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Williams news., 1914-06-18
MODEL MAN NEVER SAW EVIL
Famous Twin Lived e6 Years Near New York City, But Stayed Away.

Famous Twin Lived e6 Years Near
 New York City, But Stayed Away.
 Babylon, L. 1.-Samuel Muncie, nine- ty-six years old, one of the famous Muncie twins of Babylon, is dead, hav- ing gone through life with his broth CT William, hearing no evil, seeking no evil, speaking none. He never drank, chewed or smoked, never went to theater or saw a show of any kind, except church festivals, and when he wanted amusement usually painted the barn.
 Some time ago the twins became known through the country as the heartiest, oldest twins on record. Born Christmas, 1918, they lived and worked together on adjoining farms. They never Quarreled and never played. Once Samuel was asked if he ever played checkers He snorted: "No, sir, never waste my time"
 Although within almost walking dis tance, he never saw New York. Once he drove to Brooklyn, but found the place too bustling and noisy. That was back in 1899, and he never felt anoth- CT call to wander from Babylon.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
MEND MARKET ROADS FIRST
Country Produce Must Have Easier Way to Town, Says President
 Waters of kansas College.

Improve the roads first by which farmers must market their produce, then look to the betterment of the cross-country roads. That Is the ad- vice of Dr. H. J. Waters, president of the Kansas Agricultural college
 Ten per cent of the Kansas public highways carry 75 per cent of the total traffic, the president said. Figures in the office of the state highway engineer chow that it costs $11,0OO, ,000r every year to get the surplus products from the Kansas farm to the railway sta tion. If this ten per cent of road were improved, a saving of $3,000, 900 year to Kansas farmers easily would be eff. fected.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
Danuerous JeweIry.

All bracelets and rings have been barred from West Virginia factories by the state labor commissioner, I. V. Barton. He declares that jewelry worn on the hands of working girls has caused more accidents in the factories of West Virginia than all most any other thing.
 Bracelets, especially of the chain variety, not tight fitting, invariably drag a hand or arm into some fast whirling machine, and rings are also apt to catch," he says.
 Many industrial companies have co- operated with the state labor depart ment, and some manufacturers have already taken the precaution to bar jewelry from their factories.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
Modern Type of Concrete Culvert Re inforced to Bear the Heaviest Loads.

into sections by narrow contraction joints extending crosswise the road and entirely through the concrete. These joints are formed by means of a thin metal or wooden cross-form or divider to which is tied single ol double thickness of tar paper with the paper face against the last laid section of roadway. After the surface of this section is finished, and while the con. crete for the adjoining section is be ing placed, the cord holding the paper to the cross-form is cut and the cross. form is removed. The tar paper ad. heres to the concrete and stays in the joint, which is reduced to the thick. ness of the paper by forcing against it the freshly placed concrete of the sec tion under construction.
Williams news., 1914-06-18

fit. and she will find that she can have a good figure"-which seems to me highly illogical. Who has not known women with the most active of minds and of bodies whose figures, ac- cording to the received standard, are absolutely "dowdy?" "A Woman of Forty" writes sensibly, Why not recognize the fact that there may be several equally good physical types? The girl of twenty may properly be slim, while the woman in the thirties looks quite as normal if she is plump"
Williams news., 1914-06-18
NOW ITS ROADS OF CEMENT
Modern Country Thoroughfares Con structed of Concrete Require Very
 Little Repairing.

