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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-12
AVOCA.

BERTHE, the 3-year-old son of Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Charles Johnson, of the West
Side. died at the residence Of James
Tougher on Wednesday morning, af-
ter two days illness Of membraneous
Group. The case is a particularly sal
one. The mother Is suffering from
temporary insanity and is undergoing
treatment in Danville asylum. The
father is left to care for three children,
but the relatives have taken consider
able interest in their welfare and little
BERTHE had been taken in charge by
Mrs. Tougher. The funeral took place
yesterday afternoon.
j. f.. Conaboy and Edward Murphy
are candidates for burgess on the DEM
ocratic ticket
T. J. Dunn is a candidate for coun-
Gilman in the Second ward.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Langcliffc cemetery John Connor was
elected superintendent, to succeed ].
II. Anderson. All business relative to
the cemetery will be transacted
through Mr.. ConnOr.
Miss Edwards. of Hyde Park, began
her duties as teacher in vocal music
in the schools.
The Elite orchestra will furnish mu-
sic at the Red Mems ball on Monday
evening.
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NORTHEASTERN
Pennsylvania

to Begin to Sing" How to get them
to quit is still an unsolvcd problem.
A drunken man is seldom injured
by a fall, and he probably isn't by Il
spring--if the water is good.
The best cure for drunkenness is.
when sober to observe drunken man.
IN A LINE OR SO.
Considerable money exchanged hands
In Susquehanna on the result OF the
McGovern-Dixon fight.
The census ought to have been taxi
en- in Montrose on Tuesday.
1t Is said that the Mormons cap
tured one convert in Susquehanna
county. She was the fool of the fami-
ly.
There are rumors that Honesdale
editor will soon commit matrimony.
1t is in order for certain temperance
people to stop fighting the political
parties and to begin to wage war
upon the water company combines.
There may come a time when the poor
man cannot afford to drink city water.
OF necessity he will be compelled 10
drink the cheaper beer.
Since the county commissioners
placed a bounty of 81 upon their
scalps. Susquehanna county wildcats
cannot sleep nights.
All agree that the recent execution
in Susquohanna county was "su"-
cess" There ought to be more OF
them. Whitney.
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THE MARKETS.
Wall Street Review.

New York. Jan. 1l.--Today's stock mar
kct was characterized by considerable
speculative activity on the part of the
bear contingent. The raid, however, was
restricted to a small number of stocks all
them in the list of what are called spc-
cihlties, including the New York city
public utilities and the older hign pri, cd
industrials. There was positive der,oral-
ization in these active stocks, in con-
uast to the fairly firm undertonc of the
general list and especially the railroads.
The occasion of the raid or induslrials
was, of course, yesterdays ut:erancos
by the president OF the American Sugar
Refining company. The friends of other
stocks in the industrial list made strcn-
uous efforts to diffontiate their move-
ment from that Of Sugar and marked
them up brishly at the opening in face
of the violent break in the price of the
stock named, but the bears met this
and with such confidence that one after
another of the spccialties crumbled in
price and fell through storm of dis
lodged stop loss orders. Even the rail-
earlier gains in that department were
generally wiped out. The only prominent
railroad stock in which the net declines
icached Il point were Baltimore and Ohio,
burlington, Missouri Pacific, Pcnnsyl-
vania and Delaware and Hudson. Lack
awanpG declined points. The rally be-
fore the close reduced all net declines in
the railrCa ads to fractional limits and re-
The courCe of Sugar was extremely err
ratic and feverish all day At the low
level ii was ever points below last niSht
and "a below the low level in the Decent
Der panic Its net loss Is six. All of the
New York traction and lighting shares
were severe sufferers Metropolitan show
ing AN extreme decline of 9is, brooklyn
Transit ana Third Avenue 6i.. The Gas
stocks, Manhattan, Peoples Gas, To-
bacco, Federal Steel, Sugar preferred and
Tennessee Coal were off from 3 to A.
The borrowing demand for Sugar sent It
to Il premium in the loan crowd before
the close. \ large prepondcrancc of the
total dealings was made up by this group
Of spccialtics. At no level of prices were
there any activity in railroad stocks.
Total sales, jIi 500 shares. The bond
market was dull but held firm through
out. Total sales, par value, Sl,.,J, ,o0
United States old Is coupons declined ~.
Is registered as and do. coupon and old Is
registered a in the bid price.
The following quotations are furnished
The Tribune by NJ. s, Jordan & Co,
rooms 105-oG Mears building. Telephone
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He only Repeats What Has Been
Said Around the Globe.

