Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1894, Page 12

PROPOSALS. SUMMER RESORTS. XY DEPARTMENT, BURBAt ‘- aud ting, Ws DF oat He Sealed will be furnished on application JOHNSON, Chief of Babes. STATES Coase AND Ege ee SUR- recetved a ON MONDAY, MA addre Unit 8 Coast _and Geodetic Washington, D. GT. G MENDESH ALL. aplé,21, 25,031 PROPOSALS FOR COAL AND PRO’ United States Naval Observat ,Boresn of Equipment, ‘TE COMMERCE COMMISSION, WASH- 14, Sealed 1894. at. thts oes ime aud place they “wlll ber opaned foul articles: Fuel rors they wi ered atthe Uaited States Naeat bidders, “tor tur- eto" Wash! miscellaneous articles are also invited for the the commission weld,” Bide wil be considered of proposals and inet oe ‘upon application to . The Dureau reserves the ties and will reject any adv to the ede adeat | a may be ordered. Bids purchase of waste and for washing to gn gach Item separately qe Tight te react Gerects and to 3 any part of any PROPOSALS FOR FUEL.—OFFICE 01 intendent of State, War and Navy \ding——Sealed dust or tmparities and inspect orm inspector at cost of the contractor, Ww M 4p18,21,28&my5 the government scales in Washingtos: Doo wlll be received MA P.M., at which time in of to be of best cost of the coftractor; the hickor and livered at the State, War and Departm ilding and stored in the vaults by the party or ties to whom the cuptract or contracts may be warded, at such times and im such quantities aa convenience of the office may require, reserv- the right to order as much more or as much of either coal or wood as may be required at Also the right to reject of the requirements to be met article, and also the estimated ably to be required of each, will one TURD ERT Acting ‘pplication to ‘t and property : a ot 'S OFFICE, WASHING- |, 1894.—Sealed proposal: ia ariad Ae me tee FOR STATIONERY. Washington, D. C., addressed to the Secretary of the “Proposals for Stationery,” parents Oia “oe SELock Koon, 1804, and then . for furnishing Stationery for the Navy De- ment and the bureaus thereof, including the year coding tu ou application to this department meut reserves the right to waive de- bids. Contracts to manufacturers of oF regu- jes to be furnished. BERT, Secretary of the Navy. apl4,2i,28,my5 WASHINGTON, D. ls will be re- and to reject =——— ooo SUBURBAN PROPERTY. EN QOTTAGE AT wasH- Cm Ar Begg 7-ROOM COT- balance F th. Sato too Pita eee WANTED—10 RENT sbade and stable necessary. tar office. ment of Justice, | FOR SALE A o supplying the department dur ai year ending June 30, 1895, with the fol- | Reous suppiles a: IN THE COUN far from the ei Address. COUNTE' ai ICHARD OLNEY, at ing the navy yard, and the Naval Hospital), year ending June 30, 1805. ed must be the best quality equal thereto, solid, clear or other impurities, and must FOR RENT_—AT HYATTSVILLE, 6 ROOM over 1 acre of ground; os etary of the Navy, a parties regularly engaged in such business, ‘HOUSE: will be received ty Of fruit; ahade.ete.} washing the towels of ‘avy Department a hy bureaus and offices in Washington, I year ending June 30, 1 serves the right to walre defects in proposals. in the bids the pro ted will be decided upon & is accepted will iter into comtract aud give Lond, with two or we satisfactory sureties, ‘The | FOR RENT. RICK HOUSES, HANDSOME, NEW Bi to reject apy or bath and alt modern psals to be ac- Youd ave. electric curs 4007 Sth st. mw.; Petworth in the penal sum of for lee, and $50 for the faithful ful- Bids must be made tu upon forms which will be su lication to the department. retary of the Navy. SMITHSONIAN ‘0 NICH COTTAGES; bas 10 rooms, barn, &c.; month by the year. outbuildings; 1 acre of land; the year, $15 per month. address WASHINGTON, 11, 1804.—Sealed proposals will be received MAY SEVENTH, jan Institution, U. of International Exchange i TWO P.M, to the Smith se hard, stab! re. orc! WER 118 0 st. nw. _—. for) FOR EXCHANG! iard- | “house in Brookla: cal . supplies of the follow- Wooden Boxes, Food aints, Otis, &e.: Hi A — $1,200 EQUITY IN nd, D. C., leased; for a small lot, ne. or se. McLACHLEN & % les, of Waste Material. Awards will be ist The right is reserved to| FOR SALE—AT TAKOMA PARK—6RM. COT. tage; dry cellar, shade, well of Water; ove: 19,000 feet of ground.’ Price, nce to suit. If 12.50 a month. koma Park, or all bids or 675; part cash, be for Apply, to CM. HE. J. 1H. LICHLITER, 470 La. mation desired b; f the assistant secre FOR RENT—REDUCED TO $22 PER MONTH FOR several elegant new 8-room and bath bricks; a. pered ; es shade; &c. fiscal” fs racine x. ______ my8-3m_ sl pl gw ar ST_TWO HOUSES, FIVE AND SIX RNS; glass, lumber, $10; or will sell 16-room house; fine groves Miscellaneous supplies. Lids will be considered | FOR RENT—SEVERA! om application and persona applying class of articles upon which they de- Bids must be in duplicate, on furnisbed by the department an of Agriculture. \T-NEW 7RM. HOUSE; CEL: ; shade; water in kitcben; hen house; utes’ walk from station; high loca! 400; payments. Box’ 5, Hyattsville, 1 | FOR SALE to submit bids. FOR SALE—GET YOURSELF A SUMMER HOME AT COLLEGE PARK, Md.; several nice bouses; hes: 1 to 10 acres of ground: 115,000. JOHN 0. —- nveiope. J. STERLIN x, --_ SEES pls.21,28émy5 PROPOSALS FOR UEL, FORAGE AND Washing Towels. an NE i FOR SALE—AT FORES£ GLEN, MD. COTTAGE bo: bath, attic apd cellar corner lot, near stati OAKDALE, Star odice. ject to the usual D O'CLOCK PM MONDAT ME CLOCK P.M. MONDAY, MAY SEVENTH, |, &t which time they will be og i tuel and forage, War Department, its bureaus ending June 20, 1895, showing the items and number of towels be washed. will he furnished on application to ge to be delivered at ¢ ‘SEVERAL HANDSOME, NEW, 8- room and bath brick dwellings; nice sa. th; take Brightwood ave. elec: wi for which re- \OOMS; KITCHEN, CAR- riage house, stable and in such quantities a me delicious water; enlence of the depart |. M., Star office. my3-3t* TO $50; 30 MIN- ents. Gl for FOR SALE—LOTS peace. ort onotited | "ates from city; small month ptance of any bid made until Con- mm from which the sup- makes an appropria EASY TERMS—OR EXCHANGE or @ large farm — on indsome cottages, with from 6 ing in grice from ‘$2,600, $3,500, 8 les Out; fare. only 6: cents. eee NEWMAN & SONS, securely inclosed in ington, severa! to 8 rooms; rat POR SALE—HOUSE ON ANACOSTIA HEIGHTS, overlooking city and river; 8 rooms, bath, attic, Par. forance: near street cars; large lot ‘AM, 53 Franklin st., Anacostia. neous Sapplies. FOR SALE—AT Wi room cottage, just finshed: furnace, range, bath, excellent wate! 500; terms to suit. MARYLAND—NINE- ormal acceptance of any will be made until SALE—LOTS IN PROOKLAND AND SUR. ig suburbs; no boom, no bubble, but firm, rowth; safe investments tn Jots: mone: Z purposes by 100, Corcoran ‘ball AT SOMERSET HEIGHTS, NEAR , one acre of ground and 9-room cot- . 1; $4,800; easy terms. a ORE, 606 F st. nw. Mt cme! | FOR SALE OR RENT—HOUSES AND LOTS, on will build to order, on, small Owner, Laugdon. D.C. tage; cellar: furna for furnishing ae ee B. GORDON, ‘Owner, 1808 13th my5-8t* Xm | FOR SALE-IN BROOKLAND—NEARLY NEW T- Toom cottage; inside grained; new! i; Fange; aplendia ‘water; “lot S0x180;" Glad 2 tes lots at Carlin’s Springs, inquire 11 New York Sye. Dw. ite FOR SALB—COTTAGH AT WASHINGTON GROVE; shade; water; 5 ;, nO malaria; no ftoen,’ OWNER ‘Ve Star bites, ite FOR RENT-NEW, HALF acre ; $10; also nine-room house and five ae tomate Locate aT “DEL RAY.” apt pure water. ertect drainage. it Read “ad.” 15tb page. FOR SALB-WELL-BULT COFTAGE; NEARLY Dew; © rooms, bath, cellar, attic; ample closets; 5 min. from station; on (tan branch; i mile from electric road; lot #4, |. feet—or more, if wanted; stable, etc. Apply 913 20th st. _B.w, after # p.im. it IF TAKEN AT ONCE, YOU CAN SECURE A GREAT bee rect, ution, Br re; ™ 7 2 c S4MUEL 8B EALMEAR, n.w. corner Le and St. Paul ste, Baltimore, Ma meee FOR aace OR, SXCHANGH Tom Grrr PROP. erty—A very desirable 2-ac ‘and eight-room Rouse, ‘with cellar; a few miles from thercity, at & pretty ‘and ubriety railroad station. For x ee myo-6t ” FOR SALB-AT FALLS CHURCH, 20,000 FEET Creel ca a Enel, nerlocs “aepot; $1100; part over! ; 7 i cash BARGAIN’ 8. 'Star aie *'nyd-aee Mt, 4 |ALN' FOR RENT—AT F. cHUR Fag nf 1o-rooat dwelling; good fruit, shade and pure water, reat. JAMES 'G. ESTER, 65) Fst. ¥. FOR RENT—AT FALLS CHURCH, 10-ROOM dwelling, with stable, hennery, &c., aeren; fruit, shade, 310° minutes’ walk from JAMES G. JESTER, 689 F st. a.w. fe FOR SaLE-THE BEST BUILT AND FINEST Mipished house in Falls Church; cost to owner Over $4,000; will sell for $4,500; ten rooms and bath; hot and cold water; wind ‘mil cellar; finished in carved oak; la vegotal garden planted; owner going to leave the state. Address or call A. VAVIS, jr., West End, Falls burch, Va. my5-Tt® FOR SALB—AT A BARGAIN—TO CLOSE AN ES- tate; @ very desirable tract of 4% acres os a Whole or in part; on line of electric cars; near Takoma Park and new hotel; surrounded by fine improvements; high, healthy ‘localit; shade; ferme eaay. LOUIS P. SHOBMARE t ry5 920 F st. nw. FOR S4LH