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education, and, at the age of l6, left home
and school to engage in the occupation OF
civil engineering and surveying, which at
that time, when the country was a path
less forest and infested by Indians, was a
calling filled with hardships and beset with
perils. He followed it for three years.
Then hostilities with the Indians began and
the government appointed him a major in
the army sent to operate against them.
Shortly after this the American war be-
tween France and England, over claims to
territory, broke out and Washington, es-
pousing the cause of his mother country,
was commissioned a colonel. The war last
ed four years and at its close, then only 2S
years of age, he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon with an enviable reputation
as a military officer, and for Is years de-
voted himself to the farming OF his estates.
Then came the war of the revolution and
he was called from this happy home to take
the position of commander in chief of the
American armies. a thousand pens have
told the story of his career in that strug-
gle for our independence as a nation. For
seven long years he endured hardship and
suffered privation, gave freely of his for
tune, and separated himself from the en-
dearments of home. When at last the vic
tory came and the new government under
the constitution was launched, the people
attested their appreciation of the value of
his services and the confidence they had in
his wisdom by calling him, with a unani-
nous voice, to rule over the new nation
as its first president. He remained in the
executive chair for two terms of four
years each when he once more returned to
his home, which he loved so well and the
comforts of which he had enjoyed so little
during his long, perilous, e~ventful and
busy public career.
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NEW DAIRY INDUSTRY.
A Wesleyan Professor Experiment.
ing ia Dissolve Methods of Soft
Cheese Manufacture

Few people in this country have any
idea of the great variety of products
covered by the name cheese. Most
American cheeses are what are called
hard cheeses; European markets, how
ever, deal in many kinds unfamiliar
to us, including a large class known
as soft cheeses, which keep only a
comparatively short time and usual
~ possess extremely high f~lavors.
Everyone knows the Limburger va
riety, the peculiar odor of which has
given rise TO TO many newspaper jokes.
These soft cheeses form a series of
most delicious products, and the
cheaper kinds supply a most accept
able relish to the coarse foods of Euro
pean peasants. Limburger cheese has
a considerable sale in this country,
and, of late years, there has been an
increasing demand for the species
known as Roquefort and Camembert,
two of the most delicate and high
priced of European brands. Camem-
bert, Brie and Neufchtel cheeses are,
now manufactured to a limited extent
in the United States; but the processes
by which they are made here are large
ly trade secrets and hence cannot be
employed by ordinary cheese makers.
The United States department of
agriculture has learned that it re-
quires only proper care and attention
to produce in this country other kinds
of cheeses of as high a grade as those
made in Europe. The Storrs' expert
ment station of Connecticut is at work
upon the problem of discovering and
making public practicable methods of
manufacture; and the department of
agriculture proposes to cooperate
with the experiment station in this
work.
The secret of soft cheese making is
probably a meteorological one, and
the work is under the direction of Prof.
II. w. Conn, of Wesleyan university,
Middletown, Conn.,, who for years has
been studying the bacteriologv of milk
products. The scientific part of the
investigation is to be carried on in the
laboratory of Wesleyan university.
Possibly the next few years will see
appearing in our markets varieties of
cheese quite new to the American pub
lie; and, side by side with the produc-
ton of these new cheeses. will 90 the
education of our taste in the eniov-
ment of these new products of Ameri-
can industry.
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AS A HERO

Unlike most of the great military COM
manders of history, Washington was not
trained to the manual of arms. He was
not a professional soldier, as were Alexan-
der the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal,
Napoleon and Grant. When his country
called him to battle with its foes he was
engaged in civil pursuits. He dropped
these to enter its service, and when its
wars were over he laid aside the sword and
returned to the avocations of the civilian.
And yet Washington as a general takes
rank with those military heroes who made
martialism their life business.
In the hostilities with the Indians, when
he acted as a major, and in the war with
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France, when he was a colonel, he displayed
skill, courage, GOODNESS and all those ele-
ments which mark a born leader of men in
time of war. One instance showing this in
a high degree occurred during the war with
France, when he was a colonel in Gen.
Braddock's army. The lack of caution on
the part of this British officer during the at
tempt to accomplish the reduction of Fort
Duquesne led his army into an ambush the
Indian allies of the French had planned,
and, while they were marching through
the forests u%nmindful of danger, like the
burst of a storm from the cloudless sky
came the roar of musketry and the raining
of bullets. No foe was to be seen; yet
every tree concealed a lurking savage and
over every stone was pointed a hostile rifle.
Draddock and hundreds of his brave men
fell in death. Half the army gone, the re-
mainder broke in wild confusion and fled
Washington, familiar with Indian warfare
and tactics, with his regiment of 400
provlnclals, who were in the rear, took to
the trees to cover the retreat of the Brit
Ish regulars, and poured such a swift and
unerrlng fire upon the enemy that
checked pursuit and allowed what was left
OF the army to escape in safety. This was
regarded at the time as a great military
feat, and "Braddock's defeat" rang
through the land as "Washington's vic
tory"
The war of the revolution, however,
brought out his highest abilities as a com
mander and displayed his true military
genius. No man of ancient or modern
times was ever called to a more difficult
task. The whole population of the united
American colonies did not exceed 5000, 900.
England was the mistress of the seas and
the strongest military power on the globe.
The men in her armies were trained to
war and had every equipment for wal that
wealth could purchase. The little band of
c%olonists which stepped forth to meet this
giant had neither training, supplies, fleets
or military resources. The odds in the en-
counter were fearfully against us, and no
one knew it better than George Washing
ton. Defeat meant ruin to him, and, per-
Ihaps, ignominious death ON the scafold.
But sublimely he stepped forth and ac-
cepted the responsibilities of the post.
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Trees from the Nursery.