1t has been demonstrated repeatedly
in every state in the union and in
many foreign countries that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is a certain pre-
Nentivc and cure for Group. 1t has
become the universal remedy for that
disease. NJ. V. Fisher, of Liberty. -.
va, only repeats what has been said
around the globe when he writes II
have used Chamherlain's Cough REM
edy in my family for several years
and always with perfect success. We
believe that it is not only the best
cough remedy. but that it is sure
cure for Group. 1t has saved the lives
OF our children number of times. This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
Matthews Brothers, wholesale and re-
tail agents. ~
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THOMPSON.
Special to The Scranton Tribune.

Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Thompson, Jan. 11.--G. n. Barnes
was in Forest City Monday on busi-
ness.
Rev. Il. II. Tower was doing busi-
ness in Susquehanna ara calling on
friends in Laneshr"o MOlday.
Mrs. y. Il Mcintosh. of Starru2ca,
spent Monday with her daughter.
Bertha. at c. NJ. Lewis.
G.. w. Newton and wife. Of Oregon.
ILL.,, after two weeks visit at her
sisters Mrs. VIII Whitney. N the
township. leave for Scranton tomor-
row, where they will visit his brother.
James McMnn, of North Jacks N,
is seriously i'll at this writing. His
sister. Mrs. Hlocs. IF Duumorc. and
his sister-in-law, Mrs. McMinn, of Car
bondale, are helping to care for him.
He is native of South Caanan,
Wayne county.
Durham Pickering, an aged resident
of Gclatt. dropped dead there Monday.
He was highly esteemed by all VII ,
knew him.
The officers OF Frank Hall post ana
those of the Relief corps of said post
were installed YESTERDAY at Il joint in
stallation service in Grand Army of
the Republic hall.
Captain Hall, of Susquchdnna, came
up to install the officers and was en-
tertained by his sister. Mrs. Il. +.
Barnes.
Miss Nellie Clancy of Susquchlnna
after two days visit with friends
here, returned to her home on the
evening train Yesterday.
Mrs. Smith. of the Jefferson house,
is conf'nc! to her bed with rhcuma-
tisr.
Mrs. George Curtis. of Horrick Cen
ter returned to her horne today after
visit of several days with rclativ 3
here.
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TUNKHANNOCK.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune
Tunkhannock. Jan. 1.-THE stock
holders of the Laceyville Bridge COM
pany held a meeting at the Mingos
House in Laceyville on Wednesday
evening for the purpose of organiza-
tion. The following board Of directors
were elected: Dr. d. w. Sturdevant.
j. O. Mingos, r. ii. Brick, j. b. Ed
wards, 5. Bois, T.. A. Perkins and
q. y. Fasseti. This board of direc-
tors then organized by electing DR.. d.
w. Sturdevant, president: j. o. Min
gos, vise-president; =. Fl. Brink, treas
urer and j. b. Edwards, secretary.
Charles T.. Terry. of Wilkes Barre,
was in Tunkhannock on Thursday.
The pension examining board of wy
oming county met at the Packer House
on Wednesday. Doctors Heller, of
Factoryville: Sturdevant, of Lacey
VILE, and Bardwell, of this place,
being irhattendance.
c. a. Lisk, of Facroryvile, was in
town on Thursday.
Ex-Sheriff \. G. Gregory, of Meshop-
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Philadelphia Gram and Produce

