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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

So ..>:es. with apparent satisfaction, the num-
Der and style Of persons at these receptions
One Saturday he writes: Walked to my
newly engaged lodgings to fix on spot for
new stable which was about to build.
Agreed with - to erect one 30 feet square,
Is feet pitch. to contain twelve stalls, etc, for
f65."e -, ..,...sg .l.4s 33tl 49, .s. s4s"t
Along with these homely notes are memo-
randa Of state affairs and records Of weighty
During his terms Of ONCE Washington made
tour to the New England and Southern states
Soon after Washington's retirement to
Mount Vernon he wrote to McIenry let
ter, which gives good picture Of his life
as he took it up again on his farm. 81 ind
myself" he says, Tin the situation nearly OF
beginner: for, Although have not houses
to build Except one, which I must erect
for the accommodation and security OF my
military, civil and private papers, which are
voluminous and may be Interestingly, yet ]
have scarcely anything else about me that
does not require considerable repairs. In 4
word, am already surrounded by joiners,
mason1. and painters, and such Ii my anxiety
to get out Of their hands that have scarcely
4 room to put a~friend into or to sit In myself
without the music Of hammers or the odor-
ferrous scent OF paint" 1fi5s
Although General Washington easily
dropped back into the round Of country duties
plantation, which had always been pleas
ure to him, there is a touch OF WEAKNESS and
sadness In the letters he writes. Writing
again to Mr.. McHenry, he says: II begin
my diurnaT course with the sun; II my hire
lings are not in place I send them messages
Of sorrow for their indisposition. Having
put these wheels in motion, examine the
state Of things further; the more they are
prObed the deeper find the wounds which
my buildings have sustained by an absence
and neglect Of eight years. By the TIME
have accomplished these matters. breakfast
) "a little after O'clock is ready. This being
over, mount my horse and ride around my
farms, which employs me until It Is time to
dress for dinner, at which I rarely miss see
ing strange faces, come, as they say, out Of re-
spect for me. Pray, would not the word
curiosity answer as we'll? And, how different
this from few friends at q cheerful board.
The usual time Of sitting at table. a walk, and
tea bring me within the dayn Of candle light,
previous to which. IL not nrevented by COM
e0ati1 ued on 3nd Page.
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Wash1ngton's life at Mount Vernon before
The turmoils of war brought the bitterness
or Valley Forge and afterward the weight of
public cares presents pleasant picture ct
the Virginia country gentleman, And yet
there were not lacking, even in the orna-
ments OF the house, indications of the heroic
. mold in which its master was cast. When
Washington first settled with his wife at
Mount Vernon he ordered from Europe the
pusts OF Alexander. the Great, Charles XII
Of Sweden, Julius Caesar, Frederick of Prus-
sia, Marlborough, and Prince Eugene, and,
IN addition, asked for statuettes of two wild
beasts" First, his admiration is for tie
great soldier and statesman; next the recK%
less but brilliant military adventurer, and
last the exciting chase.
- Washington was married at e. Already
he was one Of the foremost mon Of the coun-
tEy. For him the myrtle and ivy were en-
twtned with the laurel, and fame was sweet
ened by youth He was righteously ready to
Qraw from life all the good things which fate
and fortune, then smiling upon him, could
oner, and he took his pleasures frankly and
freely, with an honest heart. One loves to
picture that gallant, generous, youthful dR-
hre, brilliant in color, and manly in form,
riding gayly on from ono little colonial town
to another, feasting, dancing, counting, and
making merry" '*5.@' ~'>= : 60, - ~ = =,
Three months after his marriage Wash
anEton settled down to the life Of q planter
1t beautiful Mount Vernon. Much Of the fur
nIsnlng TOT his house was ordered from Lon
don, and the selections denoted refinement
and an intense sense of propriety. He ap-
peared to have an unfailing instinct in every
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he exacted full and exact weekly report.
Once q week he wrote regularly to the man.
ager, relnarking on the report Of the preced-
ing week, and adding new directions. He
had not been. long in New York before he
found 1t necessary to establish rules for re-
ceiving visitors and entertaining company.
There was no precedent to serve as a guide
and the matter was one of considerable dell
1cacy and difficulty. The Vice President, Mr.,
gentlemen concurring, q set OF regulations
were adopted. Every Tuesday between the
hours OF and he was prepared to receive
luch persons ~ chose to call; foreign MIN
3stars, strangers, and citizens came and went
without ceremony. Every Friday afternoon
the rooms were open in like manner for Wis.
1ts to Mrs. Washington, which were. on still
more sociable footing, and at which Genera
Washington was always present. ~
:: He accepted no Invitations to dinner :-.~@c
NO visits were received on Sunday. In thu
morning the President uniformly attended
church. " '''s~'"-' - '"7f'',~t1ze 20. ~
!. washington here exercised the same care
In the management Of his household as at
Mount Vernon. All accounts were scrutin-
lied, and no extravaganza or waste permitted.
Hut with the strictist economy it is said that
600. ~ -
The diary which Washington kept here as
all through life, is most interesting, and gives
9 pleasant glimpse Of life in the capital Of
the United States at that day.
One DAY he writes: Sat from until II
o'clock for Mr.. Trumbull to draw my picture
In his historical pieces" Again: "Sat from
10 o'clock till II for Mr.. John Trumbull to
draw my picture. A good deal of company
(gentlemen and ladies) to visit Mrs. Washing
ton this Afternoon" In vary nanv nlacea
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PUMPKIN sw1NDLns IN OREGON.

