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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

highway engineers. Our men are all
civil engineers, the graduates of the best
Of the colleges who have passed our ex-
aminations. After working with us a
short time they are in great demand over
the country, where road Improvement is
now going on. Many of them are en-
ployed by the states or by cities and
counties, where the salaries are larger
than those paid by the government"
What the states Are Doing.
The conversation here turned to the
work of road improvement now going on
throughout the states, when Mr.. Page
said:
within the last fifteen years nearly
half Of the states of the union have
adopted the principle Of giving state aid
to road building. New York has author
lied the issuance sof $4,000, OO0 to be
spent at the rate of 100000 a year,
the various counties to supply an equal
amount. A great deal of such i'm
provement is going on in the south.
Virginia has appropriated $25O, 900
year to be spent under the state high
way department, and Louisiana viii levy
a tax of one-fourth of a mill on all of
her taxable property as a highway
fund. Alabama has made extensive APP
preparations, and Maryland will spend
this year S1,25O,OOO in the same way.
At the present time the sixteen southern
states have available for road expenses
about s40.O0O.OOO, which is just double
the amount devoted to such purposes in
1904. Indeed, the south has become highly
interested in improving it's roads,
Working the ,Convicts.
IT understand that many OF the south
ern states are working their roads with
convict labor?"
Eyes, and 1 think with great profit. In
Virginia the state convicts are employed
in road building, and the supervising en-
gineers say that the convict labor is even
more effective than paid labor. Georgia
has nearly 5000 prisoners at work on its
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
Good Road Work United States Government is Dc

ing as to new roads, and among
many other things have made valuable
discoveries as 70 the use of oil and ce-
ment on the roads. The ideal road of
the future will be without dust, and some
model roads now constructed are bound
together with bitumen and other ma
terials which make them practically in
destructble. One Of the most valuable
discoveries Of recent years as TO roads
and all sorts Of masonry is an invention
Of Mr. Page, which has been patented
by him, but which is given to the public
without charge. This is a process OF mix
ing a little oil with concrete or cement
which makes It absolutely waterproof.
Upon such concrete the water stands in
globules as It does upon glass, and II the
cement mixture is whitewashed on bricks
they become waterproof.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
How to Absorb An
Old Complexion

A girl signing herself Discouraged"
writes she has tried everything" Cor
her coarse. hOrrid, muddy complexion"
and asks. rs there no really effective
remedy?"
Doctoring your complexion with stuff
that comes out OF Jars and bottles Is
liable to mako il more unsIghtly. The
only sure way to rid yourself OF a bad
complexion ~ TO remove it--taks off
the offensive skin, Ordinary mercolized
wax. securable at your druggists, will
do this, Apply at night, as you would
cold cream; wash OFF I'm tho morning.
The wax absorbs the dead and dying
outer skin. revealing the clear, soft.
healthy and beautiful skin underneath.
Naturally all surface defects go, too,
as plmples, blotohes. liver spots. moth
patches, freeiles and blackheads The
treatment causes no discomfort. No
one can tell you are using IL, the old
skin coming off 80 giadually.--Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

gave me some medicine, but didn't do any
good. We have been having Cuticur1 REM
edies in tho house, so decided to try them.
had been using Cuticura Soap, 90 got me
= box Of Cuticura Ointment. and washed Oh
the affected part with Cuticura Soap three
times . day, and then put the CutjcurA
Ointment on. The FIRST day put Il on, y
relieved me OF itching 50 l could sleep al
that night 1t took alb . week. theB
could sec the scAb come of. kept the
treatment up for three weeks, and my eczema
was cured.
my brother got his face burned with gun
powder, and he used CuticuTa Soap and ONT
ment. The people all thought he would have
scars, but you can't see that he ever had his
face burned. 1t was simply awful to lock al
be ore the Cuticura Remedies ISoap and ONT
mSntl cured T." (Signed) Miss Elizabeth
Gehrkl. Forrest City, Ark, Oct. l6, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soa and Cuticura
Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere, q liberal sample of each, with
So-page booklet on the skin and hair, win
Be sent, post-free, on application to Potter
Drug 4 Chem. Corp, Dept. LIB, Boston.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
SOME SHOW FOR BACHELORS
Fifty f. Just the Right Age for n
bridegroom, n Woman
GnNa.

