Ligonier Banner., Volume 41, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 April 1914 — Page 2

IKE'S SALTED MINE

.. By FRANK FILSON. “When Dicky Mears was sent west by his loving and long-suffering parent; with his ticket in one pocket and five thousand dollars in the other, and orders not to come home till he_ had made his f,or‘gdn]e and a man offhimself at-the same time, Setango (iulch spotted a good thing. There sat Dicky in the White Horse hotel, owndd by Tke Brown, gipping h\l‘s lemonade and tuiking of his expectations. o _You see, boys, I've been kind«of wild' he says.® ‘But I've cut out the Irink for good and—well, it’s this way,' Aid he showed us the picture of a girl with .innoeent gray. eyes and light, Alully hair ‘and—well,* yoi know the Kind® ‘She’ll walt a lifetime for me, zavs Dicky. And I allowed she would. “He was a good thidg, and even five ihigusand dollars is worth picking up. if it can be done easy: Now Ike Brown frad abeut half a dozen worked out placer mines. They were pocket mines, sucaning to say there wasn't any gold in them.except a few. pockets of the metal that had washed down from the mothér lode about the time of the: teluge, wher the thin trickle of water hal now ran there had been a roaring =tream, and when they was emptied the gold was gone. 'lke had picked the pockets dry and: then salted them Wwith gold dust fired from a shotgun for suckers like Dicky Mears. They were scattered here and there along the bed. Nobody was mean enough to warn Dicky, and as' Tke had got him first it wouldn’t have been gentlemanly to try to get him away tiil hel was dry. ; +*“ ‘Though,’ says I te myself, ‘if it was me, I'd let him off for three thousand, may .be, on the price of the ¢ireen Star, for the sake of the girl’ - “Tke only let Dick stay . three days in Setango Guleh, and what he didn't seemn that time was a wonder. For intanc¢e, when the water carts come in from -Montserrat, fifity miles away, which was the only way we had to get the stuff, he théught they carried kerosene, and his moraing bath, which was worth’ twenty-five dollars a time, rmade ke grit his teeth! 8o as soon as he could he got him eut to the Green Star, where he left him with| three mionths’ grybsand a heap of“dygnannm :-artririges:‘»- ‘Staﬁ_’d back afteréyo,\:‘vé lit the fuse until you hear the explot sion,. Dicky’ says Fee ‘Yowll find

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enough water to dip up In your tin basin if you make a hole -about the middle of the bed. Good-by.’ “‘Good-by,” says Dicky, in a dream, 2nd Ike rides home with'Dicky's five thousand dollars in his pocket. i “Just about three months later, whe we'd forgotten Dicky, he comes intp Setango, having walked all the way. }e hadn't seen the color of gold. ‘That's too bad, Dicky,’ says IKe. ‘C;f gourse, it may be you didn’t strikp the vein, Why don’t you write homg for another five thousand, and [l'll stake you to your board on the chancle of your making the old man fall fqr "~ “A couple of weeks later tyo thou: tand comes, and the old man aqdds that his sentiments is about the-same, only g littlé less cordial, and, anyway, that is to be the last. By the same post as he’'d written to'.his father by, Dicky #sends a letter to the girl. He said he'd had’ bad luck, and he thought it was his duty: to let her go, but if ever he made his pile and she wasn’t married he'd come back to claim her. - ° ! ' “Tke was sort of glad that Dicky got his money, being a good-hearted sort of a fellow, and he agreed to sell Dicky the Blue Shank for his two thdusand, and to throw in six months’ outfit of flour and bacon into the bargain. So Dicky starts out again, and I¥e. smiles pleasantly and allows that he'll rin down south for the wintef, setting out just about the time that Ilickv's due to return. o

