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WASHINGTON.
The Boy, the Lover, the Soldier and the States
Continued from last issue.

SOllIlhuou " ldbL lsSuC.
capacities oil these estates. To them he
was uniformly kind and just, but Sc
verely exacting about the performance
of their duties.
Having preserved the methodical
habits of his youth, Washington con-
Quoted his vast agricultural operations
with the e%xactness and system of a uer-
chant engaged in large ventures and
floating rich argosies. In a single year
he raised 1000 bushels Of wheat and
10, 200 bushels of Indian corn, and YET
tobacco was the great staple. Nearly
all the wooden and linen necessary for
his army of laborers and dependents
were manufactured on the estate, but the
finer grades of cloth and clothing were
obtained from England. The vessels
which semiannually took out his tobac-
co to London and Liverpool always car
ried an extensive order for clothing, i'm
plements of agriculture and articles of
luxury not o~btainable on this side of the
Atlantic.
He and his wife looked to the tailors
and dressmakers of London for their
fashionable garments, which, by the
way, were always of the best material
and the latest style.
"Plain clothes, with gold or silver
buttons, are all that 1 desire" he once
wrote his tailor in London. "The best
was good enough for him" evidently,
and he was willing to pay for it.
In perusing his duplicate invoices,
which have been preserved, one is
tempted to quote the detailed lists en-
tire, so quaint are they, so complete. so
illustrative Of the m%ethodioal character
of the man. The greater part of these
orders perhaps were made up of articles
for his wife and stepchildren, as for in
stance:
salmon colored tabby velvet, of the enclosed
pattern, with satin flowers; 2 fine lowered
lawn aprons; 2 pairs Of wofnan's white silk
hose; 0 pairs fine cotton do. @ pounds per-
fumed powder; a puckerod p~etticoat Of fash
ionable color; $40 n small Bible, neatly
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bound in Turkey, and "John Parke Custis"
wrote in gilt letters on the inside of the cover;
a neat, small Prayer Book, bound as above,
with John Parke Custis,' - as above. *#%
A small Bible bound in Turkey, and marked
martha Parke GUSTS, " wrote on tho inside
in gilt letters; a small Prayer Book, neat and
a fashionable dressed Doll, to cost l guinea.
and do. at 3 s.. n box Of gingerbread, toys and
sugar images and comfts. ~+* The above
things to be sent in n strong trunk separate
from j. p. Custis's, whose will likewise be put
into a trunk, each having their own names.
One very good spinet. 49," Books, according
to the enclosed list, to be charged equally to
both John Parke and Martha Parke Custis-
likewise one ream of writing paper. $50
ETC., etc.
Many, if not most, of the adornments
of the Mount Vernon mansion seen there
today were thus ordered many months
in advance from London and only reach
ed their destination after perhaps a year
of delay. And this was necessary, not
because Washington was an anglomaniac
or preferred to %patronize the arts aud in
dustries of other nations in preference to
those of his w country, but because Of
the dearth of the same this side Of the
Atlantic. Great Britain had taken good
care by vexatious restrictions to prevent
the growth of American industries Of
any sort and to absolutely inhibit the
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Another Matter.

An Irish priest had labored hard with
n Of his flock to induce him to give
up the habit of drinking, but the man
was obdurate.
81 tell you, Michael, said the priest,
whisky is your worst enemy, and you
should keep as far away from it as you
cam"
"My enemy, is it, father?'' responded
Michael. "And it was your riverence's
silf that was tellin US in the pulpit only
last Sunday to love our inimiesi"
$50 l was, Michael" rejoined the
priest, ''but was / anywhere telling you
to swallow 'em?''-Youth's Companion
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W~hShlNOiONS HEADQUARTERS All NEW
BURG.
In him, in truth, we find combined two
opposite natures, the one calm and dis
passionate, the other violent and explo-
sive, but which, by strong effort, he
usually kept under firm control. These
two diverse natures we see exemplifed
in his conduct of the Revolution. His
ardent, ven reckless, nature impelled
him constantly to dash ~impetuously up
on the enemy, but the restraint Of cool
second thought held him back-at what
cost of feeling only one of his tempera.
ment can understand.
AS to religious convictions, there is
no certain evidence that Washington
was a communicate, though he was a
vestryman and attended rigidly to his
duties. His Sundays after church were
usually devoted to his correspondence
and even to the making out Of his in
voices. He always "said grace at table
and was observant of religious forms.
When his wife's daughter was at the
point Of death fand whom, being child
less, he loved most tenderly), ''the great
heart of her guardian was sorely smit-
ten with grief, and, kneeling at her
bedside, he audibly and earnestly prayed
for her recovery of health" And so love
and death, happiness and sorrow, alter
mated in the life at Mount Vernon.
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BY f. a. ODER.
nan

