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THE SPORTING WORLD.
Great satisfaction has been express
ed at the decision of the syndicate that
In building the new America's cup de
fender for the New York Yacht club
that Captain Uriah Rhodes has been
chosen to command the new boat. Cap
tain Rhodes came into prominence
while sailing the yacht Defender when
•he acted as a trial boat fo~ the Colum
bia. He displayed such a knowledge
of seamanship and so many good qual
ities that it was unanimously voted to
put him in charge of the new boat.
Captain Rhodes has beeu skipper of
several well known yachts. Six years
MTo he sailed the famous racing schoon-
CAPTAIN URIAH RHODES.
er Lasea when Mr. John E. Brooks
took that vessel across the ocean. Last
season he was in command of the
echooner Emerald, owned by Mr. W.
E. Iselin. Rhodes was born and bred
on Long Island and knows the Sandy
Hook course like a book. He Is still in
the prime of life, alert and cool headed
and possesses the nerve that is neces
sary in a cup defender skipper.
A Sickroom Convenience.
The difficulty of administering medi
cines to a reclining patient with a com
mon spoon has already induced several
inventors to design utensils to perform
FOR GIVING MEDICINE.
this work more satisfactorily, but the
device which we show here seems to
be entirely different from any hereto
fore in use. In the use of the device a
dose of medicine is first poured into
and measured in the cup,
which is graduated for the purpose.
The opposite end of the tube is then in
serted in the patient's mouth and the
tube turned on Its axis, when the liquid
flows inlo the draining cup and thence
through the tube into the mouth. In
administering certain medicines, espe
cially those containing iron, great care
should be exercised that the liquid i
not brought in contact with the teeth,
and hence glass tubes have been resort
ed to in administering this class of
medicines. The new utensil is an im
provement for this purpose also, as i
is unnecessary to suck the medicine
through the tube, which. In spite ot
every precaution, always endangers
the teeth to some extent.
Tweedledum and Trreedledee.
"This," said the head of the chil
dren's shoe department, "is the shoe
we sell for children who 'toe in.'
You've seen it advertised. You see,
the Inner side of the sole curves out
and the outer side in, just the oppo
site from ordinary shoes."
"A splendid idea," said the apprecia
tive person, who was being "shown
around" the shop.
"And this," said the shoe man, "is
the 'knockknee' shoe. It has a deep
er curve on the outside than on the"—
"But It looks exactly like the oth
er," marveled the visitor.
The shoe man flushed. "Well, as a
matter of fact, It is. The knockkneed
child wears the right on the left, and
the toe In child wears them the oppo
site way. It's the same pair of shoes
but we can't tell customers that, you
know."—New York Commercial Ad
How to Conquer or Die.
"I was just abont gone, ' writes Mrs.
Rosa Richardson, of Laurel Springs. N.
C., "I had Consumption so bad that the
test doctors said I could not live more
than a month, but I began to use I)r.
King's New Discovery and was wholly
cured by seven bottles and am well now
and stout." It's an unrivaled life-saver
in Consumption, Pneumonia. La Grippe
and Bronchitis; infallible for Coughs,
Colds. Asthma. Hay Fever, Croup or
Whooping Cough. Guaranteed bottles
50c. and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at
Paules & Co's drug store.
I GOOD ROADS WORKER
SUCCESS OF A WOMAN AS A PRO
MOTER OF THE CAUSE.
Miaa Rella C. Harlirr Haa Hone Much
to Spread the Goapel of Hlnhwuy
Improvement—Her Methods of t'am
paiitnlDK—A Good Organlier.
lie of the most interesting figures in j
i national good roads and improve
•it convention held recently at Chi- !
vas Miss Hella Harber. In her
d capacity as secretary of the lu
ate Good Hands and I'ublic lui
•ovement association she read a re- (
which told of the educational and
! ng work that was performed in
tntes last year, but there was
'imate and personal side to
xperiences as a good roads
hich the convention as a
learn.
> engaged in this work
Miss Ilarber said to
iring that period I
states and travel-
Last year alone I
niles and, as I
for good roads ;
states I visited
lowa, Illinois, '
, Ohio, Indiana, i
rkansas and Tex- J
i„ capitals they have j
called me a lobbyist, to which I an- ;
swer: 'Yes, 1 am a lobbyist. I was :
reared as a politician and have asso- j
elated with politicians from my cradle
up. Why shouldn't I be a lobbyist?'