An interesting and unusual estimate OF
the proper age for matrimony is that ad-
vanced by Mrs. Vivian, head and founder
of the National Society of the Daughters
OF California The happiest and most
successful marriages, she says, are those
between the man of so and the woman
of 80. At that age Of discretion she
claims, the male has become more mel
low and tolerant as well as more solvent.
On the other hand she intlmates that a
girl of 20 Is much harder to get along
with than to get along without. and that
there ought TO be laws prohibiting people
marrying before they are 30 years old.
We do not know what authority the
Daughters of California have in such
matters, comments Success, but we fancy
that improvident young people will for
the present continue to rush headlong
into matrimony at assorted tender ages.
When Mrs. Vivian's theory gets into
working order the bachelor entering the
bald, corpulent age of 80 may as we'll
leave hope behind. If DIR. Osler doesn't
get him the Daughters of California will.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

AsH1NGToN. d. c., oct. IL
on the corner OF Fourteenth
and b streets. southwest. just
opposite the bureau OF engrav-
ing and printing, where Uncle
Sans money Is made. and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

roads. Louisiana will use it's state oJn-
victs in the same way, and part OF
the Alabama appropriation for roads
comes from the convict labor fund. 1 see
no reason why convicts should not be
worked on the roads. In such cases they
do not compete with free labor as in the
prison factories, and the open-air work
should DO healthy"
What Good Roads Cost.
What does a good road cost?' I asked.
THAT depends much on the location
and the material at hand. 1t is cheaper
to build good roads in the south than
in the north, for the southern wages are
lower and the working period is longer
throughout the year. The most of the
southern soil is good for the purpose.
There is plenty of gravel and sand-clay,
and We can make macadam roads there
cheaper than in the north. In louisiana
a macadam road can be made for $1.S0O a
mile, and the average cost in nine differ
ent states of the south is less than 1000
per mile. In Butler county, Ohio,
where they are now making bituminous
macadam roads, the cost is $1,000 a mile,
while in Massachusetts the average mac
adam costs 5000 per mile. The aver
age cost Of making state roads in New
York is more than 5000. and Ohio,
which has many brick roads, has re-
Gently let out a contract for the con-
struction OF five miles of such roads near
Ravenna, which will cost altogether more
than s7O,GOO or over $4,000 per mile.
Good roads cost all the way from a few
hundred to $4,000 or $4,000 per mile, &C
cordlng TO their character and the ma
terials Of which they are constructed"
Roads of OIL and Cement.
Before leaving the office OF public
roads 1 took a walk with Mr.. Page
through his laboratories The bureau has
a large force OF chemists, engineers and
other scientists, who are planning out and
testing materials for the roads OF The
country. They are always experiment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

the having the largest and best
stock Nebraska All styles cangte unique the plain the ornamental
represented in stock.
represent distributors the Worlds Better Grades
regular Cckerng Bros the Price
Tp Fischer Schaer Wegman Milton Estey SOhmer Smith Nixon
Weller Write catalogue and cannot call
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

sleep nights any more. 10
kept itching for about .
month, then l went to Q
doctor and got some
liquid TO take. II seemed
as II l was going to GET
better. The 1t h ing
stopped for about three
days, but when 1t started
again, was even worse
than before. The eczema
itched SO badly l couldn't
stand It any more. I
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
eczema ITCHED So
| COULDNT STAND IT
Began by Little PimpIes. Scratched
Until Blood Came, Kept Getting
Worse. Could Not Sleep Nights.
Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and the First Day They Relieved
Itching, In 3Weeks Eczema Cured.

about six months, beginning by little plm-
Piles breaking out. 1 kept scratching TIL the
blood CANE II kent getting Morse couldn'A
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
Uncle SANS noadways.

hauling is one of the biggest leaks Of our
whole Industrial system"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
Fidelity Shown by Virginia
"Darky" That Annals of
History May Be
Searched to
Match.

