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service. 1t projects into the living
room, where considerable ingenuity
merges the chimney into a fireplace,
where it blends with and supports I
wooden mantel, designed especially to
form prominent unit of the inside
house finish which extends through
the living room, reception hall and en-
circles the dining room.
One kind of woodwork is selected and
millworked to one particular design.
The design is worked out, molding
fashion, in sections, which may be
built up to considerable proportions.
For instance, the Dashboard is fin
ished at the top with plain, simple
O. G. cap that curves gracefully over
to meet the plaster, without ,eavlng
a level ledge. The same graceful o. &.
curve marks the outside finish of all
holdings in the three rooms. The
crown molding at the joining of the
side walls with the ceiling is finished
in the same manner at both the upper
and lower edges. 4
The plate rail in the dining-room is
made to correspond. Openwork in the
stairway and all other work in the
reception hall is turned out in the
same way. The buffet at the end OF
the dining room is connected with the
other woodwork by bands of molding
at the bottom and top that extend
clear around the room, SO that the
of the interior woodwork in
the front part of the house is just as
pleasing as the general architectural |
effect produced outside.
Kitchen woodwork is by no means |
neglected, but the designs are more |
simple and the finish is all in white.
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We see house We Ike. Not having
studied the principles upon which
modern architecture Is founded we do
not attempt to analyse the cause or
the reason why the house has pleas
ing appearance. We do not realize
that architects have spent many years
in learning how to produce such effects.
A symmetrical house OF pleasing ap-
pearance is made up Of many little
things In certain kinds of prick
houses the white plaster seams show
prominently. Other house walls show
no plaster In the seams. The plaster
ing is done differently to produce diff
ferent effects. When the plastering is
cut out to depth of, say, three-eighths
of an inch, there is shadow between
each two bricks, both at the ends and
sides. Thousands of these little shad-
ow marks, varying in shade, cover the
building with a blending of color that
defies description.
In this particular design pleasing
effect is secured by the treatment Of
the gables. The projection is just
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price of the house to be erected is
stipulated
Such restrictions are valuable when
each lot owner is sensible and honor
able. But the courts seem to hold that
the title to real estate conveys undis-
puted possession reaching to the lot
limits on each side and from the cen
ter OF the earth to the top strata of
ozone, so that restrictions of this ma
ture simply amount to "gentleman's
agreement" to carry out sensible i'm
provement ideas for the mutual benefit
of all concerned.
= When a mentally unbalanced shy
ster breaks into such an environment
and builds a saloon or livery stable on
"a valuable residence lot the only re-
dress is to chuck him into the river
once every twenty-four hours until he
reforms.
The architectural features of this
house are especially interesting be-
cause of the symmetrical manner in
which the roof, large front porch, DOR
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FIRST SESSION OF ASSEMBLY
Americas Premier Legislative Body
Met at jamestown, Va, in
July, 1919.

The first representative legislative
assembly ever held in America
convened at Jamestown, Va, in
July, 1919, a year before the Pill
grim landed at Plymouth and dec
ade before the Massachusetts Bay
colony was begun. 1t consisted OF
the governor, Sir George Yeardley,,
his council, two burgesses elected by
each of the IL incorporated planta-
tons. The assembly sat in the chan
Gel of the little church, where five
years before Pocahontas had been
married to John Rolfe. John Irvine,
the clerk of the assembly, says in his
report:
1.-THE most convenient place we
coulde finde to slit in was the Quire
Of the Church, where Sir George
Yeardley, the Governour, being sett
down in his accustomed place, those
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MILK SHED is OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE
Compartment of Some Kind to
Protect Cows Should Be
Erected by Dairymen.
(By M. A. CovERDELL.)

