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The Washington critic., 1886-06-22

south of the White House stands
the Washington Monument, the loftiest
structure erected by man. and the most i'm
posing obelsk ever constructed IL Is 5J5
feet above its base, which Is ~ fcot above
tlde-water, Its cornerstone was laid July
4, isiS, and the cap-stone, forming the apex,
was placed In position December q, 1891. In
II are 1si blocks of inserted stones or cop
per. gifts from various countries and So
cicties. The total cost will be oyer S13j0 e
oCO. II Is situated in what will ultimately
be beautiful mark
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The TREASURY Department.

The Treasury Department Is east OF the White
House and extends the whole length of the
avenues, II is 5S2 feet long by 800 feet wide
The central east portion Is built of freostone,
rebuilt In 1896 II, while the other parts We're
commenced In 1855 and built of granite
tiful apartment in the north wing, the en-
trance TO which is from the north porch
The vaults are under the Cash Room aud
can bo seen on n written permit given by
the treasurer of the United States, whose
office Is in the north east angle on the first
floor. This permit must be shown the cash
Ter who will detail guides TO take tho visl-
tor into the great bullion chests of the coun-
try. The old State Department used TO be
on the site occupied by the northeast cor
ner of the Treasury.
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Theatres.

Alfgughs Grand Opera House, In the Wash
/, ton Light Infantry Arnory, is on Eff
teenth street, Just south of Pennsylvania
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Mount vernon

Fourteen miles below Washington down the
river, reached by boat, Is Mount Vernon,
the home and grave Of Washington. Wis
itors can reach II by the steamer Corcoran,
Captain Blake, every day.
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War, Navy and state Departments.

This ediflce. once named by a Washington
journalist tho ''rriune Building" occupies
the west side of the Presidents reservation,
Immediately west OF the White House. The
state Department occupies tho south part,
the Navy Is located north of the State, while
the War Department occupies the entire
northern half II Is u new and very hand
some structure. The most beautiful room
In the whole building is conceded 10 be the
library of the State Department, with south
front, from whose windows the eye can
sweep WWn,ntorruptneuiy Wa n W. down the ne tqtomae W
hills The building is in the Italian Renais-
sance. II Is 567 feet long and 343 feet wide
Its greatest height Is l2S feet, and the flag
floating over the central portion, tlaunts In
the breeze higher up than any other Nag In
the city, not excepting those above the
Senate and House of Representatives. The
cost of the building was five millions OF dol
White House, and, we think, as much us
the Capitol.
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LIST OLE PRIZES.

1,9C; Prizes amounting to S265, 800
Application tor rates TO clubs should be
made only to the Office OF the Company in
New Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders or New York Exchange in ordi-
nary letter. Currency invariably by Express
at our expense addressed
NJ. 4. DAUPHIS,
New Orleans, La.
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The Peace Monument.

Just half way across the Avenue from the
northeast angle of the Botanical Garden.
And at the west foot of the Capitol Grounds
Is the Peace Monument. This was de-
signed by Admiral Porter In honor of the
dead soldiers and sailors of the late war.
1t is of marble and cost, with PEDESTAL and
platform S4i, 600 1t Is proposed to remove
this monument to one of the squares on the
northwest section.
Rnf l.inn ~ sI n,.l Hn
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The botanical Gardens.

Passing eastward from the Museum, over
the railroad bridge that spans sixth street,
and through the pretty park lying between
Maine and Missouri avenues the visitor
comes to the entrance on Third street, Just
south of Pennsylvania avenue, of the Bo-
tancal Gardens. These interesting grounds
are open daily from D in the morning to-
9 in the evening. They were established
30 years ago. The conservatories are filed
with the choicest and rarcst foreign plants.
Around the gardens are extensive collec-
tions of trees and shrubs. In the centre of
the lawn facing the centre conservatory is
the famous Bartholdi Fountain that at
tracted so much attention at the Phladel-
min Centennial
The Washington critic., 1886-06-22

