2 'LISTOWEL STANDARD Nov.. 27 Reconstruction of Old Roads. PROVINCIAL BY A. W. CAMPBELL, 0. E., Ty! a. STBUCTOR IN ROADMAEIN .. ---- Much that is written regarding the making of roads no doubt seems to many as applicable only to roads which are being newly constructed, roads which from the first survey have re- mained unusefl except as common sheep pastures or cow paths, on which the trunks and stumps of the old forest trees remain, and the hollows and hill- ocks are still covered with their native sod. Orthe question is asked, Are we to teer up the old roads, throw away all the work already put on them, level them out from fence to fence and com- mence anew ? There is no doubt that much of the work put on some roads, throwing the dirt from the sides to the centre, grading them up to a dan- gerous height, had better be undone. But we must look at the matter in a practical light and see what for the present we can afford. Roads which have received no gravel whatever had better be regarded as new roads, and all future construction car- ried on according to the best principles. There can be no doubt bnt that in a case of this kind the cost of grading is so small, compared with the other por- tions of the work, that the extra labor involved will be amply repaid by the greater durability of the roadway. With an old road which has received coatings of gravel from time imme- morial, the matter is different. Here we have a driveway usually too flat on top. During the summer it is hard and servizable after the furrows creat- ed by the traffic of fall and spring have been worn away. The sides of the road are square shoulders and the open ditches frequently deep and dangerous, In very few cases can we afford to move mud, sand, and the other soft, fine stuff. Then apply a coating of gravel, niccly spread and, by all mean, if the municipality can afford a roller, thoronghly consolidated. * Besides scraping the road, itis ad- visable to pick up the surface lightly to permit the new covéring to unite with the old. Municipalities owning steam rollers accomplish this very easily by the use of steel points pro- jecting from thecylinders. With these attached, the roller is passed over the road and the entire surface loosened. A harrow is next used to further break up the surface. The driveway is then shaped, the new gravel or other metal put on as required,and the whole again consolidated. The greatest improvements needed on existing gravel and macadam roads, and which are within the reach of all municipalities, are tile underdrains, cutting away the shoulders, more per- fect crowning, and better outlets and grades forthe open drains. Inventions of the Duy. Philadelphia Record. Matchboxes are now filled by ma- chinery. Six new railroad .car couplers have been patented in the last two weeks. A pinless clothes line has loops in the wire into which the clothes are forced. - A new type-setting machine photo- graphs the copy and reproduces it in type. , Anew electric chandelier can be raised and lowered at will without breaking the current. Steam, air or water can be used to operate n new motor patented by a Missouri man. throw away this constraction, nor is it necessary to do so, the question be- coming one of how to make the best possible use of it ? Good roads are largely a matter of good drainage. We this that the gravellirg is unimportant, nor that a hard, smoothing, rounding surface is unnecessary, but that these do not mean by are ina great measure a part of the system of drainage. The first thing to be attended to, then, is to see that the open ditches have a constant fall and are provided with outlets. Drains tobe of any service to a road must carry the water away as rapidly as pos- sible 5 if" ~are merely receptacles for water, the subsoil of the roadway absorbs it and is softened, and in the wet weather .of fall and spring traffic forces the gravel covering downward 'and the mud té the surface. To keep the subsoil or natural earth under the roadway as dry as possible is exceedingly important. Asa rule, the open drain will not be deep enongh to In or if the soil is of a retentive nature, it provide » means for carrying away the water from the subsoil, and rather than deepen the present open drains, by far the best means is to use tile under- drains placed beneath the existing open Ii the earth suosoil of a road- dry it will sustain any npon it. An ordinary road whilé dry. lower the water line sufficiently. low land, is absolutely necessary to drains. Wa) is ke ept weight placed dirt rond is a good TLe object of gravelling, draining, and