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Kpigrama ou Women.
Emil Reich in a rccnt Loiulon lec
ture said:
"Nations differ in nothing more than
In their women.'
'You will never Know what a wom
an is unless you suffer very much.
"Women do not love Napoleons; thoy
love mere middle-class mediocrities. ,
'"Men who want to found empires do
not want the higher- development of
woman.
"You will in vain search history for
a great man who has not been influ
enced by a great woman.
"In America the woman governs the
man absolutely. In a certain sense
the last man that came to AiueViea
v:i3 Christopher Columbus.''
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Co-Operative Houaaleeeplnc:.
1 Three young couples who live in the
same apartment house on Washington
, Heights have had so much trouble with
the servant problem, and the female
. members of the families had all got
. into such a state of "nerves" over the
' inefficiency and general "cussedness"
of the help they were able to afford,
that finally the men folk got together
a month ago, and decided to take mat
ters into their own hands.
None of their wives objected to cook
ing or making beds, but all needed help
when it came to washing and ironing,
- sweeping and scrubbing, and; particu
larly washing dishes and kitchen uten-
'sils, so the men decided on a co-operative
scheme" that so far has worked
very well during the month it has been
in operation.
Instead of each family paying Si a
week for an incompetent maid of all
work, each subscribes $3 a week to
ward the wage of a strong, capable
and active Gorman woman, who feels
that for Ihe 59 a week she is sure of
getting she can afford to do a day's
work every day. On Monday she does
Mrs. A.'s washingand ironing, on Tues
day Mrs. IVs washing and ironing, on
Wednesday Mrs. C.'s. On' the other
three work days each apartment in
turn receives a thorough scrubbing and
cleaning. All the dishes that are dirtied
in each apartment are piled by the mis
tress into a big pan,. and hi the evening
are sent via the dumbwaiter to the
apartment where Lena happens to be
principally engaged on that day. She
washes and polishes them all. and dis
tributes them back to their ovners
before leaving for the night.
All concerned are delighted with the
' plan thus far, and declare they would
not go back to the old way l'or.any-thing.-Ncw
York Globe. : '
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The Baby Daughter.
When the baby girl arrives, let it be
remembered that there arc new things
to bo considered in her reception.
Once the hope of the mother was in
having a daughter who would be near
er to her than any son could possibly
be. And the fond papa's delight was in
the picture of some' day having at
tached to himself something .which
would be the envy of other men and
.which he could' take pride in living up
to financially like any other table lux
ury. But the baby girl of now comes
with the right of being considered an
'. investment. For each of those families
where the son is pointed out as a
V ruodcl and considered the best and
most deserving young man in town be
cause he takes care of his mother and
sisters, who does not know another in
which the girl is doing the same thing?
Who doesn't remember the daughter
who is tho burden bearer when re
verses come when the brother is going
gaily off after things matrimonial? And
. who does not know the father with
whom things went backward instead
)t forward who has the pretty, pro
jecting good-fellowship of the daugh
ter, who is helping out at home with
little salary of her tvvn'
When it comes to the littlp embryo
that she is, for brilliant possibilities
the baby girl is the one who will
thrill most the heart of the man who
has the gambler's instinct for chances.
However, tho boy must be counted
oft not to go any higher than
tho level that has been r.-ached
by his progenitors, even allowing
for new combinations. But the
father whom you see in the car with
the four-year-old, of peachy skin and
' brilliant orbs and penciled eyebrows
and eyelashes, sitting with grave dig
nity under the Greenaway hat, has
that beside him whose power no man
can measure. Practically endless are
the tricks of combination which good
charm with which it is her role to at
tach good things to herself. And to
day's baby girl whoso future opens up
to her with independence and brains
as well as a chance of making double
pair royals in getting there, which are
debarred her small brother.
Don't mistake the possibilities. There
is no need to make excuses for her not
being' as boy.
- Glore Tell Char&cteri.
.The girl near the exchange desk
carefully folded a pair of dogskin
gloves.
"I sometimes think," she said, "that
all fortune tellers must have served an
apprenticeship as glove saleswomen
before going into the prophesying busi
ness. It is generally conceded that the
chief stock in trade of the professional
seer is a wide knowledge of human
nature, and surely there is no better
school for gaining that particular kind
of education, than the glove cornier of
a big store. I think I could give up
my job hero now and go out and coin
money by telling people what I have
found out about them, with their hands
for a text-book. I would not proceed
on the principles of palmistry, either.
