. Book of the Royal blue . rnamental 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 required$7,000 worth of gold dust to decorate it. A4ysterious 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, very naturally close to The PayStreak, which is the street of small con-cessions and catch-pe
. Book of the Royal blue . rnamental 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 required$7,000 worth of gold dust to decorate it. A4ysterious 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, very 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 appropriately namedAlaska, Yukon, Pacific,Olympic, Rainier, Washington, Union, Vancouver, Hood, ru- get—all familiar names to the Northwest. As to the city of Seattle, it is the largest ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION, SEATTLE. Seattle from Elliot Bn On Capital HillSCENES IN SEATTLE, WASH. By reniiission Great Northern RailwaySecond Avenue TACOMA, WASH.
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