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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-04

BIG CONTRACT FOR CARTRIDGES.
London, January Sit Is announced
that the Kynooh company has commenced
making ~, 000, 600 cartridges for the Unit
ed States at the rate Of one million week.
y
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

wishes that he should quit college in
order that he may soon enter into a
new scene of life for which he would
De much hitter some years hence. But
having his own inclination, the desires
OF MS mother and the acQuiescence of
almost all his relatives to encounter,
did not care, as he is the last of the
family, to push my opposition too far.
ana have therefore submitted to a
kind of necessity.
Not knowing how his expenses at
college stand shall be much Obliged
II you will render me an account of
them. You will please to charge lib
orally for your own particular atten-
tion to Mr.. Custis and sufficiently re-
ward the other gentlemen who were
engaged in the same good offices. If
the money with you is insufficient to
answer these purposes, please to adj
wise me thereof and l will remit the
deficiency.
Il am very sorry it was not in nv
power to see you whilst in these parts.
l thank you very sincerely, sir, for
your polite regard to Mr.. Custis dur
ing his abode at college, and through
you beg leave to offer my GcknowI-
edgments in like manner to the pro-
lessons. With very great esteem and
regard, reverend sir, I am your most
obedient humble servant.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Reverend DR.. Cooper, president Of
Kings College,"
Less than two months later the mar
rage OF young GUSTS to Miss Nelly
Calvert took place. This ended Wash
ington's connection with Kings col
lege until the revolution, when his
troops were quartered in the halls in
which he had placed his stepson,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

Every one drank in the days of
Washington, and the father of his
country always had wines upon his ta-
BILE. l have nowhere seen it stated
that he ever drank to excess, although
he usually consumed five glasses of
Madeira wine at dessert During his
youth he was a very fair politician,
and among the items of his election
expenses when he was a candidate for
the house of burgesses of Virginia
were a hogshead and a barrel of whis-
ky, thirty-fYe gallons of wine and
forty-three gallons of beer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

any commands shall think myself
honored in being the bearer of them. /"
BY the end of the next month the
young man was duly entered as a stu
dent, and Washington departed from
New York, leaving a letter to DR..
Cooper behind him, which serves ad
mirably to illustrate his paternal sGlic-
itude. A verbatim copy of this letter
reads:
New York, 81 May, 1773.-Reve=end
Sir: Inclosed you have a set of bills for
E1OO, which please to set at the pre-
Vailing exchange and retain the money
in your own hands to answer Mr.. Gus
It's expenses at college and such calls
as he may have for cash to defrsy the
incident expenses Of his abode in this
city.
I'm respect to the first article Of
charge, ] submit wholly to Jour better
judgment, under a firm belief Of your
adopting such measures as will most
contribute to promote the principal end
Of Mr.. Custis' coming here, not re-
gardtng the extra charge incurred to
the accomplishment of it. In regard
% the second, as do not know what
sum he ought, with propriety, to ex-
pend In such place as New York, l
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

aration of arsenic in any Of the medi-
cines he had prescribed for Mr.. Bravo.
Who else, then, could have given it
to him?
Mrs. Cox's reputation, it is true,
would not bear the closest investiga-
ton as to morality, but there was
nothing about it to suggest that she
would be guilty of the crime of muir
der, especially by the cold-blooded
force of slow poisoning, and, besides,
in her case there was total absence of
motive. Had 1t been Mrs. Bravo who
was poisoned there might have been
some justification in suspecting Mrs.
Cox, owing to her own long-standing
relations towards DR.. Gully. But she
had no cause to be jealous of Mr..
Bravo. On the contrary, she might
almost prefer to prolong his life.
At the trial, which lasted over a
month, a great many disreputable
stories were told which fully exhibited
the sordid and shameless character Of
Mrs. Bravo, but the evidence against
her was all circumstantial and though
there was little doubt expressed pub
licly as to her guilt, it was impossi-
bic to convict her without more tan
gible and direct evidence. So she was
acquitted, and the great BALKAN mys-
terry has never been, and never will
now, be cleared up.
Mrs. Bravo went down to Southsea,
fashionable seaside resort near
Portsmouth and in immediate prox-
unity to one Of the greatest military
and naval depots in England. Here
she began a life Of open warfare
against the recognized laws of society,
and after about three years died a
disgraceful death in a city hospital, al
though possessed of all the advantages
that beauty, birth, wealth and educa-
ton could give her, at the age of 20
DR.. Gully gave up both his hydropathic
establishments and retired into private
life, dying, forgotten and almost I'M
noticed, a few years later. Mrs. Cox
disappeared from mortal ken, but no.
body regretted her. But the mystery
of who poisoned Charles Bravo is still
among the unelucidated problems Of
the police calendar.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

