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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-12-20
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

JEWELLERY is THE LINE THAT
FURNISHES THE EASIEST AND
MOST SATISFACTORY GIFTS FOR
EVERYBODY. YOU GAN DEPEND
ON OUR QUALITIES, AND PRICES
ARE GUARANTEED AS LOW AS
ANYBODY ANYWHERE ON SAME
QUALITIES.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-12-20

Whitesburg, Ky.-The Consolida-
rion Coal Company has let to q
company of Pittsburg, contract
for the construction of 200 neat ten
room residence in the main section
Of Jenkins At McRoberts hundreds
of carpenters are rushing the work
On the 900 buildings. When these
are completed building operations
30 far as residences are concerned
will stop until about April 1. The
army of men will be employed in
practically all kinds of grade work
mining, etc. The " M. c. A. build
ing, church and school buildings as
well as hospital will require sew
eral months to complete.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-12-20

Kodaks and supplies at conley's
store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Uskub and Albanians.
From the London Chronicle.


Uskub, which has been entered by the
turbulent Albanians, has always been de-
batable ground Its very name is mod
ern version of Scopia, lookout place. as
in Byzantine times it was called because
here a watch was kept for barbarian in
cursions from the west. Sir Charles Ell
lot, who visited it in the nineties. speaks
Of the mixture of Albanians, BulgarianS
and Servians, with a Sprinkling of Greeks
At that time the Bulgarian bishop at Us
kub, encouraged by recent official conces-
sions, was trying to open new schools and
churches But the Turks were not in
clined to let the Bulgarians go too much
ahead, and the vail gave the bishop
hint, 80 Bulgarian" he said, "sit upon
belly by trying to lay more
The Albanians are a mysterious people.
What was their origin? Perhaps" haZ-
ards Mr.. w. A. Moore, they We're the
PeIasgians who have puzzled Greek his
torians; and possibly they We're the myr-
midons whom Achilles brought to Troy.
They have kept their blood and their own
strange language, and the civilization of
Europe has rolled on and left them in
their mountains. Every man guards his
own. and fears his neighbor unless he is
a sure friend. There are no villages.
only houses dotted at intervals high up
round wide valleys. And every house is
fortress The walls are of immense thick
ness, and the only openings are loop
holes'' The country abounds in blood
feuds, and, according to Mr. Moore, IA
stranger can only pass with the help of
friends but il he meet with the enemies
of those friends their risk is his. That is
the law of the mountains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
HAS MAGNIFICENT ENTRANCE.
Woolworth Building in New York to
Surpass All Others.

According to the details and drawings
of Cass Gilbert. who is architect of the
fifty-five-story WoolwCrth building in
course of erection in lower Broadway,
New York city, that structure will have
when completed one Of the most magnifi-
cent entrances and corridors probably
ever planned for an office building. The
details call for treatment in marble,
mosaic and decorative iron with a light
ing system which will make this portion
Of the building notable.
In the first place the entrance on
Broadway will be thirty-five feet high
and fourteen feet wide and will have
tracery and ornamentation in carved
Indiana stone. The design is an adapta-
ton of the Gothic and follows the gen.
eral style of the building. The bases are
of granite, polished. six and one-half feet
high. The entrance is deeply recessed
and access to the building is through two
sets of doors, above the outside set of
which is to be heavy glass screen.
Probably the greatest feature of the
entrance hall will be the ceiling, which
will be of the vaulted type with an i'm
mense dome at the point where the
transverse corridors intersect. The en-
tire ceiling is to be finished in an orna-
mental mosaic of specially prepared de-
sign to conform to the general style of
the building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Malady of the Trees.

