|N'E hundred and seventy-
Onine years ago on the 22d
of February the "Father"
of our country first saw
the light of dayvand 111
years ago on the 14th of
last December he looked
——— his last on the land
which he had made a
CiW\ r\s\ free and independent
country.
Since then the na
tion each year has marked the
date of his birth In various ways,
first by holding religious ceremo
nies in the churches throughout
the land at which the pastors, many
of whom had fought under the great
commander or had known him in pri
vate life, talked feelingly about the
big heart and the broad soul of the
departed hero; then as the years roll
ed along and those who knew Wash
ington had joined him in the silence
the day was marked by a fireat fly
ing of bunting and waving of flags and
playing of bands and parading of sol
diers. Still later the day was held
as a national holiday on which the
banks were closed and the schools
gave entertainments at which patriot
ic songs were sung, fiery speeches
made, and the great deeds of our
first president recounted in dramatic
manner; now the day is still a na
tional holiday, but the schools are
closed and churche.-i, charitable organ
izations, clubs and individuals make
the occasion an excuse for giving colo
nial teas, Washington birthday par
ties, hatchet suppers or revolutionary
plays. The shop windows are full of
hatchets, miniature cherry trees,
cocked hats, and cherries, .-eal, can
died and for decorative purposes.
All this display and fun and frolic
makes the thinker wonder how George
Washington kept the day, and the in
vestigator who takes the pains to look
into the matter will find that from
1745 to the date of his death, Feb
ruary 22, a day of importance not only
to Washington but to his friends and
all those who did him service.
When Washington was 13 years old
he wrote for his own use 110 maxims
of civility and good behavior and add
ed one resolution which read: "Re
solved, that on the 22nd day of Febru
ary, the day on which I was given the
gift of consciousness, I will each year,
do some good deed or deeds, as many
as come within my power, to show my
gratitude for the life given me for a
little space."
From 1745 until the date of his
death Washington never broke the res
olution made on his thirteenth birth
day. On this first anniversary of
which there Is any record he tramped
fourteen miles, seven there and seven
home again, to the house of an aged
woman who had been kind to his
mother during an Illness, carrying a
large package of provisions and re
maining for several hours to stack her
woodpile and build her fire.
nearly two tnlles to the farm front
which they had escaped and, finding
the farmer laid tip with rheumatism,
set to work to mend the pasture
fence, and so keep the cows at home
He returned at night to a good sup
per, and the evening was passed In
merriment. No doubt young George
slept the sleep of the righteous that
night, for his resolution was working
splendidly
Several years later he wrote to a
school chum early on the morning of
tin- 2M of February: "This day I en
ter upon a new epoch -the year
stretches before me for what? Only
be who benefits his fellow man has the
right to enjoy the glories of life. I
shall endeavor to commence my new
year clear from debt In this respect."
There Is no record how the day was
marked In IMS, but Judging from ih«
lone of 'he letter his life was fuller by
several good deeds
"Home personal Hemetnbraut es of
Washington," tells how, on February
13, ITII. be hired some half dosen
sleigh* ionied u hall, and g*v» alt
th omg people of Mount Vernon,
nheie Men then visiting his broth
er, •"apt l-awrence Washington, a rtiiu
afternoon mul evening frolic, with a
big s|'e*.i to crown the uveal Tu
pis 'f Ait- Invited not the iI K
► . .-u of \\ ibiagion s owa ela*a, but
thow less favored sad It Is rttordutl
the l alth they o*i 11 eby
lieea al fire® It 41d not tih* rg«j
many mlntttoe te »«i lib* f>»jt g> tag
li mi oa the following >•■*> ttiet
i«ii Made tits esl• V* »
age—to the Barbadoes —and that he
enlisted in the Seven Years war.
He spent his twenty-second birthday
amid warlike scenes at Fort Duquesne,
now Pittsburg, where he commanded
a regiment against the French. On
the eve of that birthday Washington
gave a bountiful supper to all the men
of his regiment, and gave a good-sized
sum of money to one of the men to
be sent home to the wife and little
ones whom the soldier had left in al
most destitute circumstances.
