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The Brace Frame Barn.

The accompanying four illustrations
give detail Of a brace frame barn
forty by sixty-two feet, with twenty
foot posts. The barn Is built Of two
by six OF two by eight inch scantlings
throughout. There is not a single
piece larger in the whole frame. The
ground plan, Fig. 3, shows position Of
the pillars, twenty in number. These
pillars are of stone, or concrete. There
are four beats in this bar, which may
be arranged to suit the reeds Of the
owner.
Fig. ! gives in detail the method Of
framing. A Hingle Oen. is shown com.
plete. with part Of the adjoining one.
The rafters are also shown, as well as
detail of the plate, spans, joist bearers,
braces, mailing, girths. etc: Fig. 2
shows an end view Of the manner Of
framing a single interior bent. The
rafters may advantageously be Tapped
on the purlins, making them in two
pieces, and spiked well together.
Fig. 4 shows detail OF floor joists,
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In All Parts of the State.

Farmers about Shiloh are threshins
wheat in the field as Don as it is cut.
Swamp shuckleberries are reported
more plentiful in South Jersey than in
years.
Cumberland County men who housed
ice in the winter are already out, and
are compelled to import q supply, as
much was used in icing refrigerator
cars.
While tomato plants look well in
South Jersey, some of the growers have
noticed that some are infested with the
tomato flea, or louise, from Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia.
Salem bricklayers have asked for an
increase in wages to $500 a day, claim
ing that the high prices of commodities
demand the raise.
Naphtha launch parties are now the
fad in South Jersey, AND lucky is he
who owns one of these craft. for tho
launch is favored more than the nice.
new buggy among the farm girls.
Haddonield officials have decided
that the trolley tracks on West Main
street must be taken up. no cars having
been run over them within three years,
as agreed in The ordinance granting the
franchise.
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Oldest Public Building.

If we seek the Oldest civic building
in the United States We shall find our
selves in the quaint old adobe palace
Of the Governors in Santa .Fe, N NJ.
This long, low structure, in the second
oldest city Of the United States, has
been the seat Of government under the
Spanish, Mexican and American
regimes for nearly three hundred
years. 1t 10 contains the museum
of the New Mexico Historical society,
of which the Hon. Z. Bradford Prince,
u native New Yorker and former Gov
ernor Of New Mexico. is President.
Governor Prince considers this .sthe
most historic building in the United
Etates."-Tbe Chautauquan.
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Why WENT 70 THE FOOT.


Was ever a maiden SO worried:
I'll admit / am partial to Jim,,
For Jimmie has promised to wea ne
When I'm old enough to wed NM
But, then, I love teacher, too, dearly,
She's always SO lovely to me-, ~
And she's pretty and kind and swee'-tem'
pered,
And gentle as gentle can be.
{ wouldn't for worlds hurt Jim's feelings
For he never would like me again.
But there was my dearest, sweet teacher,
And I'd die if my words gave her pam.
1.-TWO Plus two equals what was the
problem. IL.
And | knew teacher thought II made
-four"
But Jimmie said "six,' and maintained u
As long as he stood on the floor.
And / saw that I must soon choose DC
tween them,
For | was the next in the line. ito
Should | side with my teacher or Jihlinie7
What a sad situation was mine.
And just as my heart with tina problem
OF friendship was so sorely vexed
] was called out to answer the other, =.
For teacher had said, sharply, Next.
1t was then that the brilliant thought
struck me.
That by compromise / could contr1ve
To hurt neither teacher nor Jimmie ,,
And that's hov l came to say ',hve. -
Ellis Parker Butler, in Frank Leslie
Popular Monthly.
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An English correspondent quotes nm
officer OF high rank in the Turkish
Army as declaring that war with Bull
gariai appears to be- inevitable
President Loubet of France was en-
tertained at luncheon by the Lord
Mayor Of London, and gave a banquet
in honor of King Edward.
! 5AdviceS fecBised 4,opfs Seoul korea,
say the Russians are laying a tele-
graphic cable from, ANYTHING to YOn-
CAMPO, across the Yalu River.
w. B. Harris, the traveller and au-
thor, who was captured sJnne 16 by
the bandit Raisuli, e Zeenat, Mo-
rocco, was released in exchange for a
number of native prisoners.
Goq9asrutrratiea Off Raseian, British,
AHstiSRn1 81lff Ja1a4eAe .N1arships IN
Gulf Of Pe-Chi-Li declared in Parlia-
ment to have no special object. blas1
A dispatch from Santiago, Chile, an
nounces that bubonic plague has APP
peared at Valparaiso and Talcahuana.
AlthOpgh<th american quick lunch
establishment at London has been in
operation 0nlysasfeW weeks it has been
very successful
The Situation. between Bulgaria and
Turkey lis reported "A Vienna TO be
growing nor serious
IT IS prdpeaed 4o establish an italian
Mexican bank HI Mexico City, The
capital Of the banK IS to be $5OO,0O0.
An international exhibition has re-
Gently been opened at Athens, and will
,oc 81 riv months S344 e
James Juvenal, of Philadelphia, was
defeated by Beresford in his first trial
heat for Diamond Souls at Henley.
The German Antarctic expedition in
the Gauss mas reached the Cape OF
Good Hope after nearly two years OF
effort. Every previous well-fitted lex-
spedition has. penetrated, farther south
than it. AMNM FsN s&s q
Distinguished honors were. paid to
the United States European squadron
at Portsmouth, England.
President Loubet OF France expressed
hone for closer AAglo-French relations
at luncheon in London Guildlall.
In a fight between Bulgarians and
Turks near Vodena the Bulgarians lost
ten killed and the Turks two wounded.
An order of the British Board OF
Agriculture forbids tile landing OF
American hogs and New England cat
tie In England.
The Russian Foreign Office intimated
that the presentation of the Jewish Pc
tition would be sighted. -
! ThesGermah foreign Office says The
rqboft that Ueff1aays3htsndS pfesent'
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IN A COLLISION
Accident on the Southern Railwa
Caused by Ignoring Orders.
Passense. Train Isnns into an Oper
Switch ut Kochfish, va, striking
Sidetracked Freight.


