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Show FEW FREAKS IN ARCHITECTURE. Eccentricity on tho Part of Those Dulldlng and Furnishing Houses, Instances of eccentricity on Iho pari of thoso bulldlUK nnd fiirnlahlni; liattion nrc common I'liougli In pvory community Tho follow Iiik limtuncos of frt'nklshma In Hint regard may ha cl It'll In Illustration of cortnln phnaea A Itiisalun Kontloman has erected at n tost of 8.000 rubles mi Ills country estate nt S.ilnov.kn. In I'mlolla, n IR room house made entirely of paper This house, which wns constructed In Now York, Is ralciilnled b Its nrchl tect to last longer tlinn would n atonn liulldlng Tho whole of tho furniture, too, la made from the anmn material . In County Woatmentli, Ireland, a house has been built whereof all tho windows are made to resemble In out lino the liacka of nf eas chairs, being thus constructed by lla eccentric own eer to match the backs of a set of chairs In the dining room In Connecticut a certain lam! owner thinking that the view from his house lacked n church, proceeded to supply lla place li) erecting a row of cottages so designed n to resemble, from hla aide, the oillHcx required Approached front tho other direction, however, the sham la nt once manifest Home yeara ago R man of arlcntHlc iittHlnmeiita, aa well aa of considerable melius, elected to live In 11 tree In a suburb of Washington that la, he en luyiil hla leisure inonienia In the lirnuibea of the tree Itself, where ho bail tnused to It built n platform huge enough to accommodate ensy chnlrs and audi other furniture as lie desired to make uae of during the day At the base of Ihe tree however, and surrounding It was built a si rue turn of brick and atone Inclosing the steeping apartments of thla eccentric Individual Tor many enrs this mil, 1110 residence was one of tho sights of tho national capital One nf the widest houses ever con structed was the fruit of n French man's 1m until u fnc This was the "revolving liouae," u structure actual ly built upon eastern, so to speak. In order that the occupant might b means of an Ingenious mechanism at any lime roll It about obtaining what over light and air his fancy dictated |