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Curious Advertising.

Quite profitable business is done
in some large towns by lending turtles
to restaurants. They are permitted to
remain in the windows for few days,
and are then taken to different parts
of the town as advertisements for 9th.
er eating houses. London Sketch.
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FEBRUARY TwENIi-sEcoNp.
Pale fs the February sky.

Pale is the February sky,
And brief the day-time's sunny hours;
The wind.swept forest seems to sigh
For the sweet months of birds and flowers
Yet hath no month a prouder day,
Not even when the summer broods
Der meadows in their fresh array
Or autumn tints the glowing woods.
For this chill season now again
Brings. in its annual round. the morn,
When, greatest Of the sons Of men,
The immortal Washington was born.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-04
LETTER NO. 6.
ADRIRSSE TO BLANCHE

Now I know what I've always sus-
pected, that you never loved NJ. do
Grcssan. I'm as sure Of it now as il
your heart were open before me and l
could look into its very depths. 1t all
dawns upon me now-the expression OF
your cold, steel-gray eyes when he
showered pet names upon you or cov-
cred your hands with kisses, that terri
BILE look OF indifference when he encir-
cled you with his arm, that calmness at
his coming and his going, that marble
composure the day the news came that
he had been challenged and must
fight. All, all, it all breaks upon
me with the hard, harsh glare
Of reality after some delicious dream is
ended. No, you never loved N. de
Gressan, you have never loved any man,
or you would not have written me such
words. No one can jest at love who
has ever felt its terrible dignity, its aw-
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IN Western lands were also shrewd and
profitable.

IN Western lands were also shrewd and
profitable.
But, though an exact and capable
business man, Washington was no mig.
gard. He entertained lavishly. It
was by his advice that the largest room
in the White House was designed for
a state dining-room. Washington
never occupied the house, and his sue.
cessors have found the room much too
large, even for state dinners. The
dining-room in Mount Vernon, de-
signed by Washington, is also much
the largest in the house.
1t is generally known that Washing
ton received no pay for his services in
the Revolution. Congress voted him
$500 month, but he never accepted
it, charging only his actual expenses.
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The Toss Of
4 Copper.
Story Of My Experience With
Two Lovers.
5BY ALEXANDRA DUMAS, JR.
LETTER NO. 3.-tcontinued.)

There was tinge of respect in that
my" Of his by which I was strangely
gratiied. Well, as soon as they were
comfortably fixed, there followed strolls
IN the park, "reminiscences Of our child
hood days, tales Of fighting, encomiums
upon the land of the sun, Of the desert,
OF the oasis, horses fleet as the wind
and supple as the waves, days robed in
binding sunlight, nights clad in blue
an immediate friendship, complete and
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RATS AND MICE.
Russia Suffered From Genuine rlaG"e
of Rodents.

of Rodents.
Rnssia has suffered from genuine plague
Of rats and mice. and the story yis attractlvely
Sd BY United States cSnsa s,as peesrmen assann
,The vernin first appeared in Southern
Russia in the autumn of 1888, and they in
creased in number with marvellous raplditSh' non ~
owing to heavy grain harvests leaving mueu
unthrashed grain. aud to the m'il weather; T;
In addition 10 the common house and held
mouse. another and new variety appeared
having long, sharp nose. These mice e; over, ,ss,
ran every place. and they moved ID vas!
numbers like armies and in instances dld mol
hesitate to attack men and animals. While
the rats were not so numerous as the mice
thev were more destructive. eating every,
hing. ruawinr away the woodwork. and
even running entire buildings. After eA
hausting all other means. the plague was
finally terminated i'll 1S9l ny resort u
bacteriology. when the vermln were ne
stroyed by the incubation OF q few rodents
With contagious disease germs.
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More Ground for EulOgy.

