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W.\ r ? | Spai~ ~1 ^OOU ROADSNOml \ ; ^^eieK>iG*9i??ei?iot?{e^.:eieK^e<eK)(??9K j Country Iload*. e average country road, as at int maintained and repaired, is a aut source of unnecessary ex; to taxpayers and an almost conoid,. vexation to travelers. At its best the dirt road is good for only a few months in the year, and those months the time when the farmer?the man most interested in good country roads?is using his horses on the farm. W In the fall, winter, and early spring, * when the great bulk of teaming is to be done, the roads are iu bad snape, except when kind Providence sends a enow that makes "good sleddin'." Bad roads mean small loads, and small loads mean to the farmer proportionately small profits. I know many farms where the saving iu time from hauling larger loads, the saviDg in wear and tear of horseflesh, wagons and harness, would over and over again pay for the increased initial cost of a good macadam road. Made of the best dirt obtainable, applied under intelligent supervision, and kept in order with proper road-making tools, the dirt road is never eutirely satisfactory. What can be expected of the quality of roads made of the material most easily obtained, applied by men ignorant of the first principles of road making, working without proper tools, and supervised by men equally ignorant, or not at all? The true remedy for poor dirt roads is good macadam. But with no greater expenditure of money than now, the present road might be vastly improved. The road tax should be paid in cash. The system of loafing out the tax, under pretense of "working the roads," should he abolished. This money should be expended under the immediate supervision of one man for each township, selected for a knowledge of road making, and put under bonds for the faithful performance of his duties. This would introduce into the system the element of responsi biiity, winch is saujy lacsing ai pres- 1 eut, and to the lack of which are due j many of the abuses of the present ' methods. One man, hiring his labor j where he pleased, and paying cash for j a day's work, would get considerably more done for the money than a dozen 1 or fifteen roadmasters working out the tax in conjunction with their neighbors and fellow-farmers. Proper tools should be provided to work with. lioad-serapers are almost unknown in many country districts, and plows and shovels are the tools most commonly used. Very good road-scrapers can be bought for only two or three times the cost of a good plow, and two men, two horses and a road-scraper will do the work of an equal number of horses and ten men, ' with shovels, and do it better. Only ' fcy the best obtainable materials should I r* be used in repairing the reads, gravel, j when possible, ami when not, the dirt! most nearly approaching it in quality. The use of "gutter wash," sods, aud j stones larger than two iuches in diam-, eter, should be forbidden. I have ; seeu reads "mended" with sods, that I were for weeks impassable at any gait ; faster tban a walk, and I have seen ; holes in the road bed filled with large : stones that were a nuisance for years. ( The roads should bo worked at proper times. The need of the dirt road is little repairs often made. The common practice is to do almost all the work just after "corn planting." This is wrong for two reasons: it is too late for the best results, and too much is done at one time. Six inches of dirt or gravel will make afar better road if put on in layers 01, say two i iuches at intervals of a month or so, than will the entire quantity applied j at once. TJust as soon as the roads are settled in tho spring, and before they have become dry and hard, the > scraper should be put to work leveling and filling the ruts that were worn during the winter, and slightly rounding the road bed towards the center, j The ground being still moist, and not | compact, as it i3 at the usual time of; doing this, the work can be done more j easily and rapidly and the road will , pack better. Later, a light coat of earth or gravel should be applied, to j be followed by another when the first i becomes packed hard, and