any of the enclosed tickets came up
prizes" He also INDUCED in gaming in
a small way, but he held gambling" in
detestation, writing a favorite nephew,
"Avoid gambling, a vice productive of
every possible ILL.,"
And, while we are examining what
today would be called the '.seamy'' side
of his life. let US note that he certainly
did use on OCCASIONS very strong Ian.
guage in the shape of an occasional ex-
pletive. In his letters, would to Cod
is an expression frequently used. and
many Of his companions at arms have
declared that he could swear like a
trooper when it was really necessary or
at the outburst of some violent emotion.
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Insomnia.

Insomnia is caused by a surplus
OF blood in the brain, and the only
way to cure it is to remove the
cause" says a very wise doctor.
Long continued mental labor
should, of course, be avoided. It
keeps the blood vessels of the brain
constantly filled, and when it is over
they cannot contract. Tight cloth
ing tends to throw the blood to the
brain, and it should be avoided. The
feet should be kept warm, since cold
extremities interfere with circula-
ton. Unless the malady results
from moral causes, a little care and
common sense are all that are nee
essary to cure it."
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Cause For Cuts,

What exactly was your reason
for helping in the assassination of
Caesar2" asked Boswell of Brutus.
We'll, it was this way: The con-
dition of the body polite was lrct-
ty bad, and we felt that nothing
short of a surgical operation could
brace it up. So we used our knives,
that was ALL" explained B~rutus.-
H.arper's Bazaar.
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The Real Thing.

$50 you were bound and gagged by
bandits while in Italy. were your" ask
ed the %garrulous person. Regularly
comic opera bandits. eh?"
mo, SIR" said the traveller. "There
was nothing of the comic opera style
about them. The gags they used were
all new. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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In 1t.

"As a Lenten %penance," said the
spiritual director, 81 recommend that
you scrub the steps of the church edi-
fee"
How lovely!'' said to herself the
frivolous lady Of high social standing.
SAT the same time, it is essential
that not a newspaper shall be notified. y
The light of high resolve faded from,
the beautiful brow, leaving the lady in
a drear, gray mood. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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selves and prevent them from knowing
the poverty in this respect. A provincial
colonel wrote about this time:
"The bay is still open. Everything
thaws except Old Put. He is still as
hard as ever, crying out: Powder, pow
der! Ye gods, give us powderi'"
But at last the deficiency was sup
piled. One of our privateers captured a
British ordnance ship, ''laden with
military stores SO completely adapted to
the wants of the American army that
had congress itself made out the invoice
Continued mex week,
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XIV.
IN CHIEF.

1t was at the instance of the Massa.
chusetts delegation. led by the ardent
and eloquent John Adams, that Colonel
George Washington of Virginia was
called to the position of commander in
chief of the continental, or national,
army, then holding the Britons at bay
in Boston town.
His fame, it seems, had spread
throughout the country. but not alone
this-there was a measure Of politics III
the appointment. The shrewd and far.
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Runs Through Cars
NIO~
TIME SCHEDULE.
ARRIVE AT HELENA

