Gold Hill news., September 02, 1911, Image 7

T he C a p it o l a
W hite -W llled C ity
PW ARD of «0,000 people an of structural Iron and steel In the
Dually »lull the Capitol build- great dome.
There are two public restaurants In
lug In our national capital
city.
T h e / »«e the rotun­ the walled city, aud back of each of
da, the marble room, the them la a private restaurant fur sen­
prealilent'a room, etatuary hall, ators
the and representatives.
At either end of the walled city
hall of the house of representative«,
and the senate chamber; but there are there are splendid bathrooms, but
wonders and beauties within
that these are not for the use of the em­
ployes of the house of representatives,
building that visitors never see.
In aud by Itself, the oapltol Is real­ nor of the senate, but for the states­
•
ly a wonderful white walled city. It men.
The senate library la one of the
la a city under an Immense roof, sur­
mounted by a marvelous dome; a city moat complete to be found In any city,
containing a permanent population; a and the library of the house of repre­
city having all of the comforts and sentatives Is also an excellent one.
Thousands of people use the thor­
conveniences that are to be found In
any populous modern city. Facts con­ oughfares of the walled city, and yet
cerning this wonderland were recently they are always splck-and span clean.
disclosed by one of the veteran real Thousands of ladles anually visit the
dents of that walled city to one who capitol, and all of them marvel at the
had long Imagined thut he knew the magnificent housekeeping manifested
In the cleanliness of those spacious
capitol fairly well.
In this whltewalled city there are corridors The superintendent and the
two excellent restaurant«; two halls sergeanta-at arms manage their forces
for the greateet debating societies In so quietly, unobtrusively and efficient­
the United States; two post offices; ly that results are produced, and of
five barber shops; seven telegraph course popularity Is a necessary se­
offices; a labyrinth of local and long quel to those results
In addition to the public telegraph
distance telephone connections; five
offices In the walled city, there are
perfectly appointed • sanitary
bath
rooms; two stationary and docu­ other telegraph offices In the press
ment rooms; two complete libra­ galleries for Its use of the scores of
bustlers for news who send by wire
ries; a great storeroom containing all
throughout the length and bregdtb of
sorts of machinery appliances; a
this great country, falthtul pen pic­
blacksmith shop; a machine shop, a
tures of the doings and sayings of the
carpenter shop; a big paint shop;
men who make affairs for the nation.
a perfect cabinet maker's shop, where
In thia walled city there are 398 rep-
alt sorts of furniture Is made and re­
I resentatlves, delegates and commie
paired; a large plumbing shop with
i «loners; and there are 92 senators; a
an army of plumbers, all of tb*m buey
total of 490 statesmen with salaries of
and well paid; two splendid modern
17,500 each Their united total salaries
sanitary kitchens for the restaurants;
amount to |3 .675,000.
s tool room that la a model aud a mar­
There are 398 private secretaries re­
vel; superior cooks, and corps of sal­
ceiving salaries of 31,500 each, with a
aried waiters that are unexcelled In
total Income of 3597,000. Then there
any city; an underground connection
are 92 secretaries and committee
with the great library of congress,
clerks, receiving an average of 32,000
whereby all of the books In that per­
each, making a total income of 313«,-
fect storehouse of knowledge and
learning are placed at the Instant dis­ 000
Then there are carpenters, black­
posal of the great men and small men
smiths, plumbers, cabinet makers,
who people this wonderful white-
watchmen, policemen, and
every
walled city beneath the dome and
other class of men to be found In any
roofs of the capitol.
city, and their Incomes vary as do
When you "consider the lilies of the
the Incomes of your neighbors.
field" and study their miraculous beau­
The total working population of the
ty with a microscope, and realise
walled city Is about 1,500; and with
"chat Solomon, In all hie glory, was not
an average of five to a family, the
arrayed like one of these;" you may
working men of the walled city repre­
also consider the wouderful walls
of the ground floor of the senate wing sent a total population of 7,500.
This la the only city In America
of the capitol, and realise that Solo­
that controls Its own atmosphere. In
mon's temple was not beautified as
winter time the white-walled city Is
are these walls. Kvery Inch of them,
kept comfortably warm by having
every pinpoint, glisten«, glitters and
fresh air constantly pumped over colls
glimmers with the genius of the brush
of heated pipes. In summer the air la
of the great Brumldl; In some re­
pumped Into the walled cRy over
spects the greatest designer, decora­
tor. fresco srtlst and portrait painter many tons of Ice.
