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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
HELPS ROAD CAUSE.
EFFECT OF THE AUTOMOBILE ON
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.

New and Strong Factor Added to
Forces Working In This Direction.
Highways should he Level and
Straight.
The automobile is so natural an evo-
luton and fills such long felt want
that there can be no question as to its
career says John Jacob Astor In Pitts
burg Dispatch. Every improvement
in transportation is a distinct gain,
and ever since the aborigine found
that the earth would bear part of its
burden If he dragged instead of car
ried 1t improvement has been going on.
The automobile will undoubtedly do
more for good roads than all other fac
tors combined, because while bringing
health and pleasure to those using 1t
for enjoyment it will be great conven-
ience to the business man and will in
crease the profit of the farmer, so that
all these will have common interest
In extending it's sphere and in provid-
ing what 1t must have to give good re-
sults-that is, good roads.
To produce a practical country road
the location, If it Is a new road, is the
first consideration. Avoid steep hills
for two reasons. A steep hill reduces
the possible load and makes the main
tenance expensive on account Of wash
ing during every heavy rain. Six to
eight feet Of elevation to every 100 feet
Of length is about as steep as a hill
should be. and uniform standard of
only per cent Is much better.
: Next in Importance to easy grades is
straightness. The straight line being
the shortest distance between two
points, the road engineer should see to
its application. When the alignment Is
decided, fill all low and soft places
with such surface stones as the country
traversed possesses. After this spread
about six inches Of broken stone, IL
you have a stone crusher, nearly fiat
over the width of road, sprinkle it thor
oughly with watering cart mounted
on tires eight inches wide and roll
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11

FIG. III. PICTURE OF ACTUAL FLOWING.
reality there is but a slight clap" the
furrow lying not quite fiat. The fur
rows shown in this picture are of the
model variety.
The pillow Is standard make for this
section of country. with the proper
width. height and curvature of mold
board.
The burrows illustrated are similar to
those turned by great many thousand
farmers who read this paper. We use a
5ointer to turn under grass, manure
and the upper inch and half of sur
face soil. which leaves perfectly
clean furrOw, as no trash can stick out.
The moldboard in lifting and turning
manipulates or agitates every cubic
inch of the furrow, as the picture
shows.
The whole process loosens and aer-
ates the burrows and leaves them in
fine condition for further operation
thereon by means of the harrow and
roller. The ideal soil for manipulation
with these tools is a clay loan with q
slight admixture of sand.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
IN THE APlARY,
Young, Healthy bees and Full stores
For the Winter.

FOT ING W1nter.
Like preparing bees for the honey
season, preparations for the winter
should be commenced some two OIL
three months before the actual time fol
packing the hives with chaff or placing
In the cellar, according to whichever
method Is practiced, says a Missouri
correspondent of Farm, Field and Fire
side.
When we close the hives for the last
time in the autumn, we should see that
the colonies are strong and have sutfi-
Gent stores to last them until nectar
can be gathered the following spring.
We should know also that they have a
good prolific queen, and If she is of the
current seasons rearing l consider heI
better than if older, though a queen
may be two years old without necessa-
rily being inferior as to proliflcness.
Mr.. G. NJ. Doolittle, that studious and
careful observer, states that during
the busy season worker bee will live
forty i've days" He has also had bees
to live from Sept. to July 4.
AS the queens usually quit laying
some time in October and do not com.
mence again until February in this
latitude, it is evident that the bees that
live over winter must attain considera-
BILE age as compared with the life Of
worker during the working season.
AS comparatively little brood is rear
ed in February and March it will be
seen that it is not until April or May
that the young bees are able to take the
place to any considerable extent of the
old bees that have gone through the
winter.
Therefore the bees that go through
the winter, we may say, must live on
an average to the age Of six months.
From this it must be evident to all that
If we start into winter with young,
healthy bees our chances of wintering
them successfully are far greater than
II we should commence the winter with
old bees whose lives have already been
partly exhausted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
AGITATION FOR ROADS.
Education Is Having It's Eject and
the Good Work Is Growing.


