma?" he asked. "Why do you ask, Elmer?" she que ried. '"Cause if you uln't I'll eat this piece real slow," was the reply. Chi cago News. .- Unfeeling. Orator I arsk yer. wot is this- life we 'old so dear? 'Soon I'll be ly-in' with me forefathers. The Volce-rAn givin' "em poluts at the game tool- London Tit-Bits.' Dodnsd the Ruins. Mr. CWerton You saw some old ruins In England. I suppose? Mlsg Struekett Rich Yes. and one of them wanted to marry me. Princeton Tiger. The Dear Girls. Maybelle See the beautiful engage ment ring .lack gave, rae last night. Estelle Gee! Has that Just got around to youY Toledo Blade. DESTROYING GOD'S WORD Jeremiah 35 J. 'J "The Word of our Qod stall itani fowwr." Isaiah J0.-8. CHE Prophet Jeremiah was shut up in prison. The disaster upon the kingdom had, to some extent, awakened the people to a slight repentance in which the king Joined, yet it was a repentance of fear rather than heart repentance. The king had enmity against Jeremiah be cause the Divine message came through him. He seems to have hoped to re strain the rraphet from further proc lamation of the coming trouble through fear. However, the Lord directed the Prophet to write out all of his prophe cies on a scroll, after the ancient style, In columns. Jeremiah dictated and Baruch served him as amanuensis. By the Lord's direction this book of Jeremiah was to be read to all the peo nle. In the remote. on the occasion of t Wr&W a general gather ing for worship and repentance. Since the Prophet himself could not go, lie directed Baruch, who took the scroll and rend it in the healing of the people. Itsprorh- tx.'les cf dire dis Jeremiah dictating to haruch. aster made a deep impression. One of the princes of the people was present and heard the read ing and reported to others of the king's counsellors. They sent for Baruch and had him read it before them all. They also, were deeply impressed and con cluded that it Should be brought before the king. But meantime Baruch and Jeremiah were hidden, the probabili ty of the king's displeasure being great. Ilearing of the manuscript, the king was anxious to have it read before tim by a scribe.. During the reading, as two or three columns of the manu script were rend, the king cut them off with a pen knife and threw them Into the fire until the entire manuscript was hetfTd and ciestroyea. uy tne lord's direction Jeremiah dictated his prophecies alresn, uarucn again act ing as amanuensis; and this edition was made still more complete than the former. Amongst other things it in cluded the Divine edict that none of Jehoiakini's posterity should ever sit upon the throne of David. God's Word Indestructible Thomas Paine, Voltaire and Inger- soil imagiued that they had made the Word of God to appear so ridiculous that it would nevermore have influence amongst men. Robert Ingersoli Is quot ed as having said, "In ten years the Bible will not be read." How little the poor man knew on the subject The frontispiece of a well known WyoIIffe Bible pictures Satan and oth ers, religious and irreligious, blowing with all their might to put out a light In proportion as their energy and strength became exhausted, the light grew stronger and burned the more brightly. This illustrates the futility of all attempts to quench the Word of God. Although we have passed the day when any one would attempt to destroy the Bible, we ifffei have not passed the day of oppo sition to the truth. Satan would fain have the peo ple of God wor- hJ!rV!f-::il ship the book rather than study and appreciate its contents. In con sequence, not few are opposing Jehoiakim burns tie book. the light thatis now shining from the Word of God disclosing to us the fact that much that came down to us from the Dark Ages la Contrary to the Bible as well as to reason. Many cf the professed teachers of the church are heartily opposed to Bible study, although their opposition Is advanced as cautiously as possible iior fear of the people" A Famine For the Word cf God Scriptural truth is a scarce commo dity ut the present time the world is full ol error and Sin and unrighteous ness. The Lord's disciples must so love trulh and righteousness as to hun ger and thirst for it. To such spiritual food will be granted. Truth will be dispensed to them as "meat In due season." The .Scriptures from first te last .give us to understand that God's Word Is to shine more and more brightly down to the very end of this Gospel Age. St Peter declares It to be "the more sure Word of prophecy, to which we do well that we take heed, as to B liht BCining In a dark place tintil the Day dawn end the Day Star- arise la your hearts" (ll Peter t 19). The Bishop of London opposed the Tyudaie translation because