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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY. AUGUST 12 , 1010. Tfie CWB , Kntabllnht-d 1881. Tne Journal. Kgtnbllghcd 1877. THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY. W. N. fiuRi- , N. A. Huse , 1'rcHldGiit. Secretary. Every Friday. By mall per year. $1.60. Entered at the postoinco at Norfolk , Neb. , an nocond class innttcr. TelephonesEditorial : Department No. 22. UuBlncBR Otllcc and Job Koomu No. H 22. Want to Bfll that furniture ? Want- advertise ! A Brooklyn department Btorc has 2r > 0,000 cntnlpn trocs which they wish to give to the children of the public BchoolB of the city. AH the cntnlpn IB n rapid growing , hnrdy , handsome tree , they will be n constant delight to the children who tend them , find add greatly to the beauty of the city after the lapse of a few years. It wits n beautiful gift , and one sure to do teed ; In several ways. There Is no occasion for the country to settle Into a state of chronic pes- Himlsm. There has been crop damage , but thcro always Is crop damage. Nowhere Is It so bad as the possl inlstH have painted It. Business is keeping up to a fair standard. The country will harvest an average crop mid every legitimate enterprise will continue to prosper. Cheer up ! Look for the best Instead of the worst. Should Mr. Plnchot follow Mr Hughes as governor of New York , he would pursue the same policies innug united by Governor Hughes and cii' ' dcavor to live up to the same hlgb Ideals. Whether Mr. Plnchot would prove himself possessed of the execu tive ability shown by Governor Hughe * only time can toll. Many believe hhr to be of the right sort of tltnbei which the nation should conserve. Health experts admonish us to es cape the worst terrors of summei beat by reducing our food allowance cutting out strong drink , letting heavj greasy food alone , consuming quantl ties of pure water Internally and ex ternally and living chiefly on vege tables , fruits , cereals and milk. The death of John G. Carlisle whicl has received Small notice only showi how quickly men drop out of the pee pie's eye. Carlisle was secretary o the treasury under Grover Clevelnm and a quarter of a century ago wui one of the most prominent public mei whose ability as a statesman was gen erally recognized. Mrs. John D. Heavls of Pasadena Calif. , has achieved the distinction o driving her own motor car 10,50i mi's ! riiicol as July , miiKinq ner invi repairs and replacing her own tire without any assistance. Mrs. Reavl eays there is no reason why any we man of ordinary strength should no drive her own aulo anywhere , am she seems to have proven her statt ment. During the weeks that have elapse since the close of congress , Preslden Taft has exercised the right confei red upon hiu by that body by witl drawing millions of acres of publl lands from entry , sale , or settlemen pending the enactment of new legis latlon. The conservation of our nai ural resources has been put on a muc tinner legal basis by the Taft admir istratlon. The large n"ij.ortou ! of boat pros trations follow the mid-day luncl This meal , eaten In the hottest pai of the day , Is likely to be hastily ea en , without rest mental or physlca and many times of poorly chosen fee is likely to prove disastrous. Tim is gained In the end by walking t lunch at a moderate pace , eating slov ly , lightly and taking time to retur to work without rushing. Mason City , In. , reports thus fti forty-eight cases of infantile paralysl six of which have proven fatal. C the balance about a third have reco' ered , a third partially so and a thlr crippled for life. The doctors are a unanimous in the statement that th disease , \\nlch Is infectious and prol ably contagious , should be quarai tined , and houses funilfuteu nfter tli it'covery or death of tlie strlckei and ro public fumrrtiallowed. . It has become a popular theory tlu n person should eat little food in he weather and that of a very light ni ture , a little ready-cooked breakfai food and fresh fruit being nil that ! necessary. This may do for the pe son who does not have to work , hi for the hard working man or womn substantial food in sulliclcnt qunntit Is Just as necessary in hot weather r in cold. The "Dutch clock" is not n Dutc clock , at all , hut is manufactured I the village of Freyburg , German ; India Ink does not come fro'r. Indl any more than India rubber does. Tl former comes from China and the la ter largely from Africa. Camch ha brushes nro not made from camel hair , but from the tails of Russia squirrels. Hut