Charlottesville. va.-Soutlicrn Rail.
way passenger train No. 30. south.
bound, ran into an open switch at
Rockfish depot, twenty miles SOUTH OF
this city, smashing into a local fsaient
on a siding. The passenger engine and
express coaches were demolished, md
the baggage coach telescoped through
the second class passenger coach in file
rear.
In the latter was a party of imni-
grants, all a0fssMhemaWere killed voT in
jured. The dead number twenty-four
and the injured twelve.
Identified dead: James Mccormick,
engine driver. of Charlottesville;
Charles Davis, keH9ine driver, Ut Alex.
andria, Va; Thomas Sheppard. of
Charlottesville. brakeman OH freight;
Charles r. Cay, OF Charlottesville. fire.
man on freight; j. E. Lowe, negro, Of
Baltimore; Charles T. Litch, negro, din.
ing car waiter; G. C. Owen, of Philadel.
vlievich, Austrian boy Barliani Gugh-
elmo, Atstf1Ai4 woman; two unknown
Austrian women; unknown mulatt0
woman. E3fs:
The work of rescuing the injured be.
gan Immediately.
Dr.. William A. Lambeth, of the Uni
versity of Virginia, was on the train,
and at once organized measures of re-
lief. The trainmen, under the Doctors
direction, cut through the panels Of the
baggage and express car and took
out twenty Of the dead. Probably Il
score oftinjured were removed.
w. A. Ward, the Union News agent
on the train, mi in the fatal coach,
but escaped. The shock of the collision
threw him through the window, break
ing his left arm.
The special train which went from
here to the scene Of the wreck returned
to the city about s O'clock, bringing
some of the dead and most OF the
wounded. Thirteen Of the injured
were taken to the University Hospital,
where their wounds were dressed.
Most Of the Immigrants were Aus
trians and were bound for points as
far distant as California.
III. "A. Sharpe. of Knoxville, Tenn,
narrowly escaped death. He and Mrs.
Sharpe were returning from their
bridal trip, having spent their honey
moon in Washington. Mr. Sharpe was
in the smoker engaged in conversation
with C. @. Owen when the collision oc-
CURED. Owen was killed instantly,
his body falling on Sharpe.
w. B. Brubeck, of this city, conductor
of the local freight. is reported in a
critical condition. After witnessing the
awful sight, it is said, he became sud-
denly insane, and when found was
i've miles from the wreck.
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showing the manner of putting them
in lengthwise of the building. They

showing the manne Of putting them
in l~engthwise of the building. They
are two by eight, pretty close together
and well bridged, while the joist bear
ers are two by twelve-two two by
SKIS placed side by side. The manner
of spiking through the joist bearers to
the ends of the floor joists, making the
upper edges flush, saves a lot of head
room. This is well illustrated in Fig.
4. The floor joists are spiked to the
joist bearer before it is let down in
place, then all are firmly spiked to-
gether.
The floor of a brace frams structure
is best of concrete. A sill under floor
is not rigid enough. If a wooden door
is used stills are best placed in between
posts and spiked through after the
n of spiking the floor joists to
joist bearers. The detailed specifica-
ton and bill of lumber can be worked
out by any carpenter worthy the name.
j. A. Macdonald, in Orange judd
Farmer.
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Unclean Seeds.