In a way, it is fortunate that the United States has been rather slow in the matter of road-making. The roads can now be built of lasting materials, such as will withstand the wear of motor traffic, which is fast ruining Europe's century-old roadways. Last. ing road materials are everywhere present in the form of sand and gravel from pits and stream beds and crushed rock from stone Quarries. Combined with Portland cement into concrete, nent road surface which successfully resists the usually destructive action of automobiles.
 The first consideration in the build. Ing of concrete roads is a careful study of local deposits of sand. gravel and rock-known as the aggregate" ito see whether they are suitable for concrete. Sand must be clean and hard and must grade uniformly in size of grain from one-fourth inch down The same applies to gravel and crushed rock, except that the largest particles commonly allowable are one and one-fourth inches in diameter. Ii local materials are usable, consider able saving will be effected, as only cement will need be freighted.
 It Is much faster and cheaper to mi1 the concrete with a machine than by hand. Depending on the grading oi the aggregate, the concrete is usually proportiohed one bag of Portland ce ment to two cubic feet of sand and four cubic feet of screened gravel ol crushed rock, or one of cement to two of sand and three of gravel or rock During the grading and draining ol the road, the aggregate" is hauled and piled at convenient points. The concrete is mixed mushy wet, Is de posted to the thickness of six inches upon the firm old road-bed. and if brought to grade and shape by means of a templet. In order to shed tho water to the side drains the surface of the concrete is given rise ol crown in the center of one one-hun dredth to one seventy-fifth the widtf of the roadway. The surface is fin ished with wooden float and wire broom, by which means there is af forded perfect footing for horses. Al intervals of 25 feet the road is divided
Williams news., 1914-06-18
TIMBER USED IN MINES.
About one-fourth Timber Cut In Colo
 rado Consumed by MInlno.


 rado Consumed by Mining.
 Denuer.-Approxima one-fourth of the timber cut in Colorado is con- sumed by the states mining industry, says the Department of Agriculture in a bulletin issued on Rocky Noun tain mine timbers. The total annual consumption of timber of Colorado for mining purposes is about 51,60o,oOo board feet, valued at something like $1,250,o ,o00.
 Lodgepole pine, or white pine as it Is sometimes called locally, is the tim Der most used, with Engelmann or white spruce next. Douglas fir, the socalled red spruce of the Rocky Mountain region, was once the favor ite wood for mines, but its growing scarcity has brought the two other woods into prominence.
 Fire-killed lodgepole pine and Engle- mann spruce, of which there is a great quantity in the Rocky Mountains, ought to give satisfactory service in mines, says the department, provided it is free from decay. Beams cut from timber standing dead for about thirty years showed strength, when tested by the department, intermediate be- tween that of gren and of air-dried material cut from live timber. Drying increases the strength and stiffness of the wood, but decreases it's toughness. Attention is called by the depart ment to the possibility of using pre- servative treatments to prevent decay of timber when set in the mines. As a general rule such treatment, if properly applied, will work for econ omy in the long run.
Williams news., 1914-06-18

woman is the standard; while the Eng fish artists say that the thin woman approaches more nearly to the nor nal type. There is no question" |" writes one. that the new figure, long and willowy, the result of the modern athletic movement, is superior in vii tality and natural grace to the old short and stumpy figure. The tall, thin woman is freer and more healthy, a better comrade for her husband"
 Another says: Surely there is a golden mean between the plump and the meager. Let a woman aim at
Williams news., 1914-06-18
copper Exports Snow Increase.

topper exports snow increase.
 Washington. = With sales. abroad steadily increasing, exports of copper from the United States during the six months ending with March last, to- taled 495,000,000 pounds, according to the Department of Commerce. The ex- ports equaled the total exports for the calendar year 1906 and one and one half times the exports for 1902. In every instance, says the department, exports of copper pigs and bars have been larger during each of the past six months than in the corresponding pc riod of last year.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
NoveIIst,s Romance.

MT. s. R. Crockett, the Scottish nov. elist, whose death is announced, was fond of relating among his intimates how he met his best of wives. It was his day of early struggle. He had written for London daily review of one of George Miners books. Pleased with the review, which was unsigned, MT. Milner communicated with the writer of it and invited him eventual ly to visit his home in Manchester. In time the invitation was accepted. The future novelist of fame fell in love with Miss Milner, and a marriage of perfect happiness was the result
Williams news., 1914-06-18

