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Kissed the cold hand, which l had till
then held, laid it down, went to the
tire and was for some time lost in pro-
found grief, until aroused by Christie
p1ler, desiring me to take care Of the
generals keys and things which he had
taken out OF his pockets, and which
Mrs. Washington directed him to give
to me. / wrapped them UP in the gen.
eraFs handkerchief and took them with
ME down stairs. About II o'clock the
corpse was brought down and laid out
in the large room. Sunday, December
10, Mrs. Washington sent for me i'll the
morning and desired l would send up
to Alexandria and have a coffin made,
which | did. DE-. Dick measured the
body, which was as follows: In length,
six feet six. and a half inches exact;
acfNss the shoulders one foot nine
inches; across the elbows, two feet one
inch. After breakfast l gave Dr. Dick
and Dr.. Brown $40 each, which sum
DR.. Craik advised me as very proper,
and they left us.
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ssired, but when he held back his head
to let it run down it put him into great
distress and almost produced sufToca<
tinn. When the mixture came out of his
meath some phlegm followed it and he
would attempt to cough, which the doc
tor encouraged him to do as much as
he could, but without effect-he could
only make the attempt About IL
o'clock DIR. Dick was sent for. DIR.
.Craik bled the General again about this
time. No effect. however, was pro
duced by it, and he continued in the
same state, unable to swallow any
thing. DR.. Dick came in about 3
o'clock and DR.. Brown arrived soon
after. Upon DR. Dick seeing the Gen
eral and consulting Il few minutes
with DIX. Craik he was bled again.
The blood ran slowly and appeared
very thick. but did not produce any
symptoms of fainting DR.. Brown
came into the chamber room soon after,
and upon feeling the Generals pulse
the physicians went out together. Dr..
Craik soon after returned
The General could now swallow a
little about O'Clock. Calomel and
tartar emetics were administered, but
without any effect. About half-past
o'clock he desired me to ask Mrs.
Washington to come to his bedside,
when he requested her to go down into
his room and take from his desk two
wills which she would find there and
bring them to him, which she did.
Upon looking at them he gave her one,
| which, he observed, was useless, as
it was superseded by the other, and
| desired her to burn it, which she did,
and then took the other and put it
| away. After this was done 1 returned
| again to his bedside and took his hand.
He said to me: II find am going. MY
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-19

breath cannot continue long. be-
lieved from the first attack it would
be fatal. Do you arrange and record
all my late military letters and papers,
arrange my accounts and settle my
books, as you know more about my
accounts than any one else, and let Mr..
Rawlins finish recording my other let
ters, which he has begun He asked
when Mr. Lewis T. Washington would
return. I told him l believed about
the Goth Of the month He made no
reply to it.
, About s O'Clock the physicians again
came into the room and applied blisters
to his legs, but without IA ray of hope.
From this time he appeared to breathe
with less difficulty than he had done.
but was very restless, constantly chang
ing his position to endeavor to get ease.
| aided him all in my power, and was
gratified ia believing he felt it, for he
but unable to utter word without
great distress. About 10 O'Clock he
made several attempts to speak to me
before he could effect it. At length he
said: L am just going. Have me de
Gently buried and Go tot let mr body
be put into the vault in less than two
days after am dead" bowed assent
He looked at me again and said: I'D.
You understand slc?' I replied: Yes
sir lis well,' said he.
About ten minutes before he expiree
his breathing became much easier an,
he lay quietly He withdrew his han,
from mine and felt his own pulse.
spoke TO Dr. Craik, who sat By the fire
He came to the bedside. The general,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-19
God Sees lie Feet,

