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n GLIMPSE of the old Freedman's Bank, now the
Department of Justice. tho old clubhouse
where Siclles shot Barton Key, and the old De-
catur e. Dolly Madison mansion on Madison
Place.
Guides seem 10 steer clear Of the Naval OBJ
sorvatory. which to my thinking. Is ono of tho
most interesting places TO visit in the city. Re-
Gently n party of civilized Indians were wild to
40 there when they heard of the big telescope
and the chance to take peep at the stars, If
they could only obtain the "open sesame" to
the tower.
The hill on which the Observatory stands was
the campground of BraadoCll and Washington
before their march TO the ambush in which the
British General was killed and his troops routed
by tho Indians.
A visit TO tho vaults and cash-r0om OF the
Treasury is always in order with strangers and
peep at the pay accounts OF Washington and
other Generals of tho Revolutionary war is
never missed when they arc posted The
guide who is posted will point out the historic
cottage Of Davy Bnrus. near the foot of 18th
street, when his party is Mt the State Depart
meut. From the Treasury the tourist usually
goes 10 the Medical Museum, once n Baptist
Church and later on Ford's Theater. in which,
In April 1868 John Wilkes Booth assassina ted
President Lincoln. At the new Medical Muse
um, next to the National Museum. in the Smith.
sonian grounds. / forgot 10 mention. is the
skeleton OF GuitGau, who murdered President
Garfield After leaving Ford's old theater,
first seeing, II possible. the room opposite in
which President Lincoln died tho stranger
passes Masonic Temple crosses the street, aud
finds many objects Of interest in the Patent
Office and other bureaus OF the Department of
tho Interior. Among other points of interest
to yisit arc the Howard University. named
after Gen. O. o. Howard, aud the first school
established ia this country for the higher edu-
cation Of col0rcd youth, the Soldiers Irregular
Army Home with itsiuvely views; the Pension
and the Government Printing Offices; the
Center Market aud especially the large armoTy
OF the 2d Regiment. District OF Columbia Ma.
tional Guard ou the upper floors, the Jail
where Guiteau was hung, the duclug grounds
| Of Bladcnsburg; Fort Myer aud the Arlington
Cemetery. where 1000 soldiers Of tho war aud
| several distinguished Generals are buried the
church at Alexandria where George Washing
ton worshiped; Btaidock's homo there, aud the
store in which the rebel General Ashby sold
dry goods; -. Johns Church near the White
House built in 1916, and at which dozen
Presidents have worshpod; the Navy-yard
where they now making several immeus,
guns; the Marine Barracks especially on Mon
days nc p. IN, whom the Marine Band gives a
concert; Washington Barracks foot OF Fonr-
and-a half ST., where Mrs. Surratt was hanged
and. finally, after trip To Cabin John Bridge
where Is the largest snrle stone-nreh bridge IN
the world then Mount Vernon. the homo aud
burial place of George Washington" the
Father Of his Country"
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Binder Twlne.

1t requires annually $4,000 tons of Binder
Irvine To bind the grain crops Of the country.
Ten years ago all the sef-binders in existence
required but "a few tons. The industry prac.
ticaliy started with visit made by Mr. Wm
DeeTing, the harvester manufacturer Of Chi
cago, To Hon. Edwin H. Fitler u rope manu-
factuTer, and the present mayor OF Phiadel-
phia. Mr.. Decring subsequently, found it so
difficult to get perfect twlne that "a few years
ago he equipped Il large Irvine factory with tho
best and most modern machinery, ana is now
making his own twine. The value of the
annual output of binder twine is about
$14,000,000.
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green and east rooms, are on the first floor.
The east room is the largest in the building.
La Fayette Square, with the equestrian statue
of Gen Andrew Jackson by Clark Mills. In its
CENTER is directly in front of the White House,
on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, and
is hardly ever visited by strangers. But they
90 in droves to Corcoran, Art Gallery to look Mt
the Greek Slave" by Powers and the other
statuary and beautiful paintings to be seen
within it's walls. The State, War aud Navy
Department building, Immediately opposite
this gallery Is an immense, imposing building
in Italian renaissance style, 557 feet long aud
3i3 feet wide. 1t is on high ground rises 1923
feet from its base Mt it's south end, and cost
100000 / have described these buildings in
order, because visitors, rs u general thing, after
looking through tho magnificent library of the
State Department and viewing the models of
vessels of war in tho Navy Department. pass
down the stairway of the War Department and
wend their way to the Treasury, after taking
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Almost n SuIndle.