5 } 5 5 5 ,: Z z ] .:|| } ] . } 5 ]. 5 , 5 , , WS Prince William of Wied oc- NE cupies the throne of Albania (SH will give birth to some hope Nt[T of sufficient tranquility be- NSM ing restored to allow of M w shooting there again; at
 any rate, in that part of the
 country which Is opposite
 Corfu. For two years this capital hunting ground has been closed to sportsmen while human warfare ragged all around it, but no fighting has taken place over the 20 or 30 miles of seacoast which offer the best and most get-at-able shooting, so the game has had good rest, and, what is more, has probably been driven down from the disturbed regions into this quieter haven. It is easy to pass two or even three months in shooting the coverts round the harbors which are opposite Corfu. and four of these are such snug little anchorages that even an open boat would be perfectly secure Cut ters. small but well found, can be hired at Corfu and are in every way ade- quate for this trip. The sea journey E'om Corfu to the farthest harbor is not more than IS miles, and to the nearest about eight, so, as the little cutters sail well and the wather is smooth, great pleasure is added to the trip from sailing point of view. The scenery rather resembles Scotland; deep water and good holding are found all along, and. in fact, the little inlets . oA hxx mountains that 500-ton yacht can lay just inside and be quite hidden. About this time of the year the snow comes down on the mountain tops and drives the woodcock to the warmer coverts on the coast, and very numer- ous they are; in fact, I should think it would puzzle anyone to find better woodcock shooting, go where they would! The marshes also teem with snipe, and some thousand duck. teal and the like flight in from the sea be- fore stormy weather. Even the best shots, however, get but small bags at this game, fascinating as it is, for the flight" last only 30 to 40 minutes, end the surrounding land is so high that it is impossible to see the birds against it at dusk. while by waiting till they are right overhead, the chances are they see the sportsman first and soar up out of shot. Flocks of pelicans pay occasional visits to Burtrinto marsh, but have never seen damfngo.
 Besides bird-shooting, there is good sport for the rife. The country teens with wild boar, and in lesser de- gree deer come out of one covert. The local shepherds form up as beaters; from six to eight are enough to drive the coverts properly, but the more the merrier, and two francs a day is all they ask;, the head beater. who places the guns and knows the run of the game. wants, of course, little more. They are wonderfully pleasant race to deal with, and in all the years I have known the country I have never heard of their giving any trouble to Englishmen. They fight freely among themselves, no doubt, and still more
Williams news., 1914-06-18


  Alaskan  engineer of the Panama railroad this  railroad He the located and built
Williams news., 1914-06-18
SLENDER OR PLUMP WOMEN
London Authorities Go on Record as Slsagreeing as to the Best
 Female Type.

One of the London papers has put the question to it's readers, ''Is the slender woman or the plump woman the ideal type?" It arose from a dis agreement among the physiological and artistic authorities, Kate Upson Clark writes in Leslie's. The American doctors have declared that the plump
Williams news., 1914-06-18
A staseerer.

Young Wife -four weeks married)- Good gracious, reproaching me all ready because I have bought new hat. Is it going to be like this every month ?-Fliegende Blaetter
Williams news., 1914-06-18
Relative Values.

Dunbar-Did the woman who sued Pollard Doubleday get anything7
 Sprague-No; but she got more than Mrs. Doubleday did.-Judge.
Williams news., 1914-06-18

In the first three months of this year there were 460 arrests for drunk enness in Cincinnati.
Williams news., 1914-06-18

Don't be misled Ask for Red Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes. At all good grocers. Adv.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
Distress
 AfterEating

is not usually caused from what one eats but from food not properly digested and exs cessive fermentation.
Williams news., 1914-06-18

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color in cold water. Adv.
Williams news., 1914-06-18

Holland trades union have 7O,00e members.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
Good Reasor

Good Reason. She-I prefer dumb animals to men any time. He-Sure; they can't talk back.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
Stop Fermentation

and you will not suffer with Indigestion of the stomach and Intestines, for Indigestion af- fects the other organs of the body which makes 1t necessary to aid imperfect Digestion.
Williams news., 1914-06-18
5POR
 ALBANIA
l HE
announcement

HE announcement that Prince William of Wied oc- cupies the throne of Albania will give birth to some hope of sufficient tranquility be- ing restored to allow of shooting there again; at
 any rate, in that part of the country which is opposite
 Corfu. For two years this
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE
Woman In Sanitarium TOT A'eo''O"e'
Found Herself the Pet OF
All the Inmates.