Gcd does not set the less against the
greater, as we do; He, sets the greater
against the less; that IS His way " no
will MT say: Blessed be His love? Man
being small, being petty at the kinglest,
finds flaw. Thus the wise fool taiks: He
is honest, he is wise, he is gifted; he is, em
the whole, man OF notable intellectual:
stature and influence; but-nan thinks he;
is clever when he discovers q but. He
gathers himself up into Pharisaic parj.
dicularity and says: [ discovered chat
pointed out that frailty, saw it. There
can be no pit deep enough for w...ciI:
like that. How doth God speak? THIS
hear the music Of infinite love: He las
gone astray, he has been unfaithful, he has
turned aside from Me u thousand l;iies,
he has done the things he ought nos to
have done; yet-that is the difference be-
tween human Judgment and divine judg-
meht III relation to that greatest 81 al
mysteries, human character. ut. iss beG5es-
to fall into the hands OF Cod than into the
hands of men. Your brethren like 20
speak against YOU. 20 have disc,.e--ccf 9
peccadillo, one little sin and 30 have fin-'
gers dainty enough to pick out ts.sg F;s,h7e
ha1r and TO be able to say: 'sIve gua. itr''
The Lord saith: ''You have Your1-1 Me-
and disappointed Me and gone away ira,
Me, yet--how can [ give thee IN? Kxe-
turn! That is the difference between
your human theories and the g--ca. D;-
vine idea OF redcmptiou-God ai,,ays sse-
ing the best. fixing His eyes upon 1I,s sxr-
vabie points. looking to those elements
that are still left out OF which He cIu
rear manhood. He will not oiienci the,
smoking flax. He wiiHnot break the bruised.
reed.--Joseph Parker, ID, =.
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hand fell from his wrist. I took 1t In
mine and he expired without struggle
or a sigh While we We're fixed in silent
grief Mrs. Washington asked with a
firm and collected voice: ''Is he gomez
1 could not speak, but held up my hand
as "A signal that he was. '''Tis Well. .
said she, in a plain voice; ''all is now
over. I have no more trials to pass
through I shall soon follow him.
AS soon as DR. Craik could speak, af-
ter the distressf1i scene was closed, he
desired one of the servants to ask the
gentlemen below to come up stairs.
When they came around the bed /
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The Lord is Good.

The Lord is good Sometimes we forget
it. Sometimes we feel it. Always we
know it. Few men are really skepticai as
at the heart of the whole universe as It's
author and upholder. We pity the man
that rare man, who has lost all faith ~
goodness and all faith in God. The Lor
is good. The need is TO translate that d;'
laration of Holy Writ into terms of a pe.
sonal experience, to carry it with one IS
in constant atmosphere OF praise and
prayer in the spirit OF the Psalmist. who
declared: Il will bless the Lord al all
times. New York Observer.
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The Foe to tg.S

DR.. Theodore L. Cuyle9, in essiAl;tiny
What he deems to be our worst enemy IN
this life, says: Dangerous as the devi, IS.
dangerous as worldly amusements are. The.
most dangerous enemy that we often have
to encounter walks il our own shoes. That
cunning. ar.ful, smooth tongued heart
devil, self, is the foe that needs tine most
constant watching and subjects us to the
worst defeats. The flesh lusteth against
the Spirit, and the Spirit against the Aesh,
and these are contrary the one to the
other Paul had a tremendous battle
along these lines. beating down his carnai
nature by hard biows. and the old hero
was able at last to sioat: I have foaai,s &,
good fight; henceforth there is laid Ut, Ior
me a crown OF rignteousness!' Whs&..er
has, by. Gods help, laid his desires, biz
plans, his purposes. his property and,
above all, his o.gn viii at the feet Of Jesus.
Christ, is already one OF the overconlcr,s
lie, already begins to wear c.ean raiment.
and the omniscient eye OF God discerns on
his brow the first aa=hings of the victors
crown ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-19

FROM LIFE, L79e, AGE .sIxTY-sIxe
SET. MEMIN.
Ms4nin was oorm at Dijal, France,
MaM.h 13, 1870, and tlied there, Df.
rechor of the Museum, June %. 1852
He scame to this country in 1893, ana
exercised his mechanical and artistic
knowledge in the constructions OF 81
physionotrace aakd pantograph, by
which contrivance he could take =
mathematically accurate outline Of the
head on paper anti reduce it to any size
on copper, the original being cleverly
finished in crayon and the latter ia
nezzotinto. He 4ollowed in this work
Chretien and tsfleneday in France.
,, and became SO skillful at at that his.
portraits are replete With animation
and character. 1n November, 1888,
! Washington was summoned to Phila~-
de1naiia to take xsS7nmand of the army
OH the threatened war with France.
and st. Memin made good the oppor
turi1y to secure the last pOrtrait of
Washington taken from life It is of
especial interest for this reason and
also because it is absolutely correct
st. Memin did n0t eengrave this the
usual size Of his plates, two inches i'll
diameter: but upon ?Washington's de-
cease reduced it to .taalf an inch in
width ,Dy a little nfore in height, and
used the prints for Insertion in mourn
ing rings. The present location of
F this drawing is not known, which is
more to fse regretted as the public have
a quasi ownership in historical works
Of such iEapOrtance.
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Qunyt(oDtemporazy
Account
q f6e
Deo1b Of
..W'a5bif)@Qgop


