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T11K NORFOLK WKEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAL , FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 1010. The Norfolk VMly News-Jo\iH\ai \ \ file News , Established 1881. ' 1'ho Journal , E tn > iHnhcd 1877 , THE HU8E PUBLISHING COMPANY. W. N. HIIHO , N. A. Huso , 1'rosldent. Secretary. ICvery Friday. Ity mall per year. $1.50. Kntiirfd at the postofllco at Norfolk , Nob. , as Hocond e-lass mattoi. rojopnoncbivilliorlal : Department No. 22. Uuslness Olllco and Job Hooms No. 11 32. Most people call 11 a-re-o-plane. llul It Is n-c-ro-phuic. The lessons drawn from last week's prlmarluH arc as contrary as the sects of the Christian religion , Ono marked result of the airship business Is to make a big Increase In the supply of kindling wood. A now graft hunt begins In New York , where the probors are or should be In session night and day. It would be putting a hobble skirt on Uncle Sam to elect a democratic congress and thereby create u dead lock. Deb LnFollotlo won In Wisconsin nil right , and It will take quite n high ping hat to hold his pompniloiir cut next winter. The fellow who tiled to Initiate Teddy Into the Ananias club at Far go got his lodge dues paid for a free rldo on the goat. Secretary .MncVeagh says the size of paper money should be reduced It will come very hard to bo so shorl of the long green. Raw fruit should be washed , 'tis aald. The small boy would bo will Ing to do it with lemonade after the fruit has got down. We nro confident that by October 1 people will bo enough rested fron their vacations so that they can mak < regular olllco hours. Just how does the Outlook get pah for tlio Roosevelt tour , when Tedd ; permits the dailies to scoop him regu larly on his speeches ? Sail Francisco'has ' raised $17,000,001 to get the I'anama fair , but they cat hardly have seen the latest markc quotations on senators. A tlpless hotel is making n big sue cess In London. So It vould every where. Only n few people like to pa ; two prices for everything. Wo can foresee n phenomenal in crease In the cost of living in tlvi years , for aviation permits from thi life insurance companies. According to the taste of gooi cooks , the United States under Tin Hague decision gets a lemon t squeeze on its Newfoundland llsh. Champ Clark , If elected speakei will drive a team of Missouri mule down Pennsylvania avenue. Cut hov about the 390 mules of the house ? The dally hint from Paris is th kick out of doors administered t some reporter who asks when Abnu zl and Miss Elkins are to be married Hearst wants to tie up with Roosc velt , but it is doubtful if his life 01 the bowery enables the yellow kid t ride a bucking broncho. John Moissnnt completed his Par Is-London airship trip in three weeks It usually takes that long for one t get up courage for the London fog. Five out of twelve members of th committee have voted Mr. Dalllnge out , but he will hardly have to slee out of doors tonight until the whol committee acts. There Is a prevailing impressio that some of these machines whic Undo Sam put Into his legislation fai tory cost more than the hand wor which they displaced. After reading through the Newfoundland foundland decision three times , w nre unable to tell whether Sunda morning fisb balls should be fried wit pork o. % not. An Englishman carries off aviatlo honors at the Harvard meet , but I is doubtful If ho could make tlrst bas while n homo run was being capture from over the right field fence. Do you notice how the majority c the aviators of a year ago have give up Hying for construction work , thu building up their own bank accoun at the expense of the surgeon's ? The man who buys an automobll to keep up with the social swim , wl ho down with the rest of the plkor In a year or two , as ho sees the Go roxes sailing by in their aeroplane. After the colonel has the constlti tlon properly amended , we have a fo1 still moro dltllcult propositions fc him to tackle. Ono Is the code c laws regulating the wearing of dros suits. The census shows the cities nr growing faster than ever. If wo a fiwap the shovel and hoe to look r the white lights and grow rich on the rise of corner lots , who la going to feed the-people ? Four men In every nix use tobncco In civilized countries. Savages arc not as hungry for It. If Dr. Cook had burled himself In stead of his records It would have caused less trouble. It seems about as hard for Kath- erlno Ulklns to get married as for King Menellk to die. The new comet was too late In fli ng ; the campaign Is too far advanced for It to