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moved to Fredericksburg May y ON
the 18th was transferred to Douglas
Hospital, Washington
Across | street from Minnesota Row
was another hospital, the stanton HOS
pital named for the great war Secre-
tary. The block between I'd and Sd and
III and / streets appears to have been
vacant at the beginning of the war A
barracks hospital was constructed there.
occupying nearly the entire block. There
were seven buildings. each more than
900 feet long. with the ends fronting as
the Seaton Public School building does
today. The central one was the admin
istration building: the other six were
double wards with seventy-two beds
each. Other smaller buildings were used
as storerooms. kitchen. laundry. etc. This
hospital was opened November -. 1862
and was not closed until the war was
over. The surgeons in charge were j. A.
Iidell. G.. A. Miersick and B. B. Wilson
The site of this hospital is closely built
over today with brick structures.
After the battle of Bull Run, July ~
1851 the -inadequacy of the hospital ac-
commodations in, Washington became
obvious At the breaking out of the
war the Washington lnfirmary, then in
charge of Columbian College, was the
only hospital available in the District
for sick and wounded soldiers. 1t was a
brick building three stories high. with
three white wings and with the walls
stood on the north side of f street be-
tween 4th and 9Th, near the courthouse
in Judiciary Square but was built long
before the courthouse. 1t was con-
structed in 1904 and was designed as a
Jail Some time after the erection of
the courthouse the Jail was removed to a
building popularly called the Blue jug, y
in the northeast corner of Judiciary
square. The medical department of Co
lumbian College took up its quarters in
the older Jail building in 1874. and it
was then called the National Medical
College. The men of the 9th Massachu-
setts Infantry wounded in the streets of
Baltimore April 10. 1851. We're. on being
brought to Washington removed to the
Washington lnirmary. The building was
burned November 3. 1861. DIR. w. J. II.
White. assistant surgeon. L. S. A.. had
been the surgeon in charge. After the
fire the dwelling at 46l T. street was used
for hospital purposes. and about this
time houses 3tiO and 364 c street. the City
Hall, the r Street Baptist Church and
schoolhouse on 9Th street opposite Ju-
dietary Square were converted TO hos
pital uses. Not far away was Trinity
Church. at the corner of c and I'd streets,
and during part OF 1862 and 1863 this
was known as Trinity Hospital. the sur
geons in charge being G.. w. Hatch and
p. .. Williams. During September and
November. 1862. the Capitol was used as
a hospital in charge of Surgeon Edward
Shippen, L. s. Volunteers. The patent
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No other blossoms could be seen IN that
territory. The glow of this single push
of forsythia seemed remarkable enough
to warrant the telling of 1t, even tiious II u
when this is printed the city may be
aglow with yellow. white and blue bios-
soms-the colors of early spring mowers
or 1t may be that this particular 1or-
sythia will be dead because of Its VEN
turesomeness in putting on its spring
finery so early.
A great deal of forsythia grows in the
Washington parks. 1t is the common
forsythia of China and Japan named art
er the English botanist w. A. Forsyth
1t is clearly related to the lilac, the 1essa
mine. and the olive. The flowers. axil.
larry and bell-shaped. four parted ana
golden yellow, are familiar to Washing
ton people, The buds are formed during
the previous summer, and it requires very
little forcing to bring them out. A branch
OF this plant kept warm and snug by a
sunny window in the house, will quickly
put on its yellow gown.
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rs cologne a deadly weapon? That is the
/ question to which the Indian bureau
is now addressing it's energies.
ON the desk of an official high in the
bureau there recently sat quart bottle
empty. The official stared at it with a
frown of perplexity furrowing his brow.
Here's the story he remarked Ia Il
friend Down on the Yavapai rescrVa-
tion in southern Arizona there is-or
rather was-an ancient Indian named
Bear ith-a-Groueh or some such by
phenated cugnomen. He had an over
weening predilection for appropriating the
goods of others. as we put it Officially
but I'll tell you. between us he was the
biggest thief betMeen st. Augustine and
Sitka He'd stolen or tried to steal
everything on that reservation from beef
to Bibles. except the Southern Pacific
right of way. He hadn't tried that be-
cause the road was spiked down.
There was one thing. however. that old
Bear With "a Crouch liked better than
stealing; that was alcohol. he WASH
particular about the form. with him IL
was substance In the words of the ad-
vertising agent he wanted something 10
bring results.
Stealing alcohol was just about his
idea of supernal bliss. one day recently
lie got TO SnooplnS droullu ''e ie"iuo
portion of the Indian agency down there
It's always sultry in that country, DellS
only a short distance from Yuma. which
is "a mile and a quarter the other SIDE OF
sheol. you know, and the windows IN the
dwelling of one of the officials were all
open Just as the old scamp sneaked
around the side of the dwelling breeze
