(UWfc EN. GEORGE WASHING- TON died December 14, (1 o 1799, at his seat, "Mount Vernon." His body wns TOW placed in tlio old family vault on the estate three Hays subsequently. For muny years there weft memorial services in churches on the anniversary of his death, but it passes now unnoticed the happier anniversary his natal day being nlono remembered. Recently I was one of a party chatting at a gen tleman's house, In which there were three notod physicians and surgeons Of the city. The conversation drifted to the subject of Washington's death and its causes, ultimate and immediate, the sum total of which was interesting, but rather sensational as shaped by WASHINGTON DELIVERING HIS . OLD CITY HALL, NE the views of the gentlemen learned In medical practice, for the keynote wns "Washington's death was n plain case Of homicide." "Yes. I cannot view It otherwise. Washington's death was nothing less than homicide, and were I to treat a patient as Washington was treated, I would not be surprised to be brought before a Coroner's Jury or even a Grand Jury and have a true bill of criminal malpractice made out against me. The only mitigating circum stances in my favor in the case would be unintentional wrong-doing and ig norance of my profession. I can easily Imagine District Attorney Graham, with his great chest tones, outlining the case to a jury on my trial: 'Here was a man of remarkably sturdy, ro bust build, of massive frame, in height mmmmm THE BED IN WHICH six feet three and one-half inches, weighing over 200 pounds, only sixty eight years old, without an hereditary disease, coming of a long-lived family of farmers; In every way large, pow erful and healthy ' " "No, not perfectly healthy," Interrnnt ed some one. "He lost his teeth eai; bad a troublesome abscess in his jaw bone and was subject to lumbago and rheumatism." "Well, generally in perfect henlth; who caught a cold by being out in a eleetstorm in which no alarming symptoms were developed, and only evinced itself by hoarseness and diffi culty of breathing through his nostrils. Tou all know what kind of a 'cold' I have in mind. The deceased's pri vate secretary, who will give you a clear understanding of what happened' In his knowledge and presence, win" state that Washington on retiring to bed appeared to be in perfect health, excepting the cold and hoarseness, which he, the deceased, considered trifling, and which he made light of, as he would never take anything to ' carry off a cold, always observing, 'Let It go as it came.' In the morning be was no better, being 'stopped up' and bis throat sore. His family was sur prised and worried, and here Is where the doctor began bis nefarious mal practice, as I will show by intelligent taacbrs of the practice of medicine. 0r bnvsl yTWL hits' Mi n,ur i'-m Iff .Jf Lot us follow his procedure and praC' tlce: "1. A mixture of molasses, vinegar and butter was given him to gargle. "2. The artery in his forearm wns opened, and' the patient bled and a half pint of blood taken. "3 Throat bathed externally with a liniment. "4. His feet soaked in hot water. "5. A blister of cantharldls put on his throat. "0. More blood taken from him and a blister administered. "7. Inhaled hot vinegar vapor. "8. Gargle of sago tea and vinegar given. "9. More blood taken; 1 1 o'clock a. m. "10. More blood taken; 3 o'clock p. m. Ran slowly and very thick. am 1 7WIf .From a wooil cut of 1X41. INAUGURAL ADDRESS FROM THE W YORK, APRIL, 178!). "11. Calomel and tartar emetic given; 4 p. in. 'Patient at 4.30 was so weak he asked for his two wills. Destroyed one and said: 'I find I am going.' "At 5.I50 p. m. the patient said to the doctor, 'I feel myself going. Y'ou had better not take any more trouble about me, but let me go off quietly. I cannot last long.' The great, strong man was exhausted by the frequent draughts of bis blood, and felt 'blue.' "12. Blisters applied to his legs, 8 p. m. "From this time he appeared to breathe will less difficulty than he had done, as bis secretary will state; but nothing was done to counteract the effects of tlie loss of so much blood, and at 10 p. m. he said: "I am going. Have rae decently buried, and do not WASHINGTON DIED. let ray body be put into the vault in less than two days after I am dead. Do you understand me? he asked the secretary, who replied he did, and the great ninn uttered his last words: ' 'Tis well, and died a few minutes af terwards. "About ten minutes before lie ex pired his breathing became much eas ier, but he was exhausted, his vitality, his life's blood gone, and he was a vic tim of phlebotomy. He bled to death: and then the District Attorney would expatiate on the horrors of the case and ask for a verdict in accord with the evidence he would produce, and so forth, until I seem to be now awaken ing from a horrid nightmare