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Show RECONSTRUCTING AN OLD BARN. Good Building With Little Financial Outlay. W. T. E. I have an old barn 40x60 feet, and another 24x64 feet from which I would like to construct one building and put a stone basement underneath It. I want the basement to accommodate about 30 head of cattle, 7 head of horses, 30 head of a wine and a root house to hold 2,000 bushels. Please give me your advice and publish a suitable plan for my basement By taking down your shed and building it along one side of your barn you would then have a handy barn, both in the basement and above. You could store the most of your straw at threshing time without stacking It, and would have abundance of room In the stable, which could be laid out to good advantage. The plan shown Is for a barn CO by 60 feet The basement consists of a horse stable of five single stalls, and ENGLISH OF KING3 DWELLING PLACCS. MOST FAMOUS Erected Centuries Ago as a Home for the Monarchs of the Sea Girt Isle, It Retains Its Middle Age Char acteristics. (Special Correspondence.) Windsor Castle, aa la well known, was Queen Victorias favorite residence. King Edward, however, does not Inherit his mothers fondnesH for the castle, but much prefers bis Ixm-dohome at Buckingham. Windsor, therefore, Is used only for an occasional week-enby the present royal family. This seems a pity, for Windsor Castle is without doubt one of the finest royal residences in the world. The first Windsor Castle was built n d yu A, t f 4 v, a V hr ; . ; -- a f . I. - v: ,lh !j. M- ..... table; D. cow atnhlea; K, fecit rooms; K, parKsjre bchlml cows; G, pig pvna; II. gutters behind cows; T, manger and troughs; J, posts under bants ia barn above. a box stall which can be converted Tonka Bean. W. A. P. S. Will you kindly tell me where the tonka bean can be bought? Druggists here have 1L but It ia deprived of its growing power. The tonka, tonqnln, or beana of commerce are the seeds of the South American tree dlpterlx oderata. When fresh these are exceedingly fragranL having an Intense odor of newly made hay. This tree botanlcally ia of considerable Interest aa it la one of a small genus of eight or ten species, all of which are largo forest trees of Brazil, and the Mosquito Coast. If you could obtain new seeds from South America without the outer covering being broken it is probable that these counts-ronm- Gut-an- Gray smiled patroni across at Strong,, with his most tor Besides," he ly wise air. f ness. I do not curse my poverty, It has its better points; No gout has ever come niy way To stiffen up my Joints. all the long, long night All anxious lie awake And wonder what the chances aro For the fool bank to break. I do not, I ' I $ after a moments paime, tlietl comes to a question of heart I guess your fathers and mothjfare twined about as securely that old place of yours as old BarJ and his wifes are about theirs, I understand that your place g0(,j you dont take this chance t0 fc It Then he added: Well, do C i take my offer? merenants face hud The grot white. He slowly rose to his feet stood looking down at Grey, Bfl urlng him with honest, indignant (j Jj do not go about wdth black n my nose Hell goggles coat c f arms a monkey wrench And g.isoliny clothes. My do not have to dress and go Somewhere o' nights and stay Till 12 o'claok, and stand It whilo They talk me old and gray. Oho! I put my fet upon My old typewriter and I smoke my pipe and thank my stars That I can understand. I ' I J i 1 j l ! j 'J I ' Grey dimly wondered why he seen.' to wither up under that clears, why he who had towered so farabo( baa cast Why Providence llv lot where sunbeams fall; all-wi- i1 i' 1. this country storekeeper when be tered the door had someway ehnj until be seemed a pigmy beeldjj Strong's voice was low and tj trolled, though intense when be spot, he said, I wont! Yei, t, No, I aint so poor that I n. but poor, to selJ my self respect and every Suddenly!, feeling In my nature. exprose'en changed. He held out; hands with a quick, lmpulsivs me, ment toward the man who had U f his boyhoods chum and hero, vk; J his face took on a look of yearn; Ity EI.EANOH WENT Oh, Dick, old churn!" Tt( pity. Copyrlghttd. 1903. by Tht Author Publithing Company was all he said, but the words hj a world of disapolntment. They vt, the requiem over a shattered ldeii' The train came to a standstill In the probable contrast between his Grey stared wonderingly. The at front of the little, unpainted depot. appearance aud that of his old chum. who should have been awed by t He sauntered down the street aud manifest superiority and have enu Only cne man stepped off, and with but a moments pause the train steam- Into the open door under the modest him his prosperity was lookirgath ed on again. A man in a with pity struggling against contecf sign J. H. Strong. suit hastened for- In his face. stood a moment, worn, The stranger glancing half curiously down the line ward and wrung his hand heartily, Someway, he couldnt adjust h of old, wooden buildings that formed exclaiming, It does seem good to see thoughts to their former complacecc Stme old place. he you again, Dick, old boy. I heard you the one street. Thats all these confounded villa, thought with a half amused smile. were In town and I knew youd drop ers know about business, anyway, If old Rip Van Winkle had come in. Ive watched the door for the last