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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUUNAL FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12 1909 Ha Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Ttio NOWH , Kutabllidiod 1H81. Tlio Journal , KHtabllBhcd 1877. THti HU8E PUDLI8HJNO COMPANY. " W. N. Muse , N. A. Huso , Pro.Mldo.nt. Secretary Kvory Friday , lly innll pur year , $1.60. Knlori'd nt Ihu postofllco nt Norfolk , . . tlH HOCOIIll ClaBB matter. l-Jdltorlnl Depnttment No. 22. Business Office and Job UOOIIIR No. 11 22. _ Good roada nro roads to prosperity. A fanatic la a tiinn who begins by killing off all lila frlonda. Tlio Btato of Now York nlono haa C9.000 nulotnobllca registered. Mr. Taft might wrlto a huge voluinu .rnlltlod "HunquotH I Huvo Survived. " Financiering IIIIH boon datlncd nn the at I of dolnf ; it with the other fellow's money. This IB a beautiful world , but mil lions of people go through It with out finding it out. Tlio greatness that is thuat upon a nan unualy COIIIOH too late In life to do him much good. Hggfl are said to bo soiling at $2 a do7.on In Cuba. The hen la a real aristocrat down thoro. A Chlnoso maxim says : "Thorc are plenty of acquaintances In the world but very few real friends. " The man who bocomoa intensely zealous for ono truth , Is very apt to that truth is many sided. There are , It Is estimated , 40,000 worn rod mon now In this country than there were twenty years ago. The farms of the United States Inoroflso in value at the rate of f 3 , < 00.000 a day. That's going some. It ox-VIco President Fairbanks goes aa minister to China will our rela tions suddenly become cool with that empire ? The president is nearly through his lone jaunL Ho must almost wish he could strike a deaf ttnd dumb asylum tor awhile. Boston has a now plan of city gov ernment embodying electors and the recall , and it does away with all party designations. tt is well to remember that intelli gent. Bolf respecting people can al ways bo reasoned with but they can not bo driven. Advertising la no experiment , and the man who is not studying it is eoing to bo loft behind in the nice for supremacy. It requires rapid work for the pub- Uahors to keep the geography up-to- dftto when it comes to the map of Central America. la your turkey fattening for Thanks- giring ? Only a few more weeks for Iho noble bird to acquire the proper umber of pounds. An exchange saya that "the paper tnonoy of this country Is full of dyna mite. " Send it along this way. We'll take all the risks. They now speak of Mr. Folk of Missouri as "tho reformer of the demo cratic party. " Mr. Folk has certainly undertaken a big job. They Imprison cartoonists In Mexi co. Some of them who operate In this country might do bettor work after a sojourn In the pen. William U. Hearst has been busy since election telling how it all hap pened. It's an old Job for Willie , and ho is used to it. The greatest noud of the world Is nion of caliber honest , courageous and endowed with common sense. It t In a need as old as the race. In giving a million dollars to erad icate the "hookworm" from the south , John D. Ilockefellor scored a notch in the regard of his countrymen. The agricultural department esti' mate that the boll weavils cost the ITnitod States $25,000,000 annually , That would build two battleships a year. .allow results and a decline in the number of doatha from the white plague IH reported in all the states except Colorado , Uhodo Island ami il Vermont A martyr Is described as a man who has n bunch of poor relatives If this le true what Is the man whc haa a lot of rich relations ? A nui nance. Party "solidarity" is omphasizet br ono wing of the republican partj nd party Integrity by the other Why not emphasize both by coinbin thtom ? * True worth always finds approcla tlon. flonm people seem to feel thai ta order to bo real genuine reformer ! Jfeat thojr most bo thoroughly dis ' Who wouldn't bo a chimney sweep and work for Undo Sam ? About $25,000 worth of gold la taken from the chimneys of the United States mint every year. | A Now York minister criticised the ladles of his congregation for wear-1 Ing rats In their hair , and they come ! I i come back with the charge that ho has bats In his belfry. I The day of horse drawn cabs , which have long boon one of the features of London , la evidently near Its close. In one year the number of taxlcabs baa more than doubled. . The open door In the orient may bo desirable , but In the United States for the larger partof the time the next nix months the closed door will bo more popular. i The high school debating clubs all over the country nro debating over