Montour American!
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., June 25, 1908.
SWELTERING HEAT
STIFLES PEOPLE
Abnormally liot weather made yes
terday oue of the most sweltering,stifl
ing June days Dauvillians ever sweat
ed through. Many said that the thero- j
nx ter registered even higlier than oil j
Tuesday. Certain it was that human
ity suffered more yesterday than ou
anv day of the present summer, hut
that might be attributed to the fact
that each day added to the continued
hot Fpell would find people less cap
able of withstanding the debilitating
conditions.
HUMIDITY BREAKS RECORD.
Forecaster Demain of Harrisburg said j
yesterday morning that the great hum- j
idity breaks all former records in the j
length of time it had remained over |
this section of the country. This is i
the sixth day it has prevailed, but a j
cheering forecast was announce,l last
evening when Mr, Demain issued the ;
forecast :
"Fair, slightly cooler tonight; fair
and cooler Thursday."
COOLER LAST NIGHT
Already last night the evidcn.es of
cooler weather were evident. Showers ;
skirted Danville all yesterday after i
no iu and several of them even sue- j
cei Jed iii placing a few drop* in this \
vicinity. La.-t evening a cooling breeze j
was blowing, and this coupled with
rtie forecaster's report gladdened the
hearts of all.
HOT IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, Juue 24 —Chicago has cool
weather today. The hot wave which
lias prevailed for live days was broken
last night and early this morning a
coo! breeze set in. Yesterday's death
li-t as the result of the beat wns the
largest for any one day in the city's
history. Sixteen persons lied either
directly or indirectly as the result of
tha high temperatur \
THE COCOA TREE.
This Evergreen Is Found Everywhere
In the Tropics.
The cocoa tree is an evergreen and
grows to a height of from fifteen to
twenty-five feet, its leaves being
bright and smooth, somewhat resem
bling the foliage of a rubber plant. It
is very low branching, and the blos
soms are small and pink. The blos
soms and pods not only spring from
the branches, but often from the trunk
itself. The fruit Is a yellowish pod
about the size of a cucumber and Is
filled with seeds, all strung together in
a pulpy, pinkish mass. It is from these
seeds or beans, each about the size of
a chestnut, that the chocolate and co
coa of commerce are manufactured.
The trees bear from the fourth to the
thirtieth year, and it is not unusual to
see on the same tree buds, flowers and
fruit.
When ripe the pods are gathered by
the native women and are allowed to
lie on the ground for a day or two,
after which they are opened. The pulp
containing the beans then ferments
for about a week, the astringent quali
ties of the beans being much modified
and their flavor Improved.
After being thoroughly dried the
beans are packed In hundred pound
bags for shipment When received by
the manufacturer they are carefully
picked over for quality, assorted and
roasted. The nibs, as the roasted beans
with the shells removed are called, are
then fed into a hopper and ground be
tween stones similar to an old fash
ioned flour mill. The grinding process,
coupled with the friction of the stones,
which produce a temperature of some
120 degrees, changes the solid nibs
(without the addition of anything) into
a thick, heavy liquid. This Is technic
ally termed "chocolate liquor" and Is
sold to confectioners.
This same liquor, subjected to hy
draulic pressure, with the resulting
separation into a clear oil, dves the
cocoa butter 'if commerce. The remain
ing pressate when powdered forms
drinking cocoa. The chocolate liquor
solidified becomes cooking chocolate,
<uid, with sugar, vanilla and spices
added. It is sol l as "sweet" or "eating"
chocoiate.
WOMAN'S TWO SOULS.
Mcy Bs Strangers to Each Other, but
Thiy jays College President.
Women have two souls, perhaps
more, according to I'resident G. Stan
ley Hall of Clark university.
rie gave this as the explanation of
the if Uloness of woman, of her "er
ratic methods of jumping at conclu
sions and her Intuition," in bis address
on "Psycho-therapeutics" before the
graduating class of the College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons the other day at
Boston.
"Woman is much more susceptible
than man,"he said. "There Is a good
reason for this. We know that she
has two or more souls. She may love
and hate at the same time and the
same person. She may say and think
that she is sielc or well when the re
verse is really true. It means simply
that one soul is in the ascendency.
