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MUSKOGEE SUNDAY PHOENIX.
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DESIGNER OF STATUE OF
LIBERTY DIES AT PARIS
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IREDEHO AIHJSTE BARTHOLDI
FOR BARN WITH SILO.
' ^mple Accommodation for Three Cows
and Fifteen Horsies.
8. C. C.—Please give a plan of a
i barn with silo suitable for three
1 aorses and fifteen cows. I would like
ihe stable to have a cement floor, and
3e built as cheaply as possible.
The plan shown Is for a barn 36 by
50 feet. The framework above the
basement consists of an eighteen-foot
beut above the horso stable, then a
| twelve-foot driveway, then a twenty-
i toot bent. In order to have room for
a team to be taken out beside a loaded
wagon there should be an overlay ot
six feet in the mow over the cattle;
I this will give plenty of room on the
' thrash floor. The stairway to the
basement goes down from the driv€
floor into the feed-mixing room. The
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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi died in
Paris Oct. 4 cf consumption, aged 70
years. He was best known in the
United States as the designer of the
staiue of Liberty Enlightening the
World, which stands in New York har-
bor, and was a gitt from the people
of Franoe. The statue is the most
colossal known to history, the legen-
dary colossus of Rhodes having been
but 105 feet high, as compared with
the 138 feet of the figure of Liberty.
Another of his famous works is the
Lion of Belfort. Another work of
•01116 magnitude he left uncompleted
but the design for fiis own tomb was
finished a day or two before he was
taken with his last illness.
NEXT RULER OF GERMANY.
Crown Prince Said Not to Be of a
Strenuous Character.
Gossip in Paris is busy with the per-
sonality of the German crown prince.
He is said -to have complained, when
he was at Bonn, that his comrades did
not treat him as the emperor's son:
whereupon the emperor reminded him
that at the university ho could make
himself important only by his attain-
ments, not by his rank. He has no
liking for the uniform of a Prussian
lieutenant, in which he is constantly
photographed; looks like an English-
man Just escaped from Oxford or
Cambridge; has a pleasing, beardless
face, clear blue eyes, an easy smile
and the hesitating, resigned expres-
sion of his mother. At present he
seems to possess neither the philo-
sophical spirit of his grandfather, the
Emperor Frederick, nor the warlike
temper of his father. War, indeed,
has no charm for him, and when he
visited tho battlefields of Alsace and
Lorraine and listened to stories of the
great struggles which made the Ger-
man empire he manifested a weary
repugnance to the whole business.
MEN WHO RULE JAPAN.
Three Most Prominent in Present
Crisis in the East.
Thre men rule Japan's destinies in
her present war with Russia. The
first is Marquis Oyama, commander
of all tho forces In tho field—a small,
podgy, pock-marked man, whom no
caricaturist could fail to lampoon as
a frog. Next comes Gen. Baron Ko-
dama, the executive brain of the Japa-
nese general staff. The third mem-
ber of the triumvirate is Gen. Fuku-
shima, whose genius has been the con-
crete mortar which has cemented into
solid block the rough-hewn material
of Japan's general staff. The three
men are of very small stature, and
Gen. Fukushima is fair for a Japa-
nese. Oyama's tremendous success is
due to the fact that he whipped China
on the very fields over which he is
now so diligently pursuing the Rus-
sians. It is said that no other com-
mander in history has ever been call-
ed to operate twice over the same
squares of the map. Oyama knows
Manchuria as well as he knows Tokio.
Edison at Work on Battery.
Thomas A. Edison continues to
spend a large part of his time perfect-
ing the storage "Dattery upon which he
has been working for several years.
The delegates to the international
electrical congress who paid a visit
to Mr. Edison in New Jersey last
week found him very optimistic as
to the future of this battery. When
it was first developed it had the usual
mechanical defects of a new inven-
tion and Mr. Edison has been spend-
ing much time in his factory overcom-
ing these defects. Tho engineers who
saw him last week say that the Edi-
son storage battery is now perfected
and that it will not bo long before
it is put on the market
LOOK FOR IMMENSE THRONG.
Christian Church to Hold Convention
at St. Louis Oct. 13 to 20.
The World's Fair is bringing to St.
Louis tho greatest religious conven-
tion ever held by any church or de-
nomination. This will cover the week
of Oct. 13-20, and anywhere from 20,-
000 delegates upwards are expected
from every state in the Union, Can-
ada, Mexico, and abroad. The meet-
ings will be hold in the old Exposition
building and the Coliseum, where the
Democratic national convention as-
sembled. A chorus of 1,000 voicea
has been in training for some months
to lead the music, and some of the
best evangelistic (lingers of the Christ-
ian church, which is one of the most
aggressive bodies in evangelistic
work, are expected to take part. Oct.
