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t A. n IE I?. pjijp)gpja(pjgjiijMMBBBWHsHKOSfiBS'S"P"sss"s"a -" . I "! Ill "I ft I: i 1st ' "I I ml in Irl 1 It! 18 la o In VA 3 lm - ILL DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. PAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, VANISHING LIGHTNING ROD. Tho denth of John Cole, authority on electrical phonomonn nnd pioneer In the lightning-rod ttjon. mils at tentlon to tho undoubted fact that hu manity Ib not bo fearful of lightning as It wan n generation ago, Tho light ning rod Is vanlshflig'. These deflec tors of electrical current are practical, ly unknown In tho cities, Bays tho St. Louis Republic. Onco In a long whllo you boo a farm-house with n few rusty streaks of Iron running down from tho rooftreo to ground under tho caves. Inquiry usually develops tho fact that these have been In placo for 20 years or more. Tho lightning rod agent lias vanished with his wares. ,He Is no longer a subject for tho Joke smith dealing with rural thpmes. That clauso In tho Insurance policies that protects against "fire, lightning, wind storms and tornadoes" seems to havo taken the placo of tho platlnum-tlppod rod that used to stud the roofs of tho fearful and tho prudent. There aro thousands of farmera and business men who never mot a lightning-rod agent. Certainly tho electrical cur rents aro Just as dangerous to life and property as they wero when tho lightning rod was a staplo artlclo of commerce. More lives aro lost, moro Hvo stock Is killed nnd moro buildings are burned by these discharges now than In tho past, as tho country Is more thickly populated and tho chances aro greater. Tho colony of lepers on tho Island of Molokai in the Hawaiian group is again called to tho attention of tho outsldo world by tho sad report that Drother Ira Dutton has been stricken with leprosy. Ira Barnes Dutton was born at Stowe, VI., in 1843, and is, therefore, in his sixty-ninth year. Ho went west beforo tho Civil War, and when that broko out ho enlisted In tho(zouavo cadets of Zanesvlllo, Wis. Beforo the war ended ho bocamo a captain, and was known as Captain Dutton until ho becarao a member of the Dominican order. Brother Dutton Is the last of the pioneer nurses who volunteered to care for tho lepers at Molokai, wberu they wuro segregated by Fathor Damlen. Ho has dono his duty well, and now that ho has been stricken with tho dread dlsoaso, It can easily be believed that tho report' Is true that ho Is facing death with tho same bravery that was Bhown by his predecessor, tho moro widely known Father Damlon, To bo bravo In battle, as Captain Dutton proved himself to bo, Is one thing; to faco death from exposure to an Insidious and lingering disease, and that, too, for1 the good of ono's fellow-men, la qulto another thing, says tho Man chester Union. Drother Dutton has shown himself capable of both. I This Is n gem of English descrip tion dug out of an English nowspapor by Richard V. Oulahan, tho chief for eign correspondent of the New York Sun: "Just as tho sun roso to flood England with glorious, life giving light, giving cheer to thousands of "workers who roso in tho cold, gray dawn, James Hackott 42 a laborer, for tho murder of his wlfo, Jano Hack ett, 43 a barmaid at tho Roso and Crown, on tho twenty-seventh of last month, under particularly distressing circumstances towlt, in which the un fortunate woman was strangled by her drunken husband paid the ex tremo penalty for his crimo, namely death." A Frenchman has Invented a syl labic keyboard for typewriters. It la claimed for his arrangement that with It an operator whose spoed on an or dinary typewriter Is fifty wordB a min ute can accomplish one hundred and soventy-nvo words a minute. Of course the arrangement that suffices for the French language would not bo adapt ed to Gorman or to English. Tho problem, must be crkesi out separate ly for each. But If the economy of the syllabic keyboard is" anything llko what is claimed for it, tho syllabic keyboard undoubtedly will come into universal uso, aud speed will gain an other victory. Tho deadly hatpin is in evidence again. In a crowd, or oven In ordi nary closo quarters, this stiletto-ltko