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tumorous department.
The Staying Power of Wind.?
"Why, you don't call this windy, do
you ?" asked Judge Jones. "While I
was down in Cheyenne yesterday I
saw an empty flour barrel stuck up
against the side of a brick house, with
nothing to hold it in that position but
the wind. It had been up there five
days. Yes, sir. The wind hadn't let
up enough in that time to let it drop."
An old and well-dressed gentleman
who had been standing near, and had
heard the judge's statement, replied:
"Pardon me, sir, but I cannot believe
that. I have lived in Cheyenne
12 years and I have never known the
wind to hold an empty barrel against
the side of a house longer than four
days."
This started a general conversation
nn t>iA QiibiAor. nf Wvftmintr winds in
general and Cheyenne winds in particular,
and a man who looked as
though he might be a liar from somewhere
near Red Butte or Sherman,
said that sometime last spring, while
in Cheyenne, the wind blew the sign
off a dry goods store and carried it
across the street and up against a harness
shop, and held it there for three
weeks.
Just then the train came thundering
in and the wind question was adjourned.?Laramie
Boomerang.
A Trifle Mixed.?A fashionable
young lady visited a cooking school,
the other afternoon, where her attention
was equally divided between a
new dress worn by an acquaintance
and the directions for making a cake.
Upon returning home, she undertook
to write down the recipe for making
the cake for her mother, and the old
lady was paralyzed when she read:
"Take two pounds of flour, three rows
of pleating down the front, the whites
of two eggs cut bias, a pint of milk
ruffled around the neck, half-pound of
ntirpanfQ with cpvpn vurHa nf HphH
trimming, grated lemon peel with
Spanish lace fichu ; stir well, and add
a semi-fitting paletot with visite
sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian
topaz necklace, and garnish with
iceing and jetted passementrie; bake
in a moderately hot oven until the
overskirt is tucked from# the waist
down on either side, and finish with
large bows." Her mother said she
wouldn't eat such a cake, and she
thought these new fangled ideas in
cooking ought to be frowned down.
A Small Chance For His Money.?
A Missouri paper, to illustrate the
^Anofnl foolinor fVi q f. cnmn mpn H Q vp
when they are in debt, tells of a farmer
who owed Walt Perkins twentyfive
dollars, and had owed him for
years. One day he met Walt and
said, "Don't be uneasy Walt; I have
the thing all fixed by which I can pay
you." Walt asked him how he had
got it fixed, and the old granger said,
"Well, Walt, if nothing happens, next
year I hope to raise a good crop ol
corn, and I intend to trade some of
the corn for a yoke of oxen, and I
know an old man in St. Charles county
that owns an old mare and he wants
to trade her for a yoke of oxen.
Now, Walt, when I raise the corn and
get the oxen I will make the trade for
the old mare, and then I will bring her
home and raise mule colts?and Walt,
the very first mule colt I sell you
shall have the money."
Hard on the Lawyer.?It is related
of George Clark, the celebrated
Negro minstrel, that being examined
as a witness he was severely interrogated
by the attorney, who wished to
break down bis evidence.
"You are in the Negro minstrel business,
I believe ?" inquired the lawyer.
"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply.
"Isn't that rather a low calling?"
demanded the lawyer.
"I don't know but what it is, sir,"
replied the minstrel; "but it is so
much better than my father's that I
am proud of it."
"What was your father's calling?"
"He was a lawyer," replied Clark,
in a tone of regret that put the audience
in a roar. The lawyer let him
alone.
How he Talked Back to Him.?
"Dot vos a mean man which went
shoost now der door oud," said Mose
to a friend who bad dropped into his
store.
"Why so ?" inquired the friend.
"He insbult me mit my own store."
"Well, what did he say ?"
"He says dot bile uf bants ud make
good miluck sdrainers mid a geese factory."
"Why didn't you talk back to him ?"
"Vy didn't I? Bet your poots I
did."
"What did you say ?"
"Vat did I zay ? I dold him to
come to hell ?"?Texas Siftings.
I&* Miss Sophronsby Waddlesworth,
aged 35, was reading the fashion notes,
and when she struck the paragraph,
"Babies are fashionable this season,"
she fainted dead away, and remained
unconscious fifteen minutes. It was
all the fault of the intelligent compositor.
The item should have read :
"Rubies are fashionable this season."