while I think of it. How a man in the vigor of his manhood, with every possibility of his living a score of years more at end dying a violent death by the criminal Ignorance of his physicians least, had been hurried to his untimely after a single day's illness." The doctor ceased speaking, but no one dissented from his opinion, and shortly we separated. Whether the others ever again thought of the Im aginary homicide case the "doctor had drawn, it made quite an impression on me, and "Washington was bled to death," "Washington died a victim of malpractice," rung in my head yet General Washington's private secre tary, Tobias Lear, made notes of the ni?s- r jsiiii rm occurrences of the last illness of his chief, writing them on the Sunday fol lowing his death, .which occurred Sat urday night, December 14, between the hours of 10 and 11. He states that the General on Thursday, 12th, rode out to his farms about 10 o'clock and did not return home till past 3 o'clock. Soon after he went out the weather became very bad, rain and hail and snow falling alternately, with a cold wind. When he came in his neck ap peared to be wet and snow was hang ing on his hair. Ho went to dinner without changing his clothes. In the evening he appeared as well as usual. On Friday, tho 13th, a heavy fall of snow took place, which prevented the General from riding out. Anyway, he caught a slight cold and buried him self in his study, when he wrote his last letter. His principal physician In attendance was Dr. Crulk, an old friend and ex army surgeon. He was assisted In bis heroic treatment of the patient by Dr. Gustavus R. Brown, of Port Tobacco, Md., and Dr. Dick; so there were plen ty of medical talent present in tha sick room. On the last day the General made a brave struggle with death, for at 8 o'clock In the morning he got up and was dressed nnd sat by the lire for two hours, and at 5 o'clock In the afternoon he sat by the Are for an hour, but was too weak to talk, so what he himself thought of bis treatment has not come down to us. On Sunday, December 15, the coffin was ordered from Alexandria, tho measurement of the body sent being: In length, six feet three and one-half inches exact. Across tho shoulders, one foot nine inches exact. Across tho elbows, two feet one inch exact. Mr. Lear says he pnld Dr. Dick and Dr. Brown $40 each for their services, "which sum Dr. Crulk ndvlsed as very proper." About 12 o'clock Saturday night the body was taken down stairs nnd laid out in the large room, nnd on Tuesday was placed in the coffin a mahogany one, lined with lead and on Wednes day, 18th, nt 3 p. m., the Interment took place, with modest military and Ma sonic ceremonies. On Monday "meas ures wore taken to make provision for the refreshment of a large number of people," and after depositing the body in the vnnlt,""all then returned to the house and partook of some refresh ment, the remains of tho provision were distributed among the blacks." Washington was not buried with the military honors due his rank, nor was the funeral attended by any represen tative of the Government. Seven colonels acted as pall bearers, and "tho friends of the family" were its neigh bors. The Rev. Mr. nnd Mrs. Davis read tho Episcopal burial service, and the Masons performed their ceremon ies, so, aside from the slight display of the Alexandria niilltln, the funeral was that of -an unostentatious person. Wnhliif-tnn' Man; Pew. It is hardly conceivable that George Washington could have remained the richest man in America had ho paid rent for nil the church pews accred ited to him. Scarcely a tillage that had a church In his day but points with pride now to the Washington fam ily pew. It is true, however, that ho had much need of the Invocation of spiritual grace, for when he lost con trol of a temper, never very mild, as he did at Trenton and other places, he was quite capable of swearing a vol ley of good, round oaths, says a Pitts burg paper. By the way, Is a man morally re sponsible for profanity, say, occasioned under stress of great excitement, such as may occur while commanding troops in battle? One of the purest and most devout men we ever knew was n Bap tist deacon, who was a lieutenant-colonel in the Civil War, who always went into battle praying, and who prayed, fervently when the battle was over, but who lost his religion absolutely whl,e the battle was on, and would swear as loud ami as fiercely as nny trooper in Flanders. Tho man's sin cerity could not be questioned, for most men prated when he stopped praying and Uopped praying when be started. h K.' IT 4 yy V' --) f I ! I''' ? lJ ' ' . . v . ' V f ' )-? IT X WHERE FORTUNE TURNED Sons of the Revolution Meet on Ground Sacred to Patriots. On tho slope of Taylorsvllle, from which Washington made the night dash across the Delaware to