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A WOMAN AIRSHIP BUILDER
Thousands of persons pass daily a dingy build-
ing in Twenty-third street, New York city, with-
out ever so much as dreaming that up in its loft
there is a woman with tireless brain at work on
the great problem of conquering the air. One
need not be unduly surprised at this, as women
have invaded most of man's territory, anyway.
Miss E. Lillian Todd is no newcomer in the field,
yet she is the only woman builder of airships,
and it is in the loft mentioned that she does all
her planning. Visitors admitted to the place soon
learn to watch out. If they do not they are sure
to be hit in the nose by some cardboard model
which the ardent Miss Todd sends whizzing
across the room with a rubber-band motor. Miss
Todd began serious work on a biplane about two
years ago which was In successful flight on the
Aviation field at MIneoIa recently. "I don't care to say just what I'm working
toward," she says, in answer to a question, "but what I—what every builder
of an airship wants to achieve is a ship that will balance acd recover auto-
matically, like a bird. That more than anything else will make airship .travel
practical.
"We're not working toward it very fast in America now. Aviators seexq
content here to continue making spectaculsft" flights, content with brilliant
exhibition work. The publio is delighted to applaud, and the press giveq
them plenty of space; but that won't last forever. There will come a time
when the public will demand something more practical. More serious work
Is being done on airships abroad. They go into things more deeply over
there. We Americans skim over the surface. We are hampered, too, by
the personal jealousies of aviators. I believe in the freedom of the air, an
I think it will be a great pity if the development of airships is hampered b
litigation over patents.
"I believe airships will be used as practical carriers within five years.
They won't take the place of trolley cars, but there Is a vast field for air*
ships. They can be used for exploration Think what difficult marches the^
will save. They will be of endless value to civil engineers In taking obser-
vations for the best points for bridges, etc. And of course they would be
immensely useful in war; but let us hope there won't be any war for then*
to be used in.
"It is a work that grips and holds the attention. Often I work 17 hours
a day and then object because I have to go to bed and waste time sleeping."
NEW SENATOR FROM GEORGIA
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Joseph Meriwether Terrell is the new Unit
ed States senator from Georgia. The naming oi
Governor Terrell probably caused no surprise
throughout the state. He was the one man mosl
conspicuously mentioned for the post
A former governor of Georgia and former at
torney general of the state, Senator Terrell hag
been conspicuous for his interest in education
for the boys and girls of the state. The estal>
lishment of the eleven district agricultural
schools which have since come into being waf
authorized during his Incumbency of the gubep
natorial office in 1902.
Senator Terrell served in the lower house In
the sessions of 1884 and 1886, and in the senate
which convened In 1890. He was elected attor-
ney general in 1892 and served until 1902, when
ne resigned to make the race for governor. In that campaign he made over
120 speeches.
He served in the office of governor for four years and eight months, be-
ing given an extra length of time owing to the action of the legislature In
changing the time of meeting of the legislature from October to June. He
retired from the governor's chair on July 1, 1906, and has since been engaged
In the practise of law in Atlanta.
The new Junior senator from Georgia Is forty-nine years'of age. He waff
born in Greenville, Meriwether county, on June 6, 1861, the son of Joel E, G.
and Sarah ft. (Anthony) Terrell. The county of his birth was named for
General David Meriwether, an uncle of his grandfather, and the one for
whom the grandfather was named. He was educated in the common schools
of the state and studied law, being admitted to the bar In 1882. Four year
later, on October 19, 1886, he married Jessie Lee Spivey of Greensville.
The term for which Senator Terrell Is named will terminate on the sec-
ond Tuesday after the legislature meets next June, or whenever his successor
Is elected and qualifies.
