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I -ww eukal free delivery. GOOD ROADS ARE THE MOST IM- PORTANT FACTOR. In.prcton. for tho PoMofflce Oepart.nent Hold Good lloadhedn to B« K»»rntli.l to the Som-om of the Kirprrimeiit -Ne j Vue Found for Postal Havings Banks. P. G. Harrison, special agent of the road inquiry division of the United States department of agriculture, to a Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Record said: The matter of free delivery in ruial districts throughout the country is given a great deal of attention at the present time, both in the postoffice department and in the department of agriculture. It is proposed to make free delivery a success in rural and country districts, and good roads are the most important factor. “It has been found by experiment- ing that from twenty-live to thirty miles a day can be covered by a letter- carrier on good, smooth roads, while on the ordinary road not more than ten or twelve miles can be served. By ihaving good roads as much ground could be covered by a carrier in one day us it would take three men to cover on an ordinary road, and in this way much more service is secured for the same amount of money, thus cre- atftig a large decrease in the expenses of the postoffice department, which is carefully considering the road ques tion and locating these free-delivery routes only in sections where a good isystein of roads has beeu adopted and maintained. “At a recent meeting *of the New’ (Jersey Road Improvement association, iwhich is composed largely of intelli gent farmers from all parts of the Istate, resolutions were adopted favor- jing the rural free-delivery system, but it was recommended that they be ;placed on permanent roads, such as ! are hard, smooth and tit for service at all seasons of the year. They also recommended that in case of neglect to have the roads properly maihtained, the free-delivery system be withdrawn. Carrying out this idea, the postoffice department has sent an inspector to examine two roads maintained by the Istate association in Burlington county. jThe inspector has reported favorably jUpon these routes which are upon |Stone roads constructed iu that sec tion under state aid. j “These routes will distribute mails to a large section of the country around Morristown and Riverton. Ap plications have been made from Penn sylvania for free delivery routes from Hulmeville, and other points in SaQem, North Hampton and Middletown,, covering a large portion of land throughout Bucks county. This is a rich agricultural district, and care will be taker, in the selection of these rentes to^mss schoolhouses and industrial establishments, through which a large number of families cau be reached, even if those places are not lying directly on the carrier’s route. This will be done, experimen tally, because there is no complete or united system of good roads,but if the roads are further improved, or so con structed as to form continuous routes, then the service will be maintained. Another important suggestion made by the State Road Improvement asso- siation, was that the letter-carriers be nade road inspectors, so as to report ;o the road officials any damage done o the roads by sudden showers or haws, in order that they might re- teive prompt attention. “Applicat ions for rural free delivery ire coming in from all sections of the ountry, bnt such care is being exer- ised by the inspectors sent out by he department that many of the ap- dications will be rejected because the {pads are almost impassable at certain Imes in winter and spring. It is nought that this will give a new im- ptus to the road improvement move- lent, which is now spreading over the Jmtry. •‘Another plan for the advancement ■ good roads has been adopted by road inquiry division of the de- tment of agriculture. It will be embered that the postmaster-gen ii recommended the establishment postal savings banks, and the only jection that has been offered to the blishment of this system is that •e might be difficulty in investing funds deposited in such savings s. The road inquiry division has n this matter up and given it se- s consideration. hese savings will be generally of eys not iu active circulation, bnt Ugs of people largely in rural dis- who now keep their money in es and in hiding places. This tlt^s of people has every confidence iu government, and w’ould willingly