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CLASH IS STILL ON
Governor of North Carolina
Bucking Pritchard.
CONFERENCE FRUITLESS
Ciienn Proposes to Enforce Newly-En;
acted State Law at Ail Hazards
Until Matter is Legally
Settled.
Nothing came from the conference
at Ra'.oigh, N. C., Thursday between
Assistant United States Attorney General
Edward T. Sanford and Governor
Glenn concerning a basis of settlement
of the pending railway rate litigation
between the state and the
Southern railway, involving the juris
diction of state and federal courts.
t Governor Glenn emphasized the state
ment that'it would be useless for the
railroads to make any proposition that
did not first provide that the state
rate law should go into effect pend
ing the result of tne litigation, ana
that if the railroads refused his offer
the state would, in a perfectly legal
way, continue to execute the law as
he sees fit. If necessary, he announced,
he will call an extra session of the
general assembly that it might act as
it saw fit on all matters affecting the
pending litigation; that as- he gets
his authority and power through it,
that body alone, by way of eminent
domain, etc., can control and regulate
railroads acting in defiance of both the
law and the proceedings of legally
constituted state courts. An extra
session seems inevitable as a basis of
settlement.
The governor suggested to Mr. Sanford
the following, which he has wired
to State Solicitor Brown at Asheville:
"That the 2 1-4 cent rate be put into
[ effect at once by the railroads until a
final leeal settlement; the state to ap
peal from the order of Judge Pritchard
discharge from custody the Southern
railway ticket agents in Asheville;
the Southern railway to apepal to the
supreme court of North Carolina in the
- Wake county case, in which the company
was fined $30,000, and if decided
against it to go by writ Of error to
the supreme court of the United
States; each side to co-operate to have
both cases advanced, argued together
and speedily determined; the state
at its option to indict the Atlantic
Coast Line in one case for violation of
the rate law; all other indictments to
be stopped pending a final determination
of the case; the governor to advise
all people against bringing penalty
suits pending final determination,
and to ask the people as a "tfhole to
acquiesce in these arrangements; the
injunction suit pending before Judge
Pritchard to be diligently prosecuted
,' without the state waiving any question*
of jurisdiction."
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SECOND LYNCHER ACQUITTED.
North Carolina Judge Despairs of Efforts
at Conviction.
The efforts of the state of North
Carolina to bring to justice the twenty
odd citizens of Anson county who
took J. V. Johnson from Wadesbcro
jail the night of May 28, 1906, and
lynched him, came to an abrupt termination
in court at Monroe Thuisday
afternoon when the jury in the
case of Zeke Lewis, the second cf the
alleged lynchers to be tried, returned
a verdict of not guilty.
The jury was out an hour and threequarters,
and when the verdict was announced
Judge Peeples, who has been
presiding at Union county superior
court, formally /discharged it, and
stated that he wouldn't go in;o the trial
of another one of the men indicted,
there being too much feeling in both
Union and Anson counties in favor of
the defendants to hope for a conviction.
He urged Solicitor Robinson, to
move for a removal of the other cases
to some other county. The other eighteen
defendants were required to give
fconds of $5,000 for their appearance
at the January term of Union county
court.
Johnson, the victim of the mob'?
vengeance, was under indictment for
the murder of a relative, Guin Johnson,
and was awaiting trial at a special
term of Anson county court when
lynched. Twenty-three men were indicted
for the crime, and three fUd
from the state and have never been
apprehended.
KILLED BY DYNAMITE. j
Premature Blast Takes Two Lives at I
A., B. & A. Railroad Camp.
Thursday at the Line creek cut, three
miles from Senoia, Ga., on the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, at
J. M. Stradlin's camp, Pitzer, father
of the foreman, and one negro were
killed, and three badly injured by an
accidental dynamite explosion while
?n;? f,-, nnpn a nocket
setups, icau; I
UNION ELECTS OFFICERS.
Second Day's Session of Georgia Farmers
it State Capital Replete With
Interest.
The second day's session of the
Georgia division of the Farmers' Union
convened at Atlan:a Wednesday
morning at 3 o'clock in the Pe.ichtree
Inn ball room with a delegation even
larger than that of the first day and
for every delegate it was a day of
hard work.
