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\\ LINIMENTS WIEREL\
^ & j^' JOB*??
m Pn?*Vr v?ffi?t5iblr Troi:!dc*i irjurf t
t t? clcar*o the l-.ocd of the poifcanou* hi
^NJk" tism. Bc=c3t& thv * hole system. A;X J
TRAGEDY OF THE CAUCASUS.
Peasant Murdered His Son "at tha
Command of God."
In the village of IJayaudour, in the
Caucasus, lives a man named Ivan
Aslama/off. who a few weeks ago
started the community by cutting the
threat of his seven-months-old tor en
the threshold of the church. lie was
at once arrested and taken before a
judge; whereupon he gave an extraordinary
explanation of his conduct.
A few years ago. he said, he was
very side. unci ore nigm si. . uuu ~i>pcarod
to him in a dream and took
him into a valley, where he saw God
seated on a throne cf gold. The Almighty,
he continued, then said to
him: 'Ivan, I will restore your good
health to you, but in time you will
have a son, and as soon as he is seven
months old you must offer him up
as a sacrifice." Aslainaaoff-said that
many times since then he had prayed
God to spare his son, but that, as the
Almighty made no response, he considered
it his duty to sacrifice him.
His story made a great impression
<m the people, and the general opinion
was that he had acted like a saint and
that the authorities had no right to
arrest him.?New York Herald.
Deer in City of Vienna.
I.ack of food on the snowclad hills
drove a wild deer into a suburb ol
, Vienna. It was chased and died ol
fright.
" I had a bad cough for six | '
weeks and could find no relief 8
I Auflr'e fhorrr m i
_ UilUI A mvu ? WMV l*^ a w?w n
ral. Oniy one-fourth of the bottle 3
cured me." 1
L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. B
Neglected colds always J
lead to something serious. g
They run into chronic I
bronchitis, pneumonia, I
asthma, or consumption.
Don't wait, but take
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
just as soon as your cough
begins. A few doses will
cure you then. [
Three ana: 25c., 50c., $L All drunlsts.
Con wit your doctor. It he gars take It,
thnn do u lie says. If he tell* you not
to take it. then ilor.'t rake it. He knowa.
I*ekrett with him. V> a'C rrillinfr.
t. .* YKK (.*<)..
jg^ajp-rff s~s.t
nrrni rami mtm ?i181 i nn ' "T^
cartridges and shot shells |
are made in the largest and g
best equipped ammunition I
factory in the world. jjj
AMMUNITION |
of U. M. C. make is now ?
accepted by shooters as |
|4'the worlds standard" for ?
it shoots well in any gun.
Your dealer sells it. |
| The Union Metallic O l
$ Cartridge Co. R
| Bridgeport, - - Conn. |
WO MORE ...
CURLS IN YOUB HA1B
Carpenter's OX HARROW POMADE
/tjewahr of imitations.)
Ta*e? them out andk?ep<> your scalpin splendid
?bsr- into the Ixarsrain. Tn.at's why you need
it It*s higrhly perfumed, too.
PRICE, 25 CENTS,
At the Drug: Store, or mailed on receipt of 25 ]
cents in luauii'o.
A'idw?, CARPENTER & CO.,
Louisville, Ky.
So. 44. ~
Ta wt??iiiiiti>iLtui uiu!l laT
13 Bast Ooagh H yr?p. Tnstee Good. Dae KS
ra In time. Sold by taakH W
IB ftllrtIrfSjaSafe*.v, ' ?. v ... .
r EASE THE PAIN ^|pnn!i?fl
- ihiui!11!uuu1ii| sj
babe'* ditftloc. Yet powerful eaouj'u ^
'it- ar.d lai tic acid* that caiuc UKuina- * ry
our drujsis: about it. a
(<^ufa2>nd/w$\ i
&e jftaa bank deposit
U?vJPcV/H>'?L/ Railroad Faro Paid. 500 |
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CE0RG!A-AUBAMAniJS:KE5SC0LLEGE,?a. .n.Ga,
caplldine
vjc? a J! ?Pb 1*= A'.eo Mi niekneta and
curis
Ml KAiiaOHcS ar-ass
2oct on brain or Lea 10c. 25a and 50c a bottla.
