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Show V v" ' 1 V JARN MODEL DAIRY UNITED AND STATES NEW AMBASSADOR TO PRETTIEST CHINA. OF New Means ef Diversion Found foe the Frivolous In Londohp Smart Society. HOW TO CONSTRUCT IT Western Farmers Home Dazzle3 with Bevel Plate Glass. To Profitably Conduct Dairy, Farmer Must Take Advantage of Every Labor Saving Device and Arrangement Formerly the farmer first built a mall barn or abed, complete In Itself, and, as the needs required added others In line about the yards. After a time ha would have a colony of barns sheds and pens none of them handy In themselves or convenient to each other and all expensive to keep In good repair. Cboring on farms with such barn equipment would be heavy at all seasonq of the year and necessitate the expenditure of a great amount of extra labor. On all farms, labor Is a very important Item, says a writer In Homestead. -- To profitably conduct a dairy the farmer must take advantage of every practicable labor saving device, machine and arrangement. In the planning of a dairy barn a prime consideration is the matter of convenience. This Is, of course, 'second only to lighting and ventilation. The dairy barn need not be elaborate or expensive, but should be well lighted, well ventilated and convenient. The combination dairy and horse barn now being built by Mr. B. F. Sheridan on the farm near Fond du Lac, Wis., seems to combine these Structure to Outward Appears Only Ordinary Dwelling In Pretty Country Town Once Inside Everything Is Changed. may be. The feed room will be con veniently placed near the silo and handy to the driveway which separates the horse and cow barns. The dairy inspectors are becoming more and more strict In their requirements and the legislatures of several of the corn belt states last winter passed still more stringent laws affecting the production of milk and the manufacture of milk products The Wisconsin law is perfectly plain upon several points and upon none Is It more so than in respect to the use of separators in stables and barns. Following we give the express language was enacted- :of the bill which cream produced by the use of a cream separator placed or stationed in any building ..containing a stable wherein are kept cattle or other animals, unless such cream separator is so separated and shielded by partition from the stable portion of such building as to be free from all foul or nox lous air. or gases which issue or may issue from such place or stable ii declared hereby to be insanitary." Spokane, Wash. Among the strang els houses on record. perhaps. In the United States Is that of Alexander farmStuart of Waltsburg, a er. He has spent the best part of two years In personally supervising the construction of his residence, whieh, one-tim- - - ' ; t .'v I v Ft . ' V ' kjv ' , I v, completed, will be one of the finest examples of Interior finishing in the northwest, resplendent in mosaic floors of oak. mahogany and maple, shining with SO plate glass mirrors, which weigh nearly half a ton. and finglowing with the dark red of fir, ished in imitation of mahogany. To outward appearance the house is an ordinary 2 Mi story residence of the better type on an ordinary street. In nn ordinary but pretty 'country town. The first thing to attract attention Is the yard, which, except for thin strip for roses and a atrip. of lawn some ten feet wide on the other side. Is plastered over with cement. In this cement yard there afe two large circular openings to the soil, which will be utilized by shrubbery, otherwise the exterlof is harsh and when Y' tv' e - gray. Once within, however, the eyes are dazzled with the elegance which, even in the unfinished state, Is everywhere apparent. The doors are of rare parquetry design, with the elegant rug finish.