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he village of Racketville was at y a town ‘clock; in fact, made himself
fever ‘heat. -quite a bore. :
At fever heat in the middle of Feb- 30 the ‘old bachelor, discarded. by,
ruary. everybody, ‘went it alone,” nestled.:in
‘What an absurd expression that is, | one corner of the sleigh under a clus-
by the way. At fever heat in the | ter of fir branches, with no one but his
middle of February, when the general | little brown pocket flask to keep him
climate is so sternly suggestive of ul-
sters, arctics, chest protecters’and Bal-
timore heaters. But we use it only in
a figurative sense. Racketville was at
a perfect fever heat, not according
the thermometrical pressure, but the
presse of excitement and expectation.
‘Whac was the cause of this ferment?
Why, the following notice, clipped
from the “Local Items” column of the
village paper:
“It is a well known fact that the an-
nual ‘straw-rides of our esteemed fel-
low townsman, Farmer Frisker, are the
most prominent features of Racket-
ville’s winter enjoyments. Tomorrow
evening, at half-past seven, the best
straw-ride of the season will start
from Frisker’s house, to travel all the
way to Dan Kelly's hotel at Fairview,
where quite a surprising sensation is
promised to- take place. The party
will return home in plenty of time for
the next day's dinner.
vitations have been issued.”
Is it not _likely that such an an-
nouncement should cause quite a
furore, that everyone in the village
who had the least claim to acguain-
tanceship with the Frisker family
should be looking forward to receiv-
ing an invitation; and that everyone
who had not, should determine on go-
ing down to the Frisker cottage to see
the party off? for, in the opinion of
everyone, the starting off of the an-
nual Frisker straw-ride was a sight
not to be missed, or eclipsed either,
even by the great displays of Christ-
mas and the Fourth of July.
‘Well, the eventful evening arrived
in safety, and a more glorious one for
a straw-ride could - not have been
wished for. The moon and stars were
out and shining beautifully, the sur-
rounding country presented the most
lovely snow landscape the eye could
feast upon, and the road over which
the party were to travel was in splen-
did condition.
Half-past seven came, and the great
straw-ride started from the Frisker
cottage amid the cheers of half the
willage populace, who had assembled
to see them off, and the crash of a
brass band that Farmer Frisker had
secured to accompany the party.
“Music allers seemed to patch up such
a sort o° enchantment around the
scene,” he said.
There were four sleighs full of in-
vited guests. They were all ranged in
line, and, festooned with flags,
branches of fir trees, bright Chinese
lanterns and numerous other decora-
tions, looked quite a prttty sight. The
horses were trimmed up fantastically,
too, like a lot of animals in the holi-
fiay assortment of a New York depart-
ment store.
As the party moved away from the
cottage the scene was lit up magnifi-
cently by the glare of brilliant fire-
works, which had also been provided
for the occasion. .
Then away the sleighs sped in fine
style over the fleecy road like arrows,
and the crisp snow crackled beneath
them with sharp, snapping sounds,
the bells jingled with a merry unison,
and the voices rang out upon the
frosty air with a far merrier discord-
ance.
¥ The night was superb. The glisten-
ing jewels of the sky shed a soft, ce-
lestial glow over the snow-clad hills
and meadows, and gave the country
the appearance of an ermine paradise.
On, on flew the sleighs, past houses,
fences, trees and mile posts, like 10c0-
motives, until the village was left
many miles behind. On they dashed
through the hills and valleys, -and
across the low, white-carpeted mead-
ows, past scattered villages and silent,
lonely homesteads, the party enjoying
this pleasant diversification of scenery
all along the route. Enjoying the
scenery and enjoying plenty else.
Ah, how nice it was! How really
nice it was! Young Simon Lee, for
instance, sitting with his arm around
the waist of Laura Dale, pointing out
to her the places of interest upon the
road, the old dead sycamore tree, with
the spring in its trunk famed for such
good water, the broken-down bridge
where he used to fish, the haunted
mill beside Brewster's, where he got
her that pretty pair of pigeons some
time ago, etc. All this while her
father and mother, sitting quite near,
were in danger of looking; when they
were not looking, the conversation
was carried on in the silent language
of the eyes, and made doubly interest-
ing by affectionate bouts in hugging
and kissing. .
