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Show V' s M t V Li "- v j i Jr L and Bland had themselves tamed, after the first hesitation, to act with ardent men like Lee In framing the memorials to king;' lords and commons which were 'to 'go from the hurgeeeea Along with the resolutions of tht tamp act congress In New York; and Washington," who had never hesitated, but had only gone slowly and with his eyes open, with that self poise men had found so striking In him from the first, came steadily with the rest to the at laat common purpose of reso-- Wo wrne bat twenty-ninyears old, 4 toe had spent all bU life la learn-kow the world went, and by wbat at speech It was moved' and tie had roamed (he wood ma thought but for aport, or a hoar with a book or bla fancy "to (fee shape of the trees. He had a country store, and let gossip Mh talk of affairs of colony and coun-er- r Mo take precedence of business, toally he bad turned with a perilinsst relish to the law, and had set WWssswffht pldad causes for his neigh-i- s a way that made jiidgfes stare ferine surrender at discretion. In owjAIng ho had seemed to read the ssssrioap of men.' Hooka no leas than the chance company of an old no tees than the constant talk neighborly land he' lived In, to All him with the quick prin--tle- s of the people and polity to which to belonged, and to lend him an every living phraae In which to otter them. His Power Over Men. Ttoe universal sympathy and Insight oshiefc made his pleasantry so engag-t- a lo men of every stamp rendered hla power no Jess than terrible when la darned to play upon their passions. IShe area not conscious of any audacity wha he sprang to his feet upon the distant he saw the bouse resolved Into committee to consider the Stamp Act. U was of the ardor of his nature to speak when conviction moved him wtroMgly, without thought of propriety or precedence; and It was like 'him to stand there absorbed, reading bis torn from wsohiUons from a b old It seemed no doubt a precious piece mt andaclty in the eyes of the prescriptive leaders of the house to hear this almost unknown man propose his high recital of Virginias liberties and his express defiance of pafllament--fcCones which rang no leas clear and cnmJMent upon the clause which dedans "his majesty's liege people of tha colony In no way bound to yield nhetBenee, - than in the utterance of the accepted matter of his premises. Astounds ths Old Leaders. Debate flamed up at once, hot, .even passionate. The astounding, moving rlanueiice of the young advocate hla instant bold upon the house. the directness with which heTpurposed-an-d executed action in so grave a matter, eCtned the pulses of his opponents his followers with an equal power, soused 'those who would have checked him to a vehemence as great jaa his own. The old leaders of the house, with wheat he now stood face to face In ihk critical business, were the more - toraMahle because of the strong rea-uef their position. No one could doubt that they - wished to see lastly - tbs Old Dominion keep and vindicate her liberty, hut they deemed It folly to ho that lntemperately beforehand tth (lie issue. ' Almost to a mas they owns eprnag of famtllss who had come Virginia, with the. great migration that had brought the Washingtons, flee-to-in too evil day w hen soinany were England to be quit ef the Puritan gji msj royalists all, and touched to e V . fly-le- law-boo- a . -- a to e ho quick with the sentiment of toy-it- s. r Turns now a tong long time since Cromwell's day. Indeed; generations Sad passed, and a deep passion for margin la had been added to that old mwnnrn for the wearer of the crown to England. Hut these men. prfded ifllswisrivea still upon their loyalty; made tt a point of honor to show Tii sssrlmi but constitu-vttonn- l statesmen. a It made them grave and deeply to eee the privileges that were nsst dear to them thus violated and denied. but It did not make them hasty fa quarrel with the parliament of the twain. They had intended opposition, but they feared to throw their cause away by defiance. Twas as little wiBe mm dignified, to flout thus at the sovereign pewer before all means bad been, "exhausted (o wln lt to forbearance. The Speaker of the House, ft was not the least part of the to face the veteran's speaker, John Rebteaou, so old In affairs, so stately In his age. so gravely courteous and y with such- -a threat of anx-San- v dlffl-uni- ty good-man-aga- inst those .who should make of the decorous traditions of Che place. Hut the men chiefly to be toured were on the floor. There was Richard , Bland, wary, nid. experienced, with something of Che took. a Virginian wit said, "of old maaty parchments, whlci he handleth author of a end atudieth much," e "TrwBsr&islmsr-th- on Quaker with none of the gifts waterbaptism; an orator, hut a veritable antlquar, tea la law and the precedents of puba - lic business,, a very formidable man in enamel. Quiet men trusted him, and Jtoeaght his prudence very wise. Geerge Wythe was no less1 learned. less Influential. Men knew hint and a man of letters, bringing the knowl-- v edge of many wise books to the prao-tle hi e( affairs,- - and set great-stor- e by sincerity, as artless as tt was and sweetened with good feeling. It. made