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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
For COLDS and GRIP

. Hicks CAPuDINE Is the best remedy-re.
lieves the aching and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
Immediately. IOc., 25c., and Soc,
At drug stores.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

Rheumatism. Neuralgia and Sore
Throat will not live under the same roof
with Hamlins Wizard Oil, the best Of
all remedies for the relief of all pain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

AT sixteen a girl thinks about roses
and poetry; at twenty-six her thoughts
runt to cabbages and money.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

A mother makes a fatal mistake
when she leads her children to be-
iieve that they are wingless angels.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

Within the last 10 years the Meth
odist Church in the Philippines has
grown to a membership OF $4,000,
and 500 Filipinos are preaching.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
patton. Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure he cause and you cure
the disease. EaF to take.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

A quarrel merely proves that one of
the parties to it hasn't any more sense
than the other.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was rreaf
sufferer from female troubles ich
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

Pulling the string will remove the
hook; slip the string off the hook,
and the door cannot be opened from
the outside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

Curiosity is 81 the appetite needed
for a mysteriou dish.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

Starch will remove iodine stains
from flesh, and if used soon enough
will prevent the liquor blistering
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
UNLOCK DOOR FROM OUTSIDE
fastening Door by Fastening Cord
to Staple on Inside.

A cord is fastened to the hook and
then passed through a hole in the
dior and tied to the knob outside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

DR.. Emdee-)u should eat meat
very sparingly.
Mr.. Joax-I old It altogether.
eat nothing butuncbroom ham sand
wiches.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02

Cumberland. The 2 year old
daughter of Matthias r. Swain, at
Duckwalls, between Hancock and
Berkeley Springs, fell into a bucket
of hot water and died from scalds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

E AN is born with restless
spirit and early exhibits
N tendency to roam.
@ Children three years old
NNWON or less will wander away,
vkSSXN led by curiosity, to ex-
plore the unknown. The
savage picks his way long distances
as best he can, through forest or prai-
RE, as the case may be; he builds no
roads, but goes forward in the line of
least resistance. The buffaloes of the
prairie follow beaten paths-it is said
the streets of Boston were made to
follow COW paths of colonial days.
When civilization came to mankind
we find among its early activities evil
dence of progress in road building AS
light dawned upon him he found an
economic advantage in making the
paths smooth. 1t also entered his
consciousness that to remove OBJ
stacles to travel was a common duty
OF everyone and not the special duty
of anyone or a few. No truer saying
can be found than that the condition
of the public roads in any community
Is an indication of the standard of
civilization, not an infallible one, of
course, but very trustworthy never
theless.
1t will be interesting to note what
the world has done and is doing in
making the roadway better. so they
will more fully meet the economic
and social needs of the people and
the state. Measured by the age of
the Mediterranean and oriental coun-
tries, our own land is but an infant,
but it has grown and ,waxed strong
beyond any of it's ancestors. 1t not
only has learned much from the older
countries, but has been able to teach
them many things as well. In some
things, however, we must confess that
we stand at the foot of the class. One
of our two most conspicuous failures in
the administration of public affairs is
the inefficient, wasteful and corrupt
methods of administering our great
municipalities and the other failure,
even more complete, relates to the not
only inadequate but idiotic methods
that have pertained to the question of
public highways.
Space does not permit nor is it part
of the STORY Of the Road" to set forth
the signal failure in the mismanage-
ment of our cities, but rather to point
out some of our shortcomings as to
the public highways as compared with
the rest Of the world. A well-known
advertiser, in speaking of the excel
lence of his product and its popular
ity, says: There's reason" and so
there is a reason why we have so COM
pletely failed in doing our duty to
the road. There has been money
enough expended upon them in the
last three generations to have made
boulevards of all the main highways,
yet they are not much better, as a
rule, than they were a half-century
ago, and this is particularly true in
the middle west.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

that this soil, II drained and graded,
makes an exceptionally good founda-
tion to build upon,
Another mistake and a rank Unjust
ice has been to place practically all
the burden of road taxes upon farm
property This plan has obtained
from the first and is still in vogue In
about one-half the states. The other
half have learned that roads are pub
lie property-they belong to everyone
and it is unfair and indefensible to
place the whole burden of public work
Of this nature upon the farms. 1t is
sometimes said the farmers use the
roads more than others and that is
given as a reason why they should do
all the paying. Well, the lawyers use
the court house more than others;
shall we tax them for the county
building?
A Jersey man in the last decade of
the century just closed made discov-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

