DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. mmwamwmmmmmtmammummmmmmmtmamwiML utmmmmgtmammmmmm MS (BornelS m If! TH BILL SALONIK! AND ENVIRONS VILLA LEAVES ARMY MEASURE IS PA83ED OY THE U. 8. OENATE BY VOTE OF 45 TO 20. GENERAL RE8IGN3 AS LEADER OF REVOLT AGAINST CARRANZA IN MEXICO. SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT WILL LIVE IN UNITED STATES Mm&f WALL NEED NOT BE UGLY Tax Is Extended for One Year Fight Made on Measure by Senator Smoot and Other Republican Leaders Underwood Makes Maldon Speech. Washington, Dec. 20. Tho adminls tration'8 first revenuo bill, extending tho emergency war tax for one year, was passed by tho sonato on Friday by a voto of 46 to 20. Tho measure was signed by tho president. Mr. Smoot or Utah, a Republican member of the sonato finance commit tee, moved to limit the tlrao extension of the war taxes to Juno 30, 1910. This amendment wns rejected 20 to 60, by a paity vote, except that ilvo Re publicans Mr. Clapp of Minnesota, Mr. uurtls of Kansas, Mr. Harding ol Ohio, Air. Jones of Washington and Mr. Kenyon of Iowa, refused to seem to support oven that extension and voted against it. Mr. Underwood's maiden speech was a great personal triumph. Ho has not beon assigned to tho ilnanco committee, which has particular Jur isdiction over nil fiscal matters, but his experience In tho houuo has made him tho recognized Democratic au thorlty on ilnanco. Mr. Undcrwooi' by thrco quiet ques tlons Induced Senator Penrose to ad mit that the Republicans did uol waut protection to oxcludo foreign competition; that foreign Imports un der the Democratic tarirf hud not thorcforo Injured the Industries of tho country and that the country with tho Underwood net still In forco was now highly prosperous. FIVE DIE IN TRAIN WRECK Eleven Others Hurt When Cars Crash on the Baltimore & Ohio at Felton, Pa. Chester, Pa., Dec. 20. Five pcisons were killed and eleven lujurod, ono probably fatally, In a rear-end colli sion between an accommodation train bound from Wilmington to Cheater nnd a train of ompty express cars on tho Daltlmoro & Ohio railroad on Friday night at Felton. two miles south of this city. ' Two of tho dead wore employees of tho railroad and two woro negro pas sengers. Daniel Cnllcngcr, a passcn gor, of Philadelphia, was tho fifth vie tlm. All tho injured lived In Phllndol phla and Chester or In nearby towns. TITANIC OWNERS MAKE OFFER White Star Lino Agrees to Settle All Claims for Llveo Lost $500,000 to Americans. Now York, Doc. 20. Tho White Star lino has agreed to pay ?G(M,000 In sot tloment of all claims arising from the sinking of tho Titanic on April 15, 1912, when more than 1,600 persons woro drowned, attorneys for tho lino announced horo on Friday. Of this amount approximately $500, 000 would bo distributed among Amor lean claimants, $60,000 to British claimants, and $114,000 would bo re quired for "Interest and expenses in connection with tho numerous sultB. Tho ngroolaont must bo acted upon by December 30 to bocoma operative FIFTEEN DIE IN TORNADO Many Killed and Injured at Cullum, Mlas. Twister Causes Heavy Damage to Property. Meridian, Miss., Dec. 20. A tornado that swopt through Lauderdalo and Kompor counties on Friday destroyed tho town of Cullum, killed at least 16 persons and lnjurod 60 In Meridian thrco persons woro killed and many injured. Fivo houses wero blown down at Dlporf, 12 miles north, but no per sons woro injured. Sovoral buildings and a section of tho Bailey forost at Bailey wero de stroyed, as woro also numerous build ings at Giles. Tho tornado . swept Into Alabama, ENVOY TO MEXICO IS PICKED Naming of Henry P. Fletcher as Am bassador Restores Rotations Between Nations. Washington, Doc. 20. Henry P. Fletcher, now ambassador to