THE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 0, 1010.
ROADMAKINO
SUPPLYING A BINDER.
One Not Dislodged by Motor Traffic
Wind or Rain.
The question of supplying a maca
dam road with an clastic and, at tho
amo time, a tough and durablo binder,
la one still In an experimental stngo,
although good results have been ob
tained with tho use of both tar and
asphalt compounds.
Tho object of this treatment Is to
provide a binder which will not be dis
lodged by the action of motor truffle
or wind and rain. If this is accom
plished, the macadam itself Is held
firmly In place, and the road suffers
Co deterioration, ns Is the case with
tho ordinary stone or gravel binder
under severe motor trnillc.
An effect somewhat similar in ac
tion to that of motor traffic Is pro
duced on roads In tho vicinity of un
improved roads on very sticky soil.
Tho mud is carried by the wagon
wheels on to tho macadam or gravel,
and adheres to the liner particles and
picks out the binder botween the
pieces of rock composing tho surfaco
of the road, thus loosening the bond
and eventually loosening the stones
themselves.
"Worst Roads In America."
M. Worth Cohvcll, writing on tho
worst roads in America in Outing
says: Charles J. Glldden, the donor
of tho Glldden auto trophy, who holds
the world's record for automobile
mileage and who has traveled In near
ly a dozen countries a distance of
more than 60,000 miles, declared that
never In all his touring here or
abroad had he encountered such exe
crable mud road conditions as those In
Ohio and Indiana on the road to South
.Bond. Speaking on this subject, ho
said: "Seventy per cent of tho
roads encountered on this tour would
by any European government be
closed to travel and marked
Use at your own peril.' One of the
things that this tour has accomplished
Is that it has revealed some of the
deplorable conditions of the highways
of a prosperous nation. The acci
dents on the tour were due wholly to
tho bad roads, which were unknown to
the drivers. They were the worst
trails imaginable."
An Unsolved Question.
Before the Roman armies could
march and fight the food raised by tho
Roman farmers and peasants had to
he transported to feed these armies.
With all the genius of the American
people we have thus far left unsolved
the one question upon which perma
nence of the nation depends. The
problem of city congestion can only
be solved by taking the people from
the cities to tho land over improved
highways and along these highways
hould pass the telegraph, the tele
phone, the dally newspapers and the
school teacher to minister to those
who thus far have borne the burden
and the heat of the day. Can you not
see them tolling over the dusty plains,
marching through the seas of mud,
they who feed and clothe you, without
whom you can not live, but for whom
you must die?
Work In Rhode Island.
The State of Rhode Island, through
the Board of Public Roads, is expend
ing annually approximately $40,000 In
maintaining nnd repairing the sec
tions of state highways already con
structed and under traffic. In addition
to this the board Is using what is left
ot total appropriations and bond is
sues amounting to $9 5,000 In con
structing new state highways in every
section of Rhode Island. Under tho
now automobile law the money col
lectedrom registrations, licenses and
fines 'imposed for the Infraction of tho
automobile law must be used for main
tenance and repairs of state highways
only.
Educating the South.
The U. S. Offlco of Public Roads
has sent a party, which Include an
englnoer anda photographer, to make
a trip through the southern states for
the purpose of examining conditions,
securing data, and preparing illustra
tions for the proper determination of
tho most available methods to bo used
In road, building.
Both Good.
A controversy Is threatened as be
tween the advocates of good roads
and waterways, which might serve a
good purpose If It arousod Interest, in
both. Both are among the good les
sons wo might profitably learn from
abroad, whore they aro universally
recognlzod as good Investments.
Carriage Builders In Line,
The Carriage "builders' national as
sociation, In convention In Washing
ton, D.G., declared that the national
government should devote as much at
tention to tho development of good
highways as It doos to tho develop
ment of rivers and other means of
transportation.
A German Custom.
Many of tho Oerjnan roadB are lined
with cherry troca. In tho fruit sea
son tho cherries aro gathered and
sold, tho amount roaHzod being de
yoted to tllo highway maintenance
fUDO.
Bhtrwnae County, Kansas, In which
Tcpeka la located, lj&o 12 miles of ma
cadam and 10 mtlca of-gravel road, all
built within the last 0 years.
Woman's World
The Prettiest Woman In
Japan, Princess Fushlma.
rmxcrss fusiiima.
