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THE FARMVILLE HERALD.
honor FOR Till-: PAST, HELP FOB THE PRESENT, HOPI fHE FUTURE.
vol,. \. FARMVILLE, VA.. FRIDAY. .MIMI, 27, 1900. NO. 31.
CITY DIRECTORY.
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W HODGES MANN, J M- CRUTE,
MANN <&, CRUTE,
Alt' I Law.
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ATTORNEY VI LAW.
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(f S. WING,
ATTORNEY Al LAW,
M Bay, Prince Edward County, Ya.
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(' H. BLISS,
IERAL AUCTIONEER,
PLANTERS' BANK,
FARMVILLE, VA.
Carib.et
Capital aod Surplus, $75,,
DIRECTORS:
?. I. IARROW, K. M. BDBD
11 ? H, W VI.KKK,
i Col.
White cv co.,
DRUGS,
?Medicines and
Druggists' Sundries,
KAKl
'?(,U> MEDALSTO
Harper Whiskey
? ? Orleans and World's
Tt\ it.
will finltii-,. the Judge's ver
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JOS. MANNONI,
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ion pri.\ .
Vl '< BK PRK
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INVITED THE SALOON KEEPER.
H..-.* th., linn,-* ?f ? \m?u,. *.,.? ?*?.
elct| Ht l,i,i| ii \\ ,?u Mun
tn Kt Itiriii.
"I'm ?*?? glad to see you, Mrs. Sloan.
I'm in trouble nml von ure just tiie one
to help me out with your advice."
"Why," responded Mrs. Sloao, as she
fettled herself in an easy chair, "1 sup?
posed now thal you wi re In yo
von would be free from trouble.
ly we vv!
lii.w tn make two pieces of furniture
occupj the same spact
to l>e wholly contented In such ? I
nml beautiful home."
"I tin enjoy mj answered
Mrs. Reen. "1 enjoy ll ly, end
vet I fin.I thal with the new pli
? w perplexitii - in the way
of entertaining. I had quite se! my
heart upon christening my new home
in the way of im iting Ihe merni
our Aid society, willi their husbands,
nd the eveniog with me, but 1
find it Isn't i
ure diffi ucl ties."
Mrs. Sloan looked lier surprise, nml
after ? moment'i pause,
added: "There is a certain husband
whom I tlo not fei 1 that I can Invite to
my ho
"Ah, 1 see," said Mrs. Sloan, muxlng
|- . "Mr, Gat lock'T'
Think ol entertaining
ri "i .t his wife 1ms always
nod friends. How she
can live with a man in such 1.
pussies me. Yel -h.- gives no
proval, either. I see her ilrivinjr
mi.I walking with liim apparent
I as when he wa- in tl..- --tore. I
am out of patience with her. Tl
nothing whatever in her eon.:
"I AM OTT of THE DETESTABLE
BUSINESS."
Indicate that she doesn't expect the
? ame BOClal recognition she has always
hail, yet she must know that a- a sa?
loon keeper's wife she is not welcome in
nil circles. Really, it would be i
sonable to Invite Mrs. Jack Brady, and
even Mrs. Cutes would re-el)t that."
"I think there is a decided difference
I Ihe two."
Sloan, "for though tiny are both sa?
loon keepera1 wive-, they are not both
voluntarily so. Jack Brady was in the
saloon business whin h<* married, and
.? knew all about it. Mr. Lat, -
was a respectable clerk at the time of
his marriage, ami though there i-. imiv
it rumor that he was once eon
with the salomi business in the east, I
have no idea that his wife suspected
nnything wrong with his past career.
We all liked Mr. Lutes. Ile was wel?
come tn our social circle both before
and after marriage, and we
: wheo his wife joined our aili
ty.
in't think that she was in any
way io blame for t! in his
??ourse You know she was visiting in
t w ben he bought the saloon.
ld that the deal was deliberately
planned by that schemer, John Raw*
him, w ho was anxious to turn ail of his
rty int.. cash before leav lng. 1
don't know how true ii is. bm I have
old that knowing I -'mn
money, he induced him to drink until
his judgment was beclouded, and then
tricked him into signing the pa]
'?The news nearly killed his wile, and
I know she bitterly regrets haring
the trip east. She feels that if
? h.- had remained nt home it could not
happened. I think Mr. Oates is
r than wicked, and I under?
stand that he is m.t very much addict?
ed to .bink himself, she is decidedly
the st ronger <>f th.' two. and I know she
to gel him out of this bu
int.. something else soon.
