( THE "NtW WOMAN." She does not "liui.'uih In hor lower," Or squander nil the gulden day In fashioning n gaudy llower l'Miii a worsted iirny; Nor is she unite I'niiti'iit ti wnit Behind her "rose-wreathed lattice-pane t'litil boildc In r father' inito The gallant I'riiR'o drawn rein." The hrnvo "New Woman" scorns to niKli. Ami innnt It "ntii'li n jrrievotis thing" Thiit year mi -n r should hurry by A ml tin trny xiiiiiir brimr: In labor's ranks she takes hiT place. With skillful liiitnN mil) cultured miud; Not always foremost in the race, Ittlt never fur behind. Ami ma less lightly full her fei t I'-eeutlse they trend the busy wny: She is tin whit less fair nini sweet Than III :i i r of olden days, Who, (owned in samite or hroeado, I Ied ehiirinihix hi their dainty guise, l'. lt dwelt like inlets ill the shade, With shy, lldll i'l etied cjes. Of life she takes u rlelirer lew. And through the press severely moves, I'ufettere.l. free; with judgment true, Avoiding narrow grooves. She reasons and she midori-tiunls; And soinetiines 'tis hi r j,,y mid erow l 'I'm lift Willi slr.i; i tender lillllilg The hlirdelis Hu ll l.iy ,,u II. -1 'hamliers' .loiirnal. (UiKAT SPKLLIXG 1JEE "i alius held," said the fhronle Loaf as he Mivtehed his legs uli.ng tho milliter ami rested his baeli o,.tn,ort:l- Idy agalnM a pile of call s. "tint they tilii't im seel i thing us roariiiliorln alius. I l.ln.w some sals t!ie,v Is ch i tile lights, hilt When I seen tllet big hist lllgllt I Mild to my missus, im' I lnd' I'm right, thet et was iioihin' Init Hi' Iron furnace. oec Hi' mo'iitaili. l'rr, s'posc, ez th' Teinher sais. they Is lights ti;i et th' tmlth pole, diH'S ymi iin believe we colli . see 'em nil thet distance? Wi ll, Howl" He ga.ed Impressively ahuut tln store 4lt the clone of tills discourse. The Mil- lor, the Shoemaker ami the (i. A. 11. M in were disposed to agree with him, but the Set 1 Teacher was sarcastie. "If ymi had ever studied physical ge ography," he said, "ymi would know that the aurora boroulis N tmt a Ibjlit made upon terra lirma. hut a peculiar magnetic condition of the atmosphere for which there Is no apparent account In;;." He looked toward the Chronic Loafer. "And the manor In which joii pronounce It s exceedingly ludicrous. It Is not a roarlnhmiu ullways. It Ij spelled a n r-o-r-a li-o-r-e-a I i-s." The Tinsiiilih, who was seated upon a nail keg, rubbing his hands In the warm rays of the stove, chuckled softly. The Chronic Loafer noticed him and felt convinced that the col lection of his own grammar had caused the other's mirth. "What's you tins so tickled about now ?" he asked gruilly. 'J' was Jest thluklnV the Tlnsmllh to' d. Ills 'vnntouati'" ) " ..ui-ai expression, "of the time my ole frhu' gulncy Muthersbaugh spelled d iw n John .Mmisoii. who tot up to Hap py Crove school. He done et oil thet very word. My, hut tint there was a lcc." "Now. 'fore you git grlndln" 'way Kclice you've got on spellili' 1 want ter tell a g 1 tin on " "Let h;m tell (: ahout t.Mnm-y Mutli ershaUk'h." the School Teacher Inter posed, decisively. 'Your good un call keep." t 'olllpelled to tdlcucc, the Chronic Loafer rolled over on his hack and gaz- ed dejectedly into the dilll recesses of the ceiling. While the Tinsmith began: "Some folks is nat'ral spellers, Jest ns others Is nat'ral musicians. Ag'ln. ct's Jest iis hard ter make a (Mod speller by edlcatioii as et Is ter make a good bass horn blower. Ter a feller thet hain't tin t Inborn Idee of how many letters Is needed ter make a Wold 'il never sjiell no better than th' man thet hain't a nat'ral sense f how much wind's Heeded fer a note "11 plav a bass horn." "I cannot wholly agree with ymi," Interrupted the School Teacher. ";ivo U child lirst Words of one syllable, then two; then drill them In words Hiding In tiou until " "We won't discuss thet. Teacher, fer et don't effect our case. John Jlt.ilsoii was a nat'ral speller. Ymi never seen lit' like. Che hiiu a word of six oi seven syllables an" he'd sim-11 et out like et was on a blackboard right before him. When he was ( he hod spelled down all the scholars In Happy drove, an' 'd Won 'bout six bees. Then he went to th' I'ikestown Normal school, out in the western part of lvimsy Ivany. When he come back you never knowed