from the New York Evening Post.
The old cry, spare that tree, is now
being directed against a far less i'm
questionable destroyer than the profess
SIGNAL woodman. We are familiar with
the ravages among chestnuts and GA Ks
n this part of the country, where, de-
spite state legislation. foresters express
hopelessness regarding the outcome OF
me campaign. In California, too, SIM
ar menace has appeared in what is
there called the oak-rOot fungus. which
attacks not oaks only, but fruit trees
also. The disease shows itself in
places where oaks have been cleared
away but not thoroughly rooted out.
Let the roots of a healthy orange tree
touch such buried roots and it soon be-
comes sickly and finally dies. Further
more, it passes the contamination on to
it's neighbors. The experts at the State
University admit that they have not
been abe to find a cure when the dis
ease has taken a good hold, and can
do no more than suggest that protec-
tive wall of some sort be built around
the roots of healthy trees that are in the
vicinity of sick" ones. In addition to
this evil, a curious blight has seized
upon the walnut trees in one section of
the state. 1t is difficult to believe that
science can be permanently worsted in
"a fight of this kind. but the critical
point is that time is Of the essence of
the problem. Not to win soon is not to
win at all for this generation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
CYPRESS FOR INTERIORS.
Forestry Bulletin Points Out Its Ad-
vantages Over Other Woods.

In discussing the use OF cypress for
exterior and interior finish in connection
with building construction, bulletin %.
recently issued by the forest service, Of
fers the following comment:
Cypress is put to almost every use as
an interior trim for houses. 1t may be
finished in natural color or Stained. The
wood contains little resin, and thus at
fords a good surface for paint, which
it holds well. 1t is much used for door
frames, window frames. transoms. CELL
ing, wainscoting, panels, doors, sash.
balusters. inside blinds, brackets, newell
posts, grilles, mantels and to some ex-
tent for flooring. 1t is a popular wood
for kitchens. where it is subjected to
dampnesS and heat. 1t shrinks, swells
or warps but little and is used for drain
boards, sinks, kitchen and pantry tables,
cupboards and kitchen cabinets. For the
same reason il is used for breadboards
and wooden implements about the pam
try. ironing boards and clothes driers
For the parts of houses exposed to the
weather it serves equally well. AS sid
ing it practically wears out before it de-
Gays. When made into porch and porti-
co columns it retains it's shape, holds
paint and has sufficient strength to sus-
tain necessary loads. 1t is placed as
cornice. cutters. outside blinds, pilasters
and railing, and is much used for porch
floors and steps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
New Building Substantial One.

1t is a substantial building, with plenty
of windows, wide and generous, which
the architects, Marsh & Peter, have used
with decorative effect. There are en-
frances on a level with that of the pave
ment, in contrast to the flight of old
fashioned steps which callers had to
climb to the main entrance of the old
office.
The exterior walls are faced with gray
velvet bricks in Flemish bond, in cOmbi-
nation with white terra Gotta and lime
stone. The main entrance from WiScOn-
sin avenue is finished in marble and Caen
stone and leads into the business Office
with a large public space, finished with
gray oak wood work and decorated walls,
with bronze grilles separating the offices
for Robert ID. Weaver, the president, and
for the secretary and bookkeepers, and
there are reception rooms for patrons.
The upper floor, approached by wide
oak staircase. will have a feature which
will appeal to the general public, being a
for demonstrating the proper use of gas
in kitchens, dining rooms, etc. There are
also alcoveS for the testing of various
types of burners in relation to wall colors
and furnishings. The upper floor also
provides space for storage rooms access
ible by rear staircase and freight ele-
vatOr.
1t is not likely that much of the fur
niture Or the fittings of the old office will
these were put in when the building was
erected and have been in use ever since.
The president of the company, Robert
d. Weaver. will have his office in the
new building, and there, also. will be a
place for the meeting of the directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
spECTERs IN HAMPTON COURT.
Corridors of Palace Held by Super
stitious to Be Haunted.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