" ~‘After three months had goné by I began to feel uneasy, somehow. Yl)u see I'd sort of taken a liking to I)icl&iy, and it seemed to me that it was Tll right to sell him the Green Star, seeing it was experience he was getting, %t that Blue Shank business sort of un settled me. I hoped he'd hit upon pocket somewhere on.the Blue Sha property, though Ike had gone over|i with a fine comb. And Jjust as hopes was * beglnning to sour egainst Ike who should come on Ecepe but the girl. : : : 1 “She come in on 'the afternco «oach and puts up.at Tke’s hotel, -an the first thing s)z(e does is, naturally, t #sk for Dicky. , s ~ ““iDicky? asks Ike. ‘Dicky Mears’ Why, yes. He started out to work property he bought some little tim ago, about sixty miles from here.. I'n sorry I ¢an’t take you there, miss, se ing as how P've got business over | T.eeson’s tomorrow, ;put I reckon H Frank would let you have a buck board— : : “That was as far as he got. I ba drawn up close by to hear what Ik had to say, and I wasn't'going to stan for no more gold mine sales: DBut Tk stopped short there, for in the doo ‘way stood—Dicky! = |

| ‘He was scrf tched from head to foot -and covered ith blue mud, but the Eir,_ ran to himp just as he was and he took her into his arms and she put her ’he d down and just.cried for joy. Even Ikg looked a little foolish at that. "IWhen she [had done crying Dicky pu{ his arm round bher waist and tutned to Ike| ; “ r : | 4 ‘What arel you going to dp about it he asks. } - . = 1 ‘About wHat? asks Ike. - , | ‘About thdt seven. thousand, you confounded sswindler,” roars Dicky. There wa.En' an ounee of * gold in ei er-of.tho_ e two mines, and T have /inflorntation that you salted them after wdrking thenj out.” | {‘Oh, pshaWw!’ says [lke. ‘Them's ‘gopd properties, Mr. Mears. I'd take ‘them -off your hands If I had the moneyl only I'm down to my last hundred jugt now. Maybe néxt summer . I willl—' i . . ‘/Oh, you (will, will you? sneers Dicky. ‘I gu¢s§ what you'll take back j is{a million gallons of watﬁ', and unlegs you take|it I'll cram it down your . sWindling thnoat: . | [ ‘What's that? yells Ike. “Water, ‘il ydu say? e 4 | ‘] lsald wpter and I meant. water,’ | ydiled/ Dicky.] “You infernal scoundrel,’i you dammed it back and sold me a | rifer? and the first blast I made in the hgrd rock disladged ' it. ‘The -whole | b¢d’s a roarifig torrent.’ - ] “IRe waved him back. ‘Dicky,’ -he yelled, ‘1 give in. I apologize. I'm anything you lile to call me, but I'll give yéu'yvour seyen thousand this instanﬂ fdr the rights.’ And he reached for his ’ bank book. | - o i |* ‘Hold on|.says I. ‘This is where I } cpme in. I'll give You twemy 'th'ou»t sfnd, Dicky. Gl Cik “Thirty," pells Tke. ] [ Forty, gays 1. & : | . “ ‘Have you all gone crazy?" inquires I}icky: L . o 1% 'No, I t¢lls him, ‘but ijif you've thirned that fintediluvian river back in- | ‘th its bed i means a fortune for Jetango and an ir’lxzig'atlon plant that'll ! belajm abopt fifty million acres, nqt| ‘tb mention free baths for everybodyl’ *<l'my sorty.! says Dick real "hum-% Hle, ‘but:l nddded wheén Mr. Ike Brown | dald thirty, apnd I guess I'll have to letf Him faite tL 0 5 - ] | “Ike writgs him out a check and I| do sadly hgmeward. And that night’ bicky ts mdrried and he and his bride | lights out for the coast, carrying a duit cage stuffed with bullion. L | “No, &ir, there wasn't any water on'| the Blue Shank ppoperty.” -- 1 | (Copyrignt] 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) . |