Mrs. Keen was rlaibly ii
"It does seem, aa yon poi it," she saith
?that we ought to exercise some char?
ity for his wife's sake, if not for his
own. Hut I fear that all of our mem*
? di not look at tin- matter .
tlo, and if be comes 1 want him well
treated, slay I depeod upon you to
give him apt ion'-' Aod may
t place him next lo yon during refresh?
ments? "it'll see I nm Inclined '
?o'ii theory to a very practical *?
"Well. I certainly want to make my
practice correspond to my teacl
ans wt ? ? '.all n'.t bo
hurt by the contact, and he may be
helped, at all events it will please his
wife, and that alone will lie worth the
. 'Tort. Bot, there! I didn't mean to
preach, and I am (roil lest I
SSy more than I Ought. I probablv hav.
?lone that already; however. I have
given yon my honest conviction."
von haven't sahl loo much anti
von bave cert aiolj given me something
to think about." said Mrs. Reen, I
Followed her friend to the door, "lind I
shall act upon your advice, so you nifty
t elf in readiness t<> play thc
agreeable to Mr. Gstes. I hope you can
work during the oin
Two week- later Mi-. Kecifs home
v BS the -.ene of the nio-t charil li]
Idell (he lilli,- t,,
N- had seen In some months, and
among those who filled her parlors
were no brighter faces than ll
Mr. and Mr.-. Gates,
True to her pro --loan tact?
fully did her best to cut, rt aili Mi.
dates. It was au easy task, for she
found liim. like most easily bent na?
ri adv to catch w hat. v.r conver?
sational cue she might throw out.
When she made lome reference to his
baby boy a sudden serioui
his face. He looked al her earnestly
and then said in the tone of one who is
sure of a sympathetic hearing: "I
want to tell you something, Mrs. Sloan.
1 am out of the detestable business in
which 1 have been rngagt d tor Ihe pasl
few months I can't tell you how hap?
py I sm ..vcr it. though in throwing lt
up I have practically losl ali l hail. Rut
I found that I must tlo it for 11
of my wife ami my boy. I have inti lili?
ed all .lion.' t,, -fri ,,iit of it as soon as
an opening came it wasa shame to me
thal I ever went inl.i it but
e-.v I decided that I dare mit wail for
mi op uiii!'. and ii is strange that this
???ial all.ur should have h..
the matter. You see, Mary said she
WOUldll'1 collie without lue. am! I I.mw
very well thal I was invited only for her
sake, and thal only on her account
would my j tolerated. That
thought cut me to the quick, lt was
the fi rsl social (cst coming In a way to
me fifi it vei v keenly, and 1 i
couldn't stand it. I found that I must
either risc to her level or di a." lu r down
ie. That thought, together with
Marv' lu lp me through any
financial sacrifice, decided me. and only
to-day l el"-cd out."
When he ceased, Mts. Sloan in a
voice tremulous with emotion, atl
swered: '"I uni so glad for you. and for
Mary and for our village! You may
be sure that ymir action of to dav has
laid the foundation of thc best possible
Inheritance \ ou could give your boy."
Later. In- told thf g.I news 1.. Mrs.
Keen; that lady, after a thoughtful ai*
?aid: ?'And to think that I was
Inclined to have t hem out I i'm so glad
1 foll.>vvi tl your adv iee. Surely you
Inspired winn von gave it."?
Adelia Cobb, in I uioii Signal.
CIGARETTE WRECKS.
Kulin.ml Sn pe ri ti 11-ii il en I Till* lin**
lt Seri.in* \celilcnt \\n*t tiiiaed
ll} u Sill VS O' Unlit ??
Superintendent W. A. Vaughn, of the
? atral railwaj. states that
caused the vv reek of a I rain
nil their road. In an interview rt
lng the wreck nn.l the order Issued
thal no cigarette smokers would be
employed on the road, he said:
"l was Impressed with the Im*
portance Of S rule of tr.is kind some
lillie ago, when a collision occurred on
our road. Thc flagman who was to
blame was one of the most careful men
on the line. Thc accident was not a
? i ions .me. as no one was hurt,
but he took the blame on himself, and
reported that he was asleep at the
time winn he should have been at the
; d of his train. I thoughl it very
queer that a young man who had been
s., reliable aa this fellow should ir<> to
sleep while on duty, bul taking his
wind for il I discharged him without
further explanation. A few days after'
ward this young fellow happened in my
otlice. I questioned him about the
wreck, and asked how he could have
?.'one lo sleep. Ile rather evaded my
question, but as I asked it I noticed his
cigarette-stained fingers on the table.
