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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD: DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Tires at
Before -War Prices
Goodyear Prices
It is Folly Today to Pay More
30 x 3 Plain Tread . . $11.70
30 x 3M " " . . . 15.75
34x4 " " . . 24.35
36 x4" " . . . . 35.00
37x5 " " . . 41.95
There exists now a now, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. It re
sults from War conditions.
These leading tires built of extra-fino
rubber, in the same way as always aro
selling today at June prices.
You will find today a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August when war began tho
world's rubber markets Beemed closed to us.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could Bee no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. Wo, like
others in that panic were forced to higher
prices. But wo have since gone back to prices
wo charged beforo tho war, and this is how
wo did it :
Wo had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out. Tho larger part of Uie
world's rubber supply comes through there.
Wo cabled them to buy up tho pick of tho rub
ber. They bought beforo tho advance 1,500,
000 pounds of tho finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way to us.
And it means practically all of the extra-grade
rubber obtainable abroad.
Today we have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para. Those are tho world's
chief sources of rubber. So we are pretty well
assured of a constant supply, and our pick of
the best that's produced.
We were first on the ground. We were quick
est in action. As a result, we 6hall soon have in
AIRSHIPS
I
ISPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con
flict in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now Is Prepared to
Pull the Other's Stlng, but Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.
Klvery modern war has been fought
with now weapons, and for tho last
century thore havo been countless In
ventions .for the carrying on of war
fare In a particularly destructive man
ner, with the philanthropic Intent that
war was fast becoming so horriblo and
terrible thta It must soon pass away
from tho faco of the earth, says tho
'Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horriblo contrivance was
Invented and Introduced into armies
and navies inventors immediately
busied themselves by offsetting and
discounting Its probable effect. Con
sequently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have it with ub.
ThuB it is that each big war, after be
ing heralded as the world's last con
flagration, is found upon examination
to bo false, and the end of war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In tho present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions of
actual hostilities many Improvements
and inventions that previously havo
been tried only under laboratory con
ditions. Their real worth will only be
discovered at tho close of the conflict.
No army or navy engaged in the
. present conflict in Europe but what Is
possessed of nearly all of the modern
improvements made since 1870. Tho
WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE
Remarkable Results Have Follovn
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt,
As an indication of the ultimate out
'corao in tho great delta of Egypt
where 1,500,000 acres of wash salt
land awaits development, toward tho
end of 1912 about 800 acres of absolute
ly wasto land at niala were taken in
hand. Tho land was so heavily im
pregnated with salt that for ages noth-
NWViNiNVNNW'lBiN,V
DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE
Something That Should Be Required
by Every Woman tVho Has Place
In the Dullness. World.
It Is a fact that many woraon havo
no deflnlto desire to get anywhero in
tho work thoy aro doing. They con
elder their Job as the least Important
thing In their lives, and rarely havo
a plan tending toward ultimata ex
pansion and a time when thoy can feel
storage an almost record supply of t!u3 extra
grado of rubber.
And wo paid about .Mine prices.
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
About tho only crudo rubber nvnilnble now
for many makers is inferior. In ordmcry times,
tho, best tiro makers refuse it. Much of it hnd
been rejected. But that "off rubber" now soils
for much moro than wo paid for tho beat.
Tho results aro those:
Tiro prices in general aro far in ntlvnnoo of
Goodyears. And many tiro makers, short of
supplies, will bo forced to use second-grade
rubber.
Be Careful Now
In Qoodyeora wo pled go you tho same grade
tiro as always. And that grado won for Good
years the top place in Tircdom the largest Bale
in tho world.
And, for tho time being, our prices are the
6amo as before tho war. We shall try to keep
them there.
Wo accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will bo kept supplied. And we charge them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices.
That means that Goodyears the best
tires built are selling way below other tires.