I the government with its savings, dng the two per cent, interest, y 8tone, director of the road division, has suggested that y mightbe very properly used purchase of bonds issued by ty or other municipal au- for road purposes, s one of the best invest- could be no possible k 1 •nment. At the same v Id be used for the js throughout the Q; Nmonnt of in- O tT ^ties would of Y £ ylhis money i. * * would not render it objectionable to the taxpayers, as the rate of taxes need not necessarily be increased, the interest being paid out of the ordinary revenues. “It is estimated that the savings thus deposited iu the postal banks would soon reach $100,000,000 per an num. This sum, cr even half of it, used for the improvement of roads, would result in great benefit for the country. In the construction it would give employment to a vast number of people, and the money now idle would be brought from its hiding places, and be put in circulation. These sugges tions of the road inquiry division have been sent to various parts of the coun try, and responses are coming in from various associations, farmers’ clubs and institutions, good road associa tions and village and improvement as sociations, and from many influential men of the country, strongly favoring the plan of savings banks with money invested in road bonds. ” SHAVED BY HIS WIFE. How a DriigglMt at the National Capital Save* Time. “One of the most prosperous drug gists iu the northwestern part of the city has not been shaved by another person than his wife iu eleven years,’’ said an E street doctor recently. “This druggist I speak of always presents a clean face. • I never went into his store that he did not look as if he had just left a barber’s chair. A few nights ago I went into his store to get a prescription compounded. As I entered the door I heard a voice come from back of the prescription depart ment. “‘Sit down,’ it said, ‘and I will be with you iu about five minutes.’ “I recognized the voice as that of the druggist, and 1 asked ‘What’s the matter?’ “Before he had time to answer me I had got near enough to the pre scription counter to look over, and see a fine-looking woman, whom I recog nized as his wife, putting the finish ing touches to a shave. I watched her carefully, and I can say that she went through with the work with as much ease and unconcern as the most accomplished male tonsorialist. “While his wife was shampooing and finishing up his hair he told me that he had not been in a barber shop for eleven years, other than to get his hair cut, and that his wife during all that time had looked after his face. “The way he got into the habit of having his wife shave him was easy, and one that almost any man might emulate. He was going around the store one day with several days’ growth of hair on his face, when his wife asked him why he didn’t get shaved. “ ‘I have not the time to go to the barber shop, darling,’ was his reply. “The following day she called at tention to the fact that he was fright ful in appearance, and he gave the excuse that he hadn’t time. “When she broached the matter on the following day, and he said he had no one to leave in charge of the store, she took the matter in hand. Then she told him she was prepared to shave him, and he could secrete him self behind the prescription depart ment. He consented, and she is shaving him today.”—Washington 8tar. Spuin'* Shift Vs* iVasants. Dr. Godow has explored southern Bpain, especially the Basque provinces and the Cantabrian Alps, with great care. He has made careful notes on the flora and fauna; he has collected information, geological, etymological and ethnological; he has spent months in intimate intercourse with the people of these districts. The picture he paints is not a pretty one; in the Basque provinces, indeed.life is fairly easy, though the'people are poor and meat is a rare food with them, but in Gallicia the lack of civilization is amazing. The people are of a boor ishness that is brutal, ignorant,super stitious, bigoted, clinging to the cus toms there followed in the time of Strabo; indeed, his account of the in habitants of the mountain villa'e, Burbia, who never wash, h.