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made the restoration, after much in.
vestigation OF all the evidence drew
the design which has been realized In
the building as It stands today. It is
now supposed to look AZ it appeared
when Washington visited it, and all Of
the bricks and timbers remaining Of
the building which was known as
Fraunces' Tavern are still In the
places they then occupied.
The restoration is based on IN ad-
vertisement printed in ITS in which
Fraunces offered his inn for sale and
described it Al "three.stories high
with q tile and lead root, has II IRE
places, a most excellent large kitchen,
fine dry cellars, with good and con.
venient omces, etc." The earliest pic
ture of it is dated 1854. This showed
the building as it appeared after its
recovery from the damage caused by
the great fire" Of 1885. In the same
year 1t was again visited by fire. This
time the Long Room" was burned
out, and the wall on the Pearl street
side above the second story fel! out
ward. When the building was restored
this time it was made five stories high
with fiat roof, and, barring the sa-
loon on the ground floor, looked as it
did until the recent restoration.
When the building was dismantled
for restoration the lines of the old
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tailed evening coats fitting about
earning honest tips. Instead Of being
permitted to climb the stairs to the
Long Room" where he bade farewell
to his officers after the close of the
revolution, he might be invited to go
up in an elevator. Passing the tap
room" on his way to the elevator, pos
sibly he would be urged to try a cigar,
best Virginia leaf" His eyes, ac-
customed to guttering candles, would
be astonished at the steady glow Of
electric lights, and, doubtless, he
would want to know more about the
way in which Franklin's lightning
could be secured on a clear day for
use in lighting. His quick ear would
detect the click of the typewriter az
he stepped through the passage
toward the Long Room" although he
might not recognize the origin of the
peculiar noise, and he would be mysti-
fed at the spectacle of man talking
into telephone receiver.
Frances Tavern, "the oldest land
mark in New York city, comes into
the public eye now more because on
december 4, 1907, the 124th anniver-
sary of Washington's farewell to his
officers in the big dining room of the
old Inn, the restored building was for.
mally turned over by the committee
having the restoration in charge to
the owners, the Sons of the Revolu-
ton, and two tablets were unveiled.
The reception to the guests was held
In the hall Of the Chamber of Com
merce after the tablets were unveiled.
One Of the tablets was attached to the
wall Of the famous Long ROOM" in
which Washington's historic and
touching farewell to his comrades and
assistants occurred, and the other
afaxed to the exterior
The history Of the building is con-
cisely told on the tablet placed In the
Long Room" 1t reads:
"Fraunces' Tavern. erected 1719;
Queens Head Tavern, 1862; Chamber
of Commerce founded here, 1858:
headquarters Of Committee of Cor.
respondence Of 81, 1774; this room the
scene of the farewell of Gen. Wash
>ngton to his officers. December 4,
1888; Sons of the Revolution reor-
ganized here December 4, 1888; the
property purchased by the Sons of
the Revolution in the state of New
York, 1904; formal occupation taken
by tho Sons of the Revolution, Decem.
ber 4, 1907
w. H. Mersereau, the architect who
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sT,LL HAD usE FOR Boots.
kahrs Newly-Aequlrsd Treasure pul
.%%> s.< TO Queer Use. X ~

ss:s An army. oflcer In charge OF 4 ana-
tive district In South Africa presented
to the kaflr boy who acted as his par
ticular servant Z pair Of strong. heavt-
ly nailed army boots. ,s<~@.
The boy was delighted with the gift,
and 1T once sat down and put tho
boots on. They were the very first
pair he had ever had In his life, and
for several days afterward he strut
ted proudly about the camp with
them.
But at the end Of the week he ap-
peared as usual with bare feet and the
boots tied round his neck.
"Hello!" said his master. why
don't you wear your boots? Are they
to small for your
"Oh, no. sah," replied the kanr.
'"they plenty big. Berry nice boots.
sch, but no good for walking or rum
ming. Make um fellah too much slow.
sab. Keep boots now for wear in
bed.-London Answers.
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WASHINGTON AN ATHLETE.
The "Father" Would Play Football l,
on Earth as Young Man Now.

