The Newtown bee., 1897-03-26

document. The first draft by Jefferson is shown, also the desk whereon it was written. Here are ONE OF wAsHINGToN's FAMOUS FOUR
 SWORDS, and some volumes of his diaries, Frank lin's staff, a wax replica of the great seal of the United States, silver set present. ed by citizens of Philadelphia to Capt
 Hull, commander of the Constitution, to commemorate his victory in 1912 oyer the
 British man-of-war, Guerriere, and the
 latest insertion, long roll of yellow pa
 per, mysteriously inscribed, and an ele-
 gantly embroidered yellow sash, the cre-
 dentials of Ii Hung Chang.
 We next took 8 walk over to the
 Smithsonian Institute. Here are tens of
 thous .nds of birds, fishes, reptiles, inver-
 tibrates, sponges and corals, besides the wonderful Yucatan and Mexic wrought
 stones. We wandered about this vast
 collection which illustrates Dr G. Brown
 Goode's definition of really educational museum-sta collection of instructive la
 bels, each illustrated by a well-selected
 specimen, until our heads could not
 hold one bug or bird more. For a rest,
 went over to the capitol. wondered, MT
 Editor, if we would fall upon the stones
 and kiss them devoutly, but when the
 moment came, sentiment gave place to
 New England hardihood, and we strode up the flight of granite steps with the pride of man sent to the lower house.
 The mammoth building twas astir with life. We repaired at once to the Senate
 Chamber. The vice president was perch
 ed up on high while Senator Villas pre- sumably spoke for the United States pro- tection of the Nicaraguan canal. We ex- pected to find all the desks occupied with , attentive listeners, and were disme yed to , learn that many prominent speeches have comparatively small hearing. The : most dignified body is the Supreme , Court. The robed justices sit in front o1 ] raised gallery, supported by Ionic col
 hair fyn tfra f ter. On the floor are desks for the cohn f. Icil. The case of the Union Pacific roaC e was being presented with gravity becom ! ing the occasion. The Hall of Repre- = sentatives, so full of buzz and stir, seem S ed like another life in spite of the awe e inspiring mace and the dignity of thu q Sergeant -at-arms. Speaker Reed, a mag n nificently imposing man, read resolu e tion favoring scheme to promote th l. commerce of the United States and Can e ada by means of a canal, in tones lou: r. enough to be heard up to the state 0 d Maine, but each representative hustled a B if he had the entire responsibilit' e Iof all governmental affairs upol l. his shoulders and to attend t. ,. lat that particular moment of time .- the pages hied hither and thither, ant h there was as much noise as in 8 mission ,l Sunday school. How any business
 lever properly transacted, in the mids # of so much disorder. is unintelligible t 5, Ithe initiated.
 WE WERE FLUSHED TO SILENCE IN I'll B. Rotunda, as we gazed up at the beaut le ful ceiling, representing the Apotheosi X of Washington, painted in soft, diapar Id ous colors. Statnary Hall pleased U le beyond any part of the Capitol. Tn of circle of columns made of maIble take e. from beneath the Potomac river, as tn T. guide said, is unique and presents som d. grotesque faces as one looks at then ,e We met delightfully social young lad :. from South Carolina, who was spendin '. her second season in Washington wit
 her father. She had studied u . .spoints'' of Capitol. and amused us b 10 awakening sundry echoes, from behir to pillars from stones in the floor and ma es ing voices come out of the historic cloc re besides the well known mystel