Every farmer should build a small
shed or compartment of some kind in
which to stand the COWS at milking
time. The nearer the barn the better.
1t should be well ventilated in the
summer and made warm in the winter
months by setting up fodder around it
or lining it with building paper or roof
ing material.
The shed may be any size desired,
but ample room for one COW is all that
is necessary. Have nails arranged on
the wall for hanging milk pals in
places of safety while the COWS are
being led to and from the shed.
If there are any sore teats, caked
udders, or other ailments to be treated,
the milk shed offers safe place in
which to do it quickly, and any trouble
with the animals in hand will cause
no disturbance among the other mem
bers of the herd. Spraying solution
is also more easily applied in the shed
than anywhere else.
Where one feeds the COWS at milk
ing time, the milk shed removes the
difficulty of feeding the cow that is
being MIXED in sight of the other ami
mails.
Some cows will fret and worry away
a large portion of their milk if an
other COW is being fed in sight or hear
ing Of them. Then, feeding the COW
In the milk shed makes it unnecessary |
to use so many feed troughs
By keeping it well cleaned out, and |
properly drained, the milk shed is
always ready to lead the COW into and
milk under agreeable and sanitary
conditions. If it be in the summer
time, the shed may be darkened and
the pesky flies thus gotten rid of,
which means lot of solid comfort
to the cow and the mixer, as well
as greater amount of milk
With proper ventilation, such a shed
is also much cooler than the swelter-
Ing dairy barn, where the animals
breath, combined with the heat of
their bodies, contributes literally to-
ward the maintenance of a high tenn
Derature.
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NITRATE OF SODA
AS A Fertilizer
Top Dressing on Old Meadow Is
Almost Certain to Show
Marked Results.

On an old meadow which has not
been properly fortified. top dress
ing of nitrate of soda is almost GER
tain to show very marked results. The
farmer is likely to be so enthusiastic
over the showing made that he at
once concludes that nitrogen is the
one factor needed to make his hay
crop profitable one. Right here lies
the danger. While the first applica-
ton of nitrate of soda may show these
marked results, it is not by any means
safe to conclude that nitrogen is the
only element of fertility needed.
Repeated applications of nitrate of
soda may soon result in no apparent
benefit and even result in a final con-
dition worse than the original condi-
ton. The first application of nitrate
of soda shows such marked results be-
cause there is a marked deficiency of
nitrogen in the soil; but there is suf-
ficient of the other fertilizing ele-
ments, particularly phosphorus and
potassium, to balance the nitrogen
used.
The increased crop yields from the
use OF nitrate of soda make an in
creased drain upon the available phos-
phorus and potassium of the soil No
effort being made to replace these ele-
ments thus removed the time very
soon comes when no response is re-
ceiyed from the application of nitrate
or soda because the phosphoric acid
and potash have been depleted, or,
IN other words, are the limiting fac
tors.
AS rule, where nitrate of soda is
used as fertilizer it is a safe princi-
pie to use in connection with it some
form of phosphorus and potassium,
having IN mind permanent results
rather than a temporary increase due
to the nitrate of soda.
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mer and terrace balance up to make a
splendid picture. The wide projection
of roof and the heavy cornice are
especially suitable to the proportions
OF the house. The style is what is
generally termed STORY and half"
which in this case gives almost as
much floor area in the upper story as
1t does on the first, because Of the
space over the front porch, which is
utilized for the large front bedroom.
/; It will be noticed that there is an
extra wide front entrance commencing
with the cement walk that leads to
the front porch. Also that the front
steps and the front door entering the
house AL are wider than usual
A study Of the plan in general will
bring out several such combinations.
Il Il the manner IN which the different
main features Of the house are brought
together IN ono harmonious blend that
makes the house 70 attractive.
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Car Pushed Him Into River.

Gustave Reinberg, manufacturer,
will now buy new motor car, but It
will be a self-starter. He had one
which cost $4,000 and seemed to be 2
reliable and docile car until the othN
day. Mr.. Reinberg believes now that
it had long nursed secret grudge
against him. While he was cranking
1t on West Shore ferry boat, it start.
ed up, pushed him into the river and
jumped in after him. They picked Mr..
Reinberg OF an ice cake, but the car
has not been recovered. Mr.. Reinberg
Is Of the opinion that II ran about as
far as Albany on the river bottom.
And he had the best opportunity to
notice which way and how briskly It
was moving. New York Letter to the
Cincinnati Times-Star.
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(By H. E. DVORACHEK, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College,
Cement is coming to be used more
and more for construction work on
the farm. This is only in keeping with
progress made in concrete construc-
tion along other lines. A great many
objections are made to concrete as a
suitable material for silo construction.
Besides number of others, the fol-
lowing are some of the most common:
Concrete walls allow mold and decay
around the walls, are affected by the
acid of silage, and they cannot be
built to keep them from cracking and
thus leak air. Observation of concrete
and stave silos standing side by side
shows that the freezing is no greater
in one than the other. By coating the
walls with wash of neat cement or
tar pitch they can be made perfectly
air, water and acid proof. If properly
REINFORCED and made of suitable ma
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tericl they should not crack any more
than does other concrete work. There
have been failures in all types of silos,
but it is safe to say that the percent
age of failures is less in concrete silos
than in most other types. That they
are a success has been demonstrated
beyond doubt by those built not only
in this state but other states as we'll.
Silos of this type are known to have
been used successfully for II years
without the least sign of deterioration,
or loss of silage through spoilage.
The common causes of failure in
concrete construction are: Cd INSULT
Gent reinforcement, (2) dirty sand
and gravel, (3) too lean a mixture or
insufficient amount of cement used,
t4) poor mixing of cement with sand
and gravel, (5) poor placing of mix
ture within the building forms, co.
washing out of cement by excessive
water.
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Restore Paine Relics.