The most important feature of the
day was the election of offioers for
the year. That election proved that
the officers elected a year ago had been
faithful to every trust imposed in
them, for it was a re-election throughout,
not one of the officials finding the
slightest suggestion of an opposition..
The officers re-elected are:
President?R. F. Duckworth, of Pike
county.
Vice President?W. P. Quinby of
Bartow county.
Secretary and Treasurer?J. L. Earron
of Upson county.
State Organizer?J. L. Lee of DeKaib
county.
State Lecturer?G. M. Davis of
Floyd county.
State Business Agent?J. G. Eubanks
of Polk county.
Conductor?T. N. Bazemore of Taylor
county.
Doorkeeper?J. W. -Burns of Bartow
county.
Chaplain?Rev. J. C. Venable of
flwinnoft nftnntv
Serge ant-at-Arms?R. A. Wilbanks
of Gwinnett county.
In creating the executive committee,
the organization showed its satisfaction
with the work of the members
of that committee of the pas:
year, so it is that J. H. Hoyle of Upson
county; S. J. Smith of Forsyth
county; W. V. Martin cf Tift county;
\V. T. Hogue of Haralson county and
J. D. Anderson of Cherokee county,
were detained for another year, Mr.
Hoyle of Upson being again the chairman.
The feature of Wednesday morning's
session was the report of President
Duckworth. It was a paper In
which the life and the history cf the
order in the state were reviewed. It j
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demonstrated tnat every omcer ui tu?
association had placed within the
hands of the president every detail
of the work which had been effected.
Reports of committees and officers
were more than satisfactory to the assembly.
Especially interesting was the
annual report of J. M. Davis of Floyd,
the state lecturer. That report showed
that Mr. Davis had visited during the
year every county in the state and
that in making these visits his average
had been one each day for the year.
State Organizer Lees report indicated
that there were 456 unions in
the state a year ago, while there are
now a thousand and eighty-five unions
with charters, while there are many
more organizations awaiting that same
charter.
The line dividing the Southern Cotton
Association and the Farmers' Union
appears to be growing stronger.
State Lecturer Davis, in speaking of
the situation, said:
"Our organization has taken no official
action, and will probably take
none, in regard to any relations which
do now or may hereafter exist between
our body and the Southern Cotton Association.
I may state, however, that
we will have no kind of affiliation with
them. We will Tun our affairs in our
own way, and they can run theirs as
' ?f Out- flimc and theirs seem
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to be different. In any event, I want
to say in the most positive manner
that we will have nothing to do wi;h
this organization."
"And I may add,'' continned Mr.
Davis, "that my dutiss have called me
in the last few months in every section
of the state, and nobody pays any
a:tention to this organization. I have
found that all th8 members of the organization
are dead except the officers
and those who have quit."
"DUCKTOWN" SUIT DECIDED.
Savannah Fertilizer Company Hit Because
of Destructive Fumes.
The first of Savannah's local "Ducktown"
suits has been tried and the
plaintiff got a verdict. William Jones
sued the Mutual Fertilizer company for
ruining his crop of vegetables just west
of the city. There are ssvemeen outer
suits against the same company, it is
claimed that the fumes from the fertilizer
factory killed the growing vegetables
just like the copper fumes at
Dukctown, Tenn., killed the vegetation
there.
WOMEN LED CONSPIRACY.
St. Petersburg Officials Weaving Net
Around Enemies of Czar.
The authorities in St. Petersburg
will soon be in a position as a result
of tlieir investgations to issue indictments
in the matter of the recent plot
against the life of Emperor Nicholas.
It is now known that women took the
leading parts in this conspiracy.
BORAH'S HOT SHOT
Shatters Testimony of Defense
in Haywood Case.
ORATORY MOST DRAMATIC
Senator Graphically Pictures ConspirWill
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Orchard's Bloody Traii Before
Crowded Courtroom.
United States Senator W. E. Borah,
engaged by the state of Idaho as special
counsel for the prosecution of
Haywood, spoke the last word in the
Boise courtroom Friday night. The
crowd seeking admission broke all records
in a murder trial In Idaho. When
every seat and inciff of space- within
the court room was filled, several hundred
stood on the lawn under the windows
that they might catch the sentences
from the impassioned pleading
of the young senator.
