The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, July 21, 1904, Image 4
BALLAD OF DOUBT.
Forever a-dream and adrift with doubt—the peace of the past forgot:
And “He loves thee, heart—he lo%'es thee;” and “Heart, he loves ihee not;’*
The exouisite pain that is sweetly vain—that leaps at a touch, a sound;
And “He loves thee not, dear heart,” she saith, with the arms of love around!
Forever a-dream and adrift with doubt! .She is there, at the garden gate.
And she weeps good bye ’neath a fancied sky that burns with the star-* of fate!
And he whispers: ‘Dear, I love thee. Be the pain and the grief forgot.”
But she heareth only an echo that answers: “He loves thee not!”
Oh, tyrant-love that tortures a life with thorns and fears—
Her beautiful eyes contending forever with smiles and tears!
He hath given her life’s sweet roses—the lilies shall be her lot;
But she winnows the thorn from the rose-leaf and weeps that he loves her not!
\nd so they twain go sighing—sighing the world along,
W here faith is a flower undying and love is a deathless song!
The exouiaite pain that is sweetly vain still throbs at a touch—a sound-
And “He loves thee not, dear heart,” she saith, with the arms of love around!
—Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Lazy Lover,
By Hattie Whitney.
HE Y were out on the lake,
7[ „ Hoy Adams and Ruby
O a O Lane, paddling about
-»• among the water lilies. He
bad just come as near pro
posing to her, and she to refusing him,
as it was possible to do and miss, this
being their customary daily diversion
Now he was watching her lazily. That
was what irritated her so—his inordi
nate laziness.
He was large and blond, with placid
blue eyes like a sleepy baby’s. She
was little and trim as waxwork, and
her gray eyes were clear and keen. The
exciting point of the day’s program
over, Roy had settled down to his usual
comfortable nonchalance.
“I don’t know what kind of a fellow
you want,” he grumbled, amiably, with
an indolent movement of one oar, and
somehow his laziest motion seemed to
accomplish a good deal.
“I know,” said Ruby, positively.
“Let’s hear about him,” Roy pro
posed.
“He’s brisk,” Ruby replied, “and en
ergetic.”
“Think I’ve got kim in my mind’s
©ye.” Roy gave the other oar an easy
touch. “Small and bustling—and chip-
pery, like the little cock sparrow who
sat oji a tree.”
“He isn’t like that in the least,” Ruby
sat up prim and stiff, and rosy with in
dignation.
“Oh, isn’t he? Beg his pardon.
Where is ho now?”
“At work,” Ruby replied, promptly,
her lone implying a comparison be
tween a man thus profitably employed
and one who idled his time away at a
summer hotel.
“Perhaps he has an object in view,”
Roy insinuated.
“Perhaps,” Ruby admitted, demurely.
“And—um—is the object to be at
tained soon?”
Ruby let her eyes droop toward the
top rutile of her blue organdie.
“I—don’t know exactly; not before
next spring.” She was dabbling her
band in the lake, her eyelashes still
slanting downward.
“Ah! Congratulate him, and every
thing. Shall we row over to that bunch
of willows, or down to the little cove?”
Lit instant Ruby
[the boat over, jj
Ruby
to this exasperating man, and she
knew now that the latter was some
thing she could not do and retain any
shred of happiness. She waited, how
ever, until they were out on the blue,
soothing bosom of the lake. Then she
rushed into it.
“He couldn’t object, you know,” she
said, reverting to his remark of some
time before, “because he’s only fiction.”
“A dream-man?” he asked. She
nodded, blushing uncomfortably.
He hummed a bar of “When a Dream
Came True,” and settled back easily.
Ruby looked down in silence. She was
waiting for him to say something else
and he was carelessly moving an oar
now and then, and apparently thinking
of nothing at all. She noticed for the
first time how strong ids brown hands
looked; they were not the hands of a
lazy man.
They drifted along aimlessly.
