Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1896 — Page 3

TO COMMAND IN CUBA General Weyler Has Been Appointed to Succeed Martinez de Campos. NEWCOMMAIIDER’S BAD RECORD <■' Lnnlent Policy Heretofore Punned Will He Abandoned — Faint Promise That Politfcal Reform* Will Be Inaugurated In Cuba In the Future— Rumlu Doe* Not Want to Enter a Combination. Madrid, Jan. 20.—General Valeriano Weyler has accepted the appointment to the governorship oj Cuba. He will sail for that island on Friday next. General Suarez Valdez has been appointed second in* command. It is said that General Duke Alumada is to be appointed centurian in place of General Arderius. It is announced that General Weyler, the newly appointed governor of (Julia will abandon the lenient policy toward the insurgents and a complete change of tactics. A dispatch from Havana reports an interview with General Marin, governor pro tempore of Cuba, in which he said that the situation there was not dangerous, since the insurgents were always defeated in every engagement in which they took part. He intended, he said, to organize a fresh plan of campaign in Cuba. Although Martinez Campos has declined the post of president of the supreme military court of justice, his appointment will nevertheless be gazetted. General Marin has been appointed governor of Porto Rico. General Gamir, governor of Porto Rieo, has died of yellow fever. NO CHANGE OF POLICY, Cuban Affairs to Be Conducted on the Same Line as Heretofore. Havana, Jan. 20.—There is no change in the policy of the government of Cuba, it is announced, as a result of the recent changes in the executive- officers. It is also asserted that political reforms will be inaugurated as soon as the progress of the war will allow. No further specifications are given as to what the contemplated reforms ure or how far they will extend. Gomez is said to bo now proc ceding in the direction of Cienaga de Zapata, the great swamp in the southern part of Matanzas, for the purpii.se, it is supposed, of awaiting a there of the forces which are advancing from the eastern provinces. A large force, of the htfnrgents, consisting of the bands o|E»ibi and Jose Maceo, passed the villaglFof Manjuari yesterday. The insurgents have burned the railroad station at Caobas, only a few miles from Matanzas. Weyler Has a Bad Record. Washington, Jan. 20.—General Weyler is a veteran soldier, and has had his own experience in revolutions, for he followed the fortunes of the Spanish army in Cuba for years during the last revolution, with the rank of colonel, and earned for himself a dreadful reputation as a man of blood and iron. Moreover, the Cuban leaders here hint ataets of cruelty to women and defenseless prisoners in the past in a fashion that augurs ill for the rebels who came within his power this time, and they predict that lie will soon become involved , in trouble with the United Statest government as the result of the ill treatment of American citizens who may be unfortunate enough to fall under suspicion. Must Leave Cuba or Fight. Tampa,Flu.. Jan. 20.—The steamer Olivett last night brought 45 refugees here from Cuba and landed 130 in Key West. ThrPQ hundred refugees ate ajyeady booked for the next trip and additional benches and cots will betaken to accomodate them. Those arriving say that if one does not participate in the revolution they must leave CuWbr join the Spanish forces. TJhose able to leave are doing so, but the less fortunate will join the revolution and greatly swell tjie Cuban army. ~ RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. " Combinations With the Latter Not Desired by the Czar’s Government. St. Petersburg, Jan. 20.—Russia’s policy at the present moment is steadfastly to avoid being drawn into any combination or complication with Armenia, Germany, England or Abyssinia, but to keep the oriental question ever foremost. The NovOsti, commending on • the friendliness of the English press says:Wo esteem her high civilization, but we see thAdefedts in her policy,' which is purely egotistical. An alliance could be useful only to her. not'to us. France and Russia must remain neutral. The yiedomosti says: Russia must tontine he.rseif to the Orient. Reports here show that another crisis is at hand in Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand is being openly opposed by Dr. Stoiloff and wants to replace him by M. Grekoif in the office of prime minister. : JUSTICE CATCHES A ROBBER. Chicago Police Magistrate Interrupts an Attemirtert Holdup by Highway men. Chicago, Jan. 20.—Charles Hanson of this city was held up by three men at the corner Dcsplaines and Adamsstreets early yesterday. While the highwaymen were going through his pockets Justice Chott happened along on his return from a party. Seeing the robbery in progress and ho polity officers being near, the justice < .eeided to gather evidence • himself, and drawing his revolver, he jud to the assistance of Hanson, ordering the robbers to surrender. ‘ Only one of them obeyed, the others taking to their heelst. Justice Chott took his prisoper to the station where ho was booked Tfortfflbtery. 5 ~ -———-x. Cruiser Baltimore at Sau Francisco., SamFbanjisco, Jan. 20.— The cruiser Baltimore arriyed’ here yesterday from : Honolulu. She encountered fairweath/i ' er all the way and had an uneventful I passage. , ,