I then said to him. 'I'll tell you what
was ihe matter; you're a cigarette
fiend.' At this he jerked his hand lin?
tier the table and looked confused, '"h.
you needn't hide your hand. Your face
tells the story."
"'I hen he admitted thal he was a
confirmed cigarette smoker, and,
while he had reported thal he was
BSleep al Hie time of the wreck, still
that was imt I lie real cause. While on
the way back to Rag th.- approaching
train, he said, he felt sick and stepped
int.. the cabot te io gel a drink of
water. Ile soddenly became uncon?
scious anti sank to the floor. The roar
of the approaching train brought him
'O lu's senses, but it was too |
avoid the accident."- The Hoy.
NOTES OF REFORM.
"The liquor devil ls the same old
dev il." ibu see Greeley.
peranceadvocateawillbe pleased
io hain that one man in si\ in thc
British navy is a teetotaler.
The new I. ral code in i.erinany or?
dains that habitual drunkards are pul
m the same category as mil
Of 7,100 men who . uti red one of the
state luis..us in a riven lime 8 ad
niilted that they were drunk.', rds.
three institutions
for the tine of driinkaids. which re?
cord perms in one-half the
' natl d.
Under government control nf the
I l Intoxicating liquors in !.
ih.ie has been a noticeable diminution
di drunkenness and in those crime.*
and misdemeanors which are caused
by intoxication.
In : ka drank BS, I bar
? I beer; Missouri. 1.!
cousin. 1,451, ; Ka I"
Nebraska drank 161,000 bar?
rels of beer; Missouri. L'.L'.Vi.iiaa; W'js
Consin Or each about double,
while Kansas drank 6*030, orooly One
third as much.
A prominent Rhode island lawyer
i short time ago that there eould
be ni wholesale conviction of (hose
rumsellera who are breaking the state
liquor laws, because the state Institu?
tions are so crowded with criminals.
. and paupers whom the rumsel
1 ive sent there that lhere is no
room for Hiern to follow.
NOBLE LIVING.
lin* X nlni- nt l.t.oil I.I fi?I! lu. tit Think.
lui* Leads in Kit-in liol nu?
Faith nnil Work.*.
Ye shall know th. m b
I
? I tile OUlj Ol'
which ( lu i-i emphasis! du?
li i- ll- I l.-V I,.
regarded honor, integrity, .-kai lt;
curare Io DC ike el,
nf the id. al man a- |
? Hows W kell Mill ill
the i ivi i'- bank. HU
made for the purpost
how to pr..liner il,, rn -; prat i ,,
tulls, just a.- ihe fannel wt u d i. ll l.i.
uni that he most eil ur th)
'
nnd walch the growth of wet
pecti io resp i I arri I foi i
?nd bai
p. et I am |
on ihi.- subjeet. for I think tl
pms himself to some iroub
cup of cold water lo a thirsty
i child are
the offspring of the same Fathi r. ii
better nfT morally mu! -pit il uni:
n w ho sccepti Hi tn i
Creed but drinks ike wat,
In other words, the lib) rt* i
very large and a Ide, bul thi
of rirht action ls to thi
perative. If your Lu lief b? p
grscioui and kil dlj snd gentle, then
your belief Li to 11 moth
? r cl ? rh I ? * bi r little ont ; but ;f you
think to ase ilii*- world ft i
< t \ oar ci ? ?
through the gat. I
-inti into the approval I
you will find out your n
bj. Win i I reach thi otbt i
am iv to mv past I ?
take Ihe hand of
creature whom, with rn il i:
.'avid from iteration o
dear Lord, for Ihe timi
l k wai hard, bul
persuade.! him lo tUl
Thee." than to offer any ol I
able reason whj I -hon'.! Ld
a i I li favor in that upi
When we think of Christ in ii
'Mil. w hut fad impri
IIS, force* Us to fall at Ili> feet .11 d :
tl.i ! i m nf Iii- genni ni'.' I
He lived bi lb- taught ii- to live? li
M v I'a t h. p work
t'th hitherto, and I work." II- ?-?
