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T h e Real Acme.
OF GOOD ROADS.
"T h e acme o f happiness.” gushed the
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ard en t lover, “ is to n ta rry the wom an
T o have good roads every- >5 j you love ”
w here th ro u g h o u t these I'n ite d & I
"T h e re 's som e th in g in th a t.” re
States w ill mean more to th is
gponded the old m a rrie d m an. “ b u t
na tio n tha n any o th e r develop­
the m ain p o in t is to love the wom an
ment since o u r D e cla ra tio n o f
you m a rry .” —L o u is v ille C ourier-Jour-'
li i .cui 111 ern e.
I lu rin g a ll ages
nal.
it has been of p rim a ry tuipor-
ta m e to p ro vid e a people w ith
Behind the Tim es.
means o f iiite rc iiiiim u n ic a tln ii. 3
"Jo h n was a good m an .” said th e d is­
People. lik e w a te r, must move ¿5 consolate w id o w , “ b u t be was so old
o r stagnate. T hey m ust run and 25 fashioned to th e la st.”
play lik e th e brook its e lf or lie- ii;
"H o w so?” asked the sym p a th e tic
come slu gg ish and ( ¡ t i l l - 10 them - 3
frie n d
selves as w e ll as to others. O f te
"W h y . he got kille d by a ru n a w a y
the seven, modds o f iiitcrcjsm n iu j* ti 1 1 rse. —A 11 m n y A rgu s
iiic a tio ia -w a te r, roads, post, ra il- 3
road, telegraph, te'ephone and 4
w ireless -on ly one— roads is free 25
to n il tlte people o f the earth. <5
lio a d s m e the most u n ive rsa lly
used atnl are th e re fo re tile most 15
beneficial to th e greatest stum- $
iter o f people. T he iu f)iortan ee '5
o f good lo an s e ve ryw h e re is par- $(
a m o u n t- th e ir benefits are a ll 3
e m b ra cin g .—C harles H e n ry Ha- IS
vis. P reside nt N a tio n a l H ig h - 2?
w ays Association.
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FAME OF CAPE COD.
It Is M any Sided and F a irly Eclipses
Poor Cape Ann.
. Cape Cod» aside fro m its shape, has
j a name to c o n ju re w ith
W hat more
ap pro pria te ? Cod Is Ihe p a lla d iu m o f
our lilie rtie s. We have m ade unto o u r­
selves a graven im age th e re o f - and
; have hung the same tn o u r statehouse
as a n ieu m rial fo re v e r
O u r senior
I senator and the various congressman
2i,g l i t l î . l . l 'r . ' î . i . c i . -i, â.U.lif ,,
' I t , g i g ,gi from do w n Esse* way never let the
' sacred fish go out o f th e ir thoughts.
Indeed. Cape A nn is Just as anxious
; over the coil as the o th e r cape Is and
I p ro ba bly wishes it had a s im ila r
A Stage A ccident T h a t Inspired the
chance at the name.
T he nam e o f
G reat T raged ienn e.
Cape A nn do esn 't mean a n y th in g now.
L e t me relate to you a litt le re m in is­
w h a te ve r it m eant to the B a tte rin g
cence w h ich .Marie L a u re n t gave me o f colonists w ho firs t w ished the then
Rachel tE lis u F e lix T Rachel. fam ous m onarch's nam e on it.
F rench tragedienne! i- She said th a t
Cape Ann doesn’t look lik e a hum an
once w lic u stie iv a ? rehearsing ih e foot in fact, it doesn't look lik e m uch
s u iv a n te in "L e s H oraces' Rachel was o f a n y th in g b u t Cape A n n
B u t Cape
distressed because she could not put Cod. w ith Its sands, its bars, its long
su ffic ie n t expression in to the curse th a t tongues and spits, is d is tin c tiv e . Peo-
C a m ille p ro u m u n e d ou her b ro th e r a f t ­ pie tr y to s w im to it. A c e rta in kin d
e r he hud sla ug htered tie r lover
o f a risto cra cy Is nam ed fo r IL
Its
W h ile ifihe..was la tio rltig in th a t a t­ people get In to books and th'en sue
te m p t. "g e ttin g d ry e r every moment.',
the p u blishe rs
T he p ilg rim fa th e rs
as she h e rse lf expressed it. an iro n landed on I t —and then had the su
vise th a t was being tu rn e d at rapid preuie good sense to get back to the
pace by a large screw caught a lin g e r '
boats nnd hunt up P lym o u th , where
o f one o f th e stage m echanics and there was at least a rock to set his­
crushed i t t i l l the blood r.,11 dow n. Ev
to ric f e d upon, so th a t fu tu re gen
ery one scream ed: Rachel fa in te d .
e ra tlo tis m ig ht c h ip off h its o f the
On re co ve rin g consciousness she said
sam e.—L o w e ll C o u rie r-C itize n .