Woman*' Part tn the Late War. By Mr*. Belen M. Blossom at Installation of the W. B. C. It is not the purpose of this paper to com nete with the veterans who are here tonight *nd claim lor woman any of the glory of the stubbornly contested battle Helds of the late war. But it has been Mid. that the story of the war was never fully os fairly written utu til the achievements of the women in It were told. The history of the war was penned almost before the smoke of the last battle had cleared awav. but years passed before the full account of the part which woman had taken in that war. was written. The true woman must ever and 'always de plore the existence of war. To her war means more than the marching forth of the finely equipped, well declpllned army, with every man in his piece, with martial music and flying colors. To her it means the terrible scenes which follow tne battle, when the wounded come drifting back from the frontjand tbe field hospital Is inaugurated.oftentimes within range of shot and shell. To her it means the convalescent camps and the hospitals, filled witli their thousands of sick and discouraged soldiers, longing and suffering for just a few of the home comforts and the care which woman and woman only can bdstow on the sick. Here it. is that woman finds her work in war and her share in the glories of a victory, lies in her efforts to relieve the terrible suffering and distress which inevitably follows the battle. — — It is not in the nature of woman to fill the good soldier, yet history tells us that Ages ago, Romiriimis led her conquering hosts across the plains of Asia. Brodlcea drove her war chariots on the battle fields of ancient Briton. Joan of Arc lought sword in hand for the Dauphin of France and the anns Is of our own country point to Molly Pitcher and Deborah Sampson who fought with their husbands weapons and gained their promotion just as other soldiers did. Our late war gave as Madame Turchin, Michigan Bridget and Rady Brownell whose exploits gave them a place in history, but who were only a few of nearly four hundred women who served as actual combatants on our battlefields. But no one can regret that soldier women are exceptional and rare and that such service was not the noblest that women rendered in our four years struggle for national life. “To heala wound Is better than to make one” and American womgn arc to be honored not because they led victorious hosts to the deadly charge and battled a-nidst contending armies but because they confronted the inevitable results of war, with a mighty determination to mitigate its suffering and horrors to the very utmost extent of their powers. It became their ambition to serve as ministering angola-to-their countrymen who perilled health and life for the nation. To this end they planned largely and toiled unceasingly to alleviate the horrors of the battlefields and fill the hospitals with the needed comforts. In the beginning of the war “Relief Societies” were hastily organized in nearly every locality, to follow the volunteers of their neighborhood with their gif's of love in the shape of home comforts, hospital supplies and nurses when sick or wounded. But inefficient and inadequate facilities for transSadly interfered with these plans for tne relief of our soldiers and many a box and package freighted with all the comforts and delicacies that home love could devise, was lost or gobbled up by sortie of the human sharkp, who seemed to infest the medical corps of many of tbe medical corp* of many of the hospitals. This state of affairs, soon became general!}- known and the faet was apparent to all. that, under tbe existing management. although the country teemed'with plenty, ret- it was impossible for it. to reach the soldier, when he most needed it. But Women it is said never despair. Our soldiers must bo reached. They must Hot die as the soldiers of the Crimea did, starving with plenty in sight but no one to give it to them. In the early part of the war the “Womans’ Central Association” of New York City, organized four days utter Lincoln's first call for troops, sent a committee to Washington to 'Washington, to learn from rhe highest authority. "In what wayjthe valuable offerings of the people could best be made available for the relief of the army. The result of the labor, of that committee, was, the organization of the I*. 