cut much Ice. Handsome girls arc Hcldom left. That Is the reason so many men think hey are Just about right. An old Scottish proverb says : "Olo your tongue malr holidays then your head. " Many people would do well to follow It more closely. The women who wear tube skirts are not necessarily tubercular , but almost any man Is willing to toll what he thinks they are. A young housekeeper Is authority for the statement that nothing will dissipate true love more quickly than the smell of boiling cabbage. Wisconsin lias nominated a ( lend man for attorney general. A little later It will be discovered that many who wore nominated were dead ones. Deb Evans has no use for airships In time of war. An up to date Dread naught on the ocean waves manned by Uncle Sam's sailor boys is good enough for Fighting Hob. Considering the testimony that Dr Crippen's wife was polsoniyl , the doc tor seems to have made good diagno sis in deciding that a sea voyage was necessary for his health. Emperor William now has movee Into his llfty-llrst palace , but until tin taxpayers of Germany wake up to hii destitution , lie will have to sleep ou in the bush the other week. 3i The United States is trying to col , | lect a little bill of six and a half mil lions from Cuba. If Cuba owes us si : and one-half millions , how much I : our bill against the Philippines ? Professor James * spirit is said to hi talking , but it would seem as if I would get the pictures hung and car pets tacked down In the new tenement ment before writing ninny letter back here. Several western governors marchei i out of the conservation congress. Ni ' | modern politician Is equipped for bal 01 tie until ho is a licensed chauffeu for a conservation movement of hi I own. Mr. Gaynor seems to be booked ti run for governor of New York. Ni man of his talents can be allowed ti keep on hiring the school marms am running the road scraper for a Hill 0 I village like New York. The United States loses the prlncl pal point on the Newfoundland llshci ics case , but all the fish in dispute nr not worth what an hour or two o war would cost had not arbitratloi come in to settle such disputes. The Vermont republican majorlt ; of 1908 was whittled down nearly ; half Tuesday , but the lltlle raindrop wore a more potent opponent tha : such vestiges of the democratic part as survive among the Green moui r tains. I Kaiser Wllhelm is having thoubl with some of the progressive Germa women of his empire , who not enl demand the vote but also insist hn n I military conscription be extended t 3. them. The spirit of the English su : fragetto is evidently contagious. Young King Manuel of Portugal , no long since made a tour of Europ seeking a royal wife , but found nom Now It is advertised abroad that th y poor boy king has scarcely a lease o his throne which may account fo the shyness of the royal damsels. Twenty students of Stamlford un verslty have agreed to subsist o dried apples indefinitely to enable th government experts to determine th effect on their health. It is to b hoped that they will Indulge1 In wate sparingly If they wish to survive th peculiar experiment. AlasKa has more gold than Califon la and Colorado ; more copper tha Montana and Arizona ; more coal tha Pennsylvania , West Virginia and Ohio ' and more fish than all other America waters combined. This is a countr well worth looking after. In thi opinion wo are supported by Messrs Morgan and Guggenheim. Very general regret is expressed a throughout the west that the goi eminent makes no provision for th families of forest rangers who los their lives in fighting fire. A ma who fights flro is quite as neccssnr to the protection of the public an quite as courageous as the soldlc lly should not bo left to suffer when lilH life Is cut off while performing his duty. The state of Wisconsin and John Dlctz of Cameron Dam fame arc still it war , and up to the present time ohn is standing the slego In good nape. The affair Is without prece dent. It seems Impossible that one nan should be able to stand off a tate for several years. THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY. In the Illinois primary election the democrats who voted for Lorlmcr nro most all ronomlnated and Leo O'Nell Browne , recently acquitted of bribery In connection with Lorlmer's election , Is named again for the state leglsla- .ure. Would the primary reformers claim that this Is vindication of the primary ns a nominating system ? Is It probable that Hrowne could have been nominated in a convention ? The funniest humor is the uninten tional kind , the best comedy that which has