til beat. He lied stedied Latlliu' an' alKebray, but 1 jitmss he must a spent colislder'ble time a bnivhlu' up his spelllu', fer there Was only one feller "bout these parts who could keep lillsi fer any time at all. He was my I'rleii' ijuliicy Mtiihershauh. You tins knows gulncy. Ho tot two winters up ct KIs Idkuiiullkis school, an' went west after ho niawrled. He was a powerful piol feller-still an" a line teacher an' spoil or but John Jlmlsi.u bed th' advauta.'e if u normal school edlcatioii, an' know'd it. fer you uns never seen ih' like f th' way he kerrh d on when he -was teachln' ter Happy drove. "Thet was th' w Inter wo ln d so much Know. It hod drilled In t!i' roads, si wo drove throiiKli th lid's, If you inn Tcmember. What with church soshbles UU' slnlll' school an' spelllu' bees they v as a heap sliit noln' on. "Not a Week passed but llle an' guhi ry Mutliersbauk'h weut soine'cres, an' 'foro I know'd ct both him an' John Jlmlson was kis'pln' romp'ny w ith Han nah 8ldTs. She was Jest as pretty as a peach, plump an' rosy, with th' slick ost nat'ral hair an' teeth you over neeii. Kim was powerful fond of edlcatioii. so when them two teachers was after hei ho Jest couldn't inako up her mlu'. S'.io like Qnlnry vrnn hor faroryto without ho know In' It. He'd go kco her and st down tin nercr tny notliln' much; but she kinder thot liltn pleasant company. II wan jjood lookln' on' iiure an' no fool. Jlmlson wan amusln', toler'blo In Ids looks an' lied th' advantage of n normal school odlcatlon, an' kinder dan ?.led her. i:t nllus 'pearcil tor nio. still, ns If ho was a Mt cotieclty, but then bo took with th' kIH "Hanuali Ciders didn't know which of them two ter choose. Kt nconis nhe figured on ct till fall nu' well Inter th' w Inter. She begin ter get thin nn lose all her color, nn both them fellers was near w ild with niixlmisncss on' contin ual yuarrolln'. Then what Jcr 8'poso they done?" "lit 'II take a long time fer 'cm ter do much, th' way j-ou tells it," the Chronic Loafer grumbled. "She give out," continued Tinsmith, not heeding the Interruption, "that she'd take th' best cdleated. Thet tickled Jlmlson, w ho blowcd round ter ill his friends how he was Just ready. Ho was goln'. he put et, 'like th' male knlehts of old, ter tilt in th turning -mouths fer Ids lady.' They iik-reed ter hev It out on th' unlet at th big spellin' between their schools th' follow In' week. I thot gulncy was gone. He Jest went ter Work, though, nn' fer sev'ral days N-forc th' bee I seen tiothln' of him. lie was stedyln' th' spellin' book. "The night come, tin' soch a crowd ns they was et th' Happy drove School. They was slelghln', and fer i inarter f a mile In front of th' bulhlln' they was tiothln' but horses hitched ter Hi' fences. Th' schoolroom was all hcorated with grei-iis an" lighted w ith Ih lamps fer th' occasion, an' was Jest packed. All th' seats was Idled with girls, an' th' men was lined four deep 'long th' walls an' banked up on top of one 'uother at th' back. On one side of th' platform, settln' on a bench 'long under th' blackboard, was th' sixteen best scholars of th' Happy Omvo School, led by John Jlmlson. He was Hinllln', an' conferdent, nn' ga.lu' lotiglu' at Hanuali Ciders, who wos n one of th' front seats an' 'js-ar-ed rather nervous. He was all togged out In a new 1'rlnctf Albert oat fwr her bellellt. "I was slandln' be th stove melt lti th' snow off me boots, when I lied a few, words with gulnoo Muthersbaugh. He seemed Jest a little excited, but 'lowed ct 'lid come out all right. Then he took his place with Ills sixteen scholars on th' other side th' platform an' th' procedln's begin. "Teacher Iong. from over In Lemon Township, called out th' words from a ppcllcr, while me nn' another feller kept tally. The lirst word given out was smipeiiy, nn' gulncy missed et. He spelled ct ' tl-p-c-n-n.' I Ji st felt sick when I marked down one again' his side. Jlmlson took her. spelled her alt right nn' commenced tor smile. Muthersbaugh looked solemn. The feller nex' on his side spelled super nodes correct, while th' man ax John 'j ilW!s!f""'f;Vlssed superannuation, nn' then Happy drove an' Klshlkoiiulllas was even. They kep' tl.et up an hour an' a half, an' I tell yer et v r.s most cxeititf ter see them