other improvements is to make a goo¢ road for wet seasons, major- ity of the existing roads ure too flat on to As previously intimated, the top, and the next step will be eut off the sqnare shoulders at the edge. On a recent visit to a municipality of the Province, noted for its good roads, the writer found thatQbe road grader the road,the corners cut off and this mater- inl brought into the of the Here we n hard gravel surface buried under dirt, sand, and very light gravel which had wash- ed down from the center. In this a very grave mistake was made, since by far the greatest use of a road covering is to shed the water to the side ditch- es and to protect the earth subsoil by preventing the water penetrating to it The covering of this road is now of such a nature that water will be ab- sorbed and retained instead of being at onee shed off. Clean gravel and brok- when consvlidnted | had been run along the sides of center driveway. have en stone, into a smooth, roundiug surface, form sneb "roofs," but wher mixed with sand the benefit to be derived from the covering is largely lost. This shbould- er, instead of being brought to the cenjre of the road, should have been thrown outside of the ditch and used in levelling th@rcendside, or otherwise disposed ofan such a manner that it would at least not be injurious to the roatl. The driveway of the road will prob- ably need still further crowning and rounding up. It will be advisable to Mr. Livengood. a Missouri man, | hus patented a device for whipping horses, to be attached to horse-powers. A South Dakota man has been grant- heda patent on a sleigh. It differs from ordinary ones cnly in being made entirely of sheet metal. The latest burial casket has a hing- ed lid, the raising of which pulls the ottom of the casket up in position for placing the body on it. A Southern man has invented a new umbrella, the frame of which can be separated from the stick, thus making it useful asa cane also. The dead centre on a sewing ma- chine is done away with by a new treadle, which has two piston rods, mounted nearly at right angles with each other. =A gvod pipe wrench has the ordin- ary chain to fasten around the pipe, but has in addition a screw and thumb nut to take up all possible slack in the chain after it ig wrapped around the pipe. Business men will appreciate a new The cards are printed on the leaves of a book, part of the leaf remaining in the book for use as a me- morandum when the card is detached. An inventor in Tacoma, Wash., has u device for preventing the wheels of a street car from slipping when the brake is applied. His idea is to make the wheels act as magnets and grip the rail. A new steering device for ships con- trols the rudder into acylinder on either side of the rudder post by means of the steering wheel the hottse. Advertisements are printed on paper used for doing up packages by the act of unrolling paper from the reel, the type being set ina roller resting on the paper roll, and inked by another roller lying above the type roll. A Massachusetts man places a num- ber of horizontal bars overhead in an elevator, hung on springs at each end, which are intended to be grasped by the passengers if the car falls, the springs treaking the force of the fall. The latest bicycle support consists ofanarm, one end of which clamps onto the lower brace of the frame in front of the cranks, the other end rest- When not in use it lies parallel with the lower brace. A bicycle crate which folds up bas recently been patented. It 1s made of wood and steel, and occupies a space not over five inches high when folded. It is claimed that it can be set up and a wheel pa¢ked in it in five minates. To reduge the size of rings they are placed insie asteel tube, which is small atone end, and gradually in- creases in size, and pressed toward the small end by means of a rod, thus placing « pressure all around the ovt- side of the ring. To stop leaks in vessels an Ohio man has a device consisting of a reel placed at the side of the vessel on which is wound a heavy fabric, one end of which hasa hook for fastening it to the keel of the vessel, the other end being dra®n tight by winding up card case. in pilot ing on the ground. run a scraper over the surface to re- the reel. Vaden een | IN THE SHADOW OF | DEATH. The Jondition of Many Young Girls in Canada : Pale Faces and Bloodless Lipe---Given to Headaches--Extreme Weakness Heart Palpation aad Other Dis: tressing Symptoms--The Means of Cure Readily at Hand. From the Leamington Post. The attention of the Post has lately been frequently called to a