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Victoria of Spain Most Costly At
tired of Queens.
Where the Old Clothes Go Some Dis
carded Garments Are Sold, Somo
Returned to Maker and
Others Given Away.
London. It goes without Haying thtit
tho expenditure) of queens on dress is
pf necessity high, and It Is higher to
Hay by a good deal than it was 25 or
t0 years ago, says a writer in London
Answers.
The most expensively attired con
sort of a reigning Europoan monarch
Js generally supposed to be tho queen
of Spain.
Hor Spanish majesty's dress bills
for gowns alono run to moro than $10,-
000 a year. Sho purchases most of hor I
dresBes In Paris and is moro punctil-)
Jous about being modlshly attired than
any othor royalty. Hor majesty rare
ly wears a gown moro than half a doz-1
en times, practically never has a
gown altered, and never, at homo or
abroad, is seen two days in succession
In tho samo gown.
For hor morning and afternoon
gowns Queen Victoria pays from $76
to $150.
Sho purchases about sovonty of such
gowns in the year, and, taking tho av
orago prlco at $125 each, this would
mean an outlay of $8,750 on morning
and afternoon gowns alone, whilo her
bills for ovening gowns would amount
to about $9,000.
Tho queen of Spain soldom orders
less than half n dozen gowns at a
time, and frequently will order as
many as twenty or thirty. Her majes
ty, however, has an understanding
with most of the modistes whom sho
patronizes tHat every gown sho does
not caro about when it is completed
may be returned.
The Oerman empress is, of all great
royal ladies, tho least modlshly attired.
Her majesty holds tho opinion that in
matterB of dress royal ladles ladles
Queen Victoria of Spain.
of the royal house of Hbhcnzollcrn, at
any rate should bo a law unto them
selves. The Girman empress ordors tho
bulk of her gowns in Derlln, hor bills
for which run to from $8,000 to $10,000
a year. One of the dressmakers patron,
ized by the Gorman omprosB was for
WHERE HAS
What Has Become of the Early
Photographer?
Artist's Gruesome Poses Didn't Care
About Draperies, But Insisted on
Throwing Up the Physical De
fects of the Setter.
New Orleans. Whatever become o'
th' ole time tall, culnoss photographer
that wore a fiowln' tie an' smellod like
collodion an' called his abattoir a "art
studio?" I wonder where ho went and
when ho died, fer thor must have been
some special arrangements mad?
ahead fer him. Who kin ferglt Bow
he used t' pose us in front o' a screen
Bhowiu' a castle with a miotic bridge
leadln' up t' It an' a couple o' swans T
writes Kin Hubbard in tho New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
"Now, then, set perfectly still a
little an' look about here. Ralso your
chin a little moro. Higher, higher.
That's fine Now, turn th' head a Httlo
slautln' like. That's it, that's It.
Now, that's fine. Ah, that'll do." Then
he'd turn out a photograph Iookln' like
you had a stiff neck augmontod by a
Httlo dash o' spinal trouble llko you
had Just murdorod a whole family with
an ax an' wuz faciu' th1 Judge without
a pang o' remorse.
Th' early photographer had a sort
s' s. pritch that had ben 'mndnd down
from th' celebrated Spanish inquisition
days wbloh ho used as a prop for your
lioad. When applied f th' back o' th'
peck it produced on expression llko
you wur puttln' on a collar.
"Oh, I see, you wish f be taken
t'gother. That'll be flno. Now, then,
Just you pleaso take this seat. That's
It Put th' feet closely t'gether. Now
th hands on th' knoos. That's fine.
Now throw th' chin up. Up a little
more. That's flno. Now, you stand by
th" left. Perfectly erect with feot
t'gether carelessly, Lot th' left hand
bang limp. That's fine. Now, place
th' right band on his shoulder showln'
th' right finger Ob, I boo. Th' ring
Is on the left hand. We'll havo t'
change sides.
SUES TO TALK TO HIS WIFE
Georgia Man Swears Out Writ of Ha
beas Corpus When All Other
Means FaJJ.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Reversing the
HfcUfcli ?der of things, in which wives
ara supposed to talk too much to their
husbands, M. C. Prlcbard of Macon,
0., baa Invoked the aid of the Judl
alary to askable him to talk to bis
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The Russian government has Just purchased for Its embassy the Wash
ington residence of John Hammond, which was built for Mrs. Georgo Pullman
and never has been occuplod. Tho price paid by Russia is said to havo boen
$500,000.
merly a dressing maid at tho Gorman
court. Sho retired from the royal ser
vice on account of ill health when she
was about' forty years old and to sup
plement her pension sho started dross
making in a small way, and her for
mor royal mistress most graciously
gavo tho woman hor patronage.
