Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 21, 1903, Page 2

' I | LANDMARKS OF ALEXANDRIA Quaint Little Virginian Town Contains Many Meme::toes of the Highest Historical Interest. Of all; the interesting reminders of George Washington probably the least known and decidedly the least appre- ciated are to be found in the quaint little town of Alexandria, nestling on the banks of the Potomac a few miles below the national capital. In the days when Mount Vernon was the center of American heart interest and ~the site ef the present city of Wash- ington was but a broad expanse of green meadows Alexandyia was a city of consequence and the capital of a social domain quite as brilliant in its way as that which now holds sway at the American seat of government. George Washington always took the greatest interest in the welfare of the little city, whither he turned alike for supplies for his plantation and for the social diversions of which he was no- toriously fond. The great cobblestones in Alexandria’s streets were’ laid by the Hessian prisoners under shing- ton’s directions. Here the Masonic lodge of which he was worshipful mas- ter held its festivities, here he came to Sunday services in old Christ’s church, sitting with his family in the old square pew which yet bears the silver plate with the facsimile of his autograph, and here, finally, he came to indulge his proverbial fondness for dancing at the celebrated “birth night balls” instituted in his honor. However, George Washington’s con- nection with Alexandria dates back far beyond the time when he was feted mu ill 1 ill where as the nation’s hero. In this | community of a by-gone age with its colonial doorways of the Georgian pe- | riod, its Liverpool warehouses and | mansions set close to the pavement are the records of young Washington's enlistment in the French and Indian | war and indeed there is the old-house’ in which Gen. Braddock held council of war with five colonial governors. At Alexandria, too, Washington voted for the candidates for the house of bur- gesses at a time when the air was | filled with the first mutterings of the impending storm of revolt. Old Alexandria is rampant with fas- ecinating traditions relative to the greatest rebel of all times. It is re- lated that when as a boy he was study- ding surveying and living at Mount Ver- non, then the residence of his brother, dhe was wont torideinto Alexandria as many as ten times a week, each time mounted upon a different horse, any one of which would have delighted the | heart of a cavalryman. The future | leader of the continental army took | great interest in training the Alexan- : dria militia and many of its people | atcompanied him on the campaign which ended with Braddock’s defeat. After Washington married and in- therited Mount Vernon he greatly shocked the aristocratic society of Al- exandria by sending his market cart to the city to dispose of the produce of his estate, but he endeared himself ‘to the humbler portion of the com- munity by his work in securing the erection of the first town ptmp. In ‘his younger days he had been an ep- thusiastic member of the Alexandria volunteer fire company and assisted in extinguishing many a blaze. In 1775 he purchased, at a cost of $400, a small fire engine, and sent it to his fellow firemen in the little city on the Potomac. i Even the names of the streets in Alexandria are reminiscent of the old regime, the principal thoroughfares rejoicing in the names of King, Wash- ington, Princess, Duke, St. Asaph, Pitt and Fairfax. Thero may yet be vieweal the Lowrason or Smoot house, where Lafayette and his suite were quartered when the distinguished Frenchman was so royally entertained upon the occasion of his visit to Alexandria in 1825, and on King street is the Mar- shall house, where Col. Ellsworth of the New York zouaves paid the pen- alty of his life for tearing down a Con- federate flag—one of the most drama- tic incidents of the civil war. Even the houses which have no par- ticular historical association are so | strange as to give the visitors the im- pression that he has suddenly been set down in a‘foreign land in another coun- try. Rich carving ornaments the stair- eases; there are quaint old porticos. Century old walled-in gardens contrib- ute an air of mystery, heightened by damp courtyards and sepulchral wine yaults, and, finally, stately mahogany furniture, treasures in old china and somber old family portraits aid in car- rying out the impression. For all that did it not happen to be on the road from Washington to Mount Vernon it is likely that Alexandria would be al- most entirely neglected by the modern tourist: The most interesting place in Alex- andria, however, is the old Christ MARTE WASHINGTON upon the people of the parish for the purpose of building‘a new church at Alexandria, for which the ground was donated by Charles Alexander. The church was built for £600 by James Parsons, in accordance with plans drawn by an architect named Wren. On the day of acceptance ten pews were offered for sale, and No. 