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it took a southwesterly course Joining the
main stream near the corner OF New jersey
avenue and d street. These streams wsreof
infinite value to the farms lying within the
District limits.
The squares surrounding the one on which
st. Aloysius Church now stands, were all
cornfields as late as twenty five years ago
and beyond North Capitol street.-the willows
grew in wild luxunance. The region for
squares beyond was an almost pestilential
marsh, which gave rise to the name of
Bwampoodle.
Another OF these streams ran through the
very heart of the present business portion
FRANKLIN SPRING.
Near the corner of l and Thirteenth streets
in Franklin Park is a spring of the clear
est water, which at one time supplied the
ncighborhood with drinking water. From
it ran the stream to the corner OF Thirteenth
aDdH streets where it turned eastward, flcw-
ing to the middle Of the square between
and H and Ninth and Tenth and there
making an abrupt turn, it coursed directly
south, emptying into the canal Of what
is now louisiana avenue, between Ninth
and Tenth.
This stream was never designated by
any particular name; few however, ofthose
who were then the school children Of Wash
ington VIII forget it. The square between
6 and II a nd Ninth and Tenth was unusually
large, but because OF this stream very little
OF it was built upon-the residence now
occupied by Mr.. william Gait, the Presby-
terian Church, a " ood and coal yard ut the
corner of Ninth and II streets.
The old Van Ness monument, with its
surrounding graveyard, where the George
town University Medical College, and the
Protestant OrphanAsylum, now st. Joseph's
Asylum, and an old stable on Tenth street
which was burned during the war, We're the
only portions Of the square utilized. the
balance being an open pasture Tor any
cows that happened to stray there. A
bridge crossed Tenth street about midway
OF the square, also one on G street, At this
point was the rear OF what was the old
seminary grounds.
The seminary itself stood on F street
few doors west OF the Masonic Temple,
The creek here passed through deep
ravine, overshadowed with willows. 6
street was a mud road along the north side
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Creeks Now ObIiterated Which
COurSed Through the City.
STRANGE TRICKS OF TIME
Rare Maps In the Possession of
Citizen of washington, Drafted by
Robert Morris, Which Exhibit the
Feature Of the City One Hundred
Years Ago

Washington some thirty or forty years
ago presented far different picture from
that of the present day. The streets were
nothing more than mud roadways, and
during the war, when the long trains OF
government wagons, heavily loaded with
ammunition, passed along the horribly
muddy ways, it was a common sight to
see one or pair OF horses sink into the
deep ruts, and the men would be forced
TO rid a derrick, by which, after repeated
efforts, the imprisoned animals would be
released.
Il street, particularly, was in a most
horrible condition, as it was the main
thorOughfare for the army wagon trains
en- route from the Aqueduct Bridge to the
wagon camp, which was located in the
extreme Of tie northeastern part of the
city, near the intersection Of Maryland
avenue
In many places tall boards marked thess
dangerous mud noles, but oftener the
driver had to depend on his own judg
ment to guide him in steering his way
successfully.
The topography, too, OF tile city has
changed In the heart OF what is now the
business portion ran small streams, through
washington some thirty OF forty years
which the business men Of the present
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TO
DIR. O. I. CARLETON.