Light on an Industry That Con-
tributes Wonders ut County Fairs.
Portland oregonian: LET no one open
his mouth from establishment the next
time ne sees big 100 or 200 pound pump
kin at a country fair. It's all a fake,
and the pumpkins are not on the square,
Thus spoke a man who had recently been
in Prtnev1Me, the pumpkin center Of Ore
gon. He further relieved his mind to an
Oregonian reporter as follows: "Now, 7
have always at country fairs looked with
Amusement at the monstrous squashes
and rutabagas and pumpkins, and thought
how great Is nature slightly aided by
mans skill in obtaining a high state Of
culture. But always thought these big
vegetables were square, not in form, but
that they were ON the square and now
l know that we have always been jobbed.
will you believe me when I tell you
that found a man out in Prineville who
had established an industry Of furnishing
pu an2kins Of a given weight to ambitious
farmers who desire to take prizes at the
county fairs? How does he grow them7
Simple enough, when you know how. This
pumpkin manufacturer feeds the pump.
kins milk, just good. rich milk, and when
the pumpkin has grown to the weight
called for in his order from the ambitious
farmer he cuts it from the vine and
turns 1t over to the one ordering it.
This is the manner In which he does
It: Every day he fills quart vessel with
milk. places 1t on the ground, and con-
meets 1t with a slit in the pumpkin vine
with rubber tube. The vine draws In
the milk by capillary or some other at
traction, and the vine thrives and 1t grows
to enormous proportions.
1T was extremely interesting to go
out in the evening to the pumpkin factory
and see the owner feed the pumpkins.
The vines had become so used to it and
appeared to like the milk so well that they
actually rustled as the man with the
milk approached, and the big, broad
leaves waved in transport of delight;
and, when the milk had been consumed,
the vines settled down for the night al
contentedly as a band of cows chewing
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VERY CLEVER MONEY! ETTER

posed copper pipe It proved to be wire.
Now, the puzzle IS to find when the
change took place, for there is no doubt
in the world that the wire was copper
pipe not five minutes before. Yet through
all this stormy scene Keely boiled with
righteous indignation and scorn Could
it have been that he persuaded Keely, the
inventor, to believe in Keely the charlie
tan? .,. 81.
1t almost seems incredible that one
should listen without laughing at some
Of the Munchausenlike statements made
oy kee1y. 1t was the grave face, the
earnest eyes, the enthusiastic manner of
the man which carried conviction. :.
,"Withia six months he said years ago,
"a train of cars may be run bet weei here
and Philadelphia at the rate of a mile a
minute by taking the power out of SO
mucr-wIrEr as VIII rest In ine calm of
my hand. Why, there IS sufficient power
In a bucket Of water to run steamer so
fast that she will split in two.''' ~
Only the accomplished manipulation can
make the farmer believe that it's an easy
thing to find under which shell the pea is
resting. Only man OF the Snowman in
stincts and the never failing nerve of
Kelly could have talked such condensed
nonsense with SO cerene face, It took
the GOODNESS Of a man who could tuggle
knives to keep the public at bay year
after year with the promise that his great
invention would soon be complete His
tactics were always those of the prestidi-
gatateur. IL he wished to keep his motors
from too close scrutiny he twanged a
timing fork, scraped a violin bow and
Always kept up a patter Of pseudo scien-
tho terms Imagine a scientist playing
Home Sweet Home on a harmontca for
the purpose OF distntegrating force suf1-
Gent to split a steamship in two. ''..-~
There was for years an eccentric char
acter IN Ohio known as the Immortal
j. N..&who Travelled free on all railroads
and paid NO bills, so earnestly did he
talk Of the time when he would assume
the pressure and lift the veil''
Keely was another Immortal J. H."
supplied with striking phrases of his own
making.
~. NJ" never assumed the pressure,
neither did he lift the veil. He was al
ways about to do so. Keely raked in the
money, had pew in church. lived in a
fine house among art treasures, while, to
use his own phraseology, he "annihilated
gravity, drove the revolving globe,
charged the vaporic generator and pro-
PEELED the harmonic engine" Like the
Immortal J. NJ he lived we'll while he
prepared for the great effort of his life,
which never came .
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"1ves impression OF Being the Hap