The lines of the hand mean nothing
to me. I would judge character solely
by the way my patrons hold their
hands when having their gloves fitted.
"Now, look at that woman down at
the lower end of the counter. She
holds her hand out, palm upward, aj
stiff as a ramrod, and no matter how
much the clerk may turn or twist
that unruly member and caution it?
owner to loosen the tension a bit, it is
bound to straighten out into just that
position.
"I am glad that woman Is not a ens
tomer of mine. I'd be sure to have a
row with her before she got away. I
always have trouble with those stiff
handed women. Thoy are very hard
to suit. Their wills are just as inflexi
ble as their hands, and if I have trou
ble in getting their gloves to set well
the first time they put all the blame on
me, whereas their own stubbornness
lies at the root of the difficulty.
"In contrast to this type is the limp
handed woman. Honestly, we meet
some hands that flop around just like
jelly fish. They seem to be entirely
destitute of bone or muscle. The palm
is thick and pear-shaped and soft as
putty. It gives me tho horrors to
touch that kind of a baud. I never
yet waited on one of those inert crea
tures who did not wear a soiled collar
or neck ribbon and a frayed skirtbind
ing. If I had to choose between the
strenuous-handed woman and the
doughy palm I'd take the former every
time.
"Then there are the customers of the
grab-all type. They plant their elbows
on the counter and spread their fingers
out at the very widest angle. Natural
ly, this digital performance is not at all
conducive to ease in fitting a pair of
gloves or to neatness of appearance
once that feat is accomplished. Ex
perience has taught me to fight shy of
one of these animated glove stretchers
as a neighbor. Their bump of inquis
itiveness is s- onormal'y developed and
the people across the nail will be in
luck if the broad-fingered folk do not
borrow the very clothes off their backs.
"There are other customers Avho per
sist in doubling their fingers into reg
ular grappling hooks while undergoing
the fitting operation. I have my sus
picions about them, too. They are sure
to have equally crooked tempers, and
they take a special delight in raising a
row at meal time.
"Of course, I serve hundreds of cus
tomers who have reduced the fitting
of gloves to a fine art. They submit
to the necessary manipulations with
the utmost grace and put me to no in
convenience. Nature has made them
a gift of glove-counter etiquette', along
with sincerity ti.d thoughtfuluess and
a lot of other admirable qualities, and
it is no hardship to .sell gloves to them
day in and day out. You see, what is
born in the bone will come out in the
fingers, and if there is any place on
earth where kinks in character are
bound to come to the surface it is at
the glove countcr."-New York Fres.
Overskirls are growing in import
ance. Women are again wearing jowoled
cuff links.
The bird of paradise is worn as a
coiffure decoration.
A big neckpiece of handsome ostrich
plumes is much desired.
Light suitings in two-toned effects
are being shown for early spring wear
and the South.
The prettiest pink cloth costumes are
of a deep shade; really an old rose or
rather bright tone.
The draped fur stole lined with a
second fur is one of the great suc
cesses of the season.
The new embroidered blouses have
Valenciennes medallions inserted
among the needlework.
The handsomest hats are seen of lace.
Lace trims any number of crin and
fine Neapolitan straws. , ,
The girl just home from Paris wears
a round drop watch that hangs like a
bangle from her bracelet.
Embroidered in dark and light shades
of tho same color little pink bolero
jacket.? are most attractive.
Tale pink and the delicate shell pink
are pretty for young girls, but have
scarcely sufficient character to satisfy
the present desire for brilliancy and
effect.
Tho one shade of pink that is so
fashionable at the moment is only to be
found in cloth and chiffon. There are
three tones of pink those bordering on
salmon and the flame color that are
more popular for evening wear.
Variety in color is a particular fea
ture of the new straws and hair
weaves. All the leading series of
shades adapted for the season are rep
resented, but particular prominence is
given to the new moss and spring
greens, and to the. lower toned pinks,
to the orchid mauve?, sky and pale
hyacinth colors, to the bright light wood
browns, and the lightest of ' the terra
cottas.
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TOWERING BIRDS
tf(r lielujt Shot In Flight. They A trend
and Die la the Air; , .
Why is it that a mallard, a grouse, a
quail, and, for the matter of that per
haps, any bird when wounded in the
head during flight will frequently' tow
er or mount upward at un acute angle,
oftentimes to die in midair and drop
dead to the earth like a plummet or
setting its wings, come to earth at a
long, sloping angle?
