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.
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No. 22. Business Office and Job UOOIIIR
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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