From the west balcony OF the Capitol, lookins
down Pennsylvania avenue, the Whitg
House Is seen rearing its snowy-hued walle
above the dense mass of opening that en-
up amid its enfolding green blades. We're
II not for the partly Intervening Treasury
building tho view of the White House from
the Capitol would be full and complete. The
White House Is the center Of "Up-town," as
the Capitol Is the center of down town."
1t Is beautifully located, the view from the
south windows covering tho whole southern
front ofthe city, as the view from the north
up Sixteenth street west exhibits the best
The White House Is copy of the palace of
the Duke of Lenster at Dublin. with the
addition of large porch on the north front,
which was added during Andrew Jackson's
administration. The reservation In which
II stands embraces nearly 81 acres. The
main entrance is on the north, reached by
the Pennsylvania avenue cars. II Is two
stories high on the north, Is built of white
free-stone, 40 feet long by Sc wide. 1t con-
tains on the first floor the famous Green,
Red, Blue and East rooms, the State Dining
Room and the great conseryatories. The
Blue Room Is the Presidents official recep-
tion room and the drawing-room of the ladies
of his family. The East Room, originally
designed for q banquet hall and so used us
late as 1887, and In the latter part of the
century used as a drying-room for clothes
by Mrs. President Adams, is the largest and
most noted room in the building. 1t Is %
feet high, so feet long and 40 wide. 1t is
open to visitors every day except Sundays.
offices. the Presidents Office, the library
and the family apartments. All these
rooms except the latter are open to visitors,
by special permission, at suitable hours,
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Tho District Jail.

On the reservation which lies Immediately
north of Il street southeast and fronts on
the Anacostia River Is huge quadrangular
pile of red brick known us the District Jail.
This building is especially noticeable for
being the one wherein the assassin of
President was hanged. Just south of II Is
the City Asylum. IL Is reached by cab or
carriage, or on foot from the termination of
the rnilMnY nnd herdic lines.
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Medical Museum.

on Tenth street, between l. and L, round the
corner westward from Masonic Temple, Is
the famous Medical Museum, This build
lug was cnce q prominent Baptist Church IL
was converted about tho beginning of the
war into a theatre, known the country ovor
as Ford's, and IL was In a private box there
In April, 1865, that John Wilkes Booth
killed President Lincoln, The latter was
carried to house, Just opposite, where he
died. A marble tablet In front of the house,
No, blG Tenth street, commentaries this
fact. The theatre was then sequcstratcd by
the Government and turned into the Med
ical Museum attached to the Surgeon Gen.
erals Office. IL Is full of interesting surgical
relies of the war, and has the largest moJl.
cal library In the world. Among the cthi-
ositics within It's walls Is the articulated
skeleton of Gutcau, the assassin of Prcsl.
dent Garfield. Coming down Tenth street
from the Medical Museum the visitor will
not fail TO inspect the massive and beauti-
ful Post Building, In which Is situated the
Office of TnE CRITIo. This is the largest
newspaper establishment south of Phlladel-
phia and east Of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. -Four of the leading and most inilu.
ential journals in the country-two morning,
one evening (TnE CRrTic) aud one indopen.
establishment
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The Smithsonian,

Across Twelfth street, Immediately cast from
the, Agricultural Department. are the
nian Grounds The former is specimen of
the most graceful architecture In the city,
and the latter form the most beautiful
grounds of themselves are worth visit to
Washington to see. They contain the
memorial urn to the artist who designed
the park, Andrew J. Downing, and the
bronze statue of Professor Henry, the first
secretary Of the institution. The latter Is
at the northwest corner of the building; the
Downing Urn is In the centre of the grounds,
two hundred yards north of the east wing.
The Smithsonian is filled with the most
varied and interesting objects connected
with science. u is reached by the Seventh
street, the Ninth Street and the Belt Line
street parc
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The City Hall.

Due north Of, and two squares away from,
the District Buildings, and closing up Four
and half street ut that point, Is the city
Hal;, This is a large and commodious
and now occupied by the District courts.
just In front and to the south of the City
Hall Is column of white stone surmount
ed by a mnrhlo firllrn of Lincnln
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The Agricultural Department..

