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Newspaper Page TextV. II, '. 10; if j """n " CII J lulled h, . ' of H1 ' 10 ( 0. ' PU.it! I cation o Oma, ition iUDOiml in ctnpf I: WASHINGTON. i Against tb background of'thetpast Atigure looms Unntcdful ,oi cru'omiast, UAheedhil.of iconoclast i Fixed as the Dooms. Though sculptors, pamttrs. pocts.'jtrivc. And statesmen plan. There is no art that can. contrive A monument which "will survive That sunplrmaa- UwrtrWrittheMfelcleFanc Mlgh arnUe.ontitrown. He touched his torch to Freedom's (lame And td unheeding whose the name That go! renown Id on where Justiee waged her HgtH With Tyranny. And in that bitter, dismal "night He set tweet Freedom' glorious light Per you tad tent. Letut the 'simple uk be told. Andtar above The reac'.i ol time--obscuring mold A rateiul .warld-wUl ever hold mame.we lovei let .Truth -the purposes proclaim Oi bja, her ten. And man , will bid Hi servant. Fame. To ,4tecpfsrever bright .the name Jlashiftgton, 4. But, brethariTwhit 'olWforJhom That light was tt Shall greed ol gotdta power Tcaotume The land he jekorieom;thetgl6omJ Shall we -forget To trkrr;lhe.lanjp ea set Ht '.high For tooio come. And in rapacious hearts- deny i Ourbve e'en wllUetcwrivoiee:ry Eulogiumf 4 "Paxis.a'.HAWKJ1 TORY RAID. of Washington and His Tune. JOHN J. a'BECKET. WObbvJ.J.tfBeckcL oi on hi. t-mwm " Ti mill tnt, tm E3 D liidijii ' B t,SSI; -J ibnh ;5r?&A. ritiar ?3"r- 7 1"" ''-"31 AM I nE girl stepped out of the cave and cast no anx ious glance, first down, then up, the bank of the river. It wns parly morning, and the broad stretch of the York wns begin- fci'iJ gleams Qf the October sun on Its slate blue ripples. does not Sambo come?" she (i feverishly. 1 Trent's fnce wns somewhat It her eyes Hashed with dark mess antl her slender form was proud determination. She etort to disguise her Intense (or news. The rattle of the us, the uolsy turbulence of the :i'M. was stilled. But had Lord silenced the colonists, or t desperate nttnek of the Fed treated from him the town he tfed asalnst them? HIMIIty of the latter broueht torse to her fancy again, and red once more, ns she had done and times before during this I siege, a slfli of complex emo Ph. why did not Sambo come feve this wearing tension? At finning of this armed revolt the home government Page father had shouldered his irun wforlh under the command of na, General tioorge Washing Mornt Vernon. Two renrs it had let it fall, as he sank I, Killed hv a I,m11 . rr,,.. M of io had taken his father's and for rko years Bhe na(J not JO. She nnil ai..j i... Md led a forlorn life here In the fwase of Yorktown, which bad P been the center o' so fierce n f1 And she did not vet Wrx,w F the battle was to kins or Pt; Whether h. , lfW WaS SOmOWhoro nnm flt.A,1 TIM L uuouvu or- uut she would not lot that 1 Corawallls hod m it mi.h't .M e.nd; " the colonists had flght and lost, Page Yorke ui good grace fall Into bis c tnore-a Virginia genUe Ject to the klng-and life 5in on the old time, easy J'1 Wr'lng giance ln every a. -v uruwj anri slowly, re-en- im, Wns nD opening In 'Wnff onthe hank of the broad one 12 f. ..., . ... ue solid two story brick house might of-, ford Bhelter to the Urltlsh, had offered n reword of 5 guineas to every gunner who hit It with his fire. Miss Trent had not long rejoined her aunt, who, wrapped In a thick shawl against the chill temperature of the cave, shivered more from nervous ap prehension than the autumnal air when a negro with grizzled wool shambled Into view at the mouth of their retreat, his eyes rolling and his breathing show ing evidence of great excitement "'Fore de Lawd, Miss Aylward an Miss Mildred!" he panted. "Dat Brit ish general hab got to march forth an lay his whole army at de triumphant feet ob General Massa Georgo Wah'n' ton. Bress de Lawd, we am all saved!" "Saved!" exclaimed Miss Aylward, clasping her hands and (lashing a look of Indignation on tho Jubilant negro. "We are left as prey to this rebel Vir ginian, who has been the backbone of a needless uprising against his king. My child," she added bitterly, turning toward her niece and using tho very phrase with which Lord North later heard tho news of Cornwallls' surren der, "all Is lost." "Be just, nt