DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.''
rill Us
BY
FREDERICK PALMER
U BMIIMMM
(Copyright. 1914. by
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8YN0PSIS.
At tlirlr homo on tlia frontier tx'twren
(lie Jlrowns and Grays Jtartn aullnnd and
hir mother, entertaining Colonel Wester
llntr of th Grny, see Captain Lanstron
of the lirownn Injured by a frill In Ills
Boroplane. Ten years later. Wrsterllmt.
nominal vlco but real chief of staff, r-en
force South Irfi Tlr and meditates on war.
He i alii on Martti, who Is visiting In the
Orn (anitnl Sho tells him of her teach
ins i hlldren the follies of war and mar
tial patriotism, and begs lilm to provont
war uhlle he Is chief of staff. On the
march with the 63d of tho llrowns Pri
vate Stransky, anarchist, In placed under
arrest. Colonel Ijmstron begs him off
I.nnetron calls on Marta at her home. Ho
talks with Feller, the gnrdencr Marta
t-Ils Lanstron that sho bolleves Keller to
be a spy. I,nnstron confesses It Is true
Lanstron shows Marta a telephone which
Feller has concealed In a secret passage
tinder tho totter for use to benefit tho
Browns In war emergencies Lanstron de
clares his love for Marta. Westorllng and
tho (Jray premier plan to use a trivial in
ternational affair to foment 'warlike pa
triotism In nrtnv ntirl nunnta unit nfrlkn tie-
foVo declaring war. l'artow, Hrown chief
of atarf, and Lnnstron, mado vice, discuss
tho trouble, and tho Brown defenses. l'ar
tow reveals his plans to Lanstron. The
Gray army crosses tho border line and at
tacks The Browns chock them Artil
lery. Infantry, ncroplanes and dirigibles
engage Stransky, rising to make the
anarchist speech of his life, draws the
Gray artillery fire. Nicked by a shrapnel
splinler he goes Berserk and fights "all
a man." Marta has her first glimpse of
war In Us modorn, cold, scientific, mur
derous brutality. Tho Browns fall back
to the Galland house. Stransky forages.
Marta sees a night attack. Tho Grays
attack In force.
CHAPTER XII Continued.
Hut sho hurried on, Impelled by sho
knew not what,, through the dining
room, and, coming to the veranda,
stopped short, with dilating eyes and
a cry of grievous Bhock. Two of hla
men woro carrying Dcllarme hack
from tho breastwork, whero they had
caught him in their arms ns be fell.
Thoy laid him gently on the sward
with a knapsack under his head. Ills
faco grew whiter with the flow of
blood from the red hole in tho right
breast of his blouse Then ho opened
his lips and whisporcd to tho doctor:
"How Is It 7" Something In his eyes,
In the tone of that faint question, re
quired tho graco or a soldier's truth
In answer.
"Bad!" said tho doctor.
"Thon, good-by!" And IiIb head fell
to ono side, his lips set in hie chcory
smile.
His company was a company with
his smilo out of Its heart and In Its
plnfco blank despair. Many of tho men
hall stopped firing. Soma had .even
run back to look nt him and stood,
caps off, backs to tho enemy, miser
able in their grief. Others leaned
against tho parapet, rifles out of hand,
staring and dazed.
"They havo killed our captain!"
"They've- killed our captain!" still
a captain to them. A general's stars
could not have raised him a oublt in
their estimation.
"And onco wo called him 'Baby Dcl
larme ho was so young and bashful!
Him a baby? Ho was a king!"
"Men, get to your places!" cried tho
lurvlvlng lleutonnnt rathor hopolessly,
njith no Dollarmo to show him what
to do; and Marta saw that few paid
kny attention to lilm.
In that minute of demoralization tho
Brays had their chance, but only for a
minute. A voice that Boomed to speak
somo nncontrollablo thought of hor
own broko Ju, and it rang with tho au
thority and, leadership of a mature of
ficer's command, qven though coming
from a gardonpr ju blue blouso and
crownlcss, straw haL
"Your rifles, ,your rifles, quick!"
called Poller. "Wo'ro only beginning
wj ugnii"
And then another voice In a bull
roar, Stransky 's:'
"Avenge his death!, Thoy'vo got to
kill tho last man of us for killing him!
