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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-08
NEUROLOGICAL

MRS. J. q. MACKENZIE, daughter
Of Mr.: and Mrs. S. Kixmoeller, died
Saturday morning at her home, 612
Girard avenue N. Funeral notice later.
E. F. DOUGHERTY-Fun Sun
day, Oct. 9, from I. O. o. F. hall, IL
Fourth street NE. ~ Members of the
St. Anthony lodge and Of Plumm'er
Post, G. A. R., will have charge of the
services. Lodge friends and friends of
the family invited.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-08
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
MY GRIP IS PACKED.
But let them laugh: my grip is packed.
Sometimes. when things looked blue.
You sIyly beat a night retreat
i sympathize with you.
what to Eat win the Fingers.


4 man who has forgotten To get mar
r1ed and is consequently obliged TO dine
about town in various restaurants says
that he can readily pick out persons
not accustomed to dining away from
home from their ineXperience in using
their fingers. At table d'hote places
especially things are served as courses
which are expected to be eaten with
the fingers. No idea as to what is
right can be obtained from the walters,
for it is the custom to put cutlery
enough for the entire meal on the table
with the soup.
Olives should be eaten with the fin
gers, though many of the uninitiated
try to split them with a fork. Aspara-
gus should be eaten with the fingers.
That is why the cook does not throw
sauce over the root ends. Green corn
should be eaten with the fingers and
not scraped from the cob with a knife.
Spas hetti should be eaten with a fork
and Il crust of bread. In Italian res
taurants man who cuts his spaghetti
into small pieces with knife, as he
would salad, IS looked upon as a rank
Outsider.-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

Washington's l think we should all
be glad that we have sons TO give TO
our country in this time of need"
True" the other said. but what
could Washington accomplish without
the assistance. the devotion, the sacri-
fees, of the volunteer soldiers and the
prayers of the loyal, God fearing wom-
en- at homer"
Again he pressed the sufferers fin
gers to his lips and then abruptly turn
ed and walked to the door. The yOun-
ger woman followed him beyond the
threshold.
do you think. sir" she faltered,
cliff l should see General Washing
ton that-that'-
My child" he said, not unkindly.
General Washington is about TO start
upon a long journey. All night long he
Will be on the march, and by daybreak
he will be many. many miles from
here"
For a brief instant he paused, and
then. with stately courtesy. he uncov-
cred his head and, bowling low. kissed
the tips of the girls fingers, then re
leased her hand and STROBE away in the
darkness.
Scarcely an hour had passed when a
familiar step was heard upon the path
leading TO the door of the cottage, and
Paul Rogers burst into the ROOM
With a glad cry the girl threw her
self into his arms. He kissed her fond
~ and pressed a letter into her hand,
then knelt beside the bed and took his
mothers head in his arms and petted
her cheeks while she laughed fcebly.
Nervously breaking the seal of the
letter, the girl read the following, writ
ten in heavy scrawl:
Ny Dear chnd-one who in the hour OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

Is to die-to die as a coward. But ii is
| lie, mighty faIsehood. No man is a
coward. sir, who loves his mother as
does he"
''He?" the officer replied. who, my
daughter?'
"PauIr' she cried. paul RogersI He
was soldier, sir. He fired his first
shot for his country along this very
road-here and at Lexington. He help
ed to drive the British murderers back
to Boston and has not laid down his
rifle since by day or night
She paused a moment to control her
emotion, and then she continued:
"But he came home to see his moth
er-his mother who is dying in the cot
tage where you see the light down
there in the valley. And the soldiers
came, sir, and took him away, and he
is-and he is to die as deserter."
"And you?" he asked.
81 was to have been his wife when
the war is over" she answered meekly.
The officers face grew grave, but he
did not reply. Drawing his greatcoat
more closely about him, for the night
wind was rising and the air was grow
ing chilly, he took the basket from the
girls arm.
'Shall we not go down to the cot
tage?" he said. Il should like to see
this boys mother"
The girl made no response, but, again
placing the shawl over her head, she
walked beside him over the untrodden
snow. At the door she paused.
"She does not know" she whispered.
The soldier nodded his head, and they
passed into a room where an aged wO-
man lay in the dim light of a tallow
dip.
When she saw the officer standing be-
side the bed the sick one gave a sud-
den sob.
paul, Paul"' she cried.
NAY, my good woman" the soldier
replied, taking one of her thin, trem-
bling hands in both of his, Il am not
Paul, but L am Pauls friend"
The woman smiled proudly.
AYE, Paul is q brave boy" she said,
"a brave boy and a good and dutiful
son. 1t is because there are so many
boys in the army. sir. who are good and
true and brave, like Paul, that God will
bless us and General Washington will
be able to lead our forces to victory.
Cautiously, yet tenderly, the officer
raised the aged woman's emaciated
hand to his lips and kissed it.
1T is the brave boys in the field"
he said-''the brave boys whose patri-
otism sustains them even though they
have not food or clothing to keep them
warm - and the loyal. Christian, self
denying women at home who will win
the victory that must surely come. To
them more than to General Washing
ton should be the honor and the glory
Nay, nay" the woman made haste
to answer. Upon General Washing
ton lies the entire crushing response
bility of the success of the conflict. To
him the country looks for guidance in
this hour of darkness. Hunger and
are they, sir. compared TO
the anguish that must at times be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