never been rehearsed. For nstance , a chnutnuqun lecturer reach ed his date at 7:80 : and bad to get his supper , shave and dress before 8:13. : lie dressed In grcnt haste and failed to give the proper attention to his suspender buttons. The result was plainly visible to the audience ns was also a bit of his dress shirt. Ills lec ture was serious , dignified and beauti ful and so appealed to his audience , that his ludicrous appearance passed without comment until at Its close the manager announced that the next number would be given in two weeks by Dr. Robert Mclntyre , his celebrated lecture on "Biitloned-Up People. " And the speaker never knew why the audi ence received the announcement with shrieks of laughter. THAT DYKE. Apparently the protection of the property of Norfolk business _ men from the danger of overflow in the Northfork is a matter of small con cern to the city administration. Just at present water in the Northfork is being lowered nt the milldam to put in a concrete reinforcement , and it has been preioiis > ly pointed out that this would be an Ideal time for the city to protect the business portion of the town by concrete reinforcement of the old and probably treacherous earth dyke. But the city administra tion hasn't deemed this of sufficient importance to bo given consideration At the rate the paving Job was got under way , perhaps we may expecl action on the dyke by 1913 . CONDEMNS DEMOCRATIC ACT. R. L. Metcalfe , associate editor ol Bryan's Commoner and himself re cently a candidate before the pri maries for democratic nomination foi the United States senate , has come out against Dahlman , the democratk nominee for governor , on the ground Hint the republicans nominated Dahl man. man.Mr. Mr. Metcalfe , one of the leading democrats of the state , thus repudi ntes the primary law as enacted bj the last democratic legislature ant signed by a democratic governor. H < brands as a fraud the law which th ( democrats gave us as an election re form method. Practically all of the democratic leg islation save this has already beer declared void by the supreme court And now the leading democrats them selves condemn this one remnlnin ; act as a fraud. What claim has the democratic par ty In Nebraska to further confidencf | a legislative way ? isn n CATTLE SHOW SEASON. y The county fairs are now at tln.ii zenith of holiday making. The heav'j orators of boards of trade and chcm hers of commerce and state legisla 0 lures , when pleading for subscription ! 11 and appropriations for these couiirr ; festivals , set them forth In solemi and dignified light as a people s college logo , pondering upon the weightier problems of agricultural science. Perhaps they ought to be so. Bu , the man who knows the real countrj knows that they perform many othe : services besides displaying the fattes cattle and the wooliest sheep. Country life at its best tends t < a dull routine. No one who has eve ; seen a bunch of farmers' wives am daughters at a cattle show , but inus feel in sympathy with this high ligh of color and Jollity amid the grej monotone of life on the back roads. A festival like this , reunltlm friends from different villages , teem ing with all types of human lifo , alivi with athletics and fakirs , spreadin ; Jollity and comradeship about tin cross roads , has many values ot'io than the display of economic pro gross. n | . , BURKETT'S SPEECHES. i Senator Burkett has made a mini oer of noteworthy speeches In thi Third congressional district of Nebras ka this week. Ho has given uttoranci to Ideas which must command at onci the attention and the respect of tin uooulo of this state. His addresse : have been clean cut and of so high i 10 calibre as to deserve not only state but national thought. The senator has pointed out tin y need of political parties In order tha the people may Intelligently and offer tually put Into action the pollclei which they desire ; he has shown the benefit of the protective tariff system to the farmer , pointing out how Idle factories In 1803 meant 8-cent corn ; he has como to the defense of the new Payni-Aldrich tariff law , under which the government's revenues have increased by millions of dollars , un der which our trade with the Philip pines has Increased S-l percent and which has been declared by no less personages than President Tuft and former President Theodore Roosevelt velt to be the best tariff law that has > el been enacted ; he has shown how local Interests conflict in the making of a tat Iff law so that no part of the country ever can be completely satis- fled with any tariff law ; but