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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

water flowing over Q bod Of sparkling
white sand. The whole incfosed on
three sides by still greater heights,
and on the other sloping to q lovely
river, the Youghiogheny. It was as
pretty landscape as one could wish to
look upon.
With all his cares Washington did
not fail to observe the attractive SUR
r0undings. He took careful note of its
advantages. It had many; but, first of
all, 1t was an ideal location for o splan-
tation," as they called the farm IN
those days.
The future head Of this great Nation
was but twenty-three years OF age at
that time, but he knew the value of the
land. Therefore he did not allow that
splendid piece Of Fayette County land
to go out Of his recollection. though
years interviewed before he had op-
portuntty to carry out his schemes
concerning it. Through all the in
teresting periods following the Brad
dock episode that sPromised Land"
was kept In his minds eye. A dozen
years later his chance came. He wrote
to his old friend, Capt. William Craw-
ford OF Stewards Crossings, now New
Haven, as follows:
Il then desired the favor of you las
understood rights might now be had
for the lands which have fallen within
the Pennsylvania linel to look me out
q track OF about 1,50O, 1000, or more
acres somewhere in your neighbor-
hood, meaning only by this that it may
be contiguous to your own settlement
as such body Of good land can be
found"
Few of those people who revere the
memory Of our FIRST President will be-
lieve that one formed in so fine mold
was ready and willing to transgress a
law for his own private gain, yet the
continuation Of this same letter shows
that he was not averse to doing so, or
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

see the -four mill Washington built
still in operation and practically in the
same condition it was when it left his
hands more than century ago. 1t is
located in q ravine near the town, and
the machinery is still put in motion by
water-power derived from Washington
Run, which here makes its way down q
steep declivity. A family named Smith
are the present owners. They pride
themselves greatly on its possession,
as we'll as from the fact that it has been
In their hands ever since it passed from
the control of the original proprietor.
Probably it W as the construction Of
this building that first wearied Wash
ington of his bargain. He always liked
the place, and spent considerable time
there, residing the while with Colonel
Simpson, his Overseer or superintend-
ent. But before it was finished that
mill cost him q lot Of money. Although
commenced in 1774. several years
elapsed before 1t was finally completed.
No sooner was the work fairly COM
menced than the Indians would become
troublesome, the laborers would get
frightened, and shortly desert to the
protection Of old RedstOne fort, q few
miles away. Blockhouses were built in
the vicinity Of the mill. in the hope
that they would rely on them for pro-
lection In case oftsttack, but the first
! s6EeSh tAtbEfft6 1T the redskins, who
Jaw Va s>.0 - -O~AN. 80 idSs,r, .<I,rJ enn.xsn,.i
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Free Trade in the South.

I attended funeral in Pickens
County. Georgia, of q poor man. They
buried him the midst ,of a marble
quarry; they cut through solid marble
to make his grave, yet the little tomb
Vermont. They buried him in the
heart OF q pine forest, and yet the pine
coffin was imported from Cincinnati.
They buried him within touch of an
iron mine, and yet the nails in his
coffin, and the iron in the shovel that
dug his grave, were imported from
Pittsburg. They buried him by the
side of the best sheep grazing country
on the earth, and yet the wool in the
coffin band, and the coffin bands them
selves, were brought from the North.
The South did not furnish thing fol-.
that funeral but the corpse and the
hole in the ground.
There they they put him away, and
the clods ratified down on his coffin:
and they buried him in q New York
coat and a Boston pair of shoes, and q
pair of breeches from Chicago, and q
shirt from Cincinnati, leaving him
nothing to carry into the next world
with him to remind him of the country
in which he lived, for which he fought
Tor four years, but the chill of blood in
his veins and the marrow in his bones.
Henry w. Grady.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

