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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
POPULAR COUNTRY HOME
May Be Built Economically in Spite o
Raised Prices.
Keith IS MAGAZINE


Country. homes are becoming more
and more popular in the United States,
and architects are remarking the fact
that in recent years there has been not
only an unprecedented amount Of build
ing of out-of-town homes, but that
there is also apparent demand Tor
more substantial structures, embodylng
new features and costing large sums.
Ingenuity of the acutest architectu'
raj minds is being directed nowadays
toward this subject Of country house
substantial and better structures are
building and being planned than have
ever heretofore been known in America.
Cost, in many cases, is a factor not
considered, but in the majority OF IN
stances it is most studiously handled
for the great majority Of men who
would have their country places are not
| in a position to be palace builders
! even if they desire to be. The usual
| tendency is to economize, not meanly
but with due regard for the oppor
tunities which are presented.
It is. quite possible to provide TO
the man of moderate means every es
sential that a millionaire would enJo,
in his palatial residence at very rea
sonable outlay. Sanitary specialize
are produced in such enormous quaint
ties and by such ingenious methods tina
their cost is extremely small today Il
relative sense. By the use Of cemen
and expanded metal as IN exterlo
covering for a house it is possible t
approximate the dignity Of a stone Q
brick structure at a cost virtually tn
same as that of frame dwelling. -,
In interior decorations also, by til
use Of simple preparation applied t
woodwork with a brush in one coat
is possible to treat inexpensive wood 8
that they will have inc appearance Q
the richest of English, oak to the lag
mans eyes. These things are esp
cially comforting to the prosperity
house builder in these days Of Ele
wages and expensive material.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
FEW people know how to care fo1

VIEW people know how to care for
their lace, says Interior Decors
ton. Considering the great guam
titles Of lace curtains in use, this may
sound like broad statement, but it is
undoubtedly true; and in view of the
fact: that at this time. Of year the
housewife gives special at ention to her
curtains, the following suggestions will
prove of: value to her.
> With care and proper treatment the
life of well-made- curtain is indeti-
mite But to get good service, care must
be used in the selection, in their hang
ing, in their keeping, and, finally, in
The most serviceable kind, are nat
urally those made Of good material,
whether it is the finest and most deli
cate of mesh, wrought in the most deli
cate Of Saxony or Swiss Brussels
thread, or whether it is coarse and
heavy Arabian. A coarse decoration
applied to- poor. quality of mesh will
very soon, by it's weight, break the
mesh. < :.
I : Some forms of Irish point curtains
and the old-fashioned tamboured cur
tains wear poorly if the net upor
| which the cording is applied IS no.
good quality, because the weight: OF the
! tambouring, bonnaz work or applque
work is SO heavy that it tears the mesh
When one is buying lace. curtains Il
always pays to go to reliable house
! One may possibly give little more TO-
I the curtains, but it is money we'll IN
vested. and the longer life Of the bet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Damp-proof Paints for Country.

Damp-resisting paints have already
achieved notable results in modern
building circles. These paints are for
the most part so effectual in their work
that the modern interior of home or
office so treated is practically free from
all dampness and unhealthy moisture.
From sanitary point Of view this is
great gain. It is a pity such damp.
resisting paint is not used more freely
in rural homes, where damp walls, cell
ings and foundations often cause sick
ness. In the modern office buildings OF
cities and in hotels and apartments
damp-resisting paints for interior work
are used extensively, and yet, owing tt
the effective way such structures ART
heated and built, they need damp-re
sisting paints far less than houses IL
|: the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Both Phones

