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Show "I lira Laura Crystal." she answer! Ii 1 :t ar. clasping tm hoidiii Lands. The Two Captains "Jim She O'v-lai'- H s ade the daughter?" her head. of aent wl i i Union leaders were arrested, and in "Py heaven. Poie." cried the seme casci these leaders were deportished man. "she's my cousin' child; ed. State courts ere aoppealed to and she used to sit upon my kne by members of the union who felt when a little giil." saying whiuh Crysthe power of the military law, but of Union Men Under Arrest the tal walked around the table to her. rulings of these courts bad no He grasped her by the hand, pulled effect on the representatives of the Gov Actions Peabody's her more fairly into the light, and afstate government. Injunctions were ter gating for a few moments with The governor conmerely ignored. Upheld by Supreme Court. tended unfeigned admiration into her face, for these points: ce cried out. "How did you know 1. That he had sole power to deterThe technical cause of the bitter-nes- s me?" mine when a state of insurrection exin Colorado between employers "By a look of father about you," isted In auy county tn the state. union and men labor of laboring she answered, "and by your name. 2. That the courts had no power to But what are you doing here? What goes back to an eight hour law passw has this ship done that she should be ed by the legislature of .oi, pro- interfere ith his exercise of this preboarded and her people killed and nounced unconstitutional by the Su- rogative. 3. That be had the right to use the preme court, and then declared for robbed? You are not a pirate, cousin a later election as an amendment state military forces to suppress inin ?'" but not acted surrection. Here Pope burst out, "Blame tt to the constitution, 4. That he had the power to deall. Johnny, but introduce me, will upon by the legislature of 1(3. The blow aimed at the forces that tain military prisoners for o long ye?" most strorgly intrenched as he saw fit. "Pope. Richard Pope, Captain Pope have been against the eight hour law the ore 6. That the state courts could not of the pirate brig. Gypsy," exclaimed proprietors did not fall interfere with military Crystal, and the handsome Irishman smelter prisoners. made the lady one of his most elegant Hence, that they had no power to disbows. charge military prisoners. She curtseyed in return, and said to A test case was made w hen Charles is Captain Kerr? Crystal, "Where H. Moyer, president of the Western What is to become of us? Am I safe? Federation of Miners, was arrested at Are the lives of the passengers safe? Telluride by the military authorities. Oh, cousin, to find you there are The judge of a district court ordered children among us." his release. No attertion was naid to a .... i .jp.w-v i.' i w "As excitable as ever," said Cryslhe "nk'ri Application to the stat e tal, grimly. n lor a writ or iinbe as I c"")rt m He was proeeedirg; Pope broke in. corpus was made. The Supret me I "Depend upon it." he exclaimed cmn l,as J,1Kt declared that the go with profound significance, "you are tnu,r as authority to suspend the perfectly safe, and so too," he added lightly, with a glance at the lady passenger, 'are the others." Tl e sun was now close to the edge of the sea, and those are parallels where the twilight moves with giant strides, trailing behind it glittering robes of stars, when its bro v is still burnished with the glory in :he west Much was to be done. It was a de lightful task to talk to a beautiful young woman after days of the dreary monotony of the ocean, but the business of the two ships must be seen to, and Pope left the cuddy followed by lragical Outcome of Long and Bitter Fight Hundreds aston- By W. CLARK RUSSELL. Copjnctit, 1S"7. CowkK ;'?. Li P f. Collier. CHAPTER XIV Continued. The cry thrilled through the hearts of the men, ami seemed also to thrill the heart of the brig through which reeled to some slightly of motion passing fresher air aa though in her clumsy way she rejoiced. Many of the sailors sprang Into the shrouds and rushed aloft. It was some time since a sail had broken the sea line, and the rascals' vision thirsted. What was she going to turn out to be? Each ship was traveling, and PcM. 1 Co. dead or wounded lay atxnit the planks. with the If Pope was animated strergth of tea, Crystal certainly ar.d fury of five. fought with the He was engaged in murderous conflict with a gigantic seaman belonging to when Pope and Grin-da- l the India-na- n bounding from the poop came rushing forward; at sight of whom, seeing that their, captain and officers were killed, two of the ship's men We surrender ," shouted: "'Quarter! and threw down their arms. Instantly the re?t followed their example, but the raging pirates were for cutting down every man that stood before them, when Pope rushed among them