very greatly. Some farmers and a
few so-called experts, however, entire
ly overestimate the value of the drag.
There is only one type of road that
Is worthy the name OF good, and that
is one that is hard, smooth and disable
S65 days in the year. and one that
is not affected by weather conditions.
The main roads (these comprise not
more than 25 per cent of the total
mileage) should be graveled or mac
adamized after first being thoroughly
graded and drained The experience
of the world for twenty centuries is
back of this system, Among the illus
trations on this page are some stone
roads that for 1000 years have been
used daily with but moderate cost
for maintenance.
Another fallacy that must be put
on the shelf is the belief that hard
road cannot be built in the corn belt;
that 1t would not stand up" ETC.,
upon the heavy black soil Every en-
gineer knows and experience shows
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

tons that must be gotten rid OF be-
fore any real progress can be made.
Among these is the adjustment OF
the labor system, collecting the road
tax in cash and the employment OF
someone of good judgment and skill
to do road work, following the advice
that they can secure from the state
engineer, and from him learn what
to do, when to do and how to do it.
A thorough drainage of the main
roads either by open bitches with UNI
INSTRUCTED outlet. or, better, by tile
drains on either side, is an absolute
necessity in order to have the best
results (unless perchance there may
be inadequate natural drainage, as in
the case of rolling, sandy soiD and
frequent and timely use of the split
log drag, used during or Immediately
after the rains, or when two or three
inches of the rough, frozen road has
thawed out, it would help matters
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

without quite understanding what re-
mains unbound. And with the still.
selfish serenity of the Asian woman
goes a degree of power we hardly
credit, or understand. read the 9th
er day the declaration of Latin wom-
an, who said that women of the An
glo-Saxon and Teutonic races do not
know how to manage men; the WON.
en- of the Latin races on the contrary,
do know how to manage man. But II
seems to me that the women OF the
Orient, whether In India, China or ia.
pan, or among the Moslem peoples,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

from the state, OF the latter 81 900,
$500 would be contributed by cities,
towns, railroads, corporations and
other forms Of property. The writer
has at many times asked farmers
whether 1t would be worth to them
two cents a bushel on their crops to
have first-class road over which to
market It. Very seldom has he found
an intelligent farmer who did not
agree that road would be OF this
much value to him and that by hav-
ing good roads and watching the mar
ket he could easily get that much
more for his crops and he could GER
tainly take them to market at less
expense than under ordinary condi-
tons.
A calculation has been made very
carefully by the writer and has been
checked over by the best authorities
of the state. 1t shows, and the writer
is prepared to defend 1t, that under
the state aid plan the main highways
In Illinois can be improved as first
class gravel and macadam roadways
within 10 or IL years at cost OF
about 10 cents per acre per year on
the farm lands of the state. or a tax
equal In the aggregate to 81 to $1.20
an acre.
The writer believes that the princi-
pal objection to hard roads throughout
the state is by retired farmers. who
object to building roads for the ten
ant II they would but realize that
two per cent. on their rent, which Is
anywhere from 81 to 81 per acre, will
pay the tax, and that 1t will make
their farm more. desirable and they
can get their selection of tenants and
sometimes so cents an acre more cash
rent, they would arrive at the conclu-
sion, II they are not prejudiced, that
the money invested In roads Is the
best investment they can make.
The trouble has been that the farm.
ers are paying enormous amounts OF
money for highways Improvement and
they have not seen the improvements,
The money has been squandered.
Next to production the worlds
greatest industry is distribution. In
this worldwide system the farm
wagon and the country road occupy
the first place and ought to have the
first consideration. II the state or the
nation has the money to spend on
internal improvements, let them assist
the townships to build good roads;
the highways over which the children
must go to school, the doctor to reach
the suffering. and over which must
pass every bushel Of grain and every
bale OF cotton raised. The road
reaches every field, every farm home
and every market town. The people
everywhere demand good roads. Good
roads mean better schools, more so
cial life, higher standard of living
they mean progress and civilization.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
WHAT'S THE USE
sticking to a Habit When II Means
Discomfort

Old King Coffee knocks subjects
out tolerably fiat at times. and there
Is no possible doubt of what did It. A
Mich. woman gives her experience:
II used to have liver trouble nearly
all OF the time and took medicine
which relieved me only for little
while. Then every once In a while
would be suddenly doubled UP with
an awful agony In my stomach. Il
seemed as though every time took
breath | would die. No one could
suffer any more and live.
Finally got down so sick with
catarrh of the stomach that I could
not turn over In bed. and my stomach
lid not digest even milk. The doctor
inally told me that II did not give up
thinking coffee would surely die. but
felt could not give 1t up
However. Husband brought home a
package Of Postum and 1t was made
strictly according to directions. II
was the only thing that would stay
on my stomach. and soon got so
liked Il very much
Gradually l began to get better, and
week by week gained in strength and
health. Now am in perfect condi.
Ion. and am convinced that the whole
cause of my trouble was coffee drink
Ing. and my getting better was due to
leaving of coffee and drinking Postum
"a short time ago | tasted some
coffea and found IN nv aStonishmput
that did not care anything about Il, {
never have to take medicine any
more. I hope you will use this letter
for the benefit OF those suffering from
the poisonous effects Of coffee"
Read the little book. "The Road to
MELVILLE. in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time 20 time. they
are genuine, true, and full OF humas
Interest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