an affecting acrostic to a young lady
of the Alexander family, Frances Alexa
by name.
After his visit to the Barbados in
1901, whittier he went with his brother
Lawrence for the latter's health, he
wrote to William FauntlerOy that he
had hurried back to Virginia for the
purpose of calling on Fauntleroy's sis
ter, Betty, in hopes "Of obtaining a
revocation of her former cruel SEN
tence"
After his second campaign, result
ing in the. defeat of Braddock and the
debut of Washington as an American
hero he no longer had To sue for
the favor of the Virginia damsels. On
the contrary, Lord Fairfax wrote that
if he did not promptly put in an APP
pearance ut BelvOir the ladies would
go in carriages, on horse or afoot ito
see if Washington was still the same
identical gent that had lately departed
10 defend his country's cause"
In 1856 Washington spent week in
New York with Beverly Robinson, who
had married Susannah Phillipse, daugh-
ter OF Frederick PhiIlipse. one of the
largest landed prOprietors of the colony.
Here he met Mary Phillipse, then a
girl of twenty-five. Short as were his
visits, they were long enough to bring
| him to her feet. She declined his
urgent proposals and two years later
gave her heart to Lieutenant Colonel
Roger Morris. A curious turn of fate
made the Morris home WashingtOn's
headquarters in 1916, both Norris and
his wife being fugitive Tories.
1t was in March. 1858, when Wash
ington was jOuneying to Williamsburg
TO consult physicians on the state of
his health. that lie met Mrs. Martha
cambridge Custis, the relict of the
wealthy Daniel Parke Gusts. She was
twenty-siX years old, nine months
WashingtOn's senior and widow of
seven months standing. Washington
urged his suit to Mrs. Gusts with an
impetuOsity equal to that with which
he had wooed Miss Phillipse and in
January, 1853, was married to Mrs.
Gusts.
Very little is really known about
Mrs. Washington. One historian de-
scribes her as petite overload, tenn
pestuOus, obstinate and poor speller."
Be that as it may. Washington loved
her devotedly, and her poor spelling
and her temper he could readily ex-
cuse in view of his own shortcomings
in those respects. Their married Iife
interrupted as it was by the war and
the duties of the presidency, YVES new
ertheless so happy that the general, in
congra tulating De ChastelluX on his
approaching marriage, delivered
eulogy on the married state. In his
will Washington left to "his dearly be-
loved wife" the use Of all his property
and named her as his eXecutrix- She
did not survive him long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
where Men Are Not Allowed.

On small island in the Greek archi-
pelago there is a colony which is CON-
posed entirely of women. 1t is a sort
of religious order which considers it a
disgrace for one OF its members to
even look at a man. So. when n fish
erman approaches the island the WON
en- pull the gray cows Of their cassocks
over their heads and turn their backs.
Provisions are never imported. as the
women raise their own products. being
strict vegetarians. Only the matron.
who is annually elected head OF the
colony. is ever allowed TO leave the is
land Tue others remain on the island
all their lives. taking their turn at till
ing the soil. washing, housekeeping and
fishing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

