V.ACHIMr-riklV I IPP. I'Z- Pi W 111 llllVj 1 11 1 Lll L AT V MOUNT VtRNOM I ASIIINGTON InlierHril Momit Vernon In 1751) from Ills hnlf-hrother, Lnwrence Washington, who died in 1757. This brother hnd a dniiKlilor, Pnrnh, who wn heiress to the estate, but she dipd two yearn Inter, and the property then revert ed to Qeorfre, -who m then Just twenty-seven yenrs old. The cstnte then comprised lees thnn 8IKK) nores. S w mm ,1 BLEEPING ROOM, MOUNT YERNOM. but boou after he enme Into possession he ndilod to It 5500 acres by puri-hnse which riwo him ten uillea of river front. Then begnn the system of Im provements and cultivation which sub sequently mnde Mount Vernon the most valuable landed property In Vir ginia, lie drained the bind wherever needed, he rotated crops, got the best farm implements then In existence, built nnd repaired fences, hnd his grist mill, his own distillery, hnd his own riding about In his conch and six, and with no iiesr neighbors to restrain, censure, or outshine him, was a kind of farmer-prince. It was fortunate for Washington thnt lie came to his wealth when bis chnrnctcr was mature. Being a younger son, he had no expectations of wealth In his youth, and he grew tip In a very hardy, sensible manner, on nu enormous farm, not a fonrth pnit of which was cultivated. Ills father dying when he was eleven yen is old, he came directly under the Influence of his mother, who was one of the women of whom people say, "There Is no nonsense about her." She was a plain, energetic, strong willed lndy, perfectly cnpnble of con ducting the nfTnlrs of n farm, nnd scorning the help of others. When she was advanced In years, ber son-in-law offered to manage her business for her. "You may keep the accounts. Field' lng," was her reply, "for your eye- sight Is better than mine, but I can manage my affairs myself." On another occasion, tleneral Wash ington asked her to come and live with him nt Mount Vernon. "Thnnk you, tleorge," snld she, "but I prefer being Independent." And sn to the Inst sho lived In her own plain fnrmhonsc, nnd superintend ed the culture of her own acres. When I.nfnyctto visited her he found ber at work In her garden! with her old sun bonnet on, and she cntne In to see him, saying: "I would not pny you so poor a com pliment, Mnnpils, as to stay to change my dress." lteliig the son of such a woman, nnd trained by her In n simple, rational raw. sm h 1J m t t 1 A, y 4 itnr, returning at half-post 2, In time to dress for dinner at 8. lie was always dressed with care for this meal, as on all occasions of ceremony. He liked plain dishes and was particularly fond of baked apples, hickory nuts and other simple products of the country. It was his custom to sit a good while at the table after dinner, talking over his bunts and his adventures while In ser vice during the French war. Ills usual toast was, "All our friends." The evening was spent In the family circle round the biasing wood Are, nnd by 10 o'clock be was usually asleep. Such was the ordinary life of this Illus trious farmer at home, before his coun try called blm to the Held to defend her liberties; and It was Just the kind of life that was best fitted to prepare blm for the command of an army of American farmers. family iMnM, Teacher "Johnnie, this Is the worst composition on Washington In the class, nnd I'm going to write to your father nnd tell him." Johnnie "Don't keer If ye do; be wrote It fer me." . A Fimonii Itea-fteltef. From the original has-rellct In gyp sum, In the possession of the writer. Bite, four and a half bylx and a half Inches. George Miller jfns a potter, XXLl 4 -- 't . ft. to 0X WA8HINOTOM IN 1798, AOS GBonoa MiLbttn. S1XTT-SIX dret NOItTIIKASX VIEW OV THE MANSION AT MOUNT VEKNON. mlthy for repairing tools, bis own car penter shop, looms, nnd he built scoves of bouses aud cabins for his slaves. His five farms ranged from 1000 to 2000 acres, and each farm had Its overseer nud Its allotment of slaves and stock. Some Idea of the extent of Wash ington's farming operations may be formed from the following facts: About the beclnnlnir of the Itovolutlon bad one year 580 acres In grass. acres In oats, 700 acres In wheat, acres In corn, with several hun- acres In benns, buckwheat, pota toes Vind tobacco. Ills live stock con l8tedof 140 horses, 112 cows, 220 working oxen, steers and heifers, 500 beep and over 500 bogs running In woods and marshes. He constantly employed 250 negro slaves and kept n gang of plows going the entire year when the state of weather and ground would permit. One year be killed 150 bogs for the use of his family nnd the laves dependent upon blm. All these operations were carried on with a per fect metiiou. General Washington was n very rich man; his wife was very rich, nnd her three children were heirs to grent wenlth. lie hnd a little principality to govern. Besides the farms about his own residence on tho Potomac, with several