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never dreamed OF. Some of the shrines
have been built, and the supply of heroes
exceeds all requirements. The travelling
fools have turned out to be those whose
scofFing minds could grasp nothing that did
not lie before them in material form. Here
the engineer and the statesman displayed
the poetic imagination. while the poet was
clamped in the bonds OF matter
Washington was the first modern national
capital that ever grew upon a scientific
plan and its system of raGiating avenues.
with squares, circles, public buildings and
monuments at their intersections, was
novelty for a great city, although 1t had
been forcsh3dowed in lie Notres designs
for the gardens of Versailles, in Sir Chris
TOPPER Wrens unfulflled project for the
reconstruction of London after the great
fire and in the plans OF Annapolis and
Williamsburg in America.
II
L'Enfant's superb conceptions were fully
appreciated at first, but as decade after
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lion dollars Now a new National Museum
Is rising on the eastern side of the mall-a
great pile OF creamy granite over 90 leet
long and more than 300 feet wide costing
So. 800 coo. and providing equally for sclen-
tifo workers and for the admiring public.
The architects OF this and of. the agricul-
tural building, on the other side OF the
parkway, made their plans after consuita-
tons to secure harmony.
One of the chief features Of the Burnham
commissions plans was to be gigantic
building, nearly quarter of mile long,
filing the entire space of three blocks be-
tween the mall and Pennsylvania avenue
facing the White Lot" or President
Park, back of the White House. AS the OPP
pcste side of the White Lot is occupied. ex-
cept for one block. by the George Washing
ton University. the new building of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution and
the Corcoran Art Gallery, the third side by
the White House, the treasury and the
State, War and Navy Department building
and the fourth by the Washington monu-
mcnt and It's grounds, this would practi-
cally complete another imposing architec-
tural composition, with bit of discord. to
be sure, but effective on the whole. The
Senate has been trying to carry out this
part of the plan by securing the site for
a building for the Departments of State
Commerce and Labor and Justice, and this
year 1t put an item In the public building
bill authorizing the expenditure of 5000
600 for that purpose.
But the House struck out the paragraph
under the leadership of Speaker Cannon.
who thinks appropriations for the improve
ment of the national capital all foolishness
as long as anything remains to be done In
DanVille, III. If this site could have been
secured now a good part of the work of
RED declining the district south of Pennsyl-
vania avenue would have been accomplish
ed AS It is. there is talk of building a
gigantic hotel on part of the land. and
If that is done there will probably be a gap
in the splendid plan for a generation to
come
Another great group OF public buildings
is to be north of the White House, sur
rounding Lafayette Square A rich formal
treatment is provided for the grounds OF
the Washington monument and the neigh
boring reservations The reclaimed Potomac
flats are to form a delightful water park,
and a monumental bridge is to span the
river to Arlington q memorial of ma
tional valor and reunion as soon AS Con-
gress furnishes the money. A picturesque
tract of about 2,000 acres on Rock creek,
acquired some years ago, is undergoing
leiEurely park development.
Since the Burnham commissions report
was filed In 1902 Congress has authorized
the construction of eleven public buildings
in Washington, at total cost of over S1S,-
000, 900. This alone is two-thirds as much
as had been allowed for the same purpose
In ali the rest OF the United States put to-
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and costly cooperation on the part of any
of our railroads in attempt to beautify
great city. There have been several such
examples since To insure the building its
full effect a semi-circular plaza, twelve
hundred by six hundred feet, has been
created in front of It, with avenues radiat-
ing to half the points OF the compass
Through the central of these avenues the
visitor emerging from the main door of the
station sees the vista of the Capitol-the
most imposing and appropriate of all pos
sible introductions to the nations seat of
government.
BY LEnfant's original plan the Capitol
and the Washington monument were to
have been connected by a broad parkway,
the mall. hanked by shaded walks and
rows of public buildings. But before the
needs of the infant commonwealth called
for any extensive shelter this scheme was
forgotten. The buildings required from
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Wy FHEN Pierre L Enfant, George
Washington and Thomas JEFF
NM ferson put their heads together
Wv to devise a plan for the future
capital Of the United States
two courses were open to them. They
might have provided for the needs of their
own time. in which case we should have
had a neat, compact little town, which
would have made n favorable impression
on visitors for half a century and then
have ripped out at the seams like a baby's
coat on a man. Or they could look for
ward with the eye Of faith to the require
ments Of future ages, making designs which
they would never see executed, accepting
the Inconvenience Of living in a palace in
the clouds and submitting to the ridicule
OF smart critics who refused TO take Wis
ions for realities. That was what they
I'D Spurred on by Washington and JEFF
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Golfers Weekly there most
sng handsomely illustrated article Washington the Model
City by Samuel Mofe 1t OF series OF articles
Golfers illustrating the OF American cities
toward conditions Mr. Mofet in his article expresses views Ct
OF conditions that held by intelligent
reside the capital but who nevertheless take
the nations seat OF government Be
we'll of its dealing with local
negen accurately from the article here
urnte
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Ita1y's Latest Miracle. /"
iDesial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ROME. July 10. 1906.
Though they are generally considered ex-
tinet elsewhere. Italy still continues to
produce an abundant crop of miracles. A
small minority of skeptics and scoffers may
attempt to explain 1t on rational grounds,
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fsrson L'Enfant laid out the capital OF a