engaging in any of the petty trickery
OF common real estate jobber when
his own personal ends were concerned.
Here Is the evidence: at is possible,
but do not know that 1t really is the
case, that the custom in Pennsylvania
will not admit 80 large quantity of
land as require to be entered togeth-
er; II SO. this may be arranged by maxi
ing several entries to the same amount
If the expenses of doing 1T are not too
heavy"
He does net say exactly how the en-
tries were to be made, and we have no
information how Crawford went about
the business. 1t is known, however,
that on the opening of the land Office
OF the proprietaries for the sale of land
piece of land called "The Meadows"
to George Washington: another piece
of like amount, or thereapouts, called
"The Forks" went to John Augusta
(Augustine) Washington; another
called "Bear Hills" to Lawrence Wash
ington; "Deer Range" 332 acres, to
Thomas Jones: @CrAb-Tree Run, 1870
acres, to John Patty; "Spring Run, 331
acres, to William Athel; and "Flatt,
319 acres, to John Bishop. No further
transactions are recorded, but the re.
ports of the Generals executors in 1902
showed that they belonged to him.
Be that as it may, immediately Wash
ington secured possession he set about
| improving the place. He sent work
ingmen to build houses and mill, and
slaves to work on the plantation. Re-
mains of some of those improvements
still exist. The visitor to Perryopolis
who makes his way from Layton Sta.
tion on the Youghiogheny railroad will
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Would He Approve 1t ?

Ithas been favorite taunt of the
Democratic and Mugwump oracles
that the Republicans passed the Sher-
man silver law because they dared not
trust President Harrison to veto free
silver bill. There was no truth in the
jibe, but it served its purpose. We
may now ask these same Democrats
and Mugwumps who are dead set
against the proposed income tax, what
they think President Cleveland would
do with 1t II it should pass both houses
of Congress. It Is q POpulist measure,
and was not even thought of by the
Democrats when they constructed their
platform Of 1892. Mr.. Cleveland sug-
gested in his message ct the opening
Of the present session that the ways
and means committee might propose q
small tax on the incomes Of corpora
tions, but what are his opinions on the
tax on all personal incomes over a., 600?
Do any Of the President's friends know,
or are they very doubtful about II?
Do they think he would approve or
eyAtA . bill containing this -i1come tax
1ess, this uisitorial, \ tyranni-
fe4eetable mefhod Of raian0, revo.
@ kch they declare wouN wreck
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

pity that the mill was ever begua ,s
tinally Washington ret about TO die.
pose OF the whole business. The revo-
lutionary way, then still going on, pre-
vented him from giving 1t the. .atten-
tion it demanded, 80 that it was not un.
TIL 1889 that he succeeded. jin leasing 1t
to Col. Isaac Shreve, one OF his old
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
army comrades, who finally bought II

army comrades, who finally bought It
outright. in 1875.
There is hardly any doubt that, with
proper transportation facilities. Wash
ington's famous plantation would verify
his judgment. It is the center of one
of the best fruit districts in the State.
Vast coal fields, heretofore unworked,
lie short distance southwark. Great
banks of the finest white sand, just the
kind that q glass manufacturer wants,
crop up everywhere. About the be-
ginning. of the century glass-house
was built, which was kept in continuous
operation up to within q score Of years
ago, when the disadvantageous situa-
work of the kind out of the question,
Notwithstanding the abundant sand
stores that it could draw upon SO freely
n
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
REEDS. GREAT SPEECH.
A Complete Exposure of the Ab.urd,ty of
Free Trade Arguments.

Complete Exposure OF the Absurdity of
Free Trade Arguments,
The Republican minority in the
House of Representatives made no mis-
take in choosing Mr.. Reed to conclude
Its side OF the case in the great tariff
debate. Senator Sherman said the Re-
publicans were p0werless to act, and
could. only aid by advice or express
their disapproval by protest, and there
is certainly not q public man in the
country who could have registered
more powerful protest than Mr.. Reed
against the iniquitous measure forced
through the House. Mr.. Reeds speech
was perfectly free from the arts and
pyrotechnics employed by the average
orator to attract attention. He relied
altogether upon the inherent merits of
the industrial policy under which the
country has prospered for thirty years,
and 1t is safe to say that If his speech
were placed IN the hands of every in
telligent American there would be very
few free-traders in the United States
at the next general election.
The passage of the bill by the House
was not the courageous act which Mr..
Wilson called for in his closing speech.
1t was essentially an unmanly perform
ance, for the reason that there were
enough Democrats opposed to the tar
iff bill and to the income tax bill to
have combined and defeated the hybrid
measure on final vote, but they pre-
ferred to shift responsibility from their
own shoulders to those of the Senate,
where they think the bill will be SO
emasculated as to be unrecognizab!s.
Mr.. Wilson was, unquestionably, coura-
geous as academicaf statesmen are apt
to be. 1t would be incorrect to say
that he has not perfect faith in his
theory, but many of his more expert
enced colleagues on the Democratic
side have neither his faith nor his
courage, and are at this moment quak-
ing in their boots for fear that the bill
may, after all, become a law. There
were some Democrats who preferred
the stability and encouragement of
American industries and the prosperity
of American workingmen to wild and
reckless search for chimera. Neither
foolish shibboleth nor the imperious
command from the White House made
any impression on them, and they will
live to bless the inspiration which told
them to revolt.-Baltimore American.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
PRESIDENT
test NGToNs MILL 100 WEARS OLD AND STILL IN USE
Panother cross street of
ID was added and then

