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consumed nine pounds of candy in
y 1982, according to figures complied
of Yours by the Department of Commerce,
Collectively, the nation ate 1,168.
B 848,982 pounds of candy, which In
Y spite of lessened Incomes was 1.8
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more than the amount used the pre-
vious year, Doctors agree that most
of us need some sugar, says the Los
Angeles Times, They should be sat-
fsfled with this showing, though wo
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of a large mental hospital discov- pine pounds, while some ate none at
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
PEAK of “Virginia, the Mother of
Presidents,” and the average Amer.
lean thinks tmmediately of the
famous “Virginia Dynasty" —
George Washington, Thomas Jef-
ferson, James Madison and James
Monroe—which ruled the nation
in the early days of the Republic.
And yet these four were only half
of the number of Presidents which
the Old Dominion gave to the nation, even
though the average American does not remember
so readily that Willlam Henry Harrison, John
Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson
were also born in Virginia,
Perhaps one reason for this is because the
outstanding events in the careers of at least
three of them took place In other parts of the
country and that they lle buried elsewhere than
in the soil of their native state. In the case of
Zachary Taylor, for instance, Kentucky has quite
as much claim upon him as has Virginia and we
commonly think of him as a Kentuckian rather
than as a Virginian, There is justification for
that in the fact that he was taken to Kentucky
(then a part of Virginia) as a baby, grew up
with that state, from it started on the military
career which was to lead him to the White
House and found his last resting place there.
But recently Virginia has begun to assert her
claims to Taylor as one of her sons, A year or
so ago a bust of him was unveiled in the old
House of Delegates in the state capitol at Rich-
mond and this year finds Virginia observing the
sesqui-centennial of his birth with the celebra-
tion coming to a climax on the anniversary of
his birthday.
Born in Orange county, Va., November 27, 1784,
he was the son of Richard Taylor who fought in
the Continental army during the Revolution and
came out of the war as a lieutenant-colonel, a
fact which undoubtedly Influenced the careers of
two of his three sons and more particularly that
of the second, known In his youth as Zachariah.
Taken to Kentucky at the age of six months
young Zachariah grew up on a frontier farm
and was largely self-educated. At the age of
twenty-four his elder brother, then a lieutenant
in the regular army, dled and President Jeffer-
son appointed the younger brother a lieutenant
in the Seventh Infantry in his place,
The next year he was sent to New Orleans,
then under the command of Gen. James Wilkin.
son, who had been deeply involved in the Aaron
Burr conspiracy but who had succeeded in es
caping with a coat of whitewash. In 1810 Taylor
was promoted to captain and celebrated this ad-
vancement by mar ing Margaret Smith of
Maryland. Then the (nreat of an Indian uprising
in the Ohlo valley and of an impending war with
Great Britain took the young captain to what is
now the state of Indiana, There he had his first
baptism of fire. Placed in command of Fort Har.
rison, built on the Wabash river to protect the
romantic old town of Vincennes, which had fig-
ured so largely in the exploits of that other Vir-
ginian, George Rogers Clark, Taylor with a gar-
rison of only 50 men successfully beat off an at-
tack by several hundred of Tecumseh’s warriors
and won for himself the brevet of major.
At the close of the War of 1812 congress re
duced the army and Taylor was cut to the grade
of captain. Disgusted at this, he resigned from
the army and went back to Kentucky "to raise
a crop of corn.” But friends interceded for him
and he was reinstated as a major and in 1818
advanced to lieutenant-colonel,
His first command as lleutenant-colonel was
Fort Snelling in Minnesota, then the most ad-
vanced outpost in the Old Northwest, and In
July, 1820, he took command at Prairie du Chien
in Wisconsin, While there the new Fort Craw-
ford was completed under his direction and the
old fort abandoned because the Mississippl was
inundating it. He was there in 1832 at the out-
break of the Sac and Foxe Indians, known as
the Black Hawk war, and took part in the cam-
paign which ended In the defeat and capture of
that ill-fated chieftain,
It was during Taylor's service at Fort Craw-
ford that there occurred an Incident which has
been the subject of much romantic writing, not
all of it strictly accurate, One of Taylor's sub-
alterns was a young Mississippian fresh from
West Point, Lieut. Jefferson Davis, who fell In
love with Sara Knox Taylor, the daughter of
his commander. But when the subject of mar-
riage was broached, Taylor refused to give his
consent, -
The only thing wrong with that story is that
it isn't true, Old letters in the possession of de-
scendants of Taylor, now living in Kansas City,
Mo., prove that, contrary to the legend, there
was no elopement, Sara Knox Taylor was sent
to the home of the colonel's sister, Mrs. John
Gibson Taylor, in Louisville, Ky., and a year
later, when Taylor learned that the young cou-
ple still wanted to get married, he wrote to his
sister that he would no longer withhold his con-
sent, They were married in Louisville in June,
1835, and went immediately to Mississippl where
Davis had a cotton plantation. In Beptember
both were stricken with malaria and Davis’
young bride died.
But to return to the career of Taylor himself
«after the Black Hawk war Tawiagr'y pext serv.
fee was against the Seminoles in
1836 he won a victory over them at
Okechobee which won for him the
adier-general. In 1838 he was given the chief
command in Florida and two years later he was
put in charge of the southern division of the
western department of the regular army and
transferred his family home from Louisville to
3aton Rouge, la.
