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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
CHANGE BADLY E
Our Road System, as Now In Vogue
in Most States, Is the Worst
Kind Of Failure.

III S1ouAo AuIl VI t"otSl WILL
1t froze up and with a fairly open win
ter and d liberal amount of rain during
the latter part, we have a new empha-
sis placed upon the good roads problem
in some sections having newly estab-
Gshed free delivery mail routes. When
the patrons are shut in for three or
four days at a time without their mail,
the roseate hue of the new system
begins to fade away. The establish
ment of centralized school systems
will present still another argument
for road improvement. In many see
tions of the prairie the pavement of
roads with stone or even gravel is very
expensive owing to a lack of such ma
terials in those localities. Very great
improvement may, however, be made
with the materials athand. Dirt roads
can be made that will be passable I'M
der practically all kinds of weather and
that, during the greater part of the
year, will be very good roads. One of
the most universal failings of u roads
is lack of proper under-drainage. This
is the first essential of good road, re-
gardless of the kind of material used
for the surface. Stone or any other
kind of paving will not keep in shape
on top of a soft, spongy, water-soaked
foundation. With a porous reservoir
beneath the roadbed, into which the
water taken up thereby can %persolate,
the old mudhole without a bottom will
be a thing of the past. Perhaps the
next most important step in the Sc
curing of better roads is a provision
whereby they will have constant at
tention and repairs will be made
promptly before the disorder becomes
extensive. This will involve the abol-
ishment Of the old-fashioned system
whereby the road work is done by the
farmers when they have nothing else
to do, and will involve also the payment
of the road taxes in cash and the en-
ployment of a competent man by the
scar, who willsdevote his whole time to
the work, and, with &. rev of men con-
stantly at work, will repair defects
whenever and wherever they occur,
and such improvements as are made
VIII De Hduc w tJic llnc WuSA Tic
work can be done the mosteconomical-
sly and the best results be obtained,
rather than when it suits the convent
-ence Of those performing the work.
This change Of system has been tried
in a number of places in different states
and is found entirely satisfactory and
to give much better results than the
old method. One. of thechief stumbling
blocks in the way of inaugurating this.
new system is the objection on the
part of the farmers to paying their
road taxes in cash, but when they
once try it they prefer it to the old
way. 1t is the universal experience
that the same expenditure of money
gives a far better road service under
this system. Those who have the time
and would prefer to work out their
taxes can offset the cash payment by
hiring out to the road engineer for
such time as they may choose. Few
realize how much more effective road
work is when done at the right time.
-Prairie Farmer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
BRACING E N POSTS.
a homemade implement which Does
the Work ms Well Al Those
Sold In shops,

Take a Pinch plank a feet long, 6
inches wide, rip it diagonally into
two pieces, 2x2 inches at M end, 2S4
inches at the other. Butt the finch
ends together and connect them with
a pair of heavy strap hinges.
Cut another piece 4 feet long for a
lever and bolt it ON as shown in cut.
The upper end of the machine should
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

have a ferrule and sharpened spike.
to prevent splitting and slipping. The
bottom end will need q foot to pre-
vent sinking in tho ground.
To operate, place against leaning
post (b), and press down on lever.
Two bites are often necessary if the
post leans badly. When the post is
plumb. as at (a), the machine will
hold it in place for tamping.-S. b.
in Farm and Home.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
lie Wasn,t Cheese.

The physicians were holding a consulta.
ton beside the cot of the man supposed; to
have appendicitis concealed about his per.
son.
II believe said one of the surgeons, that
we should wait and let him get stronger be-
fore cutting into him."
Before the other prospective operators
could reply the patient turned his head and
remarked feebly: "What do YOU take me
fora cheese!'-Baltimore American.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
A Sudden Drop.

