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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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' OF GOOD DESIGN
Basement Facilities One of the
Most Important Parts of the
Plan Outlined.
HIP ROOF ALSO A FEATURE
Much Attention Given to tho Proper
Foundations of Structure That Is
Sure to Qlvo Every Satisfac
tion to the Occupants of
the House.
By WILLIAM H. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Hadford will answp
questions nnd give advice KHEH Oh
COST on all subjects pertaining to tin
subject of building, for the readers of title
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, ho
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, III., and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
An English-stylo cottage with hip
roof and basement makes a very satis
factory small house for certain level
locations whero it Is impractical to
excavato deep enough for a regular
cellar.
There aro many towns in prairie sec
f tions of tho country where tho fall is
not sufficient to put in deep sewers.
Also, in tho more southern sections, it
is not necessary to dig sewers deep
down into tho ground to avoid frost.
It Is cheaper and moro satisfactory to
lay them near the surface.
VJk On such building sites basement
houses are quite common, and this
medium-sized cottage, with its cool,
roomy basement, is well liked. Tho
basement, being principally abovo
ground, is supplied with windows al
most as large as ordinary house win
dows. Tho idea is to mako the basement
into a splendid workroom. It is nat
urally cool in summer, warm In winter
and comfortable to work in during all
seasons. It is the proper placo for the
laundry and storeroom, besides pro
viding conveniences for doing a groat
many household chores.
Hip roofs are common in some com
munities. They are well liked be
cause they are neat and attractive
in appearance, and because everybody
is accustomed to seeing a hip roof, or
cottago roof, as it Is often called, so
that such roofs are local favorites, and
they becomo fixed as a permanent
fashion.
The pitch of the roofs varies in dif
ferent sections, according to the
amount of rainfall. Also, tho material
for covering roofs varies in tho differ
ent parts of the country, owing to local
fashions or customs, and to the fact
that certain roofing materials are
cheaper in some places, and conse
quently are more in demand.
Tho foundation of a houso like this
P usually is mado of concrete or stone.
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The foundation walls may reach up
nv ronnli nn
to the main houso floor, or they may
stop at or a little above tho lot grado
line. It may be cheaper to build a
superstructure of wood from the
ground level up. This is done by
placing the sill on the foundation wall,
then either build a superstructure of
2 by 6 uprights to support the houso
sill, or the joists are mado long enough
to reach from the foundation wall to
tho plates. With this construction a
2-inch strip is gained into the studding
to support the outor ends of tho floor
JoIstB. The floor Joists also aro spiked
into tho studding, so that tho buildlug
is all tied together at the house floor.
A very pleasing effect Is secured by
building tho porch partially Into the
houso proper and extending it a few
feet out beyond the house in the man
ner shown in tho perspective.
DocauBe the veranda floor Is built
(6 or 7 feet abovo grado tho front steps
are necessarily longer, and they aro
built wide to reduce tho long effect,
I For tho Bamo reason tho ramparts are
built at tho Bides of tho steps in two
divisions, as shown in the perspective.
The main floor is high enough from
the ground to satisfy certain timid peo
plo who object to living or sleeping
closo down to tho ground. Low-down
bedroom windows seem bo easy of ac
cess from the outside. This probably
is ono reason why houses of this de
sign aro so popular in certain sec
tions of the country. A large number
of people have a horror of night prowl
ers, very often unnecessarily so. At
tho same time, they have their likes
and dislikes, all of which affect tho
selection of certain house designs.
All the living rooms and bedrooms
aro high enough from the ground to
bo safo from ground moisture, which is
another consideration when building
a one-story house in this way.
Tho plan shows threo living rooms
on ono sido of tho house and two bed
rooms nnd a bathroom on tho other
sido. Tho living rooms usually aro
laid out for tho sunny aide, and the
bedrooms on tho north or east. It is
easy to reverso a floor plan to bring
the rooms on the right sido of tho
bouse.
In building cottage or bungalows It
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has been found that a partition
through tho center of tho houso. di
viding tho living rooms from tho sleep
ing rooms, is tho most satisfactory ar
rangement. Tho bathroom naturally belongs be
tweon tho two bedrooms, as Bhown on
this plan.
