Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1891, Page 9

=— Poet * ON THE MILITARY ROAD. ROADSIDE SKETCHES. A Tramp to Brightwood, Silver Spring and Takoma. THE NATIONAL CEMETERIES. first cabinet. He died in 1883, ‘The home- stead is now owned and oceapiéd 8. P. Lee, a son-in-law of the elder WHERE THE CONFEDERATES WERE QUARTERED. Some of Gen. Early’s confederate officers Were quartered in the old mansion during the operations against Fort Stevens in July, 1864. When they retreated the house was burned, at of Gen. John C. Breckinridge, it ‘The present house the site of the old one) is northern point of the ten miles square which constitutes the District of Columbia. The Blairs were noted for their dependence and they acted wit their lives. The elder Blair ‘ashington Globe in 1830 as the m and the democratic one of party, by Admiral Through = Beautiful Region—Rock Creek Church and Cemetery—Kemains of the Old Fortifications Skirting the Soldiers’ Home— Some Historic Country Seats, organ of President Jac! Afterward, however, the active organizers of the and in 1856 presided over the first convention of that party. which nominated John C. Fre- mont for the presidency. SILVER SPRING. North of the Biair estate is Silver Spring, » station of the Motropolitan branch railway and some seyen miles north of Washington. ‘ation house 18 Clagett road, which leads cust to Rapley and Beall roads. ired yards west of the station, in- side Admiral Lee's fence, is the famous spri that gave this oured, with wi ‘Written for The Evening Star. F YOU DESIRE TO TAKE A TRAMP TO Brightwood, Silver Spring, Takoma and Rock Creek and National cemeteries, take Bright- wood avenue at Florida avenue, thence to Roek Creek Church road, to Shepherd road, to Brightwood avenue, to Blair road, to Rock Creek Church road, to Harewood road, to Lin- cola avenze, to North Capitol street, to New At the east side of the ite marble facings, and there a good figure of an angel in marble on the ‘The sand as it is forced upward by the agitated water recombles silver dust. grotto is surmounted by fine holly trees. The ttractive surroundings and is well The roads are ali good with the exception of a bad spot in Blair road between Takoma and Proceed by way of Brightwood *svenue (which was traveled on excursion of Septem- ber 5) to the mouth of Rock Creek Church road. Entering this road and moving along in a northeasterly direction you soon have the Soldiers’ Home Park on your right. Gaining the top of the bill at Eagle or Scot: gate, and | turning toward the west, the eye strikes a scene Looking toward the Home grounds the view is also charming. Barnes Sheridan, Sherman and Library buildings appear to good advantage as vance. Harewood road, which forms | the eastern boundary of the Home, is soon | On the ght, at the junction of the roads, is National cemetery, while to the left are the gate and lodge of You now retrace your sieps to the Blair road, which follow to the left, socn reaching Takoma Taking @ stroll through ihe pleasant streets of this young and thriving town, a few facis in its history are recalled. It was founded in June, 1883, by B. F. Gilbert, has now a Population of about 700 and is incorporated ns confined to the northexst- n trict of Columbia, it bas tthe H spread into the adjoining counties of Mont-, jg some 400 feet sbove the level of the Po-| faz ricus uruey to procure aid ior your susferm | his attention and putting his mouth upon of great beauty. Hospitak and the atown. Originail erm corner of the k Creek ceme- from this point the t Totten, directly in front, L fect above tide level, earthworks of old F on an eievation of resent a commanding als over to the fort. y You are now in the little village of Rupli- ville, and soon pass the casiern gate of Creek cemetery. ON SHEPHERD ROAD. corner, a short distance from the cemetery, Bates and Terra Cotta roads are passed on the right, while on the left, just be- .d is entered on the left. This vernor Shepierd. youd, Shepherd =< Toad was named after is also known as “Magnolia lane.” thoroughfare, with a tolerably even sandy surface, and leads through a rolling, Taking this road you soon cross Piney brauch and presently enter Bright- wood avenue at Brightwood, passing en route | on the left Emery road, which also leads over | to Brightwood avenue.’ A wine house stands | opposite the mouth of the lane, near the road. | IX BRIGHTWooD. The large brick building on the left as you move through Brightwood is Masonic Hall. The road running southward, west of the hall, | Three other ruads also converge here, viz: Military road and Sonth and North | Rock Creek roads. The first named connects | with Daniels and Milk House Ford roads to the | westward, while the other two extend to Kiock cultivated section. THE LIBRARY, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1601—SIXTEEN PAGES. A’ HISTORIC MANSION. i f ‘Written for the Evening Star. PRODUCTS OF BRAZIL. NOW TO EAT PROPERLY. « means — ‘The Mest Wonderfully Fertile Aree Bowen ited wit Mactication am& Water a Ready Cure for Found om Karth. — soldiers, who : Temarkable for its full eize oe 118 woone AxD Corres —Tae voneers he Interesting Memories That Cluster bead, quiet, ful blue onaw oun yoop wati—rut rmarratiox cavsen | Fouun ann txexmaverinie ant ran conmeen BY OVERLOADING THE STOMACH WITR LLY Mas-| THE LATTER ARE INCREASING YRARLY—9ER ‘PICATED FOOD—WHEN YOUR