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I IBLttNl i 8 I il rn BLttNl 5UN tSl1N SVNAY 1 JUNE 2 Z9O 2t 1 j4 I UItDINGS tllWGSASMASATOWN tllWGSASMASATOWNFiaURESTIIAT ASBlG AS BIG ASlT AS A TN TNt NFIGUnE8TIlAT 1 I FiaURESTIIAT GIVE AN IkEA OF OFyiODEBff OFf I TZIJC IIB MODERN SKYSCRAPER SKYSCRAPERThlagv SISC APEll APEllJ APEllI111aP Thlagv That Could cJ a1c1 Bo IJ Done WIt tile Ma Materlal MatcmlLlllo MatciIi terlal tcmlLlllo In toe tb Metropolitan Life or the theStaffer the1RD theMuger Staffer 1RD DnUdlac DuJ1d1Jqatr Cttjr Inveittnff ImtIUnrBuUd ImtIUnrBuUdbtcEq InieiUnnEq1 Build BuildLie Lie btcEq nEq1 Equal aI to AvCtty a CUr Uy of IOOCO IOooOPcoplfi IOooOPcoplfiI People PeopleDidtteveroccurtoyoaUteiifooeoflicw Peo1eTork6 I DidtteveroccurtoyoaUteiifooeoflicw DidtteveroccurtoyoaUteiifooeoflicwTorkB Did It ever occar to yoa ut It of lew lewYOlks YOlks modem efcyacrepm ear aayt the Metro Metros I poUtan Life or tbe thol1iDF th Ginger BaDdjng with Witht Hs Hsdoad itSdoDd doDd pfarcfae tower cook bo ptoked Ioked 1cd up bodfly b0d07and and dropped on BOCD prairie there therewould threwoWd it would be practically everything needed to tostart totanalitiJo toMafln7ltto start tanalitiJo Ettlo ety tnphidmg tbo population populationIn In fact when ft aunc aut to building materials materialsUMTS X8eiaItbtre erlall erlalltbfte UMTS might mJ in eoma instanom In taDON be stuff 5tUJl1eft 5tUJl1eftoTero left leftTake leftr oTero for ruee ue In ressb r4ihorbg1tovn r4ihorbg1tovnr t01m t01mTake Take the theBint Singer Building for lotstnhcc lotstnhccIt It contain 180 mtteefof mDe8 mfl or various kinds of ofmetal ofnetal ofmetal metal piping The telephone te pbooes elevators elevatorst I electric ele Vio light font and nd dooka require rrqu1roll425 rrqu1roll425mlle 0425 0425miles fl42I I miles ntc of wire which if ctrrtcbcd I1 oat ou would wouldextend wouldexteud WouldrXiend extend from the top of tl the Sinew ner Building I to the top opor of the Eiffel Tower In Pub with withtoo rith1X3 Ih IhlOOm1eos too lOOm1eos mlira fl1e3 left over overItio overTtJe aversteel Itio steel IItMIlleed used in the tb conjtruoiion of the theSinger theB the6lneiDu1Idlng Singer 6lneiDu1Idlng Building if Ltmdohfto nude into inqh In wire wirecable wIrecable wfrecable cable would reach from Now York to toBucdos toBue toBwaos 8 Bucdos Bue 05 Ayres a distance of 7100 tc miles mflegTbe es esTbetoW I The TbetoW total length I of the dee bearing column columnin In the building bu dJng in abont ten miles milesTbo mllesTho rufleTbc Tbo terra cotta floor blocks in th the build tog if spread rmd out on ona a plane would cover coverM OOV1Z8IG tw 8IG 8 acres Placed end to end they would wouldextend wou wouldextend dutend extend 07 7 miles n3l or further than from New NewYork NewY NewYork York rk to Philadelphia The fireproof blocks blocksj 4 In the partitions pliccd end to cndwouM cndwouMreach end cridwouktreaoh Woul1 Woul1eaob reach from Now mv York to Saratoga SaratogaThe SaratoaT The new skyscraper sky Cr1pcr contain oona1ubrJoi 5 6oIIroo xa800 bripij brJ tJ anl I thsia th UU eai ta oil oi 1 vrjil MH Ci ilit I 11 1 1 rm i 1 1 1i ui 1 lt i i JiJ I i li il if 1 PO I If a fl i 1d i I 2U Ht iJJl 4 4 A yt 11 I to 4 2 li i 1i 1i Jt Itf i1 WI cnoS G1 I 7l oSrTZ Z7 OF 6JW sTNGZR ZlurcZJTJVG ZL7JV A7Hr Sf317 WT3 lS zsr 1679 ET I I reach ret retldk635 35 miles from New York to Detroit DetroIttthoywould Ith tthoywould they would oul i pave pavenfootpath a footpath 12 inches wide widefrom widerrom widefrom from New ew York to Boston BostonThis BostonThis BostonThis This modem skyscraper contains 101 101tons 101t ioitone tons 1ns of eheot copper enough to cover 464 464acres 464aorCII 464a0r08 acres The copper combined withthe with the statu statuary statuary stotubronie ary bronze In the building would wou yield a arfietal adistal aretol distal similar to that used by the United UnitedStates UnitedState United8tate States Government in making cents and andthat andhat andthat that prairie town would certainly hove hovemoney hllvemoneyto havetnoneyto money moneyto TO lend to its lt neighbors if the com comblned comrblned cornbined blned metals were re put to that thatuIe use It would wouldbe wouldbepo wouldbetpoealble be bepo betpoealble possible lble to turn out 40208000 oonU or orI I 403080 1402080It 403080If It theconcreto the concrete in the foundations of the thobuilding thebuildfng thebuIldIij building were were oil 11 loaded on two horse trucks trucksit I it would make a continuous line of 10180 10180trucks 10180i i trucks ckls thirtyeight miles long or twice twicethe twicethe twicethe the distance from the Singer Building to toYonkers toYonkers toYonkers Yonkers YonkersThe YonkersThe YonkersThe The steel in the building would make 125 large srge typo mogul mo 1 locomotives that is isacontinuous IsacontlnuoUB iscontinuous continuous line of engines for a mile and anda a half It would mako a seventyfour mile milestretch milestretch milestretch stretch of heavy modern track rails spikes spikesand spikesand spikesand and tie pieces Made into elevator cables cablesit it would extend 7100 miles and if the total totallengths totall totallngths lengths of all the strands of wire in tho thocable thocable thocable cable were put together they would reach reachfrom reachfrom reachfrom from the earth to the moon threo and one onethird onehlrd onethird third times or 809400 miles milesIf If the steel were were rolled out Into a plate plateFROM plnteFR plateFROM FROM FR WAR TO WATER LILIES LILIESA I IA A CIVIL IV IJ WAR VETKRAXS FARM FARMr FARUNEAR FARrVEAR NEAR XEARHomesickness WASEIJXGTOV WASEIJXGTOVI ASII1OTO ASII1OTO1I0mrslokneu I I Homesickness for fhe he Pond Illles of Malnfe MalnfeLed lIlln lIllnLcd IaInLed Led Him to to8end Send for Some Roots RooUSuo RooUSuoeeu Suc Success cess eeu and a Reputation Ute Result ResultTlie RcaultTJ1e ResultThe Tlie The Prcper Pr per Care or Water Lilies LiliesVAsnrNOTCN UlleaW8IImOTCN UfleWtsnn0TcN It VAsnrNOTCN Juno 27 nAn An old soldier soldierOjnd soldierIUIdhls soldierc Ojnd IUIdhls his wonderful water lilies have vo made madethe madei1 madeI I i1 the dusty little village of Kenllworth in inathe Intbe ini i athe tbe District of Columbia known wherever whereverpeople whorevorPooPle wbor voi voiL people have taken up the fascinating pur purieuit pursult puretiIt ieuit ofwater gardening gardeningFifteen gardenIngFifteen gardeningJftz Fifteen years ago goWaltor Walter Shaw a aoivll aclvllwar af oivll clvllwar war veteran voteranwho who had left one arm armcn armn1I armI I cn n1I a Southern battlefield was working workingvliuthe workingJtnttheTreasury vliuthe JtnttheTreasury 41 the Treasury Department at Washing WeshingI I tonHe dHehIi4 i lie had a little place out In Kenil KenilJijforth Kenll1otthlbout RenIlI I Jijforth 1otthlbout zibout bouta a I quarter quarterot of a mllo from the thei I i marsh along the Anacostin Anac08t1l1Rtver Anac08t1l1RtverTbls River ElverrV Riverl rV This marshlschock marsh lschock full of spatter dock dockkind dockkind dockkind kind of poor relation a second cousin cousineyeral cusInI usln I eyeral times removed of the regular water water11y waterlr waterm7 11y lr It has only four yellow petals and andits andi its i i about asbeautiful as an onion onionv I But Mr MrShaw Shaw had boon born and brought broughtrtip rtip down own In Ma Maine I no where realwat lilies liliescrow liliesro1lnal1 liliesgrov1nail crow ro1lnal1 in all the ponds and these tight little littlei littled8ot littlewade i wads d8ot of patter docks were just enough enoughlike enoughIUketh enoughiike IUketh like the genuine article to make him wonder wonderwhy wonderwhythat 1 why whithat that genuine article was so oonsplcu oonsplcunotialy conspicuuly notialy Mio uly l8Iyabs absent absentTheilonger absentThe nt ntTheIongerhethougbt Theilonger TheIongerhethougbt The lougerhe he thought about pond pon lilies lilieshe liliesJit liliesbe Jit he more his eyes oyeeached ached to beholdsome beholdsomeflnallx behold some sornoltan sometanc ltan flnallx tlnallihe he concluded that if he born bornand bornand borzmd and bred in Maine Mafnocould could uld live IIveln In tho atmos atmosof atmosr atmosPhere Phere ero of the Distrlctof District of Columbia there therebe therep1lgh therejnigh p1lgh be a good chance ptBOmo of some Maine MaineTw Mainetwzter IalnepwaurCIee pwaurCIee Tw twzter KUes also