the Cook-Peary controversy , and the world will soon know the truth from unimpeachable authority. Former Secretary Loch visited the white house , but found things so quiet and tame compared to the form er strenuous regime that ho was seized with a fit of homesickness. Notwithstanding all reports to the contrary , the recent elections Indicate very clearly that William Jennings j ' Bryan is still the moat alluring demo- cratlc aspirant for the presidency In i 1912. The two cent piece was only an authorized coin for nine years , from I 1864 to 1873 , but over forty-eight mil lion coins were Issued and only seven teen million have been returned to the mint. The wire men look upon the aurora borealls aa one of their greatest foes. If they could only confine It In pack ages and sell It to the consumer for light and heat they could do a splendid business. Hearst said If he wore elected ho would hire a hall and glvo the people a chance to hear and see him. Per haps that was the reason he was not elected. Anyway he wafe spared that expense. It Is suggested that if no American can bo found to wear a diplomatic muzzle , for the sake of being minis- tei to China , that Wu Ting-Fang is quite capable of looking after the American Interests in the orient. A seat on a dry goods box at the cross roads store is safer than a seat on a throne these days. King George of Greece , contemplates handing in his reslcnatlon , and the king of Spain looks under the bed every night for bombs. Governor Hughes steadfastly refused to get mixed up In the Now York ctiy campaign. Governor Hughes' good ' common sense , added to his ster'ing ' Integrity and great courage more and more emphasizes his right to be con sidered ono of the greatest mon of his time. Life can be cheap and worthless , and it can be pulsating with fullness. It la for each one to make the most of. Every young man should bo very keen to take advantage of its oppor tunities. There is no end to what a man can do and what a man can overcome. Gen. O. O. Howard , who recently died , was a bravo fighter all his life. In spite of serious injuries during the war , he lived to be nearly four-score and devoted his later life to the educational - cational uplift of the negro. Ho was the oldest surviving general In the U. S. army. Otto G. Bannard , the republican candidate for mayor of the Greater Now York , since Judge Gaynor's elec tion says he hasn't a word to say. It is suggested that ho is the man Sec- rotary Knox has been trying to find and that ho should bo offered the Chinese mission. The Stanton Picket under Its new ownership , edited by one of the fa mous Mnyfleld family , presents a very greatly improved appearance. The i Picket Is a substantial paper which i got its foundation In the very capable i editorial work of A. F. Enos when ho 1 was Its editor. Mr. Enos Is now post master at Stanton. There is always a middle ground of common sense between the extreme positions taken by idealists on ono side and practlcalists on the other. It Is on the ground that progress al ways has been and always will bo 1 found. There its forces always ral ly , light and conquer , Poor old China is not getting rid of her opium trafllc. The habit has be come so deeply rooted amo.ng all classes of Chinese that the govern ment's efforts to abate the vice are bringing small results. The London Chronicle calls upon the United States which initiated the International Op ium conference last year , to take up the matter again and come to the rest cue of the Chinese empire. Dr.Frnnk Gunsaulus of Chicago , talk ing to other ministers at a great mis sionary convention the other day , struck the new note of "a livable Chris tianity" In those clear ringing words : "I got tired of theao glory songs that toll of the golden gatea , when my heart and your heart are so empty of brotherhood. Bo humane , bo brother- ly. Talk with your audience , not to your audience. " There la still need of uolng great things for the cause of human free dom. The world tit the present time needs the voice of a Gladstone. Were ho living hla Indignation would bo at whlto heat over the Injustice which Ireland Is enduring at the hands of England , that Japan is heaping upon Korea , that Russia Is forcing upon Finland , and the Belgians upon the natives of Congo. While inspecting examination papers recently a teacher found various hu morous answcis to questions. A class of boys , averaging about 12 years of age , had been examined in geography , the previous day having been devoted to grammar. Among the geographical questions was the following : "Name the zones. " Ono promising youth of 11 years , who had mixed the two sub jects , wrote : "There are two zones , masculine and feminine. The mascu line la cither temperate or intemper ate ; the feminine is either torrid or frigid. " The democrats got together a few days ago In New York arid enumerated a series of resolutions on national questions so broad in their glittering generalities , that they would be ac cepted readily by the larger part of the people regardless of party affili ations. It is a great platform for wide approval because it deals in' political axioms well accepted by the mass of the people. But when It comes to fighting any battle for the betterment of the nation , democracy offers very little that commends itself to the intelligence of the voters. Artificial not "imitation" rubles are manufactured in a little factory in Paris. The successful commercial production of the artificial ruby Is said by some iconoclasts to have made in evitable the doom of the ruby mine. Those artificial rubles are In glowing beauty , of color , hardness , durability and cheruica.l comjositpn } | Identical with the natural niby of the mine. So absolute is this identity that the asser tion Is made that usurers of great cities now refuse to take rubles In pawn because they cannot distinguish them. It seems a strange paradox for the poorest of Mexican peasants to live In houses of gold , but for hundreds of years those half starved , barefooted people lived In these windowlesa mud huts In the Guanajerato gold district. A hundred or more of them had to bo torn down to make way for a railroad and some ono got an idea of analyzing the debris. It has already yielded $50- 000 In gold to the owners and made many a poor fellow who didn't know where his rext meal was coming from happy in the prospect of sombreros and hot tamales for life. There is a general demand every where for a better grade of teachers but there must go with it a conces sion of larger salaries. "The servant is worthy of his hire" In the school room as well as outside of it. Teach ing under the most favorable condi tions is no sinecure. It requires edu cation , talent , patience and hard work. No man wants to entrust his children to incompetents. The guiding of the young mind Into proper channels Is a delicate operation and one that can not safely be trusted to everyone. This being true , the teacher should bo well paid far better paid than is at present customary. While the railroad and ocean traf fic of the United States has increased enormously , our shallow water traffic has decreased correspondingly. Wo have built canals , we have 20,400 miles I of navigable rivers , but they are un related , they do not speak as they pass \ by. With all our millions of tona of coal , iron ore , grain and building ma terial to transfer , we have failed to systematize and conduct our navigable j waterways so that they can be utilized to the best advantage. A good system ' of American waterways would mean ' cheaper railroad rates and cheaper prices generally for rivers and canals [ cannot bo monopolized to make "canal magnates" as the railroads have made railroad kings. Governor Marshal of Indiana , has ' coined a new phrase , or pictured anew 1 now type. Ho is looking for the "New Puritan , " , man who will combine - bine the characteristics of palnstak- ! ing intelligence , stern conscience and unyielding will of the Puritan of three centuries ago , with the gentler nature and broader sympathy which charac terizes the Christian citizen of the present time. Governor Marshall's epithet may stick because there is moaning behind It. Puritanism has fallen into contempt because its re- presentntives nro remembered more for their superstition and narrowness , than for these grand qualities of char acter and mind that enlarged the hounds of freedom for all English speaking nations. A number of eminent Burgeons , chemists , physlclsta and other pro fessional mon of New York , have com bined for the purpose of establishing n radium Institute. They propose to obtain a pound of the precious metal $2,700.000 worth and to engage in a work of philanthropy by treating , free of charge , patients suffering from cancer and kindred diseases. They nro firmly of the opinion that the applications of rays of radium , pro perly used , will In many cases cure cancer. Let us hope that this splen did project BO nobly carried out may piovo highly successful. There nro a few enterprises that would mean moio to the world. Major Andrew S. Ilowen of the United Statoa army , who was recent ly placed on the lotlred list , will bo romebered as the lieutenant who , Just bofoio the war with Spain , was com missioned to carry a message to Gen eral Gnicla , who was homowhero In