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The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The Centre Market.

The Centre Market occupies the squares
south of the Avenue; bounded by y street
and Ninth street on the west. II Is u very
handsome market building, OK ,ellel In
beauty, and probably IN 10, 10y none IN the
world. II Is the cleanest and the best,
" lille also the cheapest market in America.
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COrcOran Art Gallery.

The Corcoran Art Gallery Is at the CORNER Of
Pennsylvania avenue ana seventeenth
Department. 1t is open Tuesdays, Thurs
days and saturdays free; on other days Tex
cept sundays a small admission fee Is
compared with the great Old World gal
lercs, Is nevertheless a very creditable in
stituton for so new a country ms the United
States. II contains among other original
objects Powers great statue of the Greek
Sloya
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The Louise Home.

The Louise Home is a beautiful building at
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle. II has
extensive grounds, beautifully cmbellished,
and Is unique establishment, IL Is u
memorial to the wife and daughter of Mr.,
W. W. Corcoran. and is intended as home
for ladies of education, birth and refine
ent, who have been reduced to poverty
fro, ffluauaa
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The ucof Nute <,o,Icrc,

Returning from Mt Olivet the visitor will
pass near by and In full sight of the Deaf
Mute College, which is on the north side of
street northeast. 1t is reached by cab or
the II street line OF cars. II Is the most
prominent Deaf Mute College In the world
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The weather bureau.

The Signal Service, or Weather Bureau, Is
about one hundred yards west OF the state,
Wal and Navy Departments, on g street. IL
is one of the most interesting places In
Washington tO visit. The observers in
charge, when at leisure always take
pleasure In showing visitors how they
tmanutnCture weather.
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7 VII tEIIIW0 HNN'
The Colombian University.

Coming down Fifteenth street from the Louise
Home, at the corner of Fifteenth and II
streets, the visitor sees the Columbian Uni
yersity, which occupies the site of the old
Grswud mansion. This university was in
corporated as Columbian College in 1921,
and Is under the special supervision of the
Baptist Church, II Is an institution famous
for the discipline and thOroughness of its
gnst
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Tho City HILL.

Due north of, and two squares away from,
the District buildings, and closing up Four
and half street at that point, Is the city
Hall. This Is a large and commoi ous
omqng nn ior v use be "fer srct 'an c5pS spw
just in front and To the south of the city
Hall is IA column OF white stone surmount-
cd by a marble figure of Lincoln,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The Bureau OF Education.

The Bureau Of Education Is in brick building
due north Of the Patent Office. Tho visitor
with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
fail 10 visit this bureau, which contains
complete collection OF objects illustrating
the progress and condition Of education
bp tpypII
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St. EIiZahcth's.

Across the Anacosta River, due south from
the NavyYard, is st. EllZabeth's or the Gov
ernments Hospital for the Insane. II lies on
the top of a hill having a beautiful view of
the surrounding country. There are over
one thousand patients In this asy lum. IL Is
reached by a pleasant carrlAge drive.
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III. postonice Departments.

The General Po,toilice Department is on tho
square bounded by T., +, seventh aud
Eighth streets. 1t Is II handsome building,
although It's proximity To It's larger and
holder brother. the Patent OAlce, some.
what obScures It's great size and tends to
lessen It's beauty. Its different bureaus
possess great interest TO the visitor, but the
Dead Letter ONCE Is particularly the one TO
taken from the mails in transit, as spcci-
mems of the uses to which the Nations pos
tai Conycyanccs are put, is both varied and
unique. Everything uninailublc, from an In
dian tumahawk tua stuffed kangaroo, Is 90
be seen in this collection, and 1t is still
prnWipu
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Judiciary SnMnre.