OR EXCHANGE—-HOUSE AT GAR- rett Park, Md.; seven rooms, bath, attic and cellar; furnace; lot 100 feet front. coutaining ene-half acre of terms gppiy to Wascotn WiLoox kt 2 1907 Pi FOR RENT-AT BRIGHTWOOD, D. 0, NEW frame house; $ rooms; bot and cold water, range, latrobes, ete.s about 2 minutes’ walk to electric cars; $18. LOUIS P. SHOEM. my58t 920 F at. nw. FOR RENT—A PREITY 7-ROOM HOUSE; AVA- lon Heights; on B. and O. BR; large yard; bi my5-3t Gor, 10th and G Pate We FOR S4LE—A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PUR- chase 44 acres of land, 7 miles from city; wood oD ce will for it; cheap at mest GRAVES & BEL’ tal Pa. ave. FOR SALE—22 ACRES OF FINE TRUCKING land; short distance from the city; nice loca- ton; $1,750. GRAVES & BELT, 631 Pa. ave. my5-3t FOR saLB-AaT A SAGRIFICE—NICH 7-ROOM Grrelling in Hyattsville; large yard; plenty of ahade;, rented at $20. per mo; price, If sold at once, '$2,000. GRAVES & BELT, 631i Pa, _my5-3t FOR SALB—25 ACRES; GOOD DWELLING AND tdulldings; beautifully located; within 5 min- Sunnyside station, B. and 0. R. Rj GRAVES & BELT, 631 Ps. ave. e. 7 ARCES, AT STATION; 5-ROOM HOUSE; 2 Sacres i gardens £'acree in" pastarey w litua Fio0a, my6-3t A. J. SCHWARTZ, 605 6th st, n. ies ACRES, 6 MINUTES’ WALK FROM STATION Groom house; new barn; fine timber; bea @levation; ‘and streams; one-third in tim- ber. Only it FOR RENT—COTTAGH AT WASHINGTO: Ma; locat rooms; rent for season, seo. B. H. WARNER my6-8t* 9 FOR SALB—TAKOMA PARK-—O; S-room cottage; slate root; cellar; lot 503200 feet; very desirably located; a bargain at the price asked, Apply at Room 92, Fendall building, 4% and D ats. nw. ite FOR SALD—A& SUBURBAN NEW 6ROOM HOU: large lot; necesary outbulldings; good, wa ion; $2,600; terms easy. DUCKETT, DENT & 00., 685 F st-m5-st* FOR SALE—LOTS 50X200, AT GLENDALB; 80 minutes’ ride to city; $30 to $50; on small pay- ments. Call for Glendale Advertiser and bulle- tins. “DUCKETT, DENT & 00., 639 F stmyh-ste FOR SALE—-10 ACRES OF LAN A MAGNIFT. cent i for a rural cottage; overlooking this It en surroundings; high and healthy; only 2 miles out; for $2,500; terms to suit. R. PHILLIPS & SON, 1422 N. Y. ave. ap2l-lm FOR SALE—SEVERAL TEN-ACRE TRACTS, ON A food avend, and within a few minutes’ drive the city. PRICE, $100 PER ACRE. For location and par by spely ‘© SLLERSON & WEMPLB, ap5-Im “61? 14th ot. aw. SUMMER RESORTS. On f the Allegheny Mountains, Sain’ tine of Ne tains, Main Fema. Br, 10S talen want of Pittobarg. ‘All trains stop. OPENS JUNE 25. Delightful location. Excellent drives. Pure air and water. Appointments the best. Write, for circulars, WM. R. DUNHAM, Supt. my’ BROOKSIDE, WEST VIRGIN H, 8,100 FEET. Brookside {s situated 10 miles from Oakland and Deer Perk, Md., on the summit of the main Alle- hey Mountains; § miles trom the picturesque eat River and Mountains. A most beautiful family resort, comprising a farm of 240 acres, 10 Modern cottages and’ main house; large dining hail and ball room; fine bass and trout fishing; weling alley: croquet and lawn tennis grounds, and Miliard parlor; for the exclusive use of guests, Our own livery of saddle and driving horses at a an is 8. ec rookside stages meet tra! on B. and R. RB. at Oakland. Round trip tickets to Oakland, food until November 1, $8.25. For further in: forma’ address tion, 8. PRESCOTT WRIGHT, _8p30-1m 1401 14th st. n.w. THD ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA AVE NEAT beach; new and modern (of best cla steam heat; ev convenience; “‘the terms are rea- ustrated booklet mailed uy Ow (fel0-4m) " CHARLES COI HOTEL TRAYMORE, Atlantic City, N. J. Open all the year. ap28-3m W. W. GREEN & CO. HADDON HALL, Atlantic City, N. J. Directly on the beach. ap2s-Im LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. HILL TOP HOUSE. g Harper's Ferry, W. Va, Now . Fitty-fve miles ‘from Washington. Seven daily trains; 500 feet above, It. I. station in full view; finest location for scenery in town; good table and beds. Telephone and telegraph office in house. Rate, $6. 