IISIUtfi-I
"Well, declare; It's too bad exclaimed
maiden Of the 'Steenth Presbyterian church.
What is it?"
That young pastor Of ours. While he was
preaching on trial he never breathed word
about his being engaged but as soon as the
church called him he went right off aud got
married. He's fraud, that's what he is"
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of the 18th century. the forerunner Of Palissy (;
the faithful reproductions of plants, insects.
and fishes of Palsy himself. besides rarc
specimens of Swiss, Swedish, Spanish, Italian,
aud Holland work. followed by works of the
now celebrated British Schools. beginning with
the Wedgwood of I760. The Chinese and Jap
anese collections are considerable.
The United States, which is yet an infant in
ceramic work. is not yet represented in the
Scvres Museum. Miss Mclaughlin, of Cincin-
natl, who discovered the secret of pottery glaz-
ing, Is the only American thus far TO give any
new contribution from the United States To the
ceramic arts. She and her pupils exhibited a
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-04-17
WASHINGTON VISITORS
An Unusual Influx Of SightSeGrs,
Bridal Couples and Excursion
Parties During the Past Month.
AY by day Washington

AY by day Washington
is growing in popu-
larity as the great CEN
ter of attraction and
Mecca toward which all
newly-married people,
excursion parties and
tourists tread in search
of recreation and OBJ
jects of interest, and
during tho past month
tho number who have
registered at our hotels
and patronized our pri-
vate boarding houses
could be counted as
legion. While the num-
Der of oilico-scekers
seems to have dimin-
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Tit for Tat.
K..L--L

Cross. Examining Counsel-Isn't your hus-
band 4 bnTgarl
Witness Yes.
Cross Examining Connsel-And didn't you
know he was a burglar when you married him Z
Witness--Ycs; but ! WAS getting little old,
and had 10 choose between a burglar and a
lawyer, 60 what else could dor
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Eroy man who wore The blue, and cperg
friend Of his, should take TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. IL gires a,ore and better matter
than any other family peekiy paper, and costs
only t,eo cents toeek.
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An Alarming Discovery.
aIh IL

Gus-Why, Algy, what is the matter2 Are
you sickP
Algernon-No. my deah fellah, but Tm
frightened about myself. doctor told mo
yesterday that the air is pwessng on mo with
IL pwessuro of Ii pounds to the inch. That's IA
Il tewwible thing. and l don't believe | can
stand 10 much longer
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ished perceptibly, the proportion of pleasure
seekers who have entered tho portals of our
great Capital City has increased considerably,
and il is doubtful if any previous month of
March, outside of the Presidential inaugural
month"; has witnessed as many transient arriv-
ais as the month Just ended.
At the Capitol the guides have been kept
necessarily busy pointing out the objects of
interest in the massive structure to the sue
cessive throngs that have crowded its corridors,
galleries aud historic committee rooms. Tho
whispering tiles of the marble paved beautiful
Statuary Gallery have furnished no end of
wOndcrment and fun to the swarms OF strangers
and fun galore to the guides and other habitues
of the great building who were so fortunate rs
To catch the Olttime quaint comments elected.
One group Of pretty women aud smurtly- dressed
mcn-evdently a bridal party a striking
resemblance between the eiigY of the Indian
fighting Boone and the old lady who has for
urOach from tho rotunda TO the Hall of the
House of Representatives Another discovered
that the two little girls in the painting in the ro-
tunda, representing GeR Washing Ons Reslgna-
tion, have five hands between them. Other
curious incOngrutios have been pointed out
from time to time in divers and sundry places,
which indicates that some of the visitors, if not
artists are at least hypercritical. To show
that the guides all Of them, are not, however,
up to their business, last week curious guest
on information exhaustive bent asked TO have
pointed cut the famous pillars representing
bundles Of cOrnstalks with the corn in the
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He Took the IiIBt.
Hss go