Then came the Mexican war and with it Tay-
for's chance for winning the glory that was to
make him President of the United States
His victories at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma,
Monterey and Buena Vista made him a national
hero, even though most of the credit for those
victories belong to some of his subordinates—
future fame as generals in the Union and Con-
foderate armies during the War Between the
States. So the nation which had sent Jackson
and Harrison to the White House because of
their fighting records began talking of another
military hero President. At first Taylor would
have none of it. When a visitor to his camp ven-
tured to toast him as the next President the
bluff old general exclaimed "Niop your nonsense
and drink your whiskey!”
More than that when a friend, General Young
of Newcastle, Del, wrote to him urging him to
accept the honor If it were offered him, Taylor
replied in part:
“Your remarks in relation to my being a can-
didate for the President are very flattering, but
I think you will know without the necessity of
saying so to you, that I am not and shall never
be an aspirant for that honor, My opinion has
always been against the elevation of a military
chief to that position. We must choose a states
man able to control the people at home and ele-
vate the credit of the country abroad. The {li
advised manner In which my name has been
used in New York In reference to this matter I
fear will do me Injury and embarrass me in my
military capacity. My best energies I shall,
however, devote to the prosecution of this cam.
paign and which I sincerely hope will tend to
peace.”
But despite this attitude, the talk persisted
and Taylor seems to have become receptive to-
ward the idea, The Whigs, anxious to regain
power from the Democrats by using the prestige
of Taylor's militapy record, nominated him with.
out knowing where he stood on any political
questions and to cap that formulated no plat.
form for him. In fact, for some time after the
nomination they did not know whether or not
he would accept. By a curious mistake he had
not received his letter of notification. They had
forgotten to prepay the postage on the letter and
at that time the post office carried letters and
collected from the receiver. Taylor, on his plan.
tation in Louisiana, to which he had retired
after the Mexican war, not knowing the contents
of the letter which came to him, refused to ac
cept the letter and pay the postage on It,
But eventually he learned that he was the
nominee and somewhat to the amusement of the
country stated that “he was a Whig, but not an
Ultra Whig.” Whether he was or not didn't seem
to make much difference and in the election of
1840 he was the victor over Lewis Cass of Michi.
gan, the Democratic candidate, He was Inaugn.
rated In March, 1850, but he did not live long to
enjoy the highest honor that had been conferred
upon him. On the Fourth of July he took
in the ceremonies connected with laying
nerstone of the Washington monument in
tional Capital. It was a hot day and in an
to cool off the President drank a great deal
and feed milk followed by a substan:
ed teeth gave such satisfactory results
that this Institution attained tha best
record on the continent for the per-
centage of cures in proportion to the
number of cases entering the hospital
As the underlying cause of a num-
ber of mental cases was thus shown
to be due to polson in the system, nose
and throat specialists were brought in
who removed infected tonsils and cor-
rected other conditions in the nose and
throat, resulting in the cure of a con-
siderable number of cases.
This superintendent went further in
his efforts to remove poison from the
they are called.
done by the liver is that of removing
that makes us “quitters.”
bil
1
remove,
would have clearer minds,
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The Cheerful Temperament
ic HE cheerful temperament is a
priceless possession, for when all
is sald, happiness is alone, the greatest
or highest gift of our existence;
wealth cannot purchase it, nor health
insure it" *
These words In the Medical Prac-
titioner by Dr. E. A. Barton are worthy
of our most serious consideration, be-
cause if you have all and have not
happiness, life is really a failure.
Certainly wealth cannot purchase
ual, wealth is a source of great anx-
jety at all times, and to the idle in-
dividual wealth is the source of temp-
tation and trouble,
As a matter of fact, while it cannot
be said in every case that health can
insure constant happiness, it can be
sured to you without health,
We are told that “happiness depends
for the most part on our inner con
sciousness, our outlook on life, our
faith in the future, and above all, on
the good companionship of our fellow
men.”
I believe we will all agree with this,
but nevertheless our inner conscious-
ness, our outlook on life, our faith in
the future and the good companionship
of our fellow men depend to a very
great extent upon our health,
I bave more than once quoted the
saying of Chesterfield “an attack of
indigestion, a sleepless night and a
rainy morning will make a coward of
a man who would otherwise be a
hero.”
The difference between the coward
and the hero then was that attack of
indigestion which prevented sleep, ag-
gravated by the gloomy morning.
If you live a normal life and are in
no way conscious of having a body
no headache, stomach ache, no pain
anywhere, good appetite, able to go
anywhere on your feet, no breathless
ness as you go about, get a good
night's sleep—you have life's greatest
asset, life's greatest boon.
This doesn’t mean that you will al-
ways be happy, or even happy most
of the time, but it does mean that you
have the greatest thing needed to make
you happy, that is good health.
if things come into your life that
cause unhappiness, good health gives
you the greatest possible help In with
standing this unhappiness, because it
gives you a hopeful outlook on life, a
real faith in the future, and the en-
joyment of the good companionship of
your fellow men.
Copyright.=WNU Service.
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