Prndolpb add .Pendleton hu-sna- n, and Nicholas, the elder orators of die house, seem the more redoubtable that they should have iucbTmeTM"tbes6 at their elbows to prompt and steady them. And yet they would have boon formidable enough of themselves. Edmund Pendleton had not, indeed, the blood or the breeding that gave his colleagues prestige. He had won own his way toeaderehip-by- his steady genius fotyv affairs. He read nothing but law books, knew nothing but .business, - cared - for nothing - but to make practical tut of his powers. Hut he took all his "life and purpose with such a rest, made every stroke with so serene a was so quick to see and act upon every advantage in his business of debate, and was withal so transparent, bore himself with such . a grace and- - charm of d manner, was so obviously and upright, that It meant a great deal to the house to hear him intervene In its discussions with hla melodious voice, his cool, distinct, effective elocution. Robert Carter , Nicholas added to like talents for business and debate a reverent piety, a title to be loved and trusted without question, which no men ever thought to gainsay. - The Loyal Randolph. And Peyton Randolph, with - his knowledge, temper, experience, Judg-- . ment, Integrity as of a true Roman spirit, was a tort of prince among the rest. No man could doubt he wished Virginia to haye her liberties. He had gone over sea to speak for her jn Din. widdles day, though he was the kings attorney, and had tost his office for his b61dness. But there were traditions of loyalty and service In his breeding which no man might rightly ignore. His fAther before him had won knighthood and the royal favor by tong and honorable service as his majestys attorney in the colony. Pride and loyalty had gone hand In hand In the annals of a proud race, and had won for the Randolph! a prestige w hich made It Impossible Sir John's son should very long be kept from the office he had. so honorably Inherited. And so Peyton Randolph was now once again the klng'e attorney.It was not as the' kings officer, how. ever, but as an experienced a trained debater, a sound man of affairs, that he hadaal himself torcheck Henry Jn bla revolutionary coursea. Accused of Treason. Henry found himself, in truth, passionately set upon. Even threats were uttered, and abuse such as proud men And 111 to bear. They cried Treason! treason! upon him when he dared declare the king would do well to look to the fate of Caesar and Charlea I. for profitable examples. . Hut he was not daunted a whit. If this be treason, make the moat of it, was bis defiance lo them; One ally who' might have stood with him, bad he known, was absent. Rich-arHenry Lee woulihhavwbrought to hla support aa ancient and as honorable aa any of the colony, and an eloquence scarcely leas Jhan hla own. But, aa U was, he was lefT almost atone, and won hla battle with no other aid than very plain men could lend by vote and homely utterance. The vote was very close, but enough. Randolph flung out of the house, muttering in his heat that he would have given? five hundred guineas lor a sin.. gle vote Not Inflated by Hie Triumph. Henry, taking the triumph very aim- ply, as was hla wont, and knowing his work for the session done, quietly made hla way' homeward that very down day, striding unconcernedly Duke of Gloucester streeL chatting with a friend, his legs clad In buckskin as if for the frontier, hla saddlebags and the reins of bis lean nag slung carelessly over hia arm. The assembly had adopted Henrys declaration of rights, not his resolution of disobedience, and had softened a little the language he would have aedUlous used; but its, d enough to Fauquier, the governor, and he promptly dissolved them. It did little good to send Virginians home, however. If the object was to check agitation. The whole manner of their life bred thought and concert of action Where men have leave to be Individual, live separately and with a and yet are much proud at each other's tables, often In vestry council together, constantly coming and going, talking and planning throughout all the country aide, accustomed to form their opinions in teague, and yet express each man his own with a dash and flavor, of Indeleisure pendence; where.. thereto reflect, the habit of Joint efforts in business, the' spirit to be social, and abradant opportunity to be frank withal, if yoaiwill you may look to see publlotews form themselves very confidently, .and aa easily without assemblies aa with them. Washington I Silent Observer. Washington had taken no part in the atorray scenes of the house, bnt had tat cal mly a pari. rather, concerned and thoughtful. fHe was not easily caught by the ex- citement xf sudden agitation. He -- right-minde- parllamen-t&rytactlcla- had the soldiers steady habit of sett possession In the presence of a crisis, and hii bwn way Of holding things at for scrutiny 'like a bishhis at op prayers, a wag said. Hs had a soldier's loyalty, too, and slowness at rebellion. His thought, no doubt, was with the conservatives, whatever may have been the light that sprang Into hla quiet eye when Henry's voice rang out so like a clarion, calling Virginia to her standard; and he went home, upon the - dlssolutlpn- - to