This building Is situated east Of the Monu-
ment. II Is enclosed by the most beautiful
and glowing flower garden in the country
and the grounds contain the most complete
Attached TO this Department are the Ex-
perimental Gardens, whose Offices are inn
mediately west of the main building. Th:
Belt Line cars go right past the grounds.
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Department OF Justice,

Immediately north Of the Treasury Building
aud Just across the street Is the Depart
ment OF Justice. This building was origin.
ally erected as the Frcedman's Sank The
square IN which It is erected Is a historic
one. on the same street, at the east corner,
stands Riggs Bank, which was built for the
accommodation OF the Washington branch
of the old United States Bank. The greater
part of II IL now occupied by the clerks of
the Surgeon. Generals Office. Around tho
corner TO the west is the Commssary-Gen
erals Office formerly the old Washington
Club House, In front of which Philip Barton
Key was shot by Slckles. The tree, under
which the dead mans body lay, Is still
standing, although It's bark had been com.
pletely removed by relic hunters. At the
northwest corner OF the square above the
Commissary-G Generals Office, Is the house
made famous by the ownership of Commo-
dore Decatur, and where Dolly Madison
lived and. rcigned SO long a social Queen
after her husbands term as President ex-
rired
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sE-Delivered to Any Par Of Washington
or Georgetown.
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The National Museum.

The National Museum is in the Smithsonian
grounds, few yards east of the Smthso-
nian building. IL contains thousands of the
life, customs and history of all nations. 1t,
as well as the Smithsonian, is open daily to
the public from A. IN, to ID, m
The Washington critic., 1886-06-22

= he New National Theatre occupies the same
site on which so many historic theatres
have stood, on 4 street, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth.
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The Printing and Engraving Bureau

The great money mill OF the Government Is
located at the corner of Fourteenth and B
street southwest, southeast from the Monu-
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. IL Is reached by the Belt Line
Cars. and Is opened to visitors every day
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The Geological Bnrcnu.

The Geological Survey Is located ON Il street,
near the Ebblt House. The Interior De-
partment building. immense as It IS, Is on.
tiroly too small for the accommo1 ition Of It's
bureaus, two of which. besides the Educa-
tional and Geological Bureaus tAriculturo
and Pension are located In other quarters.
These two last bureaus are among the larg.
est under tle Government
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13
WISE SAYINGS.

1t is better to be nobly remembered
than nobly born. --Ruskin.
He will be easily content and at
peace whose conscience is pure.
Thomas a Hempis.
Plato, hearing that some asserted
he was 3 very bad man, said IL
shall take care 80 to live that nobody
will believe them" --Guardisn
He who would undermine the
foundations Of our hope for eternity
seeks to beat down the column which
supports the feebleness of humanity -
Nepins. u
The talent of turning men into
ridicule, and exposing to laughter
those one converse with, is the quail.
tication of little minds and ungener,
Gus tempers. A young man with thi.
cast of mind cuts himself off from all
manner of Improvement addison.
Many people spend their time try.
ing to find the hole where sin got into
the world. If two men break through
the ice into mill-pond. they had better
hunt for some hole to get out, rather
than get into long argument about
the hole they came to fsli in Stand
ard. ......- ........t-...t.
i am more and more sure by ex
perience that the reason for the OBJ
servance of the Sabbath lies deep ir
the everlasting necessities of man.
nature. and that. as long as man i,
man. the blessedness Of keeping it
not as day of rest only, but as de-,
of spiritual rest. will never be an
! nulled.-E. ". Re6erison
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A STRANGE CLOCK.

