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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

to be ashamed of. A house of this
size gives opportunity to have bed
room down stairs, convenience that
every house does not possess. There
are generally in most families at
least one old person who objects to
climbing stairs. 1t would be difficult
to arrange a more comfortable bed
room than this one, in fact few large
houses have a room Of this kind. AS
usual thing when building too little
attention is paid to the comfort of the
old people. They have spent their
lives in the interests of the family
and it is only right that they should
be remembered in their old age. We
frequently see aged people who are
compelled to stay upstairs day after
day because they dread the trip up
and down.
The appearance of this house de-
ponds a good deal on the colors and
stains used for outside decoration. On
general principles it is a good plan
to avoid all shades Of green. Green
paint is almost certain to fade and
during the process it is likely to take
on some very sickly shades of color
that are extremely disappointing
Nothing looks better than a light
shade of green when it is first put
on, but nothing looks worse after it
has been exposed to the sun and
storms for five or six months. If a
man ever wants to kick himself for
doing something absurd in the decor
alton line it is for painting a house
green. Drabs and browns are always
agreeable and generally such paints
are lasting, but colors depend so
much on the quality of the materials
used that great care is necessary in
making the purchase, If you buy the
paint yourself, or in making n con-
tract if you have a painter do the
lob
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
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
all inquiries to William a. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A seven room cottage house that
may be built for about $4,000 under
favorable circumstances is here given.
Down stairs there is a parlor, dining
room and kitchen with one bedroom
and bath room with an entrance
from the bedroom and another en-
trance from the kitchen, which facili-
tates warming the bath room from
the kitchen when there is no fire in
the furnace. There is convenient
grade entrance to the cellar which
may be reached by four steps down
from the kitchen. This arrangement
leaves room in the corner of the en-
trance for good sized refrigerator,
provision that is valuable in any
house and one that is appreciated
by every house-keeper.
The size of this little cottage is
twenty-eight feet wide by thirty-eight
feet long, exclusive of the porch,
which is not very large on the ground
and not very high; but there is
room for four rooms down stairs and
three rooms up stairs with good I'M
finished attic for storage, and there
is plenty of closet room. A woman
never gets too many closets. Archi-
tects are often worried because of
the demand for more closets than
they can find room for. One advant-
age of arranging bedrooms in the
roof like this is that the low portions
of the roof may be used to advant.
age for this purpose. Some women
prefer an attic over the bedrooms, but
many would rather have a store room
Of this kind because it saves climbing
two pairs Of stairs. 1t is impossible
to have every good thing included in
one plan. Cottage houses may be
lighter in construction than two story
houses and they are more economical
where the roof space is utilized as it
is in this house. The three bedrooms
on the second floor represent just that
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

much room that you do not have to
provide siding for. The roof answers
for both cover and side enclosure.
Some years ago man built house
like this on a good street in thriv-
ing city All the other houses on the
street were larger and he was abused
for building a small house. but he
finished it up nicely, planted vines
and flowers in front and at the side
and made the ground very rich to
grow plenty of grass for a green
thrifty lawn, and in less than years
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
a Taste for READING.

If 1 were to pray for taste which
should stand me in stead under every
variety of circumstances and be a
source of happiness and cheerfulness
to rae through life and shield against
its Ills, however things might go amiss
and the world frowns upon one it
would be taste for reading. Give a
man this taste and the means of graf
flying it and you can hardly fail Of
making a happy man, unless, indeed,
you put into his hands most perverse
selection of books.-Sir John Herschel.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

which was $1,000 more than the own.
Ell had put into it. 1t required good
persuasive powers to induce money
lender to advance such a fabulous
sum as $1,000 and the borrower had
to put up personal security as a side
issue to money shark to get the
deal through, all Of which illustrates
the difference between doing business
in good times and bad times.
1t will be noticed that the rooms,
while not large, are big enough to &C.
commodate the necessary furniture
and big enough for comfort. There
is not room in the house that is
small enough to be awkward enough
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
No Object.

