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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
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(Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.)
The scandal rang all through the
tillage. Although there was no rea-
son why it should be a scandal, except
that nobody had ever expected such a
thing of Cousin Letty. Cousin Letty
.was married—married at thirty-eight
to heaven knew whom!
To explain the sensation which this
event created in town it is necessary
to go back a little. Cousin Letty was
a Bradley. The Bradleys, the Forsters,
the Truefitts and the Slows had ruled
the town for generations.
Uncle Eph Truefitt was the head of
‘he clans. He was sixty-nine and had
been a widower for fifteen years. He
had not got along well with his wife.
She had died after three years of
.married life, and it was said that it
had been a marriage of propinquity.
In other words, they had met, known
each other, and some unaccountable
whim impelled Uncle Truefitt to ask
her to marry him. As she was not of
the clan, no more-need be said about
her.
After his renewed bachelorhood, Un-
cle Truefitt devel»ped a streak of ec-
centricity. He was strongly against
matrimony, except in the case of cer-
tain people. That is to say, he toler-
ated the married Bradleys, Forsters,
Truefitts and Slows, bu$ it was under-
stood that Uncle Truefitt’s widower-
hood had altered the aspect of the uni-
verse. There was to be no more mar-
Everybody Came to Reason With Letty.
•rying on pain of being cut out of Un-
cle Truefitt’s will.
“As Uncle Truefitt was worth a cool
hundred thousand, it will be seen that
.the younger generation was literally
up against it.
Cousin Letty Bradley was a poor
member of the family. She was a
stenographer for Stone, the hardware
merchant. The other Bradleys looked
down on her, and the Slows, Forsters
and Truefitts despised her utterly.
the same, it was supposed that she
would come in for a share of Uncle
Truefitt’s money. The old man seemed
a little taken with her, perhaps be-
cause she never rftn to him with tittle
tAttle about the family.
This is how the scandal arose. Dur-
ing Uncle Truefitt’s absence in town
upon business Letty asked for three
days’ holiday, a thing, as Matty True-
fitt caustically remarked, she would
never have dared to do if there had
been anyone to Inquire Into the fam-
ily’s actions. To go away for three
'days without obtaining Uncle True-
fitt’s permission was something un-
heard of. Even James Slow, who
would some day become head of the
.clan, never took any momentous step
without consulting Uncle Truefitt.
Letty came back smiling, and Cousin
Anne Bradley, who boarded her, won-
dered. Some extraordinary transfor-
mation had taken place in Letty. When
jshe was doing up Cousin Anne’s room,
a thing which Cousin Anne graciously
permitted, she was heard to be sing-
ing. Cousin Anne watched her nar-
rowly throughout the day and detected
her making curious gestures with her
fingers when she thought she was not
observed. Cousin Anne had followed
her surreptitiously into her bedroom
and suddenly pulled her hand from
behind her back. Letty was wearing
a wedding ring.
At first, as Cousin Anne. said, she
was minded to put the girl out of the
house. But after ail, if she was mar-
ried her offense was not great enough
to justify her In losing her Daying
ooarder. sne faxed Letty, who begaH
to cry.
“Who is the man?” she demanded.
Letty wouldn’t tell. She positively
refused to tell, saying that her hus-
band had made her promise that the
announcement should come from him.
And Cousin Anne, persisting, found to
her amazement that some wicked
spirit had got into Letty. Letty ac-
tually ordered her out of the room.
Cousin Anne resolved to be much less
kind to Letty in future.
She told the whole family the next
morning, going from one house to an-
other. Everybody came to reason with
Letty. Matty Truefitt tried, and Jane
Slow, and Kate Forster. By reason-
ing they meant asking questions, but
they got nothing out Of Letty.
“We’ll have to wait till Uncle True-
fitt comes back,” said Matty.
“It’ll mean eight thousand more to
split among us if Uncle Truefitt cuts,
her out of the will,” observed James
Slow, rubbing his hands together.
“James,” said his wife, “don’t be
vulgar. It’s the deceiving of Uncle
Truefitt that is so ungrateful.”
They waited, while Letty, supremely
unconscious of the blow that was
about to fall, went about with singing
lips and a heart that was lifted up
above the common things of life, or,
rather, transfigured them.
Uncle Truefitt came back nearly a
week later. He was met at the station
by all his relatives. He was struck
at once by the singular expression of
their faces.