ARRIVE AT HELENA.
Northern Pacific time card in effect Apr. 25, 1897.
No. 1, Pacific Express, west bound T.2O a. IN.
No. 2, Atlantic EXPIRES, east bound, 10 90 p. m.
No. 8, Marysville mixed. daily except
SUNDAY. :-..... .........:, ....... $3.50 a. m.
No. 8, Wickes and Boulder mixed dali
ly except Sunday. runs from Basin
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, from Elkhorn on TUESDAYS,
Thursdays and Saturdays. 5.35 p. m.
No. lG2, Rimini mixed, Tuesdays only $40 y. m.
DEPART FROM HELENA.
No. /, Pacific Express, westbound, 7:3O a. n.
No. 2, Atlantic Express, ~eastbound, 10 10 p. m.
No. 2. Marysville mixed, daily except
Sunday. 3:aOp. m.
No. 10, Wickes and Boulder mixed,
daily except Sunday, runs to Basin
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
to Elkhorn Tuesdays, Thursdays
and saturdays. .............. :. T. 7:35 a. m.
Nc. 1ol, Rimini mixed Tuesdays only 1920 a. m.
Through tickets to Japan and China, via Ia
coma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
For information, time cards, maps and tickets,
call on or write
"A. ID. EDGAR,
GENERAL AGENT, HELENA. MONTANA,
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An Idea r.! ~ :s$ g. !: : :

Write JOHN WEDDEKBURN 4 CO. Patent Attor.
and list OF two hundred inventions wanted.
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GENERAL AGENT, HELENA. MONTANA,
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bition, or money, or pride.
But men are Sow to believe that over
work sometimes ';ills;. "a man hates to adj
nit that his health ever needs any particu-
lar care. He feels miserable and out of
sorts " but tries to bluff it off until he
gets fiat on his back, unable to do stroke
of work. He becomes obliged to spend no
end of money for doctors and even at that
can hardly save his life.
How much more sensible, and in the end
how much cheaper at the first signs of ply
steal weakness 10 write to DR.. K. V Pierce
chief consulting physician of the Invalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo,
N Y. and obtain. free Of charge, the adj
vice of a skilled and educated physician
who has wider reputation for the success
full treatment of chronic diseases than any
other physician in this country.
In letter to DR., Pierce. Mr.. J. w Brittin, of
Clinton, Dewitt Co., Ills Up, o. Box 475). writes:
For over year was troubled with liver COM
plant Had no appetite. could keep nothing
on my stomach, and had severe pains in my
stomach and bowels l dOctored with home
doctors but did not obtain relief until asfriend
advised me to take DR. PierCes Golden Medical
Discovery I be~an taking it at once and after
taking four bottles think myself cured, as I
can eat anything I want and my food never
hurts me-"
Dr. P;erce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
patton. At all medicine stores.
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How Ichabod surrounded Them

Cumberland, R. l., furnished her
full proportion of soldiers during the
Revolution, and when the war closed a
number from other sections Of the coun-
try came to make their homes in Cum
berland till there was quite cOmmu-
nifty of veterans in this part of the
town, near the BallOu Meeting House,
where was situated tavern built very
soon after the close of the war, famous
for good cheer i'll the old staging days,
kept by Major William Ballou, who
gave the veterans a soldiers welcome.
Seldom was winter evening SO cold or
stormy that a goodly number could not
gather there and relate ''their deeds of
valor DONE" Many were the stories,
grave and gay, told before the glowing
logs of that wide fireplace, and some
have been related from father to son I'M
til the present generation.
One of these old tales is told of Icha-
bod Howard, who was once assigned to
picket duty. At some distance he saw
seven Hessians of the British army, who
stacked their arms and climbed the
trees for apples Alone he approached
them, and, leveling his gun at them,
ordered them to surrender. They de-
scended, and Howard, standing between
them and their guns, shouted the names
of other soldiers, telling them not to
fire if the men would consent to go to
camp, at the same time ordering the
prisoners to march. The Hessians, be-
lieving that he was accompanied by 9th
ers and being forbidden to turn around
on pain of instant death, marched be-
fore Ichabod Howard to camp, where
the brave man delivered the prisoners
to his commanding officer. When Icha-
bod was asked how he managed to cap
ture seven men alone, he replied, Il
surrounded them. spirit of rs.
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Carl GOldmark, the Composer.

