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GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
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To the Tribune:
After all is made correct, the partitions
may be bridged. This is often done by
nailing in short horizontal pieces between
the studs, a process which has its use, but
is-Qva- u-ees.s for tlhapresentpurpose. The i
proper way is to cut in diagonal pieces,
which present considerable resistance to
the sagging of the partition. The final
operation will be to try the partitions on
each side with a straight edge, and correct
the crooked studs by sawing half through
them on the cancave side, forcing them
into place and driving wedges into the in
cisions. The chimneys are next enclosed
with funing, consisting of a cage of studs,
supported by posts at the angles of the
breast. These funings should be meas
ured to see that they are accurately placed
in the room and that they are of the pro
per dimensions; such details being little
regarded by the average framer. No
thing now remains but the fixing of the
grounds to lprepare the inside of the
house for lathing and plastering. This
process will be spoken of later on.
In city houses now is the time to put in
hot air pipes, bell wires, gas pipes, water
pipes, etc.. but as buildings are not plumb
ed in Montana, the subject is passed.
While the oplerations are going on in
side, the outside finish has been rapidly
advancing, so that the whole building
may be tight sO far as possible against
rain by the time the interior is given up
to the plasterers. The gutters are first
on, and the shingling, beginning at the
eaves, is carried to the top. Care should
be taken that the gutter is so placed as to
catch rain-water, but allow snow to slide
over it. Young architects often find
their detail drawings for cornices defect
ive in this particular. For addittional
protection against snow-water backing up
under the shingles, or the overflow of the
gutter dribbling through behind the cor
nice, the gutter should be ploughed at
top and bottom, and "facias" inserted.
The shingling begins with a double course
and the gauge is then marked off regular
ly to the top. Ordinary shingles, sixteen
inches long, should not show more than
four and a half inches to the weather, un
less in very steep roofs. Each must be
nailed with two nails, which should be
galvanized if a very permanent roof is de
sired. Common nails rust out long before
good shingles, well painted become un
serviceable.
It is easy to judge of the quality of
shingles. Freedom from knots and cross
grain and an approximation to uniform
width, are the principal requisites.
Spruce shingles, which are unfit to use
in any but inferior buildings, and are
distinguished by their appearance and
smell, which differ completely from the
aromatic odor and silky grain of the
"white cedar," from which these on best
roofs are made. The choice between
sawed and shaved shingles depends upon
circumstances. The latter allow water to
run off more freely, and are to be prefer
red if unpainted, while the former hold
paint better, and are therefore generally
used by architects.
In laying, the widest shingles are se
lected for the hips and valleys, where
cutting is necessgry, in order to give room
for two nails.. Many of the best carpen
ters lay hips so that the cut shingle will
not cohme to the extreme edge, and the
effect is picturesque, while the derability
of the roof is improved.
The painting of a shingle roof is im
portant. Many architects specify that
each shingle shall be dipped in paint,
some even requiring the paint to be hot;
but this is tedious and expensive. A sim
pler. and very good way is to paint each
course as it is laid; and' the cheapest is to
do it all at once after, the roofers are out
of the way. The last process hastens the
decay of the shinglss, by forming little
dams of paint which hold back the rain
water against the unprotected portions,
but is usually adopted. To prevent fine
snow in heavy storms from finding its
way into the house, one or two plies of
tarred felt or paper should be laid under
the shingles.
If the young architect is ambitious of
being able to say that no roof ever leaked
that was built under his superintendence,
he will need to exercise both thorough
ness in inspection and skill in providing
for various contingencies. The worst
leaks come from improper position of the
gutters,. by which wet snow sliding from
the roof is caught and held back. It soon
freezes to the roof along the lowor edge
the upper portion remaining free, and the
water subsequently: ruaing down the.
slope is caught as in a long;deep pocket,
in which it rises rapidly until its level
reaches that of the upper edge of course
of shingles, over which it pours in a sheet
to find= its way into the rooms °eloiw.
