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MOTIVE IN KIDNAPING OF
AMERICAN CITIZEN IN TANGIER
- It to belter that the kidaaniag C
Ion Perdlcaria. aa American, aad his
' stepson, CtobwcQ Varley, a British
subject by Bateull, taeMoortoa Ban
dit has a deeper significance thaa at
tret appeared, for there to aow an
impression that the leader of the baa
dits in northern Morocco may incite
to rebellion the people already dissat
isfied with the reform which the new
sultan has endeavored to inspire. As
Miss Stone was held for ransom so
that the depleted treasury of the Ma
cedonian iasurgeats might be replen
ished, it to conjectured that the ban
dit chief of northern Morocco to hold
in? his captiTes for ransom sumcient-
ly large to enable him to successfully
overthrow the present sultan and
usurp his throne.
Mr. Perdlcaris, who is a wealthy
man, is now 64 years old, having been
born in the United States consulate
at Athens April 1, 1840. His father,
Gregory A. Perdlcaris, was a natural
ized citizen and held the position of
consul general. For a while Mr. Per
dicaris, Sr.,was professor of Greek in
Harvard. Ion Perdlcaris was educated
at Trenton Academy and spent the
first twenty-five years of his life In
Trenton, where the family was fam
ous for its entertainments. During
the civil war it gave liberally to the
southern cause. At one time Ion Per
dlcaris seriously contemplated pur
chasing the Bonaparte estate at Bor
dentown; but having spent several
years in Europe and Africa, he finally
decided to make Morocco his home.
He bought the sultan's old palace a
few miles outside of Tangier, and
there he and his family have since
resided.
The chateau of Mr. Perdlcaris to
built upon a hill, which its owner has
named Mount Washington. It is a
magnificent place, and has been for
years one of the show places and the
center of the social life of Tangier.
Mr. Perdicaris, who Is president of
the Hygienic Commission, is, of
course, well known to all the diplo
matic aad consular representatives in
Tangier. Sir Arthur Nicholson, the
British Minister there, is his personal
friend, and Mr. Gummere, the Ameri
can Consul, is another; and both are
doing all that is possible to secure his
release. He is not unknown to the
sultan, and the poor of the Moorish
city have every reason to know him,
for to them he has become a genuine
benefactor. Count de Buisserat the
Belgian Minister, is his neighbor, oc
cupying a villa adjoint Mr. Perdi
caris. ,
The captive has long been known as
a sculptor of ability, as a painter and
as a musician; and it is said that it
was his love for the beautiful that led
him to make Tangier his home, for it
is to-day the one place on the borders
of the Mediterranean which has not
been Europeanized. It is still a very
foreign town, and years ago. when, as
a youag man, he saw it first he was
captivated with its appearance. He
subsequently returned to it -and pur
chased the palace El Mlnzah, which
overlooks the sapphire waters of the
Mediterranean.
Early in his life he passed a good
deal of his time in New York,, where
his accomplishments were thoroughly
appreciated. He had studied art and
music in Europe, and for a while re
sided in London, where, about thirty
five years ago, -he was contributing
papers on art topics to "The Galaxy."
His parents continued to reside in a
fine residence in Trenton until 1877,
Pen Picture of Helen Gould.
Miss Helen Miller Gould probably
receives more requests for her photo
graph than any other woman in Amer
ica, but never responds favorably.
She has sat for her picture two or
three times, always with the strict un
derstanding that no one else gets one
of the photographs without her con
sent As an additional precaution she
buys the original plates. Miss Gould
is a brunette, with brown hah and
eyes. Her face is not pretty, but it
is singularly sweet in expression. Her
voice is low, pleasant to hear.
Jokara Methed ef Working.
One who knew Jokai says taat the
novelist never troubled to work out
his plot in detail beforehand. "He
trusted to his imagination for guid
ance as to what his characters were
to do at a given moment and often
when he had completed a chapter of
a feaiUeton which half Hungary was
waiting to read he would remark to
his friends, as the printer's devil
rushed away with the copy. 'I should
like to know what those people will
find to do and say to-morrow."
Jap Wine Hanora In America.
The first Japanese to receive the
degree of doctor of medicine from
university. St Louis, is
Fujimori, who graduated last
le is also a graduate of the
Medical college aad the
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be purchased his Tangier caa
and they accompanied him
abroad.
