. Book of the Royal blue . N W magic touch of the landscape artist and thegenius of the electrical engineer. TheCourt of Honor comprises the lixpositionMonument, Cascade Court and GeyserBasin. The monument is a Corinthiancolumn, supporting an ornamental shaft,carrying an astronomical globe, showing thesigns of the zodiac, upon which is perchedan American eagle- The shaft is eighty feethigh and entirely covered with pure gold fromthe Alaska-Yukon territories. It requiredS7,000 worth of gold dust to decorate it. Mysterious names — mysterious to thestudents of geography — have been a

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. Book of the Royal blue . N W magic touch of the landscape artist and thegenius of the electrical engineer. TheCourt of Honor comprises the lixpositionMonument, Cascade Court and GeyserBasin. The monument is a Corinthiancolumn, supporting an ornamental shaft,carrying an astronomical globe, showing thesigns of the zodiac, upon which is perchedan American eagle- The shaft is eighty feethigh and entirely covered with pure gold fromthe Alaska-Yukon territories. It requiredS7,000 worth of gold dust to decorate it. Mysterious names — mysterious to thestudents of geography — have been appro-priately chosen to designate locations; for instance, Arctic Circle incloses GeyserBasin; to the west of it is the KlondikeCircle, \ery naturally close to The PayStreak, which is the street of small con-cessions and catch-penny devices, of thekind which, having proved such a successat Chicago, have been followed at all expo-sitions since. To the east of the ArcticCircle is the Nome Circle, and theavenues have been

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