The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-10

Correspondence of the Herald.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 1850.
! think am very glad to get back TO the
capital, although don't like getting here, Ms
have, through fortnights attack of
mslaria fever which has left me looking
more like huge tallow cake thsn christian
woman, and feeling as limp and dull aa If |
hid lost my spinal column. But | turn to
other things Of more interest 10 my readers,
(whom am glad to gr1ot after months 81
leuce,) than my personal aches and pains,
| find many improvements completed
Others begun aud still others unfinished, which
were begun whom left here in June. Among
the first mentioned find the new home for
the bureau ofongraving and printing all COM
plete aud occupied by its busy laborers. 1t
is outside and in, n marvel of beauty, con.
veaienoo and comfort Tho additional room
aud appliances enable the bureau to utilize
much that was unavoidably wasted in tho
treasury building and to do additional GOV
ernment worl; hitherto let out on contract, Ms
the printing Of postage sAmp, aud convert
ing OF "mash' into pastebosrd instead Of
throwing it away or letting private individu-
als carve it into grotesQuo ornaments for
sale. Almost every ono who visited
tho treasury before the migration of
the bureau, bought in the corridor
from an old man or woman, queer olive
green animal, which they we're told was
made of "mash," This "mH,h' is dilspidated
currency condemned, and conve rted into
what the paper makers call mash" which,
when cold, is rs hard rs stone and Of gray
ish green color. You see the ugly things
msde by unskiled hands, now and then 70.
lieved by an artistic figure in every fancy
shop window.
The new bureau is situated just below tho
Washington monument, which latter national
disgrace has had several ct added Il its
height Instead of . scat, III very strong
network is arranged for the workmen to
stand on, 80 that the network beins invisible
in certain lights, the workmen seem to stand
on air, and present avery curious appearance
indeed.
Among other unfinished works is, | am
sorry to say, my beautiful museum, which is
still without floor. The floor, il seem,,
was overlooked in the estimate, and is non
"waiting for an appropriation" 1t ia to be
colored mosaic Of artificial stone. Senator
Blaine tried to get an appropriation put
through during the last days of congress, but
failed; so it will come up in deficiency
bill" suppose. BY the way, heard man
say few days since that deficiency bills
were always longer after presidential can
vAss than on other years. trembleto think
what they will be next session, if Indiana
alone is to cost tho ruling party $1,000 900.
That marble dream or dream in marble,
the war and navy building" is getting its
third front well up in the world, and how OK.
quisltely lovely tits Half dozen little
"reservahon,' have been enclosed, sodded,
and planted with treei during the summer
hitherto much neglected by tho government,
but now taken into favor. Among tho im-
proypments of y moro private nature the now
building ofthe Washington Post corner of
ID street and Tenth, believe, ranks nigh. Ii
Is worry neat externally and admiralty adept
cd to the use for which it was built Across
the street, in front of the building, hangs an
immense wire screen with largo portraits of
Hancock and English thereon.
Indeed, the city is full of these wire screens
stretched acrois the streets OF course the
headquarters Of the two committees both
on + street--have their candidates watching
oenignly over the passers.by, and then vsri-
Gus enthusiastic people and clubs and firms