In his youth he was considered a
universal genius, with a talent for
nearly everything of interest. He was,
in addition to being a writer, painter
and musician, a fine athlete and much
interested in the occult He was an
enthusiastic supporter of Home, the
Spritualist, and was also a student of
the doctrines of Swedenborg.
Baton!!, the brigand, whose band
carried him off, has been at Mr. Per
dlcaris house, and has always been
wen treated there; but on these visits
he leaned enough to know his host
was the kind of, person for whom he
could command a large ransom. Mr.
Perdicaris has the reputation of being
generous and kind to all who come in
contact with him, and he was especi'
ally kind to the Moors, who are now,
according to his letter to the Ameri
can ..Consul, treating him with as
much consideration as a captive
could expect In this connection it to
Interesting to know that Batouli, ap
preciating the delicate health of Mr.
Perdlcaris aad the fact that he might
suffer from the absence of accus
tomed comforts, sent back to his cha
teau for bedding for him. This also
illustrates the daring of the bandits,
who, being hand-In-hand with the
Moorish soldiery, have little to fear.
The kidnaping was accomplished
with great ease and without exciting
suspicion. Raisuli was well known to
Mr. Perdicaris, having often been
treated kindly there. On the evening
of May 18, Raisuli with a few of his
band entered the place, and while
some of them attacked the servants
who interfered, the owner of the cha
teau and his stepson were carried out
put upon horses and led away.
Distance to counted by time In Mo
rocco, and as the captives were car
ried off to about a day's journey, it is
probable that they are not fifty miles
from Tangier.
Rear Admiral Chadwick's South At
lantic squadron will be sent to Tan
gier from the Azores, and Rear Ad
miral Jewell has been ordered to
make a demonstration off Tangier in
order to convince the Moroccan au
thorities of this government's earnest
ness in the demand for Mr. Perdica
ris' release. This is not the first time
the United States warships have been
sent to Morocco. In 1801 Tripoli de
clared war against the United States,
demanding tribute. Instead, this gov
ernment sent a squadron of frigates,
under Commodore Preble, and after
four bombardments and several land
engagements the Barbary Suites
ceased hostilities, and the Salli Rovers
ceased to prey upon the Mediterra
nean and the North Atlantic
MADE HIS OWN WAY.
Aristocratic Englishman Has Had
Checkered Career.
Romantic in the extreme has been
the career of Baron Lyveden, who has
just arrived with a parliamentary
party from England to tour this coun
try. By 'going on the stage when a
boy he offended his father, an aristo-
cratlc clergyman. The youth came tr
America and became a waiter in a
Bowery restaurant Next he was s
fisherman down in North Carolina
and when he tired of that life he
worked his way 'bask to England and
there- became a sailor. Finally he
wound up this part of his career on
the American liner Paris, now the
Philadelphia, on which he was a
steward. In 1901 he succeeded, on the
death of the second Lord Lyveden, to
the titles and estates, which include
some 15,000 acres of the best land in
Northamptonshire, and since that time
he has become one of the most popu
lar peers in the United Kingdom.
Col. Pope's Rise to Sue c sea,
Col. Albert A. Pope of bicycle fame
has reached his 64th year. He is hale
and hearty and just as young in spir
it as he was the first day he turned
out a bicycle. '"When asked 'as to how
he became a successful business man
he referred to his young days, when
he used to get up at 4 o'clock in the
morning and plow a field and then
later sell vegetables. He also read
the biographies of big men and tried
to emulate them.
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Unhaoay International ui-..
Baroness Halkett, eldest daughter of
Anson Phelps Stokes, no longer makes
even an outward show of living with
her Austrian husband, and there will
be legal separation before long, it is
thought Their marriage was a splen
did affair, and for a while the bar
oness shone hi the exclusive society
of Vienna, but eventually she quar
reled with her husband and returned
to America. Her sister, who married
Robert Hunter, bead of the Universi
ty Settlement to leading an ideally
happy life.
"-epJe Not Sociable Enough.
Charles M. Russell, a Montana cow
boy artist who visited New Jersey
recently, has returned to his Montana
home, and In an Interview says: Td
rather live in a place where I kno
somebody and where everybody If
somebody. The style in some of those
New York saloons is something to re
member. The bartender wont drink
with you even. Now, I like to have
ine-oanefiaer to drink with me orca
akmally, out of the same bottle, ust
to be sure I ain't getting poison.'
