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The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 81, 1886
At THE DOOR.


] thought myself indeed sc cure
SO fast the door, 80 firm the lock-
But, lol he toddling comes to lure
My parent ear with timorous knock.
My heart were stone could 1t withstand
The sweetness Of my baby's plea
That timorous, baby knocking and
'Pleaee let me in-it's only me-"
threw aside tn unfinished book,
Regardless Of its tempting charms,
And, opening wide the door, took
My laughing darling In my arms.
Who knows but in Eternity,
/, like truant child, shall wait
The glories Of a life to be,
Beyond the Heavenly Fathers gateS
And will that Heavenly Father heed
The truant'ssupplicating cry,
AS ut the outer door plead,
"'Tis /, o Fatherl only II
i Eugene Field.
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BarthOldi's statue of "Libcrty En-
Tightening the WOrldv

will be reminder Of personal liberty for
ages to come. On just as sure foundation
has DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
coveryn been placed, and It will stand
throug the cycles Of time as monument t)
the physical emancipation OF thousands,
who by Its use have been relieved from con.
sumption, consumptive nightsweats bron-
chitis, coughs, splitting of blood, weak
lungs and other throat aud lung affections
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Application for rates TO clubs should be
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full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders or New York Exchange In ordi-
nary letter. Currency invariably by Express
at our expense addressed
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War, Navy and state Departments.

This edifce. once named by q Washington
Journalist the "rriuuo Building" occupies
ihe west side OF the Presidents reservation,
Immediately west of the White House. The
the Navy'is located north OF the state, while
tile War Department occupies the entire
northern half. IL Is a new and very hand
some structure The most beautiful room
In the whole building IL conceded to he the
library of the state Department, with south
front, from whose windows the eye can
sweep uninterruptellyd down tho Potomac
to Mi. Vernon and far over the Virginia
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The Arsenal.
The Arsenal is located at the foot of -Four.

The Arsenal is located at the foot of Four
and a-half street southwest, the grounds
extending over what used TO be the peni-
tentiary. II is interesting among other
reasons for being the enclosure in which
Mrs. Surratt and tho Assassination prls,
oners were hanged. The band of the Second
Artillery, which is stationed here, give fire.
quent concerts in the summer that are
largely attended. Reached by the Metro
politan (Fourand'a half street branch) and
tine SeYGnth Street limo.
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The 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 NavyIard
was in its time the most famous one in the
country, the second largest ship of the line
in the Navy having been built here, as well
as 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 steel rifcd cannon
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hills. The building is In the italian Renals'
Its greatest height Is 12S feet. and the flag,
floating over the central portion. flaunts 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 az much as the
White House, and, we think, as much as
tho (atdtol
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Thc E0stofice Department.

The Grneral POstOillCe Department. II on the
square bounded by Il, r, seventh and
although It's proximity TO its larger aud
what ohscures It's great size and tends TO
lessen Its beauty, Its different bureaus
possess great interest to the visitor, but the
bead Letter O1ice Is particularly the one. to
taken irons the mails in transit, AZ spec'
mems Of the uses to which the Nations. poS,
tai COuycyauCcs are put, Is both Varied ana
unique Everything unmai able, from an IN
dian tumahuWk toa stuffed kangaroo, Is TO
be seen in this collection, and 1t is still
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The Old Soldiers, Home.

The Old Soldiers Home lies about mile be
yond Howard University, out seventh
street extended, and Is reached by the same
conveyances, namely the Ninth and Seventh
street car lines. Its main building is of
marble, 200 feet front with very high
tower. The view from its tower surpasses
any similar view in the neighborhood A
statue of General Scott adorns the grounds.
There is also National Cemetery with sew
eral thnns and Linton dead buried there.
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The Treasury Department.

