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I LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
| The Great Capitol Building and
Other Public Buildings—Miles
and Miles of Asphalted Streets
and Boulevards—Uncle Sam’
Great Money Vaults —Heaps
of Gold and Silver—The
Washington Monument—
Bright and Dark Pictures.
\V.,“i virrojf, I). )
Ju'y 20, 1800. )
Times Esteuukixe .
Where them's ?■> much to t *'l it is
difficult to begin.
Wr*h"tg.'»n H* been rillcl the
Paris of Amerir i, and as Paris is the
finest city in the world, so Wash
ingtoa is the most beaut’tV! city in
America. The \'sitor : s inipr, r 1
with its niilr t on nr'cs of rspha'ted
streets, not only the great avenues
and finer st'eats, lint even what would
he back sir. jts 'i o'her cities i-
paved. These clear ..month pave
meats makc-Wi'shi-iglyn the home of
the bicycle anil tricycle. Semes of
cyclers, mule und female, chii 1 2 s' an
gliding along the avenues like flying
creatures at aU hoc.,. The pav»
merits also give this city thed'sl'm
lion of being the lust stronghold of
the roller skats. A hoy can skate
here to his hearts content, miles it lie
chooses, without stopping, orpny'og
for admission.
Among the pnlilie hi> :, d : ng
Capitol is grandest of them all A noble
sl-ucturo it is; fit dumid'e lor the
government of the greatest of reptile
lies. It steads :, i the midsts of the
noblest ot grounds, on a hill 110 feet
high. In leng.li iti, a few inches
over 751 feet, nearly twice the d*
tnnee ncrcss one ot Thomnsville's
blocks. It’s greatest brendtli is 1124
h .*t. It corers-ll-V acres of grdund
niu| cost 813,000,000.
There is a central portion, which
Sn the old Capitol, built of yellow
sandstone, .h\tt lV>v; painted white
This stone came from a little Island
in Virginia bought by the Uni' 1
Stat" i Government, for 80,000, in
1701. There are also two immense
wings nr extensions constructed of
white Massachusetts marble. There
are around this imposing structure
100 fluted monolith marble colonies
from Maryland. Inc long rows of
these beautiful columns ca' 1 up
d-earns of Ibe o|d Grecian tempi* i.
The groat biil'dlng i''*es iuto p'i im
mense dopic, which is surmount'd by
a bronze statue of Freedom, lfli feet
high. To the top of the statue it m
288 feet, lacking one inch. Inc
U’nat * JJhH : r Hone wing, the House
of Representatives in the other. The
building is ventilated by menus of
drafts of a'- forced through it by
potverl.il slemu eng'nrs, plac 'd in the
basement. The nir is drawn through
great stone a : - towers placed out '*i
the gardens. One ignorant of the - "
use, would take them for monuments of
some kind, but they are hollow, and
open at the top, and the air forced
through them through subterranean
passages.
All the public buildings cannot he
mentioned in detail. There arc some
16 or 17 of them, and fevers’ are ex
tremely handsome. The army and
navy build'ng is said to lie one of the
most beaut' o’ houses in the *vholp
world. It cost 810,750,000 ; eovcu
44 acres; list two miles of cowidou,
566 rooms, ft elmtON PPtl evety con
veniences
The tni'ti TiOi uiy building : s of
Virginin free stone, and Maine gran
ite. It is 582x500 feat, and cost
nearly 87,000,000. The pa<li room
is a marvel of beauty. In the hr k>
incut of this building can he : ien
some of Uncle Sam’s cr ih. Over 800,-
000,000 in silver isstnckpJ up In oqc
pile. It is packed 81,000 in a sack,
two sacks in n box and pile 1 one box
on top of the other like so much
Horsford’s bread preparation- 1 am
told this is tho hugest vau't iu the
world. There 's another vau't *n
the basement outlining over $85,-
000,000 of gold and silver. The
viiiitsarc litl'e more than immense
'on cages, through the lattici of
which the lioxcs can he t :n. I
askeil a pouer, a good look'ng colored
man who had followrd us, if it had
ever occuved to h'm that a dozen
detcim'nt i men might enter the
bu'M'ng, and ci ny oft some of this
wealth; that I saw no good reason
why it could not be done. He re
plied, touch'ig me on iiiyfninnd
lifting h's coat so rs to show a r. ■
volver, that there were many things
I did not s tlmt there were armed
men s.itiou 1 a" ti rough the bui'd-
ing; that there were 2500 employi ,-s
in the hoc mi, and tint itcorns itcd
by telephone with the police stations
in every devotion. I I-id exjee'* 1 to
find guards of sold'erg in unifoim
with ioa F I carbines, promenading
the r >iiidolj. i only saw revere 1 ne
groes hi ci'.'-’.ensclothing,silt'ng about
♦he vau'ts ; th •» have pistols and ate
the guards.