Chllo, was nominated on Friday by President Wilson ror ambassador to Mexico. Ellseo Arredoudo already has boon ap pointed Mexican ambassador to tho United States and Mr. Fletcher's nom ination restores diplomatic rotations between tho two countries, broken off nearly throe years ngo. Germans Inspect Route to Egypt. Geneva, Dec. 21. German railway offlelula havo arrived at Constantino ple to Inspect tho military railway bo tug built from Dumasius, supposedly for tho Turko-Uormun Invasion of Key lit. Ship Damaged by Fire. Bordeaux, Doc. 21. Firo broke out on til Btonmor Lord Ormonde. vhUh arrived horo from How York, IiuvIiik u crnorul cargo and homes Tho horsoo woro suvod. Thu cause of the lire is unknown. Pick Slack for U. 8. Attorney. Washington, Doc. 20. L. 15rt Slack waa agreed on by'Senators Kern and Shlvcly on Frlduy afternoon for Uni ted States district attorney ut Indian apolls.to succeed Frank A. Oalloy, re signed. ' judge Smith to Try Lorlmor. Chicago, Dec. 20. Tho enso of Wil liam l.oriiner, ioriner Beuator, was us Blgued for trial to Judgo Frederick A Smith of :tho circuit court. Thi cubo will open shortly after Jam ary 1. ' ' " u J'ho GreekB have withdrawn nearly all their troops from Salonlkl and tho allies aro falling back on that city and preparing to dofend It. GEN. FRENCH IS OUSTED SIR DOUGLAS HAIG CHIEF OF BRITISH IN FRANCE. Change In Commanders May Mean That Allies Contemplate New Drlvo AgnlnBt Germanu. London, Doc. 17. Lieut. Gen. Sir Douglas Halg has boon appolntod to succeed Field Marshal Sir John French In command of tho British armies in Franco and Flanders. Tho now commander of tho British In tho western field Is considerably younger than tho votoran ho succeeds, but ho haB had vast oxporlonco In ac tual war. General Halg Is fifty-four years old. General Halg was educated at Ox ford and Joined tho Sovonth Hussars In 1885. Ho sorved in tho Soudan in 1898 and won medals for valor at At bara aud Khartum. With General French ho participated in tho South Africou war, whero ho again won pro motions and medals for distinguished Eorvlco. In 1912 ho was mado gen oral oillcor commanding at Aider aliot. When tho present war bogan ho was given command of tho First Army corps. Tho bollof la gonoral that tho oholco of Oonoral Halg for commandor In chlof In Franco means preparations for tho Initiation of a moro vigorous cam paign In tho West, presumably In con Junction with offonslvo movements in tho Russian, Balkan and Italian zones of operations. NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED 8enate Gets President's Nominations for Many Towns In the Mid dle West. Washington, Dec. 18. Tho presi dent on Thursday Bent tho following nominations of postmasters to tho senate: Michigan John O'Meara, Escanaba. Illinois May N. Prill, Contralla; Thomas J. Hopkins, Wenona; O. H. Johnson, Bowonj James H. Splkor, Bushnoll; John F. Bushmoyor,' Col chester; Goorgo H. Hart, Nauvoo; II. Bruco Bchroyor, Now Windsor; Rob ert Shorrard, Oak Park; Louis W. Rlchtor, Mclroso Park. Indiana John C. Ring, Frankton; Edward S. Edgar, Winchester; Wil liam II. Johnston, Crawfordsvlllo; Josoph T.Stahl, Kendallvlllo; William T. Nowton, Rosodalo; Ralph W. Mc Connoll, Oxford; Charles V. rilrt, Bateavlllo; Frank V. Boron, Owens- vino. TRUCE IN BASEBALL WAR Peace Declared Between Three Big Leagues Weeghman to Get Cubs. Chicago, Doc. 17. Through tho ac tlou of tho Amorlcan leaguo In accept ing tho proposals from tho National and Federal loagues a truco was do clarod hero on Wednesday. A peaco agrocmont will bo drawn up in tho next two or thrco dayB and tho chances aro will bo signed soon. Terms o tho treaty woro not re voaled, but tho main points aro known to cull for tho dissolution of tho Gilmoro circuit through morgors with eovoral National leaguo teams and perhaps tho Clovoland club. Tho Cubs will be transferred to President Weeghman and his partuora on tho North side, while Phil Ball will in all probability got control of tho Bt. Louis Cardinals. 