thought, contemptuously, as he mu back hero after his twenty years hour. ed for his hat. sleep he'd never have known hed Grey cordially returned the greetbeen asleep. Its the old town that ing. For the next half hour the two BEAUTIFYING A STATE. has taken a twenty years nap this men recalled old times. The lawyer time, though, he soliloquized. There enjoyed a sense of conscious superior- Two Californians Imported Birds is not a new building and hardly a ity over his old chum. It's a pity he j Turned Them Loose. wasted bis life here, he thought, change of any kind since I left. I see any of these pre, Whenever As ho picked up his grip and turned pityingly studying the others careagandas for beautifying a city," u towards the old weather beaten hotel, worn face. Perkins of California, ti At last he pulled out his watch and Senator he became conscious that he was the other night, I always think of ti center of Interest to the loafers loungturning to the merchant with a smile work done to the State remarked, Now may I talk business California by abeautify ing about the platform. of Altadea citizen T An hour later he sat by the open to you for a few moments? Pasadena. which hard is by ofStrong led the way to the little window of his room meditatively a; Andrew is name mans McNally, back of the store. His smoking. The half amused smile re- fice at the came to California the i when he beturned to his face as he thought of friend carefully closed the door were few birds at Altadena, the greetings he had Just received. I those few were hardly what we wtro. I wonder who all the old codgers are. call beautiful. McNally made up b ; Tve a dim anyway, he reflected. 3 mind that he land needed birds, idea that I used to know them, but he built him an aviary and import Ive had too much else to think of In many hundreds of his feather f the last twenty years to remember friends. Once a year he would ok I them now. the doors of bis aviary and let V I wonder If Jack Strong is still In young birds fly whithersoever tt would, and in a short time the whe his this little town, was populated with feather I country Jack. Poor on. ran cld thoughts creatures of every variety of hue 1 haven't thought of him before in years. song. Ills example was followed I used to think the sun revolved Joseph Grlnnell and Mrs. Grinn' around Jack. Well, I suppose he has both of whom were ardent ornltbcj vegitated here until he is like the rest gists, so that now the country aroc of those old fogies down there. It's a Pasadena Is a garden spot for bkt shame, too, for Jack was as bright, beautiful plumage. of find. often will as Many of u ambitious a boy you birds that were Imported came frt If it hadnt been for that conscience of bis that wouldn't let him leave Japan and China. So you see ttwr are more ways than one of beaut;. home after bla father's accldenL he In the his made ing a city or a state." Pbiladelpt-Pressbave way might world without any trouble. The lawyer puffed bis cigar in silence for a BETTER LATE THAN NEVER while. Presently the ooor opened and j the landlord entered with a pitcher But I ain't so poor that I need to sell How Pastors Rebuke Was Robbed of water. Grey lazily turned his bead f Its Effectiveness. and Inquired, Does Jack Strong live my here yet? The pastor of the little ceui-- ' fore be sat down; then be spoke in church had been much annoyed ( Jack Strong? You bet he does. low, earnest tones for some time, careBrownsville wouldn't be Brownsville having the members of his eongr? explaining bis scheme. serrx without Jack. Poor fellow, hea been fully The merchant listened silently with tion straggle in long after theniornlx had begun. One Sunday bavlng hard luck this last year, an expression on his face that Grey when he felt that further forbearau ) landlord could not fathom. The gossip-lovinthough. k of on the the himself j edge perched Do you see? Grey asked at lasL with this fault was Impossible, ; table, glad of an excuse to talk, and You say, Strong began in a queer, decided to rebuke some eonnplcw kw rambled on for the next half hour. constrained minutes offender. About twenty this Hendervoice, that j By the end of that time bis guest was son has found out that there's a vein than the proper hour, there enterrtjj In possession of the principal events mild mannered little woman, one of coal running through old the of Strong's life during the past twenBarnes place. Old Mr. Barnes don't the regular attendants of the chart J ty years. know It, and Henderson has offered but quite incorrigible in her tardine, Him, lost everything be bad but you a big fee If you can get the place The minister Linked up, fixed k j n the old borne In that fire, did he? Had for blm cheap. Youve got Barnes with his spectacles, and remarked: ! to mortgage the homestead to get where you can crowd him for money Sister, you are very much beb funds to stock up again, had bis own and compel him to sell, and you offer time. I hope you will not bo so fc family and the old folk to support, me a clear thousand dollars If I'll buy In getting Into heaven! bis old father and mother The little woman looked tp, sm the place and then turn It over to at the ida of leaving the home- - Henderson; for you think maybe sweetly, and, without a traco of a J fusion, replied, placidly: theyd guess about the coal If "I shan't care about that, doctor,! tried to boy It himself, and f there are reasons why