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THE GREAT VIRGINIAN
Tlio I'iKliifi'iith century history of
imr country groups Itself about ont
central figure. Wo never esrape from
the presence of the great Virginian,
and yet it was a time, rich in human
product. It Ih not easy to comprehend
the causes which produced this ama::
Ins fruitage of ability.
Among the men who caused and car
ried the Revolution were many who In
brilliant qualities far surpassed George
Wnxhlngton. Seen through the niNt of
years, they rise In our imagination and
teem grouped about the grave Vlrgln
In's sturdy figure, as in the church at
Int'shruck the brone statues of
friends and allies Hiirround the tomb
where the great Kaiser, Maximilian,
kneels In prayer.
What was there In the man which
still makes him stand for ns a larger
human figure than Hamilton, or John
Adams, or Jefferson. In some ways
the difference seems clear. His unself
ishness was without a flaw. Ills sense
of duty was like a religion. He had in
perfection both moral and physical
courage; he who Is without fear is
rarelv without hope, and it may have
been this which gave him such unfult
orinir hopefulness as seemed to have
the force of Inspiration, the self-sustaining
power of prophetic Insight. No
doubt other men also jxissessed these
characteristics, but none had them in
so high a degree. This does help us
to comprehend him, but does not ade
quately deRcribo a great historic per
sonage who has become for us to-day
'no more than a splendid lay figure.
His sdow, sure mind, his heroic pa
Hence, his strong passions, his splen
did physical manhood, nowhere, on any
page, express themselves in terms of
life. Is this because the lives of the
greatest always leave something of the
causes of greatness unreveaied? It
nay be so. Or Is this stately figure
si ill waiting for the revealing biog
rapher who will give us such a life
like presentment as C'nrlyle has left of
Frederick and of Cromwell? It
would seem to be easy, for what life
reports itself more simply! What more
rich In Interest and in Incident! What
personality was ever more clearly built
up by efforts which raise, stone on
stone, the masonry of character! Its
value to the thoughtful lies less in the
attained serenity of the statuesipio
Washington, present to the common
mind, than In a correct apprehension
of the process by which the crude Vir
ginia boy grew Into the maturity nf the
olllclnl years of our flff.t president.
There rises before me, as I write,
the figure of the half educated, over
serious, country bred lad. Forced to
depend on his own exertions, ho learns
to survey land and accepts dally
wages a thing not fancied by the Vir
ginia gentleman of that day. We see
hint at the camp fires of the trader and
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Stuart's Famous Painting of the Great Patriot.
the Indian, and In the stillness of the
Ohio forests, plotting surveys and
measuring trees. At nineteen he Is
sent as envoy to the aggressive Kreiudi
on tin- frontier: next, as a militia ma
jor, he strikes the first blow in the
Seven Years' War, little thinking what
it was to bring forth, anil what to
teach. At the age of twenty-three he
comes out of the defeat with llraddock,
one of the few who won praise and
honor. The long border struggle which
followed Is a record of exasperating
struggles with ignorant governors, in
efficient legislators, drunken militia
and untrained officers. We come next
to the fox hunting squire, the accom
plished farmer, a master of slaves,
still longing for war the profession of
arms. Did he dream that ue nhoiild
see too much of It, and would Rome
day write t hut he hoped for a great
republic of mankind, where the growth
of commerce would become the most
certain peacemaker and all war would
be at an end? At forty-four he was in
command at Cambridge. Last of all,
he Is twice President. Then come two
happy years at Mount Vernon, and on
a December night the tired man finds
In deatii that which earth denied
the pea.-e which is past understand
ing. My purpose today Is to spenlc to
you of Washington as I find him In his
written words where most he seems
to he alive. I want you to share with
me wha'. I got out of months of. pa
tient studv of Mr. Ford's collection of
his letters.
These are In fourteen volumes
eight thousand pages In all. He was
the most productive of American writ
ers. There nre three thousand docu
ments, some two thousand entirely
from his own hand. Mr, Ford tells
me (hat, in all. this untiring man luu
left us about ten thousand letters
The handwriting demand:; a word
of comment. How clear It Is! How
steadily the same, with never a sign
oi haste! I have seen the letter he
wrote to announce Arnold's treason.
