Tin: sr.NM- orwiontan, Portland, ArniL 1008.
Illustrations by a
cd a G'B'Mitchcll'
I'UW. hv MtfTHMrct OrrnlrMr
A
OA IN
I In time of hmicelea n In
K tier it I renovst In r I upon
The careful housewife him
lredy decided In which room she will
fin vr th new pit per hut iff, m nd v1i t
(rmmfi'r unil combinations of eiirtstn
n fid floor 1'itvcilnnH tun be made- ad
so I airrotit) y.
In rrumne li t ho bulk of hniulrie
received hy this depurltnenf, thin urtlrlo
will deal with wh II rovcrliiRS and Cui'
ta Inn u Itn hlii for nmniM in pit her a
1 oun t ry home or t ho house wii li Is
or in pi ml 1 it yer iit'oiiinl. and where
variety fop tin Summer Is supplied by
until Mrnonulilo rlmnRtvn and frexhen
1 1 1 fC of decora t ions a ml rsrrs n Re men I
of furniture .is may he posihi.
In deciding; upon nw wall covet-inK
on tft of ncrpKRlt y tsraety In f lucnerd
hy certain feiitnms of th room under
considers t ion. ''lrt and mowt I in port -Mill
In the KfOn tlon of color In tho ox
posure nod liithtinjr of the room. Next
In Importance in choice of deslan sre
the dltniijulonn a fid proportions of th
aparltneni. Tin eneial stylo of staud
tnii woodwork, hm well hk It s finish,
also affect the selection, and th win
dows snd mantel nnd other arehltWt
nrnt ffflinrrs of (ho room should hII
h:t ve we1ht.
Thh Boiitdii the fdiopp are offering
very bonutif.il t'HP'T Mt dorUlodly low
vr prices thn formerly. Ftoth dnmoHllc
nnd Imported pupor In lovely noft col
ni'M and wood drowns sultahlo to the
1 1-In mono of a hour- may ho pur
ehrised from ."to rout a to up. Many
d i n Hied and attractive efTeetn tire sr.'u
In tlm p'lpot'x showing two ton on of tho
same color, tind where one In poKsossod
of ftjrurod din per tea or f urn I lure rov
oiliuc which 111 11 he retained, either a
pliitn color or two-toned pspor for the
wall rovprlnir ( tho solution -unless.
Indeed, one I fortunate enough to find
a paper v h Ich I it Ren era I color nnd
ileMlRn hnrniontr."- porfocily with the
mat or In l of the curtains. Such a piece
of R-ood fortune recently befell n wm
mi who miiHldered hersrlf afflloted with
old door rnrlii Ins h nd a 't of over
drupei'ie for her window of silk and
wool bra oat el io. -.how In a deniRu of
dull blue iu ick red rout's and ,
soft Rreen leavea on a tan Rround. 1
Tho paper, she discovered, had a darker
Inn baokRiitund. wilh h thread of Rold
inntilnR throtiRh, and showed aofter
1 0I01 a and dimmer outline than the.
fabric altltoiiRh the effect waa nmoh
the aanie. Some piecoa of fuiniiure with
walnut framea rei'julred m recoverliiR".
CITIES UNDER ONE SINGLE ROOF
Ol'flro Ituildins supplied With the Xorossftrlos ami Comfort of I.lf Barring sleep.
rw KNANTS of the newer office build- f
I inns in New V o r k -i t y h a v com-
forts and conveniences under their
roofs t hat in a smaller place It would
ho necessary to go over the entire town
1n gr-t. Kverything virtually but sleeping
uUMNcr is provided, oven to gymnasiums
a ml musical entertainments. The latter
may be enjoyed from the top of sAnio
lofty si mot tire while t he pat ron is eat
ing an excellent meal and gating over
t he picturesque harbor of tho second
IS rent cat city In the world.
A business man needn't be annoyed
if late in the a fternoon ht hears from
friends visit ing the city and finds it
necessary to cut on a in them on short
noiiee. Of course, be is not dressed for
1ho occasion, but that Is a matter easily
a Mended to.
Fust of all. he slop- into the elevator
and ile st ends to the t icket office in the
hu tiding and secures t ickets for a the
a i or. Then he steps into the tailor shop.