he likes the piesent one so much hotter than that of the democrats in 1893 when the country went to the poorhouse that he sees wisdom In continuing the icpubllcan party In power and giving the president a chance to work out his new tariff commission plan , which will revise one schedule at a time. The senator pointed out the great work that the government under the present administration Is doing toward more scientific farming. In this Senator Durkctt has played an important part. TilE TAFT LI5TT15U. As the formally c ! < nseii head of the republican party , President Taft has accepted the mandates of the party at large , as expressed In the recent primaries and state conventions , and as a result has made it known that hereafter there shall be no difference , so far as federal patronage- concern ed , between "progressive" republicans and "regular" republicans. All will be received and treated alike nt the white house by the party's leader. This conclusion was caused by the fact that in some states "regulars" have been nominated for congrress , while In other so-called " status - "pro gressives" have been named by repub lican primaries. The president accept ed these returns as showing that the republican party contained various shades of political belief , as a party , one shade being endorsed In one local ity and another elsewhere. Therefore he accepts them all as republicans upon an equal footing and asks that , the primary battles having been fought , all factions bury the hatchet for the sake of the patty's success at the fall elections. It Is for the fall elections to determine , he says , whether ther or not the party is to reunite 01 to perpetuate its bitter factionalism. The president realizes the dangei that in some localities the bitterness has been so keen that reunion is clif llcult , but even in those localities he believes it is possible and he urges all republicans , of whatever shade ol belief , to get together for the party's stake in the coining vote. The president is in the midst of his administration. Important legislation . is pending. Without a republican con gress , nothing of consequence can be done for the country in the way of leg islation during the next two years. II behooves , therefore , the republicar party to stand together and vote as republicans In the coming battle al the polls. A COMPLIMENT TO TAFT. The meeting between President Taft and former President Roosoveli at New Haven , brought about at the request of Roosevelt ns a means ol giving him increased prestige In his New York fight against the old guard was one of political significance Ir many ways. It was the second time the two men had met since Roosevell left and Taft entered the white house It was the first time they had mei since Colonel Roosevelt had giver out statements nt Oyster Ray reflect Ing upon the president and declarinj that the colonel might find it his pleas ure to enter the race In 1912 for the presidency. In that statement Roosevelt velt had declared that Taft had "sole out to the old guard in New Yorl for the sake of the 1912 delegation' and the president felt keenly this in sinuation , proved to bo untrue by the president's letter to Griscom outlln Ing his attitude in detail as to the New York fight. The old cordiality once so pronounced between these two statesmen , was lacking and tha their relations can never again be the same , was apparent. The meeting was barren of results so far as it concerned any change o attitude upon the part of the pros ! dent toward the New York fight. He has felt that New York Is not his state and that any fight within th < party Is for the party within tha state to fight out for itself. In his letter a few days ago he made 1 clear that republicans will all lool r alike to him In the future , "progres slves" and "regulars , " and ho coule not with consistency bring the powei of his great olllco to mix up in i squabble for control of the Now Yorl state convention. The president 1ms 2 made It clear that ho Is In sympathy i. with a movement looking toward pri Q mary nominations for congressmoi and state legislators , Jiut ho Is no ready to admit the advisability o s I doing away with the convention sys tern on state officers. Ho understand ! that both Governor Hughes and the former president arc In accord will his views on this subject , and If ro suits In certain Instances In Nebraska ka and Illinois may bo taken as t criterion , the president shows una dultcrntcd wisdom In this attitude. But while the conference did not result In anything definite regarding the Now York situation , the very