mo woman knows what IL means "
he truly popular until she mas u'neu
At an alcoholic cure institute. wo-
man said. 81 acknowledge that tnat
Is about the last place on earth 10 go
to seek popularity, but coiorless
woman. who unfortunately mas oeen
denied popularity elsewhere is oounq
20 And It at the institute. l dio'
was not sent up as an alcoholic
had a relative who had been persuau,
ed TO take the cure. AS | was .ne
only person on earth who had stuck
70 him through thick and thin, ne
urged me to see him through the IN
stitute ordeal. - -,
~ went. I ate there with MN
There were IA other patients at the
table. all men The first TWO uays
the ordeal OF eating three meals oay
with Is dips sitting to the right, 70
the left, and in front of me nearly
drove me crazy, but for the sake u
my relative stuck It out -.
"Then begaL to be popular was
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
WITH Photographs
FROM SCENES IN THE PLAY

patrimony to the trust but for some
reason which she would have found II
difficult to explain fully she said not
word about IT, Instead, she turned to
him with matter-offact expression and
the words of commonplace occasions.
Did you have good nights rest!
He felt like saying something full
of emphasis. whether in access OF JOY
or sorrow he was not certain. but ne
knew that any words which he could
ussrto her would be inadequate to fur
nlsh him relief, and so hailed her com
monplace question with thrill OF real
relief.
MY back is broken he said with an
expressive grimace and a Writhe.
Who named that hotel|'
The Grand?"
He nodded with another serio-comic
facial antic.
She laughed. rs it as bad as that?
There are men in prison for doing
less than running hotel like that!"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
SYNOPSIS

Jackson Jones. nicknamed BROADWAY
because of his continual glOrihcauon OF
New Hork's great thoroughfare, Is ahA-
ious to get away from his home town OF
Jonesville. Abner Jones' his uncle. =
very angry because Broadway refuses 70
settle down and take place IN the gum
factory in which he succeeded 10 ms
fathers interest. Judge Spotswood in
forms Broadway that SZ5O,C0 LETT MN py
his father Is at his disposal. BROADWAY
makes record time in heading for ms
New York friend Robert Wallace, Broad-
way creates a sensation by his eNtraVd-
gance on the White Way. -Four years Years
that he is not only broke. but heavlly IN
debt. He applies to his uncle for loan
and receives package OF chewing stGi ~.
troubles. He quietly seeks work without
success. Broadway gives what IS IN
tended to be a farewell supper to ms rev
comes engaged to Mrs. Gerard. an an
cient widow, wealthy and very Slusuy..
Wallace expostulateS with the aged mr.
and her youthful fiance, but talis 70 pes
ter the situation. He learns that Broau-
way is broke and offers him a poslIoil
with his fathers advertising hrm, pul IL
is declined. Wallace takes charge OF
Broadway's affairs Broadway receives
a telegram announcing the death OF ms ms
Uncle Abner in Europe Broadway IS ms
sole heir. Peter Pembroke OF the Con
solidated Chewing Gum company oners
Broadway 81 900 for his gum plant ana
Broadway agrees to sell Wallace taxes
the affair in hand and insists that Broad
way hold off for a bigger price and PUSHES
him to JonesyilIe to consult Judge Spots
wood, who was Uncle Abners attorney.
Broadway finds his boyhood playmate,
and falls in love with her. Wallace is
smitten with Judge spotswood's daugh-
ter, Clara. Josie points out to Broadway
that by selling the plant to the trust ne
will ruin the town built by his ancestors
and throw 700 employees out of work.
Broadway decides that he viii not sen,
Wallace receives an offer of $l.5oO OOO from
the trust and Is amazed when broadway
turns it down. Broadway explains the
situation as set forth by Josie and wax
lace agrees that it is Broadway GUY
lie authorizes an announcement to his
worried employees that the plant VIII not
be sold.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
CHAPTER DISCONTINUED.