8teamer Blows Up; Ten Lost. Washington, Doc. 21. Tho gasoline schooner Mauomot blow up and sank twolvo rallos oft Cnpo Ann, Mass. Four of tho crew wero landed at Rockport, Mass., aud ten are missing, according to a wlrolosB rccolvod horo. Panama Canal Again Open. Panama, Doc. 21. Tho Panama canal, which haB boon closod slnco September 18 last by tho worst Blltlo In its history, will bo oponod aguln for tho paBBago of vo8bo1b drawing less than twenty foot this week. Labor Agent Is Killed. Chicago, Doc. 18. Axel Alex's ca reer aB a businoss agent of tho lath ors' union, which has nproad discon tent lu tho building industry of Chi cago, has ondod. He was shot to death by R. S. Johnson, a negro lather. Man Slays Self and Wife. GlovcrBVille, N. V Doc. 18. Tho bodies of Josso Sollgman, treasurer of tho aiovoravlllo Loathor company, and Mrs. Sollgmau woro found in thair bedroom. It is bollovod Sollgman killed his wlfo and shot himself. turn -3wwfflw ("WM 'WviWk TMM CHICAGO STRIKE ENDED TROUBLE ON BELT LINE SETTLED BY ARBITRATION. Men Return to Work When U. S. Me diation Agent Brings About an Understanding. Chicago, Doc. 18. Tho striko on tho Belt Line Railway company, which practically paralyzed transshipment of freight for tho last fow days, was ond ed early Friday morning. Aftor an interchange of negotia tions bctwoon oUlclals of tho road and tho strikers' committee, which lasted into tho early morning hours, G. W. W. Hanger, assistant United Htatea commissioner of mediation and con ciliation, who acted aB arbiter, an nounced thut an agreement had been reached and tho mon would proceed to work Immediately. Tho following statement was mado by C. G. Austin, counsel for tho Belt Lino railroad, and contains tho terms of settlement: "Tho original demands of tho era ployeoa wob that hourly acrvlco of trains each day bo established bo tweeu Sovonty-llfth and Halsted streets and tho Clearing yards. Tho oUlclals of tho road have always beon willing nnd ready to establish a limited serv ice morning and evening for such reasonable timo as was necessary for tho men to adapt themselves to tho change of the tormlnal from Eighty third Btroot and Vincennes road to Cloarlng. "Through tho services of United States Commissioner of Mediation and Conciliation G. W. W. Hanger un ngrooment has boon mado with tho omployceB whereby thoy havo acceded to tho wishes of the railroad com pany, abandoning tholr demands for hourly sorvico during each twenty four hours and accopted tho sorvico train for tho limited train sorvice proffered by tho company." TELEGRAPHIC NOTES San Diego, Cal., Doc. 18. Exproso ing tho desiro to "fly onco boforo re tiring to a qulot life," Mrs. Lulu Corn stock, agod seventy-four, of this city, arranged for a (light on Thursday with Aviator Anton MoyerhoIT, Jr., thai ended with tho falling of tho flying boat In tho wntors of San Dlogo bay and tho death of tho woman. Tho avi ator was rescued. Chicago, Doc. 17. Jess Wlllard, hoavywolght champion boxor, and Frod Fulton have boon matched. Ar ticles of ugrooment closing tho fight woro signed at tho Morrison hotel by Tom Jonos for tho tltloholdor, Mike Collins for Fulton and Tom Androws for PromotorB Tommy Burns nnd Domlnick Tortorlch. Tho fight is to tako placo in Now Orloana March 4. Loudon, Doc. 20. Tho Times an nounces tho death of Sir Henry Rob coo, tho noted scientist. Now York, Doc. 20. J. P. Morgan & Co. announcod that thoy would glvo all employees a year's salary as a Christmas gift. Fort Erie, Ont., Doc. 