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THE PERRYSBtTRG JOURNAL
OLO RELIG 10 GO
Only Farmhouse on Manhattan
Island Given to City.
Quaint Homestead, Last of Ito Kind In
Ciotham, Will Be Transferred to
Isham Park and Turned
Into a Muocurn.
Now York. Tho Inst remaining
ifarmhouso on Manhattan Island will
I bo formally presented to tho city
Iwlthln a few dayo. Commissioner
Stover, who will accept tho gift on
'bohalf of tho park department, haB
promised to provide a pormanent alto
Ifor tho ancient house In Isham park,
overlooking tho Hudson river, In tho
upper part of Manhattan Island.
Tho house Is tho old Dyckman res
jidonco, which has stood for ovor a
century on a portion of the extensive
Dyckman farm, now cut up Into
fcuilding lots nnd already showing tho
effect of tho northward trend of pop
ulation hy tho rows of apartment
liouses which are rapidly wiping out
toll traco pf tho broad Dyckman mead
ows. , Tho curious old farmhouse pre
sents an odd contrast today to theso
evidences of modern development aa
ono catches a glimpso of it at tho
-corner of Two Hundred and Seventh
atreot from tho trolley cars running
up Broadway. "Had Broadway gone a
few foet more to tho west or Two
Hundred and Seventh street a bit
further to the north tho enreer of this
interesting landmark which HnVs Now
York with one of its earliest Butch
families would have been cut off sud
denly, and thero would have been no
talo to tell of its presentation to tho
city and tho preparations being mado
ly tho Daughters of tho Revolution
to turn the old place into a museum.
Tho house was built in 1784, and its
appearance has undergone practically
no chango. It was tho third Dyck
man homestead, or rather farmhouse,
for tho old Dyckman family prided
themselves on their skill as practical
farmers and never assumed manorial
' magnificence, oven In name, although
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The Old Dyckman House, 207th
Street and Broadway.
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they owned more acres than scores
of old city families which have been
(credited with great land posses
sions. Jan Dyckman was the ancestor of
the Manhattan Island family of that
name. History states that ho joined
his Dutch neighbor:! In tho little set
tlement around tho fort in 16GG, when
the town had just come under Eng
lish rule. Perhaps that is ono reason
which induced Jan to get as far away
as ho could from tho English rulers
and yet remain on the island, for less
'than ten years later ho was tho owner
of several hundred acres at tho north
ern extremity, bordering Spuyten.
Duyvil.
There, for over, two hundred years
tho Dyckmans lived, exemplifying to
tho minutest detail tho traditional
characteristics of tho Dutch in frugal
ity, industry, simple yet generous hos
pitality, and tho art of minding their
own business. "When necessity de
imanded they served tho city as alder
men or, constables, and they wero al
.ways actlvo in furthering tho best in
terests qf tho early Harlem village.
Lntor members of tho family added
to tho broad acres acquired by tho
original arrival, and at ono time near
jly tho entlro tract of fertile meadow
lland north of Fort Georgo hill, as far
,as Spuyten Duyvil, was owned by
Alio Dyckmans.
Tho first Dyckman farmhouse stood
,ln tho upper part of tho tract near
Spuyten Duyvil crook. It was a small
house,' later replaced by a largo build-
Incv lirtt'flnt'lnnp rr li tTnulnm n If tin
'to tho east of tho present Dyckman
house at Broadway and Two Hundred
land Seventh street. It was burned
Jdurlng tho Revolution by tho British.
Tho family lost no time in restoring
their damaged property. Ono year
after the evacuation of tho city by tho
(British tho present homo was finished.
It waB built by Jacobus Dyckman, tho
eldest of tho nine children of William
Dyckman. Tho latter died in tho
house in 1787.
Tho present Dyckman house is now
Judgo. They bought It sovoral yenrs
ago from tho purchaser of tho old
jplace at ono of tho Dyckman auctions.
Jt foil into good hands, for Mr. Judgo
Suxb guarded Jho old placo from dam
ingo aa jealously as if It wero the
ihomo of his ancestor -
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POULTRY HOUSE PLANS
Structure Intended for General
Purposes on Farm.
Suitable Place Provided for Incubators
Free From Any Disturbances
Space Is Also Reserved for
Sprouting Oats.
Tho plans given below show a
houso that Is intended for general
purposes on tho farm whero a 'largo
quantity of poultry is markoted each
year. This houso Is also convonlent
from tho fact that it provides a placo
for tho Incubators, whero they will bo
far away from any disturbance, and
whero tho fumes from tho machines
will not be a bother to tho occupants
of tho dwelling house, whero tho In
cubators aro so often kopt. As tho
running of any incubator requires
that a fairly closo watch bo kept
upon" it to insure a good hatch, it
would bo necessary that tho building
bo located within a short distance of
100 ffint.
