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BUILT TO LAST, MANY YEARS
Structure, Unlike the Old-Fashloned,
Low, Slatted Cribs, Adds to the
Appearance of the Farm Some
of Its Many Advantages
Enumerated.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr William A. Itwlford will answer
question and give advice Flint: OV
COST on all subjects portalnlngf to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
tho readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, tho
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all Inquiries to William A. Had
ford. No. 1S27 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
III., and only Inclose two-cent, stamp for
reply.
Modern farm elevator machinery
has worked wonderful changes In corn
cribs. It Is another case of match
ing machinery against hand labor In
handling corn and other grains. Mod
ern corn-elevating machinery saves a
cent a bushel at husking time by mnk
k lng a horse or gasolino engine do tho
work of housing.,, It saves a great deal
moro In the after handling by the aid
of machinery.
Tho building illustrated Is 20 feet
high to the eaves and 33 feet from
tho floor to the peak. The grain ele
vator takes ear corn or other Bmall
grain as It pours out from undor the
tall board of tho wagon box and car
ries It up to tho cupola on tho peak.
From hero it is distributed by grain
spouts to the different bins.
The foundation of tho building is of
concreto mado solid to last a lifetime.
Above the floor and foundation walls
the building is built In three parts,
tho center being made strong and
solid to support the grain bins over
tho center driveway, 'vhlle the cribs
at tho sides nro made of lighter mate
rial. The center drlvoway is ten feet In
width, and tho grain bins above occupy
the same amount of floor space. This
center drlvoway has a solid concrete
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lloor made with a smooth, hard sur
face for easy shoveling and sweep
ing. For tho easy handling of grain for,
cleaning and grading purposes, tho
fanning mill is placed on this floor,
where it Is driven by a belt from tho
power, and the grain is spouted to It
from the different bins, so It may bo
cleaned and graded and returned to
the bins without the use of a shovel.
The grain spouts conduct the grain
to tho fanning mill, and tho elevating
machinery carries it back. Farmers
in this way make a good grade of
wheat that is i cceptable without dock
ing at the railway elevators, and at
tho same tlmo they select out a small
percentage of the largest and plump
est grains to savo for seed. Such seed
' is worth double, or possibly ten times
tho market price, and the extra value
is secured at almost np expense.
Tho corn crib wings built at the
sides aro eight feet wide and 2G feet
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corn and sinnll graln3 grown on the
farm.
The corn crib wings aro built con
siderably lighter than tho main por
tion of the building, for tho reason that
corn in tho ear is lighter than wheat,
and Is lubs liquid than btnnller grains,
so that tho presauro on the sides la
less.
Also tho construction of the middle
part of tiie building is necosearily
stronger to support tho grain bins
overhead. Tho blze of tlnibors may bo
estimated by figuring tho weight of
wheat, which is t'J pounds per cubic
foot. Tho oiitwuid pressure is practi
cally the same as the pressure down
ward at the samo depth, down from
the top. A cubic foot of wheat weighs
49 pounds. Tho weight of one cubic
foot of wheat oi top of another Is
4 pounds, and tho profcsuro on the loor
y of a bin when the wheat is ten foot
deop U 49U pounds per squaro foot.
If the joists aro placed a foot apart
and the bin is tho same vldth as the
driveway, then the woight on each
J 1st would he 4,900 pounds, and the
pressure outward on the studding
" vould be pnctlcally the same at the
tlror Tb- jrnisiire outward on th
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when tho bin la full, would bo 2,450
pounds per Bquaro toot.
Thoso figures aro mentioned to em
phasize tho Importanco of making tho
center part of a two-story grain houBe
strong enough to support tho load. Tho
com wings may bo braced from tho
center studding, so that the corn cribs
may bo built of lighter material.
Right feet In width seems to bo
established as tho most satisfactory
size of crib to cure corn. The amount
of humidity in the air In tho fall varies
In tho different farming sections, but
it la a good plan to provide a crib that
will glvo tho greatest amount of ven
tilation possible to secure at reason
ablo cost.