toilet adjunct threatens maiming eye sight and oven life. It Is getting qulto as much in need of regulation as tho reckless automobile. There is no good reason why tho carelessness of any class should bo allowed to put tho community in peril. A Brooklyn boy obtained llcenso for himself and his companions to play baseball on vacant city lots by com plaining to the mayor that the pollco broke up their gamos. The spirit of the Boston boys of '70 is still extant In the land. A Chicago Judge ruled that a wife Is entitled to a Balary. Without en tering into the ineritB or demerits of the proposition, tho fact remains that ordinarily she gets it. Bonnot, tho leader of the Paris taxi cab bandits, died boasting that bis namo was being heralded around the world. However, most men prefer not to be known to fame by a stick of dy namite. King Oeorgo has proved his cour age by going down in a submarine boat. But it's a royal crown to a traup's derby that be doesn't dare at a bag- of peanuts at a court r )N 5SkhmsJISUi .mm r r N r I ' - VSr-rifTrTiJlZ -IHt iZmhi my Shop Spikes Wheel of Commerce fTrTHERE ffi , .Of""'-'!!'.-! CHICAGO. "Tho march of com merce" from tlmo to time has pur sued divers courses to obvlato a halt, or tho semblance of a halt, but It has fallen to tho lot of ono of Chicago's largo wholesale concerns to employ, probably for the first time, a courBO which is marching nround, under and over tho threatening obstacle. Tho obstacle encountered by ex panding commerce in this Instance is tho person of John F. Walsh and his little hardware storo, located midway between North Canal strcot and tho Chicago river, on tho south sldo of West Lnko street. Aa a slmon-puro ndheront to stand pattern John Walsh has completely eclipsed tho lato orlglnntor of that term. Now, John Walsh Is not clinging to tho nollcles of any particular political coterie, but Is standing pat firmly In his llttlo shop, which Is a lono re maining section of a onco fairly largo building. His logal or moral right to stand firm on tho privileges of his flvo-year loaso of thr 26x40 fcot shop Is disput ed by no ore, although a mammoth (-nijxru'Vijuuvr"Bv""i"Ti"ii Poodle Cause of Death and Arrests MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Ono llttlo white French poodlo attacked n Minneapolis policeman tho other I night. Tho policeman shot the poodlo. Tho poodlos mistress attacked the policeman. A riot call was put In for tho police. When the din of battlo-subsided, tho poodln'p .mistress and one man wore under arrest for disorderly conduct, and tho poodlo lay dead In tho slre-l nnd tho pollcemnn was llcolng undor cover of darkness to his homo and a whole pair of trousers. Tho poodlo, causo of all tho trouble was "Snoozlums," pot of Mrs. Bertha Forslund. Thu policeman who was at tacked and who shot "Snoozlums" was Pollco Driver David Molbouff, and tho mtin whoso championship of tho poo dlo rosultod In his own nrrest gavo tho nnmo of Robert Bonsman at cen tral station. Policeman Molbouff, who is driver at tho South Sldo station, wnn riding homo on u bicycle at 10 p. m. Accord ing to his story the poodle ran from tho walk and seized him by tha log of tho trousers. Tho poodlo pulled, Mel bouff left tho bicycle, tho trousors gave, tho policeman was free, thoro was a shot and "Snoozlums" r611od over in tho dust. It was at thla Btago of tho conflict, according to Policeman Molbouff, when ho was complete master of tho Bold, that Mrs. Forslund nppoarod on the sceno. "You have killed my pot You have Uncle Tom Bloodhounds Are Eaters CT. LOUIS.- Four large houndB, pos sessed of appetites commensurate with their slzo, aro perplexing William U. Halbort, of Belleville, public ad ministrator of St. Clair county, Illi nois. The dogs formerly belonged to an "Unolo Tom's Cabin" show owned by B. O. Cbunn, who died In EaBt St. Louis several months ago, and Hal bort saye they rapidly aro eating up nil that Ih left of thn estate. Tho hounds, each ono of which stands a few hnndfl shorter than u small pony, camo by their appetites honestly, It would seem. For years they chased tho oluzlvo Eliza across tho papltsr mncho lco, nlways Juat a trlllo too far behind to Rink their tooth In