Something of a difference, you will observe,
though both are dear little
things.
f?" "I'm proud of this town," said a
little man sitting behind the stove,
with a pipe in his mouth. "Proud of
it," repeated the stranger at the bar,
who turned around as he heard the
words, and looked at the speaker with
a look of infinite contempt. "What
are you proud of it for?" "That's an
easy one," returned the little man.
"There are four cemeteries, here, aud
I've got a wife in every one of 'em."
t&T An old gentleman finding a couple
of his nieces fencing with a broomstick,
"said : "Come, come, my dears,
that kind of an accomplishment will
uot help you in getting husbands."
"I know it, uncle," responded one of
the girls, as she gave a lunge, "but it
will help to keep our husbands in order
when we have got 'em."
I"I saw a man today who had no
hands play the piano." "That's nothing!
We've got a girl down in our
flat who has no voice and who sings."
Wait,side (gatherings.
I?- A store in Chicago, announces:
"Pickles and New York papers."
8?* A person can generally consume
the most of his time by minding his
own busines.
I?" A Venetian firm is making bonnets
of spun glass, which are as soft
and pliaole as silk.
I?" The consumption of soap in India
only reaches the modest amount of
oue ounce per head annually.
I?* It is said that in some parts of
Japan robbers are convicted on a majority
vote of the community.
t&T A Massacbusettes editor celebrated
the arrival of triplets at his house
by printing his paper in red.
IST" The present governor of Maryland
is the first one in many years
who wat. born outside of the state.
IfiT The chief trouble with our hearts
is that they are under the rule of gold
rather than the golden rule.
OraDges have been grown in
Lyons, Kan., the owner of a tree haviug
plucked three this season.
I^Every real nice old woman thinks
that people like to hear about her
married children and the grandchildren.
tGF When we strive to do the best
we can ; we are sure to find that our
best is beyond anything we had dared
to hope for.
I6T The world stands by every old
lie till it is found untenable, and opposes
every new truth till it proves irresistible.
16T Never criticize your wife. She's
a mighty poor woman aDd an anomaly
if she is not a great deal better than
you are.
I6T An engagement ring is joyfully
worn by the girl who imagines she is
a captor when she is really a captive,
doomed to worse than penal servitude.
fST Josh Billings says he knows people
who are so fond of argument that
they will stop and dispute with a
guide-board about the distance to the
next town.
An observing politician says that
the difference between those going in
and those going out of office is mainly
this: the former are sworn in, and the
latter go out swearing.
S8F The trouble with married people
generally is that they did not begin
right. If there were less lying before
marriage, there would not be so
much of it after marriage.
We&" In Waterford, Me., there is a
pastor who used to be an expert boxer
in his college days, and this winter he
has been giving lessons in the manly
art to the youths of his neighborhood.
86T" "Pa, who wasSbylock ?" "Great
goodness, boy! You attend church
and Sunday school every week, and
don't know who Shylock was?" cried
his father. "Go and read your Bible,
sir."
I@T Regard not much who is for thee
or who against thee ; but give all thy
am/1 nnm Ia fhto?that Onrl hp
llJUU^lll nuu - ~
with th e in everything thou doest; for
whom God will help, no malice of man
shall he able to hurt.
1ST In Mexico the schoolchildren who
have done best are allowed to smoke
cigarettes while pursuwing their lessons.
It is supposed that this is done
in order that the bright scholars shall
be brought down to the common level.
man who claims to know
something about dogs, advises anyone
wishiug to pick out a good puppy from
a litter, to let the mother choose for
him. lie says that in moving her pups
the mother dog always picks up the
best one last.
8?* Two young women of Moscow
recently strangled an old female miser
and took her money, as they explained
in court, in order to provide themselves
with funds for traveling abroad
to complete their scientific education.
tSf A Canadian lawyer, whose sign
read, "A. Swindle," was advised by a
friend to have his first name spelled
out iu full?Arthur or Andrew, or
whatever it might be. He didn't follow
the advice, however. His first
name is Adam.
W8T It is recorded of the bishop of
Exeter, that when some younger and
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more excitame preiate wisneu mat
there was preachers in the church of
England as eloquent as Spurgeon, he
dryly remarked, "Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's ass."
8?" It is stated, as the result of careful
observation, that rain is more frequent
between noon and midnight than
between midnight and noon. The
smallest rainfalls take place in the
morning, as the sun is going up ; the
greatest in the afternoon, as the sun is
setting.