victory at Tren ton, tho Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution celebrated the anniversary of two historic events the adoption of the national flag by Con gress and the British evacuation of Philadelphia.' These incidents of pa triotic interest occurred on June 14, 1777 and 1778, the Stars and Stripes having been the national emblem a year when the King's troops marched away from this city. Surroundings rich in association with Revolutionary history added to the lra pressivencss of the simple services by which patriotic achievements were commemorated. The society was wel- '4 &i"' WASHINGTON .'A CKOISCD THI eELAWAKC. IT CHRISTMAS NtfiHT 77 the Eve of me battle or twmton IHl-it vf C mat ft THE TABLET AT WASHINGTON'S CROSSING, TAYLORS VILLE, PA. coined on the historic ground by a com mittee of the Bucks County Historical Society, consisting of General W. W. II. Davis, Judge Yerkes, Thomas C. Knowles, Captain William Wynkoop, Richard R. Parry and John S. Will lams. Headed by a band playing pa triotic airs, the members inarched across the old bridge from the Jersey binding place to n position on the Penn sylvania decline near the monument marking the spot from which the pa- Ll i 'vu Tab, M VBVfVltn RvTUt ROCICTV Cm In m ,n -- IK THtCIHOMNATI INTMt STATE W niw JIR5ST TO CDrtltrtORATL TMl CRSSIM6 OF THS l; DlWSlWVt OrOrMtHAlWASMIHaTOH , LfcAHD TWI COMTIHINTAI. AKfTT UH j CSEVtHTItN HUNDRIO AMBSIVtMTY SB 1 1 TABLET ON NEW JERSEY SIDE. triot general directed the crossing of the troops. Flags and banners, fac similes of the various Revolutionary standards, made a brilliant splotch of color on the green where the society halted to listen to an address byt Gen eral Davis. - General Davis, by relating incidents that came to him In his boyhood days direct. from participants in Revolution ary strife, added a touch of realism to his story. The point at which Wash ington crossed the Dclcware, be de clared, was a central spot from which many of the most important battle grounds of the Revolution might al most be seen. The historic ground, he argued, wns worthy of being set apart as a national park from the importance that centred in the Continental opera tlons at this point. "Here," he said, "Washington met the crisis of the struggle and the blows given the enemy at Trenton and Princeton dispelled the gloom and gave hope to the cause. These victories gained the sympathy of the civilised world, nnd It was no longer a serious question how the war would terminate. The day star of liberty was, plainly seen. Tho cainpnlgn nt Vorklown was the Inevitable result of Trenton and Princeton, the first blows delivered af ter Washington abandoned his Fabian policy." V f , ,- .'1U;U.I1' " "" "' Don't Waste By Beatrice Fairfax. HE playtime of tho time for doing good JF I Make up your minds that during the coming winter you I f will do something to Improve yourselves, mentally, physlcal- I I ly, or both. I It is easier to work in the cool weather, one feels like achieving great things. Brains and muscles are eager for exerclse. See If you can't rind something in which to interest yourself during the winter, so that by spring you will, be conscious that you have decidedly "grown" In some direction or other. If you suffer tho drawbacks of a limited education, pick out soma line of study and work at it with'all your heart and energy. If you can afford it, Join some social or athletic club and reap the benefits of mingling with your fellow beings or developing yourself physically. Or get together a few of you and form clubs of your own. A walking club or young men and women to meet once a week, will afford Its members a great deal of pleasure. Or, you might start a reading club and take turns reading aloud one or two evenings each week. Spend one-half the evening reading some good his tory and the other half over an Interesting novel. Then you could have coffee and cake. You could take turns meeting at each other's homes. Make up your mind to succeed in your work as you never have before. Put your very beet efforts into it. Say to yourself, "I am going to improve myself this winter, and at the end of it I Intend to be more of a woman than I ever have been before." Don't waste a minute. Time Is more precious than diamonds and rubles. All your endeavor won't bring back one lost moment; never forget that. I would advise every girl to try and do a llttlo bit of good reading during tho long winter evenings. The public libraries are open to all, and interesting books can be picked up at tho second-hand book shops for almost nothing. If you do not care for reading, find some other diversion that will keep your mind and interest stimulated. Get a hobby of some kind. There Is nothing like a hobby to keep one In terested. Don't let the winter pass without getting some