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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1902. iM.i-fasmnjMki:-! IlliUIW DUUK 1 1 US 11. VI 111WI llllli ' 1 - a hot lather of CoTiconA SoAr, tho most effect. skin purifying soap, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, anl nursery. Dry, anoint freely with Outicuka Ointment, thocre.it sk'.n euro anil purest of emollients. Weal-old rIotps during night. For sore bands, itchlne, DumliiR palms and painful flncer ends, this one tight trrntment is wonderful. Sold thronctiout the worM. roTTERp.AVDC.CoEr, Vns-. BMton. ' llow to lure Betutllu lllindi," In. 0 The Delta .Now Open New Confection ery S-t ore, Ice Cream Parlors and Soda Fountain : In New Martin Building Keep your eyes on us for the- Good Things THE DELTA HIGHWAY BUILDING. SOME POINTERS ON CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING THEM. Treatment of Snml nnil Clny Hosdi. ,Thc Importnnco of Ilolllntf Vnliie of Itercrslblc Ilond Machine Wide Tire flood nondmnkerM. Drainage Is the key to success In innlsliiB earth roads, and constant watchfulness Is the sure means of keep ing them up after they are once well made, says SInurlce 0. Eldrldge, assist ant director public road Inquiries. Wa ter Is destructive to any road, especial ly to a dirt road. Therefore drainage that will at once enrry away rainfall or melting snow Is absolutely necessary. Again, little breaks In the road may be made by rain or by n Heavy load at any time and If not repaired Immediately will grow Into mudholes, especially In the winter, and these mudholes easily and rapidly develop Into nn almost im passable mire. Bu frequent luspec- s., ' 1 OUR BUSINESS is to enhance the beauty of the inter ior or ' exterior of your buildings and we are prepared to do the work in a most artistic man ner. Our line of wall paper, paints, oils, etc., is com plete, and we have an efficient corps of men to do your pa- pei hanging or paint ing. Let us figure on your job. We contract to co m plete your work . . , C. C. SHARP Opera House block The Columbia Lodging House NEWLY FURNISHED BAB JN CONNECTION IN CENTER OF BLOCK BET. ALTA A WEBB BT8 F.X. SCHEMPP,Prop. BEVEnSIBLn HOUSE ROM.EB. tlon and n little work will keep tho road In good condition and with less cost than under ordinary methods. With good drainage established In building the road and frequent inspec tion to keei the drainage elliclcnt und to ineu1 promptly small Injuries to the surface, the earth roads of the United States couli' be maintained in a much higher state of usefulness than nt pres ent and at considerably lower cost The aim in making n road Is to estab lish tho easiest, shortest and most eco nomical "no of travel. It is therefore desirable that roads should be Arm, smooth, comparatively level and fit for use nt all seasons of the year, that they should be properly located so that their grades shall be such that loaded vehi cles may be drawn over them without great loss of energy, that they should bo properly constructed, tho roadbed graded, shaped and rolled, and" that they should bo surfaced with the best available material suited to their needs. While clay aloue never makes a good road except In dry weather, sand alone never makes a good road except when wet. The more the drainage of a Band road is Improved the more deplorable becomes its condition. Nothing will ruin one quicker than to dig n ditch on each side and drnin all the water away. The best way, therefore, to make such a road firm is to keep it constantly damp. This can be done by planting shade trees along its side to prevent the evaporation of wnter or by growing upon the surface of such sand roads n thick turf, preferably Bermuda grass. Boads running through loose sand may be Improved by mixing clay with the sand and slightly crowning the surface. For .the temporary Improvement of earth or sand roads any strong fibrous substance, especially If it holds mote ture, such as refuse or sugar cane or sorghum,, and. even common straw, flax, swamp grass or pine needles, will bo useful. Spent tanbark is sometimes' beneficial, and wood fiber In any form is excellent. Enough sand or earth should he thrown over such roads to keep them damp and to protect them from catching lire. Earth Is composed of small, irregular fragments which touch each other at points, leaving voids between. When the enrtu is broken tup and pulverized, theso voids are almost equal In volume to the solid particles, nnd, ns n result, the earth will absorb almost an equal volume of wnter. In the building .or maintaining of earth roads It Is there fore very desirable that these small, Irregular particles be pressed nnd pack ed into ns small a space as possible In order that surplus water may not pass In and destroy the Btnbillty of