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About Portland new age. (Portland, Or.) 1905-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1906)
!- 'T95W rrrm!') a hWM"1 i-,m,-gfW EWWWBWUJJ mnm'tM 'I'" ' THE NEW AGE, POETLAND, OREGON i I ST. PAUL MINN. ! ' JlBiHffBH?l!"''iBBBBlBBBBBM M aaaaMaYrffWfTky'r3Maffff" . Tlio chemist, tlio Inventor nmt the practical tliilryinnii huvo worked linnd In liiiiul tlitrltiK tlio prmt twenty yearn to linpnvo unit expand tlio ilnlry Indus try. Tlio pcmou who remembers the old-time creiiinery, nud then compares , It with the up-toilnto crenmery of to ilny, realizes how hroiid unci hoIIiI 1b rljo foiiiiilntlon iipmi which thin Industry rests Its present IiiwhIsoiihi proportions. Mixvr Beaotifol TtoJps&g ists EtijMglgstogJI - - jj.j -; tw r - - m m. .bbbbbbbbbbvi iiva alib -i .jaBam- . -u ir .k. p-s m. ,-jr- m m vr -f sw.am -'i -r"v irii i hm. --v t.-z --r IBIBMBiMtffKjWKBiySTaErwBwPiiB f $ lLLLLLLLBipvi BwpbCTmw IS 3m 1 tc i Ho mnny celebrltlos woro concerned In tho planning, erection ami adornment of tho Congressional Library, that a list of them would embrace about nil the great ones In tho world of art and architecture. With duo regard to n tery fow structures which cost more, the Library Is ranked ns tho most beau tiful public building In America, and one of tlio most iuaguincentlu tho world. From first to last, It had the most assiduous rare of Its projectors, nnd constant watchfulness made graft that practlco of diverting tho public money to private ends so notlceablo In noiiio other undertakings of similar character Impossible; so that tho money appropriated went to exactly tho uses Intended. There aro other build ings of more genera I Importance. In Washington. Tho Capitol, of course, ranks llrst, and tho Treasury and Htule, War and Nnvy buildings follow closely; but however It Is exceeded In aiieli affair as pertain to tlio business of tho government, even the Capitol cannot approach tho Library In Interior beauty. Tho Congressional Library represents mi outlay of $7,000,000. It covers an urea of threo and one-half acres, or about tho same as the ground area of the Capitol. It Is -iTOxilll) feet In di mensions and has four large Inner courts averaging I Mix 100 feet. Tho Li brary Is situated mpiarely In front of tho Capitol, ami Is separated from It J by beautiful lawns nud driveways. It covers the site of seventy residences which were bought In the Into KO's at u cost of about !f(HM),(HH). The founda tions were begun In lSSt, and the build ing was completed In 181)7. Tho struc ture Is of the Italian Itonalssniico or der of architecture, has three stories ami dome. Tho latter Is finished In black copper, with panels covered with n thick coating of gold leaf. Tho burn lug torch of Scleiuv, with which tho dome Is capped, reaches a height of 105 feet above ground. Tho only Jar ring nolo In tho whole structure U canned by tho low elevation of tho torch, as compared with the towering 1107 feet of tho statue of Armed Free dom on tho dome of the Capitol Just ucross the way. Ono Is likely to call the Library "squatty" when comparing tho two buildings, but this feeling Is lost Immediately on eutranco to the wonders of tho main stair hall. The lofty celling Is arched and groin rd so gracefully and urtlstlcally ami the general effect Is so harmonious, that tho visitor almost Invariably loses sight of tho magnificence of the ornamenta tion In admiration of tho apartment ns A whole; that Is at first, Seated on ono of tho numerous set ters, but a short tlmo ensues ere color mud decorative schemes begin to formu X late, and then tho full mugultUvuce of miw'majwtlo hall bunts upou one with dAullug effect It l powlbl that lu tho wonderful structure of Iudla the Taj Mahal, for example there are room more beautiful, now they could t so, however, the Imagination cauuot oucelv. The colutuaa, and atalrwaya, and bal stnidaa, and arch, are all wad of (Utt fmt o white warble, highly pol w5j2uIyiMHiWWwwWW Tho writer hauled milk to a cream ery when n lad. It