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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-31

da que los americanos dispensan 4 los
insurrectos.
FL Sr. Gull6n dijo sus compade-
ros de gabinete que la prensa de Eu-
ropa y de los Estados Unidos sc
muestran favorable ahora al gobierno
2ahol.
Madrid, I3.-Afirmase Que Sc en-
viaran a Cuba cinco mil hombres de
retuerzo.
-Comeutase una larga conferen
cia que el senior Maura ha tenido con
Ia Reina.
-Hablase del diputado de Union
Constitutional. senior Caste neda, para
una subsecretaiia.
Sc ha aplazado la redaccion de-
finitiva de los decretos relatives al
planteamiento de la autonomfa en- la
isla de Cuba, hasta que el Ministro de
Ultramar, sefior Moret, termine la
serie de conferencias que esta cele-
Ibrando.
| Nneva York. I3. Sc sabe positi
lvamente que q bordo del vapor ame-
ricano ''Seneca" llego q esta ciudad
de Nuevs York la seiiotita Evange.
lima Cos 10, que Sc fugo hace pocos
dias de la carcel de mujeres de la Ha-
bana, donde estaba presa por cuestio
mes politicas.
Nueva York, IA. Ell Consul Lee
, ha dieho un representante de ID
. prensa asociada, que la sehorita Evan.
gelina Cossio estaoa bien tratada en-
la careel de mf.jeres de la Habuna,
a donde Sc hallaba presa por motive.
politicos.
La seforita Evlngelina Cossio 81
: hospeda en- "Wsldori Hotel
Sc habla de un nuevo tratado de
; arbitfaje entire Inglaterra y los Esta
dos Unidos
Il Los jefes de la revoIucion d.
0 Guatemala Sc van retirando 4 Mexico
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.ADHESTONES.

Ademas de las adhesiones al
Comite Central de que va hemos
dado cuenta a nuestros lectores
en- n1meros anteriores, Sc han re.
cibido en- la Secretaria de aquel
Centro Directive las de los CO.
mites locales de Barceloneta,
Vieques, Comerio, Juncos y Ba-
yamon, los cuales al adherirse,
tributan expresivos votos de con
fianza dicho Comite Central,
representation genuina, como di
ce nuestro cclega La Union, de
Ia Autoridad { intereses del Par
lido.
Reciba ell Comite Centralnues-
ira mas enthusiastic ennorabuena'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-31

carcel el muy digno Alcalde d.
Humacao, don Tomas Carreras.
Al tener conocimiento nuestros
amigos &c Humacao de Ia llega
da de los crimimaAsS, seg1n LA
Democracia", de Ponce, acudie-
ron todos a vernos y a adquirir
noticias del por que de nuestro
encarcelamiento. En- breves. pc
70 veraces palabras, les narra-
mos 10 que nos habia sucedido;
una indignation general Sc de-
mostr6 en- el rostro de todos, al
yer que en- una contienda, donde
habia dos bandos, no fue deere
tada NADIA mas que la prisi6n de
una parte, habiendo en- ambas
hcridos y contusos y los de aquel
somos todos voluntarios e incon-
dicionales.
En- los pocos y largos dlas que
estuvimos detenidos, muchos com
pafleros y amigos de Humacao
no dejaron momento de vlsitar
nos y hacer compania a los iris
tes presos, uniendo & la vista in
numerables donativos para que
nuestra prision fuese menos sen
sible.
Cumple a nuestro deber rem
dries las mas expresivas gracias
y ofrecerles a todos y a cada unc
en- particular nuestros servicios
Iy como este no nos serfa facil G
hacerlo en- correspon dencla par
ticular, telniendo onitir alguno
por olvido involuntar'o, creemo:
un deber en- nosotros hacer p1
| blico un aCto tan noble.
Aunque no publicamos lo'
luombres de nuestros visitanteS
donantes, sin embargo, no pode
mos silenciar el nombrc de uno
por ser de ideas politicas contra
rias a las nuestras; este es Dor
Jose Ramirez, a quien tuvinos e
gusto de ver, saludar y reel
bir sus ofrecimientos en- nuestr;
prisi6n y de quien qaed mos pie
namente agradecidos.
Sin molestar por hoy mas 81
benevola atencion, nos repetimo
sus aAmos amigos S. S. Q. B. S
M,
! P. Costa Palol, Ramon Ruibal
Claudio Calenti, Clemente Fari
ma, Jaime Costa, Manuel Coba
Farii1a, Juan R, Arte.
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Old, MariroS DOL EStdnago.
[Del Diario de Jaliseo, Guadalajara.

