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vanity. Tradition also points out this hill |
as the decisive battle ground between the
District Indians and the mysterious Susquc-
hannas. This observatory contains tho |
largest rcfracting telescope In the world, |
next TO the new equatorial just built for the |
Lick Observatory. BY its ald that most in.
terostlng, II not greatest, astronomical dis |
coyery of the country was made, the moons
of Mars, The entrance to the observatory |
Is at J. and Twenty third streets northwest. |
The llerdic cabs go to Twenty-second and |
G streets.
The Agricultural Department..
This building is situated east of the Monu
ment. IL 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 i'm. |
mediately west of the main building. The |
Belt Line cars go right past the grounds.
The Smithsonian.
Across Twelfth street, Immediately cast from |
the Agricultural Department, are the |
Smithsonian Institution and the Smithso. |
nian Grounds. The former is n specimen of |
the most graceful architecture In the city,
landscape. garden in the country. These |
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 filed with the most
varied and interesting objects connected
with science. i Is reached by. the Seventh
Street, the Ninth Street and the Belt Line
Of street cars.
The National Museum.
The National Museum Is in the Smithsonian
grounds, q few yards east of the Smithso-
nan building. II contains thousands of the
most ipfprps tinp purns les. enmplps pf tlp
life, customs and history of all nations; 1t,
as well as the Smithsonian is open daily to
the public from o a. IN. to p. IN.
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
tanicai Gardens. These interesting grounds
are open daily from In the morning to
in the evening. They were established
80 years ago. The Conservatives are filled
with the choicest and rarest 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 Philadel-
phia Centennial.
The Peace Monument.
Just halt way across the Avenue from the
northeast angle of the Botanical Garden
anu Ut tIt Wtsl vi l1G 'dIllOl bEbIllls
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 $4,000, 1t Is proposed to remove
this monument to one of the squares on the
northwest section.
Retracing our steps we fini
The Printing and Engraving Bureau
The great money mill OF the Government Is
located at the corner of Fourteenth and u
street southwest southeast from the MDnls
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. 1t is reached by the Belt Line
Cars, and Is opened to visitors every day.
Davy Burns' Cottage.
one of the curlostIes OF Washington Is old
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.
stately mansion, where he brought his
bride, Marcia Burns. one of the original
heiresses OF Washington.
COrcOran Art Gallery.
| The Corcoran Art Gallery Is at the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth
street, Opposite. the War navy navy and ,,Su, state
| days and saturdays free; on other days Tex
cept sundays a small admission fee is
| charged. This gallery, although not to be
compared with the great Old World gal
lerics Is nevertheless very creditabe in
| stitution for so new country ms the United
States. II contains among other original
| objects Powers great statue of the Greek
| The Louise Home.
| The Louise Home is beautiful building at
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
Fifteenth street, near scott Circle It has
| extensive grounds, beautifully cmbellished,
| and Is a 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
n ent, who have been reduced to poverty
from afilucnCe.
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
| Griswuld mansion, This university was in
| corporated as Columbian College in 1891,
and is under the special supervision OF the
for the discipline and thoroughness OF Its
| instruction.
The weather bureau.
The Signal Service, or Weather Bureau, Is
about one hundred yards west OF the state,
| WaI and Navy Departments, on g street 10
is one uf the most interesting places in
| Washington To visit, The observers in
charge, when at leisure, always take
pleasure In showing Visitors how they
| manufacture weather.
The postonice Departments.
The General Po,tolice Department is ON the
| Eighth streets II Is II handsome building,
| although It's proximity 10 It's larger aud
| holder brother, the Patent OAce, some
| what obSCures It's great size and tends Ia
| lessen its beauty. Its different bureaus
| possess great interest 70 the visitor, but the
Dead Letter onge is particularly the one to
| he observed. The collection of curioslties
| taken from the mails In transit, as spcCi
| mems of the uses To which the Nations pos
| tai COnyVyanCcs are put, Is Duth varied ana
| UNIQUE. Every thing unmailublc from an In
| dian tumahawk tOa stuffed kangaroo, Is g
| be seen In this collection and II Is stl
growing
The Interior Department.
| or, as II Is pupularly termed, the Patent OF
fee. uCcuI les the two squares between Sey
| cuthand Ninth and Il and q streets. IL l.
| built IN the DorlC style, and Is an ulmlrabl
srecimcn OF the bolleSt and coolest Of The
Greek styles II contrasts huely with The
General pustuflcc, which Is Curnthiln, the
most ornate If the pure creek modes oi
architecture. The curiusities of the Patent
| once arc the model rooms, where many
| thousands OF ideas have been materlaliAe,
and exhibit themselves 10 the gdzc Ia every
stage of invention, This building, Ike mos
OF The Government Offices, Is open 10 thi
| visitor from q "A. IN to 2 y, m, The libraries
OF lie eMt,rlur Department are well wOrthl
Of a visit. Tile great Inauguration od.l ~
linculL's second term took place in th'
Patent Of.ce,
Masonic Temple.
Westward from the Patent otge across Mint
street at It's intersection with
street Is the handsome Masonic
Temple erected In lslS THIS build
rancemeEts OF any build ng consccrated 4
| Masonic uses in The country