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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1911)
. wv'ATsrgiflwr-'v s t ii.i a- w K, t In g r i IS It I l Q DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. COLLEGE MEN WHO FAIL. In ocry college thero 19 a cla ol novcr-do-wclls, generally composed ol Iho sons ot tho rich. .Thoy go to col lego for Iho llfo Uiero, to tako part In Boclal festivities, etc., and they cara jvery llttlo about study. Collcgo la to thorn merely an uxcuso tor persuading Ihclr parents to permit thorn to spend four years In rlotoua laziness. At nnmn colleges there are special coura cs, "easy courses," for such pupllB. Tho collcgo Is not to bo blamed for tho Inherent weakness of those men, although blnmo does attach to them lor permitting students to waste tholr opportunities and their time. Tho smaller colleges nro much more care ful of tho morals of those In attend anco than nro the great universities, where students aro supposed to havo reached the ago of discretion, says tho Charlton Nows and Courier. Dis cipline In tho universities Is largely a question of surroundings. Professors aro there to teach, not to spend their time In enforcing discipline. Tho re sult Is bad, not because tho older men aro unable to govern themselves, but ibecauso so many parents Insist on sending mero boys to universities "Where thoy ought to bo sent, Is to tho small collcgo, llnlsblng their work, If need bo, nt tho unlvorslty, whjjn thoy jhavo had enough experleuco to appre ciate freedom from rigid control and to know how to manage themselves. To send a boy of 18 to a university -whero tho vast majority of thoso In attendance aro grown men Is to in vito his ruin. It has long been a favorlto thai girls aro smarter than hoys, especial ly In school and college. Dr. Taylor, jpresldent of Vnssar, explains tho rea son. "Women," he snys, "go to col jlego to learn; men do not. Whll a Jgccd many men do succcd, thoro aro linany nigra who aro Interested ii sport, nnd even thoso who do ttudv do not tako any prldo In letting tho others know they aro working. Girls arc conscientious; i't'ey nr rc mora humiliated by failure than mon." Dr. Taylor admits thero aro physiological ireasons why tho girl Is smarter than Itho man at tho collcgo ago, snys tho 'Now York American. Uut It Is also iprobablo that tho restrictions lm 'posed on girls In tho past havo tendod (to mako them conccntrato attention 'on their studies. Collcgo men havo -as many inleruals un tliulr Inclina tions prefer; It Is usually not until after thoy grndualu that they settlo down to making a living. Moanwhllo they can afford to ylold tho palm to their sisters for superiority In youth ful scholarship. A Clovolnnd man who has divorced his wlfo explained to tho court that ho lhad to buy gowns costing $12C each 'for tho lady, that sho paid from ?2C to $75 each for her hats, that her Imuff sot him back $120 and that sho insisted on having a $250 diamond iring. Owing to Iho fact that ho need ed a fow things to woar hlmsolf, had 'to pay $10 a month for a flat and keep a maid, not to montlon tho necessity of patronizing the grocer and butcher, iho was uhnblo to continue tho ar 'rangemont on a salary of $1,800 a year. Somo men seem to be suet poor managers. Platinum is taking pains to em phasize that It Is moro valuable than gold, Us price having gono up to $43 por ounce. A quarter of a century ago its price was practically the samo aa that of gold, but Its industrial and scientific uso has Increased so as to ,enhouco its valuo, Tho rl3o In tho jpat sir months has boon $10 por ounce. lu 1000 It was up to $40, and a year inter had dropped to $20, which Indicates speculative operations rath er moro strongly than tho depreciation of gold. Every day or two wo hear of som ,rlch American who has routed a Lon idon palaco for coronation week. Wo havo .personal assurances, however, that a number of Londoners will Vo thero for tho cxcrch.es. Wo aro told that a youth in Wash ington Is about to wen" a widow of 07 years and $5,000,000. Lovo may laugh at lockamUhB, but It smiles most bo nlgnauUy en bank rolls. Thoy havo Just ended tho funeral ceremonlmi ovnr Ihn tut.iv ,. , i... ,.... Clng of 61am, who died October 23. Ehich probably will bo a great rollcf i his many widows. The first olgn of hard times will be pa. editorial in somo newspaper on "The Passing of tho Automobile." Tho worst about tho