25-50 T.S. LOVETT, Proprietor. THE WASHINGTON GROVE HOTEL WILL BE opened by Miss Crane of Bultimore, who is thor- oughly experienced and competent, on May 15, Board and attendance will be first-class and reasonable. Hotel newly furnished and completely renovated. Inquire Room 2, 934 F st.n.w. al9-1m* }HOTEL MT. VERNON, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Pacific ‘ave.; the entire rear and 1,000" fect ‘of weh room facing the ocean; capacity, 165; hi ing been much improved and refu + open May 15, Terms, $1.54 to $14 per week. JA: THE ECKINGTON, 8D AND T STs. —SITU- ated in the center of 10 acres: its elevation, magnificent forest trees, pure artesian well Wate? and accessibility (by electric cars) to the city, makes it one of the most desirable places in of around Washington to spend the summer. Jt has been newly furnished. supplied with telephone and electric light, bath rooms and all other mod- improvements, apl4-1m* HOTEL TAKOMA, NORTH TAKOMA PARK, D. ©. Now open. Largest and most elegant sub- urban hotel in the District. Supplied with the famous Takoma water. Terms reasonable. 1 BURTON, MULANEY & WAPLES. ‘On beach, ave., Atlantic City; capac 200; every comfort HOTEL e of 2. first-class IMPERIAL, home: good table; $2 to $3 per day; $10 to $18 per week: special rates for families for season. G. W. KENDRICK. Owner and Proprietor. nington trade solicited. fe24-8m_ CARROLL SPRINGS SANITARIUM, Forest Glen, Md. A homeopathic institution; 400 feet above Washington. For invallds and those desirinj rest and quiet. No mental cases received. Baths, muscle movements, electricity, &c. Re- gpens May 1. For particulars address G. H. RIGHT, M.D. apl4-Im* sonal cation. SEASIDE HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, > Un oceau frout. Sun parlor. Elevator. Salt water baths in house. . OPEN ALL THE YEAR. ap9-1mo CHAS. EVANS. BUY CHEAP PROPERTY when small monthly payments will buy a lot in Fort Myer Heights, on the Arlington electric railway; bigh and healthy; 5 ee See z about it. BOB: apm THE IRVINGTON, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. OPEN FEBRUARY 10, 1894, On the 1 each Modern and cheerful. Elevator; eun rlor; lex Gilter a urifier, A feed CHAMBERS & HOOPES. pret sraseealt oes ASBURY PARK, N. J.—THB VICTORIA; FAMILY hotel; fron ocean; all jp ROM, Opens terme THE HEWITT, SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Atlantic City, N. J.; terms moderate. WALTER 8. IVES & CO., owners and proprietors. my5-0012t DELAWARE WATER GAP, THE KITTATINNY, Pa.; now open. ‘This tavorti = sutumn resort, only three from Broad st. stat ¢ireular, W. 4. BRODHEAD modern sanit ‘arrangements. Special rates tor samp. _e <i ere cir 8 Charles st., Baltiniore. rN, LOOATED AT CHEVY Ply PAE At nce appointed; everything of the most and approved character, oe from the city by elect cars. Poy a rates. formation, apply SPRING Hi BLUE RIDGE intains, Western Maryland It. R., will open ‘S04, This new and elegant ‘hotel, with all the "modern improvements, hot and cold 7, pure water, &c., large ool, billiards bowil alleys, &c., with capaci had of Mr. Jno. C. Mul! Reamer canbe seen every Sat~ am and 8 p.m. 8m ania fy 4 VILLA, 185 (OCEAN City, N. 3.3 tull . Herne mcderate Mrs: Be MO Pat 4 ze myt-26t OCEAN AVE, ATLANTIC myt-52t Capon Springs|jand Baths, ire Co., W. Va., in| set down in history. The careful student (ite | of historical data looks upon this barbarous houses and cotta; ble. Gr aDAns & wy3-lm May and June a 9 ave,, Phila, Pa. apl6-m.w,s,tt and. pia: Seas end Rectocky a steam heat; a) rates. (fel. diercge City. Now ppointments eo, J. THE WAVERLY, Atlantic City, N. J. L E, BEACH HAVEN, N.J. on Saturday, June 9, 1! modern inclu hot sea water baths in rates for June. Send for cl FURNISHED COTTAGE AT MON- Bine Ridge Mounta ou pair of fine horses rented oon Fe! place; place includes vate family only. ith references, “AGE, Star office. THE BRIGHTON, ONE BLOCK FROM THE Deach, ry Park, N. J. Home comforts, Mrs, HAMILTON HUNT. J. BEACH FRONT. ive illustrated booklet mailed on a1 OT SEA WATER BATHS. ELFV. p2-3m_ E. ROB! iLEN. higan ave. pear beach. Perfect sanitary rim, $8 to $10 per week. J. E. . ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. THE ELBERON.—ATLANTIC Cry, and Pacific ae 1efurnished, wit! more, and now at 1123-25 181 D.C SPRING, SUMMER Reduced A. B. SHOWELL, -then tu,th,sim ORB HOME FOR THE te oe ind June. A} to ty a Secan ley. Mae mye HOTEL WELLINGTOX, ALTANTIO CITY, N. J. NEAR THE BEACH. NOW OPEN. M. A. & H. 8, MILNOR. -—SHERWOOD HO- 10 ;_ homelike POINT COMPO! ; reduced rates; $2 a7: 2 week: ATLANTIC ge INS OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. Situated directly on the hot and cold sea water bathe and 3._D. SOUTHWICK, Manager. ‘THE ELKTON, N. J. Kentucky ave. near team heat; appointments Eret- FOR SALE—PIANOS. SALE—ONB 7 1-8-OCTAVE ROSEWOOD CASE with handsome plush stool and FEIFFER ranteed, for $165 cash. P! CON! » 417 1ith st. n.w. ACCOUNTANTS, BRENNAN, Auditor, 1421 F st, nw. w York. Public Acconntant and Member of Institute of