Revenge! Revenge!"
That cry brought back to tho com
pany ull tho lighting spirit of tho
cheery smile and with it anotbor spirit
for Dellarao's sakol which ho had
never taught them.
Stransky picked up ono of soveral
cylindrical objects that woro lying at
bis feet
"He wouldn't use this ho was too
sott-hoartod but I will!'' ho cried, and
flung a hand'grenado, and then a sec
ond, over the breastwork, Tho explo
sions wero follpwed by agonized
groans from tho Grays hugging tho
lower nldo pf the terrace. For UiIb
they had crawled across tho road In
the night to And themselves unablo
to move cither way and directly undor
tho flashes of tho Drowns rifles.
Feller's and Stransky's shouts rose
together in a peculiar unity of direc
tion and full of tho fellowship they
had found In their first exchange of
glances.
"You engineers, make ready!"
"Hand-grenades to tho men under
tho tree! That's whero they'ro going
to try for it no wall to climb over
thero !'
"You englneere, take your rifles
and bayonet into anything that wears
Brayl"
"Get back, you men by tho tree, to
avoid their han'd-gronadesl Form up
behind them, everybody!"
"No matter Jf thoy do got In at first!
Back, you men, from undor the tree!"
There was not a single rlflo-Bhot. In
& silence like that before tho word to
fire In a duel, all ordors woro hoard
and tho more readily obeyed becauso
Dellarmo'8 foroslgbt had impressed
their tsense upon the men in his quiet
way. M
Tho Band-baga by tho tree wero
blown up by tho Grays. Then, before
the dust had hardly eottled, came a
half ecoro of hand-greuades thrown by
the first men of a Gray wodge, scram
bling as they were pushed through
the breach by the pressure or the
jnatis behind. In that final' struggle
of ouc set of raen to gain and another
to hold a position, guna or automatics
or loug.tra.qga bullets played no part.
It 'M tlvt grapplo of cold steel with
cold s of J and musrlo with musclo, in
th W.ilfctj, twMing mob of wrea
n
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tlors, with no sound from throats but
etralnlng breaths; with no quarter, no
distinction of person, and bloodshot
eyes and faces hot with tho effort of
bruto atrongtli striving, In primitive
desperation, to Mil in ordor not to bo
killed. The cloud of rocking, writhing
arms nnd shoulders wno neither go
ing forward nor backward. Its move
ment was that ofxa vortox, while tho
gray stream kept on pouring through
tho breach ns if It wero only the first
flood from some gray lako on tho
other sido of tho breastwork.
Marta had como to the edge of tho
veranda, at' onco drawn nnd rcpollcd,
feeling the foarful susponso of tho
combat, tho savago horror of it, and
horsolf uttering sounds Ilko tho strain
ing breaths of the men. What a placo
for hor to bo! But sho did not think
of that. Sho was there. Tho dreadful
nicnemy of war had mado hor a
stranger to herself. Sho waa rnad;
they wero mad; all tho world waa
mad I
Ono minute two, perhaps not
threo and tho thing was over. Sho
saw tho Grays being crushed back and
realized that tho Browns had won,
whllo the last details of tho lessening
tumult fixed her attontlon with their
gladlatorinl simplicity. Here, indoed,
It was a case of man to man with tho
weapons nature gavo him.
"1 thought so!" cried Feller. "At
tacks on frontal positions by daylight
aro going out of fashion!"
It was ho who , mercifully arrested
tho shower of hand-grenades that fol
lowed tho exit of tho enemy. Two of
tho guns of tho castlo batteries, hav
ing changed tholr position, were mak
ing havoc enough at polntblank rango,
with a cholco of targetB botweon
tho Grays huddled on tho other sido
of tho breastwork and those in retreat.
Ono of tho Grays, his check bearing
tho mark of a boot hool, raised him
self, and, in deflanco and the satlsfac-
"You, There, In Your Straw Hat and
Blue Blouse."
tlon of tho thought to his bruises and
humiliation, pointing his finger at Fel
ler, Marta heard him say:
"You thore, in your straw hat and
blue blouse, thoy'vo" seen you a man
lighting and not In uniform! It they
catch you it will bo a drumhead and a
firing squad at dawn!'
"That's eo !" replied Feller gravely.