There are many lapses of the rec
ords of Washington's birthdays and
how he spent them, hut in 1755 he
writes to a friend: "I am growing
old apace, Alfred (he was only 23
then) and today I turn another year.
So far I have been true to my resolu
tion, made when I was 13, and I want
you to help me to keep it unbroken
this year. Will you be so kind as to
give the lnclosure to Welmont Hardy
of your willage with my kindest re
membrances?"
There is no record of what the "ln
closure" was, but we are led to believe
that it brought comfort to both the
sender and recipient.
On January C, 1759, at the age of
27, Washington married Martha Cus
tis, and for the time being all the aus
terity of the young patriot was sunk
in the tenderness of the lover. He
marked his birthday that year by dis
tributing gifts lavishly among his
slaves and by ordering that a certain
poor widow near the Washington es
tate should be served with two quarts
of milk and three eggs daily, free of
charge, as long as she lived, the bill,
of course, to be met by Washington.
For a time after his marriage, Wash
ington withdrew from public life and
set about cultivating his acres. It
was on the 22d of February, not many
years after he had turned benedict,
that he and Mrs. Washington were
sleighing and making unusually merry
In honor of the day. As the hour near
ed noon, both George and Martha dis
covered that they were "monstrous
hungry," and that they were miles
away from Inn or tavern. Pulling up
In front of a little cottage, George
I made bold to ask the little lady who
appeared at the door in answer to his
rapping, for a "bite and sup" to stay
their pangs.
Tho stranger proved hospitable, and
after showing them the way to a tiny
j barn, where there was feed for the
' horse, she spread the cloth in the
; kitchen and Invited her guests to par
j take of her simple fare.
May Dare to Be Shabby
#—.
Carelessness in Clothes Gives Impres
sion That Wearer Is Wealthy, Says
Woman Who Knows.
"There are two ways of Impressing
people," said a woman who had
knocked about the world a good deal.
"You can be very smart or you can be
directly shabby. For a woman of small
means 1 recommend the second way,
aiid I can speak with some authority,
since 1 have followed my theory for a
lung time.
"Heforo 1 adopted It myself 1
i watched It In operation. I know an
! old lady of some means, but not rich,
who lived In a good hotel. Every
body received more or less considera
tion from the manaKemenl, but this
old lady was the mogul of the place.
i "She paid no more for her rooms
M»au the others, and she spent less
In the dining room, and 1 was at a
loss to account for the fact that she
commanded Instant and Implicit obedi
unce, even In the moat exacting re
quests. until one day, when the hotel
clerk havlug seen inu In converaa
i tlon with her, said casually:
" You know she's awfully rich.'
HII use day 1 told her of this, and
akkcd iiow the ruutor of her great
ttaaith ever started Hhe laughed
" It's uty doilies, my gear,' she said
"'As >ou know ( aui interested in
so meuy thiugs that I have nut much
i mouey left over for clothea Two
l gov* its at a time are all I can afford,
and going out au little ( a«ar them
lor at least a year ur two
" "They ian not imaglue a wouiau
«VIISWMIIIII| in clothes and (hey in
teiprei my lack of taulty aa to tb>
14rei*eaaea« a woman ikuwa lob«
11.1| I*** for details I'd ova to Itavv
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1911.
She had been cutting carpet rags
when interrupted by her unexpected
guests, and Washington had soon
drawn from her the fact that she and
her husband, who was then off in tho
village with the horse, delivering some
strips of floor covering, kept the wolf
from the door by sewing carpet rags
and weaving.