Princess an Artist of Skill.
Princess Henry of Battenberg has
considerable skill in the alcost obso
lete art of illuminating. Among
Queen Victoria's favorite volumes
were a copy of Thomas a Kempis
"Imitation' and a superb autograph al
bum, both of which were illuminated
by her daughter.
Spider Webs Are Tough.
A thread of spider silk is decidedly
tougher than a bar of steel of the
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REVOLVES
HARD TO EXPLAIN SUICIDE.
Mayer McLaae ef aWthnere
Have Everythini to Live Fer.
Mayor Robert M. McLaae, the pop
ular young executive of Baltimore, J
from a motive as yet unrevealed and
probably unknown to any one living,
returned from ato honeymoon, May
30, aad, leaving his bride in the draw
ing room, weat into another room aad
sent a bullet Into his brain. Mrs. Mc
Laae was, before marriage, the weal
thy aad aristocratic Mrs. Van Bibber,
and has a splendid fortune aad a beau
tiful home.
The Buldde will excite wide sym
pathy. Because of ato youth, his abU-
Robert M. McLane.
Ity, his happy prospects, but more
thaa all these because it bears the
marks of being one of those sudden
deeds of self-destruction whicn seem
so unnecessary, so easily to have been
escaped, that one feels almost justi
fied to calling them unintended.
It may be, indeed, that evidence
will later come to show that for some
hours, or even days, preceding the act
Mayor McLane had made up his mind
to It But there to nothing yet to in
dicate even that he planned It as he
entered the room in which he died.
Such cases have been known.
Not long ago a young clergyman in
England killed himself under circum
stances thataeemed inexplicable. He
had met with a slight accident while
riding a bicycle some time before, and
had been left to a nervous and weak,
but not serious, condition. He came
home one day from a drive, started
to change his clothes, and in the
midst of the process picked up a re
volver and shot himself in the temple.
The case attracted so much attention
because of the hick of all indication
that he had ever thought for an in
stant of self-destruction or that he
had any reason for it that it was care
fully investigated by representatives
of several medical and scientific soci
cites. Summing up the study of the
case, the Lancet expressed the "belief
that he had really no intention, of
killing himself. Apparently he had
suddenly dropped his eyes on the
weapon and' become obsessed with the
idea that therein lay the end of his
suffering. The deed followed the
thought with nothing of what we call
reflection intervening.
It to not impossible that such was
Mayor McLane's end, for certainly
none of the facta that we know of
Mrs. McLane.
his administrative difficulties, his
strain in connection with the re
building of Baltimore, or his few
weeks of married life, furnish any
reasons that .would seem possible to
cause the deliberate taking of his life.
Maxima of Russell Sage.
On the 4th day of the coming Aug
ust Russell Sage will be 88 years old.
If he follows his annual custom his
birthday celebratioa will be to nowise
distinguished from any ordinary work
day aa far as he to concerned. The
Wall street reporters usually drop in
"to see how the old man is, and he
never tires of answering their inevi
table question: "Mr. Sage, what do
you consider the chief factors' in a
young man's success?" "Frugality,"
he always answers; "frugality and in
dustry. Kruger's Health Fairly Good.
A correspondent living in Mentone.
France, writes that Paul Kruger is in
a very comfortable state of health
considering his great age, reports to
the contrary notwithstanding. 'He
lives to complete retirement and
"strangers cannot see him, unless by
chance when he walks in his garden
or drives out He is old and there are
obvious reasons why he should not
gratify the curiosity, or even admira
tiaa, of the many who would be glad
to see him aad talk with him.
Net Writing Autobiography.
Goldwin Smith has noticed the re
port that 'he to writing his autobio
graphy, aad he writea to the editor of
the New York Sua about It: "I am
neither writing nor Intending to write
an autobiography to the proper sense
of the term. The events of such a life
as mine cannot be worth recording. I
may leave some reminiscences of men
with whom I have conversed and
things which I have seen. But I am
not putting anything Into the hands of
a publisher.
Consumptives to Go North.
Peary, the arctic explorer, has con
sented to take a party of consumptives
to the far North oa his next trip to ac
commodate a Washington physician
who accompanied him to the arctic
zone a few yean ago. Among the
lords of Greenland, he aotota out. are
constant sunshine and a dustless aad
gormless
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PANORAMA
TO EDIT EPWORTH HERALD.
