The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER
MRS. NtoHL TALKS OF SCIENCE, PKUGEHsS
ANp FASHIONABLE FoLLIEs IssTrTU.
rIoNs or WARRINGTON EsUNALs, ETC.

7 iHult thai NY letter 10 the IAAAlNEh uI
the 18th. reached you too late Tor publ
cation. write on Tuesdays, and il any
thing ia anticipated which will prevent
writing on that day / wri e--as do TO-
day-On Monday. My object IL to give
the latest d ties consistent with tn" time
" arrival Of my letters in Waco My
letters leave here on the evening mail
aud shuuld reach you on Saturday mo u.
INK Mt the latest think this exp ana
ton due to myself and perhaps to my
readers also, who, IA well M the editor,
have right to expect punc,uality in
their correspondents.
dare ay, Mr.. Editor, your readers
ARE benefited IN the main by Il dolHy
which causcs curtailmcnt Of my let.
tors full proportions but have an in.
distinct idea that | INDUCED III some
very tine flights ui elpquencc on the pro
life topic Of
IIuMAS PROGRESS
and human arrogance and self.conccit,
which flights are lost 10 humanity for
| all time.
/ Judge by the ilattering heading OF
/ "hrightest and best" to u treceut letter
/ IN which punished u SCI greatly by
| " iting good deal about fashions md
| society, that the guaslpy style IN about
whnt you think will most please your
pub ic. Now you ought, OF course, ia
know TINT uhlic better TIM do hut /
should have Thought the PEG lc oi WAGE
would suar II little above iashlOnlaud so
ciety gossip, aud require Of their wash.
ugtun ca urer some Information con
corning the great world ot science and
culture Of which this IL undoubtedly one
Z . - tl,.r. L..
thnn one center to my Tia ny However
You hive the right to say what You pre-.
fcr and | will try To- write a. fashions
and folios iust ns often nz can, al
though fear that Ii not very Far.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS
OF puudcrng what call Il discussed
appetite Tor personal 70 sip concerning
society people. One IL bclngwi hin the
charmed circle and assocInting daily with
whit pRsgca nowadays Tor society. For
tins ! have neither mems nor inclina.
ton. Another method Of procuring
pc, sonHl items about prominent OF no.
turiuu4 people, followed, ! am sorry to
say, by more than one "lHdy' corrcspun-
dent, ~ to hang around back gates and
bride servant. to tattle about their ON
plOyers. This method no money could
pay me to pursue OF course There IL
still third manner Of getting interesting
and plquant matter Tor goseipy letters,
not unknown to some Washington cor.
Respondents make 1t out Of wi ole
cloth. Not being willing to do this
either ! can only give my readers such
gossip as comes to me through lcgi innate
channels, aud my acquaintance with Is
few society people whose friendship IL u
pleasure and u constant source OF utter
eat and delight to me.
POLITICS SUPREME
But, after all, politics IL the breath,
the vital spark u Washingtou Every
body here talks politics, every body ak
part IN all the political measures intro
duced INTO congress. When congress
Hd!uurns Washington collHpses and
goes into state OF syucope
until the session OPENS. SoCi.
ETY. leaves the capital with the law max.
Crs, the lobbyists, and the committee
clerks. And yoi Washington has more
pIomnncnt objects " interest to tourists
than all the other cities OF the United
States put together There IL the capt.
trl itself worth wei ks study any time,
among Il hundred her Mt
fractions that superb collection Of books
~ hN w lAlllIhlJ VI SbubItNb, "
fountain Of delight
ruE coUcoRAH Ant gtLLAHY
IL next in interest, monument to the
ref ed and discriminating benevolence
of one man, whose royal gft to his
country it IS. That sublime statue Of
Napoleon In alone worth trip to Wash.
ngton to study.
The Smithsonian Institute and the
new mus UNI are III Themselves liberal
education. Believing with Pope that
1.-The pruru study of mankind +. man,
the regents Of the Smithsonian have
recently established an "anfhropOlos ical
DIVISION" IN which tn races OF m IL
kind may he studied by the mammoth !
~ stem OF object teaching hardly |
3Qualcd on the earth. Already full. |
ength ;iguros ot many Of the present |
noes ARE in place along the walls OF the |
magnificent hall III the second story Of I
he building, and 1t il designed tu repre-
cent every nation und pc pie and raco
II this and former ago as thoy appear
n appeared III every day life and in all
itages OF being, fiom babyhOod to old
lgc.
rHR DEPARTMENTS.
The agricultural department il Of
,rout interest 10 visitors with brains, m
.rr also the trcasnry building, postoflice
aud interior department, to any
iothing OF that human hive Ut industry,
Ingenuity and skill, the buretu Of en-
raving aud printing. The department
4 Justice, too, has its charms for many,
nd the medical museum also TN.
rmy and navy building IL perhaps ia.
lost beautiful public building IN the
'urld inside aud ont and contains much
- interest the visitor. Then we hive
tlll III reserve the sailors home. an
ther Ut Mr. Corcouns muuihoout glftH,
nj TINT sweetest and most gracious ct
umnn charities Mr.. Corcuruu's
ift-
"THR LuuIsR HOME
n reduced grutl women There III old
/. johns church, where Washington ,
orsll ppcd, and over in Georgetown
le ul cHt institution uf lenr ing IN
merica, the Jesuit college, much older
AN oar government, and nppar entity
luch better managed
Besides all this We huv1 the ynrioug
istitutiuns and Rsylums pertaining to
Il large cities, but those above men
Oncd ARE peculiar tu Washington alone.
q you see unr could spend many pro-
table and pleasant weeks here even IN
Ild summer but Tor ie and powerful
)irlt TINT has lts home uuwu on the POI
mae, whence II arises when the sun
pes doAm, and spreading its gloomy
lisonous pinlons out oyer the city, fills
| the air with it's nuisomc breath and ,
uds disease and death to every home.
ALARM il its name, aud 1t is the one I
nwhnck to the charm Of this beautiful
nj delightful city. /
PERSONALS,
/ am delighted to be able to report I
r. w. W. Curcoran, uuqucstionubly the I
ost distinguished private citizen in
nited States -eN- President Davis not
ing a citiaen-as quite couvnlcscent
lm his recent severe attack OF illucsF, J
that he hopes soon To- leave for his |
nal simmer home, the White Sulphur
rings, in Virginia. ,
President Arthur aud Senators Hamp-
N and Vest went on Il hunting and q