Bridgeton pioneer., June 03, 1897, Image 3

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A STYLISH COTTAGE.
Bold In Detail, Unique In Plan and Con
tains the Comforts of a Mansion.
[Copyright, 1807. by George Palliser, 32 Park
place, New York.]
Asa matter of course everybody’s own
house is better than his neighbor’s. And
as a further matter of course every neigh
bor is very much interested in every other
neighbor’s house and is ever ready to fur
nish disinterested advice. Has he not
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.
studied your wants'? Docs he not know
exactly what your mode of living is, and
is he not closely and unselfishly acquainted
with the means you have at hand? Most
decidedly your neighbor is the one you
ought to look to for counsel and confidence
In all matters pertaining to your building
operations. The advice asked on these
matters is always free and generous and
is at times given with an extra will, espe
cially if each neighbor has a house to sell,
as is often the case.
Then ask your next neighbor what he
thinks about your buying such a house,
and you can readily find out the bad
points—how the roof is weak and leaks at
the valleys, how the painter forgot to paint
the tin before the creosote was put on the
shingles and the tin was eaten full of
holes by the creosote, and how new gutters
and valleys are now needed, even though
the house were built only a year ago, and
how the foundation is poor, being put to
gether dry and only pointed up on the face
afterward. But his house is just the thing
for you, and it is the pink of perfection,
the rooms just your size, and he can give
you a bargain—long time and good terms.
By the time you have had the advice of
half a dozen of your neighbors you will
know of all the weak spots in their
houses, and with this information at hand
you may be well enabled to steer clear of
the rooks and quicksands.
This is the best way for any one lacking
experience to get it, and after It is obtained,
depend upon it, it is most valuable. The
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
planning time having arrived and a copy
of The Shopper Architect being brought out
wherein a model plan, the acme of perfec
tion, was exhibited, and which could be
built for the small sum of 50 cents on the
real dollar value, this house was decided
on and builders asked to figure on it, and.
they deciding upon the real value as an ap
propriate price, that dream was laid aside
and the real, earnest study taken up, and
the building as hero shown was the out
come. Tho plan as carried out has pro
duced a little paradise, which has surprised
and charmed not only the neighbors, hut
all who have seen it.
The house is set on an elevated, bald
piece of rock overlooking the noble old
Hudson. Tho front veranda, with its
rugged stone walls, on which rest the
Ionic columns, with shafts of chestnut
supporting the roof, is a feature that only
needs to be seen to be appreciated. The
front hall, with its large brick fireplace
under the arched opening and the broad,
generous stairs, with angle balcony on sec
ond platform lighted by stained glass win
dows, gives an entrance that many large
mansions lack and an impression of all the
rest of the good points that is lasting.
The interior finished woodwork is in
cypress polished. The walls of the hall are
hung with red tapestry cloth, the walls of
the parlor witli silk with llower pattern, I
and the woodwork of this room is in white
enamel and gold. The dining room walls 1
are treated in silver gray, with a small
pattern running through it, the ceilings
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SECOND FLOOD. PLAN.
being neatly tinted to match. The whole
Is worked out in artistic style and produces
a combination that is simple, but elegant,
and without its equal for many times the
cost, us the wall hanging was done by the
owners themselves and is as fine as any
that could be done by the most expensive
talent.
This house is frame sheathed, papered
and of shinglo finish, containing on top a
large billiard room and two good bed
rooms. Besides a good attic, it has the
most modern plumbing appliances and is
heated throughout by a large hot air fur
nace. The size of the building is 82 feet
wide over all and 38 feet deep, not includ
ing verandas. To any one needing an
artistic home this design commends itself
and is well worth a visit at any time. To
see it is to learn a lesson that, if properly
digested, may move others to go and do
likewise.
AS WE SEE THINGS.
INFLUENCE OF THE INNER LIFE ON
THE EXTERNAL WORLD.
How an Individual or a Scene May Have
an Entirely Different Appearance to Two
Persons—Happiness and Sorrow Made by
Ourselves.
There have been philosophers who de
clared that the earth on which we stand
and the stars on which we gaze have no
real existence, but are merely the out
comes of our inner selves. Perhaps the
best answer to this is that tho mind it
self, at least that of most people, refuses
to receive the idea. Tho difference be
tween tho me and the not me is too
sharply defined in the inner conscious
ness to permit Bishop Berkeley’s notion
from taking root within us.