the interior of Cuba , with his com mand boleagured by Spanish boldlors. Howcn's 01 rand was a most dllllcult and dangerous ono and ho was In constant danger of discovery and ex ecution aa a spy. Ho made hla haz ardous journey safely , and , accepted the many hardships as Incidental tea a soldier's life. Ho brought back Gen-1 oral Garcia'a reply and proved himself a bravo and lesourccful soldier whoso name will long be remembered because cause ho did a man's duty manfully. A most Interesting discovery has been made which gees far toward es tablishing the claims made by the Norsemen to the discovery of Ameri ca. About ten years ago a flat stone , covered with a curious Inscription was found buried among the rocks of an ash-tree on a prairie knoll In central ' tral Minnesota. The characters ap peared like runic , but aa they differed from those of the period when Nor- weglans , well known to have explored different points on the American coast , the stone was pronounced a forgery , and no attention was given to It. Re cently the inscription has been de ciphered. The date Is 1362 and very ' briefly It tells the story of a band of Northman coming from Vinland prob ably by the way of the St. Lawrence , and the Great lakes , and making their way inland to this spot where ten of there number were slain by Indiana , and the survivors left this record of their explorations. If the Inscription has been correctly deciphered , it is a remarkable addition to the historical relics of America. The old idea of a city was a place of brick walls and pavements , with nothing to relieve their monotony. To have trees on the streets was to fall short of being a city. Shaded 1 streets denoted < \ mere country town , and the city must be as far removed as possible from any suggestion of the country. When the cities grew so large that men could not get out of them in a few leisure hours to enJoy - Joy the beauty and freedom of field , river and wooded hillside , there grew up a demand for parks , for boulevards and tree planted residence streets. Now , instead of cutting down trees , all over the country , cities are spend ing thousands of dollars annually for trees with which to adorn and beau tify the streets. Chicago's city for ester wishes the civic motto of that I municipality to bo "a city within a garden. " Aside from the beauty which I they add to the city , trees purify the air , Improve the climate and con serve soil and moisture . To own an Interesting collection of | souvenirs of any sort is a very pleas ant thing , and if they have been gathered while visiting historic places and noted people , they may be very instructive to those who are privi leged to examine them. There is noth ing but commendation for the enthusi astic souvenir hunter if he does not infringe upon the rights of other people ple and lose sight of the principles of common honesty in obtaining his trophies. But In many Instances men and women , who would not cheat In , business or take an ordinary thing that did not belong to them , will slip spoons or forks from the hotel tables i into their pockets , take a knife , pen , paperweight , anything moveable from the desk of a famous author or states- man , and ruthlessly chip pieces from famous buildings and monuments. There are many who are thoughtless about little things , but , perhaps none do more norm than the souvenir collector - lector who takes things to which ho 1ms no right. Recent events have pressed firmly on the minds of young men who desire i to become connected with the consu- lar service , that the first requisite tea a successful diplomatic career Js the ability to keep one's mouth shut. Not that ono should not talk at all , for harmless , general conversation may go far toward making an ambassador popular. Wee Ting-Tang , who has been twice sent as ambassador from China , is a striking example of this. But no ono knows better than this same shrewd , clover Mr. Wee , what to talk about and when to stop , and the American , with whom the keen old Chinese diplomat engaged in con versation , was extremely fortunate if he were able to avoid admitting moro than was wise , under Mr. Wee's per sistent questioning. The traveler has always been the great wielder of the world , and the recent tour of the president has proven no exception to the rule. The fact has been borne homo to all sectlonw by this broad minded- comprehensive man , that there are really no sec tions at all , but that the president la president of the whole pcoplo. This lesson has been most effectively iinu unostentatiously taught by Mr. Tail , and the bonds which hold the mani fold Intelests of this great nation to gether