Ventilation in a two-story corn crib
may bo helped out by using woven
wire com mesh lnsldo of tho stud
ding. This prevents tho oars of corn
from stopping up cracks between tho
wooden slats. When wire mesh Is used
It Is not necessary to havo any wood
en slats on the inside partitions. Slats
look better on the outside of the build
ing, and they prevent tho rain and
snow from blowing In.
It Is recommended that tho slats
shall have beveled edges so placed
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that the opening slopes down and out
ward. It is thought' that an opening
like this induces ventilation better,
nnd It certainly gives more protection
to tho corn.
This building adds a good deal to
the appearance of tho farm, because
It Is a permanent structure. The old
stylo of low, slatted corn crib never
has been considered much of an orna
ment, and Its temporary character
eliminates such a building as an as
set. In taking an Inventory of tho
farm buildings, the old-fashioned crib
is hardly considered, but a modern,
up-to-date, two-story building fitted
with labor-saving machinery, adds con
siderable value to tho farm.
There aro different kinds of elevat
ing machinery. Somo elevators work
on tho principle of a sliding carrier.
Others elevate the grain or corn 'in
buckets that work in a leg which
stands vortical. Somo of these ma
chines require that a pit shall be mado
In tho floor of the driveway, while oth
ers havo portable wooden pits or
boots. Doth kinds receive the grain
directly from the wagon box.
Elevating machinery Is mado to suit
every case. Some designs aro port
able and come are stationary, while
others aro used either way. Tho port
able elevators may be taken to the
railwaystation to carry grain .'rom
the wagon to tho farther end of a
freight car, and the same muchlno
may be used at homo to storo corn
ea,rs and grain in the home gianary.
Tho driveway In this grain house
also is used for the corn sheller when
it becomes necessary to use such a
machine Shelters for this purposo
aro fitted with carriers that take tho
corn ears from near tho lloor In front
of tho corn cribs, and carry the ears
to the shelter, while tho sheller car
rier puts tho cobs Into hog racks to be
hauled away to tho woodshed for sum
mer fuel. The grain from the shell
er Is elevated to the bins overhead.
Tho corn is afterward sacked from i
chuto extending down along tho side
of the driveway.
In case the shelled corn Is a little
too damp it may bo transferred by tho
same chuto and ele.vuted into another
bin to prevent heating. In very damp
weather it may bo necessary to handle
shelled com everal times to get the
air through It, to prevent spoiling.
Thero aro many advantages In a
two story corn crib nnd grain house
tUit Is properly fitted with modern ma
chinery to handle grain.
Astronomer Saw Eclipse.
M. Flammarion Is a veteran ol
astronomy, for ho was watching tho
heavens 45 years ngo, during the siege
of Paris by tho Prussians, his as
tronomical work, however, bolng sub
sorviont to his duties as a captain In
tho ongineers.
In December, 1870, a solar ecllpso
occurred, the partial phases of which
M Flammarion observed white tho
enemy's shells vvoro dropping in tho
besieged city. The total phase of tho
ocllpse was vlslhlo In North Africa,
and Wsmarck, bolng awaro that bo
foro the war arrangements had been
mado for Professor Jnnssen to go to
Africa to make scientific observations
of totality on bohalf of tho Paris oh
sorvatory, sont a moysago Into tho city
offering tho sclontfst a safo conduct.
This was polltoly refused by Profes
sor Jnnsson, says tho London Stand
ard, but nevertheless he wont to Af
rica to soo tho phonomonon, loavlng
Paris by way of tho air In a balloon,
thanks In largo moasuro Ui tho as
sistance of M Flammarion in making
the r.PCPnsary arrangements
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JUST thirteen miles from Brus
sels tho Uttlo local train that
ambled to Charleroi by way of
L-uttro used to stop at n way
side station that hundreds of
thousands of British tourists know so
well Uraine-rAlleud. What bas boon
happening thero In the past months
tho "fog of war" has effectively ob
scured; but In thoso days boforo tho
war, Uralne-l'Alloud was tho starting
point of a pilgrimage fow visitors to
Brussels ever missed. It was tho sta
tion nearest to tho Field of Waterloo,
says William Batoman In tho London
Magazine.