you don't want long as I get there! And now the pastor feels that tr to appear In It. Is that tho way of smile that went round the char It? somehow spoiled tin wftectlvene1 nodded. was Jack Grey rising to the bait quicker than he expected. He his reprimand. had been a little doubtful about disThe Allusion Classical. closing his hand, Strong wns so likely The agricultural appropriation h to have queer notions. But he seemReprowr1 ed to comprehend the situation. If was before the House. Uve Rlxey of Virginia was ad vocal' he did state the caso fiomewhat badan Increase from $1 5.000 to $26,000 ly. Do you remember when ola the experimental farm owned b? Barnes lent you the money to start government at Arlington. Ho out in life?" Strong presently Inquired the small amount allowed wa enough to produce substantial musingly. Wadsworth, I do and It was Representative Certainly paid back with Interest long ago. I've loaned a charge of tbo bill, pointed out tb. h" good many people money In the last 115,000 was appropriated for the after and I that ten years, but don't expect them to annually, year )crtj hold me In everlasting gratitude for mounted up. and In time would h. ai f "Rome It. A sardonic smile flitted over hts become formidable. fare. No. the people he loaned money built In a day," be added In oof to didnt UMinily hold him In grateful alon. reruenibranre. He didnt lend It to "No, replied Mr. Illxey, penniless young chaps without security-- not built In a day, and if Rotnului1' such us he once wns, either, but Remits had boon members of tliff4, Same old place. It was not necessary to explain that mlttee on Agriculture Rome to Jack. never have been built." Wutthliif stead. Why Isn't he Junt the man I'm 'It would break the old peoples Times. looking for in this little deal? he to hnve to leave the old place, 1 hearts enn make good uho Sollloqq'zed Looks Suspicious. of him and do him a Rond turn at the end they're loo old to begin life over It would A the nioaii Chicago man refuses to ttlfJ same Hue. poorbouse lie trunked on thniirM a few Si In still liMih'-court li whether ho had a hank years." at rung hlh then fur miiiiispoke time, fully vun-a or not. on the gro' constrained of look "Oin-w folk 2,0t)0,0oq the I'll old watch. A "Itosh! That tins nothing to do with that he might Incriminate hinf he root he op, he concluded M dear fellow, you Must not have had It. Any glanced complacoiiily nt the prosper the question. danKf ous, elegantly attired fl,;ur reflected tuut lenrn to leave sentiment out of that nmeh money Is In u ; or you will never get along being Incriminated In the cracked mirror and thought of . ; 1 1 uuard in Medieval Costume. by William the Conqueror, but this was afterward destroyed and the present castle dates from Edward III. The last restoration was begun by George IV., and finished under Victoria. This restoration cost 900,000. Notwithstanding the fact that King Edward has never really adopted Windsor as a place of residence, one of his first acts when he came to the throne was to order the complete overhauling of the castle. It was fitted throughout with new sanitary and plumbing arrangements, and many of the rooms were redecorated and refurnished. The change is most noticeable In the state apartments, which no longer have the gloomy appearance of the best parlor. The walls of these rooms are now covered with brocades In beautiful colorings, and the furniture coverings and carpets are of colors to harmonize. The exterior of the castle, however, Is unchanged, and let us hope that it may remain so for centuries to come, for one must go a long way to find a more Imposing mass of stone walls snd towers than that which crows tba summit of Castle Hill. On the left of the first courtyard, or the lower ward, Is an archway of old English Umberwork, which leads to the main entranco of SL George's Chapel. The chapel Is In reality a small cathedral of Gothic architecture built of gray stone. The entrance, with Its wide stone steps. Is dignified and hnpossirg. The stone posts on either side of the steps bear the royal Insignia. the lion on the one and the unicorn on the other. The chapel Is open to the public on every afternoon save one In the week, and services are held dally at 10:30 Id the morning and at 3 In the afternoon. The chapel was built in 1474 by d IV. an the site of a chapel of Ed-war- one of Ms shape of a fetter-lock- , badges. The cloisters bave been thorare fine oughly restored, and examples of the old English timber work. Those houses are the residences of the canons and choir of SL Georgo's. Passing St. Georgo's Chapel and continuing along the road which leads to the north terrace, one passes a quaint row of stone bouses which are the residences of the military Knights of Windsor. The next object of interest Is the great Round Tower. This was originally built for a prison and served as such until 1660. From Us battlements one may enjoy a most extensive view, parts of no less than twelve counties being distinctly visible. St. George's Kali Is an impressive room, its ceiling adorned with the armorial bearings of the Knights of the Garter since 1330 and with the banners of the twenty-sioriginal knights hanging on the walls. Here is the carved oak throne, which is a copy of the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. Then there are the Rubens room and the Zuccarelli room, containing paintings by these