Wa&* A Jersey City landlord, who
[woke his tenant at 12.45 a. m., on
, March l,and demanded the March rent,
pushed the "early bird" idea to an extreme,
according to the notions of the
tenant, who threw him down a flight
of stairs after badly maltreating him.
Husband?It seems to me that
you come to the office a good deal
more than there is any necessity for.
Wife?I cannot help it, dear; your
manners in the office are so much nicer
than they are at home, that I like to
stay at the office and enjoy the contrast.
8?*" A western traveler, having secured
half a bed, in order to prevent
encroachments, buckled a spur on his
heel before retiring. His unfortunate
sleeping partner, after several thrusts
of the sharp reminder, roared out:
"Say, stranger, if you are a gentleman,
you ought at least to cut your
toenails."
8GF The adored cat of a Boston family
was taken ill. He pined, refused
to look on milk, and turned away in
disgust from fish ; and the beauty of
his black coat grew less day by day.
Catnip was offered, but to no good
end ; and it was deemed best to have
a doctor. The prescription, whatever
it was, relieved the sufferer, who was
soon turned out as good as new ; but
shortly after the doctor came to the
house again to see some one else. The
cat at once appeared, and, taking a
seat beside him, never stirred until the
visit was over. Each day brought the
doctor; and every time his former patient,
hearing the familiar voice, rushed
out to greet him, evincing every sign
of joy and welcome. Now who shall
say that cats don't think ?
She ?tonj Setter.
THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL.
Another Story of Kit Carson's Daring.
On my first trip across the Great
Plains in 1850, we were, at two different
points on the journey, joined for
a few days each time by Kit Carson.
At this time Carson was in the
prime of life?a man rather under the
medium size.
Ours was a large, strong and wellarmed
party, consisting of more than
30 men, and our outfit comprised six
wagons, 12 mules and 16 horses, the
lattnx fn cUhcr Hrnnorht. nr
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saddle.
With the exception of Carson, each
of us carried a muzzleloading rifle and
a heavy revolver; while, besides a
pair of exquisitely finished revolvers,
he was armed with one of those 10chambered
repeating rifles, invented,
I think, by Colonel Colt.
Such a man, aside from the prestige
of his name, was a little army in himself,
and we were extremely glad of
his company, as in the country where
be last joined us we were every moment
in danger from predatory Indians,
two small bands of which we
had, several days before, beaten off
without loss to ourselves, and now we
might look for reprisals.
Among our crowd were two especially
fine young fellows, one an Englishman
named John Moulton, and the
other a fiery Virginian called Gerald
Woodville. These two, though singularly
alike in disposition, or perhaps
for that very reason, could never
agree.
Lately there had been such bad
blood between them that neither
would speak to the other.
One afternoon, after striking the Old
Spanish Trail, we were going slowly
down the Pacific slope of the Wiudy
mountains, when a large elk broke
cover somewhat out of rifle shot and
iroueu leisurely ?wt%y.
Moulton, an ardent sportsman, was
riding his own horse, an extremely
valuable animal, and now, without
cousulting anyone, he set off in pursuit
of the elk. Just as he was leaving
Carson said :
"Remember, we're in a hostile country,
young man. Don't go far away,
even if you have to come back without
meat."
We went on for about two miles
and finally made camp on a small
stream among the foothills, where
there was an abundance of good grass,
while the stream itself, Carson informed
us, was well stocked with trout.
After we had corralled the wagons,
picketed the animals out to grass and
put everything in shape to repel any
possible attack, we delayed supper for
a while in the hope that Moulton
would come in, as we had heard one
report from his rifle and had no doubt
that he had killed the elk.
Two hours more passed away without
bringing a sign of the young hunter
; we now began to feel seriously
alarmed ; but, very strangely, no one
appeared so much distressed as did
Gerald Woodville.
"What do you think of it, Mr. Carson?"
he anxiously inquired. "Do
you suppose that Jack has lost himself?"
We glanced significantly at each
other, for this was the first time we
had ever heard the Virginian use the
familiar name by which we usually
addressed John Moulton.
"I hardly know what to think of
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llj lupil^u VaiOVUi AUV JVl4Ug UJMU
has either become lost amoug the puzzling
ravines, or?" and the bold scout
relapsed into an ominous silence.
"My God !" feelingly exclaimed Gerald,
"surely you don't think that the
Indians have got him ; poor Jack !"