From Bralno-l'Alteud the pilgrim
would wander by one way or anothor
to tho shrlno of his pllgrlmago, "Lo
Lion do Waterloo," tho great Belgian
Lion cast In metal taken from tho
guns captured in tho great battle,
standing at tho apex of a pyramid of
earth somo two hundred feot high
that dominates tho wholo of the flat
landscape for miles nround. Tho Lion
Mound stands as a monument to tho
memory of all tho bravo men who fell
on that June dfty. Beneath the great
bank of earth, as they tell you, rest
the bones of thousands of soldiers
of varied nationality. From tho sum
mit of tho mound practically the
wholo aroa of Waterloo's battlefield
may .bo seen. i
Probably thero is not In the world
a more striking memorial than this
hill of memory rising from tho rolling
plain that stretches all around. Yet,
to create It, ono of tho most Important
features of the battlefield was do
Btroyed. In tho building of tho Lion
Mound the ridge of ground which
formed part of the Mont St. Jean, so
Important a position In the battle,
was renlovod, and tho surrounding
flat country made flatter still.
You ascend the mound by a seem
ingly ondlcss serins of stops until you
LOOKING OVER
reach tho platform at tho summit
from wWch the pedestal of tho Lion
rlBes. That pedestal bears the simplo
inscription "Juno 18, 1815." Tho
Lion itself, so your guldo would toll
you, weighed twenty-eight tons.
Many Monuments There.
Tho Lion Mound occupies a stto
that was about tho center of tho Brit
ish lines, a front not two miles long.
Behind lies the village of Mont St.
Jean, and further back the llttlo town
of Waterloo, with the forest of Solgn
lea near at hand. Before it stretches
the flat field of Waterloo, waving with
.corn In the summer, deep in mud In
tho winter, across which two cobbled
main roads run away to the south
In the direction of Quatre Bras, from
which Wellington fell back only a few
days beforo the great battle.
Tho whole battlefield can bo cov
ered on foot In a few hours. But for
Its history, It Is a most unprepossess
ing spot. Ditches and muddy roads
intersect the fields from which, oven
today, the plough will turn up rusty
arms and bleached bones.
But tho pilgrim can never forget
that ho is on unusual ground. The
place bristles with monuments.
You descend front the Lion Mound.
At Us base stands a Uttlo group of
houses, chief of which Is tho Museum
Hotol, so named from tho museum of
Waterloo relics 'attached to It. A fow
hundred yards to the east and you find
a slmplo pillar to the memory of
Colonel Gordon. Almost opposite,
across tho main road, rises tho Obe
lisk to tho memory of tho Hanoverian
ofllcors of tile German Legion. A llt
tlo farther on, by tho side of the main
road, stands tho historic, red-roofed,
white-walled farm of La Halo Sainto,
tho building which protected the Al
lies' center in the battlo, and around
Saluting the Quarter-Deck.
Every time an officer or a seaman
goes upon tho quarter-deck ho salutes
It. He never by any chance forgets
this, ono of the regular customs on
board, says Pearson's Weekly. Tho
quarter-deck Is that part of tho deck
reserved by ofllcors, and many people
think that the reason why It is sa
luted is out of respect for thoso of
ficers. Tho why and wherefore of tho
saluting has a far moro interesting
origin than that, howover, and ono has
to go back hundreds of years to find
tho beginning of the custom. In tho
old days a crucifix usnd to stand on
tho quarter-deck. Iif. thoso days all
tho sailors wero Catholics, and, of
course, every tlmo thoy approached
tho crucifix they crossed thomsolvcs
to show their roverenco for tho holy
symbol. It is many a long yoar ago
since tho crucifix was tl.ore, but the
custom of saluting tho quarter-deck,
which was a tosult of It, lmn boon
handed down In tho navy over slnco.
Investigate, Anyway,
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lighting raged.
Belle-Alliance and HouQomont.
About a mllo down tho road you
come to another of those low, white,
red-roofed houses. It Is now a little
waysldo tavern, La Bello-AUlanco.
There Is an Inscription over tho door
that tolls that Wellington nnd Bluchor
mot thoro. But this Is not correct
Tho historic meeting took pluco somo
two miles from here.