"While on this point let me tell you J
of some lobbying that fell to my lot last .
year in Jefferson City, Mo. My father I
in his lifetime was a politician of note ■
in Missouri, and on this account wher- J
ever he had been popular there was a <
MISS RELLA C. HARBER.
friendly feeling for me. First I called
on former Governor Stone and obtained
from him letters of introduction to
some of the biggest politicians of the
state. After the legislature convened
the committee on roads and highways
turned me down three times. 1 was, of
course, working for the adoption of a
good state aid bill. Each time the com
mittee's stereotyped plan to get rid of
me or put me off was togo into execu
tive session. At the third attempt 1
said:
" 'Gentlemen, if you get rid of me
this time you'll have to throw me out.
I will not go voluntarily.'
"They were too chivalrous to throw
me out bodily, so they had to meet me
half way. They had 50 or 00 bills on
the good roads proposition, out of
which by a process of assimilation they
finally got one good bill, which was re
ported and adopted. It has been de
clared by experts to be one of the best
state aid bills yet passed in this coun
try.
"In all our object lesson roadmaking
the first step has been to adapt our
selves to local conditions. By this I
mean chiefly that we experimented
with the kind of materials to be found
in the different communities ready to
our hand. For example, in Illinois we
could never talk stone roads, because
the stone was not to be had. It was
Inviting murder to talk stone roads In
some Illinois communities. Therefore
we talked tiling and dirt roads in this
state. At Monmouth we built one of
the finest pieces of tiled dirt roads they
ever had there. In lowa conditions
were much <r ie same as in Illinois, ex
cept that in big raining communities
we urged the use of cinders in road
building. Everywhere our plan was to
talk for the improvement of local con
ditions and not alarm the people about
taxes.
"The Illinois state aid bill, which I
lobbied against at Springfield, and
which, I am glad to say, was defeated,
proposed a law that created a lot of
new political offices and not much of
anything else. Half of the proposed
appropriation was togo to pay the
salaries of a lot of new officeholders.
All such bills ought to be defeated."
Miss Ilarber is a native of the little
town of Trenton, Mo., where her
father, T. B. Ilarber, now dead, was
postmaster In President Cleveland's
second term. She succeeded to the
office, but lost it in a partisan struggle
before her commission expired.
Thrown upon her own resources and
with an ambition to bo something more
than a clerk or a typewriter, she went
to St Louis with a letter of introduc
tion to William H. Moore, president of
the Good Roads and Public Improve
ment association, and secured employ
ment which led to her appointment as
secretary and organizer of the move
ment But it was only after she had
organized GO county conventions for
promoting good roads in Missouri that
the big men at the head began to real
ize she could do this work. Several
ambitious men competed with her In
vain for the appointment.
To Save the Benchen.
Maintenanceof beaches along the New
England coast is being successfully
accomplished by the "groyne system."
These "groynes" consist of a series of
posts planted firmly In the sand, with
close planks extending from post to
post. The "groyne" is constructed at
right angles to the beach and its po
sition prevents the waves acting on it
injuriously. Sand is intercepted by the
planking, rapidly forming a new beach
and preventing erosion.
Our Wonderful Honae.
The framework of the house la
which we live is made up of 206 bones.
To perform the usual movements in
our daily life these 200 bones are acted
upon by 522 voluntary muscles.
Will Boom His Business,
S. Lavel, a merchant of Dallas, Tex.
writes: "I thought I would have to give
up business, after two years of suffering
from general debility brought on by
overwork and long hours, but four bot
tles of Electric Bitters gave me new life
I can now eat anything, sleep well and
feel like working all the time. It's a
wonderful tonic and health builder for i
tired, weak, sickly and run-down peo
ple. Try it. Satisfaction guaranteed. I
jOn 50c. at Paules & Co's drug store, J
Sympathy
la a good thing for the young husband
to give the young wife. But sympathy
will not abate one jot of hor nervousness
, or lift her to that plane of sound health
where alone tlie wite and mother can
I find happiness.
Dr. Pieree's Favorite Prescription
meets tv -v
gives the mother abundant nutrition for
her child. " Favorite Prescription "is a
, woman's medicine and has no equal as
: a cure for womanly diseases. It estab
lishes regularity, dries weakening drains,
heals inflammation and ulceration and
cures female weakness.
Accept no substitute for " Favorite Pre
l scription." No other medicine is "just
as good " for weak and sick women.
