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i igm j in GOOD ROADS PLEA FOR WIDER ROADWAYS Fourteen-Foot Road Will Outlast Three Nine-Foot Roads and Is Much Better in Every Way. Have not our counties and townships been wasting a good bit of our money by building 9-foot roadbeds on 24 by 80 foot wide road grades? A 24-foot wide grade is plenty wide enough for ft 14-foot roadbed. Then why spoil a good grade by putting on a 9-foot road when it costs less than one-third more to make a good job of it? Foui teen feet is sufficient width for two tracks; that would mean just one half of the wear on the road. Then we can drive so as to have a wheel on each side of the center and that makes one more track and will be equal to a 9-foot road. So you see we have three times the wearing surface on a 14-foot roadbed that we do on a 9-foot. Then we have a chance to pass other rigs without one or both going into the ditch. Now this is claiming quite a lot for one-third more expense, but I think a 14-foot road will outlast three 9-foot roads, has a handier surface and 1b better in ever?' way, writes John D. De Cou in Michigan Farmer. If you come up behind a rig you have a chance to get by. If you are driving an auto you do not have to go outside of the hard roadbed and take chances on skidding into the ditch. A 9-foot roadbed has but one track. Where the wheels run it gets packed perfectly solid and a heavy load will crush all small stones into dust, and the first auto that comes along sucks it up on the front side of the wheels and then blows it clear off the track when they let go. This doesn’t seem much, but when from one to fifty or more go over the same track it soon counts. Meanwhile, the horses travel ing in the center with iron-shod hoofs have kept that dug loose and it gradu ally works out, leaving the road low in the center where it should be high. Then when heavy rains come the ridges where the wheel tracks come hold it in and it washes down the cen ter to the lowest level, where it runs off at the sides, cutting ditches and causing a bad chuck hole. This road is hard to keep in repair. If you use a road grader or drag to scrape the sides to the center the wheel tracks are so solid that they will hold up the blades and you will do but little if any good. If you haul < ■ 'hay... ' r ufl % •' ' " -• SgSgs ■■■■ i;<- A Good Road in Michigan. on more gravel it will not pack in the center, but keep working into the wheel tracks, making them still higher, when they are too high already. If our roads were 14 feet or more in width, then the driving would be all over the whole road, making a hard, smooth surface, and by going over once in a while with a road drag it would keep the center high, the rains would drain off at the sides and not wash down the center, and there would not be wear enough in any one place to work or crush the surface into dust to be blown off by winds or autos. You can repair a 14-foot road at any time, and it will pack and make a smooth, hard surface, for people will drive so as to hit the whole surface. But not so with a 9-foot road. They will all follow the same track, no mat ter how crooked the first pattern is. It will be better to build 14 feet or wider in the first place, than to build nine - ' feet and then wider afterward, for it is hard to get a smooth, even surface, because the new gravel will work off the old, hard surface, causing a sag on each side which will have to be filled several times before It will get solid enough to match the old roadbed. Means Better Highways. Where the dirt roads are in ques tion the farmers need not fear any damage to the roads from the motor car. Their coming means better high ways and possibly state aid in the construction of real roads of a per manent character. To Prevent Beetle Injury. A good way to prevent young cucum ber and melon vines from the attacks of beetles is to set a box frame around the plants and cover with mosquito or w j re scr een. EAT SLOWLY AND BE WELL “Bolting” of Food Is One of the Chief Causes of Disturbance of Digest ive Organs. Hurried and rapid eating, which today is too common among all classes of society, prevents anything like efficient mastication, and as a result the food has a very poor start in the digestive process before reach ing the stomach. It is always wiser to take less food if need be and then masticate that thoroughly rather than hurry rapidly through a big meal. There is no doubt that “bolt ing" the food is one of the most prolific causes of indigestion, dyspep sia. headache and many other symp toms and disturbances that might be mentioned. While prevention is the best cure, there is every reason to believe that the majority of people who suffer from digestive disorders would de rive great benefit by taking plenty of time to “fletcherize” their food, that is, chew it thoroughly before swallowing. Thorough mastication is also essential for the preservation of the teeth, for neglect to use these organs encourages decay and brings about their early loss.