The City Hall stands on the south front of
Judiciary Square, one Of the finest parks In
the city. The city Jail used to stand on the
northeast corner of the square which runs
from Fifth to Fourth and from ID street and
and Louisiana avenue to q street-threo
long full squares
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DIED.

residence, "Melrose," IN Loudoun County, Va,
lr Nm. Y. Giddips.
RUPERT. ON September IS. 1886. at 0l5
p m, John q. Ruppert, ag,d fifty four years.
funeral VIII take place from his late re'i-
doncc, 2l6 Fourteenth street southwest Fri
day septt mEcr H. NJ I orc ock p m. Friends
ana relatives are respectfully invited to at
tend.
baltimore papers please copy
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uHDERTANsRS.

A rGUST HuKGDDRF,
~ FURNISHING uNnRErAV
No. ilR ranna ave q. W.. bot. 5d and " sts
Bverythilis hrst-ciass.
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The WnAhingtnn Monument.

south Of the White House stands
the Washington Monument, the lofticst
structure erected by man, and the most i'm
posing obelisk ever constructed, II Is 555
feet above its base, which Is ~ feet above
tide-water. Its cornerstone was laid July
q, 1913, and the cap-stone, forming the apex,
was placed in position December 0, 1881. In
IL are lsi blocks Of inserted stones or cop
per, gifts from various countries and so.
cieties. The total cost will be over $780,
00O. IL Is situated in what will ultimately
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
Dayy Burns' CottaSe.

Davy Burns Cottage, on seventeenth street,
near the river. II may be reached by the
drive south Of the Presidents House or by
the Metropolitan or Avenue line of cars
Next door to II is General Van Ness once
stately mansion, where he brought his
bride, Marcia Burns. one of the original
heiresses OF Washington.
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Mount Vernon

FOurteon mics holOW Washington down t6e
river, reached 10y boat l. Mount Vernon,
itors can reach 1t by the steamer COrcOran,
Captain Blake, every day,
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Department OF Justice.

Immediately north of the Treasury Building
and Just across the street Is the Depart
ment OF Justice. This building was origin.
ally erected as the Frecdman's Bank. The
square In which it Is erected Is n 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 10 Is now occupied by the clerks of
the Surgeon Generals Office. Around the
corner TO the west Is the Commlssary-Gen
erals O1lce, formerly the old Washington
Club House, In front of which Philip Barton
Key was shot by Sickles. The tree, under
which the dead mans body lay, Is still
standing, although It's bark had been CON.
pletely removed by relic hunters. At the
northwest corner OF the square. above the
Commissary. Generals Office, is tho house
made famous by the ownership of Commo-
dore Decatur, and where dolly" Madison
after after her her husbands term "T AS President evi ex
pired.
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Arlington

Across the Potomac, opposite Georgetown,
and reached by cab across either tho Long
or the Aqucduct Bridges, is Arlington, once
the home of the Lees, and now the largest
Iutiurfl cemetery In the country, over
lGOCO soldiers are buried here. The place
Is exceedingly beautiful and the yicw OF
MAsliuGttri Grand,
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Alexandria.

Seven miles from Wellington down the Po
tumuc reached ny boat or by rail, Is the old
cily uf Alexandria, II contains among
other objects Of interest the church where
Washington wOrshippcl, the house that
Braddogk lived In before he went on his
fatal campaign, the lodge Of Mlsons TO
which Washington was attached, the store
where the famous General Turner Ashhy
sold dry goods for many years, and many
other objects Of interest
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EsIadcuSburg.

outside of the original District are several
places Of great interest 10 the tourist, notA-
and q. II. r., seven miles from Washington,
II IL an old town, famous for being n hun
dred years ago the largest commercial city
In Maryland; also for It's spa Springs, and
ground in the days when the Code OF
honor" was in force.
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MAR III ED.

