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steady at a slow walk when using this
hitch. Third, the position and condi-
ton of the steel cutter. Half an inch
below the edge of the slab is enough
for the steel to project. If the steel
is very sharp, put less of your weight
on the front slab. Fourth, your own po-
sition. If you want to move dirt, proceed
as advised in No. 2. In soft spot step
back on to the rear slab. On hard
spot step to the front and drive very
cautiously, for if the steel catches on
root or strikes a solid bowlder the
drag might tip over. When the drag
clogs step to point as far from the
ditch end of the log as possible and
pull your team toward the center of
the road for few steps.
In order to do all these things sat
isfactorily safe platform should
cover the space on top of the stakes
between the slabs. Use inch boards:
nail to three cleats; place two cleats
so they will drop just inside the end
stakes: place third cleat so it will not
interfere with middle stake; make the
cleats to fit neatly between the slabs.
bust space the boards an inch from
each slab and from each other. These
cracks will allow earth to sift through.
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L.
center Of the road One trip will an
sWer, but another one or two will
hasten matters. After the next rain
drag in the same manner, and follow
ing the third, fourth and fifth rains.
when the center of that portion of the
roadway you have been dragging viii!
be Abe highest. 1t may be rather mar
row; if so, plow one shallow furrow
on each side the dragged portion, turn
ing the furrow in the road. Spread
this loose earth over the road with the
drag. By this operation the road has
been widened about two feet Plow
no more until after another rain. Plow
after each rain until the road is wide
enough to suit you. If you follow this
plan you will have good solid road
from the beginning. There will be a
minimum amount of mud and dust.
the center of the road will be always
fit for travel, and you can build the
grade as high as you wish. The road
will be very much better from the be-
ginning, but it will not reach it's high
est state of efficiency until it has been
dragged regularly for four or five years.
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ROADMAK|NG TEST.
Advantage of Solidly Rolled Earth as
an Element In Permanency.

Advantage of SoIidly Rolled Earth as
an Element In Permanently.
At Bement. Plat county, Mo-, a road
making experiment is in progress
which will be watched with much in
terest, says the Carrollton (Mo.) Ga
zette. 1t is conducted under the direc-
ton Of the state highway commission
and is intended to demonstrate the
advantage of the highly compacted
earth as an element in the permanency
of the roads.
A stretch of road a half mile or more
in length was excavated to a depth Of
| twenty inches to two feet and the
earth thrown out at the side Then
an enormous steam roller was put into
this excavation, which is about TWEEN
ty feet wide, and the bottom rolled
down as solid as it could be made.
Then the excavated earth was thrown
In by degrees, drenched with water
and rolled thoroughly, and so on till
the excavated earth was put back.
This rolling process is so rigid that
the earth thrown out will not nearly
fill the excavation, and to complete the
filling up ample bitches are cut at the
sides of the road, the earth thrown
into the excavation and thoroughly
compacted with the roller The ex-
cavation is filled up to the height de-
sired for the roadway, and thus the
road consists of a body of earth nearly
or quite two feet thick compacted as
firmly. as it is possible for a roller to
compact it.
Now, the theory is that if this road
is thoroughly drained, so that it cannot
be undermined by water, and is dress
ed down on the top with drag when
ever it is wet from rain it will shed
the water on the top and be perma-
nently solid and smooth road and one
that can be constructed at moderate
cost
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NEW YORK CITY.

One-fourth of the population of New
York city is of native stock.
New York city has more children un-
der one year old than Wyoming has
entire population.
New York city's expenses are in
creasing in greater proportion than
its population. Ten years ago the year.
~ expenses were $21 for each inha bit
ant, and now they are $33 for each
man, woman and child.
No part Of New York city has such a
marked weekly change in population
as that section of Manhattan Island
below Wall street. For six days in the
week it has an average population of
$4,000 persons, and on Sundays it Is
reduced to 2,6OO.-New York Herald.
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CHOICE MISCELLANY
He Made Some Money.