Some sage has said that the civiliza-
ton of a country is shown by its roads,
says Harper's Weekly. This being true,
1t Is to be hoped that the agitation now
making head in different parts Of the
country will not cease until we are as
well provided for in this way as the
best of the ancients. OF course our
transit, but If our ordinary roads were
to be left as long without care as some
Of the prehistoric highways that have
been discovered in various parts of the
world they would look like 1.-THE roads
in Scotland before they were made"
But there has already been progress,
and thqbmethods Of Macadam, whom
Roads," are being applied In modified
form in every part Of the country that
boasts Of gravel pits.
Road building has become a science
worthy the attention Of the most skill
ed engineers, and experts are already
abroad in the land. The province of
Ontario has for some years past been
setting an example that might be fol-
lowed with profit In all our states. The
government employs an engineer to
oversee road building and to teach the
art to all municipalities willing to
learn. In this country the agitation
has been left largely to interested par
ties-the bicyclists and automobile in
terests-but the good work Is growing,
as shown by the convention recently
held in Buffalo.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
HARD ON HORSES OR AUTOMOBILES.

HARD ON HORSES OR AUTOMOBILES.
thoroughly with a steam roller. After
this spread an equal thickness of fine
stone, sprinkle and roll as before, and
the road Is done.
should not exceed one inch in diameter,
and the smaller pieces should be no
larger than almonds; the more irregu-
lar of course the better, since irregu-
larity helps them to knit. In bringing
an old country road up to the standard
1t is best to attack the hills. Cut
through their tops and put the material
thus obtained in the dips between.
This kills two birds with one stone and
is easily worked, since material is al
ways being moved to a lower level.
The road should be widened toward
the fences and the excessive crown re-
moved. and provision must always be
made for carrying water under the
road by sufficiently large pipe when
that may ever contain stream.
The road maintenance and better
ments also call for an ordinance re-
Quiring the use of rubber for very wide
tires by all vehicles. the width increas-
ing with the weight carried.
The more road Is used by vehicles
so equipped the better it will become.
especially II the surface is not rough
ened by the feet Of horses struggling to
drag their loads up steep hills.
1t has been demonstrated in Massa-
chusetts and New Jersey that the farm
er is the friend of good roads If some
one will show him how to build them
and help to pay for them. There should
be national and state aid, for the coun-
try and state as well as the local COM
munities have use for the roads and
should pay their share In creating and
maintaining them. The first move
should be In the direction of co-opera-
ton. The second should be the forma-
ton Of practical system capable of
expanding and taking in the entire
country. In this way we might create
a system of national highways such as
we find in several European countries.
To secure coordination and harmoni-
Gus system when completed the work
must, of course, be guided by federal
officers.
No investment could be safer for the
United States government than aiding
the improvement Of public roads, which
add so materially to the wealth of a
country, and this may lead up to the
construction of great national high
way across the continent. Such road
should be an object lesson and have a
beneficial influence by encouraging In
tercourse between different sections of
the country.
Convict labor might be used to ad-
vantage in charging and improving our
road system. since this would give the
convicts useful occupation and in
which they would not compete with
/ honest labor.
! However, In connection with automo-
billing we always come back to the
question Of good roads. on which auto
mobiles depend. so that in the develop
ment of automobilfng in the country
at large the road builder is as impor.
tant a factor as the electrician or eugi'
neer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN STORE.

o. r. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundays
River, Cape Colony, conducts store
typical of South Africa, at which can be
purchased anything from the proverbial
"needle TO an anchor" This store Is
situated in valley nine miles from the
nearest railway station and about twenty.
five miles from the nearest town. Mr..
Earson says; II am favored with the
custom of farmers within a radlous of
thirty miles, to many of whom | have
supplied Chamberlain's remedies. All
testify to their value In household where
a doctors advice Is almost out of the
question. Within one mile of my store
the population is perhaps sixty. OF
these, within the past twelve months, no
less than fourteen have been cured by
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This
must surely be a record" For sale by
DR.. ID. A. Blsbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11

The sugar beet diseases thus far
noted in Ohio are root blight or root
rot, heart or dry rot. scab, crown gall
and bacteriosls. attacking the roots.
and leaf spot. attacking the leaves.
For scab and bacteriosis it is sug-
gested to avoid infected lands. The
same mayapply with respect to crown
gall.
For leaf spot 1t is recommended to
use bordeaux mixture and TO add arsen.
ties for the commoner insect troubles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
A FIENDIsH ATTACK.