The prettiest prlucess of tho mika
do's realm, Princess Fushlma, and her
husband, Prlnco Fushlma, a stcoml
cousin of tho emperor of Japan, are
visiting In this country. Tho princess
Is a fascinating little specimen of fem
ininity of tho oriental grande dame
type, with ollvo tinted complexion and
tho dark, lustrous eyes nnd hair pecul
iar to her countrywomen. Like most
of the high' caste Japanese, she speaks
very good English, and while In Wash
ington, where tho Japanese- royalties
were recently entertained by President
Taft and the olliclal set, the princess
won all hearts.
II er shy, appealing llttlo manner wns
In marked contrast to the confidence
and assertiveness of the smart Ameri
can woman. Paris was writ in large
letters all over tho costumes of the
princess, and she wore them with a
charming grnce. But how common
place seems even a French creation
compared with her own Ja'panese
robes!
Princess Fushlma, like the empress
of Japan, Is in sympathy with the
higher education movement for wo
men which In Japan has lately made
such wonderful strides. While In New
York city the princess bought a num
ber of American toys which she Bald
would delight her three small sons.
The royal Japanese visitors are mak
ing a tour of the world by way of
Europe and the United States.
A Plea For the Collar.
Technically thero can be no objec
tion to 1L The rounding neck, the
Dutch collar or whatever you want to
call it Is perfectly correct. There Is no
reason known to Mme. Grundy why it
shouldn't bo worn for business.
As a matter of fact, however, It does
not look businesslike. Xou know the
girl who affects low cut collars In tho
office.
She Is dressed well enough, Is neat
and trim, only you find yourself wish
ing she looked a little more business
like. It's the collar.
"If only that girl would come to
work just once," you say, "with a
good stiff uncompromising linen collar
around her neck or a high straight
stock that looked as If It meant busi
ness, how rejoiced I should be!"
And that long expanse of uncovered
neck you cannot think of anything,
else when you are near the girl. It
exercises some horrid fascination over
you. lou forget her perhaps charm
ing face, her trim frock, her most at
tractive manner. All that enters your
consciousness Is that neck.
Does not this Impression on the
averago observer seem rather a big
price to pay for a comfort which Is,
after all, largely Imaginary?
HousewifS Hints.
Shrink nnd set color of children's
garments beforo making up. They soli
so quickly that it Is not worth while
to run risks by waiting until after
ward. A good mlxturo to set color in cotton
materials Is ouo tablespoonful of tur
pentine, a handful of salt and a pall of
cold water. Put goods In overnight.
When Icing runs put It back on storo
on top of asbestus mat nnd stir uutll
proper conelBtency. This can bo dono
after sirup Is ndded (o whito of egg.
Spreading n llttlo flour on top of a
cako will sometimes prevent icing
from running.
Feathers that have grown grimy can
bo given a ba'h In alcohol, after which
they aro sbakin until dry.
Vegetables for salad must bo dry or
tho dressing does not amalgamate and
loses Its flavor.
Summer Comfort.
Is thero a woman living who doca
not dlsllko an oily, shlny face, espe
cially tho nose, chin and forehead?
Thoso who .do their own work are
often annoyoJ by this. No patter how
ofton thqy wash. It seems of np nvail.
Hero Is a simple, harmless and ef
fectual remedy noy one may safely try:
Cooling lotion for faco, nock and
hands.
DIssolvo la n pint of camphor wa
ter quarter of an ounco of puro glyc
erin, an eighth of an ounco of pulver
ized borax, quarter of an ounco of bo
raclc acid. Put all In a bottle, shake
well and it Is ready for use
Apply whenever warm, as thia to
cooling and very refreshing.
''
I or it , it -id
Fluffy
Fluffy stole silently along the (bp of
tho board fence until she was over the
llttlo shanty where the garbage cans
wore kept. Then sho crouched down
to listen, fearfully, while the distend
ed pupils of her eyes glowed bright
and round in the moonlight, and her
soft, downy fur failed to conceal the
gauntness of her lank sides.
After n moment Fluffy dropped
lightly to tho top of the shanty, and
then paused daintily. The odor of
tho garbage cans was overpowering,
and tho boards were wet with dew.
She raised one little pink paw and
then tho other, to stand on three feet
and consider the situation.
Thero was the Montgomery's back
ynrd, six houses down tho avenue, but
thnt meant passing where that awful
dog lived. Yet there were lovely, hun
gry smells from thnt direction. And
Fluffy felt perfectly sure thnt If she
only dared venture down tho dark
nreaway and ncross the avenue Itself
there would be something good to eat
there. Perhaps even some of tho
sweet cream In a really clean saucer
that onco oh, such n long time ago!
used to be Fluffy's whenever she
wanted It.