Yep" said Dakota Dan, resting his glas.
on the bar he pretended to be a friend Of
me a dirty, sneakin' trick-sold me a. saddle
that wusn't his'n, and l had to give It up.S
Il suppose you were not very friiendlywith
Nope dropped, him then and thar. His
wlddsr married the sheriff last week."-Kar
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
Contagious Only.

This fishin' fever seems to be contagious,s
sald the stranger, noting the long row Of
anglers perched upon the creek bank.
Yes, it's contagious, all right" said the
man VINO had been fishing four hours with
more American.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Ada Britain, of Sekitan, O., writes:
after using your wonderful Peruna
three months l have had great relief. /
had continual heaviness in my stomach,
was bilious, and had fainting spells, but
they all have left me since using Pc
runa."-Adiae Britain.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
1t Cure. while You walk,

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot,
sweating, %callus, and swollen, aching feet.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't ac-
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Don't stan aroun' 4elin' how much YOU
would haye won if yoh hoss had come in
lust. SAID Uncle Eben. cts jes' de same
a chance to eat.''-Washington Star.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

"The Klean, Kool, Kitchen Kind' of
make no smoke, smell, SCOT, ashes or
excessive heat. Always look fortrade mark.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Do not believe Piso's Cure for C;onsump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds-J.
r. Boyer. Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

CAMBRIA, WYoM1xG.-Previous to taking
the sample Of Doan's Kidney Pills / could
scarcely hold my urine. NowI can sleep all
night and rarely have to get up, and that ach-
ing across my back a little above my hips is
gone.-lsAAC w. STEPHENS, Cambria, Wyo.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
LEvELER AND SMOOTHER.
How to Construct a strairhtencr nm.
v Which Are Sure to DO
Good Work.

For the many farmers who do not
nave rollers, hereis an implementthat
does the work just as well. On cloddy
iand 1t is better as it brushes; for
land with small, loose stones it is
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
Book free. 3. M.Woolley, NJ. D., Atlanta,Ga
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
stops the Cough

On the road to success there is an urgent
demand for rapid transit.-Puck.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Experience is a keen knife that hurts.
while it extracts the cataract that blinds
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
Y SUCH LARGE
fELDS.

ELDs.
Healthy-The Win.
asant In Western
canada.
Stirling, Alberta, to
Ents representing the
rnment Free Homo.
II. NJ. Pickrel, for.
wood, Kentucky, says
ada:
place we will say that
hson is just lovely in-
winter, well we never
Ter weather than we
ng. We have just re-
Eorthern Alberta and
re found the weather
ia, the air dry, fresh
81. Considering every
say that the winters
pleasant, healthy and
What they are in tho
Be gets cold and con.
s~pring-there are no
snds. In South Alberta
|armer-two to four
" may fall and in a
Chinook wind come
ting the entire snow,
irma perfectly dry, in
mot believe this part
and saw for ourselves
know what we herein
lust as we write it.
been a day this winter
mot work out doors.
are calculating on
the first OF
g we would not
to come here with the
bf living by his avs
who do want a home
I've nerve enough to get
! for there never has
y never be again, such
brtunity for a man to
Amost free.
[crops. I have been in
fore harvest, saw the
hnd the grain harvested,
saw such large yields.
lear Edmonton over six
yielded so bushels per
Rlked to q farmer near
DO had a field year be-
t averaged 10 bushels
weighed 43 pounds to
All other crops would
to potatoes and
he turnout was enor-
such reports as the
i'll sections that I have
hat has been every COM
cen the Edmonton dis.
'mond in the Lethbridge
< raising, I would advise
ate in this place, or any
h Alberta, but for mixed
say go up farther
ar Lacombe, Wetaskiwin
!, where it is not quite
here there is some tim.
ID. | will say that mo-
| ever seen a better OPP
q man, whether he has
OF, to obtain a home.
be found q more pro-
water and q bet
country than Western
DIS. Inducements to the
are unexcel1ed. i met
ar Ponoka on the g. &
10 borrowed the money
their homestead and in.
hose two men sold thor
or $4,000, the other for
a man near Wetaskiwin
here with rs cents ak
is now worth $4,000.
ses Tor ranching are sx-
ct / do not believe this
be beat. Markets are
living, a family can live
re as they can in the
average yield Of oats
lborhood, last year, was
er acre; wheat averaged
} and the. beet crop was
nsequence of The success
IN OF the beet, a large
is being erected
seven miles from here.
sion, I will say that N.
Manitoba to a long dis
OF Edmonton produces
r1ul crops. Lakes and
d with fish, and game is
nd that this is unqucs-
country for q man to
ne desires to better his
HE. ! would advise the
settler to look over the
Laeombe. Wetaskiwin
IN districts before locat-
ate in the Edmonton dis
,all and several families
'tes will locate with me.
;, I will receive my
VIII be pleased to give
= all the information de-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods,
per package, than others.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Every man is the architect of his own
character.-Boar6man.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