trained spellers battlin'. Wh -n they ipilt Happy drove hod two less misses then KlshlkoipiU- his. Jlmlson commenced ,.r smile tri umphant, but gulin e didn't do notliln' Vept set there (jlliet like. , "After a recess of ten minutes they begin ter spell down. All th" scholars lined up In a row an' whenever one missed a Word they bed to go set In th" llinl'elice. Tiny spelled ail' spelled, t -11 tinal they was no one left but gulncy Muthersbaugh an' John Jlml son. jest staiidlu' there glarin' et each other an' slugln' out letters. lit was a grand sight. Hannah Ciders was pale and trcinblin', fer she knowed th' vally of an Idle word then. Th' and' once was most su-etehln' ther necks outetl Joint, they was so Interested. Two lamps went out an' no onL fixed 'em; th' nlr was Jest blue with th' steam made by th' snow ineliln' off th' fellers' boots, an' th' stove begin to smoke, an' th' i in was suffocatln', but no one thot ter put up a winder, th' cxclteiiion' was so bad. "Seeh words as penultimate, concate nation, pentatcuch an' silhouette com.' h ad easy ter them teachers. They kep' glarin' et each other an' spellin' like their life depended on et. l'oor lmg's voice got weaker an' weaker n glvln' out words. I was thet nervous I could halrdly see. Thty spelled all the atlons and eiitlons, all the words end in' in Nil, die and lless, ti- et seemed they'd use up th' book, gulncy was gctliu' more excited; Jlml.-ioli's knees' was tremblln' visible. "Then Long give out Korybory Alius. You could a heard a p!u drop In thet room. Jlmlson he begin slow, as of it was dead easy; "A-r-o-r-a, Aurora; b-o-r. Aurora Lor; c a l l s, Aurora Ho real Is.' "They was a mumble went over th' t m, an' he seen ho was wrong un' yelled: 'A-u, I in. au.' " " 'Too late," says Iotig. 'Only one chauc't et a time tell one or th' otlcr spells ct. Th' gentleman who gits et right lirst wins, aeeordiu' ter rules.' "Jlmlson was white as a sheet an' his face an' hands was a-twltchin' as lc stood there glarin' et gulncy. Muthers baugh looked at th' floor like he was siedyln'. I seen Hannah Oder loan for'n'd an' grip th desk with her bauds, tin' then I know'd she'd luiido up hot mln' which she favored. "Ho begin: 'A-u, an; r-o-r. ror, Aurot; a. .Aurora; H o r, bur, Aurora Hor; o, Aurora Lore; a I. al. Aurora Horoal ' Then he stopped UU' looked at tti' flout u:id Mtedled. "I Jest stisid up. I was thet excited, fer I knowed what was wrong. I seen tears la Hannah Cider's eyes as she leaned for'a'd, not breathiu'; I se.:n Jlmlson grin an' know'd ho remembered he'd left out th' u an' 'ud spell et Kuro Jest as ijulcii as he'd get u chanc't. I b'.llcvuj v.-aj no'.u' tor ax 'a.' an' thet et was all np with blm. nn tbet Hannah Ciders know'd who nlin fnrois ed too lata, fer she wasn't a girl tot break a greemen'. "Then sudden a feller run In th door an" yelled: 'Some un's run off with Tcnchor Jimlson's borso an' sleight "Y'ou uns never seen seeh a panic. Th" wcemen Jumped up an" yelled; th" men Jest piled out th" door; John Jlml son climbed out th' winder, an Teacher I,on dropped his spelllu' book an' ful lered. Tor my surprise gulncy Mutu orsbaugh never Uioved; bo Jest Btood there lookln" nt Hannah Ciders au' sinllln', while she was gazlu' back, as red as a beet I was gettlu' out th' win der among th last nn' turned 'round ter see ef gulnce wns behind tne; thet's how I come tor notice ct. I Jest stop ped an' looked ct both of 'cm. l-'er three minutes them two stared et each other an' I stared ct them, not know In' w hat ter make of et. McauMiuc the room was cleared. Outside we beard th' sleigh bells rlngln' ns th' fellers started off after th 'thieves: we heard John Jlmlson and Teacher Long callin' to 'em t"r go In this an' thet direction; we board th' weemeii comphilulii' because they'd so many hev ter Walk home. "Then th' rear winder, right back of where guiucy was ta-idln', slid up an' bis young brother Sam stuck his head In. an' when he seen th' coast was ch ar, whispered: 'I jest give th' 'larm In time, gulnce, didn't IV I've hitched Teacher .Hudson's horse right here behind th' Kchoolhotisc, an' yon kin take her home Jest as soon as th' last of these hero fools gits a way.' ' gulncy smiled an' said: 'I thot ymi was never cumin' an' I'd hev ter spell ct out.' "lint th' winder was shot down an' bis brother was gone. "Then he steps down off th platform nn' walks up ter Hannah Cillers, an' says: 'Th' last syllable c a l-a s.' " 'No.' she says, quiet like, "el's e-n-l-I s. 1 Sut thet ain't t o difference." 