8. Sinitury commission receiving the sanction of the president and the secretary of war. The statement is made however that the Highest officials in the government were got very enthusiastic in their approval of the plan, find only consented because it could do no harm ami would cost the government nothing and had it not been for the zeal Intelligencfte ipid earnestness o's their women constituents, the, committee would have retreated before the rebuffs and hindrances opposed to their humane efforts in behalf of our army. In a few months the sanitary committee was firmly established to its own merits. The opposition to its methods incited away, and as soon as its workings became known, every facility which the government could command in the way of transportation ami telegraphy.was ulnced at its disposal and the way was now open.for women to minister to. the Stick and wounded soldiers. In gathering the neccessary supplies which the sanitary committee distributed, the women of the loyal states displayed an energy and enthusiasm whft'h has never been surpassed. Ten branches ol the «oijarwcommittee were established t in the large cities and over W.OOO •‘Womans’ Aid Societies" were organized to gather stores and money. Women worked day and night almost, packing boxes, writing socks, making garments,, while many worked ovpr time and odd hours at their regular business devoting the extra money thus earned to the sanitary committee. There was one time when for weeks the Chicago branch alone, sent to their d< pot at Cutro. rille- of #I.OOO daily. As the war want on the needs of the army were constantlv increasing until at last itseeuied that the energies and funds of the Chicago branch were about to become exhausted. But two women came to the rescue, Mrs. Hoge and sTrf. Livermore, of Chicago, had given all their time lo t he etilnmittee; had made several trips to the t rout to .Investigate, the working of the committee ami earry supplies to the various convalescent camps along the Mississippi. These ladles planned a great fair by which they hoped to raise slsJKl't. Nothing daunted the ladies went io work. They stirred the country up front New York to Sun l'’raueiset>. They stirred up the women first. They went up the highways and down the by«-ays in their energetic efforts lor I his fair. They left., not a stone unturned, nor ever stopped in i liKlr raids until every branch of industry, every village, city arid state and every individual froTh, the premdbnt. secretary of wftr, congressman legislators, giivcftiors. mayors, dow'lj to the private citizen, were one and all Appealed tmifor aid-in this great utulortnldnrf. As a sapmle of their energy it is stated that on one occasion atone, there w setit. -f/ttni Ihe rmnns of the committee seven teen bushels of mail mutters, nil relating to the fair. Thts great energy brought Its reward for when the great fair was held the. t managers realized nearly ifloo,ooo. I The conflict for our union’lyought forth women of niady types, and while we had these

who fought! in lino of battle, by tbe »lde of their or brother*, and those who organized great charities and pushed on our sanitary enterprises. Wo bud still others who were angels of mercy in a thoUMnd terrible situations. Others have furnished here and there a name which tho world delights to honor of some women who bas broken through the “rigidity of custom and like Florence Nightingale sacrificed her health and comfort to relieve the distress of the sick and wounded soldiers. But our late war has furnished bun' deeds as philanthropic as the heroine of Scutari. Tho exploits and «xperiences of our grmy nurses were they fully chronicled would fill Volumes. You'wlll not find their names mentioned in the official reports. They were not rewarded with promotion and shoulder straps and additional pay, yet nevertheless they performed deeds of heroism and their bravery was as unquestioned as auy voteinn’s. History hus recorded that Sherman's A’lanta campaign was won by the consummate genius and skill of its great commander and bvdowrright unflinching, courageous hard fighting, such as the world has never seen surpassed. But our principal histories fall to mention Mother Bickerdyke and Mrs. Porter who followed directly In the rear of that bard fighting army with their soup kettles anil coffee pots and sanitary stores, feeding the famlshng and exhausted men, dressing wounds, writing down the last messages to be sent to friends at home, and praying with the dying, sleeping by night l With a blanket and pillow fora bed with the roar of artillery, the clash of arms and the orfes and moans of distress sounding by day and night In their ears. The experience of these women was the experience of many. The battle of Gettysburg .left 22.000 wounded rebel and union soldiers on tbe field. They were in want of everything to alleviate pain and conduce comfort. The army with its medical corps moved southward expecting