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The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

glimpse of life in the capital of the
United States at that day.
One day he writes: "Sat from nine
until II o'clock for Mr.. Trumbull to
draw my picture in his historical
pieces" Again: ''Sat from ten
o'clock till II for Mr.. John Trumbull
to draw my picture. A good deal of
company gentlemen and 1adies) to
visit Mrs. Washington this after
noon." In very many places he notes
with apparent satisfaction the num-
ber and style of persons at these re-
ceptions. One Saturday he writes:
"Walked to my newly-engaged lodg-
ings to fix on spot for new stable
which I was about to build. Agreed
with - to erect one 30 feet square,
16 feet pitch, to contain ~ stalls,
etc., for 6 G6s."
Along with these homely notes are
memoranda of state affairs and rec
ords of weighty discussions.
During his term of Office Washing
ton made tours to the New England
and southern states.
In His Retirement.
Soon after Nashington's retirement
to Mount Vernon he wrote to McHenry
a letter, which gives a good picture of
his life as he took it up again on his
farm. II find myself" he says, "in the
situation nearly of a beginner; for, al
though 1 have not houses to build lex
cept one, which I must erect for the
accommodation and security of my
military, civil and private papers,
which are vo,uminous and may be in
terestng), yet have scarcely anything
else about me that does not require con-
siderable repairs. In a word, am al
ready surrounded by joiners, masons,
and painters, and such is my anxiety to
get out of their hands that I have
scarcely a room to put friend into or
to sit in myself without the music of
hammers or the odoriferous scent of
paint"
Although Gen. Washington easily
dropped back into the round of country
duties and pleasures and the manage
ment of the plantation, which had al
ways been pleasure 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
diurnal course with the sun; if my
hirelings are not in place send them
messages of sorrow for their indisposi-
ton. Having put these wheels in
motion, examine the state of things
further; the more they are probed the
deeper I find the wounds which my
buildings have sustained by an absence
andneglect Of eight years. BY the time
I have accomplished these matters,
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
SECRETS.

I like to whisper secrets
With my schoolmate, Lucy Bell.
We cross our hearts and promise
Well never. never tell.
We stand beside each other
AS close as close can be;
First tell one to Lucy,
Then she tells one to me.
Her secrets are so funny,
So funny and so dear,
I can hardly keep from laughing
When she whispers in my ear.
I say: ''oh! did you ever!"
AS soon as she is done,
And she says: mo, I never!'
Oh, my, it is such fun!
She thinks that mine Is lovely.
'Tts all about-oh, dear!
most forgot the secret
Was just for Lucy's ear.
Anna M. Pratt, in Youths Com.
panion.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
4 Toy That Will Determine Your Fa.
ssss. ture and Tell You what Trade
: ~ YouyVVill Follow. ..

Here 10 something to amuse you, o
real wheel of fortune upon which you
can determine your future. The wheel
is made from two pieces of stiff card->
board the shaft one piece, tho
charmed circle another: Force q pin
through the circle and shaft where
they join. Run a string through the
hole thus made and knot it close to
the circle on one side and to the shaft
on the other. This will make kind
Of axle on which the wheel may turn.
What business will you pursue when
you grow to be a man? Your wheel
will determine this with as much Ger.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
Cheap Rates to California.

February 18th and each Tuesday there
after, until and including April 30th, Special
Low Rate Colonist Tickets will be sold via
the Southern Paci6c's Company's Ogden"
and ''Sunset" Routes to all points in Califor-
MIA. The rate will be: From Chicago
$4,000, from St. Louis, Memphis and New
Orleans $27.50, from Omaha, Kansas City,
ETC., $500. Corresponding low rates from
all other points east and north.
For particulars and detailed information
pertaining to the Southern Pacific Com.
pany's Routes, and these special rates to CAL
ifornia, call upon or address
w: G. Neimyer, G. w. A.. S. P. Co., 238
Clark St., Chicago, III.
of Commerce Bldg, Cincinnati, Ohio.
G. G; Herring, c. A.. S. P. Co., I'll Park
Bldg, Rttsburg, Pa.
L. E. Townsley, C. A., S. P. Co., 42l Olive
st., St. Louis, Mo.
C. G. Gary, C. A.. S. P. Co., 2O8 Sheidley
Bldg, Kansas City. Mo.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
CHAT ABOUT LARIATS.
The Boy Who Knows How to Braid
and Throw One L. the Envy
OF His Companions.

