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VOLUME II. !.!
H12A 1>QUA UTMliS VT MOKHISTOWN.
^ 1 ). > 11 "\V5lh Mil\ . I!!! 1 \Vo!!il'!i
<>c iho i:?>voiiitiou.
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(" >:>\ ;j 1 I.I, '' ' l>y I'm \ \ WiiiiHall:'.!
It) tho eastern suburbs 'of t h?* v i I -
ia?*o t?i .>11 jiwp'owri, .Now ersey,
stands tie ? ' > ',( , mansion used by
Washina- the headquarters of
the army in winter of 1779 SO. It
is as w<?!I preserved. with patriotic
care, u< it was when, in September,
I SIS, I passed a nij*ht under its roof
in the "njoymenl of the hospitality
of its proprietor, the lion. (lubriel
Ford, who, a hid of fourteen vears,
lived there with his widowed mother
when the('ontinental army was tented
and hutted near bv during a terrible
winter cneampment.
The general and his suite occuniod
the who'e house excepting two
reruns on the eastern side of the
main passage in which Mrs. Ford
and her family lived. The lower
front room on the left of the door
was tin* general's dining-room and
the aoartment immediately over it
was used as a bed-ro an when Mrs.
Washington w;*s t head< ptar' ers. In
that room ! slept. The same carpet,
dark and of a rich pattern, was on
II io lloor that was trodden by Mrs.
Washington and her husband nearly
seventy years before; also two or
throe pieces of furniture which their
eve- beheld end their hnti Is had
touched.
I went to rJtid ;o Kurd's at an early
hour in the evening, and rich were
the Messing, of most interesting inf<
: ' .1' ifi which I r ceived from\'im
tips < . i ho octogenarian during a sitting
of i* 111 v three hours.
' Where was the armv encamped
I inquired.
"The main body occupied the
southern slope of Kimball's Mountain,
the nearest quarters about two
miles from here,'1 he said. "They
were near enough to be easily called
into sudden action by sentinels placed
at points between headquarters
and the cmnji. Several times durin<>I
o [
the winter nirdit alarms set the camp'
in motion toward headquarters. < )u
such oecash us the Life (iuard would
rush to the house, barricade the doors
and throw up the windows. Five
sold'ers, with their muskets cocked
were jronerally placed at each win1
i\v fiii/' f lir*r*4\ vvriiil/1 vninriin
they wore statin >d very near?"
"Yes; thev occupied about fifty
bin huts in the large meadow :i few
rods tlio house. They wore
ub<5u" two hundred and fiftv strong.
A fine set of fellows 'hey were, and
h 1 thoroughly trained. lioforo the snow
became so deep, (fount I'ulnski oxereisod
his legion in that meadow.
Some of their feats are wonderful.
The dexterity of the count in handling
his horse and pistol^ was amazing.
1 hnvo seon him, whilst his
horse was at lull speed, discharge his
pistol, throw it in the air, catch it bv
the barrel, and then lnirl it forward
as >f at a fleeing enemy. Then, without
checking his horse, ho would slip
one foot front the stirrup, and lonning'ovor
toward the ground, recover
^ his pistol, and wheel into lino with
as much precision as if ho had been
engaged in nothing but tho manage-1
^^A^^^ent steed."
ill
"E3E 'X'ISTJI
: -n ?> u i'< >"N", i :?i 11
. < 11< >< * UJ?s, \ ?ub! 11- l\oe
"Was not (.Jen oral Sclnivlor* at
Morristown awhile in tie* spiin^?" I
asked.
"tie came fr >tn Philadelphia at the
( !<??( of I Vhru iry,*at the rotpirsts of
Washin^'en. Sehuvler was i?i eon^ress
lie was tlif mo-t trusted counsellor
and f i : 1 < 1 of the coiiimmderin-chief,
who (1 >sir< <1 h< j advice on the ar
ranyonient ot the campaign tho comini?"
s ii. lie canto with his wife,
and his dft tighter Elizabeth, a rharinino
youn?* woman, took a house, that
is yet standing, near the railway station,
and tin r ? they entertained most
ho-pitnblv during the few weeks tin ,
remained. Soon after their arrival,
Colon'-! Hamilton, Washington's secretary,
became acquainted wit.li the
daughter, was ; itten by l.er personal
charms, her vivacity and her accomplishments,
and fell desperately
in love with her. lie passed almost
every evonino' with her.
