in Cut off that cough with | y layne'3 Expectoram and prevent pneumonia^ — and consumption. The world's Standard Throat and Lung Get it of your druggist and keep it always ready in the house. 1II( ill WAY URLDGES. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION. •ijerl-Cnncrrlr the lltut Mnlrrlnl tc t'»e, S ll * n rrofi'Mor lliinoii —Uri<lK4*n Sl.Quid He llulU I'or ilio Future n» Hell 11* the Present. Today, when a community is looked ui>o:i as decidedly behind the times and blind to its own interests if it does not have the best roads that it can afford, and when it loolcs beyond the' tir*t cost in deciding this question it should make an effort to have the most prominent features in harmony. It should consider the beauty of its highway bridges as an important ad junct to its "good roads movement," writes Professor Mason, consulting en gineer, in Good lioads Magazine. Most of us have unfortunately come to consider beauty as a luxury, and generally an expensive one. Hence, I "J 'JSSBBjiSa. -ii: • bTEEI, - CONCRETE lUiluaS, I'IiAlM WELL, MICH. when a beautiful bridge is suggested we take alarm at the cost and are apt to decide offhand that the older type without its good appearance is well enough. This is a phase of the subject that is very pertinent, whether it should be de plored or not. It is only by reason of this careful consideration of cost that our country is able to compete with European countries in the construction of bridges in foreign dependencies. It has been said that .any fool could build a bridge if he had money enough, but it takes an engineer to do it econom ically. This matter of cost has compelled us to limit the construction of stone arch bridges to a very small number and to putin their place a metal truss of straight lines and sharp angles. It is not that we have failed to appreciate the beauty of the curved nrelief, but rather that we could not afford the lux ury when we needed so many of them. Thirty years ago our bridge builders were crying the need of reform us to aesthetic design, but had to ofler us in place of sham decorations only the simplicity and harmonious construction of a well built truss suitably painted, and there c.iu be 110 doubt that great improvement has been made. The sheet iron abominations which covered up the outlines of the truss and which were what Ituskiu would have called "constructed decorations" have been übaudjuud, and the bridge is left to depend i'or its beauty on the noble lines of strength and the general symmetry of its construction. As progress has been made in the building of our roads so have we moved forward in the design of our bridges. For many centuries cement and broken stone have been used to replace the ex pensive cut stone inarch construction, but only recently have we succeeded in surmounting a difficulty long recogniz ed. Concrete is a building material generally accepted when it is to be sub jected only to a compressive force. It lacks sufficient strength if any pul'l or tension is applied. This fact has so limited us in the use of concrete that only in rare instances has it been eco nomical to use it in bridge construc tion. A feature that requires careful con sideration in the design of any engi neering structure is the effect of the changes in temperature upon the ma terial used. The fact that steel and concrete are affected in the same way and t.> the same extent by heat first suggested their use in combination. This Idea has been developed now to such an extent that we are able to use the steel to resist the tension in our structure and the concrete to take cure of the compression and to so design the whole that there will be a sufficient amount of each material and yet no expensive waste. We have found the stone arch too expensive and the steel truss lacking in beauty. Combine the two. and the result is the steel-concrete arch having the requisites as to beauty and comparing very favorably as to co.-,t. When one is considering the construc tion 'if a bridge several points should be considered: first.- That it shall answer the util itarian purpose for which it is wanted. Second.—lt should be a monument to the progressive ideas of the community mid serve us an education aud an In spiration to others. Third. It should be built for the fu Hire as well as the present, and Its per manence should be assured. These can all be met by the use of One of the di:H-.-«iltkv> iu the :1->-ig . •112 a steel truss is so t • : • . the do ;nil as toTifford ready access to all the parts for painting. And with the liest this is impossible where two pieces come into contact. This trouble does not exist wrtli the stoel-concrete bridge. The steel is not painted and hence can be readily inspected. It is entirely imbedded in concrete, which lias been proved to he a perfect pro tection to the steel. T'npainted steci lias been found imbedded In concrete after many years as bright and clean as ever. Be Sure to Use Only Cream of Tartar Baking Powder Food made with alum baking powder carries alum lo the stomach unchanged. Scientists have positively demonstrated this and that such food is partly indi gestible and unhealthful. Foley's honey / heals lungs and stops the corjg!;. Cbippewa Xime IkUtts. Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville Tenn'a. M. E. Reeder, Foley's honey and Tar <.ures colds, prevents pneumonia. : PATENTS r ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY FfEISPB" ? Notice in 44 Inventive Age " uS& B* ► hook 44 110w to obtain Patents" | Hls&Cfta r Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured. [ Letters strictly confidential. Address, * E. G. SIGGERS. Patent Lawyer, Washington. D.C. 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"Dr. Miles' 1 • 'orr-the Nervine has (ior>" a preat deul I r me. 'a the la'l f't* 1 ~ r 7 licaith was in a very »-""r eond.t.n •• 1 *■ tr-me uervonftieis, <ii;':y i-ptd.-. and : n heailat ! - s n..:di: me in iTii-c I had heen under the csre of i . r local physician for omet sm, I' : i t i ■ t-eiter. 1 was on th \ iOl uei vo ptuMrui.' n. Had no a] ; :• t,<l n 1 :i I > :-h.v\* I ;*rew wor.-:e as the dljtzy spells e ntinted and lost flesh and strerifftll. < 1 !;! those awful days. A ladv fi end •.<> i.i 1 t.d en li storative Ner vine r. < sevl in •to try st. f' o iglit a bottle ;.t the i 'Cal <: H'.t ?t«. e ; :u! whi :i it was onc ha t pone 1 >i t red that the medicine was lie.;.: ; me. I.c : ' i'' <1 t-.i rip it according to ri:n ' ' :i"■ I I l a'd n.-:4 l..vee hnitles wh.-r ! ; 'i I tut I st op l tr.kinp it. I i ! ! l k | • • t i ally improved health is s!l dee t> I 1 . es' Restorative N.: v . ••. t ; i.i i. r 1.1 if. • t ■>'. benefit I re ceived ,r d recommend tha Nervine wholly on its :'•{* ks a nerve tmic and restora ti-. . I. M.l i'.oikiom, Dalton, Ni i,'\ ,• -.• ~;i ~:•(! p ' vnnte'e first bottle I> - ,'.He li I lor free hook pn ~.i 1,. ..t 1 >i- Addiess Dr. ..i..* Me.ai.al Co.. UUhurt. hid. r limn fit).if ' new pastry delights gBaaEJPaWBBBBBMBMi W * Z3m&&SX3EMBnUM A MATTER OF HEALTH iii g POWDER Purs HAS NO SUBSTITUT Notice to tl)e Public. JiiiohM. Wihton, ' ' MUNCY VAU.I.Y, ' . IbUMCKTHJU. SBtrmrjO too M.UUTVTHAI. CROIWtMtCO lr~' i> Ji. We iay cisli 1 r all kinds of hides. b^_i=rJ I liv To the Pacific Coast—to California, Oregon, Washington ■WW 1 round-trip, long transit and return limits, liberal stop-over privileges. The rate is practically on the basis of one fare for the round ° r W as k' n ßt° n > the cast is lightly more. - v ' \ There reduced rales are in effect on certain date 1 ? *n months nMr, *, ! 1 of May to October, inclusive. They apply from all Eastern points 1 via Chicago, St. Louis or Memphis gateways. Tha Rock Island wKffifei* "*' It? AI K System will take you up in either Chicago or St. Louis, or at hundreds .1 ~ of other Middle West points ar-d carry yen to the Coast in through lit Standard or Tourist Sleepers with unexcelled Dining Car service. .The Rock Island also ai'lords a choice of routes: on the "Scenic" M\ \ .gait route you can stop oii in Colorado—see Salt Lake City—visit I* /yfc: Yellowstone National Park; on the "Southern" route you can go Vfi : '.; via El Paso, thru Nsw Mexico, then "up coest" to San Francisco Sf '■ 1 ; ':and onto Portland or Siat'dc li desired. ' I UP*''' 'l|f In short, these Pacific Coast excursions offer an unusually good j fi | -y chance to see our western country in a comprehensive manner. i 'S '• ''H j[ • ' •;{! If you desire io go only as far as Colorado, there are excursion !I; ;i • !■:.- v rates in effect to that section and return, all summer long, ' »'•'' specially reduced June 30 to July 4, August 12 and 13, ' wUilr7n[luV vi ' / Hill and Au * ust 30 to Se P t€m ker 4 - Extension trips to Ogden Iwp |7 Ilk jt v\\y\\- / ill II t or Salt Lake and return at low cost also. P§Sf«ll 1 jjlj |ik Prom September 15 to October 31, 1905, one-way || || 1 \ |||/ tourist or " colonist" tickets will be on sale to California and ' ill/'M\ j'id the Pacific Northwest—about half regular fare. jjtf /A'a9f \\\! interested, send name and address on this coupon, designating j fill II (\ which booklet wanted and to what point you plan to go. Name probable | cf t aloe, so we can advise definitely with rwpect to rate*, etc. Address Addre«» JOHN SEBASTIAN, (§fSp] Pats. Traf. Mgr., Rock island System, Le»v» about V / CHICAGO. N^pfey I Va RSplfl SIR your Strength WOljliy jj ¥JAYNE'S TONIC VERMIFUGE, a pleasant, potent, and permanent Invigorator for WOMEN, IF IBg? CHILDREN and MEN. MMrlh GET IT FROM YOUR DRUGGIST. E Take L axative Bromo Quinine Tablets, jq ? n I Seven M". '.zv. sold in past 12 mruths. This signature,box^2sc^ J®STOP THAT COUGH jjf with T/\ it+A <H Aji almost, infallible remedy for dis- *9 eases of the Throat, and LUT\; S, W/Wur known (B. used the world over 112 w || EXPECTORANT
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