20 will be "Disciples of Christ Day"
at the World's Fair. The Christian
church was the first denomination to
erect a building of its own on the
fair grounds, and has a very admir-
able exhibit representing its ramified
work in this country and abroad.
Only one other denomination has at-
tempted anything of this kind. Presi-
dent Francis will address the gather-
ing of delegates at Festival hall, over
which Dr. James H. Garrison of the
Christian Evangelist, will preside, and
where Dr. F. D. Power of Washington,
who was President Garfield's pastor,
will be the chief speaker. The con-
vention is composed of the Christian
Women's Board of Missions, the For-
eign Christian Missionary society, the
American Christian Missionary siciety,
the Board of Church Extension, the
Evangelization society, the Benevolent
society, and the Board of Ministerial
Relief. At Cincinnati five years ago,
about 10,000 people attended the great
communion service. Owing to the at-
tractions of the World's Fair draw-
ing so many people to St. Louis, it is
expected that even Cincinnati's rec-
ord, which is the greatest in the
world, will be superseded by the great
communion service to be held in St
Louis.
Floor Plan of Stock Barn.
mixliiK room; B. horso stable; C,
feed alleys; r>, tow stalls; E, box 8tr.ll;
P. passage behind cattle; G. run njjer; ti,
roothouse under driveway; I. silo.
iay or feed trom above is put down
through a swinging door beside the
stairway.
The basement consists of sixteen
single cow stalls, box-stall and four
| borse stalls, with feed rooms. Provi-
sion is mado for a concrete root-house,
arched over with concrete, under the
driveway. The silo is on tho outside
of the barn, beside the driveway, and
nan be made any size desired; one
Sfteen feet in diameter and thirty feet
high would be about the size required
for the amount of stock the Basement
would contain.
Signatures of English Clergy.
In all his official correspondence the
archbishop of Canterbury signs him-
self "Randall Cantuar," the latter
word being an abbreviation of "Can-
Utarla," the ancient name of Canter-
bury. The archbishop of York's sig-
nature is "Willelm: Ebor." Ebor
(Eboracum) is the ancient name of
York. When bishop of Winchester
Dr. Davidson signed himself "Randall
Winton." Winton being tho old name
of Winchester. The rule about these
signatures is to follow the Christian
name or initial or names or Initials
with the original name of the blshop-
->c or its abbreviation.
Always Comes Home to Vote.
Dr. James F. Love, a native of Phil-
adelphia, has just returned to that
city from Egypt, where he has resided
for fifteen years. He comes almost
solely to cast his vote at the coming
election. Dr. Love went abroad near-
ly fifteen years ago and found a profit-
able field for the practice of his pro-
fession of dentistry. He attained
prominence on the continent and
while on a visit to Egypt was induced
to settle in Cairo, having been ap-
pointed dentist to the khedive. But
he never gave up his American citi-
zenship or his residence in Philadel-
phia. So every presidential election
since his first trip abroad he has re-
turned to the United States to cast
his vote. In order to do this Dr. Love
has retained his voting residence in
Philadelphia.
Drying a Cellar.
M. R.—A cellar partially fills with
water every spring. Would it be bet-
ter to remedy this by drainage or the
use of cement? Tho cellar is in two
parts, 40 by 24 and 27 by 24 feet The
water seems to come up from the bot-
tom. The soil is sandy loam and
soon absorbs all the water when dry
weather sets in.
If you would drain your cellar you
would have a better job than by try-
.ng to keep the water out with cement,
for if the water comes in to tho depth
of two feet it will be impossible to
keep the cellar dry. If you laid the
cellar bottom with concrete, Portland
cement should be used and should be
not less than four inches thick, the
first three inches to be composed of
one of cement to nice of gravel, and
the top Inch one of cement to two of
screened gravel. Gravel is as good
as broken stones. If the rock Is not
too far below the Surface of tho
ground and the level of water from
the rock does not come above cellar
bottom, a well can be drilled and the
cellar drained into it. This would be
less expensive than digging a long
drain.
Transmitting Power from Windmill.
D. C.—Our windmill must stand
fifty yards from the well in order to
get wind. We are now using two
wires running from the cross sticks
of T-shaped elbows, the longer arms
of which engage the rods of the wind-
mill and pump respectively. This has
not been very satisfactory. Can
you suggest « batter method?
