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NORtK.V. it i IMsTS
V
I'ublic ttbrary
THE
SFMTF
0F THE
NO. 15.
THE SPIRIT 9F THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont. '
Printed"Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR, A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
Chester OiIed,Streets--$50
Fer Jyiile. -
Chester hna six miles o'ollqd
I fitrects nt nn exponee nt $50pbr
jmiln. or $300, nud of thia amount
ItlioHtuto cnntributod. bno-half not
a large cxponditure for tdx milcs of
jdufltlpss Btreota.
Will woodstock wnko up lo the
Isitimtion when tho dust begins .to
Ifly next Bummor ? ,
The Chester villngo rubteeB did
Iimt tako kiudly to aproposition to
Iinvest ii) oiJ, ho, Bays -tue Ludlow
Tri Ijmho, whicli 1ms bcoti looking
linto tho 8treet-oiIii huftinesa, the
AilaniB & Davis Co starlcd an ('i
Imovomoiit of thejrQwn not to buck
liiitlependeiitly agiiilist. Mr. Rocke-
fellor's long esfnhlished. mduBtry
bnt to expeiimont with a bnrrol of
Etho Stiuidnrd Oil Co prqduqt mid
Isee how it,Iooked, nnd .junelled, and
lacted genernlly, -ik front of Ihen
Ipremises on Mnih street. A burrol of
jtho stult covcred nn umplo nniounr
lof torritory, nud tiio flnn pationtly
j.waited rpsults. " The efibet wns ex
jcellont tho sinell did nqt pprmeuU
Itke alm'sphero for vory long tlio
dust didn't loijm up the stuff didn'j
'track in." The "neighbors" toofo
noto of tho difforent looking spot in
Itho lnghway, approved of it; andti
make a long story Bhort.'tho oppoai-
Ition on tlio part of tho vjllugo fdthors
Ircas Hiibseqnently overcome, beeause
rseeing is belioving1," and tliey Baw
jultat liay been dono iu Bellows Fallp;
anu CspriUGUfKl ano iieiieveu ii
Iffould be u goofl'.thiug'fov Chester.
Aiul it ivould' be a good thing for
iWoodatock. ; " '
HARTLAND. '
williasi ii nno'S'iiens.'
Williiun II. Brothers, who died,
7cdnesday, August 7, iil tho city,
Ilospital at Worcestbr. Mnns., was' $
iTeteran of tho Civil War nnd a mill!
of 49, years' cxporience, -111k
Meath follbwed an bperatioti'for reliel
lollfidney troublo. Mr. Brothers had
Ifcecn iu his usual Jienlth until two
Iieeks ngo, but vlule ho was earing,
Ifor n brother in Wandsor, Oonu ,'thp
first ot the week his' cnndition be-
amo BerioitB and Dv. F.. LJ. Otig ol
Smitliluidgb woa nalled, The pbyei-
plai) advised the removnl Uthe hos-
Mial, Baying thaivnH the oily chaiice
Fdifo. lle tVnB takon ihat-dny, but
s opoi'ntion wa8.,inVt flucceBsfdT.
Mr Brothers was born Mriy . 1,
CMO, iu Watorbury, oi a fannr5 lle
tmained thoro nmil he Was 15
barsold,; thnn he. enlistod. WHen
i years old, ho bbgan his nnll oaree'r
iliis homo tovn, workiiig in the
parliiigtoh (Vt. ) wotden" milj.,
were ho apont 22 years of hhOife,
orkii:g tip'through uiaiiy piisitions.
D-atil ho becatne aunorintendcnt. Ail
be ngo of 42 ycnrs he canio to Mas-,
iclm8ett8 to work in whnt wars thon
lnown os tho ABhworth nnd Jones
Mlen mill in Worcester, thon
Iperntod, bv E 0 Thayor. lle bo-
Ftoo superiiitondciit i.f tliat mill
1 later the superintendent of the
prchants' Wooleu mill in Dcdham.