eyes; he's stopping at the Grand
hotel"
when did he get here%
Last evening"
"Have you seen him?'
Eyes"
It was plain enough that Higgins
most vivid suspicious were aroused
He looked at her accusingly. His voice
was even louder than 1t had been. ne
got here last evening, Ell? Then that
settles i'll" He went to her desk and
leaned across it as If indicting her.
"He came here with that trust fellow
didn't he?"
Now she. in turn, was really sur
prised. what trust fellow"
Pembroke; one of the head men OF
the Consolidated"
None but fool could have doubted
her asnazement and her worry as she
rose and walked closer to him. is
Pembroke here in town."
ooh" he sneered. "You didn't know
that, eh?"
81 certainly did not"
Hea did not quite believe her yet
took a certain pleasure in impartlng
the distressing news to her, on the
chance that she was truthful and had
not before heard it. We'll, he's here.
Several of the men saw him and recog-
nized him. suppose he's here with
Jones to close us out. Is that it?"
81 don't know any more about 1t
4hop van do Hiopinq /"
This did not impress or interest MIN.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
CHAPTER X.

There was another than the foreman
who was happier than ordinary words
would have expressed, now that Jack
son Jones had stated, with what
seemed to be finality, that he intend
ed 20 continue at the business which
had made his fortune and had made
Jonesville. But Josie felt a strange
need for reserve in her young employ
er's presence need which she had
not felt the night before and one which
she could not explain.
Her impulse was to rush into ex-
travagance of praise after he had sent
the foreman out into the works to tell
the men that he should not sell his
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
Armenian,

The commemoration of the fiftieth
centenary of the Armenian alphabet
will remind those who know their
"Romany Rye" of Bellies remark,
when the author tried to teach her
Armenian, that 1t sounded more like
the language of horses than Of hui
man beings. Armenian piles up the
consonants terribly; thus, the word
for ito kindle" is "prrigthsnel." An
indeterminate vowel sound helps such
accumulations out; but even so Ar
menian Is not beautiful language.
Few, as Sir Charles Eliot says, will
think It pretty to call girl "aghchig "
or ones parents "donoghkh."
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19

the first woman who had dined at that
table. The men braced up in my
honor. They couldn't DO enough for
me. At the end of the first week |
was having the time of my life social
ly considered Imagine what it means
for woman who has never been pes
tered by the attentions of men sud
denly to find Is men, well bred, well
educated, most of them, striving to
Guido each other In entertaining her,
and not another woman in the lime
light. 1t was simply great"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19

"You say the young fellows stopping
at the Grand?"
eyes"
"Well, nobody here knows anything
about It."
81 believe he registered under an
other name" She could have bitten
off her tongue for letting this slip out.
Instantly the man assumed that this
confirmed his most unfavorable prog
nostications. "Ah, ha! Well, what did
he do that for?"
How should known"
WELL" he shouted, II guess | do!
It's because he is a sneak! He knows
4 IT'S a rotten thing he's doingsand he's
afraid of the consequences" He strobe
up and down the room in deep and
heavy thought. 1.-THE men are not In
very good temper, and, you mark my
-=ssds. there1l be the devil to pay
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19

Almost he made the revelation of their
startling midnight wanderings, but
caught himself in time.
Why don't you open your uncle's
homer"
my uncle's homer" he said, little
startled.
He had not thought OF that The
suggestion probably did moFf to drive
home definitely to his inpG IND the
true significance of Intel 70 ~ to
take up the businessA in eiSe' Aing
which had previouslyT1is 10 siHis
uncle's home! Nd sni
After his fathers an Ia OUT seen.
his home; 1t had beef4 most NIB
lance OF home which{ iong Jed,
and his memories Of iiA WIZ IRISH
enough, in some details witH1epet
lent His uncle had been z his had
-S-~N ~ l;fG
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-19
LOSING HOPE
WOMAN VERY ILL
Finally Restored To Health
By Lydia E Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Bellevue, Ohio. -"I was in a terrible
state before / took Lydia E. Pinkham's

v e &c "a oil e Oom~
pound. Ny back
acheduntil l thought
itwould break, / had
pains all over me.
nervous feelings and
periodic troubles l
was very weak and
run down and was
losing hope of ever
being we'll and
strong. After TAX
ing lydia E. Pink