THE NORFOLK WBBKLL NEWSJOUJINAL , FRIDAY , JULY 29 , 1910.
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TelephonesICdltoi : lal Department
No. 22. BiiHlnt'HH Olllco uiul Job Itooina
No. H 22.
It's fortunate that the corn doesn't
Imvo to wait for legislative unnctmcnt
before H Brows.
President Tuft's Aunt Delia , of apple -
plo ] ilc fame , nays the secret of Mr.
HooEovelt's popularity Is that he has
nlways steered clear of tariff discus-
iilon. Wine Aunt Delia ! She might
make a pretty good president herself.
Count Zeppelin shows the Mime
jiorvo and persistence In his alrshlr
ventures that Sir Thomas Llpton did
lor BO ninny years In his deturmitm-
tlon to win the cup with his yacht
Such courage and ability deserves tc
win out ,
The hostility between the Brltlsli
nnd the Doers which was so acute seven
on or eight years ago , has , under the
statesmanship of the loaders on boll
Hides , almost disappeared , and the twt
races arc working together hnrmon
] ously for the greater South Africa.
There are signs of democratic In
Burgency in the south to match th <
republican insurgency of the middle
west and elsewhere. The Infusion o
northern people and capital into the
uouth Is stirring things up politically
ns well as commercially.
The Now Jersey gubernatorial cam
pnlgn promises to be one of unusua
interest and activity. President Wood
TOW Wilson of Princeton has adder
Jils name to the list of eminent cltl
7cns who are willing to sacrifice them
selves for the good of the state.
One cause of the high cost of llvin ,
was recently discovered in New York
when an inspector gathered threi
automobile loads of 1'ako measure !
from the shops of the city. Shor
measures nnd long prices make a bai
combination for the ultimate con
Scientists figure out that betweei
motoring , aviating and the innumer
able other ways of transporting tin
body without use of the pedal ex
tremltles , that a thousand years fron
now , man will lose the use of his feet
IJut that doesn't really need to worr ;
the present generation.
A new $20,000,000 dry goods combln
lias been organized to operate a chaii
of department stores In the centra
west and northwest. They will doubl
less succeed if they can devise sorm
means by which the article wanted b
a customer will not always be "fou
aisles over , and in the annex. "
Mayor Gaynor of New York seem
determined that two pints shall cor
tinue to make a quart and four peck
a bushel. He is raiding the shor
weight measure peddlers and shor
keepers of the metropolis and placln
them under the ban of the public cor
tempt.
President Taft has tlslted Enstpor
Me. , the extreme northeast corner c
the United States. He has now bee
in every corner of the country. N
president in the same length of tlm
lias traveled so many miles and vis
ited so many towns and cities ns ha
this executive.
It Is now planned to blow up th
wreck of the .Maine in Havana harbc
Instead of raising it. This will be
far less expent-lve way of disposing t
the obstacle nnd will also have th
merit of not ie-openlng the dlscu ;
Bion as to whether the Maine wa
Bunk by an external or internal e :
plosion.
Texas promises to furnish the bi
surprise in the census count. Only
seventh of the probable populatlo
hns been counted so far nnd if th
same increase is maintained its nun
Ler of congressmen will bo raise
from sixteen to twenty-two on th
basis of the present ratio of appo :
tlonment.
How to keep the boy on the farn
Let him graduate at an ngrlcultun
college , and he will become so fasc
nated with farming that he will pe ;
mnnently follow it. At any rat
President Worst of the North Dakot
agricultural college says that but ft"
agricultural schools pursue any othc
occupation than farming.
Secretary Dickinson's recent vlsl
to Honolulu to establish a strong ml
itary post at Hawaii Is dictated b
the same * reasons as the constructlo
of a big naval dock at Pearl hnrboi
The two works will supplement eac
other In a locality of unusual strategl
Importance.
England has more than 300 stee
warships which hnvo cost her $ GOO
000.000 now engaged In maneuvers o !
lior coast. Eighty thousand sailor
manning the fleet during the twentj
four days which the sham warfare 1
to continue , and the cooks at lent
; will get an Idea of real work of war.
A nhorta o lu reported In the Pan-
una hat crop , because 200,000 of these
lot weather headgear are tied up In
Now York till investigation can be
nade an to the payment of duty. This
nakes It hard on the "ultimate eon-
timers" who are sweltering In a tern-
lernture of 99 degrees , waiting for
hone Panamas.
