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quarter OF an inch thick it would cover
an area of fifty acres. In other words Broad
way from Liberty street 10 Seventy second
street could be paved with steel plate Of
that thickness.
There is 1873 miles OF picture moulding
in the building. If all the mouldings for
the doors. pictures and windows were put
in a straight line they would reach sixty
miles. or from New York to Bridgeport
Conn.
More than 5,541 tons of mortar was used
in the masonry. This would make a path
IA inches wide and one inch thick from
New York to Washington, distance Of
24O miles, About 1877 tons of paint was
used on the various surfaces. That is enough
paint to cover 90L acres with one coat. 1t
would cover a board fence six feet high
from New York to Springfield. 12s miles,
with one coat
There are 25 4 acres of wall area in the new
skyscraper. This is plaster enough for
about 200 good sized dwelling houses. 1t
would make line Of plaster l2 inches wild o
from New York to Boston.
The glass in the building. 81, ,203 square
feet, would make continuous show window
six feet high on one side of Broadway from
Liberty street to Thirty fourth street
There are 25e.OOO square feet Of metal lath.
or SO acres. To support these !aths 49.1
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reach 6s5 miles, from New York TO Detroit.
They would pave a footpath IL inches wide
from New York to Boston.
This modern skysoraper contains 1O1
tons OF sheet copper, enough to cover 464
acres. The copper combined with the statu-
ary bronze in the building would yield a
metal similar to that used by the United
States Government in making cents, and
that prairie town would certainly have
money to lend to its neighbors il the COM
bined metals were put 10 that USE 1t would
be possible to turn out 8,20s.ooo cents, or
S462, ,oso.
II the concrete in the foundations of the
building were all loaded on two horse trucks
1t would make q continuous line OF 10, 1870
trucks. thirty-eight miles long. or twice
tho distance from the Singer Building to
Yonkers.
The steel in the building would make
l25 large type mogul locomotives. that is
continuous line of engines for mile and
half. 1t would mako seventy-four mile
stretch Of heavy modern track, rails, spikes
and tie pieces. Made into elevator cables
II would extend 100 miles, and il the total
lengths OF all the strands Of wire in the
cable were put together they would reach
from the earth to the moon three and one
third times. or SOC, 400 miles.
II the steel were rolled out into plate
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Of its petals, the perfection or the rarity Of
its ooloring. its blooming qualities, and it's
ability to stand handling.
II you want the most beautiful possible
combination for your half dozen blossoms
get two fine white ones. a pale creamy one.
The Nymph@a richardson Is superb
white, and the Eugenia Deland is the most
exquisite Of pinks. But there are dozen
others almost as lovely.
There are two chief varieties OF water
remaining in the bed Of the pond from year
to year. and the tender ones which are grown
from bulbs which must be taken up in the
fall and are Started in the hothouse in the
spring. All night bloomers are tender
varieties.
Mr.. Shaw has Just started large pond
devoted entirely to night bloomers to be
used for evening decoration. As they
close up in the morning and open in the
evening they are the only variety that is
available at night.
they are planted and do not enorosch on one
another's domain: but the lotus Is a land
grabber OF the most aggravated variety.
The section OF q pond devoted to the lotus
plants Ia separated from the rest Of the
pond by solid fence sunk eighteen inches
surface OF the water. This Keeps the roots
from spreading. Otherwise the lotus
would run everything else out and would
flll an entire pond inside Of two years.
The fact that the water lily season around
than It ls further north and that the plants
grow 80 freely. makes II all the more re-
markable that they are 80 rare hereabout.
When Mr. Shaws flowers were first sold
on the streets half tho people. 50 he says.
did not know What they were. Even now
told that within half an hours ride Of the
city some OF the most beautiful lilies in the
United Safes are being developed.
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BUILDINGS As Big AS A TOWN
FIGURES THAT GIVE AN IDEA OF
TEE MODERN SKYSCRAPER.

