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Fc-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially Adapted to the De
clining Powers of Old Age.
The Oldest Man in America AMribute"
Ilia Lone Life and Good Health
to Pe-ru-na.
Mr. Isaac J trot It, of Mr Iyr.n.m count y
Tri.vi, hat attained the great ao of 114
years. Unit mn anient fric-nd t,t I'rruna
and spralci of it in the following terms.
Mr. Uriw k y :
"Alter a man ha lived in the world a
liwif? as I have hi ouht l hav found out
a ffrrat many thint by experience. 1
trunk I n.tve clone v.
One f the thini I have found out to
my entire sarisl.it lion
is the proper ri-mnly
-I RED IPON
PE-RU-NA FOR
ALL CATAPRHAL
DISEASES."
for adtne-nts due di
rrctly to the eftectsof
the Innate.
"lor 114 years
have withstood the
c haneable lim.'ite of
the United State. Ihnin my lon life I
have known a (treat many remedies for
coughs, colds, catarrh anil elrirrhoea. I
had always Miprs l thrst: atin tions to be
eliltrrc-nt di-.e.i-v 1'or thn last ten or
fifteen y-arn I have la-en reading I r.
J Liftman lUi and have learned from
thrrn one thin;; in iarli ul.ir : lh.it th-.;
afhrctiont are the same and that they are
froperly called catarrh.
"An for I r. 1 lai trnaii's rern"dv, I'eruna,
I haver foiinil it to 1; the; best, if not the
only reliable r-ni-dy fur these afle lions.
ha been my stand-by for many
years ana I attribute my good health
an J my extreme olj age to this
remedy.
"It exactly meet all my requirements.
I have come to rely tijioii it almost entirely
for the many little things lor v.hich 1 need
mcrelicine. I lielieve it to Ik; especially
valuable to old eojle, although I have no
doubt it is just as good for the young."
Isaac I ire k.
A New Alan a 1,79.
Major Frank O'Mahoney, West Side,
Hannibal, Mo., writes:
" I am professionally a newspaper cor
rer.ondent, now 79 years old. 1 have
watched the growing ow;-r of the I'eruna
plant from its intipienry in the little log
cabin, through its gradations of sticc-ess up
to its present establishment in Columbus,
Ohio, ami I conclude that merit brings its
full reward.
I'p t a few year a" 1 felt no need to
tost its medicinal jxitenc v, but lately when
n:y i v-.irin needed it, yoir i'eruna relieved
r.ie of many catart li.il troubles. Some two
years aL;o I weighed 21 pounds, but fell
away il iwn to 1S p minis, and besides loss
oi flesh I was subject to stomach troubles,
indirection, lo s of appetite, ins.minia,
nilit i weats, and a forel odini of ettin;;
i.i y entire system out of order. 1 luring
mm.! morulir; I i;ae: I'erima a f.iir trial,
and it rejuvenated my v. hole svstetri. I feel
thankful tlicre'ore, for although 79 years
old I tet 1 like. i young man." Major Frank
O'M.ihoney.
In old :i,'e the murnu.i membrane be
come thit keticd and p.irtlv kv.e their function
This lead.; to jaiti..! loss of hear in sr.
smell and taste, as ell as (digestive di
turbam es.
I'eruna corrects nil thi, by its specific
nC?nDCV NEW DISC0VE3Y: rives
Ji V? O 1 fiiitrkrfllf?Hr.-tf-urrwiniC
.!-. I'.k "f !rt irtii.iitnN nn.1 10 DATS' frrtn'nt
lit. B..U. b BONS.Iio-: K. Atlanta. C
POULTRY
I wavtr your poultry, bnx
(Ji''k ret il rn mt thi btsjh-.t rrc-e thar.)orat1o.
1 c-tiUli griil ripiTknrcran iclvr. w rf i t tr tag
t l prf . KOBKKT t KVI
ru m m m nt m a-aju l on
screen n a nir
rnutc
25 cental
per.TON :
KArL
Crcnteet, Cheapest Food
on Earth for Sheep, Swine,
Cattle, etc
ITI'l N wnrrh IV'O ta roq to rtrij what
Bi'.lion Dsliar Crass
will p-nirlvlw make yoa rlfi; II tuM
u't
P VfV -".x atlo Br-n!i, Peaat, S;U. M .-arucl
o( hnv at.l Ivim cf f&f ir pvr a-r-
B Ff?71k FortMs Notice cird 10c-
mjtf until b!j ratals 1 arm
aV. " hoTetUvs, fuil wwrtu f It to et atari.