If be hasn't taken the precaution to
lea ve his even :ng clothes in one. of the
bu kers there he is able to have his busi
ness suit pressed while 4i0 walt. or in a
pinch ho may rent some a ft or dark,
wr.iring apparel. If his linen is a trifle
soiled it takes but a minuto to step into
the haherdaslu v's on the same floor and
replace it.
After a session with the bur bo r and the.
manicure a n at temiu nt has a bath for
him at the proper t em pent u re. While
be is ha ving h is hair t rimmed a long
dtMance telephono tail comes In from
t'hicago.
Ho has informed his office assistants
of his whereabouts and the operator
switches the connect ion to the barber
shop. A portable telephone is brought
to t he business man. and without leav
ing his chair or even interfering with
t he barber h carries on a conversation
over the wire. .
That reminds him that it is not a bad
idea to save- time by having his friends
meet.' htn..at dinner in the building. Af
tor calling up the caterer -upon the roof
or wbei ever Uw restaurant happens to
be. for maybe it's one of the rathskeller
k md to reserve a table he wiggles the
receiver's hook, gets central again and
notifies his friends uptown of the at-
rangement.
He able to dictate a letter or so over
t he telephone to his stenographer while
having his shoes polished, and after or
dering some flowers and candy for the
women of the party at the florist's out
side the barber shop -to be delivered at
the restaurant later he goes back to his
office after an absence of less than an
hour, d'.iring which he has lost little if
any t ' me f 10 m bi s ir ess .
The friends arrive j'isi as the business
man is signing his lei tors. They have
i o me by the elevated railroad, which has
a special entrance into the building, .and
They will leave later through a tunnel
from the bottom of the elevator shaft
into a nearby subway station.
But before they start for the theater
several hours may l comfortably spenX
at dinner in the building, made more en
joyable t a good orchestra.
There are several office buildings down
town where, if a tenant knioas just who
to speak to. he may get sleeping quarters
over night with the caretaker' family.
Kor in nearly all of the larger offie
buildings the caretaker or custodian along
with hts family ha quarters in the place.
In most cases th is on the roof.
Not long agr lawyer downtown, pre
ps ring an urgent cas for court, foand
thai it would b necessary tor him to
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f -A. DINING ROOM - COTTON PRINT U5ED V j fMy I U(
IT? A LANP5CAPE PRIEZiE WHICH DOMINATES TKS A3 A FRIEZE AJTDFORTKE OJRTAINJIf IllS
A LANDSCAPE "FRIEZ.E WHICH DOMINATES TKZ
SCHEME OP THIS LIVING ROOK' '
and Mhe derided to uao other riraperloa
at her windows of plain, dull blue fab
ric, retaining the hRrnred door curtain
ami iialnv the material of the window
draperies for the rhatr and cnueh np-
htdKtrrliiR. The tlnthod effect waa de
ItRntful. The plain draperies h( hor
windows accentuated the general color
scheme of the room, hr inRltiR: out the
blue In the wall paper and fanrle. A
new riiR In body liruaaeN waa found In
aliadoi of blue, and tan. The woodwork,
of the room waa grained In Imitation
of oak and highly varnlKbed. nnd with
the old wa 1 1 cover I n- of red and Rold
waa particularly hideous. Now. bow-
r. It came woil Into the color sobrmr,
toninR- with the barkRround of the pa
per. This pator. by the way, sells for
4;" cents : roll of ottfhl yards.
On of the rooms shown in the illustra
tion has Die walls covered- with a paper
aliowliiR two tones of Roldon brown. ThlK.
with the Ivory white enamel used for tho
standing woodwork, provides a Rood aot
tln for mahosany ir willow furniture.
The cot I in k here is t in ted to the picture
rntl In a shade of cafe an latt, whioh color
work the better part of tho night. He
lived in Jersey, making tt out of the ques
tion for him to go home; also he was far
from a hole! and didn't care about losing
the valuable time during which ho might
be sleeping.
4TM fix you up," said the janitqr with
a wink.