'These two souls may be absolute stran
gers to each other, but they certainly
exist. We have proved it beyond the
•shadow of a doubt."
The Heroic Life.
Know that "impossible" where truth
and mercy and the everlasting voice of
nature order has no place in the brave
man's dictionary; that when all men
have said "impossible" and tumbled
noisily elsewhither and thou alone art
left then first thy name and possibll- j
lty have come it is for thee now; do
thou ** , at and ask no man's counsel :
but tin own only and Qod's.—Thomas j
Car'i-le,
THOSE WHO ;
AHETBAMJNG
The Rev. K. E. Mauley, who has
; been conducting services at the Im
! manual Ba| tist church, this morning j
! will leave lor his home in Scrantou, j
whue lie will officiate at two wed- !
i diugs to be held at noon today. ;'
He will returu to Danville for this J
evening's service.
Mrs. Anna E. Stetler and son, of ]
Johnstown, are visiting at the iiouie 1 ]
of Samuel Luuyer, West Mahoniug j
| street. They are accompanied by i '
i Thomas Lunger, of Johnstown, who j
1 w 11 spend some time at the home of
i.is grandfather.
Miss Pauline Waite returned last j
evening from a visit with relatives in |
Milton. She was accompanied by Miss j
Mariou Waite, of Milton, who will
make a visit at the home of Mr. aud
Mrs. Jolm G. Waite. Ferry street.
Mrs L. R. Worrell, Mrs. F. W. ,
! Vogel and her sou Frederick of Chest
| nut Hill, Philadelphia,are speudiug a
j tew days with their cousins, Franklin
! and John Detweiler, Lower Mulberry
j street.
' Mrs. C. B. Reese, who lias been mak
: ing an extended visit at the home of
her daughter, Mrs, George D. Ed
-1 tnou ison, left Tuesday for Washing
i ton, D. C.
Mr. iud Mrs. John H. Hunt return
ed last eveuing from a week's visit
with friends in Wastiington, D. C.
1 aud Philadelphia.
Miss Mary G. Woods returned to
Philadelphia \> sterday inoruing after
a visit at the home of her mother, Mrs
Jacob Fry, Lower Mulberry street.
Mrs. Herbert Wyle aud daughter
Bertha, of Baltimore, are visiting at
the home of the former's father, Henry
; Gross, West Mahoning street.
Mrs. Anna Russell, East Market'
street, left yesterday for Philadelphia
where she will undergo treatment ai.
the Gyuecian hospital.
Mrs. Lewis Chesuut and sou Gor
. man returned to Lewisburg yesterday
. after a visit with friends in this city.
Miss Dorothy Wilson returned to
Tyrone yesterday after a visit with
Miss Elfrieda Weiss, Eloom street.
Curtis Lore left yesterday for a sev
eral weeks' visit at Niagara Falls and
Tonawanda, New York.
1 Miss Blauche Frantz.of Bloomsburg,
) is visiting at the Bird homestead, East
' Market street.
: W. B. Rhodes returned Tuesday from
a visit with friends at Spring Lake,
| New Jersey.
; Miss Margaret Russell will leave to-
I day for a visit with friends in Phila
' I delphia.
i W. R. Rhodes has returned from a
: i vi-it with friends at Spring Lake, New
• ! Jersey.
J ' George B. Browu.son and daughter,
, spent yesterday with friends in Sun-
I bury.
Miss Mabel Guie.of Caiawissa,spent
, yesterday with frieuds in this city.
Dr. W. R. Paules left yesterday for
' a trip to Philadelphia
Risky Revenge.
Gaganini, the wonderful violinist,
had a narrow escape at Ferrara from a
| violent death. Enraged by some hissing
from the pit, he resolved to avenge the
Insult, and at the close of his pro
| gramme informed the audience that he
1 would Imitate the language of various
! animals. After having rendered the
notes of different birds, the mewing of
, a cat, and the barking of a dog, he ad
j vaneed to the footlights, and, saying,
"This is for those who hissed!" imltat
! Ed the braying of aa ass. At this the
1 occupants of the pit rose, rushed ou to
1 the stage and would probably have
killed their caluminator bad ho not
1 hastily retreated.