least, aunt," retorted her niece, with Bplrit. "From all I have heard General Washington Is more likely to bo conquered by ladies than to be their linrsh oppressor. He hangs rebels to his own cause, but 1 do not fnncy he will harm women simply be cause they hnvo not cast off alle giance to their king. Besides, Page Yorke may be among thcBo very troops ,who have won, nnd, after the unbound ed devotion of bis father and himself to tho cause, he should have some In fluence with General Washington." "Mildred," said her aunt sadly, "it Is not my fault If the child of my Eng lish brother speaks of rebels with a leniency that Is more than justice." "I hate a traitor!" she flung back liotly. "I can admlro that noble young ne shuffled off. By 1 o'clock he had not returned. To their other wor ries they now. had added the wouder whether anything could have befallen hhn. Then at half past 1 the. sound of drums beating a British march was borne to them faintly. It was too much for Miss Trent's eager ears. Uer high spirit chafing Intolerably under the suspense, she vehemently declar ed her Inability to endure longer the cruel suspense and declared that she must, sally out and lenrn what was happening. Dinah was with her quer ulous aunt, and, despite protests, she left them nnd made her way along the river side. Scaling the slightly ele vated ground on which the straggling village lay, she Dually came to a stand n little nloof from the loug street which was the artery of the settle ment. At tho other end of the village the rank nnd tile of defeated British ers were marching out, their colors cased and their drums beating with despairing venom the crushed prldo their sullen faces still more revealed. As If under a charm, the girl follow ed at a distnnco the drooping lines of scarlet followed thcin until sle beheld the wrathful Britous ground their arms In a Held half a mile from the village. Some of the soldiers hurled their weap ons to the earth with a savage violence which broke them, and one ofllccr bit his sword In Impotent fury at surren dering It to a victorious colonial rebel. She remarked with soino wonder the nbsencc of Lord Cornwallls. Finding how little attention she ex cited, Miss Trent decided to push on nnd see what effect, If any, tho fierce storm of shot and shell which tho colo nists had let loose on the Yorktown fortifications had had on the home of her aunt. She had begun to move slwJy,.aJlo,ng when a small group of colonjajs.ueov red her. A tall, rommandlug ilgure. In n not too smart uniform, who .seemed with an even more amused air depart ed on lii new mission. Miss Trent p! was not nhove watehiug keenly to si-e j linw her aiuhic-lous words were receiv ed. Apparently the uu'sseiiger was j sent off on some other quest, for lie j posted away and soou returned with a youn man of about ".V To her d!s- ! ' may Miss Trent saw General Washing j ton and this youth start In her dlnv- I , tlon. Was she tn bo made prniit'i- i for h.r saucy words? As they drew j . nearer she noticed thin the young fel- liw rarrled his right arm In a sling D'liere was a took about his clear, blue eyes and resolute face which secniiHl familiar: the face resembled one which she t ad not seen for five years. But that small, silky mustache eon realcd the lines of the mouth. Miss Trout." said the erect, strong featured general, his keen eyes pnd ag gressive lines of countenance soften ing a little under his gallant air. "you have recalled to nie two friends, thor ough Virginians, one of whom has hid dowu his lit'', as the other would have willingly (lone, I believe, had lie not died before we struck our blow for Independence, appealing from the king n the only nay possible to the god of battle. This Is the son of . one of tlietu. worthy of his sire. He has been wounded by your friends. Hut for tliet lie would now be coursing as fust as horse, could carry him to Philadelphia to apprise the cougress that we have trimmed tiie spurs of the gamcst cock In the .pit. The colonies will soon tee England admitting their entire Independence. Corporal Yorke." he continued, turn ing to. his youthful companion. "1, knowing you.to.be no. less a gentleman than a .patrlot.