The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1893-04-01
SHERMAN'S MARBLE PALACE.

The Ohio Senator Expects to Occupy His
New Washington Residence Next Fall.
A great many Of the senators and rep
resentatives buy or build houses for
themselves in Washington, and some Of
the handsomest residences in the capital
are the property of congressional own.
ers. 1t is not at all bad thing to do,
even considering the necessary uncer-
tainty of official tenure, for real estate
investments in Washington are gener-
ally good things. Senator Sherman has
proved the truth of this, for when, 20
years OF more ago, he bought the prop
erty on Franklin square where he is
now building his new marble palace it
was on the extreme edge of the residen-
tial quarter, and since then the town has
grown up around it and two miles or
more beyond it to the manifest enrich
ment of the Sherman exchenuer
The senator says he has natural bent
for building and thinks he would prob
ably have been all architect or builder if
he had not gone into public life. He
certainly shows excellent Judgment in
his purchases of real estate, and his new
house will be an example of his good taste
and appreciation of comfort and con-
venience. 1t has a frontage Of about so
feet on K street and is 100 feet in depth.
It is rapidly approaching completion,
and the senator expects to occupy it next
fall
The chief characteristic of the interior
of the house is roominess. There is a
very wide and imposing entrance hall,
and on the right Of this is the library, a
room IS feet long, with large fireproof
vault built in the rear end of it for the
safe keeping of the senator's papers and
other valuables. On the left of the hall
are the parlors, and back of them is the
dining room, all very large rooms and
admirably adapted to the purposes for
which they are designed. The parlors
are beautifully finished in white satin
wood and will be handsomely frescoed.
The dining room has a ceiling OF paneled
oak. The choicest hard woods have been
used throughout the house, most of it
having been brought from Ohio, where
much of the work on it was done.
The chambers are large and airy, and
many of them are finished in birdseye
maple, an exceptionally pretty wood for
the purpose. Senator Sherman owned u
planning mill once and knows all about
the different kinds of wood, and his
knowledge and good taste have been adj
mirably displayed in his selections. There
are about 30 rooms in the new house, in
cluding half dozen bathrooms, finished
with tiles and furnished with the best
and latest conveniences.
Professor Dewar of the Royal Institu-
tion Of Great Britain recently gave an
exhibition of turning atmosphere into
water. Te change all into liquid it is
necessary to cool it sufficiently But the
difficulty in the process is to attain the
extreme degree of cold required. A tenn
perature of not less than 192 degrees cen
tigrade below freezing is demanded.
What such a depression of the thermom-
eter implies may be realized from the
fact that it is nearly twice as far below
zero as boiling water is above the same
point. If vessel containing air has its
temperature abated to this extent. then
the air will condense, trickle down. the
sides and accumulate as liquid at the
bottom.