I saw the h’l's stamp:d . with the
President’s rial, cut r u* uler, count 1
into piles and brnded : nto hales ’ : ke
snia'I bundles of merchandise. Each
parcel is count'd over by rjveral lady
clerks, who draw 81 if00 t > 81500 a
yea'- sr’•••/.
1 wa*esj ,>ii> ,| y ' it rest 'd in the de-
s 'uci'on of tho wot.i out b : "s. From
8300.030 t > 8700,030 in new b'"s arc
i su< I dr'ly. Ivotn a qua' ter to a
half nd'Hon do’h.'s in worn out and
mu l i hi led bi'ls are destroyed every
day. These me carefully classified
and neatly packed into uniform pack
ages ; tho pack nges ore then split by
a snutp knife the long way in two
equal pm,a, and the; : halves letickct-
cd and packed nuew, one hu'f to ho
sent to the . c -reta'y of State Dope-,
meut and counted, and *he ntY*r to
ho retained and counted by tho Tretis”
uiy Depai .incut, when the two counts
arc cli iked and must agree. The
halves a-c then puncht.l by a ma
chine tint pit's holes through theic
packages, when it : i pc x 1 over to
the macerating room and ground into
pulp. 1 begged for a stnr’l qui i*'ty
of tins pulverized cash, hut it was firin'
ly refused as contrary to orders.
Then there is tlie Pension Office
Budding; hut 1 have no heai t to t s'!
on what a scale Uncle .Sam dispenses
Ids hundreds of ro"’'oi.s of bounty.
01 course every touiist v'-'n the
White Hove, Nntiop->l Mr rum,
Smithsonian Institute, und va-ious
other places of importance.
Ol all the monuments iu 'Vs des-
t :- icd to be monument ' ci.y of *he
New World, l will only a dude 11 the
peerless obelisk erected to do lionor to
the pcorlc's Wp"’ ,i ng‘ m. It is built
of wh'l; imirble, on the spot selected
by Wrdvngtiu h'-nsell, a gently ti-
sing h : " on the banks of the Potomac
river. It is 555 feet high, and cost
81,130,000, 8900,000 of which con-
grr-'s conti ibuted. The wfllli a >’® 15
feet tlijyk a} tho bottom, and grow
tYnucr as it Uses, being 18 'nch- - on
'he top. 1 ne top : s reach 1 by r \ el
evator which consumes li"'f an hour
n making the trip, 0 minutes going
up, !) minuter coming down, and 10]
minutes at the top. What app ;a s
ei with i'vericd footmen, at ;1 l others in
pla'ncr i!gs; scores pregl'd'ng by on
bicycle, wh ! 'e great numbers P’-od
*'ie thorougl fees.
WV-'nt , n niUbl i,o a heaut'i'.’'
city to ,: ve 'n. Uncle Sam >s on easy
task mc-ter ; he beg' is work at 9 and
knocks of! at 3, and pays for ten hours,
besides gi* 'og a i hour or so for lunch
and gossip die 'ug the day.
