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The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-27

substantial. 1t was not large, but neat;
one story and a half in height, with two
'front.' doors, and three windows in front
besides two dOrmer windows on the roof
AT these same dormer windows / have
frequently noticed her standing with her
country's flag floating gracefully and
beautifully from the same window"
Mr.. NiXdorff then describes her charac-
ter, and says;
II shall never forget her appearance as
she came into my store during the early
part of the war, leaning on her staff and
saying with great earnestness: DO not
for a moment despair; stand firm
often when she entered the store she
would ask: How do matters look for the
Union side?' Sometimes | had just heard
good news of a cheering character. and
when | would communicate il to her Joy
was manifested in the most fervent man
ner. Her whole frame kindled with emo
ton and her bright eyes sparkled with de-
light. At other times news of a sadden-
ing character had been received, and
when ! made it known to her | felt great
ly depressed. She would notice It at once
and remark, %, do not be cast down. It
will ali come right, | know it will. The
Union must be preserved, and remark
with the greatest emphasis, BE assured
that God takes care of His people and
He will take care of this country. | feel
perfectly satisfied that the Union of these
States will be preserved. / am sure that
il is Gods Will that the Union shall con-
tinue, and you know that nothing can
stand against that
II loved her, though aged and weak,
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The Pious Old Lady Like the Cocktails.

From the Philadelphia Record
This is the story Of Twin sisters, and the
deception practiced by one VINO is worldly
on the other, who prides herself upon ner
piety. Although they have reached the
age Of seventy, beth old ladies. until re-
Gently, have enjoyed the best OF health.
But of late one of the sisters, who is an
old maid and lives all alone over in West
Philadelphia, has been ailing a bit. This
is the pious one. The other sister who
is a widow, and has had her fling at the
world, advised tonic. You are all run
down" she said. what you need IS
something 10 brace you up and keep you
in good spirits. l will bring you some
medicine tomorrow" What the worldly
sister actually did was TO buy bottle ot
prepared cocktails and carefully wash the
label off. Nov" said she. as she pre-
sented il 10 the invalid. this Is very eX-
u-znsive. and | don't want you 10 give
a taste of IL TO 2 soul, Take II alt your
self. and take a wineglassful about every
three hours" The next day the widow
again paid visit 10 her old maid sister
and found a great state OF affairs The
old lady. who had never tasted liquor IN
her life before was in decidedly hllarlous
uOod. Il feel as young as DID nIty
wears ago" she confided to her sister.
..That tonic is the finest thing in the
world TIL need I.oicer bottle tomorrow,
Where can / buy it2''
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and treasure up as precious the words
/ heard her speak. If her country did
wrong, she would not forsake it, but en-
deavored to place it in the right True,
| she had lived more than ninety years of
| pleasure, pain, toll and tears, but it only
made her attachment take deeper root
for the cause of her country, the cause of
| truth.
The ALLEGED FLAG Incident.
| Describing what he personally knows
| of the alleged flag incident, Mr.. Nixdorff
says:
When the Confederate army, led bv
4 Gems. Lee, Jackson, and Others entered
| Frederick City on Saturday morning. Sep
tember 6. 1852. it is said that as they came
marching up East Patrick street Gen.
Jackson was in command, at least for
some time. II Is certain that their ap-
pearance did not occasion the uprising of
I the people that the Confederate generals
1 had been led TO expect. On Monday Sen-
| tember g. Gen. Lee issued his procIama-
ton 10 the people of Maryland, calling On
/ them to joint the South The iDyitation
| however, oId not receive the slightest re-
I sponse.
"On Wednesday morning. September 10.
1862, the Confederate army commenced
TO move out of Frederick City.
Gen. Jackson's corps was in the ad
vance. AS they passed out West Patrick
street / stood in the front window Of nv
dwelling, looking at regiment after regi-
| ment. clad in gray or brown uniforms. as
they marched past for several hours. So
intent was ] in noticing and rejecting on
this l&mentable action on the pars of the
people against the best government on
earth that lost sight OF what was going
on at Mrs Fritchie's. although her resi-
| dence was not z square distant from nv
own But this | do believe. that If the op-
portunlty were presented 10 wave the flag
she did not fail TO improve IT, for I do rot
think she would have taken a backward
step. though confronted by their entire
army.
Il am inclined TO believe. from inquiry
that Gen. Jackson on this dav did M,
pass By the dwelling of Mrs. Fritcbie II
appears that he left his soldiers a; the
east end OF the city 10 call on the Rev DIR
John z Ross. who resided on West Secoud
street. and 1t is stated that Gen. jackson
then rode on 10 what Is known as Baotz
street and reioined his soldiers by cor t,g
up portion Of Bentz street. COMMONLY
called Mil alley. which leads out into pat
rick street short distance beyond or on
the west side Of Mrs Fritchie's residence
measured the distance from Mil alley 10
her dwelling and found IL six.y-thtree
yards Grant that II vas not Gen. LACY.
son who uttered the famous words. might
Il not have been some other Officer In com
mand2 II so. IL would not change the
principle involved.
Il have however. no personal knowI-
edge OF fts occurrence. This | do know; |
was called for a moment 10 my front door
that morning. and happened 10 look I'D the
street. There ! saw a very intelligent lady.
a nsighbor standing on her front porch
With a small United States flag In her
hand. waving il and making apparently
the most earnest remarks 10 a Confsde.-
ate officer who had ridden his horse oye-
the pavement Up 10 the porch where she
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W omen Of The Bible.

