The Newtown bee., 1904-05-20

| AAS AMMAN A W. AAVV
 In Use For o l THE COMPANY. ?. M, of ours, and the executive mansion
 called the White House, where the
 President lives, and because they are
 first in importance little space will
 be given for brief mention. The Cap
 itol is situated on a hill 90 feet above
 the Potomac and covers an area of
 three and one-half acres, the main ed
 itice of sandstone painted white, and
 the two wings are of white marble.
 The dome is 270 feet high and is sur
 mounted by a figure of Freedom 19 feet
 high. The Capitol stands in park of
 60 acres in extent, and opposite the
 central portico IS a colossal statue of
 George Washington. Entering the
 building and standing in the rotunda
 under the dome we find the walls
 adorned with eight historical paint
 ings, Landing of Columbus, Embarka-
 tion of the Pilgrims, Washington re-
 signing his commission, Surrender of
 Cornwallis in 17Sl, Surrender of Bur-
 goyne in TIT, Signing the Declaration
 of Independence in 1776, Baptism of
 Mississippi by De Sota in 154l. The
 Hall of Representatives occupies the
 center of the south wing, and is plain
 and business like apartment and con-
 tains desks for 352 members. The
 walls are adorned by two pictures,
 large oil paintings, Landing of Hud-
 son and Discovery of California. The
 Senate chamber is smaller than the
 House of Representatives, but the
 general management of seats and gal
 leries are the same. The Vice presi-
 ial President of the Senate. The Sen
 ators are now 90 in number For my
 self, the best time to visit Washing
 ton is when Congress is in session. l | expect that as 1 am now writing, one
 of our teachers is visiting in Washing
 ton, and 1 am sure that when Carlos
 D. Stillson returns home and takes up
 again his school work, his pupils will
 get some benefit from his trip to the
 Capitol of our Nation.
 The Executive Mansion is a two
 story stone building painted white.
 The grounds surrounding the house
 are 70 acres in extent. Of the other
 public buildings we will not write now.
 Sometime some of you will see them
 with your own eyes. We only spent three days there, and there is more to
 see and learn there than one can do in
 six months. The city of Washington
 is of itself an interesting city to visit,
 let alone seeing the government build
 ings On the left bank of the Potomac
 covering an area of 10 square miles, it
 beautiful cities in the United States.
 Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol and the White House is the
 chief thoroughfsre, while Massachu- setts avenue, Vermont avenue and Connecticut avenue are the finest res.
 idence streets. We left Washington
 Friday night and lost all sightseeing in Virginia. We slept well through , the night and crossed the line into 5 North Carolina early Saturday morn , ing. The first place of much lmpor
 tance was Greensboro, near where is the battlefield of Guilford Court House
 where in March, 17S1, the British un 5 der Cornwallis defeated the Americans under Gen Greene. Fifty miles farther . on we pass through Salisbury, where in.the Civil War was Confederate
 prison, and where now is a NatiOna f cemetery containing the graves O : more than F, 900 soldiers, who died here : in captivity. Charlotte is another i'm |, portant town and has large cOttOr manufactures, and not far beyond we 3 enter South Carolina-not far from : Kings mountain, where the Ameri r 178O, and little farther along we pas. : through Cowpens, where was more I important victory of the Americans | January, 17Sl. Spartanburg. in dis n trict of iron mines and mineral springs : comes next, and soon we cross the Say I annah river and enter Georgia. Th' e first city of much importance that WI j- reach is Atlanta, prosperous commer r. cial and industrial city and importan n railway center: Its great staples ar' n tobacco and cotton, and the point o e historical interest is it's siege and cap a ture, September, 1864, by Gen Sher n man, who, after holding the city fo IT two months, here began his famou 1t "March to the Sea-" Night closed il e on us here, and not long after W l. crossed the ChattahOOche river ant e entered Alabama. When Sunda d morning came we were nearing Mobil v- and from there on the train runs nea g the Gulf of Mexico; passing can a. brakes, pine forests, palmettos, moss r. draped live oaks, and crossing Severa tt ''bayous,' we pass into and cross tn D. southern portion of Mississippi an 0f reach New Orleans about l O'clOc l. Sunday afternoon. You remembe Id New Orleans is on the east bank of tn G. Mississippi and our cars were now on ,t barge and lowed across to continue ou 1t trip. After crossing the river we hay I'd quite distance to travel before W d, cross the line into Texas. The di it tance is marked by large plantation t. of cotton, sugar cane and tobacco, wit ee scenery of tree-lned bayous, magnoli st trees, live oaks, and expresses drape 5i- with Spanish moss. Then we cross tf ny Sabine river and are in the great stat ed of Texas Great because of it's exten m and to realize it's greatness divide tf 'el square miles it contains by the numb' y, of square miles Connecticut contain n- and see how many states Ias large ; op ours could be made out of it. VI oh reach Houston by passing through tE he great timber producing part of Texa ne It is hustling, go-ahead city, and ol, railway Icenter of great importanc WIS From Houston to San Antonio is mt long run, and we pass large numb