All hail to great George Washington,
Let's follow in his track.
He never was nor couldn't be
An Anglo-naniac.
Washington Star.
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WASHINGTONA
Episodes In the Life of the Father Of
His Country.
ALMOST A BRITISH JACK TAR,

hLDlOSI a JAIN Ian.
The Washington family held the
theories Of primogeniture, which the
Virginian gentry han brought from
old England, and George as ayounger
son had his own way to make in the
world.
At fourteen George was shy and
awkward, but big and strong. People
began life early IN those days, and the
Widow Washington suggested to
Laurence, her stepson and the head of
the house, to see if his father.in.law,
Colonel Fairfax, couldn't suggest some
thing for George.
Fairfax and Laurence Washington
agreed that the British Navy was the
place for a strong lad with the mill
tary instinct, and to the British Navy
he might have gone, and become the
enemy rather than the deliverer of his
country.
Just about this time Tom Fairfax,
Colonel Fairfax's son, fell on 81. NJ. s..
Harwich, during fight with French
squadron commanded by NJ. de Bour-
donaye on the coast of India This
was l745, the year of the "risiDg" in
Scotland.
Tom Fairfax was only twenty.one,
and the pet of the Washington and
Fairfax families. Mrs. Washington
then began to think that the navy was
not quite the place for her George.
Her brother, Joseph Ball, also wrote
to dissuade her, saying that the boy
would better be apprenticed to trade
than sent before the mast, where he
might be "pressed" from one ship to
another, '::cut and beaten like a
negro" and where promotion could
only be obtained by influence.
It was at this iuncture that the sixth
Lord Fairfax, whether crossed in love
or for whatever reason, came to live
in Virginia, and, as distant relative
of the family, took an interest in
George and solved the question OF his
future by making the boy his sur
yeyor, friend and companion.
The pleasure shown by the old cour-
tier in the young lad's society bids
one think that George must have had
an old head on young shoulders.
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Horses Cheap in the East

Horses are cheap In the East just now, as
we'll as in the West. A fairly good horse was
sold at auction at Bethel. VT, a few days ago
for 81. perfectly sound three-year-
colt, of good size, was sold in the same place
for $3.50
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Michigan Land Ten Cents an Acre.

Under the recent land tax law Of Michigan
all lands held by the State for three years fol
non-payment of taxes are now subject to
homestead entry. A homesteaIer can take
up240 acres by paying ten cents an acre for
five wears.
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has it that Mistress Martha Washing
ton never forgave Mistress Sally Fair
fax for having been her husbands first
sweetheart. She was intensely human,
was Mistress Martha.
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AS A COLONEL.


In 1850 Captain George Mercer
wrote to o friend description of tho
personal appearance of "Colonel
George Washington, late Commander
OF the Virginia Provincial troops, {"
which ran as follows: "He may be
described as being straight as an
Indian, measuring six feet two inches
in his stockings, and weighing ITS
pounds. His frame is padded with
well developed muscles, indicating
great strength. His bones and joints
are large, as are his feet and hands.
He is wide shouldered, but has not a
deep or round chest; is neat wasted,
but is broad across the hips, and has
rather long legs and arms. His head
is we'll shaped, though not large, but
is gracefully poised on superb neck.
A large and straight, rather than a
prominent nose, blue-gray penetrating
eyes, which are widely separated, and
overhung by heavy brow. His face
is long rather than broad, with high,
round cheek bones, and terminates in
good firm chin. He has clear
though rather colorless pale skin,
which burns with the sun. A pleasing,
benevolent though q commanding
countenance, dark brown hair, which
lie wears in a queue. His mouth is
large and generally firmly closed, but
which from time to time discloses
some defective teeth. His features
are regular and placed with all the
muscles of his face under perfect con-
troll, though flexible. and expressive
of deep feeling when moved by
emotions. In conversation he looks
you full in the face, is deliberate,
deferential and engaging. His voice
is agreeable rather than strong. His
demeanor at all times composed and
dignifed. His movements and
gestures are graceful, his walk ma.
jestio, and he is splendid horseman. "
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-01