] "It affords me great pleasure to be able to say
a few words in regard to the merits Dr.
| Pierce's Favorite Prescription aiy} ' Golden
' Medical Discovery.''' writes Mrs. PI Or a Arn, of
j Dallas, Jackson Co., Mo. "I was tempted to try
these medicines after seeing the effect upon my
' mother. At an early age of marritd lift I was
; greatly bothered with painftil periods, al|o a
I troublesome drain whicn rendered me weak
and unfit for work of any kind. I became so
! thin there was nothing left of me but skin tad
bone. My husband became alarmed and got
ljie a bottle of ' Favorite Prescription. After he
! saw the wonderful effect* of that one he got two
! more, and after I used those ijp there was no
more pain, and I began td gam in flesh Vary
| rapidly. - '
! Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
j Adviser is sent free on receipt of 21 one
cent stamps, to pay expense of mailing
j only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf
j falo, N. Y.
| UP TO DATE COMPASS.
I RADICAL CHANGE PROPOSED BY
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
I Time Honored "Uoxiiiu" to He Abol
| lalied aud Henree System Sul»*t Itut
ed—Xetv lard HUM the Advantage*
of Accuracy and Simplicity.
According to the New York Herald,
Rear Admiral It. B. Bradford, chief of
the bureau of equipment, has sent to
well known mariners for criticism a
proposed new compass card designed
by Lieutenant Commander S. B. W.
Diehl, superintendent of compasses.
The object of the proposed change is
to omit the present system of points
aud fractions thereof and use degrees
only. The present card contains points
j and degrees. The conversion of oue in
j to the other. Lieutenant Commander
I Diehl says, is a natural result of the
I presence of both, but is not a necessity,
I as would speedily be recognized were
the points omitted.
Accuracy -equires expression in de
grees for courses, bearings and com
pass errors and not In points, the use of
which is but a duplication of work.
The circumference of the proposed
card is divided into the usual 300 de
grees and marked continuously to the
right from zero degrees at north to 90
degrees at last. 1!>0 degrees at south.
270 degrees at west and 3<>o degrees at
north.
The card is subdivided into divisions
of ten degrees, accentuated by heavy
lines on the graduated rim and by suit
able geometric figures tin the card, each
ten degree division on the card being
indicated in figures by its appropriate
NEW COMPASS CAKO.
number from zero degrees or north.
Each ten degree division of the card is
further subdivided into half and quar
ter divisions and appropriately marked.
Every fifth degree line of the graduat
ed circle between the ten degree divi
sions is marked in figures, indicating
its appropriate number from zero de
grees or north.
The cardinal and intercardinal direc
tions are emphasized on the card in
geometric figures. In illustration of
the simplicity of the proposed card
Lieutenant Commander Diehl com
pares the present card of 300 degrees,
having 32 points, one of which repre
sents 11 >4 degrees, one-half point 5.625
degrees, one-quarter point 2.8125 de
grees, with the proposed card, also of
360 degrees, which has 30 divisions,
one of which equals 10 degrees, one
half 5 degrees and one-quarter 2.5 de
grees.
Lieutenant Commander Diehl says ho
believes the proposed marking of the
compass card would result in greater
accuracy in navigation in its relation
to the compass. Courses would be laid
in degrees and more accurately noted,
as the approximate course of S. W. by
W. W., "a little westerly," for exam
ple, would be replaced by the exact
course of 240 degrees.
Chances of error in the application of
the deviation to compass courses would
be lessened. Conversion of points into
degrees and the reverse would be elimi
nated from the problem. Boxing the
compass would be a matter of a few
minutes' instruction to the layman of
average intelligence. Sailing directions
would be simplified. All work in rela
tion to the compass would be facili
tated.
American Pencils Gaining'.
The German pencil trade is suffering
severely from competition of American
lead pencil makers. The Ingenious la
bor saving machinery of American fac
tories and their large scale of produc
tion, and especially cheaper prices at
which they can supply themselves
with cedar wood, are the chief causes
for the failure of German makers to
hold their own. The fact Is that Ger
many is practically dependent upon the
United States for her supply of cedar
and the best of the wood Is kept in
America. —Scientific American.
Kfovr to tqre inform or stoinnca,
Chronic catarrh of the stomach is
curable in the majority of casts. A
good iron tonic for many cases Is the I
solution of the peptonate of Iron and i
manganese. Take oue tablespoouful
after meals. '
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Was world-wide fame for marvellous
cures. It surpasses any other salve, lo
tion, ointment or balm for Cuts, Corns,
Burns, Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tet
ter. Salt Rheum, Fever Srres. Chapped
Hands, Skin Eruptions- nfallible for
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VIOLET CULTURE.
n.v u I'ticnoiuenaliy Socvraafol row- !
er—Prevention of "Si»ot."