Accounts, Nev Corporation Audite a specialty, FOLLOWERS OF Progress of the ward This City. Gen. Kelley was obliged to go down into his pockets after army money at Des Moines, Ia., yesterday morning before his The men in camp are becoming disheartened. The effort to se- cure transportation failed Kelley declared that he accepted the sit- uation, but the men vigorously demurred. It looks as though the army will go to Pleces at Des Moines. industrial army will leave Indiarapolis Sunday for Washington. expected that the army will number 500. The men are having a hard time, and are Yt together with difficulty. ff the thousand industrials who have t Puyallup, Wash., 800 are ward afoot between there and Ellensburg, waiting for freight trains. In other words, into an organized band of rovers. The Holmes naval expedition, which in- tended to sail from Provincetown, Mass., hington as an auxiliary of Coxey’s has been abandoned. There have been numerous disagreements among the sailors, and Coxey’s reception in Washing- ton has effectually cooled the ardor of the Brigades To- men could breakf: last evening. navy. Sweetland’s Connecticut delegation of the numbering forty-eight, decided to remain at Bridgep and will start for South Norwalk. Socialists and populists to the number of @ thousand gathered in the Germania As- sernbly rooms, New York, last evening to welcome the crusaders, under Gen. Fitz- gerald, from Boston. The industrial army Occupied seats on the platform. inflammatory speeches were delivered. The army will start today for Washington. —_—_ ++. ALONG THE MESABA RANGE. Coxey army, Reports Received Legislation, The situation is still critical along the northern Minnesota. Thirty miners, armed with rifles and shot- guns, went to Iron Mountain for the pur- pose of preventing the opening of A telegram from that point successtyl in of Attempts mines there. last night said they A company of state militia will go The men at the Oliver mine and at Drake & Strattoa’s went to tion yesterday morning, to that point today. work under prot and have not been molested. The strikers are ugly, restless and nerv- They are mostly Finlanders, Sheriff Sharvey telegraphed Duluth for fifty more deputies. The miners threatened to blow up the militia with dynamite during the night. brought to Virginia, Minn., m Mountain to the id been shot by Mar- A mob was forming with the avowed purpose of lynching Free. by a courier from I effect that a striker hi | ed with Washington, for, generally so pi | else about such matters, he neglected one! |. Stove manufacturers from all parts of in annual conven- the country have MARY WASHINGTON The Woman Whose Memory is to Be Honored Next Week, “ROMAN MATRON” OF THE REVOLUTION How She Appeared in the Eyes ot Her Contemporaries. PRACTICAL AND SEVERE N THIS AGE, WHEN life is an open book from swaddling clothes to shroud, there is small dan- ger that delusions such as have sur rounded many of the names on history's pages will ever at- tach to our actors, when future histor- fans seek to embaim their deeds in books. aw Just at the present moment fact and fabrication are so inex- tricably confused by those who are en- deavoring to enlighten the world as to the worth and influence of the mother of Wash- ington that she would have as hard a time recognizing her own character after they got through with it as she would in select- ing the “only authentic picture” of herself; albeit, there never was a woman of as great importance to posterity from a hereditary standpoint about whom so little has been method of distorting facts with pain and ‘secure | 48gust. There is nothing to be gained by W. H. SALB. FOR RENT OR SALB—AT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Billing elves season bia, fShaRe sites 0O., Atlantic City. TE” —THE TREMONT, SEA GIRT, * RA‘ N. J.— Week for tI it, and much to lose. The noble simplicity of a good woman bids fair to be merged by this kind of jugglery into the aristocratic exclusiveness of a despotic “grande dame,” who held herself above her neighbors. The mother of Washington was not that kind of a woman by any means. She was not a great woman, as the world rates greatness, either. She had nothing of the spirit of a Charlotte Corday or a Joan of Arc. Neither was she a Catherine of Russia nor an Eliz- abeth of England. She was more of the Spartan mother, who laid her best beloved on the altar of the country and suffered in silence, or the “Roman matron,” as she was styled by Lafayette. She seems to have left but small impress on the history of her