(Ligim)
iiml^?rni?ifiy!
IriJndliriUNIH:
Tor over rla- years I snfferoH with cbroni- conffi'UJfifS
*yd dunn* tills time 1 Lia l to tnke cd
injection of n aria water on on every 24 hours before
f ,,av'> an ?etion on xay bowels. Hnppilv J
tried CajeareU. and today I am I well wan
During t.:o ainf year* before I used Casearets I
U?'^ wnto'd n.w cry with internal plies. Thanks
to jou 1 n-n free fr .n. all that this morninc Yon
can use t:m in behalf of snCerinf humanlir."
k". t itter, JUianoko, 111jn^The
Dowels ^
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CANDY CATHARTIC
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Ta?t* OnM. T)o Good
aoidTn hn^vC" ^)eaken ?,r 0rin?- l?c. ** ?c- Never
sold In bnIk 1 he cennina tatlet stamped CC C.
Guaranteed to euro or your money back.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicace or N.Y. 603
mULZMl, nu M1LL1DH POXES
Machine to Sew Up Wounds.
A wound-stltching machine is the Invention
of a doctor named Michel. It
works very much more rapidly then
the old method of stitching by band,
is painless and effective.
It consists of a case, or sheath,
holding a number of nickel hocks, or
bands, like those used for the corners
of card-board boxes. They are put in
position with a pair of forceps and
can be adjusted at tho rate of 25 a
minute.
Their rounded points do not penetrate
the lower layer of the skin, but
only the epidermis and therefore the
pain caused by them is very slight.
They have the additional advantage
of being very easily disinfected.?
Stray Stories.
'i ho <>l<leat Forry.
Perhaps the oldest ferry in Ihe world
Is the cross-ohaunel service from Calais
to Dover. It has boeu in existence
for more than twenty centuries,
and the vessels which have been eu- j
gaged in it include every variety or
shipping, from Caesar's high-pecked
galleys, propelled by hanks of oars, to
the new turbine steamer.
Catarrh Cannot I!e Cured
With local applications as they cannot
reach the sea. ot the disease. Calami is a
blood or constitutional disease, anil ia order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur 'ace
Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
1: was prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years, and is a regular
prescription. ~It is composed of the
best tonics known, combined with the Lest
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney <fc Co.. Props., Toledo, O.
Sold bv druggists, price, 75c.
Hall's Family Tills ure the best.
The growth of the nails is more
rapid iu children than in adults, and
slowest in the aged. It goes on more
rapidly iu summer tbau in winter.
Mrs. Leland Stanford is said to carry
a larger amount of insurance than any
other woman in the world. Her policies
amount to more than ?1,000,000.
Flood Benefits One Man.
The Missouri river flood has given
P. C. Nuckles of Rocheport, Mo., a
new house, completely furnished. The
high water drove Mr. Nuckles away
from his farm, and when he returned
to it he found on his land a comparatively
new house, which was in good
condition, despite its watery Journey.
There is nothing about it to indicate
who the owner la.
7
A man cannot be fervent in spirit if
he is slothful in business.
A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT.
Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 Sixth
street, Fond Du Lac. Wis., Presbyterian
clergyman, says: "I had attacks
of kidney dlsor4H
ders which kept me in
jSS the house for days at a
time, unable to do anything.
What suffered
can hardly be told.
Complications set in.
t? "-JtjfinlT particulars of
*- which I will be pleased
to give in a personal
interview to any one
J5E3b^^T;_- who requires informatiou.