No; for the Louis styles are now in the
height of esteem in this country. They
lack the simplicity that everyday fur
niture must have. and they are too
fanciful for the ordinary home. They
are we'll enough for the parlor and the
all purposes, as the really prevalent
style in furniture must be.
The mission style?~ No; for altho
we believe and have often stated, that
the mission style in furniture will in
crease in demand and develop into
something more than it is now, a glance
will tell anyone that the, mission furnl-
ture is not to succeed the colonial. 1t
tsdoes not permit of sufficient variety OF
motif, and we doubt If thu, most ardent
| believer in the style would advise an
entire house in mission. It is pre-
eminently "a furniture for stated rooms
or certain houses, but not for use IN
! every room in every house.
Then. what will succeed the colonial2
| The answer is simple. The colonial will
not be succeeded. 1t has come to stay
for the next century or so, and with
/ the time beyond that we need not con-
colonial reaching more perfect, express
sion, not only in furniture but in hang
ines, draperies, and all the accessories
of decoration. Even in the cheaper
priced furniture exact colonial repro
auctions may be had now, and the max
ers who are not content to depend on
antiques alone for designs are produ.
f &as be eaern series ta tRa w1H
Sheraton or Chippendale. So we say
l that there will be no successor to-. the
) colonial style. It is as near perfection
in household furniture as can be Gre
ated, and as such it needs no successor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
COLONIAL STYLE PERMANENT
This Useful and Beautiful Mode Will
Continue to Lead.

Following the old adage "1n time
OF peace prepare for war;" many peo-
pie are now wondering, says the. Up
holstery Dealer, what will succeed the
colonial as popular style in America,
and they wish, while the colonial IS
still holding the attention OF every
house furnisher, to get some idea OF
what is to follow. What will the next
style be9
Will it be Part nouveau or
modern art furnitureY It will not.
These styles, while suitable for many
purposes, do not possess the qualities
to make them widely loved. They de.
pend too much on the individuality of
their creators, and in order to make
furniture in these styles the manufac
I turer has to originate designs-,and ar
original design, however. good it may
! be, lacks the prestige that age gives
! Our people do not have enough conf
dence in their own Judgment to buy
/ freely anything that is quite original.
/ win it be gothiisca No; for or heW we've
], lutely does not possess any OF the ear
marks of popularity. The simp,l
gothic furniture is too crude; tn
i ornate is too elaborate for genera
1 home use. 1t is only desirable TO
j show pieces, for occasional rooms an
|, semi-state apartments. A gothic re
4 duced in size to suitable proportion
i for home use loses its character.
! Will it be one Of the Louis styles
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

Those who do not care for the hip
roof will find a variation in this design.
which has a pretty gable roof with wide
projecting caves. a treatment to which
many are partial.
This house is made attractive by its
simplicity and plainness It is twenty
four feet wide and twenty-six feet deer
over the main portion, and con-
tains eight splendid rooms, also excellent
attic space. The first story is nine feet
second story, eight feet. and has full base
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
BY special arrangement with Glenn

BY special arrangement with Glenn
L. saxton, architect, 731'7a2 Andrus
building, complete set of plans and
specifications of this house, lnclud-
ing ore set Of blue prints, will be
furnished at Mr.. Saxton's office for
$50. These. will be complete In every
detail. MIR. Saxton will also furnish
to The journal readers for 81 a
!! beautiful. practical and helpful book
/ OF plans, entitled "AnevICau Dwell
Ings," Of houses ranging from $500
up. Portfolio No. 2; Of residences
costing from $4,000 to s5o. 900, SOC;
l.. portfolio Mo. g. Of stores, banks and
churches, &c.,. A church portfolio
will also be given free to any read
er Of The journal upon appIi'
| cation to the architect.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
All Ne BUILDING AND HOME MAtlNGz 49,

of these colors no one will ever tire.
A house painted with any one Of these hes e
colors, or with good combination, OF
two of them, will give pleasure to all
who see it, and be constant source
of satisfaction to it's owner.
If such colors are not found on the
color card, they can be mixed by any
painter who knows his business, or by
little experimenting any one may ind
a color for himself.
The ordinary painter hates. to spoil
"a nice clean paint" by mixing 1T
with anything that will neutralize it.
He will sometimes venture to put in a
little lampblack, but he does so gin,
gerly, and it never brings the effect
desired.
All the beautiful. colors Of nature
are natural tints, and in order to copy
them in paint 1--WE must mix with any
pure, hard color it's complementary
color, in greater or less quantity. n 4
disagreable green can be softenedg.bF
red, and red by green; a glaring vel
low is 'neutralized by violet made Of
red and blue, and a hard blue-gray car
be made reasonable, by being ml l'
with orange or yellow red. IN 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
A POPULAR COLONIAL HOUSE

Cost to Build. $4,000, Exclusive of Heat
ing and PlumbIng-8y Glenn L. Sax
ton, Architect, Suite 1879 Andrus
Building, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

curtains are cheap, then laundry will
most assuredly do the work better and
quicker than you can do it at home.
There are three suggestions to bear in
mind, then, if you are to get all you
should out of your curtains, whether
they are expensive Brussels lace or only
a more moderate domestic article: +
Don It hang them where they will get
the hot sun. : :, :
Clean them often.4 :
Don't attempt to clean them at home
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Environment for Indian Handicraft.

