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The Garbage Contract. It was a favorite idea of the late Col. Waring when Commissioner of Street Cleaning that the garbage of the city couhl he made to pay the expense of its removal, if not i<> return an income to 1 lie city. If he had remained in charge <?f the* department under an administration that sup;>orted his plans, it i- not unlikely that .?ome such result would have been attained. Hut Mr. Nagle is not that kind of a commissioner, lie does not have ideas and plans for saving money or improving the methods 01 his department. Col. Waring mad; a live years' contract with the Sanitary Utilization Company tor removing ti e garbage of the whole city as then constituted tor $So.VOo a year, with a proviso that the city might acquire it* plant and equipment at the end of that period. 111 - purp??*c was to he ready then to carry out his plan for utilizing the city refuse in a manner to return a profit instead of a large expesise. A* the five years' term drew to a close, of course nothing had been done to carry out the enlightened project of Mayor Strong * commissioner. hut there was a form of inviting new bids for a contract so late that nobody except the old contracting company could pos-ibly he ready to begin it* execution on the i*t of August, when it must go into effect, and that company ' boldly raised it* hid to S.tnj.ooo a year for the two borough*. Mr. N'agle did jiot hesitate to accept it and recommended its approval by tlie Board of intimate and Apportionment. The hnesi and largest marble quarries tn the world are to be found to-day in the Southern States. They are practically inexhaustible. Look Carefully To Your Kidneys ! Dr. Jenner's .Kidney Pills ' cause the kidneys to work as nature intended they should. They build up the shrunken walls of the kidneys, as no knowrf"remedy has been found to do before. As a cure for urinary troubles tlA..A MA A/tnal UlCjr UO*V UV 10, 35, 50 Cents ioe DRjy. V. JBROCKINGTOX, ^ Kingstree, S. C. rn ISubtle | Dyspepsia is unrecognized in Hj r half the cases. It deceives the J r unknowing 6ufferer. Its many J I variations work along the weakest H I lines of the system, lo uuiuc m against only one of them is vain. S Our booklet explains its syinp- pSa toins. Our Dyspepsia Tablet give A eomplete u:k1 lasting relief. era GILES' i Dyspepsia Tablets g 2so and" loc! (i|? DK. W. V. BROCKIXGTON. Kingstree, S C. Don't Force Your Bowels with harsh minerals which : always leave bad after-effects on the entire system, and where their use is persisted in, tend to completely wreck the stomach and bowels* ..USh.. Edgar's Cathartic Confections The only harmless, vegetable, bowel regulator, and liver vitalize* known. As pleasant to the taste as candy, and as positive as the harshest mineral. No gripe or pain. 839 JO, 25,50 cents. DR. W. V. BROCKINGTOX, Kiocetree, S. C. jj >0?%A?S| ?<* -- i" ?3ps^ ' Tulkins ami Making Good lloails. Till-] Kentucky Good Roads Convention recently held in I.onisville resulted in the for(p malion of a permanent Stare Good It on (Is Association, which will hold annual conventions hereafter. m ..< <ipr> devoted ehieflv i .uu.u rumoiuvuo ???-. - ? . | to speoehtnaking. r.atl the Kentucky Cood Roads Convention was no execution to this rule. IIow could -100 Kentuckians in convention assembled restrain themselves from indulging liberally in oratory? The Kentucky rordmakers did not routine themselves to speech making, however. A "Cood Roads" train loaded with samples of roadmaking machinery was sent t ? the meeting place of the convention by the National Cood Roads Association. Those in charge of this train graded a mile of dirt road with the most effective machinery now in use for that purpose, and invited the convention to be present and see it done. The delegates to the convention have since scattered themselves to the four corners of Kentucky to teach their neighbors how to make the best possible dirt roads with the smallest outlay of the taxpayers' money. The "Cood Roads" train, with its machinery, is traveling from convention to convention, furnishing practical object lessons in good road building. " Tills practical icarure 01 na- arutucky Good Roads Convention marks a distinct and notable advance in the evolution of country highways. For more than half a century the American people have concerned themselves chiefly with the construction and extension of railways. While doing so they have neglected the local highways. evidently satisfied that any old road would do to drive over to the nearest railway station. They are getting rid of this idea, however, and are recognizing the necessity for better country highways. Cood roads conventions serve an excellent educational purpose in this direction, and when these who participate in the publie agitation of the subject arc permitted to secure practical instruction in modern road building a double purnose fs served. The Kentucky Good Iloatis Convention, with its mile of practical road me. kins:, should become an example for all future Hood Roads conventions to follow. When the advocates and makers of good roads shall travel hand in hand a marked improvement of the roml system of the country will be speedily visible.? New York Herald. Good and Bad Road*. The recent automobile race from Far is to Berlin attracted international attention because of the keen interest which is just now taken in the mechanical vehicle. While Europeans were chiefly concerned in the perform- j auce of the distinctive types of ma1 niAiMAOMO 'IfAtll tlw* I viiamn iv iuin v vuiu uv^ ? v?v4 > ??v thought that such a race is virtually impossible in this country under conditions promising any fair test of quality. There are no such roads here as those which in Europe permit intercity automobiling and wheeling. Our highways, save for short distances outside of the larger cities, are dis- i gracefully rough and tiukepf. Much has been done in the past few years to