This I can conscientiously
say, Doan's
Kidney Pills caused a
a general improvement
in my health. They
brought great relief by lessening the
pain and correcting the action of the
kidney secretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
v
The king
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A NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIFr
CV MAURICE
Cop?<rht. *i>a wr. i
CHAPTER XIX. |
CONTINUED.
"Live the American Republic!
Live the bravo general!" Ami added
thereto! "Down with the English!"
Claiborne, Lonallier ami other members
of tho Stato Government chanced
to be in the street, ami when they
heard tho shouts paused to hearken.
"Vive la repnblique des Etas-Unis!"
nroso clear and loud, above the general
din.
"There!" exclaimed Cl.iirborne.
"What di<l I tell Jackson? That is
Vernon vanning up the slums. It
means everything, everything!"
Tuat very night threo companies
were formed and armed by Mr. Ycr
nou, and tlie next day they reported
for duty.
Genera! Jackson was delighted, and
when Mr. Vernon called at his lieadqnarter*,
he sjir.ed his hand and
wrung it savagely.
"Yon are the Kind of a man that I
like!" he exclaimed, his face lighting
np ami its hard Hues softeniug into
cordial enthusiasm of expression.
"You are the noblest man of this
noble State!"
There was no mistaking tho general's
feelings, ami Mi. Vernon could
not repel them; indeed the lire of the
old days, when -he fonght by sea and
laud, was burning higii now; ho had
fanned it with his own oratory in stir-,
ring up the cmoors in the breasts of
that reckless crowd.
"I know, general, that the safely of
New Orlenus depends upou tho courage
and patriotism of her own cbildrer."
was all the reply that he made;
but his nianuer and voice told how
deeply he felt.
"True, sir; truo as Gospel!" said
Jackson, r.till holding on to his hand,
"And you will lead them, and those
English dogs will yelp and criuge bofore
yon. You arc the mainstay of
everything now; we cannot do without
you."
It was as if a son were speaking to
a father. Jackson was in tho full
prime of life, and, thongh worn by
sickness, still stalwart and rugged;
but Mr. Vernon looked the master
who could enforce his will, eveu
with the stubborn and relentless commander.
He smiled a strange, illuminating
smile, and his deep-set eyes
glowed out from under his'grizzled
and shaggy brows with a power that
was uresis! able.
"I am r.t yonr command, general?
I and these men. Whcro you say go,
there wo will go or die."
When Lieutenant Bailanche came
in with tho report from Eayou Bien?*enu,
Jackson sent immediately for
Mr. Veruon, but was unable to see
him till the next morning, when he
told him of tho advance of the English.
Tiie old man's face blanched.
"But my wife and my daughter!"
ho hurriedly said. "They have just
gone out to ray plantation near tho
Bayou. I sent them there but yesterday."
"Then >t?)u liad better go get them
and bring them back," was Jackson's
blunt rejoinder. "We march down
jtlia river immediately." ^ .
"Mademoiselle Maria do Sezannes
is with niy family," said Mr. Vernon,
tnrmirr to T.ioutoiiflnt Ballaucho.
It was uow that young officer's turn
to grow a trifle pale.
'"Mademoiselle de Sezannes!'" he
echoed quickly.
"Yes. She accompanied my wife
aud daughter."
"General," said tbo lieutenant, "I
ask for a smalt detachment aud leave
to go after tho ladies."
"You cannot go. I cannot spare
you," was Jr.ckson's brusque answer.
Then Mr. Vernon rose to his feet
and Sxcd his eyes upon the gcueral.
"General," he exclaimed, "the
young lady is tho lieutenant's promised
wife! He must go!"
And he went.
Thcro iiad been good reason for the
failure of General Jackson's messenger
to And Mr. Vernon on the day before.
Indeed, if he had found him, his message
must have been delayed; for Mr.
Vornon was in no mood to be interrupted.
He and Colonel Loring were
having a memorable interview.