shall not undertake to determine It,
but hope, if, contrary to my expecta-
ton, you should find him inclined to
run into any kind of extravaganza you
will be so good. by your friendly ad-
monition, as to check its progress.
"As Mr.. Custis may probably want
clothing and other necessaries, you
will please to establish a credit in his
behalf with such merchants as you
can recommend, and when the deposit
now lodged with you is expended in
this and other payments, be so good
as to transmit to me copy of the dis
bursemeDts, and l shall furnish you
with other bills whereby to lay in a
new fund.
II have nothing further to add at
present, except that at the next vaca-
think myself happy in seeing you in
Virginia, and that l am with very
great respect and esteem, your most
obedient serv't.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
ITO Rev. DR.. Cooper, president of
Kings college,"
Although this is not the kind of let
ter that President Cooper's successor
of today would be likely to receive, it,
nevertheless, shows the young man
entering college with good prospects of
staying.
But barely six months later love got
the better of learning, and DR.. Cooper
was addressed again in these terms:
Mount Vernon, Is Dec, 1773.-Rev-
erend Sir: The favorable account,
which you were pleased to transmit to
me, of Mr.. Custis' good conduct at col
lege, gave me very great satisfaction.
I hoped to have felt an increase of it
by his continuance at that place I'M
der a gentleman so capable of instruct
ing him in every branch of useful
knowledge. But this hope is at an
end, and it has been against nv
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

fully well preserved. and Of splendid
physique, had entirely tired Of her
gentle and refined husband and GER
tainly longed to be released. The
prosecution undertook to show how
she proceeded to effect her desire.
She had bought the arsenic-for the
horses-herself quite openly, and had
given the drug with instructions to the
groom. But it was questionable if she
had given all of it to him. 1t was
shown that, notwithstanding her avow-
ed dislike for her husband, she had
insisted upon mixing and giving him
his medicine herself. The inference was
that she had thus taken the opportun-
ity of filling him up with the arsenic,
which was found in large quantities
in his body, at the autopsy. His own
regular medical attendant declared
and proved that there was no prep
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11
Where Twins Are Killed by Law.


All twins born in the Niger Coast
Protectorate must, according to the ma
tive laws, be put to death, and it is
only those who have been rescued by
the missionaries and placed beyond
the reach of the native power who
have so far escaped. When the twins
are born they are at once taken from
the mother, and, if no one intercedes,
they are taken by the feet and head,
and have their backs broken across a
native woman's knee, in the same way
as one would break a stick. The
bodies are then placed in an earthen-
ware receptacle and taken to the bush,
where they are devoured by the flies,
insects or animals. Sometimes the
little victims are put in these recepta-
cles alive, and are then eaten alive in
the same way. The mother becomes
an outcast. If she does not at once
take her own life she has to fee to
the bush. If she ventures near the
town or village she must see that she
does not remain in the path when
any other native is coming. Her pres
ence, according to their superstition.
would defile the place for others. She
must not drink from the same spring
must not touch anything even belong
ing to her own relatives, and there is
little cause for wonder that she takes
away her life, which has become a liv-
ing death.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

