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at the laying of the corner stone of th<1 capital in Washington, officiating, on Sept. 18, 1793, as President of the United Stated and Masonic Past Master. On that occa sion he wore his Master’s sash and the apron presented to him by Lafayette and which had been wrought with gold and silver tissue and beautifully adorned with Masonic emblems by the Marquise de La fayette. I THE THREE OLDEST u ft fr I ‘ S ¿ a • WASHINGTON’S BURIAL. Masonic Ceremony to Commemorate the Hundredth Anniversary. A grand Masonic memorial service is projected to commemorate the death and burial of George Washington on the oc casion of the centennial, December, 1899. The celebration will be under the immedi ate auspices of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, but will be partici pated in by all the Grand Lodges of the United States, directly by those within a radius of miles to permit of personal at tendance and by representation from afar. This celebration will take place at Mount Vernon and will revive ns closely ns pos sible the burial ceremony. The movement for a proper commemo- WASlttNOTOX IN VI V SONIC RroAt.l*. ration of the one hundredth anniversary of the burial of Washington had its in ception about two year* ago in the Grand Lodge of Colorado. Since then one after another of the Grand Lodges of the Unit ed States hnve appointed committees to take measure* for a representation of their Masonic jurisdictions. This national movement, initiated by Masons, ha* ex tended to all patriotic and civic societies, so that ill every city, town, village and hamlet a memorial service will lie held, on Dec. 18, 1899. There are cogeut rea- sons why this movement should appeal with peculiar force to Masons every where. for a review of the records of Washington's death and burial is beauti fully suggestive of the high ideal of fra ternal love and charity ever cherished by the Father of His Country. During his last illness "the General,” as his friends and neighbors called him, was attended by three physicians. The first was his old friend and companion-in-arms, Dr. James Craik, surgeon general of thè Continental Army, and in private life n member of the Masonic fraternity. The other ph.vsiciain from that neighborhood was Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick, then Master of Alexandria Dilige. Dr. Brown of Port Tobacco was also called into consultation. At the moment of Washington’s death. Dr. Craik stopped the |>endulum and hands of the clock that stood on the man tel of the room and which remains to-day in the same condition as it was ninety- nine years ago. The dock has become the possession of Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22. of Alexandria, Va., of which lodge Washington was first Master. In his dying hours the General communi cated to his private secretary, Mr. Lear, his desire not to be buried until after three days had elapsed. His wishes were respected. At Washington’s death the Deacons of the lodge were directed to have the orders cleaned and prepared and to fur nish spermaceti candles for them. To Alexandria-Washington Lodge was given the post of honor in the Masouic detach ment of the funeral procession. Masons of the District of Columbia were also in line. (If the three lesser lights that were borne into Washington’s tomb two%were held by members of Alexandria-Washing ton Lodge of Alexandria and one by Brother Alexander McCormick of George town and Washington city. Two of these candles ar»' preserved tinder lock sud key by Alexandria-Washington Lodge, and the third is In chKrge of Secretary Singleton of the Grand Lodge of the District of Co lumbia. This third light was carried, burning, at the laying of the corner stone of the Washington monument in Wash ington city, at the dt'dication of the same, ami It will lie lighted for the fourth ami last time at the centennial celebration of Washington's burial. As a Mason Washington bad presided $ ft 'A QUEEN LOUISE OF DENMARK. TRICKS FOR PARLOR SPORTS. Clever Delusions Once Practiced by Alexander Herrmann. There are four little tricks which are said to have originated with the late Alexander Herrumn, and which for awhile baffled those who saw them per formed by him. Indeed, they continue to lie baffling, for their secret Is sleight cf hand as well as knowledge. The easiest of them is the putting of a bird in its cage by an optical ilelu- One of the historic landmarks of Cam bridge, Mass., is the Washington Elm,j an illustration of which is here given. i On May 10, 1775, the Second Conti-j nental Congress met at Philadelphia and1 elected George Washington commander- • *1 THE WASHINGTON ELM. in-ehief of the American forces. Three weeks inter Washington arrived nt Cam bridge, Muss., mid assumed the command of the army under the elm Wee. The lat ter is still standing mid is surrounded by an iron fence, outside of which is a large stone tablet upon which is inscribed the fact that Washington took command of the army under the tree. By throwing up entrenchment* at Dor chester Heights and thus commanding the harbor and the city of Boston, Washing ton compelled Gen. Howe to evacuate the city on Starch 17, 1770. Fifteen hundred families of loyalists sailed with the Brit ish general for Halifax. It Is Different Now. Father—Remember, my son, George Washington became the greatest and most beloved man our country ever pro duced; and yet he never told a lie. Son—Yes, father; but he didn't have so much competition as us boys hare.