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Show pleted in 1S07, said to be the most perfectly adapted for the convenient use and storage of books of any large library in the world, likewise the largest, larg-est, costliest and safest. It consists of three stories, a base inent and a dome, rovers almost three and one-half acres and has a total Moor space of about eight acres. You t'an better grasp the magnitude of Ibis building, when 1 tell you that It contains 22,000,000 brick, to say nothing noth-ing of the other materials, and has l!i),200 shelves with a total length of about forty miles. It now houses considerably more than one million books and pamph-' lets, which is the largest single collection collec-tion on the western hemisphere. Its estimated total capacity is about 1,-000.800 1,-000.800 publications. Its more than 2,000 windows render it the best lighted light-ed library in the world. The colorings of the reading room are soft, quiet, rich and warm, being conducive to the greatest comfort. The walls carry many helpful and inspiring in-spiring inscriptions. Its conspicuous beauty or charm, however, Is In the wonderful mural decorative scheme, it being, unquestionably, the most gorgeously gor-geously decorated public building in America. THE KEOKUK DAM. THE Mississippi river has been harnessed! har-nessed! A genius named Cooper (Hugh L., late of General Pershing's forces in France) turned the trick. He built a concrete dam, 42 feet wide at the bottom, 29 feet wide on top and about 53 feet high, across the river ; a powerhouse in which will be housed thirty 10,000 horsepower turbines, each with its generator weighing S50 tons ; a lock 400 feet long and 110 feet wide (the width being the same as the locks in the Panama canal, but the lift is higher) ; the largest dry dock (at the time) in fresli water and an ice fender. It was necessary to acquire about 2,"i,000 acres of land, build 50 miles of roads and streets and clear 5,000 acres of brush and timber. More than 1,--300 property owners were dealt with. Litigation was resorted to in only about ten cases. Two hundred and eighty-nine tons of dynamite were used, i Construction work required about 800,-000 800,-000 barrels of cement, 7,500 tons of steel, 300,000 cubic yards of sand, 3,-500,000 3,-500,000 pounds of structural steel and 20.000,000 feet of lumber. Now, the "Father of Waters" turns the machinery that lights cities, runs street cars and operates factories. Sixty thousand horsepower of electricity elec-tricity is used in St. Louis, 141 miles away. Sufficient power is generated to light a boulevard from Portland, Me., to Los Angeles, Cal., using 4S candle-power lamps set 100 feet apart. Construction started January 5, 1910. The first current reached St. Louis July 1, 1913. The total cost of the plant was 20,000,000. THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. CEM-ETERY. FITTING, indeed, it is, that the national na-tional cemetery should occupy a position atop the Virginia hills which line the placid Potomac opposite the capital of the nation. The grounds comprise about 1,100 acres and once were the property of the grandson of Martha Washington, whose only child married the conspicuous conspicu-ous military leader, General Robert E. Lee, through whom it passed into the possession of the United States, in 18G4. ! So peaceful and beautiful is this spot that one half suspects nature just lovingly shaped It for the very purpose pur-pose for which It is being used. The portion now used for burial purposes is inclosed within a wall of red sandstone. sand-stone. It is divided into sections, with tastefully-arranged avenues, drives ! and walks. In this consecrated spot sleep the silent hosts "who gave their lives that tho country might live" approximately approximate-ly 20,000 of thorn at the present writing. writ-ing. Any honorably-discharged soldier, sol-dier, sailor or marine of the United States service is entitled to burial here. In one section rest the remains of the sailors who were killed In the wreck of the Maine In the harbor of Havana ; in another t he remains of 2,111 nameless soldiers gathered from various battlefields, camps and abandoned aban-doned cemeteries. Here, too, are the graves of many of our brave generals and admirals, including that of Quar-i Quar-i termasler General Meigs, who suggest-j suggest-j ed to President Lincoln that this site be converted into a military cemetery, i Also some time-worn stones marking the graves of several officers of the ! Revolutionary war. (CopyriKbt, IfllH, We.stern Newspaper Union) i , r . 