The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 145, Ed. 1 Monday, September 21, 1908 Page: 6 of 8
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m RACING
Lowing interest in great
international flights.
England Declared to Be Suffering from
«n Aggravated Case of Plgeon-
Rla Owing to Demand for
Speedy Birds.
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It l» said that England's latest sport -
to* mania la “PlgeonRis," that Is, in
plain English—not pigeon English—
the raising of pigeons for flying, breed-
ing, message-carrying and other pur-
’ poses. The extent to which pigeon
fancying Is carried may be judged
from the fact that no less than 10.600
carrier pigeons, worth $60,000, were
/ entered in the recent great "Pigeon
Derby." The birds were turned loose
•t Nantes. In the south of France, and
flew 450 miles to Lancashire, England.
Prises of mere than $5,000 were
•wared. The extent and importance
4L, of the new sport may be further judged
P?* wfltittf the fact that both the king and
prince of Wales entered birds. Spe-
cial “pigeon trains" were run from the
Midlands to the embarking ports on
these occasions, and “pigeon state-
rooms" ilttod up on the cross-channel
steamers. The whole arrangements
H§‘ were carried,out with the most elabo-
m. rate care, and quite regardless of cost.
Even the ordinary 'idbu In the
street'’ In London shows his pigeon-
. fancying proclivities by feeding and
watching the flocks of birds which
have taken up their abode In the great
public buildings, such as St. Paul's
cathedral. Westminster abbey, the
1 British museuip, and elsewhere. It is
a rather singuiar thing that certain
families of pigeons attach themselves
to each of the great public buildings,
and some fanciers say they can tall
whether a bird is a cltiien of the
British museum or of St. Paul's.
Doubtless the latter art* of a more re-
ligious turn of mind, while probably
the British museum variety w.'aid
know more about Egyptology than
their clerical confreres.
When a plge< n show is on In I.oo-
don thousands of people flock to see
that bird fanciers have gone in so ex-
tensively In England for raising pig-
eons with big prices attached to them.
A few years ago you could buy a
really fine bird anywhere for about
30 cents. Now they are asking $200
and $300 for pigeons, which, judging
from the mere appearances, do not
seem to be “up to much.”
An Immense amount of interest is
always taken in "carriers,” of course.
The chief characteristic of the car-
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EDITOR
ERICAN? A P0CANTIC0 HOME
OIL KING TO HAVE NEW ESTATE
OF 2,000 ACRES.
What la Being Done to Make It One
of the Fineet Country Reeldencee
in America—Some of Ita
Features.
Liberating Thousands of Pigeons at
Nantes for Great Race from France
to England.
Her. to make It a valuable bird, must
be length of neck and beak, and a
curious, bulging sort of growth on
each bide of the latter. Just why this
ugly-looking "wattle,'* as It Is called,
should be considered a good point It
is hard to tell. Doubtless fanciers
have some profound reason which they
only divulge when In secret among
themselves, with doors closed and
light* out. However, the wattle goes
and brings prizes. It does not add to
to flt in a certain place and it must go
there and nowhere else. For this rea-
son the plans must be laid out with
door and window openings the proper
zlse to match the blocks; then every-
thing goes along smoothly, the frames
all go in their proper places and the
construction proceeds without a hitch.
The slxe of this bouse is 26 feet 6
Inches in width by 28 feet in length.
Not a large house, but It is sufficient
to get six good rooms and a large bath-
room with plenty of closets and a con-
venient stairway, which, by the way,
Rath*
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BtD Room
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BeoPooM
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Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice/"FREE OK
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 Manufac-
turer. be Is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
ISM Fifth Ave., Chicago, III., • and only
enclose two-eent stamp for reply.
Cement block houses are common
now In some parts of the country.
They are being built In a great many
different styles, sizes and shapes.
Some of them look well, while others
are open to criticism, but generally
speaking, cement Is growing in popu-
larity for house construction because
people like it better as they learn Its
value and bocome accustomed to see-
ing It.
