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Show THE GRANT8VILLE NEWS, GRANTSVILLE, BRICK FACE BE BEAUTY AND YALUE Saved by Presence of Mind and a Clothesline Type of Construction Means Low Upkeep, Small Fire Risk, Permanence i With flames leaping from a tenement house window In which hanging 00 feet above a courtyard, Samuel Friedman made his wajr to safety by pulling himself lmnd over hand along a clothesline to another tenement. Friedman, who Is thirty-on-e years old, and a shoe salesman, was trapped in his room at the top of a five-stotenement house at 1TS7 Madison avenue. More than one hundred tenants in the place were awakened by the clanging of'street car gongs when conductors and motormen discovered the fire. Most of the occupants managed to leave their rooms by way of the rear fire escape. Friedman prepared to leave, but thought that his sister Lillian had been trapped in her bedroom. lie ran back Into the smoke-fille- d flat and continued his search until he was cut off from the fire escape. His sister already had reached the street He was hanging In the window GO feet above the court when Louis Markowlts In an opposite tenement saw his plight and threw a lung clothesline to him. With the rope doubled, the two men made It fast between the buildings. Friedman let himself out on the ledge, with the flames licking the window casing above him. He dangled full length for a moment ami then made his way slowly,- - hand over hand, to the other building, while hundreds below YORK. NEW was ry cheered. Ten companies answered the fire alarm and Dog Saved Its Mistress soOn extinguished the blaze. Miserable From Death ONT. After watching for two days the spot in Duck lake where OTTAWA, was drowned, Mrs. Patrick Bruyere of River Desert, Quebec, was saved from starvation by the sagacity of ler dog, which swam from the rock In a lonely part of the lake where the woman was marooned with an appeal for help. With her husband, Mrs. Bruyere went on a fishing trip three days ago. They landed on a rock Island some distance from shore. A small squall set the canoe adrift and Bruyere, who could not 'swim, tied a line about his body and waded Into the lake after the canoe. Getting to the end of the line and within a few feet of the drifting boat, he called to Ids wife to let go of the line. As he did so Bruyere stepped into a hole and sank. Mrs. Bruyere was unable to help him. On the lonely Island her calls for help were unanswered for two days. Then the Bruyere's dog swam from the mainland. The woman found pencil and paper In her husband's coat, which he bad taken off before he went after the canoe, and wrote an appeal for help which she tied to the dogs collar and told the animal to return to the mainland. The dog carried the message to a neighbor, who organized a searching party, and rescued Mrs. Bruyere,' who was in a serious condition from exposure and lack of food. The body of her husband was recovered. Bad Man Will BUILDING COST NOT TOO HIGH Modern Methods Make Possible Use of This Material by the Persona. Whose Funds Must Be Spent Carefully. Mr. William A. Radford wilt answer qutattons and give advice FRKR OF COST ob all auhjecta pertaining to tha auhject of building, for tha readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he la without doubt, the highest authority on all theae subjects. Address all Inquiries V William A. Radford, No. 1MT Prairie avenue, Chicago, III., and only enoloso two-castamp for reply. nt By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. The beauty of face brick house construction is recognized by everyone as an accepted quality. Likewise, experience has proved that face brick construction stands for low upkeep cost, reduced fire risk from exterior sources, reduced insurance rate, ready sale value and permanence. A building materia! which possesses these qualities has, naturally, a strong appeal to the prospective home builder. The question of cost,' in the average case, is of the utmost importance. In the earlier methods of using face brick, this type of construction became associated with the class of high-coThe man buildings. who wanted to build a little cottage could hardly consider brick as a possible material for the construction of the walls. If he built a brick fireplace in his cottage and st -- live-roo- m UTAH, often cause their owners to feel that they have hardly obtained their moneys worth. The reason is either because of wasted time or wasted materials. The small cottage which is really designed for economy in order e materials may be used, (bat must have every detail so worked out that when a board is sawed io obtain a piece for one particular place In the structure, there will also be place for what remains of that board. All structures are designed with the idea constantly in mind that wherever wood is used it must be taken from pieces in lengths carried in the stocks of averThis fact has a age lumber yards. critical bearing on the success of the small cottage design. Considerable material may sometimes be saved by adjusting the arrangement of rooms, but the economy idea, must not be