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he took time to die.
III ere was an old fellow who never had time
For a fresh morning look at the Volume
sublime,
Who never had time for tho soft hand of
prayer wrinkles of labor and
To smooth out the care,
Who could not find time for that service most
sweet
At the altar of home where the dear ones all
meet,
And never found time with the people of God
Tu learn the good way thut the fathers have
trod;
1’ my But ho found time to dio,
Oh, yes!
Ho found time to die.
This busy old fellow, too busy was ho
To linger at breakfast, at dfnner or tea
Fortlio merry small chatter of children and
wife, life;
But iea in ms m...« haehelor
Too busy for kisses, too busy for play,
No time to be Igving, no time to be gay,
No timo to replenish his vanishing health,
No time to enjoy his swift-gathering wealth;
But he found time to die;
■/ Oh, yes!
He found time to dio.
This beautiful world had no beauty for him;
Its colors were black and its sunshine was
dim.
No leisure for woodland, for river, or hill,
No time in his life just to think and be still,
No time for his neighbors, no time for his
friends,
No time for those highest immutable ends
Of the life gt a man who is not for a day,
But, for Worse or for better, for ever and aye.
Yet he found time to die?
r Oh, yes!
He found time to die. !
—Amos R. Wells, in Harper’s Weekly.
FIVE BLACK MARKS,
HE most miserable
>• time I ever had in
S» my life,” said Dr.
ism Macpherson one
day ns wo eat chat¬
ting in his cosey
VI drawing room,
^. wa3 spent in a
P / llfffMA g un boat off the
llll//, f ¥v/ ® coast of Guinea. I
f/MVzi i\ l fll 'itt 1 •-! be sional gnn iifo my profes
as a sur
Wm\)M geon in the navy,
A JonUno^
\ i did not know.
But as the Doctor
seemed intent on telling the etory I
did not interrupt him by saying so.
*■ “We had been cruising about in tbe
Mediterranean,”he went on, “when
we were unexpectedly ordered to the
Bay of Lagos to overawe some miser¬
able little tribe near the coast whioh had
not regiilat'Kl bee" Leaving ! itself as a properly
of I'tt’a 'BritishUmpire V.iV,-.....1 ought ‘' ,---- to
tection ti.
do. Kako&a’s tribe, it was called,
ami Kakoj® came in for a good share
of hone 1 " a buse from tho officers and
men i the Dragon-fly, when our
or ,ii.'8 came. The worst of it was, as
t- as the officers and men were con¬
cerned, that wo wero not at unity
among ourselves. The engineer, called
Lashton, had been disappointed in
love, and was naturally morose in
consequence. What made him more
so was the fact that bis successful
rival was the Sub-Lieutenant, an aw¬
fully nice fellow, and tho only man
on hoard that I cared for. Lieuten¬
Malta, ant Gilby had met Miss Callan at
and had become engaged to her
without the least idea that tho en¬
gineer had intentions that way, not
that it would havo made any differ¬
ence to him if ho had, I suppose.
Lashton’s unconcealed enmity against
him mado life on board pretty un¬
pleasant, and divided ns into two
cliques. The Lieutenant’s clique, con¬
sisting had of himself and me, certainly
the liveliest time of it, for the
successful suitor of Miss Callan was
the merriest fellow on earth, and
whilo we were in tho Mediterranean
wo suffered very little from the eu
gineer's hostility. But directly we
steamed off for Lagos a most remark¬
able change came over my friend, and
he turned as taciturn as Lashton him¬
self.
“It puzzled me to discover the rea¬
son, for though we were all sorry to
leave the Mediterranean, still it was
not like Gilby to Bulk over it. He
could not see less of his fiancee than
ho had been doing for two or three
months, fore and we had the prospect be¬
us of a small fight, for which he
had been wishing. Lashton suggested
to me in his sinister way that it was
the prospect ot 'fighting which caused
the change in my friend, and though
I answered the suggestion in the tone
it deserved, still it seemed the only
explanation.
it “Gilby said, when I asked him, that
was the weather, and the irritation
with which he answered prevented me
continuing my inqurie3, and made me
more than ever convinced that it was
‘funk,” a nd a very severe form of the
little disease, too. In fact, he took very
pains to conceal it.