If young trees are received from the
nurseryman be careful and not expose
the roots to the action of dry winds.
As many insects and diseases may be
distributed from nurseries all trees
should be very carefully examined, no
matter how young they may be. When
setting them out prepare the land well.
and give the roots plenty of room. Use
no manure, but place the top soil next
the roots. Shorten back the tops, so
as to be able to shape the trees in the
future, and also for the purpose of pro-
yiding nourishment at th~e,start.
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conversation with a party of gentlemen,
SAD: Come, George, it is nine o'clock. 1t
Is Time to go home Washington turned
and offered his mother his arm and in a
few moments they left for their home, but
In telling the story Mrs. Hamilton, in her
memoirs, adds: 1--WE must, however, not
iail to record that after he had seen his
mother home, he returned to the reception
and spent the remainder of the evening""
Inc wife OF Washington, to whom he was
married when he was 81 years of age, had
peen Mrs. Martha Gusts, a young widow
Oh great wealth and beauty. She had landed
estates at the time of her marriage that
were valued at 100000, with "an incum-
Drance" OF two children. Washington, be-
lore that, was wealthy. The beautiful estate
OF Mount Vernon had descended to him by
inheritance. After his marriage he enlarged
MS nome mansion, embellished the grounds.
and made considerable additions, by pur-
chase, to the estate, which consisted Of
s,oo0 acres, 1000 of which were titled. the
remainder being in wood and uncultiyated
land. His occupation was thatsof a large
planter, raising wheat and tobacco. The
wheat was ground on the estate and shipped
LOT sale. The tobacco was sent to England.
from which then almost every article of
domestic use was imported. This was the
beautiful home and the happy, independent
lie ne left to fight the battles for the
struggling colonies.
Martha Washington was a noble Chris
tan woman, refined and educated, and she
ever exercised over him an influence that
was helpful and good. When he parted
with her to take command of the army in
the revolutionary war, she said: This is
a sorrowful day for me, but your country
needs you and you must 60. My morning
and evening prayers viii be that God will
watch over and protect You and return you,
when victory is won. safely to me- And
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AND WIFE

In the two great influences which have
so much to do with the shaping of the lives
of men-mother and wife-Washington was
peculiarly blessed. The woman who guided
his footsteps during his tender years and
whose influence followed him in his after
life was a model mother. Kind, loving. de-.
voted and watchful, she instilled into the
mind of her son the principles of Christian
religion and nodded a character that the
vices OF his times could not corrupt. He
attributed to her early training much of
the success that came to him during the
eventful career through which Providence
led him. a nations homage gathers around
the memory of Washington's mother and
her name is written in history.
IS illustrative of the influence that his
mother had over him, Mrs. Alexander Ham
llton says that while Washington was in
the meridian of his fame a brilliant recep.
ton was given one evening in his honor at
Fredericksburg, Va. When the church bells
sounded the hour of nine Lady Washing
ton, his mother, arose, and walking across
the room to where her son was engaged in
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be attended with such insuperable diff
rage with the dover negroes, as to excite
the most painful sensations il not disagree
able consequences, from the latter, while
both descriptions are in the occupancy of
the same proprietor; it not being in my
power, under the tenure by which the
dover negroes are held, to manumit them
The wording Of the clause was labored,
but its meaning was plain. Mrs. Wash
ington, soon after her husbands death,
learning from the will that her dover in
terest was the only obstacle to the imme-
date emancipation Of the slaves. at once re-
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A PICTURE OF PATRIOTISM