finally concluded that It would. The Lo-
gan coach enters the ring at full speed,
makes the turns to the shouts Of the au-
dience and the clack of the stable gang
and drives out in whirl of glory and
ribbons
Women will exhibit largely this year.
This, as a rule, means that pet horses
of fine strain will be brought from their
stables and carefully stalled in the Gard
en- for a week. Many a fine little horse Is
brought here to be judged and sent back
rejected
Good manners, but lacking" IS the
gist of the communication sent the fair
owner. This means that, though the little
saddle horse shakes hands. follows like a
dog, whinnies at his name and likes street
noises, he is not quite up to the Horse
Show standard His mistress knows bet
ter. but has to allow the matter to rest
with her own private information on the
subject.
The great stables all bring their horses
East for this time, as all racers take them
West for the Derby and wherever horse
interest centers. There have been larger
entries this year, but whether anything
finer than the magnificent four-in-hands
of last year can be shown remains to be
seen. ALBERT CAMERON.
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The smallest article i'm the hardware
trade is a tack. l find that "tacks' is
a small nail. a fastening The wore .
found in Celtic speech, though rooted IN
Aryan. II is really q stack, buI
somewhere in the shuttle the '5 goI
lost. It is met with in such common
English words as stacks attack
stake" take" etc. You tack
carpet on the floor and at times at
tack an enemy. If you do not i've IN
a prohibition State. as ! do. you may
sometimes take" a drink tackle
big watermelon at night when tho
moon goes behind a cloud; become
attached" to some fellows sister,
stack" your arms. stake your money
on a Populist candidate for Presluenl'
swear out an attachment on a delln-
ouent subscriber to hardware, ana IN
each of the words the busy little iron
tack is in it for blood. If you go
sailing you tack" your boat by at
taching" a rope that is attached 10
the lower corner Of a square sail, TO
the windward side Of the boat. the
rome IS called a tack" and it Is the
attaching" of the tack that causes
tie boat 10 tack" and 90 on another
tack" Turn it about. as you may
that busy little fastener keeps getting
in its work.-Hardware.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-01

whips to drive their own four-in-hands
around the tan bark The women who
might DO this are Mrs T. Sunern Taller,
home this year for the horse show: AIRS.
Frederick Gerhard. always at the show,
and Mrs. o. II. u. Belmont a regular in
habitant OF lower box. But the ladies'
hesitate. and it may DE. after an. that the
men will have 20 drive their own double
teams. Mrs. Gebhar6. one of the most re-
narkable women whips in the world,
could easily tool her coach over the tan
bark.
There is one reason why the men are
clad TO drive their own teams at the horse
show. Aemittauce TO the Coaching Club,
as is well known. depends upon mans
ability TO drive a four-;n-nand. John ia
cob Astor was refused admission TO the
New York Club because he could not man
age his leaders. His wife could easily have
taken the reins from him. The best test
is the toolins around the ring at the horse
show. and the driver who can do that is
elisible to the coaching club Of His Royal
iighness. Albert Edward, or the hunting
club of the Kaiser.
Though there may not be an exhibit
ton of women fore-in-hands at the Horse
show. there viii be some such exhibit in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-01

Central Park. unannounced, it is true. but
a fine exhibition of horsewomanship. On
the days after the horse show 1t will be
worth while to take a trip to Central Park
to see the four-in-hands and the women
who can drive them. Many of these come
from a long way off, as the Widener
coach, of Philadelphia; and it would dis
appoint Horse Show goers beyond express
sion il no public open-air exhibit were
made.
The Hobart four-in-hand from Califor-
MIA, is a regular feature Of the Horse
Show. This is a wonderful thing. It's
owner spent a fortune getting the horses
together; and to this four-in-hand hangs
a tale as interesting as any told.
a FOUR-IN-HAND STORY.
Young Hobart, it is said. discharged a
groom, a faithful man, who had long been
in his employ. The groom said nothing
but prepared for revenge. Coming to a
horsepower in the East he said Il hear
you are going to try for the four-in-hand
PRICE"
Il am" replied the horse owner.
Aren't you afraid of young Hobart?"
asked the fellow. Il have been a groom
i'm his stables for ten years. He can
beat you. But if you will allow me 1
can select for you a team that can leave
his behind in everything"
The horsepower was tempted. Finally
rejecting that al was fair in stable war,
he accepted the offer. The result was a
four-in-hand that in speed, bearing, mark
ings and good behavior made the Hobart
horses sick.
The seal brown four" Acrobat Ath-
lete. Autocrat and Arrstocrat had to hide
their diminished heads in shame.
The groom received a comfortable an
unity for life for his advice. That is how
much men care for the Horse Show prizes
small though they are and cheap. 1t Is
the honor that counts. The highest four
in-band prize is SEQ in plate or money; and
TO claim S1O0 man will gladly spend $780,
COO That is the sum said to have been
spent by a man named Bourne, who went
TO Russia to bring home certain royal
strains of horses.
An interesting point arises in the driv-
ing Of teams. The point of clothes. And
no woman was ever as particular about
the style of her hat as the drivers OF
these coaches are about the cut of their
coat.
ALMOST RUINED BY SPOTS.
This point almost lost the prize to w.
Seward Webb, who insisted upon dress
ing his guard in a Prince Albert coat and
wearing q silk hat himself. The entry was
for road. rain or shine coaches ready Tor
wear and tear. A silk hat stands very lit
tie of either of these and the incongruity
was noticed. The Webb four-in-hand
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SHE THANKED HIM,

