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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
Another Meeuffey storN

4 man who read last SUNDAY in the
Eagle the reproduction Of the piece from
McGufey's old readers calls for another
ore which he remembers. He doesn Z
know the tide OF #. and wants the Eagle
70 hunt i Up and run Il for the cd
school children He says this pieoe made
q vivid impression OF his child-mioi; THAI
after he had first read II, the zene haunt
90 him for days. L was 4 raging FIRE
that threatened 4 woman and some chill
dren-
Apparently what he refers to IS a
piece / Z McGu1ey's fourth entitled
Burning the Fanow" As IL appeared
81 The old reader II was adapted from
"Roughing L in the Bush sto-y hy
Ms. Susanna Noodle (sister Of Agnes
Strickland relating her adventures - the
bacswoods o. Canada This is the story.
L The day vas suitry. and towards
ro01 strong wind spra1g Up that roar-
81 IN the pine tops Ike the dashiug Of
distant bl.ows. but without IN ths last
degree abatinr the heat The children were
Iistiessly lying uro1 the floor. and the
girl and were finishing s,G-boaaets.
when MAJ Suddenly exclaimed Bless Us.
mistress what a smoke
q : ran Immediately - the doc. bur
vas not able % distinguish ten yards BE-
fore ne. The swamp Immediately Below
Is was on IRE. and the heavy wia6 vas
driving a dense clozd % smoke directly
towards rs
g What can This meaa1~ crses.
who CA have 81 IRE - TIE faGsoW
As ceased speaking john Thomas stood
pale ard trembling before re. "Joza.
what s the neanlng q this d-e-
4 ,cs. IA an Z hopa you VII forgive
ne. = was 7 vao SIT Ere % il and
would give al have IL TIE vor,d Z
lad rot do1e 4
s What Is tha danger
s oh. In afra5a we shaH al 20 5zrzs
u saiS John. beginning % vshlrl7e-
Wat shail We do
Z. WHY. Ne must SGT CT as q as ezzt
a. We ca. ard iezve the house g it=
we ca1't So ou- sad ths ma.
IN Z lex. hollrx toae. which sesa-sd the
concentration - FEAR. 7 Eo1ld hare sot
o1t Of i Il 7 colsd; Blk 5rst sscP - ere
hack door ard Sc
Before. behind q ever side. se
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
cIlmhed Throuah she Winsevs.

One OF the Fairmount msnonesrs says
that out on Hillside avenue the
other day an elderly man stopped tire car
and tried 10 push through TIRE gate az
the front end OF the car The montoreer
told him 10 go to the rear. Thereupon
the man went 10 the rear and remain
ing or the same side saw an iron gate
there, too Without discovering that on
the other side OF the car there
was no gate, and concluding that there
must be some way 70 get in, he labor
iousIy crawled through the vestibuls win
dow. reaching the floor before the motto
neer saw what was Cd. Then. when he
regained his feet. ne tried 70 open the
car door, by pulling it towards him: I
expect. said the elderly gentleman. that
I appear mighty green 10 you. but this i
the first time I ever rode On street
car"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
Wireless TeIearsrhy.

There is q wireless teiegra9hy iustrg-
nlent IL the Rock lsiand Offices AZ Topeka
and also one az Harrington, according %
the story tod BIZ G. =. Bzscom. Rock
Island distrsrt Passenger aSent re said ,
when "a tire wires betveen Topeka
and HerrhEtor are out q order. mes
sagss can Be sent ~ these wireless In
strumsnts. They have been 81 use shoa-
. month do not understand hog they
work. but they are net exactly Ike
those t.ed ~ Marcoui The keys o. the
Instruments are always left open 81 order
10 keep ths batteries from hgri,s est
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
Lost Foot Of ReaL Estai :.