“What is it?” he demanded gruffly.
Jane Slow, who had been deputed
to break the news, answered. “I’ll tell
you when you get home, Uncle True-
fitt. Prepare yourself for a great
shock.” ■
“What is it? Somebody lost money7
he asked.
“No. Uncle Truefitt. It is ingrati-
tude on the part of one you loved
and trusted.”
“Hum! I guess I don’t want no
preparing for that!” sneered Uncle
Truefitt, pursing his lips as he stepped
Into his carriage.
When they were all assembled in the
parlor Jane Slow spoke up.
“Cousin Letty has taken advantage
of your absence to deceive you,” shf
said. “She has got married!”
“Eh?” shouted Uncle Truefitt. “Mar-
ried? Without my leave?”
“To a scamp, Uncle Truefitt. She is
ashamed to let his name be known,
That proves what sort of man he is.”
“How do you know he’s a scamp?”
demanded Uncle Truefitt.
“Because she’s K3hamed of him.
Uncle Truefitt, we think you ought to
cast her out of your life, after her re-
payment of all your kindness to her.”
“All think that?” asked Uncle True-
fitt.
James Slow bowed his head. “I
think,” he said, “that the young wom-
an who has set her face against your
washes has forfeited all right to your
consideration.”
“Or that of any of us,” added Kate
Forster.
“ ’Phone for her,” said Uncle True-
fitt.
“Eh?” remarked-James Slow.
“I said ‘ ’phone for her.’ We’ll
thrash this thing right out now,” said
Uncle Truefitt.
Letty was telephoned for and duly
appeared, while her accusers, in sullen
pride, withdrew to the other side of
the room and ostentatiously disre-
garded her.
“Come here, James,” said Uncle
Truefitt. “What have you got against
Letty V
“I?” exclaimed James. “Merely her
shocking disregard-4pr your expressed
wishes, uncle.”
“Come here, Letty,” said Uncle
Truefitt. “Is it true you’re married?”
“It is,” said Letty brazenly.
“Tell ’em who it is, Letty,” said
Uncle Truefitt.
“You, Alfred,” said Letty, smiling.
Uncle Truefitt pointed toward the
door. “Get out, all of you,” he said
bluntly. And they went. And that
was the second scandal in town.
To Clean the Decanter.
It has been found that sometimes
ordinary soap and water treatment is
useless when the decanter has been
allowed to remain empty and un-
washed for any length of time; but a
mixture of pearlash and fine shavings
of soap made into a cream with water
will very quickly do the work. Pour it
into the decanter and shake it well;
add more water if necessary, and then
clean out wdth a bottle brush. Empty,
rinse two or three times and drain the
decanter on a dry cloth.
Modest Attitude.
“I assume,” said the slightly cynical
person, “that you think it’s up to you
to save the country.”
“No, sir,” replied Senator Sorghum;
“I take it for granted that this strong
and resourceful nation will always
save itself. All I ask is to continue
flourishing around among my constitu-
ents and taking the credit.”
Worth While Quotation.
“Old books, as you well know, are
books of the world’s youth, and new
books are fruits of its age.”—Holmes.
APPROVED TYPE
OF_FARM Oil
Proper Light and Ventilation Pro-
vided in This Up-to-Date
Structure.
PLANNED TO SAVE LABOR
So Arranged That Farmer's Time In
Doing Necessary Work Is Reduced
to a Minimum—Roof Construc-
tion Made Special Feature.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, -without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad-
ford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply,
The largest factor in the care of the
stock is the stabling. Good light,
ventilation and sanitary equipment
mean more to the health and comfort
of the stock, and to the sanitation and
quality of the output, than any other
factors. A large percentage of burns
are so dark and (lamp as to be veri-
table breeding places for disease
germs and vermin. Light is the great-
est foe to germ life.
The illustrations shown here give
ftn idea of the construction of a fa-
vorite type of modern farm barn.
There are ten windows to light the
cow stable and five windows for the
horse stable. Special emphasis 1ms
been put upon providing a little barn
that will be conducive to the health
of the stock and which will save un-
necessary steps and operations on the
ihein together, keeps them straight
and forms a sill for the rafters.