Tnfn8p That Could 30 Done WITH the Ma.
y texsass In tho metropolitan lifc or the
Singer BuildinG-City Investing Build.
ing Equal TO q city OF 10000 People.
Did h ever occur 70 you that II O,e Of New
Yorf's modexn akysrapers. say the Metro
polStan Lie on te,e Ginger Building with it's
cloud piercing tower, could 10 picked up
bodily and dropped On some psnirSe there
would b practically everything needed to
start . little city. including the poryulatSon2
In fact. when Il cnSne to building materials
there might In some instances be stuff left
over for use In nedShhoring, towns
Take the Singer Building, for Instance.
Il contains 1876 miles Of various kinds Of
nstal piping. Tho telephones, elevators,
electric lights, fans and c.ocays require LAPS
miles OF wire. which " stretched out would
extend from the top Of the Singer Building
to the top OF tho Eiffe! Tower In Paris, with
800 miles left over.
The steel used in the construction Of the
Singer Buiiding. II made into 4 insh wire
cable. would reach from New York to
Bueznos Ayrcs, a distance Of 7,foo miles.
The total length Of the steei bearing columns
In tho building is about ten miles.
The term cotta h6or blocks In the build
ing, II spread out on a plane. would cover
as acres. Plaoed end 10 end they would
eItend s7 miles. or further than from New
York to Philadelphia. The freproof blocks
In the partitions placed end to end would
reach from New York to Saratoga.
The new skyscrapcr contains sos 500
bricks AL the,e llii eai to e1i wo'l -
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can revive 30 absolutely nor from such ex =
tremities of withering and bruising. Sepa-
rate them, put them in the. bathtub with
plenty OF water at night, and in the morning
and exquisite beauty, that it will see m
almost proclamation to touch them.
That is, they will be so II their three DAYS
Of grace are not over. That is the life Of a
lily blossom and it is another reason why
the cultivated flowers are the only safe kind
to bn bought. The natural blossoms, pulled
hit % miss at any old hour Of the day and Of
any age, may do for the street corners,
where only the most guileess purchaser
expects to find any but damaged flower.
AT the Shaw ponds picking begins as
early as there is enough daylight for the
piokers in their fat bottomed boats to dis
cover the new buds which have just reached
the surface. If these buds were not picked
they would probably open later that morn
ing. But as soon as they are pulled they
are packed in boxes, a hundred to box, :,
80 closely that they simply can't open for
lack Of room.
The boxes are lined deeply on all sides
With wet moss and are shipped by express
- New York or Boston, the latter 6ity being
M especially good market for pond lilies.
EVEN II they do not reach the retailer for
that days trade they are on hand for the
not been allowed to open yet. that Is con-
sidered their first day OF blossoming. They
can then be counted on for three days Of
beauty il properly cared for.
Late every afternoon they will begin to
close. just as they do when on their native
pond. They will shut up 80 tight that one
will despair of their ever opening again,
but a night in the bathtub will present them
in the morning as lovely as ever.
1t must be admitted. however, that the
way most people arrange water lilies they
are not 50 very lovely after all. They bunch
the blossoms together, put the stems in a
vase and-say they don't care very much
for water lilies anyway. ..
One might as we'll visit fish stall and
then say that really the beauty Of an aquar-
ium was very much overestimated. Water
lilies should float separately on the water.
Take any big bowl; II you can't do better
get big dishpan and hide the aides with
foliage or even crepe paper.
Place half dozen selected lilies In the
water, tying little weight to the end Of the
stem, II necessary, to keep IL down In the
water. You will find that you w}ll spend
more enchanted moments lowering over
your miniature water garden than you
ever did over any other six bloesoms.
bunch or two Of oabomba sunk IN your
miniature lily pond will give II an ad-
diuonal charm.
The advice to buy selected hlies 10 worth
needing. Tho value OF water lily depends
on several points-the number and the size
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some time in the latter part Of 1851. On
the diverse is q circle composed Of thirteen
stars In the centre Of the field. with the
name Of the issuing firm. On the reverse
in the centre Is large Arabic fgures"S'
surrounded by the inscription "Pike's Peak
Gold Five Dollars
Colorado gold. which bore q large per-
oentage Of silver. and weighs 14i.ie grains,
being OF an intrinsic value slightly In excesss
OF that stamped on its face. As far a. can
be learned the private mint Of Conway
Co. was at the mouth CT Georgia Guloh,
in Summit county. not far from Brecken-
ridge, Col. and tho coins were issued at a
time when there was no circulating medium
In the mining regions except gold dust
The Conway gold pieces. all Of similar
design, are the very rarest Of the issues
OF Colorado private coin. There 10 to-day
but a single specimen Of the ten dollar
denomination. which 10 in the mint at
Philadelphia. OF the five dollar piece but
two specimens are known, the second being
also in the mint collection.
Even lees is known In regard TO the gold
pieces OF the Cincinnati Mining and Trad
ing Company. But two denominations
bearing this stamp are known, five and ten
dollars. Both designs are similar and show
on the diverse an Indian with headdress.
with the name Of the company around the
border. Below the head is the date "lsIs. .
On the other side is an eagle OF design
different from that borne by any other
coin Of the period. and above the eagle is
inscribed California Ten Dollars.
With the exception Of tho knowledge
that these gold pieces belong TO the series Of
coins struck In California In the period
ranging from ls4e to 1855 to act a. sub
stitute for regular United States ooin, the
origin Of the Cincinnati piece Ia mystery.
Only four specimens Of tho ten dollar piece
are known at the present time. OF these
one is In the mint collection. the second 10
owned by Virgil M. Brand Of Chicago, the
third is in the collection Of Andrew Zabriahi
Of this city, and the fourth 10 the ono which
has been recently sold. Tho ave dollar
piece OF the Cincinnati company ID % rare
as the ten dollar piece.
: These coine are exceeded In the Anneri-
can series In point Of premium only By the
New York doubloon Of 17e7 and the silver
dollar Of 1904, for, which $1,000 and $500
respectively have been paid.
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by one other ponds were dug by Mr.. Shaw
and expensive cultivated varieties were
bought and planted.
Then he began to experiment by hybrid
izing to produce entirely new lilies. and
his flower friends responded to every effort
as II they knew that the whole enterprise
had grown out Of love, for them.
The Treasury Department scrapes along
without him now. All his time is given
to his lilies. His one little pond has
grown to nine big ponds. from which he
can pick more than 1900 lilies da lily.
And instead Of one variety. and that one
uncultivated, he can now show more than
a score. At least six of these are new and
distinct strains which he himself has pro-
duced and named.
During the season he ships hundreds of
lilies every day, except Sunday, to New
York and Boston. To dealers and other
water gardeners he sells the rarer roots
and bulbs, especially those he has originated.
Out Of his homesckness to see the poni
lilies Of his old home has grown success an5
q reputation.
A person might think to see a natural
pond starred with hundreds Of blossoms
which anybody might have for the picking
that 1t wouldn't pay to raise water liliee
for the market. The same argument might
as well be applied to violets or roses or any
other flower which grows wild.
In the first place, even il flower were
not improved by cultivation, the season Is
prolonged by It, But it is improved. and
in more ways than one 1t becomes not only
more beautiful. but In O certain sense,
strange as it may sound, more hardy.
The wild flower will stand more violent
satural vioissitudes, such as wind and rain
and changes Of temperature; but the Gull
tivated flower will stand more handling
and will last longer after being picked.
properly cultivated flower has a
stronger stem than the same flower or
variety OF flower when unoultivated or
grown out OF doors without care. In the
latter case the stems become thin and
foppy, contain too much moisture and too
little fi,,re. and droop almost Immediately
after being picked. Any florist will warn
purchasers that outdoor roses win not keep
as roses from the greenhouse will.
IL is the same with water lilies. or
course even the cultivated ones grow out
Of doors, but the effects OF the cultivation
are evident In the stouter stem and the
keeping quality Of the flowers.
People do not realize what miracles of
recuperation may be expected Of good
water lilics. Probably no other blossom
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QUEER RAILWAY CAR FITTINGS.
window with Royal Autographs-Trsin
Rooted With Water.

