VOL. XXXII. No. 1 
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PRICE SIX CENTS, 
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[Entered according to Aot of Congress, in the year 1S75. by the Uurnl Publishing Company, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
angement to give light to the interior of 
the mansion. 
The chamber floor contains six rooms, 17 
feet 8 inches by 14 feet; one 17 feet 8 inches 
by 38 feet; one lfi by 1(1 feet; four dressing 
rooms, 7 by 14. feet; two large bath rooms 
with water closets, and numerous closets at¬ 
tached to the chambers. The chambers in 
the third story of the towers are the same 
size and hight as those below. 
The basement contains a kitchen of the 
same size as each of the four large rooms on 
the principal floor, laundry, wine cellar, 
A CIRCULAR MANSION 
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PRESERVATION OF OUT-BUILDINGS 
The horse and grain barns, corn house and 
other out-buildings on a farm arc more apt 
to be neglected than the home. To keep 
them in good repair is really essential to the 
beauty and comfort of a farm, and does not 
cost so much as frequent rebuilding which 
neglect necessitates. White paint has been 
the popular preserv¬ 
ative in most North¬ 
ern sections; but 
this is not always 
advisable, and other 
colors and cheaper 
mixtures than lead 
may be substituted 
not only with econ- 
|p -rr omy but often to the 
r pp.- : advantage of good 
r _ taste, taking care to 
py-.. select such colors for 
different buildings us 
will harmonize wi(h 
surroundings and 
with each other. If 
crops are fair this 
year and prices good 
some of the surplus 
money of fanners 
the coming fall can¬ 
not be better em- 
- ployed than in mak¬ 
ing farm buildings 
look well, ‘besides 
ST" ' adding totheir value 
and durability. 
or $5 a barrel, is ex- 
cellent for this pur- 
used on old buildings 
preparatmy topumt- 
it tf ing. Crude petro- 
leum will not cntlan- 
g ei . buildings from 
' fire. It hardens wood 
and makes it less 
easily combustible. 
also 11 feet. A wide 
hall passes through 
the center of the i 
main building, with 
vestibules in front vp 
and rear. On each 
side of this hall are j 
two rooms, each 18 
,j y 28 ieet, making . 
altogether four main 
rooms of this size on 
,he Ih-st floor, and 
between these two - _ - = 
rooms on either side 
are two others, 16 by 
hi feet. The doors 52? 
from the passage to ir.-: 
the rooms are oppo- 
-ite. On the princi- », 
Pal floor the doors 
are folding and six 