LYNDON, September u, 1912.
It is hoped that Gen. Sir George
Whites widow, Lady White, is not SUI
perstitious; otherwise she may be dis
turbed by the traditions of the Hampton
court residence. which has been granted
to her by. the king: There are some fifty
households living by his majesty's favor
at Hampton court palace. the private
compartments there being conferred on
women only, widows and daughters of
those who have served their country with
distinction. Among these residents there
is lurking belief that the stairs and cor
ridors of the residential quarters are
haunted at night by the specters of his
toric perSonages.
One of the best authenticated stories re-
late to Henry the Eighth's wife. Rather
inc Howard. In the dead of night, it is
said. one may still hear this poor queen
rush along the haunted corridor as she
rushed when the news OF her sentence
was brought. A Waterman, indeed re-
Gently declared that after hearing the
rustic of a dress in the long gallery he
saw white transparent hand beckoning
him from the doorway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Resisting Abrasion.

The second important characteristic of
concrete, that of inability to resist abra-
sion. is also vital, though it may in a
measure be controlled by the selection of
the stone to be used in the wearing
course The writer is convinced that for
such a purpose Very hard. dense stone
is required, such as granite or trap rock.
and if such stone is not available very
moderate amount of traffic will soon ruin
the pavement. Even with the use of
granite, and under a moderate city traffic,
in two or three years the wear is very
apparent
Recently a news item was published in
a technical paper to the effect that some
Minnesota officials had inspected Chicago
concrete pavements and had been highly
pleased with them. The writer does not
know how the inspection was made. but
thinks it rather strange in view of the
fact that, as street pavement concrete
has not been q, success in Chicago eXceps
possibly in alleys. In spite OF careful
construction. nearly all of It has become
badly cracked, and where there has been
heavy teaming traffic, the maintenance
has been very expensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Wren Lived in BankSide.

1t is known that Wren lived in house
in Bankside on the river, where you can
still get the best view of ST Paul $ ca
thedral, and a tablet on the building
that occupies the site gives the TACT OF
his residence. Several years ago there
stood a handsome and curious house IN
Botolph lane. off Billingssate, which was
said to be the house where Wren llved
when the monument was being built. 1t
was pulled down. but careful-measured
drawings and photographs We're made or
it. The only house still existing which
may possibly have had Wren as a tenant
is a fine brick mansion in Croydon. NO
trace remains of the Hampton court
house in which he died. nor of the rooms
where he lived and worked for so long in
Old Scotland Yard, Whitehall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
TRADITION IS DEMOLISHED
Character of Bricks Proves
Wren Never Lived in House
Being Raced.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON, September n, 1917.
In Walworth road, that dun, slatternly
vet characterize street in South London
which runs from Elephant and Castle to
Camberwell Green. workmen are busy
demol:shing three houses, one of which
by a local tradition was occupied by
Wren during the building of st. Paurs
Cathedral.
The tradition was demolished some time
ago by II. Syer Cunning. who pointed out
that the house is built of statute bricks
that is to say, of bricks made according
to the statute passed in the year III,
half a century after Wren 8 death. The
actual date Of the house however, is
more probab bly, about twenty years later
1t is a tall, narrow building with
plaster frieze over its third-story win,
dows. decorated by a nodded crown and
festoons Farther along, however, in the
same irregular row is little house that
might quite well be of Wrens time, with
heavy wooden frames fitting closely INTO
it's fiat window openings and its small
bricks cold London reds), making
supporting arch over the windows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
LONDON LANDMARK GOES.
WATCHHOUSE DESTROYED
Building in Bishopsgate Dating Back
to 1771 Gives Way to
Improvement.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ONION q