the prac tices of lfc time were not la harmony with the Scriptures. Similarly, today, there are doctrines, traditions, creeds from the Dark Apes still reverenced. an which h better' understanding of tha Tt!h' - iron Id rorreM and rmt to J shame. Juene the opposition to the bettsr understanding of God's Word. t Nevertheless the Word of God shall stand forever, and the spirit or the truth shall make free all the children of the truth. " "Truth erei!a to earth shall rise again. The eternal years of tJofl are hers." FRED'S TRIPTO FAIRYLAND. Freddy Bryan was sick, so sick that he bud to lie on the conch all day, and his mamma didn't know whether be was going to have the mumps, whoop ing cough or measles. ' She feared all three when he would not get up to play and ate so little. She remained by his side, giving the .medicine the doctor ordered. Only when she bad to go out into the kitch en to prepare meals was be alone. ( He had a beautiful pillow to rest his head on, and be was not so sick but that be liked to look at it and wonder about it. for all one side -was a pic tureand such a beautiful picture! There was blue sky with white clouds, green grass and tall trees, a great big castle with a yellow path leading straight up to It and a big mill with a great wheel, churning the water of a little stream Into a white foam, while water lilies and blue flag flowers stuck their heads out of the water, as If in viting some one to pick them. He thought how much he would like to go up the winding walk to the castle and find out whether there were any little boys and girls In there to play with. Then there was a cute looking little boat tied to a stake in front of the mill. How he wonld like to get In it after visiting the miller and sail up the little stream to find out what more there was beyond where the stream seemed to end. Might it not be the THEN A BEAD STOCK OUT OF ONE OF TLB WINDOWS. commencement of Fairyland? If he were only up in the top of one of those tall trees he might see. Heigho! How tired he was! If he could only rest in such a beautiful place be might soon get well. And be took the pillow in both hands and turn ed it slowly around and around. Then a head stuck out of one of the windows of the castle, and a sweet voice said, "Know you not, little boy, that this is an enchanted pillow?" "What Is that? asked Freddy. "Why, a pillow of strange sights and sounds. Fairies live in the castle, run the mill and play by moonlight on the grounds.' It is enchanted land." And a beautiful 'red light burst ont of the window, making the little fellow that was talking look like white wax. "Can't I come to the castle to see you?" asked Freddy. ''"Yes. -if you wait until moonlight" was the reply. Then the next thing Freddy knew the moon came up slow and full and showed him the way to the mill, where a man. dressed In a snow white suit was turnips the great wheel around. He showed Freddy how to do It after which the little boy got Into the boat and, with a. pair of silvery white oars, rowed upstream until he came to a strange land, where tiny creatures, oli trimmed up with flowers, were danc ing, holding baads. Freddy felt so gay that he took hold of hands and danced, too. after wblch they all went tQ the enrhunlt?d ' palsee hdJ had a feast of chrrles n nd sugar plums. Fredd? hud uevor bad entvuh sweets in his rife, because his 'mamma was afraid they would make him sick, nnd now be ate and ate as if he. would never stop. Tbeu be heard a voice Haying. "Be la better, madam." and coming out of tin cnatle he saw the doctor and bis mamma standing over him. , Ue wiped the swat from his brow, smiled sheepishly and said: "Such a dream as 1 have been having! - 1 wouldn't care about it not being so. only the sugar plujns. I wish 1 bad this minute all 1 dreamed I was eat ing." Then be laughed aloud and asked for something to eat and, though It was not sugar plums, the boy ate rav enously, and his mother knew he was better. Philadelphia Record. Cats and Dogs. ' To say that it is raining cats and dogs Is incorrect unless there is Wind as well as rain. That is because the saying has a history. In the stories that people told 2O00 years ago in the north of Europe the cat was the ani mal that ruled the rain and the dog was the one that made the wind blow. The people that told these stories were the ancestors of most Americans, and o the stories have stayed with us. What "Hamlet" Lacked. In a mining camp town "Hamlet" was one evening given by a Strolling company, and this is the criticism that appeared next day in the local papers, written by the miner dramatic critic: "There is too much chinning in this piece. The author is behind the times and seems to forget that what we want