I do not see how this arrangement
can be impwed without altering the
plan completely. It occurs to me that
if the pump were placed immediately
under the windmill in an excavation
deep enough for the purpose and the
water brought from the well to the
pump by means of a pipe, it would
work satisfactorily. I may misunder
stand the circumstances, but it ap-
pears to me that this, at any rate,
would work satisfactorily. J. B. R.
Organize for Fire Protection.
About half a score millionaire resi-
dents of suburban towns near Phila-
delphia have taken hold of the old
iork Road fire company and will
build a handsome engine house for
the organization. Within its sphere
of usefulness are hundreds of magni-
ficent homes, some of them palaces,
that are now practically without pro-
tection. Among the more prominent
members of the organization aro John
Wanamaker, P. A. B. Widener, George
W. Elkins, Theodore Voorhees, H. H.
Roelofs, John B. Stetson, C. A. Beach,
Charles D. Barney and William T. b!
Roberta. It is o«pected that about 300
members will enroll, and their dues
will support the company In ample
style.
Foundation for a Building.
J. W. B.—I wish to put a foundation
Underneath a building 20 by 50 feet,
two stories high. The ground has a
hard stony subsoil under a foot or
more of black loam. There is a fall
of about one foot across the building.
Would it be necessary to dig below the
frost and put in a drain? How should
it be done?
All foundations are better if they
aro drained, unless in sandy or gravel-
ly soil. In a stony subsoil a good
foundation may be made by excavating
deep enough so that the walls will be
below frost. If a drain is put in do
not put It tinder the wall; the proper
place is just outside tho wall, the
top of tila coming level with the bot-
tom of the wall; this will carry off all
the water and not allow it to stand
under wall.
DESERT MAY BE RECLAIMED.
Possibility of Success In Restoring
Fertility of Sahara.
It Is estimated that tho oases of tho
Sahara occupy about ono-fourth of its
area, the other thirty nine-fortieths be-
ing hopeless desert. But this is guess-
work, as is, indeed, tho exact location
of most of the cases themselves. So
poorly have tho observations been tak-
en by former visitors at many of these
spots that often an explorer who has
guided himself by their directions will
find himself far out ot his course and
hopeless of untwisting the tangle, ex-
cept by Independent investigation.
Now that Franco possesses recog-
nized claim to the greater part of the
Sahara and has brought the desert
tribes into some kind of order, there is
a prospect that the whole region will
be carefully gone over, so that in the
course of not many years reliable
maps may be made. Indeed, the vari-
ous expeditions under French army
officers that have been out for one
purpose or another during the past
year accomplished notable results.
Last spring Commandant Laperrlne
of tho military staff in the Tuat oases,
with three brother officers, an astron-
omer, and a party of seventy-five sol-
diers on fleet camels, covered a dis-
tance of 1,300 miles in four months,
at a pace which far exceeds that of
tho big old-time expeditions. He
found water and pasturage, and lived
almost entirely off the resources of
the desert. His report shows that of
torty-three places whose locations
were accurately determined by his
astronomer all but one had been
placed very much too far to the west
on the maps. Timissao, for instance,
lies 15 miles southeast of its old map
location. Ideles, on the other hand,
lies about a degree of longitude west
ot where it had been supposed to be.
With the desert once fully explored,
the next question will be how to make
it mcst useful. The dry river beds
show that in former ages it had, at
least in the western part, a much
larger water supply than It has now.
It may not be out of the power of men
of a generation hence to restore to
some extent at least the old condi-
tions.
SUCCESSOR TO VON PLEHVE.
Prince Sviatopolk Mirski Has Been
Chosen by the Czar.
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski, the new
Russian minister of the interior, who
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Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski.
succeeds the murdered Von Plehve,
has been successively governor of
Penza, marshal of the nobility of the
Province of Kharkoff and Ekaterinos-
lay, and assistant minister of the in-
terior under M. Sipiaguine, who also
was assassinated. The prince is 47
years of age, and began his career as
a soldier, but later entered the civil
service. He is said to possess a hor-
ror of religious persecution. His fa-
ther was a famous general during the
reign of Alexander II. Tho prince's
wife is a great admirer of Count Tol-
stoi.
Round Silo With Wooden Hoops.
J. W. C.—Could a satisfactory circu-
lar silo be built with two thicknesses
of inch lumber with tar paper between
them, using half-inch elm lumber ffli
hoops to which the boarls would be
nailed. How many piles would be re-
quired for the hoops and how wide
should they be cut?
Silos with wooden hoops have been
built, but with what success in dura
billty has not been learned. If a silo
such as described were well construct-
ed it would be Inexpensive and should
give service for a number of vo«ra
DIPLOMAT NOT FOND OF SHOW.
Ur.oriental Trait in Chinese Minister
to London.