It betrays no -.i, n of the ('motion that
awful hour must have caused an
hour which, Informed with the sad
loneliness of the great, wrung from
this tranquil soldier, "Who Is there
now I can trust?"
I '.'..e most great rulers, George
Washington was a silent man. To be
called upon for public speech embar
rassed him. He was shy, reserved,
undemonstrative, and. Do I.air.un says,
ilillldent. John Adams said, "Half his
reputation was due to his talent for
silence." Well hnd it been for his
critic had he had that virtue for lnith
tongue and pen. This reserved gen
tleman confessed himself readllv to
paper. He who in talk and diaries
;.alil nothing personal of his views, or
Washington elm at Cambridge, Mass. It vv.n under this tree General
Washington took command of tht Amtrlcan army.
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of what he seemed to himself to be,
in his letters gives us freely to know
what he thought he was, morally and
mentally. It is an autobiography
quite Innocently revealed.
"With ail his love of ceremony and
his personal dignity a man with
whom no one b-ok liberties it is in
teresting to see, as we have already
seen, how humbly and how simp'y he
writes of his defects. He says, "I
have no genius for war." lie finds it
hard to learn this business warfare
.mil at the same time to practice it.
He excuses Sullivan's defeat. "All of
us, lie says, "want experience in mov
ing men iipon a large scale; our
knowledge of military matters Is lim
ited." As n critic of war he was the first
to insist again and again that the com
mand -of the sea was nll-ImMirtant.
What the Hrltlsh fleet will do puzzles
him, but not the plans of his adver
saries on lnnd. He predicts Hur
goyne's disaster, and tells Greene that
such defeats as his are victories.
We have been told that he was no
great general. If, with half fed, ill
clad men, with constant lack of arms
and powder, and at last with inertia
everywhere and a country in ruins; If,
with such means he baffled a foe rich
In men, money and sea power; if with
little he accomplished all he set out
to do, there must at least be u label
for this form of greatness.
Turning from his fiery courage and
reckless exposure in war, there arc
in these letters many evidences of ten
derness and humanity. They are
shown early In life, when he says that
he would readily die In torture to
save the frontier people from Indian
cruelty. They appear in his extrenio
unwillingness to ninke rcprisuW on
innocent men. He steadily refused, as
he says, "to avenge cruelly by cruel
ty." He reproaches a general for such
conduct, and pleads mercy for the
Tories while Sir Henry Clinton is cur
rying on a savage warfare of murder
and rapine.
This man hnd no children. He was
the nr.cestur of a nation. Let no repe
tition of his praise lose for you the
true value of the num. He left to us
the heirs of his renown, a record of
unfailing courage, a story of heroic
conduct, an example of lifelong duty
the uncqunlled life of an unequalled
day.--From an address by Dr. S. Weir
Mi'.ehHI.
Imitates American Locomotivst.
The Dnvnrlnn government ha de
cided to roust met a large number of
new locomotives upon the models of
the American locomotives Introduced
ly the railways of Havarla four years
ago.
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"HliADS, I WIN; TAILS. YOU LOSE."
W A 1 1 1 1 1 X. I' N -0 1 U ! A N I Z K !
Ak long as the friends of the Kansas
City platform remained quiet the re
orgunlzcrs prated of harmony, but as
Foon as Mr. Hryan. speaking as he be
lieves the t entlment of the uneorriipted
and incorruptible rank and fib of the
part, suggested that the Kansas City
platform s.nould be reaffirmed, a howl
went up from the papers that bolted
in 3 and that have since that time
lost n-j cpportunlty to abuse and vilify
those who supported the ticket.
The lack of an open plan or purpose
among the reorganizes has been made
apparent, nnd they have in their wrath
disclosed the bunco game which they
had In pre paratlon for the convention.
One of the rcorgnnlzers, who has
hlnie leen suggested for vice-president,
says that It Is desirable for "the more
influential democrats to keep quiet."