Bobby's mother was often distressed
by her small sons lapses from correct
speech; all the more because his re-
ports from school were always SO
good. Bobby" she said, plaintively,
one day, why do you keep telling Ma.
jor to set up when you know sit up
is what you should say?" "Oh, well,
mother" Bobby answered, hastily, "of
course I have lots of grammar, but
don't like to waste it on Major when
he doesn't know the difference, being
a dog Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Love and Honey Bees.

owned a little bee.farm once
That made lot OF honey.
And helped me some.
Because, by gum!
Them bees waXed into money.
And / was lovin' Mary Brown.
That was my nearest neighbour:
Fer Marys smiles
And cunnin' wiles
Took off the curse OF labor.
She was the sweetest girl on earth.
And every time I'd meet her.
/ didn't see
How it could be,
But somehow she was sweeter.
And all the time KEEP right at
Them bees to make more honey:
Fer Mary said
We shore would wed
When / had lots of money.
But after while she moved out west.
And 1 lost farm and fairy;
Fer, If you please,
Them goldern bees
Went huntin' after Mary.
1t broke me up as fine as snuff;
But still say. ard mean it,
That them bees showed
They shorely knowed
A sweet thing when they seen 1t.
William j. Hampton. in Judge.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

such neat and pretty home. 1t was
built soon after the hard times in
the early nineties when building ma
terials were plentiful and money was
scarce; when grass grew between the
piles Of lumber in the yards and lum-
Der was rotting in the piles while
good mechanics were begging for
work at any kind of wages. The lot
cost $500 and the house was completed
including plumbing, furnace and pip
ing for gas for less than $1,000, max
the whole property cost about $1,675,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

time his little cottage was pointed
out as being the most attractive home
on the street. Instead of being a
damage to other property it was a
most valuable acquisition. A great
deal depends on the way things are
done. 1t is easy to put up a big
barn of house that no one likes and
1t is just as easy to build a cottage
house like this for small outlay and
make it into very interesting prop
erty proposition.
Rose cottage, as he called his little
home, was talked about and soon be-
came known away beyond its imme-
iiate neighborhood because 1t was
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Rioht for Once.
goes

Redd-Whenever anything goes
wrong he blames it on his wife.
Greene-Is that fact?
Yes; why only to-day they were
going out in their automobile and the
thing wouldn't bulge an inch
Blamed that on his wife, too, l sup
poser"
Sure, She had used up all the gas
oline he had in the tank cleaning he-
es!"-Yonkers Statesman.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
He Knew.

yesterday.
Egbert-Yes.
who was she?'
MY wife,"
But l thought it was strange
lady?"
so it was. I'd have you know my
Statesman.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Where II Went.

Patience-What was the matter
with your cook?
Patrice-Said she couldn't get
enough to eat at our house.
well, was there any ground for this
complaints"
Perhaps there was. She'd had
in the cooking! "-Yonkers States.
man.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Polar Talk.

Yeast-What do they want to find
the northpole for?
imsonbeak-They don't want to
find it.
We'll, they're all the time looking
for it.
mo they're not. They're all the
time looking for excuses for not find.
ing it."-Yonkers Statesman.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Clever Repartce,

tongued women. A certain clever au-
thoress was once asked by writer of
the opposite sex who is not remark
able for civility: Wouldn't you like to
be MANI"
To this the lady readily replied:
Wouldn't you?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
The important Feature.

There is great deal of injustice
in literature"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne;
they still insist on putting the name
of the author on book instead of that
of the man who makes the handsome
cover design. Washington Star.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Mo Hnrsesl1nes

Postmaster-Yes, stranger The
crowd of cd fogies that loaf around
the post Office are bitterly opposed to-
the automobiles. They be afraid that
in time they will displace the horse.
Drummer-What of that?
Postmaster-What of It? Why,
where are they going to get any boss
shoes to play quoits when the hoss
becomes extinct?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