A good rawhide lariat costs from So
to $25, and is therefore rather too ex-
pensive for the average boy, but even
it it were within his reach it would
be of little use to him, for the regu-'
lation lasso is from 40 to so feet long
and far too heavy for a beginner to
handle. There is perhaps no posses
sion of the cowboys more subject to
variations than his lasso; what is
exactly suited to one seems alto
gether untitled for another, and with
out his own particular style of rope
a man loses half his efficiency. shall,
therefore, in this article suggest sey-
eral styles of rope and each boy must
select the one which seems best adapt
ed to him.
Ordinary clothesline does not make
good lasso. It is rough and raw and
trays too easily. If, however, clothes-
line is experimental with, use the slip
moose shown in figure 1, or better,
splice the rope back as shown in fig
ure 3. Linen tape may be braided
into q splendid rope and even cotton
tape is an improvement on clothes
line. Good, smooth cord will make a
very fair lasso. Figure s shows a
five-strand braid which is very strong
and pliable. Take alternately each
outside strand and cross it over the
two following strands. The four
strand cording shown in figure 6, to
my mind, gives better shaped rope
than the one just described. The dia-
gram itself is the best description I
can give of four-strand cording. Ar
range them as shown, each strand
under the one next to it, and then pull
them tight. About 25 feet is the best
length for a beginner. To make the
loop in braided rope fasten the end
back by means of the endless tie
shown in figure 2. When the winding
is completed put the end (B) through
the loop (C) and pull the end (A)
until the loop and end have entirely
disappeared beneath the coil. Then
cut off the end GAY and the endless
tie is complete. In order to have the
rope run smoothly cover the loop
with canvas or some other strong
cloth as shown by figure 4.
Real rawhide ropes are buried un-
derground for some two weeks and
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
Why Minnie Was Delfrhted.

Little three-year-old Minnie could
repeat nursery rhymes and talk like
an old woman. One day, having done
something strictly against orders, her
mother said: minnie, I really don't
know what had better do to you."
Drawing long breath of relief the
little miss said: I'm awful glad you
don't, mamma" and marched off,
taking it for granted that the matter
was settled.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
LAR1AT KNOTS AND LOOPS.

afterward CREASED with mutton tai
low to make them pliable. Two weeks
underground will not improve a linen
or hemp rope, but the greasing
would strongly advise; only be care
full where you hang, up your lasso
when not using it, for grease has a
very penetrating quality.
The art of throwing lariat cannot
be reduced to rule. No two man do
it alike. If you ask cowboy to teach
you he will say that every man must
learn to do it for himself by prac-
tice. He will be quite willing to show
you how he throws the rope, but his
style will be quite different from the
very next cowboy you meet and is
certain to be entirely different from
the method you finally adopt. The
illustration shows the characteristic
position assumed at the moment of de-
livery, but it can only suggest; prac-
tice is the only master who can teach
1asso throwing.-Chicago Record.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

took flying start. Downing had reached
the center Of the channel when the ice
gave way and he was plunged into ten
feet of water. -
when Carlo appeared. =.
Teddy Symonds called to him, clapped
his hands and pointed to Downing. The
dog seemed to understand in q moment,
for he ran across the ice and showed his
grasped Carlos collar and the dog backed
away from the hole. pulling the boy oul
Of the water 7lS go
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
New Use for LIQUID Air.