Next to this defect insuffcient gi
valleys is perhaps the worst. m e- a
ig expensive, the roofer's interest is to
save as rpuects as possibfe, and the suaper.
ntendent must consider the circumstanc- we
is of pitch and extent of roof surface all
Iraining into the valley, and the slope of the
the valley itself which should determine eai
the depth which the water will probably the
obtain in it. In certain cases, where the
roofs are large, this may be eighteen in- af<
ches or more in summer showers, and the to
only security is to make the valley flash- ed
ings of corresponding size. dii
A very common place for a small leak dr
is around the chimneys, -where rain or
snow often blow between the bricks and
the flaps of a "stepping flashing." The
remedy is a liberal application of elastic
cement between the brickwork and the
metal.
While the roofers are at work, the win
dow frames are being rapidly set in place.
The casing is often moulded or ornament- U
ed. If plain, it should be 11< inches c
thick, to prevent curling under the heat Q
of the sun. Its inner edge, projecting
half an inch beyond the face of the pul
ley-style, is usually made to form one side
of the channel in which the upper sash
slides, but it is much better to increase
the depth of the reveal by inserting a slip,
some five-eights or three-quarters of an
inch wide, changing the position of the
parting-bead to correspond. Independ
ent of the improved appearance of such a _
frame, room is thus given for mosquit:
nets and blinds. The clapboards are
laid close up to the outer edge of the cas
ing, but when this shrinls, a vertical op. O
ening is left, through which rain pene
trates, and tarred felt, or still better, am
strips of zinc, must be laid in behind the re
casing and adjacent wood. The junction p,
of the clapboards with the top of the cas
ing must also be protected. Some car- N
penters do this by tacking a strip of lead -c
to the boards just over the casing, andl C
turning it down over the edge, but it is
neater and tighter to rebate the top of the
casing. If this is done, and the vertical
sides of the casing are grooved into the
head, the sills set to a sharp pitch, one
and a half inches or so, and grooved un
derneath for inserting the clapboards
which come below them, the superintend
ent may he tolerably sure that his build
ing will not show that most annoying of
defects, leakage around the edges of the
openings, and the clapboarding may be 1
commenced at once. Before this, how
ever, the back-plastering, if any is speci
fled, should have been completed, in or
der that its drying may be favored by the
circulation of air through the open joints
of the boarding, and notice must be given
to the plasterers in ample season. The
mode usually considered best is to nail I
fillets to the sides of the studs, and lath
on these, so that in theory a double air
span is formed by the outside boarding, _
the sheet of back-plastering, and the inner
plaster; but in practice it is inconvenient
to nail fillets in the narrow space between
the ledger boards and the outer boarding
of a baloon frame, or just above the drop
ped girt of a braced frame, and still more
so to nail laths to them, so that these
spaces are usually neglected, and the wind
which blows in under the clapboards and
paper of even the best built house, finds
an issue at such joints into the interior.
B.(Coned.)
! (Continued.)
She Fixed Him.
*Washington C7itic: They were strol
iing along K street last night.
He and she.
He was a faint heart, she a fair lady.
"Hov lovely the moon is tonight!" she -
murmured.
"Glorious!" he replied.
"There's a man in the moon, the story
books say," she remarked.
"How brilliant it is," he continued;
"what a splendid setting in the circlet of
the sky?"
"A poem in silver," she whispered.
"If it were yours,, Miss Annie, what
would you do with It?" he inquired, gaz
ing upward in wrapt enchantment.
"I'd take the man out of it and put it
right back again," she said, with romantic
energy.
The young man caught convulsively at
a tree box.
"Wbat's the matter with me?" he ex
claimed.
He was jealous of the man in the moon.
She fixed hir.
No cards :
Better Divorced Than Married.