UOhMTCSALZCR SEED COVVg
W -p m T -m m m .m mTTmn
VESTERN CANADA
...... nii,.rHitHri
1, ttr..-i:nKj more attention thu aay other dlstrtcl
' .w. w.-.j m Th t.rJnf K.-n-
-"Thqrn.ry of theWor.d "The 1 r.d of Sun-
bine. ' The Katuccl FeeJin Orounas lor bloct.
Area under crop in 1S02 . . . l,EH,w acres.
Yield 1902 117,922,714 bushels.
Abun.Unce of Water : Fuel j
Plentiful: Bii'.Mlnn Materia; j
Cheap: Uiod for pasture i
au.l liar: a rertiie eon: a Binn-
(Jt cunl rainfall a.)d a climate frlvlui:
an asaured and adequate
so aeon of growth.
HOMESTEAD LANDS OF 160 ACRES FREE,
the ont chanje for which 1 f 10 for mnklntc entry.
Cloe to Churches, schools etc. Kaliway tap all
sett'ed d!trlcts. Send for Atlas and other literature
to Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa. Canada.
ortoW.V. Bennett. l New York Mfe Bide. Omaha.
Neh the authorized Canadian Oovemmeut Aeent.
wh.,"wlil supply you with certificate gllcgyouro
duted railway rates, etc.
- 57, CUT LOOSE
J
From the dealer who waxes fat
l f selline vou farm wagons with
II Maple axles. Maple bolsters.
Elm or poor IJirch hubs, Cotton
wood box. light irons and cheap paint. Buy
of the man who will furnish you with the
"NEW TIFFIN" wagon which is built
ON HONOR and which runs easier and
lasts longer than any other. Made by
TIFFIN WAGON CO..Tiffin.Ohlo.
If your dealer will not order one for you
they will tell you where to find a dealer
who wiU.
SLICKERS?
WHY
BRl COURSE!
THE 5TANPABD &RAN5 OP
WATERPROOF
OILEP CLOTHING
YOU HAVF ALWAYS ROHCHT
f j Made in black or yellow
LrJ cf tha best materiab and
CSi sold nitS our warrant by
reliable dealers eenrwnere.
A. J. TOWBR CO.. BOSTON. MASS.
ESTABLISHED 1036
1
GREGORY'S
fmr o Tf,r, ih W 1 a
ats4art for n-it- b La
J. J.H.i reaory . Sarklcacatd. Xsia
W. N. U.
)maha.
No. 8 1903
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l' I earn HE U Hit f nit. I
I I beat couch 6j ru p. Tastes Good. Ls I I
I f la time. Bold by dmeasta. 1 I
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PASY1&
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operation on all the mucous membranes of
the body.
One lottle will convince any one. Once
used and I'eruna letornesa lite long stand
by with old and young."
Mr. Samuel Saunders of Ulythedale,
Ma, writes : " My disease was catarrh of
the urethra and bladder. I Rot a liottle of
1'e-ru-na and lgan taking it, and in a few
days I was relieved and could tleep and
ni 'ht. I think that l'e-ru-na is
highly recommended medicine, but they
did me no goxl. My physician told mo )jA
that I tould not expec t to be cured of fnyff'V,
I :7 -,r I ff-l verv lliankful for what
I'e-rn-na ha dons for me."
In a later letter Mr. Saunders says:
"I am still of the same mind with regard
to jour l'c-ru-na medicine,"
years, but not so much effected but that
immm mm$m
but in June, 1901, my sense of hearing left me so that I could hear no sound
whatever. I was also troubled with severe rheumatic pains In my limbs. I
commenced taking Peruna and now my hearing Is restored as good as it was
prior to June, 1901. My rheumatic pains are all gone. 1 cannot speak too
highly of Peruna, and now when S8 years old can say it has invigorated my
whole system. I cannot but think, dear Doctor, that you must feel very thank
ful to the all loving Father that you have been permitted to live, and byjout
skill be such a blessing as you have been to suffering humanity." Rev.