All the other young people derived an
immense amount of enjoyment in pre-
gisely the same manner.
There was one person there who en-
joyed himself as thoroughly as all the
others combined, and, however strange
it may seem, all alone.
That person was Bachelor Spriggs,
guite an eccentric individual, but the
most intellectual man in Racketville.
No ong, however, seemed to make
much of him during or to
care for listen to queer but
humorous conversation. The ladies of
the party though im ‘‘perfectly hor-
rid, for he drinks, and the
whisky on him is terrible!” they w
pered to e other. The men pi
his weakn pronounced
smart and fiinny man, but d 10
deavor to draw him
for, when once started, be ran
the ride,
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Over fifty jn-
with a sly smile,
into comversation;:
company, but he had real enjoyment
with it, and seemed to prefer its pleas |’
ing comfort to all the fun®and frolic
faking ‘plate around him. :
His fréguent..potations soon. began
to tell upon him, as everyone. feared
would be the case, for he was known
to mever be without his flask, and
‘oftentimes the people saw it flash in
the” moonlight as he raised it to his
lips and took what he humorously
termed his “astronomical obsetva-
stions.” wiles :
Farmer Frisker began to get nerv-
ous. He had brought Spriggs out upon
the ride for a particular purpose—to
make a big speech at Dan Kelly's hotel
as the opening feature of the ‘‘surpris-
ing sensation” he had promised in the
notice of the village paper. 4
He began to fear that Spriggs would
be unfit for the delivery of the speech.
These fears were considerably height- |:
ened by the bachelor suddenly burst-
ing out into a boisterous song, and as
tipsy men’s songs are always as long
as your arm, he never finished until |
the sleighs entered Fairview and |
-dashed up before Dan Kelly's do6r,
where fully half the town were gath-
ered to receive them.
“Spriggs!” cried Frisker, seizing the
bachelor by the hair so viciously that
he yelled like a wild beast. “I didn’t
think you'd sarve me in this way,
Tarnation take your distillery stom-
ach! You're not fit to grace a mud-
gutter, let alone a grand affair like
this here. You're not fit to’ spout
now.” .
“Oh, ves, 1 ‘am, Prisker,” said
Spriggs, in a quavering voice. “Trust
me—trust Spriggs. He's not gone back
on you. He'll make a grand sp-speech.”
Frisker said nothing, but turning to
one of his sons who was assisting some
of the girls from the sleighs, whis-
pered:
“Zach, for mercy’s sake, keep Spriggs
down in the bar-room, or he'll turn
the whole affair into a circus. Don’t
let him upstairs, or I'll go mad!”
“But, father, I can‘t hang onto his
coattails all the time. I must be pres-
ent upstairs.”
“Then tell Dan Kelly to get some
one to do the job. If Spriggs gets up-
stairs a cock fight will be nothing to
the row he’ll raise.”
Frisker, Jr., promised he would, but
the gir] of his heart was waiting to be
handed from the sleigh, and as he
sprang to do his duty Spriggs fled
from his memory.
As the party left the sleighs and
filed upstairs into the snug parlor of
the hotel, everyone, excepting the
members of the Frisker family, and
the Darrell family, and a few others,
was burning with anticipation as to
what the “surprising sensation” was
going to Be.
When all were assembled in the
lighted parlor, quite some surprise was
manifested at a few certain things.
Farmer Frisker's daughter had
thrown off her cloak, and was dis-
covered in a handsome silk dress—a
rather too beautiful and costly cos-
tumeé for a straw-ride.
Stephen Darrell was dressed in
handsome black, which is not general-
ly worn upon a straw-ride, either.
Two or three other ladies and gen-
tlemen were dressed in a style not to
be expected for a straw-ride, and the
families of Frisker and Darrell were
dressed in their very best.
All this caused curiosity and re
meark. |
Suddenly the presence of Parson |
Brooder, sitting at an adjoining table
with a Bible before him, was noted,
and this and that put together gen-
erated a great deal of suspicion.