II I I hope to goodness that I shall
not have to go on shore,’ he said, when
we had nearly reached our destination.
I wish the Commander would lead the
party, and leave me hereto look after
the ship.’
" ‘His not likely,’I answered, gruff¬
ly. and I was glad that Lashton was
not about to overhear him. I an
swered his next suggestion more gruff¬
ly still.
II I I suppose would not like to
certify that you sick
I ought to be on the
-ist, would you, Macpherson?’ he asked
me, “I hesitatingly. refused
'If ho had flatly.
his told me the true reason
JL fear I might have acted dif
fellow! erently, for he looked ill enough, poor
His ~~
w ~te aud face had grown quite
It was since wo started.
looked whiter still next day
*Uen he had to go ia command of the
sliding party, which I accompanied,
of course.
t* ^ hen We were fairly eiqbarked on
the enterprise, his one idea seemed to
be to get it over with all possible speed,
and the haste with which he advanced
to Kakoga’s country would have been
impossible it the men under him had
not themselves teen so anxious to get
into action, and introduce a little
chance into the monotony of life on a
gunboat.
II However, thechange was less than
the majority of the blue-jackets hoped
for, the miserable little tribe did not
show light, and our business was ac¬
complished. In five days from the
time we left the Dragon-fly we were
back again, none the worse for our
trip, except that we were ail wore out
by Gilby’s forced marches.
I < The Lieutenant seomed more ex¬
hausted than any of us, and as soon as
he had received the congratulations of
the Commander, ho retired at once to
his berth. What surprised mo was
that his spirits did not show any im¬
provement after the chanoe of fighting
was at an end. It seemed to me as if
he wore still expecting soma calamity
to happen to him, and I began to
wonder whether there might not be
something seriously wrong with his
health to account for all that had sur¬
prised me in his manner. This ex¬
planation, which had not occurred to
me while there was any real danger,
struck me forcibly, now that we were
safo on the gunboat, and, as soon as I
had onjoyed the luxury of a bath after
my five days of discomfort, I strolled
down to the Lioutenant’s cabin to
have a look at him in the new light of
a patient.
11 The door of my friend’s cabin was
ajar as I approached it, and when I
glanced I into the room before knock¬
ing, was surprised to catch sight of
Engineer Lashton standing by the
side of the Lieutenant’s bunk.
1 1 The fact of Lashton’s enmity for
my friend was so undisputed that at the
sight of his figure in his enemy’s cabin
I felt quite justified in watoking what
was going on before making my pres¬
ence known. Gilby was lying across
his bunk, half undressed and appar¬
ently fast asleep. The engineer was
standing over him with a bottle of
some black fluid in his hand, While
I watched, ho made five small marks
with it on the sleeping man’s arm. The
operation seemed such a mysterious
and inexplicable one that I watched
him till he put the cork back into the
bottle, without moving a step to inter¬
fere with the man, but I pounced upon
him ns he turned to leave the cabin.
n i What on earth have you been do¬
ing?’ I asked, unceremoniously, and
the fellow seemed rather taken aback.
II < It is only a practical joke,’ ho
said, with a feeble attempt to smile
unconcernedly.
“ ‘Joke or no joke, I demand to see
__l j • . . . * x. omu uutllOr
itatively, my mind full of mysterious
poisons, and the engineer handed it
over tamely.
. - The bottle contained nothing but
ink.
( t Ink!” I exclaimed, when tho great
brain specialist reached this point in
his narrative, and Macpherson smiled
in tho peculiarly quiet way he has
when he has perfectly mystified a
hearer.