Coodpyear
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With All-Weather Treads or Smooth
submarine,' which waB a dream In
18G5, is owned by tho navy of the
smallest power. It Is true that single
submarines aro not expected to ac
complish much In a real struggle, so
tho larger navies of tho great powers
havo fleets of submarines. Tho aeroplane-
and tho dirigible balloon are to
be found In the possession of all arm
ies in Europe today, yet they, too, aro
only expected to bo of real service
when they aro possessed In large num
bers. The airships and tho submarines are
tho wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little Insect, whllo they .have a
powerful sting, they aro very vulner
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero
planed have been used to a limited ex
tent, and this use has been so much
limited that their real efficiency is ex
pected to be finally determined by
the present war.
It Is much tho same with tho wlro
less telegraph. Whllo It was used in
tho Itusso-Jnpaneso war of ten years
ago, tho apparatus was still rudimen
tary, and the Installations too few,
while the rango of the apparatus was
too limited to show tho greatest effi
ciency. In the Intervening decade, how
ever, great advance has been made In
wireless. It is now possible and, ln
deod, Is a custom every day, to send
and receive messages from a distance
of more than 5,000 miles. This, then,
is a new and Important factor In naval
operations, as was seen by the censor
ship put over tho great sending sta
tions on this side of the Atlantic by
the United States authortilea.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
Tho submarine was In existence in
1904, but it was a very different sea
wasp to that which Englnnd, France
and Germany are using today. Yet Its
real value is yet to be determined, and
It Is expected that this demonstration
will come during tho present conflict
Rapid Increase of Submarines.
At the time of tho Spanish-American
war there wore only five submarines
in all the navies of tho world.
The latest edition of Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives tho number
of submarines in tho various navies,
and shows what interest is being
taken in tho wasp of tho sea. Groat
Britain has 76 built, and is building 20
more; Germany, who only began build-
had grown on it. A scientific sys
.i of irrigation and drainage was laid
i, undor direction of Lord Kltch
r, at a cost of ?50 an acre, and it
as then handed over to tho fellaheen
i live-acre plots for cultivation. Last
ear tho land was washed, and a crop
f ilco was grown, giving a satlsfac
ory yield, After tho rlco crop the
salt distribution was measured, and
tho porcentago was considerably re
duced. To the great astonishment of
tho fellaheen cultivators, a permanent
result had been achieved in one year.
thoy havo accomplished what thoy
started to do.
Men have quite another point of
vlow. Tho boy In his teens is already
thinking and planning somo path In
llfo that will tako htm somehow to tho
top. Ho la perhaps deeply Interested
In somo profession or trade; ho means
to "be something."
Work toward somothlng fixed. May.
bo It is a small placo of your own
some time in tho beyond, out in tho
green country. Maybo it Is tho top of
the work you are now doing. Maybe
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Ing a few years ago, already has 27,
70 and Is building 12 more; France has
70 and is building 23 additional onces;
Russia has 25, and Is building 18;
whllo the United States has 29, and is
building 21; Austria has 18, and has
four under construction, whllo Italy
owns 18, and is building two. Yet the
submarine is still an unknown quan
tity in warfare.
Submarine In War.
Many of the early submarines aro
small and probably of little elilciency,
and France has numerous types about
which little Is known by tho outside
world. Tho German submarines are
said to be built along tho Holland
lines, while tho Russian submarines
aro said to follow ono or moro of the
French types.
Tho submarine, from a romantic
viewpoint, should be a great factor In
deciding a naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to tho present
time it has done nothing to prove itfr
value. It was believed that tho moral
effect of the submarine would bo al
most as important as its physical ef
fect upon an enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been Justliled up to
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
bo terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarlno and de
stroying each other. But it has been
found that when submerged the sub
marlno is as blind aa tho traditional
bat. Its crew cannot see any object
undor water, and Is compelled to re
sort to tho uso of the periscope, which
emerges unostentatiously above the
water, in order to seo Its own courso.
It is known that tho periscope is
the eye of the submarlno, and natural
ly attention has boen paid to the best
way of destroying this vital part of
their boats.
