Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-02-09

out OF the Cuban war for campaign
purposes but they have not accom-
plished much. The people have con-
fidence in President Mel inley's Amer
icanism and that he will move as
fast as events warrant in dealing
with this question.
We cannot close without saying
something about the many things
of interest to be seen in this beauti-
full city and in its environments.
The new congressional library build
ing. which has but recently been
completed, is said to be the hand
soonest building in the world and
this can hardly be refrigeration. par
1t is difficult to imagine how any
thing could be more beautiful. Any
attempt at description would he fu-
tile. The state house at Albany, n.
Y, will not compare with it al
though it cost about three times as
much money. A visit to the house
in which Abraham Lincoln died, OPP
posite Ford's theatre, will repay any
one, but strange to say, there are
very few visitors, simply because an
While the government has purchased
the building and lot the collection Of
some 5000 articles relating to the
martyred president is the private
property of a man who has spent
years and a small fortune in secur-
ing these valuable mementOes. Here
can be seen the cook stove, settees,
baby cribs and other household
furniture used by the Lincoln's at
Springfield; a rail split by Lincoln
when a young man; pieces of b
scaffold ON which the assassins were
hanged, locks of their hair, and a
thousand things too numerous to
mention here 1t is only a question
of time when the government will
purchase this valuable collection and
place it in the Smithsonian institute,
where everything is free to the pub
lie for inspection. The bureau of en-
craving and printing, where all the
paper money, postage and venue
stamps are made, the treasury build
ing with its millions of gold and sill
| yer, much of which one is allowed to
seat a distance-are objects of
great interest. just now a count is
vaults. A large force has been at
work since July and it Is thought a
couple of months more will be re-
quired to complete the count. This
counting became necessary owing to
the discovery of a trusted employee
stealing silver dollars. Twenty dol
lars was found ON his person. The
shortage up to date is said to be In
the neighbOrhoOd of thousand dol
lars. Then there is the Washington
monument 10 feet high which you
can ascend in an elevator Oh by
stairs. Take the %elevator!! But
when you have seen all these things
you are not half through. There il
the Zoo park, the soldiers home,
smithsonian institute, army and
navy building, the pension building
the dead letter Office, where an aver
age of $50, 900 in actual money a veal
il taken from letters that failed tC
reach the parties for whom they were
intenued, and where everything Ii
found in the mail from ak helves t.
rattle snakes. A visit to the navy
yard will richly repay one. Her
you will find huge guns in construc
The principal works are at Water
Welt, between Troy and Albany
Many II inch guns, 40 feet in length
are being made. The tubes are mad
at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, an
shipped to Watervleit and Washing
, ton, where the huge rings, truncheon
and other parts necessary to thei
, completion are added. lmmens
. travelling cranes move all parts /
the works with the ease that a DO
would his annOn made of a spOo
1t requires two men to handle tn
bolt that goes through the pull
block. But last and best of all one
!. pilgrimage would not be complet
without a visit to Mount Vernon
the home and tomb of George Wasl
ingtOn, 16 miles from the city, on tn
banks of the Potomac. 1t is a beal
tiful spot and under the care of til
women of America nothing IL bein
neglected. On your way you ca
enter the church at Alexandra
. where Washington and later Rober
E. Lee, worshiped. This church wa
erected in 1773 and services are sti
held in it every Sunday, LawrenC
Washington, the last of that famil
being one of it's members. Washing
tons pew is reserved for visitors VIII
!, stop there for Sunday worship
Here you also see the hotel in whic
= Col. Ellsworth was shot by Jackso
, at the breaking out of the civil wa
: But as one can only mention a fe'
things of interest to be seen he
without taking up too much spa,
8 we feel compelled to close for tn
time. j. NJ. V.
$500 Reward $Ioo.
IL The readers of this paper will