"But they'll havo to mako a better
Job of It than you follows did If they'ro
going to "
Ho turned away abruptly but did not
movo far. His shoulders relaxed Into
tho gardoner'B stoop, and ho pulled
his hat down ovor his eyes and low
ered his head as if to hido his faco.
Ho was thus standing, inert, wheu a
division Btnff-ofllcor galloped into the
grounds.
"Whero Is Major Dollarmo?"
When ho saw Dollarnio's still lmdv
ho dismounted and in a tldo of fool
ing which, for tho moment, submerged
nil thought of tho machine, stood,
head bowed nnd cap off, looking down
at Dcllarmo'B face.
"I was very fond of him I Ho waB at
school when I waa toachlng thoro.
But a good denth a soldier's death I"
ho said. "I'll write to hla mother my
self." Thon tho voice oftho machine
spoke. "Who 1b in command?"
"I am, Blr!" said tho callow llouten-
ant, coming up. But tho men of tho
company spoko
"Bert StraiiBky!" thoy roared.
It waB not according to military eti
quette, but military etiquette meant
nothing to them now, They woro
above It In veteran superiority.
"Wliero's Stransky?" demanded tho
staff -olllcer.
"You're looking at him I" replied
Strnnsky with a benign grin.
Seeing that Stransky was only a pri
vate, the officer frowned at the anom
aly when a llquteuant was present,
thon emllod in a way that accorded
the company parliamentary rlghta,
which ho thought that they had fully
earned,
"Yes, and ho gets ono of thoBo Iron
crosses!" put In Tom Frnglnl.
"Yes the first cross for Bert of tho
Rods!"
"And wo'l! let him make n dozen
annrchlBt speeches a day!"
"Yob, yes!" roared tho company.
"Tho aye havo It!" tho ofllcor an
nounced cheerfully Ho lifted his cap
to Marta, With tender regard and
gruvo reverenco for that company, bo
tpok extremo caro with his next re
mark lest a set of mon of such dy
nnmlc spirit might repulso him as an
Invader. "Tho lieutenant Is In com
mand" for tho present, according to
regulations," ho proceeded. "You will
retire Immediately to positions 48 nnd
19 AJ by tho cnstle road. You havo
dono your part. Tonight you sleep
and tomorrow you rest."
Sloop! Rest! Vhoro had they
hnrd those words boforo? Oh, yes,
in a distant day boforo thoy went to
war! Sleep nnd rest! Hotter far than
an Iron cross for every man in the
company! Thoy could go now with
something wanner in tholr hearts
than consciousness of duty well dono;
but this tlmo they need not go until
tholr doad as well ns tholr wounded
woro romoved.
Follcr started to pass around tho
corner of tho houso; he was confront
ed by Marta, who bad como to the end
of tho veranda. Thore, within hearing
of tho soldiers, tho dialogue that fol
lowed was low-toned, and It was swift
and palpitant with repressed emotion.
"Mr. Feller, I saw you at tho auto
matic. I heard what tho wounded prl
vato of tho Gruys said to you and
realized how true it was."
"IIo is a prlsonor. Ho cannot tell."
"I feol that I havo no right to lot
you go to your death by a firing
sqund," .sho interrupted hurriedly,
"and I shall not! For I decide now
not to allow tho telophono to remain!"
"I" ho looked around at tho auto
matic ravenously and fearsomoly
"It Is all simply arranged. There
Is tlmo for mo to use the telophono
boforo tho Grays arrive. I shall tell
Lanny why you took chargo of the
gun."
"I'vo changed my mind! Exit gar
dener! Enter gunner! I'm going
with you!" ho cried in a jubilant voice
that arrested tho attention of ovory
ono on the grounds.
CHAPTER XIII.
From Brown to Gray.
"You, Marta you aro still there!"
Lanstron exclaimed In alarm when ho
heard her volco over tho tunnel tele
phone. "But safe!" he added In ro
lief. "Thank God for thatl It's a
mighty load off my mind. And your
mother?"
"Safo, too."
"Well, you're through tho worst of
It. Thero won't bo any more lighting
.nround tho house, nnd certainly West
orllng will' bo courteous. But where
is Gustavo?"
"Gone!"
"Gone!" ho repeated dismally.
