Show OF TH DEATH OF WASHINGTON NG ea estimate E of Character of the First President of the United States W first pres tnt of the United States on U i the doy or of December nJ lt 10 cUI ngo prea i the death of Americas pres rt the hi b observed b by the Ibe thea j gt U to of O th the state of VirginIa at III a and has awakened un IDt In the of 1 r bet IIi ott of Cou To To a a wide father of It must be n a matter r that the cone con 1 ff ruthless whose and m pen Ien turned agaInst roe foe and held beld up to rIdIcule cs as u II jell ell Mil f as alten Idols had tho cs eula and and fine Ane to eulo W In the noblest tan lan a loft lofty antI admirIng mind ri conceive The rue paragraphs paragraph are aro from Thackeray a rn fn I quoted lct r The Mar Marti Mari r a J these tribute I ma In as lithe ti py ua s a light ht II hearted J the i y Jt s Am patriot may lint find to per I rp thors direct t ft fint trIbute Is tho nu authors the tho English had no settled pea peace e Then the French ro wile was disturbing the world and at Washing tons death halt half n a century otter after his signal gun cun broke brok the primeval silence ot of the American wilderness Europe WAS on the verge or of the Napoleonic wars which rounded out tx decodes dec odes lidos of the mightiest social l and tint struggles mown In history Tha k kera era Dray wrote The VIrginian utter his visit t to America In 1852 1851 The Tho laa passing away of ton lust Just about that time with the full rull glory glor or of his victories over Napoleon clinging to him drew to the tho hero ot of Waterloo the tho homage or of nations na nations Just then too the tho mighty might genIus ot of the tho man or of destiny furnished a atheme atheme theme for tor worldwIde study nod aud wrung admiration those who could not Ir Ig fore nore the tho many dark phases In the tho co ca roer or of the adventurous CorsIcan Therefore for tor a European cynic with blood In his veins to mount the forum and say any speaking with truth that Washington bro brought out or of thess epoch making struggles s or of mt 1751 to distracted calm In the midst ot of conspiracy serene against the tho open toe foe before him and the Iho darker enemies at his back inspiring or order order der and split Into troops hungry pod In rags ralia stung by Ingratitude but be no anger and ever ready to forgive In defeat InvIncible magnan magnanImous In conquest and never neot so sub sublime Time lime liB as when hI he laId down hIs victori victorious victorious ous sword 1 and sought hi his noble nohle retire mont here Indeed Is a character to admire and ond rev revere rc Q a life lite without n a stain a fame rame without a flaW Where will the equal bo be found In that more extensive work which I have planned antI partly writ written written ten upon the l subject or of the groot war warI I hops I hMO have JUstice td the char character character acter lender And this from the tho sheer force or of which hIs courage never capitulated Through all 1111 the tho doubt and darkness the danger and long tempest of oC war I thInk It wee was wason on only I the American leaders indomitable soul that entirely steady While Washington Will being discuss discussed s sed ed among a 11 company ot of noted VIrgin VIrginIans lane Ians Harry Warrington spoke of his hll bearing In the crisis brought About b bIho by bythe the Iho infamous ConWay c And It was wal here Bald he III as I looked lit at atthe the chief talking nt at nIght In the silence allene or of the camp and remembered how lone lonely I ly he was what an awful re responsibility ho carried how spies aples aru and traitors were eating out or of hll dish and un enemy lay In front or of him who might at any anytime time overpower hIm that I thought Sure this la Is the g greatest man now In Inthe inthe the world and what a wretch I 1 am to think or of tny my jealousies and an Q n y 1 a 1 I WM M THACKER Y f fl t I P G t tl c 4 1 Ir J i r I 1 C 1799 au A It e ct i nr and Is brought out to In the wa ot of a which the period the presence or of the theN J N II h In American hinterland and andt til t or of Interests bet between them t tri J the lie English colonists along the theA A tOe sue rust Thackeray tells how went with his regiment or of colonials colonIal to expel the Invaders t I c the great lakes It was wash 1 h he says th that t In a savage v c tf a young oung Virginia Jr A Or a shot and waken up a II lIB t last for CO years tars which J I I r his own country and pass t lv rn to ens France her Amer Alner Amern n to 0 serer ours d a and ardt fate ute the great western t rag over the old world J id In the new and or of ofa a engaged In n the vast ast 1 t 11 UP ar the prize or of the great 11 f e W ith Hh him who struck the first firsti t i I rl nt as a text to draw h h the thi ater summary was the ther theof r of cf th h Fort Necessity campaign of d I tt t rah n colonials d u upon On the advance guard