“It was a silly story to tell,”
said, at last.
“Oh, I don’t know,” he answered, in-
diligently. “I rather thought you were
fabricating. But you might realize
him yet, you know.”
“I don’t want to.” Her voice was a
little uneven.
“Poor dream-man; sympathize with
him, I’m sure. Like to have that pond
Illy?”
“Thank you, I don’t care for it; let’s
go back.”
He agreed amiably. “I ought to get
back early,” ho said. “I promised
Kingsland to come over and go fishing
this afternoon, so we may not see each
other again. Caesar, isn’t this a day
for fishing, though!”
Ruby's cheeks tingled ns she walked
silently beside him through the light
dry grass on the way to the hotel,
while he stalked cheerfully along, mak
ing irritatingly pleasant remarks about
the scenery.
They came to a standstill at the sum
mer house on the lawn. It was empty,
and Ruby did not want to walk into
the crowd of people on the hotel porch.
’’I’m tired,” she said; “I’ll rost a
while, and we can say good-bye here.”
He held out his sunburned hand and
clasped hers closely for a* minute.
“Good-bye,” he said. “If you should
FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.
Do not put the young stcck in an
out-of-the-way pasture where they are
seldom see:. They will become wild
and unmanageable unless you go to
them frequently with some salt or
some dainty.
Never disappoint them and they
will always come to meet you and
will bo easily handled. They hark
back to the wild so easily that care
must he taken in this matteh.
In the flush of the Junfe pastures it
tnay not be necessary to feed much
grain-to the cows, but do not allow
j them to shrink in their milk flow. If
Hiov are allowed to fall iff for any
length of time, the milk secreting
»i.rmK, and no after feeding
will enable them t i perform their
full functions until they are fresh
again.
Millet and Hugarian grass can be
sown now. Sow about ten quarts to
the acre. It grows rapidly and rank
ly. If cut before the heads are form
ed it mak;s fine hay.
Every farmer should have a good
field of alfalfa; but it requires brains
to grew it. It is a most satisfactory
and profitable feed.
It is not too late to put in morce
sweet corn. You want more for the
table and more for the cows.
Keep the cultivator going. There
Is no money in raising a crop cf
w-eeds; they only rob the corn. Shal
low, level culture is the thing for
corn.
Begin haying earlier in the year
so you will have no overripe, woody
bay. There is a dead less in allow r -
ing the hay to become overripe.
Better cut one or tw r o meadows a
little too early than one a little too
late.
Cottonseed meal is a good feed
while cow r s are on geed pasture and
are fed green fodder corn. Be sure
it is fresh and sv. ect. Never feed
it when it is rancid.
Oil meal is better fed with dry feed.
Are the calves clean and dry and
growing, in the airy box stalls?
There is kindness and profit in
keeping them in out of the hot sun
and away from the tormenting flies.
The plan has been proven by actual
experience. It pays to wake up and
move along with the procession.—
Dorothy Tucker, iu The Farm Jour
nal.
SETTING TREES TOO CLOSE.
Don’t crowd your trees on too small
a space, if it is a good yield of nice
fruit you are after, for the chances
are ten to one that you will get left.
The argument that the more trees on
an acre the more fruit, don’t work if
carried to excess. It Is worse than
too few. I have recently found sev
eral large orchards ruined by plant
ing entirely too close; some peach i
trees in a large orchard, it seemed, !
had acquired the Lombardy popular
habit, and were sickly looking. From
Lhe condition of the. orchard, it ap- j
have been adandtfhod byi
TWO QUESTIONS.
He—If I propose, will you say
“Yes?”
She—If you knew I would say
‘Yes,” would you propose?—Judy.
able to take care of twenty or twert-|
ty-five chicks when small, but when!
: thtj ha\e reached the w'eahing size, 1
; unless the crops are very large, they
j should be removed to larger quarters.