Tho floor plan of tho incubator cel
lar shows four incubators placed along
tho sldo wall of tho room. It will bo
seen from tho plan, howover, that at
least eight incubators could bo placed
in this room without crowding it to
the limit. Under the steps and along
tho wall, as Bhown in tho diagram, are
a number of shelves, on which eggs
may bo stored, provided tho tempera
turo of tho room Is kept at a point be
tween 40 and 60 degrees. It has
been found that eggs that aro kept
at a temperature any higher than this
will bo weakened to such a great ex
tent Uiat tho chanccB of a good hatch
aro reduced to tho smallest. About
one-quarter of the room Is reserved
for a space to bo used for sprouting
oats, and as this space would bo
damper than tho .rest of tho cellar, it
would bo necessary for it to be' board
ed In. Windows about two by three
inches are placed around the walls
of the cellar to allow sufficient venti
lation. Care should bo taken that
tho windows that aro shown directly
over tho incubators aro not opened in
severe weather, as this Is liablo to
affect tho temperaturo of the egg
chamber.
It wiii bo noticed that tho cellar
floor and side walls aro shown of
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concrete. This material may also bo
used for tho central pillar, which
Bhould bo about one foot square. As
the ontire building is 20x20 foet, this
will leave only a ten-foot span on
tho first floor. For this span 2z8-inch
timbers could safely bo used. The
stairs shown herein are only two feet
wide, but could bo mado wider if
thought necessary.
Tho floor plan of tho "killing" room
is next shown. This plan may bo ar
ranged to suit a person's conveni
ence. Thero are 24 fattening pens in
this plan, they being placed in threo
tiers. Each pen is shown as 2x2 feet
with a six-inch ledge outsido for feed
troughs. A store room for feed is
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shown included in thlB building, as It
would bo inconvenient to carry feed
from tho barn or other places whero
food 1b gonerally kept. In this storo
room could also bo kopt shipping
crates and packing poxes.
Suggestions for Handling Horse.
Whllo crushed corn and cob meal Is
an oxcoliont ration for horses it is apt
to produce gastric colio unless some
thing else is fed along with it, such as
oats, bran or oil meal, to act as a lax
ative for tho cob fiber, which is a tri
, flo difficult to digest.
SPRAYING FOR SOUND FRUIT
Experiments In Missouri Show That I
Practically All Unsprayed Fruit lo
Ruined by Disease.
Tho man who still clings to tho idoa
that Bpraylng does not aid in tho pro
duction of fruit should bo convinced
by tho report of W. L. Howard of tho
Department of Horticulture of tho Uni
versity of Missouri. By tnklng or
chards hero and thero ovor tho stato
of Missouri, Prof. Howard has just fin
ished a sorlos of experiments that
show that practically all unsprayed
fruit is ruined by diseases or insects.
In ono orchard where a part was
sprayed and a part was loft unsprayed,
only 1.2 per cent of tho Arkansas
black apples could bo clnsscd as clean
fruit after tho trees had been loft un
sprayed. In tho samo orchard, whero
tho samo brand of apples had beon
sprayed, tho crop of clean fruit waa
7G.7 per cent Anothor orchard of
Missouri pippin apples experimented
with tho samo way resulted in 2.1
clean fruit for tho uiiBprayed part and
S8.5 for that part which was sprayed.
LESSONS FROM THE DROUTH
Stronger Emphasis Than Usual Is Laid
on Importance of Preparation
of Good Seed Beds.
A member of tho crop production of
tho University of Illinois reports that
tho results ub seen in crops this year
seem to empbasizo stronger than usual
tho Importance of good tillage. They
have shown also how important it is
in a year like tho present to prepare
good seed beds for the grain; that tho
beds should bo well packed, and soil
on top loose, and a mulch on tho very
Gurface, ih order that moisture be
conserved.
Thero wero two crops in Illinois that
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seem to havo stood the drouth especi
ally well. Those were alfalfa and soy
beans. The average yield was only a
few busheds lower than last year, pet
haps one-fifth, whllo the decrease in
tho yield of oats was about one-hall
less than tho yield of last year. Cora,
of course, is not yet harvested, but the
prospects aro that the yield will be
from one-third to cne-half less. These
facts seem to bo important ones foi
farmers to consider. It would seem ad
visnblo that every farmer of tho state
should have a good field of alfalfa and
a field of soybeans to meet just suet
an emergency as tho ono of thi3 year.
Raising Calves.