another battle and the immense duty of caring for all t hese wounded devolved on the voluntary exertions of hundreds of women and men who came pouring to their relief from the surrounding cities representing the Christian sanitary committee and ladies aid and relief societies w.thout number, Durlug tbe last months of the war when one great battle followed another with startling rapidity, many of our devoted!"women suecumed to the hardships and over-exertion which they felt necessary to make while confronted With SO much sufferinjf anij '’igtress. Among these I must mention one from our neighboring City of Ft Wayne. Mrs E. E George who went, out under the militar.v agency at Indianapolis.’, Mrs. George labored first in the hospitals of Memphis and Nash ville. making frequent trips from Memphis to Corinth with sanitary supplies, wh»n often the ears were fired into by guerrillasand squads of confederate eavslrv. Mrs George With other ladies toilowedJßherman's advance from Chattannooga and was at the battles of Kingston, Resaca Kenesaw Mountain and others. At. these battles Mrs. George and her associates labored sometimes until their powers of endurance were completely exhausted They would tlmn wrap an armv blanket around t hem, lie down under a wagon or by a tree, sleep for a few hours, then awake and begin again. The winter of 1R64-.' found Mrs. George in Wilmington. N C.de voting herself to the care of!lndiana soldiers She had just begun her work when there arrived at that place 11,000 Union nrf=oners jus released from the stockodeof Salisbury. Their condition was so wretched that Mrs Georei literally worked herself to depth and did no' live long enough to reach her home and twe daughters. Many otbersfould be but enough has been told to show that thr work of tbe women in our late war was not only important, but really phenomenal With their supplies from the sanitary and Christian commissions, thev followed thr“hoys in blue” down the Mississippt-and u, Tennessee, over the Chickahoming and across the Rapidan, in lhe wilderness and on th< James River from Vicksburg to Atlanta, frotr Gettysburg to Richmond. There was n< place they could not penetrate, Jmt the rebe prisons and nothing stopped them..but thr rebel lines. No other country under the sue can furnish such an example of the work <>‘ her women in time of war as the United States during the great rebellion. Our past experience has educated usfor tlie future. Should this little war ciould, non hanging low iu ourlnatural horizon, broaden and blacken into the thunderstorm of aetua war. the sanitary commission will spring inti existence with the firstjcafl-for troops dnd th< relief societies are ail ready organised whiel; will help it to follow our armies with ittrained nurses and hospital stores even ti South America. . — Laporte Man Fatally Injured. Laporte, Ind., Jan. 15. — Edward Maxwell of this city was fatally injures at Pullman, Ills., yesterday by fallim, bit an iron .swinggate,' his spine being crushed.. nu : —•— ' . Jlieksen Countyseat Case. Scottsburg, Ind.,' Jan. 21.—1 n tin Scymonr-Brownstitwii county seat removal case yesterday, the defendantfiled tin answer to the plaint tits com plaint. The attorneys f« r plaintiffs ai> in consultation as to the next step to b< taken. _ _ ' i Grief Causes Suicide. Niobrara; Neb., Jan. 21.—Jotm C Santee a well known Nebraska politician, hanged himself last night. Grii over his wife's death caused the deed. His wife was dying and he apparent!.' lost his" mind. BRIEF MENTION. Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, aged L years, the well known Baptist ministei died yesterday at his home in Yonkers, N. Y. ThePittsburg branch of Smith &Stough ton’s slum establishment was closed yi terday by a deputy sheriff on foreign a: tachnients atnountiiig to S6B,(W.Senor Francisco Maonlivero, the Spanis minister th flic Central jUniTieatrstat amt llerr Von Bergen, the German miiir ter, have an-wed at KitfJjagniqNieariiug > At Maspetn, L. 1., hist night, Joe Choy t ski knocked out Jim Hall, t he iteavyweigl Austraiuni, in the 13t h round of ayer warm fight. Hall had to be carried out"« the ring. The Xlice mill, at Woonsocket, R. 1., be longing to the United States rubber trusi. shut down yesterday. The-length of th shutdown is not announced. Thirteen hut dred employes are out. The officers of the -n.it iOn il W. C. T T have dochied to petition congress .for .i • uppiopi-mtiiin for the relief of the siiffei frig Armenians. All the sjute orgav.iz tions will be requested to duplicate tlie |><- tition to thgir respective state-legislatures. An anti-lynching bill was passed yesler day by tiiu diiutli Carolina house of repr> - Bentatives. it prwviiles that the county where the lyneliiug takes place shall be liable for not lesspthan 12,000 dufyuges. which shall go to the legal representatives of the person lynched. • 1 ' .