awaken the people to a sense of this condition, and the movement has been greatly accelerated by the wide popularity which the bicycle and the automobile have gained. It is to be hoped lbat the race of last week will so stimulate the pride of iiie American steam and electric machine owners that a f.ozen years hence it will be possible to organize a thousand-mile race out vf any one of a score of scattered cities Under ideal road conditions. It is a noteworthy fact that until very recently nothing has been done in this country to collect and study road statistics. The good roads division of the Department of Agriculture, which lias been doing excellent work for several seasons, has lately undertaken to remedy this defect and is now engaged in gathering data as to the character and number of vhicles which use certain roads. It is honed that iu this manner it tuay be possible to demonstrate by figures the extent to which the highways are used by various classes. This will permit the study of an accurate basis of the wearing qualities of different road materials under varying conditions. The institution of this inquiry leads to the hope that by thus systematically approaching the subject the Government's bureau may eventually arouse the interest of State legislatures to the point of the enactment of uniform highway laws. It is only by concerted action in this manner and by the adoption of even standards of excellence in all the States that roads will be produced which will compare favorably with those of Europe. ? Washington Star. Wide Tire* ami Wen-Paved Strecti. A very important element of difficult*' which Cliicaeo confronts iu the effort to secure adequately paved streets is the speedy destruction of the pood pavements already laid. Only a few streets can he put in presentable condition at a time and tile wear and tear goes oil at such a rate that they are out rf repair before the city has been aide to carry out improvements elsewhere. While the life of the average pavement is so short the city, with the amount of funds at its disposal, simply cannot catch up with this work. The deterioration of street pavement is too rapid. It is because of this fact and tho well-known effect of tlie narrow-tire wheel on pavements that it is to he hoped the city council will make haste to pass the wide-tire ordinance lately introduced. The narrow tire is an enemy to pood pavements and clean streets. With a comparatively trifling weight upon it. the narrow tire will cut a rut in a pavement where a wide tire, bearing a much heavier load, will leave hardly an impression. It has been the experience everywhere that the introduction of wide tires was followed by less rapid deterioration of e streets.?Chicago News. HOW ACUiNALDO WAS CAPTURED The Filipino I.Pitder DeBcribp* How Ha AVn* Taken Prisonar. After talking with Tal Plaeido and Segovia f<?r fifteen or twenty minute?. I gave orders that the newly arrived men he allowed to fall out and go to rest in the t.uarters which had been prepared for them, says Emii Aguinaldo in Everybody's Magazine. Captain Segovia, immediately left the house aud returned to the place where his men were drawn up waiting for him. As he came up to them Segovia shouted, in a loud voice, an order which we did not hear distinctly and did not understand. Instantly his men began to slicot at the soldiers of tny guard, taking them completely by surprise. When 4he bring began, not suspecting any plan against myself. I ibought it was a salute with blank cartridges, and having this in mind. I ran to the window aud cried out several times, '"Cease firing." But seeing that the firing continued, and that the bullets from the rifles of the attacking party were directed against me as well as against the soldiers of my guard. I for the first time realized that the newcomers were enemies. I hurriedly left the window and ran into another room in the hope r 1 finding some means of escape, but saw at ones that the house was already surrounded. Then 1 seized a revolver, intending to defend myself, but I)r. Barcelona threw boili arms around me. crying out, "Don't sacrifice yourself. The country needs your life." Thus I was prevented from currying out my In- j tention. Colonel Villa ran from the house in an attempt to break through the lines of the enemy and rally our nieu. but lie was shot three times and finally taken prisoner. Wlun the tiling commenced. Tal riacido threw himself down 011 ihe door to avoid the bullets, but now lie got up and told us that we were prisoners of the Americans, who. be said, were 011 the other side of the river with four hundred American soldiers. and would soon bo here. Just at this time several of Tal Placido's soldiers came into the house shouting, "Hurrah for the Macabebes!" uud sur - *? ?? ?".i \ lit. ru UUllt'll Dttl'U'IUUtl UM\s aijrvn. ? . ... tie later tive Americans, all aimed with carbines, came into the room where we were. They came up to us. and one of them asked. "Which of you is AguinnldoV" As soon as I had been identified by the Americans I was placed, with Dr. Barcelona and Colonel Villa, in one of the rooms of the house, and guards were posted at all the windows and doors, under command of one of the Americans. The other four Americans then began to search the house for whatever papers and documents might be there. We were then informed that our captors were General Funston. Captains Newton and Ilazzard. and Lieutenants Ilazzard and Mitchell. ' Moat Delicate of Machine*. No instrument needs more careful handling than a ship's chronometer. Every chronometer is tested for three years before it is placed on sale. Every extreme of temperature is tried on ir. The safety of every great ocean steamship depends upon the accuracy of these time-keepers. An error of four seconds may put a captain four miles out of his course, and a tiny speck of rust on the balance spring may be tbe cause of the error. 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