I remember a curious case of this
kind in connection, with a .sharp-tail
grouse. We were walking through
prairie grass well above our knees
when' a long distance ahead upon a
knoll on tho prairie we espied a sharp
tail grouse, an old cock bird, standing
erect in a sort of oasis of short, vel
vety grass not more than a couple of
yards in diameter.
We walked quietly along, taking care
not to stamp our feet upon the ground
any more than necessary. The bird
seemingly was engrossed with some
thing, for with its back to us it paid
no attention to us whatsoever until we
had advanced within about eighty
yards of it. Turning its head it sized
US up and then began to show symp
toms of restlessness, first standing on
one log and then upon the other. Tho
early afternoon sun was shining bright
ly, and the beautiful bird, with neck
and head erect and body distended
upon its restless feet, made an attract
ive and unique picture.
The wary bird evidently .thought we
were close enough when, with a spring
and a coo coo he darted up in the air.
My friend, slightly in advance of me,
took the shot. The bird did not seem
to change its course or alter its flight
in any way. Up, up, up almost in a
straight line, the bird towered, its
wings beating the air and propelling it
skyward. We watched the towering
bird until we thought it would go out
of sight, when its wings ceased to beat
and became set, as whoa alighting
upon the ground.
Down, down it came, slowly at first
and then more rapidly at an angle di
rectly toward us, finally falling stone
dead at our feet. Ticking the bird up
and carefully examining it we found
a single shot had penetrated its head.
Presumably the nerves of direction in
the brain were paralyzed and the bird,
yet full of life and vigor, beat the air
and ascended upward. I have seen a
mallard do this same thing in the tow
ering line, likewise a quail. What is
the explanation? Charles Cristndoro,
in Forest and Stream.
Future Magnate;.
Patrick and Timothy were both em
ployed by the city, and had the abund
ant leisure for conversation which
comes to those engaged in such muni
cipal affairs.
"Weil, now, if, I had a million come
to me I know well how I'd ha spending
it," said Patrick one day, resting his
pick against a convenient wall and
looking at it with great distaste.
"How would you be doing it?" in
quired Timothy. '
"I'd go to the Waldoffed Kestoria or
some o" thim high-toned hotels," said
Patitck. "and I'd tell the b'y at the
deslf ,'IIave me called t-.t o'clock to-
inor,
fSv morning!' Thou I'd go to mo
roofl
s and shut the blinds, and whin
firsl
hey called me I'd not answer, and
they called me louder I'd give a
sounding gape, and I'd say bo-
whll
gret
two,
I'm''
got
i me yawns. 'Go away wid yez!
lot obliged to bo working! I've
toney. '
"Al
:l" remarked Timothy, as he once
began work.
ill, what would you do if you had
nior
"V
the
illion?" demanded Patrick.
"i ?" said Timothy, looking back
over lis shoulder. "I'd have a half-fut
more len'th to this pkk handle and
save ue poor back."
KuftKiun Kiddle.
t walka upside down overhead?
'? are four brothers under one
hat. legs of table. ;
I hav four legs and feathers, but
am nether beast nor b.rd. Feather
bed.
Four brothers run side by side, but
never atch up with one another. Cart
wheels.
A pak of wolves ran by; one was
shot, hiw many remained? The dead
one.
I am Hind, but show others the way,
deaf aid dumb, but, know how to
count. lilestone.
Pcoplepray for me and Jong for my
company but directly I appear they
hide themselves. Rain.
A Mexican Farm.
Don Lis Terrazas, a great friend
of Tresiiint Diaz, has n farm in Chi
huahua ri, about 8,000,000 acres. Don
Luis is bought to own more than
1,000,000 :attle. His stable consists
of some 1)0,000 horses, his sheepfold
of TOO.OOOuieep. From 200,000 to 1500,
000 calvesare branded with his brand
every spfhg. More than 1000 cow
boys kecj'his cattle. At his slaughter
and pac ,ng houses near Chihuahua
City 250 iO cattle, as many sheep, and
hogs inn'aerable are killed, and away
they go his own refrigerator cars.
Some X) persons dwell on his es
tate. lf -as City Journal.
lo Tall for Strength.
In tall'Hen, as a rule, the body Is
out of p lorliou to the lower limbs,
with tbet tural result that such men
are unable to bear fatigue or to com
pete in thi struggles of life with their
lesser fcllc ,-s more harmoniously pro
portioned. Army experience bears out
these obse ations. In a long and fa
tiguing ma b the tall men usually fall
out first. soldier between fi?e feet
five incheul five feet eW?ht inches or
nine inenjj is usually the one best
adapted fOcaring extra exertion.