"At length," said Iudo^ Kurd, "a
funny event took place. The colonel
seemed to think much of me, and
by nermission oT the General, would
'uriii'-l' tne with the connter-iqn that
I might romniii j>i pltiy in tho village
and return a'ter dark, when tlie sentinols
wore sot. One wening I was
coming homo about i-ine o'eleek, and
had passed tin." sentinel, wlien ! recognized
the voice of Hamilton in
reply to the sr MierV demand
4i 'W ho comes there?"
u) steered ad and waited for
the colored t > acccmpanv mo to our
house.
^'Hamilton came rp to the point <4f
tho sentinel's r eed I.-vonet to
give the countersign. Hi had quite
orgotlen. He had :??; ni the oven*
ig with Miss !iu cr. and lit* ugh
of her iind< 6Xn Hod ti
countersign froi inii d. Tl sol*
dier-lover was ouibarraHsod. Tho
sentinel knew him well, hut was
stern in performance of his duty*.
Hamilton pressed his hand to his
forehead and tri *d to summon he
important words from their hidingplace,
hut, like the faithful sentinel,
thev were immovable. Just then I 1
described me in the darkliess.
4tAh, Master Ford,' he said,'is
that you?' in an undertone,and, stepoi?e?"
aside. lie caller! me fn him mwl
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until trocjps from the camp readied
hcndtjuarters and the cause ol the
alarm was ascertained. These oceas
ions wore very annoying to Mrs.!
Washington and my mother, \v!io
\v(ire obliged to lie in bed, some.
1
tinu'S for hours, with their rooms full
of soldiers and the winter air enter-;
ino-the open windows and piercing
through their drawn curtains.''
"That winter was a very cold one,
r-? . . .
was it noti ! inquired.
"The hardest winter 1 evor knew/'
said the judge. Marly in January
the snow was from four to six foot
deep. (), how the poor soldiers suffered!
They wore vet in tents, and
did notiret into huts until in February.
The roads were almost impass
able, aiul so diflioult was it to trans
port provisions to tlio army, that
sometimes the poor fellows w?<u!d be
six or ei?rht (lavs without meat. New
York harbor froze over so firmly that
liritish troops with cannon passed
ovor the icobridoe from the city t<>
^ J
Stateiv Island, a distanee of nine
miles."
"Yon spoke of the Life Guards
rushing into the house. 1 suppose
i r>
w his pored:
" 'Give me the countersign.1
"1 did so, when Jlnmilton, stepping
in front of tho soldier, gave ii
to him. The sordino!, believing that
his sr. ' r was testing his fidelity,
kept his bayonet unmoved.
"I have given voir tho countersign,
why do von not shoulder your
musket?'1 asked Hamilton,
"'Will that do, colonel?1 inquire
the sentinel, in reply.
"'It will do for this time, let ihe
pass.1
"Tho sentine1 reluctaid! vT obeyed
the illegal command, and wo passed
on. The lovers were married before
the next Christmas. You know the
rest. Hamilton was shot by Hurr.
His- widow, 1 understand is yet living,
over ninety years of nge.'1
7 J J n
"She is,11 I replied. "She is i'ving
with her affectionate daughter.
n "
Mrs. Ilolloy, i:i elegant retiromen'
in Washington City. I expect to
see her in a few weeks.'1
"l)id not a distin.' ' hod Spanish
gentleman die here during that
o h
spring? ' ! inquired.
"Yes,11 said Judge Kord, "lie
eatne with the Chevalier do I.n/erne,
the Crunch Minister, earjy in April.
His nv.me was ^ ha!'es- Don .lean
DeMirallos a S^ anisli grandee.
They remained at headquarters for
some time. A ball was given in
ho- or f tlio mil i.- i at tin Morristown
Trverr., wldeh was at ndod bv
'Jon r. ' and Mrs. Wasiiino-ton. all of
his officers, G? . a d Mrs. -v-' iyY
and their daughter. Covei or C.v
ingston and his wife, end mnnv other
people of quality. Miralles was
prostrated by a heavy cold at the
time and remained in bod at headquarters.
He grew worse rapidly,
and a day or two before the first of
May ho died, and was buried in tho
little cemetery of the Presbyterian
church. Jhiring his illness, Mrs.
