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RAVINB LODGE. Every resident of Highland Path 'Will recoghize our illustrationâ€"~and a very finepne it is, too, furnished by the courtesy of the proprietor â€"â€"ns the “Ravine Lodge," the reai- dence of S. M. Millard, esq., more commonly called the “log house.” It is a veritable log house some 30x40 feet, ground dimensions, be- side the “L,” or rear extension, as eeen in the left of the cut. The logs are elm, cut in the winter so the bark Won’t peel, and for each one a whole tree was taken and the woods were ransacked for miles about to secure clear, straight, well-propor- VOL H We [06”, the “I.“ Bolt 0! Mr. S. m. milk“. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL, JULY 9, 1897. NO 6 tioned trees. As will be seen, there is plenty of porch room, above and below, all rustic work, the wind0ws have old fashioned small panes of glass: the two, or double one in the attic faces the east. The white strip at the front is the finely grav- elled drive. which enters the grounds a dozen rods or so to the north, in the right of the picture. The broad fine lawn in front of the house stretches away some 7;) feet to the ravine 22 feet deep p. and 00 to '75 or more feet wlde, densely filled with shrubbery wild vines. plants and trees of all kinds and sizes. all left in the natural state. This ravive running north and south, splits his large lot of a coup 16 of acres, intoan east half on the blufl' of the lake and about 100 feet above it, which 18 be ing made a most beautiful park with drives, walks, a lookout house, with rare shrubs and plants; 1 The west half is the lot where the house stands and the bisecting ravine is spanned by a fine tum; bridge, some 60 7(y) feet long for carriages and destrians. Taking the “lay of the land,” there is none superior in the Park; the lots are larger, and under Mr. Millard‘e fine‘taste and skill, they fooxcwnsb 0N 'nmu) mom]