[Del Diario de Jaliseo, Guadalajara. /
El Ahualulco de Mercado, estado
de Jaliseo reside ell senior Enrique
Garcia persona muy estimada por Sus
dotes de hombre vetidico, honrado
e inteigente. He aqui la re,aci6n
que ha hecho recientemente Ell sefior
Garcia.
"Poco mas de cuatro amos hace que
veEia padeciendo dc una gastra!cia
terrible con Ia e1al no tuve sino un
sufrimiento continue durante largo
tempo. Desde un principe y con-
oportunidad acudi uno dc los meio
res medi-os de esta poblacion quien
con verdadero empeiio viendo 10 ex-
puesto que estaba a qucdar en- este
estado tai vez para siempre, me aten
dio debidamente aplicaadome 1los
mejores medicamantos que creia 1ti
les. Despues de Largo empo y vien
do que en- lugar de mejorar empeora-
ba, hlce un viAje especial a Guadala.
jara para yer 81 ALA encont aba 10 que
tanto deseaba mi saIud. Estaba a.
brumado por las circustancias tan
peligrosas Por que atrabesaba. El ..
petite no me faltaba, pefo no podia
conner porque no consentia mi este
mago nj 10 mas minimo, pucs con la
mas insigni6cante cosa que coma me
atacaba al estom ago un cruento dolor
que era cosa de desesperar. A este
Sc siguieron insufribles dolores de ca
oeza y con ell gusto amargo que
constantemente tenia en- Ia boca Sc
me hacia una carga pesa 1isima-
En- Guadalajara me estuvieron Gu
rando algunos me licos de los mas
emnenteS, PERI en- los ocho mese-
que paSe en- aquella ciudad ninguno.
Sc c>mPrometio a proporc 1arme
mas que un allvio temporal: Vnnio
que solamente en- temporadas cortas
me senti mejor. Iegrese q mi casa de-
bll y SIN es Pefanzas de una curacion
radical por mas que tuve la precau
clon de traen conmigo un metodo Gu.
rativo. Desesperado y va resuelto &
Pasar toda mi vida en- constante ago.
MIA fui pefsuadido q que praticase el
mesodo que traje de Qua lalaiara,
pero a! cabo de un aiio persuadido
de que mi nal seguia en- el mismo
estado, determine abandonas me por
complete y deiar que Sc minase era,
, dualmente mi exisiencia.
Asl e'tuve padecien 10 hasta que
un dia I'm amigo mio a.nado Gui
llermo Bayard, observando 10 lasti-
moso de mi situac'on Sc empeho mu
cho en- que tom Ase las Pildofas Ro
sadas del do-to: Wlli4ms pa,a Per-
sonas Palidas, Creyeado que esta
me 1iclna tras tant que habia to.
mado no me haria III ii, compre una
botella y tengo que ccnte ar que OBJ.
tuve exito excele5te Comenck &
tomarlas segun recuerdo en- Septiem.
bre de 1896 y el efec'o de las pildo.
ras tue tan maravilioso que aun no
habia acabado ell primer pomo cusn.
do el dolor habia desaparecido por
complete; mi estomags comenz6 4
tuncionar luego sy desde entonces no
ha ocurrido novedad alguna. He Sc.
gui 10 tomandolas y no dudo que las
Pildoras Rosadas del doctor Williams
me salvaran la vida. Nunca deiar6
recomendar tan meritoria medicina"
Atestigua la veracidAd del case el
setor Lucas L. Guevara que es per.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-31
Los successes de JunCOs.
uncos 20 de Octubre de 1897
Sr Director del BoLETIN MER =
CANTIL.
Puerto Rico.

