Show kond milling tho main point to bo kept in view from first to last in making country oads is drainage no road can bo a success without good drainage whether natural or artificial surface or ander drain tho latter I 1 preferable for n soil naturally porous enough not to rc aniro an will remain so fora comparatively short timo only on a traveled road the accumulating dust and dirt soon prevent arco drainage water should not bo allowed to cc cumulate nt any timo or for any length 0 limo on the roadbed road bed or in the sido ditches the roadbed road bed can not be kept dry with sang water in tho sido dit choi tace ditches should never be so deep 03 to cause a wagon to lip over if tho wheels ono aido should nin into it if the grade is such as to require a deeper it should bo in tho form of an A three inch tilo laid through the center of abo roadbed road bed in the direction of its length nl a depth of three feet below tho surface with nn outlet every forty rods would bo bono licul to all roads no matter through what soil they run in spring ind fall and in open winter the benefit of a is beyond question alio inclination should bo ono to in tho ita length to secure effectual drainage A similar drain under cadi side ditch would bo moneys ell invested in most soila it is a detriment to roads tp uso alic surface soil in construction it would bo bettor to scrape it off to be used to fill up hollows or if tho country is level it biad bettor bloused by tho adjoining landowners land owners as a top dro sing on their lands almost any oilier use that can bo mado of it would bo betler than ti have it on tho road to form mud with every shower in grading a road and after it has received tho desired convex form the bed should be thoroughly plowed a number of times in order to thoroughly mix tho material and have it evenly this is an important feature though seldom practiced gravel is tho best dressing lor country roads if of uniform material bioc from soil though a light mixture of alny helps to bind it AH stones larger alian n hens gg should bo if on a much traveled road alio gravel should be at least ono foot deep in alic center carefully off by means of shovel and scraper atoll ing with rollers is ery beneficial if tho gravel is put on in fall tho rains will help to settle it moio effectually thin it put on in summer alien it often remains ia a 1000 for months limestone or chips cobble or large cloncs of any kind anro unlit for top dressing of loads to fill shallow holes or ruts they can be used by first excavating the road bed from ono and a half to two feel deep in tho center gradually rising toward the ditches this can be filled up with stones tho ones set on edge until alio bed has alio desired form when thu upper layer should bo broken up fine tho largest not to exceed two inches n diameter A thin dressing of gravel may bo added and tho whole thoroughly rolled with 1 heavy roller this is one way of using stone in road making though in mot cases too expensive for country roads largo stones scattered through a road bed anro sure to como to the surface in timo by the frost raiding them and allowing sand or soil to deposit itself beneath or if struck on ono aido by n wheel tho opposite sido is raica and in time it is on tho an impediment to every passing vehicle timo a wheel a itono stono it suffers to the samo extent as if struck with a sledge to say nothing of the extra boico required to carry the wheel over alio obstruction remove all stones from the roadway b k kate 1 young scotch girl was arraigned in tho police court abc oilier daiy diy charged with having victimized at least sixty manufacturers rs of tho class that give out sowing to bo done by seamstresses at their homos alio detectives told ju aico power that the methods of the genf by tho prisoner ans employed consisted in sending her to tho firms in search of work alio would bo with n pair of trousers which ho would bi ing back tho following day so well finished that more work wis in trusted to her from one birin alio obtained twenty pairs of trousers which alio never returned not only had she victimized wholesale tailoring establishments but firms in many oilier of trade tho detectives had a list if goods thus obtained valued at over kate was arrested after a long search on tho top bloor of a tenement house she denied her guilt at first but finally confessed N Y kun la one of the courts of brooklyn N Y the other day a casc ramo on for trial in mathow J sued tho la sallo institute at troy for tho recovery of as salary for teaching therein alio statement was made in answer that alie la anllo institute is conducted by a religions order known as tho of christian schools and that thy rules of tins order expressly require voluntary service that therefore could have no moral claim to compensation but to save scandal tho matter was privately settled and the case withdrawn brou frou N Y times |