, 1873-09-05
The Civic Situation There---Oon-
gTess as u Building
Association.
The Board Of Public Works, and
Its Effect OIL tho General
it,, Government,

buriod a1ivo.
THE WANDERING JEW +"
hppoara to have been tho chief onginoor of our
Board Of Public Works. "Walk" on" Bays
Destiny to this ongnoor, lyon will not bo al
lowed to stop in tho comprehensive plan until
you havo graded all tho way from Point Look
out to tho suyer-Lonf Mouptaint" Tho doomed
onginoor walk6 on; ho is in mud up to llis arm
pits; he bears. the banner with tho strange do
vice Of Excelsior, and changoH his gradon with
tho easo of Matt Carpenter changing his poll
tics. Eycry grade rocontly established must DO
presently reformed; the great sewer which bl.
sccts the city longthviso ia found to mood a par-
allol sowcr to keep 1t company tho turnpike
roads leading out Of town aro discovered to need
graduation and Widening; remoto farmers aro
brought within our bloHaod radiuH, and COM
pcled to listen to tho Gospel according to ST.
Mullot or st. Green. They do say TINT tho
latest engineer imported here WAS turned Out Of
office In Cincinnati for such admirable ignorance
that he found no difficulty in being retained un-
der.our eygtem. And thero ia Babcock, ,one Of
Grant'a 6ccrotaries, who has cut down tl,o trooB
In tho Eaat Park Of the Capital how truly like
Grant Ia ho
IN ACCUMULATION AND HrLENcE,
Morciful heavens is this government or hr,mor?
Is it Vauban Or grounding Ia It grand STRAIT
egy or burrowing7 Tho foxes hnrc holos and
tho birds Of tho air have meats, but the ctizcn of
Washington has not whore to lay his foot.
1wandor around hero with tho impression that
Napoleon III. and James Gordon Bennett are
o1cavating for the purpose OF writing tho life Of
Cnsar. What is that e1cavated object up yon-
dor with an Indian wigwam on tho tower Of 1t
It is the palace OF Nomau Senator from tho
State Of Nevada, Dliam Stewart who undoubt-,
edly proposes to call 1t "
EMMA nALL.
attor tho famous haul ho malo in tho London
market. Excepting tho "Reminiscences OF Son
ator Footc, hia fatbor-in-law, there is nothing
like it In art or nbstrusenoBB. Foote'S Reminis-
cences remind mo Of tho mans description Of
Freo-h1aaonry, 1Ie said that thoy got together
in d dark room, aud soomnly sworo not to toll
anything. "And .t1on," said this man, "thoy
hadn't nothing to tol.", What is that which
swoops around noaror the eye, and presents
clamGering ladder OF bays and broad armed
ports, all fantastic aud fanlaugoisll with pro-
jectious, pilasterH. towors, and steopnesaoa 1t
is tho row OF BosH Shepherd Architect Cluss &
Co., who can never find their way to bed In it.
What do 500 on Pennsylvania avouuo, roaring
up into tho corulean blue, striped botwixt
GGllCCA huA ONu StUuoY uuU p1ttluE ING NAHM-
inpton hfonumont to 11usl, r IL tho nrt,,;yh-
ing palace Of Drothor Murtagh, who edits tho
Prosldont's 3, Intentions, and han spont s170 900
upon tlia Fhnros; Near at hand, IN gap Of tho
avenue, the structure Of tho Da,ty ChronscIc is
preparing to ascend. Brother George .. Cark-
hill, Of Iowa, Inns added his nIto to Brother Har~
ian aorc1ers, anu they 10 not mean to be out
bulldod. Aoro arc clal'n-agents building
nAp1AST MOSQUES,
ana "flGhs-hanu men Gtliulng Pagodas. Here
1s local arcAltect who has got tue british Gov
ernment where tlo len mime an ig short. nnd who de-
elreh to build S3uo,ooo house M for parlia-
montary epPropriation or Seoo0o. Hore is the
woadea r. ko1oson putting up pressed brick
kinks to his broat~trena manpion: Tho grades
which 80 up capitol n,ll begin in tho clreum-
am6lent landscape, and look like inclined planes
to faradiao. Seventh street. where all .Jo~ry
congtogatea under TUTORING reauy y.nade clothes,