Muy querido Director: Aten-
diendo a la oferta que desde su
ilustrado periodico 26 de los Co
rrientes nos hace, sobre los suce
SOS de Juncos, y teniendo que
hacer pGb)ico un hecho que no
podemos relegar al olvido, supli-
camosle la insercion de las pre-
sentes Ifneas en- ell perl6dico que
tan dignamente dirige.
El dia II de los corrientes y
hora de las 9 de la noche, fuimos
reducidos a prision de orden del
senor Juez del distrito; y al dia
siguiente fuimos conducidos q la
ciudad de Humacao, baio la GUS
todia de dos guardias Municipal
les.
Llegamos al consistorio de la
referida ciudad y echamos pie a
terra (b~ss g,GetaS d la gran
6enienldad del AkcGlde de este
pueblo Sc nos dej6 4, a ea6al1o) } su
biendo a la planta principal del
Edi6cio E instalandonos en- ell
Salon de sesiones del Ayunta
miento, local que nos destin6 por
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Para Ia Exposition Dc 1900

FL colossal telescopio de 90 metros
de longitud y I.25 de diametro que
Sc esta construyendo para la exposi.
cion de 1000. Sc montara por nue.
vo sistema de espejo, 1uica pieza mo-
vii de todo el aparato. Dicao espejo
tendra tres metros de diametro y 90
centimetros de grueso y sera de vi
drio fundido con superficie plateada,
y alcanzara un peso &c 10000 kilos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-31

el Manifesto de nuestfo digno
Jete Sr Arsuaga, ha intefpretado
felmente las tendencias ySlos de |
seos de lnuestra colectividad, !
siendo de extranar que ahora
considere precisa ( indispensable
la existencia de una ssqWseraa
que llama frog,ssssta, cuando,
seg1n las ediciones citadas de
nuestro colega, habiamos queda
do en- que todos somos dentro
del partido igualmente liberales,
igualmente progresistas
Dice, en- efecto, ell companero
en- su n1mero del dia S:
Pr0clamada y a.3nsftida por nues-
tro partido la mas amplia descentra-
lizacion administrative en- todos los
ramos. como una nee cesidad de los
tiemPos y una conven:encia para el
pals, injusto seria quien nos motejase
oC Ad0OSHs
"Ben hace el Jefe de nuestro par
lido en- conceder gran importancia al
problema administrative
Las retoymGS de MaHra. las mGs
an1lias de Cdm0yas y la VamadG G~-
EOnOmfa del seaoy Sagasta, son proce
dimient0S, mis- o mem0s ampli0S, pa
"a reS0Ivey GqasI prO6lFmG en- las Ar
iIlas."
En- su edici6n del dia 9 mani
fiesta 10 siguiente La Lntegvi9G6
WacfonaL.
ga esa luz reglada y conveniente
debe someterse el documento que sus-
cribio nuestro Jefe, donde sin ampu-
losidades nj forces Sc condensa tod
Nn p,0gyansa bolttieO ta~ amplfo ,
tyogyESiVO Como ExtgSS las 0etEalt.
circNNsfGMcs0S."
Y ell dia IL Sc expresaba asi
nuestro conpafero en- la prensa :
"La politica Unconditional toma
hoy, por tanto, los rumbos que le i'm
ponen las necesidades de la patria y
las exigencias de los tiempos.'
Por consiguiente, 81 el Partido
Unconditional ha proclamado y
admitido la mas amplia descen
tralizacion administrative en-
su Manifesto de 3 de Diciembre
de 1894 ], siendo la llamada au
tonomfa del Sr Sagasta un pro
cedimiento para resolver el pro
blema en- las 4Antillas, y, por otra
parte, ell documento dirigido al
Partido por el Sr Arsuaga es un
programa tan amplio y progresi
vo como sxtgen las aetwales cir
cNnStGnctGS, tomando, por tanto,
la pol1tica Unconditional los rum
bos que lie imponen las necesi1a
des de la Patria y las exigencias
de los tiempos, / nos podria de
cir La LntegyTaad NaetonaI que
necesida6es viene a satisfacer,
que anhelos viene a calmar y que
horizontes viene a descubrir la
fraction que ahrma que existe y
ha bautizado va con el retumban
te tftulo de "La Iz9uierda Pro.
gresista =
No terminaremos sin dar las
mas expresivas gracias al colega
por la excitaci6n que en- contra
nuestra hace al Comite Central
con motive de la actitud de re-
fsistencia EN- que seg1n La Int
gyidaa, Pero no seg1n nuestros
artfculos, nos hallamos colocados,
permitiendonos ell lujo. al no CO.
rresponderle en- la misma none
da, de demostrar al companero lo
POGO vengativos que somos.
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36)
Id lHia do LSnnGlnOOr,
PoR
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
1raauccf0n dtrecta del IhVgles
sss POR
JOSE PEREZ morris
{ Es 1ro1tsdad
(coNr1NUAc1oNl.
Es 1ro1tsdad J
(coNT1NUAc1oNl.