what Is In n nnm iiftd nil , sj . - > rg as we get what v are nfter The Carnegie hero fund has bee laughed at and ridiculed and EOII have doubted If medals were reall given , or If Mr. Carnegie merely sub scribed $10 toward the purchase of one when someone should bo found to give $20. AB n matter of fact the commission has really given to worthy people $2iO.OOO ( in the six years It has been in operation. This sum has been divided between 33C people , each of whom have also received medals. Governor Charles E. Hughes nays : " 1 notice that most successful men are those whoso minds nro nlwnys cool ; who , no matter how swift the movements of their bodies , are able to deliberate coolly and to produce calm , sober Judgment even under disturb ing circumstances. It Is not the man /ho reaches the corner first who -vlns. ut the man who knows exactly what e Is going to do when ho reaches ho corner. " Governor Hugheb Is one f the men who knows what he will o when he gets to the corner. Mr. Edison estimates that his Inven- Ion of the Incandescent light has nl- eady brought him about $3,000,000 , ind that it has created at least $300- 00,000 of new capital , while It gives support to about one million people , t must give a man a satisfied feeling o have achieved a success that lion- stly enriched himself , blessed the vorld and gave business aiid employ- nent to n million people ; . And this s only one of many such achieve- nents to Mr. Edison's credit. Secretary Wickersham in an ad dress before the Harvard law school some weeks ago presented for their : onsiderntlon a new "paramount" per- 1. The danger which most seriously confronts the American people , to his notion , is not the use of money to lofeat the ends of Justice or in po- Itlcal corruption , or In the waste of national resources or in socialism or race suicide , but in contentment with mediocrity. Prom this dread calamity Secretary Wickersham feels that the egal fraternity , alone , cane save us. But some of us have even met medi ocre lawyers. Congress has a few Solomons in among its members , yet as Is very clearly shown by the way they have managed the two contestants for the Panama exposition New Orleans and San Francisco. Both cities petitioned congress for authorization to begin preparations for the exposition and more important still , for an nppioprin- tlon of generous size. Solomon , like congress , has decided against neither city , but authorized the president tc Invite foreign nations to na-ticlpate In the exposition In the two cities named whenever each shall have raised the $7,500.000 for its show.This'leaves the contestants to fight It out between themselves. Wise work that ! It has often been said in later years that New England was losing hoi prestige as the manufacturing centei of the United States , that she nc long er had a monopoly of the cotton 01 woolen manufacture and heiue musi be declining in prosperity. Hut this does not follow. The country has grown so rapidly thnt It is no l ngei possible for New England to hold the monopoly , but while her industralisn has decreased , relatively it has In creased in actual amount and value of manufactured products. So tha' ' New England today , though no longei sole manufacturer for the Unitei States is , nevertheless , a greater , rich er , more populous New England thai ever before. The great work which Jane Addami has done through the Hull house set tlement In bringing together upoi some common ground the people o wealth and culture and the poor am Ignorant who need help , has glvei her the title of "the Lady of the Melt tag Pot. " "In the final estimate , ' writes Graham Taylor In the Revlev of Reviews , "what she has done to re attach to their rightful part and lo In the life of the community , the class es Isolated by the conditions of the ! labor or their poverty , may not prov < to be of greater service than wha she has done to help the flnnaciall ; and socially resourceful classes out o their detached class life into the strut ; gle to make good their claim to i name and place among all their fel low men. " WHY THEY OPPOSE DAHLMAN. Among the liberal votes of Nebras ka are a good many of the more cor sorvntive who are going to vet against Dahlman , because they bellev that If he were to be made governo his administration would permit sue' a wide open state of affairs that re action would set in and close the stat up tight. A number of conservatlv liquor dealers are against Dahlman 01 this account. Justice Moody's retirement from th supreme bench gives President Taf the opportunity to