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Before laying q concrete floor grade
the earth to the shape Of the floor.
having the earth three OF four inches
higher than the ground outside Of the
stable, SO that the water will not cause
the floor 10 ho damp. Now dix a
trench for the cutters eight inches
deep and twenty inches wide, and
have the passages behind the cattle
. to I inches lower than the stalls.
Now mix the concrete nine parts Of
gravel to one part of Portland ce-
ment Put two inches Of concrete into
the trench, add broken stones, ram.
ming them down, cover these with
concrete and ram again, making a
body Of about three inches thick Now
put on concrete one inch thick, com.
posed OF three parts Of screened or
fine gravel to one part OF Portland ce.
ment, spread this and finish with
float or trowel Give the gutter what
slope is required 10 drain properly.
Now place 2XS in. planks on edge on
top OF this concrete three inches from
the edge of the bottom of the gutter
on the side next the cattle, having
/ this gutter plank #. in from the
manger; then put 2Xi in. or 2xG
in. scantling on edge on the passage
side Of the gutter with 10 In. pieces
between these and the 2XS TO form
/ the gutter mould Make the gutter
II in. wide. Now place 2X4 IN seant.
lings on edge at the manger having
this scantling one and one-half inches
higher than the gutter plank, OIL In
with concrete the same as for the bot.
tom OF the gutter. Round the edge OF
the gutter to save II from being bro.
ken. Concrete floors are not injuri.
Gus to the feet Of stock and are by
far the best. One barrel Of Portland
cement will lay eighty square feet OF
floor four inches thick.
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the stove forms heat.retaining
means particularly useful in heating
irons. A kettle or other cooking uten.
sill can also be placed upon the top.
the irons and the kettle being heated
at the same time. To permit the ready
opening or closing Of either OF the sec
tons cleats are attached to each sec
ton and operated by means Of an i'm
plement similar to poker In this
way there Is no danger Of burning the
hands 1t will be evident that such n
device would retain vast amount Of
heat
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Relics of Fine Homes
Picturesque Lodge Houses Of First
Summer Colony Around New York

Especial CorrespondenteJ

Fully half century ago-when the !
streets among the Twonties occupied
the same relative position socially as
the east SIXTIES and Seventies do
row--a little group Of the best fami-
lies" OF the time established the first
of the suburban colonies around New
York on Washington Heights From
the viewpoint OF what Is now called
It's physical geography. that high ridge
OF land, running northward from
roth street to Spuyten Duyvil Creek
and climbing up from the marshes
along the Harlem on the east and
from the rocky banks of the Hudson
on the west was more beautiful
lace in those days than it Is to-day.
There were more noble old trees,
the meadows were innocent OF docks
ana power houses, no trolley cars
Wen rackc'ing by in a swirl Of dust
Il was, In word. the country, just
such place Of sylvan beauty as
the dwelcr in cities always longs
Tor as being the ideal site for a home.
And so this little group Of old New
Workers drove out there, ont through
Harlem and Carmansville and
bought--cach unto himsclf--a SUN.
Cicnt number of acres TO give him
room to turn round In and grow yege.
tables and flowers. to have wide
lawns before his windows. paddock
Tor his horses and meadows for his
cattle to Craze over The Martins
went out there the Dougascs the
Benefits the Seamans, the lshams
ana the Beverly Wards They lived
according TO the hest traditions OF
English country life-not because It
was fashionable, as II Is now, but be-
cause II was the best and most hospit
able way Of living They rode and
drove, went hoalng on the river or
creek, kept open house from May to
Thanksgiving day, enjoying to the
last cry the beautiful scenery and air
of the countryside about them.
But times have changed To a great
extent in that section OF New York
and the old ways have altered with
them. To the average man or WON
an who visits Washington Heights
now in trolley car or a swiftly run.
ling automobile there Is little TO re.
mind him of that oldtimc life Of
beautiful leisure and bountiful hos.
pitalty And yet, curiously enough.
that little Is one Of the most striking
outward signs of social life which once
,,igned there and which only two
families preserve to this day. That
/ little is the line Of old lodge houses
that stand along Broadway from 10th
street uorthward as far as 2ljth
street.
tn" first Of these is n little cottage
/ once painted a dark red, but now sad.
/ ~ wcatherbeaten and worn with
time. It faces toward the south and
once was just inside the gateway
leading to the big house Of the Beverly
Wards that stood on the crest Of the
ridge OF laid behind It overlooking
tho Hudson.
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Lay Ills to Electric EHlor.sesne..