Wu<b : ng.on -i rapidly becoming a
resident r city for people who have in
comes; rct : * 1 officcu and officials gen
era''y, br -'dn others of sma’ieror lar
ger 'ncomes. Rents a» j comparative
ly low, mo-kefs a-j tine and cheap,
taxes low, and society exiremely dem
ocratic.* ■ j Jj 9 ' f I j 1 < I
In 1810, the city had 8,208 inhab
itant*; 1820, 13,274; 1840, 23,364;
I860, 61,122 ; 1870, 109,190 ; 1880,
147,307, and at present about a quar
ter of a million, and still growing up-
'dlt*
But let it not be forgotten, toiling
brethren at home, thntthereis a da-k
side tn a'’ this pomp and show, case
nudcomfoit. There n-e disappo'nt-
nients and heart aches; blasted ambi-
tiors and iti’aed hopes ; wrecked "ves
c id ph-enz'r 1 brai"siiuxed in a" this
gilded'ife, and now und then coming
t i *'ie Hunt to be gossiped about,
and then forgotten. Yea, verily, the
population of this great city is largely
a shifting crowd. The generations are
for but a few years, oftentimes a
twelve months w'" complete the offi
cial ex'sienc?, and the hopeless aspi
rant dis-ippe->-s from Washing-on life
forever.
E. M. M.
Too much raiu for cotton.
I. -t cveiy one ontrol t'te'r temp3:
U.duy.
See notice of a diy goods salesman
wanted.
What’s become of that propo. 1 ar
tillery company.
1 t Hob Mitchell’s friends r?''y to
h's support to day.
Hec special not'ec of mcct'ng of
Jmpi «v 1 Order E 1 men.
Secure your setts for Laly Aud
ley't Secret, next Thu lay n'ght.
Someboy w''' have to pay for the
cig; , at Reid it Culpepper’s t? n'ght.
The guesses wi” bo canvassed
F.jnk Wa’ker’s Thonv' *t' , ’c friends
regi.-t ttint he wrv not nominat- 1 at
Talle hr »r j on Wrlm hy, for the
lcgis'ature.
To mot row the executive committee
will meet at the court house, consoli
date flic returns of the primary, and
deela-c the i
Mrs. Joseph 1*. Sm'»h and cKhlren
are speudiug the summer at Jones
boro. O.ur postmaster *i now playing
the role of a bachelor pro tim.
The farmers ot Thomas county r-e
in a prosperous condition. They ate,
mosi ef them, praolica’ly out of debt;
and the crop outlook 's mcs. flatter-
;, 'g-
Judge Merrill received a letter yes-
Pear Quotations.
New York, 1
July 24,1890. j
Special to Timrs-Exterprisk.
PEARS—Receipts to day 350 bar
rels, 1700 crates. Barrels selling for
?4.50@85.50. Crates, ,$1.2.5@$1.50
for choice stock.
WATER MELONS—Arrivals 10
cars, 815(0.825 per 100.
Omvit Bros.
THE 1 BALTIMORE PEAR MARKET
Baltimore, Mu., )
July 23rd 1890. f
Special to Timks-E.nterprise :
Pea'S in barrels pjll'ng 85 to 86,
in crates, 82.
GOHI 'VtiltOItST, Son i *.v A C.i.
Who Can Beat it t
Mr. W. B. Dukes, of Chodrn,
£3nds the Timeb-Fstepup'se a speci
men of h's fodder. The specimen
is fresh and green and, evident’y, not
fu’'y maturad. It mcasur- ’ five ft at
long. T P M-. Dukes’ coin is *n keep
ing with h's fodder, he will not bnvc
tod-aw on W- -tirn coin c-ibs for h's
bread.
i.i *i ii i terday from Met..'1. Hcs hobnoL
■oni the ground tj he fip" l black i,. . , . , .
. .. .. . , lung with the Canucvs nway up ■*
squares at the summit, p-e windows - -- J 1
Just'co M-i'lin, with two other fr.
holdeis, w'M hold the clect'on t< day.
Sonic a''inncs mn'i wri bc'ng lookel
for yesterday allcrnoon, to act rs one
of i he managers.
Thomas* ilia bps su'd to the conn-
tty: we r-c going to suppoit Ivey
and Pa-ker, and wo a-k you to stand
by Mitclic". The town, and the
town distiiet wt'l jcdccm their propo
sition. And we be"evo the counti/
will stand by Mitchell.
Messrs. Ivey and Parker w ;, l get
a ti’’l votj in Thoraa'ir’"o today.
'Ihei'' votiw' 1 ! ho larger here than
in any other d : «trict. Tho town has
sn'd it would suppoit them, and the
pledge w'U be redeemed. Let
hope that our country friends w'U fco
equa'ly libera' towa -d Boh M'tche".