-ld a morn ing inspection of heads to catch the larger vermin in tham and suffer, half of them, after thirty, fiom the goitre, shows a persistence of the dark ages almost i credible ia western Euroj>e. But in the east and west alike the striking quality of the Spaniard would seem to be laziuess—that. hopeless, irritating laziness which goes with an infinite capacity for taking pains to teach the cocks to hatch eggs and bring up the young thickens. It is but natural that Dr. Godow found these various peasantries of one mind that Spain should spare no cost to hold Cuba. He says later that the wolves are increasing because the government cannot afford to pay the reward for their destruction. The in formation comes as a significant com ment—London Saturday Review. THE FIRST LIKEBOT. Very Different from the Corplicnted Vessel of To-Day. r The story of the lifeboat resins tc be written. To do so now fcmld be premature, inasmuch as, notvAhatand- ing the large amount of kgenuity which has been lavished oikhe de signing of a vessel which sb 1 prove satisfactory, the thing desire yet re mains to be achieved. The rat life boat was, curiously enough, d< ised by a landsman, one Lionel Lukin, i coach- builder of Dunmow, in Esi x, En gland. This man bad lout s< te rela tives in the foundering of a easel at sea, and he set about deslgnld a ves sel which should be uusinkabl4Among THE FIRST LIFKBOAl. those who took up the probtrm where Lukin left it was one Henij Great- bead, a boatbullder of South Shields, who worked continuously at the sub ject, and an order for the construction of what is practically the first specially constructed lifeboat was given to Greathead in 1805. The first lifeboat was 36 feet long, and possessed a beam of 10 feet. It was rowed by 10 oars, double banked, and it was the first vessel built in which the main features of all life boats were found. Thus, the stem and ktern were alike, it had a curved keel, and it bulged greatly amidships. No Wonder It Failed. Quad—I see that ladles’ paper, the New Woman, has proved a failure. Dash—That so? What was the trou ble? Quad—Well, as I understand it, only lady reporters were employed, and, of course, they told all they knew before the paper came out, and then no one wanted to read It. No Beauty la Hlo«a Deep. Clean blood means a elean skin. beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Hegiu to-day to Dap) pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and it sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. The stories of talkative barbers are often illustrated with original cats. Don’t TRY to keep house without Bine Ribbon Baking Powder. At all Grocers. B. R. B. P. Company, Richmond, Virginia. It is easier for a borrowed umbrella to keep lent than it is for the average man. Plsn’s Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine.—F. M. Abhott, 383Hen- eca St., Buffalo, N. Y.,M ty 9,18SU. The English language contains 41 distinct sounds. No-To-Bae for Fifty Cents. Gue.'snteed tobacco habit core, makes west- men strong, bloou pure. Me. 11 All druggists. It is intimated that the incandescent lamps in use in all parts of the world have over 400,- 009,000 candle power. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, I Lucas County, (“• Fkank J. Cheney makes oh th that he is flu- senior partner of toe firm o' J. F. Cheney & Co.,doim; Business in the City or 1 oledo, onn- ty and State atoressid. and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for e ch and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catakrh Cuke. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and an bscribed in my (—1 presence, this 5th day of ecember, - seal 'r A. 1). 1886. A. Vv. Gleason, I —1 Notary Public Hall’s Catarrh Cure ia taken interually.and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F J, ■ heney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Fills are the best. Maine’s Copper Mines. Maine ia again 19 enter the list of copper mining states. The deposits, which are numerons and valuable, were worked more than twenty-five years ago, but a sudden and great de cline iu the price of copper made them unprofitable; improved and cheapened method of prodnetion is the cause of resumption of work. Baltimore, March 26th. A writer in the Southern Progress, of Phil adelphia, commenting upon the services of the Old Bay Line, says: I confess I find no little pleasure in taking the trip from Balti more to Norfolk on oneof the steamers oftbe Old Bay Line. Few transportation compan ies in this country have so favorable a hold on 11 fault-finding public as this corporation of