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Show - PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTING SELF-SUPPORTI- ROOF NG illustrations and Detailed Instructions for the Erection of Barn, Well Adapted to Needs of Farmer. jiy jionznT APIBS BEmST JLWSTSAVOm W HAY mTCHS mr a. cftttue Co. (tyAtcr , SYNOPSIS tune, I guess well be ready for callers Tb tory opens litprrek of (tonevlov tttruhirrA on f (0 Wm-a- a n ht-- i an anil Tom Hltik. Krin1irnan, a lrirtKiii Amrri u ri, were pasaens' r uninluh-Elnl Th tlirw were to upon an island and wore tin only onoe notr Arowned Blake reoovortd from a lilake, atiunnod on the inml. of hU roujilinoea Itotaino a l.oro preserver of !la b Ipiorg pair Tbs tmclmbman was nulri for the hand of lias tawite Blake started to mum hoik what we lift the ehlp to Jake te.urnsd safely Wtntlnope wiiid last mati h on a fdaretn, for ahiih was konred by Blake Their met meal ilrarl (Inti The trio started lm sailer bike for loaht r Ui nd. Tint at Hlak nu nitip lh d tothem Leslie on an ount of warttearry Ml attlt tin- wtil ti Mow nir-r- - !'-- 1 iliunk-stupo- reocr d CHAPTER 1V. Continued At first hi throat was solry that ft could no more than rmso hU month With the first swallow hut swollen tongue mnrtwt him with the wait, hitter taste of sea surer Tint tide nras. flow tug! He rose, sputrenng and choking and --gasping He stared There was no question that , around. ft was on the hank of a river and would he certain of fresh sutler with O m ebb tide. Hut could he endure the agony of his thirst all hotm hours' Jle thought of hla companions, flood, find' " he groaned, "they're goners, anyway!" He stared dully tip the river at the thousands of waterfowl which lined Us tanka Wtthln close vii w were hprona and black Ibises, geese, pel leans, II a wnlngoes, and a dosen other species of birds of which he did not know the tunnies. Hut, he sat us though In a taper, and did not move even when on of the driftwood logs on a mud-hua- l a few yards opined mm enormous mouth and displayed two .101 of hooked fang. U wim other wlsw when the noontime it illness was broken by a violent splashing and down stream. He fiend snortlngs Janrelabout anil saw six or eight sons trims heads drifting towards aim with the tide. Tmt In Wheel a whole herd of hippos!" ha muttered. .'That's what Urn boles mean," The foremost hippopotamus was Abended directly for him, He glared bead with nt bn'-bHge For all hla stupor he perceived 1 - nr The middle of Its path. His first Impulse to spring up aad yell at the crea- Sir tie wu7 " T accustomed sm j " , How's that? "Show you later. Pat, m 4 by. Now trot out some feed before we move camp " Mis Leslie is still sleeping." "Time, then, to roust her out. Hey, Miss Jenny, turn out! Time to ehew Miss Leslie sat up and gazed around x in bewilderment. Its all right, Miss Genevieve, reassured Wlnthrope. Blake has found a safe place, for the : night, and ha wishes us to eat before we leave here." - - "Save !ugging - the - grub added Blake. Get busy, Pat. As Wlnthrope caught up a nut the girl began to arrange her disordered hair and dress with the deft and graceful movements of a woman thoroughly trained in the art of There was admiration in Blake's deep eyes as he watched her dainty preening. - She was not a beautiful girl at present she could hardly be. termed pretty; yet even In her draggled, muddy dress she retained all the subtle charms of culture which appeal . so strongly to a man. Blake waa His feelings even carried him go far as an attempt at formal pollte-nes- a when they. had finished their meal. "Now, Miss Leslie, he began, its little more than half an hour to sun-- , down; so, if you please. If youre ready, wed best be starting. Is tt far? Not so very. But weve got to chase through the jungle. Are you sure you're quit ready?" Quite, thank you. But how about Mr. Winthropes ankle? I Hell ride as far as cant - Bqueeze through with - him, though. . I shall walk all the way," put in Wlnthrope. No, you won't Climb aboafd," replied Blake, and catching up his club he stooped for Wlnthrope to mount hie hack. As he rose with his burden Z Miss Leslie caught sight of hla coat t . Blake Puahad Out from Among tha Close Thickets. which atlll lay la a roll beside the trunk. palm gat.flo wn pa ...the palm trank beslJe i'How about year cost.MreBlake ' ' , settles the first found- In our favor. him, , Should you not put he asked. T say, Blake," he suggeste&3 ft onr How. do you like the picnic. Miss , feel deuced fagged myself. WbJtj&ot Jenny V No; Im loaded now. Have to ask Miss Leslie, If you please," replied all take a napT you to look after it You may need 'And when they awoke, they w$e it before morning, anyway. If the the girl, with hauteur. , nuta.