ptest Person in the World.
North American Review: The more nations I
make the acquaintance Of, the more deeply
confirmed get in this conviction, that the
Frenchman, with all his faults and shortcomings
Y the hagpiest man In the world Oh. course,
the wealthy classes have everywhere found the
way on injoying life, more or less but to the
observe Of national characteristics these classes
are uninteresting Good society is good society
everywhere. For study give me the masses
OF the people. And it is among the masses in
France that, after all, find the greatest amount
OF happiness The Frenchman is cheerful
philosopher. He knows best Of all how to live
and enjoy life. Moderate in all his habits. he
partakes of all the good things that nature has
placed at his disposal, without ever making q
fool Of himself
He understands temperance in the true &C,
ceptatiOn Of the word which means not total
abstinence, but moderation. When you say that
country has a temperate climate. you do not
mean that 1t has no climate at all; you mean
that 1t has climate which is neither too hot,
nor too cold. We have teetotalers because
We practically have no drllnkards. A FRENCH
man would be astonished to find thai tho
law prevented him from enjoying a glass OF
wtne because few imbeciles use wine to ret
drunk WITH he would find that the Law for.
babe him to use knives in his quiet and peace
fua home, because there a few lunatics who
use, knives to commit suicide with or to Kill
their fellow creatures. a-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

ckester's Cruiser, forty years ago. The
horses temper had deprecated his value
$4,000. For three years he had been aban-
1oned to himself Normented by huge bits
loaded with chains, his head was incased
In complication Of iron ribs and plates,
so that he had to procure his food by
licking it up with his tongue. Oppression
and cruelty had made him q demon. He
resented the app :oach OF any one by
fearful screams and wells Of hate and
fury He snapped an iron bar, an inch;
In diameter, I'm two pieces with his teeth.
The heavy planks that formed his prison
he frequently kicked into splinters. -
Cruiser, Think said Lord Dorches-
ter, in his challenge, ''mould be the right
horse In the right place to try Mr.. Rarey's
skill; and the sooner the experiment Is
made, the better. If he can ride Cruiser.
as hack guarantee him Immortality
and enough ready money to make a
British bank directors mouth water"
Il will tell you,' said Mr.. Rarey, in re-
counting this browning incident of his ca
reer, what happened at my first inter
view with Cruiser. I believe there is some
cause for everything a horse does. He
acts according to the Impressions on his
mind; Instead Of throwing cut stick to
1gnt him, when I first approached Crui.er
, threw open the door and walked in. He
was astonished at seeing this, and more
80 at my exhibiting no 1ear. He had on
his head a large muzzle, lined inside and
out with iron. He had worn II three
years. until It bored q hole in his head. r;
took 1T on, and he never wore II again >.
In three hours Lord Dorchester was able
20 ce0uaM Cruiser, and Rarey rode the
horse % a hack to London. Cruiser be-
came the property of hts tanner Tha
fortune OF Mr.. Rarey was made. All
classes. headed by the nobility. hocked
to his lectures and ; exhibitions: Lord
Plamerston opened the Subscription Hsts
60 Mr.. Rarey's private Instructions. given
In the riding academy Of the duke Of Wei.
l1ngton Queen Victoria was among. the
arsl TO express JOY at the regeneration Of
Cruiser, and to regret the hard usage to
which the horse had been subjected. Ere
quently she caressed the beautiful crea-
ture with her own hand, on the eve ~ 81
the marriage Of the princess royal Mr..
Rarey was invited by the queen to give
In the riding school at Buckingham pal
ace an exhibition before the royal guests
summoned to the wedding. The next daV
ne was honOred with an invitation to the
wedding at st. James palace
Under the favorable influence Of kind
treatment, Cruiser rapidly improved in
appearance. His rough, shaggy coat was
Festive in a royal purple silk bride. with
rosettes Of gold filigree, and the look OF
a war horse In his high-bred nostrils. he
followed his master through the capitals
of Europe. Everywhere throughout his
travels In the old world, Mr.. Rarey gave
free lectures and exhibitions to cab and
truck drivers. In his remarkable collec.s
ton OF souvenirs e q gold medal Of won
derfully fine workmanship, presented Mr.
Rarey by the Royal Society for the Pre-
yention Of Cruelty to Animals ~ -s
Z y q \. FiS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18
The PRECIOUS YELLOW METAL