Vet we cannot afford to overlook the
germ of truth which this idea contains.
Though not literally the creation of our
thought, the outer world is to each one
of us largely that which we make it.
Nature herself, in all her varied scenes,
whatever she may be in reality, shows
herself to us in the light which we
throw upon her. One man looks at a
landscape and sees land and water, grass
and tress, hills and plains, and nothing
more. Auoibor, a farmer, sees the grow
ing crops, tho fallow land, tho noxious
weeds, the prospect for future tillage
and tho obstacles to be overcome. An
other, with a painter’s eye, sees every
variety of form and color, proportion and
perspective, harmony and contrast,
beauty and sublimity. To the melan
choly man all is tinctured with gloom
—a leaden pall covers even the gayest
scenes—whilo to the joyous everything
seems bright and glad, and even the
dreariest of November days only sug
gests the radiant sunlight that is sure
later on to strugglo through the clouds.
So with the sights of a city. For each
of us as they take on the aspect of our
own mental condition. How differently
they impress the citizen who has spent
his life among them from tho foreigner
who views them for the first time! What
a different message the stately and mag
nificent buildings bear to the absorbed
man of business and to tho architect
who appreciates every detail of their
construction!
It there is so wide a divergence in the
aspect which inanimate tilings have for
ns, tho difference is still greater in tho
way we regard the men and women by
whom we are surrounded. Character is
a complex thing, difficult to detect, im
possible to fathom, yet we presumptu
ously venture to gauge and pronounce
upon it with the smallest modicum of
knowledge. It is curious to notice how
differently the same person will impress
various individuals. His friend will per
haps see no fault in him, his enemy 110
virtue. One will put faith in him; an
other will suspect his every action. One
will deem him cold hearted; another
will think him affectionate and kind,
it must bo that their own personalities
are reflected in him, and that to a cer
tain extent lie does thus become for a
time, while under their influence, what
they suppose him to bo always. It is
certainly true that the good and gentle
find far more goodness and gentleness
in the world than those who are defi
cient in such qualities. It is the selfish
man who is the keenest to detect selfish
ness in others; it is the overbearing who
complain most of tho arrogance and
pride with which they are met, and the
unjust who murmur at the injustice
they receive. On the other hand, the
loving and sympathetic discover love
and sympathy everywhere; the noble
and true bring to light nobility and
truth which might otherwise be hidden.
Thus to a large extent we develop tho
character of those wo meet. By a subtle
magnetism we draw like to like and
evolve out of other personalities the
characteristics of our own.
Even the outward circumstances of
life are largely what we ourselves make
them. Wo are accustomed to consider
prosperity a blessing and adversity a
curse, but quite frequently they change
places. It is the spirit in which they are
received that determines their result.
Tho rich and self indulgent man, sur
rounded by luxury and opportunity, may
be far less happy than his poorer neigh
bor who brings industry, fidelity and
generosity into constant exercise. The
same privileges that raise one young
man to honor and usefulness area snare
and temptation to another. The same
recreation that invigorates one enfeebles
another. The same sorrow that softens
one and leads him out of self to works
of kindness and helpfulness prostrates
another and renders him valueless. It
is that which is within a man that so
acts upon the externals of life as to de
cide their results to him, and through
him to others.
If this be so, then happiness or wretch
eduess is largely in our power, and
most of our complaints only boar wit
ness to our own remissness. We may
rightly recognize the futility of strug
gling against outward ovents which we
cannot control, but wo can always bring
to bear upon them such a spirit and in
fluence as shall turn evil into good and
bitter into sweet. —Philadelphia Ledger.
A Startling; Announcement.
An English literary man who was on
the vergo of bringing out a book at tho
Pitt Press ordered his proofs to be sent
to him at a house w hero he was engaged
to dine out, intending to look them over
in the half hour after dinner. Tho print
er’s boy however, was late in bringing
them, and the gentlemen had already
rejoined tho ladies in tho drawingroom
when the company was electrified by
hearing tho sonorous voice of the butler
announcing, “The devil from the Pitt
has como for Mr. Jones!”—San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
The Value of a Hyphen.