WrNANS NEW TO HIS COUNTRY
Although he Is fifty-six years of age, Walter
Winans,, an American citizen, never saw thii
country until he stepped ashore from the steamei
Cedric at &ew York the other day. Mr. Winans"
father, William L. Winans of Baltimore, went tc
Russia to build a railroad for the czar and nevei
returned. It was said that the sea voyage from
America had been so disagreeable that he fearetf
to make the return. At any rate his son Waltei
was born in St Petersburg and as the family
established its residence In England he wa'
brought up in that country.
Walter inherited an enormous fortune. H
has devoted his life to sport. He has 32 of hli
horses now on Austrian tracks and may sen<?
these to America some day. He has a very largi
stable of show horses, 16 of which he has sen!
to this country for exhibition at the New York horse show. Mr. Winans i
also a hunter of big game. He has killed 2,000 stags and boars. In fact
he is more devoted to hunting than he Is to horBe shows and racing. It Is
not alone as a sportsman that Mr. Winans haa won fame. He has gone in for
art and his work as a sculptor and painter haa been exhibited at the RoyaJ
academy. Mr. Winans is much Interested in tattooing, and a design on his
arm Is said to be the most beautiful piece of tattooing ever done.
Mr. Winans has lived nearly 40 years in England, and for 12 years he
held the revolver championship of that country. He has always classified
himself as an American. He is a chevalier of the Imperial Russian order of
St Stanislas. He speaks German, French, Russian and Italian. He learned
Russian in St Petersburg, and attended school there a long time. He be-
lieves that anybody who can learn Russian ought to be able to pick up any
old language.
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| BARS THE INAUGURAL BALL
Governor-elect H. W. Johnson of California,
who declined to attend an inaugural ball ar-
ranged In his honor, Is the Insurgent leader in
his state. He first came into prominence during
the fight against graft, and it was largely due to
his influence that Abe Ruef was convicted after
the shooting of Francis J. Heney In court Mr.
Johnson was born in California In 1866. He stud-
ied at the University of California, practiced law
at Sacramento and went to San Francisco In 1902.
Prior to his departure for Washington he dlo
tated letters in which he declined to attend the
ball.
The mayor of Sacramento appointed a com-
mittee of thirty citizens to arrange for the cus-
tomary inaugural ball. The list was submitted
by Mr. Johnson's friends. In a letter received by
the mayor Mr. Johnson says: "So far as I am personally concerned, I prefer
that your plan?'be not carried out I wish my inauguration to be of the most
simple and direct character, without ceremony or ostentation."
Mr. Johnson says in a letter to a friend, Victor Hatfield:
"I wish the Inauguration to be direct certain and simple; and while, of
coarse, the social amenities of the position will be punctiliously observed,
superfluous entertainment to myself will be eliminated.
"It is for these reasons that I do not wish, so far as it relates to me,
any Inaugural tell or ceremony."
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WILL
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OP
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Map fac-
turer, he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only en-
close two-cent stamp for reply.
The mail who builds a home adds
something to the wealth of the na-
tion and builds himself a monument.
That being the case, his monument
should be a lasting one. The use of
concrete In home construction is firm-
ly established, and that material
seems to be a providential substitute
for the lumber that Is fact disappear-
ing. The construction of large con-
crete buildings In the citits has been
an object lesson to the people. It has
given them much food for thought,
and as thought begets lr vestigation,
they are fast putting twr, and two to-
gether and arriving at the conclusion
that what is good for the hard-headed
man of large means who has scientific
and expert advice must also be good
for them. Fortunately they are not
confronted with a proposition Involv-
ing intricate engineering problems of
large structures. There is, however,
one point to be made clear,' and that
is the cost This, to the masses,
means much. In talking with people
about concrete. Invariably the first
question asked Is "How does concrete
construction compare as to cost with
other building materials?" In answer-
ing this question let us take up an
analysis of the cost of the different
materials briefly and see where con-
blocks as bad, when a fairly poor
block will give good satisfaction if
the mason will do his work right.
The cost of block construction is from
18 cents to 35 cents per square foot
of wall having a thickness of 8 to 12
inches inclusive. For the finished
wall add the cost of the white finish
coat, which is put directly on the con-
crete, thus saving the cost of furring,
lathing and the brown coat of plaster.