man who say fit gooa without saying" is that ho Cften sayu It without going. Tight trousers aro coming Into style again, but tho tailors' bills will rofune lo bo cut smaller. Thoro are people who aro so unemo tional that they nover become excited rover tho young women who act as pioneers in now skirt movements. A Dcnyer girl who puts a mntrl (monlal "ad" In a nowspapor received O.50 proposals in two weeks. Possibly girls are scarce In Denver. The' harem skirt is plural. Some v rwrlte "It," when in fact they nLould ay "them." TTAPP ?I h3 I rv INTTnp M 1- vilx JUUv3 Open Court to Mend Broken Hearts 7C & sjdBfc. (Fiiim'HFARis CHICAGO When tho municipal courts of Chicago convened for tho first time In their chnmbora in tho now city linll, a now branch of that department of city government enmo Into bolng tho court of domostlc ro tations. Judge Charles N. Goodnow la to presldo ovor tho court, nnd his ofllclnl capacity Is to bo that of "mend er of fractured hoarta," whllo Frank K. mills, who Is known as "prose cutor," Is In roallty to bo "chief as sistant heart mender." Tho opening day was essentially .children's day, although all tho offen ders brought to tho bar wero adults. 'Ono onlooker described It, in lngonlous paradox, as tho "adult Juvenllo court." Doth Judge Goodnow and Prosecut or mills aro marriod men and their wives aro taking a doep Interest in tho now court, which is tho second of its kind in tho United States. Doth havo volunteered to ntd their hus bands in carrying out their now du ties. Judgo Goodnow declared that ho expected to ask his wlfo for a great deal of aid. Millionaire's Son BOSTON. William Stuart Leeds, Harvard '10, twenty-one years old, ot Lakowood, N. J., whoso fathor was known ao tho tin plato king, married Mrs. May Joyce, a Boston divorcee, In Nashua, N. II. City Clerk Arthur L. Cyr of Nashua confirmed tho nows. "J marriod tho couplo mysolf, In my olllco," said ho. "Tho brldo said Gho was a dlvorcoo and gavo her address as merely Hooton." Mrs. Leeds mot Dilly Leeds whon ho caino to Harvard from his Lakowood homo In tho fall of 1900. Billy paid hor much attention. Whllo his coj lego friends nro not surprised to learn that ho has marriod tho girl of his college nffoctlonB, thoy did not know that ho waB planning to bo wedded Just now. Dllly Tflflds is tho son of a wealthy family. At Hnrvard It wns evident from tho luxurious llfo ho led that ho had plenty of money. Ho did not fin ish his collcgo courso, but left Har vard In tho spring of 1008, his sopho inoro year. Ho took a venture In tho autoinobllo business. Then ho quit that for brokerage Ho Is now listed as bolng in n brokor's olllco at 110 Broadway, Now York. In collogo Billy Leeds wan popular, St. Louis Van Winkle Sleeps Long AIHT THIS PATRICK'S DAY ? ST. LOUIS. Dawn was Just breaking In Maplowood whon his tolephone boll aroused William B. McBrldo, town marshal. "Thoro is a man lying dend at Man chester road and Bollevuo nvcnuo," called a volco. Thoro waa a man thore, but ho was not dead. Ho was a big man, 200 pounds or so, and McBrldo observed that ho was breathing regularly and very deeply. McBrldo rapped tho soles or hU foot with a stick, but the man only grunted. If thero hnd been a patrol wagon In Maplowood McBrldo would havo sum moned It. Tho marshal went to a liv ery stnblo and borrowod a wheelbar Holds Up Glass NEW YORK. n"T1i1s city Is so lone ly; among these millions there Is so llttlo fellowship and sympathy; In tho midst of all this wealth you nro all ho poor, with so many labor-saving dovlcos you all work so hard, with this groat possibility of knowledge you know so llttlo, with such splendid ichances at llfo you merely exist, with a chanco to fly you merely crawl." This lo tho result of a bit of "ob nervlng and philosophizing" by Hov. It. D. Sawyer of Waro, Mass., who has Just paid IiIb llrst visit to Now York dty. Ho camorwlth tho avowed In tention of spending a fortnight's vaca tion In studying tho denizens of tene jment, flat and hotel, lllb Impressions ,ro given In n "Statement to Now Yorkers," of which tho foregoing forniH a part. "You New Yorkers nro a people of iparadoxos," anyii Mr. Sawyor; "you .spond time on tying tho Ilea, llxlng tho 'hair, tho hat, tho rnimont. ns thouiih it wero Now York's custom to look ovory person carefully over, and then you go out looking noithor right uor left, being carotul to observo nobody A Sacred Confidence. Down