But 1t Was So Profusely That He VIII
Not Risk Such Gratitude Again.
In a Powell street car the other day.
a well-known clerk in a San Francisco
bank gave up his seat to an elderly
lady, who said:
Il am very much obliged to you, sir;
you are extremely kind"
Don't mention it, said he.
But" said she, 1T was really very
good of you, and 1 thank you very
much.
1T is nothing, my dear madam" he
replied.
But" said the lady, "do not attempt
In put aside my thanks. Your act is so
unusual, young sir, that i is my dltg
to acknowledge a courtesy so sincere. ."
But" said the clerk, somewhat an
noyed, "it is nothing. Never mind,
madam"
But do mind" said the lady we
are living in time when people who
Should show the lessAr courtCsie5 Of
life frequently fail to do So
DO not interrupt me-" said she.
cage nowadays is little habituated to
receive from young people the courtes-
les to which it is entitled. Besides,
the marked courtesy which you have
shown me in giving up your seat so
promptly shows at once that you must
have been brought up with the utmost
care"
The embarrassed bank clerk by this
time was scarlet.
yes" said the old lady, continuing;
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she did when she went to the White House
But the greatest change has come in the
idealization. Her face has taken on the
rounded look at the mouth that gives it a
look of prayer, and the eyes have become
clearer and, more earnest For the first
time she is really a beautiful woman.
1t is sad that the Duchess o. York has
not been treated as well by maternity.
From a princess TO queen I'm direct line
was too much for her peace. Her two little
princes have brought a material look in
her face, a worldly calculating look.
From the sancdded ideal of a girls face
she has changed TO the calculating woman
OF the world. Queen Victoria's face alter
ed to one Of domesticity Little ca-es were
marked in her wrinkles, and she showed
age before she was old. Her pictures OF
thirty look forty.
Physicians say that there is no time
woman fattens so quickly as when she
has good children. The contentment Is
so great that she puts on flesh by the
pound. and that is the reason why women
with children gain in weight when child
less women do not People claim that
physiological causes put on the flesh. but
this is not upheld by the medical frater-
nifty. nor by those who are making the
new study.
Society women are the ones that show
the quickest change. Then comes the de-
yelopment of worldliness or something
else Immediately.
one wealthy woman, n society leader
and the mother of several men and wo-
men prominent in the world says that
she saw her face get calculating after
her children We're born. and that she re-
solved to change the expire sion. and did
so by planning careers for them. without
thought of money or nigh marriages. The
maternal instinct is so strong that It
cannot but leave some permanent i'm
press. IT makes many females ugly. quer-
elous and irritable. They were pleasant
enough before to all the world Now they
are pleasant to none except the offspring.
CARES on a MANS FACE.
A mans face changes by family cares.
But the change In his face is less interest,"
inc. because less varied. Ha has just 50
much more provender TO think OF. just 50
much more responsibility, just so many
more "nusts" on his calendar; ana no
,o,,er shakes them OFF. lie ages. Under
the age creeps a satisfied look that min
eled with the maturity, makes a dlgnined
expression. This change Was shown IN
the face OF the Duke oil Marlborough IN
tho lipht Of recent congratulations. Here
thor els not the dollar and cent anxiety
specially shown, yet the dollars are 10
doubt counted, but there is tle worriment
Of inherited estates, the yoAations OF set
Elements, the selection OF godparents from
ROYALTY and a thousand things that harass
a cat or a king. The Jowl IS heavier the
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There Can Be No Successful New Madonna Painted
Until Modern Painters Recognize Motherhood.
A WOMAN'S FACE AFTER SHE HAS CHILDREN
Hen Show Their Business in Their Eyes and Women Show Their Mater
nifty in Theirs.
CHANGES NOTED IN FACE OF HS CLEVELAND AND OTHER WONEI


