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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

Hon. c .B. Bush, president Of the Gil.
mer County CIV. ya.) Court, says that he
mas had three cases of fiux in his fami-
~ during the past summer. which he
eured IN less than a week with Cham
pertains Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
remedy Mr.. Bush also states, that in
some instances there were twenty hem
ofrhages day.-Glenville W. Va. Path
Jpnder- This remedy has been used in
nine epidemics of fiux and one of chol-
era, with perfect success. 1t can always
De depended upon for bowel complaint
even in its most severe forms. Every
family should keep ii at hand The *
and 80 cent bottles for sale by VIVA
Greenwich Il Son, Leonardtown: Josenh
5. Matthews, Valley Lee, and an coun-
try stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

Under Guis: Of Proving for a Fair
Registration and Pare Biiio.,
The Door TO fraud Has Been
Thrown Wide Open.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

the cost in the other counties was in the
same proportion, and also in Baltimore
city The total. therefore, ioots up over
$4,000 in increased tax..ion. which the
taxpayers OF the State have had to pay
for this reform %: No benefit has
been deived from this expenditure; the
rather, law is placed upon the statute
books that served to hinder registration
and placed under surveillance OF oathless
officials inc illiterate vote OF the State.
Assuming that the new registration in
the counties was wholly unnecessary for
any public purpose, as il unquesiionably
was. and the authors OF the partisan reg
istration law become properly charge
able with the loss OF time OF every voter
IN the counties upon whom this unneces-
sary work was imposed. In most OF the
country districts the act OF registering
and OF voting consumes full days time
generally involving the use and often
the hiring OF team. There were
I52oo3 voters registered outside OF Bal
timore city last year. Now. il We charge
up 81 head for the loss OF time and in
cidental expense OF each Cd these voters.
We augment the expense account by
$I52.o03. making the sum total above a
quarter OF a million dollars.
Study the figures in the table, learn
what reform % in registration and cleo
ton cost you, then consider the benefit.
Instead OF an honsi registration and a
pure ballot, as was the proclaimed pur-
pose in changing tae law. tho very cs-
sence OF the principle of tie Australian
system was omitted and the door opened
wide for corruption.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

nurntn~. I1rafue skrsa .lFSr sas.s s,ss-,,<i,. -
.lese-. ey Je Wits Witch Aasel save. nm
equalled tUE cuts bgtxas1x. lsslrtfg Il l,s.ts.
Without leaving scar. A. a. LAWRENCE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

In the Whitechapel London
county c0urt three witnesses in
succession in one case could Meth
er read nor write. Three witnesses
in the next case we're named re-
spectively Speller, Reader and
Wright.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

Flight, eli ~ said the starfish.
.'Why. the first thing a crab is
Taught to 10 is to crawl.
at isn't crawl" said the crab,
shswing his natural backward gait.
"It's sort of Grecian bend
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08
Saint Maru's Beacon
WHAT REfORM(a) COST

; NECESSITY Foa Az .r--
IsTRATE0H. fC7 Goes IL
TILE ELECTlOd LAsI
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

Lover in ecstasyl-Darling, you
are the light of my life
Voice from the head of the
stairs We'll, why, then, do you
find it necessary to burn my gas in
addition ?
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

Housewife-Mrs Gass says she
discharged you because she fire.
quently caught you listening at the
doors.
Applicant-WelI. nos, mum
Hsusewife-Well, III engage you
on one condition. You'll have TO
tell me everything you overheard
q: Mrs. Gass'.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

John Grim. of GAINESVILLE. o.. SAYS: II new
n lived dns for thirty years without safYer-
a. < axons. until =. box Of DE Wits Witch H.
~aiys cured ms piles For piles asssl N = "A
= oIfOeS. cuts. tr1ises spraifrs eczema ana al
sai0 troubles DE Wits Witch a. azel Sases IA
uncquailed. A. A. LAWRENCE
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-08

II crave but Ono Minute said the public
speaker in q husky voice; and then be took q
dose of One Minute Cough Cure and proceed
ed with his oratory. One Minute Cough Cure
IL unequalied for throat and lung trouble A.
A. LAWRENCE.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
Photographs of Bad Roads.