3. -
lAfter tho death of Jlr. Thayor, he
femcd to loso inteierit in tho mill
ness ao.d four yeareaigo rptirud
f"m that Work. WithMra. -Biblhoi
Jcame to Charltni, Jiass., tomako
eir homo with their daughtiV.'Mrs-
ptneB ABhworth, whqso haBband is
lauir member, bf.tho firm of Ash-.
ktli Brothers, woolen manufac-
ret8 in Oharlton City, Mass. , ,
jilr. Brothers is sarvivod by.-.his
ie, who was Miss CorneliaBoyd,
Uartford. Cohn.. and dnuhter;
pr brothers knd four sisters, no
pak haying como in tlio family of.
ao until now Tho sisters nre Mrs
orge P. ISaa.tman, Mrs. Dumel p.
Pard. Mrs. Edwin SlaytoU of-
Mtlnnd, Mrri Borkley WilliamBOn
llartford. Tho brothers nre Oliver
& Geonje Brolhers of Hartland,
3 ilitcholl of Se(attle,.Wash, j
Tho funoral was held in the Cou-
VOL. L.
The
WHOLE NO. 4466
gregationnl 'bhurch aflHartland nt
.'1.30 p, m Rov
Horinnn--Lohmnhn
omcinting. Burjal who iiu'the'vil
Iago comotory by. the eidp of his
daualvlor Etbel. " . -'
Godd News fprFarmirs!
Ai? nccldental discpvejy 'mnde re
cently by n Missourl 'agricuttqriRt is
calcidnted to do move lbrthe back
to-the-farm' moyement thnn nny
thing that hns hfiRpcned inxurnl hl
wire fences ipto a pomplcte, jtele
phone service, itid put every gosbip
loving far'mer's vvife bn a party. wire,
snys(the-VVasliinKton.'Post.
This Missouri.corn king, through
one p( those foi tuities such as, have
given to the wo ld the tdjegraph, nnd
guupdwder, and stearii pngines, and
otner great invennons. leii :into ins
silo while potteiingnround thebnrn
yard one afteniron, , nnd before.ln;
could scrnmble outihnd 8W;dlowed a
tremendous'gulp of the Uquid at,tbe
bottoin, wjnfcli had bee.n. ploduccd
by fcrmented ensihige.
Inchned at first.to rnget his sput-
teis ot distress were-qinckly turned
to bjnculntiiins -of delipht, ns the're"
s'wept pver his cntranced mind
tealization that he ha'U discoyerecra
vvny to beat the local oplion laws
and he city Kquor man whq, sold
him bottled pruskic acid andrune
The silo hnd been n stillbbuse, nnd
he-hudnj't kuovvu it. ,
Qiiickly the news spicnd nmong
the neighbors. It crossed 'Missouri
in a night, and swept Kansas like ii
prairie fite, In U coitple of days it
wiisi up in iowii, anu cne news nnu
become the soleytopicbt convdrsation
at every ciossronds geperaltore in
iNtoinsKij. in a ween tne Tsaturuay
pight impoi tationi ot '-'red eye" trom
"fowit" hnd fnllen off 5P pecent.in
lialfa hundied coiinties uijthe.corn
belt, iintl the St. Pau' anii ;Chicago
Supply hoiisds . werc deltiged with
l e . i - ' " '
uiueis ioj suos. . v
The Agricultural Department e-
perts-had'li'een trying toryenis to in-
duce the farmers of the West to ad
opt the s'ilo, and sae tlieGo per cent
of food value in . cornstalIs whicli
ilowvgocs fo waste, and when Tnma
'Jini Wilson heard the news about
thdstidderi demaud fo;tliese modern
ne'cessities of the farm he piepnred
fo gct outa bulletin. Mcnnwhile silo
'.f 'irr. tr' i i ...
g. .jns sprequing .cnrougn rq(i,oan-'
lunna lnnd Jike nn epidemicpf
mitmpsat n prep-school, and'far.mers
are nuikiug ensilage now who ustjd
to plow t'neir cr?rnstalks under nnd
buy leed for the st'oc'k. Great is
science 1
Valton's Vermont Register.
