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Show IB A PRETTY HOME. ; AND. CAN BE BUILT FOR THREE 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS. Wise to Allow the Contractor , to Make the Drawing: land Specifications Some Good' Advice to Owners. II Is Not Always ; (Copyright, 195.) FOR CONTRACT an Important build- t ing is never, made without drawings (working plans and detail sheets) showing Svhat the form and details of the proposed buildings shall be, and without specifications describing how the work shall be done and the quality o the materials to be used, For a house of low or moderate cost, however, which should have equally careful attention, th t owner is too often content wlfth imperfect drawings and specifications. Sometimes he simply contracts for a duplicate of, some other house, not knowing that th contractor can duplicate the appearance without duplicating (he value. .Sometimes he allows the contractor to make 'the drawings add specifications, which is far from being the part of wisdom The contractor is always apprehen- j j j I, 4 1 , walls: Foundations, stone and brick; first story, clapboards; second story, Heights of gables and roof, 6shingles. 9 inches; first feet stories: Cellar, 9 feet 4 Inches; second sto,ry, 9 story I feet. Interior finish: Plaster walls and soft wood finish, throughout. Accommodations: The principal rooms and their sizes, closets, pantries, bath, fireplaces, sliding doors, etc., are shown is by the plans given herewith. ThereThe a cellar under the hall and parlor. attic fs floored and there is space for three good rooms, hut the cost of finishing them is, not Included in the estimate. Special features: A striking and an attractive exterior, without display or pretense; ample and somewhat 'elegant interior, accommodating a large family. The cost: A fair but low contract price, built as shown by the plans, including full plumbing for hot and cold water, $3,500. To contract at $3,000 it Is necessary to make the following changes: Omit the second story of the rear extension with the bedroom plumbing and back stairs, which saves $300; omit the side veranda, which saves $80; use ordinary hinged .doors in place of sliding doors, which saves $15; omit mantel, fireplace and hearth which saves tiles In the dining-roo$100. These changes will not detract from the exterior appearance. Finishing three rooms in the attic will add $120 to the cost. A hardwood staircase, handsomely finished, would add $100 to the cost. m, WALSH. PEG-LE- G i Walsh," as he is.called, was born in Belfast, Ireland, 90 years ago, and has lived at Piermont, N. Y., since he was 21. He has never been married and has never done anything but teach school. Fifteen years ago, being then over 60 years of age, he called on the village carpenter and requested that functionary to measure him for a coffin. The coffin was to be made of pine stained walnut and to have four plafea black handles for the convenience Of the pallbearers. When Walsh had tried it on, and found it to fit, he had it gorgeously lined with plush by the friendly hands of the wife of the village grocer, for all Piermont humThe ored andhumors Old Walsh. coffin has for the past twelve years stood upon two chairs in one of the two rooms which comprise his domicile. Reared against another stout chair is a white marble tombstone, and near the gravestone and coffin isa tin box containing a canister of snuff and nine pounds of wax candles 1,000 ready for the wake. There-arinhabitants and. sixteen saloons in Piermont, and when Mr. Walsh goes home feeling particularly tired or sad he sometimes foregoes the pleasure of a nightshirt and bed and lies down fully dressed in the coffin. No matter how tired he may be, however, and no matter how late the hour of his retreat to his humble cot, he never goes to sleep without reading half an hour from some of his old schoolbooks, which, toa cup, saucer, plate, sugar with gether bowl, teapot, spoon, knife and fork, comprise his household effects. By a strange oversight when Walsh ordered his gravestone inscribed he had cut upon It his age at that time 60 so that the inscription says that he died at the age of 60, whereas he is now nearly 9G years of age. Peg-le- g V i t i FRONT ELEVATION, give, with good reason, that the profit on paper which seems to be satisfactory may disappear in labor troubles, delays, mistakes, advance of materials, etc. Occasionally he will ostentatiously show the owner' a bit of detail of better quality than the contract calls for as proof that he is building him a good house, butall the jsame he will perform the jwork just as cheaply as the specinot to be fications allow, and he blamed for it either, although for every dollar he saves by reason of incomplete drawings and defective specifications Uie lowner may be deprived of $10 of Value. Example: If the specifications fib not require the sheathing of the one-pou- nd e good-matur- ed well-thumb- ed Success of Weather Forecasts. The report of the Meteorological Council for 1893-9just Issued, claims for the forecast department an average success of fully 82 per cent on the predictions which are sent out each day at 8:30 p. m. Total failure