Mr. GOodenough-I have so much trouble
with the pronunciation of my name; IL is
properly pronounced G0Dd-h0. yOn know.
She lshyiyj-Yes, but 1t Is Good enough for
me.
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In Iddlllnn iniIle nonr-
=" H""IFF"H VT FIlF NV"Is
lg8tih. gran 4. ID.s HOUlLIy.f

lS6tih. Gr1B d C9.'s MOniLiyf
"Horc's an oil Hud0o pr0yerb that says:
When the women fight the devil goes out and
takes drink"
E" ia! lie has q cloyen breath, too has
bp 20
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II the article headed LOST on page 10 does
NOT interest you, please hand IL 10 some one
tCho may be benefited.
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Singular.


thcU IpfH journal.
Benedict-lt is singular that you are bach.
elOr
Baehelor.-of course il is; If IL wasn't singu-
lar ! wouldn't be "a bachelor
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estal bronze statne of Haii-sy the Potter, VINO
discovered the white enamel process. The
facade Is adorned with large porcelain mosaic.
The story Of Bernard Palissy is one OF the
most touching description. aud illustrates the
prapelling power of genius in face of poverty
disc0umgement, the repToaches OF friends
aud the sneers OF rivals. If ever man deserved
8 statue IL was Palsy since he gave to France
the great secret ~ her elevation among the
nations Of the earth. aud though he was ar
rested AS a hereto aud died in the BaStile. IT
was not until he had demonstrated that the
facts Of natural history and physics were above
tbe fancilul notions of abstract philosophy.
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Are goa widOlo ThO failed to draIg peRsiOa
for aHy periOd9 II 50, see article on page I'D
headed LOST.
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HEALTH HINTS
For Old and Young.

BY FELIX l.. OSWALD, M. D.,
Author of Physical Education; Household
Remedies': The Bible of Nature" etc.
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PARIS "reminiscences
SeVreS Porcelain Mandatory
Statue and Story of Palsy the
pOttcr---Patrician and Peasant
ModplS---SeVreS MuSeum---Street
Musicians.
Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE,

PARIS, FRANCE, 1889.
through the inter
laced avenues of the
stately parks of st.
Cloud. we strolled lei
surely, picking an ivy
Leaf here and an lex
there, until we reached
the celebrated porcelain
mandatory Of Sevres,
famous the world over
for its decorative wares.
We had walked q long
distance but were not
weary. the clear skies
and limpid air remind
ing one of California or
Colorado.
The mandatory be-
longs TO aud is operated
by the Government OF
France, and is sur
rounded by a high,
Jagged and formidable
iron fence, with a mas
sive gate. opened aud
closed by a guard. A
fight Of broad, stone
steps leads up TO the
great arched doorway,
and between the gate
way and the steps there
stands. on a stone ped
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Nearly TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS tol
pensions. Read article on page 10 LOST

(Tobe coniiaued.)
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SECOND SIGHT.
Renaissance OF AN 0LD-T|ME DETECTIVE.