WILL PIGEONHOLE IT Davis Monroe Doctrine Resolution to Be Smothered In the House. MOST IMPOLITIC AT PRESENT. Conirr<**Hiiien Fear It Would Increase the Tension Between Thl* Country and Eng-land—-Eighteen Million Silver Dnllir* to He Coined—Proceeding* In the Senate ami House—Other Capital New*. Washington, Jan. 22.—The prediction is freely made by members of the house committee on foreign affairs that if the proposed reaffirmation of the Monroe doctrine is adopted by the senate mid sent over to the house for action it will be allowed to rest quietly in the committee files. A canvass of more than a majority of Ixitli Republican and Democratic members of the committee failed to discover any membe; - who indorses it. Courtesy to their colleagues of ' the senate impel* the members of the committee in the otheT house to refrain from putting themselves on record in interviews as opposed to the. resolution, but in conversation they do not hesitate to criticise the verbiage of it aqd to deprecate-the policy which brings it forward at this particular time. One of the. fonnost authorities on diplomatic matters in the house said that he deemed it very poor diplomacy to take any steps tending to increase the tension between this government and Great Britain in what practically amounted to a crisis. The committee members think it will be better policy to sidetrack the resolution without any demonstration of disapproval other than to make an adverse report upon it to the house. They say that it will by imjiolitib to evoke any appearance of discord fin congress upon a question of foreign pilicy, and that if the concurrence of the house is not to be secured for the resolution, and they believe it will not be, the friction over it should be minimized.

billion To Ge coined. Eighteen Million Silver Dollar* Will Be Ordered From the Mint*. Washington, Jan. 22,—About Feb. JL the treasury department will resume the coinage of silver dollars and continue until about $18,000,000 have been coined. When the present administration came into power there were in the treasury about $29,000,000 in silver, coined from bullion under the act of 1890 and available for the redemption of treasury notes issued in payment of the bullion purchased. Since August, 1833, about $18,000,000 of these notes have been redeemed iu silver dollars and cancelled. The secretary*of the treasury has now decided to coin fpom the bullion now on hand about $18,000,000, which will re* store the amount of dollars in the treasury to what it was on March 4, 1893. The average cost of the silver bullion purchased under the Sherman act was 71cents on the dollar, which leaves a gain or seigniorage of 28 1 ., cents on the dollar. At this rate thy, seigniorage on the to be coined would be $5,130,wQ1, which will be accounted for in the available cash on hand, increasing it by that amount. SENATE AND^IHOUSE. Calendar of the Upper House Cleared of Many Miitor Bills. Washington, Jan. 22.—The senate put aside finance and foreign affairs yesterday and gave the day to work on comparatively minor bills on the calendar. About 70 bills were passed, clearing the calendar of much accumulation and leaving only the important measures pending. The Cuban question received brief and inconclusive attention early in the day. The house passed the urgent deficiency bill. The bill carried $4,415,922. $3,242,582 of which was for the expenscs of the United States courts. The abnormal growth of the expenses of federal courts came in for a go<xl deal of criticism and there was general expression in favor of a salary system. Justice Tide! Not Ready to Retire. Washington; Jan. 22;—When JusticeField was asked yesterday regarding the report that he would retire at the end of his term, he said: “No such statement has been authorized by me. Os course, a man at my time of life might retire from the bench at any time. If my health should not permit me to attend to my duties easily I should not hesitate to leave the bench, but so long as I can attend to these duties yvith ease I have no inteiition of retiring. At present my health is very good, but were [ again as ill as I was last year, 1 should not hesitate to retire. ’’ It is generally utlderjtood that Justice Field is ambitious to exceed the term of service of Chief Justice Marshall, whose 34 years on the supreme bench constitute the longest term of service in the history of the court. Justice Field was appointed by President, Lincoln in March, istgl. Money lor Feiisioii*. , g . Washing i on, Jan. 22.—The seeretary ©f the interior has issued, a requisition on the secretary of the treasury for $12,450.000 for the quarterly payment of pensions at tbe following agencies: jiopeka, $3.00070007 Indianapolis, $2,650,uOO: Kiioxvi :e. $l,s00.000; Philadelphia, $1,800,000; New -York city, $1.65O;OOO; Louisville, $1}000,000; Columbus, 0., $50,000. - “ Melville Now a Commodore. Washington, Jan. 22.— The senate yesterday confirmed the nominatum of Chief Engineer George. W. .Melville; United States navy, to b'J imgineer in tfitiof of the bureau of steam engineer‘ing with rank of commodore-in tlie navy department. ■ < 7 Died I'roin, all Accidental Wound. Carbon, Ind., Jan. 22. — James Coombs, a lumber.dealer, died yesterday from the effect of a gunshot wound received while out hunting. While.walking in the woods Mr. Coombs accidentally fell, and his gun was discharged. The load took effect in the calf of his rijjht lea. the bone. 7