5 was purchased by Col. George Washing: ton for £386 10s, being the highest price paid. The woodwork and walls are white, which seems to add to the surround- ings a charming air of purity and sim- plicity. There is the altar, with its heavy canopy, on each side of which are large panels containing the origi- nal doctrines of the church printed in bold, old-fashioned letters. Direct- by Charles Alexander. To the left of the font is the reading pulpit. In the wall on each side of the chancel are set tablets. The one to the left is in- scribed “To the Memory of George Washington,” and the one to the right “To the Memory of Robert E. Lee.” In the middle of the room hangs an elaborate chandelier which was pre sented to the church in 1785 by. Wash- ington; it was made for candles, they being used for illuminating until 1853. Over on the Jeft side of the church is the pew which Washington bought for £36 10s. It is a high box, about five by eight feet in dimensions, and has straight-backed seats on three sides. All the pews were originally INIMIS COSTUNIE ANOIN DUDS MANNERS GREETEO te pcx POKE AUSCANOS GOESTS * y church, where Washington and Lee worshiped. There among the trees it stands, simple and unadorned in its architecture, and, with its old red brick walls and stately steeple, it looms up as a monument to the past. The north side of the building is al- most entirely covered with ivy. To the left of the church stretches the churchyard, with its solemn , tomb- stones, a century old, standing like sentinels guarding the last earthly zesting places of the dead forefathers. That Washington was faithful in his attendance at the meetings of his chureh is conclusively shown by the diary kept by himself, some of the en- tries in which are as follows: “1760, Feb. 9, Rev. C. Green dined at Mount Vernon. “1768, May 8, went to church from Colenel Bassett’s. “1768, June 5, to church at Alexan- dria, dined at Colonel Carlyle’s. “1768, July 10, vestry meeting. “1768, Sept. 9, vestry meeting at the new church, dined at Carlyle’s. “1769, April, church from Eltham and dined with Colonel Daingerfield at the pastor's. “1773, May 3, to Alexandria with lie Calvert. 4 “1774, June 24, to church at Alexan- dria. “1785, Sept. 15, sent my chariot to Alexandria for Miss Sally Ramsey and Kitty Thompson, to be bridesmaids for Fanny Bassett. Rev. Dr. Griffith and Rev. Dr. Grayson came to dinner.. After the candles were lighted George A. Washington and Miss Bassett were married by Rev. Dr. Grayson. “1788, Noy. 4, Mr. Herbert and lady, Mr. Potts and lady, Gen. Lee and lady dined here, with Count Mostier and the Marchioness of De Bretan.” In 1766 the vestry ordered a levy of 31,180 pounds of tobacco to be made ¢ Ni fob Ox er this size, but owing to an increasing congregation it was found necessary to divide each pew into two, Wash- ington’s alone being left as it was. On {the door of No. 5 is a little plate in- scribed with a facsimile of Washing- ton’s signature. The pew is now used by Lawrence Washington, a great- grand nephew of the general and one of the present vestrymen. He was, by the way, the first white male child born in the mansion at Mount Vernon. Across the aisle from Washington’s pew is No. 46, which was owned and used by Robert E. Lee. Lee was a vestryman of the church at the time the civil war broke out. The pew also bears a plate with a facsimile of the owner’s signature. In a little room at the back of the prayer books, collection purse, specifi- cations and contract for the building of the church and other things of in- terest. It is worth noting that the old prayer book in this collection was published in 1795, to take the place of the one formerly used, and to conform with the new practice of invoking the blessing of the Almighty for the Presi- dent and members of Congress, in- stead of for the king and members of parliament. An old Bible in the col- lection was one that belonged to Washington himself. Andrew Jackson’s Eulogy. Andrew Jackson—I witnessed the public conduct and private virtues of Washington and I saw and _ partici- pated in the confidence which he in- spired, when probably the stability of our institutions depended upon his per sonal influence’ Many years have passed over me since, but they have increased instead of diminishing my reverence for his character and my confidence in his princinles D church is a collection of hymnals, |. | WESTERN CANADA AROUSING GREAT INTEREST. _ | the Wondertat Yields of Wheat Attract- ing Thousands. Until the last five or sfx years but little attention was given to that vast area of grain-producing land lying north of the 49th parallel, and imme- diately adjoining the northern boun- daries of Minnesota and Dakota. The Canadians thémselves were aware of the wealth that lay there, but being unable to fully occupy it, they have asked the Americans to assist them in converting the land from its virgin state to one that will largely supplement the grain-producing area of the North American continent and the response has been most lib- eral. During the year 1901 