TT-CHAMBERLIN.- At the resi-
dence OF MI, Thomas Chamberln, September
II. 1896, 10y Rev. Francis NJ, Todd, Mr.. Matt
Service, Washington, d. c., TO Miss Alice NJ
Chambcrlm. daughter of Mr.. Thomas Cham
berlin ot Prince William County, Va.
BEALL-CARN ER-On Tuesday, September
II, 1886, at the residence of the brides parents
lt3 Twelfth street northwest, by Rev, j.
Ncsly Boteler, Howard Beall to NJ Emma
Carver. A
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hills. Tho building Is In the italian Renais-
Its greatest height Is 1893 feet, and tho flag,
floating over the central portion, naunts 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
lars, about three times as much as the
White House, and, We think, as much as
the Capitol
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The White House.

From the west balcony OF the Capitol, looking
down Pennsylvania avenue, the White
House Is seen rearing its snowy-hued walls
above the dense mass of foliage that en-
up amid its enfolding green blades. Were
II not for the partly Intervening Treasury
building the view of the White House from
the Capitol would be full and complete. Tho
White House Is the center OF uptown" as
the Capitol is the center of Down town"
1t is beautifully located, the view from the
south windows covering the whole southern
front of the city, as the view from the north
up sixteenth street west exhibits the best
part of the Northwest section to the gaze.
The White House Is copy of the palace of
the Duke of Leinster at Dublin, with the
addition of large porch on the north front,
which was added during Andrew Jacksons
administration. The reservation In which
II stands embraces nearly 81 acres The
main entrance is on the north, reached by
the Pennsylvania avenue cars. IL Is two
stories high on the north, is built of white
free.stone, 40 feet long by So wide, 1t CON
tains on the first floor the famous Green,
Red, Blue and East rooms, the state Dining
Room and the great conservatories. 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 a banquet hall and so used as
late as 1887, and in the latter part of the
century used as drying-room for clothes
by Mrs, President Adams, Is the largest and
most noted room In the building. 1t Is q
feet high, so feet long and 40 wide. II Is
open to visitors every day except sundays.
Upstairs are the Cabinet room, the private
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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The peace Monument.

Just halt 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 S4l COO. 1t Is proposed to remove
This monument to one of the squares on the
northwest section.
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"AIderney Dairy Wagons"
Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in ! ID. "Ward"
prints, Soc. per ID. Also cottage cheese ;
buttermilk and sweet milk, sc. per at.
Cream. 15c. per pt.
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Tic Nnynl observatory.

To The Wcst OF the Washington Monument,
on the highest elevation that borders the
north bank of the river, between st. Eliza
toth's Heights and Georgetown College,
stands the Naval Observatory. The hill on
which II stands Is famous for having been
the camping ground of Washington, Brad.
dock. and the latter's army, when ON their
march to the fatal field, where the English
General fell n victim to his selfconceit and
vanity. Tradition also points out this hill
as the decisive battle ground between the
District Indians and the mysterious Susqtle
hannas. This observatory contains the
largest refracting telescope In the world
Lick observatory, By lis aid that most in.
terosting, II not greatest, astronomical dis
covery of the country was made, the moons
of Mars, The entrance to the observatory
Is at Il and Twenty third streets northwest.
The Herdic cabs 60 to Twcnty-second and
G. streets.
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fNV'f"NIr'h OFf ''NF'' We '''fE'
The Printing md 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. II is reached by the Belt Line
Cars, and Is opened to visitors every day.
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General FairchiId-Grec

To General LuciIts FdirchHW Of WISCONSIN,,
Comnidnder-ii,- Chief Of the G. 4. IL:
/ welcome you In Washington and invite
you to come out to the Soldiers Home and
see us old soldiers of 1872, lS45-lS, lS6l-65,
old from l04 years down. And do this in
remembrance OF the many pleasant hours
you and your schoomate, Billy Villas,
now Postmaster General, spent with me in
the Office of the State Treasurer Of Wiscon-
sin-lS50- Slower which your late father,
Colonel j. G. Fairchild (under Governor
Nelson Dewey's administrator, presided,
and in which Office your noble father APP
pointed me his confidential clerk. God
bless your noble mother and your excellent
wife. EvERMARp WELTER,
From Monroe, Green County, Wis.
Mexican War Veteran, Soldiers Home.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 10, 1886.
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Georgetown University,

Georgetown University is the leading Catholic
College In the United States. II Is Gated
ON the west side Of Prospect street, George
town, on, perhaps, the most beautiful site
are very handsome. Reached by the Met
rNlnlltnm Niroul unrs.
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Miss Jeannie Winston will sing "Sllken
Bands" for the first time In public tonight.
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Lafayette square.