For decorative purposes these various
pieces of Indian handicraft are par.
ticularly. asppropriate and can be used .
crafts environment.
In such a. room, the furniture of
which is apt to be of rather somber
blankets, used as rugs or portieres, will
give an exceedingly rich effect. In
dian gourds and baskets would look
| well if placed on the platerack, and
would also help to liven and brighter
| the room.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09

could feel Lannigan gathering In the
reins as though for a full stop. Next
came the whistle of the whip. 1t swept
across their fanks so quickly that It
was practically one stroke for them
VII. At the same moment Lannigan
leaned far forward and shot out his
driving arm. The reins went loose.
their heads went forward and, as II
moving OH q pivot, the three leaped as
one horse. Again the reins dghtened
for a second, again they were loosened.
When the bits were pulled back up
came three heads. up came three pairs
of shoulders and up came three pairs
Of forelegs; for at the other end Of
the lines. gripped viselike In Lanni-
gan's big fist, was swinging a good
part Of Lannigan's 1913 pounds.
Left to themselves each horse would
have leaped at different instant. It
was that one touch Of the lash and
the succeeding swing Of Lannigan's
bulk which gave them the measure,
which set the time, which made 1t pos
sible for less than 4, 900 pounds Of horse
flesh to jump five ton truck up the
street at four minute clip.
For Silver all other minor pleasures
In life were as nothing to the fierce
Joy he knew when, with q dozen men
clinging to the hand rails, the captain
pulling the bell rope and Lannigan, far
up above them all, swaying on the
lines. the Gray Horse truck swept up
Broadway to first call box.
1t was like trotting to music, II
you've ever done that. Possibly you
could have discovered no harmony at
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09
Apple Crop Juggling.

Metropolitan and other trade papers
have been working overtime ever since
the June DROP concluded, discussing
the magnitude of the apple crop which
grew from week to week in conjunction
with the enlarging Of the fruit, until the
uninitiated would be led to believe that
every apple growing section of the coun'
try except his own, was literally break.
ing down the trees with the load. Now
these journals are beginning to publish
the reports of apple dealers and growers
who are giving another phase of the
situation.
In a recent issue of the Fruitman't
Guide, a we'll known New York apple
operator continues to magnify the tre-
mendous crop of the West and cites sta
tistics of the crop and dealers opinions
to prove that New York growers need
look for nothing above $1.30 per barrel
at the highest for their selected fruit
In the same issue of the journal named,
an interview with Springfield, Mo-,
grower, is published, who has evidently
gone carefully into the matter of the
present years apple crop throughout
the country. The various sections OF
the middle West, Michigan, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, ETC., are successive
ly taken up and from his standpoint
proved to have only medium or scant
crop. He confidently expects prices to
gradually increase until the $500 OF
IS. 80 mark Is reached by Christmas.
The fruit journals are already begin
ming to hedge by calling attention to re-
norfs nf windfalls of frrit that are de-
creasing the promise of orchards in
some sections. Fortunately growers
are taking less and less stock in the
annually repeated juggled early reports
published in the interests of dealers
who formerly were better able to "bear''
the market to their financial advantage.
Those Maine apple growers who will
carefully select, grade and store their
standard winter varieties need have
little fear for an outlet at a paying price
after the western product is out of the
race.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09

Any owner of q good colt intended
for sale can increase the selling value
of the animal to the extent of S25 or
over by training him to be fearless OF
automobiles. With the majority Of
colts this money can be easily made If
good Judgment is used in the training.
The mistake most often made is in try
ing to do the trick too quick. A colt
when first being trained is inclined to
be less suspicious of objects than later.
His mind is then occupied with the
feeling of the harness and bits, the rat
tie of the wheels and feel of the shafts.
BY letting him see it at distance first
and gradually learn that it is noisy but
harmless, only a few lessons will be
needed to have safe colt by the time
he is ready for work.-Maine Farmer. :
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09
10 sL toSrlNTEnl
Nfosu,:it,less Cities.