have been strengthened. The recall of Mr. Crane from San Franclbco , who was on hla way to his now post of duly , hla confeionco with Seuietary Knox ending with the request for his resignation aa minister - tor to China , forms one of the most pathetic and unfortunate episodes In recent American history. Only a few weeks ago , chosen for the most Im portant position In the orient , the se lection of this Chicago business man by the administration was hailed with gieat satisfaction by press and people. But while a splendid gentleman per- tonally , Mr. Crane was not a diplomat , lie was too frank with his friends and told government secrets unwittingly to a Chicago newspaper reporter and ho published them to the world. The .laps didn't like the vigorous avowed determination to keep an "open door" In Asia and stopping the absorption of Manchuria by them , and so Mr. Crane has had to bo offered up as a sacrifice. While all this has resulted largely from his own discretion , lot no ono think that the place la going to bo easily filled by any man. With all the profuae assurances of friend ship on the part of Japan toward this country , every thinking man realizes that the United States Is facing some grave questions In the orient , and that If war comes within the next quarter of a century for this country It Is to bo expected with the yellow men of the east. AROUND TOWN. A few chicken feathers have made a lot of fuss over at Madison. Groosbeck now has a waiting list of people who want jobs with the Gund Brewing company. If Norfolk people keep on advertis ing for girla , first thing you know the population of this town will be lop sided. The weather's disagreeable , but " you'll be cheered up when "Little Johnny Jones" comes to town Friday night. A Norfolk woman , fearing burglars , locked the front door. .Then she tied tills note on the knob , for her bus- band : "Locked the door. You will j find the key in the wash tub. " All these superstitious signs are fakes. That "starlight , star bright , first star I see tonight , " and the plan of seeing the new moon over the left shoulder , and all the rest of them are myths and frauds of the first water. You can try out the whole smear of 'em In an effort to lower that 48-golf record , and the very next day you'll make It in 66. Here's a mathematical problem for you , Nellie : A Norfolk woman said that this week for the first time in her life , she went to bed at night while the moon was shining and getup up next morning to find the moon still shining. Now then , what time did she go to bed ? What time did she get up ? Why was this the first time in the woman's life that this Incident happened ? Therefore , how old is the woman ? Locate , by longitude and lat itude , the street she lives on and the number of the house. Also , give the woman's name. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Every thief believes everybody steals. Some people think they can't be ridiculous. But it's easy for anybody. As a rule , you'll not have much trouble having your way , If you are right. How a boy loves to have his mother get ready for company that fails to come ! There is plenty of cooking as good as "Mother's" but very few appetites like a boy's. When you hear a smart saying by a Oiild. It is a sign that the child has a smart rnotl-er , and that hho made It up. A man and woman going on a wed ding trip try hard not to look happy , and on their return try just as hard to look happy. In recent times the parlor la lighted for so many occasions that It is no longer a signal to the neighbors that daughter has a beau. As soon as a man becomes thor oughly skilled In certain work , he be gins to use words common people don't understand , and they lose all In terest In him. Ask any child how its mother is , and It will reply : "She Is well. " . When a child begins to notice if its mother is sick , it is ono sign it is no longer n child , but is grown up. Subject for discussion at the next mooting of the Lancaster literary so ciety : If a woman allows her husband moro than two dollars a week spending - ing money , isn't she giving him oppor- ttmity to lead a double life ? Home Course In Live Stock Farming II. Windbreaks and Buildings. By C. V. GREGORY , Author at "Home Courte in Modern Agriculture. ' Muklnif Money on the tnrin , ' tic. Copyright , 1000 , by American I'rcit Atiaclnllon. most puns ol tin- country It Is IN ncecsMiry to | iroIdo come sort of shelter tor thi > stocii during a con siderable portion ol tlu > year. Good buildings tire expensive , ami It takes n number ofcnrs . to got tht farm Improved us It should tic. I' . . ' I having a dolltilio plan In mluil , how