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Show '-- i i the wealthiest men in Virginia., Bat Virginian wealth was not tp be counted till cropa were harvested and got to market. The current price of to bacco might leave you with or without a balance to your. credit In Jxm-doas It youF only clearing-house- , our principal purchases, chanced. too, must $? made over sea .and through fcc'ors,- Both what you sold and what you bought must take the hazkrds of the sea voyage, the whims of Tea captalnt, thechances of a' for" eign market. To be farmer and merchant at once manage your own negroes and youf own overseers, and conduct an International correspondence; to keep the run of prices current, duties, port dues7 and commission, and know the fluctuating rates of exchange; to under-stanand meet all changes, whether In merchants or In markets, " three thousand, miles away, required an amount of Information, an alertness, a steady attention to detail, a sagacity In farming and a shrewdness, in trUde, such as made a great property a burden to Idle or Inefficient ' men. Successful Business Man ' But Washington took pains to succeed. He had a great zest for business. The practical genius which had shown In him almost prematurely as a boy now grew heartily In him as a man of fortune. Messrs Robert Cary & Co., his factors In London, must Roon iave learned to recognize' his their s, In the mere handllng.-b- y bulk. No detail escaped him when o nre h elh a d.go ttca.Jn to of g the work They muSibe as punetlt-ilouas he was, they fouk4. In seeing to every papt pf the trade'' und accounting with which he Intrusted them, or else look to lose hla luch-tlvpatronage. He was not many years lnjearnlng how to make thfe best tobacco In Vir ginia. and to get ltrecognlzed as such In Fngland. Rarfels of flour- - marked "George Washington, Mount Vernon," were ere long suffered to pass the Inspectors atthe ports of th& British West Indies without scrutiny. It was worth ynile to serve so efficient a WOMANS ILLS DISAPPEARED n, 1 - dutiful Ittuhop, trained servant- that he vus, leading hla restless and 1m patient charge back and fourth wjth In jdgbt of the windows and of the tei raceV here Ida young colonel tarried, absorbed and forgetful, marfand beast alike had been In the Service uhlift unhappy Braddock, and might seem to walk there lively memories of duty done and undertaken. Hut dusk came; the horses were put up. and the next morning was well advanced before the abstracted young officer got at last to his saddle.and spurred on belated to Williamsburg. 11m business concerned the preparations' then afoot for General Forbes advance upon DuqueBne. ' came hers at this critical Juncture, said Washington to the president of the council, "by the express order of Sir John St. Clair, to represent in the fullest man Jutr of at W4 Chester lack of clothes, arms. and equipage, Jackof money, lack oLwlse regulations touching rank and discipline. A Visit and a Pledge. General Forbes had been In Philadelphia a month already, awaiting the formation of his army In Virginia; Sir John St. Clair, his quartermaster-general- , had come Into the provinces to see that p;per plans were made and fxeeuleaTit was necessary that matters should be pressed forward very diligently and at once, and Wash ington, when Pnce at thereat bf gov ernment, was not slack to rge and - end came, when men aside at thru smaller WlllljmlRt amd iWamn prime minister lu Eng land, kmhebt took Imulbboiirg, Wolfe came 4 Muyitec ahd OenerHl t'othes, that Ttqut !iind steady soldier, was aerrt t hrglijla, t to .agalnHt Du-- f ad.anco- - was slow to caasperutton In tho .view of vvef ardent mfln vlkc Washington, and ran tlous aim opt m timidity; but Ahe Very delay redounded folia sucresa at Just,. Home fPr'ythe Winter, Twa NwveiiilhrV beforo- - Dtiquosnc reeh4d.