"Walt until you hear how ho went,"
Marta Bald. With all the vividness of
her Impressions, a partlsaa for tho mo
ment of him and Dellarme, sho
sketched Feller's part with tho auto
matic. As ho listened, Lanstron's spirit was
twenty again.
"I can see him," ho snld. "It was a
full breath of fresh nlr to tho lungs
of a suffocating man. I "
Marta was off In interruption in tho
full tldo of an appeal.
"You must I promised you must
lot hlra havo tho uniform again I" she
beggod. "You must lot him keep his
automatic. To take It away would
ho like separating mother and child;
llko separating Minna from Clarissa
Eileen."
"Bettor than an automatic a bat
tory of guns!" replied Lanstron. "This
is whero I will use any lnfluenco I
havo with Partow for all It la worth.
Yes, and ho shall havo the Iron cross.
It Is for such deeds as his that the
iron cross was meant."
"Thank you," bug said. "It's worth
something to mako a man as happy as
you will make him. Yes, you aro real
flesh and blood to do this, Lanny.1',
Her point won with surprising ease,
whon sho hud fcarod that military
form and law could not bo circum
vented, she leaned ngainet tho wall
In reaction. For twenty-four hours'
Bho had been without sloop. The in
terest of hor appeal for Feller had
kept up her strength after tho excite
ment of tho fight for tho rodoubt was
ovor. Now thero seomed nothing left
to do'.
"That'a flno of you, Lanny!" sho
said. "You'vo taken It llko a good
stole, this Iobb of your thousandth
chance. You really bellovod in it,
didn't you?" A.
"Forgotten already, llko tho many
other thousandth chnnceu that havo
failed," ho replied cheerfully. "One
of jlho virtues of Partow's Bteol au
tomatons is that, boug tearless as
well as passionless, they never cry
ovor split milk. And now," ho wont
on Boborly, "wo must bo saying good
by." "Good-by, Lanny? Why, what do
you mean?" Sho wae startled.
"Till tho war is over," ho said, "and
longer than that, perhaps, if La Tlr
remains In Gray territory."
"Yoli Bpeak us If you thought you
woro going to loso!"
"Not whllo many of our eoldlors are
alive, If thoy continue to show the
spirit that thoy havo shown bo far;
not unless two men can crush ono
man In the automatlc-gun-recoll ngo.
But Ln Tlr Is In a tangent and already
In tho Grays' possession, whllo wo act
on tho defensive So I should hardly
bo flying over your gardon ngaln."
'But thoro's tho telophono, Lanny,
and hero wo aro talking over it this
very mlnutot" sho expostulated,
"You must romovo It," ho said. "If
tho Grays should discover it thoy
might form a suspicion that would put
you in an unpleasant position."
Tho tolophone had bocomo almost n
familiar lnatltutlon In hor thoughts.
Its socrot had something of the fasci
nation for hor of mnglc.
"NonsonBo!" sho exclaimed. "I am
going to bo very lonely. I want to
lonrn how Poller is doing I want to
chat with you. So I decide not to lot
It bo taken out. And, you see, I havo
tho tactical situation, as you soldiers
call It, ull lu my favor. The work
of removal must bo dono at my end
of tho lino. You're quite helpless to
enforce your wlahea. And, Lanny, It
I ring tho bell you'll answer, won't
you?"
"I couldn't holp Itl" ho replied.
"Until then! You'vo boon flno about
everything today!"
"Until then I"
When Marta loft tho towor who know
only that Bite was weary with tho
I rulnd-woarlnoBs, tho body-wcarlnesB,
tho norvo-wcarlncBB of a spectator who
has shared tho omotlon of every actor
In a dramu of death and finds tho ex
citement that has kept hor tenso no
longer a sustaining forco.
As sho wont along tho path, stope
uncertain from shoor fatigue, hor sen
sibilities livened ngaln nt tho sight of
a picture. War, porsonal war, ln tho
form of tho giant Stransky, was knock
ing nt tho kitchen door. His two-days-old
beard wbb matted with dust nnd
thero wero dried red spatters on his
chock. War's furnaco flames Beomed
to havo tanned him; war seemed to
be breathing from his deep chest; his
big noso was war's promontory. But
tho unexposed space of hlo forehead
seomed singularly white when ho took
off ills cap as Minna enmo ln answer
to his knock. Hor yielding lips wore
parted, hor oyes wero bright with In
quiry and suspicion, hor chin wns
firmly set.