Dick was a niger, just a Virginia
slave niger. When a little boy, he
was scullion in the kitchen. He car
ried the wood and water for the cook.
and secured the pots and kettles, and
turned the spit when the turkey was
roasting, dipping and basting the
gravy from the pan, and nodding in
his work after the manner of all small
darkies.
When the war came the carriage
rested in the carriage house. the
horses were taken by the Yankees,
and Dick became my servant in the
army Of the south-a gentleman's gem
ueman, as he called himself.
No man ever had a more faithful
and devoted follower than l had in
Dick. He was captured twice with me
by Union forces, and each time re-
fused the freedom which his capture
gave him. Il don't want to be no freer
than / always has been," he said on
both OF these occasions. Once | dis
charged him for being drunk. Think
OF discharging a slave! 1t was at
Chattanooga, and Dick hung around
headquarters for several days and was
very unhappy. Finally he came to me
with Bible in his hand and said: 81
wants to swear on this that If you will
take me back / will not drink a drop
during the war" He took the oath
and kept It faithfully to the end, at
Appomattox.
When was captured at Rich Noun
tain I was Ill, and was sent to the
Federal hospital, an immense tent. l
had not fully recovered when we evao-
uated our position. and wandering
about the mountains in the rain for
two days and two nights without food
had brought on a relapse. And be-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
Lone and Friendship

Nothing was heard in the room but
the hurrying pen of the STRIPPING,
Dr. an occasional sigh from the labor
ing heart of the Captain,
Reading the marvellous words and
achievements of julius Caesar.
After a while he exclaimed, as he
smote with his hand, palm down
ward,
Heavily on the page: "A wonderful
man was this Caesarl
You are writer, and | am fighter
but here is a fellow
Who could both write and fight, and
in both was equally skilfuli"
Straightway answered and spake John
Alden. the comely, the youthful:
Yes, he was equally skilled, as you
say, with his pen and his weap-
ons.
Somewhere have l read, but where
forget. he could dictate
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18

Nil dlN dec ltdO- ~ brNNAf
Always ready TO near Whatever per
tains to Miles Standish.'
Thereupon answered the Captain. en-
barrassed. and culling his phrases:
"'Tis not good for man to be alone,
say the Scriptures.
This ! have said before. and again
and again | repeat it;
Every hour in the day. think it, and
feel it. and say it,
Since Rose Standish died. my life has
been weary and dreary;
Sick at heart have | been, beyond the
healing of friendship
Oft in my lonely hours have | thought
of the maiden Priscilla.
She is alone in the world; her father
and mother and brother
Died in the winter together; | saw her
going and coming,
Now to the grave OF the dead, and
now to the bed of the dying
Patient courageous, and strong. and
said to myself. that if ever
There were angels on earth. as there
are angels in heaven,
Two have | seen and known and the
angel whose name is Priscilla
Holds in my desolate life the place
which the other abandoned.
Long have | cherished the thought.
but never have dared to reveal ii
Being coward in this. though valiant
enough for the most part
Go to the damsel Priscilla. the love
Hest maiden of Plymouth.
Say that a blunt old Captain. a mai
not OF words but of actions,
Offers his hand and his heart, the
hand and heart of soldier.
Not In these words, you know, but
this in short is my meaning;
am maker of war, and not a maker
of phrases.
You, who are bred as a scholar, can
say it in elegant language,
Such as you read in your books of the
pleadings and wooings of lovers,
Such as you think best adapted to win
the heart OF a maiden"
When he had spoken, John Alden,
the fair-haired, taciturn STRIPPING,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
High Degree of Devotion

sides enduring the exposure, we had
forded the river nine times In the
vain effort to avoid large bodies Of the
enemy's troops. The sand had got
into my boots, and when my socks
were taken of, the skin came of with
them. l was a pitiable object. Dick
stuck to me. He was free now to 20
where he pleased, but he never left
me. He was by my cot all day, kept
or the flies from my raw and skinless
feet, and did what he could to allevi.
ate my sufferings. At night he crept
under my cot and took his only rest
on the bare ground. When l was well
enough to go north with Colonel Peg.
ram, asked Dick what he was going
to do, now that he was free. He said
that he would go with me. When l
told him that was impossible, he
said: We'll, II can't 20 with Won.
l VIII go back to Mis- Lizzie" (my
wife).
When he was leaving I gave him
5000 in Virginia Valley bank notes Ut
was before the days OF Confederate
money!, and he walked 26s miles-by
way Of Staunton $50, and down the
valley, hundred and thirteen-to nv
home In the valley. and gave my wife
1so OF the money.--Maj. A. R. H. Ran.
son, Late Major Of Artillery, C. 8. A.
in Harper's Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
Physical Limitations.

