Si ait i. 1 REAR HEW OP THE BUILDINGS AT MT. VERNON. MOUNT WASHINGTON TINS .EADERS of Mr. Leupp's paper on "The Old Garden at Mount Vernon," will be Interested In the sketch map of the grounds at Mount Vernon. It was made In color by Mr. Samuel Vaughan, a merchant of London, who visited General Washington at Mount Vernon In 17S7, and Is part of a man uscript Journal kept by Mr. Vaughan during a Journey through Pennsyl vania, Maryland and Virginia. This Journal is now in the possession of a descendant of its author, Mr. Benja min Vaughan, of Boston, who has furnished the Century with a copy of the plan, and the following dcscrlp-w tion of them taken from the Journal literally except as to paragraphing: "The General's house is 96 feet by 32 upon an eminence, with a piazza next the Potomack of like length 14 feet wide and 18 feet high. Between the house & the River Is .-. Lawn about 100 yards broad, from thence Declining to the River about 400 yards on which is a hanging wood, but not seen from the house, from which the River appears to be very near, of a milo over, but higher and lower much wider, and meanders in different directions. Maryland on the opposite side of the River, Is variegated and in high cul tlvatlon. On each end of the house there are sections of semi-circular collonades to outhouses, from whence a street is formed on each side at right angles above 200 feet long In which are sundry houses for dome- sticks, Tradesmen, Workshops, &c. Before the front of the house (which has a cupola in the centre) there are lawns, surrounded with gravel walks 19 feet wide, with trees on each side the larger, for shade, outside the walks trees and shrubberies. "Parallel to each exterior side a Kitchen Gardens, with a stately hot house on one Bide, the exterior side of the garden enclosed with a brick wall, vide a sketch on the ether side. "The General has near 12,000 acres surrounding this delightful mansion tvhereon are several Farms, live of which are kept under cultiva tion, under separate negro overseers, who every Saturday night gave an exact account of the Stock the In crease, decrease, condition, work done, &c, &c. "The General breakfasts at 7 then mounts his horse & canters 6 days in the week to every one, a circuit of about 20 miles, inspecting and giving directions for management at each & returns home at 2 o'clock. "In good years he raises 10,000 bushels of wheat a like quantity of corn besides Oats barley r;m buck wheat peas potatoes, &c, breeds horses Cattle mules & has 700 sheep, plants no tobacco, has an excellent grist mill on a creek supplied by various springs collected in a run of two miles, flower, &c, shipped on craft in the creek very near the River, has a fishery & a ferry. WASHINGTON IN 1790. AGE 68. 1 V 'Si By Joseph Wright. From the original portrait, in the United States National Museum, Washington, District of Columbia; owned by Mr. G. L. McKean, Chicago, Illinois. Canvas, 17 by 21 Inches. In 1790 Joseph Wright painted a portrait of Washington and etched a small profile, which is the same as the portrait reproduced except that the body In the etching is also In profile. Washington's profile is very attractive, and the simplicity and directness of this one have a charm of reality which is Its highest recommendation, while the etched .profile from Its first publication was universally accepted for its correct ness of line, and expression. ' A- . J7 1 A T J 4 d,a jj : isst VERNON "The General has 200 mouths to feed, makes most part of the woolen cloathing & a considerable quantity of linen made at home. The Gen eral seldom goes out but on public business, always making experi ments. The farms neat, kept per fectly clean & in prime order. Keeps an excellent table & Is indisputably the best, if not the only good farmer in the State. "NB during the General's absence as president to the Convention, the farms are kopt in excellent order by MaJ. George Washington, the Gens, nephew, wo with his Lady lives in the house." Mr. Benjamin Vaughan Informs us that "About the time or within a couple of years of the date of this Journal, Samuel Vaughan sent to General Washington, as a present, the marble mantle which is now in the dining room, or, aa then called, A TLAX OF MOUNT From photograph by Baldwin Coolidge iienjamin