The stove that was presented BY
Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Paine,
writer and patriot. has been restored
to Paine's former house, now the head
quarters of the Huguenot association
in North avenue New Rochelle. Wal
ter T.. Bell of Woodbury., Conn, who
purchased the stove 80 years ago from
the former owner of the Paine house,
sold 1t to the Huguenot association.
The stove was one OF the first made BY
Franklin. The crudely-made sections
are fitted together In grooves instead
of with nuts, bolts or rivets. It is now
in the room once used by Paine as his
study.
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being now a good four miles inland.
Old Basra, now called Zotbeir, was in
those days-for Sindbad is not an en-
tirely fictitious character-on the sea
or, at least, ON the salt tide that ebbed
and flowed along the Khor Abdulla,
then the chief mouth of the Euphrates.
The most conspicuous buildings in
Basra are the British consulate,
sturdy, verandaed house, that, proper
ly sandbagged, could give a good &C.
count of itself against mere rife-f1re,
and the Lynch offices, almost next
door. A little farther upstream is the
Ashar, a creek that extends for some
distance southwark from the river. 1t
is crowded with boats of all sizes,
from canoes to bungalows, and on the
southeastern side is a kind of prom
enade between the creek and row Of
tumble-down houses which represent
the Piccadilly of Basra.
Where Adam Was Created.
Away in old Basra there is not
much to see except the minaret OF
Bash-Ayyan, which is, perhaps, $50
years old, and has picturesque court
yard. Nothing, unfortunately, recalls
the Basra of Sindbad any more than
modern Bagdad represents the Bag
dad of the good Caliph Harun-al-Ras-
child, except the direction of the
streets and one lump Of hard brick
work, which is, alas, fast dropping into |
the Tigris. But the date gardens be-
tween Old and New Basra have spe-
ciA interest of their own, for 1t was
from between the roots Of date palm
at Pasra that Jehovah gathered
The clay with which he fashioned
Adam Yin the Garden OF Eden. For
EhiY reason the devout Mohammedan
will never abuse his date trees, how
'ver 1nuP they fail him. for the com
uand In the Koran runs: Respect the
late palms. for they are your auAts.'
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right, the size and the weight of the
cornice has been studied, the gable
end over the front porch and the
gabled dormer in the front side of the
wide roof all correspond without being
made exact duplicates of each other.
Also the treatment of the front porch
and the so-called terrace" at the side,
which is left uncovered, are similar.
but not enough alike to appear monot
onous.
The large chimney at the end of the
house is another decorative feature. II
is built of rough-faced, dark-colored
brick, laid up with white mortar and
topped with white terra Gotta chin
ney to match the white painted cor
nice
This chimney is intended more for
decorative purposes than for actual
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FEEDING ALFALFA
TO FARM HORSES
Must Be Fed With Judgment and
Care-AnimaIs Are Quite
Apt to Eat Too Much.