ELPED SURVEYORS IN .WORK Sritish Exppdition Found the:Wireless Telegriph of Almost Invalu-- . o able Assistance. = Commander Herbért A, Edwards, he officer gsent by the British governent for al period of three _xears to ommand the Bolivian survey commision, recently returned.to civilization fter having completed over 200 miles bt frontierisurvey, = . The party, whose duty was to sur‘ey mostly|unknown country, the disputed frodtier between Bolivia and irazil, traveled up the Abuna river to 1 settlement calied Santa Rosa, whence hey cut ross country to meef anpther sectipn of the.commission, Both sarties thep returned down the Abuna n the, conplesion- of the gurvey.. The great #ehievement of the expedition iy that they fixed all: their longitudes.| by time-signals senteby wireless telegraphy from Porto Vallo, situated 130 miles -frem the base of operations.| A party was left at Porto Vallo, and, by the courtesy of the Brazilian, | gbvernment, time-signals were sent levery night. - > Commanfer Edwards carried with him a rough receiving set and.a long wire, which was rigged up on trees. He has prpved that wireless telegra: phy will dnable the explorer to dispense’ with chronometers, and easily and accurdtely fix all longitudes. Commniander Edwards says this will begin a new era ‘in exploratory- surveying. * He eulogizes the work of a wireless dxpert, Mr. Chapman, whd labored night and .day to .make the experiment successful. In the course of his work this gentleman had- terrible experiences with hornets, ants, and other| pests. He was provided with climYing irons in order to ascend ‘the highedqt trees, ~The ¢ommissioners, have still. to erect boundary marksjlalong‘a portion of the frontier, but the commencement of the rains will render it impossible t(;) deal, this year, with a section of 40 miles |of frontier which, it was goped,- weuld be covered during the resept s¢ason, . o Tdo Good for the Poor. ' It was well known in Staggerly high soeiety that the beautiful Lady Marion had never been kissed before. After a’ long, lingering embrace, the handsome youhg earl reluctantly released his Hold, |as she gazed up with unvelled admiration and rapturous. joy, .into ‘ his |loye-lorn .eyes and asked: “And do the poor indulge in this way, dear?” _l'Oh, yes, quite frequently} : ¢ ‘ ? little one,” the young nobleman re‘plied. "“Really! Do they? And do they expérience .the same sensations as we do, darling?” ‘‘Absolutely.” “Dear, degr, dear! Why, it's much too %good for the. woxjk_ipg classes!”—lllustrated Sunday Magazine. |

: -| True Enough. ; A teacher was questioning a class of boys jon the subject of “birds.” :&aving ‘Fceived correct answers to e questions about feathers, bill, feet and wings, he put the question, “What is it a bijrd can do that I am unable to do?’ | “Fly” was the answer he hoped to get: For several moments the boys thought, but gave no answer. ‘AI last one held up hfs hand. “Well, my lad;-what is it?’ “Lay an egg, sir, said the boy. - Again the Bride. : Mrs. MacDonald was a young ‘housekeeper and marketing was new to her. One morning she went down to the market to get some supplies. _ - "I wish to get some butter, pleass,” she said|to the dealer. ‘ . “‘Yes, ma’am,” he replied, “do you viish rol} butter?” - , "Oh, ho,” she replied, quickly, “Toast butter. We never eat rolls."— Illustrated Bunday magazine. !

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OTHING that has happened in 2 ‘lndia for many years has'been more calculated to increase the loyalty and affection of. .the people of the great de pendency - for their white sovereign than the recent conclusion of the new treaty between the government.of India and the maharaja: of Mysore, writes a ¢orrespondent of the London Graphic, Foeor the convention, by greatly raising the status of an Indian pr'mcq' who rules over a territory more than three times the size of Wales, effectively. demonstrates that the notion that the ‘British wish to ride roughshod over the rights of Indians—a notion which has spread ovér Hindustan in. the last ten years, and has glven fise to “unrest’” and terrorism—is not justified. & < - Old - Restrictions Removed. ' . To grasp the ! full significance of this change it is necessary to strip the new treaty of all its technicalities, and nots just how it has bettered the position* of the maharaja of Mysdore. To begin with, the doedm!énf perpetuates the " title of "his-’l_ highness's dynasty to rule over- the state, whereas hitherto the ruling prince or Iss suscessors could hold possession of and administer the prinecipality only. so long as they fulfilled-the conditions prescribed by the suzerain poy'ver,[ In the second place, the old restrictions ‘have been removed which _obliged the maharaja of Mysore to cor)fo{rfm' strictly, at all times, to the advice offered him|by the government of India in regard to “the mgnagement of his finances, the settlement_ and collection of his revenues, the imposition. of taxes, the administration of justice, the extension of ‘commerce, the encouragement of trade, agriculture and industry”—and, in fact, in any matter concerniug the advancement of his. own i_nﬁere‘s}s, the welfare of his subjects, or his relations with the British government. ' Under the terms of the néw treaty the maharaja governs Mysore on the same basis as that on which the other premier princés_ of India administer their states. The British disclaim.all intentien to interfere with his highness in the internal administrationrof ‘his state, although discretionary power is reserved (as in the case of all territories ruled-by Indians) to exercise intervention if there is gross mismanagement.: The 'mahavraja's_ right to M'ysore‘ afid his autl;ority over it are emphasized by the removal of the pro-