The way we do Is to feed milk until
the calf is threo or four weeks old,
then give porridge made of oil meal
and wheat shorts; commence with
about one spoonful of oil meal and a
handful of shorts, increase the quan
tlty as he calf gets used to it, and ii
addition, wo feed wholo oats anii
wheat bran dry, says Hoard's Dairy
man. Wo send our milk to tho cheest
factory, so have to feed something
besides milk.
We raised one calf in this way thai
gave us, when a cow, 5,180 pounds
milk in 105 days, and made 4 pounds
12 ounces butter in two days; and we
havo ono this year 5 years old, thai
,jaio C7 pounds 13 ounces milk in one
day, and others doing nearly as well
Better Winter Feed Needed.
If farmers would give as much at
tention to improving their wlntoi
treatment of cattle as they havo to
improving tho quality a correspond
ingly large increase in profits would
bo realized, says a writer in an ex
change. Good breeding domands good
feeding. Much of tho feed is al
lowed to become over-ripe before it is
cut Tho meadows being mown so
long without plowing tho hny consists
of wild grasses afid weeds. On ac
count of tho deficiency' of both limo
and phosphorous the hay has but lit
tle clovor in it, and it la Impossible to
maintain flesh with such feed. I was
told that tho average gain is about
300 pounds per head.
Mint Growing In the West.
If a farmer has good land suitable
for poppermint ho will probably, with
roducod forces, continuo tho cultiva
tion. On tho other hand those who
rent land and. glvo a share of tho
crop for rent and those who aro on
.gaged in other matters, such as capi
talists in town hiring all the work
dono, will drop out of tho crop for tho
present. t
Most Profitable Feed,
With hogs especially tho feeding
that produces steady, speedy -growth,
is tho most profitable. A pig that la
stunted in the early days of its Ufa
should nover havo a placo la tag
breeding hard,
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Snow Pemtentes, Ctumhorazo
One of the remarkable features of Chlmborazo, a magnificent peak of tho
Andes In Ecuador, are the jagged frozen-snow forms of fantastic shapes known
as the "Snow Penltentes" which accumulate In the Ecuador summer through
the combined effects of sun, wind, and melting snow. These "Penltentes" are
one of the greatest obstacles to the explorer as they become closer and closer
together In tho higher altitudes till the approaches to the summit fairly bristle
with them to an extent that makes further ascent Impossible.
WOMAN SUBMARINE DIVER
Miss Millie M. Marnier of Now
Brighton is tho only woman marine
diver in tho world. Although Miss
Marnier is a fully qualified diver she
has not yot taken her art beyond tho
exhibition stago, and that she does in
tho causo of charity, at aquatic galas
and elsewhere. 'The accompanying
Illustration shows Misj Marnier rigged
out in her diving dress.
STRANGE WEDDING COSTUMES
When It comes to originality in the
matter of wedding clothes, Mr. and
Mm, Harold H. Deeming of New York
havo everybody beaten. The couple
were married in tho studio of tho
bride's parents nnd tho keynote of the
ceremony was unconventlonallty. The
bridegroom wore a smoking jacket of
white vicuna, finished with white satin,
Strang
The Ingenuity of the natives of Papua Is well shown by this photograph of
a otraiiQO brldfjQ made of bamboo nnd wooden posts, built across a stream at
Sumnl.
and his trousers wero trimmed with
broad strips of white satin at the slde3.
The bride, who was Miss Katherlno
Burritt, was gowned in a long-tailed,
sleeveless mediaeval costume of whlto
charmeuse, elaborately trimmed with
ropes of pearls. Upon her hair was a
cap of woven strands of pearls, but sho
carried no bouquet, nor did sho havo
a wedding veil.
This robo concealed her figure when
sho stood still, but revealed It at every
movement, and was declared by the
500 fashionable gnetts to be superbly
beautiful.
'The studio was Illuminated with
thousands of candles instead of elec
tric lights, and the walls were draped
with Oriental hangings. The conven
tional orchestra, playing the familiar
wedding march from "Lohengrin," was
superseded by eight girls in Greek cos
tume, who sang a Swedish wedding
march and selections from Grlgg and
others. Thero wero no bridesmaids.
C0REAN PEDDLER IS STRONG
The Corean Is of a sturdier physical
structure than either the Chinese or
the Japanese. Ho can bear much
greater burdens. Tho muscles of the
heels and back tom nover to tire.
Many Corean coolies can vio with a
donkey in burden-bearing. On a rack
made of two forked sticks fastened to
gether in the crudo resemblance of an
artist's easel, a Corean porter can car
ry 300 to 350 pounds, and rosietimes
400. With a load of deer hides, or of
pottery, weighing 200 to 250 pounds,
he can go steadily up a precipitous
mountain path. Yot, generally, the
Corean Is an idler when It comes to
steady work. Ho will He for houso in
the sun, fiat on his back and sucklns
away on a long-stemmed pipe. And ho
can drop to sleep nnywhere and almost
In a twinkling. With his head down
and his mouth wide open ho can
slumber for hc-urs In tho broiling rays
of a sun an American could not endure
for a quarter of an hour.