In Germany a furnace has been in
vented intended for burning low-class
fuels, such as Ignite and peat, and
IN which the combustion is intensified
by turning into the fire the gaseous
mixture obtained BY the evaporation
of liquid air. The nitrogen is first set
free and the residue, containing at
least SO per cent. Of oxygen, is sent
into the furnace. ce.-Youth's Compan.
lon
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

TARLO, a big Newfoundland dog, is a
hero among the farmers around Rich
: ~ field, N. j., because he saved the life
Of Charles Downing, eight years old.
The warm WeS:her of the last few days
weakened the ice, says the Philadelphia
Bulletin. But Downing was more daring
than the rest and showed his nerve by
skating across the channel Of Richheldp pond.
Each time the Ice bent beneath the lads
slng, asked her brother to accompany her
home. w st:zss q . s4s4..sS Il
. s''onos more acroas," hs told her, @ he
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
Willing to Help.

Pastors Wife-Has anyone offered to
replaster the church yet?
Struggling Pastor-N-o. not exactly;
but DR.. Stickem has offered to cover
the walls with porous plasters, if we
don't mind seeing his name on them.
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
Grand EXcursi0n to the Beaumont OH
Fields and Surrounding Territory,
$500 for the Round Trip.

$500 for the Round Trip.
On Feb. 10th, 1901, the Kansas City
Southern Ry., known as the Port Arthur
Route, will make the very low rate of $500
for the round trip from stations on their
line in Kansas and Missouri to Beaumont,
Lake Charles, Port Arthur, Houston, Gal
weston and San Antonio, in order to meet
the constant demand of investors and ex-
cursionists attracted by the wonderful oil
gusher to Beaumont and surrounding ter
ritory. tits the intention of this Company to
make of this excursion the banner excursion
of the year, both in point of number of ex-
cursionists and attention given to secure
the comfort of each one attending. Tickets
will be limited to March 18th, 1901, thus af-
fording an elegant opportunity to visit the
wonderful Southland and investigate its
world famed resources. Any inquiry rela-
tive to excursion will be cheerfully attended
to, and we invite such inquiries. S. G.
Warner, G. ?. & T. A., Kansas City, Mo-; j.
H. Morris, II. D. Dutton. Trav. Pass. Agts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
From 'ahor, heath, from hea'ei content.
ment sp.iEgs.-Beallie.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15
A Good Deal Alike.

A Good Deal Alike.
Trying to conduct large business
without capital is a good deal like
trying to sharpen lead pencil with
a pair of scissors.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

A s HIN GTON'S
life at Mount Ver-
non before the
turmoils of war
brought the Bit
terness of Valley
Forge and after
ward the weight
- -
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

Some men are so stingy they refuse to
smile except at the expense of others Chi
cago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

From labor. heath, from heath content.
ment springs.
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
SPANISH WAR CLAIMS.
The Treaty Commission Has Recciv-
ed 40 Petitions.

Since the Sth of April last. when the
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission was
organized, IlG claims for indemnity have
been filed. The total amount of damages
alleged and claimed in these petitions ag-
gregates about Sl0.oo0eJ0. About 800 claims
had been filed with the State Department
prior to the organization of the Commits
sion and only about a third of these
claims have been presented to the Com
mission for adjudication Many of the
attorneys representing claimants who
have not yet filed their petitions are
awaiting the outcome of on,e"impoftant
decisions on questions now pending be-
for the Commission.
All claims must be filed by the Sth of
next October. as after that date no
claims viii be received. 1t is roughly es-
timateo that the total claims against
Spain growing out of the Spanish war
will reach s4o.00oeoo. 1t is not
at all probable, however. that
this amount will be allowed
by the Commission. as every claim will
be carefully scrutinized and scaled in ac-
cordance with the views Of the members
of the Commission There is an immense
amount of work before the Commission
and the indications are that it. Will be
some months before the taking of testi-
mony will begin. I- .-l-.4
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
SEEKING TWO MISSING BOYS.
No Clue to the Mysterious Dfsap
pearance Of Either of Them.