- "- This design runs through room, dining room, hall and parlor, though no two room are floored In the same design. The baseboards, door facings, etc are of surly fir, with the grain brought out clearly In deep red mahogany stain. Fine pressed besdwork adorns all the corners, giving a sense of riotThe walls are tn hard ous richness. white plaster, their simplicity contrasting sharply with the gorgeouaness of the wood finishing. The sliding doors between hall and -dining room are of plate glass panels of the finest grinding and polish, and this scheme baa been carried out In all the important doors both upstairs and down. Between dining room and kitchen the door la merely of plate glass, and transparent. The windows, even in the back kitchen, are of enormously heavy French beveled giasa, to clear that one is hardly conscious Hr-ln- g President Taft has decided to send William J. Calhoun, a lawyer of Chicago, to Peking, to represent this country, Mr. Calhoun takes the place left vacant when Charles R. Crane was ousted. The new minister hat filled several diplomatic posts satisfactorily to this government. . t RICH GOLD MINES Those in Santo Domingo Said to ed (hat this country. In his opinion, was a geological curiosity shop, conRival King Solomons taining scattered samples of nearly Cow Stable Plan. characteristics In good proportion. The barn, as this drawing indicates, will be 831 feet long and 42 feet wide. The dairy barn proper will accommodate 26 head exclusive of the young things enclosed in the calf pens built along the north wall. The cows will be stalled in two g rows facing outward and toward and gutter alleys will be tracked for either litter or feed carriers. The track will lead to the silo and also out of doors to feed-feedin- Like many another progressive dairyman Mr. Sheridan has equipped his barn with a suitable dalryroom which houses a gasoline engine, pump and cream separator, and which we believe answers to the requirements of the dairy law. The dairy room also provides a ready entrance to the barn from the residence. Altogether the plan is a, very excellent one it pro vides 'opportunity for good lighting thorough ventilating and Is particularly convenient ROOT CELLAR FROST-PROO- F very mineral, but none in sufficient quaatlties to be of commercial value. The fact remains that no mining Nearly Every Known Mineral Is to Bo proposition In the Dominican republic Found in Dominican Republic, of late years has proved successful alAccording to Conaula though nothing has been attempted Report. with abundant capital and with modern methods and machinery. nureceived Washington. Having and merous Inquiries regarding mining minerals In the Dominican republic. WORKS 79 YEARS ON A FARM of Puerto Consul Ralph J. Totten 1 Platt has prepared a general outline Employ! Believed to Hold the Record -Of the Information obtainable. on Hampshire, . f ortrtff-ervt- c The most important of the useful England, Estate. f modern mines are gold, silver. Iron ore, copper ore, lignite, salt and Lrtdon. A presentation has been . made to Robert Waterman, foreman Gold Is the only mineral that has on the home farm of the Hursley esbeen worked to an y extent. In the tate (Sir George Cooper's), Hamp-shlrtime of Columbus the Indians paid on his retirement at the age tribute In gold and in the year 1496 of. Tl. the records show the following mines lit served on the Hursley estate or placer workings: La Vega,, the for 12 years, had walked to and from Clbao, the San Cristobal and the Bu- work 32,000 miles and - was always enaventura. A considerable quantity punctual. of gold Is at the present time washed His record has been beaten by Corfrom the sands si the Yaque,,. Verde, nelias Medley, employed by Wilfrid and and their Ashley, M. P onthe Broad lands esBao, Jalna Moa rivers tributaries by the country people with tate, Romsey, where he baa been in the most primitive apparatus. It Is service 79 years. 8!x -- othera have claimed that women often obtain two beef on the estate Tor 83, 52, 50, 47 or three ounces of gold per week In and 44 years, while three others have this mannbr. Lodes and records extending over 42, 43 and 41 quartz are mentioned in some of the yearn. old reports., but no Record can be w rnmmmmmm infyyunnrLTVVVTJ-Lr.found of aoy attempt to work these uiines cif i Uflcally. in lacl. none of the mining men' now lnlhls couhtry claim to have located quarts veins , that wpuid jay for the working 17 i e are no doubt some gold de; Story Like That of the Prodigal 8on Is Revealed by Chance in New osits, cot o'jly in the river beds, but also on the hills, that have never been Jersey City, j worked, and there la probably considfrenton, N. J. Capl Edward A. erable gold remaining in the old workings that could be saved by modern Wtldt of the medical corps has been The condl reunited with blr family here after machinery and dredges. tlons for working are good, there be- an absence of 20 years, and the meeting with his mother In a ing abundant water and sufficient fail in Trenton for drainage in most parts of the gold prominent thoroughfare country. A