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question of slavery-the house and
grounds that had belonged to the no.
blest man of his time have been the
property of the nation, and visitors
to the capital city from all states of
the Union, and from all countries of
the universe. travel the fifteen miles
to the quiet spo. which is hallowed
with such precious memories.
And still and beautiful it stands to.
cay, fitting place @ pilgrimage for the
citizens of all nations that love lib.
erty, and above al for those of that ma.
ton which he helped so much to make
great.
The coach houses. still standing,
solid, substantial structures, show
that the estate was maintained in q
cTyle commensurate with the dignity
of its owner. The whole plantation
must have been a busy and beautiful
scene, instinct with the patriarchal
life of the old South
The buildings and grounds are main.
tanned as they were during Washing
tons occupancy, the quaint and simple
furniture has been left untouched, even
the stables have in no way been al
tered, and the surroundings are Just
as they Were in 1899, when the great
President died The whole place is a
monument of al unselfsh, patriotic
life, and of the gratitude of a nation
tC one of its foremost sons.
The view from the house is most
beautiful one, the hills of Virginia
stretching away in panoramic splen.
dor, and the siIvery Potomac vending
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A Bull Fight Episode.

An episode IN which an animal
scored over man comes from the Span.
lsfl frontier. few days ago at Saint
Sebastien durinC the course of bull
fight, the spectators were especially
annoyed at one Of the picadors
Whether he had not exposed himself
sufficiently to death or not is not
stated; but in their wrath they began
to pelt him with fruit, crus:s of bread
and even with bottles. He, not TO be
cutdone, returned them with interest
and a great tumuit arose. In the
meantime the bull which had eeen
brought out 10 be killed remained i'm
passive, looking with philosophic eyes
at the yelling and cowardly crowd as
if in it's beasts heart it profoundly
ritied them.
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thing you never enjoyed before-many
days composed of hours in each of
which there were sixty minutes of
delight, interest and scenery which
cannot be duplicated anywhere.
Where for example, is there an
other city within one. two or three
days round trip distant from a mys-
tery-clothed Militia, a tropical and bar
ranca-inclosed Oaxaca. a beautiful
Pueblo, matchless OriZaba. a de-
lightful Tehuacan. and tiowered
Cordoba, historical Queretaro, an
eternally sunbathed Cuernavaca. an
ever smoking Colima. Guadalaiara
nesting III fertile valley of the Ler-
ma, Guanajuato built on almost in
accessible hillsides where the Creator
has placed the richest silver treasures
OF the world, snow-clad Popocatapetl
and a shrine Of Guadalupe?
And these are not all. but they are
enough to occupy the ~.,tentio. of the
tourist for at least one month. To
have gone to Mexico and to have
missed Cuernavaca but you could not
do that for every native-born Mexi-
can and every resident Of the capital
city takes especial pridc in Cuerna-
vaca. Having raid that city a visit,
one ceases to wonder that MaXimilian
chose it for his summer home, and
that Cortez sought to end his days
there, and never grew tired of it's
sleepy and never-ending delights. It
is the place Of all places where one
would care to dream life away and
not care fig for what the outer world
was doing. Peace, everlasting peace,
in the air.
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are such names along it as Cape Dis
appointment. Cape Foul Weather and
Destruction Island
One day in November a gale began
to blow from the sea. 1t rose to a rat
Of seventy-four miles an hour The
heavy anchor chain OF the lightship
snapped. She drove toward breaker
that We're SO bad that even the old
captain described them as "frightful"
in his official report.
Sail was made and the men worked
her about twenty-five miles off shore.
The next day Two tenders steamed
out and tried to tow her in. Both
failed. By dusk the big high-side1
iightship was in the breakers
Now, there was only one chance for
life. North and south lay rocks.
promising sure end to ship and men.
But beween them lay short stretch
of sandy beach. If the ship could hit
that. she might escape immediate de-
struction.
She was headed for it and struck
the right spot before dark. Her crew
were taken off in the breeches buoy.
"nen Sne struck. her men mad So
handled her sails that she turned head
to the sea and thus presented her high
bow to the surf, with the result Of
saving her. When the storm ended
she was high and dry on the sand.
Then contract after contract was
made by the goyernm ent TO launch
her again. Each contractor failed.
Finally il was decided to haul the
ship into the woods behind the beach
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that 1t would stand for Mother Mary,
who would pray for them continually
and who would bear their supplica-
tions to heaven and there intercede