had to be delivered twice a day; It had all to bo drawn Into deep or "shotgun" cans, and net In tanks of cold water to ralso the cream, and after twelve to twentyfour hours was taken out and stctnimcd by hand. Think of tho labor Involved! Now, tho practical physicist supplies tho centrifugal cream separator. There Is tho power separator at tho factory, and tho hand separator on tho farm. We can make a cream of any desired richness to produco tho best and rich est butter. Tho combined churn and wdrkcr Is ono of tho Krontest labor-saving devices that hns been Introduced Into dairying. It enables the butter maker to control the tempernturo of his butter during the moulting of It, first by greatly hastening the process, and secondly, by preventing exposure of tho butter to the unfavorable temperature, conditions that so commonly exist In many make-rooms, and to which It was exposed on tho old-style open worker. Poblic BoiLpiag ished and Inlaid with stones In myriad colorings. At the side rlso lofty round ed columns with elegantly carved Cor inthian capitals and the arches aro picked out In mnrble rosettes, palm leaves and foliated designs of tho most exquisite finish. The skylight Is seventy-two feet above the floor. There could be nothing rlchor or more magnificent than tho stairways, with their festoons of fruits and flow ers and the turuHsU surmounted by two great bronzo figures bearing stand ards for electric lights. Tho staircases aro also ornamented with twenty-six marble figures by Mnrtlny, representing tho art and sciences and carved In bold relief. A master of language has described this stair hall as a poem In polished stone, and It Is by all odds tho finest mnrblo Interior In America. Tho Congressional Library had Its In eoptlon in 1800, when Vongross appro priated $5,000 for It. From that small beginning, tho Library hns grown until It now contains moro than a million books. IJvery copyrighted work Is rep resented, tho law requiring tho deposit of two copies of each publication copy righted. A number of special, priceless collections aro here, Including Thomas Jefferson's library, tho Smithsonian li brary and ancient, priceless engravings almost without limit. Any Hrsoit may uso tho library, but only members of Congress, tho l'resldont, Supreme Court, and government olllclals may draw books out of It. Tho book stacks aro of Iron and rlso lu tiers nine stories to tho roof. Each stack has a capacity of 800,000 vol umes. There aro about forty-four run ning miles of shelving, and tho capac ity of tho Library when all available space Is taken up Is estimated nt 4, GOO.OOO volumes. When books aro want ed at the Capitol, they are taken through u tunnel by means of an end less chain mechanism. The exterior of tho Library Is somewhat plain, lu con trast to tho Interior. Tho visitor to Washington who does not give the Library all tho tlmo possi ble misses much. It Is the only public building In tho city which la open to visitors after nightfall, and Its deco rations appear moro charming If possi ble uuder electric light than lu day light. Tho hours aro 0 a. in. to 10 p. m. nnd so numerous are tho visitors that tho attendants aro usually busy from opening to closing time. Wll llainsport (I'a.) Grit. LONDON'S HUMOR AND FUN. Cocknvjra Hubble Over with the I.ltftat Tkla of Spree It. Mention has been made of tho gny and careless uaturo of tho Parisian, Has any ono except a true-born Lon doner ever observed tho humor and fuu which He In great masses among the people of Loudou? W. W. Jacobs In modern days has depleted some of this In special particulars. Dickens, above all writers, most faithfully portrayed many phase of It. Thackeray has dealt with It In a manner not likely to be repeated. But all three authors do not col lectively wake up the mass of London Ihuuttr. It I everywhere. It peep out Tho test Is now In constant use with alt advanced dairymen. They uso It freely as a guide for dividing the pro ceeds of tho factory, for testing tho by products with a view to reducing losses