occurred in only 5 per cent of the forecasts and partial failure in 11 per cent. attended Complete success 60 per- cent of the prophecies, nearly FIRST FLOOR. and in 25 per cent more there was a structure, why stfould the contractor partial success, amounting to corspend $40 for sheathing boards and rectness in more than one-ha- lf of the labor,1 even admitting that the increased areas covered the forecast. by strength and warmth of the building may be worth $400 to the owner? The " sheathing is all covered up anyway. Betting Killed lft Pennsylvania. Horse racing in Pennsylvania has Dr, if the specifications do not call for the sheathing boards to be laid close been killed by' a bill that passed the together, why should not the contractor legislature forbidding the sale of pools save $5 worth of boards by following or betting of any sort In the state. It the custom of leaving wide cracks? Or, is especially directed to break up the s. If the quality of the sheathing paper, While hitting at the poolla not stated, why should he not put rooms it has wiped out all betting. on the cheapest,1 saving $5 perhaps, though dampness will soon make it , Population of the Sea, worthless for the purpose Intended.! If sea The no has inhabit-herbivorous the specifications do not call for a double - first floor, which is essential to ant. Its population live on each other. health and comfort, why, should the FOLLY AS IT FLIES. contractor supply it, although the ex- A ballet dancer depends for success more upon her agility than A man arrested and locked up for being full can always be balled out. Galveston News. Men of might are often those who might have made a success In life, but didnt. Syracuse Post. If we were a young man we wouldnt fall in love with a girl who loves a dog. 4, , 'I j - i -- pool-room- ? t - , Recom mend That Tacant Citj Lots Every where B Turned Into Profitable Potato Patches. Many Farm In th Big Cities ETROITS MAY-o- r, unemployed by training them to raise potatoes on unused municipal land, has written some suggestions about his interest ing experiment for the benefit of other cities. Pingree writes as follows: The plan will be tried at Detroit this year on a more elaborate scale, as the commission will have $5,000 to work with, that amount having been appropriated by the common council, and they authorized me to appoint a commission to serve without pay, which I have done. That commission is composed of the best citizens, those who have time to spare fpr the work. The commission is appointed to remove the objection of its being purely a poor commission object or charitable work We shall use the rolls of the poor commission, however, to get the names of The land has not been all subscribed yet, hut as soon as it is the street sweepings will be hauled to the different lots and used for top dressing, and in the future we will store these sweepings in the winter on the lots of land in different parts of the city which are to he used by the agricultural commission the following season. The willingness of the poor to take advantage of ne offer and help themselves in every way they can is shown by the large number of applicants who h&ve already asked 7 for land. J The returns this year should be more than double those of last season from, the fact that the land can be plowed earlier and those who had their first experience last year will profit by it, and we will have a more perfect system of supervision. I have obtained from the agricultural board of the state the authority for the statement that planting even as late as the middle of June is often attended with better results than planting done in May. I would recommend to cities intending to try the plan that the educational part of It is .really worth more than the thousands of dollars of benefit received In the crops. Every one will concede that we have drifted from natures own way of getting a livelihood. The idea of the many in rushing to the cities and trying to get a living by their wits is not natures way, and this agricultural plan will be, I believe, a step in the right direction. I would advise the hiring of a fevpaid men, practical farmers, for a short time during the planting season, and this is all the help that need be hired. These men should be very practical and men whose hearts are In the work. From the results of this plan I am satisfied that in the future large cities will do well to set apart certain sections of land for permanent use in this direction. This will become more and more apparent as the large cities become more and more populous, and no man can do a more philanthropic act than to donate land for such use. I would even favor municipalities purchasing for this purpose. These agriculturally cultivated parks will, I believe, be found as beneficial in results as the purely plasure parks, and will be as useful for the prosperity of a citys Inhabitants; and by this I do not mean to advocate at all the giving up or lessening of the number of our breathing spots, the parks devoted to pleasure and recreation. 