nowadays Is hair raising situa tions and detectives. "In the hands of a skillful play wright a detective would have been put upon the track of Hamlet's uncle, and the old man would have, been hunted down in a manner that would have lifted the audience out of their cowhides. "The moral of the piece Is not good. The scene where Hamlet sasses his mother is a very bad example to the rising generation. "Our advice to the author Is more action, more lovemaking and plenty of specialties. The crazy girl scene should be cut out altogether and a rattling good song and dance substi tuted." Charles V. at, Table. Emperor Charles V. of Austria, by far the most powerful ruler of bis day, was thus described as be appeared at table by Roger Ascham,. secretary to the English ambassador, In 1550: 1 stood hard by the emperor's table. He had four courses; he had sod beef- very good roast mutton, baked hare; tuese be no service in England. The emperor bath a good face, a constant look; he fed well of a capon; I have had a better from mine hostess Barnes many times in my chamber. He and Ferdinando, king ofthe Romans, ate together very handsomely, ' curving themselves "where they list, withou any curiosity. The emperor drank the best that ever 1 saw; he had his head in the glass five times as long as any of us and never drank less than a good quart at once of Rhenish wine.J It was notorious that the emperor ate and drank immoderately, and as a nat ural result he suffered terribly from gout from the time he was thirty years old. Game to the Last. Douglas MacDonald and his old cro ny, Donald AlacDougal, were once op posed to each other In a famous curl ing match, nnd the last two stones to finish the game were the two cronies'. Donald MacDougal, with enormous deliberation, threw his stone. He threw.lt well. He made what is called a pat lid and Jumped for Joy. Then it was Douglas MacDonald's turn. Hi' case seemed boneless, but such a snlen did throw did he make that the paiS lid was knocked off, and his stone lay at the side of the tee, winning the game. In his Joy the old fellow Jump ed sky high. He came down so hard that he broke right through the ice. He sank, but, bobbing up again, be shouted from the cold water: "Hi, lads, we've won. and if 1 dlnna come oot o' here alive be sure ye pit that stone on my graver Exchange. Dirt and Death. When a celebrated Paris physician was asked how the city could prevent the comjng of a plague then ravaging other European places he answered, Boil yoor Ice!" That tersely! called attention to ' the necessity of utter cleanliness and that even ice made from impure water carried disease. "Yellow fever," said Henry Ward Beecher, "Is God Almighty's opinion of dirt" The chief 'contributing cause toward modern efficiency in surgery Is that surgeons have learned to keep clean. Is'ething Is sd spotless as a good hospital Everything la DoUed and sterilized beds, instruments, clothing, washrags, floors, bands and finger rjtflls. That Is why they save lives there. Nobody would die if he could keep perfectly clean. Death Is the final' triumph of dirt Chicago Trib une. He Understood the People. One otV'Jay Gould's campaigns as a dealer In railways was with the Wa bash system of railroads. He got con trol and after effecting a reorganiza tion which increased the capital stock and also the bonded debt sold them out It Is related of him at this time that an associate said to him, "Mr. Gould, don't you think you are- bond ing tbis.much higher than the property will stand?" "That may be," answer ed be, "but the American people are mighty partial to bonds." She Has Positive Proof. The Cook Sure, an' ye don't mane to tell me that ye think it's bad luck to break a mirror? The New Maid (earnestly) I don't think; I know It The Cook Glory bel An' how do ye know it? The 'Mew Mald-Every time I break on 1 lose my Job. New York Journal. rt of the R!e. "Shall -we pose as millionaires or as foreign dubes at the hotel?" t "Aa the latter, my boy. As million alra we might be expected to display tome evidences of wealth, but as dsksa nobody can possibly take It sjsSm t we skip." Kansas City Joux- Carrying No Favorw . "Lead a hand. EUcwn. and hels ketch the s.ldertnnu's pi - Tat the alderman ketch his own pig. Txa out of peUttcs far good." Louis tllle ConrierJoomaL Taknn at HTa Ward. Credlatr Bupposa I'll have-to wait 02) the day ef Judgment for' what yon DebtorXm; call late In the day, though- FTiegende Blatter. Thought works In silence; so does virtue One might' erect statues to Hence. Carlyle. - Used Another Man's Legs. In the hail of the house of represent atives there is a painting of George Washington. He looks a most com manding person, with the stature of a