"I camo to see If you would lot mo
kiss your hand ngaln," said Strnnsky,
squinting through his brows wistfully.
"I seo your noso has been broken
once. You don't want It broken a sec
ond time. I'm strongor than you
think!" Minna, retorted, nnd held out
her hand carelessly as if it pleased
her to humor him.
IIo was rather graceful, despite his
size, as ho touched his lips to hor fin
get's. Just as ho raised his head a
buret of cheering rose from the yard.
"So you'vo found that wo havo gone,
you brilliant intellects!" ho shouted,
and glared at tho wall of the house ln
the direction of tho cheers.
' "Quick! You havo no time to losol"
Minna warned him.
"Quick! quick!" cried Marta.
Stransky paid no attention to tho
urglngs. Ho had something more to
say to Minna.
"I'm going to keep thinking of ypu
and seeing your face the face of a
good woman whllo I light. And whon
the war Is over, may I come to call?"
ho asked.
His feet wero so resolutely planted
on tho flags that apparently tho only
way to movo them was to consent.
"Yes, yea!" said Minna. "Now,
hurry!"
"Say, but you mako me chappy!
Watch mo poke It Into the Grays for
you!" he cried and bolted.
Within tho kitchen- Mrs. Galland
was already Blumborlng soundly in
her chain Overhead Marta heard the
exclamations of male voicos and tho
tread of what was literally tho heel
They Saw Pllzer Go Down.
of tho conqueror guests that had
como without aBking! Intruders that
had entered without any process of
law! Would they overrun tho houso,
hor mother's room, hor own room?
Indignation brought fresh s'trongth
as she started up the stairs. Tho
head of tho flight gavo on to a dark
i 4 4 44! 4 4"
STEADY EVOLUTION OF CHIN
Has Progressed With the Intellect
ual and Social' Advance of Man-'
kind.
In man the chin seems to project
moro and moro as ho progresses to
ward his modern civilized condition.
This must imply that, immediately
the hugo lowor canines degenerated,
tho part took on somo other function
of vital Importance to tho race, and
that tho need has increased with his
Intellectual and social udvancemont.
My theory, thon. Is that tho chin is
essentially a part of tho mechanism
of articulate speech.
It is tempting to theorize a little
further and to suggest that tho hu
man chin perhaps bears testimony to
a prehistoric chango from carnal
weapons to others, which, If not ex
actly spiritual, wero such as appealed
to tho part of u? whero spiritual forces
work, for appnrontly long ago, boforo
tho pon proved mightier than tho
sword, tho tongue proved mlghtlor
than tho teoth.
If ono could only provo this one
might show that oven beforo tho Gla
cial epoch, parliamentary Institutions
(using tho term ln Its widest sense)
bogan to tnko tho plnce of lethal weap
ons in settling disagreements, and
that the substitution of arbitration for
war is not merely a doctrlno of later
day moralists, but la a part of tho or
dered march ot cosmic progress, as In
ovltablo ns the othor evolutionary
changes which havo brought us up
from nmong tho brutes. North Ameri
can Review.
JUST CALLED HIS ATTENTION
Case of the Absent-minded Poker Play
er Who Had "Forgotten" to
Ante.
Tho Missouri gentlemen, bo gay, bo
genial, at tho dinner table, tako on a
frlcld look when tho cards and chins
I appear They turn from gentle, kind
part of tho hall. Thoro alio paused,
held by tho scene that n bcoo or
moro Gray soldiers, who had riotously
crowded into tho dining-room, wore
enacting. Tlrey woro members of
FracaBso'B company of the Gravs
whom Marta had seon from her win
dow the night before rushing across
tho road into tho garden.
When, finally, thoy burst into tho
rodoubt after It was found that tho
Brown hnd gone, all, oven tho Judgo's
son, wero tho war demon's own. The
vouecr hnd boon warped and twisted
and burned oft down to the raw ani
mal flesh. Their brains hnd the fever
itch of callouses forming. Not a sign
of brown thero ln tho yard; not a sign
of any tribute after all thoy had en
dured 1 Thoy had not been nblo to lay
hands on tho murderous throwers of
hand-grenades. Far away now was
barrack-room geniality; in oblivion
woro tho othlcs of an Inherited civili
zation taught by mothers, teachers and
church.