He was an athlete George Washing
ton, we mean. II he were alive to-
day he would in all probability be a
college boy, and If he went to college
there is not particle of doubt but he
would scramble for a place on the
baseball and football teams.
He was fond Of all athletic sports
and games, and it was very easy for
him to maintain his supremacy in
them. His natural constitution was
good, and regular habits, supple
mented by judictous training and ex-
ercising Of his muscles, made him a
foe with whom even the Indians hesi-
tated to contend in athletic matches.
His superiority in all outof-door
sports stood often in good stead, and
when he was surveying land for Lord
Fairfax in Virginia he won many
friends among the redskins, among
whom he was then forced to live, by
taking part In all Of their games.
One night he reached little settle.
ment of ~hite people in the midst Of
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NEW WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written in Revolutions Final Days
and Hitherto Unpublished.

A three-page folio revolutionary let
ter Of Gen. George Washington. said
to be unpublished heretofore. is dated
"Hdgrs., New Windsor, May 5. 1881.
aud is addressed to Gen Clinton.
Although not in Washington's hand
writing, it is signed and franked by
him. 1t is Of historical interest, as
1t was written during the last cam
paign Of the revolution.
CORVALLIS. who was at Wilmington
had begun his march into Virginia to
Join Arnold and try to capture Lafay
ette and his 5000 men. The American
army was in a greatly weakened con.
dition. and Washington's letter shows
how keenly he was alive to the situa.
ton. He wrote:
Alarmed at the critical situation
of the garrison of Fort Schuyler.
ordered out of the small pittance in our
magazine so barrels of meat and the
same quantity of -four, to be trans
ported from this army and instantly
thrown into that garrison, but the
commlssary reports that there are but
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a jumping match. Whoever jumped
the farthest would win the hand of q
wealthy farmers daughter. The girl
herself was present; so was the min
lister. all ready to marry the maiden
and the successful competitor. Il
young farmer named Jonathan hal
outdistanced the other young men who
took part and the girl seemed very
well satisfied at the result.
At this point Washington asked IL
he, too. might be allowed to take part
in the contest. Permission was given,
and he Jumped three feet farther than
any OF the others had done.
The girl. not being blessed with tho
power Of divination. did not guess that
the successful young stripping was tho
future father of his country" AID
her disappointment was plainly visible
in her face. Washington finally 10
.ueved the situation by resigning his
claims In favor of Jonathan. Then he
stayed and partook of the weddies
supper.
One cannot but wonder IL the g1rl
lived to know of Washington's ulti.
mate greatness, and II SO, II she looked
back with regret upon the result N
the jumping match .....'....'
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woodIawn Virginia.
Earliest