And he did in comfortable style. The
lawyer commented afterward on the fact
that the bed was as nice nnd cleanly as
in any flrat-elasn hotel. The news of this
man's find spread about a nd now it is
possible in many cases to get sleeping
quarter in skyscrapers, though possibly
It may not be with the approval of the
building's owners. One of the larpe.
Hroadway buildings besides sheltering a
theater also boasts of the following lux
uries that tenants there may have under
one roof: A physical culture school, a
fencing academy, tailor. dyer and
cleanser, massage establishment, billiard
and poolrooms, bowling alleys, restaurant,
saloon, shoe-shining stand, tobacco store,
jewelry shop, where the ha Iky timepiece
may be looked after; teleirraph and cable
office, baths, barber shop, dentist, doctor.
Use of Electricity as an Anesthetic
May KcplHe Kther and -Chloroform to Paralyze the Ncrvrs.
ANA&STTrlEtSlA by the use of electric
ity, with no nausea, no sickness and
no evil effort on the heart, just a
sound sleep in which no pain can be felt
by the patient, is the remarkable discov
ery an Omaha physician. Or. Frederick
Millener, Itjm just made public. Pr. M'N
lener has conducted experiments along
the lines of electrical anaesthesia for sev
eral years and has just announced before
the Pouglas County Medical Society, of
which he is a member, thesnccessfut
result of his researches.
It is an important announcement for
medicine and surgery, especially for sur
gery, since it has made possible complete,
anaesthetlzation without the danger of
accelerated or depressed heart action and
with absolutely bo illness on the part of
the patient. who recovers- consciousness
the moment the electric current-Is cut off.
Pr. Millener is one of "the Union Pacific
Railroad's expert electricians in the big
shops at Omaha, although he is a : mem
ber of the New York State Medical So
ciety, the American Society of Otology,
laryngology and Opthalmology, and a
number of other medical and scientfic
association. Before coming to Omaha he
was a practicing physician in Buffalo,
N Y.
The process of producing anaesthesia is
simplicity itself. Briefly, the electric
current is sent through the human brain.
As long as this current is passing through
tho brain, the nerves of sensation ate
paralysed and the patient feels nothing
and knows nothing. The moment the
current ceases to -pass through the brain
the patient recovers consciousness.
No elaborate instruments are neces
sary for the work. :ttwre beinff required
only the power, or current, a rheostat, a
switch, a Wheatetone bridge, a milliam
peremeter'and a voltmeter.
In applying 'the current, the negative
pole is saturated, in a saline substance
and placed on the forehead. Tho posi
tive pole is placed on the spinal cord.
The terminals may be reversed, but the
results are not so good.
The current is an interrupted alternat
ing current of low tension, during the
flow there is a sharp and regular inter
mission which follows the other at regu
lar intervals. The current is made and
broken about 150 times per second, and
th5 interval l?twen "make and break".
Is repeated In the tile about the fircplac.
The woodwork has hMn of the deep,
strong red by courtewy called niiihoRauy.
A v a rn I s h remover w a s used 1 1 el i-a n e
It. and It was treated wilh Ivory ennniel,
which entirely transformed the room.
The mantel of excellent Colonial pat
tern struck th keynote for thh ronin.
The floors, which had long hen covered
with carpet, were found to he nf well
laid maple hoards, ami hy Judicious appli
cation of crack filler and three coats of a
good floor finish, presented a backuround
rich yellow-brown In tone, which accorded
with the walla of th room. Iru net
curtains hung next the glass, and' over
draperloa of a thin crinkled wool fabric,
sago green In color, outltucd the window.
Those curtains were extensively effective
and had been bought at n dress goods
hnrgain counter for tho ridiculously low
anm of $1.!R for five and three-quarter
y arils of tho goods known as albatross
cloth, 3tf tnchea In width. These hung In
close, soft folds and were run by a loose
casing on a brass rod- set on the trim of
the window, and wervs finished by a three
inch hem. I to th net curtains and t he.so
and for the comfort of the women a hair
dresser's and a millinery establishment.
Several buildings which are used large
ly by la wycra and engineers contain
.splendidly equipped Ithraries. while In
others. In the financial district, there am
branches of banks, or the main establish
ment, so that customers who have Ijuhc
deposits to make regularly are assured of
increased safety by moving Into these
quarters.