But hero was a house a houso of
the Browns; a big, flno house! They
would seo what thoy had won this
was tho prlvilego of baflled victory.
What they had won wns theirs! To
tho victor the spoils! Pell-moll' thoy
crowded into tho dining-room, Hugo
with tho rest, feeling himself a straw
on tho crest of a wave, and Pllzer,
most bitter, most ugly of all, his short,
strong teeth and gums showing and
his llvor patch red, lumpy, and trem
bling. In crossing tho threshold of
privacy thoy committed the act that
leaves tho deepest wound of war's in
heritance, to go on from generation
to generation in the history of fami
lies. "A swell dining-room! I llko tho
chandeliers!" roared Pllzer.
With his bayonet ho smashed tho
only globe left Intact by tho shell fire.
Thero was a laugh as a shower of
glass fell on the floor. Even the
Judge's son, the son of tho tribune of
law, joined lp. Pllzer then ripped up
tho leather Beat of a chair. This in
troductory havoc whetted his appetite
for othbr world3 of conquest, as the
self-chosen leader of tho increasing
crowd that poured through tho door
way. "Maybo there's food!" he shouted.
"Maybe there's wlno!"
"Food and wine!"
"Yes, wine! We're thirsty!"
"And maybo women! I'd like to kiss
a pretty maid servant!" Pllzer added,
starting toward tho hall.
"Stop!" cried Hugo, forcing lils way
ln front of Pllzer.
Ho was like no ono of tho Hugos of
tho many parts that his comrades had
seen nlm play. His blue eyes had be-,
como an Inflexible gray. Ho waa stand
ing half on tiptoe, his quivering
muscles ln tuno with tho quivering
pitch of his voice:
"We havo no right in here! This is
a privato house!"
"Out of tho way, you white-livered
little rat!" cried Pilzor, "or I'll prick
tho tummy of mamma's darling!"
What happened then was so sudden
and unoxpocted that all wero vaguo
about details. They saw Hugo ln a
catapultic lunge, mesmeric In ita swift-1
ncss, and thoy saw Pllzer go down, his
leg twisted under him and his head
banging the floor. Hugo stood, half
ashamed, half frightened, yet ready
for another encounter.
Fracasse, entering at this moment,
was too intent on his mission to con
sider tho rights of a personal differ
ence between two of Ills company.
("'There's work to do! Out of here,
quick! Wo are losing valuable time!"
he announced, rounding bis men to
ward the door with commanding ges
tures. "Wo are going in pursuit!"
Marta, who had observed the latter
part of tho scene from tho shadows of
tho hall, knew that sho should never
forgot Hugo's face as he turned on Pll
zer, whllo his voice of protest struck
a singing chord in her jangling nerves,
It was the voice of civilization, of one
who could think out of tho qrblt of a
whirlpool of passionate barbarism.
She could see that he was about to
spring and her prayer went with his
leap. Sho gloried in the Impact that
felled tho great brute with tho liver
patch on his cheek, which was llko a
birthmark of war.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ly human beings Into relentless, rav
ening wolves, each intent upon the
thought of devouring the other. And
when, over a pokor game, Borne player
seoniB to enter into a pleasant con
versation, tho other players know that
oven that Is a bluff a blind to covor
up rome diabolic plot.
Onco during thr game, for Instance,
Colonel Hawkins started ln to tell roe
something of hla history. And I, bland
hslmploton, bolloved wo woro convers
ing Bans ulterior motive.
"I used to be ln politics," ho said.
"Then I was ln tho banking business.
Dut I've gone back to farming now,
becauso It is tho only honest busl.
ness In tho world. In fact "
But at that 'Juncturo tho steely
voices of halt tho other players at
the tablo Interrupted.
"Ante'" they cried. "Anto, farmer!"
Whoreupon Colonel HawklnB, who
by that tlmo had to crano his neck
to see tho table over his pile of chips
a pilo of chips llko tho battlemonts
of somo feudal lord anted, suavely.
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rocontly demonstrated In London.
