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The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

walls of Mount Vernon during his resi-
dence there. At his death 1t fell to
the share of one of his four ncphews.
George Steptoe Washington.
This Mr.. Washington lived near Fal-
mouth. on the north side OF the Rap
pahannock. and the portrait occupied
prominent place on his walls until
the civil war. Then his homestead
was suddenly filed with Onion troops
To save the portrait its owner hasti-
ly ripped II from the frame and
placed It underneath the carpet In one
of the bedrooms. AS luck would have
It. General Hancock chose to occupy
that room during his stay In Falmouth
and tramped unwittingly back and
forth over the Father of His Country.
But the portrait was well protected by
the carpet and Is In fine condition.
After the war was over II WIS hard
lines for the Steptoe Washingtous, and
they sold the portrait with other heir
looms The purchaser of the picture
was John l. Pruyn OF Albany. n. Y
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19
WASHINGTON UNDER CARPET.
Owner Had to Hide Portrait to Save II
From Soldiers.

Owner Had to Hide Portrait to Save II
From Soldiers.
One of the best Washington portraits
in existence. the Pruyn portrait. Is to
tally unknown to the great majority OF
the American public. since no repro
duction Of 1t has ever been made. but
1t was exhibited in New York for a
short time In the van Cortlandt man
sion.
The I'ruyn portrait presents tho
Washington familiar to us in the many
Gilbert Stuart portraits, but 1t is per.
haps one of the very best that ever
came from that artists brush. 1t
shows a General Washington full of
life and vigor. with ruddy coioring
and a very ruddy nose. 1t belongs to
Mrs. william Gorham Rice of Albany.
N. 2. who is a member of the Pruyn
family.
This portrait is Washington's family
portrait OF himself and hung on the
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

that he cannot and does not claim ex-
elusive relationship to George Wash
lngtOn.
He is directly descended from Au-
gustine Washington ID. the eldest
half brother of George Washington.
who left issue. His only son. Colonel
William Augustine Washington. mar
ried Jane Washington. the eldest child
Of Colonel John Augustine Washing
ton. who was full brother Of George
Washington. 1t is from this union OF
. nephew and niece OF George Wash
lngton that William Lanier Washing
ton is descended in the eldest male
line.
The genealogical table OF william
LAnier Washington shows that he is
the ninth in direct male descent from
Colonel John Washington. the 6rst
American member Of the family.
John Washington emigrated to Amer
Ma from England In 1857 and settled
an WestmoreIand county, Va. His eld-
est son was Lawrence Washington. The
second son OF the latter was Angus
tine Washington LIST. father of George
Washington by his second marriage
with Mary Ball. By Augustine Wash
1ngton lists first marriage he had four
children. only one Of whom. Colonel
Augustine Washington I'd. left ISSUE
His only son. Colonel william Angus
dne Washington. as stated above. mar
ried his cousin. Jane Washington. who
was the daughter and eldest child Of
Colonel John Augustine Washington.
younger full brother Of George Wash
lngton. There were other children who
left descendants. from whom several
families In Virginia and West Virginia
trace their descent to this day.
The son OF Colonel william Angus
fine and lane Washington was Colonel
George Corbin Washington. born in
1850. He was a member Of congress-
and Indian commissioner and was
mentioned for the vice presidency Of
the United States The eldest son Of
the latter was Colonel Lewis William
washington. born In 1912. and his eld-
est son was Major James BarrolI
Washington william Lanier Washing.
ton 10 the eldest son Of Major Washing
ton.
He il married. but has no son to In
herit his status.
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

Lincoln at the Lincoln headquarters.
In the fremont hotel. and an arrange
ment was made TO guarantee Cameron
a place In Llncoln's cabinet in the
event of Lincoln receiving the nomina-
ton and election and the ability OF
Cameron to get the Endorsement OF the
Pennsylvania delegation.
The Cameron men Immediately set
about capturing the Pennsylvania del
egation TO swing It to Lincoln and sue
ceedcd In doing no by margin OF six
votes II is also relnted that deal OF
a similar kind was made with Caleb
b. Smith OF Indiana
After LIncoln's Endorsement by the
Illinois convention at Decatur political
events moved rapidly for him. The
national convention wns set for May
10, and Judge Stephen Logan was the
Springfield delegate. carrying with him
to the convention letter from Lincoln
authorizing the withdrawal Of his
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