elry; if rubbed my nose, it was PEN
knife; If I asked the question twice, and
snapped my fingers the second time, it
meant purse, and 10 on. All codes are
the same at bottom, and by practicinR hard
couple of men with good memory, used
to each others styles. can make the code
cover almost any article you could name.
tell you. When it's we'll done it's like
magic. One chap brought a book of Watts
Hymns to the station one night. and hid it
in 4 cupboard before Charley came. !
made him guess it in three times.
Well, by and by Charley left the force.
He was clever chap. but very unsettled
and restless, 40 clever chaps often are, and
he never stuck long at anything ne tried:
places: but after year lost sight of him
altogether, and when next met him was
in the very thick Of the story I'm telling.
One day, over year after he'd gone, was
put ON case. Il was q common sort of
thing enough, robbery by traveller ra for b., 2
Mai Esst-name Of James Bur
dock He'd travelled for the same
great oon1idsnce in him. stanton b Co.
had invented some new pattern in jewelry.
and Burdock vas oRo around the principal
.ss ana e The new nss fashion 70
.Has oso9n leu minuses aIte[ neg !eIs t1e
Jsn n,s ss p'es ~ ~ ~ touno saaI ne
. ,eH m 1874. ~ ;o.4 snS aew 9e.e.sy,
~ .s,rsa .ns,.4h;.s ~ ,oH Sno paSJ.e
IT,, ...st ,s.l ~ ~ IT, aU pounnus.
H. Ssa Ixsa for ~ So. II. h.S .s;d 11 n.,
and IN t,,s niuht h.1ore Levine NJ sdS-s ~
- ~ ~ Rsrm;nrh.,n -. tha 40 41, -,
- ,1;.;t .ssd X r VA ~sts ~
- =. to .4srt tro.', q p.r~rss ~ siosh y
go "a "a. hs.d -sII ..-s~sd nm thst ~,
1S .ca -. .t-s;cht thsra R;r,r;n. S~r
team ma ;nst startad With RnseincI
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Nv name ID John Bloxham, and am a
retired superintendent Of the Metropolitan
detective force. As anybody who reads his
daily paper must know, q man in my for
mer way Of life secs many curious things.
and mixes in many odd adventures. 1have
had my share Of queer experiences q
good deal queerer than the one am now
about to relate, perhaps. though hope that
this may prove fairly interesting. # it does
not, then the fault will be in the way of my
telling it ON paper. am none too handy
with pen and ink, being tools have had
very little practice in using, beyond keep
ing my report book straight when on office
duty, or writing an odd letter now and
then. But have told it by word Of
mouth 70 good many people, to interest
them.
Tho events now take my pen in hand to
narrate occurred moro than thirty years
ago, and am the only person who will DO
mentioned in this story who 10 now alive.
That, however il nothing against my truth
fulness, . anybody who will turn to the
criminal Gases reported In the papers Of the
end Of July. 1857, will ind the facts given
there by witnesses on oath In the box
myself and my friend aud brother ofacer.
Charles Freeman, being the chief Of said
vitnesses, and MOT the only ones. The
case created great interest at the time, and
vaa - much commented on 40 any case
mot one of murder) that / remember in my
experiences, It Was worked mp into . stage
play by q gentleman I had tho honor to
know. and vas played ut the Elephant
and Castle theatre. The actor who
played me "made mp" ss It y called IN
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than is due to me. may say that was q
pretty smart officer. I knew my business.
and knew my way about; but luck helped
me here, as it has often done. and rs it very
often hasn't, in other cases I've had to do
with. When any successful man wants to
claim all the credit Of his success to his own
cheek, you may be sure that he deserves q
lot less credit than he claims. Luck helped
me all through this business. had the
brains to use it when it came, but it was as
much by luck as Judgment that pulled it
off.
All I got from the firm about Burdock-
except his personal appearance, which
Through lucky I knew perfectly we'll al
ready-was that he always carried his sam
Piles and money in o hat-box, to avoid sus-
picion. and that he was very. good anna
teur actor-so good that he had had offers
from regular managers 70 play in their
theaters. Out of these facts ! made my
theory; and that theory was that he had
got the guard at st. Pancras TO put him
into carriage alone, and had. in the car
riaee, made up" as the actors say, 70 look
different from his real sell. ana nad gone gone
for New York left Liverpool the following
day. which strengthened that part Of my
theory.
