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5VBINET M1 ja1ji.:--, "3V .KfaS cam mni your profHulun dors nut outrun your poasrs- 1 c. rtlttclaltty and hypocrisy tear diameter to slirvds. Whatsoever h kino reap. man sowvtli that shall r? f 9W ACH year finds tens of thou sands of American citizens mak ing patriotic pilgrimages to the home and tomb of George Wash ington at Mount Vernon on the Potomac river. Almost without exception these tourists "stop over" going or coming at the quaint old town of Alexandria, Va., located about half wav be tween the city of Washington and Mount Vernon. , Many of the visitors declare Alexandria almost if not quite as Interest ing as the far-famed country seat of the Father of His Country. Old Alexan dria would be well worthy a visit merely as One example of an old colonial town, rich In the architecture of the period, but added to this Is the historical significance that It was George Washington's "home town." Hither he came to attend the balls and other social festivities that brought out all the landed gentry of the old dominion; here he attended church every Sunday when residing at Mount Vernon; and to this place he repaired when business matters connected with his large estate required legal or olher adjustment that could not rendi y be negotiated on the plantation. Al exandria was the meeting place of the Masonic lodge of which George Washington was so prom: lnent a member and here was located a volunteer Are company that boasted our first president as one of Its members. In short, from every stand point, Alexandria meant more to George Washing ton than the nearest town or cross-roads com munity is apt to do tu the present-day American farmer in this era of rural free delivery and rail roads and trolleys and automobiles. S.-S - Oft 4 fkm f Vk 111.. a i, m ii " fm i H is. 1 i , r l, i i m in m hit iff f m. tM . I m m M 1 ptp 1 IrVl-i '-saw I In George Washington's time Alexandria or Pellhaven as It was at first known along about the middle of the eighteenth century was one of the most prominent ports In the United States and seemed to hold out every promise of extensive development In the future. George Washington himself took a hand In booming the port, which developed an extensive foreign trade. The docks were crowded with warehouses filled with corn, tobacco and other products, while in the harbor were always to be found many of the largest class of cargo ships of that period loading and dis charging a variety of commodities. As the Amer ican terminus of a heavy overseas's trade Alex andria became well known in shipping circles In England, and it was thought for a time that the jort on the Potomac would overshadow" Balti more. Then came the various Influences that combined to bring about the commercial eclipse of the little city so dear to the heart of the na tion's liberator. One of the first of these was the establishment only a few miles away of the capi tal of the nation, which speedily overshadowed Alexandria In various ways. Then came the building of railroads, which diverted much traffic to other channels, and finally the Civil war helped to put a blight upon the community which had long been one of the strongholds of the Lees of Virginia. But even in this twentieth century neglected Alexandria gets "on the map" as least one day each year namely, on the 22d of February, when with each recurring anniversary of Washington's birthday there Is a big celebration In the little eity that is Oiled with landmarks and objects identified with the private life and public career of the leader of the Revolution. Often the presi dent of the United States goes to Alexandria by oat or trolley to participate in the exercises, and the governors of Virginia and Maryland are invariably Invited. On such occasions the town which Is located in closer proximity to historic Mount Vernon than Is any other community, ap pears almost too small to accommodate the crowds that Invade her public places. For, be It known, for all. that there are handsome, well paved business streets that afford a route of parade for the procession that Is an invariable feature of this holiday, there are other highways and by ways in the staid, dignified, conservative old town that readily convince the visitor that they have undergone little If any alteration since the days of George Washington. : Old Alexandria is "going on" three hundred years of age, for it was founded as long ago as 1730, although, as previously explained, it was known for some score of years by another nam. In 1848 the general assembly of the colony of Vir ginia formally designated At as Alexandria. The town retain to this day the names of it streets, hosen in the days of long ago from th title of royalty and nobility. Thus we find a the most conspicuous thoroughfares King, Prince, , Duke and Royal streets, Alexandria was the starting place of General Braddock's famous expedition against the French, and Indian which, ill-fated though it was, served t br'ng George Washington, for the first time. mm- .234S5". J?3aSXi22&V23 conspicuously before his countrymen. Here, In the old Carlisle house, which remains to this day one of the chief "show places" of the historic old town, George Washington and other leading men of the colony had a lengthy conference with the British commander on the night before the expedition