for them. "kneel down, turn your
faces heavenward and look at the
beautiful mountain" said the devout
priest. and forget the ugly and pow
er!ess idols" This appealed to the
Indians. who declared that they would
obey and would always look upon the
mountain as the symbol of the Virgin
Mary.
But" interposed one of the In
dians, you have told us of three
Marys. and there are three noun
tains.'
True" replied the priest There
is Mary the mother of Christ, and
Mary the mother of Salome and Mary
MagGalene"
Then. suggested the Indian. I'VE
will call the three mountain peaks
Three Marys." And to this day they
have remained the Three Marys, and
there is not a religious Indian in the
region round about who does not as
Soclate them in his devOtions To
him they are the symbol Of all things
that are good and of the happy here
after when there shall be no peon
class, no rich and no poor. and when
all shall indeed be equal. The nam.
ing OF the three mountains is by many
ascribed to Cortez, but the story OF
ic fha
tier and is the one accepted by the
Indians. At any rate the Three Marys
stand as ever silent and watchful
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The first thing that impresses you
as your alcient-modern train climbs
the steep sides of the mountain is
the endless beds of lava Apparently
the entire mountain, with it's 10000
feet Of height. is one great lava bed
an army might get lost for a month
In the distance are seen the twin
peaks of Popocatapetl and lxtacci-
huatI. Did these in times prehis-
toric pour forth this mountain of
lava, or was it the Three Marys,"
toward which the swayirg train is
creeping? A little later you stop near
the summit of the mountain and you
are at Tres Marlas. Why the name,
you ask, and in reply you get one of
: the prettiest stories in land OF
Legendary lore.
You are told tnat soon after the
conquerors a priest of the mother
church was sent into the Cuernavaca
valley to carry the glad tidings of a
risen and living Christ to the Indians
residing there. The Indians loved
their idols of stone and mud, their
rain god" their sun god" their
"god of battles" and their many other
gods, and they could not understand
the story Of an everything and per-
sonal God. One day the priest soreiy
discouraged, sat gazing at the three
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picture that scene on the fourteenth
of March. 1889, when Charles Thorn
son, the clerk of every Congress since
that first one in the old colonial days
fifteen years ago, announced to the
President-elect the solemn news tn at
the burdens and the honors of the
Chief Magistracy of the young nation
had been laid upon his shoulders
Washington had ror some time ex-
pected the news and had held himself
in readiness for the journey.
It Is interesting to note that it took
Charles Thomson seven days to
travel from New York to Mount Yer
ron. "Oyerland flyers" and Limited
express" trains make light of that
journey now.
Before Washington set out on his
trip to New York to take up his stu
pendous duties, he paid visit to his
aged mother at Fredericksburg and
received her blessing. His ride to-
New York was in the nature of a
triumphal tour, for everywhere he
was welcomed by the people with tok-
ems of love and confidence, but If
thnse who were closest to him IA
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sleet from the panes throughout the
night that the light may shine out
freely.
A bi-valve light has been Installed
in the famous Navesink lighthouse
overlooking Sandy Hook. Although
not first order light, the new lens
makes it one of the most powerful in
the world.
1t throws fash every five seconds
and the Lighthouse department has a
report from a sea captain who de
clares that he saw the fash seventy
five miles at sea.
If he was correct, what he saw at
that distance must have been the re
fiection of the fash on the sky: for
the Navesink tower is 246 feet above
the sea and consequently the extreme
limit at which the eye could see the
light directly is only 22A miles, the
curvature of the earth precluding any
greater reach.
But this light is so powerful that it
Is certain that its Illumination of the
sky and sea can be seen from dis
tance many miles beyond the direct
reach OF its rays. When twenty miles
away from it, its glare is so strong
in clear weather that the eye is daz-
Zled
While every year sees more or less
damage to lighthouses and beacons
there is one spot along the coast that
has defed the lighthouse builders sue
cessfully, and that is Diamond Shoals
off Cape Hatteras, the most dangerous
place in the lighthouse service.
A lighthouse engineer will get in.
dignant if it is suggested that this
spot has defeated the department. He
will say that a lighthouse can be
build there, and built to stay.
He will point tn the lighthouse that
finally was constru- ted and has re-
NAMED off the mouth of the Elbe. a
worse spot than even Diamond Shoals
But the question OF money prevents
A lighthouse on Diamond Shoals
would cost too much
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Bg!l0ANeAsUslAsolRo IRON ltssYacus. M op1s! !v111e