Senator Borah began an analysis of
the evidence, but he confined himself
to the murder of tSeunenberg and the
conspiracy. He linked Orchard to Haywood;
Haywood to Simpkin3; Sirrpkins
to Moyer and Moyer to Pettibone.
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Without departing from the records,
incidentally clearing up a number of
situations left somewhat clouded, he
*?--v t~ momlmre? nf
OX'uuguu meat* emu. u.ivui?v,i 0 ?the
Western Federation together. Then
he took Orchard away from Denver
and back again to Denver to the headquarters
of the Western Federation of
Miners. This was done carefully and
almost monotonously, the quiet before
the storm, and then Borah's voice and
manner changed. He sprang into action..
His voice quivering and hand upraised,
fingers outstretched, he
shouted:
"Watch them now! Watch the five
conspirators! Steunenberg is to die in
thirty days, and they are moving on i
the scene."
The dramatic utterances and tense
figure of the pleader sent a thrill
through the court room. For the space
of ten seconds there was silence, then
relaxing Borah continued with his
merciless logic. He brought Davis, Copley,
Adams and Easterly, all officers or
members of the Western Federation of
Miners, into touch with Orchard. Without
a pause he drew picture after picture
of the men, associating together
a; the various points. From each place
and fresh from every crime he brought
Orchard back, "home to Denver," and
I then, smiling, leaned toward the jury
I to ask: "Why? Why, always back to
Denver, unless it was to find there the
protection and pay of his employers?"
All those things denounced or sneered
at by counsel for the defense, found
a bold and brilliant defense in Senator
Borah's interludes. Counsel for the de
fense were driven mio a, murmui ui
protest, now under the lash of the
pointed sarcasm and again when, under
satire of indignant reproach, culture,
Christianity, law and order, refinement,
the home and the country found a
champion. The state of Idaho, its people
and its chief executive each in
turn were given brilliant eulogy.
Under it all Havwocd himself was
I perhaps the one man in the room who
showed the least emotion. At times hi9
! face flushed, and more than once paled
f under the attae?, as Borah,, reaching
! the climax of the conspiracy, pointed
an acusing finger at the man whom,
he said, "was the criminal force behind
the Western Federation of Miners."
Senator Borah's peroration was delivered
in quiet, almost pleading tones,
in strong contrast to the harsher voice
; in which be spoke of Clarence Darrow's
argument of justification.
"If,'' he said, "the state has point'
? rt*V*/-N ri'oro
ed out to yuu iue Uicu niiu .?v.vu I
cerned in and executed this awful
crime, then, in the name of the manhood
and the womanhood of Idaho, do
your duty without fear of any man
or favor to any man.
"Let us then be brave at thsi supreme
moment. If the defendant is innocent,
let him go free, but if not, then
let him take the punishment that the
law prescribes.
/ You have a higher duty to perform |
than ever was asked of a jury in Idaho.
Some of you men have stood the
test in the past in protection of your
homes and your flag, but you have
never faced a duty that required a
higher courage than now."
At the close of the senator's address
and the adjournment of court, he was
surrounded and congratulated by nearly
every one in the court room, in-1
eluding counsel for the defease.
PEN3ACOLA MAYOR DEAD.
Hon. Charles Bliss Succumbs to Illness j
Contracted During Campaign.
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Charles H. Bliss, mayor of Pensaco- j
la, Fla., died at his home in that city |
Wednesday morning, after an illness j
having its origin in his campaign, of
May and June, when a complication of
diseases seized him.
SENATOR PETTUS DEAD.
Aged Alabama Soldier and Statesman j
Succumbs to Stroke of Apoplexy
North Carolina Resort.
United States Senator Pettus of Ala- j
bama died Saturday at 10 o'clock at i
Hot Springs, X. C., from the eft'ect3 j
of a stroke of apoplexy, with which !
he was seized while at the breakfast
table Friday morning. His entire body
was paralyzed and he never regained
consciousness.
Senator Pettus' daughter and his
grandson, E. W. Pettus, Jr., reached j
Hot Springs an hour before the sena- j
tor's death, bat he did not recognize |
the 111. The attending physicians say
that from the time of the apoplectic
stroke Senator Pettus suffered no pain
and that he passed away quietly.