nation which had fewer people then than
the state Of Ohio has now, on scale I'M
matched by any city then in existence For
more than two generations the contrast
between the magnificent theory and the
shabby reality Of Washington was an mex
haustble spring OF humor. Tom Moore
teered at II a hundred years ago, and in
2S14 the Quarterly Review, using Moore
And other amIable visitors as It's authority,
drew this picture OF the American capital:
places were marked out where churches
were 70 be erected, but without steeples,
ana ohapels with ohlmneys; here were to
be placed couventicles and meeting houses;
there colleges and hotels; here parks of
vast extent avenues OF approach, prone
hAdes. malls, streets of palaces and walks
OF state were 10 embellish this magnificent
c4ty The Presidents house has been COM
pieted, one little corner of which is inhab-
ted the rest being abandoned to q state
OF uncleanIy desoIation which those who
are not philosophers cannot look at with
out regret. One hotel, without roof,
furnishes a gratuitous lodging for a few
miserable Scotch and Irish emigrants, and
here and there the streets exhibit a grog-
shop In the shape Of a wooden shed.
a deep wood a thicket or morass denies
all access between next-door neIghbors,
and cows and sheep Craze about the streets
with bells about their necks 70 prevent
their being lost
-
The COWS and sheep were still visible
within the recollection OF people who are
not yet old, and Mr. Carroll d. Wright, the
former commissioner of labor. has told of
seeing pigs roofing In the streets within
half a block OF the White House. sena-
tor as late as the sixties introduced bill
for the removal OF the capital because the
pigs had rooted up the terrace about his
new house, and it was that catastrophe
which gave Washington an efficient board
OF health. According 20 the veracious Brit
ish chrou!cler already quoted a stranger
wandering over the moor which cOmposes
the greater part OF the city. falls In with
an English ambassador shooting quails; in
a thicket a few miles of he encounters the
French ambassador hunting rabbits"
Wandering through wood, in dread OF
being lost or dcyoured. he narrowly es-
capes the bullets OF a pair OF duelists.
Two or three miles farther on The falls
sembled at a horse race in an open field"
Here he finds crazy coach. but before
he can reach his inn the whole outfit is
blown by a hurricane into deep ditch. At
last. concludes the Quarterly. Being
nearly dark, he mounts an ass, which car
Ties him 10 a group OF Indians performing
some kind or lamentations. Escaping from
these. he comes TO a log house. eats mush
and hOmiuy. sleeps on the floor all night
and next day gets back 20 his inn. All
these adventures took place within the
precincts OF
" This famed metropolis. where fancy
Squares 10 morasses. obelsks In treas.
Which travelling fools and gsEettsers sdorn
WITH shriHes unbuilt and heroes yet unborn -
Now, there is such an obelisk as Moore
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Nothing Doing.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
when left home" said the returned
tourist. their engagement had Just been
announced. Has the event come off yet?"
No, but the engagement ring has"
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What If the American hen should decide
at this critical luncture to curtail produc-
tion?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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decade passed without any indications that
the raw southern village outgrowing
It's unkempt infancy they fell into neglect
Instead of so massing the public buildings
as to make each enhance the attractive
ness of the rest or placing them at the
focal points at which they would have fur
nlshed imposing views from all directions,
the authorities scattered them anywhere.
Some OF them were wedged directly across
l. Enfants avenues spelling some of his
finest vistas. Nevertheless, two things
saved the great plan from complete oblit-
Grafton. One was that property rights
were accommodated at the start to l. En-
fant's street system, and anchored most
of II in place. The other was that when
the early government buildings were con-
structed classic architecture for such pur-
poses in fashion. and the later build
ings. as a rule, followed the custom. There
were a few melancholy exceptions, such as
the pension nightmare, concerning which
Gen. Sheridan murmured, What PITY
when ne was told 1t fireproof; the
Post Office chateau on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and that overpowering example of the
Mullett school OF architecture. the State,
War and Navy Department building. But
in general the government has followed
classic lines in housing itself, and most of
its buildings will At very well into the
scheme Of the ideal city.
BY the end Of the nineteenth century
Washington had grown to such an extent
that its magnificent distances" were no
longer ridiculous, and the plain mans eye
the eye OF genius to see a hundred years
before. In 1898 II occurred to the residents
there that it would soon be time to cele
brate the hundredth birthday of the capital,
and the celebration was held in December,
1900. The speeches or this occasion dweit
upon the need for the improvement of the
District OF Columbia upon Harmonious and
adequate liEes The American Institute of
Architects discussed the subject at the same
time. and upon its Initiative the Senate
committee the District of Columbia in
vted MIR. Daniel H. Burnham and Mr..
Frederick Law Omsted, jr.. to act as ex-
/ They accepted, and secured the co-opera-
ton of Mr.. Charles F. McKtm and Mr.. Au-
Gustus Saint Gaudens. This completed the
"Burnham commission" whose work prom
Uses TO make Washington the model city
of the world.
After nearly a year of study the com
mission decided that It could do no better
than to restore and develop the original
plan of L'Enfaut. There was one respect
how ever, in which the president genius of
sibly foresee the needs of a modern city.
In his day people who did not enter a place
by horsepower or on foot came by water
and he made most ample plans for the
water approaches to Washington. But he
could not imagine time when the great
majority OF the visitors to the capital would
be shot IN by rail and would have their
first view of the place on passing through
the doors of station. He provided three
great foci for his compostion-the Con
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Cures rheumatism and Catarrh--
Medicine Sent Free.