This from ona who bolted in ISHli and
now represents ail that Is undemocratic
shows that deception Is to be attempt
ed again. The Commoner has fre
quent'y pointed out that reorganiza
tion means a return to Clevclandism,
and It in w adds that h. is the logical
iai.(!idate in case the reorganizes suc
ceed In attaining control of the con
enlion. If organized greed Is to
dominate the democratic party, then
Grovcr Cleveland more than any other
person (democrat or republican)
would ciserve to be the standard
bearer. Th:'ii, with J. IMerpont Mor
gan as chairman of the national com
mittee, an-1 Rockefeller as treasurer,
the party could expect the cordial sup
port of the New York World, the
llrooklyr. Lagle. the Chicago Chronicle
and the Nashville American again.
It Is time to organize to save thrf
parly from the designs of the plutoc
racy. There ought to be a club formed
in every precinct, and at once. The
convention will soon be called and the
light must he made at the primaries
where the voters speak, livery caucus,
primary and ((invention should en
dorse the Kansas City platform, and
only those shou'd be selectrd as dele
gates who are willing to carry out th.'
wishes of the voters, or, bettrr still,
who themselves agree with the voters.
A delegate dues not act for himself
he ais for those who send him, and
no one worthy to go as a delegate will
object to Instructions. If any one ob
jects to indorsement, compel htm to
' present
a platform setting forth his
views, that the voters may pass upon
the question. Democracy means the
rule of the people, and an honest ex
pression of the popular will must be
demanded. The enemy Is organized
and It will have plenty of money. Our
np;eal must he to the moial sense
which, when arour.ed, Is mightier than
money.
Organize at once and he ready for
the primaries. Some of the otlh e hold
ers are reported as nrninst the Kansas
City platform they will he for it
when they find how; pnp.ilar it Is.
From the bitterness whldi chnrae-
icn.es nip iiiierauces 01 l eorganl.crs
like I'ullt.er, WatlPrson. rt al.. tho.-e
who voted the ticket In lMlii can
imagine what the arrogance of th ? bolt
ers will lie ir they ever git in control
of the party.
Dr. Harper says Chicago university
is no longer iiupust. Having "out
grown denonilnatlonallni." This may
be taken as further proof that oil and
water will not mix, save In Standard
Oil conipnny barrels.
Senntor Dietrich has demanded nn in
vestigation by the senate. As the court
drelded that Dietrich whs ne a fena
tor when the acts charged were com
mmeo. wnni rigni ins the senate to
lnvstlgate them now?
The difference between (vanide of
prtBsslum nnd n legal technicality Is
that the latter pirmlts the culprit ti.
pi light on. while th former stops
everything but the funeral profession.
Inter postage In .le pan Is seven
trnllis of a cent per ounce. This lenil
lis to Infer that cither Jipinoe ial!
remds nsk only fair r:tn.e or potal
gratters have slim pbking.
Theis w ho deny freedom to others
dmerxe It nut for HintHi'lvi's. And
nticirr n Jusl God cannot long retain
It. Abraham Lincoln.
A white man has been ap'iniiiled
post muster nt liullaui.lit. Miss., which
reminds us of the eminent i.inu nf
Finme who man bed up tlin dm nt,,i
then man lied down n-'in.
IVihuis seine incinl'ts of ioiignsi
would find no i :( t-l 14 ) ii to Ihi'ir i ol
id linn of mileage If Itli'V did ih
li.iw Hng away from Washington.
What, JV'ii.ccii for en
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WATCH THIi PTtlMAIllF.S.
The battle between the plutocratic
and the democratic elements in the
democrat ie- party must b. fought out
at the primaries. It will not do to
leave the matter to the national con
vention. The delegates to the various
conventions county, Btale, and na
tionalshould be instructed to reaffirm
ths Kansas City platform. If any one
objects to reaffirmation let him be chal
lenged to present a platform embody
ing his views. Honesty will appeal to
honest men and in any crowd the hon
est men generally outnumber the dis
honest ones. Watch the dodger, lie
Is a good man to leave at home when
delegates are being selected. If the
democratic party is to win the con
fidence of those who desire reform it
mie.t do so by a straightforward course
dealing candidly with all the issues lie
fore the country. Organize, go to the
primaries nnd instruct. Wall street
wil! control the republican party; lei
the democratic party accept the chal
lenge and make the Issue plain. A
failure to reaffirm will he equivalent
to a rut.irn to corporation rule, for
those who nre willing to abandon any
part of the party creed In order to con
ciliate those who opposed the party
will not be courageous enough to make
a stand for anything. Sound a man
oi posed to reaffirmation and you will
find that, as a rule, he has no definite
position that he is prepared to an
nounce and defend.