—Dr. A. B. Olsen, in Good Health. LEADING ACTOR NOT THERE Stories of Absent-Minded Folk Are Many, and This Is One of the Best of Them. There have been a great many sto ries about absent-minded men and they are always enjoyable. This con cerns a man named Rogers, who lived in a small town and owned a Jersey cow, which he used to drive morning and evening to and from the pasture, not far from his home. One morning, as a neighbor was passing along the road, he met Mr. Rogers walking in the middle of the lane, his mind apparently engrossed in some weighty questions. The neighbor called out: “Good morning, Mr. Rogers. Where are you going?” “Why,” answered Mr. Rogers, in a surprised way, “I am driving the cow to pasture.” “Where is the cow ?” asked his friend. .dr. Rogers looked around vaguely and then said humbly, “I suppose I forgot to let her out of the barn.” And so he had. ROSY IN ENGLISH SPORT NOW. It is rather amusing to note how an English success at sport elates a certain class of critics, just as they are correspondingly depressed when a foreigner beats a home athlete at some pastime which we choose to think is particularly English. Re cently, for example, our English golfers did well in three different competitions—Miss Leitch beating a Scotswoman in the ladies’ champion ship, Batley and Holland winning the Professional Golfers’ association foursome tournament, and the Amer icans falling down badly in the St. George’s cup. Accordingly, all is rosy with English sport for the mo ment. —London Globe. THE ONE PLACE. “Where are you going for the sum mer ?” “I don’t know,” said the weary citizen. “Well, I can tell you of a place where you’ll find no mosquitoes, no noise, no inferior food; no fatiguing requirements as to dress; where the fishing is always good and the tem perature ideal—” “I know,” replied the weary citi zen. “There is such a place. But I don’t feel like starting for heaven yet” NOT AT ALL. “Are your friend’s habits abstemi ous?” “Oh, no, sir, not a bit of it! •He never takes a drop.” GOOD WORD. “How do you like my girl’s exe cution on the piano?” “Execution did you say ? It’s kill ing J” ‘ A WEIGH OF VERACITY. “How did Maud’s teacher find out she had not been practising her mu sic ?” “'Her scales gave her away.” AT THE THEATER. He—The story Bangs told me fairly took away my breath. She (coldly)—I wish he were here to tel! vou a story now. MO LESS th,;n three kisses . Belgian E’-mert Decrees That Number as Wife's Right After Three Years of Marriage. • ' The court at Antwerp recently had a divorce case in which the wife of a rich manufacturer pleaded with tears the neglect of her husband. “My husband,” she said, “em braces me no more with the effusive tenderness he once exhibited. It is evident to me that he is taking his kisses elsewhere.” “My wife,” said the husband, re sponding to the charge, “is wrong to complain, gentlemen. She has such a hunger for affectionate dem onstration that she makes it a pun ishment to me.” The perplexed tribunal took the case into consultation and called in an expert, whose report was decisive. “The code,” said this authority, “does not prescribe the number of kisses a man should bestow upon his wife weekly. In practice, during the honeymoon, this obligation is without limit. But after the first weeks of marriage it diminishes pro gressively. At the end of three years, as in this case, the kisses could reasonably be reduced to three a day, one in the morning, one at noon and one in the evening.” The court, now being sufficiently enlightened, rendered judgment in favor of the husband. DIRE THREAT /a— Harry—Accept me, and I shall smother you with kisses. Kitty—And if I refuse ? Harry—Beware! If you refuse I shall go to the end of the earth. Kitty—And then? Harry—Why, I will smother you with souvenir postal cards. GRATITUDE. A Derby lady has just received a legacy of SSOO “in