Fixing His Status.
A waiter spilled some soup on the
1 clothing of a portly, choleric old gentle
man dining with his wife hi an up
[ town lobster palace the other night,
whereupon the old gentleman jumped
to his feet and, calling tho manager,
! burst into a tirade which ended with
the somewhat antielimatie charge that
tho waiter was "ao gentleman."
"This mail is not supposed to be a
gentleman," said tho manager coldly.
"He Is merely a waiter."—New York
Press.
The Hustler.
"Do you believe that all things come
to him who waits?"
"They may start for him, but usu
ally some man who hustles overtakes
them before they get to the man who
waits."—Houston Post.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS
TO
NIAGARA FALLS
July August 5, 19, September 9, 23, and
October 7, 1908
Round-Trip <£*7 "2 ft From
Rate h* ' .O\J South Danville.
Tickets good going un train leaving 12.10 noon.connecting with SPECIAL
TRAIN ot Pullman Parlor Cars. Dining Car, and
Day Coaches running via the
PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE
Tickets good returning on regular trains within FIFTEEN DAYS, in
cluding date of excursion. Stop-off within limit allowed at Buf
falo returning. Illustrated Boob let and fall information
may b« obtained from Ticket Agents.
,T. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD,
Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent.
3 COUPLE we
■IE vows
Frauk W. Magill,teacher of the com
mercial department of the Danville
high school, aud Miss Mary G. Gay,
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Gay, of
this city, were mnrried at 7 :30 o'olock
last evening.
Tho ceremony was performed by the
Rev J. R. Miller,pastor of St. Paul's
Presbyterian church, at the home of
Mrs. E. R. Rose, aunt of the bride,
West Philadelphia.
The newly wedded couple left ou a
trip to the seashore. Returning they
will take up their residence in Dan
[ ville.
The groom is one of our most suc
cessful teachers; he stands high in the
! community and has a promising future
before him. The bride is also very
highly esteemed. Although for a year
! past she has resided in Philadelphia,
■ vet for many years of her life she liv-
J ed in Danville.
DR J O REED A BENEDICT.
The well-known veterinary, Dr. J.
O. Reed, aud Miss Carrie Thompson,
both of this city, were united in wed
lock last evening. The ceremony was
performed in the uewly furnished
home ot the bride and groom, No. 218
Mill street, at 8 o'clock, by tie Rev.
James Kirk, pastor of the
Mahoning Presbyterian church The
wedding was a very quiet oue .ittend
ed only by the immediate families and
friends.
Dr. J. O. Reed is a popular citizen j
aud is rising rapidly in his profession, j
The bride is the daughter of Mrs j
Martha Tiiompsou. Bloom street, and
is a well-known and amiable young
lady.
MISS PENN YPACKER WEDS
This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the
wedding of Miss Nettie Mabel Penue
. packer, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. G.
D. Pennepacker, to Mr. James Lati
nor Curtiu will take place in the
Methodist Episcopal church at Mount
Union, Pa. A reception will follow
the ceremony at the Methodist par
sonage.
, The bride will be remembered by
many Danville people as tlie charming
daughter of a former pastor of St.
Paul's M. E. church, this city
PLUG HATS OF JAPAN.
Cherished Tiles of the Vintage of Fifty
Years Ago.
"There Is one sight whioli you must
: not miss when you goto Tokyo," said
; the seasoned traveler to a New York-
Sun reporter. "That Is the rare dis
■ pluy of anthropological plug hats.
| "Some people arrange to get to Japan
in cherry blossom season, and others
[ want to get there In time to receive an
Invitation to tho emperor's garden par
ty in chrysanthemum time, but take
, ! the tip of one who has batted about
the world considerably aud lund lu
Tokyo either on New Year's day or on
the emperor's birthday. On both you
: can see something unique hi the lines
: of beadgeur.
"When Japan began to get civilized
she bought all the accessories of civ
> I nidation that England did not want
any more. England sold her old fash-
J ioaed, out of date, narrow gauge rail
| rou.l stock, antiquated tram cars and
other secondhand Junk, including the
then current styles of plug hat.
