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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES
PAST AND PRESENT - PRESIDENT
CLEVELANO'S COUNTRY SEAT.
Look at Mount Vernon. Monticello,
Oak Hin and the Hermitage Zach
TaNI"r's Cottage and Homes of PrcsI-
dents and Their Widows of To-day.

WASHINGTON June I i visited the prrsi
dents new country home to-day, 1t lies on
the hills three miles west Of the Wui:e
Hnuse. and there is probably not a finer
prc-' Of scenery in tho United States than
that which will lie spread out before the
',Idrnt'- eyes as he chats with his new
hridr on its front veI anda To the right
the plain white shaft Of the Waking on
monument, with its aluminium top hlaz zing
liz" "A great white diamond under the last
rays Of the sun, peeps out ahove the gre n
ties. and directly in front rises the gr,at
Capt. al huidinE, its dazzling white dome
rot larger than a country bake oven in th'
distance, and the ant statue Of liberty
on lis top. which is really almost as
tall as a two story cottage appearinE
no bigger than twelve-inch piSmy. a
good gl,,s would bring out The statue of
Gen Scott which stands upon its grant"
pedestal at the Soldiers Home. and it is easy
I" ont out the various objects Of " ashing-
ton citv. Tn" city Its,lf makes "A h, ,autIful
sight Il shine, out "A living IN up dotted with
~ Wn trr~N. a pnrm Of brIck and mortar N
F"mI"lLru red, with here ami there verse
"f dHzZIn, white in the classic architecture
81 tn, marble hulldlngS Of the government
Tn lack ground of thi. scene IS the woo lei
hills Of Virginia with Alexandria and the
Potomac in : front a Il Mount Vernon al
most sihle in the distance
The PRESIDENT has herr. twenty eight acre
Of lawn AMI tres A grove of oaks and
CHI ~tuut, 4 mis- al the entrance TO tn, stat.
ami there ar" trait nni Grap"s al"It tn"
house. A wire ienc,'. with green w"o len
post surroun Is tn, property and ITS "a OInds
are roll ug.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13

Investigation has shown that the air in
the houses Of parliament is dangerously
contaminated by sewer gas.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13

Merritt lin a baII-rOOmI-I suppose you
speak both German and English quite
iluentlyt
Miss Snyder twirling h n fan)-Oh, yes;
but always write my letters in English.
Merritt (unsophIstically)-A may
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13

Miss Snyder tunconsclouslyl-Oh. you see
there are no italics in the German Ian
guage-Judge.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
Ohio Southern Division.

Ohio SOUTHERN Division.
Trains Arrive IRON jackson and.Esshnstso I.
springf'ld Bk.
Time. Tine,
No. teIcept Supdsy)-.- S:l5 p. IN. s. ?. n
No. SteTcaut sunday l...---.. lO;lG a. m. 70 u
TiIas D.psrt for Jackson ind wasalngSI c \
SPringfld y. Il.
Tine. Tire.
70. Except sunday )....-...n AZ e. m. I0EG IA
20. teICept SundsVD..-.-..-. SIS .. Ii. c.ssp.s
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
L &. G. 4 !. RAD WAY
Train, Lave asinR Ear,

sunday. VI" % iUnhlhE oi
Train i-HvinR st g5C a. 10. bss thropun
put cpEnve '"'b N''
me irh'n IeHNif = at 3 - has sle, per u y "a
- 'oHheciluE "Ith IHrIUT car 10 Npw York
Tram leaving spIlI.Krsi0 At 80 a m, -
NsepeI 70 New York Without CHANGE
Al rains Tur Dy C'ntJa SfrndaJd Tims
NhlSn 10 50 min utes slower thar Springfield tine
Gao. n. sIeEJ,
Ticket 8-snt resds Depst
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
CHICAGO'S BEST MAYOR.
CARTER HARRISON AMONG THE AN
ARCHISTS AND STRIKERS.

A Mare Mounted Man Whose Tacc Was
Familiar During the Great Ei"t~-FH-
nous Rccause He Is rer-onihCati"n
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
THE GREAT PAN HANDLE RoTe.

T., {. n 1T. L. Railway, l.. VI. Division
Springfield Branch.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13

Ne. ~. mixed train. carries passengers be
twrru Springfield ana NcnIa Leaves Spring
field pm, GLOW Springs 6:'S p. m, arrive at
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13

No. 10 No .6 M. , No I2
Arrive Local Eastern Collins Cuti.
Accom- Express Express ENpr'ss
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
WITHOUT CHANGE.