xafua y,csa s,o,n nus Men snother cross street of
cluding the fur was ADDED ana then
-Dole's letter to Nm ',steners had o., ,nr,ro
Ply to . letter "a ne public square, or rat6.
ecifications.n, Washington square,, and
in the lettelin street that intersected 1t
regard to ington street" OF course an
States Co not street, so Washington
waiian p, % they named one of the mar
:. .,as. ways, did not conflict with the
very ~ The site of the town and all
goes owe, Grounding country generally was
withdreS@ sWashington's Meadows" and
ate by .y1ltttle stream which flowed through
Bloun'I this lovely land from the low hills
refusal, Ne southeast was "Washingtons
H.wa;ii Part Of Its course lay along
4;o, sss hsnington's Bottoms" !" and It fell as
e.Ua Vashington's Falls" over q great
StateAdge OF rock short distance north of
stsionAe town and set the wheels going in
DRAWN, ,ashington's Mill" to make WASH
Of the G5on -four"
ING Ha,.verything entitled to a name had
nref and has Washington" tackled onto it.
The family that failed to get in the
'na.ne of Washingt IN somewhere in the
naming of the first offspring was sub
iected to q sort of social ostracism by
H. Perryopolitan society. Later editions
OF the same family .ere not subjected
to such conditions, but as regards the
first the rule was invariable. In fact
washington" is o sort of generic title
for everything, animate or inanimate,
in or about Perryopolis.
How did 1t all come about? One
must go back good distance into his
tory to get at the starting point of the
story. July it will be l39 years since
what certain popular writer would
term "a good fight" took place between
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

Wheeler b. Peckhsm, nominated for
Justice of the Supreme Court, is dis.
posed of. That is to say, the Presi.
dent refuses. to do his duty because the
Senate will not surrender it's constitu.
tional authority It is by coercion Of
this kind, and by other methods little
short of absolute corruption, that Mr..
Cleveland is endeavoring to compel the
Senate to yield to his will, and to di-
vest itself virtually of one Of the most
solemn and important Senatorial func-
tiOns.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
wAsH1NaToN SQUARE. PERRYopoL1s

Englishmen on the one side and French
and Indians on the other on the banks
of the Monongahela River, in Penn
sylvania, only q few miles from Its
mouth.
Among group that surrounded G en-.
Braddock as he lay mortally wounded
was Col. George Washington. Previ-
GUS to this hour Braddock would not
listen to Washington's protfered ad-
vice regarding the proper method to
cope with redskin warfare. Now, in
this bitter moment, he sought it.
Evening was close at hand when, as
the result of that consultation, Wash
ington mounted his horse and galloped
swiftly up the river with dispatches for
Gen. Dunbar. Three miles away he
was joined by two soldiers. Night
came, and with it the storm that usu-
ally follows the battle. But the riders
kept on. Through dark. gloomy for
mountains. Sometimes they noted
ming; again they felt their way along
by hand. Sick, sad and oppressed
though he was, Washington dared lit
tie for obstacles II progress could be
made. At daybreak the stexm- clouds
passed away, but It was NOT Until the
sun shot his first golden spear acrosa
She hill-tops that the meegenkers drew
sin for the first rest = " Y pnell n llong,l
q lgearisome journey. q.
49,; - ais &C., wss tbst =. -
3. lnKteA e sti1At a
{ g 2 = 80 ! Sshl sre !
!. .s.s s,.. - = & e =
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Reducing the PENSIONS.