Blocks are condemned by many be-
Farmers' Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters jf Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
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Second Floor Plan.
cause the outward appearance does not
please them. Architects say that the
rock face Is imitative and Inartistic.
Admitted, but 90 per cent, of the
people who use them use this surface.
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crete construction really stands. Stone,
or stone backed with brick, Is admit-
tedly much higher in cost than other
materials. Frame construction has
not the same standard of cost of other
materials. We cannot, therefore, give
reliable data. One contractor offers
to build a house for $2,000, and an-
other wants for the same work $2,500.
What do you get? Simply what you
pay for, no more and no less. The
first house Is thrown together, good
only a few years and then apparently
Is an old house, its value having de-
preciated fully 50 per cent. It will
always be In need of repairs. The
second house, of good construction,
will be good for ten or fifteen years,
with repairs beginm'ng about the third
or fourth year. Brick construction
will cost for a 13-inch wall 36 to 50
QlNlNb WOOl
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First Floor Plan.
cents a square foot of wall, and a 9-
lnch wall costs from 25 to 35 cents a
tquare foot of wall. To these figures
aaust be added for the cost of furring,
lathing, two coats of plaster and the
white coat. Hollow tile construction,
which has an advantage over brick
oy reason of the air space, averages
ibout the cost of brick. Now, concrete
blocks at a less cost have all the ad-
vantages of hollow tile construction
ind a few more besides. There Is
nothing better than a concrete block
wall where the blocks are properly
made and cured. The difficulty witn
most concrete block houses where
faults have existed has been not with
the blocks, but the manner of their
laying up. The public does not know
'his and at once condemns concrete
It Is said that blocks have a same-
ness. This also can be said of brick.
The design of the house shown in
this connection presents the oppor-
tunity of construction with blocks. If
the wall is laid of blocks and plastered
on the exterior with cement mortar
the objection to the sameness of the
blocks can be removed. This house
is 30 feet, 6 inches wide and 33 feet
long. The porch columns can be built
up of blocks or made of frame work,
lathed and plastered with cement mer-
tar.
Entrance to the house is afforded
from the porch through a cozy ves-
tibule and immediately beyond is the
hall and stairway. On the left is
the sitting room and on the right Is
the parlor. The sitting room, It will
be noticed, is provided with a fire-
place. The dining room at the back
of the sitting room has beam ceiling
and the walls of this room may be
finished with panel work and plate
rail.
The kitchen Is provided with a
large pantry and there is a back
porch. The second floor has four large
chambers, a linen closet, a bathroom
and closets in each bedroom.
Made Emerson Blush.
A number of army officers were
stopping at an hotel, and among them
were Captain Emerson and Captain
Jones. Emerson and Jones used to
have a good deal of fun together at
the table and elsewhere. One day,
when the dining room was well filled,
Captain Jones finished his dinner
first, got up, and had walked almost
to the hall door, when Emerson called
to him In a loud voice:
"Halloa, Jones! Look here; I want
to speak to you a minute."
The captain turned and walked
back to the table and bent over him.
when Emerson whispered:
"I wanted to ask you how far you
would have gone If I had not spoken
to you."
The captain never changed a mus-
cle, but straightened up and put his
fingers Into his waistcoat pocket and
said:
"Captain Emerson, I don't know ot
a man In the world I would rather
lend a fiver to than to you; but the
fact Is, I haven't a penny with me to-
day."
And he turned on his heel and
walked away.
Emerson was the color of a half-a-
dozen rainbows, but he had to stand
It
A good start is not so much good If
you don't keep going.
Worry is simply trying to live two
days at a time—one is enough.
Don't measure your success by the
amount of money you can jingle.
Lying down on one's job is a
quick way to become open for an
other.
Don't worry about the market; raise
what you eat and eat what you raise.
Sell the surplus.