cry far more important than the find
ing of the north pole. 1t was that
the roads belong to the public and
that everyone ought to be taxed to
help build the roads. In this thought
state aid was born, and It has spread
from state to state until now 22 Of
the Al states are building by this
plan. 1t has been tried out and found
successful. 1t is no experimental is
an equitable, workable plan that gets
results and spreads the cost In such
a way that 1t is no burden and gives
everyone a square deal.
The building of good stone and
gravel road adds to the value of farm
property. so for that reason It has
been found just and practicable to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
THE STORY Of the ROAD

Anyone knowing the first principles
Of road building should know the sur.
face of the ground should not be dis
turbed after the first of July and that
road grading done in March, April or
May gives the best results, as the
summer rains and traffic work the
earth down smooth and hard so that
1t will be in the best condition to
stand the trying weather of the win
ter and spring following.
The first great step in reform is a
wise and sane expenditure of the
money now raised. which in Illinois is
about 100000 per year. The writer
has spoken upon the question of high
way improvement in more than, one
half the counties of Illinois and has
discussed the labor system" methods
employed with hundreds of the most
farmers of this country,
and they generally agree that most
of the money raised is wasted There
are some fundamental errors respon-
sible for this and some misconcep-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

make some such division as this as
to the cost of the public roads In any
township, leaving 1t to the people Of
the township to say what roads shall
be improved and when and how much
money shall be expended, viz: that
the state. from a general tax levied
upon all property in the state. shall
pay one-half and the property owners
Of the township shall pay the other
half.
Suppose $4,000 were spent upon the
roads of any township. Under this
plan one-half would be paid by the
property owners of the township and
like amount, $1,000, would be drawn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
The New Woman Of Asia.

Under the title, "The Lady Of the
Harem Energies" Raja Rama con-
tributes to Harper's Weekly an ac-
count of the woman of the Orient, as
she stands to-day upon the threshold
of emancipation. Compared with the
dark, quiet eyes of these orientals,"
he writes, "the eyes of European or
American women are, restless, per-
turbed, full of disquietude, as though,
while they have won enfranchisement,
they have lost secret inspiration;
something that they miss and seek.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

Then / bethought myself OF some
personal illusions | had made that
might easily be construed as libelous.
/ got a good deal excited and slept
very little. In the morning l hurried
down to see whether the papers had
roasted me. The meeting was re-
ported all over the front page. |
plunged into it, shivering in nervous
ness. But l needn't have worried.
What it said about my speech was in
til 4 last two line:
"a young man named Depew also
spok.S"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17


Take for the purpose of illustration
and as a type the great state of ILL
nois, the third in the Union in wealth
and population. In the last 80 years
there has been expended on the high
ways of Illinois. in grading, bridging,
making and spelling the roads. APP
proximately $10O.OOO,OO0, and what is
there to show for it? The larger part
of this colossal sum has been frittered
away by honest but misguided effort
by doing the wrong thing; the annual
road picnics. where dozen or more
farmers with their boys would meet
in the fall Ito do work that ought to
have been done in the spring. to work
out their road tax. have good time,
tell stories. play practical jokes. do
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
An Easy Job.

do you think that you can make
my daughter happy?" asked Mr.. Cum
rox. IL
"She has been happy with you.
hasn't she?" rejoined the confident
youth.
II think so, sir"
We'll. II she's that easy to please
there ought to be no difficulty"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

stunts" of physical prowess, such as
jumping. wrestling, etc., with small
amount of work in blowing up a
stretch of road, scraping loose earth
together with weeds and grass in a
winrow, and leaving it there and call
ing this road building. BY the opera
ton. perchance, hundred dollar road
tax had been worked out and prob
ably two hundred dollars of damage
done to the road in doing so, This
is an extreme case, but there are tens
of thousands of such instances in
more or less aggravated form.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
may have finer and deeper secret
still, welding far greater influence,
because they do not seek to WELD any
influence at ALL"
cheap RAILWAY rraxel.

In the cities of Great Britain the
population of which Is 100000 or
more, the average rate of fare for
street railway travel is IL cents a
passenger mile. In the cities of con.
tinental Europe the average rate OF
fare paid for urban transportation is
one cent passenger mile.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
The Whlp Hand.