20. Fivo bust hobs housos wero dostroyod and tho entlro trado center of tho town threatened by a $30,000 Are. Sprlngllold, MnBS., Dec. 20. Four hundred machinists employod at tho River plant of tho Now England West lnghouse company at Chlcopoo Falls struck. Thoy demand increased pay. New Air Attack Near Metz. London, Doc 21. Docombor 17-18 French aeroplanes dropped forty bombs on tho railway station and ad Jacont buildings at Sablons, Just south of thu Gorman fortress of Motz. Con siderable damage was done. Toxas Girl Found 3laln. Paris, Tox., Doc. 21. Pauline Wal ton, sevouteon years old, was found Bitting bolt upright on thu edge of her bed, her head almost severed. Police ond relatives woro unablo to assign any motive for tho murder. Vonderbllt Race May 13. New York. Doc. 20. Announcement wan mado horo on Friday that the noxt Vonderbllt Cup raco will bo run at tho Shoopsuoad Bay spoedway on Mny 13 noxt. It is understood that the raco will bo 300 miles, Rector Richmond Suspected. Philadelphia, Doc 20. The ecclesi astical court which triod Rev. George Chalmers Richmond, rector of SL John's Episcopal church, suspended him for ono year for violation of his ordln'rn vfltyB. Plans to Reside In This Country With His Wlfo, If He Is Permitted to Cross the Border Deserted by Some of His Generals. El Paso, Tex., Doc. 21. Gon. Fran cisco Villa has resigned his placo as loador of tho Moxlcan revolution and has left Chihuahua City to And rofugo in tho United States. It is understood ho and Mrs. Villa will sottlo down hero if Villa Is permitted to outer tho country. Simultaneously with recolpt of this news codo telegrams havo reached bore from tho Villa capital Baying that "peaco has beon declared and thoro will bo no moro flghting." On tho othor hand, it is not eonor- ally admlttod horo that tho revolu tion la ondod. Indood, it is assorted that tho revolution will rocoivo now impotus from tho absenco of Villa and subBtltutlon of a leader who 1b said to bo Governor Avlla of Qhlhua hua atato. ConArmatlon of Villa's retirement Was brOUcht to fwlnrnl nmnor-ti !,.. by Mrs. 'Francisco Villa in poraon. Mrs. Villa, it Is said, doclared that Gonoral Villa had consontod to rotlro from tho rovolutlon, but only tem porarily, and that ho would not como to tho United Stntos unloss ho waa assured ho would not bo arrested and Bubjoctod to extradition proceedings, as had Genoral Huerta. Should his party not succeed in eliminating General Carranzn within a roasonablo timo, Bho said, ho would sook to return to Mexico and again assumo tho chieftainship. General Villa's dotorminatlon to flght tho Carranza government "until doath" waB broken, it waa loarnod, by prossuro of his genorala, tho weight of hla defeat In Sonora and tho coun sel of his wlfo. Villa announced his doclalon at a council of his generals ).t Chihuahua City. Resigning com snnnd, ho said: " "I havo boon surrounded by "trai tors and my men will no longor flght. I sont 1,600 mon to defend Santa Ro salia, and thoy Jolnod Carranza with out a strugglo. "I do not want to sacrlflco you. I will go to tho bordor, croaa to tho United Statos, If I am pormlttod, and thoro Uvo with my family. If I am not permitted to do so, I will go to Kuropo." Provlous to renouncing his com mand Genoral Villa wan united to Mrs. Villa In a civil marrlago. An exodus of tho famlllos of Villa chieftains occurred at tho border. Tho word had been givo In Juaroz for "officers to tako caro of themselves," and it roaulted In a scurrying of offi cors In bowlldormont At a conforonco of United States military ofllclals, stato and city au thorities and roprosontatives of tho Carranza and Villa governments, hold at EI Paso secrotly, It was requested by tho Villa delegation that Gon. Francisco