of the king" he became distinguished
on the field, until he took leave of
his officers on November %, 1888.
after having overthrown the royal
government, he was the most impor-
tant factor in the affairs of the new
country.
Ending an eventful and successful
military career. he retired to his
home at Mount Vernon, Va. from
which place in 1854 he wrote to La
fayette: II have become a private
citizen on the banks of the Potomac,
and under the shadow Of my own vine
and fig tree. free from the hustle of
the camp, l am solacing myself
with those tranquil enjoyments OF
which the soldier who is ever in pur-
suit Of fame, the statesman and
the courtier . can have little con
ception."
At the time Washington wrote the
quoted words to Lafayette he had no
thought that he would be called as
the president of the republic, the liv.
ing reality Of which he had created
But 80, and on the 30th day of April,
1889, having been elected on the
9Th day OF the same month, ko
took the oath OF Office in New York
city. having jonrneyed to that place
from Mount Vernon in his private
carriage.
The national government. in con
junction with the states, has under
taken to do honor to his memory by
making his birthday national holi-
day and by erecting monuments of
marble pointing skyward, but the
grandest and most expressive tribute
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for the sum of E36 10 shillings. agree.
ing also to pay an annual rental OF
95 for the same
The church was consecrated by
Bishop Claggett of Maryland on June
IA, 1914. This ancient and historic
edifice is still used as a place of wor.
ship. 1t is kept open every week day,
and is annually visited by thousands.
A small admission fee is charged for
the purpose Of defraying the expense
Of keeping 1t open to the public. In
the rear Of and on the south side is
an old burial ground, and some very
old tablets. antedating the construc.
tiOn Of the church, are still standing.
in remarkable state OF preservation
The square pew. with open door, on
the right OF the pulpit and under the
balcony. is pew No. 5. which was Oc-
cnpied by Col. Washington when at.
tending services there until the date
OF his death: he never changed his
membership from the church A sill.
yer plate. bearing his autograph, is
on the top OF the pew door. Orig.
inally all the pews in the church were
built in square form, but later, with
the exception of the Washington pew,
were changed to the present-day
style Of construction.
On the east wall. under the bnl.
cony and to the right of the pulpit,
is memorial tablet placed to the
memory Of Gen. Washington.
A similar tablet, placed to the mem.
ory Of Gen. Robert e. Lee, occupies
similar space ON the wall to the left
Of the pulpit. Gen. Lee was a vestry.
man Of the church ut the commence
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roof indicating the top Of the walls
and the slope and height of the roof
were found in the walls. The differ
ence In the bricks in the walls also
helped to determine what portion was
old and what modern. 1t will be OBJ.
served that the wall fronting on Broad
street is Of thin yellow bricks. These
are the same kind as are found in the
old Dutch church in Tarrytown. In
order to secure an additional supply
to fill up the opening on the first floor
they had to be made to order in a
yard in Holland where bricks of the
same size and kind are still made. The
bricks on the Pearl street side are red.
AS they are an inch longer and some
what thinner than the bricks made
to-day it was only by searching
through many yards, tape measure in
hand, and picking up abnormal bricks
that enough could be secured to piece
out" the original wall. BY such means
the old building was put back into a
shape that would probably be recog-
nized by "Black Sam" Fraunces IL he
should appear to-day.
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The One Hundred and
Seventy Sixth Anniversary
of Washington's Birth

George Washington was born on
the banks Of the Potomac, in West.
moreland county, Virginia, on Febru
ary %, 1892.
AT the age OF Is he was a good sur
veyor and at 10 he was adjutant Of
one OF the Virginia militia districts.
with the rank of major.
At the age of 21 he was selected by
Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia as q
person of distinction" under orders
of the British government, to de-
mand an explanation of the French.
who were forming settlements in the
northwest and in the Mississippi valley.
At the age Of % he was commits
stoned as colonel in the British army.
and from that time, when as soldier
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BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared a fam
lily, found in Grape-Nuts the ideal food
for brain work and to develop healthy
children. She writes:
Il am an enthusiastic proclaimer of
Grape-Nuts as regular diet. for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them.
unable to eat breakfast I felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies.
doughnuts or anything I happened to
flnd. Being a writer, at times my
head felt heavy and my brain asleep.
when read Of Grape-Nuts l began
eating It every morning. also gave 1t
to the children, including my 10
months old baby, who soon grew az
fat as a little pig, good natured and
contentec-
II wrote evenings and feeling tho
aeed Of sustained brain power, began
eating a small saucer Of Grape-Nuts
with milk. instead of my usual indi-
gestible hot pudding, pie, or cake for
dessert at night. ~. ...
Il grew plump. nerves strong, and
when I wrote my brain was active and
clear: indeed. the dull head pain never
returned" .<...
POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd.
J. ;. ..s @... Battle Greek, Mich.
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Washington was very enthusias.
tic Mason, and was identified with the
lodge in Alexandria, Va, which was
chartered in 1888 under the Pennsyl-
vania Jurisdiction. but in 1888 it
was rechartered as the Alexandria
Washington lodge. No. %, and Wash
ington was named as worshipful mas
ter in the charter.
Christ church, Alexandria. Va, ivy
and moss covered, was completed and
delivered over to the vestry on Feb.
ruary 27. 1878, the construction hav.
ing been begun January l, 1867: Col.
Washington was one Of the first yes.
trymen of the church, and on the
day that it was turned over by the
builders he purchased pew No. S
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PURE FOOD.
No Food Commissioner Of Any State
Has Ever Attacked the Absolute
Purity Of Grape-Nuts.

