Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, April 07, 1911, Image 2
tV" " f. , ft ii- urrEti: IS I L l F w I p DAKOTA CITY HEKALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. bAKOTA CITY. - NEtlRASKA. SELF-DENIALS IN EDUCATION. Speaking of tho driveling life a youth must undergo thesu days and itho many Influonces that war with clean life, clean thoughts and flno aspirations, Cornolla A. P. Conner, In "A Letter to tho Rising Gcnorntlon," in tho Atlantic, Bays: "1 don't ap prove," your idthcrs and mothers say anxiously, "but I hato to keep Tom nd Mary at homo when all tho other children aro allowed to go." These parents nro conBclentlous and ener getic In looking after Tom's teeth and ycs, and Mary's hair, tonsils nnd na sal passage, hut seem utterly uncon cc!ou3 that mental rickets and curva ture of tho soul aro far moro deform Jng than crooked teeth and adenoids. If theso children wcro protected from a vicious environment nnd educated Unto habits of a puro, clean, scnslblo life, thero would need bo much loss anxiety concerning crooked teeth and nasal passages, says tho Ohio Stato Journal What education needs to in alto itself worth whllo Is a conflict with tbo vulgarizing Influences out sldo tho homo nnd tho schoolroom. Xilfo has becomo a hard problem for tho children. They aro surrounded by !a cloud of plcasuros nnd fascinations I" hat lead them away from vlrtuo, cul turo and serious thought It may not bmako them vicious nnd criminal, but It docs tend to make thorn stupid, in ano and frivolouB. This 1b certainly evident to every observing parent nnd ochoolkceper. Tho torrlblo infnntllo paralysis con jtinucs to bo a puzzlo to tho medical irctcrnlty. It is a malady thatnpppnrod lyears ago, but not until lately has It ussumed epidemic proportions. Tho dlscaso Is an affection of tho spinal icord, though It Involves tho hoart, Hv r, kidneys and lymphoid tissues. Ef forts liavo been mado to discover tho igorm of tho disease, but It seems to jbo so small as to oscapo detection) tonys tho Ohio fltato Journal. It is iposslblo, that somo tlmo this winter jtbo bacillus will turn up, Blnco great investigations nro going on in tho lab oratories. Tho devastations of tho tmalady scorn to have decreased dur ting tbo cold weather, but there nro (apprehensions Uint early In tho spring jtho fatalities will reappear. It Is hop led by then tho germ will bo found out nnd nn nntltoxln dovlsod for Its demolition. Whllo this dlscaso is prone to attack chlldron, adults, too, 'aro subject to It It is said about 26 per cent, of tho cases dlo. - Relief -fTOTty tho factions of fash 4on is aimed; at UirouaH a petition rwtrich has been presented to tho fNorth Carolina sennto, nsklng for leg llolatlon that will establish parmancnt mnd economical styles of clothing, in ordor that farmers nnd others with largo families shall bo exempt from tho hardship of trying to keep up with provaillng modes. No doubt tho lObJcct sought Is a worthy ono. Dut rwho is to bo tho "arbiter clegnntlnr turn," such as tho ancient Homana had, to set tho paco in "what to wear?" And what assurance is thero that tho wlfo and children of ovon tho poorest of poor men would bo satisflod with nny idesign on which tho arbitration board (should docldo? Statesmen in North jCarollna and elsewhere who nttempt rto "monkey" with tho fashions nro qulto likely to And such action a good Jpnl liko dallying with dynamlto. ' A six-cylinder optimist is ono who pretends to llko all his wlfo's relatives. Tho matter of reclamation of wnato lands Is bocomlug of as much inter est abroad aa in our own country. Germany fcclB tho neod of acquiring all tho tillable soil possible, and tho matter hoa been up buforo tho German (Agricultural Congress at Berlin whore JEmporor William mndo an addross on jtho subject From statistics present !od it was shown that thoro aro hun dreds of squaro inllea of moorland (which may bo mado avnllablo for .grazing ppurposos, and Ills Imperial Majesty urgod offectivo acttou along that line. Conservation of rosourcos la of worldwldo moment. A baseball team, boys of tho Koose Trelt Grammar School, Ponce, P. It., (may como to tho United Stntos to try conclusions with teams of Us age, If sufficient encourngemont is given. Lost season its record was D4 games won, 10 lost Porto Itlco Is Amorlcnn- Uzlng very fast. I A former Kloudlko