"WaltijnV Vermont Register is
an.bld friehd, iuid, camoa to .W' for
tho yeai' 1913u,ill., iinproved biuding,
well prmted and full of statistica
md evei'thing, ono pee'ds to-knbw
dioul- Vermont, tfuy B. Ilorton,
iditor, hns mado it avalualup refer-
anqo " lioolc, yith n stato business
Hrectorv, eleetion- returnn, state
flieors, a stato. map, almanne, etc
iiicl ull "niat(or is", nlphnboticnlly
ij rangod RuBiness and professional
non nnd farmera will hnd it -an
ilceura'tcf nnd hicfisp.ensubloT hand
'lonk every tldy, in' thb yoaV- 1'uttle
& Co of.Rtulaiut uro the publislieraV
I'lje price of tho,Uogiter'i8 25 co'ntB ;
30 cents by mail.
Sues for Husband's Life.
Georgo'E. Bawrenco and llury S.
Lawrenco, futlier nnd widow of
Attoyney Robert A. Bawroncb, of
Rutland, who was instautly killbd
ly.eleetricity in tho bathtub nt hie
tionie there lust Mnvch, lias brpught
uit in the Rutland cnmty court
igainat the Rutland Railwnyi Lijght,
& l'ower Co., rp recover 50,000 foi'
:i"Heged negligeneo. They clalm tho
oncerti did not usevpropor oaro to
koop tho high powor currentifrom
tho house sofvice wiro
W. 'B. 0. Sttcknoyr-. tho : ilpa,
fathor,. ntid E.'W; Lnwro'ncb, brother
of tho doceasocl, aro counsdl for tlio
plaintiffa. - .
'.-41 ' '
Julius RosonwaldofChieagomado
birthday gifta on Sunday amounting
to $687,000. . Ho waa 50 yeara old,
that day. CbarHy.and educntion re
coivod'thp ojitirb' eum. Mr. Roseu
wald, wlio,is,n leading merchant,
divided th tbtnl into eight parts,
eaah of whicli wont to a separnte
body. r
People's Rights -A ReprestnlatiVe Cenidcracy
IV
sPolitical Adverttsing.
?
,1;
m
?. . 'f AVdfs theequ'alizirig of the ta on 'nlohdy'ltfane.d as.betveen.gavsings insfitutions.and - '
-ttiesindivi,dual lenders of monay'. ' ' " . -y . . , v
' rf
Vermbnters
:This plank, enacted int law, would ;faaiyn(9tiey s alijke. T.hetndividual
&ffknd$i(i JbanWottld'ipliy thsame ta" 'f $ ' , . ' ' '
'., state, and will help Vou to buy.and develo.p
, lt',"1tb-o,vyn- their own homes,?and 'will have an;
in'this. state.
-V",
A
hia no
5
J
Jt-.rA:
Roundup of Morgan Horses at
VermontState Fair.
Already ih'o, Vormofit State Fair,
tobe heTd at White River Junction
Sopfemb'or 17f 18', 19 nnd 20 is.te
coiving uttoution iu tlia metropolitan
dailies. In the Nev ,nrk Herald of
Sunday, August,' flth, appe4rs a
columu articlo ith this year s Mor-
gau Horso Exlhbjtof vhieh .tlie folr,
lowinn Is a tiart : ' f
Through the efforta pf Ihe'Mo-
- - ir- .
gdn Florso Club and tho co-odorntion
of tho 'Vermont Stato Fair Cnmmia?
sion there is going to be a roundup
of , Morgan horses at White R,iver
.luiictioii iiv-Soptember whiqh proin-
ises tp Burpass aiiything seen in the.
last forty years ih, tho Graen Mouti
"tain Stato. The club, which is made
up lnrgely of palthy New York,
ho.rse faneiors, vras formed about
threo ycars ngo to enyo tho Morgan
horso from extiuction nud (o restore
tho ancieht Mo.rgnn type, which had
nlmpstMisappeared during tho crazo
fbr spoed in nll IiArness horses ln
tliis country a generation ngo. Unliko
nnny of tho breedera' orgnniationa
in tho Uuited Stntos, it is in no senso
.a commercial onterpriso. and ita
nionrliers. contribufei preniiuins for
tho encourngemort. of Bmall breed
eratvbonre atriving.to roatoro and
porfect tlio Morgan type. ffotiry 8.
Wnrdnqr is tho presidjentj C. 0.