But an empty stomach Is Its own
sauce, and at last Fluffy slipped to
the ground and proceeded to dine
from tho things maids and caretakers
had thrown away. For Fluffy was hun
gry. She had fasted for two days be
cause someone had been careful
enough the night before to put the
covers on the cans.
It was not at all an appetizing feast,
and it was not long beforo Fluffy had
enough and was back on the fence.
Through the whole of her dainty, dirt
hating, cleanliness-loving disposition
Fluffy longed to sit right down then
and there and perform her toilet, but
that would not be safe, so she trotted
along the fence top to the corner, and
then to the bulkhead. Tho last few
feet were a dash In a frenzy of feir,
Just as- n child will wnlk slowly
through a dark room and then run
desperately when near the door.
Through the tiny hole Fluffy slip
ped, into the little hollow next ihe
damp earth, where she had made her
home for, oh, such a long, weary
time!
There was one pleasure left in life.
Fluffy could dream of those happy
days as she sat with half-closed eyes
and delicately washed her face and
combed her fur. It used to be such fun
to do this, more like play than a duty;
but now Fluffy had to pause every few
minutes to rest.
That was partly because of the lit
tle sliver collar of which Fluffy was
once so proud. On it was engraved
"To Fluffy from Alice." Alice was
Fluffy's mistress. It seemed such a
long time since everyone had been
running around, putting things In
boxes and trunks, and then Fluffy had
been put out of doors and everyone
had gone away.
It must be a mistake somehow. Per
haps Fluffy was only dreaming, and
soon she would wake and find herself
in Mistress Alice's lap. But Just then
Fluffy did wake, and sho wns on the
damp ground. There were some aw
ful rumbles and crashes over her
head, and In an agony of fear Fluffy
dashed out through the little hole and
tore away. It was a bright day out
side, and some men in a team were
putting big black rocks into a long
thing, down which they rumbled and
clattered Into the basement of the
house.
Fluffy didn't stop to watch. With
her tall standing up straight and every
bit of the soft fluffy fur for which she
was named, ruffled, she raced down
the walk to the avenue. Not until she
was In, the middle of the avenue Itself
did Fluffy pause, and then it was tho
hoarse bark of an automobile horn
that made her crouch down, too para
lyzed by fear to move.
The brakes ground onto the axles,
but It was too late; at last Fluffy had
found peace.
In another moment the only occu
pant of tho heavy touring car, a clean
cut, lovel-oyed young man, had sprung
out and ran back to tho pitiful little
huddlo In tho roadway.
"Poor llttlo puBsy," ho said, and
thori when ho saw Uio soft fur and
gaunt Bides ho muttered: "I don't
know, though; I guess It's lucky pus
sy. The old Btory, a pampered pet
through the winter nnd then its mis
tress gone away to enjoy tho summer
and leaves tho erstwhile pet to starve.
Hang It! a girl like that 1b not fit for
any nianB wife."
Then he gave nn exclamation of
Burpri&o its ho noticed tho little silver
collar, In another Instant tho man
in the roadway had caught up tho
broken, pitifully thin llttlo body and
read, "To Bluffy from Alloc"
Fluffy I Alloo!" ho gasped. "Alice
Hko thatl"
Thon his fooo hardened. "Well, I'm
glad I knew in time," ho said nnd with
a suddco Impulse tenderly laid the lit
tle body on the cushlonod soat In the
tonnoau and covered It gently with
tho dust robe.
"Fluffy shall bo properly burlod,
anyway," ho sold as ho cllmbod into
his seat and rolcasod tlvo brake and
throw in the clutch.
But first bo slowly drew a letter,
stamped and ready for the post, from
bis pocket, tore It up and dropped the
piooea In tho dust. MABEL READ
THOMPSON.
Humorists Wife John, It's so
swoot o'f you to aslt door mother herd
to Tlfrft
Humorist Yea you boo tho fact Is,
Mario, I'vo about run out of mothop-ln
law's Joke.Bj and-? ,
FOLLOW THE LEADER.
A Nervous Commuter Has a Thrill
ing Experience.
A nervous commuter on his dark,
lonely wny home from tho railroad
station heard footsteps behind him. He
had an uncomfortable feeling that ho
was being followed. He Increased
his speed. The footsteps quickened
accordingly. Tho commuter darted
down a lane. Tho footsteps still pur
sued him. In desperation he vaulted
over a fence and, rushing Into a
churchyahd, threw himself panting on
one of tho graves.