The superintendent of the capitol Is
In the world; and yet, a man of whom
able to raise or lower the temperature
you may have never heard.
and keep It at any desired degree.
W ell, the walls of this walled and
He Is able to distill water In any quan­
roofed magical city were decorated by
tities. He can furnish any amount of
a man more than fifty years of whose
electricity that may be required at
life history may be stated In less than
any hour of the day or night and at
-fifty words. He was born In Italy, was
educated In art and stood st the bead all seasons of the year.
There Is no library In any city of
of his classes. He became a revolu­
this country which contains such mar­
tionary soldier, was ultimately defeat­
velous collections as are to be found
ed. captured. Imprisoned and banished
In the document room of the senate,
from Italy, when fifty years old. Then,
and In the senate library, two Impor­
after more than twenty years of a
tant Institutions which are located on
stormy life, ho catne to America and
the gallery floor, and In contiguous
timidly took up the brush to see If with
rooms. Here may be seen copies of
It he could earn a living Very soon
substantially every public document
he demonstrated that he was still at
Issued, from the formation of the gov­
the head of his class, the best fresco
ernment; all committee reports, fa­
artist In the world.
vorable and adverse, on all bills and
Now for the reason that you never
resolutions. These documents contain
heard of this remarkable man. As
the minutiae of the history of our
soon as his superior merit had been
demonstrated, he had alluring offers country.
The tool room contains every kind
to go to large cities and make for him­
self fame and fortune. Ho declined of tool that can ever be required for
every offer and he spurned every al the manufacture and repair of any
lurement. Constantino Brumldl became part of the capitol or any of Its fur­
in Intensely patriotic American citi­ niture. It Is claimed that this Is the
best tool room maintained In any city
zen. His dally prayers were an
iwered. He lived to work for 27 years, In the land.
There Is an official photographer
ind he made the capitol of his adopt­
ed country the most beautifully dec­ with a perfectly equipped studio. The
photographer has negatives of pic­
orated capitol In the world.
This wonderfully walled city la the tures of all of the most Important
beat place In the world for art stu- parts of the capitol.
In the senate carpenter and cabinet
lents to visit, to spend their time and
shop, they not only repair chairs and
Jevelop their talents
You should see the length of the other furniture, but they make chairs
•apltol, and then study Its strength. and desks and whatever kind of furni­
Stand on the ground floor at either ture may be desired.
In the stationery rooms of the
¡he north or the south end of the
building, and look all the way to the white-walled city may be obtained
itber end, a distance of 751, feet. everything that can be found In any
Then walk to the center of the build­ stationery store In any city, and
ing where there Is a white star In the everything Is of the very best, and at
loor, and you w ill be In the crypt be- reasonable prices.
Taken In Its entirety, the capitol of
teath the rotunda. I-ook around you
tt the massive pillars and the arches, our country Is a complete municipal­
ind realize their strength. These ity; Indeed, a veritable white-walled
U
HAVE NOT enough to
People
Like the
do carriz
Inhabitants of PIV
ealrn Island Really Deserve the
Sym pathy of Others.
passes away
' lrT,0U—
•h e Realized a Fortune Prom
Selling Hatchets,
M aven worth, Kan.—Carrie Nation,
W hile most people are eorry for
the Kansas saloon smasher, who re­
those who have too much to do, for
cently died here, was born In Ken­
niy part I reserve my sympathy for
tucky In 18<6. Her maiden name was
those who have too little to do. They
Carrie Moore and as a girl. It Is raid,
seem to me to have scarcely a fair
she was absolutely fearless. In her
chance In the world. Their natures
early life she married a man addicted
are not properly taxed and tested,
to Intoxicants, which created In her
trained and developed. They are sure
an Intense aversion to the saloon.
not to grow up to be among those who
When he died she determined to de­
are great, wise, g<»(d and famuua In
vote her life to the suppression of the
the world. Now they are glad that
liquor traffic. letter she moved to
they are free from the ordinary cares
and activities of life
In the future
they will be sorry. Indeed, It may
help to kill them.
