STEEL TRACK ROADS. (Utility of the S>ntcm Hn* Been He* onalraled by Experiment* Here and Abroad. 112 112 The illustration shows a section of a eel track road without wooden super structure of any kind. The steel track here indicated consists of a built sec tion as shown, in the detail drawing (Fig. 2), made up of a steel channel riveted on either side to angle irons. This gives a flat surface eight inches wide for the wheels of the vehicle, the rails beinp laid at a convenient distance apart to accommodate vehicles of a standard gauge. It will be seen that there is a projecting flange which tends to keep the wheels from leaving the track, but being not more than half an Inch high this flange does not prevent turning out easily w-hen necessary. The rails are well filled underneath mith cement to afford a continuous bearing, while the projecting flanges ate securely imbedded in the concrete of the roadbed, insuring rigid immobil ,— Sf . k" >/.••• "" TRACK AND SECTION OF ROAD. ity. The rails are not dependent on any system of cross ties for support, fcut where the ends of the rails are joined the joints are firmly bolted to a common cross tie which also helps to maintain the rails at a uniform dis tance apart and to keep their surfaces horizontal. On the score of expense the stee\ roadway is not extravagant, viewed in the light of the long service and low cost of maintenance that may be ex pected of it. Of the experimental sec tions thus l'ar built, it is said that the total cost has been not far from one dollar per foot, but in the event of building such roads on a large scale tli is cost can no doubt be reduced by at least :i0 per cent. In Europe we may find a few interest ing examples of steel road construction in a small way. The road between Grao end Valencia in Spain was completed in its present form in 1892. It is two miles in length and consists of parallel eteel rails laid at a suitable distance apart to accommodate the wheels of passing vehicles. At each side of the rails are layers of binding stones, the road between the rails being paved and slightly higher than the lace of the rails. Previous to 1892 this road was con- Et meted of flint stone, and on good au thority the expense of keeping it in re pair is stated to have been 3,500 pesetas cr about $332 annually. Since the adop tion of the steel rail system the annual cost of keeping in repair the central portion of the highway thus relieved from heavy traffic which passes over the steel rails, is stated to be only 2,500 pesetas or about S3BO, at the current rate of exchange. This road has attracted some little attention, and in response to inquiries from various parts of Spain and else where the municipality of Valencia has made a statement to the effect that it is the opinion of its officers that the sav ing in the cost of repairs by reason of a road of this kind pays for its construc tion in. a short time. The total cost of the two miles of road was a little less than $10,000; 3,200 vehicles pass over it daily, and a toll of about three-fourths of a cent ia charged each vehicle. Ihe most interesting fact in regard to this road is that after eight years of service it is still in good condition, the xa ils exhibit ing a wear of not more than three one-liundredths of an inch an nually and requiring little or no atten tion of any kind.—Country Gentleman. ! Cow* in Hot, Dry Weather. Cows that are forced, to undergo an nual periods of starvation, during the annual droughts, must of necessity gradually deteriorate in milking powers. If cow owners would but consider how the poor animals must suffer toiling through the blazing heat trying to (gather enough food to satisfy their hunger from the sunburned pastures, common humanity would move them to relieve them. But they do not think, they do not consider, more is the pity. We arc glad to know, how ever, that the number of such incon siderate cow owners is growing less every year. The practice of providing green food' to supplement the pas tures during the drought is rapidly extending among cow owners, and especially among owners of Jersey cows.