the 'Banquet Hall' at Mount Ver non." In the "Writings of George Wash ington" by Sparks (Vol. IX, page 281) there Is a letter from Washing ton dated Mount Vernon, 12 Novem ber, 1787, in which he Indicates an error In the plan, as follows: "The letter without date, with which you were pleased to honor me, accompanied by a plan of this seat, came to my hands by the last post. For both I pray you to accept my hearty and sincere thanks. The plan describes with accuracy the houses, walks and shrubs, except In the front of the lawn, west of the court-yard. (The bottom of the plan 13 west). There the plan differs from the origi nal. In the former you have closed the " prospect with trees along the walk to the gate; whereas in the latter the trees terminate with two mounds of earth, one on each side, on which grow weeping willows, leaving aa open and full view of the distant woods. The mounds are sixty yards apart. I mention this, because it is the only departure from the original." The Century. RECITATION FOR A 6-YEAR-OLD. I'm just a very little boy, I never fired a gun; I never led on army, Like brave George Washington. And though like him I may not fight To set a people free, I'll trv to be as brave and true, Aa kind and good aa he. Alice Jean Cleator. Glass brushes are used by artists who decorate china. They are made of glass fibers as thin as spun silk. tar xvN- LIBERTY", What man is there to bold that he should ay, Thus, and thus only, would I have the sea?" For whether lying enlm and beautiful, Clasping the earth in lovo, and throwing back The smile of heaven from waves of ame thyst; Or whether, freshened by the busy winds. It boars the trade and navies of the world To ends of use or stern activity; Or whether, lashed by tempests, it gives way To elemental fury, howls and roars At all its rocky barriers, in wild hint Of ruin drinks the blood of living things, And strews it wrecks o'er leagues of deso late shore Always it is the sea, and men bow down Before its vast and varied majesty. So all in vain will timorous ones pssav To set the metes and bounds of Liberty. For Freedom is its own eternal lnw; It makes its own conditions, and in storm Or calm alike fulfills the unerring Will. Let us not then despise it when it lies Still as ft sleeninir lion, while a swarm Of gnat-like evils hover round its head: JNor doubt it when in mad, disjointed limes. It shakes the torch of terror, and its crv Shrills o'er the quaking earth, and in the name Of riot and war wo see its awful form liise by the scaffold, where the crimson ax Kings clown its grooves the knell of Bhud define kinus. Forever in thine eves, O Liberty, Shines that high light whereby the world And though thou slay us, we will trust in ince. John Hay. MARTHA WASHINGTON' IN CAMP. At Valley Forge She Knit Stockings For Her Husband's Bare-Footed Heroes. "Martha Washington was then forty-five years of age, and thoso who went to the camp and expected to find her arrayed in the gowns which they had supposed would be worn by the General's wife were dis appointed," writes William Perrine of "Washington's Christmas at Valley Forge" in the Ladles' Home Jour nal. ' 'Whilst our husbands and brothers are examples of patriot Ism,' she would say to her country- VERNON, MADE 1787. of the original color sketch owned by v augnan. women, 'we must be patterns of In dustry.' She did not hesitate to wear a brown dress and a speckled apron when receiving fastidious and ele gant visitors at Morrlstown. It was said afterward that she acquired her inveterate habit of knitting In her zeal at Valley Forge to relieve the bare-footed men around her. On every fair day she might be seen walking through the rude streets of the town of huts with a basket In her hand. Entering the hut of a sergeant, she found him dying on a pallet of straw, his wife beside him in the anguish of final separation. She ministered to his comfort with food prepared by her own hands. Then kneeling she earnestly prayed Tmmi- KXTERIOU VIEW OF THK OLD aaM$ with her 'sweet and solemn volqjj iur me sincgen coupie. ah a ay long she was busy with these errands of grace, or In the kitchen at the stone house, or in urging other women to lend a helping hand. And when she passed along the lines of the troops she would sometimes hear the far vent