PASSENGERS taking seats in the KauSastity
Coach after leaving Peoria can. without IraS-
my the train, move into coaches going
tu any Of the above paints.
Particular advantages offered To Western
EmlSrautS. Land and Tourist Tickets to all
pants reached by any line At low rates.
l'ITrrt c"uHrrtIuu~ are made AZ Columbus in
union depot with trains oil the Pan Aaudl, and
Baltimore \ phI" Roads fur New ORR. PhIla-
drphtH, EaIrIm"rr. Washington aui all last
rrn cities.
he y. ! I. ~ -. is the WHY line running
Pullman ~IrrPrTS and through ruIrhtS brtw-rn
Springfield amt Nrw YORK. thus enabling all
class "l tray 81 {" reach thu Sr.tb"ard without
change uf ears.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

The old Smithsonian Institution was not
permitted by Professor Henry to be simply
storing place for curiosities He would
not allow it to be a museum so much as
workshop for scientific investigation.
1t was crowded for quarters, too Con-
sequently in 1879 congress appropriated
$3.50, 900 for building national museum for
storing scientific specimens and curlosities
belonging to the government 1t is adjoin-
ing the Smithsonian building, but not part
of it, except in management. The museum
proper is splendidly built, flreproof struc-
ture. 1t is built of red, blue, cream color
and white brick and stone, and its contents
include articles ranging from George Wash
ington's breeches to hump-backed whale,
and back again from the skeleton of a mas
todon to a Japanese siliworm. They say
that DR.. Mary Walker applied to have one
of her suits of coat, vest aud trousers put on
exhibition along with those of the Father OF
his Country, as a specimen of American
female clothes in the nineteenth century, but
the regents Of the museum refused her re-
quest.
The specimens include spoils from the
Orient, obtained by naval officers in expedi-
tions; articles from polar voyages, pres
snts from foreign nations, and contribu-
tions got by exchanging duplicated articles
with museums of other countries. But, after
all, its most important possessions are the
treasures poured into it from the four quar-
ters of our own great and glorious country
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

sandstone. Inc cnIet wno had plenty or slaves
was the only man rich enough to undertake
the building of the great canoe which was the
Haidas' steamship. As many slaves as could
work gathered around a tree with their stone
hatchets. and shell chisels and haggled at it
till it was worn through. Then it fell, and
the other end was hacked off in the same
way. The top of the canoe was split of by
wedges. The inside was dug out with the
same rude tools It took months to build
such canoe. They painted the inside with
oil and red ochre. The outside was charred
to blackness by holding burning sticks
against it. Upon the outside, after all was
done, they painted mythical figures and
bears, wolves, anil other animals, likewise
fish and birds. 1t is not easy to see how
such a handsome and graceful boat could bo
made with stone hatchets.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
The Young Idea.

Chicago News; Entering the asylum for
inebriate' he asked: DO you treat drunk
ards here" Yes sir We'll, I'm one.
Where's yer bar.
Exchange; Julia aged 6-We've got a
new baby at our house. Clara Caged g.
What is it-a boy or girl Julia-Oh, we
don't know yet. We've only had it two
days
Boston journal: A small schoolboy says
that he is not going to learn any more geog-
raphy lessons until the world is fully dis
covered He read in a paper that the
geography OF over half tho globe would be
changed by future explorations, and he is
going to wait.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: A little
girl, aged 0, called her father to her bedside
. the other evening. Papa" said the little
diplomat Il want to ask your advice"
well my little dear what is it aboutr
"What do you think it would be best to give
me on my birthday
Troy Press: A father was very much an
noyed by the foolish questions of his little
son. Johnny, you are a great source of
annoyance TO me- whats the matter
par "You ask so many foolish questions
wasn't big donkey when l was your age.n
mo, pa; but you've growed heap since.n
Hartford Times: A very pretty little girl,
only 5 years old, attracted the attention of
passengers in a New York train for this city
the other day, and finally one gentleman
succeeded in getting her upon his knees.
'Where are you going, sissy he inquired.
"Im doin' to Hartford said the child, add
ing eagerly, 1--WE dot ON a new pair OF
flannel drawersl Did you ever have pair
of flannel drawers" Further inquiries wers
smothered in the laughter of everybody
within hearing.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