giant and a faultless physique But looking at tbe portrait recently a pub lic man commented: "That is a good deal of a sham. George Washington never looked like that though I've uo doubt' he would have been proud to appear so magnifi cent "Notice the legs." the speaker con.' tinued. "They are perfect beaut but they are not Washington's. They are the legs of General Smith of New Jersey, a soldier of the Revolution. "It happened this way," be explain-, ed In conclusion: "Washington had quite unimpressive legs, and the artist who painted that picture was so dls Batisfled with their shape that he per- , suaded General Smith to lend his faultless members as models. So, while we have the face and torso of our great first president, the support ing legs are those of one of his gen erals. Long may they stand!" Wash ington Post Not the Answer He Expected. One of Lord Desborough's best anec dotes relates to n clergyman who was far more at home In the hunting field than In the pulpit says London Tlt Blts. On the morning of a meet he was much annoyed at having to offi ciate nt a funeral: but, this over, he mounted his horse and started in pur suit of his friends. On the road he sought information of aa old woman with a donkey enrt "Well," she said, "if you ride to the top of the hill you will come to a 'meenister.' Then If you turn to the right you will be likely to come up with them." Handing her a shilling, he said, "My good woman, why did you call the sign post n minister?" "Why, yon see, sir, it's like, this: We used to call 'em sign posts, but, since you've been in these parts we calls 'em meenisters, 'cos, though they points other folks the way, they never goes themselves. Go on, Neddy!" Death In Feclory Fires. The question is often debated as to whether persons who lose their lives in a fire developing with great rapid ity undergo extreme physical suffer ing. An authoritative opinion is ex pressed by the New York Medical Jour nal, which snys: "Unnecessary nn-, guish of mind has probably been felt by relatives of unfortunate workers killed in factory fires by reflection on the supposedly agonizing pain caused by such a death. Where a great bulk of highly inflammable substances is quickly consumed in a closed space the result is the production of large quan tities of car'wn monoxide. This gat. it is well known, combines with the haemogobin of the blood to form a compound that refuses to combine with oxygen. The result is a speedy and probably painless asphyxiation be fore the flames have had a chance to attack the bodies of the victims." Dainty Snails. The writer who qualified the Bnail as "foul and unclean" was guilty of a libel. Snails are most dainty feeders and strict vegetarians, as many gar deners know to their cost Apparently three centuries ago snails were more popular In England than they are now. The fastidious author of YThe Faerie Queene" gives a recipe for their prep aration: . With our shacp weapons we aha! thee fray And take the castlll that thou lyest In; We shal thee nay out of thy foule skin, And in a dish, with onyons and peper, We shal thee dresse with strong vine gars. London Standard. flow Gold Leaf Kills. The Chinese consul at San Francisco discussed at a dinner his country's customs. "There is one custom," said a young girl, "that I can't understand, and that Is the Chioese custom of commit ting suicide by eating gold leaf. Z can't understand how gold can kill." "The pcrtaker, no doubt," smiled the consul, "succumbs from a conscious ness of inward gilt" Los Angeles Times. Manuecrlpt Letters Rare. Manuscripts and holograph letters from living literary celebrities should be hoarded with great care by their recipients The prospect is that they will grow increasingly rare. Auto graph Rignnrttres are probably all that the next generation will be nhle to bid for In the miction rooms and add to Its collections. New York Tribune: Dlslnterected Advice. "I have told my constituents tUnt I. regarded myself as a servant of the people," said Senator Sorghum. "Tea." replied Farmer Corntossel. "but yon want to keep people froaa gettin' an Idea that you're oae ef these servants who are always oo the lookout fur tips." Washington Star.- A Weather Prophet. 'Now, Mra. Brows, l hare pinned up your new almanac." "Oh, thank 'ee. miss, thank. 'ee, but nry-corns tell me the weather far bet ter than say of they 'ere almanacks!" London Opinion. , In the Barnyard. "Look how queerly that hen Is act ing. Do you think she is batching a plotr. "No; I think she Is plotting a hatch.' Baltimore American. Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind dear, the heart whole and the purse full. Simmon.
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