Senator Pettus arrived at the
North Carolina resort about a week
ago from Tate Springs, *Tenn. Up to
the time of his seizure, he was apparently
in the best of health. At the
breakfast table Friday morning, it is
said, he was unusually chetrful, and
when he was stricken the guests of
the hotel thought that he merely had
a fainting fit. Physicians were summoned
from Asheville for consultation
with'the local physicians, and it
was seen that there was no hope of
the senator's recovery.
The body was embalmed Sunday,
and was shipped to the senator's former
home in Selma. The body left Hoc
Springs on a special train, accompanied
by a number of United States
senators acting as an escort of honor.
The committee appointed by Vice
President Fairbanks to represent the
senate at the funeral at Selma is
as follows: Senators Bankhead, Allison,
Cullom, Daniel, Warren, Clay,
Overman, McEnery, Scott, Knox, William
Aiden Smith, Rayner, Taliaferro,
Mallory and Simmons.
Speaker Cannon appointed the Alabama
delegation to represent the
house of representatives, consisting
of Representatives Taylor, Wiley,
Clayton, Bowie, Heflin, Burnett, Richardson
and Underwood, and also representatives
Brownlow, Padgett, Hay
of .Virginia, Thomas cf North Carolina, j
and Finley of South Caroline.
At a mass meeting or citizens neia
at Selma Sunday evening, largely attended,
a committee was appointed to
make arrangements for the funeral.
Senator Pettus celebrated his 86th
birthday at Tate Springs only a few
days ago, and on that occasicn his
unusu&I vigor was the subject of
comment.
The death of Senator Pettus following
quickly the passing of his
colleague from Alabama, Senator
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Morgan. Both were nciaDie types 01
the old school of southern statesmen;
much alike in temperament, appearance,
age and political convictions.
Mr. Pettus came from revolutionary
stock and during the civil war he rose
to the rank of brigadier general in%
the confederate army. He entered the
senate ten years ago and while not
among the brilliant orators of that
body he was notable for his conscientious
attention to the details of pub- ;
lie business.
Former Governor Joseph M. Johnson
of Birmingham will succeed to
the seat in the senate made vacant
by the death of Senator Pettus. ExGovernor
Johnston was selected as second
alternate last year when Senators
Morgan and pettus were reumuuaieu. i
Congressman Bankhead was chosen as
first alternate senator and he has already
been elected by the legislature
to succeed the late Senator Moi^jan.
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
Three People Lose Life and a Score j
or More Are Hurt.
In a wreck of an excursion train
at Isle Station, ten miles from Butler,
Pa., on the Allegheny and Western
road, three persons were killed
outright and a score or more were
more or less seriously injured. The I
cause of the accident is no: given.
ROWLANDS STAY IN JAIL.
Doctor and Wife Refused Freedom on
Habeas Corpus. ,
The application for release by Dr. |
and Mrs. D. S. Rowland upon habeas
corpus proceedings has been refused
by Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Connor at Raleigh, X. C.
He announced that, as the burden
was on the Rowlands to show their
innocence of the charge of the murder L
of Charles Strange, Mrs. Rowland's j
former husband, and that as this had !
not been done, he remanded them to I
jail for the next term of court.
CONEY ISLAND FLAME-SWEPT.
New York's Playbround Laid Waste
by Raging Flames.
Coney Island, the playground of
New York's millions, was visited by a
disastrous lire early Sunday and seven
blocks in the amusement section were
completely destroyed. Nearly a score
of small hotels were wiped out. The
damage is estimated at fully a million
dollars. No lives were lost.
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Cleaning Mstai.
If metal articles prove obstinate under
the cleaning process it is likely
there is a copper tinge i:i them. A
strong solution of oxalic acid, such
as is used for kitchen boilers, will be
found the best restorer. But it is a
most virulent poison and never should
be used when children are about. The
most obstinate metal will yield to the
treatment prescribed.?New Haven
Register.
R.?rr>nv* Paint Sacts.
Where a house is being done up
paint is not infrequently spilt on
doorsteps, and it is sometimes found
difficult to remove. In that case
make a strong solution of potash and
wash the steps, simply leaving the
solution to soak in. In a short time
the paint will become soft and then
can be washed off with soap and water.
Then use cold water. Paint which
has been left for some time will yield
to this treatment.?New Kaven Register.