IT 13 NOT SUICIDE.
Referring to Mr. Bryan's Lincoln
speech, the Pittsburg Post says: "It Is
the autocratic flat of a dictator who
declares my ways are the only ways
and my thoughts the only thoughts.
Th.i democratic party of these states
will reject the Idiocy of siV'ide to w hlch
they are asked." Instead of being the
"autocratic fiat eif a dictator," it. is Hie
earnest appeal of a democrat who be
lieves that the principles of Jefferson
and of Jackson should control the dem
ocratic party. It Is the earnest appeal
of one who loves his party that that
party be true to its principles by re
maining true to the people. It is th.1
trolest of a democrat, who believes
that the hopes of the people depend
upon the democratic party's fidelity to
Its principK's, ngalniit the republleanl-
zatlon of the party, and the delivery
of the party's affairs lilto the merci
less keeping of the representatives of
speeial Interests. To advise Hie demo
cratic party tei remain true to the peo
ple Is not counseling suicide. It is sug
gesting the only plan whereby the pur-
tv can obtain new life and new power
and ultimately win a victory that will
be worth having, leeause it will tie a
vlctoiy that will bring sabstantial re
sults to the people.
"Kid" McCoy, instructing one how
to protect one-elf agulnst a foot-pad.
says: "Thrust whlcheer hand is fre'e
against your assailant's ne.se." That's
all eiy'wcll. but how about the emi
nent but far illstniit gentlemen who
aie stealing o.ir pocket hooks by legis
lative enactment?
Somehow or other the
teeni nlwrs to work In
defendant.
tee hlllcn'illiM
laveir of the
The rciubiiinn press experiences
consideinl.le dltlleulty In finding aign-
. t - ... il.,.t lb i
menl to beiistar ep us i iunu im
receiver of stolen geieids Is a meidel or
honesty when compared with the thief.
Oovmior Odell has refused to honor
Mls"Oiiils requisition for Mr. Zelglcr.
the baking powder magna! , owiii to
a Haw in the requisition. Perhaps the
Daw was seen by looking sharply
through a pair of campaign contribu
tion sp-.'e ta' Us.
The new sceirtniy of war was es
corted from 'he depeit tei his eitiice by
a uoigeoiis cavalcade of eavaliy. which
lie sntllcleiit evidence thai we have "dew-lope
d seifin ."
The Kansas City Journal remarks:
"The Miiicnicin that Wall street Is op
roied to President Roosevelt is not
unreasonable" No; It l Blirply un
believable. Mr. Tail says the lilipim.s nre grow ing
mire tranquil every 'day. They will
all be tK'.nqui'iiv.d in time. If the am
uiuiutioii holds out
"How long will it take to dig tin
i anal?" asks a reader. 'i i'tuN on
how long the money h.. out with
the Clillll I t e e llll Uie'l i t .1 1 gelllU'lll' II wu
aie l ow ill e barge.
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pii -sliletil nit li'iiu::.
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Mr Ki'o n.l.'.li take' n! nntau" of
his X h lory eie r (be little sa't tl i
and lit" otil eif Iti pieiblct 'ip'iti l
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WHY ABANDON IT THKN?