One of the new buildings not far from
the automobile belt up In the Kor ties haa
added a well-appointed garage. This is
a feature that la bound to come to many
other buildings. And so one comfort in
novation follows another. It Is not be
yond possibility that the time Is not far
hence when a man may sleep, carry on
his vocation and live in the same building.
The modern skyscraper is coining to le
a complete community In, Itself, and a
mighty big one when measured hy the
standard of towns elsewhere, especially in
the case of the new structure that is to
house some l.VtNJO workers in its oOOO or
so offices.
is very much longer than between "break
and make. In fact, the current interval
Is abotit lt times as long as tho "break"
interval.
Total anaesthesia comes after about
two minutes of current.. When the cur
rent is first applied, respiration iueroaos.
but as the anaesthesia proceeds, becomes
more normal unless the voltage im-roases.
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over-draperies extended only to the alll.
Throe good pleoa of mahogany, t wo
chairs and a tabic, found pluses In tho
room, together wit h some, willow furni
ture which was upholstered wilh loose,
pads covered in green upholsterer's vel
veteen, matching the curlalns in tint. The
rug. was of brown, showing several
shades. It was made from good quality
velvet carpet which had originally shown
huge bunches of roses on a tan-colm-ed
around, and had been dyed and made Into
an effective rug.
The landscapp frieze shown In the illus
tration i in (hi) largo living room of a
small modern honsu. Simplicity and
at untinesa of construct Ion ami excellent
color treatment prevail In thia room, the
real motif for Iho whole being found In
the strong onlor and drawing of this
frtze. . The walls am nf rough piaster
and tinted In a shade of dull old rose, the
same lone recurring In the frieze, while
the boles of Iho trees are strongly marked
with dark green. The woodwork has been
si a ined to the sumo green tone.
The material user: for upholstering the
furniture shows a close mingling "''j'1'1
A 10-voli current is m Mixed in the work,
and IS to volts will kill the piitienl.
While experimenting with electrical an
nontliPHia. Or. Millener used rats ami dogs
as pat ictits.
"The trouble with mont experiments
made in the electrical field by physicians
and surgeons Im t hat tho experimenter Is
rather a physician or surgeon than an
electrician." says Dr. Millener. "In his
own field he may be mi expert, but hi
the field of electricity In which he Is
working he is usually a novice, lie floes
not know how to handle his tools nnd he
knows neither their power nor their lim
itations. Kor that reasoy, many of them
fall."
I r Millener has boon invited to show
the result of his work before the medical
department of the State I'nivershy. and
a clinic is now being arranged for him.
While the new system may not revo
lut ionize present methods of producing
nnaesthesla. Dr. Millener believes it is
dest hied to he used very largely in dif
ficult surgical work, as the patient can
remain under the influence of the electric
current for hours without feeling any bad
effect on awn ken i tig.
Omaha. April .
Autontohilc Insurance.
Popular Mechanics.
Although in writing automobile liability
policies the risks are of a "special haz
ard" na ture. a number of American and
Knglish companies are assuming tho risks
of destruction by fire and collision. They
also accept a liability of $.VSO0 In event nf
death or injury, to one person, and $HUJ0t
for two or more .persons.
Not His Ow n Work.
Being asked once whether he had read
any of the hooks of a popular novelist,
Thackeray rejoined:
"Well, no. You see T am like a pastry
book. I buke tarts and T sell em, but I
cat bread and butter. -Tit-Bits.
K M1I,I,KR.
rose and green. This frieze Is of Kngllsh
ma ke, hand blocked and therefore much
more expensive than the domestic friezes,
of which there are many excellent exam
ples. These run In price from W cents to
$11 for a, roll of eight yards, nnd In buying
these the money Is well expended, as they
arc extremely decorative when property
selected.
1 .ess expensive frieze of floral design
are hIho mad'-, and there are cheap side
wall papers in w hich I he figure's are so
arranged that the lower edge may be cut
out. leaving an attractively Irregular fin
ish. This may he applied to tinted walls
THE PRIVATE COINS OF OLD OREGON
fiolrl I'lrrrs I liiit Arr Known w t l ew' ollrclors; Krrors Mails in b irt lir.