on ike dim cloud need not fear even
II storm-beset: for the summer storm
does not last long and they are sure of
relief and supply vessels will make
their way to them within few days.
But when the gales of the late au-
tumn and of the winter begin. there
may be month and even more when
no ship can approach those foam-b
dered ocean perohes.
Then the keepers are as besieged
men. They must save every drop of
oil. that their lights may be kept burn
ing even should new supply fail to
their machinery every minute, for no
help could reach them to repair it
should it break down.
The lishtkeepers of the United
states have been trained to look on
their lights as the American soldier
and sailor look on their flag. So well
have they been disciplined and so
we'll do they guard the trust that there
rarely is case of a light having
tailed when human energy and pluck
could keep it burning.
When sleet and snow drive over the
towers. these men have 20 face the
danger that, despite all their care, the
light, burn it ever SO lightly. may not
be able to pierce the thick air. So
blow the gales as they may, the keep.
ers climb out on the narrow platform
around the outside Of the big win
dows that protect the precious lens
and with the weather beating them
and the wind threatening to blow
them into the black sea below. with
waves reaching up to them. they
scrape the drifted snow and the frozen
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mountain peaks, which rise majestic.
ally above the City of Cuernavaca,
and he had a happy inspiration. They
cannot understand" he communed
with himself. my story, because they
have nothing to remember by. will
therefore call the highest peak Mary,
the Mother of Christ and this they
will always remember"
So the priest called together the
most intelligent of his flock. and
pointing to the mountain, told them
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Especial Correspondence.)

| do rot believe there is another
city in North America which can be
made the headquarters and center
OF so many delightful outings as
Mexico City.
With the capital city as your TEN.
porary home weeks can be spent in
going and coming with two or three
days. composed of hours in each of
trips. and when you are through and
ready to start for the states you will
realize that you have enjoyed some
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seems in itself q monument to the
great American whose residence it was
and within whose walls he passed
away.
Standing on the spacious veranda in
the Imagination one can picture the
lawns peopled with the great ones Of
the past. in their quaint costumes and
with their ceremonious etiquette. as
they gathered to enjoy the princely
hospitality dispersed by the Father
OF His Country" or to consult on ques-
tons Of statecraft with him whom the
greatest minds Of the nation recog-
r.zed as q master.
From the slave quarters would be
heard the voices and laughter of the
> Happy blacks-"servants," as Wash
-ington would have termed them, for
the word ''slave" was obnoxious to the
edrs of the owners Of these human
chattels even at the time of the birth
OF our nation. 1t is we'll known that
Washington, with far-seeing, states
maj like view, recognized the peril that
dwelt in the institution of slavery and
would gladly have seen it abolished,
and we may be sure that on his estate
the servants" had as happy homes
and light labors as could be given them.
His great heart was incapable of coun-
tenancing anything that even savored
OF oppression.
Here in Mount Vernon it was, in
the roomy parlors of his stately home,
that Washington received the news Of
his election as the first President of
the United States-momentous event
in the history OF the world. One can
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friendship are to be believed. his;
Journey home at the time Of his retire
n'ent from his high Office was the most
joyful occasion for him In the quiet!
ways and peaceful pursuits of planta.i
ton life at Mount Vernon he was
happier than when burdened with the
cares OF state. his eight years resi-.
dence in the capital. too. had aged him
somewhat. and he felt he had a rightl
to a period of rest
Since the year 1854 year marked,
with such bitter political strife on the,
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sentries OF a valley and surrounding
country as picturesque as is to be
found on the Pcafic slope from Can
ada to the lower glIf
The day | made the trip to Cuerna.
vaca started in with matchless sky
Oh clear otue, watch revealed out
lines ard views that extended FOR
many miles on either side of the
mountain. ON one side Law ..ir C..,,ital
city OF the republic, it's many cathe-
dral and church spires glas1ening in
the sun, its absorbing story of the
past appealing to the imagination.
With what varied emotions did CorteZ,
MaXimiiian, Scott and the heroes of
the past gaze upon the ancient and
modern Mexico City from the shadow
of the Three Marys?
Soon after leaving La Gina, the
summit of the mountain thunder.
storm suddenly gathered over our
heads and broke with fury unknown
save in the tropics. In an amazingly
short space of time the ravines and
sorses of the mountain side. which
were dry and harmless, have become
swollen torrents of roaring raging.
$eething water, which tumbles and
tears down the mountainside in a re-
sist1ess wave, carrying destruction
and leaving great seams and scars
in it's path way
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1H OSlaint Mount Vernon
Geofxe Nashhetons Home Remains Ia
xhe CondlHon Il Vas When the Gresf Pres
HEM Deparsedr>A Beautiful SPOT
Especial Correspondence)
Especial Correspondence