shouting with twenty curses: "Pack, you dogs! They've surrendered. The ship's ours. Pack, you We don't want these bloodhounds! meu's lives, but their services. In with ye," he roared to the prisoners. And Crystal and Grludal helped him to drive the helpless survivors iulo forecastle, where they the were secured. heading toward each other, and therefore, shortly after the two captains had taken the altitude of the sun, there lay full and fair in the sight of the pirates, upon the blue sea right over the bows, no indeed, but a tall, ship, with painted ports, the hull sitting deep, a fine English West Indiaman of about six hundred tons. "That's what she is." cried Pope, and now he began to sing out orders. Pope talked swiftly, communicating his intentions and plans. Meanwhile, the mass of the pirates lay concealed CHAPTER XV. along the scuppers, under the bulwarks, and about the carronades. Laura. Scarce more than half a dozen figures were visible on the brig's deck. Accompanied by the square man. with blood looked And meanwhile the fine ship came whose face splashed slowly on, lightly rolling her great terrible with it, and followed by two or three of his seamen. Pope, sword in heights with majesty. . toward the "She shows no guns," were Pope's hand, walked swiftly He was unharmed. His face was last words to Crystal before he began to yell orders to his crew. clean and red and hot. Upon h'.s "She'll be an easy capture," was white clothes were some stains of blood. He passed through the cabin Crystal's answer. "Stations!" roared Pope. "Port door and stopped. your helm. Down with that red enStanding, not one of them sitting, in sign." postures more or less expressive of With his own long arms he rushed exquisite distress and terror, were a I the black flag aloft, and broke it, ami number of ladies and gentlemen. It streamed out inky as a funeral pall, do not propose to describe the ladies, an unequivocal assurance to the ship because, coming as shadows, they will an all too familiar syllable of doom shortly so depart ; they are but breathin those days. ings upon the mirror of this page I am "Fire." holding up. But one there was, and The two starboard broadside earron- - her portrait must be painted as sh man-of-wa- lit-t.- e i T!Qxv-'-'i-- IV? h"tif5fef(!S:; fjtj.ZH L&y?ft eud-uy- V i 4,1 ,1 i -- i Rioting bt pan at onre. Armed meu patrolled the streets and the Citizens' Alliance at once assumed charge of the local government. Under Sheriff J. Knox Burleigh's star forcibly taken from him by Sher- iff Bell. City Marshall Michael O'Connell of Victor called at mine owners' headquarters and demanded surrender of thirty armed men who were holding it. Marshal O'Connell forcibly ejected, removed from oflice by Mayor French, placed under arrest and marched to the "bull pen." Mob of armed men, under orders from Sheriff Bell, marched from town to town deposing regularly elected officers of the law and assuming the functions of town marshals and deputy sheriffs. Officers who resisted placed under arrest and marched to the "bull pen," with about 250 union miners, arrested for alleged "rioting." Miners' union calls upon President Roosevelt for federal troops to preserve order and enforce law. Colorado National Guard, Including 17S men from local companies, ordered out and placed In control of Mine Owners' Association. Mass meeting called at Victor to discuss situation. Secretary Hamlin of Mine Owners' Association declared publicly that all union miners must any woman I ever met in this world," says Pope. "Damn me. Crystal, how come ye by such relatives?" (To be continued.) IN Where the span is not more than ten feet the arch can be moulded all la one. When the diameter is areater the concrete should be molded into blocks and then laid up the same aa stone If the culvert is not more thaa five feet wide, the arch may be put on flat, but if wider it should have a little crown. The plan shown describes the mode of building an arch. It has a 2 by 12 inch plana on the bed of the stream; on this stand 2 by 4 inch upright, which should not be fit m : p IP p I Concrete Arch Over Stream. A, by 12 2 tn. plank; B. I by ly 4 center 4 In srantling on supporting arch; in. up- K, rights: D. concrete. more than 2l? feet apart; n top of this a 2 by 4 inch scantling is laid lengthways of arch; then a center cut out of the plank, or inch boards and covered with Inch lumber to hold the arch. The earth should be well rammed around the wall when filling In. , Clearing Land of Willows. I Subscriber. 