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Evening star., 1901-05-25

Victoria. Sydney has some equally fine
and in some respects finer. Take the sgd
ney town hall, which is said to be the
biggest building of its kind in the world,
the next largest being that Of Preston,
England. 1t is magnificent stone Struc-
ture, situated in the heart of the city,
containing an amusement hall which will
seat 5000 people, and an organ which sur
passes that of Melbourne. Until this
was bought the Melbourne organ was the
biggest in the world. sydney was. of
course, bound to beat Melbourne, and it
has now the largest organ ever made. 1t
is so feet wide and 80 feet deep and cost
$50, 600 1t has 1856 pipes. Some are of
wood sixty-four feet long and others vary
in length from the height of a three-story
house to that of a pin.
Associated with the town hall is the Cen
tennial Hall. Other magnificent structures
are the public works office. the offices of
the secretaries of the colony and the mar
kets The Sydney markets cover several
acres, and they are very complete in their
arrangement. Connected with them is a
hotel, a concert hall and a photograph
gallery They cost altogether S,50o.10.
The Sydney post office was built of the
freestone from under the city. 1t covers
half a square and has a ground floor of
about two acres. 1t contains the post
office. the postal savings bank and the
general telegraph and telephone offices. all
of which are run by the government. The
mail clerks wear uniforms of bright red.
and you relocated men delivering
letters and driving the mail wagons to the
trains.
sydney Parks.
Sydney is noted for its extensive park
system. 1t has as good lungs as any city
of Europe Moore Park contains 800 acres
Centennial Park 76S acres and there are
also cricket grounds the race courses and
the fair grounds. Quite a space is given
up to the geological gardens, to the botan-
ical gardens, and there are many little
pleasure grounds on the islands.
The most interesting park in Australia is
the Domain in Sydney. This contains more
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four-story and basement brick dwelling.
E6 4th street northyest; for George g.

four-story and basement brick dwelling
eooper s1n Ss Street eeF Serthwes ealSs
for 5000 each; for Charles c. Duncanson,
two houses on Cambridge street, West
Washington; for Helen P. Palmer, $40 Ten
frontage of vacant ground at the corner
of 18th and streets northwest.
Metropolitan Club Addition.
The Metropolitan Club has purchased
from the estate of Commodore Beaumont
the property known as 734 17th street for
$15,910. This is a three-story house, ad-
joining on the south the club house 1t Is
the ultimate purpose to enlarge the home
of the club, as owing TO the increase in
the membership the present building is too
small. 1t is probable that for the present
the additional space will be utilized by
house into the recently purchased building.
The latter has a frontage of by, feet, the
lot containing 1,591 square feet. The price
paid was SO per square foot.
Thirty Houses to Be Erected.
over 100000, was concluded and put upon
record yesterday by \. NJ. German, real
estate broker. whereby the Central Trust
Company of Maryland conveys to Mordecai
I. Cochey lots numbered ~ to 20, in square
1c6l, being the south half of the block fac
ing Kentucky avenue and street south
east
Mr. German has also concluded the finan-
clal negotiations for the erection of thirty
dwellings, which Mr.. Cockey is to build upon
this property. Work will begin on these
buildings on Monday next, under the Su-
perN1Slon of n. I. Haller, architect.
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is right on the harbor in almost the center
of the town. Standing upon it you can see
the great ocean steamers landing goods at
the quays, the ships coming in and starting
out to various ports. and the lit
tie tugs and ferries darting this way and
ings are as ragged as those of the United
States in cities Of similar size, They cut
the sky line like the teeth of broken saw,
ries above the others, although there are
no sky scrapers with frameworks Of steel.
The most of the buildings are Of less than
six stories. Nearly all are built of yellow
sandstone taken out from the uuarries be-
meath the city itself. In the business streets
you many awnings of galvanized iron
and glass extending out over the sidewalks
to shade them.
Sydney covers a vast area. Its streets
Evening star., 1901-05-25