at Bouthtown, Ixng Islnnd, there's a hotel that welcomes tho trout fisherman, it Bonds out a neat ly typewritten announcement thnt tho Benson boglns on March 31, adds tho necessary details as to Bunrlso and tho Btnto of tho moon, and winds up with this remark: "Ordora for worms ifrom thoso whp llah only with tho fly will bo held In sacred confidence" Enormou Exports of Paper. Manufacturers In tho United States exported 104,883,838 pounds or pilnt lag paver last year J,lL L I - - X A MM- a-isuLvxjv.. m MEL "Of course, tho court must form his own opinions, but tho viewpoint of tin unbiased woman on subjects which n woman alone can understand thor oughly ought to bo of valuable as sistance," ho said. Mr. mills explained that his duili would not bo thoso which usually fall on tho shoulders of a city prosecutor. "Tho object of tho court is, an I understand it, to restoro bnrmony In homes threatened with disruption, and tho fewer cases that aro prosocutcd tho moro successful is the work of the prosecutor." Here nro come of tho problems which aro oxpoctcd to confront tho new court: Nagging wives. llrutnl husbands. Mothers-in-law. Tho servant question. Women's clubs. Corner saloons. Suffragists. Hoth Judge and prosecutor agreed that thoy hnd soma busy times ahead of them. Settlement workers wero present In largo numbers at tho opening. "It Is really for the children, you know," was tho way thoy all expressed their belief In tho futuro of tho now court, and It was for tho children that Miss Jano Addams spoko In tho formal ex ercises that preceded tho calling of tho llrst case. Weds in Secret IVEK& MARRIED OUT OOHT TELL AHYBODY -WE WANT T KEPT SECRET not for his money, but for his good fellowship. Ho Joined tho Harvard unlnp, Ho tmenmo known among llio boyn ns an export brldgo whlslei nnd a pool and bllllnrd player, who wan lightning fast on tho tables. While not athletic ho supported tho athletic interests of tho collogo and was prop erly enthusiastic for tho Crimson. In his freshman year Billy roomed in Urnntford hall, ono of tho exclunlvo dormitories ot Massachusetts avciiuo. In his sophomoro year ho moved into Dana chambers. When tho last Boston nutomonlln show waa in progress Billy enmo over from Now York to renew collegiato friendships, ns It was supposed. A hint of a romance cropped out thon, but camo to no dcflnlto form. It wns at thnt tlmo, howover, on March H, according to tho testimony of City Clork Cyr of Nashua, that Billy Leeds and Mrs. Joyco went to Nashua and wero married. row. Ho then wheeled tho man flvo blocks to tho Jail. Flvo hours aftor tho man waa found Justice AVIlIecken tried to nwakon him so that ho could try him. Tho mai absolutely refused to surrender his subconscious solf. In tho evening Wlllecken tried again. This tlmo tho man rubbed his oyes nnd a smllo gathered slowly on his fnco as he said: "Gorra. It was a great Patrick's day." Then ho askod Wllleckon: "Whoro did I meet you? I was by myself, 1 think, when I got on tho street car at Bonton station this afternoon and told tho conductor to let mo oft nt Twenty first stroot." Tho mnn said ho was Eugene Kel ley, fifty-two years old, of 2127 Adorns street, St. Louis. Ills surprlso on learning thnt ho was In Jail in tho county and that St. Patrick's day was nnclcnt history wns as great as that of Hip Van Winkle on a certain memora ble occasion. to Lonely Gotham GEE! ioo LOOK KIHDA Vjri and you know nobody will observe ' -ni. "In your subwny, you run, crowd, Jostlo to get tho express, you crowd In nnd stand up for a rldo of live miles nil to snvo live minutes, nnd you lounge away a half hour at tho ond, for you really hnd no renison to huiry. "You nro lean, huugry-faced. You go to tho thenters as ono would bo ex pected to go to a funeral. You taku your pleasures as seriously as a high school boy takes hlu Oreok. I nover And tho Intertwined arms, tho snunt or, tho mirth among you, oven when you nro off duty. "The only great thing I And in Now York Is your engineering Tho grent thing about Now York Is tho city, not tho people " No Chance About It. "I'm nwfully sorry It happened!" apologized tho abject young mnn. after tho htolon Idas. Happened!" alio exclaimed. "Happened! That Is worso that the Ulssl If you menn to say to mo that you didn't havo it In mind whon y0n naked mo to stroll away back horo In this quiet corner of tho conservatory, I shall bo of fended, after all." Judge. Too