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 la the best way to get rid of them? FUNNY NAMES. e o be driven out of mining camps. He said to people: "it i8 time for you to drive these scoundrels out." SCENE OF EXPLOSION WHICH Kl LLED MINERS. c The sketch ahow the depot, location of th aynamlt mine and course of the wire from the mine to the Delmonico mine, ev- enty-fiv- e yard away: nJnden where directed. It fell, instead, upon thousands of union workmen in the hills, who, although engaged for the eight hour day, were ordered to cease work in those mines that supplied the The offending smelters with ores. result In many camps was a walk- writ of habeas corpus. Other contentions of the governor also are upheld. In other words, under the conditions in Colorado, his power is supreme. By this decision, the main contention against Oov. Peabody's action In placing certain mining districts under military control, and in giving mine owners protection for their workers. Is legally swept aside. He Is acting entirely within Lis powers. out. The succeeding result was an attempt on tho part of the owners to reopen their mines with nonunion labor. In the part that labor and poliSYNOPSIS OF CHIEF EVENTS. tics play in Colorado, the adminisIn many falls, duties civil of tration Dynamite Outmining cities and towns, upon au- Happenings Following rage Told In Paragraph. thorities who are out of sympathy Platform of railroad station at InThuB the with nonunion methods. owners of mines were harassed In dependence, near Cripple Creek, many ways. There were mysterious People unsympadisappearances. thetic with the cause of the strikers were driven from communities. Finally, mine buildings were blown up with dynamite, and mine workings destroyed. In this crisis the mine owners appealed to the governor of Colorado The situation was for protection. strained at three points In Te'ler county, where are the mining camps of Victor and Cripple Creek; at Telluride In San Miguel county, and at Idaho Springs In Clear Creek county. In the last place union workmen suspected of blowing up the Sun and Moon mine property were driven from town by the cltlzong of the place. This drastic action la worth noting, for, as a result of the hint state of feeling In Colorado, it was At upheld In' the popular opinion. all events, troops were not needed at Idaho Springs. Gov. Peabody declared martial law of exxao-zxIn Teller and San Miguel counties early In December. Some of the mil- blown up by dynamite aa part of itary proceedings In each of these plot, shortly after midnight June S. counties appear to have, been extreme Thirteen miners Instantly killed, but Oov. Peabody has declared that eight seriously Injured and many no defense of his actions la needed. others hurt. Cutting willows down will not kill them. Osier beds can be cut for a great many years for the ozlers withDeputy Sheriff Alfred Miller out doing the roots any harm. The line, demanding to know whom he only way to get rid of willows Is to ! mean. General .rwwfc out e&nte tra";MM-uti, from the kVlUng two men and 1 to do this is to hitch a chain round wounding nix others. the bush near the bottom and then n t it ooiuiers ordered by drag it out by the roots with a horse, immediately Sheriff Pell to break up meeting of after loosening the bush by cutting miners' union in their ball. While home of the main roots with an ax. one company charged up the stairs Many acres have been cleared In this and fired through the main doors of way In Manitoba, and it is found the the hall, sharpshooters on the roofs most convenient way of doing the of adjoining buildings fired indisIf the bushes are not very work. criminately through windows at minlarge the land may be burnt over and ers Inside. then plowed with a heavy scrub plow. Three men badly wounded, forty others captured In hall and locked up. Cement for Kitchen Wall. All books and documents of the union I want to put up a concrete kitchen, were seized by the soldiers. 16 by 20 feet, and 14 feet high; the Arrests of miners wherever found end will join the present building, continued all night until nearly 25w leaving three sides to build, two sides 20 feet long, and the end wall 16 feet, were under guard In the armory. The miners' union Issued a formal with gable ends. How much gravel statement denouncing dynamite out- will be required and how much cerage and pledging assistance of all ment, the wall being six Inches thick? its officers and member in ruening Your wall would require 19 barrels down tho perpetrators. of natural rock cement and 15 yards Bloodhounds from Trinidad followof gravel, making the concrete one of ed the supposed trail of the man who cement to one of gravel; or, if Port- wire the that exploded the Unri fa tiunri 14 hnrrpln wsiitlri tin thn pulled dynamite from Bull Hill to Colorado work maKn'g the concrete one of wagon road. Thlg egU. mpnt t0 Beven of grave, The state Supreme court at Denver j mate is given on using all gravel (no refused a writ of habeas corpus for stone for fillers) as the wall, being President Charles II. Moyer of the only six inches thick, very little stone Western Federation of Miners, held can be used. at Telluride as a military