* . Yes, ordinary ink, he went on.
i ( The discovery naturally made me
feel rather foolish, but not so much as
it would have doue if I had not been
conviced still that his action was in
some way a malicious one. What his
idea could be, however, it was impos¬
sible for me to divine, and I felt so
serious about it that I should have
roused my friend at once to enquire
how five black marks on his arm could
possibly affect bis happiness, if he had
not looked so thoroughly worn out
and in need of sleep. As soon as
Lashton was gone, I left the cabin at
once for fear of disturbing the sleeper,
without stopping even to try and re¬
move the ink-stains, a piece of stu¬
pidity at which I have not ceased to
wonder. You see, it was impossible
for me to guess how desperately seri
ous tke plot was that the engineer had
formed against the man whom he con¬
sidered his rival. I retired to my own
cabin opposite Gilby’s, keeping the
door open to make sure that Lashton
did not return to do more mischief,
but I made a poor sentry, I was tired
out, like the youug Lieutenant,
through not having my proper amount
of rest for four nights, and I fell
asleep still wondering about the five
black marks.
l < When I woke, I do not know how
long after, it was to find Gilby stand
in" in my room, half undressed as I
had seen him in his bunk, but with
his shirt sleeve buttoned up over the
ink-stains oc his arm. I was too full
of sleep, however, to notice the fact at
the time, or even to remember for the
moment anything about what I had
seen. Sleepy as I was, I could not
help noticing the look of complete
misery and despair on my friqnd s
face. He was standing at the side of
my bunk, holding an envelope, and
when I started up, rubbing my eyes,
he put it into my hand.
‘I am glad you are awake, Mac
pherson,’ he said, in a strangely con¬
strained tone. ‘I wanted so ask you
to do me a favor. Will you give this
letter to Miss Callan personally when
you see her? I do not want to take
the risk of sending it by the mail.
u < But you will see her yourself as
soon as I shall,’I said, in surprise a
the request, and Gilby did not rep y.
Instead, he turned and walked out of
the cabin, leaving me starmgat the
letter iu my hand and woudermg what
it meant. I was so «tupid w th Meep
still that it took me two m antes t
think of any explanation at all. J
I did I was out of my bunk.andl rim
niug across to the opposi e
secoud. Just m time, too, .
was when iu I tbe burst act it of open and^rus ^
without ceremony. The tact tno
young Lieutenant s revolyer ad
couple of letters, one hem
dressed to me. wero “ J
ble, served to assure me that my
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 21, 1895.
fear* were not ungrounded! The first
thing I did Was to secure the revolver.
Then I turned to my friend.
“ ‘What are you going to shoot
yourself for?’ I demanded, bluntly.
his < i Gilby mado no attempt to deny
intention.
II I I am sorry you have disturbed
me, Macpherson,’ be said, with per¬
fect coolness, ‘because it cannot make
any difference. > >>
“And the reason!” I asked, with
interest, for the Doctor had paused to
light another cigarette. Macpherson
blew a whiff of smoke from his mouth,
and continued his story.
“I suppose you have never heard of
a disease called ‘Guinea Madness?’ he
asked, and when I shook my head, he
went on:
t t Neither had I, until Gilby told me
about it, although I am a doctor. It
is one of those strange diseases that
limit themselves luckily to a particu¬
lar district, and is only found among
a few tribes along the coast of Guinea.
It is generally thought that Europeans
cannot take it, but the idea is an
erroneous one, or, at any rate, there
are exceptions, or Lieutenant Gilby’s
father died of it, when my friend was
a boy of ten. His father was Captain
of a trading vessel, and the Lieuten¬
ant was accompanying him on a voy¬
age when they called at the Guinea
Coast. He therefore saw his father in
all the indescribable agony of the dis¬
ease, which seems more like hydro¬
phobia than anything else, although it
is infectious.
(( The sight made a great impression
on him, and, since his constitution
was quite similar to his father’s, he had
always suffered from an almost super¬
natural terror of the Guinea Coast.
He was quite persuaded that if he ever
went ashore there he would catch the
disease and die like his father. Lash
ton, it seems, was aware of this mono¬
mania of his; tor it almost amounted
to monomania.”