Join and aid his neighboraTnlthe alow discussion which must shape affairs to an Issue. The Virginia Resolutions had run like a flame through the colonies not as the burgesses-h- ad adopted them, but as Henry had drawn them, with their express threat at disobedience Nor was that all. October, 1765, saw delegates from nine colonies come together. In New York, at the call of Massachusetts, to take counsel what should be done. Every one knew that Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, the only colonies absent from the, congress," would have sent delegates, too, had their governors not prevented them by the dissolution of their assemblies before they could act on the calL Excitement In the Colony. A deep excitement and ooneern had spread everywhere throughout the settlements. Not only did the Impending enforcement of the aOt engross thf conversation of the speculative .part of the colonists, aa Washington wrote to Francis Dandridge in London; it promised to engross also the energies of very sctlve, and It might, be very violent, men in many quarters, and It begad to grow evident that some part of government Itself would be brought to a standstill by lta arma-lengt- h . pro-cess-e. Our courts of adjudicature," demust Inevitably clared Washington, be shut up; for It Is Impossible (or next of kin to It) under our present circumstances, that the act of parliament can be complied with and t n, t, a -- o, The first flurry ofx41ffering views and conflicting purposes among the Virginian leaders had passed off. The Jud jment of men everywhere sustained Henry gave him unmistakable authentication as a leader; put all public men in the way of understanding their constituents. Some were bold and some were timid, but all were animated by the same hope and purpose, and few were yet intern-prat- e hlgh-eplrlte- d - -- self-respec- - up. d action-seeme- lute opposition. Repeal of tho Act. The repeal of the act came to all like a great deliverance. Governor Fauquier had deemed it his duty to dissolve the assembly upon the passage of Henrys resolutions, but he had acted without passion In the matter, and had kept the respect of the men he dealt with. He was not a man, indeed, to take public business very seriously, having been bred a man of fashion 'and a courtlei rather than a master of affairs. Hi loved gay company and the deep ex cltement of the gaming table, not the round of official routine. Affable, generous, eleganL a scholar and Teal lover of letters, he vastly . preferred the talk of vlvacloua women and accomplished men to the business of tbl general court, and was a man to he liked rather than consulted. A Royalist Governor. to ths Washington, always admitted Intimacy of official circles- at Williamsburg very likely relished the gallant Fauquier better than the too officious Dinwiddle. It was, unhappily, no portent to see a man still devoted ever to dissipation at slxty-twthough he were governor of one of bli majestys colonies and a trusted sen vant of the crown; and, Fauquiers gifts as a man of wit and of instructed tastes made his companionship no less acceptable to Washington than to the other men of discernment who frequented the ballrooms and receptions, ate formal dinners, and played quiet games of cards during the brief season at the little capital. It did not seriously disturb life there that the governor upheld the power of parliament to tax, while the bur gesses strenuously opposed It. Washington, for one, did not hesitate on that account to be seen often In friendly talk with the governor, or to accept frequent invitations to the palace." He was of the temper which has so distinguished the nobler sort of Englishmen in politics; he might regard opposition aa a public duty, but he never made it a ground of personal feeling or private spite. A Mart of Influence. In a sense. Indeed, he had tong been regarded aa belonging to jpfflclal clr cles in the colony, more Intimately than any other man who did not hold office. He has been put forward by the Fairfaxes in his youth; men in the council and at the head of affairs had been his sponsors and friends from the first; he had been always, like his brother before him, a member of one of the chief grbups in tha colony for Influence and a confidential connection with the public business It was even understood that he was himself destined for the council, when it qhould be poufoto to put him In It without seeming to give too great a preponderance lo the Fairfax Interest, already so much Regarded in its make- Psyton Randolph. If a stop be put to our judicial proceedings, I fancy the merchants of Great Britain trading to the colonies will not be among the last to wish for a repeal of It." A- Bill ef Rights. The congreaa at New York drew up nothing less than a bill' of rights and Immunities, and sent resolutions over sea which arrested the attention of the world. The Virginia assembly despatched like papers for Itself; and a hen he had asRichard Henry sisted to draw its memorial, hastened home to form in his own Cavalier county a Westmoreland associs tlon" whose members (four Washing tons among the rest) bound themselves by a solemn' eovenant to exert every faculty to prevent the execution c the said stamp act in any