or of the h b kung their leader and lurr s II J h tA wr war Iam that hour the establishment or of the republic 4 1 41 all 1616 the prize or of the brightest tame fame was teas praise Indeed The author works out the details or of career In the course or of orthe the story and leaves It to two ot of his hili characters George Warrington an anable I able high minded Tory fory and antl hIs brother i Harr harry n a patriot close to to bear him out In the tribute which stands at the portal or of the structure Speaking or of Washington when nt at the zenith Warrington the Tor Tory says What a constancy constanc what 1 a magna what a surprising persistency against fortune Washington before the enemy was no better betler or braves braver than hundreds that taught with him or against him who has not heard tha sneers against Fabius In which his factious captains were accustomed tomed to indulge but Washington the chief of n nation In arms doing battle with his eminent virtues extorted With the I oung Mr n or of my own days daysI I J I had not the Iho honor to enjoy much sym I path though m my br brother lher whose whore char character acter Is much more frank and affection affectionate ate than mine was always hIs rot fast frIend In earl early times time when they were equals a ae In the latter days when the general liS as I do own and think was all sup superior Ills great and surprising triumphs trIumph continues George eulogy were not In those rare engagements with the enemy where ho he obtained a trl mastery malter but over congress over oer hunger and antl dIsease over oer lukewarm friends or smiling toes foes In ids hIs own camps whom his spirIt had to meEt and master When the struggle was over and antl our Impotent chiefs who had con can conducted duct ducted It began to squabble and accuse each other In their own defense before the nation what charges and counter countercharges charges were brought what pretexts of oC dela delay were urged what piteous ex exCUses cases were put forward that thIs fleet arrived too late that regiment mistook Its orders that these cannon bulls balls would not fit those thoss guns and so 80 to the end of at the tho chapter Here was R a general who ho beat us with no shot at nil all at times and no powder and no mone money end ho he never thought or of a convention I Joseph Joeph Carey whose picture la Is here herewith herewith with le Is an Irish hoer who for tor many years ears has hns been the coachman for forthe the president or of the Transvaal Carey isi Is i tin 3 the tho most noted whip In the tho Transvaal and has had mOil many adventures In South Africa one or of tile the mot most famous being his capture during a Matabele attack on a stagecoach h Ito He made hIs escape b by s seeking corer If some bush and was rescued sods o n litter after Ly by anum a awn bee ber ot of I I whilst he Is balking serenely under his hll Immense carpel To this George WarrIngton the Tory responded Wo talked but now or of Wolfe Here indeed Is e a greater man manthan than Wolfe To endure Is in greater than to lure to tire the out fortune to be daunted b by no to keep heart when all have lost It to so go through In Intrigue I spotless s to forego even ambition when the end nd Is can say this Is not greatness or show the other Englishman who has hns achieved 1 so much A XI ii W 11 IX 11 One ot of the tho latest fashions among or ar artistic and talented women Is designing In stained glass In New York city Ii a society or of orts arts and aud crafts crotts was recently ry n j tiE tiEn Mr 1 M J M 5 M M i 1 A AI ANI I 4 NI 0 a i iI D I formed for tor the designing or of decorative windows by The success or of this society may mar b be JUdged from the accompanying illustration which shows one or of the efforts or of this youngest member who bears Loard u II name well known lit In New York society WHERE GENERAL SYMONS IS BURIED a aI r I I ILA ic LA Dundee Is a the Natal Intal town which early In the wa fell into the hands or of the Doers It was In this little frontier raining minIng town that General Sir William I Symons who was mortally wounded In the battle of at and died a few ow days daa later was burled buried The body lod of chic gallant oI was not put Iut In a co n but simply wrapped In a union jack and burled In the attached to the English church This churchyard and the vicarage ore are shown hown In the is 18 made from Crom a taken b by the ne Itel G 0 GC C 0 Valle Dolle the vicar or of this little Natal church USING THE HELIOGRAPH IN WAR ct M Although the DrI in South Africa are r making use Ule ot of the M tom tem or of wireless telegraphy tle 1 In the field they still tad plenty or of use Ule for tor tb the tn fashioned with its Ita system of at signaling by light flashes TIle The so ae Illustration la is troma from a snap shot or of the tbt signaling from near Dundee camp which wits l captured by the Hoer early rt In the campaign |