great drawback is the ex- reveals a story like that of the proditreme difficulty encountered In get- gal son of old. it was fallowed by a with hia childhood aweeb ting machinery to the Interior, on account of the entire lack of wagon heart, the culmination of which will be marriage. roads. Mre. Charles P. Waldt, the mother, This office has record of four com and bliss Alma L. Alexander, the or Individuals now In this panles bride-to-bare to- - day the happiest country. In the central or northern women In Trenton, according to the In for portions, engaged prospecting minerals or In developing prospects steries. tthen only 13 years old Waldt ran previously located. One company Is from home. Before leaving e away and Installing machinery dredges for thorough exploitation of confided to his playmate that he Its property. It. has been compelled would return some day and marry her. to transport all machinery, tools and A( that time Mrs. Waldt and her famsupplies 35 miles on pack horses and ily resided In Erie, Pa- - as did Miss over roads that seem at first glance Alexander, a ho waa adopted when a clild by CapL.Waldta parents. to be practically Impassable. Aa-- ta 010 runaway boy was more success-fil- l detlwuralue the,jp(neral. He 'thair'll tuualwtih-preHge- le. posits, experts who have looked Into the matter show considerable differ reached Chicago and got a job with ence of opinion. Don Juan Nieto y a doctor, who took a great interest In Barlcarcel, was sent by the Span- tie boy, sent him to a medical colish government In 1793. to study the lege and paid bis expenses for four mines 'and lodes of gold, .silver, cop- years war .When the Spanish-Americaper, Iron, alabaster and emerald. Some of the old partially worked broke out the young doctor quit hosmines, he asserts, were of extraordi- pital work to accept an appointment nary richness. He .finished his report as assistant surgeon in the United I can compare this Isle States army and fought the feter In by saying: to that" of Tarnish frotnwhkh Solo- Cuji. mon drew the gold which be employed 1 When success crowned hls Trifotts and when he was permitted to return In the ornamentation of his temple. Mr. W. P. Blake, geologist and miner- to the states he visited hls former alogist, sent by the American govern- home In Erie. He found he knew ment In 1871, also reports the exist- only a few Inhabitants, and also disence of considerable mineral wealth covered to hls dismay that hit relaIn paying quantities. On the other tives had left thejcjty. Before he discovered their whereabouts he was orhand. Sir A. E. Oeike, the English mineralogist, after making an dered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Last week he was sent to this city 18 months Investigation of the mineral resources of the Island, report to examine a deserter He was walk a gold-bearin- g -- -- of their presence. At every turn the visitor will be met by bis own Image, advancing or retreating, or sidling away from him at an angle.. From. one point in the parlor a person Wan stand aid'd k ee all the persons and objects In thffllnlng room and even Into the kitchen. Upstairs several bedrooms are finished in the parquet flooring and stained Imitation of mahogany aa below. Masonic design on a tiny light tbe front gable will also at tbe passerby from Its There is a special awltcb In the attic for turning on and off this1 gable light. In the basement heavy glass doorr separate the n ppartmfnta, which are Ceiiient floorsand sellflpjShed-iwalls. Through white, out the basement tbe binges, door ktiobs, etc., are of brass as good as Ii usually found on front door of or dlnary bouses.-Spoka- ne Spokesman Review, A placed In peep down high nest. bard-piastere- d - ReturnsAfterManyY ea rs -- 1 Roots should be kept cold. Roots 90 per cent, water, which accounts for their shriveling up so when kept in a warm dry place, as the moisture evaporates and the roots lose a great part of their feeding value. On the other hand, if the cei- lar is warm and moist, they rot badly. Roots should not freeze, but they will stand a little frosty weather without Injury. Tou can keep a few bushels of garden carrots packed in sand in' a box in your house, cellar if you keep the cellar window open. Sand keeps the air away from- - the carrots, and the open window keeps the cellar cool so they neither rot, sprout nor shrivel Carrots kept like this are just as nice in the spring as they are in the fall. Roots when grown In large quant!