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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08

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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

nized by the community; but as soon
as he retires and moves to town his
prestige vanishes and he is Of no fur
Their use to himself or anyone else,
and he is so treated by the town peo-
pie. Few men have the faculty of as
sorting themselves in their new sur
roundings. 1t is almost impossible
for retired farmer to live as COM
fortably as he did on the farm unless
he has bene unusually successful as a
financier. Living in town costs a
great deal more than living in the
country. The difference is made up
by the thousand little things that no
one can foresee or properly estimate
until they have the experience. Just
such moves have resulted in the I'M
timely death of great many farmers.
We cannot blame man for making a
change If he thinks he can improve
his circumstances and place his fam
out of 100 1t would be better to i'm
prove the farm than to undertake a
radical change.
A house like this. however, is just
as suitable for the farm as it is for
the village. There are three bedrooms
and good bathroom. The dining
room is large enough for most farm
tables and there is a neat little parlor
with fireplace in it that is quite sep
arate from the rest of the house. The
younger members of the family would
soon find out what this room Is good
for. There would be an open fire
chilly evenings and there would be
room for other young folks from the
immediate neighborhood The girls
would find how to make this room at.
tractive. The large front window
would require some of their attention
and they would get it dressed up to
their liking. Girls like to do such
work, and 1t is good plan to leave it
almost entirely to their ambition and
good taste.
The architect estimates that this
cottage may be built under ordinary
circumstances for about $1,000, but
this estimate does not include a man.
tel, gas fixture or plumbing, but it
does provide for fireplace with a
proper hearth over a turned arch, and
ii includes No. IA W. g. planished
copper bathtub.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25
Bird in the Hand.

On a cabbage patch owned by ne
gro in a southern community oil was
found. Spectators offered the negro
$4,000, which was accepted without
waiting to consider another PROPOSE
ton, said to be worth $4,000.
What is this about your cabbage
patch?" inquired neighbor of the ne
gro. 81 understand you have sold 1t
for $4,000.
"Yas, that's true, boss" replied the
negro. You see. men come picking
round my place, an dey say dar's oil
heah. Dey say: We glib yo' 100000
| say: All right"
IL am told IL you had waited day
or two you might have sold 1t for
100000"
"Yas, dat mebbe so; but a bird in
tie hans tn mobiles wok of Cod"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

Tell me more about this mysterious
jangle we are heading for" he re-
joined. Have l enlisted for soldier
when | thought was only going into
peaceful exile as an assistant engineer
OF construction on the Utah Short
Line?"
THAT remains to be seen" Win
ton took leaf from his pocket men,
orandum and drew rough outline
map. Here is Denver, and here is
Carbonate" he explained. AT present
the Utah is running into Carbonate
this way over the rails of the G. &
G.. X. on joint track agreement which
either line may terminate by giving
six months notice of its intention to
the other. Got that?"
ITO have and to hold" said Adams.
Go on"
well, on the first day OF September
the c. e. G. r. people gave the Utah
management notice to quit"
They are bloated monopolists," said
Adams, sententiously. Still, don't
see why there should be any scrap
ping over the line in Quartz Creek
canyon"
No? You are not up in monopo-
listic methods. In six months from
September LIST the Utah people will
be shut out of Carbonate business,
which is all that keeps that part OF
their line alive. II they want share
OF that traffic after March LIST, they
will have to have road OF their own
to carry IL over"
Precisely" said Adams. sitting a
yawn. They are building one, aren't
they?"
Trying to-" Winton amended. But,
unfortunately, the only practical route
through the mountains is up Quartz
Creek canyon, and the canyon Is al
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