remembrance of a bunch of flowers.” Such romantic rewards of little acts of kindness are not uncommon, and some curious in stances of the kind are given by the author of “From Piccadilly to Pall Mall.” Years ago a tradesman, whose name is now a household word, .was employed in a modest capacity in a West end shop. While exhibiting some delicate ware to the very first customer he served he let it fall and break. The customer, a doctor, good-naturedly took the blame and paid for the broken article. Years later the salesman, now a wealthy man, called on the doctor, reminded him of the incident, and settled on him $5,000 a year for life. OLD FRIEND GONE. I “I suppose you’re glad 1913 is ' past?” I “I don’t know,” replied the man ( who is frankly superstitious. “Now I’ll have to shoulder my own re | sponsibilities, instead of blaming all ' the hard luck on the ‘l3.’” i SUBTLE FLATTERY. “Bliggins has a wonderfully smart wife.” “Why, he says she believes every ; thing he tells her.” I “Yes. She is smart enough to l make him believe she believes him.” END OF IT. Wife—l had a heated discussion today with the landlord about the furnace. Husband —Yes, and that is all there is going to be heated about it SAME OBJECT. Did you ever notice that a man goes to a lawyer and to a physician for precisely the same purpose—to recover. PROVISO. Doing business in a small way is commendable if the man doing busi ness is not too small in his way of doing it. CANDIDATE FOR HERO MEDAL Long-Suffering Pittsburgh '• Braved Woman’s Rage and Scot. Putting a Stop to Nuisance. Maddened by the tickling of his nose, the jabbing of his cheeks and the menace to his eyesight from a paint brush ornament which reached from the hat of a woman occupying the seat in front of him, a desperate man on an Avalon car took the mat ter of censoring the styles of wom en’s hats into his own hands—or rather into his mouth, for he grabbed with his teeth the brush on the end of the long, bare stick which was supposed to ornament the hat and held it fast till the end of his jour ney. The wearer of the hat was power less to turn around and see the mean man who thus had interfered with the time-honored privilege of wom an. She squirmed and twisted, but the relentless man still held her feather in bis clenched teeth, -while everyone else on the car enjoyed her discomfiture. When at last the man left the car the glance she gave him was one of mingled grief, scorn and mortification. —Pittsburgh Dispatch. MAKES FOR PERFECT DISPLAY New Idea in Show Windows Seems to Be the Thing Merchants Have " Long Been Seeking. A show window which renders ob jects on display as clearly visible as though there were no glass at all has recently been installed in one of the big New York department stores, says Popular Mechanics Magazine in an illustrated article. The new “shadow-box” window eliminates all reflection and thus avoids the com mon and annoying fault in the or dinary display window which reflects sky, buildings, street traffic, etc., more brilliantly than it displays the merchandise the store offers for sale. The new type of window, which is patented is divided into an upper and lower light, the latter extending to a height well above the head of a very tall person, and each glass is curved inward. The curve, which has been determined after careful study of optical laws, diverts the rays of light from the street, downward or upward at an angle at which the diverted light rays strike a black plate which absorbs them. GERMAN WOMAN WINS HONOR. Unusual honors have been won by Fraulein Rachel Hirsch, who is the first woman physician in Germany to acquire the coveted title of professor. Fraulein Hirsch, for the past five years, has been the chief assistant of Professor Kraus, and has conducted a polyclinic for both men and women patients of the university medical clinic of the Berlin Charity hospital. Fraulein Prof. Dr. Hirsch. which will henceforth be her full title, has not only been active in hospital serv ice, but has also done superior re search work in the fever and bacteri ological fields, also in connection with diabetes and kindred diseases. SHOT PROWLING BEAR. Mary Smith, a brave girl, of Glen spey, N. Y., will have a fine bearskin coat made from a bear of her own killing. Bruin had been stealing corn from her father’s corn field for some time and she vowed that she would get him. So, armed with a rifle and an electric flash light, she lay in wait