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an iron dome was put on, hut the paint
was allowed to remain on the sand
stone walls of the interior, and from
time to time the walls were cleaned and
fresh coats of paint were applied The
exterior. of course, had to be treated in
that manner because Ii was. even more
exposed to the elements than the walls.
which were exposed because of the open
dome. The wings of the Capitol are
more modern than the central portion.
and they are constructed of marble.
which suffers comparatively little from
moisture. as they have been left in their
natural condition. Some day, If Congress
gets in liberal mood. it may decree
that the central portion of the building
shall be faced with marble to match the
newer portions. AS Ii is. the original
of brick and stucco. as far as appear
ances and durability are concerned.
After considerable discussion, expert
and other wise, extending over a period of
several years, Congress finally authorized
the restoration of the interior OF the
building, and start was made on 1t
two years ago. Something was done
last year also. and the exposure of the
sandstone walls In their natural soft buff
tints seemed sufficient justification for
the undertaking of the work This year
the work Is being carried still further,
and under the direction of the superin-
tendent, with the advice of the consult
ing architects. Washington artisans and
artists are busy removing some fifty
coats OF paint to get down to- the orig
inal sandstone. and removing plaster
which has been in place for almost 100
years. revealing the original brickwork,
which will be .again covered with ce-
ment mortar or stucco finished in close
imitation Of sandstone.
The renovation of the Capitol this sea-
son has been somewhat extensive. First,
attention was given to the immense iron
dome. above which the statue of Liberty
holds aloft a torch, perhaps to enighten
the world. 1t took $4,000 to pay for
cleaning and painting this huge inverted
cup. inside and outside. Men swarmed
over IL, suspended by ropes AMI swings.
or supported by lofty scaffolding, often
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United States Is the now generally un-
derstood fact that the expenses of their
portion of the income of money which
was 10 have been paid to the United
States as indemnity for the Boxer out
RACES on American citizens. Thes United
States government found that the amount
of indemnity exacted was greater than
the damages suffered made necessary,
and Congress provided for the relinquish-
ment to China of sum still undeter-
mined exactly, but approximating VII
100000. In China business honor is held
in Jealous esteem, and the action of this
country was heralded with approval
there. One manifestation of this approval
was the dc cision to devote the returned
indemnity to the purpose OF educating
Chinese youths in this country.
Some 300 or 400 Chinese pupils have al
ready reported to the first secretary in
Washington. and have been sent out to
various Institutions OF learning. Some
OF them are in the academies, nigh
schools and colleges of Washington. Many
are in the schools of New York state,
Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania-in short,
there is hardly secular school OF the
academic class or one OF the higher IN
situations of learning in the whole coun-
try where there is not one or more or
these. students And 1t is worthy OF men,
ton that one OF our own government OF
ficials, whose duties have made him ia
miliar with the subject. has said 10 the
writer that these boys and young men
are very Industrious, that they have
made very good records, and that the
colleges where they are enrolled speak
well OF their habits and attainments, re-
cording them as high in athletics and
real mixers as well as being indus
trious in. their studies.
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Probably no more impressive national
movement has ever been recorded than
that which is now going on in China.
The outside world has heard much Of IL,
yet its significance can hardly be fully
realized. The nation OF perhaps 10000
600 people. with institutions SO well
founded by centuries Of undisturbed
change that they seemed TO be almcs st un-
changeable, is being reorganized through
out. 1t awoke, as in a day, to the ex-
istence OF other civilizations and IL has
acknowledged that changes are desira-
BILE. With little noise or outward fuss
the imperial government set about a re-
organization which has affected, and will
affect still more, every stratum OF life I'm
the empire. IL means not only changing
the system OF education. finance, juris-
prudence. government. the army and the
navy, but even the social and perhaps
the religious life OF the people, And all
this is being brought about in a business
like and scientific manner
Soon after the Boxer rebellion was
over the empress dowager appointed q
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upon the stone and tiled floors, but amid
il all the irrepressible tourist strays as of
yore listening with one ear to the some
times ina ginative yarns the guides tell,
while with the other attention Is given
to the witty or erudite comments by COM
panions at the elbow.