A traveler, who visited the Pitcairn
Islanders In their lonely Pacific home,
where they led a life • ( absolute Idle
ness, found some of them dying of old
age when only 50 or 60 years of age—
a time of life when those who lead a
busy existence are In tbelr prime
They had too little to do. The rough
fibre of life, for Its due adjustment,
needs a certain amount of work and
worry.
Two strangers met one dsy at a
country village, where both had come
In search of rest. One was a news-
paper man, the other a physician. In
the morning, the newspaper man lay
lastly on the grass, picking buttercups
and daisies and looking at the blue
sky. He did this for an hour, while
the physician watched him. Medical
men have a trick of watching their
fellow-creatures. We are open books
for them to read.
Mrs. C arrie Nation.
"You seem, air," said the physician,
"to be rather fond of lying on the Kansas and married David Nation,
grass and picking daisies."
I who sympathized with her temperance
"I have s passion for It," was the principles.
answer. "I should llko to spend my
During her career Mrs. Nation
life lying here, picking daisies."
wrecked hundreds of saloons, using a
"And yet," was the rejoinder, "I hatchet, which became as well known
have an Idea that you are a man who as she. 8he was absolutely without
leads a pretty active life— that you fear. Invading saloons, demolishing
take a good deal of mterest In other mirrors and furniture and
matters besides the picking of dais- bartenders and proprietors without re­
gard for ber own safety. She had
lea."
"Yes, I work a great deal more than many narrow escapes from Injury and
I like, and I should be glad to quit was roughly bandied on several occa-
and would choose to rest here on my elone.
So great Is the extent of her fame
back forever, w ith nothing In the
that down In the heart of the Pana­
world to do.”
"Do you know, s|r, what woujd be manian wilderness, there Is a wayside
native saloon, with the rough sign
the result of that?"
conspicuously displayed:
• W ell, what would It b e r
"All Nations Welcome Except Car­
" It would probably be an attack of
paralysis To stop work would prob­
ably end your existence."
Often people have too little to do In
early life. They have seasons of much
holiday and glorious leisure. Then
comes the long stretch of life, with
hard work; and they too late regret,
now when they have too much to do,
that they did not take advantage of
the time when they bad too l!*tle to
do.
r ie !"
H istoric R egalia
«E ngland ' s R ulers
zy
rotvr#
ilH E old Tower of London holds
the regalia of England. You
may see there the stones which
have given cause for endless
Intrigues and strife set In new
gowns. So the fame and glory of older
civilisations, old before ours began,
are renewed to lend luster to our em­
pire of today. These genie and
grandeur are all symbols of the ever-
shifting aspect of all human power—
gone today, to be found tomorrow, and
again to fade and appear over and
over again In everaltered form.
The men of western countries leave
the wearing of Jewels to women, but
It Is not so In the east, where, espe­
cially In India, the princes vie with
one another In the magnificence of the
Jewels worn In turban, necklace, belt
and sword hilt and sword scabbard,
says a w riter In the Youth's Compan-
T
Carrie Nation regarded herself aa a
woman with a mission. She declared
that hers was the right band of God
«nA that she had been commissioned
to destroy the rum traffic In the
United States. The emblem of her
mission was a hatchet, and her cam­
paign against the saloon was country
wide.
She suffered Imprisonment,'
abuse, ridicule, was even called In­
sane, and at the end of nine years re­
tired with money enough to enable
her to buy a farm In Arkansas. A
Decline of the Boatavfaln.
good deal of her money was derived
The rumored disestablishment ot from the sale of souvenir hatchets
boastwalns, as an anachronism dating
and the remainder from lecturea
from the days of sail, Is no more like­
ly to come to pass than the extermina­
tion of the carpenters as a survival of HISTORIC OLD FORT SNELLING
the wooden age. But the former class
„
__ flash from their state dress.
knows how ancient may have
have little enough share In the gen­ M an W h o se N a m e F o rtific a tio n R ears
W as F ath er of Mlnnesota'e Flret
eral Improvement of service condi­
been the fondness for gems In Asia
W h ite Child.