Quean Mary In also most economical
ly attired for tho consort of a great
Europoan sovorolgn.
Her majesty's bills for gowns when
sho was princess of Wales ran to
about $3,000 a year, and as queen they
do not much exceed that figure Tho
quoon, of courso, does not "wear but"
any of her gowns, but nho never al
lows a morning or afternoon gown to
bo put out of tho royal wardrobes until
sho has worn It at least a couplo of
dozen times.
For hor ovening gowns Queon Mary
pays from $125 to $200, nnd for morn
ing or aftornoon gowns from $G0 to $75,
nnd for tweed wnlklng drosses from
$30 to $40. '
Thero Is a custom existing among
most royal women, ns well as among
others who spend lurgo sums on
dresses, of disposing of tho dresses
and gowns that aro put ovt of their
wardrobes to certain dress agencies,
and tho money so realized is used to
defray part of their dress bills. Two
largo drcsB agencies in Paris havo tho
handling of most of tho loft oft dresses
of European royalties. These transac
tions aro conducted by tho chief dress,
era of tho various royal women aud
tho former aro allowod to .alio a cer
tain commission on tho sales.
Tho sale of tho quoon .of Spain's
drosses annually amounts i about $4,
000, nnd of tho czarina to about a hun
dred pounds -loss. Nolthor Quoon Mary
nor tho Qonrian Empress, howovor,
HE GONE?
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"That's flno. Now throw th' chin
well back a Httlo tiny bit moro.
That's flno. Now, all foot closo t'goth
er an' steady. That'll do." Then Fri
day you get th' proofs an' you nnd
your wlfo looked llko Lewis an' Clark
takm' tholr first view o' Mount Taco
ma after a ten days' march on empty
stomachs.
Th' ole time photographer alius
posed you In such a way as t' feature
your Adam's apple. Ho didn't care
about th' arrangement o' drapery er
whether your coat wuz buttoned
straight, but ho wuz thero V seo that
your Adam's apple got evor'thlng that
wuz comtn' t' it. If you had a halrllp
er a wend In th' neck ho alius made
'em th' principal points o Interest in
your photo. If you had a bulgln' foro
head ho'd powder th' high lights an'
pull In your chin. If you had a retreat
In chin ho'd pry It out an' make an In
terior o' your nostrllB. If you looked
like u turnip ho'd Insist on a front
vlow, an' if you looked llko n hatchet
he'd prescribe a sldo vlow. If you
wanted t' stand up an' Bhow your feot
an' watch chain ho'd bring forth a lit
tle column-shapod pedostnl t' stand
by an' you looked like you wuz waltln'
for Bomebuddy t' shoot a apple oft your
hoad.
Ever'buddy you aeo In th' old fam
ily album looks llko they had either
lost tholr only friend or wuz sotttn' In
an electric chair. Always sad er ter
rorized. If you looked pleasant er nat
ural you had t' sit again.
T'day If you want V' look llko Ger
trudo Elliott or Jack Darrymore th'
"artist" '11 fix It for you. If you look
llko a aewln' machine agent an' feel
like you would llko t' look llko a groat
author t'day's photographer 1I show
you how t' git th desired oxproBBlon
by resttn' th' loft cheek In your hand
an Iookln' anxiously lnt' th' future If
you want t' look like a great society
leader an' havo a goltro th' modern
photographer '11 removo It without
pain, an' If you want f look llko a
smllln' cow he'll look after your brtdgo
work without oxtra cost
habeas corpus warrant directing that
Mrs. Prlchard bo produced in court,
and ho feels confident thnt what ho
has to Bay will sweep away all tholr
marital troubles.
The PrlchardB havo bcou separat
ed for somo time and Mrs. Prlchard
has boon living with Mra. Edward D.
Keelcy, at whom tho haboas corpus
warrant 1b technically directed. Baf
fled by the refusal of his wife to heed
his pleas for a reconciliation, Prlch
ard resorted to the habeas corpus
tattle as a last reaett
ever soil their left-oft dresses. Queen
Mary's left-off gowns aro given away
to tho pooror dependents of royalty,
or aro distributed through certain
charltablb agencies to poor gentlefolk.