Many n public man whom ago and
linens compels to drop out of the nc-
Ivitles of life years'before life real-
y ends , and to whom It is a hard and
) lttcr thing to see the procession close
up and move on wltlfout them , envies
: MiIef Justice Fuller the supreme sails-
action of remaining at his post to
he end and dying In the harness.
Nothing shows more emphatically
and clearly the revolution that Is Ink-
ng place In means of transit than the
; rowth of the automobile Industry.
Blevcn years ago there were only
fifty cars In the entire United States.
This year there will be manufactured
160,000 machines and the amount In
vested In them already reaches Into
the hundreds of millions.
General Nelson A. Miles takes pains
to assure the timid people of the
United States that are constantly fear
ing war with Japan , that Japan is in
no condition to start such an expen <
slve proposition and in case she were
the stories about the defenselessness
of this country against foreign inva
slon are myths. General Miles ought
to know If anyone does.
Southern men of education are be <
ginning to see the hand writing on
the wall , and realize that unless the
people of the south net promptly IE
developing the wonderful resources
of their section nnd educate their chll
dren to make practical use of theli
opportunities , those resources and op
portunltics will pass largely or alto
gether Into the hands of the new
comers.
Since President Diaz of Mexico has
accepted his recent re-election in spite
of his previous declaration that he
would retire at the end of his lasl
term of olllce , it may now be taker
for granted that he will remain ai
the head of the Mexican government
ns long as he lives. And after thai
the Mexican's republic will face r
problem ns to who can successful ! }
fill his place that no other country
will volunteer to solve for them.
A man in Georgia met a strandee
miner , penniless and friendless , fee
him , clothed him , nnd loaned him i
small sum of money. That was sev
eral years ago , nnd the Georgia nini
considered the Incident closed. Great
ly to his surprise a few days ago h <
was notified that the miner had diet
leaving him $500,000. There nre tlmei
when virtue doesn't have to be con
tent with being Its own reward.
If a foreigner traveling in this coun
try were to base his idea and estl
mates of our public men upon the rep
resentatives he sees of them in mos
of the newspapers ho would come t <
the decision that those of them tlm
did not belong In prison ought to bi
in a circus. The whole tendency o
our political cartoons is to place tin
man who is a public figure In the mos
humiliating , ridiculous and unworth ;
positions possible.
Secretary Knox expresses the be
lief that the time is near at hand whei
the nations of the world shall red
llze a federation as real and vital a
that now subsisting between the dil
fercnt parts of n state , when tin
strong shall universally help the weak
and cruelty and unrighteousness shal
disappear. The secretary's view i
an optimistic one but all that Is need
ed to make it a reality Is enougl
statesmen and citizens of his owi
type to lead the rest Into wise am
right ways.
The Rio Grande river at El Past
Tex. , has so shifted its channel as t <
add five million dollars' worth of lam
to the United States side. An nrbl
trntlon board has been appointed ti
decide whether this Innd was createi
by nccretlon from the sands of th
river or from erosion from the Mexl
can bank. If they decide It was crc
ated by nccretlon It belongs to tlv
United States , if by erosion it is n par
of Mexico. It would save considerable
expense nnd trouble if when river
have made their beds they would 11
In them.
Brazil is studying in n thorough am
comprehensive manner the methods o
cotton planting and raising in th
southern states. Nor Is this the enl
branch of Industry that is being ir
vestlgated in n business-like wny I
aid in the material development o
this South American republic. Whci
these countries all wake up. to tlv
wonderful possibilities which the nat
ural resources of their region holel
nnd the people devote their enorgle
to exploiting them Instead of flghtlm
each other , there will be progress tha
will astonish less productive section :
Theodore Roosevelt in n recen
speech to his neighbors at Oyster Ba ;
said : "The first essential of helm
a good citizen Is being a good cltlzei
to those who nro uenrest to you
Good citizenship starts in every home
When I ECO n man carrying along tin
infant and not turning it over to tin
overburdened mother , 1 know he IF
a fcood citizen. 1 believe that before
we try to save the nation wo oiigh1.