Cement when properly mixed Is bet-
ter than stone. A few years ago we
wanted to apologize for using cement
and we tried to cover it up In different
ways. We tried to fool everybody by
dressing the surface to Imliate stone.
We tried painting it and we even tried
to veneer it with wood to hide its
solid, sterling, lasting qualities, but
we know better now, for we have
learned that cement when properly
used is the very best building material
we ever had. It Is more plastic than
anything else except mortar, so it can
be easily molded into any desired
shape, and when It hardens it is ztron
ger. tougher and more tasting than
any other building material.
When re-enforced with steel wire,
or rods, or old gas pipe, cement con-
struction has proved strong enough
for our largest warehouses, even for
the facial dignity of the bird. It re I the floors, and we have even learned
it. Judges of flue birds are appointed j sembies two rather large and distinct-1 how to spread it as mortar, so it won t
with as much care as would be a Judge i ly ripe strawberries, placed on either j crack, by using expanded metal lath
of the supreme court. Nor is the side of the beak. To* can not help i for the foundation of the wall surface
pigeon judge a whit happier than the j sympathizing with a bird with a straw- We have also learned how to make
man of law. He runs a chants* of tna berry nose like thla; and the perpetua ! good. bard, smooth floors with it, floors^--
king motal enemies every time he tkm of this feature by bleeders might ; that will stand sweeping and scruif \ like this will never shake with
renders a decision. As a consequence,} well Ire done away with While they
pigeon judges have taken refuge In s j are about it—and considering fancier#’ f
numerical system for a!! birds, so j claims that they can obtain any result
that they can not be accused of par j they like—they might as well give the
tiality, which they might be suspected ‘ pigeon a small moss rose, or even a
Of if they knew the owners' names. ] three-leaf clover, to wear instead of
It has only been within recent years j an overripe strawberry.
Second Floor Flan
Is so built that it takes up very Ilttio
room. Still. It Is just right to reach
the upstairs and It is juat as conven-
ient to go down to the cellar from tho
kitchen, and It U partly open at the
bottom, ao it looks well from the big
living room. The chimney is so placed
that It answers for the furnace, the
grate and the range in the kitchen.
Since tho modest home of Mr. John
D. Rockefeller, the oil king, on hia
fine estate of 2,000 acres in the Pocan-
tico hills near Tarrytown, N. Y., waa
burned he has been perfecting plana
for a new and more elaborate resi-
dence, in fact the plans were ready
some time ago and work begun. But
while the hotiae is only partially com-
pleted it la stated that he Is about to
move in. There la much work to be
masonry walls which are to fortify hla
citadel against Intruders are not fin-
ished. The house stands on the very
summit of the hill. There Is nothing
remarkable about It. It Is far less
striking and imposing than one would
expect to find. 8oraehow, it seems
small and out of scale with Its sur-
roundings. After driving half or three
quarters of a mile through a residence
park that is more than twice as large
ns Central Park, the visitor expects
to find the mansion commensurate
with tho estate.
If the house lacks in majesty it
makes up for it in the views It com-
mands. ita site is higher than any
other point In the neighborhood. It is
tho center of an horizon which in-
cludes the scarred sides of Point So
'Point and the southerly gate to tho
highlands on one side and on tho
other the ridges which rise like
waves between the Hudson and lxntg
Island sound. Without a single troo
to ^tide the nakedness of the house or
soften It* linos, th* occupant can look
out upon the lordly Hudson and an es-
tate which, in tho words of the hack-
man, "almost as far ns the eye can
roach is his."
Close about the house the eye falls
upon feature* which are the rewards
and penalties m wealth. Doubtless
tho great stone wsli being erected j his great wealth,
•round the bouse could almost bo
looked upon as a penalty, tor It J#
probably intended to protect the Oce»-
house. Down among the treebops the
bright fed tiled roofs of the massive
stone home of Mr. Rockefeller’s
horses gleam In the sunlight, adding
a note of cplor which is pleasing. Just
behind the stables are a sunken gar-
den and a large conservatory. In an-
other direction a short distance away
is a charming little pool from whose
mirrorlike surface rise two or three
fountains.