Villa and his brothor, Hlpo lito Villa, financial agent of tho Villa govornmont, bo permitted to cross tho bordor unhnroBsod by legal, criminal or civil action. Villa left Chihuahua on horsoback for tho bordor last night, planning to moot ono of his big automobiles and comploto tho trip in it. MOUNT ETNA AGAIN IS ACTIVE Red-Hot Lava, Melting Snow on Moun tain Sides, Produces Wonderful Effect at Night Catania, Sicily, Doc. 20. Mount Etna Is considerably actlvo' again and Is emitting red-hot lava, which, stream ing along tho Bides of tho mountain and molting tho Bnow, produces a won derful effect, ospoclally at night. Glow ing cinders and smoko form an urn-broUa-shapod cloud nbovo tho volcano. CHEYENNE THEATER BURNS Fire for Time Threatens Destruction of Hotel and Bank Building Two Persons Injured, Cheyenne, Wyo Doe. 20. Flro. which started in tho business district, dostroyed tho opora houso and for a timo threatened tho First National Bank building and tho Plains hotel. Two persons woro Injured by falling brick and flying glass. Two Detectives Are Killed. Llttlo Falls, N. J., Doc. 20. Two de tectives, Robert Shannon of East Or ongo and Frodorlck Mertz of Bloom Cold, were killed and two other detec tives wounded when thoy attempted to arrest Antonio Fottorlccl horo. Fet tcriccl escaped. Wives Desert Two Brothers. Dos Moines, Ia Doc. 20. H. A. Mlskoll and W. E. MIskell, brothora. and married on tho same dato, both bad tho samo luck In matrimony, ac cording to tholr divorce petitions Aled horo. Both chargo desertion. Shells Hit Allied Cruiser. Constantinople, Doc. 20. An allied crulsor that was bombarding tho Turk ish position on tho Gallipoll peninsula was struck by TurklBh sheila and forced to withdraw, it was announced by tho Ottoman war ottico. Former Senator Hale Stricken. Washington, Doc. 18. Formor Sen ator Halo of Maluo Is seriously 111 of paralysis at his homo horo. Owing to his advancod ago soVenty-nlno llttlo hopo is held out for Ills recovery, it waa said on Thursday. Seek Missing Bank Cashier. Parnoll, la., Dae. 18. Charles Mooro, cashier of tho Parnoll Savings bank, disappeared Wednesday. Mooro left behind hla wlfo and soven children. Search la being mado for him by thr police. lift l K-Sii?1W :.'M View or WITH tho shifting of tho center of tho European Btorin and its gathering in intensity toward tho Bal kans, Turkoy-in-Europe, aud tho near East, those islands which dot tho course between Europo and Asia, bat tlegrounds In tho 2,500 years of strug gle between tho Orient and Occident for supremacy, aro forming onco moro a part of tho area where the futuro of tho West is to bo decided. There aro no lands in tho world whoso stories aro moro absorbing than thoso of these islands. A bulletin issued by tho National Geographic society gives tho following sketch of tho Islands as presented In a communication to tho society by Ernest Lloyd -Iarrls. Whore a broken fringe of Islands parallels the coast of Asia Minor, be ginning with famed Rhodes, In tho south; running northward, narrowly separated from tho mainland, past tho peninsula of GilUpoli, and ending near tho present Aegean coast of Bui garia, Is tho dividing lino botween tho Occident and Orient. Theso islands aro tho European marshes, whero .!SK2S55TKSSy!ffr???W v i AW -' -Jww-vn i""i . " vvwnxWHJWMWWAVv V (V s .. : g.u-- I t, s J B aTJ. LdVAU-KVWID t --aj-sj . .- m -n-.- tw. ytw '. v -. " . - i . " ' ' . j , ...v. . . . , sr -a;ju. '(S.'ttAy'uwHw. W.V. -a . -i.S6 rsmm srz -v& ' moitr i. jOkrf'Vec . 4rav:?rvuxa30Mc i-n i-r - tii -..i.. .., 7 -- "-. FiiffiteMfflMsMt !&&, , !3.,k.