1t may sound like economy for the
Appropriation A Committee of the House
to reduce the appropriations for PEN
sions Sl5, ,OOO, 900. but the amount due
for pensions during the coming year
can be pretty accurately calculated,
and the amount need not be guessed at.
The law regulates the payment of PEN
sions, and If Congress does not appro.
pirate money enough to meet the pay
ments there will be q deficiency at the
end OF the year. This was the policy
OF the Democrats under Cleyelandis
Beach understated the amount neces-
sary in the first place and then the
economists in the House cut down his
figures. The result was q deficiency
to provide for in the next Congress-.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Loss OF SS Per Cent.

The total imports Of cutlery during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898,
were valued at $1, l5B, 600, and this,
too, when the American manufacturers
of cutlery received from 83 to 98 per
cent. ad valorem protection, or an
average Of 8 per cent. The Wilson
bill prop0ses to reduce this protection
to 46 per cent, thus openly increasing
by 35 per cent. the business OF tho
foreign manufacturers. This means 1
loss OF 30 per cent. to wage earners.en.
gagged In making cutlery unless they
nothing but the American ooods
through . patriotic interest for Ameri.
can industries,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
The BIN I'm the senate,

The New York Press does not believe
the Wilson bill, as it passed the House,
will get through the Senate. The
Press made complete poll Of the
United States Senate on the question,
will the Wilson bill and the income
tax measure, which the House passed,
succeed in the Senate?" The views OF
all but eleven Of the eighty.fve Sena-
tors were taken Geographically 20
that the result may be depended upon
as practically correct. Several Demo-
cratic Senators say they will defeat the
tariff bill In its present form, but an
amended bill may pass. The income
tax, obnoxious in the East, makes the
bill stronger in the South and West.
This Is the result OF the poll as exactly
IS it can be given in figures. Opposed
to the Wilson bill in any form: Re-
publicans, 36; Democrats, 4; Populists,
2; total, 45; Republicans in doubt, 2.
In favor Of the bill-Democrats, 81;
P0pulists, I; total, 80. Republicans In
favor OF income tax II . separate meas
ure. 4; Democrats, q; Populists, 3;
total, 30. Opp0sed-Republicans "a;
Democrats, 10; total, A. Noncommit.
tai or In doubt-Repnbl blicans, 10; Dom-
ocrats, il; total, 2l. :.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Advised by Coneress.

Immediately on the announcement Of
the death Of Washington Congress
passed resolution advising that the
coming birthday of 1900 be everywhere
the occasion OF memorial gatherings
and that suitable sermons be preached.
For many years press and pulpit alike
were won't to mark the day.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

the Democratic party? 1t might re-
lieve the strain in the Democratic
party II the Presidents admirers could
bring from the White House some ex-
preston Of opinion on this MEASURE
Springfield Union.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Tho eMissl.e words.

sTimes are getting better, the mills
are starting up!" exclaim our Demo
cratic contemporaries Whenever : sfac-
tory resumes operation. But they fail
to complete the eentence. The missing
words are - follows: AT reduced
wages and with smaller working
forces = Burlington Hawkeye. '..
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

February Twenty.second.
AZ comes thy birthday, conouerins shaded
No humorist omits
The historic little hatchet's aid
To sharpen up his Wits
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Asqusre Backdovu.

1t is { square backdown which the
Pension Department has made in re-
storing the pension Of Judge Long,
which had been suspended pending an
investigation. The Judge had made
preparations for testing the question
whether the soldiers vested right in 9
pension that had been granted to him
on proof that it was his due could be
arbitrarily taken away without hear
Ing: The law of Congress passed Dec.
II, forbiddtng further suspension, was
probably the cause of the backdown,
and all other, cases of suspended pen.
stons will follow the precedent set in
Judge Longs case.-American Culti-
vatOr. ,-y..,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
Ths Cauapaisnl q Edusot,o,u.

= Speaking q campaign Of educa-
tton, II 10 going ON ct q rapid rata
through the aba instrumentalitYsol
the House Of Representatives. Pro.
tecti0nlsts need nothing hotter fhSn,
the speeches that fall from Dea6 6oniS 81
iips!sgainst the Wilson hin s.
ing InfelliRenOer. q * 80 's,.as
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
The Immigrants of 1898.

