The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Remarkable Recovery of a Waahlnj-
ton Woman.
Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash-
ington Sta., Centralia, Wash., with ono
kidney gone, the
other badly diseased,
and five doctors In
consultation, w a a
thought to be in a
hopeless state The
story of Mrs. Shear-
er's awful sufferings,
and her wonderful
cure through using
Doan's Kidney Pills, Is a long one, but
will interest any sufferer with backache
or kidney trouble, and Mrs. Shearer will
tell it to any one who writes her, en-
closing a stamp. "I am well aud active,
though 65 years old, and give all the
credit to Doan's Kidney I'ills," says
Mrs. Shearer.
Remember the name—Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Pitching a Curve.
Game Warden.—This deer was found
dead on your premises, and yet you
deny that you killed it ?
Farmer.—Waal, it happened like
this: My wife was throw in' a stun at
the hens, an' some way the deer,
which, was feedin' round back o* the
barn, got hit.
Oeor^e Washington's
Neglected Birthplace
HEDGING.
Doubtful.
A teacher was telling a claaa at
school on a recent Sunday about the
deluge, remarking:
"And then It rained for 40 days and
49 nights.
Then a little boy asked: "Were the
farmers aatlsfled then, mUa?"—Tit-
bit*.
Well—Yei.
"If you want a thine well done—"
"Get an expert to do It for you.
Ain't that more sense than what you
were going to say?"
EORGE WASHING-
ton's home and tomb
at Mount Vernon have
become a Mecca for
continual pilgrimage*
by the people of a
grateful nation, to say
nothing of the fre-
quent visits of dis-
tinguished foreigners;
but, oaaiy enough, the birthplace of
the Father of His Country, located
some miles nearer the mouth of the
Potomac, Is neglected and to a con-
siderable extent unknown. Fortu-
nately a movement has been recent-
ly inaugurated to restore and pre-
serve Waketleld plantation, where
Washington was born and where he
spent his boyhood. This project la
coincident with the plan for the res-
toration of Stratford, the birthplace of
Robert E. Lee.
The opportunities for a memorial
shrlno to the military leuder of the
confederacy are, however, somewhat
superior to those at Wakefield, for
whereas the ancestral hoino of the
Lees Is yet standing In a fair state
of preservation there are no rem-
nants of the old buildings at Wake-
Held save same tumble-down log
structures of uncertain origin which
are reputed to have once served as
Blave quarters, but which are now
utilized as corn cribs.
The old manor house In which
George Washington opened hlB eyes
upon the world was burned In the
last century, but the brick chimney,
within the arch of which four people
' iould Bit, and the cornerstone with a
portion of the foundation were saved.
Shortly before the civil war the his-
toric farm passed Into the hands of a
family which at the outset showed
WALDON FAWCETT
wisely directed, will cause her to
give to lier little ones only the most
wholesome and beneficial remedies
and only when actually needed, and
the well-informed mother U9es only
the pleasant and gentle laxative rem-
edy—Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna—when a laxative is required,
as it is wholly free from all objec-
tionable substances. To get its ben-
eficial effects always buy the genu-
ine, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
Sick Cows
arc often dosed with salts,
which open up their bowels
but result in constipation asi
an after-effect
BLACK-DRAUGHT'
STOCK & POULTRY
MEDICINE
acts miich better, has no bad
after-effects and regulates
the liver and stomach as well
as the bowels. It cures.
Ask your dealer.
25c. 50c. and $1. Per Can.
pet
AGENTS
Drop everything ela<
■rid writ® to me. g. f .
Bible ntude iO o day.
IIIM ■••rl la your f*i
U . No Capital rvqulrvd
1 furnlHhit.u
ptat* h urklntr e
an lntU'|H*mlen
your own Noexperlt-iHrnro
emmrj. 1 give you auM-«M>fu)
tiirfuod* •ml Milling plana.
After mtaltllMilnv u bunlnaaa
In your own town additional
territory will he amdiMtrd.
Work miltalile ami |>r.<nut U
permanent. In tlil* tnmineaa
you will not earn hip money
In two hmira ami then noth
Injr more for a weak hut will
ha--* a profitable regular In-
come of •%(*! to 10 (NIK day,
every day lluHtlera alwaya
I wraat hunt let*. He vourow n
■ loniitwtalillidied lectmnte line-
tmi; representative wanted In eaoh
dint riot. Write today Se. iro jour territory and atart
at o ire. Money made the llral nay.