set out upon the campaign which was destined to go down In history as "Braddock's defeat." The old Carlisle bouse, which Is assuredly one ' of the most Interesting structures In the United States, fell sadly into decay some years ago, al though a move looking to its complete restoration has latterly been made by a patriotic society George Washington was a frequent guest at Carlisle house the mansion of Major Carlisle, and when, after a social function In Alexandria he returned to Mount Vernon by boat It was al most Invariably from the Carlisle house that be set out, the terraced grounds of the mansion sloping down. to the river, rendering U convenient for General Washington and his house guests to step into the barge to be rowed to his manor bouse farther down on the Virginia shore of the Potomac. It was also General Washington' cus tom to sup at Carlisle bouse each 2 2d of February when he came to Alexandria to attend the "Birth Night Balls," which were instituted in hi honor in Alexandria after he rose to fame as the hero of the War for independence. These balls were held at Claggett's tavern and constituted the su preme height of Alexandria's social glory; General Washington was most intimately identi fied with the history of Alexandria from the year 1763, when he purchased considerable property in the town. He showed himself a good citixen by becoming a member of the Friendship Fire En gine company. This was a volunteer organisation for any such thing as a fireflghting department with paid employes was, of course, totally unknown in those days. Tradition recounts that not only was the Father of His Country a supporter of this old time fire-fighting organization, but that on the occasion of more than one fire he "ran with the machine" In the good old-fashioned way. Another organization which rivals the veteran fire company In interest Is the Masonic lodge of which Washington was a mem ber, and the lodge rooms of which In the city hall at Alexandria are filled with Wshlngton relics of priceless value. Among the buildings In Alexandria which attract much attention from visitors is the old colonial mansion at the corner of Duke and St. Asaph Btreets, where Lafayette and his suite were quartered when the distinguish ed Frenchman visited this country and where a great ball was given in his honor. Not far distant Is the build ing occupied as the first free school In America a school established through the bounty of George Washington. On Fairfax street, near Duke. Is the First Presbyterian church, built In 1774, and on Cameron street 'Is the town house of Lord Thomas Fairfax, a splendid example of the architecture of the Georgian period and yet in a perfect state of preservation. Persons who essay to "tour Alexandria" by motor car are destined to many a bump and Jolt, for whereas the prin cipal business street are paved with ashphalt most of the old residential streets have the great cobble stones that have with stood the trafllc of more than a century. However, it I interesting to note that even this primitive pav ing has Its historic significance, for these self same cobblestones were laid under General Wash ington's direction by the Hessian prisoners, cap tured by the continental army. Mount Vernon Token Returned NAMING THE BOY, Old Jum, gardener and general factotum, was accompanied one day by a bright-looking lad eight or ten years old. "Is this your boy?" I aaked. . "Yessuh, he mine, he las' one I got, sub Junior, you wuffles nigger, mek your manner ter v d white folks!" "Junior," I commented. "So he Is named after you." v: .!,:;-. . ': . "Nawsuh," the old man replied rather Indignant ly; "he ain't named fur me! My name Jumbo, wbar my mammy git out'n de Bible. Dis hyar chile name Junior cus he wnz bawn in Jun." Lippincott's. ' ; - When Mount Vernon, the home of Washington, was restored some 30 year ago the various states were asked to send some token to b placed in the rooms. The women of Kansas sent a solid walnut, hand carved seal of Kansas to rep resent this state. For 30 years the beautiful seal has been standing In the former home' of the Father of His Country and It has Just been re turned to the Kansas Historical society to be placed In the "exhibit of Kansas curios. The piece is carved .from one solid piece of na tive Kansas walnut, one of the few perfect pieces of walnut wood found In the state. A search of several months was required to find a tree suit able for the work. One was found in Coffey county and wis cut down expressly for this carv ing. It is four feet long and two feet high and is Intended to go over the door of some ball. The seal was carved by the late Henry Worrall of Topeka, the first artist in Kansas. He worked all one summer on It. In the center is the great seal of the state, painted In colors in oil by Pro fessor Worrall. Around the seal are the word "Great Seal of the State of Kansas, January 29. 1861," carved by hand, each . letter in relief Around the seal are grouped the product of Kansas. ; When the servant quarters ' were restored at Mount Vernon, Kansas school children raised the money to pay for the restoration. It was then decided that Kansas had sufficient representation among the relics In the home and the great seal was returned to the Historical society. WISDOM FROM THE WED. Singleton It's wonderful what love will enable a fellow to see In a girl that he never saw before. . Wedmore Yes, and It' equally wonderful what love won't let him see that he'll see later on. Boston Evening t Transcript WHAT WA8, ETC."T Writing about a recent "function," the society editor of the Ellis, Kan., Review-Headlight My: "Light refreshment were served, consisting of popcorn, cider, etc., served in course.' . A MAN'S WAY. V "I hear the bride and groom are having -troubl already." .