< < And he had really caught the dis¬
ease?” I asked.
Macpherson smiled. “He thought
he had. The first symptom isihe ap¬
pearance of small black marks on the
arm or leg. ”—Pall Mall Budget.
The Rice-Paper Tree.
The rice-paper tree, one of the mo3t
interesting of the flora of China, has
recently been successfully experi¬
mented with in Florida, where it now
flourishes, with other sub-tropical and
Oriental species of trees and shrubs,
says the St. Louis Republic. When
first transplanted in American soil the
experimenters expressed doubts of its
hardiness, fearing that it would be un¬
able to stand the winters. All these
fears Imvn "aiiishe;’ universal l.ATOyer. that and jt
is now the opinion it 18
as well adapted to the climate of this
couutrj as to that of the famed Flowery
Kingdom.
It is a small tree, growing to a height
of less than fifteen feet, with a trunk
or stem from three to five inches in
diameter. Its canes, which vary in
color according to season, are large,
soft and downy, the form somewhat
resembling that noticed in those of
the castor bean plant. The celebra¬
ted rice paper, the product of this
queer tree, is formed of thin slices of
the pith, which is taken from the body
of the tree in beautiful cylinders sev¬
eral inches in length. tho
The Chinese workmen apply
blade of a sharp, straight knife to
these cylinders, and, turning them
round either by rude machinery or by
hand, dexterously pare the pith from
tho circumference to center. This
operation makes a roll of extra quality
paper, the scroll being of equal thick¬
ness throughout. After a cylinder has
thus been pared it is unrolled und
weights are placed upon it until the
surface is rendered uniformly smooth
throughout its entire length.j
It is altogether probable that if riee
paper making becomes an industry in
the United States these primit ive
modes will all be done awa y with.
The Chiropodist on Pointed Siloes.
“I am sorry to see a tendency on
the part of men to forsako the sharp
pointed slioo tliAt fias Lpld Gift fashion
for so long and to return to the broader
style of extremity,” said a leading
chiropodist. “Thechange, if it come
about as I expect it will, will have a
pretty substantial effect for the worse
upon my business. Two-thirds suffering of in¬
patients who come to me
from painful callous growths on their
feet are the victims of sharptoed shoes.
There is only one foot in a thousand
that can wear such an article with
anything like comfort, but the 999
who can’t, stand the misery m order
to make a pretty pedal allowed appearance. for the
The contracted space them to¬
toes iu such shoes crowds
gether as in a vise, and circulation iu
them stops aud corns and bunions are
the result. No one should wear a shoe
which does not allow the joints of the
toes to work naturally, but it should
always fit the foot closely and snugly.
A loose shoe is as provocative of corns
and other foot ailments as a tight and
narrow one. Washington Post.
—
Illustrating What He Meant.
-Tatter ^“ er ^ dav a ^ speakers Sp * of English are
® w e y ry wordy and pom
V ufJ iu tbe use of'our language, ac
^Vhitney, distinguished Rl linguist,
J^^yUbac/to an he thinks we
« the modesty and
F of our ancestors . This ad¬
of r , ofeS80r Whitney is no doubt
^ But iu advising us not to use
g w ' ords an d to be clear, pure and
^ be empk)y8 the j.
i ownl g words: “Avoid all polysilla
bical profundity, pompous prolixity
aud ventriloquial verpidity. Shun
doub i e entendre and prurient jocosity,
whether obscure or apparent, In
other words, speak truthfully, natur
clearly, purely, but do not use
^ words.’’-Boston Globe,
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FAMOUS BEDROOMS.
the si-eeping apartment's of
SOME NOTED WOMEN.
Queen Victoria's Bedroom Is a Sim¬
ple Apartment—Mrs. S. V, R,
Cruger’s Couch is Like a
Great White Swan. 1
V ICTORIA, Queen of England,
is said, according to the New
York World, to bo very par¬
to ticular about her beef, and
have a deep-rooted objection to
changing from one couch to another.
