F MR. FRANK DISSTON RANK DISSTON, President of HENRY DISSTON & SONS, was born August 4th, 1879. He is, with one exception, the oldest grandson of HENRY DISSTON, the founder of the business. He received his education at Penn Charter School and the University of Pennsylvania taking up his work with the Company in 1898. Although a young man, MR. DISSTON has keen judgment and executive ability and upon the death of the President of the Company, WILLIAM DISSTON, early this year, he was elected to fill the vacancy. SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR STORED LUMBER Certain rules for the safe storage of lumber, from which we can gather S EVERAL disastrous fires have caused the authorities in various German cities to make more stringent the safety regulations for lumber storage. Most important of these fire prevention rules are taken in abstract from "Die Holzwelt." If quantity of lumber stored exceeds 17,500 cubic feet, and the area covered by the lumber is over 1,000 square feet, special permits must be obtained from police and fire departments. Lumberyards must have an 8-foot high solid wall or fence and if near to houses the wall must be brick and at least 12 feet high. Lumber must not be within 3.3 feet of wall. Buildings in yard or near it must be protected from lumber by a high masonry wall. If the buildings are not protected by walls, lumber must be 20 feet from buildings. Every lumberyard not opening directly upon a street must be connected with it by driveway 10 feet wide. Lumber stored in open air without fireproof covering may be stacked to height of 20 feet. Yard is to be divided into squares of at most 5,000 square feet area, and these squares must be separated by 10-foot wide paths. Outside business hours these paths must be clear of obstructions so that apparatus may not be hindered in getting to all stacks in case of fire. In special cases, where position is isolated, the fire department may require construction of special water tanks and other safety equipment. Storing lumber in quantities of more than 3,500 cubic feet is allowed in buildings devoted exclusively to lumber storage on all floors; in buildings used for other purposes, only in cellar or underneath roof. In latter case, storage rooms for lumber must not be in direct communication with stairways, and must have exits leading directly into open air. They must be surrounded by solid masonry fire walls. In buildings where these storage rooms have exits to stairway, only 1,750 cubic feet of lumber may be stored, and then only if the lumber room is inclosed fireproof with brick fire-curtain walls, and separated from stairways by iron doors. No lumber may be nearer than 100 feet of railroad tracks. -Wood Craft. A DARK DECISION A gentleman walking through the negro portion of an American town came across a woman unmercifully beating a little boy. "Here, auntie," he said, seizing her arm, "you must not do that. What has he done, anyway?" "What's he done? If you want to know, he's ben and lef' de chicken hous' do' open, and all dem chickens got out." "Well, that is not so serious," said the gentleman, soothing; "chickens always come home to roost." "Čome home!" snorted the woman; "dem chickens will all go home!"Exchange. 'Well, some one else give me a number." "Fifty-seven," said another child. He wrote "75" on the board, and smiled knowingly at the teacher when nothing was said. He called for a third number and fairly gasped at the indignation manifested by a small red-faced urchin, who said: "77, and see if you can change that."-Ladies' Home Journal. CROWDED An Alaska pioneer was telling how crowded a certain ship was during the gold rush. One day a man came up to the captain and said: "You will just have to give me some place to sleep." "Where have you been sleeping?" "Well," the passenger replied, "I have been sleeping on a sick man, but he's getting better now, and he won't stand for it." Pat was going along a road, and, wanting a match, called at the house of a farmer. The woman who gave the match asked Pat if he wanted work. The reply being in the affirmative, the woman brought him into the house. "There is a room full of flies. I want you to kill them." "Good," said Pat, taking off his hat and coat. "Send them out one by one. |