surviving such a trans transplanting transplantlng transplanting planting plantingThere plantlngTherewas plantingThere There Therewas was abarik a bank down near the marsh marshtliftt mar marshthat hrl rl that 4t8so was as BO full fuUor of springs that It oozed oozedwateraievery oozedwa oozedwatt wateraievery wa watt tira every pore He dug dugout out a place placet 0 1 bout ten foctequaro loet quare Just below this ban bantaod banaM banirazid aod when wbenbe84w be hesaw saw It beginning 1gtofiU to totIU fill with withnice withhloe withnice nice clear spring water he hewrote wrote cdo down to toaine tofL tojn fL aine jn and had hadsomobody somebody send him hlmuoroe hlmuoroeaterlUy come comewaterllly somewnterI1ly waterllly roots rootanothlng nothing fancy Just some somefipf somet1 someI9f fipf t1 JC those IIe that grpw wild wildthey wildf YbentheYC8roehe When they came he set them out otitln ta his hisare hiaitH hisIttIoten itH IttIoten footsquarehomema4e tsq1ar are homotnado home pond pond1nd pond1ndtju and andaVhe nd ndI I tju Juet aVhe bh4d ho had expected of good hardy hardyft hardy1sb ft Mato tD tockVthoy toclc theyfiQuriabed flourished mightily mJgbtUTODO mJgbtUTODOt One Onej I rII II 3 1 a quarter of an Inch thick it would cover coveran coveran an area are of fifty acres In other words Droad Droadway Droadway Broadway way from Liberty street to Seventysecond Seventysecondstreet street could be paved with steel plate of ofthat orthat ofthat that thickness thicknessThere thlolmcI8There thicknessThere There is 133 miles of picture moulding in the building If all tho mouldings for forthe rorthe forthe the doors pictures and windows were put putIn putIn putin In a straight line thoy would roach sixty sixtymllea sixtymUes sixtymiles miles or from New York to Bridgeport BridgeportConn DridgoportConn Conn ConnMore ConnMore ConnMore More than 5641 tons of mortar wan used QusedIn usedin usedIn in the masonry This his would make path pathH 14 inches wide and one inch thick from fromNew fromNew fromNew New York to Washington a distance of 240 miles About 197 tonu of paint was wasused Wallulled wasused used on onhe the various surfaces That is enough enoughpaint enoughpaint enoughpsi paint psi lit to cover OOK 60 acres with one coat It Itwould Itwould Itwould would cover a board fence six feet high highfrom highfrom highfrom from New York to Springfield 120 miles mileswith mileswIth mileswith with one coat coatThero coatThereare254acreR coatThere There Thereare254acreR are 284 acres of wnllnrea wall area In thanaw thanawskyscraper the new newsky newskyscraper skyscraper sky cmper This Is plaster enough for forabout forabout forabout about 200 good ood sized dwelling houses It Itwould Itwould Itwould would mako mal a line of plaster 12 inches wid wide widefrom ofrom 0from from New York to Boston BostonThe BostonThe BostonThe The gloss in the building 85203 square squarefeet squareteet squarefeetwouldmake feet feetwouldmake would make a continuous show window windowsix six foot high on one side of Broadway from fromLiberty fromLiberty fromLiberty Liberty street to Thirtyfourth street streetThere streetI streetThere There are 256000 square feot of metal metallnh metallnhor lath lathor lathor I or 50 acres To support thow th9 laths 401 401by 401by 01by by one other ponds were dug by Mr Shaw Shawand Shawand Sliawand and expensive cultivated varieties were werebought werobought werebought bought and planted plantedThen p14ntcdTben plantedThen Then he began to experiment by hybrid hybridizing hybridIzing hybridizing izing to prodaco entirely new lilies and andhis andhis andhis his flower frlendsTesponded to everyeffort everyeffortas as If they knew thnt tho whole enterprise enterprisehad had grownout of love lovefor for them themThe themThe themThe The Treasury Department scrapes along alongwithout alongwithout alongwithout without him now All his hl time Is given givento to bin lilies His one little pond has hasgrown haI hasgrown I grown to tonlne nlne big ponds from which he hecan hecan hecan can pick more than 1500 lilIes daily dailyAnd dailyADd daIlyAnd And instead of one variety and that one oneuncultivated oneuncultivated oneuncultivated uncultivated be can now show more than thana a score At least six lx of those are new and anddistinct anddistinct I Idlitlnct distinct strains etral which ho himself has pro produced produood producod duced and named namedDuring namedDuring namedDuring During the season he ships hundreds of ofllllee orlIlie6 oflilies llllee every day except Sunday to New NowYork NewYork NewYork York and Boston To dealers and other otherwater otherwater otherwater water gardeners he sells the rarer rootsand roots tootsand and bulbs especially those thosoho ho has originated orIginatedOut Out of his homeslcknejs to see the pan4 pon ponlilies ponlilies lilies of his old home has grown success ant nnia a reputation reputationA A person might think to see a natural naturalpond naturalpond naturalpond pond starred with hundreds of blossoms blossomswhich bloalOlDSwhich bloaomswhich which anybody might have for the picking pickingthat pickingthat pickingthat that it wouldnt pay to raise water lilies liliesfor IIIIMfor liliesfor for tho market The same muneargument argument might mightas as well be applied to violets or roses or any anyother anyother anyother other flower which grows wild wildIn wildIn wildIn In the first place even if a flower were werenot werenot werenot not improved by cultivation the season Is Isprolonged 18prolonged Isprolonged prolonged by It But it Is Improved and andIn andiii in more ways than ono It becomes not only onlymore onlymore onlymore more beautiful but In a certain sense sensestrange sonaestrangeu somestrange strange as it may sound more hardy The wild flower will stand more violent violenteatural vIolentcaturai violentaturaI eatural vicissitudes vlols tudtIJ such as wind and rain rainand mlnand mm mmand and changes of temperature but the cul cultivated cuItlvoted cultivatod tivated flower will standmorc handling handlingand and will last longer after being picked pickedA A properly cultivated flower has a astronger aIItrongerlltem astronger stronger IItrongerlltem stem than the same flower or orvariety orvariety orvariety variety of flower when uncultivated or orgrown orRrown orgrown grown outof out of doors dQ irs without care In tho tholatter thehitter latter case the thest sterna m8 become thin and ntldfloppy floppy contain oont ln too much muchmo18tureand moisture and too toolittle little fibre flhro hroand and droop almostImmediately almostImmediatelyafter alm almost st Immediately Irnmedlntelyalter after being picked plok Any florist florfstwl1 will warn warnpurcliosers Warnpurchasers warnpurchaserathat purchasers purchaserathat that thatoutdoorrosOl outdoor roses will not keep an roaos from I the th greenhouse will Itis It 18 tho same with water Will lilies Of Ofcourse Otcoune Ofcourse course even the cultivated ones grow out outof outof outof of doors dooTilbut but the thetTeoblof effects effootsof of the cultivation theoultlvatlonre cultivationare are re evident evlae In Inthestoute the stouter stem and the keepirig ke quality of the th flowers tloweJPeople t1oworPeople People dp not realize what miracles of lorreoupemtlonmay ofrecuperation ofrecuperatIon recuperation reoupemtlonmay may be expected of good goodwater goodwater goodwater water lilies IUl Probably no other blossom blosaomJ i tt oj ojI ojf I 4 1 t4 fI I cO It 0 01 miles of structural anglo irons were ro Tequlred roqulrod requirod qulrod together with 130 miles of ortyfng ortyfngwire tying tyingwire tyingwire wire and 110000 110000bolUi 110000bolUiThere boltsThere bolts boltsThere There are 885 miles of elevator cables cablesin in the building and nine fans capable of ofblowing orblowing ofblowing blowing 6820000 cubic foot of air an hour hourwhich hourwhich hourwhich which would make it possible for an ordi ordinary ordinary I nary sizod town almost to generate Its own owntornado ownI owntornado tornado tornadoAlmost tornadoAlmost tornadoAlmost I Almost any little city would be satisfied satisfiedwith satisfiedwith atlofledwith with the lighting plant in one of New Yorks Yorksmodern YorklImodem Yorksmodern modern skyscrapers In the Singer Build Building BuildIng Buildlug ing there are 14500 Incandescent lamps lampswhile lampswhile lampswhile