Send no mOney-simply write and
try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex-
pense. Botanic Blood Balm tB. y. b.
kills or destroys the poison In the
blood which causes the awful aches In
back and shoulder blades, shifting
pains, difficulty in moving fingers, toes
or legs, bone pains, swollen muscles
and joints of rheumatism, or the foul
breath. hawking, splitting, droppings
in throat, bad hearing, specks flying
before the eyes. all played out feeling
of catarrh. Botanic Blood Balm has
cured hundreds of cases of 80 or AZ
years standing after doctors, hot
springs and patent medicines had all
failed. Most of these cured patients had
taken Blood Balm as a last resort. 1t
Is especially advised for chronic, deep
seated cases. Impossible for any one
to suffer the agonies or symptoms OF
rheumatism or catarrh while or after
taking Blood Balm. 1t makes the
blood pure and rich, thereby giving a
healthy blood supply. Cures are per-
manent and not patching up. Drug
stores, 81 per large bottle. Sample OF
Blood Balm sent free and prepaid
also special medical advice by describ-
ing your trouble and writing Blood
Balm Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
HAD HEART PAINS
A Critical Case Of rheumatism Cured
By Dr.Williams' Pink Pills.

While Mr.. w. S. Geisel, of No. 1876
East Coates street, Moberly, Mo-, was
steadily working at his trade in foun-
dry at that place, he became the victim
of an attack of rheumatism, and his ex-
perience is that Of thousands who are
compelled to work III similar surround
ings. He describes his situation rs fol.
lows:
Il had been at work for long time
i'll Il foundry where | was exposed to
dampness. First my feet began to hurt
and to swell, then my knees and my
shoulder joints began to be affected i'll
the same way. Finally could not walk
without great difficulty and suffering
aud mad to stop work altogether. My
appetite was feeble and grew very pale
and weak. l began to have pains about
my heart and it tiuttered Il great deal.
| became greatly alarmed about my con,
dition. My mother knew about the vir
tues Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills, az they
had given her back her health when she
was nearly wasting to death, and when
she found that they were good for rheu-
matiSm too, she began to give them to
me about mouth AFTER | was attacked.
That was i'll the early part of March,
1903, and by June they had driven away
the pains and swelling and had restored
my appetite and color. Then | felt
strong enough to take up line OF out
door work and now, in October, I re-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Woman's "Crowninu Glory"

II beautiful hair were common, it is
certain poets wouldn't go into ecstasies
about it. Many a pretty face has q
neager crown. One of the fortunate
girls is Miss Edith Root, daughter Of
Eihu Root It's a wonder some enter
priSlng maker of hair restorer has
not tried to use her picture as an "af-
|tertaking" pose. Her dark brown
locks are of the silky quality seldom
seen in curly hair, and when loose
saey reach below her knees. She US
Tally wears them braided and wound
Closely around her head. The Baron
esS Won Sternburg has hair that many
an actress would envy. 1t is Titan
led, curly and abundant. She wears it
ID the low Greek couture, always with.
out adornment.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
A Household Necessity.

I would almost as soon think of
running my farm without implements
as without Hunts Lightning Oil. OF
all the liniments have ever used, for
both man and beast. it Is the quick.
est in action and richest in results.
For burns and fresh cuts it is abso.
lutely wonderful. l regard it as a
household necessity.
Yours truly,
S. Harrison,
kosciusko. Miss.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Where Others Failed.