the Chesapeake. The accommodations, the conveuiences and the management of the Meamers meet a cordial recognition from a public—too often entertained as cattle rather limn human beings—always giad to receive a little more than they pay for. It is not ea*y to form an exact eetimate of the number of passengers carried yearly by the Old Bay Line hteamers, but I have been informed that It reaches nearly half a million. I think that fact is a bettei recommendation than any I could poseibly write of the Old Bay Line. Dragging Music Into a Play. “I once aaw a raft scene In an En glish play,” says a noted play actor. “Suddenly one of the shipwrecked par ty cried out: ‘What’s that I see float ing toward us on the waves?* ‘A grand piano,’ shouted another. Then the piano was hauled up on to the raft and one of the famishing castaways played a ‘Rhapsodic Hongroise,* by Llset. That cured me of ‘dragging In music by the hair.’ ” When a man begins to do wrong, he cannot answer for himself how far he may be carried on. He docs not see beforehand, he cannot know where he will find himself after the sin is com mitted. One false step leads to anoth er; one evil connection requires &n- i other. VTo»e»'*“ d Wh**1. From the J>elaieare. Ohio. The healthfulness of bicycle riding Ur women Is still a disputed question between •mlnent physicians and health reformers. Used in moderation it su.-ely creates for women a means of out-door exercise, the benefit of which *11 physicians concede. Ustdto excess, like any other pastime, its •ffect is likely to be dangerous. The experience of Miss Bertha Reed, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. J. R. R-ld 885 Lake St.. Delaware, Ohio, mav K oint a moral forparents who, like Mr. and [rs Iteed have experienced some concern e,** their daughters who are fond of wheel- In* In the fall of ’% Miss Bertha who had ridden a great deal, began to fail in an alarming manner. She grow steadily paler and thinner, and it appeared sho was going into consumption. Rest and quiet did h.-r ^ absolutely no good. Vphv-i- ciun found her pulse at KM a very high rate. Thinking this mm h:i\ 1 heei) due t ten g,,- rary imnoti-- ue-s when lie examined her, I he watched her closely, but her pulse continued at that rate for two weeks. 11a j was satisfied then, from her high 1 pulse and steadily wasting condition that 1 she was suffering from antemiaor a blood- , less condition of the body, she became ex tremely weak, and could not stand the least noise or excitement. In this condition of affairs they were recommended bv an old friend to get some of that famous blood medicine Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. They did so, and almost from the first dose Bertha began to improve, bhe continued to take the pills and was by means of those pills made entirely well, and more grateful people than her parents cannot be found in the whole State of Ohio. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have proved u boon to womankind. Acting directly on the blood and nerves, ther restore the req- aisite vitality to all parts of the body; creating functional regularity and perfect harmony throughout the nervous system. The pallor of the cheeks is changed to tho delicate blush of health; the eyes brighten; the muscles grow elastic, ambition is created and good health returns. ; THE KEELEY CURE. (I GREENVILLE, S. C. ,;ALCOHOL ? 1»opium. • I'lake no mistake ; 'TOBACCO* J; USING. J nor delay. This treatment restore* the Diseased Nervous System to it* Normal Condition. Result—a perfect cure of the Liquor or thq Morphine Habit and re establishment of the will p-wer. Have you not a friend who needs the cure V Detailed iufotmatiou mailed on application. Tilt KEELKY INSTITVTK, (or Box 37> OKI I NVILLB, S. C. tin writing mention this paper.) SAW MILLS; She Bides EVERY COTTON PLANTER It you need a saw mill, any size, write me before buying elsewhere. I have the most complete line of mills of any dealer or manufacturer in the South. CORN MILLS. Very highest grade Stones, at unusual ly low prices. W00D-W08XING MACHINERY, Planers. Moulders, Edger-*, Re-Saws, Hand Saw.