Due north from the White House Is Lafayette
Square. the first public reservation In Wash
ington that was improved. 1t contains the
Clark Mills, Many of its trees are old forest
Unarchs, hundreds of years old. 1t Is In
part specimen of the old formal landscape
gardening so fashionable in England two
hundred years ago, n style that was i'm.
ported into this country. Lafayette Square
was, one hundred years ago, part rf grave
yard that enclosed the square north, on
which st. Johns Church is built, and the
square east, on which are situated tho At
torney Generals Office formerly the Freed
mans Bank, the Surgeon. Generals Office
and higgs Bank (both In the build 'ng for
m.rly used as the United States Bank,
Commodore Decatur's house, corner Fiji
teenth al d a.half and IL streets, and the
old club House, near which Philip Barton
Key was killed by Daniel Il. Sickles, Mem
her of Congress from New York. The last
bodies from this graveyard were not re-
moved until 1919,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17

Proprietor OF the Louvre, San Fran
cisco, cured a severe cough with Red Star
Cough Cure.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
Masonic Temple.

WtstWNrd rom Inc VNIont OTnre NNFOss NnIl
street AZ its intersection with +
street ls the handsome Masonic
Ttmplc, erected IN 1873 This build
mgis one OF the most complete In ~ ar.
rangempEts OF any build ng consecrdted to
Masonic uses in The country.
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Cabin John Bridge.

Cabin John Bridge, spanning the Chasm of
Cabin John Greek, about eight miles from
Rock Creek Bridge, Is the largest single
above Cabin John Bridge are the Great
Falls of the Potomac The scenery is mag
nihrent RnnchpA by CAb.
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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-
tanical Gardens. These interesting grounds
are open daily from in the morning to
In the evening. They were established
30 years ago. The conservatores are filled
with the choicest and rarest foreign plants.
Around the gardens are extensive collec.
tons of trees and shrubs. In the centre of
the lawn facing the centre conservatory Is
tracted so much attention at the Philadel-
nh ia nial
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The Interior Department.

or, as II is popularity termed, the Patent OF
hce. uccu les the two squares between Sey-
euthand Ninth and Il and q streets. II Is
built IN the Dorc style, and Is an admirable
sreclmcn OF the bolest and coolest Of the
Greek STYLES. II contrasts finely with the
General Postoncc, which Is Curinthiln, the
most ornate If the pure crock modes of
architecture. The curiusties of the Patent
On'ce arc the model rooms, whore many
Thousands OF ideas have been materialihel
and exhibit themselves 10 the gdzr la every
stage of invention. This building, like most
OF the Government Offices, Is open 10 the
visitor from q "A. m to p. m. The libraries
of tile Interior Department are well worthy
Of visit. The great Inauguration ball ~
lincoln second term took place in the
DO tnft hF.nn
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war, navy and state Departments.

This edihce. once named by Washington
Journalist the "Triunc Ruiding," occupies
The west side of the Presidents reservation,
Immediately west OF the White House. The
State Department occupies the south part,
the Navyis located north ot the state, while
the War Department occupies the entire
northern half. II Is a new and very hand
some STRUCTURE, The most beautiful room
library Of the state Department, with south
front. from whose windows the eve can
sweep uninterrupteily dnwn the Potomac
to MI. Vernon and far over the Virginia
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The Agricultural Departneut.

ment. II Is enclosed by the most beautiful
and glowing flower garden in the country
and the grounds contain the most complete
Arboret,lm probably In the United States.
Attached to this Department are the Ex-
perimental Gardens. whose offices are i'm
mediately west of the main building. The
bolt Line cars 20 rlght past the gronnls.
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WEAK, UNDEVELOpED PARTS