allowed to dominate to the. extent that the comfort or convenience of tbe home Is impaired. Tbe waste of time In building is related, In some ways, to tbe waste of materials. Let ud suppose that the plans of a small cottage do not Include a sheet of details, which are drawings made by the designer to show the builder how certain of the parts of the structure, about which there might be some question, are. to be built It is then up to the builder how these parts shall be built and in case he is not acqnalnted with the ideas of the designer, there is a possibility that the method which he decides to use will result in both a waste of materials and time. It is Important that anyone who expects to build a house of this kind be certain that the plans include a detail showing exactly how the foundation, walls, roof and all other parts of the building are to be constructed and also a detail of exterior trim. This Is especially Important when the plans are prepared by someone other than the builder who does the construction work. It prevents mistakes, and mistakes always represent loss and dissatisfaction. The importance of high quality construction in small houses cannot be overestimated. Original cost sometimes acts like the balm that deadens pain only to increase the discomfort after its soothing effect has been spent high-grad- for mmI eatanht throat and sora eyas. yjimjTcgss5:. bjzjslz Small Sizes of CoaL It is beyond question that the tonnage of anthracite shipments recorded during the last t two months has been largely made up of the junior sizes. Tills portion of the fuel output is assuming a much larger share in the supplying of what may now rightly be tinned the domestic trade. Under modern methods the use of the smaller coals is of much importance in the heating arrangements of the habitations of a large portion of the city populace quite as much as the use of the sizes scheduled as domestic coal. It is fortunate that means have been availed of to utilize this tonnage to good advantage elsewhere than in manufacturing establishments, but the fact remains that with so large steam sizes an output of the the retail dealer in the small places, dowhere, after all, the mestic trade now hns Its stronghold, is not able to count on the tonnage for his requirements s which the tonnage statements of output would seem to Imply. Goal Trade Journal. Intelligent Alarm Clock. An alarm clock awakened a lady in Philadelphia just in time to allow her to escape from a burning building. She had set the clock as usual at five oclock, but that morning it failed to ring. During the afternoon she lay down for a nap on th divan. At five oclock tbe alarm clock started its racket twelve hours late.. She awoke to find tbe bouse full of smoke and flames creeping up the stairway. She was aroused just in time to escape to the street. That clock has been my I never pal for years, said she. knew It to miss its regular morning aiarin before. It must have known something. j disposi- remarked the man whose head resembles a billiard ball. Of coarse, yon havent" But every time I see a fellow With a few wisps of hair laid out to the best advanatge on top of his cranium, I cant help wishing something .would happen to it ' Exposed to Weather. Harold Hollownut Youre coughing awfully. Percy Pinfeather Yes, dash it! My man tlod me smart dressers weren't wyeaiing tiepins any more, so I left The appearance and arrangement of mine off and caught a dreadful cold the house shown In the accompanying In my chest photograph and floor plan may be used as an example of careful design of the Natural Result small cottage. While' the building Is Banks looks all gone to pieces. No wonder. exceedingly simple In every way, its apHes broke. Baltipearance la pleasing even more than more American. is suggested by the photograph. The real appearance value of the house Is Swift feet get a man out of lots of realized only when the graded, soft trouble that hla tongue gets him into. colors of the face brick walls are seen, d harmonizing with the shingle surface under the porch gable and contrasting with the pure white of the porch copings and the trim. A house of this kind should be unobtrusive ; striking colors should be avoided ; the soft, warm colors tend to remove the appearance of cheapness which Is all too easily evident Many people seem able in a small house decorated in excesto drink coff eefor a time sive brilliancy. In selecting the face without apparent harm, hut brick, a rather when health disturbance, type would be appropriate, the white trim being relied upon to brighten the even though alight, follows Mortar of a building sufficiently. coffee's use, it is wise to harmonizing, dark color Is preferable. It will be noticed that there are two investigate. kinds of walls shown on the plan. This convention is used to indicate that the Thousands of homes, house Is built as a brick veneered where coffee was found to structure. The brick are indicated by d tbe solid black and the disagree, have changed die walls are of wood. The brick veneer Is family table drink to tied to the wood stnds or sheathing