J. N. Parker.
Mrs. 1". K. Little, Tolona, 111., writes:
' I can recommend I'eruna as a good
medicine for
A TRAVELER
AT SEVENTY-ONE
YEARS OF AGO.
chronic catarrh of
the stomach and
lxnvels. I have
been troubled se
verely with it for
over a year, and
also a cough. Now
mv coutrh is all gone.
and all the distressir.
symptoms of ca-
tarrh of the stomach and bowels have dis
appeared. I will recommend it to all as a
rare remedy. I am so well I am con
templating a trip to Yellow Stone I'ark
this coming season. How is that for one
s 1 years old ? ' '
morm
Wlt tHmntl-
Somrmtt PpocaM) mtKfm thmn mny othmr
manufacturer
in tnm mroria.
$25,000 EEWAED
will be paid to anyone who
can disprove this statement.
Kerause W. L. Iou;las
isthelarcestmanufacturer
he ran vnj cheaper and
produce his shoes at a
lower cost than other con
cerns, which enables him
to sell shoes for 3.50 and
So.iX) equal in every
way to those sold else
where for S4 and .".iio.
W. L. Dounlas .?.'t..0
andS-'shoesarewornhy thousnndsof menwho
have lK-en payinp.54 and S.l.not believing they
could pet a tirst-rlass shoe for S'?.i0 or $3.00.
He has convinced them that the style, fit,
and wear of his S3.50 and J?:.00 shoes is just
as pood. Give them a trial and save money.
.ollrr InrrrnH l ie.o:f,tn:t,Sl
In llmlnrx: liJ2 SjiIpi: S.,04.:itO,M
A pmn of Stio, -.. U in tour Years.
W. L. DOUCLAS S4.00 CILT EDGE LINE,
Worth S6.00 Compared with Other Makes.
lit orsr irrporzea am American trainers, neui g
Caf namK, Box Cfl Calf vjcj Kid Corna
Cnlt. and National Kanqaroo. Fast Color urletn.
n-.mm The nnJM haVB w. r tottGLA9
The 6rsf Imported ani American leathers. Heul't
Piiitinn The frenuine have W. L. DOUGLAS
waUlliill ncme and price stamped on bottom,
A'lOr.f hf mint. IV. rxtft. Jttis. ''ataloa frer.
xv. i uutui.A!t, itKot Kiox, Mass.
LAND
Washington and Idaho; productive soil,
delight fal climate, choice farms. Will al
low Hon railway fare If you buy. Write
Bossier-Jackson Co., Spokane, Wash.
Innocent flirtations are probably on
a oar with white lies.
Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents.
A woman's imagination is so lively
that if her bare feet were :n a tub ot
snow she would believe that a hand
some iur around her necK was keep
ing her feet warm.
SI OO Reward 9 low.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn tho', there is at least one dreaded disease
that srnce has been able to cure in all its
stapes, and that is Catarrh- Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the oniv positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh beinsr a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting dirc-c-tly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of th system, thereby destroying the
foundation of thedisease. and (jivintr the patient
strength by buiUiinjr up the constitution and
assisting1 nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faitt !n its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for list o
Testimonials.
Address V. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, a
Sold bv dniuirists 7.V-.
fcU' family Pills are the test.
Many artists who claim to be
wedded to their art seem to have been
handicapped by divorce proceedings
from the start.
Bathing the Baby.
Toutik mothers naturally feel anxious
about the baby'a bath. It is best to be
gin at six weeks to put the little one In
j water, first folding a soft towel in the
J bottom of the basin. Use only Ivory
I Soap, as many of the highly colored and
I perfumed toaps are very injurious to the
tender skin of an infant. E. R. farmer.
The scandal business is usually con
ducted by retail.
FVso's Cure cannot oe too highly spoken of as
cough cure. J. W. O Biui.t, 32-; Third Ave.
N-. Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 6, lwou.
Hit's a mighty good idee ter make
hay while de sun shine even el you
ain't got no hoss ter eat It.
Stop the Cough and
Works OiT the Cold
Laxative Bromo (Quinine Tablets. Price 2oc
Insincerity sings that tt wants to
be an angel and then sends for a doctor.
WW ' UNION MADE
I I W. i Oouatmm mmltm mnd mmlt
il MnrrhS
t
'
' fit
I
and Vigorous at the
Eighty-eight.