-couslgn, this fair Tor luto your custody. I need ouly. rccell to you," he added, wltb a twinkle ln his eye, though lie retained ills Severn courtesy of air, "that the terms otj sur render with whlch,Geueral Cornwallls has complied- w.ere, directed by us. Any aid 1. may-supply you for .bringing this beautiful foe to .terms jtoa, can command. , Miss Yorke, 1 know you, the daughter, of one of my old friends, will, suffer no barm, from Corporal Yorke, the worthy son of another.". ne bowed and exteuded his hand. Miss Trent, nor cheeks .nhlazo, grasped It and In the excitement of the moment he had certainly spoken with, all Virginian's deference and elegauce-r- answered Its respectful pressure. He turned aud was off, striding away with energetic but stately hearing. .Mildred! we. have won! exclaimed Corporal Yorke, eagerly Btretchlng out; his hand to her. ragel You arc back! 1 am glad of thatl" Her eyes grew suddenly moist : WASHINGTON A WIDE, AWAKE ;j;u every i.ernshni. When Frenchman who, subject of his Chris- to douilnnte tho group, sent)nn,,ofll!cer to her. She halted, her beail,ei,'ect.ana her eyes fixed steadily onhjlin, though her heart bent violently. tlan majesty, left home, wife, wealth "1 a level iT w" rut ., "uu onereo me l'1?11"' fdaee at night. They "'"e 'tn Dinah when the itil.A . uuse or Governor Nel d I of provlI1(? the ,aferefug0 lt l ""rcra!",lnS shot and shell ! t colon ., B 8 sPpc'al target Wooia, gunners. As a matter ia, Z flotlc governor, com s, I 'i militia in the re- iwi . of tue le" K en on .fa ht. sis sfi&SiS "I BATE A TBAITOBJ" nnd hla own ambitions and Interest to come hero and uso his sword agnnst thin wretched renegade. But don't let us talk about that now. Sam bo, you must go out again and see If you can find out anything about Mr. Yorke. If he Is among these besieging troops, he may like to hear that we nro still alive. Tell him," she conclud ed Impulsively, "that victory does not prove a cause In tho right, and that Miss Mildred Trent will be glad, for tho sake of old times and ties, to wel come him to the home he has helped to "Oh, mlssyl Ah couldn' tell him no ..,i, l.nni, thinir ns that, an him a-comln back to hls-own poor, gone to mln piace." His excellency General lias ordered me to Inquire ,u7(.can,l)e of any service to you, miss," he sain, dolling his bat. "Tell General Washington that he Is nrofforlnc his aid to Miss Mildred Trent, a woman. who has not forsworn her allegiance to the ruler or tnese coio nips. Mr. Washington of Mouut Ver non has nartnken of the hospitality of my father's house, as he also has of that of, our good nelgunor. air. uuy Yorke. whoso Bon, for all 1 know, may have been sacrificed, like his father, In this revolt. Thanh, blm for. a courtesy which still breathes of Virginia ana tell him I hope I may go without mo lestation to sec If his Bhells bave left to my aunt and myself enough of our humble dwelling. for us to nun nuei- ter In." "If von will remain here, 1 will deliv er your message," replied the officer, a hnlf smile on bis lips at the fiery gran dllonupnce of the fair Tory. It was not long before he wns back with a request from General wasning- ton that Miss Trent would do him the honor to come to him iinr xhppks flamed. Was this a con nueror'i pleasantry to a woman foe? Hho spoke rapidly, wunom ns mm-.. ,i f hp wonts ns of her pride nnd wounded feeling. "You mny tell Gen nrni Wnshlnirton thot be can, as a vic tor, command my presence, but If he hns not forgotten the teachings of Vir ginia mothers to their sons he will re run that a gentleman does not bid a lady whom he would see come to him, but comes to her!" The officer hesitated slightly, then "miOIUSDl WK HAVE WONl" With her old saucy air she hastened to says "l am you'' prisoner, so 1 will now permit) you, to take lue to our old homes, I am nuxlous.to seo whnt they look like. They may offer you only a snioky.