There was very stupid play pre-
sented early in the New York season.
an adaptation" It was called by the
author. Even the best-natured critics
went away in disgust One newspaper
representative turned to another and
said; IF this tumble had been pre-
sented on the other side OF the water
1t would have been Kissed. AS there
were a lot OF foreign visitors present
l wonder that It was not"
1t really is a wonder was the
other'e reply. Il would like to have
Kissed myself. but-you can't yawn
and hiss at the same tima"-Metro.
politan Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
The Finishing Touch.

mo-" says the eminent actress ear
nestly. Il cannot approve of the fash
ion that so many members of my pro-
fession have of being photographed
continually"
The reporter makes some feverish
notes and she continues:
1T seems to me that because one.
is on the stage is no reason why he or
she should consider his or her face
of absorbing interest to the public"
She continues for half a column and
as the reporter is slowing away his
notebook she smiles sweetly and says:
Here is one of my latest photo
graphs for you to use with the inter
view. sat for 1t only yesterday. so
you may be sure 1t has never before
been reproduced Judge.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18

This he said with smile. that danced
in his eyes. as the sunbeams
Dance on the waves OF the sea. and
vanish again in a moment
Alden laughed as he wrote, and still
the Captain continued:
Look! you can see from this window
my brazen howitzer planted
High on the roof of the church, a
preacher who speaks to the pur-
pose,
Steady, straightforward, and strong,
with irresistible logic.
Orthodox, flashing conviction right
into the hearts Of the heather
Now we are ready, ! think, for any
assault of the Indians;
Let them come, If they like, and the
sooner they try it the better
Let them come, If they like, be It saga
more. sachem, or powwow,
Aspinet, samoset, Corbitant. Squanto.
or Tokamahamoni"
Long at the window he stood. and
wistfully gazed on the landscape,
Washed with a cold gray mist, the
vapory breath of the east wind.
Forest and meadow and hill, and the
steel-blue rim of the ocean,
Lying silent and sad in the afternoon
shadows and sunshine
over his countenance fitted a shadow
like those on the landscape.
Gloom intermingled with light: and
his voice was subdued with emo
ton,
Tenderness. pity. regret as after a
pause he proceeded:
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18

Better TO hide from the Indian scouts
the graves OF our people,
Lest they should count them and see
how many already have perishedl !"
Sadly his face he averted, and strobe
up and down, and was thoughtful.
Fixed TO the opposite wall was a
shelf of books, and among them
Prominent three, distinguished alike
for bulk and for binding;
Bariffe's Artillery Guide. and the Com
mentaries OF Caesar,
Out Of the Latin translated by Arthur
Goldinge OF London.
And, as If guarded by these. between
them was standing the Bible.
Musing moment before them. Miles
Standish paused, as If doubtful
Which of the three he should choose
for his consolation and comfort.
Whether the wars of the Hebrews. the
famous campaigns of the Romans.
Or the Artillery practice. designed for
belligerent Christians.
Finally down from its shelf he dragged
the ponderous Roman,
Seated himself at the window, and
opened the book. and in silence
Turned DER the well-worn leaves.
where thumb-marks thick on the
margin,
Like the trample of feet, proclaimed
the battle was hottest
Nothing was heard in the room but
the hurrying pen of the STRIPPING.
Busily writing epistles important, to
go by the Mayflower,
Ready to sail on the morrow, or next
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18

Seven letters at once, at the same
time writing his memoirs"
"Truly," continued the Captain, not
needing or hearing the other,
Truly a wonderful man was Caius
julius Caesar
Better be first, he said. in a little
Iberian village,
Than be second In Rome; and l think
he was right when he said 1t.
Twice was he married before he was
twenty. and many times after;
Battles FIVE hundred he fought, and a
thousand cites he conquered;
He. too. fought in Flanders, as he him
self has recorded;
Finally he was stabbed by his friend,
the orator Brutusl
Now, do you know what he did on a
certain occasion in Flanders,
When the rear-guard of his army re-
treated. the front giving way. too,
And the immortal Twelfth Legion was
crowded so closely together
There was no room for their swords
Why, he seized a shield from a
soldier,
Put himself straight at the head of
his troops, and commanded the
captains.
Calling each by his name, to order
forward the ensigns;
Then to widen the ranks, and give
more room for their weapons;
So he won the day, the battle of some
thing-or-other.
That's what l always say: II you wish
a thing to we'll done,
You must do 1t yourself. you must not
leave 1t TO othersl"
All was silent again; the Captain
continued his reading
Nothing was heard in the room but
the hurrying pen OF the STRIPPING.
Writing epistles important to go next
day by the Mayfower,
Filled with the name and the fame OF
of the Puritan maiden Priscilla;
Every sentence began or closed with
the name of Priscilla,
TIL the treacherous pen, to which he
conflded the secret.
btroVe 10 betray II by singing and
shouting the name of Priscillal
Finally closing his book. with bang
Of the ponderous cover.
Sudden and loud as the sound of sol
der grounding his rnusket,
Thus TO the young man spake Miles
Standish. the Captain of Ply
mouth
When you have finished your work,
have something important to
tell you
Be not, however, in haste; can wait;
l shall not be inpatient"
5uaightway Alden replied, as he
folded the last of his letters.
Pushing his papers aside. and giving
respectful attention:
TSpeak; for whenever you speak,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18

