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'
two and three inch sizes. This was
covered with fine, unsifted quarry
chips, and. q crown was given to ths
roadway with an elevation of about
SIX inches in width OF sixteen feet.
Wagons with tires of different de-
grees of width, some of them as much
as six inches wide, were built for
ha.l:ng stone over this road. Their
constant use has produced q smooth.
compact and regular surface between
the quarry and the works. Loads OF
stone, varying from 5000 to l6,OOo
pounds, are continually hauled over
this road, with no perceptible wear.
The cost of hauling has been reduced.
Experiments in other states are also
referred to and the opinion expressed
that wide tires are not only lighter
in their draft than narrower ones
under nearly all conditions, but they
cut up roads very little; in fact,
when six inches wide, tend to make
the road better continually.
The bulletin concludes by printing
extracts from the consular reports
concerning the width of tires pre-
scribed in various foreign countries.
In France every freighting and
market cart is said to be q road
maker. Their tires are from three
to ten inches in width, usually from
four to six. The German law OF
April l6, 1910, prescribes that wagons
for heavy loads, such as coal, brick,
earth and stone, must have q width
of tire ut least four inches. Switzer-
land requires wagons to be provided
with wheels having tires OF q width
proportional to the largest loads ad-
niSSible
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Latest in Wedding Rings.

A woman we'll known among So
ciety people, although not exactly
member of the four hundred, recently
astonished her friends by appearing
in public wearing three solid gold
rings on the third finger of her right
hand. The bands Of gold fairly COW
cred the joint between the knuckles.
So much curiosity was aroused that
one of her friends finally asked her
why she wore the rings in the way
she did. -
ooh" sho replied, "that is the
yerv latest Paris fashion. got it
direct from dear friend of mine who
lives there. You see, the first ring
was given to me by my first husband
who died OF yellow fever. l wear
that in memory of him. The next
one wear in joyful remembrance OF
the fact that I got divorce from my
second husband, and the third ring
reminds ME that am married again
and getting to be an old woman
she concluded
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place, I beg to offer sample of the
pins so used taken from the locust
tree, growing in oil parts Of the coun-
try. My grandmother taught me to
whittle them into fancy---if not orna-
mental---shapes, but none of them,
suppose could be put to use to arrang'
ing the spezerrinctums and curlicu-
runs of their granddaughters, Who
as represented by She, in the Plea
yune, seem to hold the world in a swing
just now-.-but for the topknot, ,enoth-
ing could be better"
Now, it would be quaint and pretty
style, ''She" thinks, for our girls to
cut their pins from the locust trees
during their outings this summer.
When one is lettering in country
homes, one still seeks for pretty effects
to dazzle the eye of the country swains
and the city beaux who follow; the
''locust pin" would have a fresh
"woody" effect, and the dark brown
would be really quite ornamental
against golden coils. Another thing,
it would be delightful way of pass
ing the dull summer hours fer bellies
and beaux to go on "locust pin"
hunt, and then one could sit within
the shades of the locust tree, and
while "He" Whitfield the pin into
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-.-.- =: - III Lossi-O. '"N~-- 49,
of untold wealth from prehistoric
times. It has been practiced I'm.
brokenly in India and China for un.
numbered centuries. The Romans
adopted it from the East and trans
ported it into Italy and the south of
France. The Arabs and Moors intro
duced it into Spain and the Spaniards
brought it with their conquests to
Spanish America. Since ancient
times, however, the art Of irrigation
has remained practically stationary,
whereas almost everything else has
been revolutionized by civilization
and progress. Our own practice of it
is relatively in its tender infancy.
We have much to learn from the an-
clients and from tho East Indians and
Chinese of to-day in the matter OF
economizing water, in utilizing river
silt, in the mysteries of aeration,
meteorology and geological chemistry.
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the "cat," inflicted with an instru-
ment that carries no knots and seldom
more than fifteen or twenty strokes, is
not to be compared with the savage
foggiDgs of the past.
The Russian "knout," however, is
much more terrible instrument of tor
ture than the "cat, rs will be seen
from the accompanying illustration.
And, unfortunately, one never knows
for certain how much of the knout is
left in modern Russia. The telegraph
wire still at times carries the horrid
whizz of it from remote Siberia, and
only the other day came the news
from st. Petersburg of new i'm.
perial ukase "abolishing the use OF
the knout fer the punishment of Of
lenses committed by the peasantry,
who have hitherto been completely Mt
the mercy OF the local judges in this
respect, because statistics were sub.
mitted to the Gear, showing that in
ten years 5000 persons, mostly guilty
of thefts of produce, hal died after
punishment with the knout. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
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Ruined by a Flower