remarkablo cure in the case of a young girl living a few miles of this town, whose life was despaired of, but who was com- pletely cured in a short space of time by the most wonderful of ali remedies, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Since read- jog in almost every issne of the Post of the cures effected by the use of this medicine, we felt itto bea duty we owed to investigate this case which has so urgently been brought to our notice, and we are sure the interview wilf be read with interest by the thousands of young girls all over Canada, as well as by the par- ents of such interesting patients. The young lady in question is not apxious for notoriety, but is willing to make her case known in order that others who are similarly afflicted may have i OH a = Sosy pe gen br an opportunity of being equally bene- fitted. The symptoms in her disease differed in no way from those affecting thousands of young girls about her age, She was suffering from extreme weakness, caused by an impoverished condition of the blood, and her chan- ces of life seemed tu grow less every day. The best and brightest fade away as well as others. but young girl of sixteen years, who should be in the best of health, with cheeks aglow with the rosy flush of youth, and eyes bright and flushing, just the when we seea no pectation or hope of venuhatng health, and with only one wish left, that of complete rest physical and mental, wethmk it one of the saddest of siguts. In the quiet little hamlet of Strang- field, in Essex County, just such a case was presented to the sorrowing eyes of loving friends a few months ago in the person of Miss Ella Beacon, who frequently said she did not care how soon she as life had no charms for her. To our reporter she declared that life had been a burden, but after suffering in this way for months, and after trying all sorts of remedies } i by physici or furnished by friends from # some cher- ished recipe handed down from their grandmother, but without being benefitted in the least, she was at Jast persuaded by a neighbor to give Dr, Williams' Piuk Pills a fair trial ; but she had tried so many remedies with- out getting relief that she still refused after died, for scme weeks. However, repeated urgings by her parents and friends ehe began the use of the pills. Before one box was taken she experi- enced some relief, and after the use of a few more boxes she was restored to perfect health, and there are few young girls now who enjoy life more. She says she owes her life and happiness tu Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and is willing that all the world shall know it. er case attracted much attention and her perfect recosery has created much comment. The facts above related are impor- tant to there are many yyung girls just budding into woman- hood whose condition is, to cay the least, more critical than their parents imagine. Their complexion is pale and appearance, troubled with heart palpitation, headaches, short- ness of breath on the slightest exer- cise, faintness and other distressing symptoms which invariably lead to a premature grave unless prompt steps are taken to bring about a natural condition of health. In this emer- gency no remedy yet discovered can supply the place of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which build snew the blood, strengthen the nerves and re- store the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. They are s --_-- cure for all troubles peculiar to female system, young or old. Phat Pills also cure such diseases 9s rheum- parents, as waxy in ocomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, ' nervous headache, nervous. prostration the after effects of ia grippe, influenza and severe colds, diseases depending on humors of the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas etc. In the case pf men they effecta radical cure in all cases arissng from mental worry, overwork or excvsses of any nature. , Again at Work at at 'His Bench. Let's have a "whore talk with short words. As for myself, I always did like people to talk so I could under- stand them the first time, and not have to overhaul their worde afterwards to find out what they want to ea: Did you ever sea people that made youthink of a rabbit in the grass, always looking ont for things to get seared at and to run away from? Of course. Now what is natural in a rab- bit nay not be so ina man. The rab- it can't fight, and so he has to run But a inne being ought not to get flustered so eas Ye are made to stand our ground better. Yet Figety met sometimes seem to be aa fid