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JlMHWslaWP ST. JOHNS REVIEW 7 'I . r m . IV Uf bbbbb. SBBEBB 1 i pa SB r. ACME LUMBER t Company DRY LUMBER IN WET WEATHER Do you know that we have 5r 000 square feet of lumber under cover? We not only cover our lumber but we have over 3,000 square feet in our wood shed. Dry lumber in wet weath er is all right, and dry wood is just as good. ACME LUMBER CO. Foot of Westanna St Phone East 1846 da ft) As an Illustration of tho very few elements contained In a successful picture I will say that a simple- landscape containing Ihe, side of n 1 til divided Into agreeable spaces by a tiny stream or a road, a footpath or a ravine, will give you only two spaces In your foreground. It should bo remembered that the road, stream or footpadh should not divide the land scape Into horizontal spaces which are parallel with Uic base line of tho picture, nor should It be divided Into triangular spaces which are equal to each other. Nature seems to have abolished tho exact rules of measure ment In the arrangement of her beauties, and wo cannot do better than to accept of Uiln hint from nature. Tho sky space Is divided Into unequal . parts by tho roof of n dwelling outlined against tho sky, or by a tree, ono of the ordinary kind, ami as unobtrusive as the landscape; and with theso simple elements we have all of the material needed for a picture which will have stilllclcnt strength so that It wilt appeal to all by Its simplicity In lino nnd Its close and Intimate relation to thosu simple bits of nature which aro appreciated by all who have Uie true art loving spirit within them. I am aware that there Is always a tendency tit Introduce n Ilguro wher ever a road Is found, and this niny bo well where. the other elements of tho arrangement are so very plain that they contain no natural beauty In thorn solve, nnd the Ilguro Is needed to give Interest to the picture; but In n composition where the few simple elements worked with nr In themselves beautiful, the Introduction of n llgure Is an experiment attended with a con sldernblo danger of weakening the composition by the Introduction of an other element of only ordinary Importance. And yet I Imvo known artists who have been considered famous, and wlino pictures commanded high prices, to till a road from near foreground to distance with groups of llgures having no ponlble relation to each other, and then, ns If this was not stilll clent, to Introduce ns a stdo Issue In the right foreground, at some distance from the road, n pair of lovers' tinder n tree, apparently unconscious that the world contained others than thcnuelvcs. Chas. 12. rnlrman, In Cnmcrn nnd Dark Itooin. A 8HIP THAT FLIES, Dream ot Akn Han Iteen Attained by American (Iciilun. A spectacle which aroused unbound ed enthusiasm among the vast con coursu of people who witnessed It was tho successful flight of Thomas 8. Italdwln's great nlrshlp nt the World's ' l'alr grounds In St. Iiiils. The airship, ! which Is called tho "California Arrow." was navigated by A. Hoy Kuabeushue, of Toledo, The California Arrow, as (he Bald win nlrshlp Is called, Is the result of .'ID it far attained, by means of Its own en gines, not taking the wind Into account Is 12 mites an hour, but the usual rntu Is only about eight miles an hour. One of tho exciting Incidents of the trial of the airships was the escape of the California Arrow, After n trlnl . flight while tho Arrow was being low ered to repair a slight break In tho machinery, the rope was dragged from the hands, of tho assistants nnd tho ship soared Into the air and disap peared In n northwesterly direction. The runaway ship was found next morning about 1(1 miles west of Ht. llALDWIN'H AlItHllIP. Tilt: CALIFORNIA AltltUW. years of experimental work on tho part of Its Inventor, Cnpt. T. 8. Hnld win. It has n cigar-shaped gas bag of varnished Japanese silk, 52 (vet long and 17 feet In diameter, with n capac ity of 8,000 cubic feet. On tho upper surface nnd nt tho ends tho silk Is doubled and at the points or gtvutei-t strnlu trebled. The car, -10 feet long, Is n light framework of white cedar brurcd with piano wire. It l. In section, n perfect equilateral triangle, o that the wholo Is In the shape of u right prism, savo that It grows smaller and smaller to wards the nds. It Is pulled through the air by a two-bladed silk propeller, 11 feet from tip to tip, set at an angle of 20 degrees at the front end of the car. The draught of air caused by Its 200 revolutions a minute serve to pre vent explosions by constantly cooling the Hercules gasoline engine set about enibt feet from the forward end of the car. The eugtne weighs only 00 pounds, but performs 2,500 revolutions a minute and has a working capacity of seven-bourse power. The aeronaut has a seat and conning platform about 12 or 13 feet further back, and be can move from one end to the other of the car at will, though change of position of less than two feet la sufficient to cause the craft to ctnd or descend In the air by raising or lowertrg the elevation of the beak. At the rear there Is a redder of BxlO feet, made of light canvas stretched on a bamboo frame. The total weight of the whole apparatus Is only about 280 pounds TUa auxlmuio speed thua Louis, The ship had sailed low, nnd tho anchor caught In n tree. Tliero were two small rents In tint gas bag, but otherwise, tho ship was uninjured. A half hour's work served to repair tho damage. A VuUr Iteoeipk "Don't talk to mo about tho receipts In that magaxliie," said Mm. l.ime, with great energy. "Wasn't thnt tho very uuiguxluo that advised mo to put on that nody solution nnd leave tho tablecloth out overnight to take off those yellow stains)" "I'm Inclined to think It may have been," said Mrs. Lane's sister, with due meekness, "I sent you a number of them In the spring, I remember.' "Well, and what happened)" asked Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath, "Didn't tho status disappear" asked her sister. "Disappear)" said Mrs. Lane, In a withering tone, "It was the tablecloth that disappeared. I don't know any. thing about the stains." En iruious UebU to English Milliners. The other day I saw published tho balance sheet of a limited liability milliners' establishment, If 1 remem ber rightly, tho debts unpaid were sot down at about 30,000, Ily tho amount of credit In this one establishment, ono can Judge of the enormous sum owed to all milliners by their customers col. lectlvely. It Is well known that heavy commissions are offered to ladles who lutroduce customers nnd that many ladies arc Apt above accepting then. haaAom Truth. I 35