Bello-AUtance, however, has much
claim to history. It was Napoleon's
headquarters at the beginning of the
battlo, and by Its namo tho Germans
Btlll know tho battle of Waterloo.
Closo at hand is undoubtedly tho
most beautiful monument on the whole
field nnd ono of tho most recent. It
shows a wounded Imperial Eaglo dy
ing in defonso of a broken Btandard
It bears the slmplo legond "Aux
Dernlera Combatants do hi Orande
Armeo, 18 Juln 1815." To tho last of
those who fought In tho Oraudo
Armeo of Napoleon, to tho gallant vet
erans of those wonderful soldlorn tho
Llttlo Corporal led through Europe,
Fronchmen erected this striking mon
ument only a fow years since.
From Belle-Alllanco tho pilfirlm's
road led generally to tho right along
tho narrow lano that runs through tho
very center of tho battlefield to per
haps tho most historic of all Ite re
mains, the Chateau do Hougomont.
Tho story of this chateau Is ono that
can never die.
Hougomont was one of tho advanced
posts of tho Bplttsh lines and tho key
of the British position. If It had fal
len, the history of Europe would have
been differently written.
At the time of tho battlo, Hougo
mont was an old, partly-ruined cha
teau, surrounded by numerous out
buildings. By the Great Duke's own
orders tho place was hurriedly turned
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into a fort. Here, throughout tiracti
cally the whole day, the Coldstream
ors, who fought the bulk bt tho de
fending force, held back tho most
violent attacks of tho action.
With the circuit from tho Mound
to Bello-Alllance, and back to Hougo
mont, the, tourist generally contented
himself; but In Waterloo ItscU and
In Mont St. Jean, there aro accres of
memorials of the famoujj day.
Waterloo was tho Duko of WuJllng
ton's headquarters from Juno 17th to
tho 19th. Tho church contains a tntflt of
him, by Geefs, and numerous memorial
slabs and tablets to tho memory
of those who fell In tho battle.
And In tho midst of tho Bubltmo
there is, only a few paces away from
tho church, the ridiculous. In a cot
tage garden stands a monument to
tho leg of Lord Uxbrldgo, who com
manded the cavalry In tho battle. The
leg was amputated Immediately after
tho victory, and lies burled horo with
an epitaph and a weoping widow
above It.
Willing to Co Half Way.
Frank had been going to school hut
a week when ho had somo trouble
with tho janitor. Tho teacher took
Frank to tho janitor and Bald: "Now,
Frank, I am sorry you and Jerry have
had any trouble, but Just to show .lor
ry that you aro willing to be friends
I want you to shako hands with him."
Frank hesitated and then grumbled,
"I'll glvo him my left hand."
Cost,
Friend of tho College President
"What did this beautiful dormitory
cost you?" Collego President "Throe
doctors' degrees. One or tho man
that put up the money and tho others
for two friends of his." Llfo.
aro any committees Investigating any
thing?" "Thero aro none," replied
speaker. It was a moment of Intense
though suppressed oxcltomont. "I
move," exclaimed tho member with
deop feeling, "tho appolntmont of n
committee to Investigate why nothing
Is being Investigated. If tho condi
tions nro become such that thoro Is
nothing to Investigate, thoy should be
met with appropriate legislation."
Puck.
Disregarded Proprieties.
Tho minister was calling, and Just
as ho was about to depart ho knelt to
ask a blessing. Three-year-old Eva,
whoso notion of prayer was uBsoclatcd
only with bedtime, looked on In opon
oyod wonder. Finally sho interrupted
tho earnost potitlon by blurting out,
"Mister, mister, you can't do that wlf
out no nlghtio!"
Given Away,
nored Husband (aftor roluctant vis
it) "Good-by, Mrs. Jackson onjoyod
myself Immensely" WIfo "Thoro
I told ynu so' 1 kniw you'd enjoy
juirself' Punch.