To give a biography of Washington would
be to paint a picture of patriotism itself.
1t would be picture in which devotion to
country would be the conspicuous feature.
Blended with it, in harmonious coloring,
would be honesty, nobility, spotless integ-
rity, and all those elements of character
which go to make up true manhood.
Washington, it is true, did not nave to
struggle with poverty, as so many of our
Americans who have attained greatness
have done, for his parents were wealthy
for the times in which he lived. But this
wealth did not, as is so generally the case,
fasten upon him idle and dissolute habits.
From the beginning of his career until its
close his life was a busy and active one, free
from vices of every kind. Indeed, Wash
fngton's morality has ever been held up as
an example for the youth, and even the
mousing historian has failed in his attacks
Upon it.
Washington enjoyed all the substantial
eomforts and the advantages of a good
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COLD AIR

windows that let in much cold. Plan
for a manur cellar, or a covered barn
yard for another year, and meanwhile
keep the cold out of those windows by
fitting over them hinged drop WIN
dows,, s>shown in the cut. A small
stick kept inside the window can he
inserted in two sockets, as suggested,
when the drop window is raised. A
great amount of cold wind will be
kept out of the cattle quarters by
this plan.-A. L. Watson, in Farm and
Home.
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CGulHS MS utdlu, UuliuS SdS9dl,
%S9N I'M in one Of the most intensely
RM dramatic scenes ever enacted
&@39l upon the stage Of real life, said:
w. Il have provided for every
thing in my life excepting death, and now,
alas! | am to die, though entirely unpre-
pared"
How different were the last dying words
OF George Washington: 1T is WELL"
Both were great, as the world measures
greatness, but when the curtain fell their
last words revealed, as nothing else so fore
IDLY could, the relative merits of their
earthly deeds to true greatness.
Washington retired from the presiden-
tial chair on the 4th of March, 1897. His
death occurred on the l4th of December,
1899. These nearly three years of his life
were spent happily and peacefully at his
beautiful Mount Vernon home, superin-
tending his large estates and enjoying a
health that promised a lease of life far be-
yo1- the IS years that Were allotted to him.
1t was his usual custom to ride over his
estate each day to look after the work that
was being lone by his slaves. He was doing
So on the 18th of December, 1899. A driz-
Zllng rain, turning into snow, was falling
and he returned home late in the afternoon,
shivering with cold, but sat down to his
dinner without changing his clothes. The
next morning he had a slight cold and re-
manned in the house until late in the after
noon, when he again rode over his farm,
returning quite hoarse. He refused, how-
ever, to comply with Mrs. Washington's
suggestion to take a remedy, saying:
You know | never take anything to car
~ off a cold. Let it go as it came"
He passed the evening as usual, reading,
writing letters and conversing with his fam
lily, and at his accustomed hour retired to
bed. About two o'clock the next morning
he awoke in an ague chill and was seriously
i'll. At sunrise his physician, DR.. Craig,
was sent for. He lived some miles away
and it was II o'clock before he arrived at
called, but, despite their efforts, Wash
ington's condition continued to grow
worse, His sufferings from the infamma-
ton of his throat and the struggling for
breath were severe. He knew that death
was approaching, but he retained his com
posture. He spoke to his wife about bust
ness affairs and to others about his funeral.
examined his will, and destroyed some pa
pers which he did not wish preserved.
About four o'clock in the afternoon he said
to DR.. Craig:
Doctor, l am going to die, but | am not
afraid to go. | believed from my first at
tack that | should not survive it. My
breath cannot last long"
About six o'clock his physician asked
him ii he did not wish to sit up in bed. He
held out his hand and was raised up on
his pillow, when he said:
Il feel that | am going. l thank you for
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Many d Man

Has wrecked a fortune in the effort to
hold a place above his station.
Gives time and attention to subjects I'M
worthy of sensible consideration
Makes a lifelong enemy by telling the en-
tire truth.
Finds himself frozen out OF a position when
he has felt himself most secure.
Gives, himself weary moments through a
feeling Of supersensitiveness.
Takes things for granted through too much
enthusiasm.
Fails to understand how deeply he wounds
the feelings through an overplus of
sympathy.
Stands in his own light by indifference to
friendly advances.
Unconsciously acquires a dogmatic man
ner through too much attention from
others.
Makes his influence felt by what he in
,sinuates, rather than what he actually
tells.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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wAsHlNGroN's HEADQUARTERS AT VALLEY FORCE.