gold seeker car ries $150,000 in his woodon leg, there toy assuring himself ot physical nnd financial support nt tho samo time. A Now York women's society plane (to bestow medals on dogs fur acts ot lierolsm. Of courso, the dogs profor medals to beefsteaks. Many a man who is very proud ot Ills wlfo kicks llko a steer nt having to pay for her clothes. Out in Washington statu a man was convicted of Bwearlug by a Jury of women and lined ono dollnr, Wo pro umo ho said bomething stronger than "Oh, fudge!" Thoro aro also a number of men who (suffer from an automobllo appetite and U spark plug income. ' How to got tho thrills of aviation jwlthout killing tho thrillers is a largo Jproblem at present. samt MM THROW LIGHT AROUND CURVE Automobile Lights Controlled by Steering Gear Assist Greatly In Preventing Accidents. Ono of tho most Ingenious of tho many dovlccs invented for uso on automobiles is tho controlling np plianco for Inmps dosigned by two Ohio men. By means of this dovlco tho lamps of a motor car etui lx made Auto Lights That Turn; to turn In nny direction tho car turns, thereby eliminating ono causo of ac cidents. Tho lnmps aro plvotally mounted and turned easily. Attached to onch Is a thrco-pleco Jolntod rod which runs under tho hood of tho auto and connects with tho steering gear. When tho wheel is turned tho lamps turn automatically and throw their light in whatovcr direction tho car is going. Hitherto, in turning n cornor, tho road Just in front was not illuminated until tho motor car was all tho way around tho corner. This has caused many accidents, as for a fow seconds tho driver could not soo what was ahead if It was a dark night Tho invention hero Bhown koeps tho path always illuminated and eliminates tho danger completely. OLD DISEASE IS INCURABLE Whole Families Aro Afflicted With All- urophobla, or Fear of Cats Grows More Intense. At (1 meeting of a flold naturalists' cocloty in Edinburgh ono of tho mem bers read a paper on ' allurophobla, which means "tho fear of cats," and cited numerous examples of persons for whom tho ordinary harmless cat possosscs tho greatest ropollant pow ers. Wholo families aro nuTto'ed with it, according lo tho pnpur, and tho per sons so nflllcted clthor fainted or wont Into hysterics if n cat brushed against their clothes. It was ngrcod by all who had any knowlcdgo of bucIi cases that It was a gonulno dlscaso nnd that It was incurablo, and also that the aversion to follnea grow moro lntenso with tho ago of tho nflllctod ono. This is only ono Interesting phase of n study which has always boon of su promo lntorost to students ot heredity. They probably would explain that it is tho rocollcctlon of somo remote ances tor's fear of tho groat felines that mndo prlmoval llfo mlsorable, surviv ing countless generations of Immunity from molestation or tho fonr ot It. Thoso instinctlvo likes and dislikes which como down to ub moro or less vaguely nnd only break out In pro nounced guise In odd casus aro loss frequent with human beings than with animals. . UMBRELLA WINDOWS IN USE Innovation Enables Pedestrian to See Ahead While Seeking Protection ' From Driving Rain. Windows or poi tholes fin umbrellas have boon placed on tho mnrkot by a concern which believes thero is uuf llclent reason for such nn Innovation to ninko It popular, Hays I'opni . Mcchnnlcs, Tho windows nro of IbIh- Umbrella Portholes In Use. glass, and nro sold olther separate or uttached to a now or old umbrolla. Thoir purposo, of courso, Is to enable tho user to boo nhoad when holding an umbrella as a protection ugaiust a driving rnln. A Liquid ThatTloats Stones. Of all liquids, mercury posssosuos tho greatest Bpoellle gravity, but an othor has recently been discovered which is also bo heavy that stones of nil kluUH granite, limestone, quartz, und so forth float in It. It Is Batu rated aqueous solution of tungBtohor ato. Its Bpeclllc gravity la U.'A, whero as that of ordinary rucks decs not tnir paBH 2 7 Only a few prceloim Btones havo n sperlllc gravity greater thnn that of this liquid for whkh reason it is proposed to omploy It far th'j uopn ration of j.uch utonea from masees of broken rock. : b f'v. u -, If I If Jw0 TO DISINFECT RIVER BOATS Sanitary Authorities of Port of Lon don Adopt Apparatus Which In cludes Generator and Cooler. For tho disinfection of vessels on tho Thames, tho sanitary