EDWIN f. BALCK, 1 W. Xlnjlo St.. Chicago. III.
BROWN'S
Bronchial Troches
Instantly relieve Sora Throat. Hoarscncu and
^WALPON
of Jtfijx&jvcrtanr
<Jr
Visitor—Yes, I think this painting of
yours. "The Old Mill," is a wonderful
painting; a great work of art!
Artist—Thank you, sir! Perhaps you
might wish to buy it!
Visitor—Why—er—er—well, yes! I'll
give you three dollars for it if you'll
throw in a nice frame!
The Wonderful Y. M. C. A.
In the past ten years no other re-
ligious organization has receited bo
much money as the Y. M. C. A. Mil- j
lions have been raised for new build- j
ings all over the land, and with no ap- 1
parent strain. Its businees-llke admin- ;
istratiou of its vast resources, its en-
ergy in pushing its work—in the cities j
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
De Forest, TV is.—
"After an opera-
tion four years ago
X had pains down-
ward in both sides,
backache, and a
weakness. The doe-
tor wanted me to
hare another opera-
tion. XtookLydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
ble Compound and
I am entirely cured
. | "f my troubles."—
ana through the railroad, army -and Mrg ArorsTE VEsrEBMAKsr. lie For-
navy branches—and its tine policy in eg^ ^yi8C0Ilsin.
following the armies in all recent j Another Operation Avoided*
wars, have created for it a world-wide Kew Orleans, La.—"For years isof-
enthusiasm. At the last banquet of j fered from severe female trouble*
the international committee, Senator Finally I was confined to my bed and
h'ad made the doctor said an operation was neces-
the structure the few bricks remain-
ing from the old house and using the
original cornerstone.
Root affirmed that they
their way by working with men more
than by talking to them, saying:
"Come with us," not **Go do that."
| By their appeal to all classes of Chrls-
i tians, as well as to non-Christians,
! they have kept out of doctrinal theol-
tion "Washington's Birthplace." and Ggy, and by their activity in good works
in Email letters at the base the words: they have escaped cant in religion.
"Erected by the United States, A D. All interested in saving our boys und
1895." Latterly plans have been pro- young men rejoice in their world-wide
Jected for rebuilding the old mansion, gUCcess.—Leslie's Weekly.
placing in a conspicuous portion of
A Polish Marriage.
A Polish couple came before a jus-
tice of the peace to be married. The
In the old family burying ground
young man handed him the marriage
at Wakefield there has recently been ucense an(j the pair stood up before
put in place a granite slab In memory him
of Augustine Washington, father of „j0
George Washington. This stone wag ^Bve
provided by the Society of the Colo- They dj(J B0 and the jUfitlce looked
nlal Dames of America. In this grave- Rt document, ivhich authorized him
yard, also, is a marble slab bearing ^ unite jn marriage Zacharewiee
an inscription that indicates that perczynskl and Loekowarda Jeulinski.
was placed in its present position in , Ah"era! he Bajdf "Zacha—h'ra—
Probably the principal reason for
the neglect of Wakefield by the tour-
1st throi'K that visits Mount Vernon Is found In
the Isolation of Washington's birthplace. In con-
Junction with the erection of the governmental ^
man to be," etc.
monument at Wakefield a substantial P,cr | "Yes, sir," replied the woman,
built extending some distance out into e "Then I pronounce you man and
*- shoal water ana
gary. I pave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-
etable Compound a trial first, and
was saved from an operation.'*—Mrs.
Lily Peyroux, 1111 KerlerecSt, New
Orleans, La
Thirty ye£
confirms the
mac. but this pier Is sow In snoai «"' ■ i wlfe.. Bald the justice, giad to find
none of the larger steamers plying on e something he could pronounce, "and 1
mac can reach It. In consequence the only avail-
able means of reaching Wakefield I. to take p«-
sat;c on one of the steamerB bound for Colonial
Beach, the leading summer resort of the lower
Potomac, and upon arrival at the beach to either
charter a launch for the trip to Wakefield or else
reach the same goal by a considerable drive over
roads that are none too good. Even this time-
mother of Washington,
It was broken and Its
fragments lie there to-
day, moss-grown and
vine-covered. Later ou
picnic parties landed
on the sandy beach
and made such a prac-
tice of carrying away
the bricks as souvenirs
that John W. WilBon,
the owner of the farm,
took steps to prevent
further trespassing.