while on the outside of othe the tower there arc 1800 more moreThese moreThese moreThese These together with the searchlights searchlightswhich which play on the tower from the roof of ofthe ofthe ofthe the main building make the skyscraper skyscrapervisible skyscrapervisible skyscrapervisible visible in bold relief at night for a distance distanceof of twenty miles The rays of the search searchlight searchlight searchlight light In the lantern crowning orownlngthe the tower toweraro tolVoraro aro vlnlblo vl lblo oovcntyflve aovcnty five miles away The lighting htlng system of the theSlnger Singer Building Buildingrepresents Buildingrepresents Buildingrepresents represents a capacity of 278800 candle candlepower candiEpower candlepower power Tho boilers llera of the building to togenerate togenerate togenerate generate light heat power Ao 0 must yearly yearlygenerate yearlygenerate yearlygenerate generate 150000000 pounds of steam pres pressure presSUrD proseuro sure This will take 18000000 gallons of ofwater ofwaror ofwater water and 8000 tons of coal coalThe coalThe coalThe The tower elevator cars carstrael travel about 600 600feet 600feet 600feet feet a mlnuto With the building fairly fairlywell fairlywell fairlywell well filled tho cars will wUltravel travel 810 miles milescan mllfcan can revive BO absolutely norfrom such ex extremities oxtremities tremities of withering and bruising Sepa Separate Separate Soparate rate them put them in the bathtub with withplenty withplenty I Iplent plenty of water at night and In the morning they will he so beautiful with so ethereal etherealand etherealand etherealand and exquisite a beauty that it will seem soomalmost soemalmost seemalmost almost a profanation to touch them That is they will be so If their three days daysof daysot of grace rrre not over That Is the lifo of a Illy ill blossom bloSllomand and it is another reason why the cultivated flowers are the only safe kind kindto to bn bought The natural blossoms pulled hit 0 i miss at any old hour houror of the day dayandof dayandofany and of ofany ofany any age may do for the street comers comerswhere oomerwhere cornerswhere where only themost guileless purchaser purchaserexpects purchaserexpecbl purchaserexpects expects to tofind find any but a damaged flower flowerAt At the Shaw ponds picking begins as asearly asearly asearly early as there Is enough daylight for the thopickers thepickers thepickers pickers in their flat bottomed boats to dis discover discover diecover cover the new buds which havo Jimt reached reachedthe the surface If Irtheso these buds were not picked pickedthey pIckedthey pickedthoy they would probably open later that morn mornIng ing But as soon aa they tbe are pulled thoy thoyaro are packed in boxes a hundred to a box boxso so closely that they simply cant canLopen open for forI rorlack forlack I lack of orroom orroomThe room roomThe roomThe 1 The boxes are lined deeply de ply on all sides sidesWith III sidesjth des desWith I I With jth wet moss and are shipped by express to II New York or Boston the latter City bolflg Ri ft1 especially good od market for pond lilies liliesrvon 1111GBrven liliesven rvon It they do not reaohthe rdtallor taller for forthat rorthat that days daY trade they are or on hand nd for the thonoxt thenext henext next mornings business and aa a they have havenot havenot havenot not been allowed to opeQot open yot that is con considered conI conaidered I sidered their first day da of blossoming They Thoycap The Theycaq I cap then be counted on for three days of ofbeauty orbeaut ofbeauty beauty beaut if properly cared for forLate forLate forLate Late every afternoon they will begin gln to toclose toclose close just as they do when on their native nativepond nativepond naUvepond pond They will shut up so tight that one onowill onewntd08polr onewill wntd08polr will despair of their over opening again againbut aRalnbut againbut but a night In the bathtub will present thorn thornIn thornIn themin In the morning as lovely as ever everIt everIt everIt It must 10 admitted however that the thoway theway theway way most people arrange water lilies 1I11 11 they theyaro theynro the thearonotso aro aronotso not so very ory lovely after all They bunch bunchtho bunchho banetho tho blossoms together put the stems In a avase avase avase vase and andsay say they dont don caro very much muchfor muchfor muchfor for water lilies anyway Ono might as well vlsltafinh vIsit a fish stall and andthen andthen andthen then say that really the beauty of an aquar aquarium aguarlurn aquarium ium was very much overestimated Water Waterlilies Waterlilies Vaterlilies lilies should float separately on the water waterTake waterTake waterTake Take any big bowl If you cant do better betterget betterget betterget get a big dIshpan and hide the aides withfolia withfolIage with withfollago folIage folia go or even oropo or po paper paperPlace pnperPlllCe paperPlace Place half a dozen selected 8eleotodJl1les lilies In the thowater thewater thewater water tying ty Ing a little weight to tho end nd of tho thostem tholitem thoatom stem If necessary neoOl to keep It don c10 In the thewater thewater thewater water You ou will find that hat100 you will Uspond Uspondmoro spend spendmoro spendI moro enchanted momentshovering momentaf hoerlng over overyour overyour I Iyour your miniature water garden than you youever youever youever ever did over any other six slxblolSBOmo blossoms A Abunch Abunoh Abunch bunch or two ofcoboroba of aabomb sunk In 11 your yourminiature yourminiAture yournilnltur miniature lily pond ond will glye it an anad anaddftlonalrcharin ad additional additional ditional dftlonalrcharin dftlonalrcharinThe charm charmThe eharinThe The advice to buy selected el oted lilIes is I worth worthheeding worthheeding fOrtbheeding heeding The value of a water Illy depends dependsonsoterolpolnttfthe dependsonsaersl onsoterolpolnttfthe 011 onsaersl aate al poln po1ntthontube number and tbo th size e1zoi e1zoto a i I II to It daily and make a yearly total of 08270 08270miles 98270miles 03270miles miles or about four times the th distance distancearound ditancearound i iaroUnd around the earth Tho Tholength length of the tbehlgh tbehlghetSt high highest higheat est elevator shaft is 546 feet 0 Inches the thetower thetowor thetower tower from curb to roof being 012 12 feet feetThere feetThere feetThere There have been expended in the con construction conIItruction construction struction of the Singer Building about 860000 860000dayn 800000dayn 660000dayn dayn labor One man Would havo a job joblasting joblasting joblasting lasting 2360 years If he cared to tacklo It Italone italone alone aloneThe nloneThe aloneThe I The Metropolitan Life Building when it Is Iscompleted IBcompleto iscompleted completed will afford much mu larger figures figuresthan figurl6than figuresthan than these The tower will not only ho I 83 feet higher hlgherthnn than the Ringer but IB of oflarger orIarger oflarger larger proportion all through throughIts Its gross weight welghwm will be 84000000 pound poundsor Bor or 38000 tons which IB about twice as much muchas I as the gross gro a weight of the Singer tower towerThe towerThe The Singer tower is fJSfeet 15 foot square whereas whereasthenow whereasthonow whereasthonow I thonow Madison Madl on Square structure is is75 75 by 85 85feot 85foot 8 8feet foot The Metropolitan letrot ollt3n tower walls will willbe willbo willbe be of marble rble from cop iop to bottom whllo whllotho whllothe whIlothe the Singer tower ha corners rnore of brick and nndterra andterra andterra terra cotta and central panels of metal and andRloBS andylas andglath RloBS This will ofcourse of course account in part partfor parttor partfor for the difference In gross grO weight weightTho weightThe i iTho Tho new Metropolitan IetropoU 1n tower vrllf will be 700 700foet 700feet 700feet feet high hl from curb to pinnacle The steel steelwork steelwork steelwork work Is nearly all up now an Is shown In the thepicture theploture thepicture picture above The highest lookout in the theSinger theRi the3idger Singer Ri sor tower accessible to the public Is tho tholantern thollUloony thelantern I lantern balcony which Is 580 81 foot above aboveof I of its petals the perfection or tho rarity of its coloring its blooming qualities and its Iteability Itaability itsability I ability to