vision requiring the state :to grant land needed by,t'he_ government of India for railways ‘“free of all charge.” In future, proper compensation is_to be pa‘id for all such land. . . These improvements in the status of the maharaja of Mysore form the crowning feature of the magnanimity which Great Britain has displdyed toward his dynasty, beginning as far back as 1799, The. British, after defeating the Moslem usurpers in a.sa'n; guinary, struggle, found the Hindu heir to the throne wasting away in a deep dungeon, held in durance vile. They set him free, and installed him as ruler over the land which they had taken by the sword, and which, by the right of the conqueror, they might have claimed as their own. A generation later, however, the .principality becamp plunged into such misrule that the British were forced to depose its maharaja and take its administration into their own hands. For 50 years it formed a province of British India. In 1881 it was handed back to the descendants of its old Hindu rulers, who promised to be true to the trust that was reposed in them. This arrangement, however, was merely a provisional one. s . Admirably, indeed, has Mysore been governed since April 1, 1881, when the late Maharaja Chamrajendra Wodyar was installed as its ruler. On ‘his ‘death in 1894 the present ma-haraja-—his Highness Krishnarajah Wodyar IL—succeeded him. Being a minor, his talented mother, her High-

SECRET OF BOY’S PROGRESS Great . Mistake to Suppose Time for Youth’s Education Is Past When ~ He'Leaves School. | From what has been said of the' importance of thp training secured outside of the schools, it is not to be ﬁjinferred ghat there is not much to' be a¢compzished in the schools, says the Denver Weekly Post. When a boy needs ¢he help of a school mosﬁ is after ha begins to work for a living. And that ig just the time that the [Lublic. school system fails him. It i 8 a great mistake to suppose that the tTme for his education is past when |he leaves school. That is when the xi)at important part of- it should start Upon the help that he is given tﬁ"xen will depend his progress toward better service and higher earning capacity. 1f he is to continue to go forward, his education must continue throughout his life. One of the distinguishing characteristics of great men is the fact that they are always learners, They become great because they continue to grow. !

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER. IND.

ness Vanivilas Sannidhana Kempana Jamaniavaru, C_vl,, was appointed re-! gent. - The minority regime came to an ‘end in August, 1902, and since then the present ruler hag administered his territory. ' Throughout both these reigns eminent Indian statesmen have: held the post of premier and have had gifted colleagues associated with them, The different departments of state have been managed by capable officials, in some cases Britons, or Indians who had gained their experis ence in British India; Maharaja Krishnarajalb and his father, agsisted by these officials and supportéd and advised bY the British resident, have single-heartedly’ striven to increase the prosperity of the 5,800,000 people who owe allegiance to him. C o ’ " industries Developed. : - As the result of these efforts, uninterrupted peace has prevailed in Mysdre during the last generation; the people have been equitably taxed; their health has been well looked after, and their children have been given ample opportunities for education of all’ kinds—Mysore has employed diverse rheasures to foster agronomy, develop- industries,” arts and crafts, and éncourage mining. Falls have been harnessed to yield electricity towork mines and factories, and light the chief cities. Machinery: of the newest type has been imported, and special efforts have been made to in--duce-fhe conservative Mysoreans to utilize it on .the :farms #&nd in. the workshops. and mills. It is noteweprthy that Mysore holds the record fdr deep mining in the tropics, It is n(l;rcessary to add that the comservation of artistic traditions, of -which ‘Mysore lias inherited an invaluable treasure, has received considerable: attention. ; E . ‘With -the .spread of education Mysore has developed representative institutions of asort. The representative‘assenibly,!as it is called, is, as vet, of an advisory character, though it has been given the privilege of intérpellating the executive, and thereby is able to exert some pressure upon officialdom. A legislative ..council, consisting of official and non-official members, was constituted seven years ago. Municipalities have been lorganized, some of thein on the elective principle. But, in spite of these bodies, the maharaja remains the ultimate authority in the state. 2 T