-- j The Indiana gathered there, seeing wlilten come on, had not SvaJtod ti meet tbi'Jn; and the French y thatSlmo knew themsolvoa In danger of beltSinn k W u t ci ft hytlve English opthe north When Forbes erations forces, therefore ht last entered boo fatal w6ods- - appltl. y where slaughtered jti en h ail aln to rot7 the French hud withdrawn; nothing remained hut! to Senter the smoking ruins of their ahaildonedfort, hoist the king's flag, and rename the poat Fort Pitt and Washington turned homeward again t(Usotk the rest he U mo much needed Fkat. Hazardous A, It had been ahnntA a bloodiest but such danger as it had brought Washington hud shared to the utmost.1' The French' had not 7 taken thpmselvpS off without at least ho tral of he English strength. WlyJiyyct Jrorbes lay w It bin! the moun tains Jargw detarhment nadenme from iHnpiosne to test and rconnolter his force. Colonel Mercer 6f the Virginia line, had been ordered forward with a party to meet them. He stayed so long, and thA noise of the firing came back with po doubt- ful a meaning to the auxlous ears at the camp, that Washington hastened with volunteers to his relief. I In O19 dusk the two bodies of Englishmen met, mistook each OLher for enemies, exchanged a deadly" fire, anci wero chocked only because Washington rushed between their lines, even while their pieces blazed, cried his ho commands to stop, and struck up the smoking muzzles with his sword. Twaa through no prudence of hU that ( he was not shot. French Power Ends. Tor a long time his friends haiKfelt a deep uneasiness about his health. They had very earnestly besought him not to attempt a new camprugn. You - will In all probability bring on a to-- ' taps, "George Mason hgd warned hlm and render yourself Itu'iKiable of serv- ing the public at jttine when there There may be the utmost occasion. la nothing more certain than that a gentleman ofyour station owes the cartvof his health and hta Jire not only tohlmw?lr and his friends, but to his Hut he had deemed the country nearest duty the most Imperative; and it was only after' that duty was disposed of that he , had turned from the field to seek homo and new pleasu res along with new d at lea. The wlm ter brought Hows frontQuebec of the fall of the French powder, In America, which made rest and home and pleasure the mope grateful and full of At last, In 1758, ttye quesnTh4 1 .wu Brad-dock'- s - 1 ; ram-,pafg- j the-post- ure ear-affa- irs r- , superintend official 'actio Rtit; the troublesome business on;e j In proper course, he turned back yto seek Mrs. Custls rgain, this time at her own home, ere he went to the long distance of the frontier. The onset was made with a soldier'ipromptness and audacity, llo returned' to his post, after a delay too slIglTto deserve any rcasonabTe manB replark, and yet with a pledge given arpf7 taken which made him look forward to the end of the campaign with a new longing as to the winning of a real home and an v unwontedhapplness. This Was not Washingtons first ad . venturis In love, but It was his last, andgave him a quiet joy which stood ra In stead a whole lifetime. No young Virginian eoulil live I twenty-- years amidst fair women In that hale and sociable colony without being touched again and again by the quick passion; and this man had the blood of a lover beyond Ills fellows. ' .I)espite the shyness Of. a raw Tad who lived nuch In the open, he had relished the company of lively women from the first, meeting their gay sallies sometimes with a look from his frank blue eyes that revealed more than he knew. Love hnd first found him out Ttr earn est'fitx yeayw'-ag- o; when he was but Just - turned of twenty; and It had taken allThe long while since to forget his repulse at the hands of a fair young beauty In that day of passion. An Earlier Love Affair. six gone by, he turned once niore to public business. Six months before his marriage be had been chosen vamember of the bouse of burgesses for Frederick county the county which had been his scene of adventure In the old days of surveying In the wilderness., and In which ever since Hraddocks fatal rout he had maintained Ills headquarters striving ttt' keep the border M ar yTh for -- ag&instthe .Savages. Leads the Poll. Sraair wonder, that he led the poll taken there in Winchester." where through so many- - seasons men had seen him bear blmself like a capable man and a gallant, indomitable soldier. 