Presently. AS | was saying, she
would miss the chance of marrying the
best man in the world for the sake
of taking a rise out of him. More
over, she comes of old cavalier stock
with an English earldom at the back
of ii, and she Is Unfortunately proud OF
the fact; while you-er-you've given
me to understand that you are man
of the people, haven't you?"
Winton nodded absently.
well, that settles 1t definitely" was
the Bostonian's comment. Miss Car
teret is of the sang azure. The man who
marries her will have to know his
grandfather's middle name-and a
good bit more besides"
Winton's laugh was mockingly good
natured.
You have missed your calling by
something more than hand's-breadth.
Morty. You should have been a novel
ist Give you a spike and cross-tle
and you'd infer whole railroad. But
you pique my curiosity. Where are
these American royalties of yours go
ing in the Rosemary"
ITO California. The car belongs to
Mr.. Somerville Darrah, who is vice
president and manager in fact OF the
Colorado & Grand River road; the
'Rajah,' they call him. He is rela-
tive OF the Carterets, and the party is
on its way to spend the winter on the
Pacific coast"
And the little lady in the widows
cap; is she Miss Carteret's mother"
Miss Bessie Carterets mother and
Miss Virginia's aunt She is the chap
eron."
Winton was silent while the Linn
tied" was roaring through a village on
the Kansas side of the river.
II have heard somewhat of the Ra-
jah," he said, half musingly. In fact,
know him, by sight. He is what the
magazinists are fond of calling an
industry colonel born leader who
has fought his way to the front. If
the Quartz Creek row is anything
more than a stiff bluff on the part of
the G. & G.. r. it will be quite as well
for us if Mr.. Somerville Darrah is
safely at the other side OF the CONT
nent-and we'll out of reach of the
wires"
Adams came to attention with q
half-hearted attempt to galvanize an
interest in the business affair.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

picture to be remembered. Cottages
in the country and in villages have
many advantages, but cottages in the
large cities are out of place. The
crowded surroundings make it i'm
possible to dress them up in becom-
ing manner. Cottages in cities usually
are just so many rows of one-story
houses placed close together, with one
gable end to the street, and they are
occupied for most part by foreigners,
mostly of the poorer class. A house OF
this kind If built in a village should
have lot at least 100 feet wide and
it should be set back about so feet
from the street line, and it should
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
AL inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Where ground space is no object
cottage houses are often preferred
1t is easier to do the work when the
rooms are all one one floor and these
other advantages that housekeepers
readily recognize. The habit of living
in flats in large cities has created a
demand for house plans which offer
every possible advantage for convent
ence and comfort all on one level.
This plan calls for a width of 81 feet
and a length of 60 feet exclusive Of
porches. Sixty feet sounds like a
good long house, but distance on the
level is much easier proposition
than up and down stairs with the nee
essary climbing. The question of ex-
pense is one of the first and most i'm
portant considerations in building The
strongest argument for two-story
house is that the same foundation and
the same roof will provide for two
stories as well as one, but on the
other hand much lighter construction
is ad missable In building a one-story
house, which works a saving in bill
stuff.
There is something about the APP
pearance of well-planned cottage
that strikes most people favorably. 1t
is easier to make a cottage look coy
and picturesque. A cottage set
amongst trees and shrubbery and par
TALLY hidden by climbing vines is a
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

drains. Objection TO private sewerage
disposal are all based on former ex-
periences with the old-fashioned cess
pools, but an up-to-date modern sys-
tenn of drainage may be constructed
as cheaply as the old time cess-pool,
and when once installed is good for a
lifetime. A good village system OF
sewerage, of course, is the proper
thing, but it is expensive and 1t some
times requires a great many years to
brong it about.
The question of water supply is an
other very important consideration.
Surface wells are an abomination
where houses are close together
Whether private sewerage plants are
established or not, If the slop water Is
thrown on the ground, as it is on too
many occasions, the waste water finds
it's way into the wells and siege OF
epidemics is likely to visit the COM
munity at any time.
A great many farmers are moving to
town. 1t is good plan to consider
these two questions very carefully be-
fore selecting site to build. There
are a great many objections to living
in a village that present themselves
as time moves along. The worst home
sick men | ever knew were farmers
who had enjoyed the freedom of coun-
try life until their habits were fixed
and who afterwards. through a mis-
taken idea Of comfort in their old age,
have abandoned the farm and moved
to town. 1t is different with men who
have established a bushes in early
life and grown accustomed to more or
less cramped surroundings.
So long as a man remains on the
farm he is an influential citizen; he Is
a man of Importance and is so recog-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