stand handling It you want the most beautiful possible possiblecombination possiblecombln possiblecombination I combination combln tlon for your half dozen blossoms blossomsgot blOMomsget get two fine white ones a polo creamy one onea oneII a faintly pink one and two rose pink ones onesThe OMSThe The Nymph a rloharrisonl Is a superb superbwhite superbwhite i white and the Eugenia Doland la the most mostexquisite mOBtexquielte mostexquisite I exquisite of pinks rinks But thero are a dozen dozenothers dozonothoraalmO dozenothers others othoraalmO almost as lovel lovelThere lovely There are two chief varieties of water waterlilies lilies the hardy ones which grow from root rootremaining rootsremaining rootremaining remaining In the bed of the pond from year yearto yearto yearto to year and the tender tenderones ones which are grown grownfrom jJrownfrom grownfrom from bulbs which must bo betaken taken up 11 the thefall thetall thefall fall and are started in the hothouse in tho thospring thospring thospring spring All night bloomers are tender tendervarieties ttlnderarietles tendervarieties varieties varietiesMr arietlesMr Mr Rhaw has just started stll ed a large luge pond ponddevoted ponddevoted devoted entirely to night bloomers to be beused beused beused used for evening decoration As thoy thoycloee thoyclOlle theyclose close up In the morning and open in tho thoevening thoevonlng theevening evening thoy are the th only variety that Is Isavailable Isavallablo isavailablo available at night nightMost nIRhtMost nightMost Most of the varieties grow In rows as asthey asthey asthey they are planted and do not encroach on one oneanothers oneanothors oneanothers anothers domain but the lotus is a land landgrabber landgmbber landgrabber grabber of the most aggravated a ggmV tedvarloty variety Tho section Bec on of a pond devoted to the lotus lotusplants lotusplant lotusplants plants Is separated from the reet of the thepond thepond thepond pond by a solid fence sunk eighteen Inches Inchesinto InchellInto thebesinto into the ground and reaching nearly to the thosurface thesurfaoo thesurface surface of the water This keeps tho roots rootsfrom roOtsfrom rootsfrom from spreading Otherwise tho lotus lotuewould lotuowould would run everything everythlngolso else out and would wouldfill wouldfill fill an entire pond inside of two years yearsThe YOlr8The yearsThe The fact that tho water lily season around aroundWashington aroundWlUlhlngton aroundWashington Washington is so long fully a month longer longerthan longerthan longerthan than It Itls Is further north and 1d that tho plants plantsgrow plantgrow plantsgrow grow so freely makes It all the more re remarkable remnrlcable remarlcnble markable that thoy aro arose so rare hereabout hereaboutWhen boreaboutWhen hereaboutWhen When Mr Shaws flowem wore werefir first sold soldon soldon soldonthe on onthe the streets half halrtho tho people pcoplesohe so he says saysdid aaysdldnot saysdidnot did dldnot not know I now1fhat what they were Even now nowthey nowthey nowthey they would probably be surprised to tobo tobotold bo botold hotold told that tM within wlthlnhntran half halfan an hours ride rldeof of tho thocity thooity thecity city some of oNhem06tbooutlruJ orthomoet tho moat beautiful lilies In the theUnited theUnl theUnited United Unl Bates atesam art ro being bClngdeY bsingdeyelbped bsingdeyelbpedsgoO developed lbped 1 50200 FOR TEN GOLD COINS COINSCalifornia COINSClillfornia COINSCalifornia California and Colorado Ptep Pieces of milch milchUttlels mil WllohLLtt1sIInuwu huttllll Uttlels LLtt1sIInuwu LLtt1sIInuwuAt rtnowri rtnowriAt At A a recent nt Philadelphia solo 1 S32C 32Cd 326 was waspaid waspaid waspaldfora paid paldfora for to a five dollar gold ld piece plecestruckln plecestrucklnColoraitol1 struck In InColorado inColora4o Colorado and 1d S3000f 3000f6r aten dollar dollargold dollargoldpiecoooiaodIn gold goldpiece goldpleco piece piecoooiaodIn oolnod in California Little Littloox or noth nothing nothl noThtog tog gconcernlngth concerning the origin of lelth either rc coin irtls irtlskno9l11altbQugb is isknowny isknown known kno9l11altbQugb although they now nciwtaker take i rank as asbeing asbeing 8 being bel 1gthlo the thecoetliest costliest coi t1eet specimens IIpe lin 111 of private fprivAteaold privategold privategold gold coinsstruck In he United1 States Statessince Bt Btateeslncethe tee I IslnC since slncethe the theNewYork New York Brasher ruherdoubloOnot ruherdoubloOnot178t doubloohof doubloohofThe 178t 178 fTheCpl I IThe The TheCpl Colorado rado gold Id piece ple pleoess was Issued I IJJ is udb7 udb7Ji by byJ Ji JJ JConway JConyCoJeweilers ACo CoJwUeJll Jatreileni and andbidk011l andbsxst andbsxsJr bankers I It Ir II II II I I I I IJrtL1J4J JrtL1J4J Jr I Broadway The highest point for observa observation obeeration tion in the Metropolitan tower will be bewIndow a awindow swindow window over the lookout 080 feet above abovetho abovr abovthe tho sidewalk sidewalkOne One of the chief features of the Metro Metropolitan MetropoUtAn Metropolitan politan tower will be a huge clock with withn I Ia a face on each side of the tower 324 32 feet feetabove feetDh feelobove above Dh ve the sidewalk The face of the clock clockwill olockwill elocliwill will bo two stories high 25 feet A inches In Indiameter Indinmeter isI diameter on the dial It Itwillhave will have figures I 4 feet and hands hands12 12 feot long longTwo longTwo longTwo Two stories above the th clock will bo beline a aline aIe line Ie of projecting balconies bllloon GB and above abovethin abovethlll abovethis thin a series of lonio loggias showing five fivearched ftvearcbedopenlngll flvearched arched arcbedopenlngll openings on each face of the tower towerThe towerI towerThe The height of these loggias will be fifty fiftyfeot ftflyteet ft ftfoot foot teetI feotThe The Thehlgbest highest office off floor in the tower will willbe wUlbe willbe be C37 feet above tle sidewalk The observ observatory observntory obeervatory atory will bo a room TO 20 feet In diameter diameterThe diameterThestructure The Thestructure structure stru ture will be capped cappo with a lantern lanternto Lo to feet high which will beOf be of steel and cop copper oopper per per gilded gildedThis jllldetlTbls14ntern gildedTide This Tbls14ntern lantern will contain an aro light of ofgreat ofTtat ol rgreat great Ttat power which will wil1heueod be beusodtodesigna beusodtodesignathe uood todll to designate designatethe lgnae lgnaethe the time after nightfall It is proposed to todo todo Icdo do this bygiving one red flash for the quar quarter quarter ter two for the half end three for the quarI third thirdquarter thIrqutrter hlrdqUTter I quarter and a white flash for the hour hourExtraordinary hourExtraordinary hourExtraordinary Extraordinary precautions have been beentaken beentaken beertaken taken In the Metropolitan skyscraper eJry orsper both bothto I Ito to guard against wind pressure and nd also alsosome aleoI ale alesome some time in the latter lat part of 1891 On Onthe Onthe Osthe the obverse is a circle composed of thirteen thirteenstare thirteesstars stare In the centre of the field with the thename thenamo th thname name of the issuing firm On the reverse reverseIn eIn In the oentre is a large Arabia flgureifi flgureifiHurrounded figure figuresurrounded figure5surroundedby surrounded surroundedby by the inscription Dikes ikea Peak PeakGold PeabGold I Gold Five Dollars DollarsThis DollarsThis I IThIs This coin was composed of unrefined unrefinedColorado W1Ief1nedColorado unrefinedColorado Colorado gold which bore a large per percBDtage percentage percentage centage of silver and weighs 14110 grains grainsbeing grainsbeing graInsbeing being of an Intrinsic Intrinalovalu value slightly In exoeeas exoeeasof exoe uof of that stomped on Its face As far as cab cabbo callbe canbe be learned the th private mint of Conway Conwaytt A Co was at tho mouth cf Georgia Gulch GulchIn In Summit county not for from Brecken Ineckondgo Bleckoniidgo ridgo dgo Col and the coins were Issued at attime a atime stime time when thero Was no circulating medium mediumIn In the mining regions except gold ld dust dustThe dU8tThll dustThe The Conway gold pieces all of similar similardesign slmflardesIgn similardesign design are the very rarest of the issues issuesof of Colorado private coin There II today