day, but her ambitions were of the quiet sort that found exprisston tn homely pursuits and application. She was not a scholar; there is no evidence that she thought profoundly upon any but religious subjects; she was not a literateur, and was but an indifferent scribe, as the three or four letters extant show. If she ever sought to meddle in the affairs of state, not a \scintilla of evidence is left to betray the fact. If she had any opinions on the sub- jects of vital interest that were stirring the blood of the colonies all during her life, she never aired them in any way that pos- terity could find it out, and not @ line is left on paper to corroborate such state- ments, though they have been unblushingly made in a manner that would stamp the mother of Washington as a British sym- Mother of W: jagto (From Wertmuller's Painting.) pathizer! There is absolutely nothing upon which to rear the elaborate edifice of great- ness or to point the small innuendoes which certain writers have sought to pile upon this plain, unassuming woman. She was Washington's mother, and there all the honor lies! As “Mary, the mother of Washington,” she will live in the hearts of the people while the republic endures, just as the memory of Mary, the mother of Christ, lives, a model of the upright and pure in heart. Her Personal Appearance. Of the personal appearance of Washing~ ton'’s mother so little is known that the wildest conjecture has been indulged in concerning her. In her later days she was described by a grandchild as “a woman of medium height, of dignified and rather stately presence.” This was probably the case, though her eccentricities of attire must have marred the general ensembie. A bit of “circumstantial evidence” that has floated to the surface in recent years may be accepted as a description of her as she appeared at an earlier age. In 1864 som one found in a deserted mansion on the York river a torn fragment of an old letter, which ran literally as follows: WMSBURG, ye 7th of Octr 1722. Dear Sukey. Madame Ball of Lancaster and her Sweet Moily have gone Hom. Mamma thinks Molly the Comliest Maiden She Knows. She is about 16 yrs old, is taller than Me, is verry Sensable, Modest and Loving. Her Hair is like unto Flax, Her Eyes are the color of Yours and Her Chekes are like May Blossoms. I wish you could see her. And there this fragmentary bit of history stops short. There does not seem to be much doubt of its authenticity, though the name of the writer is gone. There are ref- erences in those early years to the “Rose of Epping Forest” and the “Belle of the Northern Neck,” so that the fact of her girlish beauty seems established. In 1729 Mary Ball went to England to her brother, Joseph Ball, who lived at “Strat- ford-by-Bow, nigh London.” And there she made her home until her marriage. She was twenty-two at that time, and it has been much, but fruitlessly, commented up- on that the “Rose of Epping Forest” should have remained unplucked to such an age in a community where sixteen was the rule and later marriages the exception. The records left are not explicit, but it would seem that at this time only Mary and her brother were left, all the other members of the family being dead. Two years later, as shown by the genealogical table of the American branch of the family, written for an English heraldry officer by George Wesh- ington himself, “Augustine, less than two years after the death of his first wife, mar- ried Mary Ball, March 6, An Unrecorded Wedding. Where did that wedding take place? No- body knows. There is no record to tell. You can find one writer who is sure that it was solemnized in England, and another will tell you with just as great a show of truth that it came off in Virginia. There is a legend in Cookham, England, that it took place there, but the old records of the church there have been burned. Augustine Washington was in England on business, and met the Virginia belle, then a fading spinster of twenty-six, and desiring a moth- er for his sons, married her, probably at her brother's house. Indeed, more than likely, because on this side the water she had neither kith nor kin to give her away. It is not improbable that they had met in Virginia, and that when Washington began to think of a second wife he may hev crossed the ocean for the purpose of wii ning her. One is inclined to feel exasperat- of the vital items regarding his mother, and yet he was careful to put in the family record the.exact hour of his own birth! How one longs for the enterprising reporter, when one