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The Agricultural DcDartmcut,

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
Arboretum probably IN the United States
Attached to this Department ARE the Ex-
perimcntal Gardens, whose offices arc i'm
mcdiately west of the main building. Tho
Belt Line cars 20 right past the grounds.
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Commission ers.

We, the undersigned Banks and Bankers,
Will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
State Lotteries which may bo presented a.
our counters.
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Marine Harracks-Navy-Yard.

Tie Marine Barracks are situated ON Eighth
street southeast, between q and H.. Several
squares further south the walls Of the Navy
Yard rise before the gaze. This Maynard
was in It's time the most famous one in the
country, the second largest ship of the line
In the Navy having been built here, as well
az the famous cruisers, the Essex, the Wasp
and others. II Is To be converted into the
great ordnance factory of the country, and
the visitor Will find hundreds OF objects
herein TO interest him. especially the making
of the stool rlllel CANNON.
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The Old SoIdicrs, Home.

rhe Old Soldiers Home lies about mile be
yOud Howard University, out seventh
Street extended, and is reached by the same
convcyances, namely the Ninth and seventh
street car lines. It's main building j. Of
marble, 200 feet front with very high
tower. The view from its tower surpasses
any similar view in the peighborhood. A
statue Of General Scott adorns the grounds
There is also National Cemetery with sew
eral thousand Union dead buried there.
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ARRIVALS
At B. and T.. station.

From Boston-loi5 p. M (Eypress).
From New Iork-5;b5 \, and lO:ii n. M: 1910
2;lO, 331, limited), 500, $3.50 QimtcdD and
From Baltimore-t:35, COS, 8, s.35, $40, s5j
$3.50 and lOi5 a. m;l:i0, 2:lON37, 4, $50
$40 s, S.55, and i0ai p m,
From Chicago, St. Louis pittshurg and Gin
cinnat-C.O5 and $3.50 n. M; $50 aud s p IN.
From Annapulis-S:O0 a. m; $40 and $50 y. m.
From Buffalo, Blmira and Harrisburg u.
M. and y. m.
From Manassas, 1horoughfaro Gap and Front
koyal-lO1O q, m, except sundays
From Waircnton u. M, 2:lS, 800 and
$40 p. m.
From Atlanta, New Orleans and Lynchburs
$40 Il. m. and S:30 p. m.
From pope's Greek Lncs:3j q. IN. except
Suudays) and $50 y, m.
From Philadelphia-5;35, and l0a5 a. m, and
l:i0 2:l0 3:37, 4, s, S55 and 1871 p. m.
From Richmond and the SOuth-.O:3O q. M;
From Aicxandria-is:3O Except Monday, G:e5,
$50, S:35, S:ij, 1890, 1880 and 1910 "A. m. (;
1.20, 3:95 $40, $50, 725 500 0:l5, $40 and II
p. N. Sundays at 1880, $40 and 1890
a. m. and 725 and ll02 p. M.
From Cincinnati Louisville and st. Louis
$40 y. m.
From Fort Monroe, Newport News and Nor.
folk-3:40 u. m daily except sunday.
From Round Hill, Leeshurg and points on w,
o.. W.-S:iOa IN. and 5is Up. M. The even
Ing train does not run on Sundays.
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The district ,Jail,

On the reservation which lies Immediately
north of street southeast and fronts On
the Anacustia River Is huge quadrangulsr
pile of red brick known as the District Jail.
This building is especially noticeable for
being the one wherein the assassin OF a
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 railway and hcrdic lines,
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Alexandria.

Seven miles from Washington down the po
tumgC. reached by boat or hy vail, rs tine OLD
dry of AlrNuulrlU. 10 cnntajps aw1ug
otter objects ut Interest the church NAurl
Washington wor,linu"l, the hn1.e tll'
Erauuugk lived IN before hc went uu ,u,
fatal campaign, the lodge ut NVslus t1
which WASHINGTON was attached, tNa -iuIH
whore the famous General Turner AsbbY
sold dly goods FOR many years, and many
otter objects OF interest,
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vbc poetoOlee Depnrtnlent.