Tho Gorman ompress disposes of
hor left-oft dresses in much the samo
way, except that they are' practically
all given to peoplo In somo way or
other connected with tho court
THIERS HAUL $30 IN PILLS
Highwaymen Make Unfortunate
"Catch" When They Hold Up
Medicine Peddler.
Atlanta, Ga. Thirty dollars' worth
of pills and an oil land book" showing
grants which wore made In Georgia In
tho days of Oglothorpo lay in tho bot
tom of Glddlngs Johnson's ono-horBo
chalso as ho jogged along aftor dark
into the suburbs of Atlanta.
Ho was thinking In a dejected way
of tho trials of a medicine peddler,
when Madge, tho ambling horse, shied
as though sho felt a roturnlng youth
fulness. Then, from out of the dark,
stopped four figures, nnd four voices
directed Qlggings to hold up his
hands.
Four hlghwaym -i began at onco
to search tho ono-horso-Bhoy, whilo
Madgo lapsing back Into hor usual
drowso, stood with her head between
her knoeB.
Ono of tho highwaymen exclaimed
with pleasure as ho lifted a heavy,
squaro object from tho chaise and
dropped upon his knees before It in
tho roadway; yet, what ho oponod
to tho moon were land grants which
wore a rollc of Oglothorpo, and wero
old whon Goor-la, as w state, was
young.
But his dlsploasuro was lost In tho
dollght ot another of tho bold rob
bers who was dragging from tho
chalso n heavy box. Ho set It down
In tho dust of tho roud. Tho high
wayman upon his knocs roso hur
riedly, tho othor two crowded nbout,
nnd oagorly thoy looked on, the
moon shining palely upon thorn as tho
box was oponod.
Thoy might havo been treasuro
seekers, remnants of a plrato gang, or
Just what they wore.
Tho lid of tho box ripped, a part ot
It toro looso. The remainder ot the
lid was pried off, and the four bold
robbore, tho moon shining palely upon
thorn, bent forward and In tho. wan
light looked upon tho treasure of $30
worth of pills.
"Let's shoot him," suggested ono
with a lopk toward Glddlngs Johnson.
"Why not mako him tako all the
pills?" advised another.
But a third, with that sixth bodso
peculiar to real highwaymen, heard
tho far-off approach of a vehicle, spoke
In brlof, sharp words to tho others, and
all four molted into tho shadows of tho
night
Then did Glddlngs JohnBon remem
ber that n shotgun lay in tho bottom
ot tho chalso. In a moment ho had
It 'out, put it to his shoulder, aimed,
pulled tho trlggor then remombored
thnt ho had forgotton to load It.
Ho got out, roplaced tho pills and
tho book ot laud grants, roturnod to
tho chaise, drovo to tho nearest tele
phouo and gavo word to thq pollco.
EDISON SAYS TANGO WILL GO
Turkey Trot, Diaphanous Gown,
Smoking by Worqen and Other
Fads Also Fleeting.
Now York. "Faddists and extrem
ists havo been common In all ages,"
said Thomas A. EdUon. "Tho turkey
trot, tho tango, tho diaphanous gown
and women Bmoklng will Vanish whon
tho novelty wears off. Such oxtremlsta
reprosont only a fractional per cent, of
our people and wo need not fear for
tho othors." Mr. Edison believes In
ougonlc marriages, but deprecates the
teaching ot sex hyglono In schools to
pupils not old enough to do tholr own
thinking.
Lawyers say ho has a good caso.
All concerned aro well connected so
cially. Dig Up Petrified Fish,
Now York. What Is supposed to bo
tho remains ot a hornblll flah which
Inhabited tho wators of Now York har
bor 250,000 years ago has been dug up
In a potrlfled condition at' Tompkins
vlllo, Staton Island.
Furniture casters are now made ot
compressed leather.
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Gotham's New Mayor Lives in Apartment House
NEW YORK. From tlmo Imroeorlal tho mayor of Now York ban had the
honor of two lnrgo lamps erected at tho city exponso to light his fronl
door. Tho "Mayor'B Lamps" aro an Institution as Invlolahlo as the famous
me
pcv.n.