Commenting upon the showing relat
ing to the large increase in gold pro
duction, the Cincinnati F.nqulrer says:
"The gold men are of course delighted
with the present showing, and the free
silver men find In It no rebuke eif the
position they took In 18HG, when so
many thousands of men presented a
picture of earnestness that may not be
elupllcated In many a year. 'Plenty of
money tei do business with' was the
cry. The silver remedy was rejected
at the polls after a haf ' fight, and
then the gedd discoveries el el the busi
ness. The situation does not, however,
preclude further stiiely of the qiiesllon
eif finance." And yet the Knqiilrer Is
among tlieise newspapers that would
have Hie democratic party utterly
abandon the Kansas City platform, be
cause in thai platform the party de
clared for bimetallism. While admit
ting the situation does not preclude
further study or the question of finance,
the F.nquirer protests very strongly
when any blmetaiiist Insists that no
eiuestlcn is settled until it is settled
right, and that it would not be wise
for the democratic parly to abandon
its position on the money question..
WHY TRY TO DEFEAT IT THEN?
The Brooklyn Eagle says that "Mr.
Hryan assumes that the voters are
wrong while he Is right" The voters
placed the repuhlle-an party in power In
1896 and again in 19(H). Were they
right then In giving support terrfb nr
publican party? If the rei),iican
party was right then, is it no right
now? And if the voters wercrRnt
in 1S1IG and in 1900 in choosin the
tepublienn party, why does the R)(,k.
ly ii Kngle insist that the elenioitttic
party nominate some man of its " los
ing because that course, in the Eas,
opinion, is necessary to the defeat )f
the republican party. The Eagie
willing to have the republican pan
(Ufeated, provided that result, can l
accomplished!! by a eandldate of thi
Eagle's ehoeislng, and a candidate;,
whose administration would act no'
differently with respee t to spee ial in
terests than the republican aelministra
tio ndoes. But if the democratic party
does not e heioso a candidate upon whom
the representatives of speeial Interests
may rely, then the Eagle will he found
giving cordial support to the republicna
ticket.
Senator Foiaker Is seeking to amend
the Sherman anti-trust law so as to
give Hie corporations more leeway.
The s.'nateir is developing Into a rare
joker. Just as if the corporations did
not have their own way without any
amendment cf the anti-trust lawf.
And now conies the New York ller
uld and suggests August Belmont, the
bolting gold bug hanker, for chairman
of Hie democratic natleiiial committee.
If the reorganUers control I lie com
mittee he would lie next to J. l'ierpeint
Morgan in fitness.
Plfsiilent Harper, of Clilcaj--; S'.T.ixer
t.ity. is talking about the ideal unl
versity professor." Can It he that the
venerable Dr. Harper is looking for
an educator with an Ine rraseel financial
pull?
"Harmony" rim ms to lie . especially
repuiar with two classes, theise who
are trying to gain a sei ii-r. ;;',nntage
anel those who are v. !"ii-.ir io iie eluprd.
An honest understanding Is the only
basis of a lasting harmony.
"We've wlippe'd you twice." say the
rreirRaiil.ers. "and now we'll let you
win If you will follow our leadership."
Senator Drpcw had Just I'nilshrd tell
ing his wildest story, lie putfd his
Wife oil the cheek.
"My dear." he said, "if you ever hnd
the l imine to marry a s coud time,
would you marry a brainy man?"
She1 thought a moment. "I might."
she smiled bui k at htm. "Just for the
exue'iieiicc,"
Molhrr EinciKin. 1 am,
that you have engaged in c
ftslinme-f
vr.r tlst!-
e-ufts.
Eniermn- lint inotbe r. he lnsi.-tei on
maintaining Hint the Slial..peareHn
draiiias were the work of llnnm.
Ila -del stiitlis are now bring made
III Hie ih". i lulling of Hie pulilli- liu
main. The id ni'-ut anil iinroar of
I'uinicr pioneer days aie : l.-ent In tliis
WOlk, bill Hi ' proe c.-s I:,
very eTiiitiw iii" pie--on
w -d in l .lilrcads 1
this la.!. eald" 1 It
in milt in 1 n ' mi: H ii1
SI I'd si ii nil I.:. ..ii I, in Ii
l.u il The 'linn'.' is ol an
nmiiicil iii.il
iiiu'-r t rail: i'
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th'' liil'-'l
.liable p.ibi :
nu n rowdi'd
po;nhlii iem by llll lillc I al li.ll or l alili .il
Illi ti-.iM' ate s.'lll t. mod-. The icpsus
fur many vein, wi to iinne will not
how nil (Vie , el' "op'e aliuve eelnt
I ;i.' we -t ill le d III ;-i 1 1 Hl! nil il
!H :i!il In i
The (scientist nan-iled in great aciati
to the girl a scries of experiments h
was conducting with the ulerophone.