tho persecuted young worann. After the show was closed thoy crlod for Ellfa for a whllo, but later signi fied thoy would bo satisfied with plain, ordinary beof, or something better. Whon Halbort first camo Into pos session of tho dogs tho rest of tho es Frisco Laborers Find a Wine Cellar SAN FRANCISCO. That men may drink champagno on a stoam beer salary has rocelvod convincing probf. Around tho ruins of tho Orand Hotel at Stevenson and Now Montgomery streets were a lot of 2-a-day laborers tho othor day who wero nursing as sorted "heuds," but who wero very huppy Just tho samo. During tho work of clearing tlie ruins an old rock crushor that stood on tho lot was toppled over under the instructions of the foreman. The fore man, tho day being hot, then adjourn ed to a nearby buffet to quench his thirst. When ho returned to tho field ho found that every man Jack of his laborers had disappeared. Their coats wero still hanging around on fences and tho foreman was purzlod, not having roason to bollovo thoro had been a walk-out, until the sound of popping corks, coming from the near dlstuuco, inlnglod with gusty laughter, attracted his attention to whoro tho rock crusher hnd stood. Ho hurried over thoro to discover 'bis entire crow sitting around tho floor of tho wlno collar that had been ex posed, drinking tbo cream of the choice stock or liquors that hod made the old Grand hotel bar famous. building now In the course of con struction must havo tho few feet occu plod by Walsh's shop If tho northorn face of tho structure, whon completed, Is to present an unbroken front. "Perhaps they thought I would tako an afternoon off, tio my lease up with pretty pink ribbon a-d carry It over to thorn on a silver Iw-y, decorated with Ameripan Beauty roses." "Woll, you seo how badly they wore mistaken. I'll have no truck with them. I'm hero to stick, I've my leaso and It runs for three years yet, and hero you'll find mo when tho three yours aro dono. I'm right on thlB spot, running my shop to suit myself nnd I aeo no reason for moving." Tho entlro area, bounded by West Randolph, North Canal and West Lake streets, and ono of tho present build ings of the concern, with tho excep tion of WaUh's llttlo store, was In readiness for tho construction work to bo begun. And Walsh steadfastly Ignored all arguments. As a Inst expedient, tho unlquo plan of allowing tho now structure to rear its steel girders over tho very roof of tho llttlo Btoro, excavating tho bnsoment, and erecting walls on threo sldPB, was resorted to. Now Walsh Is being bullded around on all sides, top and bottom, oxcopt tho front, which will remain his, very own, free and unchallenged, until the oxpiratlon of tho lease, and "tha march of commerce" goes on unhalV cd. - killed my baby, 'Snoozlums,'" th woman Is said to have shrieked ai sho stepped over tho body of the fall en poodle and toward tho poliacman, who, bupy with tho trousers which had been torn, was somewhat at a disadvantage. "I didn't want to hit tho woman," said Policeman Melbouff, "so I Just held her off." About this tlmo, nccordlng to Mel bouff, Robert Bronsman took a hand In tho frny. This mado things easier for Melbouff for Bronsman was not a woman. The battle raged merrily. In tho meantlmo neighbors, hearing the barks of "Snoozlums," tho shot.the screams of tho woman, had turned In riot calls for tho police. Down tho street camo tho central station patrol wagon loaded with blue coats. Tho re inforcements found Melbouff holding his ground and also holding the woman and tho man who had taken up tho fight. leaving "Snoozlums" whero ho lay In the street tho pollco took tho mnn and woman in tho patrol wagon and to central station, where charges of disorderly conduct wero placed agalnBt both. ojm0w tate of tho ono-tlme owner of tho show was Intact, and he even could afford to buy porterhouse for the animals if thoy Insisted on having it. Halbort hadn't had charge of the estate long, however, when tho dead ownor's fath er, J. C. Chunn, filed a claim for the personal effects of his son. These personal effects consisted of a passen ger coach and scenery and other para phernalia noccBsary to tho show. Halbert fought th giving up of tho pns3engor