-.
Many persons who have learned of the
restoration work in progress know little
of the causes which led up to it and made
ii necessary. According to Elliott Woods
the superintendent OF the Capitol build
ing and grounds, the builders OF the
Capitol intended that II should be of
stone. and efforts were made to secure
an adequate supply. In those days there
had not been sufficient demand to en-
courage the opening of large quarries, but
after some search considerable deposit
of Potomac limestone was found on Aqua
creek. about forty miles below the city
of Washington. This quarry was opened
and from ii came the stone used in the
Capitol. Because OF difficuity IN getting
enough men to quarry and cut the stone,
however, it was impossible, apparently,
to get out enough of II to make II pos
sible to use no other material In the con-
struction of the Capitol, so consider
able quantity of brick was used in the
construction of interior walls. This brick
was covered with plaster and colored TO
initiate the sandstone.
Any one who mas looked at one OF the
old prints of he Capitol will recollect,
doubtless. that ii was surmounted by
cup-shaped wooden dome, open to the
sky After the lapse of some years II
was found that the sandstone of which
the building was constructed was very
susceptible to moisture, and that there
was great danger OF its disintegration
from the dampness. which entered freely
through the open dome. The walls of the
rotunda ornamented with paintings and
decorations, s%eated continually. and
there vas mut discussion as to what
ought to be done to effect remedy. At
length IL was decided to apply several
coats II paint TO the sandstone to pro-
tect II from the effects of the weather.
This was done. as nearly as the Oldest
inha bitant can recollect. about eighty
years ago. Later. as every one knows.
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dure. Magnificent Statuary Hall Is niled
with spidery trellis from floor to lofty
ceiling. and workmen are climbing on
and over IL with recklessness character
istic OF artisans who toll on lofty places.
Litter OF plaster and paint removed from
places which were never intended TO be
covered with those materials is strewn
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WORKMEN Are Clean

WORKMEN Are Clean
" ing, Decorating and
Plastering Great Building
Mass of Scaffolding Resem-
bles a Spiders Web-Many
Causes of the Restoration
Work-Statuary Hall Getting
It's Share of Attention-Iron
Dome Cleansed Both Inside
and Out-Lives of Workmen
Often in Peril-Work Will
Cost in Neighborhood of
100000 Before 1t Is Com
pleted.
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THIN the stately
Capitol building the
painters. plasterers
and decorators are
working like Tro-
jams TO restore a
portion Of the great
edifice to the con-
dition in which its
builders left IL. and
in which they sup
posed and intended
that IL should en-
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Further than this, China has pro-
vided for a system of popular repre-
sentation and a parliament. to be estab-
lished after a period OF ten years. of
which three years have passed. for a
new judiciary system. for new none
tary system founded on the silver
standard. with the intention of chang
ing ultimately to gold standard, and
for the development OF the natural and
commercial resources of the empire
The army has also been completely re-
organized. and is being put on a highly
efficient basis. Now the navy is receiv-
ing attention.
The character of the work awaiting
the young men of China is indicated by
the fact that many-perhaps the larger
part-of them are studying engineering;
civil. mechanical. mining and electrical.
In the development OF their country
there are railroads to be surveyed.
great buildings to be constructed,
rivers TO be Strengthened and deepened
and other fnnumerable works to be car
ried out, requiring the services of the en-
gineer. Some OF the students are taking
the scientific courses. some are studying
law All of them seem to be very prac-
teal ambitious and enthusiastic
Civil service has long been In prac-
tice In China. Fitness has generally
been the test In the advancement Of
weeded out the unfit and advanced the
men who were qualified This is the
system by which those who are sent to
this country to study are selected.
First Of all. the various provinces are
assigned their quotas Of foreign stu
indemnity they paid for the Boxer
troubles. The money set aside from
the Boxer rebate. as il might be term
ed. Is SUFFICIENT to pay for sending here
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Ignoring the Landlord.

From the Oathoiic standard and Times.
II wonder who originated the express
sion 'reckoned without his host.