'Twas no unwelcome duty, 'zither, to take1 his young wife to Williamsburg In "the season,1 when all Virginia w town . In t sona" of the burgesses and the country gentry j'onae to enJoy.Jhe Jestlviles and Join In the business then sure to be afoot, The young soldier wasmnused to assemblies, however, ana suffered, a keen embarrassment to find himself for a space too conspicuous amidst the novel parliamentary scene. He had hardly taken his seat when the gracious and Stately Robinson, speaker of the house and treasurer of the colony these twenty years, rose, at the blading of the burgesses, to thank the servlcesof which all m'e speaking Speechless wlth Emotion. This -- sudden praise; spoken With generous warmth there In a public place, w'as more than Washington knew how to meet. He got to his feet when Mr. Speaker was done, but he could' not utter a syllable. He stood tbcreJnstead, hot with blushes, stammering. all a tremble 'from head to vlt down, Mr, Washington,' foot, cried the speaker; "your modesty is equal to jouf valor, and that the power of any language that I possess." Again and again, as the years passed, Washington returned at each session ,to Wllftainsburg to take his place In the assembly; and with custom came, fajnlliarity and the ease and' firmness he at first had lacked upon the floor. His life broadened about biin; all the uses of peace con- - seha d4m t t a k elv- -h Up it my duty to writa and tell you about it. I was ailing from female weakness and had headache and backache nearly all the time. I was later every month than I should have been and so sick that I had to go to bed. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has made me well and these troubles have disappeared like magic. have recommended the Compound to many Women who have UBed it success- Mrs. James J. Stacy, R.F.D fully. No. 3, North Bangor, N. Y. - Another Made Well. trained a goose to multiply and add Nip and subtract;. , x He taukht pig to waltz It was a funny act; He coaxed aNWy goat to jump through H ' hoops whloh were aflame. He taught a chlpmdnk how to choose tha letters of Its nirafc But he could liever lf'arn'to cease to use his toothpick where And when such action gave dtlcnae or , else he did pot care. He trained a dog to walk a rope and taught a cat te pray. Ho said himself this took hard work which lasted many a day; He hitched an alligator up and made it . pull a cart, HU perse eranoe was Immense, his teach; ng-wtth afl art. But he could never train himself, some-- e "" how, to save his life, To quit endeavoring to scoop his food up with his knife. . e He trained a mouse to dance a jig, he educated flees; He had a carriage which was drawn by harnessed bumble bees; He taught a turkey gobbler how to balance on hts head, And trained a duck to flatten out pre- -. tending to be dead. But he could never train himself or else he never tried To speak good English and to ptit vulgarity aside. Self-Mad- e. see fj that large woman with the diamond tiara and the be- ; fingers?" Yes. What is remarkable about "Twenty-fivyears without regret her?. She appears to be commanding Wise. 3 a good deal of attention. "It Is pretty well known that she "Did the doctor diagnose your forced her daughter to marry old case? ' Rockingham for his money. 'Yes mother-in-law- , "Oh,--How longaUcllt taken. eh? "Not long. I wore my shabbiest uit," Birmingham His Faulty Memory. "Has your husband a good menfr Const! pstlon causes sad aggTSTztes many serious diseases. It U thoroughly cured by ory? Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. xThe favorlta "Excellent, in some respects. He Dr. family laxative. Adv. I can nameal -remember the of way strain o f t nd v d u ale ff ort th e.J no writing necessary to keep every good looking woman he meets, Unavoidable. promised performance afoot, the reck- but he can's seem to get over the Would you marry a man who Jane oning of men and of stores, the nice habit of forgetting to tend to thejur-nace- . was your inferior. " calculations of time and ways and -- Mary If 1 marry at all. means; the scrutiny of Individual Another Miracle. Jtra- Wtaatow'a .Soothing Ryrop for Children men, too, which .is so critical a part, "See that automobile the big, red teething, softens the gums, reduces InflammanfmanageOtent,' and tho slow organition, allays pain.curea