Tho exposed intorlor woodwork all
through this llttlo houso is plain and
neat, being selected becauso the de
sign is 8!iiooth and straight, with
square corners. These strips of plain
straight wood have taken the place of
old-fashioned moldings that often wero
deeply recessed. Pcoplo building these
cottago houses liko to seo considera
ble) interior woodwork, so that mill
work factories nro turning out pat
terns especially suitable for such ar
tistic homes. Tho ono particular pat
cm that may be chosen is carried
through all tho rooms on the main
floor, so that they all correspond in
workmanship and interior finish.
All modern Iioubcb aro well lighted.
It is tho fashion to put in double or
triplo windows wherever wall spaco
will permit. It is easy to shut out tho
light with a dark green Bhado, but if
tho window is not there tho house
keeper is helpless on dark days. Also,
largo windows and plenty of them add
very much to tho appearanco of a
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Floor Plan of Cottage.
house from the outside. It is a fash'
ion that looks well both inside and
outside.
Tho basement of this house may be
well furnished and made pleasing in
appearance as well as comfortable. It
tho walls are plastered or covered
with wall board and painted, a very
neat interior may bo mado at little ex
tra expense.
Some of these houses aro arranged
for storage in tho front part of the
basement. This Is naturally the cool
est end of tho houso. Tho furnace
and heating apparatus occupy a large
portion of the back end, where It is
I Pllfltnmnrv in linvo on mitalrln An
cuBtomary to have an outside en
trance.
At the rear Is a double outside stair
way with a grade entrance. There
aro 9 or 10 steps up to the porch, and
2 or 3 steps down tho other way to
tho basement. This makes tho base
ment easy of access from tho garden,
which will be appreciated on wash
days and at other times when moving
nrticlos in or out of tho basement
storage room.
How He Caught Cold.
A young British officer homo on
short leuve from tho front attended a
dinner party with n very bad cold. "1
expect you caught it in thoso terrible
tronches," murmured his sympathetic
hostess. "No," was tho reply. "It's
due to my coming home. I never used
to catch cold in the trenches." "Isn't
that singular?" exclaimed tho lady.
"Not at all," replied tho officer. "I've
very imprudently taken baths since
leaving Franco."
Collars for Convicts.
Ono of the latest reform schemes at
Sing Sing Is that of lotting prisoners
dress up on Sunday. "Ono of the
men was wearing tho first white col
lar ho had worn in ten years," As
sistant Warden Johnson Is quoted as
saying. "And ho spent tho wholo ol
Easter morning telling how good it
felt." It is said that now, it tho men
can afford it, they may on Sunday
go as far as they like, even to silk
underwear and fur overcoats.
Have to Tempt 'Em.
Perhups tho newspapers throughout
tho country which have been printing
a story about a Doston dog that cats
beans will bo interested to know that
thero is a Boston cat that will eat
beans if turkey gravy is put on them.
Boston Globe.
Cause of His Pessimism.
Orator "On tho surface things aro
often right, but It is when wo exploro
tho depths of things that wo seo tho
deceptions of our fellow creatures."
Ono of tho Crowd "Quv'nor, you've
been buying a barrel of apples, baven'l
you?" Tit-Bits.
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ONE of the most striking illus
trations, to the stranger, of
tho awakonlng of China is
seen in tho contrast between
tho fine new buildings of tho
University of Nanking and tho old el
imination halls, In ruins.
For many generations these hulls
roprosentod to the Chlneso their high
ist culture. They are located In tho
ld part of tho city and cover a largo
ipace. They wero built in the four
;conth century, by the Ming omporor
Hong Wu, a groat patron of learning.
So codlflod tho laws, and established
ichools in all tho chlof cities and
towns, wrlto Dr. Vachel T. and Cath
irino F. Lindsay in tho Illinois Stato
Itogistor.
These- halls, in general appearance
undo us think of stalls for animals on
lomo county fair grounds, only thero
wero moro of thorn. They wero In
long brick sheds, the cells separated
Sy partitions, and about five feet
iquare, tho slanting roofs being mado
f tilo. They wore lntondod to accom
nodato about thirty thousand students.
Bach lino of colls was open to tho
louth. A narrow board on tho floor
f tho cell, answered for a bed at
light, two boards across at proper
heights for Beat and desk, niches in
tho wall for food basket and candlo.
Each student was expected to pro
j aro an essay on tho books of Confu
:Iub, Menclus and their disciples and
commentators. No original ideas or
personal experiences were to ba in
troduced.
There is a high tower near the cen
ter of this lnclosuro from which the
long lines of tilo shed roofs are seon,
many of them in ruins, all overgrown
with high weeds, wild vines and moss.