ready occupied by branch of the Col
orado & Grand River"
still, don't see why there should
be any scrap"
Don't you? If the Rajahs road can
keep the new line out Of Carbonate
till the six months have expired, 1t
will have monopoly of all the carry
ing trade Of the camp. By consequence
it can force every shipper in the dis
trict to make iron-clad contracts. so
that when the Utah line is finally COM
pleted it won't be able to secure any
freight for year at least"
"Oho. that's the game, is it? | be-
gin to savvy the burro; that's the prop
er phrase. isn't it? And what are our
chances?"
I'VE have about one in a hundred.
as near as could make out from Mr..
Callowell's statement of the case. The
G. & G. r. people are moving heaven
and earth to obstruct us in the can
yon. II they can delay the work lit
tie longer, the weather will do the
rest. With the first heavy snow in
the mountains, which usually comes
long before this, the Utah will have to
put up its tools and wait till next
summer"
Adams lighted another cigarette.
Pardon me If | am inquisitive," he
said, but for the life of me | cant
understand what these obstructionists
can do. OF course, they can't use
force"
they? Wait till you get on the ground
But the first move was peaceabe
enough. They got an injunction from
the courts restraining the new line
from encroaching on their right OF
way"
Which was thing that nobody
wanted to do" said Adams, between
limitations.
(Which was thing the Utah had to
do" corrected WintoI. The canyon
is a narrow gorge-a mere slit in parts
of it. This is where they have u.s.
oh, well; l suppose we took an
appeal and asked to have the in
junction set aside?"
I'VE did, promptly; and that is the
present status of the fight. The appeal
decision has not yet been handed
down; and in the meantime we go on
building railroad, mourning all the PEN
alties for contempt OF court with
every shoyelful of earth moved. Do
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

have a wide expanse Of green lawn in
front and trees on the sunny side.
Shade trees, however, should not be
permitted to interfere with the harden,
which may be on the back of the lot,
or 1t may be mostly at one side.
A great many villages are provided
with sewers, but great many are not
II is impossible to have the necessary
bathroom and hot and cold water COM
forts unless provision is made to take
care of the waste water. Modern anti
septic tanks are Just as good as sew
ers when properly constructed and sci
entifically connected with the house
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25
More Power to Their Elbows.

Knicker-What is your son doing?
Bocker-Rolled up his sleeves and
gonc to work.
Knicker-And your daughter?
Bocker-Rolled up her sleeves and
gone to play.-N. Y. Sun.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25

you still think you will be in danger
of ossifying?"
Adams let the question rest while he
asked one of his own.
How do you come to be mixed up
in it, Jack? A week ago some one
told me you were going to South
America TO build a railroad in the
Andes. What switched your
Winton shook his head. Fate,
guess; that and wire from Presi-
dent Caldwell, of the Utah, offering
me this. Chief of Construction Evarts,
in charge of the work in Quartz Creek
canyon, said what you said a few
minutes ago-that he had not hired
out for soldier. He resigned, and
I'm taking his berth"
Adams rose and buttoned his coat.
by all of which it seems that we
two are in for a good bit more than
the ossifying exile" he remarked. And
then: Il am going back into the Rose
mary to pay my respects to Miss Vir-
ginia Csrtaret. Won't you come alons?"
NO" said Winton, more shortly than
the Invitation WARRANTED; and the tech
nologian went his way alone.
CHAPTER II.
"Scuse me, sab; private cab, sah."
1t was the porter's challenge in the
vestibule of the Rosemary. Adams
found card.
take that to Miss Carteret-Miss
Virginia Carteret," he directed, and
waited till the man came back with
his welcome.
The extension table il the open rear
third OF the private car was closed
to it's smallest dimensions, and the
movable furnishings were disposed
about the compartment to make 1t
conf rtable lounging room.
ITO 81; CONTINUEDD
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25
His Mania EauIt

why did Ferdie discharge his
valet?"
Miss Van Rox rejected Ferdie's
offer OF marriage, and the only reason
Ferdie could think of was that some.
thing must be wrong with the way he
was dressed. cleveland Leader.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-25
His Lady Love.

