The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22

be in the cement and the other half would project X handful of bits of colored glass would be stuck into the cement in varying designs, the whole making phantasmagoria almost de- lirious in effect
 On the north and south sides of the house there are huge squares of cc~ ment filled in with all kinds of rock, some of them three times the size of a mans head Some of them are tho ordinary cohbles you find in a field; others are of iron ore, flint limestone and peculiar specimen of rock, which he brought all the way from Kansas Other specimens came from other western states and territories. He says these souvenirs in the ce- ment blocks represent practically every state in the Union.
 The borders around the windows at the kitchen are composed of alternate layers of brick and soda water bottles, with the bottom outward First there is a brick, then a bottle, then another brick, and so on The best photo graph can only give a faint Idea of the quaint concoit. the extraordinary fancv the ludcrous manner in which many of these things are imbeddod In tho cement Among them are some of the old-fashioncd glass knobs from bureau drawers
 The pillars of tho porch are of blue stone, hand carved, and each pillar rep- rosents different kind of wood
 The ipteror of the house is neat and tasteful and without any oddlty of any kind
 Naturally such a man is not an or. dinary type of individual To him hls extraordinary house is never-ending source of amusement There Ia nothing at ali eccentric in his manner or be- havirr except keen and lively sense of humor.
 He has worked on the house for the last three years and 1t will take at least until fali before it is finished Situated alongside q road on which travel more automobiles than on any road in the country his house lmmcdi- ately attracts the attention Of nearly evel ybody who passes, md the great ma iurity of those who see fl for the 1 first time stop and Investigate, and lt i Ia Mr. Fogels delight to entertain his l friends with stories of his experience with these strangers.
 s,eing men working inside, they stor 1 and enter None of them suspects thal one cf the carpenters busy with ham. i mat, saw and plane, Ia the owner, and they, therefore. give free expressions tt l tlir opinions, and ave not backward lr | comments MT Fogels countenance i| ! no index to the humnr that underlIes lt 1 for he can keep a straight face wheI | he wants to-
 one day 3 party of men and womer ! in a big touring car from New Yorl i saw the house and stopped After thor oughly eNaminlng t from the utsid' and delivering nll kinds of oplnon' ! on Il and on the unique genius wh, planned it they went inside, where on, of tH@ ladies expressed desire tt sae thc owner of tho building
 He must be a bachelor" she said Tor uniy 2 bachelor would have such z lot of broken glass. and chinaware or hand, and then, instead of throwing | away, use it for building material { Madam said Mir Fogel, lifting solemn countenance, do I look like i bachclor2'
 Tahleau! Followed by profusc apol ogies.
 One day a stranger in an automobile saw tho house and stopped After th usual examination he stepped insid and watched the two men at work Finally he said
 You two men are evidently workint by inc day You don't seem to car much when this building is finished
 We'll sad Fogel, 'T have been tol, that the owners money is gettin. scarce
 Tn that case" said the stranger. "l, bo d-----d f l would have built such fancy stable
 Yes, said Mir. Togel. "I have nov been working in this building for ova two years, and I have not received on, cent In wages
 The stranger expressed his great sur prise and sympathy with the poor. un ! fortunate carpenter, and the hard | hearted owner came in for lot Q severe criticism. The stranger then pro ceeded to tell him how he could get al of his money by filing q mechanic, lien just as soon as the building wa finished, and told him all about the lc gal nodus operand in such cases nadt and provided
 When he was through Mr Foael re marked lbat as he was the owner him self, he would file a lien just as 500, aS possible, sc as tO get ahead of tn l other carpenter.
 The stranger with a few sulphurou adjcctiVes, marched out of the house.