OF THE HUMAN BODY ENLARGED, DEVELOPED
srRENGTHENED, Etc., Is m interesting Advertisement
uug paper. iureply inquiries will tia
-
scaled circulars giving all paIculaa by undressing
EHi4 NEnidIL Do, Bulin0 \. Y.-Tolrdo E,enns bee.
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er than when the beds are narrow, and
limited by walks. as so often seen.
Treating Heavy Soil.-Even it the gar
den is disposed to be tenacious, clay II
can be treated to suit flowers and hne gar
dening provided it is not wet from lack OF
drainage, by carting on to it load amer
load Of coal ashes, sand or sandy
soil, to cover it to the depth OF three
or more inches. By the time this material
is well worked into the clay. say after two
seasons, the land will be decidedly loamy
and easily titled. Of course there must
be manure or some other form OF vegeta-
Bile matter added also. The writer last
year newly started flower bed on heavy
soil. Besides working light materials
into the bed, the surface at planting tune
was covered with an inch OF sandy soil;
After that only the rake and the trowei
were used in the bed. and the matter OF
tillage and keeping down the weeds was
light and pleasant task. Without such
a coat, more or less Jumps would have
shown up, as the bed was in its first year
with it no one could have surmised that
heavy clay underlaid the sandy surface
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CHICKEN CHOLERA

out for the dog. I'd send one of the Mexicans
around, but they're all busy now"
l was bitten by a dog once, and have &
wholesome respect for the smallest and mos
inoffensive of the race. As l led my horse
around to the corral gate, l examined my
six-shooter to see if it was properly loaded
and when entered the enclosure my trepida'
tion was not dismnished, when l saw staring
me in the face an enormous sign with the
legend, beware of the Dog" painted on i,
in great black characters.
A cold perspiration began to come from
every pore in my body, and if the sombrero
that wore hadn't been so heavy, believe
that nv rising hair would have lifted it off my
head. walked on the lee side of my horse,
my cooked six-shooter in my hand, with every
sense alert to warn me of the approach of the
ferncious monster, who was, no doubt, sleep
ing in one corner of the corral.
With trembling fingers, l unsaddled my
horse. and nv knees knocked together as
measured out his feed.
So far had escaped the notice Of the dog
and was backing toward the corral gate,
inwardly c0ngratulating myself on my fortu-
nate escape, when | heard yelping bark,
about as large as the chirp of an Engl ST
sparrow, and one of these Chihuahua chiqui
tas came bounding across the yard, making
leaps that measured at least six inches in
length. He looked so ridiculous that burs,
out laughing, whereat he stopped barking and
began to wag his lilliputian tail and frisl
about like rat.
l learned afterward that he was the only
canine about the place, and his owner has
the reputation all along the frontier of being
a confirmed practical loker.-Ph,tadelphiG
Times
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Dogs That Weigh a Pound.
PRETTY LITTLE CHIoUIrAs THAT THE MExI
CANS DEARLY PRIZE AS PETS.

Every Mexican owns at least one Chihua.
hua chiquita dog, They are beautiful little
creatures and of two varieties-one nth long
silky hair; the other with a short, smooth
coat that is as soft as velvet to the touch.
have seen full-grown specimens that weighed
trifie over pound, and young puppies abou,
the size of field mince. They have large ex.
pressive eyes, and the best of dispositions.
A fashionable Philadelphia lady with one
OF these diminutive creatures as her compan-
ion on promenade down Chestnut street,
would attract as much attention as did Bar.
NUNS Jumbo.
My first introductiod to the Chihauhau
chiquita was in Preside del Norte, Texas, a
little town on the bank of the Rio Grande. !
reached there late in the afternoon, with a
letter of introduction to the principal mer-
chant, an American named Russell. He re.
ceived me very cordially and gave me the
keys to his corral and feed-box.
Put up your horse" he said, '.but look