Tho designers of tho submarine did
not count upon it being seen. It was
believed that it would go upon Us way,
dealing death without observation, al
though Its perlscopo does make a
slight wake on tho water, and when
submerged there aro telltale bubbles.
But It has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may traco
tho courso of a submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as If it was
running on tho surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out tho sneaking submarlno, and
they both are supposed to bo armed to
destroy tho warship that moves like n
ilsh.
which undor tho ordinary system pre
vailing In tho country would havi
taken thro or four years to accom
pllsh Cotton Is now, theroforc, bolng
satisfactorily grown on a fnlr propor
tion of this area, and It Is expected
that it will bring from $73 to $100 au
acre.
Counting Up Fine.
"Aro tho running oxponees of an
automobile vory high?"
"Not if tho motorcycle cop falls to
get your number."
It Is an independent himinnRR nf vnr
own. Whntovor it may bo, keop your
mind turned toward It, put your effort
into realizing it, into saving for It,
into tho necessary study and growth
that must accompany it.
Your life will bo far moro Interest
ing and worth whilo if you do work
with somo such deflnlto mark. Pos
slbly your Ideal may chango later you
may docldo that thero is something
else that seems moro worth your en
deavor. But go ahead at present to
ward what you now desire
SLAUGHTER AT CHARIER0I
IS GREATEST IN HISTORY
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK,
international News Service.
Paris. Burned villages and heaps of
bodies lying on. Belgian soil around
Charlerol show tho ferocity with which
tho allied French and British troops
opposed tho wavo of Gorman troops
that lolled them over and drovo them
'jack to Franco.
For ton hours tho tldo of battle
ebbed and flowed at Charlerol, tho
town bolng taken and rctakon flvo
times beforo tho allies withdrew.
Part of tho city waB wreckod, ac
cording to reports received by tho war
ofllce Tho villages of MarchlonneB,
Moncenu, Chatolot and Landelles were
burned.
Citizens Killed.
Though tho Inhabitants of tho peace
ful llttlq villages had been warned
that tho conflict was coming, scores
romnlned In their homos and perlshod
In tho flames or wero killed under tho
rain of shot and shell that swe tho
streets when thoy wero driven from
tho shattored structures.
Flerco hand to hand fighting took
placo In Charlerol. Tho French wero
the first to occupy tho town, but thoy
wero driven out by a bombardmenM
from tho German artillory. Tho Ger
mans then entered by tho left bank
of tho rlvor Snmbro, but within a
short tlrao moro of tho allies' troops
arrived and tho conflict was renewed.
Tho aormnnB sought cover In tho
houses In tho lower part of tho town
and to dislodge them tho French
wero forcod to sweep that section with
their artillery.
Wounded Fill Town.
Tho lower part of tho town was soon
In flamoB and tho Germans wero
forced Into tho streets. Back and forth
through these surged tho contesting
soldiers, fighting desperately for vic
tory. Tho dead lay thick when tho
French wero flnnlly forced to with
draw. For threo days wounded soldiers
havo been pouring Into Maubougo.
The monastery and nunnery thero aro
filled. Tho inhabitants havo given
up their homes to tho war's vIctlmB.
On Sunday tho Germans drovo tho
French troops through tho town of
Charlerol, back to tho second de
fensive position on tho lino defined by
the towns of Avesncs, Rocrol and Mo
tlercs. Recaptured by French.
Tho French artillery from the
heights now turned a furlouB cannon
ading on Charlerol, which had been
bombarded provlously by tho Germans
from tho other side. Tho German po
sition was so weakened by tho deadly
accuracy of tho French gunnery that a
counter attack by tho allies was or
dered and at daylight on Monday tho
entire lino advanced, charged tho Ger
man position and recaptured Charlerol.
Tho conflict probably was uncqualeu
in history In severity and casualties.
Tho Germans must havo succeeded in
bringing up reserves, for early on
Tuesday they made a successful coun
ter attack along tho whole battle lino
dnd retook Charlerol, driving tho
French back to an intrenched position,
which they held until tho morning or
tho second day.
