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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
Road Maintenance Real Problem,

Colonel e. A. Stevens, New Jersey
state road commissioner. after four
months experience in his new office,
tnds that the annual cost Of maintain
ing and repairing macadam roads is
from 5000 to 5000 mile, or about 3d.
100000 for the entire state For repair
work and maintenance his department
has only $250,OO0 available. and this
must be distributed in twenty-one coun-
ties. Having found that the figures on
cost of upkeep are not very satisfac-
tory. the commissioner is now expert
menting on four mile stretch Of
much Travelled road at Mercerville.
near Trenton. to determine just what
the actual cost for given period ought
to be. 81 find the work of mainte-
nance much more difficult problem
than that of construction" said Colo.
nel Stevens.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
GOOD WORK DONE ON
THE WAUBCNSlE TRAIL.
Public Spirited Citizens Along Its
Route Accomplishing Wonders.

The Waubonsie trail is an earth
road extending across the southern
tier of counties in Iowa. It's improve
ment has been undertaken by an or
ganization known as the Waubonsie
Trail association. which styles itself
as the promoter of the short way
back to the farm The association
has a membership Of over 1000 and
has accomplished much in the work
it has undertaken.
The ten counties traversed by the
Waubonsie trail are the southern
counties OF Iowa and adjoin Missouri.
1t is the hope of its promoters that the
road will at some time form the Iowa
link in transcontinental highway.
No attempt has been made to con-
struct stone roadways over any por-
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
PRESCOTT'S WAGERS.
Tho Historian Had His Own Way of
Forcing Himself to Work.

Tho Historian Had His Own Way of
Forcing Himself to Work.
Rollo Ogden in his biography of Will
liam II. Prescott, the historian, cites
many passages from the diary show
ing Prescotts habit Of flogging him
self to his work by making wagers
with his secretaries that he would
complete given task by a certain
day, the odds always heavily against
himself
Prescott always took this betting
on his own industry with perfect Sc
robustness. Sometimes he would radi-
antly greet his secretary with: You
have lost. You owe me a dollar And
he would exact payment. Occasional
ly he would, with woebegone counte-
nance, produce and pay over to the
protesting secretary the $50 or $50 he
himself had lost" One deliberately
made memorandum witnesses that a
bet of 81 to $50 had been made be
tween z. B. Otis and William H. Pres
colt, ESQ.,, the latter betting $50 that
he will write 100 pages of his History
of Peru in 100 days.
The document is signed William II.
Prescott and Edmund B. Otis. but the
latter subjoins the following: II prom
Use on my honor as a gentleman not
to release Mr.. Prescott from any for
fixture that may incur except in such
cases as are provided for in the con-
tract. this contract being made at his
desire for his own accommodation
only"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
All Broken Iona Aqo.

A Lakewood lady paid call on an
east Cleveland woman the other day
After all the mean compliments had
been paid the Lakewood lady remark
ed, Il have some lovely china that be-
longed to my ancestors"
How nice" answered the other. 81
haven't bit.'
isn't that too bad? You know, we
are an old family, and
"You see, my ancestors all kept serv-
ants"
There wasn't any answer to the re-
ply and its implication. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
SECTION OF THE wAUBoNSIE TRAIL BE-
FORE IMPROVEMENT.

ton of the route. The efforts of the
association are confined to grading.
dragging, constructing proper bridges
and culverts and doing such other
work as is necessary to put into good
condition and maintain an earth road.
In Iowa there is state law which
provides that township trustees shall
see that the roads are properly drag
ged at stated times after rains. One
of the things the association is doing
Is securing pledges from citizens to
oppose any candidate for office who
will not do his best to have this law
enforced or who in any way works
against the campaign for good roads
In addition to the influence brought
to bear by the association on the road
officials in the several counties and
towns traversed by the road to work
for its improvement, the farmer men,
bers have pledged themselves to drag
the road after rains. At one time last
June when an official inspection of
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
SCOTCH HAGGIS.
Here Is the Recipe Fer It In All Its
Beautiful Simplicity.