but a single specimen of the thetim ten dollar dollardenomination dollardenominatiDn dollardenomination denomination which Is In the mint at atPhiladelphia atPhllt1d atPhiladelphia Philadelphia Phllt1d lpbla Of the five dollanpleco doll rpleoo but buttwo buttwo butIwo two specimens aro known the neoond being beingalso beingalso also in the mint collection collectionEven coUootlonEven collectionEven Even lees I le is known in regard to the gold goldpieces goldpIeces goldpieces pieces of the Cincinnati Mining and Trod Trading TrodIng Trodeg ing eg Company But two denominations denominationsbearing denomlnatlonbeann denominationsbearing bearing beann this stamp are knownflvo and ten tondollars tendollars tendollars dollars Both Bothdesigns th designs are I efrntlnrand rG lPmUor and show showon on the obverse an Indian Ildl with ith headdress headdresswith a awith with the name of the company con Uiy around tho thoborder thoborder theborder border Below tb the bead Istbo be date 1840 1840On 1840On jgOn On the other side sld lawn 1IoCUl eagleof a 1 Qta a adifferent design designdifferent algn algndUferent different from that borneby bqrno rie lyany by anyother anyothercoin any other othorOoln othercoin coin of the period and above abovothe the eagle lo fa faincrlbed IIIInlcrfbed IsInscribed Inscribed California Ten lhuii lhuiiWith lWith llarsWith With the exception ofijtho of4 thekhowledo thekhowledothat the knowledge knowledgethat that these the goldpleces belongto belong to the aeries of ofcoins ofoJha ofcoins coins struck In InC4tlJron1I Csfllforalaln In the period periodranging periodranging periodranging ranging from 1840 IB to 1 1655 to act as a sub substitute subatitute ub ubtltute stitute for regular regulllrUnltedlStat UnltedSUtwi el MinI the theorigin theoriirlnqt theorginqf origin oriirlnqt qf the Cincinnati iiple pieoima piece a mystery mBterynly Only nly fourspeclmons of ofthe the tonjdollar i oll piece pieceare pleceare are known at the present plOlJenttrms time Of these theseone tbeqeoneian theqeonoifn one oneian is the mint collectionthe lre ontt secondis secondisowned leoondlaowned seoonciisonod owned by Virgil Brand ofChcagoj tbe tbehlrc tethird ie iebird third bird is in tho tb collection lloctlon cf Andrew Andr Zabriakl Zabriaklof Zebilakiofthis of ofthis this cityand cty cltya ad the fourth Iburb la istlo lathe tfie bnowhloh on bnowhlohboa whlcp boa been bn recently rOty sold Tho five dollar dollarpiece dollarpiece Ua piece plt of the Cincinnaticompany CCnat is aa I rare rareoatHo rareU oatHo a Ufot ttfci ten dollar dolarple dollarpisce dollarpisceThese piece pieceThese cmpMy These The coinsare oo ooth4 a are exceeded eoe In the Amen Aroerican Amensn rri can sn seriosIn erLoslnpotntofPtemlumonyby point lnt of premium tmWO only by the tbeNew tbaNfwYor theNew New NfwYor York doubloonof ITS 1 and andtf the silver Ilher silver4OlOf dollarof 1804 for nbiohilfl200and lrbIChl 2f dIG UCOO UCOOrespectively 3eooresiectively Or respectively 40lr0 Ivelyblveb have ibeen paid pd pdJ pdr paidp to fai i 4drsbIii47 i 1 i I I iiv gursda a wttM wldd wlddI sigisagEateS I O1i ffiM I DOUBsUftotbo SarofowaaAaipW fo ss a3P a3PI iornao iornaobSSS I bSSS 11 ysdrspor ttM lq ws 2SSSS3 bs tI poHtentheU pwanchaoba pwanchaobafrom I from poHtth iWrtyaV0 I to nO Mdy siztypouflds xtypout pnd Msquarefoot tqIiI I squarefoot iquarofrth1ch rtlrfvo quanhch which laampl mpls allowanoo ror rorhlghifwlndtitbanhaji fI I a hlghifwlndtitbanhaji 1llbiwJn higbar w1nf hb tbsx bor has ov aver a boon een er1 elpo elpoi1eneod po poiJi i1eneod iJi 10 New ri Yuh 1 vfai Ne tt qTa r1 Ta 6 protect thocaiesl rl framoWorlc framoWorlcqxldatlonor trtol aflnlt aflnltQU sllgainit sllgainitoxtdstiziat qxldatlonor nwUng nrtt It Itto tratd tratdto 711 711t QU AU AUt Allthe to a primingocat oCto of cement mlt Pthe palM the abraaed cOrners havobesflfrW havobesflfrWrepainted hv hav boU bean oarl oarlreaintod repainted lbrdO andwhen nput put ln Inplh la ith tho tool stOolbeams toolbaanwbavo ll baanwbavo beams rePnt havbnuj hAy Dt been subjectedtoU ubjected to toa socanci socanciooatinBcf IOd IOdoUni od odo ooatinBcf oUni tiujc waterproof trpro paint paintBeside pt paintBesides tDldo Beside Dldo this tbltoelw thILtboooIurnnI thooohtmns the te knee kne bruosa bruosaand bn bTVOSSand and the exposed expJpolb portions of th the floorboamil floorboamilare fobm fobmare are are enveloped envelod in a twoInch tw lnoh coating ootloo cf QUssM QUssMand and andandcemoat andcemoat and cat cement The To Singer Singe tower toer steel al boatna boatnaare beeiuiare are ar protected pro in practically ralOly the te aamo owa owaWih way wayWith TrYWith of rusting and deatroonon deatroononfrom deItT2Ot1Ofrom With Wih the th danger dngero nlnsadd oO oOtrom from fire removed engineers can On1 fl flreason eo no noreasonwhy or reasonwhy reason Crermoe wh why the Metropolitan eMiropolt enelr toworahould toworahouldnot taolol taololnoJro tower ihOUld ihOUldnot yThe not lost for ages aea aeaThe noJro al th im immense I ImeDiearcn immen The maailvo owner rnOr columns of this mense men structure are IO twofeetsquore two two te and andweigh andweigh dels meDiearcn weigh els overonoton oer tO to the th theiinea1fOt theiinea1fOtWhen dlnel lineal footj footjWhen rctv rctvWentb When Wentb thotowor the tower shall hal have been bn com completed cm cmpl cornplated plated pl thero ther will be room mO than thn8 8185 I tons tonsof tl tlot tOflflof of steella stel steel ht It enough OOghta for seven Ivoelit Ivoelittel or eight eighttwelve elZbttwelve twelve tel story stry buildings buidins with wit the same sameground Uro eaarutho ground ro area osthe tower er The estimated estimatedcost ethnAt estimatedcost aarutho cost 0 of ottl this marble marl tower toe is placed p1 at about bt bts bout30o0 3600000 the ground god Jprtto representing an a In Investment hivmet ittvestment vestment vmet of about lbout iirno iirnoTho 1000000 1000000The 100 The new City Investing Building next nextto Te lew Ct InTeLn Buldin to the Singer Building Buiding is inote another anotherdtyi oftb of tha thacLty dtyi otY1 cLty most mo modern ern skyscraperr skcp the tb third thirdhighest tblr thirdhighest but baa haoornate baaornate highest It possBoseo n6 ndtorrbu tower ornate ornat gables pble pe running fnnll up over the main mainstructure mainstrUcture nItncure structure Itncure to a height of 480 4 feet ro abova abovathe abe abethe bOtOthe the curb ou Borne Br idea ldl of the th height helshtothlll helshtothlllblldlng beightof of this thisbuilding tWabuilding building blldlng may be obtained obanedtrom obtainedfrom from the picture picturewhich picturewhich which hlob shows sbo1 Its i It roof rf alongside alongide the pcu Singer Singertower Blnserter lUngertower tower towerTho ter towerThe terTo The To City Cty Investing Building Bpldln8 IsHhlrty IsHhlrtythreo ia thIr thirty thirtythree three thr stories high and Is said sad to bo the thelargest thelugut thelargest largest single office omo building buiding In the th world worldprovidfpg wold woldproTdrpltwelvG worldprovidfpg providfpg proTdrpltwelvG twelve acres AcS of pC rentable space spaceIf sp If I this tW building buidfng were slapped alappddowo down on the theprairie theprrfe theprairie prairie prrfe there would be ft city of 10000 100 In Inhabitants Inllt inhabitanta habitants habitantsThere habitantaThere llt There is 1 18800 1160 tons of steel Isol in this build building buld buldIng buildlag ing which would oul make mlo a rod one one Inch Ino in indiameter Indlleer indiameter diameter dlleer 3000 0 miles mll long In Inputtig Inputtigup putting puttingup up the bullding44lOOOOhoU biding 44tOO bol holes were punched punchedin pu obed obedin 1 1In we in metal meal and od the theweibt weight of the metal metalpunched meal mealpunohed metalpunohed punohed out and thrown tbronaway away was alone alone185tons aon aon18onll alone15tons 185tons 18onll or 297000 0 pounds poundstbo poundlTe poundiThe The Te blue printsrequired print nur for the plans plansof p1 of the building buidng if I laid ld out on a fiat ft our ourfaoe aurtaos rfaowould taos faowould would cover oover two to acres ac Tho bricks bricksused brcs brcsud brickused used ud In the building bldn If laid ld end to end endwould endwould lndowould would stretch ltoh tch 1151 1l miles mUo or further lube than thanfrom tbn tbnfrom thanfrom from New York to