BACK TEETH ARE] RUBBER TREE—cOCOA CULTIVATION. @oxE TAKE MORE TIME—DENEFITS — as sa — (TBE PRovvers OF nazi HAVE mR. ‘ABITUALLY DISTURBED SLEEP IN come of serious interest to the people of Persons not afflicted with an acute oe Cale’ Stolen now thet Mr. Biaive tas oF organic disease is due almost entirely to in- | secured the establishment of a eystem by which A a eh er a} — There are occasionally cases in perm eer two countries are mutually tifally with flowers. wl sleeplessness in an otherwise healthy | admit of duty. It ts acknowledged that P Gepetls ts tae ot Logan's tomb, along by | ‘8* Fresent Owner's Career—His Valuable subject is the result of intense moutal strain, | this latest addition to the world’s republice im- the fence, are buried the remainsof Gen. Henry | 5¢*vice in Mexico When a Midshipman. Dut, asa rule, where this disorder appears in | cludes the most wonderfully fortile arce te be J, Hunt, the famous chiot of artillery of the ‘ Persons in ordinary health it ie dus to some | found on earth, watered as it is by the greatert galls canal ges Potomee. ‘Written for the Evening Star. canta, $year “4 of all rivers and ite tributaries, as well ae by ep otog O'S Stabs | Pur ret te td echnet e e == he ye ES in Tear, wi are elevs trast feet above tide level, a view is afforded whieh | }omes of Washington around which cluster #0 ou your only Slanbet, Lace the dimiabe amt dle < mgs In childhood ment — vy of Ate veg mble growt, the wast cannot be surpassed in the District. The cem- | many historic memories. The Decatur house, | for of waterless m: T see tho waving sands | Soar enough to undertake * y forests, the etery, which contains nineteen acres, is open to | now the home of Gen. Edward F. Beale, has ripple with the faint hot breeze around us and ty Of digesting this mass or of ejecting it, but | Tange of ite varied flora and the abundant visitors every day in the week. in the general « fitting tenant. A hero him- servant,” was | break upon our scattered saddles. s# age increases the stomach becomes weary of | ®nimal life “made possible and prolific by the The tram) an eens by oan self he paediyamra and in this we veneein = Set tmpositions upon its functions | ¢xaberance of these. Nowhere else does the Hare ‘ Soldier comes from Foes, spare ‘him. : ‘on the right for ashort distance. | €Tand old home are stored the testimonials of | wanted cou, hero. Do fe a reppin maieengenerenage pare Wersiieandte Adame ee si A al eR @ grateful country bestowed upon his heroic | “Then,” said Beale, he i as re poe satisfactorily perform ite w ‘There is a break in the Home frontage on the | &randfsther, his father and himself. As you — my Indianservant.” Then y und ing such | Under disadvantages. Among these might Carson told asasaddie bianket thrown over a symptoms is that which forms Cotton and the sugar cane weeda, road about « hundred yards routh of the lodge | enter the library, on the south side of | sound ane’ Se sures preparations for the | stack or withered sage brush would aiford, and | this article. os eee Vid cusemeady ant en gem Sherman gee. This brouk is cauoi by tho | he hall. you find on the walls fet the vvo-| forlorn hope were soon. shade and brief thay | thon under that aun. of, flame on toe burn- 4 i - mx roricat, mareatio! afford crops not inferior to these of our ewn Robinson estate, which, beginning at the end | lution of Congress voting » gold medal, | we asharp knife and no ing sands, without a thought of ever secit . nani bergen ali satdignnssa uninterrupted |aud thanks to Capt. Thomas Truxton, | the: camp. ¥ Tater sain, you poured upon my fevered lips | caused by the contact of ily masticated food | "pynwyriens Wimlae ae ies | coad frontage of about half mile on the west | U, 8 navy, dated March 29, | ,_ Ge. Kearney inv: Beale to supper with | the last drop in camp from your cantcen. sgainst the wail of the stomach is analogous to | and the oranges and ‘Dananas of that Aim = f ‘the | and a quarter of a mile on the east. It mak ze him. It was not the sup of Anthony and | Kit, think again of afterward, on viovdy | an irritation of any other portion of the body, walede quite an indention in the park. Theold Robin- | 1800. The resolution says the medal is em-| Cleopatra, for when the camp starves no | Gila, where we fought all day and traveled all nh sadune oxic aan ~ 4 son mansion is visible back from the road in | blematic of the Inte action between the U. 8. | general hasa larder. It was meager enough, | Bight, with each man his bit of mule meat and on continnss comm t é| Hi i : Around Gen. Beale’s House. . DISTINGUISHED OCCUPANTS. H F x F if Ht iF i are unrit Some of the best varietios of California and Florida oranges are seed! fruit ‘ ¢ slymbe possible. Await Brazilian pla: user ‘grow olitical in- | the midst of fine grove. The house was built | frigate Constellation (38 guns) and the French | the general asked Beale what provisions be | 00 other food, aud when, worn from a burt, clnelinte anomed Ba there which ase sausely skews to the peopl different | in 1858. : ship of war La Vengeance (54 guns) and is | bad coast = ee cna or nothin; cane Ros aed Seinen seinen eons ensalivated, as must be the case if itis not |! the United States. Among these may be ed his ser urself. 