TtIK nold eoins of Oregon llrst made
tluir HppcHrant'A in Is', about the
same time as did the hit crest lug
series of private gold pieces which worn
so generally used in California, says the
Now York Sun.
Thiil Oregon was In need of some sort
of money Is well Illustrated by the cur
rency In vogue around ISM. which passed
from hand to hand In the shape of chips
of flint rock left from the manufacture
of Indian fi row 'heads. At this period
Oregon comprised a rather indefinite re
gion of vast dimensions, and It is sh Id
that these flint chips were shaped with
pieces of pH per glued 1 1 pern them, on
which were written Vie amounts, the date
and the sfena lure of t he person issuing
them, and that this novel form of money
pussed current. Kvon Inday one of these
pieces of the denomination of rent. is
In existence. fT-4s suggested that Its use
gave birth to the expression of "plenty of
rocks."
I n ' 1M5 the only medium of exchange
consisted of native products, a nd a law
was passed in Oregon making as a legal
tender in payment of all demands In the
territory wheat, hides, tallow, beef, pork,
butter, lard, peas lumber or other articles
of like nature where no special eimlraet
had been written between parties. The
following year the governor recommended
in his annual message that in addition to
gold and silver only wheat should be used
as a legal tender, as gold and silver had
become more plentiful in that s:;ct ion of
th country.
Karly in January, 1M!, fro id dust began
to find its way to Oregon City. It nearly
a I wa y s con t a i ne d a la rg pt rec n t a pre of
black sand, and the need of a currency
of a more definite value soon made itself
manifest.
So a solution of the problem was sought
by the establishment of a state mint, and
a law was passed February 16. l$-j!. to
provide for the weighing and assaying of
gold and stamping the same. This act
provided for an office similar to that of
the State . Assayer of California, estab
lished in 1S0O. and specified that gold
should be purchased at $1H.50 an ounce of
virgin purity, of 24 carats in fineness, and
that the coiner should prepare this gold
for stamping without the introduction of
any alloy whatever. The pieces were to
weigh five and 10 pennyweight respec
tively, and the design was to represent
the Roman figure "five" for the pieces
of five penny-weight and the Roman fig
ure "ten" on those of ten pennyweight,
the reverse sides to bear the words "Ore
gon Territory'" and the date of year of
stamping around the face, with the arms
of Oregon in the center. There was even
a clause to provide against any coins be
ing struck by individuals or corporations
within" the jurisdiction of thy Territory of
Oregon.
The territory, however, was exceeding
its powers in this respect, as it was as
suming perrogatives only- possesed by the
United States Government and Individ
uals, for it was a moid: curious fact that
the laws of the United States at this
period and previously forbade states to
strike coins, and yet there was not the
slightest prohibition to individuals strik
ing as many coin as they desired.
The rooords bearing on this subject are
believed all to have h-en destroyed when
the State-House at Salem was burned in
"). It has been stated that the territory
mint was established and operated, but
this is questioned. Certainly no coin bear
ing the designs defined in the act have
ever come to light.
Later in the year a company was or
ganised under the title of the Oregon
Kxchangc Company. The company wa
composed of Wii iiam K. Kilburne, of
as an upper third IithIiih-iiI. and the
plot lire, rn il set at the "ceiling angle.
Where the ceding is more than ten feet
In height tho upper third of the wall can
h covered with the paper find finished
at the lower edgo by a picture rail. Tin
tint for t ho lower wall should be taken
from some figure, or the background of
this pain-r.
In ln-drooms an attractive result is ob
tained by covering the ceiling to I h-'
piciure rail la dmp of from eight to IX
inchest with a dainty florid pHp-r. th''
wall below to be tluU-d or covered in
a t iny si ripe two- toned or pin In paper.
M Hssaelmset t a ; Theoph II us M agrudcr.
of New York; .lames Taylor, of Penn
sylvania; George Abernethy (Provis
ional Governor), of New York; V lliiam
H. .Wilson, of Massachusetts; William
1 1. Rector, of New York; .lames r,U
'anipbel I, nf Sent laud, and Noyes
Smith, of Albany. N. Y.