with galvanized Iron wall ties or cut nails every four or five courses. The plan furnishes an Interesting study in that every inch of the Inclosed space is used economically and the arrangement is made with a view to minimizing the labor of housekeeping. The living room and dining room, placed in the L arrangement shown, form a commendable feature in that,-witthe large cased opening between them, they are practically one room With improved health, and yet the privacy of the dining room and it usually follow is secured. Bedrooms arranged with the change made becomes the bath between cannot be Improved upon in the matter of convenience. a permanent one. It pays The kitchen with its handy pantry can to prepare for the health be relied upon to please the housewife. of tomorrow. There is a basement under the main part of the house. ' T dark-staine- Preparing for Tomorrow- broad-shoulder- dark-tone- Fire Chief Covers Himself With Glory Within 24 hours after he arrived on the scene, former MONROE, Chief William Guerin of the New York fire department extinfire in the history of the world. It took Chief guished the largest d, soft-textu- re cross-hatche- gas-we- ll Guerin five minutes to put out the flames which had baffled experts of three states summoned to assist in controlling the tremendous blaze. The well Is near this city, and is wned by the Ouachita. Natural Gas and Oil company. The flow was cubic feet a day under a head pressure of 1,500 pounds a square inch. Chief Guerin tells how he did it "The fire had been burning since 10:15 o'clock on the evening of June It was exKVVsaid Chief Guerin. tinguished at 10 :15 o'clock on the morning of June 23, after it had been burning for five and a half days. In that time 242,000,000 cubic feet of gas had been burned, the loss being conservatively estimated at $4,500,000. After looking over the situation I decided that the problem was exactly the same as one tfiat I had faced while in the '.'New York fire department The only difference was one of degree. Two hose lines working under high pressure were led up to the well as close as possible and the water turned on. After cooling the ground and what remained of the pipe the two lines of host opposed to each other, were gradually raised. Meeting as they did in tbf Wolnmn of gas, as soon as the stream reached the base of the flame the water was turned into steam which formed a curtain shutting off the gas from the blaze uhove in such way that the fire was extinguished almost magically,') by LydiaE. Med. Cat for tan yonn. tion, all-arou- LA. vHmoshnsU Mild Malevolence. lilgh-pow- er New York pdiie I hope I hnvent a mean Horton-Whltme- r, el IYCiENE DiiiJFOR PgJgDNAL 1 MD. George E. Bond, chief of police of CUMBERLAND, up at the point of a Winchester rifle by Willis Long in the county road neftr the home of the officer, and was compelled to dance at Longs bidding. Long, who is looked upon as a bad man, had been arrested several times and fined. He wanted to get even, and was waiting behind a tree for the chief, knowing he would happen along and likely would be unarmed, as he had gone out into a field behind his cow barn to set out beet plants. Long drew his Winchester and ordered the chief to throw up his hands. Bond tried to joke with Long, but finding that he was in earnest, stepped out into the road and began hopping around. To get Long careless and off his guard he began singing, Possum Up a Gum Stump, Cooney in a Hollow. This seemed to amuse Long, and watching his chance, Chief Bond made a quick spring and struck Long a hard blow on the neck, just below the cor, with his fist. This sent him sprawling, and Bond .then kicked him In the face, making him unconscious. He ripped Longs shirt into strips and bound him hand and foot A wagon came along and with the assistance of the driver Long was roughly tossed in man and and hauled to jail. Long is a large, weighs over 200 pounds, lie is addicted to reading wild west and cowboy stories, and has at his home a full cowboy suit hat boots and spurs, a $G0 rifle and two large cowboy saddle, bridle and lasso, a blue-sterevolvers. He creates the Impression that he Is an bad man. Newspaper men frho interviewed Long in his temporary home in the county Jull came away with the idea that he was somewhat sorry for having played the fool with a man who knew the game. d, ANTISEPTICIPOWDER . Pay for His Fun With Sheriff raw-bone- Every Woman Want extended the chimney above, the roof with pressed brick, this constituted the e brick entire quantity of which he would care to use. Modern methods of manufacture, distribution and construction, however, make it possible for anyone who so desires to build a small cottage of this sort with face brick exterior walls at a cost no higher than that of any other e construction. In type of order to realize the maximum economy which is necessary in order that face brick may be used at low cost, the building must be designed in such a manner that there is no waste which might be included In the amount at loted to the purchase of materials. 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