Fred I/ihr i.cin is not or'y a good
merchant, but lie is a successful fi*m-
er, as a splendid sj c'men of a cotton
stalk “which huug on h's outer wall”
yesterday, can testify. It conta'ucd
fifty odd bolls, some of them oj :n'og,
and was grown on his plantation, live
miles out of town. Mr. Lohnstein,
judging from his success ‘a tanring,
is eligible to membership in the r’’?-
1* \
Hon. JC'ope Ei'as, ot Fir ik''n, N.
C., is a candidate tor congress iu b's
district. The convention to deter
mine who sbn'l lead the democrats
meets in Asheville on th* 2nd of
August. Mr. Elias has filled many
important positions of trust aud respon
sibility, and he has, in every instance,
a ^quitted himself wcl'. He is one of
the hiightest, brainiest young derac
crats in the old North State, and if
nominated, w'U carry the mountain
count'es with a whoop. The gentle
man is a brother of Mr. Dave Elias
and of Mrs. 1.1 ny, of tb's pines.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Applicants for membership in the
through which t’|p ohiei rer MU look
out pver the great city aud surround
ing couptry. From such a height the
stree's sick into mere roadways, the
bu'id'ogs u*-c dwt’-f* 1 in s'ze, and
grown men look like pig.n'ri creeping
ong.
But what ot the p' >p(e \\h.c live 'n
these liuu(lreds of blocks of red brick
houses, and v* theta leagues of con
Montreal. Miss Mamie is v'siting
friends i'l Mich'gjn.
We have been hoping that proper.y
owners would fi" up the unsightly gaps
in the concrete pavements on Broad
St. this summer. It is not loo late to
have the work pet formed yet. It
would improve Broad St., very much.
Mr. I. Levy has gone to the
northern markets, where he
will remain 8 or 10 weeks, in
order to buy the fall stock of
Dry Goods and Clothing. The
people of Thomasville may ex
pect to find a very superb
stock at Levy’s Dry Goods
House this fall, as Mr. Levy
will neither spare time or taste
m selecting them. In the
meantime the balance of the
summer stock will be closed
out at a very low figure.
LEVY’S
Dry Goods House.
Improved K 1 Men are exp icted to
I s present t. nicht (Friday July
25th) at Masonic Temple at 8 o'olook.
J. E. B. Love., P S.
to 275. Cairo disiiict ! s a hummer.
And they arc dyed in tho wool demo-
era' v
Next to the Thomas*i"c dLtiiet,
Cairo district shovrtt tb« largest white
crctc 1 streets? To one strol'mg up registration, their, figures running up
and dow.i lliesa boulevards ip tho la-
ter hours of tha af.ciaopn, Wr ! h'ng-
ton seems to approaih the famous El
Doralo; nobody 's hung.y, tired, or
i'l did; no men houses visible; uo
jck women or crying babies—at least
none arc scon. Eveiybody's tak'ng
his e-’se; some nredtt'ng read'ng 'n
the yp-ds and g.-ps.s plats 'a front of
the'r liomn, or chatting with thei •
neighbors, some arc riding in cai.Iag-
Tho following paragraph pregnant
with wisdom, 's applicable to Geor
gia and Thomas county. The Time;-
Union, Jackson*He, says:
The first duty of a good cit'ieu is
to attend the primaries of Ids pn'.y.
There *s where popular government
begin*,
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
—AT
R. Thomas ir’r 1’6 Broad Street
C.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer
Weather HttHelin for ihe SO hours rnutng
at 7 o’clock 1*. M., July, 23 1890.
TrvrsiuTDRS.
7 a. in yi
2 1>- ni .1111" 74
7 p. m 72
Maximum for 21 hours v g,
Minimum “ “ “ 71,
Rain-fall ....'.'.0.74
^Showers stationary temperature.
O HOUR IA—-Colquitt County.
Ordinary's office, July 20, 1*90.
J. It. Fields, guardian for the minor heirs
of M. Smith, deceased, haring- applied to
me for leave ti sell the land tielonging • 1
aaid minors, I will pass upoa the same at
roy office on the first Monday in Fiptember,
next.
S. (!. (iaaaiHV,
C.diuary, C.O.