SPECIAL LIST on DISEASES OF MEN.
OVER % YEARS ENP ERIENCE.
pniVhEF Diseases, Bladder, kidneys,
i.S = l SCaIding Burning SmaTtiug,
Too Frequent or Difficult UTiuatiuu, Dis
charges, Irritation, Structure, VariCOCels,
Day or Night Losses, GCUorrlea, elect,
sc, permanently cured No cutting, no
pain.
Blood ard Skin Diseases, SYPHILIS, B'OOd
Poison, affecting the Body, Throat skin,
and Bones.
Sores iu the mouth sore throat, eTuptious
over the body sores on the scalp, hair falls
out. ulcers, tumOrS, red spots, on the skin,
w1rty growth, &c, worst cases solicited
Not one failure in five years from 500 cases
treated.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Weak, nervous, exhausted feelings: q
lack of animation OF energy, often with
confused head, depressed mind, weak
memory or with debihtatlnE, involuntary
discharges. lost or declining sexual power
the consequences or excess eS, IldiSCreCIOn,
or mental overwOTk-
You feel more tired in the morning than on
going to bed, unable to concentrate your
mind; poor memory; unfit for business
OF society, feel shy, desire TO be alone, lack
confidence in yourself Irrit able, Respondent,
demOTaliZed, feel generally used up, and
that Hfe's JOY is ended.
Dr. Cartoons unparalleled success IN
effecting cures is due to his superior
methods, expert skill, and the deep interest
his care. Consultation free Hours. 70
8: to s. Sundays, 10 till 2
DR. CARLETON, 72S 9th St y. w.
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true meridfonal lines, leaving nothing to
chance The original map, printed by f.
Reid. L. Wayland & Co, Corinth, n. Y,
1895, is the only one in existence. The di-
rections on these maps are all in the hand
writing of Robert Morris who at that time
was one of the most prominent men Of the
county but who died in Jail, having been
incarcerated for debt. There are two other
copies of this original map Of smaller size,
printed in London in 1897. The ground for
the city was ceded in 17SS, laid out in 1791,
and became the seat of governmental 500,
when the population numbered 5000 in
habitants
There is still another map of more than
passing interest When L'Enfant made the
plans of the city he made one map himself.
Mr.. Hood possesses the only copy extant,
and, as ON the others, the marginal notes
are by Robert Morris Another very valu-
able adjunct to this collection is smaller
map, on which all the reservations are col
ored and the resident portion, as then eX-
listing, is outlined with blue pencil. Added
to this are engravings OF the taking of
Washington by the British and crude wood
cuts from English papers dated August | L,
1914.
There are also engravings of the originak
plans of the various public buildings and
cuts of the White House and of the Capitol
after being burnt by the British, besides
pictures of David Burns cottage and the
original drawings of the statues on the
east front of the Capitol.
Although not relating to this subject,
Mr. Hood has two greater curiosities re-
IatfDg tO English history They are copies
of the death warrants of Charles Stuart
and of Mary Queen of Scots.
BARNABY RUDGE.
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after tomorrow, at evening, and want
the same amount. ! can sec mat he has
failed rapidly in the last two years. and
he Is DOW on the dOwn-liIl road, without
thesLghtest prospect OF getting
KNOWN AT EVERY DRUG STORE
When the reporter began to investigate
after the occurrence related he found that
It would be an approximately truthful
estimate to say that every druggist Of any
consequence in the city has from six 10 ten
alcohol drUnkards who are babitual visit
ors to the stores. Many Of these have pre-
Ecrlptions from physicians, but the majority
Of them seek to procure the liquor under
some story that they desire to use 1t for
another purpose.
1t is common testimony that the victims
Of the habit VIII resort to any tale in order
60 get The liquor, and wiz, ia almost every.
instance, make oath that they do not want
It to drink. A frequent caller at one Of
the stores sometimes takes a vial to his
druggist twice a day, saying he must have
alcohol in order to dissolve sheIlac.
What the solution is to be used for is
subject 70 frequent change but the fiend
is always able to give a plausible excuse.
He has become SO addicted to the use Of
the intoXicant, the druggist said, that he
Will 60 out in a hard rain in order to get it,
he frequently calls late in the night aud
sometimes at an early hour in the morning,
saying that he is troubled with Rheumatism
and must battle with alcohol.
HIS WIFE COOKS WITH IT.
A ruse with one worshIpper at this
shrine Of John Barleycorn is to state that
bis wife wants 1t for cooking purposes.
BE has become such an apt pupil in the
school Of Ananias that he will Cow stand
before the counter and explain at leugth
and with the greatest seeming plausi-
bllity the receipts whereby his spouse
makes table deIicacies.