Some of the ornamental features
which, It is said, will be added to the
park are swimming pools, cascades
and a terrace with statuary. It Is said
also that there will be a “playhouse”
for Mr. Rockefeller's grandchildren.
This, according to reports, will be
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N«w Summer Home of Rockefeller,
In general outside appearance the
house u plain, nest and solid. A house $**»» of'he house from intruders This
Is not the only house in the ground*
which has to be protected from pry-
connected with the new house by a
covered passageway, ix>s«lbly for use
on rainy days.
In the acquisition of the parrels
necessary to complete hi* scheme for
a summer home. Mr. Rockefeller has
bought house after house. It is said
that there are 7$ house* In the park
today which he has acquired in tho
course of the execution of bis plans.
Most of them srs occupied by em-
ployes. There have been some par-
esis of property which Mr Rockefel-
ler has not found tt possible, with ell
to purchase. Mr.
Rockefeller doe* not tike saloons in
his neighborhood Recently a tavern
standing at the junction of Sleepy Hoi
low, Bedford and East view road*. In
the village of North Tarrytown. was
offered for sale at auction. It was
MOORISH ROMANCE
STORY OF AN ACT OF TREACH-
ERY AND MURDER.
Th* Voice from the Gray* Accorr
ptitbsd It# Mis* on, Then Was
Stilled Forever by Bou
Ami-i th# Pretender.
reached his ears, and the siton'ton j
was becoming serious. At night Bou j
A mar* sst In bis tent brooding In soli-
tude over hi* waning popularity. Then
one morning he arose, his mind again
at ease as tt had been In the old days
J when men nuked daily to be enrolled
1 under bis standard. Bou Amara had
| conceived a plan. Now should alt men |
j know that be was Indeed the chosen
Th*- following story tells of an act leader of the faithful.
of treachery and murder, and is typl
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He Commanded the Soldier to
If 1 P»ff • Grave.
It concerns the
Bou Amara. and
lips to Algeria
oriental life
pretender,
everyone’s
trnths ago.
time of the Incident Bou
much troubVud. His fop
fast losing faith In him.
'jik
Ilou Amara sect far one of hla fol-
io wer*~*-thc man he knew was the
most faithful in bis army. To him
be would Intrust the carrying out of
the great scheme. Calling the roan in-
to hi* tent Bou Amara bit by bit di-
vulged the secret that was to restore
him to fame Then the chief and his
faithful follower betook themselves
! secretly to a neigh boring burin?
- ground There be commanded the sob
1 dier to dig a grave, and white the man
,’ worked explained more fully the part
i that he was to play. At last the grave
i was completed And how a strange
scene followed unseen by anyone save
j the two conspirator*. The faithful
follower himself first lay down In the
grave Bou Amara threw him a skin
of water and some provisions. Then
with feverish haste he began to place
boards over the hole. On these he
pried up the earth, carefully leaving
an aperture for ventilation, until a
mound waa raised
Towards evening on the same dny a
Moor, half demented with horror,
rushed suddenly Into the camp, and
with loud cries threw himself at How
Amara'* feet In word* shaken by
tear he told that while passing through
the burial ground he had beard a voice
speaking from one of the gravra.
Bou Amara wre to hit feet and com-
manded his men to follow him. As
they drew near to the burial ground
they saw that a great crowd had col
lected in a circle about It. A breath-
less silence pervaded the place. No
one dared to speak beyond a whis-
per. As the chief drew near all eyes
turned to hlfn. and handa were ralacd
signaling to him to listen. Then, sud-
denly from the ground a strange voice
fell on the ears of the newly arrived
soldiers:
“Praise be to Rou Amara, the mes-
senger of God, and our true sultan.”