It Is said that in wichita there are
innumerable instances OF odd Pieces OF
land, foot or so wide, and 10 feet
long, lying around without Al. owner
or a claimant. Frequently they lie be-
tween two fifty foot lots. Their origin IS
said 20 be this: part Of wichita D not
plated but was laii OF By rBteS and
bounds, that is by descriptive MEASURE
rnents. IN a case where there was =
block three hundred and one feet IN
length, six men wouh buy one fifty foot
lot each. and have it described by metes
and bounds. This Would leave OLE foot
undecided Few peoples know OF tAis and
the foot is gob6led uSo By sone man.
who has without being aware OF it.
hfty-one feet Few lot owners measure
their land.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16


a Wichita insurance sosciior says that
nc nas come 70 the coueles.o1 that gooe
health and r.ches % nst 80 togsther.
Z IS his experience thai the real hussy
Individuals IN this weird hare 10 COIN.
while the dyspeptics and the pooriy and
the distraughs Just have money pear n
or them He got TIE icsa through solicit-
ias- insurance The men ths medical sx-
a-ai1srs Of the irsgrz7ce company Wiz
pass haven't enough 10 take ogt s1ssslr-
aucs as a rule Tire men whom the ex-
azninsrs win not pass. s-s usually an
xious 70 take Insurance ard have eacush
money 70 take large paiciss- This sole
itor claims that Il is one OF the con-
pensations OF Providence. thar the man
who Is able % wozk. IS made 70 rustic Tor
= while The nan who IS not IS taken
care OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16

A sermon on the uncertainty q human
life could De preasched and three notable
irstances cited from the history or
Wichita in the last gear. Three Wichita
men have in the last year died uore
or less tragi oal deaths. men who were
prominent In thetr physical makeup. =
anyone a year ago had beer ASKED q
naue the three Wichita men who would
b. dead within twelve months, the last
rrel % be named xould have been
Charles Rsck,neyer. Warren Mckee aui
tho late Dir. Trout Zach man vas G
Modern giant, and the Perfect picture -
health. All have since died uuhapTr
dc sths. their end being preceded b.
trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16

Tof-a Rern0iss ssgs thst ~ 90 w-z-
elevator -hira Stands near ths ca as
elzTifzts5 steve n8 5s shs rtro- rest
oUi.dszE in W-ichisz. Tou oo1id roI IL AZ
go LAY fro-- asrs 20 Fer 81 ar-
carataE - 8r nsgns}fs as r uas
stnl - ~ good ss asw- 7 zo<Hn't le-x f.
y - bl.tlf - swe-hY-s.res srf-s f-Fefse-
% vsthstans tas lateral srrssars ~ go
Eheas Ens-H - irn1asass
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
u 80 the Errr.,,lan.

r. 2. Cushns1. % the vriehgsa v-i1is-
sale grocery went - Ok1aho1a this last
Tssk flst before ire rzin cane Re
returned J1st after it BAD fs1ea Sc
SAID saat tae eTect Or me pe.7le Feea
sbaEt tta derafs sas 1snsoTocs- that
everybody f7uu ths hus 6ffQer ur -
the ststioa sEsat st a. the Efssio-s wss
srzsilrg
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
Mouths Flew oeen.

Sot one man n fry can Ioak Up n ths
air and keep his mouth sEut Rrcenfiy
a great deal q WORK has been done 81
strinEiHg wires and cables 81 Wlch.fa.
and or any o. the principal corners Orr
ing tha day TIE l!nemsE ccuid - seen
perched On the cross-arnas. Eeariy even
rasssr-oy bestaEed glance * ess r sly
- their directioa and Ia practically every
case. the mouth q the rzzer. nan or
woman. Would - cDeu-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
wichita claim Holders