One hundred and twenty-five dollars
in cash is offered in prizes by the League
of American Wheelmen for photo
graphs of bad country roads. The
competition for these prizes remains
open until June /, 1898; it is not limited
to members of the L. A. w., but is open
to all alike. A first prize has been set
aside of $50, second prize of $25, a
third prize of SIS, fourth of $40, and
five prizes of five dollars each. The
League of American Wheelmen has pub
lishsd extensive literature on good
roads, and the best of the pictures re-
ceived under this prize competition are
to be used in illustrating articles and
pamphlets on that subject. 1t is ex-
pected that members of the L. A. w.
and wheelmen generally who are able
to use the camera will assist in this
work by sending in pictures of bad
roads and incidentally taking part in
the competition for these cash prizes.
Photographs SHOULD be sent to Otto
Dorner, chairman national committee
for highway improvement, L. A. W.,
post Office box 1888. Milwaukee, Wis.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

While it is an item to supply good
variety Of food, all radical changes
should be made gradually.
Use the best dairy bred sire you can
get; one, If possible, that has long line
Of ancestors that have been first-class
dairy animals.
Test your cows by weighing the milk
Of each COW for year, testing It occa-
sionally with the Babcock milk tester,
and know how much butter fat each one
produces.
The "cowy" odor in milk comes from
nothing but particles Of manure, dust,
and the wornout scales of the cows
skin. Keep the COW. the stable, the
hands and everything pertaining to
milk, Immediately clean
Have you a COW that does not pay?
II you have, she should soon be made
ready for fattening and turned of. II
she has bad habit, get rid Of her. II
she does not come up to the test get
lid Of her. II she has horns and you are
opposed to dehorning shut your eyes
and dehorn her; that is, shut your eyes
70 sentimentalism.-R World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10

And, to be very definite, can we not svs.
tematicslly and constantly preach wide
tires? Pictures Of rutted roads can he
shown with the legend: result of mar
row tires" Local consuls, when thew
put up signs or advertisements, can add
to I'VE want good roads" some such
phrase as "and wide tires to keen them
good" Education in these and kindred
ways will rapidly bear fruit. and only
a little thoughtfulness is necessary to
make every citizen an advocate of wider
tires.
II would seem that only improvement
would follow such a change Wide
tires are said to draw as easily as mar
row, and, in many cases, more easily.
They roll the road instead of cutting it.
Now we have ton or more drawn on
wheels which track, and have tires. saw.
two inches wide, thus making two
sharp cutting surfaces. We're tires for
such loads gagged at, say, three inches.
and tracking forbidden, there would be
two rolling surfaces of six inches each.
This would make road, not DESTROY IT,
On our dirt roads such rolling would
soon produce astonishing results, so
that neighborhoods which really can
not afford the expenses of stone roads.
because of insufficient traffic, would
soon have greatly improved roads,
which would he in excellent condition
the greater part of the year.
Let us not only want good roads, but
strive to keep them after we get them
E. S. Campbell, in L. A. W. Bulletin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
CHEAP GRAVEL ROADS.
How They Are Successfully Main
tanned in Scott County, In.

tanned in Scott County, In.
In some sections of the country, nota-
bly, in the western states, are counties
in which the character of the soil and
absence of suitable road materials
make road improvement a very diff
cult problem. Besides much level coun-
try there are frequent hills, many small
creeks and rivulets that only run after
hard rains or in a wet season. Numer-
Gus bridges need to be maintained, and
the soil becomes mud under slight
provocation. Such conditions obtain
in Scott county, Ia, where an attempt
has been made to build roads at a mod
crate cost that will stand traffic and the
strain OF breaking up of winter.
The methods employed by the super
visors have been to first grade, fill and
gutter the road selected, and in particu-
larry wet places Lay drain tiles with
good fall and free outlet. Then such
stones as can be had are laid as fat as
possible to a depth of about six inches.
The spaces are filled up with small
broken stone, and a smooth surface is
secured of the contour desired. On this
is laid four inches of gravel, and a
three-ton roller gives it a surface, regu-
lar travel doing the rest. 1t packs well,
becomes smooth and hard and improves
with use. The small broken stone used
is limestone that is found in the coun-
ty, which is not hard enough for surface
use, and the gravel is obtained in an
adjoining county. With a 16-foot road
way as rule, and 12-foot on the
sleeper grades, the first cost was about
$1,000 per mile.
In the numerous bridges required for
small streams, old mill boilers, about
four feet in diameter and over 20 feet
long, have been used in some II cases.
Their walls are of five-eighth inch steel,
and capable of carrying any amount of
filling and traffic over them. The ex-
pense has been comparatively small.
The few repairs that are required on
these gravel roads are made by the in
mates of the county poorhouse, on
whom the moral effect is excellent
Good Roads.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
Road Improvement.
POOR STONE ROADS.

Few "Macadam" ROadways Are be-
ing Built Properly.
Interest in the movement for better
highways shows itself most strongly in
the growing custom of using crushed
stone for road improvement. The stone
crusher companies have evidently been
doing an excellent business, for both in
the cities and in the country do we find
that stone has been used as road ma
terial.
1t is greatly to be deplored, however,
that while so much excellent material
is being employed, the methods
adopted are so very faulty. In too
many cases the men having the work
in charge are content simply to deposit
the stone upon the highway, frequently
throwing it right into a muddy spot,
and doing nothing further after the ma
terial has been put in place and spread.
In many of the towns and cities where
a road roller can be afforded the officials
undertake to finish their work by plac-
ing a layer of gravel on top of the
stone, and then rolling it until the
entire material has been packed and
hardened.
All OF these attempts at building mac
adam roads are failures, when regarded
from the standpoint of intelligent and
scientific road construction. The val
liable feature of a stone or macadam
road is its absolute compactness, and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
SAVING GOOD ROADS.
The Importance of Wide Tires Point
ed Out Clearly.