Tho Treasury Department ~ east OF tho White
House and extends the whole length of tho
front between Peuusylyania ana New York
avenues. II Is 5S2 feet long by 500 feet wido.
The central east portion is built of freostone,
rebuilt In 1854, while the other parts We're
commenced In 1858 and built ot granite.
The, Cash Room In this building Is heau'
trance to which Is from the north porch.
The vaults are under the Cash Room and
can be seen on written permit given by
tho treasurer Of tho United Statos, whose
Office Is in the north east angle ON tho first
floor. This permit must be shown the cash.
Ter who will detail guides 10 take tho visl-
tor into the great bullion chests of tho coun.
try The old state Department used 10 be
on the site occupied by the northeast cor
npr of Ihe TREASURY,
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Immediately north OF the Treasury Building
and just across the street is the Depart
ment of Justice. This building was origin.
ally erected rs the Frccdman's Bank. The
square in which IL is erected is n historic
one. On the same street, at the east corner
stands Riggs Bank, which was built for the
of the old United States Bank The greater
part Of II is now occupied by the clerks Of
the Surgeon-Genera's Onicc. Around the
corner to the west Is tho COmmissary.Gon
erals Office, formerly the old Washington
Club House, in front of which Philip Barton
Key was shot by Sicklcs. The tree, under
which the dead mans body lay Is still
standing, although its bark had been com.
pletely removed by relic hunters. At the
northwest corner OF the square, above the
Commissary. Generals Office, Is the house
made famous by the ownership OF Commo.
dore, Decatur, and where Dolly Madison
lived and reigned so long, Il social Queen
after her husbands term as President ex-
pred.
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T'hc weather bureau.

The Signal Service, or Weather Bureau, is
about one hundred yards west OF the state,
War and Navy Departments, on G street. 10
IL 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
hmanufuCture weather.
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The Deaf Mute College.

Returning from Mt. Ollvet 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. 1t is the most
prominent Deaf Mute College In the world
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The Printing and EnEraying bureau

The great money mill OF the Government |,
located at the corner of Fourteenth and L
street southwest, southeast from the Nonu
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. II Is reached by the Belt Lin,
Cars, and is opened to visitors every day.
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COURT RECORD.

EoUiTY CoURT-Judge James.-Grady
vs. Daniel dismissed for want OF replica
tion. Furmage VS.. FURNACE; auditors re-
port ratified. Seller vs.. Seller; Laura Seller
appointed guardian ad Item.
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Howard University.

Howard University is the first place in this
country to provide for the higher education
of the colored people generally. 1t is ON Sey-
enth street extended, just above Bound try,
and occupies high and picturesque site,
overlooking the whole city. 1t is built of
large cream.colored brick, specially manu-
facturpd for the occasion
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The District Jail.

On the reservation which lies Immediately
north of street southeast and fronts on
the Anacnstia River is a huge quadrangular
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 1t Is
the City Asylum. 1t is reached by cab or
carriage. or on foot from the termination of
the railway and herdic lines.
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The Government Printing Office is in n north
east direction from the Pension Office, at
the corner of II and North Capitol streets.
IL Is by far the largest printing establish
ment in the world, and Is full of interest to
visitors. The cost of running it goes up into
millions annually, and the money is well
sIent. II would take columns to merely
outline the gigantic establishment which men
people. 1t is reached by the Columbia line
pf street cars
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IsIadcnsIurg.

Outside of the original District are several
places Of great interest TO the tourist, nOta'
bly, Bladcnsburg, in Maryland, ON the Il.
and O. IL. r., seven miles from Washington.
IL II Rn old town, famous for being a hun
drcd years ago the largest commercial city
In MARY land; also for It's Spa Springs, and
for lis associations as Il ftyorite dueling
ground in the days when the Code OF
honOrM WAS In force.
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The Columbian University.

Coming down Fifteenth street from the Louise
Home, at the corner of Fifteenth and IL
yersity, which occupies the site of the old
Griswald mansion, This university was in
corporatcd as Columbian College in 1891,
and IN under the special supervision of the
Baptist Church, II Is an institution famous
for the discipline and thoroughness of its
instruction,
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DIED.

CARRIER.-Arthur j. Carrier of Dakota, at
Az II street northwest, on the 10th OF Septem-
Der, 1886
Funeral from j. II. Wrights undertakcrs'
establishment, Tonth and streets northwest,
on the 29d instant, at 1880 p. m. Friends in
vItpl
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Alexandria.

Seven miles from Washington down the Po
tomac, reached ny boat or by rail, is the old
city Of Alcyandtia, II contains among
other objects of interest the church whore
Washington worshipped, the house that
fatal campaign, the lodge VI Musuns TO
which Washington was attached, the stur5
where the famous General Turner Ashhy
sold dry goods for many years, and many
other objects Of iA Gvest.
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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, 1t has
extensive grounds, beautifully embellished,
and ~ a unique establishment. IL is u
memorial TO the wife and daughter of Mr..
W. W. Corcoran. and is intended as IA home
for ladies of education, birth and refine
ent, who have been reduced to poverty
from afliupnCc,
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Mount vernon. .