But the drug clerk knows he is lying by
his nervousness, the reddish, hay look Of
the eye and the gradually dulling intellect
that is now given meteoric touches OF bril-
/ liaGcy only by the poison be consumes.
There are women drinkers, TOO, and they
are even more artful than the men. Ii is
so easy for one Of them to put on a sweet
smile and explain to the drug clerk just
what she wants it for. An employe in one
! popular drug store tells OF a lady customer
whom he finally found it necessary to turn
down." for the reason that it was evident
4 she was killing herself upon alcohol. She
stayed away from the store for d while,
but finally returned one dreary afternoon.
] She purchased a four-ounce bottle OF co,
4 logne aud went out. The clerk watched
her. After going half the block, she stepped
I into the shadow OF q doorway, hastily
pulled the stopper from the bottle and drank
I the contents. The perfumery contained
/ at least so per cent Of alcohol.
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The Evening Times gives all the
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sla bthat constituted the way station OF
the children for squares around.
These streams have been arched over and
utilized for several purposes, and the
ground above them made valuable as time
passed on The old canal, with its un-
slightly freight, has passed into a vague
memory, and the rising generation can
hardly reconcile the beautifu city of
to-day with the tales of its past told
by the fireside.
Yet with all tbs knowledge of these
streams flowing through the city, it is
strange that so few maps outline them
Mr. James F. Hood possesses the largest
collection of maps and engravings of the
city in Washington. For years he has made
the city from its very infancy a study, and
has secured from every possible source
maps, charts, engrayings pamphlets, and
books relating to the various evolutions
OF Washington.
Many of these maps have no duplicates
existing, which, OF course, enhances their
value, and yet OF all his vast collection
only one, engraved by Mr.. A. RothweI,
and dated 1888, shows the streams marked
upon IL
The first map of Washington was printed
In 1892, and is designated the Boston map
II was printed by order of Congress in
Boston by Samuel Taylor, and was the
original plan of the city.
obert Morris, then styled the first
financier of the government, was wealthy
Philadelphian, who came TO Washington
and bought up city lots in what he deemed
the most desirable section of the territory
of Washington. The map embraces the
whole of the portions ceded by the States Of
Maryland and virginia, and the various
directions are written in marginal notes.
This map was sold in Philadelphia in
1881, and later purchased by Mr.. Hood.
MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES.
The next is dated 1900 and was en-
graved in England, In it the sites for the
various governmental edirices are laid
out. The positions of the Capitol and White
House were first determined as being
on ground commanding the most extensive
prospects, and being capable Of such use
or. ornament as would thereafter be called
for''-the sites chosen where the greater
number of avenues converge.
Another map is drawn by Mr.. Elliott on
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of which were the sheds where the stone
masons hammered aud chiEeled the i'm
mense blocks of marble used in the erection
of the Patent Office, then in progress.
This creek crossed F street Just about
where the National Union Building now
stands. The ravine in the Seminary
grounds was a lovely spot, romantic and
picturesque, and the youngsters Of that day
stood on the bridge fascinated, watching
the black-robed Jesuits walking in twos,
telling their beads at all hours. In the
early morning, the hot monday, or the
calm evening, the stream rtppled on and
the servants of God prayed to its ceaseless
rhythm.
The third Of these waterways took its
rise near what is now Y street, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth, running in
a zig-zag manner to MassachUsett sayenue,
thence to Sixteenth street making a turn
in the middle Of the square bounded by
Sixteenth and Seventeenth and L and NJ
streets 1t took a westerly course to L
street. between Twenty-first and Twenty
second streets, turned northward, emptying
into Rock Greek. There were a number
of smaller streams enptyIng into this, but
it is almost impossible to trace them
definitely.
ONLY A MARSH
That,section of the city north OF NJ street
and west of Fourteenth was little more than
marsh, and many boys, now men, with
their raven locks turning gray, have
hunted reed birds through that section.
The most beautiful resident portion Of the
city is built on made ground. Ltmpid
springs were scattered everywhere
There was one just at the corner Of Tenth
and G streets, sheltered by a huge granite
The morning times., 1895-09-01
ALL FOR FREE CUBA.