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Chicago Domestics Are Singing Real Music Now
CHICAGO. Thoso days tho parlor maid, as she wields hor duster, trills as
sweetly as If tho drawing room wero n comic opera stage. Hor sister
maid of tho upper floors hums a haunting llttlo molody thnt falls pleasantly
on the car. Out In tho kitchen tho
das' become oho of molody Thus, through tho quiet and quieting efforts of
tho Civic Music association, a goodly number of housewives havo been mado
Uppy. Tho association has undertnkon to train a "domostlc girls' chorus."
Every Sunday from far and wide maids of all descriptions hnvo como to
attend tho classes, which aro under the direction of Miss Alblo Sladek.
Flfty-slx girls, most of them from tho north shore suburbs, attended a
recent claBs. Tho quality of their voices, In solo nnd In chorus, g&vo
evidence of great Improvement. How tho voices had Boundod at first Miss
Sladok described by placing her hands over her ears and wrinkling hor nose.
"Thoy had tho music In them, these girls," sho said, "but they didn't
know how to got it out. Thoy had knowledge neither of rhythm nor scalo,
but their lungs cortalnly wero in excellent condition Tho first tlmo they
sang togother the building shook. Now thoy can sing as softly as n summer
broozo humming through tho trees.
"Among tho girls one has been discovered who plays practically ovory
musical Instrument by earand until last fall sho novor had touched ono.
Anothor, Bessie Kvis, may some day dovelop.lnto a grand opera star."
Interned Germans Are Enjoying Life at Norfolk
NORFOLK, VA. The crews of tho Gormon auxiliary cruisers Eltol Frledrich
and Kronprlnz Wllholm, Interned nt this port, aro enjoying llfo to Its
fullest. Besides numerous entertainments accorded to ofllcors and crows, tho
muii aro living a me or luxurious idte
noss, Their chief vocation nt this
tlmo Is pleasure pleasure day and
night.
Thoy spend most of their tlmo In
Norfolk In tho early hours of tho day
In the afternoon they go to Virginia
Beach, Ocean View and othor nearby
resorts. Thoy smoko good cigars, cat
tho best, and appear to havo plenty of
money. Barring a fow cases of beri
beri on the Kronprlnz, they nro a
hcnlthv lot. The men linvn lionn Inlmn
into tho homes of a number of citizens and entertained, and special sorvlcoa
havo been hold-for them In Protestant churches. They nro mado to fool at
homo
They appear on the streets In white uniforms with blue strlpo3 nnd
white lints Thoy aro as neat as new pins nnd their conduct Is perfect. Thoy
ron ii tho streets nrm in arm with American bluejackets and'vlslt the bout'
theaters and other public resorts.
They nro beginning to lovo tho groat American gamo. Sovoral hundre-1
of them attonded a bosobnll gamo In Portsmouth andVoso up and cheerod
a player who drovo tho ball over the fenco for a ( homo run. Whether thnV
understood tho gamo or Just followed tho Amoi leans who stood up nnfl
cheered, no one but themselves knew. But thoro Is n movement on foot ft
organlzo two basoball teams out of, tho crows ono'on tho Eltol and anothor
on tho Kronprlnz, and some of lio men aro practicing dally, Thoy have
spent over ?200 for equipment. A llttlo short chap whom tho American
sailors call "Buelow" drove a ball over tho sea wall In a practice gamo.
Omaha Indians Have Great Time at a Banquet
OMAHA. Fifty Indlons of tho Omnha tribo driving their own automobile
and headed by Whlto Horso. oldest Indian In tho Wost, camo down frotr
their tribal reservation on the Missouri rlvor to nttond a banquet nt the new
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moro than two storleB nnd tho sight
of nn 18-story hotol was marvelous to them. But if tho hotel was a woudoi,
tho menu, to thorn, was a miraclo. It has been a long time slnco the Omahas
ate dog. They graduated out of that class many years ago. But hots
d'oeuvres marselllalB, cremo do volalllo logan, cassolotte do crabbo ot homard
fontonello, fromago assortl et tietlts grilles, and pastiilos luclen aro things
that tho Omahas do not havo every day when thoy aro at homo up on the
reservation.