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I 6Pv3WK" Stuyvesant
I j TrJstJlsB convinced
TMfD up seven
J!l9l
The Imposing entrance to tho Peter Stuyvesant Is already well provided,
lhank you, with electric braziers, which glvo plenty of Illumination and har
monize with tho archilecturo, and tho homely word "front door" dies on the
tongue hero, too. So tho owners of tho apartment houso and tho many other
tenants, not realizing tho honor thoy should feel In tholr Identification with
tho mayor, might object
Altogether It Is a perplexing, problem. Mayor Gaynor, who, llko all his
predecessors, lived in his own mansion, is said to havo remarked In his
caustic fashion that It wns a "useless custom" when ho saw the workmen
Without consulting him putting up their twin lighthouses before his Brooklyn
home.
Then tho Thespians nro having tholr troubles these days, too. In the
first placo, tho pollco havo dared to apply the "low. tragedy" word "loitering"
to tholr custom of discussing tho green room in animated groups along the
RIalto. Ono actor has written to Police Captain Walsh, threatening to fead
a movement to desert Broadway, and recounting tho following:
" 'Now thero nrose up a now king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.'
Broadway Is in much tho Bamo position as Egypt since tho coming of tho
new policemen. I stopped near Fourty-fourth street yesterday afternoon to
tell a fellow-actor what a successful summer I had in Middle Western stock
when I was rudely tapped on tho shoulder by ono of your men. 'Takothat
stuff up stago,' ho said.
"I was surprised and indignant, but my frlond Informed mo that such
occurrences aro now common. Ho added that only tho other day he and a
group of friends wero accosted by ono of your policemen as, 'Hey, you
bunch of Edwin Booths.' Ono of tho leading members of the burlesque stago
was told1 tho other day to 'get out of tho spotlight and make an exit'
"Aro your policemen behaving In this manner at your instigation? In
former years the police realized that Broadway was our field of activity and
should bo reserved for us Just as part of Broad street is roped oft for tho
curb brokers."
HAMMAMAMAMAAMMMAAMAMMVWWS
Why the Policeman Had Real Plain "Grouch" On
CLEVELAND, O. Ono of tho policemen waiting in tho locker room of th
contral station for roll call, plainly had a grouch on. Patrolman' Hank
Gerow stood and grinned at him. In response bo finally ellcted. a sickly suilla
and an explanation.
It seemed that tho sister of this
wife, her husband and their two children had de- ?
scended upon his houso the day boforo, unex- 7h
pected' and uninvited, and intended
vlst of two weeks.
"Cheer up, old top," roared Hank genially as he
slnppeir'hlm on the back with a hand as big as u
Westphallan ham, "it might bo worse.
"For Instance, ono summer, when I took my
vacation, I went to Philadelphia. Naturally, I
drifted over to pollco headquarters to get ac
quainted thero a little. One mighty flue fellow
I met and took a liking to, was Patrolman Michael
Pugusky. Ho seemed mightily tickled about
something" and before long he told mo that in a
day or two his father and mother, whom ho had
not seen since he was a boy, wero coming over from RusBia, aftor much
solicitation on his part, to live with him. That man certainly did look for
ward with much Joy to meeting them again.
"Well, it happened that I was at tho Pennsylvania railroad station, rendy
to tako a train homo, when they arrived. As soon as Pugusky saw them he
rushed up and embraced them. My, but he was happy! Then his molfter
asked:
"Is thero room for all, Michael?"
"All?" ho echoed.
His mother pointed to 12 other peoplo standing modestly at ono sldo.
"Your aunts, your uncles, your cousins," alio announced. "They huve
come to live with you also, having heard how rich and powerful nro the
pollco in thin country."
"Pugusky grabbed tho back of a scat for support and for a time ho looked
ns though he wore trying to swallow something about tho slzo of a dog. But
ho wns game, that man was I'll bet ho is a good policeman. Ho tried hard
to smllo whjle ho shook hands with all of them, then marshaling tho 14 new
members of his family In procession, ho marched thom away toward homf"
Wagon Tongue Silences
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CHICAGO. Aftor a crowd of 600
ot police, had failed to raise a
born street the other day, a civil engineer solved tho problem by simply sug
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building and whispered to a policeman. Tho pollcoman looked suddenly wise,
aftor admitting In a whisper between his closed hands, "Wo'ro a lot of bono
houds," and then, in a loud, commanding voice, ordered the toamster to pult
a bolt holding tho tongue to tho wagon and drive his team away.
Traffic had been at a full stop for three-quarters of an hour, but only the
eiiKliioer whb had viewed the situation from an upper office window could see
what was tho matter.