The Importance of Wide Tires Point-
ed Out Clearly.
Probably every discerning rider has
seen with indignation the rapidity with
which good macadam roads are cut into
ruts by the narrow-wheeled vehicles
which pass over them. From the fancy
buggy with its inch tires to the heavy
farm wagon or truck with tires two or,
possibly, 2Ks inches wide, every vehicle
cuts and unnecessarily wears the road.
Dirt roads are rendered impassable;
stone roads are made rough by such sys-
tematic destruction.
Under the influence of the L. A. w.,
multitudes have been educated to want
good roads," and many miles have been
built. Does 1--WE want good roads" mean
that we want them for a few weeks or
months; that we want them built to be
as quickly as possible destroyed?
In our campaigns for good roads we
have been wonderfully successful, not
only in getting many, but in showing
their economic value. Yet how mucn
more we might have done. If I'VE want
good roads" had been clearly under
stood to include caring for them in
teiligently as well as building them, we
would not now have so many stony
wrecks to ride over. Having done as
much as we have, does not the obliga-
.on rest upon us to take the next log
zeal stepP Having created, must we not
care for our creation?
Can we not, then. every time we have
opportunity, preach good care of roadsF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
TRENCH MACADAM ROAD


Nocated Between Fontainebleau and Sens. }
the principal aim in building road by
the use of crushed stone should be to
thoroughly pack and firmly unite every
part of the material used, The only
way to accomplish this is to roll every
layer of dirt, stone, gravel or other ma
terial separately. Before any of the
stone is deposited. the subsoil should be
thoroughly hardened by rolling with
heavy roller. A layer of stone, ifit is to
properly pack and form a hard road
bed, must have. above all, solid foun-
dalton. Stone deposited upon loose
gravel, on soft ground, or in bed of
mud can never be successfully packed,
either with a roller or by travel.
So, too, if it isintended toplace layer
of gravel, or smaller crushed stone, or
screenings on the surface, the layer of
crushed stone beneath should first be
thoroughly hardened and packed. 1t
Is mistake TO suppose that the two
can be packed and rolled together.
Material, to be thus compacted, must
be uniform in character and size, and,
while the angular pieces of stone will
shift about under the weight of the
roller until they are all firmly wedged
In place, round particles of gravel, or
smaller pieces, loose dirt or sand,
when mixed with these angular pieces,
will prevent their being thus crowded
together and compacted.
The above explanations are the re-
suit of careful study of the instruc-
lions issued by the state highway
commissions of Massachusetts, Cali
fornia, New Jersey and Connecticut,
and indicate the principles followed in
those states in the construction of
roads by state aid. The same principles
are laid down in treatises upon maca-
dam roads as built in Pennsylvania,
Alabama, New York, North Carolina
and Ontario. and they constitute the
fundamental rules laid down by ex-
perienced road engineers all over the
world.
The building of macadam roads Of
fers opportunities for manifold mis-
takes and for an enormous waste of
public funds. If ever it be true that
what is worth doing at all is worth do
ing well it is emphatically true in the
building of stone roads. A macadam
road, when once properly constructed,
needs little repairing and lasts for gen.
erations, as has been indisputably and
repeatedly proven in England and on
the European continent. A stone road,
poorly built, for want of successful
rolling, even with excellent material,
Is but poor highway at best. Many
so-called macadam roads, recently built
by inexperienced men or without the
proper use of good road rollers, are con-
tlnually going to pieces by the wearing
Of ruts and the subsequent combined
action of water and travel. Every good
macadam road testifes to the value Of
durable highways, while every stone
road improperly built throws shadow
OF doubt upon the movement for better
highways. Those who believe in good
roads cannot afford to have their work
thus discredited.
OTTO DoRNER.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10

To make sure that an order can be
filled it should be sent in at as early
date as possible. 1t is best TO order for
spring delivery now. The order will
be filled, and the rule in all nurseries
is first come first served. In the north
all nurserymen take up their out IF
door stock early, and hill it in so as to be
able to fill orders from the south during
the winter season. This is really much
better than taking stock from nursery
rows. When the trees are hilled in and
properly projected from frost their
roots will begin to start before winter
is over, and they can be planted much
more safely than stock recently dug
American Cultivator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
Feeding the Cow. Tor MIL.

