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COMFORT AND INSPIRATION.
There nro very, vory few persona In
(all this wide world who do not need,
"comfort and inspiration" nt dlfforent
'periods of their lives. Just as tho
young organist, alone In his blindness,
groped In his uncertain way for en
couragement which no ono thought
of giving hltn, so, too, we who la
bor In our temporal blindness
not only hope for, but really need tho
kindly word of cheer to help us
through tho burdens of our days, soys
tho Charleston News and Courier'
The mu who Rdmlnlstor largo af
fairs, tho men who aro vitally con
jeerned with tho shaping of public
(1bsuc8 and the men who hold posl
(t!ons of high trust need encourage
ment throughout nil their lives, and
;it Is the word of encouragement spok
en at Just the right time, when per
haps a weighty decision hangB In tho
balanco, or a new responsibility Is to
,bo undertaken, which helps more than
anything clso could. If tho mon who
Jcontrol In large affairs require praise'
and eucouragomont how much moro
do the men who work under mora
long for tho word of approbation. Tho
earnest man, tho man who takes an
active Interest In his task and can oeo,
beyond tho dollars and cents for which
ho works, cannot bo expected to la
bor Indefinitely without knowing
whether his labors aro appreciated or
not It is nrgued, of courso, that tho
man who docs not glvo satisfaction
does not, naturally, retain his posi
tion, but to many flnoly tempered na
tures the fact of giving satisfaction In
not overythlng. Appreciation means1
much to them nnd when rightly ex
pressed goeB a long way toward en
couraging their best efforts.
Mr. 'William A. Radford will answer
Gti-tlotn and glvo advice FHEE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
BUbject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wldo experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
en all these subject A1i1r" nil Inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 178 West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, III., and only
nclosa two-cent stamp for reply.
According to, tko Scientific Amer
ican of recent Issue, a method of econ
omizing electrical energy employed for
domestic heating or cooking Is to ro
icolvo tho energy continuously nt a
ilow rnto in a resistance apparatus
! -which transforms it Into heat and then
.stores the heat for use as needed. In
a now electric cooking apparatus op-
grating In this way the heating unit,
consuming COO watts total or 12,000
Iwatt hours por day of twenty-four
.hours, sorves to keep a mass of cast
iron hot enough to cook food In or
Inary utensils placed In contact with
(it Tho cast Iron block Ib thermally
Inaulatcd by being Inclosed In a bum
rounding wall of lampblack or pow
dered silica, and a movablo block Is
arranged to be ralBcd abovo tho main
inasB, so ns to 'expose Its upper sur
,faco when cooking is to bo don.e. The
small current consumption, less than
that of an electric flatlron, enables tho
dovlco to bo opcratod on tho ordinary
electric light wiring of tho house.
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j Tho dangers of submarlno naviga
tion, in the prouent stage of its dovoli
ppment, are greater than thoso of tho
aeroplane In an aoroplano accident,
the deaths aro limited to ono or two.
but when a submarlno boat goes down,
and falls to come up, the calamity
usually carries off a dozen or moro
human beings at a tlrno. Thoro wero
35 men on tho Drltlsh submarine D-2,
rwhlcu was, struck by tho Hamburg'
(American liner Amerlka in a fog off,
Dover, and only one of them camo
up. This is tho sixth dlsaBtor.to Urlt-
Uh submarines, and in each of tho
previous disasters tho death roll'
ranged from 11 to 15.
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A western railroad will order that
discharges may bo tho result of do
mestic troubles among tho employes
arguing that such troubles causo a
worry strain and often loss of neces
sary sleep. From now on every em-
ployo who wants to keep his Job must
havo a happy home. Kven tho mil
lennium seems posslblo in view of
this mandatory domestic happiness
The employes, howovor, may dellcntoly
suggest that a porcoptlbla Increaso in
pay may go far toward promoting
thlB desirable happy peace of mind.
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An Italian Judgo has been called1
lpon to decide whether pokor is sclen-'
title or a game of chance. If bo has
family to support wo hopo he will
fcot play for tho purposo of calnlng'
the Information ho wftl need In deciding.
I A Los Angeles woman says tho se
cret of managing a husband Is not to
'bombard him with questions when ho,
comes homo late. No. Stick to roll
ing pins, or dishes.
, It is true that the theator today in
Its moro serious manifestations is
jnearer to ovory-day llfo than over, for
feallsm baa doveloped In it, says
udgo. Hut too much of Its effort Is
frothy, and thus of little ethical force,
ind too much Is also sheer vulgarity.