Alfalfa is a splendid horse feed, but
must be fed with judgment and care.
Because of its palatability, mature
horses are likely to eat too much al
falfa, II permitted to have free access
to 1t. The average farm horse at hard
work is allowed to eat much more al
falfa and other roughage than he
really needs to maintain his weight.
Horses like alfalfa stems. Refuse
from the cattle racks is very accept
able to horses
Feed mature horses first and sec
ond cutting alfalfa which Is free from
mold and dust
A sudden change OF feed deranges
The hoZze's digestive system.
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Gibbon mentioned 1.-THE Christians
of st. John of Basra." These are the
Sebacans, strange race that live in
the Euphrates' bed, and, besides dairy
farming, earn a livelihood by making
the one remaining mystery of metal
work in the world. They execute beau
tiful Niello designs in silver, gold and
black, and would die rather than sur-
render the secret of the workmanship.
They are quiet folk, if only because
they believe that st. John the Baptist
was the real Messiah, and worship on
ly him-and the Pole Star. They keep
their doctrine as much a secret as
their metallurgy, but certain tenets
are admitted by them which link them
not only with Christianity and Gnos-
ticism, but with Islam and Zoroastrian-
ism.
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of the Counsel of Estate safe nexts
him on both handles, excepte onely
the Secretary, then appointed Speaker,
who safe right before him. John
Irvine, clerke of the General ASSEM-
bly,, being placed nexte Speaker. and
Thomas Pierse, the Sergeant, stand
ing at the barre, to be ready for any
service the Assembly should requlle-
But forasmuch as mems affairs doe lit
tie prosper where Gods service is neg.
lected, all the Burgesses took their
places in the Quire till a prayer was
said by Mr.. Buckle, the minister, that
it would please God to guide and
sanctify all our proceedings to mis-
owne glory and the goode of this Plan
tation."
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tureu BaSra, just DeloW TIE
WV mouths of the Tigris and
w the Euphrates, they secured
control of a most interest
! Ing piece of country. This is the spot
| where God is popularity supposed to
| have created Adam, and moreover,
Basra is the city from which Sindbad
the Sailor set forth on the wonderful
voyages that are related in the Ara
bian Nights.
From a political point of view Basra
Is important because the Germans in
tended to end their Bagdad railroad
there. 1t is the center of the worlds
date trade.
Basra is on the Shaft Ul-Arab, an es-
tuary formed of the combined waters
of the Tigris, Euphrates and Karun
rivers. The Shaft empties into the
Persian gulf.
The British already controlled Fac,
a cable station on the gulf. From here
the expedition proceeded up the west
ern or Turkish bank of the Shaft.
Beautiful date palms line the water
way.
Was Garden of Eden.
The bank on the eastern side forms
one edge of Adagan island, traditional
ly the site of the Garden of Eden, but
now boasting principally the refineries
of the Anglo-Persian Oil company. The
oil runs down $50 miles from the
Bakhtiari mountains of Persia, where
crude petroleum gushes from the
ground in abundance.
Another site on the way to Basra is
the home of the powerful sheikh of
Mohammera. The British steamers al |
ways fire salute when passing, be- |
cause the sheikh once came to the |
rescue of a British boat attacked by |
pirates near his home.
Basra itself is on the southern side
of the river. 1t is entirely modern,
the old city of Basra from which Sind
bad the Sailor made his seven voyages
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Town House OF !.
PLEASING DESIGN
So Placed That Its Advantages
Are Apparent at a
Glance.
Architectural Features Especially In
terestinq In View Of the Results
Observation-Disclosures Arrange
ment of Building Worked
Out With Care.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mr.. William Al. 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 experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1897 Prairie
avenue. Chicago, ILL.,, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
a. solid story-and-a-half house of
very neat design is shown in the &C.
companying perspective and floor plan.
The house is placed sideways to the
liked from the fact that it presents
a broader outlook in the most inter-
esting direction.
A house 38 feet in width really re-
uuires a 60-foot lot. The appearance
of a house depends a good deal upon
the manner in which it fits the lot.
House builders have habit of en-
croaching upon each other on streets
that are particularly desirable, SO that
the placing of house on lot means
a good deal because of possible future
contingencies.
For this very reason experienced
property owners advocate wide houses,
because the front view can never be
seriously INSTRUCTED.
Sometimes on certain streets in fine |
residence sections there are building |
restrictions that are written into deeds |
conveying the lots. Purchasers of |
such lots usually agree to place the |
house a certain number of feet back |
from the street line, and certain
number of feet from the north or east |
line of the lot. Also the minimum
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Gold Production.