Chicago CloiO Tho plaster plasterin pler plerIn in the building If spread out would blldlnl cover coverun coverLfl pe wou cnr cnrun un area la bounded bouded by PJftynlnth Fttynnth street stret on ontho onth ontha tho th south uth Central Cntl Park FI West Wct oa the east eastSeventyeighth eSevontylgbth costSeventyeighth Seventyeighth street on the north noh and andColumbua andClumb andColumbus Columbus Clumb avenue on thp thpwe west Or Oroo Oroomght one onemight onemight might mght plaster pler Broadway BwlY with wtb it from the thoBattory theDttor theBattory Battory Dttor to 125th th street streetThere moetTre streetThre There Tre ore arel0 100 mIles mlc of electric elero wre wire In Inthe inth nthe the th building ding twentytwo twonytwo miles of conduit conduiteighty condutieighty bul ml ondult ondulteighty eighty tons of copper oppr seventeen aiventnmfl aventeen miles of ofpiping otpIpin ofpiping piping pIpin Tbe three pumpa pumpwhtob which supply supplythe aupplyth the th water for the building have hve a combined com cornbined bined capacity opat of 4320000 20 gallons gUoM a a day daywhich dy dywloh daywIilh which wloh is enough enouh to supply a city cty of ofinhabitants 40000 40000Inhabitants 40 Inhabitants InhabitantsThere Inhbitts InhbittsTer inhabitantsTher There Ter are22000 are20 tons of 0 tile tle flreprooflng rproof in inthe Inthe inthe the building buldng This T18 would wod wuidmse5 make lO 5000 0Otruck 0Otruckloads truck truckloads tck tck10ld loads 10ld reaching from Librty Liberty street Itt to toEaverstraw toHVr toHaveretraw Eaverstraw HVr tw twentynine ntnlne miles milesIf mle If loaded losdo on barges brge it wouldtake woudte1O 110 barges bargesor or ora a continuous oontnuous tow twomleoJ two mile mIlesIptt mIlesIpttIt Ipnfe IpnfeIt It I took tk 22000 20 22 yardsof yarsor cloy oltytiiu to manufacture manufacturethis this material Each Ech block bl was wuhdi handled handledabout handledabout dhut about hut twentysix OtJS times tmll from from the clay bank bankto ban1liilding to the building buiding This Thi la I equivalent euivalent to tomanband1ligonebIoclc one onemanhandllhgono onem manhandllhgono handl gone block 63000000 ootie timed tbu The Themarble 14 hrpsrble marble rble In IntebuUdlng the building wpuld would coverBroad coverBroadway cover1r way from curb to curb from the Hotel HotelAster Hot1 Hot1Astor Astor to Twentythird Tentythl street etet It i would wouldtake wouldtake wouktake I take ono roan ma 470 7rs years of continuous contnuous work worktoprepare wor wor1toprepare toprepare prepare the themarblOllon themarblOllonThere marblealone marblealoneThere marblealonQThere There are Ire217605 21750600 cubes cubor of mosaic 110ln 110lnthe In Inthe Itthe the building buldln The 8170000 810000 pounds pound of mar marble marble marble ble in the buldmg building would make ke a column columnono columnon I Ione ono on foot rot square sua 08 tlm times an Mblgh high as Washing Washington ton Monument MonumentNext lonument lonumentetto MonumentNext Next etto to the City Investing Invetg Building Blldlng for forheight forheight fo foheight height come ome the Pnjrk Plk RowBuilding Bldng which whichmas whichruua Lruns runs up 380 foot and then tbenthe the Times Building Buildingwhich Buiding BuidingwWo Buildingwhich which wWo II I 902 8 3 feet high hig highThe vThe The Te old sketch sketb of New York in 1079 pro prosents presenU prosenis sents senU a study in contrasts contrt It I shows ahol Man hattan hattn from what Wbtia is new ne Fulton Fton street Itrt to the Battery Bttery The original drawing Is in i the tb Betr possession PlelOh of the orignal LOUR Ln Island Historic HistoricThe H1trMI 11 The cross marks mks the present prnt site of the Singer Building BuidIng at Broadway Brotway and ad Liberty Librty street stt The wagon on the left is going down don tho original orginal Maiden Mden lane ns The house houseand hOle hOleand houseand I and lot on the oorner which belonged to John Joh Haberdlng Hbrlng were sold In 1722 17 blong for WOO The rural rl acres a of 1070 119 are a prtJoly practically sl slT cov covered cover coyerod ered er now nO with buildings bulldlng ranging rogig from six teen to more than forty ror stories storie many of ofwhich orwhloh ofwhich which count their acres ore of floor loor space Ipa on onplots onplot onplots plots plot that John Haberdlng Hbrdlng wouldnt have thought thosht big enough for his hs house houseQUEER houe houeQUEEll houseQUEER woudnt lav RulwArCAR R4ILWAY QUEER RAILWAY CAR FITTINGS FITTINGSWindow FITTINOSWndo FITTINGSWindow Window Wndo With Hoyal Autographs AutonPI AUtogripej AUtogripejRoofed Train Trainnoorttl nRoorP Roofed RoorP With Wth Water Waterfrom WaterFrom WaterProm from TUtllti TUtlltiWhat Tinl TieflitWhat What use Is a balloon baloon to a railway raiway carriage Carlua Few Fewot of the latter later are a so fitted fte but there Is at least one running run lnR on a mountain railway near ralay BalEbura Bhburl which hag ha hi a balloon baloon attached atache to neeI It In order to assist allalt It up the steepest steepetprtons steepetprtonsof portions portionsof I Iof of the theln line At the summit a tank I tenkbelow nkb below the thecar thsca th thcar car ca Is niW ni fllle wih with water wate sufficient Ilmclent to counteract cunterac the upward upwarpul pull of the BBS ga bar hal which whch the thevehicle tbevehicle thevehicle vehicle thus drags down downwlth with It I upon uponthe the re turn journey journeyThere JourDy JourDyThere journeyThere up re There In II I only onl one car cr In the world with withwindow wih withwindow a aWIndow window fitted nte as a a royal royalQutnaph royalautograph Autograph album It I Is a somewhat ancient railway rllwa saloon used II In Denmark for the se Denmak conveyance of royal royalvisitors royalvIsitors visitors It I has become the thecusom thecustom custom forthese forthte roya to scratch their names on ono one re of Its Ie it panes paneswhlch paneswhIch pane whIch whleh now shows the aUtographs of Kins Edward Edwar and Queen Alexandra amonBother aongotben Klnl Including liclu in luding lrl those tholl of the late Czar the late Kins Kinsof Klnl 1n 1nof of Denmark the late Duke of Clarence Clazenceand Clazenceandmany and andmany andmany many other otherAnother othfT othersAnother Another Anothl uniquely fitted Ilted rail raiway railway way carriage carlle Ii that tht containing the vestibule natbule entrance entance to the trlp rain GIJ bflonulngto belonllnato the tbeO German Emperor This Tlsvetbule vestibule holds several le1fralnelltatueHn flne rn stttuet statuesan Jpeir Innovation Innonton which whlchhanof haanot not bepn ber copied cpledelie elae elaewhere el a awhere1 where her though to al aimanyroyaltr4n ro ma any ror atr41scuIsuperb atr41scuIsuperbpalntln trains carry superb superbpaDtlntT8 iuperbaJr3ting paDtlntT8 palntln asp alparortlr aspirtofthsIr rtof their decorations deatoDI decratIonacar car cr with Ith a eompleie veranda 4irizidajsanoter 4irizidajsanoterqovelty Is lfanotber lfanotberIo another anothernor nor Io qovelty ely lty Introduced Intuce li tha tle th train trairrcohst constructed crstrU uptfd for President ld nt plai Bias pt Pc Mezlcowh IC 1itrl re the draw drawInrf dr dmiiniraQn Inrf fitting fittlneVery In Ittlll iniraQn roam roQ portion porIon tv Is I IIaUjroii 9 9cqry eurjounded IUFounce dedbr 1 br bJ such slch a Very few to tewtraipsare trains tralsare are roofod roof dwithwgzter with ltbwater water and that of ofthe the Viceroy Vlcroy of India tdals Is I ttnong a nl the themall theaU theemail mall aU number numbltlat that tatare are so 1 All Al the tevehlolel tevehlolelehiht vehicles vehicleseight vehieleeight eight ehiht In in5t9 numberhave nubn lne Double be celllnoi irhlch irhlchare are ar reairy realTywatertankehdldthg water tankshdldlflB lglwhlcr 5t9 tlnlsMld1 aboutflva a uta tons tonsof tonlorst ns nsof of orst water rat rThl This arranBemehtcohtrlbutesto arranBemehtcohtrlbutestoward rana metcobtlbutt metcobtlbuttwa ward wa dcootht oolnfsf 1Iand and furnishes flrrlb water wa sat etor rto for domes domes tic to purposfs rpo oh sntbtr4tn the tra In The etr tr IrInesrjirs IrInesrjirsaixty I carries carriessixty r4In clrll clrllIlx sixty Ilx personal per 9nalsl servants ns when the Viceroy YI use ule ueesit lt ItOn SOn el7 vOn On the lonV onadllunoe distance llneajn IlnealaRuesI 11 nnuali Rueeli each ea ea6hof