re quest for a conference coming from Roosevelt , with the Idea of gaining moral advantage from such a meetIng - Ing , was a compliment to Taft and must have been appreciated by him , as was stated In the > Asseiclated Press dispatches , Inasmuch as ho had rea son to feel previously that his admin istration and Its very existence was being Ignoied. That Colonel Roosevelt is regarded as an active candidate for 1912 was indicated In the dispatch , which said that the colonel let a hint drop that after the New York convention , there 1 will be "something doing. " President Tail's attitude regarding 11U2 Is that he is willing to run If the party de sires It and thinks that ho can be elected ; but that ho Is at present oc cupied with carrying out the party's platform pledges , and thai he is not out hunting delegates. AROUND TOWN. And a week ago wo had to have a furnace lire. Norfolk could stand two now depots without crying Its eyes out. It took long enough to get started , but Norfolk is really paving. You'couldnt very much blnnio u straw hat for coming back this sort of weather. You can always tell It by looking at her when a woman has been to the hair dresser. 1 A Norlolk boy has saved up more than $20 from what he's been paid ' for cnddying on the golf links Ibis ! summer. Is theto any odor on earth to be compared with that which rises from I ! the back yard of a country hotel in the summer lime ? The chorus girl on Ihe "Miss No body From Starland" billboards , Is some looker when compared to those bloomer baseballists. A few years ago the hitching post problem was a serious one in every town in the agricultural district. Now it's a matter of garages. Wouldn't it scald you that a library board meeting would have to bo call ed for the very hour when the board members , for the. sake of health and lemg life , ought to be out playing golf ? That's what it is to have a library board president who has grown old. A Norfolk woman who recently went east , took off her hair puffs on the Pullman car , because it was so hot. She laid the hair in Ihe seat , and while she was out of the seat for a moment the porter tossed the hair out of the window. Moral : You should give the porler a tip about hair puffs before you put 'em down. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Did you ever hear a polite bride and groom joke that was funny ? What has become of the old-fash- loned woman who went "calling ? " Lots of people probably say of you : "I'd hale lo have his disposition. " A sunny disposition is like anything else ; It can be overdone. Even their enemies must admit that the progressive are progressing. Some dead beats manage to line n lot of good people up In their de fense. There Is one thing a woman has the most perfect confidence in ; her "tasle. " One can gel a lot of comfort out ol an old overcoat when he can't afford a new one. A man should not brag about how few baths he takes , or how small his laundry bill is. When you try to act smart , people say , "He's putting that on , " but It's real with T. R. " ' The biggest failure in town Is said to have broken the hearts of three unusually nice Atchison girls. When an nltempt at suicide falls do you think the big bookkeeper charges It up to profit or to loss ? The fact thar everyone makes mistakes - takes doesn't particularly recommend them , A man cuts Just about as much fig ure at his wedding as ho does when his first baby is born. An Atchison gossip denies that she gossips ; she says she Is simply a stu dent of human nature. Some men defame themselves Just to hear their wives say : "N'ow you know that Isn't true , elearest. " You know what Is happening to a nan when ho complains bitterly ol the injustice of gossip ; he's getting a The men who stand for the conservation vation of natural resources do not seem willing to apply the same theory to talk. There Is a colored man on North Thlrel street wo are very proud of , we like to walk by his house , and point to him with pride ; he runs bis women folks. Is there not one- man In the world In the wrong ? We havc-n over mot one. When a man consents to act as a peilleomnn he- always believes he will be chtc'f within a ye-ar ; probably with in six months. An Atchison man keeps clean , but hates the trouble1 , and nays the Je > y of living will never bo complete for him until Homoono Invents a capsule which will give the bath. : i - Don't tell us people pay no atten tion to gossip. Republicans wanting moro power , gosslpcel about those who have it. And after the matter Is all { ironed out , it will bo found that the gossip has cost the1 