Her bedroom is a very simple, unpre¬
tentious one, and almost anv woman
in the land can boast a sleeping apart¬
ment quite as good as that of the
Queen of Great Britain and Empress
of India.
Tho heavy bed, with its canopied
top and curtains, for keeping out
draughts from the royal sleepers, sev¬
eral chairs, a thick warm rug, -A great
table of carved mahogany, some good
pictures, including a portrait of Prince
Albert, complete the apartment in
Buckingham Palace iu which Her
Majesty slumbers.
Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, of
New York, who is Julien Gordon in
the literary world, has one of the
most artistic bedrooms in America.
The crowning glory of tbe room is the
bed, which is a representation of a
swan. Each feather is exquisitely
carved in the white enamelled wood
by hand, and the proportions are won¬
derful in their exactness, /
A canopy of white silk falls from
the tall, slender neck, adding to the
beauty, concealing none of the lines
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THE GREAT WHITE SWAN BED MADE FOR MRS. S. VAN RENSSELAER CRUGER. *
and carving. The coverlid is of rich
white satin, ruffled with filmy lace.
Mrs. Cruger has pillows on her pretty
bed, and these have day slips of satin
much befrilled with lace. The heavy
monogram on the coverlid and pillows
is done in white, and there is not a
touch of color about the whole affair.
The color scheme of the room is dull
pink; the walls, carpets and hangings
are of this exquisite tint. The dressing
table, with its quaint chair, the fram¬
ing of the tall cheval glass and tbe
carved woodwork of the colonial man¬
telpiece are of glistening white enam¬
elled wood. A few choice water
colors and some bits of rose-fleoked
china give a homelike look to the room.
Lillian Russell rejoices in a sleeping
apartment which suggests nothing so
much »s a great pearly pink brass, seashell.
Her little single bed is of but
scarcely a trace of the glittering metal
can be seen, so much of Qothor-ot
nearl has been used. Not My m m
j ay tui to cover the piiiarMand bars
nas the gleaming substance een used.
The draperies are of whit silk bolt¬
ing cloth, painted in pink norning
glories and delicate arbnl is, lined
with palest pink satin. Soft -kite lace
over pink satin forms the c< ering for
the bed and for tbe bard,round bol¬
ster, and falls on both side almost to
the white velvet carpet.
The dressing table is of jnk enamel
inlaid mother-of-pearl, with wreaths with ““^Cupids fa.t tracries of
of gold. The ova-shape; mirror is
framed in a wreath of porcain morn
ing-glories, the hand rninrs are of
mother-of-pearl set wit. jewelled
monograms. All of the toshes and
toilet belongings are of gd and the
exquisite sheeny pearl-hkmbstanee.
The dressing chair match the toilet
table in coloring and ormentation.
It is a quaint little affairvith cnsh
ions soft as down. Therei no back,
of course, so that the maisaa brush
Miss Russell’s golden cn with all |
ease and dispatch, but tharms are ;
broad and curving, an these J
tho singer rests her dimid elbows
and avoids much of the»tigue of j
toilet-making. i j
Mrs. Frank Leslie s slung-room
is almost Puritanical in ^exquisite
neatness and plainness. *r the lit
tie single brass
crucihx of , ^
ar t in its matchless earvin A rug of .
soft floor silk\ of the ^ tiny >ers p ] • !
gle chair completes the nishings.
The toilet table and all 0; 8 belong
ings are in the little dmg room
which opens off from the bedroom
proper.
On certain anniversaries Mrs. Les¬
lie’s dainty brass bed presents a som¬
bre appearance, for it is draped in
black; the sheets, down coverlids and
pillows are a 1 1 covered with silk of
inky blackness.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, the writer,
who was Miss Constance Cary, of the
famous Virginia family, has her bed¬
room furnished with the quaint old
mahogany furniture in which her
great-grandmother delighted, The
roomy old bed would make two of any
modern creation, and the four tall
carved posts reach almost to the ceil
ing. By the bed stand the quaintly
carved steps, which used to be neces¬
sary to success in reaching the soft
embraces of tbe feather bed. A tall
chest of drawers surmounted by a
small looking glass, some quaint old
spindle-back chairs and pictures a
hundred years old and more, complete
this quaint room.