There art bout 10,000,000 of migra
tory sheep rt Spain.
A ti l
Tlvl
With the Funny
nuche.
"Hitch year wagon to a .s'irr"
Is advice o wondroiw worth;
Easier this to follow, far.
"Hitch vour air-ship to tiic earth."
-Puck.
lnnocein
He "Has she been married long?"
She "No; but she still thinks Uhat
her husband cats cloves because he
likes them."
A Ureakfaet J)Sa!o;;ue.
Mrs. Talkwords "Henry, you were
talking in your sleep last night."
Henry "Pardon me for interrupting
you." Smart Set.
Got OO Kar,
Dolly "That girl told awful fibs
about me."
Tolly - "You're lucky, ic;:-. She
night have told tho truth."
Not Altogether UnBiiccessfcJ,
P.obby "Went fishing yesterday In
stead of going to school."
Tommy "CY. teh anything?"
Bobby "Not until I got home.'1
The Important Tart.
Millicent "I'm in love with both of
them. Which would you advise me to
marry?"
Hortense " 'Whichever one acks you.
SaiTUMtl.
Tom "What makes young Sapheafl
bo popular with tho girls?"
Dick "Give it up."
Harry "Ho must know iiow to make
some new kind of fudge."
A Tnrlia, She.
Tess "Gladys says she C;',n think of
ten good reasons, for nor allowing a
man to kiss her."
Jess "Oh. so can I, but I can thiak
of eleven why I might let hiiu."
Within Hearing-.
"Aren't the acoustic proptrlics cf the
opera house magnificent?"
"They certainly are. You can hear
every word that's said by the Blank's?
party four boxes away." Brooklyn
Life. '"
Conversion Genuine.
"They lell me that Skinner hay joined
the church. Do you believe he is in
earnest?"
"He must be. I saw him put n dol
lar in the contribution box'-r. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Of Necessity '
"So your daughter has become a so
loist." "Necessarily," answered Mr. Cum
rox, wearily. "Perhaps I ought to be
thankful that she isn't a trio or a quar
tet." Washington Star.
rherinjr.
Lou "What: do you think your pa
will do when I ak his consent?"
Nell "I hate to think about it."
New York Evening Telegram.
Anions Friend.
"Whew! What, Lottie Brown en
gaged? That proves what I've always
said, thut no matter how plain and
bad-tuipered a girl may be, there's al
ways a fool ready to many her. Who's
the poor man?"
"I am!" Life.
The Average Uoj.
Johnny "I gotta reform an" go ter
Sunday-school, or else git a iot toch
er." Susie "What do yon mean?'
Johnny "Ma won't let me play with
about half the kids in thi neighbor
hood, an" the iv;t o' the kids' mothers
don't let 'em play with me. 1 got 0
friends ut all." Cleveland Leader.
Stirring: Him Up.
"My dear," said the .sick man, "do
fou think Dr. Price-Price is really tak
ing any interest in my case?"
"Well, ho hasn't be-on as earnest as
he should," replied the wii'e. "but he'll
work hard from now ou. 1 told him
to-day that if he didn't keep you alive
for six months at least you wouldn't
be able to pay hia bill." Philadelphia
press.
;nve Himself Awny, .
Jenks "Your daughter's young man
interviewed you last night, didn't If.!'."
Grouch "Yes, and such a stupid fel
low, lie hasn't any sensr ut all."
Jenks "Ah! Then you won't liava
bim as a son-in-hnvV"
Grouch "I? V'l:; I have I to do with
It? The idea of hi coming to as;k me
diieri the sivi and her mother are sat
isfied! If ih bad my sense he'd know
iat settled u." Philadelphia Ledger.
AN ACCOMMODATING WITNESS
Bow an Attornrr VPaii Saccrtifnllr H
balled in Court.
"Do you know tha prisoner well?"
asked the attorney..
"Never kne-w him ill," replied the
witness.
"No levity," said the lawyer. "Now,
sir, did you over see the prisoner at
the bar?"
"Took many a drink with him at the
bar."
"Answer my . question, Rir," roared
the lawyer. "How long have you
known the prisoner ?"
"From 'two lVet up to five feet ten
inches."
