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-iP fc tJ$4 yf" - WASHINGTON 0 ripples of Pdtomac's stream, Break gently where the tread Of thousands press the hallowed sod Above our greatest dead; Mount Vernon, Freedom's dearest shrine Guard well thy sacred trust, Locked in thy loyal heart of hearts Ye keep the Patriot's dust. 1 see him glide among the huts That dot the cheerless gorge The Joshua of a struggling band, The Man of Valley Forge; Where'er he goes his smile illumes The shades that thickly lie, And all who hear his words resolve With him to do or die. The pilgrim comes from lands enslaved, Beyond the restless sea, To meditate where sleeps the man Who taught men to be free; The glitter of the sword he drew; Makes bright the world today, And hands unborn will crown its hilt With laural and with bay. He needs no granite shaft to tell Of glorious actions done; His monument? the freest land That lies beneath the sun ! Today with swelling pride we seek The banquet board once more, And drink to him whose fame is far Beyond Virginia's shore. He is not thine, Mount Vernon, though Upon thy sacred breast, Wrapped in the mantle Glory weaves. In peace he takes his rest; Tlie voice of Liberty proclaims : "He is my honored son." And Fame with lofty pride proclaims: "The World's one Washington." T. C. Harbaugh ). Washington the No Nation or peoplo over bad a richer legacy than Americana havo in their ideal of Washing ton. Great as was hin real character and inestimable as were his cerv ices to tTio coun try Washington wao not a deinl-god nor eron a man ef genius. Dut ho did possess a KnluB for honesty and patriotism and was the Incarnation of common sense. His mothor. after reading a letter Cram him during the Revolutionary war which convoyed good news, Hald: Qeorgo generally carries through anything he undertakes." Mrs. U. S. Grant onco said, referring to her hus band's determination and porslstance: "He Is a very obstinate man." Grant was not a genius any more than Washington, but both men bad the gift of success. It is well for the American people that they have idealized Washington, and it Is to be hoped that they may never lower nor change their ideal, and yet he was very human. As a young man and even after hin mar riage ho was very fond of fox hunting. He could get very angry on tit occa sions and sometimes swore. Ho drank a gonerous glass of wine every day at dinner and allowed his negro but ler and cook each a bottlo of beer a day. Nearly thirty years ago a friend ly biographer wrote: "Eighty years havo now passed sinco tho death of George Washing ton, and already ho Is hidden from us In some degreo by a liaro of eulogy and tradition. He nan heon so uni formly extolled that somo of our young men tell us with n yawn, that thoy aro tired of hearing Arlstldcs called "The Just." Ho has been edited into obscurity, like a Greek play. Where tho gonial and friendly soldier referred to one of blH cher ished friends as "Old Put." a respect able editor, devoid of humor, has sub stituted "General Putnam;" until, at length, a lover of the man haB to de fend him against tho charge of pep fectlon." Washington himself nevor pretend ed to be more than an average man, though all his contemporaries knew he was. All that ho claimed was to be perfect master of himself and to use such powera as God had given him the best he knew how. Once us a procession In his honor passed through the streets of a city he heard a little boy exclaim: "Why, father, General Washington Is only a man!" He looked with thoughtful Interest on the child and patting him on tho head replied: "That's all, my little fellow, that's all," He was one of the most dignified men that ever lived, yet one of the most modest One finds pleas Man ing evidence of his common human tty In the fact that while quite young he foil easily In love and wrote verses and r.entlmcntal verses at that. When ho was twelve years old, short ly after the death of his rather, he was sent to school at Fredericksburg after promising his elder brother to bo "steady." It was a mixed school of boys and girls and one of his nchoolmatos, a cotmln, said In later life that while George was remark ably studious he was also fond of "romping with one of the largest girls; this wnn bo unusual that It ex cited no llttlo comment among the other lads." It was while at this Bchool that Goorgo wrote the follow ing acrostic: From your bright aparkllng eyes I iru tindonn' Rays you have mow transparent than tho sun, Amidst Its- glory In the rising day, None can you equal In your bright array: Constant In your calm and unspotted mind, Equal to all, but will to none prove kind: So knowing; seldom one so young you'll find. Ah, woe's me that I should love and