TeI1lng Time BY FleWers Which Bts ON IT
Certain Hours Of tho bay aud Night.
The judges house was over in the
French quarter of New Orleans, unat-
tractive outside: but as soon as you got
into the broad hall cool breeze struck
you, laden, without exaggeration, with
the balm Of thousand flowers. The
hall led right through the house, and
opened into a r. gular fairy.land OF
flowers, garden the like of which
had never dreamed of. 1t was sur
rounded by high wall, and had plants
in it from every country under the sun.
The white-haired old gentle nan and a
group of grandchildren han sing about
him took us about; and the first thing
we stopped at was large oval pot, set
out with small plants around the edge
This" said the Judge, "is my
clock. What time is it, Claray" he
asked one Of the children
The girl ran about the pot, and said
it was about four o clock; and so it W as.
The four-O'clo was in loon.
"In fact" said the story-teller, 1.-THE
clock was made up Of flowers. In the
center was pair Of hands, of wood,
covered with some beautiful vines; but
they had nothing. however, to do with
the time-telling.
The time was this: TIL. judge had
noticed that almost every hour in the
day some plant doomed; and work
ing on this principle, he had selected
plants Of different hours and placed
them in a circle, twenty-four in mum.
Der, one for each hour For example,
at the top of the earthern clock, a.
twelve O'Clock, was planted the portu-
lacca; and he told me that it would
bloom within ten minutes of twelve,
and rarely miss. At the hours of one,
Two and three. he had different varic.
ties Of the same plant, oil of which
bloomed at the hour opposite to which
it was planted. At four o clock he had
our common plant OF that name; ant
YOU all know how you can depend or
that. At five the garden nitigo came
out; at six the geranium triste; and a
seven the evening primrose. Oppo
lite eight o'clock he had the bona nox
and nine o'clock the silent noctiAora-
all these blooming at or near the time
given. At ten O'Clock, If l remembe
rightly, he had cactus; at eleven an
other kind, and at twelve the night
blooming cereus. .t .da
Half the year some of the plants d.
not bloom at all. The plants opposite
one and two in the morning wer
cacti, that bloomed about that time
and at three was planted the common
satisfy; and at four the chickory; a
five snow thistle, and at six the dande
lion. Northern Budget. t"4
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thing as you divide n into. II We ii.
vided this up In eighteen pieces, then
there woald b eighteen eighteenths.
and the number Of eightesnths We took
out would be the top number In The
fraction"
That's just It exactly" said mann
ma. smiling 1t Georges soyish ex.
PLANTATION. "Now. I think you won'i
have such . hard time In your srith.
netic class tomorrow. 6uppose We
have . game Of subtraction OF fractions
now. II little boy should eat one Of
these pieces how many would there be
leftp"
George laughed. and one piece van.
ished in . twinkling.
There would be iifteen-sixt eenths,"
he answered.
Before very long every fraction Of
the orange had vanished, and George
ran off to play. quite happy in the
thought that he had got an idea oil
fractions at last wonder whether
that orange will help any other little
boy besides Georgie?-Minnis E. Ken
ney, in Christian at Work.
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FOB DUB YOUNG READERS
AIMING.

qhspe VEN four little beys.
Who started - 70
Prom the very same spot
To make tracks Ii the snow.
Who made his paths straiyhtea,
T1ey laid In their plan,
OF vi the contestants
should Be- the best mae.
Row, this little four
We're Philip and John,
And merry faced Harry,
And sombereyed Don;
The best friends In the vorN,
And full OF invsntioa
In play, but they seldom
Were found IN contention.
Well they started together.
And Travelled along.
But John, Don and Harry,
In sOIne way, went wrong;
Bur Phil made bis path j.
Nearly straight and they wondered
when oil tried alike,
Why they three had bluudesed.
Then Philip replied:
The reason you SEQ;
though no harder tried
To succeed than you three,
pushed Tor that oak.
Going forward gu to ready,
While on struggled on
Without aim and unsteady.
Now, you zee, my dear boys,
What such lessons teach
II there 10 point
That you wish to reach,
A position in life
At oil worth the naming.
IfyOu rain Il, 'tw II greatly
Depend on your . ming.
-Mdrie y. Lttld, IN Iiiisti0n Cnt0h
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THE TIE THAT BINDS.
Christ, the Power which Makes the Conn
mon Pe0pl,, the World, One Family.

Christ, the Power which Makes the Com
mon Peopl,, the World, One Family.
1t is said that the common people
heard Christ gladly. We sometimes
talk about the common people as if
they formed class by themselves, and
were somehow separated from certain
other people who are not so common.
but are in some way distinguished
and remarkable. But l think that if
we will stop and calmly consider for a
moment We shall conclude that, as
compared with one another and with
the great remainder of the human
family, there is nothing very remark
able and distinguishing about any of
us. We are. all common people. l
mean TO say that the things which We
ali have in common, as men, as hui
man beings. as Gods creatures, pos
sessing bodies mortal and spirits inn
mortal, endowed with reason and af-
lection, conscience and will, moral
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SILK COSTUMES.