The wichita people who drew claims
in the Kiowz and C1ruanche coun-
try are now residing on them Ia
order - make settlement Few Ok The
local lucky ones re2lnquizaed, Aiiss Beai
resides OF her valuable farm. Il 8 sx-
pected that within a year Il viii Dc plat
ted Moss OF the Wichirz farmers who
are il the new country are putti1g Ia
cotton as first crop.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16

r. ? 3uraerE ~ fbs Fseis So. afss-a-
81 ere ae~rrsrer r.eas ta=sesf ri lsrfn
Henrv la &eu Xars ~aa assss -a
fhe gus-r where the vmez safar,.
f0 lek a ~ Nore
fse aaff 1rfu uffh sg feaHe esa.a-
asst wei uF es rs
a1rsr~l tnes enc res ~. i-zTrs a
tse EslsrT erke1 ss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

show. &c Il cIairvoysaut- spsritualiSt.c.
lsgerdenain, slsight-os hand. magnetism.
or anything o. shzt n1xrHe. AID Fritz s
always o. hand usually n box n
e. cry case knoEn . LEGAL history Re has
ken chosen 70 examine TIE cabinet %
77estigsre the stage Tor hidden wires.
ard 70 bazdage the eyes Of The mind
reader. he has become an expert aad :
trek has 70 Be mighty Few that Fritz
hssn't seen performed befbre-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
Span Ct Ancient Males.

Some queer things are handed II 70 the
Eagle cEce. wednesday a cd man
from Oklahoma handed in 1lis item. lie
said i Nss gwen him by q man from
Illinois whom re met on the depot plat
form in r Reno. Mr.. ChrstisoD II Win
chester. sIliaois has span of mules SIN
living that hsuls5 . part % the f@sth
ll!ncis regiment 70 JacksorHllIe IN iss1.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
Two WlehItans g Be Thsre.

Bert Walden is going - Europe some
time fl May. He ssSs that Mr
Grisl or his city. who IS SONG also 20
Europe tells him thai On bly, AZ Stutt-
CART al The German -Anse-icans iu the
cid country congregate anz< ceiebrste. Mr.
Crib VIII attend this big CELEBRATION. AID
Bert Walden says lie himself IS SONG
II he IL II the neighhorllood-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16

Hess. Edgar Hess and Charles Jennings
TIE Wichita University gave a oo,k -
esn;icn- f,verybody who vent tees 3
book
William alrnsubsck sisd n TIE i.saa=
asylum after nineteen years oonaneu=n-.
re vas Ssnt - TIE asylu1 from th-s
county II ,s-2
The felloWtnE new boaks were a1ile -
TIE lorarr- Rcmcla. Prlnaess 81 30
Nor. II The S.-hlilsnSscouTts TIE rsi-T
CT the AIRS. The Daughter ~ ~ t.u
press. LADY Clstismaing Divorer. ~
Hearts Darling; Wee Wlae. Elsl, f--
cation. Rory . More. All A6afr sars
+ h-rhor. Othe- Peoples Noaey. Harry
/ I.l-r-Qusr. a False starr. TIE 4or-
Easah
+ zir. oscar DeionS. formerly = Ianes &
Res Eas married n jersey cas-. Nfr
Jersey
AIS snsni, s,nHsou Won TIE Prise 81
fsssd for the best essay ~ TIE csosiar
Cub.
+ me Missouri and Kansas Telsphers
( Compsay anaoazeed thar = vouia sxfsri
The tel lfae % Conway sprl1sa Areaft
and Harper-
BISHOP Nl-le v-ls in the cfty the saess
/ q Rev e. s Sushagn. he prfaei
az the Emperia avenue Mctnc1lsz cnHr
Sx-tsoVernor S. Iehn of Ciafae Wa
+ the city iaokinE it ever. probably with a
view % Iocatser
sulfman. Mlisr and Co.. were i'catet
T In shrcc-stary building % Nerth - .l-
ia street
Izlac y Nia= ore ~ the nicncers
SUNNI cruatg. Rel kaowp la Wich
passed esa
49,, ~ .e s...~--s f- sk.s
historv ~ th cr f.H 90 sae m7f7ies
The houc ~ Ike pean IN waco Tor
ship Was destroyed ~ FIRE whle - srfi
Mrs. Dean uerr in Hica.ta.
The HYDE & 8aueie stationery cougo7r
were haviue e dissolution sale
The contract Cor IN elevator 81 re
Federal buaias vas let to cost s. a.
Mrs Iud~e west enteTtEinzd 90 ~h.sf
m her hofna or college fsiD-
Mss alarr Rouse on Der sixth esrtha
gave a rartv 30 the Manhattan. Bier
guests were Fsnnls oliver. Gcoress
Cravrs May yshc. Cornel.a Var. tas
Golastaadf Jeanette Wan Iesi~ Hiaes.
Anita Woo5 Ircne hartman. Esthrr
ssnYthe. Iucnle HiacWcider EieArer
Rleakmore stamper oliver f7ogd Lesar.
Jr. wilbur Coorer walter Burton ari
clifford Barton
sIrs. Fl b. Campbell and Mrs. g
vannesz gave "a farewell tea for 1fel
Grace Hli Who vas r0ing 20 Sait taan
CITY The guests were Nrs. Kos Hsr-
rs Mr. NJ q Todd Mrs 2 r. verur-
lion. afre- W. p. cleveland. Mrs a.
Moorehouse. Mrs r. Cook. MFs r. ilass
Mrs I Humble Mrs. =. q. Ss-yth,
Mrs r au Mrs Lioye Ferreli, ssss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
ersenbacEer in Republican Convention

