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Popular Science Monthly 



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 tliat 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 