authorities of tho Port of Loudon hnvo adopted nn apparntus known ns tho Clayton Dilute Gas Disinfecting Mnchino. This Is usually fitted in tho hold of a bargo and taken alongside tho vessel to bo fumigated, but nbout 200 vessels aro equipped with machines ns permanont fixtures for their own uso. Tho ap paratus Includes a sulphur furnaco generating sulphur dioxide, a gas cool er, and a Hoot blower About 1,000 cubic foot of air per mlnuto 1b drawn nlong this suction plpo by tho blower, dividing into two strenms ns it reach es tho mixing valve. Ono stream of about 200 cubic feet per mlnuto pass es through the generator, becoming chnrged with 15 per cent of sulphur dioxide, nnd is then led through tho cooler to the huso of the blower, where tho other strcum of 800 cubic foot por mlnuto Is met. Tho resulting mlxturo, containing 3 per cent, of sul phur1 dioxide, is forced along tho de livery plpo to tho pressuro orlflco of tho blower. Suitable hose leads to tho compartment to bo reached and tho (on horso-powor steam englno, elec tric motor or gas engine forces tho mixture, as it is generated, into ev ery crevice. STAGE ILLUSION IS CLEVER Scenic Effect Makes Man Seem to Chase After Train for Long Distance Never Catches It. There sccmB to bo no limit to tho scenic effects poBslblo on tho modern stngo and as for thoso In moving pic tures, their limit is only that of human imagination. A Now Jersey mnn has devised a method for produc ing in an unusually llfellko way tho sccno of a man chasing a train for a long distance It can bo used cither on tho legitimate stago or in labora tories whero motion pictures aro mado up as a modol. In tho rear hangs an endless panoramic curtain with n vlow that has no particularly Stngo Illusion. distinctive feature and will not bo ro membercd ns It revolves. At ono sldo Is tho rear end ot n car and a fow foot bohlnd this Is a treadmill, concealed undor tho trncks. A man dashes across tho stage and as ho mounts tho treadmill tho car stops, but tho scenery In tho back begins to movo, This well known nrtlllco gives tho car tho appearanco of moving and this deception Is heightened by tho fact that no matter how hard tho man runs ho novcr overtakes It. A New Gem From California. San Hentto county, California, has given Kb name to a now candidate for admission to tho circle of tho proclous stones "bonltolto." It Is ai a isupphlro color, hard and remarkably brilliant. Chomlsts say It Is a "slllco tltannto of barium." It is found in rock pockets nnd In gcodes associated with nutrollto and a hitherto un known black mineral called carloslte. During 11107 bonltolto mndo Its Hrat entry Into tho roport of tho Geological Survey on tho precious stones of tho I'nltcd States, the value of the uncut stones found in that year amounting to ?l,DO0. Cause of More Light. Decnuso thero la more light In tho hky on a clear, moonless night than can bo attributed to tho stars, a Ger man scientist hns evolved a theory that thu ourth Is surrounded by a lu minous coma resembling that ot com ots. Use of Iron Cloth. Iron cloth la largely imed today by tailors everjwheio for iho purpono of making tho collnis of routs sit prop erly. Thin cloth Is manufactured from steel wool and has tho nppoaranco of having been woven from hoisehalr. NOTES OF SCIENCE uwrno NYENTION Franco has 2oG statu owned mu seums, Argentine's cattlo herd numbers 70,000.000. Lake Superior draliiB SC.000 squaro miles of land. lu lndln moro thnn llfty native lan guages aro spokon. Florida's phosphate exports excoad in valuo $8,000,000 a year. The eultlvatod hyacinth Is a native of Persia and Asln Minor. Over 7,000.000 pounds of tobacco wub produced In tho Transvaal In 1008. ' Nearly nil of Japan's sulphur output Is absorbed by tho United States nnd Australia. Tho work ot compiling a magnetic survey of Africa has boon practically complotcd. Japan Ib Increasing Its production of raw Bilk at a rnto of nbout 20.000 bales a year Every day tho railroads of New York movo 83 per cent of tho popula tion of tho city Cypress wntor tanks havo boon known to dofy decay for mora than a uartor of n century. l&LESo &ND OTHER Cities Teacher Has Never SPRINGFIELD, MO. Nearly 00 years old, with 48 years of teaching to her credit, Mrs. Mary S. Doyd, the pio neer school teacher of tho Ozarks Is still engaged In instilling into tho minds of youth tho