In the midst of the mysterious whis-
perings Farmer Frisker arose, and,
that showed how he
enjoyed the deception he had prac-
ticed upon his friends, disclosed the |
nature of the “surprising sensation.”
“My friends,” he said, “I wanted to
provide you with real enjoyment upon
this ride. We have had great fun on
the road but I have reserved the cream
of the amusement to the last. This
cream we would have churned at my
house, but there wasn't enough room
there, so we'll churn it here under the
roof of good Dan Kelly. The great
sensation anounced to take place here
is the marriage of my daughter to
young Stephen Darrell, on which. I
pray you to shower your blessings.”
What Frisker had dome in his few
words he had intended Spriggs to
make the subject of a splendid speech.
But, alas! Spriggs had failed him in
his hour of need, and he was forced
thus to be his own speechmaker, but
it is our belief that the great Spriggs,
had he been in fit condition, with all
his polish and ready command of lan-
guage, couid not have delivered a
speech with better effect than had the
farmer in his few blunt words.
Then all became silent, and the
parson, rising, entered upon his happy
duty of joining together two loving
hearts.
when the couple are
testioned as to whether they accept
denly -out went the gas, and the.room.
was left in tetal darkness. .r.-: s.r
This. created some consternation. :
“Blame the luck!” cried Frisker, ad
he ‘bellowed for a match. oi
“Tl go downstairs for one,” cried
the man on guard ‘at the‘door, and he
cpened the door to go; but af the same
moment the bridegroom, Stephen Dar-
rell, called out that
:his pocket. tap
There was no use then of the guard
_again;” but before ‘he did so a "dark
figure passed into the room unnoticed
in" the gloom. :
Stephen Darrell: was: intensely
"flurried by the interruption, and .rushed
to light the gas himself., But when
he got to the jet he found that he had
no match as he had supposed, and that
it was ‘only a toothpick he hgd: felt ind
his : pocket. Then, desperate: with
rage, and — simple - fellow!.— quite
frightened, it must be admitted, at the
sudden. extinguishment. of the. Jight,
which he superstitiously tgok to.be a
bad omen for his wedding, he rushed
out of the room and downstairs to get
a light himself. me :
No one knew who it was that went
.out, but thought it some ohe of the
young men gone on-tpe errand. :
“Confound the. thing!” -¢ried. Fris-
ker. “There aint much more jobhing
to de, is there, parson? Well, then,
let the wedding go. on in.the dark.
Darn it! I’
to stop in the middle ‘of a marriage;
and if that’s the case, the dafk-ain’t
going to stop my daughter's.”
in .the dark!”
“I’ve heard that
’
“Yes, - let
cried Farmer
it’s bad luck
it: go on
Darrell.
to: stop, too.’ .
The parson attempted to expostulate;
but both the farmers ordered the mar-
riage to go on in the dark. Sco the
bride tock her place beside a figure
which she supposed to be that of her
husband, and the service went on.
“Do you accept this woman as your
wedded wife?” .
No answer was heard. Everyone
supposed that the bridegroom had
spoken it, but that, owing to nervous-
ness which ' sometimes does. affect
bridegrooms to a great degree; he had
spoken inaudibly.
“Do you accept this man for your
wedded husband?” : ;
“I do,” replied the bride, in a firm
voice. “Gracious, Stephen, how you are
trembling[’’ she was then heard to
whisper.
“Then I declare you man and wife!”
said the parson, “and the blessing of
God, and of everyone, be upon this
union.”
As he said these words the figure of
the husband bent toward the bride.
She thought he wished to kiss her, and
presented her lips for the purpose of
being so treated.
Her lips met something, but it was
not the lips of her husband. It was
something very cold, and a strange,
shivering sensation passed over her as
she felt its touch.
“His—wanrt some—hic?’ asked a
quavering voice, and the next instant
the young bride felt a cold stream of
some liquid poured over her face.
Some of it went down her throat and
nearly choked her, and by its taste
and smell she knew it to be whisky.
She uttered a piercing shriek and
fell back into the arms of her father,
who was standing beside her, just as
Stephen Darrell entered the room in
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ihe greatest haste, bearing a lamp.