masters. The Waterloo chamber is a large, aquare room, hung with portraits of Wellington, Blucher, Metterntsh, Plus III. and others associated with Waterloo. It is In this room that theatrical performances are given. The throne room, with walla and carpets and furniture all In garter blue. and containing the ivory throne of the Maharajah of Travancore, Is well worth seeing. Then there is the guard chamber, the preaonce chamber, the audience chamber and the council chamber, and the kings closet and the queen's closet complete the list of apartments. Although there Is much to be teen to-da- a one-hors- e . .1 1 seeds would grow. In commerce, for the convenience of carrying, the seeds, which are the only part valuable for export rc taken from the pods and dried thoroughly before shipping. As the plant which hears the tonka beans Is a forest tree running up to an average height of 60 feet It is probable that the beans would not be produced until the plants had attained considerable age. it Is stated that when tonka bean plants are once started that they are easily propagated from ripened cuttings planted In sand. They must be kept In moist boat and covered with a band glass. heart-brok-a- Hen-rierso- n Keeping Butter Sweet. Do you know of anything will keep butter from going r' L, II. that strong? The safest and best butter preserve tlves are cleanliness and low temperature. The former should be exercised In the keeping of the cows, milking, straining, separating, ripening of the cream, churning, etc. The milk when drawn from the cows whose udders have been washed or brushed, should he allowed to (liter through sterilized cotton batting Into cleansed and scalded pulls. It Should then be separated with a thoroughly clouused machine and the cream pasteurised and ripened with a ferment or starter of good Quality. The butter should ho washed with brine and salted at the rate ,.f one imnee to the pound, and then placed In clean paohnKca. In a tem. peraturo at or below the freezing point, where It should keep sweet for an almost Indefinite period. OFPOrEIiTY. f f A STUDY IN VALUES iHmm J J Basement into a double stall if desired. The cow stable holds thirty bead of cattle and provides three rowa of stalls all double except two, the west row la fpr young stock as the stalls are shorter than the others, and there is one box tall for cattle. There are three pig pens with thirty-eight feet of trough capable of feedhogs. The root house ing twenty-eigh- t is 18 by 30 feet and will hold between sixteen and seventeen hundred bushels of roots. I understand by your letter that you have a stone basement 20 by 24 feet under part of your shed next the barn. Could this not have a. roof put on It and made Into a pig pen? There could be a door from it leading to the basement of the barn; this would remove the pigs from the other stock which you would find an improvement You could then have the root house where the pig pen is shown on the plan, and the space marked for the root bouse .used aa a drive house, as It is next your horso stable and would be con venlent to hitch and unhitch, without being exposed to the weather. The great majority of farmers whom I have built barns for have their implement 8hed3 in separate buildings, away from the barns, so that in the case of fire they are not destroyed which I think Is a good plan. I may say that the windows in the passage behind the two rowa of cattle and fn the feed alley In front of the horses are framed in the door Jambs in order to bring the windows nearer the passage to let In more llghL GOOD POINTS giant. V Floor Plan of 60x60 Feet Barn. A, Root house; 11, box stalls; C, horse the world. All tha: twaddi av' heart strings and blighted lives the rest of that stuff doesnt when it comes to a matter of k'ltv In the original building by Queen Victoria as a memorial to her husband. This chapel is elaborately decorated with colored marbles, mosaics, sculpture, stained glass and gilding, and la In Itself beautiful, although It must be confessed that its elaborate decoration is quitu out of harmony with the rest of the building. The walls of Albert Chapel are decorated with pictures of scriptural subjects inlaid with colored marbles. The floor Is of colored marbles, and the coiling is of Venetian enamel moslacs. Near the west door Is a marble sarcophagus n recumbent figure in marble of the Duke of Albany. The sarcophagus of the Duke of Clarence, the eldest son of King Edward, is also In Albert Chapel. St. George's Cnapel Is surrounded by a most attractive group of buildings. the Facing the main entrance to church are the famous "Horseshoe Cloisters, built by Edward IV., in the OLD WINDSOR CASTLE I Teoopsr of the Horse Guards I. Dress and Undress Uniform. Henry I. It was completed by Henry nt Windsor, (hero Is still mom VIII ns a rlmpi'l for the knight. i.f t.inv not be seen, More than ha the On!-of the Garter. The interior the great castle Is given over to Is richly adorned In n t'e apartments of the royal perpep'lloiilar style, mol the roof Is fan sluped aiol il). T'-part of the castle la vaulted. The choir stall t nro richly Mo'ind the upper ward and the carved with the conti of arms nod I' It rot admit ie even Inshln liar tiers of the kniul.N of the euort jnrd, A red coated guard At the rear oi Si. Georges Chapel a !" irskln hat Is stationed at Is Albert Chap I, which wns a ided to entrance, i - hu.-lne- ts |