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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
KEEPING ROADS SMOOTH.
Greatest Common Need in This Coun
try Is the Frequent Inspection
of Public Highways.

1t is more convenient to look after
earth roads in spring and fall, but do
not allow them to take care of them
selves for the remainder of the year.
The greatest common road need in the
United States is frequent inspection.
If this is given daily, no extensive re-
pairs will be necessary and instead of
a road becoming worse, it will improve
from day to day.
The road should be carefully leyeled
at all times with a drag, smoothing
harrow or any instrument that will
fill up the ruts. level down elevations
and keep the road so that water will
run off readily as soon as it falls. The
best method Of doing this must be de-
cided upon by each locality. In some
places the road grader is used with the
best results. The great difficulty has
been that sufficient road graders are
not available to keep all the roads in
any particular section in the best of
condition. Drags so constructed as
to level the road and draw the earth
near the middle are very satisfactory
and are not at all expensive. Any
farmer can make them for himself.
1t is very important to prevent water
standing on the surface, but it is
equally important to see that it is also
removed from bitches alongside the
road. This can sometimes be accom-
plished by having good open drains,
but in most cases these should be sup
! plemented by tile. Just where TO place
the tile is frequently problem. In
the comparatively level sections of the
central west, a tile in the bottom of
the ditch at either side of the road is
probably all that is necessary.
If the land inclines to wash badly,
this tile should not be placed in the
bottom of the ditch, for it will soon be-
come uncovered and ineffective. Place
it either nearer the road or between the
ditch and the road fence. The depth
for the tile and the size to be used will
all depend upon the amount of water
to be removed, the character of the soil,
etc. Where the tile is very carefully
laid, one inch of fall to the 100 feet is
Eufficient.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
Trees Planted in the Fall.

When planted in the fail, all trees
should be banked up at least one foot
high until spring. This overcpmes the
tendency of the trees to heave out,
protects them from mice and prevents
the roots from freezing before they
have taken hold of the soil. In plant
ing roses, shrubs, vines, and other DEL
lcate stock in the fall, the tops should
DE nearly or quite buried with mellow
earth during the first winter. The
surplus earth should be removed early
in the spring.-Horticultural Visitor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

cred IN modest confusion. or what Under
donk took to be modest confusion. lie low
cred his almost as quickly, and SO did not
see the smile She smiled in response to her
brothers wink
We'll. she made Onderdonk's life bur
den to him. For a day or two she let nm
alone. and for another day or two she al
lowed him to avoid her After that she
began to maze him. She talked directly to
him at the table, and laughed at his mono
syllable replies until she chokod. She ad-
dressed him by his Christian name in the
most shameless manner regardless OF his
bushes Her mothers gentle reprools
were in vain, and the serious jules re-
monstrances were equally unavailing.
"Oh. it's so delicious" she cried, ito see
him color up and stammer and tumble over
thing, and to know that he is aching to
strange me. Oh, he's the worst-supid.
So she kept on enjoying herself and On
denrdonk really did feel as il he could
strange her with a great deal OF pleasure.
She made remarks about his personal APP
pearance-hs curls and the color OF his
eyes. for instance-that drove him to dis
traction. He felt that his uncle had been
right in his estimate oPthe silly, heartess,
/ SCATTERING seX-eXcepting Mrs. fenwlck, OF
course, and possibly Julie and the landlady
Of the boarding house. She followed him
and her brother out to the golf links and
spoiled that for them She spoiled every
thing. And he could not say to Billy: Il
find your sister intolerable. | can't live
IN the same house with her." for Billy,
strangely enough, seemed TO like her.
But one morning she laughed at him so
numerically that he determined he would
leave. and he told Billy so in such de-
cided manner that there could be no mis-
take about it. Billy, guessing that Leila 5
hazing was the cause, gave that young lady
a piece of his mind, delivered with brother
" frankness And Leila happened to meet
Onderdonl coming downstairs in the hall.
Some people might like to know what
she said to Onderdonk and what Onderdonk
said to her Also how she looked when
there was a little repentant moisture in
the black eyes and when the pretty mouth
was quivering in a pathetic manner. They
NAV have some curiosity to know what
made Onderdonk suddenly lose his shynessi
and why Leila fled down the hall and made
an abrupt appearance in her sisters room
with flaming cheeks. 1t is not well to tell
everything
1t may be said, however, that Onderdonk
did not 60 back to the boarding house. And
he no longer tries to avoid Miss Leila
Quite the contrary Chicago Daily News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
National Government should Foster
improvement of Land as Well
as Water Highways.