"From the middle of February to
the midle of March we select .voimg
hints, those having white roots, from
J id, healthy crown:!. These will be
u . id iu abundance on good clumps,
et daily Campbell. These we put In
boxes filled with soil. No manure is
used. Our object is to get plenty of
good working roots. This will pay for
the extra labor if only to combat the
red spider alone, the great scourge of
the violet grower.
"Here we have a large lot of plants
in a small space, easily syringed and
cared for. Use boxes in preference to
setting the plants in beds, as the soil
dries out sooner in boxes, allowing us
to syringe them oftener. This is im
possible with plants left on the crowns
until after the blooming season, as so
much water would spoil the flower for
Easter. These plants are shaded from
strong sunlight and handled as cut
tings until they have become thorough
ly established in the boxes. Give them
plenty of fresh air, but avoid a strong
draft. In ventilating our houses dur
ing the winter monlhs we always open
the ventilators on the opposite side
from which the wind is blowing. Never
neglect these young plants, for upoo
them largely depends your future fail
ure or success." This advice is that of
a phenomenally successful eastern
grower given before a convention of
horticulturists. Condensing his further
remarks, we arrive at the following
facts:
About the middle of May he begins
taking out the old plants and all soil
putin the previous year. After all de
cayed lumber has been replaced with
new he closes all ventilators, making
the house as tight as possible, allowing
the temperature to run as high as the
bright sun of this season of the year
will make it. After a day or two of
this, when the house cools down at
night, there Is a tine incubator for in
sects and fungus.
He leaves the house In this condition
for two or three bright days, then in
the evening takes in a liberal amount
of sulphur and sets it on fire, making a
thorough fumigation; in the morning
opens the ventilators, giving the house
plenty of fresh air, and then has a
house as fresh and clean as when new.
The new beds are made of sod about
an inch thick, grass side down, covered
with two Inches of quite coarse corn
stalk manure brought from the cow
yard in early spring and turned twice,
with four Inches of good soil on this.
No fertilizer or manure of any kind in
mixed with this. Before setting plants
the house is shaded with thin white
wash with a little salt in it, followed
' by a coat of light colored clay mixed
| with water.
Boxes of young plants are now
i brought in. These plants are set 12
Inches apart each way in order to grow
them large, with good, long stems. As
soon as the plants are iu the beds re
ceive a good wetting and are carefully
syriuged late in the afternoon or early
! evening notwithstanding good author
ity to the contrary. No tobacco, soap,
I nothing but clear water, is used to keep
I them clean through the summer.
About Aug. 1 water is withheld at
night, spraying them in early morning.
Every effort Is made to keep plants In
best condition, for the "spot" season is
approaching. About the middle of Au
gust they receive a top dressing from
the same heap used in tilling the beds.
J "We make special mention of cornstalk
manure, as we find this to contain little
or no fungus and is never too strong to
hurt anything. To our minds overfer
tilization Is one of the great stumbling
blocks of violet growing."
I About Sept 1 plants and houses are
cleaned up ready for the blooming sea
son, beginning about the middle of
! September. The object Is to get a good
crop about the Ist of October, before
they become very plentiful, and to sup
ply the retail denier every day there
after till after Easter. This mode of
culture is for the Lady Campbell vari
ety. Marie Louise needs different treat
; ment.
A Popular Home Plant.
Oonshln, the Japanese seedless or
Satsuma variety of orange, of which
Vick gives the accompanying Illustra
tion, appears likely to rival the pret
ty and popular Otahelte as a house
plaut. Such good authority as Pomol
ogist H. E. Van Deman has stated In
JAPANESE SEEDLESS ORANGE, OONSHIN.