to do a little repairing around home ,
lita goeid citizen to your wife , your
children , your neighbor , to your vil
lage , to your county , to your state ,
and you will be sure to be a geiod citi
zen to your nation. "
Advertisements show us that the
number of Institutions which , profess
to cure the drug habit Is constantly
increasing. There nre now nt lenst
100. This Indicates that the drug hab
it must also be a growing one. In
the past generutiou , the drug hnblt
meant the opium habit. It still means
hat , but Includes not only opium , but
cocaine , ncetanjlld , antlpyrln and a
dozen other preparations of coal tar ,
which are sold as prompt headache
remedies , which seem also to furnish
energy and mental clarity for the
jay's work. Unfortunate Indeed Is the
person who consciously or uncon
sciously nllows himself to become de
pendent upon the use of these or any
pernicious drugs.
The people of Kansas and Nebraska
are feeling considerably amused and
somewhat Indignant over a recently
published text book In geography that
says that "Kansas nnd Nebrnskn He
In n belt of high plntenu land east
of the Rocky mountain foothills and
stretching from Texas to North Da
kota , which has very little rain , not
enough to make grain growing profit
able and so is devoted to grazing. "
This is said of a country that produces
annually hundreds of millions of bush
els of grain a , country where agricul
ture has been as profitable as In any
spot on the globe. There nre many
equally ridiculous statements nnd the
farmers of Kansas and Nebraska are
anxious to give the author of the re
markable volume a day's ride in one
of their tine automobiles , while they
show him a few things about their
section of country. -
It has long been a serious problem
with ship builders to devise a brake
which would stop n ship suddenly in
case of nn emergency nnd up to the
present time it has remained an un
solved problem. Very recently , how'
ever , a Canadian has Invented a brake
which after repented tests on the
Great Lakes , was lately tried on the
battleship Indiana with satisfactory re
suits. The brake consists of huge
wing-like gates which are nttnched
closely to the sides of the ship , point
ing forward when closed. Wlien the
forward ends nre spread by a me
chanical devise operated in the en
gine room the force of the water at
once spreads them put and n double
brake is formed. It Is claimed thai
these brakes used simultaneously witli
the reversal of the engine will stor
any ship within its own length. Thus
one by one the world's problems are
being solved and after the inventoi
has shown how it is done , we all ex
claim , "How easy ! "
THE AVIATION FATALITIES.
The ghastly train of mangled bodies
following the development of air trans
sit is suggestive of the venturesome
spirit once prevalent In the world
The aviators are just about the same
type as the vikings and crusaders oi
old. These were days when men walk
ed the edge of death's nbyss daily
They never looked down at the chasrr
below , but always at the path ahead
the duty to be faced or the foe to b (
fought that day. Tomorrow took can
of itself. The same spirit can stil
be found In many peoples not fullj
civilized. The Japs , for Instance , wen' '
to their death , in the war with Rus
sla , apparently without concern.
The typical man of the present ag <
Is n different creature. It is a time
of life insurance , of boards of health
of anxious searching against all pos
sible chances of disease and accident
If you told a man that there is one
chance out of a hundred that he woulc
die tomorrow , he would be as un
happy about it as the old tltnnr wouli
to know that his end was certain.
There may seem to be a good manj
aviators just now , but In proportloi
to the population , it is about one ou
of n hundred thousand. The rest o
us simply couldn't.
FIGHT THE SUMMER COLD.
Fight shy of summer colds.
How to do It ?
Here's how , according to the Bostoi
committee on the prevention of dls
ease.
Colds are contagious. They are al
caused by germs. You catch cold jus
a * you catch diphtheria. The { wini
of colds are snrend from the nos <
nnd mouth of one person to nnother.
Drnughts , wet feet , chilling of th <
body nnd sudden changes of temperature
turo will not In themselves cause i
cold ( stiff neck and other musculni
pains are not here Included ) . Thes <
conditions may weaken the body , hel ]
the germs , favor the development o
colds nnd mnko them worse. It li
worth noting that arctic explorers nev
er suffer from colds until they becomi
infected from their fellowmen on thel ;
return to civilization.
Do not get close to others wh <
h'ivo ' colds.
Do not use handkerchiefs , toweli
nnd cups that have been used by people
plo who have colds. Even though yet
do get your cold from your neighbor
don't pass it on.
Do not snooze or cough except inte
your handkerchief.
Do not spit on the floor ; to do &c
n n > spread colds , tuberculosis inn
oth r diseases.