A San Francisco woman waB grant
ed a divorce becauBO hor husband toro
up her valuable hats. Why didn't sho
'apply for a separation on allegations
hat bo was Insane T
radlnto an interminable Bcrtos of birch and fir
clad gulos. Tho Tao rlvor sharply divldos this
typo of country from tho low, baro, cultivated
slopes where Taochow llos. From tho summit of
tho paBB ono drops down between narrow grass
covered corrlcs to tho little town If such It can
bo called of Chonl, within a fow hundred yards
of tho rlvor, Incidentally, ono passes from
lackadaisical, Inert China into an ntmosphero of
border feuds, mediaeval raids, plno-covored, snow
capped poakn and a wild race of Highlanders.
It 1b a quaint little place, llko a pigeon's neat In
a clustor of red cliffs, dominated by n lamasoral
containing six hundred monks, as dirty and evil
looking as most of .their trlbo. Tho capital ot
tho Prlnco of Chonl, It is tho only town within
his dominions, which extend over a district halt
as largo as Scotland, A half-casto Thibetan, aged
twenty-throo, ho furnlahcB a very pretty parallel
to Hehoboam. Ills prodocessor, who was tho
eighteenth of his lino, a popular and wise old
rulor, adopted him. Tho prlnco, on lls donth,
turned away tho old men who had hitherto holpod
to govern tho forty-eight wild trlbnn who owned
nlloglanco to their master and substituted his own
frlonds, Bpendtng hU nights with thorn in gam
bling, opium-smoking and other forms of dissipa
tion, lie is dependent on China and under the
authority of tho county official, who in turn Is
under tho provincial govornnr, who, again, 1b
BUbject to tho viceroy of Shensl nnd Knnsu. This ,
pnrBonagn resides at Lnnchow. When wo nrrlved
at the capital, tho prlnco and nb'out two hundred
men (bo pays no tribute to Chlnn, but muBt hup
ply two thousand Irregular cavalry If called
upnnl wnro away In the hills fighting the T'o-pu,
a wild, aboriginal trlbo who Infest tho country to
tho south of tho Mlnnhan mountains Thoso In
teri'Btlng peoplo nro divided into fourtoon clans,
and aru much dreaded by tho Chinese, who only
venture through their country onco n year. They
then organlzo a big caravan of merchants with
guards, and gut thiough as quickly as possible
Tho T'o-pu aro vory hostile to strangers, nnd it
would probably bo as much as ono's possessions
wore worth to venture Into their torrltnry alone.
A clan protocts Its own friends and tho frlonds of
its chief, but not tho friends of another clan, who
aro looked on as legitimate prey When they
hold a strangor In groat affection and reverence
they hnvo a custom of regarding him ns their
adopted father. As anMllustrntlou of their char
acter, tho prlmo minister of tho late Prlnco of
Chonl, holng ndoptod as fathur by about forty
T'o-pu, went alono among them to rutrlovn tho
grandchildren of n Christian convert whom thoy
had kldnnpped. All the king's horses nnd all tho
king's men were powerless; but this ono mnn,
becauso ho was their frlond, safely entered their
country and rcturnod with tho children. Thoy are
not ugrlcuturlsts, but llvo chlolly by barter, nnd
como Into Chonl occasionally for provlslonB. 1
saw n number ot them later on, Including n lama
who performed a monotonous and somewhat
FcnsoloKH dance for our edification, At times
they dash down in a sudden raid, hb tho Chon
Inns aro watorlng tholr horaoB and livestock nt
tho river, and whirl thorn away Into tho hills bo-
) Govornmont scientists are perplex
ed to decide whether a docomposod
egg is a rotten ono. Why not got
tho opinion of an amateur HanilotT
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Oysters are now to bo oloctrocuted
o atop danger of typhoid. Tho hu-:
aano part of the public will bo shock
id to death at tho nuggostlon.
I It ocean liners keep up tho habit ot
jcrippllng warships It might bo well to
tnllst them in tho navies.
forH their owners havo time to recover from their
astonishment. Ono of their priests was Impris
oned by tho prlnco in his yamen. Six of them
set out to rescue him, and had the Impudonco
and courago to go and cook tholr food In tho yard
of tho yamon! So much for tho T'o-pu!
Wo Bpont some days in Chonl, and on Septem
ber 11th loft for tho little village ot Archuen,
thirty mlleB to tho south, where we were the pay
ing guests of ono Chlshl. Ho was a keen hunter,
a Uttlo, thin, wiry man with a pleasant face.