country nearly us much as the war-breeding Panamu canal , An Atchison man who visited Kan sas CJIty yesterday found the people down there raving about Maryland crnwdads , which they regard as a great delicacy. The Atchison man tried them , and says ho would as soon eat the big bugs found lying around a stieot oloetiio light nt night. From the talk you hear of the 1m- poitnnco of college education , you \\onld think that a college graduate1 \\emld go through the world llko n roaring lion , able to devour all oppo sition. Hut look at the school teach- c-rs ; the > y have been to school forever , jet no emo fears them except that they can detect slips in grammar. With all their book learning , some of them .are just able to make1 a living. "Usually 1 don't tell about the trials of my business , but I did today , to Alois Phlllpp , the llddler. Fiddlers have so little to do that I thought Mr. Phlllpp would appreciate my troubles , and the long hours I am 001111)01101 ) ! to work. But , greatly to my surprise , ho tried to comfort me by telling mo of his hard work and of his trials ! 'If 1 received pay for what I really do , ' ho said , ' 1 would get $300 a week. ' " Parson Twine. Years ago , Atchison people put all their stories "on" Colonel Everest , a well known lawyer. Tills Is one told on him : IIo had a client who was guilty of murder , and Everest had no hope of acquitting him. Managing to get a friend on the Jury , be said to him : "Hill , hold out for manslaugh ter ; never give In. " The jury was out two days , and finally brought In a verdict of manslaughter , and Colonel Everest was much pleased. His friend on the jury , meeting him later , said : "I had a terrible time bring ing Ihe olhers around lo my way of thinking , the other eleven Insisted on acquittal , but I held out , as you told me , and we finally won. " HOW OLD IS THE EARTH ? The Latest Guess of Scientists Is Between - tween 55 and 70 Million Years. New York , Sept. 21. Geologisls and physicists have differed for many years in Iheir estimates of the geological logical age of the earth. As a rule geologists have placed their estimates at 300 million years , while the physi cists deduced , principally from thermodynamic - modynamic conditions , the compara- lively shorl age of 20 million or 30 million years. Prof. Frank Wiggles- worth Clarke and George F. Becker of the United Stales geological sur vey , are Hie lalest scienlisls lo csli- male Ihe age of the earth. They say ils age is "nol more Ihan 70 million nor below 55 million years. " This eslimale has received ofliclal sanction through its publication by Ihe Smithsonian institution. Professor ser Clarke presents his deductions from a chemical standpoint and re views parts of the world. Ills thesis on the subject is entitled "A Prelim inary Study of Chemical Denudation. " Mr. Becker writes on the subject more from the philosopher's point of view and the title of his paper is "The Age of the Earth. " The reason why scientific men rare ly have agreed as to the lime our planet has been in existence is be cause each man has drawn his deduc tions from facts obtained by research work in his own particular scientific branch of knowledge. The more recent men have given their opinion of the age of the earlh as follows : Lord Kelvin , in 18G2. 20 million lo 400 million years with a probable US million years ; Clarence King and Carl Harus. in 1893 , 24 mil lion years ; Lord Kelvin , in 1897 , re vised his figures from 20 million to 40 million years ; Do Lapperant , in 1890 , C" million to 90 million years ; Charles D. Walcott , secretary of the Smith sonian institution , In 1893 , maximum age , 70 million years ; J. Joly , in 1S99 , age of the ocean , 80 million to 90 mil lion years ; W. J. Sollas , in 1909 , age of the'ocean. . SO million to 150 million jears. Some time ago Strull deduced from Ihe proportion of helium found in thorium rium ores , n lower limit of 240 million years for the ago of Iho earth. The same physicist has recently attempted to determine by direct experiment the rate at which helium Is generated In thorlanlte and pitchblende. Ho found that the quantity of helium produced by 100 grams of thorlanile in seven weeks was certainly less than 2x16x8 cubic centimeters. From this it fol lows that one gram of thorlanllo gen erates less than 3.7x10x0 cubic centi meters of helium a year. Hence at least 240 million years must bo al lowed for the accumulation of the nine cubic centimeters of helium which are aelimlly found in each gram of freshly mined thorianlto. And tills would leave the question of the earth's