coach with tho tdoa that 11 tho worst came to tho worst he could houso tho hounds In it and ship them from place to place that they might "board around" on their relatives. He loBt tho suit, howovor, and found him solf tho mortified possessor of the dogs, which, aftor tho mannor of their kind, lusl no Uuiu lit (.tKlilfyluti they would bo ploasod to Bit down to a good meal. So far they have cost him moro than $100, and none of them has in dicated he Is ready to got old and die or quit cntlng Just becnuso tho novelty has worn off, "If they wore elephants," Halbort soliloquizes, "I could feed them hny. Thoy eat as much as n horBO, but they won't touch ontB. I hato to think that moat 1b higher than It has been In 20 years." Aftor tho wreck of tho hotel in 1900 no ono gavo a thought to the wlno collar and tho stock of ol wines, assuming that tho stock ha been ruined. Colonol Klrkpntrlck of the Pal a c a when advlsod of tho find nnd asked what disposition ho wanted made ol tho wines, said: "Lot tho laborers dlsposo of It. Th wlno is theirs by right of discovery, For onco In tholr lives lot thorn drink tho wlno that mon drink who can bet tor afford It and who used to drink II In tho Grand hotel bar In tho old days." Barrel Cleaning Made Easy. A machine which thoroughly cleanseB 300 barrels an hour by wash in them Inside and out and rinsing th-m several times has been invented. ifei ssWhmei HhmHHHhBf Ls. n Alt w w MELISSA FREES HER MIND ABOUT THE DEAR DEPARTED. Mrs. Merriwld's maternal maiden aunt Jane found her bereaved ntcco still In her morning negligee, although it was nearly ten o'clock. It was a handsome, cobwebby negligee, with a big cherry-colored bow at the throat to relievo its moro or less funereal black, and Mrs. Merrlwld looked well In It, having a fair skin and a figure that was plump, but not too plump. There was a tray on a tabouret by Mrs. Merriwld's chair, and on tho trny wero the mangled remains of two lnmb chaps and some crusts of toast, which, with an empty chocolate pot and milk pitcher, seemed to indicate that grief for tho departed Mr. Mer rlwld had not destroyed tho appetite of his sorrowing relict. "My poor darling!" exclaimed Aunt Jane, fervidly. Mrs. Merrlwld removed her very neat ly stockinged ankles from the elevation of a supplementary chair and arose In tlmo to meet her relative's sympa thetic rush and tackle. "Auntie," she said, extricating herself gently, "I'm awfully glad to see you, but please don't cry on me. I catch cdld so eas ily. Tako off your things, dearie, and have some breukfnst and then tell me whero it hurts. Here, I'll help you." With a few competent Jerks, the young woman divested her guest of her hat and wraps, which she tossed onto a davenport. "Now for tho eats," sho said, pressing tho buzzer beneath the tablo. "You've had your break fast, of courso, which means a wing of the chicken left over fiom yester day's shoe-box with a silver of dill pickle and a slice of stale bread and butter. Perhaps you had a cup of cof fee at tho station, but I wouldn't bet high on it. If you are going to live with mo nnd tnke caro of me you've got to gradually accustom your colf to food. Sit down. Auntie, nd "AUNTIE, WHY THE lean back. Don't be afraid of break ing tho chair. "Elsie," this to tho maid "hustlo on eome breakfast for aunt Jane. Something good. We'll lunch downtown. Now Auntie, please tell rne why tho pearly drops?" "Poor Mr. Merrlwld!" said Aunt Jano, with a sigh. "Oh yes, I boo," said Mrs. Merrlwld. "You feel bad on his account. Woll, it was a Bhume he had to go. Still, dearlo, you mustn't let It overcome you. From what the minister said, there can't be any doubt that he Is In a bettor land, and ho certainly had a sreat deal of trotOl In tlil. H's nt rout now. I didn't tell the girl whethor you wanted tea or coffeo." Aunt Jano looked shocked. "Melis sa," sho exclaimed, "I don't believe you are a bit sorry I" "Auntlo dear," snld Mrs. Merrlwld, "when poor Henry died, I assure you I was tho sorriest lady you ever saw, but I can't keop on being sorry for ever. It's nearly throe weeks ago now and tho sharp edgo Is beginning to get worn off a llttlo." "Weren't jou happy with him?" asked Aunt Jane, sharply. "It depends on what you call happy, dearlo," Mrs. 