Rev. Stephen J. Herhen Cheean by
Methodiet Conference.
The Rev. Stephea J. Herben, whom
the Methodist conference has chosen
to succeed Bishop Berry, aa editor of
the Epworth Herald of Chicago, has
been assistant editor of the Christian
Advocate of New "York since 18tS.
He was born in England in 1861, was
graduated from the Northwestern uni
versity at Evanston to 1889, and from
taa Garrett Biblical institute in 189L
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From 1890 to 1895 he was assistant
editor of the paper of which he now
has been made editor.
BRITAIN'S OBJECT IN TIBET.
Permanent Establishment of Mission
in Lhasaa Probable.
There seems now to be little ques
tion as to England's intentions toward
Tibet For a moment it looked as
though the British army invading
Tibet might be withdrawn when 'the
government at Lhassa refused to ne
gotiate with Col. Younghusband; but
the present intention of the English
is to avowedly push on to Lhassa no
matter what the cost .The Dalai
Lama should have sent his represen
tatives to meet the English mission
at Gyangtoe, but he seemed deaf to
his "opportunity," and must now suf
fer the inevitable consequence of not
heeding "the knock upon the- door." It
will probably alter the entire future
of Tibet
That the final advance to Lhassa
will be bloody there can be little
doubt The forces of the Tibetans
now arrayed against the English num
ber about 8.000, and are said to be to
creasing. Reports tend to show that
although badly armed and handled,
they are brave and stubborn, and that
there will probably be 20,000 men to
the field to oppose the British march
to the sacred city. The Tibetans are
also receiving heavier ordnance from
Lhassa, and many of them are now
nsinsr rifles of sunerior BuroDean
make, which fire express bullets hav-'
ing a range up to 1,400 yards. That
the "peaceful mission" has turned
into an army of invasion to evident
and that England will be disposed to
hold Tibet to account for a war in
demnity of some kind is not among
the improbabilities. The London pa
pers are already mentioning the estab
lishment of a permanent mission at
Lhassa, and the exaction of guaran
tees that British "rights" be strictly
observed in the future.
NEW HEAD OF ENGINEERS.
W. Si Stone the Choice ef the Loco
motive Brotherhood.
W. S. Stone, the grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
was formerly an engineer on the Chi
cago, Rock Island ft Pacific railway,
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and born in Iowa forty-four yean ago.
He was selected last August to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
P. M. Arthur, and that his work baa
been approved was shown by bis elec
tion for a four-year term on the first
ballot at the engineer's convention at
Los Angeles.
Struggle With English Language.
H. Kobayahsi of Tokio, Japan, has
addressed a note to the Village Im
provement society of South Orange
NJ.,, which runs about like thto:
"The honorable of the South Oranges
are asked in what waydo'thev rid
themselves of him the much trouble
some mosquito? How do they ap
proach him to hto house among the
reeds and marshes, so as to remove
him effectually from the dangers that
he does to people of good minds whose
skins he much puncture?"
Old Indian Fighter Dead.
Tom Tobln, an old scout and Indian
fighter, well known aa a former com
panion of Kit Carson, to dead at Fort
Garland, Col. Tobln served aa a
scout' to the government troops to ex
peditions against hostile Navajos aad
Mexican bandits. His most famous
exploit was the killing of the last of
the famous Espinoza brothera and hto
nephew, who had committed numerous
murders of white people in southern
Colorado because of religious fanat
icism. Benefit fer Clement Scett
Clement Scott the dean of the Lon
don dramatic critics, to to have a
benefit Mr. Scott has beea suffering
from an incurable Illness for the last
year, and although he once wielded
enormous influence, he has aow fallen
upon evil times. It to expected the
performance win realtoe 1 10.000.
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It would be a revelatioa to the ahoy
pen who visit the city atorea la
search of finery to trim then gowns
to know the story of how the lace
which they so much prize to made
how whole families aad even towns
'a continental Europe are engaged la
Uiis work, especially la the long wto
.er months, when they are shut la by
the ice and snow. Some of these ton
ers -have to-day the aid of electricity
and fiae machinery in their work, but
for years aad years othen have, been
toiling oa old-fashioned hand looms,
and even with no loom at all, turalag
out the daiaty fabrlca with only their
needles.