hundred slaves upon them, be 1 K Yrur iftv ifciiinvi i iin 'i i r 'r i m r1" i TUB HALL, HOOMT VBtUfON. manner, George Washington was pre pared to enjoy the lot thnt fell to blm, without being spoiled by It. With all his wealth bo was not ex empt from lnbor. Cultivating a lnrge tract of country, be spent much of his time In riding about to visit the differ ent farms, to consult his overseers and superintend his Improvements. It Is computed that be spent about one-half of the days of his life on horseback. I.Ike all out-of-door men, ho was ex cecdln:?ly fond of a good horse a tnste TTJT SJl'W VWMMJU J.llMWMl.liu. IJM J , V, I rsjrM The Man Who "Nnver Sloppeil OTr." Not a political seer like Jefferson, nor n gieat philosopher like Franklin, Washington was pre-eminently the good citizen, nlwnys equal to the de mands of his duty and always ready to make the sacrifices It required of him. lie represented the highest type of the character resulting from careful home-breedlug as distinct from that produced by education In letters or by J travel. The education of the home mnde blra the most thoroughly self mastered man among his contempor aries nnd n patriot of patriots. It Is a well authenticated fact thnt hp wns of n sensitive, nervous organization what wns called In nil old-fnshloned wny "high strung" but he hnd bis nnturnlly hot temper tinder such thor ough control that the. Impression he produced wns one of extreme mild ness. The Amerlcnn humorist who snld of li 1 in that he "never slopped over" con densed his chnrnctcr In n phrase not the less strikingly true becnuse of the element of the ludicrous lu It. New York World. Graces of Manner, Washington wns grave In manners but perfectly easy. There was a com maudlng air In his presence which compelled resjiect aud forbade too grent a freedom towards him, Inde pendently of that species of awe which Is always felt In the moral Influence of a great character. In every move- ment, too, mere was a panto grace fulness equal to any met with In the most polished Individuals In Europe. and his smile was extraordinarily at tractive. It was observed to me there was an expression In Washington's face that no painter had succeeded In tnktng.-Willinm Ilazlltt. THB libbart, mount vjcbnok. possessed wild lunds In most of the best locations then known, as well as hares In several Incorporated com panies. He derived an Important part of his Influence from the greatness of tils wealth and the antiquity of bis family tilings which were then held In much more respect than they are now. Washington's estate was worth three-quarters of a million dollars; but it guve nini rnr more personal couse quence In the country than twenty times such a. fortune could at present. The rich planter of that day, living as he did on a wide domain of bis own, the owner of those who served him, which be hnd in common with hi mother, who was said to be as good a Judge of horses as any man In Virginia Nothing was mor common than for him to mount bis horse nfter breakfast aud ride all day, only dismounting for a few minutes at a time. On these great plantations, far from any large town, nnd worked by ner groes, the master was often obliged personally to superintend any opera- tlon which was out of the ordinary routine. There were balls occasionally at Alexandria, and we find Washington attending them, and entering Into the humors aud gayetles with much spirit. The usual course of a day at Mount Vernon was something like this: The master rose early, shaved and dressed himself, except that bis queue was ar ranged by a servant His first visit was to the stable. It Is recorded of blm that be once applied, with bis own strong right arm, a stirrup strap to the shoulders of a groom who had 111 treated a favorite horse. After a light breakfast of corn cake, honey and tea, the General would tell bis guests, if be hnd any, and be usually had, to amuse themselves in their own way till dinnertime, offering them bis stables, bis bunting and fishing ap paratus, bis boats and his books to their choice. Then be would mount bis horse and ride about bis farms, stonecutter nnd modeller, an academi cian of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a fellow of the first Society of Artists, nnd an associate of the Columbian Society of Arts, of which Jefferson Wns first President; so thnt bis position in the art world was fully recognized by his contemporaries. He was doubtless a Uermnn, as bis name Is found early spelled Muller. He contributed to the Academy exhi bition of 1813 portraits of Albert (lalln tin nnd Mrs. Madison, "modelled In colors," nnd of Bishop White nnd other persons of consideration to the exhi bitions of the two succeeding years. He died In 1810, nnd In the catalogue for 1821 Is entered "likeness of the lnte Talbot I In in II ton, finely modelled in wax by the lnte George Miller." The bns-rellef of Washington is not cast, but