-Ha lido & Dunbar & una boda; es.
pero que traiga relleuo para su conf.
do; empezo 4 canturriar una antigua
canci6n eseoeesa.
-Agradezco mucho 4 Cordiery
sus atenciones, dijo lord Keeper: y di.
me, Iquien tuvo cuidado de ii mien"
tras yo estuye efuera, En.ique7
Norman y Bob Wilson: alema.
20 &c cuidarme.
Tn lacayo y un cazador y I'd. que
eres un loco lmsgnfica compaiia pa
un futuro abogadol De csc modo no
sabras mas leyes que las references a
GAIA y pesea y
" hablando &c caza, dijo ell mu-
cha no interrumpiendo 4 so padre sin
ningxn miram;ento, sabreis que Nor
man ha matado I'm gamo; ensefe los
cvernos 4 Lucia, que dee tenia ocho
amos, y ms asegura que vosotros ha
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gidas, apesar de los esfue. zos que Sc
haclan por destruirlas por medic de
la Guardia Civil y de la fuerza p1bli-
CT.
Que tiene de extraho, pues, que
tras una convuls;on tan tremenda CO.
mo por la que ha pasado Cuba, que
den partidas y grupos mas 6 memo:
numerosos en- todo el territorio donde
la insurfecci6n lego invadir y 4
Permanecer en- los montes y lugares
no guarnecidos por la tropa 2"
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the Patent Office. The fam contained
600 acres.
BY an instrument dated July ;, 1851 a
patent was granted to one William Lang
worthy 0f the go acres, then called tie
Widow s Mite. which had been taken TIP
by his father. Washington mace his way
10 the Burns farm, getting Uncle Davy 10
sit down Oh rustic seat. under q cil!mp
of shade trees that were the shelter and
shade af the Burns mansion. He used all
his powers of persuasion To bring about the
sale.
But obstinate Mr.. Burns, as Washing
ton often called him in his correspondence.
Welded not lot The story goes that upon
one Of these occasions, when Washington
was, trying 10 convince him of the great
advantage il would be to him, Uncle Davy
testify replied:
u suppose you think people here are go
inr to take every priSt that comes trcm
you as pure grain, hut what would You
have been if you hadn' married the Widow
CuStiS?"
At last, after FREQUENT interviews. Wash
ingt9n lost hrs patience. He gave Mr.. Burns
TO understand liat he had been authorized
to select the lnc atiGn of the National Capital
and said
81 have selected your islrm as part OF
it. and the Government will take 1T.
trust YOU will, under the circumstances,
enter into an amicable agreement"
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For the next four years the Congress IF
the Confederation was exercised over this
subject: bat as no official record of The de-
bates has been preserved. il il only through
the tenor of the resolutions adopted that
we can CLEAN AN insight into the nleihoGs,
or appreciate the trouble that attended "A
solution 81 the Veyed question.
these years al controversy over the loca
ton oi the National CAPITAL brought To the
'front.' the foremost men Of the times Mr.
Jefferson has recorded i'm his Ana a cIiri-
Gus hii OF history that touched the spring
which gave the final action upon the ;idou-
ton oi the Potomac site for The National
Capital.
According To Mr.. Jcflerson's statement
The SESSION al 1890 was one Of dissension
and bitterness, marked 10y an obstinate
scheme of Alexander Hamilton's Ia as.
sumo the State debts, amounting 10 $50 900
900. IN amendment had been offered Ia
the pending act covering this amount
which WIGS rejected by the House. ~ this
time jefferson was Secretary Of State and
Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury.
Hamilton was nervous and excited. and
urged jefferson t0 aid in its recommends
ton. The North favored assumption, and
the South opposed 1t. jefferson and Ham
iiton met ON the streets and, arm in arm
walked back and forth before the presi-
dent ; house for half an hour
Jefferson saws that Hamilton was in
despair. He painted pathetic;illy the tenn
per INTO which the legislature had heen
wrought, the disgust Of those called the
creditor States. the danger of the seces-
sion ol IFS members and the ser.ration of
the States lie said that the members of
the Administration ought TO act in concert.
that the President was the center on which
ali administrative questions finally rested
that all Of us should rally around him. and
support, by Joint effprt, measures approved,
y: HIM: that an appeal from me to the
judgment and discretion 81 my friends
might effect change in the vote and the
machinery of Government, now suspended,
might be set in motion.
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xAEiISTOREC HOMES OF
81 -. WASHINGTON
G9Tfe ksisss sx6sssS Noted Men end Women Who Have
~ f aSasSS1@s5l , :; Inhabited Them
ss@@ss - sr rsaRr S LOCKWOOD
br rARr S. LOCKWOOD.