1 signed: Theodore Sedgewick, Speaker of the | nis tsut afforded athe Jong, Hawkins gun of yours (wine now) and ProRerY chewed. is not susceptible to the | Mentioned the sbacaxi, the assaly, the ebe- House of Representatives; Thomas Jefferson, | auewer. ‘I Processes of alimentation. Conse- | ate, the eupuof the Amazon, Vice President, und John Adams, President. | jnto'a loaf an many articles of food instead of under- ev anges pe —_ A massive silver urn, presented by the mer- | was brought the servant said it was the last, | sult froma friend. Aud I remember when we pep Spenser neg sen f PT gy a lpn dedi ee chants and underwriters of the city of London | not of bread only, but of everytbing: that ho | lay side Ly side ox the bloody batiieteld wi | etter and as oe a gery need Pe pt hag tater Capt Thomes Truxton of the U. &. frigate | had nothing left for the general's breakfast, | night, whon you mourued like a woman aud | 2,"Aich but which are cometiones perceptibio @uend Constellation for the capture of the Fronch | Beale charged the servant to darry back the | Would not Le comforted, uot for thore who had enough to be distressing and alware inteieal eee oy camer wane, frigate Incargente of 44 guns, is among tbe | Joaf; he would provide himself, and how? By |fallen, but to: the sad hearts of women at| to restful sleep. ‘The tadical remedy for this |; 22% Wexhaustible forests of Brasil abownd treasures of the grand old house. to the smouldering fire, where the | homo when the sad tale wouid be told; aud { j phase of insomnia is, of couree, ee proper in woods of great value. Some of the most HONORS TO GEN. BEALE'S FATHER. renege had been burnt that morning, and | Pmomver another night whon we passed side | inastication of iood, particularly that waich is | besutiful and precious of them are entire A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, — . a eee the _ age ae a a of Seath ead | Of # fatinaceous character, | mn this country and in Burope. 5 rn and corn which the co1 ion overy was au jogue has bees dated February 10, 1810, to Gen. Beale's father, | DOV, Fonte corn whieh th Som tasce |Son' weal oor SS. eek oe WHAT PROPER MASTICATION RANE. woods found tn the relloyot thera comes next: wontell feed. Cntvon aod the faith! Indien |= & Uoapiag fos. o”* 'S Sean you were| Proper mastication implics that the food be | ‘The best known of these are reun uh anew arcontion ef Gousreet | bd provided themselves with some mule beef. | with Fremont and afterward at the solitary | thoroughly chewed and mixed with the finids | wood ‘and shell wood, fron winch ee ene ‘efor cowplt ne yution I odin taerectont camresan lean Sales of the mouth before being swallowed and that | Sbell-like articles are made. But these ing out of those clear blue eyes at mo with tl surprised reproach, as oue who wakes an ia- | foing di desert spring of Archilictte, when you all stood the Prowdent .o pressut to You u silver 4 VEBY CLOSE CaLt. . x tom und shocked pee! ae iewaleuaduct and sere | | The darknese of night fell upon-the camp | saughter which met your epee whole family | {beee Snclions be performed without haste. | Ty, su ROBINSON HOUSE. int veilhusnepteuber, SSidrover | M4 the moment arrived for denconding from {done to death by Indians. Frewout aakcd: | Most People eat as though they were ignorant | ‘"“0* of es meetin There are 100 acres mn the estate, of which “re perior forte. aie the hilland clearing the open valley—two wiles | ‘Who will foliow these wretches and strike act that the stomach no teeth or 3 Plants of the ‘i = Ff i o- ‘ meaus of ensali " wi valley may be mentioned ec" forty-six acres, the old homestead, is on the | Yourg, wos ss Secretary of the Navy, | to the nearest cover. Itwas'a perilousdescent, | {hem it thelr campi It was you, old Kit, and | allie Th pesen sy pg iecndelesiey | carp, oubeh, wax women cea tan eetenee west side of the road. John Agg, an intimate} roGeorge beale Led, Parmer Use Nave, {or at the approach of night there wuse double | eat 125 suites hon folk wed tnt Clea tnd | and makes « long and earnest struggle to pre. | {fom which the natives extract poison for their friend of Daniel Webster. was he original pro-| A letter from Commodore Hobt. F. Stockton ; chain of seutinels—a precaution more vigiluntly You “dasg tend pot meg ne cele pedbewees-g serve itsowner from the inevitable conse-|*frows. On the Atlantic coast grow rietor, but it was purchaseé by Mr. Conway | occupies a place on this wall, which I copy. It | enforced since he learned that Carson was on | (or Yor which you Yeougit our geieely, | (2eBCes of imposing upon it functions which | ®2d ecapu troos, which resist the efforts ‘obinson in 1558, and is now owned and occu- | is in recognition of the services uf acting Lieut. | the bill there. The dexcent was perilous and oni "a one og rect Y | uature inteuded should be performed by the | My Of naval construction, the teredo. pied by his heirs.’ The Agg mausion stood to | Edward F. Beale in the perilous endeavor to palate alidone by crawling, for the up: poten peg apecnspenel won a ilttle bee | Meth and the salivary glands: but like the in- | forest# abound in plants ucing textile the northwest of the present house. but it was | secure aid for his fellow suldiers and which is ure of aman would be detected, where the ‘sad Site Sat erry 4 _ ? ee —— - dulgences of « faithful mother or any “Brazil wood,” wi gave ite name torn down many years ago. the old material | so gruphicully told in the speech of Col. Benton | Lorizon was watched. Shoe» were pulled off =r] honk”, jews ‘ont pity pet om tty ‘other self-sacrificing friend its services | te country, was once ly exported for the having been used in the construction of the | lcopy im this article. to avold cracking a stick or making s sound, | 7 et ne of beac) ned” catic of uatene |@ only recognized when it is un-| ¥eing esisblichments of Europe, but the dis- gardener’s house. . Uxrrep Starxs Frigate Coxoness, and the naked feet exposed to the prickly pear. | oops, um Hy oy soe eunc” Mtr | able to respond to demands for them. Most | COVery of cheaper auiline dyes has deprived 18 Mrs. Agg was a person of rare attractions, : Houpor ov “ax vinuo, Fev. 01847. | They passed betwoen veutinels, waiting and yy See le as they approach middle life lose many | Of its importance in commerce. The lovely both personal and inteilectual, and was a great | -gupanpiur aiepaicics vo tie Novy Depeseat i | Watching their time to move an inch. They ous ©: Come | of their back teeth, which are the princijai im- | Yinhatico, so much employed in the country favorite with Mr. Webster, who was a frequent | consequence of sour ucrule couduct Ib Yoru heurd their whispers and smelt the smoke of the TG are R a plements of mastication, but they fail to bear | 2¢scribed for furniture and cabinet work, is visitor of the family. seave ven. Keni ney’ en surrou A by cizarita. Atone time seale thought it was all WILLIAM BLACK. in mind that they should take more time at | 2¢*tined to become widely known and geuer- 1 site of the old house is quite elevated, be- | Cpe?) 10.0 10, San Die ‘thet | OYer With them. Pressing Carvon’s thigh to El ae aR Sree = meals in order to roperly prepare their a! Its shaded yellow —— ‘makes is Entertaining Distin- for swallowing. should remember ‘markable among woods. fellow so dies. ear he whispered into it: “We are gone—let us guished Scotch Novelist. that nature ‘makes ‘a0 allowance for their tn | "bich of late bas up #0 much in is crea day wh, aren ee PR gl ried Aen '# | jump up and fight it out Sian abc Stan” firmities ia tais respect, but will bold them to | Cbtsined in Brazil from two species of tress. Wisiumsteu you will uamediately | Carson ‘No; I have been in worse places | Ur'u'e talking about mn tate «strict account for any neglect to observe the ABUNDANCE OF COFFEE, the ion. Secretary of tue | before Providence saved me.” His re-| 6 about my books; I ways | rules of health. Coffee is the product on which the prosperity oive lis structions Zor Your future gov | et ong Teliance encouraged the sinking Lopes | like to forget them, once wihey are written,” ind sean aun be eneeiee, t Rew ’ ‘Talbinlly, your obedient servant, ~ | of Beale. hill was cleared, two miles of | said Mr. William Black toa correspondent who| When a og sleep.esmness is due to this condition nally obtained from ary sain xtox. | prairie to the open valley, all covered wi ecaginieaardeiher map wee = Africa, « prickly pear, remained to ve crawled over, for | imterviewed him recently in his home in ter ww one signed by all | no one could stand upright without detec:ion, | Brighton. duced by covering the stomach with flannel or | Planted the conditions necessary for a : ¥ is the fleet, proventing | Whore the mounted SEiolin “andl 206 bor nom He stood on the hearthrug, a short, well-kuit | otherwise warming it, or by drinking a cup of | 0U* 6rowth. | In 1600 Brazil ©: Acting Licutenant Beale with sword and cpau- | view of the seutinel observed every object that | man, in a Norfolk shooting jacket and specta- | hot water. A cup of hot water azock fuse bo- | bags of coffee. Last year loties asa testimony o: thel: appreciation of the | rose above the level plain. Clear of te valley | clos. with a pleasant smile, a shy manuer and a | fore retiring is perhaps the best stimulus to di- | 6,000,000 bags of 182 pounds beroie action in bringing relief to the suffering | and gaining the first woods they traveled all | strong. homely Scottish accent.” His mustache, gestion and consequently a producer of sleep | Wantity the United States buys as troops from San Diego. night without shoes, having lost them in the | like his hair, was already turning gray. in such cases, but asa general rule the only | *0ld to all For the culti FOKMER OCCUPANTS OF THE MANSION. dark. Rocks, stones, sharp pebbles, prickly | “Try to conquer your dislike this once,” I| permanent remedy for this phase of the com- | Try virgin forest lanas are ‘This grand old homo is a fitting shrine, | pears in their exuberant growth were their | answered, nothing daunted. “None but’ an | plaint is to treat the stomach in the way that | !