But tho way the red mon wont after thoso things, ns woll as tho other
Items on tho menu, was worth seeing,
Aftor the demi-tasse, camo tho speeches nnd probably their equal bau
never boon heard In a modern hotel. They wore all In tho Omaha tongue
When tho time came for old White Horso to talk, he used tho dlfllcult
"Chief Talk," so called by tho Indians because It Is tho formal language used
by the chiefs In addressing a grand council of tho tribe.
Elevated Playgrounds the Latest In New York
NEW YOIIK. Tho moro congested New York becomes, tho moro necessity
thoro Is to provide sultablo breathing spucos and grounds for recrcatlo-i
In just tho communities whoro they aro needed tho most, as on tho East sldo
It Is becoming Increasingly dlfllcult to
set nsuio any land ror playgrounds.
Already in New York thero aro play
grounds on tho p!crsr on tho roofs of
chools, on fashionable apartments
and. recently, thero was opened to
tho public tho first olovated piny
wound nt tho Manhnttan end of tho
Williamsburg bridge. To Hugh E
McLaughlin, civil engineer, belongs
the credit for this Innovation Tim
first elevated recreation ground meas
ures 01 by 450 feet, and In tho center
Is n bandstand, around which on sumuior evenings tho neighboring tenement
dwellers can enjoy band concerts and dances. Mr. McLaughlin's complete
cfiomo Includes tho erection of probably a mllo of thoso clovated nlnv
grounds on tho congested East side, tho samo to occupy tho center of til.
-treat. Along tho cntlro street length elevated parking spaces with tri-o-flowers,
shrubs, fountains and benches for tho older peoplu will nlternato
yth elevated plots set aside for baseball, football, tannin and playground
equipment for smalter children In the winter It Is tho Intention to flood
thesu spaces for skating and hockey games. Mr. McLaughlin's laudable
Plan Is mooting with unlvomil approval and ho has tho suppo r 'of sovem
influential friends In erecting playgrounds along- tho center of East ,m
streets. l emu
Thinking of School.
"Pop!"
"Yos, my son."
"ilav you over Iieen on a bghool
hip?" i
Ob hi, iry hoy '
An , .iii.tt it s Milker' on
cook, who used to bo tho worst of
fender of them all whoso voice, as a
matter of fact, was sometimes taken
by guests aB tho walling of a Just too
dear and frightfully novel ChlneBo bull
flddle occasionally gives vent to a
Bnntch of song in a well-modulated
contralto.
Tho houso, whero discord onco
reigned, whoro choklngs, squeaklngs
and bellowings onco accompanied tho
tini-ffirmnnno nt nnnli liniiRnlinlil illltv.
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?l.000,000 hotol that has just boon
completed In this city and named In
honor of Fontenollo, tho greatest chlei
tho Omahas ever had.
It wub 52 years ago that Foo
tonolle was killed white defending Urn
Bmall white settlements along tho Mis
souri river from an attack of Sioux
Indians, but his blrthdny is celebratod
each year on tho Omaha reservation
A majority of tho Indians la the
party had never seen a houso with
, Caught With tho Goods.
"How do you hoppon to bo In prison
my poor friend?" ' '
"Because I wuz a ma.-, of property,
mum."
"I A !i't understand."
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COULDN'T SPEND HER MONEY
American Girl In Paris Was Entirely
Willing, But the Government
Interfered.
Tho girl who was born under tho
Btar of extravagance, whatever that
Is, was praised for her unnatural ecou
omy. r
"Just think." hor people said, "o(
having nil that money over thero In
Paris, nnd not spending It."
"Don't blame mo," the girl protested
with unblushing candor "it was not
my fault. I wanted to spend It, hut
I could not; I couldn't get at It- In
spite of myBelf, I was forced Into tho
pnths of economy by the French gov
ernment "At the beginning of tho war I
solved all the business problems by
mnklng my trunk my banker What
monoy I had was drawn out of the
bank and deposited In my trunk That
seemed a pretty safe place, so most of
my money was left thoro when 1 went
to London on a visit
"I had mado my homo In Paris
with an old school friend. While I
wns In London hor husband died
"When I came back It was as much
aB I could do to get Into the house
Tho government had been In and had
clapped rod Bcals, fastened to the ends
of a ploce of tape, across everything
about tho placo.