Professor Henry fought the museum idea
successfully during his life But Spencer
f. Baird had always favored it, He wished
to see the institution both workshop and q
museum for the increase Of knowledge.
When he tecame director the plan of estab-
fishing a storehouse for specimens was
pushed energetically. So that now the DIFF
fusion of knowledge is made by perfect
system. Anybody who wishes can go to
the great museum and study or draw It is
a credit to the Yankee nation. Artists
throughout the country make great use of
its treasures The collection is divided first
of all into organic and inorganic specimens.
Organic are the animal and vegetable; the
inorganic, those which have not and never
had life. The classes are ranged alphabetic-
ally-A, B, G, D, etc To class belongi
man, his somatology, ethnography ami all
his other graphies and ologies To man be
long the products Of his arts and industries
This forms the department of technology.
You see in this department his progress il
navigation, from the canoe of the savage to
a splendid steamship model. The perfection
of canoes are those shown in the illustration.
The Haida Indians are tribe in the north
west. You see in the picture the bow of one
of their war canoes. 1t is sixty feet long
and covered with emblematic figuring II
is to be remembered that only within recent
years have these Indians had any iron tools.
A knowledge of the use of iron alone is
sufficient to bring man from barbarism Ia
civiliz ltiOn
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

~
The department of North American archie
ology represents "the state of aboriginal cul-
ture before it became modified by European
influence 1t is one of the most interesting
of all. The arrows and war clubs in. the
illustration belong to archaeology. Here are
the prehistoric arrow points which are picked
up nearly all over the country. The imple-
ments of this period are of stone, wood, clay
or copper, The hollow tool in the illustra-
tion is a stone chisel for digging out the in
side Of canoes and such uses. A stone AK is
also shown here. The depression running
around it is the place in which leather
band to hold it was fixed. The same sort of
gutter was chiseled out around the stone
hammers or war clubs which appear in the
picture. You will see how the handles were
fastened TO the hammers by leather thongs
fitting into the grooves, and then being
twisted along the length of the wood. Some
of these stone clubs wero Of such size that it
must have required two hands to swing
them. These large ones are found in the
prehistoric copper mines of Lake Superior.
One class which attracts universal notice
is marked "Drilled Ceremonial Weapons
These are of curious and varied shape, show
ing elaborateness of workmanship.
The use of these is not ALWAYS nInin
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

When very young he took long foot
journeys collecting specimens of plants
and animals. He studied medicine
meanwhile, and was made professor Of
natural history at Dickinson college while
still very young man. The collections he
had made for his private cabinet in natural
history became, when the Smithsonian In
stitution was founded, the nucleus of the Ma
tional museum. When "a years old he was
made assistant secretary of the Smithsonian.
There he has remained ever since.
Professor Baird Is at present the head Of
the Smithsonion Institution and Of the
United States fish commission, and also of
the bureau of entomology. Rapidly increas-
ing honors and duties alike descend upon his
whitening head. He possesses the warm per-
sonal regard and friendship of his subordin-
ates in all these official places. He is in
deed fortunate man. So are the institu-
tions which he directs
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
where He Was Struck.


Witness Yes, sir; he struck me on the
bridge
Lawyer Sharply interrupting) is
thatl You said a while ago that he struck
you on the balcony.
Witness-so he did, sir I'm telling you
10 lie.
Lawyer-Did he strike you more than
once2
Witness--Only once, sir. Begorra, 1 was
quite satisfied.
Lawyer How, then, could he strike you
on the bridge and on the balcony at the
same time, and with one blow'
Witness-Anyhow, he did, sir,
Judge dnterfering)-O what balconyi
Witness-The balcony of the hotel, your
honor.
Judge-And on what bridge.
Witness-The bridge of my nose, sir. Had
the spalpeen waited d told him,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
A Lo. of Frozen Clans.

