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The Washington times., 1902-05-11

pany with the house committee of the
council, will drive around the estate. and
on his return will express the greatest
qualification at the condition in which he
found everything
its Most Prosperous Year.
He can scarcely do otherwise, for
Mount Vernon has never had a more pros
porous year than this last one, and never
looked more beautiful than it does now.
More than 5000 visitors have been ad-
mitted through its gates during the past
twelve months, thus insuring a snug in
come for the association to defray its
expenses. The new heating apparatus. and
the waterpower which were put in last
year, have proved entirely satisfactory:
the sea wall which is being built through
the generosity OF Calfornia's vice regent.
Mrs. Hearst, is practically completed. and
has been of inestimable benefit to the
tate and the quaint old garden. under the
efficient care of its artistic landscape
gardener, Mr.. Franklin Whelan, are in
perfect trim, and are n dream of beauty.
So while it must always be regret that
the Government did not do its duty and
buy Mount Vernon when it had the op-
portunity, yet 4. must be acknowledged
that the home of the immortal Washing
ton could not be better cared for than
it is now by the Mount Vernon Ladies'
Association of the Union.
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WHERE WASHINGTON DIED.
Women Seek The Men
A PROBLEM, which quickly presents
u itself to even an ordinary observ.
n er. greets one upon a visit to any
one of the large hotels in the City

one of the large hotels in the city
Proprietors and builders of these i'm
nensc hostelries. for many reasons. have
the interest OF their feminine guests at
heart and never fail to provide for their
comfort in every conceivable little way.
Ihe rooms arc furnished with the pros
peet that they Will be occupied by a wo-
man and many extra appointments are
supplied for her comfort. That the women
may feel thoroughly at home and haze
an apartment where. they may entertain
/ their friends. large portion of one floor.
usually the second, is set apart for them
where they may be free from the publicity
attached to the main lobby and where the
men, in Difference to them. will not tres
pass.
IL there were no place in the hotel at
the exclusive disposal Of the women there
would undoubtedly be loud protests on
their own part. but as a matter o. IA,
the parlor, as the women's apartE y is
designated. might be plague spot. so
religIously is it summed With the per-
Verseness characteristic OF their sex.
they absolutely refuse to appreciate and
utilize the very thing without which they
would declare their comfort incomplete.
1t is not to their own drawing room they
wend their way before and after dinner
and at various times during the day.
iheir destination is to the main lobby
with its legion of men and clouds of to-
oacco smoke. Not that they are not well
come there, for with all possible grace
the men vacate their chairs and take up
their stand by the clerks desk. or ny
ether available place. that the uen
may be comfortable.
But why is It? Certainly not because
the odor OF tobacco smoke is more agree
able than the scent of sachet or fragrant
hothouse flowers. Neither can it be that
the brilliant and unmerciful glare of the
eiectric lights is more welcome and kind
er than the rosy glow Of soft-shaded tap
ers. The music OF the orchestra loses its
cnarm' its subtle fascination and dreamy
rhythm when its strains are listened to
at distance of ten feet. and so, as it
Is not the tobacco smoke the brilliant IL O.
Elimination, nor the efforts of the orches-
ira which brings the feminine contingent
uo"h from their own parlor to the loung-
ing room especially given over TO the men,
IL must be the men themselves
NO doubt every woman would assume an
attitude of injured innocence and abused
womaniiness II she were directly con-
fronted with this statement. but one
glance into the lobby OF any OF the promi-
nent hotels of the city is sufficient to con-
vince anybody of the tri:th.
The lobby is always thronged with
men-statesmen. actors. and men in many
walks OF public life. who have only that
one place to meet and discuss their at
fairs aud while II is. undoubtedly. source
OF much satisfaction and great pleasure
to know that the women delight in lending
their gracious personalities to the apart r.
ment 1t must. at intervals. be Just q
trifle annoying.
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IN THE OLD GARDEN.
room, and a reprint of an engraving of
Louis XVI.