The successful farmer laughs at ob-
stacles because he believes that he Is
superior to them.
Agriculture, manual training and
gardening should be given a place in
every rural school course.
Isolation, hard work, and small
compensation is too often the lot of
the farmers' wives. These are bur
dens that need lifting.
Baby pigs squeal for the same rea-
son that human babies do. There is
something the matter with both^ of
them, and it is your duty to find the
trouble and correct it
When you persist In doing two
men's work, you shorten your days,
and enchance the chances of your chil-
dren for a step-father.
Just because one has made a good
many mistakes is no reason for his
getting in the habit. The way to suc-
cess is to profit by our mistakes.
The farmer that refuses to adopt
successful ideas is in such an ad-
vanced stage of decomposition that
the undertaker can do nothing for
him.
If some farmers put as much money
Into feed for their farm pigs as they
do to support the "blind pigs" in
town their families might have more
to eat and wear better clothes.
There Is always a best way of do-
ing things on the farm, but it often
takes study to find it The result Is
worth the effort If some one else Is
getting better results than you are,
find the reason.
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BUSINESS
MUCH GOOD IN CO-OPERATION
8ystem Brings Farmers Together, As-
sures a Square Deal and Main-
tains Steady Market.
A year ago the farmers of Ham-
mond, La., organized a co-operative
milk-selling association. Hammond
was the chief supplier of milk for New
Orleans. When the dealers proposed
to reduce the price to 20 per cent, the
association objected and at the end
of negotiations it was unanimously de-
cided to set up their own city pasteur-
izing, bottling and distributing, writes
N. O. Nelson in the Southern Culti-
vator. On their joint responsibility
they borrowed the large capital re-
quired at 6 per cent interest, to be
paid by 7% per cent, of the milk.
They maintained the former price and
soon secured tlje largest business in
the city.
The dealers were compelled to pay
the same price and to look up new
sources of supply. This and the activ-
ity of the co-operation plant has given
a great impetus to dairying. Many lo-
calities which had never shipped any
milk have been waked up to the profit-
ableness of dairying.
The co-operative association has
formed local asoclatlons agreeing to
sell together for two years and of
course they ship to the co-operation.
There have also been formed credit
societies, made up of 15 to 20 farmers,
who on their joint responsibility bor-
row money, buy carloads of cows and
sell at auction to the members. The
cows are paid for In milk at $3.50 or
$5.00 a month per cow, the society
owning the cows until paid for. The
milk must be shipped to the co-opera-
tion, which hold out the monthly pay-
ments and pay the sum over to the
credit society. The profit on the re-
sale of the cows belongs to the soci-
ety, which thus accumulates its own
capital. Creameries are organized In
the same way. The state health board
and the agricultural college have
Joined In pushing dairying In the state.
The cooperative plan gives the move-
ment stability, it brings the farmers
together, It assures a square deal, and
maintains a steady market
Georgia should Imitate Louisiana. It
needs getting together, some energetic
leading spirits, devotion and disinter-
estedness. Most of all It needs to
stick to the unimpaired cooperative
plan, not a corporation wherein the
capital controls and takes the profit
but an association In which one man
counts the same as another and each
one gets all the proceeds of what he
supplies.
LABOR
Many Brethren Fume and Froth Erro*
neously—More and Better Edu- _
cation Is Needed.
Did you ever think of it, brother,'
that there are two ends to the Golden'
Rule bandstick, and it requires an
even pull on both sides to elevate and'
balance accounts according to equity
and justice.
Brethren, always examine the goods
carefully you have shipped by railroad1
before taking them out of the station.