wba, r.s Il. . hsI,"on ,o
Few 90 tbe ,.t,er aro 40 ~ o.tss wa carriage!
i..s, ons rv ,,,nn,ns $ al ~ u out ,aere is at
aalybure which has a hs,,noa .... ramSay near y
In order TO asast Il nm the .tssnsst ,e..,o 10 !.
=, ths ill., a... up sn. s'eepees portions
"a, 4. n,i.& with ws,sr .,,nno,a.. nA y. os,ow tne
the mnw.rA NH ~ ,ha ns" H. " ooun.eract
vehicle thus drass down VT, - 49, unirn en- .ne
go. s' wiz" 10 upon tine re-
Th.rs i. oniv an. o.- 10 a.. -,.
v,ndow tttsd "a ran.i - ,n.o .te wos,a WIN
II 1. = .omswhs, snc,srt .au. uph % aioMm:
in Denmark ior the nonasvan,s s".o"n Ns usea
Darh lot tne conveyance OF royal
vstors. mas become the custom Tor these
10 scratch their names on. one Of It's panes.
Edward and Queen AIe,srdra 49,, n'ns
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FROM WAR TO WATER LILIES
A CIVIL WAR VETERANS FARM
NEAR WASHINGTON.
HOmesickness for the Pond LILIES OF Maine
Led Him to Send for Some Roots-Suc-
cess and n Reputation the Result
The Proper Care OF Water Lilies.

