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tables, etc., and operating" the ice- 

 making machinery, refrigerating plants 

 cooking ranges, etc., and the control of 

 the two diet kitchens on each floor. 



An interesting feature is the electric 

 control of the two push-button eleva- 

 tors, which require no "elevator boys ;" 

 the passenger desiring to go up or 

 down simply pushes the button in the 

 wall beside the elevator entrance, which 

 automatically brings the elevator to his 

 service, no matter at which floor it may 

 happen to be anchored ; the passenger 

 enters, pushes the button indicating the 

 floor at which he wishes to alight, and 

 the elevator ascends or descends ac- 

 cordingly, and stops automatically at 

 the floor indicated, whether it be in the 

 basement or the top story. 



There are four electric dumb-waiters 

 in the establishment, and six hand 

 dumb-waiters, affording adequate dumb 

 waiter service at any time of the day or 

 night. 



Commodore Benedict and the New 

 Hospital. 



One of the most noteworthy inci- 

 dents in the recent history of Green- 

 wich was the presentation, Sunday af- 

 ternoon, October 14th, of the new 

 Greenwich Hospital building, with its 

 complete equipment, to the town and 

 the Greenwich Hospital Association. 

 by Commodore E. C. Benedict — a bene- 

 faction which will stand for generations 

 to come as a monument to the generos- 

 ity, the local patriotism, the public 

 spirit and the philanthropy of the dis- 

 tinguished citizen whom Greenwich has 

 long delighted to honor. 



The speech in which he conveyed 

 the gift, is not only an index to the 

 man, but an irresistible reflection of his 

 generous motives and an indisputable 

 proof of the youthfulness of his age. 



It breathes a broad and liberal in- 

 terpretation of the philosophy of life. 

 He owns up to nearly 84 years of exis- 

 tence, but talks like sixty — or less. 

 There is a flavor of perpetual youth 

 about the manner in which he deals 

 wbh the old davs of big pills and little 

 bills, as opposed to the later days of 

 big bills and little pills; his differentia- 

 tion between the medical healers and 

 the political heelers, etc. 



And a tribute to the wholesomeness 

 of bis home region is conveyed in his 



enumeration of the friends of his early 

 days, who lived to be all the way from 

 &2 to 102 years of age. 



There is valuable historical and bio- 

 graphical material, as well as humor 

 and philosophy, in the brief and unas- 

 suming address ; and through it all, the 

 modesty and human element of the man 

 shine forth. He disclaims any sug- 

 gestion of personal credit for the prince- 

 ly benefaction he bestows upon his 

 community, but craves the praisewor- 

 thy and pathetic privilege of having 

 erected within its walls a tablet in- 

 scribed to the memory of his departed 

 wife, whose life among our people, ex- 

 tending over a period of 53 years, was 

 -> benediction to the poor; who "spent 

 her whole time making others happy," 

 and who — what a happy phrase, and 

 how full of meaning — "had to die to 

 cause a tear."-— Greenwich News and 

 Graphic. 



Sunset. 



BY GERTRUDE O. PALMER, LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 



The peace of evening settles o'er the town; 

 The air is still and calm, as when a child, 

 Tired by happy play, lies down to rest, 

 And breathing softly, shuts his eyes in sleep. 

 So Nature, with the mild, sweet breath of 



eve, 

 Reclines upon her bed of sunset light. 

 That forms a background of celestial hue 

 For every bush and tree and house and lawn. 

 'Tis then the Master Painter dips His brush 

 Into the wells of beauty ,and illumes 

 The face of nature with the tints of Heaven. 



How Do Spiders Breathe? 



AX INQUIRY FROM MASTER IIORTOX OF 

 STAMFORD, COXX. 



There are in the spider's body two 

 kinds of openings into which air enters 

 —one lung slits leading to lung-like or- 

 gans which consist of a series of flat- 

 tened plates around which the air cir- 

 culates. These breathing sacs are two 

 in number in some spiders, four in 

 others, and are placed in the front part 

 of the abdomen. The other air open- 

 ings are similar to the breathing spira- 

 cles of insects, and lead into two 

 branching tubes called tracheal tubes. 

 The position of the tracheal spiracles 

 differs. In some spiders these are just 

 behind the lung slits ; in others they 

 are a short distance in front of the 

 spinnerets. 