"Som e drops fro m th e m angled lin g e r
o f a stra n g e r uia ile me fa in t, yet 1
Dem onstrations Com pared.
cou ld look a t a sw o rd covered w ith the
"Y o u m u s tn 't neglect y o u r studies
life blood o f m y dearest a n il only
fo r a th le tic s ."
ra n t.”
Slie then b u rle d fo rth the fa ­
"T h a t's w h a t fa th e r sa ys." replied
m ous Im p re c a tio n de C a m ille in a way
the you ng man.
" B u t fa th e r never
th a t b ro u g h t eve ry ham m er tin the
gets up and cheers when he hears me
stage to a s ta n d s till and "s tru c k te r
q u o tin g I.a tin the w ay he does when
r o r to us a jl.” — P rincess , l.a za ro vlch
I he sees me p la y in g fo o tb u ll.” — W ash
H re b e liu n o v ic li in C e n tu ry .Magazine
ln g to n S tar.
RACHEL AT REHEARSAL
OLDEST DEPARTMENT STORE.
DRAGGING THE ROADS.
A C e rta in A m o u n t of H ig h w a y W o rk
It H a s Bsen Doing Business In T o kyo
Since the Y e a r 1673.
Should Be Done by E very F arm e r.
11 ts som e w h at o f an an om a ly th a t.
T h e w o rk in g o u t o f the road ta x is a " h ile the d e p a rtm e n t store is d is tin c t-
th in g o i the past In most states. I t be- ly “ fro d n e t o f ^ e west and has
came a jo ke, w rite s W. J. H a rsha in reached lts h ig h e st developm ent in the
the C o u n try G entlem an. Men apgieartd U n ited States, the oldest store o f tills
w ith a ll sorts o f im p le m e n ts and d id c h a ra c te r is to be fo u n d in the fa r
ex e ry sort o f w o rk except good w o rk. easL
I t is no more.
S till, as a m a tte r o f ; N e a rly three and a h a lf cen turie s
p u b lic po licy and p riv a te p ro fit, a cer- aS°- o r < t ° he e n tire ly accurate, in th e
ta in am o un t o f road b u ild in g should be ye a r 1073, the re was opened in T okyo,
u n d e rta ke n by e ve ry fa rm e r. W e have the Japanese c a p ita l, a re ta il d r y goods
fou nd, in o u r co u n ty, th a t i f the fa rm - business, w h ic h w e n t un d e r the firm
ers ju m p in fo r a fe w days’ w o rk a t th e ' name o f Yechigoya.
higoya. In the course o f
o p po rtu ne m o m e n t they save taxes aud I tim e th e store came to be k n o w n as
repairs.
| the M its u i D ry Goods Store, w h ic h
O f course w e use the s p lit log drag, nam e was retaine d u n til 1904, when.
T h is Is sim ple, e fficie n t aud cheap. W e w ith some changes in o rg a n iza tio n . It
take care to m ake the d ra g so lig h t ; became th e M its u k o s h i Com pany. L td .
[ th a t one m an can l i f t ¡L y e t heavy ¡T h ro u g h o u t its long career the p r o
enough to do th e business.
p rie to rs h ip o f th is store has been in
D ry cedar logs are best fo r the p u r the fam ous M its u i fa m ily , w here i t
pose, tho ugh o th e r woods— elm . w a l s t ill rem ains.
uu t, box e ld e r o r s o ft maple— ure rec­
T h e M its u k o s h i C om pany, L td ., is
om m ended. O ak, h ic k o ry and ash a r
not o n ly the oldest, b u t Is the la rge st
too heavy. W e ta k e logs fro m seven to d e p a rtm e n t store In Japan today. I t
ten fe e t long uud fro m e ig h t to ten was the firs t o f the Japanese estnb-
inches in d ia m e te r at th e b u tt end. dshtnents to in tro d u ce w estern m eth-
W h ite spruce does very w e ll i f cedars >ds o f d o in g business and to udopt up
are scarce. Red spruce is too heavy. to da te appliances, In the b e ginning
D ry aspens ure too light.