Led Him to Send for Some RoOts-Suc-
cess and q Reputation the Result
The Proper Care OF water Lilies.
WASHINGTON, June 27-An old soldier
and his wonderful water lilies bave made
!, the dusty little village of Kenilworth, in
: the District Of Columbia. known wherever
! suit Of water gardening
Fifteen years ago Walter B. Shaw, a
civil war veteran who had left one arm
-son Southern battlefield. was working
In the Treasury Department at Washing
ton. He had little place out In Kenil-
worth about quarter Of mile from the
marsh along the Anacostia River
7 This marsh is chook full Of spatter dock,
: a kind OF poor relation. second cousin
several times removed, OF the regular water
lily. 1t has only four yellow petals and
Ia about as beautiful as an onion. D,
,a But Mr. Shaw had been born and brought
up down in Maine. where real. water lilies
grow IN ali the ponds, ahd these tight little
wads Of spatter docks were just enough
like the genuine article to make him wonder
why that genuine article was 80 conspicu-
.oasly absent.
n. The longer he thought about pond lilies
the. moro his eyes ached to behold some,
and finally he concluded that II he. born
and bred In Maine. could live in the atmos-
phere Of the District Of Columbia. there
!. might be good chance Of some Maine
water Eaes also surviving such a trans
planting.
There was bank down near the marsh
that was so full of springs that 1t oozed
water. at every pore. He dug out place
about ten feet square just below this bank.
and whon he saw It beginning to I'LL with
nice clear spring water he wrote down to
Maine and had somebody send him some
water lily roots--nothing fancy. just some
qof those that grew wild.
. When they came he set them out In his
little ten foot square home made pond. and
Just az he had expected Of good hardy
Mains stock. they fourished nightly. One
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Napolsons Portrait IN German Barracss.

1TFVW Wt L0HdoN O106e. .t71F
Inc German soldiers at strassburg have
recently made an interesting flnd In the for
mer French barraoks It is o fine portrait OF
ESapolSon Stp III, in full uniform. with white
r,a The gortrsit formerly adorned the essssssre'
away on the eve Of the fall Of the empiTe.in
1870 0er, Hsntsehel Won Qigenhefm.. 10
the picture reetored and II is now hung IS.
SIDE the portrait Of the Kaiser William IT.
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: Cats Ions ournsy In q Bureas.

From NE San Frdneiseo CRroaiclb.
"A tiny Maltese cat has. completed "trip
from Holland. Mich. distance Of 800 miles.
IN drawer OF bureau wrapped In saokins
and shipped by allow freight. =, \ ~.
a. when freight hands opened the huyssu
the cat jumped out. and Although lean and
tain from tts long trip without food eT water
keen appetite, - - = - go . ~ =
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5000 FOR TEN GOLD COINS.
California and Colorado Pieces OF which
Elttle In Known

At a recent Philadelphia sale $500 was
paid for five dollar gold piece struck in
Colorado and 5000. for a ten dollar gold
piece coined in California. Little or moth
ing concerning the origin Of either coin is
known, although they now take rank as
being the costliest specimens Of private
gold coins struck In the United States
since the New York Brasher doubloon. Of
1851. f'-r ~. -
The Colorado gold piece was issued by
]. ]. Conway 4 Co.. jewellers and bankers.
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BIRDS Nest In Letter Box.