upwards of 20,000 from the United States went over to Canada, being induced to set- tle there’ by the reports that reached them of the success of those who had preceded them during the previous years. This 20,000 was increased to 30,000 during the year 1902, and it is fully expected that there will be fully 50,000 during the present year. The work of the immigration branch of the Canadian government is not now be- ing directed towards giving informa- tion as to the advantages of settle ment in Canada as it is to extending an invitation to the Americans to fol- low those who have gone. ~ Those who have charge of the work point with considerable pride to the success of those who have been in- duced to take advantage of the offer of 160 acres of land free in Canada, and have no cause to hesitate in con- tinuing the invitation. Many of those interested say there are no more free homesteads to be had in Canada, but the writer has most positive assurance from the Canadian government that there are thousands of such home- steads to be had, and in one of the dis- tricts now being opened up fully as good as the best, and it is probably the best. The Canadian government has es- tablished agencies at St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chi- cago, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Milwau- kee, Wis.; Wausau, Wis.; Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo, Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand Forks, .N. Dakota, and Great Falls, Mont., and the suggestion is made that by addressing any of these, who are authorized agents of the government, it will be to the ad- vantage of the reader, who will be given the fullest and most authentic information regarding the results of mixed farming, dairying, ranching, and grain raising, and also supply in- formation as to freight and passenger rates, etc. Interviewing Old Luna. “If we can send a wireless message across the’ Atlantic why can’t we com- municate with the moon?” “I dunno. What do you want to communicate with the moon for?” “Oh, well, I might wish ’em a Happy New Year, or something. Besides that, we could get the latest quotations on green cheese, and find out whether those big lava beds are in the hands of the trust, and then I’d like to ask the man up there if the moon swears off every time it gets full. That’s all.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Opening for American Enterprise. First South American—What’s this big poster about? It’s pretty well got- ten up, but I don’t exactly understand it. It speaks of “great amusement golconda” and “stupendous aggrega- tion” and “king of tented amusement institutions.” Second South American—Oh, that’s a concern from the United States that has been in our country for some time. It travels from town to town, giving insurrection each afternoon and even- ing. Quite a success financially, I un- derstand.—Judge. New Cure for Lame Back Rutledge, Minn., Feb. 16th—Mr. E. C. Getchell of this place relates a happy experience which will be read with interest by those who have a similar trouble. It appears that last winter Mr. Get- chell was seized with a lameness and soreness in his back which grew worse and worse till at last it became very bad and made it very difficult for him to get about at all. After a time he heard of a new rem- edy for backache which some of his friends and neighbors said had cured them, and he determined to try, it. The name of the remedy is Dodd’s Kidney Pills and Mr. Getchell has proven that it isa sure cure. He bays: “I used two boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills according to directions, and my lame back was entirely cured and lam all O.K again. Dodd’s Kidney Pills are as good as represented.” This remedy is very popular here, and has worked some remarkable cures of Backache and Kidney Trou- ble. Very Dull, Indeed. Mrs. Uplaight—My husband prom- ised me to be home at 10 sharp, Mrs. Newitt—But he wasn’t? Mrs. Uplaight—Not quite. He got home at 3 dull.—Philadelphia Press. Piso’s Cure is the pest medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—W™. O. Expstey, Vanburen. Ind.. Feb. 10. 1900. One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.—Pub- lius Syrius. Dr. Edward Steiner of Richmond, Ind., will go to Russia to write the bi- ography of Count Leo Tolstoi. Railway companies uently hyp- Ancient and Modern Ideas on the Subject. Time and Disease the Effacing Agents of Beauty. What Has Science Done to Restore the Lily and the Rose? Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature, Theocritus a delightful prejudice, Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades 8 solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious gift of nature, Ovid a favor of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty was better than all the letters of recom- mendation in the world, and yet none of these distinguished authorities has left us even a hint of how beauty is to be perpetuated, or the ravages of age and disease defied. Time soon blends the lily and the rose into the pallor of age, disease dots the fair face with cutaneous disfigurations and crimsons the Roman nose with unsightly flushes, moth, if not rust, corrupts the glory of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by defacing the complexion, and fills the sensitive soul with agony unspeakable. If such be the unhappy condition of one afflicted with slight skin blemishes, what must be the feelings of those in whom torturing. humors have for years run riot, covering the skin with scales and sores and charging the blood with poisonous elements to become a part of the system until death? It is vain to attempt to por- tray such suffering. Death in many cases might be considered a blessing. The blood and fiuids seem to be im- *pregnated with a fiery element which, when discharged through the pores upon the surface of the body, inflames and burns until, in his efforts for relief, the patient tears the skin with his nails, and not until the blood flows does sufficient relief come to cause him to desist. Thus do complexional defects merge into torturing disease, and piqued van- ity give place to real suffering. A little wart on the nose or cheek grows to the all-devouring lupus, a patch of tetter on the palm of the hand or on the limbs suddenly envelops the body in its flery embrace, abruise on the le; expands into a gnawing ulcer, whic! reaches out its fangs to the sufferer’s heart in every paroxysm of pain, a small kernel in the neck multiplies into a dozen, which eat away the vitality, t-pearl-like scales grow from little rash-like inflammations in such abun- dance as to pass credulity; and so on may we depict the sufferings to which poor human nature is subject, all of because of personal disfigurations. If there were not another external disease known, eczema alone would be a sufficient infliction on mankind. It pervades all classes, and descends im- partially through generations. While some are constantly enveloped in it, others have it confined to small patches in the ears, on the scalp, on the breast, on the palms of the hands, on the limbs, etc., but everywhere its distinctive feature is a small watery fluid, causing heat, inflammation, and intense itching. Ring-worm, tetter, scalled head, dandruff, belong to this scaly and itc' ‘ng order of diseases. Psoriasis, aur modern leprosy, with its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on a@ reddened base, which bleeds upon the removal of the scale, is to be dreaded and avoided, as of old. Im- petigo, barber's itch, erysipelas, and a score of minor disorders make up in part the catalogue of external diseases of the skin. Thus far we have made no allusion to those afflictions which are manifestly impurities of the blood, viz.: swelling of the glands of the throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs, tumors, abscesses, and mercurial poisons, with loss of hair, because the whole list can be comprehended in the one word scrofula. It is in the treatment of torturing, disfiguring humors and affections of the skin, sealp, and blood, with loss of hair, that the Cuticura remedies have achieved their greatest success. Orig- inal in composition, scientifically com- pounded, absolutely pure, unchangeable in any climate, alway.s ready, and agree- able to the most delicate and sensitive, they present to young and old the most successful curative of modern times. This will be conside ed strong language by those acquainted with the character and obstinacy of blood and skin humors but it is justified by innumerable suc- cesses where all the remedies and meth- ods in vogue have failed to cure, and, in many cases, to relieve, even. The Cuticura treatment fs at once agreeable, speedy, economical, and comprehensive. Bathe the affected parts freely with hot water and Cuti- cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Oin tment which involve great mental distress | blister, which discharges an acrid | to allay itching, irritation, and inflam- mation, and soothe and heal, and, lastly, take Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood. This treatment af- fords instant relief, permits rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other itching, burning, and scaly humors, and points toa speedy, perma- nent, and economical cure of torturing, disfiguring humors, eczemas, rashes, and inflammations, from infancy to age, when all other remedies and the best physicians fail. The remedies con- stituting the Cuticura system will repay an individual scrutiny of their remark- able properties. Cuticura Soap contains in a modified form the medicinal properties of Cuti- cura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest and sweetest of emollients, com- bined with the most delicate and re- freshing of flower odors. It purifies and invigorates the pores of the skin, and imparts activity to the oil glands and tubes, thus furnishing an outlet for unwholesome matter, which if re- tained would cause pimples, black- heads, rashes, oily, mothy skin, and other complexional disfigurations, as well as scalp affections and