'I slipped out th' winder an' started home, 'limit ten minutes later John Jimlson's horse and sleigh passed tne on th' road, au' from what I seen I Jedge I et Wouldn't u done him much good, (invway, ef he had a spelled down guin ry Muthersbaugh." New York Iivenlu Sun. TOUGH, BUI DIDN'T LAST LONQ Western Wny of Muii)rclng a liuil Man from tlio linst. "It Is Interesting to observe," said a man from Colorado, "how small th-J tough man from the Last is apt to sln, In tlie Far West after he has had an ex perience or two in running up against the uieti of that region. He finds out that an altercation Is likely to bring him up facing the muzzle of a pistol In the hands of u man much more ready to pull the trigger off-hand than to waste time in preliminary talk, lie (Usui learns the lesson of circumspec tion, nud, If he survives the process, bis behavior Is usually modillcd to lit bis uow surroundings. "A tragic illustration of the results that way come from a tenderfoot's at tempt to masquerade as n bad man west of the Mississippi Ulver came un der my observation in the winter of lssl-'M" in New Mexico. 1 boarded the southward bound Atchison train at Las Vegas and soon found that one of the passengers was terrorizing the others. He had been drinking, and he paraded the cars, talking loudly and profanely, trying to pick quarrels with passengers and frequently flourishing a revolver. The train hands did liot seem Incline 1 to Interfere with him, ami among th- people aboard v In ui he directly Insult ed he did imt happen to hit any one wno had the sand or the dlsposll Ion to call him down. "Toward the members of a theatrical company traveling in one of the coach es he particularly directed his violence ntnl Insults. His conduct with them at last became unbearable, and when, af ter threatening two actors with his c volver and frightening the women to the vt rgeof hysterics, lie passed onward Into another car. a hurried council of war was held In the couch he had va cated, and every man who had a pistol got It In readiness, with the understand ing that if he returned he was to bo shot down at the first aggressive move ment. Hut that phase of trouble was averted, for, as It happened, he remain ed In the car ahead until, at dusk, l In tra In rolled Into Albuquerque. "Here Scott Moore, the proprietor of the Armljo House, was nt the station with his haekman awaiting the train's arrival. He called out the name of bis house at the door of the car In w hich I was sitting, nud then turning to the iMckman said: " 'You take care of the passengers !n this car and I w 111 go on to the next.' "These inoffensive words caught the ear of the tough man from the Last, who was pushing his way to the car platform. He drew his pistol i.nd start ed for the nearest man on the Mutluii platform, shouting: " 'You'll take care of us, will you! I'l; show you smart fellows out here that you're not able to take care of mo!' "He flourished his revolver as he spoke, and Just as Ids feet struck the Ki'cond step of the car ho fired, the ball passing over the head of the man ou the station platform. The sound of his pistol was Instantly followed by two quick rejMirts. and the tough man fell forward upon the platform dead. Thu man at w hom he bad apparently tire I had drawn his revolver and shot blm twice through the heart. "A crowd gathered as the train rolled on. leaving the tough mail lying where he had fallen. Of course I learned In chleiitally afterward tiie man who killed hiiu, a gambler of the tow n, was fully exonerated at the Inquest, and was never Indicted for the kllltu." .New color. I'arls has Invented a uew shado or color which It calls pelure d'oguon. That sounds butter, but docs not look better, than thu EDglltin version "onion purlin,-." .. . 