The great value of thto product aad
the enormous amount of labor speat
to its manufacture have led the In
ventor to 'study out every rossible
means of simplifying the manual part
of the work. A simple little machine,
with the aid of which even the young
may be taught to manufacture some
aeat pattera of lace and on which
a skilful woman can soon learn to
turn out complicated patterns, to that
shown in the illustration. The mode
of use to to attach the ends of' the
threads from all the bobbins to a flat
strip of ribbon just beyond the pin-
covered roller aad then totesweave
the threads oa the bobbta to form the
Simple Mechanism for Home Use.
desired pattern, winding up the finish
ed product on the reel as the work
progresses.
Sylvester O. Lewis, of Chicago, BL,
to 'the designer of this machine.
Heating by Electricity.
In the fourth Installment of a series
of articles on the heating and ventila
tion of workshops and factories, by
Ernest G. Beck, says the Electrical
Review, in its book reviews, the use
of the electric systems to discussed.
With other heating systems It Is Im
possible to realise the ideal condi
tions, but with the electrical 'systems
there to no such difficulty. The effi
ciency of the method is nearly 100 per
cent since there Is little leakage, and
the loss in conducting mains is usually
negligible. The system is economical,
since-it to easily regulated. Although
to point of actual cost of the heating
medium, the electrical system, as com
pared with hot water and steam, Is at
a disadvantage, the bill for electric
heating is often less than that for
steam, because eelctrical energy to
supplied by meter, and the consump
tion varies exactly on the power de
veloped. This more than counteracts
the higher cost of the- current Some
of the decided advantages of electri
cal systems, apart from the questions
of economy and energy efficiency, are
the absence of piping and valves,
economy of floor space, the ease with
which the. energy is delivered to the
heater and with which radiators can
be moved from one position to an
other. There to no difficulty in main
taining' a circulation of current as is
often the case with hot water systems.
The disadvantages of the electrical
systems are: Care must be taken in
installing the wires, to see that they
are thoroughly insulated, and the ra
diators themselves must be construct
ed so as to guard against short cir
cuits. The actual heating surface
must be encased to protect it against
accidents. While electric heating ays
terns are not widely used yet the au
thor believes that they will become
very popular in the future. They
would seem especially suited for shops
which are lighted and operated by
electricity.
Electrical Changes Fixed.
A naval physician. Dr. Jolly, has ap
plied the Schliep rule in Madagascar,
and by comparing the Instruments he
has been able to fix the changes of the
electrical condition changes which
vary during the day and night Dur
ing the dry season there was an ex
cess of positive electricity, Dr. Jolly
observing that .both in his own case
and that of other subjects the best
condition of health corresponded to
the positive discharges, while during
the periods of negative dominance
there was weakness and lassitude.
These changes also have their echo
hi the state of general health, notably
in fevers.
German Scientist's Discovery.
A German meteorologist. Dr.
Schliep, claims that it is possible to
determine approximately the condition
of the atmosphere by comparing the
curves of the registering barometer
on one hand with those of the ther
mometer and the hygrometer on the
other. Dr. Schliep states that when
the barometer descends while the
thermometer and hygrometer ascend
the atmosphere to charged with elec
tricity, while the electricity of the air
is positive when the barometer as
cends and the thermometer lowers.
Tells Amount of PrecipHatlop.
A tipping bucket attachment has
beea added to the rate gauge of the
weather bureau on top of the custom
house at St Louis. It accurately tells
of 'the amount of precipitation. The
rain Is drained into a double bucket,
so poised that it tips oa receiving a
certain 'amount of water. Every move
ment of thto kind to registered by an
electrical connection.
Aa Vet Unknown to Science.
It can be said with reasonable cer
tainty that electricity aad magnetism
we states of disturbances' in the uni
versal ether, although the exact kind
of disturbance cannot yet be defined,
partly because the mechanism of the
ether itself must be suMcientiy known
to order to differentiate Its disturbed
conditions from its normal conditions.
Jettinea, .
The breene from aa electric fan
directed . agamst a show wtodow
evaporates the saomture which In cold
weather would form a frosting;
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8. 8. Ptoeae tell me how to mm
concrete- to building arches over
streams and under mala roads. '
Where the span is not more thaa
tea feet the arch can be moulded all
la one. When the diameter is greater
the concrete should be molded Into
blocks and then laid up the same as
atone. If the culvert Is not more thaa
five feet wide, the arch may be put
oa' flat but if wider it should have a
little crown. The plan shown des
cribes the mode of building aa arch.