"The nilcnipho'-.v..' n explained,
"magnifies objects to the e)0. Th
f.K'tfalis of a centipede hear J through
th mlerophouo resemble a tattex nu
a kettledrum. -The ilmpping l
pin Is like the report vt a cannon."
"That is very interesting and odd.'
said M'ss IVacon. "This afternoon."
resumed the scientist. "I caugLt a
ly and st'idied its note. The note re
sembled the neighliij! of a horse. '
"Perhaps." said the young girl, "it was
a horsefly."
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$100 Reward. $100.
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lhl Ihi'rr la m Irailimr ilrv.M it Ul"' ll' m'l'"'
bu S-ru . i rur in all lt iiw, U" '
urrh lull' ( irrh ( r l II only e.lil
rurc w k iw ih ni.ll-l frnrnli. t nurrh
I'l-iutt c.n-imul, imi ,iim', rwiliv niitu
tl. l Irnumrnl. lUll a nurr'l ( ri In (ki n lie
IcnialW.M im Ulnvily u it lli hi.""! i" imicou.
utf.-U'ft of th ilmu, ihrml V li'lf" li'tf I11
fouii'lm1' ..f Hi ul.rnw. K " Hi" l'0'''1'
itt iiu ijr hull. Una up Hi" - n-in uil. n
In imtui.' In it.. Inn llw..i. l' im'iru'lrn li
inii.il i itt it it, u fiimme iKmi-r. time Oii-y off r
I 'no ll.iu lm l .ir. f,,r uv ri-M tll-U U U
t' 111. S.-ni' f. r !'l of fftlltlUlllHlN,
A.l ln .. K .1 I'll KM. V W., Tult'tks O. ,
S....I I V llll I'ru.cLU, TV.
Inkc liu,, 1 ,ui.) I'm, ,,r oM"tfpifca. '
Japan eMs Railway Stock.
Japan luu rntoroel upon an eco
nomical experiment which Is novel
nnd interesting. The government
owns the railways and Is going to take
tiie public into partnership. The ele-pa-iini'iits
of finance and of commu
nications have ut last decie'ed on the
plan of converting the give-'rnnient
railways into a j int slock nidertak
lug. All the existing government
railways and tli, pcoperrleu atSicheel
to them will be 11.smMs.ed, and Hie guv- '
eminent will hold the shares repre
senting them while ll.e public will bo
invited to subscribe the cost, required
for repairs to existing lines and' for
the const rucllon eif new ones, a nun
estimated at about $:i.",,tiO0,tMi0, out of
a capits) of some $1 10,m)o,ui)0. It vill
he observed that the government i
niains the majority holder, so. stattt
ownership is continued.
Th Kilttor of tlio Kural Maw Yortar
Than whom there Is no better Potato
Expert In tho Country, snys: "Satzer'
Karllest Potato Is earliest eif 3S ear
liest sorts, tried b me, yielding 464 bu.
per acre." stalner's Harly Wisconsin
yielded for the Kural New Yorker 738.
bu. per acre. Now Sal.er has heavier
yielding varieties than uIiiivh, !e
Balzer's catalog.
JCST BKND- 10e! IN STiMI'S-
nd this notice to the John A. Snlzer
Seed e'n., La Crosse, Wis., nnd receive
lots of farm seed sumples tun I t
catalog, whliii la brim full
things fur the gardener and
easily worth $100.00 to every
awnke fanner.
