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MR. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The popularity of Mr. George Wash'ngton,
spmetimea known as Pater Patriae, does not
seem to be waning. On the contrary, the
demands of tho enterprising press for a
good, fresh supply of information about him
every 22 of February has opened up a
lucrative vein for numerous ladies and gen
tlemen who make their living by the pen,
and in consequence there is springing up
an extensive literature of stories, anecdotes
and tacts entirely new, and which must be
a great surprise to Mr. Washington himself,
If, as the Spiritualists claim, he is still keep
ing track of mundane affairs. I cannot say
that I have discovered anything really new
about him. not having a faculty that can
easily and happily do that sort of thing,
but. as wo cannot have too much of a good
thing, the salient facts of his eareer as
already established may bo once more set
forth.
George Washington was born In West
moreland county. Virginia. Feb. 22, 1732. If
I remember aright, of weil-to-do but honest
parents. I have looked into the colonial
newspapers of that period to see If there
was much discussion of p. matter so im
portant to the country's future, but there
seems at the time to have been an apathetic
indifference to the event. A remarkable co
incidence is brought to light by one of hi
biographers, who states that throughout
hi3 life he had a disposition to invest in
Western lands, and that there x some sub
tle association between this fact and his
being born in West-morc-land must be ap
parent to any one who can see abrrusely.
One of .Washington's greatest misfortunes
was that he had no genealogy to speak of.
One enthusiastic biographer, indeed, made
a herculean effort on his behalf and traced
him back to Odin, but he could not show
enough documents to establish the claim,
so it fell through; and. what Is infinitely
worse, the democratic populace never
seemed to appreciate this industrious delver
or to care a rap whether George came from
Odin or Adam. This is due to lack of cul
ture. The value of a family tree as an ad
junct to greatness is coming to be perceived
in some parts of our land, and the uncertain
antecedents of Washington. Lincoln and
Others of our notable men lay us open to
the charge of plebeianism, which is very
galling -when we think of the large, iine
family trees they have in the old world.
There is no doubt, however, that George
had immediate ancestors on both sides of
the house. His father is known to fame
as an inordinate admirer of the truth, who
sowed his son's autograph in the cabbage
bed and tried to make him believe it had
just "come there." Any lover of rare lit
erature who will take the trouble to look
up and read Mr. Weems's touching ac
count of this little episode will never re
gret it. His mother is well known as the
mother of the father of his country (which
would make her tho grandmother of her
country.) There were also various brothers
and sisters, but they were entirely su
perfluous and are usually di?mlsscd with
briefest mention as little other than inter
lopers who tried to wedge their way Into
notice by appearing in this particular
family.
After Washington became the father of
his country there arose a public demand
for some anecdotes of his youth, and Mr.
Weems, the tirst notable biographer on the
ground, appreciating that demand, put on
the market an assortment of very excellent
ones that have proved staple articles. They
are not, however, designed to meet the ex
actions of modern ciiticlsm. and the de
molishing of them still remains for tne
producer of Washlngtoniana. For exam
ple, the famous cherry-tree incident. In
the lirst place, there is no more proof that
the tree in question was a cherry tban
that the oft-cited tree of Eden was an ap
ple, yet the former, like the latter, is
swallowed by the child-like multitudes, and
the wor.der Is that some enterprising nur
seryman has not propagated a variety from
the seeds of this first one and thus Intro
duced to the grocer's shelves a Washing
ton brand of canned cherries, wrapped in
a bright-colored picture of the immortal
chopping scene. Even the hatchet which
cut such a part in tho ailair has not been
preserved, whereas every relic repository in
the land should have-on e.
Internal evidence, however. Is against the
truth of this story. The adult who, with a
full-srown ax. has, once attempted to cut
down a tree realizes the impossibil
ity of such a feat by a puny boy with
a small hatchet. Mr. Gladstone, the English
statesman, by virtue of his great intellect
anl versatility, got so that he could do it
with considerable skill; but. though we are
willing to admit that Washington was
greater than any Englishman could possi
bly be it sccma hardly probable that he had
at the age of fix years a proficiency that
the Grand Old Man acquired only after he
liad come to the maturity of his powers.
Another disproof of the story is In George's
alleged statement that he "could not. tell
a lie." The profound study of humanity
which distinguishes the present age utterly
discredits this, and the only rational con
clusions are either that it is one of those
unscrupulous fabrications that aim to de
humanize our idol and enthrone him on an
artificial, unreal pedestal, or else the child
did not yet realize his own capabilities
and was simply prattling.
