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3 SURFACING OF COUNTRY ROADS Problems That a Highway En gineer Must Solve. THREE TYPES OF TOP DRESSING Sand'Qlay, Gravel and Macadam the Materials Used—Character of Rocks Suitable For Building Macadamized Roadways Must Be Known. lu au address receutly delivered be fore the Appalachian Engineering as sociation at Winston-Salem, N. C., Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, president of the Appalachian Good Hoads association, spoke as follows on the surfacing of roads: "The question of surfacing material for a road is one that is causing road builders considerable trouble, for with the Introduction of the automobile, the wear and tear ou our public roads, especially of the surfaced roads, is very materially increased. It is not due to the automobile alone, but to a combination of the cutting action of the narrow iron tires of heavy wagons and the suction of the rubber tires of the automobiles. The iron tire has a cutting ami grinding action which re duces the surface of tue road to a powder and loosens up small frag ments. which are readily lifted up and thrown to one side by the suction power of tlie rubber tire of the auto mobile. The iron tire alone or the au tomobile alone would not do such great damage, for the material ground lip by the Iron tire acts as a protection for tlte surface of the road beneath It and remains as such protection until blown off by the wind or washed off by heavy rains. When removed, however, the iron tire at once comes.In contact with the stone surface of the road ami be gins to wear It out. The automobile alone would uot do anywhere near as much damage to the public roads, as the suction power of the tires would not seriously affect the well surfaced road. It is the combination of the two. however, that causes the great damage that is laid to the automobile "For country roads there are three types of surfacing material in use macadam. sand clay and gravel. "in considering a macadam road the road euglueer has many problems to solve. He must not only be fa- CAUGHT TH¿ COINER. WILLING TO LEND. Only Her Husband, the Mean Thing, Had Pinched Her Wadi An Accident Spoi'eJ an Ingenious Counterfeit Fussing Scheme. A case « hi li shows tlie ingenuity Men have something to learn from women in the art of warding off Used iu passing counterfeit coin is the •toueliera” for coin. Women respond to lowing: A labor. «Im also was a j to such requests onee iu about every very successful coiner, had U little j thousand eases, but they are scientific daughter «Im was some ti n years old i lu their refusals. A Cleveland woman She was being taught to play tlie vio with a reputation ns a borrower, lin. ami twice a week she went to have turned up at the home of one of her a iniisjc lesson at a house about a mile friends the other morning with a much distant. Once a «-eek the innocent done over story about a persistent and little thing carried besides tier violin threatening dressmaker and the usual lease a:.il violin a package cunningly request for the loan—"pay It buck to I secreted in tlie false bottom of the vio lin case, which contained some twenty morrow. certain”—of $3 "Why, my dear, certainly." was the or more pieces of counterfeit coin. The music muster, a rogue «lio was pleasant response to her eiirefully re hearsed little yarn, "you poor thing, in tlie know, fouud no difficulty in ab you! Just wait till I run upstairs and stracting tlie package unnoticed by the get my purse.” child aud In ills turn passed it on to u She ran upstairs. The male head of woman "fence.” who again gave it to tin- bouse happened to be in the room a male friend, « ho delivered it safely ■ where she kept her purse He saw her to tlie "utterer," a woman again, at a dig tlie purse out of a chiffonier draw street corner, the package being tliis er and deliberately remove a wad of I time concealed in the false Ixittom of bills from it. leaving about 37 cents a canary cage. Thus II passed through | in liver .-11111 copper in tlie change | six hands, and besides tlie man him- receptacle. Tlie num was mean enough l self only the music master knew who to lean over the stair railing when | manufactured the coin. his wife went downstairs to the par The tailor «-as caught by an acci lor with her flattened pocketbook in dent. Ills little girl let the violin ease her hand i fall in tlie street, the bottom of the "Oil. I’m so sorry, dearie.’’ lie heard case was smashed, and all the coins. ber say. "but I really thought I had ' done up in tissue paper, fell into the tlie money. 1 find, though, that Frank, street. The child, much mystified, ns usual, lias been at my purse -1 opened one of the little packages, aud beard him say something about set tlie glitter caught a policeman’s eye. tling n (»lumber’s bill last night when This mishap led to the Instant arrest I was half asleep—and the mean tiling of the tailor, who confessed, hoping lias left me only enough for car fare. for a light sentence, a hope which was Too bad! Of course, you know, if I not realized. Among the coiner's j had it”—aud so on.