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The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD
Concrete Highway Is Composed OF
Mixture of Sand, Stone, Portland
Cement and Water.

The concrete road is composed OF
a carefully proportional mixture OF
clean, hard, well-graded sand, peb-s
bles or broken stone, portland cement
and water. This mixture is laid upon
the subgrade to a depth of z inches
or more for the entire width Of the
road and soon hardens into mass
as hard as rock. The materials are
bonded together by the cement so firm
" that 1t is impossible for traffic to
loosen or separate the particles. For
this reason no expensive maintenance
is required.
The foundation or subgrade is COM
pacted where the concrete is to be
laid and the roadbed is drained so
that no water will remain under the
slab. writes A. L. Pettibone in Dakota
Farmer. Upon the foundation. con-
crete is laid in one or two courses.
A one-course concrete road consists OF
q relatively rich concrete mixture
throughout. A two-course road con-
sists Of somewhat leaner mixture for
base with q. richer top or wearing
course, applied before the concrete In
the base has begun to harden. FIRE.
quently reinforcement in the form Of
wire fabric or steel rods is embedded
in the concrete. This assists to pre-
vent cracks in the slab and aids in
keeping cracks which may form from
opening to any appreciable extent.
The high wearing quality of the con-
crete road results from using properly
graded, clean, hard sand andapebbles
or crushed rock. These must be COM
bined with portland cement in care
fully measured proportions, mixed with
a power-operated batch mixer-tO pro-
duce a stiff plastic consistency, then
placed upon the foundation and struck
off with. a template or strike board,
so shaped that's surface of the pave
ment will have the desired crown. AT.
ter rolling with light metal roller
] to compact the concrete and remove
excess water used in mixing. the con
crete is finished by seesawing q SEQ
ton of rubber or canvas betting along
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
AMERICANS
MAKING GOOD
AT SIXTY-FIVE

Don't worry about old age. A sound
man is good at any age. Keep your
body in good condition and you can be
as hale and hearty and able to ''do your
bit" as when you were a young fellow.
Affections Of the kidneys and bladder
are among the leading causes OF early
or helpless age. Keep them clean and
the other organs in working condition,
and you will have nothing to fear.
Drive the poisonous wastes from the
system and avoid uric acid accumula-
tions. Take GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil Capsules periodically and you will
find that you are as good as the next
fellow. Your spirits will be reJuvc-
mated, your muscles strong and your
mind keen enough for any task.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
viii do the work. But be sure to get
the original imported GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. They are re-
liable and should help y1%n. o.. or s., your r
most druggists. In sealed packages
three sizes.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Al improved HIGHWAY in west.

the pavement, leaving a true, even,
gritty. dense surface. When sufficient
" hardened to prevent pitting or
marking. the surface is sprfnkled with
water, then covered with 2 inches or
more of moist sand or earth, which
is kept wet by sprinkling for from ten
days to two weeks to prevent the con-
crete from drying out too rapidly. I'm
der no circumstances should con-
crete road be put in use until it is IA
days old and in cool weather a longer
time is necessary. This is brief sum-
mary of the essentials Of the construc-
ton of a concrete road. t-
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
A SUMMER COLD

A cold in the summer time, as every
body knows, is the hardest kind of a
cold to get rid Of. The best and quick
est way is to go to bed and stay there
IL. you can, with q bottle of "Boschee's
Syrup" handy to insure good nights
rest; free from coughing, with easy ex-
pectoration in the morning.
But If you@can't stay in bed you must
keep out of draughts. avoid sudden
changes, eat sparingly of simple food
end take occasional doses of Boschee's
Syrup, which you can buy at any store
where medicine is sold, safe and eff
eient femedy, made in America for mere
than fifty years. Keep it handy.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
ATTORNEY GENERAL
STARTS FOOD PROBE
USING MACHINERY OF FOOD AD-
MlNlSTRATlON IN PRICE
INVESTIGATION.
TO DEPEND ON THE PUBLIC
Power To Prosecute Profiteers Limit
ed-Food Hoarders, However,
Can Be Reached Under
Food Laws.