“New” Line of Sport Slang. G I found my eyes jowking on the cadge, but she awoke, mantled and roused a little, after which I let her bowse. Hooded, with jeSS\eé;- leash, and bells in perfect order; I took her on the fist and so to the flelds. It was evident that she was in yarak, for her sails, mails and train rufiled eagerly, and ber petty singles spasmodically contracted so that her talons gripped the glove hard. A rook appeared and liﬂew at her. It was too far off and escaped, ‘but it was a marvel to see the lady wait on, discover another quarry, chase it, throwing up cleverly; and finally bind to it with a lightning swoop. She was depluming it when I was able to make in easily.—Outing Magazine.,

: . Who Forgot. '-L_--%Mgdge-——Youi_ seem annqud. about something. Did you forget you were standing under the mistletoe? * Marjorie-—No; but Charlie did.— Judge. : e " . Not for Him. _“The doctor you speak of eught to have a taste of his own medicipe.” “That wouldn’t do. Thén he would never prescribe it.” : | “Tit for Tat. ' He—Why do you women persist in wearing Buch tight skirts? . She—To match’ the allowance our husbands give us to buy them.

: . Quite Unofficial. : It was lunch hour in a confectioner’s store ‘in th¢; shopping -district. Welldressed women were lined up two deep at the soda fountainjdrinkini_hot chocolate and consuming sandwiches, and every table in the rear of the room was occipied by chattering groups. A big policeman strolled in and stood in the middle of the floor, looking around him and inspecting each person who passed.- Instantly there arose a buzz of excitement. Customers were kept waiting while the girls behind 'the counter looked curiously around and talked in undertones. ‘What is the trouble?” “Has some. one: been shop lifting candy?”’ Then a quiet looking salesgirl advanced ‘from the rear of the shop, handed the big policeman a box of sweets, and he walked out as unconscious as you please.—lllustx;ated Sunday Magazine. : i Wasted Brilliancy. - . De man what talks de’longest an’ de loudest sometimes says somethin’, bu{t his audience don't know if, kaze dey ain’t expectin’ it—Atlanta Constitution. : o

Famous Geometrical Staircase ,} Object of Great Interest. é T ‘ 3 Bir Christopher Wren's Great Inception in St. Paul's Cathedral in London One of the Things Always : “-Bhown to Visitors. New York.—Visitors to St. Paul's cathedral in London are shown the geometrical stailjcase in the! South tower, one of the triumphs of Sir Christopher Wren's genius, says Popular Mechanfcs.' It is a circular ascent 25 Yeet in diameter, with stone steps nearly six feet broagd at their outer end. «At one end the steps are imbedded in the wall; at the other they rest upon the edge of the next. lower step, without other support from below. : Early Englisﬁ stairs usually consisted of flights with landings, taking up much room, rqstricting their use to broad halls. The women of the castle objecting to sharing these outer stairs with the rough men-at-arms, interior stairs were ¢onstructed, connecting with the living rooms, by the simple ‘expedient of leaving out some stones when. constructing - interfor walls, and in the wells thus made, placing bricks, short stones or even timbers to form a irude ladder. These crude stairs necessarily took a circular-flight, and as, improvements were made, the stdps became more regular, longer stones being used, until at ‘last a circular 'stairway was formed, each step of which depended entirely upon the support afforded by the walls, and independent. of the others. 1 The next ‘move was the eonsolidation shown 'in the Wren creation, the

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BIG GRAY RAT LURES TO TRAP i re e , Very ClLverly Shows Other Rats Fas- ' cination of Revolving = i Wheel. St. Louls.—A rédal pied piper of Hamelin, in the person of a big gray rat, Is boasted by John Wottawa of Belleville, who declared the rat had léd seven others into a trap in his sﬁore w‘ithln 24 hours. He caught the rat several days ago in one of those traps that have a small Ferris wheel arrangement on it like a squirrel cage. He fed the rodent and tamed it so it no longer feared him. . Then’ he tied a tiny silver toned bell to his neck and released it: The bell awakened the curiosity of the other rats and turned them into the cage, where .the ‘“bell -rat” displayed his gkill at spinning the whirling cylinder by running madly inside of it. Wottawa says he thinks the system will rid his store of rats.eventually.