Probably II was some deluded sum-
mcr hotel guest who tried TO figure out
for himself what his bill was going to
be-"
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in danger of their lives. Now the work
is done and attention is being given to
the interior. Statuary Hall, as already
intimated. is an interesting sight For
merly great cumbrOus staging was erect
ed shutting off the light. and fences
were put up, giving room only for mar
row passageways to those wishing to go
through the building. This year. how
ever. the invention of Washing
ton man. A. III. McGhan, has been
utilized, and the structure filling the
vast space of the hall is light.
and airy that there Is practically no OBJ
struction of the light, and a person may
walk around beneath it at will. The
scaffolding is supported on ladders which
can be quickly extended or taken in.
The whole structure is put together with
bolts, and is SO thoroughly adjustable
that the workmen express great salts
faction with it. Moreover, there is no
saving and hammering, and the putting
up and taking down of the scaffolding
but ii is possibly of interest that this
new kind of scaffolding is said to be
saving the government ope-half the cost
as compared with the kind formerly
used.
1t was no small task to remove the
paint and plaster from the spaces marked
for restoration. In Statuary Hall the
plaster has been SO long on the walls
that II was literally rotten, and was
likely TO fall In flakes, large or small, on the
heads of persons below almost al any time
It's removal revealed the original sand
stone, as in the main rotunda, which had
previously received similar treatment.
After these walls have been completely
cleaned and restored the ceiling will be
painted and decorated very simply. under
the direction &C. Washington man who
is considered thoroughly competent in
that line of work. II is In reality large
piece of work. On the dome alone there
was work which would have taken one
man 1,50O days to accomplish. Since
July ten laborers and thirty-fve paint
ers have been busy on II, and they have
used up 1000 gallons of paint. How
much they will use on the remainder of
the building where they are working may
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y unassuming little
man. of quiet de-
meanor. but OF
enormous potential
energy, is the dean.
guardian, friend.
c o uns e Tor, COM
mandant and gen.
eral overseer in
America of several
hundred young men
who are destined
to- become one Of
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their appearance. Now that the paint
has been carefully removed, IL can be
are solid sandstone. built OF massive
blocks. and finely finished, but with
chastened severity like most of the great
building. Dainty fripperies would seem
out of place In this structure. Hereafter
the great stairway will stand out as its
builders intended il should-a structure
OF massive stone
Even the sanctity of the Supreme Court
chamber has been invaded, that chamber
where precedent is so dear to the hearts
of the jurists that they hate almost to
have the venerable dust disturbed or the
ancient hangings renovated or renewed.
The furniture, indeed. is much as II was
when the first court sat. but the improv-
ers and renoyators have managed to pass
the stern guardians who watch over these
chambers. and these walls, too. have been
scraped and cleaned and the old stone
walls laid bare. Perhaps it is we'll and
proper in the estimation of the justices
that this should be done, and the false
superstructure removed, that the old.
original, honest walls of stone may be
seen again.
done in the chambers. but no great
amount, and the furniture will remain
undisturbed. 1t would seem like sacrt-
lege to touch it.
Over the old library section skylights
are to be placed in the roof. This attic
space will be utilized for the first time.
probably as a Photographic workroom
and blue print shop With so much work
going on constantly in the way of al
te-ations. repairs and new work, this is
a necessity. The Photographic work for
the superintendent office has heretofore
been done over in the building of the
coast and geodetic survey. The change
will subserve good administration.
It is estimated that this entire work
will cost about 100000. but 1t is being
distributed over a series of years. as
there was too much of II to make il feas-
ible to do 1t all at once, even if Con-
gress had been willing to devote the nee
essary amount of money in a lump sum
to that purpose. The Capitol is sup
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Kwan's father is railroad official on
the Picking and Hongkong railroad. He is
also a private student and is attending a
grammar school in Massachusetts.
An is from Canton. He has ambi-
ton to become a mechanical engineer.
He is a pupil at an academy in New
York state.