Over In Eu"J.. ihrrs .;rc many nap
nv towns where the note OF the mos
quito Is never heard and the lnhaDi'
tunts doa't care Il sna? about the pen
nyroyal E:a:ket. But in America the
cities which can claim 10 be mo;qu''
toes wo;.ld uot run up to dozen.
Beaver Is one of them. and. strange to
say. Grand i.a?ids. M:cll.. only short
way from the gnat Gehennas of Lake
Superior, is another. The explanation
is that the city is built on hillocks OF
drift sand so deep and so finely pull
verized that they absorb moisture ike
tissue paper. Stagnant water does not
get a ghost Of Il chance to accumulate,
and mosquitoes have carried their car
20 of microbes to more congeniai mar
kets.-Health Culture.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09

up at the stables with different horse
from the one he had driven out that
morning, much to the mystification OF
himself and certain officials Of the de-
partment Of street cleaning,
Also there pranced back as nigh
horse Of the truck big gray with one
slightly swollen hind leg. BY the way
he held his head, by the look In his
big, bright eyes and by his fancy step
ping one might have thought him glad
to be where he was. And 1t was so. As
for the rest, Lannisan will tell you In
strict confidence that the best mode OF
Disgusting hoof brands until they are
effaced by new growth is to fill them
with axle grease. It cannot be de-
tected.
Should you ever chance to see swing.
Ing up lower Broadway hook and
ladder truck drawn by three big grays
jumping In perfect unison, note espe-
cially the nigh horse-that's the one on
the left side looking forward. 1t will
be Old Silver, who, although now rising
sixteen, seems to be good for at least
another four years Of active service.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09
The value of food when used in fat

The value of food when used in fat
tening cannot always be accurately es-
timated from the increase directly re-
sulting from it. Something depends
on the character of the product result.
ing. For instance, oilmeal may be fed
as an adjunct to grain in fattening cat
tie, and the results obtained may not
lessen the cost of production. Notwith-
standing there may be profit from feed
ing it, as the finish resulting may be
superior and consequently may com
mand a higher price. Thus in an ex.
pertinent in feeding steers in Nebraska,
while making oil cake 10 per cent OF the
grain ration did not cheaper the pro-
duction secured, the finished product
sold at an advance of Is cents per 100
pounds live weight. Corn is considered
to be worth 8 per cent more in making
increase of pork than barley, and yet in
growing high quality bacon. it is posi-
Bile so to feed barley that higher re-
turn relatively will be obtained from il
than from feeding corn.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09