The faithful follower was acting his
par} well. Again the spirit, for ill re-
garded It as such, spake the same
words. The soldiers turned to their
chief. Bou Amara, with bead bent,
was accepting the tribute with becom-
ing humility. A fierce joy was in his
heart. But suddenly a fear crept Into
hts mind. What if he were betrayed
by bis faithful follower?
"A saint has revealed himself to
us.” he cried. “Let us therefore each
place a stone on this blessed man's
tomb.”
A murmur of approval ran through
the crowd, and soon a high calm of
•tones was .sized up over the mound, j
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I tog eyes. The wooden house near by ; known aa The Anchor, and had been
occupied by John I* Rockefeller. Jr . 1 conducted by John Jacob Meiia for $4
is surrounded by a platxa. Each en years. Eight years ago, it is said. Mr.
Rockefeller offered him $8,504 for kis
place. He declined, and bhs gained
j trance to this piazza is closed by a
i locked door. A caller cannot even
< gain access to the front door to ring some good advertising to consequeoce
the belt without first ringing a bell j It brought $5 004 at auction. It la said
for admission to the piazza itself
Borne of th# reward# are her# seen
in the golf course which flow* away
that there la a possibility of a dance
hall being added to the saloon, which
Is scarcely a quarter of a mile in an
over a roiling, closely dipped lawn ! airline from Mr Rockefeller's new
directly In front and just below the house
KERMIT IN TRAINING
.ns 'rum every part of the world. Ms site
PREBlDCN-rB SON PREPARING FOR ^ ^ ^ <,„ortwKy „ *
AFRICAN HUNTtNO TRIP. ; f*r* fa* privacy While on Saturdays,
Sunday s and the other free days of
b!ng without crumbling and wearing
away.
The house Illustrated In th# perspec-
tive and floor plans Is built of hoi low
blocks made in a block machine and
laid up lik# brick or cut stone.
Hollowing the blocks has two great
advantage*—one is a saving In ma-
terial and the other is the insuring of
dry walls A solid cement wall, Hks
t stone wall, win gather dampness
when weather conditions are un fetor-
able, but the hollow space does away
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t th# week the zoological park la large-
practicing on Animats in Bren* Park, J jf patronised, on Mondays Sad Thurs-
New York, to Qualify aa Official j days < the pay dsys) during the sum-
wind Most women appreciate this Photographer of th# Prospec mer month*. comparatively few
feature of a cement house. It feels *o tie* Expedition. j i*<»pl# visit the big lastltstjoh. This
safe in a storm Nothing short of a | -- ' zoological park now la the finest Is tk#
cyclone will affect it. and It la aot ' Turk's son logical garden has j world, surpassing thorns of the great
likely to burn. Of course th# roof, become the training school for Hermit cap?!*!# of Europe, which for years
, First Floor Flan
with this difficulty. There Is still an-
other advantage In hollow blocks, from
the fact that you can have a veatl
lating abaft in any wall or partition at
any point you want. The only
tbigf necessary is to arrange for it
when the wall Is going up. Some
of these bouses have ventilating
shaft* for each room and each cloth#*
press, ao that the foul air is continual-
ly passing up and out at the top of th#
wall, where It escapes either at the
cornice or through a main roof venti-
lator In the attic. Sanitary bouse con-
struction demands attention to all such
detail*. •
Architects and builders had to learn
how to nse cement blocks to provide
for the necessary door and window
openings. You can't knock a block
in two with a trowel the same aa you
con a brick, and you can't stretch the
courses, because each block Is mad#
floor* and furniture in a cement house Roosevelt, who it trying hi* hand at
are Juat as inflammable as the same 1
material* in a wooden house, but you
somehow feel safer in a cement house
from fire or any other calamity. |
Edison predicts that cement house*
will soon become the universal Amer-
ican habitation, and I am inclined to
think that Edison * prophecy is likely Jjl|
to prove partially true. We have
learned a great deal about cement
house* during the past year and th*
more w# learn about them th* better
w* like them. The ezpena* la shi
greater than other budding materials
and It often la a great deal less, be-
came many comm untile# have the ma-
terial* at hand In abundance at very
slight coat, so the principal expense Is
labor.