—Cleveland Plain I stork In trade were discovered two ' I Dealer works on chemistry, fourteen molds, two batteries, plaster of purls, two la dles, a melting |mt. crucibles aud a CURIOUS BLUNDERS. quantity of cbeml'-uls.—London Tele The Anachronisms That Crowded a graph. Once Famous Poem. When given as soon as llie craupv i cou^h appe irs Chamberlain's Cough Re'neih will ward <<rt an attack oi j croup ami prevent-, ail danger ami , cause ot anxiety. I'houstndv <»• mol lici t me it successfully. Sold I »V C. Y. Lowe. N. C.J miliar with the method of construc tion of the macadam road, but he must also kuow when It is possible to use a thinner layer of stone, thus re ducing the cost of construction He also must be so faudliar with this type of road that be will uot make a mis take of using too thin a coating of macadam. According to the character of the subsoil aud the hardness of the roadbed, the thickness of the macadam will vary from four Inches to ten inches. The cost of a four inch mac adam is so much less than a ten inch that au engineer will wish to use it as often as possible, and there Is often a tendency to use the thin coating where the thicker one would give bet ter results. "The character of rocks suitable for use iu the construction of a macadam road must also be known to the road euglueer for the reason that many rocks are not at all adapted for this purpose ou account of their softness and lack of minerals that make a good binding surface. The best rocks for this purpose are trap, diabase and gab bro. These rocks ere all basic In character and when used aa a top dressing for macadam give the very best binding qualities. Mauy other j rocks, as granite, gneiss, quartzite, limestone, etc., have to l»e used on ac count of the inaccessibility of rocks of the other type There is a great variation Ui granites and gneisses In their chemical composition, those which contain a great deal of horn blende giving the best results lu the j construction of macadam roads They are. however, rather soft and wear down quickly If the traffic is very- heavy. The limestone, although a •oft rock, has exceptionally good bind ing qualities and makes a good nine adam road, but one that has to be watebed constantly. "The sand clay road which Is coming Into general use throughout mauy of the southern states Is one that the road engineer must kuow how to build In some Instances this road can t>e built I to better advaidage than macadam and will give just as good results. All sand or all clay will uot make good sand clay roads, aud In building this type of road both the sand and the clay must lae tested as to its adaptability 1 to use for thia purpose '* We have the exclusive agency in Bandon loi these hou t hold in favor every year. and other necessities, and prices range exceedingly modest in either case. w j are Agents for the TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIAL! Y Our Assortment of Hardware, lioware and Edged Tools is Most Complete. Famous Baldwin Pianos S am S ays If you are contemplating buying a Piano, give us a call. It costs you noth These cold damp winds are easily fl ing to examine them. kept out by our No. 1 Rustic and O. G. Battens. Prices $250 and up Easy Terms BANDON DRUG CO. The medieval romances are full of HENTY AS AN INVENTOR. blunders, making contemporaries of men who were separated sometimes The Author's Reversible Boat That M. G. POHL, Optometérist by hundreds, sometimes by thousands, Was a Halfway Success. of years, but as historical criticism George Henty. the author of boys’ had not then a being aud the general stories. Is described ill "Sixty Years information of the age was uot su In the Wilderness.” by Henry W. Lucy, perior iu any particular to that of the as the warmest hearted, shortest tem not elist their plans do not amount to pel’ed man in tlie world. much from a literary pofut of view. “Before he found bis true vocation 2d, 3d and 4th Saturday« at Such an Instance is the case of Arios in writing boys’ books Henty tried ■ to, who might be supposed to know various methods of supplementing his : Hotel Gallier, Bandon, Ore. something at least of tlie truth of his salary on tlie Standard. One was the ; tory. but whose ouce famous poem. recovery of tin from broken or disused "Orlando Furloso,” is a tissue of his utensils. For some months his study torical absurdities from beginning to was filled with a bad smell and scraps -tail. O regon of broken tin. The smell was engen BANDON in this poem Charlemagne and his dered by efforts to melt off tile tin peers are Joined by Edward I. of Eng bm^^int and. Apothecary from tlie baser metal with the assist land. Richard, earl of Warwick; Clar ance cf a chemical compound invent is pisi in receipt uf a new stock of ence and the Dukes of York aud ed by the operator. Gloucester; cannon are employed bun "Tlie next thing that attracted Hen- Drugs and Chemicals, Patent and dreds of years before the time of ty’s attention and filled him with hope ■ Monk Schwartz. and the Moors are of fortune was the building of a re- | I’ropi ¡clary Pi épurations, Toilet Ar represented ns established iu Spain in , verslble boat, bound to right itself au- (ides. Drug Sundries, Perfumes, spite of the historic fact that 300 years • tomatically. He took rooms up the | Brushes, Sponges, Soap, Nuts and elapsed after the death of Charle river and. with some assistance from ; Candies, Cigars. Tobaccos and Cig magne before they crossed from Afri a village mechanic, built ills boat. To arettes, Paints, Oils, Class and ca. In one place Prester John, who a certain extent .it proved an uuquall Painter's Supplies. lived 400 years after Charlemagne, fled success. At tile slightest well di and Constantine the Great, who died rected touch, sometimes without it. it five centuries before him. are intro would turn over, k<s-l uppermost, with duced and hold familiar converse with Henty in the river. Righting Itself tlie great Charles, while in another was, as tlie French say, ‘another pair Saladin and Edward the Confessor are of sleeves.’ joined by the Black Prince. "Through some anxious weeks lie was frequently Ignominiously rescued Audubon and His Hair. by a passing boat and «iilkisl home, N Audubon, tlie great naturalist, early oozing water from pockets mill boots. In his career wore his hair very long. In I lie end his landlady gave him no Semi-Weekly Oregon Journal, one He wrote in his diary one day; "I tice that she could not ’be always mop year ...... ______ $1.50 wear my hair as long ns usual. I be ping up after him.’ I fancy be gladly ! Semi - Weekly Bandon Recorder lieve it does as much for me as my seized this opportunity of retiring one year____________ _________ ____ 1.50 paintings.” However, in 1827 his from the boat building business.” friends succeeded in persuading him Total..________ _________ $V(<> to get his hair cut according to the pre Stories rf the Gravediggers. vailing fashion. Ou March 19 of that --------------- ------- 1---------------------------------------- Grimly humorous Is the tale of the year be wrote in ills diary: "this day Scottish gravedigger who complained my hair sacrificed and the will of God that lie did not get constant work. Both Papers One Year $2.00 usurped by the wishes of man. As the "But, George.” said the minister, "if barber clipped my locks rapidly it re you «ere to be constantly employed iu minded mo of the horrible times of the duties of the office you would soon The Semi-Weekly the French revolution when the same bury the whole parish." operation was performed upon all tlie “That miclit lie. sir. but boo am I to victims murdered by the guillotine. My keep a wife and family unless I get I heart sank low.” Further to express regular work? 'Deed, sir, I liavena Publishes the krtest and most complete tele bis grief, the margin of the page on buried a leevln’ soul for the last six graphic news of the world; gives reliable j which this entry was made he painted weeks.” market reports, as it is published at Portland black about three-quarters of au inch Harder still was the case of another where the market news can be and is cor deep all around. gravedigger who was asked to reduce rected to date for each isrue. It also has a his fee for digging a grave because, page of special matter for the farm and Still Wondering. “uiiud ye, James, she «-as an auld wo The deaf man got out of the tram man and was sair spent.” home, an interesting -tory page and a page car on to the other line of rails. or more of comic each week, and it goes to "Look out! There*« a car coming!” Malay Houses. the subscriber twice ear h week---104 times a cried tlie conductor. Malay houses are invariably built on year. "What?” said the deaf man. posts so us to raise the floor from four j "There’s a car cumi ig ” to six feet above tbe grouud. The "Whatr floor is composed of bamboo, with in The Semi-Weekly Just then the car cuUght and knock terstiees between sluts, tbe earth be ed down the deaf man, and as be pick neath becoming the receptacle of the ed himself up lie said: drainage of the establishment. Tbe "1 wowler what tint fool kept me universal plan of llie well to do na there talking about!”—Loudon Mail. Gives all the local news and happenings and tlves is to build the bouse in two di visions, the front one for receiving vis should be in every home in this vicinity. The j Just th» Opoosite. itors and lounglug generally, «bile the two pa[>ers make a splendid <ombinalion and An Irishman at a fair got poked in rear portion is reserved for tbe «om you < an save $ I by sending your subscrip the eye «Illi a stick and took proceed eu and children. tions to I he Bandon Recorder. We c an Ings against the offender. also give our subscriber’, a good clubbing of- I Said the magistrate. "Come, now City Streets. frr for the Daily and Sunday, or Sunday you don’t really believe lie meant to Dr. Johnson would have said a wise Journal in '•«Minection with the Semi-Weekly 1 put your eye out.” thing had lie said « fiat somebody said "Faith, you’re right this time,” said later for him -“Come, let us take a Bandon Recorder. Pat. 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