Tho Thibetan houses aro far cleaner and moro
tidily kept than thoso of the Chinese. We occu
pied tho lnrge family room, which they all con
tain, and wero really very well off. Our hostess,
a most masterful lady, who ruled her huBband
with a rod of Iron, hnd to ho warned not to In
vado tho sanctity of our chamber at cortaln
hours, otherwlso she nnd tho roBt of tho village
crowded to what thoy considered a show organ
ized by a beneficent Providence for their especial
benefit, In and out of season.
Our objoct In coming to Archuen was to securo
hends of the wild sheep ot western Knnsu. Dr.
J. A. C. Smith, our companion, sent homo a speci
men which the natives brought him enrly In
1911 j but so far ns I am aware It has not hith
erto been secured by a white man in thlf par
ticular part ot China. Mr. It. Klngdon Ward has
erroneously described It as Ovls Hodgsonl, but
thlit It most certainly Is not. A full-grown male
stands about three feet at the shoulder and
weighs approximately ono hundred and fifty
pounds. (I give later tho measurements of oue
which I subsequently shot.) Tho horns are
smooth, growing moro or Icbb at right nngleB to
the skull and curving upwards and outwards at
tho tlpB. Tho animals are handBomoly marked
with black on tho forolegB, with a white patch
on the knee A black atrlpo runB up the hind
legs to tho point of the thigh. Tho hocks aro
also black. Tho client of tho older rams Is of a
nlmllar color, speckled with white on tho nock:
tho black marking extends between tho foro legs.
There Is a black stripe on tho sldo extending from
tho point of the thigh to a point short of tho el
bow. Tho tip of tho tall Is black The gonernl
color Is gray-brown, though In curtain aspects
theru is a docldedly blue tinge. The muzzle is
dark to a lino botwecn tho eyes, turning to a red
brown tone nt tho edges whore It mergeB into tho
genoral gray tone of tho face. Very closely allied
to tho burhol of India (Ovls natural, I cannot bo
certain If thoy aro Identical It Is difficult to
compnro tho two from 'photographs, but from
tho remarks of local hunters It would certainly
appear that there aro differences particularly In
tho shapo of tho horns. After a woek's hunting
from Archuen wo decided to move so as to be
cloBor to our ground Clcorgo had got on tho
track of a herd containing threo rams, whtlo I
had seen a lot of nlno, headed by a slnglo ram
with ono horn. George located his hord on nn
oxtromoly eteop rocky rldgo which thrust itself
from a grass Blopo abovo tho river Tho ledges
wero sprinkled with firs and rhododendrons,
which ndded considerably to the difficulties ot the
task. He olopt out on ono occasion beneath a
ledge of rock
with his hunter,
climbed abovo
tho sheep, and
would certainly
havo got a shot
had not tho lat
ter unnecessar
ily exposed him
self at a critical
moment and
sent tho herd
caieerlng off;
all of which
George explain
ed in a short
note reminis
cent of Mr.
Pepys at hla
best. Ho never
got on t e r in s
with i tho m
again. I had
seen nothing slnco my first day out, so wo moved
flvo or six miles to the east.
Tho weather was very changeable, and wo ex
perienced snow, hail, thunder, rain and mist In
disagreeable succession, un sepieniuur -oui j
reached camp Just as It was getting dark, to And
that tho two shots I had heard in the foienoon
wore the heralds of success, and that George had
secured a very pretty head. I hud an alternation
of good nnd bad luck, for spying a ram at 7:30,
I had my stalk spoiled by threo miserable medi
cine diggers, followed him aft day, had four dis
tinct stalks, missed him once, nnd finally killed
him at five o'clock In the evening.
Tho horns measured 20 Inches in length, 12
inches In circumference and 28 Inches from tip to
tip. This, of course, Is small In length for an
Indian burhel, but good In other respects. The
natlvo hunters declaro that tho heads In this dis
trict nnvnr attain to vory much greater length,
and Dr. Smith tells me that the head which ho
eont to England was somewhat thicker In cir
cumference, but not bo long and much more
clumsy In nppearance. All of which would seem
to prove that his was an older ram, which had
worn down the tips of his horn, while my speci
men Is probably that of a rnther younger beaBt,
very nearly, If not quite, In his prime.
Ho certainly was not nt all strong smelling,
which Is a characteristic of tho Indian variety,
though George said ho noticed a distinct odor
from tho hord. Tho natlvo hunters declaro that
these sheep rut in January and that tho lambs aro
dropped in May. If this is so, tho best rams
wero probably still on higher ground, which wo
had not time to reach.
The measurements ot my specimen are as fol
lows: .
Inches.