The mint was bu nted at Oregon City,
and Mr. Hector furnished the, dies and
stamps. In order to make the ap
parat us for col n lug, the blacksmith
employed to do t lie work. Thomas
Powel I. ow ing to the sea reity of Iron,
was com pel led to use old wagon tires
and an y other scraps of metal a va II -able..
Hamilton Campbell engraved the
dies.
The first coin produced at this home
made mint wa- or the denomination or
and Its general workmanship well
Illustrated the difficulties of its manu
facture. Around the border at the top
were the Initials "K. M. T. A. W. K. G.
H." Oireetly beneath the heaver were
the initials "T. O.." with the date,
"1 S !!," Immediately below. The re
verse design bore around fhe edge "Or
egon Kxchangv Company." while in the
Held. In four lines, was inscribed "l-J'iG.
Native Gold, hi)." There were several
errors on the pa i t of the ongra ver in
cut ting the dies for this coin. a the
j in the inscription really stood for
I "C." or Campbell, as each Initial rr pre.
j sentcd the name of a member of th
! nimpany, and the "T and "O" were
j rn isp laced, as they were i n tended to
stand for "Oregon Territory."
, The (lvc-dollar piece when assayed
at the Cn I ted Slates Mint fe some
what short of its stain perl weight,
showing but 1 2 7 grains, of a fineness
of .S7S. and had a value intrinsically
of but a couple of cents more if
enough coins were presen ted for re
tneiting at one time to allow for the
cost of separating the silver.
It was struck with both plain and
milled edge, and it is said that 000
ti v e -d o 1 1 a r p i oce s w o re st r uc k at this
mint. Many of these, however, wore
melted up at the time and since, and
as a result have become quite rare. A
good specimen with plain edge brought
$sr, at the Stiekney sale last Summer.
The ten-dollar piece, which was Is
sued after that of the five-dollar de
nomination, was a much better piece
of work, and the engraver corrected
his mistakes, the Inscription below the
beaver reading "O. T." Above the
beaver the initials were K. M. T. II.
C. S.t" those of "A" (Abernethy, and
"W (Wilson for some reason being
omitted. This coin was dated Vitf
also, and on the reverse the inscription
in tile field read 10I. U0G. Native
Gold Ten O.." In four lines. The weight
of this coin was 10 pennyweights and
20 grains, or 20 grains, and it was
invariably struck with a milled cdsre.
According - to the records, 2H9i were
struck.
The rarity of the ten-dollar pieVe ex
coeds that of tho five, and there (s no
record of one havinar been offered for
sale of reeen t year, but it is worth
$loo or more.
The statement was made that the
members of the Oregon company mot.
presumably sometime In 1 :), and de
cided that the dies for this coinage
should be destroyed, and a committee
of three was appointed to throw them
from a high rock that stands below
the falls at Oregon City into the Wil
lamette River. This plan was not car
ried out. it would eem. for in cleaning
the rubbish from a room in Oregon
City later on the dies were found, and
sent to the Secretary of State.
So far as known the dies have never
been used since to strixe impressions
in gold, but there are in existence sev
er a I specimens bearing the design in
block tin and lad.
It is not unlikely that still another
These papers may bo bought at from 1
to : cents a roll. The floral paper come
at approximately the same figures. The
celling puprrn offered In the shops for
this purpose should bo ejirefnlly avoided,
mid sub-wall paper nf appropriate design
Hlected.
The. room with the cotton print cur
tains and frieze siown In the picture H
In an old farmhouse, where all Improve
menrs have neon the actual work of lht
occupants. The pine woodwork of this
room was cleansed of the old varnish
snd slafned a medium green. The wail
was covered wit h cartridge. paper "f
rich yellow tone color. thme against tho
rolling angle the figured eollon print, whs
stretched; the material, being W inch-s
In width, was cut in half. The design
of apple tree, twigs, leaves and round
yellow pippin on ii clear white ground
is charming. ,The windows were hung
with balance.! ovcrdra pci'los of Iho samo
print. The purely while, ceiling is re
peated In the crisp muslin rurtamr hunx
next the glass. All curtain extend otilv
to tho sill, nnd arc. llnlahod by a ':',-lnch
hem.