runs up against such a circumstance, like a brick wall cutting off all progress in the “George, his second marriage; was boi moreland county.” It was in George Washington was born, and |Trenton and Princeton, s} E : gag house on the Wakefield plantation 8 g j é fag of the ferry across the river at that point. It was here that Augus- tine yn died of rheumatic it, April 12, 1748, aged forty-nine years, leav- Her Motherly Rule. She was painfully neat, and, as for those five children, when one looks at the law- lessness of the young generation of today, the restlessness, inquisitive assurance and bold impertinences, one is inclined to wonder if different blood ran in the veins of the children of “76?” The rule of Mrs. Wash- ington—and of the other parents of the day—was an absolute despotism. No child sat down in the presence of its parents unless it was orered to do so. Infringe- ment of this rule brought dismissal from the ce of the mother if not a blow, and brought both from the father. A child spoke to its parents and elders only when spoken to, and then respectfully, or severe punishment followed. It obeyed commands implicitly and unquestioningly; wore what was put upon it; ate what was set before it; went to bed when told; got up when or- dered, and was, in fact, an automaton, own, until it was well up in the teens. In the midst of this order of things George Wi grew, the stern examplar of. the severest type. From his handsome, Gignified English father he inherited his splendid physique; from his uncompromis- ingly stern, self-contained and perfectly Poised mother he inherited those qualities which made him great, and from both of them there came to him less pleasing char- acteristics, to which his biographers have been kindly blind. Of the other children of Mary W: there is not much to Say. They were good citizens, but the mold of greatness seems to have been broken when George was born. The others neither achieved greatness nor had it thrust upon It is diticult for people of the present day to comprehend the character of Mary Washington, because the class cf severe ‘women martinets to which she helonged no longer exists. She never gossiped and never | uttered scandal. She was never for a mo- ment idle and idleness was sin tn her eyes. She was close in her Cealings, exacting, but Mary Washington. (From the Morse Portrait.) strictly Just; sharp in reprimand; quick to anger, ad not always plenteous in mercy, perhaps, for her religious belief was of the Puritanical sort. She was kind to the poor and the deserving unfortunate, but cold and unresponsive to the calls of the ehift- less and improvident. After her children were all married Mrs. Washington lived her life alone with two or three devoted servants. She probably realized that it was better so, for she was used to ruling with a rod of iron and knew that in another’s house she would be sec- cnd. That would have been intensely dis- Pleasing to her. She did not care for com- pany. Much entertaining was expensive and troublesome, and she liked neither. George Washington Parke Custis said of her, that “though hospitable, she was al- ways ready to speed the parting guest. Few were asked to gome, and no one was to stay.” Her own children dreaded her critical eye, and one of her infrequent visits was the signal for a grand house cleaning. Then, as she approached, the little pickaninnies, who were stationed to herald her, ran to the house with the news, and a final dusting and brushing ensued. This remarkable woman seems to have had bat one weakness—she was terrorized by lightning. Betty, her daughter, found her one day with her head buried in the bed clothes. “I have been striving against this weakness for years,” she said, “for you know, Betty, my trust is in God, but some- times my fears are stronger than my faith.” It is almost a relief to find that this truly good woman had at least one human failing. sis ‘. ‘When the revolutionary war began, a! the earnest solicitation of Washington, she left the Ferry farm, and made a home for herself in Fredericksburg. In the heart of the town this house still stands, well pre- served and unaltered but for the raising of the roof. She still managed her own plantation. The tenacious old lady had no mind to give up her freedom to live with her daughter Betty, as that lady desired. ‘When importuned to do so she said firmly: “My wants are few, and I feel perfectly competent to take care of myself.” To her son-in-law, Colonel Lewis, who to relieve her of the care of her plantation, and the labor of going back and forth to oversee it daily, she said 3 as firmly: “You can keep my books, for your eyesight is better than mine, but leave the manage- ment of the farm to me.”