Height (allowing for weight when stand
ing) 35
Length (noso to root of tall, stragiht
lino) 18
Length (following curve ot back) 55
Tail S
Foro leg (elbow to point of hoof,
Btrnlght line) 28
Fore leg girth (bolow knee) 4hi
Fore leg girth (foronrm) 9
Hind leg (point of thigh to point of hoof,
straight lino) 2r,i
Hind leg (from hock to point of hoof).. 13V4
Girth (cleaned) 42
A very neat seven-room suburban
homo Is Illustrated in this plan. Of
course, one of tho rooms upstairs is
small; but It works In Just right for a
sewing room, a nursery for tho chil
dren or a den. It will prove to bo
ono of tho most useful rooms In tho
house.
Such houses are usually built far
enough away from tho city to havo
plenty of play ground tor tho chil
dren. ThlB means that there are chil
dren In the family, and whero there
aro children the sewing machine is a
very Important housohold help that
should bo In commission most ot the
time. This fact makes It very un
handy at times to havo tho sewing
machine in tho dining-room or living
room, aB we often see it. It Is more
,work to wheel tho machine out from
its retirement in sorao dark corner
nnd to get tho materials from some
out-of-the-way cupboard than to do
,a small bit of sowing by hand. So a
igood machine often remains idle Just
becauso tho houso wife has no easy
way of getting at it.
Where a house plan admits of hav
ing a small room on tho second floor
that may bo utilized for this purposo
tho architect Is not doing Justice to
the future owner If he falls to work
It In. It Is handy for n woman's
porsonal use every day In the year
and Is worth a great deal when you
havo a periodical visit from tho dress
maker Every woman appiuclaleu u
work shop suitable to tho business In
relkvub mo living room of au en
cumbrance. Tho planning of a niche of this
kind for the piano Is somothing new
lu small houses because architects
never found a good place until recent
ly that could bo utilized without en
croaching on other valuablo spaco.
We havo done away with tho second
or back parlor and we have tried for
years for somo satisfactory way of
disposing of tho furniture necessary to1
accommodate a lot of friends when'
they call In the evening and assemble
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Second Floor Plan.
In ono largo room. Tho piano nt
such times Is always In tho way, still
you want It within easy reach in case'
of necessity.
Music is tho only polite method
known to modern society of discour
aging conversation. Every hostess la
taxed to her utmost resources at
times to control certain acquaintancp"
who insist on entertaining her conn
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hand. Most women will make a room
of this kind savo dollars during the
year.
Another foaturo that every woman
likes Is the largo linen closet. Whore
you have no attic a large store room
of this kind is especially valuablo.
for, besides providing a place for
houso linen, bedding, etc., It is the
.proper place for tho storage of trunks,
suit cases, clothing that Is not In
every day use, and a great many
other things that you want to refer
to occasionally.
Tho roof of this house is different
from ordinary houses, which fact
alono is something to recommend it,
'because every houso should havo a
distinct individuality as different as
possllilo from the ordtnary. You get
tired of seeing a great many houses
in tho neighborhood all topped with
tho samo style of roof. A roof means
a good deal, both In appearance and
comfort. A ateop roof like this will
dry immediately after a shower, while
a roof built on a lower pitch will
remain wet for hours, sometimes days
pany. On bucIi occasions a good
husky throe-stringed piano lu thor
ough repair under tho spell of av
muscular performer is a great blesa-
lng.
This house is estimatod to cost
complete $2,500 when built ot good,'
grade materials.
NAPOLEON RELIC FOUND.
It Is reported hero, says a ParlB correspondent
of Hie New York Times, that at the town of Dor
pat, in RuhrIb, tlinro hns just boon discovered a
remarkable relic of Napoleon's Russian campaign
In the form of a copy of Goethe's "Werther,"
which was his perBonnl property and accom
panied him wherever he wont.
Tho volume, which Is bound In leather and In
an excellent state of preservation, contains, ns
woll as Napoleon's signature, a curious Inscrip
tion on the fly leaf by an unknown hand, stating
that tho book was stolen by n Cossack from tho
emperor's sledgo ono night on tho retreat from
Moscow.
Resides tho date ot the theft and tho namo of
tho thief, details aro given of tho mothod by
which tho Cossack managed to possess hlmsel
of tho volume
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She Was a Debutante.
That Washington, D. C, has a welli
advertised social life and an up-tc-j
date colored population Is illustrated
by the following:
Young Mrs. H required a nurse'
for her children and advertised to fill,'
the position. From among the appll-j
cants she selected a neat nnd attrac-1
tlve young colored girl, soon arrang-i
lng most of tho preliminary details!
of hiring.