There is no question that bad
roads cost nearly or quite as much
as their improvement would amount
to. Probably there is no locality
which has been to the trouble and ex-
pense of improving its own roads,
that would not testify that the i'm
provement is worth all that it cost.
The market value of Ohio farms has
increased but three-tenths of one per
cent. in the last decade Doubtless a
large part of this retrograde move
ment is due to inaccessibilty during
a large part of the year. 1t has been
estimated that Kansas farmers lost
more than $50,OOO,OO0 in one year
through bad roads. The plan of
building specimen sections as object
lessons to communities in which they
lie, is perhaps the most persuasive
and convincing argument that can be
arranged to educate taxpayers to the
knowledge that road Improvement
means money in their pockets even
tually, and will be a good investment.
And when taxpayers get generally
aroused to the equal Importance of
good roads to good water or rail
transportation, then we shall have
our congressional committees har-
arguing and scheming for road i'm
provement appropriations with the
same zeal now displayed in asking
for river and harbor appropriations
There really is no more reason for
obliging the local communities to
bear all the expense of road build
ing in their vicinities than for re-
| curing the vesselmen to make all
| their river and harbOr improvements
| The former is just as much a public
service and public improvement OF
widespread influence as the latter
II therefore becomes the govern
ment'S business to foster the inn
provcment of its land as well as its
water highWaYS.-OhiO Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
AN IDEAL ROLLED ROAD.

If the earth is left loose, wheels will
cut in and result in ridges and fur
rows which will hold water and re-
suit in a sticky, muddy surface in
winter weather and dusty one in
dry weather. If the surface is gone
over with Il heavy roller, it can usual
ly be made sufficiently firm to sustain
teams without deep rutting and to
resist in a large measure the pene-
trating power of the water. Such
work should he done when the soil
is in a plastic state, so that it will
pack readily. The moist particles are
pressed together and the road is put
in good condition for immediate
travel.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
A SHY YOUNG MAN

He was a shy boy The fact is that he
aud always been kept closely at home un-
der the WatchIul eye OF his uncle, who had
his own opinion OF Womanknd Tor some
reason or another. He had never played
with girls at school because his uncle had
his opinion OF the public schools. lie had
never associated with anyone, not having
anyone to associate with-eXcept the uncle,
wao was not good company. Consequently
he was rather queer and shy, and when ms
uncle died and he was sent to a commercial
academy for finishing course he had cjl-
nels to be rubbed off.
That did not grieye his fellow commercial
acddemicians. They really seemed to lie
glad OF the opportunity 10 rub him. They
not only rubbed but hammered and
Clipped and rasped, and they called the
whole process hazing. by the time
ii was completed Onderdonk, which
was the peculiar boys name. had
lost every vcstige OF sAyness, a.
far as his Intercourse with the male
sex was concerned. He fondly imagined
that he would never have to undergo any
more hazing himself-but that was before
he went out into the social world.
They gave him some sort of clcrkShip in
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
sheen Eat BOTTLE Trees.