—Puck. February Twenty-second. As comes thy birthday, conquering shade! No humorist omits The historic little hatchet’s aid To sharpen up his wits. —Puck. Washington'« First Birthday. I ah twelve-pound Washington*"—Truth. boy, It is mounted a little to one side, but that makes no difference. He now twirls the card by pieces of string, and the delighted audience sees two pho tographs side by side, one of the young man and the other of a pretty young woman. Of course; tile young woman's picture was mounted on the reverse side of the card, but when twirled rap idly they seemed to be side by side. These little tricks are enough to amuse a parlor full of pimple, and when you have done your share of the entertainment you can step aside for the next one to take your place. An Extraordinary Example of Out ward Beauty and Inward Filth. and on one side of It draw a canary bird. If you cannot draw you can cut a small bird out of a picture and paste it on the card. On the other side of the pasteboard draw a cage. When you show this card to the au dience show them tlie side of the card only upon which the cage is drawn, yet do it in such a way that they imagine they have seen both sides of the paste board. Tie a piece of thread through oppo site sides of the card and twirl rapidly before the eyes of your audience. The QUEEN OF IIANOVER. QUEEN VICTORIA OF GREAT BRITAIN. PARIS. lands accurately surveyed he called into his service George Washington, then scarcely. more than a boy. He did the work so well that he won the friendship of Lord Fairfax for life. It was in 1748 irtrd and the cage will move so rapidly that tlie old cabin sheltered him. that the audience will see a bird in its Old Tree Where Wash I nut on Took Com- maud of the Army. r v ‘I fl THE WASHINGTON ELM. Alt- *. z The Cabin Which Sheltered Him While on a Surveying Tour. =”l EUROPE. Of A RELIC OF WASHINGTON. \\///A MONG great historical characters there is none exerting a wider or more potent influence upon succeeding generations than that of George Washington. It is conceded that all history furnishes not another character so symmetrical in all its parts ns that of the first President of the United States. As a patriot, a citizen, a soldier and a statesman, Washing ton stands out in bold relief on the pages of history, the greatest American that ever lived. It is this magnificent equipoise of character attributes that most strikingly im presses the student of his personality and achievements. It may be said of Washington as was said of Louis Phillipe: “lie had no youth; he was born a man.“ Washington re ceived only a common school education. He was ever sen sitive of his educational limitations, and even after he had served as comuinnder-inmhief of the army, acted as President for two terms and in.ieltmy set the impress of his character upon the foundation principles of the greatest of free governments, he appealed to half a dozen of his colleague* and friends for help in writing and revising his farewell address. Though in his youth he was content to earn his living as a hired surveyor, when be died, Washington was one of the wealthiest Americans of his time, his property, exclusive of his wife’s and the Mount Vernon estate, being worth over $500,(100. He was a successful business man, as well as a great sol dier ami statesman. In his youth, and even during the revolution, Washington was a good deal of a candy. In his personal appearance he was exceptionally clean ami neat. He is described as tall and well proportioned and of commanding presence. His feet were unusually large. Though lit1 wore false teeth and his large-featured face was colorless and pitted from smallpox, he was considered handsome. Washington was fond o'.’ a good time with congenial companions. He was passionately fond of dancing, and lie frequently went to picnics, one of his particular diversions. He w as fond of enrds ami billiards, usually with small stakes. His diary shows that he lost fully ns often ns he won nt both games. Washington was also fond of fish ing and hunting, the theater and the circus. Music, too, charmed him. In read ing Washington favored works on agriculture and military science, though there weie historical books, besides poems and novels by standard authors in his lib-ary. After more than u dozen love affairs, Washington, in 1759, when he was 27 year* old, married the wealthy widow of I»nniel Parke Custis. Martha Wash ington is reported to have been comely, obstinate and a jioor speller, yet well bred -mil generally kind to relations and friends. Washington, though, always seemed satisfied with her. Washington’s conduct ns President showed the natural results of his character istics and training ns a citizen and a soldier. Guided by no other impulse but that of duty, bound by no other ties save those of honor and the best interests of the w hole people, his principles and work ns the first President of the new republic ought ever to serve ns the motto and model of every public official, as they have always been and must ever lie the true basis of good