"The tile of those days has remain
ed the ruling fashion In Japan up tc
the present Japan may build Dread
noughts, but the plug hut of fifty
years ago still ruigus supreme.
"Only on such ceremonious occasions
as the New Year's festivities, the em
peror's birthday or possibly the racing
meets at Neglshi, near Yokohama, does
the Japanese gentleman bring forth
from his camphor wood chest his plug
bat, a heritage from his forefathers.
It may be warped with twenty sum
mers, damp or green with the shine of
\ antiquity, but that mutters nothing.
"Once this superstructure of his
wrinkled frock coat and bagged trou
sers is added the Japanese gentleman
feeds that no dignity short of a decora
tion of the Order of the Rising Sun
can be added to bis person. That
crowning glory of a plug hat may set
tle around his ears or it may perch
upon his head like half a peanut shell,
but no matter. It is the hat of civiliza
tion and the badge of respectability.
"He trots out of his house looking
like one of the ancient daimlos, still
with the dignity of two swords. All
j that fearful day he wears this hat of
ancient vintage like a crown, and in
the cud he stows it away in his damp
proof chest, awaiting another festal
occasion or held as an asset in his es
tate after death."
Wealth begins In a tight roof that
keeps the rain and wind out; in a good
pump that yields you plenty of sweet
water; in two suits of clothes, so as tc
change your dress when you are out: in
I dry sticks to burn; in a good double
wick lamp and in three meals.- *• -
GHOVfeR CLEVELAND DIED YESTERDAY
AT H!S HOME IK PRINCETON
Was Last Living Ei-Ptf-sldtnt rt Jhs Uaited Sraieo — Statesman
Sullered With Heait Disfese and C(mp!icaticn£—Briel
Hlbtory cl His L'le.
PKINOETON, N. J., June
Grover Cleveland, former President j
of the United States, died suddenly at ! ]
his home at Westland here at
o'clock this morning. Death was due ,
to heait disease complicated with (
other diseases. The passing away of,
Mr. Cleveland was not immediately j
announced, hut was delayed until an ;
official statement had been prepared ;
by the physicians who had been at \
tending him in the various periods of
hie illness.
PHYSICIANS' STATEMENT
The statement is as follows:
"Mr. Cleveland for many years had
suttered from repeated attacks of gas
trointestinal origin. Also he had j
long-standing organic disease of the
heart and kidneys. Heart failure com
plicated with pulmonary thioiui iisU ;
and oedema,were the immediate causs i
of his death.''
While Mr. Cleveland had been ser
iously ill from time tot ine the an
nonncement of his death came lite a
thunderbolt to those who had been !
watching his illness. Last night there
was a slight flurry urong t ■ friends
of the Clevelands that something was
j eriously wrong with the ex-Presideut s
GROVER CLEVELAND AS PRESIDENT IN 1888.
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WIFE WAS AT HOME.
' Mrs. Cleveland later in the eveniug j
discussing Dr. Bryant's visit said that j 1
j there was no occasion for alarm, and j
, that Mr. Cleveland was petting along
nicely.
This reassurance totally unprepared
: their friends for the announcement of
his death.
1 Mrs. Cleveland was at home w hen
her distinguished husband passed
away.
{ The children are at the Cleveland
j summer home at Tamworth, N. H.,in
i charge of Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleve
! laud's mother. The Clevelands came
here from Lakewood, where the form
er President lay sick for many weeks.
112 on June 1 and intended togo to their
summer home as soon as Mr. Cleveland |
had gained sufficient strength to tra
vel.
FOUND PATIENT "INDISPOSED."