TO reproduce the features of his illus
trious patron. The first portrait was
painted in 1895. Stuart was so dis
satisfied with it that he ultimately de
strOyed il. though it was considered
by others so excellent n likeness that
Lord LansdOwne commissioned Stuart
10 paint him a full length portrait of
Washington, which he took TO England.
Shortly after this Washington himself
asked Stuart to paint his portrait as
well as that of Mrs. Washington.
Stuart. driven by the press of visitors
from his home in Philadelphia TO a
country retreat in Germantown, trans
formed his barn into Il painting room,
and it was there that Washington sat
for the so called Atheneum portrait
Stuart. with WashingtOn's consent, re-
tanned the original of this picture and
the Martha Washington head. making
copies for Mount Vernon. the where
abouts of which are not now known
1t was in 1874 that Mr.. Stuart first
met General Washington. and from
that time he devoted his brush almost
entirely to his illustrious patron The
number of portraits OF Washington
which he made is not known. de left
a list of thirty-nine portraits which he
had been commissioned TO paint for
admirers of the president at home and
abroad. but he also painted five full
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

of anguish and pity and compassion
that she shiyered.
As her shadow swept across his line
OF vision the officer Ieaped To his feet
and placed his hand upon his sword.
Then he beheld the slim young woman
standing beside him. her large dark
eyes. all shining wet with tears. search
ing his face anxiOusly, and he lifted his
hat from his powdered wig and bowed
courteOusly.
You are i'll. sir?' she asked. You
are suffering?"
mo. my child" he replied, deep
tenderness in his voice. 1T is not
who suffers; it is my country-my poor,
poor country"
"Our country" the woman corrected
him. "Our country. May God bless
our country
For several moments the man, with
both hands clasping his hat in front of
him. the woman with her shawl thrown
back upon her shoulders and a wealth
of chestnut hair falling about her neck,
stood silently with bowed heads.
General Washington we all love
him." she said. I'VE who because of
our sex must remain at home and in
secret cry our hearts out over our coun-
try's woes-we have the faith in God
and the confidence in General Wash
ington to believe that our small but
brave army will drive the enemy from
our shores, sir. And at candlelight, be-
side our beds. we bend our knees and
ask the blessing of our Father upon
General Washington and the Continen-
tai army"
The officer raised his face to that OF
the woman. In his weary, melancholy
eyes a great and newborn peace SEEM
cd To shine.
"Oh, the women" he said, 1.-The moth
ers and daughters and sisters and
sweethearts - the dear, good women,
the grand, noble. brave. loyal women!"
do you know General Washington.
sirf'' she asked eagerly, bending slight
" forward and laying her hand lightly
upon his arm. The other hesitated.
Yes. my child" he replied al length.
Il know him quite as we'll as any one.
! venture TO say
'sThen-then''- She choked and bow
ed her head, and the tears dropped ST.
lently.
The officer removed a glove and laid
a hand tenderly upon her hair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
Science In America.

The younger generation of European
scientific men are discovering that they
can obtain in America facilities for re-
search with unlimited money to sup
ply all their demands for new labora-
tories and apparatus such az cannot
be offered them on this side of the
Atlantic. Already the center Of gray
ity of science has begun TO travel from
Germany to America, which promises
to be the scientific headquarters of
the world ere the century is out.-Lon-
don Chronicle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

of which pass
now as Stuarts,
hayebeen paint
ed by lesser art
lists. 1t is also
the source of
the most popu-
lar engravingS
of Washington
and has been
officially indoors
ed by the Unit
ed States gov
eminent, which
uses il on the
two cent stamp.
This portrait
w n : Stuart's
third attempt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

great sorrow mas Deen strengthened ana
encouraged by the knowledge of your love
and your patriotism returns To you, by
virtue of his pardon. him who is dear to
you as your affianced and dear to me as
a brave soldier. for the son of such a
mother could never be n coward
q. WASHINGTON.
For several moments the girl stood
mOtionless in the dim light of the tai
low dip. Then Il tear dropped upon the
paper and her lips moved
God bless General Washington
she said reverently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

drew back half
startled, for a
man was sitting
upon a log by
the roadside. He
wore the uni
form of an Off
Ger in the Con-
tinental army.
He was not
aware of her
presence, for he
did not turn his
head nor even
raise his eyes,
but sat motion
less, wrapped in
IN g d 1 ia lions,
h / S greatcoat
thrown b a c K
upon his Shout
derS.
And upon his
fOrceful, reso-
lu t e features
the girl S a w
such deep lines
of sorrow, such
indelible marks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
A strIct GrammnrInn.

''You think a great deal OF your hus-
band, don't youT" said the visiting
relative.
You have the wrong proposition"
answered Mr. Meekton's wife, with the
cold tones Of the superior woman. II
think for him. Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
More to the Point.