tlie store de alt e xc lu s iv e ly in cotton
W e s p lit th e .logs as near the cen ter and s ilk goods, b u t g ra d u a lly Increased
as possible. W e use the heavier slub Its asso rtm e nt o f stock u n til today It
in fr o n t and shoe it w ith a s trip o f carries every d e scrip tio n o f merchan­
iro n a lo n g tir e lo w e r face. W e ru n tlte
dise to meet th e w a n ts o f a ll classes
d ra g a t an an gle o f about fo rty -flv g de­
o f people.
grees. .
W e a im to d ra g the m ain p o rtio n s o f
o u r roads soon a fte r part) heavy rain.
Vi it h us th is comes d u rin g o u r busy
«euson. since o u r heaviest ra in s occur W h a t H as Become of A ll T h a t Precious
M eta l T h a t Has Been Mined?
iu h a yin g and harvest tim e,
W h a t becomes o f gold?
B u t w e t r y to. ju m p to the w o rk , since
W here is a ll o f th a t y e llo w m etal
neglect w ill m ake double w o rk la te r on.
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have o u r sluggards, b u t p u b lic sen th a t has been m ined?
it is one o f tlie oldest m etals In hu­
, tim e n t is so s tro n g th a t the m a jo r ity o f
man use T h e re are gold beads d a tin g
o u r fa rm e rs com e to tim e.
I t is a 11 ob je ct
*' hu nd red days w o rk, d is trib u te d hack to tlie stone age
th ro u g h the yea r, w.ill keep a road iu o f a lm o st u n ive rsa l desire. I l is p ro o f
b e tte r shape th a n a hundred days o f against alm ost a ll the Influences w h ich
destroy o th e r m etals, and It bus been
co n tin u o u s labor.
Yet
When the soil is moist and not too m ined In enorm ous q u a n titie s
s tic k y the (fra g does its best w ork. today m ore th a n tw o -th ird s o f the gold
P low ed wet. th e Still o f a road w ill ; In use has been dug since 1849.
W h a t becomes o f the rest? W here
[lack ju s t us th e soil o f a field w ill. I f,
how ever, the roa dw ay is fu ll o f ru ts Is the gold th a t set Jason w a nd erin g
and holes it is o fte n best to ru n the iu to the B lack sea. th a t tille d the treas­
"d rag when th e soil is slu shy, ta k in g uries o f Croesus, th a t pa id the te rrific
ris k o f baked and uneven stretches. trib u te w h ich Persian kin gs assessed
D u rin g o u r J a n u a ry th a w we some­ a g a in st the P u n ja b ? , W h a t lias hap
tim e s d ra g o ve r o u r mads. T h e subse­ pened to the y e llo w du st and "elec-
qu en t fre e zin g gives' them a com para­ tr u in ” —an a llo y o f gold aud s ilv e r—
tiv e ly S m ooth surface.
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w h ich negro tra d e rs b ro u g h t d o w n the
" A fa rm e r Is c o rre c tly ju d g e d by his N ile to E g y p t fo r 4.000 o r 5.000 years?
fences.” is an old saying.
T he new A n c ie n t gold, lik e th a t o f m odern
p u b lic s p ir it dem ands an a d d itio n to tim es, was used fo r m oney and fo r o r­
th is : A fa rm e r is q u ite as a ccu ra te ly nam ents, but both have disappeared
ju dg ed by the roads In fr o n t o f and W here?
w ith in his b o rd e riu g fences.
T he m ost e n d u rin g o f m etals and
ye t tlie m ost evanescent, p e rp e tu a lly
sought and yet c o n s ta n tly escaping the
H om em ade D rag Good F o r Roada.
T h is d ra g is designed fo r fin in g and hands o f even the successful seeker—
p a c k in g soil f o r the b e tte r preserva­ j th a t Is gold. W h a t Is the reason fo r
tio n o f m oistu re. I t is three an il one- Its cu rio u s e lu s h eness?—Chicago J o u r­
h a lf fe e t wide. made o f ,2 by 8 inch nal.
iB in b e r nnd pot tog ether w ith fo u r Inch
spikes.
T h e handles, w h ic h m ay be
Posthum ous Influence.