He is also from Canton. He is a neph
ew of lie late Nine. WI. wife of the for
mer minister to. Washington. He Is a pu-
pill at a technical school in Boston and is
in training to become a evil engineer.
Yang. also of Canton, is likewise study
ing to be a civil engineer. He is a private
student at the George Washington Uni
versity. but expects to go to Cornell this
fall. His father was formerly an at
tache of the legation in Washington. but
now. is in line for parliament, and in the
meantime is devoting a great deal OF his
time to collecting his own rents and cut
ting coupons.
Chang is another Canton youth, cousin
of Minister Chang. He is in prepare
tory school and is studying with view TO
becoming mechanical engineer.
Iau of Canton Is now at New York
academy. His father IS one of the mer-
chant princes of Hongkong. Lau has a
desire to become scientific agricuiturist
and grow lily bulbs by the ton. ginseng
by the carload and rice by the cargo. III
will take some coin TO keep Lau going.
Chow, of familiar cognomen. is from
Shantung. His father was formerly at.
tached to the legation in Washington and
was for a time acting minister. Like Lau,
Chow would be a scientific agriculturist.
He expects soon to leave private school
i'm this city and attend an academy in
New York.
Wong, hailing from Foochow. is in his
sophomore year at George Washington.
He will become a mechanical engineer and
has confided TO some or his frlends that
he would like to build big cannon.
IN
cized p 7. LII, is an attache OF the lega-
ton, but he belongs to the tennis club In
Chinese the family name is the first one
instead of the last one, as with us. l-u
is the son of a plantation owner at Homo
lulu His family comes from Canton, like
most of the Chinese who come to the
United States, whether they come for
work or play.
Other members of the tennis club are
an uncIe-but a young one-of J. c. kwan.
a student. His name is Kwan also. Then
there is Yuan Ko-Shuan. a legation at
tache. who comes of the. same family as
a former viceroy who was one of the
royal council, so he would be classed as
almost of royal descent, a viceroy being
q near-king.
Another young gentleman OF distin-
guished ancestry Is Chang, son of Chang
Chetung, who was viceroy of one OF
China's provinces. HUI PEEK. or. as 1t would
be called I'm English. North Lake. Young
Chang Is reputed to be a creditable stu
dent. He has not decided yet whether he
will be a builder OF railroads. warships or
chateaux d'Espagne. He has compe-
tence, and SO he may do pretty much as
he wills.
1t must not be thought that these
young men are anything like the Chinese
one may have seen on the Pacific coast
or in humble employment throughout the
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sees what is considered one of the beauty
spots OF the Capitol-the hallway whence
spring the flights Of stairs. This also is
included within the plan of restoration.
II may be remembered that when the
work Of restoration was begun some two
years ago the doorway of the old, wind
ing stairs leading to the gallery of the
long-since abandoned Hall of Repre-
sentatives was discovered, bricked up
and plastered over. The doorway was
opened and now tourists may ascend
these time-hallowed steps and wonder at
the worn treads and speculate to the
stones. Now that the work of restora-
carefully bricked up. have been discover
ed i'm the other faces of the little hex
a gonal chamber where the corridors
cross, and the fourth solid space may
conceal still another doorway. although
the outlines of II do not show I'm the
bare brickwork. II is possible that these
doorways may be opened up. With an
assistant OF the superintendent, Mr..
David Lynn, visitor was indulging in
speculations regarding what unremem-
bered mysteries might be hidden by those
closed doorways. and evolving a fabric
of romance regarding the unknown cham
bers suspected to lie dust-laden beyond
the bricked-up walls. when the super
intendent himself came past. Being ap-
pealed to. he considered a moment, and
81 think there is nothing of interest
there" remarked Mr. Woods. This
space held the cistern whence the drink
ing water for the Capitol was obtained in
the old days. / hardly think the door
ways will be reopened"
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The dominant factors In the real uplft
o. China. who are in training 10 command
the educational and Industrial as Wei
as the militant army Of the new orient
This man, whose soft-spoken English
challenges the best that Boston or cam
bridge can give enunciation 10. Is MI.