Hicks-I suppose you heard that our
house was robbedI
Wicks-Yes. L understand the way
the thieves ransacked the place simply
beggared description.
Hicks-Not only that. but it very near
Iy beggared me-Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20


WASHINGTON.
artists death 10 an Association of gen
tlemen, who presented them to the Bos-
ton Athenaum in 1888. They paid
Stuart's widow $500 for them.
Gilbert Charles Stuart, the most emf
nent of Americas portrait painters and
the rival of the greatest English artists
OF his day, was born in Narragansett,
II. L., in 1TJ6, and died in Boston in
1928. He received his first instruction
from Scotch artist named Alexander.
who took him to Edinburgh when he
was about eighteen He subsequently
studied under Benjamin West, in whose
family he lived for some time. In 1871
lie set up as a portrait painter in Lon
don and achieved immediate fame. He
returned TO America in 1893.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
lO1n the
Road to
A stor, of Concord
Washington
BY
EDGAR WELTON COOLEY
EDGAR wELToN COOLEY

copyright. 1904. by Edgar Welton Cooley. ]
"HE road that led to Concord
was covered with a thin coat
ing Of snow, through which a
woman walked slowly with
fbOwea head. The woman was young,
not over eighteen, but her features
were drawn with lines Of sorrow. Be
low the fringe OF her shawl showed a
basket woven of coarse hewn hickory
strips, from which came the savory
fragrance of tea cakes and brown
bread and wild grape butter.
HE is to dier' she kept repeating to
herself. HE is to die-to die as a
coward! Oh, Paul, Paul, my dear one,
my beloved"
Presently, in turning a bend OF the
road, the girl paused suddenly and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

VoUR food. they say. was poor and
bad.
The quantity was small;
The Iuxuries were few you had
IN fact, you'd none at all.
NV tea is weak. my steak is tough.
The milk is pale and blue.
And, worst OF all. there's not enough
sympathiZe with you.
know how thin you were. great
George;
My board is overdue;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
Stuart'S Portraits
Of Washington

The Stuart head" Of Washington in
the Boston Athennum is regarded as
the standard portrait of the great pa
triot. From it nearly a hundred copies
were made by Gilbert Stuart himself,
while innumerable replicas of it, some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

Jinks-I'll never get into an argument
with him again. He's entirely too bit
ter.
Winks-Is he reallyZ
Jinks-Oh, a regular wasp.
Winks-I see. He always carries his
point.-Catholic Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

length Washingtons ana twenty others
Of different sizes. the proceeds of the
sale of which he invested in an estate
in Pennsylvania.
The originals of Washington and
Mrs. Washington were sold after the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
Stopped Gambling

Blunt hear Blones has stornad
gambling
FrOnt-That's true. I bet him 500
THIS morning that he couldn't stop.
and he took me up.-Yonkers Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
PAGES 8 TO 12.
E1Arly
Loves Of
Washington
By
CHESTER A. MCKAY
CHESTER a. MCKAY

Copyright 1904. by c. y. Lurie.l
"HOUGH lovers be perjurers at
whom Jove laughs, GEORGE
Washington, whose Inability
to tell Il lie is traditional. waSl
none the less a notable lover. Indeed,
it seems TO have been but shortly after!
the time of the alleged incident OF the,
cherry tree that Washington made the
acquaintance o. Dan Cupid. While
still a schoolboy, according to the late,
Paul Leicester Ford, he was caught
romping with one of the largest girls
and more serious romances quickly fol-
lowed. AS early as 174S. when Wash
ington was only sixteen, he was deeply!
enamored of a "lowland beauty" Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
His Sympathy
For George
By JOE LINCOLN
CAs Expressed by a Boarder)

Copyright. 1908. by joe Lincoln
TEORGE WASHINGTON. great Father
~ George.
I've read the story dire
OF how you froze at Valley Forge
With little warmth or fire.
NV lodgings are not fine or grand
They're four flights UP. you see
I'm owing something for them. and
sympathize with thee.
know just how you felt. great man {;
ThereII be no heat for me.
I'll freeze until pay my bill
sympsthize with thee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

whom he wrote
in glowing terms
to his youthful
correspondents,
but whose iden-
tity his biogra-
piers have fail
ed to establish.
His youthful ar
dor was so great
that on several
occa sions he
broke into po-
etry, of which
she was the
subject. Still he
does not appear
to have been
wholly insensi-
bic to til e
charms of other
maidens. for at
this same peri
nd he inscribed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20