Proper Washing.
in tne morning nave a uasm ui
tepid water with a soap that you
know is absolutely pure. You can
test it by touching it with your
tongue. If it "bites" it contains too
much alkali. Soak your hands thoroughly
in the soft suds. Do not use
ammonia or borax or any other quick
dirt removers.
If you use a brush at all, select one
soft enough to scrub the face with.
Hands are too tender to withstand
the drastic, rough brush often sold
under the name of a nail brush. An
oatmeal bag may be thrown into the
w*ter when you wash, or a dash of
almond meal. This softens the skin
and that is what you are trying, to
accomplish above ail else.
Window Curtains.
The choice and arrangement of curtains
for the summer home is an important
factor in giving it an individual
character of its own.
It is one of those things which in-1
dicate very clearly the taste and or-1
derliness prevailing within, or the |
absence of them. The manner in j
which they hang in straight, even i
folds, or sagging at the corners with
the pattern meeting irregularly, tells J
a story of its own.
The wheels of the domestic ma-;
chinerv may run smooth enough j
within, but the public takea its opin-!
ion from the appearance of the win- j
dows. Nothing gives a house a more
careless, neglected aspect than soiled
or badly hung window draperies.
With muslin curtains ready to hang j
selling for 50 cents and 10 cents sold |
by the yard, there seems to be little j
excuse for the lack of clean, well-1
hung curtains, suspended from brass
rods sold for 15 cents a window.?
New Orleans Picayune.
Recipes.
Minced Veal on Toast?Chop cold,
cooked veal very finev season to taste,
reheat in a cream sauce and spread
cn thin slices of buttered toast. Lay
slices 'ot hard cooked egg or a
poached egg on top of each piece of
toast.
German Cauliflower Salad?Use
mid cooked cauliflower separated in-!
to flowerets. Fry shredded bacon until
crisp, drain and mix with the cauliflower.
Make a dressing, using the
bacon fat instead of oil. Pour hot
over the salad and serve.
Rocks?One cup of butter, one cup
of sugar, two eggs, one-half cup of
sweet milk, spices to taste, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, two cups of dry
oatmeal, one cup of raisins, enough
flour make very stiff. Drop from a
spoon in a well-buttered pan, and
bake in a quick oven.
Corn and Rice Muffins?>Take two
cupfuls of buttermilk, one cupful of
white cornmeal, one teaspoonful of
soda, a pinch of sait. one egg. half a
cupful of cream, and half a cupful of
boiled rice. Mash the rice, add the
salt, egg and cream, then the butter-,
milk mixed with the soda, then the j
-"""i "RoL-o in hutrprpd muffin in a '
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hot oven.
Onion and Cucumber Soup?Cut J
two large cucumbers fine. Cook until |
tender in boiling water, drain, press 1
through a sieve and set aside. Add I
to one ta'olespoonful of bubbling hot i
butter, two tablespconfuls of flour, |
stir until the mixture leaves the sides j
of the pan. Add three cupfuls of 1
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rnillc and stir until the mixture boils, {
cook five minutes then add the onion
and cucumber pulp and half of a cup-.
ful of the liquid in which the vege- j j
tables were cooked. Mix thoroughly, ;
boil up once and serve.
Asparagus Salad?Drain the fresh- {
lv boiled asparagus, sprinkle with a !
French dressing, anu set aside to <
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coin. Arrau^c on ic?.i?uv/g i^aTv?.y
aish with fancy bits stamped from
hard boiled whites of eggs and serve
with more dressing. To make this <
put four tabiespoonfuis of olive oil,
a ialf teaspconful of salt, a quarter
ni a teaspconful of pepper in a sau- 1
ter and stir until well mixed. Very 1
gradually add a tablespoonful cf vinogar
or two tabiespoonfuis of iemon ;
juice, stirring until it is thoroughly '
alended. then use at once.
The only colored stone that Queen
Alexandra really likes is the amethyst.
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A Tale of Wide Tires. n
A good and practical suggestion to
road supervisors and others who
have charge of road maintenance may
be found in the following tale of the
use of the wide, instead of the nar- v
row tires. The story was told to
Paul D. Sargent, Highway Commissioner
of the State of Maine, by a
county commissioner of the same
State:
"The heavy teaming in our town is
confined mainly to the three miles of
dirt road, over which lime rock i3
hauled from the (iitarics to the kilns.