Stillniaiijtho 8ecretaj,'; aifd Maxwell
Evaris, H. U C. WatBon, 0. K. O.
Billings, U, 0. Mojrinm, J Rich
Stodra nnd othero tho board of gov
ernora. " -ir: 'r$
yhe bi' Fair. -qrid .Cnrniyal. will
ftie Sept.v a, i ji4V5,f6Ziyjtook ior
come '
special r.iilrond rntcs.
4-
Rutland has a list of 50 nomiuees
fpr tho pbsitioti. of qucetojE tho. Rut
land camival on Septombor 0k Mi'ss
Alico .Fagan leafls with 19Vo(es.
Eltn -Treo I'roab
Fine Prlnting
Political Aderising,
BANKS
x , ;liquaIition; 6f thcii OQax
Ued in the Republican State Platfoicm.
-t.
-r i. '
X ' Behevlng,tIlat, the'indiyidu&lis .erititled.to 'everyipnvilege extetided.the corpora-s;
. Jr. The; effect of such-a law, it is contended, , woujd be to keep the
invested, at hbme, through,
V :T?lie oiank .is clean. concise and to tHfl
Wo rccoramoncl ,changes in tlio law.that will. equuHze tbe tat uindiviriunl
londors qfmoney and;savin'g i'n8'tituti,(ins, and urgo that as fnr as practicablo
,'the ultiinate-benofit iif such' lqweVpdrntebe assured he borrower.
WVourgO tho Genernl Assembly,
Vrnto of tnxation of monoy, loans'andLcredita r
ruvonues. ouuu nnu locni. oi oriiiizuic
f.. O . 1- 1 1 1 F'l-'.Tf
Btiijuilnting homo industry '
doubt-meansbnrething to
PRETTIEST BIRD AU WORLD
Queral ' qf 8buth ;Qutomala Takos
Beau'tyf Prler Among Foatherd '
, Cratureo. '
What Ib cbnsl'dored the most beautl
ful blrd ta tbe world ls the quozal, of
Guatemala. Until wlthtn tho last fef
yoars lt was unknown to science,
among tho feathered croaturcs, do-
nghting ln tho stlonce of high altl-
tudes. It dwells on Biountaln holghts
abovo 7,p00Joot In jelovaUon,
r rt,v. 1
the anclont Aztoca, and lta
plumos
wero usod to, decorato tbe head
drosBes and cloalts of tholr klngg, Tho i
quozals breast ia a. brllllant scarlVr,
wnuo us green taji attains a longtb
of threo fcot. It I -about thoBlao of
the.common plsfeon. It jieats. Jn holea
ln rotten trees, whlch lt onlarges 'with
lta, blll, so as to mako n roomy aiid
comfortablo rosldenco. v The younif
aro hatched'totally dotold of feathers.
It ls tho hardest of all blrds to pro
paro for Tnountlng, for' lta skln Ib as
tendor ab ao mu'ch 'tlssuo paper, and
tho, feathers aro lmplantod td"guch a
Bllght do'pth that they. roadllyfall but;
A speclmen is yery. abi tb4ib opollod
by falllhg' agal&st a branch of a treW
on bolngbot
s TTp, to 18C0, naWralfiUiOliiot' know
whe'ro the quezal wass,to -bb found.
Thofow Bpeclmens"whlch had fallen
lnto their." hands had been bbtalnod
from Indlana, who kopt tho aocrot.
About, that, tlmo, hbwover, a collector,
vjsltlng, that country, got on tho track
of ibe blrds and wcnt up lnto tho
mountalns, vfhero ho shqt a numbor of
thom, ' Jn anclenltlmes tbe Bklna of'
all blrds ot, hla apecfes belorigod tb
tho klng. and nono but inombera pf.tho
royal family wero allowed to woar tho
feathers.
Tho quozal belongs to tho family of
tragons. the gonus lncludliig fbrty-slx
Bpoolos, thirty'-thrae of ?iwhoh aro
Amorloan. All aro vdry beautlful aod
oxtromoly raro., .
