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Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
GRAND ISLAND MEN BUILD
Considerable Brick Ordered from
Omaha for Use in Wide-Awake
. Town to West.

That Grand Island is one of Nebraska's
wide awake and progressive cities is evil
denced by the type of structures recently
erected and in course of construction.
A handsome new residence for Edward
Wolbach is complete i'm every respect In
GLIDING tile bath rooms, shower baths. hard
and soft water systems and other up-to-
date conveniences.
The exterior Is half stucco above a peou-
liar color OF vitrified front brick furnished
by Sunderland of Omaha.
A new three-story store building On the
principal retail corner OF Main street for
Mrs. w. r. McAllister will be easily the
most elaborate business structure IN Grand
Island
The trim will be white stone and the ex-
terror brick will be golden brown iron
clay effect. the same in the Graham
building at southwest corner Of Nineteenth
and Farnam streets, Omaha.
The order for these brick has been placed
with Sunderland Bros.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Aged Man Robbed
by Old Friends
H. E. Prindle Tells Hard Story OF
Betrayal by His Only Ac-
quaintances in City.

Seventyseven years old and penniless,
hundreds of miles from home. H.. r. Prln-
die, made a report of heartless robbery
to the police Saturday. Mr.. Prindle had
come TO the city July II, with several close
friends. He entrusted all his money with
his supposed friends, and upon awakening
Saturday, learned they had disappeared
leaving him stranded at the boarding house
at 1918 South Eleventh street.
The Associated Charities Is attempting to
care for the aged and unfortunate man.
who wishes to go to the Old Soldiers home
at Milwaukee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

English style without the panel wall sur
face, using a plain. cement stucco through
out the second story with merely the
doors, design of the roof, etc, to emphasize
its English character
Another departure from the English
style in the planning of American homes
along the English style is the openly con-
nected rooms throughout the interior. The
Englshman usually places his windows all
on one side of the ROOM with but one door
entering into it, While rooms arranged
in this manner are undoubtedly easier to
furnish and decorate, it is too exclusive
an arrangement to suit Americans. 1t is
considered quite the proper thing in this
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
New Car Line
for Picnic Spot
New Track Soon in Operation from
y.Eighth Street to Elm
wood Park Ground

'The new street car line TO I1lmwood Park
from Forty eighth and Lesvenworth streets
is nearing completion and service will begin
as soon as possible. The street car COM
psny has been delayed by the nonshipping
of some special track appliances which
were necessary in crossing the Belt Line
bit single track is laid down temporarily
and it only remains TO cross the railroad
tracks and connect the two lines.
Residents of Dundee and Fairacres will
hold picnic at Elmwood today. The West
side Improvement club has arranged for a
picnic ct the park at the completion Of the
new line.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
COMPILE FIGURES ON BRICK
observation-disclosures Rock Issued by
Association Gives Drawings of
Low Cost Residences.

The Building Brick Association OF AmoE-
lea Is compiling for the use OF architects
a handsome s0O-page volume containing the
competitive drawings Of low cost brick resi-
dences
The drawings were examined and prizes
awarded by a committee Of the principal
architects OF Pittsburg and include many
original and attractive designs made by
architects from almost every state in the
union.
The reading matter will present facts
and figures intended to show the economy
as we'll as the artistic architectural effects
possible IL brick is used for the exterior
walls.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