- To the very end she was jealous of interference with her rights, and there were times when she made things generally uncomfortable for those who tried to manage for her. She was close in money dealings, and every penny had to be accounted for. Just why, with her splendid management and wide- spread acres, she should have got into straightened circumstances, and Washing- ton as well, it is not easy to explain. In a letter written by Washington to his mother in 1787 it appears that for a time at least she gave into his hands the management of her plantation. He was not able to do much with it evidently, and the revenues were not satisfactory to her. Her frequent and urgent calls for money irritated him, and he finally wrote her that at the end of the year he would give up the management of the farm, as it had been a@ constant drain on his funds, and that she had got all the money from the produce, which he did not consider quite fair. He sent her some money, and told her that it was all he had, and that he really owed it to some one else, but that as long as he had a dollar she should share it with him. He said that he was owing nearly a thousand dollars for taxes, and did not know where a penny of it was to come from. He suggested that she break up housekeeping and go to live with one of her children, but very plainly pointed out that his house was totally unsuited to one of her quiet tastes and advanced years, as he entertained large numbers of distin- gvished guests. and that his house was as Noisy as a hotel. As she disliked the style which she considered necessary to the sup- port of his position in the world, it seemed to him that a home with Betty was the best for her. It is more than Ifkely that the desire of her old heart was to spend her declining years with her best beloved child, but the boon was denied her. There is no data to show it, but there seems to be @ disposition to believe that she went, just before the end, to live with the daughter | at_Kenmore. During the seven or more years of the war she did not once see her son, who was absent from his own home nearly rine years. He wrote to her occasionally, and his letters always began“Honored Madam,” and usuaily ended “I am, honored madam, your most dutiful son!” Stilted, formal and cold! Yet, it was the fashion of the éay. Self repression was the great aim of the hour! Her Self Poise. When the news came to her, after years of prayerful anxiety, of the victories at received it without emotion, and when a friend con- gratulated her on the brilliant achieve- ments of Washington, she replied with calm FRENDS OF THE POBUE Men of Mark Who Gather and Transmit the News. ! | | E | j i : i & 4 | : she FF [ | MAGNETISY. Dr. Damo: ‘Treatment Cures Scores of Hopeless Invalids of Every Conceivable Disease. Hi rt i t rT rites laid aside their prejudices and adopted the magnetic some with praise of Washington's skill and bravery. In reply she said primly: “Gentle- men, here is too much flattery, Still,George Will not forget the lessons I have taught him; he will not forget himeelf, though he is an object of so much praise!” hero returned from his late triumphs the loving, shone through the coating of reserve for one brief mo- ment, while she welcomed him, then she be- came the self-poised woman again, and never once did she refer to her eon's tri- umphs. Only once in all history is she mentioned in public with Washington, Peace ball given in mother, tender and and that was at the Fredericksburg to celebrate his visit to the town at this time Attired in her widow's garb of black silk, with a cap and to Wertmuller might have been painted at this time. There are two pictures in existence, each said to be “the only authentic likeness” of the :nother of Washington. The picture which has hands that look like stuffed kid land, and is said to be the work of Hudson. belongs to the Morse family of Lakewood, e Wertmuller picture erty of Judge Townsend of New York city. Eac! claim to recognit but the members of the two families—the tons and Balls—have always insisted there was no picture of Mary Wi in existence. In 1788 the sands of life in this heretofore sabes & onariastie have been of wont 4 | for she seems to never have ailing, yet is _the prop- i es him in New York matron,” was —_——— Roberts’ New Billiard Record, Roberts, the English ‘Thursday at Manchester,