During the prolonged drought that
has devastated large areas of Queens
land, few squatters have been able
to save a remnant of their flocks and
herds by feeding them on bottle trees,
The scientific name of this tree is ster-
culia, but its popular name gives an
idea of its shape. 1t is like a soda wa
ter bottle, magnified to height of
four or five feet. The Dubious part
contains a mucilaginous substance,
which is wholesome and nutritious to
those who have acquired it's taste. 1t
was pathetic to see the thirsty sheep
gather around a bottle tree, pick up
the chips, chew them and extract all
possible moisture.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The time-honored rule that moss
grows on the north side Of a tree, a
rule which forms part of every wood
mans catechi,m, and which he would
no more dispute than one of the Ten
Commandments, has received a few
sharp blows from Henry Kraemer, of
Philadelphia. An Investigation which
he has conducted shows that on ten
per cent. of the trees which he exam
ined moss grew on the west side; ten
per cent. on the northwest side; 20
per cent. on the northeast side; 35
per cent. on the east side, and Is per
cent. on the southeast side. What be-
comes of the old rule after such icono-
elias tic investigation?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

AN UNROLLED ROAD.

result, the earth will absorb almost
an equal portion of water.
In building or maintaining roads,
it is therefore desirable that these
small particles be pressed and packed
into as small space as possible. in
order that surplus water may not
pass in and destroy the stability of
the road. To this end, rolling is very
beneficial. The work of maintaining
earth roads will be greatly lessened
by the proper use of the roller.
After additional matter has been
placed on the surface of the road, it
should be carefully rolled and not
allowed to wash off into the ditch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

A trenchman recently propounded
through the columns OF the Liverpool Post
problem which may not be without in
terest Tor Americans. At any rate it invilves
principle of rhetoric which ought not to
be dislegarded.
| am in Liverpool since month, writes
the French gentleman, and | saw many
most amaze me. On your tramcars one
writes: Passengers are requested not to
board or leave. the car while in motion"
"Board" l comprehend not. My friend say
it is aborder to 60 on ship, therefore one
me demanded not to go on car and not go
oil whilst in motion.
How can thar be? | see thousand pas
sengers since four weeks go on and of a
car, but they all go whilst in motion. Shall
one eXplieate how passengers whilst not
IN motion have power to 70 ON and oil a
car?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
HAPPY COMBINATION.
Road Cart and Insect Catcher to Ira
verse Orchards and Cotton
Fields at Night.

The well-known habits of moths and
beetles to fly toward light has been
taken advantage of by Martin B. Goo
ing, of Vicksburg, Miss, in construct
ing his combined road cart and ms ect-
catcher, an illustration of the vehicle
being presented herewith. The special
purpose of the arrangement is to rid
corn and cotton fields and other tracts
of land of the insect pests which dam
age the crops and foliage. The vehi-
Gle made use of in this instance is a
single-wheel cart, constructed especial
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26


ly for passing between rows of plants
without damaging them, and the sad
die of the harness maintains the cart
in an upright position. Upon the thills
of the cart is mounted a metallic frame,
with lamps of any desired pattern
placed at the top and bottom and a
central screen Of wire or cloth strung
between the rows of lamps. This
screen is coated with some adhesive
substance, and when the vehicle is
driven between the rows of plants at
night the lights attract the insects,
which. in their attempt to fly about
the flame. strike against the net and
are trapped in the sticky coating.
With good horse large field can be
gone over in a very short time, and
there is little doubt of the saving Of
many times the cost of the vehicle
in the course Of single season.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
ROLLING EARTH ROADS.
Department of Agriculture Points
Out the Importance of the Free
Use of the Roller.