"It's hard to say," rejoined Kit;
"but there are lots of the Digger tribe
wandering through the mountains just
now. Their principal village is on a
branch of the Sacramento, about 60
miles from here, and if a stray party
of them has captured our friend, without
killing him on the spot, they'll
keep his horse as a great prize and
reserve him to be tortured to death
when they reach the main band."
"Great heavens! What can we do
to save him ?" gasped Woodville.
"Nothing until morning," gravely
answered Carson. "If Mr. Moulton
don't come in before daybreak, I'll
start out to look him up, and I want
only one man to go with me. More
would be a hindrance."
"That man shall be myself, then,"
said the warm-hearted Virginian. "I'd
risk my life a hundred times over to
save Jack from such a fate."
When the first streak of dawn appeared
Carson and Woodville, after
taking a hasty breakfast, and packing
up a day's supply of food, mounted
their horses preparatory to starting
out on their perilous request.
"If we're not back by this time
tomorrow, boys, you'll know we've
gone under," observed Carson as coolly
as though he were going to a picnic.
"But I rather think we'll come in.
Stay right here until tomorrow's sun
is an hour high, and if there's no news
of us then go ahead on your journey,
for we'll be past help."
It seems that shortly after leaving
us Moulton hud come within range of
and had killed his elk, and was stooping
down to cut off the hind quarters
for brineinjr to camp, when, before he
could fire another shot, he was pounced
upon by a score of Digger Indians,
who gagged him and bound his arms
in the twinkling of an eye.
Then, loading the carcass upon his
horse and forcing him to walk along,
they set off on their retreat, traveling
fast until night, when they bivouacked
by a spring and had a glorious feast,
the prisoner being meantime secured
to a tree.
Through the first part of the night
he was watched by a brave who had
picked up a smattering of English and
who frequently consoled him by hissing
in his ear : "We no hurt paleface.
Him make good fire bimeby, and heap
fun," an oft-repeated assurance which,
after all, was not so very consoling.
. Next morning, after another big
feast, the savages resumed their march
in a leisurely manner, and before sunset
again halted for the night at a
spring.
In less than half au hour after leav
ing the main trail our two adventurous
comrades came upon the spot
where the elk had fallen, when, by
signs utterly undiscernible by Woodville,
Carsou at once read the whole
story, declaring, much to Gerald's
comfort, that Moulton had been carried
off unwounded.
Then, leading the way with unfaltering
certainty through tortuous defiles
and over stretches of bare rock,
on the latter of which his companion
could not see the faintest mark, he
soon came to the spot where the band
had spent the previous night.
Feeling confident of overtaking the
marauders before night, Carson became
exceedingly circumspect toward evening,
neither ever riding over a ridge
without first dismounting and taking
a careful survey of what beyond.
At last, as they peered over the
brow of a steep descent, they saw,
right on the trail, and half mile
ahead, a wreath of smoke rising above
the tree tops.
"We've got them," said Carson.
"They're camped down at the 'Blue
Spring.' I know the place well, but
the ground on this side is quite open.
Though probably not fearing pursuit,
the reds will naturally be facing this
way. We must make a big sweep and
creep up ou then from the other side,
for they must not have time to strike a
single blow after our attack."
The pursuers now led their horses
some distance from the trail and concealed
them in a bush-grown coulee,
lest the Indians, while retreating,
might gobble them up. Then, guided
through the darksome rocks and underbrush,
only Kit's perfect knowledge
of the locality, they made a wide
detour, gliding along softly as pauthers
and noiselessly as shadows?two men
fearlessly planning to attack, and on
their own ground, an unknown number
of well-armed savages.
After more than an hour of painstaking
toil, they gained the dense
chaparral fairly in the rear of, and no
more than 15 yards from the enemy's
resting place. Kueeling side by side,
and peeping through the bushes, they
saw at once that the Indians considered
themselves perfectly safe, for a
bright fire was burning, and in a straggling
row near it lounged 20 painted
warriors.
A few yards away was tethered the
beautiful horse belonging to Moulton,
and he himself sat on the ground with
his wrists brought together behind his
back and tied around a sapling pine.
Carson had cautioned his impetuous
comrade not to fire until he should
give the signal, but just as the bidden
avengers had, in one swift glance,
noted all these particulars, a brutalI
Innlrinw qjivaire. seeiner that the prison
O O-1 o
er was enjoying a moment's respite
from suffeting, snatched up a burning
brand, strode over in front of him, and
was about to thrust the fla ning brand
insultingly against his face, when
Woodville, no longer able to control
himself, sent a bullet through the miscreant's
brain, and he fell like a log
across the captive's outstretched legs.