ever , every building Unit Is put up mil be iniule 10 conform to that pinii , and the final result * will be much IK-HIT than It the work Had lieeii Oono at In a hnphnznid manner. There Is usually u rise of ground somewhere along the road that IIIIIKO.S a good building site. Natural drain age is very Important. UH the . \nids will be ulopp.v enough nt hcM In a wet gonson. The tlrst step after the site j lias been selected is to provide a good windbreak on the north niul west. There Is nothing so effective tor a windbreak as an evergreen hedge. The best evergreens to use for this purpose are the pines. Of these the Scotch pine is one of the hardiest and Is also a fairly rapid grower. It does not make as good a windbreak aa some of the others , however. The Austrian and bull pines are among the Ix'Ht for windbreaks. White pine is n rapid grower and Is very valuable for lumber when it reaches sufficient size. The worst fault with It Is Unit It la rather tender when young. The white FIO. Ill , GOOD INDIVIDUAL IlOd IIOCBU. spruce la an excellent windbreak tree , growing rapidly and making a dense hedge. It Is of little value for timber purposes , however. Setting the Windbreak. Two rows of evergreens are suffi cient for an effective windbreak. If set sixteen feet apart , with the trees In tlie second row opposite the spaces in the first , they will in u few years form a mass that will be practically windproof. Willows , catnlpus and other quick growing trees make fair windbreaks and grow up quickly enough to be useful for a number of years before the evergreens are big enough to do any good. Unless plant ed very thickly , however , much of their elfectiveness Is lost In the winter at the very time when they are most needed. It Is a good practice to plant a few of the.se quick growing trees outside the evergreens. They will pro tect both the evergreens and the build- 11 IKS until the former are large enough to be ellective. Then the temporary trees can be cut down for POMS and wood. It is sometimes hard to kill willows after they once get a sturt. | but with the aid of a few slieep or gouts this can be accomplished. Little cure Is needed to get a stand of willow trees , but with euTgreons the cae Is dlllerent. A strip of fund three or four feet wide , where the row Is to be. should be plowed. In the , prairie states spring is the best time to transplant. Two to four year old trees are generally used. j The B > cutest ratis-e of failure with evergreens Is allowing the root system ! to become dry. After the roots are ! once dry the tree might us well be' ' thrown away , as It will not grow. As soon aa the tiees are taken from the packing of wet moss In which they are received they should be placed in a pall of water. They should not lie removed from this until the hole In which thc.v ure to BO Is dug. Then they should lie placed In the hole Im mediately and covered with tine dirt It is important to tamp this dirt tight ly about the roots. If the soil Is packed well enough watering will not be necessary. In most cn * cs the trees will be better off without It. Ever greens should not lie cut buck In transplanting - planting , as Is done with other trees , as this causes uneven growth. If a strip on each side of the tiees la cul tivated for a few years the trees will grow faster and be more vigorous. Building Material. The question of building material In an Important one on the farm where there Is much building to be done Lumber Is undoubtedly the most con venient nnd In most cases probably the cheapest also. When durability Is considered , however , lumber la Inferior to other materials. This Is especially true of the quality of lumber that la coming on the market In the last few years. Cement has been much landed ns a building material. It boa many uses and advantages. There Is n tendency , however , to overestimate the value of cement and to look at It na the best possible material under all conditions and circumstances. For floors , walks , tanks , etc. , there Is nothing better , huf for the buildings themselves other ma terials are just as good us or better than cement. If built solidly enough to be safe and permanent the cost of a cement building IB high. The coat of forms amounts to n re t deal , and a man who Is skilled In ImiidlliiK co- meiit Is needed to Insure n wood job. A more Hntlslnctory building ma terial In most cii cs N hollow brick or building tile. These hrlck am be rend- lly obtained In most sections of the country. The cost Is little hluhcr tliiitt that of lumber , and they will hist as long us cement. A tile building Is warmer than a single vvitlled cement one on account of the ( lend air space