and full of alarms as defenceless Bette animals. Here is one who says, "If any one kuocked at the door it set my heart_all ina flutter." We won't say that this man wanted common courage, for that isn't true. He was naturally as plucky as you are, but something had gone wrong with him. Pokea straw against the back of a man's hand and he takes no notice; poke it in his eye and he does. Now every sound that comes to the ear strikes against a set of nerves-- little white cords--inside of it, and the nerves carry the news to the brain, close by. When these nerves are in good form we don't mind one sound in thousand. But when they are sore, weak, and tender, a penny drop- ped on the floor makesa racket like the firing of a pistol. The person with the sore nerves jumps, and his heart strug- gles asa canary bird does when you hit its cage a whack with a sti ck--a mean thing todo. So you see a man may have courage ts to be a gen eral in the army and still be upset by a sudden knock on his door. Ht is not the man, it is his vervous system Gist flutte "No difference," you say ? Yes thor is-- a lot of difference. There. Now we will have the whole story in Mr, Shaw's own words, which are short and plain as the words in the books our little ones read at school. He goes on to say, "I am a boot and shoe maker, and have lived in the dis- trict 50 years. and all right Then I fell ill without knowing what ailed me. My mouth tasted badly, my appetite failed, and after eating I had pain in the chest and sides. I often felt faint and dizzy, as if I should fall, and had adeal of palpitation of the heart, I got so nervous that if any one knocked at the door it set my heart all ina flutter. Later on [ was seize with pains in the back and kidneys, that were like being stabbed with ao xnife. 'The « cretion from my kidneys was thick and) white and passed only with straining and difficulty. The pain in my bladder made me suffer like a martyr atthe stake; I was in agon with it iy nr night. My friends told me I had ight's disease, ond could not get nh I got so werk I could hardly walk, and often I could only work at my trade five minutes or so at up to e s+ aay took all kinds of poe mt but getno relief. Jn this way I along for three years, when a gentle- man living at Gainsboro' told me of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. I bought a bottle at Broomhead's drag store, West Stockwith, and when I had nsed it up I had no more pain, and the flow from my kidneys was of a naturnl coiour. When I had finished the sec- ord bottle I felt like a new man au occasional dose since then I keep in good health. My friends suy my re- covery is a miracle. After what I have gone through I am surprised to find myself aliveand well. Several people who had the same complaint, and had the best medical treatment, are now in their graves. am confident Seigel's Sy rup would have cured them. | ed) William Shaw, Ea near Gainsboro, January 3rd, 1893." We end this plain and impressive ease in a few more short --_ or Shaw's complaint was indigest dyspepsia, which both ase i peisoped his nerves, and would, no donbt, soon have wholly stopped the beating of that troubled heart of his. Thank Mercy he got the igor oe it was too late!. Minds and t bodies and minds ! courage, power, and skill when these poor bodies are torn by disease ? To help us at such times is the mission of good Mother Seigel. & ~) Mt. Forest Representative : Mr. Arthur Darroch, of Winnipeg, was in town Friday and Saturday visiting his cousin, the barber. Mr. Darroch came from Winnipeg on his bicycle, arriving at his father's home in Harri- ston fourteen days after starting, having covered a distance of 1441 miles as indicated by his cyclometer. Bicyclists will be interested in follow- ing the course he took, which was as follows: from Winnipeg to Emerson, Man., Graud Forks and Fargo, Da- kota ;St. Panl and Minneapolis, Minn ; Milwaukee, Wis., then by boat to Grand Haven, Mich., which was the only time he forsook his wheel during the trip ; then to Lansing and Detroit, Mich ; London, Stratford, Listowel, atism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, Palmerston, Harriston. "| A & as Ever- rs,-After suffering for two years from acute indiges- tion I tried B. B. B, I "took only three bottles, which made me wag asever I was ighly recommend B. B. B. to alldys- peptics, Mus. Jonn Wurrs, Austin, Man. Quericus--What reason have you for thinking he is so rich ? Cynicus-- His children object to his second mar- iage. . Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry cures Diarrhwa, Dysentery. Cramps, Colic Choiera Morbus, ees nfantum, and al, the bowels. Never travell Price 30 Mis. Talkalot--What does make you talk so much in your sleep, Joseph ? vlna ! It's the only chance I ever get without it. TO D DESTROY WORMS and expel them from children oradulte L.Dnerows' Worm Syrup Fortune-teller--You 1 very poor until you are thirty- = hin of 4 e pecunious Man ly)-- And after then ? ne hea will get used to i Constipation ee I was in very poor health for over four vears; the doctor said it was constipation. Not want- ing to spend too much cash I got three bottles of &, R. B. and took it regularly. Tecan certify that Iam now in the very best of health = feel_very grateful to B. B. B RED TrRovx, Montreal, Que. fty ~ Took here, Stony, when you borer ed that five dollars two months ago you said youonly wanted it fora short time. Stony--So I did. 'I only kept it half an hour. Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs, Norway Vine Syrup cures bronchitis. Norway Pine Syrup heals the lungs. Dalphin--Why is it that the stage villain always smokes a cigarette ? Stingey--Oh, he doesn't fear the con- sequences. He knows he's got to die before the show is over Consuinption can be ---- by Shilot's cure. This great Cough Cure a best crown -- for that terrible diseas rried Woman n--Did your husband valle lose his heart over you yefore you married? Second Ditto (feelingly) T fancy he must have done. Anyway, I haven't seen anything of it since. S. Colds, Sore Throat, Asthma, Bron- COUGH chitis and all Lung Sed eas are quickly cured by Hagard's Peet Parson Geode (who has stumbled and wrenched his knee agou, izingly)-- Oh ! oh! oh! Symphetic Youth (in a whisper)--Cuss, if yer wauter, parson ; I won't squeal on yer ConsTIPATION CURE 1.--Gasite, I eran & very poor health for over four years, the doctors said it wus Constipation. Not want. ing to spend too much cash, got three bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters and took them regularly. I can certify t I am now iu the very best of health aud feel very grateful to B. B, B. ALFRED Merovx, Montreal, Que. judging from his size, he wowd make a better feather bed. A GRADUATE OF RONTO UNIVERSITY xAY8:-- My children has been treated with Scott's Emulsion from their earliest years ! Our physician first recommended it and now whenever a child takes cold my wife im- mediately resorts to this remedy, which always effects a cure. Dismal Dawson--I'm trying to get a tome poor mother. = "- for ten year Offensiv e Plutocrat--I guess that i is the truth. Why don't yon wash it. "Oxe Misute Cure ror Pootnacue.-- Magical in poteney and power, penetrating at once to the diseased pal Nervi ine-- nerve pain cure--cures tovthache ina mo- ment. Nerviline, the dive marvellous pain remedy known to science, may usea for all nerve pains. Test at once its efficacy. You want a sensible fellow to look husband of fifty ? Replied the maid: I think two of twenty-five would be i pa. 25 cents waa -- Headache apd _ urrh Cataeriel: Deafness - Cold in the head in 10 min. 'oul B 3reath caused by Catarrh. 25 cents secures Chase's Catarrh cure with perfect blower enclosed in each box, Sold by atl dealers A Judge once said to a friend, dur- ing a trial; thac one of the witnesses fad a vegetable head. "How so ?" was the enquiry. "It is shaped like a pumpkin, he has carroty hair, red- dish cheehs, a turn-up nose, and a' sace look." Founp at Last.--aA_ liver pill that is small and sure, that acts gently, quickly and thoroughly, that does not gripe. Laxa- Liver Pills possess these qualities, being composed of strictly te laxative anc ive: medicines, and are a sure cure for Live: omplaint, Constipation, Sick Head ache, te A Mercuant TEstIrres. --Gentlemen, -- write to tell you how good I have found Hagyard's Yellow Oil for sore throat, In Oil cured recognize its great value, They seem to refer it to all others. C. D. Coxmier, Wholesale er Retail grocer, "anaan Station, N.B "Mrs. Shopper is just crazy after bargains. She is town every bargain day and never gets home until dark." "Yes, indeed. She'd die happy ifshe could be laid ont on a bargain counter and buried asa remn- nant." weakness is caused by undue | use of tea, coffee, or tobacco ; palpitation, hervousness, irritability, excitibllity, lack, of confidence, te., are sure symptoms. Milburn's Heart and Nerve: Pills bring ready relief, by steadying the nerves and regulating the hoart, They are « true heart and nerve ived. *. # Morphy & Carthew, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &C,. 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