-xWel- subdued. he-trees. - L By Jove, that sounds like a joke; Blake, genially. "We live In the same Dont rag boarding house now. Why not be troteVk the Englishman. folksy? Youre free to call me Tom. me now. Blake. Pass me another nut, Wlnthrope. "Joke! "repeated "Why, Thanks! By the way, what's your thats Scripture. Pat, Scripture! Anyfront name? Saw ft aboard ship way, youd, think ft no joke to wake up and find yonrself going down' the Cyril"x Cecil," corrected Wlnthrope, In a throat of a hippo." N 1 low tone. "Hippo? Dozens of them over In tlm river. Cecil Lord Cecil, eh? or la It only Shouldnt wonder If they've all landed the Honorable Cecil?" , Andre tracking lire tttjwn brThls be1 Intimated have dear My air, ! time." I fore that, for reasons of er state - But hippopotami are not carnivor . '.Oh. yes;, you're traveling incog., Jn InU Ter;ioof'glrirr the secret service. 'Sort of detect- ous they're mot st all daiigcTousj unHe turned and pushed Into the ive less one wounds them, Out la tbd war thk-ke- t 'ter." Forcing a way through the . Detective! echoed Wlnthrope, la That may be; but I m not taking tangle of thorny shrubs and creepers a peculiar tone. until several yards from the path he Illake grinned. Well, it Is rawther chances. They've got mouths Jlke Began to edge towards the face of the a nawsly business for your honorable sperm whales 1 saw one lake a yawn. t at hla Is Jangle. JLh&t. he. might indshtp. Hut- there's nothing like call- Another jhlngjhat abuou chuck; full fellow dowfl on of alligators, atul vmpaftks ungeen by them names. their ing by things right There was more of the thicket be- er I don't qulle the Rand told me they're like the Centore him than he had thought,, and he lakeRight names tral Ameiican gavlals for keenness to you. 1 have told you distinctly was still fighting his way through It nip a swimmer. Cecil name la Wlnthrope! when he was brought to a stand by a my They will not come out on thi dry ! l' "Ohh! how lovely! fw'iwllar cry that might have been the land." Bet at called you Sissy they bleat of a young lamb: Ba ba!" no won't there'i Suppose they school. English chum of mine told me "What's that?" he croaked, other animals in Aft lea but sheep, .nickare schools corkers for your fie stood listening, and In a moment names. What'll we make It Sis or eh? ' Wl a i ea more we do 1 hf again heard the cry, this time t lr copt aln "Sissy?" siUstinctiyT "Itlak! Hlak" I prefer my patronymic, Mr. Blake," told me that thete are both Honi and There eould be no mistake, it was leopards on this coast " Wlnthrope.! TVinthrope calling for him, and call replied Nice place for them, too, around to with a clearneaa of voice that It "All right, then; well make It Pat, these trees, added Blake "Lucky I choice. this that's your say, Pat, would have been physically Impossible for us, they're night hints mostly Is it stuff the for wetness, but half an hour since. Blake's sunken juice makes a fellow remember his grub If that Rami fellow didn't th , Ho was evt-- s lighted with hope. He Imist a Boer, so I guess he ought to know. on through the last screen of jungle and Whrel I leave that fish?" VTo be sure. It's a nasty fix we're -"Really, can't just say. but it must stacvd towards the palm under whiih Itt for Could we no build I have been wrenched where my his left "he had eompanlon. They ankle" ome kind of a bairkade? not there. "With a penknife! CfuessTwe lTreost 'You cawnt just say! And what Another call frouf V4nthrope In a tree, are we to .eat?" going his gaxe more seaward The "Rut cannot leopards eatfi'j It Here are the cocoantils." two were seated beside a falleu palm, me that I have hud seerns to the head of the to Ixiy', Leslie a had "Bright sand Mb go large round j husk off - How about lions Just take some-mo- re "raised to her lips, -- Winthrop was dies "They cannot. I'm sure of that. those ones to him. empty .waving1 "Then we'll chance the leopards. to locoanuts!" he yelled. Come on! , Wlnthrope caught up one of the mi' s. ami a ilh tile aid of his knife Three of the palms had been 1 don't want to be At a gesture ankle of yours. liv the hutricane, and when snipped ft of Its husk I m gmeg to all you lugging year. Illake came up he found the ground from Blake he 'laid it On the bare strewn with nuts. Ho seized the first giuoml and the A met Iran burst it hunt a likely tree la? came to; hut Wlnthrope held out open wl'h a blow of his heel It was CHAPTER V, He snatched it an immature nut, am! otto already opened meat proved front him and placed the hole to hlsi to be little thicker than dotted (ream rr v noilil make JTTRTrre IhtolbivinnrrTs.'amr t 1.7 . Sever Ibail Champagne j. o ninfiilisi,jiwnpn fasted halt m delirious as that coco,i- - lag Miss IasIic the cleanest. w 1th Ptit milk. Hefoje ho could draijLlhe 1 hough lib mmp&nlmfh-hesa- m V' v of It through the little ojieumg more restraint, they finished their (A had the husks torn Horn share Wrathroj equal gusto. Wlnthrope Ibe nds of two other nuts, and the needed no further orders to