Few people know that Champ Clark,
the celebrated Missouri congressman
and also known as lecturer. once
practiced law. or tried to do So in
Wichita, Kan. But he did, according
to Wichita letter in the Topeka Cap
ital. In 1875 Champ Clark opened an
office where the Pacific Express COM
pany now is located. There was not
a great deal of business for young at
torneys at that time, and Champ
Clark did the best he could to make
a living. but he became discouraged
and in time left the state and return
ed to Missouri, where he was after
ward elected to congress. He met
Kos Harris on the street one day and
told him that he intended to stay in
Wichita until he had made some mon
ey, no matter how much or how it was
made. Several days later he was seen
on the streets, and he had a beautiful
bronze on his hands and face. 1t was
the dark brown color that tells Of hon
est toll in the cornfield
"Where did you get that color?"
asked one of his friends.
II got it from cutting corn up in
the country" was the reply.
"Get anything else?' asked the
friend, who looked at the then atten-
uated form of the since fleshy and
prominent lecturer.
"Sure," replied Clark. 81 got this
dollar for the days work. And want
to tell you l am going to leave Thu
town. said would not leave until
had made some money, and now tha
I have made it I am ready to leave"
He left.
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DRAGGING Of ROADS,
Split Log Drag's Inventor Tells
How to Use It.
MAN THE GREATEST FACTOR.
D. Ward King Emphasizes Necessity
Of the First Dragging-How to Hitci,
Your Team and Regulate the Drag.
Making Good Roads Without Money

copyright, 1907. by D. Ward King.l
You have been told how to make a
drag. and l have tried to gite you
some slight idea Of the benefits to be
had by little judicious effort And /
am now to show you, as best may,
how the drag should be used.
The drag you have made, measured
by the best, may be good or poor. and
it's quality will have an influence on
the results obtained. But the man is
the greatest factor. A good man with
poor drag will improve road more
than will a poor man with a good drag.
So before getting to the drag l want to
remind you Of a few facts which you
know perfectly we'll. but may. unless
caution you, escape your attention for
the moment when you first begin to
drag. First, you will be certain to i'm
prove your road if you are in earnest,
but must not expect to construct five.
year-old road in five minutes or in five
hours. Five long years are required ia
construct fve-year-old road. The
benefits l have described cannot be
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ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

At meetings of the British cabinet
no official record of any kind is kept
of the proceedings.
England is the only country where
members of parliament are not only
unpaid, but have no special rights or
privileges.
Saturday is the busy day of the Lon
don iremen. In ten years London had
1898 Saturday fires against 1902 on
Monday, the day they were least fire.
quent.
Six terrapin taken recently to the
Carlton hotel, in London, aroused
great curiosity, the newspapers refer
ring to them as "six interesting Amer
lean guests"
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A Stunning Surprise,


Congressman George w. Taylor was
talking in Demopolis. Ala. about hard
times
Hard times are bound to be full of
unpleasant shocks and stunning sur
prises." he said. II remember the last
panic and sermon that a Mobile pas
tor preached.
1.-THE pastor in a powerful discourse
urged economy and retrenchment on
his congregation. In view Of the hard
times there should be no extravaganza,
no useless expenditure, he said, but
every outgo ought to be pared down.
"His strong sermon had swift and
unxpected effect The congregation
before dispensing held church meet
ing and unanimously reduced the
mans salary from $1,000 to $780,"
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Strange Cure For Snake Bite,

Recently Frank and Fred Pascoe
rode out Of town on some business
When about five miles south of Globe
they had occasion to dismount They
had scarcely left their horses when a
huge RATHER struck Frank on the left
leg about three inches above the ankle
The venom from the fangs Of the
snake caused excruciating pain for the
moment. His brother, Fred, realizing
what had happened, shot a rabbit,
split its body and bound it over the
bite. They then returned to Globe as
quickly as possible. Mr.. Pascoe was
exhausted when he reached Globe, but
said he was suffering very little. His
friends will be glad to know that on
account of the timely attention there
Is no cause for alarm about his condi-
tion.--Tombstone Epitaph.
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CHURCH WORK.