Young Woman's Tip Gets
K
ANSAS CITY, MO. Do you believe In tipping to get a seat on a streot
car? If you don't thero Is ono young woman In Kansas City who doeB.
Tho young woman got on a Rockhlll car at Eigntn ana walnut streets.
Ab sho pushed her way forward turougu tno
crowded alslo many of tho passongors noticed hor
air of Independence ns Indicated by hor soldier
llko carriage. Sho could not havo been much
moro than five feot tall and sho was as straight
as tho proverbial ramrod. As she made hor way
forward It was obsorved that Bho looked closely
at each seated passengor. Finally she stoppod
opposite a Boated nogro woman. Sho loaned ovor
and spoko In n whisper to tho negro woman. Tho
negro nodded nnd arose at tho samo time holding
uui Iter ucuiiig puiui. niu juuug wuuiuii uruiijiuu -
a dime In tho negro woman's hand, Boated her- 1
self, unfolded tho Star and Instantly was obllvl- h
UUH IU Mil) tilllllCH Ul UlU U1UI1 UUU lUUIlb Ul UBlUll'
Ishmcnt ot tho women passongers.
Beside her sat a woman elaborately gownod
Sho looked hor diminutive scatmato
not especially approving. Finally sho could contain hcrsolt no longer.
"Did you pay that woman to get your seat?" shs asked.
"Certainly," wnB tho smiling answer. "I havo to do It overy once nnd a
whilo. You seo," sho wont on, "I work pretty hard all day and when night
comes I'm protty tired. I can't ask a man to give me a Boat, so I pay a dime
for ono when I think I see a probable customer."
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laws of tho Modes and tho Porslans. But it looks
as if this anclont tradition must go by tho board
for John Purroy Mitchcl hasn't any real front
doort
Mr. Mltchel has tho distinction of bolng the
first mayor hero to live In an apartment house.
Tho now borough president, Marcus M. Marks,
will bo soroly puzzled wlyjn ho tries to havo his
apartment house in Riverside drive
tho writer after ho had been whisked
floors In tho elevator that oven the
ample corridor from which Mr. Mltchcl's foyer
door leads would be cramped byj tho antodlluvlan
street lamps of monstrous size which custom de
crees, Then again this Isn't really Mr. Mltchcl's
front door.
policeman's
to make
a j
Traffic on City Street
porsons, Including a patrol wagon load
blockade of street cars on South Dear.
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gesting tho uncoupling of a wagon tongue.
A heavily laden coal wagon was stalled. A
crowd had gathered. Tho driver tried to take all
the tips from tho crowd, the result being that the
wagon slipped off the tracks Into tho excavation
mnde by a gang of street pavers. Traffic came to
a full stop. Four mounted policemen galloped
up and talked the situation over with nine cross
ing nnd other policemen. The wagon finally wai
got clear, but tho horses stood across tho traekrj.
Tho pollcomon and on lookers argued and the
street. cr.r men growled, but none was able to
solve tho problem. Tho track simply could not
be clourcd. Gray matter revolved ut such a ve
locity in u hundred heads that thero was' danger
of an epidemic of brain fever.
Tho civil onglncer camo down out of an office
a Seat in Street Gar
over from head to foot. Tho look was
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GOOD FARM BUILDINGS
Materials for Cow Houses, Sta
bles and Pigstyes.
Floor of Structure Intended for Ac
commodation of Live Stock Should
Be Impermeable and Non-Absorbent
as Possible.
Oly W. It, GILBERT.)
SInco the introduction of Portland
cement concreto as a floor-laying ma
terial thero has been no excuse for un
comfortablo and Inefficient floors at
tho homestead. To bo efficient, tho
floor of a houso Intended for the ac
commodation of live stock must to as
great a degree as posslblo bo both lm
permeablo and non-absorbent. If It be
neither, it will bo liable to becomo of
fensive ltseir, and will lead to tho
samo condition in the soil upqn which
It lies as well. Flagstones of good
quality and finish and flooring tiles
rony reach a high standard In theso re
spects, but. unless thoy aro very care
fully Jointed liquid matter will leak
through tho seams and poluto the soil
underneath. If with such as these It
is difflcult to keep tho subsoil whole
some, It need novor be attempted with
irregularly finished slabs, far less
with small boulders, as paving Btones.