Here is the Recipe Fer It In All Its
Beautiful Simplicity.
Every once in awhile. and particu-
larly on the day after Robert Burns
anniversary celebration. the newspa-
pers publish reports Of gatherings and
banquets of Scotchmen in which the
name "haggis" occupies prominent
place on the menu. Then a few curl
Gus minded persons who do not know
inquire: "Haggis? What is haggis?"
The answers vary from kind Of
Scotch oat cake to hot drinks. Nobody
ever seems quite sure what haggis
really is. One hears vaguely from
guests at Scotch banquets that it is a
fearsome dish. There is a story of
the elderly gentleman Of rickety di-
gestion who, taking off his overcoat in
a friends house and smelling haggis
in preparation, remarked, 'Eh but I'll
be bad the NORM The possibility of
refusing this dish apparently never
dawned upon him, and in sturdy sort
OF fashion when one is hungry the
recipe certainly sounds rs though the
compound might be fascinating. Here
is the recipe:
A pound each OF liver. onions, tripe.
suet and cooked pearl barley and half
pound Of oatmeal. with salt and
pepper. are put into sleeps paunch
and slowly boiled for four hours. That
is all in its beautiful simplicity. A
French chef in a stuffy kitchen might
faint at the recipe, but a hungry
Scotchman thinks it is the finest dish
on earth.-New York World.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
SAME ROAD TWO MONTHS LATER.

the road was being made IS per cent
Of its entire length was dragged with
in twenty-four hours.
An important branch of the work be-
ing done is the replacement Of improp-
er bridges by structures suited to the
conditions. 1t is stated that there are
on the road nearly hundred small
bridges of spans up to twenty feet for
which tile of three feet diameter or
less can be substituted advantageous
ly. In many cases these bridges cross
streams draining less than quarter
section of land. much OF which is com
paratively level.
What is being accomplished along
the 2S6 mile road is best shown by the
accompanying illustrations.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
REGULATE STREET TRAFFIC.
Rsdlands (Cal.) Engineer Uses Guide
Lines on Corners,

A plan to avoid the congestion Of
traffic which can be used to advantage
in most cities has been devised by
City Engineer Hinkley of Redlands,
Cal. 1t consists of strip Of bright
aluminium paint, with guiding arrows
pointing to the right courses, which
are more suggestive than signs could
possibly be.
The guiding line runs along the CEN
ter Of the street, keeping its proper
position on curves. In approaching a
curve, where drivers Of rapidly NOV
ing vehicles have a tendency to "cut
corners" instead Of keeping on the
proper side Of the road, the device Is
Of special value.
Drivers would readily learn to OBJ
serve and follow the guide lines, espe-
eially in streets of heavy traffic.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
crastination,

"One of the greatest evils in life,"
said the elderly woman, sis procrasti-
nation"
81 think so, too" replied the young
married woman. Il don't see the
sense Of putting off your golden we'd
ding anniversary till you are sixty or
seventy years old"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
ROADMAKINC
IN THE HILLS,
Suggestions For Making a Quick
Drying Highway.
HOW TO GET RID OF WATER.
Carry It Directly Across by slipping
Road From the Bank Side-Pointers
on Grading - Results Obtained by
Flowing.

have always been very interested
and observant in the matter Of coun-
try roads and have read many valua-
BILE articles on the subject But l still
think there are some points that l have
not seen touched upon relative to road
making, especially In the hill country
along the Mississippi and Missouri
slopes.
The great object of road work should
be to get the water away as quickly
as possible. We have q good soil for
roadmaking, but the hills are of silt
formation, and stream of water crum-
bles them like so much loaf sugar.
Many of our experienced roadmak-
ers will throw up a hill grade and car
~ the water down each side for long
distances. Then comes a heavy rain
fall. Forty thousand rivulets from
the hillside above pour into the drains,
and such volume of water accumu-
iates as to cut deep gorges. These
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27

Bachelor confess | can't under
stand what your baby's saying. Bene-
dick-It is queer language. isn't it?
Bachelor Yes; sort Of early English
London Answers.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-27
GOOD ROADS ATTRACT THE
POPULATION.