Towne-You know they say, Music
is the food Of love-" and
Browne-Nonsense! My love pre-
fers lobster salad. ice cream, and the
like of that.
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Special. Gable to The Journal. 80
London, April 2l.-Does the posses
sion of artistic talents Of the highest
order absolve their possessor from the
obligations of common honesty, which
are held to be binding on ordinary NOR
talss ., -" = - a.
That is the interesting question
which has been raised here by the ex-
posture of Alfred Gilbert s dealings
with one of his clients, Mrs. Frankau,
better known to the literary world as
g Frank Dandy, whose book, "Pigs
in Clover" sold remarkably we'll on
both sides Of the Atlantic. Mr.. Gill
bert is probably the most gifted of liv-
ing British sculptors. ) "a.
Mrs. Frankau gave Mr.. Gilbert a
commission to execute monument to
her deceased husband, which he ac-
cepted with alacrity, readily promising
to complete it within six months. The
price agreed upon was $4,000. It was
arranged, on Mr.. Gilbert S suggestion,
that he should receive $3.50 on the
signing Of the agreement, $3.50 month
for four months on his certificate that
the work was progressisg satisfactorily,
and the balaneezon sag delivery Of the
monument. sOn9thes strength of his
monthly reports, he received Isl 900. I
Within eight weeks Of the time when
| he had undertaken to complete the
monument, he wrote that his work il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22
New York Herald Special Gable Service. Co