*. Laths, etc. ENGINES AND BOILERS, Talbott and Liddell. Engleberg Rice Duller, in stock, quick delivery, low prices. V. C. BADHAM, No. 132(1 Main St., Columbia, S. C. V. E. MBS » ¥ COLUMBIA, S. Ci, State Agents for Liddell Co., Charlotte, N. C, 1111 MACHINERY IMPROVED SYSTEM GINNERIES ft SPECIAUI. Engines, Boilers, Saw, Grist and Cane Mills, Gins, Presses, Threshing Machines, Mowers, Rakes, Belting, Packing, Etc. Write us for Prices. We can Inter est You. 1 Should send cernlng the at ones fsr FACTS esn- Jackson African Limbless Citton. Positively NO genuine seed of this wonderfully prolific variety has oe ■old this year. All anthenfiratesi seesl was purchasesl Isy this Company and reserved lor planting Ihc present season. WRITE NOW For our Cirenl offer to PLANTERS. IT WILL PAY YOU TO M SO. Premiums for those planting genuine Jackson African $5000 CASH Limbless Cotton Seed next year. BEWARE of Spurious Seed offered by others. Send for particulars of our great Co-opera live offer to planters of guaranteed seed to be delivered next Fall. LIBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS for immediate work in every cotton growing state. ADDKEH’-. JACKSON AFRICAN LIMBLESS COTTON CO., OX Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. ISEND FOR i BICYCLE I High fir.de ’«* Model., $t« W #4*. .* • GREAT CLEARING SALS of TT and M . models, be.t m*ke«, $9.TS to SIS, Sent on anpnnnl iHIMtU a cent patiment. Pre. au i .f wheel to our sirenU. Writo (or our aew . .inn "Uo-¥ to Kara • Bloyele” and m.k. 'Smorey. SPKt'IAL THIS WEEK- 4#high hgrad. '«7 model. (■Hcbtly shopworn), SMVI l atch. “W.iidrrtnr* AoheeV’neouTenlr V book of art, KKKZ for .tamp whU. may lut. K. W. MEAD t'YCIJ' COMPANY, Chiracs. GEORGIA LADIES TELL THE TRUTH. 9 rnzmmtm 9 r~w KZ * ra U » FI • Bullards, Ga., wrltCB: E Eight years ago 1 had Blow Fever 8 months. Five Doctors at tended mo, but I continued to grow worse until I com menced taking Dr. M. A. Stmmonu Liver Medicine three times a day, and I was well before one Package was taken. Have taken a few dose* “Black Draught,” but did not think it cle&nsMl my Liver as well aa Dr. M. A.S.L.M. Female Complainfc. There are two critical and even dangeiou periods in female life, when the greatest otR-e is necessary. Thef first, when the girl passes from child hood to womanhood; if through Ignorance or neglect this mysterious development is interfered with or thwarted, even in the smallest degree, they are liable to some malady frequently proving moat serious, such as hysteria, uta or even While at the second j of life,” there Is oil danger. At both these periods of life Dr. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine is invalu able, and it is recommended theta dose of it be taken twice a week for some time, be tween and during the menstrual periods, and for strcnirtbenlng the system we strongly nrge the use of Dr. M. A. film- moiiaLiver Medici y o, a dose at bedtime. »later aiorticino, a dose at Dtuti amAefc Seville, Ga., says: I have used Dr. M. A. Simmon. Liter Medicine in my family for*) years with suc cess in many cases of Indi gestion and Soot Stom ach. I think it superior to “Thed ford’s Black Draught" and “Zeilln's Regulator,'* and I shall recommend Dr. m. A.S.iLaa long sal live. , S CHOOL AND LAW BOOKS MI&. We buy. sell and exchanae "11 kinds of books, furnishing new buoksat i.uliUnher.' prices; second ^ * k* SoDla a wanted or for sale. Pemberton k Jerome’snewOrtni. Code and l>i*e»t prepaid for $4 1,2 prominent 11* 1«* North Carolinians *i. Cataloiciee sent with flirt order Koulhern Hook Kirhnnsr. M. M. Smith, proprietor, Kalrigh. North Carolina. r OSBORNE’S udmedd di AURUOVR. CJr. Actual bo«in*M 1 _ book* Hit on iirno. Cbftsp botrd Scad for oauJoc** Hysteria caused by natural or acquired feebleneea ital su uorlng and^hlefly, e sexual system, such aa ■•EmiA Is caused by of constitution derangement!' . menstrual irtitgaha-iUcs, delayed develop- e generative organs, or too strong mentof the genera sexual propensities. During a fit, the patlent'c clothes should be loosened; aha should have nn abundance of fresh air. The sudden, copious and continuous nr>plt- cation of cold water to the head and face wilt cut the fit short Between tho paroxisms. Dr. M. A. ftlmmonsl.lverMedicineshould be taken to correct torpidity of tho bowels, and a coarse of treatment with Dr. Sin*- mans Squaw Vino Wino which in specially adapted to rorno— the *>♦-- - - ---ders.* C HARLOTTE COMMERCIAL ( OLLEGE , CftftRLOTTfe, N. G. NoVacaUoB»-Po.lUoniOuaranteed—Catalogue Free- OPIUM and Liquor Habit cured la 10 to SO days. No pay till cured. 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