Instautly the startled Indians sprang
to their feet; one fell to Kit's rifle,
and another to Gerald's revolver ; and
now, as they stood for three half seconds,
bewildered, as many additional
shots rang out, each one stretching its
yictim upon the earth.
Then the 14 survivors turned to fly ;
but before they got beyond the fatal
circle of firelight, three more pitched
headlong down.
Another of the crew, quite forgetting
in bis fright that the horse was
picketed, attempted, as he ran, to
spring upon its back?a position he
never reached, for as soon as his head
rose high enough to clear the animal's
withers 'twas pierced by Carson's bullet.
Thus, in less than one minute, 10
members of the murderous 'band had
~ ~ mAn /\f f KODO
ueuuiue, tis a ?coici u tuau v/i vuvuv
times would say, "good Indians," and
the rest probably never stopped running
until they reached headquarters
of their tribe.
In our camp, the day of the two
men's departure had come to a close '
in consuming anxiety, and it was a
serious party indeed which gathered
about the fire at night, while all strained
their ears in vain to catch the echo
of a possible reassuring rifle shot.
Our guide, an old plainsman named
Joe Brooks, sustained our hopes by
telling us of several instances in which
Carson had, singlehanded, rescued
property and prisoners from strong
bands of Indians.
"Why," said the veteran, "one time
down in Arizona, I knew Kit, entirely
alone, to trail 22 Apache warriors for
more than 100 miles. He came up to
them just as they were making camp
at sundown, shot down three of them
hefore they saw him, charged upon
the rest while yelling to his supposed
followers to come on, and escaped scot
free with a white woman prisoner
whom, in their flight at the mere sight ;
of Kit, they had not stopped to kill." '
At last we could see in the eastern
sky the first pale shimmer of coming '
dawn.
"This," casually remarked Joe, "is
the hour that the redskins always se- '
lect for?By thunder, that's the Digger's
warwhoop now !"
And we all hurried into the coral, as
again and again, far up on the hill- 1
side, resounded that terrible cry.
"Mighty curious," said Brooks, 1
quietly laying down his rifle with a '
U 1 C MAHAAntiklA Ct rv% ?lr? (tKuf ? f'o f Ko I
nuii |;civc]niuic niuiic, uuv iv o vuv
first time ever fair warning. What
did I tell you ?"
For uow half a dozen rifle shots
rang out iu quick succession, and galloping
cheerily down the slope came
our three friends, safe and sound.
Carson, who could mimic anything
from the squeak of a mouse to the
harsh cry of a mountain lion, had
taken this playful method of testing
our alertness.
Clothes of a Prince.?The Prince
of Wales always orders eight suits at
a time, and they are paid for at the
uniform price of $40, says The Argouaut.
His trousers, too, always cost
a uniform price?$12 a pair. This
rule, however, does not apply to uniforms
and dress suits, of which latter
he uses 12 in a year, at a cost of $80
each. The prince never wears a pair
of trousers more than four times, and,
as his discarded clothes are not among
the perquisites of his valet, there is a
stock of thousands of them at Marl- 1
borough House. At his death he will
doubtless have as large a collection as
did King George IV, the auction of i
whose clothes extended through three i
weeks.
All the prince's clothes, old and
new?except his hats, which, for some i
reason, are kept at Saudringham?are i
stored at Marlborough House, in what
are known as the "brushing rooms," ;
where several men are kept busy look- !
ing after them. The uniforms and i
state robes alone at Marlborough House i
are insured for $20,000, so that this i
entire wardrobe must represent a very
comfortable fortune.
WASHINGTON'S LOVE AFFAIRS.