If they are damaged In part and you
are willing to take them, have the
railroad agent endorse on the freight
bill you pay the word "damaged." By
doing this you have a document in the
freight bill that enables you or the
merchant who ships you the goods to
recover damages, writes J. L. Collins
in the Union Advocate. Many of our
brethren fume and froth at the busi-
ness agent erroneously, that Is to-say,
for want of better evidence than imag-
inary conclusion. When what they or-
der is not forthcoming in a jiffy they
suppose (Judging from the way some
of them write) that the business agent
is holding their money for a sinister
motive. They don't seem to compre-
hend the methods I have to do busi-
ness under; however, if they will stick
to their job in patronizing through the
agency, in the course of five years the
education they will receive will be of
great benefit to them in a commerical
sense. This is what we all need, more
education and better education, and is
the only way we will ever be able to
handle our own affairs In a way that
will be satisfactory. The truth of the
matter is that we have let tfte other
fellow, or the business world, so to
Bpeak, measure out of the products
our toll has honestly created, a preda-
tory harvest unto himself and his
household while we have borne the
burden in the heat of the day. pro-
ducing yet neglecting the business
end, or running along to a Blip-shod
way, taking just what the business
world was disposed to give for our 1
products and giving them a wholesome ,
profit for whatever merchandise we
had to buy from them. So they make
it both going and coming and we need
never to expect a change until we or-
ganize thoroughly and begin to look
out for self and family. My theory
the speculators that stand between us
and the manufacturer, for he always
leans to the side of the manufacturer.
This Is but natural, for he is virtually
In his employ. They talk about the
Farmers' union killing the bulls in the
cotton exchange, their best friend they
say. Then If this be true why not corf
best friend get Into our order and
help fight for working on legitimate
lines Instead of wanting to gamble on
that game to which the farmer has
to furnish the stakes, but has no say
in conducting the game.
One brother writes and wants to
know if we need stamps to send
bills of lading. Yes, brother, and
somebody to address the envelopes.
If all matters were properly re-
corded, filed, answered and mailed.
It would keep at least three efficient
servants constantly employed to clean
up the daily accumulation of business
in the business agent's office.
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Winter Beef.
The cow or other animal Intended
for winter beef should be stall fed
for several weeks previous to butcher-
lng. The less exercise they have the
more tender the beef will be and the
faster they will take on flesh.
Care of Mares.
Mares that are foaled In the spring
should have the very best of care
during the winter.
Feather Pulling.
The trouble with your chickens is
not a disease, but a so-called bad hab-
it which is frequently observed to poul-
try yards during the late winter and
early spring, says a writer in Balti-
more American in answer to a query-
Many people believe it to be due to
idleness in the flock, and they rec-
ommend exercise as the cure. There
Is a good deal in this, and flocks have
been helped by being obliged to
scratch in straw or leaves for the
greater part of their food, that is,
their grain food. The cause, however,
Is not so much lack of exercise as
lack of salt In their food. Idle fowls
will pull the feathers from one an-
others' necks and get a little flavor
of the salt In the soft part at the base
of the feather. This taste prompts
continued pulling, and often the fowls*
necks are bar« almost their full
length. The remedy is to give abund-
dant opportunity to exercise and feed
a small quantity of salt to the wet
mash, Just enough to season the mix-
ture. The habit is rarely observed
when fowls have free range. At least -K" a
it is far less common among them
than among those shut up in citjr
yards.
Looking Toward Better Poultry
It is probable that some farmers
will never raise pure bred poultry.
But there is no good reason why they
should not have a flock of pure-bred
fowls. A coop of nice birds of one
breed and color will always bring a
little more in the market, other things;
being equal, than a coop of mixed)
breeds. The infusion of new blood
by the use of pure-bred males is ft
good way to start and does not to*<
volve a large outlay of money. Then,
by getting eggs from reputable breed-
ers, a farmer may soon have a flock
of birds to be proud of, and these
will be found much more profitable
than scrub or even crossbred stock. '
Farm Improvement.
Professor Smith tells of one youn#
farmer to Michigan who bought ft
thousand acres of farm land at one
dollar per acre. He is improving the
quality of the soil by plowing in
vetch as a green manure. He also
grows the vetch for seed, selling it at
four to five dollars per bushel, and
getting six to ten bushels per acre.
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