Peculiar Australian Bird.
ITcTthe outside world th# greatest
ornithological oddity in this country
la the kookoburra, says the Sidney
4 Australia i Times. In earlier timea It
was known as th# "settler's clock,”
from s belief that Its Joyful paeans
were vented regularly at morn, noon
and dusk, being quiescent th/ougk th*
heat of the forenoon and the wane of
the afternoon. That belief has long
been shattered. The kookaburra
laughs Juat when the flt takes It, par-
ticularly when excited; and It laugha
Sts readily at the vloleat death of Ita
mother-in-law as tt does at the en-
raged settler, when he falls off hie
haystack. A wounded bird nukes a
demoniacal row, which will bring all
others wtthla hearing Into the neigh
boring tie*, and these at once set up
an echoing cackle that Is repeated
again and again
Jnpancse-Methedlst Church.
Methodists at Seattle will bulkl a
large Institutional church for the Jap-
anese of that city, preferably Install-
ing as pastor the Rev. S. Yoshlokl, the
preacher at the First Methodist
church.
Philippine Commerce. / ,
The total trade of the Philippine is-
lands last year was: Imports, $30,453,-
•id; exports, $ia,0»7,$*7.
Hermit ReoaevsIL
snapshooting all the big animals con-
fined there to preparation for becom-
ing the official photographer of the
proponed South African bunting trip
of hla father. Frank M. Chapman, the
world-famous ornithologist and most
expert photographer of moviag birds
and animals In the United States, is
acting as the youag man’s coach la
teaching him the use of what Is
known as the hunting camera.
While a worn thorough and detailed
course of Instruction Is being given to
young Hermit Mr. Chapman also has
been giving the president himself •
vpry complete technical Idea as to ths
probable requirements of picture tak-
ing in the big game storehouse of
the world ” British Bast Africa, which
Is to be the scene of the Roosevelt
expedition
The president's and young Hermit's
studies in bird <u>4 Mg gam# photog-
raphy have been kept * Clare secret
The New York zoological garden was
■elected As the scene of th* latter's
tutortn
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a*
have been supreme. Aa additional
reaaoa for the' selection of the New
Yirk zoological garden for th* photo-
graphic and scientific training of the
president s sen is that ita curators are
ail men of national, if not world wide.
1 reputation In their especial fields
Tk* lad Roosevelt, under the tut*-
i las* or Mr. Chapman, has been study-
i tag sad taking picture* of birds sad
animals under what approaches a con-
dition of nature. Hla specific training
photographically kaa been in ths direc-
tion of handling the long focus Ram,
by means of which It Is possible to
photograph an animal at n distance
of $00 feet and get him It perfect de-
tail. There is a much greater amount
of skill and experience required la the
handling of this class of lens than In
th* ordinaryJ photographic camera—
the short objective kind. However,
almost any fairly Intelligent man caa
learn to become aa adequately good
operator with the long focus objective
la several weeks.
The fact that when the photographs
of the trip to and through Africa be-
gin to be taken the expedition will
he many hundred* of mils* from civ-
ilisation. make* It eesenttal that the
photographic outfit shall be complete
to ita minutest detail sad that Us opera-
tion shall be In th* hands of aa export
to secure the surest result. Th* presi-
dent's *on will carry along a photo-
graph: hit whose value probably will
approximate $1,400, and th# safe trans-
portation of the delicate cameras and
the hundreds of anally broken plates
will bn on* of the moat ticklish prob-
lem# of the long Journey. It will not
be practicable to carry films to nay
extant bemuse of the climatic condi-
tion* la the hot sad humid region*
whither the expedition In going films
are likely to stick together Uk* post-
age stamps (x a fat man's pocket on a
•teaming day. and thus become use-
less or else become so "mottled” by
ths moist air that they are worth-
lees t ;■
Not the least Interesting tbtog i
this course tjf'"1,
the field by
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