Philadelphia, Jan. 11.-Wheat-Firm !;
contract grade. January. 69a7c. Corn
Firm and &c. higher; No. 2 mixed. Janu-
ary. 312a3ialc Oats-Steady; No white
clipped, 3liaa313lc.; No. do do. 3oa30iac |;
No mixed do. 30c. Potatoes-F'irm !;
pennsNlvania choice, per bushel, 63c. !;
New York and western do. do. do. 6(,a
&c; do. do. fair to good. do. 55a'Sc. But
tcr-Dull and easier; fancy western
creamery. 29a29i2c. do. prints, 30c. Eggs
Quiet but steady; fresh nearby, 19c. I;
do western, 19c.: do. southwestern, 1Sc. I:
do southern. 1sc. Cheese-Firm. Refined
Sugars-Firm; good demand. Cotton
Firm and l-16c. higher; middling uplan ands.
!A4c. Tallow--UnchanEed city prime, in
hogsheads &c: country do. do, bar
rels. 5a5isc.: dark, do. 4ssc.: cakes, 54a
hisc.: grease, 3aissc. Live Poultry
Steady: fair demand; fowls. Gale; old
ROSTERS. 6isa7c.: spring chickens, Saoc. (:
ducks. 10a11c.: geese, 9a11c.; turkeys, So
a2c. Dressed Poultry UNCHANGED; fowls.
choice. 9lsc.; do. fair to good Slaa9c.; old
roosters, &C.; chickens, nearby. Gallo. ;
western do. large. 10al1c. medium do.
9a9lac.; small do. 7aSc.: turkeys, choice
to fancy, 10a11c.: do. fair to good, 9a9lac.
inferior do. Ease; ducks. 1Oa1lc.; geese,
sa9c. Receipts-F'lour, 4,5oo barrels and
1000 sacks; wheat, 5000 bushels; corn. 3d.
600 bushels; oats. 1l.000 bushels. Ship
mehts-Wheat, 5000 bushels; corn, $4,000
bushels; oats, 1000 bushels.
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Chicago. Jan. 1l.-Cattle-Good fat ma
tive steers, strong to lOc. higher; others,
steady: Texans. strong: feeders. about
medium. $ia5; mixed stockcrs. S3a3.S5 Sc
lected feeders, s4.2oa475; good to choice.
cows, SiOai75: heifers. $3.50ai.?0; can-
ners, 50. 2aa3; bulls, $2.6Oa4.5o calves. $3.50
a76O; fed Texas beeves. $t25a525. Hogs
5aloc. higher; closed steady; good clear
ances; highest prices for three months
mixed and butchers. N.S5a4.60 good to
Si.S5a4. 40; light. SL30ai52i.; bulk of sales,
$.i5ai.6o Sheep-Good sheep, strong;
lambs. Ice lower; rative wethers. 4i0a
i30: lambs, $i50a6.20; western wethers,
Si.30a4.15; western lambs. s5J0a6.l5. Re-
ceipts--Cattle. 800 head; hogs, 1000
head; sheep, 11.0O0 head.
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New York Grain and Produce.