The General postollce Department IS on tho
square bounded 10y Il, +, Seventh and
Eighth streets. II Is a handsome building,
although its proximity to its larger and
what obsoures It's great size and tends 70
lessen It's beauty It's different bureaus
possess great interest 10 the visitor, but the
be observed. The collection of curiositlos
taken from the mails in transit, as spcci'
mems of the uses to which the Nations pos
tai conyoyanCes are pnt, Is both varied and
dian tomahawk to a stuffed kangaroo, Is 20
be seen in this collections and 1t is still
growing
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The Columbian University.

Coming down Fifteenth street from the Louise
Home, at the corner of Fifteenth and IL
streets, the visitor sees the Columbian Uni.
yersity which occupies the site of the old
Griswald 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
lta.A A..ILL.a I'm
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IkiaucnS ShI.rg.

outside of the original District are several
places Of great interest TO the tourist, nOtl-
bly, Bladensburg, In Maryland, on the B,
IL Is an old town, famous for being 4 nun
drcd years ago the largest commercial city
IN Maryland; also for It's Spa springs and
Tor MS ASSOCIATIONS as a Nurlte luglllhs
honor was in force.
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Corcorau Art Gallery.

Tho Corcoran Art Gallery IL at the corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth
street, opposite the War, Navy and state
Department. II Is open Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays free; on other days Tex
cept sundays a small admission fee Is
charged. This gallery, although not to be
lerles, Is nevertheless a very creditable in
stitution for so new country as the United
States. II contains among other original
objects Powers great statue Of the Greek
ll..r..A I
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The Louise Home.

The Louise Home IL a beautiful building at
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle, IL has
extensive grounds, beautifully embellished,
and Is unique establishment, II II a
memorial TO the wife and daughter of Mr..
W, W, Corcoran, and Is intended as home
for ladies Of education, birth and refine
ment who have been reduced to poverty
from n ntiupnpp,
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The Government Printing OGice.

The Government Printing Office Is In n north
east direction from the Pension Office, at
the corner of II and North Capitol streets.
1t is by far the largest printing. establish
ment in the world, and Is full of interest to
visitors. The cost of running II goes up into
millions annually, and the money Is well
sIent. II would take columns to merely
outline the gigantic establishment which
employees IN its busiest season over 1000
people. It is reached by the Columbia line
of street cars
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The Ruius or Charleston,

Mr.. II. L. Villee OF 05G + street has on
sale at the principal book stores q series Of
twenty-eight Photographic views of the
ruins of Charleston, taken Immediately
after the quake. The photos will be sold
at 35 cents, the proceeds to go to the
Charleston relief fund.
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l''lH MbnlNlS DTdWlDrs
CAPITAL PRIZE, $1,000
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths, in proportion.
LIST OF PRIZES.
LIST OF PRIZES.

1867 Prizes amounting to S2t1,500
Application for rates TO clubs should bo
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. a. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
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The Dcnf Mutc COLLEGE.

Returning from Mt Olivct the visitor will
pass near by and in fall sight of the Deaf
Mute College, which is ON the north side of
street northeast. II is reached by cab or
the II street line of cars. IL is the most
prominent Deaf Mute College In the world.
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Howard University Il the first place In This
country TO provide for the higher education
OF the colorcd people generally. IL Is ON Sew
cnIh street extended, just above Bound try,
and occupies a high and picturesque site,
over looking the whole city. IL Is built of
large cream.colored brick, specially manu-
factured for the occasion.
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EcOrrrtoMn lnivcraity.

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
on the Potomac, II, buildings ana grounds
are very handsome. Reached by the Net
ropolitan street cars.
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Vic Wenther Hureau.

The Signal Service, on Weather Bureau, IS
WaI and Navy Departments, ON q street, II
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
hmanufapturc weather"
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Dnyy BURNS Cot,uge.

One of the curlositles OF Washington Is old
Dayy 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 IL Is General Van Ness once
stately mansion, where he brought his
bride, Marcia Burns one Of the original
l.i,
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Cabin John Bridge.