q f. Nichols claims 20 Be one OF the
r-st Csreenbackars 10 settle IN Kansas
snd De has beer true 20 the faith ever
since ne came 70 the state in the latter
aa-t Of the sixties. Even before he came
TO the sunaower state he was Green
hacker. having been converted 90 the
cause in 1856.
EIe lad lust returned from the war 10
his Indiana home and had been prof.
feed the appointment TO West Point
bS SCHUYLER Colfax. who was then
member Of congress. The future Demo
cratic candidate for vice president sent
him some government documents On
finance 70 study before he took the ex-
asniration. and the prospective Vest
Pointer did 50 The study resulted IN
his conversion TO the Gresbcak cause
lie did not go % West Point. but Went
10 a Republican county convention IN
stead
There was a colse contest over one
nomination" said Mr.. Nichols in telling
the story. ana my vote nominated ore
OF the Candidates I had been heard %
saw that though fought against Jeffer-
son Davis, stin thought he was not as
great an enemy to the. country IS Hugh
aIcCunoch. the secretary Of the treasury.
who did not agree with ray monetary
views
Another delegate said had 70 bus
mess in Republican convention II I
talked that way about the secretary II
the treasury. and he CHALLENGED my vote.
Finally he challenged ne II duel
accerted the challenge. but the man
failed 70 show II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
men want Read T.

Audrey, Nary Johnstons last beck. Is
on the market and Is being eensrziiy read
BY the RoEsa- Buy the men wf1 have
nothing 70 Do with g. They sourei on
aiary S last book whore shs had oas razn
XII three pirates AZ one dip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
An Editors Compliment

Mark P. Gretchen IN the sedgwicES
Paragraphs:
The Gossip for Home People"
page Of the Sunday Wichita Eagle is
little the best thing that reaches
cur desk"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16

sare zane saas = "a Tezr Es-L Tr-z
sshz -zs- - -eseT u-azs< = zEaers
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21
IN VARIOUS PLACES.

Three new railway lines are project
ed in Turkey.
Cuban railroads are compelled by
their charters to carry mails free.
Japan sent 63 ships through the
Suez canal last year, or more than
Spain (34) or Denmark (2O and near
ly as many as Italy (S2).
The Hoangho, or Yellow river, of
China, is $500 miles in length, and
drains territory equal to one-third
the area of the United States.
The new Spanish income tax sched-
ule is based on the idea of taxing busi-
ness profits wherever found. Banks
must pay Is per cent. of their income
to the government, besides five per
cent. more on all dividends paid, while
ordinary corporations must pay II per
cent. on income and eight per cent.
on dividends.
The marshy ground of the Ganges
delta, with its vast masses of vegeta-
tion, decaying under tropical sun,
is the native home of the cholera. In
that pestilential region the cholera
and plague are found every year and
all the year round. Every cholera epi-
demic which has desolated Europe,
every visitation of the plague, is be-
lieved to have started from the mouth
of the Ganges.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21
WASHINGTON
ON MARRIAGE