lie four most popular styles Of
~ American domestic architecture
are the colonial. English domes-
tic, bungalow and the mission
IGLHlNl styles While examples ct each
S--sssg style can be found ga all parts
Of the country. the colonial style IS found
mostly IN the eastern and southern parts Of
the country. the English domestic style
throughout the northern states, tho bunga-
low style In the western coast states and
the mission style throughout the west in
general, but mostly I'm the southwestern
states.
The English style Of domestic architecture
must necessarily be changed and modified
to meet American ideas Of BODYBUILDING
Tor example; The Enelishman seldom has a
porch. His porch is his garden which he
surrounds by a wall Of masonry or an inn
penetrsblc hedge. While an Eugllshman
likes eNclusiveness, climatic conditions al
ways have strong influence on the style
ana manner in which home is built which
Is the principal cause for the difference
between the American and English ideas Of
lhomebuilding.
England's climate is mild They are little
bothered with such pests as mosquitoes and
lnes ana h-r climate is not az variable from
day 20 DAY as ia MOS. parts Of this coun-
/ try. The Engiishmau can plan a social
affair to take place I'm his garden on
certain date and inevitably knows just
what the condition of the weather will be
at that time. In this country. dual ar
| arrangements are always made FOR such an
affair, that If the weather does not
permit of entertainment in the garden
porch and parlors can be substituted, The
addition of the porch Is the only marked
difference between an English country
home and an American country home in
the English style. To make it meet its use
full purpose and at the Same time keep it in
/ harmony with the style to which it does
not really belong, is severe test of an
architects ingenuity.
To plan an American country home with
! out a porch would be as much of an anon
ally as Romeo and Juliet without Romeo.
| English houses are nearly always masonry
construction, therefore house in the Eng
lish style must either be of solid masonery
or of q masonry veneer, having the eX-
terual appearance of a masonry house,
English houses are usually in two classes,
the rock face stone house, usually in the
Tudor Gothic style, and the so-called half
tlmbered house, having the exterior wall
surface divided off into panels Of various
shapes and sizes with the long divisions
perpendicular by broad strips of wood with
the spaces between covered with stucco.
Since an all stone house is very expensive,
the most practical English style for any
house costing not over $4,000 is the stucco
veneer at least for the second story with
brick veneer for the first story. There
are sometimes designed houses in a semi
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
POLICEMAN CUTS THE ROPE
Bronx Policeman Saves WOuld-Be
Suicide who Hanged Him
self in Park,

NEW YORK. July S0-A Bronx policeman
today rescued would-be suicide cutting
down Jacob Katzen, respondent youth,
who had attempted to hang himself from
the limb OF a tree in Croton park. Patrol
man Lynch was just in time, as the moose
had frightened about Katzen's neck and the
young man was gradually choking TO
death. Aside from abrasions on the neck
caused by the rope Katzen was uninj ured
lie had written q letter In which he said
that business was bad and he wanted TO
die.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
THE OMAHA LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION ored

tied July $4,000 Dividends 1t has
paid to it's members less than six per cent per
DyIvUruD for q years. Saving accounts calling
for monthly payment of $1.OO to $500 may
90 sss",s ..r. ..s lump sa 9sss. q not ss
other information Assets So 100000. Reserve
fund $4,000 Address S. E. Corner Dodge Streets
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Building Record
is Still Growing
Record of Permits Shows a Great
Activity in the Building
Lines.

Omaha did S46J,975 worth Of building in
the month Of July.
For the seven months ending August /,
1867 permits were issued for an aggregate
sum OF s3.G172ls.
In 1908 the figure was S2,2l449O for the
first seven months Of the year and last
year 1t was l4S5ss4O.
Last years high figure included the per
init for the new court house, which was In
itself an item of $l,OO0,000 and last yea'i
total was the highest that Omaha ha!
reached for years. In August, this year, tn,
permit for the new Union Pacific head
quarters will probably be applied for ant
the total for the next month will proba
bly, he unusually hight.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
COUNTY MAKES A COMPLAINT
orders DRAINAGE District - Quit Dig
sing bitches Across the
County Roads,

The Paplllion drainage district has been
forbidden by the Board OF County Com.
missioners 10 construct any more ditches
across Douglas county roads. The district
has notified the board that tho county
has been assessed s. per unit for some
thing like $40 units. Representatives of the
drainage district are TO appear before the
BOARD Oh Tuesday to explain their request
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

he four most popular styles of
American domestic architecture
are the colonial. English domes-
tic, bungalow and the mission
styles. While examples ct each
style can be found Ga all parts
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
MR.. CLAUSEN'S BOOK.
1.-THE Art, Science ana Sentiment
OF BODYBUILDING"