blew back the curtains of the bedroom
window of the lady of the house-anu
there ,non a bureau. within arms length
of the thirsty aborigine. stood n bottle.
..ro the simple mind of the Indian.
bottle meant booze. Silently poking his
arm through the W ipdow. he srasped ,ne
enough.
Heap big drunk with flowers in IT.
he calculated he sneaked of into the
nearby mesquite thicket with his prize
and. lifting the bottle of cologne to his
lips. sluiced the whole quart of 1T down
his aboriginal gullet.
There isn't much more to tel. \
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today | saw peck of gold ornaments
and of precious stones, and also rings
and bracelets galore.
During my stay went through the vari-
Gus rooms, seeing people of all ages,
sexes and financial conditions borrowing
money on articles of every description.
l watched the selling and saw crowds
looking over the stocks of various pledges
to get bargains. In the loan rooms the
people stood before long counters above
which were wire networks like those of
our banks, and in the great patio
square, around which the rooms of the
building run. | saw them bring in auto
mobiles, steel safes, baby cradles. parlor
sets and pianos. | watched the opening
of upright piano. The owner was a
pretty girl, dressed in black, with man
tilla over her head, and the tears stood
in her eyes as she saw ii unpacked.
In another part of the patio were a
man and his wife getting a loan on their
parlor carpet. which still showed the dust
of recent Wear. and away off i'm one cor
ner lay "a half dozen old bathtubs, which
had been evidently taken from the houses
and brought here as pledges. 1t may be
they viii be redeemed by Saturday night.
In going through the building | saw
warehouse after warehouse filled win
household goods of every conceiva BILE
kind. There We're hundreds of porcelain
and zinc bathtubs. chairs, stools and
candlesticks. and tables and beds without
number There were great shelves filled
with clothing. and organs, talking ma
chimes and pianos by dozens. There We're
also kitchen and cooking utensils and
things one would not be able to pawn in
the states The smallest sum loaned on
any article is u cents OF our money. and
the loans run from that to 5000 am
told that about .t,0p1 pieces are pawned
every month, and something Ike 500 900
in loans is given out in that time. All
but about 1o per cent are redeemed. the
interest paid in monthly amounting to
$4,000 and upward.
| watched the process of loaning. The
moment pledge is brought in an expert
yaluator fixes the price and the loan Is
only certain percentage of this The
price is low. for If the pledge is unclaimed
and IL cannot be sold the valuator has To
take il himself, giving therefor the
amount Of the loan and the interest. AS
long as tn" interest is regularly paid
all pledges are held. but after this they
are offered for sale In going through the
courts warehouses and salesrooms |
found price tags on everything. These
showed the original values and the loans,
and in many cases the values had been
reduced three or four times. and most
things seemed to me wonderfully cheap.
Indeed, the first price is about what the
goods would bring in secondhand
store. This is held for a month, and
then. If no one comes to buy it, is re-
duced. The next month it is further
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looked Minnesota row during the great
er part of the civil war was an army nos
pital. II was officially known as Douglas
Hospital, presumably in honor or tue
former occupant of he corner residence
Senator Stephen \. Douglas TINS nos
pital was opened as early as January.
ISt;. and had capacity OF four hundred
patients. At that time. and a little latef
when the peninsula campaign began.
many buildings in the city were taken LOT
hospital purposes. including notes
churches and public and private buildings.
Beds were placed in the Capitol and the
patent office became hospital. Many OF
these structures were quite unsultapie.
but the buildings known as Minnesota
row. on account of the elevated slte' spa
c,ol1s rooms wide halls and modern anu
sanitary conveniences. were cohsidereu
excellent for the purpose anu they were
retained until the end of the war w me
similar hospitals in other huli0lnSS We're
generally discontinued by tho end or lSo@.
the Douglas Hospital was continued untli
\oyemhcr 1St;5 when the remaining pa
tients were removed to HareWood HOS
pitaI. In charge of Douglas Hospltal Sue
cessively were Surgeon Adadie, >. a.
Assistant Surgeons Warren Webster
petc1. pineo William Thompson and W.
During tho summer of 1867 the Wash
fnpton papers contained long lists OF the
wounded i'm all the city hospitals. cover
inc several columns After the second
battle of Bull Run the practice OF puo-
fishing these names was discontinued. out
the names of the patients and OF the nos
nitaIs MAY be found in the official rec
oris. In the Medical and surgical HIS
tory of the Rebellion such entries as the
following are common:
* ::
Private T.. Rugg. Company |. 9th WIS
consin Volunteers. Wounded in the oat-
tie of the Wilderness. May =. 18Th. by q
ball which penetrated the left temporal
bone passing through the dura On the
following day was admitted to the held
hosritaI of ith Division. 9TH Corps. Re
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A QUEER PROBLEM
FOR INDIAN BUREAU