Unclean seed has more to do with the
distribution of weeds than all other
causes combined. These are brought
upon our farms in garden and field seed
from foreign countries. Russian fax
seed is responsible for the introduction
of Russian thistle, which first APP
peared upon a single farm, and now
covers 10000 square miles in the
United States. Alfalfa, beet, turnip
and other field and garden seeds Inn
ported from Europe are the potent
cause for the contamination Of our
lands with farm weeds. Nor are the
farmers of this country at all partic-
ular in saving their seeds, fields con-
tanning weeds often being set apart
for seed crops, insuring the foulest
seeds in many cases. And then, in the
purchase of seeds, the farmer is not
careful to buy pure seed only, but
plants whatever some dealers offer
him. Until these methods are done
away with we must expect to have
new pernicious weeds constantly ap-
pearing among u crops.
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NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
High Lie in Pest House..

O6s AAOu9Cs
The county pesthouse, recently built
on the aimshouse farm, Woodbury., has
thus FAR proven a very expensive vent
ure Tor the Board of FreehOlders. Sit
uations wholly unexpected when the
building was first projected have
cropped out, and there seems to be 10
alternative now but to accept the stu
atoms as they appear, pay the bills and
say nothing. 1t was the intention of
putting the house under the care Of the
steward OF the almshouse, but that Off
cial, Joseph Rfdgway, will have moth
Ing to do with it. There are now seven
cases Of smallpox in one family In the
little building. and the county is caring
for them. There are eight persons
there, but an early vaccination has
thus far saved the eighth from the dis
ease. With the exception of a girl. all
the cases have passed the critical stage
and the patients are allowed outside the
building under proper restraint. The
inmates are Of the Faubell family,
from WiliamstOwn-taken there two
weeks ago. 1t is necessary to have a
guard stationed near the pest house.
and, at $3.50 a day, Joseph Roe acts in
that capacity. It Is not an enviable po-
sition. although Roe finds that in doing
MS own cooking, washing and ironing
he whites away a greater portion of the
day, and at night there is little fear
that the patients will get away or will
be mOlested by outsiders. A physician
makes daily trips, and, besides in fur
nishing or carrying the food to the pa
tients, is doing just what was expected
OF the steward of the almShouSe. The
patients are living off "the best the
land Affords" Each day the doctor is
given a list of what edibles and wear
ing apparel the patients and guard
want, and on his next visit they are
brought. The tastes of the victims
vary; they all like chicken, however,
and this is a daily order. The fact that
whatever goes into the house never
comes out makes the expense very
heavy. For instance, a jar of milk is
taken each day. The jar is afterward
destroyed; every time oil is taken
d can is put away. The bill
of fare for one day, according to
the order given, was noodle soup,
chicken, bread and butter, coffee,
coffee cakes, oranges. canned goods.
The order also included a pair of shoes
for n of the boys and some goods for
dresses. THE expenses" said one who
is supposed to know, twill average be.
tween $50 and $50 a day for these eight
patients" Whatever goes to the house
is given to the guard. who places it at a
point near the house, and Is taken by
one of the inmates. When the first
case was taken there it was necessary
to have a trained nurse at $50 pei
week, but this service has been dis
pensed with.
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Clara-"What came between you"
Chloe-"Oh, he showed so much lmpa-
thence with Fido."-Detroit Free Press.