return to was far euErenient germinal spots "gouged his husking. One after another the waa , opea wlthils penknife. to feel aayiou cracked aad divided arqong beginning mjujwere " niakr cmptieit the third before Ve the three, tmttl evea BIaks Could not when aTTast Blake pushed "out from wpok. Even then his voice was swallow another mouthful of the among the close thickets. As he apIvoarse and gtratned. r How'd you luscious cream. proached he swung an unshiiviy club trike em? Toward the end Miss Leslie had be- of .green wood, pausing every few 1 couldn't help it, explained come drowsy. At Winthrope's urg- paces to test Its weight and balance Hardly had you. disappeared ing, she now lay down for a nap, on a hush or knob of dirt. who I noticed the top of the fallen Blake's coat serving as a pUlow. She "By Jove! called Wlnthrope; thats palm and thought of the nuts. There fell asleep while Wlnthrope was yet not half bad! You look as if yo could waa one in the grass not 10 feet from arranging ft for her. Blake had bowl over an ox. where w lay. turned his back on her and was staring Blake showed that hewag flattered-Oh- , Lucky for yon aad for me. too, I moodily at the hippopotamus I don't know," he trail ness. said Blake. We were all whs a Wiathrope hobbled around and the thing's blamed unhandy,responded; j0lf the See-sill- See-sea- ( - st-rr- e oh-fo- rt Over-Throw- mil lot -- iimiis Sill The accompanying Illustration show two barns construe ed with self-suporting roofs In FlgY la shown two methods of bracing a small, roof, that would In OHr opinion be suitable for a building of this width, writes J. E. Bridgman in Farmers' Review, Either method may be used with safety. The braces are nailed on both sides of the rafters and as will be seen the sizes of all timbers are given. No rods are necessary. The two braces marked A-as shown in our correspondents plan, may be eliminated, as they would only be in the way. Bolts would do no harm, but would do very little good, as they work loose In a very short time. The joints should be made neat and close fitting and be well nailed. Short pieces should .be placed between the braces, where the space Is over four feet long. As to the thrust of the rafters on p weigh practically eight pounds' per square foot; the snow load would be about 10 pphnds and the wind pressure about 15 pounda in a heavy wind storm. This gives a total weight of 33 pounds per square foot. The raftp erg are 16 feet long, which gives us a load of 528 pounds per running foot to be carried by the plates. of this load, however, will be carried by the upper plate.The main roof timbers would weigh practically 11 The wind pounds per square foot. pressure could be fixed at 18 pounds per foot and the snpw load 10 pounds, which glveB us a total of 39 pouhds per square foot The rafters on ths main roof are 24 feet long, giving ul a total load of 936 pounds. To this h must be added of ths weight of the shed roof, 133 pounds, and we have 1,068 pounds per running foot, that must be carried by the plates of the main barn. Thls. lt.will be understood, is during a storm One-fourt- h one-fourt- X - pe.-j.ou- -- .. Roof. g -- UHt white hunter had recently been killed by these beasts on one of the, South African, lakes Instead of leap ing lap he tank down almost flat and .crawled back around the turn In the path. Once certain that he waa hid- ale from the beasts be ose to hla Asset and hastened back through the Jnugle. He was almost In view ofjhe spot where he had left Wlnthrope and Miss ijeeHerhrir he mtopped anrntoad hesitating, t can't do It," be muttered; "I can't - T America they are bring on malarial fever." liable to 9 Jw Nothing more was said until they had crossed the open space between the palms and the belt of jungle e along the river. At other times and Miss Leslie might have been Interested In the towering screw-palmfestooned to the top with climbers, and huge ferns which Methods of Bracing they-coulsee beneath the mangroves ftj the swampy groTTnd' on thetr left toe plate, several things must he conNow, however, they were far too con- sidered; First, the wind pressure; cerned with the question of how they Second,, the snow load. and last the should penetrate The dense tangle of weight of the timbers themselves. On thorny brush and creepeja .which the shed roof the timbers would rose before them like a green wall. Even Blake hesttated as he released Wtnthrope.and looked at Miss Leslie's TURKEYS RAISED costume. Her white skirt was of Stout duck; but the flimsy material of for rough her' walsV was usage. "Better put the coat on unless you Practical Suggestions want to come out on the other side in Some Good, from One Who for Years full evening dress, he said. There's Made a Success tn no use kicking, but I wish you'd hapBreeding Them. have-oa some sort of jacket pened to when we gotNmtlled." (By MISS M. CHANDLER) Is there