Il told ilim t.iai ! va, really q stranger
Ia the whole subject, not having yet in
formed myself Of thC system adopted. That
if it, rejection endangered dissolution of
the Union at this incipient stage, ! should
deem ii the most unfortunate Of all conSe
qaenccs: To aver which, all partial and
temporary evl, should be Welded. pro
pos ID IL him To dine with me the mex; day,
and | woald int.," another friend or two
and bring them into conference together.
and thought it impossible that reasonable
hv some mutual sacrifices of opinion. Il
form a compromise that would save the
Union.
"The discussion took place. Ii was
finally asreed t.,at whatever importance
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scenery and topography. 1t would
hardly take us away from Savannah SO
soon after bringing us there for any
other purpose than delivery to our
people.
The rebels encouraged this belief with
direct assertions Of its truth. They
framed plausible lie about there hav-
ing arisen some difficulty concerning the
admission of our vessels past the harbor
defenses of Savannah, which made it
necessary to take us elsewhere-prob-
ably to Charleston-for delivery to our
men. $"
Wishes are always the most powerful
allies Of belief. There is little difficulty
in convincing n,aniof that of which he
wants to be convinced. We forgot the
lie told us when We were taken from
Andersonville, andg believed the one
which was told s5iow.
Andrews and r hastily snatched our
worldly possessions-our overcoat,
blanket, can, spoon, chessboard and
men, yelled to some of our neighbors
that they could have our hitherto much
treasured house, and running down to
the gate, forced ourselves we'll up to the
front of the crowd that was being as
sembled to go out.
The usual scenes accompanying the
departure of first squads were being
acted unanimously. Every one in the
camp wanted to be one of the supposed
to-be-favored few, and if not selected at
first tried to "fiank in that is, slip
into the place of some one else who had
had better luck. This one naturally re-
sisted displacement, u ct arms, and the
fights would become so general as to
cause resemblance to the famed Fair of
Donnybrook. The cry would go up
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timber used in constructing the Stockade
lying on the ground. The night was
chilly, and we soon had a number of fires
blazing.
As our fires blazed up the clinging,
penetrating fumes diff'used themselves
everywhere. The night was as cool as
the one when we arrived at Anderson
vile, the earth, meagerly sodded with
sparse, hard, why grass, was the same
the same piney breezes blew in from the
surrounding trees, the same dismal owls
hooted at u.s. the same mournful whip
poor-will lamented, God knows what in
the gathering twilight. What we both
felt in the gloomy recesses Of downcast
hearts Andrews expressed as he turned
to me with:
Nc, this looks like AndersonvilIe
all over again"
In the morning we took a survey of
our new quarters, and found that we
were in Stockade resembling very
much in construction and dimensions
that at Andersonville. The principal
difference was that the upright logs
were in their rough state, whereas they
were hewed at Andersonville, and the
brook running through the camp was
not bordered by swamp, but had clean,
firm banks.
Our next move was to make the best
of the situation. We were divided into
hundreds, each commanded by Ser
geant. Ten hundreds constituted
division, the head of which was also
Sergeant. was elected by my COM
rades to the Sergeantcy of the Second
Hundred of the First Division.
AS soon as we were signed to our
ground, We began constructing hut.
ITO be continuedI
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CHAPTER /.
THE FIRST SETTLERS,