government ami lasting po litical reform. Prudence, conciliation am] firmness proved to be the characteristics of his conduct during the two administrations, whether In dealing with domestic trouilles, or the United States' relations with England and France, or the jeal ousies and divergent opinions of the members of his own cabinet. Other features cf his statesmanship were his progressive views and efforts in helm If of the aboli tion of slavery, and the founding of it national university, Washington’s whole enreer is animate with the heart throbs of American history: his every public act resplendent with the coloring of American sentiment. Beneath the apparent aus terity of his manner then1 moved a current of patriotism as broad as his country, and as deep as humanity. OF T Mt. Vernon. Upon the broad Potomac’s shore. Below the city of his name. Hl* ashes rest, who evermore Will live the favorite of fame. He stood the greatest of the great. When giants battled. It was he Who with his sword carved out a State And gave a people liberty. He seems to us almost divine, The calm, the brave, the good, the just This spot becomes a nation’s shrine, ticca use It holds bls sacred dust. There Is no bound unto ills tame. But every land beneath the sun Lends to the general acclaim. Which greets the uarne of Washington. J. A. EDGERTON. While hundreds of pilgrims daily crowd the shrine of Mount Vernon and other hundreds break pieces of marble from the monument over his mother’s grave, one of the most interesting relies of Washington remains unknown and is rapidly falling into decay. This is a small cabin used by Washington when as a young man he was engaged in surveying the lands of up per Virginia. Near Berryville, Clarke County, Va„ Gen. Daniel Morgan, a revolutionary sol dier, built a handsome home, which he called Soldier's Rest. About 200 yards from this manor is located the cabin, which is regarded with almost religious veneration by the people of the neighbor hood, and which is slowly being eaten away by tlie tootli of time. The house is 12 feet square and there are but two rooms, one on tlie ground floor and one used as a garret. Beneath the building a small stream Hows, or rather it did at the beginning of the present century. En trance to the loft was obtained by a lad der, up which Washington was accustom ed to climb, ns he kept all of his survey ing instruments in tlie upper room. This apartment is lathed and plastered, one window lights it up, and a rough door gives access to the visitor. Lord Fairfax, who was a wealthy Eng lish nobleman, obtained from his Govern ment large concessions of lands in the up per part of Virginia in tlie early days of the last century. Desiring to have his QUEENS “For a month,” says Miss Lilian Bell, writing of Paris—¿one of her bright let ters of travel—in the Ladies’ Home Journal, “I have been in this city of limited republicanism; this extraordin ary example of outward beauty and inward uncleanness; this bewildering Cosmopolis of cheap luxuries and ex pensive necessities; this curious city of contradictions, where you might eat your breakfas' from the streets—they are so clean—but where you must close your eyes to the spectacles of the curb stones; this beautiful, whited sepulchre, where exists the unwritten law, ‘Com mit any offense you will, provided you submerge it in poetry and flowers;’ this exponent of outward observances, where a gentleman will deliberately push you into the street if he wishes to pass you in a crowd, but where his ac tion is condoned by his inexpressible manner of raising his hat to you, and tlie heartfelt sincerity of his apology; where one man will run a mile to re store a lost franc, but if you ask hint to change a gold piece he will steal five; where your eyes are ravished with the beauty, and the greenness, and the smoothness and apparent ease of living of all its inhabitants: where your mind is filled with the pictures, the music, the art, the general atmosphere of cul ture and wit; where the cooking is so good but so elusive, and where the shops are so bewitching that you have spent your last dollar without thinking, and you are obliged to cable for a new letter of credit from home before you know it—this is Paris.” cage where before they saw an empty, eage. Tlie simple trick of putting a needle through a nickel can be done without private rehearsal. Take a cork and run a needle through it, leaving the point flush with the cork. Now place a nli’itel lietween two blocks of wood, put the cork iqion it anil give the top a sharp blow with a hammer. When you Absolute Truth. have pulled the cork off the needle the The eldest son of a certain family Is IH>1 nt of the needle will be found to devoted to a worthy young woman have penetrated the nickel. This is who has a tendency to be exceedingly stout. The suitor’s younger brothers, with a deplorable lack of delicacy, chaff him upon his affection and the absurdity of his appearing in public with a lady of twice his size. But their mother, a woman of wit and humor, not only takes his part, but doos It with weaisms so sharp that sometimes it is hard to tell which way they cut. One day the young man announced his in niivpt successfully accomplished by tak tention of going to a lecture that even ing a marked nickel from anyone in