Copyright. 1916. by American Press Asso-
ciatioDi
0N May 10. 1860. Abraham Lin
coin WIS nominated for tho
presidency In the Republican
national convention In Chicago.
A few days before this tremendous
event Lincoln hail been unable to find
a seat in the Republican state conven-
ton at Decatur, H.. and had conse-
quently remained On the outside until
Dick Oglesby called attention to the
fact that Lincoln was not present
Ogiesby said:
II am informed that distinguished
son Of Illinois and one whom illinois
will ever delight TO honor IL present.
and ! wish to move that this body In
vite him to seat on the stand
The motion was carried with u shout
and n rush was made for him where ne
stood near the door. and before he WIS
conscious of what was Intended ne wa
taken bodily and passed forward ove,
the heads Of the dense throng I" tn
speakers platform. smiling. but n goc
deal ruffied.
A little later on Oglesby snId:
There Is an old Democrat outside
who has something which he wishes Z,
present to this convention"
Receive it?' shouted the throng Of
delegates. So the doors were opened
md in walked John Hanks. bearing on
his shoulder two rough fence rails
from which rose banner inscribed.
1.-TWO Rails From Lot Made by
Abraham Lincoln and John Hanks, In
the Sangamon Bottoms. In the Year
1890"
He was received with yells of de
light, followed by shouts for a speech
from Lincoln. who rose somewhat DIFF
ndcntiy and said:
"0entlcmen, suppose you want to
know something about these rails.
Well, Il II quito true that John Hanks
snd did make rails in the sangamon
bottom don't know whether We
made these particular rails or not The
fact ". do not think they are a credit
to the makers. But do know this
tbnt I made rnils then and think that
can make better ones than these
now"
After all this skillfully worked up
enthusiasm the following resolution.
offered by John NJ. Palmer. was pass
ed by the convention:
abraham Lincoln In the 1rst choice
Of the Republican party Of Illinois for
president, and the delegates from this
state to the Chicago convention are In
structed to use all honorable means to
secure his nomination and to cast the
vote Of the state as unit for him."
Historians do not exactly agree that
Lincoln had set his ambition on this
nomination. Herndon says that he
wns ambitious and that he did every.
thing known to practical politics and
within his means to secure It.
Though Lamon does not dispute
Herndon's conclusions a. to Lincoln's
ambition. he says In his lifo Of the
0rent Liberator that Lincoln was at
Decatur as iners spectator and ap
pears to have hah no notion that any
husinass relating to him was to be
transacted that DAY."
Among other tpcsdeuts Lamon tells
.ha story Of tho s,oanhinntion Lincoln's
friends mnde with Simon Cameron Of
Pennsylvania. Cameron was q candi.
date fer the nomination.
"Caricron's power In Pennsylvania
wns p,ore apparent than real" de-
Of tue second hay Of the convention
friends Of Cameron met friends ol
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19
WAR A PLAGUE TO MAN.
MISREPRESENTATION.

Washington said In speaking
Of war at the close Of the Revo-
luton. MY first wish is to see
this plague to mankind banished
from of the earth" Neverthe-
less, throughout his life he was
always ready to fight for causes
believed to be right.
Washington's personal brav-
cry was one of his chief traits.
Jefferson said. HE was incapa-
Bile of fear, meeting personal
dangers with the calmest un-
concern"
Washington had many enc
mics, some of whom did their
utmost to destroy letters and
other evidences of their disaf-
lection after they discovered
that the general was destined to
immortal fame as the f,rst Of
the patriots.
Washington's dearest friend.
gained during his military serv-
Ice prior to the Revolution. was
DR.. James Craik. who attended
the future president through
two serious illnesses. After the
Revolutionary war DR.. Craik be-
came the Washington family
physician at Mount Vernon.
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