20 chapters, $40 illustrations and
q thousand facts on the planning
and designing of every kind OF home
IL covers a wide range of subjects
including the planning of bungalows
suburban and city homes, letting
contracts, choosing materials, proper
design of entrances, windows, fire
places, etc. Price, postpaid, H,0.
A monthly supplement, Practical
BODYBUILDING, sent gratis for
twelve months following the sale Of
the book.
Address, Arthur G. Clauson, Archi-
tect, 1136-37-3e Lumber Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
Capturing a Flying Engine
Thrilling Episode of the Russo-Japanese War When
Daring Major Saved the Troop Train

to the lever With loud his ing the
steam began escaping from the valve,
and the geat monster siackened its
pace. Then | fell unconscious"
When the Major came to his senses
he learned that both engines had been
.kopped only a short distance from
the entrance to long tunnel The re-
sourceful stoker had jumped out ana
hung a lantern on a pole in the mid
die of the track. Then they returned
wi h the two engines to Shun-hang.
An honur afterward the long military
train steamed in. 1t had been pulled
up by the lantern on. the pole, but see
ing nothing suspicious the engineer
had come on cautiously. Needless to
say, when the officers and men learned
of their narrow escape and the part
the Major had played in the affair,
they cheered him to the echo.-Tid
Bits. .- ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
A National Duty.

Baltimore Star-In marked contrast
to the aviatic activity abroad and the
remarkable development of the aero
plane or dirigible afrship as method
of offenses or defences is the apathy
shown in governmental bodies in this
country On the subject.
Congress displays either an amaz
ing ignorance or a magnificent care
lessness. Despite the object lessons
abroad, and the warnings of military
experts here, that body has evinced
but a feeble interest in the matter
Therefore, not only as a progress
sive nation but as a matter of future
protection the military arm OF the
United States government should be
enabled by sufficient appropriations
from congress to carry on effectively
the development of the aerial war
ship, whether it be aeroplane or dirig-
ible machines.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
The Sixth Sense.

Philadelphia Press-The subject Of
occult or psychic research has occu-
pied the attention of the students OF
sociology to a great degree for many
years. Apart from the five senses
which are known to have their re-
spective uses there seems to be a
vague and yet not ill-defned sense to
which is attached certain unexplained
phenomena which have had a place
more or less in the experience OF
every person.
The recent death of Cesare L4Om-
broso has created a renewed interest
in these manifestations, in the inves-
tigation of which he was foremost
By whatever name it may be KNOWN,
some mysterious influence seems to
hold a place unrecognized but assert
i've at times in the affairs and
thoughts of men.
The telepathic influences that sway
us, the mental conditions that guide
us, the peculiar happenings that con-
front us, the unreasonable Strength
of impressions that come to us, all
indicate the existence of some direct
and far reaching power in our lives
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

that cannot be recognized or mea-ured
by any standard that we know. Since
the days of Paracelsus philosophers
and other seekers after sociological
truths have in vain sought the true
source and nature of these Vague yet
powerful influences.
Some have attempted to ascriDe
their power to the agency of partly
remembered experiences in previous
state of incarnation, some aIlege the
control Of spirits or some other per-
sonalty dominating the weaker self,
or possibly that of an astral world,
from which the commanding entities
control the Individual human mind
Others allege that the spirit can, at
times, separate itself from the body
and pass through experiences I'M
known to the physical and therefore
unexplainable. 1t is doubtless the
fact that the nerves have much to do
with some of these manifestations,
and even the nerves are as yet but
partly understood.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

The dogwoods are in blossom now
They are like the sunshine assembled
for a picnic out in the dark woods. 1t
is a CHEEKY scene, enlivening the
landscape and telling us That spring
is really here; that the old icy blasts
have died away for good and now
the balmy breezes have come to ca
ress the Johnny Jumpups and the
Blue-eyed Marys. Everybody likes
the dogwood bloom. IT isn't much in
the floral Technique. but is goodiy
sigft out there in the edge of the
woods, a smile that is full Of promise.
One will always find the birds
singing around there and the wild
flowers gathering about to add their
beauty to the scene. They feel the
tender charm of the dogwood's smile
and love to bask in 1t. And notice
when you look once you will look
back second and a third time at tine
dogwood, since it is always certain
to awaken in your heart sensation or
it's own happiness.
It is always a good time to visit
the woods when the dogwoods are
in bloom, for one can almost see the
spirit of nature coming around to put
gentle thoughts in your heart.-Ohio
State Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