J. N. Tarker, Utica,
Of
Rev.
Y..
writes :
In June, 1901, I lost my sense ol
hearing entirely. My hearing had
been somewhat impaired for several
I could hold converse with my friends;
In a later letter she says: "I am only
too thankful to you for your hind advice
and for the good health that I am enjoying
wholly from the use of your I'eruna. Have
been out to the Yellow Stone National
I'ark and many other places of the west,
and shall always thank you for your gen
erosity." Mrs. 1. Ii. Little.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Teruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
Scotch Stories.
The recent St. Andrew's Clnners, ac
cording to the Westminster Gazette,
have been noteworthy for the profu
sion of Scotch stories, which in several
cases fairly set the tables In a roai.
Some of them have an ancient ring,
but there is one that is perhaps not
generally known. A doctor was at
tending a dangerous case where a
Scotch butler was engaged. On calling
in the forenoon he said to Donald: 'I
hope your master's temperature is
much lower today than it was last
night." "I'm no sae very sure about
that," replied the butler, "for he dee'd
this morning."
Finished the Quotation.
Apropos of mottoes on nouses, a cor
respondent of the Westminster Gazette,
relates that a man in Scotland wished
to have cut over the door of a new
house the text: "My house shall be
called a house of prayer." He left the
workmen to carry out his wishes dur
ing his absence, and on his return his
horror was great to find the quotation
completed, "But ye have made it a den
of thieves." "We had a wee thing
mair room, ye see, so we just pvt in
the o the verse," was the explanation
given by the Bible loving Scot.
If there were a railroad to heaven,
some folks would refuse to travel
that way, for fear they'd get wrecked
on a star.
No use ter talk to folks "bout de
shortness er life, for ever man In de
worl 'thinks he gwine ter live ter bury
his fren's.
There may be some things a woman
doesn't know, but no man can tell her
what they are.
New Cure for Lame Back.
Rutledge, Minn., Feb. 16th. Mr. E.
C. Getchell of this place relates a
happy experience which will be read
with interest by all those who have a
similar trouble.
It appears that last winter Mr. Get
chell was seized with a lameness and
soreness in his back which grew worse
and worse till at last it became very
bad and made it very difficult for him
to get about at all.
After a time he heard of a new rem
edy for backache which some of his
friends and neighbors said had cured
them, ajid he determined to try it. The
name of the remedy is Dodd's Kidney
Pills and Mr. Getchell has proven that
it is a sure cure. He says:
"I used two boxes of Dodd's Kidney
Pills according to directions, and my
lame back was entirely cured and I am
all O. K. again. Dodd's Kidney Pills
are as good as represented."
Thi3 remedy is very popular here,
and has worked some remarkable
cures of Backache and Kidney Trou
ble. "A houre without a dog, without a
cat. without a little child. Is a house
without pleasure and without laugh
ter." Don't you know that Defiance
Starch, besides being absolutely su
perior to any other, is put up 16
ounces in package and sella at same
price as lz-ounce packages of other
kinds?
The gods honor her who thinketh
long before opening her lips.
CIT permanently eared. Xo fits or 1
rl I 4 UnK day'a ass of Dr. Kline's Great Nerre Restoe
er. Bend for FREK SJt.OO trial bottle aad treatise.
I. - H Iuh, Ltd.. Ml Arch Street. Philadelphia-
The Lome is no place for the stor
age of neighborhood gossip.
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STORY SlJU'hY TOLD
FACTS OF WASHINGTON'S LIFE.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
His Courtship and Marriage to the
Beautiful Martha Custis How They
Danced the Stately Minuet, in the
Days of Long Ago.
So full of grace they .t.it-lv stepped.
And cmirtetdeij In the minuet:
Hare old brorudf. with pilken pwlli.
UtUNh'd "gainst the velvet walffoats
rich.
And powdered wips with rolls and puffs.
Kc-pt company vwitli luvli uwk ruffs.
Then cavullfr and mutely dame
Kerl ofT in dance of courtly fitnie.
With steps so slow, and bows so low.
This minuet of long uko.
Perhaps I should continue in rhyme,
as I began, lor the story I am going to
tell you is so like a beautiful poem in
ihe sweetness of character of Martha
Washington and the perfect happiness
the first President of our country
knew with his charming wife. But as
this is for little people, it should be
gin, of course with ouce upon a time,
long time ago.