li rammed up. I
w nit tl Him to do. Tl p Fa
- purpo-i .
other purpose. In order to accompli ul]
ii Ile was carried over the hills of J
in the gsrh v erty of H
ant, under the hospitable roof of fl
any. Into the ihsdou of Get
and nlni g the rugged .arv,
but in ev. rv
end in view. At wbat i it tl
will inver know, but then
itrsigbt path from p.. il
cn, anil He walked in it with m.:
? p. His doctrine vva- con ;
in love lowan' ant! COI I
nil times anti under all eire
and 11 u ard of us i- t hat we
shrill "go nnd do like**
If n mut: doei Hit work- nf ('! ri -1 he
will be with Ililli in tin
wi',; be no lither |
Heaven in which to assirt; him .
I' Ri -'M ns to judge our fei
by theil fruits, then it i- I
to suppose th it He will ind:.'.- ii- bj
1 ;
LOVELINESS OF A HOLY LIFE.
\n in Mi- Christian i.ir.-i- rall ,<t
< iilnr, I'nrll* nml
Najestj ?
? fiy is the art ii
to a law emphasis of the beaut} of Hu
Christian life. I
confined to the unspeaking stati
Hie dumb pictun . L
lng life- That mother a t
self With sweet:
with | and kindle
..li; but I
i- face ham'- ii, Ihe i' el ure pal
lory nf memorj. No pictun
, statue ever cai bedrsl
iver built, i^ comparable to beauty of
ul that is rafi] i ??. i' foi:i ?
? td with thc spirit "f
For Hie trii'v '
ns fud of color as tl
of fruit as is the an! min., a- full of
puritj a- thi white cloud, ns full of
v as the nobb
church made ap "f beautiful Chi
who worship God in th"' I" f?Utj ?
WOUld transform our city Bl
civilisation. Ri I ' Hillls, li.
Womal'? li bk Companion.
Battes Thnn our Bast.
I.king back li.av ihOU ?
have failed to do as ?
or it inn.v rt mind ai that wei
b. tter than we ure now doing. L\
forward may rag]
do better than we have dol.e In thi
,.r it may enoourage ii- to n ?
I in the future I"
snything we bsve thought of di ll
Looking op n.av Lndlcste whit
would have us do. mid Hat
? us thnn either rerret forshort
comlngi ur eneoursgemi al io ?
- Our duty Bl God shows it n. u-,
?ir aim. rather limn an
improvement on our past, or om
mceivable attainment in tl
comi. Better than ot bown
np to this time, or as hoped for ll
to come, is well ii. ii- WSJ : bat
purpose in our bebl I M I t fa di np the
standard and Ho -
lllilni' I rl.tiil*ilil|>.
Hon friendship!
;
(o (he erd, when oilier fri. I
upon (dight gronndi i
broken off. Jobs Ho
Innntrnl Iinji.* mint.
I believe we OOghl I" v< I niue!
ure out of (his. life ii, the vv
rent i i.jo.v tm ill Bl I Hr. IIcl.lt rI.y .
uni a m. .\. i ,, .hui eu ?.
The Building of the Pan
.111 Exposition, to be held ai
"i . on thc Niagara Kron
rom May 1st to November 1st
.liding of the Ex
? I and is used hy
and empl
of the construe
ition.
building, which is situated on
the v.. ? the grounds, is ;i..xi 18
?a of a hollow --?;
havii.. a its exterior ta?
ll the court
which is in the
lorin of a driveway, faces the north
and communlcab f with the
Inner court Part way down this en
I from earl. : 1 the
niain t OO the right
ind apartments I
, i.irters nnd hos?
pital ludlng the rooms for
thf i: nt of Police
.re Depart
ilting room, drug sup
geon nml his as
iting room. The
for ambulance and i pur
r portions of the first floor
ken up hy a larrie room for the
harge
OS, and
t
! with fire-proof vaults,
of the Dil -'tor of
?i his privat. oases and
r the
; : .ntend
ent of ruction, Pu:
mica]
n'com
rs having
nd Installa?
nt am! Co: ,-,. ar
'?usiness of
rtments.