#tter are cleared of trees brush: where these evidences of patriotism are safo | afpet. At daylight they reached a gozge of a | artist could have written your descriptions of | nature intended, by only charging it with wav. | Durning and the roots and stumps are “ Pal “4. | mountain and lay by, for movement by day | scenery, couid so well have painted the light | ter that has been properly ted and en- | ®&tural decay. The plants from the invading forces of progress, which | way impossible to them. ‘The whole country ! and shadow on a wotintain sie or the gleam | salivated and in such quantities as may be di- | #¢ds and planted when one old marches over historic ground, if the needs of | was on the alert, animated to the highest by | of sunshine on the water. You must have | gested without imposing a wearisome or impos- | 4%6 for their reception. At end improvement demaud, with but little senti-| the success over Kearney. At nightfall the ex- | watched und studied nature very closely.” sible tack upon that organ. All medication is} ¥®*™ they > produce, reaching ment to restrain them. The ilinstrious teounts | pedition was resumed, and when within twelve Exactly,” wus the reply, “but then you | mischievous asa resort for permanent relief | ™4timum of at nine who have occupied tis house since that morn- | miles of San Diego the three adventurers sep- | must remember that in addition to being a | from this disorder. tinuing to be fruitful for f ing in March, 1820, when the brave Decatur wus | arated, each to tuke his chances for getting | careful observer 1 am also an unprejudiced INTERNAL USE OF WATER. etn brought buck trom the Li of “honor” | relief to Kearney, for Ban Diego also was sur-|one. Iam an ar! d being an artist. I] The value of the internal usc of qnteres fn ond eit to die? were Edmund Livingston, when Sec-| rounded and investe@and Stockton bad nota | have no bias. Your scientific man always has — os an | dry in the sun of subjected retary of Stal He _ Clay, = Van | horse (having sent all to Kearney) to scour the | a theory and he strives to bend facts to hie the- | *°P¢y for the prevention and removal of dis- | pose to artificial heat in pans. Machinery Buren, George M. Dallas, Sir Charl ‘ughan | country. Tue indian got in first, Beale next | orics—all except Darwin. But @ true artist | eased conditions is too little understood. | *Tates the outer shells and inner and later Howell Cobb, when Spexker of the jand Carson third, all in a state of utter ex- | paints only what he secs.” Nearly every case of inflammation and irrite- | the beans and the coffee is then House of Heprorentatives. | ‘the last tenant | haustion, Leale only getting into tow by the | “And are your characters studies from real | tion of the bladder may by the practice of yas Judah P: Benjamin. when Seuator from | help of sen who carried him and with injuries | life?” queried I, aa 1 siaod opposite @ very | Copious water drinking, especially om the empty Lonisizna, and then the War Department used | from which he has not yet recovered.” charming pencil sketch of Mary Anderson. stomach, be palliated to it for some of its branches. When Gen. (aaa eta couatncaeane Well,” replied Mr. Binck, with a slow Scot- | to Beale purchased it it was scdly out of repair! ru ational Inteligencer, tn October, 1848, wreathing itseif around his mouth as | teken and he had a smail army of workmen of all = ligencer, . he spoke, “I may huve had that young lady in| keep itand the general system in a healthy | beans of different sizes and wig branches restoring it to its aucient appear- | gave # detailed account of a ride of Gcn. Beale | my mind now ard again as 1 wrote, but I never | state than a pint of water about the summer | fated mechanically and sre SOLDIERS’ HOME. ance. He gave it his personal attention, that | through Mexico alone, except the guide. The | draw my portraits frém one person only. They | temperature of hydrant water drank from one- | J#va, &e., to the | e f i i i rE ida Ai i! f Fis FF Ht ge d ipl F ath stint i H y about half @ mile distant. ghtwood are related in the tramp of September 12 and need not be re- | f peated here. he: If one has the time to spare a visit to Rock | creek will be enjoyed. It is spanned by «| substantial wooden bridge, which is shown in the accompanying illustration. ALONG BRIGHTWOOD AVESUE. Advancing along Brightwood avenue the | public school and Emery -Methodist Church | are soon passed on the left, the earthworks of ald Fort Stevens being visible to the rear of The illustration, which was sketched from | the rear of the church, is a good representa- tion of the remains of the fort as they appear today. Not far beyond the fort. on the right. Pin Branch road, which leads over to passed. gomery and Prince George's, Md. , The Dis- gnolia avenue. There isa union church, a school house and several ores in the town. e name Takoma, which is also used b: city of the state of Washington (not epei exactly alike, but both have the same meaning), is said to have originated i throp’s remarkabie book, * Saddle,” written in 186 ‘ict line runs along The Canoe and the ‘descriptive of « trip acrows the continent, accompanied by Yakima Indian guides. Tacoma is a common descrip- tive term used by these Indians for all snow. white mountain peal toa spur of the Cascade mountains and Winthrop applied i and the place is now e Returning tothe Blair road, you continue | the spot where it once so gran | along it to the left, soon passin; | tion, where there is operated Water pipe manufactory. SITE OF OLD FoRT sLocuM. Gaining the high ground at Slocum (thesite of old Fort Slocum, 276 feet above tide level), you are treated to a fine Landscape view,but no trace of the ol2 fort is now visible. | ward the church and school house at Bright- Wood are seen. rout, pansiog on tke left Blige Mi eed tones | land Agricultural Colloge are promine sence and | the place were planted by Mr. Robinson seme | cused ber emiotion and. said: BATTLE CEMETERY ig Just north of here, on the right, where you may stop a moment and learn from the super- intendent some facts about the place. otter interesting things he will tell you that the cemetery occupies a