Show THE GUN BARREL FENCE vaxine ot of a nwan der of 0 tise tk old uny dare in washington A small bat nevertheless tater interesting eating landmark as it were of washington has bas disappeared and aid with it ha ban gone another relic of the civil war bald said an old resident I 1 refer to the iron fence la in the ar venal grounds va w lich tor for so many years surrounded the old wooden hospital building on the right hand of the main entrance at the foot of four and a halt half street this fence was aa of more than ordinary interest and was historic as it was waa made of musket barrels sur mo mounted tinted by bayonets token taken from mus bets used in the civil war it made both a unique and effective barrier to the public and often commented upon by i visitors who strolling through the grounds would finger curiously the rusty points of the labonets layo nets and won derm der v bother bether they bad eier v er been seen actual upon the field of battle As a sentry Is in on constant duty at this en trance he be was piled plied with quest questions lons a as to the fence feuce and the old cam cant on balls and shells piled plied near the main arch v ay As the troops at the arsenal were constantly itly changing these inquiries were not always answered fully the men I 1 eing new and uninformed I 1 made inquiry at ta tie a arsenal recently in hopes of discovering some data as to the authentic history of this peculiar fince BOW vow relegated to th the scrap heap but as the troops are cw new comers I 1 could obtain no pommie in formation regarding the year in which the fence was crotea and who was in command at the time at any rote rate it la in gone and aud old residents will mourn the passing of another reminder of tho the old days the change may be said to too be an improvement in that many of the bayo nets were nere broken off and the fir firing liti line as it i ere nomell I 1 at jagod and irregular the barn barnis la baing eaten and pitted by rust the entrance to the grounds looks less loss damped than tor for marly and with ith the removal t f the old wooden guardhouse which has been replaced laced by a fine new brick building a little farther further south the ap arbach to N MI I 1 at Is one of the I 1 water parks parka in this country will be made ci cu more wore attractive in fact the arsenal gio sounds hn ha i leen I 1 een greatly fin propel recently especially as to the nen para ie le grounds rounds which are now smooth and le benel cl I 1 bis his i alk ai k Is not fully appreciated dated by nain c aln ly because of its remoteness from froin the cent crof of the city atti it bis many capral beautis and when the I 1 liana lans of hc rotary are tire candid out it nill be one of the gl al ow I 1 irks of the city as it has boo hot Is of great eld c id trees with ith I 1 tran ranches clies which no amount of money expended can duplicate on oi older dr IN ashington star d harlan a hole lurlain in Is A ivilue saas th mhd asen ise lolk olk alfill he ile ears says it Is tin greatest a ni i ie in tho the world lie ile plays play a several times a meek w eek he ile Is inore more than six feet tall weighs fully pounds and has a deep chest and at f 1 boulders a yard acroix vi A hen lien he hits bits a ball square 13 it it goes soaring through the air for yards ai d yards there Is one hole bole in the chey chae links called harlan a hole in some wonderful manner the justice once made the hole bole in one stroke lie ile drove the ball off the tee and it rolled into the hole bole the me caddie spent half an hour looking for tha tho ball in the high grass while the justice fumed and fretted then somebody shouted hy here bores s ban ball in the hole the justice nits aits n as BO so proud that ha he mould play no do more that day iso no one has duplicated the feat the hew handshake every now and then some nary fad turns up in society becomes the rage and then vanishes leaving be b hind a sense of nonder onder n that one could have been so silly do we not all remember how a few years ago people used to pull one another a hands down from on high when shaking hands bands to a if pulling putting a bellrose bell rope lately there has ha appeared hero here and there a new thing in the way of shaking bands hands take your friend friends a hand band with your fingers and move it slowly to the left and than then to the right exactly ns as it you were pushing a horizontal bolt the effect on the pu according to the taller la Is very funny at Is this to be the fad ad of the future if m so it ought to be styled the push bolt shake ter lovdy I 1 estuce dish cliant 1 c said 1 as bhe poised her basket in front of her pretty chin with a thoughtful air to get nome some lettuce iese said the nerea some N cry ery nice it Is 1 too I 1 Is it nil all that color bilty hy cr er besin yea in all lettuce la green jou you know |