"Will the Court make the "
"I have, ycr Worship," said the wit
ness, anticipating the lawyer. "I have
answered the question. I knowed the
prisoner when he was a boy of two
feet long and a man of five feet ten."
"Your Honor "
"It's a fact, ycr Worship; I'm under
oath," persisted the witness.
The lawyer placed his hands on the
table in front of him, spread his legs
apart, leaned his body over the table,
and said:
"Will j'ou tell the Court what you
know about this case?"
"That ain't his name," replied the
witness.
"What ain't his name?"
Cash."
"Who snid it was?"
"You cl'd. You wanted to know
what I know about this case. His
name's Jones."
"Your Worship," howled the lawyer,
plucking his beard out by the roots,
"will you make this man answer?"
"Witness," said the Magistrate, "you
must answer the questions put to
you."
"Gr?at Scctt! hain't I been doln' it?
Let him fire away. I'm all ready."
"Then," said the lawyer, "don't beat
about the bush any more. You and
the prisoner have been friends?"
"Never," promptly responded the wit
ness. "What,! Weren't you summoned here
as a friend?"
"No. s-r. I was summoned Here as a
Presbyterian: Nary one of us was
ever Friends. He's an old-time Bap
tist, without a drop of Quaker in him."
"Stand down"' yelled tha lawyer, in
disgust.
"Hey?"
"Stand down!'
"Can't do it. I'll sit down or stand
tip "
"Constable, remove the man from
the box."
Witness retires muttering: "Well, if
he ain't the thick-headest lawyer I ever
laid eyes on."' Galveston Tribune, '
W03DS OF WISDOM.
What makes life dreary is want of
motive Eliot.
A laugh is worth a hundred groans
in any market. Lamb.
Blessed are they tfho know enough
to mind their own business.
Honest good humor is the oil and
wiue of a merry meeting. Irving.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of a
defeat itself. F. Marion Crawford.
If you will be cherished when you
are old be courteous when you are
young.- Lyiy.
He is a wiso man who wastes no en
ergy on pursuits for which he is not
fitted Gladstone.
We are always complaining our days
are few, and acting as if there were
no end of them. Addi3on.
Foresight is very wise, but foresor
row is very foolish, and castles are, at
any rate, better than dinigeoiis in the
air. Lubbock.
Every person is responsible for all
the good within the scope of his abil
ities, and for no more, and none can
tell whose sphere is the largest. Gaii
Hamilton.
So long as men are animated by souls
more responsive to the calls of self in
terest and sentiment than to the calls
of justice and reason, so long will there
be wars and rumors of wars, and a
civilization fundamentally based upon
force.
Dramatic Temperauoe etlory.
Irving Grinnell, treasurer of the
Church T-'mperauce Society of New
York, tola at a temperance nicaing
a dramatic story:
"A woman entered a barroom." he
said, "and advanced quietly to her hus
band, who sat drinking with three
other men.
She placed a covered dish ou the
table and said: '
"Thinkln' ye'd bs io busy to come
home to supper, Jack, I've feiohed it
to you hero.'
"And she deprived.
"The men laughed awkward'y. II
invited his friend to share the meal
with him. Then he removed the cover
from the dish.
"The dlh Mas empty. It contained
a slip of paper that said:
"I hope you will enjoy your supper.
It is the same your wife and children
have at home." Chicago Chroiuvle.
Tli Modern Dragon.
"To-day we need sigh for dragons
no more," fervently remarks Arthur
N. Jervis in his article on automobiles,
"Car Comingl" in Everybody's. "The
death-risking combat between man
and fiery destroyer is real. We may
watch a whole herd of mechanical
dragons, snorting, barking, whizzing,
leaping, sliding, spitting smoke and
flame, for three hours around a thirty
mile circuit. The men who ride them
face dangers which are not made out
of poetic nightmares, dangers fur
greater than those imagined by the
ancient liar and reprobate who rode
out of town for a three days' jamboro",
and came back shaky and disheveled
and explaining that state of bis nerve;
by a lovely tale of horrid combat with
a scaly monster in a cave somewhere
off on the other side of the mountain."
Canadian Boatli.
NITED STATES Com
Sevfert. at Stratford. Of
tario, has rwnsed an int'
esting report regarding
methods being adopted
that vicinity to accoiup:.
