Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1894 — MODEL HOUSE PLANS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MODEL HOUSE PLANS.

THINGS TO. CONSIDER BEFORE BUILDING A HOME. Plan* Are Hera Presented for Substantial Honsea of Effective D**lgn and with ArtUtlo Interior* - All Hava Modern Convenience*—Erected at Small Co**. A SI,SOO Cottage. This very attractive design is from Pallisers' American Architecture, and is intended to give ample accommodation at a low cost for an ordinary family. The cellar is placed under the

kitchen and hall, which was thought in this instance to be sufficient to meet the requirements, though it is generally considered, in the Eastern States at least, to be poor economy not to have a cellar under the whole house, as It only requires about one foot in depth of additional stone work to secure a cellar, it being necessary to put down the stone work, In any case, so that it will be beyond the reach of frost The kitchen is without a fireplace, the cooking to be done by a stove, which, if properly contrived, is a very effective ventilator, and preferred by many housekeepers for all kitchen purposes. ‘ The parlor and dining-room or general living-room are provided with the healthy luxury of an open fireplace. They are built of buff brick, with molded jambs and segment

arch, and in which a basket-grate oi fire-dogs can be placed for the desired |fire, and in this way large rooms art kept perfectly comfortable in cold weather without heat from anyothei source. These fireplaces are alto provided with neat mantels of ash, and which are elegant compared with ■the marbleized-slate mantel, which is a sham, and repulsive to an educated taste. Qn entering nearly every house in the land we find the same turned walnut post at the bottom of the stairs, with tapering walnut sticks all the way up, surmounted with a flattened walnut rail having a shepherd's crook at the top; however, in this instance it is not so, but the staircase is surmounted with an ash rail, balusters, and newel of simple though unique design; and now people are giving more attention to this important piece of furniture we

may look for a change In this respect. The house is supplied with a cistern constructed with great care, the kitchen sink being supplied with water by a pump, and there Is no more easy method of procuring good water for all purposes of the household. For a compact, convenient cottage with every facility for doing the work with the least number of steps, for a low-priced elegant cottage, the architects say they do not know of anything that surpasses this. Such a house as this, if tastefully. fur. nisbed, and embellished with suit, able surroundings, as neat and wellkept grounds, flowers, etc., will always attract more attention than the uninviting, ill-designed buildings, no matter how much money may have been expended on them. It is not necessary that artistic feeling should have always a large field for its display; and in the lesser works and smaller commissions as much art may find expression as in the costly facades and more preten. tious structures. Copyright by Palllser. Pall liter & Co., N. Y. Experiments in the controlling of hemorrhage by electricity have been in progress some time with varying success. The Electrical Review says that Dr. Augustine Goelet of New York has now found a method of application that is quit secure, ft is called “cupric electrolysis.” A copper electrode, placed in the vicinity whence the flow of blood proceeds, is decomposed by the action of the positive pole of the electric apparatus. This liberates an astringent salt, the oxi-chlorlde of copper, which produces coagulation and checks hemorrhage. Even when the times are not bright it is best not to croak. Cheerfulness brings comfort.

PBRBPECYIVR VIEW.

P[?]AN OF FIRST FLOOR.

PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.