wind about like those of Boston, and 1t Is
facetiously said that the place was orig
inally laid out by a bullock driver with a
boomerang Sydney is noted for its excel
lent wooden pavementS. Consul Bell, who
has made a study of the subject, says the
pavements are better than those of any
other city and that they are well con-
Structed that they last for ten years with
out need of repair. George street upon
which some of the chief business houses
are located, recently took up a part of its
paVements after eleven years rough usage.
Ihe blocks were as good when laid. save
that they had been worn down about one
fourth of an inch. These blocks are of euca-
lyptus wood dipped in boiling tar and laid
on foundation of cement They are fitted
as closely as wood carpeting and they are
so smooth that three tons can be hauled
over them by one horse, and loads of six
TONS Tor two horses and ten tons for four
horSes are not uncommon. / am told that
Io,po,oO0 pounds of wool go over this street
every year. 1t has 40 large buses, each
CARRYING from sixteen to forty persons
"nlch are always travelling upon it, and
Notwithstanding this. the wearing down is
less than one-thirtieth of an inch per year
Inc wood has proven so good that similar
blocks are being shipped to London and
other English cities for the streets there
Walk Through the City.
Let us take walk through Sydney The
sun Is hot, but the iron and glass awnings
furnish protection, and we stroll by great
stores with well displayed windows. You
can buy almost anything here you can buy
IN New York, and the prices are equally
low. The goods are marked in pounds. shiu
lhgs and pence the shilling and penny TAX
ing the place of the dollar and cent. There
are fine jewelry stores photograph shops
and art stores.
sydney has big insurance buildings. bank
nulldlnss, excellent clubs and many hotels
The two largest hotels are the Australia
and the Metropole, which are a cross be-
tween the good American and good Euro
pean hotels. The prices are about the
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with the law providing that liquor shall
be sold only at hotels.
One feature of the city is the numerous
arcades which are cut through from one
street to another. These are ceiled with
glass, paved with tiles and decorated with
tropical plants and flowers. They are
lighted at night with great arc lights,
which hang down from the stores which
wall them; they are also delightful quarters
In which to shop during the heat Of the
day.
Sydney has large department stores,
some of which do business of several
million dollars annually and employ from
600 to 1000 clerks. Such stores send out
quantities of merchandise by mail, for
much of the population Of New South
Wales lives on the sheep stations or on
farms away from the railroad.
have written Of the public buildings of
Evening star., 1901-05-25
The White Rhinoceros in Africa.

From the Popular Science News
All have heard of white elephants, but
few know that there is also in existence
white rhnoceroses, constituting a distinct
species. These are almost extinct. and
probably not more than dozen or so are
left. The Revue Scientifique says, of n
small herd of these animals in Natal, that
fortunately they are protected by law and,
fortunately also. the party that met the
animals included the governor of the col
ony, otherwise the species might have
been now more nearly extinct than ever
before, for hunters are not scrupulous in
such matters.
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| than 100 acres. and 1t is right in the heart
| of the city. 1t has magnificent trees vel
| vety lawns and walks and drives of every
description. The Domain is accessible to
all; there are no signs to keen off the
| grass, and little ones and grown-ups roll
and stroll upon it..
Free Speech for Every One.
Every Sunday afternoon the Domain is
| crowded, and it then becomes the parlia-
! ment of the people. ANY one who wishes
to preach or pray has a right to erect his
pulpit on the grass and toot for hearers
No one questions his doctrines, and he says
what he pleases. There are at least a
score or more of such speakers on the Do
main every Sunday, each with his own
crowd about him. There are lightning cal
culators, labor agitatorS and socialists
preachers of every doctrine and every
creed, phrenologists and beggars faith heal
ers and all other cranks.
The crowd is good-natured one, made
up OF all classes, with working people in
the majority. There were, l Judge at least
1000 persons In the Domain when l Wis
lted 1t the other Sunday. There were hus-
bands and wives taking their little ones
out Tor an airing, young fellows with their
sWeetheartS. old men with their daughters
and boys and girls walking to and fro or
listening to the preachers and healers.
stopped for a time in each crowd. The
frst was gathered about lightning calcu-
lator, who talked a blue streak his hand
danced over blackboard, stopping only
at intervals to sell books showing you how
| to learn the higher mathematics in three
lessons.
The next speaker was a temperance ora
tor; he was denouncing the rich men and
officials of the city and giving side slaps at
the saloons, and the next was a socialist
who advocated taxing the rich and a gem
eral division of property.
One Of the best drawing cards was a
| negro, who was preaching the end of the
world in a marked Yankee accent and an
other was Salvation Army band, led by
sWeet-singing woman with a skin like a
baby.
The Good Samaritan.
About fifty feet from this crowd 1 saw
| walking hospital, overseen by a woman
called the Good Samaritan" The old
| lady had thirteen invalids, each of whom
was afflicted with some terrible disease
They were Of all ages, from babies to
three score and ten-some lame, some halt
and some blind. They sat about in chairs
on the grass while the good Samaritan in
their midst showed their sores and diseases
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Old .Jewelry.

From the Woman's Home Companion.
Among the many revivals of old fashions
for the beginning of the new century none
is more decided than the fancy for old
jewelry; the older and quainter the better.
Old ornaments of all kinds are available If
only they be good Of their kind. The rage
for such things in Europe is extreme: Pa
risian goldsmiths are reproducing antique
jewelry. and in England the pawnbrokers'
shops are ransacked for what has escaped
the melting pot. -grandfathers' knee
buckles-silver. gold or paste-make the
most desirable of belt-buckles, while moth
ing in neckwear is more stylish than a band
of velvet ribbon fastened with an old shoe
buckle Fashionable women who have in
herited the ornaments of past generations
are bringing forth such treasures, and talk
ing them to the jewellers to be adapted.
Most of them need to have something done
to them before they can be worn, but none
of them are altered or reset.
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Mr.. Walsh's Residence.