New York Herald Special Gable Service Copy
right 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, April 2l. From the, swelter--
ing heat a week ago, American visitors
who have been arriving in large mum
bers this week have found themselves.
plunged back into winter. There have
been several falls Of snow and it has
been cold enough for much more.
It is more: severe in the north, where
the hills are reported to be covered.
with snow from summit to base. 1t,
is certainly most curious weather. The
official rain guage in London during the
past twenty-five days mas collected only
300 of an inch. Such an arid spell,
if not entirely unprecedented, is at
least rare. Nothing like it has: oc-
Cured since June and July 1903, when
inch The record drought occurred in
1898, when in March and April there
was an unbroken rainless run of thirty
days. $50 l.
The drought ran into May and during
eighty-six days there was only half an
inch of rain At present the drought
bids fair to equal some of the historic
performances, for up to the present,
March and April together have only had
nine-tenths of an inch, instead of 2.4S
inches or deficit of 1 SO inches,
This excessive drought of !. course
causes no end of dust with the usual
consequences-an epidemic of ,Jsore
threats. s.s4 81 = " 80; (
A year or two ago, the advocates of
the motor bus argued that when horse
vehicles were driven off the streets
there would be no more Of the offensive
dust, the streets would be cleaned and
there would be: no more sore threats.
On the. contrary, it is observed that
of
the motor bus, and the householders
complain of the destruction of up
kolstery. A doctor sends to the Daily
Mail this prophecy. -" l venture to
prophesy that in; the next quarter OF !; !
will increase from consumption, dipth,
eria, tonsilitis and other diseases of the
nose, throat and respiratory organs: :" !.
Again, the eyesight of the people is
| seriously jeopardized by the amount OF
| dust and noxious matters spread about
| bv automobiles. =. =. = z T..
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progressing even better than I had ex-
pected.o But when the time arrived
for its delivery, according to the terms
of the contract, Mrs. Frankau discov-.
cred that it had not advanced beyond
the stage of rough little clay design.
OF the bronze, marble and granite,
for which payment in advance had been
demanded. there was no trace. Mrs:
Frankau' s requests for the return of
the 81, $50 she had paid him on account
were disregarded. She could get neither
her money back nor the monument.
When threatened with exposure. Mr..
Gilbert virtually confessed that his
monthly statements Of satisfactory
progress had been untrue by acknowl-
edging that he had been unable to
make any Roadway with the work be-
cause Of his inability to satisfy his
artistic, instincts and artistic con-
SCIENCE
When the correspondence was. pub
realms of art, rallied to Mr.. Gilbert Is
defense. That defense rests upon the
broad assumption that honor and hon:
esty have no place in the exalted
sphere where the true artist lives and
moves and has his being, and takes
his fees.
According to the Gilbertian school of
ethics, as they expound it, an artist S
undertaking to produce a certain work,
in certain time, can have no binding
force, because the artistic faculty is
not machine that can work to order,
and is entirely subject to the dictates
of the artistic conscience.
They hold, in effect, that the artist
is entitled to make. not only promises
which do not bind him, but statements
which are not true, in order to obtain
cash in advance from his patrons.
Meanwhile, as Mr.. Gilbert lives in
Bruges, he is outside the pale Of Brit.
ish law.
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end Of three weeks the manager Of the
Gymnase warned her that he was about
to take it off the stage. Regime Mar
tlal left the theater in the middle Of
the performance during which she had
heard this news, and going home, sent
away her maid, went to her study, and,
taking out a revolver, shot twice at
herself.
The maid, hearing the reports and
the sound Of fall, ran into the room
and found her mistress lying on the
floor bathed in blood. One shot had
missed its mark and struck a picture
on the wall; another had passed thru
the left arm and entered the shoulder.
"Leave me! Leave mel" the UNI
happy woman cried, Selling the pistol
again, missed twice, but shall sue
coed this time!o The maid wrenched
and then ran for help. Regime Martial
was nearly unconscious from loss Of
blood, but the wound was bound up
and next day the ball was extracted.
She Is now pronounced out of danger.
Her friends are surrounding her con-
stantly, in the fear that she will carry
out her threat of making another at
tempt on her life. In the meanwhile
HSacha' has been taken off the boards
of the Gymnase.
Altho Regime Martial's friends all in-
sist that disappointment about her play.
was the only cause of her rash act,
there are reports afoat in the treatri-
cal world that this was the least of her
troubles. It is said that it was her
own history which she had represented
in "Sacha,' and that her hero, whose
name she had given to the play, was,
| indeed, the man she had loved, who
had possessed all the qualities and all
the brutalities which she represented,
and had finally abandoned her after
winning her affection SO that she has
never been able to forget him.
Some claim that it was despair at
seeing her own life enacted before her
in her play; others pretend that the
mysterious original of Sacha was dead,
and Regime Martial had Just heard the
news and acted in fit Of despair. But
her lips are sealed on the subject, and
all external evidence supports only the
version that she grieved at not being
hailed as one Of the greatest play
wrights Of her time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22
Special Gable to The Journal.

Special Gable to The Journal.
: Paris, April 21.-Regine Martial, the
playwright, has just drawn more atten-
ever did, by attempting to commit sui
eide. and fortunately failing. But she
says that she is going to begin over
again the first chance she gets, so that
all fears of a tragedy are not yet
averted.
Mile. Martial, after writing a num-
Der Of curtain lifters, wrote her first big
play, sSacha, last year and brought
it out only few weeks ago at the
Gymnase in Paris. She had more at
stake than the ambition to make a sue
spot which she hoped to wipe out by
an artistic triumph.
Five years ago, she was accused of
having sent to rival some tiny fish.
hooks in antipyrine capsules, in order
to kill her. The woman escaped, but
Mile. Martial, tho protesting that she
was in no way connected with the at
tempt, was tried and condemned to
prison % On s coming out again into the
could efface this ignominy, and that
only as an artist could she raise he1
head again. She then started work on
| "Sacha - in the hope Of not only as,
surfing her future, but restoring hel
fair fame .s.a.,
| The play was 2 Russian psychological
study, for Mile. Martial claims to know
Russian life and character down to the
ground, having spent much of her life
in st. Petersburg. hrs
So far as the critics were concerned
the recent Inauguration of "Sacha'
was success; but the public did not
appreciate it particularly, and at the