^ The success ih raising young chickens
| depends entirely on the care they
| receive while young arid growing^-amLj
if you succeed yoU
' the little things.
FITS permanently Cured. No fHsornervmni
bem after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great
NenreBestorer,$2trial bottle and treatisef roe
Dr, R. H, Klisz, Ltd., 981 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa;
Freight trains carry 1,250,000,000 tons per
year.
t>dors of IVrspsratioh
Removed at once from the armpits, feet,
etc., by Royal Foot Wash. Stops Chafing;
Cures Sweating, Burning, Swollen, Tired
Febt. 25e at Druggists, or postpaid from
\Eat6s Deco Co., Atlanta. Ga. Mon»y baek
If hot satisfied. Sample for 2e stamp.
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QUITE TRUE.
“Wocdby declares his grandfather
descended from one of the greatest
houses in England.”
“Ah! yes. I did hear a story about
the old man falling off a roof he was
repairing once for Lord Somebody or
other.”—Philadelphia Press.
cannot neglect
The Old English Coffee House*.
In 1057, we are told, the first coffee
house had been prosecuted as a nui
sance. In 170& there were 3,000 coffee
houses, and each coffee house had its
habitual circilc. There were coffee
houses frequented by merchants and
stockjobbers carrying on the game
which suggested ^.he new nicknames
nd fcoffei
as Whig
bulls
j&ere ^
disturbed even by such an emergency.
“I don’t believe it would,” sbe de
cided, in disgust. “He’d get us out If
he could conveniently, and if he could
not he’d drown with that contented
smile on his face, as serenely as If he
were a wooden Shem out of a toy
Noah’s ark.”
*******
Mrs. Albert Loyd was peacefully cro
cheting a pair of bedroom slippers for
Mr. Albert Loyd, chanting such incan
tation as: “Chain two; double in sec
ond double; turn; five singles in loop;
chain two,” when her sister Ruby
whirled in upon her, cast herself into
a rocking chair, and rocked tempestu
ously for three minutes. Mrs. Albert
viewed her quietly, suspending her
crochet hook for a moment.
“Three singles in loop; chain two—
been fencing with Mr. Adams again?”
she queried, mildly.
“Yes,” Ruby answered, “but I hardly
think he’ll care about fencing any
more.”
“No? Why not? Turn; five singles.”
“I practically told him I was—en
gaged.”
“Dear me! chain five—and to whom?
Turn.”
“A person I invented.”
“You unprincipled little wretch!
What did you do it for?”
“Just to see what effect it would
have.”
“Two singles—and what effect did
it?”
“None at all. You couldn’t stir him
up to move an eyelash, whatever you
did; he’s too sublimely lazy even to
lose his temper.”
Mrs. Albert shook her head gently.
“You’re off the track,” she comment
ed. unwinding more scarlet wool; “he
may perhaps be guilty of always keep
ing his temper, and, let me tell you, a
married woman would consider that a
very good failing, but as for being lazy
—Albert’s friend, that little Mr. Hig-
ginson, who knows him well, says he
works in his office like a galley slave
ten months of the year, and although
be has that lazy way and looks as if
lie were letting things go to smash if
they.want to, he has his eye on every
thing, and every move he makes
counts. I shouldn’t wonder if you’ve
put your silly foot In It for once with
your invented man. Albert says there
isn’t a more whole-souled fellow living
than Roy Adams, but just because he
doesn't hop around and fuss over
everything like a banty chicken—as
you do—you must get scornful and
snub him. You’ve done it all summer,
you know you have, and he’s been as
faithful to you as the needle to the hay
stack, or whatever it is a needle is sup
posed to be faithful to. You always
were a fractious child, and you aren’t
a whit better now than when you were
six years ” Mrs. Loyd ceased her
lecture as she found herself talking to
a dissolving view of blue organdie ruf
fles aud a couple of whisking sash
ends, and returned to her chaining,
doubling and looping.