Cabin John Bridge spanning the chasm Of
Cabin Juhn Creek, about eight miles from
Rock creek Bridge, is the largest single
stone arch bridge In the world. Five miles
above cabin John Bridge are the Great
Falls of the Potomac, The scenery Is mag
n'tCent. Reached by cub.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Petroleum ,

Petroleum.
b. X. Plain e Co., st. Cloud Building,
furnish the following OIL quotations:
Closed yesterday, 62a; opened to-day, 62s;
highest, 62i; lowest, G2i e:is p. M, Gai.
New York stock Market.
The following have been furnished by j.
Vance Lewis, broker, southwest corner
Eighth and streets:
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Arlington.

Across the Potomac, opposite Georgetown,
or the Aqueduct Bridges, Is Arlington, ohre
the homCu uf tlc Lees, and now tha largest
Iatturfl cemetery m the country. over
1900 soldiers arr buried here IN" place
WushugtUu gfuUd.
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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.
II Is of marble and cost, with pedestral and
platform $4,000. II is proposed to remove
This monument to one OF the squares on the
northwest section.
Retracing our steps we find
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At Is. Il q. station.

From Baltimore-1aao, $50 $40, $50, $3.50, 1888
and l1:l5 a. M; i;J0, Sunday 3l5 p. M,
$40, 4:S0, BIO, 5:25, G:35, 8, Si5 and 10 y. IN.
From Annapolis-S30 a. m. tSunday 1925 a.
m. and G:35 p. mo-, 1:j0 and 5:25 p. m.
From Frederick-S:25 a. m; G:3O and 8:l7 p. m.
From llarper's Ferry and Shenandoah Valley
G.30 a, M, and 5;2O p. IN,
From Gaithersburg-s:25, $50, il:b0, q. M; 2:55,
4:i5. $50 and S:l7 p. m.
From Hagcrstown-9:53 u. m. and 5:30 and
SLY y. m.
From Chicago and Pittsburg-T:eo a. IN. and
$50 p. IN.
From New Orleans-l030 y. m.
From Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis
6:l0 q. m. aud 1:l5 p. m.
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Nnunt Nnrmnn.

miles below Washington DOWN fhn
river yea shed boy boat, Is Mount Vernon,
the home ana grave co. Washington \is-
itura can reach lt hy the stelmc' CurG1raH,
CaTtaiG Blake, every day,
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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 0 in the morning to
In the evening They We're established
10 years ago. The conscryatories are filled
with the choicest and rarest foreign plauts
Around the gardens are extensive colleG.
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 ut the Philadel.
nhia Centennial.
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Washington is fast becoming the
most attractive city of the country. AS
the Capital of the Nation 1t presents
more objects of interest to the visitor
than any other on the continent, and
brief directory of its prominent points
will be Of service 10 the vast number of
persons who annually resort to the po-
litical metropolis, For 1t is estimated
that over three hundred thousand
strangers pay visit every year to this
city TO behold the varied objects of In
terest which so thickly stud the his.
toric "ren Miles Square"
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NAME.

Chicago Markets.
The following summary is by B. X. Plain
& Co., St. Cloud Building, Ninth and +
streets:
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st. EIiZabcth's.

Across the Anacosta River. due south from
the Navy-Iard Is st. Elizaheth's or the Gov
crnment's Hospital for the Insane. IL lies on
the topof hill having beautiful view of
the surrounding country. There are over
one thousand patients in this asylum. 1t IS
reached by Il pleasant carriage drive.
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r,he printing nnl Engrnying nurcnu

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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WAR. Nnyy nnd Statc Dennrtmcnts,

This edihce. once named by Washington
journalist the 'rriune Building" 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 Of the State, while
the War Department occupies the entire
northern half. 1t Is new and very hand
some structure. The most beautiful room
In the whole building Is conceded to be the
library of the State Department, with south
front, from whose windows the eye can
sweep uninterruptedly down the Potomac
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The Interior Department.

