The critic., 1891-01-31

squares farther south the walls OF the Navy.
Yard rise before the gaze, This Navy.Yayd
% was IN It's tim time the most famous % ono u th the
well as the famous cruisers, tho Essex, the
Wasp and others. II is to be eonnverted Into
and the visitor will find hundreds of objects
herein TO interest him. especially the making
OF the steel rined cannon.
Medical Museum.
The large brick building on Tenth street,
between Il and + streets, with a plastered
'front.', painted brown, was once Baptist
church. IL was converted about the begin
ming OF the war into a theatre, known the
country over as Ford's, and II was In private
box there IN April, 1868; that John Wilhes
Booth killed President Lincoln. The latter
was carried TO a house Just opposite, where
he died. A marble tablet In front of the house,
No. 516 Tenth street. commentaries this
the Government and turned into the Medical
Museum attached to the Surgcon.Generals
Office. large and handsome building has
since been erected in the Smithsonian Park,
lust east of tho National Museum, which Is
now used for the Medical Museum. IL Isl full
OF interesting surgical relics OF the war,'and
has the largest medical library In the world.
Among tho ouriosities within Its walls Is the
articulatod skeleton Of Guteau. the assassin
Of President Garfield.
The Geological Bureau.
The Geological Survey Is located on Fstreet,
near the Ebbitt House. The Interior Depart
ment building, immense as II Is, Is entirely
too small for tho accommodation OF Its bu-
reaus, two of which, besides tho Educational
and Geological Bureaus Agriculture and PEN
sionl are located In other quarters. These
the Government.
The District Buildings.
The visitor, after leaving the Centre Mar.
ket, will proceed down the Avenue to First
squares will come to the District building,
where are the offices of tho Commissioners
and other officials of the District.
The CITY Hall.
Due north of the Avenue and closing up
Four.and-a-half street at that point, is tho
City Hall. This Is large and commodious
S by 9t the USE srst Tef .s
front and to the south OF the City Hall is a
column OF white stone, surmountod by mar
bic figure OF Lincoln.
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 tho
from Fifth to Fourth and from b street and
| Louisiana avenue to g street-three long, full
| squares.
| The Pension Office.
The new Pension Building extends nearly
| the entire width OF Judiciary Square, from
| Fourth to Fifth streets and from @, nearly to
y street. tits by far the largest building in
| the world devoted to tho examination and
settlement OF claims for pensions. It's built
of red brick, and cost several hundred thou
sand dollars. In 4 was given President Har:
by the Metropolitan and Belt Line cars.
The Centre Market.
The Centre Market occupies squares south
Of the Avenue, bounded BY 3 y; on the south
west. II isa very handsome market building.
exoelled IN beauty, and probably In size, By
In The world II + the cleansst aqd
/ America.
Hoacard Unayersaty.
| Howard University is the first place In this
Of the colored % people % S Generally. ''r' Il Is on
Seventh street extended, jist above
Boundary, and occupies high and pictures
large GssrSSans SnSS Sro sy ypecss
| manufactured for the occasion.
The Goyernment Printing Office.
The Government Printing .oiice is In q
at the CORNER OF II and North Capitol streets.
II Is by far the largest printing establishment
in the world, and Is full OF interest to visitors.
annually. and the money S' is 81 well spent. Il
would take columns to merely outline the
gigantic establishment, which. employees In Its
busiest season over 900 people. 1t Is reached
by the Columbia line OF street cars.
The Old Soldiers Home.
The Old Soldiers Home lies about mile be-
yond Howard University, out Seventh street
veyances, namely, the Ninth and Seventh
street car lines Its main building is OF
marble, 900 feet front with very high tower.
view In the nelghborhood. "A statue OF
General Scott adorns the grounds. There Is
also National Cemetery with several thou
sand Union dead buried there.
The Deaf Mute College.
Returning from Mt olivet the visitor will
pass near by and In full sight of the Deaf
mute College, which lies on the north side OF
nSba eHd 81
ii street line of cars. II Ii the most prominent
deaf mute college in the world. -
81. EtzaJeth's.
Across the Anacosta River, due south from
the Navy-Yard, Is st. Elizabeth's, or the Gov
ernment's Hospital for the Insane. 1t lies on
the top OF HILL having beautiful view OF
thousand patients In this asylum. 1t is reached
by pleasant carriage drive.
BladenSburg.
Outside OF the original District are several
places OF great interest TO the tourist, notably
Bladensburg. In Maryland, on the b. a. o. r. II. :,
seven miles from Washington. II Is an old
town, famous for being hundred years ago
the largest commercial city In Maryland; also
d favorito duelling ground in the days when
he code OF honor" was In force.
arlington.
Across the Potomac, opposite Georgetown
and reached by cab across either tho Long
or the Aquednct Bridges, Is Arlington, once
the home Of the Lees, and now the largest
national cemetery in tho country. Over l6.ooO
. ingly beautiful and the view OF Washington
grand.
The Washington Barracks.
Thewashlngton Barracks or the Arsenal, as
, 1t is commonly called, are located at the foot
.. of Four and n-half street southwest, the
grounds extending over what used to be the
o ~ e 4 in
Surratt and the Assassination prisoners were
hanged. The band which is stationed here
Resohed by the
, tan FOur-and-a -a-half-street branch) and the
Seventh street line, via the Anacostia line ol
street cars.
Alexandria.
Seven miles from Washington down the Po
tomac, reached by boat or by rail. is the old
city Of Alexandria. IL contains among othel
| objects of interest the church where Wash
, lngton worshpped, the house that Braddook
lived In before he went on his fatal campaign
the lodge of Masons to which Washington wa,
attached, the store whero the famous Genera
Turner hshby sold dry goods for many years
and many other objects Of interest.
Cabin John Bridge.
Cabin John Bridge, spanning the ohasm o
Cabin John Creek, about eight miles from
Rock Creek Bridge, Is the largest single ston'
arch bridge in the world. Five miles abov,
Cabin John Bridge are the Great Falls OF tn,
Potomac. The scenery is magnificent. Reached
= by cab.