Concrete can, however, be laid with-
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out Joint or crack in the whole area
covered. It Is Impervious to water;
moisture cannot pass down through it,
nor can ground damp pass up. It can
bo worked into forms required in such
places, and It wears well. A further
advantage Is Its comparative cheap
ness. Another Is tho effective resist
ance that it gives to rats; theso un
tiring "sappers and miners" are non
plussed when faced by a well-laid con
crete floor.
Open channels alono are permissible
In tho buildings wo are dealing with;
covered dralnB can never bo kept sani
tary In these places not, at any rate,
under the treatment it is found practi
cable to bestow upon them there.
Here, again, concreto comes to the
front on account of the regularity and
smoothness of outline It is possible to
glvo them in that material. A con
crete channel can be effectively swept
or scraped with ease, and a bucket or
two of water swilled along Its course
will leave It comparatively sweet and
clean.
Limitations of Concrete.
But while concrete Is eminently well
adapted for flooring the parts of farm
buildings that .are liabel to be soiled,
tiy tho tied-up animals, It Is not so well
suited for their stalls or lairs. It Is all
right as regards smoothness, but it
Booms to bo too cold for both cows
and pigs to He upon unless abund
ance of bedding or litter Is at the dis
posal of the attendants. When heavy
horses como It is hardly durable
enough; tho pounding of their iron-
bound heels are too much for concrete.
Tho passages and channels of tho
threo places we started with can havo
no better flooring medium than con
crete, but something a Httlo warmer
and less unyielding Is required for
both cows and pigs to He upon. Horses
might bo left to take advantage of Us
smoothness were It moro durable
against their heels, because they usu
ally have moro bedding afforded 'them
and they have less time to lie down.
Brick Pavement
Makes a very suitable floor for the
cow's stall, and It answers equally
well for the pig's bed. Well shaped
building bricks laid on a bed of lime
or cement servo tho purpose ndmlra
bly. Tho cows can never soli their
stall floors, provided tho building Is
arranged to meet their requirements;
neither do tho bigs mess their sleep
ing place provided it is kept clear of
the rest of tho floor space. At this
rato there is not much likelihood of
tho soil beneath tho brick pavement
over gottlng contaminated by excretal
matter, even whon the bricks aro slm
ply bedded on sand or ashes and aro
not grouted. But when bedded on
lime and grouted with cement, a firm,
sound job Is the result, and u tsurfuco
of this sort will respond to a swilling
with water as readily as tho parts of
the floor in concreto do.
Stable Stalls.
Somotblng harder than brick Is of
courso required for the stable stall.
"Setts" or paving blocks, either of
granite or "whin," say 8x4xB-inch,
suit very well. Bedding thom In lime,
and grouting them in cement, both as
advised for tho brick pavement, make
a strong Job. This pavement may be
kept two feet or so back from tho
wall that the horses face against, but
It should bo continued to tho ono sldo
or other ot tho channel behind the
horses. Concrete comes In very suit
ablo for tho remainder ot the floor.
Tho narrow strip In front, if laid with
it, keeps rats at defiance. Hats are al
ways suro of something In the stable
stalls, but they will not venture there
unless they aro froo to shelter In tho
floor beneath.
Fig. 1 Is a cross-section of a floor
such as wo are describing. It shows
a building 18 feet wldo Inside. It may
safely be moro; to make It less ls,not
advisable. The stable, as well as the
eowhouso and plgstyo, should, as wo
havo already said, be without covered
f drains Inside. As far as practicable,
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ono should make an open channel
serve to carry away liquid mattoi
from tho stable Thero Is never sa
much urine from horses as from tho
cows, howovor; but there is usually
moro fall given in tho stalls of tho sta
bles than in those of tho cowhouse,
and the stances for th" geldings havo
to bo floored In such a way that tho
stallngs may bo road'y concentrated
and led to the gutter. It is some
times necessory, however, to make
uso of short lengths of theso.
Fig. 2 represents tho cross-section
ot a good
Double Cowhouse.