prisoner by order of Gov. Peabody. Support for a Chimney. A. E. B. I wish to build a brick Value In Unpunctuality. flue 18 feet high, 30 bricks to the foot. I want it to rest on a floor having 4 An English railway man, who work- ta cro-wa- ed up from a very humble position, was never on time, and he declared that this characteristic was carefully planned and cultivated. "Shareholders drop Into a meeting," he said, "and find the chairman In his place and the business going on, and It confirms their Impression that you are a party of nobodies who have come thera for their convenience. I like to let them wait until everybody is there and till all the restive ones have asked, 'What are wo waiting for?' and receive the answer, 'Mr. Forbes. Then you come In and they feel you are somebody, at 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 sufficient supiort, but If It is built In the center of the room supports should be If provided immediately underneath. tho chimney starts from the ground floor a small abutment can be built under tho Joints or sills, which will bold the welghL any rate." Setting a Cottage, e, c il seven. Observer Notes How the Styles Constantly Change. "Have you ever noticed," remarked the Observant Man, "how- - fashions in the style of names the change humorists use in their jokes and stories? When I was a young man Brown and Smith and Jones were the ones .nost commonly used, and the man who invented the name 'Verdant Green' immortalized himself, so far as the English reading public is concerned. Then Irish names had a mn, followed by those 'made in Germany'; and when Anglomania hit this counPope had cut him down.' try we had Fitznoodles and Percys and all sorts of ridiculous hyphenated ades were discharged. The crash of i stood beside the shaft of mizzenmast, names. Then came a reaction back to the round and grape as they tore Into supporting her shoulder by it. In two syllables, common names be heard, could the solid plank She waa a fine, gracefully built which have held out for several plainly years. tt was Pope's way of hailing. young' woman, with a face lovely and Just why such surnames as Jenkins he In wonderful in aboard and of us her!" color; eyes "Sail lips; right and Wilkins and Stebblns should be the masses of her magnificent black humorous I can't for the life of me thundered to the helm. loaded hair; in the swan-likThe pirates on the main-decsetting of her tell. But as soon as I begin to read the carronades with the frenzy of sav- throat, so that each movement of head a story about a man bearing either ages. On board the ship every female had an inimitable grace of floating. one of those names I am prepared for vanished; the commander, a short, Her flashing vision was upon Pope, a laugh. And I am glad to say I square, powerfully built man, stood at who eyed her intently as he ap- usually get it" the brass rail, which protected the proached. "Gentlemen and ladies," said he, break of the poop, shouting to his men HAD NO USE FOR A DARN. down the coming to a stand half-wato rally and repel. "Surrender your ship, and we'll give table, "'this bloodshed Is not of our Smyrna' Scribe's Good Idea of the seeking. That I have told you. We you good quarter," yelled Pope, wavFitness of Thing. are gentlemen of the liquid road and ing his sword. David J. Brewer of the Justice "You'll get no ship from me. We'll are at sea to make our fortunes, and United States Supreme Court lived In toward that fortune you must contribfight you, you dogs!" roared back the his childhood in Asia Minor tn the ute. You will all of you, with one excommander. town of Smyrna. Justice Brewer somehe turned his eyes upon the times recounts ception" "Fire!" interesting scraps of went a second mining young beauty, and her mouth suddenly philosophy, of humor, or of epigram Smash an with and her closed lips between All tightened drench from the pirate. that he beard in Smyrna when a boy. expression of fear and distress "lay The the ships was filled with smoke. other day he said: this table the valuables you "Down helm, every spoke," was upon "Adjlb, a scribe of Smyrna, once I would have and upou your persons, Pope's next roar. Then "Port watch advise you not to withhold a shilling's paused to speak to me on the highway. follow me! Crystal, her forechalns robe was as white as snow, worth of property, for if my men Adjlb's are your chance." was a hole In it. but there should take it Into their heads to " 'There Is a little hole in your robe, The brig's people, however, were search have disburdened after you you I said. not to meet with that easy success and discover," he cried, Adjib,' " 'I know it,' Adjlb replied. which CryBtal had confidently predict- yourselves as "so much a his voice, brass " 'If ed. The aforemast crew of the West raising don't you know farthing reserved, it may go very hard darn It?'youJ asked. it, why consisted of thirty-twIndiaman cheatbaa with who indeed the person " 'For the sake of appearances," Adhands: in addition were a command- ed me." er, three officers, and five male pasjlb replied. 