Road Makiaff. The question of bow to make good roads is an important one and its solution is by no means easy The trouble seems to be mainly in tbe fact that farmers will not work with a will when working out the tax assessed to them. They take up tbe work in a sort of half hearted way and put in their time, so to speak. This is not true of th m all, of course, every neighborhood has many men who will do just as much when working upon tbe road as at any other sort of work, but this is not true of the majority of farmers. The injustice of tbe present way of doing business must be apparent. There are other reasons, besides the fact that roads are not made what they should be with the amount of work that is put upon them Tbe fact that one man does very much more than his share, while the others shirk their duty and but half do their work, gives rise to great dissatisfaction and often leads to hard feelings and neighborhood fends It is certainly time that some reform was instituted in the manner of doing (his The best way to bring this about seems to be by raising tlie amount necessary by levying a money tax in stead of having each man work out his share. Still it is possible that some adequate measures might be adopted by which existing conditions might be greatly improved It has beers suggested that if a more thorough system of inspection were adopted and tbe road officials were made to do more thorough work when making their reports, the present results might be greatly improved upon. One thing is certain, the majority of the farmers are opposed to any change in methods of doing work, they would much prefer to work out their tax than to pay the money. It would seem as though it would pay to* try to institute more thorough method? upon tbe present basis and if, after giving it a .fair trial it failed, then take up the tax plan The pressing need for better roads is apparent to every one who travels, and no stone should be left unturned until some plan can be devised by which the object in view is attained. A good plan to adopt would be to appoint an overseer in each township whose duty it would be to inspect the road work in every road district and report to a similar officer who would have general charge of the county road work. If capable and responsible men could be obtained for this work who would attend closely to their duty and make full and detailed reports of the work done it would certainly be a great improvement over the present, slip-shod system. The pathmasters, in the local road districts, it they knew that their work would be closely inspected would be inclined to be more careful how they did that work and would be much more anxious that the amount of work reported from time to time would show results commensurate with the outlay. These inspectors could be paid enough to make it an object to them to studv the qnesMon well and learn to make roads in the cheapest and most expedient manner. and a part of their duties should be t© instruct as well as respect. In this way the road work would be kept fully up to date and tlie inspector could earn his salary by giving information of importance to the success of the work, leaving tbe benefits which might be gained by the inspection as a clear profit upon the investment. This road question is certainly one. that merits the most careful and thoughtful attention of the farhier as wefi as the public in general. In Canada, men at e appointed whose business it is to visit uifferent neighborhoods and give instruction upon dairying and other important questions The results of these experiments have been verv satisfactory indeed to 'the Dominion government Whv would not such an arrangement be practicable in connection; jsHh the road work? The key to the whpfe matter will be found when an arrangement is reached bv which ever? man can be made to do his work well, giving value received in faithful labor just the same as be would 'expect a hired man to do whom he employs upon bis own farm. The fact that one man in a neighborhood shirks his jvork often- causes others to do the same, for they reason that they have just as good right to take it easy as “the other fellow. Otice get the work down to a fair and equitable basts and all would take a uniform interest in its success and much more could be accomplished There is certainly no question connected with rural affairs upon which so much depends. Take, for example-, the ease where there is a hitl tn » largely traveled road. The effect of reducing the grade of this bill is seldom realised by those who.travel over . it- The size of the load whieh can be tquiied over the road must be determined by- aseeraining how much can be hauled up the lull Dyerease the hill and you may increase Lthfiloadip the same ratio. It should • not be hard to see that a very small ; i rtion of the time and labor thus saved if applied in the rigrft w:i'V wdiilil obliterate the hill and the balance of lhe work saved would be Hvt“ gain. — If there is anv work 4 which deserves the name of permanent improvement it is road building. The great trouble, however, with the methods which have