')rrrspoiifIcnrft.
0
An invitation to rurrespnrd with The
Huncbiy oregonbin on all matters per
taming to the decoration of the horn
extended. All inquiries should he writ
leu on one side of tin- paper only, and
when an early response is h sinil.
should he (iceompaiti. d hy n la-mi-d
self-addressed envelope.
specimen or variety of the f-n-dnllar
g-o Id pl'-er Is In existence, hk one, de
scription of the dealtfn of this denom
ination states tli at in a semicircle,
above the heaver are "seven stars, rep
resenting the Seven counties of Ore
gon." No such design has yet made.
Its ippearauee. the only one known
being that described nhove, with the
six initials above the beaver.
SLysf rapors of Ancient Home.
(St. I -on is Globe-nemoi-rat.)
"The skyscraper is no modem inven
tion." says a St. I -mi is architect, well
n ad In the history of hi; profession. "In
1 nil the ancient ities where brick or
I lone was ava ila hie high houses, within
J Vhe walls of (he city, were cry numer
ous because of the be k of ground space
or building.
"In Iho tlays of Augustus, the tenement
houses in Home beca use so high as to b :
Uing-roiJs. and lew wr j e pas.-ccd core
lemning a number of tenement rows and
rderlng them to be taken down, whib
r the same time a hiw was enacted lim
iting the height of all future tenements
o 1 feet. Kor palaces, and public
Mjiidings the.re was no limit.
'After the burning of tho city In
'cj-o',h time. tho. st rec ts, which before
were no wider than our alleys, were,
made broader; some of them, through
the htuduexji part of the cifv, were 1U
feet wid . and some of the, gn at thor
iughf;ires wore W.
"The tenement bright was lowered I o
SO f'-ct. and as a consequence tho city
spread far hcyond Its walls. The aver
age height ft oeilinc In a Roman teno
menl was a little-over five feet; the win
dows were open boles in the wall,
stopped in cold weather with board shut
ters. So the worst modern tenement J
a palace compared with the skyscraper
homo of tli' poor when the, empire wai
at its best."
The llak
Spectator.
The rafj ulns arc manifold. The dam
aye which be does in a y.-nr to crop?,
caifcioe.s. scores, granaries, .poultry and
same, dairies and outhouses, foundations,
walls and drainage cannot be. calculated
exactly, but It must b) enormous. He Is
ubiquitous: he swarms in fields, hederes.
coverts, farmyards, cellars. aewrs, dock,
and ships; tic is clever In gein:? out of
difficulties, extremely courageous, able to
exift on almost any kind of food, and
horribly prolific.
II art in Bixness.
hicsr Rrd-fc!raid.
"Don't you know you're hurtinje; hi.n?s?"
said tt? red fox to the hound.
"Whr. instead of jIeyini? pS'-f Mil i "U
conic snoo:in. "nlfT'i' 'round?
What's tbp sr.-)d ai your bar kin" ?
What's the usp. of all Una fu '.'
Wh?t wv chir-Jcn ot e-.foiij for if
they vi-r-n't ni3dj f'jr ux'.'"
'f.'an't you ?"f you're h'JTtin' bi.-ieV.""
aid th" South H !avKSf- chif
To the fear!s niipimnary who wan sit-
. ;lnx 'n th'- r"cf:
" have sevn white mn cftured that I
want to f"ll an Tn'Of;
Wii at were w hi to foikf ryer mad'; for if
they weren't made to eat?"
"Don't yi Icbo'v you're hurtin' bir.ncs ?'
?a'i the. robber in th juil
While the stubborn lirift listened to hii
almost tearful lab-;
"Thce who make and sril the jimmi'i
don't you sp are losin' tra'Ie
While '''U fo-hMy confine rn where no
get-aways are made?'
"Can't yo-j see you're hurting 'bisnes?'
-aid tin devil to the man
Who was (t'-fldiiy progressing on the live-
Hnd-let-Iive plan;
"You are keeiin men from fallin' who, if
rly prpxsfrt. mtgrht fall;
Why, if all ain done you dj 1 would
hac no JjU at all.''
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