-welcome. She .cast a quick rueful glance around on, the horribly plowed. up ground nnd shattered look of the small village. "Mildred, for myself 1 do not enro If they nre ln ashes 1 bave sacrificed more than that for the cause. We have won the. greatest victory of tho war. It is.tlw beginning of the end at, least Ashos.arp a good fertilizer, 1 am.too glad tct.be, back, to. see you again, to think of, anything. else, although," he went on, with s sudden chnngo to, a more, sprlous manner, "1 could work to build them up and, mend our fortunes better, MUdred, wltli,a,llshter heart, If you. wre to share, my .labor, my, lot, wlth nio,, fJiough.l!iG.ve not mucu t0 offer you nowi" he-added, a cloud set tling on bis wan fnce. His simple words stirred n strange flood of emotions In the sensitive girL Their dear old childish Intimacy, this pathetic appeal of her boy lovor, now a wounded gallnnt soldier, whose loyalty she had heard praised by tho com mander ln chief of the colonial forces and It was loyalty that had mode her cleave to the mother country and king the sense that ono word would make the dreary void of the past five years give way to tho solace of his encom passing care nnd protection; Inst, not least, the sense that tho noble fellow needed her, wounded not alone In body, but In soul oh. It wns too much I There could be but one resultant to theso eomnlcx emotions. She turned toward him with Bmlllng lips and bumld eyes, put forth her hnnds In mock submission and said with hypocritical meekness: "I am your prisoner. I must do whatever you say, Corporal Yorke. "Corooral Yorke Is honored In re ceiving Miss Trent's submission. Now lay down your arms I. e.. kiss me, Mllly, and then wo will go to look at the old places, ns we will fnce every thing else hereafter together." "Ob. Page, look out for your arm!" It was In the fragrant gloom of the pine wood, nnd no one saw the second surrender of that memorable Friday Oct. Ill, 17S1, when n wholesome Tory maid, tinlike the scowling ranks of Cornwallls' men, luld dowu her nrins, with a smile. V riabi:. and Diversions pf the Bov ' , ami Mna. , ? r.v K. VOX ICAM.VX. Sl A'-.'ordliii; to tradltlou, Georgo Wash ington's youth was uot altogether ex rnipbry. As u boy he wns awkward rnd si:' iii I showed ll promise of tho IcarViidnp Hint !u late life won blm the first honors of his "ountry. It Is recounted thnt when he was about 1 1 years old his half brother, Law rence, lu common with tho rest of Hip family, begun to bo troubled about tho future of G'orgp. He seemed to show no speelnrtnleut and was glvcu to pnssing his time lu hunting mid fishing. To the Widow Washington, a pr o o d, sensible wouifin of tho o 1 d Vlrglula type, those 8 c e m o d nil thrifty occupa tions. On tho whole, bo pre sented rather a diflleul problem for bis friends 1IE W V3 GIVES TO tOSOlVR. A fttm- hunting. ny counsel was held to decide bis future. With his mil itary bom the royal navy seemed to bo the ouly course open. But his mother would uot hear of It She had been struck with terror at the tidings of the denth of Thomas Fairfax, who fell during an engagement with' M. Bour donaye, commnuder of a French squad ron on tho India" const. The naval scheme was abandoned. Shortly nflor this the sixth Lord Falrfsx came from England. He, too, was devoted to huutlug and fishing. George and he often met on day loug excursions and soon became very close friends. It was by the, aid. of loans from Lord Fairfax that George Washington wns able to continue his studies and pre paro himself for civil engineering. When Washington wns but a poor and unimportant surveyor, by no means handsome or distinguished looking, be found his way Into Uie brilliant family circle of Colonel Wilson Carey, a gen tleman of great wealth, who lived upon the lower James, nnd fell a prey to the charms of Miss Sally, one of the daugh ters, then a belle. Sally Cnrev, after ward Mis. Georgo William Fairfax wns tho leading benuty and toast of her day. It Is related of her that, pass ing into (he town of Wlllinmsburg Into one evening, accompnnied by her maid, she was challenged by an Imperious sentry. Confused and surprised, sho cave her own name. "Pass," said tho sentry Instantly, and Miss Carey hur ried on, unconsciously profiting by tho gallantry of tho olllccr who had chosen tho password of Uie night. And this benuty refused the proposal of mnr rlage made to her by Georgo Washington. In the year 1754 Washington, then In command of tho Virginia rangers nt Alexnndrla, supported Mr. Fairfax In an election contest for tho house of burgesses ngnlnst William rnync, n't erwnrd colonel of tho Continen tal army. On one of tho raro