The devlco is adapted to Indicate th
presence of fire damp In coal mines
It Is basod on tho well-known princi
ple of catalytic combustion resulting
from placing platinum black in certain
explosive gases. Tho device Jb ln
tho shape of a torch with two differ
ent thermo-electric couples connected
ln series with a sensitive galvanome
ter. Each thermo-couple Is embedded
ln a bpad of porous material, one ot
which beads Is impregnated with plati
num black bo that ln tho presence ot
flro damp It will become heated above
tho othor, and generate a thermo-electric
current, which will doflect tho gal
vanometer. In order to mako tho
platinum black aa sensltlvo as possi
ble, each bead U heated by a resist
ance coll to the required temperature.
Aa both ot tho beads are heated alike,
thero is no deflection of the galvanora-
I oter under normal conditions,
OF
SQUARE HOUSE
In a Number of Ways It Will Bf
Found to Give Complete
Satisfaction.
PROVIDES CURRENT OF AIR
Large Windows, and Plenty of Them
Are Made Possible by ThU De
sign By No Means Expensive
Abode, When All Things
Are Considered.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Kndfprd will nnswc
questions nnd jrlvc ildvlce Kit 13 13 OF
COST on nil subjects pertnlnlnjr to tlir
subject or building, for tho renders of this
paper. On nccount oT Ills wide operlonce
as Editor, Author nnd Manufacturer, ho
Is. without doubt, the holiest authority
on nil tlieso subjects. Address ull inquiries
to Willlum A. Radford, No. 1827 Prnlrlo
avenue, ChleaRo, III , nnd only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
Sometimes four bedrooms nro need
ed, and In order to get four good bed
rooms it Is necessary to build a good
sized houso. It is very desirable that
children should havo bedrooms of their
own for their excluslvo uso as soon as
they aro old enough to sleep b them
selves. You can get four little boxes
of rooms In a small houso, but it is
never very satisfactory. Little bed
rooms too often lack light and ventila
tion, and these are two very Impor
tant requisites.
Ono reason why I llko square
houses and recommend them is the
fact that you can put a bedroom In
each corner upstairs and havo two
windows in each room that are diag
onally opposite to each othor, as thoy
may bo left open to crcat n current
of air that will como and go contin
ually. Since the prevalence of conta
gious diseases has been traced to de
fective, ventilation people aro pay
ing moro nttentjon to this feature of
building.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant we
have, so it behooves us to provide
largo windows and plenty of them
tlmo was when we covered our win
dows with cJ -ido blinds. Some
people had wooden blinds outside
and wooden (Venetian) blinds inside.
In addition to these microbe collec
tors and sunshine banlshcrs I have
often seen two pairs of curtains over
a window, besides a dark shade which
wb kept down a1 good deal of tho
time because too much light was like
ly to fade the carpets.
Ono of tho best signs of the times-Is
tho fact that carpets havo gone out OS
fashion. It is impossible to keep a
carpet clean. Thero is so much hard,'
disagreeable wArk about taking It
up and putting it down again that no
body likes to tackle the job, so It isi
nut rff na lnn nn mmsthlfv Tho fnfill.'
Ion of using a little better flooring so
tho wood may be varnished or pol
ished, then partially covered with
rugs, is tho most sensible, nud most
healthful fushion in houso finishing!
we have had since tho old pioneer log
house days, when tho pine boards wero
loft bare and scrubbed until they
looked white enough and clean enough
to eat your dinner from.
Tho size of this houso Is 30 feet G
inches in width by H4 feet in length,
which might be called a medium-sized
square-built houso, as square houses
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First Floor Plan.
nro built today. Thoro are moro
square-built houses under 30 feet in
ividth than oyer, but they generally
rango from 30 to 30 feet In length.
In thlB plan we get a very good
stairway nicely arranged both for
looks and convenience. It Is thor
oughly well lighted by the little stair
bay, which may bo fitted with fancy
glass, It so desired. Although the
houso it quite largo it is not a very ex
peuslyo houso to build becauso it is
so plain. Plainness Is a strong rec
ommendation for a dwelling, provid
ed it Is not carried to excess. The
plainness ot this design Is relieved by
a rathor wido projection of cornice,
tho dormer windows, tho largo bay
window, tho stair bay and tho one
story projection at tho rear, besides a
Bplendid frout porch.
fiy extending tho kltcheu porch part
way across tho dining room and en
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cloBinghls pari of it we get room for
a pantry and a stororoom without !ut
ting Into tho dining room or kitchen.
