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r^. afUj * ' • - ^ i 4 ' * * . ' • « . THE M'HSNBY PLAIHDIALER, THURSDAY, APRIL 2fi, 1M6 :"^k s> House and Garage Conveniently Combined in Attractive Building PEDKM n-t,\ Y-t iivir Living Rm. Zi'-0'*.lS'-0' At-tfiilSGARA6C TERRACE First Floor Plan. toRn.} DCDRH. •& 11-6*12-0^1^; / Cm ll-tfx 12-0^^ Second Floor Plan. EVEN ONTO END By RICHARD B. SHELTON (<£) by 8hort Story Pub. Co.) By WILLIAM A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer Questions and give ADVICE FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the sfeibjeat of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide •xpertence as editor, author and manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the klghest authority oh the subject. Address all inquiries to William X. Radford, No. 1S27 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and onljr Inclose two-cent stamp for reply. Almost universal ownership of automobiles makes the garage an Important consideration In the planning of the present-day h^me.^- By far the moat common arrangement Is a small aeparate building, to combine the gjarage with the house and thereby secure such additional convenience as the accessibility of the garage from the house without going out of doors When such a design Is properly handled It Is highly desirable, but care should be taken to avoid making the garage appear to be an addition merely "stuck on to" the house proper and also to subordinate It so that vlt does not appear as too conspicuous a part of the whole design. This problem has been well handled in the house which Is shown with the aid of a most attractive gateway which admits to the service entrance of the house and also to the garage. The stucco walls, on frame construction, lend themselves very satisfactorily to this treatment, and the shingled portion at the living-room end Is effectively blended with them. Exterior ornament is strictly limited and simple In character. The gateway, already mentioned, a well designed entrance, the small-paned windows, brickwork at the top of the chimney and a panel effect In the gable, are the sum total of the ornamentation. The floor plan shows a most unusual and practical arrangement of the essential rooms. From the terrace porch, entrance is made Into a reception and stair hall, and from this directly into the large living room. Back of the living room is the dining room and, In the corner of-the building, a sun porch. These living rooms are all well separated from the kitchen and first-floor bedroom as well as from the garage. The living room is provided with a large fireplace in the center of the front wall, built-in bookcases at one end and French doors opening into dining room and sun porch. From the reception hall one passes into a hallway which gives .access to the basement stairs, a hall closet, and a convenient lavatory. Beyond is the door which Is used as a service entrance and which opens from the entry which also serves the garage. Back of this hallway Is the kitchen from which another door opens into a small rear hall. From this there are doors opening to a second stairway to the second floor, the dining room and a pantry with service window into the dining room. Still an other door reveals a bedroom with private lavatory which may servo as a most convenient servants' quarters. On ascending to the upper floor we And two large bedrooms and one smaller one. The large rooms, placed over the living portion of the first floor, are practically identical, and each Is provided with an unusually large closet, with shelves at both ends. The smaller bedroom has a smaller but ample closet, and there are large closets in the hall and off the bathroom. The bathroom Is conven t?ntly placed at the head of the stairs within a few feet of all the bedroom doors. There Is a large storage space under the roof adjacent to the garage structure, and a large balcony opening from the smaller bedroom. This balcony Is decked with canvas and could easily be adapted to use as a sleeping porch. It Is entirely hidden from the street side of the house. Concrete Block for Partitions Advised Basement partitions of concrete block or tile are recommended for carrying the weight of the floors and In terlor partitions as preferable to beams and columns, although for wide spans and heavy structures the latter are obviously necessary. The rigid support afforded by Interior masonry walls Insures that there will be practically no settling of floors or interior partitions and consequently little if any cracking of plaster or loosening of Interior trim. Such walls afford fireproof lnclosures for heating equipment and fuel, confine steam, moisture and odors and provide Isolation for fruit, vegetables or other perishables. Concrete block and tile are much used for both