wind colicJbe a boUlsjM zation of effort. He had been in a one there close to the sidewalk? "Yes. about What it? fine school for these things all his Treat kindly and you will "Most remarkable. Ive been watch- find thempeople youth, and would have thought shame easier to work. to himself not to have learned .tem- ing it for twenty minutes. A messenperance, sagacity, thrift, and patience ger boy passed it a little while ago w ithout wherewith to use his energy. " stopping to toot the horn. ' Do you e d e a-- far self-mad- e -- 11 Age-Heral- tht s. 1 1 - THOSE RHEUMATIC j TWINGES GETT1NG4N.LINE. "You never have a medal for bravery, you? she' sneered. "No. he replied., won have - - but Im j - t busl-jves- s - fac-hlarri- -- -- Hit Thoughts. ' - A man may think he,is thinking and still have glimmerings of Intelligence. When he thinks other peopje think he is thinking there lsno hope for him. jittlc-chndr- en - -- - Good Word for John. You have a son In the regular army, I believe?" "Yes, Bill, But John turned out all right,"Hcs wqrKT5iQr.w- Hvln,.n - ' t) ; . "Ybuf-Hono- n Ve - - changing weather is the work of uric acid Needles couldn't cut, tear or hurt any worse when the affected muscle' joint is used. If such attacks are marked with headache, backache, dizziness and disturbances of the urine, it s time to help the weakened kidneys. i. - ' Doan's Kidney An Oregon sT. Case St. The John H Matthew v Kast Mt baca ob.--irt o 1 eonld The Xidne, n,'p orpr.--strsignten n,- - t.bltpin beao;e me to and the J!Kbt ptt.ses were very beeamejodi-.irdere- d PJll . . I k wa'done for lerkidneT Pllle that! how rliht 10 lbe tb mmble and for overthrew years my care has oeen permanent. C- -t Doen'. t An y Stove, BOe a Bea hfrri' eore-Xt.- art' f . DOAN'S kidney PILLS FQSTER-M1LBJR- CO.. Bnffeltt. New Yevk N SHftKE INTO YOUR SHOES Artv ' the antiseptic powder. It reUevea Foot-lk- Try B are - Sold everywhere. IS cent!. Don't Mhwvwfe. For FRBB trial address Allen S. Oiaured, Le Boy, S. T. e rered m the-Me- y t Cold-bloode- - 1 "Sir, Rudolf the Ron has Just bitten off his trainer's arm." In that case Rudolf wont need any dinner, said the heartless proprietor - , of the show. dTtPtic te eat whatever he tb wd to T oortoh the body, gtvn appetite,aasleiiMte nod DEVUOP FLESH. - J: DrTBXt-Mintoctv1- Cd. New Yerfc. n 1 r f. - Fills euickly help sick kidneys. Foot-B- d ! J- ?! peinf akaaerUng. tender, nervoo feetad insuuitly Sifln. tin e at torn and bnmona. When a man gets sick of a town (reaUea eomlort discovery of ihe atm. Allen'aIts the makes or new thoes feel eavy. It Is a It is a sign that the town got sick of eertiia relieftight for rweeung, ealions, twolt-n- , tired adhit feet. .Always tse It to Ureek in Niw Shoe 1 prbp-he-live- Much of the rheu- matic pain that comes' in damp, A d v - - r." - , - Man and - o ! - 0 " 'rv - nrwwvmneiwuin Weight. .."Science," said -- Mr. Ilooperswalt. "has demonstrated that the earth !3. 000,000,000, 000,000,0(JD,0'00;-00weighs pounds. Goodness me!, replied his wife, "Its a good deal heavier than Taft, Isn't it? - j going-t- earn one right now. Will you be my, wife? - t 1 d. - j - N Marquess of Sligo IjTlndian Mutiny. Xord Altamont, who, through the dehtb of his aged father, the other ,day, a8 become marquess of Sligo, was throilgh the Indian Mutiny. His' father, w ho jstm in the Indian civil service, was stationed at Bankipur when the mutiny bl'eke out Lord Sligo's wife antki Infant son, seven mbnths old, tha newniarquess, were sent for safety to a placthhich was surrounded by rebels for a fortnight The child, however, was safely taken through the sepoy dines by a faithful Indian nurse, who dyed his skin as a ruse to pass him off as her awn son. A long time passed before the boy was restored to his anxious parents, who meantime had to go through a further siege at Monghyr. The new marquess recently celebrated his silver wedding. On the actual anniversary day he had to be in Scot--, land, but he sent his wife a telegram vttbths 'characteristic message, lng t- -- -- or not, he would not be served otherwise. Washington had emerged, as It were, after a tense and troubled youth, upon a peaceful tract of time, where bis powers .could stretch 'trnd' form themselves without strain or hurry.