a fool is wise, after a pattern of his own.
Chicago Daily News.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Silence Is often the best apology.-Chicago
.7onrnnl
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

ROSE GLEN, Pa, March %. 1eos.-The free
trial Of Doan's Kidney Pills have beenof great
benefit to me. Since using them l have no oc-
casion to get up so often at night. My com
plant affected the bladder more when catching
cold.-JOsEPH LEPPERAL.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

GALEsBuRa, ILL, March 80, 19os-The sam
pie of Doan's Kidney Pills came to hand. l
also got ono 5O-cent box from our druggist,
and am thankful to say the pain across the
small Of my back disappeared like q o
bank In hot sun. Doan's Pills reach the spot
EIMER WAREEY.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

and works off the cold. Laxative Brom
Quinine Tablets. Price rs cents.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Tired of It.-Viitor-"o, what 4 nice par
rot you've got! Pretty Polly! Polly want
a cracker?' Parrot-.'sO, come off! I'mnot
as green as l ook."-Chicago Tribune.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01
The LonEe.t Sentence.

A schoolmsster was giving his class a les:
son in grammar when. he asked the boys to
tell him the longest sentence they had ever
read. There was silence for q minute or
two, but at last a small boy stood up and
said be could remember the longest sem
tence he had ever read.
We'll, Tommy said the teacher, what
is it,"
.Imnprisonment for life," replied the boy.
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman S~anitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust scdi-
ment, high colored, excessive pain in pass
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting.
Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, sleeplessness, headache, nervousness.
SALEM, MASS, March 81, 1901 received
the sampleof Doan's kidney Pills, and with
the use of one more box from my druggist ]
ana entirely cured Of q very lame back.-W.
A. CLEVELAND.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

nation as to Railway
apply to any agent Of
an Government whose
af elsewhere in this pa
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-01

penses of general road improvement
among the nation, the states and the
local communities appears to be the
only practical solution of the road
problem. and the road problem must
be solved if rural free mail delivery
is to be made general.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-19