tions. W'bat was said In Truth the
and India, but the prehistoric man can
other day as to the gunners getting all
„
have had but little use for them, for
Bt. Paul, Minn — F e b ru a ry 10. 181»,'
cou,d not apprec|B(e their beauty
the plums out of the pudding Is partic­
ularly borne out by one grievance un­ Lieut. Col. Henry Leavenworth then where richness of color could only be
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der which
the _______
bo'auns labor. In 1891 * In command of the Fifth U. 8. In- got by cutting with Instruments of
tbere were nearly «00 boatswains and fantry was ordered to proceed with which he was Ignorant. There must
a like number of gunners. The reapec- j his regiment, 98 officers and men, to always have been «some stones which
live proportion of chiefs and w arran ts, the mouth' of Bt. Peter's river and without artificial preparation showed
were about equal. Today there are J erect a fo rt The regiment arrived fine coloring. Of these the chief seem
163. Including 13 lieutenants and 37 September 3. 1819. and preparation« to have been the turquoise, the ear-
warrants; while there are 890 gun­ were made to build the fo r t hut the nellan and palls lazuli.
ners, Including 36 lieutenants and 78 work was not actually commenced
In the most ancient of the Egyptian
warrants. The expansion of the lat­ until August, 1830, when Col. Joelah sepulchers we find the mummies of
ter branch Is a natural and necessary Snelling, of the Fifth, arrived.
the dead kings and queens and of the
The corner stone was laid and In great ones of the nation wearing these
corollary of the growth of the fleet,
but It Is equally true that the shrink­ October. 1823, the ’ roops moved Into simple stones with the gold beads,
age of the former class Is unnatural the log fort which Col. Mavenworth plates, chains and rings, which have
had named Fort St. Anthony, but in the|r vaiue today as of old. One would
and unnecessary—London Truth.
182« upon the recommendation of Gen. Imagine that with a people so full of
learning and of such wondrous civili­
Botanists In A larm .
sation other colored crystals to be
No little alarm
Is being felt
found not far from the N ile would
among botanists at present at the
have had their place. But beyond the
rapid disappearance of the wild flow­
occasional discovery of an emerald, the
ers of the Hawaiian Islands. The flow­
evidence tends to show that the beau­
ties of Pharaoh's court had little but
ers are beautiful beyond description,
but many of them have become ex­
gems which In our eyes have compara­
tinct already.
Some of them have
tively small value.
very strange properties or habits.
Jewelry In the Bronze Age.
For Instance, the flower of the Hau
Our ancestors In Europe had, In
tree lasts but a single day, opening
the bronze age, at least, to be content
with enamels. The knowledge of the
at sunrise and closing at sunset. The
of glass probably came to them
Koall-Awahu
Is another beautiful
flower and It changes from purple to
from lighting fires on sands and rocks
pink during the day. Some of these
that could be melted with heat. Then
flowers, such as the Poolanne, bloom
the red colors always visible where
only tn April and May, but the great­
Iron exists must have given the first
er number seem to bloom nearly the
hint how to mix this red tint with the
Old Round Tower.
entire year. Some of the vines are
vitreous glaze. From the employment
very prolific, one of them spreads
of red from Iron ores and springs they
Wlnfleld
Scott
Its
title
was
changed
over an entire acre of ground. One
advanced to use the green of copper
to
Port
Snelling.
In
1830
stone
build­
curious plant Is a fly catcher, and still
In the same way and boxes and plaques
another lures unsuspecting Insects ings were erected for a four company of enamel of these colors took their
to destruction by a peculiar odor and post, a stone hospital was begun and place on shield ar.d casque, breastplate
some preliminary work done on a and brooch. Then both for bronze and
light.
stone wall
surrounding the fort. tin and gold and for colored glass
These Improvements were not com­ used In beads and for amber the traffic
pleted until 18«9. Col. Snelling’s child
No Fear.
grew with the east.
Robert W . Chambers has, as a nov was the first white child born in Min­
I have seen the mixed colored glass
ellst, a fertility that Is only exceeded nesota.
beads of Carthage dug up on highland
The stockade which bounded the moors. These were often regarded as
by his brilliance.
At the Century club, in New York camp of the 1.600 Indians captured at charms by the peasantry and kept as
the other day one of those elderly Camp Release, who were not adjudged possessing properties that might cure
bores who are the bane of all clubs guilty of any crime that would war­ disease, for none knew whence they
drew hts chair up to Mr. Chambers’ rant death or long imprisonment, was came and they were superstltlously
located Just under the guns of Port regarded, as were also any balls of
and said genially:
"Chambers, you are w riting at the Snelling on the Minnesota river bot­ white or red agate from old regalia
rate of two and sometimes three nov­ tom. This was their place of confine­ of church worship.