good out of it. Take "Self Improvement" for your motto, and keep the woRds bright and shining before you all -winter. In the spring you will be a happy girl if you feel you have lived up to your motto. New York Journal. Cheer Up HEER up! The world Is taking your photograph. Look pleasant. Of course you have your troubles troubles you cannot tell the policeman. A whole lot of things bother yon, of course. Business worries, or domestic sorrows, it may bo, or what nut. You find life a rugged road, whose stones hurt your feet. Nevertheless, cheer up! It may be your disease is selfishness Ingrown selfish ness. Your life is too Bclf-centered. You Imagine your trlb- . illations are worse than others bear. You feel sorry for ywuiscii the meanest sort of pity. It that, and cheer up! ' What right have you to carry a picture of your woebegone face and fun eral ways about among your fellows, who have troubles of their own? If you must whine, or sulk, or scowl, take n car, and go to the woods, or to the unfre quented lanes. Cheer up! Your ills are largely Imaginary, if you were really on the brink of bankruptcy, or if there were no thoroughfare through your sorrows, you would clear your brows, set your teeth, and make the best of it. Cheer up! You are making a hypothetical case out of your troubles, and suffering from a self-inflicted verdict. You are borrowing trouble, and paying a high rate of interest. Cheer up! Why, man alive, in a ten-minute walk you may see a score of people worse off than you. And here you are digging your own grave, and playing pallbearer into the bargain. Man alive, you must do your work! Smile, even though it bo through your tears, which speedily dry. And cheer up! Young Folks. Forgotten in gressive Bays By Jacob T Is surprising to an the present generation seems to have forgotten. ' Hero are some Instances. 1. To tell the points of the compass by a watch. Point tho hour hand nt the sun. Then south is halfway between the hour hand and the figure twelve of the dial. 2. To measure an angle by a watch. Lay two straight edged pieces of paper on tho angle, crossing at the apex. Holding them by whore they overlap, lay them on tho face of the watch with the apex at the centre. Read the angle by the minutes of the dial, each minute being six degrees of arc. It Is easy to measure within two or three degrees in this way. 3. To start a tight screw. Press the screwdriver firmly In place with one hand, but do not turn it. Then take hold of it sideways with Hat-jawed pliers as olose to the head of the screw as possible, and turn it with them. A hand vise is better than pliers. Leave. Just enough of the tip of the screwdriver out side the vise to fill the slot of the screw, but no more. This reduces the dan ger of breaking or bending a badly-tempered screwdriver to a minimum. 4. To put a pin through starched linen, rub the pin with parafflne. To push a collar button through a startched buttonhole, rub parafflne on the back of the buttonhole. Scientific American. A Tribute 7 By E. H. Lacon Watson. HERE are, of course, burglars and burglars. You may urge a lack of chivalry, a greed of gain, a base provision for per sonal safety, a hesitation to attack houses that contain men or small dogs or babies, or even night-lights, in some of IhpsR eentrv. T V But no doubt it was much the same with the highway- men of old. Not all of them graced their manly calling as 'I we could have wished; not all were models of politeness and affability, taking a kiss as sufficient payment from .the fair damsel, walking a minuet at the crossroads with the high-born lady of fash ion, Invariably respectful of age and sex. Was it not my Lord Bathurst who had boasted that he would never stand and deliver to a single gentleman of the road, and did he not find himself once confronted with the customary horse-pistol at his carriage window? . ' "It seems that one highwayman is sufficient after all," said his assailant, contemptuously handling the peer's gold watch. "Ruffian!" replied the intrepid Bathurst, "you know well enough I would never hand these over were it not for your friend Just behind your shoulder." The fellow turned his bead to look for his imaginary colleague and was I promptly shot dead br the Ingenious nobleman. Your Time i year Is ever, girls, and' now comes the work nnd showing what you are made of. By The Optimist. is a pathetic illusion. Rid yourself of These Pro Bromfield. oldish man how many things of daily use to Burglars UP TO DATE RECRUITING. Phonograph and - Stereoptlcon Used to Gt Labor for Queensland Plantations. Thousands of natives of Polynesia are needed to work on the sugar and other plantations of Queensland. These plantations are in the low coast regions; and as the climate is tropical white labor is not successful. For many years sailing vessels