hof of theMBiplttrtanMralis theI theiaipotant traIAehie rallhe has aicarabovewblch acsriboc wbioh I hrlne rises nizeia a altebelrry little littlebelfry belfry contalnlnB contlnlnliach cont ininza a be chime chIzn of I 1 bells be ls Oherlle Otherwise the latter la Iatt ti vehicles arefltt arefltteiuche1e chapels ucanelll In charBabf charll chiig ot a re trnl nlar lr priest Altt of the Gre Oreekbriiodoxfalth k1rthodox faith gree OrLoox ralhiAt AtJuilatroV Atn1slistro nalatro1Qnthe on oaths the KorthBomersefRallway ortlmtetRI nytbbea there Is anold rail wny ay canriase which has rai t7 carrjage ha been bsenIlceniM UMnsed MB as a benUOn mission mllslonchapel chapel and sadie Is fltted Ittc 11UsdaccordIngly 11UsdaccordInglya acoordlniily acoordlniilyr ardlnalyllr eq 1 i iBirds a Birds llr lrt Nest NestLet Nt tatetter I Box BoxTor HexFiaohe Fiaohe Indca I ndon SITsidard dcrd For the past fourteen to rte nteenyesri yews 7ea a abr brood of torn tits tbl bos i ebeenyearedeaeh lbeen been reared reae each enring br latheetter tm 1 bosat box at Utxet Vttoieter Workhouse Workbous8In lpt Since the usreflt a blrdsirat tOOkpceseejoacf pa theT bar blreJr hatched JokpeeIOrct tblbOX hV81the 28 300sggs 300sggst I Ili 1 1t li i jt 0 0p1 fJ 1 i p1 4 i rI I I 3 rj jt li it I ik T6t tREiJAEML tP tK tKr cLe cLeMO81 I lst MO81 tit ffB ikGIsLAriEi ikGIsLAriEifroRk OIBLAJ st fOBK froRk PONS pt 42 11011 11011J NIWfl NIWflJ It rAdWedUy tds1ee CGeI I IwforeCeieeses1 AdWedUy c1 JtunU A wforeCeieeses1 Thmast aa aaIgt4iHUW oe oeIt Igt4iHUW ArV NeeIy i ilsBGa iI I 1 for It lsBGa forffOm Homo C41JU a 9tl BH tt ttin Wsi WI1H WI1HmAtnsss mAtnsss in thocinodian thocinodianwtwuipja CDI CDItrl trl tratbdsol si th 1 tloPIbli tloPIblir iaitoc iaitoc1liayo il wtwuipja rTTrvT JA JA2obthf iDl 2obthf awnaorertb bod a ltla ltlanillUATV Jr tl lc I Iciuada 1liayo itaT nillUATV lM JTelty JTeltyCd i wt Oanada goes early to1 to bed bedgeneral Tt Ttsen That Thatgonral general Cd oseertlon i of fact whl4hfr vl vlmore IQ bag bagmore Ilon more sen tabeptlona than thn an irneceMtO nee neethe De1 hl PT9 PT9the the theru mre rule Pln But the th Canadian Cdian Spup ot otroo ctman 0 Jroons man roo transacta tnsom most of it reffstar nr rogialasness bi biness ness Dlnnlsbt inilIghtseIsiOflI inilIghtseIsiOflIAn nnlg MwlOM MwlOMAn oM 0 tAD An all night session loD of CongrwM Co pevent Sa1 Sa1oyottt 1IJlh I event OortT The flllbUster Ubuae which whlohF9I Senator SenatorFolletto I 14 14YoloteWisoon6tfl1Od Folletto YoloteWisoon6tfl1Od YoloteWisoon6tfl1OdgenoyOt3lTOflcY of WUoonslnlod agaliw tho ois oisgenoy ps la te telen F9I aesslon reostf reostfclosed reol7closed genoy len genoyOt3lTOflcY currency fbllat bill at the a 1ODr I closed 010 ey required req liD an all al night ol aosslon to tb tbIt tobro tobroit bra braIt It up It was unusualenough to demand demandextended dezpaxxiexided I Ixnded upI 1 uruslenoat le extended aocounta nt in Inthoo8 the naw newpaerP pap Id IdCanada I IdCanada xnded 1egIsative tlve Bewion a afrequent Mfrequent Canada Ca an a all alolebt night legto sJlv l1 frequent ocourrenoei ocourrenoeiCon 000urrencoCan 0 lt Con Uente you imagme rn Unote UolJoeCZ4 o1 Joo Joc Cnnoi to toblock I ins insblack block bl Cyu silk lkpn sown 1ltU and dCeht dCehtt cocked OobaadOt9 OobaadOt9to hat adyinotoa adyinotoato to the SpeakerV ohalr at tho beginning I Ie oj ojeach oeach I each ad days Bplr MIOoftbeH sesalcu km of the House pf Bepje Bepjeeentatrves Bepteeentatlvee I Ittlnl eentatrves ttlnl with lthhl ithhia bto dignity dign1t dign1tuIrMd further furthersited sited by a a gold old laoed functionary functionaryIng fuuctbnuiProOld fuuctbnuiProOldlug lug him andTbearitfg and brlr beanfzig a sword so and andSuch a macsi macsi81Gb fSob Such 18 formality ronIty iaa there te to ttt site alt altupOn MMOH MMOHupon Sob upon him Yet Ye the th Speaker1 pelrtb peskoofthaUtBn5 peskoofthaUtBn5souse of tha Canac1 Canac1House House upnblm HOM opens the session es1batPL5SC es1batPL5SCparliamentary at 9 osfc osfcparliamentary parliamentary liamet41 op day dy with wih all aflthst that bt fonnaBr fonnaBrand tad and ad more moreThe ore i iTho I ITo The To Speaker Speer reads rcpryeJll prayer The uu uulma chap chaplains displabia labia lma of Congress CodgreehavebOCfl have boen bnkn known to tcluds lal lalelude isielude elude politico polUc politicajoratoiy COlghvo oratory ortor hlthl in their InvooaUowi InvooaUowiThere 1ncctl 1ncctlThere There is this th Is imllarity iUorty between bt i4 i1s Arari Arariicon A AuerIichLn Tere icon lcBou8 House and the eCanmto Canadiansmost pfie pfiemembers of tbo tbomembers members come ome in after at tho th tbqprsy tbqprsyIn prayeji1 prayeji1In prf In theBoieor the tbeHouseof House of Bx Roresontat1vm presontatlv nttv the te teare seats aeataare seatsare are arranged In a semicircle emlclrloo so that tbta all tbo tbomembers th thmmber members w9mber arrange facVtbe fa tbe Speaker Bperand and Incidentally Incidentallythe lo the prose gallery plery The Teopplng9Jdn Teopplng9Jdnpie opposing oceth3adISfl oceth3adISflparties Canadian Canadianparties parties face each eh other aero across a aa gangway gangwayas as a pie is the case ol in the to British Brtl Common But Butthe Bt Bttbe Ut Utthe the Canadians have Improved Impredoo on omtbelBrttlI omtbelBrttlIcustom theBrftisn theBrftisncustom Cnaa custom as clr far fara oa comfort goes for each eachmember eachmemberinia oustm aoo member memberba memberinia lias a little lttedek littledesk desk and org ad a acomlor61o acomlor61ooblotls comfortablo comfortablochair oomforU6lechair chair of his own ownMuch oW ownMuch oblotls Much Muobor of the real rl work of the Canadian CanadianHouse Cdl CdlBoU CanadianHouse House BoU in I whipping legislation into It shape shapeIs ap Is dobo in Inoommi whppng1eg4Uon committees whichmeet whlohme In It the thomorning themorning morning morg Washington Wfngtn and notLondon notLndo1 loopledto is isooptedto Cleto oopledto that tht extent The TerulMlo full sessions are arotaken a aretaken taken tae up mostly moty with wit necessary ne routine ronttoeand routineand end I II and with wih lth speeches speechesIf spche If I you ore ae a aCad Canadian yon qn may mayweoryour my mywelour maywearyoUr weoryour welour hot ht or rioto3you not Dotes MYO you pleftBevwhHo pleftBevwhHoeltting pkwhe pkwheIhlng pLeasowbflesItting sItting Ihlng at your desk dek jn the chamber ohab But Butwhen Bt Btwh flutwhen when wh you YOI enter entr or leave lev you must mt not notfail no nofall fail to bow to the Speaker Bp ker Furthermore Furthermoreetiquette Furtharrnoreetiquette etiquette etquette demands dends that tt if you yo move from fromyour teemyour your you plane pla even ee across acs a nnrrpw Mrowaeo Mrowaeoyour aisle te teyour oyour your neighbors desk dek it must mut mustwith bedona bedonawith with bead ad uncovered uncoveredThohallof unoovr uncoveredThe Thohallof The ballcf the CanadianHouoeofCom CanadianHouoeofCommons ClaBowo Corn Cornicons te icons mn is blof large 14re and airy ai atryTbere There TM are a capadoaa capadoaagalleries CPICiOUgalleries galleries and above these therJ many cpu st stned stnedglasIndowe Md Mdgllodowl nsa nsaKla gleeandabee Kla gllodowl wlndows of cathedral cthet style styleThe styleThe le leTe The Te desire deIr of legislators legillltr to deliver deliverspeeches deUyf deliverspeeches speeches hM not so 1 much taethelal affect thelassa thelassabefore the before bfore the Hou liouea as for home hor consumption conaumptioaIs tla tlaIs Is fulfilled flfled In Canada C4n bv bv the Hansard Bo Boport Reports port por They Tey answer aera aBout ut the same Bm sameposes pori poriposes poses pc as the te Canttrestionl Cou otJ Record Rror iLbeBansard oba obaHansard Te TeHaerd Hansard Reports are a an a adopted atBt Britiebrinstitution Britiebr Br4lJbrinstituti institution Haerd Insttuton on Pm The Hansard Har since 8I08Lk Ijoke IjokeHansard LuzeBansard Hansard Blrc became printer to toteBt the British BrittohHouse BritishHouse House Bous ofCommonsIn orCroMln of Commoas in 18CA 1 have hvc 22sdsva 22sdsvasnecmlty rnadono 1 1elnlty snecmlty elnlty OT Otpblshngto publishing tho1Teport8 nr of ofPorllomeht cfPallet ofglid Porllomeht PorllomehtIn Pallet PalletIn In England glid curiously theHansardBeL theHansardBeLport the 11 ltanurd Re Reports Eilandcrowly port are ar not taken in shorthand Ihord but are1 are1compiled ueoomple