'A hole,' he went on, 'may a followed This speech by general The captain, who resem- movement sengers. he an accident of the most recent hapthe unfortunate among bled Crystal, had spunkily rallied his A hole will pass upon a king, passengers. They all made great haste pening. men. or a the most rich and powerful noble, to their and empty pockets girdles, It was a barbarous scene for noise; But a darn Is the sign of and every few seconds one hand or person. and aa they leaped the pirates yelled another waa stretched forth to place poverty. There Is no getting around climbed, and the West Indiaman's no misunderstanding it. I cannot upon the table a watch and chain, two it, people yelled in return as they fired or lo wear a darned robe.' " afford a a three rings, brooch, purse, and their pistols pointblank or swept the so on. air with cutlasses, with the frantic A Family of Pastor. "Have you cleared out your pocklasslons of men fighting for their Last Sunday was a notable day at lives. The pirates' furious entry waa ets?" called out Pope, running his the First Methodist church at over them. bloody and fearful to them. Five eyes Pa. On that occasion the pnlplt one exclaimed "To last my dollar," scoundrels In the first onset fell back of three wounded or dead, cut down or shot, of the male passengers, pointing with was filled by representatives two between the grinding Hides of the a lean and yellow forefinger at the generations of the Mansell family. services were In charge vessels, the others on the brig's deck, pile upon the table, and the others The morning where they lay. Hut neither were the murmured to the effect that they had of Rev. Joslah Mansell of Upper He is the father of Dr. R. B. removed everything from their perpirates idle. Pope had marked his sons. Pope, in a voice of thunder, Mansell, the pastor of the church, and man. His first leap when he galnej JO. At 3 the deck a truly noble, heroic figure without stirring from the side of the will be 81 years old Oct. was for the commander of the ship. table, called through the cuddy door o'clock in the afternoon an old fashioned Method!! love feast and clase His opponent leveled a pistol at htm to one of the pirates, who immediateHe ly rame aft. While he was ordering meeting waa held, at which the pastor full and fired: the pan flashed. In the evening a grandburled the uc!aaaweapon at the head the man to make the heap of trinkets was present of Pope, who, dodging the mlsaile, and watches upon the table into a son of Hev. Mr. ManRoll, Rev. Harry Beeson Mansell of l.'nlontown, occuleaped upon the man, and before he parcel. Crystal, Grindal and several of cudseamen the pulpit. came the the into pied had brig's another could draw pistol. Pope cut him aown. The unfortunate com- dy. Now no sooner was Crystal In the mander of the Weft Indiaman fell, "Hunger" a Prominent Citizen. "Jack the Hugger," who has been cleft deep In the neck: his head waa cuddy than he began to stare with all the consternation among half off, and he dropped, a dreadful his might at the handsome girl, who causing looked also very hard at him. and the young women of Brookline, Mas., of eight. late by assaulting them upon the n a hreath Pope had attacked the face of each wore a singular sub exmate of the ship; the man fired, pression of Inquiry. In a moment the streets, proves to be John Wiley, a missed, and wan Instan'ly run through, girl, putting her hands upon the ta- member of one of the town's wealthIn view of his social and all the time this waa drdiig Pono ble, said. In a sweet hut trembling iest families. was roaring out encouragement to his voice, "Is your name Crystal?" standing he was released ftom custody on probation. "Ay, he answered. men and bawling to the phlp's seamen to fling down tueir arms and they Then suddenly planting his hands London' Dead. Should hr well used. upon the table a she had, and lean-lnAll this while a terrible fight was Twenty three acres of ground ar eagerly forward, he cried, "You and are not golu. U" toll me that you are needed to bury London's dead of on being touch t under the main-decabout the fore hatch. Several bodies Laura?" year. k t,-- Each set of rafters should be 12 feet long. The lower set should project one foot over the lower plate. These should be sawed so as to sit Bquarely on the plate, the projecting foot to be two Inches deep. The upper end of the rafter rests, on the perline plate, and the lower end of the upper rafter lies beside it. The lop sides of the two rafters should bff flush. The upper rafter fits on tha perline plate with a tongue on the lower side to drop down on the inside of the plaie to form a