this in turn I lw n third if Dossible. I ? W ide an>l Narrow Tir???. On dry roads that are marked by mts made by narrow tired wagons, ; * the wide tire is a road improver of de- j Icicle d merit. When first run over 1 such a road, it is net as economical in > I draft as the narrow tire running in j the rut, bat after passing over theso j rut3 oace, twice or three time::?nc-1 cording to the depth of tho rut?it j makes a very good road, one that re- ! quires less draft, either with wide or narrow tires, and is a very much more pleasant road for light vehicles to run on. It appears, therefore, that wide ^^tires on ttie road are more economical * than narrow tires, except when tho , ' road is sloppy, muddy or sticky on the surface and firm or hard underneath: or when the mud is so sticky that it adheres to Ijc?1 h kind of wheels, jj These three couclnsions were reached, r after a number of experiments, by the Missouri Experiment Station in 1S97. Anti-Knt 1'ArngrapliK. Michigan will endeavor to have a law passed that will allow tho use of convicts in tho building and repairing of the State highways. Kentucky will have a similar law before its Legislature. Incidentally the automobile wil prove a potent ally in tho good roads ' movement. In passing upon tho constitutionality i of North Carolina's road law, the Supreme Court of that State held that, working the public roads is not a tar within the moaning of the constitutional provision requiring the pre- ! scribed equation between property j unit r>n] 1 --* r~"" I The usual time for cutting brush 1 along roads, August, seems right, but! some reform is needed in the way of doing it. The brush should be cut close down to the ground, and not, as j often is the case, cut a foot or more ! above it, leaving long unsightly stubs j to sprout the ensuing spring. It should j be piled at once, and burned when sufficiently dry. A MUSICAL DISCORD. What Happened When the Plarrr* Left j Their Instruments. Three musicians had been practising. They left their instruments in the music room, while they went out to im- j bibe some refreshment. During their absence the instruments began to converse, and the talk became animated. , "Ugh," said the piano, "I'm sore from one end of my ivories to the i 'Pliot fpllmv ffflve me a fearful drubbing." "I should say lie did," squeaked the violiu, "and we bad to suffer for it. Why, I could hardly make ray top notes beard, raid my harmonies were quite lost." "That's not surprising," said the piauo iu a silvery voice. "The ides of | a little one-tone thing like you putting ycnrself ou an equality with me." "I know I'm not your eqnal in some ways,"saidthevioliu humbly. "You're strong and wiry. There's mettle in you. I>ut I have a soul. You're only a machine after all." "Machine, iiuleeil!" said the piano, indignantly. "I respond to the gentlest caress. Now the flute over there never will do anything unless some ' one is blowiug him up. And as for you, you long-necked, empty thing, you're never any use unless some one j is giving you a lot of chin." Then the Huto spoke up: "I protest against your saying I have to be blown up," he said. "I am the most affectionate of all instruments. I fairly hang upon the lips of the one who plays me." The piano did not reply. "That put a damper 011 him," , whispered the violiu to the flute. "Toil think you're a wholo orchestra because you can play two melodies at 1 once," the violin weut ou, raspiugly, addressing the piauo. "But you can't swell on the same note." "How much you kuow," 6a:J the piano sullenly. ?.r I* ark n,1_ I X ill I LIU X 41U1 [ '! ci i T MV.il ovMktvA posted," replied lite violin. "You're worso thau a clock," said lie piauo. "i'ou're always running . dowD." "He's only stringing you," wliis- ! pered the (lute to the violio. "Don't J mind biui. Above all, don't bo j snappy." But the violin did mind, so much, ' in fact, that be snapped a string from , pure spite. And no oae knows what j the disagreement might have led to, if ( the musicians bad not come in at this i moment and restored harmony. New , York Commercial Advertiser. Advice to Rrltlftii Officer*. It is interesting to read what Lord | Wolseley