- ' v . , 1 "Married only a month already, and quarrel- nr , -"80 they ay." "What 1 the trouble V ; ; f . "Seem her husband want's to quit' going to afternoon receptions and get back to business." . The Fool Who Drops the Match We know, and everybody . know, that thousands of people every day are throwing lighted cigarette and cigar and matctos "on the stone floor," or 'oa some otbei place which they regard ti e vial!y safe; and everybody who 1 1 vea 'T attention to the sub- 3 r t , CPnsUerable proper . f t. ' 'I of I!v and 1 ! I ' j- Is t'. ' . t j r -. Nobody but fool will point an "un loaded" gun at a human being, because everybody has come to look upon It as an act of inexcusable recklessness; but the amount of harm done by that foolishness is as nothing In compari son with what is being caused, year after year, by the habit of throwing down lighted cigar end and cigarettes and matches in "safe" places. The f et Paltimore fire was, Is all prob ability, caused by a cigar or cigarette thrown on a stone sidewalk and blown Into a cellar through an uncovered bull'seye hoi. The act ought to be made a misdemeanor, wherever com mittd. New York Evening Port. " Church Property In New (York. In New York Episcopal place of worship are worth $26,830,000; Presby- jterian, f 16.400,000; Methodist. 110. I 600.000; Baptist. $9,400,000; Reformed, I $7,900,000; Lutheran. $6,300,000, and I Congregational JH.260,000. The value of church property In New York I $163,963,740, exclusive of parsonages, hospital and asylums. The debt la New York axe $19,062,419, or about 13.3 per cent Boston has Invested in churches $27,000,000, with debt of 7 per cent of their value. Chicago ha the same sum invested, with 16 H per cent debt; Baltimore, ' $14,000,000, with debt of 10H per cent; Philadel phia, $46,000,000, with 9 per cent debts, and Washington. $10,000,000, with 10Vi per cent debts. Christian Her ald. .- ' .- . SOME GENERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR SERVING. Move a noiselessly and handle dishes as carefully as possible. Serve hot things hot and cold thing cold. A well and neatly-laid table Is a big step toward a good meal. Fill the glasses two-third full. Do not lift glass when filling it, but If necessary draw It to the edge of the table, never touching the top of the glass. Finger bowls are to be filled one third full; a rose or petals, a leaf or a bit of lemon, in ihe bowl is an addi tion. Water should be put into the glasses the very last thing before the guests are seated. Never reach in front of a person when serving; serve to the left when the food Is a matter of choice by the guest. Remove all dishes from the right and place all food not chosen at the right. Relishes, like nuts, olives and pickles, may be left during the entire meal for the guest to help himself. A dolly should be placed between the plute and the sherbet cup as well as under the finger bowl. With the salad, crackers or bread and butter are served. Sugar and cream should always be passed with black coffee, as many pre fer It. One service should be removed at a time, not stacking the dishes; this savors too much of boarding house life. When changing courses, every thing pertaining to the previous course should be removed. Two vegetables may be passed at once at the left, allowing the guest to help himself. The knife and fork should be placed side by side when passing the plate to be replenished or when the course Is finished. The intimate process of mastication should be performed In as noiseless a manner as possible with a closed mouth. This may seem superfluous advice, but existing circumstances warrant a reminder. 1 1X7,?.: - in fKACU there is, In uucrifice secludt'd; A lite subdued, from Will and pnsalon free ; Tla not tlie peace which over Kden brooded. But thnt which triumphed In Ch'th seniane. Jessie Rose Gates HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Desiccated cocoanut can .be made at home with a little work, but cost ing much less than the proprietary ar ticle. Break the shell and carefully remove all of the brown coat and run the white meat through a meat chop per, using a coarse cutter at first, then a finer one. This will not take as much time as trying to cut It fine at first. To every quart of the ground nut meat add a cupful of sugar, stir well and stand in the oven or warm ing oven until thoroughly dry, stir ring occasionally. It will take two days to dry, but the result will be very satisfactory. Cocoanut Cookies. Cream one and a half cups of sugar with a cup of warmed butter. Add three well beat en eggs and three tablespoonfuls of milk, a cupful of desiccated coocanut and three cupfuls of flour, sifted, with four teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor and bake. Roast Beef 8andwlcht. These are very nice for a hot supper or lunch eon dish. . Place rounds or slice of buttered bread covered with slice of cold roast beef, season and pour