Where earth roads are to be cared
for, the roller is an important imple'
ment. This is pointed out by NJ. o.
Eldridgc in a recent bulletin issued
by the department of agriculture.
He calls attention to the fact that
earth is composed of small frag-
ments which touch each other at GER
tain points, leaving voids between
Where earth is broken and pulver-
lied, these points are equal in vol
ume to the solid particles, and as n
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
HAD THE FIDGETS,"

says Mrs. Mitchell, of Newark, n. ]. 81
could not eat, | could not sleep, and was
nervous and miserable. There seemed to be
a sort of gnawing, nagging feeling in my very
bones. Nothing helped me until | used the
neto medicine, Calcura Solvent, discovered by
DIR. David Kennedy, of Kennedy Row, Kings
ton, n. Y. That set me right" For sale by
all druggist sI.oo.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

DO you know when your Head Aches? on
course you do. Why not try Menthalgln the
next time and have instant relief 1t also
relieves Rheumatic pans, Neuralgia, Sciatica
and all painful affections of the nerves. Salts
faction guaranteed or money refunded. Price
25 cents. For sale by DR.. ID. A. BIsBEE,
w. IL. SHELDON,
ISAAC STERNs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
The PRIDE OF HEROES.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote to say
that for Scratches, Bruises, Cuts, Wounds,
Corns, Sore Feet and Stiff Joints, Bucklen's
Arnca Salve is the best in the world. Same
for Burns, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. 1t cures or no pay. Only 2Sc at
w. IL. Sheldon's drug store.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

shipped every month, yet the demand
is so great hat a special order for H.
200 more, to be shipped at the earliest
moment possible. was received by cable
a few days ago. These orders former
ly, and not SO many years ago, went to
England, France and Germany.
Il have been informed by our agents
in, South America, who handle many
and various lines of goods, that this
trade has been transferred from Eng
land, France and Germany to the Unit
ed States because Of the superior excel
lence of American goods, the quickness
with which they can be delivered and
their comparative cheapness.
1.-THE sale of American products in
South America depends upon price,
just as it does in England, France, Ger
many and every other country where
the use of American goods is increas-
ing, and the feeling against the United
States which is known to exist in GER
tain Latin-American countries disap-
pears when it becomes a matter of dol
lars. When an article is desired it is
bought where it can be had for the
least money, no matter where it was
made.
Moreover, the fact that it is of
American manufacture gives it a repu-
tation for excellence which similar ar
ticles made in other countries do not
have"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

There are but few people who can
be induced to believe that there ever
was such a drink as "hog-ripened
whisky" but among the older genera
ton it would be no trouble at all to
secure afidavits that such a beverage
was well known in this immediate
vicinity, writes a correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Record from Doyles-
town, Pa. There was, in the days gone
by, in a village only four miles from
here, a man who kept a tavern that
soon became famous through its pro-
prietor's unique inventions and ingeni-
Gus contriyances to attract attention
to his hosiery. Then, as now, to sue
coed meant the necessity of being well
advertised. In his effort to do some
thing new, uncle Billy" as he vas
called, conceived an invention that was
potent in making his tavern the most
talked about one for miles around. The
result, as known to the patrons of the
inn, was some good whisky. of some
age, that had been continuously agi-
tated while within the oaken casts
within which the d&nks were kept for
%"ripening."
What the curious ones discovered
about the invention was this: When
they went to see the ripening of the
whisky they found a hog pen with a
plank floor so balanced as to swing like
a big barn scale. There was an open
side farthest from the feeding trough,
and the sides were fenced.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
OUR GOODS
g

II the business done by all MANN
iaeturers in the United States with
unelr customers in South America has
Increased In the last eight years AS
ours mas 1t is a matter of about ono
mor decade when American-made
soous Will have displaced all others IN
mat continent" said a make of vehi-
cles II New York. after he had read a
capleu order from a South American
19mer Tor enough carriages to keen
LIS factory running night and day for
SIX weeks to come.
The newspapers have said mucb for
: score OF months or so about the in
crease OF American exports to Europe.
'ney nave told wonderful true stories
VI now we are competing with England
N English markets, with France in
rIench markets, with Germany in Ger
MAJ markets, but hardly a word has
oeen said until very recently about our
advance in the markets of South Amer
lea and our victorious competition
there with England, France n Ger
many.
II is a fact that ploughs are being
shipped by the trainload from Moline.
H. 10 South America, and that a
steamship company whose vessels nlv
between London and Buenos Ayres has
contracted for every inch of it's space
which will be available for the trans
portation of American heavy machin-
cry for a year to come.
"A certain importing firm in South
america has a standing order with a
United States firm for a certain num-
Der Of thousands of shovels to be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
Hogs Ripened
His Whisky
Old Pennsylvania
Knew the Benefit of
Advertising.