Two missing boys are puzziing the po-
lice because of special features in each
case of disappearance. One of the lads.
Melvin Lewis Kendrick. eleven years of
age. has been away from his home, 459
Tenth Street southwest, since O'Clock
Monday morning. Robert Reynolds. the
other boy, aged sixteen years. whose IA
ther Is clerk in the Pension Office and
who has never remained away from home
all night before. has not been seen by
friends since early yesterday morning. A
search of the city, failed to locate either
of the youths last night and friends of
each have become alarmed !"
The mystery In each case seems to point
toward ths river for a solutions Strangely
enough. both Melvin Kendrick and Rob-
ert Reynolds started out for the river
front. the former Just, twenty-four hours
before the other. The Kendrick boy was
sent by his mother, Mrs Elizabeth E.
kendrick. to the wharf of the Independ-
ent Ice Company, at the footsof- Eleventh
Street southwest. 10 purchase some ice.
on the way ne. is known, to have met
two other boys. whose Identity, however.
is unknown TO the police 1t is not known
positively whether the Kendrick youth
ever reached the, ice company wharf or
not.
About the wharf nobody was to be
found last night who had seen The child,
nor could it, be learned whether he had
bought any ice from the office of the ice
company Many boys appear each day
along the wharyes to go in bathing, and
give IN, police much trouble to keep them
nut OF the water. Young Kendrick is
known about the wharyes. because his
father. James b. Kendrick. is captain of
the tugboat James-,0. Carter, which left
the city Monday morning at an early
hour for down Chesapeake Bay. Mr..
Kendrick does not yet know his child is
missing. - = . - 49, - |7.----.-
All that Is known about Robert Rey-
nolds is that,he started out for the bath
ing beach early yesterday morning He
took with him his bathing suit II was
reported that another youth accompanied
him, but last night this second lad could
not be found. Mrs. Reynolds. mother of
the boy. is in i'll health. and is now at
Cincinnati. Ohio. She knows nothing as
yet of the disappearance OF her son. So
far as known. young Reynolds did not
appear at the bathing beach yesterday at
ALL None of the guards on duty last
night remembered boy of his descrip-
ton, il is said. and the police are at a
loss to solve the mystery presented in
the case. Young Reynolds is five feet six
inches tall, and has blue eyes and light
hair.
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
WILL YIELD TO TREATMENT.
Favorable Report Regarding the
Condition of Commander DelanO.

Commander Francis H. Delano, U. S.
N, who is lying i'll at the Ebhitt House,
is reported to be muek improved. The
naval officer is suffering from appendi-
citis. DR.. Stone was called into consulta-
tion yesterday afternoon, and it was de-
cided that while the case is severe it is
one that will yield to medical treatment,
and surgical operation will not be nee
essary. Although in considerable pain.
the patients fever is much allayed.
Commander DeIano was ordered from
Port Royal, S. c.. where he was sta
toned, TO Seattle. Wash, to assume COM
maad of the gunboat Concord, which he
was to have taken to the Behring Sea.
Immediately upon his arrival on Sat-
urday. in this city, where he stopped en-
route for the purpose of securing detailed
Instructions from the Navy Department,
he was seized with severe pains. He was
conveyed directly to the Ebbitt House.
A physician who was Immediately sum-
noned diagnosed his trouble as appendi-
citis. = ~.
The Navy Department has found it nee
essary to revoke hts orders, and Com
mander Gottfried Blocklipger, of the
training ship Alert, will be detailed to
command the Concord. Commander De
lano is much disappointed by the neces-
sary change in his orders. as he had
looked forward with pleasant anticipa-
ton to the cruise
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
THREE HOSPITAL CASES.
Physicians Mt the Casualty Kept
Busy Last Night.