When the physicians visited their
patient th'is morning they found him
"indisposed," as one of them termed 1
it Dr. Cainochau, who lives in Prince- j
ton, was asked to ftep over to the i
house. ]
This was before S o'clock. Shortly (
112 after that hour Mr. Cleveland seemed ,
1 to fail. The physicians recognized in- ]
( stantly the symptoms. Immediately
1 arrangements were made to combat .
j the attack Everything known and \
with every resource at hand the phy
sicians worked over their distinguish- ,
ed patient. Finally he lapsed into un- •
I consciousness and the end came at 8 :K> j
' o'clock. It is believed that the terrific v
heat of rite last few days contributed t
to a great degree in the sudden death
, of the only living ex-President. c
MRS. CLEVELAND PROSTRATED i
Mrs. Cleveland is prostrated at the
sad occurrence and but only a few of j J
the sympathetic neighbors have been 112
able to see her. When the nearby 11
friends heard of the es-President 's ! r
death many of them hurried to West-
land to render whatever assistance >
they could,but the physician had mat
ters well in hand. I b
Livery Notice.
Frank Fry has purchased Erwiu
Hunter's livery stables on Canal street.
Mr. Fry will add'to the equipment al
ready in the stables, and will give the
public a first class service. The finest
horses and vehicles will always be at
your disposal.
A Lemon Social.
At the Trinity Lutheran church, E,
Market street, Friday evening at 7 :45.
Refreshments served. Everybody wel
come. Silver offering. J26. j
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LIFE OF CLEVELAND.
Grover Cleveland, American states
man, twenty second President of the
United States, was born in Caldwell,
N. ,T., March 18, 1837. He began to
earn liis first money as a teacher, but
soon developed a talent for law. In
ISoi), when but twenty-two years of
age, he was admitted to the bar in
j Buffalo,N. Y. He soon became known
as a young man who feared nothing
when principle was at stake,
i Pour years after he began tiie prac
! tice of law in Buffalo he was chosen
district attorney ot Erie county, thus
I beginning his remarkable political
career which was to carry him with
rapid strides to the highest office in
the gift of the American people In
!fc7o Mr. Cleveland was elected sheriff
|of Erie county He so satisfied the I
j people of the city an 1 county that in
ISBI he was the unanimous choice of
his party for Mayor o? Buffalo, and
was elected to that office When in
188 i the Democratic leaders of New-
York were seeking a man to lead the
party the Mayor of Buffalo was sug
gested as a candidate for Governor.
He was nominated with little opposi
tion and elected by the immense maj-
ority of nearly 200,1)00 votes, which
i was due largely to his personal popul
arity. His course as Governor met
with the endorsement of a majority of
men of all parties, and he was the
logical candidate for President on the
! Democratic ticket in IMM
ELECTED PRESIDENT IN' 18S4.
Clevelau I was elected, although his
opponent was James G. Hlaine. the
idol of the Republican party, and a
man of great personal magnetism. The
contest was most biter and close.Cleve
land receiving 219 votes in the elec
toral college to Blaine's I£2. Immedi
ately on his acessiou to office he be
gan to redeem the promises lie had
made to himself an 1 the people. The
Republicans, adhering to the policy
of protection and high tariff, in 186S
nominated Benjamin Harrison to op
pose Cleveland, and Harrison was
elected by a small plurality, but in
1882, when these two men were again
opposed for this high office, Cleveland
won by a large majority.
RETIRED TO PRIVATE LIFE.
His course during his two terms, as
President was at all times vigorous,
determined and able. There wns talk
of again nominating Mr. Cleveland for
President in 189t!, but the feeling
against a third term was too general,
and Mr. Cleveland retired to private
life in 1 SOT.taking up his residence at
Princeton, N. .1. He was the only sur
viving President of the United States.
Mr. Cleveland received the decreet of
LL. D. from Princeton University. He
was scarcelv less noted as a fisherman
than as a statesman. His last signific
ant public aet was a speech at the
opening of the St. Louis Exposition
in May, 19"3.
Mr. Clevelnnd married while in the
White House Miss Frances Folsom, of
Buffalo,the daughter of one of his old
friends, and she survives him with
two sous and two daughters. After his
retirement from public life he engag
ed in the practice of law, associating
himself with a prominent law firm in
New York.
The illness which led to his death
began several months ago.
flay Inspect Work.
The Oscar Smith Carpet and House
Cleaning Suction Maciiine will be at
work in St. Paul's M. E. church, East
Mahoning street,this city,for the next
few days. Persons interested in this
machine may call there aud inspect its
operation. Carpets cleaned on the
floor. The successful method of clean
ing carpets and rugs, no wear or tear,
absolutely dustless.