Roy appeared before Ruby early the
next day iu his usual calm frame of
mind and his boating rig.
“Think lie'll object to your going out
on the lake with me just once more?”
he asked. “I’m going away early to
morrow morning.”
“What for?” she asked.
“Have to,” he responded; “vacation
conies to an end to-night. Can you
go?”
She ran out and slipped her boating
hat on in silence. She was reflecting
dismally that she must either confess
her little romanc.i of yesterday an un
founded one, or bid good-bye forever
joining field, as s% fell into the big
willow chair and began to rock. Then
she looked off dismally toward the
misty h.ils. They were dimmer than
the light summer haze warranted.
“Only a summer flirtation—only a
summer flirtation,” creaked the chair,
maddeningly.
She turned her eyes to the field again.
She could still see the tall form loiter
ing along. When it should disappear,
the end of things would have come.
He stooped, seeming to pick up some
thing; then he turned slowly and be
gan his easy stride back toward the
summer house. It seemed ages before
lip reached the door and looked in,
holding toward her a flower on a stalk,
just a fringe of pale lilac petals un
curling from a tawny golden centre.
“See. I found the first aster, and
came back to bring it to you.” he said.
She accepted it silently. He looked
curiously at her eyes. The rims were"
decidedly pink. He folded his arms
and leaned against the door casing.
“Sure you aren’t going to marry tiie
dream-man?” he asked, after a casual
survey of the landscape.
“Didn’t I tel! you there wasn’t any?”
“I thought you might be libbing
again. If there really isn’t ”
“Well?”
“Couldn’t you reconsider things and
take me, after all?”—New York News.
Carilinnl of York Waft a Bore.
Henry Stuart, Cardinal of York,
British prince as he was, and descend
ant of the lovely and witty Queen of
Scots, was himself but a dull and
prosy man. He bad all the good tilings
of this world—honors, wealth and po
sition. But while all respected him,
many were greatly bored by ids plati
tudes. Pope Benedict XIV., who was
his best friend, once expressed the
general opinion. He had listened to
the cardinal’s prosy talk for an hour
and a half on a day when he was more
than usually busy. He remarked* with
a sigh of relief when the audience was
over, “that it did not in the least sur
prise him that the English should wish
to be rid of the race of Stuart, if they
were all dull and tedious as the Car
dinal of York.”—London Modern So
ciety.
An Honeat Tramp GItcb l r p SIO.OOO.
Two $o<XX> packages of gold shipped
by a bank and carelessly thrown by
Express Messenger Andrews from a
Great Northern train to a fellow mes
senger on another train, fell into the
snow near Chiwaukum, in Chelny
County, Washington, last Tuesday. Its
loss was not discovered for several
hours, and vain search was made for
two days. A tramp found the gold
and returned it to the railroad com
pany. As a reward he has been giv
en employment—Denver Post.
not yield.. Any wonder it did not
bear? Overcrowded} no sunlight for
the ground and low.ir branches; tail;
only a few leaved except at the top;
no room for fruit buds; all the avail
able food exhausted. Why v^aste
money and time so foolishly? In each
case there was plenty cf the same
kind of land adjoining, but if there
had not been, fewer trees sheuld have
been set properly. Each tree should
have room to spread in the natural
way—not crowded till it assumes s
lofty habit. Of course the latter can
be remedied to some extent by prop
er pruning, but still the result will
not be satisfactory. Some dealers
recommend planting peach trees be
tween apple trees, but this is done
at the expense of the apple trees; bet
ter set aside a little more land for
the orchard and have it good. Peach
trees are as a rule the most crowded,
and are probably worse injured by
overcrowding than any other. Quince ;
dwarf pears and plums are capable
of being planted close with the least
injury, but they, too, mu. t have suffi
cient sunlight and plant food.—E. W.
Jones, in the Epitomist.
THAT NOVEL ONION PULLING.