The luxurIant efiiorescence Of cleo.
tricity Is not without It's thorn In
new disease that has appeared among
workers In electric power houses.
These houses are located at Niagara
Falls, and have betrayed nineteen
cases. II seems that with people
whose employment brings them into
the immediate presence OF high volt,
age alternating current generating or
Transforming machines there uniform.
ly results a grave disturbance OF the
digestive organs, loss Of appetite, dis.
tress after eating and whitening of the
complexion almost TO the color OF
chalk The cause is attributed to the
chemical influences Of either electric
rays or some ray as yet unknown,
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EIfQyIiSI1
TiIAXNHNIHN
..QHLl19 n q
Measures UnseeabIe Lenaths.

-
The 250th part Of an inch is a milf.
meter. The 2.OOO.OOoth part OF a
milimoter is what Or p L. Shaw Of
England is measuring. The unaided
eye cannot perceive much less than
one.tenth Of a millmetcr with the
help Of microscope the eye can see
as little as $4,000 millme,er. The
measuring medium used for engineer.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

People may be willing to drink I'm.
pure water, but they are not willing
to offer II TO their locomotives, Puri.
fed water results IN sure economy
and excellent business returns from
the viewpoint Of the locomotive on.
erauons. and also relieves the shops
and rvdndhouses Of a vast amount OF
work. which increases with the
weight Of locomotives and the In.
creased demand upon them. Although
me first cost is large returns are so
prompt and so liberal that to do with.
out water publication Is pronounced
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
Had English Model.

The Seaman who bought this piece
of land from the owners OF the Dyck-
nan tract was warm admirer ~
everything that was British. He bull
his country house after the style o'
the houses that were erecled alonG
the Thames in the eighteenth century,
out OF a grayish stone that was guar.
ried ON his property. The marble arch
was built OF the same stone and wa
the most striking piece Of architec.
iure in the way OF gate house in all
this colony. II differed from all the
others, for the reason that It was built
directly over the driveway, with the
gates swinging between the two SUI.
ports of the arch.
These gates stand open now, though,
even rusted as they are, they show
signs OF the former tawdry grandeur
Of the place The spikes above the
black posts still show how once they
We're bravcly gilded, and as you stroll
through the grounds-for they ar
open to the public-you can see many
signs of the old British influence In
the classical statues, the stone lions
guarding the steps OF the many ter.
races, the conscrvatories and the
queer cupola with the statue Il at
Gre wns 1t above the corner tower.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
nIla Saw" Architecture.

A block above this cottage Is an.
other Of these oll.time lodges. 1t used
10 stand at the entrance to the Isaac
Martin place. but now II is on the
property Of Mrs J. Hood Wright
whose country house Is back on Fort
Washington avenue This lodge
standing directly alongside the pri.
yate road leading TO the gates Of The
Folly, as the Wright place Is called,
Is occupied by the dairymen OF the
estate. The Martins lett little impress.
sion on the life OF the old days in
this colony. Accidentally their
lodge house belongs to what has been
called the Jig saw" order of archtec
ture. and was built in the period
which has been called the reign Of
terror" by historians OF this art In
America.
Opposite point on Broadway
where the sign on the lamp post tells
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
For Tobacco ussrs.

Users OF tobacco should, according
to a German investigator, filter the
smoke from their pipes through cot.
ton soaked In terric salts. By this
process the fumes Of the essential oil
OF the hydrogen suphide, the cyan.
hydro acid and about half the nicotine
and It's products Of decomposition are
got rid, while the smoke is not de.
prIged OF It's aroma.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
Woman Hsae Q, ssa,,l. hospital.