Counties which are ns1Isetino
the improvement Of their high
ways need not be surprised
whom tho census figures show
that they are losing population,
while moro progressive counties
are gaining. Good roads at
tract population, while bad roads
drive il away.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to See That Coffee Poison Was Dcin0 the Mischief.

A lady tells of bad case Of coffee poisoning, and tells 1t .n way so sim, pie and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it.
 T had neuralgia headaches for L years she says, and have suHeree untold agony. When l first began 10 have them 1 weighed 140 pounds ou' they brought ne down 10 no.
 T went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief So ! suffered on. till one day q woman doctor advised me to drink Postum' She said 1 looked like l was coffee poisoned.
 So I began to drink Postum' anu gained Is pounds in the first lew weeks and am still gaining, but not SV fast as at first. My headaches began to leave me after I had used Postam about two weeks-long enough. l eA, peet. 10 get the coffee poison oat VI my system.
 Now that few months nave pass ed since I began to use Postum' eS. gladly say that 1 never know Whas neuralgia headache is like any mofe' and 1t was nothing but Postum lna' relieved me.
 Before I used Postum nefu went out alone; I would get be@i'ae. ed and would not know which way v turn. Now l go alone and my heas Is as clear as a bell My brain ans nerves are stronger than they ha'S o been for years" Name given " Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
 There's a reason. and it is explail ed in the little book, The Road W Melville" in pkgs.
 Ever read the above letter. -sfy one appears from time to time. ,.ss are genuine, true. and full ot interest.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
Puzzle of Livtna.

ReIigiaHists chided about he.r Ina. 6ility 10 agree on points Of tafh might HeIaf aaf that they differ onIY n Inei. deEfals and not essentials whereas the scientists differ on ercrything. Take the science of living \ week ago you y~ould have died f 5H drank water with your meals Now they
 ay + doesn't do any harm at all 0ns variety says Eat meat. lots of t. to build good. rich blood" Another says meat is poison. that vegetables are the only food A third declares meat and vegetables both increase debility and that you will live twice as long on raw fruits and nuts. Some say Talk with your meals. laugh, Il makes the food digest" Others insist silence Is never so golden IS at the table
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
Forttzsfro.

When 2 certain Baltimore natron returned home one afternoon rot % fong ago fhe first sight her eyes be- leld was I badly damaged eaaasstg ot hers. Little Bobbys forehead bora I HHme a#Hcst fhe size of l3arEnob.
 aHfaaFeHzs - exclaimed tEe mother.
 hat has haGEened 10 HGbz
 Eash5n much mHm explained ths new nurse You told mo mum, hs E1ieat HtaY on he banner f he wanted te We'll nun wanst while te was sliding on the fop. Le slid B u- t1o far mum. an that accounts for .1e tamp @e age mum
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
March g, 1862.

The entire north, ana especially the Atlantic sea board. greeted the day in q panic of anxiety and despair. Early on the preceding afternoon a Confed- crate ir0nclad Of new and monstr0us power had played sueh havoc with the Union fleet in Hampton Roads. that no one held any nope that she could be stopped in her marine depreda- tioHs by anything afoat or ashore
 The craft, which was the old frigate AIerrimae remodeted and sheathed heavily ir railroad ron, came steam ing out of Norfolk Harbor early in the afternoon and bIundered against the Cumberland and Congress, United States sailing frigates Without pay ing the least attention to the balls that the Cumberland bounced against her iron side the Uerrimac steered directly into her and opened her side with a blow amidshiss Twice the new monster rammed the helpless frigate Having done for the Cum berland, the Merrimac started for the Congress, which diseretely surrender ed and was later fired. The Mime sota, endeavoring 10 get into the ac- ton. went aground, and was only saved by the fall Of night The Mer
 rimac waited about for the morrow.
 At ten o'clock that night Erfcsson's g Monitor arrived in Hampton Roads When the men on the Merrimac awoke to renew the attack they found the Yankee cheese box disputing the way. The fight was long and furious Neither vessel was able 10 do any l damage to the other The Merrimac retired at noon, and the nation at the north breathed the first relief they had had for nearly twenty.four hours
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
Pes tiveiy Brilliant.