Gardening that It "Is oue of the nlceit
t>f all the citrus fruits for house culture
j and one of the hardiest as well. If
budded on trifoliata stock, which Is
I now a very common practice, it dwarfs
j the tree in some measure and also
■ makes It more able to resist cold. The
I fruit Is small, but delicious and at
-1 tractive."
jome uneer
Speaking of queer signs, the Philadel-
I phia Record says: " 'Shoes half soaled
while you weight' is a new one that may
' not be proper, but it is understood, as la
'Silver Filigrees.' 'Home maid mince
pie' is the way a Tenth and Poplar
streets restaurateur calculates to make
) mouths water. 'Sissers ground* is the
business sign of a South Seventh street
shopkeeper. It makes one hungry to read
'Hollibut flaps for sale here' outside an
eating place at Second and Callowhill
streets. In 'Bread Grumms, sc. a pound,'
n Seventh street storekeeper, whose spo
ken language is evidently of Teutonic
flavor, shows that he believes in spelling
by sound. Even on a Chestnut street
restaurant sign 'Frog leggs' are announc
ed as among the delicacies to be had in
side."
Whnt (on I<l He Sart
"Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor
kins, "1 am going to turn over a new
leaf."
"In what connection?"
"I'm going to quit being superstitious.
I have always disliked to begin anything
on Friday."
"Yes. It is very silly of you."
"Well, your arguments have convinced
me. You know that new dress I was talk
ing to you about?"
"Y-yes."
"Well, I'm going to start out and buy
the material on Friday, just to show I'm
not afraid."— Washington
Working Overtime.
I Eight hour laws are ignored by those
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and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel
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Health in Every Drop.
No medicine in the world has received
so much praise as Dr. David Kennedy's
Favorite a > —.
Remedy.
• Every mail >
j brings testi
jmonials
j from people
all over the United States. Words
4 of thankfulness go up from thou-
L\ sands of lips.
i Mrs. James E. Beach, of Rosen
/ll\ dale, N.Y., says: "About seven
years ago I was a sufferer from
. kidney disease, so sick and lielp
/\ less I could not walk a step. My
[F\ physician could do me no good, so
I began to use Dr. David Kenne
a dy's Favorite Remedy. From
/a\ the first dose I could sc.- improve
liiJ ment and it entirely c.ired me.
My husband used it for dyspejisia,
with excellent results."
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113 Liver and Urinary troubles. Ills
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~~ SAFETY SPYGLASS.
Military Men Can Now Make Obser
vations Without Dunger.
The ordinary telescope and spyglass
which military officers have used for
more than 100 years is gradually giv
ing place to an instrument far more
powerful aud less likely to expose an
observer to the long distance fire of an
enemy, says The Scientific American.
The list of dead aud wounded sent
home from South Africa shows that
the modern high power magazine rill*
has rendered the lot of the command
lug otlicer far more hazardous than it
once was. This increased danger and
the great ranges at which modern bat
tles are fought have been the chief rea
sons why the ordinary spyglass has
been found inadequate by the modern
army officer.
The new instrument consists of two
tubes hinged together and carried by a
central handle. Each tube is provided
with an objective and with an eye
piece. By means of a system of total
reflection prisms the image formed by
the objective is so deflected that the
eyepiece, mounted at right angles to
the tubes, may properly preseut it to
the eye.
When the instrument is open, the dis
tance between the two objectives is
about 1« inches. The h nses and tubes
are so arranged that a stereoscopic ef
fect is obtained.
In order to make use of the stereo
scopic spyglass the eyepieces are first
purposely focused. Since in the major
ity of cases both eyes of the same per
son are not equal, the two eyepieces are
focused Independently. The instru
ments are regulated for a 2.0 inch spac
ing of the eyes, which is the average.
SAFETY FIELDULASS.
For persons having eyes differently
spaced there is a very simple mechan
ism for regulating the apparatus. A
marking arrangement permits of mak
ing such regulations once for all.
The stereoscopic spyglass may be em
ployed In two different positions of the
telescopes, one nearly horizontal and
the other nearly vertical.
It is hardly necessary to dwell upon
the utility of the instrument from a
military point of view. From a very
interesting report made by Lieutenant
Colonel Becker of the Swiss army we
select the following passage: "With a
common ordnance fleldglass we observ
ed at a distance of about two miles &
trigonometric signal situated at the
same height as ourselves aud on the
verge of a forest. It was impossible to
recognize whether this signal was upon
the very outskirts of the forest or re
mote therefrom. Upon making the
same observation with the stereoscopic
spyglass the signal appeared remote
from the edge of the forest, and It was
possible, besides, to estimate the dis
tance that separated it therefrom at 40
or 50 feet. The artilleryman will at
once recognize the advantages that
may be derived from so precise an ob
servation."
The Instrument under consideration
magnifies 10 times and embraces a
linear field of Go yards. Its weight is
about a pound and a half, audit may
be easily carried In a case.