cry of 'God bless Lady Wash lngton!' or 'Long live Lady Wash lngton!' Well, Indeed, might the men feel that they could fight to their very last drop of blood with a com' wander whose wife, who was former ly the belle and leader of her set among the dames and damsels of Vlr gtnla, was not ashamed to be seen darning his and her own stockings!" BUST OF WASHINGTON. A French Gift to America. "3 Hi By David d'Angers, The bust was cast by Hohwlller; the pedestal was cut from the marble quarries of Berrlng NIcoll at Car rara; the bronze plate, in the style of Louis XVI., was made by the tal ented artlBt In metal, Charles Du- pont. A GEORGE WASHINGTON TEXT. The life of so many-sided a man as Washington furnishes all vnrleties of texts for anniversary orators. Texts . for war and peace, for com' merce and industry, for moral re proof, for every contingency which arises. Perhaps as appropriate a text as could be desired is to be found In a letter written by Washington to Hamilton In which he said that of all possible distinctions he valued highest "that most enviable of titles, an honest man." This was the opinion, confirmed by years of experience, of the man who as a boy had learned the moral precept, "Labor to keep alive In your heart that little spark of divine fire called conscience." In the year that has passed since last Washing ton's Birthday the significance and Importance of this sentiment have been sufficiently emphasized. New York World. WARNING AGAINST DESPOTISM. Caution thoso intrusted with ad ministration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department en croachment upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all departments In one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despot ism. Washington's Farewell Ad dress. WASHINGTON'S HALF-BROTHER. Lawrence Washington, George's half-brother, returned from England a fine young gentleman when George was still going to "Mr. Hobby's old field" school, diligently learning; to misspell.' There was a pretty affec tion between George and his half brother. Lawrence went off again, a doughty captain in the King's navy, to whip the Spanish. WASHINGTON'S CHARACTER. America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And If our American Institutions had dona nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind. Daniel Webster. fill Miff MANSION AT MT. VERNON. IS ( NyW? ) " ' - : i -A ? of Cigars ek nere is a ciear T T t fer at 6c that we want 1 I' .!!. i uy siue wiiii regular ivey west: Dranas that have sold for years at 3-for-25c and 10c straight. CUBA-ROMA All-Havana Cigar, 5c is a newand sensational value in the cigar business. Where, outside of National Cigar Stands, can you get a large, well Tolled, full-weight cigar, made entirely of fine, imported Havana leaf, and thor oughly seasoned, for 5c? That is what we sell you in CUBA-ROMA. National Cigar Stands save you the unnecessary middlemen s profits made mm 7 C1GAB aTAI.PS The best dgars are now sold in the 2,000 Drag Stores having this national Cigar Stands Emble a in the window. STOKE & FEICHT DRUG CO. MAIN LABOR WORLD. John Horn has been connected with the Mount Washington Railway for thirty-two years, and the last twelve as its superintendent. Labor leaders in Washington al leged wrongful practices of ship sub sidy promoters to make labor men appear as favoring bill. Sacramento (Cal.) glass workers have reached an agreement with their employers and returned to work. Both sides made concessions. The Richmond, Frederlcksbure and Potomac Hallway has granted the re quest of the Brotherhood of Con ductors for an eight-hour day. Nashville (Tenn.) machinists have a new scale. Those working In the machine shops of the city will re ceive thirty-three and one-third cents an hour. Journeymen Horseshoers' Interna tional Union has raised the per capita tax to twenty-five cents a month and adopted the stamp system for the payment of dues. Union glass chimney workers are &8klng the manufacturers to with draw the sliding scale adopted a year ago, according to which they are working under a twenty-five per cent. reduction. After many weeks of effort, repre sentatives of the Master Horseshoers' Association, of Minneapolis, Minn., and the union journeymen have suc ceeded in reaching a Joint working