VENTION
name whenever such action seemed ad-
visable.
While number OF leading men took
an active Interest about the Lincoln
headquarters. David Davis was the
business man In charge" and made
all the negotiations"
Seward wns the lending candidate
ut Chicago OIL the night before the bal
loting began.
Seward led on the first ballot. closely.
followed by Lincoln. On the second
bnllot Lincoln gained amazingly. and
at the conclusion Uf the third roll call.
he Ind 231h votes. a vote and half
short Of the 233 necessary to nomina.
tion. At that moment Delegate Carter
Of Ohio arose and switches four votes
from Chase to Lincoln. A cannon {
which had been placed on the top OF
the Wigwan. In which the convention .
wna held. boomed the news Of Lin
coins nomination to the world. Han.
nibul Hainlin Of MIME was then
mined for the vice presidency. and
the convention adjourned.
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

When Washington Was Defeated.
Washington was defeated in his first
race for election to the Virginia house
Of burgesses by the candidate Of the
liquor interests. The young soldier
had angered the tavern keepers and
their friends by inveighing against
drunkenness among the troops in his
command
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19
|. George Washington's ,
. Living Representative .

As hereditary representative Of
"a George Washington In the So
IA ciety of the Cincipnati and in
virtue OF direct, incontestable
descent from an older half brother and
a younger full brother of the first pres
ident. William Lanier Washington Of
New York city is recognized as the
head of the Washington family. The
distinction Of representing the Father
of His Country in the Cincinnati, the
society OF descendants of officers who
served in the American army in the
Revolutionary war. is most interesting
in itself. since it carries with 1t recog
milton by historians and genealogists
as being the leading male member of
the Washington family.
Mr.. Washington has said, however.
that there are others equally as closely
related to Washington as himself and
The Delta independent., 1915-02-19

HH n H,H "a "a n ~ n n n -
ssGeorgeWashington:: 5 ::
!. By ARTHUR J. BURDlCk {.
- Copyright. 1915. by American Press -
Association. /.
u - - ~ ~ - ~ - - - - - "a
men live il in deeds. For good
AVA or Ill
Their acts survive, and not until
Time is no more can it be said,
THE man is dead.
7 WED one who Freedoms S
IL standard raised
Lived. fought and passed; was
blamed and praised;
Was crowned hero in his day.
Then passed away.
A PEOPLE from oppression
a freed,
By him torn from tyrant's greed,
Became a nation; lived and thrived
Because he strived.
THE heart that for his people Z
Found courage to oppose their
Still pulsates in the nations breast
His grand behest.
REAT Washington Each
passing year
But makes thy memory more dear;
Each year but adds unto thy fame,
E.xalts thy name.
YOUR deeds live on. and in
! them you.
Your hand still guides. A purpose
true
The nations heart inspires. Lead
on,
Brave Washington
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08
WHAT ABOUT THE POTASH SHORTAGE

Let us begin by drawing line from Mobile, Alabama northeast ward to Richmond, Virginia, by
 way of Macon, Georgia; Colum- bia, South Carolina; and Raleigh North Carolina. Roughly. this line divides the sandy Coastal Plain section from the redder land that has more clay in it, and like wise, in general way, may be sad to divide the soils deficient in potash from those that are not. h other words. for cotton, corn and oatSspotash as rule has been found profitable to the east and south of this line; while north and west of it, while in some cas- es it may slightly increase yields, we are certain from all eXperi- ment station evidence that leav- ing it out entirely will not ceri- ously curtail production. In other words, the corn. cotton and oat farmer in the Piedmont sect ions of the Carolinas and Georgia,
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08

in northern and western Alabama and all Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. need do no great amount of wor- rying regardless of how high fertilizers may go. The Pro- gressiye Farmea.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08
WARNING ORDER

In Nevada Common Pleas Court States Grocer Company Plaintiff B. C Purifoy. w. L, Purifoy and Ben Franklin, partners; trading under the firm name of Purifoy and Son De- fendants.
 The defendant Ben Franklin is warn ned to appear in this court within thirty days. and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, 1 States Grocer Company, November l9, 1914.
 C. c. Calhoun. II F. Rouse, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08

FOR SALE. -210acres of land 3 l-2 miles Southeast of Prescott, Arkansas. Good residence, barn ana out buildings. 100 acres in cultvatian, 15 acre meadow, 40 acre pasture, balance timber land Good water. Red gravely ridge land. Cheap for cash. Win give time.
 B. F. Steele.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease. and in order to cure it you must take inter nal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quick med icine It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best toaics known, combined with the best bold purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two in- gradients is what produces such won dertul results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
 F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, o. Sold by all Druggists 75c,
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipa. tion.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08
LIVE STOCK EASILY SOLD