the road. To this end rolling Is very beneficial. The work of maintaining dirt roads will be much Increased by lack of care in properly rolling the surface. After the material has been placed on the surface It should not be left for traffic to consolidate or for rains to wash off into the ditches, but Bhould be carefully surfaced and then rolled. In making extensive repairs plows or Bcoops should never be used, for such Implements break up the compact sur face which age and traffic have made tolerable. Earth roads can be rapidly repaired by a Judicious use of road ma chines and road rollers. The road ma chine places the material where It Is most needed, and the roller compacts nnd keeps It there. These two labor saving machines fare Just as effectual nnd necessary in modern roadwork as the mower, self binder and thrasher are in modern farm work. Road ma chines and rollers are the modern In ventions necessary to satisfactory and economical earth road construction nnd repair. Two good men with two teams jean build or repair more road In one day with n roller and road machine than many times that number can with picks, shovels, scoops and plows nnd do It moro uniformly nnd more thoroughly. By using wide tires on heavy wagons the cost of keeping roads in repair would be greatly reduced. The Intro duction in recent years of wide metal tires which can be placed on the wheels of nny narrow tired vehicle at a nomi nal cost has removed a very serious objection to the proposed substitution of broad tires for the nnrrow ones now In use. FOR GOOD ROADS. ..USE PURE.. Artificial Ice Association Formed to Connect Stnte Cnpltnls With WnnhliiBton. In Now York city recently nn associ ation was formed to agitate the cause of good roads. This association, which tins adopted the name of the American Roadmnkers, has in view the securing of a system of highways which shall connect the capitals of the various states with Washington. The first ef fort will be made by an appeal to the nntloual government to appropriate $1, 000,000, to be used through the road inquiry department, to map out routes from capital to cnpltal. This organization 1b to be divided in to departments of the east, south, cen tral and west, corresponding to geo graphical lines. It was decided to limit the membership to ten from each state until each Btate Bhould have ten representatives. Then another ten would become eligible. The president Is elected for one year. He will be suc ceeded by the first vice president, nnd the succession to office will be in this way. The following officers were elected: Senator Horatio S. Earle of Detroit, president; Edward Bond of Albany, first vice president; R, H Thompson of Seattle, second vice president; Judge Warner of Houston, Tex., third vice president; W. Crandall of New York secretary, and W. L. Dickinson of Springfield, Mass., treasurer. Assist ance has been promised by the road in aulry department in securing the cxhi ltion nt St. Louis of the various road making machines; also, various road building firms will build short stretches of road at the exposition, which will be examined by experts. LOOKING AHEAD. VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. El Principe Degales Henry The Fourth La Plor Stanford Sanches & Haya El Telegrapho La Mia Charles The rbreat a for 35 cents Maloy. Telephone (Main 10. No .Sedloient to Foul Your Refrigerator No Disease Germs to Endanger Your Health The Load a Georgia Farmer Brought to Market. There wa8 presented in the thriving city of West Point, Gn., a few days ago an object lesson of tho value of good roads which Impressed all who saw it and, which 1b worthy of more extended notice. Mr. M. A. Haralson, a Troup county farmer who lives about twelve miles from West Point, drovo a four mule wagon into that market with sixteen full sized bales of cotton on it. says the Atlanta Journal. The weight of the lond was about 8.000 pounds, besides the heavy wagon. on which It was piled. Mr. Haralson made the trip from his farm In remarkably good time, and his team showed no signs of having been taxed, It would (bave been lm possible for him to take sixteen bales of cotton to market even with his four fine mules If the Troup county roads had not been In excellent condition. There are some counties in Georgia where, eight bales would have been a full load for bis team, and then be weuld nave had to travel very slowly. Tmr uttitu Dlvlltali. The difference between, good a&d-bat roads is often equivalent to the .differ ence between profit and loss. Good roads nave a money ralua te'tha farm ers as well as a political and social value, and, leaving out eoavenlence, reaafert, social and refined 'iaflueaeea watch food roads always eaaabee aad leokiRCAt them,aaly fireaa 4a hatch, M. L jui i r a w "Two minutes to catch the train! I shell be awfully upset If we mips." "Yes; but I shall be awfully missed if we upset." JV'o. (11). Xnmlier Puxfcle. A typesetter being obliged it print the number 100 found that he had no cipher types, but plenty of nines and & single one, How did he do it? No. 70. Money. 