enrved In low relief, and was the property of the celebrated Ullnm Blnghnm, who left this country in 1800 nnd died nt Bath, England, In 1804. It wns purchased nt the sale of his effects In 1807, and remained for eighty-five years In the possession of the purchaser and his son. As the enrllpst notice we have of Miller In Philadelphia Is In 1708. this bns-rellef must have been made when Washing ton was last In that city, between No vember and December 14, 171)8. Ills Reason. rife LEPROSY. Some Facts About This Moit Loath soma Disease. Of alt the diseases which desolate humanity leprosy Is perhaps the one which produces the most terror among all peoples, and It Is with the greatest satisfaction that we learn that this ter rible evil has Just been the object oi an adtrlrable effort on the part of Dr. Fllaretopoulo, profressor In the faculty of medk-lne at Athens. For the past six months he has studied the leper In the very hotbed of the disease, the leper houses of Crete, tuturning full of hope and courage. It la too generally believed that the leper has disappeared, if not from the world, at least from our own land; but It Is not necessary to go very far to find Kim, and this suffices to Justify all the measures which are taken against him. These measures are of general :. interest, more general than one thinks, for It Is nearly certain that leproey Is but an aggravated form of tuberculosis, and that that which de stroys the one will surely lessen the other. Dr. Fllaretopoulo has come with his figures, and he tells ua that at present there are 800,000 lepers In the world. This figure Is very much Jow er tban the actual number, for It rep resents only the certain cases, and the statistics for the Orient, where the dis ease has full sway, are of doubtful ac curacy. Have not these figures a tcrible elo quence, and does not evety one feel, in considering tbem, the necessity for prompt and energetic action? This Is all the more the case since, according to Dr. Fllaretopoulo, if the disease la taken at Its commencement it is cura ble, its slow evolution live to six years In general permitting a con tin uous effort to arrest Its progress. Iieprosy is hoieditary, and probably contagious, and however great the re strictions the lepers contaminate oth ers. It Is this contagion which it is first necessary to do away with. Dr. Fllaretopoulo states that the danger proceeds from want of care in the posthouses wherein lepers are kept; they go out when they so desire, beg In the villages, tend sheep, and som times marry healthy persons. Al though Dr. Fllaretopoulo has noticed some cases It. which the patients im prove, there does not seem at the present time any positive cure. At the same time. It Is necessary to state, with scientific brutality, that this par ticular point has only a relative Im portance, for when the house burns It is better to protect the movables close by than to attempt to save some brok en-legged chairs. The leper is to be pitied, he is to be cared for; It he can be helped one should not hesitate to do so; but every effort should be dl rected to establishing around those In fected a rigorous defensive cordon; for If In the present state of science it is not possible to uproot the evil we must prevent its germ from spreading. La Vie Illustree. tMifnnuiitiimttfmntmmnttitniriHnrifrfTntnTriu;iii;;;iVJ gitiinimiiiiiiiiitiiiiiimiitnmiMimmimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil r 5 THE JEFFERSON j i SUPPLY COMPANY I George "What did I do it fer? Bay, ain't a feller got tcr git his name Inter hlst'ry somehow?" No Helatlvea Present. None of George Washington's rela tives were present nt his funeral; his death was so unexpected, the means of communication so slow. Mrs. Washington did not see his body laid In the grave; she remained In the house. George Washington Parke Cus tis was present. Nellie Custls Lewis lay 111 In an upper chamber. WASHINGTON IN THE MT. VERNON DAYS. . - ;; - KM I WABUINUTON IN 1704, AGE B1XTV-TWO PAINTED BY WEUTMUL. From the original portrait, belong lug to Mr. John Wagner, Philadelphia. Canvas, twenty-one by twenty-five Inches. Adolph Ulric Wertmuller was bora lu Stockholm, Sweden, February 18, 1751, and died near Wilmington, Delaware, October 0, 1811, and Is burled in the old Swedes' churchyard! Ills original portrait of Washington, scrupulously preserved, was, after the death of bis widow, three months later, sold at auction In Philadelphia, wltb bis other pictures, for 150. It Is certainly the portrait of a dlgultied gentleman, and while it may be slightly tinctured with a foreign air, com mends Itself as a good llkeuess. It Is carefully signed "A. Wertmuller 8. Pt Philadelphia 1704." Oirl Cornera Nut Market. Bernlce Bordlne, a pretty Texas girl. who is yet under 20 years of age, has displayed Judgment and business acu men of a high order. Last year Miss Bardlne and her brother, younger than herself, made