It has a 2 by 12 inch plank on the bed
of the stream; on thto stand 2 by 4
Inch upright which should not be
Concrete Arch Over Stream.
A. t by 12 In. plank; B. 2 by 4 In. up
rights; C. 2 by 4 In. scantling- oa up
rights; D. center supporting area; S.
concrete'.
more than 2 feet apart; c a top of
thto a 2 by 4 inch scantling to laid
lengthways of arch; then a ceater cut
out of the plank, or inch boards and
covered with inch lumber to hold the
arch. The earth should be well ram
med around the .wall when filling in.
Fitting Raftera on a Barn.
E. N. I am building a barn 80 by
32 feet d wish to put on two sets
of rafters, to meet at the perllne plate.
What length should the raftera be
and how should they be fastened?-
Each set of raftera should be 12
feet long. The lower set should pro
ject one foot over the lower plate.
These should be sawed so as to sit
squarely on the plate, the projecting
foot to be two Inches deep. The up
per end of the rafter rests on the per
llne plate, and the lower end of the
upper rafter lies beside it The top
sides of the two rafters should be
flush. The upper rafter fits on the
perline plate with a tongue on the
lower .side to drop down on the in
side of the plate to form a brace. The
rafters are all spiked to the plates if
necessary. The lower rafters should
have a 9-foot rise and the upper ones
seven.
Clearing Land of Willows.
Subscriber. I have some water
willows on my farm. I have cut them
down, but they grow up again. I think
they will have to be dug up. What to
the best way to get rid of them?
Cutting willows down will not kill
them. Osier beds can be cut for a
great many years for the oziers with
out doing the roots any harm. The
only way to get rid of willows is to
root out each bush. The easiest way
to do this is to hitch a chain round
the bush near the bottom and then
drag it out by the roots with a hone,
after loosening the bush by cutting
some of the main roots with an ax.
Many acres have been cleared to thto
way in Manitoba, and it Is found the
most convenient way of doing the
work. If the bushes are not very
large the land may be burnt over and
then ntawed with a heavy scrub plow.
Cement for Kitchen Walla
I want to put up a concrete kitchen,
16 by 20 feet, and 14 feet high; the
end will join the present building,
leaving three sides to build, two sides
20 feet long, and the end wall 16 feet
with gable enSs. How much gravel
will be required and how much ce
ment the wall being six Inches thick?
Tour wall would require 19 barrels
of natural rock cement and 15 yards
of gravel, making the concrete one of
cement to one of gravel; or, if Port
land is used, 14 barrels would do the
work, making the concrete one of ce
ment to seven of gravel. This esti
mate to given on using all gravel (no
stone for fillers) as the wall, being
only six inches thick, very little stone
can be used.
A Stone Stable Floor.
W. H. I have been told that a
good stable floor can be made by
using large flat stones laid on a bed
of sand, leaving them about an inch
apart and filling the space between
with cement Would such a floor be
as good as one made entirely of ce
ment? If so, please give directions
for laying floor with gutters.
Flag stone floors are very rough
and unsatisfactory. In sections where
suitable flag stones are easily pro
cured, farmers are taking up stone
floors and replacing them with con
crete. If flag stones are used the
edges of the gutters should be made
of either concrete or planks set on
edge.
Support for a Chimney.
A. E. B. I wish to build a brick
flue 18 feet high. 30 bricks to the foot
I want it to rest on a floor having 4
by 6 inch sills, 12 feet long and 16
inches apart If the sills rest on the
6 inch -sides would they be strong
enough to bear the weight?
If the chimney is built at the end
of the 'building so that it rests on end
of the joists these will provide suf
ficient support, but if it is built in the
center of the room supports should be
provided immediately underneath. If
the chimney starts from the ground
floor a small abutment can be built
under the joints or sills, which will
hold the weight
Setting a Cottage.
J. H. A. In building a one-story
cottage, 19 by 23 feet, with a veranda
in front on level ground, bow high
should it be set in order to appear
well from the road?
A one-story house should be set
about two and one-half or three reet
above the grade, if the appearance
from the road is the only considera
tion to take into account, and assum
ing that the lot Is level. The depth
of the cellar sometimes has to do
with the height from the grade. As
the general thing houses of this size
are set about that high.