hot gravy over the sandwich and serve hot. Pear Dessert. Take the Juice of canned pears, add a little mace to it and boll to extract the flavor. Pour over the pears and serve with whipped cream for dessert. V' Uncooked Mincemeat. Two cupfuls of chopped meat to five cupful of chopped apple, three cups of raisins, one cup of vinegar, a cup of cider, a tablespoonful of cinnamon, a cup of molasses and a cup of suet. This will keep a long time if very cold or may be cooked, and will keep indefinitely. - Potato Puff - To each cupful of mashed potato take one egg, one ta blespoonful of milk, two tablespoon fuls of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoon of baking powder and salt to season. Mix well and roll Into linger rolls, fry in deep fat as doughnut. Serve hot. Willing to Be Persuaded.." "Are you In favor of government ownership?".! "It all depends," replied Mr. Dus tin Stax, "on how much the govern ment could be persuaded to pay for the privilege of owning some of the things I control." Sidelight on Mythology. . Hercules had finished his twelve la bors. !. Mr eomolata works!" he exclaimed. fanning himself with door from Uel Augean stables. Subsequently the historians, taking advantage of hi Ignorance of th copyright law, published them In col lected form themselves. Hard Luck. B mid gnod-br to Tronbla Would nevvr mora complain; Ha took a trip to mand his haalth And Trouble wrackad tba Irata. V TNLIKE many of the art and fl I craft of the American Indian, I the work of the Navajo silver t, smith and other artissns Is showing no deterioration In fact those who are In a position to Judge state that some of the modern examples of native sllversmltbing on the Navajo reservation are superior In every wsy to the bent examples of ear Her work of the redakinned crafts men of the forge. At the fourth annual fair of Navajo Indians, which was held recently. there was a dazzling display of this native silverware, showing the native srtlsts st their best Probably $5,000 worth of Navajo Jewelry was op ex hibitlon. most of It being made up In purely native designs The prize col lection was the work of Chls-cbll-le (Curly Hair), a silversmith who lives near the trading post of Two Gray Hills, fifty miles south of Shlprock. N M Chls-chll-le Is a middle-aged Indian, who has been a silversmith since bis youth. In fact bla Is a fam lly of silversmiths, the trade being handed down fronr father to son, much as trades arl handed down In some European communities Chis-chll-le, like other Navajo all versmlths. uses only the crudest Im plements In making bla silverware His forge is a square of stones snd sdobe, the center having a round de pression for a fireplace The smoke Is carried off and a draft created by two wooden tubes, covered with sdobe to keep from burning, wslled to the rear of the force His bellows Is made of sheepskin, and his anvil is s hard stone or a piece of Iron Any silver smith who can get a piece of railroad Iron Is looked upon with envy by his fellow-craftsmen who must use forces of cruder material The crucibles for meltlns sliver are of hard clay, aud are generally about the size of turn biers, with round bottoms, and with curved rims provided with spouts for pouring off the molten metal The molds which sre used by the native silversmiths are generally cut out of hard sandstone, and are greased with mutton tallow Charcoal Is used for fuel, the Indians being very clever at making It from Juniper logs Gen erally the smith's blowpipe is a piece of hollow brass tubing , For polishing he uses sandstone and ashes, and for chasing and engraving unique designs on the silverware he uses nothing more than pocketknlves. awls and small files ' With such Implements the Navajo silversmith has been working for the last sixty year, there being no record of sllversmltblng In the tribe previous to that date. The Indians do not care for more elaborate Implements but cling to the tools with which they have been familiar for years. The effects they secure with these crude Imple ments are nothing short of amazing, the chasing on some of the Navajo sil verware being equal to the better grade of work turned out of high grade jewelry establishments. There Is no reason to believe that the Navajos learned stlversmlthlng from the early Spaniards, as many people believe. ; The Spanish explorer were inveterate keeper of diaries and other records. Nothing escaped their observation, and If they had found silversmith among the Navajo tribe at that time even more warlike than the Apache there is every reason to believe that some record would have, been made of the fact It I likely that the craft was learned from the Mexicans at a later era, and It ha continued to grow in Importance until It rivals the blanket-making industry for which the tribe ha become world famous, v While tb blanket weaving I strict ly a woman's occupation among th Navajo people, silversmlthing i kept a strictly among th men. A woman silversmith has never been heard of among the Navajos, nor I there any record of a male rug weaver, though among the Hopl and other southwest ern tribes, th men do most of the weaving. ; The Navajo silversmith do not use liver bullion for their work. They prefer silver coins, for th reason that th minted silver ha tb right pro portion of alloy to make enduring or naments. Mexican dollar, which com mand only their bullion value, are generally - used, these are melted and run into tb various molds, and. after a laborious process of polishing and chasing, com out a finished ornament.