THOUGHT CARP WAS A LOG Winter Night Story of an Ohip Ice Cutter’'s Mistake—Severe : ! Ducking Results. Ashtabula, O.—Charles Williams, who lives down East Orwell way, was putting up ice for D. M. Clapp, one of the prosperous townsmen of FEast Orwell, when he suffered a severe ducking and lost a nice fish. ; Mr. Williams, who was working on the. river, stepped on what he supposed was a big log. | Hé balanced himself on it for a short time and after making sure of his foundation started to poke ice cakes toward shore. All at once the “log” went un‘der with a swish. Tt was a carp séven feet long. Later the fish was caught. Competent witnesses say it welghed 88 pounds. . ' Mayor on Salary Strike. - Mendota, Ill.—Municipal business of this place is at a -standstill because Mayor Charles Rogers, whose salary i{s $6O a year, refused to do any more work for the city until he is voted $3OO g year. oo - Glves Birth to Five at One Time./ Taylorsville, Ky—Five children weére born at‘one time to Mrs. Bertha prury, wife of a .far_me{i' near here. The two girls died, but the three boys appeared to have good cﬁances {o sur vive. | ‘ — > . Girls Become Internes. ' New York.—Miss Helen Palliser and . Miss Anna Tjohnlgriﬁs, Cornell medical students, have passed the ex4mination which make% them full fledged internes. i e ' Thirteenth Baby Arrives. _ St. Louis.—Mrs. Jacob Voellihger gave birth to her thirteenth child, & boy, on Friday, February 13. The baby looks healthy encugh to reslsf the hoodoq@ : _

HARVEST MOUSE OF ENGLAND Excepting the Lesser Shrew It Is . the Smallest British Mammal : Known. London. — Excepting the lesser shrew, the smallest British mammal is the harvest mouse. The length of its body is about two inches, and of its tail about a quarter of an inch longer. The color of the back and flanks is yellowish brown, and underneath it is almost pure white. The earliest English description of this méuse is contained in a letter of @Gilbert White, Written in 1767 to Thomas Pennant, in which he says: “From the eolor, shape,

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size and manner of nestihg, 1 make no .doubt but that the species is nondescript. . . . They never enter houses; are carried into ricks and barns With the sheaves; abound in harvest; and build their nests amid the straws of the corn above the ground, and sometimes in thistles.: They breed as many as eight at a litter, in a little round nest, composed of the blades of grass or wheat.” In a later letter Gilbert White says: “Two of them, in a scals, weighed down just one copper halfpenny, which is about the third of an ounce advoirdupois; so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in this island.” = Formerly the nests of harvest mice were commonly found in standing corn, but the close cutting reaping machines played havoc with them and they/are seldom found in crops nowadays. The summer nest is about the size of an orange, made of grass, corn blades or split leaves of reeds cunningly woven together. The most-usual situation of their nests is in the tangled herbage along the sides of flelds and in ditches, among the heads of thistles and sometimes in reeds. The. winter nest is a more solid structure, it is made of mosses and is completely closed.. Sometimes they enter hay ricks in the winter and keep warm in large companies together. The harvest mouse is fairly abundant in. the southern counties of England, and is very rare in/Scotland; in Wales, and Ireland it is unknown. The food consists of seeds and the tender shoots of young leaves and also {nsects. No doubt many harvest mice fall ivictims t 6 hawks and weasels. -

FRENCH DOG THEIR NEMESIS Two, Alleged Bank Robbers Run Down by Clue of Small ~ e _Poodle. T ‘ - Connellsville, Pa.—“ Jerry,” a French poodle, led to the arrest of two alleged bank robbers here. James Reynolds, Jr., aged twenty-one, and Martin Mullin, aged twenty, were arrested here on complaint of Julius Béiler of Johnstown, who told the police: that his bark had been entered and $l,OOO stolen. S The Johnstown police. learned that Reynolds had telephoned to "friends in Johnstown ‘and the police there notified the local authorities to arrest him, saying that probably he would bhave a French pbodle dog with him. The two men were arrested, and when taken to the lockup Reynolds had in his pocket $206.05, it is sald, and Mullin had $l6O. The young men admitted robbing the bank, it is alleged, but each blamed the other with .ta’ki_ng the money. - . fa