New York. Jan. 11.-F'lour--Quiet but
firmer, not being pressed for sale. Wheat
Spot firm; No. 2 red, 75Acal. T. o. =.
afioat prompt (nominaD; No. 2 red. 73l,c.
elevator; options steady and for a good
part Of the session displayed considerable
firmness and the market closed haasc.
net advance: March closed 15i4c. May.
!37sc.; July, 1850, Corn-Spot firm; No.
.. 4lasc. f. %. b.. afioat and issc. elevator,
options opened steady ana advanced,
closing firm at l4c. net advance: Janu-
AIRY closed i0c.; May, a9ssc.; Oats-Spot
irE;: No. .. 29c, No. g. 2>i2c. No. white,
a2r. No. white Gle. track mixed west
ern, 29a20iac.; track white, 3la35c. options
duh and uninteresting. ButterSteady:
western creamery, 25aS0c. do. factory, II
a23c.; June creamery, oia?Slac.; imitation
creamery, l?a26c state dairy, 22a2Sc.; do.
creamery. 25a3lc CheeSe-Firm; fan
made fancy. 12'lal2c.; fall made fancy
large l2alai3c.; late made large. ll2al2c.; ;
small late made. 12al2i.c. Eggs-Firm; /;
state and Pennsylvania, 2Oc. western un-
graded. at mark, l4alSc.; western, 20c.,
loss off.
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Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE wheat market
steaded today by the Liverpool advance
ard the frmncss of provisions. May clos
Ing isahc. over yesterday. Corn close!
hc. up and oats unchanged. final fig
urcs in provisions were l0all,ac. UP. Cash
quotations were as follows: Flour
Steady: No. 3 spring wheat G2i4a66isc. !;
No. yellow. 3ltsc.; No. . oats. 22ssa23ilc. ,
No. white, 25,i ,ia2ilac. No. 9 white. 2+sa
a25i4c.; No. rye, 5liaa52'ac.: No. 2 bar
ley. 3Saiiiac.; Nc. flax seed and north
a1O.G7,a; lard. Sj.7;a5.9O; ribs. s5.6Qa5.S5; !;
shoulders. 5iaa5a&c.; short clear sides. $3.50
a5.Sj; whiskey, sl.23,.; sugars, unchanged.
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Scranton Wholesale Market

Corrected by II. q. Dale, q Lackawanna
Avcnue.)
Butter-Creamery. 2la21c.; print, 25a
&c. dairy. tubs, 2Gc.
Eggs-Select western, 16&c.: nearby
state, PC.
Cheese-Ful cream, new, 1870.
Beans-Per bu., choice marrow, $3.50;
medium, So; pea, $2
Onions-Per bu., 45c.
Potatoes--Pcr bu., soc.
Lemons-s3. 50a3.75 per box.
Flour-Si3O
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Buffalo Live Stock Market.

East Buffalo. Jan. 1l.--Cattle-Receipts
one carload dull and lower grades very
slow. Hogs-Receipts, Is cars; 5al0c.
higher; Workers, $L60ai65; light, $t.55a
AGO; pigs. N.A5a4.5o: mixed, $685. me-
diums and heavy. S465ai70. Sheep and
Lambs-Rcceipts, % cars; steady; lambs.
wethcrs si7Oa5; yeariings, si75a525; culls,
to fair $3ai.2J.
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East Liberty Cattle.

East Liberty, Jan. 1l-Cattle-Steady;
extra. s.. 75a6; good, sj.20a5.i0 common,
s2a3,60. llogs- Slow prime mediums, S4.GO;
heavy hogs Sl.55a 40; best Workers $40
ai,a5; light Workers and pigs, Siioai.5o;
youghs, s3ai Sheep--Firm; choice weth-
crs. Si10liSO; common, S2a3: choice
laTlbs. G,loaG2j; common to good, s5Oa6;
veal calves, $1a1.15.
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New York Live Stock.

New York. Jan. 11.-Beev ves-Nothing
doing; feeling dull. Calves-Veals, steady
at $4,jOas.2J; barnyard calves. slow at
S2.50a3. SheeD-Steady; lambs, slow !;
steady to l0c. lower: common to prime
sheep. $3a i.62i2; medium to choice lambs,
$6a6..5. Hogs-Slow and weak at Si.65a
i.SO; western pigs, stG5a4.75; good to
choice state do, 81. .75ai.S5.
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Oil Market,

oil City, Jan. 1l.--Credit balances. sl.G6:
certificates, .66la bid: shipments. s9.t5I
barrels; average. S5.5Ol barrels; runs, lV5,-
0ii barrels; average. Si,l l5s barrels.
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20 YEARS OF VILE CATARRH.-Chas,

20 YEARS OF VILE CATARRH-Chas.
o. Brown, journalist of Duluth. Minn..
writes: ~ have been a sufferer from
Throat and Nasal Catarrh for over 20
years. during which time my head has
been stopped up and my condition truly
miserable. Within Is minutes after using
DR.. Agnews Catarrhal Powder obtained
relief. Three bottle have almost, II not
entirely. cured me-" For sale by Mat
thews Bros. ard w. 7. Clark-92.
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To Cure a Cold in One Dav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. T.. w. Groves sigma.
ture is on each box. csc. -
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JUST BETWEEN US.