I notice an article from H. A. Green
in the Epitomist in which he proposes
to make his chickens dig out his
onions in order to save time. I fail
to see the economy of the plan even
if onions were not injured by the
chickens, as it seems to me that it
would be quite as much trouble to
gather the onions after the chickens
had scattered them in every direc
tion, even if they escaped uninjured
from the scratch's by the chicken’s
claws. Then he makes the statement
that it is a well known fact that
! chickens will not eat onions. That
statement when applied to West Vir
ginia chickens is entirely false. Of
1 course I cannot speak for his Cana
dian chickens and Canadian onions,
hut I had supposed that chickens had
very much the same habits ami tastes
the world over. Only a few days
ago I watched on old Wyandotte hen
pulling out a large onion, and she did
her work so well that only the out
side peeling was left. I feel quit©
sure that if Mr. Green will allow the
chickens full access to onions for any
considerable length of time he will
learn that chickens will eat onions
and that they will eat them with a
relish. I have seen chickens biting
off the tops of onions almost smooth
with the ground, and that when there
was plenty of clover and grass handy.
The chickens can’t pull onions for
me unless they find their way into
the garden without my knowledge.—
A. J. Legg, in Epitomist.
as w'3
was provoked
Greek accent.
by a
ill wl
of f the
the'"Grecian,
a fatal duel
pu’e over a
I*et us hope, it was the worst sCholaf
who W'as killed, and Wills’, wh^re
Pope as a boy went to look feve.^ntty
at Dry den, and Buttons', whefe at a
later period Addison met his littld
senate. Addison, according to Pope,
spent five of six hours a day lounging
at Buttons’, while Pope found the
practice and the consequent Consump-
t on of wine too much for his health.
Thackeray notices how the club and
coiTt'3 house “boozing shortened the
lives and enlarged the waistcoats of
the men of those days.”—“English
Literature and Society in the Eight
eenth Centut-y.”—Progress.
Family Conversation,
Make sure in partaking of hospital
ity that you are able to discharge
the obligations it imposes. Hunt out
conversational coin from the carnnies
of ycur brain, suggests a writer in
the Pittsburg Gazette. Be ready to
give out something w'hen the conduc
tor glances your way,
I know a family in which, from the
youngest child to the son in college,
each member is required to contribute
something to general conversation at
meal time. They have never been
al’.owed to regard this as a mere stop
for stoking the physicial engine, to
he made as brief as possible. Each
treasures up some incident of the day;
nc one forgets that he has met an
old friend, or even watched the trail
of the fire patrol and the excitement
it aroused. They have become more
observant, their sense of humor is
sharpened, their sympathies are
quickened in the little street come
dies, because of the applause of the
family circle. They are alw-ays sure
cf a friendly interest in their indi
vidual adventures and misadventures
They all keep in touch with each
other's pursuits. Meal times are not
du’l in that family. The mind, as
well as the body, is refreshed.
There is one weekly
[to every 300 voters.
paper in Oklahoma
, Gat smut and its prevention.
I . smut is much more prevalent
j in New England than is commonly
supposed, and while the loss is not
total in any field, observations and
reports from correspondents indicate
that the loss as a whole Is large.
The disease is propagated by means
cf the seed, and all that is necessary
to prevent smut is to kill the spores
that are upon the oats used for seed.
The Maine Agricultural Experi
ment Station has issued a four page
pamphlet on -4hc prevention of oat
; smut, from which the following is
, condensed: Half fill an oil or similar
j barrel with water, and add one-half
pound of formaldehyde (sometimes
called formalin). Place about two
bushels of the s:ed cats in as wide
a sack as wdll readily go into the bar
rel, and submerge the oats in this
weak solution cf formaldehyde for
twenty minutes. Lift the sack from
the barrel, allow it to drain a few
minutes so as not to waste the solu
tion. Then fcmpty the oats on to a
Clean fleor or canvas to dry, and pro
ceed in the-same manner until all
the seed has been treated.—Charles
D. W oods, in the Massachusetts
Ploughman.