MONeV JHAtrWENT' BEGQINQ
Ona of 'thi Moat Curloua Catea ln,th
Hlitory of tho Chancary
Courta. -r A- "
Porhaps there la ao inoro curloua
chaptor ln tbe hlstory of the chan
oery courts tlian that of two Pltta-'
burgh men. Tho flrat had a clalm to
a araall cstate abroad, but he did not
haro the money to Tay tho clalm
agoncy to make a search. So ho got a
frlend to back hlm. Tbls frlend'a
namo was Paterman, ukd tho monoy
h adyanced .waajlkfla Krubitak'o-hB
-TheUnionandeConstitution WitKoutny;irifractions. .. ,
. , ' y''V- ?' '4';:
. -TiPolitical .A'dVertising.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL
on Moneyf Loaned
0.
the mdividual, 'and not loahed
farpis ; wtll aid.people of mbSerate means"" H ;
injporant, effect in buildingtipyihduqtries !"-
nn'tit. Tt. rpnrfs": : l -
tn conflider tho morita of n iinifojmiow. '
as a meifns of ln'cronsing tho.pulilieJv"- v ,
r eoiiditibho to thia bbrrowe'r, aiVdoffi?-
-i- .! - 1 .'J-a.ifr.V.'.' "
easior
every reader of this paper,
was, gambllng "on his frleniTa clalm
proving up. Ono day, whcn Pgtonnan
was at tho' clalm-agency offlco, 'ho
came upon .this advertlBement in the
-ogency flles: "Potcrman (Albertus),
musklan, -boro ln Amstordam, J820,
son of Cbarlbs Frod'orlck and Henrl
Btta Suzahha Qastnan. Loft for Llvor
pool, ,1853. Ho ,1a sought for Inherl
tanco by, M. Contot, advocat, 1 Boii
jeard j3t. Oormaln, Parls." .Thn was'
tho' Inceptloni qf. thofamousf "Klnso'y;'
dofcks" caso, the namo comlng from
the' fact that tho" original Petennan,
waa last BOen at the Klnscy docks in
lilyerpooj. Tho clalm agency took tho
matjtfer ln hand, traoed Peterman's lln
pagQiback, and enabled hlm to eatab
llah ji good clalm tor an lnhetltanco of
20O,O00. That .was a cnso-tf fortuno.
"poln thrust uponi a nan. Lewis Bd--wlp
Thclss, in Harpor's AVbeJily,,
-t-t ,
protectlonA'.
!"Wbnien jyho aro .alono lri a flat all
day tako many procautlons to lnsure
Batety," a gas colloctor saldi "One
way that I learncd tUo othcr day mado
mo fool rather foollsh. Vheri 1 wept
lnto tho kttchori to read tho motcr the
'mtstress of tbo flat stcppcd o ' the
tolepbono andvoaldi
"It'a all lght, Contral. It'a only
tbo, , gas man.'
"Of, coursol.Bho waBAund&r no obll
ratlona to oxDla'ln thnt crvntlc alluslon'
4omyBIf, butbodid lt yoluntarlly.
" 'Every tlmo tho . .doorbell rlngr'
when I am hero alone,' ah'o sald, T
tako; the recelvor, off tho hook and
Inn'vA. ttf a. tAlAnhnnn Anfln hnfnrn1 T vn
to.Hho door, so that If I !8bould haTe1
occaBlon, to scream they could hcarrmo.
at b'eadquartero and aend somcbody'fb
tny hsslatance.'
J?To utlllzo the telephono impany
ns a prlyato defectlvo buroau struck
mo as nervy, but I have slnCo learncd
that a lot of lorio jnjomon; roaort tb;
that plan with satlsfactlon to, aU-conv
,cernod."
, V'
1 ;
Motoroj 11? West Afrlca.
The doTIcv of dorbloDlnz oonthorri
Nlgorla by means of road-maklng haa-l
reaulted la tho1 oxlstonco of soycral
hundrod mllca pf 'rbads sultablo .fbr
mcphanloal trarisport, Motor cara, ar
lised' by aevoral Europoans, and two
natlvo gentlemea'. In Lago havo re
centiy acqulred cara. In addlttonto
Koverntncnt tranaDort sorvlces. the nu-
tlvo gQVerntncnt bf Abeokuta has buo-
cesafully arranged a Bmall transport
Berylco employlng alx motor wagonsi
Oovornl motor blcycles aro uBed by
natlvos. Thoro U, howevor; a- good
dpenlrig for a motor transport Borvfcb
ln LagoavIn connectlon with the ro;
fmoval bfnrad;iooda ifrom, the
'hpnica.t njhV jgrediaea a
waro;
and to
"7 Tft
Politicul. Advertising.