New York PreSS.-"The most re
markable thing I saw during my
travels, asserted homecoming WIN
ter tourist, was watermelon with
handles. A gardener near Los Angeles
brought about the evolution of the
fruit by some process of his own, and
is said to he growing the new shapes
low in quantities. The specimen
was shown resembled fat rolling-pin
whats the purpose? To facilitate
toting, I'm given to understand A
man can grasp both ends of the new
melon with his hands and carry it
off with debonair assurance. But |
can't say that l really approve of the
amendment | still retain few boy
ish memories, and of them the most
cherished is the memory of the thrill
of JOY it gave me to cuddle a plump
melon against my expectant stomach,
and lug it off to the place of dissec-
ton. | never thought of needing a
handle in those days. Once | had
acquired the melon I could guarantee
it's safe transportation to the ap-
pointed spot.
Handles? Shucks! Why I've done
a hundred yards, in ~ seconds, at
night, through underbrush and over
fallen trees, with fourteen-pound
melon under either arm; and neither
the farmer nor the bulldog could keep
close enough behind to force me to
drop my prizes. I've carried two
melons five miles without losing
either. l think, too, that I was just
an ordinary boy. At least, I don't re-
call any of my companions who didn't
pull off similar exploits at some time
or another. Oh, well, I suppose it
isn't my place to interfere in behalf
of nature, but l warn you that when
they begin exclusively growing the
kind with handles half the charm OF
the melon will have been lost. I
suppose the next stage of development
will be melons on skids, with a
creeper affixed at the head for a
trace"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
MY LESSON,

The world was here full many a day
2 Before I saw the light;
Twas getting on first rate, they say,
Who read the signs Alright
Yet l got busy right away
To change it round a sight.
tried to stop lot of things
I didn't like to see,
But On they went on swifter wings,
Or so it seemed to me,
And my defeat brought sundry stings
AS painful as could be-.
I dreamed a lot of wondrous dreams,
To benefit mankind
And wrote directions, reams on reams,
How man his goal could find
But Nature had her little schemes
And-well-I lived to find
That all my efforts went for naught;
TIE world was fixed to stay.
Instead of teaching I was taught
That in my little day
I'd find life with less sorrow fraught
If had less to say.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
RUBBER'S VARIED SOURCES.
Many Plants Produce it in CONNER
ciai Quantities.

Probably very few of those who
have gone mad ON rubber shares
know that the number of plants pro-
ducing rubber is considerable and
that they differ very materially in
their relative value in the produc-
ton of rubber for commercial pur-
poses. The most important of these
is Hevea brasiliensis, tree attain
ing to considerable hight, and be-
longing to the natural order Euphor-
biaceae. This is the source OF Para
rubber, which has long held a COM
handing position in British markets
Ranking next in Importance is the
well-known Ficus elastica, which be-
longs to the natural order Urticaceae
and produces Assam rubber. Land
olphias, woody climbers, belonging to
the natural order Apocynaceae, yield
the African rubbers, and Sapium big
landulosum, belonging to Euphorbi-
aceae, produces the Colombian rub
Der. Kickxia africana is the source
of the Lagos rubber.
Para rubber Is obtained from sew
eral species of hevea, but by far the
most important of them is Fl. bra
siliensis. This species is widely dis
tributed in South America, and with
other members of the genus is
strongly represented in the region
drained by the mighty Amazon and
it's tributaries.
The town of Para, the center Of
the the rubber industry of the ANA
Zon, is on the river Guiana about
100 miles from the sea, but the Para
district extends over a large region
to the south and the west. Through
out this and the forests of central
and northern Brazil rubber trees are
abundant.
Rather more than 80 years ago the
suitability of Hevea brasiliensis for
cultivation in India was recognized
and strenuous efforts were made to
introduce the tree into Ceylon and
other parts of eastern possessions in
sufficient numbers to carry out ex-
periments ON a large scale.
The difficulties were considerable
but they were eventually surmounted
and there are now large areas of
rubber trees that are giving an am
pie return. Under favorable condi-
tons the trees grow with great rapid
ity and it is recorded that rubber
trees planted at the Henaratgoda
garden, Ceylon, have attained. a
hight of SO feet and a girth of two
feet in six years.
Ficus elastica, the India rubber
plant" of gardens and the source of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
HOW To CARE FOR
INNOCENT BABES
HEALTH DEPART
MENT PAMPHLET FULL OF
SOUND ADVICE.