Fourteen miles below Washington down the
river. reached by boat, i Mount Vernon,
the home and grave ot Washington. Wis.
itors can reach n by the steamer CurCoran,
Captaia Blake, every day.
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Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in ID. "Ward"
prints, 35c. per ID. Also cottage cheese |;
buttermilk and sweet milk, &c. per at.
Cream. 1Hc. per Mt.
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st. Eliznbeth's.

Across the Anacosta River. due south from
the Navy Yard, is st, Ellzaheth's or the Gov
ernments Hospital for the Insane. II lies on
the top of hill having beautiful view of
the surrounding country. There are over
one thousand patients in this asy lum. 1t Is
reached by n pleasant carrlage drive.
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Arlington.

Across the Potomac, opposite Georgetown,
and reached by cab across either tho Long
or the AQueduGt Bridges, Is Arlington, once
the home Of the Lees, and now the largest
patiuuFl cemetery In the country. over
1000 soldiers are buried here. The place
Is exceedingly beautiful and the view OF
MushingtOu grand.
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The Pension Onice,

Tho new Pension Building extends nearly the
entire width of judiciary Square from
Fourth to Fifth streets and from G, nearly
to + street. 1t Is by far the largest
building in the world devoted to the exam
ination and settlement of claims for pen.
sions. IL Is built of red brick, and cost
several hundred thousand dollars. In 1t
was given President Cleveland's Inaugural
tion Ball. IL can be reached by the Metro
,olftan md ha Rolf iua
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COrcornn Art GALLERY.

The Corcoran Art Gallery Is at the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth
street, opposite the War, Navy and State
Department. IL is open Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays free; on other days lex
cept sundays a small admission fee is
compared with the great Old World gal
leries. Is nevertheless a very credltable in
stitutlon for so new Il country as the United
States. II contains among other original
objects Powers great statue of the Greek
SInyp.b
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Cnhin John Isridge.

Cabin John Bridge, spanning the chasm of
Cabin John 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
nihceut. Reached by cab.
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Georgetown University,

GEORGETOWN University is the leading Catholic
College In the United States. 1t Is Gated
ON the west side of Prospect street, George
town, on, perhaps the most beautiful site
on the Potomac, Its buildings and grounds
are very handsome. Reached by the Met'
ropOlitan street cars,
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The District Buildings.

The VISITOR after leaving The centre NarkoI,
will proceed down the Avenue to Four.and
half street ard northward up that street
few yards when he will be in fraHt OF a
nihpy DOCK 3I uainpi unrk plu DFIchs l5Ia.s
PEELED to sacrifice their temper, health and
good looks while attending To bu.ines5.
These buildings are so utterly untitled for the
purposes to which they are put, and so
thoroughly abominable and Insecure that
they form, perhaps, the greatest curiosity
IN Washington. No visitor should fail to
inspppt them
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THO Centre Market.

The Centre Market occupies the squares
south Of the Avenue, bounded by u street
on the south, Seventh street on the east
and Ninth street on the west, II is q yerg
handsome Q market building, OK ,ellct Ia
beauty, and probably In 70, by none In the
world. II Is the Clcanost and the best,
while also the cheapest market In America.
I.lf La Il
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The theological Bureau.

near the Ebbtt House. The Interior DE.
partment building, immense as II Is, Is on
tirely too small for the accommodation OFF
bureaus, two of which, besides the Educa-
tional and Geological Bureaus agriculture
and Penson) are located In other quarters.
These two last bureaus are among the larg
.nuAl I,,LlI il...l IL. 49, In1II
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"A,oe,ney Dairy Wngons.u

ALpERSEY Dairy building, on Third
street, for rent. See Ad.
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MedicnI Museum. .


Medical Museum.
on Tenth street. between Il and +, round the
corner westward ircm Masonic Temple, Is
the famous Medical Museum This build
Ing was once u prominent Baptist Church. 10
was converted about the beginning OF the
war into 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. JiG Tenth street, commemorates this
fact. The theatre was then sequcstratod by
the Government and turned into the Med
iCal Museum attached TO the Surgeon Gen.
erals Office. IL IL full of interesting surgical
relics Of the war, and has the largest med
cal library In the world. Among the curl
ositics within It's walls Is the artlculatcd
skeleton of Guitcau, the assassin Of Iresi.
dent Garfield. Coming down Tenth street
from the Medical Museum the visitor Will
not fail to inspect the massive and benutt-
full Post Building, In which Is situated the
Office of TIE CHiTIC. This Is the largest
newspaper establishment south Of phladel
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 (THE CRlric) and one lndcpen
dent Sunday papor-have their home In this
pgtnb shnpnt,
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Lafayette square.