Retreat In Good Order.
The retreat was made In good or
der, tho main forces of tho French re
maining intact.
Both armies suffered terrific losses.
Tho battle has not yet finished.
Tho German catapult Is hammering
at tho French and British allies again,
trying to batter Its relentless way to
Paris. Thero is desperate fighting
along tho Belgian frontier at several
points, and French victories aro re
ported at two places, Charlerol and
Courtral, though nothing official has
beon given out
Turcos Charge Battery.
At tho beginning of the combat, tho
French madq a sortlo In a medieval
manner, with tho object of surprising
the enemy. Tho latter wero found in
number fnr oxcecdlng the French ex
pectations, and tho attem'pt to rout
them failed.
Then the Turcos, In the faco of a
withering fire, charged a German bat
tery at tho point of tho bayonet. Flvo
hundred of these brave French sol
diers from North Africa left on the
charge. Only 100 returned.
Their sortlo had no effect ngalnBt
tho steady Gorman advance, which
continued to creep step by step
through tho outskirts of Charlerol.
Before the railway stntlon the Ger
mans fought for two hours In an effort
1o capture tho bridge. Their losses
wero enormous, but the brldgo was
captured.
French Beaten Rapidly.
After the Teutonic advance over
whelmed tho brldgo. tho Germans
gained ground rapidly, taking in suc
cession tho villages of MarchlonneB.
Landclis and Montlgnles and tho coun
try ns far as Walcourt.
Later tho French artillery opened
firo on Charlerol and tho French in
fantry advanced undor this cover. Tho
tldo of battle appeared to favor the
tricolor, but not for long.
French Infantrymon declared tho
roofs became so Jammed with dead
that tho victims of battlo remained
Btandlng whore they wero shot, and
wero used by tho living aa breast
works from bohlnd which to fire on
tho enemy.
Tho InBt stand of tho French was
along tho lino botweon Thuln and Met
tot. At nightfall tho fighting ended, both
nldes tired boyond enduranco. Mon
day morning tho French returned to
tho attack, entering tho town In the
-'N' 'NSN''N'S'SWSSSNSNSNSW
BULLETS CAUSE NO
PAIN, SAY FRENCH
Paris, Numbers of French wound
ed aro being cared for in ParlB hos
pitals. It Js frequently remarked among
the men that their bullet wounds aro
not painful In a large number of
cases mon who had been hit wero not
awaro of the fact until after the en
gagement. Ono man declares that he
did not know ho had boon hurt until
faco of a withering firo from machine
guns mounted in tho stcoplos, and
driving tho German defenders in con
fusion across tho rlvor Snmbro.
Many Houses In Flames.
Thoy found many houses smoldorlng
or In flamcB. Tho inhabitants, terror
strlckon, wero in tho collarB. Gorman
officers and soldiers woro found dead
in tho stroots, side by sldo with
Frenchmen who had fallon beforo or
afterward.
Ono German officer was shot whllo
ho was washing his faco, and his head
was bowed ovor a basin, whllo hlB
faco was covered with soap.
Another had beon lifting a oup of
coffeo to his lips when a French bul
let brought death. Ho was found ly
Ing faco downward across a tablo, tho
broken cup besldo him on tho floor.
German Losses Enormous.
An idea of tho enormous lossos of
tho Gormans In tho great battlo In
southwestern Belgium and of tho brav
ery of tho knlsor'a soldiers 1b given In
tho story of a returned traveler who
witnessed part of tho lighting along
tho Snmbro rlvor, 'southwest of Charle
rol. "I was near Foreux, in a region
covered with donso woods, whllo tho
fighting was taking placo," said ho. "I
could hear tho sound of cannon away
to tho east and know that a big battlo
was raging. From my placo in tho
forest I suddenly saw tho advanco
guard of a Gorman armj approach
ing along a roadway which skirted tho
trees.