are arecompiled compiled oomple prl from the careful orland andvommlnoua andvommlnouanewspaper andwoumInouenewspaper io ionetpaprpor newspaper reports Then Thobtor before pub pobllshing publiebing llshing lshlngthe netpaprpor the speeches Ipehe11 ore eubinltwa 8Ub eubmlttsdetthose to tothoflp those who made rethe them theMIt VItis Itis ItIs It ia a very vey pleasant ple nt custom Otftr customfor for the tbospeakers thespeakers speakers spkes For Fortheymayinssst they teymyi may insert things tl tb1nxnthwy they theyIntended th Intended Intendlto to eayor say enwiabethe or wished they had Bald Baldand Md Mdand Mliiand and may my eliminate eUmlnatortnedIW or tone dawn poseaxea poseaxeaThe paeeaest th rgrt rgrtc The doing dolnR of otthe the Canadian Cin souse BO are a all alltoken a alltaken taken down In shorthand 110rthnd by the Hansard Hansardreporters Bn Hansardreporters reporters The reporters rporTbVltt nave seats ta tathe inthe the reporter gangway below the Speakers Bpker ld dais daisAs daisAs As Asln In gnnga England EnKlandmembere members who mako speeches spodohehave speechesbays have hvo chance a to correct corcLthem themInproof themInproofand thezn In Ipe proof proofand and it is a common sight eght to behold bhold pr them themwhile the tbomwhile whie while a session 8llon la I on carefully cfulyeUng editing for fortheir rGrtheir fortheir thopreviousday thprevousday thprevousdayeCndlaoM the their constituents oontltents the remarks remr they tY tYthprevousday made madethopreviousday padethe The eCndlaoM Canadian CanadianM must spook speakbla bis piece pieceto to get it printed prnt In I Washington when whentime wbetime time tme presses pre near ner the Wanrnwh end of a sesrion sesrionmembers sossloDmembers oD oDmemor members memor get let leave leve to print In theCort theCortgrtsmonal theCogslool theCOagrsesional grtsmonal gslool Record Reorl and ad andinthatwayyardaand andinthatwayyardaandyards in that tht way ay yards and andyards yards of good gopo goodpoliticaLznatter politicalmatter ItJcalmttr is preserved preservedto tpr moils moilsThe mal18The mailsThe to be sent later iur postage ptag free ir through thuKh the thomoils ie iemal18 themails The Canadian Cndln Commons Common wouldntneed wouldntneedto woudte to sit all al night very Vry often if i It I were wer not for forthe fo forthe the flood of oratory oforatoJ that tht is to bo embalmed embalmedIn emblme embalmedlnBaneardasthesaylnggoos In lnBaneardasthesaylnggoos Hansard Hanlrd as the saying goos Af Mitts Mittsthegray As it it1 it1the the thegray gray light Ightof of dawn eynggo wiirfilter wi will fterfrquentv filter frequently through thr ugl tho stained ltalncd glass glaswndowl windows and 4d find finda fni a membsripourinp membripournl forth rorthwor forthwords words to an audi audience Iud audionce once eno of pages sleeping soundly on th the thoSpeakers theSpeakers Speakers Siokers pge date dateIf dis daisIfyou 1 1I If I Ifyou you are a In Ottawa the Canadian Cnn capital capitalat cplt at night nfgb and see a a cluster of eleotrialighta eleotrialightatwinkling elero electric n8 higts higtstwinkling ttwinlng twinkling twinlng from the flagstaff fgst on the teter teteror tower towerof of tho Houses HoU pf 7 Parliament Parliment you yo will wiknc know knowthat knowthat that tht the Commons Commol Is lain In session sessionWhen sessionWhen When a debate debte ends son sonWhen and andtbeUm the time timefor efOr for a division dfveJonh has come be it early evening eve ng or orat orat orat at dawn dw there thro is great gt commotion motlon at a ones on08Bels Bells building Bels buiding ring rng simultaneously slmultanculy throughout tghOt the te The members troop In from over side de There is II a aCew few minutes mlntordizM of dlsorderfMezn disordet Morn bers play ply pranks prkl on each other and fd popular popularaim popul aim ai are surjr Then the party whips enter 811 rt etr indicating idlcaUn that tt the te opposing forces rorhave have been bee collected coleote and ad all allIa oppeg is I decorum dcrm The TheCmrnons Commons isnt it the whole Govern Government Gv Governmont mont mot but nearly so There Tberel an upper house houeeor or Senate Snatewhlcb which is about aboutasuseful aboutasusefulas asuseful asusefulaa aufl upp I Iahe aa ahe the House of olLrs Lords The TheBtora Senators are aroappointed areppointed i iappinted appointed appinted for torUfe life by the GovernorrGerieraJ Gove or eral I The fight fght is all al1 in Je the Commons eer The te Cmmo Prime Prme Minister ln18terwho who leads lel In person personthe Te the theparty I Iparty party prt inpower In pwe power in the Rouseof 101 Mouse or Commons Common is by all al odds Ode the most important Import member memberof of the te Government the GovernorGeneral GovernorGeneralappointed GoverorGearl GoverorGearlappited GovorncrOeneralappointedby mmbr mmbror appointed appited appointedby by Hie teCronotecept ie Crowp not excepted The British Brt system Is carried out thoroughly The Ps PI ore areelot elected every evrlv toroughly five yoira i Their TTeIM umber variesThe varies The TTovlnob vlno of oftb Quebec tb must always vare have hVG sixty vo morn hers and ad tho other away provinces prooha sty havoasmany havea nme many aftJ membersin erln in proportion ro rlontotel to their population populationaa populUo aa 1 the sixtyfive Ilxtyfv bear belr to tto the populationof i Quebec QuebecCanada OjiebecCanada ppulaUooof JCa Qebe Canada Ca adabd had a pooulotlon POlulUdn of 8831115 I SU in I 1801 IUn0IY700let nearly 7000000 less leuthan than that or of the State BtateofNew Rtateof of New York In fact rotthare th thre re tt are more te or peonlo ppl within wltln twontyflvo twotfve miles n1es of nfNew ew York city than tn Ii un in all alCad Canada Yet Yett the Parliament Pallmotnt at Ottawa OttwA Ujiotenough ha not ot nougb nougbprovlc noughesch 4Ch province provlc has Its Parliament Parllmentand andall a the pomp pmp pem and ceremony thereto erto appertaining te Anything Anylngbloh which remony has I odo with wltloc apperti local laxa ta ttottand tln Adlocal local oommeroe andthe erection oommer AdterQD of municipal munlolP1 corporations comes within the thepowen powers po pf tt f4 i the th crrtOD provincial vlncil jeglslotureNapoleons Jeg18lt Jeg18ltNpoleo Cm1tIQ jeglsloture leghaturesTiapOleonmPorftal Napoleons TiapOleonmPorftal Portrait Por I tn German Grr ermaiI3afrracii ermaiI3afrraciiFrctIWe Barnichs BarnichsI DFrIeLnodoGl I Frqm FrIeLnodoGl FrctIWe ttie Lcndonatolt LonJonGlo The Tbe German Germa soldiers oldl at Btrasabura 8tia furl hive hiverecently bn bnreenty bavereoiotlr recently reenty madean mae a Jritereatlngflnd tntereUcOndIn in the tbetor tbetorerFelch for forerFrench formerFrench erFrench erFelch barracks backa It I is I a fine portriltof lo a nnprti Napoleon breeches po III II In In full tl uniform pntCrmlth with 1 I Ithe white hl ejrt The portrait forraerr form4r silorned domIWthe the oi rs mess mel room uom buut blt but n1a it was taken down and hWaVn owoyon aawarol away roD on tto WO jvoof oor the 119 te foil I0 of the thtm InJh1dim emnWln miroin 1r In iMOj I 70 Qwrr Oi Hettachel1 t8chelon von glUtennelm 0 In commoner rmmanc rommanu of the tle FHteenthvCon th Ilenbtlm n11 hashod has had I Fft the tblploture th picture restored J10ted and ad ItIs now ow huncrn hunsr IUJd be side 1Idotbe 1kb the portrait 10 IOf of the tbeRae KoUer William UmI If IfiBfJoarney IfI IfCntagJ Bt I I Is CntagJ iBfJoarney ijcmc7 yfley In allareaa allareaaiflan aIlnreancFoei or Fro Foei 48CnFrGrdcoCbof 48CnFrGrdcoCbofl7alta 1AeBsn iflan Fratidico CAroNfcfc CAroNfcfcAttby CJtroI CJtroIAtlnyMaltes AtlnyMaltes Attby l7alta Malte a cat harcompleled coiple atnip 5t ct tPp frpm from Holland HOUDdM Mloh adistanceof adltn a dIstance of2 of 2SOO mil milIn IU4 jilis In lua adrawerof raer ot1 of bureau buru Wrapped lnsaokl lnsaokland Ill inadking inadkingaactshlppedbyslowfrelght nolms nolmsand ln and aactshlppedbyslowfrelght shipped shlpP by slow 110 frlaM releht vuottfreight ot olu Wbv lu uottfreight freightibande i band opened the boreau luJrrlbt Jrrlbt band Ip ct cat Jumped Im outandalthoughnl4 out and 0Jnedtbe aIthab il1eq a and an main from fromlu its It lone lopltrlp outanaUh01h16 trip without food orwiier or waler wa was apparently as good ood ever end fOoq displayed fl kseaappetlls en npp UU i anc 1 I i 1 a i 1 I 11 1 1J 1Y lf 1 1 1 I 1 JH.