room, and a reprint of an engraving of
Louis XVI.
In the Dining Room.
The wall decorations in the dining room
are reproduction of their originals. but
the Chippendale sideboard, the cutlery
cases, and the ut-glass decanter are
| original. In the corner cupboard is a
J faithful reproduction of the set OF china
which the officers OF French feet pre-
sented to Mrs. Washington. In her sitting
room, which leads off from the dining
room, is the mahogany secretary which
was in Washington's quarters at Cam
bridge. The center and card tables, the
mirror, the candelabra, the silver candle
stick, as well as the four prints on the
! walls of this apartment, are all articles
which were there when the stately Mar
tha used to sit with her spindle and wheel
in this room. The library at the south of
the mansion was restored by Massachu-
setts. The shelves were evidently built
In when the house was constructed but
the books with which Washington filled
them are now in the Boston Athenaeum.
The proof OF Washington's Farewell
Address hangs In glass case, bearing
the corrections which he made with his
own hand. The only other original things
in the apartment are the mahogany book
case a painting OF the Great Falls OF the
Potomac, Washingtons tripod, compass,
and two field glasses.
How Massachusetts, Helped.
Toward the 100000 purchasing fund
Massachusetts, through the lectures of her |
gifted son, Edward Everett, and other |
generous contributors gave over $50, 600: |
New York followed next with s39, 900; and |
the other States made up the remaining |
amount. Many OF the States have taken |
the rooms Of the mansion certain of the |
outhouses. or specific parts of the es-
tate to restore and to maintain in order.
The District OF Columbia, through Mrs.
Barnes. Its estimable representative on
the council since 1874, has restored one
of the bed rooms on the third floor of
the mansion. The room is furnished in
colonial style with the high poster bed
stead, the quaint chiffoniers and wash
stand of that period. There is one of the
original pieces of furniture in the apart
ment, chair which was at Mount Vernon |
during Washingtons lifetime.
Getting Back the Original. 49,.
council is to secure the return to Mount
Vernon of the furnishings which were
there originally and, in consideration OF
the value at which these things are now
held. they have been remarkably success
full. Since Miss Lee, through the extra !
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EAST FRONT OF MOUNT VERNON.

tendent Dodge and his able assistant, Mr..
Young, providing them with every pos
sible comfort. They occupy the rooms
which have been restored by their re-
spective States and the library is i'm
provised into a dining room for their
convenience. The business sessions usu-
ally last from 10 o'clock in the morning
until o'clock in the afternoon, with an
intermission for luncheon. On the Sab
bath on which the council Is at Mount
Vernon the ladies go in body to attend
services at the old Pohick Church, where
Washington was vestryman for SO many
years.
Governors Day.
The Governors Day" is the notable
social event of the session. This is
when his excellency, the virginian Gov
ernor, and his staff make their official
visit to Mount Vernon. This year it will
occur on the coming Tuesday or Wednes-
day, and the ladies have invited a num-
Der of prominent officials from Washing
ton, with their wives, down to meet him
The entire estate will be in gala attire
In his honor: an elegant luncheon served
and toasts and speeches made, compli-
mentary, of course, to the association.
After 1t Is over the governor, in COM
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

The Bible contains 3,56G,4SO letters
s1O,G97 words, 31.1T5 verses. 1.1s9 cbon.
tiers and 66 books. The longest chapter
is Psalms cxix; the shortest and middle
chapter. Psalms cxvii. The middIe
verse is the eighth Of Psalms xviii. The
longest name is in the eighth chontar
Of Isaiah. Tine word "and" occurs az.
627 times, the word Lord" 1855 times
The thirty-seventh chapter of Isaiah
and the nineteenth chapter of the sec
ond book Of Kings are alike. The lon.
gest verse is the ninth OF the eighth
chapter Of Esther; the shortest is the
thirty-ffth Of the eleventh chapter OF
John. In the twenty first verse of the
seventh chapter of Ezra is the alpha.
bet The finest reading is the twenty.
sixth chapter of Acts. The name Of
God is not mentioned in the book of
Esther 1t contains knowledge. wis.
dom, holiness and love.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