have been visiting the islands to recruit Kanakas for the Queensland planta tions. The trade gave rise to abuses which have been suppressed by law, but the natives are not so eager t emigrate ns formerly and it is hard work to fill tho vessels. A sea captain in the Kanaka trade has introduced a new method of mak ing emigration attractive. Before he sailed from Queensland a year ago he visited a number of the plantar tlons where South Sea Islanders are employed. ' He had a camera and a phonograph. Going from one plantation to another he photographer groups of natives and also took Individual pictures of well known fellows from the New Hebri des, Solomon and other groups. Then ho brought the phonograph into service. Tho best known natives who had a large acquaintance In the islands wero Induced to talk into the instrument and tell their friends tho kind of life they led in Australia and how they were -getting along on the plantations. These phonographed letters were obtained from Kannkas who formerly lived in about a dozen of tho islands which tho recruiting vessels are in the habit of visiting. Then the ingen ious shipmaster had his photographs turned Into lantern slides and off he sailed for tho Islands well equipped to astonish the natives. According to a Queensland news paper the scheme has been a great success. The captain had an ample supply of lantern slides showing emi grants from each of the Islands he visited. Everybody was on hand to see the show nnd the natives, were beside themselves with delight -when they saw the well-known visages 'of their frientbi and acquaintances thrown upon the screen. But the greatest wonder was when each picture actu ally talked to the crowd In the very tones and accents which many of the auditors connected with the man upon whose face they were gazing. The man sent them greetings from Iris plantation homo 1,000 miles away. He told them he was doing well, that he liked the life" and that Queensland was a good place to coine to. He talked about the country, the money he earned and the good treatment he received. Tictures were shown of the huts occupied by the emigrants, the fields they worked in and groups of labor ers whoso sleek appearance and smiling faces seemed to show that they were enjoying life. The result is that the stereoptlcon and phonograph hnve proved to be valuable recruiting agents. Even the natives who have had the worst mis givings about emigration become en thusiastic converts to the Idea when they see their friends actually before them and hear their well-known voices. The captain had no difficulty in making up a load and other captains engaged in the Kanaka trade say they are going to employ the same expedi ent. Pelican Island. In that long, narrow lagoon on the east coast of Florida known as Indian River, there is a muddy islet three or four acres in extent. Originally it doubtless did not differ from hundreds of similar neighboring islets; but, for some reason past finding out, this is let, nnd this alone, forms the nesting resort, the home, of all the pelicans of the Indian River, if not. Indeed, of the east coast of Florida. The brown pelican, unlike its white cousin, nests normally in low trees and bushes; and there is evidence that when the orig inal pelican colonists landed on the Islet which now bears ..ifXr name, it was weir grown with black and red mangroves in which the birds placed their scaffolding of sticks. Excep tionally low temperature and high wa ter perhaps also excessive use by the birds, which sometimes build as many as seven nests in a single mangrove have killed tree after tree, until at present only three serviceable trees remain. Still the birds come back, the impelling motive which prompts them to return to this particular spot being evidently stronger than that which in duced them to nest in trees. Century. Ate the Heart of Louia XIV. There is no need to be skeptical regarding Mr. Labouchere's story that . the late Dean Buc-kland swal lowed the mummified remains of the heart of Louis XIV, and that it now rests in the dean's body In Islip churchyard, when one recalls thi many weird dishes that the famou divine consumed in his. life time. A his dinner parties, which were at tended by leaders of science and lit erature, the menus were often of a most eccentric character. On one oc casion pickled horse tongue was great ly relished by tho guests until they were tol'! what they had eaten. Alli gator was served up as a rare deli cacy, and puppies occasionally, and mice frequently. At other times hedgehogs, tortoises, potted ostrich and sometimes rats, frogs and snails were prepared for the delectation of favored guests. What more likely than that the dean should have a fancy for a royal heart? London Chronicle.
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