Hundreds of Oklahomians Volunteer
TO Help Whip the Spaniards.
Perry OEIa., Aug. 31--Great excite.
ment was caused here when it leaked out
late last night that agents of the Cuban
revolution had got zoo volunteers in this
city and many in nearly every town in the
Territory.
Agents have been out from Kansas City
and New York, who make a thorough
canvass of every nook and corner Of the
country. Officers are on the lookout for
the loader.
The morning times., 1895-09-01
He WAS GRANTS SECRETARY.
Death of a FuI!-Blooded Indian With
q History.

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. 31.-Gen. Ely
S. Parker died this morning at his residence
IN Fairfield after a long Illness. Gen.
Parker was a fun-bIooded Seneca Indian
and was chief of the six Nations. During
the war he was secretary to Gen Grant,
and prepared the first eugrossed copy ofthe
Gen. Parker had in his possession during
his uetinIfe the medal presented by Washing
ton to Red Jacekt, the Indian chief He al
ways wore it. He married Miss Sackett,
of Washington, and leaves a widow and one
child
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day have waded OF fished for minnows
as boys.
Even many of The younger set viii
remember the days when cornfields and
potato patches occupied what is now
the densely populated resident portion.
The most noted Of these streams were tbs
classic Tiber, with its numerous tributa-
ries, Goose, and Rock Creek.
OLD CITY CREEKS.
The main branch of the Tiber had its
rise in a spring about the corner of Seventh
street and the Boundary. 1t there took
southeasterly course crossing the various
squares in zig-zag direction until joined
by another branch about the corner of
First and o streets. The main stream
then Went down about midway between
North Capitol and First streets, east to
the intersection of North Capitol street
and Massachusetts avenue, when it took
a westerly course down and crossed Penn
syIvania avenue between Second and Third
streets down throuG Ght the Botanical Garden
into the old canal The region around and
about its course near he Government Print
ing Office was ali called swampoodle,
and this part of the creek being the widest
and in a sparie ely-HHtiee locality, with
but few bridges crffslng it, Il was the
skating rcsort for thet of That day,
The largest uiBut Hak its rise be-
tween 4 and Land sand Eifta streets,
flowing almost dIrecas fUuth and passing
through judiciary square, it took an
easterly turn and united with the main
stream near the corner OF Fret ana Csreets.
Another OF these tributaries started from
a spring at the corner Of Twelfth and G
streets northeast, flowing almost directly
west between F and G streets to the cor
Der of First and streets northeast, where
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Sc for Rreacn OF Promise.

Anderson, Ind, Aug. 9O.-Mrs. Emile
league, Of Indianapolis, filed a $4,000
breach OF promise suit to-day against James
Hicky, OF this city. The love affairs Of
the two have been attracting considerable
attention for the past two years. Mr..
.Hicky is one Of the richest men Of this State
and is past sixty years Of age.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.
DIR CARLETON, 728 OH st. \. w.

yardish, Italyan, an Po'tchigeeze, Sec
how kin talk 'em, sab"
Initiating his lungs to their fullest ca
pacity the Old darky ratified OFF a hundred
words OF phoneticaHy perfect Spanish,
spit cut a sentence OF German, let out q
much emphasized sentence Of Frenc1.
lined up in a couple OF dozen Portuguese
words, talked ''Dago" with alacrity, aud
wound up in American thus.
"YoI see dat kin talk all ub EN-, an
common nisears bout dis dump, dey steps
Ib,iy and thinks I'm kind OBJ debbil or
voodo king. 5 long, sab. Come around
again"
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Htle Old man with long beard thaJ
tbe frosrs OF mnay winters had left snowy
white slipped past the reporter and entered
mn uptown drug store a few evenings ago.
There was something unusually striking
about his bright quick eye, the nervous
switch OF his hands, his rapid but unsteady
tread and his STOPPING shoulders he
Flided stealthuy around the corner and
entered the brilliantly lighted store
The reporter watched MIN. he stood
about resuessly until the clerk had almost
finished waiting upon a number OF Gus
tomers al the soda fountain. Then he gLded
nolselessly TO the rear OF the store. The
clerk followed ana gave him smile Of
recognition.
The old man nervously slipped some
thlng from his inner pocket and held 1t in
hls hand wei concealed between his bod-
and the counter. The clerk shook his
head and frowned as the old gentleman
leaned over and whispered something
IN his ear. The cid man leaned further
over and a parley emphasized with
frowus and head shakes from the man
behind che counter and nervous gestures
from The little figure before it
GOT BIS BOTTLE FILLED.
Finally the clerk took the object from
che old mans hand He filled it with a
white liquid and as he handed il back to
his customer the latter fairly hugged it
and gIided out OF the door ia an instant
Wen, sir" said the clerk, when the
reporter came UP TO him and asked for
q key TO the mysterious uraHsaC aCtion, that
fs a confined alcohol drluker. If you
could follow him you would see him 60
20 his room, take q wine glass, fiji IL half
fun OF water, pour 10 alcohol until the
brim is reached and then drink It and
smack his lips with delight"
'What made him act so singUlarly about
buying it?" /.
Because he is ashamed TO have others
know he uses It; because he wanted it, and
didn't want to lei him have III. The man
has been an alcohol drinlzer ever since he
showed into this neighborhood five years ago,
and i don't know how long he had been
crindng before. I am told, however, it
caused his wife TO leave him some years
hgo, and since he has lived here he has lived
Ale life Of a recluse He is in one or the
Departments, ] understand.
Il did not want to sell il 70 him because
knew be wanted to drink 1t, but IL you
Were TO 90 to him III wager anything that
be would tell you he got IL for some other
purpose. he bought a half pint, 20
hoDts' worth and he win be back here day
The morning times., 1895-09-01