10 right and lett.
as possible and worked his upper lip
inquiringly. The smell Of the oats
lured him on. Hardly had he touched
his nose to the grain before the meas
| ure was dropped, and he found himself
roughly grabbed by the fOrelOck. In
moment he saw the hated straps and
ropes. Before he could break away
the halter was around his neck and
buckled firmly.
Farmer Perkins changed bis tone:
"Now, you id ugly little brute, I've
got YOU [Jerk.I Blast your wicked
hide! [Slash.l You will, will youf
[Yank.l I'll larn you" tSlash.]
Man and colt were almost exhausted
when the "lesson" was finished. Il
left Blue Blazes ridged with welts,
trembling, fright sickened. Never again
would he trust himself within reach OF
those men-no, not II they offered him
a whole bushel Of oats.
But it was notable victory. Naune'
ingly Farmer Perkins told how he had
battered the vicious colt. He was un'
conscious that pair Of ripe gooseberry
ewes turned black with hate, that be-
hind his broad back was shaken
futile fist.
The harness breaking Of Blue Blazes
was conducted on much the same plan
as his halter tanning, except that during
the process he learned to use his heels.
One Olsen, who has since walked with
limp, can tell you that.
Another feature Of the harness break.
ing came as an interruption to further
bull whip play by Farmer Perkins. IL
was a highly melOdramatic episode In
which Lafe, gripping the handle OF
two tined pitchfOrk, his freckled face
greenish white and the pupils Of his
ewes wide with the fear Of bis own
daring. threatened immediate damage
TO the person OF Farmer Perkins unless
the said Perkins dropped the whip.
This Perkins did More than that, he
fed with ridiculous haste and in craven
terror, while Lafe, having given the
trembling colt parting caress, quilted
the farm abruptly and for all time.
AS for Blue BlaZes, two days later No
was sold to a travelling horse dealer and
departed without any sorrow OF fare
wells In the weeks during which ne
trailed over the fruit district Of south.
ern Michigan in the wake Of the horse
buyer Blue Blazes learned nothing good
and much that was Ill. He finished the
trip with raw hooks, a hoof print On
his flank and teeth marks on neck and
withers. Horses led I'm bunch do not
improve in disposition.
Some Of the scores the blue roam colt
paid in kind, some he did not, but he
learned the game Of give and take.
Men and horses alike, he concluded,
were against him. If he would hold bis
own he must be ready with teeth and
hoofs. Especially he carried always
with him black, furious hatred OF
man in general
So he went about with ears laid
back, the whites Of his eyes showing
and bite or kick ready In any emer-
cency. Day by day the hate In him
deepened until 1t became the master
IA sioa. \ ,.uick football behind him
was enough to send his heels flying as
though they had been released 10y a
hair trigger. He kicked first and In
vestigated ufterward. Tie mere sight
of man within reaching distance
sDlsci all Lis frrOcity.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09

For three months Silver had pulled
that hateful refuse chariot about the
streets. thankful only that he traversed
section Of the city new to him. Then
one day he was sent out with q new
driver whose route lay along familiar
ways. The thing Silver dreaded, that
which he had long feared. did not hap
pen for more than q week after the
change.
It came early one morning. He had
been backed up In front Of big Of
fee building where dozen bulky cans
numbered the sidewalk. The driver
was just lifting one Of them to the tail
board when, from far down the street,
there reached Silver's ears well
known sound. Nearer 1t swept; louder
and louder 1t swclled. The old gray
lifted his lowered head In spite Of his
determination not to look. The driver.
too, poised the can on the cart edge
and waited, gazing.
In q moment the noise and Its cause
were opposite. Old Silver hardly need
ed to glance before knowing the truth.
It was his old company, the Gray
Horse truck. There was bis old driv-
er; there were his old team mates. In
fash there passed from Silver's mind
all memory Of his humble condition,
his wretched state. Tossing his head
and giving his tail swish, he leaped
toward the apparatus, neatly upsetting
the filed ash can over the head and
shoulders of the bewildered driver.
BY a supreme effort Silver dropped
into the old lope. A dozen bounds took
him abreast the nigh horse, and, In
spite of Lannigan's shouts, there he
stuck, littering the newly swept pave
ment most disgracefully at every
jump. Thus strangely accompanied,
the Gray Horse truck thundered up
Broadway for ten blocks, and when it
stopped, before building in which a
careless watchman's lantern had set
Off the automatic, Old Silver was part
Of the procession.
1t was Lannigan who, in the midst
of an eloquent flow of Indignant abuse.
made this announcement: why, boys.
it's-it's our Old Silver; jiggered If 1t
ain'tw
Each member of the crew having ex-
pressed his astonishment in appropriate
words, Lannigan tried to sum 1t all up:
"Silver, you old sinner! So they've
put you In a blanked ash cart, have
they? Well, Pll-I'll be"-
But there speech failed him. His
wits did not. There was whispered
council Of war. Lannigan made dar-
Ing proposition. at which all grinned
approximately.
"Sure. they'd never find out" said
one.
"An' see, his game legs most as
good as new again." suggested another
It was an unheard OF. audacious and
preposterOus proceeding; one which the
rules and regulations Of the fire depart
ment, many and varied as they are.
never anticipated. But 1t was adopted.
Meanwhile the captain found II neces-
sary to inspect the interior Of the build
Ing, the lieutenant turned his back. and
the thing was done.
That same evening an III tempered
and very dirty ash cart driver turned