brace. The rafters are all spiked to the plates if necessary. The lower rafters should have a rise and the upper ones little creature. "She has the most beautiful face of FASHIONS and Lasting Structure Comparatively Inexpensive. S. S. Ph ate me how to use concrete in building arches over treaass and under main roads. Strong N.I The two captains walked the poop of the West Indiaman, and a man had been fetched from the forecastle to steer her. The skylight was spacious; in casements stood open; it framed a considerable portion of the Laura Crystal sat picture below. almost directly beneath. Beside her was a child, whose hand she cherished as though she sought to hearten the vi TO BUILD CONCRETE ARCH. Fitting Rafters on a Barn. am building a barn 80 by E. 32 feet, and wish to put on two sets of rafters, to meet at the perline plate. What length should the rafters bo and how should they be fastened? the pirates. k s n, Bloodshed Follows Killing of Nonunion Miners in Colorado Made Rapid Rise to Fortune. Pills. Chinese K. Manlx Is thirty-eigh- t years old Though the pin habit la said by andJ. a native of Northampton, Conn. medical journals to couho more dysAt fourteen he swept the floor of a pepsia than It cures, It has at any rate the sanction of antiquity. In an small retail store In that town and article which Dr. H. L. Norrls. a Brit- made himself generally useful at $2 ish naval surgeon on the china sta- a week. Up to about ten years ago he was a clerk of the Edward Malley tion, contributes to one of the medical Company of New Haven. Today he In the doses remarks that Journals, ho Chinese pharmacopeia are Invariably Is president of a company that represents forty two large retail stores, large and the pills are "taken by the which do an annual business of hundreds. The Chinese he adds, posIs the most cordial, genHe anfor enormous veneration an sess ial and approachable of men, worshiptiquity, and besides powdered deer' ed by his personal staff of fourteen horns to promote longevity and tigor's bones to promote bravery, doso them- buyers. selves with fossil ivory, fossil crabs Her Old Fashioned Charm. and shells, anrlent unit and water In There whs a delightful schoolmiswhich a few copier coins of an early tress ho used thus to Impress on her Excuable. dynasty have been boiled. scholars certain refined distinctions: "Mary," sa!J a lady to her cook, "1 Botanist Goes to Smithsonian. "My dear, horses 'sweat,' young men must Insist that you keep belter hours Dr. R. K Greene, head of tho de- 'perspire,' young ladies 'are all In t and that you h.ne loss company in days, the kitchen st nil ht. Last night you partment of botany of the Catholic glow.'" In thete outspoken tfhen a spade Is railed at the very 'i1''1 because of tho 1'nlverslty of America, has resigned kept niu from He Is one of the mildest a t psde. the cets'.le ruphnnlsm of one of your from the family. uproarious la'ithter be women frler.ts." "VK mum, I know," foremoft hotnnlsts of the world and la a nintler for amusemert, to couldn't help will bo Idertlfled with the Smith-to- laughed lit villi alTi i "otistle patnmare was thu n;'y; "1 "' row n rut of inn Instltut'nn. where he will fcave like nn ol'!ti'-.It. I ws t ilin' I'"' '"UT '"" trlfl ,0 work. h'i tiler's '' a w ider fb hi muke pfih eti'' ',v Grazing Grounds Depleted. Canada was until recently the only owner of a vast area of good grazing land, located In Its northwestern territories, to which It Invited American The Salter have respondcattlemen. ed bo numerously that It promises to be only a question of time when the ranges of Canada will be as bare as those of Montana and the Dakotas. So rapid has been the depletion of this grazing ground In fact that cattle growers who have recently looked over that region have concluded not to send any cattle ui there, realizing that overstocking mi'l a rapid Influx of aettle.--j "'111 render the business merely transitory. Belief In j. If. In building a A. 19 by 23 feet, with one-stor- a veranda cottage, in front on level ground, how high should It be set in order to appear well from the road house should be set A about two and ouehalf or three feet above the grade, If the appearance from the road is the only consideration to take Into account, and assuming that the lot is level. The depth of the cellar sometimes has to with the height from the grade. As the general thing houses of this size are set about that high. one-stor- y d- - Material for Flat Roof. A. M. T. A barn has a which has a roof so flat that J. leanto cedar will not prevent leakln What do you advise for a roofing ma tcrlal, and what would It cost? shingles Your roof being so flat, you can not It from leaking with wooden The proper way be shlncle"to put on a viettil roof, or mica roofing. i(!n r of th"e makes a very good roof, the latter cost Ins about t".Zi per square vnrd. keep |