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be used, provided it is protected by 

 a covering" of cement ; but in all cases 

 outdoors hydraulic cement must be 

 used for a successful result. 



Second. The sides must slope con- 

 siderably if the consequences of ice 

 pressure are to be avoided. 



Third. Inasmuch as the bottom re- 

 ceives the weight it should be firmly 

 set on the ground to prevent cracks 

 from uneven settling. It is well to 

 ram the earth before spreading the 

 grouting. 



Fourth. The center of pressure is 

 two-thirds of the depth below the sur- 

 face ; therefore the sides up to this 

 point should be as resistant as the 

 bottom, but can be gradually thinned 



down towards the top. 



Fifth. In building a grouted or con- 

 crete tank avoid making it in sections. 

 Try as far as possible to have all con- 

 tinuous and in particular never join 

 old and new work at corners and 

 angles. 



Sixth. Great care must be taken 

 that all cement lined ponds are thor- 

 oughly soaked with changes of water 

 for weeks before admitting fishes ; 

 otherwise the caustic lime held in solu- 

 tion will seriously injure if not des- 

 troy them. The exact time of the 

 soaking will depend upon the quality 

 of the cement, the thickness of the 

 wall and the number of changes of 

 water. 



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Information 



"The Man with the Hoe." 



Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 

 To the Editor: 



I have just read with interest the 

 short story, " 'The Man with the 

 Hoe' at the Sunrise Party." Profes- 

 sor Nolan says, "His heart was fuller 

 of the sordidness of hell than it was 

 of the splendors of heaven, and that 

 he did not see the sunrise though its 

 glories shone all about him." 



No! No! His heart was not full of 

 the sordidness of hell — far from it. It 

 was the novelty of the sunrise that 

 made the college professor and his stu- 

 dents rave over its glories. It is by 

 no means fair to compare the intellect 

 of an ordinary mountain farmer with 

 that of a college student. If the farmer 

 had been raised in a city he would 

 doubtless have become as enthusias- 

 tic as any of that party. But he was 

 not. During his entire life he has prob- 

 ably seen mountain sunrises or sun- 

 sets. Here was a bunch of "city folks" 

 excited over a sunrise. "Umph, hell," 

 was his remark, and he shows his con- 

 tempt in a characteristic fashion. 



Last summer, I left my home with 

 a camping outfit and a twelve-foot 

 rowboat. For two months I voyaged 

 alone down the Ohio and Mississippi 

 Rivers. What were my impressions as 

 to the grandeur of sunrises and sun- 

 sets and of all nature? For the first 

 few weeks my heart was full, and I 

 revelled in the great beauties surround- 

 ing the mighty, silent river. I can 

 vividly recall how I was thrilled as the 

 sun was setting over the green hills ; 

 how I slipped silently over the glassy 

 river, and how from the banks the 

 quail called. It was worth the whole 

 trip to enjoy those few grand moments 



But by the time I reached the 

 mighty, terrible Mississippi, the gla- 

 mour and the novelty had worn away. 

 I still loved the sunrise and was thrill- 

 ed by it but not in the same way. 

 Nature was even more full of interest, 

 more full of life and joy, but it was 

 a deeper joy. It was not the kind to 

 make me tell everybody I met how 

 grand are nature and sunrises. 



I became sick on the Mississippi and 

 camped for a week with two tramps, 