'C'lDQ'ii rv WAR AWh PPAPI7 T IIlOA LA VI All Ail V 1 LlAhlM WASHINGTON'S BIRTHTLACB . TO BE MARKED BT A MONUMENT. A Granite Shaft to Ba Erected by the Government Story of the Old House Its Illstorlo Inmates. ""TffTORK has begun on the w monument to mark the birthplace of Washington, at Wakefield, Va., and the substantial completion of the work this Tear seems assured. A shaft of Amer ican light granite, about forty feet high, will rest upon a plinth and a die for tho inscription, and these in turn upon two basos, the lower one twelve, feet srjunre, so that the total height of the strncturo will be fifty one fect. That height will fully an swer tlio requirement of being visible from tho decks of vessel in tlio chan nel of the Potomac, .not quite four miles distant. The successful design nmouc; tho twenty-nine- submitted was from tho satno firm, CrawforJ k Son., IJufbilo, N. Y., that erected tho me morial to Mary Washington at Frod cricksburp', and tho rclotivo porpor tions of tho latter monument are cloFcly followed. It has been settled that tlio inscriptions on tho monu ment shall be of tho simplest character. Tho words "Dirthplaco of Washing ton," will bo cut out into the dio stone, and tho words "Erected by tho United States, 1893," cut into tho front of tho Grst base. Mr. Crawford says that it will probably t.iko him about a yenr to compk'lo the construc tion of the monument according to tho design approvod by tho Secretary of Statu. The old homestead, about seventy milts below tlu National Capital, will h. realtor, perhaps, become more of a resort or patriotio visitors, sinco, with the funds provided by Congress, a pier has been built in the river, about two miles from the monument site, and a toad to tho latter con structed. The improvements, with the purchase of tho ground required, left only about SI 1,000 for tho tnonu- "WAKEFIELD", WASHINGTON'S BIETHrLACE. nient itself, but that sura has bcon sufficient The formal dedication of the completed structure could easily be arranged, it would seem, for the birthday anniversary of 1896. Near tho steamboat landing and close by Bridges Creek is tho old Washington family vault, containing the bones of Washington's father aud of Augustino Washington's fhbt wifo and of some of his ancestors. This vault will bo cuclosod in somo suita ble wny. From tho wharf at Bridges Creek un improved roadway will bo made end enclosed by a fence ou cither side, leading southwest ward and southward a mile and a half to the site of Wubhington's birthplace, WASHINGTON MOXTTIHVT AT TIIE NATIONAL CAI'M AU Wukclield IIoukc, on tho bank of Pope's Citck, u wido arm of tho I'oto- III HO. Nothing now remains of this house but tho louudntion wu'ils, Hush with tno ground. The landscape surround ing ti e situ is uoi purticulsrly attrac tive nt prevent, but with proper grad ing, pluuting nud improvement it could doubtless bo transformed into a hmnlcouie pm k. It is like uny com mon fallow Hold covered with grass aud weeds, and here and there dotted with clumps of wild fig bushes, ragged pine tree)1, hemlocks and shapely cedurs. On the spot where the old Wakefield House stood, a flat-sided froobtone slab was placed in filial de votion in the year 1815 by Oeorge Wash ington I'arke Curtis, Washington's adopted son, bearing this inscription : i HEBE, Oo ths 82-1 fnbruary, 1731, ! UJ-UltOK WAHI1INQ10.N t ; W.'.S.IUHN. J As late as 1?. i t-. was still m- taot, bat with the action of time and the depredations of the relie hunters, it is now no longer recognizable. After the death of Augustine Wash Ington, the Wakefield property was inherited by his ion, Augustine, Jr., George's next youngest brother, on attaining his majority. Years after ward it eamo into the possession of Colonel Lewis W. Washington, when a reservation waa made of the spot which the old house had occupied. In 1808 this reservation, together with the burial plot at Bridges Creek, waa presented to tho State of Virginia by its owners npon condition that the place be enclosed and a fitting monu ment inscribed as the birthplace of Washington. But this was not done, and subsequently the Virginia Legist lature ceded back the reservations to the last owner, Mr. John E. Wilson, tho husband of Betty Washington, whose grandfather was William Augus tine Washington, tho Lolf-ncphew of George. In 1879 tho need of a proper me morial to mark tho Washington birth site was called to tho attention of Con gress, and in June of that year an ap propriation of $3000 was granted