2 s 2 S The Wonders j of America j I j By T. T. MAXEY j "THE CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE." COM-MERCE." THE Woolworth building, New York city, the highest office building in all the world, is often referred to as "The Cathedral of Commerce." This marvelous building is 792 feet or 00 stories tall. About S.000,000 human beings reside within the bird's-eye view visible from the observation gallery gal-lery on the fifty-eighth tloor. This view, so unusual, so wonderful, has attracted at-tracted representatives from more than sixty different countries. About four hundred feet of the outside out-side of the upper portion of the tower is Hood lighted at night. This causes the building to present a bold and imposing im-posing spectacle visible, 'tis said, 40 miles at sea. The structure weighs 223,000' tons, this tremendous weight being supported by (59 caissons, the largest 19 feet In diameter, all going down to bed rock or 110 feet below the sidewalk. Engineers claim its construction con-struction is so solid and safe that it would withstand a wind having a velocity ve-locity of 200 miles per hour. About 250 people are required to operate op-erate and maintain the building, which contains almost thirty acres of floor space. The tenants and their employees employ-ees number about ten thousand. To serve them and those who enter to transact business with them, 28 elevators ele-vators are required. About 25,000 people, peo-ple, on an average, ride in them daily. Approximately 250,000 p'eces of mail matter are delivered in the building daily. The two elevators which operate oper-ate to the tower are the fastest elevators ele-vators in the world, having a speed of 700 feet per minute. BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. THE elevation known as "Bunker Hill" is situated in Charlestown, Boston harbor. On this spot, on June 17, 1775, was fought the famous Battle of Bunker Hill, between the British and American forces. Here the gratitude and patriotism of the American people peo-ple have caused to be erected a great granite obelisk as a memorial. Located in the center of a four-acre square and surrounded by an iron fence, this monument is 221 feet high and 30 feet in diameter at the base. Within the shaft is a circular stairway stair-way lending to a chamber, 11 feet in diameter and 17 feet high, at the top, from which is visible a view that thrills the heart of every American, who has been fortunate enough to witness it. It is an interesting fact that the corner stone was laid by General La-Fayette, La-Fayette, a son of glorious France, during dur-ing his famous visit to America In 1825. The monument was dedicated in 1842, on which occasion Daniel Webster spoke these famous words: "It looks, it speaks, it acts, to the full comprehension of every American mind, and the awakening of glowing enthusiasm in every American heart. Its silent but awful utterance; its deep pathos, as it brings to our contemplation contempla-tion the 17th of June, 1775, and the consequences which have resulted to us, to our country, and to the world, from the events of that day, and which we know must continue to rain inllu-ence inllu-ence to the destinies of mankind to the end of time." THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. THE colossal statue of Liberty enlightening en-lightening the world, the gift of the people of France to the people of the United States, in commemoration of the centennial of their national independence, in-dependence, stands on Bedloe's or Liberty Lib-erty Island in New York harbor and was dedicated October 28, 1880. It has welcomed millions of people to our shores, and it bade farewell to our brave soldier boys when they sailed away to save the land from whence It came. This statue is of bronze, 151 feet high and rests upon a stone pedestal, approximately 100 feet high, making the total height of the entire structure over 300 feet above the waters of New York bay. Its estimated weight is 225 tons and the cost, including erection, was about ,$000,000. The index linger of this giganlic figure is 8 feet long and 7Vs feet in circumference at the second joint; the head is ten feet thick; the uosi 4 feet long and the moulh 3 feel wide. Forty persons can si and in the head and the torch will accommodate 12 more. There are 154 steps in the statue from Ibe pedeslal to the head, and the ladder In the raised right arm conlains 54 rounds. The light in the torch Is maintained by the United Slates lighthouse service and Is visible visi-ble for many miles at sen. The view that greets tho eye from the top is one of the most marvelous in all the world. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. A LIBRARY for congress was an unquestioned un-questioned necessity. Consequently, Consequent-ly, the congressional library was rounded round-ed about the same I lino t he govern men t was first established, or in 1800. II: was enl Inly desl roved by lire ill I lie war of 1812 ami also suffered seriously serious-ly from lire nt a lalcr dale. So. congress con-gress authorized the construction of a. building that could not be burned. Result, the present structure rom- |