—Jersey Bulletin. Mnny Fruits on One Tree. George Febrey, residing near the College of St. James, Washington county, has a plum tree on which he expects to grow, besides plums, pi-aches, almonds, apricots and. nec tarines. He sawed the top off the pi urn tree and graften on an almond •branch, on which he has now budded peaches, apricots and nectarines. Some time ago he bored a hole through an elm tree and inserted a growing Concord grapevine, which, •when it had grown so it filled the hole, was cut off at one end. The vine continued to grow, being fed with sap from the elm tree, and bora Jus* clous grapes.—Baltimore Sun. PRIVATE DAIRYING. Wkrrt It la Conducted Properly tb« Heaolta Arr Hound In ne H»a •onablr Salltfaclorr. As .1 matter of fact the private,dairy man has u decided advantage over the creamery butter-maker, so says Mrs. Carrie Wilson in a paper read' before the Vermont State Dairy association. He controls the feeding 1 of his cows and the handling of the milk from the time it is drawn from the cow until the butter is made. The patrons of the creamery always have among them one or more who are not as careful or as cleanly in their methods as they might, be, nor does the carrying of the milk or cream one to three miles on a hot day add to its desirable quali ties; but the creamery buttermaker is an expert; he is methodical, exact, and, knows how to offset to some ex tent the carelessness of his patrons. Hence his product is more even in quality and flavor than that of the average private dairy. if all private dairies were conducted on the same lines as the most successful creamer ies, then the product of the former would jearly every instance excel that r ie latter. This is not written in /ay of disparaging the cream ery ' Juite the contrary. It lias been t* ain factor in improving the qual .. of the dairy herds, the methods the dairyman and the quality of the utter made in this and other states. It would have required long years, per haps a generation, to bring about the improvements in dairying that the creamery has done in the past ten. We only wish that every poor buttermak er in the state would become patrons of a creamery. It would not only help the quality of the butter market, but it would be a great help to the market by ridding it of the vast amount oi wretched stuff which now crowds it and depresses prices. But. the private dairy-, man. just the same, has advantage* which the creamery cannot, from the nature of the business, enjoy. LOCK FOR MILK CANS. A Device That May Prove Quite Pop olnr In Lorcr Cltlea Where Petty Thieve* Abound. Many housekeepers know by experi ence how disagreeable it is to wake up' in the morning and find the milk can and contents gone, or perhaps the drained can is left to tell the tale of a pe.tty thief. Here is a cheap and simple device which will prevent the theft of the milk without making it any more LOCK FOR MILK CANS. difficult for the housekeeper to take in the pail in the morning. The cut shows a small casing, which may be attached to the door frame at the right height to place the pail within convenient reach. A small opening in the top of the casing allows the shank of the angle iron on the can to be inserted, while a sliding eaten at the rear of the casing engages a notch cut in the side of the shank. The latch extends backward to the edge of the door, so that when the latter is closed, it prevents the latch be ing drawn backward to release the shank. Besides preventing theft this device also supports the can in a posi tion to remove the danger of tipping it over with the foot, and there will be no milk stains to clean up, as is often the ease when the can is placed on the steps. The inventor is Louis Munch, of Philadelphia.— Chicago Daily News. Study the Market Report*. Every orchardist should make him self familiar with the fruit-crop con ditions of each year. In that way only can he know how valuable is the fruit hanging on his trees. A few years ago, when everything point, ed to the probability of high prices for apples, the farmers in some comi ties almost gave away their apples. Buyers that understood the conditions bought, up crops on the trees at ten cents per bushel and made enormous profits out of the transaction. The growers thus failed to get their part of the profits. What shall it profit a man to spend money and time in planting an orchard and bringing it into bearing and then give away its product? The grower should get more out of it than any other per son; yet it is too often the middleman that gets all the profits.