age as much of a mystery as over. Cheaper Than Other Highways and Easy to Build. GOOD DRAINAGE A NECESSITY It li One of the Principal Point * In Maklno a Good Dirt Roadway They Are Preferred In Many Sections of the United Stntei. Long ago I became convinced that It wo wore to have good reiads In our day and generation we must seek some oth er tnetlioflu of eleilug the work ami Home en nor material than macadam. For while Htone roads have and per haps always will have an adaptation for certain districts on account of the lack of facilities for good drainage - age , which Is one of the principal points In the construction of onrth roads , or where the character of the soil Is such that good earth rends can not be made or for thorouulifaros where the travel Is great ami the valu ation high enough to stand the taxa tion , the o.\poiiso Is far toe > great to make them practicable feir ovou n small proportion of nil the roads. It must bo remembered that no matter - tor how good a stone road In oonstnii't * od there Is a certain amount of woai ind te > ar esioh day and monlhand year From Good Roads Magazine , Now York. I A TYl'lCAfc UUllAIj EAUTII IIOAD. The amount of this wear has been found by experience to be from one- fourth to one-half inch a yar. ! Others have figured It at only iwo- , tlilrels of n cubic yard penyear. . I Wo also have the experience of city ! strcel making. With all of their great j valuation to tax cities have found it I burdensome to keep up good paved or ninradami/.cd streets. Mind , I am not speaking against mac adamized roads. They are , so far as our knowledge of roaelmnklng now goes , the one thing for thoroughfares or oilier places where the valuation will afford them without burdensome taxation. And many of such places throughout the United States prefer the well built dirt road. U'hat we want is good roads now , and the ques tion Is how to make them with what money Is available , and 1 think It is the wrong policy for a township that has only from SJ.OUO to $10,000 a year lo spend on roads to lay It nil out on a mile or two of stone road when by the right methods good earth rends could bo kept up over the whole town ship with the same money or loss. The solution of this. I am convinced Is In learning how to make earth roads. I believe that by proper methods of roadmaklng the earth roads , especial ly in places where the nature of the soil and the facilities for good drain age are favorable1 , can be made and kept ns good as or bettor on the average than the stone road and at but a frac tion of the cost. The nature of the soil and the facili ties for drainage nre so varied that it Is Impossible to lay down any one rule or method of ronelmnklng. At some places nothing but macadam \vlll do , but there are many , many other places where the earth roads can be made equally pood. lu fact , In places where the soil is Just right that Is , porous enough to let the water through and yet tenacious enough to pack and not become dti'-ty and the drainage nat urally good i lip earth roael Is the very best that can bo made. And most soils will in a largo degree take on the qual ities necessary for good roadmaklng nftor good drxlnngc Is effected. J. Q. Homshor In Good Hoaels Advocate. Secretary Knox For Good Roads. Secretary Knox believes that the congestion of population in great cities Is caused in largo part by the lack of good roads In this country. He told the house committee on foreign affairs that the reason France Is the richest agricultural country In the world Is because she has had good roads so long , lie Fiiid : "Tho agricultural pop ulation of Franco does not have to spend Its money In repairing vehicles and their harness every winter. 1 think it lias Improved the attractive ness of rural life. I think It has caus ed the population to remain on the soil moro than In any oilier country. You do not llnd that tendency to urban population In Franco and England that you do In this country. " Use of a Drag on Gravelly Roads. Ill soils full of loose stones or even small bowlders the drag lias done good service. The loose stones nro drawn Into a windrow down the cen ter of the road , while the earth Is de posited around the bowlders in such a way that the surface is leveled. The loose stones In the center of the road should of course bo removed. Where thereIs a large proportion of small stono.s or gravel the drag will keep down the Inequalities lu the sur face. People have put this and that to- Pother , and discovered that a girl who * lately wont east to study painting really went to study the millinery business.