occasions when Washington's hot temper got tho lvst of him flerco words passed be tween bo two lu tho market Bquaro at Alex andria. Wash ington was felled tothoenrth. The rangers rnshed from their bar racks and sur rounded Payne, Washington wab a but Washington ikSDT. dispersed them. No one knew what the result of such an encounter would be. ThQ next day Washington sent for Pnyno and snld with gentle courtesy, at tho same time taking bis band with a hearty grasp: "Mr. Payne, to err Is human. I was In the wrong yesterday. but If you havo had Bulllclent satisfac tion let us be friends." To tho day of his death Payne retained for Washing ton a devotion nnd unbroken regard. A marked trait about Washington's charactor was bis fastidiousness In the choice of his clothes. There can be little question that be was early in life a good deal of a dandy. and that his lik ing for One feathers never quite left him. Yenr after year he planned every little detail for bis tailor's directions, designating the kind nnd quality of cloth, tho number of buttons ana tnei respcctlvo positions, tho quantity of gold or silver lac, etc. And yet In 1783 ho wrote his nephew, "Do not conceive that flno clothes make flno men more than fine feathers make fine birds." Washington wns very fond of jioclnl life. Ills distinct wenknosses wero 'or Hftcrnoon tens nnd dancing. Numer ous entries In his tllnry vouch for the mnny afternoons passed In th company of la dles over the tea table. Tea was served regularly lit headquarters, and nt Moun Vernon It wa drunk In summer on tho vera ndo. He states that he w us fond of drop. Ding In on hi friends Just J t Le "kettle a-bolling lie." When on tho frontier, ho sighed: "The hours nt pres ent are melancholy dull. Neither tho rugged tolls of war nor the gentler eon diets of Assembly! li(al!s) Is In uiy 1 balls and "routs he was pres- h'lit. he showed himself regularly at the "danelng assemblies" In New York ami Philadelphia, nnd w hen nt Mount Vernon ho frequently rorlo ten miles to Alex.'iiitlrla to.nltcml dances. Ho still danced in 171ir, when 01 years old, but w hen, lu ITifJ, ho wns Invited to tho Alt'xniidrin assembly ho wrote the man ngors: lltt WmltlnKton and myielt luv. bora honored H-ilo vour mit.t. Irritation to lh RSStimMlef of Ali'Wulrlii Hi's n-tntcr and tlisnk you lor thla nrk of your tltfntlon. Hut, ill, onr .Unrtnic i.,! re no morel W. wish, howver, all thoso ho lvi. a rrliah for so agreest,!. and Innocent an HionscniLMit all the plrasur. tho season will at- rl IhiMn, ami 1 am, Ri-nllcmen, your moat obe dient and obliged humble avrrant, GlORCS WABIltXOTON. the Vord. nt llfarh Pratae From lynlrnl HnKllah Novell. . To a wide clrclo of readors it must ' .1 nn (hi. r 1 will toll blm 1 want Knmp emy. tho confirmed and ruthless cynic whose caustic pen was turned ngnlnst friend ns well ns ton, and held up to idleule British ns well na nllen Idols, nd the grnee nnd fine discrimination to eulogize Wnshlngton In the noblest language which a lofty and admiring mind could well conceive. Tho para graphs here quoted are from Thnck eray's famous novel "The Virginians." The first tributo Is the author's di rect utterance nnd Is brought out ln the course of a historical narrative which Introduces tho Revolutionary period. "It was strange," h. says, "that ln a Saras foreet of 1'ennaylvanla t young Virginia olBor houlu nr. a allot and waken up a war which was to laa for 00 years, which was to cover hla own oountry and pass Into Europe, to cost Franc h.r American colonics, to sever ours (England's) from us and create the great western republic, tn rag. oyer the old world when extinguished In th. he was io,tr) or hano THACKERAY'S TRIBUTE. THE HOTEL BELLBOY. tie riuu. to Hnvo Ono Dmr of Fun unit Kovenarct. "Soino day when I havo accumulated stake," said one of the bright bell boys nt the Blossom House the other dny, "I am golug to hare somo fun," "What are you going to do?" a by stander asked. "I inn simply golug to somo big hotel In Chicago or SU Louis and live for a dny," nnd the boy paused to let tho remark soak In. "And that's your Idea of n good time. Is Itt" queried tho curious lis tener. "Hold on! I am not through yet. 1 am going to a big hotel with three big grips, nnd I nm going