The manager will cheerfully give all
: information desired and will furnish
| estimates, etc.
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10 111 1
Hiffill
The election of teachers for the pub- (
lie schools of Dauville will take place 112
at 7 :3U o'clock next Monday night.
More than the usual degree of in
terest attaches to the election this year
by reason of the fact that au addition
al teacher is to be employed in the
high school. It is kuowu that there
are a number of candidates for this
position as well as for the principal
ship of the high school. There will j
probably also be some changes in the i
salaries paid. The vatauoy that oc- j
curs in the fifth grade of the second ■
ward, through the resignation of Miss
Pritchard. will most likely be filled
by the election of a pupil teacher.
Nest in interest to the subject of
) who shall teach is the question which
of the several plans proposed for ob
taining room for the non resident pu
pils Bhall be adopted.
| The action taken at the last meeting i
. provided that the grammar school of !
i the third ward, which answers for the j
! third and fourth wards combined, be
' removed to the fourth ward building i
' where a vacant room exists; that the |
j grammar school of the fir-t ward be \
i transferred to the third ward and that
j the room thus vacated in the first ward i
. j building be used by the liigli school
. pupils.
Since the meeting the matter lias j
. more fully been discus-til by the school
. board and it seemes altogether likely
that the plan will be modified some
; what. It i? n fact that while tiie first'
1 ward building is overcrowded, due to
I the non-resident pupils, there is an
unoccupied room in both the third and
fourth ward buildings. Iu the third
ward the vacant room was formerly
occupied by the night school : in the
fourth ward, by the grammar school,
which was closed for the want of sup
port.
The problem that confronts tiie
1 school board now is how to utilize the
! vacant space, relieving overcrowding
in the central building or high school,
without making it unnecessarily iu
| convenient for the pupils affected by
the chauges. One plan proposed is to
keep all the pupils down town by per
mitting Miss Bloom's grammar school
to retain its room iu the third ward
building aud transferring the first
ward grammar school to tiie unoccupi
ed room in the third ward formerly
| used as a night school. This would
give the third ward two grammar
; schools.
Under this arrangement the fresh-
I man class of the high school would be
installed iu the room at present used
for the first ward grammar school with
the additional or fifth teacher in
charge. Iu this room tiie subjects em
braced in the freshmau year would be
taught exclusively.
SERPENT OF AESCULAPIUS,
Acrship cf Snakes Led to Adoption of
the Mystical Symbol.
1 it has been pointed out by Dr. Bou
(, i din that the worship of the serpent
I was so universal in antiquity that all
t i temples came to be known as "dra
| conla" (serpent houses).
1 j However that may be, serpents were
p j kept In many of the temples of an
e ! tiquity, notably In those of Apollo,
! whose son, Aesculapius, is represented
| in ancient statuary carrying a serpent
j intwined round a staff or round his arm.
s i The serpent, indeed, came iu time to
e ! he the special mystical emblem or sym
a j bol of the Aesculapian art.
e | The serpents of the ancient Greek
.. | temples were in all probability relics
.. lof that primitive serpent worship
_ i which was at one time universal amoug
i j prehistoric peoples and has not died
j out among many savage races at the
| present day.
e | And "voodoo," or "obi," serpent wor
y ship is still said to linger in the West
8 Indies amoug the descendants of
). slaves.
, B in Haiti especially, where negroes
u j were dumped down from Africa by the
n j old slave traders and were kept in re
' serve before being sold to masters in
1 | the surrounding islands, voodoo has
! defied Roman Catholic missionaries
I and priests for ages. A French naval
s I officer who visited the court of the
I Haitian potentate Soulongue in IS4D
jj I described a voodoo ceremony where
j cannibalistic and other orgies were in
dulged in.
a J It is noticeable that the cock and
• | black goat which were solemnly eaten
8 on this occasion were both of them
t j sacred to Aesculapius. Hence we may
•- Infer that the Aesculapian cultus was
originally an innocent form of voodoo
112 | and at the same a primordial religion.