instance vhataoever within this colony" The ministry could not stand the pressure. Ttfey gave way to Lord Rockingham, and the act was repealed. Washington Takaslt Calmly. Meanwhile Washington, hla calm temper unshaken, was slowly coming tnn clear vision of affairs In alt tbetr Fox hunting did not Significance. cease. He was much in the saddle and at table with the Falrfaxes, whom nothing cOuld shake from their all glance, and who looked with sad for? bodinga upon the temper was In. It was proper they should speak so If they demed it JuL and Washington hadhd""lnfoIerince for hat they urged But George Mason, the neighbor whom he most trusted, was of a very different mind, and strengthened and confirmed him in ether counsels. Mason was six years hts nlor; a man, too, caat by nature to rnder-stanmen and events, how they most go and how be guided. They conferred constantly, at every turn of their intimate life, in the field or In the library, mounted or afoot In the forests, and came very deliberately and soberly to their statesman view. Randolph and Pendleton and Wythe - , le, i the-colo- ny i d (TO BE CONTINUED.) Joaquin Millers Vogue. . That Joaquin Millers vogue should have been greater in London than it ever has been Jn this country is quite in accordance with Europes traditional attitude toward American literature. The old world haa never forgiven us for failing to live up to its ideal of our primitive civilization. It Is the volcanic or eccentric elements In our literature that Europe prefers to accept as typically American Poe and Whitman In the" spirit of their works. Bert Harte in hla picturesque material and Joaquin Miller in hla own picturesque personality of flowing mane, flannel shirt and boots. Millers theatrical flair suited London's preconceived notions of. our far west," notions based partly on inductive reasoning and partly on Bret Hariss romantic evocation of a California that never existed.. The foreigner never ceases nondering why the tamers of a continent and the upbulldera of the greatest industrial society lo history should fall to he Inspired by the work of their own hands. New Jork Evening Poet. J Making Glass Marble. ' ' Two or three processes are followed ln .thA xaanufacture of artificial glass marble. Fbrher!j tha material was made In a large mass and planed into slabs, but this operation Is a tedieus n operand In order t'd avold lt the marble is molded In a sheet on a piece of glass. To get the lines and markinga of marble this sheeL which Is highly polished and rubbed with oil, haa also traced npon it the desired characteristics Imitating marble, and then a layer of a thick mixture Of gypsum of ths desired cojor ls carefully poured over the glabs and left to harden. After hardening ths slab la carefully removed and the surface next to the glass will be found to be absolutely smooth, and need no planing. imi-tatio- -- thfee-quarter-tnc- h . - COVER CROPS FOR pRCHARDSj te Qucstlen ef lett Way to Supply Vegetable Supply- -r Matter of Irrlflatton. Many Sides Tbe subject of the best crop to use for supplying vegetable matter to our oils in young, orchards la one that has, many sides. Wo thlnk'there is no doubt that in most oflour orchards, particularly where the land haa not been in alfalfa, a cover crop of aome legume is verf desirable. Just what cover crops shall be used and how this shall ' be handled must depend on the soil, age of trees and other factors. For the young orchard we believe that the best system is to grow whichever legumlnous crop can best bd grown in the district between the trees daring the latter art of . the growing season. Where the seed can be started and a crop grown successfully, red clover Is probably aa good aa anything, though Canada peas, soy beans, vetch, crimson clover, etc.,- - are all good where the conditions are right to produce plants of growth. W think the crop should - be grown in the latter part of tbe7 season because the tree needs all the plant food available during the. early growing season. Normally, a young orchard tree should begin growing in April or early May, as it should make the larger part of the growth before the 1st of July. If the seed Is sown in early spring for a cover crop the young plants soon begin to take this plant food and are apt to materially cut down the growth of the treea This taking up of plant food by outside plants is desirable the later part of the season, for we always have a tendency where clean cultivation is given and plenty HE. . of water to keep our trees growing And that Is she! How time has flownl too iong, and as a result they are apt I once thought life could not be aweei to go into the winter with Immature If she were not my very own Ah, how I groveled at her feet! wood. , Twas In the springtime that we meti la many cases we think that the Sweet April bloscoms decked her halrt best practice is to sow this cover In fancy I can see her yet. Superbly slim, sublimely fair. crop' In drills, leaving an open spae from three to five feet either aide of I gazed upon her and forgot the tree row.