"My own trunk had not escnped
Right across tho lock was a band of
tape with thoso seals of 'Liberty,
Equality, Fratornlty,' above and be
low. Thoy did not represent much
liberty for me; 'they camo nearer to
roprosontlng captivity, for I had run up
debts, nnd the only money I had to
pay thorn with was In thnt trunk
"Then enmo such a bargain sale.
It consisted of lace and feathers and
Jowolry that had 'belonged to a very
flno lady nnd wero going dlri cheap.
They wero sold at private sate and I
was offered first pick of anything I
wanted.
"For three months, while all the ter
rifying entanglements of French law
wore being unraveled, my money was
imprisoned. When my friend's nffalrs
wore finally settled and tho seals re
moved, tho bargains I coveted had
been sold elsewhere, so I had saved
my monoy."
Plotorlal Record of War.
No history that over will be writ
ton about tho great world war now
raging will bo quite as complete and
striking as tho huge collection of pho
tographs, bearing on every conceiv
able phase of tho conflict, that Is be
ing mado by tho general staff of tho
German army. Already more than 20,
000 reproductions that rango from
soldiers In tho trenches to woundod
mon In tho hospitals have been gath
ered together and fllod away for pres
ent or futuro roference. The collec
tion Is constantly growing, and re
quires a staff ot men to keep in order
and supervise. This pictorial record
of tho war is the flnor becnuso the gov
ernment is nble, through tho rules
V.'l'pk. Jt myfl down for all photogra
phers who "go to tho front, to secure
a copy of ovory picture that la made,
by amateurs or professionals. Tho
general staff, therefore, has been able
to pick nnd chooso for Its own gal
lory tho cream of everything pictorial
that concerns tho war, and has ac
quired, not only accurate and Inter
ostlng' representations but photo
graphs that'' In a great many cases are
arttetlc In tho extreme.
In and Out.
"I work," related a friend, to, tho
Clovolnnd Plain Dealer, "In a Bash,
door and blind factory. Owing to the
unprecedented building boom this
spring we have been unable to keep
up with our ordors. People coming
into tho office and ordering articles
for Immediate delivery are likely to bo
disappointed they have to wait their
turn. And nil this I tell you f,au
Introduction to a curious example of
the peculiarities of the English lan
guage which I overheard the other
day. ,
"A man entered tho front office In a
great hurry.
"'Is tho boss in?" ho asked.
'"Is thoro anything I could do for
you?' countered one of our polite
young clerks.
"I want to Beo him about buying
somo doors at onco. Is he here?'
" 'Well explained the clerk, 'he's In
his prlvnto ofllce, but he's out ot
doora." "
Army of Doctors.
In proportion to Its numbers, the
American army Is better off than any
othor for doctors all flst-rate men
solocted by means of a stiff competi
tive examination. Humanity is in
debted to them for many valuable con
tributions to medical Bclenco. The
sanitary triumph of tho occupation of
Cuba was due to tho researches made
by a board of American army doctors
which established tho truth of the
mosquito theory of tho transmission
of yellow fever. Later on this dlscov.
ory rendered possible the digging of
tho Panama canal.
Fuller's Earth.
Fuller's earth Is worth more per ton
than tho ojo from many largo gold
mines now paying handsome divi
dends. Florida 1b the leading pro
ducer In this country, and last year
tho average price paid for Its oarth
was $10.07 a ton.
Valuation.
"You say that dog has a pedigree?"
"Yes."
"How much Is ho worth?"
"Well, the dog Is worth about twen
ty conts, but tho podlgroo Is valued at
ovor j hundred dollars."
Imagination,
"Pa, what is Imagination?"
"Imagination, my boy, is what your
mother ubcs to picture the sort of ao
cldents that may havo happened to
mo when I clianco to be late getting
homo to supper,"
Not to Be Owned.
Mr. Gushlngton Miss Goldilocks I
Clara, will will you bo mine?
Miss, Goldilocks Mr, Gushlngton, no
high minded, modern woman will ever
consent fo belong to any man But I
will marry you, Percy