This is an ndrantngo that docs not
cost a great deal, and It is a very
good nrrangement
s Opinion Uifter tn rognrd to tho
7dluo of an uttlo dome housekeep
ers couldn't manage without one, whllo
it.iera would not ue bothered with
cleaning nnd taking enro of It, claim
ing that It Is Just a catchall for old
trash and dujt It depends a good
deal on the fnnlly and thovwny thoy
live. Somo families urn a great deal
of storeroom, whllo others uso ovory
tiling they nave until it Is used up,
I hen throw It away.
There la an old saying, "kcop a
nlng lor aovon years unit you will
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Second Floor Plan.
find uso for It,' Dut some people worn i '
rather utilize the Bpace it would oc
cupy and chargo up beven years' rent
against tile cost, qj a new article.
However, an attic la wortn a good
deal for ventilation, and it is Itie best
placo a housewife has to hang up the
family wash in bad weather, it costs
very little moro when building to put,
in an attic stair and lay a floor over
tho upper joists. I notice mat a good
attic helps to sell a house, wmcti. ot
course, a person may want to co at
any time.
1 llko to seo a Iioubo set well upon
a good foundation wall. You can then
put In good, large cellar windows anu
havo tho allls above grade. It you
set wooden sills below the grade lino
they rot In a fow years, and If you
make them of cement or stono the ex
pense Is greater and tho glass Is spat
tered with dirt every tlmo it rains.
Light and good air Is juBt as neces
sary In a cellar as in somo other
places nbout tho house. Sickness
often Is caused by bad air in the eel
lar. Dark cellars usually aro dirty
because no one canr see to clean them
properly. Sometimes dirt is left thoro
becauso it is out of sight.
PROPER SELECTION OF DIET
Reason Must Guide the Appetite If the
Best Results Arc to Be
Attained.
The eminent American physiologist
Lusk says that nature, through tho de
vice of appetite, usually ptovldes
against tho use of Improper food, but
that reason must play a part In food
selections. A glass of milk and a. piece
of pie aro poor materials for tho brain
of an active business man whose sed
ontary life requires 2.D00 heat units
or calories to maintain his body ma
chinery. Wo need also water, salts, protejns
and certain nevvly discovered sub
stances called vltamlnos. All these
materials aro to bo found in milk,
beans, bread and other great funda
mentals of nutrition. Solutions of cano
sugar or of glucoso aro not tho ex
elusive mainstays of life, and yet glu
close takcnalono yields 2,500 calories
at a cost of 4 1-6 cents, and 2,500 cal
orios in tho form of cano sugar cost
8 1-3 cents.
Glucoso J.B tho cheapest food fuel
known, but, llko cane sugar or butter
fat Is not a comploto food, ln that It
dose not contain everything necessary
for life. Commercial glucoso Is abso
lutely harmless. A man must hnvo
suiriclent calories in his diet if he Is
to llvo properly and perform labor
aatlsfactorlly.
Asbestos Kids.
Ho was nlno years old and practical,
and as he came home from Sunday
school the mystery of tho Sunday
school lesson fell upon him. Tho les
son was about 'tho three men cast
Into tho blazing furnaco. The teacher
had mado it very plain. Shadrach,
Meshach aud Abednego wero their
names, aud by tho power of faith they
had beeu rescued from tho fiery pit
unharmed, Tho story was past all com
prehension. It was a miracle an Old
Testament mlrnclo. "Toll you what,
mother," ho added, after explaining
tho marvelous lesson the best ho knew
how, "them was suro three asbestos
kids!"
Like Wasted Time to Johnny.
Johnny, aged six, was permitted to
havo his friend Teddy stay over night
with him. On getting ready for bed
thoy both knelt down to say their pray
ers, and all went well, but in the morn
ing I happened to arrivo in tho room
as Teddy was again saying bis pray
ers, just In tlmo to hear Johnny Bay:
"What aro ya sayln' your prayers
now for anyway, ya haven't dono
anythln' all night havo ya?"
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