Washington. Attorney General
Palmer has started out TO ascertain
how much of the high cost of living
is due to excessive profits by retail
era.
In telegram to all state food ad-
ministrators who worked with Admin
istrator Hoover during the war, 6le
attorney general requested the APP
pointment of fair price committee
in each county to investigate what is
being charged for retail necessities
and if in excess of what the commit
tee considers just, to publish list
of fair prices for tho guidance of the
public.
There is the extra legal means of
reaching profteering which Mr.. Pal
mer recently indicated was under con-
sideration. He has frankly admitted
from the start that there was no
means to prosecute directly man
guilty of extortion in prices. Retail
ers who are gauging the ultimate con-
sumer will have to be disciplined by
public sentiment, which officials have
no doubt is sufficiently alert to the
situation now to act vigorously in
clear cut cases. Hoarders on the 9TH
er hand. can be reached through the
wartime food laws, or the Sherman
act. and Mr.. Palmer requested the
state food administrators to transmit
to him any evidence of boarding or
other violations OF the law which
they might encounter in their work
with the promise that the govern
ment's reinforcement machinery
would act promptly.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
kinq To Visit d. S.

Enthusiastically of King Albert's
trip to America have not been fully
arranged. but it lis probable that no
will start about the middle OF Sepfem-
Der, and will not return until his
presence here is. necessary because CT
the Belgian elections.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

women."-Mrs. JOHN KoPPELMANss, Il.
No. /, Mclean, Nebraska.
This famous root and herb remedy
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has been restoring women OF
America to health for more than forty
years and it will well pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, M
fiammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
"the blues" to give this successfua
remedy trial.
For special suggestions in regard %
YOUR ailment write Lydia E. Pinkhanz
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your servica.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Saws Anarchy Exists.

Washington. A joint resolution
declaring that state Of anarchy ex-
lists in the United States. authorizing
the president to free interstate mails
and traffic from further unlawful in
reference and to adequately protect
citizens IN their property rights" was
introduced by Representative Rian.
ton, Democrat, Texas.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
GOOD ROADS ARE PROFITABLE
Authorities Should Act to Meet Crow
ING Demands Before Trade
Goes Other Ways.

Good roads are a paying investment.
Local authorities in cities. towns ana
counties should act without delay to
meet the growing national and local
demands before trade goes in other
directions. Itfs almost impossible TO
get back the lost advantage after 9TH
err districts have won it.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
NOT AFFECTED BY WEATHER
Heat or Cold, Freezing and ThsMtng
Does Not lnJure Concrete ONCE
a. 10 Hardened.

Concrete roads are not affected by
heat or cold nor by freezing or fhaw-
ing when 1t is once hardened. Other
materials tracked upon concrete have
no effect upon IT. Heat does not soften
the binder permitting 1t to flow cold
does not make II brittle. causing 1t to
chip.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
BILIOuSNESS
Caused by
Aciid-St0lllacIl

II people who are bilious are treated ac-
cording to local symptoms they seldom GeS
very much better. Whatever reise7 y -
tanned Is usually temporary Trace Dins1s-
ness to it's source and remove the caas1o Ana'
the chances are that the patient WIN re-
main strong and healthy.
Doctors say that more than 10 nons
organic diseases can be traced TO an Aesgr
stomach. Biiousness Ii one. of them kn1ls
gestion heart burn, belching, sour stomAsns
bloat and gas are other signs OF Acln-
stomach. EATONIC. the marvellous mods41F
stomach remedy. brings quick reflex l.eIa
these stomach rniseries which lead to q sosak
train OF ailments that make lie miseEaDsH
if not corrected
EATONIC literally absorbs and carries.
away the excess acid. Makes the stonsncM
strong, cool and comfortable. Helps dies
ton: improves the appetite ana You -
say that EATONIC is the most enecftyS
stomach remedy in the world. 1t Is the heise
YOU need Try ii on our money back s1-
not -satisfed guarantee. At all GruggfstS-
Only carfts for q big boy.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Her Birthday.

Mrs. Styles--Oh, dear!
Mr.. Styles-What's wrong now?
/; Mrs. Styles-rI was just thinking
how fast time flies.
Mr. StyIes-poesn't It? Why. tomor-
rev you'll be observing your twenty
eighth birthday again.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Flying Trips to Europe.