PRESRVING POSTS.
I see an enquiry about fence posts.
I will give formula: Equal parts of
coal oil and linseed cil; add finely
powdered charcoal, and mix with the
oils until in the form of paint. Paint
the part that goes into the ground,
especially the end. and G inches above
the ground; should have tw-o coats;
the posts should be seasoned before
the paint is applied. If oak posts,
they should be sawed with all the
sap part off. If locust, remove the
hark only; then paint when seasoned.
Though I paid for this receipt, I will
give it free to the readers of The In
diana Farmer. 1 never tried the
paint, as I only put in a few posts at
a time; then I think I will bo thank
ful if I last as long as the posts.—*
John Bennett, in Indiana Farmer.
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Mrs.TVlusJow's Seotbing Syrup for children
cothlng.eoftea the gums, reduces intlarnmn-
“on, allays pain,cures wiud colic, 25c.abottl j
locomotive costs from $13.-
The mod ern
000 to $18,000.
Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and iiiugs.—Wm.
O. E.ndsLfy, Vanburen, Ind,, Feb, 10, I'JOJ.
Since lS7l
t-ers of war,
France
had thirty minis-
To Kxploit Afiican Falls,
A Company has been formed to ex
ploit Victoria Falls, in liio Eiimhsgi,
and wdii built a hydro-electric generat
ing station, wiih the expectation of
supplying power to the Waukie coal
fields, Biiiuwayo, the Gweld. Seb.as-
kive and Hartley gold fields, all of
which are within 300 iuiies.
SlOO lleivord. 8100;
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
iearn that there is at least oue dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh; Hall’s Catarrh
Cu VHyJIhfionly positive eure now known to
the %j^HMternity. Catarrh being a con-
stit‘ , ^^^Vasc. requires a constitutional
treat/*'<jB|^urs CatarrhCure is taken inter
nal directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the'system. thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith In
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars forany ease that it falls to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75e.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
HEARING AND SEEING.
Enthusiastic Visitor—If you’ll come
down into the country with me I’ll
show you w r here you can just hear the
corn grow!
Unemotional Cityite — Humph! If
you’ll come with me over to the board
of trade I'll show you where you can
see it grow.—Chicago Tribune.
La ties Can Wenr SJn>«»
One stee smalloi* after using Allen’s Foot-
Eafte, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes
easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching
feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don’t ac
cept any substitute. Trial package Fbf.k by
mail. Address, Allen 8, Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y,
Seventeen persons in 100 in the State of
New York live to be over seventy years of
age.
Among the handsome Window displays
competing for first honors at the recent Con
federate Re-Union at Nashville, Tenn.,was
that of the National Casket Co., in way of a
handsome Confederate Grey Casket, draped
with Silk Confederate Battle Flag with the
figure of a$oung Soldier, “A Son of the Old
Veteran” standing guard, typefying the idea
that the “Sons of Confederate Veterans”
Would faithfully guard his memory. .The
many vlsitc
tvith the sc
were ve ry
iiment of he
kCasket Co,
much impressed
mafia by
are
we drink
of the bio'
germs to
King’s Ro
And resto
Germetue:
ville, Ga,
A sing!
tnuch as
Jerir-* Ce.us*
the air we
e eat. Air
, stdTfiaeh or bowels, pu
rk and sickness and pain fallow
lal Germetuer removes the cause
s health. Free Booklet.
Medical Co., Dept. C;,
Write
Barnes-
a) log of mahogany often brings as
15000 at a sale.