A<cA>DoA>, oCptCuUcT lJ1s.
One of the last of the old London
warehouses is going. 1t is little yell
low faced building with two gables and
is q tobacconist's shop next to ST.
Botolphs churchyard (the one with the
fountain where the sparrows bathe) in
Bishopsgate Today the tobacconist was
cheerfully selling cigarettes while the
wreckers were busy over his head. They
were just attacking the old Intel on
which is carved the date Of the building,
It'll and the name of the alderman who
built it. Soon they will put up some
thing in shiny brick or stucco, and the
fragments of ancient Bishopsgate will
be more forlorn than ever.
We still have a watchhouse left out
side st. .Sepulchre's in Giltspur street-a
queer little lodge built on to the
church wall and lived in by the sexton.
This will still serve to remind us of the
days before the first ''peelers,'' when the
policing of London was Il haphazard
and romantic business. Further down
Bishopsgate from the watchhouse there
is drastic restoration going on in the odd
little church of st. Ethelburga known to
every LondOner by the shops plastered
on to it's gothic portal-like swallows
nests. This is one of the churches that
eScdpeu inc great LTe anu the genius OF
Wren. 1t will be all very smart and
bright when they have done with it.
ST. Vedast's. behind the old post office,
one of the churches that Wren had a
hand in. seems TO be in some danger of
demolition from the improvements con-
templated in that quarter when the old
post office has been cleared away and
the new road is made to bring the traffic
from st. Pauls bridge 1t would not be
a very great loss, although the gray
geometrical aspire has a homely and
familiar look 20 city men, and one is
used to CHANGING up at the puffy cherubs
over the door. The interior is a melan-
choly example of ornamentation in the
wrong place. The church has got four
patron saints ard a supply, liberal in
proportion to its congregation, Of eight
church wardens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Concrete Repairs Expensive.

Repairs to concrete pavement are not
easily or cheaply made in spite of asser-
tions to the contrary. 1t will not do to
make a repair by plastering. The section
must be cut out completely and a new
one put in, and good workmanship is re-
auired to get adequate results.
The technical journals of the country
have discussed for years the best method
OF Joining old and new concrete. Such
discussion is the best possible evidence
that to make a satisfactory bond is not
an easy operation, yet it is often asserted
that it is a simple matter to make repairs
to concrete pavements. Such statement
is misleading.
Concrete lacks a fundamental quality
without which it is believed no pavement
can be a success; that is, elasticity. In
the general theory of payements some
means of sustaining load and of trans
hitting the shock of impact to the foun-
dalton must be provided. This Is done in
most Of the modern types of construction
| by dividing the pavement into two sepa-
| rate and distinct parts-the, foundation
and the wearing surface. The foundation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Red Indians of Maine,
From the Arcopaut,

From the ArgOnaut.
A few tribes of American Indians are
not dying out. though their numbers are
small in comparison with their proba BILE
one-time strength. Two of these tribes
live in Maine. In 1920, by the census
there were $40 Passamaquoddy Indians
and last year there We're 446. In 1920
there were $50 Penobscots; now, more
than ninety years later. there are 397
Both maintain their tribal conditions and
the Penobscots. at least, still dwell on
the same village site that their fore
fathers occupied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
AS PAVEMENT
STILL PUZZLES BUILDERS
Expansion Not All Due to Moisture, and
Joints Used Are Frequently
Inadequate.

maintains the load and the wearing sur
face transmits the shock of .trafhc to the
foundations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Inadequate Expansion Joints.

In the past too little attention has been
given to this problem. Concrete pave
ments as laid have been provided with
expansion joints transversely at intervals
Of 100 feet, and sometimes longitudinally
along the curb. This amount OF expan-
sion joint is entirely Inadequate, and the
result has been that within "a short time
the surface has become a mass of UNI
slightly cracks
In this connection it is not amss to
call attention to the effect of the appear
ance of unsightly cracks upon the value
of adjacent property in city streets.
Property owners for this very reason
have frequently bitterly fought asphalt
pavements, many Of which in the early
years of that industry became badly
cracked in few months after they were
finished. It has been suggested by some
we'll known engineers that the cracks in
concrete pavements are not of great inn
portance, and, if desired, they may be
cleaned out and filled with bitumen.
This may be all right for country roads.
but it certainly would not do for city
streets, where the appearance of the
movements has very decided effect upon
the value of the property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
GEORGETOWN GAS co.
HAS FINE new HOME
Will Soon Abandon Offices on 20th
Street, Where Officers Have
Met Since 1854,