never, before nor since, listsned to
more beautiful intonating, nor looked
upon anything more poetic than that
draped figure SO sharply defined
against the background of the even
ing sky. After this we went to bed
wearied out and dreaming of Indian
girls brushing their lovers hair to
show their affection, of jealous wives
scolding majestic husbands, and OF
men who wanted to steal fair-haired
girls.
We rose early next day and strolled
through the narrow streets before the
city was awake. Every door stood
open, not creature was stirring
within, and we could see the natives,
looking like chrysalises, as, rolled in
their blankets they lay on the floor
apparently wherever sleep had over
taken them.
Later, attended by five great men
o. the pueblo, virtually the lawmakers
of the place, we were shown the old
mission church, now deserted. Like
most buildings of this character, 1t
was fine in form, vision of beauty
when seen by moonlight. We then
went to the topmost story, still pre-
ceded by the dignified elders, and,
mounting from ladder to ladder,
reached the little room that was the
apex of the city. From there we
gazed enraptured at Toyalani noun
tain, girt with band of varied color.
From it's summit, it is said, Zuni
women, no doubt as small and gentle
as those Of our own times, poured
from great ollas boiling water on the
heads of Spanish soldiers centuries
ago. Turning to leave, I noticed
common white china plate imbedded
in the adobe wall of the room. Mr..
Gushing explained to us that one of
the most important religious ceremo-
MES the Indians observed occurred
at the summer solstice. The day was
carefully watched for by the elders,
who knew that the time for 1t had
come when they saw a beam of light
fall on the plate at sunrise through
narrow opening opposite.
We left our lofty perch with re.
greet, and spent the afternoon watch
ing the vaccination, which proved a
work Of time. Many belated ones who
thought, with Indian lethargy, that
any time would do, pursued us on
the morrow as the ambulance drove
away, wildly gesticulating and point
ing at their arms.
Swiftly passed the hours, and all
too soon we turned away from Zuni
as it CHANGED, forever Adieu,
strange city of the desert, we ne'er
shall see thee quite the same again.
The sewing machine, the kerosene
lamp, the chair and tables of civiliza.
ton, have invaded thee and changed
thy ancient ways!
Three of the mirthful party who
laughed those summer days away and
found the hours too short have passed
to the great beyond. The slender,
graceful southerner went first, soon
followed by her gallant husband, who
fell at the head of his regiment on
San Juan hill. Tenatsali so full of
life and hope, has left us, too. His
spirit years since set out on the lone.
1x, ,l.o
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
An Old Story.

"Bliggins says that his boy is won
derfully smart"
Yes" answered the elderly man.
"but Bliggins ought to know better
than to build any expectations on that.
l can remember when Bliggins' father
said the same thing about him."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
In Auto Terms.

How did you enjoy the opera?'
Very poor. 1t had plenty of horse
power, but one of the cylinders was.
missing most of the time. Life.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
The Variety.

First chorus girl just got ac-
luainted with a millionaire.
Second chorus girl-Pittsburg or
plain.-Life.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Weird City in
The Sands

= BY Mrs. Washington Matthews e
Wife of u. S. Major Tells of Her
Visit TO Strange Indian City
Fields of Corn with Pink, Blue
and Green Ears-Hideous Abb
nos Found Among Inhabitants
A Brown City Built in Tiers
Fascinating Indian Girls-Eagles
Kept for Feather Supply-Vac-
chatting a Whole City.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Marie.

There once was a girl named Marie
Il am lonely, so lonely said she.
When he asked her to wed,
She answered and said
Eyes, stree, yes, stree. yes. street.
Milwaukee Sentinel
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

Dinks-I just won ten dollars on
horse that didn't have any tail.
Winks-I just lost ten dollars on
one that didn't have any head.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)

Twenty years ago Zuni was almost
unknown except to the rare traveller
Or to the Catholic priest, who once or
twice a year visited the pueblo and
christened score or more Of dark
skinned infants, whose parents priced
the Spanish name then bestowed upon
each child, but knew nothing of any
ether meaning to the ceremony. 1t
was therefore an unexpected pleasure
to the writer when good fortune gave
her the opportunity Of seeing this
famous but little known spot.
An epidemic of smallpox had raged
for some time among the Indians of
New Mexico. The mortality was enor-
nous, as they were wholly unprotect-
ed and most unhygienic in their mode
of life. 1t occurred to the post sur
geon that as Zuni was as yet UNI
touched here was his chance to do a
benevolent deed. He laid in supply
of vaccine virus, obtained a short
leave Of absence and invited a few
congenial spirits to accompany him
on his journey and take a glance at
an Indian city.
Zuni is about 40 miles from Fort
Wingate. The road runs over hill
and through dale, over heights wood
ed with pinon, juniper and magnificent
pines and through glades whose only
verdure is wiry grass and low bushes
of dull green-an odd and pictur-
esque landscape. Our party consisted
of the surgeon and his wife, q young
girl. lieutenant of infantry and his
wife and our most important and in
dispensable companion, Frank Hamil-
ton Cushing, without whose know
ledge, tact and intimacy with the In
dians we would have had a common
place visit instead Of most interest
ing one. Mr.. Gushing was then a
youth Of % years; he had been living
for some time in Zuni as an Indian
among Indians. He wore their dress,
spoke their language fluently and had
wound his way into their inmost
hearts by his desire to know their
traditions by his deep interest in
their myths and by his power Of in
teresting them in the strange things
which he in turn could tell of his own
people.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-11-23