first elements of learning In ono of Sprlnglleld's public schools. "If thero Is ono thing In the Ameri can public school of which I disap prove," Mrs. Boyd tolls her friends, "it Is corporal punishment. "I remember very distinctly how, when a young girl going to school In a log cabin schoolhouso, I sat In my seat, frozen with terror, whonevcr tho schoolmaster chastised an unruly pu pil. Even when I was nenrly grown, tho sight of a pupil being punished mndo mo feel sick and faint How grontly I feared tho slender birch switch, a wholo bundle of which stood In ono corner of tho schoolroom, Just behind tho master's desk. "1 began teaching school In Spring field In 18C2, bofore tho torrlblo war had begun. I havo trained probably four generations from that tlmo to this and havo seen from a teacher's standpoint, all their Httlo traits and icoich Lassie Sails WEEL.YfTN KEfl.JYKMt TO HELP wrm THE WfE bairns ye KEM NEW YOItlC Tho first woman stow away to come to this port in many years was brought in from Glasgow on tho Anchor liner Columbia. Sho Is Scotch, 18 years old, and her namo is Annlo McKean. Tho lassie's present was' discovered three days out from Glasgow, nad sho was taken at once before Captain Wadsworth. Sho was not ovon a woo bit afraid, and told her story with tho uncon cern of a piofesslonal stowaway. Tho first question asked by tho skipper was why sho had boarded tho Colum bia without a ticket That was easily explained. Sho tossed It off In a sen tence., Sho had no Intention of sailing for America. "it was liko this, ye ken," said Annlo calmly. "Mrs. David McDowell of Glnsga nnd her Ave woo bairns wero a sallln' for Now York. Her raon was to Join her at Movlllo. Sho needed help with tho bairns and luggage, an' I went nlong as far as Movlllo." "Well, why did you not get off at Mexi MEXICO CITY. Mexico is becoming known in tho United States as a port of missing men and a consider able part of tho official correspondence of tho American consulate hero Is an swering inquiries nbout men who havo wanderod from homes In tho states and aro supposed to bo In this rovolu-tlon-rlddcn land. Within a ynr over two hundred cases of missing Americans supposed to bo lu Mexico hnvo been reported to tho consul gonoral. Among tho recent cases reported was tho dlsappoaranco of Mrs. Martha Flnnngaij, of Joftorson City, Mo. Sho is 71 years old and her friends lmvn notllled Couaul-Gencral Guyant that sho came to Mexico soveral months ngo and disappeared. G. W. Clark of Palrpolnt, S. D., lived here for a couplo of years nnd wrote homo regularly. Tho letters coascd to arrive His frtonds In Monterey mliwd I'tin, bijt what became of him has novor been learned. Walter u Scott of Hluff Roads, Kan.. VffAT-ER-A-ia-A) Jjgfci MuiMMm x. " NrcH. f" ,"Jrvi feC5S- 4$JNy 1 VsJrw J XJW.'rv " ' - co City a JSsiMEXICO F0?T Bedrooms Bad Form in Kansas City m !l lAsib (-50l,"nMETrl, jgyTl SLEEPING TOUCH IN KAHSASJ KVNSAS CITY, MO The stylo ot douustlc architecture In Kansas City has changed entirely In tho past year or two, say architects, on account of the piovnlont habit of sleeping out of doors It Is a vurltablu return to tho open nir llfo that Is animating the people Sleeping out of doors is not a fad1 In this city; It Is a custom aa (Irm ly lutrt-nrucd as eating breakfast, al though not yet so common. The ib hlro for open nlr does not stop with fcleeping. There nro families In Kansas City that throughout tho sum mer live In tho open nlr eating, Bleep ing and visiting. Whether at work or play, everything Is dono out of doors Such a family lives at 3534 Campbell ntreot, tho Swifts. J. C. Swift a for mer president of tho Livestock Ex change, four years ago began to sloop on hla porclu At tho tlmo ho built only a makeshift over his rear porch, where ho could place a cot. Dut as ho began to feel bettor upon awaking In thu morning after a restful night, ho resolved to live moro In tho open nlr. An open-air dining room was added to tho ground floor and tho sleeping J A JU.2.Y .. UMU rA tos&irfdft c .rv i-ar Pji?TOryilVf .. V 1 I J fK. I A Alt' JWilJ- cm ViJwfrv r li XD ' I'f 1.11. Whipped a Pupi! peculiarities. Hoys and girls ot today do not get tho physical pnnlshment that was administered to their parents and grandparents. And I sincerely be llevo tho modorn child can be managed better without It My views on this subject aro