Every analysis undertaken shows
this food to be made strictly of Wheat
and Barley, treated by our processes
to partially transform the starch
parts into q form of Sugar, and there
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that it is "Food for
Brain and Nerve Centres" is based
upon the fact that certain parts of
Wheat and Barley (Which we use) con-
tain Natures brain and nerve building
ingredients, viz: Phosphate Of Pot
ash, and the way we prepare the food
makes it easy to digest and assimilate.
DR.. Geo. w. Carey in his book on
''The Biochemic System of Medicine"
says:
when the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range of
the phosphate of potassium, insane
asylums will no longer be needed.
THE gray matter of the brain is
controlled entirely by the inorganic
cell-salt, potassium phosphate.
This salt unites with albumen, and
by the addition Of oxygen creates nerve
fluid, or the gray matter of the brain.
"Of course, there is trace of other
salts and other organic matter in
nerve-duid, but potassium phosphate
is the chief factor, and has the power
within itself to attract, by it's own law
Of affinity, all things needed to manu-
facture the elixir of life. Therefore,
when nervous symptoms arise, due to
the fact that the nerve-fluid has been
exhausted from any cause, the phos
phate of potassium is the only true
remedy, because nothing else can
possibly supply the deficiency.
THE ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter of the
brain cannot be overestimated.
phosphate of Potash, is to my
mind, the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man, and
the blessings it has already conferred
on the race are many. But what
shall the harvest be- when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
this wonderful salt plays in the
processes of life? 1t will do as much
as can be done through physiology to
make heaven on earth.
Let the overworked business man
take it and go home ood-tempered
Let the weary wife, nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en-.
tertaining company, take it and note
how quickly the equilibrium will be
restored and calm and reason assert
her throne. No 'provings' are required
here. We find this potassium salt
largely predominates in nerve-auid,
and that deficiency produces we'll
defined symptoms. The beginning and
end of the matter is to supply the
lacking principle, and In molecular
form. exactly as nature furnishes it in
vegetables, fruits and grain. TO sup
ply deficiencies-this is the only law
of cure.'
Please observe that Phosphate of
Potash il not properly of the drug
shop variety but is best prepared by
"Old Mother Nature and stored in
the grains ready for use by mankind.
Those who have been helped to better
health by the use of Grape Nuts are
legion.
There's a Reason"
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Amply Protected.

Aren't you ashamed Of yourself?"
asked the insistent reformer. Here
you are day in and day out in q state
of intoxication? You know what such
dissipation leads to. Already you
show the symptoms of a man who is
on the verge of delirium tremens. And
/ understand that some weak girl is
foolish enough to have accepted your
proposal of matrimony. shudder for
her, and for ypu!"
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WAIssH[,1NGroN

WASHINGTON
might recognize
the exterior Of
Fraunces' Tavern
should he ride
down Broad street,
New York, in
these days, but
once inside there
would be q num-
Der of details
which would be
novel to him. AS
he entered the
Colonial" hall he
would see walters
II nnAorn hrh-
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Of still
Elgn
than
disturbed state and the Afghan
Lord
army bring the disubers to terms which he did order
Elgfn although
King Robert the Bruce
Elgn
omac
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washi"son' Headquarters While City,

is embraced in the lettering. First
in War. First in Peace. First in the
Hearts OF His Countrymen." as
chiseled on the statue which stands
un the plaza at the east of the cap.
itOl.
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TROUBLE IN INDIA

Lord Elgin secretary of state of the colonies.
is accused by the British press of being respon.
slole for the latest ferment in the Transvaal by
allowing the colonial legislature to treat British
Indians as criminals and send them to jail if they
refuse to register their finger prints and other
marks OF Identification. Many of the proud-spirit-
ed high caste Indians have gone to Jail rather
tnan submit to such an indignity. and in a few
days their "martyrdom" will be known all over
India.
Just as the stories sent home by Indian resi-
dents of the Transvaal before the Boer war of
the powerlessness of the British there brought
OF several uprisings and two rather serious wars
the northwest frontier, so the story of the
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duchess
reminded
when he and that his the lovely
Doenhof, rich
The the rambling
husband old enough be her she
was attracted by atache of
Without
Rome with
connection with
his chances
coupled with Won Bueows
Rome German
society
being brought
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ment Of the civil war, and the pew
occupied by him is across the aisle
from and Il little to the rear of the
Washington pew. This pew is indi-
Gated by a silver plate showing his
autograph.
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'Nev' min, Of fer," replied the hope
less case. THE lady I'm go to inarry
ish a shnake sharmer."
TaIkinu Shop.