Well, many years ago there lived a
very beautiful young widow, Martha
Custis. in a palace called the "White
House" on the banks of a little river in
Virginia near Williamsburg. It was
such a fine, grand house, all shaded
with trees, that it must have been
something like the mansion in the
story of "Jack and the Beanstalk,"
:jnly this is a real, true story about the
wife of the first President of the Unit
ed States.
Her home was called the "White
House" because it was pure white, and
built nearly all of stone and marble,
but Mrs. Custis didn't think when she
lived there that she was going to be a
President's wife, and that the name of
the home of future Presidents' wives
would be the same as her house by the
riverside, the White House!
Here she lived with her two little
children, a boy of 6 years old and a
little girl of 4. Their papa was dead,
but they had a Grandpa Dandridge,
who loved them dearly and was very
kind indeed to the little children and
their mamma.
Mrs. Custis used to rcmp and play
hide and seek in the big, old mansion
with her little son and daughter, and
then she would tell them long stories
and talk to them of their dear, dead
papa. At these times she would feel
very lonely, indeed, and after his
death she never went auy piuce for
three years.
But one time she was invited to din
ner at a neighbor's House and to at
tend a ball afterwards. It was a Mr.
Chambcrlaync, a Virginia country gen
tleman, who was going to have the
party, and as he had known Mrs. Cus
tis since she was a liule girl, he felt
so sorry for her Icneliness and begged
her to come. At last she consented to
go, and there she met Mr. Washing
ton, who was a dear friend of Mr.
Chamberlayne.
When they were introduced Wash
ington wasn't in such a hurry to go on
to Fort Duquesno, where he had start
ed, for he liked to talk to Mrs. Custis.
and sat next her at the dinner table.
She was never so pretty before, and
looked like a young lady and wore her
hair rcoled I ack.
After the dinner party came the ball,
and all the neighbors for miles around
danced at Mr. Chamberlayne's. It was
a grand affair and must have been al
most as pretty as the one Cinderella
attended. Indeed, it was similar in
one respect, for Martha Custis was the
belle of the ball, and if she didn't wear
glass slippers she had tiny embroid
ered satin ones and stepped like a
fairy with a prince, for she danced
the minuet with George Washington
I am not so sure that he moved around
so gracefully as his pretty partner, but
he pleased her very much, for his
steps were slow, and his bows were
low as the minuet went on. They
liked each other very much, and when
a servant brought the young soldier's
horse to the door he didn't want to
leave till Mrs. Custis told him he could
visit her at her "white house."
So they were married after the war
ended. The wedding was at her house,
on Jan. 6, 1750, and nearly everybody
in Virginia was invited, and the house
was full of company for a week.
For three months Gen. and Mrs.
Washington lived at her home, then
they moved to Mount Vernon, on the
Potomac river. This was Washington's
home, for he was rich, too, and owned
the largest house in Virginia.
George Washington always loved his
wife's two children, and af.erward her
grandchildren as much as if they were
his own. When Washington died, De
cember, 1799, Congress was going to
erect a monument to him at Washing
ton, and asked Mrs. Washington's con
sent to have the body removed. In re
ply she said: "Taught by the great ex
ample which I have so long had before
me, never to oppose my private wishes
to the public will, I must consent to
the request made by Congress."
But the monument was not erected,
and two years later she died and was
buried beside him at Mount Vernon,
where every year visitors read this on
her tomb:
"Martha, consort of Washington,
died May 21, 1801, aged 71 years."
Amy M. Bradshaw in Boston Herald.
Washington's Private Character.
It was inevitable that a man occupy
ing Washington's high position should
be assailed on the point of his moral
character. As a matter of fact he came
in for such bitter and minutely circum
stantial attacks from his Tory enemies
that even in this day there is an un
dertow of suspicion that his life in this
respect would not bear inspection too
minute.
But on the other hand, there is the
testimony to the contrary of these
near him and who knew him best.
That he was a great admirer of hand
some women is sufficiently shown In
his own writings. Furthermore, it
is clearly shown that he was a man to
whom women were attracted.
He has left behind him- even more
than the usual wake of youthful love
sentimentality. He even dropped into
verse on the eubjecL All through his
life his regard for women and for the
balls, routs and other gay assemblages
where women appear at their best
manifested itself. He speaks again
and again in his correspondence of
these events, and always with a cer-
tain kind of youthful enthusiasm.