"The churches" says an advertising
man quoted by the Philadelphia Rec
ord. "seem more and more inclined to
take space in the newspapers. Special
services Of various kinds are often
quite generously advertised on Satur-
days, and in some cities. notably Bos-
ton, the church advertisements occupy
considerable space and are attractively
set in display type. l dare say we
shall live to see the time when the
church will have its press agent. just
as the theater has, when the religious
editor will gauge the volume of adj
vance notices by the amount Of adver-
Using space taken and when the
church critic will vie with the dramat-
&c critic in dissecting the logic Of a SER
mon and praising or condemning the
elOquence and oratory of the preacher.
Wait and see if am not right"
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

the race. Speaker Henderson an
nounced his withdrawal after a CON
ference of several hours duration with
Chairman CHASER, of the congress
sional committee, and friends yester-
day afternoon. His friends implored
him not to take the action, but to no
avail. He said he had made up his
mind, and no argument could cause
him to change his decision.
When asked for his reasons for his
withdrawal, Speaker Henderson said:
MY letter to Chairman AIbrook is
the whole thing in a nutshell. You
cannot kill the trusts by applying free
trade without killing our own indus
tries. The foreign trusts are fighting
the American trusts, and l do not be-
lieve that, for the purpose of controll-
ing the American trusts, we should
make a market for foreign trusts
thereby crushing out the industries of
this country. l concluded that my
views on the tariff question were at
variance with those of many of my
POI w anu L uAu AlOL uGDlIG W dUDGdI
in false position.
For three years l have advocated
giving control of the trusts to con-
gress. In my judgment, proper super
vision can never be had until con-
| gress has power to treat with them. |
am glad to see from speeches made
| by our fearless and upright chief ex-
ecutive that he is advocating federal
| control over these corporations, and
while in some quarters they may
sheer at it. have not seen any propo-
sition yet, except this, that seems at
all likely to bring relief No PROPOSE
ton has ever been made by the
Democracy excepting to put every
thing on the free list and to give the
country free trade. In other words
they propose to kill the child in order
to cure it."
The following letter was addressed
to c. E. Albrook, chairman of the mott
fication committee, by Mr.. Hender
son:
my Dear Sir-I have never an
swered the note received from yol
advising me of my nomination for the
| eleventh time by reclamation as the
Republican candidate for congress fol
the Third congressional district o.
Iowa. Reported conditions in the pub
lie mind in my district upon public
policies induced me to make this de
lay. Since my return to the distric
have made a careful study as to tn,
sentiment in the district and state, anC
l believe there is no little sentimen
and a growing sentiment, among Re
publicans, that l do not truly repre-
sent their views on the tariff question
Believing this condition to exist, ant
Knowing that I do not agree witt
many Of my people that trusts, t
which l am and have been opposed
can be cured. or the people benefited
by free trade, in whole or in part,
must decline to accept the nomination
so generously and enthusiasticall
made. D. B. HENDERSON"
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Threatened PresIdent roosevelt.

Cincinnati, Sept 16.-The police are
holding Joseph Schmidt, aged 40, on
charge of lettering until they can
investigate a statement that he has
threatened to take the life Of President
Roosevelt. Schmitz was arrested on
Saturday on the complaint of two ell
derby sisters, who said that he had
entered their premises and insisted
on staying there. The police are now
looking for the persons to whom he is
said to have made the threat against
the president
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Odd Fellows Elect R. E. Wright.

Des Moines, Ia. Sept. 17.-R. E.
Wright, OF Allentown. Pa, was yes
terday elected deputy grand sire by
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows, in session here. He was
chosen on the second ballot after a
spirited contest, defeating w. S, Nye,
of Minneapolis; E. S. Conway, of Chi
cago, and Massena Billiard, of Helena,
Mont. The chief contest was over this
office, as by custom, the deputy grand
sire will be chosen grand sire at the
lext meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Sold pecayed Meat.