Mrs. Marion b. Baxter is at the head
OF the only free hospital in Seattle
Wash, the hospital-shlp Idaho. Roger
s. Greene and other public-splrited
men Of the city bought the ship and
gave II COR the benefit Of those too
poor to pay for admission to hospitals
Mrs. Baxter has been for several years
on the editorial stan Of Seattle pa
per.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
Germany Buys Monkeys.

A singular state consignment Is Oh
board OF the German steamship Oc'
ella. bound from Singapore, The YES.
sci has on board 100 monkeys, which
are being brought to Prussia - the
order Of the government Their ulti'
mate destination is Breslau. where
they are to he used for the purpose OF
experiments connected with the prep
aration OF n certain serum As to the
nature OF the serum. nothing is said
London Globe.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

relics OF he old times hereabouts. Not
long ago Mrs. Potter, the wife OF the
bishop, bought the piece Of ground
on which this lodge stands aid re.
modelled the cottage, adding a one.
story wing TO 1t.
Although the first OF these lodge
houses along Broadway is markedly
simple. the last one approaches the
magnificent To every one in the
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

There is much dispute as TO who
has written the novel of the day and
the novel OF the year. The real Ques.
ton Is who will write the novel Of the
century.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
The Marble Arch"

you II Is l76th street officially. though
there Is no street cut through, Is a
substantial brick cottage set in a
pleasant green meadow. Forty years
ago It stood by a gateway leading
from the Kingsbrldge Road-as Broad.
way was called IN those days-to the
Benjamin Douglas place on the ridge
to the westward Of II.
There is no sign OF the Douglas
house now. But the little lodge is In
better care than any one OF these
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

II Is about decided that bona fde an.
gels have no sex, but every time a sen.
timentalst finds an angel on the earth
the radiant creature is invariably Of
the feminine gender.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Emperor williams yachting repre-.
sentative denies that the king will try
to capture the America cup next year.
Doubtless his majesty has watched
Sir Thomas Lipton's efforts
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

An Ohio man claims ghost plays
Blue Bells" on his piano every night
And, as to anybody who would do a
thing like that, II he isn't ghost
be ought 10 be.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Hunters in Africa lately shot a gor.
lila seven and a half feet in height
and weighing over 700 pounds. Cor
illas fully as large as that, however,
have been seen in America, on circus
posters.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Gustav Domidion, a New York land.
lord. used TO bar babies from his
fats and let in dogs. The perfectly
logical consequence is that he has
now changed his mind.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Forty shots with the six-inch gun
by the cruiser Colorado and forty
hits. To be sure. It is worlds rec.
ord. but Colorado has always had a
great reputation for shooting.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

The Pennsylvania youth who broke
a chain Just in time to save himself
from being ground to pieces on a cog
wheel offers a world Of inspiration to
the men who manufacture melodrama.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Paris Is to have a theater In which
only the plays Of unknown authors
will be produced. II II can also get
all the unknown authors to buy seats
the success Of the scheme will be as.
sured.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

neighborhood OF 2ljIh street the gate
house Of the Seaman or Drake place,
as it Is yariousy called, is always re-
tered to as the Marble Arch" not
because It is built OF that stone but
because it was fashioned and named
after he famous arch in Hyde Park,
IN Loldon.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Great Scott The Schleswig Hol.
stein question has reared It's horrid
front once more. Gentlemen cry.
peace, peace, but there Is no peace.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

There is a saying that it is easy for
one who is honest TO believe In hon.
esty in others It's just the other way
with common sense,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

The sightseeing automobile chart.
OTIS are called "yap wagons In popu.
lar parlance now, but the phrase has
not got into any OF the dictionaries
yet.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Why do New Workers keep on ask.
ing politicians, where did YOU get
it," when they knew perfectly well
all the time where they got ~
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Not only Is the new Russian minis.
ter to Japan well fitted in other ways
to take up the dificult and delicate
duties OF his post. but he has an Amer.
lean wife. His mission ought to be a
great success.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