In looking through "A Ouide to Nan
king" wo found one mention of these
honored halls in tho descriptions of
"Most Noted Placos," formerly tho
equivalent In China of all tho univer
sities in our East combined. On tho
samo page of tho catalogue thero wero
mentioned 48 modern schools for all
purposes ono could well think of
military, commercial, surveying, draw
ing, naval, police, polytechnic, prison
reform, law, normal, lauguago, silk
worm and mulberry, theological, Dibit
:al, with many that indicated special
itudtes and Industries for girls.
MoBt of these are established in
food modorn buildings in parklike in
ilosures, with lawn grass, trees and
Sowers, and rooms equipped and sot
ipart for their espoclal work. Tho
Chlneso are given to vocational train
ing. They have an elaborate system
of division of labor. They do not be
lieve In a "man of all work."
Confucianism and Idols.
Wo hoar a great deal about tho
superstition nnd Idolatry of the Chi
noso. Wo wero astonished to find in
Nanking, and indeed everywhere wo
went, tho Buddhist temples either
grown up in weeds, tho idols in many
places covored with dust and broken,
or tho idols thrown away and tho
buildings transformed into modern
schoolhousos. Idolatry in China is
largely a growth through centuries
that has gradually developed from
Buddhism, Just as wo Bee all manner
of fungi attached to a dying tree.
Confucianism Is not idol worship.
In its principles it is purely a codo of
ethical laws. Its fundamental laws
aro strikingly similar to the laws of
Mosos. Consequently a person may
bo a Confuclanlst in a general sense,
and at tho samo time a Christian. It
is qulto worth whllo Just hero to call
attention to the fact that Confucius
lived about five hundred years bofore
Christ, moro than a century after tho
Fishes Which Carry Lights.
Certainly among tho moat remark
ablo of fishes aio those which aro pro
vided with lanterns of their own and
which swim around tho dark recesses
of the bottom of the deep ocean whero
no ray of natural light from abovo can
ponetrato. A model of one of theso
fish, notnblo for their phosphorcBcont
organs, is on exhibition in tho United
States National museum. Tho Bides
of tho fish aro regularly dotted with
luminous spots, whllo, in addition,
thero is n largo luminous area, liko a
lantorn, on the top of tho head. This
extraordinary creature must present
a singular appearanco when swimming
In tho dark abysses of the ocean. In
tho modol tho luminous spots on tho
sides aro represented by buttons of
glass, connected with tho Intorlor by
tubes.
Fire Lasted Five Years.
Perhaps tho most romarkablo bo
ginning and ending to a colliery flro
was in tho caso of a mine near Stir
ling, Scotland, belonging to tho Sauchle
Colllory company. Tho first shaft they
Bank was abandoned In favor of an-
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Bromxc Lion at Peking gate.
Nflrs
Israelites of tho ton northern tribes
wero carried as slaves to Assyria. Wo
saw Assyrian art of that samo period
in tho "Forbidden City," the part of
Peking resorvod for tho rulers, In
closed by a strong wall, and into which
ordinary peoplo aro not allowed to en
ter. Wo hnd a special pormlt and
guides from tho American embassy.
Theso art treasures must have been
brought by caravans, necossarlly con
voyed by slaves under ovdrseors.
Theso slaves must have been Israel
ites. Tho Confucian temples iu Nanking
nro preserved, often ropalred. Thoy
contain no idols. Tlioro Is a largo up
right tablet, inscribed with tho "Laws
of Confucius," standing on tho back
of a turtle, symbolizing calmness,
strength and longevity. On cortalu
days, set apart for this purpose, in
censo is burned on a table In front of
this tablet, In somewhat tho same
spirit, uRiong Intelligent Chlneso, as
wo on annivorsnry days placo floral
offerings on tho tomb of Lincoln, or
tho graves of our honorod dead.
Tomb of Tal Dzu.
To most visitors In Nanking, the
place of greatest historical Interost in
the tomb of tho Ming emperor, Tnl
Dzw, a greatly honored ruler on ac
count of his forcoful character nnd the
many reforms ho Inaugurated for tho
benoflt of tho masses of tho common
peoplo. Nanking was his capital.
This great Ming tomb is situated at
tho foot of Purple mountain. It is out
side tho city wall, perhaps a mile. It
Is surrounded by red-painted walls
which lncloso nn area of about five
hundred square foot.