has said in his Soldier's j Focket Book under the head of "Ad- ' vice to Officers on Service as Regards i Their Bearing Toward Their Men." j He says: "In action, to be cool and to ' seem ignorant that any danger exists i is of the first cousequence. You iuu3t, ! at the same time, however, evince a lively iuterest in all that i? going on; i come what may, have a smiling face, j Tf your men are under a fire to which ; they are not replying, walk about in i front of them as they are lyiug down, j 1' do not mean that you are never to avail yourself of cover, for when skirmishing it is your duly to do so, { but under the above mentioned cir- j cumstances the best troops are prone to become unsteady, and it is then the : especial duty of the officers to show j au example of coolness ami steadiness. I When wounded, officers should take a ' pride in refusing the assistance of the men to take them to the rear," etc.? New York Commercial Advertiser. The Solilary 3Iau, It wa3 at Vassal* College, and he had been invited to dinner. He entered ! the diuing-ioom, and as he seeuied to ! feel nearly two hundred pairs offemi- j nine eyes upon himself his heart | quaked. It is customary for all to stanu while the blessing is invoked, i As all inarched in there was the swish 1 of myriad skirts and the chatter of voices. Suddenly, almost automat;wet a Qtlnnpa ?<4 n.l! r?nnm to sharp attention for the blessing. It was, unhappily, at this moment that , the solitary man voiced bis natural feelings as he turned toward his fair hostess and in a voice made penetrat| ing and distinct all over the room in an effort to be heard above the din, I that had suddenly ceased, said: "Oh, j Lord, how scared I am."?New York , Commercial Advertiser. I 4 4 An Empty Sack Cannot Stand Upright ibfeither can poor, <wcak, ihin blood nourish and sustain the physical system. For strength of nerves and muscles there j must be pure, rich, 'vigorous blood. j Hood's Sarsaparilla is established as the i \ standard preparation for the blood by its | many remarkable cures. SaUatM'il&k j Dr. King's Family Medicines Hare been sold for mauy years all over the country. Their reputation is not merely local, they are welcome friends in thousands and thousands of hom?s. They are s^ld on their merits. Every bottle absolutely cuarauteed; money back if not satisfactory and have with very little advertising, on their own merits attained a tremeudous sale. BrnwKLLA Dinn Co., Charlotte. X. c. All dealers sell them, and always no care, no i?y. Japan is a corruption of the Chinese | word Shi pcn-kuc. which means "root of day." or "sunrise kingdom." because Japan is directly cast of China. Educate Tour Bowels With Carearets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. lOc.iSc. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Russia has (550.000 princes and other hereditary nobles. Deauty la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a 'lean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all impurities from the l ody. Begin to day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,?beauty for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 2oc, 50c. The habitual use of tea as a means of relieving headache is. says a doctor, without doubt an efficient cause of rheumatism in numerous ways. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Toor Life i?ay. To quit tobacco easily end forever, be mag netic, full of life, nerve ana vigor, ta;;e i>o-io Bac, the wonder-worker, tliat makes weals men strong. All druggists, tOc or CI. Cure guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling liemedy Co., Chicago or New York. Passaic, N. J., has succeeded in locating another big industry, the Gera mill, of Gera. Germany, for the manufacture of cashmeres. now Are Toar Kidney* ? Dr. Hobbs'SparaynsPiUs cure all kidney tils. Ram. pteirec. Add. bterllDB Hemedy Co..Chicagocr N. Y. Jinrikshas, pulleil by Zulus, are the common publie eonveyanees in Durban. Natal, while ears drawn by horses and mules are employed in Kinib rley, fclast London and Johannesburg. To Cure Constipation ForeTer# Take Oasoarets Cunuy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. il