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Show ; 0FTUI5LIC MEN. a Distinctive Interest 'At-iing 'At-iing to It-Delegate , Caine's Residence, g'S SFBINGEIELD HOUSE. rfj Mansion in Washington McMillia's Home in Tennessee, - IK residence of Mr. John T. iho Mormon delegate Mfonirress, lias the distinction f ijpjnjj Iho lirst modern lim, erected in Salt Luke ;1V The Latter-day Saints iii only lifen loealeif in Utah H. years when Mr. Caino llie plains and joined :m, years later, in 1871, ho nioiiecr in ' tlio iniprovo-' iniprovo-' the dwellings of the ,1, were then nothing 'j adobe huts. Ho vent . noiv known as the East elevated piece of taoieianu ! in the center of the city, but a distance out. lt would be difficult Sft' jeir to Bay when he appeared in the house of representatives Q of .some kind in his buttonhole Ha would scarcely be recognized withoutit i l!verfondf them; and flowering shrubs and vines cover the pill J3 ornament the front of his porch. e Tfl-Tvbedainthftlawi front also furnish him a variety from which to choose for his daily adornment 1 B Tih, Pl,dnly but comfortably furmshed. A large double parlor is on the right of the wide entrance hall and a receptaon room on the left. Mr. Sprine er s sleeping room overlooks his Wove and has a good view of the famous Lincoln Lin-coln monument. Senator James L. Pugh, of Alabama, lives m a house plain and unpretentious in its exterior and without any ornat-decoration ornat-decoration to distinguish it particularly from its neighbors. It is situated in u comparatively newly developed section of the city of Washington, and was built Tir? threo years tt- His W 1'owe at Eufaula, Ala., has been occupied by tenants during the ten years Mr. PU"h has served in the senate, and what was a fine.southern mansion, surrounded bv awide colonnade, is now almost in ruins. His R street house has no grounds connected con-nected with it. The severity of its front is relieved by a bay projection running through two of its three stories, and its only ornamentation is the colored glass in the upper parts of the windows. It is very comfortable inside and quite .large enough for the accommodation of the senator and Mrs. Pugh and their occasional guests. Their children have all grown up and mado homes of their own in Alabama. The reception room is on the right of the entrance hall, and separated from it by folding doors is the senator's library, whore he spends most of his time. There is nothing gaudy about the furnishings of the interior, everything being handsome but plain. At the end of Main street, in the little Tennessee town of Carthage, just as it begins to slope down towards the Cumberland Cum-berland river, is a long woodon fence. Inside the fence are a number of maple UEXCK OF BKUCOATE OA1NK. erected the handsome struct-rbhenow struct-rbhenow lives, and topped it rrf mansard roof seen in Utah. aent, wliich is entirely above i of rock, surmounted by a ie water line. The upper por-adobe por-adobe covered with plastered e advantage of the adobe being less house wonderfrdly cool r and warm in winter. The i as though it was niansarded . bnt it is not. It is covered pies, each one of which .was (1 shaped by hand. They were a friend of Mr. Caine, and alley al-ley have been doing duty ; for ears not one has had to "be re-I re-I all are apparently as good as ensive grounds in which ' the lii are filled with flowering 1 pearh trees, which were im-. m the east, and it is a remark-" hat the latter, although plant-un plant-un a quarter of a century ago, fcetring fruit in quantity, and j gwd as when they fiTSt ma-" ie aterage life of a peach tree i Knot more than six or seven etakes a great persona, inter-i inter-i garden, and was one of the sport into the territory the its of the east, such as straw-Meeberries straw-Meeberries and raspberries. ; contains eleven rooms, and a view, on account of the ex-mess ex-mess of the atmosphere, of t miles in all directions. On are the Wasatch mountains, I Dougliss, a military station, '"st, at a distance of - about lies tho great Salt lake inds, and a good view can be ;conntry "across the Jordan," "I the further side of the river 'Wets the fresh water Utah Salt lake. - SENATOR PUGH'S WASHINGTON ABODE. trees and great tall roso. bushes, almost trees in themselves. In the midst of this mass of foliage, but almost hidden from view, is the home of Representative Benton Ben-ton McMillin. A prettier home it would be hard to find. The grass plot in front is filled with flowering shrubs, and tho rose bush seen iu the picture rises above the two storied veranda and then droops down, covering tho whole front of the place with a wealth of ruddy color. Tba house, which is of brick, stands on a knoll, and tho Cumberland river flows by the lower slope of the grounds. At the north end of the house is a portico overgrown vrith clematis vines bearing giaut flowers seven and eight mcnes across. This portico is continued around the rear and a t the north end is a conservatory. conser-vatory. Old fashioned tall double windows win-dows light the houe and a wide hall on the lower and upper floors affords free circulation forthoair. Trees so thoroughly thorough-ly surround the place that the sun has but littlo effect even in tho hot days of summer. Tho view from the upper windows of the river bluffs on tho Cumberland Cum-berland is superb. In tho middle of the river is an island which is owned by Mr. McMillin and his cousin. It is cultivated as a farm of 175 acres, and on the south side there is an original canebrake. somewhat of a rarity iu these utilitarian days ' in Tennessee. The canes grow RBPKBSENTATIVE M'MILUll'S HOME. from eighteen to twenty feet high and so thickly that the daylight never pierces their hidden depths. They make good tishing poles, and Mr. McMillin and his friends furnish themselves with new rods from this inexhaustible supply each time they go fishing. . Henry E. Eland. fflKEJfTATIVE SPRINGER LIVES. mehas family of ten living mm and four daughters, J latter being with him in mile from the Illinois state Pnngfleia, on a piece of rising poking the city, stands the 'Representative William The approach to it is along fflue, a fine street paved with ssand lined with handsome r- Springer's residence stands ; dred feet from the road, a shaded by tall old trees the house. It is called I Stands in its own grounds acres in extent. With the "M smooth lawns in front . grounds are in grove. vegetable garden in the that has been abandoned hi for mors trees. Conse- "Mv Pnn?er haS n0W a sma11 elms, hickory, ash and ttew are very large, having when Mr. Springer took jfy-five years ago. Grav-, Grav-, JT Pathways wind in and l- f tris, sometimes cir-re cir-re iTftt0( bnt generally c"lestinatioD, Hosts of mado their homes in this iid they are never dit- ,a Pretty Uttle frame coun-porch coun-porch and gables. It il sood of the tm" SIlrroiiding " Spring- stained from the veranda, springer's favorite resting iih end of the Prch is "Sm t!liclc taigl f vine3 effftual shade from the j. ngsun. Everybody Who '"nnger wiU -mderstand a 8 vegetalile garden : . tu and overgrown with .den is .ot only ,uowed -"itt most carefully attend- |