—Farmers' Review. Keea Carry Heavy Weight. Observations made to test this ques tion showed that bees can carry with ease twice their weight in honey. Sev eral bees were caught as they returned to their hives laden with honey, and, alter inclosing them in a little box, they were carefully weighed. When the bees unloaded their honey, they were again caught, placed in the same box and weighed a second time. This ex periment showed that the bees when laden weighed three times as much as when empty. It was therefore proved that a bee can carry twice its own weight in honey, and can fly very long distances with that weight.—dtural World. How is the strawberry patch set last spring? Have you kept the weeds out? If not, it is time j'ou were about it. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1900. HOW TO MANAGE A MAN. The Perfect System Ha» Been Kvolved by a Itnsoureefiil LIUIe Woman. All the women at tlivi church social had acknowledged their utter inabil ity to nianag'e their husbands, when a timid looking' little mutron who had been ignored by the rest was ob served fidgeting in her chair, says the Chicago Chronicle. At last she spoke, at first with hesitation, but growing bolder as she progressed. "My sys tem is an old one," she said. "It's based upon the natural born con trariness of the human male biped. "We will suppose that I am just perishing for a new tailor made dress, although I have one that Jack thinks ought to ste me through the season. Very well. I make up my mind to have a new tailor made dress,, and I hunt around my women friends to find out who has recently acquired a stunning tailor made dress. 1 tell her my little scheme and she comes and visits me while Jack is home, and she wears her new tailor made dress. She looks tremendously fetching in it, of course. When she goes I don't say a word. I wait for Jack to say what I know he's going to say. " 'By Jove, my dear,' he's bound to remark, 'wasn't that a swell rig,, though, she had on? Say, I wonder how much those togs cost—anything within reach?' " 'O,' I say, 's4s or so, but I wouldn't care for a dress like that;, it's too tight and too conspicuous, don't you think?' " 'No, I don't think anything of the sort,' my brave Jack is almost, bound to say. 'I think it's just the real thing, and it's a wonder you wouldn't dress the way I want you 1o dress, my dear. Now, I like that dress, and I'm blamed if I'm not going to have you get one just like it," etc. Result:, I get the dress, which is just exactly the kind of a dress 1 am perishing for. "Another case. Supposing I am particularly anxious to see some the atrical star who is going to be in Washington next week and I feel that Jack isn't very enthusiastic about going. " 'I see So-and-so is gc->t>g 1o be here next week, Jack,' 1 say, casually, 'I never thought much of his —or her —acting, did you?' "Jack drops his paper and regards me from a very great height indeed. " 'Now, my dear, that just shows how vitiated you have permitted your theatrical taste to become,' he will reply in nine cases out of ten. 'So-and-so's way at the top in my estimation and 1 wouldn't miss see intr him—or her —next week for any thing. What's more, I'm just going to take you along to see if you can't learn to appreciate,' etc., etc. Thus I goto precisely the theatrical at traction next week that I've been waiting to come around this way all the season. "Still another illustration: Sup posing I want togo to the seashore this summer instead of to the moun tains. I begin about now attacking the seashore to Jack —not violently, but in a mild sort of way. "'1 think it is stupid at the benches.' I say to him, and I keep on saying similar things until he bursts out with: "'That's a queer way to talk, isn't it? If it's so stupid at the beaches then there must be millions of stupid people in this country that have all kinds of fun at the seashore every summer. 1 don't know where you're going this summer, but I'll tell you one thine. I'm going to putin my va cation at the seashore.' Thus that is accomplished. "The poor human male biped can't help it; he's born contrary, but he's so dreadfully, hopelessly easy when you know how to make out of his very contrariness a tool wherewith to manage him." A Gentle Slap. "I had a very successful day shopping," said Mrs. Woodby, hoastfully. "I managed tosccure a very costly and elegant vaws." "Indeed," replied Mrs. Pepprey, who be lieves in calling a vase a vase. "I suppose vou'll keep it in a glass caws."