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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.
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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.
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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,
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WA8HINOTOM IN 1798, AOS
GBonoa MiLbttn.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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