Miss Cameron, the eldest daughter
of Sir Roderick Cameron, has a most
perfectly appointed suite of apart¬
ments in her father’s country house,
Clifton Berlev, on Staten Island. The
bedroom is a perfect example of the
First Empire style of furnishings, and
the mahogany bed, dressing table,
chairs and desk show the beautiful
shape and decoration of that period.
North Carolina’s Big Cold Nugget.
For a small colored boy to pick up
a chunk of gold weighing eight
pounds, or about that, worth just
about 82000, is rather unusual good
fortune. That is exactly what Jupiter
Debarry, of North Carolina, did a
week or so ago, and the nugget is
now in Wail street says the New
York Journal, Moreover, the boy’s
regular occupation is picking up nug¬
gets. A little syndicate of Wall
street speculators got hold of a piece
of property iu North Carolina last
winter, where uuggets of pure gold
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loose on the ground, and they
people employed regularly, on
wages, picking up the valuable
This particular onei shown in th ?
is the largest found 0
but Jupiter Debarrv and the I '
colored f vouth in Stanley / County ,°“ £
vastly exc ted over biggies th p p t
more and fr.es
are pIeuty of saall er ( found
time to time( but they onIy gerve
keep U p the excitement, !
The p j ct ure is an exact Debarrv^ outline
k e tcli of the remarkable
g ge t. It is as rough on top and on I I
bo ttom as it is along the edges,
the outline shows how rough that f
It j b ioi °
_ we g 8 ounces and is more
an ninety per cent, pure gold, so I
gold being worth $2Q ftQ ou j
value, roughly speaking, ' is al- !
t $2000. 1
The shape is too irregular to de
but the measurements are
taken. The nugget is a little !
F ; x and a ha i f 8 iu i eng th j
five and a ha j f ]ncheR in width
tbe widest place. The broader end
ftle0 the thicker, and measures
d three-quarter inches from
to bottom, while the smaller end j
only about an inch thick.
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The Gorgoma, or fan corals, are
in every sea.
VOL.XAI. NO. 8
GOTHIC houses.
Plans for a Residence in This Style
of Architecture,
(Copyright 1895.)
The Gothic or pointed and Grecian
or horizontal are really the foundations
of all styles of architecture; when we
speak of buildings being Swiss, Ital¬
ian or Gothic, or any of the numer¬
ous well known styles, we mean that
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the spirit of a particular class has
been seized upon and not that there
has been a slavish imitation of dis¬
tinguishing peculiarities. One of tho
most interesting of all of the styles is
the Gothic.
Highly as this is revered now, and
greatly as the early cathedrals aro ad¬
mired, it was at one time held to be
an unworthy departure from the strict¬
ly classic standard. The word Gothic
itself was first used by the architects
of the Renaissance os a term of re¬
proach for all medieval styles. It was
a synonym for barbarism. The style
was a natural growth, a modification
of older styles and an adaptation to
changed conditions.
Various poetic explanations of its
origin have been given. It was said to
have been copied directly from nature,
and people pretend to see in its pointed
arches and the ribs of the vault an
imitation of the overarching branches
of trees. So, too, they say, the pillars
of the Gothic aisle were suggested by
the trunks of an avenue of stately
trees.
Appropriately enough, the first
Gothic building erected in the United
States was a church—famous Trinity
Church, New York, built iu 1840.
Since then it has h«en the prevalent
' style for church architecture,
j The design illustrating this article
' is a modified Gothic, and a detailed
description of it is as follows:
General dimensions: Width, ex
elusive of veranda, 37 feet 2 inches;
I ilepth, (leptn, not not including including veranda ver and par
lor bay, 54 feet 2 inches.
Heights of stories: Cellar, 7 feet;
first story, 10 feet; second story, 9
feet; attic, 8 feet 6 inches.