Dr. Diggers’ Huckleberry Cordial
Vtn.^Great Southern Remedy, cures all
Stomach and bowel troubles, children
teething. Made from
The Little Huckleberry
that grows alongside our hills and moun
tains, contains an active principle that has
a happv effect on the stomach and bow
els. It enters largely In Dr. Diggers'
Huckleberry Cordial, the great stomach
and bowel remedy for Dysentery, Diar
rhoea and Bloody Flux. . w
Sold by all druggists. 25 and 50c bot
tle.
AN EX-CHIEF JUSTICE’S OPINION.
Judge O. E. Lochrane, of Georgia, In a
letter to Dr. Blggers, states that he
never suffers himself to be without a bot
tle of Dr. Blggers’ Huckleberry Cordial
during the summer time, for the relief
Of all stomach and bowel troubles, Dys
entery. Diarrhoea. Flux, etc.
Bold by all d"ugglsts. 25 and 50c bottles.
H ALTI WAN>iER-T AY LOR DRUG CO.,
Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga^
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullein will cure Coughs. Croup
and Consumption. Price 25eand$l n bottle.
World's Fair st. ?,oris.
Louisville am! Nashville Railroad.
If you are going to the World's Fair you
want the best route. The L. AN. is the
shortest, quickest and best lin". Three
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The Greatest Enemy.
MOXG the elements and
forces of nature there are
several enemies of good
oads, but the greatest of
OW' them is water. It washes
away the material of the road. It
soaks into the road and softens it so
; that the wagon wheels cut into the
surface, making ruts and holes. It
| permeates and softens the foundation
| so that the surface of the road sinks
or breaks up. In the winter the water
that is in the road freezes, expands
i and loosens and disintegrates the road
! material.
The most important thing in the
^ building of 1‘oads is to lessen or pre-
i vent the ravages of water, yet no feat-
j tire Of the work is so neglected as this.
Many local road supervisors seem to
give ho consideration to the question
! of drainage, and the result is a regular
j hind blockage during several weeks or
j iuonths of the year.
The following are a few simple rules
! the observance of which would go far
j toward bettering the roads of this
j Country:
First—The road should he so located
| and constructed as to avoid steep
grades, down which lhe water rushes
during heavy rains, tearing up and
Washing away the road material.
Second—The foundation of the road
should be thoroughly drained by open
side ditches which will carry off the
water, and where necessary tile drains
should be laid in the foundation itself.
Third—Thesurface of the road should
be hard and smooth and have sufficient
slope toward the sides to shed the sur
face water.
Fourth—Ruts and holes on the sur
face of the finished road should be
filled as fast as made so tluit no water
can lie on the surface to be worked up
into mud.
These rules are simple and easy to
follow, and any one who gives any se
rious thought to the matter can see the
wisdom of following them. Stil! they
are almost universally ignored as the
condition of our roads abundantly
proves.
What this country needs is a radical
change, a new era in road building.
The people have been moving in ruts
in more senses than one, and if each
local community is left to work out the
road problem alony they will continue
to move in the same ruts, and every
year millions of dollars will he thrown
into the mud to say nothing of the
losses resulting from the use of bad
roads. Lectures on road improvement
seem to do very little good. Books and
bulletins on road building appear to
have very little effect.
What the local communities need is
practical object lessons and actual as
sistance, and these can co ne only from
the State Governments and the Fed
eral Government, It is for this reason
that road reformers, everywhere are
turning toward State and National aid
as the only solution of the road prob
lem.
The bad road
re a blight^
1
Waterways; Wliy N
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dollars’ worth of property destroyed.
Our Government has reached out in a
protecting way for the relief of the
people along this line. A sail along
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almost perfect safety. We have 1100
lighthouses and lighted beacons. YV e
have about 354 siren signals, besides
others. There are nearly 5000 whist
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cost of $4,000,000. Every one of these
lighthouses and every man is needed
to protect the commerce of this great
country. The money expended is wise
ly used in preserving the lives and
property of our people.
Having so well provided for the
| country in this respect, the people ot
i the United States should now take
, tip this great question of the improve
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i us to carry the produce of the farm as
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