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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
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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
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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
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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
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my baby waa cured of tho sorea. This
was last November; now her hair Is
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scar on her. I can not pralso Cutl
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three years sho was never without tho
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Byker I attended a auccesaful
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night
Pykor Really?
Byker Yes. I lent a conjuror a
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He What a sweot, sad face she
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Sho (In a huff) Enough to make
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And how many of us nro still waiting
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No Need to Be Good.
A llttlo Slmkor Heights girl surpris
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mamma," Bhe said. "I might as well
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"But why should they think that,
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"Because, I haven't Bnld my prayers
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Mrs. MacLachlan was kind to her
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Ono Sunday tho boarder, returning
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"Oh, Mr. MucLachlan, I don't
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Her Husband What! Is this our
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His Wife N-no. Three years ago
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