St Louis. Sept. 17.-Partly decayed
meat, which had been treated chemi.
cally to hide its condition. as well as
sausages containing potato. -four, un-
healthy kidneys ground up, and other
authorizations, were sold in St. Louis
and the other large cities of the coun-
try between August 81, 1899, and May
l, 1902. by the members of the pack
ers' trust, according to testimony given
yesterday by Thomas L. O'Sullivan,
meat and live stock inspector of St
Louis. O'Sullivan was the first wit
ness called by Attorney General Grow
when the taking of testimony was re
sumed by Supreme Court Commits
sioner I. N, Keinly in the beef trust
inquiry,
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Sentenced 10 Fifteen Years.

Butler, Pa, Sept. 17.-Joseph Ben
nett who narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands of a mob on Saturday
night for assaulting 6-year-old Thelma
Wagner, entered a plea of nolle con-
tendre in court yesterday and was sen
fenced to Is years Imprisonment in
the Western Penitentiary. Bennett
has buaQ4 up a pretense of insanity
since n a4Fest, and when sentence
was pronounced, Judge Miller told
the prisoner he need not attempt the
insanity dodge, as the court was salts
fed he was mentally responsible.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

yuwnlng, IaUnomIess gulr between the
employers and employees shall be
bridged over By the straight beam of
the cross. Then this land shall see its
greatest era of temporal and spiritual
prosperity. Then the millennium shall
be ushered in. Then the capitalist and
the laborer shall clasp hands as Chris
tian brothers.
Copyright 1902. by Louis Klopsch.I
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19


Lillian Whiting touches the marriage
question of the hour with no uncertain
note when in '"The World Beautiful In
Books" she says:
"Now, if marriage were a matter of
gain or loss in the outward world of
affairs this might be set down as
fine bit of self sacrifice and delicate
generosity. But marriage is a sacra-
ment or it is nothing, and it is only a
sacrament when mutual love. that asks
nothing that this world could either
give or take away, consecrates it and
makes it holy. As a mere legal con-
tract it is no more sacred than any 9th
er legal contract. and the marriage
devoid of that mutual trust and ten
derness and spiritual response that
would enable the two to take up their
life together on barren island in
midocean and call it all joy, that is
wholly Independent of the things Of
this world because it is Of the divine
realm and exists in another atmOs-
phere than that of trade or traffic or
society-the marriage not based on
this feeling is not sacrament, nor can
church or state make it So"
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

When we turn away from some duty
or some fellow creature. saying that
our hearts are too sick and sore with
some great yearning of our own. we
may often sever the line on which di.
vine message was coming TO us. We
shut out the man and we slut out the
angel who had sent him ON to open the
dOor.-Edward Garrett
Rest and Peace.
True peace and rest lie not in out
ward things. There liveth no man OIL
earth who may always have rest anC
peace without troubles and crosses
Wherefore yield thyself willingly f
them and seek only that true peace o
the heart which none can take ava.
from thee that thou mayest OverCOm
all assaults.-TheOlOgia Germanica-
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Use Aliens FOOt-Ease,

A powder to be shaken into the Shoes Your
feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get
tired easily. II you have smarting feet or
tight shoes, TRY Aliens FOOt-Ease. 1t cools
the feet, and makes walking easy. Cures
wselen, sweating feet, ingrowing nails, Bills
tiers and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions OF all pain and gives rest and com
fort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores for Csc. Don't accept any substi-
tute- Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
l G faT Pc
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

and chcerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is notuncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
.An- TO L. e a.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
HENDERSON DECLINES
speaker of House Will Not Accept
Nomination For Congress.
AT VARIANCE WITH HIS PARTY

Will Not Agree With Growing senti-
ment In Iowa That Trusts Can Be
Killed BY Applying Free Trade
Without Killing Our Own Industries.
Dubuque, Ia, Sept. 17.-Speaker D.
B. Henderson, finding that his views
in respect to the treatment of trusts
by reducing the tariff in whole or in
part, are not in accord with the views
of many of his party in Iowa, yester-
day declined to accept the nomination
for congress, and has withdrawn from
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