hereto been in vogue is the lack , a definite plan of action so as to be able to systematize th© work. Where * proper understanding of the work exists, labor once done will never need to be done over and tbe road will improve from year to year. It most be acknowledged that great improvements have recently been made in thia line. Roads are being imoroved all over the state. The use of the modern roadmachine has done very much toward bringing about tbe desired end. Tbe turn-piking of tbe road was a move i« the right direction, although in many cases these turnpikes have been made altogether too narrow. The latter fault is a very serious one and it causes great inconvenience to heavy loaded wagons, the draft being greatly increased by th© fact that the wagon is constantly sliding into the ditch. The slope from the center of the road bed to tbe gutter on either side hbould be very gradual and the road-bed itself should be made as wide as possib e. The custom of leavng a large space between the fence and- the rood-side, is certainly very unwise. This land is intended for roadway and every inch of it should be used that will in any way improve the road. When the work of laying out a new road is begun this matter of making the road-bed too narrow should be especially guarded against. The gutter should be made close to the road, fenca and the road-bed made to slope but slightlv from the center to the sides. ii. h. m. We would like to look into the pleasant face of some one who has neve/had any derangement of the digestive organs. We *ee the drawn and unhappy faces of dyspeptics In every widk of life. It is our national disease, and nearly all complaints spring from this source. Remove the stomach difficulty and the work is done. Dyspeptics and pale, thin people are literary starving, because they don't digest their food, (jousumptipn never delelops in people of robust and nOffual digesifob. Correct the wasting and loss of flesh and we cure the disease. Do this with food. The Shaker Digestive Cordial contains already digested food and is a digester of food at the same time. Its effects' are felt at once. Get a painphleTbr your "druggist and learn about. J gS Laxol is castor oil made as sweet as honey by a new process. Children like it. ■ S Young; Ladies of Linton, Indiana. The young ladies of Linton. Indiana, have organized a prohibition party, pledging themselves not to associate with nor entertain young men who use liquor, tobacco, profane language, play cards or havfc other bad habits, cigar- ‘ ette smoking included. A meeting was held last week and the enthusiastic workers proclaimed war against the men as follows: "The man who drinks the red wine, can never glue his lips to mine. Th© man who chews, the nasty plug, will in our parlors get no bug. tie who smokes, or drinks or cuts the deck, can never bite ns on the neck. So don’t monkey with the cards, or we can never more be pards. Drink nothing stronger than ginger pop or in vour , 1 lap we’ll never flop The man who smokes the cigarette can never get a squeeze you bet.” In response to this a few students of . , the Franklin college. Wisconsin, pledged thi&mseives not to associate with ladies.who practice any of the following habits: “Tlie girl who chews the nasty gum, can ne'er in our poses- " sion come, to share with us the happv " ■ life of being our beloved wife. The girl who paints her homely face to win our love so true, can never in this world of space be numbered in crew. The girl who wears the bloomers wide, can ne’er become our blushing bride. The girl who laces up to date and wears nine yards of sleeve, can ue’er with us appreciate the value of a squeeze.) The girl who in the midnight ■. -4 ? - alr atnofig iter blithe companions fair, will lightly trip the gay quadrille, shall ; never be in our good will- A girl whose eyes from strychnine shine shall never in this world be mine; for whether yon find her at home or abroad, beware young man, she is simply a fraud.” With but little care and no trouble, the beard and mustache can b% kept a uniform brown or black color by using Buckingham’s Dye tot the Whiskers. 'I The W C T U conducted an interesting temperance meeting at tbe U. B church on Sunday, January D2th. The house was well tilled and all enjoyed tbe pointed addresses of Revs. Gregg, Schenck and Shepherd. Two excellent papers were read by Lawrence Hughes J and Josie Congleton, a solo beautifully rendered by Daisy Edwards | ind a song by her sister, a little tot of tour or five years whieh was en- 3 thu-iasfically received, a speech by . a stranger present and spirited singing by the choir, made up a de- • ■ lightfut and instructive program., w Mrs. Gilson presided with ease and dignity. The next will be a union meeting conducted by the pastors Piitham Fadeless Dyes color all kind of 4 fibres, chttou, silk oi l wool; at -011 C bOuiHQ in the same kettle. . Thus you see all kinds of mixed v’oods can be dyed perfectly at •niieone rat ioti. Sold by W. 11. Naehtrieb, druggists. : A