ing. the company. "Who’s going with you?’’ called the Disappear and return a minute later most unbearable of the boys. witli the needle driven through the “There, my dear,” said the mother, nickel. “don’t ask questions. It’s very ill- The very attractive feat of causing a bred.” table to move can lie done by means of “But I want to know! I want to a thread attached to the trousers leg of know awfully. Say, Harold, who is it? the skillful operator. Let the thread One, or more than one?” be caught also around the leg of the "Don't notice him. Harold,” said the table. mother, with dignity in her voice, but During the evening, as the conversa with merriment in her eye. “I’ll an tion turns upon peculiar phenomena, swer for you. Harold is going with a the subject of table tipping can be in large party.” troduced. The wily operaton, sitting by a table, suggests that he can make A Heavy Animal. the table move. All are anxious to see According to Nilsson, the zoologist, the weight of the Greenland whale Is 100 tons, or 224,000 pounds—equal to that of eighty-eight elephants or 440 Kl bears. A UNIQUE DISTINCTION. Daughter of u Revolutionary Hero anil Widow of a Veteran of 1812. Mary Forbes Cobb, of New London, Ind., enjoys the distinction of being the daughter of a revolutionary soldier and the widow of a veteran of the war of 1812. She was born in Frankfort. Ky., Jan. 11, 1803. Iler father was an offi cer in the revolutionary war, serving five years with distinction and being several times wounded in battle. Mrs. Cobb’s father was Capt. Daniel Gano, whose father and four brothers also served their country faithfully and well at that critical iierlod. The senior member of this lighting family, John Gano, was chaplain of’Washington’s favorite company of archers. Mrs. Cobb's first husband, Louis H. Bryan, the great-grandfather of Will iam Jennings Bryan, whom she mar ried in 1820 in Clark County, Ky.. was a widower, a veteran of the war of 1812. The elder Bryan was a private soldier in a company of Kentucky mil itia mustered by Capt. Isaac Cunning ham. Louis II. Bryan died in 1834. anil a few years later the widow was mar ried to Elisha Cobb, who died in 1844. Mrs. Cobb's last widowhood has ex tended over a period of fifty-four years. Mrs. Cobb has lived in the times of all the Presidents since Washington. r MAKV FORBES COBB. Her Kentucky home was near the Hen ry Clay homestead, and she was well acquainted with the great commoner. She distinctly remembers the visits of De Kalb and Lafayette to America. She is the mother of eleven children, five by her first marriage and six by her second. Nature's Balloons. The island of tire, known by the na tives as “The Home of the Hot Dev ils," is a recent discovery in Java. In the center of a huge lake of boiling mud and slitne exists a phenomenon absolutely unique, and so wonderful that tourists brave the difficulties of the long journey inland simply to see It. Scores of enormous bubbles are termed in the sticky slime by the gases which arise from the lower depths, and these grow and increase to an enormous size, looking like nothing so much as the large model balloons sent up sometimes to ascertain the direction of the wind. These bubbles, some of them, attain a diameter of five or six feet before they burst, which they do with a loud explosion. The sounds are described as resembling a constant series of heavy platoon firing. Uses Only English. The king of Greece, when convers ing with the members of his family, never employs any but the English language. He seldom speaks French, and only uses Greek when compelled to do so. Probably the first thought that comes to a woman in a railroad accident is The man with a shady character how silly It was of her to put on her ought to be able to keep cool. old petticoat that morning. GASOLINE SLEIGH FOR THE CHILKOOT PASS. r MAK 15G THE TABLE MOVE. him do it. He begins by rubbing the top smartly with a silk handkerchief to generate the electricity, Then he makes peculiar passes over it, and finally, stepping backward, he com- ma nils lt to follow hint. Needless to say, it obeys him, walking faster or slower, according to his demand. If this is practiced u|s>n a dark floor with n slender black silk thread the decep tion is |»«rfecL The bird cage delusion suggests an- other often practiced. A young man tn the audience tell* a story about going to a photographer to get Ills picture Massa taken. He shows the card, a circular piece of board with bis picture upon it A resident of Salem, Ore., has invented a traction sleigh which is intended for use on the Chilkoot pass, between Dyea and the lakes. It carries a gasoline engine mounteil on a framework of wrought steel runners curved at both ends The et^ gine work* a drum, around which is coiled 300 feet of %-inch steel cable The cable, which weighs 2»*» pounds, is carried ahead as it unwinds and is made fast to a rock, tree or any other natural projection. The winding'of the cable around the drum by the gasoline engine draws the sled, with a train of freight laden sleds attached to it. to the point ahead. The sled is expected to average four miles a day. It consumes six gallons of gasoline a day and ten gallons of water. The sled is to be shipped from San Francisco, where it was made, to Seattle bi steamer. ’ X X