—Philadelphia Press. Cnntlou* Mnn. Brown—Did you notice what a black eye Smith had? Robinson—T saw it, but I make it a rule never to notice such things.—Roston Tran script. NEBRASKA THE IMID OF PLENTY I wonder why it is that so many men spend their days working hard on rented farms, barely making enough to get along, with no great prospect ahead of owning their own homes, when within a few hours' journey is a land of plenty Nebraska —where all kinds of grain and fruit can be raised with the least amount of labor; where cattle and hogs fed on corn bring a handsome where the climate is healthful and churches and schools abound; where land is cheap and can be bought on very easy terms. Think of this, and if you want information about the country send to me for"The Corn Belt," a beautifully illustrated monthly paper that tells all about Nebraska, and also for"The West Nebraska Grazing Country," an interesting illustrated booklet containing a large sectional map of Nebraska. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month during the balance of this year cheap excursion tickets will be sold over our road to Nebraska, so that people may go and see for themselves. Ask your ticket agent about this. P. S. EUSTIS, C«n'l PflM'r Aflt. C. B. * Q. n. ■ CHICAGO, ILL* IT GOT HIM A LICKING. An Ohloan'A llnr<l Lack When Start* lim Oat n« a Xenaitaper Reporter. Col. N. S. Jones, who presides over the matrimonial bureau of the probate court, had his newspaper aspirations chilled in a moment when he was starting out in life. He was living in the little town of Genoa, <)., and the proprietor of the country weekly asked him if he would not write a "squib ' occasionally, says the Toledo Bee. The colonel promised, as he saw an opening in the newspaper field, and had long yearned for a chance to secure a place in the profes sion which seemed to him to offer many in ducements. Consequently he wrote up sev eral items. Hard luck came at the start. Among the first of his items was the follow ing: "Our esteemed friend and fellow towns man, Seth Uennett, is the greatest man in the world. He licked his wife the other night and came out without a scratch." Hardly had the paper appeared on the street before Seth was on the lookout foi the colonel, and found him. Now all that the colonel remembers of the fray was that he gave Seth a harder fight than Setlvs wife had done. Jiut he severed his connection with the paper immediately. He carried scars for weeks to remind him of his first and only experience as a moider of the public mind. I do not believe l'iso's Cure for Consump tion has an equal for coughs and colds.— John F. Rover, Trinity Springs, lud., Feb. 15, 1000. Wine Proprietor. "See here!" exclaimed the distrusted guest, "this meat's simply awful. Where's tht proprietor of this joint?" "He's gone out to lunch, sir," replied tht waiter.—Philadelphia Press. To Care n Cold In One Dny Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it, fails to cure. 25c. Fun In a Restaurant. Chef—That's a swell order. Who is it for? Waiter—Judge Courtwright. "Oh, I see ; There's going to be a dinner in his honor."—Chicago Evening News. Hall'* Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally. Price 75c. We are ever ready to confess our imperfec tions so long as others are ready to contra dict, us.—Rain's Horn. Sweat and fruit acids will not discoloi poods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by all druggists. It is better to make mistakes in trying than to make the mistake of not trying at all.—Barn's Horn. The stomach has to work hard, grinding the food we crowd into it. Make its work easy by chewing Ueeman's Pepsin Gum. If you would be somebody in the world be gin by being yourself.—Chicago Daily News. ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills* Must Bear Signature cf See Fac~Slmi!e Wrapper Below. jT Very small and as ea ay to taJ&e as autfar. IrART^Ql FOBHEADACKE ' L/ALTRLIU) FOR DIZZINESS. Kittle FOR BILIOUSNESS. WOV 112 R FOR TORf, * D UVER - M PJI LS ROR CONSTIPATION. I H WB FOR SALLOW SKIN. IMFII IFOR THE COMPLEXION . Ulint'tlWEß n tints I Pnrolr Vegetable CURE SICK HEADACHE. He thinks he lives, but he's a dead 1 one * N° person is really alive whose Vvvvk liver is dead. During the winter most people spend nearly all their time in stu% houses or offices or } v exercise as they ought, and everybody /■ '• \ winter. As a rule it is not sound fe/JWaMPI [ *'' weight, but means