or, as II r. popularlY termed, the Patent Of
flee. occupies the two squares between Scy-
enthand Ninth and y and q streets, IL Is
built IN the DOriG style, and Is an admirable
suecimen Of the boldost and COldcSt OF the
Greek STYLES. II contrasts finely with the
General Postuncc, which Is Corinthian, tho
most ornate OF the pure Greek modes of
architecture. The cuWostles of the Patent
thousands Of ideas have been mHterlgised
and exhibit themselves TO the gaze In every
stage uC invention. This building, like most
OF the Government Offices, h open 10 the
visitor from Q a. m 10 , p, m, The libraries
OF the Interior Department are well worthy
OF visit Tie great Inauguration ball Mt
Lmcon's second term took place In the
Patent OflcC
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Fresh AIderney Iutlor lhurned every
morning aud delivered in } III, "Wardh
prints, S5c. per 10. Also cottage cheese !,
buttermilk aud sweet Uik. 5c per a
Cream, l5o, per pt
AlnERSEY Dairy building, on THIRD
street, torIeut. See Nd,
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Medical Museum.


on Tenth street, between and +. round the
corner westward from Masonic Temple, n
the famous Medical Museum. THIS build
ing was once u prominent Baptist Church. 10
was converted about the beginning of the
war into u theatre, known the country over
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. 5lG Tenth street, commentaries THIS
fact. The theatre was then sequestrated by
the Government and turned into the Med.
iCal Museum attached TO the SurgcOn-Gcn.
erals Office. II Is full OF interesting surgical
relics Of the war, and has the largest mcdl
cal library IN the world. Among the curl
ositics within its walls is the articula'ed
skeleton of tuiteau, the assassin of rresi.
dent Garfield. Coming down Tenth street
from the Medical Museum the visitor will
not fail to inspect the massive and bcauti-
ful Post Building, In which Is situated tho
Office of TnE CRIric. This IL the largest
newspaper establishment south of Philadel =
phia and east of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. -Four of the leading and most inllu-
entia journals IN the country-two morning,
one evening tTnE Cnlric) and one lndepen.
dent sunday paper have their home In this
establishment.
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".tiacrncy BARRY wago,...o

DO not allow your cough to deprive
you OF rest, but take Red Star Cough Cure,
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MASONIC Tc,nnIe.

Westward from the Patent Otlne across Ninth
street at lis Intersection with f
street IS the handsome Masonic
Temple, erected IN 1888, This build
ing IS one of the most complete In itS ag-
rangemcgts Of any building cousocyatGi to
Masonic uses IN the country,
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Tic theological Iiurcnm.

The Geological Survey Is located on + street,
near the Ebbitt House. The Interior DE.
parmcnt building. immense as II Il, Is en-.
trely too small for the accommod alton of It's
bureaus, two of which, besides tho Educn-
tonal and Geological Bureaus agriculture
and Pension are located In other quarters.
These two last bureaus are among the larg.
ggt ttnIgp tl, Government
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we do hertby eerttry mat loe sypsrvt1 thsdv-
rdn0enients for al ne Monthly and Quarter
" Drd,DtnGs Of The LoUisidHd State Lotttry
Company and In person manage and eohtroIM ,
DrdtrinOs Me7nselUts, and that he same are con-
ducted nth hOnesiy, fairness and IN good tnih
totUdrd all parties and Be authorize Us Com
p0ay 10 use Mh cert dcdts, nth fac -siD,iiss oI
or signatures attached, In its ddDert,ssmeats."
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The Centre sInrket.

south Ct the Avenue, bounded by u street
on the south, Seventh street on the cast
and Ninth street on the west. II II a very
handsome market building, ex telloi Ia
beauty, and probably IN ~, by none In tho
worlo. II Is the cicanest and the BEST
while also the cheapest market in America.
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The District Buildings.