Due north from the WHITE House IS Lafayette
Square, he first public reservation In Wash
ington that was improved. 1t contains the
equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, by
Clark Mills. Many of its trees are old forest
onarchs, hundreds of years old. IL is In
part specimen of the old formal landscape
gardening so fashionable in England two
hundred years ago, style that was I'm
ported info this country. Lafayette Square
was. one hundred years ago, part 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 ne for
merry used as te Sniton hs states sra% bahKf Ei !
teenth ard a'halr and IL streets, and the
old Club House, near which Philip Barton
Key was He'd by Daniel Il. Sickles, Mem
bodies from this graveyard were not re-
moved until 1914
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st. Jacobs OIL is justly termed the
conqueror OF pain. 1t cures when others
fail,
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~. John's T.. &. Church.

St. Johns II. Il. Churcn, which has been often
called the State Church because more Pfesi-
dents have worshlpped there. than at any
other, stands at the corner of II and six
larged In 1890, In Il h2yo worshippod Pres
idents Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams (though the latter was Con 9reGa-
tIonalisU Martin Van Buren,, though he he
longed to the Dutch Reformed Church, ilar-
risOn, Tyler. Polk, Taylor Fillmore Though
the latter was n Unitaranl, Pierce, Buch'
anaA and Arthur. Presidents Lincoln
Johnson and Grant have also attended pi-
vine services here although not steadily. Its
interior reminds one very forcibly of the
old, dim English country Episcopal churches.
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Judiciary square.

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 d street and
and Louisiana avenue to G strcet-three
long full squares.
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Davy burns Cottage.

One of the curiositIes 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.
Next door to IL 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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Commissioners.

Incorporated In 1858 for % years by tho
purposesHwith a Canital of sI .6yo oooNto
which a reserve fund OF over So5O, 900 has since
been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its fran.
Chise was made a part of the present state
Constitution adopted December ?, A. D. lS70.
The only lottery ever voted on and indorsed
by the people OF any State.
IT NEVER SCALES OR POsTPONEs.
It's Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Extraordinary Draw
iDgs regularly every three months instead OF
mi-Annually as heretofore.
A splendid opportunity 10 win fortune
Tenth Grand Drawing, Glass X. In the Acad'
cmy OF Music, New Orleans, TUESDAY, OC-
TOBER IL, 1876.
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The Agricultural Department.

This building is situated east of the Monu-
ment. 1t 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.
perimental Gardens, whose offices are i'm
mediately west of the main building. The
Belt Line cars go right past the grounds.
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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
80 years ago. The conservatOries are filed
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-
phin Centennial.
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The Smithsonian.

Across Twelfth street, Immediately east from
the. Agricultural Department, are the
Smithsonian Institution and the Smithso-
nlan 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 a 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. II is reached by the Seventh
Street, the Ninth Street and tho Belt Line
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The Interior Department.

or,as II IS popularly termed, the Patent OF
lice, occupies the two squares between Soy
euth and Smith and L and q streets. IL Is
built In the Doric style, and is an admirable
Greek styles II contrasts finely with the
General Fostoflco, which Is Corinthian, tine
most ornate Of the pure Greek modes of
architecture. The curiusitles OF the Patent
Onlqe are the model rooms, where many
thousands Of ideas have been materlali2od
and exhibit themselves TO the ga2e In every
stage of invention. This building, like most
of the Government offices, Is open To the
visitor from Hu u, m TO p. m The Libraries
of the Interior Department are well worthy
Of a visit. The great Inauguration ball AT
l.incolns second term took place In the
Patent OihCe.
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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 at that point, is the city
Hall. This is u large and commodious
building, built for use rather than show,
and now occupied by the District courts,
just In front and to the south of the city
Hall is a column of white stone surmount
ed by q marble figure of Lincoln,
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The National Museum.

The National Museum IS In the Smithsonian
grounds, few yards east of the Smithso-
nian building. IL contains thousands of the
life, customs and history of all nations. It.,
as well as the Smithsonian, Is open daily to
the public from a. m. to 4 d. m.