Sugur Invention* Wanted.
The Hawaiian Planters' association
has offered $0,500 in prizes to inventors
of labor saving machines to be used in
the sugar business. Three machines
are wanted, which planters think some
one should be able to invent, and they
arc willing to pay for each. For a ma
chine to cut caue the planters offer a
prize of $2,000 to the man who submits
the best plan. This sum will be In
creased to $5,000 if the design is ac
cepted and proves efficient. A cane
transporter aud a machine to load cane
Into cars are also wanted, and for these
the planters offer $1,500. —Scientific
American.
Caone of SlfcmnK.
Professor Lumsden says that sighing
is simply oxygen starvation. Sighing
is most commonly associated with wor
ry. An interval of several seconds
often follows movements of mental
disquietude, duriug which time the
' chest walls remain rigid until there is
an Imperative demand for oxygen, thus
causing the deep inhalation. It is the
expiration following the Inspiration
that Is properly termed a sigh, aud this
sigh is simply nn effort of the organism
to obtain a necessary supply of oxygen.
Headaches Causes.
Headache is usually caused by liv
ing iti poorly ventilated rooms, overin
dulgence in food or drink, insufficient
exercise, mental strain, excitement or
malaria. Krause's Headache Capsules
quickly cures the most severe cases
and leaves the head clear and cool.
Price 25c. Sold by Rossman & Son's
Pharmacy. ,
AITO3IUIULK MOWER. -
NOVEL TWENTIETH CENTURY AGRI
CULTUHAL MACHiNfc.
Ctii« UK'* >lhh'« Intention Which l>*«
lighted \ lulfom to l'arl« Expuii- J
ttou—Horizontal Knj_lne Iked-Au
ton»obil«*H to I'O the U ork of Coun
try Homt N.
The automatic mowing machine could
have been conceived aud executed by <
none other than an American. It is
the application of the iu<>tor to horses' <
drudgery, to not only lighten but to
facilitate farm work for men as w» II as 1
horses. It is a comparatively simple
machine and yet oue which has more
uses than that for which it is designed.
Duriug the last summer there have
come numerous reports from in and
about Paris concerning the automobile
mower. All of these reports have giv
en Paris credit for adapting the motor
to farm use, yet it was an American
and a Cliicagoan who made the oue
machine which was successfully shown
at the exposition. This machine was
built by a Chicago mau. J. F. Steward,
says The Chronicle of that city.
There was probably no exhibit In the |
mechanical department of the Paris 1
exposition which created a greater in-;
terest than this automobile. The Pa
risians, who have become the prime j
movers in the automobile crnze, were
surprised aud delighted with this new
device. Early in July it was taken (
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NEW AUTOMOBILE MOW Kit.
out iuto the country near Paris and
given the most thorough tests, and
again later in the season it was shown
in an exhibition conducted by the
Meux Agricultural society at Mitry-
Claye.
It did the work with far greater ease
and rapidity than could the best of the
horse mowers. It cut a clean, straight
swath five feet wide and was manipu
lated in the field with perfect ease.
The engine is of the two cylinder
horizontal type which was fouud to be
superior for this work to the vertical
| engine, which, although high speed,
1 gives a deciiled jerking motion. This
motion caused such a jarring of the
I cutter bar that an uneven cut resulted,
and there was a decided waste in the
harvesting of the crop,
i The engine is of about eight horse
power and has a belt wheel attach
ment, so that it may be used for sta
tionary work. Indeed, It was the plan
of the builder to produce a machine
which could be used for general work
about the farm. L'pon the removal of
the cutter bar the motor mower
a neat, handy little engine, which may
be used either for traction or station
ary work.
It Is safe to say there has been no
agricultural machine brought forward
in the past five years which * created
j the universal interest among farmers
i that has already been aroused by the
j motor mower. It is interesting to the
I automobile fancier as well as to the
i farmer aud to the mechanic, since it Is
oue of the first practical appliances of
the automobile idea to do the work of
the country horse.
Per* Immon a From 'fti
Persimmon seeds are very easily
I sprouted if treated properly. If they
| have become very dry, It is possible
i that germination will be slow, or per
haps they will not grow at all. They
should be mixed with sand, kept moist
all winter and planted in the spring ,
when the soil Is in good condition. A
depth of one or two Inches is about
right to cover the seeds, advises 11. E.
Van Deman in Rural New Yorker.