'As the. battle of life grows sharper and more hitter and the cities increase in age and size, the needs of such useful agricultural parks will become more and more evident. There will be no trouble in finding those both competent and willing to act as teachers and to serve on the commission, and it will be of inestimable benefit, from a standpoint of mere utilitarianism, from the fact that it uses the street refuse, which is now wasted. to--citi- es, i o i j ad-dres- s. tra I SECOND FLOOR. cost is only $3 per square (10 feet by 10 ffeet)? In the flues, in the plumbing and in a hundred other things the contractor may save a little by reason of imperfect drawings and specifications at the expense of a good deal to the owner. Below will be found a brief description of the design oillustrated in this article. Size of structure: Width (front) over all 4 feet G inches: depth, over all, 42 feet ".0 inches. Materials for exterior - w ( BLACKSNAKE IN HIS POCKET. Terrible Experience of Charles Miller oi Tarry town, N. Y. Charles Miller of Tarrytown, a trackman on the Hudson River railroad, bad a thrilling experience with a blank-snakSunday and is still suffering from the shock he received. During the noon hour Miller and a companion sat down beside the railroad to eat Legle - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. FRANK WHITEHEAD r, Bfo Isi Professor f CIO Will give lesM-nm (Mano, Organ, tlolir and teach Lflr,1a it lowest prices Ito., reasonable terms. ' For further particulars, address s Ho for Detroit, Fish Springs, Gold Hill 1 FRANK WHITEHEAD, and Ibapahl HINCKLEY. The Oasis and Fish Springs stage leaves and Ibapah at 8 a. m., each Monday and Thursday, and arrives at terminal points within 62 hours. $3.00 Oasis to Detroit, , n ryJ2l', & asls 41 Fish Spr'ngs, Gold Hill and Ipabah, 5.00 7.50 one-ha-lf fares. - Gardner, WATCHMAKER, NEPHI, UTAH. Watches and jewelry promptly paired. - 11 J- n-n- n n 1 V)7 - tifu re- Mall orders solicited. VUZ PATENT? 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WILLIAMS, - - fi.YSON, MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER OF Harness, Saddlery; Buggy Whips, Nose; Bpgs, Collar Pads,1 Hardware, Leather, eto, Fine Buggy Harness , Wholesale a Specialty. and Be tail. Our goods have been extensively used in Deseret and vicinity, and hav " given the best satisfaction. Mail orders will receive prompt attention. T ELECTRIC fdALL DELLV HEATED BY STEAM. : i e their dinner. When Miller had finished his meal he fell asleep. He was aroused by a commotion in his trousers pocket and was horrified to behold the tail of a snake as the animal disappeared into the cavity. He wort loosely fitting trousers, the po?ket ol which was torn. Instantly he felt the cold serpent coiling about his leg. He screamed and attempted to free himself from the snake by kicking vigorously, but the snake only clung the tighter and at intervals squirmed and Millers companion wriggled a,bout. ran to his assistance and by gentle manipulation succeeded in removing the reptile, which proved to be a black-snak- e three feet and six inches in length. It was killed by the trackman. Miller was so terribly frightened he could not move for hours. c F L. HOLBROOK, Prop. t f i Headquarters for Sheep, Cattle &Wimng Mea Atl tior lur tire Why Folks Shake Hands. When the iron glove might mean mischief it was a sign of peace to uncover the hand in greeting. That is how the custom, which is so fast falling into neglect, of taking off the glove to shake hands arose, and that is why gloves have always to be removed on presentation to the queen at court. But though the glove was removed, there was still. In the rough old days, some fear of treachery, and that is why we shake hands at all, for when men met they surrendered to the grasp of the T por fas , tra Bu Dd 1 eln Ma dei kV( o other the right and weapon-wieldin- g hand. Had it been possible for President Carnot, says Sir Herbert Maxwell, to insist on mutual surrender of right hands, the attack upon him would assuredly have miscarried. SPARKS. Jones Heres that umbrella !l tai: fUI the C01 cor evi a 1 mi Pie un fiit bo tnc 3f bor- rowed from you yesterday. Brown-Gr- eat Scott! Whats the matter with ' fr,! . fie Newer Than the Hypnotism Plea. Bookkeeper I see by the paper that our of customer, Soudkins, is married. Charles McCarthy at The trial Tailor Indeed! I shall be Fashionable Leavenworth, who confessed to stealto lose him, ing and swallowing Samuel Ushers sorry club was dreadfully inThe Harold $500 diamond and set up the defense Clarence today. cited Weally Harthat he was made temporarily insane old Yes, an old lady wished to know by taking the gold cure for drunken- If it was an Intelligence office. ' ness, ended In a hung jury. The eviNew Woman I should like to The dence of the physicians that the gold look at some neckties. New Assistant cure was dangerous seems to have had The necktie department is further back. . toilet department. I can the big effect on the jury, as eight This Is the some show mustache you ihvigorators, stood for acquittal and four for Pc th, tik At bli va 1 th . though. ts. man appeared In Kansas announcing that he was king of kings, and lord of lords. He must be one of those fellows who has solved the monetary question. Minneapolis Journal. Theres one thing to be said In