The re la tio n s between man and man
cease not w ith life . T h e dead leave
I iie liin d the m th e ir m em ory, th e ir e xa m ­
VANISHING GOLD.
ple a n il tlie effects o f th e ir actions.
Their Influence s till abides w ith 11s;
th e ir nam es aud ch a ra c te r d w e ll iu our
th o u g h ts and he arts; we liv e und coui-
! m im e w ith them iu t lie ir w ritin g s ; we
VTO matter how powerful or steady your
engine may be, your auto is worthless
if it has poor tires.
A car is no stronger
than any one of its tires
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In supplying tires
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and
inner
tubes we deaf in only the stand-
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ard. well tested makes, which wear well
and are guaranteed.
GET OUR ADVICE BEFORE BUYING.
SANDY GARAGE,
CARRIAGE AND SHOEING SHOP
PLUMBING
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We have a full line of pipe and fittings in stock, We a ls o handle
Fairbanks 4 Morris Engines and light plants, .o o d saw rigs and
»C aleS .
Perret & Bickford,
taken fro m a c a sta w a y im p lem e nt! are
tw o nnd on e-b alf feet long. T h e chains
are a tta ch , d th r o u g h 'a jg e r holes. In
m a k in g the notched cuts to g ive the
req uire d p itc h fo r the d rn g hoards ta ke
o u t th re e Inches. T h e boards are tw o
nnd o n e -b a lf feet lo ng .— S o u th e rn ' Ag-
rte u itu ria L
Bonding H ig h w a ys.
T h e vote rs o f K in g s co u n ty. Cal.,
Save voted In fa v o r o f the p ro je c t to
Issue bonds to the am o un t o f S6T2.S00
fo r th e co n s tru c tio n o f 108 m iles o f p e r­
m anent h ig h w a ys co n n e ctin g a ll citie s
and c o m m u n ity centers w ith the cou n­
ty seat and Joinin g th e H a n fo rd -V isa -
tin la te ra l o f tlie state h ig h w a y a t sev­
e ra l points.
Breed Ew ee L ate.
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C o nsid ering rh a t prices fo r m arket
Inm bs art* good now a t n il seasons o f
the year. It Is re a lly b e tte r un de r o r­
d in a ry fa rm in g c o n d itio n s to breed
ewes ra th e r la te In the fa ll, so th a t
the la miis w ill a rriv e d u rin g th e m ild
weeks o f spring, w hen the ewes a re
out In the open and on green pasture
H o w to Free the Place of R ata.
Sandy’s Realty Man
Wil| sell you a small or large
tract at prices from $15,00 per
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acre np.
Saady’
Ore.
THE SANDY MEAT
MARKET
Meats of all Kinds
FRESH AND SMOKED
Cheese,
Butter,
Eggs
Canned tiooes.
and
Fresh Bologna and Sausage
Every Friday and Saturday.
L. E. HOFFMAN
Sanitary Barber Shop
A First-Class Hair Cut and
Shave at the Right Prices
Hot and Cold Baths our Wateh-
word
Cleanliness our Motto
I. E. Dawson,
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Prop.
THE IRON MAIDEN.
H er Dread Em brace M eant C ruel and
C e rta in Death.
lit an nn eient to w e r a t N u re m b e rg a
strange fig u re is sho w n to visito rs, i t
Is called tlie E iserne J u n g fra u (Iro n
M nidem because it Ipok.s lik e a wom an
dressed in ru s ty iron.
A t ab ou t the
w a is t are tw o handles by m eaiis o f
w h ich the fr o n t o f tlie fig u re is opened
On hinges, lik e tw o doors, fro m the
chin do w n , le uvln g th e face unsep­
arated.
T h e heavy and m assive doors b ris tle
Inside w ith spikes ns sha rp as dag­
gers. a b o u t tw e n ty o f w h jch p o in t In ­
w a rd to w a rd the chest nnd tw o o f
w h ich, lo ng er tha n the others, are Uxed
Inside tlie face behind th e eyes.
T h e E ise rne J u n g fra u was ail in s tru ­
m ent o f exe cutio n reserved fo r sham e­
less wom en. W herf 011c o f these was
condem ned to de ath slip was placed In ­
side the figu re, and th e doors w ere
closed. T h is forced the spikes In to her
v ita l organs and th ro u g h her ayes in !»
her b ra in . Death was q u ic k o r slow,
acco rding to tlie speed w ith w h ich th e
doors w e re closed.
T lie base o f the fig u re Is a tra is lo o r.