\ Fireplace. a Fireplace.
g. D b. Flu,s SIS % Suol door,
-. I brick g. .,.iu. Tin. nor.
u. JuiSt.
is FIVE feet. As no basement or cellar
is mentioned, the ash OF SCOT doors are
placed in fues above hearth, SO as to
allow cleaning out the tuy, when nee.
essary. \ good plan when topping
out chimney is TO mold a concrete cap
on it. This can be- done by placing
mold ON Top OF chimney and filling In
with cement concrete and Is much
easier than mo'ding on the ground and
then putting 10 on. This cap will pre-.
vent the water and frost from loosen.
ing the bricks in top Of chimney. For
a chimney the size mentioned Il will
take about two thousand bricks.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

The students Of Mornineside college
in Sioux City, Ia, have been warning
against husgirg and kissing Much
good IL will do,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

When a man has to be compelled by
the courts 10 care for his aged mother
he Is so near the bottom that falling
the rest OF the way wouldn't hurt him.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

We don't need 70 travel half way
a-ound the world to lind the white
mans burden.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

A woman can get just as angry over
not getting a new dress as II she had
been able to get II and then 1t had
been rained on and spoiled
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
Foundation Walls Of Barn.

have a barn 36xi6 feet and should
like to know II raised It up and put
in, say, three feet Of stonework and
Ave feet OF frame work for COW sta.
BILE. could It be made equally as
strong to resist wind storms as an
entire stone foundation,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

A correspondent wants TO know II
next year is leap year Any year Is
leap year TO the man who has the cour.
age TO leap.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

The lambs are not hurrying into
Wall street Winter is coming on. and
they desire to keep what wool they
have.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

A member Of the Chicago board OF
trade says that he has made only $40
in the last two months, but perhaps
that was all he earned.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Witzhof says that he has thirty.two
wives, thus showing au'horitatiyely
that he falls FAR short OF the wisdom
OF King Solomon
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Everybody welcomes these piping
times OF peace except Castro and the
krupp gun works.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

When a man starts out 10 live by
his wits he should be sure that he
has the wits In his possession.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Massachusetts has a great grand
mother aged 80, and she challenges
the world 20 DO better
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

To build fireplace and chimney, see
The accompanying plans. The fire
place nue is drawn over into the
kitchen stove fue. and the one nue Is
Tor the two heaters. Have the ilues
SNS inches square. The fireplace can
be built any size required. For a com
mon crate the size IS feet inches
wide by = feet 10 inches high by !
foot deep. The distance across front
OF fireplace for the ahoye-sizcd CRATE
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
Grnat Editors Home.

that all OF the estates belonging ia
this time were not directly on the mSin
highway is shown by the ruins Of the
lodge house OF the old James GorcGn
Bennett place In Fort Washington ayS-
nue., near 18th street. In the eide:
Benefits day he spent most OF the
year in his home here, the house also
being a favoritc OF his daughter Jean.
nctte. II was just to the north and
adjoining the property known on the
old maps as the Jumcl tract. and was
kept up In beautiful style An indica.
ton of this may be seen In the fine
wrought iron gate posts outside the
lodge, which. In spite Of the tumble
down condition OF everything around,
still retain evidences Of their former
statelness.
These are simple structures. little
buildings that in the course OF few
years in all probability. will go down
before the northward movement OF III"
city. Yet as they stand they are a.
most the ynly surviving monuments g.
an epoch of which there is scarcely
any other traces, In the social history
of the city.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

Please describe the laying Of sta.
Bile floor OF cement, broken stones and
gravel How much slope should the
stalls have? How much floor will
one barrel Of cement lay?
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08

4 stone or concrete wall the full
height OF the basement would be much
stronger than II part were built OF
wood,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-12-08
CHIMNEY eMPrlEs -FOUR FLuEs.