Minister Chang, Chinese represent-
ative in London, Is among the most re-
spected diplomats in the British cap-
ital. He is gifted with an uncrlental
preference for plainness in costume,
which is fortunate for himself, as he
is not wealthy. Prince Chen, an im-
mensely rich Chinese nobleman, was
in London recently, and in the course
of an interview with the minister
said: "Why is it that you do not
dress more richly, and wliy do you not
provide more elaborate costumes for
Mmc. Chang and tho members of your
suite?" Minister Chang replied, calm-
ly: "In the first place, your highness,
I do not care for rich attire, and, in
the next place, being a poor man, I
cm not afford to do as you suggest."
It la understood that a substantial In-
crease in Minister Chang's allowance
was the outcome of this Interview.
IE WEEKLY
PANORAMA
Energetic Southerner.
Gov. Terrell of Georgia, has on his
staff Col. J. S. Raine, who fa a stick-
ler for the respect due the state execu-
tive and members of his family. This
was shown the other day at St. Louis,
where the governor and party are vis-
iting the fair. Col. Raine knocked
down a camel driver In the Streets of
Jerusalem because the driver refused
! to permit Mrs. Terrell to dismount
j when she discovered that she did not
like to ride. The blow brought re-
sults. The camel was stopped and
j forced to kneel while the trembling
wife. at the goveraor dismounted.
STATESMAN WAS NOT POPULAR
Good Story of the Late Sir William
Vernon Harcourt.
With tho death of Sir William Vor
non Harcourt comes revival of a story
which was told at his expense many
years ago In London. Three well
known politicians agreed to bring
tho three best hated men in town to
a certain dinner party. No names
were mcntionod. When tho party as
sembled the first two men arrived
u::accompanied, each explaining that
the man he had Invited had another
engagement. Tho third arrived with
William Vernon Harcourt, and then it
appeared that all three had Invltod
him. The story may bo apocryphal,
but it illustrated the general dislike
that was entertained for Sir William
when ho was a young man. His un
popular.ty was duo in great part to
his habit of expressing unwelcome
truths combined with a somewhat dis-
courteous manner and a way ho had
of regarding opponents with a min-
gled pity and contempt that was inex-
pressibly galling. As he grow older
these characteristics were greatly
softened.
REJECTED EARL BY CABLE.
Colorado Girl Broke Engagement with
Little Formality.
Mrs. Cornelia Baxter Tevls, the Don-
ver beauty who inherited $4,000,000
through tho death of her husband In
Japan while they were on their honey-
moon threo years ago, and since has
been credited with various intentions
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matrimonially, now is reported to
have sent the earl of Roslyn a cable-
gram reading, "Engagement off,"
greatly disappointing the actor-earl
and his family. Mrs. Tevls is a daugh-
ter of G. W. Baxter of Tennessee, who
was territorial governor of Wyoming
RICH MEN BUILD ESTATES.
New Fashionable Colony to Be Estab-
lished on the Hudson.
While all tho principal figures in
Newport society are disposing of .heir
real estate in that famous center, new
movements are in progress to estab-
lish colonies on the Hudson within an
hour's ride of New York city and
along the north shore of Long Island.
Tho Goulds, Mackays, Whitneys,
Jratts and other wealthy families
have purchased every foot of water
front for mileis along the sound, and
it is doubtful If these great ducal
estates will ever find their way again
into the market. Over $42,000 were
the sales for the last six days, and
the aggregate of the summer has ex-
ceeded $200,000. The corporation is
now engaged in laying flower beds,
parking the entire tract, so that .t
will become a veritable garden spot.
Along the Hudson the Morgans, the
Harrimans, the Havemeyers, the
Rockefellers and the Fishes have al-
ready secured large tracts with tho in-
tention of establishing estates on tho
English plan.
WIFE OF NEW RUSSIAN MINISTER
Princess Mirski Possessed of Much
Ambition and Ability.
Americans who have visited Odessa
and Moscow have a lively recollection
of the strong personality of tho wife
of Prince Peter Mirski, successor of
the murdered Von Plehve as Russian
minister of the interior. In stature
she Is within three-quarters of an Inch
of 6 feet. Her muscular development
is remarkable. She has a clear, cold,
gray eye that, Instead of glittering
when she becomes Incensed, seems to
grow dull. When that expression is
observed it is time to keep clear of
her wrath. Prince Peter is 5 feet 7
incLcs, slenderly built, gentle In man-
ner and diametrically the opposite of
V(,n Plehve in taste, manner and tem-
perament. His admiration for his bril-
liant wifo amounts almost to worship.