Sul0C- vi, ne SAONCu ~
thence with Fido."-Detroit Free Press.
1.-TWO souls with but a single thought!"
Were Bess and Cholly. Bless US!
A single look at Cholly taught
The single thought was Bess.
Philadelphia Press.
Boorisch-sNow, what's your idea OF
a tcad?" Naylor-"Usually it's a rel
low who is forever calling somebody
else one."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Bnbson-"I understand that South
American General has resolved to sell
his life dearly" Glibson-"Yes; he
wants $40 for the library edition.
Judge.
Jones-"T'm quite a near neighbor OF
yours now. Mrs. Golightly; I've taken
a house on the lake." Mrs. Cob,
well, l hope you'll drop in some day."
The Wasp.
Have you decided Of a name for the
baby yet, Tanksley? Yes, we've
named her for my new automobile"
"What?' "Fact. We call her Case
lena."-Chicago Tribune.
Jack-"Were you moved when the old
gentleman said you could never marry
his daughter?" Tom-"Yes: | was
moved half way across the sidewalk"
Chicago Daily News.
A life of trouble don't begin,
Some folks, without a doubt,
Spend half their lives in getting in
And half in getting out.
Philadelphia Record.
"You mustn't cough so much, Willie"
his mother said. II can't help it.
mamma, rep}iad~the little boy with
the long, golden curls. Something
amuses me in my throat."-Denyer
News.
Haskins-"It maddens nj to see the
contempt Gowdy has for his wife,"
Billings-"Why, that's the very thing
/ like about Gowdy. He couldn't be
honest. If he didn't have contempt for
the woman who could take him for a
Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
Young Shortun-"Sir, I-er-wish to
marry your daughter" Old Gotrox-
Young man, my daughter will con.
tinue to abide beneath the parental
roof" Young Shortun-"Oh, thank
you, sir! / was afraid we would have
to occupy a fiat."-The Lumberman.
sIf you please. Mr.. Billings, can !
get de afternoon of. Me grand.
mother" TOO thin, me boy. Just
died, hasn't she?" "Who? Me grand
mother? Not much she amt. She
promised to take me to de ball game
dis afternoon If I can get off," "You
can 60. my boy."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Teacher-"Oh, yes, Tommy, if you
have a. dog you are the owner of a
quadruped, aren't yon? Tommy
Nom" Teacher-sT explained to you
yesterday that any animal with four
legs was a quadruped." Tommy
.sYes'm; but Rover lost one of his'p
fighting a trolley car."-Catholic stalrt
ard and Times.
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Scared Aged Man to Death.

To be frightened to death by a cam
o cracker was the fate of Michael
,Dacy, seventy-seven years old, Of Nor
ristown, who arose early in order to
properly celebrate the Fourth. He
started uptown to purchase fireworks
when suddenly a cannon cracker ex-
ploded In the street a few feet from
him. He was so startled that he fell to
the ground. Those who saw him fall
rushed to his aid, but he was dead
when picked up.
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DOMESTIC.

Many students of Eastern colleges
expressed their intention to go to Kan
sas to work there az farm hands, at
tracted by the great dearth of harvest
ers in the West.
John Lankershim, a Harvard student
lnder arrest, confessed to breaking into
an establishment, stealing an automo-
bile and touring the country around
Cambridge. ~in company with young
women.
A sequel to the elopement Of the
wealthy Mrs. Don Sang, wife Of a Chi
nese physician, with her Chinese cook,
Chin Mon Yuen, last February, came
In a telegram to the police from Yucca
tan, Mexico. The Chinese cook was
found murdered, the crime having been
committed by h~ighbindcrs.
President Roosevelt. and Mayor Low
guests of honor at the celebration
of the two hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of Huntington, Long Island,
and made addresses. st. sClair Nickel
way was one Of the other speakers.
Senator Plat advocated the re-eIec-
ton Of Chauncey NJ. Depew to the Uni
led States Senate.
Joseph Eugene Lamothe, the man e
cused Of the murder of Miss Goddu. OF
Lowell, Mass, died in st. Luke's Hos
pital, New York City. &f
Without warning the union smelter-
men Of Denver, Col, called a strike at
the plants in that city and the men
walked out, leaving the furnaces i'll
such shape that heavy loss may result.
Tie men demand an e%ight-honr day.
At Fall River, Mass. the cotton sup
ply is running low, and many mills are
likely to close next month; 100000
spind1es are idle.
The death of Mrs. Annie Neupert, in
Brooklyn, was attributed to the noise
Of toy cannon and f~irecrackers nea her
home on the Fourth.
William Nottingham, Regent of the
University OF the State of New York,
lost an eye in al explosion.
Recent gifts TO Harvard, Wellesley
and two other institutions of learning
near Boston aggregate nearly $1,000
300. as
Fire at ST. Joseph, Mo-. did great
damage to the packing plants there.
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AGRICULTURAL
Earth Worms.

A&S0 "
Among agricultural workers perhaps
the earth worm receives the least at.
tention and consideration. Its value
to the land is seldom appreciated. It
bores through the soil, making little
tunnels in every direction, thereby adj
hitting the air and moisture not only
to the soil but through the soil to the
subsoil. During the process of boring
it eats its way along, thereby grinding
up the little particles Of earth. render
ing them finer and in better condition
to retain moisture. especially what is
known as film moisture, which feeds
the tiny roetlets Of plant life with SOL
uble compounds that have been pre-
pared in the great chemical laboratory
Of nature for this special purpose. On
most Of our farms angle worms are
the best If not the only subsoil workers
in use-they are probably the most
practical subscribers that are at work on
any farm.
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r.t.lisses Caused by vehicles.