subsequent analysis OF the few drops left
i'm the bottom of the bottle showed thai
its contents had been compounded mainly
of wood alcohol--and with wood alcohol
there's mighty little OF anything between
cause and effect. All they heard AT the
agency offices was one war-whoop of be
wildering Joy. When they got to old
Bear With-a Crouch he was lying stiff
with a smile on his face like a little
childs He had never struck anything.
like that before.
Now. whenever an Indian dies. these
agency officials have To report whether
il is from natural causes or deadly
weapon, and these Yayapai fellows have
written in here and sent the bottle wlth
the query as to whether they are To re-
port that cologne is a deadly weapon.
What do YOU think OF ii. umph?.
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Critical.

GOV. ELEASE OF South Carolina, ap-
~ ropos of certain criticisms OF his re-
cent pardoning of seventy y-six convicts.
said in Charleston:
These people make me feel like old
Aunt Chloe.
Aunt Chloc's husband WAS i'll. and
friend said:
Has he been Ill long, Aunt Chloe?
= About free weeks. ma am.
- But is his illness critical?
. Critical said Aunt chloe. We'll, L
guess il is critical, And ] Jest wish YOU
could see him when | bring him his Cruel
or his broth or his milk-toast. Why, he
aint satisfied with nothin
Evening star., 1913-03-02
Something in 1t.

g lMEON FORD. at a dinner in New
- York. said of the Inauguration:
Il am glad that the various Inaugural
tion banquets and dinners keep speech
making down to a minimum. There's
too much speechmaking here.
" Friend said one immigrant TO an
other, this is a grand country to settle
in. They don't hang you here for muir
der
=" What do they do TO you?' the other
immigrant asked
They kill YOU was the reply. with
elocution'
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ganization. with n capital of half mill
lion or SO.
Altogether there arc thirty-four char
tered banks in Mexico City which are do
ing a business of several hundred mill
lion dollars a month. The total banking
capital amounts to more than 500 00o. 0o3
i'm gold. and the dividends paid range all
the way from - to 16 per cent. The stock
OF nearly every bank is far above par.
ahd this is the same with the life in
surance companies. title insurance com
panieS and many other financial inStitu
tionS. The country now is on gold
basis. the unit being the peso or Mexican
dollar. which is worth just about %
cents.
In addition to the ordinary banks there
are mortgage banks similar To those ex
listing iu France. which extend credit to
Evening star., 1913-03-02
First Spring Flowers.