Where GeneraJ
On Sunday, July 2, 1775, an Illus
trious stranger, mounted on a noble
Bleed, and accompanied by several
mounted attendants, rode Into Cam
bridge. He was a tall, well formed
man, of distinguished mien, and wore
the cocked hat, the blue and bluff uni
form and insignia of a major-general of
the Continental army.
It was toon noifed about town that
this stranger. Gen. George Washing
ton, the newly appointed commander-in-chief
of the patriot army, had ar
rived, and, furthermore, that next day,
on the west side of the training field,
in what is now known as Old Cam
bridge, he would formally assume com
mand cf the troops. As may be sup
IHsed, the news spread like wildfire,
and the excitement was intense.
Up to this time the American forces
wore practically without a head, but
now it was instinctively felt that a
brilliant and trusted leader had arisen.
Who was to bo their civil and political
eavior. And the event fully proved that
the quiet entrance of this noted Vir
ginian ''nto the place was not only an
event of great local imitortance, but
one of the most momentous and far
reaching incidents in the world's po
litical history.
On the morrow Monday, July 3
Washington formally took command of
the American army. It goes without
saying that it was a day of deepest im
port to this country. For on that day
George Washington, intrusted by the
Continental Congress with the chief
command of the American army, and
thus mad' the foremost man of the
revolution, entered upon the active
duties of his office, and was received
with enthusiasm by the little band of
heroes assembled at Cambridge. As
he entered the confined of the camp,
the shouts of the multiude and the
thunder of artillery gave note to the
enemy, beleaguered in Boston, of his
arrival. His military reputation had
preceded him, and excited great ex
pectations. They were not disappoint
ed. His personal appearance, notwith
standing the dust of travel, was calcu
lated to captivate the public eye, and
as he rode through the camp, amid a
throng of officers, he was the admira
tion of the soldiery and of a curious
throng collected from the surrounding
country. Happy was the countryman
who could get a full view of him and
to carry home an account of it to his
neighbors.
And then, on the broad highway
now Garden street not far from and
in sight cf embryonic Harvard college,
in the grateful shade of a majestic
elm, the "father of his country" drew
his sword and performed the simple
ceremony of taking command of the
patriot army, an army whose Acton
minutemen at Concord bridge April 19
had "fired the shot heard round the
world"; whose few brigades of raw
militia on June 17 had met the veteran
troops of England on Bunker Hill and
demonstrated their prowess, winning
a moral, if not a military, victory; and
which newly organized and persistent
army, after a wasting, disheartening
war or seven years duration, nrmiy
established upon this continent a re
public of freedom that was destined to
become one of the greatest as well as
the best nations on the face of the
globe. The incident marked the com
mencement of Washington's career in
the service of his country. How glor
iously was the promise given by his
bearing redeemed!
To go back a little: On the very day
that the important British fortress.
Fort Ticonderoga, surrendered to Col.
Ethan Allen, the Colonial Congress,
which had adjourned in the previous
autumn, reassembled at Philadelphia.
Washington was there, and John Ad
ams and Samuel Adams, Benjamin
Franklin and Patrick Henry; Thomas
Jefferson came soon afterward. "A
TRIBUTES FROM MANY MEN.
Universal Praise of Washington's Life
and Character.
Abraham Lincoln paid this tribute
to the country s nrst president.:
Washington is the mightiest name on
earth. Long since mightiest In tae
cause of civil liberty; still mightiest
in moral reformation. On that came
no eulogy is expected. It cannot be.
To add brightness to the sun or glory
to the name of Washington is alike im
nossihle. Let none attempt it. In sol
emn awe pronounce the name, and in
its naked, deathless splendor leave it
shining on." Abraham Lincoln.
Among the many other high testi
monials to the worth and ability of
Washington are the following:
Alexander Hamilton If virtue can
secure happiness in another world he
is happy. In this, tie seal is put upon
his glory. It is no longer in jeopardy
from the fickleness of fortune.
George William Curtis: "His coun
trymen are charged with fond idolatry
of his memory and his greatness is
pleasantly depicted as a mythological
i - jrm m- 11 i m ii-a ji i t m jh ris - r.