"Thero scorned to bo an endless pro
cession of soldiers, all dressed In a
uniform of gray. Rank after rank
passed by and I thought that tho end
would novor como.
"Thero was no hesitation. Tho mon
swung forwnrd with quick stops and
I saw officers galloping nlong tho llnoa
urging them forward.
French Open Fire.
"Suddenly thero was a froBh sound
of battle, this timo in front of mo and
I know that tho Fronch nrtlllory hnd
opened upon tho advanco guard of
tho Gormans. I moved cautiously for
ward to a point where I could got a
view of tho battlo sceno. It was a
vlow which seared itself Into my mem
ory "Tho Fronch guns wero hurling a
hurricane of stool and flamo Into tho
German ranks, but tho soldiers pushed
forward with their battlo shouts on
their lips. Straight into that pit of
destruction rushed tho advancing
troops. Mon fell, on every hand. It
seemed that wholo platoons molted
away.
"Over tho bodies of tho dead and
wounded pushed tho rear ranks of
tho lnvndlng army, rushing with fixed
bnyonots upon the smoking muzzles
of the French artillery. It was a su
perb plcturo of gallantry.
Aeroplane Is Smashed.
"Near Erquelinnes I saw a German
aeroplane brought down. Tho mili
tary aviator was flying high in tho
air, taking a reconnolssanco of tho al
lies positions. Tho specially construct
ed guns, designed to attack air craft,
wero turned upon tho noroplano, but
tho aviator continued his work. Sud
denly I saw tho machlno lurch, splin
ters flow, and then tho shattered ma
chine began to drop. It had beon
smashed by a projectile"
GERMANS DRAG GUNS
OVER THEIR OWN DEAD
London. Tho correspondent of tho
Dally Mall describes a visit among tho
French who wero wounded In tho bat
tlos of tho Vosges and havo boen
brought to Vichy, whero tho hotels
have beon transformed into hospitals.
A wounded artilleryman contributed
tho following experience:
"I witnessed ono horrible scene. Tho
Germans were shooting from tho deep
trenches among which our nrtlllory
was doing terrible work. But as fast
as a German dropped a fresh man
took his placo until bodies of the Ger
mans wero on a level with tho surfaco
of the earthworks.
"At this moment a German battery
was ordered to advanco. Tho heavy
wheels sank in tho trench, but tho
drivers furiously lashed their horses
and finally dragged tho guns acrous
the human bridge."
WHAT PRISONERS
OF WAR WILL EAT
The following scale of dally rations
for prisoners of war has been ap
proved by tho military authorities:
One pound of bread, three-quarters
of a pound of biscuit, one pound of
preserved meat, threo ounces of
cheese, live-eighths of an ounco of
ton, ono-quarter of a pound of Jam,
threo ounces of sugar, one-half of, an
ounce of salt, one-twentloth of an
ounco of mustard, one-thlrty-slxth of
an ounce of pepper, one-half of a
pound of frcah vegetables
Two ounces of tobacco will bo fur
nished each week for smokers.
Gunners Made Stone Deaf.
London. A medical oorrospondont
of tho Tlnioa who has Just roturnod
from Bolglum says it Is morally cer
tain that all tho artillerymen of the
fortB at Llego aro now stono deaf
"Tho norves of hearing must fall un
dor tho strain of dwelling upwnrds of
a fortnight in a world of mighty ex
plosions," ho says, "For theso mon tho
guns thunder now only In a sllonce
which may never be broken "
tho following morning. Ho then dis
covered a ball had gone through his
arm. Tho only outward indications
wore two dark spots on tho skin, auch
as might be made by a lead pencil,
Tho mon In the hospitals pass the
timo gayly and spend many houra lis
tening to accounts of tho progresB of
tho war. Thoy mako no complaint,
except to deploro tho' delay in getting
back to the front. At one hospitaj a,
private with four bullet wounds in one
log smiled and said: "I'll get tha
yot in iplto ot this."
ILL TO BUILD
TOR JHEJUTUHE
Worth Remembering When One
Is Making Plans for the De
sired Home.