The plans for the residence which Mr..
Thomas Walsh proposes TO erect on the
site recently purchased by him at the
southeast corner of Massa chusetts avenue
and 21st street are being prepared as rapid
ly as possible. 1t is expected that the sec
tion for the basement story will be COM
pleted so that the work can be begun at
once. The house on the Massa chusetts
avenue side is to be on terrace about
four feet above the level of the street but
on the 21st street side there will be a
driveway from the street at slight grade
to the porte cochere. While the frontage
of the lot Is $50 feet, the house will occupy
but half that space. 1t will be seventy-tive
feet wide and will be placed about in the
center of the grounds.
According to the design, which Is now
being perfected by a New York architect
the treatment will be that of the French
school. The house will be three stories
high, with a fourth story in the mansard
roof. Brick Of light shade and stone will
be the materials used in the construction
of the front. 1t is probable that one of the
several methods now employed in securing
the freprOofng of a residence will be
adopted. In other particulars this new ad-
dition to the residences of the city will
combine the advantages of a comfort able
home, with that due regard for the adorn-
ment of the city which is generally taken
into consideration by those who build
homes here
Evening star., 1901-05-25
SYDNEY TOWN HAIL.

same as in the United States, though at
first they seem cheaper, the extras MAX
ing up the difference. There are small
hotels in every block, but the most of
these are mere saloons public houses,
Evening star., 1901-05-25

From the Chicago News.
The careless cyclist had run down the
boy
Are you hurt?" asked the cyclist
MOO" groaned the boy, but did you
ring?'
Certainly"
Then is it a pitcher of icewater or a
cocktail?'
Il don't understand"
"Why, I'm a bellboy.'
Evening star., 1901-05-25

During the past week the firm Of Wes-
colt & Story sold to Mr.. Lars Anderson
for the Sharon estate, stable lot, G4x62
feet, which is across the alley in the rear
of the site which Mr.. Anderson recently
purchased through the same firm from the
Misses Patten. The price paid was 81 %
per square foot. 1t Is understood to be the
intention of the new owner to begin in the
near future the erection of house on the
ground. which is located on the south side
of MaSsa chuSettS avenue between DIST
street and Florida avenue, adjoining on the
east the residence of the Misses Patten
This is one of the most spacious of the
home sites recently acquired in this city
as it has frontage of 40 feet and is yerv
deep the total area being "a 100 SQUARE
feet. The price paid was S'2 1880
Wescott & Story have sold for Mrs. Mary
Heald the residence known as 2023 Q
street to William WheatIey for $4,000
Evening star., 1901-05-25

Lady (referring to program, to friend)-
'Schumann, Op. q What's the meaning
of 'Op. g? A"
AIRY (who thinks he is being addressed
and always ready to oblige with informa-
tion)-" oh, Op. 2. Second dance; second
'op, yer know. May ave the pleasure?"-
Punch.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

Moore & Hill, real estate brokers' have
sold row of six houses, numbered 1873 to
143 L street northwest, within the past
two weeks for Emanuel Speich. The price
was $4.:Do each The same firm has also
sold five out of seven of row of houses
street between LIST and ID streets
northwest for John NJ. Henderson for
$3.50 each; for Amanda ]. Ray, the large
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Mrs. Hnnson's Residence.

The sale of No. 1919 F street, which was
effected through c. II. Fickling and Lati-
mer & Nesbit last week, was one of the
notable transfers recently of downtown
property. This property has been held by
Mrs. Julia Hanson, an aged colored woman.
She bought it about the year 1860. At that
time Mrs. Hanson paid $1,000 for the prop
erty, and she received $1,000 for it, which
is about $40 foot. She has refused re-
peated offers to buy it. and has maintained
her dwelling in the heart of the city dur
ing many changes in the surroundings.
This old house has been the scene of many
exciting experiences. 1t was used during
the war by an army paymaster. 1t is the
only building but one now remaining on F.
street between 7th and 10th streets that Is
used exclusively for residence purposes.
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HON. {. J, P|CKETTS PUBLIC Statement.