Washington administered io his
wants with her own hands. A Spanis.;
priest who was one of his attendants,
performed the coreinonics at
his funeral. The cof'n was homo to
the grave on the shoulders of four
artillery officers in, full uniform, followed
by Washington and Lu/.erno
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3 TO WOEO
CON WW
and their respective suites and many
... ... ....
eur/ens. i? is sni.i me Spaniard was
very rieh. ! remember looking upon
hi*- dead bodr with wnndcr, :\\vo
and adinirati n. as it lav 4in state" as
*
we say, in tin* room whore wo are
now sittiin', in his riehlv-ornamentod
P opci
cofiin, 1 in*d with eumbvio a id
covered witli Mack vol vet. instead
of a shroud, In* was in a full dross
suit of scarlet, embroidered with jjold
n
lace; a three.cornered ?ro!d-laced ha^
a cued wicr; white silk stockings
laroe diamond-studded knee and
r?
shoe huekios. a prominent diamond
rino on l>is (infers, ruul from a svt
perb oold watch *et with diamonds
\ several rich seal wore hnr<>. 1 heard
that li" left Ids iininer.se fortune to
his three daughters in Spain,airtount.
in:;' to half a million dollars each."
"Was Mrs. Washington at head-!
quarters all winter?" 1 inquired.
"She caino at about th<* middle of j
.yinuarv, saut .hui^o ront, "wnen i
the snow was deepest and tho coltu
in<?st severe and '.he S( hlic s wafl
- i ,ror. 11 tnost. 1 for {>1 in o
' sunsh'no. Sho had a Idm^B^g.
10 S ^
>r< e' !i. fiia?r<? to '"or nobliflS;.y
v< t she w-- as simple and
(!(.i.< i ait M
V, i
?ul(J entertain with
urbrt good
ho \\ as wit'on' mHB
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. . fl
of every ot
(i
jM'"Vid n<r for t'.o '^B
in tho ftrmv."
uAnd V- ashino-' mm
"J Jo was aiwavs j^ravo, but novor
sad; always kind, lint novor faniil'ar,'
and ho was. scrupulously just, and
%! V
thoughtful of duty toward other;
As an illustration of a phaso of
Washington's private character,'
.Imloo Ford related that when the
patriot look possession of Mr. Ford's
i i
mansion he made tin inventory of :tll
articles which worn impropriated to
! iiis use duiing the winter. When ho :
withdrew hi the spring ho inquired
wliethor everything had been returned
to her.
!
"All but one silver spoon," she j
|said.
I Its took note of it, and not lotto
afterwards she received a spoon front
Washington bearing his initials (>.
I
W. It was preserved in the family I
as a precious memento, and as site.lt'
it was shown to me the next morn-I
ing. Washington's tender care for
the comfort of Mrs. Ford (who was
I ho widow of (Jolnoel .Jacob Ford,
commander of the Morris County
militia at the time of Washington's
; light through New Jersey,) was often
ovincod. ()tt the occasion of the
' night alarms mentioned, ho always
went to iter room, drew the bed-curtains
close, and soothed her with assurances
of safety. And when Iter
son, a lad of seventeen, was brought
hom& wounded from Springfield,
Washington's first care in the morn's
ing was to inquire after the sufforcr.
Judge Ford was eighty yPars of
ago at the time of tnv visit. Ho was
well-formed and erect in person,
about- five feet ten inches in stature
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with his faculties apparently not at:
all impaired by age. His memory
of dates, names and events was remarkable.
'''he evening parsed with
him was, to me, one of tl. i most interesting
and profitable of any ox.....l
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I'VIH II' '-M uuiiijw I1I\ pilirriiiiafjrr IU
tlu' relies, animate :<n I * it! iof
the period of the old w: r for independence.
Our com < ion took ;i
wide range of topics up on so
ject -the Revolution -tu i's >>
As I rose to depart. ni ;i < 'clock,
the venerablo jurist invited mo to
pass the night under his roof, saving,
: "You shall lodge in the very room
occupied by Washington and his
spouse." I accepted the boon so
kindly offered, and soon retired.
From the window of that room,
opening southward, 1 witnessed at
near midnight an almost total eclipse
of the moon. As from that interest*
I
ing observatory ! watched the progress
of the obscuration, and then
tho satellites, it appeared to mo a
most significant emblem of the political
condition of America and of the
' cause of the patriots at tho timoi
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M i m&m.