DESIGN FOR FAMILY OF TWO
Arrangements That Would Suit Al
most Anx Couple, Though of Course
Most Women Would Wish to
Work Out the Details for
Herself.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. nnd ford will nnswer
qucittlons nnd slvo ndvlre FItKR OF
COST on nit subjects pertnlnlnff to tho
subject of building, for the readers of tills
paper. On account of hi wide oxpcrlcnce
ns Editor, 'Author end Manufacturer, ho
Is, without doubt, tho highest nutliorlty
on nil tlieo subjects. Addross nil Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1R27 1'rnlrlo
Rvcnub, Chicago, III., nnd only cncloso
two-cent stamp for reply,
Building a houso for a homo is ono
of tho most interesting propositions
that a man can undertake. Every
married man oxpocts to build a house,
and every slnglo man hopes to do so
eorno timo. If he don't ho 1b not con
structed on tho right plan. It often
happens that a man has a small fam
ily, which may consist of himself and
wife and possibly ono small child.
They do not wnnt a largo houso thoy
don't need It and they don't want the
caro of It; but, at the eamo timo, It
is only business to build in such a way
that tho house may bo sold If occa
sion should require But no mnttor
how small tho houso may bo, a wom
an wants tho downHtnlrs to appear
right. Sho naturally takes pride In
having a well-arranged houso neatly
furnished and well kept. If tho plan
Bults her, sho 1b perfectly happy In
working out tho .dotalls.
in tho plan here shown, only two
rooms nro finished upstairs. About
one-third of tho upper floor Is loft un
finished, to be used ns an attic store
room. Tills saves expenso when build
ing, and tho housowlfo has fewer
rooms to tako caro of afterward Two
rooms may bo added hero any timo In l
tho future, at very little expense.
Two bedrooms and bathroom up-1
stairs make a very nlco arrangoment
for a family of two, and lenvo a Bpare
bedroom for uso when required The
bedroom downstnlrs may be made Into
a library if so desired, It Is really
moro appropriate for this purposo than
It Is for a bedroom. If so wanted by
tho family. Families are different;
their tastes and requirements nro dif
ferent; what suits ono would not suit
anothor; but this room would mako
a vory nlco library or smoking den,
and that is whut every man should
have. If ho doesn't smoke, somo of
his friends do; and most womon object
to having tobacco smoke scattered
promiscuously through tho house, and
they cannot be blamed for this objec-
First Floor Plan.
tlon. Tho house means more to a
woman than it docs to a man; and it
1b her pride and ambition to have It
exactly right, nnd to havo things us
nlco and dollcnto as her keen sense
of proprloty Hiiggests.
Tho sitting loom and dining room
in this plan uro almost like ono long
room. Tho archwny may bo fitted
with portloros or not. If portlores
nro used nnd looped well hack, tho
view Is not obstructed to any great
extont, nnd a company of a dozen or
two may comfortably occupy the two
rooms.
The general plan of thlB house Is
what used to bo called tho "Boston"
style. It Is rather after tho long and
narrow ordor, being 22 feet wldo and
38 foot long, oxcluilvo of porches.
Thero aro some advantages in a
houso of this shape, You got moro
light and bettor air. Tho rooms may
be placed to better advantage with
out using diagonal partitions, which
are objectionable because thoy do not
leave nlco corners in which to placo
good pieces of furnlturo, Evory cor
ner in this house Is square, except
at the bay windows; and nobody
wants a square corner In a placo ot
this kind. The display hero is princi
pally composed of curtains, and a
nloe chair or two designed for looks
U well as for comfort The general
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air of this houso is what may bo
called "tony." It has a neat, clean,
dignified nppoaranco, rnthor on tho
prosperous ordor; but tho beauty is
In tho design rather than In tho ox
penslvo finish Tho materials aro
good but ordinary; no unnecessary
work or expenso Is 8 peel fled, but or
orythlng Is plain and substantial.