The Southwest has been overtaken
by misfortune almost as great as
that caused by the Russian thistle,
which has created such alarm in the
wheat belt. This is o water lilly, q
bulb of which was imported from
Colombia, S. A., by an admirer OF
the flower year or two ago. a cor
RESPONDENT of the New York Sun
says the bayous are becoming choked
with the stems OF these plants ana
navigation is seriously impeded. The
pest is spreading so rapidly that
already it has extended into Mississ-
ippi and Tennessee and the inhabi-
tants OF Louisiana are seriously
alarmed, for the united efforts OF
those along the bayous have been
futile.
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OF 1877, throwing open the desert
lands lndiscriminateiy to settlement,
resulted in attempts by large syndi-
Gates to snatch the sites of water
courses and other vital points suitable
for the location Of dams and reser-
voirs.
This would have amounted eventu-
ally % pre-emption of the whole re-
gion-almost entire States-as posses
sion of the water would entail neces.
sarily the possession of the land too,
for the mere land without water
rights would be worthless. Accord
ingly, by subsequent acts the lands
containing reservoir sites were with
drawn from public entry and costly
investigations were made by the Geo
logical Surve, TO- data with which to
prepare maps OF reservoir sites. BY
further supplemental acts the with
drawal provisions were repealed, but
the right of way for bitches and canals
was reserved by the Government.
But the lands continued In desert
condition and unsettled, and so Con-
gress was Mt last prompted to turn
them over to the States in whose bor-
ders they are located, to work out
their salvation as best they may.
Various schemes are now proposed
in these new States to avail themselves
of the desert land donations. One
plan is for the States to build irrlSa-
ton works with labor brought from
the overcrowded cities of the East and
Middle West and to pay for that labor
half in cash and half i'll land, the land
to be occupied when tie irrigation
works are finished. Another project
is to establish model irrigation
farming colony in some typical desert
district to demonstrate to the outside
world by object lesson what can be
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stand comparison favorably with any
others in the world. No better ex-
ample, for instance, of the value and
growth OF irrigation could be present
ed than the new development OF the
orange and lemon industry of Southern
California. In the year 1870 there
were only $4,000 orange and lemon
trees in the whole gold State. Now
there are 5,000,0 900, and chiefly in the
six most southerly counties. Their
product of oranges and lemons, culti-
waited almost entirely by irrigation,
is enormous aud highly priced in the
market. Eastern people can scarcely
conceive of Southern California ex-
cept as an orange and lemon raising
country, and yet the early vegetable
crop of that same section, not to men
tion its fruits and wines, is even more
valuable than the orange and lemon
crop.
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received letter was his, and 10 save
fruitless journey to the South Side ne
conceived plan to identity his spaniel
without going to him. He went to /"
telephone station at the corner OF Lin i!,
coin and Garfield avenues and Mr.. Mil
ler went with the dog to the Engiewood
Telephone Exchange. The dog was was
men got the line the receiver was
placed to Gyp's ear and Mr.. Week
called the spaniel's name. The dog
Immediately made demonstrations
showing that he recognized his mas
ter's voice. Mr.. Weeks spaniel has a
habit of barking when anyone says
"fre.' Mr.. Week called "hre" over
the wire and the dog began to bark.
That settled it. Now Gyp Is at home.
Chicago Record
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the season. A few skirts have trim
ming, and number of them have
fronts or side sections Of different ma
terial; but these are the exception,
and usually indulged in by women who
have many dresses apd want variety.
There need be no relation, whatever,
even the remotest, between the fabric
skirt and the waist; indeed, the less
relation the better, unless the colors
absolutely quarrel.
A stylish and handsome waist OF silk
has sides and back of plain silk, with
fnll-length vest front of fancy mate
rial or OF plain goods covered with
lace. The front slightly droops over
the belt, and has full folds of plain
goods at either side, extending from
shoulder.seams 10 waist-line. The
stock collar has large bows at the back
of the neck. There is a plain belt
with rosette and very long ends OF
wide satin ribbon the sleeves are very
full at the tops, and from the inside
of the elbow about half the distance
to the shoulder additional fullness is
shirred in. This is new model OF q
sleeve, and is very much liked.
A waist of crepon and velvet is very
pretty. The crepon is accordion
plated rs tull as possible, and gath
cred IN mt the collar and belt. From
the shoulders over to the waist-line at
the sides are very full jabot rufies OF
embroidered crepon to match. The
plated sleeves are gathered into vel
vet bands ut the elbows, and below
these are deep frills Of the embroid-
cred stuff. There is velvet belt with
rosettes, n stock collar, and velvet
rosettes on either shoulder. This IS
one of the prettiest and most practl'
cal of the new models.
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tend the reclamation of desert lands
almost indefinitely are in process OF
projection and construction, and these
will soon place under ditch additional
tracts Of vast acreage. These new
projects are not confined alone to the
States just enumerated, but are scat
yered over certain Southern States
and in measure over the New Eng
land and Middle States, where adj
vanced agriculturists and capitalists
are adopting irrigation methods and
appliances. In Texas and Florida ar
tesian wells are being largely resorted
to for irrigation, and in Louisiana and
Alabama. despite the heavy precipita-
ton and constant humidity the semi
tropical heat OF summer and accom-
panying evaporation, tending to pro-
duce drought in the growing season,
have shown the necessity OF artificial
irrigation by conduits and bitches.
H,i, q. :--:-otion of o- ~or oG we'll IF
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A NEW DECEPTION.