An attack was lately made on &. F.
Collier of Cherokee, Iowa. that nearly
proved fatal. 1t came through his kid
neys. His back got so lame he could moi
stoop without great pain, nor sit in q
chair except prOpped by cushions. Nc
remedy helped him until he tried Electric
Bitters which effected such a wonderful
change that he writes he feels like new
man. This marvellous medicine cures
backache and kidney trouble, purifles the
blood and builds up your health. Only
SOC at DR.. w. H. Sheldon's drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11

Tests at the Geneva On. " station
are said to strlkingly confirm the gen.
eral belief that soda cannot take the
place of potash in the growth Of plants.
All trees should be examined early in
the fall for borers.
Large profits from farming in Alaska
are claimed. 1t has been suggested that
stock farms near the larger settlements
would pay.
Ammoniacal copper carbonate is the
accepted remedy for celery rust.
"A great swine show" as to quality.
Is the verdict on the exhibit at the Pan
American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
ABOUT FLOWING.

Theory and Practice illustrated and
Described.
Much has been written from time to
time as 10 why ground should be plow-
ed and how blowing should be done to
secure best results. Many sketches
have been made showing the relative
size, angle and lap of the average plow
furrow, but these sketches seldom give
q correct. picture of the actual burrows
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11

j. Graham Cow has been appointed by
the New Zealand government as a trade
commissioner to travel over the world
In search for new markets for new Zea-
land products.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11

Dom Paul Kruger is very fond of
grouse and has two brace sent him every
day by London dealer. A bird with g
bottle Of the best champagne Is his daily
lunch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
Progrsis of Good Reads.

As a result of a good roads conven-
ton recently held at Jackson, Tenn. a
good roads association has been formed.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
DELAWARE ENGINEERS GO
TO ALASKA OIL FIELDS
PROF. W. A. PRATT AND TWO GRADUATES
OF DELAWARE COLLEGE SENT.
Left Last Week in the Interest of the PbiIadeI.
phia Crude Oil Company, Who Have Large
Claims on the Island of UnaIaska.

William A. Pratt, professor of engi-
neering at Delaware College accom-
panied by Alexander j. Taylor and
Harry L. Maier left on June 22nd for
Alaska. They leave in the interest
of the Philadelphia Crude OIL Com
pany, who have large and supposed
valuable claims on the island of I'm
alaska, which is the largest isle in the
Aleutian Archipelago. 1t lies directly
across the mouth of Cape Nome.
The object of Professor Pratt's trip
will be to investigate the value and ex-
tent of the claims. He will make sur
veys and prepare plans for bringing
the valuables over on the island to the
coast and shipping it.
Captain Taylor will go as chief as
sistant. He is graduate of Delaware
College, and during the Spanish War
served as lieutenant of the company
of which Professor Pratt was Captain.
Harry l.. Maier the second lieutenant
is also a graduate in this years class at
Delaware College where he made an
excellent record.
The fact that Professor Pratt and
two Delaware College graduates have
been selected to complete scientific
part of the party is regarded as show
ing that the professors in the engineer
ing department of the college are not
only regarded as experts, but also as
practical men with large experiences.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26