Light being thrown upon the scene,
a strange tableau was revealed.
Stephen’s bride lay in a half-faint
in her father’s arms, and Spriggs, the
dark figure who had stood beside her
during the latter part of the cere-
mony, stood.in the glare of the light,
with one hand grasping his brown
flask, and the other.clutching the table
for support—spriggs, : the .. bachelor,
stcod half married to Miss Sarah
Frisker. : #
The excitement that prevailed after
this thrilling tableau it would be hard
to portray.
“Blame that Spriggs!” roared Farm-
er Frisker. “Throw him out cf the
window!” :
“Let me at him till I break his
neck cried Stephen, and indeed the
| angry pair would have broken the
| poor bachelor's neck had friends not
interfered and calmed them down, and
bore Spriggs out of sight.
Then, when the full ridiculousness of
the scene was realized, there was
great amusement. The cause of the
light going out so suddenly was that
somebody downstairs had turned off
the gas, but whether designedly or ac-
cidentally could not be ascertained.
The mirth and excitement over the
affair did not subside for fully fifteen
minutes.
By that time the bride had recovered
| from her faint, and the fathtr and
bridegroom from their desperation.
Then the ceremony was re-enacted;
and the right man was married.
after the ceremony there was a
splendid supper, and after that, spirit-
ed dancing, which was kept up until
an early hour of the morning. :
Then the straw-ride party left Dan
Kelly's and reached Racketviile not
only in time for dinnér, but in plenty
of time for breakfast.
“We have had a first-rate time.
Haven't we, Frisker?” said one of the
farmer’s friends.
Yes, a, nkin’ time,’ said Fris-
| ker. “Str are very well in
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Independence for Ireland
It Would Lead to an Irish Alliance With
England and Strengthen the Empire . .
: By Thomas J. Regan.
F Ireland were given her freedom, the first thing she would
“do. would be to form an alliance with England. Her first
formation of a foreign policy would be an official declara-
tion of the obvious fact that the prosperity of Ireland, when
a nation, must depend upon the prosperity of England, her.
- safety upon England's safety, her welfare upon the main-
tenance of the British Empire.
If Ireland were a nation she would need England’s navy
to defend her and protect any shipping she could create.
| She would be too poor to’ waste ‘any money or energy on the maintenance of
wilitary and naval armaments to be used against England or any other na-
‘tion. An alliance with England would leave her free to give all her attention
to demestic concerns. It would mean that Ireland could never be attacked
‘by amy Continental nation.” Such an alliance would be Ireland’s only for-
. eign policy, and it would be maintained as stoutly as we maintain the Mon-
rce doctrine. 3
Ireland's welfare and prosperity would be at stake whenever England
‘was attaéked. England's prosperity would be the source of Ireland’s riches,
‘becatise England would be the consumer of the surplus products of Irisk
farms. Ireland when developed would seek an English market for her surplus
foodstuffs, for her fowls, eggs, and dairy products. . She would supply Eng-
land: with high priced grades of meat, which ‘cannot be obtained from the!
.museulay cattle. of our western ranches and whiclr England cannot provide
for herself.
This English market for Irish products would be a community of interests
between the two. Ireland would be the warmest friend that England could
“have, because her friendship would have the warmth of self-interest, which is
the warmest thing on this side of the grave. ;
ngland’s alliance with Ireland would do more than anything else could
to strengthen lier union with her colonial passessions. She has seen the neces-
sity of a closer union with her colonies. During the South African war she
.called for their help. The gratitude of the Irish race would bring her more
help from her colonies than she can see any other way of gaining. If the
green fiag were waving beside the flag of England there would not be a true
Celt in. Canada or Australia whose heart would not leap with enthusiasm for
an Anglo-Celtic cause. If there was an alliance between England and Ireland
the British Empire would renew its youth. :
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Incomparable Dalue of
=————DBusiness Tact:
By E. E. Perkins.
09060000000 NY man who has to meet the public and whose success de
: 3 pends on the public's attitude toward him needs to study
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himself constantly that he may become tactful. How easy
bes adaaalsd
to say the wrong word, to make an unfortunate impression,
to canvass a prospect at an inappropriate time, or not to
realize when to stop talking.