a little money gathering pecans. Since then she has been study ing the business and laying plans for future operations. During the last summer she carried on an extensive correspondence, not only witli mer cantile establishments in various ci ties that bandied pecans, but with re liable people who reside In reglona where the toothsome nut grows. In this way sho been mo thoroughly post ed on the present crop. Feeling confident that pecans would command a good price, she set to work some weeks ago and quietly leaded ev ery pocan grovo and forest of any varuo In the Colorado valley. When buyers appeared, startling tUo ranch ers by offering to engage pfe at 7 1-2 cents per pound, those who make a business of gathering the nuts were astounded to discover that a young girl had cornered the crop so far as thin particular region Is concerned. A little Investigation showed that this energetic woman is In a fair way to make a fortune in a few momttn. It is known that she got a bargain in near ly all of her leases. As a sample of her shrewdness, she leased one for est for (100, in which there are sev eral giant trees, that will yield 20 bushols or S80 pounds of pecans. At & low estimate tho profits from this single transaction will fall llttlo Bhort of S5000. Good-Natured Crowds. A student of human nature can cer tainly ask no better entertainment than to ride in a crowded elevated train between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. In spite of the great discom fort to which the passengers are con stantly subjected, tho disposition of the crowd seems to be always absolutely good natured, and In spite of being packed In like sardines In a box you seldom hear an ugly remonstrance, One of the most aggravating things to happen to one while hanging on like grim death to a strap is when with great effort you move- to one side to allow some other human being to pass to have said human being quietly plant himself In the space you have thus made. It is In such ways as this that the disposition is sorely tried, and the good nature referred to is therefore all the more remarkable. New York Mall and Express. Pneumatic Mrs. Malaprop No wonder he's got rheumatism. I understand he has them kind of tubes in his office. Mrs. Brown What kind of tubes? Mrs. Malaprop Rheumatla Phli. ewlphia Press. .1 Belay the largest distributor of Oentral Merchandise in this vicinity, is always in Fosition to rive the best quality- of roods, ts aim is not to sell won cheap goods bat when quality is considered th pries will al ways be found right. Its departments are all well filled, and among the specialties handled may be men tioned L. Adler Bros., Rochester, N. Y., Clothing, than which there Is none better made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton, Mass., Shoes: Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour. This is a fair representation of the class of goods it is selling to its customers. aiuiiauiiaiiiiiiuiiuuiuiuiuiiiiiuiiiuiuuuiiuiuiuuiiii PROMINENT PEOPLE. King Edward VII. has paid In all even visits to Ireland. 8. M. Bryan, who established the mall service In Jnnnn In 1872. died in Baltimore, Md., the other day. rrofessor B. P. Lyon has been ap pointed temporary successor to Dr. Loeb at the University of Chicago. Tiord Strathcona. Chancellor of Me- Gill University, has offered to give the last ?20,ooo required to construct a gymnasium. Mr. Klpllnc's home In Ponth Africa during some weeks to come will be the house which In the past was lent to blm by Cecil Ilhodes. Miss Mnrle Wleek, the conrt pianist and sister-ln-lnw of Robert Schumann, the composer, has Just celebrated her seventieth birthday in Dresden. M. Nazon, who died recently at the age of ninety-three, bad been Mayor of the commune of Maymels contin uously since 1804, forty-nine years. Dvornk, the composer: Vrcbllcky. the Cicch poet and Ferdinand von Saar, the Austrian poet, have been made members of the Austrian House of Peers. Samuel Smiles, the author, has jnst celebrated bis ninetieth birthday. He is still in lair health and manifests considerable Interest In current poli tics and literature. The Countess of Mlnto. wife of the Governor-General of Canada, is at the bead of a movement to prepare suit able markings for the graves of Cana dian soldiers who died in South Africa. Mr. Edison claims to be one of the hardest-worked men. When be can steal away from bis laboratory bo spends the precious moments with bis prize poultry, some of which: cost $100 apiece. . The Pope's Income is Sl.400,000, one- seventh of which is guaranteed by the Emperor of Austria. Another seventh comes from vested interests, and the remnlndar Is derived from Peter's Pence. " NEWSY CLEANINCS. London policemen patrol 24 15V4 miles of streets. Third-class railway fare in India Is less than half a cent a mile. The dam In the Nile at Assouan will throw back water 140 miles. More than 150 books