Roanoke, Va. Sept. l7.-Mabel Car
roll, aged is years, shot and instantly
killed her aunt, Mrs. William limerick
in the limerick home here last even.
ing. Mrs. limerick was standing at q
bureau dressing, when the girl
snapped a revolver which she claims
she did not know was loaded. The
ball entered the left temple, and Mrs
limerick died instantly. A cOroner's
fury last night exonerated Miss Car
roll from all blame.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

Chicago, Sept. 14.-Friendly counsel
to both parties In the unhappy abor
struggle in the mining regions is Of
fered by Rev. Frank De Witt Tallnage
in this sermon on the text Luke y, q.
'"Thou shalt love thy nelghbor as thy
self"
A startling telegram was lying upon
my desk as l sat down to write this
sermon. 1t was direct information,
sent to one of the Chicago newspa pers,
and it read: Fifty thousand emplC yees
of Pittsburg's mills and factories face
loss Of work through Il famine in fuel
as a result Of the prolonged MIXERS
strike. Coal and coke stacks are near
ly exhausted. 1t is asserted that some
Of the largest plants will be forced to
close in a few days"
Terrible is the suffering which is be
ing caused I'm the little towns and vii
lagos where the Pennsylvania miners
live. A lady who just left the village
Of Shlckshinny. which is situated I'm
the heart of the coal region, told me
that there the men and the women
and the children were practically stary
ing. Even the dogs, gaunt and bag
gard, were running through the streets
like famished wolves. More serious to
the national welfare is it to think That
hundreds of thousands and even mil
lions of men, women and children all
over the east are being indirectly af
fected on account of this miners strike
in addition to those who directly earn
their daily wages in the mines.
But the social disturbances attending
the Pennsylvania strike of 1902 arc no
worse than the Pullman strike of 1894,
when the troops had to be ordered out
and the fire bells ceased ringing lest
they should summon together crowd
of starving men and women. Then
President Cleveland sent the United
States troops to clear the tracks fol
the mails, and the Calling guns were
unlimbered and made ready to Isl Dol
to kill" The present disturbance is
no worse than the famous Homestead
strike of 1892 when the Pinkerton Iaer
guarded the works night and day ant
when II. G. Prick, the superintendent
was nearly murdered, and the stlik.
of this year and those of 1894 and 1S9.
are MS mere bagatclles compared t,
the awful railroad strike of 1878, W lel
every great city-north. east and ives
was terrorized and when human
blood was being daily shed.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vieov
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19


urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wettjng, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-RoOt is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty E.klHn-
cent and one dollar l4ga yS5E-ii ~
sizes. You may have a la 4: 81 8I.li;s
sample bottle by mail 'aSslssl Ls ssssss ": "
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swamp Root
ing all about it, including many Of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Changed Social Conditions.

Capital has sinned and helped 10
cause the present social agitation be
cause it has ceased to make the H.
bOrers' interest its own interest. Tie
present social conditions prevailing be-
tween capital and labor could not have
existed fifty or hundred years ago.
In oIden times the employer associated
with his employees. The small factory
towns Of England nearly always had
the manufacture homestead within
n stones throw OF the men and women
who worked in his factory. The result
was that if a workman had sickness
81 his family he could go to his elm
ylOyer and get financial help. If lC
was in trouble and did not know wha
to do, he could 20 to his employer an(
Jet advice. If he was an honest, enGr
getic employee, he could always fee
that his employers eye was upon hin
and that he would be deservedly lie
warded And if he did wrong tn
workman also knew that his employ
er's eye was upon him and that i
would suffer accordingly. The resIl
was llldI Tue luHuuldcluIeI AdllSh'
and the mechanics cottage were i
4 such close touch that the owners lOol
ed upon each other as brothers an
members of large family, in viii,
the employer was the elder brother, c
}. head of the house.
Il Employer and employee in olda
! times used to live together in a con
munity in the same confidential rel;
tionship that Andrew Jackson held Il
ward the people of his plantation. o..
night at evening prayers the wife
} bis overseer happened to enter e.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

Returning Steamer will leave Philadelphia
from Pier 3, South WharVes First Pier above
Chestnut Street, as follows: