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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 '
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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 '*
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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
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He wrote in his diary one day; "I tice that she could not ’be always mop
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lieve it does as much for me as my seized this opportunity of retiring
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paintings.” However, in 1827 his from the boat building business.”
friends succeeded in persuading him
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to get his hair cut according to the pre
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vailing fashion. Ou March 19 of that
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. "for 1 believe lie tried to put it walk dowu Fleet street.” it sounds .
farther in.’’-London Tit Bits.
commonplace, but often a common
place is corn entrated wisdom, and that ,
60 YEARS*
The Moral Stimulus of Good Cloth...
is how iu our careless day a master ,
EXPERIENCE
Men grow in self respect as they of tlie commonplace gets to lie regard
wear good clothes. Their clothes earn ed as au oracle, if you want to under
them the approval of their fellows stand a people Just do take a walk—
In turn they are forced to grow to fill many walks—In their great highways
the measure of good opinion, so that, of traffic.—James Millie in Fortuightly
forci-d forward by the clothes be
wears, men attain to their highest
A Thorough Optimist.
beetGNS
capability — Sartorial Art Journal.
“You are an optimist?”
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“I am,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. ”1 ,
Anyone •endfiif a sketch and description may
qntckly aarertain our opinion free whether ra
Th. Exception.
not only hope for the best, but I make
invention it probably paientabbLj onimunlca-
tk»i.t strictly confluent fal. HAN0800K «>n I afenta
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awency
lerurimt ¿mien tn.
lire Rinks?"
Patent* taken tliroiufh Munn .% < u. receive
Washington Star.
Fj.friol nofke. without ch ere», iu the
"No. Indtssi He bates all eats ex
cept a little kitty they have nt his
Her Words.
Inh "—Baltimore American.
Hi« Sl«ter — And did she say the
I h.ndw.m.lr lllo.tr.lM W«e»ly. IareaM <lr
. ilalion of a», c wn»»U<-)->nr»al 'leri,.,. »la
loved you in so many words? Her
,r < .«r nio.ilba, IL SoMLzal. «»•.l-.l.rs
A man without patience la a lamp Brother -That’» what! Her words filled
twentj seran pages —Chicago Newa.
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