CARDINAL Gibbons. In HarpeF's Eazar
The model held Up 10 Christian women fs
not the Amazon. gloTying IN her martial
deeds and prowegs; IL r. not ths, Spartan
woman who made female perfection con-
slst In the development Of physical
strength a. the ezpcnfe Of feminine de-
corlm and nOdesty: Il is not the goddess
Of impure love. Ike Yencs. whose yOta
ries regard beauty Of form and personal
charms a. the highest type o. female ex-
cellence nor is Il the goddess OF imperial
viii Ike Juno No. the model he'd up to
woman from the very Dawn OF Chr.stian-
ity Is the peerless Mother Of our Blessed
Redsemer
She II the pattern OF virtue alike to
maiden. wife, and mother. She exhibit.
the virginia. nlodssiy becoming the maid.
the eonJugaI fidelity AID loyalty OF ina
spouse. and the untiring devotedneas OF
the mother
Ths Christian woman ~ everywhere con-
fronfed Dy her great model Mary's for-
trait gazes down upOr her from the wall
Her name - repeated In the pages OF the
book before her. Her cuiogy Is pronounced
from the pulpit. Altsrs ard temples are
dedicated n ssr honor Festivals are cele-
brafed ia her praise. In q word the Viz
gia Mother IL iBdelibly stamped on the in
tellecf the heart. the memory, and the
imsagina tion OF the Christian daughter.
TIE Influence Of Mary. Therefore. In the
moral elevation Of woman can hardly De
oYeresiimated She Is the perfect conaDls
nation Of all that Il great and good and
noble IL Pagan womAlloo4, With no aIlor
oi degradalsoA
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Barbara Freitchie's Cottage.

published at Frederick, Nd, in 1891, en-
titled Life of Whittier's Heroine, Bar
bara Fritchie." 1t was written by Henry
NJ. Nixdorff, an old citizen of Frederick,
who gives it a. subtitle, Facts; Not Fic-
ton" Regarding the spelling of the
name, he favors "Fritchie," which, he
says, is now used by the descendants of
Barbara's family, in preference to ''Freit-
chic" which. he says, is the German
spelling. Clyde Fitch. however. gives the
stage heroine another spelling. ''Friet-
chic, which is an AmericaniZation Of the
original German.
Mr.. NiXdorff prefaces his story of Bar
bara with this little introductory para
graph:
''As much that is utterly false has beeri
published concerning my friend and neigh
Dor, Mrs. Barbara Fritchie. since the ap-
pearance of the wonderful poem, Bar
bara Fritchie. by that great ard justly
distinguished poet, John G. Whittier. I
deem ii duty. as one who loved her, for
the many excellent traits of character
that she possessed, as well as having been
for many years her friend and well ac-
Quainted with her for long time, to tell
the public what | know of this worthy
produce anything sensational. or to Gis-
tort, but TO be careful, on the contrary.
10 make no statement that does not rest
on a sure foundation and 1 wish il under
stood that | shall give the exact truth in
what 1 shall state in the following
pages
Was Born i'm 1866.
Mr.. NixdOrff then, makes the surprising
statement that the real Barbara was
born in 1766. on Dec amber 5. which
would have made her almost nine
ty-six years OF age on that memor-
able September day of 1862 when she is
supposed TO have fiaunted tha Stars and
Stripes before Gen Stonewan Jackson's
army. Mr.. NixdorT says:
Mrs. SouthwOrrh. the DISTINGUISHED
authoress, who was in Washington al The
time, was the person who wrote 10 the
poet concerning this estimable lady. and
inclosed a newspaper slip relating 10 Bar
bara FTitchies action, when Gen. Lees
army entered Frederick, and this led 80
the preparation by the poet of that Won
derfUl poem.
Miss Barbara Hauer was born In the
hOurlshing city OF Lancaster, Pa, Decem-
Der 3, i766. and was baptized by the Rev.
william Hendel pastor OF the Reformed
Church, December Il. I765. Her parents
names are recorded II the records of the
Fist Reformed Church % Lancaster
City as Nicolas and Catherine Hauer.
The names Of taeir FIVE children were
Daniel. George, Barbara, Margaret. and
Catherine. After marriage they were
Ms. John c. Fritchie. Mrs. Slower, and
Mrs. Peter Mantz.
Attention Is called az this point for a
few moments 10 Mr.. John c. Fritchle,
the maeh-esJeemed husband OF our hero
Inc. He vas a highly respected citizen OF
Frederick His humble and unOOtTusiVe
mauEer won for ham the regard 81 his
felloW-citiZens, and sucn Is ever TIE case
True merit IS retirang and unaSsuming.
He conducted glove mandatory In
tlle east front. room OF mis- dwelling, and
also prepared tae material In his shop
fronting on Carroll Greek.
~ hLe Mr. Fr!tchie was successful In
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The MOURNING HARP.