A flyer predicts that we shall within
a few years fly across the Atlantic in
the forenoon and return in the after
noon. We shall return in the OTTER
noon, no doubt, because after paying
fare for flying so high we shall have
nothing left upon which to "do" lands
beyond the misunderstanding Cour-
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Memphfs Editor Goes 10 Jail.

Memphis, Tenn Edward i. Leech,
cnteied the county jail 10 begin serv-
ing a Today sentence for alleged con-
tempt Of court. He was accompanied
10 the jail by procession of friends.
headed by hand. which paraded
through the principal downtown
Streets
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Shave with cutleura Soap

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity, skin COM
fort and skin health. No mig, no
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste, no
irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaying.
bathing and shampooing.-A
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
committee To investigate Mexico.

washington. ~ Blanket authority
to bring Ut all the facts about Mexi-
can outrages on Americans and Amer
-ican property and to formulate rem
adjal program. was given the Foreign
Relations Committee by the Senate.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Not in the Right Glass.

"Betty, l wish you'd tell Billy and
Anna to stop playing with those Aims
worth children. Their social standing
is growing bit questionable.
s'Why, is that rightg"
Eyes, it leaked out at directors
meeting last night that they have the
poorest stocked cellar in town. Life.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
plan To Sell flour al $40 a Barrel.

PIdh Q oeH FIuuT at SIU baTFeI'
New York--Details of the Unitel
States Grain Corporation plan TO sell
flour at $40 barrel were made pub
lie by Julius II. Barnes, United
States wheat director. Under the
plan restrictions are placed on the
price to be charged by wholesalers.
siebBer5 and retailers
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
s,v oil lntsrests Want War.

New Yorks-4American oil interests
are CHARGED with manufacturing pro-
lraQanda to force the United States
i.to var with Mexico. in report
mace pubic ere By the Board OF
roreirn Missions Of the Presbyterian
chrieh.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

TO 2
women who suffer
from any functional
disturbance, as -
has done me mora
good than all hs
doctors medicine
Since taking it i
have o fine healthy
baby girl and havs
gainedin health and
strength. My h11s-
band and / both
praise your med
scino m all snmarirfv
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Like = Veteran.

"A friend of, mine who was down in
the Hawaiian islands with the Ameri-
can first field artillery told me he had
not been in the service long but was
already as tanned as raspberry and
MS bowlegged as donkey.-Exchange
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Arnv STORES Sold no Franco.

Paris. = An agreement for the sale
of American army stocks in France
for $500. 100000 was signed. says Mar
Gel Hutin in the Echo de Paris. He
declares that arrangements We're
made for long time credit so that
France will not have to bear the high
rate of exchange which prevails at
present.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
t;orsul Has Resigned.

Mexico city. George A. Chamber
iaiu. American consul general here.
ma presented his resignation % tie
state Department.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

The war has made table linen very
valuable. The use of Red Cross Ball
Blue will add to its wearing qualities.
Use it and see. All grocers, sc.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Slow Populace.

"You seem down on your town
"Consaln the place. said the village
pessimist. 9TH folks in this burg are
dead on their feet. don't believe we
could even git out full attendance to
a lynchin' heel"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Prnnar crada 81 Road.

The grade Of the road IS Important.
for on this depends the weight OF the
load which can be hauled economi-
cally. -
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
The rummle Of Tcmmie.

Teacher-Tomny, spell stomach"
Tommy (who has just recovered from
an overdose of green apples) -S-t-o-m-
ache - Cartoons Magazine.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Its Sort.

'.Pa. what is benignant tumor? Is
is a kind One?"
Yes; the kind you don't want to
get" -
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
FOR SUMNER COLDS

Nothing gives quicker relief than
yacher-Balm.
1t is harmless, and also relieves
Nervous Headache quickly. and any
superficial inflammation . in short
time.
Try it for Mumps. Hay Fever, or any
pain.
IL you eann0, buy it locally, send
for Free Sample, and Agents terms.
or send SOC stamps for 2 25c tubes.
Avoid limitations.
+. w. VACHER. inc. New Orleans.
La.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
police Co on strike.