firm, and never In all ot my experience hnvo I evor chastised ono of my pupils." Mrs. Poyd's control over her schol ars was clearly demonstrated at tho burning of tho Mary S. Doyd Public school building, named In her honor, a fow weeks ago. Soon after tho flro was discovered she marshalled her pu pils who, at her command, marched from tho building in an orderly man ner, leaving books and wraps behind. Had It not been for tho mnstejjy han dling thero would undoubtedly have been a great loss of llfo among tho four hundred or moro children In tho building. As Mrs. Doyd converses, her eyes sparkle like thoso of a 16-year-old girl, and looking Into their dopths ono would never imnglno themselves look ing at ono whoso hair has long sinco turned gray. Her face, though slightly furrowed, Is marked with wrinkles caused by smiles, and Is still fresh and rosy. The lovo of work has discovered for her the true "fountain ot youth," the elixir of which docs not allow her spirit to becomo old, even though her body has becomo frail. Her brain is as clear and If unaware that sho Is talking far publication sho gives her listeners a veritable treat. as a Stowaway Movlllo when we stopped thero?" ask ed Captain Wadsworth. "Wcel, when we got there," replied Annie, seriously, "I was so awfu sick from tho pltchin' o' tho ship that I really didna take tlmo to think o' goin' ashore." "Somo ono would havo helped you ashore," said the skipper. "Weel, I didna even think o' that" returned Annie. Thero wns only one thing that Annie McKean did think of during her sea son of forgetfulness, and that was tho fact, pleasing to her, that David Mc Dowell did not Join his wife aboard tho Columbia at Movllle. It occurred to Annie, merely as nn afterthought, that Inasmuch as Mrs. McDowell had tickets for herself and husband and children, and Inasmuch as Mr. McDowell did not appear at Mo vlllo, It would not bo well for his ticket to go "vncant" over tho Atlantic. So Annlo assumed that sho might travel on tho transportation of tho missing "raon." When the Columbia docked the skip per sent tho stowaway to Ellis Island, whero tho Immigration officials will probably deport her. Mrs. McDowell and her live children also face deportation. They hnvo no means of support, and arc likely to be come public charges. Port of Mi; Men iissisii is being anxiously sought by relatives. Ho started for Mexico a year ago, but never reached hero bo far as known. A good iyiny men reported missing aro bellevod to be in alio mountains prospecting for gold. In somo cases Americans come here for tho purposo of severing homo ties and In such in stances they stop writing nnd make it a point to be hard to find. The most peculiar disappearance case on record here Is that of a young business man from Illinois who acci dentally learned the location of a mine whllo touring this country. Leaving his trunk at a hotel and without say lng a word to any of his comoanlnna he slipped away to tho mountains and found tho mine. He remained thero nnd went through a slcgo of mountain fever which left him apparently not much tho worso except a peculiar lapse of memory about his former life In Illinois. Ho prospered la mining operations and remained In tho moun tains for a couplo of years, being given up for dead In tho meantimo by his friends. It bocumo necessary for him to go to the city whero ho had left bis trunk When ho walked into tho hotel ho was recognized uy nttaches, nnd narration of the story cleared his mind. Ho wired at once to his family that ho was all right. room was mado permanent. Mrs. Swift said: "When Mr. Swift began to sleep In tho open air four yoars ngo ho was tllo only ono In this block who embraced tho fad. Ho liked it so woll that our neighbors took up tho Idea and now of tho 10 houses In tho block only threo nro without sleeping porches. Manv havo sun parlors in addition " In addition to tho sleeping porch moat of tho houses undar construction In Kansaa City havo a sun parlor. It Is usually built on tho llrst floor, with windows to enclose It on thrco sides during tho wlntor. In tho warm wouth. or the glass Is removed and screens substluted. Furniture stores nro all carrying es pecial furniture for sleeping porches "Wo had to put In porch beds," said n furnlturo dealer. "Tho doninnd ro contly has been enormous, Tho wholo- saie nouses suy tuo need for