GROUNDHOG TIES UP RAILWAY Little Animal Bores Its Way Into Conduit, Short Circulting All : Signal Wires.. ; Tarrytown, N.-Y.—The New York Central railroad was tied up by a groundhog. The little animal bored his way into a conduit at the Main street crossing, short circuiting all signal wires. The Wildey street sgmaphore board flopped up and down, alternating between “danger!” and “clear.” Then it was noticed that all the signals were doing a dance. . The gateman at the crossing looked into the conduit and saw the ground hog. Laborers were summoned and a fire was started to smoke out the animal, e The tower man at the south of.the gtation, seeing smoke, thought the crossing was on fire and stopped .all north-pound trains, including fast westernt’ expresses. After a while the groundhog capitulated and traffic was resumed. Tax Assessors Puzzled. Babylon, N. Y.—Local tax assestgor? are stumped in thelr attempts to fig: ure out how they can tax Jesse Ver ity, who lives on a commodious houseboat in the harbor. His children enjoy the benefits of the district school without cost. + _ . Brfhg Recalcitrant Son to Court. Chicago.—John Joseph Lowery’s mother brought him into court and charged him with wife abandonment. “He leaves -his wife alone while he goes turkey trotting with some one else,” ‘said the young man’s mother. ‘No More Babies by Parcel Post. Waghington.—-The postoffice depart ment has announced that no more babies will be carried by parcel post The only living thing that can g¢ through them ails now {s & “queer Des,” the department rules, ,

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I Mr.” William A..Radford ‘will dnswer’ | questions “and give sadvice FREE OF ] | COST on all sabjects pertaining to the | subjeet of building, for the readers of this | paper.. On account of his wide expeérience ‘ﬂl Editor, Author and-‘Manufacturer, he- | 18, without doubt, the hjghest authority | i on all these subjects. Address all inquiries- | to Willlam A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairle | avenue, Chicago, I 11.,” and oply” -enclose | two-cent stamp for Teply., 1o - - J 1 Tk e - b= PN || The wellto-do suburban builder is | getting rather particular sbout the | kind of a house he puts up; It {s. not, | egough to simply provide cj,on’:fbrta_lihal | skelter for his family and have room! , enough for all; but the general style | and appearance of the house.has to ~be given due thought so that it will work in well with its surroundings. ' and conform in size and style to-what | his friends and neighbars consider | necessary for his. home. .Sometlfinig. | of spaciousness, dignity*and hospital- | ity has to-be embodied .in -such a | structure.” Thé exact order of archi:-’ | tecture to be-used may not be.pre- | scribed—some of those details are left | to the home builder himself and to-his- | grchitect—but »nevex‘tqeless; “eustom | prescribes . the gquality] and -general | charactet of the building. . .: S | One of the features that public opin- ' fon is coming more and more to re- | quire is that suburban - dwellings- | should be -as nearly_ fireproof or fire- | resisting as possible. - Fire protection In small towns and suburban Tocalities” . I 8 very .seldom all that it ‘should be. { Common business sense directs’ that: {in such locations extra precautions’ | should be taken; especially for resi- , dences, to. make them as nearly fire- | proof as possible. ~This ¢arries with [ it the obligation to build subsfantially | and well, at-the same time using as | artistic a design as may, be,so that . the building which is to-idst for three , or four generations will throughout 1l that time be a source of pride to the: owner and- an improvement-to the' in"ei'ghbo‘rhood;' o A | . The design illustrated on- this page’ | will be found to “fulfill all these conditions and to recommend itself'as ‘L being at once digniﬂﬁ’ed and: attractive i in appearance, substantial ia construc- | tion - and, using -permanent materials,’ ! is-as near fireproof as.a residence can: be made with practival’ success’s - | * The general type of "this house is | of the popular brick veneer-cement | plaster combination whick has’ proved

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s satisfactory for suiburban work dur--iag the past few years. .Resting on a good foundation of squared stones ceraented on the inside.and made thorcughly = waterpraof, strong timber framework 1s erected in the ordinary way as for a well-constriicted : frame house. However, instead of the-ordi-nary beveled siding, face brick s sub: stituted, laid up in a four-inch wall and securely ‘tied to the studding with galvanized iron wall fles every, fifthcourse of the brick work and.to every: stud. A, Py OLEL This veneering. of brick reaches. from the stone foundation course up to the line of the second story window sills. From there up to the eaves the siding is cement plaster og expanded metal lath. A ‘slate roof completes the ‘exterior ' fireproof armor. As theé majority of fires originate from external hazards it will be seen that a building. “completely - protected- in- ‘= R TR e Sl o . ® :::f‘:ﬂ. g i |7 i - a ) . { o ol : ) . . '_ . - £ & - R e e Lot v P § s 2 . 3w ] e mw “,‘ i . A : L - ' : i|i o . i LB [} ~ - .. - ~ _First Floor Plan. ~ “. this way on the outside may.be considered practically fireproof. H e There f 8 no combination of mate rials more. pleasing to the eye than this high-grade face brick/and the ce-. meént plaster in s harmonizing color. As far as warmth and freedom. from dampness are concerned this form of construction insures the best possible results; and the expense fs not very. much. greater than ifor an. ordinary frame house -covered with ' beveled siding. .= - R The factthat this house has been built & number of times for $4,000 and that, too, using good grade material and all equipment, including plumb-