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^.2.<T?D -sro'cxxs "WC:R
k. s. ( .. THURSDAY when,
from the sumo window, Washington
with anxious eve had doubtless
ira/od upon the same orb on its
silent jouBnnv amouir the stars. It
was the gloomiest period of the war.
I'or many months the bright pros
peets of tlio patriots wore passing
deeper ami deeper within the penumbra
of 15ritis!i powder ami oppression:
and at tho beginningiof 1780
onlv a faint eurvo of liirht was seen
? n
| upon the disc <>f hope; tho eclipse
was almost total.
15 un son .1. lossino, l l. i).
->? > *?
The Haste I-'or Kichos.
It leads to crooked dealing. In
so exciting a chase an advantage is
not to be missed because of a little
question of right and wrong. A lie
here, a cheat there, these are the
overydav oceurrenees bv which to got
around the neighbor <?r the custom
house or the stoehholdor. A bribe
is a stroke of genius,
trained in decep'ion
ty is morally corA
n 1
' '1 s the man wiio
'' ^ knows no
P)< K' I COlIlp ''10here
<?f bis moil's
tllilt ho w lllli
t in :i theory of'
(operative in li s
i slaughters widhis
Co ml sword,
(Is his rival to:
le, lie mam:fact soi
c upon ille
e he oonfi
)< nf for their
i n. i'his 8v teni, rapidly growinir
upon us, is poisoning tl whole public
body, and making, lyin?r and
stealing and fraud subjects of merriment
where they should bo provocatives
of indignation and retribution.
So possessed is the public mind
of this idea of our modern money
hunters, that oven the perfectly
innocent man of wealth cannot escape,
the imputation that his money
was crotton by wuvs that arc dark.
The people have almost come to bo- [
lieve that oreat wealth implies oreat I
rascality. It is a very false judgment,
and yet the reason for it is in
the evident rascality with which so
many have grasped their oold. *
The injury done to the family is
also an in jury to the State, fof^Ltt ,
family is the unit of the
\\ (lie of a to () 1
*^i<- wild pursuit wealtjl
of family afTection
MM 1 t
i nasis is imu '
fidenco and ultimate confidoncc^^HR i
the gold chase gives no time Cor This.
O O
The man is a sort of boarder in his
own house. He flirts in and out like |
a stranger. 1 lis heart is elsewhere..
So wife and children are without
their proper guide and stav. They L
seek for amusement in questionable J ,
quarters. They find other centres j
than the home. The husband (house ; i
bond, if that be the right ori'dn of ,
' n n
the word) is not in his place, and tlio|,
household is disintegrated. I >isorders
of every al enter such a fami- ,
Iv, and tlio increase of wealth only
intensifies the symptoms.- //o/r/ovV
( 'I'osahi/ in th( I'oi'itw.
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American Types of Waincn.
The meeting of races and the wide
contrasts of climate have given1'
American society the finest v-ariet\
in tho typos of women, Tlio Ameri- i
can ??r tlio host sort, whether profex- ,
siona! man or man of affairs, clerk or
artisan, is tlio Brook. of 11i* ti; 10, eapal
!.', critical, of artistic inMancts, :
miick and w 11 vitalized in mind and 1
' dy. !n in h< wi'! !>rtho wo- i
mart I ? bio level (!' his ijiato, .lust (
n v, ? the in. lorta'io1: and an- :
n tnc( -out of -oci.il r des and ideas, 1
dmilatcd neither to tlio circuinstan-1
s of the majority nor o our politir 1
oal order, tlio effect is deterioration
'
in tlx1' sex. But tlio material for
beauty is as good as tho world af*
/onls.
Women, Delays are Dangerous!
Madame Uovere's Female Bills for Women
never fail to give speedy and certain
relief. Satisfaction guaranteed or money
r turned. Sent by mail, securely *i aled,
in plain wrapper, for only ON H I)OLLAH,
three boxes for TWO !)()i<I.A US. Particulars
in Mtor for four routs in postage
stamps. Address Mhh K. Ukvkhk, I5o\
2h3, Jersey ('ity, N. .f.
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For cleaning brass use a thin paste ,
of plate powder, two tablespoonfuls
vinegar, four tablespoonfuIk of alec
hoi. I{ub with a pioco of flannel;]
pojiah with chamois.