2. A preposition; one of its uses is to show locality. Ii. A small, destructive quadruped. 1. A hard excrescence found chiefly on the hands. 5. The most useful of jill liquids. 0. Partaking of the nature of tho above. Jfo. 75. nclientlments Behead the past of a verb signifying to move through the water and leave was indebted to. Behead tho past of the verb to move quickly and leave an article. Behead almost Imperceptible leave a corruption of are. and Itlildle Answered. Although cold by nature, I'm favored by all, And there's scarcely a dinner, A luncheon or ball At which I'm not present. And I urn happy to say There's no house In town Where I've not the entree. Ice cream. Each picture represents a piece of money. What are the names? No. 71. Riddle. I'm a real, living creature. And lightly I trip Through woodland and thicket And fc.w.ibol and skip. The hunter has seen me, He testifies true; Perhaps In the park You have looked at me too. Tet strang-e contradiction, For I must Insist That I'm but a fable And do not exist, Though the ancients believed That I danced In the shade Of the dark, lonely wlldwood And deep forest glade. No. 72. Phonetic Addition. Example: To a busy little Insect add ten and make to have vanquished. An swer: Bee-ten, beaten. 1. To a title of nobility add ten and make sure. 2. To a worthless dog add ten nnd make a kind of drapery. 8. To a coast add ten and make to curtail. 4. To cook add tea and make to ter rify. 5. To a blind animal add ten and make a melted metal. C To a falsehood add ten and make to become less dark or lowering. 7. To a knot add ten and make to make closer. & To hasten add ten and mnk in Intensify. No. 73 Diamond. 1. A letter. 2. To nlan In detail, a Orifices in the skin. 4. To depict 5. Rendered dead and Insensible or nn. perlor to the Influence of passion, a individual instances. 7. Perfumes in general. ,8, Vessels that sail, 0. Old ago. Arid. U. A letter. Key to the I'nzzlcr. No. 01. Single Acrostic: Paper. Pink. 2. Act. 3. Pence. 4. Eagle. Pace. No. 02. Lost Letters: Pumpkin 1. Le-p-er. 2. Mo-u-th. 3. Le-m-on Mn-p-le. 5. Li-k-en. 0. Lo-l-re. Mi-n-ce. 8. Pi-p-er. 9. Po-l-se. Ol-e-an. No. C3. Charade: Cap-rice, caprice, No. 04. Meshes: 1. 5. pie. 4, 7. 10. (E" XI X a H A J z a b. e t jh j i s X fX Z I M U T H A L AJL I L E 1L E. D A JL2L AL n. J) E R h l t gj No. 05. Tables: Veri-table, Inevl table, respec-table. chari-table. Irri.rn ble, unwarrantable, vege-table, comfor- tauie. No. CO. Three Diamonds: I. II. B K A T K PAN T A U B NAVAL O I X NAT I. No. 67. Enigma: David. No -68k Definitions: Oysters. Vinegar. lit a OLD LOWS D W T 8 Salt A Pnrfulnn ReoommendattoB, A political critic of a former genera tion was engaging an apartment in one of the chief streets of Paris. The landlady, wishing, like all landladies, to make the best of her rooms, led him to one of the principal windows and ns she swung back the Venetian blinds remarked, "It is from this point, sir, that nil of our revolutions pass." The good woman was no cynic, but poke from her heart and Just ns an English landlady who hnrps upon the splendid view of the sea from the two; pair front London Answers. Wo Need to Worry, Professor Snore is very absentmin. ed. nis son rushed into his study one morning and exclaimed: "Just think. PlnU What sha 1I dot i A GOOD FRONT wuo, m-ciaa, migtit fail. On aT' i ej uiuniuK v vsu a n u im r i wnof il . . . . " il nna . J. I I. 1 n . w - Wl uujci nciiiuu.ua m uilttHimpe, fin fa innahinK rt n A IvntiiM.. 1 1 ' u jm. v awM vu a. num. lllir DTMa i O -V vi l IHtUUMbbilG LAUNDRY I. H Knhinmn Krnn T j. t . jfiaaa a jjik4iui even ing playing Pool or Billiards at Golden Rule Sr,,-'"''V''"'"J''''' Pool and Billiard Pado WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS ai3 Court Street. For Sale 'Have Bold the two properties decribed below. Have others equally as good." Also four lots and , new cottageJ $1,250 Two lots and house, jpi.ooo,; part, cash, reasonable time on balance, or will sell on installments. SetB FRANK B. CL MOVED TO JUDD . BUILDING. LaFontaine & Garrison Proprietors Old Dutch Henryl Feed Yard. Cavalry Horses for Sale. 1 BEST OF CARE TAKEN OF' TEAMS OVER NIGHT Q1VE US AJgAlU KEEP YOlS: Not on Pasco, RUT ON BYERS' GRC$? ADDITION i TO PENDLETON. I still have Fann5 fori am j w VAN ORSDALL & 10SS Ur sMk, they art fetmd to may "Ah.1 Well." ronllay' v. vi Urn. 74 Word Baildia. 1. A vowel; also a part of speech. dn ..u'r'r m -CTATfi wviOMtat year, muuui it. Here vuk uaums. 1W&