Oh. hard is misplaced trust. great
sire!
l owe her ma a "V."
And so She smirks at cheap yoUnS
clerks
] sympathize with thee.
IVES. Father George. I'm mopins here.
4 With but your Life" to read.
While down below they laugh and sneer
Nor give me little heed.
The evening world., 1904-08-11

Rays informant could not Identify n
Of them.
The day following the robbery the
Pinksrtons received q telegram from
Theodore Kanter. OF No. 2S West For
ty-third street, saying he had been
called swav to Fort Wayne. Ind, by
the sudden illness OF his mother.
That wa the last e . ~ Kanter un.
III last night. when Detectlve.sergt.
McCafferty met him In q billiard par
lor.
Had streak Of Luck, Ne said.
The detective searched Kanter and
found a certificate OF deposit. dated
July ~, on the New Amsterdam Bank.
for s7W, and another OF July 70 for
fs This discovery led to a further
search and the finding Of a card for
a safe deposit box In the same bank.
Kanter was asked where he got all
this money. and he said that he had
had a streak OF luck on July q. lie
had forgotten what horses he won on
and also the fact that his telegram
10 the Pinkertons had been sent on
July . when he Wa supposed TO be
ksnter told hcCsnerty that his win.
nlngs on that date amounted to S2.NO.
He also said that the safe Deposit box
contained "abpu p.0O worth OF lew.
elry.'" Receipts for large quantities OF
lewelry purchased In Chicago on Aug. 1
and . weN found among his papers.
The evening world., 1904-08-11

history OF America that a race OF shs
latter kind has been run, The condi-
Tons OF the race have been framed IN
such q way that there be abso.
lutslt no 'leahng." To capture any
OF the prizes offered the e~ompstsors
must ride their fastest from the tap OF
ths boil 10 the hnlsh, - the last oon-
teetant 70 ervss the tape each Jap "
ruled out while q special prise viii be
awarded TO ths winner Of the most laps,
Four other prisss have also been huns
up.
A. the entry list fa this event ha.
ossn limited 10, twenty and the nsld
race narrows down to two ridef1. who
will battle II out To the end.
In b dash handicap, which is one
OF the most valuable races arranged
for the amateurs this season, 4 10
thought that fully one hundred riders
v nl start, az thu entry list already con-
talns nearly eighty names, With three
mors days 70 hear from the riders: =
s MN. WINS wsiis IL. f ridsrs " :omlns 20 IN 'e ,SirS
and fourth will receive a pair Of dia.
fnond cuff buttons and gold cuff buttons
respectively. In. the novice race the
prizes are q dia mond-studded gold
medal for hrst and silver and bronze
medals for the second and third riders.
All entrles should be made with G..
NJ. Wills. St. Paul Building. The track
managers state that the hrst race Sat-
urday Will start promptly at . o'clock
programme, which contains six long
events,
The evening world., 1904-08-11
CHARLEY Gates MADE Bic
WINNING ON S|GL|CHT
Bookies Claim that They Are in a Hole
as a Result of Frank Lanterman' 8
Sudden Departure for the Wild and
Woolly.

eARATOoA. Aus. n.-Charley Gates,
son Of John ". Gates o ui,We on the
victory OF slgllght. He backed the colt
at % and o. TO /. Col Madden had $40
split up IN me colt, straight place and
ITO show"
In slslight's previous races he show.
ed a disposition 10 bolt on the turn Q
his stable. In order TO remedy this
tendency 10 turn out. Madden nxed
the right blinker so that the colts line
OF vision was nearly shut on on the
on side. lie ran a trine wide at his
stable gate. but strelghisned out and
came through thu stretch like q wharl'
wind at the end.
A well-known bookmAksr stated 10 .
reporter for The word that he
had not received Q cent In pay
msnt Of the markers left here unpaid
by Frank LAntsrmnn on Saturday.
Charles Heaney. . msnt>sr Of the Ar
bitration COMMITTEES Of the hstropoai-
tan Turf Association. stated last Might
that LAhterman's obligations 70 his
Observation-Disclosures had been settled"
To-day Il was learned that many of the
markers stili remained unpaid. To-
night smother version OF ths settlement
WAS told TO the reporters. Jantsrman,