There are two eminent examples of what tact will do.
James G. Blaine was a most adroit man. He was a friend
maker, a moulder of men. A wonderful memory for names
and faces aide him. He used to know and call by name people whom he had
seen but once many vears before. That was one of the secrets of his great
pcpularity. He approached people right. So did Mr. McKinley, who was
remarkably considerate of the opinions of others. He was so tactful that
political enemies often were transformed by him into friends at a sitting.
Qualities like these are necessary to the successful, high-grade insurance
solicitor. They should be cultivated at every turn. You are in “public life”
and daily have to meet people. It is absolutely necessary that you employ
diplomacy as did these two eminent tacticians. You know how you warm
up to the man who treats you as you like to be treated—in a business-like way
—because he has properly sized you up. You know how susceptible to such
influences you are. If he went at you properly he could get your signature,
or your last dollar, as the saying goes. Turn it around; get yourself into the
same relative attitude toward the other fellow, from whom you want first an
interview, then an application. ’Twill enhance your success. In other words,
constantly study the art of being tactful in order that you may excel in it.
S etesgodetel
There is
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Nothing : :
~: That Will Endure
By President Eliot, of Harvard. ;
HAVE often wondered if our civilization will leave anything
sedefaafotefoefeiote !
5 - & to the archaeologist of 2000 years hence to study. You have
5 5 studied materials that have endured under the earth for
we +. % 3000 years. I have found it difficult to find any such dur-
: % able things in our buildings, arts and great manufactures.
* x Do we make any vases that record, as the Greek vases,
td our costumes, arts, religion, ete.? None. It may be that
Eerie sete ferteoterte 3 ours are not worth recording. Instead we attempt to put
i the records of 2000 years ago on our vases, much to the con-
fusion of the archaeologists 2000 years hence.
Across the river there is a structure of concrete durable in spite of the
frost of winter and the heat of summer. Will it stand?: What will be the
ruins of the Stadium 2000 years hence, or will the structure of steel and con-
crete stand?
All the products of our {rade and commerce are the temporary. Our
stone walls are mere veneers of three or four inches thick backed up by
bricks. If you examine the producers of our great industries, they are perish-
able in a high degree and all are becoming more SO.
The old books of Germany will last, but ours will not, for the paper will
rot or dry in a short period hence. Where, then, shall we find material for
the archaeologist 2000 vears hence?
There is only one thing that will last—our subways. There are our
chances. The Brooklyn Bridge, which is the foremost of our engineering
structures, needs constant care.
I trust that out of your labors as they penetrate the minds of our people
will come worthier arts and buildings to record our civilization to the future.
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Paying Too Much for Success
By Orison Swett Marden. |
F a vigorous young business man, anxious to push his busi:
ness and make money, were offered a million dollars to
shorten his life ten years, would he accept the money on
such terms? For what stocks and bonds would he exchange
the peace and tranquility of his mind for the rest of his life?
What price would tempt a man to trade his steady nerves
for shaky ones scarcely enabling him to sign his name, or
substitute for buoyant spirits and a vivacious manner jaded
ennui and dull apathy? What would he ask for his bright,
vouthful countenance, if it was to be immediately replaced by a wrinkled,
careworn visage, stamped with anxiety? How much would he take for his
athletic figure, his quick, elastic step, if offered in exchange a bent form and
a shufiing gait? How much real estate would he consider a fair compensa-
tion for the companionship of his wife, the joy ard comfort of his home, and
the sweet love of litttle children?
Suppose that a bright, hopeful college graduate were asked to sell, off-
hand. the result of his four years’ work, to give up his grasp of human nature,
.r all the docrs of intellectual progress that his studies have
close the bargain?
> would take in exchange for the friendships that
and } petual inspiration,
and to close fore
wh
Ask some man
at he
life 1 i
with hallowed expnerie
ure and profit in future year
fluential for good in his community, whose
3 to growing youth, to sell his
v’s respect, what sum would he name?
ie his
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Co-cperative Socialism: in, Belgium.