Great In Volume. Tho Importance of art bb a vehlcla of knowledge Is Icbu appreciated be i pvuu Its results ar to common. L r. JKXjDCCfo Ck3F"0 -zm gSrfrr rs "O (QHkvl LOOK AT U GffSir-Ji rV JWTrt 'Z.yprMjakrtt &q j&ssmm 1LTRY EXCELLENT NESTS FOR HENS Those Made of Metal Have Much to Csrnmsnd Thrrt on Ground of Cleanliness and Sanitation. Tho use of metal and concreto In tho construction of all kinds of build ings is gaining rapidly In popularity. Wo sco It not only In our houses, but In tho modern dairy barns and poultry plants. This is brought about on grounds of economy and efficiency; metal Is stronger, wears longer, oc cupies less spnee, is Immuno to flro and inimical to Insect llfo and dis ease. For tho latter reason Its use appeals strongly to tho poultry breed er. Metal perches, nests, and oven houses havo much to commend them on grounds of cleanliness nnd good sanitation. Especially Is this true ot motal nests, a row of which Is shown In tho illustration. Of all contrivan ces the wooden box has proved Itself tho homo of llco and mites; Its crov Ices and cracks aro tho delight of theso pestlforlous enemies of fowl life. To bo suro tho nesting matorlal can be changed and burned, tho box sprayed or fumigated, but In splto of all precaution a fow stray specimens will oscapo In somo crack or crcvlco In tho wood. With tho metal nost Combination Metal Nest3. tbla Is certainly not possible. Tho only chance of Infection Is from tho bird Itsolf to tho nesting material, which Is of minor consequence, unless a lousy hen happens to preccdo a clean one in occupying tho nest. .Mctai nests cm In Kv-ral pat terns. Ono stylo Is for hanging on tho wall, from which It can bo easily removed nnd cleaned. Others aro made In combination as shown In tho illustration, also in singles and In pairs and tr!o3. For shipping thoy aro knocked down; their construction la such that no rivets or solder Is re quired to sot them up ready for uso. Galvanized Iron coops havo long b-.uii r. featuro of eastern and Euro pran shows, and wo can gco no rea son why metal houses will not prove equally desirable Whero tried, breeders claim them a success. HELP IN POULTRY CHOLERA Important Experiments With Serum Depend Upon Live Material Specimens Arrive Dead. Can poultry cholera bo prevented by injecting sorum Into tho diseased fowls? Tho serum method of treat ment prevents cholera In hogs, and If tho enso la in Its first atages, will euro it. But will serum work equally well In combating tho dlsenso when contrnctod by fowls? This Is what F. S. Jacoby, of tho poultry department, nnd W. IC. Stouder, of tho veterinary department of tho Kansas Stato Agri cultural collcgo, aro eager to know. Of courso thoy will uso a different kind of serum, suited to tho differ ences between cholera In hogs and In poultry. Inability to gut diseased fowls to operato upon is retarding tho prog ress ot experiments now bolng con ducted to lnvesllgnto this quostion. Mr. Jacoby and Doctor Stouder wish to communicate with owners of flocks whero tho disease hits started. Tho only fowls received up to the present died In transit. Fow fowls llvo moro than throe days aftor contracting tho disease If they aro nt started to tho college in tho early stages ot tho disease they aro likely to urrlvo In a worthless condition for tho experi ment. Eleven Eggs Enough. In setting lions onrly, when the rshls aro cold, It Is a big mlstako to glvo too largo a clutch of eggs. In fact, It will pay, no matter what sea on of the year the lion Is set, to nover give her moro than eleven eggs at a tlmo. It will bo easier for her to han dle them, nnd sho can give them bet ter warmth. By starting two hens with eleven eggs oach, they can bo tested on tho sixth day, nnd tho fer tile eggs given to tho ono hen, when tho other can bo resot If desired. Latir on In tho season, when tho weather growB more mild, It Is a good idea to start tlueo hens nt a tlmo, and then test out the infertile eggs, divid ing thu good ones among the two henB and rosotting tho third. During March tho fertility will not be so strong as In April or May. Rural World. Feeding Poultry. If you uso wet mashes, lot tho wa fer bo warm. A coniBhellor Is not nn essential. Tho hens will do their own shelling If you throw out tho oars In short, bro ken pl6ces. Do not give eggs to an enrly broody hen until hIiq Is surely broody, aa henB, llko tho wunthcr at this season st tho