me united states mas received fully its
share of the new gold production The
amount of gold In the country in 1893.
both In circulation and in the treasury.
was about $65OOOO, 600, and was only one
third of the circulation of all kinds of
money. The amount of gold in the coun-.
try has now risen to 1925, goo 900, and is
nearly half of the whole circulation. The
United States treasury holds about $245-
100000 and the New York clearing house
banks about $150,OOO,OOO. The effect of
repeating the silver purchase law was to
arrest the chief means of expanding the
currency with cheap money and to leave
gold as the chief means of expansion. The
result has been the absorption by the
United States of a large portion of their
own annual production Of nearly $50, OOO,-
600, and gold imports for the ten rlonths
ending with October, amounting to $780,
If the present rate of gold production
throughout the world continues, which
there IS no reason to doubt, the worlds
supply Of gold money will rise in another
year to $1,000, 100000. and the United
States will haze, more than $1,000, 900 600.
The treasury is already suffering embar-
rassment from the surplus Of gold and
the scarcity Of paper. The ordinary pay
ments have been made for some time IL
gold coin, and paper has been refused I'd
many applicants. -.--
Most Of the clearing house settlements
IN New York are now paid in gold.
whether the balance Is In FAVOR OF rne
government or against it. The banks are
80 loaded with gold that they turn it back
upon the treasury as fast as it Is re-
cetved. Mr.. Jordan, the assistant treasur-
or at New York. flnds the resources of his
clerical force taxed to the utmost in
counting, sorting and testing the uuanti-
ties OF gold which daily reach the SUBJ
treasury at New York. Even the treasury
at Washington has recently been swamped
With gold from the local banks, which
nave been ordered by their correspondents
to make deposits in return for shipments
OF currency. \The Office force has been
kept overhours counting and testing the
metal t... .e.t-..
+ The paper currency in the treasury has
shrunk to the narrowest limits, and the
department would be helples to meet the
demand for small notes if the crop-moving
season We're not practically" over The
legal tender notes held have fallen to
about SIS, OO0, OOO The customs payments
at New York are now being made almost
entirely in gold, and the first twenty DAYS
OF december have shown gold payments
amounting to 80 per cent OF the total pay
monts +.E
1t is evident, in any event, that neither
the United States nor the world is likely
to suffer in the future from the scarcity
OF gold, and that the establishment Of
the gold standard in British India would
not put severe strain upon existing
gold supplies
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1nlng 1or rna1 wn,cn IL appropr1a1e.. RIA
own dress his furniture. his harnesses The
things for his stepchildren. all disnIayed =.
love Of simplicity but with = 1anatant In
sistence that all should be Of the Bert 81. -
Washington's active life. n van m Lila
PLEASURES, was largely ont q door, IA
understood every branch Of farminr: lie roee
early, worked steadily. gave evaryfhine ~.
,ersonal silnervision kent bis ov.n e.ro,,nt.
Win wonlerf,,, Iavactne.. .na hS 1890
" = = = q = -
Ei<aey. >fe farmed, as he fought and governed.
better than anybody else. At that time he
appeared an evenly balanced sonar. and
solid pIanter -, = - = - -
Fl. ;,oths - ), ,,,,,.,. ,...-,.
his. were e,,ad 1,.tts =. ~. .on ~
Virginia could furnish He nae aat dou,n -,
the regi.tar h,m.aIt M ..t,sas ~ 800
hor.a... tor ~. w..,;n .o.s,o Io..n
Masno,,. 80, L ssn!,s ton c@rrlase:
Nv III n,vnar ~ D.ooa aet Ala u.a USED
Ecf.ldran and aaI,,,, thH, pon.ss !or tne
Ghi,Ll;n ~nu 1870 ny, .ne nisn-Dred hunters
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gently on till stirring public events diverted
Its course.
Washington's manner Of living and his con-
duct Of his private affairs while President
was naturally very different from that Of the
plantation days. However. everything he
did still evinced the simplicity and 1t the
same time the wonderful dignity and poise
OF his character s9ss' ss a5I
rre.n his chief nnanaear It Mount va-nnn
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18
THE CONVERSION OF CRUISER.
How an American Tanned the Most
X1c1Ous Horse In EaEland.