'Merrlwld explained. "When you talk nbout a happy mar riage, It generally means that tho high contracting parties wait until tho hired girl Is back In the kitchen be fore thoy begin to throw the queens ware, and that they don't call ea"ch other, anything moro venomous thnn tnv lnvn' In tinhllp. At thnt Anntla I rtnnr thov mnv linvft thflr ll'ttln ,Hf. , ..rf ...... .. ... ...... ...... .... ferences and bo conscious of some slight shortcomings and weaknesses in one another. I won't say that I wasn't happy with poor Henry, but bolng with him whllo ho rend the produce mar ket reports lntho cosy winter even lugs wasn't rnpturo, nor yet ecstacy not as I understand tho terms, and not knocking anybody, you know, Auntlo." "I nlways understood thnt he was very kind to you, Melissa," remarked Aunt Jane. "Ho was," assented Mrs. Merrlwld. "Ho never oven offered to beat rao. He used to think ho hnd a talent for sar casm, poor mnn! aud I supposo be im agined that ho was stabbing mo in all klr.ds of tender spots when he talked about the way I managed tho houso and spent his hard-earued money; but he meant to bo kind. All he wanted to do was to show me what a silly, careless, vain, criminally cxtrava- Suitors of mMerriwid BY'KENNETT MS gant creature I was, eo that I could re form. And I could always got money from him by going through his pock ets when ho was asleep, bless him! Really and truly, ho wasn't hard to manago and I certainly miss him. Poor Henry!" "I should think you would miss him!" said Aunt Jane, rather severely. "Ho snored a great deal, and 1 miss that," sighed Mrs. Merriwid. "Ho was what you might call a regular and rhythmic snoror, Henry was, and it had a lulling effect after I got used to It. JNow I've got to get accustomed to tho quiet and lying a-bed as long as I want to. There's so much in habit, auntie, nnd that's ono of the blessed compensations of married life. You never saw Henry, and that picture I sent you didn't show tho wen on his nose. The photographer retouched It out along with tho wrinkles, but It was an awfully big wen nnd I couldn't look at it without shuddering nt first. But I got used to that, too, Just as I did to the way he ate his soup. This morning when I let tho water nm. out of tho bathtub It almost brought tears to my eyes, and I'm not a very senti mental person, as you know." "I wondered If you really loved him when I got your wedding announce ments," Aunt Jano mused. "You didn't tell mo much, dear, except about tho brldesmnids and your dress; but I hoped you did, oven If he was so much older than you." "He was only thirty years older," Mrs. Merrlwld said, "and everybody told mo tha,t it was better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave. Of course somo old men are better looking than others and don't havo Intermittent dyspepsia and a chronic grouch. But poor Henry had his good points, and It's very sad to bo left a widow. If it wasn't for be ing In comfortable circumstances and having nobody to tell mo what I must do and what I mustn't, and being at PEARLY DROP8r llberty to enjoy myself as much as I please, I expect I'd feel perfectly wretched. But now I've got a nice, sweet cbaperono and we'll let poor Henry keep on resting. You'll have your troubles, Auntie. There are threo of them already and as soon as I emerge from my seclusion, I sup pose there will be more." "Melissa!" exclaimed Aunt Jane, in tones of horror, "you don't mean to tell mo that you are thinking of marrying again already 1" Mrs. Merriwid laughed. "We'll seo what they aro like, dearie," she said. "I don't expect to mnrry again, but if I can find a man who's young and good looking and kind and generous and prosperous and clever, with no bad habits, I may change- my mind, on one condition." "What's that" asked Aunt Jano. "That I tako a fancy to him," replied Mrs. Merrlwld. (Copyright. 