From 1875 to the end OF 1914 South
Dakota has produced $186,224,000 In
gold. Cripple Greek, Colo, to the end
Of 1914 has produced e36s,000.000 in
koh
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Her Boy at the Front,

To provide her son with warm I'M
derclothing. the fifty-year-old mother
Of young Austrian soldier tramped in
the rain for thru days from her homo
in Hungary = Asld AsadQuartaS.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following couples have Deen licensed
20 we'd
Name and Residence. Age
Ernie II. Arff. Willard .................... "a
Anna Boil, Willard. .............,....,..., "a
ID Jack Strain. Omaha. %
Mary Barklow. Portsmouth, O...,.... 20
Emmanuel N. Davis, Omaha........... g
Lucinda Smith, omaha................... 81
VIII r. Clark. Powell, Neb............ 20
Flora Johnson, Omeha. 20
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-19
sAYLEs-Mlllle, ased 70 years ; months
nIRTHs AND DEATHS.

Brths-E. q. and Dollie May Dotson.
III North Twentieth. girl; BENJAMIN and
Clementine Jenkins. li0s North sixteenth,
girl: Ernest J. and Ethel Rhodes, I'll For
est avenue, girl: Otto and Mary Thorn
sen, 4225 North Thirty-sixth avenue, girl
Deaths-Baby Pankievioz. rear Of 1883
South Fourteenth; Baby Murdoch, l5Os
william; Paul Roberts Hoffman, 5
months, 1864 Vinton: Raymond Kotch.
2. 1923 South Eighteenth; Anna Paulson,
bN hospital
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LODGE NOTICES.

Beech Camp Modern Woodmen OF
America attention.
Beginning Friday evening February 10,
the camp will meet at Modern Woodmen
Of America hall. Fifteenth and Douglas
streets. Important business BE present.
III. G. STAFFORD, Consul.
w ID. WOOD. Clerk.
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EDUCATIONAL
WINTER TERN

NOW OPEN
Unsurpassed classes In business, short
hand and English branches. Graduates
6uaranteed good positions. Places pro-
xided for young people 20 work for board.
For free catalogue address
Mosher-Lampman College
18th and Farnam street. Omaha. Nsb.
FOR sole the following scholarships Ia
first class Omaha business College.
One unlimited combination business
and shorthand course.
One unlimited business course
One unlimited stenographlo course
graphic course.
WIN Be sold a. Discount at the office
OF the Omaha bee
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-19
Unclaimed Answers
to the
"Swanners' Column

Hundreds OF other answers have peeh
called for ana delivered during the last
week. II Is reasonable TO suppose tnet
all Of the people below have mace nv ~
desired swaps, therefore DO NOT caiL ~
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-19

EXPERT lady stenoErapher will take
pupils. SHORTHAND touch typewrit-
ing, spelling. punctuation. etc, taught and
complete uaining given for business ca
reer. Priyate instruction A desired t624
Douglas ". Tel Walnut x1I.
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HELP WANTED
MALE AND FEMALE.

THOUSANDS government jobs open to
men and women: $50 TO $3.50 month. Write
for list. Franklin Institute. Dept 221B,
Rochester. N. Y.
OMAHA government clerk examinations
April 49, $40 month. Common education
Immediately. Address 36l, Bee.
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BUILDING PERMITS.
w. Farnam Smith & Co., 1lOS-i0 How
ard repairs and alterations, s., 200; N. +.
BALI 2i44 Laurel avenue. frame dwelling.
$500.
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nrArus AND FUNERAL NOTICES

DlTFRENE-Frc r., aged 3s years only
son OF Mrs. A. r. Dufrene, died Iuss-
day, February IL. OF pneumonia AT ms
ht me IN the Fatnam hotel
On account OF the serious illness o. uir
mother, a short funeral service VIII De
held Thursday, February IS, at =; m
ut the First Congregational church, Nlne1,
fecnth aid Davenport streets. conoucteu
by Rev DR. Rouse, assisted by Rev. Dr.
jenkins. Interment private. Please omit
fiowerg
SAYIES--Millie, aged 10 years, months
10 days February H. 1915.
Funeral Friday afternoon at O'Clock,
from ~ r. Swanson's chapel 18th and
cunning 81. Interment at Forest Lawn
cemetery. Friends invited.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-19

IMPROVED farms in corn belt OF Mime
sofa. $40 TO $40 per acre. Also large
Farmers Land CO.. Palace Bldg, Mime
apolis. MINI.