nominate a chle Justice and an associate Justice am practically reorganize the court. Th intimation is made that a brief oxtn session of congress will ho called t confirm the president' nominees , B < that the court in full attendance ma ; take up the Standard OH and tobac co trust cases. To wait for the regi ; lar session would set back the work o the court two months or more. The stntuo of General Leo is to oc cupy one of Virginn's niches in th Statuary hall. Since it IB the right of each state to select the son whom she dcsltes to honor , It Is very fruitless and unwise for anyone to raise from the dust the spirit of the civil war ilttcrness over this matter. General _ ee was a brave man and a good seller - ler , and his statue will not disgrace Statuary hall ( jven In the confederate nlform , because all recognize , south s well as north , thnt he fought on ho wrong side. Canada's action in demanding that ach person enterting her domain with the intention of becoming n cltl- en shall bring a certain amount of noney , is quite severely criticised , but here are plenty of arguments in fav- r of such n course. America needs o make more careful requirements of he immigrants who come to our bores. One great need Is a system jf distribution wr.lch chnll prevent he massing of foreigners In the great titles , where they have no opportunity or becoming honest , swii'Siw-r" citizens. Seems as if It was scarcely civil lot to have allowed Robert E. Lee to inve appeared in civilian dress in hat statue In the hall of fame. Lee , he American gentleman , and the brave military genius fighting for his convictions , a united country admires ind reveres. It seems one of those wholly unnecessary attempts to set jack the clock of time , however , on he part of Virginia , to insist that he should appear In full confederate uni- 'orm. Why glorify a cause that even ts defenders rejoice because It was est ? There is a vast amount of misun derstanding at the present time among the republican leaders due much more argely to the manner and personal at- .itude of one toward another , rather than to the facts In the case. The Iowa progressives for instance , under lie direction of Senators Cumtnins and Dolllver claim that to them is due the advanced legislation enacted by congress. Nevertheless , it is a mat ter of record that the tariff commis sion , the new railroad bill and postal savings banks were promoted and urged by President Taft , whom the Iowa republicans scarcely recognized. CHARGE AGAINST SHERMAN. Somebody lied. As the case now stands , it looks very conclusively as if Vive President Sherman had been done a wrong , for the sake of dirty politics , and that either Hamon or Gore had lied about him. Senator Curtlss' statement that he and the vice president held a confer ence with President Taft over the Oklahoma Indian lands In which the president determined not to approve the land deal which would give two attorneys $3,000,000 in fees , is of it self enough to clear the record so far as Mr. Sherman is concerned. If he were "Interested" In the deal , it is not likely that he would be advis ing the president to disapprove the bill. Either Hamon lied to Gore in or der to influence Gore's vote , or Gore has lied to the investigating commit tee. Sherman's record in the matter ap parently needs no white washing. AROUND TOWN. Swat the flies. The paving bids are up to bat. And likewise mow the weeds. Only four more weeks before school starts. And primary election day is less than a week away. Ever notice how shabby a few weeds can make a town look ? Now that cooler weather has come you won't have to change your shir ! quite so often. The rain is welcome , all right , bin of course it had to rain on wash day Ask any woman. If you had 75 cents to spend , whlcl would you rather do with it , buy thre watermelons or one golf ball ? A Chicago man was shot on Sixty first street by a robber. That's dangerous spot to be wounded in. Is there anything on earth thai looks more desolate than a race tracl after the races are over nnd the norses gone ? Collier's Weekly seems to be nboul the only publicntlon In Nebrnskn thai treats Whedon's senatorial candldncj In n serious vein. Horse rustlers used to he the para mount issue up in northern Nebraskr and southern South Dakota. Now iff the rustle of the corn. Better got all the wear you can ou' ' of that straw hat from now on , Olt Scout. You've only another month tc cap your lid with It. No wonder wo had great weathei for the races , with Pete Barrett at secretary. Anybody oven the weath er man would do anything for Pete i A few more mornings like Sunday a in. before daylight , nnfl tno weathei man will have everybody runnlni down collar to shako the furnace fire But perieh the thought. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Politics is merely quarreling over candy. If people hate you , there's usually a reason. The average amateur actually be lieves he Is making history. Some men are born lucky : A CoolIdge - Idge undertaker has no sense of smell. If you are told you iire n good talker bo careful. You arc liable to talk too much. We've never had nn ambition to play In ' " amateur baseball team , either. With ml duo respect to the old ( lag , the people under It are robbed n good deal In Its name. Our Idea of nothing to rend Is base ball news de-natured for use In maga zines. Why this delay In publishing "The Life and Uattles of John Arthur-John son , Esq ? " When a man brags about how "well rals-ed" he was , that is an indication that he wasn't. Some women think they are hap pily married if their husbands are afraid of them. We have noticed that when weeds grow rapidly , com also does well , when taken care of. Our idea of a smnit man is one who begins to take care of his health be fore he is scared into it. It Is the nature of most men to be opposed to kings , unless they are the king , or are holding kings. A crowd of people can find amuse ment in looking at each other , and making remarks. "If I have anything on my mind I talk about it until everybody tires of it. " Parson Twine. If you want to put your sympathy where it will be appreciated , offer it to the manager of a losing baseball team. Perhaps that style of wearing dresses that fasten up the back isn't new. They always did make shrouds that way. A woman believes that she hasn't treated her friends right unless she has written to all of them all about her new baby. When a woman has to chop the wood , she doesn't mind the physical effort so much as she minds the hurt of her feelings. If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant you should be able to appreciate wh > men run for ofllce. The arguments of the office-seekers are beginning to sound as a patenl medicine advertisement reads neai the close of a year's contract. A man with a toothache never suf fers as much as he claims , and con never suffers as much in hot weathei as is generally said by farmers. Advertising Is not allowed or United States flags. Now let ndver Using be ordered off circus elephants when they are parading the streets. About all we can say for the coun try town band man's playing Is tha he usually does It bettor than h < wears his uniform. There is much discussion and doub about nearly everything , but you cai depend on this : You can't get mucl of a diamond ring for $10. Goodness knows Ed Bilimek hasn' a very good figure , but his wife , -.vn < truly loves him , probably believes hi Is a perfect Apollo. The horns which were formerl ; blown at Atchlson celebrations , great ly to the disgust of people , have beei sent to Washington , and added to Joi Cannon's. While the defendant in a breach o promise suit may object to paying tin amount demanded , theio Is little ques tlon that he always thinks ho is wortl it. Boys , gather around your mother while they read this Important iten In the paper : "A boy was drownei 'yesterday afternoon while swimmini In the river. " The man who cures himself of n bai habit Is also stubborn in other pai ticulars ; he spends a good deal of tlm Insisting that anyone else should b able to do as well. If a work apron and a cookbook ar < on the top layer of a visitor's trunk It never enters the head of any mcr her of the family to wonder how Ion she intends to stay. A late reform mov > "ion' Is to prt vent unsuitable marriages. How ca : they be helped , when thoio are enl ; three or four really good "catches" li the average community ? We have lately been trying to locat the smallest woman In this viclnltj About all wo have discovered Is tha nearly all the small women welgl about ninety-seven. When you go up to * man you foi merly knew , nnd ask him"Do yoi know me ? " and ho says "Yes. " Don' try and catch him in a lie by nsklni him : "What's my name ? " Nothing discourages us more thnn to come down town In the morning after a good shower , and hear n farm er say , the first thing : "We didn't get enough to lay the dust in our sec tion. " Oklahoma Is having a big fuss as to changing the capital city. As thnt state changes its laws about as often as the fashion plates shlfl , It is natural inat the capital s'M-i'd ' go on Its o\\n tiavels. At the circus Saturday night , two women sat In front of us , and gos siped about everyone who came In. There must have been 5,000 people pret-ent , but they knew a "story" on everyone. The general disposition of late seems to be to place a portion of the burden of blame on the automobile ; whisky and cigarettes were probably tired of carrying it all anyhow. "When I feel tough , It seems to me I can feel tougher than any other man ever felt before. But when 1 feel good , I don't seem to feel par ticularly good. " Parson Twine. A woman said to a man : "Call mo May ; don't be so formal. " "No. " the man replied. "I've been- fooled that way before. I'll fcl no closer to you than I am. " "Tell ne- candidly , " said n voter tea a candidate today ; "do you wain of fice in older that you may do good | or do you want office because you nre mercenary ? " When a man comes to Atchison from Chicago , and opens a stor < j smaller than those we have , people nt once have a suspicion that he Is no Marshall Field. The real martyr In a country town Is the man who puts on his winter uni form these hot nights , nnd goes to a hot hall to perfect his evolutions as a member of the uniform rank of his lodge. We are never quite so tired hearing of anything as we are of Lysander John Appleton's "future. " . Ever since we have lived In Atchison , it has been said John has "a future. " As he is 45 years old , he'd better be getting it , if he ever hopes to. We don't like the word "Prole- tarlt. " A reporter used it in the Globe Saturday , and the next time he does it , he is going to get Into trouble with the management. The manage ment doesn't know what the word means , and doesn't like the looks of it , anyway. You are always hearing of the im portance of chewing your food more. But don't let the chewing agitation cause you to forget the importance of keeping your mouth shut. Everybody respects a man who keeps his mouth shut ; people are afraid of a silent man. A bold woman may annoy a man for a time , but finally she gets the worst of it. Miss Mae Wood ( we never did like that way of spelling May ) made Senator Tom Platt some trouble , but his memoirs are appear- ings in the magazines now , and where is Mae Wood ? "He should be drummed out of the country , " said a man today , speaking of an enemy. But you can't do that. People are always saying that such and such a person should be drummed out of the country , but suppose it should be actually attempted ; what a lot of excitement it would create ! Children often complain because they are compelled to obey so many rules. There are not half as many rules for children as there are for adults. And the punishment for violation lation is not so severe ; what is a lit tle whipping to a child compared with the way in which adults are punish ed ! When a man throws an almanac In the yard , the children should destroy it. If it falls into the hands of their mother , she will find in it a lot of ad vice about giving children sulphur and molasses , or other nasty stuff. Moth ers take spells of dosing the children with nasty medicine that does them no good. Mrs. John J. Ingalls says her hus band never "fussed" except about one thing , that the sleeves of his shirts were always too long. Ever know a man who didn't make the same com plaint ? Why don't shirt manufac turers save material by making the sleeves of men's shirts of the proper length ? "How I love procrastination ! For twenty-five years I have been wearIng - Ing shirts the sleeves of which are too long , and rub my wrists , and an noy me. To have them fixed would require not to exceed twenty minutes ; I have Intended having it done every day for a quarter of a century , but put It off until tomorrow. " Parson Twine. "A Card : I desire in this public manner to express my appreciation of the kindness of my enemy. George R. Holllngsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth has hated mo twenty-five years , and I appreciate the gentlemanly manner in which ho has done It ; no man In town has treated mo better , since ho lets me alone. And I wish to add that I have treated Mr. Holllngsworth , my enemy. In an equally courteous manner - nor 1 hope that our relations , so sat isfactory to me , and no doubt to Mr Holllngsworth will continue. " Parson Twine. CONSTRUCTION OF BRICK HIGHWAYS THEY ARE DURABLE IF PROPER LY PUT TOGETHER. PREPARING THE CEMENT FILLER After Road Is Completed It Should De Rolled Thoroughly With a Roller Weighing Not Less Than Three Nor More Than Five Tons. Hniidwn.vH of brick , if