The young aristocrat whispered a
few words to his lady and she laugh
ingly nodded consent. Washington
then snatched a huge apron which he
saw hanging on the door, and, tying it
around the laughing Martha, handed
her a pair of scissors and told her to
commence. He begged the protest
ing dame, their little silver-haired host
ess, to get him a pair of shears, and
soon the three were cutting and sew
ing carpet rags right merrily. The
pair remained at the cottage until
dusk, leaving behind them a great bas
ketful of gay carpet balls and a sub
stantial evidence of well wishes. As
the Washlngtons drove away home,
George expressed himself well pleased
with the way in which he had spent
his birthday.
Just one more record we have of
how the general kept the resolution
made on his thirteenth birthday. It
was in the year 1778, while at Valley
Forge, that Washington marked Feb
ruary 22 with a deed of kindness which
indeed made one man grateful that
the general had been given the "gift of
life for a little space." A young sen
try was sent to him under the charge
of having been found asleep at his
post. He was scarcely more than a
boy, ill-clad and half-starved, and even
though he was badly frightened his
eyelids were heavy with sleep.
The great general questioned him
kindly, found that he had given his
last ration to a suffering comrade and
relieved a sick man of sentry duty. In
stead of reprimanding the boy, Wash
ington spread a blanket, told him to
lie down and get an hour's sleep.
When he awoke it was past noon, and
the general had laid the table. He
was ordered to partake of the "birth
day" feast of cheese, some stale bread
and good hot coffee, or what passed
for that beverage. The next day the
boy was sent to the hospital with a
fever, and he never saw battle after
that.
Although this is the last record that
can be found of how Washington kept
his birthday, undoubtedly later anni
versaries were marked by deeds of
kindness equal to those of his early
years.
clothes If I felt I could afford them,
at least I would have liked them once,
but now that 1 find the consideration
bestowed on my eccentric shabblness
I am not sure that the change would
not br for the worse.
"'I have the best table In the din
ing loom. The other day some people
who must spend twice as much as J
do had a table near me, and annoyed
me by their talking and laughing. I
complained, and their table was
changed
" 'lf they should object they would
have to leave, for the management Is
1 not going to offeud a woman of mil
lions like myself. 1 was thinking of
getting a new bonnet this year, but as
It might lower my social position I
shall probably continue to wear tha
one 1 bought eight years ago,'
"This Is a scheme that works In any
number of directions. I personally
| cm not afford to dress as well as most
of the women 1 know, so I maks a
point of dressing leas wsll even thaa
I can afford They all know I could
do a bit better than 1 do."—Philadel
phia l*ubllc Ledger
' ■ -
Unappreciated.
"Are you going u> compose any val
entine poetry this year?"
1 "No," replied the sentimental youth.
I put lu two weeks writing original
poetry last year, and the girl merely
j aaid it was •« onotuleal homemade
i stuff
Hard Task at That.
rtui.d..> 8< howl Tea> her How maay
wive- had Adeitt*
IHi in Ulrl itne, aud ha couldat
loue ih*i one lituokiya Life.
GOOD CHARACTERISTICS OF
BROWN SWISS DAIRY CATTLE
Cows Show High Degree of Efficiency In Converting Feed
Into Milk or Flesh—They Are Not of
Nervous Disposition or Habit.
Beginning in the year 1870, Brown
Swiss cows and heifers to the extent
of about one hundred and fifty have
been imported into the United States.
Descended from these, over 7,000 pure
bred animals have been registered in
tho Herd Book.
In the native country of the Swiss
cattle there Is no attempt at line
breeding or fancy breeding, sayo a
writer in Northwestern Agriculturist.
What they seek to perpetuate are
good cows, cows that give a good
quantity of good milk, and that have
shape and size.
Considering the small number to
chooße from in the entire country, it
Is rather remarkable that its repre
sentatives have achieved so large a
number of high records for dairy per
formances, and that the breed Rtands
as well as It does in general estima
tion where It is known.
The highest official world's record
In a dairy test for cows away from
home is that of the Brown Swiss cow
Brienz, 168, made at Chicago, in No
vember, 1891. the results being taken
A Prize Brown Swiss Cow.
and certified to by the officials of the
University of Illinois. In three days
Bhe gave 245 pounds of milk, 9.32
pounds of butter fat, and 11.66 pounds
of butter.