which the people of the South .
are -resenting, is the efforts OF
some to sell them limitations for
the real Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, because they make more
money by the imitation ), and
they care little that they swindle
the people in selling them an
inferior article. It's the money
they are after, and the people can
look out for themselves. Now
this is just what the people are
doing, and merchants are having
a hard time trying to get people
to take the stuff they offer them
in place of Simmons Liver Reg
ulator-which is the "King of
Liver Medicines" because it never
fails to give relief in all liver
troubles. Be sure that you get
Simmons Liver Regulator. You
know it by pASwsza the same
old stamp Dgssg of the Rcd
q on the Nszsa,sm package.
It has GaA1 q never fail
ed you, 49, ES and people
who have Nsz1g been per.
suaded to take something else have
always come back again to The
Old Friend. Better not take any
thing else but that made by J.H.
zE1LIN & Co., Philadelphia.
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SMALL AnTEs1AN WELL FOR IRRIGATION IN NORTH DAKOTA

preliminary way, albeit without much
concerted action or system; for until
recently very little was known OF the
existence, extent and character OF sub
terranean water supplies on these
plains. Fortunately, however, recent
Government Investigations have upset
the old notions and have proven the
entire plains regions to be literally
underlaid with water, which can be
availed of so as to reclaim the arid
surface and render it wonderfully pro-
ductive. Under NIL these lands what
is known as "sheet water" is suspend
ed below the soil in succession of
subterranean lake beds, like n series
of huge sponges, and in these beds the
lost, imbibed and percolated rainfall
is stored or flows slowly through un-
derlying layers OF sanl and gravel
grit above impervious strata. This is
called the "underaow," and it is
found to be copious and inexhaustible.
This "underhow" is the key to the
reclamation of the Great Plains. BY
recovering it, and in conjunction with
that, by storing the surface waters
and rainfall now running to waste, and
by systematic economy in the use OF
water, together with tree-plantins and
the prevention OF prairie fires, this
whole empire, it is contended by ex-
perts, csn be converted into verita-
BILE garden Of gigantic proportions,
capable OF sustaining dense, instead
of as now, a sparse population. These
lost underground waters it is pro-
posed to recover by mechanical means
-hoisting machinery, pumps and
windmills s-by artesian wells, snd hy
gravity, with sunken dams, canals,
perforated pipes and conduits. The
cost would be heavy, but it would be
insicniGcant in comparison with the
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done IN agriculture by single irrlga'
tion community if properly managed.
However, the States themselves will
determine the manner Of development,
and they will probably do it speedily.
But whatever plans are adopted the
approved irrigating methods now sue
cessfully followed by individual capl-
talists and communities in the now re-
claimed deserts in the West will doubt
less be pursued to a greater or less de-
gree, enormous dams and storage
reservoirs being used to collect and
save the surface water as it flows down
the mountain sides in springtime, and
distributing canals and ramifylng