I recall au advertisement which actu
ally appeared, sans hyphen, recently in
a London daily, to wit: “Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Levi, having castoff clothing of
every description, invito an early in
spection. ”—Chap Book.
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AGGREGATING A MYRIAD RARE ATTRACTIONS
Erecting the Biggest Tents to Hold'Them 7 ™> 7
Requiring the Biggest Trains to Haul Them 7 7
Incurring the Biggest Expense to Secure Them
Employing the Most People and Horses to Present Them
Rarest Animals, Never Before Exhibited™ . . . 7
Amazing Acts Never Before Attempted . . T~ 7 7
The Founder of a Genuine Children’s Day . . . 7
The Champion of High Art and Harmless Fun ™ 7 7
The Absolute Perfection of Popular Recreation 7 7
Magnificent Parades Surpassing All Description 7 7
Assuredly the Only Big Show Coming Here . .
TWO BIGGEST HERDS OF BEST TRAINED ELEPHANTS
Only Phenomenal Trained Seals and Sea Lions 7 7
4 Classically Great Rings, 2 Elevated Stages . . .
The Representative Races of Ancient and Modern Times
The Most Noted Performers of Every Land ....
Whole Menageries and Troupes of Acting Wonders 7
100 Brilliant Riding, Aerial and Acrobatic Acts
One Ticket Admits to All, Children under 9 yrs. half price
Two Performances Daily at 2 & 8 P. M. Doors Open an Hour Earlier
LoweExcursion Rates from All Points on All Railroads
Seating Capacity, 15,000. Twenty-five Uniformed Ushers. Numbered Coupons, actually Re
served Seats. On sale at Chas. F. Dare & Son’s Drug Store, 84 East Commerce [street. Admis
sion, 50c.; children under 9 years, 25c.
Loyal to the Royal Family.
Athens. May 31.—There appears to be
little inclination here to accept the ac
cusations against the royal family made
in certain of the newspapers, and the
maintenance of order is fully assured.
Crown Prince Constantine has receiv
ed an invitation to attend Queen Vic
toria’s diamond jubilee next month.
The opportunity for such a visit on the i
part of the crown prince has given rise
to much discussion.
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CROWN JEWELS.
The Duke of Fife has ten residences.
The king and queen of Wurttemberg and
the Princess Paulina have become bicy
| clists.
Prince Yoshiliito Hurunomiya, the heir
to the mikado’s throne, is to visit Europe,
| Russia in particular, next year,
j Prince Heinrich XXIV of Rousskostritz !
recently had a new symphony of his own
composition brought out at onoof the con
certs of the Gewandhaus in Leipsic, which
he conducted himself.
Queen Amelio of Portugal, daughter of
the late Count of Paris, only assumed her
crown in 188!). She is tho mother of two
sturdy boys, and is proud of the fact that
all her interests arc domestic.
As a compliment to the Emperor Wil
liam when he visits Russia the czar will
make all his public speeches in German,
following tho example of Alexander II of
Russia on a similar occasion.
WHEEL WHIRLS.
Featherweight bicycles are said to bo
worth their weight in—feathers.--Ex
change.
Whatever money gets away from the
coal dealer during the winter is collared
by the bicycle dealer in tho spring.—De
troit Tribune.
What’s this—a bicycle path right through
tho center of Boston Common, from Park
square to Park Street church? Shoo I—
Boston Herald.
Another mail has ridden down the steps
of tho capital on u bicycle and lives to toll
the tale. Tho foolhardy feat was commit
ted by William Shields of Woonsocket, R.
I.—Exchange.
Wily Reynard.
Those familiar with the “Fables of
iEsop” will remember the reputation
which Reynard bears among the rest of
the animals. It is questionable whether
any wild creature can compete with the
fox in craftiness. To look at him gen
erally, even in his ordinary habits, he
exhibits an amount of cleverness which
astonishes one. Should a fox catch a
hedgehog, whose spines effectually pro
tect him from most of his enemies, he
does not waste time, as a fox terrier
will do, in endeavoring to worry his
prey. Ho merely rolls him to the near
est water, knowing that a drop or two
will cause the animal to relax his hold.