The London Commissioner Of Police has
issued some interesting figures on the fatal
tiles caused by vehicles. According to his
report, 10, the six years I896-l90l the aver
age number Of persons killed annually in
london was 10 by vans, AZ BY carts, wagons
and drays, 10 BY cabs, ~ by o~mnibuses.
8 by private carriages, 4 by bicycles and
observes: making every allowance for the
fact that the number Of motor cars q stall
limited as compared with horse.drawn'
vehicles. - is still clear that antocars ar@
sl6ss68he safest vthicleslin - ii London,
and that the popular .opiniQn q z Us
H0mber of peraons killed by q IN
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Paving Dear For crossing Crash.

Settlements have recently been made
by the North Jersey Street Railway
Company with relatives Of six of the
High School children who We're hurt in
the Newark horror of February last.
Payments will be made at once. The
total amount to be paid is l 1880, the
largest individual payment being
$4,000. This amount goes to Louis
Mintz. of Newark, his daughter, Mabel,
having been severely injured. None of
the nine cases in which death resulted
has been settled. s.
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Death Came in 4 FLASH.

Allen Roberts, a well-known farmer,
of MOorestown, and his farm hand.
Charles Pavard, were at work In a corr
field with %cultivators when the heavy
electrical storm came up. They were
hurrying to get their horses unhitched
and back to the barn when there came
a vivid flash of lightning, accompanied
by a splitting crash Of thunder. 1t
stunned Roberts for an instant, and
when he looked for his employee, Pa
ward lay upon the ground quite still.
Efforts to restore hiM te-consciousness
were futile. The bolt had killed him
simultaneously, leaving no sign of a
mark OF scar of its course.
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MINOR EVENTS0F THE WEEK


It is believed in Washington that
Count Cassini, Who has gone home to
Russia on leave, will not come back to
this country as Ambassador.
Baron Won Sternburg received formal
notice from Berlin of his promotion to
the rank Of Ambassador.
The appointments Or John Barrett dis
Minister to Argenfina is probably the
outcome Of his service In the last Pan.
American Congress. Mr.. Barrett>is a
native OF Vermont, born in 1866. He is
now a resident Of Oregon.
Secretaxy Of the Navy Moody de-
clared lynching so widespread as to
warrant a Federal law to stop the evil.
The Fourth was observed by a joint
celebration by the Government and the
District of Columbia on the lawn OF
the White House, where Ambassador
Jusserand and Secretary Moody made
addresses.
The Postofice Department discontin-
ued the contract for purchasing time
indicators from the Postal Device and
Improvement Company. of California.
Congressman Littauer wrote to Sec
rotary Root, offering to aid the inyesti-
CATION OF army glove contracts in any
way in his power.
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Suicide or Foul Play.

Frank Jersey, a colored farm hand,
aged twenty, was struck by the north
bound train on the Salem branch of the
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad be-
low Fenwick Station, and his body
was ground to pieces. He was lying
on the track rear a curve, and Engi-
neer Parker could not see him in time
to stop his train. Coroner McGeorge
summoned a jury and an inquest will
be held to determine whether it was a
case of suicide or of foul play, some in
clining to the latter belief.
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David Shaud, who shot land killed
MIS-. Ida Becker ana Policeman fErus
sSIaeffer, was hangedsin the 39ail yard at
Lebanon, Pa. Before going to the
scaffold Shaud said he was sorry for
his crime.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The transport Sumner, with the
Fourth Infantry on board, struck All
uncharted rock and was beached on
the coast of Luzon.
Manila and it's outlying districts are
shortly to have a new and more ex-
tensive water supply. Which will in
sure greater purity and increase OF
quantity equal to three times the pres
ent supply.
Opposition to the proposed opium
monopoly in the Philippines is becom-
ing strong. Secretary Root recently
cabled Governor Taft to hold up the
bill until It's opponents i'll this country
could be heard.
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Masons win Build orphans, Home.

I It was decided to begin at once the
work of building a home for the or
phans of Free Masons, to be located at
Burlington, and to cost $4,000. Ar
mold HI. Moses, of Camden, was select
ed as the architect.
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President Loubet ofoFtance visited.
England and was warmly received IN
London BY King Edward, high British
of1cials and the people.
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Our Daily Walk.

1t is estimated that every man walks
two miles q day, II only stirring abeut
his room or ofBca.
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Estate Of Arthur r. Pencil.
sE,na pSpnan fadni;nfut,af os. :

estate of Arthur r. Pencil, who was
Killed in the Getres stone quarry. Buff
fal0ys fled an accounting of the estate.
1t shows Penneils HAD property worth
$221, los, including his insurance.