-Hhad robust health, to which he gave leave In unstinted wrork, athletic strength, and an an insatiable relish for being muclT afoot and in the open, which heisatisfied with early rounds oJ superintendence In the fields where the men were at their tasks, with many a tireless ride after the hounds, or steadfast wait at th haunts of the deer; a planning will that craved some praetleal achievement every day, which ho indulged by finding tasks otf betterment about the estate and keep log his men at them with unflagging discipline; a huge capacity for being useful and for understanding how to be. so. which he suffered his neighbors, his parish his county, the colony Itself, to employ when there was need. A Competent Man. To a young man, bred these ten years in the forests and in the strug-gi.jof-- W arare-up- oi f roniier. it Jiadbeenlnlolerable to ve - tamely, without executive tasks big and various enough to keep his energy from rust.- The clerical side of business he phad learned very thoroughly In camp, as well as exceeding stir and Bur-pass- Ann Arbor Mich. s Lydia EL Vegetable Compound has done wonders for me.Eor years I suffered 'with hemorrhages and had pains so intense that sometimes I would faint away. I- - had female weakness so bad that I had to doctor all the time end never found relief until I took your remedies to please my husband. . I recommend your wonderful medicine to all sufferers as I think it is a blessing for all women. Mrs. L. .3. Wyckoff, 112 S. Ashley St., Ann Arbor, Mich. There need be no doubt about the ' ability of this grand old remedy, made from the roots and herbs of our fields, to remedy womans diseases. We possess volumes of proof of this fact, enough to convince the most skepticaL Why dont you try it! ' Pink-ham- - thafi-jtwen- Vegetable Compound with great benefit I feel e ily-fb- i . Pink-ham- s himself stlll 'a true Virginian. Itwas more serious that he had been much test In the comptffiy. those last years, of a "r An Accidental Meeting. fair neighbor of the, yivacious house a In of as 175S, he May '"On Cary, whose wit aud beauty had day spurred upon the way to Williamsburg, under haunted him In the very thick of orders from. the frontier, Washington campaigns upon tho frontieand who pod straight upon an adventure he still mustered his heart now- - and had not looked for. again, with a sort of imperious charm, He was wJFhin a few miles' ride of tn the midst, of this very happy 'seathe little capital; old plantations lay son wjien he knew Martha fustls.bis A Model Family Man.,--.- fi upon tho way; neighborly homes veritable heart s mistress for the fu- Ms-'- liitppj i nfarriage"aidhfm'tlie a began to niultipH;arul to keep him from restlessness, r1iiiiiiiiiiibiWiiT' a service horseman, riding uniformed and unat- glad of misadventures tn the past to His love took his allegiance, and held tended, could not thereabouts go far know his heart safe now. him to his home as to a post of honor MnH He was waylaid and unrecognized The campaign dragged painfully. and reward. He had never" before - haled to dinner, despite excuses ami far Into Martha Washington. dread autumn lVcember te be tender with children, leave had protests of public business calling for had come before the captured post on or fhov with what a devotion he dispatch. There was a charming the Ohio could be left to the keeping tributed to gne him facility and could pret-idover a household all hla knowledge and a wide comradeship1 woman to be seen at the house, hts of tolonel Mercer ami a little owngarrl home ll'9 In got strong hold upon affairs. Along with quiet days as friend told him, If a good dinner was son of provincials Hut when at last a LintHis estates gave him scope of a a and citizen, neighbor, not argument enough and his country he was free again there was no rea came maturity and the command and. a life of action, gentleman, could not, spoil for an hour's stay son why Washington should wait wise lessons of a various tn agreeable, company experience j 'Twas no wonder he kept his And so. of a longer. to be happy-an- d ho was mar a Fortune. Mprs Ausy, and shipped goods