Soclalism- in Eelgitim has’ developed
largely in the direction cof co-operative
enterprises. In that particular it
has taken a firmer hoid in that coun-
try than elsewhere. Cg-operative
evolution is ‘already too far advanced
or any opposition by the State to be
effective. There are many huge co-
operative organizations, and their
energies are directed toward almost
every phase of economic life. In the
main they may be said to be success-
ful; certainly they are far more suc-
cessful than any attempts at co-oper-
ation which we have seen in Ameri-
Without! doubt ‘their influence ©
is beneficent.. Most of the great co-
operative associations have their own
libraries, devoted particularly to eco-
nomic and social science. In the
Vooruit, at Ghent, I have seen a col-
lection of many thousands volumes
devoted to these two subjects.
. New Erie T.ocomotive-,
The Erie Raiiroad las ordered 137 very
heavy freight locomotives and 5609 freight
cars. The company is alsp having built
three of the new and fast type of passen-
‘ger epgines known as “balanced com-
pounds.” These locomotives will pull more
passenger cars at a higher rate of speed
than anv other kind. The comnany is also’
having built threc aeavy Pacific type of
passenger engines. .
Honduras Lottery Raided.
Collector of Customs William
Tibbitts, of the Iichile, (Ala.,) dis-
trict, seized 1,000,00 tickets of the
Honduras National Lottery company,
and at the same time notified W. C.
Cable, W. Baltumet and James Ray,"
alleged officials of the company, to.
appear at his office. The seizure is:
result of correspondence that has:
been going on for some time with
Washington. The tickets were on. .
board the steamer Hiram just arrive:
ed from Honduras and the same ves-*
sel brought the alleged ‘officers of :
the company. :
BE
FACE . LIKE RAW BEEF
Burning Up With a Terrible Itching Ec-.
zema-—Speedily Cured by Caticura. Se
“Cuticura cured me of a terrible eczema =
from which I had suffered agony and pain
for eight years, being unable to obtain any
help from the best doctors. My scalp was
covered with scabs and my face was like a
piece of raw beef, my eyebrows and lashes
were falling out, and 1 felt as if burning
up from the terrible itching and pain. Cu-
ticura gave me relief the very first day,
and made a complete cure in a short time.
My head and face are now clear and well.
(Signed) Miss Mary M. Fay, 75 West Main
St., Westboro, Mass.” ]
Always Says State of Maine.
A really curious question has been
raised by the Boston Herald. Why,
it asks, does a Maine man always
speak of his part of the country as
“the State of Maine,” instead of call-
ing it simply “Maine,” as a New
Yorker would say “New York” or a
Nebraskan ‘Nebraska?’ As an ade-
quate answer to the inquiry it says:
Maine was not one of the original
States, but up to 1820 was a part
of Massachusetts. It was then known
as the District of Maine. In 1820
Maine achieved her independence
and became a separate State of
ence and became a separate State of
the Union.
Finnish Bride's Dress.
In rural Finland a bride wears to
church a curious combination of wed-
ding veil and wedding bonnet. It is
a great cap with ribbon streamers
behind and in front a fall of lace
which shadows the face. Over her
dark cashmere dress she ties a
handsomely embroidered white
apron.
——
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure,
E. W. Grove’s signature is on box. 25c,
. A bee that works only at night is found
in India.
Assassination in Russia.
_Takings-off are so managed in Rus-
sia that the very chief of the third
section has again and again proved
unable to protect himself. Col. Su-
deikin, who held office in the late
Czar’s time, transacted a good deal of
his husiness on aa upper floor in an out-
of-the-way street, under a name as
common as the English “Smith,” and
always with the door locked. A visi-
tor had to Knock in a certain manner,
and give a password that was
changed every day. Yet one day
some one knocked, gave the pass-
word, got inside and opened fire. The
colonel was badly hurt, but he killeq
his man &ad reached the landing—
only to be finished off with an iron
bar there by somebody else. No-
where does the unexpected happen
oftener than in St. Petersburg.—N. Y.
World. .
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his countrymen” comes from. It ap-
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Henry Lee at the request of Congress
in 1799.—Springfield Republican.
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