lSt. Louis thHmpiOnl
''Youve seen Lawrence Barrett, l sposeF
aid the fat passenger and spose you've
heard of his stuck up airs and his exclusive
ness and his refusal to associate with other
members of his companyi Well, it is a fact
was at a railway alton down in Ohio
couple of winters ago waiting for train
which was several hours late, Barrett and
lis company were there too, and it was a
onesome time we had. Waiting for train
in little stuck up junction station, with no
ialoon in the township, and no nothin' but
NOV piled up around the windows and a
telegraph machine ticking lazily of drifts
md stuck trains up the road is anything but
lively; but when you add to all this the
presence Of man like Lawrence Barrett,
frozen clam sort of a man. walking about
like hungry ghost, saying nothing to any
body and seeming to see nobody, | tell you
that you then have all the conditions neces-
sary to II feeling of irst-class horror sat
and watched Barrett--it was impossible to
keep your ewes Off him-and then | began to
feel afraid of myself. Murder was creeping
into my heart. | wanted to kill that man,
and pour oil over HIM and set it on fire and
warm him up And ! believe the other
chnps were feeling jut the same as was,
and there's no telling what might have hap
rened if it hadn'd been for little accident
which occurred just then.
Barrett was outside the station, walking
around on the platform We could see him
through the windows All of sudden he
slipped and fell 1 guess he had stepped one
foot off the edge of the platform, and we saw
him make a dive head first into snowdrift.
1t was soft, dry snow, and he went down
almost out of sight. He had his grip strap
ped about his shonl lers, too, nud in trying
to get out he founlered about and worked
himself deeper into the snow
"What did we dot Not one Of us knew
the man. We were entirely ignorant Of his
existence Every one of us looked as much
like frozen clam as we knew how, and went
out on the platform and strutted up ant
down, seeing nobody and saying nothing
satisfied with ourselves and smiling inward
ly. That procession Of 5 trutters, Of clan
faces and elevated noses, walking by that
stranger ioundering in the snow. was about
the funniest thing ever saw in my travels
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
"THE " SMITHSONIAN"
PICTURES OF A NATIONAL MU-
scum GROWING TO GREATNESS.
Who Was Jumes smithson 9-Portrait Of
Director Spencer II. Baird-A Beau
tiful Building and a Rare Col
lection-Ancient Canoes.
LspecIal Correspondents

lSpcclal tofrespOndence.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.--Most people know
what the old Smithsonian Institution of
this city is. They regard it as a collection
of curiosities natural and otherwise, belong
ing to the United States government But
few know what the National museum is 1t
is something new to our people,
As a matter of fact, the Smithsonian In
stitution and the National museum are one
and the same. That is to say, the museum
grew out of the Smithsonian. The history
of the original establishment Is touched with
a melancholy romance. James Smithson
the founder, was an Englishman and an old
bachelor He had no honest name that he
could call his own, though his father was a
duke and his mother the niece of duke. He
was an illegitimate son.
He took the name Of Smithson-" Smiths
son." nobody. He hated the whole English
nation on account of his clouded birth, and
when he died he willed an estate worth over
s500,000 to the United States, the income to
be used for the increase AMI diffusion of
knowledge among mankind.
So the Smithsonian Institution was founded
by act Of congress, In 1916. Its first director
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
Poiiteness Pays.

won't you leave your coat down here
before you go up to dinnerl Let me take
it, suavely besought the clerk Of a country
hotel of visitor who had just come in Il
will hang it upn he continued politely.
The guest thanked him for his profuse dis
play of courtesy, and went upstairs highly
pleased with the trouble that had been taken
over him, "We always do that said the
clerk winking at bystander. ~ have only
been in the hotel business two months, but
that was the first trick ! learned, ! wanted
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

so abundantli thereabouts, Animals, and
in some cases human heads, were carved in
the flint like stone with striking precision.
You will observe the holes in the bowl or mid
die Of some OF them. The estemS were inserted
here often. There is IN infinite variety of
them. So there is too, of the contents of
the museum. The department Of botany, of
geology, textile art, ornithology, and indeed
many of the others are magnificent. In
some respects this splendid young museum
OF our Yankes nation Is unsurpassed. Ad-
mission free DO not fail to visit it, and
spend at least some hours there, when you
go to Washington All good Americans do
60 TO Washington at some tire in their
lives
Such is the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum. The obscure name Of
poor James Smithson will b6 handed down
TO grateful generations who will never hear
the name OF the ducal father who wronged
hin SARAH KING
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

and head was Pro-
fessor Joseph Hem
ry, who died in
1873. The present
director is Profess
sor Spencer Fuller
ton Baird. Pro-
fessor Baird was
born in Pennsyl-
vania, ia 1923. He
graduated from
Dickinson college,
that state, at the
boyish age of II.
He was naturally
a n natur alis t, if
the expire ssion
NAV ba narmittnd-
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