$500 Weekly SeashOre Excur- $500
Eions via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Every Friday and Saturday until August
81, inclusive, the Pennsylvania Railroad
viii sell for the 10 a. N and II a. m. trains
excursion tickets to Cape May, Atlantic
city and Sea Isle City, at the rate OF So,
good returning until following Tuesday
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Tan Shoes, both high low cut White Black
Shoes-and have all sizes and styles
selling at almost price.
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THEY Triple IN Alcohol
Revelations Brought Out by an
Old Mans Queer Actions.
DRUGGISTS KNOW ALL ABOUT 1T

Row spirits" Fiends Try TO Hide
the FOLLY That Is killing Them.
Driven TO Seek Drink at Dead OF
Kight-Women who Are Victims
or the Drug.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-15

FISHING tackle at the Provo Hard
ware & Iron company.
You get photographs at Anderson s
studio equal to the best made in Salt
Lake, Denver, or any Of the large
cities.
ONE can be entertained for hours
looking over that large collection of
sterescoptc views at Hinshaw's.
THE people of PROVO need not 60 to
Salt Lake city to get their pictures.
Hinshaw is thoroughly up with the
times and delivers his work only on
the approval of his customers.
TRY our four pound fol. 25 cent,steak
Provo Meat company.
TRAVELLERS find safe companion in
De Wits Collie and Cholera Cure. A
Change in drinking water and N diet,
often causes severe and dangerous
complaints. This medicine always
cures them. Smoot Drug company.
ENDLESS variety of dress goods at
Farrer Brothers q Co.
For sALE-Old papers at Is GEMS
per hundred. Apply to the business
)fice of The DISPATCH.
THERE is one medicine that will cure
Immediately. We refer 10 De Wits
Colo and Cholera Cure for all Summer
Complaints. No delay, no dieappoint-
ment, no failure. SmOot Drug COM
pany.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-15
ARMouR's POOR RELATIONS.

The Big Packer Tells Funny Story ADoEse
One He Hasn't Made Rich.
1t has been a matter of current report
for years among board Of trade men that
Phil Armour has no poor relations, says
a Chicago newspaper man. HE viii.
not allow any of them to remain poor, |"
veteran of the board remarked by way
Of explanation of this unusual good for
tune of a rich man. "He makes them
all rich
81 have heard that story before, " Mr..
Armour remarked, with smile, when
one Of his friends asked him about it the
other day. "But it's a mistake HAYS
enough of them"
Then the big packer burst out in a
laugh, and his friends knew good
story was coming.
Zone of the poor kind-he lives down
Ia Illinois-is one of the most persist
ent men l ever knew. He keeps writing
and writing for money all the time. He
is not bad fellow, only improvident.
and if he displayed the same energy in
writing to me he would have been rich
a long time ago. Well, he kept sending
one letter after another. saying that if
he only had $500 he would be all right,
He repeated this so often that one day
told my secretary to send letter say.
ing that if he would't bother me for q
year [ would send him $500.
We'll, sir, - and Mr.. Armour's sides
shook with laughter, tas soon as the
mails could bring reply I got it. He
said, Make it 81, 900 and two years,
and I thought it was such a clever turn
that 1 sent the money.
"What happened nextF'
"Tn. about three months he wrote
again, saying the agreement was off be-
cause his wife hadn't been included. :"
Mr.. Armour seemed to think the
whole thing was great joke and espe-
cially enjoyed the shrewdness Of his
Door relation.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-15
MEXICAN LANDS.
Thousand Acres Of
Excellent Land at a Low
Price and Upon Easy
Terms : Intending Pur-
chasers Should Write to
Mr.. Britton Davis at Cor
ralitos State Of chihuahua,
Mexico.

For sale "a, 1000 acres of land,a part of
the Boca Grande Grant, situated in The
northwest part of the state of Chi
huahua, Mexico, near the q. S. bound
airy line, 80 miles due south of Deming,
New Mexico; one and a half miles on
each side of the Casas Grandes river,
and having range of at least $4,000
acres.
This tract affords range with per-
manent water, unsurpassed, an exam
nation is invited.
The title is direct from the Mexican
government.
This is fine cattle country, and the
land is located SO that with suitable
dams and bitches large portion of it
can be put under cultivation. 1t is
owned by responsible Americans. who
desire to dispose of it to settle the
estate of the principal owner who re.
Gently died.
1t was acquired with a view to the
organization of Col nization COM
pany.
A large and prosperous Mormon set
Element is situated adjoining the above
tract, ard that circumstance makes
this tract OF great value and interest to
the people o. Utah. 1t would be we'll
for some of our capital iststs to InVesti-
gate this matter.