Don't Judge man by his failure in
life, for many man fails because h4
Is too honest to succeed.
1t Is healthy up in the Ararat Sec
tion, where you can often see rain
storm below you. \ man doesn't feel
under the weather." up there you
know!
Trust in God-but try and not stun +.
BILE yourself.
n nearby newspaper has an elabor-
ate article for amateur vocalists, "Hov
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GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHING
Of a guest he would pay him the coInI
aliment of listening TO him nntlt af affar |

Of guest he would pay him the COM
oliment of listening to him until after.
nine o'clock, or even Of lighting him
with the candle to a bedroom for the
night. = Mrs. Washington at this time
was healthy, pleasant and 5unosten-l
tatious slittle woman, still showing
traces Of good looks and with seldom
any other thought than of playing re-
specially her role of mistress Of the
house Of q country gentleman, Of car.
ing for the negroes. or OF amusing her
self with her knitting, She had great
pride in her receipt for making cherry
bounce aud on midsummer day
she cut out thirty two opairs Of breeches
for the men working on the,farm. She
had said that she and the General felt
like children just released from school
when he left the Presidency, and she
told of her satisfaction in settling down
again to the tduties of an old.fashioned
Virginia housekeeper, steady as clock,
busy as bee, and cheerful as q
cricket" = go ~
, Nellie Custis occupied no small
share of Washingson's afectionate
thought after his return to Mount
Vernon. He had charged the young
girl kindly not to fall in love with
any invader" of her heart until she
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guns doomed from schooner On the
Potomac. When the body was car
ried into the vault the infantry and
the cavalry fred three Eolleys,' and
eleven pieces of artillery were stimuli
taneously discharged as the rays ofthe
sun of short winter day were turn
ing into the shadows of twilight. a
fsThe news of Washington's death
travelled rapidly over the country day
by day. Wherever it went it pro-
duced an exhibition of public grief
such as had never before been known
in the Republic. ..,tss s;s..
It was proposed on the part Of the
National Government that the body OF
the patriot should be taken from the
vault at Mount Vernon and laid away
in the newscapital on the banks of the
Potomac. The widow gave her con-
sent to Congress, but the change was
never made. v-., "a q. S5i3S
Only little more than two years
passed away and the tomb at Mount
Vernon was again opened. There, in
the white gown which the venerable
little woman had set, aside for herlast
dress, was tenderly, reyerently and
regretfully laid the body OF Martha
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had competent knowledge Of his
character, especially whether he was
a man of sense, 'for be assured O
sensible woman can never be happy
with q fool" what his walk of life,
the extent OF his fortune and. above
all, the honesty OF his affections.
Washington's own wish seems to have
been that Nellie GUSTS would marry
his favorite young nephew, Lawrence
Lewis, and among the last OF the
festivities which Washington presided
over at Mount Vernon was the we'd
ding of the couple in February, 1899.
Nellie wanted him to appear in Gil the
magnificerce Of the new uniform, with
gold lace and white plIlmes, which
the War Department had just de-
signed for him rs C. General. Tie
old chieftaiu was unwilling 20 have
himself bcdeched in the trappings OF
his latest military rank. But when
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IN ARMS AND SEGHBORs
REMAINS OF WASHINGTON

description Of his estate, which he
valued, or rather, perhaps. underval-;
ued, at $3.50, 200.
It was about this time that he spent
his last Fourth OF July at Alexandria.
There he was received by the militia
,nen of the town, whom he reviewed,
after which nc d:ned with party Of
citizens and was hailed as the "Cin-
ciMnatus OF America"
The wish OF Washington, which in
dicated the possible apprehension OF
burial alive, was &"~GpaloHsly OBJ
served after lis death. The body had
been placed in mahogany coffin lined
with lead and Enclosed IN 9 ca*c COW
cred with black clotn. Tho rites OF
scnuiti,rr were shGTt and Simple. !
little procession vas formed 10 @&rcA
from the house to the family yaalt. Il
consisted OF the troops from .ileSan-
dria, musicians, four clergymen. the
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Restowinp the Victoria Cross.