m Teddy. ns,er.-Do you hear
me news from DER the sea
The strangest thing!-Jusi tead your ear
Can such a Iasrvel be.
.rbey say that ETius Gag Goats high
IN far-on Lorcoa town
The Irisn Green against the sky
TIE Harp beneath the Crown.
Bv England's cTlme-stsiBed hands unfufied=
Nv craven Brttons hailed
I, Ills TO All ths scorniIg wotld
How hIbiols tTsdesmen failed
Bst irish eyes are turned away.
Ard Irish hearts bowed down.
Az darkiy floats agalnst tie cay
Tha Hsrp beneath the Crown.
For Irish heads bend low IN shane
A. on that Gas they see,
Where 8nae no Ehad0S oiIon-ed its iaHa-
The stain 81 iufamy-
Twas criHsoasd tier. bat BY tie Cos
Of heroes blood. TO dIoSa
The tyrants hated crest and show
The Harp WitECat The Crcwu.
Oh noble sons q Eire's lard.
Dim not yor swords of sht
In blood q FFeeiom iosal band
Who struggle f0r the right
Bgt Ilfi y0aT flashing saheFs high
T. strke all sgil down.
And bear a.oft agains; ths sky
rhs Harp sithCgI the CfoEz.
81. Z ToRREScE
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stop Professional Fortune-teiiing i'm Paris


From the New York Times.
In accordance with a recommendation
made in a recent report of the prefecture
of police in Paris, extraordinary meas
ures Will shortly be taken to suppress
''the social evil of fortune telling" Ac-
cording to the report there are over 200G
persons in Paris who make an excellent
living by telling fortunes by cards. They
dress in the most fashionable style and
have apartments fitted up like those of
prosperous dentists or physicians There
are no theatrical surroundings or mys-
terious appliances. IL is said that the
advance of science has caused the for
tune teller TO discard the weird and magi-
cal features that were formerly identified
with his profession, while his success has
seemed 10 augment for the same reason
The fees run from a franc or two TO sev-
eral hundred. The grave danger 10 So
ciety in these fortune tellers, the report
points out, is not owing 10 the fact that
they deceive persons, who, indeed, would
desire to be deceived" but that soon or
late they become blackmailers, which is
their actual, although hidden, character
from the first"
The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-27

crooked dice and loud silk undervear.
But how be malaged 10 ring In pony dice
and get them hack when Odell shifted the
color on him reiaains a mystery up 10
late. And the thing that made Gardner
mad when he heard about II wassthat the
Kid Rad been betting on Gar3ner's shoot
ing just as arch as on his own. and
pulled out winner while GARNER dropped
aeerly 800. That's another thing nobody
coCld explain"
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Rex.