Only a few of the old
bricks, together with
the cornerstones, are
now left. These bricks,
by the way. were
brought over from Eng-
land nearly two centu-
ries ago. serving as ballast for the vessels, which
also brought all the woodwork and other fur-
nlfhings The broad portico of the old house
faced the Potomac, which Is here miles In width.
and In the estimation of many persons the view
at this point surpasses that at either Arlington
or Mount Vernon.
In the yiar 1895 the national government
erected at Wakefield a miniature copy of the
Washington national monument with the lnscrlp-
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sumptuous provision was enjoyed with much
b'm—ski, do you take this woman,"
etc.
"Tea, sir," responded the young
man.
Leo—h'm—eh—ski, do you take
Thirty years of unparalleled success
_ jnfirmB the power of Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume of
unsolicited testimony constantly pour-
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
a remarkable remedy for those dis-
tressing feminine ills from which go
many women suffer.
1 yon want spocialadvleeaboirt
yonf case write to Mrs. I*ink ham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advioe ll
free, and always helpful.
heartily congratulate you both on hav-
ing reduced those two names to one."
—Lippincott'6 Magazine.
Stat* or Ohio Cttt or Toledo. I
Lucas County. ( "•
Fran* J. Che sit mukwi oath that he to senior
of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.. doln«
la the City of Toledo. County and Btata
ESS
are none ™ • . , , oIorwuiM. und that uld nrm will pay tlie «tim of
method of making a pilgrimage 10 ONE hundred dollars for each and every
I C*&vns2~- car ZWJS-
\ 7V27Y/&& OF CSKX&i
home appreciation for its associations. A suc-
ediug generation, however, demolished the
| chimney and the remnants of the walls in order
to secure the bricks.
marble slab, bearing an Inscription giving
| the date of Washington's birth and other infor-
mation. which had been sot into the great arch
: of the fireplace above mentioned was removed to
\ the old family burying ground, but in placing It
! beneath two ancient iig trtes, planted by the
consuming
Wakefield is impracticable in winter.
Washington is the mightiest name of the
earth -long since mightiest In moral reformation.
On that name a eulogy is expected. It cannot
be To add brightness to the sun or glory to the
name of Washington is alike impossible. Let
none attempt It. In solemn awe pronounce the
name and in Its naked, deathless splendor leave
it shining on.—Abraham Lincoln.
America has furnished to the world the char-
acter of Washington. And If our American insti-
tutions had done nothing else that ulone would
have entitled tliem to the respect of mankind.
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fctckp.l a l.iuticlMu I
Coughi. Unexcelled tot clc.' ing th
iutcly free from oput« or anything harmlxU.
Price, 25 cents, 50 c«nta and J.OO pet box.
nipk «ent on rcquaxt.
JOHN I. BROWN & SON. IWon. Maw.
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pi so'S
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Xtt. M.ST mvm to*
1 Gives instant relief when little throats
2 are irritated and sore. Contains
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V as it is effective.
AU Drwiata. 28 c«ota.
Come, boys, clone the window ami make agood l\re.
Wife, children, sit snug all around;
'Tin the day that gave birth to our country's bleua'd
sire.
Then let It with pleasure bo crowned.
Dear wlffl, bring your wine, and In spits of hard
tunes
On tills day at least we'll be merry;
Come, fill every glass till It pours o'er the brim.
If not with madeira—then sherry.
—Old Song.
I1R foregoing verse is from one of the
old birthday songs in honor of George
Washington. These songs were sung
even during the lifetime of the flrst
president. For Washington was alone
among Americans in having his birth-
day regularly and publicly celebrated
during his lifetime.
The honor of having originated the public ob-
servance of February 22 is one of which the town
of Alexandria, Va., is Jealously proud. Alexifndria
was Washington's county town. He attended
church there; he voted and paid taxes there;
his physician lived there; he bought of its trades-
men, contributed to its charities, was head of its
Masonic lodge, organized its fire brigade.
Washington and Alexandria either contradict
the theory that a prophet is not appreciated at
home or they are an exception to prove the rule.