ing, -heating and lighting, shows this to-be an exiremely economical design to build. " - - :~The hip roof, while being the most artistic and ‘satisfactory type for this kKind ©of a building, is also the most economical. The plan is very nearly square in general outline and so can: be. constructed and arranged to good advantage without waste of time and material. . ) ! The floor plans show the desirahla features of arrangement. Three fine. rooms are provided on the first floor, hesides' the large porch and entrance hall. The living roow {8 of the modern- largesized style with homelike fireplace. Attention s called to tha, re L.l MF st K i . TR \ . 8 bty [T 3y Tl o~ | . ) P BlEa—b= e el bﬁcnoou!l TS meo moom f T PR B w 8 iR - ! .- second Floor Plan. : conyenient *arrangement of dinfag rdoni, pantry and kitchen. s On . the -second flogr there are four good-sijded bedrooms, with large closet spaee attaehed. The bathroom is-cone veniently located. ~Altogether, this de sign-"is one of the most satisfactory jfor' Suburban. and city use of any de-. sign executed this year. Home builders can got xﬁ_&n_v googd ideas from the study.of these plans. -.- . Hpw the Sermon Affected Them. ‘The minister- has just finished his great’ sermon: the air still quiveféd with- his burning words, and the people sat erect, disturbed, embarrassed; vet he Hngered for a monient in his place. - BT ' - “Is there one here,” he asked, "in whosé . breast these .words strike lika

|'a barbed arrow for the truth that “; tln them?’ And he sat down. l [ “That .was hard on John!” said old] t Janles, “but he deserves fit, evex“yl | word™, : | | “A Dblow from the shoulder- for [ James!” sald old John. “Time he got%‘ !on,e', too, if it isn’t too late.” " - .| { ~ “I wonder whether either of those Itwb old sinners will take his '.nedici_x;e\ 'and _be -the better for it!" sald old ’ William. - But the little saint hurried . home,” knelt down by her little bed ;a:nd cried out in)-anguish, “My God! | ' my God! have mercy on me and give ' me for this stone a heart of flesh!” . —Laura E. Rlcha.rgsln .the Century. . Not Much of a Mystery. ' Tenants of a certain apartment house. were mystified on noticing two' lOng poles‘.with red rags dangling from the ends, attached to the fronmt Ve randa. - : - “It’s the surveyors,” explained soma. “Those things are surveyors’ rods.” “It's’ housebreakers,” opined - others. “They’ve put these up to -identify our ‘house. - They. will come some_ night and rob it.” : - < i " In their perplexity the ‘tenants sought out the landlord. ) | “Do you know anything about-those poles?” they .asked.. ¥ : The landlord did. i " *I put them there myself,” he sald “They're to scare off the sparrows.” ' The landlord, it developed, hated the ‘small birds, and had improvised thesq “scarecrows” with the idea of fright ening them away. T - e :

; ..China’s Great Wall Intact. . -Few people realize what an almost perfect condition prevails along a large: part of the great wall of Chira.. The bricks of the parapet are as firm as ever, and thelr edges have stood the severe climatic conditions of north China with scarcely a break. The paving along the top of the wall is so smooth that one may ride over it with a bicycle, and the great granite blocks with which it is faced .are smooth and 4s closely. fitted as when put in place more than 2,000 years ago.. The entire length of this wall is 1,400 miles, it is 22 feet.high, and 20 feet in thickness. At intervals of 100 yards or so there are towers some 40 feet in height.—Popular Meechinics. : .~ -Close Examination. ““You didn’t operate on that mant® asked the first doector. . “Noy” replied the second doctor. . “Did you examine him carefullys - “Sure! He had no money.”