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ODD SEA OF WHITE SAND
In tho midst of tho Southwostorn1
desert, near Alamogordo, N. M ther
Is a Bhlnlng sea of whlto sand that(
has proved a puz?lo to many noted scl-i
enti3ts who havo visited it
Tho country in which tho sands aro!
located is known as tho Tularosa des-',
ort. As tho traveler approaches thoi
desert ho gets no preliminary hints asi
to tho chnraetor of tho country ho Is
ontoring upon. Suddonly ono comes)
upon a distinctly marked bod of whltoi
sand, glittering and sparkling In thoi
sun llko nothing so much as granula
ted sugar. Tho puro whiteness of tho
sand Is astounding. As far as the eyo
can reach, thero Is a glaro of whlto,
relieved only by tho greno of the yucca
plants on somo of tho dunes.
Theso dunes nre composed of Irreg
ular hepps and ridges of gypsum
Somo of tho dunes rise to n holght of!
GO feet, but most of them strotch awayi
in regular billows of 15 or 20 feet in)
height. Tho effect of water is height
ened by tho ripples which are carved!
on tho surfaco of tho sand by tho.
winds. Theso ripples look like wnve
letB carved on a marblo representa
tion of tho ocean, when viewed from
a distance.
Tho whlto sands aro In an irregular
body, 10 by 90 miles in extent Thoy
aro composed of gypsum, and are in
perfect granules. When moist tho
sands aro yellowish, but when dry aro
puro whitu. Thoy aro firm and unyield
ing, llko a wet beach on tho seashoro,.
and ono can walk across them almost
without leaving footprints. Taken in,
tho hand, tho grains of sand aro dull,!
but when vlowed from a distance they;
sparkle with an uncanny brightness.!
If ono walks a little way across thoi
whlto sands, in tho middlo of ono ot
tho hot, sunBhlny days common In,
Now Mexico, tho glaro proves almosti
blinding, whllo the heat radiated fromi
this sea of sand is terrific. A peculi-i
nrlty about tho sand is its perfect sol-'
ubility. Taken in tho hands, grains
of the whlto sand can bo rubbed Into
powder with little effort.
Oldtimors in Now Mexico, who havo,
known of the whlto sands for many
years, assert that the whlto sands are
constantly moving. Tho Indians tell!
all kinds of uncanny stories concern
ing the whlto sands, which aro sup
posed to bo "bad medicine," and tho
red men aro careful to keep away from
the placo. It is estimated by careful
observers that in about twenty years
'the white sands havo advanced east
ward one-half mile, and that a steady
movement in that direction is going
oa. In fact, a wagon road leading
around tho edge of tho sands haa been
changed several times, because tho
shifting sea of sand has obliterated
parts of it.
Nobody has over mado tho trip
across the white sands, to the knowl
edge of white men in tho southwest
It would be easy for a "tenderfoot" to
become loBt in tho sand dunes half a
mllo from the edge of the Tularosa,
desert proper. Tho dunes look much'
alike, and, unless ono had a compass
ho might wander for days in tho maze
of glaring white sand hills and never
find his way out It would require but,
a few hours In such a blazo of heat,,
however, for a man to succumb, un
less ho had taken tho precaution to-
provide himself with an ample supply
of -water.
SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION
During tho revolution colonial sym
pathizers knocked from its pedestal
In Howling Green, Now York, a leaden
statue of King Georgo of England
and It was secretly carted to Litch
field, Conn., and there melted in conti
nental bullets by loyal women of tho
town In tho orchard back of tho
Phelp3 home. Recently tho old houso
was taken over by the village Improve
ment aocloty for preservation as tho
flucst uxamplo of colonial architecture
now standing and tho old copper ladlo
used by tho women was found with
lead still sticking to it
MAKING ARTIFICIAL SNAILS
Snails, tho only genuine part of
Which aro tho shells, aro now being
sold In Paris, nnd it is said that tho
imitation of the real article Is so close
that many epicures have a high opin
ion of tho sham product. Snail shells,
it seems, aro bought from tho dustmon
and rag pickers, and after being
cleansed aro filled with "lights" or
cats' meat, tho soft flesh being cut
Into corkscrew form, so as to fit tho
shell, by a skillfully designed machine.
The receptacle Is then sealed br
means of liquid fat, and tho escargot
is ready for the consumer. Tho artK
flcaU snails find a ready market
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