IN HISTORIC CAMBRIDGE
Washington First Took Supreme Comni ind of
the Continents. Army.
last appeal was addressed to the King
of England; and the infatuated mon
arch was plainly told that the colonists
had chosen war In preference to oI
untary slavery. Karly In the session
John Adams made a powerful address.
In the course of which he sketched tho
conditions of the wants of the country
and of the army. Tho necetrtdty of no
pointing a commander-in-chief and tho
qualities requisite In that high offlco
were dwelt upon, and then tho speaker
concluded by putting In nomimiUon
George Washington of Virginia.
"As foou as his name wus men
tioned, Washington rose and withurew
from the hall. Frr a moment ho was
overpowered with a tense- of the re
sponsibility w hich was about to be put
upon him, and to his friend Patrick
Henry ho said, with tears in his eyes:
'I fear that this day will mark the
downfall of my reputation.' On tho
1 Dth of June the? nomination was unan
imously confirmed by Congress, and
the man who had saved the wreck of
Braddock's army was calle d to build a
nation."
Willi groat dignity he accepted the
appointment, refused all compensa
tions beyond his actual expenses, set
out with an escort by way ot New
York, and reached Cambridge liftceu
days after the battle of Bunker Hill.
When Washington arrived in Cam
bridge one of the; first things that occu
pied his attention was the selection of
a building suitable for bin headquar
ters. After Inspecting several of the
most commodious and available ones
in that immediate vicinity, his choice
fell upon a large, square mansion on
the Watertown road, built In 1759 by
Col. John Vassell, an unswerving I.oy-al:st-a
"Tory," as his class was op
Piobrlously termed who had just fled
to Engian l.
More than a century ar.d a quarter
has passed since the dramatic scene of
July 3, 1775, was enacted beneath the
historic elm in ancient Xewetowne, but
the tree, alive, but showing the decrep
itude of age, still exists.
"Beneath this tree Washington first
took command of the American army,
July 3, 1775."
Although Washington, on taking
command of the army, found his du
ties manifold, intricate, appalling and
overwhelming, he was strengthened
and encouraged then and thereafter
by the loyal, efficient support of the
civil and military leaders of New Eng
land. This in Massachusetts alone was a
tower of strength, for, besides Benja
min Lincoln of Hingham, the first sec
retary of the war department, and
Henry Knox of Boston, the founder
and chief of the artillery service of the
Continental army, the successor of
Gen. Lincoln as secretary of war and
founder of the celebrated Society of
the Cincinnati, he had the moral and
practical support of four great civil
Bay State leaders Samuel Adams of
the sturdy old Puritan stock of Bos
ton; John Hancock ct Boston, presi
dent of the Continental Congress of
ma, first signer of the Declaration of
Independence and afterward governor
of the commonwealth; John Adams of
Quincy, second president oi the United
States and one cf the most active
members of the Congress of 177C. and
Benjamin Franklin of Boston, printer,
philosopher and pejot, atateman and
diplomat, who "plucked the lightning
from the clouds and the scepter from
tyrants." Boston Globe.
AS A POLISH POET SAW HIM.
Interesting First Impression of Gen.
George Washington.
The Century recently contained an
historical "find" in "the unpublished
diary of a friend of Kosciusko, the
Polish poet Niemcewicz, who visited
General Washington at Mount Vernon
exaggeration. But no church ever
canonized a saint more worthily than
he is canonized by the national affec
tion, and to no ancient hero, benefac
tor or law giver were divine honors
ever so justly decreed as to Washing
ton the homage of the world."
Nathaniel Hawthorne: "His face
was grander tjan any sculptor had
wrought in mable. Xone could behold
him without awe and reverence. One
ot Washington's most invaluable char
acteristics was the faculty of bring
ing order out of confusion. The in
flneEce of his mind was like light
gleaming through an unshaped world."
Washington Irving: "The fame of
Washington stands apart from ever;
naire in history; shining with a true
light and a more benignant glory.