Do not neglect a cold. It mny ient
to berlous conu/llratlous. During tht
ir * > l few days , If > ou have fever stay
n bed. Tills will help you nnd pro-
, ect others freim getting your cold.
Take a laxative nnd use simple house-
mid remedies. If these do not help
you , call n doctor.
You will bo able to resist the germs
Causing colds If you keep your body In
good condition.
Ureatho pure air , avoid dust , take
regular exerclbo ; get plenty of sloop
tnd rest ; oat wholesome food and do
not sit feir long hours In a stuffy , close
room.
Ceilds come from the bacteria In
your mouth , tooth , nose nnd throat ;
therefore keep those parts clean.
AROUND TOWN.
Every boy ought to learn to swim.
But It was mighty cold last winter.
Don't fill your stomach with Ice
water.
Wahoo Sam Crawford Is still hitting
the ball.
What's become of Silver Hole , just
below the dam ?
What's become of the old-fnshionod
red table cloth ?
Taft's entitled to your sympathy.
He sprained his ankle.
It was only 91 yesterday. What
are you complaining about ?
The arrival of roJlstlng ears takes
II part of the gioom of dog days.
Why not form a corporation to sell
lightning rods to the aeroplanlsts ?
This much seems to be fairly cer
tain : That Mr. Rawn Is really dead ,
Envy that man who Is permitted to
shnve In the bathroom as leisurely as
he pleases.
A haircut , a shave and a shine
makes all the difference In the world
in the looks of n man.
What's become of the old-fashioned
young man who used to ride from out
town to another on a bicycle ?
"Go without your coat if you will , '
says a Norfolk woman to her husband
"but for heaven's sake cut the suspenders
ponders and wear a belt. "
If by any chance the Norfolk golf ,
ers should lose to the Fremonters , let
it be hoped there il be no Grlswnld tc
declare the losers were doped.
What could be more fun on days
like this than to spend the whole nf
ternoon diving into the Elkhorn un
der the shade of the trees at Bun
Taft'e ?
Mlsh Leavltt used to catch more
game fish out of the waters below the
npron of the dam In a morning thai
anybody ever catches' nowadays In f
month.
Every American boy baby has Ir
him the chance to become president
of the United States. But mighty few
of 'em have any chance of ever becom
Ing big league pitchers.
The man who predicted that this
would be nnother " 94" year , belongs
In the same pew ns the man who fore
casted that Jeffries would win. The
fast three weeks of rain have hat
the "wallop. "
Peter Adam Young is the name o ;
the young Madison county man ac
cuscd of stealing $5,000 in gold fron
his father. How could they expec >
anything better of a boy named Pete :
Adam , anyhow ?
Roosevelt has had 2,034 invitations
for speeches since his return to Am
erica. With a demand like that , he
ought to make good money talking in
to a phonograph record and getting
royalty on the profits , all same
Caruso.
It's to.mlto SOP \ounc ; boys go tt
the penitentiary , but a lot of thos <
Norfolk youths were warned a yeni
ago that If they kept on doing whn
they were doing and they did kee ]
on that they'd land in state's prison
They've only themselves to blnme fo :
their predicament.
The Clevelnnd Lender libels the
west in a cartoon , which represents
the corn as proclaiming , "How dry
am , " nnd pictures the west ns bavin ;
"gone dry. " Nebraska's corn croj
Is the greatest In history , and smal
grain is both heavier In yield am
better In qunlity than for many years
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
How mnny real calamities can i
man stand at one time ? We go dowi
nt the third.
It Is nlways the case with the tnn
reformer that he either has too much
or not enough.
The only criticism we hear of th <
nmntcur minstrels is that they dldn'
cut up enough.
It always seems to us that n paclni
horse does twice as much work ns li
necessnry in traveling.
Why do they refer to thieves ni
sneakthieves ? Everybody knows tha
every thief Is a sneak.
A man cannot be said to bo reall ;
old-fashioned unless he takes en re o
his own horse , nnd milks.
Some people sny there never wns i
nice man. But sometimes wo thlnl
wo have known one or two.
After a man passes 50 , don't sny t (
him "How old nro you , old man ? '
Say. "How nro you , my boy ? "
After n man passes CO , his nils
chief Is mainly in his head.
Many n man who thinks he Is a
racer , is really only n MI ml hauler.