"You may havo two nights a weekj
out," Mrs. H said kindly.
"That wouldn't do fob me," the col-j
ored girl answered quickly. "Ah must)
hab ebory night out dls wlntah."
"Out every night!" replied Mrs..
H , In astonishment. "And why-
this winter?"
"Well, yo' see" the colored girl'
hesitated a moment "yo' see, Ah'm
a deberatanto dls yeah, an' Ah mus"
be out at night." Judge.
Instinct.
"That Bhephonl dog of yours Is watching your
strange visitor very closely."
"Naturally. Tho dog ecos that tho man looks
sheepish."
Mufflers for Aeroplanes
Recent experiments with a muf
fling box on board an noroplauu, mado
near Paris, proved buccosBtul. The
greut nolao of tho motor ordinarily
lessens the comforts In flying nnd fa
tlgucB tho pilot as well as causos an
noynnco to passengers, In military
work tho nolso provents tho olllcors
from hearing souuds which como from
tho ground, und theao would often bo
a useful factor in obsorvatioiiB. PllotB
cnunot uso their voices to any extent.
Another point Is that wore tho motor
sllont running tho observers could
hear Bound signals coming from tho
ground and could also return Blgnnls
by UBlng trumpets of dlfforent pitch,
or alrens, as are used on vessels.
Tho teat took placo botwoon a mili
tary commission, nnd during tho flight
It Is said that the nolso ot tho motor
was so much reduced as to allow tho
pilot, Labourct, to speak to tho per
sons on tho ground v. hen ho wns Hy
ing at 300 feet.
Tho muffler box does not overheat,
owing to tho strong air cooling which
Is receives. Tho loss of power Is bo
low two por cont, as shown by measurement.
Fitting.
"That young cashier always dresses
so appropriately."
"Yes, I notlcod today he had on n
changeablo tie."
Saves Breath.
"Hlbrow Is a queer guy," remarked
tho Old Sport.
"Why?" aakod tho Rounder.
"Ho always says 'omit' when ho
means 'cut It out,'" ropllcd the Old
Sport.
His Only Chance.
Poet (raising his glass) A glorious
fluid! A whole poora is contalnod
In it.
Skeptical Friend Then In heaven's
name swallow it down quick. Meg-
First Floor Plan.
at a tlrao during a rainy season and
this has a great deal to do with the
lasting qualities of shingles. Another
advantage of a steep roof Is tho room
you got for closets where tho celling
would bo too low for any other pur
poso. Tho down stairs of thlB plan Is ex
ceptionally good. To commonce with
thoro Is a vestibule that Is largo
onough to hold overcoats, hats, rub
bers, umbrellas, and Buch truck that
1b very much In tho way In a room
'that is usod for any other purposo.
Then, aa you leave the vestibule you
'entor a very light, pleaBant reception
hall that is just right for a music
room. You place tho piano In the
bow window whero you havo light on
,both sides. Tho windows aro placed
high enough to lot tho light In over
tho piano and In tho center and over
a niuslo rack at tho loft hand Bide
and a lamp table at tho right. An nr
rangnment of this kind not only makes
good use ot a reception hall, but It
MS. of Home, Sweet Home.
The original manuscript of "Home,
Sweet Home," 1b sadd to have been
burled In tho grave with Miss Harry
Harden of Athens, Ga. She was John
Howard Payne's sweetheart, but re
fuced to marry him In deferenco to
her father's wishes. After she was
separated from her lover she shut
herself In the old family mansion, see
ing none but a few members of tho
Uttlo church to which she belonged.
From tho Independent.
What's a Frlend7
Apropos of gratitude, a prominent,
politician gave the other day a very
amusing dellnltlon of a frlond. "A.
friend," he snld, "Is a man who takes
your part against nil your enemies,
sticks to you through all your adver
sities, lends you his last dollar with
out security and then, when fortuno
smllos on you at last, is content to
tako a back seat and keep out of tho
way."
Looked Like a Hay Fever Victim.
"Excuse me, elr, but you aro trou
bled with hay fever, are you not?"
"Noskl," replied the gentleman
with tho maze of woven wire whisk
ers, "it 1b trueskyoff that I am a vlo
tlmovich of tho .maladyakl you havo
Just mentioned,! but as I speak tho
Russian languageskott fluently, get
ting along with the hay feverovlch 3s
right In my llncskl and does not trou
bloskoff me in tho leaBtoblch.
Her Ready Refuge.
When a woman Is cornered, and
doesn't know what to say she makes
a noise like a laugh. (
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