Under the title, IAN Invincible Horse
Tamer,'' Ida Rose McCabe rehearses in
the February St. Nicholas the story of
John s. Rarays career in America and
England as a breaker of colts and tanner
Of vicious horses. His most conspicuous
triumph was the tanning of Lord Dor
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18
Social Life of the President.

On court days he went to the courthouse
with other gentlemen to listen to the argu-
ments and hear the news. On his visits to
williamsburg his diaries tell US Of q round Of
dinners, calls, theaters, and on Sundays
church So the reasonable wholesome, and
handy current; Of life, at Mount Vernon moved
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18
FORTY PER CENT MORE GOLD IN
THE WORLD.

Nearly One-fifth of the Total sum Is
Held Right Here. dn the United
States-In Seven Years the Gold
IL Supply Has Jumped From 3,41j,-
6OO,OOO to Nearly $4,000, 900, OOO-
Careful Analysis of These Stu
peMlous Figures. .s,s
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Per cent Of

These figures show an inrcease in four
teen years Of 5,1s9. 100000 francs, or about
81, 600, oOO,O 600, in the gold reserves Of the
great European banks The Imperial
Bank Of Russia shows the largest in
crease, with gold holdings of 1905, 400, 600
francs In 1897, as compared with &c.,
100000 francs In 1893. 1t has been with
a view to establishing the new monetary
regime upon firm basis that the Rus
sian government has procured the 1896, :
100000 francs which 1t has accumulated
within fifteen years. After Russia comes
France, with an increase In gold hold
ings' Of 1,031 800, 600 francs; Austria Hun
gary, 569, 100000 francs; Germany, 4Q6,
100000 francs; England. A6,5OO 900
francs; Spain, 213. 3OO, 900 francs, and
Italy, 174,20O,O0O francs.
The largest supply of gold money in cir
culation as well as in the banks Is pos
sessed by France, where credit instru-
ments are used in limited proportions,
owing to the long monopoly Of the Bank
of France. The per capita gold supply
In France Is $21. O6. Germany has $12.7a
and the United States follows close be-
hind with $12.42. Great Britain has a lit
tie less gold per capita, and uses less
currency than either OF these countries,
because of the wide development of hel
credit system. These are the ranking
countries among the great commercial
nations. Some Of the gold producing
countries have a larger per capita supply
I OF gold money, but this is only an Incl
dent to the production Of gold for trans
1mieston abroad. Belgium sbass only $462
In gold and more silver per capita than
any other leading nation.
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p6GO, UO0,UoO to be ADDED to the monetary

$6GOOOO,UOO to be ADDED to the monetary
stock. III. ,.- ...- r.. ...-0.
An accumulation Of gold like this with
In so short period has changed the face
of the bimetallic discussion and is likely
to put an end to the complaint of a
scarcity of gold. An increase of 40 per
cent In seven years is in excess of the
increase in the volume of business or
the population of the great commercial
countries. It is an increase greater than
the combined increase in gold and silver
money only a few years back. The COM
bined gold and silver production of the
world as recently as 1885 was 1921, 600, 900,
but as much silver as gold was used in
the arts, and not less than 500, OOO, 900 of
both metals was thus employed. This
reduced the increase in the supply OF pi-
metallic money to $127, OO0, 900, as COM
pared with present increase Of gold
alone Of more than $500, 900, 600.
The evidence of the great accumulation
of gold is found in the condition OF the
great European banks of issue, which
have increased their supplies Of the yell
low metal in remarkable degree within
the last few years. A recent number Of
one of the leading Paris financial jour-
mails, lEconomiste European, gave the
following figures OF the gold reserve Of
all the European banks of circulation at
the close Of the year for several repre-
| sentative years: ..E
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WAS THE LATE JOHN ERNEST
WORREIiL KEELY, -

An Fact, He May Safely Be Pro-
nounced the Cleverest of His Day
AT Last All Doubt in the Minds
OF HIS Victims About the Charla-
tanr:y of the Motor Man Has Been
Hemoved-His Tricks of Magic
Another 'Immorta1 J. n" ~. s~a'@