THERE is danger in making observa-
! tions on early blooming flowers at this
time. and the reasons for being cautious
in this matter are many. In the first
place, it is impossible even for rambler
to keep under his notice all the Towering
shrubs Of Washington. Then, it may be
that some shrub in private garden grows
in peculiarly sheltered place and has
marked advantage over Its unprotect-
ed fellows that have to take the weather
as IT comes. The season is so change
able that while last Sunday a plant may
have been. In blossom yet 1t may be
blighted before the story OF Its blossom
ing can reach the reader. or the week
may have been so favorable to the un-
folding Of the flowers that a million bios
SONS may be out where only one could
be counted a few days previously. On the
other hand, caution may be carried too
far, and the public deprived of the news
of an early blossoming plant. so that it
becomes desirable to take a chance.
After YOU have climbed 18th street hill
where this new great way mounts Merid-
ian Hill YOU come to a region OF palaces
and also where you will find d number OF
houses that are SURVIVORS OF the older
Meridian Hill neighborhood and which are
not palaces. On the west side are the
embassy building of France, the legation
building of Spain and a long string OF
other fine houses. There are also num-
ber of vacant lots. On these lots are nu-
merous circular flower beds. seedy now.
and which seem to have lacked adequate
attention for many months. Whether
these flower circles are relics of the older
civilization on Meridian Hill or whether
they are relics of some vacant lot I'M
provement campaign. the Rambler does
not know. and he did not feel that his
public duty required that he should ring
the doorbells and wake up the fashion
ionabe neighbors to find out
On the east side Of 18th street in the
northeast angle Of that street and Euclid
street is large vacant lot on which 1t
would seem that In the long ago-as time
Is measured In that fast-growing neigh
horhood-frame dwellings with ample gar
dens stood. On this lot are four or fVe
of these flower circles all ragged and
neglected. At the back OF the lot are
some old-young cedars which are grimy
with street dust. Somebody seems to
have had a garden here. In one of these
circles among all the, dry and winter
withered plants is bush of forsythia.
Last Sunday 1t was golden with bloom.
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avashop SGqiat@d i'm Mexico City, Loans Moms EACH Year,

financial condition Of the Mexican gov
ernment. In recent years 1T has been taxi
ing in more money i'll taxes than has been
needed for the government expenses ana
the public debt. considering the assets
OF the country, is comparatively small
1t amounts to only little over s2oo.p"
COO or about one-fifth of what the United
States owes 1t is very small in conn
parison with the debts of Europe. France.
for instance. is now owing almost six
thousand millions. and the German en-
pire and states owe about four thousand
millions. Italy's debt is fast approx
mating three thousand millions. wnlie
that of the United Kingdom. including
the colonies, is more than four thousand
millions. Little Japan owes thirteen
hundred millions, while switzerland, that
little patch of mountains and valleys.
owes considerably more than this repuo-
lie of Mexico.
4 x
I am told that there is a great deal or
boarded money in Mexico Up to the be-
ginning of the present generation bank
ing was comparatively unsafe and many
of the people buried their money instead
Of depositing it. Even now there are
millions upon millions under the court
Yards of the rich haciendados or hidden
away in the walls.
Men die who are supposed to be worth
nothing and thousands OF dollars are
found in their miserable homes. Not
long ago an American brought suit to
collect a debt of man in one of the
provincial cities He got Judgment.
but the defendant said: II can't pay You,
but my father WILL The father was
called on and he took the officials down
into a cellar under his house where there
was $400.Oo stored away in 4oo baSS.
each containing $1,000. The Judgment
was for $1,000 and five of the bags Mere
handed over in payment therefor.
! understand that the church has a great
deal OF secreted money and that III"
boards of the common people are just
now beginning to come TO the banks The
same is true in the Philippines. where our
soldiers dug up silver in the courtyard~
of the houses. and also in India. where
hundreds Of millions OF dollars i'm the
shape of gold coin and jewery are buried
in places i'm and under the walls of the
homes cf people supposedly poor
FRANK q CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

! spent some time in the jewelry sales
room. Here were cases of pearls and dIa-
monds and quantities of rings, brooches
and pins set with jewels of every dcscrip-
ton ] saw earrings with pearls as big as
the end of your finger, and great sapphires
and emeralds valued at from 500 TO
5000. Many of the jewels were in sets.
consisting of bracelets, brooches and ear
rings with now and then tiara of dla-
monds to match. Most of these trinkets
seemed to me very cheap Just now Mex
leo is in the throeS of hard times owing
to the revolutionary troubles, and '.ie
sales of unredeemed pledges are large.
Sometimes tourists pick up great bar
gains in jewelry. | know of one man
who got a beautiful brooch containing a
half dozen pearls and four diamonds
for SIOO. and of another who bought a
fine diamond ring for half that amount.
/ coveted d set of jewels whose price
had been cut from 500 down to $780, but
l thought of the customs, which are rig
Evening star., 1913-03-02