Believing that the How to Keep
the Baby Well' pamphlet issued by
the Minneapolis health department
has helped largely in reducing infant
mortality, the city health commits
sioner there has revised and con.
densed it until it is considered a
regular epitome of boiled down valu-
able information for mothers. Some
of his points are:
In hot weather the baby should
wear thin clothing.
Every child should have one tue
bath daily, and ON very warm days
several spongings with cool salted
water.
Give the baby plenty of fresh air,
and few teaspoonsfuls of cool, boiled
water. Avoid the sun.
The baby should sleep at least six
hours uninterruptedly every night.
with MONDAY nap of two hours up
to 4 years old.
Neither patent foods or condensed
milk are proper substitutes for milk.
Keep milk always cool and covered.
The pamphlet gives detailed instruc-
tions for feeding and preparation OF
food, and the department will be glad
to furnish this information.
Don't feed the baby every time it
cries; give it a drink of boiled water
instead.
Keep milk always cool and covered
The pamphlet gives detailed instruc-
tions for feeding and preparation or
food, and the department will be glad
to furnish this information.
Don't give the baby or young chill
dren fruit in hot weather. The. sim
plest cases of infant illness in sum-
mer must be attended to instantly.
Stop the milk at once.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
Grades of Eggs.

c. H. Brownell of Washington,
Ohio, was Before the senate commit
tee to testify concerning the egg. He
said there were four grades of. eggs
in tine trade: A grade, strictly fresn
or newly-laid eggs; B, perfectly good,
but not so fresh; c, used by bakers
who are not so particular; and, ID,
commonly known as rotten. When
asked by Senator Hepburn if D
grade is sold to the public, Mr. Brow
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

do you consider that marriage is
a mailure?" asked the investigator
who was gathering data for con.
templated book on matrimony.
well, mine was,' responded the
disappointtN-lookng man. THE min
lister had just pronounced the fatefuI
words that were supposed to join
me lawfully to the woman loved
when her Enoch Arden husband but
ted n
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
Strenuous Opposition.

after ALL" remarked the bewhis-
kered old farmer to the audience in
the village store, honesty Is the best
policy"
Don't you believe it," said the in
surance agent from an adjoining
town, who was busy holding down a
cracker barrel. Our company's new
policy has honesty frfcasseed to a
FRAGILE"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

That the murder of Thomas A.
Landregan and patrolman James H.
Carroll. of Lynn, Mass, who were
shot down by bandits while on their
way from the Lynn National Bank to
Mr.. Landregan's shoe factory with the
weekly payroN amounted to nearly
$4,000, was not long premeditated was
the statement made by Baccini
Wiadoupski, alias Bill Kovanski,"
one of the three desperados VIA
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

doupski, is locked up at Police Head
quarters awaiting his arraignment in
the District Court, while one of his
companions, known as joe Andto1K,
is dead and the other, ANDY" Abeson
is dying at the Lynn Hospital.
According to the story which VIA
doupski told the police the trio first
went to Chelsea from Boston and
after hanging around that city for
some time looking unsuccessfully for
some one to rob they proceeded to
Lynn. They had not been In Lynn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

nell answered, not nowadays, but they
used to be before the government got
SO particular.
1t was testified before the commit
tee that meat began to deteriorate,
after being in cold storage for seven
days, though, of course, it was fit to
eat for a much longer time. And so
with eggs; they do not get rank ana
UNBEATABLE for long time, but they
do lose that divine afffatus That
comes from the sparkle of the sum
shine and the breath of the grass,
which one will not realize unless he
lives where the cackIe OF the hen is
music in his soul.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

Under the Roosevelt regime, Wash
ington gossip used to tell with great
gusto the following colloquy between
Archie Roosevelt and young friend:
Young Friend-Say, Archie, what
kind of a man is your father, any
how?
Archie-Well, he's this kind of a
man: If he went to a wedding he'd
want to be the bride; and il he went
to funeral, he'd want to be the
corpse.
Recent advices from London bear
Archie out. 1t was none of his fu-
neral, but the colonel Is distinctly it.
milwaukee Sentinel.