On ; id floor ls the large
lins; room; us, <i hy the force of
architectural draughtsmen. This De?
nt has | an(i
tating rooms, with a large vault
iluable drawings. On this Boor
- of the Di
Ihlefs of the
ag the De
: Works. Here also are
iiiiim iou-- apartments for such of the
nature of their duties
rrijuii ? intlnuously at the Ex
D and din?
ing room, apartments for (he janitor
and hospital nut ? v. ral guest
chambers are provided on this floor.
mu Moor of the building has ad?
ditional apartments, a large blue?
printing room for the usc of the Archi
'ngineers Departments, and
1 dllclal
r of the Exposition.
Tha building has a cellar. Frame
ut ion of butter ?
at I.ineoIn, Ni i...
represents one of
Hillier In Hip '
the most important
,"""' S'"'e,v of men in
tb.- I 'nt "f their
attendance
ch year thi
largelj through the belief thal united
? of the butter makers
ted pro?
duction Ol ll ill'". lt II.
i i ful w hether the ef
? imitation of buffet
i . rtainly, it
v. At the
sam. time, the ila irv Interests gain in
prosperity. In 1840 the dairy pro-1
dan annual
. ar the pro*
ducie
ow net! I.-,.
milch cw-., and, although thii I
than i ears, their
value '. which is much
?
In fact, t!
t.n j i I annual in?
line, in spite of the competi?
tion oi imitation dairj products. The
da irv I !' the world
Coit?
al the
?
fourtl he world. The Anteri*
milk annually, which i- used in the
that
nowie ? I., ir work by iii.i
chlnery, the old-fashioned churn be?
nning
wheel.
'
prophesies thal j* will
ow in
evi.lt i ere, i xcepi thi I
Intended thia to
be a world of rhythm, instead it is a
?
and it tells on the nen
snd to boyhood at.
,tnatie tir
was not the invention of I philnn
? -
mabl. of a wheel to cling to
? of a hill. But what at first
?v is now ?
rirtue?ane
I .,f .mi being. Planets bigger
union Has been used throughout.
i'he studs are covered on the inside
sith composition board and sheathed
on (he outside with hemlock planks,
which are covered with cement plaster,
tne final finish having the appearance
of stucco.
The ornamental work, including the
flag standards, finials, festoons, etc.,
are of staff. The roof ls covered with
Spanish tile of Iron. The building is
In its architecture a free adaptation of
Spanish Renaissance, such as is
shown in old Californian and .Mexican
missions and churches. This style was
followed as closely as the require
ncies of arrangem 'nt
for light and spine necessary in a first
class working office allowed.
The building was erected ready for
occupancy in 32 working days.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK ON
THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS
TO JANUARY 20, 1900.
Work waa begun on the site Sep?
tember L'lith. Since that date the land
? D 11' anti of fences, twenty-four
hundred small poplar trees, twelve
hundred willow bushes and seven nun?
di >-d assorted shrubB have been plant?
ed about the border of the grounds. A
boundary fence has been built eight
Igfa and twelve thousand feet
long. A nursery has bSSB prepared
? veral thousand trees and shrubs
have been placed therein. Seventy
five large frets have heen transplanted
from points in the site to avenues on
the border on the grounds. Some ten
.nd cubic yards of top soil have
d. piled, mixed, and turned
ncr. Four thousand yards of exca?
vation have been removed from the
Lake; two green houses 20x80x10,
wth propagating houses adjoining
have been built, and a number of cold
n set out.
The grounds have been cross-sec
bulldings, ranals, and roads
Bked out, 13,000 feet of
ha.e b.n constructed. Plans
for fire mains and domestic water
Biipply have been completed. Route
for intramural railway has been sur?
veyed, and from 4,000 to 5,000 feet of
which encircles the grounds,
have been excavated.
Two thousand poplar trees and ma?
ples have laen received and prepared
i ly planting In the Spring. Two
hundred and fifty Monumental cedars
have been prepared, boxed, and are
now awaiting Spring before being
shipped from New Jersey. to
Plans have been completed for the
foundations ot the Agricultural Build?
ing, and complete plans for Machinery
nnd Transportation, one of the large
buildings?350x500. Bids for all the
main buildings will be Invited at an
early date, and even before Spring of
this year much progress In the con?
structive work will be made
thnn 'buses and moving more rapidly
make no noise. The wild duck moving
a mile per minute darkens the sun in
passing, but makes no noise. Fish dart
through the st as. but make no noise.
Man slene ls the noise inventor; but he
is cominr. though it be but slowly,
from the ilnrk SgSO. Let us now enter
j upon ft crusade apainst ear-splitting,
nerve-destroying noises. The automo?
bile ls a prophecy.