such fur nlturo Una grown to enormous propor tions all over the country und will mnko for bettor hoalth generally in the courso of tlmo." Negatively Speaking. No mnn can doubt and at the same tlmo still bellevo doubt Indulged too often becomes doubt realized nnd n skeptic. No mnn ovor can when ho hns mado up his mind ho can't. No man can succeed, and think nnd talk and breathe au atmosphere ot failure r'THE.ZIrVr j. WtrTjrtssS1 ' hhvShs liinininilillEife'- -. Mr. William A. Itadtord will unswer questions und Rive ailvlco FIIUK OF COST on all subjects pertaining to tho subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wldo expe rience no Editor, Author and Manufac turer, ha is, without doubt, tho highest authority nn nil thenp subject. Aildroai nil Inquiries to William A. Itadford. No. 131 Fifth Avo.. Chicago. 111., nnd only cn cloio two-cent stamp for reply. When tho subject of the concrete building block is mentioned to somo peoplo objection Is immediately offer ed to It as something that is not de sirable. Dut a revelation was mado ot tho recent cement shows in Now York nnd Chicago, whero marvelous crcntions along this lino wero shown. Thero is no question ns to tho econ omy offered by tho concrcto block. The only vnlid objection hns been tho Bameness and iraitatlvo features of the material. This fcaturo may now be Bald to havo been removed entirely, and It Is posslblo to build a houso of blocks and havo a structure that will present tho moat pleasing appear ance. The other objection, that ot the dampness of tho concreto block, Is no longer tenable. There are many goad nnd effective waterproofing compounds now nvallablo that make tho surface of tho block impervious to water, or at least as waterproof as It Is desir able to havo the block. Tho concreto block should be Just porous enough to take up the natural dampnps or hu midity to prevent sweating on the In side of tho house, as would be the ense with a wall that was absolutely water proof. In all parts of tho United States now tho concreto block Is being used to Its best advantage. This form of con struction Is especially advantageous to those In small towns whero gravel Is availnblo for tho making of the blocks. The machinery manufacturers give full Instructions, and any man who wnnts to build a homo with con- r, 2&& t -. , tVAiJ-fAl"' sraM )M vl ? ?a.79n.' rfrr t.-,MeWi ssK25",SISS-'x MSW$ creto blocks can do bo if he has tho proper material. Oftentimes the nec essary mnterial is available on tho lot whero the building Is to bo put up, but caro should bo exercised to uso only clean material. A pleasing variation In the method of using tho concreto block has been in vogue In tho east for somo time. As you know, tho monolithic wall for n houso in too expensive, as it would re quire as much lumber for tho false work as would be required to build an ordinary house. The same effect as a monolithic wall has been nttained by the use of the concrete block in an unique manner. Tho blocks aro mado In a regular machine in the same way as all blocks aro made, with tho ex- Floor Plan. ception that no face plato Is used. This gives a block with nn oxtromoly rough face. After being proporly cured tho blocks aro laid Into tho wall and after thlB Is comploto tho outer sur face Is phiBtered with cement mortar and finished In nny desired way. Tho result is a wall that has all tho appear anco of a monolithic wall, Is hollow, and yet not a penny has been expond cd lor formB. Wo show hero tho design of a con crete block cottngo or bungalow, au cottages aro termed now. Tho house is twenty-two feet four Inchos wide and thlrty-threo feet eight Inchos long Tho general appearanco of the Iioubo Is that ot cnzlncss and It Is one that should appeal to homo lovers, it will bo noted that ovon tho porch Is form ed of concrete blocks. Directly off the porch is a living room that has a II re place. This room Is ten feet six Inches wldo and eleven foot long. Back of this room Is tho dining room, which Is cloven foot squaro. Tho kitchen la eleven feet long nnd ten feet wide. Thero la ono bed room, nino fcot six Inchos square. This houso enn bo built at very mod crato cost, depending, ot courso, on tho amount ot money tho builder do Elros to expend on tho Instdo, Tho blocks can all bo figured out beforo- ilUuiftratowJUfi iiiiiyin imi mu sm -mm wmw -w -g g mk 7T5fl3 " - : r.t "T t . -. &???