It is a rare thing to catch one in a
trap laid at the door of his “earth”
even. If ho is inside when the trap is
set, he waits until some other animal
springs it and then emerges to eat the
victim and the bait. Only when driven
by the terrible pangs of hunger will he
tempt fate in his own person. Most an
imals gorge themselves, when they aro
fortunate enough to como across a super- 1
abundance of food. Not so with Reynard.
Should ho find a poultry yard well
stocked and ill protected he fills his
larders first. Nor does he, as the prov
erb says, “put all his eggs in ono bas
ket.” Ho puts ono fowl in a hedge,
hides another in a bush, places a third
in a hole in a tree, rapidly digs a cavity
for a fourth and covers it up again, re
membering in each caso whei j his stores
are concealed. And when his supplies
aro sufficient in his own estimation ho
takes a fine fat chicken or duck to his
“earth” for present enjoyment.
A Precaution.
Amateur Sportsman—Your boaters are
uncommonly stout. I have noticed the
fact before. How is it?
Hoad Gamekeeper—At ordinary times
they aro lean enough, sir, but when wo I
have the gentlemen from town they al- j
ways pud their clothes to prevent the ;
riot going through. —Fiiegende Blatter. 1
SWEETS.
Sugar was first cultivated In Madeira in
1420.
The sugar cane grows from 6 to 20 feet
high.
Glucose is the sugar produced from grape
juice.
Quercite Is a kind of sugar found in
acorns.
Mannito is that variety of sugar found
in munna.
Mycoso is a sugar produced from the
ergot of rye.
The first sugar mill was erected in Lou
isiana in 1758.
Maple sugar was first mado in New
England in 1752.
Manitose is a peculiar sugar found in
mushrooms and one or two ocher vegeta
bles.
A candy dealer of national repute says,
“The American women cat more candy
than any feminines on the face of the
earth.”
For caramels and other dark candies tho
brown sugar is almost exclusively em
ployed.
The sugar cane is now cultivated in ev
ery part of Africa that has been explored
by whites.
Icing or powdered sugar is reduced to
the consistency of fine flour by passing it
through heavy rollers, set very close to
gether.
The principal agent formerly used for
refining sugar was bullock’s blood. It is
not now employed, all refining being done
by filtration.
Tho substance called caramel is only
cane sugar heated to a temperature of 410,
when it undergoes several important chem
ical changes.
Ifinergy In Matter.
It is estimated by Professor Dolbear
that a lump of coa! weighing a pound
has in it energy enough to lift its weight
1,000 miles high. Ho says that this en
ergy is inherent in matter; that every
particle of matter is constantly exerting
its force on every other particle, and
that if not prevented they will come to
gether, no matter how far apart they
may be.
Looking Backward.
The superstition of the ill luck of
looking backward or returning i3 a
very ancient one, originating doubtless
from Lot’s wife, who “looked back
from behind him’’ when he was led by
an angel outside the doomed city of the
plain. In Roberts’ "Oriental Illustra
tions” it is stated to be “considered ex
ceedingly unfortunate in Hindoostan for
men or women to look back when they
leave their house. Accordingly, if a
man goes out and leaves something be
hind him which his wife knows he will
want, she does not call him to turn or
look hack, but takes or sends it after
him, ami if some great emergency obliges
him to look back he will not then pro
ceed on the business he was about to
transact. ”—Exchange.
John Bnnyan fought on the Round
head side during the civil war iu Eng
land. This has been definitely settled by
the discovery of his name in several
places on the muster rolls of the parlia
mentary garrison of Newport Paqueell.
Some people, it seems, thought John
fought for King Charles
POWERS AND PORTE,
Tlie Military Armistice and the Discussion
of the Peace Conditions,
Constantinople, May 31.—The embas
sadors of the powers, In their reply to
the porte’s note of May 28, saying the
Turkish government consents to nego
tiate for peace provided the Greek com
manders first sign an armistice and
that go soon as this is done the Turkish
government will negotiate the peace
conditions with the embassadors the
treaty to be signed by the Turkish and
Greek plenipotentiaries in Thessaly, an
nounced that they do not object to the
conclusion of a military armistice and
will take steps at Athens with the ob
ject of securing it, but In the mean
while they are of the opinion that the
discussion of the peacecouditlons should
begin without delay.