such states as Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana
still remember seeing corn pulverized into
meal in u stone mortar. Indeed if the corn
was first parched and then pulverized, with
the addition Of cream and sugar, no more
delicious dish could be prepared. Indians
knew what delicacy parched corn was.
An odd thing, too, is that grain rubbed to
-four in mortar makes far better bread
than grain cut to pieces between steel points.
Pity that nowadays life is too short to use
the old fashioned pestle.
No Indian relics found in this country
date so far back that there are no smoking
pipes among them. The red man loved his
pipe. 1t was a grand ceremonial utensil
with him.
The ancient pipes found are mostly of
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

that mans coat as Sc cmity for the payment
of his dinner bill 1t is the rule in many
country hotels to get the unknown transient
to deposit his coat, hat or gum boots In the
Office. IL it is done properly, the visitor
thinks it is nothing but native politeness."
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

stone, though clay
ones are OCCASION
ally picked up. In
these articles the
artistic taste Of the
preh is toric red
man bloomel out.
DR.. Ray, of the
museum, considers
them the most re-
narkahle class OF
aboriginal prod
ucts OF art thus far
discovered The
most elaborate
specimens were
found about Mound
City, Ills. The
town gets its name
from the Indian
re mains found
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

INV aiNu . lltlii'
Doubtless { h ey
represent rites of
grand ceremony,
presidential inau-
gurations, Masonic
temple dedications
perhaps stock ex-
change hula b a
loos N o b o d y
knows.
The purpose of
the moriars, ap-
peallnS as tney uo
to the stomach, is
palmer. The series
Of stone mortars in
the National mu-
scum is particu-
larly rich a n d
varied. The larg-
est were used for
grinding 6 corn
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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30

IsN'@D'pI o'o' o''s ii'-o '''' "''o '''' o''f
Additional trains-on Saturday an additional
train will leave Dupont station at 100 p. Green
vile l.d3. Newbrdge LII. Silverbrook l.l9 and
arrive in Wilmington l.35 p. m.
For connections at Wilmington, Chadd's Ford
Junction. Lenape, Coatesville, waynesburg juno
tion, Birdsboro and Reading see timetable at all
stations.
A. G. MCCAUSLAND, L. A. BOWER,
Superintendent. Gen. Pas, Agent
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
LINE KILN cLun RuLEs.

On motion of Waydown Bebee bylaw No.
6S,S94 was amended so as to read; "Any
person coming before this club with a salve
or ointment warranted to cure chilblains
shall not be permitted to experiment until
he has given bonds in the sum of S2j, and
the first experiments shall be made on the
fest of members who are in arrears for
dues"
Chancery Jones attorney general for the
club, then announced that he had looked up
the law in the case, and satisfied himself
that any member who, by accident or mis-
take, dropped silver quarter into the con-
tribution box instead of button, could not
reclaim the same except by burglarizing the
safe.
The meeting then went home.
DOG WHICH CAUGHT ON.
eyes, that ere dog belongs to me, Is'pose,n
replied farmer at the market yesterday,
when rallied in regard to an ungainly cur
which was lying under his wagon
SIS he any goodn
''Not the least bit. I've tried to give him
away, and I've tried to drive him off, but it's
no 60"
"Why don't you lose him here in town.
I've tried it III vain. Lemme tell We what
did in September. l brought that cur up
here with me, and ! got on the street cars
| and rode around for half day. Away up
Jefferson avenue he got into row with some
other dogs and lost the car, and went home
feeling that he was done for Next'morn-
| ing went at it with my boys and painted
the front fence and the house SO he wouldn't
know the place if he came along. l tied up
calf in the front yard, cut down all the weeds
and so changed the general looks of things
that my neighbors didn't hardly dare come
in. On the third day we saw the cur COM
ing down the road IRON town and everybody
got inside. He came up, looked around in
| great astonishment, and his tail dropped as
if somebody had tied a brick to it. In his
bones he felt that it was the old place, but
the painting up sorter paralyzed him. He
sat down to think it over, and all at once he
came over the fence and began to gambol
around as il tickled to death. He had got
on to something and it was no use trying
any longer to fool him"
''What did he discover"
why theresllad been three panes of glass
cut of the garrett winder for over two years
and we'd forgot to put 'em in. As soon as
he raised his eyes and saw that winder he
knowed the house belonged to me, and a
dozen o your best lawyers couldn have
made him believe I'd sold out and moved
away Dogs is no fools, and don't you for
get it,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-01-30
HAIDA CANOES.

The Haida canoe was shaped out of whita
cedar log. Before the natives had iron tools
their only implements for shipbuilding were
stone hatchets and mussel shell chisels.
They ground the shells 70 q sharp edge unon