The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
THE EDITORIAL EXCURSION.
A Party of Forty Editors and La
 dies Go On . Tour of the East.

were treated to a free exhibition by the proud of it's fire Iadsiiss. They have a horse trained to run. at the tap of a gong. to post. ton where. by pulling q string. he Is covered the bose cart to the n,oet convenient hydrsnt. The boys made a run and had stream play ing In = seconds. which we consider romark- able We ate another palataoie meal et God. dard's excellent ,hotci. and later in the eve hing had tho exquisite pleasure of listening to his daughter. the highly accomplished Miss not only a beautiful performer on tho piano forte. but she possesses rare and wonder fully sweet and powerful soprano voice. melody of her voice charmcsi us completely. Miss Pearl has visited in Forrest City on several occasions.
 the Iron Mountain railroad. In charge of MT. B. Allison, the genial and accommodating assistant general passenger and ticket agent, to whom we owe our thanks for many courte. siee. We arrived at St. Louis early Saturday morning, and after breakfast visited Jas. R. Bcttis, formerly of the Arkansas Democrat; A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company. and last tbut by no means leasu V. E. Dye. Van was overjoyed to meet some one from Forrest City. and piled us with questions thick and fast. He is married. has good situation, is saving his money and Is thoroughly content- ed & and happy He sent a nis regards to M sii his was vieited for the first time, and we were greatly interested in examining the wonder fal collection of trees, plants, aowsrSi etc: was never an interesting pleasure resort for ue, aud with the above exceptions our stay there was devoid of interest
 Saturday night VIC left St. Louis In the handsome Pullman vcstibuled sleeper Pro teus," which was chartered for the round trip, going over the Ohio % Mss,ssippa road minutes, and strolled out for walk about town seeing many handsome churches and other buiidings and trying to convince the ff Arkangf2na civilixed-radical partisans to tho contrary notwithstanding. Our car in the meantime exprcss, and we left Cincinnati for Washing ton City. We enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the route very much. The country is arrived in the City of Magnificent Distanccs'' about o'clock Monday morning. Here we spent three days very pleasantly and pront. ably. About the first attraction was the as phatum street paving. It is perfectly mag nincent. smooth as a table. and lightens the loads of tho otherwise wOuld.be overloaded horses. while it furnishct . comfortable drive for tho pleasure seeker. While on tho sub jeet of horses and streets we want to say that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to way compsnics of Washington and Philadel- phia for the moet unmcrciful condition Of their roadbeds. They are made of rpund-top rocks, uo two of them tho same heighth, and the poor horses stumble, slip and otherwise wear out their lives at pitiabc rate. This society has hca dquartcrs Ut Pbtladelphia, and
 
 cruelty goes on daily right under their noses, and they make no attempt to stop 1t. We should very much like to be in position to mako those corporations feel a similar heart lessncss. A trendmill would be humane com pared to their roadbed. The botanical garden was visited, and by special permission the isining the orchids, one single plant being valued at tl5.O0. Their beauty and variety was very interesting. The rest Of the gnrdcn was filled with plants from every land From the roof of the pension department building VIC had a very fair view of the city. This building is the largest brick structure in the United States It is &u0x200 feet, and 16 feet high. It is fireproof throughout, cost tl.tUO.- 0OO and contains l6,00O, ,OOo brick. The inaugu- ration balls are held in th,s building. and le,. QUO persons can bc conveniently AccomniO- dated. It is said that 59,u00 people can be packed into this building. .CThe frieze over the first story consists of terra eotta scnlp- tured band three feet high. representing military and naval subjects. The postofftce department building is of marble, and be- longs to the Corinthian order It was WAS com menced in lx0 and completed tn lSi7, at \ cost or C.. 7U.W0. The dead letter officc museum contains a remarkable collection of unmailable and misdirected articles which have found their way there under tLc system. IL is said that 2U, ,00o misdirected and uncaiied for letters are received here daily. They are s "penrd reaa e ana a rurS WmSn ss,e wss .esn
 Every ono knows it's history. Across the strcet we stosi by permirsion of the kind owner. German democra.ie eator, , ln .ne from the theatre. and where Mre tincoln and the cabinet officers remained that menor- able night. The old theatre is nov used as Il government document room The executive mansion, the hounc of the president was visited and we had the pleasure Of shaking hands with Mir. Harrison. The building is ot the Ionic order, lTux>6 feet, two stories high, buit of Potomac frcestone. pntnted white. Total cost tu date. q 6Ao,tNo. IL wns the first
 Hsc nd.ng so,msnea we rn ne v , hn cast rootn the green r,om. the ted room Mrs Harrison F private pariorl and the blue rntn (whery Miss Francis Folsom became Mrs Grover Cicvelandl. The walls contain a cs,l- lection of costiy iife-size portraits of pubic characters. Tho Washington obelisk, or ua- ,i masonry in the world. The shaft, of Mary iand marble. is h6 feet inches high. h5 fcct l,s inches saunrc at the base. and ~ feet 6's inches at the 5,U-foot mark. The walis are 10 feet thick al the base aud Is inches at the top. h was commenced in lstS, and aban- doncd at lss feet high in lsS5. In ls's work was resumed, aud in lss4 the ohelisk reached a heighfh of ap feet. from which point the pyramdai roof began and was raised 10 66 feet. the cap.stonc being placed in position December 6, tes4. There is a 1N-step stair way to the 5uo fcot landing; also. an elevator. which makes a trip every halt hour. On the inner walls are the stone tablets contributed by the states, bearing inscriptions tu the memory of Washington. That of our state simply contains the word Arkansas.' The total cost of this wonderful obelisk was q .sD,- tOs. The writer asccndcd in the elevator. The view for miles and miles in every direc- ton is superb. The treasury department was visited, and tho party witnessed tho printing of the rod stamp upon the currency and the counting and inspection of same by the em- ployes; also, the destruction of mouey sent for redemption. Space forbids fuller dc- ws learned We visited the Bureau of En. giavinR and Printing. whcrc the banknotes are made; the Library of Congress contain. Smithsonian Institution. the National Mu- scum. etc, of which volumes could bc writ ten: the theatres, too. where we heard the ope rHs The Goudolicrs'' and The White Hussar"; the several parks, beautiful in ar mired the beautiful on every hand-thc stat uee, butidtnRe, lRwne. etc. A visit to tho capi- tol was intensely Interesting. N occupies . of Capitol Hill, overlooking the oficiai. busi- ncee and fashionable quarter of the city. The building is s6lxas4 feet, including pOrtico%. the ground plan covering about 3.s acres. The surrounding park com prises about Ns a0vee. artistically laid out. The dome, of iron, ia SSe feet from the ground line to the top Of the statue of America, and cost el ,Ooo,m. There The Yresi bronze door at the main entrance is feet high. weighs 9.00 pounds and cost en- 0W. Its pictures represent events in the lite of Columbus. The rotunda is se feet in diame- ter and lsO feet from pavement to canopy. The paintinRs, statusrv. etc. etc, throughout the building are grand. and must bc sccn to hc appreciated. We visited the hall of rcprcscuta- representatives were pointed out to us. There are numerous places of tnterest in washiug. ton that VIC did not visit. One must spend o trip down the Potomac sixtccn miles brought us to Mt. Vernon, the home and tomh of Washington. Several hours were spent ad- mtring and studying tho grounds. It ts the cndcavor of thosc in charHe to rcstore and keep the mansiou and grounds as they were during the lifetime of the grcAt general. We