This teaming has been done for years
ua .s.o-mcn ures, wicn nina wneeis
56 inches and front wheels 50 inches
in diameter.
"The resulting repairs, made necessary
by the continual hauling of
heavy loads on narrow tires, has cost
this town thousands of dollars. In 'g
order that this Inight be remedied we
made an agreement with the limerock
haulers to furnish them with,
the wide-tired wheels fitted to their
wagon axles, with the understanding
that if upon fair trial and experiment
should prove to be of mutual advantage,
the haulers should buy the
wheels of the town.
"On consultation with the manufacturers
we ordered the sizes a^pove i
trirnn ( rno r* wlinnlc 11 Inoa* frr\nf
38 inches). They arrived about the
first of July, 1905, and from that
time until about the 21st of August
I used my best endeavors to get them
adjusted to the wagons, and used. .S|
"But the haulers claimed that the i
44-inch wheels were so much lower . ..*
than the old ones that the rocks
and ruts would 'trig' them; also that . ^
they would lower the body so much
that the tongue ?would 'slat' and 1
break the horses' iegs. And: Who 4
will pay the damage? was the ques- .
"As a last resort we put the wheels ^
on one of their wagons and hauled
rock for them one day. Our team- ;j
ster hauled the same loads, and fol- ^
lowed in the old tracks. The road '*8
was in a very dangerous condition. /|
at this time, and badly rutted, so ?
that even light driving wagons sank i?jj
to their hubs in some places. -The ;
wide tires soon filled the ruts so ^
that the wagons with the narrow: , c';|l
tires actually hauled more rock, on
the last turn that day, than they did
in thp mnrnin? m
"After seeing the work of these
wheels for one day, the owner of |
the wagon wanted the whole equipment
immediately, and applications,
for the other three sets came so fast
that we were unable to shift the 'Mm
gearing quickly enough. In fact, one
teamster drove his team for a week ' I
without brakes, in order to have the p,
wide tires sooner. Since that time v;
the wheels have been in constant use,
summer and winter.
"At the time of this writing the
same amount of rock is hauled in
three turns that was formerly hauled \
in four turns by the same-teams, and ,
the drivers claim that the work is * 3
done easier for the horses. The Jj
sand stretch which was the hardest ,
place for the narrow tires is now rjj
crossed easily."
Conservatism a Hindrance.
Few intelligent men will deny; "^g
that conservatism?adhering to the
existing order of things?has done
more harm to humanity than has Z
ever been done to mankind by the
most daring of enterprises; yet op- ^
position to improvement in yays , J
and means for doing the world's
work still comes often, if not always, '.;1
from men whose duty is to be quick
to find and adopt better methods -:'S
and superior appliances for doing |
the tasks assigned to them, or chosen
by them.
Perhaps the most charitable ex
cuse for this conservatism would do
that the opponents of progress are
too lazy mentally to try to learn, -.M
or too stpuid to succeed in learning
whether a proposed change would -vj
be better or worse for them. It is
so much easier to stick to ancient M
ways and means than it is to try V1
to determine whether a new device >t
is better than the old.
Possibly this is the reason so many
pathmasters and others who are
charged with caring for our public A
roads still oppose, secretly or openly, ^
all proposed changes from the ancient
ways of spoiling highways,
which tney continue to call road \
making.
If such opponents could shake off
their mental hostility to mental effort,
and use the opportunities and
advantages their office gives them
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to become leaders o? tneir ieuows,
they might profit largely themselves
and do much good for their neighbors.?Good
Roads Magazine.
An Effort in Cuba.
Good roads in Cuba are a crying
necessity which the Provincial Gov- ,
ernment is trying to supply at all
possible speed. The last Cuban Congress
appropriated $5,500,000 for
building highways and bridges
throughout the island and this money
is being expended on 230 different
contracts ranging in size from $1000
to $100,000. The present plan of
road development calls for an expenditure
of $13,000,000, the work to
be finished within three years. The
means of internal communication in
Cuba are in such deplorable condition
that any interests trading to provide
passable highways is one of the
principal steps toward the commercial
betterment of the island.?En*
gineering News.
The female brains begin to lose
weight at the age of thirty, but that
of the male not until ten years later.
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