It Is believed that but for her ho never
would have been named for the posi-
tion he now occupies.
Snow-Bound Astronomers.
Albert Senoukne, the well-known
German .astronomer, and an assistant
had a decidedly unpleasant experience
on Mont Blanc early in the month.
They mado the ascent to the observa-
tory one beautiful day, planning to
stay over night and do a little work.
But when night came it brought &
terriflo snowstorm and the two star
gazers were snowed In high up on
the mountain for seven days. They
had no food but crackers and choco-
late and were nearly exhausted when
a rescuing party from the land below
reaabed them.
A wonderful powdor of rare *
merit and unrivalod strength.
Selects Wife's Toilets.
It Is a common thing in Paris for a
mi n to accompany his wife to the
dressmaker's. The young wife who
has known no gayer attiro than the
coming out gown of the jesiro fiile
needs careful advice as to her toilets,
and her husband, If ho be a certain
type of man of tho world, knows how
to give It
London's "Little Italy."
Reporting upon the "Little Italy"
'f one of London's most crowded dis-
tricts, the health officer of tho dis-
trict says that tho Italians are "gen-
erally superior" to the English per-
sons who are their neighbors. Th«y
aiso take more care of their children,
among whom the death rate Is low,
and they aro sober.
Bee a Night Worker.
A bee that works only at night ti
found In the Jungles of India. It Is
nn unusually largo Insect, the combs
being often six feet long, four f et
wide and from four to six inches thick.
Wealth of the Rothschilds.
Meyer Anselm Rothschild, founder
of the great house of that name, died
In 1812. Today the thirty millions
of Rothschilds aro worth moro than
$600,000,000.
Cure to Stay Cured.
Wapello, Iowa, Oct 10 (Special)—
One of the most remarkable cures
ever recorded in Louisa County Is
that of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place.
Mrs. Hart was In bed for eight months
and when she was able to sit up she
was all drawn up on one side and
could not walk across the room.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak-
ing of her cur.e Mrs. Hart says:
"Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me
after I was in bed tor eight months
and I know the cure was complete
for that was three years ago and I
have not been down since. In four
weeks from the tltno I started taking
them I was able to make my garden.
Nobody can know how thankful 1 am
to be cured or how much I fool I owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills."
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
tho Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths of
the suffering the human family is heir
to, will disappear.
Source of Petroleum.
Until recently ft was almost uni-
versally believed that petroloum was.
like coal, derived from fossil vegeta-
tion or possibly from animals or fi?hea
of some long past ago. Now It is as-
serted by many scientific men that it
may not be of any onfanic origin, but
may be due to subterranean chemical
action.
Lucky Man.
A New York waiter, who has been
employed In the same restaurant for
thirty eight years, has nover broken a
dish.
First Use of Bayonet
The bayonet was first used by the
French In 1671. It was first made in
Bayonne, France, and was considered
a very deadly weapon. The British
army quickly copied it, and other no
tions promptly followed suit
English Paupers.
The annual report on pauperism Ifl
routhwest England shows that out oi
every 1,000 persons In tho district tuir
ty-three are acknowledged public pai
pers.
There Is None.
"There may be a better remedy for
ruts, burns, sprains, etc., than Huntfs
Lightning Oil, but if so 1 have failed
to find it. Used as directed It is cer-
tainly very fine for catarrh also."
R. V. MORRIS,
Scottsvllle, Ark.
25 and 50c bottles.
True Krienashlp.
The good friend Is the friend that
knows, not thinks, or fancies, or imag-
ines. or hopes, but knows that ho can
'eli us what he think3 and how he
Vela with perfect freedom and aban-
don.
As a Rule.
A Now York ghosi, after creating
great excitement, proved to be merely
the frolics of mice in a piano. Whan
ghosts are finally discovered they are
Invariably so commonplace!—Buffalo
Courier.
C|TO pertnan«n#Ty cured. Ko flt§or aftof
lllOflmt dajr'n Uf*e of Dr. Kline's Oreat Nerve krajot*
rr. bend for KICK HI'4.OO trial und tr,*ti*w
L/a. K. U. Kunk, Ltd, 931 Arc* Btrtut, I'fcUUdulpkla,
The thorniess rose does not pay foj
the plucking. It is an anomaly In na
ture.
Otherwise, the "Big Head."
The first time a man is nominated
for a back township office he thinks
It Is up to him to save the country
from ruin.
Lightning recently stinck an Ohio
man and cured him of rheumatism-•
so his widow says.
Steal Burglar Policy.
Some burglar? not only stole tha
•liver plate from a house in tho sub-
urbs of London, but carried off tha
owner's burglar iasurance collar.
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