for a monument, to be erected under tho supervision of tho Secretary of Ktato. In the early spring of 1880 William M. Evarts, then Secretary of State, and much interested in tho success of tho project, visited tho place and exerted himself in tho consideration of plans and designs for tho monument. In May following ho reported to tho House of Representatives his opinion that $30,000, instead of $3000, would bo necessary to provido such a struc ture ns tho nature and dignity of tho subject demanded, and as a ro&ult tho appropriation was increased by Con gress in February, 1881, to the higher figure, but from one cauic and another nothing further was done, and the project was allowed to drop until February, 1893, when Congress author ized tho use of $11,130 of the $30,0C0 already appropriated in constructing a wharf as a means of approach to tho proposed monument. From all accounts the old Wakefield "mansion" waa in truth but a very ordinary farmhouse,even in its primi tive day. But there is little question that the hero-mother and her worthy husband lived an idoal country life there, in tho midst of thoir prosperous plantation, attended by tho usual com plemsnt of slaves, aud dispensing to all comers tho generous hospitality characteristic of tho old Virginia fami lies iu Colonial days. Tho most dis tinctive features of tho house were its immenso chimneys on each end, built from the ground on tho outside of tho framo dwelling so large, indeed, as to make the house- look disproportion ately small in comparison with tnctn. E:ch wide fireplace is said to have had capacity sufficient for n cord of wood at one time. Tho building had but ono floor and an ottio under tho big hip-roof, which waa broken by dormer windows to admit the light. At the front was a wide porch, extending tho wholo width of the house. On thj right sido of tho entrancu was the par lor, and its flreplaco was docorateJ, after the fashion of that time in the ' dwellings of tho well-to-do, with blue ! Dutch tiles of quaint design. There I were but tbreooUer rooms of fair Bizo ; on the first floor, the largest being in the ono-story extension at the back, Uhod as a sleeping chamber by Augus tine and Mary. In that comparatively humble room tho greatest Americau was born, February, 22, 1731. There also, besides his sister Betty, who was born in June, 1733, his brother Samuel first saw the light, in Novem ber, 1734. The house stood back about a hun dred yard from the bank of Pope's Creek, about half a milo HoutbwcMt from' tho Potomac in a ttrui-ht lino. Tho plantation was a triaugular shaped trnck, bounded by thaPotomao and Bridges and Popes Creeks, and comprised somewhat over 1000 acres of wood and bottain laud, on which were produced largo crops of tobacco for export. The trading vessels of that day being mostly of light draught, no dtfUculty was encountered in mooring close to shoro and taking on their car goes of tobacco direct from the fields where the weed had been produced. When Gaoro Washington wo but littlo over four years old the hittorio house was accidentally destroyed by fire. Tho burning happened on a windy duy in April, 1735. - Tho slaves in the yard were burning brush aud other 'trttib," as is usual in tho spriug, when suddenly some sparks were carried from the burning buap to the dry shiuglos of the home rocf. In a few momouts the whole structure was wrapped in dames, Augustine Washiugtou, tho father, waa absent at the time, and Mary, the mother, took command in his stead. Under hor di rection the family furniture and valu ables were removed by the slaves to a plaoe of safety, and then, without watting time iu idlo lamentation, she set all hands to assist in making up beds aud preparing supper in a cabiu at the rear, which fortauaUlv hud es- ; caned buruiutr. Tho new housp, 'Tine Gro-vi whioh Augustine Washington immeOi. ately built down in Stafford County Virginia, across the Eiver Kapj hannock from Fredericksburg, W modeled closely on the plan of th Wakefield home. There the remainder of the children were horn, and ther Augustine died, in 1743, and M buried in the vault with his first hV Jane Butler, at Bridges Creek. When First a National Hero. Washington's triumphal entry in(9 Boston was tho signal victory whic made