W hen tlie doors w ere opened nnd tlio
v ic tim freed fro m th e spikes tlie tr a p ­
door was s p ru n g and her body dropped
th ro u g h a deep hole In to a to rre n t th a t
s till flo w s un d e r th e castle. A tip o f a
fe w p fe n n ig s w ill have the hole lig h te d
w ith e le c tric lam ps, and tlie v is ito r can
look d o w n and see th e d a rk w a te r,
thu s co m p le tin g th e tra g e d y In his im ­
a g in a tio n .'—N ew Y o rk W o rld , .
Silage Unsafe F o r Bulla,
H e avy fee din g o f silage to a Dull a t
service Is not desira ble m id may render
him im p o te n t, says H o ard 's D a irym a n .
Some breeders w ill n o t feed silage uh
d e r any con ditions, b u t probably tlie
m a jo r ity w ill feed it in lim ite d quant I
ties to g e th e r w it 1« a ll the a lfa lfa o r c lo ­
ver hay th e b u ll w ill consume, T o sup­
p le m e n t th is roughage s u ffic ie n t g ra in
is fed to keep th e h u ll In grtdil s e rvli o
co n d itio n , tin t n o t f a t R e stricte d and
c a re fu l fe e d in g and p le n ty o f exercls,,
are the fu n d a m e n ta l re q u ire m e n ts In
keeping a b u ll Iu good service co n d i­
tion.
"W h e n 1 was a boy o u r fa rm was
a liv e w ith ra ts .'' a c o u trtb iito r te lls in
F arm aud F ire sid e
"W e n o tic 'd th e ra ts were e a tin g the
gra in and d r in k in g the w a te r o f a sit
tin g hen in a c o rn e r o f the t i H r i i . So
; when th e hen hatched and w as mov-
1 ed we p u t;s try c h n in e in the w a te r and
the firs t n ig h t k ille d tw e n ty -th re e rats
and the second nineteen.
"B e side s th is a good m any more
S tandard W e ig h t of M ilk .
w ent a w a y to die. T he licst w ay
M ost s ta te sta n d a rd s prescribe th a t a
get rid o f ta ts is to m ake them
q u a rt liq u id m easure s lu ill co n ta in 57.75
ciistom ed to d r in k a t one (d a te m
coble Inches and a ga llo n 231 cubic
then poison t le w a te r." ■ -
inches. T h e re is no legal sta n d a rd fo r
the w e ig h t o f a gallo n o f m ilk , but In
She’d Notice It.
o rd e r to com pnrc th e w e ig h t and meas­
“ Look he re." said the husband. “ You ure o f m ilk 8.ti pounds have been take n
by d a iry a u th o ritie s as tlie w e ig h t o f ii
m
1 ustn’t co m p la in th a t w ay. Remem
T h is
her. a t least, th a t I have to fo o t a il the ga llo n o f average te s tin g m ilk
h ills.”
w ould m ake one q u a rt weigh 2.18
“ Yes. you fo o t the m .” re to rte d the pounds.
w ife . “ You kick a t every sin g le one o f
| th *® - —S tra y Btories.
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e lam
hence the
the cost
cost o
o f f g
g ro
ro w
w in
in g
g th
the
iam bs
bs
to m a rk e t size w ill Is- Iesa.
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en jo y th e benefits o f t lie ir la bo rs; o u r
in s titu tio n s have been founded by
the m , we are suiTounded by the w o rks
o f tlie dead; o u r know ledge and ou r
a rts are the fr u its o f th e ir to il; our
m inds have been form ed by t lie ir In ­
s tru c tio n s ; we are most in tim a te ly con­
nected w ith them by a thousand de­
pendencies. Those whom we hove lo v­
ed m lif e are s till o b je cts o f o u r deep­
est und holiest affections. T h e ir p o w ­
er over us rem ains. —A n d re w s N orton.
H. S. Eddy
,ar ’“ hool whom we c a ll P ostscrip t
Dad—P o stscrip t ? W h a t do yon co ll lie
P ostscrip t fo r? L itt le Jo h n n y Cos l i f t
name is A d e lin e Moore. Exchange.
Indoor Occupation.
“ You m u st ta ke an In te re st In o u t­
door spo rts.” said the physician.
“ I do.” replied the Indolent cltlse n .
'T h e y p ro vid e m y m ain reading every
day " — W ash in g to n Btar.