1 .
-
fl-
Strohgiy
lender
r
money of
outside the'
f '
,'t
tho r id'mucurromalnB'To bo
dbno ttl i "rmg nbbut a moro general
use of motor troctlon thrpughout. tho
counfry.
. Tho Flhlsh.
'Sho Mary wouldn't wort- for 45 a
weok and nbw tiho'ls wprklng for ,a
dpllar.'
He What haDDonedT7 Did they cut
horlwageaT ,J ' " 1
ono no. une goi marneo.
" In Hla H.appleot Mo'od. - ,
"I thlnk," aald tho young man,wlth
tho long balr nnd the. unVlllthg whlsK'
orB, "that ptoturo rcpreaents-irao ln my;
.happleat mood.'' . i 2
VDo.you," rcnlicd tho Ja'dj'' whq had
J . 1. 1 ..I ' 1.1 1 t . i firr rn-
for iE 'Why, I sppoBedsall tho. tlme'
that lt waa, a calf." j .
Hard on tho Clothea.
' "I'm glad you'ro not a basoball play
eri"
?"Why not. my dearT"
"3"rm the way they sllde and throw1
.th'famselTos pbout, lt' seems to mo that
thetivpoor wlves 'muBt bo forover bow
ing buttons on their trousors."
Jiidgo's Llbrary. ,
Prldo of th' Tnementt.
Thp Booiai TvorkePsi'lpfth floor' pro
tege, on tho occasjbnVo'f tho formbr"a
thlrd, vlait, sald: ' ,
"When, you como fagain won't, ypu
ploaso carry a bbxoC palrits' or, an
casol or somethlng llko that to mako
folks thlnk you are,an artlatf"
"WhyT" tho TlBltofcexcjalnfod.
"Bacauoo,'' sald tho wbrnan,, "I . .havo
tpld all tho so othor .jvomori ln .tho
b'ulldlngr who havo boon fiibberlng
and lnqulring aboiit you that yoit'
como horo tb glve my little glrl palnt
Ing lessona, and I want you ,to help
back, pio la lt" f
Race Betw.een Aero'plahe
' Railway-.Train.
and
.. fwuo ui.uio novoi attracuona ot tno
KUiiann ruir. csent. 2-3-4-o-u. - will
be h 10-)nilp race betwepn tlid'' New-i
,Xirt ifyer nna n lialUwin Uod l?evil
aeruplane. i'ho flyor pajjsos tho. Fair
gronnds. Tho noroplnno will bb in
plnin sight from tho grand Btand
und the flyer tho last two milcs.
When tho autpmobile of y". IS.
Ilaskbll of. Brattleboro' struck a
hedcohoc. tho leathor covorincr on
tllb lo'wor end of tlio Bteorin'fr post
wns fillod with quills. ,
V
aSATURDAY. AUGUST 17,', 1912.
ILD1S
GH1NA
i
Hpmes ant Temples Have Orlg.
Inal and tfnlquo Stylc.
Jdea'Woro Not DorroW'ed Basin ef
"Constructlon, Both External and
"V'lntarnal, s That of tho'
" ' Nomad'a Tept.
PeWn, Chlria. Isolated from othor,
.natlons bjg'eo&rnphlcul barrlbrs, such
as 4 Beas, deaerts and nlountataa
rnnges, tho Clitneso dovoloed d clv
JUzatlon whlch was ontlroly tholr.own.
Tbelr cuBtoihs, artB and scloncos wero
iiid'tgen'oua and original. Thoy tior
rowed Httfo.or nothlrfg trom othor oo
ples, but btillt upon thclr.own founda
tlons. :Tho archttocture pf tho Cht
noso ls typlcal ot tho orlglnallty of
thclr clvlllzatlon; it contalns no bor.
rowod olombntB, no oxotlo foaturoB.