Stylish Combination Dresses of S0k and
Velvet for the House and Promenade.
While winter outfits, and especially
trousseaux, will contain two wool
dresses, one of which is plain for street
wear, and the other dressy enough for
receptions, there ara also combination
dresses Of silk with velvet, TO be worn
no only in the house, but Out-of-doors
as well when covered by a long cloak
of seal fur or of any of the elegant
cloths that are made upin combination
with velvet and fur. The silk used In
such dresses is repped, and has a demi-
luster, and there are usually two kinds
of velvet in each dress, one plain and
the color of the silk for revers, and the
other striped with contrasts Of color
for panels or petticoat, and either a
vest or plastron. A velvet yoke is
seen in the fronts Of new silk dresses,
while others have the silk plated on
the shoulders, and the plaits gradual
ing narrower beside q velvet vest.
White surah and Japanese Grape vests
are to be gathered in such dresses, or
else to form plastrons at the upper
part of striped velvet vests for these
dresses. Blue, dull rosewood. pansy
and heliotrope colors are liked fo,
these combination dresses. The Ion g
wrap worn over silk dresses hes NJ
reference to the dress in color, as il
must conceal it entirely, and IS to be
left in the carriage or the cloak-roon
at receptions. The drapery and lower
skirts Of such dresses are made witt
velvet revcrs. with panels of velvet
with jabots Tired with velvet, or witt
the long pointed wings of velvet on thu
back drapery in the ways already de
scribed for cloth dresses. While tail
ors are making round hats in turbar
and sailor shapes of cloth to wear witt
cloth gowns, bOnnets are de riguea'
with the silk and velvet costumes tina
are worn with long clOaks. These
bonnets are made partly of the velve
used in the dress, but not of the silk
and are trimmed with ribbons ant
and fancy feathers.
Black silk dresses with white ves
of crepe or of brocaded velvet will b.
made otherwise entirely of the silk, o
there may be a front panel of the bro
caded velvet. Plain black velvet vii
be used for revers on the corsage. =
Hmper's Bazdr.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
AT SUNSET.

The Son 10 setting In the wost,
RpSa,s are hing ring Ia the sky,
Se14 n1ttre now invites to rest,
IL hour for meditattou'S nigh.
A 1910 the sun this morning bright
IL esOudltss sks, WITH cheerful boasnA
No IN, man enters ntO light, IN
10 6A.ne am d earth changing soenos.
nat 80 the sun had reached high neos.
SoDe cl0udiets Ger hb dIsC wore
THROWN: NtIiNN iii' TT
his beams Of light were bid too so0a
~ NAt tue lilies lately mOwn. G4e
Thpp - We pass from morn to cen
u life. we, too, cxrect the shades
OF tn0 and sorrow ". II 10 seen,
n MI who run through iife's dark
oAdes Hnf-
Dlif - the Nj es lately mown
Wao sh elded by the hidden sun.
30 God d great shadow will have thrown
PrUeBctIOn O er our lives begun.
As scts the sun. let il remind
EraA mOrtals of ife's setting sun:
IhM We ma calmly leave behind
N applause OF friends-well dOua well
dAh0 t,Y
:. Rep. Je,aes B. Finch M. A.. IN O.rtsttaH q,
WNh.
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"A correspondent from Paris says;
'.The ushers were all ladies, and were
to be seen waiting upon the ladies and
gentlemen all over the house during
the intervals between the acts. ''Ush.
er ladies" is a new term to be added to
''sales ladies'" washer ladies" and
the others.
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"A quiok-teupsred but sen- possessed
bah seS on the railroad track 81 1a0-
sos, Conn. the other day. and wouldn't
get oG when the Newport. express came
along. This is not the usual chestnut
about The bull and the locomotive, for
the train stopped rather than try con-
siusions with the animal, and . brake
man WAS sent 70 get the bull of the
track. He succoeded remarkably well,
bat the bull was mighty close 70 hia
heels a he skipped over the nearest
fence. - Hartford Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13

EvELINA wants to know what ''chest-
nuts" are. Other peoples jokes EVE
dear. Other peoples jokes. - SOmsrsill,
LQk1NAl. - -------
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LOOK SHARPi It u time TO begin whel
your skin breaks out in pimples TO uss
GLENS's SULPHUR Soar.
Hills HAIR AND WHIsKER DyI, Black o.
Brown, 6Oc. .f
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13

A COLLECTOR Of curiosities wants to get
the original brush with which the signs OF
tho times were painfully Y Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13

An exchange tells about . sailor who
was tried for assault. He turned out to
be one, too.-RGr!ington Frss Prem. s.-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13

OXYGEN CURE. Throat, lang. nervous dis
eases. Book free. DR.. Geppert, Cincinnati, q
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13

BuCKINaHAn's Dye for the Whisksrs pro-
drcs% in one application, . psrn.ansnt
color. ~
We have used Ayers Agus Cure, and have
found IL invaluable in malarial troubles
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AN inferior article is dear at any price
Remember this, and buy Frazer Axle Greas'