, 1876-10-12
centenniallzing the National
Capital.
A Big Rush Of Visitors en- Route for
Philadelphia.
How Some OF the StQht-Seers
Conduct Themselves.
Directions to These Desiring to Do the
City IN Two Days.

ned little thought wa8 given to tho bentlI. That
would come to its Capital City. But, a. a prop
crtyless man enjoys hls neighbor's f1ne grounds,
With none Of the expense and labor Of cuftivat-
Ing them, SO Washington, being next door TO
the City ot Drothcrly Love. catches the In
sptratfoh Of her 1ardly-earned enthusiasm,
and quietly garncrs the fr1ts that
arc constantly dropping over the line
Into her lap. Tho Baltimore d Ohio Railroad
wisely put picture Of the Capitol upon their
advertisements, and placed the words, "a trip
TO Washington without extra Charge" in every
railroad-otlico and postoflice, and at every
street-eorncr throughout lilo United States.
Other lines wcro nut SLOW in coming TO compct-
Ing rates, md. with fares as low as thc times
arc llnr every train for the last four wecka has
hero exchanged liz hundreds Of tired aud dusty
Centennial pilgrims for q company still more
wcnrictl md wontler-worn. II must be su,nc.
thing like tho days Ut old, when all the people
went yearly To tho City Of Jerusalem 10 bc
taxed; 1t is quite true that many tinles there
haa hccn no room for the strangers nt the
inns, and they have been obliged to seek sllel-
ter at private houses.
The city wears
NO COMPANY MANNERS;
no 1ags tltttcr; no bands p1ay; the principal
street Is torn tip, and almost impaBsablc; and
Washington Monument remains the sanlc half.
finished relic Of antiquity.
But, rs the country at largo Is to blame for
what Is done or left undone In this city few dis
paraging remarks arc made; It is not
customary to severely erttfcisc onr own homes,
and tho treatment We receive whtlo there; 80
fault-1ndng Is left for Philadelphia, where It Is
80 thoroughly overwhelmed with delight aud
Tondcrmcnt Tint It rarely comes to the surfaec,
During the summer Washington has been
favored with visitors Of every grade Of society,
from t. cultured Cd, Emperor pIa 70 band Of M indiana @
rlae,teams, mud Representatives Of ali
order orders aud societies. have En- made 1.;. sxeur. cur:
ons to the city, sn been ssse
~. -. :, - 1...a .rs.:. ~. s.ast 1870. It,
out NUMBER nave worn the,F 1resn. pretty eults
first IN the CITY Of Mag7,iheent Distances; and
Anaches, who 6pci,t 4 week l,cre jast month,
were tlc observed of ali obscrycrs; they wore
civilized clotliur, and their entire
oa so1ss qsecr as c, sse5Gqs eE non 9rs r En
ment for ths lat lew years. If the ",n,1rticr-
Gus Apacles y W can thus be civilized and made
iaw.aolilng citizens, what viii not time and the
Christian feiiGion Do for tic "bloo.iy Sioux
it., ity and citIEenshin ara C. what tho Indians
sEouiI reccIye at tho hau1e of tl,ts
nrcat, self-coycrninr mutton, One OF tho
band died willie hero; ills fu,cral was attended
chanssd to- l,a in the tjty nj tho tt,na. "A'
AUsnaily " II Ii Is 81 IN @ easy 10 49, '''' s'-'o'
o'u"'4' - ricK u X orr ons' cnsrrnsrA1s r.
as ministers or seiool.tcachcrs: We know them
psnera ps ,ai eIr no4S ad cter e,
nTninnfion fo sce cvcryti,fnv. DTr{no. the
hnst # an'nmer IL WA ntiniio tn ~ H. ncr, ~.
snirinr nntriats nj thcse initial stntcs nnur,nr
tkrnn7l, tl1o m,htjc bmiijinra. fanninr. fnintn5s
ovo ~von 5isto n }cht nvcnnts anl
antl tic 81 slssar, sunny days have Just
live. - and intsrestcj rroins lint taI are
.sdanr., I'm conitn1 fro,n ,rasscmrrnt ~ dnmn.
iuspcrtinr Inc Whito Wo,,sc, and stcaminet down
tic Potomnc 10 Mount Vernon. VERY funny
n"nS ron % H. Mrrnr tie ntnr 1ny v 11 sarin.r
tEbai E thp | solid masonry about rort tootc % s was
IAl, carthwoTk, gcntlemcn, nll carth.
wds 1ow pso Up IL wns fga
The scctes from .ho lie Of Columbus wroneh3
into the famous bronze doors Of Tic Capitols %
deplct!nc tho il Acts OF tfe twelve AWsstles II
S; seasa sie am TSa FSnqeq Of y h Nv sFey oyk
ths nihc~ ~oq iar: ~ she e"| raa ~ 4 ettemnt.
inr 10 cross n crowded thoroucbfnrc: q
p9lltceman came to hes assistancc, and
tic sunno.,nr lint ala vas to he nTrcstcd, near-
IL wc,,t tnto fystrrtcs. 4 reiatiye of lis renius
that conceived and created lie Greek Slave
mado Ills remark: Sili'e a.sculpin' rishl
s1nart: % tbcy do say hos sculnt real nlco
woman.,i Il NAV ne;t be- known to ail lint tbIs
trcal nice womb, stands in lie Corcora1, Art.
Gaiiery 81 Iii citv@th" eem En- OF Of the wno9u sol-
ieetioG. and W wcll Worti. i6ur,,ey oi mapy miles
to ass' snn ~@'1 "s'' 'eA''' - 't'"' '~''''
y" 'eo' PECULIAR pxor1s,
Fam ~ +ho nnrsona ,phn,r Aha ernxv1 xn,,lj
Ike to SC SEQ m arc icro; but The places i that knew
n as ~, "'I9 ~azr Of Inn. .[1a5 nsnnlc within.
recar,i ~ racc. cnfor. ar ' nrayjnls .''us ron.
;lltion ' Of sriryltude.' Every ia1y fcnje
i,nrscif IN dutv bnund 10 ajt1;st r i.er
dounccs and paunicr to tho nina solcn,h.
atrai"f. .harkea chaIra IN thn Surname. ;nnrtt
roo,. All M constitnent wo,,1 XII r. ~ thc
seat % of "our ri mcmber." But tho &C. centre of .I At.
ho 70 ~ %rsrn '0 30 1"
NV ,Sw .0" t,ersons 49, ,,f thia dc1n'vro,i nv. nv.
tion ~ r. rao ,,,t Themselves in tho ,,in"c, fnr
~ tAs - ste FtNN]t& AcA