In a paper recently read by Cbauncey
M. Depew, in New York, at the reception
of the Original Society of Colonial
Dames of America, the following
account is noted of Washington's
social life:
Washington was intensely human as
' ? OMnn Ua 1 Alt Afl
ne was supreiucij ^icai. no iu?cvi
women, he was fond of sport, he was
a great hunter, he was the best horseman
of bis age, he delighted in balls
and parties and was a gallant dancer,
he traveled hundreds of miles to witness
a trial of speed between famous
horses, and in common with the universal
habit of his time took his chances
in the lottery. While never a drunkard
or intemperate in any way, he was
a free liver aud a generous and jovial
host. He seems to have been unhappy
in his earlier love scrapes. He was
6 feet 2 inches high, straight as an arrow,
perfectly formed, except that he
had phenomenally lurge bands and
feet, and his face was pockmarked with
the smallpox which be caught at the
Barbadoes. The Colonial girl flirted
recklessly with him, but never seemed
to fall in love with him. He writes to
one of his correspondents a letter from
Lord Fairfax's in which he says :
"My place of residence is at present
at his lordship's, where I might, were
my heart disengaged, pass my time
very pleasantly, as there is a very
agreeable young lady lives in the same
house, but as that is only adding fuel
to the tire, it makes rae the more uneasy,
for by often and unavoidably
being in company with her revives my
former passion for your lowland beauty,
whereas were I to live more retired
from young women I might in some
measure alleviate my sorrows by burying
that which is a troublesome passion
in the grave of oblivion or eternal forgetfulness,
for, as I am very well
assured, that is the only antidote or
remedy that I shall be relieved by or
only recess that can administer any
cure or help to me.''
Who was this "lowland beauty?" is
a mooted question which probably can
never be decided. It has been discovered
that he paid earnest attention to
and his heart was deeply touched by
Lucy Grymes, Mary Bland, Betsy
Fauntleroy and Alice Fairfax. Of all
these he was absorbed in aud devoted
to Betsy Fauntleroy. He worshiped
at her shrine for several years, until a
rival carried her off.
Washington was the most industrious
of correspondents, and in his letters
revealed his most secret passions and
desires. But, though we kuow how
tenderly he loved and how long he
grieved over the loss of Betsy Fauntleroy,
we are still in doubt as to who
was the lowland beauty who seemed
to take possession of his heart as soon
as the charmer of the house was driven
or retired from its portals.
Alas for Betsy. She failed to forecast
the future, and as the wife of a
Virginia planter lived to see her rejected
lover become the greatest man
of that or any other age. Washington
became more popular with the ladies
after his return from Braddock's defeat
and the massacre. In that battle
he bad two horses shot under him, and
four bullets through his uniform, and
had held his Virginia regiment steady
when the veteran red-coated British
soldiers had all run away. When he
returned, the hero of the hour, every
Virginia house sent invitations to the
gallant young soldier to come and visit.
He was here and there, and every- I
where, but his heart was mortgaged '
beyond redemption to the proud beauty
who would not smile upon him.
One of these letters of welcome to him
is from the Fairfax home. Three
young ladies in the house party write
him this letter, which shows his uewboru
popularity from Braddock's
bloody field: I
"Dear Sir?After thanking heaven
for your safe return, I must accuse 4
unn nf crrpnf. nnkinriness in refnsinp us
the pleasure of seeing you this night.
I do assure you that nothing but our j
being satisfied that our company would J
be disagreeable should prevent us from j
trying if our legs would not carry us i
to Mouut Vernon this night. But if j
you will not come to us tomorrow j
morning very early, we shall be at {
Mount Vernon. Sally Fairfax, Ann .
Spearing, Elizabeth Dent."
From the home of the Randolphs
came another invitation, closing with ]
the message that "Mrs. Cary and Miss j
Randolph join in wishing you that sort i
of glory which will most endear you (
to the fair sex."
In order to settle the question of the j
regularity of his commission as colo- I
el, Washington made a journey to J
Boston. Beverly Robinsou, a Virgin- i
ian, had married Susana Phillips, a
[laughter of Frederick Phillips, the
patron of the great manor by the CroLon.
Robinson entertained his friend, .
now famous because of his gallantry [
it Fort Duquesne, at his house, and i
induced his wife to have her sister, [
Mary Phillips, as a guest at the same i
Lime. Here Washington's susceptible J
heart was subject to an entirely dif- i
ferent charm from the English ladies j
in the Barbadoes, or tne loveiy vir- ^
^iniaus of his native state. It was the ^
metropolitan girl?the New Yorker? .
is typical then as now?self-possessed, [
traveled, with the experience of sev- I
3ral seasons in the society of the larg- [
2st city of the country, familiar with r
the attention of British officers and ti- *
tied fortune hunters, a beauty and an a
heiress. The type was new to Washngton,
and he fell madly in love. But
the proud aud finical New York belle f
saw too many of the woodsman and the C
[ndian fighter to allure her from the
efinement of the metropolis to the se- v
dusion of plantation life, and so she
;ave her hand and heart to Lieutenant a
Jolonel Roger Morris, to became, with
ler Troy husband, during the Revo
lutionary war, a fugitive to England,
while Washington, in the fortunes of revolution,
made their house his headquarters
during the campaign in New [
York.
Washington, however, two years
after the Mary Phillips incident, met
at a country house Mrs. Martha Dand- 1
ridge Custis. She was a widow, 26
years of age, and seven months of
sorrow. She not only belonged to one
of the most distinguished families, but
she was the wealthiest woman in the
colony of Virginia. Her sorrow was
alleviated by the presence of two j
little angel Custises, Jack and Nellie. '
Washington wrote to his physician
before arriviug at this country house *
in very bad health, that he considered (
himself a doomed man, and that he |
was expecting very soon his "decay." t
This was on March 5, 1758. But the J
sick man left this hospitable home at
Williamsburg on April 1, entirely recovered
in health and engaged to the *
beautiful widow. We know very little
of Mrs. Washington except that she j
was petite, a bruuette, very pretty, <
and could not spell. Washington destroyed
all her letters to him on this ]
account. Most of her letters which ,
are in existence were written by !
Washington and copied by her. But 1
she proved a good wife. She was a J
born lady and had all the high iustincts |
of a thoroughbred. Jefterson and I
Madison and Hamilton, who bad met 1
her, all seemed to be impressed with j
her limited educational attainments, i
and equally impressed w ith her perfect
good breeding. Washington never
wandered in bis affection for her, and ,
always alluded to her as the partner
of all his domestic enjoyments. They
lived happily together for 40 years.
In his last illness he lay for four hours i
at night with that chill which killed !
him, because he would not wake his
wife and have her get up in the cold. ,
This consideration for her put him i
almost beyond help wheu morning
uaiuc.
He was the most attentive of husbands.
Fearing she might overwork
herself with the multitude of guests
that thronged Mount Vernou, he secured
a housekeeper. He saved her
the trouble of ordering her own clothes
to a large extent. He was a martinet
on appearauces, and extremely particular,
both as to his own clothes and as
to hers. White satiu and black velvet
were his favorite materials for his own
coats.
When Washington became general
of the army, and the army went into I
winter quarters this good woman made i
the long and perilous journeys from
ber home in Mount Vernon and spent
every winter in camp with her husband.
At Valley Forge they lived in
a hut. She not only looked after him,
but presided with grace and dignity
at the headquarters table, where his
staff and every general officer were ;
welcomed every day. By her kindness
and attention to the sick soldiers (
she did much to prevent the discontent ;
of the army under the great hardships
which they endured, and to allevate
the sufferings of the ill and wounded. |
Both she and the general were passionately
fond of danciug. During the
war, at winter headquarters, they ar- 1
ranged assemblies on the subscription
pattern, the same as those of Delmoni- 1
co's, Waldorf and Sherry's, and they
were called "assemblies." They had
especially notable assemblies at Germantown,
at Morristov/n and at Philadelphia.
The Washingtons always arranged
a winter assembly at Alexandria
for the families of the country.
Mrs. Washington did not care mucn i
for these festivities, but she sacrificed 1
herself because these parties relieved
her husband from the tremendous |
strain to which he was subject both as
general.of the armies during the Revolution
and as president of the United ]
States during the formative period of i
the republic. It was not uncommon '
for Washington at these assemblies to (
dance from 10 o'clock until daylight.
He was impartial, and tried to secure
each lady in the room for a partner. j
lORiVERAKO CHARLESTON R.B.1
TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and 1
Charleston Railway company, to take j
jfl'ect Monday, January 4th, at 8.00 a. m. j
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
GOING SOUTH So. 12. | '
Leave Marion - 1 30 pm '
Leave Rutherfordton 3 05 pm I
Leave Forest City 3 35 pm
Leave Henrietta 4 00pm:
~<eave Mooresboro 4 15 pm: I
Shplhv 5 30 Dm
Leave Patterson .Springs.. 5 -15 pm1
Leave Earls 5 55 pm j
Vrrlveat Blacksburg 6 10 pm;
No. 32. | No. 34. |
I Dally | Dally
j Except i Except ,
Sunday.! Sunday. |
L,eave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 an (
Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am
>ave Hickory Grove 9 05 ami 9 25 am
L.eave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am '
>ave Yorkvllle 9 3.5 am 10 20 am 1
L.eave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am i
l.eave Newport 9 51 am 10 55 am
L.eave Rock Hill 11 00 am 12 55 pm
L,eave Leslies 11 13 amj 1 15 pm
^eave Catawba Junction.. 11 30 am 1 50 pm ]
^eave Lancaster 12 ft! pm 3 55 pm ,
jeave Kershaw 12 45 pm 5 30 pm ,
Arrive at Camden 1 30 pm! 6 50 pm
GOING NORTH. | No. 33. | No.~35.
| Dally I Dall> 1
Except j Except f
Sunday. Sunday.