no path through the thickAfter successfully raising turkeys et? Inquired WinthropeJ for a number of years I asn able to Only the hippo trail, and ft don't give a few practical and useful bints go our way. Weve got to run our on the subject which cannot fall to be own Hne. Here's a stick for your of great benefit to the new beginner game ankle. or perhaps to the ones who have been took the half green Wlnthrope but poor trying to raise turkeys with - branch which Blake broke from ths success, to assist Miss nearest tree and . Turkeys, as we all know, are conLeslie with the coat. The garment sidered more difficult to raise than are was of such coarse cloth that as Wlnon account of their being chickens, thrope drew the collar close about her more sensitive to the damp and cold a not tbront-Mls- s Leslie could forego and forthls reason many do 6f little grimace tof repugnance., The notspring,to raise them at all. , try Blakes between eyes crease deepened, not If are hatched I find that turkeys exan and the girl hastened to utter Not so before May 1 it is less trouble to care exclamation: planatory -- Mr. please! It for them and they are more apt to Wlnthrope. tight, live. scratches my neck. TO BE CONTINUED.) It pays best to start with a small -- in 9 Win-throp- s, In-th- Roof. d FORiPROFri d n tvp-ne- Crocodiles Along tbs Nile. At the sound of the shot the whole of this hank of the river, over the ex tent of at least a quarter of a mile, sprang Jnto hideous life, and my comhundreds pt crooo panions and 1 saw than three hens and a gobbler.Ttigfit here let me say, be sure to get youf gobbler and heps Of different floefca In you have your own startingj and trade with some one, so that they will not be related to' the hens, period, when the wind has a velocity of 60 miles per hour. amupot.. rsonally JnfaycuLjQii. building sheds or shed roofs in tha construction of new buildings. J her plenty of fresh water and exerclaa and a small ration of good cornmeal wet with milk once each day, When of little turkeyB mre first hatched they are very weakly and ' should not be taken from the nest for at least twelve hours. Warm, waterproof coops should be , provided for them. Large dry goods boxes, such as can be bought for about 25 cents, make excellent coops. Turn them on their side, with blocks under the corner to- - keep them off the -Nall strips of board over ground. every crack. The top of the box forms the front of the coop, Nall lath across the front so close togethenhat the little ones cannot crawl through, and make a little door through which to feed and water them at one end. I feed them on bread and milk for a few days and then give them corn-mewet with sweet milk and a pinch of salt and some clean sand. Dutch cheese is also good for a change. They are very fond of ft and ft aids digestion. Give them plenty of water, but do not leave It where they can tumble into it, as a good wetting is most certain to be the death, of a little turkey, VVhen they are a few day old I. take off a lath from the front Cl the coop and let them run out after the dew Is off. If the nights are chilly or the weather should be damp, cover Aha coop well with a warm blanket The last year I raised al TS . b.r. along the line lashed Into white foam, exactly heavy wgve had broken qulrles In many farm papers as to. the at probable cause of blindness, and ex? perience has taiught me that this Is exaggeration to say the sole cause. It could be nothousand of these sauthat at least a unwise to set .the old turkey is ft rian had been disturbed at a single the first time she gets broody, but. shot Strand Magazine. break her up to lay more eggs set a hen bt two in her place. Labor. Wretched Pay for When a hen is set, never use more liTLonloa summer Tast At a hearing than eight or ten eggs, and even then evidence ou the sweating question, a large hen. select waa brought forward showing that her a warm place tofslt and Give and hooks eyes sewed who gg women the nest well with sulphur to saturate a little an average on cards earned at vermin. Use sulphur on woman away Another keep week. a 76 cenU over hen also, nine the from worked who was Instanced A hen that is to sit for four weeks one morning until the next morning It time. ha wall fed and cared for, piv must tn that cents IS earned and would seem better to die. a al 55 ? there was shade in the afternoon and found that the little turka never left the shade and did not run off into the grass and weed and get lost as they had formerly done. They cannot ex dure the hot- sun,.. ... ,r. - New, Harvester. new harvesting machine has been Introduced tn Nebraska. The harvester is propelled by its own power, and Is followed by a truck carrying gasoline engine which operates the har- vesting mechanism of the machine. This is used mainly in wet fields where the power of the jiarvester is not sufficient to make headway. A |
