The age-herald., 1900-10-10

"A child born this day will be free
 and generous, fond of pleasure and com 1 pany, and spend it's money fast" 1
 The recent visit of Governor Johnston
 and his staff and party to New Hampshire
 served to fan to full blaze the flashing fire | of a New Hampshire poet, who devotes | seventy-two ringing lines "To Governor Jo-
 seph Forney Johnston
 | From Birmingham one sunny morn ] The Governor set forth
 | With many members of his clan
 And started for the North. | A mighty staff with him he took And pretty girls galore;
 l In Pullman cars they all embarked 1 Bound for New Hampshires shores. Through thirteen States they journeyed far l And ne'er forgot each time | To pledge each other in good cheer l Whene'er they crossed the line. There is no doubt about the mighty | staff," nor can there ever be doubt con | cerning the presence in that party of ''pret | ty girls" O. Well, that's all right!
 there's nousertalkin'! Never did New
 Hampshire, since her hills of rock were | upifted see women so remarkably-Wel
 what can be said in the fullness of just
 tribute to the extraordinary beauty of-tut,
 tut, tut! Words are unavailing | Evidence continues to come from the | North that there was great enthusiasm and
 intense pathos exhibited when Governor | Rollins of New Hampshire presented to | Governor Johnston of Alabama two Con- l federate battlefags.
 At the now famous banquet at Ports
 mouth Governor Rollins arose unexpectedly l with oblong and beautifully wrought l rosewood box in his hands. Everyone pres
 ent instantly became intensely attentive, | and Governor Rollins proceeded to make a | speech of tender pathos and eloquence, say l ing that in the box he held were two bat | tleflags of the Confederacy which were | captured at Petersburg by New Hampshire | troops, and had since the war been in the | possession of that State. He thereupon
 presented the box with its precious contents
 to Governor Johnston, saying l 'I give these flags to you, sir, as a token 1 of good will from New Hampshire to her | sister Alabama, and l beg you to accept | them!"
 For a few moments Governor Johnston l. was speechless under surprise and emotion,
 when. mastering himself, he delivered a l short speech which listeners to it declare
 to have been remarkably beautiful and pa- | thetic.
 | Governor Johnston closed his speech with Father Ryans famous poem, begin 1 ming:
 'Furl that banner for 'tis weary; Round its staff 'tis dropping dreary- Furl it, fold 1t, for tiS beStn' | As Governor Johnston recited those lines 1 with wonderful fervor, Governor Rollins | slowly folded the two old flags, and tears l filled hundreds of eyes that saw | At this juncture a sergeant who | present at the capture of the flag stepped forward, and taking the box from the
 hands of Governor Rollins placed it in the
 hands of Governor Johnston. 1 Superintendent LaCoste, in charge of the l laying of the pavement in Second avenue
 las been greatly amused by criticism and | plea regarding the spreading of sand on the | brick pavement after it is laid. He heard | of pathetic appeal not to put down de | san in de big road, MT. Paterroller" and | he proceeded with his work. The sand does no sort of harm. and is essential to the l laying of a perfectly reliable brick pave l ment.
 l Thousands of passers-by have observed 1 MT LaCoste in his work, and it certainly
 has been very interesting. In the first 1 place the macadamized bed of the street | was removed to the depth of eight or ten | inches, apparently, and then over the
 new" ground was run an immense steam
 road-rolier, which packed the earth firmly. | On this was placed thick layer of cement, | which was allowed to thoroughly harden; | after that, was spread a layer of damp
 sand, and the sand were placed the l paving brick. After the brick had all been | laid, men with long-handled tong-like in- l struments went over the pavement and,
 under MT. LaCoste's personal inspection, | removed every brick that appeared to be
 imperfect. If, after close inspection, any
 of the removed brick were found to be
 really good, ta.ey were put back into their | piaces; if not other brick were brought. All that work done layer of sand about a half inch thick was placed smoothly over | the pavement and left for rain and traffic | to work it into the interstices and thereby | make the bricks immovable and the pave 1 ment practically indestructible. This was | done in the south side of the street bed | Now work is in progress on the other side
 As soon as it is ready for sand, whatever | remains of the sand the south side will l be swept over to the new work: and by
 the time it is all done there will be no sand 1 remaining to be blown about the pendent
 world Sand costs something. The pave 1 ment makers don't use it for fun; they
 don't Intentionally waste a pound of 1t.
 Strange indeed that ignorance would as-
 sume that the sand was needlessly, ex- | pensively placed on the new pavement sim ply to annoy the public.
 l Superintendent LaCoste, who looks like
 the ideal English baron is an expert in I pavement-making. He has had long years
 of experience, generally as the representa- l of he