It d .icrtbes Halzer'S "'oslnte( i
Ing liiO.OOO lbs. per aiT. . .if rich g
fodder, Seilxer VlnUiria Uape, yl
00,000 lbs. of sheep and hog foo
acre, together with tinlzer'n Nev
tlonal Outs, which has a record
bu. per acrn In 30 states, so
description of Alfalfa (Mover, (
carnat Clover, Alsike, Tlinot
thousands of other fodd
Grasses, Wheat, Speltz,. Bi
W. N IU
King. Chsta's Remedy fo
A discovery In tho land
raohs will Interest those
Time has ravaged. A
tologlst has recently i
pyrus give a recipe
mm, times mrwrucoii a i
a. ri.nicio
was cein--.
against baldness, since it
eoeted for no less a
peisonage liiaie
King Chata, the second .jovereign of
the first dynasty, about' 4000 IS. C.
The icmedy wa-s empllyed by the
king's mother. It consist Id of a salve
of (log's paws, dates and asses hoofs,
pounded up and then boiled in oil.
With this salve tha royal head was.
anointed. As to the result the papy
rus in regrettably silent.
Cheap Excursion to the South..
On February 1. March I and 16,.
a Kansas City Southern railway will,
tfer to the public the extremely low
ne of 10.00 for the round trip to all;
poits on tho Port Arthur Roule, in
cludig Beaumont. Port Arthuix Lake
Chains, shrevteport. Tcxarknua, F-ain
Smith! Mena, w'jn d al I inter
mediaf points. The return limit on
these tickets will be twenty ono days
from date ot sale, with stopover privi
leges at. alt points south of Kansas
City on the going trip. Any Informs
tiou de sireei by tho public relative to
theso cheap excursions will bo oueor
fully furnished upon applicatlein to 8.
fl. Warner, G. I". and T. A Kaosa
city. M.ex
Tea ir England.
Miss Maiie; Corenl's statement that
she would neit objee t to a tea shop
aeljeiining the sne-re'el pre'clne ts ot The
II irt hp Iac becanso possibly sue'h may
have existed In Shakespeare's time,
has aronseel a good de-al of amuse
ment, and has, moreover, startetel the
dlsenssion as to when tea was y
tually first introelueeil Into England.
In Sil Walter llesant'a "Lonelon in the
Times of the Stuarts," he makes the
tntrodttftion of tea colneielent with
that of carpets, alioul 16(10. 1'revious
to that ttme Sir Walter says, wlno or
ale was drunk nt breakfast, and thrs
growing use of tea was assailed ns
symptomatic of national degeneration.
Each member of a well regulated
English household wus expt'cteel to.
consume on the average three quarts
of ale dally, but this would have been
regrdeel temperance Indeed compar
ed with Dr. Johnson's later twenty
cups at a singh; pouring.
80 fin. Mncarnnt Wheat Par A.
Introduced by tho IT. 8. Dept. of AgT.
It Is a tremendous cropper, yielding In
' good land 80 bu. )r acre, nnd on dry,
I nrld lands, such as are found In Mont.,
orv.
funTi
r
m
r
Idaho, tho Dakota. Oilo., etc., it will
yie ld from 40 to 60 bu. This Wbent and
Spelts and lbtnim ltnrtay nnd Itromus
lnermls and Hllltoi) Dollar (Irnxs,
makes It pomlble to greiw ami fatten
heigs n:nl cattle wherever seill Is found.
JI FT STND 10c AMI THIS JOT!cll
to the John A. Snlr.er Seed Co., Ijl
t W'lu nn.l .Vt.,,. u.lll ......
,,-., ...., in. , n in r"i I'll J wvt
free n Humph; of this Wheat nnd other
farm seeds, together wlih their greit
catalog, done worth $10000 to ny
wietn-iiw ake farmer. (W. N. V.)
Her Goedness of Heart.
The queen of Roiimnnla has just
nddi'd nnolher to the many proo al
r'ady known of her Ko.nlness utPfw
ind H.vmnnthv Tor the nl!llcj,d. Her
majesty Is h'lvlng fit led JtfTat be r own
"xpense. in ibirvhare.U. ni-lnllni: es-
niuisnmciii especially for Hi
'on of hooks In nisei tip
'dlnd. The books nre to 1 1
ite. to Intittntl ns throuch
inula where Micro are blind
proiluc
, for the
il.etrib
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