- The art of th Navajo silversmith is nowhere shown to better advantage than in the manufacture of th silver necklaces which are worn by men and women and which form th most elab orate and costly piece of Navajo jew elry. These necklace consist of beads of silver, ranging from th sis of a pea to globule an Inch In diameter. Th larger bead are finished with pendant-like projection. ' cleverly graduated a to sis. Th larger beads, with these pendant. . hang on the breast, and generally a very striking affect is secured by alternating the beadf with turquoise or bit of coral. Th cost of such necklace varies according to .the workmanship repre sented In the bead and th value of rS5S& ttftSil litem. 1 -A. 1 the coral or turquoise tbat I used to set off the silver Most of the articles made by th Navajo silversmith are sold to mem bers of the tribe, for probably no other people In the world have sucb a fondness for Jewelry, especially of massive design. The Navajo likes plen ty of precious metal In bis Jewelry. The wire bracelets and rings are all right for the Americans who stray across the reservation, but the Navajo wears five or six heavy silver rlna. with turquoise settings, a bracelet or two, sometimes four or five Inches In width and correspondingly heavy, a belt of huge silver discs about bis waist, a massive silver, necklace on his breast, elaborate sliver mountings on hs bridle, jacket buttons made of dimes, and huge turquoise earrings dangling from the lobes of bis eara. These, witb the Inevitable Navajo blanket, about bis shoulders, go a long way toward making the Navajo a strikingly picturesque figure HAD HIGH OPINION OF TURKS Gen. Miles In Eulogy of the Fighting Force Put In the Field by Sultan's Empire During the spring of 1897 the war between Turkey and Greece broke out and en. Nelson A Miles wan ordered to Europe to observe the mllitnry op erations Ills opinion of the Turkish army be gives in bis book "Serving the Republic:" "The Turkish army, which we hear less about than any other. Is a well organized, disciplined irmy. numbering at that time 700,000 effective men It la trained to look upon the sultan as the spiritual head of their religion on earth This has ihe effect on (he mind of the Turk of inspiring the belief that In serving his sultan he Is serving his God There is certainly one advantage In their re ligion. In that It maintains absolute so briety The use of liquor Is abhorrent to the Mohammedan, and results In tl'elr army being an absolutely tem perate organization The personnel of their army Is made up of strong men. and their military establishment ts conducted with great economy "I bad an audience with the sultan and waa cordially received by the high offlclala of the Turkish army The manner of his assuming sovereign rower, the fact of bla keeping bla el der brother a prisoner In a palace Just above Constantinople on the Bosporus ' for ovor twenty years, bad prejudiced me somewhat before meeting him. On selng him I found a man of small sta ture, keen, sharp face, cold, black, cruel eyes, black hair and full beard. In conversation I found blm thorough ly familiar with military affairs and deeply Interested In tb condition of his army. . . 4 ; "Great reverses occur In political as well as in other walks of life, and It is somewhat remarkable that, after thir ty year, the man then occupying such an autocratic position is now a prison er practically in the same condition as his brother was at th time, and his brother enjoys the liberty and author ity which be had been deprived of for so many years.'' "Railway" and "Railroad." We are all speaking of "railways" now Instead of "railroads," as thy d . In America. Both word seem to of about equal age In this country. Cobbett, in 183 J, wrot of "rail-way" with the -hyphen. Scott, In 1831. ml railroads." But-already In 1838 a engineering Journal declared that "rail way" by this time seemed to be gen erally adopted as ' th popular form, though nearly SO year later Ruskr till talked of "railroad." It 1 curi ous that America ha preserved th word which recall th descent of th railway from th old road, white . American apeak of "engineer" and conductor," where we say "driver" and "guards," perpetuating th old coaching words. London Chronicle. , Parisian Evidently Honest. An astute rogue who hoped to tnake ' hi fortune by speculating on the petty dishonesty sometimes latent In an ur profitable experience In Paris. V Th awlndler haunted th street la th neighborhood of th opera, which warm with work-girl during th luncheon hour, and dropped her and there envelope bearing an Orleans' address. In ch envelop was a not ' asking a "friend" to redeem tor $4.6t at an address h gav a gold purs value $63. Instead of Unexpected haul the (windier found to hi disgust that almost all th letters wer sane on to him by tb finders, whll none had attempted to obtain th purs. A Hint . " . Staylate (at 11:30 p. m.) It there. 1 anything dislike . It' catchlnj . train. Mis Keen t notice you keep put ting It off. A Preference. "Don't you believe in the open door at all times?" "I must say, I prefer It In the sura mar time."
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