DO THE HARD THINGS FIRST.
If you have something hard t* do.
Juat go to work anil do tt.
If you conclude to put It off
You're pretty sure to rue it.
The task that's hard to do'a the on* *
That needs your first attention.
And. do'ng it, you may escape
A lot of reprehension.
fitch In, and do the hard things flr*t.
Let easy ones come after.
Make this your rule, and life will mea*
A lot of Joy and laughter.
Sut If you let the hard things go.
Your enemies will taunt you
With serious duties unperformed,
And all your life they'll haunt you.
TRAGEDY WITH FEW WORDS
Parlor Drama in Which the Scent
Might Be Set in Almost
Any Home.
She came Into the room, where h«
sat alone. Her clenched hand could
not totally con
ceal the cold,
w. e glitter of a
knife.
Her face was
pale and drawn,
her eyes wild and
bloodrbot.
He, the man—
the man whose
name she bore,
the man whom
she had sworn to
love, to honor, and to obey—sat deep
In thought by the warm fire grate. So
deep In thought that he did not hear
the slippered footfall of the beautiful
woman who now stood behind him,
with a strange, bitter smile upon her
Ups.
Suddenly, with a gasp, she cast the
knife aside, and it fell clatleringly
upon the fender.
“I canfioti” she moaned wearily. *‘l
cannot!”
A pitying expression swept across
the Gothic granite of his cheek.
“What is it, darling?" he murmured.
But she spake no word. Only, sh*
raised a pointless black lead pencil.
She had been trying to sharpen It.
But In vain!
Dressed Beef.
It is reported that Sir Francis Web
ster is a wealthy manufacturer of
kerap goods in Scotland and the own
er of a stock range in Texas on which
thousands of cattle range, clad, during
the winter at least. In garments other
than their own hide and hair.
Sir Francis' cows, it appears, wear
•uits of hemp cloth made in his own
factory which protect them from cold
and snow, make them less susceptible
to tuberculosis and ic vrense their dally
yield of milk.
Each cow, It Is said, has two suits a
week. They are not elaborate affairs,
by any means—simply overall blank
ets that fit loosely. There are 1,000
cows in his dairy farm and they use
2,000 hemp blaukers a week.
That, of course, means added ex
pense, but the yield of milk during the
cold weather Is about 27 per cent
larger than from cows not thus pror
tected.
Old American Church.
Commemoration of the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the organi
zation of the parish of Christ’s Episco
pal church, Newton, N. J., the second
oldest church in northern New Jersey,
took place In the presence of Bishop
Edwin S. Lines of Newark, with many
persons attending.
The church was established under a
charter signed by King George III. The
parish was organized December 28.
1709. The first church w as erected in
1823 and was consecrated in that year
by Bishop Cross. The corner stone of
the present church building was laid
In 1868.
The oldest church in northern New
Jersey Is the Dutch Reformed of Wal
ptick Center, built in 1737.
China’s Coal.
The best Chinese coal Is quit*
as good as the best coal >f the United
States; and the various fields of mer
chantable coa. are probably as ^ ea'
In extent as all the rest of the coa
coal fields In the world, so far as thej
are known. Anthracite of e\> elleni
quality is mined In four provinces
The largest field now worked Is ii
Shansi, and the famous mini of Pins
Ting produce an abundance of it. Ir
this district coal and iron are almos’
within a stone’s throw of each other
ME HAD BEEN
THERE.
What li the
quickest way to
the police sta
tion, young: man.
Insult an of
ficer, is the
quickest, I
guess.
Rastus’ Property.
Lawyer—Well, Rastus, as you wan
me to defend you, have you go: an;
Boney?
Rastus—No; but I’se got a tculc
some chickens, an’ a hog or two.
Lawyer—Those will do very nice! v
Now, let’s see—what do they arcus
you of stealing?
Rastus- Oh, a mule, some chicken
•n’ a hog or two.—Providence Journa
Ready to Quaify.
“You want to be a governmen
watchman ?”
“Y«s."
“You must take a civil service et
aminatlon.”
“All right. G’mme something t
watch.”—Lonisrllio Courier-Journal.
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SENTIMENT FOR GOOD ROADS
Governors of Twenty-Two Western
States P. Mon for Increased An
nua. Appropriation.
If the passage of the Townsend bill
depended on the support from Western
i states the measure calling for a nn
1 tional system of highways would be
: come law by an overwhelming major
j ity, says a representative of a large
rubber eon'’ rn.
At Salt Like ('ity recently governors
of 22 states signed a petition, which will
be forwarded to congress, to increase
Immensely the annual appropriation
for road-building, to be expended dur
i ing the next five years.
While the Townsend bill asks for
$425,000,000, their petition calls for a
billion dnnirs. The Western gover
| nors not only Indorse the bill as men,
but as governors of their respective
states. This action reflects plainly
what the West thinks of the necessity
of highways and furnishes an influ
ence which cannot be overlooked. The
West has gone on record as being will
ing to stand its share of the cost
of a system of nationally administered
roads, and the share will be a big
one.