Suaaest Localities Send Men to Study Other States-Mich ichigan and Iowa Good ExampIes-A Thousand Cows Necessary For Successful Creamery-Canning Factories Sue cessful Where Vegetables Are Ple1- tifuI.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08

Try the East Side narber Shop for good service.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08
Let Arkansas
 Feed Herself
LIVE STOCK SOLVES
 MARKETING PROBLEM

Farmers Make Mistakes By Going Ex- tensively into PerIshable Products Without Marketing Facilities -- Start at Wrong End.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08

By Prof p G. Holden, Director of the
 Agricultural Extension Department,
 the international Harvester Com
 pany, Harvester Bldg, Chicago.
 The production of fruits, vegetables, grains and livestock will be vastly in creased in Arkansas this coming year. Thousands of farmers are going L. diversity their crops and have more live stock and poultry. Hundreds have told me personally that they were go. ing to raise enough produce to feed their families and their live stock and more to sell
 In many sections of the state the early stages of diyersifcation were marked by marketing failure But they began at the wrong end The first principle of good marketing is t9 feed grains and forage crops tO cows. hogs and chickens. Live stock and poultry are more easily marketed than raw products They are the best buyers of corn. hay and silage Sell ing live stock and poultry, butter and eggs is selling the finished products and this system brings the highest re turns and restores the fertility to the land The first marketing problem is to raise enough food for the people and to have live stock to consume good part Of the feedstuns produced on the farm
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08
6LEASONS EUROPEAN HOTEL
 RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION
North Bound

Electric Lights, Electric Elevators, Long Distance Telephone, Telegrara
 and Typewnting. We use 'ode5, Filtered Water. Corner Second anc Center Streets. Little Rock. ArkRnsas
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-11
0oadheada

Exactly how our language came ints
possession OF the word "deadhead.' u
which Is 80 frequently used In connec.
uon with the transportation business,
is not known Of the many versions
Of its origin which are current the fol.
lowing whether correct or not. IL at
least the most Interesting:
Many Years ago the principal avenue
OF town passed close to the entrance
of toll road 'eadine to cemetery.
AZ this cerneter! mad been laid out
some tine p-Pviuu> to the construction
Of The toad IL WAS arranged that all
funeral pr"cSsiois shunld be allowed
&c pass aii,s the read free OF toll One
day. as vi; knuwp physician who
was driving along this road stUpped to
pa. his tu; re observed to the keeper,
Considering the benevolent character
II our i'r"fr>siop think you ought to
II ILL., pass free of charge"
No 10 doc tor said the gatekeep
'r. I'VE can afford that You send
too many dradheads through as it is"
The story Travelled around the coun
try. end in this way the word dead
head eventually came to be applied
to those who obtain free uansporta tiop
from railway and steamship lines
New York American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-11
QUEER USE OF GRAMoPHoNE
That instrument 10 Not Designed
Merely for Amusement Has
Been Proved.

The gramophone is sometimes put
to strange uses. The leader Of an AT.
rican hunting expedition, who set out
on a motor trip from the Cape to Cairo,
recently used It as a decoy for tigers
and hippopotami. In tiger hunting it
Is usual to tether lamb to q tree:
its bleatings attract the tiger within
reach of the hunters. Before leav-
ing England, the explorer had some
records made by bleating lambs, and,
says a writer in Answers, he tried
them on the unsuspecting tigers Of the
African jungle with considerable sue
cess.
The record makers gained one of
their greatest triumphs when they sue
ceeded in getting good nightingale
and blackbird records. The chief diff
hculty was the objection that the
birds had to the sounds Of the re-
cording machine. The clever men got
round that by setting up dummy
recording machine, In the horn of
which they put some Of the birds IA
vorite food.
When bird entered the horn to
st the food the clockwork was set
in motion. The little creatures soon
grew accustomed to the sound, and
SO, after much tedious and discour-
aging labor, successful records were
made. These records are selling in
thousands all over the world.
The gramophone is also Of service
In more serious and more scientific
undertakings. Records of ali dialects
and languages spoken in Great Britain
have been made and preserved in the
British museum for the benefit of
posterity. The people of the thir-
tieth century will know by the help
of these records just how Manx and
Gaelic sounded, and how the cockney
lingo differs from braid Scots" Sew
eral Of the universities also have col
lections of the same kind.-Youths
Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-11
TOOK THE CREDIT, ANYWAY
Man Who Had Intended to Disregard
Wife's Advice Made Her Think
Otherwise.

When 1 am going to be extravagant
always like the announcement Of
my wife. and I usually get It, writes
A. Edward Newton in the Atlantic
Monthly. l determined to talk over
with her a proposed purchase. Her
prophetic instinct in this instance was
against 1t. She reminded me that the
business outlook was not good when
we left home and that the reports
received since were anything but en-
couraging
THAT amount of money" she said,
may be useful when you get home"
The advice was good, indeed, her argu-
ments were so unanswerable that
determined not to discuss 1t further,
but to buy anyhow and say nothing
Early the next morning | went back
and to my great disappointment found
that someone more forehanded than
had taken the treasure. My regrets
for time were keen, but upon my re-
turn to this country l found myself
in the height Of the 1907 panic. Secu-
rites seemed almost worthless and
actual money unobtainable Then
congratulated my wife on her wisdom,
and pointed out what a fine fellow
had been to follow her advice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-11

Why did homer call the Dardanelles
broad" or "boundless," although at
the point where Leapder and Byron
swan it the breadth Is barely q mfleS
Byron's comment IL very neat: The
wrangling about the epithet, the broad
Hellespont,' or the 'boundless Helles-
pont' whether it means one or the
other. or what it means at Ill. has been
beyond all possibility of detail l have
even heard It disputed on the spot and,
not foreseeing a speedy conclusion to
the controversy. amused myself With
swimming across 1t In the meantime
and probably may again before the
point Is settled - Probably Ho-
mer had the same notion Of distance
that a coQuette has Of time, and when
he talks of b0undless means half Q
mile. as the latter. BY q like figure,
when she says eternal attachment
simply specifies three weeks"-London
Spectator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-11
A Gladstone Aneccote

Lord AiV-rStoue tells this anecdOte
Ut Gladstone IN nIs "Retoilections:"
Mo Gladstone was very much In
terestea III the Caucasus, / had a
friend Captain *, who had recently
come home from that district. and I
gave him letter OF Introduction to
Mr.. Gladstone a few days later
met Mr. Gladstone IN Parliament
street He stopped me and said
Your friend Captain X KNOWS more
about the Caucasus than any man I
ever met a few minutes afterwar0
] met Captain X in Pail Mail | saiu
to him. Well. you nave made great
impression on MIR Gladstone Have
II he said. Yes / replied he says
yOn know more about the Caucasus
than any man he ever met Well.
safd Captain a. that Is very strange
for, though | was With him for three
quarters OF an hour. only made three
Observable
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-06-11
BROUGHT ACTION TO AN END
Appearance Of the Deceased" In
chaneery Court Blow to Army
Of Lawyers.

II was . suit in chancery. and there
was a great gathering Of the de-.
ceased's family, quarreling, as Yela.
tives will. over the division of the
spoils. The lawyers engaged chuckled,
for the suit seemed likely to be pro
longed and complicated.
There were many lawyers, too, and
the Judge marveled at the immensely
Of the deceased mans family as silk
and stuff rose in rapid succession, in
Producing themselves with the usual
formula: "And I, my lord. am for the
nephews, or nieces, or fifteenth cousins
removed, as the case may be, Of the
deceased" The procession seemed in
terminable, but at last 1t came to an
end. Then a small voice was heard
timidly saying from the back of the
court. MAY be allowed to speak, my
lord?"
There was dead silence as his lord
ship adjusted his spectacles and asked,
rather dejectedly, who are you?"
The answer was, to say the least,
unexpected.
Il am the deceased, my lord" said
the modest voice from the back Of the
court. That ended the action.
Quite unknown to his relatives, the
deceased" had turned up from the
wilds Of Rhodesia. Obviously man
Of humor. he must have taken de-
light in watching how "the best-laid
schemes of mice and men gang aft
agley."