him first a National hero. Up to that moment he had been a descrvio Virginia gentleman put in commani of some Continental forces. Now ha began to be rogardod ns the military Moses of the wholj pcoplo of tL American Colonios. Congress itself set tlio paco by Tot ing, on motion of John Adiims, a mcJi to bo 6truok in honor of their victori ous goncral. -This was ciono au 1 . havo tho pleasuvo of reproducing hers a drawing of tho faco of tho mcUX Tho profile is raid to bo an cseelleni likeness of Washington in his priine. CONGRESS' UEDAt, TO WAStmrCTO!. The innato modesty and jndiciJ quality ol tho Victor was well llltistratl cd in tho remark ma lo by him on 11 ing notified of Congress lutein', I medal to bis honor. Hrieaaicg ol L.I men, ho said : "They were, ir.doad, at first a ls: of undisciplined husbandmen : hut is, under God, to their bravcrv ami.. tcntiou to duty that I am indebted mat success wnicu nas procured l tho only reward I wish to receive, til aficctiou and cstoem of my cjuutr men." Pathfinder. As to Giants. As a rule, giants are not long-Iir. They havo too many gauntlets to n: being giants that being nnytbi: over six feet six they naturally ilr; into tho tfhow business aud are thcac forth incarcerated iu vane, ck rooms, and in tho dingy and e"luv.; laden air of tho exhibition roo- Tlieir not ovcrresisting lungs horei: halo the combined cmtivia and art that nriso from tho lunss, skiu t. not overcleuu or over-well-s:r clothes of their many admirers, n which is not conducive to eat health or to long life. It would st. reasonable to bclicvo that a giant he soven or ton feet tall who is formed, and who has every ornn i: just proportion to bis bulk, i-hp-hvo as long as a mall man or n ! as his here Jity miht otherwise port reasoning theoretically this uv. scorn probable, but when wo co:i well analvzo the subject and om; the actual facta wo find that sotmtL or other always goes wrong au.l . owing to many au "if," wo limit our giant dies cnrlr as a rule. one organ goes wrong and the machiuo comes to a t-top; or soilc gan docs not keep paco with tho : of-tho increase in bulk, and ho f halting aud squeukinr,', or either overwork or au underwork her there and a physiological inadenn. of somo sort is tho result, wit. general deterioration of tlio wi. structure and with a finally preuu: death. In ether words, there ia to bo a failing link in the physio! cal scheme of thedO abnormal he1.: which, by giving way, breaks thee tiuuity of tho chain of life, an I t. independent of any of those nior.il linquencies which ure but too u: the cause of an early breakdown. is simply that tne whole struo: would not work abnormally in e detail.- National Popular Kevicw. Tfashlntau's Unod Luck. History tells ns of tho pors l recounoitsanco of Washington Lafayette arouud Elk Lauding, -when the British debarked at 1 poiut, from whence they mttrcbe tho Brandywiue, Penn. It ulno thut they camped npon Chestnut Del., from which point tho v. Chesapeake is distinctly visible. They made an of.rly start from t bivouan uud went uorthwestwur strike the road luadiug front Elk L iug to Nuwark, and entered a : hoiiro w hich stands about ono hu: yards from tho road, to try ' breakfast. They were gracious ceived by tho lady of tho hoii fouutl a table nicely set and thu t fast ready to bo served. Lafayette luauifcbted great u at their good luck, aud they worn seated. Tho lady of tho homo, ing tho room for a moment, W tou touched Lafayotto uuJcr the with his foot aud said: "K.it hurrv: this breakfast was not h for us," He took the hint, amb not long before tliav wcra agaiu- saddle, after exprussiug many t for the hospitality. Upon turn beud in thu road they looked bur saw Lord Howe and his stall', t nected guest., turn iuto the Louse. American Historical I'i Hay Dat'ices Kutvud lir M'omH The hay barges on the Kwiai rowed by wouieu standiuir. nul small saii-boutf, with tall bru- standing very high to oatoli 1 winds, ureamomi tho mostpiot'iij ol craft. .Now Xuti Ucoordir. Ntb:tit ia Ari.K'fANV' Id n.lr, Gil, Al f bo; Th loLu Mr rlli I nil, It I.' kitulil ni Karl .Vt ! i nuti Curt 'fill Lit ;soc I hi. 'cod' OvsrOi .L.nc .otiraho 'Jive th P":u.lri rMirln r Pitt tr pfl la 5 i was of a -trra
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