RURAL ROADS NOT IMPROVED
Not More Than One-Fourth of 1 Per
Cent of Nation's Roads Suitable
for Motor Traffic.
Official figures show that there are
in the United States approximately 2,
500,000 miles of rural roads of which
12 per cent are classed as improved,
ltond engineers, however, estimate that
no more than one-fourth of 1 per cent
of the nation’s roads are suitable for
motortruck traffic. More than 6,000,
! 000 motor vehicles are now using the
highways, and of this number about
500,000 are trucks varying from less
than a ton capacity to vehicles capa
ble of hauling five to seventeen loads.
The most conspicuous example of
anything approaching the efficiency of
a national thoroughfare in the United
States Is the Lincoln highway. Or
ganized as a private enterprise six
years ago, to stimulate good-rofld
building, the officers of the association
have raised several million dollars by
j private subscription and have stimu
lated the improvement of many sec
j tions of the highway by the states and
i counties through which it passes.
SLIDING SHOES SAVE ROADS
Wooden Device Tightly Fastened to
Rear Wheel Does Much to Pre
vent Ruts Forming.
After a road which has steep grades
is carefully repaired, it is disconcert
ing 10 see heavy wagons going down
the hills with one or both rear wheel:
tightly clamped by the brake, grinding
r
A Wide Shoe Plaeed Under One Rear
Wheel of Each Heavy Wagon Which
Descended the Steep Hills on a
Road Did IV,uch to Prevent Ruts Be
ing Formed.
along the roadway and cutting ruts.
On a stretch or road which had suf
j fared greatly from this cause, heavy
wagons were provided with a sliding
shoe, which was placed under one rear
wheel when descending a hill, to fur
nish braking action. The other wheel
revolved and prevented side slip. The
-hoe was made of hard wood, surfaced
on the bottom with sheetiron, and pro
vided with a staple, ring and chain, by
which it was attached to the wagon.—,
J. W. Shaw, Corinth, N. Y., in Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
TRUCKS AND COUNTRY ROADS
Noticeable That Highways Have Been
improved Along All Motor
Vehicle Routes.
In and around all communities on
motor truck routes it 1« noticeable that
all roads have been improved to en
able motor trucks to maintain consist
. ent speed as well ns to decrease depre
. ciation. Thus the motor truck not
only makes communities independent
of any one particular line of trans
portation, but senes the interests of
that community efficiently and econom
„ ieally. These improved roads increase
realty values along the routes, cre
, ating a higher standard of public Im
provement and fanning into life a com
munity pride that is reflected in the
prosperity of that community.
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- j Dady Thought.
Words without thoughts never to
> heaven go.—Hamlet.
DUMB HERO ON CASUALTY LIST
Old Red Cross Army Mule tlie Only
Animal That Was Accorded the
Distinction.
Dumb animals fought, bird and died
for the United States, writes J. W.
Rixe.v Smith In the Home Sector, and
only one lonely army mule, attached
to the Twenty-seventh division for
duty, v. as honored with a place on the
casualty list.
The ex-soldier’s magazine says:
“Many men of the Twenty-seventh di
vision will never forget the old Red
Cross mule who, so far as is known,
accounted for the only casualty accred
ited to our animals In the war. Many
a time the old wornout beast faithful
ly plied his wuy right up to the front
lines with chewing gum and chocolate
and cigarettes. Once, in some manner,
he vent too far, found himself in the
thick of the fighting, got himself prop
erly excited and—there are witnesses
to attest it—kicked a I.oche into
oblivion. And the luck that had been
with him stuck, for he came safely
back to the American lines.
The faithful messenger dogs at
tached to liaison service to the Seven
ty-.,eventh division will always be re
membered kindly by their Yankee
friends. Will members of Battery B,
One Hundred Thirteenth field artillery,
ever forget Billy, the little pony pris
oner taken from the • nemy, which,
1 though cleverly smuggled aboard ship,
they were forced just before landing
| to relinquish and see put on route for
\ France again? Certainly no one who
was ever at St. i’ierre des Corps has
forgotten Mis- Jenny Hohenzollern,
the fastidious pe: monkey who, among
other things, ate a box of C. C. pills
and chewed to pulp a whole fodder of
Important papers. Nearly half of the
6,(XX) pigeons remaining in the A. E.
F. at the time of die armistice, when
put up at auction were hid in by their
khakied attendants, and in one way
or another got back to their native
land.”
FIND WEAK PARTS OF ROADS
!t Should Be Especial Business of Ev.
ery Roar' Commisslonei to Make
Observations.
It should be the special business
1 of every road commissioner to find the
weak and susceptible parts of a road,
| and If there is any libel Shoo,1! r.t nt
| of the creation of a *‘hoili
| the snyiiur - f "n stitch
at ail
ilonless pit
in time" wi;]
spply V'
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mi'.iif'il
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Why K
Suffer?
Cardol “Did
Wonders for Me,”
Declares This Lady.