-ojmss&s l iMsiMiimi'sxdmi iM&iimAJIii!SMiSTiim& mf&s-MMmxiwSim: wjmi isMsm&ssssimmmsmsss: Kos, the Birthplace or Hippocrates Asia and Europo havo clashed throughout all history. Hero wo find Persian pitted against Greok, Roman against Pontian, By zantine against Moslem, Crusader against Saracen, Turk against Mogul, and, today, Europo divided against it self, nnd against tho East. Not only havo Asia Minor and tho Islands facing Us shores been tho stage upon which havo been enacted some of the most gigantic events in human history, but this is at tho pres ent time ono of. tho most interesting and plcturesquo regions in tho world. It has been termed tho quintessence of tho East. For nowhoro else will you find, thrown together In close as sociation, so many things of the East tho camel caravan, tho groves of cy press, ollvo, plane, and vnlonia trees, tho mosquo and towering minaret, lat ticed windows and veiled women, and n background mado up of tho remnants of an ancient civilization. Rhodes an Island of Romance. Rhodes, whoso history Is ono chap ter after another of fascinating ro manco from days of remote antiquity, through its reign as a cultural center during tho ago of Roman occupation, nnd its golden period as tho strong hold of chivalry during tho occupa tion of tho island by tho ordor of tho Knights of St. John, onco dominated tho castorn Mediterranean, as a vest pockot England off tho ooast of Asia Minor. Cicero and Caesar finished tholr education at Rhodes, but Imperial Romo and Byzantium finally absorbed tho schools thero. Noxt tho Knights of St. John, founded In tho eleventh century at Jerusalem, aftor many hardships, brightened again tho an nals of tho Islands by making It their homo. Thoy assumed tho narao of tho Psychology of Fiddler Crabs. That fiddler crabs havo rnindB may istonlsh somo people, but thoy aro only ono of tho multitudes of crea tures so ondowod. Anil the minds of molluska, lnsocta and starfish an well as frogs and birds and mammals aro worth studying, for there Is qulto n largo amount of lltornturo devoted to tho psychology of theso despised low er animals. In tho Pyschological Bul letin John Shopard publishes a sum mary of tho most recent of this. Plenty of Latitude. "I saw a weather report tho other day couched In torniB which struck mo as being about tho right kind to uso." "How did it road?" " 'Improbably fair, perhaps rain, maybo clearing.' " Louisville Courlor Journal. Contempt of Court. Dofondant (In n loud volco) Just lea! JubIIco! I demand Justlco! Judgo Sllenco! The defendant will plonsa romeinbor that ho is in a court room Pwui State Froth. SWtCSS WXi Stampalia Knights of Rhodes, and after Innumer able wars wero at last forced to ro tlro, In 1622, beforo tho Turks to Mai ta. At tho present timo tho Island Is being hold by Italy, which took pos session In 1912 in tho courso of her war with Tripoli. Chios, 150 miles to tho north, once ono of tho richest members of the Ionian union, subject, In turn, to Athenian, Roman, Italian and Turkish domination, lias long been a bone of contention botween the Turk nnd Greok, and was first reunited to Its parent country, Greece, In 1913, after a separation of more than 2,300 years. Tho Chlans Joined their brother Greeks in tho wnrs of liberation, which began In tho first years of tho last century. In 1822, tho Turks slaughtered 30,000 Chlans In tho space of two months, and sold 32,000 others Into slavery, and the land was thor oughly devastated. Samos, at tho mouth of tho bay upon which stood ancient Ephesus the Magnificent, formed one of tho oldest settlements of tho Ionlans in tho Mediterranean. Samos wa3 tho birth. sssaf5? K 'Z2 t&irJm. m - . X - . iW r w X A - N X V, V 1 MiiJ , 4,v&i v SttV" . ( ;&,K $!!& $14 li6.J&.lLj!Lj i s .:.. t . t '.'