part of the field upon whieh the battle for tne possession of Washing- | ton was fought on July 12, 1864; that the forty Union soldiers buried here were killed in that | }y-!Wo, or more than one-balf | vf them, beionged to New York regiments, and that of ‘the remaining eighteen twelve were Pennsylvanians, ‘w> were Massachusetts men, Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island being repre- Looking west- youenter Rock Creek Church | oking eastward. “Hyattavillo aad the ary. When Mr. Van Buren resided in the house | dispatches to send by him. ‘Ihe cop nt ol battle: that twonty- taste no innovation might creep in, and ous day 5 itten by Wm. are like composite photographs, the harmoni- | half to three-quarters of an hour before break. | of the consumer. For the benefit of while superintending it he was told a indy do- | Soconnl, war written, by snd va vague cussemiol many typen’ thes Gost eam | Sak wee aie teen eee aol keep eokie ae aud spotted i i tomae, from which commanding views of the | sired to see him. On reaching the door the lished in Lite! % cient variety in one person—it would not be a| and within « few seconds’ intervals of each | @yed to # beautiful green, which is easily country around are presented. hudy said she would like very much to go | min Beale left the port of ‘La'Pat om the ist of | real hnman type. ueew, ‘Titania, howeves, je | others but the lact bait should’ te tates inst | washed off in warm water Frobably not « ton WEBSTER'S TREE. through the house und Gen. Beale told ber 1t | august in a emall vessel und on the Sth of Au- | 80 fara portrait that it very fairly represents | large gulps as possible, with the body erectand | of real Mocha aters the United Btates an- In front of the house once, and until lately, | Wow be almout tinpossible, asit was lumbered | gust grrived at Mazatlan. After fiv days of | my sister.” chest well thrown out. nually. Yea | stood a I: itd’ cherry tree of tall, wide-|"P, “ith, bricks, mortar, plaster, &c., he did | Consting he reached San Blas and commenced | “And then,” ssid I, “some of your books are THE BENEFIT. not see how she could ‘poseibly escape being | his let y of 1,000 miles, by th {| records of your own adveutures and hair- . is x sigan oo icra Ls Neccaebeg covered with dust, Dut +he said she would like Gaalelajce cet the ‘City of ‘Siexico, to Vora | breadth escapes on sea and land. I. have just | The Principal benefit derivable from this ore reached Daye naga branches. which | tonge the parlors. “Oh! cortuinly,” anid the | Gras, ‘Ine governor of San Blas advised against | been reading your ‘Strange Adventures of a | Practice is perhaps the mechanical flushing out siphc-yrm yp alanis ri thehabivot spe aioe eneral, “if you will excuse the condition of | the attempt and threatened to detain him until | House Boat.’” I suppose you really went | Of the undigested contents and the absorption \ . 4 house. i through those amusin; f the additional irculating 1 fe Lae au escort could be obtained, but as he wasa ie musing experiences? o water into the ci Reet arteeie te foie MS. BARTON WANTED TO Bor it. _|_| Learer of dispatches he insisted upou going, and | _ “Good gracious! yes, indeed,” was the ener- | system, although some of the good effects may Pod nes. The tree was called “Webster's poet He escorted her upstairs, the parlors woye | the governorcomplied. Armed with four revol-| etic answer. “But I'll not*do songain. I| be attributable to the small quantity of the cosine that ared . | vacant—no workmen in them, I mean--and the | Yet and with no impediments in the way of | feally thought we never should have got | secretions of the mouth, which is incwdentelly fyb Limeade pte Flame Be aon pein Apna oa anced np crabax, | baggage he rode fall speed day and night. At through, put my Scottish determination won | carried down, and the local tonic influence of is now gone, a creeping shrub situply marking | = a ‘Tepie the danger became so imminent that he | theday. Poor old boat! 1 gave er to Alfred | te water. Whatever may be the rationale of y towered | Psed and feared there was going to bea scene, | opened his dispatches and copied them and | Parsons, the artist, and the very iret thing she | this treatment ite efficacy as a promoter and ‘the trees on} When the lady recovered self i ‘sent the copy with a note by mail to the Amer- | did roomar! g to the bottom of the Thames at | preserver of health is second to none. ‘She ican minister at the City of Mexico, Therainy | Henley. He tished her up, however. Let me sbould not be prone again for at least thiriy-five years ago. now standing 1 wus married, and here the hap- | season hud began, and all the water courses had | #dvise no one to go up the Thames in # house | three-quarters of an hour after drinking. ‘The chi With the’ single exception of Fort Reno, at | Piest days of my life were spent. I was Cora | swollen fearfully and added greatly to the | boat without an exact knowledge of the heights | temperature of the water may, ass matter of ‘Tenleytown, this is the tout elevated position jee by diy father occupied the house | danger and discomfort of the ride, but, noth-| 8nd widths of thove bridges. That was our | taste, be at ret, but that in the District, and the government tried to | Wheu he was Secretary of State. I am tra. | ing daunted, he pushed on, and on ‘the eighth | ares take and the causeofallour numerous | objection will soon become ’ insignificant " f H il ¥ f i above surrounding trees. Most iti ils " i Ines it it fe i e1 Burton, a widow, aud I came here to buy this} duy from San he arrived at the City of betore & little resolution. There is no Re ee ee nel tet ad oaee'| Tea gues ope paisined i be sae | Meee tae eee ee ee situation in which firmness with ones —_— ieaching a point sbout midway of the | tivn, but said as he bad given the house to Mre. | now dried himself for the first time. which vou bave thrown most of your soul, most | disinclinatious may be more profitably opt. hs ad Robinson tract, which is marked by “ large | Beale immediately on purchasing ithe regretted | Mr. Clifford, the American minister,detained | Work, most energ Very hot or very cold water should not chestnut-oak trees, a charming view is presented | ber disappoin tient. frie regener pcan tan Siegpse” ey pen | may fall per into stersepwerty ere: ito tise of drithtng hot htiet Jon tele meals, cal Tile Vice President, Mr. Corcoran said he hd | mai of bia dispatches cama two dass after his| te whole I prefer “Mudenp Violet. 1 suppose | which prevailed extensively « short while ago, | rior of the posmecy ee A (Ret “ h *P; " 4 it of black beans and pork on the f in the dii : : the window cutin the southern back parlor, 4 arrival. He left the City of Mexico at midnight | YU easily guessed that the hero of ‘Prince | has into merited disrepute. ‘The stomach | P&imen' t Shepherd road. bani relies sng pep Te te Got | calc we cette ates and eas hoe Lek mes Scat ae soncktiaightat Fortunatue’ ees the charming young baritone | does not until after 2 long ume farmer's table. ROCK CREEK CHURCH AND CEMETERY. connect Forts Totten, Slemmer and Bunker | ¢uld see the White House he was to occupy | midnight, making in forty-eight | Who was so popular in ‘Dorothy?’ ikat book bili THE RUBBER PRODUCT. Reaching Rock Creck Church cemetery you! Hill. “The first named’ fort can also be seen on | t tie close of Gen. Juckson's term. When | hours. The gates of the city were closed aud he | fovk up mare phases and greater variety of life u Rabber is another important product of Bes- enter it by the northeast gate, and move | the high hill to the northward. needed at the President's house ® signal was | could ngj enter until morning, when, obtaining a | *Imost than any oiber I have written. should be taken into it immediately | gil The tree from which it is obtained is moss through the beautiful grounds to the south, or} A quarter of a mile brings you to the south- | bung out, to which Mr. Van Buren responded. wed to Anton Lizardo, twenty miles, it sented by one each. Looking west from the cemet some country places of the xbepl etts and Blairs are obse: mai te, where the Harewood road is taken. \ * . * it dense forests. It has not yet Hock Creck Church, modest building, stands Home grounds again resume their frontage on | | When Commodore Decatur built the house | He returned to Vera Cruz, and .on the fourth Our Big Lity. cultivated, Resuming the tramps slong Brightwood ave- ‘jue you pass on the left, just beyond the ceme- tery, a gate, with stone posts and lodge, which | pleasant grounds of Bleak’ H the country place of Alexander K. Shepherd. at one time governor of the District of bia, and to whom the city of Washington is largely indebted for its present attractive pro- place takes its name from Dici- | story. The house occupies very portions. The ens’ charming i boat. —_——oe——___— ern boundary of the Robinson estate and the | No trees then shut out the view. oping to obtain passage from the fleet thore. | Wfitten for the Kvening Star. abundant in the valiey of the Amazon, F 5 - save for ornamental The probe nanjorlrss edhe tere ooet Hee Boe ou enter, but he eu it completcly off from | Curate bas srzizal he left on the laop-of-war gi ie lat tang a in id % . snes eduajeun Sereet eae Ti ot | Eee we ee the rest of the house and hed au entrance on H | there he took the regular mail lineand reached prefer tay lates This is another highly picturesque and in- |i Pessed on ft near the juncture of | street and said no one who came on business | the city of Washington on the 16th of Bepte i - ms many teresting spot, and it is open to visitors ever; | Bunker Hill road and Lincoln avenue (soon | hud a right to disturb his family, so be hud to| ber. Including the delays at the City of aiex- low unlike the Lily of the Valet a, ‘The grounds were the gift of Jobn Brad- | reached). Lincoln avenue was formerly known | 0 out on H street and come round to the front | jco and at Veru Craz and the long passage to Ciad in coat of silver mail, ford in 1719. ‘The glebe, as git was called, | by the name of Glenwood road. ‘This point is | to euter his own house. Those old naval off- | Mobile, the journey was made in forty-seven Bold Amazon triumphant led originally contained 100 acres; but it is now | about three tiles north of the Capitol curs were intensely arisocratio nd rulod with | days. ‘He had miaoy eacepes, as the route With thy snowy boecm spread, — reduced to one-half of that area. The church | The university is pleasantly situated on a| 4 rod of iron, but they had earned the right. | through Mexico thronged with guerrillas and ‘Thou wouldst fi) a water pail! Fabber (St. Paul's Episcopal, properly speaking), | Tidge of considerable altitude. The present | Grand old fellows they were. I remember | bandits, but alone the ride. accomplished. Lecian eras nonin! amoke of which occupies an imposing site facing south | (divinity) building was erected in 1889, the | Commodore Hull, Commodore Rodgers and | As Vera Cruz he was called on by the authori. eae igh: gioom, os north of the lodge, is an | Corner stone having been laid on the 24th of | Comuodore Chauncey. 