year, aro rather changeable. Grow Laying Hens, If you want hens that will lay, now Is the tlmo to begin to grow them. Socuro eggs of some of tho standard laying breeds nnd rnlso somo chlcka as early as posslblo this spring. Next fall thoy will bo ready for business. Do not expect heavy lnylug from nou laying breeds. n - zrsi:$h Give Turkey Hen Large Coop. Glvo tho turkey hen and hor brood a coop large enough for tho mother to move about aud stand erect In, and you won t bo so apt to havo bad luck. CAN TURN THEMSELVES Qui Automatic Door Invented for Rele? Infl Flock Where Poultrymen For gets It on Warm Day. Tho accompanying drawing will need but llttlo explanation to acllvo and up-to-date poultrymon. It Is need less to say "tho early bird catches tho worm." Wo all know that whon the fowls aro confined any considerable length of time uoyond tho time ot rosular releasing thoy becomo much worried, which unfits them for best results, wrltos J. W. Griffin In tho Farmers' Ilovlew. A frightened or worried hen soon losos interest in egg production and it requires con siderable tlmo and great caro to gef Working Automatic Door. her In proper shnpe again. Now for fear that you forgot to turn tho flock from tholr roosting quarters somo warm day, make ono of these auto matic release doors. This arrangement Is attached to tho outside of tho building ordinarily whero the small drop door Is located. This release door should bo covered with half-Inch mesh wire netting. This will show the hens tho light, and they will bo Induced to reach It. In so doing thoy will walk over the falso bottom, tho one to which tho trigger wlro Is attached and her weight will raise the hook that keeps tho door In place, tho door will swing open and all tho flock will be released. THREE-PEN POULTRY HOUSE Arrangement Shown In lllustratloi Gives Large Amount of Yard Space for Chickens. The illustration shows a very use ful poultry housu for threo pens of fowls, with yunls arranged for the samo number. The houso Is 20x30 feet and will accommodato 100 fowls. The hallway takes but llttlo room out of tho interior and yot It communicates with all threo pons. Tho Inside di visions aro of wire netting, allowing tho sunshlno that enters at ono side of tho houso to fall Into tho pons; but tho houso should be so located that three sides may receive morn- 1'- i . YARD pin yf pe-n YARD YARD 0-- o---. - m A Three-Pen Poultry House. ing, noon and afternoon sun. The plan Is followed, according to Orango Judd Farmer, for dividing the yard outsldo as for dividing tho space In side tho house. This gives a largo amount of yard space, with yards con veniently located. This building is shlnglod all ovor tho outsldo, with tho heaviest building paper under the shingles, and may either be sheathed or lathed and plastered Inside. Water for Duck or Goose. Tho only wator a duck or a goose needs Is water to drink. You don't need a pond. If wator Is near thoy will naturally go to It, but It Is not necessary, ad they will thrlvo Just as well on dry land. Rearing Squabs. Threo things you must havo to ba successful In rearing squabs: clean, sweet grain; plenty of pure water, and clean shelter Tho squab house should be cleaued beforo tho breeding sea sou. IPtomrt&sf The flock of pure-bred fowls more than pays tho cxpousus Incurred lu tho orchard Now la aa good a tlmo as you can select to glvo the henhouse a thor ough cleaning and disinfection, Duck3 aro nervous crcuturea and will often lose much flesh on account of their nervousness nt night. Kcop sharp gravel within reach of tho young at all times. Charcoal, too, Ib benoflclul, aud oyster-shells aro rel ished. Onco n wcok pour enough coal oil In the dt inking water to form a scum ovortho top. It la a good roup pre ventive. Inbreeding must be zealously guard ed ngalnst In raising pigeons, as In bred stock Is of uo account for aquaL raising. A carefully made, roomy nest of hay with a sod or grass bottom forma, In my estimation, the best kind of nest for sluing. Tho open rangw Is best for young turkoys, but they must not be allowed out during a shower or before tho grass Is dry. Duck raising Is a very prolltablo branch of tho poultry Industry when carrlod on with a duo regard to pros pective market. If an ubundanco of good sharp grit Is constantly on hand the many ail ments that spring from ludlgcstlou can bo prevented. If a bird scorns a bit out of sorts, nothing will lift It qulckor thun a llt tlo hemp-seed mixed with a small quantity of dry rlco. Never allow a draft to blow over young turkeys; cover their ipiIowj with poultry rottlug ! n i .m. til verv severe i ' t &y HOME IpBWHlk V5 A-R A DF0R D Eiiif0Sir EDITOR Mr William A Hartford will nnswer questions ami give uOYlco FREE OF COST on all subjects pertnlnlni; to tho subject of building, for tho renders of this papr. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, ho In, without doubt, the hlKhcst uuthorlty on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Uadford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard. Chlcasro, III., und only tncloso two-Lunt slump for reply. Tho first Important work In building Is tho excavations for the foundation walls. All complete plans specify that IroncheB should be left with nat ural bottoms, lovol and smooth for tho reception of walls, piers, etc. Not long ago a workman In digging a trench for a center wall In a largo city block misread the directions and got the excavation a foot deeper than the speclilcatlons called for. Tho con tractor called tho owner's attention to it, as an honest man should, and offered to build the wall from the bot tom up If tho owner would pay tho bare cost of tho extra material, but this tho ownor refused to do. The contractor thereupon dumped In looso enrth, tho only thing ho could do, and brought tho bottom up to the depth required by tho specifications. The building was completed and accepted by tho owner. After a lapse ot six imonths tho center wall settled to icrack tho plaster on every, wall In tho houso clear to tho third story. It was a block of flats ocupied by six families. Three of tho families moved out becauso they thought the building wns unsafe to live In. TI1I3 led to a lawsuit between tho owner and tho contractor. Tho contractor was ablo to prove that ho went to tho owner and offered to fill In from the bottom with mnsonry instead of dump ing In earth. The court decided In fa vor of the contractor. This Incident Is mentioned merely to call attention to tho Importance of showing a little common sense In the dlfforent parts of the building, from tho foundation to tho roof. It Is not always best to stick hard and fust Id ovory provision of the contract, espe cially when somo accident nrlses that calls for the exerclso of Judgment. Of course a man does not wnnt to be run over by anyone. Every one In busl nvm finds out early in life that he must stand up for his rights or have them taken away from him. The old lllblo admonition which Instructed ev ery man to accept a whack on both checks will not work in this country as society Is organized at present. Ono thing the owner needs to havo an eye on Is tho excavation for foun dation and drains. The workmen are not Interested lu the llttlo details thu Floor Plan same as tho owner, and tho health, of tho workmen and their families Is not at staka nfterward, as the escapo of a llttlo sewer gas hero and there will not mean anything to them. You mako a solid contract and tho con tractor may llvo up to It, but you havo no guarantee that ho will do bo, and you cannot get at the underground de tails after tho trenches aro tilled. So tho only way to know that a Job Is done right Is to Inspect It as the work goes along. Of course you can hire a man to do this, and you can usual ly depend on such a man, especially If he is a stranger and does not know tho contractor. I prefor to have nn Inspector who Is a stranger in the neighborhood, a man who is personally not acquainted with uny man on tho Job. I am not a pessimist and havo not lost faith in humanity, but there aro bo many details, vital details, about tho building of a houso that not ono of thoiu can bo overlooked with snfuty. Now, here Is the design ot a house that Is a most pleasing ono for a young couple Just starting out. It has four rooms and a bath. Tho width Is twenty-four feet nix Inches and the length Is thirty-six feet. It has tho aspect ot cosiness anS neatness and appeals to , tho artistic bcubo. This houso will I cost very llttlo and when It Is com- I plcted It will look so neat that all I your friends will be talking about It I Thero Is a llttlo porch whero you r,A. ,s;y3 v-wa vk-- v"S"' " J v v. . . ii '" " ' ' t Pof?CH gP--'V il Kitchen fpOol if IO'0-XIO'O' I Bath ii 6'o,x6,o'y 1S BeldRm. 