properly con. Htrii' ' led , will prove to be ns lusting n Highways built of any other material. A coed method for towns contemplnt- Ing the construction of brick roads to follow IN one used by road experts during a rcvciit experimentation , which is as follows : All brick should be strictly pavers of tlu * size commercially known as block , the widths of which should not vary more than one-eighth of an Inch. They H1OI1WAT OF lIltlCK. I From Good Heads Magazine , New YorlcJ should be thoroughly annealed , tough and durable , regular in size , shape and evenly burned. Wbeu broken the block should show a dense stouellke body , uniform in color inside , free from lumps of uu- crushed clay. lime , nlr pockets , cracks or marked laminations ; kiln marks or surface cracks must not exceed thrce- bixteeuths of nn inch In depth. All blocks so distorted in burning ns to lay unevenly In the pavement should be rejected. All blocks should be tested for abra sion and absorption , the limits of loss by abrasion test and amount of nb- 'sorption ' to be determined by the en gineer In charge of the work. The filler should be composed of one part each of clean sharp sand and poitlnnd cement. The sand should be dry. The mixture , not exceeding one- third bushel of the sand , together with a like amount of cement , should be placed In the box nnd mixed dry until the muss assumes an even and unbro ken shade. Then water should be add ed , forming a liquid mixture of n con sistency of thin cream. The side * nnd edges of the brick should be thoroughly wet before the filler Is applied by being gently sprin kled. The mixture must be removed from the box to the street urfiico with n suiop shovel , all the while beinu stirred In the box ns the same N being thus emptied. The bofor this purpose Bhi ll be 4 feet S Inches long. 3d Inches wide and H Indies deep , resting on legs of different lengths. BO that the mixtures will readily flow to the corner of the box. the bottom of which should be six Inches iibove the pavement. Tills mixture from the moment It touches The brick should be thoroughly swept Into the Joints. Two such boxes should be provided In rife the street Is twenty feet or less In width : exceeding twenty feet In width , three boxes should be used. The work of Illllni : should thus be carried forward In line until an ad- vnnce of fifteen to twenty yards has I n laid , when the same force and appliances shall be turned back nnd cover the same space In like manner , evrept lo nuike the proportion two- thirds portland cement and ono-thlrd sand. To avoid the possibility of thicken ing at any point there should be n man with a sprinkling can. the head per forated witli small holes , sprinkling pently the surface ahead of the sweep- ITS. Within one-half to three-quarters of an hour after this last coat Is npplled nnd the grout between the joints has fully subsided and the initial set is tak- IIIK place the whole surface must be shululv sprinkled and all surplus mix ture left on the tops of the brick swept linn tinJol. . j. bringing them up flush and full. After the joints are thus filled ( lush wltn the top of the brick and sufficient time for hardening tins elapsed , so thnt the coating of sand will not absorb nn.v moisture from the cement mix ture , oiic-lmlf Inch of snud shall be spread over the whole surface , and In case the work Is subjected to a hot summer sun an occasional sprinkling , sufficient to dampen the sand , should be followed for two or thice days. After brick In pavements are Inspect ed nnd the surface Is swept clean the pavement shall then be rolled with n roller weighing not less thnn three nor more than live tons. Now Watch tha Cubs. Now that the Indications are that Roulbneh and Overall nre nil right ncaln the Chicago Nationals look all the more formidable. There nro n thousand persons in tbe world who can hurt you to one thnt cnn help you. RURAL ROUTES AND ROADS. Postal Department Has Decome Strong Agency of Highway Improvement , The marvelous development of tlm niral mall service shows how greatly the people prize thin dally blessing and indicates that they would bo oxtretuo- ly reluctant to give It up or he de prived of It for liny cause. This being RO. the postal department has In lt power to become a stronger agency for highway Improvement. There are certainly few communities that would give up their mull sorvlco rather than Improve their roads , and if the department Bhould sw lit to put It up to the people whore the rands nre bad. give them the * choice of mik ing better roads or doing without mall , It