From tAe London Stamdard.
For the past fourteen years q brood OF tom.
tits has been reared zach sprins in the ,etter
bog at Uttoxeter workhouse. since Cha
parent oifds,frst took possession OF the boz
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-12
DON'T BLOW OUT THE GAS

noticed railroad gliding through the rail
road yards night?
of white and red lamps that
looked like convention drug You know that eah
lights tells the keen eyed engineer In the
little glowing lights
tell him where lies safety lies wreck and disaster where
the track is clear and where switches
engineer who approaching intri
tracks would ahead and carefully extnguh
light here and another there?
you him if you asked "why did
Why they indicate
switches blew 'em OUT
Then with warning lights extnguhed he
boldly ahead piled his ditch, shapees
junk?
Well of all the foolish questions that is the climax the
would idiotic thing"
your body sits vglanty
feof
merely physical life.
lights marking a track here
and a dangerous crossing switch there
bucket blanket the signal
and plunge blndly ahead? Let's see
When head aches it signal of danger ahead
that there is switch.
you your mind ahead to
carefully
studied unwise?
mark switch?
dash and nices worth of drug
he
you say. minutes
SWITCH
that
If your stomach dsesses back aches do you para
compaceny
until a sckness-tha
will off weeks that
the whole train the cemetery siding whence there back
track?
Next time have little remember that it is
hanging the little red signal ghtsdont blow them out
Rather find what body been
against what fuel
smohering the red signal quickly
marked clear and
It's the avoid wrecks
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-12
MUST BE THE ALTITUDE

Queer altitude of
bankers
looks like there mile
enthusiastically dotty.
You know bank does things: money
and tcal taking deposis and loans the back
(calls that making loans).
Well lot of fellows who have been loaning to banks
depotng hem) banks
to time and they said Lets insure these
by making all the banks in each
fund a small part each deposit"
imminy did hear the bankers that
and foolish paernalisc
cazy"and plain
bankers
The folks who loaned deposited right
red in the
ac-huh! oans Rot.!!
then the bankers
bankers held
company a capital millions guarantee all commercial
cat present banking houses dependent judg
making
tanned the banks bear them full"
Well what the
Didn't they have to follow their Judgment about what bank
loan then deposit
they have to sustain the osses? didn't they
insured? And
deposiors crazy or the bankers
probably it only the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-12
NOVEL NAMES
FOR NEW TINTS

Strange names are given to very
ing shades, as, at the bidding of
Dame Fashion, they succeed each
other in succession nowadays.
The exquisite tones which will
be the mode during the autumn
and winter can be best described
as revivals of old colors.
The fashion papers adopt names
from special shops, and when Gus
toners read the names, statesmen
are frequently bewildered to know
the tint required.
To those prevailing quaint old
colors will become attached, no
doubt, terms illustrative of COM
mon objects. Already, for example,
there are pepper browns, cinnamon
browns, coffee browns, snuff
browns and tobacco browns. there
are, too, biscuit yellows, canary yell
lows and mustard yellows; while
roses for hats are being shown in
tangerine shades and duck blues.
Shrimp pink will be fashion
able color for millinery, feather
boas. scarls and silk garments, and
raspberry pink for evening wraps.
Although peacock and sparrow
hawk blues will be a vogue, browns
and blues generally will be rele-
gated to the background in favor OF
rich wine shades and greens.
The newest wine shade is ripe
red gooseberry. Red currant is the
name given 10 similar shade,
whilst "claret" and burgundy" re-
main.
Sage green. bottle green and par.
ticularIy charming new tint to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-12
To Wash Ribbons

Ribbon which has done satisfac-
tory work, Dut has by no means
reached the stage to he thrown
away, IS OF doubtful value. If it is
good quality and of one color, it
may be washed in tepid lather, to
which a few drops OF spirits Of
wine have been added, after having
been rjnsed we'll liz cold water.
When the dirt has been washed out
it must be rinsed again, and laid
face doWnwards and pins fixed at
intervals TO keep il taut.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-12
HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
Compiled by Ono Who Ought to
Know Better.

KNOW Better.
III there are spots on your wall
paper, go over them with carpet
sweeper.
Spirits of turpentine will drive
away rats. Apply to the tongue of
the rat with medicine dropper.
A collection of baby's finger
prints is a novel gift for your hus-
band. Put lamp black on the little
ones patties and let it get busy on
his shirt bosom.
Persons using much olive oil will
find it economical to keep an olive.
If your temper is easily ruffled,
you should get excellent results
with a fluting iron.
Spray your roses frequently, Also
give them gargle once In a while,
The newest parasol still has a
price tag on it,
To brighten a shabby rug. turn a
calcium light on 1t.
Silk gloves now come with fin
gers of different lengths.
Potatoes should be kept in dark
barrel. The sun hurts their eyes.
Always wake the baby gently.
Teach the baby to wake you the
same way.
Sauce pans can be kept bright
indefinitely by not using them.