The way the thing operated was sim
pie enough. The hogs were out in the
yard nosing around, when they heard
the splash of the feed as it was put in
the trough. Naturally, as the weight
came first on the side farthest from the
trough, that side of the floor tilted
down under the swine's weight. When
they all got over to the trough that
side, in turn, went down. And so the
plank floor was rocked back and forth
every time a hog went in or out
Connected with this swinging plat
form was another one which received
equivalent motion, of course, through
the medium of a long lever. On this
second platform were set the casks OF
whisky which were to undergo the rip
ening process. OF course, every time
the lower floor rocked, so did the up
per likewise. and the whisky was
shaken around with every motion.
Naturally, Uncle Billy's hogs were
fatter than anybody else's, because
they were fed so much oftener. Part
of the ripening depended on feeding
the hogs, so as to make them rush in
through the open door and thus shake
the platforms.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A Quakeress OF revolutionary times.
Ann Whitall, kept a little diary OF
book of "meditations,' as she quantity
phrased it. She was a very earnest
and deyout woman, full of good works,
but like many Of later date, she re-
garded consistent melancholy as her
ideal of conduct. She writes in her
diary: Il often thinks IL l could be SO
hxt as never to laugh nor to smil
shud be won step better; it hls me
with sorrow when I see people SO full
OF laf and of pirate"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08


lays In bed with intense pain and suf-
uerlng. l was under the physicians
are 1or over a year without any relief,
when my attention was called to Lydia
- rlnkham's Vegetable Compound by
seVsrsl OF our Mormon women who
La been cured through its use.
its systematic use and inn
tfhoYeo gradually in health, and after
snc use OF six bottles my health was
completely restored, and for over two
years l have had neither ache or pain.
LOU nave a truly wonderful remedy for
MuUn' Very sincerely yours, MRS.
hU EoOa JAKEMAN, Salt AXE City, Utah"
"o0Oo JoJsft If dboUe testimonial is not genuine
just as surely as Mrs. jake
1nan was cured just so surely will
Gydla IL. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound cure every woman
male ills.
mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
"Aen nee. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Aside from Senator Hanna's ''Wil-
liam Mckinley as 1 Knew Him" the
January National" is a strong and at
tractive number. A new and most
kindly portrait of Senator Hanna
adorns the cover and smiles beneyo-
lently al the reader from the first page
Of "Affairs at Washington"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Some idea of the important educational
~aSorms brought about and the wonder
ri nrogress made since the island came
under American rule, can be obtained
from their exhibit at the Pan-American
Trnosltion recently. for which they were
arsrded nine medals. There is also A
,ronderful record back of Hostetter's
ctomach Ritters, and one that has never
bsen eoualed. 1t is a specific remedy for
dyspepsia, Indigestion, sick headache and
malaria, fever and ague. Don't fail to
try II,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Prof. Emory r. Johnson, one Of the
r,smbers of the Isthmian Canal COM
mission, contributes to the Review of
pssiews for January a compact and
wall-digested account of the commits.
.ious work, summarizing the more inn
nortant features of the report recently
laid before congress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Brooklyn, N. Y, jan. 4th.-A very timely
and practical suggestion comes from a physi-
clan Of this city: He says, Take Garfield Tea,
the Herb Medicine. 1t is especially needed al
this season when the system is apt to be out of
order from eating rich food. This wonderful
remedy cleanses the system and regulates the
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. II is
simply, pure and effective, and is good for
voung and old a."