YOU will see on rustic gate on the rGht
hand this sign: Rock Creek Park Pub
lie shelter The road through the Gato
leads To quiet-looking old farmhouse.
1t was the Osborn farm before this wild
region came under park control ON
broad porch the west front of tho
house some heavy and comtortahl"
seats Al the back of the house. dow
near the concrete foundation OF barn
that was burned November Ia. l9i2. YOU
may come upon Harrison Russell. u
young colored man. who is caretaker or
the place and who also has charge OF the
hounds of the Washington Riding and
Hunt club. who has lived on the place
for four years, and who once used ID
school cross-country horses ON the big
Maddox farm near Warrenton.
The public shelter * place where
men, women and children may find cover
in sudden storms. but the impression
made on a stranger is that this life-sav-
ing station is somewhat far OF the track
of park travel. However. il does give
shelter to good many storm stricken
pilgrims i'm summer.
The most interesting feature OF this
place is that it Is the farm of the water
department of the District of Columbia.
where the old and worn-out horses of the
hay. corn. oats, mash and other things
that horses need. There are thirty acres
in the place. Since the big barn went up
in smoke last fall. and in which fire two
fine hunting dogs died. the equine pen
sioners of the District have been passing
the winter at the government farm at
OccoGuan or in the city stables of the
water department. The only pensioners
on the place now are two old mules.
They are not so sad-eared as old mules
generally are. and they are taking life
comfortably in their declining wears. II
is a beautiful place for an old horses
home-shade, running water and rich
grass land The Rambler learned that
the superintendent of the place l. Mr..
Johnnie Beale," who is down in the city
directory as John w. Beale. supt. Dist
A number of the four-footed pensioners
of the District will return TO this pas
ture for the aged and infirm next spring
and il is believed that the barn will be
rebuilt.
Up the Daniels road a few rods from
the public shelter and turn left YOU
come upon the kennels of the Washing
ton Riding and Hunt Club. Fifteen
''houn dawgs'' live here, and YOU will
hear their song as soon as they catch
sight or scent of you. They are fine
dogs and It's said that not even a red
herring will throw them off a trail.
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HE evolutionary
troubles are crowd
ing the national
p a W II s h op and
scores who have
been ruined by
the recent bonn
b ar d m 2 n ( a + Q
hooking every
thing under the
sun.
How would you
like 10 borrow
Evening star., 1913-03-02
Home for Old Horses.

IF you will turn north from the Military
road near Fort de Russy and follow
the Daniels road about three-quarters of
a mile along it's muddy and hilly course
Evening star., 1913-03-02

steal wire cable and electric wiring.
They cut through the roofs to get into
the stores and warerooms and even try TO
rob the poor boxes of the churches. The
railways lose thousands of bolts from the
cars and tracks every year and they
Evening star., 1913-03-02

idly enforced on the borders of Texas.
and did not invest.
7 wish I could show you one of the
auctions of this national paWnshop. They
are attended by the motley thronE which
makes up the croWdS of the Mexican cap
ital There are men in sombr"rOS short
Jackets and tight-fittinc- trousers. There
are women in black. with naniillas over
their heads. and there are people dressed
much the same those of our cities.
At the auctions the pledges include chro-
mos and oil paintings, bicycles and mir
rorS saddles and harness. household
goods and clothing and iewelrH and trim
kets of every imagina Bile kind and de
scription The goods are put up at the
request of the wouid-be purchasers and
are often sold to the first bidders. The
man picks out his article aud it is knock
ed off after giving the others chance
Everything has been appraised. and there
is no false bidding. The great bargains
in good things however, are usually sold
before the auctions take place.
In addition to the national paWnshop
there are many private pawnshops in
Mexico City At these the loans are
more costly and = or 10 per cent month
is frequently paid. 1t is unsafe to at
tempt to borrow on stolen wares at the
Monte de Piedad but this is not So OF
the private pawnshops. and ! am told
that many of them are fences or re-
ceivers of stolen goods.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

vision 1850, and Fairfax Seminary. 936
vvsion, 1850, and Fairfax Seminary, 93e.