The extreme antiquity of serpent
j worship seems, indeed, to lie hinted
at In Genesis, where the devil appears
in the guise of the snake god intent on
6 the ruin of man in the story of the
a brazen serpent healing qualities are
attributed to the image —Lancet.
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112
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IMS ADVICE
FOR GOOD ROADS
As this is the season when a great
many roads are being worked with the
big grader, the Good Roads' associa
tion ot Lycoming couuty (it-sires to
call the attention of all supervisors,
road masters and tiie general public to
the superiority of the Split Log Drag
over the road grader as too frequently
operated.
A little observance aud experience
should teach any practical farmer that
a much better road can be made with
the drag, where tiie road bed has first
been graded and is used for some time
than can be made by a second use of
the grader. Then though the old road
bed be hollowed in the middle it will
be evened up quite fully in a suipris
! iugly short time.
We can make the drag carry more or
less dirt into the middle of the road
iby skillful operation. When this dirt
I is moved when wet it is more or less
puddled,and travel still further puddles
|it and compacts it. This first layer of
puddled earth makes tiie fouudatiou of
j the road. Every subsequent layer
| thickens and hardens it, and in time
j makes the road too high iu the mid
' die. It can then be leveled off by
hitching to the middle of the chaiu
and running the drag along the middle
of the road, thus grading it down and
, making it oval instead of bridged iu
the ceutre.
Every farmer is quite familiar with
the condition of an old road after it
lias beeu araded up witli a rond grad
, er. While the grader smoothes the
road along the edges, it carries into
the middle of the road all the sods,
clods, stones, tin can?, old bottles,
straw weeds and other rubbish. Tiie
operator, thinking to do a good job,
levels this up with dirt from the ditch
aud makes it apparently smootli aud
oval, often a better place in the mid
dle for a garden than for a team. At
the same time tiie grader thaves off
the hard surface that maybe on either
[ side of the road aud makes it soft, for
the action of the grader and tiie drag
are quite distinct and opposite—the
j grader smooths by cutting,tiie drag by
puddling. The grader lauds loose dirt
; in the middle of the road; the drag
: lands partially puddled clay iu centre
of the road and compacts it. The grad
er leaves the road, whether iu the mid
dle or on the sides, in au excellent con
dition to grow a choice crop of weeds,
which at each driftiug'dust, keeps the
road moist, and bv their decay add
purely vegetable matter eutirely unfit
for road building. Tiie drag kills
weeds in their seed leaf and so pud
; dies the soil that nothing cau grow
upon it. The traveler as he uses the
road made by the grader naturally
avoids the middle and takes the smooth
er sides, which, being soft, because
the hard surface has been shaved off
! by the grader, naturally ruts up this
road bed and tends to shove it into the
ditch. Then comes a heavy raiu. The
, loose dirt holds this raiu just like a
' plowed field. The settliug of it leaves
it rough, the clods and sods resist pres
~ sure, while the loose dirt settles to
t the hottom.and a wagou simply makes
. a deep, uueven rut through tiiis soft,
yielding substance, spoiling for ever
> the grade.
- ! Water stays at tiie bottom of these
• ruts,and as the surface is not puddled,
1 it is readily absorbed by the soil and
1 it will require from six months to a
; year of constant travel, inflicting more
or less misery on the traveler, to get
this newly graded road into any sort
t of good condition; or, if the grade be
; steep, rushes down at a mad rate and
) makes a deep gully, thus undoing all
■ the work of the grader. Every farmer
1 knows how instinctively he avoids the
middle of these newly graded roads.
One experience of this kind should be
t i sufficient to teacli him how incompar
f ably better is the split log drag than
any road grader for the purpose of re
; I constructing the grade in a puddled
> 1 road.
.
' William Bloomfield, a one-armed
' man of Beaver Falls, on Monday saw
J Chris Kaucher, au 8-year-old son of
, Policeman Kaucher, struggling in the
, Beaver river, and plunged in after the
. drowning boy. Although handicapped
bv his clothing and having but one
arm, he managed to get the boy ashore
' just in time to save his life.
i
i
Ou Monday there were tiiiny-one ap
i plications for divorco iu the Dauphin
' county court. This was a record break
er. and hard times aud idleness are
said to be resnonsible
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