to make the bell boy carry all of them up to tho room for uie. I won't enrry oven the small rst one. Then ns soon ns I am In my room 1 am going to havo some Ico wa ter. I will uot ring for loo wnter, but for a bellboy, and nfter be hns climbed to the fifth Hoot bellboys nre not per mitted to use tho elevator, you know, and 1 shnll not take a room lower than the fifth floor when ho has climbed I Ico wiit or. "I will drink nil tho Ico water 1 can nnd pour the rest In n cuspidor. Then I will vUfi for more Ico wnter. After that 1 shnll order n cock t nil served lu my room. I don't drink, but there must be variety In my scheme. Then I will decide to take a Turkish bntli nnd will cnll a boy to enrry my grip down to the bathroom. When I re turn, I will ring for more Ice water. "I will Insist on having the. same bellboy serve me all tho time, and I'll keep him chasing around until he will curse me nt every step. Then when 1 get rendy to lonve nnd ho Is hnppy to think ho shnll never see my cursed fnce npaln I will give "1m a dollar. You know I couldn't think of putting n boy to all thnt trouble without re wardlng him, beciu.no I hnvo been through the mil! myBelf. What I havo just described lmppons to n bellboy overy dny of his lifo nil except get ting tho dollar when It Is over." Kan sns City Times. 'inRKD TIIR FmST BITOT." new; and of ill tho myrladi engaged In tho vast contcot to Icavo tha pried of llio grcatctt fnmo with him who tni"k tha flrit blow I" Tho author works out tho details of Washington's career in tho courso of tho story nnd leaves It to two of his characters, Georgo Warrington, nn nble, high minded Tory, nnd his broth or Ilnrry, a patriot close to Wash ington, to bear him out In tho tributo which stands nt tho portal of tho structure. Speaking of Wnshlngton when at tho zenith, Wnrrlngton the Tory says: "Wblt t eonilancy, what a magnanimity, whnt urDrialrut pcraUtvncy airaliiat fortune I Wish lngtOB bt'fora tlie enemy waa no better or braver than hundredi that fought with him or agtlntrt him (who haa not heard tho anrcra nffalnut 'Fahl- ln which Ida fattloua raptaina wero accus tomed to indulge), but Wailiintrton, the chief of nation In anna, doing battle with dlalracted partlca; calm In tho mldat of conapirany, aerene agalnat the open too before him and tho darker enemlca at hia buck; Washington Inspiring order and spirit Into troops hungry and io ragat itung by Ingratitude, but betraying no anger and vr reauy to forgive; in nereai invincible, magnani njom la eoucjucst and nrver so sublime aa when he In Id down hla victorious sword and sought hla noble retirtinuut here Indeed la a charactor to admire and revere, a life without a stain, a famo without a flaw, (juando tnveniea paremf (Where will lite equal be found!) In that mora axtetv live work which t have planned and partly writ ten upon the lubfect of the great war I hop I have done Justice to tho character of Its grot test leader. Aod title from tha sher fore of respect which till emluent virtues extorted. With tha young Mr. Washington of my own days I had not tho honor to enjoy much sympathy, though my brother, whose character Is much mora rranJt and affectionate than mine, waa always his fait friend In early tln.ee, when they wero equals, aa ln tha latter days when the general, aa 1 do own and think, waa all mankind's mi per tor. Ilia great and surprising triumphs," eon tlnues Oeorge Warrington's eulogy, "wero not In thoso rare engagements with the onemy where ho obtained a trifling mastery, but over congress, over hunger and dlaeaae, over lukewarm friends or sroillng foes ln his own camps whom bla spirit had to meet and master. When tha struggle was over and our Impotent chiefs who had conducted tt began to aquabbla and accuse each other In their own defoitae before the nation, what charge and oouotercliarKM was brought, what pretests of delay were urged, what piteous eicuees war put forward that this fleet arrived too late, that regiment mistook Its order, that these cannon ball would not fit those gun and ao to tb end of tha chapter! Her waa a general who beat us with no aliot at all at times and no powder and no money and b never thought of a convention. Ill courage never capitulated. Through all tha doubt and