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH
Better than a Piano, Onran, or Music I?os,f«>r it finrrs and tulles as well a* plays, and
don't cost as much. It reproduces the music of any instrument —han<l ororchf^tra—telle
stories and sings— the old familiar hymns as w.llastl i«>pu ..r —it is always ready.
See that Mr. Edison's signature is on every machine. Cat*'
logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL I'HONOORAPM CO., IJS Fifth Ave., New York.
PL ANING MILL I
HOOVER BROTHERS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas,
Brackets, Frames
and Turned Work of all Kinds.
Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and
Rough Lumber.
RIVERSIDE. NORT'D COUNTS.
FOE FIRST CLASS HE 1! CO ID!
s %r. I
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Special atten > ' \
tion given La- //,{ ■ >- Prompt
dies Suits and 1 . *' * IK-livery.
Waists,
White Panta- y.j'
, 1V t Jji / All packages ■
loons and \ ests. / ;#> . • 1
t * "ela Id for and
Repairing done yW y _
, , j ,- s S .• », ■ '23T (klivi tvd flee
when ordered. —-- * * * ' ;
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Danville Steam Laundry, \>
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No. 20 Cana St Lore and Kase, Prop'
EMPIRE STATE ROADS
SMALL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN 1
THEIR BETTERMENT
Ffw $•»«*( loiin Mint* laakri* \tJ\iaii-
IHKC of Komi* %i«| VNurk In
Other 9la(l*i»—( Ml of € oimlrui Hon
SlgbN of \ %% <• kffiiliK.
«
The New iork Tribune lu a re< ♦•nt
editorial, discussing tlie pr<>gr» < 112
road Improvement In the Ktnpire State, t
express* s the hope that re-nt «!• .• !<>).
men is may signalize an awakening <*f
the people to the needs of I • r high
ways. It calls attention to tie- meager
results of the past thr<-<- „fars and
urges a pulley of aetlon. The Tribune
says:
The most noteworthy prop-, at for
action under the Iligbie Armstrong
good roads law whleh lin-< thus far
been made is that of the Oneida county
supervisors to wit, that the state shall
forthwith appropriate ST>OO.i»-1. t«> !>»•
united with an equal sum to he contrib
uted l>y the individual comities, f.,r a
general scheme of Improvement of the I
chief highways of the state We are
informed that this Is the first r> solution
of the kind adopted l>y any county
board in the state. If so. Oneida coun
ty Is entitled to credit for thus leading
the way In a Iwnefieent enterprise. To
what extent the other counth - will fol
low the example remains to !>• sen.
It Is almost too inuch to hope that all
will do so and will declare their readi- j
ness to Join pro rata In raising the
fiiQQ.OOO required, though it Is eane-stiy
to he wished that they might, and it is
confidently to be believed that their
doing so would be highly and directly
profitable. If not. Oneida and other
progressive counties may move on He ir
own account, each receiving state aid i
proportionate to its self aid.
The need of road improvement in
this state is not to l>e denied. It is
obvious and urgent to such an extent
that a comparison of conditions in New
York with those in neighboring states
Is Intolerably odious. Down to the
present time only 27 New York coun
ties have moved for improved roads.
They have made petition for the im
provement of only tKH) miles, surveys
have Ik'cii made for 4'»7 miles, and less
than 54 miles have been or are t>eing
Improved. Such Is the iietty result of
three years' work.
Meantime the small neighboring
state of Connecticut has built 2«K> miles
of good roads, or had done so a year
ago, not to mention what it may have
done in the last year. Massachusetts
down to two years ago had built more
than 270 miles. And New Jersey,
which was the pioneer and is still the
banner state In the good roads move
ment, has built since I**o3 no h-ss than |
588 miles of good roads. Including 148 j
miles this year. Such comparisons, or |
rather contrasts, are not creditable to
New York.
On one point we cannot altogether
agree with the Oneida county super
visors. They estimate the cost of
building macadam roads at ?*.'**> the
mile, so that the $1,000,000 which they
ask for would be sufficient for only
i some 120 miles of road. Their esti
mate of cost Is, we believe, too high. It '
is true that the cost of road building
Is increasing. But it has not yet reach
ed SS,OOO a mile. Last year the aver- j
age cost In New Jersey was only about j
$4,000 a mile, for which price roads
were built as well as anybody could
wish them to be. This year the coet j
has risen to an average of f.'rSM a mile I
for first class stone roads. Now, there
is no good reason why the cost In New
York should l»e any higher.