Did Teu hear young Founders 8lav ing on the plano just now
 Yes. =I consider him a alaFkabIs performer
 How Is fhafa"
 fife can tft moro wrong savs n less fine nan any other 1ersaa [ eEE saw
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08

tor 8 medicines. 4, eeverymonthly period l l had to stay in bed four days because oi hemorrhages, and my back was so wess l could hardly val ~
 l have been takir, Lydia E. Pinkham !, V Negetable Con. pound ard now I ca. stay up and do m, work. I think it
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
How Mrs. Cline Avoided
 Operation.

Brownsville. Ind. can say tb,, Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Cor1no',Ts has done me more good than aBvtbira else. One doctor said must be onars ted upon for a serious female tr5nbi. and that nothing could help me but ao operation.
 T had hemorrhages and 1t tins, could not get any medicine to sap tbsn Igotin such a weak condition that wopI5 have died If had not got relief soon
 Several women who had taken vm, Compound, told me to try it and di5 and found t to be the right medjcipe ts build Up the system and oFereons female troubles.
 " l am now in great deal better healtb than l ever expected to be, SO | think 1 ought to thank you for it. "- Mrs. c. II. CLINE, 5. Main 5t., Brownsville. Ind
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08

The Confederate steamer Sumter, at Gibraltar. was being watched by the United States guHboat Tusearora.
 The United States gunboats Free born. Satellite. Island Belle, and Reso- lute engaged Confederate shore batter les in the Potomac from Liverpool Point to Boyd's Hole. including three at Acquia creek. In the afternoon the Island Belle and the Satellite had a brush with two batteries at Wade's Bay, where they fired on a trainload of Confederate infantry.
 Gov Andrew Johnson left Washing ton with his staff for Nashville, Tenn, to assume duties in charge of the pro visional government.
 John Park. mayor of Memphis, in a proclamation to the citizens of the town, who had been in alarm lest their town be destroyed by incendiaries, reassured them with threat that he would hang to the first lamp post any man who should be detected in the act of firing a building
 The Richmond Examiner called up- on all patriotic southerners to turn over to the government their shot guns for use agsinst the northern invaders March 8, 1862.
 The battle Of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. was ended after three days fighting The Union forces under the command Of Gen. Curtis. eventually prevailed over the Confederates. under Gen. Ben McCulloch. On March 6 the Confed- crates commenced the attack on Cur tis's right wing. driving up a detach- meGt of Gen. Sigefs rear guard to the main Union lines at Sugar Creek Hollow. The Confederates desisted at four in the afternoon During the night Gen. Curtis. discovering that he C0nfederates were ia position ta attack by the flank and rear. changed front. Throughout the second day thG fight ragged without advantage of i'm portance 10 either side. with the ex, ception of the loss of Gen. McCullocL in the afternoon On the third morn ing Gen Curtis made another change of front. Tn the fighting which soon developed Gen. sigel dis1odged the Confederates from their hills at the head of the Sugar Creek Gulch, and he CoHfcderates# retreated
 Aorgan's Confederate cavalry made off with Q National foraging train in charge Of he Fourth Ohio Cavalry near Nashville. Tennessee. but the wagons were subsequently retaken by the Fourth Cavalry and battery of artillery
 The Confederate force that had been stationed near 0ccoquan. Vir- ginia, and which had given Federal reconnaissance parties many brush, withdrew from the position and fell back behind the Rappahannock.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
March 10, 1862.