Lines 70 a magnificent. mazzlsd u Rer-srs
Whose name Ea. Sas his collar ana 80.
cane 70 ny a0or. snd Eith h.s speaking eyes to.a
ne The stOry oi als E.cngN)
Ard has II eoDe % this. A kinx yet boass-
Aac ASsL thou noBs - l0ese thesE eruel 80,
No traent IN al! this hgty nan hzy fssss
hSsa El2n bszs trisad' IN zsx1sea protsz
TAoa eAzst o me- Yea. fziR would relief
Give Thee. thos king IN bondxxe hsi5lss. i.i..
Thou noble crsztuF. formed = royai etIs,
Of thine oar kidd. Shon nan d5th hsr- r-.t.st.,
Tho1 eAE' = 10 ne, Dds: knox wa tAv frss,1,
Didst csen ny byezss miE5s fe-l Tor Thee /. rsn1s
TAs gr1nd Old head heath s-TspE % bend
Because some fear sees DoisSa In tky farxf
thus fear '-nSkes oOxzEea q "a ALL. man.
frlsat-
The sociis korse. he fsisA'ui dos-is led
To learn o. sszk caprice Ma fate deseuks
AAns pity oohez psrchasee. Shsn fkos Ar, Ssad,
MARIAN LOSGEELLow ODoxooHCk
March =. liza
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A Light-weigbf Shirt Of Mail.

From he Chicago ChrOrlele
Sheffield manufacturer has produced
a shirt Of mail that weighs less than
twelve pounds. that can readily be worn
beneath the coat, which is impervious N
every attack except that of the composi-
ton bullet. His product is having a large
sale. and is likely to be more widely used
as II becomes better known
Ii Is composed Of small steel rings
linked together SO finely that even the
point Of pin cannot penetrate througb
them At the same time they are so fex-
IDLE that they can be worn without the
slightest discomfort
They cover the entire breast. and back
from the neck TO the thighs, and extend
down the arm 10 the elbow. Thus II VIII
protect any one from an attack az dag-
ger or sword In every vulnerable plaae
Its value as a protection against assassi.
nation is evident
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was stana,ng I was afterward assured
bg those who had the pleasure of being
present. that such glowing words Of pa
triotssm fell from the lips OF Mrs. Guam
treg; and that the officer looked on and
listened In surprise. and whilst he was
present would not allow his men to do her
the least harm. After his departure. how
ever. some of the soldiers belonging 10
the army came and knocked the flag from
her hand. breaking the staff into several
pieces"
This statement Is corroborated by pa
per signed by Mrs Matilda Fleming. Mrs
Halle NJ. Mcdonald, Mrs. Kate II. Cash
our, Nicholas Fl. Fleming. and William w.
Fleming, old citizens Of Frederick. who
declare that the facts told BY Mr.. Nix
dorff are correct and were also witnessed
by them Mr. Nixdorff then adds:
''If this occurred at Mrs. Mary Guam
trells we should not be surprised at any
thing said to have taken place at another
point"
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PauIstic 70 the Core.

Miss Barbara Hauer was born In ex-
citing times. when the colonies OF Amer
lea were stiH subject 20 England. and
stirring events were constantly trans
piring
Our heroine was well informed In re-
gard 70. and quite eonversant with many
events which transpired during the re@o-
lutionary war, and knew full well at how
great sacrifice our national liberty had
been obtained. Wonder not then that
she stood firm as rock in defense OF her
beloved c0untry's best interests now as
serting its Just rights.
BY long life Of honesty and industry
Mrs. Fritchie enjoyed an honorable and
enviable position in society. Therefore If
defamer or wicked person spoke aught
against her. il viii only cause her char
acter to shine forth With more resplend-
ent luster
Mrs. Fritchies residence was on West
Patrick street, built Of brick and very
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Letter from JscksOn's Aid.