Loring came to Chateau d'Or,where
the master of tho place was superintending
some hasty linal touches in
the way of securing it against intrusions,
late in the afternoon. Mr. Vernon
was astonished to see him.
"Why, what upon earth! What are
you doing here?" he ejaculated, frowning
darkly and speaking with infinite
impatience. "You told me that you
would not come back here again."
"I never keep my word," remarked
Loring; "it's too inconvenient. I always
do just what I happen to wish to
do. What aro you up to now?"
Mr. Yernon looked at him in a hopeless
way; but he did. not answer his
question.
"You'll stay here, I suppose, and
let the Euglish scldiers show such
mercy a3 they may to your family and
you," continued Loring, half-sneeringly.
"I have sent my wife and danghtcr
to Lapin at the plantation.
"At Bay Saint Louis?"
"No; on Bayou Bienvenu."
"Oh, out there! What did you send
those defenseless women out there
for?"
"For safety, in ease "
' "Safety, indeed 1 Don't yon know
? *
i Ofy^
IY ISLAND
HV?
DURING THU WAR OF 1S12.
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THOMPSON.
>7 r.obert Conner'* Son*.
that right tip Bayou Bienvenn the English
army will eomq first?"
"No."
Mr. Vernon looked uneasily at Loring.
"Well," said the latter, "I know it,
and jou had better go fetch them back
at ouce."
"How do you know?"
Lcring laughed, and his laugh was
like au open sneer.
"Ob, to be exact, I expect to lead
those jolly red-coats in by that route."
"Ta! It is a nasty jest. Be serious
if you can. Tou have something on
v.rar ruind to sa.v to me. Say it.
please."
"Well, then, I need some money."
"Certainly?you always do; but how
ranch?"
"Ten thou3aud dollars will do."
Mr. Vernon, who had been sitting,
roso slcwiy aad stood up before Luring.
"I will not give you one cent," he
toJH, Ilia aaaanf. nf finalitv.
w4W4J *MW va * y
"Yes, you will, when you know
that I do not mean to- gamble with it
aud that I am going straight to the
British, who will send mo oat of this
country."
"Ta!" ejaculated Mr. Vernon.
"You do not beliove me? Well, on
the whole, I do not wonder. But yon
must trust ine this time, at all hazards."
"I havo said no."
"To be sure, but that was beforo
you knew that yon owed me a hundredfold
the amount."
"Ta!"
Loring leaped to his feet like a tiger
suddenly aroused to fury; but th^re
was no particular change in the expression
of his face. His eyelids may
havo drooped a trifle, so that the openings
through which the cold gleam of
hie eyes shot out were narrowed to
mere slits under his baudsome brows.
"Do yon dream who I am?"
The question was put with a sort of
grinding intonation, and the speaker
snapped his ihuuib aud forehnger impaticutly.
"Ta!"
"I am Pierre Eameau. and I want
ton thousand dollars!"
"I am Jules Vernon, end "
"Bay, rather," interrupted Loring,
"that you are Thomas MacCollough.
I like accuracy irr business matters. Mr.
Vernon glared and stood speechloss.
"I know yonr whole pa9t life,
Thomas MacCollongh, us well as I
know my own. Yoa need not become
excited in the least. I kavo known it
all these years of yonr acquaintance."
"I know your life, too, from your
cradle to this moment," Mr. Vernon
presently said in a dismal voice; "J
have been told that yonr natr.e is MacCollongh,
too?Kirk MacCollongb."
"Wo ocam to be pretty well ac
rjnninted, then, a:-)d possibly wo urc
kinsmen."
Mr. Vernon lifted his hands as if to
want off the suggestion, aud stopped
backward a pace.
"( do not piaoe ray doraand for the
money on that ground, however,"
Loring went on with a .measured,
merciless manner of speech; "but
wholly on the ground that you are my
debtor. You have grown rich in dealingwith
Pierre Kameaa, and now that
you know who that mysterious man
is, you cannot object to his demand
for money, can yon?"