?ub!ie road Improvement, from whi'
the following is takn:'
The Province of Ontario has six
thousand miles of country road mai
tained by township and county cou
ci!?. Since the beginning of the raov
ment for hotter roads there is a ra
?al improvement in the condition.'
the roads. The old way of road 5)
provenient by stfltute labor, which L
existed for nearly a century, and d
union during pioneer days to opt
highways, has been largely sup?rsed
by a more modern system of a dirt
tax rate and closer supervisio
Township control is universal in vo.
coiiKtruiiitiit, while at the same tin
county councils have undertaken ti
management of a system of main roa
within the county. The work of t;
rounty council is devoted chiefly
legislative functions, and the actu
oversight of Avork on the grounds
left to road foremen or overseers. T)l
county system is aided by the P
vineial trovernment to the extent
one-third of the entire cost of constr j
tion. During the years of 1003-
162i miles of main roads were in
proved at an expenditure of SSOO,'
through provincial aid. Modern ro.j
machinery, mob as grading machine
stone crushers, is in general iv
throughout the province. Natur
gravel bed eve numerous, and care
taken to select the best gravel in t.
pit, which, under the modern syst?i
Is placed on the roads after the ears
U consolida ted with the roller. Bridgi
are now all being built with ste
superstructnres, conci'ete abutment
and concrete floors. j
The matter of drainage is given il
rreatest attention. Where underdrai
age is needed tiles are used, with i'r
oueiit outlets that will lead to natm;;
watercourses. Breakers, once so eoc!
mon for carrying the water from c
side of the road to the other, ara cif
tiri'ly abandoned. Concrete culver
have tafien their place, and on: tl
steep hills, where such surface draif
age is necessary, the road bed, with if
high centre crown, is as smooth as
the level. In the older parts of Ont
rio road construction has long in
passed the early temporary stage, ar.
all improvements are made with a vie
of durability. Terth County, of vvhirj
Stratford is the county seat, has L"?
miles of country highways; of this 611
miles are gravelled and are as fine pel
inanetit roads as can be found in act
country. .
A source of much trouble and
pens? to keep country roads open l
this latitude for several months ,of lis
winter is the . enormous amount 4
snowfall. Snow fences, similar n
tho?? us1 by railroads, are employ e;
but wire fences are much cheaper a in
give better satisfaction. In the carC
part of the winter snow plows
used, but later in the season they ai
not cope with th drifts, and many l
the roads become absolutely impassJ
hie. To overcome some of the diflicul
ti:s on snow roads the last proviueiJ
l-'gisdature adopted a measure in pas
ng an act. the first section of wb?
provides that: "On and after the con!
ing into force of this section no pers
shall-us; on any public highway o
cept within the limits of any city i
sleigh or other vehicle upon ruiuw
drawn by horses or other animals (es;
cept cutter) manufactured after lb
first day of December, l'JOO, unless ii.
same is ko constructed that the dM
tanea between the outer edge of sue
runners at tlw bottom is- not less tha
four feet." Tha object of this act t
have a uniform width of sleigh runner
is to g3t a wider track fordout
rep ms,
ItoHtlWrt.r Repairing:.
In a h Uer to the selectmen of lb
town throughout th? State of Comie.
tiTt, James II. Maedonald, Stat
Highway Commissioner gives som
practical points on repairing roadv;
as follows:
"All culverts and gutters should b
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L";aueu iut ana au suoumers on tuj
roaus should be pared down so ihu
they shall be below the traveled po
iio;j of the highway. ThLs will penii
of the -water running off Into the gtf
t.T. Gmvel roads shoal;!) have a Hi
tie gravel placed on tin marks ii
the erriv of the road and in the vat
If this Js not done at this season in
good will resultA --All, JoossJytcriM
should n removed from raacadan
roads with the back of a rake, not tb
teeth. Loose stones injure a road &
indcn as &uy ana thing, because thej
uiv driven Inlo ihe surface and breik
t)e band.
"Where the s!one Is beginning i
show though a little splinters or cbn.n
of stone should be applied to foris- i
cushion. This cushion fhould not b
more than Ttiree-fourths of an inet
thick. .No spriukiiug or rolling is nee
essary. . A ton of splinters will sufitict
for from 2"0 to Z'OQ hqv.jre',feet. Ai
oru.tiary ro.Ier wrizhted cnwi
road, as they only furnish dust In i
weather. If the road is watched,
new surface will not be necessary.
it w III not have the chauce to iiej
bnd condition."
Fwcd'.Ah school children, rmde
guidance of their teachers, am
plant about G0O.O0O trees.
and run afer t'-e road after loose stone
are removed, will improve It. It is in
necessary to use screenings on a etc
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