In the walls. It Hikes much lens skill to put up a tile liuliding Ihiin one of cement , and consequently the cost of count rucl Ion will be less. For thft Binaller liulldlnu's the Hie may be put up cdL'c\\'l c In liuliding the liiirn It will he ncicssiiry lo lay them llutwlse Up to the liny floor From there lit * they may lie * et on edue. They should be laid In strong cement morliir. Ce ment hloeUs mahe u < ed In the siitim manner us the liuliding tile. Roots nnd Floors. There are inaii.v rooting miiterliili that can lie used In place of shlnglcH. Some ot these can lie pun hnscd n little cheaper , tun In lusting qualities they are little belief than good shingles. The life ot shingles can he Increased three or tour times hy treating hlicm with creosote ns described In article I. The only trouble with this IH the discomfort of handling the treated shingles. For floors there Is nothing better than cement. Cement lloors tire much more durnhle than any other kind nnd cost only n little more to start with. For the smaller buildings the lloor can be liullt llrst and the liuliding set on it with no other foundation. Heavy buildings. IlUe hums , should have solid mono foundations. The hog house lloor may be built to extend out about twelve feet on each side , t IIIIH making a clean feeding floor for the fattcnltiK hogs or a sunning place for the early pigs. pigs.The The foundation for a cement lloor should consist of six Inches or moru of jclnders or gravel. If the location Is not high and well drained a line of tile should be laid through this mate rial to carry away any water that may collect. On this foundation a layer of concrete should he laid three to live inches thick , according to the purpose * for which the floor Is to tx > used. Horse stable lloors need to be much stronger than those for a hog house or machine shed. For most farm pur poses the best proportions to mix thin concrete lire one part cement , three parts clean sand and six parts broken stone or gravel. Tills should he spread smoothly nnd tumped. As noon as It , litih set for n few hours it Is rendjr for the finishing coat. A finishing or wealing surface la nee- essiiry where the lloor Is subject to much use. It Is also smoother and easier to keep clean. It should bo made of one part Portland cement to one and one-half parts sand nnd tie put on to u depth of from one to one and one-half Inches. As soon as It hits Im- gun to set it can he grooved Into blocks nhout six Inches squnrc lo prevent the animals from slipping. The floor should he covered with about an Incit of sand nnd sprinkled dully for two or three weeks , when it will he ready for use. Cement Tanks. Cement tanks are durable nnd pom- pnrnlively cheap. Several small one * in the dlrterent yards , connected with the well or with an elevated tank by underground pipes , are a great cqn- venlence. The water IM small tanks la changed often and hence Is kept fresh. Where the pumping Is done hy a wind mill there is danger ot a small huilc going dry during a calm , hut with a titornge tank or n gasoline engine to pump this trouble Is eliminated. A foundation of gravel or cinders should lie made much the same ns for a floor. Rough hoards can be used to make forms. These should he grensed on the Inside , the concrete mixed lethe the consistency of Jelly nnd poured In nnd tamped. Woven wire innke.s good re-enforcing for smnll tanks. For Inr- ger ones steel rods will he needed. The proper mixture for n concrete tank la ek'ht parts cement , two parts sand nnd four parts grnvcl. The side wnilu should slope oiiiwnnl toward the top. F10. -TANK-WILL NOT KU8T OH HOT. co that they will not he crncked by Ice In winter After the forum are re moved brush the Inside of the tank v lt.i n paste of pure cement to pre vent any leakage. In locating the buildings keep con- renlence nlwnys in mind and figure to stive as many steps In doing chores an possible. Do not have the burn too far nwuy from the house. If you ' build n allo. have It at the end of'the cow stable , where most of the sllnge will he used. Have all the bulldlngH whore stock IH kept as close together BS possible and corncrlbs end granurleii close to each building. This mnttor of saving steps Is not regarded as enrefirl- ly as It should be. Every device which lessens trie actunl labor on a farm in worthy of consideration , nnd the atep wiving scheme Is by so means trivial. Intrinsically. Conslltuom-\Vhat do you suppose Ornphter Is worthV Senator Lnt/umm I don't know what he'H worth now. \ 1 bought him once when he wns juut Btnrtlng nut for $75 and a railway paiis. Chicago Tribune. Donbt In horn of the mind ; faUfc to the daughter of the ouL