be once Journey thither from viz
dHia to place his adopted son,
yOung Custis, under the care Of
be professors. Custis, however. did
not graduate from Kings college,
Columbia was then called. He
bad fallen in love with Nelly Cal
vert daughter of Benedict Calvert and
ended his studies abruptly to marry
The girl Of his choice. The story
d Washington's connection with the
College, which incidentally reveals
much about the father of his country
a1 the father Of family and some
thing Of college life during the last
century, is best told in his letters to
ne Rev. DR.. Cooper, president of
Kings college, and to Mr.. Calvert,
The hrst letter, dated April 5, 1878, is
nom Washington to Mr.. Calvert, and
reads as follows:
l am now set down to write to you
% subject Of Importance and of no
mail embarrassment to me. My SON.
,l'Sw ana ward, Mr.. Custis, has, as l
nave been Informed, paid his addresses
your second daughter, and having
mace some progress in her affections,
aS solicited her in marriage. How
union OF this sort may be agree
aols to you you best can tell: but
IaOuld think myself wanting in can
W.T. wv were | not to confess that Miss
%llys amiable qualities are acknowl-
'us9a on all hands and that an alli-
.u;e with your family will be pleasing
a. Ou. the couple was very young, and
le letter goes on to recommend a
S r rS,' for two or three years,
s,n @uiCa time Mr.. Custis might pros
"u'9 MS studies and render himself
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

with Dr. Gully, who, by the way, was
the father of the present speaker Of
the house of commons. and that gen.
tleman was shown to possess a not
prescriptions character. Mrs. Cox
was a willing tool in his hands and
while ostensibly acting as nurse to
Mr.. Bravo was in reality nothing bet
ter than a procuress for the doctor.
Mrs. Bravo, who had become positive
ly infatuated with the old man, he was
over sixty years of age, but wonder
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11
The Richest Man of His Time.


AS the years went on Washington's
lands increased in value, and when he
dled' he was one of the richest men of
MS time. He owned lands and stock
and negroes, and his estates amounted
to thousands Of acres. He had houses
In Alexandria and property in Wash
lngton. He had valuable lands near
the present site Of Pittsburg. He was
throughout his life a money-maker,
and l was told at Alexandria that
when he was boy he got IS a day and
upward for his surveying. He put his
surplus money into lands, and an ad-
Vertisement in a Baltimore paper of
1173 states that he had 10000 acres Of
land for sale on the Ohio river. His
viii, which is now kept about twenty
miles from Washington, in the safe of
the old court house at Fairfax, Va,
gives detailed statement of every ar
ticle he possessed down to the calves
and sheep. His personal estate was
then put down at $500 900, and this in
cluded vast amount of tobacco, large
numbers of cattle, sheep and horses,
nearly all Of which he willed to his
wife. This will is now kept in a
wooden box, the top of which is cover
ed with glass.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11
A Great Eant.

my wife doesn't want to vote, but
she's what l call strong-minded." In
what direction?" well she can read
a doctor book clear through without
getting symptoms of any of the dis
eases. Brooklyn Life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

The nails of the Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length of eight
cen inches, being protected by long
silver cases.
Two persons will not be friends long
If they can not forgive each other lit
tie failinUs--La Bruyere.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

LID letters, Just I'M
earthed from the
archives of Column
bia unive sity,
throw a new and
charming light up
on the character Of
George Washing
ton. They show
that he was a
warm friend Of the
college and that
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11

more d. ~ COLLEGE,
o soc IIIt1s, = Of the lady and useful
View Wv !. MT. Calvert acquiesced in this
d, tn 7 PFC psoCable. In a letter of April
sinia W.. w, Dunmore, governor of Vir-
d tbe. washington bids him farewell
Quincy ~ "U[uS; The design of NV
un-in.l,t 70 New New York is to take nv
sga jf% IN, Mr. Custis, to Kings col
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-11
CIJSTIS WAS IN LOVE.
wAsHINoToN WAS OBLIGED TO
LET HIM MARRY.

shs Charms Of Nelly Calvert - They
We're More Potent Than the Aged
HERDS WIshes-OId Letters in Column
HAS Archives Reveal Facts.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23
PICTURESQUE GOWNS FOR THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE

NJ celebrated has long ngo led me to
the conclusion that they are pcrni-
cious In their Influence. II r. an enort
on the schools part to challenge pub
lie attention by the show II makes In
the CLOSING exercises. outsiders who
do not know how commandments are
prepared In most schools. how teach
ers toll for weeks Beforehand to make
the most Of the pupils literary efforts.
even 10 entirely rewriting the com.
menccmcni thesis. essay. poem or ora
tion. would ma admiration Tor these
EMISSIONS considerably lcsscncd n
they knew the truth. After The best
that can be- done has been accom-
piishud with the written pnrt Of tho
work the commencement performer
goes through weeks % the most ardu-
oua driii under the ulocutl0n teacher.
Every position. every gesture. every
word ard tone IL studied until there
r. no moro originality IN the atudcntn
work than In a patchwork quilt The
participants nre supposed not 10 tel
that thcy had any help In their work
"a fnn groundwork for the cncour-
nrrmfnt Of deceit
Tho choosing " the young women
who arc 10 appear before the public
IN most educational inrtliutions D. a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23