In several letters Washington ex-
pressed his views upon the institution
of marriage. To the French ally, Count
ChastelluX, who served in America as
a major general, he wrote: SIN reading
your very friendly and acceptable let
ter l was, as you may well suppose,
not less delighted than surprised to
meet the plain American words my
wife A wife! Well, my dear mar
quis, l can hardly refrain from smil-
ing to find you are caught at last. 1
saw by the -eulogium you often made
upon the happiness of domestic life in
America that you had swallowed the
bait and that you would as surely be
taken one day or other as that you
were philosopher and a soldier. So
your day has at last come. l am glad
of it with all my heart and soul. 1t is
quite good enough for you. Now you
are well served for coming to fight in
favor of the American rebels all the
way across the Atlantic ocean by
catching that terrible contagion, do
nestle felicity, which same, like the
smallpox or the plague, man can
have only once in his life, because it
commonly lasts him (at least with us
in America; l don't know how you
manage these matters in France) for
his whole lifetime. And yet, after all
the maledictions you so richly merit on
the subject, the worst wish l can find
in my heart against you is that you
may neither of you ever get the better
of this domestic felicity during the
entire course of your mortal exist
ence."
Once when asked to give advice to
widow in the Custis circle as to new
matrimonial venture he replied: II
never did nor do | believe | ever shall
give advice to n woman who is setting
out on a matrimonial voyage-first, be-
cause | never could advise one to mar
ry without her own consent, and, Sec
ondly, because l know it is to no pur-
pose to advise her to refrain when she
has obtained 1t. A woman very rarely
asks an opinion or requires advice on
such an occasion till her resolution is
formed, and then it is with the hope
and expectation of obtaining a sane
ton that she applies"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21
I'm 1907

Isaac Weld, contemporary Of
Washington, wrote as follows of the
president at the close of his second
term: His chest is full, and his limbs,
though rather slender, we'll shaped and
muscular. His head is small, in which
he resembles the make of a number of
his countrymen. His eyes are of
light gray color. and in proportion to
the length of his face his nose is
long. Mr.. Stuart, the eminent portrait
painter, told me that there were fea-
lures in his face totally different from
what he ever observed in any other
human being. The sockets for the eyes,
for instance, are larger than he ever
met with before and the upper part of
the nose broader. All his features, he
observed. were indicative of the stron-
gest and most ungovernable passions,
and had he been born in the forests it
was his opinion that he would have
been the tiercest man among the saw
age tribes"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21

q A YHEN this little daughter.
A~ Martha, was born to Mr..
w and Mrs. cambridge, way
down in Virginia, in the
year 1870, her eyes looked upon a very
different world from that the twenti-
eth century baby gazes at. She no
doubt had beautifully hand embroid-
cred gowns and underclothing, for the
mothers of that time were very much
better needlewomen than we are, but
they were all fashioned of linen or
dimity, cold and clammy. Even the
little undergarments were Of the same
material, for woolen or flannel held no
place in the dressing of infants or chill
dren. All the warmth required seemed
to be in tiny embroidered shawl pin
ned around the shoulders. All gowns
were neckless and sleeveless, and when
we remember how imperfectly the
houses were heated we wonder if Mar
tina was not often dosed with medi-
cine when she cried when all she want
ed was to have a few more comforta-
BILE clothes. Her mother and father
no doubt had plenty of furs and vel
vets, for they were of the aristocratic
class and had all their best clothing
direct from England. They, however,
thought the little ones either did not
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21
JUST A MATTER OF WORDS.