to tho minimum, for aiding In the de tection of adulterations, and for testing tho Individual cows In tho herd. It furnishes a ready menus for determin ing the per cent of fat In milk and Its products and by-products. Ileforo Its Introduction tho farmer had to churn the cream from tho milk of each cow to determine her true valuo for dairy purpose, and the manufacturer of dairy products groped largely In tho dark as regarded the milk and cream he handled, and guessed at the losses In by-products. Tho physicist supplied tho lactometer for determining tho spe cific gravity of milk, and this acted as a companion to tho test to enable tho dairyman to readily determine tho solids of milk, and to detect tho nature and extent of adulterations. Tho acid Imeter, or "nlknll test," Is most vnlu- ra America with drivers of public vehicles who use their horses as friends from whom to draw Inspiration for their sallies of humor, and ono wonders what will be come of nil this wIipii tho horseless vohlcln Is tho mil versa I modo of vehic ular traction. Surely the mnn who turns a hamllo Is not tho samo ns tho man who holds tho reins and can not got out of electricity and petroleum what has been got out of the pulsations of ltorsea. It comes to us from-tho railway por ters and servants who keep at bay the troublesomo multitude by deftly turn ing Into broad farco events which begin seriously. It comes, too, from hotel and restaurant waiters, who see enough of tho grim humors of llfo to become an almost endle source of In spiration, nut It Is also apparent on THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. gHha I-A';w1 - v v j 'j ilEBfc!&m aBaiBgHktoyilbirS "V ' Air ' -HAgarTvCrsav9Lv gMrLaTT?XXlt4aVg& aiU 4jgWTO AkaMllfifliiiH9 RKW-'AaWvYiK iVV;"Af L w?-V; fH- 3LUnaAAAVAAAAV TIB I "nK'Asl sk'aW-aWri.--' "9AVf '7!ci5BAaBAKz3aflaisl.'9BiW AAABHAHBvp; VAHk. JAATT'ISbmABhbSIAAw AAVAAATIssKlBiTOAStffaAH ssu TsgggSft algggggglggggHggflgWIIIK WLPaHaHIIHaIiHb LHHIIIIIH AaiiiiAaiiiiiHAaiAaiiAaAaflAaitiflsAaiii iSCjCBlBs&tS gesgpa'sggggSgggaLr ' ggPLiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBlssU-aiC?lAVvAaiiiiiiViAai AAABpBT!lt rygJ'wStSlAMAAAWiiBtiAlLABiSMj TAAVrKtSBSBAhjaAJa'Sl m i j!T s 'VUlAABlAAAAMaBMiAAABHAIAtAAVI It Is now seveuteen years since the great Johnstown flood occurred, a dis aster that will never bo forgotteu lu history on account of Its rapidity, Its horrors and tho great loss of life. Johustown lies In a narrow valley at the foot of the Allegheny Moun tains, between Concmnugh Itlver and Stony Creek, with a precipitous hill on one side nnd a gentle slope on the other. In 1880 It had a population of ao.000 souls, and was the busy, thriving principal point between Philadelphia uiul Pittsburg. For a week previous to the tragic day of the downfall there had been heavy rains, and tho mountain streams were muddy and full. The whole face of nature back of tho town presented a chnuge to Its usual asjieot. and May 81 tho waters bulked where South Fork Lake and tho dam con nected, and, tearing away the stone coping, gave the first token of danger. Three horsemen started wildly down the valley to arouae the people and tell them of Impending peril. Half a down houses wer swept away, and theu the flood burst wpon Johnstown.. Hotels, gaa and water plants, bauks, residence, were all swallowed up by the devastating flood. lu oue borough, out of 000 bouse only 180 wer left standing: The losa In money value was many millions; the lose of life over 3,000, When the flood waa past, a terrible cho of wreckage dotted the valley to Ita furthest extent Charity and enterprise, however, soon evolved the be ginning of a risen city from the old, and oa Mcdy, June 3, 1880, Jeteatowa began Ita flrst nw building. ablo In processes of cheese-mnklng and In tho ripening of cream for butter making. Then there Js tho culture or "starter," to aid In controlling tho flavor of milk In cheese-making, the use of tho pasteurizer, tho "fermenta tion test," and other aids In export dairying. Tho pasteurizer controls