load-bearing and nonload- bearing partition walls, also for fire-'wall lnclosures. Standard units are used for load hearing walls, while special units from four to six Inches thick are often used for partition walls that do not carry loads other than their own weight. Wider Flooring Present styles of architecture demand wUle plank flooring for use with the early English, early French and Colonial house. I>ue to lumber having a tendency alternately to take on extensive moisture and dry out, one manufacturer of flooring is producing these wide planks, after lumber has been thoroughly kiln dried, of a ve neered or laminated construction, to prevent shrinking, cupping, warping, ate. Stucco for Beauty Stucco is one of the most attractive types of construction and cost* less for the effect given than almost any other type of construction. Stucco Is Ideally- suited also for the needs of the man who want* to remodel hit house. rIK heavy baggage wagon bumped alone the road through the gatheMng darkness with a great rattling of dry wheel •pokes and many creaking complaints from the rusty, sagging springs. Between the shafts an old white horse plodded on stoically, with never a change of gait save at the Infrequent hills, which he took at a snall-pace walk. Occasionally he stumbled, anc^ whenever he did so, he was jerked sharply to his feet by the woman who drove the clumsy equipage. She supplemented every tug at the reins with perfunctory duckings ending in a nasal "gid-ap." At the rough portions of the road, where the jolting was more frequent and more severe, she turned in her seat to glance anxiously at the long pine box which rested In the body of the wagon. Once when the wheels bumped over an unusually large stone and the box went clattering agaimt the side of the wagon, she gave a sharp little cry, as if In physical pain. The sky was overcast with thin clouds which grudgingly opened now and then to show a cluster of feeble, milky stars. By the swampy places along the roadway firellies kindled their winking points of light. An occasional whlppoorwill uttered Its plaintive note; tireless frogs croaked incessantly. But the woman on the rough board seat of the baggage wagon sat stiffly erect, blind to the beauties of the night, deaf to Its many voices. Her eyes peered through the darkness in a vain effort to pick out the smoothest part of the road; her ears heard nothing save the scraping of the pine box as It shifted about in the wagon behind her. For an honr she drove on stolidly, now over low hills, now through level meadows; now past groups of cheerfully lighted houses, now through patches of woods wfiere the branches sighed dolefully In the wisp of breeze. The darkness deepened; the stars shone through the clouds with less frequency ; the damp air threatened momentary rain. But always she bad an eye for the road; always an oar for the box. At length she was aware of the sound of hoofbeats, rapidly approaching. There was a whir of wheels and a light buggy pulled up beside her. A gruff voice called through the darkness: "Abbyt That you, Abby?" "Yes, It's me,M she said In a colorless voice. "Where you been?" the voice went on with some vexation. "You worried ma 'most to death. We been lookln' for you ever since sundown." She did not reply at once. "Who's with you?" she asked. "It's John," the same voice answered. "We been drivln' all over creation tryln* to find you." "You git out, an"git in here with me," she said. Her own voice startled her. It was hard and rasping. A man climbed out of the buggy, after which it turned and sped down the road. She was aware the man had mounted the seat beside her and that they were alone--they and the box. "Where yon been?" he was asking again. She clucked to the horse and turned to him defiantly. "I took my own horse an' harness," she said. "I'm sorry I had to borry your wagon.' "That ain't answerin* me. Where you been?* he persisted. She jerked her head towards the box. "I been after Tom," she said simply. Her husband caught his breath. She had expected he would strike her. She braced herself for the blow. "You don't mean to tell ma you've been there!" he cried. "Yes, I've been there," she answered without emotion. "I got there jest be fore dark. They was all real good to me. The warden, he's a fine man, an' so's the sheriff. He wanted to send one of his deputies home with me, but I wouldn't have It. They was some yonng fellers there that was real nice, too. One of 'em talked with me, an' I told him all about Tom an' how he used to be before he left home, an' another of 'em took some pictures of me an' the wagon. That was while I was waltln' for 'em to bring out the box. I guess It was for the newspa pers probably." The man beside her groaned. "Ain't It bad enough, I should like to know," ho burst out, "without your goln' an doin' this. Ain't