C. C. C. fail to cure. druggists refund aior.ey. Not a single infectious disease i.s known in Greenland. vitai.ITT 'ow, debilitate1 or exhausted cored bv J;r KlmoN Invigorating Ionic Fkvk s! trial i <>ttle for- \< erk?'treatment. J)r. . line. 1 d., !r<Jl Arch St.. Phi adeiphia. Founded 187!. i * For six years I wan a victim ol'dyapepaiu in its worst form. ] could eat not hi;, it but milk toast, and ai times my stomach would not retain and dieest even thai. Last Man hi r began taking CASCARKTS and since then I f have steadily improved, until I am as well as i > ever was in my life." o David H. Murphy. Newark. o. d CANDY E ^ CATHARTIC ^ a I?nnpfiiinib ' TRADE MARK REGISTERED Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste flood. Do < Good. Sever Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. H!?. 2Se. joc. j. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... a Sttrlln* K.ra.d j Cnapla., (klcigo, Moatrral. v.* lurk. Ill UA Tf) DIP Sold and iMisranteod by all dregRUa I U'DAw gists to tTKK Tobacco liabit- J The supreme court of leniiessc i ha-; decided that "no workhouse, c.:: county or State prisonkcepcr has ; right to whin a prisoner there.n Sweat and fruit acids will not discolor goods died with Pcr>Au Fadeless Dtes. Sold by uil druggists. ?The British soldiet - dress was not always red. It tfas white in the reign of Henry VIII. and dark green in the time of Elizabeth. t'/^OTTON ^Culture" is the name of a valuable illustrat- ed pamphlet | which should . be in the hands | ~ * 1 j of every planter wfio raises Cotton. The ' i book is sent Free. Send rame an<J aodres; to ^ GERMAN KALI WORKS, $3 Nassau St., New York. TVafness Cannot Bo Cured 1"- local applications, as they cannot reach th< d ?ased portion of the ear. There is only on< w .1 v to cure deafness, and that is by oonstitutio -vl remedies. D. afness is caused by a-j nflamed condition of the mucous lining of tlx Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or iifrper feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness i< the rojnlt. and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy d forever. Nine cases out of ten are rauaed by catarrh, which is nothing butan inflamed ? ondition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundted Dollars for any jasc of Deufnea > (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall'3 Catarrh cure. Send fov ciroulara, free. F. J. Chexbt & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold bv Druggists, 7.1c. Hall's Family pills are the best. If uou will / sJ return thi9 coupon and three one cent stamps to the J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass., you will receive in return a copy of ihe aoth Century Year Book. This is not an ordinary almanac, but a handsome book, copiously illustrated, and sold for 5 cents en all news-stands. (We simply I allow you tlie two cents you K spend in postage for sending.) I Great men have written for I the Ycar Book. In it i3 summed g up the progress of the 19th century. In each important line cf work and thought the greatest living specialist has recounted the events and advances of the past century and has prophesied what we cay expect of the next. Among the most noted of our contributors trc : Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on Agriculture; Senator Chauncey M. Depetv, on Politics ; Russell Sage, cn Finance; Thomas Edison, on Electricity; Dr. Madison Peters, on Religion; General Merriit, on Land Warfare; Admiral Ilichbom, on Naval Warfare; Al" Smith,on Sports, etc.; making a complete review of the whole tield of human endeavor and progress. mmmmmmm m | Each trtiele h beautifully ind I I tppropristcly illustrated, and the I whole makes an invaluable book I of reference, uncqualed any- I where for the monev. J Address J. C. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass. I :HE ? ONSET CENTRAL SPECIAL L New Fast Trnin from New Orleans to Denison, Texas. A fast service was recently insinuated bv the Southern Pacific'Company roni New Orleans to central and J.jrthcm Texas points. No chance f cars between New Orleans and ..un.tinn. Palatini reclining chair ars New Orleans to Denlson. la Houston. Hearne. Corsicana and iherman. This is the only line without n omnibus transfer and only one change f ears to Texas. The Palaee Tourist Sleeping Cars opcrted through North Carolina. South CarUna and Georgia every Tuesday. Thursluv and Saturday afford the travelirg lubllc the bes?t service and no change of ars to California points. Parties going to Texus or California v!21 consult their interests by writing Mr. V. R. Fugan. traveling passenger aeent. iouthern Pacific Company. No. 10 Kimlall House. Atlrnta. Ga.. before closing rrancemenls for a western trip. Piso'aCuro is the medicine to break tif hildreu's Coughs and Colds.- Mrs 51. G, l-i st, Sprague. Was!)., March 8, 1804. .Vrs. Wlnslow'e Soothing sy rap for children etbing.softensthe gums, reducing InflamaHon. Allays pain.c iraA wind colic Sic * l*>tils _.wi 1I9^V /umuus\ Cures ail Throat and I.ung Affections. COUGH SYRUP Cet the genuine. Refuse substitutes, XlS SURE & Dr. Buffi Biffs cure Dyibtpsia. Trial, 30 for JC aygC ^^TRAOiH MARK \l CURES I LA GRIPPECOLDS W.F. HALL 6tatcsville^N.c CARTERS INK >'cicntiflcAllv made-^ 'Iherefora the b?t. OWENS CHERRY TREES Finest Fruit ?mi Sliadc Tree Ir (lie World. Lnrc>>l Tree and Fruit. $t buy* ti delivered, prepaid. Addre?*. IMC. UIlltiHT, cart Boi ?07, tHAKI.OTTK, V. Attl-ntiom ii Ifteilitat> -1 it you menlioi this pa per when writing advertisers. So. I n mil ha moiiphisk hadit* < i rki lIPlElffS i iiomk . \ m.ek* 1 iii sum db. mkkkki:r... tintat; I Thorapieo'i Eyt Watif PI Eve|7 one to J], know that the KEELEY CURE, For Drink, Drug and Tobacco Addictions Is now re-established at Columbia, S. C. Call or Write, THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA. 8- C nuv now axh I LT V A nv II nill/ I D O40O4 SAVE MONEY. Prices on Machinery and Supplies of every description are adva'nciDK and sow Is tbs 1 opportune time to place your order. "SEASONABLE" Enftir.es and Boilers, Saw and Grist MUku Bice Hullers, Grain Drills, Wood Worth* I Machinery. Write ua when in the market for anything in our line. It will pay you. W. H. GIBBES fit CO., Headquarters for Machinery and MQI Supplies. 804 Gtrrait Mr,. Near Cnton Orpal^ COLl'MBIA, 8. C. lEiilf UlllltlllU 1111 Il/i III lull 1 I The Smith Pneumatic Suction Elevating; Ginning and Packing System is the Simples* and Most Efficient on the Market: Forty-: p.ght Complete Outfits in 8i?th CaroU?>% iacb One Giving absolute Satisfaction. ! BOILERS AND ENGINES; Slide Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My Light and Heavy Log Beam Saw MC Cannot be equalled in Design, Efficiency OS Price by any Dealer or Manufacturer in tt* South. Write for Prices and CutalocuesL V. C. BADHAM & CO.. u;? !tuiO SI.# COLUMBIA, - - . 5. C, i HOOK AHENTS WANTED FOR the graiiilut and fiMeataelliD;; book ever publUlied, PuSplt Echoes OK T.mxt; TKFTIfS FOU JIEAT> A\D Vt'.AUT. Containing Mr. ?(IOI?V'k b,-t Sermon*- with &*? ThiUlinc Storici. Incident!. 1'. recall r'tp-t itucfj.t'x., ts U>?4 By D. L. Moody him'etC. With ? complete history of h!? lift by ttew.CII AS. Y~ I'n-.tor of .Mr M<x>Jy ?Chicago Church for five venr*. and an I** traduction b, Itrv. I.VIiAX AttHdTT, V.Ik iirtnd,,'"w. ????| n ,VcuoiVWi/i/iiiwivvf. tyi.uaii ?? AliKSTb WAM'fll-M anil Women. CI/' Salra i inner M* a h?rvr,t lime I or .Agent*. Send for K-rrr, La I A. O. WOK'i'HINUTO.M CO.. Kariford, (uuP 4 ?yp MILLS, Unfcgssa FMilNFS ROM FRS AVFl SAW MKVI ^ , , AM) HEPAIU8 FOIl KANE. Bristle Twine, IJabblt, >>atv Teeth ud * File*, Shaftinvr, Pulley*, Belt inc. Injectors. Pipes, VhItm srid Fitting*. LOMBARD IRON WORK'S i SUPPLY CO, Al'Gl KTA. GA. AVE Y'oTT A HOMlT? 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VV?r inrito yourtrade, and ! 1 us wSjiknowwIirn you oner try Sair.er'ss ' [" 1 * yon will aerer do without-* ' 1 *' Prizes on Salzrr'i I'.'WO-rar-< I | ( j est earliest Tomato Giant on earth, t C ? | t ( I JOHN A. hi 1.7.LB SLED CO., LA CROSS?, TMS. ( ( [ i^MIIIMMII8<lliilll>l 1 nDADCV^v DISCOVERY;] j |\ ^ I Co 1 ooich relief and etiras wean* cases- Bo >L > ( test-menials snd 10 daya' t.Mtussrs* - , Free. Dr. H H. auui'l tone. Bos ?. Atlaota. 8* Bert Co-jp'n 5yrup. Toataa Good. Use H in time. Sold by druggists. M A