This state has ample supplies of stone
well distributed about the state and ;
ample means of transportation, and the
average cost of grading need be no
more here than in New Jersey. The
proposed fund ought therefore to give
this state within a year some 175 miles
of good roads. That of course is only
a tiny fraction of the roads that need
improving. Oneida county alone has
230 miles of "main traveled roads."
Hut a constant policy of building 17T>
miles a year would within the nut
generation give the state a pretty K ,M >d
skeleton system of improved highways.
Hut what Is to prevent building at a
j far more rapid rate?
When you sell an article by weight,
remember thr t other people Lava
scales.—Atchison <;iol*>.
4 t mnnw
I» - on* ' r tb* piirftor
ftlftWHS of ?! , a; f;* tli*
t frier MM* of rioffcM
Where?)* in » utr* the
ti-h't i It: -• i!♦» m meet •
mM b UmrHt ia I mi h«*t
jf the h'ii..,. Ie <r arc
on th«- tigb-«>i sai worn until they Mi
'>ff. The it f*h aMj l« to
show i.. i. t r j t , sew
!-'th• 1 -ie h a day aud cuatiaf
so mu< hat t>- >- s >'*.
A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.
Dr. AftuH?aa R Tr»a» *r • 112 th*
»»reate Km V ik ! A
»ay»," Tli---re|aja»tonc sc eatii mpmirnl
known as io vM"N'i» I>IGE.«T T»M4TI whi< H
ran be rel- J nj"«a t'* c ire •ixf
constipation m they wil! iffifet Poai
tirely the only adverti d ■;■•>»» r«ra*d/
evt.r (MlvrKd Uy aiuui.-. i. a )"*;.«*&»
QMS
ffwSSs
They promt • y every pai+Mrl#of ItvJ ti«»-»
Into the stomach, ami are po-itivety waoalaadt*
r .re the - li r .112 |M 1 n.(!«»»-
■Upatlaa, r<«t..rinn Hi h««rl, m-l ll»ee
to |wrl» .11 . nit n *1 «•
money ref rxM, hy i dpiim t,. 3A tad Mr. 4
DIAMOND Hill l»C«l - W.fr iy.s
PENNY HEADACHE CURE.
A truly ■nuilarfa] itry coataMw
eor.e «»f ;ho dan< r< i* dr /s Ignd in ALI*
OTHER headache rt-meUiei. -
Hue Tablet C'ttre*
<*r»e horrible Hrml.irfie in
flue >1 innte. 112 r«> y
OM ( eat .UAirtUb.
» A»k y-.nr r»rj N <iat for >tnM« «
HeaJavbc labkt*.
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CATARRH
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r>aii.«e«,«noU>e* *r.-i h>-1.«
the i! »ea»e<i meti, rane. ■
tway a cu.l id toe b> ad
(juiefcj
rream Balm .«j-.v«t tof-. .e ». «pf«a-:«
oTer the memfrrata ar.d ui ■ ■ - i Re efia m
mediafe and a enre fa;!■»»«. It i» not dry r, •—!'«*•
n«t proflnce La-*e , j<»c«Bt«at Driij
sist« or by ma:.; Trial 9ixn, 1» rer.'a by ma.-
ELY BROTHEItS. » Warren StweWXew Tark.
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Which is it?
I- it the carp., t fnmimre .»r w*L
whi<-h give the key • n < -fY-e
--tivelv in » r"om Witb»»nt d»»nhC.
It » the w:»lls. There are four re
nember. l»"»tde«t th»» r»-ilmir Ather
things are imp»rtant n i n»-
have yonr wall- ta-tefni and appro
priate. if yoti wi-h t< sr»*t a
style. < Jnr papers are the b»~»t
A. H. GRONE.
112 Mill Si.
Tkt-- s ■< *t art i-tie
ILL I N E R \<r*~
prodtietkw-> are her t inr- r»-«t ami
tiewe. Enj'tiertely trn nieH H*ts
T'«|nes aad Bonnet ai!>l nan iwwil
shapes uf the newest » !; ,1 im -• a;pn-v-il
style ( .ill at<d -• t- T— will
need hvt fittle prai->" fr< ni n* t»> hmmmp
them appreciate*! A'- a I of nn
triniiited Hat< in a'l th- 5 ,'filar --t.-kpr*
at Re<ln«-» d F*ri---
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12'2 Mill istrcet.
SOBS Eff!
A riollniDio
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Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlne and Cenoral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranot.
Furnaces. etc.
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