Mr. Vernon tottered into a chair and
sank into it with the air of one who
collapses under a deadly stroke; his
face withered; his eyes wore dnll and
sunken. At that moment bis age
seemed doubled.
"I have no time. I am followed,
hounded. Two dogs scout every track
I make," Loring continued. "If von
cunuot give money, why, of oour3e, I
mnst go without it. I havo been u
fool, played in hard lack, lost every
thing, and this infernal war lias
blocked every channel yf my operations.
Yon can feel my condition."
"What do I care for money!" cried
Mr. Vernon, springiug np again.
"Take all I have?it is nothing ?so
you go and never return!"
"Oh, I promise. I think you can
depend upon ttiit."
Mr. Vernon gazed at him with n
iook curiously searching, wistful,
boneless. The cold drops of a power
ui excitement were beading the old
forehead. He lifted his hand and
wiped them away mechanically.
"Tell me one thing and tell me
truly," he demanded, a husky tenor
in his deep voice. "Tell mo on you.tife:
Are the sou of Thomas MacCoilough?"
"Thero's no timo for explanations,"
said Luring evasively. His lace
seemed to soften in some strange
.vay. "It doesn't matter who I aui.
I am pressed. My life is at stake. 1
cannot parley,"
Tilr. Vernon stepped forward aud
laid a powerful grasp on the younge:
man's shoulder. His lingers wort
like mighty hooks of stoel; tbev
closed over the hard muscles with au
almost paralyzing power.
"Speak to me! Tell me! You shall
not go till you do!" ho exclaimed,
with the emphasis of desperation.
Loiiug tried to shake him off, not
roughly hut firmly. Ho might an well
have tried to push out a wall of the
house. The other hand closed upon
him, and he felt how unequal would
be the struggle with the grizzly giant
h \
before him. luueed, his cvtn3 v.-eit
a3 if pinioned to his sides.
'It you are indeed Thomas JZaeCollough's
sjn," continued .Mr. Vernon,
in that deep, hoarse (jrovl, "joirwill
not lie or evade or herniate no.v.
ipeak, I command yon!"
"I weem to be ratlior helpless in
your hold," said Loriug. "When yon
get. tired, let go of mc, please."
Mr. Vernon's hand fell away, and
he stepped back, drawing a deep
'Jr. a ill as ouc does who controls pustiou
by sheer force.
"Loriug," he said slowly, "or
Pierre Itameau, or Kirk MacColloagn,
whoever you are, it is "
".Stop!" interrupted Lorini?,? "Can
you give me the money or not?"
A man-servant at the door was par- '
leying with some one whoso voice
barely reached the room. Mr. Yernou 1
had given orders to admit no person.
"If you are Kirk MacOollongh I 1
will give you the money," the old
man almost whispered.
"I could lie to you," said Loring,
"If you could, yon aro not lie."
Mr. Vernon spoke with a tono
which seemed to have years of retleetiou
and multitudes of memories in it. J
Loving was fumbling io the breast i
of lii.4 vest as if trying to Hud some- <
thing stowed away in deepest security
there. 1
"A knife or a pistol v. ill not serve i
yon," said Mr. Vernon, with calm 1
dignity. I
"I'm not so slow when I roach for
a weapon," remarked the other indif- 1
fereutly. "Here, will that bo a. suf- I
indent pledge for what money you can
let me have?"
As he spoke he drew forth a small <
worn leather case and handed it to i
Mr. Veiuon, open. It was the a me- 1
thyst cross. 1
"That argues more forcibly than 1
knife or pistol, doesn't it?" 1
The old mau answered not a word; 1
but an intense feeling seemed to rush 1
into his face. His month twitched '
under his heavy, rimplcd,gray beard, i
At this moment there was some ]
rort of distnrbnnco at the hall-door; I
the servant was trying to keep tuo i
visitor from entering.