Lieut.. J. D. Joak. Of the First Iowa cavalry. With thirty men. encountered a band of Confederates hidden in a log house and was severely treated by them before he succeeded in dislodg- ing them.
 The '. 5. Gunboat Whitehall. lying in Hampton Roads. took fire at three o'clock in the morning and was total ly destroyed. The Whitehall had been Fulton Ferry boat in New York.
 The joint resolution suggested by President Lincoln offering aid to any state that should desire to accomplish gradual liberation of slaves met with disaster in the United States senate. Introduced by MT Wilson of Mass achusetts, it was objected to by Mir Saulsbury of Delaware Maryland and Delaware were specifically men toned in the resolution. Mr Borwing of Illinois spoke against the confisea- ton bill. The house bill providing a new article of war, prohibiting off, eers of the army from returning fugi- tive slaves, was passed.
 The National forces entered and oc- cupied what was left of Centerville Virginia, which had been devastated and deserted by the Confederates. Brunswick, Georgia, was also occupied by Union soldiers.
 Col James Carter. with a regiment Of Tennesseans organized 10 fight for the Union cause, attacked a body of Confederate cavalry at Big Creek Gap. defeating them after a sharp fight Fifty-nine Confederates were captured many of them neighbors of their cap tors
 Copyright. 1912 hx Y. q. chapman.)
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
March ' 1862.

In the English House of Commons, Mir. Gregory called the attention of the house to the blockade of the southern ports, and moved for a copy of all cor respondenee on the subject, subse- quent to the papers already before the house. He expressed his strong sym pathies for the struggle going forward in the Confederate states, and de elared that a separation of the south from the north and a reconstruction of the Union were the only means by which they could hope to see slavery abolished
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
WHERE DOCT0PS
 FAILED T0 HELP
Lydia E. Pinkh-m's Veo.,, bie Compound Restored Mrs. Greens Health
 HerOwn Statement.

Covington, Mo. Your nedi.;,., done me mora good than all 5,,-e ts- aas
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08
de CIVIL WAR FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
March 4 1862.

1 March {, 1862.
 Andrew Johnson. recently appointed l provisional governor Of Tennessee. be- 1 gae to organize the government of that state. He had been waiting until his nomination as Brigadier General by the prestde-t should be confirmed by the senate. 1t being advisable that he have specific military authority in the work which he was to undertake The appointment was confirmed on the morning of this day It was intend ed that Gen. Johnson should preside over the government Of the state until a regular government, ,ould be re- organized.
 The Richmond Dispatch printed a story of man arriving from the south on the fourth. who stated that the whole country IS Tn blaze Of patriot le enthusiasm. The late reTerses have awakened a military spirit, which throws into the shade tbe demonstra- tons at the beginning of the war. The whole population is offering itself en masse. Nothing like the universal and fervid awakening of the people to tie exigencies of the time has occurred since the beginning of the war. Men of all ages are eager to unite in the work of driving back the foul invader rom our southern homes. and even the women. if they could procure arms. would buckle them on and hasten 10 the fields. As it is. the prayers of mothers. wives, daughters. are sent ID increasingly 10 heaven in behalf Of the case, the cause. and the course. that is givine strength even 70 tke arms of old age, converting boys into vet. erans. and the weak and rlmid into heroes"
 March 5, 1882.
 John Ericsson's turreted frorclad Monitor was delivered to the govern. ment for trial.
 An order was issued at Jackson. Tenn by the Confederate Gen. p. c. T. BeauFegard assuming command of the Confederate army ef tha Missis- sippi. The order declared that the northern invader must be made 10 atone for the reverses experienced by the southern arms.
 The [. s. s. s. Water Witch. after a long chase off St. Andrews Bay. vest of Florida, oyerhauled and brought Up with tho Confederate schooner William Mallory. which surrendered after ser- eral shots had been fired at her. The Mallory was from Havana, bound for any port that she could make through the blockade. She was an extremely fast sailor. having shown her heels 10 the Water Witch for five hsars.
 l Hroclamation was Issued by ?. ". Piekens. governor of south Carolina, calling on the people 10 complete their quota Of five more regiments, called for by the Confederate govern ment.
 The Confederate cavalry made demonstration against she National picket line about Columbus. Ky, and forced 1t to contract untH t came within touch Of the gunboats.
 Maj. Cen. Bragg of the Confederate army issued an order from Jackson, Miss. declaring Memphis 10 be under martial law.
 March 6, 1882.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-08

L.a9eiiness af character s nothing bHt steady inFe of good and s.esdy seaea ef evil -Froude.