his duty to the poor is imperative.
In his visiting he must also remember,
that the poor have their sick and they
need consolation, the hungry ones are
to be fed, and the words of the Master
are, "give ye them to eat" The naked
have to be clothed, let them not fam
ish and to the dying he ought to ex
tend the angel hands, bearing them to
the brink of the dark river. And let
not his vigilance cease day or night, as
he knoweth not when the angel mes
senger calls, his duty is to be at the
dying bedside, when the storms are
raging, or the snow is covering the
valleys.
His safeguard must be the Bible, his
whole armor of warfare, his righteous
ness, must be the Bible. And within his
workshops, faithful in service, he will
find in his guides to establish his peo-
pie in fullness of faith, which will
lead to a saving victory. His expla-
nation of the Book of Genesis, the be-
ginning, must deal with the dawning
of their existence. There will be
questions and doubts to remove, a
transformation to be made manifest,
the division of the armament to be fig
ured out, the line must be made bare
which separates the night from the day
and his clarion voice must ring ''Let
there light"
The Exodus and its necessity, its
moving thousands, and change of life,
needs to be given in historical min
uteness. Kings and their history,
Prophets and their mission, David
with his Psalms, Solomon with all his
glory. Elijah in his ascensions, all will
appear as a scroll upon the heavens,
sealing history which an omnipotent
hand has brought forth. And down to
the coming of wise men, where the
child Christ, and the Christ life ruled
as in the christian of to-day, and yet,
the Bible and just as God gave it, must
hO OAP P40Ahs
And from that Bible, his themes
must be prominent ones, salvation by
Grace, Christ our Righteousness, love
for the brethren, life for the soul. Then
again the pastor must appear as the
angel in disguise when he enters the
the humble dwelling of the aged. The
once strong man is bent low, the fee
BILE mother is struggling with thoughts
of the past, let him be as a guiding
star unto them, leading were the risen
Christ is. He needs to give them words
of hope and comfort for the absent
ones, the boys on the ocean, those in
distant lands, and the daughter whose
home is in the far off city. He can
give them the full assurance of the
home beyond the sky, city not made
with hands, where their Redeemer
ever liveth.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
Prospective Delaware Physicians.

The State Examining Board, last
week at Dover, examined the following
who desire to practice medicine in this
State: Ernest r. Steel of Henderon,
Nd, graduate of Jefferson Medical
College 1901, G. Burton Pearson of
Middletown, graduate of Albany Med
ical College 1897, William A. Joyce of
Brooklyn, N. Y, graduate of Univer-
sity Baltimore 1900, G. Anthony Beck
of Hammondsport, N. j., graduate of
University of Maryland 1900, Henry
W. Palmer of Bridgevile, graduate of
Maryland Medical College 1900, Corn
wall Banton of Philadelphia, graduate
of University of Pennsylvania 1900,
Richard F. Garrison of Baltimore.
graduate of Baltimore University 1901
and Howard F. Pyfer of Locust Grove,
Md, graduate of Jefferson Medical
College 1897.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the best
sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought of using any
thing else for Indigestion or Bill
liousness. Doctors were scarce and
they seldom heard of Appendicitis.
Nervous prostration, or Heart Failure
etc. They used August Flower to clear
out the system and stop fermentation
of undigested food, regulate the action
of the liver, stimulate the nervous and
organic action of the system, and that
is all they took when feeling dull and
bad with headaches and other aches.
You only need few doses of Green's
August flower in liquid form, to make
you satisfied there is nothing serious
the matter with you. For sale by Ben
ton n. Weldon, druggist, Smyrna.
Get Green's Prize Almanac.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
ADVICE TO COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Judge Pennewill's Address at the Delaware
College Commencement Wednesday.

In the able address of Judge Penne-
will at the Commencement at Della
ware College, he thus addressed the
students on self-reliance:
You gentlemen, if you were to ask
me for some practical suggestions
that might be useful in the days to
come, 1 would say-Make it an infex-
ible rule in life never to spend more
than you make; aud whether your in
come be great or small, save a part of
it year by year. Acquire this habit at
the start and it will easily continue to
the end.
Never speak unkindly of others. If
you cannot say anything good, say
nothing at all. know this is a very
hard rule to follow, although if it were
universally observed, what a trans
formation would be made in the world.
''The spoken word so soon forgot
By thee. but it has persisted not,
In other hearts tits living still,
And doing work for good or ILL.,
Enter the race of life as you enter
the football determined to win,
but determined to play manly and
honest game. The best thing about
the sport, to my mind, is the fact that
1t teaches self-control and the mastery
of will. Hard knocks and rough usage
must be expected and received, but the
head must be always cool and clear, and
the heart both kind and true.
And let me urge you to learn as soon
as you can to depend upon yourselves.
True friends are sometimes hard to
find and sometimes hard to tell
Those "thou hast and their adoption
tried" are no doubt most valuable
aids, but nevertheless, I believe the
best dependence and safest reliance is
in the individual himself. General
Taylor once called council of war in
the face of the enemy, when unani-
nous opinion was given against fight
ing. The general said, ''I dismiss the
council till after the fight" and the
battle was won.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
Mortgage Lifting Bonfire.