arrived, Mrs. Washington requested
me to send for DIR. Brown, of Port To-
bacco, whom DR.. Craik had recon-
nended to be called if any case should
ever occur that was seriously alarm
ing. I dispatched Il messenger, Cyrus.
to DR.. Brown Immediately about
O'Clock Dr.. Craik came in soon after,
and upon examining the General he
pu> blister of cantharides on the
throat and took some more blood from
him and had some vinegar and hot
water put into teapot for the General
to draw in the steam from the nozzle
which ile did as we'll as he was able
He also ordered sage tea and vinegar
to be mixed for a .gargle.
This the General used as often as de
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-19

One of George Washington's private
secretaries, Isaac Andrews lies buried
just east of the old Baptist Church in
the village Of Dundee, Yates County,
N. Y. His death occurred in 1929, at
the advanced age Of ninety years. For
a great many years he was a prominent
man in that section. and was par
ticular factor in the organization of
Yates County. At the beginning Of
this century he surveyed the old and
new pre-emption lines, upon which all
subsequent surveys have been made.
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pn SW -
Nooh III WHICH WASHINGTON DIED.
IT,. @ne throat externally with Salyalat-
ers,, "ilch was done, and in the op-
in on' =, which was with the hand and
".S~ sentlest manner, he observed:
vaa very sore." A piece of flannel
wos. 'neh put round the neck. His feet
bowsaea aiso soaked in warm water. This.
lever, ~ gave no relief.
'ne meantime, before DR.. Craik
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-19

Last Portrait Of Washington From Life.
From the original crayon when in the
possession Of the late J. Carson RTe-
yoort, OF Brooklyn, New York Charles
RaEthaZer Julien Fevret de Saint
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"A Word for Dad.

We happened ia Il home he
other night, and over the parlor
door say the legend worked in
letters Of red, 'What is home
without II mutherG' Acre IS the
room was another orief, "God
bless our home "
CHOW, what's the matter with
Good bless our dad?" He gets up
early, lights the fire, |, ills nm egg,
grabs his dinner pail aud wipes
off the dew of the dawn with his
boots while many II mother is
sleeping. He makes the weekly
hand-out for the butcher, ..he
grocer, the niIkman and baker,
and his little r,le is badly worn
before he has been home an hour.
He stands off tho bailiif and keeps
the rent paid up,
If there is a noise during the
night dad is kicked in the back
and made to go down stairs to find
the buglar and kill him. Mother
darns the socks, but dad buys the
socks in the first place AMI the
needles and the darn afterwards.
Mother does up the fruit: well,
but dad buys it Ill, and jars and
sugar cost like the mischief.
Dad buys chicken, for the Sun
day dinner, carve, them bim-elt
aad draws the neck from the ruins
after every one Else is served
"W hat , home without a moth
er!' Yes that's all right: but
"What is home without a faith
err" Ten chances to one it is
boarding house, father is under
slab, and the landlady is the
widow. Dad here's to you; you've
got your f.ults-you may have
lots of 'em-but we will miss you
when you've gone.
TO the above may be properly
added the question of kindergar
ten teacher to her class -"What
animal supplies you with food and
the reply of bright little boy
"Father. "-Texas Herald.
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When Darkness Comes.

Sometimes | wonder what a
mean man thinks ABOUT when he
goes to bed. When he turns out
the light to lie down, when the
darkness closes in about Inn and
he Is alone. And MT a bright
thought, not a manly act, not a
word OF blessing, not graceful
look comes to him again. Not II
penny dropped in the outstretch
ed palm of poverty, nor the baIm
of a loving word dropped into an
aching heart, no sunbeam of en-
couragemeDt cast upon strug-
Cling life with none of these
things TO come to him as the "God
bless yon" of the departed day
how he must try to roll away
from himself and sleep on the
other side of the bed. When the
only victory he can think of is
some mean victory in which he
has wronged n nelghbor. No won
der he sneers when he tries to
smile. When there is so much suf-
fering and heartache and miser ,
in the world anyhow don't he
mean, my boy. Suffer inIusti Il
thousand times rather than COM
NIT it once.
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reflections of a Bachelor.

y woman has tive great mis-,
sions iii lifo-trst to get into So
ciety, and secondly, to keep others
out.
II every grrl who thinks she
knows how to play the piano knew
how to COOK, the divorce lawyers
would gointo some other business
Next to finding out a scandal in
her neighbor's life, woman S
highest excitement is trying to
keep her neighbor from finding
out tho scandal in hers New
York Press.
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Prohibition In Texas
The Campaign Likely to he De-
cislvc for the Whole State.