"Stand aside?" panted the voice (
of Burns. j
Tlio npirrn fitnod aside.
"w
Loring turned about, and quicker
than the gleam of au eye was the
drawing of his pistol.
Burns came into the room, gliding
like a serpdnt.
Mr. Vernon was ready for tbo
emergency, and he was prompt and
certain rather than quick. A strode
of his left head scut Loring's pistol
spinning across the floor; a sweep 01
his right caught Burns's arm as it
flourished a long knife.
Loring did uor hesitate a second,
?, while Burns was struggling to
his arm, walked straightway out
of the house.
In the effort to wrfug the knife
from Burns's hand, Mr. Vernon let
fall the amethyst cross, and it tnmbled
on tho floor, where it lay, flashing
a flue purple light.
CHAPTER XX.
DESOLATION. .
Mr. Vernon and Lieutenant Eallanche
had no sooner received permission
to take a detachment of men
and go tuan they set out at fail speed,
riding down to Uio plantation house
on Bayon Bicnvenu.
(If course, Mr. Vernon's mind was 1
crowded with tho incidents of the interview
with Loring, ami almost as
much v/aa he affected by tho conversation-which
had lolluwed when he was
left alone with old man Jitirna. Tho
la'ier, balked in his effort to stab
Loriug, aud seeing that Mr. Vernon
would not lot liiuigo at ouco in further
oil suit, gave up and r.tood pathetically
helpless, gazing in blank, despairing
inquiry at the powerful old
man who had handled him as if ho
had been a child.
"You assassin!" exclaimed Mr.
Veruou, quite out of patience aud
temper. "You attempt to do iuurdcr
in my hcuse!"
" '.Murder?' No! That man's lifo
bolougs to any ono who can take it!
Tnat was Pierre llaroean, I tell yon!"
Liuriis replied, with but little show of
spirit.
Ho stood gazing into Mr. Vernon's
eyes for a moment aud then added:
"Did I not tell yoa what he did to
use? 1 bore everything. What would
you Jo if you wore in my place?if be 1
nad killed your daughter?if ho had 1
wrecked your life?if he had murdered
yon in the woods?"
"Ta, man!" said Mr. Vernon. "You
are excited and nervous. Sit down."
Then seeing the cross on the floor,
he stoopad aud picked it up. Turning
it over in his fingers, he was replacing
it in the worn case, when
Burns reached for it. ]
"Where did you get that?" de- 1
rnauded he, with sudden, breathless I
haste. "Did he hove that? That is i
Margaret's! His mother gave that to i
Margaret! Let me hold it! Let me 1
touch it! Let me kiss it! Oh, it must
have been on her bosom when " <
"Be still, man. You ore wild," i
said Mr. Vernon. "You do not know <
* rwii. _ itf 1 I ?
wnat you are saving. xuia mug aus <
beea.in my family for a century." i
"Ah, well, I thought?forgive me? ]
it is so like it."
The old mau held his forehead in
his hands as if recovering from dizzi- .
ness. He reeled, aud Mr. Vernon
helped him into a chair and brought .
some wine.
"No, I never drink it," he said, .
putting aside the proffered glass.
After a little he appeared to shako '
off his weakness to a degree. Rising
slowly, he said not another word, but
picked up his great knife, which lay J
where it had fallen on the floor, and
went out.
(to'be COXTnJTJED.)
In the years 1890-1893 the number. ;
of families who left Alsace-Lorraine :
tor Franof was over 7000^ ^ 1
1
O&o? |3p4iaS
*Defects
in lioad legislation.
dE rouii linvs of the difrer7(
rr. ^ er.t Stules are geucrally
t\ ' I ' n unite too loiiir and too often
K '-hanged. declares M. R.