.Tho ChlnQSo houso exhlblts coVfatn .
foaturoa whlch c'an ho tracod dlroctly
back to tho tents ot tho harbarlan an
cestorst)t thd Chlncso, 'Yho wandoro'd
lnto ;Qhina from tho wcst.f Tho rbof'
of a Chluoao houso, though mado of
rafters fand tllos. attll .rotatns tho:
Bhnpo of n tcnt. It hangs tn gracetul
r"curvosT and ls aught up 4t tho bor
xnors ' llbo canvas. It doea not 'roat
upon tho walls ot tUoJhquBo, but upon
woodon plllars. whlch avo placoU In
tho samo poaltlon oa thq pblos bf a
tent. Tho process of C(3n'atruot!on ro
mlnds ono of tho orectlon bf a, torif;
.tho' plllars' and tho iroof nro oroatod
flrst and tho walls ay o flllod In aftor
ward. V,
It ils:.:not only oxto'rnally but lntdr--
nally"that tho Ohlnoso houso romln'Jo .
ono bf a tcnt. Thoro ls no colllng to
hlda the lnnor surface of th'o slo'plng
roof and lts supporUng raftors. -Jn-stead
of a woodon floor thoro ls only .
a' layer" of brlcks to covor tho1 cold
oarth, Tho brlck floor is coverotf'wftU
mala and rugs, whlch also romlnd ortp .
ot a tont. Tho furnlturo is pprtablo
and makes one thlnk of tho iloacrt.
Mbat of tho movabloa ' In Chlneso.
h,ouBo, ovcn tho stove, could bo loadcd
on tho back ot a camol or carrlod on
a pole. A. Chlneso houso ls a com-
poslto affalr. conslstlng of a humbfer-
of bulldlngs arranged arbu'nd squares'
Chlneso AfchltoOturo.
or Qourtyards, muflh ao ono would
,pltch, tents around cnmpOroB. 1
upmnanng tnp jbuimings of tho
Chlnoso! with Ihoso", ot" tha nnclonf
Egyptla'ns qtInd,that Chinesd archi.' "
,tpcture 'ls wohkest lax that quallty.
whlch the Egyptlan bulldlngs po's-,
so.Bsed ln the hlghest degroe,," namoly,
stablllty. -Thb, bulldlnga of thb'
Egyptlans were Batlsfying and- rosti'
ful tq look upon bocauao, thoy had
tho appoarancp of belng bullt to atand .
tlll doomsdav. Tlioao of'iho Rh'frihcA' '
ori tho' contrary, scom- to,,'havo bodri
bullt "for odo gonorntlon only..', ,
-Tho Oroek's' werortlio flrBt'pepSlo to ,
iPro'duco a type of .archltectiirb whicU'
cOmblned dolicacy of deslgn and ,&ta
blllty ln such a way as tb sccure a,
maximum quallty. f )
Tho quallty of purjty. for wfilcfi tho '
Qrook archltect'ur6,hasjbben bo m'uch
pralsed, 'is", also charaoteriatlo of tho
.Chlneso. Thtf bullUulgs "of tho Chl
jaosp d(8play,no unnebesBnry or eiotlo
fcatures, ThoynreHruetoHhemsolyoa '
and havo b'orr,bwed' np ' elenjonts from
othec Btylesr- , -t"
Tho- rpof, wHh. its; graceful curves,'
lo the mpstVboa)i"t"lful part ,ofa Chi ,
fa'os houso. ""'Ih fact'.bonldca tho Jap-
. anoso, who havbvlearned from thcm. i
,' the Chlneso jire- tho only .pepplb - who
bulld bea,utlful roofB. Fpllowing ouf
tho'thoory that ono cannot haye.too
.much bf a sJood-thlhgr thy'Ofton'pT-'
flament thclr bulldlngs with sovoral
rooffl, ono above tho otheK thus pro.
duclng a very beautlful offect'
PUt Sklrts on Boys;
Wilmington,, bbl. Thb boys ,in the
Perrla Industrlal school havo bebn,'put
ln hobblo. aklrts to prevent thoofi froa
runnliig nwajr.
V
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