. .j (N . If ' tfW V iiKTssteSssfe: placo of tho philosopher Pythagoras, and here, too, was tho wonderful Tem ple of Hera, a boast of tho Grecian world. Tho Islands of tho Aegean taken to gether constitute one of tho most his toric and interesting insular regions in tho world. Besides the 20 princi pal ones, which havo lent much to his tory, thero aro innumerable smaller ones. The larger Islands havo a num ber of fertile and well-watered valleys and plains, the principal products of which aro wheat, wine, oil, mastic, cotton, silk, raisins, honey and wjx. Coral and sponge fisheries aro numer ous, and in most of tho Islands the an cient Greek typo perseveres among tho people. Tencdos of Strategic Value. Among tho advanced camps of fore most Importance is tho allied French aud English base on tho small island of Tencdos. Tencdos commands tho approach to tho Dardanelles, lying but olght miles south-southwest from tho mouth of tho strait and about fivo miles from tho coast of Asia Minor. Desplto Its insig nificant size, commerce, population count, and productivity, it has been visited by many an imposing hostilo Hoot and army Uneven, rocky, almost mountainous In parts, thero aro yot within tho six teen square miles of tho island's area somo very fortilo soils. Thoro Is some fruitful garden land and rich pastur ago, but tho most Important product Is wlno, of which somo 5,000,000 gal lons aro exported each year. Tencdos supports a population of about 4,000, only ono-third of whom aro Mohamme dans. Tho only town, of tho same name as tho Island, is Inclosed by rough enod walls, and sholters, among other remains from times long pnst, great storehouses erected by Justinian. Soundproof Home for Singers. A syndlcato of artists will erect bo tween Central Park West and Colum bus nvenuo, Now York, an eight-story apartment studio building to cost $1,000,000, and in which tho partition ing will bo so completely soundproof that a prima donna practicing arias with tho full fatrength of her lungs will not disturb or be disturbed by an ama teur trombonist. Many musicians havo already oxprcssod their Intention to lease apartments. He Never Will Do. "Suppose," suggested Click Fockolo of Lo Roy, "that pa should come down town ono of theso chilly days without his coat or collar, and his shirt unbuttoned down about six inches from his Adam's apple, his trouaer leg slit half way to the belt straps, nnd hoso so thin you cojuld soo tho corns on his Instop. I say. Just supposo ho would, but I don't think ho will." Kansas City Star. In the Swim. The goldfish thinks nothing of a trip around tho globe Boston Transcript, "a k "5 ISyiSjASStMr Builder Who Works With Good Taste Can Achieve Results That Are of the Best. Thoro is no reason why a brick wall should bo so dull and monotonous, for thero aro numerous methods for brick walls of which any clovor architect or bricklayer might make uso, Bays n writer in tho Dayton Journal. Some times there is a dauso in tho specifi cations calling for moro or less orna mentations of otherwise blank walla. In Holland, whore much brick Is used in domestic architecture, brick men tako delight in showing tholr skill in making brickwork and nearly every cottago shows specimens of their handicraft. It is not tho best thing to do to select bricks for facings if tho bricks aro sound and right in texture. It is pretty safo to say that labor put into that special picking is worso than thrown away, is positively injurious, and that all thoso slabs of raw, harsh color might havo been rendered soft nnd harmonious by using tho bricks Just as they carao out of tho kiln, with all tho pcrceptiblo and impercoptlblo graduations of tone conferred upon them by tho accidents of burning. Your great baro spaces will bo full of variety and interests of what paint ers call "quality," but without preju dice to tho breadth of treatment, be