Tulsa. Twenty members OF
the Tulsa Police Department went out
on strike. They demand an increase
IN pay and an eight-hour day.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Its Kind.

"Thele are no manicure machines,
are there?" No; that business has
TO be handmade
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
lmnrovernent 4 Texas.

Texas this year WIN spend total OF
76,216,o00 on Improved highways, ac-.
cording to figures compiled by the
state highway department.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Rather Mixed.

.They cooked up a plot against me
at the office"
Il call;that giving you raw deal.r
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Sad Result.

Il ordered a highbal in that hotel"
What happened?"
They bawled me out
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

To Purify and Enrich the Blood
Take GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
which is simply IRON and QUlNINE sus-
pended in syrup. So Pleasant Even children
Like It. You can soon feel its Strengthening,
,Iayigo-atins Effect. Price soc.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

A human riddle is man or woH-
m yon happen to knUm--incinding
yourself. -.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
TO ALL women
Who ARE ILL
This Woman Recommends
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound-Her
Personal Experience.

Mclean, Neb.--"I want to recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

Building Reads q Important
The building Of good roads Is Of the
reatest Importance to o community.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Farmers Want More For Wheat.

Washington. Repeal of the gov.
crnment price guarantee for wheat. to
enable farmers to secure higher
prices. was urged at a special meet
ing of the Senate agricultural COM
mittee.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
Lesson in Fizzicks

Lesson in Fizzicks.
"Willie, what is volcanOp
"a mountain with the cork out. -
Chicago Post.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17
! Owe Ny Life to PERUNA
Il
Cured
Me

ME. Samuel deKinrey. s507 q.
18th St.. Kansas City. Mo-, Mem
Der Of the Society Of u. s. Jewelry
Auctioneers.
Sold Everywhere.
Tablet or Liquid Form
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23

HERE you have an opportunity to
L l. apply reasoning to what you have
learned in the preceding sections. There
by you will acquire more intimate
knowledge of yourself. You have but to
apply to the chara CT teristics shown by
the individual phalanges of the thumb
the test of the length or shortness OF the
thumb itself AS this method OF reason
ing is used throughout this work 1t is
essential that you master 1t completely
by paying a more than usual attention
to this section. 1t will show you now
each part of the knowledge you are
gradually gaining modifies or emphasizes
what you already know.
First In regard to long thumbs:
(a) If the first phalanX is dispro-
portionately long and the second phalanX
neglgibly short, your will power Is OF
an intoleraby domineering nature, and
it is safe to say that, given the oppor-
tunity. you would prove to be despot.
This Is because there is not enough or
the reasoning power as shown by the
I second phalanx to curb the tremendous
| amount of will power.
(b) If the first phalanx is dispro-
portionately short, the second phalanx
must of necessity be extremely long +;
and in this case you will never be able
| to make up your mind to begin any un-
dertaking. Your immense amount of
reasoning will be a perpetual hindrance
to your puny will power. You Will see
not only all the good that would accrue
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10 you from whatever undertaking you
might wish to embark in. but. alas YOU
would see. at the same time, hundreds
OF obstacles, unseen by less brainy per-
sons, and you would thus never venture
upon so arduous a pathway to success.
Second In regard to short thumbs:
(a) If the first phalanX is dispro-
portionately long, it indicates that you
are wilful rather than strenuous willed !;
impatient, rather than determined. You
are one who leaps before he looks"
Acting first and, when the damage is
done, applying yourself to thinking, Is
apt to wear out your entire life in a
constant succession of regrets and in the
making of resolutions which are never
kept. You are likely to be "a great
blusterer
CD If the second phalanx is dispro-
portionately long. it will of course neces-
state an exceptionally short first
phalanX; and all that has been said of
the long thumbs long second phalanx
applies with hundred fold more force
here. You will scarcely be able to sec
the goal in any proposed undertaking, on
account of the multitude of hindrances
] in the way. If you succeed at all, unless
| you make almost superhuman efforts to
overcome this tendency, it will be against
your own endeavors. either by an in
heritance or other form of sheer blind
good luck.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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conquorlng her nervousness, she
reached over to chair near the bed
whore lay her wrapper and proceed
ed to put it on. There was nothing
for her to do but get up and pull
down hcr window shades.
Suddenly lust as she was about to
spring out Of bed a flash of light on
the blank wall opposite her bed
caught her attention and glancing up
she was Mortified to see vividly out
lined there the scene of IuesuaS
morning-the large library chair win
the dead man sitting with head
thrown back. and once again she
gazed in breathless suspense straight
into the mans wide open staring eyes
Evclvn sat spelI-bound: then shud'
deriug she covered here eyes with her
hands and covered back. When Shc
looked up again the wall opposite was
blank. Closing her eyes she pressed
the lids down with her tinger-tips and
kept them so for at least ten minutes
The next time she looked at the wall
thc space was still blank, and steady
ing her shaken nerves win the
thought that her imagination was run
ming away with her, she started to
rise when before her eyes appeared a
cord, exaggerated in size against the
blank wall; suspended apparently by
unknown. unseen means in midair. it
twined about like some uncanny snake
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Mrs. Burnham looked in the drec.
tion Evelyn pointed.
mo, dear" she whispered sooth-
ingly. Look for yourself"
Slowly, reluctantly Evelyn turned
and looked full at the wall-her
mother was right, it was blank. But
even as she stared at it, the wall
lightened and once again she gazed
into the eyes of the dead man seated
in the chair facing her.
See. Mother" she cried
Like one carved from stone Mrs.
Burnham stared at the opposite wall:
motionless, almost with breathing
suspended she continued to look
ahead of her. Suddenly she spoke,
and it was a voice Evelyn had never
heard before and would never have
recognized as hers.
81 see nothing. Evelyn" she said.
The wall is blank"
CONTINUED TOMORROW,
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THE INTERESTING CEASE
Of
DAVID PATRICK ANGUS
TRENT

