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Show llio Ureal I. hrftri of tho United Males. When It Is considered that the largest larg-est i lifting publlo library, that of Iho French govunmentat Paris, contalna as yet but .,',100,000 volumes, and that unilo space cxltla lu tboidiflcu now rising onCoiltol Hill fur storing more than twlcu that nurubir, It will bo perceived per-ceived that tho wants of thu futurn are well eared for. While nearly every government edllIcoupears to bavu bion built only for a generation and Its uses huvo long overgrown its limits, this one, through the lar-alghl-edllberolltyot Congress, will provide room for tho nation's hooka for nearly tviocenturlis to come. Tho ultimate cost la limited tnalx millions of dollars, a sum somewhat less than halt llin cost of tho Ca ltd or of thu laryo building uncled for tho accommodation or tho Btute. War and Navy departments. Tliolllurj building co els very nearly near-ly tho same apacuna each ol theeugoA-eminent theeugoA-eminent bulldlnga (about tbrro ncrrs), aud Is constructed of roll 1 griule, with Iron, brick and maihlo Interior, Its ample Interior court and numerous numer-ous windows will render It lhu best lighted and best venlllated library if largo proiortlous yet erected. SSSSsmm |