3C -A-IsTXS "STOTXIEC ooi;
rUNE 21, 1888.
1,1IHCAICI AN SPOrrOKI).
Probably tlx* >los( )tui>i<l l*on?lor
in 1 bis Count r.\.
Mr. SpotVonl, tlio librarian of eon-ss,
is probably tlio most rapid
reader in tins country, Tho other
day a reporter sought some informatii
ti of 1 itn. Simti!tanoonsly, within
n space of live minutes, be con verbal
with tho reporter, "road" through
eoniplotely a twelve pa?p? New York
paper, dictated a letter to a stenographer
and oavo directions to two
assistants, lie commenced all at tbo
same time and finished them together.
A remark, a sentence dictated
aside, a direction, a sentence dictated,
a remark and so on, apparently without
an effort, and all tho time his
eyes were running over the paper almost
as fast as ho could turn from
p?oe to paoo
Thy reporter asked him afterwards
how ho did it.
ik(.)h, it comes natural for mo to
ijivo my attention to two or thr o
tl nos together that way. 1 doit by
a so t of intuition without thinking of
it."
i*i< k i \i. or r thk m ! :a. r.
,l">ut how do you read; 'rapidly?"
u! acquire t!io subject matter,"
said Mr. SpolTord. *d pick out the
meat the pith. I pay no aft union
to ti.e verb a?^n. I scarcely see the
words and never note the form of
sentences. I have learned, hy !o: .*
prnctice and huvint^ a natural tenlenay
for it, to jjul, f!ie infotmaion
withe iV ' toiic. In this way
the 11. i' _ ' at a f/lduCO. It is
not t .. ' ' M e; . .1. \V! u
your uuo all loo shoit for your I
work you can't ad -rd to waste it on
words. In readiti1 t!Vs is so inn di
that is of no use to you a worthless
lot of verbiage. Hy practice yon
can avoid all this. Nearly all books
or papers are taken no mostly with
rhetoric, and have the fact and substance
stored away in a small space,
if you only know how to find it. 1
seldom spend more than half an hour
and never more than an hour and a
half iii reading -or reconnoisance of
the I :u ?r<>st volume I'm' iliwtonnn
' tuko 'his," and ho look .a volume
from tin* shelf. "No,"' looking at
tho title, ''this is hardly tin? proper
hook to illustrate it with. This is
t'arivle; he has to ho read; every
word. He is one of the few authors
who cannot he road as i have described.
You must read every word, j
Lul well it pays you for the titno.
Rut. it is only such n rugged and extraordinary
writer that it is necessary
Jo read that way. All those thous
' uds of hooks with smooth, easy runnine
sentences, they are all alike,
and you don't want to waste time on
the language?von want to sm/.e on
to the soul and devour it in an
instant. Like this, now," and he
i.nnnl.n/1 A?.._l-.l \
it/iiviivu Miiwin' i i/uiin i nut v ;iri y le
and wont down the pa^es one after
another, as an export accountant
would <ro down a column of figures.
r-> .*"?
;tXothino there I want, nor there, nor
then;." Then occasionally strikinif
Hoinothino' to the point arid fjotting
tho thought in an instant. He went
over probably fifteen or twenty
natrcs in this way in a length of time
i o J > n
hardly worth reckoning, and without
even making a break in tho conversation.
"Many people," Mr. Spoffor 1 went
in, "have the time wasting habit of
pronouncing every word in their
mind and noticing every pause ni d
punctuation as they alonrr as if
reading aloud. ^\ 11 these words and
111< f with the capitalization and
luinctueti i ! eomfnas, the colons,
llie se i . ;i and
(rrn.tr < i .! * i>i iiif .it ?/. !>.. -
T> " "J '
[owed, but not re< irded in the mirul.
Many reader^, poi'iaps most readers,
chuck thoir heads up with commas
and colons inst ad of thoughts."
A I! If A.N <. i'M IC NT OK I'llli IJOOKS.
"It is said," suggested the reporter,
"that you know every book in
tho library?"
!u a generhl way. I know where
to (ind every book, its size and general
appearance, and its subject matter.
I could not tell you tho contents
of the books, but merely what
they are about. There are some
(100, OOO volumes, arranged in fortyfour
subdivisions, which are again
subdivided. 1 have tho library arranged
according to what I conceiv-i
A.