1 helped to swell the | ties to provide for the return of his guide, at suurise, shrouded, pale in the having been erected’ during | May, 1888, and was dedicated Novembcr 18, | parade at the latier's funeral as s member of | whove mind had become affected by the fa- Art thou,—now, to read thy doom:— ‘of rub- the year of the gift of the grounds. It was | 1889. both ceremonies being conducted in the | the “Blues.” tigue and hardships endured. Holding levee, like some frat ‘the pad- Prevence of great throngs of people, under VANNY ELLSLER AT SEVENTY, NOT READY TO BE BURIED, Lady in her loase might-trail, is ready the tingction of Cardinal Gibbons, president of | Before zopying the exploits of our fellow| I find iu Frost’s"“Thrilling Adventures Among Ta thy moonlit aan 4 a {row som oe citizen, Gen. Beale, I must relate an incident | Indians” an account which exhibits the bu- —— ~~ = ‘Ussing . being 413 feet above moan aca! rebuilt in 1775 and remodeled im 1868 The | the place, its handsome mansard roof shows off main walls of the advantage, trpifying the st i the eprang : nt structure are as | the road in front of them. The friend instantly wt eee bo ig | Be told me of his diplomatic carcer. He will | mane side of Gen. Beale's character. On the = rat ly as ea The soy 4 - _ way it | Mlk charmingly on any subject but of his mili- | 12th of June, 1949, be was encamped in the Gila A Tooth rasharsuiertag Pian of widening it | tary careor, and when you touch on that his | country with a company when he left the cam Prom the Philaile!plila Record. Tinted oy heedaemee ail means. It is well memory becomes a blank. But we Washing- | to enjoy abunt He waa lucky enough to kin | "ater teste Bes place in well-known Nariotios.° Sconce of untsad Lesaty cre ny | tonians, “bred and born,” are too proud of it | adeor, and while engaged in skinning ithe found * tly*when arioties. Scones of unusual beauty are pre-| to jet it be forgotten, but revenous a nos | hiwscif surrounded by a band of Aj Loon SB ST ® prominent citizen, paches. He sy To Bt as one wends his way | moufons. Ata court ball, while he was min-| mounted and they gave chase, ‘nd shoot- | Who bad a temper like a bow! of Tobasco sauce, ih ve, é q rt ister to Austria, he nsked a titled Indy of the "but he hiad escaped, and as he ordered reed birds and found «shot in one of jou may want to know the origin of ‘the sin-| court who « cerusin very handsome lady was, | the last hill he enw one-ct bis men eteet cae | theo The oh lee oan 8 the shot very weeaueed bre Fr name Harewood, which ocenrs so often | indicating ber. ‘The lady wld, “Ob! That is| had come out to take in the game he was much, bat the manner in which be found it was knot ‘that » 4 7 nomenclature of this vicinity. The late | vanny Elisier.” ted to kill, As soon as the man saw th: hat caused the trouble, He was explaining to J tad Meissen, Baguette | UD na mid the genoa think you min | 8 "Saree | kevin proper mute ea fed tus oc rong the southern half of the Soldiers’ Home |“ pokes a Srv ke it ir F 4 f a he said, “and to be certain I | "¥. aif grounds, named it Harewood. Tradition sa prese , that the name was apron by the great num- “Te pag grt year of our Lord 1888. He ber of hares and rabbits that infested the far: beac rnfer mae an the farm | was prosented to Fanny Elisler, who was here It is related that shortly after the property came into the “Of Mr. Coreor bt F f | il jencral said when he Srst saw ker bout thirty and when pre- vented to her she did not look over twenty-six. She expressed her plessurest mecting au Amer- ican who remembered ber visit here aud spoke warmly of the reception she had met with in thia country i Hi Hi ‘ 5 i if i ef F HE if ! f | by H Hn i i ay i iH ii i } i originally constructed in 1719. The Bible now | suggested that it be ealled Harewood and Mr. ORW. BEALE IN MEXICO, the | agoan item was printed cent of carbon suitable used is an Oxford edition of 1727. Peter Force, | Corcoran eagerly a the name. Unable to obtain from Gen. Reale the par- doctor in town always @man eminent as a printer, publisher, com-| Harewood road, was constructed after- | ticulars of the hazardous enterprises jn which Dank note that came into i historian, bas a monument bere. ital piler and may be stated in passi that Mr. Force printed the ‘edition | also bore the name of Irving’s “Kuickerbocker’s History of New ALONG LINCOLN AVENUE. Le ey yen im the nation’s history. prominent itician from it| ward, was named after the farm. was located on the farm during the of Harewood. ! I ry war, w be it fe stil confined to the Taine! ‘K tetont has desribed the proc to ‘The ‘excursion is'now continued homeward ote che gota bold of that ts the lanes bit solid Lincola avenue. A good spring is passed Goss right nto the vada, and 7ou would be eur ‘on the left nearly opposite the northeast cor ‘prised pagan este te | sare Genseed Cocvney, Thane We Gorey wt tag cy Soap as so | te i if ¥ : f H ey i L F ake Fi i : if if < if Ee f i f i i iF | Fa fF i if if uf BEEEZ fs Bt I Hei I alls ali d FE