David Patrick Angus Trent
Never saved a blooming cent;
Blew his coin in every week
Inst on nonsense. SO to speak:
Didn't have a wife to keep:
Driftod. let his conscience sleep.
When his board was in arrears,
Prey to many gloomy fears.
David Patrick, be it known,
Asked his uncle for a loan.
David Patrick Angus Trent
With himself was quite content
Till a call for men arose.
Then. as you may well suppose,
In the ring he threw his hat;
But. alas. his feet We're fiat
IF ! cannot fight said he,
"What is then the use of me?'
David. when he once was shown,
Made his Uncle Sam loan.
David Patrick Angus Trent
Is richer for the money lent.
He has bonds. and, better still,
He has found stronger will;
And to cap his triumphs gay,
He was married yesterday!
David is, it would appear.
\ worthy kind of proftecr;
For this lover, careful, fond,
Bought his wife a Victory Bond,
GRIF ALEXANDER.
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A NUMBER OF THINGS

The ancient glory of Mesopotamia has
passed, but the glamour remains.
Each United States senator is e,octod
for six years. unless he is chosen to fiji
thc unexplred term of some senator who
has died or resigned. On March in
every 'Odd year"-1019. etc,-tbe
terms of thirty 1.-TWO senator's expire -.
that is, onethird of the whole number
BY this plan there is never an entirely
new Senate. Even if no members were
elected, two thirds of the member
ship would always consist of men who
have had either two or four years serv-
ice.
A tunnel Of the Metropolitan Rail
way,in London, which much of the time
is filled with smoke or steam, has beer
equipped for it's 22OO feet of length with
an iron tube for giving notice of tn,
approach of trains, the tubes to b,
agitated so as to produce noise. b,
means of treadles. and being so ar.
ranged that it can be out Of servic,
when no men are at work in the tunnel
1t was found that horns or gongs coul,
be heard not over 700 feet in clea
atmosphere and much shorter distanc
when the atmosphere was filed will
smoke or steam. A galvanized iron tube
of about three quarters inch. interna
diameter, is hung along the side of th
tunnel at the height of a mans head
and as trains approach or enter tb
tunnel this pipe is caused to vibrate i
such way that it can be heard throur
its length.
A Towering plant, according to tn
scientists, abstracts from the soil 20
times its own weight in water durin
it's life.
One hundred and ninety two person
were killed by automobiles in Ne,
York state during the first three month
of this year.