con ceal Long have I wished but never dare re veal, Kven though severely Ixive's pain I feel: Xerxes the Oreat wasn't free from Cu pid's dart. And all the greatest heroes felt the smart. Tho Urst letters spell Franco Alexa. Alexa was tho abbreviation of Alexander, and the acrostic was addressed cither to a schoolmate oi that name or to somo fair Frances liv ing In Alexandria, where tho boy was well acquainted There Is reason to bollove that young Washington was as suBceptlblo as tho average young mnn of the present day. When nbout seventeen years old he fell In love with a young lady, whom he refers to In a letter to a friends as "your Lowland beauty." and aayw going Into company simply revives his former passion for her He adds: "Were I to llvo more rotlred from young women, I might alleviate In some measure my sorrows by bury ing mat cnaste and troublesome, pas sion In the grave of oblivion or eter nal forgetfulness, for as I am very well assured that Is the only antidote or remedy that I ever shall be re lieved by or only recess that can ad minister any euro or help to me, as I am well convinced, were I over to attempt anything. I should only get a donlal, which would be only adding grief to uneasiness." Intelligent Dog, The descriptive ronorter of n n. tain dally papor in describing the I turning or a aog out or court by order of the bonch recently detailed the oc currence as follows: "The ejected canlno as ho was Ignomlnlously drag ged from the room cast a glance at the Judgo for tho purpose or being able to Identify him at some future time," ELIJAH MEETS AHAB Sunday School Ltiioi for Feb. 26, 1911 Specially Arranged for This Paper tmmamammemmm M:hMON TKXT-I Kings 21. Memory Turn 17-19. GOI.DKN TtiXT-'-Takp lieeel. and be nro of covrtaiisne.is."I.ule IS lf TI MB-Four or five yenM after the last lesson. Prof. Bceelier puts till story In the 20th year of Ahnb, 11 C 9i (or SSJ. Assyrian) between Ills Syrian c.-inip.ilgti. I Kings 20 and the war described In I Kings 22. VliCK Ahah's house In H.unarln. und Nahoth's vineyard In Jezreel, SO miles to the north. For four or five years Elljnh seems to have retired from public life. He was practicing the lesson he hnd learned on Horeb. He was at work, but In n different way. His stormy woric waB not In vain. That plowed the ground, and now was the time for Howlng the Bced. Tho seven thousand hidden believers were permitted to como Into the open. Persecution had ceanrd. Others came out and Joined them. The prophets hnd no longer to be hidden In n cave by Obadlah. Elijah encouraged and waa at the head of tho organized communities or schools of the prophets which existed as far back as Samuel. In his Inst Journey ho visited the "sons of the prophets" at Bethel and Jericho, and 1b spoken of as their head master. From these centers and from the schools at Gllgal, Hamah and Glbenh they exerted a strong lnfluenco and their appearance at nny particular spot wns orten the signal for the out break of a contnglouB religious fervor. Theso settlements may bo described as training schools for religious pur poses. Elijah was thus educntlng the people In the truo religious life. He was working In accordance with the still small voice of God. Elijah's Buccess was In finding and training EIIbIui to bo prophet In his Btead, training under these newer In fluences and methods. Tho great prophet, so lonely hitherto, hnd found a friend. If there was one thing Ell Jab needed to mellow him, It was that! Naboth, a native of Jezreel, had for his vineyard an ancestral possession. Wo learn that Naboth wan a worship er of Jehovah, and In spite of the per; sccutlon of tho prophets did not shrink from making it known to the king by his language. Here was an example of one who had not bowed the knee nor given n kiss to Baal. Jezebel coveted this vineyard. Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard. And Ahnb went. Tho Septunglnt adds that he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, ns though shocked nt his crime and anxious to prove Ills Innocence to his own conscience nnd to the people. But the hypocrisy of tho act was shown by IiIh willingness to accept the fruits of tho crime. This mourning for tho meanB but acceptance or tho Tact would not be In disaccord with Ahab's moral weakness. Covetousnesa Is "a root or nil kinds or evil." It 1b tho desire, the motive that lies In the heart, "the prolific mother or all sins, tho cockatrice's egg from which breaks forth tho viper and the fiery flying serpent." It la not an awful thought that tho deadly sin of Judas nnd of Ananias sprang from greed? "Still us or old, man by him seU is priced; ror thirty pieces Judas sold hlmaeir not Christ!" Much of tho aln nnd danger to our Innd springs