there disgrace enough already without your addin' to it?" "I s'pose you think I care," she said "Well, I don't. I don't care about nothin' now I've brought Tom back You didn't darst do It. You'd 'a' let 'em bury him like a pauper. You was afraid to show your face there an let 'em know who you was, because he'd been hung on a gallows. I wasn't." "He ain't nothin' to me," tho man said angrily. "I disowned him years ago. He's no son of mine." The woman said nothing. She moved as far -as possible to her end of the seat and urged the horse forward Her husband leaned over and tried to take the reins, but she held them out of reach. "You let 'em alone. I'm drivln she said sharply, and to her amazement, he meekly obeyed. They came to a fork In the road and the woman turned the horse into the left branch. Tho man eyed bar «•• rlously. "Where yon goln'?" he asked. "To the cemetery," she replied. Presently they reached the bleak little burylng-ground. The man got down from his seat and swung open the Iron gate. The woman drove through and up the path, her husband following. She drew up before a lot with a Single new-made grave on It. "Who's lot is this?" he demanded. "Mine," she said. "I sold the spoons mother left me, to get, it, an' I had Jim Bell dig the grave this afternoon while I was gone." She fumbled beneath the seat and found a lantern. This she lighted and. climbing from the wagon, set it on the ground. "Take hold of one end of that box," she commanded her husband. "I'll take hold of the other end."' "You can't," lie objected. "Take bold, as I tell yoo," Ma repeated. The box was lifted slowly from the wagon, the woman staggering beneath its weight. They stumbled across the lot to the side of the open grave. "Set it down now," site panted. "Cureful, oh, careful?" Gently It rested on the earth. The woman straightened up painfully, gasping for breath. She stood silently beside tho man, her bead bowed. "Will you offer a prayer?" she said at length. He hesitated. ' ( "You're glib enough at class-meetlnV she taunted scornfully. Still he hesitated. "Then If you won'* take off your hat an' kneel down!" She felt a dull surprise that he again obeyed her. Heretofore she had alays done the obeying. Side by side they knelt on the damp earth, and the woman began the /Lord's Prayer. "Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name." Her voice broke. She seemed %out to give way to a paroxysm of grief, but after a moment slie controlled herself and went on bravely to the end: "For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forevenand ever. Amen." After a time they rose'together silently. The woman turned: Jim said he'd leave a coll of rope here," she said. "See anything of lt?" He fumbled about a moment. "Here 'tis," he said, and passed it to her. Fasten It to the two ends of the box," sbe bade him. "Wfc'll lower it Into the grave." "You ean't," he said again, bat nevertheless he made the knots. Then slowly, carefully, and, for the woman, most painfully, the box was lowered. She knelt down aguln and ith her bare hands threw In the loose gravel until the box was covered. The man stood by, watching dully. After time she arose and turned away. The man backed the team and fceckoned. "Git In," he said. She shrank from him. "I aint goln* with you," she said. "Ain't goin'I" he repeated. "Why not? Ain't It enough for him to disgrace an' dishonor me without your doin' It, too?" She drew herself up with blazing eyes. " Twasn't his fault," she said hotly. Yon drove htm to it. You worked him to death an' ground him down till he run away. Then, when he wrote you he was sick an' in trouble, you said, let him find his way out,' an' when you heard lie was goln' wrong you never stretched out a hand to him. You turned your back on him. I ain't goln' back with you! There' r Successful War on Pests ' Parasites Imported Into Hawaii In the last 25 years lime practically eliminated insect plagues attacking cane, pineapple, and general crops, and war is now be^ng waged on the adoretus beetle, considered to b«( i most destructive garden post. AU Aboard/ _ Company's Ad--"See this world before you sea the nexf--Boatoa Transcript. Need for Knowing Work Know your work. To know every detail and to secure every kind of skill are prime necessities lit every art, craft or business. ?£o time Is too long, no stu(]y too hard for the attain* ment of complete skill In the art of doing well.