1912. by W. O. Chapman.) Knew Snow When 8he 8aw It. Tho steamer was approaching the Plraous, and the passengers, gathered along tho rail, wero exclaiming over tho beauty of the distant Greek moun tains, gleaming ami sparkling in the sunshine. Presently ono of the women de tached herself from the group, at tho rail and addressod tho captain, who was walking up and down the deck. "Captain," she asked, "what Is that whlto stuff on the hills over thero?" "That Is snow, mndame," answered tne Captain "I thought It was," said tho woman, "but I understand a gentleman to Bay that It was grease." Youth's Compan Ion. Many Uses for Aluminum. Although the early expectations ol the wholesalo substitution of nlumln urn for steel and Iron havo nqt mate riallzed, the demand for tho now alio) has grown enormously. From a pro ductlon In the United States of lest "Than one hundred thousand pounds In 1883, in 1893 the output had grown to 350,000 pounds, In 1903 to 7,500,000 pounds nnd today it is in oxcess ol fifty million pounds. Translated. "By tho way, what hay become of the old water waon? "I don't know. Maybo it's a con stellation now, along with the Great Bear and the Dipper." " - i iii Mr. William A. Hadford will answer questions and glvo udvlco FKEU OF COST on all subjects pertaining to tho subject of building, for the readers of tills paper. Oil ULiouut of lila V.!uo xTSrSSnca as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, lie la, without doubt, the highest nutliorltj n all theso subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford. No. ITS Wrst Jackson boulovard, Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. In tho building of a town situated in a rolling country tho level tracts are usually tho first to be occupied. Next come those which are easily and inexpensively graded, and finally tho side hill lots, offering problems In building that many people aro prone to avoid. Tho situation on a hill side or gentle slope, however, is exceedingly attrac tive. It offors, first, a fine outlook The houses overtop each other like the scats in a theater, and each commands not only a larger vlow, but moro of the sunshine, moro of the breeze, and a certain amount of added privacy which cannot be secured when all tho houses aro on tho samo level. In fact, tho fundamental principle In selecting the slto for a homo is to find a rising piece of ground which will afford good drainage, and also add to tho dignity of tho houso to bo placed on it. The early treatises on tho building of an English dwelling mako tho narrow terrace, banked against the founda tion, a vital part of tho design; and tho tendency of the ordinary present day builders to sot tho houso high above tho ground Is due not entirely to u desire to avoid deep excavation, but comes as tho result of this old idea of a terraco and a llttlo formal garden to connect tho houso with ltb surroundings. Tho high hill, therefore, or a part of it, in the form of a hillside lot, should offer no lnsurmountablo diffi culty to tho builder. But following out the Idea of tho terraco ho should strive for a design fitted to the larger elevation upon which the bouse is to be placed. In the country, whero one usually has a larger area from which to pick a slto, the problem is much simpler room must of course be al lowed for the stable or garage. Ease of access must be considered, and also the relation of the dwelling to other parts of the property. But if it has been decided to place the house on the side of a knoll certain things must be studied in order to secure the best results. Tho shape of the knoll Itself ebould determine the contour of the )ouso. Placed on a hilltop where tho ground falls away In all directions, tho lines of the house should conform to those of the Bite. Tho slope of the ooi should repeat that of the hillside. First Floor Plan. Hlppod or hooded, pierced by low dor mers and spreading out over tho hill top in long and pleasing lines, such a houso will add to the beauty of tho landscape and well repay the extra caro given to the design. Since Its slto is high Its windows and porches will afford a pleasing vlow, and un less the ground is heavily wooded no tower or lookout will be needed. When desirable that a portion of tho houso should bo moro elevated care should bo taken to make tho tower wide and low, nnd tho pitch of Its roof the same as that of tbo mass of tho building. Tbo design hero shown is a typo of bouse suitable for a hilltop or high rlso of