I asked the officer in charge of the
medal branch of the British War
Office how Victoria Cross was OBJ
tained after it had been won.
"Why, there isn't so much red tape
about it as you would fancy" he
said. "The action as reward for
which the cross is given must be per-
formed in the presence of the enemy" !"
and it is desirable that the superior
officer of the man who distinguished
himself should have witnessed it. 1t
happens sometimes, however, that no
officer is present, and is case like
that the candidate must prove by his
companions that he really did do
what he asserts that he did. When
his immediate superior is satisfied
that he ought to be rewarded he
writes an account of the business and
hands it to the officer in command OF
the forces and he indorses the papers
and sends them on to the War Office.
Here they are laid before Lord Wolse.
ley, Commander in Chief, who passes
upon them and decides to which ap-
plicants the Cross should be given.
"Of course the Cross goes most
often to q soldier, sailor or marine,
and when it happens that the for
tunate man is is England he receives
his medal from the hand of the Queen
herself. If he is in the field, however,
or on shipboard, he receives his dec,
oration from the General or Admiral
LIN chief command on the semi-annual
inspection day and in the presence OF
1.-The men who were at the scene OF his
exploit. "-Cprrespondence New York
L Praaa. Il =. aaaa -
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Surveyed by Washington.

The Dismal Swamp Canal, which
was originally surveyed by George
Washington, but which has been prac.
tically disused for hundred years,
was reopened for business on October
II. ,rhe canal extends from q point
near Norfolk, Va, to the Pasquotank
River, in North Carolina, q distance
of twenty-five miles. 1t 10 ten feet
deep and eighty feet wide. By the
use of the canal small vessels that do
not draw over, ten feet Of water can
avoid the psrilous outside trip around
Hatteras and its treachefous shoals
TopekpState Journal.
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why Her Letters Were Not Delivered.

why Her Letters Were Not Delivered.
The Postofice Department has been
bothered aHgreat deal lately by GER
tsin woman who has been complain
ing about the mails to Manila and the
apparent neglect to deliver the letters
she has been sending to her sweet
heart, who is a soldier in the army.
So persis tent were her complaints that
the department determined to pay
cable tolls on an inquiry to Manila to
find out why the twenty-five letters
the woman claimed she had mailed
had not reached the soldier. The in
quiry has just been answered b y the
postal officials in the Philippines. The
report states that the soldier was
traced to the firing lines and acknoWi,
edged receiving his letters. He said
he had not only received his mail
promptly and regularly, but that ne
had received twenty-five letters from
woman who insisted upon writing to
him, although he did not intend to-
answer her.-Washington Correspon'
dence New York Mail and Express.
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ne came into the presence OF the
bridal party Nellie had to throw her
arms around his neck, for there he
was in the good old blue and buff OF
the Continental Army, with black
ribbon cockade and a cooked hat, the
uniform in which he had planned and
fought SO many battles. He was fond
of the buffand blue.
He rode about his farms in the hot
summer, surveying, carrying his COM
pass himself; his dress suitably plain
drab, q, great round hat on his head,
an umhrellatfxed in the saddle. He
was quietly collecting and digesting
items for his. will, and for the minute
directions heswas writing to his agent
for the conduct of the estate for sew
eral years TO come. If belated, he
galloped home at round pace in time
for the g.ready-for- dinner bell.
His library contained more than
eight hundred volumes, but his read
ing was chiefly ION agricultural sub
jects, and one Of his hobbies was that
the Governments should Established a
National Board dof Agriculture. Often
he stripped off his Coat and worked
with his farm, hands when they were
hard pushed 81 When he footed up
the expenses and the receipts Sof his