acting on my theory, went to Euston
and caught the express to Liverpool
There lounged round the hotels-not the
good ones Burdock would have used, but
the second rate ones. I tried half dozen.
about the sort of people that had come t.
stay there during that day. At last, in q
rather seedy place down by the docks. as
was talking to the landlord in his bar, q
man passed through with hat boz in hif
hand. I only caught 2 view Of his side
sixty rather than his real age, five and
thirty. But it was Burdock, was sure
even at the moment. kept mp my pattel
to the landlord for . minute or two
thinking all the time what should do. II
wouldn't answer to make . mistake
Plenty Of people carry hat boxes
after the first second or two began *
wonder il it was my man after all. Ani
while I was trying TO fix plan, he came
into the bar again without the hat-box, ani
asked for tho landlord. What he said te
him didn't catch. He took NO more thar
ever seen mo before-at the night hons,
when I'd made the raid-pd been cleaned
shaved, and now had Z full beard and mus
tache. He spoke tn tho landlord for 1
street. ! followed, him TO keep him Ia sight
and make sure before committed myself
He walked about for an hour or %, lookinl
| into shop windows, and once ho went into
bar and had drink, while I stocs4 outside
Watching him through the half-open swing
door. Il was quite dark BY now and tn
! be came Is the variety theatre and
after reading the bill ct tho dor. wen,
in. / saw him take Q ticket, and vhet
he bad gone up stairs, followed him, anl
! NV him, through GLASS door in the dresl
circle, take his SEAT there. u Vaa not MI
ouo 70 let him ~ mo Bit moro than
Il h~l. ~ - - Az.
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muslin she was. too; and. naturally, he
didn't want to leave her to see stranger
about he didn't know what.
go to him again. said, land say that
] must see him. Tell him these two words
second sight,
That fetched Charley! ! saw him whisper
\ word in the young lady's ear, and he came
dock, too, and Just as Charley got up he got
up, too, and came out. l caught Charley'd
eye and gave him signal not to know me
all at once. He caught it-quick as light.
ming, Charley was, and the man passed
between us without look.
"Queen's business" whispered to Char
ley. Follow that chap. I'm going to the
putting up'-the house where had seen
Burdock an hour before. Charley Was after
him like dash, and made straight fol
the Queens Head.
I got hold Of the landlord again and told
him my business, or, at least, AZ much 40
choose to tell him. It doesn't do to be too
communicative in this kind Of business.
"Well," he said, "what do you want?"
II want YOU to let me into that mans
room to examine his baggage"
why should I p said the landlord.
"Why?" said. Because I'm queens
officer, ON queens buSiness, and ] summon
you in the name of the Law to aid me in the
execution Of my duty" And showed him
my pocket staff.
"Ahr' gays he; I've had that dodge
played on me before"
What dodge?"
"Why that staff. There was chap whs
robbed customer of mine, last year.
| merchant captain, he was-under pretens,
| OF looking for stolen goods. II gave tn,
house bad name. and did me heap O
damage" found out afterward that thi
was true, and that the landlord had reall!
been imposed upon BY sham detective
''Once bit, twice shy" Gays the landlord
''You prove to me az you're what you say
and get search warrant, and I'll let yo'
| into the ROOM"
Il would have taken hours to get searcl
warrant, and should have had to wire :,
| London to prove my identity. and Their
vas NO time TO lose. / wasted Ave minutes
more arguing with the landlord before {
what do you wants' says the landlort
eve eot message for a.Gentleman a. i
here" said the boy.
"What gentlemanS y. /.
second Sight" says the boy. Tho land
lord stared ct the boy, thinking II VA
cheek. IAN right" says 70 the boy, tax
ing him by the arm into the street, TIT
VA to follow him, and did. He led me
along the docks for pretty nearly half
mile. I should think, and stopped outside Z
public house, with great flaming tr.nspar.
| ency in front of it, representing Old King
Cole sitting on beer barrel with his three
/ 6ddlers round him.
stopuine or turning his head. ..0o right
throuah to the room at the back"
He vent ON and ! entered the place and
ruahed INV way through the crowd In thu
outer bar 70 the door Of she farther room
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