on the war In South Africa have been published. Tho Kansas Legislature has tabled a bill that proposed to disfranchise the negro. In Berlin 833 public bnlldlngs are owned by the state and 407 by the mu nicipality. A lock of tho Duke of Wellington's hair brought at a London auction the other day. The Russian military barracks Just completed near Warsaw are tho lurg- est in the world. France Is discussing the advisability of Inaugurating a Supremo Court after the American plan. The Paris Figaro may publish an American edition at the Exposition In St. Louis, Mo., during 1004. There Is an authenticated record of ninety-six sheep being killed by a sin gle lightning stroke in Colorado. It Is proposed to license all music teachers In Illinois through a State Board appointed for that purpose. The British Board of Trade is at work on the Improving of the consular and commercial representative ser vices. British Gulnnn Is enjoying a diamond boom. In 1001-02 the number of stones found was 81.200, against 4081 in the preceding year. German shipyards In the past year built 227 steamers, of 212,283 tons, a decrease of threo steamers and 40,000 tons In comparison with 1001. Forty of the 240 public school teach ers in Washington County, Maryland, nave resigned their positions within a year because of the small salaries that were paid to them. Dead Sea Drying Up. The Dead Sea, whose size Is dimin ishing, la about 46 miles long by 8 wide, and is only 10 feet deep in its southern part. The surface is consid erably below sea level, while It re ceive the drainage of salt, sulphur and asphalt mines. The density of the water is about 1.2 as compared with distilled water, that of sea water being only 1.027; and a recent analysts by C. A. Mitchell shows more than 24 per cent of solid matter, including 9 per cent of magnesium chloride, 8.S2 of sodium chloride, and 8.49 of calcium chloride. A bather become instantly covered with a laver of aa.lt. By applying glucose or glycerine to their roots a French scientist de clares that he has been able to stim ulate the growth of plants. BU8IHESTCXRD3. M. MCDONALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary Pabllo, real estate stent, Pateats secured, collection mnde prompt!, Oam In Nolp block, ReynolcUTllfc, P. gMITH M. MoCItEIGHT, " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. otrv Public nd Rest Ftte Anns. Onh ectlons will receire prompt attention. OffloS n froehltch ft Henry blucK, am noetoffloa. Beynoldsvllle Pa. i- w J)R. B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. ReeMent dentist. In the Hoover building next door to poatofflce, Mela street. .Oentlel neM In operating. JyH. L, L. MEANS, DENTIST, ulldinc, Mela street. Office on second floor of Pin National seal J)R R. DsVERE KINO, DENTIST, Office em second Soot Reynoldrrtlle Beat KatateBldg. Mela street Reynoldevllle.Fa, J)R. W. A. HENRY, . DENTIST, OfRae on second floor of Henrr Bros. Msk bulldlns, Main street. 17 NEFi". ' JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Real Estate Agent, ReraelcsvUla, fa. EUBBlQiiIXi.1 YOUNG'S PLANING MILL You will find Sash, Doors, Frames and Finish of all kinds, Rough and Dressed Lumber, High Grade Var nishes, Lead and Oil Colors in all shades. And also an overstock of Nails which I will sell cheap. J. V. YOUNG, Prop. EVERY WOMAN" Sometimes seeds reguletieg OR. PEAL'3 PENNYROYAL PILLS, Are prompt safe and oortaln la result The (e ne (Ir. Kal e) never aliappotm. IX.&) per aea, far sale J B. Ales. ttoke , WHEN IN DOUIIT.TRY m OI MrvOOs) VMHBa, i and VftrkocoU, AmfAy.H kr ham a)wu ins Msiei jvew tnd tuv curat IhtMiMWstvj hM of Nrvo Ulna in, inm flwyc thm cirattlatioa, ak 41jBd ITKte Wptlt aUaUtfe ivtfor Wlha whole Mag. Ail oVoiM mm4 team two cJioIm tfea eara veniat thei (ntohuaalty. Ceaetm Death. MalUdeaaUd. Prlae i ear kea; e eeeae, wwe iree-aae legal gijanatae te a4lkeaeaey,eae. gaeakwftee si For sale r ft. AIt Stoke. New Pottage Stamps. The postofflce department has sent out circulars describing the new stamp designs that will be engraved, on the new envelopes. The one cent stamp will bear the picture of Frank lin in a green coloring. The two cent envelope will bear the likeness of Washington In red. The Ukenooa of Grant will adorn the four cent atampa In brown. Blue will be the color of the live cent stamp. Lincoln's like teas will adorn them. One Indian Family's Mean. Thirty-four of the Choctaw Indians who arrived at Ardmore from Merid ian, Miss., are of one family. T. B. Griffln, eighty-four yeara old, was the father or grandfather of them all. Bach one of them gets the equivalent of $5,000, Including 320 acrea of land. To economise time In memorizing a poem it should be read as a Whole; that is. entirely through each time. Tests made in psychological laborato ries sbow that to memorise one verse at a time takes one-fourth longer. A ( !
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