1 IDiningrKV i''x,,," 1 tijo-xi5-o- EclI I TpTTTT" Living Rm. can sit out evenings and this opens, directly Into tho dlulng room. Tho. Hying room Is In tho froitt nnd Imme diately back Is the bedroom. This house should be bul't on a. large lot and If It Is so constructed thero will be abundant opportunity for tho display of shrubbery that will en banco the appearanco of the place. HAS GOOD CENSUS SYSTEM. Methods Employed by Austria Make. the Work a Model for World Study. Tho full returns of tho census of Austria, taken in December, 1910, are. expected to bo published about May of tho present year. Tho population, of Vienna Is already computed, tho clty numborlng, on December 31 last,. 2,004,291, clvlllnns and 23,513 military, a total of 2,039,834. This la a gala over tho census of 1900 of 355,427 civilians nnd a decrease of 79 mili tary. In 1S90 tho civilian Inhabitants numbered 1,341,897. It Is to bo noted, however, thnt In 1904 tho city In eluded as tho twenty-first bcslrlc (ward) tho district of Floridsdorf,314. Doductlng this flguro from tho total of 1900 It Is evident that Vlenna'D rate of Increase fat tho samo area la considerably less for the decade 1900 1910 than for the decade 1890-1900. Tho military garrison hero has re mained nbout tho samo for tho last ten years. Tho method of taking tho census la Austria Is Interesting. Tho great di versity of race and speech In this, country and the Influence of this dl- orslty on political questions makes it Important to have accurato statis tics theteof. Tho census returns, therefore includo religion, race and usual language Bpoken In tho family Tho information Is collected In a practical way. Sheets calling for all details as to tho buildings themselves,, such as tho ownership, rent palu number of occupants, number of win dows, eSposuro of same, etc., nnd alf details as to tho occupants therela and their relation to ono another, wero left at every house In the mid dlo of December to be filled In. Early In January, on a fixed day, theso sheets were called for by a cen sus reviser who certified tho roturns This placed in the bandB of tho au thorities complete and accurato re tur:i3 with tho minimum of labor to tho collectors and tho minimum of Inconvenience to tho Inhabitants, ex cepting that, as tho sheets pass from, hand to hand, publicity a given to de tails which It might bo wished to conceal. Tho Japaneso government detailed? certain of its own civil employes to. study Austrian methods of census, enumeration. Teachers from the Aus trian public schools wero emploj cd ns census agents nnd the schools wero closed for two days to permit thclr absence. Cost of Golfing. "This Idea that golf Is a simple, la oxponslvo game, which Is esppclally adapted for persons of moderate moans, Is a good deal of a fallacy," re marked a devotee of that sport. "Just tako my own experience, for In stance. I belong to a country cluh somo ten miles from the city nnd the railroad fare and coach hlro nccc3sary to get there take tho best part of a dollar. Then I generally havo to buy a couplo of golf balls, which cost 75 cents apiece, and tho caddies havo to be tipped generously to Insure any sort of decent sen ice. After the game there Is usually a round o drinks, and the nppetlto excited by the exerclso In the open makes a good dinner a necessity. By the time I have had another drink or two aud hnvo returned to tho city thure Is little if anything left of a $1", bill Somo of theso trimmings could be cul out by a teetotaler, but you can bet that for the ordinary person tho gamt Is no cheap one. Untactful. It was the celebration of Willle'i fifth birthday, nnd ho and hia little guests sat round tho festive board enger to begin the feast when the host's sister, a comely spinster marched in bearing aloft a frosted cake, out of which flared up flvo col ored candles. Murmurs of ndmlrntlon and awo followed from all sides of the table, and nB Bister placed tho cake squarely on tho cloth and drew back Wllllo turned his blinking eyes from tho flvo brilliant candles and said en thusiastically: "Sister, if this war your birthday tho whole room'd bi ablaze, wouldn't It?" Careful. "If you are so afraid ho won't pro poao to you again why did you refust him the first tlmo ho proposed?" "He was steering tho auto wo were in when bo proposed." "Out what had that to do with It?" "Everything. I accopted a proposal onco whllo out In a canoe, and I was nearly drowned. I don't take any moro chances." 2 - v; . U a