Material for Heuee.
Nor-West. I wish to build a small
rhouse 20 by 20 feet, and 8 feet to the
eaves, having four rooms; now muca
lumber would be required?
.Roughly estimating. It would re
quire about 4.000 feet of lumber. 6
of shingles and 230 yards of
psastrriar for your house.
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Paria Ancient Watch.
One of the curiosities of Paris, Me.,
to an ancient watch which has beea
In ono of the leading families for gen
erations. Gen. Farwell carried thto
watch daring the war of 1812. Its pre
vious history is unknown, although it
evidently came from England at a
much earlier date.
The dial is ivory aad upon it to a
hand painting to colon of a fort
with soldiers to the bright colon of
the British uniforms drilling to the
foreground. Sentinels in red coats
stand upon the walls.
The door to this fort to cut through
the dial and connected with the me
chanism In the interior is a weel, on
which are soldlen in colored uni
forms. As this wheel slowly revolves,
privates and offlcera appear to pasa
through the door of the fort at regu
lar intervals.
It to said to be the only watch of
the kind in existence.
On the interior of the case several
watchmakers, who have repaired or
cleaned It have engraved their names.
Among these is Oliver Gerish, Port
land's first watchmaker. When he re
paired thto watch the only jewelry
store hi the Forest citv was In an
unfinished chamber. The proprietor
had no showcase or counter and kept
his money to make change in a wood
box in the brace of a beam.
Another man who repaired thto
watch was Waldron of Norway, who
was the first watchmaker to Oxford
county.
Vegetable a Dwarf Giant
Dr. Welwitsch brings news of a
wonderful tree which he found, grow
ing In the west of Africa and named
for himself, the Welwitsch. The ex
traordinary proportions of a trunk
four feet in diameter, with a height
of only one foot, make the plant look
like a round table. The tree never
has more than two leaves, and these
are the seed leaves,, which appeared
when the plant first began to grow,
and which it never sheds or replaces
with others. They are In themselves
remarkable productions, often attain
ing a length of six feet, with a breadth
of from two to two and a half feet
each being cut Into numerous ribbon
like segments. The flowers form crim
son clusters something like those of
the larch. These trees form forests
on a tableland some six miles broad.
at a height of from 300 to 400 feet
above the sea on the west coast of
Africa..
Opium Smoking In China.
ft to generally understood that a
large percentage of the Chinese are
addicted to the use of opium. This to
a misconception. The belief that the
Chinese of rank and culture use the
drug to due to the prominence given
to the cultivation of the plant aad the
manufacture of opium in the Celestial
empire. As a matter of fact, a native
who uses opium Is looked upon by hi
superiors as we discuss and classify
our drunkards.
The idea that a pill will produce aa
exhilarating effect on the beginner It
also erroneous. One must be accus
tomed to the use of the drug to get
the pleasant effect The first pipe to
an American produces nausea. Twc
or three will make him sick. If he
can stand eight or nine of these
"pills" he to apt to dream, but the
awakening to always an unpleasant
reality.
Fish in Peculiar Prison.
A fisherman on Sebago lake to
Maine hooked something while troll
ing and on reeling in his line found
a small log attached. The piece of
wood was hollow and the ends filled
with refuse. Upon shaking it three
small, but very lively bass, fell out
into the canoe. The supposition is
that they were chased tato the log
by a larger fish and in some way be
came prisoners.
Cosmopolitan New York.
Here is a New York court Item: A
Greek driver for a Chinese firm Is ac
cused of running over an Italian boy;
he was arrested by an Irish police
man; the boy was attended by a Ger
man doctor, and a Hebrew coroner
held the Inquest Now a French and
Polish lawyer are discussing before a
Scotch judge and an American jury
whether the firm shall pay damages
Annual Snake Story.
A vouched for story from Gates
county, N. C, says a black snake
nearly ten feet long swallowed four
teen eggs, which it took from under
a setting hen. The snake was killed
the eggs were replaced under the hen
and In due time each egg batched.
"Brand" Hto Hens.
A man at Deering, Me., who has
found that some of his hens look a
good deal like his neighbors' henr
has adopted a unique method of idea
tification. In short be paints a wide
red collar around the neck of each
hen. And the hens, true to their sex.
enjoy the frill-
Rare Spike Horn Deer.