Comma e linton Il Pos h nd dRd Of linton Representa-
d OF n State I Stature and Offices gh of people, Hon
Picket i au Aspsd md a w ~gd Evron.
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Sales of Realty.

number of important sales have been
made recently by Early & hampton, real
estate brokers. Some of these are as fol-
lcws: To Gen. James Sinclair, L. S. A, re-
tired. for the American Security and Trust
Company, the residence at the northwest
corner of 18th street and jefferson place
for SD SEQ: to Major Gordon of Cincn-
natl. for Olivia McIlhenny, the store and
fiat building known as 1919 14th street for
$1,000; to the same for Albert T. McGuig-
gan. the Lewis office building at the south
east corner of Louisiana avenue and 9th
street, for $4,000; to the same. for Nettic
NJ. MCllhenny. the residences known as
2113 and 2111 street, for SO 900 each.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Continued From Page Seventeen).

use Of his business. which is now located
on Pennsylvania avenue in one of the
buildings belonging to the TraVers estate,
recently sold at auction. The new build
ing is to have an attractive front and will
be Il notable addition to the commercial
structures that now line that thoroughfare.
During the past week the work of tear
ing down the old St. Eincents Orphan Asy-
lGm building was begun As that property
Is at the southwest corner of 10th and G
streets. perhaps it cannot properly be class
ed as an F street Improvement, except for
the fact that the ground covered by this
old building is to he occupied by large
addition to the establishment of Messrs.
Woodward & LOthrOp, which is, of course,
one of the prominent features of f street.
The recent addition to the holdings of Mr.
StilSOn HutChiuS at the southeast corner
of 10th and r streets has been noted. No
statement has as Yet been made of the
plans for the future for this property. but
it is conjectured that possibly it might be-
come the site of an apartment store.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

than 100 acres. and 1t is right in the heart
of the city. 1t has magnificent trees vel
vety lawns and walks and drives of every
description. The Domain is accessible to
all; there are no signs to keep off the
grass and little ones and grown-ups roll
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TO CLARITY ATMOSPHERE.
New Governor Claims He viii Turn
on Lime Light.

One of the first things Governor
Ferguson will do as soon as 1t can
be reached, is to clear up the atmos-
phere of mystery that has hung around
the session of the board of education
for Normal schools. These meetings
have been held at Edmond heretofore,
and the public in general has had no
opportunity to know what is being
done in this department Of school
management It is a well known fact
that the secretary of the board has
refused newspaper men the privilege
OF examining the minutes Of the meet
ings. always putting them off with
the statement that nothing of i'm.
portanoe was done" According to
the verbal statement Of the attorney
general, this board has been paying
the expenses OF Normal presidents
over the territory 70 rvarious pur-
poses. when the law did not warrant
such a proceeding. A decision was
asked for in this line, and verbal
opinion given 10 the board, but as far
as any written opinion being given,
the public has nveer heard of II.
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b. a number OF senetors On the demo
cratic side as to the right Of the Unit
ed states give difrerential rates 10
vessels engaged IN our coastwfse trade.
This matter borught other senators
from the republican side OF the cham
Der into the controversy. Senator Per
kins and Nelson were among those
who contributed to this feature Of the
controversy. Senator Nelson insisted
that under existing laws the United
states would have a perfect right 60
give to the coastwise trade OF this
country any benefit kS-might see prop
er in the use OF the canal. II was
perfectly well understood he said, that
the ships OF a foreign nation could not
do a coastwise business. and Great
Britain had made the treaty with tho
fun knowledge Of this fact.
Senator Perkins made the assertion
that by the acquisition or control of a
strip of territory through whlch tbs
canal would pass the United states
would acquire rights which would sub
ject that territory to our c0astwise
trade Of this country nny benefit it
night see proper in the use Of the ca
nal II was perfectly well understood
he said. that the ships of . foreign ma
ton could not do q coastwise busi-
ness. and Great Britain had made the
treaty with the full lynowledge Of this
fact
Senator Perkins made the assertion
that by the acquisition or control of
a strip Of territory through which the
canal would pass the United states
would acquire rights which would sub
iect that territory to our coastwlse
laws. and said foreign bottoms could
not trade between ports of the United
VOTE ON TREATY Galley TWO
States, and any portion Of the territory
through which the canal was built.
The view was combatted to a certain
extent by Senators Tillman and Bacon,
the former intimating that IL that were
true relative to the United Safes, Great
Britain, on account of her Canadian
possessions and MexiSo, both extending
from ocean to ocean, also could con-
tend for similar privileges. This he
thought also would be true Of any
South American country whose terri
tory extends from ocean to ocean.
Senator Spooner was decidedly OF
contrary opinion, and insisted that
lntSt countries uiu uOA AtQullt any
rights of a coastwise trade character
along the route OF the proposed canal,
which territory was under the control
of or which might be ceded to the
United States. The mere fact that
Canadian or Mexican territory extends
from ocean to ocean would not give
them the right TO make demands for
the business foresight Of the United
states.
Senator spooner also contended that
the United States would have a Eight
to control the canal after its own man
ner during any war to which this
country might be s party.
Senator Mason interjected that treaty
agreement never bind a nation to the
extinction OF its military rights and
duties Senator Spooner assented to
this, and said that. no matter whs
Nigh be the provisions OF the treaty
the nation could not be accused on dis
honor or immortality If its terms were
broken in defense of It's own existence.
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