The joists of the haymow floor are
made of 2-bylO or 2-by-12-inch plunks
as the weight may require, and these
are spaced the same as the studding,'
so that the end of each joist may be
spiked against the side of the stud-
ding and, at the same time, rest on a
2-by-6-inch ribbon, which is well spiked
to the studding. This ribbon continues
the full length of both side walls with
as few joints as possible.
Three lengths of joists are generally
required to reach from one side of the
barn to the other. The ends of the
middle tier of joists are lapped and
spiked against the inside ends of the
two outer tiers of joists so that each
set of joists forms a continuous tie
from one side wall to the other, to
take up the outward thrust of the
roof. The joists are supported under
the lapped ends on sets of girders
built up out of four thicknesses of
joists, running continuously from one
end of barn to the other with as few
lengths as possible, and all end joists
broken so that there will not be more
than one end joint at any one place
along the length of the girder. These
floor beams are supported by posts or
preferably iron columns, which are so
spaced that they will intersect with
the line of stanchions and the parti-
tions between the stalls, and rest on
concrete piers built below the concrete
floor.
The roof construction is a special
feature of the barn. In framing the
roof one set of rafters is carefully
laid out on the haymow floor, and af-
ter the exact length of each piece Is
computed, these are used as patterns
and the required number of pieces cut
from this one set of patterns. When
all rafters, braces, ties and collar
beams have been cut, each set of raft-
ers, braces, etc., is spiked together so
as to form a complete arch rib which
will reach from the plate of one side
wall to that of the other.
After all of the arches are completed
the end arch is hoisted up to a verti-
cal line, perfectly plumbed, well spiked
into place, and well braced. A block
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part of the owner. The investigation
of many architects seems to make It
clear that many barns in the country
could have been greatly improved and
at the same time built at less expense
if they had been studiously planned
to meet the farmer’s needs, skillfully
designed, and carefully constructed.
There are alleys for both horses and
cows, running in different directions
for convenience In doing the chores.
These alleys are so arranged that a
litter carrier system can be installed,
for when the time spent In bucking
the wheelbarrow, or pay for having
it done, is figured, it will be found
that carriers will pay for themselves
in n short time. Most farmers’ time
is too valuable to be spent at such dis-
agreeable and unnecessary work.
The construction of this barn con-
sists of o frame structure, the frame
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and rope are hooked to the collar beam
of the arch that is in place. With
this tackle the next arch is hoisted,
plumbed and najled in place. This
method is continued until all are in
place.
Each arch Is nailed to several
sheathing boards, that are used as
guides and ties to secure the arches
as soon as they are raised, and each
arch is braced to the studding as soon
as set in place. These arches can be
raised and set in place by three or
four men, while with the old method
of heavy pnrlin and post construction,
ten or fifteen men may be necessary
to help hoist the heavy frame.
This type of roof has the advantage
of requiring less material and labor
than the heavy timber roof, Is Just as
strong and forms a mow without any
obstruction.
Cigar Ashes Valuable.
A curious possible source of value In
unconsidered waste is revealed by a
British chemist’s thought that tobacco
ash contains 20 per cent of potash. He
estimates that the ash of a cigar con-
tains 6.5 grains of potash; that of a
cigarette, 1.75 grains; and that of an
ordinary pipe of tobacco, 1.6 grains.
The ash of the tobacco consumed in
the United Kingdom in the year end-
ing March 31, 1914, contained about
2,672 tons of potash, worth more than
$250,000 at the prices prevailing before
the war. Important amounts of ash
could be collected in clubs, hotels and
other public places.—Columbia State.
Floor Plan.
of which is built entirely out of plank-
ing not more than two inches in thick-
ness, and built on a concrete founda-
tion which extends far enough above
the floor and outside ground level to
prevent moisture from coining into
contact with the wood sill and frame.
The sill should be well bolted on the
tojy of the concrete foundation. The
studding are 2 by 6 inch for barns of
ordinary dimensions, and spaced 16
inches to 24 inches on center, the 24-
inch spacing being preferred because
any stock length of board can be
nailed to them without waste. The » ne times out of ten, when a rank
studding are generally 14 or 16 feet j “makes a good husband” for a woman,
long, and have a double 2-inch by 6- j it is his wife who deserves all the
inch plate spiked on top, which ties credit.
“Nobody at Home.”
Mistress—Bridget, I told you twice
to have muffins for breakfast. Have
you no intellect?