All aghast at his words, surprised, en-
barrassed, bewildered,
Trying to mask his dismay by treat
ing the subject with lightness,
Trying to smile; and yet feeling his
heart stand still in his bosom,
Just as a time-piece stops in a house
that is stricken by lightning.
Thus made answer and spake, or
rather stammered than answered.:
Such a message as that, I am sure
should mangle and mar it;
II you would have it well done-I am
only repeating your maxim
You must do It yourself, you must not
leave it TO others."
But with the air of man whom moth
ing can turn from his purpose,
Gravely shaking his head, made an
swer the Captain of Plymouth:
Truly the maxim is good. and l do
not mean to gainsay it;
But we must use it discreetly, and not
waste powder for nothing.
Now, as I said before, l was never a
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18

Miles StQndiSh

In the Old Colony days, in Plymouth
the land Of the Pilgrims,
To and fro In a room of his simple
and primitive dwelling,
Clad in doublet and hose. and boots OF
Cordovan leather.
Strobe, with a martial air, Miles
Standish, the Puritan Captain
Buried in thought he seemed. with his
hands behind him, and pausing
Ever and anon to behold his glitter
ing weapons Of warfare,
Hanging in shining array along the
walls Of the chamber
Cuuass and corselet of steel. and his
trusty sword of Damascus,
Curved at the point and inscribed with
its mystical Arabic sentence,
While underneath, in a corner were
fowling-piece, musket, and match
lock
Short of stature he was, but strongly
built and athletic,
Broad in the shoulders. deep-chested,
with muscles and sinews of iron:
Brown as nut was his face, but his
russell beard was already
Flaked with patches of snow, as
hedges sometimes in November.
Near him was seated John Alden, his
friend and household companion,
Writing with diligent speed at a table
Of pine by the window;
Fair-haired azure-eyed, with delicate
Saxon complexion,
Having the dew of youth, and the
beauty thereof, as the captives
Whom Saint Gregory saw, and ex-
claimed, Not Angles, but Angels"
Youngest Of all was he of the men
who came in the Mayflower.
Suddenly breaking the silence, the
diligent scribe interrupting,
spake, in the pride Of his heart, Miles
Standish, the Captain of Plymouth.
Look at these arms, he said. the
warlike weapons that hang here
Furnished and bright and clean, as If
for parade or inspection!
This is the sword of Damascus
fought with in Flanders; this
breastplate,
Well remember the day once saved
my life In a skirmish;
Here in front you can see the very
dint Of the bullet
Fired point-blank at my heart by
Spanish arcabucero.
Had 1t not been of sheer steel. the for
9 gotten bones of Miles Standish
Would at this moment be mold, in
their grave in the Flemish
morasses"
Thereupon answered John Alden, but
looked not up from his writing:
Truly the breath of the Lord hath
slackened the speed of the bullet;
He in his mercy preserved you, to be
our shield and our weapon!"
Still the Captain continued, unheeding
the words of the STRIPPING:
~See, how bright they are Furnished,
as II in an arsenal hanging;
That Is because l have done It my
self, and not left 1t to others.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
There Was a Difference.

A local Protestant clergyman has
decided. much to the disappointment
Of his congregation, to accept a call
to another pulpit in an eastern city. A
few days ago. one of the neighbors
met the little son Of this minister.
and said:
so your father is going to work In
Blanktown. is he?"
The little boy looked up in surprise.
"Oh. no." he said. only to preach
there"