Talking Shop.
Patience| hate to hear girl talk
shop.
Patrice-She wasn't talking shop:
she was talking about her beautiful
hair.
We'll, it's shop hair, isn't it?"-
Yonkers Statesman.
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thief
similar outbreaks Nicaragua The
canal project dropped and Miller
meet obligations he disposed
his Sierra
although he held
down with ~ W. ~'
Miller hs came into prominent
pie for their Endorsement They
thing almost as obscure
F~~~o~
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CHANCELLOR MAY RESIGN

Chancellor Won Buelow, finding that it re-
quires man of more than the average attain
ments to fill the shoes of the late Prince Bis
marck and to conduct the affairs of the German
empire, is said to be on the point Of retiring to
private life. His ulcompromising attitude to-
wards the socialists, who are rapidly gaining in
strength, has been the means of blocking many of
the emperor's schemes and has caused the ut
most difficulty in his getting the money he wants
for an immense army. He has for himself
the hostility of some Of the court favorites, be-
cause he has denounced their scandalous be-
havior, and he has even made enemies in the
kaisers own household by his opposition to the
marriage of the crown prince to the beautiful
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blunders, colors
Nash which
president
Efforts
Of the
city New York
Mr. Nash holds
thinking
|
Mr. Nashs favorie
the
library
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Ex-SENATOR'S PLIGHT

Warner Miller, formerly United States sena-
tor from New York and prominent in Re.
publican politics leader of the "Halfbreeds' -
has failed result of the Martinique disaster
several years ago, "bankrupted by the acts of
God and William Nelson Cromwell" as one of
his friends expressed it.
He did not own foot of land in Martinique,
nor did he have dollar invested there, yet the
terrible explosion of natural forces that blew off
the top of the mountain, wiped city from the
face OF the EARTH laid waste the fields and caused
much destruction among the shipping caused his
ruin years later Deeply interested in the Mica
ragua canal project, Miller had invested much of
his money in it. The United States had virtually
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IN THE l[ PUBLIC EYE
HANDLED GOTHAM PANIC

William A. Nash, president Of the Corn Ex-
change bank, probably did as much any man
in New York to put stop to the recent panic,
J. Pierpont Morgan alone excepted. When the
furry came he was made chairman of the
clearing house committee, and 1T fell mainly to
him to pass upon the securities offered by banks
in need of assistance, to decide which should be
aided and which suspended. He was regarded by
the other bankers as the balance wheel Of the
Wall street situation. Nor is this his first ex-
perience of a panic, for in 1908 he was one of
five men who. as executive committee of the
clearing house, had that panic in charge. His
sound common sense, his keen business meth
DDS and his far-sighted mental vision in each
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GOT IT..

ChOlly-Er-h'm
did you ever hear
your sister speak
of me, Willie?
Willie-Sure; I
heard sis say dat
your head was
shaped like .
lemon.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16

While Bryan admits that he VIII
have a mighty hard fight, some Of
his friends declare that he will sweep
everything. or course they are well
come TO claim all they want Bust
ness men. however. say that Tatt's
election is sure. and they are count
irg on il to such an extent that bus
mess is opening up again all over the
country and times ere rapidly set
ting better. Business men-not cor
pcrations. bu: the storekeepers and
bankers and manufacturers. say that
left Will be elected. and they are
glad OF II. and they are looking for
more good times.
There is one other little ndica-
ticn. A professional better has al
ready laid some money at two TO
one against Bryan. and says he has
$50 goo to put up at that rate.