ground. It is not difficult to Imagine tho delights of a summor eve ning on this wldo cxpanso of porch if this houso were on an elevation high above tho surrounding dwellings. Tho building is 30 feet wldo aud 51 feet In length. It has a reception hall 15 feet square and tbo parlor 1b 15 feet, 6 inches by 14 feet, 0 inches In size. A delightful living room Is provided thnt Is 17 feet by 15 feet. The dining room Is the same size. The kitchen is 13 feet, 6 inches, by 16 feet, 10 inches. Access is had to tbo second floor by a good sized stairway leading from the reception hall. One of the features of tb second floor is a elng room, $& X fii.xviiiiBy r--S-fc:.:;. Jjc: 'JhmJ ?l ir r"tr - - iThTzziIJJJ1 iii pig 3 j"""" ''""" s MMW I " OmO which very woman will appreciate. This room Is 10 feet, 6 Inches squnro. Thero Is one bedroom 15 feet, C Inches, by 15 feet, another 17 ft. tnohR, by 13 feet, nnd a third bedroom 13 foot by 15 feet. The servnnt's room Is 9 feet, 6 inches by 8 feet. Tho bath room is 9 feet, 6 Inches by 7 foot, 6 inches. A noticeable featuro about this houso Is tho largo amount of clos et room offered. There are six closets, all of goad sl70. This houso can bo built at a mod erate co t and will afford much delight to tho over if placed on n rise of ground on 'ccount of tho abundance iHrf 1 u w rJMtfzt -Second Floor Plan. of light offered by tho numerous win dows. A featuro of modern construc tion which is based on sanitary prin ciples, is an abundance of sunlight which is deemed essential to happi ness and good health. Home builders aro coming moco and moro to appre ciate these essontials in construction, and It certainly is vital to the welfare of the race. This house 1b estimated to cost sixty- - 'X, . , is- . ' Vl , ,Y, A'O'-'O '- five hundred dollars when built sub stantially of good grade materials. RACE OF MEN WERE GIANTS Bones Recently Found Show Qlgantlo Stature and a Low Order of Intelligence. Eleven skeletons of primitive men, with foreheads sloping directly back from the eyes, and with two rows of toeth in the front upper Jaw, have been uncovered in CralgBhlll at 121 lensburg, Wash. They were found about twenty feet below the surface, twenty feet back from the face of tho slope, in a cement iock formation over which was a layer of shale. The rock waB perfectly dry. The Jaw bones, which easily break, aro so largo that thoy will go wound tho faco of tho man of today. The other bones are also much larger t'nan. thoso of tho ordinary man. The femui 13 twenty inches long, Indlrating, prlontlats say. a roan eighty inches tall. J. P. Munson, professor of biology In the state normal school, who lec tured beforo tho International Blolog leal college In Austria last summer, visited the spot nnd pronounced them tho bones of a primitive man. Tho teeth In front are worn almost down to tho Jaw bouea, due, Dr. Mun son 6ays, to eating uncooked foods and crushing hard substances with the teeth. Tho sloping skull, ho says, shows an extremely low order of In telligence, far earlier than that of the Indians known to tbo whites. Ancient Irish Idol. Any ono who knows tho folklore of Ireland will promptly recall Neevougl as Monlgan's dlvll, when properly In voked a valuable tutelary of such as use tho sea. Tho fullest account of this strango survival of idolatrous paganism is recorded in tho Earl of Itoden's "Progress of the Reformation In Ireland" (London, 1851). "In the south Island, in the house of' a man named Monignn, a stono idol, called in tho Irish Neevougl, has been from time immemorial religiously pre served and worshipped. This god ro sembles in appearance a thick roll of homespun flannel, which arises from tho custom of dedicating a dress of that material to it whenever its aid is sought; this is sown on by nn old wom an, Its priestess, whose particular caro It Is, Of tbo early history of this idol no authentic information cap bo pro cured, but Its power is bellevVd to e Immense. They pray to it In time of sickness. It is Invoked when a storm Is desired to dash some hapless ship upon their coast, and again tbo exer cise of its power is solicited in calming the angry waves to admit of fishing or visiting the mainland." - !- i