for him at night. When he appeared on the scene she flashed the light on him, and taking careful aim she fired and the robber dropped dead. And yet if you read in books of fiction about girls doing such things you would say they couldn’t be so. SARCASTIC. “I can give you any number of five-room apartments with all the modern improvements.” “How suite of you!” EQUIVOCAL. “Did it cost you much to have the kitchen range fixed ?” “Well, I may say we w’ere under grate expense.” A TRUE CASE. “The convict failed to effect his escape because he forgot to hide his file from the keeper.” “What criminal carelessness!” A FASHION HINT. “How are automobile caps to be worn this season?” “I believe on the side at all head on meetings.” WITH HEAD TO THE NORTH! Reasons Why That Position in Sleep ing May Be Beneficial, Especially to Those in Poor Health- In answering a subscriber’s ques tion as to why one should sleep with j ; one’s head to the north, Dr. Robert, T. Morris in St. Nicholas says: “Electric currents run north and south, through the earth. An object is said to be in a state of better elec tric rest is its long axis is in line with the earth’s electric currents. It is my impression that the custom of sleeping with the head to the north was adopted before anything was known about these currents. If that is the case, I take it to mean that certain persons are so readily af fected by these influences that they find themselves disturbed if they try to sleep with the short axis of the body in line with them. “I have purposely made the exper iment and have asked friends to make it w’hen w r e were in camp. None of us noted any connection be tween our sleep and our position in regard to points of the compass. We were strong and well, however. It might be quite different with inva lids. “The volume of these terrestrial currents is not commonly appreci ated. Drive any iron rod into the ground at right angles to the plane of the earth’s surface and it at once becomes a magnet.” GETTING OUT INTO NATURE Pathetically Brief Time in Which Man Should Prepare for Life Hereafter. It is not all loss to be driven back to the soil, remarks the Universalist Leader. It is not all gain to be even an Adams in New England. The burden of respectability is great. Family traits and traditions are sometimes stifling to originality. Some people are little more than copy plates of their forbears. There is some comfort in venturing forth upon the friendly road for a joust with nature in a colored shirt with out fearing the rebuke or frown of some eminently straitlaced critic of our vulgar ways. There is something humorous in the remembrance of the friend who is always genial in the club, but never sees us when in blue jeans we are sweeping the gutter or digging in the garden. There is a pathetic side to the existence of those who do not think they are really alive unless collar and cuffs are prop erly adjusted. Naked we came into the world. Naked we will go out of it. During the little time that we linger between these two door ways to the infinite perhaps we shall be wise to cultivate a little more of the robustness which will enable us to live in that great out of doors which is certain to be our eternal abiding place. LATEST KITCHEN, The sanitary and most satisfactory kitchen lias glazed tile walls and the ceiling is sheathed with pressed sheet iron painted w’hite. The range has hoods over it to carry off the odors and heat and to make the room cool and comfortable. The floor is of cork tile or of cement, with strips of matting laid upon it—these can be easily taken up. A drain in the cen ter carries off the water from the floor after washing. PIG IN A “POKE.” Poke is an older form of the word pouch or bag. The Celtic word was “poc” or “poca,” whence also is our word pocket. We have just been in formed that “the word has come once more to the'surface in the speech of Alaskan prospectors, where poke is •commonly used in designation of the buckskin pouch in which their tak ings of gold are carried.” FULLY EXPLAINED. Mrs. Bacon—What’s the matter with Tommie’s face and hands? They are badly swollen. I Mrs. Egbert —You see, they of fered a prize at his school for the boy who would bring in the greatest number of dead wasps and Tommie i won. ENERGETIC PROCESS. “I shrink from studying this question. How can I ever come to a conclusion?” j “Go to it!” ITS MERIT. “There is one thing which is really magical about a cellarette.” “'So many men use it when they ire out of spirits.” Summer Coughs Are Danger ous. Summer colds are dangerous. They indicate low vitality ami olten lead to serious Throat and Lung i Troubles, including Consumption. I Dr. King’s New Discovery will re ' lieve the cough or cold promptly land prevent complications. It is ' soothing and antiseptic and makes I you feel better at once. To delay is ; dangerous—get a bottleof Dr. King's I New at once. Money I back if not satisfied. 