authenti- sudden, under constraint of Virginian ried to Martha t'ustis on the 6th of ' the brand cate In he was No lived more ntan hurried or into .the January, 175$. ipspltahty, Virginia TO bk CONTINUED.) than' zest a , presence of the gracious young matron henceforth with. greater A Brilliant Wedding. " . who was at Once, and as If of' Colonel Washington. His marriage 77 "7 . rights to sun shone The very bright that brought him great Increase of W ealth, make hts heart safe against further Marvelously Condensed, , of ' dav, and There was" the fine glitter of as adventure quest-A lawjer of the good old southern weH(as Increase of responsibility 4. Martha Custls was but six and wen- resplendent, t'ustis .had left mauy thousand, type had argued for three court days church where acres of land, and forty-fiity. To the chqrnof xouth am beauty u',lforms. tn thousand, without pause. Hts brief was a mas- 0 "arr asp " as so emnized Officers were added that toch of qumt sweetpounds6 sterling in mouex, a substanterpiece of classical learning and legal ser'Ice crowded tiaj fortune ness and that w trining grace of pelf wife and the-- eritdition, but it was tiresome. young tplhe n the r gold laoe and scarlet w ho survived .him ,1 possession which come to a woman -- ColoneL TarkerN said the. wearied r omrade w edited 7 0 wired tn her girlhood, and widowtd an(j .Washington had become, by spe Judge at last, "without ' wishingy-tancis Fauquier, ciah'decree of the before age or. care, has checked dho P'erT'f'rgovernor . and intimate in any wav that the court fitted his council .in first full tide of life. At soxmteen hin,solf fam a4 as trustee and1 would not be delighted to listen to court, general she had married Darpel Iarke Custls. ranl;- ani1 the bridegroom too the Manager cf Ihe'whole It needed ca- your whole argument. I must suggest es gallantly than the rest a manipore' years her sup not raiit.v( and knowledge and patience ."that the docket is somewhat crowded, n e u rH ' for senior; 'or am1of no mean order to get goqd farming and that tf you could condense a little eight years of qul love and duty as wife and moth coa( and aix that out of slaves', and had profitable prices lit jnlght help your client's cause , bore hl8bride homeward amuist'the put only made her ouththe more INndon merchant, to find The att orneT,TmiU'd-hi- 8 acknowi-- f cIouA in that rural land of leisura-aili -L0lrgnlBA frumia a st P TST ed gta'ehr he exclaim stwerthrThrp-T.vutlfers-To.ood.e!ghhefbM'Hlr-antfTt-yTaTTx7rTl,of a gallant JV MboTTnto y.u. gend orTargoes and ed. "the thoxght was In my mind when had been but a suitable prepa array and a becoming ceremony was duc( over the sea to L prepared my argument! correspondents Suh, for fuU- and t0 rayon for perceiving the charm of tfc.s have sh1p irt re-- the nest four days my brief is aper- sent threrishablegoods to be .so brave. a horsomatr ' !,te,y20Un ramoTdN'-ebr the right vessels. bound to feet marvel of condensation! New way riding upon, the "public on suc" B da-- t - the and the . bigger World.v river: ork nearesj business For three months of deep content your estate the .more difficult Its with his bride at her own er conduct and AvWIlting Captive. n. economy, the more Gettlng Back at His age k as er own; all .he land the White House,-b.York 'disastrous in scale the.effecta of tnis- M,rs. Crabshaw My husband says knew him and loved him for gallantry jjesidence, river tde. where their troth had management that'women .should ni have -- otee , be nd brave he carried I l?een plighted, forgetting the capacity; Tobacco a' Potent Factor.' cause they w ouldn't understand jths fatiguC ' 1Parntng ra,pfu!1? doubt the addition of Mrs Cus- tariff. a ,I 5!r8." Dorcas You just tell him that broad and fertile at MWct Ver the men dont seem to Endtrstand it, h,..qcCr theiewas rhe dril.ed and T..ese peaceful, healing monlht non, made ColcnerjLcres Washington one ot ),iih7f Judge. sa-strik- Mmm E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. As I hava North Bangor, N, Y. s used Lydia E. Ike-swin- s a moment, because he could fancy not passueh a woman by and deem i1 ' d -- - like Magicfeijer taking Lydia S.B.KISEZ3 -- r I v 4 aS f , J |