Captain John Smith-The Red Mans Wig
wam-The Camping Ground Of the Braves
Settling the Colenies-The Century of the
new Nations Birth-The Continental Con
greSS-Ihe ltineTacy OF the Congress %
the Confcderation-Co Controversy over the
Location of the National CAPITAL ObSti-
nate Davy Burns"-The Engineer of the
Capital.
When Capt. John Smith, in 1908, sailed
UP the Potomac, the curling smoke from
the red mems wigwams welcomed him.
The Powtomacks, the Nanahoacs, and
the AnacostianS had become powerful
tribes; and here where Washington stands
IN all its glory was the camping ground of
these brave men 0f the forest. When the
yearly councils Of the CHI els were called
IL was on the banks of the beautiful Poto-
mae that their council fires were built.
When Capt. John Smith first stepped
foot upon this goodly land the days were
not ripe for the new civilization and he
turned his bark down the Potomac. The
years came and went. The sound OF the
woodlands AK was not heard. The red
men Of the forest held possession Of the
land tor another decade ere the new ma
ton was bern.
In the fullness of time there came a dav
fer the settling of the Colonies. 1t was the
century in which the great Queen Eliza
beth died; century in which King James
gave us the English translation OF the
Bible; century that produced Crom
well. a William H., a Louis XIV: a cen-
tury in which Milton dreamed of Paradise
Lost and Shakespeare sang his songs i'm
mortal; century that gave new world
to the nations of the earth
After the independence OF the Colonies
was established, some OF the Gisba ndcd
troops from Lancaster came clamoring nj
the doors of Congress. then sitting in
Philadelphia. Tor money due them. Con
gress was pOweress; and called upon the
Metropolitan police Ia queil the mob They
were unwilling or unable 10 DO SO. Con
rTess therefore adjourned Ia Princeton " J
This awakened the people To the import
ance OF the selection Of a Capital. II could
not be established m any municipal city
where the Government had not iuEisdic-
ton.
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way of doing. Holding that the chances
were strongly in favor of every move
ment of prisoners being to our lines, We
never failed to be numbered in the first
squad of prisoners that were sent out.
The seductive mirage of Exchange"
was always Turing us on. 1t must come
some time, certainly, and it would be
most likely to come to those who were
most earnestly searching for it. At all
events, we should leave no means I'M
tried to avail ourselves of whatever
seeming chances there might be.
There could be no other motive for
this move, we argued, than exchange.
The Confederacy was not likely to be at
the trouble and expense of hauling us
about the country without some good
reason-so something better than a wish to
make us acquainted with Southern
The National tribune., 1897-11-18
Copyright, 1885,, by Mary S. Lock wood.

Those of our readers who enjoyed "A Cen
fury in the White House" which was
published serially in our Columns some
months ago, will welcome another serial
from the pen of the gifted author, Mary
:. Lockwood.
"Historic Homes of Washington :; will in
terest every American. 1t is history
from which the colors have not faded.
1t is a romantic chronicle in which the
men and women of the olden times walk
and speak again. and we 80 with them
TO their firesiGes The grim iurist, the
doughty warriors the Lightly men of the
Nations childhood, and the stately DANES
and naughty bellies, all pass in living
panaroma sketched by the master hand
of the author Secret history OF the
daily life of the Capital is uncovered for
the first time: the motives of states
men and intrgues of diplomats are laid
bare.
Men and women whose names are as famll-
lar as the epochs in our History have
the loves and hates of their social world
all explained. and the in goings and Out
piquancy that is as delightful 10 us row
as it would no doubt. have been en-
barrassing TO many grand parsonage
half a century ago.
The story goes hack to the days when the |
Father of his Country drove a hard bar /
gain with the sturdy farmers for the site |
of the National Capital, and is brought |
down to the resent day. All the IA !
mou houses and the endless procession CT
great men and women who have flour |
ished there awhile and passed on, fill, in |
turn, the foreground of the picture. |
Nothing is hidden.
The work is unique in conception as it is
mastery in execution. 1t grows in in
terest rs it progresses, and 1t must be
read as hitherto unknown chapter in
our National History.
PUBLISHERS OF The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. !