AS we started one bright summer
morning in an ambulance drawn by
four mules Mr.. Cushing rode gayly
beside us on diminutive pony which
he managed like consummate horse
man. When he walked, as he did
sometimes to ease his horse, his
movements were full of elastic grace.
1t was due to his Indian training that
he leaped so lightly from rock to
rock in the deep canyons or sprung so
alertly up the mountain sides, never
out OF breath or showing the least
sign of exertion, ever ready to point
out the beauty that encompassed us.
The road was rough, and the clum-
sy old ambulance was not bed Of
down, so we were glad at luncheon
time to stop beside an adobe house at
Nutria This was used by some of
the Zunis as a summer home, where
they lived while planting and raising
their corn. This corn is amazing to
the American accustomed to great
stalks six feet or more in height. 1t
grows about two feet high and often
bears ears of beautiful colors, pink,
~ priced by the Indians who, liking
she gay tints, never minds that his
bread is of every hue. Moreover, he
mas religious uses for the particolCred
corn. This dwarf variety by deep
planting requires no irrigation, but
draws its needed water in some mys-
terious way from the arid soil.
We found seven or eight men and
one woman in the house when we ac-
cepted Mr.. Cushings invitation to
enter They gazed at us long and curl
ously, asking Mr.. Cushing, whom they
called Tenatsali (the medicine flow
err, innumerable questions about us
all. Finally the woman, who, unlike
the usually small and gentle Zuni
maiden, was a huge, masculine-look-
ing creature, rose from her seat and
with every appearance of intense az.
ger and outraged dignity left the
room, flirting her scanty skirts in dis
dain as she passed us.
Mr.. Cushing told us that our young
girl had unwittingly reused her jeal-
ousy; for all the Indian men present
were telling Mr.. Cushing how they
would like just such a pink-cheeked
yelow-haired maid for wife. This
In6'an woman, in spite of her curiosi.
ty to know more about us, never re-
turned 10 take another look; her feel
ings had been too deeply outraged to
forgive us easily. We knew her bet
ter later on and became quite friendly
with her.
There were at that time five Abb
nos In Zuni, the most revolving and
hideous beings l have ever seen. They
were as white as lepers, their hair
was q light straw color, their pink
eyes were half closed on account of
the dazzling sunlight. To protect
their weak eyes from the glare they
wore their hair over their faces.
This practice, with their extreme un-
cleanliness of face and hands, COM
bined to make them even uglier than
nature intended. It was probably be-
cause these uncanny creatures are
cherished by their fellow townsms1
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Leon Bybee OF Santa Fe was in
Mexico last Friday, he and Mr.
Cook bringing to market a number
Of fat hogs. One Of Bybee's pork
ers weighed $40 pounds aud sold
at $3.50 per cwt.; another weighed
800 and sold at SO per cwt. Mr..
Bybee renewed for the MESSAGE
for his father, Mr.. G. w. Bybee,
and subscribed for himself.
b. +. McCarroll was suspended
from the Missouri University the
other day for leading COW into
the room Of one of the students,
tying her to a bed post and leaving
her there. When the occupant Of
the room came in later and turned
on the light. his strange guest was
eating pile Of grass that had
been left in the middle Of the bed.
A WinktOwn farmer, over In
Galloway county, who is very en-
terprising, went to a public sale
one day last week and thought
while there he must invest in
something, so he bought an old
goose on q nestful OF eggs, but
concluded he would wait to move
her, as he expected a laundering
time on the road home, for thun-
der sometimes kills goslings in the
shell.
j. Blue Settle, now a resident Of
Monroe county, who has lived in
Missouri 75 years, said to the
Rails Co. Record the other day:
When / laid off the foundation
OF my house in the Rails County
wilderness, didn't have any COM
pass, but got it square with the
world, just the same. How did
do itf In the first place went
one night aud, sighting by the
North star, l set three stakes.
This gave the line north and south.
The rest was very easy. Years
after a man came along with a
compass and / had him to try my
house. He said 1t was as square
with the world as he could have
put it,"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
Progressive Centralia.

oentralia. No.. May 15.-The
city OF Centralia has sold to the
Mercantile Trust Company, of st.
Louis. water bonds to the amount
of $40, 600 and lighting bonds to
the amount of elO0. 900 at a pre-
mlum Of Sl06O on the thousand,
Also to the Bank OF Centralia,
water bonds to the amount Of
sl0, 900. at par, due in five years
The city win at once assume CON
troll OF the electric light plant and
work will soon begin on the Watel
system.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

d. w. Thompson, one Of the
progressive farmers out in the old
j. w. SpOttswoOd neighborhOOd,
north Of Mexico. msde the MES
SAGE a pleasant business call last
Friday. Mr.. Thompson bought
the farm he lives ON about a year
ago. He came to Missouri from
Illinois,