- The cover crop ia of That I had ever loved before; asked her to be mine, and thought advantage. It adds vegetable I When she declined, that I no more fiber to the soil, whjch makes the Might ever love or hope or strive; soil more active and easier to irrigate, Alas, that time should treat her so! and if left on the ground in the win- Her charm all gone at thirty-fiv- e Im mighty glad she answered no. ter protects the soil from the drying and freezing and holds the snow and SHE. leaves from . drifting. Many of pur And that Is. he! I seem to hear him pleading still; growers object to leaving the crop on How hopelessly he turned away the ground in the winter, ai they His dismal destiny to fill. In It grieved me much to give him pain, thing that fall plowing is necessary my grief I hid; the orchard in order to have the , But, maiden-llkI fancied lie would come again This to In condition Irrigate. ground The foolish fellow never did. is true to a certain extent, but in few cases, we believe, is there any He knelt before me where we stood, - - , -- - two-fol- . Alack-a-da- p, i in I honored him for doing that; He could not kneel now if he would. Because he has become so fat; What cruel changes time has wrought! His hair Is gone, his sight Is dim; How fortunate that I am not Forever coupled up with him! ilTi th land lacks slope, it Blmply means that the irrigating furrow must be deeper and the furrows need not he so close together, as, of course, the flatter the ground, the more water will be taken up as the water advances across the ; i ONCE. field. "You never, somehow, say the WOODEN FLUMES ARE COSTLY right thing at the right time, - his Extremely Wasteful of Water, Sooa Pulling Apart and Cracking Concrete Ja Best Material. Wooden flumes are etlll built In ths some sections, notwithstanding progress that ia being ma.de" in Irrigation development The first cost of these Is high in most places, but no matter how cheap may be the cost of construction. It la generally the least expense to put In the better systems such as are in use In Wyoming. A wooden flume requires -- constant repairs. It is extremely wasteful of water, soon pulling apart and cracking from the effects of the alternate swelling and shrinking of the mate-rlalIt ia . expensive to build . and maintain a flume anywhere, especially across broken or rolling land. Of necessity a flume must be built on a uniform grade. It is thereto necessary that It should be supported on a treBtle or embankment across tow, places. The embankment to subject to injury Jrom burrowing gophers and both trestles and embankments are subject to washouts and the more modern theory to to obviate all this trouble by putting In concrete conduits or syphons conform Ing to' the lay of the land and having enough strength to withstand a medium pressure. think I did once. wife complained. "I know it, he said sadly, but you seemed to Equipped. "If I could only experience some great grief, sighed the poet, I think I might be able to write a deathless lay. "Then get ready to write, said his wife. "The great grief has come. The Williamsons dog got Into our kitchen" a few moments ago and. ran away with the steak you brought home for din- -- ner. s. Discouraging. "My publishers inform me that they have already sold more than 300,000 copies of my new, novel." "Isnt it diBcouragisg?" Discouraging! What do you mean!" "That there are so many silly people '" with money to spend. Bliss. What to your idea of heavenly bliss ? asked - the -- young man - who couldn't think of anything else to say. Marrying a man for his money and then learning to love him, replied the pretty grass widow. Fruit. Good Home Inherited. The currant is a good home fruit, "I never saw such a kicker as that and needs but little care for good re' sults. Perfection and Red Cross are fellow is. He kicks everywhere and at everything. good varieties. XTeli, I suppose he inherited it. His grandmother was a chorus girL Behind Her Back. She ia an artist to her finger tips, said one of the women. Oh, replied another, "does shs As to garden seeds, it to usual to paint her nails, too?" toy direct from responsible seed HJs Plaint houses. Garden seed require much the same Twould add a sweetness unto life And smooth the wrinkles from my treatment aa grass seeds - or small brow- grains. If air shaked lime he In earth In To stir the soil up, if my wife Would not stand by and tell me how. which plants are potted, it will keep worms away. Becomes Spry. Again. Salsify or vegetable oyster should be left in the ground the same aa When a man starts out to look for 1C bis seeond wife fae quita complaining of about his lumbago. the varieties Dont plant large encumbers, expecting to raise aa many as if the cluster kind were used. Thick-nec- k onions are usually seen seasons as - have wet such daring weather at the usual time of ripenModern. ing. Robin Hood, suddenly awakened to "Demand for good productive farm property is steadily increasing. Some a sense of the obsolete character of hia methods, became sooera with a" for --weU-tvery high prices are paid rush over night, aa It were. proved farms.' Good morning," quoth be. the very There are very few farms on which additional labor experdd In rrepar j next time he halted anyone on the king's highway. Good morning! Thia no) ing the seed bd world no to tag day! Allow me!" Puck jrnrttfme returns, - , parnnlpa.-FreextogJmpra- vea - k v ''O -- |