20 graduates. each one Il anxious that
she shall not be neglected. and her
friends often tax their resources So
vercly NJ this time OF the year TO sup
ply n half dozen fair girl friends with
appropriate floral tributes on tho day
OF graduation.
In this atmosphere there Il little 10
bencfit the student. and those schools
In which the students take no part In
the public exercises ut closing have
adopted a sensible plan.
Fortunately at present the tendency
is TO reform such wrongs. Commence
mont exercises are being made more
interesting IN the majority of the
guests aud the students themselves by
having distinguished persons instead
u students make the addresses. The
graduates therefore have only to con-
slider what to wear. and apropoa Of
that Il II interesting TO know that the
fashion % the present season com-
mands pure white garments. cream
or ecru ones being not CONNIE u faut.
Thin. rauzy materials are tho most
modish. shlrfing. tLcking friilinT and
applications OF lace and insertion
rcfye TO make them ns elaborate as
the purse viii admit silk and wool
poplin. nuns yelling. challlc, bcregca.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23

Of scrvitudc that centuries OF cmancI-
patton find Il hard TO wipe out.
To certain extent care OF the hands
viii eradicate hereditary traits. II IN
not possible to change the shape OF the
hands. but II IL possible 10 modify the
quality 81 the texture Of tho akin. OF
course the original youthful hand Il
what I have been referring 10. not az
modified by the owners individual toll
The dlsngurcd hand Of baseball play
Ct. % courro. N no Indication OF the
character of the owner or his forbcara.
Many men and womcn otherwise re-
Tatdful Of their Appearance are alto.
rcthet negligent about their hands
There n nothing that 20 surely indi-
Gates lack 81 innate refinement as
black rimmcd. ~ kept nails and noiicd
hands
A ahapely hand IL the Rift Of nature.
hut an unshnpcly one II ns often as not
the result of cnfclerrnear. He'd and
puny ones result from wearing gloves
which are too tight. The best gloves
10 wear are those OF Md. buckakin, doe
skin and the like. N comfortable
glove "a not selected. the blood will not
circulate.
Excessive bicycle practice. ilftlng
heavy objects and constantly wearing
rlnga that are too small will Inevitably
result In Disagreement bracelets worn
10 tight as TO aifcct the circulation or
70 loose ~ to rub the wrist Joint win
prove Injurious.
Violent handwriting II Injurious and
for this rcaHon u avoided by many pco.
pie 10 public ne.
Partisan women bosiow much care on
their hands and have acquired a fcpu.
tatlon for the beauty Of their appear.
anro,
Hard water n sure TO injurc any skin.
hand or face. Great care must be taken
IN the selection ~ soap. III made creams.
too. injvrr and rcddcn the skin and pro-
duco ieathery appearance. Pure soap
u white In color. and itH best odor IL
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23
WIN Yon Marcy Me.

Few women outside OF royal person.
nges ever popped the question" 10 a
man. and perhaps only one has had m,
experience Of being rejected by a man
without having proposed 10 him. That
there was ono II evident from tho pub.
llshcd memoir of Or. Jowctt Of oxford.
The master Of nallioia personality VA,
potent and penetrating. nnd good Won.
IN felt It's fascination. An UNDERGRAD.
uatc was III In the college. and his sls.
ter. coming 10 oxford 10 nurse him. was
invited by DR.. Jowctt 10 stay NJ nj.
house. Che received from him The ~.
most kindness and attention and when
leaving said. with much hesitation. that
she would venture TO nak very great
favor. She again hcsltatcd. Tho mas.
ter grew uneasy and looked lnterrora.
tive.
"wiil you marry me7" ut las, shs
asked.
lie paced up and down. bluuhcd deep.
~ and replied.
That would not be good either for
you or me-"
"oh. OH" exclaimed the young won.
mn. blushinR even more deeply. II meant
TO say I am going TO be married. and
would you perform the scrvieof''
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23
why women Ar. so Peculiar.