irritations, falling hair, and baby rashes. Its gen- tle and continuous action on thenatural lubricators of the skin keeps the latter transparent, soft, flexible, and hezlthy. Hence its constant use, assisted by an occasional use of Cuticura Ointment, realizes the fairest complexion, the softest, whitest hands, and the most luxuriant, glossy hair within the do- main of the most advanced scientific knowledge to supply. Cuticura Ointment is the most suc- cessful external curative for torturing, disfiguring humors of the skin and scalp, including loss of hair, in proof of which a single anointing with it, preceded by a hot bath with Cuticura Soap, and followed in the severer cases | by a full dose of Cuticura Resolvent, is . sufficient to afford immediate relief in the most distressing forms of itching, -burning, and scaly humors, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy cure when all other remedies fail. It is espe- cially so in the treatment of infants and children, cleansing, soothing, and healing the most distressing of infan- tile humors, and preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, and hair. Cuticura Ointment possesses, at the same time, the charm of satisfying | the simple wants of the toilet of all ages, in caring for the skin, scalp, hair, and hands far more effectually, agreeably, and economically than the most expensive of toilet emollients, while free from every ingredient of a doubtful or dangerous character. Its | «One Night Treatment of the Hands,” | or ‘Single Treatment of the Hair,” or use after athletics, cycling, golf, ten- nis, riding, sparring, or any sport, each in connection with the use of Cuticura Soap, is sufficient evidence of this. Of all remedies for the purification of the blood and circulating fluids, none approaches in specific medical action Cuticura Resolvent. It neutralizes and resolves away (hence its name) scrofu- lous, inherited, and other humors in the blood, which give rise to swellings of the glands, pains in the bones, and torturing, disfiguring eruptions of the skin and scalp, with loss of hair. Cuticura Resolvent extends its puri- fying influence by means of the pores to the surface of the skin, allaying irritation, inflammation, itching, and burning, and soothing and healing. Hence its success in the treatment of distressing humors of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair, which fail to be permanently cured by external remedies alone. The grandest testimonial that can be offered Cuticura remedies is their world-wide sale, due to the personal recommendations of those who have used them. It is difficult to realize the mighty growth of the busine~s done under thisname. From asmn!! begin- ning in the simplest form, against prej- udice and opposition, against monied hosts, countless rivals, and trade in- difference, Cuticura remedies have be- come the greatest curatives of their time, and, in fact, of all time, for no- where in the history of medicine is to be found another approaching them in popularity and sale. In every clime and with every people they have met with the same reception. The confines of the earth are the only limits to their growth. They have conquered the world. To the test of popular judgment all things mundane must finally come. The civilized world has rendered its verdict in favor of Cuticura. Hewitt—Who won the ball game this afternoon? Jewett—Gruet; he drank ten to my nine.—New York Sun. DR. COFFEE Discovers Remedies That Restore Sight to Blind People. Dr. W. O. Coffee, a noted beulist, 360 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa, has discovered med- Icines for the eyes ‘that people can use at home and cure Cataracts, Scums, Granulated Ulcers or Blindness and restore sight. Dr. Coffee has published an tae! book on Eye Diseases which he will send Free to every reader of this paper. This book tells how to revent old sight and make weak eyes strong. Write Dr. Coffee today for his book. Turning his face to the wall, the brave Frank wept bitterly —New York Times. - AVE MONEY Buy your goods at Wholesale Prices, Our 1,000-page catalogue will be sent upon receipt of 15 cents. This amount does not even pay the postage, but it is sufficient to show us that you are acting in good faith. Better send for it. now. Your ina trade with us—why not PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Reuben Adams, Minneapolis, Minn., automatic toy; August Anderson, Min- neapolis, Minn., butter printing ma- chine; Knud Kerol, Jr., Highland, Minn., regulator for windmills; Alex- ander McCulloch, - Winnebago City, Minn., exhibitor; Carl Neubauer, Vir- ginia, Minn., rail fastening; Herbert Penney, Minneapolis, Minn., steam generator; Claude Turner, Minneapolis, Minn., suspended car transfer; George Wackerow, Mellette, S. D., strainer. throp and Johnson, patent att a 012 Pioneer. Press Bldg., St. Paul. ‘item The more we do the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.—Hazlitt. WESTERN CANADA Is attracting more attention any other district ‘Water; Fuel ding Material AND PURITY ~ > ee