1t was 230 years ago that the Society
of Friends founded it's church in Lynn
Mass.
An average of four Sunday schools a
day established for every day of the
last eighty-three years is the record OF
the American Sunday School union.
One thing that greatly impressed the
bishop of London during his visit to
America was the harmony of purpose
and lack of wrangling among the
churches, a condition which does not
exist in his own country.
A school for the training of lay evan
gelists is soon to be opened in. New
York with thirty of the leading laymen
and pastors of nearly every denomina-
ton as instructors, the intention being
to keep it strictly undenominational.
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Pith and Point.

Some men are able to do nothing
well except eat, sleep and find fault.
1t is easy for the man who isn't in
terested to tell the man who is to hope.
When you give a man a dig" re-
member that he will probably "get
even." Men harbor grudges.
Blessings on polite people! People
admire them more than they admire
the rich and the great And how easy
it is to be polite.
When we are in trouble, some people
can say, isn't it too badY' and make
us madden than though they should
say, 'I'm glad of it."-Atchison Globe.
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brevities
THE HALL OF FAME.

The new king Of Sweden is one of
the best shots in Europe
William T. Stead's latest hobby is
the meteorological regeneration of bar
rem land in England.
Miss Cornelia II. Hartman, second
daughter of E. H. Hartman, is an
nounced to be engaged to marry Rob
ert Livingston Gerry, son of Elbridge
T. Gerry of New York.
Daniel Reilly Of Mansfield, O., has
all the windows and doors Of his house
wired and connected with a phono-
graph. which sings out when connec-
ton is broken, Get out of here or I'll
fill you with lead"
Vice President Fairbanks has ap-
pointed Senators Cullom and Bacon as
regents of the Smithsonian institution
to fill vacancies, and Speaker Cannon
has reappointed Representatives Dali
zell, Mann and Howard as regents.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Miller and
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson
are now the only survivors Of the
eighty-nine persons who signed the call
for the first national wOman's rights
convention, which was held in Worces-
ter, Mass, in 1850.
After thirty-siX consecutive years
with the Pullman company, George F..
Brown of Chicago, sixty-four years
old, treasurer of that corporation and
recently it's general manager, has re-
tired. Mr.. Brown entered the employ
of the Pullman company in 1871. He
has been retired on a pension.
DR.. William j. Rolfe, the eminent
Shakespearean scholar and critic of
Cambridge, Mass, recently celebrated
the eightieth anniversary of his birth.
While a teacher in Wrentham, Mass,
he created the idea of an English de-
partment in schools and colleges,
which has been universally adopted
throughout the country.
Henry 3. Seaman, who has become
chief engineer of the public service
commission of New York city, at
salary Of $4,000, is a self made man,
a product of the east side, New York,
and is forty-six years old. He is six
feet tall, powerfully built and is phys
1cally impressive. He comes of Quak-
er stock, being on his fathers side
descendant of Elias Hicks, noted
Quaker preacher, while an ancestor of
his mother was a brother of Oliver
Cromwell.
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''TAKE THIS AwAYw HE COMMANDED.

TAKE THIS AWAY!' HE COMMANDED.
smile of anticipation he broke the
crust, to find just beneath a three inch
feather
what does it mean anyway? Tell
me that
The waiter was evidently man OF
resource, for he Immediately leaned
over and said in confidential voice:
"Why, Ah'll tell yo', sab. It's dis
way. Yo' know dat DR.. Wiley been
raisin' such err howl bout food not
bein' what hit was claimed ter be, de
cook des puts one chicken fodder in
each one of dem. pies to show ter
folks dat days recebin' de genwine
article, sah."-Success.
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Stephen Crane as a Photographer.