..eave Camden 2 30 pm 8 30 an
.eave Kershaw 3 15 pm! 10 45am
.eave Lancaster 3 55 pm 12 05 pm <
.eave Catawba Junction 4 30 pm 1 50 pm
.eave Leslies 4 38 pm 2 00 pm 1
.eave Rock Hill 4 54 pm 4 00 pm 1
.eave Newport 5 09 pm 4 20 pm
.eave Tlrzah 5 15 pm 4 40 pn. .eave
Yorkvllle 5 30 pm 5 40 pm
.eave Sharon > -i!> pm o uo pm
.eave Hickory Grove .... fi 00 pm 6 .10 pm
,eave Smyrna 0 10 pm 0 40 pm
irrlve at Blacksburg 0 30 pm 7 10 pm
No. 11. |
.eave Blacksburg 8 00 ami
.eave Earls 8 '20 amj ~
.eave Patterson Springs 8 30 am j
.eave Shelby 9 10 am ?
,eave Mooresboro ... 9 50 am .
.eave Henrietta 10 00 am
.eave Forest City 10 20 am
,eave Rutherfordton 10 50 am
irrlve at Marlon 12 20 pm
CONNECTIONS. No.
32 has connection with Southern *
tailway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at
latawba Junction.
Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers.
Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion &
rith Southern Railway. t
At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek 1
nd London, trains stop only on signal. I
S. B. LUMPKIN, ?. P. A. 1
A. TRIPP, Superintendent. J
SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. ?
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IF you have taken out a life insurance
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you would at sometime in the future,
while you yet drew the breath of life, receive
substantial cash returns or "big
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you will be disappointed. Your policy
will prove a snare and a delusion. It is
all right for protection for your wife , and
children, as they will receive the face of
the policy in case of your death, as they
would also in a company that charges
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is a fraud as an investment for a living
man, and is the greatest blessing of which
we or anybody else has any knowledge
as a means of protecting the widow and
orphans, after the breadwinner has been
removed by death.
It You Will Lay Aside
Your Prejudice
AND COME to us with a desire to .
learn why it is not to yonr interest to
carry high priced insurance, and how we
can furnistt you just as safe insurance
for at least 40 per cent, a year less than the
other costs, we are sure we can show you
to vour satisfaction that the MUTUAL
RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION
of New York does business on a
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your loved ones even better than
they now are, at even a greater cost to
to you. Of course if you are too prejudiced
to investigate and imagine that the
high price you are now paying makes
your insurance better or safer, or better
than it would be at less cost, we can't do
anything for you ; but will be forced to
let you go on until time, the crucial
tester, convinces you, against your will,
that you have been deceived.
If You Have
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And tbink you should have, we would be
pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve
System to you. The Mutual Reserve Is
the largest and strongest natural premium
company in the world, and the fourth
largest of ANY KIND. It has paid
i?bout 9550,000 to the widows and orphans
[>f deceased policy-holders in South Carlina
alone, during the past twelve years,
and if all the insurance now carried in
nld line companies in the state was in the
Mutual Reserve, not less than 9400,000,
which now annually goes into the coffers
pf the former, would be left in the state
to help relieve the hard times about which
we hear so much.
SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST,
General Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
WHEN YOU WANT
TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken,
you should not fail to come and see
me. I have been in the "picture taking"
business for a great many years, and am
confident that I know my business. It
bas always been my desire to please my
mstomers. I am prepared to take Photographs
in the latest styles and at reasonable
prices.
HAVE YOU ANY
Photographs that you would like to have
jnlarged ? If you have, cotne and see me
ibout it. I can do the work.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask
myone in town and they can tell you.
DURING THE WINTER,
STou will find my Gallery warm and
pleasant. Come and see me whenever
rou need photographs. Respectfully,
J. R. SCHORB.
FINLEY Si BK1CE.
ATTORN EYH A.T LAW,
Yorkville, S. C.
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