The physicians at the Casualty Hos
pitaI were kept busy last night by acci-
dent cases Joseph piggs. negro. APP
arrived In the city on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and while at the depot
was attacked by a hemorrhage of the
lungs. His condition became alarming,
and Policeman Gordon, of the Sixth pre-
cinct, sent in a call for the patrol wagon
Through misunderstanding Diggs was
first taken to the Sixth precinct station.
but shortly afterward was removed to the
hospital for treatment He will probably
recover Diggs says his home is at 100 G
Street southeast; that he had been in
Maryland on a visit. and was returning to
his home when attacked by Illness. He is
thirty-four years of age.
T. j. Nash, aged forty-two years. who
lives on Florence Street northeast was
treated at the hospital for injuries of the
head and face Nash says he went TO
sleep on an ice wagon yesterday after
noon and fell of. His head and face
We're badly cut and bruised, and ii was
thought best to keep the patient at the
hospital all night.
Another patient was George Gordon.
aged twenty-one years, whose home is at
2OO0 + Street northwest. II appears that
Gordon who usually drives horses at
tached to the city garbage wagon, went
into a yard in Northeast Washington
last night to collect garbage. There big
bulldog attacked him. and bit him In sew
eral places. After escaping from the
| animal Gordon went to the hospital. He
was treated for the bites. and then went
home. The Ninth precinct police were
notified of the accident, and may kill the
dog this morning.
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
A VICTIM oF THE HEAT.
Little Hope for n ColOred Girl over
come in the street

In Washington yesterday the mercury
did not ascend as high in the bulb as on
Monday. The maximum temperature
reached was at O'Clock last night wnen
81 degrees was registered. After this hour
there was steady fall. and in two hours
it was about II degrees cooler. Seventy
four degrees was the eouSS2rtable temper
ature at 10 o'clock. At O'clock yester-
day morning the thermometer showed rs
degrees. S a. m, 81; L noon, 81; p. m,
80: s y. m, 81: 10 p. m. "a.
Conditions here. today will I've similar
to those of the past few days. The tenn
perature viii not change to any great ex-
tent. 5.-..t ..-.s
Yesterdays heat in Washington result
ed in a serious case of prostration. Annie
Green. a colored girl. nineteen years old,
living at $50 U Street northwest. was
found about o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the corner of Thirty-third and o
Streets northwest. The girl was sitting
on a curbstone when discovered and ii
was seen that her condition was serious.
She was removed TO the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. AT late hour last
night it was reported that she would die.
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
REED ON CASToRIA.
The Vice Chancellor sustains Chns.
H. Fletcher.

Vice Chancellor Reed. sitting in the
Court of Chanc-ry at Trenton, n. J.. has
jlst rendered a decision of vital impor-
agai, party calling themselves the
C. W. Fink Drug Company. 1t seems for
the pas, year or more Mr.. Charles H
Fletcher, President of the Centaur Com
pany the manufacturers H. of Castoria, has
been fighting through the courts. coun-
terfeiters and imitators of their goods.
All of the fake goods are put up in
manner to leao the purchaser to think
they are getting tie same Castoria they
have always bought. and the Chancellor
dwells at length on It's point showing
how easy 1t would be to lrtorm the public
Of the difference between the packages
If it were not their object to rpislead the
consumers. He says in part:
Every one OF the packages put n evil
dence by the defendant shows a persistent
adoption of the size in the bottle and re
label of the complainant All these manu-
facturers knew. just as the defendant
knew, that If the remedy was put up in
] round bottles or in bottles distinctively
larger or smaller or II the bottles were 50
differently wrapped as to at cnce arrest
the attention of the casual purchaser, the
sale of the remedy in such packages
would at once become substantially re-
duced."
Citing numerous cases in line with this
opinion he gave Mr. Charles H. Fletcher
the injunction asked for, and the C. W.
Link Drug Company must seek new
fields
The Washington times., 1901-07-24
A CITY IN FLAMES.
Lebanon, Ind. Being DESTROYED by
Raging Fire.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, July g.
The beautiful city of Lebanon, place of
6,ooO inhabitants, is burning. Almost the
entire business district has been destroy
cd and the fire is still raging and beyond
the efforts of the fire department.
Aid has been teIegraphed for from La
fayette, Indianapolis, and this city, and
assistance will reach the Inflated city by
special train. All telegraph and telephone
communication has been cut OFF. but the
last word was that the entire city was
roaring sea OF flames.
The dry weather made the buildings
burn like tinder and the water supply
was practically gone. Merchants made
every effort to save their effects. but were
compelled to leave everything and drive
to the country to escape the heat. Sew
eral firemen were overcome by the heat
and many narrow escapes reported.
The loss will be hundreds of thousands
of dollars .f 't2f