Galveston, July 2l. The locsI
option elections in Texas have re.
suited everywhere in victories fr,
the prohibitionlstS.
The latter have carried Viii
hanson county by 200 majority,
Hunt by 25 and Falls by 400: al
of them among the largest coun
ties IN Texas.
In Villa nson county the whis-
key men have determined to con.
test the election on the GROUND
that the prohibitionsts intimidat.
eel the voters and stuffed the bal.
lot box. There also may be q
contest in Hunt. The campaie n
i likely To be decisive for the
whole state, the prohibitionrsts
having already carried thirds
OF the Texas. counties.
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Patterson, n j., July 90. A
tornado swept through this city
this afternoon killing at least
three people, fatally injuring six,
and seriously inJuring hundreds.
twenty-five houses were unroofed
and several were completely
wrecked, imprrsoning a number
of men in the ruins. The storm
was in the nature of cyclone.
Raln came as from a cloud burst
and the darkness of night fell
over the city. Persons in the
streets fled in terror and women
ard children were knocked down
by the terrific force. Hundreds
of trees were blown down and
thousands of people were IN dan
ger of flying timbers. The home
of eX- Attorney General Grigys
was struck and a number of wins
dows were smashed. The occu-
pants were more VI less Injured
by the flying glass.
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Negro Killed BY a Fall From
Second Story.
Special to The Observer.

Special to The Observer.
Spartanourg. S. c., July 90. -
The coroner's inquest over the
dead body of OTIS Mcmillan, the
colored porter at the Spartan Inn,
which was found early this morn
ing in the rear of the building,
was concluded this afternoon.
The testimony of the witnesses
threw little light on the affair,
and the general belief is that the
negro fell asleep in the window
and lost his balance, rlunging
headforemost from the window to
the street, 40 feet below. Some
believe that there was foul play
which resulted in the negro's
death. The only evidence along
this line was that given by Il trav-
cling man, who arrived at the no.
tel on train No. 35, last night.
and was shown to his room by
the negro. A few minutes after
wards, the gentleman stated, he
heard sounds, as if a scuffle were
in progress. This was the only
evidence ad'lnced that would in
any way substantiate in the least
the theory Of foul play.
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Tbe $ State.

Nothing Gan take the place Of youl
county paper. For county news and
for county pride it should go into every
home. But for news from the capital
South Carolina, served fresh every
day; for daily news from Washington
the United States and every other
quarter. Of the globe, nothing can take
nc place IN South Carolina homes Of
The Dedly State
These arc momentous times In his
tory. We are in the midst Of wars.
strikes ana political struggles of great
importance. The next session Of our
legislature. with the Inauguration Of
= nex governor. viii have peculiar In
With the times. must read the daily
history OF Tie world, and that is re-
corded In entertaining style in The
State. The State will be sent daily for
- year. - for 9 months. - for 3
or . postage stamp for one letter a
day! Cheap education and informa.
do1 for family for ais cents a day.
,bH But ~ II {eg can't :aterd that. there is
days and pFidaya, each Issue con
Ing the most important news from all
south Carolina and the world at large
fov that day and the preceding days
since the last Issue. And this may be
or just a fraction over q half cent a
No family in South Carolina Is too
poor to take this paper. No money car
Be spent to better advantage by a poor
NoW.ToD1Y. ''
registered letter or check to
= THE STATE COMPANY. 9
Columbia. g. {
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Never judge man bv the Co.
gars he gives away.
Anger is the thunder that sours
the milk of human kindness.
No man can serve two masters
unless he is a low down politician /.
"A scientist who investigated
the color of cyclone found it
blew.
An appetite for liquor beats an
umbrella for keeping some men
dry.
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LANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILWAY.
schedule in effect Nov. D, 1902.
daily except Sunday