Tho cows faco tho walls, tholr bdds
or lairs being 7 feet 3 inches long
from tho .wall to tho edgo of the
"grip." Tho beds aro almost lovel In
this direction. Thoy have moro or less
incline the othor way, in accordance
with tho general rake of tho building,
but as little as can bo given. A glazed
fire-clay trough sits ot tho floor In
front of each cow. Tho troughs aro
kept back from the wall about tho
breadth of a brick, so that tho ani
mals, when In the act of using, may
not damage tholr horns ngalnst tho
wall. Tho "grip" is 2i inches broad,
G inches deep at tho sldo next to tho
cattle stances and from 3 Inches to 4
inches alongside tho central passage
Tho bottom of tho "grip" has a dip of
1 Inches from the ono sldo to tho
other, and lengthwise as much fall as
will quickly lead fluid matter to tho
outlet provided for Its discharge It
sometimes happens that tho cowhouse
may be too long to admit of tho chan
nels bolng run continuously or on the
samo grade tho whole length of tho
building. Were tho floor In general
given a good "rake' or Incline from
ono end to the other there would be
no difficulty In giving a fairly long
stretch to the "grip." Its conforma
tion and smoothness enable it to clear
ItBelt quickly of liquid matter. But as
wo havo Indicated, It Is not advlsablo
to glvo a building ot the kind much of
a hang lengthwise, else tho cows will
havo a tilt that way when lying. Their
beds wo havo advised to be mado as
level as Is practicable from wall to
"grip," and this holds good with re
gard to their cross-Bectlon, too. It will
bo noticed from tho figure that the
passage up the center of tho cowhouse
Is a little lower than the cow stands
on each sldo. This is in order to give
the cows a better position whon crit
ics aro about. The travlses or divi
sions between stalls aro of concrete,
and between three and four Inches
thick. Each Btall, we need hardly add,
holds two ccjws. A cowhouse, finished
as I have" been describing, and proper
ly ventilated, does .not call for much
Improvement, ono would think.
The cross-section of
A Double Plgstye
Is represented in Fig. 3. Concreto Is
again much in evidence, as will be
seen. Tho beds are of brick, however.
They aro raised a few inches above
the general floor lovel. Where this
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method Is adopted It will be found that
tho pigs rarely mess these "plat
forms." When feeding they void ex
crement enough, but then It falls on
the concrete floor between tho trough
and tho raised bed. The liquid matter
escapes cither underneath or round
tho troughs into the channel along
side the paasnge; and the solid mattor
can easily bo removed from whore It
fell with shovel or scraper, without
leaving much trace behind It. The
feedfng troughs aro of a glazed fire
clay". They are low In front, but have
high sloping backs, 'tending outwards
Into the passage, over which projec
tion tho food can easily bo tipped from
bucket or ladle. Cross-pieces from
front to back keep 'each snout from4
boring from right to left In tho trough.
The high back of the troughs help to
make out the front barrier of each di
vision or pen. Iron rods stretched
above these, as the section shows,
complete it effectually, while they ad
mit of a clear view of tho place. It
simplifies matters when doors to the
pen can bo dispensed with, at the
passage Bide and bo put in the back
wall Instead. This affords Increased,
trough space, and is otherwise con
venient enough. Tho seml-solld ex
creta can be easily removed by the
back, a concrete barrow track being
carried along one end of the platform
to tho doorway, If so wished, but a
narrower strip will serve. A run ol
water from ono end of the ht-'use to
the other will do tho rest ot tho clean
ing effectually. The effluent will eas
ily repay the cost of a tank placed
where such can be conveniently Inter
cepted. Tho figures, It must bo borne
in mind, are suitable only for small
ish pigs; for larger animals they must
bo Increased proportionately. Light
ed and ventilated as advised for the
cowhouse, a place such as tho abovo
merits the namo ot ptghouse in placo
of plgstye.
When a Cow Should Go Dry.
Tho dry cow Is easlestjcaredfor
during tho tlmo of short pabture. Slrbc
aoes not iieou un uiuciiuicy iooa as
the cow that gives milk. If sho comes
fresh In tho late fall'she can go on
regular winter feed nnd be kept up to
her normal flow all winter.
In tho spring she will havo tho
fresh pasture at Just the time when
she needs it to keep her yield from
falling off. Sho will give most of
her milk when milk and butter are
scarcest and highest? Sho will bo
ready to dry off when the flies are
worst for cow and cowherd. And tho
busy fall days will not bo mado busier
by the necessity of milking her, What
enn be said against this nrgument?
Free Range Is Best.
The same results will follow when
tho sows are separated from the other
hogs If tho sows are fed largely on
corn. Glvo the brood sows tho run
of a pasture, and they will pick up
most of their living and keep healthy
shut them up in a lot. and they wli'l
loso stamina and disappoint their
owner at farrowing time.
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