stephen Crane az q Photographer.
A magazine editor took down a VOL
ume dated 1894.
'Stephen Crane, the man of genius
who died in YOUTH" he said, FUSED to
write humorous paragraphs for me-
Here is little thing of his 1 think
it's awfully good. I'll read it to you"
And he read this brilliant burlesque
Of lovers parting:
1T was 6 o'clock, and George Tres
ham had been spending the afternoon
with sweet Lillian Beilairs.
'Goodby, darling,' the young man
said fondly as they stood at the door,
'Goodby, George she murmured,
Nesting her head in the time honored
place
'Goodby'
"'Goodby'
In every parting, dearest, there is
the image Of DEATH George Tresham
whispered, kissing the girl passionate
ly. DO you know that we may never
meet again.
"'Oh, George, darling!' she cried,
clinging to him fercely.
"'WhO knows, my own, what may
happen ere we see each other once
more?'
"'Oh, George, say that you will
come back to me-back to your own
little loving Lillian! My George. the
same beautiful and brave George you
have always beenv
Trust me, Lillian, darling; trust
your George
ooh, George she said, strong in
the faith which women have, 4 do
trust you! How could I love you if l
did not?' And she kissed him fondly.
"Then I shall come again, Lillian,
my own
"'But when, George?' she whisper
ed passionately.
"'At this evening, darling
"'Oh, George she walled, must it
be so long as that? So long, so long!
HE took her tenderly in his arms.
"Darling,' he whispered, 4 will
make it half past =
"And it came to pass as he had
spoken"
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NEW SHORT STORIES
The Real THING.

Just why DR.. Wiley, the govern
ment's fs;re food expert, should have
cared to take chances with restaurant
food is not known. Not long ago he
walked into Washington cafe and
took seat. He evidently knew lust
what he wanted, for, waving aside the
bill of fare the bowling waiter proffer-
ed, he said:
Bring me a chicken pie-one Of
those little individual pies
A few minutes later it was set be-
fore him, brown and hot, and with A
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Editorial filings.

1t might be a good thing to cross
airships with the homing pigeons.
Cleveland Leader.
Japan will also hold a worlds fair.
The Japs don't seem to care how much
they Owe.--Topeka Capital.
Wall street is a necessity, says one
writer. Yes, and necessity, the old prov
erb tells, knows no law. = Chicago
Journal.
Scarcely has the public learned to
pronounce the name of one Japanese
ambassador with confidence before an
other is due.-Washington Star.
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Noncommittal,

Every year some new story is told
around the capitol to illustrate Sena-
tor Allison's we'll known aversion to
making q positive statement on any
subject. Two years ago it was about
an Iowa mans bet that the senator
would not say flock Of sheep were
sheared. The wager was won, as the
senator on seeing the flock remarked
that they seemed ito have been shear
ed on this side.' Last year the story
had to do with something which actu-
ally occurred in the senate, when there
had been heavy snowstorm in the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Allison pro-
posed an amendment Of $4,000 for
clearing the sidewalks and cutters,
whereupon Senator Spooner observed
that the appropriation ought to be
larger, adding, 1T will snow here
again during the winter to which
Senator Allison replied, II should not
want to make that prediction
Now the story going the rounds of
the capital, illustrating the same trait
Of character, is that some one asked
Senator Allison the time of day. He
pulled out his watch, but turned on a
friend walking with him and asked If
he had the time Receiving an afirma-
tive answer, together with the time Of
day, the senator looked again at his
own timepiece and observed:
Probably you have the correct
time. !" Boston Herald.
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SPLIT LOG DRAG.

got at the first dragging, yet it is
equally true that without the first drag
ging they never can be realized.
Then l would have you remember
you are apt to do better work after a
years experience. And your team also
is green, uncertain what you want
them to do. The team will learn pres
emily to walk to suit the drag, and you
will find that helps much. At first you
will find yourself driving the team
and ignoring the drag. Shortly there
after you will be caught driving the
drag and ignoring the team. Expert
ence will teach you to give attention to
both simultaneously.
Hitch to the chain at a point which
compels the unloaded drag to follow
the team at an angle of about As de-
grees, then step on and regulate it by
shifting your weight from point to
point. The action of the drag is gov
erned by four things-frst, by the dis
lance of the double trees from the
drag, which is regulated by slipping
the chain backward or forward through
the hole in the ditch end of the drag.
The length Of the chain determines the
hold taken on the ground. To make
the chain longer is equivalent to add
ing weight to the drag. If the drag is
too heavy, shorten the hitch. Second,
the place where the clevis is fastened
to the chain. When you desire to move
much earth place the clevis pretty
close to the ditch end Of the drag and
stand with one foot on the extreme
end Of the front slab. Hold the team
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-30
Waves of Water.