Not lour ar0 a ii port was printed
that Prof. Sumner, of Yale, had said in
an ad dents thal nine mar?
ten are unhappy. Bo much
comment wraa excited by this proposi?
tion thal Prof. Sumner states his posi
BneWi "III the -elise.
marriage is an Ideal thing thal has
never been realised. Viciasitodi
on the couple and change them, and
not more than ten pert ,? their
ideals." lin professor falls to say how
many Ideals are realised In other re
tlian mal: ad a hefner
? h. J would have proved superior t
ual results. lit bas backed off Into the
region of the Imaginative and knows
thai he cannot be surrounded thi
w York exchange tells about a
man employed on tl it irs in
that city walking into a station house
and inquiring If ? lost child had been
brough I lhere. Ile was shown int., a
room, where ti had
been collected fruin 11 After
ting Hu in in ? perplexed way, bc
asked one: '"Are you .Johnny.'" The
child wa-too sleepy lo answer. "!
?end for my wife." said the ponied ap?
plicant. The woman came and picked
out alioth. lur own. "You
must ? <! the man to the
police officials. "I work os tin
face road and ni the children
l ill Ind."
The following notice appeared re?
cently in the Gardiner (Me.) Independ?
ent: "lo rhone Whom It May Inter*
? lr. and Mrs. William II. Kennis*
ton, ol ( heises, wish that the people of
lld vicinity would look af(er
(heir own affairs and leave our; I
. ol I hem ours. |
Mr. and Mi -. William Keniiiston.
. which supports a
weil organised fire department, went
through last y.ar without even an
alarm. The titi/. Bl sn SO Wi ll p
thal the) have bought a new hook am!
ladder truck and built a mw
I house. They appreciate a good thing
and understand real economy.
FARM GRINDSTONES.
When Properly "TrmttO," Ther (Staoalil
Show rn -.ll-fhtlr Bft*-I-**1 Sorta***
?* In ih?* Plctare.
The grindstone on the farm sees
pretty kari! usage. The softer the
stone, tbe harder usage lt receives. Ita
lot is almost ns hard as tbat of the "b. v
on the farm," who has to turn lt by the
hour. The grinding surface of the
stone is more likely to be shown at the
left, than lt ls to have an even face, or
ter mri
DMTRU1 ANO TOOTI HRINI'STONKS.
slightly beveied surface, as at the
right in the sump picture. The former
?ion comes from grinding axes,
scythe'-. Machine knives, etc., with
their edges lengthwise of tl
stead of a. ross i(. This cannot be
d In grinding some I
when the stone does assume this
making lt impossible to grind a
or any flat*edged too! decently, it is ?
good time to get a sp. I are
ly dull?nnd hold lt on thc stone
until lt is sharp, when the Irregular?
ities of the surface of the llOM
will have disappeared. A grindstone,
by the way, should never be left ex
: to the sun. The weight of thc
handle will always enuse one portion of
the stone to remain uppermost, ami
this, from exposure, will assume a dif?
ferent degree of hardness from the
side, so that after awhile the
stone will be ground out of a circle. If
the stone has to stand In the open, a flat
.:. easily be abtalned to serve as
: -Rural New Yorker.
i.h.id Work of a Woman.
A year Sf tWO ago a vast amount of
practical good-roads work wa* done in
uri by forming country organiza?
tions, and the person chiefly instrumen?
tal in forming them waa a woman?
Halla C. Harber. That lady trav?
eled through the state, and In the
course of a year organized 66 assocla
(ions. An interstate road convention
juently held In flt. Louis, and
there was formed an "Interstate Good
Roads and Public-Improvement associ?
ation," nnd Miss Hnber waa made its
secretary and organizer. Abe has this
bees engaged in similar work in
Illinois, dividing the state into "good
roads districts," each having a large
city as a center, and holding convoca?
tions in these cities, as a basie of build?
ing up a healthy good-roads sentiment.
A similar plan might bc proftaM] tried
In other states.
ll..ntl* In Puerto Hlco.
It is said that there are 15,000 men
on the pay rolls of the department of
public works in Puerto Rico who are
engaged in road-building.
Prisoners as Hoad llnlln>r?.
A Pennsylvania law makes it possi?
ble to employ county prisoners In road
building._______?.
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