--tie- s for stock must be kept on the same general plan. The air in. the . root cellar must be cool, clean and are -- them about one to three Inches, making the top of the cellar about ten inches thick In the center and between six and seven Inches at the sides to drain the water off. Then a plaster coat is trowled on top of this to shed water. This plaster coat is mixed one part cement to two parts fine sharp sand. After the roof is fin ished ITls kept wet a week so It will dry hard, without cracking. A wooden slide is fitted to the bottom of eath roof ventilator, but Is seldom closed. It Is well, however, to have It in case of extreme cold weath er just to slide in at night to be opened out again the next day. ' Scarcity of Fowls. Indications are that live chickens and fowls are scarce throughout the country as shown by the steady high level of prices. Now and then reports are heard of sales considerably above de8lrabI faet dwweUdertteodl1the market. ,r?oad -- nrr'Wtiefr-ttili- f L ,tySotOB we will get along better In buildgaf!!!5S-"Tr!!n- r 17 sold cents per pound, root celiac. We must provide oppo reported which Is 1 cents above thej-egula- r site windows to be left open in the Such a transaction would not prices. fall until cold freezing weather; then he were the supply anywhere possible 'we must have ventilators in the roof o the demand. equal to be left open all winter. This plan provides for a shallow exSalt for Pigeons. cavation into a bank If you have one, On one of the largest squab plants with a cement wall eight feet high all In this country, salt Is furnished the If the1 cellar Is built In a breeders by dipping the small sacks around. "slde hllT leave s rosdwsy on tbs up- la water and thnnallowed to dry uqtll fill . can so It yon easily. per side they become hard and firm. These are The celling joists are Imbedded In then placed In the lofts and the this wall while it is soft. A thin pigeona pick out tlj salt through the 'narrow strip is laid In the soft ce- sacks. Never give common granu ment to rest the ends of the. joists on lated salt loose. to keep them even. After putting Stove In Place. them In place build the ventilator ' The old adage procrastination is shafts. . The celling boarding Is then nailed the thief of time" applies in reference on the nnder side of the celling joists to getting the new stove in place be and the cement concrete is filled In fore that severe weather cornea.. Keep on the top between the joists and over the bouse warm and cosy.' - A Dainty foot and ankla competition are likely to become a feature la smart society entertainments, a Lorn don letter-s- ay social The pink-toof a few. years ago, which enterprise the manure shed or pile as the case tro a.aLE FOOT AND accl-dest- te jt n -- well-know- n ing through State street when h came face to face with hls mother He instantly recognized her, and i street scene the like of which bai never been witnessed here follower bis greeting of, "Mother, dont yot know me?" It wasnt forty-eigh- t hours after ward when Miss Alexander, who wai still living with hls parents, consented to become hls bride. Waldt Intendi to continue in Uncle Sams service. ing American damea promoted, bear some sort of relation to this povelty. Piquant amusement is always being sought after by some of the more advanced society women. The new idea, was first introduced to one of them at a recent country fair held in. aid of the funds of the Actors' association when quite the most attractive event among actresses waa the competition for the prettiest foot sud ankle. Th fair competitors sat behind a curtain, raised just enough to enable th masculine judges on the other side tn arrive at judicial decision. Hostesses on the lookout for novel frivolities saw their chance. Pillow fights in country houses have become taboo not because of the grumbling of the moralists, but because such midnight gambols are no longer novelty. In more than one quarter It was at once seen that foot and ankle competitions would be Just the thing to keep the men awake after a day's hunt. WIrea and cables began to find their way into the officea of the best British and Parisian dealers, who provide equipment for. such , a game. Some of the most beautiful Shoes and hosiery imaginable went to the north of England for use at two or thre of tbe smartest house parties. Across the drawing room a curtain was bung to within a few