Jl<rT^rr."
H I ,iM> ! ??! \ 11 n it tn .
ed to bo tho common sense plan.
\
Tho books are arrain^ed alphabetic*
ally by subject*, tho notion only by
authors, You are now in tho aloovo
eontninin^r biographies of 1 .'njdishnmen.
The alcoves are a Tiitiijod alphabeticalN
b\ subjects, aiul tlie
books within arranged in their alphabetical
order. For instance, take
Cromwell; all tho biographies of
Cromwell are together, ami next is
another "I "'jprogrespively. Suppose!
sot no one want., a certain work on
ftttanco. I know it is in that alcove
tij> there. I know what hook it is by
asportation, ami just where it i?. I'm
that alcove Is overflowed, ami the
boo! *<* all piled up on tho floor,
ami ah no there in front. Suppose
thev stsk for a book of comparatively
recent date. I know it is not on the
shelves, because they were (Hied lotto
before its publication. So it must be
in that pile somewhere. I know the
size of the book, and its appearance
I can recognize i*, for it passed
. ?.
thr noli it*.v tatids to got into the 'ihrarv.
Kor tho past twenty years
everv booktha' has come ' t the n >
ry has g<mo f' rough my hands, and 1
J remember i*. i u a general way 1
know its iizo and appearance, and
about what is in it. \ny one of
them von mention 1 wi 1 remember
it and what ' :s like. It is nl1 a
working of t! o mind bv association."
U1 low about fltitling quotations? ' j
asko tho reporter.
' Well, if ;i member wants to use
quotation tliat is s<>t in ^Htnibar quo*
tatiom' iii( i: fron a p? w'.o a.
1 1 i >
||Q ( ;i! ? * run micl I >III' n
ami no \sanl I know the exact
words ami where it comes from, ho)
will probably < :>:.?? to me. lie will
likely remember w a general way
what it is a few of the words or
what it is about and the metre. 1
may be able to toll by its sound who
its author is, and I < an form an idea
ain how as to* the period it belongs
to. Then I discard till poems of an
earlier or a later period, then I discard
all authors I know could not
have written it, and th n I discard
njoun all pomns of i different metro
and all upon subjccs wherein the
Quotation could not occur. In this
way I harrow my field of research,
and then I generally have little
difficulty in finding what 1 want.
"It is the same principle through- j
nut discard all that you don't want.
J! UH/ii/n/fo/i /jrhi't'icii)
The Feininim? Chinese !>< (.
Tl.o feet nf (Miinoso women are
inane small in a very simple manner.
The process begins at the ago of live
or s' years. The foot is tightly
bound, so that the circulation of
blood ceases and the toes are crushed
together. The bandaged foot :s
t? n
inserted in a short, narrow pointed
shoe, in the heels of which a block of
wood is placed, so that the girl appears
to bo standing on her toes.
Sometimes bandages are wound
aro id over :he shoe* The f >ot ?'
course grows smaller, but, in cense-'
tpionco of the shrinking of the sl<in,j
seems round and p'uinp. Stocking? i
a.re not w rn. If everything goes
all right the-foot assumes 'he desired j
"orm in t wo or three years, boinrr i
gradually shriveled tip. The poor
girls often have to undergo great
pain. Sometimes the skin and flesh \
burst under the terrible pressure, and
occasional'v incurable injuries result.
It is dangerous to hasten tho process,
mul especially so when at
br?gi?m 1 g of t) ? operation.-. t'*?; irirl
are be\on tie? .i a.'c. Not inVenuonth
'.ho : fc ,pt is mac!?? with
; ft em; or xto ' \ tr old dang! 'ors.
In such cases tin? process is dillicult,
The practice of deforming the feet
prevails only anions tlio upper class- j
cis and those who niTeet the tnanners
and customs of their superiors in
rank. Among (lie lower classes,
where the deformity would unfit a
girl for necessary labor, the feet art1
allowed to tfrow nnturallv This esrs
v
tablislu s a sort of easto sign. The
father of a tiny footed maiden will
not permit her lotmarry a man whose
mother or sisters have not artificially .
diminutive feet. The written laws
of tin? land do not refer to this custom
in any way; it would bo much
as if American legislation should
deal with tight lacing. Vhnmj Tinin
l*hiftnlcfphi<' /'/ww.
t=:??*?==:. .
XV.M".KH ID.
Their Standard Heart is.
' ? ii. i hnton I J. [ !<. of Now Jor' '
V, who iia > In on : initiated for
I'ro.siih'Dt of tho I ni 11 Mates >y
tho Prohibitionihtu, was born in York,
Livingston county, N. \ ., in
Itis father emigrated soon after to
Michigan. The boy 'aborted hard in
jiro|?arin?r himself for tho I 'nivnrsity
or .m villain at \nn Arbor, a
part of his living during vl.o J, it no,
but ho was not (' stii *<1 to s'.euro ti 4
university edu vt on, and entered
iipo t ft tmycuntilo career. lie was
verb suooossful as merchant, millor
and banker.
In ! S ~ ? !<o removed to St. Louis,
and lore, wo -oars later, when the
war ' : ' o < \ ho entered the military
service of the I'nited States and
became colonel of the Thirty-third
Missouri infantry, lie was protyotod
to be brigadier general in 1802 and
brevotted major general in 1805,
ha\?ng served with (Irani at Vioksbur<<\
After the war (.Jen. FisU was oni'iuum!
with (ion. < >. (). Jioward hi
r> n
the management,' of the * fcVectu?b's
bureau u Teiu.esseo and ^cntueky,
and was active in establishing the
Fi>!< univot-i'v Xuahville, which
wa named or inm. A *tei li s r moval
to New .Jor ev ho hocainu
prominent in educational and othor
olds. J !.o i t trustee of Dickinson
college, of Drow Theological semi"
uarv and I'enn ngton sominnrv, New
Jersey, and of Albion college, Mich .
!?.-? I. II:* V ? !() ' I,
ami !i:i? mg be mi Mroni *mi-i j rem
his succors us ii church worker.
Since 1874 ho Ims boon president of
the board of Indian comm: jsioners.
Ho has Ionbeen prominently identified
with the cause of temperance,
and was Prohibition candidate for *
governor of New Jersey in 188b.
1 >r. John A. Brooks, of Missouri,
who lias been nominated on the ticket
for vice president ha ; done good
service in the Prohibition cause in
his stato and in the southwest. Ho
is a forcible speaker. As agent of
the National Prohibition bureau lie
has canvassed several states of the
southwest, and as chairman of the
stato Prohibition commit tee had done
a groat deal to build up his party in
that reirion. !)r. Brooks was once a
n
1 democrat.
The ( .'en f re of 'NunihiHmi
For ono liutulr ci \ear$ fho point
winch represent I'm- centre of (ho
republic lias be u steadily moving
duo Westward along the thirty-ninth
parallel of North latitude. Its average
rat" i e nro^ress has been about
o n
five e ile- per ' "nr. Ie. 1800 its location
w: s i teen miles West of
Baltimore; in 1S10 it had crossed
the Potomac; in 1S20 it was woll on
the Western side of tho Shenandoah
\'alloy; in 1S30 it had reached tho
highest ridgo of the Apalachians; in
1850 it had passed tho mounta'n
barriers ami was follow hitf the course
n
of the Little Kanawha t' rough West
Virginia; within the next ten years
it h id, by a rapid march of more
than eighty miles, reached a point #
over half way across tho State of
Ohio; in 1871) it was within fifty
miles of Cincinv.b; in >0 it had
entered the \ blev of t!ie Miami; in
1800 it wi!" probably he found well
within the boundaries of Indiana. #
Tout sooner or ho r t! is central point
which represents th" Westward
"course r>f empire" in the* United
State;- will cease to advance, or otherwise
will reach a turning place, is
ab olutelv certain. Should its pro(_rr"ss
continue for nno her centurv as
during the past hundred years, it
would at tho end of that time bo
more than half way ucrqss tho State
orTTTssouri. I5ut this i? not likfilV
to ho the case. Keach succeeding
census for several coming decades
will doubtless show u slacking up in
tho rate of advancement Westward,
and finally the direct forward movemen*.
must cease. Bearing in mind
the narrow vision and tho mistaken
forecasts of our early legislators, it
seems hazardous to conjecture with
regard to future probabilities. Yet
there is good reason to believe that
for many years will the nucleus
of the century's population pass beyond
or even reach the Mississippi ^