a lot of flabby fat use^ess » r °tting matter staying in the body when it ought to have been driven out. But the liver was over- burdened, deadened —stopped work. There you are, with a dead liver, and spring is the time for resurrection. Wake up the dead I Get all the filth out of your system, and get ready for the summer's trials with clean, clear blood, body, brain free from bile. Force is dangerous and destructive unless used in a gentle persuasive way, and the right plan is to give ne\V strength to the muscular walls of the bowels, and stir up the liver to new life and work with CASCARETS, the great spring cleaner, disinfectant and bowel tonic. Get a box to-day and see how quickly you will be CANDY CATHARTIC 25c. I M GGISTS To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. 424 THE DEWEY HOMESTEAD. The above picture shows the house where George Dewey was born December 26th, 18'i7. It was occupied by the Dewey family until after the death of the Ad | miral's father. It then came into the possession of Captain Edward Dewey, who ■ sold it to its present owner and occupant, T. R. Gordon, Esq., in the summer of ! 1889. Mr. Gordon moved it to its present sitein the following' February 1890, and has occupied it until the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are unfailing in their j courtesy to the thousands who visit this shrine, the birthplace of Admiral Dewey. ! A recent letter from T. R. Gordon to the Peruna Drug M'f'g Co., Columbus, 0., reads as follows: " It is with great satisfaction that I find myself able, after an extended trial to write you in this emphatic manner of the good your Peruna has done my wife. I "She has been troubled with catarrh from childhood, and whenever she has a cold, or any unusual condition of the weather it was worse than usual, i and seemed more than she could bear. The dropping in her throat at night | prevented refreshing sleep, in fact, we had come to look upon it as incurable, ' and from the many remedies used in vain, we had reason to. ••We are thankful and happy to say that your "Peruna" has been of great benefit to her, and I confidently look for a complete and entire cure. High ' praise is not too much to bestow upon your remedy." T. R. Gordon. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0., for free book on catarrh. •B»B«B*flaB«B«B«»B«BeB«B« ■g fIH 5 Most everybody knows ■ something about ■ ©Old Virginia Cheroots" ■o . ■ • as 300,000,000 ot them are being @ J smoked this year. Ask anybody about ® ■ them, if you have never smoked them m J yourself. They have made their J 0 own reputation and their own place 0 ® in the cigar trade, wholly on their J ■ merits. Three good smokes for five £3 cents, and no waste I • Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this HI year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. egg 9BH>ami*Mß«WHl>B> CHiCAGO»OMAHA Double Daily Service New line via Rock \ \ / Waterloo, Fort Dodge and Coun- dl Bluffs. Huttet- library-smoking car*, sleeping cars, free r» 'ning chair cars, dining ears. Send to the urfyyrsigned for a free copy of Pictures and Mote/En-Route illustrat ing this new line as seen from the car window. Tickets ot agents of 1. C. it. }{. and conneriing Unas. A. H. HANSON. U. I'. A.. Chicago. RiinpA T| SM malic Compound it> lUr jggfK Vr.i B B the only positive cure. Fan ex ■ h ib ST a ■ perience speaks for itself- i>«pot ■ Caltfwwtt Are.. Chicago- Best Cough Syrup. —ea Good. Uee gf ID time. Sold by druggist.-. GF ROQFINGs&sE! I included. Bnbstitute6 for plaster. Samples free. fl THE FAY MANILLA ROOFING CO., CAMDEN, H. J. | EDUCATIONAL. ST. MARY'S ACADEMY NOTRE DAME, INDIANA. Conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Chartered 1855. Thorough English and Classical education. Regular Collegiate Degrees. In Preparatory Department students care fully prepared for Collegiate course. Physical and Chemical laboratories well equipped. Con servatory of Music and School of Art. Gym nasium under direction of graduate of Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. Catalogue free. The -Kith year opens Sept. 4, I'JOO. Address, DIRECTRESS OF THE ACADEMY, St. riary's Academy, - Notre Dame, Indiana* A. N. K.-C 1828 Ik nirC 112 When Doctor* and others fall to rellev® LMUIIOi you.try N. F. M. 11.; it never fails. Ho* free. Mn. 11. A. Kowuu, Milwaukee, Wis. 7
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