Ocean waves have often dashed over
the tops of lighthouses
Few New Workers are aware Of the
fact that the East river was known as
the Salt river 200 years ago.
The Nile oyerfows it's banks from
July to October. This Is due to the
rainfall Of the Abyssinian highlands.
The Mississippi, with the Missouri, Is
the longest river on the globe. The
longest single river is undoubtedly the
Amazon.
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Tales They Tell.

Henry Twele, Jr., of Greenoak, Pa.
aged three and a half years, has been
smoking pipes and stogies for more
than year.
Patrick McGlennahan while drunk
Pa, by walking into his court and
taking seat by his side on the bench.
George F. Allen of st. Louis told a
magistrate that he picked the pocket
Of Sidney ]. Rice, his friend, to pre-
vent him from being robbed by an
other man.
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Australia's Artistic Stamps.

Australia is going to astonish the
world with it's new issue of stamps
They are to be Of such superlatively
artistic character that, according to
the department board that has been
considering the subject, 100000 worth
will be sold to philatelists alone dur
ing the first year, and after that the
sale to the enthusiasts will average
100000 per annum." The stamps,
which are to be "a world wide adver-
tisement for the commonwealth" are
to be printed from steel plates, and
their designs will illustrate the char
acteristic features Of Australia. LON
don Chronicle.
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Il you make the spaces much wi1ei.
than an inch you will catch your shoe
heel.
Here is the recipe for making good
roads without money and with the
least possible expenditure of time and
energy: Assuming you have your drag
made. hitch the team as directed and
drive down one wheel track to your
neighbours front gate and back on the
other wheel track. with one horse OH
each side of the rut and with the drag
moving the loose earth toward the
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Gumbo Roads,

State Engineer George W. Cooley Of
Minnesota was recently quoted as say
ing that he is convinced that there is
no reason why good gumbo roads can
not be built ''The gumbo road built
last year near Crookston,'' he stated,
lis now in excellent condition and has
been every day during the year in
which it has been in use'' "
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Lone Island Motor Parkway.

It is expected that the work of con-
structing the Long Island motor park
way will soon be begun in order to
have it finished about a year hence.
says the Good Roads Magazine. The
length of this roadway is to be over
sixty miles, from Is to 100 feet wide,
and its cost is estimated at over ST.
800 900.
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Why He Preferred Shaw,

Henry" said his father in the pres
ence of a crowd Of literary friends,
"tell me which you would rather be,
Shakespeare or Bernard Shawl" "Ber-
nard Shaw was the prompt reply.
And a murmur of admiration rose
from the delighted Shawians eyes. he
IS only just turned six,'' said the proud
parent, who then continued: "And now,
Henry, state your reason" A hush
fell on the back drawing room as the
little fellow answered thoughtfully
Coos he amt dead, London
Globe.
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Alpine Fatalities.

The playground Of Europe" as Sir
Leslie Stephen called the Swiss Alps.
has for many been a graveyard, a fact
which experience from year to year
emphasizes rather than modifes Sta
tistics officially compiled for 1907 sup
ply us with the death rate due to mis-
adventure in the past year on the Alps
italian, Swiss and Austrian and
those Of Douphine. Actual loss Of life
b noted In seventy five cases. Lancet.
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1908-01-11
EI Cuerpo do Sanidad do
0velas en- Session.

Albuquerque, N. M, Enero 4.
LA junta annual del Cuerpo de
Sanidad de Ovejas fn6 tenida hoy
aqui en- Ia oficina del secretario
Harry e. Lee. Asistieron todos
los miembros, que son los si.
guientes SaIomon Luna, presi
dcnte; Charles Schleter, de Clay
ton; Harry w. Kelly, de Las ve-
gas; T. D, Burns, Jr., de TERRA
Amarillo, y Ezra White, de Ros-
well. ri cuerpo despach6 muchos
asuntos de importancia, siendo
el principal de ellos una grave
infracci6n de las regulaciones del
bafo, en- la cual un gran ntmero
dc ovejas fuerou traidas de Colo
rado al territorio. habiendo el
dueflo eludido q las autoridades
y logrado hasta ahora mantener
en- el territorio los animales IN
fectos.