lnchea of the floor,' and behind tt sat some' of the prettiest figures In. society. Bankers', lords, magnates, officers of the British nary, and junior representatives of the embassies set themselves to the distracting task for a man of deciding upon the prettiest foot and ankle to be aeen. ' Anglo-America- real-estat- DISTINCTION OF e" HAIR RED Wearer of Flaming Mane Bure to Ba Person Out of th Ordinary. Red hair is no disgrace no, Indeed. Its a distinction. Anybody can hare black hair, and some people manage to get along with a little sprinkling of flaxen mane.' But It takes a boy or girl out of the ordinary to wear deep red shade and lire up to It There Is not a great variety of shades In red hair. It does not run from pink to crimson, and contains no greens nor mauves. Red Is red, unless the girl has a lot of money, and then ot course, it is auburn. But red hair has come Into its own. Henner has made tt famous in hls plctnrei." ftttinn- - appreciated it "bffiK dreds of years ego, and tbe world takes notice of the people, from Mrs. Leslie Carter to the new sultan of Turkey. Judge Kyle of Kansas City, dismissed a d prisoner, telling him: "Your red hair ts your salvation. In three years he has had only six men before him, and not one was found guilty. Red hair usually goes with a bright mind land a - vivacious - temperament. They used to tell us that It also Indicated a fiery temper, but we leave that Tof the men with ted headed wives Wasnt Helen of Troy red' headed? . You can trust redheaded persons, you can trust them to do as they please. They are rather warm to have around In the summer, and there, are these who do not appreciate their peculiar style of beauty. But the redheaded girl la winner and lbs man,, who gets one will not be lonesome, He will toon find out whether he hsa drawn a Titian haired angel or a combination of a cyclone and a sunset to-da-y d d Starvation or Disarmament Since 1907 the price of bread has advanced 640 per cent in Austria. So startling baa been the Increase tn the cost of living in that country that the government may take steps to check the advance in prices. If Austria would send a good part of her great standing army out to tilt the fields it would help some, but the government, URGE COWS SENT TO INDI probably, will take bo such radical step as that, as with an unprotected r Four Specimens Standing 6 Feet they might not have any fields to till. The deplorable economic conInches at Shoulder Are Found ditions tn that country, however, are Aftor Great Difficulty. undoubtedly due in large part to miliLiverpool. The four iargeet cows It tarism. Disarmament does not seem Great Britain have left Liverpool for near, but threatened starvation is a Calcutta In the steamship Historian mighty argument for Its accomplishconsigned to an Indian maharajah ment who ordered them more than g yeai ago from Messrs. Keymershis Londoi An Old Tltfs. agents. Two young men wbo had been When the order was given It wai chums at -- college went abroad todirected that the cowa must stand T gether. One conscientiously wanted feef Ijnches at the shoulder to visit every spot mentioned In the measure 14 feeTtrbm the tTp" oT . guiaTS5fc:ttm tth w nose to the end rbf the bony part o about having an hilarithe taiL Animals of this great slz ous tjme. This naturally led to are not easily found, .and It has takei In the course of one of the agents just 16 months to get t these, the lover of pleasure said, tauntgether four cows of tbe requtslt. ingly: measurements. "Perhaps you are doing these places A campaign of advertisements iast so thoroughly because you are going lng several months was first tried, bn to write a book about your trip." without success, many farmers declar "I should," replied the other, lng that It would be impossible to ful promptly, "if Robert Louis Stevenson flit the order. Inquiries made ip. jtal hadnt preempted the title I wanted and Switzerland' Th to uie. cows were evenutally obtained in th Whats that?" Midlands and Yorkshire. They are al Travela with a Donkey shorthorns. One of them Is exactlj the size required and the others ap No Difference. , j proach it within an inch. Jinks Which women have tbe They left for India stalled In special worst tempers, blondes or brunettes? ly made boxes. Tbe Identity of th Blnka My wife has been both, and maharajah wbo has ordered them ha I oould not see any difference. ot been made known. . bo.-de- al were-fruitles- s. ' |