ufaaalnG ON q gently sloping lawn
on The righ bank OF the Potomac river,
mich Winds its silvery way gently
Geneath. Mount Vernon. the home Of
Warrington. challenges the admiring
atsention OF the visitor long before the
house u actually reached. The simple
yet stately style Of architecture-so
much affected by the great plantation
owners Of the South-has dignity an
Grace lacking in the tumble Of styles
- the buildings which we have left
cehind US In the capital city, ana
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Watch Over the Sailors
Shut Ia by the Storms Of Winter; LIGHT
house Keepers Guard Their Trust WMh
Wondrous FideAty>~lnstsnces Of Here ism.
Especial correspondence.)

With November there begins
hard fight all along the coast Of the
United States--a fight rarely spoken
OF, yet incessant and fierce. It is the
fight OF the coast lights and signals
against storm and fog.
From March to November the men
stationed in the steel and stone cylin-
ders that stand on hidden lodges with
the nearest land lying along the horiz,
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Slams Prince on Our Authors.

Being writer of no mean ability
himself. the prince, for the time,
posed as an expert critic and term.
mated the interview with the follow
ing estimate of some unnamed Ameri-
can writer's: "They think out a plot.
say 100 words; then a scene, say 100
words more: then they conceal their
plot in 10000 words and bury their
scene in 10000 more words and the
boolbinder completes the crime."-
Philadelphia Record.
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and across half mile of country to
Bakers bay in the mouth of the Co
lumbia river.
The ship made the journey among
the pine trees without accident and
within month was launched and
anchored in front Of the Lighthouse
departments wharf
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its peaceful way through them. One
cannot but wonder if the great owner
of the grand old place, far-seeing and
wise as he was ever dreamed of the
greatness so soon to be the portion
OF the country he loved so well, or
saw in his visions a mighty and united
nation of millions of happy people,
stretching from ocean to ocean, of the
most intelligent. wealthiest, and pro
gressive of the human race
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Tiptoe walking symboIfzes surprise.
discretion. or mystery,
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An Ancient Mexican Cifv

Matchless Scenery That Surrounds Cuernavsca
Summer Hon7e>>Leeend Of the Mountain Peaks
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
FOUND TO HAVE WEALTH.
Miserable Looking Old Italian Cree
ates a Sensation in New York
Courtroom.