An Interesting addition has bees
made to the collection in the museum
of the Maine fish and game depart
ment in the shape of a finely mounted
head of a spike horn deer. The head
to Interesting because there to but oaf
horn aad that in the velvet
Mighty Killer ef Snakes.
A. N. Albee of Warwick. Mae, as
sert that he' has killed 27 black
saakes this year, of a total length of
132 feet the longest being ato 'feet
aad the shortest three feet
MBeuncing' Bey,
The Missouri baby record was se
verely fractured. If not broken, when
Mrs. Holder, living at Avito, Jasper
comity, gave birth to a sixteen-pound
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grocer seat ato Mil to-dav.
aad what do. yoa think ha charged aa
for butter?"
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"Twenty-eight eeate a pound.'
"Good land! Its downright rob
bery.' No wonder we're always poor.
By the way. dear, I fouad a parrot to
day that talks la three languages, -he
man waata only $10 for it"
"What a bargain! We must have
the bird, by all
Ne Reflected Clary far Hhn.
"After all. what's the use marryiag
i womaa who has the ability to make
herself famous?"
"Well, a wire of that klad, you know,
nay make herself known to poster
ity." "Nothing or the kind. Consider the
;ase of Mmc. Du Barry's husband.
11 bet 140 that nine out of every ten
people honestly believe there never
was a Mr. Du Barry.'
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Grace He says Friday to his un
lucky day.
Marie Why, do you suppose?
Grace Oh. J guess he was born on
that day. Philadelphia Bulletia.
Worse Than Green
Uade Wayback I jus tell you, th.
dty is an awful place. Skin yeh alive
there.
Farmer Meadow (gloomily) That's
to.
Uade Wayback Eh? Did yeh
meet some green goods men while
vou was ia th' city?
Farmer Meadow Noo, but my wife
net some dry goods men. New York
Weekly.
Net the Real Thing at All.
"Ob. yes. Miss Birdliag is a culti
vated stager, but she will never pass
for a great artist you kaow.'
"And why not pray?"
"Because she can sing ia nothing
but English."
"Oh. dear! Is that so?"
"Tes, and It to abominably good
Eagltoh, too. Ton can understand
every word she says." Stray Stories.
Peace to Hie Aahea.
Mrs. DeSwell "You seem to be a
great lover of the weed, Mr. Pnalng
ton. Does your father smoke aa
much as you do?"
Pufllagtoa "Wen. I should hope
not"
Mrs. DeSwell "What do you
mean?"
Pamagtoa "He baa been dead tea
yean."
It Worried Him.
"That land." said the city nephew,
'is valued at $800 a front foot."
"Thunderation!" exclaimed the old
fanner, hastily moving back onto the
!dewalk. "An I stood on it most five -minutes!
Do you reckon they'll
charge me rent?"
One Better.
She What is nobler than a
you can trust?
He One v:ho will trust you.
She Was Surprised.
j- "You must be a good girl." said the
nurse to little four-year-old Flossie,
'or you will go to the bad place whea
you die."
"An' where will 'ou go?" qaerled
Flossie.
"To heaven, I hope." was the reply.,
"My doodness." exclaimed the little
miss in surprise. "Do Dod hire nurse
dirls. too?"
Understood the Ways of the Beys.
Aunt Jane Why didn't you telt the
boys to stop their ball-playing on Sun
day? Uncle Georgie Oh, they'll soon get
tired of It But if I told them it was
wrong to play ball on Sunday it would
so ad to their zest for the sport that
they'd be sure to keep it up ail day.
Juvenile Theory.
"Now. boys," said the Sunday school
teacher, addressing the primary class,
"who can tell me why St Peter staada
at the golden gate?"
"Mebby he's Iayin' fer the feller
what robber him ter pay Paul,"
swered a small urchin.
wuec a scnema.
Mrs. Gauasip I think you ought to
know this, Mrs. Subbubs. Your hus
band kisses your cook.
Mrs. Subbubs Yes, I told him to do
it You see the cook thinks she ia
getttog ahead, of me in that way aad
so she never thinks of leaving.
Omii
"to the boss going to give you the
raise you asked for?"
"Well er I'm afraid to imf. I told
him I thought my nay should be coav
aeaaurate with the amount of work
I do. and he presantiy agreed with
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