bitches being utilized to apply the
water to the crops.
BY these irrigating methods 5,OOo,-
600 acres OF lan1, chiefly in California,
Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana,
Utah and New Mexico have already
been reclaimed within the past twelve
years, aud large proportion OF the
irrigating works employed there, ere.
ated by American engineers, will
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A Worried Farmer.

A farmer who has been studying
agricultural journals writes the editor
of an Ohio paper that he is stumped.
He says he reads in one journal that
side window in his stable makes o
horses eye weak on that side.
Another paper tells him that front
window hurts his eyes by the glare !;
those on diagonal lines make him shy
when he travels; one behind makes
him squint-eyed, and stable with.
out windows makes him blind. The
farmer wants to know whether there
is any place outside the heads of those
editors where he can hang his win
dows. -Garrettsville lind. Journal.
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next ten wears. MosJ vi s2--- ...,.s
lie between slopes of the Rockies or
upon plateaus or in valleys tributary
to these ranges. Before the donations
are consummated by the Secretary OF
the Interior, each State must file in
the. General Land Office in Washing
ton satisfactory plan showing the
mode of irrigation contemplated and
the sources whence the water is to be
got.
This magnificent grant is likely to
solve the preliminary difficulties OF
the desert-land problem, and give a
great impetus to the irrigation move
ment. The law making the donation
is the sequel to series Of ill-devised
measures enacted previously on the
subject, beginning in 1877. The law
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orado Guu 49,:
ern portions of the Dakotas, u i,o-
braska, KangaS, Oklahoma and Texas.
There the rainfall is deficient and un-
equal and, though the soil is rich,
farming is uncertain and insecure.
The streams of the region are few and
inconsequential as compared with
those in any equal area in the humid
sections OF the country, and during
prolonged droughts the vegetation
dries up and the land becomes semi
arid. Thousands Of people who have
settled there in the past have been
compelled by repeated crop failures to
move away. Still, in each of these
semi-arid strips encouraging progress
by irrigation has been made of late in q
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eignefs,

Every Paris school has its Scan
teen," where free meals are given to
the children who cannot pay, while
those who are better off pay in part
or in full, states the New Orleans
Picayune. Each child brings his clean
napkin, his little bottle of vim ordi-
naire, and sometimes fruit or bit Of
cheese for dessert. The cooking is
usually done by the ianitor, and the
meals are served at little tables in the
play room. The cost of the portions,
generally stews of meat and vegeta-
bles, is about two cents for each child.
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Rey. Mr.. Fairbanks, an American
missionary in India, attributes large
part of his success to the use of q
bicycle. Not only is lie enabled to
cover more extensive territory with
it, but the natural curiosity of the
natives brings large crowds to see ga
horse that needs neither grass nor
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THE PINS OF OUR eRANDMorHERs.