Bridget—No, mum; there’s none lq
the house.—Christian Register.
FILE OF DANUBE
WHERE THE FAMOUS “IRON
GATES” ARE SITUATED.
Series of Dangerous Bowlders That
Constitute Menace to Navigation,
Though Steamers Make Their
Way Through Them.
The Iron Gates, the last great defile
of tlie Danube in its course to the
Black sea and the first point at which
the Austrians launched an offensive
against their new enemies, the Rou-
manians, is described in a bulletin is-
sued by the National Geographic so-
ciety:
“Contrary to the general belief of
readers to whom the terra ‘Iron Gates
of the Danube’ is familiar, this famous
defile of the chief waterway of Hun-
gary, Roumania, Bulgaria and Serbia!
does not derive its name from precipi-;
tous walls of rock through which the1
waters dash in a narrow channel, as*
at the Kazan defile, but from the dan-
gerous bowlders that fairly litter the
river bed for a distance of nearly two.
miles, beginning at the once strongly
fortified island of Ada Kaleh, which
was captured by Hungary in 1818 and!
still is inhabited by a picturesque col-
ony of 500 Turks. OjTposite this is-
land, on the left bank of the Danube
and at the mouth of the inconsequen-
tial Bachna river, which here forms
the Hungarian-Roumanian boundary, is
the attractive little Roumanian cus-
toms village of Verciorova on the
Budapest-Bucharest railway, 237 miles
west of the latter city.
“It was. not until 1890 that work was
begun in a definite and comprehensive
manner to rid the Iron Gates of some
of its gravest dangers to navigation.
In that year a Hungarian engineering
company undertook the task of remov-
ing nearly a million and a quartefl
cubic yards of stone from the water-
course. Eight years after the enter-
prise was inaugurated the canal which
had been hewn from the solid rock on
the Serbian side of the river was
ready to be thrown open to the steam-
ers which ply the Danube from Buda*
pest to the Black sea.
“The opening of the waterway was
the occasion for a great celebration^
In which three monarchs participated!
■—Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-'
Hungary, King Alexander of Serbia
and King Carol (Charles I) of Rou-
mania. The festivities of the day were
somewhat marred by the discovery
that the current through the canal was
so swift that while steamers could
rush through it in their downward
journey, they could not make, the trip
upward, so Tlmt the old river course
had to be used for westward bound
traffic.
“When the water is high the rocks
of the Iron Gates are completely sub-
merged, but they are only a few feet
beneath the surface, and the boiling,
churning waves present a terrifying
sight to the timid passenger as his
steamer fights its way to the calmer
readies in the vicinity of Orsova (pro-
nounced Orshova), the first town lu
Hungarian territory, five miles above
the rapids and a ten hours’ journey
by boat below Belgrade, tfie peace
times capital of Serbia.
“Instead of the gloomy gorge which
most travelers expect to find, the
banks on each side of the Iron Gates
present a beautiful picture of gently
sloping hills, bountifully wooded. In
the early summer these woods are a
fairyland of flowers, and the winds, are
fairly weighted with the fragrance ot
wild blossoms In countless variety,
while a short distance from the river
the huntsman finds deer, wild boar,
bear and other game in abundance.
Enhancing the charm of the scene are
the songs of myriad birds, winch make
their home In the forests.
"As the liver progresses eastward
into Roumania the wooded hills dis-
appear and are succeeded by barrea
sand ridges.”
Every Day a Sabbath Somewhere.
Every day in the week is a Sabbath
for someone. The Greeks observe
Monday; the Persians, Tuesday; the
Assyrians, Wednesday; the Egyptians,
Thursday; the Turks, Friday; the He-
brews and several Christinn sects, Sat-
urday, while by far the most Chris-
tians observe Sunday.
What They're Like.
Some of the politicians’ speeches re-
mind us of the dictionary, just one
word after another.—St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Past Memories.
Substitute—Are you going to plant
anything this fall?
Second Ditto—No, but there is some-
thing I would like to plant.
Substitute—What’s that?
Second Ditto—My summer visitors.
Arbcr Day in Spain in Future.
By royal order the celebration of
Arbor day has been made obligatory
in every township and municipality In
Spain, and tree-planting is to be car-
ried on upon a more extensive scaled
than heretofore."
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