MOW Campbell. The people don't
have luae to set well acquaintetTwitb
the law before it is repealed orcbanged,
and all changes or amendments conclude
with this or a similar declaration:
"Be it further enacted that all
acts >or parts of nets in conflict with
this act. be and the same are hereby
repealed." So that, to fully understand
the road law In many of the States the
inquirer has to go back to the days ol
Patrick Henry, George Washington
Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson 01
some far distant period, and ruinmagt
through the musty pages of the many
road laws thnt were passed at various
rind sundry times for the improvement ^
af the public roads.
Road laws should be plain, simple
and easily understood, so that the common
people can understand tiieiu, and
there should be much left to executive
intelligence.
Some States have over 100 sections in
their road laws, and every year they
keep adding to them.
Every State should have a superintendent
of public roads, and every
county & superintendent with ample
authority to view out and lay off public
roads within their JnrisdictiotCand
to oversee and generally superintend
the construction and maintenance ol
n?~ nnhifA mnifa within their resnect*
lut yju KJiiv ? vu\*u .. b
Ive territory under the general direc- t
Hon of the State superintendent. This 1
would materially abridge the laws In ?
relation to public roads, for any com* >
petent superintendent can build a road - ^
better, and do it cheaper, than any ordinary
Legislature can legally ad rise
him to do it. The amount annually
consumed by legislative bodies, dlscnssing,
amending and changing the road
laws, would go far toward paying all
of the State expense of the office of ^
State Superintendent of public roads.
The State Superintendent should hare
annual meetings of the county superintendents
in each Congressional district.
to discuss road construction and maintenance,
and draft or suggest needed
legislation.
Superintendents of the different coun
ties should be held responsible by law
for a proper maintenance of the i*oad*
In good, passable condition, at all seasons
of the year, and if they cannot d?
so should report the fact to the county
court, or judge of the county, for relief
or rele.asement; for it should be required
in all cases that good roads b?
maintained and not merely that they
should be "worked" once a year, and
the balance of the year go withont attention.
Laws should be passed In all State*
faxing heavily or prohibiting the running
of narrow-tired wagons on public
roads; for they are a positive injury tc *
all roads of every kind and grade. T?
grasp this idea more fnlly take a disc
harrow or disc plow and pet
weight thereon and haul tt <SWr the*^
roads for a month so as to pass over
the same part of the rond ten timea
day when the ground is damp, and
then see the condition of that roadthen
take one of those heavy steam*
rollers used in road construction,
welching 10,000 pounds or more, and
have it pass over this same piece of
road for the same number of times as
the disc plow and observe the change.
This test involves t ie use of extreme*
lo determine a problem, and there are
none so dull of comnrehenslon as nol
fully to grasp the folly from such a
demonstration of permitting the running
of two-horse wagons, carrying
2300 to 3000 pounds, with one and a , .
half to one and fire-eighth inch tires.
These wagons would destroy even the
roads that Nero built.
I am aware of the difficulty of getting
such a law passed in a State
ivhere the narrow tire prevails, but thie
ran be done by passing the law to take
?ffect at a distant date, so "that in pur
rhaslng new wagons, or repairing old .*
>nes, the change can be made within a
rouple of years without great injury
to any party, but Injury or no injury II
will have to be done liefore good roade
ran be maintained. Narrow-tired wagons
have long since been outlawed Ir jj
ilder countries, and they will have t?
in this fnr thev are absolute destruc
tion to dirt roads. In order to past
laws in some States to do away witi
the destructive narrow tires it mighl
tie necessary for the Legislature tr.
pass acts declaring the running ol
wagons and other vehicles on the pob
lie roads in the State to be a privilege
ind thus tax the harmful narrow tiref
ind not thofee with the legally required
widths.
And now in conclusion, what Is need
;d in the way of treatment of the bad
roads disease is: less laws, fewet
changes, more money, better exeeutivi
ability, mixed with one-tenth science
ind nine-tenths common sense.?Good
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tn<l there arc comparatively few
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