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��A Civilized Man's Totem Tree

GEORGE E. CARR, a Civil War veteran of Union Springs, N. Y., has carved a totem tree that is "differ- ent," as he says, from the totem which

���This white man has no use for coats of arms,

but he has expressed his personality in a

carved totem pole of his own making

the Indians regard as a family tree. He made it after his own fancy, spending two summers in decorating it with ani- mals, birds, portrajts, and curious fig- ures.

At the top he placed neat little bird houses. To heighten the artistic effect, he painted the objects a variety of col- ors. The tree is eighteen feet high and six feet in circumference, and has thirty- four figures carved on it. These figures are part of the tree, not carved and placed on it.

THE commission form of govern- ment is in effect in eighty-one of the two hundred and four cities in this country that have a population of over thirty thousand.

��Huge Twin Lanterns Light Entrance to School

THE lantern shown is one of two which are to be used in lighting the entrance of the new Pullman Me- morial Training School in Chicago.

The lantern is eight feet in height, the diameter of the cap is four feet, and the panels are three feet high and twelve inches wide at the top, tapering to nine inches at the bottom. The ma- terial is cast bronze ; each lantern weighs six hundred pounds.

A one thousand watt lamp is set in the base of each lamp in a specially con- structed reflector. This causes the rays of light to be directed on a much larger reflector in the cap, which distributes the light uniformly on each panel. The objectionable "lamp spot," or halo, is thus done away with, and the even glow is pleasing to the eye in spite of the brilliancy of the light.

THE province of Saskatchewan, Can- ada, pays a mother twenty-five dol- lars every time she gives birth to a child ; it also pays the attendant physician a fee of fifteen dollars.

���The light of learning will gleam like a beacon from this school lantern and its twin

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