&' 'w-.t'rj&.i'Fr - wwMJTx.a.::xa KiE&fe8SSffi 1 Porch v IHJBLJ It Kitchen JL6ZJL-J I 1 1 09 0 f f fc" rinnwlina BEDROOM a ivwv t DinmgRoom tmtm J I ll'0-XII'O- ft IrksfHt w i l-Dipl KSLi zinc Room pn-,r gkjio'txiro- U ,t.XHt. ERICAN H O M JIotJ r$tfSA-RADFORD hand, so that tho exact number can biv mndo for tho houso, leaving no waste. Another advantage about this houso. Is that It will never need much repair, and no paint Is required except for tho window frames and sash. It will be a houso that will always bo salablo lf you should want to sell. OF "RAB AND HIS FRIENDS" Story Was First Told by Dr. John Brown In a Lecture In His Native Village. The immortal story of "Itab and His Friends" wns written "on tho quick,' to use ono of Dr. John Urown'B favor Uo expressions. His uncle, tho Hev. Dr. Smith, of BIggar, asked him to. givo a locturo in his native village Ho had never lectured before, but was anxious to say something to tho-"strong-brained, prlmltlvo peoplo of my youth." In a raro moment of Inspiration ho declded to tell them Allio's story, tho memory of which had never left him Blnco his days In tho Mlntp Houso hos pital. Ever ho saw tho beautiful face of tho suffering woman, heard lhe voice of tho heart-broken carrier en treating him to tell all tho world what his Allio was, and listened to Hab whining at tho hospital door. At 12 o'clock ono midsummer night, says Mrs. Sarah Tooley, In the Corn hill Magazine, he sat down to tell tho tale, and by 4 o'clock ho had finished it Ho called the lecturo "The How gate Carrier. His Wlfo and His Dog Hab," but his undo In Introducing the subject to tho BIggar audience omit ted tho last word, at which Dr. John complained that his friend Rab had been grievously Insulted. "Thero is no doubt ho was a dog," ho explained, "but ho was a great deal more he wus Hub." Perhaps It was to mnko amends to tho faithful creaturo that, when tho . mw - "Tfy ww story appeared in print, the author en titled It "Rub and His Friends." Influence of Love. Lovo Is said to make the world go round; but who can answer tho ques tion, after all? If not the most am biguous word, it Is the most abused word in any langungo. As with the mustard seed thnt grew Into a great tree, tho fowls of the air havo perched In Its branches, claiming It as their llghtful habitation. Somo havo been of ill-repute, others of blight plumage and sueet song. It would requiio an anthology of all the poets to answer the question, and then the verdict, would be confusing and contradictory From Pindar fo Austin Dobson, troni the orgies of ancient pagan mysteries. to tho thirteenth of First Corinthians,, tho answers havo been numerous and varied In Its lowest aspect, that which Is often called love Is only pas sion or desire, n base thing that grati fies Itself at tho expeii30 of its ob ject. All that Is worthy of tho namo lnibhes lUulf upon its object. "Love Bufforeth long and Is kind." Yet neith er in tho baser nor in thu nobler class Is found tho condition presented In the present examples. Both agree that youth and ago shall not mate, that December nnd May shall not bo Joined together. When that time comes, SUenus will have taken tho bow of Cupid nnd tho leer of grim Hecate re placed burning Sapho's alluilng smile.. Astrology With Risks. Formerly they had rough-and-ready modes of testing claims to supernatu ral powers. "Dost thou know where thou wilt pass Christmas?" asked Henry VII of an astrologer. Ho could not toll. Whereupon tho king's grace which did lovo a merry jest, mado unswer: "Thon I am wlber than thou, for I know that thou wilt spend Christmas In prison." John Guleazzo, duko of Milan, is. said to ha mado ovon raorrior at tho expense of an astrologer who fore told him that he would die early "And how long do you expect to live?" he Inquired of the prophet, "My lord, my star promises me a long life " ' Never truat to your star, man; you are to bo hanged today," the duko took enre that his own prediction should bo fulfilled. Just the Thing. "Can you give my constituant horo- a Job on your railroad?" asked th stato senator, "nut ho can't talk English." "Well, give him a Job calling trains." Natural Supposition. Hykcr Let's see- what Is it they call fast steamships? Pyker Ocean grey hoi' nda Hykor Thnt's it Now, I suppose they will call airships sky terrlors, won't they?