The term carat merely means a
twenty-fourth part of any given
weight.
The word tomboy, now applied to a
rude young woman, formerly meant
rude young man or boy.
Furlong was at first. furrow long.
or the distance that a pair of oxen
would plow in half an hour.
Rosewood is not the wood of anv
species of rose tree, nor is it red. Its
fragrance gives it it's name.
A vagabond was originally only a
traveller or person who went from
place to place with or without a
definite object.
Timber dealers always talk of
large piece of mahogany or oak as a
log, while truck of firwood is a
fir-pole, and of other timber baulk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21
Clerks Wise Suggestion,

II have lately been much troubled with
dyspepsia, belching and sour stomach"
writes M. S. Mead, leading pharmacist
of Attleboro, Mass 81 could eat hard
ly anything without suffering several
hours. My clerk suggested try Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure which 1 did with most
happy results. have had no more
trouble and when one can go to eating
mince pie, cheese, candy and nuts after
such time, their digestion must be
pretty good. I endorse Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure heartily" You don't have to diet.
Eat all the good food you want but don't
overload the stomach Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests your food. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21

Bologna's two square leaning tow
ers, the Garisenda and the Asinelli,
which are more startling than the
tower at Pisa, are safe. A rumor
was started that they showed signs
of weakening, but commission of
engineers pronounces them as solid
as ever. The Asinelli tower is 315 feet
high and was built in HOO. The Carl
senda was built a year later and was
originally taller, but is now only 153
feet high. It's inclination, however, is
greater than that of the other tower.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-21

MARTHA SAT FOR HOURS IN STOCKS OR
STRAPPED TO BACKBoARDs.
feel the cold or else should early learn
the lesson of self control and cheerful
endurance of what could not be helped.
Be that as it may, am sure Martha
and all the other colonial babies must
have suffered with the cold. Icy blasts
blew down the great chimneys, and
the rooms could not be warmed three
feet from where the great logs were
blazing. The bedrooms were not heat
ed at all, and the only hope that the
babies slept warmly at all lies in the
long handled warming pan which q
black boy or girl nightly thrust be-
tween the clammy linen sheets. These,
filled with live Goals from the kitchen
fire, must have proved very grateful to
the baby of long ago.
When the babies had laid aside their
first clothes, they were dressed ex-
actly like their parents. A costume
worn by little tot two and a half
years old is described as follows: "Of
yellow brocaded satin over a petticoat
of crimson velvet" 1t touched the
floor in front and trailed behind Just
as did her mothers, and / do not be-
lieve that little girl had half as much
pleasure in this state costume as girls
of today do in their simple suits, free
to run and jump or to do anything a
healthy body prompts them to.
The chief aim in every girls life was
to be erect. To attain this young girls
were simply tortured. Martha Wash
ington. or, more correctly, Martha
cambridge, no doubt sat for hours in
stocks or strapped to backboards.
Stays and stiffened coats were made
even more unbending by metal or
wood busks. These latter were hand
somely carved and elaborately decorat-
ed and were considered an elegant and
appropriate gift to little girl. These
instruments did give the erect car
riage the girls desired, but do not
believe they could skate or bicycle
with much comfort.
Boys were dressed exactly like their
fathers, in doublets. leather knee
breeches, fancy waistcoats, leather
belts and knit caps. They had an outer
cloak called a mandilion, which was
lined usually with a bright colored
cloth and was very picturesque.
The most blameworthy custom in the
dress of the boys was the universal
wearing of wigs. These were expen-
sive, costing Fl or fS apiece $35 or
S40), and all boys over seven years of
age wore them. After wigs went out
of fashion hair was worn powdered,
and. although it was becoming, we
should be glad we do not wear our
hair so. as the powder busted off, ruin
ing the clothes. even when the hair
was oiled and pomatumed to overcome
the difficulty.
With the exception of the state gar
ments, imported by the very rich. all
the wool and cotton used in the house
holds were woven and spun by the
mothers and daughters. Martha Wash
ington not only wore homemade and
home spun clothes, but helped to
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late the liver. open the bowels and re-
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