Tho visitor passes through three
gates of peculiar Chinese architecture
boforo coming to tho tomb. Aftci
passing through tho second gate he
comes to a templellko building, high
ly ornamental, in which is a large tab
let Inscribed with a record of Tai Dzu
and his achievements, an 'ascription
comparing him with his most distln
gulshed predecessors. This tablet was
eroctod by one of his greatest of Chi'
nose rulers, Kang list, whftn ho vis
ited Nanking, some tlmo near the close
of tho seventeenth century. Ho caused
tho entiro surroundings to be mado
magnificent.
Up to tho time of tho T&i-Plng re
bellion theso handsomo buildings and
beautiful parks romalned, but tho Tai
Ping vandals destroyed nlmtrat tho en
tire tomb. Recently tho viceroy ol
Nanking made somo repairs, yot only
a few tracea remain of tho formor
grandeur.
After tho visitor has passed through
tho third gato he boos a large struc
ture with ono opening in tho middle.
This leads to tho edge of the tomb,
which is now covored by a hill of deep
Boll on which Ib a thick growth of
trees. Tho ascent is steep. From tho
summit is a fine view of the city and
surrounding country.
Among tho accessories to this tomb
the most Interesting still remaining are
flvo pairs of stono statues of animals,
standing on either wide of tho great
road loading from tho entrance gate
of tho park, perhaps twenty feet In
height; pairs of elephants, camols,
lions, soldiers and priests, en the Inst
pair of guard?. Noar the gate is a
tomplo or townr with four openings,
situated on n low hill, Within is a
stono tablet, erected upright, on the
back of a turtle. It Ib covored with
Inscriptions of tho great deeds of this
omporor, Tal Dzu. It Is Bald in Chl
neso history, "This tablet wob erected
thero ns a sign of revoronco to ono of
tho greatest omporors that China over
produced."
other In a better position. Tho disused
shuft became tho secret hoadquar
.tors of a gang of illicit whisky distil
lers. In tho abandoned mlno works
they sot up their still, nnd turned out
thousands of "drops of Scotch" that
had never paid duty Ono day, how
ever, tho flro from their furnace sot
tho coal seam ablazo and they had to
fly for their lives In a vory short time
flames wero pouring from tho cracks
In tho ground, lighting up tho wholr
countrysldo. Tho flro was walled in
with mud. It took flvo years to build
this wall, at a cost of 180,000, and then
it was useless. Flnnlly thoy sealed up
tho mlno, pumped carbonlo acid gas
into it and tho lire that had taken flvo
years to light was put out.
Klrklng.
"Vory gratifying!" said a young and
conceltoil novelist. "A gentleman
writes mo that ho took a copy o! my
last work to read during a railway
Journoy, and as a result suddenly dls
covored ho had gono 20 miles boyond
his destination." "Dear me!" com'
montod tho young author's friond,
"sleeping In trains Is a bad habit!"
SURPASS IHE BIRDS
Aviators Fly Higher Than Deni
zens of tho Air.
Records Show That Heights Reached
by Man Are Far Above the Winged
Creatures Some Experiments
of Interest.
It may bo gathered from tho war
nows that aviators In tho wnr zone nro
mnklng many spectacular flights, cov
ering longer nnd still longer distances
from tho actual battle lines nnd giving
indications that their aim in dropping
bombs is Improving. Ono wonders if
tho record of theso flights Is being
kept for examination, reference nnd
comparison vhon peaco returns, so
tlmt thoy mny bo looked at side by
side with tho flight records mndo in
calm nnd peaceful period boforo tho
nearly world-wldo slaughter began.
Just boforo tho outbreak of tho war
thero was a season of recordbrcaklng
in aviation, nnd especially by German
airmen. July 0, 1914, Otto Llnnokogel
drovo n monoplane up to 21,045 feet at
Johnnnnlsthal, nnd July 10 Holnrlch
Olorlch, In a biplane, oxeceded that
height by moro than 3,000 feet, going
up to about 25,000 feet near Leipzig.
That was almost 10,000 feet higher
than Mount Blnnc (15,782), and almost
5,000 foot hlghor than Mount McKln
loy (20,300), nnd tho oltitudo nttalncd
by that biplano waB nearly five miles
abovo sea level.
It has boon computed that If tho
height reached by Olcrlch is not near
tho limit of biplano ftscont, it must bo
near tho limit of altitude nt which a
man can llvo. It Is sot forth In somo
of tho older records of ballooning that
April 15, 1875, Gaston Tlssnndier, II.