Glory, that blatant word
which haunts so many military minds
like the bray of a trumpet, formed no
part of his aspirations. To act Justly
was his instinct, to promote the pub
lic weal his constant effort, to deserve
the affection of good men his ambi
tion." Napo.'eon the Great: "Washington
In June, 1798, a con finned by th gen
eral's diary. The ImprcHHloim of thft
first President and his conversations
give unique value and Interest to th
paper. The visitor thus records his
first meeting with the general nd his
wife, (he narrator's "lie" referring to
I:Ih effort to conceal tin fact that Kos
ciusl.it hud le.'t AiiKilcu to head a
l'ollih organization:
"Mr. Peters' noiisu Ik at tho cxtrcm
point of the city, quite near George
toivn. Wo arrived them between
mid 7 o'clock. One can gue ss how my
heart was beat Inc. I was to nco tho
man for whom since my youth I hud
had great respect. I caught sUht of
hi in through the wIik'.ow and recog
iii.cd him at once. About a do.on peo.
plc were; coming lov.iird us. I taw
only him. I was presented lo him by
Mr. Law. lie held out hi blind to mo
and clasped iniiic. W" we t t Into tho
parlor. I sal down hcsidi! him; I was
moved, dumb unci could not look nt
Mm enough. U Is a majesllc face.
In which dignity Is united with mu
t Serious. The port i alts that we have
oi him in Ktirope' are not line him Ht
all. He Is nearly 0 feet high and ve ry
strorir-ly built; he has un nqiiillhc n.se,
blue eyes; bl:- mouth and particularly
his lower Jaw, are large-.
"Ho wore a tail coat, black stock,
legs, satin waistcoat, and bree-ehes ol
tho same color.
"lie be-an by quest toning mo about
Gen. Kosciusko. I was extremely em
barrassed anel confused. The first
word I said to this great man was a
lie. That wus what this mysterious
departure brought me to. He; put to
me tho following questions:
" 'How Jong are you In this coun
try?' " 'Klght months.'
"How do you like It?"
"'I am happy sir, tt see? In America
those blessings which I was se ardent
p?M:
Iy wishing for In my own eejuntry. To
you, sir, are the Americans indebted
lor them.'
"He bowed with a modest air, and
said to me:
""I wished always tej your country
well, and that with all my heart.'
"He uttered thef.se last words with
much feeling.
"We spoke with Mrs. Washington
of the small likeness that there Is
between the general and his portraits.
She asked Mrs. Peters at last to play
the piano, which she e!id, ai.:I playe-d
the eternal 'Battle of Prague;' (a fa
vorite piece of music in America) very
well. Tea was served. I found an
oppc;rtunity to be beside the general.
He praised an address that t!;e ovj
of Norfolk had given to the I':-' : idout.
"I was delighted to see tl'o good
father in good humor. He turned to
ward me end asked me if I had trav
eled much in the United States. I
replied that I had not been farther
than New York, that I was surprised
at the progress with such a r;e,-w
country bad made in culture and popu
lation. " 'There are the Eastern states,' he
said to me. 'that are the most ael
vanced In culture and population.'
"'They were,' said I, the first in
which the Europeans cttlcd.'
"'On the contrary,' ho replied, Mho
first settlement was In Virginia, ard
then in New England. But it is the
division into townships which is so fa
vorable to tho maliit'jiianeo or ord'-r,
police and public establishments. Tho
peculation there Is very Industrious;
every farmer, even the poorest, livs
in independence.'
"The ccrr.pany rose to depart.
The general conducted us; in leaving
he Faid to me:
"I shall be very happy to see yeni at
Mount Vernon; I shall be there in a
few days; I hope you will come.'
Is dead. This great man fought
against tryanny; he has consolidau-d
the liberty of his country. His nam
will be always dear to the people of
France, and especially to French aol
ciers, who. like him and the American
soldiers, fight for equality and liberty.
It is ordered that, for 10 days, black
crepe be hung fro;n the banners and
guidons of the Republic."
Thackeray: "Washington Inspiring
order and spirit Into trrx;ps hungry
an1 in rags, stung by ingratitude, Lut
be traying no anger, and ever ready to
forgive; in defeat invincible, magnan
imous In conquest, and never f.o sub
lime as on that day when he laid down
his invincible sword and sought his
noble retirement. Here, indeed. Is a
character to admire and revere; a life
without a stain, a fame without a flaw.
Quando innerriea panem!"
Marquis of Lansdowne: "Gen.
Washington's conduct is above all
praise. He has left a noble example
to sovereigns and nations, present and
to come."
Gladstone: "Washington is to my
mind the purest figure In history."
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