--Grit. Mmrd to "Dig Vjf Taxea never CODyt under the head «t easy payments--Milwaukee Journal. WISELY SPOKEN i&Mnory is a nemesis constantly on the trail. Poets who write promissory notes are long remembered. ( Nine tailors may succeed In leaking a man a pauper. The less experience a map' baa the more easily he falls In love. Beware of him who finds It necessary to boast of his honesty. Order may be heaven's first law, bnt It Is earth's last realization. Monkeys would be ashamed to claim some men as ancestors. There is no re-dress for the man who has but one suit of clothes. It Is better to "know a little than to know a whole lot that isn't true. You can often judge a man's character by what he thinks laughable. If you get mad at mean talk, you don't belong on a soliciting committee. f Women prefer a rat-catcher who makes love to them to an Adonis Who doesn't It's a great misfortune not to hav-e judgment enough to keep silent at the proper time. It Isn't always a man's worth, but rather what he Is worth, that Interests the cruel world. It's' hard for a man to climb up In this world, but It hurts him far more to climb down again. Apparently, if you don't have many clotheB or much furniture, you don't need much of a home. Clotlies- do not make the man, but one^thinks more of a turkey when it Is well dressed, says the office boy. Speed Not Everything in Airplane Fighting Lieutenant Bettis of the army air service, who has traveled at higher speed than any other person living, says that when the army increases the speed of its pursuit planes it decreases their power to maneuver. Nearly every victory in the air during the World war was accomplished by maneuvering. If In the future it will be found effective to go at the enemy with a speed of four or five miles a minute, annihilate him with one machine gun burst and get away, that will not call for much maneuvering. But in the last war the way an airman outgeneraled his enemywas to get above him and then swoop down beside him, raking hlra with gun fire Spring the process. In the animal world the best fighters are not the swiftest runners--they don't have to be.--Capper's Weekly. The Empty Interim Gen. Creed C. Hammond was-praising the roll collar for airmen. "But then," he went on, "the roll collar is better than the stick-up one for every branch of the service, and the man who says it isn't is as ignorant as the Altoona girl. "A young commercial traveler was praising a New York restaurant to an Altoona girl. " 'It's so popular,' he said, 'that you have to engage your table a week In advance.' Then he laughed and added: 'But they treat you so well there that It's quite worth while going without food in the interim.' "'All the same.Nsald the girl with a frown, 'It wouldn't be much fun for me to go round a whole week with an empty interim.'" Powerful Engine The engineering division of the army air service has designed an experimental engine which is expected to develop 2,400 horse power. The new engine is of the "X" type, with four banks of six cylinders arblood! ranged in the form of an X, and will on every acre of that land of yours, an' blood on everything else you've got. He ain't so bad as you are, to my mind. He killed a man's body, but you killed his soul years ago! O Tom! O Tom! O my God!" He took a step towards her. "You come with me," he said, but she slipped past him and vanished into the night, running on and on until her breath was gone and her knees sank beneath bar. • • •» • • • . • The early mttrnfft* train had Just left the Cralgvllle station. It was bowling across the marshlands which stretched away bare and brown In the mist. In the rear car the conductor stopped before a woman who sat gaz be supercharged and geared down. It Is to be built by the Ellison Engineering company of Indianapolis and if successful will be the most powerful aero engine in the world. More Factories Electrified Sixty-four per cent of the manufacturing plants In the North Central states are now electrified. About 58 per cent of the power used comes from central stations while the balance 1b privately generated plants. There Is a steady development in the electrification of Industrial plants. Thatched Roofs Still Common in England One of the oldest crafts In England is that of thatching. In Norfolk coun ty fiat-bottomed boats still pass along the streams conveying men who cut and gather reeds for thatched roofs When reed season Is 4n fiftl swing huge plies of dried reeds stand along the banks waiting for the thatchers. Thatching Is really one of the manual arts hereditary In certain families In that country. One family has engaged In the occupation through four centuries. Only one change has been made in the process during the 400 years. Formerly the reeds were fastened to rafters with long strands of bramble bush. Now either tarred twine or Iron peg* are used for that purpose. As the reeds are being put on the roofs their tops are still laid In place with a historic implement known as the leggett. This implement consists of a block of wood with comb-like arrangements of horseshoe nail& . Figured Wood Popular ^ From the very earliest days* of ftirnlture making among the ancient Egyptians, through the Middle ages, to the present