She can laugh with her lips. mako a
man think she II the mcrrieat crlcks, In
the world. while her eyes are full " IN.
shed tears ana her heart IL beating az
" u would burst. She can forgive q
great sin like an angel and naF man
about a petty vice like a fury. She can
do up old frockH and wear them with a
cheerful heart that she may help some
body. and she can spend the lfst money
that she really feels she can use Tor
herself In going 20 n matinee or on
sweets when she needs n new pair %
shoes.
She can quiet baby with one or two
rcnHuurinE pats when. a man might nj.
most knock the life out 81 II. give u a
whole bottle ~ soothing strip. and IL
would stiii be open eyed and aggressive.
She can cry out her troubles on n mans
shoulder and feel q relief that IL only
possible from masculine help. and ten
minutes later she can laugh In that
mans face and wonder what men were
made for.
What can't she do, She VIII never he
able to resist either the man or the baby
who has got the love Of her heart.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23

the perfect nttlng stays would be chic
and stylish.
standard eorrets are made Of four
matcrihis-hforhr hatiste. emhroldcr-
ca hatintc ana French and domestic
coutlia The last are the least eNpen-
nivr. ranging In price from - 20 so.
Embroidered hniirte comes hlsh. cost.
Ink anywhere from - 90 80. Al
styles are supplied with atOoklug sup
portcrs aud hooks. which are often
times gold. for holdlng down the pet
ticoat, Fashions In cofHcta change
each year IN accordance with the
thew figure" which makes lis annual
debut Last year the lines " the Venus
DC Miio were followed, showing a hlH
waist. nm unsupported bust, uniram-
mol,d hips ana altogether sort OF
frce ana easy Wahhlc. which IN polite
pnrlnncc was called the natural hr-
urc" To produce this eject. curaefs
were cut very low IN front. short on
the hips and nphfHrly huncd.
This season marks rcyulHlon ~
feeling ana We nlu M slender, vase
Ike proportions. 60 bring about such
result aud conform a she require
montT of Hheathlike nklrta and tunr-
parent bodies We have with o.
a slim corset In which 60 mold
the fashionable figure Of 1879. The
corset In question has an absolutely
straight front. which crowds down mo
abdomen. being assisted in this duty
by strong stocking supporter nt-
tachrd either side n tho middle aieels.
~ 10 pulled down over the hips and
measures two Inches longer than
those uf laft year This chaucteriV-
tic has tendency 10 rush the hips
back. rlving the Nat front 30 dtl.rn-
hln The uppcr portion Of the new
corset BE- also of rrrsiar Dimensions
AMI inrllnes 90 hold tho bust up This
combination of whnlrhuno ami coulll
produces that toppliug tower oncct
which makes me fclr that the min
back" lH 10 De- refurrrcted from tho
dead aHhor NJ dlrgncotui past
The furcruinr is an outline VI tho
accepted model. which is lrnrihanad
or shortened a. suit the figure of tho
purchaser These pnlnu are decided
hy the manager of the department.
who lnstructn the after iu regard TO
alterations, losing no line of grace
thereby, There IN an tho. style. somc-
what longer. built on the same plan
ana designed Tor women who would
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23

photographs seem TO have almost had
their day. TO judge from the well fur
nlshed drawing rooms and sitting rooms
one enters nowadays. No longer u the
plano a sort ~ stall. such a. one see.
NJ charity bagnnrr. simply covered and
Uttered with photographs and frames Of
every description. but In their place one
sees q delicate water color on an easel
q rare piece OF china or some other OBJ
jcct Of art. And the reason for thls
change n not far 10 seek, for, although
Il IA true that photograph may posti'
bly, be an object OF art. yet the majority
can hardly come under that Designations
70, though we may htill like photo
grnphs OF those we love. TO recall their
features tn our memory. yet they are
now generally TO be found shut up In an
ornamental box. ready TO bc shown when
asked for. or else we keep them In our
own especial sanetum for our eyes only
or for those OF our Intimate friends VINO
trcspaaA there.