"she evidently copies your pat
terms"
quite So"
II don't believe would care to have
such fashionable cook as that"
1T has It's advantages" declared
Mrs. Housekeep.
I'm what way?"
simply refuse to button her gown"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
HE NEED NOT HAVE WORRIED

night. They wanted something red hot,
and handed 1t out.
Il just turned myself to skin the op-
position, and on the whole the audi
ence seemed to like it. The more
they cheered the more I warmed up
to 1t. was Intensely pleased with
my success. But after got home
was worried. lay wondering II II
wouldn't react and injure our side
more than the opposition.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
tionest Truth

This isn't comic paper Joke: II ac-
tually happened on Eliot street In the
South end yesterday. A hardware deal.
er hung a sign outside his door read.
ing: Our skates are guaranteed In
every way" A newsboy tore II down
and hung II up In front OF liquor
store next door.--Boston Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

Chew WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT--
promote saliva--release mint leaf
Juice, Fine for digestion!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
Speech Made by chauncey Depew
Long Ago Was Dismissed with
Scant Comment.

Senator Depew the other evening
told a story on himelf, and 1t has
since had good deal of vogue in the
senate.
when was very young man."
he said, II went out to make politi-
cal speech with some older men one
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

A woman waters her grief with her
tears and II springs into lovely flow.
err; q man salts his with bitterness
and Il turns to thorn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
A Personal Definition,

Penley (stuck for a word) Let's
see! What is that you call man who
marries more than one wife?
Grump--An idiot. call him.--Bos-
ton Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

Fear not lest thy life come to an
end: but rather lest It never had be-
ginning Newman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
Waterproof Asbestos.

According to German publication,
a firm in Munich has succeeded In
artihcially rendering asbestos water.
proof.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17

AN is born with a restless
spirit and early exhibits
a tendency to roam.
Children three years old
or less will wander away.
led by curiosity, to ex-
plOra tho unkpnwn Tho
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-28
Ground Floor.
Second Floor.

STOuHu FIOOT. SCCOTu FlOOT.
is small, but contains many things
which save labor on the farm, and the
capacity is very fully utilized 1t is
hardly possible to get as much saving
of labor and time out of any other
structure of the size as the one de-
voted to the purposes for which this
will be used.
A basement half the size of the
building has cement floor and is made
warm. In this is an air pressure wa
ter supply tank filled from well just
outside the building. This carries
sufficient pressure to throw water
over any farm building. Water flows
from the tank to the house, barn,
yards, etc. All is made frost proof.
A bucket elevator runs to bottom
Of basement This takes grain from
the wagon and places it in any bin in
the building. Grain flows to it from
all bins, and can thus be stored. aired
If damp, mixed, cleaned sacked or
ground without hand lifting, spouts
connecting all parts.
The second story is used for grain
storage and has convenient stairway
and good lighting and ventilation
More grain can be stored than with
the common arrangement.
In the first story is a room for
cleaning and grinding grain, shelling
corr, etc. This has a wood floor. The
engine room has space for gasoline en-.
gine and any machinery likely to
cause dirt or dampness. Cream 9epa-
rator room is plastered and finished
with as little woodwork as possible
The floors of these two rooms are Of
cement and are pitched so they can
be washed with a hose. chimney
is provided.
Two lines of shafting carry pulleys
for driving elevator, grinder, corn
shelter, tanning mill, cream separator,
churn, pump, grindstone, emery wheel,
washing machine, etc, and power can
be conveyed to other buildings. There
is room in the basement for a Sec
ond tank for a soft water supply, tank
to be filled from a cistern. Such a
building can be made, at moderate
cost, a complete grain storage, water
supply and power plant for the farm.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-28
Farm Notes.

Add a little powdered chalk to
common glue to make the glue strong
er.
A cheap paint is made from a so
luton of borax and water with lin
seed oil.
Pull and burn every weed you can
reach.
Remove all dead stalks and dried
leaves from the flower beds.
Pile potting soil in the sun to
sweeten, turning often.
Transplant shrubs and vines as
soon as the foliage ripens.
For transplanting choose a rainy
time and disturb the roots as little as
possible
Keep all towering plants from ma
turing seeds, perennials as well as
ANIMALS, if you want late blooms.
Give chrysanthemums manure wa.
ter, not too strong, and quit topping
them, Remove many buds If you
want large flowers.
Get sand. soil, gravel and manure
and store where they can be reached
when wanted. Put a boxful away in
the cellar.
Sow pansy seeds and transplant
those started last month into pre-
pared beds. Have the cold frames
read for them.
Many plants and shrubs must be
transplanted this month TO insure
bloom next season.