time, figured wood for furniture has found favor. Steam-Cleaning Stone Dirty faced stone buildings tliuf blush dark with shame between derft% new structures can now be steamiif ••leaned so that they not merely loot almost as good as new, but attain thi. mellow, refined look of ripe age. Th# bureau of standards has conducted |f series of tgsts to determine the best way of cleaning buildings. Old fashioned methods of acid cleaning, santl blasting, scrubbing with soap powderf and hand brushes are effective, but ' v»ry slow and Inborloiis. Live stenm cleaning was first trletjon dirty stones In the laboratory, an<§ then on a twenty-year-old accumula'* tion of dirt on an old bank building lit Baltimore. The result showed that this new method could be used rapidly with Inexperienced common labor, although the cost is somewhat higher than for add cleaning. The cost la expected to drop when the method passes the exi»erimental stage. j£ Rhode island in Lead Rhftde Island leads In density of population per square mile with ail average of 5C6.4, Massachusetts fol* lowir.g with 479.2. The District of Co- " lunihia outstrips all the states with 7.21)2.0 persons to the square ntlle. The average forthewhole United States Is 3T>.8i ~ - JReady for Business • ' .f We desire to announce that, although the recent fire destroyed most of our stock, we are now located across the street, with W. J. Donavin, plumber, and ready to take care of our old customers and welcome new ones. William H. Althoft HARDWARE WEST McHENBY Style and Pep -Yon may be certain that your feet are well dressed if you will spend a few minute® here selecting Hose for the coming wafffli weather. McGee's McHenry, Illinois Oratorios Oratorio Is the name given to a sa- «*ed musical composition, the subject Ing steadfastly out or a window at a of it being generally taken from the dreary landscape. "Tickets, please!" he suggested mildly. The woman made no movement but continued to stare vacantly at the melancholy marshes. At a sharp repetl tion of the man's demand she slowly turned a face from which all sign of reason had fled, and muttered: "I ain't got no ticket." "Then I'll take your fare. Where are you going?" A strange light leaped to the weary eyes, and the thin lips drew tensely, as the answer came evenly: "To h--1--where Tom Is." Herds of Unbelievable Sixe The springbok of South Africa begin to suffer from thlrs* when rain becomes scarce during the dry season and start migrating toward the sea la herds of enormous numbers. Hundreds of their dead bodies are sometimes found along the coast, the beasts hav- Ing died as a result of drinking th» salt water. So large are the herds ot these animals, a traveler says, that t lion which attempted to attack onf of the springbok soon found hlmselt surrounded by so many of them that he was forced to march along wltfc thera^r be crushed under their hoofa. --Chicago News. 8crlptures. The name, oratorio, is said to be derived from the fact that these musical compositions were first performed in an oratory or private chapel attached to a church. The first oratorio is said to have been produced about 1550, by St. Philip Neri. No improvement According to a biologist, the human ear Is becoming noticeably smaller as the generations go by. It's queer that the tendency of a man to make a Jackass of himself in other ways shows no signs of a similar diminution.--Cleveland IMalndealer. These Will Fit Your Bedroom At the prices, we ask one and all to compare our values with what they are able to secure elsewhere. A splendid assortment from which to choose. -- Jacob Justen & Son Furniture and Undertaking :: MGHENRY, o ILLINOIS WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE, Two Nights Only, Thorsday ud Friday APRIL 29th and 30th * The Original and Genuine Which ran over a year in Chicago. "ABIE" carries it* own music and car load of scenery, etc. -/N^KlTC a m f r i C A S FavoriteComeoy Action Alone Counts There's too much talk and too little action on the part of most men. Talk Is cheap and action costs 'tis true. But If hands would fly as fast as tongues there would be accomplished very much more than now is done.--Grit. Old Roman Name The ancient Romans called the hardleaved live-oaks and the holly by tin "Hex." The Finishing Touch "Yes," said Esther, to her glil Mends. "I had my photograph taken and It was lovely! And now I'm go* Ing to a beauty specialist to have hey make me look like the photograph."-- Toronto Telegram. - Middle-Age Masticating Jackdaws, magpies, hedgehog^ eranes, peacocka and swans went popular dishes In the Middle ages. ABIES IRISH Ml Heats on sale at Wriglil % \ i « l a v , \ f > r i l 26. THE EARLY BIRD BITYN EKS CATCH THE CHOICE »EAT»1 INUTE THE SPECIAL PRICES $2.00, $1.50, and $1.00, children 50c. Mail orders are best protection for city and out of towners.