Feeding the cows to increase the flow
Of milk should not entail additional ex-
pense If the farmer uses judgment in
Proportioning the various foods. If
grain, linseed meal and other concen-
trated foods are given In excess the d.
gestion may be impaired, and If hay is
mostly given the animals will be COM
PEELED to eat large quantities Of IL to
secure the desired nourishment. Foods
should consist Of both concentrated and
bulky substances, regulating the pro-
portions according to the conditions
and circumstances.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Don't prune your apple trees in the
fall. The best time is when in bloom
or just before.
Most of the roses do better If given
protection in the winter, though great
many of them will survive without it.
Dahlia tubers keep best If put in a
box or dry sand and kept in a cool place
where they will not freeze. They will
not keep well in damp cellar
Sweet potatoes may be kept in a cellar
that is frost proof, by being laid down
on dry sand in such manner that the
tubers do not touch each other.
An experienced grape grower told us
not long ago that he had gone back to
the old arbor trellis, as he found his
grapes do better when trained that way.
The fall has been so dry that straw
berries that were set out must be given
good care or they will not make start.
Keep them well cultivated and if the
patch is not too large, water them.
With berries. as with every other crop,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
An Investment That Pays.

The experience of careful practical
dairymen all over the country indicates
that the man who milks ten cows can
afford to buy a small separator If he
makes butter at home. The man who
sells milk to separator creamery does
hot need a separator, but he who sep
arates the cream from the milk at home
does. The loss Of butter fat when the
cream Is raised by settling the milk in
FANS or pans is usually heavy, and in
many cases very heavy. Under the av-
erage western conditions we feel entire
ly safe in saying that ten cows justify
the purchase Of hand separator
Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10

sunk, the nut left off, so the seat will re-
volve. The seat is II inches high. A
hoop (e) is fastened with staples on the
upright board (d) to hold the bucket
20 it will be II inches from the floor to
its upper rim. use a two-gallon tin
pail. A heavy wire is used for hoop.
The piece d is two by four and six inches
long fastened to the underside Of the
seat.-Lyman Parmelee, in Farm and
Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10

he who grows the best makes the most
money, and as it requires but little
effort to make an average crop large
one it is worth while to do the extra
work
The man who sells fruits of any kind
is the one who sells but a small guam
THY of the valuable elements of his
farm and a large amount of water which
does not cost anything and is found
everywhere.
While for general purposes the Con
cord grape has no rival, there is a con-
slant demand for new varieties, and the
originator of promising one is always
well paid for any trouble it may have
cost him.-Western Plowman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
Cow. Reauire Good care.

In his talks with his creamery patrons
these days there is one thing the butter
maker should impress upon them,
namely, the importance of having
good, warm barns for their cows dur
Ing the winter and plenty of pure wa
ter at moderate temperature. The
creamery man is vitality interested in
this question because the better care
the patrons give their cows the more
milk they Will be able to send to the
creamery very important matter
during the winter season. = Dakota
Field and Farm.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
sensible and Effective.

The executive committee of the united
Wheslmen of Montgomery county, O.,
drew up simple but practical, COM
plete and inexpensive plan of road i'm
provement, setting forth the needs Of
the county roads, the methods best
adapted ITO keep them in repair, and the
estimated expense, and petitioned the
board of county commissioners to adopt
It, and pledged candidates to it prior to
the election.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10

Three Popular Methods Fully De-
scribed and Illustrated.
After planting a vine, use stakes the
first two seasons. Cut the plant back
two or three eyes and allow but one bud
to grow the first year. The cane should
then be cut back TO within two eyes of
the last cut. The next season train the
new shoots up to canes. The method
of spur-pruning is shown in No. 8.
When growth begins, nearly every bud
will make an upright shoot, some will
have to be rubbed off so as to have the
spurs about ten inches apart. The
shoots left will each bear bunch or two
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10

allowed to grow from the spur and the
vine is then complete. In pruning
thereafter each year the shoot farthest
from the arm is cut out entirely, and
the other shortened to two eyes. After
years of this pruning the spurs elon-
gate and 1t is then better to grow a
strong shoot next the center and cut out
the old arm and start over again.
In training vine on the renewal
system, shown in No. 2, the bearing
wood of the first year should be cut
away in winter, as at A and B, and two
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-10
SPUR PRUNING

young canes tied to- the lower wires and
G and D cut to two eyes. In this way
one season canes are grown for the next
years fruiting, which are then cut back.
to be succeeded by canes Of the same
years growth. The whole vine about
the lower wire is thus kept entirely Of
young wood, care being taken not to
allow the shoots to become too numer-
Gus, and any gnarled stump being cut
out and renewed with fresh shoot.
The original Guyot plan, shown in No.
l, was to keep the one horizontal branch,
E, awhile to spur on, and shorten up and
spur alternately the upright branch
at B.-Farm and Home,