YunG Kwai. first secretary OF the Chi
nese embassy in Washington. man edu-
Gated In the best schools OF America, and
acquainted with the thought, customs and
achievements OF the occident as thor
ouSh.y as he is with the institutions of
the F1owery kingdom.
That one OF these races, still irS the
making, in country undiscovered and
unthought OF long after the time when
Monaghan dynaSties were exuitlng IN
their strength and glory. should now he
chosen as mentor and guide for race
just awakening from its long siesta seems
one OF the ironies OF fate So. however.
II is decreed. Princes OF the royal Chi
nese dynasty come hither TO study mod
ern ideas as expressed in naval and mill
tary affairs 10 consider our system OF
education 10 note how we solve the prob
lens Of agriculture, commerce. science
and political economy, and they send to
us heir most promising young men to
learn all that can teach them in our
schools and colleges.
There are now in the United States about
1000 Chinese students. OF whom a third
or more are sent by the imperial govern
ment OF China. All of these government
students have been received personally
by Mr.. Yung Kwai and assigned by him
TO the schools, academies and colleges
where they are to carry on their studies.
Just arrived. or about to land. Is Prince
Tsaf Hsun. whose arrival at San Fran
cisco September "a -aS delayed by the
quarantining Of the steamship conveying
him In Japan. He Is accompanied by
sixty-nine more Chinese youths, who are
TO be met I'm San Francisco by Mr.. Yung
kwai and assigned by him to educational
institutions.
Not the least interesting feature of the
education Of Chinese students in the
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be roughly estimated rom this state
ment.
At the present time work is being car
rfed on in the air shaft, that circular
structure in the midst OF the corridor
extending the length of the building, and
connecting the House and Senate wings.
This portion of the building is adjacent
to the Supreme Court. The air shaft
around which the visitor has to walk, is
surrounded with single row of grace
full columns. supporting low dome.
These columns. single blocks of sand
stone of perfect outline, capped with
capitals fashioned i'm imitation of to-
bacco leaves and flowers, were smoothly
iayers-fifty. the workmen averred-and
it was no light task to get 1t OFF. Now.
however, the columns stand out i'm all
their beauty. The walls. at present
barred to the rough and unsightly brick
work. will soon be succeed and bfoc'-ed
of to initiate the genuine stonework. and
in all probability the versimilitude will
be so perfect that few will be able to
tell which is the real and which the imi-
tation stone.
In the entrance on the basement floor.
near this same air shaft, where the jus
tees of the Supreme Court can, IL they
wish, take a private elevator to their
quarters above. other famed columns
designed, tradition has 1t. by Thomas JEFF
ferson-will also be restored to their orig
inal state. the paint of ages scraped OFF
and their pristine beauties allowed once
more to shine without apprehensions of
damage from the weather. These columns
are a tribute to agriculture, like those
on the floor above, but they are repre-
sensations Of maize or Indian corn, which
are cunningly wrought to form their capt.
tails, while the fluted columns might be
imagined to suggest the stalks. The
walls here also will be restored" and
Passing through the main rotunda,
which was restored two years ago, one
comes to q small rotunda. where stair
ways lead to the floor below and which
is a sort of anteroom to Statuary Hail.
Looking over the light balustrade, one
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country They are not disturbed by the
enforcement of the exclusion act. They
are not like the wearers OF cues. who Keep
the "washee-houses' and lose your linen.
or OF whom the world has read in the
verses of Bret Harte. They are little
''swells," even ''bloods." and they have
in many cases plenty of money TO spend.
One of the members of the tennis club
blows about $3.50 month, his friends
say He has real delight in picking up
ties at S3.J0 per and socks at So. and other
accessories of the wardrobe of a young
gentleman of fashion at proportionate
prices.
1--WE have a pretty good time" admitted
one of the students. who talks English
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Every one who ever entered the west
ern portals will remember the great
stairway with the massive sides of solid
stone taking the place of the ordinary
handrail or balustrade-only one would
hardly have thought that they were
stone. Like the greater part Of the rest
Of the interior. these were painted. and
they might have been brick and stucco
or concrete, for all one could tell from