50c. and .s].<’(> ' bottle* at your Druggist's. Exception to the Rule. Briggs—“ They say that ‘two heads are better than one.’ ” Griggs— “That’s all a mistake. Both my wife and I want to be the bead of the house and it doesn’t work at all.” Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Ycur dfuggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. Constipation Causes Sickness. Don't permit yourself to become ! constipated, as your system iir.me i diately begin to absorb poison from I the backedup waste matter. Use I Dr. King’s New Life Pills and keep • well. There is no better safeguard against illness. Just take one dose to-night. 25c. at your Druggist’s. Draining a Metropolis. London sewage has its main drain age outfalls at Barking and Cross ness the average daily quantity dealt with is about 260,000.000 gal lons, while the total quantity of sludge collected at Parking and Crossness is over 2,500,000 tons. 11 o - Summer Constipation Danger ous. Constipation in Summer-time is more dangerous than in the fall, winter or spring. The food you eat lis often contaminated and is more likely to ferment in your stomach. Then you are apt to drink mu<h cold water during the hot weather, thus injuring your stomach. Colic. Fever. Ptomaine Poisoning r; and other ills are natural results. J’Po- Do-Lax will keep you well, as it in- I creases the Bile, the natural laxa jtive.whi.ii rids the bowels of the congested poisonous waste.?’Po-Do- Lax will make you feel better. Take a dose to-night. 50c. at your Drug gist's. - - How To Give Quinine To Children. ! FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name given to an I improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas- I ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. • Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot I take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor . cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try t the next time you need Quinine for any pur ■ ?cse. _Ask for 2-ouncv ■'riginal package. The I name rEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents. ! Infection and Insect Bites Dangerous. Mosquitoes, flies and other insects, which breed quickly?'in garbage pails, ponds of stagnant water, barns, musty places.’ l etc.. are car rier* of disease. Every time they bite you. they inject poison into your system from which -<»me dread disease may r< suit. Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment. It is antiseptic and a few drops will nemralize the infection caused by the insect bites or rusty nails. Sloan's Liniment disinfects ( uts. Bruises and S • s You cannot afford to be without it in your home. Money back if not satisfied. Only 25c. at your Druggist. Week-End Rates. Round trip week-end rates from Gainesville, to all Gain< sville V id land Railway Station*. Two train daily. tickets *<nd every Saturday and Sunday, limited to following Monday. Two connections daily via Monroe for Augusta. (Li., and va rious point*. Coi n- al Athens with. Seaboard. Central and Georgia R. R. I'. L. Mobley, T. P. A., W. B. Veazey. Traffic Manager. Gaines ville, Ga. Land for Sale. If you are looking for a home. < to Bisl op Ga. S< < Fam iii'ougii-Porter. Co., they can fit vou up witii just what you want in town lots or Farms, etc. Fambrough-Porter (‘o. 7 Room Home For Sale. The .Ino. Stringer place on Oak Good 7 room 1 . enlarge lot, g barn, well fixed up. For sale at a bargain, on easy term-. For partic ' addressjf W<K)DR I?FFMA ( H ; NERY MFG. CO. Windur. Ga. Land for Sale “ A tract of S 5 acres, in Tadmore Mrict, 7Jb niles fron <laini sville; good 4-rocfm dw< g,|good tenant house: good out-buildings; about 60 acres in cultivation, balance in woodland and old field*, plenty run ning water; good pasture: on road leading to Commerce. For particu lars, w ’ see" T. F. Colli s, GiL-vil.’c. Ta..|Ro;ite One. For Sale Cheap 130 acre farm. 3 miles Ea*; <f Gainesville.dr*** H. L. G-.’ne-. 42 E. Summit St Gaine*ville. Ga.