“I suffered for a long
time with woman!" weak
ness*,” says Mrs. J. R
Simpson, of 57 Spruce
St., Asheville, N. C. “I
finally get to tne place
where it was an ei'ort for
me to go. I wou’d ha^e
bearing-down pains in
my side and back —* es
pecia.-y severe across rr.y
^^jj| back, and down in my
side there was a great
deal o! soreness. ! was
nervous and easily tip
set.
TAKE
The Woman’s Tome
“I heard of Cardul and
decided to use it,” con
tinues Mrs. Simpson. "I
saw shortly it was bene
fiting me, so I kept it up
and it did wonders for
me. And since li.en I
have been glad to praise
Cardui. It is tlie best
woman’s tonic made/’
Weak women need a
tonic. Thousands and
thousands, like Mrs.
Simpson, have found
Cardul of benefit tothem.
Try Cardui fer your trou
ble.
ALL
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MOTOR TRUCKS ON HIGHWAYS
; Scries of Impacts Being Conducted a*
Arlington to Determine Impact
on Roads.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
To determine the destructive effect
of heavily loaded auto trucks on high
ways and streets, and to meet the de
mand for data on the design of road
surfaces and foundations to withstand
such heavy traffic, a series of experi
ments is being conducted by the bu
reau of public roads at the Arlington
experiment farm to determine the im
pact of auto trucks on roads.
The most striking single develop
ment in the highway field in 1918 wa*
the tremendous Increase in motor
truck traffic. Five years ago heavy
or trucks were few in number and
"mi ted practically entirely to the
paved streets of larger cities. These
vehicles now comprise probably 4 to
5 per cent of the grand total of all
motor vehicles and are to be found
wherever traffic conditions permit
profitable use. But very few roads
v. ere designed to carry any large vol
ume of this class of traffic. Conse
quently, the cost of adequate main
u ounce was increased greatly during
the year. In many places the damage
due to the incessant pounding of these
fast and heavy vehicles w => so great
as to require complete reconstruction
Dreaming of Cats.
To dream of cuts is said not to be
lucky. If you dreamt of a black cat,
your enemies are active; to be bitten
by one indicates misfortune; burglars
are about when a cat follows you in
a dream; while to dream you are
stroking one means, beware of false
friends.
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Only That Difference.
As I was going shopping I met a
charming little fellow, who spoke to
ni£ quite politely. In further conver
sation I inquired his name. “Oh,” he
answered with easy ns'uran ’o, “it's
just the same as my daddy’s, only it’s
got Mr.’ on the end of it”—Chicago
Tribune.
Delicato Anemone.
Anemone means “win ’.tower.” and
is so called because it is so delicately
poised that it sways with the tightest
motion of tire atmosphere.
Drunk With Love.
“‘Oh, Amorous Dove’ by this impos
ing queen, was one of the best sots of
the evening.”—New York Times.
The Hubbard in Charge.
Wife—“Consul* ring how lone; I've
been away, I think you raigbt lure
made some j - parations to receive
me." Husband—“You do me Injus
i tire, luv dear. 1 have had the library
; and parlor thoroughly c leaned and
j aired.” S* ant (interrupting)—
: “Please, sir. the man has come with
; a barrow for hern empty bottles.”
Education Alwr.ya Fe’ps.
Tin' sure ' r! the unlettered man
! is often argued to show that men do
I not need education. In special ca«es
| the truth may seem to he conclusive,
i but did you over slop to inquire what
the fellow might have become had he
education added to his natural talents?
lie has succeeded in spit'1 of a handi
cap and not because of it.
Abbreviations.
Tbe letters i. «*. are an abbreviation
of the Latin phrase “id est.” meaning
“that is.” and the letters e. g. an abbre
viation of another Latin phrase ex
empli gratia," having the meaning of
“for the sake of example" and “for
instance.” Vs. Is : n abbreviation of
the Latin word versus, meaning
“against." Vice versa is a phrase
meaning "the order or relation of
terms being revet ■■ ed."
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A Little Girl's Problem.
' The father of a little girl I know is
n Methodist, and her mother an Epis
copalian, and the poor ehild ne\er
knows, in saying her prayers, whether
t to oral them \v!tli "A-mcn’ or “Ali
i men.”—E. \V. Ho ve’s Monthly.
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| What Do You Need
1 for Your Home?
Its soon going to be time to think about stoves.
In order to be in position to furnish o • cusotners
with the host stoves we had to think aboi t them long
time ago. We had to buy months ago i;i order that
we might get delivery now. _And we h.ne the tyest
lines ot stoves right now to be found in > o th Arkan
sas. Stoves are only one of the many things in the
way of home furnishings that we have been studying
and buying in advance to give our patrons the advan
tage ol being able to sec and inspect before they buy.
Our big store building is crowded to its limit with ev
erything in hardware and homefurnishings and we
have many items that we are not able to open up at
all on account of lack of space. _We arc building an
addition in order to give us room to better display
our furniture, and if there is anything y 1 want that
you don’t see when you er ter our store, x -k for it.
NOW TS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR LUMBER—
WE K WE SOME GOOD BUILDING MATERIAL
AT REASONABLE PRICES
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