The fruit season is rapidly drawing
to close and the railroads. in conse-
quence, are now enabled to give figures
showing it's size and it's comparison
with that Of last season.
The peach and the cantaloupe sea-
son are about over, while the water
melon season is just about at its hight.
The figures of shipments of these three
crops via the Central of Georgia show
falling off in each case when COM
pared with the figures of last season.
still they show the crops to have been
much better than was to be anticipated
from the reports circulated early In
the season as to the damage done the
peaches, and later as to the effect that
the cool weather had had on water
melons and cantaloupes.
Up to and including July 1s this road
had shipped 54S cars of peaches, as
against 656 for the same period last
year, and shipped SO cars of canta-
loupes, as against 1852 for the season
Of 1902, and 701 cars of watermelons,
against S4S last year. The discrepan-
ces will not be so great at the end or
the season as the above figures would
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-19
FITZ TALKS OF FIGHTS.
Peter Maher Gave Him an UnpIeas-
ant Two Minutes.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
The worst two minutes 1 ever had
In the ring" said "Lanky Bob" Fitz-
simmons to an admiring acquaintance
the other day. was with Peter Maher
In New Orleans in 1892. 1 guess got
little careless and let him punch me
on the head" Fitz's head fits a 6M
hat. ut seemed like a trip hammer
had struck me. My head buzzed and
swan and sung and got light MY
brains didn't work. / didn't seem to
know what to do. / was on my feet
all right. but l had lost all sense OF
generalship The only thing / did was
to jab at Maher with my left while I
struggled to pull my added brains TO
their senses. The round was nearly
over when l came to. The first thing
l realized was that jabbing was JUST
what Maher needed. so / kept 1t up
through the fight and won in the
twelfth round without striking another
blow"
The second meeting between Fitz and
Maher occurred at Lantry, Tex, in
1896. The Cornishman declared openly
that he intended to settle the fight with
one blow. Il have never forgotten
that time Maher hit me in the head"
he said. land I'm going to make him
sorry he ever did it. I'm going to hit
dhim once. He'll lie down when / 90
it. Listen to what I'm saying. I'm
going to hit him once" After the
battle Fitz said to his friends: Il never
saw anything like 1t in the ring in my
life. When Maher stood up to me
l could see look of awful fear in his
eyes as they saw me put out my left
as If / meant to do some jabbing. His
hair almost rose on end.a He hadn't
got over the awful punishment in four
years. My left must have stuck in his
craw He made a swing at my head.
stepped aside, and as his own head
went down my right met him on the
point of the chin. The floor was his,
and he stayed there. 1 said I'd hit him
once, and 1 did"
In speaking of the Carson City fight
with Corbett, Fitz said: "All through
the battle Corbetts chief object was to
save his face. He couldn't keep his
hands off it, Whenever l Tented he'd
put 'em up before it to guard his nose,
eyes or chin He had no intention OF
spelling his beauty" Mrs. Fitzsimmons
noticed this early in the game and
called to Bob to hit him in the plex-
us!" Bob was not slow TO take adj
vantage of the opening. Instead of try
ing to push Corbett's face in, he set
out to fiatten Gentleman Jim's epigas-
trio against his greater splanchnic
nerve. This he succeeded in doing, and
for weeks people all over the world
were reading up on the solar plexus."
"Corbett is an awfully hard hitter"
said Bob. He's a much harder hitter
than the world knows anything about.
But the trouble with him is that he
is on the rebound before the full force
of his blow is landed. That makes him
fall just a little short. If he'd land be-
fore he jumps back he'd be a danger
Gus man." All of US have observed
this weakness in Corbett. 1t is fatal 1t
not only wears him out, but fails to
injure his opponent. His nimble legs
are running away in full retreat before
his willing fists can get in their fine
work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-19
WATERMELON SEASON
ATITS HIGHT
Georgia Behind in Shipments But May Catch
Up With Last Season.

seem to Indicate 1t was admitted
many months ago that there would be
a very large shortage in the peach
crop, but it is more than likely that
the melon and cantaloupe season Will
last some weeks longer this season
than they did last, the cool weather
having delayed maturity without hav-
ing damaged the crop, and so with the
longer season the discrepancies that
now appear may be made up before
the crop has been entirely harvested.
No figures of peach or of cantaloupe
shipments are kept in the local offices
of the Atlantic Coast Line, but those
of the watermelon shipments to and,
including July II, show large increase
over the number of cars moved this
season in comparison with that Of last
year. This increase is thus far con-
fined to the Florida crop; that of Geor-
gia shows a small shortage. In Geor-
gia tho number of cars handled this
season amount to 1887 as against L.
AL last year, while the Florida crop
shows shipments over this line of 1885
for this year, against only Sol last sea-
son.
With the Georgia melon season
stretched out a few weeks longer, it is
more than probable that not only will
these shortages of both railroads be
wiped out. but that an actual increase
of this seasons crop over that of last
season will be shown.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-19
JULY is MODERATE
PRESENT MONTH BELOW NORMAL
IN TEMPERATURE.
FAR BELOW JULY OF 1879.
FIRST HALF OF JULY 1908 HAS
NOT BEEN VERY WARM.

