Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people .. Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . s are purchased in this and foreign countries of reli-able firms, whose guarantee of good quality and genuineness cannot be questioned;they are packed at the Department, and distributed to applicants in all parts ofthe country, free of charge. The Soldiers Home.—A visit to this place is oneof the popular drives inthe vicinity of grounds are •well laidout and highly ornamentedwith rare and beauti
Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people .. Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . s are purchased in this and foreign countries of reli-able firms, whose guarantee of good quality and genuineness cannot be questioned;they are packed at the Department, and distributed to applicants in all parts ofthe country, free of charge. The Soldiers Home.—A visit to this place is oneof the popular drives inthe vicinity of grounds are •well laidout and highly ornamentedwith rare and beautiful flow-ers. It occupies a high pla-teau on the north of the cityabout four miles from theCapitol. For beauty of situ-ation it is unsurpassed ; noother point in the city andvicinity command as finea view of the city andsurrounding country. TheHome is of Norman archi-tecture, six hundred feetlong and sixty feet wide,with a tower ninety feethigh. There are severalhandsome cottages on thegrounds occupied by theofficers, and for short periodsin summer by the residents of the Home^t^ilRr are tne °ld soldiers of the Regular Army, who findhere a comfortable resting:. SOLDIERS HOME. place after all the toils and hardships of war. There is a statue of General Scott,at whose suggestion the Home was founded, looking down upon the city from thebrow of a beautiful hill. There is a National Cemetery worthy a visit, adjoiningthe Home. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, on B and 14th streets this building are engraved and printed the greenbacks, bonds, stamps for in-ternal revenue, and the national currency, besides a great amount of other workfor Congress and the Departments. Here one can see on what an enormous scalethis work is carried on ; a late report says there are over 1,200 employes, and thenumber of sheets handled and impressions printed number several millions. Thebuilding is a handsome structure, and cost about $700,000. The National Observatory
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