"If ho follows mo here," ho thought
fearfully, "there can bo no doubt ns
to his Intentions."-
Tho man behind was following. He
could hear him scrambling over tho
fence. Visions ot highwaymen, mani
acs, garrotcrs and tho llko flashed
through his brain. Quivering with
fear, the nervous one arose and faced
his pursuer.
"What do you want?" he demanded.
"Wh-why are you following mo?"
"Say," asked tho strangermopplng
his brow, "do you always go home like
this? I'm going up to Mr. Brown's
and the man at the station told me to
follow you, as you lived next door. Ex
cuse my asking you, but Is thero much
more to do beforo we get thero?"
PROOF.
Mrs. Wagson Oh! I'm sure she
realizes how stout she's getting.
Mrs. Wigson How do you know?
Mrs. Wagson She asked me yester
day the proper way to pronounce "em
bonpoint." Refreshed His Memory.
"Hello, there!" exclaimed the cheer
ful man. "Glad to see you. Howdy
do?"
"Why er-howdy do? Howdy do?"
returned the absent-minded man,
somewhat dubiously.
"How are you?"
"Pretty well, pretty well; er "
"You don't seem to remember me."
"Why er your face Is familiar,
but er "
"Don't remember my name, eh?"
"Well er I hope you'll pardon mo,
but I must confess I don't," said the
absent-minded man.
"You'll And it on the handle of
thnt umbrella you are carrying," re
marked the cheerful man. "You bor
rowed it from me six months ago."
A Stuttering Clock.
A droll sort of n fellow, given to
stuttering, met nn old collego chum
on the street. They had some hours
together nnd other things. As the
tardy one stealthily ascended the
Btatrs on reaching home out of tho
darkness came his wife's voice.
"What time Is It?" she asked, stern
ly. "It is J-J-J-J-Just one," he stammered.
The words were scarcely uttered
when the old-fashioned clock on tho
landing gave four laborious strokes.
"Do you hear that?" she asked,
sharply.
"But, my d-d-dear," ho rejoined,
pleasantly, "y-you mustn't mind that
k-k-clock. It's 1-1-1-1-like me."
Used by Our Best.
"Forget it cast It nway." Haw
thorne's Marble Faun.
"She was a respectable old guy."
Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
"It's a euro thing." Goldsmith's
Sho Stoops to Conquer.
"Twenty-throe," Dickens's Tale of
Two Cities.
"Gave Hector a gift a gillt nutmeg
a lemon." Shakespeare's Lovo's La
bor's Lost.
"Cut in and win." Thackeray's
Vanity Fair.
The Cowardly Egg.
"When I nroso to spoak," relnted
a mnrtyrod statoemnn, "someone hurl
ed a baeo, cowardly egg at me, nnd It
struck mo on tho ehest."
"And what kind of an egg might
that bo?" asked a fresh young man.
"A baso, cowardly egg," explained
the statesman, "is on'o that hits you
and then runs."
A Sure Shot at Livers.
"I hear, doctor, thnt my frlond
Brown, whom you have been treating
80 long for liver trouble, has dlod of
stomach trouble," Bald ono of the phy
sician's patients.
"Don't boliovD all you hear," replied
tho doctor. "When I treatya roan for
llvor troublo, ho dies of liver trouble.."
Wise to the Game.
Ted Women won't find campaign
ing as oasy na thoy expect.
Nod That's so. Tho femnlo candi
dates won't be able to Jolly tho wom
en voters by going around and kissing
their babies.
Disproved.
Knlcker Thoy say that when you
aro sinking you romombor everything.
Booker Nonsense; If a when you
can't keep your head above water that
you forget your creditors.
Thoso Shininu Domes.
"The nest time I come down here
I'm going to bring an umbrella," she
said to her neighbor at the big res
taurant "Why?" ho nsked.
"Thnt man's head over there is si
bald," sho said, "that the shine of It
hurts my eyes." Now York Press.
Down and Out.
She called herself a silly gooso.
He dlil not venture to reply.
Bhe moved a llttlo closer then
And called herself a goose again,
Indulging In a soulful sigh.
Bhe called herself a foolish girl
And on his hand let her hand fall.
But still he had no word to say
And was not, when he went away,
Requested to repeat his call.
Chicago Kccord-Horakl.
A Local Sensation.
"I see you farmers aro nil buying
automobiles."
"We nre," admitted Farmer Whlf
flctrce, "nnd you enn believe It or not,
but my hired man hns developed
enough energy to bo pinched for speed
ing." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fnrsighted Finance.
"That financier made n fortuno while
he-wns in Jail."