Right after the close of the revolution Alexandria
began to celebrate the birthday of her hero.
Perhaps the old town had acquired the habit,
for the birthnight balls In honor of King George
had been the climax of social functions under the
old regime. At any rate never was allegiance
more ardently transferred and the new birthnight
balls became even more elaborate than the old.
Alexandria having set the fashion, other
places took up the custom. In 1784 the French
officers who had served under Washington cele-
brated February 22 In Paris; that is to say. it
was not then February 22. but. according to the
reckoning of that day. February 11.
While he was president the birthday was al-
ways celebrated at the city which was the capi-
tal for the time being. At night there wore gala
performances at the theaters and a ball which
the president and his wife attended.
It is recorded that one of these balls in Phila-
delphia was enlivened by the fact that many of
the young ladles wore twined among their curls
bandeaux embroidered with the words, "Long live
the President!" On these occasions the presi-
dent and Mrs. Washington were conducted to a
sofa placed under a canopy. The president did
not stay there much, but moved about among the
other guests with the dignified courtesy which
always marked him in society.
On his birthday In 1797 he and Mrs. Washing-
ton were In Philadelphia. The ships In the har-
bor were dressed with flags and the houses were
decorated. Every half hour the church bells rang.
Government officials and foreign diplomats
called to congratufate him. The ball at night was
in the amphitheater, specially floored and deco-
rated. There were about f 00 guests and accord-
ing to an eye witness "every countenance be-
spoke pleasure and approbation; even Democrats
forgot for a moment their enmity."
The next year, 1798. Washington nttended the
celebration given by his friends and neighbors
at Alexandria and some accounts declare that It
was the last time he did so. He was at Mount
Vernon in 1799 on his birthday. It being the occa-
sion of one of the greatest festivities In the his-
tory of the mansion, the marriage of Nelly Cus-
tis. The ceremony wns performed at early
candlelight In the banquet room and was attend-
ed by the gentlefolk from all the country around.
In spite of the wedding, however. Washington
seems to have Blipped away for a look In on the
doings at Alexandria; for there Is an account of
that celebration In an old copy of the Alexandria
Gazette In which his presence Is mentioned. The
great event of that particular day was a sort of
sham attack on the town by three companies of
local Infantry. They were embarked on the
armed schooners Neptune. Trial and Mercury and
succeeded In making two landings, but after "a
heavy and continuous street fighting" were finally
compelled to surrender.
The general had arrived soon after the affair
began and when the evolutions were closed he
"presented his highest respects tc^ all the parties
engaged in them." Apparently being due for the
wedding eight miles distant, he did not remain
for any of the dinners which followed and at
which so extreme a number of toasts were drunk
that one trembles at the thought of how the
youthful soldiers acquitted themselves at the ball
in the evening.
That was the last of his birthdays which
Washington himself lived to celebrate, but his
home town faithfully continued the custom.
G. W. P. Custis, the grandson of Mrs. Washing-
ton. spoke at the public dinner in 1849 and said
it was the sixtieth celebration of February 22
which he had attended In Alexandria. The ao-
count of that dinner, by ihe way, say i that "the
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presenoe,
this 6th day ot Dcoembcr, A. D.. 1886.
. —. A. W. GLEASON.
^ SBAL f Notakt Public.
Hall's Catarrh Care to taken Internally and art*
directly upon the blood and mucous sartowa of th«
■ysiem. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo. O-
Sold by all Druwrlste. T5c.
luke llall'a Family rills for constipation.
Put a Shirt on Greeley.
The excellent cut of Horace Gree-
ley's birthplace at Amherst, N. H., in
the Sunday Herald of recent date sug-
gests this anecdote which may be of
interest:
The room in which he was born is
now occupied as a sitting room. A
visitor some years ago asked a lady
living near by if she remembered ever
At Last They've Found a
CURE for Liver Troublet
A CURE THAT CURES; a liver
remedy which not only cleanses
and purifies that organ, but ener-
gises and vitalizes it without irri-
tating—
SIMMON'S
Liver Purifier
IN YELLOW TIN BOXES ONLY
And the best cure for constipa-
tion known.
Tell your druggist you want it; say
"SIMMON'S" and stick to it. He's
got it. If he hasn't he'll get it for
you. And it's the one remedy TO
get to get rid of Liver Trouble.