Another interesting contribution to the
mass Of statements concerning the real
Barbara Frietchie, and whether or not
she Haunted the flag before StonewaiI
Jackson. is found in the following letter,
written by Gen. Kyd Douglas, formerly
OF Stonewall Jackson's staff. to Clyde
Fitch, the author of the play:
Hagerstown. Nd. Feb 10. 1900.
NV Dear Mr. Fitch: After crossing into Maryland
on September T. 1852. Gen. Jackson was seriously
stunned and bruised by the falling Of vicious horse
that had been presented to him and rode that day
al. ambulance
When the command reached Frederick he did not
go into town but stopped about three miles short
and pitched his heedquarter tents in Best's Grove
whsre Gems. Lee. Longstreet and Jeb Stuart also
had their tents
He rode into Frederick on Sunday night to church
(He went in an bulanee) I and another STAFF
officer accompanied him on horseback. He went
straight 10 the Reformed Church (Rev Dr. Zach
arias) and after services returned to camp
He not in town again until the morning his
command passed through, en- route TO wiIIIamsport
Mariinsburg. and Hsrrers Ferry. the 10th day OF
September. He was then on horseback and areorn-
panied by his star. among the number Stopping
few minutes in a square to give some orders. he
did not intend to go to and roads he did not in
tend 70 take He asked me to go with him to the
house Of Rev. Dr. Poss. the Presbyterian minister
Ii being early and the doctor not up the general
left a little note and started for the head OF his
column which had passed through on 10 Hagerstown
road We went by a short cut past the house and
tanrery Of William Bsntz. who Joined us On his
horse snd came out On the HsgerstOwn pike We
did not pass or see the house OF Barbara Frie,ebIe
was with him every minute he was In Fredertck
and nothing Ike the scene described by Whittier
ever happened s-orewaQ Jackson never saw Bar
bara Fretchie. nor she him Besides Mrs Frietebie
was at that tine ninety-six years CT age and bed
ridden. and could not have arisen defy the rebels
If she had wanted TO- did she have the strength
10 wave the flag II he had II is still sadder 20
mention that her own loyalty was not above sus-
pleon, as her relatives assured me if she had waved
flag TO the rebel tread" IL would not have bs.-n
the Union flag. Yours with many regards
H. KYD DOUGLAS.
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4 RANGHER IN SOCIETY
Westerner Who Blew $4,000
in Three Months WhirL
WASHINGTON An EXPENSIVE CITY

Rad Beea a Cowboy oat West and Was
Brske when a Legacy Was Lett Hin
decided TO Come 10 Washington and Get
. Glimpse Of Washington -ociety-Paid
DAT AbeHI sI0O a Day and Then slipped
ogt Of Town Without saying Farewell.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-27

business. ne did not acquire great wealth.
bot accumulated sufficient 10 live com-
foTtably during life. and at his death
leave TO his beloved wife the dwelling In
which they had so long resided. and
means otherwise invested. His death &C.
currsi November ID. lsls. Gone. but not
forgotten for beautiful myrtle yet covers
his grave
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HEROINE OF WHITTIER
Real Barbara Frietchie and
Her Mythical Deed.
FACTS ABOUT THE FREDERICK GIRL

Real Barbara Was nm Old Woman Who
was Ninct,-six Years Of Age af the Time
the Troops Marched Through with stone
wall jackson, and No One Whe saw the
Fias Incident Has Ever Been Found-It
Was Possible. bur Not yeuehed For.
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He did me. that's sure. said the old
man 10 me but I'd give $50 more 10 know
how he did IL. / changed the dice on him
half a dozen times and gave him every
color there Has in the rack. but II he rung
in on ne, he had colOrs 10 match them
all
We looked over the dice the next night,
but there didn't seem 20 be any horses
among them. We forgot all about the
young man with the wild silk stockings
Till about d year after when three tn
horns blew into town and worked three
or four suckers on surs-thing fakes.
mostly dice bets. We were on the look
out for those birds, for we heard about
them from outside the house. one night
they went up against Ocelrs crap table
and commenced playing this six and eight
system.
The old man stood for about u worth
Of II, and then elzpped has fist down over
the bones 4 beg your pardon. my
friends. says he. but a run Of luck on
the six and eight In this particular game
excites me 70 Enwarrsnted susplcIors'
with that he looks over the dice and
they had runs IN a pair with two trays
and no foufs. The game quit right there
without casaing in any checks. but odelPs
curiosity got the upper hold on his wrath.
and he pumS@d these fellows for all they
knew about @osse dice and people who
were experts IN that line Of business. II
seems that his quiet young friend Of the
year before was the king-pin Of the whole
craft lie belonged over In New Orleans
His trade name was Champagne Charlie.
and his TWO greatest weaknesses were Tor
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Fatal Shooting at Cammeeting

At campmeetng held near Bridgeville,
Del, Monday night, Garland Phillips was
shot and fatally wounded just over the
heart by Charles Cannon, who was Jealous
of attention paid to Mrs. Cannon by
Phillips. Cannon had left his wife for q
few minutes, and when he returned found
Phillips talking to her and upbrsided him.
The two men then began furious quarrel
anRCannon shot Phillips, who fell at his
feet. Cannon then replaced the revolver
in ais pocket, coolly called to his wife, took
her in the carriage with him and returned
home. He then went to Bridgeville, and
gave himself up to the authorities, who
took him to Jail. The wounded man was
taken to Bridgeville, where he died shortly
afterwards.