Takes Smoke from Open Fireplace,
Cook stove and Heaters.
In a house with four rooms the In
ner corners OF which adion closely,
how can a chimney be built so that II
will serve an open fireplace in one
room and also take the smoke from
cook stove in next room? Also could
% be fixed to take the smoke from
heaters in third and fourth rooms?
What quantity Of materials will be re-
quired?
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
COL. MOSBY DENOUNCES
PUBLISHING HOUSE
Its Advertisement of a Book by Fa-
nous Southern Guerrilla Called
Fraud

The announcement recently made by a
Cleveland publishing house TO the effect
that It would publish book from the
pen Of Col. John s. Mosby during the
coming fall has aroused the ire of Col
onel Mtsbys friends to high pitch.
In the announcement, which Is In the
form Of a circular-letter, the publishers
OF the book. which they entitle War in
Virginia. solicit advance orders for the
work. which Will be delivered imme-
diately upon publication"
II is said that one of Colonel Mosby' 8
most intimate friends, who was aware
that the colonel had been engaged in
writing a book, willingly fell victim
10 the bait, and subscribed for one OF
the books
This fact was communicated 10 Col
onel Mosby, who straightway de-
nounced the publication as a ''swindle
and fraud
Il have not written any book whatso-
ever declared the colonel yesterday,
and the whole scheme is a swindle.
have a book under preparation. but IL
Will be some time before even a pub
Usher viii have a chance to see the
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

manuscript How this announcement
got out / don't know. i never had any
dealings with that publishing house. and
what is more, don't intend to.
II am trying to find out who Is re-
sponsible for the announcement OF this
book. and why my name was connected
with IT. My most intimate friends did
not know 1 was preparing a work for
publication in book form. and / am OF
the impression that this thing is gotten
up with the idea of swindling the public.
1 am. II l can find out for sure that such
book is being published under my
name, going to have II suppressed.
When I get my book ready I will an
nounce it, but that won't be for at least
three years
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
Gates Wants to Play
Golf With Rockefeller
Would Like to Bet some Money" That He
Can Take Oil King Into Camp Neatly.
PLAYED All Summer

NEW YORK. Aug 26.-"I don't know
what John d. Rockefeller goes around
in. but I'd Ike TO bet some money that
1 can beat him al golf"
That is what John W. Gates said wkcn
he got back TO Wall street yesterday
from the Saratoga races and was told
MIR. Rockefeller was taking the -kneipp
cure in bare feet. Mr.. Gates had been
away for two months and he looked
brown an Indian.
He has lost fifty pounds. which he
says Is due to the fact that he has play
ed golf practically all summer.
. II guess ] can do my eighteen holes
in about e5.'' he said. laughingly. 'Of
course, sometimes take more and more
times l take less. but 1t has done me
lot OF good. and I feel fine"
Mr.. Gates was a very busy man yes
terday, and he spent most of his time
In his private office consulting with his
friends.
He Felt Bullish.
He only came out once. and then all
he would say about the market was
that he felt builish. From what he
told his friends, however IT appears
that the recent rise in stocks had added
a few millions to his fortune. as he
had laid in a large supply at the bar
gain prices which prevailed last spring
after the Lawson panic
Mr.. Gates also said that il was not
true that he had lost large sums on the
races at Saratoga
Il am just about even on the game
he laughed, and that is about all a
man can expect when he plays the
.ponies.'
His son, Charles G.. Gates, was luckier
than his father. lie said that he came
out ahead of the meeting. and that he
owed his winnings to a lucky play on
Yalagal, when that horse was entered
and quoted at 10 to /
Got Busy on Stocks.
But even If the Gates people had lost
every bet on the races which they made
they would have come out a winner on
the Saratoga meeting because the busi-
ness they did IN their Saratoga branch
office was. enormous
I'VE did the biggest business ever
said Charles G. Gates. People would
come into our Office In the morning who
never held an account before and they
would give US an order for a few thous-
and shares. and II they made a quarter
per cent proht-that's about $3.50 on a
thousand shares-they would take 1t on
the theory that II was enough to buy a
dinner with and then they'd go down to
the track We had lots OF customers
who traded In the thousand share lots
whom We had never heard of before
The Gates party came down the river
from Albany In Charles Gates yacht.
and they were very glad TO get ashore.
too. for. as Charles Gates said, 1t was
hot enough TO melt birthstone
The Gates people are bullish on the
market, as was shown by the wires