Colonel John NJ. Sandidge, now re.
siding in North Louisiana, sends the
Picayun some quaint samples OF the
kinds of pins our grandmothers used
in early days in this country. Our
artist has faithfully reproduced sew
eral for the benefit of our readers.
Says Colonel Sandidge: She
knows, doubtless, of the wiseacre OF
ancient times, who declared the glow
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-03

might ''pin" him forever to her side
by her winning ways and gentle ap-
probation. Oh, dear me, the posi-.
bilities suggested by the 'qocust pin"
are many in addition to use and orna-
ment, and "She" gives the ''pin" to
the summer girl to make the most OF
it. New Orleans Picayune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-03

The concerns in this country that
have made the biggest successes have
been large advertisers in dnll times.
BY that means they kept their sales
mp to the average when others were
losing money.
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sccruing values and benefits. Already,
on account CT the introduction Of
these appliances, there has been a de-
cided growth of settlement on the
plains.
Summing up results of irrigation in
the United States to the present date,
the 25,OOO,000 acres of once desert
land con be apportioned approximately
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Feeling Seed of the Wild Cane.

Farmers about Pittsboro, Ala, have
found that the seed of the twild cane, !"
which grows abundantly in the neigh
boring swamps, is an excellent feed for
cattle. The plant is said to grow lux
uriantly on almost any sort of land.
and to yield more seed to the acre
than any other cereal. Now Orleans
Picayune.
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The New Orleans Picnyule says:
'Tte feeling in Georgia is 50 strong
against womea's suffrage that the
State convention Of the ". c. T. u.
adjourned without discussing the sub
iect, though it was on the Pro-
rramme.
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WIDE WAGON TIRES.
a Bulletin Issued by the Agricultural.
Department.

The Agricultural Department has
issued bulletin, compiled by Roy
Stone, special agent in charge OF
road inquiry, containing information
concerning the use of wide tires on
wagon wheels. Mr.. Stone regards it
of especial Importance in the maint-
enance of the public highways that
the vehicles used on them shall have
tires OF greater width than are now,
in general use, Extracts from the
state laws respecting the width OF
tire to be used on vehicles are given,
some of which offer rebate OF o
portion Of the highway tax on wagons
with rims or tires not less than three
and three and one-half inches in
width. Ohio makes it unlawful to
transport over macadamized gravel
or stone roads in any vehicle having
q tire of less than three Inches in
width q burden OF more than 2,OOO
pounds. Indiana has law against
hauling on wet gravel road a load
of over 1000 pounds ON narrow
tired wagon or over $500 pounds on
broad tired wagon.
Kentucky makes q distinction ID
favor nj irl.d tired EagG1Z-'!s -. =.
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ing serious and lasting.
Lost Dog Fou1d by Telephone.

Mr.. Week, of Cleveland avenue, has
a water spaniel, Gyp by name, which
he prizes. The other day Gyp strayed
away from home, He wandered for
down on the South Side, where he was
seen by F. NJ. Miller, residing near
Sixty-ninth and State streets. Mr..
Miller, knowing good dog, took Gyp
home in his buggy.
Mr.. Week advertised the loss OF his
dog and Mr.. Miller answered. As lost
dogs are numerous Mr.. Week did not
feel sure that the one about which he
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-03

Gypsics in, France have hitherto
managed to avoid being numbered and
traced. They roam through the coun-
try in bands, and as long Us they did
no serious harm were let alone by the
police. Now the gendarmes have or
ders to take census of these nomad
and to SEQ that those who are NJ:
French are registered like other
oionars
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Punishment by the Knolt.

The whip, as m instrument OF dis
cipline, has almost disappeared in this
country. It is good many years
since the Scat" has fourished over the
backs of our seamen and its employ
ment in our prisons is exceptional in
these days. And even where it does
exist the present day punishment OF
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ING locks OF woman's head to be her
glory and as our grandmothers OF
the Revolution oit!imes had nothing
better than strings and pins from Il
thorn hush to keen their locks IN
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A Boston church has decided to hold
services ut $50 3. 10. during the sum-
mer, SO that the congregation can
spend tho rest Of the day at pleasure
rnenrfc
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If the experiments now in progress
succeed, the Detroit Free Press fig
ures that pNDcr stockings sized with
potato starch and ta!low will be put
on The market and sold at three cents