seeuiH that they would. In common parlance , "get busy. " The department has sent out n number of bulletins containing a warning , and these nro en id to have been partially effective. Part of the last bulletin Issued to post masters contained this : "You an- directed to Inform yourself with reference lo the condition of roads and bridges ou ( lie rural routes out of your ofllce , and If you ( Ind thnt they require Improvements you should present the matter In the strongest and most positive way to the patrons and road officials , informing them Unit im provements must be made as soon as practicable. If. after n reasonable time has elapsed , the Improvement : ; have not been made or started , you will report the fact to this ofllce In or der thnt action may be taken looking to the discontinuance of the service. "The department Is not Immediately concerned In elaborate rend Improve ments , but In the Interest of the best service to the largest number of pn- irons It must Insist upon roads being kept In good repair , the lack of which Is usually due to Improper drnlnntco nnd unsuitable grading iind surface work , which cnn be enslly nnd cheaply accomplished by timely work and the regular use of the split log drag or similar device. " TO TEACH ROAD BUILDING. Colleges In Three States Establish Chairs of Good Roads. The board of directors of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college bus decided to establish a chair of good rend s. The stale of Washington and the state of Virginia have done the same. The Little Rock ( Ark. ) Gazette , nothing this , hopes thnt the next Ar kansas legislature will do the snmo thing. "If we hnd nil over this state men who have been taught to build roads we should soon have better roads , " it says. "Some of the graduates In rend building would devote themselves to \ the engineering profession of hlghwny construction nnd maintenance. "Others. In various lines of business nnd especlnlly in fnrmliiK. would be useful to their communities In the mat ter of highways. How fortunate , for Instance , would n township be to have for rend overseer n graduate In road building ! " Interesting to Rondmakers. The number of automobiles now owned In the United States Is esti mated at LTiO.OOO. and the number Is rapidly IncreaHthg. France Is wild to have the most BU- perb system of highways In the world. It Is said that her good roads have cost her $ ( i2.ri.000.000 Scientific road builders nre concen trating attention on securing a road surface that will withstand the tre mendous wear and tear of automobiles. Nothing damages nn Improved rend ns much as a heavy machine driven at a high rnte of speed. Little or no dnmnge Is Inflicted by automobiles moving nt nn.v rate up to twenty miles an hour. Beyond tbnt the damage is plainly seen. It Is claimed that nine-tenths of the dust produced by man comes from his streets and highways. The roads , therefore , hnve been dubbed the "nn- tionnl dust fnctory. " The dustlcss rend is an Ideal of builders. Dust not only means thnt the improved road is wearing nwny. but It is highly Injuri ous to public health , to stock and to crops along the way. Bill Nye's Good Roads Sermon. "Our wagon roads throughout the country. " said Bill Nye. "are n dis grace to civilization , and before wo undertake to supply underwear nnd eenlskln covered Bibles with flexible backs to the Africans It might be well to put n few dollars into the relief of called nnd broken down horses that have lost their health on our miserable highways. " Extract From "State's Duty. " What It Means to Farmers. It is essential thnt farmers know how and what crops to produce most profitably , but what Is the use of knowing that unless the farmer has n rend over which he can haul his har vest ? Why save money by practicing farming methods and lose money in hauling produce to market ? To Make Roads For Autos. Plnns for the laying out of county rends near Jacksonville , Fin. , so thnt the center could be used for teams nnd each side for automobiles have been submitted to the hoard. The purpose of the plans Is to reduce the possibility of collisions between nutos nnd wag ons. Use the Split Log Drag. Where people cannot build n perma nent rend they cnn nt Icnst grade and crown the dirt road , using n split log \ \ drng , nnd , while the Immediate cost Is more. It will pay them to build con crete bridges on such rends rather ( linn wooden bridges. Horse Racing In Mexico , Thcro will be 100 days of rnclnjj nt Junrcz , Mexico , next winter , beginning Nov. 25. The purses will aggregate woo.ooa