At All Druggists, Eferywhere, 25o, and $1
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, Teui
hilarity, tempered, however, with moderation
Besides the birthnight halls there was another ge(.|ng Horace Greeley, and she re-
feature Iif the early celebrations in Alexandria pi^j; "Well, yes; 1 have a very early
which was peculiar to that town. Washington remembrance of him. 1 put the flrst
bad founded an orphan asylum there and when sbjrt on him."—Boston Herald.
on his birthday there would be a meeting, with
an,orator, in one of the churches, the orphans
were conspicuously present and came in for a
special piece of oration. The account of the
meeting in 1840 sayB that after the oration a col-
lection was taken up for the benefit of the asy-
lum.
The Alexandria celebrations were often ad-
dressed by O. W P. Custis. In 1811 Richard B.
Lee was the orator. Some idea of newspaper
methods of that day may be had from the fact
that although the celebration that time was men-
tioned in the Gazette of February 23, it was not
until February 25 that a real account appeared.
During the civil war the celebration of th®
birthday ceased. Alexandria was ardently south-
ern In Its sympathies and was, moreover, too
much in the track of war to take notice of even
Its own pet anniversary. It was not until 1870
that it began o feeble revival of the old festival.
That time there was merely a presentation of a
stand of colors to the cadets of St. John's acad-
emy by the young ladles of Mount Vernon InsU-
tute.
In 1872 the cadets paraded and there was a
birthnight ball once more. In 1876 a real celebra-
tion was arranged, to which "thousands of strang-
ers" came and upon which occasion "the houses
that were mourning at Lee's death"—Robert E.
Lee—"all displayed the American flag." Many
houses displayed pictures of Lee and Washington
side by side. But there was no birthnight ball,
and on the platform of the speaker's stand there
was a vacant chair placed to honor the memory
of G. W. P. Custis. "the old man eloquent."
Since 1876 the celebrations have been rather
Irregular In the town which originated them. But
of late years a society has been formed which
arranges and carries out an elaborate programme
every alternate year. Whereas the orphans used
to be a center of birthday attention, the Interest
Is divided now between the Bremen and the sol-
diers.
Last year there were detachments of federal
troops and of United States sailors In addition to
the District militia. Washington has a perma-
nent claim to pose as Alexandria's "favorite sod"
and these biennial affairs are the biggest things
of their sort In the country. February 22 la th«
Aiexandrlan'a glorious Fourth.
He Owned Up.
"Own up, now. Who's the head of
your family?"
"My wife U8ed to be," admitted Mr. |
Enpeck, "but since my daughters are j
grown, we have a commission form of
government."—Exchange.
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the Ihrer ta right tha
•tomach and bowels are right
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gendy but firmly com.
pel a lazy liver to
do its duty.
Cures Con*
•tipation,
IndigeS'
tion,
Sick
Headache, and Distress after Eating.
Small Pill. Small Dose, Small Prica
GENUINE must bear signature:
For a Tough Beard or Tender Skin
NO STROPPING NO HONING
CARTER'S
ITTLE
PILLS.
WORLD OVER
The more expensive a thing Is the gtarcli"R only 12 ounces—MAM price and
easier It Is to get along without It. "DEFIANCE" 18 SUPERIOR QUALITY.
More Free
Homesteads
Secretary Ballinger has ordered 1,400.000 acres of
choice land thrown open to settlers under the home-
stead laws, on and after March 1, 1910. This land
is mostly level or rolling prairie and is covered with
a heavy growth of wild grass. The soil is a brown
clay loam. This land lies in Valley County,
Eastern Montana
It is known to he very fertile and wherever farming
has been carried on, good yields of wheat, oats, rye,
barley, flax, alfalfa, hay, potatoes and even corn have
been obtained. The land is free under the homestead
laws. No registration—no drawing. No long waits
and disappointments as is the case with the lottery sys-
tem. No expense—except the few dollars for filing fee.
The Great Northern Railway is now
building a branch line through the very
heart of the tract Low one way and
round trip rates during March and April.
Send for map folder giving full detail*.
Ask for "Rocky Boy" Indian Land, Circular.
E. C. LEEDY
General Immigration Atfent
1215 Great Northern ftld^.
St. Paul. Minn.
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