agreement. The laboring men of Hamilton. Canada, are so jubilant over electing a candidate for the Dominion Legis lature that the talk now is of In dorsing candidates for Mayoralty and for Aldermen. Street car traffic In Lima, Feru. was recently suspended as a result of strike of the motoi men and con ductors. The company agreed to ar bitrate the differences and the men went back to work. A young man in Illnois wns killed when a train struck his automobile, and his relatives having sued for dam ages were awarded the sum of one dollar. The verdict has just been af firmed by the appellate court. The decision, it appears, says the Indian apolis Star, was rendered on the ground that the man was a bachelor, with no one dependent on him, and the natural assumption, Is therefore, that the dollar represented. In the Judgment of the jury, the value of an unmarried man to the community. WHEN COOKINO STEAK. When beef Is tough, twice cooking Improves If, Steak, half cooked will keep in hot weather and iwhen wanted the process can be completed with ex cellcnt Tesulla. Secretaries tMe Big ir row win ewrtrv.nhiiT.lc!esrtT!to,.pp nvok or Mcb month to tvutiaii ah wirw-iuu oiurr ri invsj wa duth not room so m teonterirof VV uiker ) .ir-iTTmfrri Furnish Your Home F .i 1 !? rt "ff "rt.JTfnrMBMnrof theeeeluh friend.. It onlr take. 1U women to mnke a full Club, i iryot from the f.rtor; at f;.ctor.prlcea. and M the and wearii wearing apparel, uial lo.j might nototherwlae tool th.y eould afford. kirne of our Hecretarie. derote tuelr entire time to thie work. You eao do thle. If too will It km haw a Jittlo time, form 1 t ot I cluh. and Mrnlrt .our home ov eou Thand-We wSlng ippIrvTT. Aa noma c Sfii 'MS1? t? "M-wrtahllaJied oono.rn-h.Tln. been Wlllnne of dollara and our fortortee now rotarlfteen onto ua today and learn all about our HeereUrr .. J'.L"J.' l'nrmatlon. will bring IY. & H. WALKER, Depsrfasnt 19 E-PITTSSUfiG. PA. --w.Noniirniini awi. for 25c T - mvana cisrar you to iudee side urn tr in . i i ' aV A v lit on the ordinary Key West brands. STREET. DR. GREWER Medical and Surgical Institute, Rooms 7 and 8, Pestoffloe Bulldlnff, DUBOIS, PA. DR. E. GREWER, Consulting Physician and Surgeon. Dr. E. G rawer, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and one ot the leading speo lallsts of this State, la now permanently lo cated at the above address, where he treat all chronic diseases of Men, Women and Children. i He makes a specialty of all forms of Ner vous diseases, Mood Poison, Secret Diseases, Epileptic Fits. Convulsions, Hysteria, St. Vitus Dance. Wakefulness cured under guarantee. , . Ix)st Manhood Restored. Weaknesses of Young Men Cured and All Private Diseases. Varicocele, Hydrocele andHupture prompt if cned without pain and no detention from buslneus. He cures the worst coses of Nervous Pros tration, Rheumatism, Scrofula. Did Sores, Blood Poison and all diseases of the Skin, Ear, Nose, Throat, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder. .Itching Piles, Fistula, Stricture, Tumors, Caneers and Goiters curod without cutting. Special attention paid to the treatment of Nasal Catarrh. He will forfeit the sum of $5, 000 for any case of Fits or Epileptic Convulsions that he cannot cure. Consultation free In English and German and strictly confidential. Write If you cannot call. Office hours : From 8 a. m. to 1.39 p. m. On Sundays 0 to 12 a. m. only. Seventy-three lynchlngs, apportion d to fifteen states Is the record for last year. of Walker Clubs Pay-Ve Wan? One In YOyH Heighborhsod wni. ntanr. MKinir ns wnst w will pr.r von to set m W.lker Clubs or farnmhlng thi-lr bamn from top to bottom with lagant rtlol Out hit Illu.tr.ted Book wow. .xnomiu- Furni ture. Ras del let. Curtaioa-Chink. Silverware, UljuMwww. ui gutntitft-fl of other utMea uur woman would be proud to own. mention job nut rj tttintf inn s llt" ' - w Clubs. u vera like, right amrmc mov own n.l.hbor. .no and .rerjon. ,oo mention Vt to. Will ST.! toioln eame time th.r erruro handaome anZuof tlr.ltuil in huineaa orer etKr-aln. itm Oejoartul L acre, of ground. vu. eavieai u are propoaitlon. Ju.t a noet card with vser name and ad. rp ,r Big Illnatrated Bonk and falTartiielinl wm neiaj awn rmn roar nrwtrapdofft eu. enlm;
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