The bnck porch la a feature a little
out of tho ordinary. It Is tntendod for
a sort of sumtnor addition to tho
kitchen, an outdoor workroom that
may bo enclosed with climbing vines
and furnished with a couplo of old
fashioned rocking chairs with ging-ham-covorcd
cushions somewhat on
tho grandmother order, but comfort
able, as everyone knows. This back
porch otters n good placo for au ice
box, especially In the summer time,
which Is the only timo In tho yoar
when an ice box in this kind of a
houso Is really necessary. Tho cellar
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la cool enough at other times, and
it is fairly convenient to tho kitchen.
Tho outside grado entrance to the
cellar Is a groat help. It gives an
easy entrance from the garden for
carrying things in and out without
tracking through tho kitchen a foo
turo that ovcry woman knows exact
ly how to appreciate. A long cellar
like this Is especially well designed
for keeping fruit. With a partition
behind tho furnnco, tho part undor the
kitchen may bo kopt cool enough to
keep apples and vegotnbles without
drying up. Tho cellar walls aro built
with cement mortar and broken stone
or nibble All stone wall surfaces are
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plastered outside, and tho Joints flllod
and pointed with black mortar, which
gives tho wall an attractive finish.
If the house faces tho north, It would
bo bettor to put tho fruit room In the
front end of tho cellar. Tho north
end Is several dogreeB coalerthan
the south end; and It Is not necessary
to run furnace pipes past tho partition
in tho sitting room.
To reach the front bedroom, an up
stairs pipe may be placed on an In
cllno through tho wall paitltlon. Such
little dotalls must be looked after by
the owner. That bedroom upstalra.
would bo difficult to heat from a fur
nace, wlh tho pipe improperly laid.
There Is a right nnd a wrong way to
put In furnace pipes, nnd my expe
rience is that the eye of tho owner is
a llttlo better than the eye of the In
spector. In arranging furnace pipes,.
It Is a good plan to study the different
rooms beforo the building Is started.
Almost as soon as tho collar wall is
built, you want your furnace plpeB In
placo. You want tho hottest plpo In
the sitting room, and 'the next hottest
pipe In tho bathroom.
Tho old-faBhloffud way of heating a
house was to lead tho biggest pipe to
tho lower hall, and let the air float up
stairs naturally; but natural condi
tions cannot always bo depended upon
to furnish good results. A good fur
nace man, If given plans beforo th
building Is started, can lay out a sys
tem of plpos that will hoat every
room without passing tho air through
the front hall. Thero 1b another ex
treme to this proposition; and that ia.
to keop tho front hall Bhut oft, and not
havo any air carried in that direction.
This 1b as much of a mlBtako as the
other. Ventilation Is Just as Impor
tant as heat, and you cannot have good
ventilation with tho hallway shut off.
To Eat Asparagus, ,,
How to eat asparagus. This is s
problem as tremendous as how to eat
art orango. Ivan Heald glvos somo ad
vice on the point. k,
"Rest one elbow," he aays, "on tho
cloth nnd wrap one leg around the log
of tho tablo so as to prevent ovorbal;
anolng. Grip tho nsparagua and rub
Its neck In tho molted butter. Before
It has time to mako up Its mlndwhlch
way it will wabblo swing the aa'pantf
gus off Its feet and waggle It in the
nlr to teat its pliability. Then opert
your mouth and mako a feint at biting
your Btalk In tho small ot tho back
"Ten to ono the asparagiiB will trv
to dodge by doubling up. You gft
him as his head comes down, and:
thore you aro.
"Never, in tho oxcltement of the
Btruggle, bo tomptod into biting tho
asparagus below the belt. It's not
playing tho gnmo, and besides, It glvoa
the stalk a flno opportunity to whlpT
round with a loft hook to the car." '
Tough Material,
"Would you marry a self-mudo-'
man?" asked tho glrj who had never
even beon seriously engaged.
"No, my dear, nevor ogafn," replied
tho still lovely widow, "They u a,
fully hard to make over."