T. SIvol and J. E. Croco-SplnolH mado
an nscenslon from Paris in a balloon
which thoy called tho Zenith, nnd that
they got up to 27,950 foot, but only
TlBsnndlor enmo down allvo. Tho oth
ers porlshcd In tho rnrofled air, being
dead In tho bnskot when tho balloon
returned to earth.
James Glalshcr, an Englishman, In n
balloon ascension which ho undertook
from Greenwich observatory Septem
ber 5, 18G2, to mako observations of
tho hlghor Btrntn of ntmosphcro,
reached an altitude considerably above
20,000 foot. Ho estimated, from tho
fact that tho balloon was rising 1,000
feet a mlnuto when ho becamo in
sensible at 29,000 foot and was falling
2,000 feet a mlnuto when ho enmo to
himself thirteen minutes later, that ho
reached an nltltudo of 37,000 feet. This
conclusion was not accepted by tho
scientists nt that tlmo, but thoy nl
lowed him nn altitude greater than
29,000 feet. Tho material fnct was that
Glaisher collapsed at that height.
It has boon snld by thoso who liavo
given particular consideration to tho
question of oxtromo height nt which
human life can bo supported that no
mountnln-cllmbor has over reached 25,
000 feot. Whympor's experiments show
that abovo 18.000 feot tho Bllghest ex
ertion is painfully difficult, though it
has been also recorded that the Duko
of tho Abruzzl climbed to 24,583 feet
on Brldo peak In tho Himalayas and
did not Buffer from mountain stcknesB,
and Fillppl, tho chronicler of that ex
pedition, expressed tho boliof that
with tho equipment for mountain
climbing now available a man might
go still higher.
Thora was a more or loss Interesting
experiment July 31, 1901, when, In n
balloon ascension, a barometric read
ing of 34,000 foot was attained, but
tho noronnuts, although thoy cnrrlcd
with them nnd consumed n supply of
oxygen, becaino Insonstblo about tho
moment that nltltudo was reached.
Birds do not fly vory high compared
with tho heights reached by man In
balloons nnd aeroplanes. Gny-LusBac,
a balloonlBt, In 1850 throw out cnrrlor
pigeons nt heights above 20,000 feet,
but theso birds fell hoavily toward
"An Old Man at 40
How often you hear that remark! How
many such men there are! And how need
less it is!
Wrong food is the big cause.
When one feels old at forty the first thing
is to correct improper diet. The main fault
with the dietary is often a lack of the
vital mineral salts in food. Without these
mineral elements old age steals on rapidly.
To meet this very condition a food was
devised which supplies those mineral elements
such as phosphorus, iron, sulphur, etc.
That food is
Grape-Nuts
Made of whole wheat and barley, this delicious
food retains all the nutriment oi these grains, together
with the priceless mineral elements notably lacking in
white flour foods which the system must have to
.build and maintain vigor and elasticity of body, brain
and muscle.
One can avoid this "old
"There's a
denser air. Tho condor nests abovo
tho ton-thouennd-foot lovel, and Alex
ander von Humboldt reported that he
onco saw this great bird soaring nt a
height which ho estimated at 23,000
feot.
Moro airmen nro steadily on tho
wing today than nt any other time in
tho history of tho race, hut It is plnus
tblo that thoy aro not wasting petrol
and lmporlilng themselves nnd tholr
machines nt grcntcr heights than to
avoid shrapnel nnd too easy observa
tion. Tholr ohjoct is to keep ns close
to tho onrth ns they can, bo that tholr
rcconnolssanco mny ho tho moro nc
curate and complete, nnd It engaged
In dropping bombs they mny Increnso
tholr chnnco of hitting tho object they
would destroy.
DANGER IN CLOSE ALLIANCES
Investigation Has Shown That Cancer
Is Most Probable When Cousins
Are Wedded.
Sponklng of tho possible hereditary
tendency to cancer, Dr. Charles 11.
Davenport of tho ougonlcs Inborntry
at Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., snys
of tho fact that tho lncldenco of cancer
Is highest iu Mnino: "I hnvo no doubt
that this Ib duo to tho prcscuco of one
or moro races In Mnlno which nro non
immuno to cancer."