The Georgetown Gas Light Company,
for the first time since it was organized,
nearly sixty years ago, will soon have a
moving day. At that time the old build
ing at Ills Goth street, south of NJ street
and on the incline of the hill to the banks
of the river, will be vacated. The rooms
where the president and the other Off
GERS and directors of the company have
sat since the year 1854 will no longer
know them. and the main Office room,
where two generations of gas consumers
have come monthly to pay their bills.
and also, no doubt, to kick will be
deserted
From Doth street and it's associations
the officers and employees are going to
the new building which has just been
completed and occupies the northeast
corner of Wisconsin and Dumbarton ave-
nues. 1t is a modern, up-to-date struc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05

During the past two or three years
many descriptions of concrete pavemen's
laid in various parts of the country nave
been published and considerable ehtho-
siasm for this class of construction as
pavement on streets having Il light TO
moderate traffic has been manifested py
city engineers, according to p. f. Green
in the Engineering News. However there
are some grave defects in concrete pave
ment which. as far as our present kno"l-
edge of the material is concerned, re-
stricts its use to rather narrow limits
There are two characteristics of con-
crete which tend to reduce its value as a
payement-susceptibil to changes in
temperature and inability to resist abra-
sion. EXPANSION often takes several weeks
to fully manifest itself. Every one has
seen this action in the case of concrete
sidewalks. Curbs are frequently sheared
off in this way, and an ordinary sidewalk
will expand six inches in block of 'So
feet, partly the result of temperature ana
partly of chemical activity while setting
up:
Not All Fault of Moisture.
1t has been stated that the largest part
of this expansion is due to moisture, and
that If moisture is excluded the eXpan-
sion will be almost entirely eliminated
The writer is inclined to question this,
for while moisture may accelerate the ex-
pansion, it is not believed that it really
affects the ultimate condition.
If the concrete foundation of any pave
ment laid in the summer and exposed for
two or three days to the hot sun be eX-
amined cracks will be found at inter-
tals of ten to twenty feet. extending
across the roadway. They are especially
noticeable after the cool of the night,
during which time contraction taxes
place. 1t is probable that two out o.
three asphaltic pavements having con-
crete base show cracks during the win
ter extending across the roadway at in
tervals of fifty feet or SO. and eXamina-
ton will show that in nearly all cases
the cause is the foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Covering Rough Surfaces.

Covering Rough Surfaces.
There has been recently a considerable
advocacy of covering the rough surface
of concrete pavement with a mixture OF
bitumen and sand, the bitumen being gen.
orally tar The cost of this treatment is
not high, running from 10 to 20 cents
per square yard. At first sight this would
appear to be a good idea, but experience
with bituminous macadam and sheet as
phalt tends to make the writer believe
that it should be accepted with caution.
In the first place both tar and asphalt
are very susceptible to changes in tenn
perature, and tar especially SO. Also tar
having a high melting point is largely
pitch. and at low temperatures is very
brittle. Hence, if there is even a moder-
ate amount of traffic on the pavement in
cold weather, it will tend to spall off in
large patches If the concrete is at all
smooth, giving the pavement an insight
ly appearance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-04

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-04

eoe Mixes Qulte a Hit at the
Popular Victoria Theater
on Pike Street.

Convict 99s" made a decided hit
at the victoria theater last night and
pleased a good sized audience. Mr.
George R. Taylor in the title role gave
beautiful portrayal of the hard
character with Mss Dorothy D. Val
lace. as Mana These two clever peo-
pie brought tears IN plenty from their
audience.
Tonight Is amateur night and as
usual the house viii be filed TO see
amateur asp.rants. Starting Monday
East Lynne is offered The com
pany is using as a special attraction
Miss Nellie Cadwalder, the clever lit
tie amateur. as Little Willie"
The oner of so IS still open for
the wedding offer.