Zach spring for five or six years ]
broke out with a kind Of Eczema,
which nothing seemed to relieve per.
manently. Finally | tried a box of
Hunts Cure, which promptly cured
me, Two years have passed by, but
the trouble has not returned"
Mrs. Kate Howard.
Little Rock, Ark.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
HOw'S This T.?

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward fer any
case q CaraIrh thai cannot be cured ty Halls
C8tsrrh Cure.
?. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known r. }. Cheney
for the last - years and believe him perfectly hon
orahte in all business transactions and financially
E1le 10 carry on any obligations made ny isflrm
WALplNG, ktNSAE & MARVlH.
wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls CaiRrrh Cure Is taken Internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ~ the
system. Testimonials sent free Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by al Druggists.
Take Mails Family Pills for constipation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Aliens FoOt-Ease, powder. II cures pain
full, smartiDG. nervous feet and improving
nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery
OF the age. Makes new Shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet Sold by
all Druggists, DC. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, \. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

! ihough sorrow is said to develop
Iae virtues, it develops them only in
y. nltuous people, for this cleansing Of
Me conscience takes place only in
Mgnon."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Some Of the German newspapers are
trying another new word for "entente
cordlalc.' rather shorter than the one
they have been using. 1t is sympathie
kundgeDungcn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Manv Children.ara SicklY.

Mother Gray Sweet Powders forChildren,
used by Mother Gray, nurse il Children's
Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Head
ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis
orders, Breaku Colds and Destroy Worms.
Atall Druggists ,25c. Sample mailed FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, n. Z.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Unheard for nearly $50 years, the
old "Tum Again, Wilmington chimes
were rung once more, at noon, from
the steeple of Bow Church, London.
The old chime, destroyed in the great
fire of 1GG6, has been recast by Sir
Charles Villiers Stanford.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Electric light Is being used in the
streets Of Zanzibar and an American
hrm has obtained concession to con
s'rHct a light electric railway, which
VIII be the first in the country.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Sprinn!

Time to cleanse the system and purify
the blood. Take Garfield Tea, Natures
perfect laxative; it IS the best blood purifier
known. 1t cures sick headache, regulates
the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels.
Send for sample. Garfield Tea Co. Brook
Ign, n. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Dancers of Candor,

Some people go through the world
pouring out truth as though it were
essence of violets. Whereas truth
ought to be kept in a small bottle with
Ia red label and marked caution" and
fused only under the direct necessity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Methodist Hymn Cooks.

The British Wesleyan Methodists
have already sold more than million
and a half copies of the word edi-
ton" of their new hymn book, and
more than 100000 of the "tune-bOok. '
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

The inhabitants of our planet have
two principles Of disagreement which
are irreducible, difference of color and
difference of religion.--G. NJ. Valtour.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Value of War Prizes,

Japan's government will realize S.
iVO'OOO from the sale of such merchant
vessels seized during the war as it
aces not desire to keep for its own
auxiliary service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

The japanese Imperial Library at
TOXIC has on its shelves something Ike
200" written ana printed mathematical
works, extending as far back as 1885.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
They Should.

My honest conviction, based upon
my own experience and that of my
friends, is that Hunts Cure will cure
a larger per cent Of skin troubles.
especially Of an itching variety. than
any other remedy. Certainly those aS.
nicted with any form of itch should
try it,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
Too Bad.

Clara was so confused that !
don't remember just how much he
kissed me-
Maud-What! With the thing 60
ing on right under your nose?-Life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature great remedy-Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung tronbles. At drug
gistS, 25c., 5Uc. and 100 per bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

feople forgive much to illusions that
Dasole them, while they are very i'm
Z with realities that do not
Y N. Valtour.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23
J. 0. Monroe.
Atchison, Kas.

Who was the first whistler, and
What ala he whistle?-The wind, and
ne whistled Over the Hills and Far
Away"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

We are not to value all the opin-
ions of men, but only some of them;
and not those of all men, either, but
those of some only.-Socrates.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

The city Of st. Louis is soon to
have an exhibit building. or permanent
museum, that will cost Sl,O00,0O0.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

It has been decided to construct a
railroad across British North Borneo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Count art by gold and it letters The
feet it once WingCd,-Ouda
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

Divine charity Overc0meth all things
and enlargeth all the powers Of the
s0ul.-ThOmas a kempis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

All true love is proof of our rela-
tionship to God.
mrs. Nins,uw's Soothing Syrnp.
For children teethnE SOftens the gums reduces in.
faMmatiOn ailays pain cures wind cole! 25C bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-23

What day will New Years fall on
in 1925?-January l, of course.