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...just inside the Newell Gate, is now finished, and will be opened for use as soon as the furniture is put in. The lodge is a one and one-half story building with a deep basement. The foundation is of stone, and the main part of brick finished with pine. The basement, second floor and back part of the main floor are for the use of the keeper. In the front part of the building on the main floor is a large reception room. This room is handsomely finished and has a large fireplace at one end with a chimney...
...frames of selected white oak, planked with white cedar in two thicknesses, the inner layer 1-2 inch, outer planking 5-8 inch; copper-fastened and riveted through timbers; garboards and upper strake of white oak; stern and planksheer of selected teak; decks laid in narrow strips of white pine; coaming for cockpit of quartered oak. In the after end of the forward cockpit is a bulkhead, forward of the boller bulkhead, in which is placed the steering wheel, this space is the full width of the boat and is devoted to the steersman, so that there is no obstruction...
...tract of land adjoining the ruins in the Copan valley and comprising several thousand acres, and the building of a house thereon to serve as headquarters for exploration from year to year. The runs will furnish an abundant supply of building stone ready at hand, and the forests of pine, cedar and mahogany growing on the land will afford a supply of building material which will be found convenient, in the absence of facilities for transportation...
...Rose. The alcove, in which stood the lectum of the St. Paul's Society, is fitted with book cases. The furniture will be of mahogany, especially designed for the room, and a new door of mahogany has been put in to take the place of the old pine one. The room will be open to the members of the Cercle Francais in the early part of next week...
...strength and honesty were united a sincerity, simplicity and innocence of character which made his presence always refreshing and inspring. He reminded me of some strong, healthy and noble oak or pine of the Berkshire Hills which he loved so well, and his life seemed to be as pure and sweet as some crystal stream flowing down Monument Mountain...