Carl Goldmark was the son of jew
ish precentor who, at the time of Carl 5
birth, lived in the small Hungarian
village of Keszthely. Although the date
of his birth is usually given as 1882,
have his personal assurance that it was
1880, says writer in LOCKER On.
Most of his talent was undoubtedly
inherited from his father In the chants
and prayers the ritual of the synagogue
furnishes frequent OPT ortuniry for vocal
improvisation, and the precentG. Ru-
bin Goldmark, although without theo-
retical musical knowledge, not even
possessing the power of putting his mu-
steal thoughts on paper, attracted people
from far and wide to listen to his sing
ing. From his father Carl undoubtedly
received his first inspiration
The talent of the son soon manifest
ing itself, he determined to follow mu-
sic as a profession, but as the father
was blessed with a very large family
the son was obliged to depend on his
own efforts for support Beginning the
study of the violin with the intention
of becoming virtuoso, he for a number
of years practiced as much as ten hours
a day His income was his salary as
violinist in a small Hungarian theater.
1t amounted to the munificent sum of s
forms, or about SO. 90 a month. Though
the purchasing power of money in the
little Hungarian town was greater than
we imagine, it yet seems almost incred-
ib1a that bodv and COul pou1d houa baaD
kept together for full month on a sum
that now will not even pay for an or
chestra stall at the opera.
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THINK THEY'VE FOUND GOLD
precious Finds" Sent to the Mint by Peo-
pie From Everywhere.

pie From Everywhere.
The gold excitement developed by the
Klondike discoveries has brought down
upon the mint officials of Philadelphia
the duty of assaying heaps of fools
gold" sent to the coin factory for assay
from all parts of the country by deluded
people, who are convinced that they
have "struck it rich" says a special
correspondent of the Washington Star.
Hardly day passes in which four or
I've people do not call upon the assayer
to test material for them, and samples
of supposed gold and silver quartz and
sand come into the mint by mail and
express as we'll. The supposed finds of
good fortune come in all sorts of pack
ages and embrace many varieties of glis-
/ tening rock. They turn out to be iron
pyrites or "fools' gold," mica, tale,
common sand or crystal sprinkled rock.
The imagined precious metals are often
accompanied by sanguine letters, in
which the writers confidently express
the belief that they will soon be rolling
in wealth.
Among the specimens that have late
ly come in are: A shoe polish box filled
with iron pyrites from Tennessee; a
cigar box from Bucks county, Pa, filled
with slippery, shiny tale, such as, in
it's powdered state, is used for sprin-
king the inside of damp shoes; salt
bag from western New York, half full
of iron pyrites; an ornamented small
box from New Jersey with especially
brilliant rock, which is only iron py-
rites matchbox that came without
the name of the sender, loaded with
western Pennsylvania mica; box, such
as brass fasteners are kept in for desk
use, brought sand sprinkled with mica
from Montgomery county, Pa; two
pound piece of limestone from Lake
vile, Va, had smattering of crystals,
and a small vial full of common sand
found it's way from Arkansas.
Most of the finders of the supposed
treasure are country people. Some say
that they found it while "digging a
well" or knowing a house." and one
old lady declared that the lightning had
shattel cd tree in front of her house
and had laid bare the gold. The assay
ers say that only in about one case out
of hundred is genuine gold found
among the samples sent in from new To-
calitieS
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A. q. SMITHS ESTATE.
cTATE of Vermont,
Il f1An. III 90

cTAIE OF ermOnU,
- Bradford District, SIS.
In Probate Court held at ThetfOrd in said
district, on the LIST day of Oct, a D, 1897.
B Buell. administrator of the estate of
A. G. Smith, late of State Line, Missouri,
deceased presents his administration
ton account for examination and allowance
and makes application for decree of distri-
button and partition of the estate of said
deceased. Whereupon it is ordered by said
Court that said account and said application
be referred to a session thereof to be held at
probate Office in said TheJfOrd on the 23d day
of Oct. d 1897, for hearing and decision
thereon: And it is further ordered that no.
tice hereof be given to all persons interested
by publication of the same three weeks sue
cessively in the United Opinion, a newspa-
per published at Bradford previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show
cause, if any they may have, why said ac-
count should not be allowed and such de-
cree made.
BY the COurt,-AtteSt,
81 5 NJ GLEASON, Judge.
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V~HE undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Bradford Commissioners to receive,
examine and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against the estate OfCarOlIne
=. Traver late of Newbury in said district
deceased, and all claims exhibited i'm offset
thereto hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the office
of Smith Il Sloan in said Newbury, on
the 22nd day of February next from l
o'clock p. m. until O'Clock p. m. of said
day. and that six months from the 24th day
OF August, A. d. 1897 is the time limited
by said court for said creditors to present
t heir claims to us for examination and al
lOwance.
Dated at Newbury, this 5th day of Oct,
y d, 1897.
HENRY II. LEE, Comms
81 w. II. BUCK.
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Notice in Insolvency.
OF VERMONT, / Court of
. District Of Bradford. SIS. ! In.