At some point in Sussex county one
of the biggest events ever known in the
the county occur, as persons from all
over the State will assemble to witness
mortgage lifting" From 20 to 80
mortgages will be made into bonfire,
and speech making and music will en-
liven the occasion.
Owing to the highly successful
strawberry season just ended from 20
to 30 formers of this section will be en-
lift abled to their mortgages, and the
event, when the mortgages will go up
in smoke, promises to be be long re-
membered.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
Carnegie's Monument to Blaine.

Andrew Carnegie will erect monu-
ment to James G. Blaine in Pittsburg.
A personal friendship of many years
and a warm admiration for the great
champion of American industries the
philanthropist in this undertaking.
During the past winter many foreign
artists have visited Pittsburg and the
presence now of Franklin Simmons, a
famous sculpture of Rome, Italy, the
sculptor of the John A. Logan and
other famous statues, has given rise to
much speculation.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26

Out of every three persons struck by
lightning two recover.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26

After expediting five years pen
ance at Novia Scotia, Miss Elizabeth
Moore Flagler, daughter of the late
Gen. Flagler, of Washington, D. c.,
has been married to DIR. George W.
MacKean, of Nova Scotia. Five years
ago Miss Flagler shot colored lad
who was stealing fruit out of her ia
theirs yard in Washington. She had
no intention of shooting him, but only
fired to frighten him.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
]. B. COOPER'S STORE

Flour, Meats, Butter. Lard
Sugars, Coffees, Teas. Rice
Crackers, Molasses, Syrup, Salt.
Spices, Pickles, Soaps, Oils, Soda
Candles, Lye, Baking Powders
Blue, Extracts, Soap Powders
Canned Goods, Starch, Vinegar
Barley, Powder, Shot, Tobacco,
Cigars, BrOOms, Baskets, Buck
cts. Tubs, Washboards, Oilcloths.
Brushes, Ropes, Twines, Nets,
Corks, Lead, Seeds, Medicines
Threads, COttOns, Needles, Pins.
Hose, Suspenders, Towels, Crash.
Umbrellas, Whips. Toothpicks.
Looking Glasses, Table Knives
Pocket Knives, Scissors, Purses
Combs, Musical Goods, Shoe
Findings, Balls, Banks, Games.
Shaving Articles, Fishing Tackle,
Walters, Spoons, Lamps, Lamp
Fixtures, Pipes, Tops, Wire
Goods, Tinware, China, Stone
ware, Crockery. Glassware,
Enameled Ware, Earthenware.
Flower Pots, Pipe Guards, Bibles,
Hymnals. Albums, Blank Books.
Memorandum Books, Poems.
Reading Books, Picture Books.
Pass Books, Writing Paper, Mu-
SIC Paper, Fancy Paper, Wrap
ping Paper, Drawing Paper, En-
v!elopes, Cards, Inks, Pens, Pen
ellis, States. Tablets. Papeterius,
Chalk, Crayons, Erasers, Mu-
cllage, Jardiniers, Fruit Jars,
Fans, Backing, Bonds, Deeds,
Notes, Tacks, Bells. &c.
The above gives an idea of the vari
ETY., but you will learn more about the
stock, and the quality and the condi-
ton and the prices and our way Of
doing. business if you patronize the
store for awhile. Call and see.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26
Didn't Marry For Money.

The Boston man, who lately married
a sickly rich young woman, is happy
now, for he got DIR. Kings New Life
Pills, which restored her to perfect
health. Infallible for JaundIce, Bill
liousness, Malaria Fever and Ague and
all Liver and Stomach troubles. Cen
tie but effective. Only 25c at Benton
N. Weldons's, (successor to Jas. p.
Hoffecker) Smyrna, and i. L. Mason's
Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-26

The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, as a part of its ex-
cellent work, has put to death merci-
fully and painlessly no fewer than 65,-
600 cas- in a single year. 1t is a cruel
practice, that of many families, to close
their city homes in the summer and
thrust their freside pets out into the
streets to fare rs best they may. Even
cats have tLeir rights.