tho heating of the milk or cream to a suffi ciently high tempcraturo to kill practi cally all tho germ' llfo pre'scnt In It. Afterwards the cream Is seeded with desirable forms of germ life, to take control of It, and through their growth and development produce tho required flavor In tho crenm and Its product. All these Improvements linvo led to real and substantial advancement In dairying during recent years, and the Industry Is constantly reaching a high ly scientific basis. Wo aro learning more and moro tho "reason why" of things, nud consequently learning how to do our work better nud more Intel ligently, and how to advance It. tho surface. Itutcher boy and baker boy anil shop boy nro full of It. They carry their goods along In hnppy Ignor ance of tho sport they give to those who cnu note tho humorous lu life. And the costermonger nud Itinerant dealer, to bo met with almost everywhere, are special products of London who cnu not fall to attract. Ono does not qulto meet tho counter parts of these pcopln lu Paris. Those who take their place are not ho dis tinctive and partake more of tho char acteristics of the average Parisian They coiid out, therefore, to the ob server only what the average Parisian sends out, nud do not Aland apart ns types of what tho city can do In the way of carrying on tin. humors of the time. Some day, perhaps, thero will arise a greater humorist In Iondon who will penetrate what Imilon pro duces lu this respect, and when this shall happen Loudon will appear a happier and more genial place than Is commonly mipR)ed. Cornlilll Maga zine. An Impreaaloiit "Do you like Chaucer)" asked the bookish young man. "I hnvo only glanced through his works," answered Mrs. Ciimrox. "He was one of the original spelling reform ers, wasn't he?" Washington Stnr. These people with a great deal of assurance are quite often right, much as wo dislike them. Alfred J. Krank (Succesiior to BCIINBU, & KltANK.) DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP BARBERS' FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES FINE CUTLERY RAZOR WORK A SPECIALTY. 142 B. Sixth St., Opp. Ryan Hotel. St. Paul, Minnesota Aguilas and Seal of Minnesota Cigars ARE SOLD ON ALL TRAINS Kubles At Stock Co. MAKERS ST. PAUL - - MINNESOTA EL FIRMA and DUKE OF PARMA CIGARS You Will Like Them HART & MURPHY, Makers ST. PAUL KnUbllnllcd 1M2 IncnriHirstollOuO GRIGGS, COOPER & GO. Manufacturers, Importers and Wholesale Grocero 242-264 East Third Street ST. PAUL MINN. A l OMAHA NFRDAWA ! $ "THE ONLY WAY" Have your Baacaae checked from hotel and Residences over any railroad to any place in United States by Omaha Transfer Co. Office 208 So. 14th St. When Comin intoTOmaha five your checks to our uniformed agents on trains or at depot and New cabs to all parts or city. MlfUfMPADM K MINN ! NORTH STAR WOOLEN MILL CO. Manufacturers ol Blankets, Flannels and Blanketings Minneapolis, Minn. . lUCKDAUL C, A, llACXOAIIX. A. Backdahl & Co. DRUaOISTH. Opposite Milwaukee Depot. Psetcriptlons are fully compounded. 513 Washington ave nue South. ' Allnnasipollss. Minnesota Wmmr CYGNIJS $3.50 SHOE Manufactured by North Star Shoe Co. MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS OMNIBUS AND MATTISON & 237 Hnncpin Ave. MINNEAPOLIS, ! LIVINGSTON : UNION MEAT MARKET, A. O.HASELBt, Proif CHOICEST AND IT illS Game ami Fish In Season. Livingston, Montana. F. B. TOLHURST Taxidermist for the Tourist OPPOSITE DEPOT, Livingston, Montana. GEO.W.HUSTED Prescriptions, Drugs, Patent Medicines, Ci gars, Toilet Articles, Finest Soda Fountain on the N. P. Railway. Opposite the Depot This card intltlci you to a lrli throtiah (ho Knilonnl 1'nrk, pruvltllnioou jxttru iiIjio "THE SOLO" And can mnko rnitlufnctory arrangement! with tho traimisirtatlon cuiiiinntci. The only Hrtt-cUst place of the kind In Livingston. Bottle Goodi a specialty FRANK BUSS, Proprietor 117 W. Park St. LIVINGSTON, Mont. I A I AM AH A iMPRDACKA ! receive cheapest and best service r . COUNCIL BLUFFS j S. T. 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