darkneae, th danger ami long tempest of war, I think It wa only the American lead r Indomitable oul that remained entirely steady." Wbtlo Washington was being dis cussed among a company of noted Virginians, Ilnrry Warrington spoko of his bearing In tho crisis brought about by the Infamous Conway con spiracy. "And It was here," aatd he, "as I looked at tb chief tslklng at night In tha silence of th camp and remembered bow lonely ha waa, whit an awful rrirxnlhtlity he flirted, bow spiel and traitors wrre eating out of tils dish and an enemy lay In front of him who might at any time oror I .,wer him. that I thought: 'Sure, this Is the greatest mao now in the world. And what a wretch I am to think of my Jealouiriea and annoy anoea whllnt he la walking serenely under hia Im mense cars'sl' " To this Oeorge Wnrrlngton tho Tory responded: "Wo talked but now of Wolfe. Here, Indeed, Is a greater man than Wolfe. To enduro Is greater than to dnre. Who can say this is not greatness or show the other English man who hns achieved so much?" TRAINING HORSES. PrcpnrlnaT the New Animal. For th. Clrena Ulnar. All through the winter circus men nro training the animals for new tricks for tho uext Slimmer. Tho winter is by no menus nn Idle time. Training horses for tho ring Is Interest ItiK work. The liist tiling done Is to put the uew horses In tho stables with the old cir cus horses, to get them used to their new company, nnd a queer thing no ticed Is that the old horses nro Jealous of the newcomers. A great deal of patlcnco nnd tlmo Is required to train tho horses to run around tho ring. They nro blindfolded and taught to run around tho ring lu a circle. Tho natural toudency of tho horse Is to rim straight, nnd It Is n hard thing for blm to learn. A sys tem of checks nnd lines makes tha training easier than formerly. Tho horse Is an observant nnlmnl nnd apt to do what ho sees another horse do, so .when the blindfold Is re moved bo Is placed alongside nn old trained horse, nnd tho man who Is tu ride the new nnlmnl does tricks with tho old ones, then tries them on tho pupil. A good, Intelligent horso soou learns nnd nctually helps his rider. Horses are very sensitive to npplauso nnd with that stimulus will do twice ns much work ns without. They nro Just as likely to lose their bends as hu man performers nnd havo to bo care fully watched. A well trained ring horso Is onslly worth $1,000, nnd rid ers who nro. stars usually own their horses. Tho most careful attention Is given these, nnimnls. Ueforo. each act their backs, are rubbed with resin, which has to bo washed off afterward. Ban Francisco Chronicle. The Foundation of Woman. A small boy lit the mission Sunday Bchool of, Ulshop Fallows' church pro pounded nn entirely, new theory of cro ntlon last Sunday. "Who made, mau?" asked the teach er, beginning as In the good old dnya when orthodoxy used catechisms. "God," wns tho prompt reply. "And bow did be make blmr" "Out of dust, mn'am; nothing but dust." ' "And who made woman 7" "God mado her, too, ma'am." "Uow?" Tho small boy hesitated nnd then re piled cheerfully, "Ho caused a deep sleep to fall upon man and then took out bis backbone nnd made the wo man," Chicago Inter Ocean. A New Arable Notation. There la a city inaglstrato living up town who la possibly raising a mathe mntlcnl prodigy In the person of bis 8 or 4 year old daughter. She lias on ly recently begun to attend the kinder garten nnd yet meditates changea In tho system of enumeration now Id vogue which, while startling, nro cer tainly ugRestlre. When asked tho other day to count, she hosttnted some and then lisped: "None, some, ono, two, free, fore." New York Times. Ton Macn Basar. Dr. I'ntchcD of New York says, "if every living person wero to diminish by 00 per cent tho amount of sugnr he now consumes nnd maintain Its use nt this standard, in less than ono genera tion the number of physicians now practicing would bo diminished by one half, and two-thirds of tho present number of drug stores would bo clos ed." Will Power. "As a lawyer Qulbb's success la duo largely to his great power of will." "Yes. I understand ho has broken more wills thnn any other man nt tho bar." Philadelphia North American. 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