A Galveston policeman named Drendull,
a-ho is thirty five years of age, is suing his
ninety-five-year-old wife for divorce on
the ground of cruelty and neglect. The
womanw:as a wido* and she maisied the
youungpollcedmi tcn yehrt ago. Sinee
that time his life has not been a happy one,
due no douibt to the fi 1 in ages, The
;old lady( anmes, by -vtue of her prg
lrngedekxperienee, to boss the household.
Monument to Fathbr RavaHir
Interpreting tle desire and good ..rll
of ethe ofer the lod at~e. ra. Ra
all, S .o ine a becoming aonumsent
erected over .:te good Fatiger's grave,
wblhich is astl i'lmarked excepyby trall
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vooden cross, the undersigned appeals to
11 whose feelings are in sympathy with
he pious undertaking, and solicits from
;ach and all a small contribution in fur
herance of the object.
Donors and contributors toward the
aforesaid monument's fund are. requeste
o forward their contributions by register
td letter drawn on the P. O. at Missoula,
lirectly to the undersigned, whose ad
hess is: REV. J. D'ASTE, S. J.,
STEPHESVI.L., MissuIal CO, 1~, T. W
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We refer. here, to the Postmaster, the Supt. of
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Architect.
GREAT FALLS, MONT.
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E.J. CANARY,
Contractor and Budder,
BDiC K1AND STONE WOR.
Great Fall's, - Mont.
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ECLIPSE
ivery, Feedl an Sale Stable,
resat Falls, Montania
Hamilton & Eaton, - Proprietors
BUNKS CORRAL
And And
C0k inT 1Accommodations
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Furished free to FR G T R , - __Y ' _ = =.4 "F
.REIGHTERS Animals.
patrons of the Eclipse.
Broken and Unbroken Horses For Sale.
OORSON & HULL,
Great Falls, - Mont.
House, Sign C Ornamental
f Fine Graining and Kalsomining a Specialty.
Osrriage Painting oNet1y Done to Order
GREAT FALLS
.MEAT MARKET
C. N. DICKINSON, Proprietor.
T;~"holesale anrd R etail Dealeis
IN BEEF, PORK, MUTTON,
SAUSAGE, ETC., ETC.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
PIONEER HOTEL
(G-reat FE=alls, 2VMont-,
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Having leased the above Hotel and refitted the same we solicit the patronage
of the public. Best table and most comfortable rooms of any Hotel
in Great Falls. Charges reasonable
F Nation Winm. G. Conrad, President
John W. Power, Vice-Pres
Irst NationalBank, so.°w. owe,, . vr..,
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C F. Abkison, R. 8. Ford, T. A. Cummings, E. G. Maslay.
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Harness
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Rcpairing Neall a£La Promnilty Attended to
IIUY'S BUILDING.
GREAT FALLS, - MONT
URSULINE CONVENT
--OF THE-
At Saint Peter's Mission Near Fort
Shaw, M- T.
Will Reopen Wedaesday Septcmber 1, 1886.
This institution is situated in one of the most
beautiful locations in Montana, under the direco
'tion of the Ursuline Nuns, for the purposeof af
fording the young girls every advantage for ob
taining a solid and useful education.
Taition free. Boaad $10 per month. For fur
ther yarticulars address
M1YiHER SUPERIOR.
Fort Shaw, IM. T,
ST. PETER'S MISSION
Boarding - School - for - Boys.
Under the Directions of the Fathers of the
Society of Jesus.
Wil Reopen WeBdeslay septemaer 1, 1886.
The obi$oto this intitntion is to afford means
of a solid, moral, mental and physical educatioa
Tuitiomn free. Board $S oper month. Por faur
ther perticnlres f [ . S. .
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Jackson's
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BROADWAY,
Helena, - Montana.
G. W. JACKSON, Prop.
Pianos & Organs
Sold at Eastern Prices
With Freight Added.
H. H. CHANDLER,
ASSAYER,
Great Falls, Mont.
Samples sent by mail oirexprest
carefully assayed and returns
promptly made. Charges reason
able.
Fast Freight z
Great Falls and Hel-ena..
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