The visitor, after leaving the Contre Market,
will proceed down the Avenue to FOurand
a half street and no'thward up that street
o few yards, when he will bc In froEt of n
yh;y,,, T m Nj ola, ,o ' ,,,,
PEELED to sacrifice their temper, health and
GOOD looks while attending to business.
These buildings are 80 utterly untitled for the
purposes to which they are put, and SO
thoroughly ahomnable and Insecure that
they form, perhaps, the greatest curiosity
III Washington. No visitor should fail to
ipSpcct them,
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The Warrington Monument.

south OF the white House stands
the Washington, Monument, the loftiest
posing obelisk ever constructed. II II 5j5
feet above its base, which is d. feet above
tide.water, Its cornerstone was laid July
4, 1873, and the cap-stonc, forming the apex,
was placed in position December ., 1881. In
II are 1si blocks of inserted stones or cop.
per, gifts from various countries and so.
cictios. The total cost will be over S1,350
COO. il is situated In what will ultimately
be a beautiful mark
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The Pension Onicc.

Tho new Pension Building extends nearly the
entire width of judiciary Square from
Fourth TO Fifth streets and from q, nearly
TO + street. II is by far the largest
building in the world devoted to the exam
nation ana settlement OF claims i9r pen.
several hundred thousand dollars. In it
was given President Cleveland's Inaugural
tion Ball. II can be reached by the Metro
politan and the Belt Line cars,
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hills. The building is In the italian Renals.
Its greatest height is i2S feet, and tho hag,
floating over the central portion, haunts In
the breeze higher up than any other flag 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, az much as
the Cnpitpl
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The Treasury Department.

The Treasury Department IS east OF tho white
House and extends the whole length of the
front between Pennsylvania and New York
avenues. lt Is 5S2 feet long by 800 feet wide.
The central east portion Is built of freostone,
rebuilt in 1864, while the other parts Were
commenced in 1855 and built of granite.
The Cash Room in this building Is y beau
trance to which Is from tho north porch
The vaults are under the Cash Room and
can be seen on a written permit given by
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 the yisl-
tor into the great bullion chests of the coun-
on the site occupied by the northeast cor
ner of the Treasury.
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Department or Justice.

north of the Treasury Building
and Just across the street Is tho Depart
mcnt OF Justice. This building was origin.
square In which IL IL 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 IL IL now occupied by the clerks of
the Surgeon Generals Onlce. Around the
corner TO the west is the Commlssary.Gcn
erals Oflice, 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 com
plctely 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-
doro Decatur, and where "Dolly" Madison
lived and reigned so long a social Queen
after her husbands term us President ex.
pired.
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The Naval Observatory.

To the West of the Washington Monument
on the highest elevation that borders the
north bank of the river, between st. Eliza
Eeth's Heights and Georgetown College,
stands the Naval Observatory Tile hill on
which " stands Is famous for having been
the camping. ground of Washington, Brad.
dock, and the lattcr's army. when ON their
march to the fatal field, where the English
General fell victim to his seli-cuncclt and
vanity Tradition also points out this hill
as the decisive battle ground between the
District Indians and the mysterious Susquc.
honnas. This observatory contains the
largest rcfracting telescope in the world,
next TO the new equatorial just built for the
Lick Observatory by its aid that most in
terestlng, II not greatest, astronomical dis.
cuyery of the country was made, the moons
of Mars The entrance TO the observatory
is at u and Twenty third streets northwest
Tie llerdic cabs go to Twenty-second and
G. streets.
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The National Museum.

The National Museum Is in the Smithsonian
grounds, a few yards east of the Snithso-
nian building. IL contains thousands OF the
most interesting curosities, samples of the
life, customs and history of all nations. It.
as well as the Smithsonian, Is open daily to
the public from q. IN. to d. m.
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WEAK, UKDEVELOPED PARTS

or THE HUMAN BODY ENLARGEp, DEVELOPED
s1kENGIllLNEn, Ete I. an Interesting adNcftgcmgnl
-
lie advertisers highly udUrCl Interested person
nav grI ssaeI cfuVTs sl1ng aIpAfcuaTs hy addFesrg
mt NEniI.L 90, Bnnl1. ~ -focla k,ehlnE llec.