sum. This did not include the properly
that his wife brought on their marriage,
which is estimated at 100000. Washing
ton always insisted that she should retain
that in her name, nor did it include the $20,-
600 which the death of Patsy Gusts in
1878 added to the estates. He was, there
fore, one of the wealthiest men of his
time, for then wealth was not so much
centralized as it is now.
His hand, however, was a charitable one.
He gave freely of his wealth to deserving
causes and expended large sums towards
maintenance of the army during the revo-
lutionary war, as well as contributing to
the support of the provisional government.
John Adams, in one of his moods of jeal-
ousy toward Washington, once asked:
Would Washington nave been commander
of the army or president Of the United
States if he had not married the widow of
rich Mr.. CustIs2" He undoubtedly would,
for he had achieved military fame before
the revolutionary war cloud came over the
land and had proven his fitness. While he
was wealthy, he gave of that wealth for his
country's need in its darkest hours and
such cynical questions cannot tarnish his
fame or patriotism.
Illustrative of this willingness on his
part to sacrifice his wealth to his country's
good is this instance: In 1871 the British
were marching through Virginia and car
rying on a general system of plumber and
devastation. They laid Richmond in ashes
and assembled the Chesapeake and the Po-
tomac, landing at Mount Vernon, Wash
ington's home. To save the mansion from
flames and pillage, the manager of the es-
tate furnished the army with an abundance
of supplies. When Washington heard of it
he was much displeased and wrote his
agent as follows:
1T would have been a less painful cir
cumstance to me to have heard that, in con-
sequence of your refusal to comply with
their request, they had burned my house
and laid the plantation in ruins"
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your attention. You had better not take
any more trouble about me, but let me go
off quietly. | cannot last long
He then sank back IN his pillow and
made several unsuccessful attempts to
speak. About ten O'Clock in the evening he
motioned to those around him to approach
his bedside and said feebly:
II am just going. Have me deeently
buried, and do not let my body be placed i'm
the grave until three days after / am dead.
Do you understands" To the reply, YES,
sir" he answered: ut is well.' These
were his last words, and soon afterwards
ne who was "the Father of His Country"
and first in war, first in peace, and first in
the hearts of his .countrymen," breathed
his last.
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DR.. Jones, the pastor of the Presbyterian
church at that town, and said: doctor,
| understand that the Lords supper is to
be celebrated with you next Sunday. /
would learn if it accords with the rules OF
your church to admit ~mmunlcant OF
other denominations at your table,!
Certainly" was the reply, "ours is not
the Presbyterian table, but the Lord
table, and we give the Lords invitation to
all His followers of whatever name.
81 am glad of it, the general responded,
"that is as it should be. | propose to join
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ence in which he is held by every patriotic
American. mo better evidence of the es-
TEEN in which he was held by his contem-
poraries could be given than the fact that
the public observance of his birthday be-
gan during his lifetime. This has been true
of no other American. And the a%nniver-
sary of his birth is the only mans birth.
day" made a legal holiday by this nation.
Whatever other names have come or may
come up for honor and reverence, that Of
Washington is secure as the first in . the
Hall OF Fame. FRANK DILDINE.
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WARM BARN WINDOWS.
simple Plan for Keeping n Lot of
Cold Wind and Snow Out of the
Cattle Quarters.

Stable manure ought not to be
thrown out of small slide windows,
to lie in piles exposed to the air dur
ing the winter, but the practice is still
followed by many farmers, causing not
only loss of valuable dressing for the
land, but making necessary a kind of
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with you on that occasion. Though Q
member of the Church of England, l have
no exclusive partialities."
The pastor treasured him of a cordial
welcome, and on the next Sabbath day the
war-worn veteran, with several of his off.
GERS, was among the communicates at the
church.
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.AIfalfn for nnirx Cows.

In a little feeding experiment to de-
termine the value of alfalfa against a
grain ration for dairy cows the former
came out with flying colors. While
the ration in which the protein was
supplied by grain produced slightly
more milk and butter than the alfalfa
ration, still the latter produced. the
milk at 12.7 cents less the 100 than the
grain ration. Although a COW can
change grain protein into fat, still it
would not be wise to force her in this
way.-Rural World.
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w-AsHINGroN's WEALTH

1t is probable that at his death Wash
ington was worth $3.50, 900. The late Paul
Leicester Ford, in his excellent work, ''The
True George Washington" puts it at that
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that God OF the nations, who was with the
colonies in their unequal struggle for in
dependence, answered her prayers.
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FTER having been stabbed by
Brutus, and Immediately pre-
ceding his death, Julius Caesar,
in one of the most intensely
dramatic scenes ever enacted
upon the stage Of real life, said:
Il have provided for every
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Successful.dairying can be summed
up in two words-be clean.
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linquished the right, and the entire planta-
ton Of colored people were given their
freedom.