Doctor Davenport's studies "indicate
that resistance to cancer is a positive
(domtnnnt) trait and that nonreslst
nnco appears in children only when
both parents belong to a nonrcslstant
race. And this result Is commonest,
othor things bolng equal, whero cousin
marriages aro commonest, becauso
that makes It probnblo that is one
parent belongs to a cancer race, tho
othor tho cousin will bolong to the
samo cancor raco. Now, In rural
Mnlno cousin marriages nro extremely
frequont, especially in tho Islands off
tho coast, nnd hero wo havo tho con
ditions for tho result tho high lncl
denco of numbors of tho cancor rnco
in nn inbred community."
Harmless.
Tho commutor wns plnlnly oxcltcd.
Ho pounded tho seat cushion In front
of him ns ho spoko, and his volco roso
high abovo tho rattlo of tho wheels.
"No matter what my earllor viows
were," ho oxclalmod. "I'vo changed
radically. I'm for tho Beds now
against nil coiners."
A timid llttlo man across tho ntslo
edged quietly out of his seat nnd
sought tho conductor.
"It's nn outrage," ho oxclnlmed. "An
nvowed anarchist liko that fellow
ought not to bo allowed to ride In a
public convoynnco."
"He's no nnnrchlst," said tho con
ductor with a grin. "He's n chicken
raiser. Just now ho's expressing his
views on tho merits of the Rhodo
iBland Rods, tho bost little layers in
sovon states."
Pennsylvania Nature Story.
Arthur Neofo of Sweden, Bradford
county, sot n trap In tho woods, and
on nccount of tho snows wns unablo to
got to It. Last weok It was visited
nnd a llvoly fox found therein. Tho
captive hnd been sustained by Ills fel
lows during tho Imprisonment. Within
reach wero a gray rabbit, a whlto
rabbit, four mice nnd a woodchuck,
some of them partially devoured. Im
prisoned, ho hnd heon visited nnd
nourished by his own trlbo. Ho was
tnkon into further captivity, and
other than tho loss of tho foot by
which ho hnd boon hold in the trap,
appears none tho worse for his expe
rience. Philadelphia Record.
A Slight Mistake.
"Was it tho Goodchlld ranges tho
Russians hnvo been driven from?"
"Thero'B no such placo ns tho Good
child rnngos."
"I mean tho Bosklds same thing."
No matter how Insignificant u man
mny bo, ho Ib Hrmly convinced that his
superiority will somo dny bo recog
nized. - age - at - W business by proper
Reason" for Grape-Nuts
sold by Grocers everywhere.
WOMAN GOULD
HARDLYSTAND
Because of Terrible Back
ache. Relieved by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound.
Philadelphia, Pa.-" I euCcrcd from
displacement and inflammation, nnd had
du' j'uiiia in my
31UC8, and terribkj
backache so that I
could hardly stand.
I took tix bottles of
Lydia L Pinkhom'a
Vegetable Com
pound, nnd now 1 can
do any amount off
work, sleep good, cat
good, nr.d don't havo
n bit cf trouble. I
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GULL IN STRANGE MISHAP
Bird's Life Endangered When Its
Beak Was Cpught Between the
Shells of Clam.
At first thought it Is hnrd to imoglno
how a clam could endanger the llfo of
a bird. That such n strange clrcum
stanco is not Impossible Is shown by
tho following Incident.
A settler on ono of tho small islands
near Vancouver was returning to his
homo by way of a beach of hard sand,
when ho behold an unusually largo
flock of . seagulls gathered in a
compact mass and beating with their
bonks and wings upon the said. Evi
dently they were attacking somo en
emy. Overhead dozens of gulls
whooled nnd screamed iu evident ex
citement. Tho settler wns almost upon the
fighting birds before thoy burst apart
nnd Hew, chattering, toward tho
clouds. One, however, lay flapping
upon tho ground, and the man saw
that'dv'monstcr clam held the gull's
boak In a vlsellko grip. It wns too
heavy for tho bird to fly away with,
and for all the gull's frantic strug
gles, it could not loosen the clam's
tenacious grip.
With his hunting knifo the man
pried open tho shells and freed the
captive. The gull was exhausted from
its desperate efforts, and at first could
only stugger liko n drunkon sniloi
toward tho water. Finally, however,
it flow away, nnd soon returned in
tho van of a cloud of gulls como tc
Inspect tho enemy that had trapped
ono of their trlbo. St. Androws Bea
con. A Left Hand.
"No matter how many times a glrf
gives her hand in mnrriugo to a man,'
remarked tho Observer of Events and
Things, "alio nlways lias ono left"
He's n poor nctor who can't get any
one to take his part.
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