Weather Bureau Records Show That
July Has Always Had the Hottest
Days in the Year and the Maxi
mum of 100 Degrees, Reached on
July IL, 1870, Has Never Been Ap-
preached Nearer Than 1O2 De-
Erees-The Present Month is n Lit
tie Ahead on Rainfall.
Savannah continues to hold very
clean and excellent record as a sum-
mer resort, and the tales that come In
from the far off seaside and mountain
resorts, of heat and calms and other
getaways" with considerable satisfac-
ton. The month of July as far as
passed, has not been marked by any
oppressive heat, and the indications
are that it will not be nearly as un-
comfortable as the figures show some
previous Julys to have been.
The record for sky-high thermometer
readings is still held. far out of the
reach of average days, by July u, 1879,
when a temperature of los degrees was
ACNOldSQs 1hS AlCdANoN 0RPAOoNh "
that figure was 102 degrees, which was
reached in 1875. 1881. 1887 and 1897.
Last year the tube showed the thin
mercury line opposite the 101 degree
mark, and that was hot enough to
please even the dispensers of ice cream
sodas. The even century was reached
in that year on July ! and 5, and there
were some days, previous to the high
est temperature, that showed IS and IS
degrees.
A glance at the tables in the weather
bureau showed that for July in twenty
eight years the average was II days
in each month on which the thermom-
eter ranged to 80 degrees and higher,
and IA days when it was below 80 de-
grees. The total was 476 hot days, with
readings of 80 and above, and 1872 days
when the readings were less than 80
degrees.
The hottest July, averaged, was that
of the year 1876, when the average for
the entire month was IS degrees. The
coolest July was in 1888, when the
mercury averaged rs degrees. The
coolest record made in July was on
the 18th in 1898, when the tube showed
only 60 degrees.
The records for July, 1903. show that
yesterday was the hottest day so far
and that the mercury got up to 92 de-
grees at 2 o'clock July had a rec
ord of 81 degrees and these are the
only two days in the month, so far,
that Lac been 80 degrees or over. The
lowest temperature for the month, to
date, was 10 degrees on the morning
of the 10th. The temperature, for the
month, to date, shows a deficiency
from the normal of 80 degrees.
Rainfall for the month to date is Q 81
inches above the normal, and the total
to date is 5.6S inches, which is within
a fraction Of the normal total for the
month.
There have been light breezes dur
ing the first half of July, but nothing
approaching a high wind. The highest
velocity recorded was twenty-miles
per hour for a short time last Monday
afternoon, July q
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-19
COLORED PEOPLE PLAN
SALT WATER RESORT
Have Bought Pembroke Plantation
for This Purpose.

Have Bought Pembroke Plantation
for This Purpose.
The colored people of Savannah are
planning a salt water pleasure re-
sort.
A. L. Tucker, a colored attorney,
and about twenty associates have pur-
chased from Mrs. Walden the Penn
broke plantation near Isle of Hope.
The plantation contains about 1856
acres. with nearly 1000 feet of water
front on the Herb river. 1t is bound
ed on one side by Harrack, the estate
of Judge Norwood, and on the other
by Cattle Park. The price paid was
So. 500.
1t is the purpose of the purchasers
to form the Pembroke Land Company
reserve all of the river front and about
twenty-five or fifty acres for a pleas
ure park and a place of resort, divide
the remainder up into streets and con-
venient building lots and to sell them
to respectable colored men and wom-
en-.
The people interested hope to make
some arrangement with the Savannah
Electric Company by which spur
track can be run from Sandhy station
to Herb river, thus making the river
easy of access. It is also their inten-
ton in the near future to build con-
venient DaViliOn.