Tender-hearted persons in the Har-
lem police court, New York city, were
shocked when Francisco Georgia, an
aged, shriveled and iserable-looking
Italian organ-grinder, was fined five
dollars for begging. The white-haired
old man looked appealingly about the
room, and from long habit, put his
hand out, but, quickly recovering him
self, and glancing uneasily at the mag
istrate, he brought forth grimy old
bag and counted out pennies, nickels,
dimes and quarters until he had paid
his fine. Then he paid five dollars, also
in small change, to his lawyer. By this
time crowd was about him. To the
establishment of the court attaches
and those who had sympathized with
him, he produced package containing
$3.50 in bills and book on the Bank of
Rome, Italy, showing he had $4,000
He thinks a man should retire at 60.
says he will retire from business"
He thinks a man shauld retire at 60.
The beggar also volunteered the in
formation that he recently gave his
daughter $4,000 as wedding present.
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when a startled voice exclaimed:
Look out, captain!"
I threw my head to one side, he
writes, to see what / was to look out
for, when there was a tremendous
crash, and / was aware that l was
hurt and more or less dazed. My first
impression was that one of the Span
ish gunboats had sneaked up on us
and put shell into my cabin. had
been thinking all the afternoon what
a fine chance it would be for them that
night. But when l was really con-
scious l saw that that was not the
trouble.
My cabin was full of men, all star
ing at me, their eyes fairly sticking
out of their heads. They thought 1
was killed, and l suppose they want
ed to see the last of the 'old man."
l was soon aware that one of the doc
tors was feeling and twisting my right
arm, and that my right shoulder was
in pretty bad shape. Through it all
was sorry for Kimball, who, l thought,
was surely killed, and was greatly re-
ieved when l heard his voice, which
sounded a mile away.
The accident was soon explained.
The men were running in a steel haw-
ser, and it had picked up the steel
battle hatch, weighing something over
400 pounds, which was lying on deck
ready to be put on the cabin hatch
when needed. The line had carried 1t
along until it came directly over the
hatch under which was sitting, when
it slipped off, came down edge first and
caught me on the shoulder instead of
the head.
The man who called to me to look
out held on to it in his effort to stop
it, and came down with it.
My shoulder was badly mashed and
dislocated, but the excellent medical
men soon wiped the blood off, reduced
the dislocation, bandaged my arm to
my side and turned me in.
If my head had been four inches
farther forward 1 should never have
had the pleasure of writing this book.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
oueer Chinese Medicine.

At the Shanghai police court recent
ly curious object was handed up to
the bench for inspection. 1t was con-
tanned in square yellow box, and re-
sembled nothing more than piece Of
black wax. 1t weighed about two
ounces, and the policeman in charge
of the case explained to the court that
it was a Chinese medicine compound
of monkeys toenails boiled down and
hardened by being buried underground
for number of years. 1t had been
stolen from a native apothecary's
shop in Nankin road. Monkeys toe
nails, it appears, are well-known rem
edy among the Chinese for stomach
troubles.
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MAGIC LUMP OF SUGAR.
How to Perform a Trick Which Is
Not Only Very Clever But Also
Very Instructive.

If lump of sugar can go down into
water without getting wet, it surely
has a fair claim to be called a magic
lump" Here is the way it is done: You
know that if you plunge an empty COB
let upside down into vessel of water,
the water will not rise as high in the
goblet as it is in the vessel, because the
air in the goblet will prevent it, That
is the principle on which this little
experiment is made.
Get a glass bowl or dish four or five
inches deep, and pour water into it I'M
til it is about two-thirds full. A glass
bowl is necessary, for you wish the on
lockers to see everything you do. Be-
fore you make your experiment, plunge
the goblet into the water, mouth down,
but do it gently, and let the rim rest on
simply to test the depth of the water
and see whether the level of that with
in the goblet is some distance below
the level of that in the bowl.
Having made this preliminary test,
you remove the goblet and place on
the surface of the water in the bowl
fiat circular cork, and on it lump of
cut sugar. Now place the mouth of
the goblet carefully over the cork, so
as to surround it, and lower the goblet
gently, taking care to keep it perfectly
verticle; otherwise it might upset the
cork and dump your sugar into the
water.
Do all this with much care, and you
may hold the rim Of the goblet down
against the bottom of the bowl as long
as you please, and all the time the
sugar will remain dry on the floating
cork, for the air in the upper part of
the goblet will prevent the water from
rising.
When you have held the goblet down
long enough for everybody to see it,
raise it gently and remove the cork,
and you will find the sugar as dry as
when you put it in the water-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.