The report of the immigration Com
missioners at New York shows that of
the 352, 1856 immigrants arriving in
1888, only about 25 Per cent. went West
and South, and the rest remained in
the Eastern and Middle States. Nearly
One-half of the whole number are sup
posed to have camped down in New
York City, and many of these are now
living on charity. Upwards of $1,000
of the immigrants were Russian Jews,
very few of whom had more than money
enough to support themselves month.
About $1,000 of the aliens could not
read in any language, nearly the same
number could not write, and over 5,-
600 could neither read nor write.
Nearly one-half of the Italians were
utterly illiterate, while of the 5000
Germans only ], ,239 were unable to read
or write. Contrary to the general im-
preston, the Russians are better edu-
Gated than the immigrants from South
ern Europe. OF the $1,000 Russian
Jews only 4, 400 were illiterate.
The financial and industrial depres-
sion has had some effect upon the vol
ume Of immigration, and yet the fall
ing off is only about 6 per cent, as
compared with 1892. Even with hard
times, this country is still an Eldorado
with the poor foreigner, and nothing
but the most rigid prohibition will pre-
vent their coming. If the distribution
could be better regulated, the arrival
Of $4,000 foreigners in q year ought
not to trouble us, but so long as these
poor foreigners camp down in our cit
les where there is little chance for
them to earn livelihood, the problem
of their ABSORPTION will continue to
grow more and more serious.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23
nv. h q. in Chicago Inter Ocean
ale Can't Let Co."


4. special Washington dispatch re-.
Gently stated that President Cleveland
had written to Minister Willis to come
home unless President Dole would
withdraw the letter in which Willis is
charged with giving aid and comfort
to the enemies of the Provisional Gov
ernment. If President Cleveland has
sent such instructions as are outlined
they will tend to show that the New
York Worlds cartoon, representing
the President as in the grasp of the
electrical machine, is fair description
of his position. Everybody had come
to the conclusion that Mr.. Cleveland
would let go. But If the President re-
wives hostilities he will be more harsh.
ly dealt with in the future. BY COM
mon consent in this country the letter
of President Doe was justified by
events that had happened, Willis,
acting under Mr.. Cleveland's instruc-
tions, had given moral aid to the de-
posed Queen. He had continued to do
so after having been assured by the ex-
Queen that she intended to cut off the
heads of the erevolutionists at her earli-
est opportunity. President Dole would
have been justified in sending Willis
home when the latter asked him to re-
tire in favor of the ex-Queen. The
Hawaiian President was restrained
doubtless by his regard for the Ameri-
can people and his desire to continue
the friendly feeling already manifested
toward his administration. But If
Willis pops up with any more offensive
instructions he would be wise man
who could tell what would happen.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

"When Flour Was In the Barrel,"
Wife. do leave that tub moment, with its
rceking. sitting steam;
Oh, to have to take in washing seems ahor-
rid. fearful dream!
But you're brave and hopeful ever. don't
know what it Is to shirk,
And you've been our ono salvation, now
that am out of work.
hut you never did such drudgery, never
till our fortune sank,
For che flour was in, the barrel, and the
money in the bank.
Every morn took my dinner, aud with
honest, hopeful joy. :is
Went to work down at the factory, we'll
content with my employ;
Every night though often weary, would
meet you with smile.
And our children's cheerful chatter would
tho supper hour beguile
Even they now know the difference. with
their faces rinched and blank;
There's no flour In the barrel and NO money
in the bank.
IL the trouble now upon me were not In q
measure due
To my own accursed folly, which ne'er
shall cease to rue.
could bear 1t, but with thousands, deep.
deluded. just like me.
Igave ear to blatant preachers of the free-
trade sophistry;
And they told us that We workmen suffered
wrongs and evils rank,
Though the flour was in the barrel. and the
money in the bank.
So We voted for the party which declared
they'd do away
With the ills the poor man suffered, and
bring in the glorious day
When the rich should cease to grind us.
and prosperity would come
And low prices f1ll with plenty every hon.
est laborer's home.
Vain delusion! lying promise! But We have
ourselves to thank
That no flour is in the barrel and no money
in the bank
NV. n. G. in Chicago Inter Ocean
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-23

and copy of a New YORK newspaper
over one hundred years old. The cup
has handle and was evidently used
as shaving mug. There is poorly
executed crest on the side and under.
meath it the inscriptions: