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q country gentleman. by the drum beats Of
the American Revolution, Washington writes
Il am now about to bid adieu to you, and to
every kind Of domestic ease have been
called upon by the unanimous voice of the
colonies to take command of the Continental
armies: an honor I neither sought after nor
desired shall hope that my friends will
visit and endeavor to keep up the spirits Of my
wife. for my departure will, know. be cut
ting stroke upon her" (This letter was ad-
dressed to his favorite brother. John Washing
TOM
Not until December. 1888. was this great
homelover able to return to the simple. whole
some pleasures Of Mount Vernon.
An early sketch of Washington at this period
tells Us: He keeps q pack of fine hounds and
In season goes hunting once a week. in COM
pany with some of the gentlemen Of Alexan-
dria. Agriculture is his favorite employment"
He laughing, said of his favorite sport, rid
ing. during this happy time II ask but one
thing Of horse and that is to go along" He
was good-naturedy proud of the fact that he
could not be unhorsed. st can thank my
father for that" he said on one occasion mo
one can unhorse me, provided the animal keeps
ON his legs"
There Is an entry about Deer Hunting. March
6. 1786. and one relating to a Fox Hunt. Janu-
ary 28, 1786. Went out after breakfast with
my hounds. Found q fox in the branch, within
N1I 4IlOukSOu NndSOuS Uclu duU run SOHlc tAlIlC
hard and some time at cold hunting until near
twO when came home and left the huntsman
with the dogs"
Trout fishing-"Monday July 30, 1787-In
company with Mr. Gouvr. Morris and in his
phaeton, with my horses, went up to one Jane
Moore's Gin whose house we lodged in the vi
cinity of Valley Forge to get Trout"
Aug. 3, 91787-In company with Mr.. Robt.
Morris and his Lady and Mr.. Gouvr. Morris. I
fH rtny,n fcIn nivvy ptv
In the evening, fshed very successfully"
"Aug. T. 1787-In the morning and between
breakfast and dinner, fshed again and with
more success (for perch) than yesterday. Dincd
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War Comrades

ONE of the values of the American Revolri-
~ ton was the comradeship which it stimu-
lated among the men involved in the struggle.
OF these, the friendship of George Washing
ton and the young Marquis de Lafayette was
the most widely celebrated. The ardent and
youthful Frenchman came to the New World
to offer his sword in the cause Of liberty. To
Washington he was, Of course, stranger.
Their first meeting took place at Brinckerhoff.
Dutchess County New York. and there was mu-
tual sympathy and appreciation between them
from the beginning. Lafayette looked up to
Washington as to q father as well as chief.
and Washington regarded him with TENDER
ness truly paternal Lafayette named his eld-
est son George Washington. and never omitted
any opportunity to testify his love and vener-
alton for the illustrious American" Twentye
five years younger than his chosen chief, Lafa-
yette survived him So years. It was said of him:
perhaps no man ever lived through such vcis-
situdes Of fortune, and such severe trials OF his
virtue. with . character more free from Just
reproSch" a." 70" 'i- ;.N ''' '.t
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NashMgton H>as Lover Of Sports

at Genl Dickenson's. on the east side of the
river. little above Trenton. and retd. in the
evening TO Col. Ogden's." CThiS was holiday
trip after the adjournment Of the General Con-
vention at Philadelphia. July Is. 17s70
In the Fall Of the same year he wrote of the
chase: Thursday. Nov. 20. 1787-In company
with Colo. Humphreys, Maj. Washington and
Mr. Lear went . hunting. Found fox about
IL O'Clock near P1ncushion ran him hard for
near quarters OF an hour and then lost him.
Mr.. LMnd WASH. who joined U.s. came
and dined with us and returned afterwards"
A PRIL Is. 1859, having been chosen Presi-
dent of the United States, Washington
left the private life Of Mount Vernon once
more and his diary entry Of this date has an
undercurrent Of sadness for the observing read
er: About 10 O'Clock I bade adieu to Mount
Vernon. to private ife and to domestic felicity;
and with mind oppressed with more anxious
and painful sensations than I have words to
express, set out for New York in company with
Mr.. Thomson and Col. Humphreys with the
best disposition to render service to my coun-
try in obedience to its call, but with less hope
Of answering its expectation"
Washington brought to his new duties the
fine self possession and serene reliability that
his life in "the great open spaces" had engen-
dered If as q statesman he yearned for the
old days of outdoor freedom, only one keenly
conscious Of his preferences could detect the
longing
There are, however. certain brief passages in
his diaries during these days that have q sort
of pathos. in the light Of the vigorous and
wholesome exercise to which he had been
accustomed.
January %. 1700-Exercised on horseback
this forenoon"
January 30. 1790-ExerciSed with Mrs.
Washington and the children. . Walked
around the Battery TN the afternoon"
Exercised between and Z this morning on
horseback --t 81. ..t. S..-A .'r-.,, g. le-r
Exercised on horseback from till near Z
O'Clock this evening" -. ,tre..
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h lever from that time until 1886 did any
v thing Of great public importance happen
that was not announced by the ringing of the
CORVALLIS surrendered to George Washington
in 1871. which virtually ended the military
campaign Of the Revolution.
No other bell in the world has the distinction
Of being characterized . traveller. The
Liberty Bell has seen more Of the United
States than the vast majority Of its inhabitants.
The following journeys were included in its
Nation wide itinerary:
July %. 1885-To New Orleans for tho
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Exposition.
July IS, 1693-TO the Worlds Columbia Ex-
position at Chicago October "a. 1895-To the
Cotton States and Atlantic Exposition. Atlanta.
Ga. January 6, 1902-Interstate and West
India Exposition. Charleston, s. c. June IS.
1sO3-Bunker Hill Celebration Boston. Mass.
October %, 1913-Historical Street Parade.
Philadelphia, Pa. July 4. 1915-To Panama
Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. Calf.
19l7-Liberty Loan Parade Philadelphia, Pa.
It S of particular interest to note the size of
this famous bell. It was twelve feet in circum-
ference around the lip. seven feet six inches
around the crown and two feet three inches
over the crown. It Is three inches thick In
the thickest part adjoining the Lip and one and
one-quarter inches thick in tie thinnest part
toward the crown. The length Of the clapper
is three feet and two inches and the total
weight 1850 pounds The excess 30 pounds
weight is the result Of the second casting BY
Pass and Stow, who were forced to add copper.
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NEEMING it unwise to return 1t back to
- England for repairs. the directors decided
to give chance to two American workmen
of West Philadelphia, to see what they could
do In the way of producing q satisfactory bell.
They broke the English-made bell into hum
dreds of pieces and melted it. They added
an ounce and q quarter Of American copper
to each pound Of the original metal in order
to make it less brittle, and recast same with
all the original inscription on it, except the
substitution of their own names for that of
the London manufacturer. Pass and Stow
was engraved in the space formerly occupied
by Thomas Lister. Minor defects, however,
necessitated a second casting.
During the War of the Revolution the bell
was suddenly removed from its tower and
taken hurriedly out Of the city, when news
came that the British Army was about to
enter Philadelphia The bell, carefully con-
cealed, was placed on q wagon and conveyed
along with the heavy baggage of the American
Army in a supply train of some 900 wagons,
which were guarded by 200 North Carolina and
Virginia cavalrymen. It was taken incognito
to Allentown. Pa, where 1t was securely placed
in lions Church until June ~, 1776. when 1t
was taken back to the Old State Hense.
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To Honor the 7zv0 Hundredth AuniyersQrv o f
George WashingtonS s Birth and Inangurute
the Nation s BicentenniaI Celebration.
History of This Famous Bell

Slowly tolling during the funeral Of Chief
Justice John Marshall. the bell was cracked
again. without violence other than the strokes
Of the clapper." The bell had been mufned
for In reply to q protest against the loudness
Of the chimes - ringer Of Christ Church"
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gives the information that as usual on such
occasions, . request to have the bells mufiied
from his honor. the Mayor. was SENT" and in
compliance, "a mufned peal was commenced
previous to the body leaving the city and con-
tinued until after the steamboat left the wharf
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Liberty Bell Will Ring Again Tomorrow

THE Liberty Bell lived . distinguished span
Of life Of SO years, when it suddenly
breathed its last note during the birthday
exercises of George Washington. 1t was a cold
Winter morning when the inhabitants of
Philadelphia and suburbs gathered to pay
homage to the memory Of Washington. One
newspaper, in its issue Of February &C. 1886,
chronicles the fatal cracking of the bell:
"The old Independence Bell rang its last
clear note on Monday last tn honor of the
birthday of Washington and no,o hangs in the
great city steeple trreparably cracked and dumb.
1t had been cracked before but t0as set in order
for that day by hauing the edges of the trac-
ture filed so as not to vibrate against each
other, as there ,ods q prospect that the church
bells Uould not chime upon that occasion 1t
0dOe out clear notes and loud, and appeared to
be in excellent condition until noon rhen 1t
received q sort of compound fracture zio-sao
direction through one OF its sides tohich put tt
completely out of tune and left It q mere ,ureck
OF Uhdt 1t Uas. We s0ere lucky enough to get
q small fragment of it and shall keep it sacred
in memory Of the good and glory achieved By
the old herald of Independence in times Iona
past and euer to be remembered"
The most dramatic episode during the life OF
the bell was on that memorable day. July 4.
1776. when it rang to Proclaim liberty through-
out all the land and its inhabitants thereof"
The historic second session of the Continental
Congress was already under way and the final
DIeak Win the brlClSn matter OF q few days,
The resolution sponsored by Richard Henry
Lee was presented on June Z, 1776, declaring
that these United Colonies are and of right
ought to be free and independent States: that
they are absolved from all allegiance to the
British crown. and that all political connection
between them and the State of Great Britain
Is and ought to be totally dissolved" Lees
resolution was passed July and the Declara-
ton Of Independence penned by Thomas JEFF
ferson. after a revision of the committee of the
whole, adopted July 4. 1776.
The birth of an Independent Republic was
now reality. Its announcement to the
colonists. because of the great need of making
them all realize that their rights were MAIN
tanned. was heralded by the Liberty Bell
Multtudes were gathered in front of the
State House. The old bellman, Robert McNair,
stationed his little grandson at the door of the
hall to await the instructions of the door,
keeper when to ring. At his command tho
young patriot rushed out, clapping his hands
with joy and shouting Ring! Grandpa! Ring!"
McNair grasped the heavy iron tongue of the
bell which had been there for 20 years and
swung it backward and forward 100 times.
The awaiting populace caught up with tho
jubilant sounds and shouted until they were
h0arse. Bells, whistles and sirens shrieked.
Cannons and pistols were fired. fireworks
display In the evening terminated the first
celebration Of the independence Of the United
States Of America.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
BY ANDREA P. SCKOPPEGLIA.

-HE 200th anniversary of George
Washingtons birth focuses atten-
ton upon the historic Liberty
Bell at Independence Hall, Philadel-
phia. which rang to proclaim to the
waiting and anxious inhabitants of
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snakes old suits and 1t IS too big for
one Of Mr.. Gartersnake's."
1T belonged to Buffer the Adder. u
replied Cresty IT found it under an
old board on the Green Meadows and
judge that Buffer hadn't been out of
it very long
Meanwhile Mrs. Cresty was busily
at work pulling that old suit into the
hole in the tree and working it in to
the nest. There was SO much of it, SO
much more than she had expected
that it meant pretty near making the
nest over. But that didn't bother her
She was willing to do that for the sake
of having this snakeskin. She was
perfectly happy.
Now were it possible for feathered
folk to turn up their noses, which, o1
course. it isn't, I suspect that all OF
Mrs. Cresty's neighbors would have
turned up their noses. AS it was, they
could and did, make remarks
Can you imagine using such a thing
as that in a nest!" said Mrs. Robin
scornfully, whose own nest was largely
built of mud.
Just seeing it gives me a creepy
feeling!" declared Mrs. Bluebird.
Imagine her babies having to have
that old skin for a bed!' exclaimed
Mrs. Morning Dove.
isn't it awful?" responded Mrs
Whip-poor-w
Now this was amusing when YOU
come to think of it, for Mrs. Doves
babies would have nothing but stick,
for bed and Mrs. Whip-poor- S
children have only bare ground, where
as that old suit of Buffers was soft
and really very nice.
Copyright, 1927
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SUMMERTIME
By d. c. PEATTIE.

W YHEN we were children those
~ among us who felt superior
wv knew that bats were not
birds. In other languages
this fact is made palmer.
Flying mouse" Is the meaning of the
German word. and bald mouse" Of the
French for bat. No other mammals
have really taken completely to the
air except these web-footed mice. And
Of warm Summer evening you may
see, even in the heart Of the city, few
bats fitting drunkenly about over the
tops Of the park trees and the houses
and buildings, in search Of their din
ners. Though their fight seems alb
surd and whimsical, I'm convinced that
every airy veering, each inebriate dip
human being has a finer or swifter con-
as he engulfs the midges and mosqui
toes, and all those crepuscular insects
like the mayf1ias and lacewingS that
constitute their meager supper.
Seven sorts of bats are listed from
the District and its environs. But the
silver-haired bat is Winter migrant;
the hoary bat and the Says bat are
rare Everybody agrees that the Geor-
gia Pipistrelle Is the comon spe-
cies around Washington. It frequents
Rock Creek Park, is small, yellowish,
and very active in the green twilights of
the geological grounds. A bigger bat
Is the large brown bat, which comes
right into the city and performs its
often enters houses through opened
windows, attracted by the light. When a
bird gets into a house it obeys its in
stinct to fly upward, and hence beats
frantically on the ceiling. An open
window does a captive bird little good
for it has not the sense to fly down In
order to get out, A bat in the house
will fly downstairs, sometimes, and out
the front door, if one leaves the screen
open for him.
The little brown bat is also common.
He has been known to nest under the
timberS of the Potomac bridges. Com
moner still is the red bat, which fire.
quents the city almost as much as the
country lanes.
The horror Of bats is something I've
never been able to feel, not, at least,
since childhood. Women shrek and
cover their hair. But did you ever see
bat try to make a nest in a woman's
hair, or even momentarily alight there,
or look as If he were going to? Tales
of vampire bats are many and horrif1c.
but we have no vampire bats except in
tropical Florida. Contrary to common
belief, bats do not feel Shiny. cold, nor
leathery when touched. What l did
feel when tried to pick up wounded
bat that lay on the ground was his
sharp little jaws. I remember visiting
cave in the Blue Ridge that was COW
cred on its ceiling with brown bats.
Everyone shrieked and shuddered. How
disgusting! But though I tried q was
10 years ODD to feel disgust couldn't
work up the emotion. The people who
write those mawkish little books for
children. about COLLINS are the same
maiden ladies who shudder at bats. A
bat when you see him closely is a
goblin to the life, pyxy Of face, elvish
of naturel
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for digging. The hind feet and
legs are not adapted for ex-
cavating The stubby tail is scantily
clothed with hair and is used as a
sensitive organ. His eyes are black and
beady, the front teeth are long and
prominent, practically outside of the
mouth cavity. The cheek pockets are
lined with soft hair or fur, much lighter
than that of the body and are outside
of the mouth. The fur coat is not soil
ed by contact with the damp earth.
Father Gopher is one third larger
than his spouse The family is not a
sociable one and two bachlors or fathers
cannot abide the sight of each other.
The young gallant who seeks his mate,
must search for her in her own gallery
or tunnels or possibly find her in her
one room apartment. Because of their
deep burrows, little is known of their
courtship ways. This is an opportunity
for the young scientist to do research
work. The nursery is very cozy round
room. well lined with soft grasses and
stubble. Here from Cne to six little
naked, blind babies are born in the early
Spring. They have neither teeth or
cheek pockets, their mother nurses
them until they are three weeks old.
Green food is offered them which they
eagerly accept. At four weeks they are
quite independent and are weaned at
seven weeks, being given to understand
they must now shift for themselves.
From now on they make their own tun-
nels and seek their own food. BY
Spring they are full grown and seek
their mate
Roots. rootstocks. succulent grasses
and legumes as we'll as other edible
matter are sought by them at night
above ground. Where apples and po-
tatoes have been stored bushels of them
have been carried away. More food
than is needed is cached and often the
plough reveals much spoiled food.
The long tunnels are deeper down
than the mole's and not as compli-
Gated. When a gallery is not in use it
is closed, food, nest material and other
matter is sealed in old tunnels and left.
The barn owl, long cared owl and the
great horned owl, wacth at night with
alert eyes for the little prowler. Thou
sands of these pocket gophers who
make life miserable for the farmer, go
to baby oWlets as choice It'd bits. Indeed,
the farmer has true friend in the
owls weasel king snakes and ground
squirrels.
There was time when the soil had
not been worked, that the pocket
gopher with his burrowing habits was
beneficial The gropher will tunnel
miles and lift much soil as he searches
acres of ground for food. The sub
soil is brought to the surface and mel
lows, the soils are mixed and become
more usable At the present time, he
is not wanted and a price Is on his
head.
Freshly piled dirt betrays his presence.
His burrows DO not show. The pockets
are deep, horses and machines often
get stuck in them. Fortunately 1t Is
not difficult to rid a farm Of these pests
because they walk into traps and eat
poisoned food set for them
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPH,
Werk and Exercize.


Exercize Is werk that you wouldent
han to do II you dident want to. A
man chopping down tree for a living
and perspiring against his will Is werk-
Ing, but If he was doing it just to
prove how good he could swing a ak
ne would be having exercize and prob
erly fun.
People start exercizing when they
are babies, exercizing their lungs when
they laugh and exercizing their legs
when they kick of their covers tust
because they feel active and there's
nothing eltS to do,s and when their
nerse has to put the covers back again
It's werk because that's what she's
payed for.
It's exercize to run around the block
about times with q friend for no
useful reason, but it's werk to run q
errand for q duzzen useful eggs.
2 expressmen carrying a heavy trunk
up your front stairs never look happy,
and If you tried to cheer them up by
telling them what good exercise they
was having they would proberly ony
look about 10 times madder If such a
thing wasent almost impossible for q
expressman.
Swimming for pleasure Is one Of the
swelleSt forms Of exercise and If some
body calls yol to come In out Of the
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RESTY the Flycatcher flew
- straight to the old board DAN
ny Meadow Mouse had men,
~ toned and in his heart was
+ eager hope.
$50 Buffer the Adler has new
suit" thought he exultanly. Then
he must have left his old suit some
where. There is that board Danny
Meadow Mouse mentioned and II that
old suit isn't under it I don't know
snakes and their ways. do hope it
isn't so far under that can't get hold
or it."
He alighted on the ground at the
end of the old board and at once his
bright eyes spied something that filled
him with great joy. He reached under
the end of the board with his bill and
got hold of somthing. Then he backed
off, pulling gently. Held firmly in his
bill was the tail Of Buffers old suit.
the whole suit lay stretched out in the
grass. Then he seized it by the middle
and away he flew, Buffers old suit
trailing out behind him on either side.
He flew right over Danny Meadow
Mouse who looked up and for a minute
or two couldn't imagine what kind Of
q queer-looking bird he saw. Then he
recognized that old suit
$50 that is what Cresty was looking
for!" he exclaimed. Who would
imagine that a cast-off suit like that
would do anybody any good. Yet
Cresty seems as pleased with it as Bluff
fer is with his new one. 1t is funny
world. 1t certainly is funny world"
Mrs Cresty saw Cresty coming and
in great excitement flew to meet him.
"Where did you get it?" she cried.
Cresty, having his mouth full,
couldn't answer that and simply con-
tinued on his way toward their nest in
a hole in a tree on the edge of the Old
orchard. Mrs. Cresty tried to get hold
of one end of that old suit. but couldn't
and so flew ahead to await his arrival.
AS Cresty made his way among the
branches of the tree, that dangling
snakeskin caught and was pulled from
his bill In an instant, Mrs. Cresty was
tugging and pulling at it to get it free.
Fortunately it was only lightly held
SO that in few minutes they had it
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turned into . corn plant-ths first
which had ever grown. Her hands had
become ears Of corn and her hair had
become the silken threads which we
may sec when We gather the crop.
Thus the red men wove q story to
explain how the earth came to be
blessed with crops Of corn.
This story may be placed in Indian"
section of your scrapbook)
UNCLE RAY.
tCopyright, 1922
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UNCLE.RAY'S CORNER
Indian Legends.
YVy rrYN rnDNy ~v a Avn

7 INDIANS owed much to their crops
Of corn. Ears Of the yellow grain
ripened and were stored away to be
i used during long Winter months
When game was scarce there was
still the corn to keep them from hun
ger.
How came this blessing among men?
The red folks made up more than one
story IN their efforts to explain.
Old men of the Iroquois Tribe used
to tell children this tale:
There was once young brave who
fell in love with q maiden; and the
maiden seemed to him the fairest Of the
fair He loved her with all his heart.
After a time the maiden agreed to
marry the suitor, and went with him
to his wigwam. The days passed hap
pily-except for the fear Of the young
brave that his bride might be stolen
from him by other warriors who ad-
mired her.
The husbands sleep was troubled and
he was easily awakened. One night
he heard light footstep and sprang
from his bed. In the dim light he
caught sight of his wife leaving the
wigwam. She was walking in her sleep.
When she heard footsteps behind her
she broke into q run. After her went
the warrior, speeding as fast as he
could, in the hope Of saving her from
danger.
Far, far the race continued. The
maiden was feet, but at last her mate