Conceit is so universal nnd pro
nouncod. It mutt bo n gront shock to n
man to bo dofontod for an ofllco.
Why isn't the minstrel show re
pented ? Amateur performances are
usually repeated by special request.
You might not think It , but there
are people to whom "fooling at homo"
doosn't suggest n delightful sensation.
When n mnn takes off his shoes the
first thing after getting home from bin
day'b work , It is n blgn that he Is
getting old ,
When n girl Is nbout sixteen , she
has a notion that fairy tales , as well
as history , should repeat thomsolTos
for her benefit
There would , however , be n good
mnny more guilty men If n mnjorlty ,
Instead of n unanimous vote , were
s-ufllclont to convict.
Every time we are nt the union
depot , and see trains go through , wo
wonder if half the tiavolers wouldn't
bo better off at homo.
As a general rule , a committee Is a
number of persons who try to make
the chairman perform the task as-
blgnod to all of them.
In every country town there Is n me
chanic so clover that people wonder
that ho doesn't build an airship , nnd
boat Glenn Curtlss.
We still contend that if a man wants
really good fishing , he can only get
satisfaction In the railway folders erin
in another man's stories.
An Atchison man recently decided
to be as attentive to his wife as he
wns while courting her. But , like Jef
fries , he couldn't come back.
While there Is no law on the subject ,
the women don't expect n widower
to marry again until his children grow
up.
Considering the great prosperity ,
and the demand for help , we see an
unnecessary number of men sitting
around.
The average man has about ns
much use for n gun ns a soldier lias
for a parasol ; ever see a soldier carry
a parasol ?
In gathering up the fragments , it
may also be stnted that those Hutch'
inson and Chicago prayers were an >
swered fully.
A farmer wns trying to hire harvest
hands todny. "I feed well , " he said ,
"I never ask anyone to get up from
the table. "
In view of the fact that a candidate
doesn't want enemies , he Is mighty
willing to risk making them by boring
people.
A certain Atchison Presbyterian has
three ambitions : To attend a prize >
fight , see a big railroad wreck and wit
ness a hanging.
An Atchison man who attended the
Fourth of July celebration nt Coolldgc
says the playing of the Coolidge band
was a misdemeanor.
Of course , we wanted him to come
back , but when we remember that he
might have come back as the stai
performer In "Davy Crockett" 11
the blow easier.
We hate to see a man punished , bul
there Is one Atchison man we fear we
will be compelled to let go to the
devil. He Is determined to go , and
we don't bee what we can do to prevent
vent it.
There is a lot of useless good ad
vice , but there Is n whole lot in the
good advice about letting * whisk }
alone. There is less excuse for whisk }
drinking than for any other humar
folly.
In some towns , the little girl whc
practices the piano the greatest num
her of hours per day , is disinguished
In other places , people expect little
girls also to help their mothers wltl :
the dishes.
The Globe once criticised the blf
city papers for printing foolish sensn
tions. Today" an editor employed or
n big city pnper writes us : "You can' !
understand why we print sensations
And we can't understand why yet
print country correspondence. "
"Is he well off , " we asked a fnrmei
today , speaking of his neighbor. "No1
so terrible , " the farmer replied. In
qulry developed thnt the neighboi
owned forty ncres of bluff Innd. Sc
when n farmer owns forty acres ol
bluff-land , he is not so terrible wel !
off.
Two people were walking along the
streets the other evening , and passed
n house where n piano was being wel !
played. "You can't fool mo , ' one ol
the listeners said ; "that is too good
, for hand playing ; that's a meclranlcal
piano player. " The mechanical plane
players nro very good , except thai
most people run them so fast that il
is n sin.
A handsome girl had a good posltlor
down town. She gave It up to marr }
a 10-cent man. Now her condition If
such thnt all her acquaintances nre
saying : "Isn't it too bad ? " Her bus
hand won't work , nnd her married
sisters , who didn't "do" very well
themselves ery when they talk of the
bride's predicament We can under
stand why a mnn is crnzy to be mnr
rlod , but , If we wore n woman , we'll
bet wo could resist the temptation.
PROPER TYPE OF
ROAD TO BUILD
ONE THAT WILL MAKE BEST USE
OF MATERIAL AT HAND.
PLAN OF BUILDING MACADAM
If Satisfactory Ideas of Dust Preven
tion Are Developed Roads of This
Material Wltl Continue to Be Ex
tensively Used.