Pearls are so short lived that we
els every year, to say nothing of your ment during the winter of 1862 and
cannot know when they were first
annual sheaf of short stories. Aren't 1863.
Used T hat they were much admired
you afraid that a time will come when
Crow Whips Blaeksnake.
by our European and Asiatic forefath-
you w ill have written yourself out 7”
Bangor,
Pa.—
In
a
remarkable
b
a
t-!
erg lg certaln from the ancient scrip-
"My dear sir," Mr. Chambers re­
plied, "I have no such fear. Just look tie between a crow and a blaeksnake tureg which show them In use. They.
___ case.
___ t You have bean at the Hazel sandpit, at Mount B ethel,1 w|th araber and with crystal, are prob-
at your own
talking for more than sixty years, and (the bird vanquished the reptile. The ab|y tbe oldest ornaments worn.
yet you haven’t talked youraelf out. crow evaded
■‘ * J “ the
“ ‘ fangs of the snake
*“
The emeralds of China and India are
the composition of rubles, a fact knows
only to modern students of chemistry.
Diadems Ancient and Modern.
But In the east also the plain gold
circlet was long retained and th«
change made to Imply power is sees
sometimes In a duplication or tri p lic a
tlon of the diadem or circlet. Thu*
the papal tiara and the crown ol
Theodore ot Abyssinia, now at South
Kensington, are examples of the rale
Ing of the height by repetition of the
lower design. The early spikes or ray*
became changed to flowers, the Illy be
Ing the usual model.
There was a new crown made fot
Queen Victoria, and In this, which I*
a perfect constellation ot Jewels, th*
four arches to close the dome of the
crown nfeet to support In the centel
the Jeweled orb, and above that again,
an equal armed cross, each arm like s
battle axe, placed back to back. Th*
cap of violet velvet within Is copied
from a crown of Henry V III.
The great Kohlnoor diamond, th*
chief ornament of the crown, was pari
of the treasure taken at Lahore, la
India. When It still graced the natlv*
sovereign's collection of gems It used
to be shown with other Jewels al
great assemblies or durbars.
The great ruby of the kingdom 0«
Bohemia, captured by the Black Prince
at Aglncourt, is a wondrous stone.
The regalia of crown Jewels of Eng
land, which may be seen tn the towel
of London, where thousands of Am eri
cans have viewed them, are as fol
lows:
St. Edward's crown, made after th*
pattern of that crown broken up and
sold during the civil war, although
far more richly embellished; the new
state crown made foe the coronation ol
Queen Victoria; the prince of WaleF
crown, the queen consort's crown, th*
queen's diadem, a circlet of gold mad*
for the coronation ot Mary d’Este; con
sort ot James II., St. Edward's staff ol
beaten gold, the royal scepter, a seep
ter with the cross, the rod of equity,
or scepter with the dove, the queen'i
scepter with the cross, the queen'i
Ivory sceilter made for Mary d'Esta
an ancient scepter made for Quees
Mary, consort of W illiam of Orang*
( III. ot Great B ritain), the orb, th*
: queen's orb. the Koh-I-Noor diamond,
i the sword of Justice, the armulee oi
coronation bracelets, the royal spurs
the ampulla for the holy oil, the gold
coronation spoon— the only piece ot
the ancient regalia remaining;
th«
golden salt cellar, the baptismal font
and the sliver fountain presented t«
Charles II. by Plymouth town.
8 ta te Jewels In 1649.
“One would think that as the klng’i
treasury was so nobly furnished som*
of the largest and finest Jewels would
have graced the principal regalia." 8«
wrote a gentleman after he had count
ed up the great treasure In Jewels and
plate which was sent over to Holland
“privately, by the king's special wap
rant to the duke of Buckingham." Thi*
was In the reign of Charles I. and yel
In 16«9, when the trustees of parlla,
ment had got possession of the Jewell
from the upper Jewel house In th*
tower It was found that the crown had
no great value.
The Imperial crown and other re
gal I a of the realm at the time ol
Charles I. were valued at only 2,00«
pounds.
In another account, written In 1625,
the king’s Jewel office was said to con
tain an Immense quantity of Jewela
gold plate of divers forms, such a*
feathers, flowers, collars composed ol
diamonds, rubles, sapphires, etc. Ther*
were also basins and ewers, "boll«,'
lars and dishes.