"Yes," nnswercd Mr. Dustln Stnx;
"ho probably preferred to get rich un
der tho immediate surveillance of the
law so ns lo head off the charge of
tainted luoney." Washington Star.
Sure to Score.
When pa was nsked to name the boy
Ills wits were qulto divided.
Just what to call his newborn joy
Itcmalned long undecided.
But ma, his indecision shook.
Sho was not taking chances.
Now Robert Frederick Peary Cook
Upon dad's kneecap dances.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Where It Falls Down.
"Logic," remarked the visionary In
dividual, "cither proves or disproves
all things."
"Yes," rejolued the practical per
son, "but It doesn't accomplish any of
them." Houston Post.
Something Wrong.
An Australian auctioneer who was
reputed to have more education than
professional ability was endeavoring to
sell some cattle to nn nudlence of farm
hauds. "Geutlemen," he began, "I
have a particularly nice lot of heifers
and bullocks, and 1 may say that the
heifers predouilunte."
Ho was luterrupted by o '"ery agri
cultural voice from the crowd. "I
thort there was something wrong with
'em," it said, "or you wouldn't have to
sell 'em."
Strength Misplaced.
"There are some strong features
mentioned in Mrs. Fakit's boarding
house advertisement."
"Then I'll bet she put in the coffee
and left out tho butter." Baltimore
American.
TIio Kind Yon Havo Always
in uso for over 80 years,
nnd
Jr' sonal supervision since Its Infancy.
'CC&AXZ Allnwnn nun to 1 op.nl vnvnn hi thta-
AU Counterfeits, Imitations nnd" Just-as-good "aro but;
Experiments that trifle with nnd endanger tho health of
Infants nnd Children Experience ngainst Experiment.
What is CASTOR I A
Castorin is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops nnd Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other ITarcotio
substance. Its ngo is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms
nnd allays Fovcrishucss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind.
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
nnd Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTOR! A ALWAYS
Bears tho
Tie Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THt OCNTftUn COMPANY TT MUMUV BTRCCT NEW TO CITfc
VALUABLE SEAWEED.
Put to Many Uses by the Coast Dwell
ers of Japan.
"A largo Income is derived by ths
Inhabitants of tho coasts ot Japan
from gathering and soiling ordinary
seaweed," said Jeremiah King ot At
lantic City.
"More than 3,000,000 yen is derived
by the harvesters of the deep each
year. This doos not lncludo tho largo
amount ot the product consumed by
tho natives.
"Certain kinds of seaweed are used
for food and its by-products represent
thousands ot dollars annually. As
choice a dessert as I ever have eaten
was mado from weeds gathered on tho
southern coast of Japan. This mixed
with sugar and sprinkled with rum
makes a dessert rarely equaled on this
side of the Atlantic.
"Thero aro families on the coast
of Japan whoso ancestors for hun
dreds of years have lived entirely
from tho proceeds of tho seaweed
gathered from March to November
and sold for food. Tho natives anchor
branches of trees at tho mouths of
tho rivers which flow Into tho ocean.
The Incoming tide deposits Seaweed
on the branches. The natives gather
it, dry it and after mincing It with
hugo knives ell it In large quanti
ties." Where Immense Energy Lies.
Talking before the Institution of
Electrical Engineers at Glasgow, on
the unknown energy contained In tho
chemical elements and the prospect of
making It nvallable, Mr. F. Soddy said
that tho forces at our disposal com
pared with thoso exhibited when an
atom suffers change are of a differ
ent and lower order of magnitude.
Suppose, he said, that a wny could be
found In which uranium, which disin
tegrates to the extent of a thousand
millionth part annually, could be made
to disintegrate completely in tho
course of a year; then from one gram
of uranium 1,000,000,000 caloric could
be evolved, which, converted into
electric energy, would suffice to keep
a 32 candle-power lamp burning con
tinuously through the year. By the
expenditure of about one ton of urani
um, costing less than $5,000, more en
ergy would be derived than Is sup-plled-by
all the electric supply-stations
of London put together.
The Habitable Earth.
The-entire habitable area of tho
earth Is given at 46,000,000 square
miles, of which the extreme fertile
limit may be put at 37,000,000 square
miles. With the generally accepted
sustaining capacity of 200 persons to
the square mile, this area could, by
systematic tillage, be made to yield
subsistence to 7,400,000,000 human be
ings. It has been calculated that with
in 210 years the world's population
will be swelled to 7,440,000,000 souls.
What will happen 300 years hence,
when the population ot the earth will
be 16,000,000,000, remains to be seen.
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