Exterior materials: Foundation,
first and second stories and gables,
brick. Roofs, slate. Balcony floors
covered with leaded tin.
Pan. Kitchen
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Interior finish: Three coats plaster, j
white finish; soft wood flooring !
trim. Main staircase, oak
and bathroom, wainscotted.
moulding iu principal rooms
hall of first story. Panel backs
windows in parlor and dining- !
All interior woodwork grain
filled, stained to suit owner cud fin¬
ished in hard oil varnish.
Colors: Trim, including cornice'',
casings, veranda and balcony post;,
rails, etc., dark green. Sashes, red.
Brick work painted buff and pencille I
and speckled to imitate mottled brick.
Veranda floors and ceiling and out¬
side doors oiled.
Accomodations: Tho principal
rooms and then - sizes, closets, etc • 1
are shown by tbe floor plans, Cellar
under whole house with inside And
outside entrances and concrete floor.
T wo rooms and hall iinished off in
attic ; remainder of space floored for
storage purposes. Inside Aeuetiati
blinds to all windows of first and.
second stories, Bathroom with full
plumbing in second story. Brick-set
range, sink and boiler ;n kitchen.
Large bay window anil open fireplace
in parlor and bedroom over same.
Cost, $6200, not including mantels,
range or heater. The estimate is
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based on New York prices for materi¬
als and labor. In many sections of
the country the cost should be less.
Feasible modifications: General
dimensions, materials and colors may
be changed. Cellar may be reduced
iu size or wholly omitted, Threo
washtubs may be placed in laundry iu
cellar. Double sliding door3 may bo
made to connect dining room ami hall
and parlor and dining room. Addi
tional bedroom may bo finished off in
attic, or attic may be left unfinished
but floored for storage purposes.
This design is presented as the an ex
ample of what may be (lone in em¬
bellishment of a residence in Gothic
or pointed style.
A Novel Sulky.
A horse lover in Hartford, Conn.,
according to the Courant of that city,
has devised a sulky that may accom¬
plish wonders in the development of
speed in trotting horses. It is a rather
odd-looking arrangement, as may be
seen from the picture printed here¬
with, but its conception is based upon
several very important considerations.
In running against time the horse
should have as nearly absolute free¬
dom of wind and limb as possible, be¬
sides being relieved of draught. In
other words, he should be as nature
designed him, and the inventor of
this sulky claims that it more nearly
accomplishes that end than any device
yet made known.
As shown in the cut, the driver’s
seat is over the horse’s hips, with the
wheels a trifle in advance of the middle
of the animat’s body. The central
upright, extending from the wheel to
the seat, is on a slight incline and
must necessarily help propel the
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THE ODD-HOOKING SULKY.
wheels, thus reducing the draught to
the minimum. A surcingle supports
aud steadies the shafts, and straps
running from it to the pockets that
inclose the ends of the shaft keep the
sulky from running faster than the
horse.
The only necessities in the way of
harness are the breastplate, the sur¬
cingle and the bridle, leaving the ut¬
most freedom to the shoulders and
the chest, as well as to the lungs by
reason of less tightening of the girth.
If the horse rears or otherwise mis¬
behaves, the sulky must go up with
him, and if he makes a sidewise move¬
ment, he must land the sulky where
he lands hinsself, with no danger of
dishing the wheel.
The inventor says that no “training
down” of overweight will be neces¬
sary when his vehicle is used, as the
heavier the weight, within a reason¬
able limit, the more easily the vehicle
will be propelled. He also says that
a horse may be more easily controlled
the new location of the seat than
the driver sits back of and a
lower than the horse.
One of these sulkies is now build¬
and several horsemen, who hav?
the plans, think very favorably
it.
Remarkable Collection of Shoes.
The ^ ^ Jt , . g ^
historic collection of shoes,
includes the shoes worn by Mary
on her way to execution, the
of Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette,
de Leuclos, Queen Louise, vkrious etc ■
a collection of shoes of
which has an ethaographic * F
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