favor of the pugilists that go on the stage, said Mrs. Meekton. You never hear them quarreling and bickering like tenors and leading men.' No, replied her husband, nothing seems to go as we expect it. The actors all want to fight and wont act, and the fighters all want to act and wont fight. Washington Star. A y 5 4 v ( Like the June bugs, which skim buzz-inglover the flower beds, says th the velox communis flies Figaro, along the surface of our streets witt disquieting rapidity, frequently grazing in its course the careless pedestriar who loves to cross crowded thoroughfares while reading his newspaper. Ol all the animals of the Parisian fauns it is by far the most prolific and multiplies with startling rapidity. The male of a grayish-yellocolor, is generallj The female, on the othei homely. hand, offers in the harmonious and opulent beauty of her outlines a veritable treat for our charmed eyes. She is tamed without difficulty. The numbei of velocipedistes has so augmented during the last few years that it has become a public danger. The Academy ol Medicine is justly alarmed at the progress of cyclomania, as is called this circular madness, which was studied foi the first time by the celebrated Esqui-roul- , who himself at last fell a victim to the same terrible malady. It is dangerous to get in the way oi the velox communis, this animal not being accustomed to diverge from the straight line, which it follows Imperturbably. The frequency with which 11 runs down and maims whatever happens to be in its path is too well known to be dwelt on here. Sometimes the rcyclist migrator travels in troupes and even in single file, like the wild duck. The augurs of antiquity a verse of Ovid seems to prove it, at least would have drawn good or bad omens, according as they perceiyed the flight of the veloces in odd or even numbers. 5tP s . Atchison Globe. The most profitable business In this The Great Odd Fellows Temple. world is getting other people to work The great Odd Fellows Temple in for you. New York Record. which cost $950,000, was The onion and. the baseball pitcher Philadelphia, recently dedicated with imposing cereare paying strict attention to their monies. This monument to odd fellowCleveland Plain Dealer. ship is nine stories high. It Is situated When a man goes out between the on Broad street. Offices for the grand ofacts the breath of suspicion usually takes the form of a clove. Philadelphia ficers of the state are on the ground Record. floor, also an auditorium 98 feet by 65 up-shoo- Attorney at - IAS LAND and; 'MINING Law. Rooms snd Clock, - Collections Frcmplly All Bid ti: The Scientific Name of the Craze foi Wheeling in France. Le Yelocipediste, or Running CyOffice, First Nation! bank C14g. clist (Velox Communis et Migrator, UTAH Family of Coleoptera), is the title ol PROTO, it? ? i SAMUEL A. KING, CYCLOMANIA. H. S. Pingree, Parii the an amusing little essay in thedivisior who Started In which that familiar ingenious scheme to Figaro, is disof human the utilize the labor of cussed from a family, the cyclistof view naturalists point men the needy. An Eccentrie Character Has His Tombstone and Coffin Already Made. f Springfield was asked to participate Ir the deuication early last summer and has lately been permitted to extend th to all Patriarchs Militant ir MAYOR PINGREE TELLS OF HIS Invitation the eastern states, which - will insur? INGENIOUS SCHEME. an immense attendance. TALKS OF POTATOES. C G. ft'. PARKS, feet and 40 feet high, with a seating capacity of 1,200. Directly beneath is a drill hall of the same size, except in height.- - On the second, third, fourth and fifth floors are 105 offices for rent. The remaining stories will be devoted entirely to the order. Four lodge rooms are upon each floor. Onj the ninth floor there are two encampment-room- s, which contain many new and novel features for conferring degrees. A roof promenade, commanding an excellent view of the city and surrounding country, is provided. Canton f FOR EPICURES ONLY. Shad roe with eggs and parsley makes a most palatable breakfast omelet, long known to gastronomic students. Only the ignorant ever wash strawberries. They should be lightly shaken n a towel as a means of cleaning them. The world is full of people who are disappointed and displeased when there is no Oolong flavor in tea biscuits. Alleged currant jelly one buys at the average grocery shop is a strong suggestion of what, would be considered red nk. We are told that at breakfast it is allowable to eat watercress with the fingers, provided, of course, it is not dressed. Veal when roasted thoroughly brown s most palatable and least harmful. It saves physicians' bills to remember this fact. Vegetarians are seemingly indifferent whether beef goes up or down. As a matter cf fact, however, they never want it o vo down. 3a fir JOSEPH A. LYMAN General Merchandise, -- Has a full line of-- i And is selling down at Panic Prices for Pay Either for Cash or Produce at cost. I d wn. Travelers and Sheepmen will find me supplied with HAY, - GRAIN - AND - STABLING. Highest cash prifce paid for Hides and Pelts. Dont forget JOSEPH A. LYMlN, MILLARD . OAK CITY, COUNTY, : I UTAH- - to ft U n to h 'll t: |