from covctousness. The grnrt, the dishonesty, tho liquor sell ing, the bribery, the fraud or every kind. A clear vision of the evil covetous nesB works In tho covetous man's own character and destiny. How it de grades him, shuts him up in a narrow ing prison like one described among tho tortures or the inquisition, where tho walla drew nearer together by ono notch each day. The doors or oppor tunity are gradually shut against him, and his part in the blessing or the great world. The one PBscntlal cure Is a change or heart that leads to a change of character. It Is to give your heart to God, to consecrate your whole being to him, to love and obey him, to strlvo with tho whole soul to build up his kingdom. Love Is tho cure of covet ousnesa; love to God nnd love to mnn. Use every opportunity of giving nnd serving others Don't complnln or so many calls, but rejoice In the oppor tunity; search ror opportunities as for bid treasure. God loves tho whole souled hilarious giver. Even the poor est can give. They can say, ns Peter said to tho lamo man nt the Benutlful gato or the temple, "Biich ns I have give I thee." There 1b much more to give than mere money; sympathy, work, time, aid In sickness, reeding the hungry, shelter, care nnd a multi tude or other things. Elljnh confronted the king in his Ill gotten property. Tho word of tho Lord came to Elljnh. In what form we do not know, nny more thnn we know nil the ways In which ono spirit Influ ences nnother. But thnt It was God's word 1b n fact. "It Is Implied that Elijah found Ahab Btrode Into his presence In the vineyard Ahab walks around his newly gotten vlneynrd. He odmlres trellis nnd clus- ter. Suddonly Elljnh stands before him. He had not seen Elijah for five years And Ahab Bald to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mlno onemy? And ho answered, I have found theo; be causo thou hast sold thyself to work ovll In the sight of tho Lord. Hla sin had found him out. Then Elljnh spoko to htm his doom. Tho dogs should lick hla blood In the very spot where they licked Naboth'B blood. His sons should be slain, hlB wife, Jozobel, perish mis erably, his whole dynasty como to an end. USE FOR THE NEWSPAPER Story That Contains a Moral It Might Be Well to Keep In Memory. A little King Charles dog, a pet In a family where he had been tho play mato of n llttlo boy, slipped through nn open door somo time ngo and dis appeared. Servants and the children of tho house searched everywhere, asked questions nt all places where It was thought posslblo tho dog might be In hiding, but to no avail, and tho anlmnl was llnally given up for lost nnd there was deep mourning In tho nursery. One day recently the wom an who owned the dog met n neigh bor nt n florlst'B shop, who hnd on n leash a dog Btrangely like tho lost pet, and nsked where he enmo from. "Why, he ran Into our house n few days ago nnd we don't know where he belongs.' The dog knew his old mis tress nnd wns quickly Burrcndered. 'You might have had him sooner, hnd you advertised," Enid one woman. "And you could have found tho owner Boon cr had you advertised," said the other and tho newspnper mnn who heard tho story added tho moral. CURED HER BABY OF ECZEMA "I can't tell In words how happy tho word 'Cutlcura sounda to mo, for It cured my baby of Itching, torturing eczema. It first came when oho waa between three nnd four weoka old, appoarlng on bar head. I used every thing imaginablo and had ono doc tor's bill after nnother, but nothing cured it. Then tho eczema broko out so badly behind her ear that I really thought her ear would como off. For monthB I doctored it but to no avail. Then it began at her noao and her eyes were nothing but soreB. I had to keep her In a dark room for two weeks. Tho doctor did no good, so I stopped him coming. "For about two weeks I had used Cutlcura Soap for her every day, then I got a box of Cutlcura Ointment and began to ubo thnt In a week thero was a marked Improvement In all I used two cakca of Cutlcura Soap and ono box of Cutlcura Ointment and my baby waa cured of tho sorea. This was last November; now her hair Is growing out nicely and sho has not a scar on her. I can not pralso Cutl cura enough, I can tako my child any where and people aro amazed to see her without a sore. From tho time he was four weeks old until buo waa three years sho was never without tho terrible eruption, but now, thanks to Cutlcura, I havo a well child." (Sign ed) Mtb. II. E. Householder, 2004 Wil holm St. Baltimore, Md., May 10, 1910. A Success. Byker I attended a auccesaful slelght-of-band performance last night Pykor Really? Byker Yes. I lent a conjuror a counterfeit half dollar and ho gave ma back a good one. 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