DAILY except Sunday
WESTBOUND EASTBC UNI.
Nos. Ii and l6 Nos. i5 and L..
\ M. NJ. a IL PM
SIS eos Ar Chester Nv ll.4O SIS
z so S 35 Richbury 1917 S39
"A 25 Bascombvile 1927 SIo
734 5 10 Fort Lawn 1243 s So
7.l5 4.45 I.y Lancaster Ar 10 Sl5
No. Ia. leaving Lancaster 6.45 am.
makes close connection at Chester
Hith southern Railway No. 36 for
Charlotte and points north; and Sea-
'card Air Line Atlanta Special"
Il Atlanta and points vest Also
with Carolina and Northwestern Rail.
ray No. 10 for enoir. N. G, and in
;ermediate points, and southern Rail
way No 33 for Columbi, aid points
south.
No. Is, leaving Chester 1000 a m.
connects with Southern Railway No.
a6 from Columbia and roints south:
Seaboard Air Line "Atlanta Specisln
from northern and eastern points and
Southern Railway No. SO from North
srn eastern points, All Lam
:aate With = c & G E fuI Blacks burg.
No. l6, leaving Lancaster Is p IN,
connects at Lancaster wilE S &GE
from Camden ami Marion, and South
e1n Railway No. "a at Chester for
harlotte and POINTS north.
No. IL, leaving Chester 8.l5 u m.
connects at Chester with southern
Railway No. "a from Columbia and
points south.
JAS M. HEATH. Gen Pass. Agt.
LEROY SPRINGS. President.
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Proverbs Up>Tu. Date.

Better swallow your god les,
thrn lose your good friend.
Sweet are tho Uses of adversity,
bitter are the uses of prosperity.
The rising generation owes
much TO the inventor of the alarm
clock.
If vanity were deadly disease,
every undertaken would buy fast
horses.
When the last trump sounds
some woman will ask Gabriel to
wait minute.
A good field of corn is one
thing farmer doesn't care to
have crowed over.
The dead march is not necessar-
lily the one that the musicians
have murdered.
The oil of sincerity is more to
be dreaded that the vinegar of
vituperation.
A walk may improve your ap.
petite, but a tramp will eat you
out of your house ard home.
The man who cannot be boater
is he who holds his head up wher
he has been beaten. = Everybody
Magazine.
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Progress of lhe Work At The
Dam.
Rock Hill Herald.

DIR. Gill Wylie, president of
the Catawb& Power Co., visited
the works last week, and was very
much pleased with the progress
now being made. All the stone
work of the power house has been
completed and the brick structure
III which the machinery will be
placed. is now about half way up
the window frames. This struc-
ture will be completed within six
~ days, when the work of putting
in the machinery will be commen.
ced. Under the power house and
forming part of it are eight
fumes for lgiant horizontal tur,
binc wheels. Six of these wheels
will he used at the start, four of
which have already been placed.
The other two will he put in at
once.
The stone work is progressing
tine. In the 115 foot Golfer dam
connected with the power house
the rock work is now above low
water mark, and the cribs for the
100 foot Golfer dam connected
with the core wall on the Fort
Mill shore have nearly all been
built. This work is being pushed
fast. Between these two Golfer
dams is sluice of about 100 feet
in which the work of constructing
the fourth and last Golfer dam
will not he begun until all the
cone work in the 115 and 15C
foot dams shall have been complet
ed.
A force of nearly four hundred
hands is now ut work every dn,
and sometimes at night, but the
undertaking is stupendous an,
heavy and it is apparently slow
but to one familiar with such
work. good progress i. being
made.
An immense amount of stone i
ready for the masons, sand i, on
hand in great quantities and ,
number of teams are daily en-
gagged in hauling cement.
The derrick system is one OF
the most complete in this countr,
and is now operated so they cal
he worked clear across the river.
Some of the booms or arms are SC
feet i'll length. The plant, ir
hosting engines, steam drills
derrlcks, etc Is valued at ubou
$40, 900,
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NO PITY SHOWN.

"For years fate was after me
continuously, writes f. A. Gul-
ledge, Vcrbena, Ala. 81 had a
terrible case Of Piles causing "a
tumors. When all failed Bucklen i
Ainl;a Salve cured me. Equally
good for Burns and all aches and
pains Only 25c at Crawford
Bros, and j. F. Mackey & Co., ,
and Funderbnrk Pharmacy.