The Royal Academy at Poppelsdorf,
Germany, made a selection of ten
Swiss cows for a test in tho years
1900 and 1901. The results were very
satisfactory.
An average herd of cows In milking
condition would weigh 1,300 to 1,400
pounds apiece. They tend to take on
fat readily when dry and give it off
slowly when In milk. The average
herd of cows when fatted would
weigh 1,500 pounds or more. Bulls in
good condition would weigh from 1,-
700 up to 2,500 pounds. The Swiss
calf at a month old will weigh 180 to
200 pounds, and at two years 1,500
pounds.
It is a general characteristic of the
Brown Swiss cows to show a high
degree of efficiency in converting feed
Into milk or Into flesh, and a pro
nounced characteristic that they are
not of a nervous disposition or hnbit.
It is not necessary to keep strangers
out of the barn or to avoid talking at,
milking time. A barn full of them, or
a single one, will goon stolidly giv
ing the regular yield of milk undis
turbed through a commotion that will
quite demoralize more nervous cows.
Growing out of the strength of con
etltution and the absence of nervous
fidgets, Is the characteristic long life
WELL BALANCED MEAT RATION
Nutritive
Ratio.
Prairie hay 1:18 3 m
Corn and prairie liajr ....1:102
Corn 1:9.60 |jj
Corn and Hlfrlfa hay ....1:7.34 ijjj
HaUtiri-d ration for cultle
(approximate) ......... 1:7.U0 jjjli
Alfalfa 1:3.14
In tli* abt'v«i chart tl.« »hudt'd p«< raj i• mtit the dlg<.*Htlblt> protelu
((•an maat funnel'*) of each hunt an I th«< blai-k unahudod portion* Iml 1
cat* the amount <>r dltS' llbl<- i-«rboiiy at. lataichwa, ate.), and olla which
tn pioduc* hiMly heal and fat A <v<ll bal«n< i*«l ration la ahown to <h>q
tain abi.ut ona of protein to aavt «of irlv hydra <<• A couititaatlou of Oars
m<d allulf t hay come* near to lha r*.il<el ettuidwd.
of the SWISB breed. At eleven and
twelve years of age the cows are iu
the prime of their life.
It is probable that the nrown Swiss
race has quite a different origin from
the races of western Europe. There
are indications that It is more ancient
than any of tho other established
races. They have been bred by a
pastoral people for the same purpose,
in tho same locality, for a longer time
than almost any other breed. Its gen
eral fcharacter, its color points, its
points of conformation are probably
more firmly fixed than those of any
other breed. Experience in crossing
confirms what we are able to learn
from history and paleontology In this
respect. As a consequence the breed
characteristics are readily imparted
to cross-bred animals when cows of
other breeds or grades of other breeds
are bred to Swiss bulls. Grade Swiss
cattle even of the first and second
generations are often hard to distin
guish by their conformation and col
or marks from pure bred Swiss ani
mals. The grades are sure to gain in
dairy qualities over their dams, and
to have in addition, size, constitu
tion and hardiness.
In Brown Swiss cows we have a
constitution to which a fair hmount
of flesh is normal, a contented but
hearty disposition, an absence of wor
ry, but a great capacity for making
milk and butterfat. All we have to do
is to work in accord with nature, and
without sacrificing anything of profit
ableness for the dairy, we have a
strong and sturdy type of beauty, and
especially that kind of beauty that
shines from the reflection of coin and
which exemplifies the proverb "Hand
some is that handsome does."
Winter Work for Teams.
After the fall crops have been sold
or housed, the teams should not be
allowed to stand Idle If manure Is
available at reasonable prices. The
greatest need of nearly all Boila Is
vegetable matter and It is often im
portant to haul manure for this pur
pose only, although the supply of
plant food Is often worth more than
tho cost of manure. A very common
plan is to spread the manure in the
fields as fust as it Is hauled, while
many gardeners prefer to place It In
piles until the ground is dry enotwh
In the spring. It is seldom spread
before the ground Is dry enough be
cause it Herves as a mulch and do
lays plowing.
SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound.
Hikeston, Mo. "For seven years I
Buffered everything. I was in bed
7:' V 1 y for four or five days
at a ® T()r y
* cou hardly walk.
H&f.-. —s* cramped and had
'•.-•l'**) vW'i backache and head,
1- V "1 A.v ache, and was so
.... \fy':V ; ' nervous and weak
"v.; A '• \\ that I dreaded to
see anyone or havo
anyone move in the
room * The doctors
Wmmmi 'i/i gave me medicine to
wmimmiiiiiiiimm»« aa me a t those
times, and said that 1 ought to have an
operation. I would not listen to that,
Riid when a friend of my husband told
him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and what it had dona
for his wife, I was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture or health and
feel like it, too. I can do my own house
work, hoe my garden, and milk a cow.
I can entertain company and enjoy
them. I can visit when I choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. I wish I could
talktoeverysufleringwomanandgirl."
—Mrs. Dema Betottne, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound.
It is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. It has
cured thousands of women who ha\B
been troubled with displacements, in
flammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Why don't you try it?
The most democratic thing in
the world
tpiSO'W
I BEST MEDICINE
■for COUGHS ™' COLDSB
Painted While Asleep.
It is the craze of the pretty ladies
of the Tiergartenstrasse's plutocrat
society to be painted while asleep,
writes a Berlin correspondent. The
Austrian Countess Czivek started the
bright idea. The well-known portrait
ist who had given her an appointment
for the sitting has the vicious habit k
of making you wait. Tired of turning
over French novels in an antecham
ber, the beautiful countess fell asleep.
At last the procrastinating artist turn
ed up.
Entranced by the unexpected vision
of sleeping beauty he threw off a
lightning sketch and as the countess
awoke held it before her astonished
eyes. The drawing was so dainty and
seductive that the delighted sitter in
sisted upon a complete oil portrait
painted while she simulated sleep,
painted while she simulated sleep.
To Arrange Flowers.
Here are five golden rules which
should be observed by those who often
arrange flowers. Use plenty of foliage.
Put your flowers in very lightly. Use
artistic glasses. Do not put more than
two or, at the most, three different
kinds of flowers in one decoration.
Arrange your colors to form a bold
contrast or, better still, a soft har
uony. The aim of the decorator should
be to show off the flowers —not the
/ases that contain them; therefore the
simpler ones are far preferable tc
even the most elaborate. Glasses for
a dinner table should be either white,
a delicate shade of green, or rose col
or, according to the flowers arranged
in them.
EASY CHANGE
When Coffee Is Doing Harm.
A lady writes from the land of cot
ton of the results of a four years' uta
of the food beverage—hot Postutp.
"Ever since I can remember we had
used coffee three times a day. It had
a more or less Injurious effect upon
us all, aud I myself suffered almost
death from indigestion and nervous
ness caused by it.
"I know It was that, because when
1 would leave it off for a few days I
would feel better. Hut it was hard io
give It up, even though I realized how
harmful It was to me.
"At last I found a perfectly easy
way to make the change. Four years
sgo I abandoned the coffee habit and
began to drink Postutn, and I also In
fluenced the rest of ih«« family to do
the same. Even the children are al
lowed to drink It freely us they do
*ater. And it has done us all great
good.
"1 no longer suffer from Indigestion,
and my uerve* are iu admirable tone
since 1 began to use Postutn. Wo
never us« the old coffee any more.
"We uppri'flatae Postutn as a tie
ightful and healthful beverage, which
?ot only Invigorate* but supplies the
'•est of nourishment as well." Nam*
;lv«Mt by Posium Co., Itattle ('reek,
Mich.
Read "The Hoad »o WellrUle,* In
kgs "There's a Reason "
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