causo tho smallness of tho individual bricks distributes tho variation of color so subtly over tho wholo surface that only thoso who aro "In tho know" can roallzo how it camo about. And, of courso, tho larger the surface tho wider tho diversity of color that can , bo introduced without disturbing the V general tone. LOOK INTO YOUR CELLAR Plenty of Air and Unslaked Lime Make for Health, Says Writer of Experience. Householders seldom know that their cellars aro tho storehouses from whonco comes 50 per cent of tho air of tho first floor and 30 per cent of that on tho floor above. If they did thero would not bo so many dank and noi some places filled with refuse and mold, spiders, cobwebs and mlco, to say nothing of decayed vegetables and fruits, a writer in Mother's Magazine observes. Vapors from all these com blno to ponetrato the whole house and add their poison to tho air that Is breathed by thoso living nbovo them. Every cellar, even if kept free from dirt, should bo ventilated as carefully in winter as in summer. A musty smell shows that mold plants aro grow ing and aro waiting to attack fruit and vegetables. Cold will not kill these , destructive germs. Thoro should bo.5' plenty of air let in tho cellar cvory clear day. Moisture-laden air en tering it condenses on tho walls and pipes and soon makes it so damp that It Is a menace to tho house. All cel lars should have dishes of unslaked lime in them; this takes up molsturo with avidity. When tho llmo crum bles, losing entirely Its crystalline character, it has becomo slaked and will tako up no moro moisture. It ehould then bo renewed. Most Popular Houses. Perhaps tho most popular types ol dwellings being built at present are tho two-family and three-family housos. Tho reason for this is not hard to understand when ono consid ers that tho rented apartment or apartments in such a houso carry all interest, taxes, water rates and Insur ance, and that any money paid in by tho owner is in tho nature of decreas ing tho mortgage, so that in timo theso payments will pay for tho house and ho will own it free and clear. An additional feature of the two family or three-family house is that after tho house is fully paid for the rontals furnish a steady incomo and means for the upkeep of tho whole building. Use Telephone Directory. Tho tolephono directory has almost displaced the city directory, because of tho completness of tho former and its accessibility. Tho last Now York city tolephono directory contains 350, 000 listings for 5GC.000 telephones In tho city. Tho first telephone directory, issued In 1878, consisted of a card containing tho names of 252 subscrib ers. Tho presont directory has 970 pages, and an edition of 010,000 copies has been distributed. Tho preparation of tho directory consumed fifty car loads of paper, sovon tons of ink and 230 miles of binding wire. Canada's School Gardens. No ono city is probably doing more by organized effort to mako up homo and public gardonlng instruction than in Toronto, Ont. Hero i3 a cllmato tho opposito In its mako-up to that of southorn California, yet tho samo appreciation of tho beautiful and tho valuo of economic thrift Is evidenced In both sections. Local Jealousy. Somo fellows can see no big men In their homo town. Everybody at homo is as small ns thoy. Toledo Blado. Misfit. Ad In a New York paper: "Wanted Bookkeeper and salesman. Must havo ono leg shorter than tho other." Wo woro about to tolephono thlB op portunity to a friend, when wo sud denly romomborod that what ho bad was ono leg longor than tho othor. Great Discovery Despised. Harvey's theory of tho circulation of tho blood was considered so ridlcu. lous, at tho timo of tho discovery, that for ton years not a 8inglo patient com suited him. t