cTATE OF VERMONT, Court of
- District of Bradford, SIS. Insolvency.
In the matter of the Ely -Copperfeld Mining
Company, InsOvent Debtors:
Take notice that petition for adjudication of
insolvency filed in this court against the Ely
Copperfeld Mining Company, corporation duly
established under the laws ofthe state of Vermont
and doing business with its principal office at
Bradford in said district, the 10th day of April,
a. D., 1897, at the Probate Office in Thetford i:
said district, upon which they had been adjudged
insolvent debtors and that said proceedings had
been s'ad petition of directors and stockholders
of said corporation from May 4, 1897, to Sept al,
1897, and that said petition of directors and
stockholders having been withdrawn meeting
of their creditors will be held at Court of Insol-
vency at the office of ]. II. Watson in Bradford in
said district on the 9th day of November, a. D.,
1907, at nine O'Clock M to prove their debts and
choose one or more asslgnees of their estate; and
that the payment of any debts and the delivery of
any property belonging to SAID debtors, to them,
for their use, and the transfer of any property by
them, are forbidden by law.
Dated at Bradford this 2Ist day of September
y. D., 1897.
so S. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
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The Recamier Bodice,

The Recamier bodice made by French
modistes has a seamless back, a bias
front and is cut in low rounding
shape, the edge exquisitely draped. 1t
is quite long WASTED, but this effect is
changed by soft, wide silk sash that
is wound twice around the waist, fall
lag in long ends at the left side.
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TANES.

The taxpayers of the town of Corinth,
Vt, are hereby notified that | have in my
hands for collection the town, school and
highway taxes assessed on the grand list
of 1897 A discount of four per cent will
be allowed on all taxes paid within ninety
days from this date, said time expires
Dec. 31st, 1897. After the expiration of
said time the balance, if any, will be pay
able to the collector.
b. b. SCRIBNER, Town Treasurer
Corinth, VT, Oct. ?, 1897. 81
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NOTICE

Is hereby given that certificate No. 500 for
four az shares of the capital stock of the
National Bank of Newbury Wells River,
vt, standing in the name of Luther Farm
ham late of Boston, Mass, deceased, is
lost and the owner makes application for
a new certificate of said stock the same
being the property of said deceased.
Andrew Fiske, J Executors of
Sibylla Bailey Crane, ! Luther Farnham
Boston, Mass, Sept. 81 1897. 51-3
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NOTICE.

The West Fairlee, Thetford and Fairlee
TELEPHONE and Telegraph Company having
sold their Plant and good will in business
and surrendered their Charter, will pay a
final dividend on all stock surrendered to
the Treasurer, on or before Dec. 1, 1897.
Up. CUMMINGS, Treas.
No. Thetford. Vt. Sill
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" WhaI ohaIl a
HAN Give g.? :"

" Whar ohan q
rlan Give ? "
The solemn
question comes
home to almost
every man at
some period in
h 5 c are er.
" w h at will
you give i'll ex-
! c h a II ge for
your life ?" 1t
is like that
OF Il r solemn
question about
the soul. Just
as an honest
man feels that
n o t h in g of
earthly value
can be weighed
against his soul
so a man who
has one friend
to love h i'm
knows that life
is too precious
To he bartered
away for am
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Il LEGAL. II
PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INsoL.
Observation-Disclosures DISTRICT IS95-6.

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INsoL-
VENCY-BRADFORD DISTRICT 1896.
Probate Courts and Courts of Insolvency
within and for said district will be holden the
ensuing year as follows:
bradfoIu-At j. Il, Watson's office in Brad
ford on the second Tuesday of every month.
West Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in West
Fairlee on the last Saturday of May, July,
September and November.
Also at the Probate ONCE in Thetford ON
the first Wednesday of every MONTH
Also at East Corinth on the third Thursday
of May, July and September.
S. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Centre, VT, April l, 1896.