During the fopMng of the Ohio En
chuM-rlng Hocloty at Columbus the fol
lowing paper was rend by Jnincs C.
Winders , unite highway commissioner ,
on "Tho Proper Typo of Roads : "
Road building is largely a local
problem , and the proper typo of rend
to build in that which will make t lu
bes t use ot the material at hand to
produce a satisfactory road surface
und nt nn expense not exceeding the
money nvnllnblc.
In the earliest extensive rend im
provements In Ohio the problem was
solved by using gravel for the wearing
surface , and this early work was prac
tically con lined to the region where an
abundance of gravel could lie found
This region was principally In the cen
tral and southern part of the west half
of the state and- embraced about one-
third of Itn area. 1 bnve known of
some Instances whore gravel wns
shipped by rail for rend work , but It
was too expensive , considering the
typo of construction , nnd the practice
wns never extensive. A large amount
of this work wns built , probably fif
teen or twenty thousand miles.
At the time of their construction
these roads wore undoubtedly the
proper type , ns the cost of the woik
came within the means of the farmers
who paid for them. These rends In
the best form of their construction ,
when now nnd In good repair , pro
vided nn admirable surface for public
travel , and at present tboro nro many
of thorn which can hardly bo excelled
by the moro modern construction.
The majority of those rends present
In their present condition ono of the
most Important problems of today's
rend work. On account of lack of suf
lie-lent repairs a largo pnrt of the mileage
ageIs practically worn out. Owing to
the exhaustion of the gravel suppl } In
n considerable.1 part of this tcrrltor }
the resurfacing of ninny of these roads
has boon done with crushed stone , und
where properly done , using the old
FINK SrULTCH OF MACADAM.
[ From Good Hands Magazine , New Vork.J
gravel road for the bottom course ,
very excellent results have been ob
tained.
In the present condition of the de
velopment of road building the best
known typo of construction In the
gravel road country would bo the plac
ing of n crushed stone top layer on the
road , leaving the old gravel to provide
the bottom course. The old road
should bo graded to conform to the de
sired cross se-etlon for the now road.
Mud holes should be cleaned out and
fille'd with gravel. The surface should
bo rolled and watered to produce n
. olld foundation , The macadam top
course can bo water bound or have a
bituminous binder if the necessary
funds for such construction are available
able- .
Throughout the central and north
western parts of the state , occupying
between one-third nnd onef-hnlf. of its
area , limestone furnishes the most
easily obtained rend building material ,
and lit this region the best type of
road Is the two course water bound
macadam. If satisfactory methods of
dust prevention are developed this con
struction will continue to be extensive
ly used. The method of exnstructlng )
this typo of road was described by the
writer nt the meeting of this society
last year , and I presume no further
description Is needed at this time.
The cross section , like the road cov
crlng. becomes , only in a more limited
sense , a local problem. In level re
gions with slight grades it IB Impera
tive to raise the grade above the sur
rounding country , and to do this ltsla
noce-ssary to take the fill from the side
dltche-s. requiring them to be made
wldo and deep. The bottom of the
ditch should bo placed from eight to
Ion feet from the odpo of the bertns.
The ditch should bo cut with straight
slope from Its bottom to the edge of
the norms This will permit n mowing
machine to bo run down the slope to
the bottom of the ditch , nn arrange
ment ilnit materially reduces Uio cost
of keeping the rend clenr of weeds nnd
bruoh.
Painfully Frank.
"Mr. Coldcnsb. 1 bnvo come to nslt
for the hand of your daughter. "
"My daughter , sir ? "
"Yes , I can't live without her. "
"Well , sir , finish your sentence. "
"Finish my sentence ? "
"Yes , you were about to say you
could not live without her income.
Let us bo candid. "
GOOD ROAD BOOSTERS.
Valunble Hints From Address by Con *
gressman Ferrii of OkUhomn.
Congressman Scott Ferris of Oklaho
ma In tin enthusiastic address on the
subject of good rends uttered the fol
lowing :
Good roads bring the products of the
mine nnd forest to the factory dour.
Cowl muds bring thrift to the former
nnd thrift to the consumer nnd wealth
to the nation.
Good roaelH make farm life pleasant
and profitable and enhance Its useful *
ness.
Good rondH bring un more rural
rout OH will bring us better ones and
more ( 'indent OUCH.
They make bettor homes , happier
firesides , moro patriotic people.
They distribute the products of the
mine' , the forest nnd the factory.
They nro the avenues of progretm
nnd the highest and best proof of the
intolllgonco we enjoy.
It docs Justice to producer nnd con
sumer and withholds Injustice from
all.
They snve time , labor , money nnfl
failure. Tlwy patronize the railways
nnd the waterways you have appro
priated for no lavishly.
Highways. 1 te-ll you , sir. nro not the
property of ono class of , men. but arc
the property nnd Interest of every ono.
whether ho bo blnck or white , educat
ed or uneducated , weak or strong.
high or low. savage or clvlllzevl. Tbor
nro. I toll you. the property of us nil ,
and we should all aid In their upbuild
ing.
HIGHWAYS TOO WIDE.
Those of Germany Compared to Honda
of the West.
It Is argued that IIH n general thing
nnd particularly In the west the roads
of the United States nro too wldo.
The west and Germany nre compared
In this respect. It Is pointed out that
while In Germany , where the tratllc Is
enormous , the highways' ' nre but twen
ty and twenty-one feet. In the west.
where the tralllc Js comparatively light
nnd land worth ? 100 nn aero , the road
ways are from fifty to sixty foot In
width , throe-fourths of which grows
up in we-eds nnd grans.
It can hardly bo said , however , that
the rends are too wide in the eastern
states.
Mountain travelers especially will
smile at the idea of wldo roads In
reading of the subject , having many
a time and oft mot face to face other
travelers far from the "wide place. "
with the result that their vehicles hael
to bo taken apart nnd carried by ploco-
menl or stood up nt n dizzy angle
ng.ilnst the cliff while the other hugged
the perilous edge of n fathomless rn-
vlue.
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Asphalt Roads In Massachusetts. V
It Is the expectation of the Massa
chusetts highway commission to ex
tend the use of asphalt compounds for
the coming season In Its rend making.
The general opinion of its engineers
last year as the season progressed was
that the asphalt products were more
reliable nnd gave bettor results than
the tar products ; also thnt It appeared
thnt the asphalt would wear for n
grenter length of time. As a result of
Its experiments the commission treatoel
many miles of macadam surface ,
which was badly worn , by filling all
ruts , holes and depressions with n mix
ture of asphalt , oil and gravel or n
sharp band or stone and stone screen
ings , the rend being evened up and
brought ns nearly as possible to a uni
form smooth surface. Then the road
was coated with from one-fourth to a
half gallon of hot asphalt oil to the
square yard. The oil was laid on ife
eve-lily ( is possible over the surface ,
being spread with a broom whore nec-
essary. It was then immediately cov
ered with sand , gravel or screenings
spread evenly ever the road surface
In sufficient quantities to absorb all of
the oil. If oil appeared it was covoroel
from time to time , so thnt no oil
should come In contact with passing
vehicles.
Starters of Good Roads ,
If highways nro nn evolution from
the primary paths made by animals
nnd men. the first rondmakors did not
make their paths straight certainly ,
and many n road today Is a monument
to the loaders In roadmaklng of the
long ago. Nevertheless It Is said thnt
some animals , the buffalo especially ,
were pretty fair engineers. They hnd
nn eye for grnde. which cnnnot.be snld
of some of their successors. In the
west engineers hunting pathways for
railroads are said to have largely fol
lowed buffalo trails.
Good Raid Legislators Needed.
"What we need In this country. "
says a good roads export , "is legisla
tors who arc willing to sacrifice their
political future In behalf of good
roads. In thus dying politically they
will have rendered moro service to
their country than by living many
years. We like the temper of those
Alabama folk who are demanding of
candidates for office that they speaU
out plainly for bettor ronds. "
Value of Good Highways.
Good roads nre the most vulunblo as
set a county can possess. Every farm
within their operation Is largely In
creased In value. The farmer Is closoi
to his markets , his church and to tbt
city The conveniences and pleasures
of country life are cnhanceel tenfold.
First American Macadam Road.
The first road to bo built according
to the macadam method in the United
States was begun In the year ITOU. It I
was called the Lancaster pike nnd extended - >
tended from Philadelphia to Lancas a \
tcr , Pa. , a distance of sixty miles.
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