1t is a recognized fact that after mans
marriage there IS a different look upon his
face He talks differently, acts different
~, owns an expression which he did not
before have. 1t may be a worn look; it
may be joyous look; that IS another side
OF the story; but the change is a cold fact.
Here is another fact. 1t was recently
brought forward by the wife of the great
DR.. TAFT. Assisted by her husband, Mrs.
TAFT wrote an article for a leading English
magazine upon it, and its discussion was
Immediately taken up.
The writer held that after maternity
the expression upon the face Of woman
is changed Further maternity alters
the expression upon the face Of female
of every race And, more still, experts
are coming to read certain things from
such faces that are indices of happiness
or unhappiness, of race family traits and
states of mind. The alterations upon the
face in maternity are great, wonderful
signs. and students of nature are wonder
ing that they are not the first to discover
and classify them.
Mrs. TAFT declares that she began to
notice the changes in her own face, and
watched them develop by the aid of
looking glass. She jotted down, also, the
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would have been thrown out, but, unfor-
tpnatelv. the horse show regulations des-
cribed the coach and horses minutely but
ala net mention the get-up Of the driver.
Co the famous Angelica and Eric, grand
old leaders. and Hexter and Lewiston Boy
famous noble wheelers, were allowed TO
walk proudly away with their ears tied up
with ribbons.
Frank Beard, who married the daughter
of Toe Howard. Jr., appeared dressed SIM
rarlv He wore full-dress afternoon cos
t,r,e as though decked for the altar of
,5a,--+i,7,e wedding. even to white spats and
hutton boutonniere. But he got prize
just the same.
The gaudiest coach belongs to John a.
loan Jr. 1t is said that no woman has
80 6,iven this coach. But this is de-
n,o5 ~. some Westerners. who say that
49, ian coach was driven by lady
-, tbe boulevard of a famous Western
-. Tbis coach has bright blue under
LIE TONED by black upper ones. Its
,.,,r,,ine, gear is bright yellow and the
-.,,ar1 dresses in blue uniform with yellow
s,oi,gs The horses are bright bays. The
mont is in good taste, but whether II
would stand mud was debated. 1t was
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GOOD ILLUSTRATION.
The Clergyman Showed to His Flock
the Road to Heaven.

The Clergyman Showed 10 His FLOCK
the Road to Heaven.
A North country clergyman once
made clear. even to the dullest of his
flock the difficulty of treading the
straight and narrow path, as contrast
ed with descent on the spacious high
wavleading in the other direction.
Before he was we'll started in his dis
course he ran down the pulpit stairs
and proceeded to suit the action to the
word.
INV brethren" he cried, the road
n heaven is like this and lying nat
on the bannister, ne began 10 ,ob pun
himself up, hand over hand as Iap1 1.
iously as a boy climbs a creased pore;
At last he reached the top, and got
on n his ST feet again. happy in his Chris
tie tan victory. Then, having taken
b t,e he exhorted his hearers to LOOK
o 81 1 the road % to the other place doubled
one az LEG under him, and slid down the
U uaiI - in a balf-sitting posture, with a
raI,i itI and grace that betrayed a ju-
emile familiarity with the route'-Ilt-
Bits.
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itors and clergymen have hammer trip
ping away upon the gray matter of their
brains from morning until night and again
from night till morning. They become tir-
ed and anxious about trifles and look de-
presses. Little things annoy them. This
look is picked out in a minute by n student
of natrue 1t is the brain flag look.
The business man who keeps on the alert
for catching the dollar and keeping it, has
a quick, eager, business look, as though
sleepless.
Contented, happy men, with an appoint
ed task within certain hours and no BRAIN
work to bother them, have a peculiar look
a smooth, bland expression which all have
seen. These looks are known to all.
THE MATERNAL CHANGE.
4 woman rarely has these elements en-
ter into her life, but her expression change
comes once and for all. After she has
children of her own to think Of and care
for then comes out the maternal change
discovered by Mrs. TAFT.
The old sculptors and painters must
have known about this change. The Ma
donna of Abel Sarto has the nameless con-
tentment in the face. And the paintings
of other great masters Of the old school
show 1t. People wonder now why there