When Washington became a young man
he developed what the French call a pong
shong for tho miHtary, and, along with
General Ilraddock and his retinue, went
over to Pittsburg to correct pome misunder
standing with the French and Indians about
real estate matters there. The visit proved
a howling, or rather a yelling, success
but net for Braddock. Mr. li. was a British
gentleman of choleric temperament, and
what is very unusual in Britons with an
overwhelming opinion of himself and a dis
position to have his own way. He went
on hl3 Jaunt fully expecting to fight, but
relying on the natives of Pittsburg to
properly observe the courtesies of war and
fight according to tho rules as laid down
In the best books and recognized by the
code of nations. I do not want to say
anything injudicious or unkind. The French
mny havo been gentlemen I do not for a
moment imply that they were not, but the
aborigines, whom some delight to call "the
noble red man," were simply a low
class, and that's all there is of it.
Washington, who, though but a colo
nial stripling, was no chump, Intimated that
they would not be above some scurvy trick,
but Braddock, unablo to believe that any
race of m?n could be so dead to honor, and
with a profound ccntempt for colonial
striplings, waddled straight ahead, and,
sure enough, tho Indians took advantage of
the trust reposed In them, disregarded
lloyle utterly, and acted outrageously. I
do not know whether the people of Pitts
burg ever Justified the affair, but this up
rising of her hoodlum element is an ugly
blot on the fair page of her history. It was
at this riot that a remarkable thing oc
curred. The gallant Washington, riding
among his men and Inciting them to cour
age, was a conspicuous person, and an In
dian chief, calling together his crack
marksmen, ordered them to perforate the
young officer. These savages, whose com
mon pastime was to split bullets on a
knife blade at sixty paces, smiled com
placently at the easy Job, for the Virginian
was six feet three inches in his stirrups
pnd robust in proportion; but they wotted
not that he bore a charmed life. The bul
lets ere they reached their mark curved
around him, frequently hitting people on
the other side. Other favored mortals have
had this power to turn bullets, or, in com
mon parlance, have borne charmed live;,
and there has been much mention of it by
biographers.
Some years later when an unpleasantness
arose between the colorie3 and the mamma
country about a few caddies of tea, an or
dinance was passed to rid the country of
redcoats, and Washington was .awarded the
contract. It was quito a Job, for redcoats,
liko the Norway rats, had become a great
pest, but Washington was eminently suc
cessful, and after it was all over received
many congratulations. Then as a token of
the universal gratitudo they took his meas
ure and had made for him a
brand new presidential chair. This
chair has proved somewhat too large for
most of those who have since nestled down
in it, but it nt Mr; W. to a T, and he sat
in it continuously for eight years, doing
ome very good service, It is paid. At the
end of the second tctm, contrary to the
popular wi:?h, ho abdicated the new oflic?.
but in somj Ioca'ities they continued to
voto for him till, in the fullness of time,
they transferred their allegiance to Ati-
drow Jackson, whom they still support.
"Washington had various deficiencies and
eccentricities:. He never knew how to make
the most of himself verbally indeed, as a
talker, ho didn't amount to shucks, and
when, in early manhood, he was sent to
the Virginia Legislature, he was conspicu
ous chiefly by his silence. To be sure, he
did things, and always seemed to vote on
tho right side of questions, but a man in
the Legislature who won't talk is simply
blind to his opportunities; besides which it
looks like an indisposition to earn his sal
ary. Apparently ho was entirely oblivious
of the fact that every man owes a great
duty to himself, ard, among other thing,
he sot an uncomfortable precedent by re
fusing to accept any salary for his public
services. How utterly at variance this Is
with tho doctrines of that innumerable
army who seek to serve the public need not
be pointed out. If such eccentricities were
indulged in now there Is no doubt that there
would speedily be a federation of politicians
to protect tho interests of the profession.
Eery man owes something to his craft,
and the refusal of a public servant to feed
as heartily as possible at the public crib Is
little short of an affront to the other crib
lers. After looking at Mr. Washington from
all s'.des with an unbiased mind, we con
clude that he was about right. If any one
dissents from us we hope they do so quietly
and unobtrusively, because wo are not
wantonly seeking a racket.
GEO. S. COTTMAX.
They Will SinngKle.
Washington Post.
There are times when I agree with Lom
brosla that woman i devoid of the highest'
moral sense. There is Just one misdemean
or that a woman will commit every time
she can. Phe will smuggle. 1 went out to
luncheon Thursday, and out of nine women
at the table eight confessed to having
smuggled. The ninth well, the ninth had
never been across the border. One of the
women was abroad just list summer, and
bought, among other things, an-enameled
watch. Custom regulations. 1 believe, allow
only one watch duty free. She had already
the one watch, so. as the ship neared the
dock, she carefully pinned the dainty little
watch under the lapel of her jacket. She
says she's in favor of free trade, anyway.
So she was really only showing the courage
of her convictions in evading an unjust tax.
Indeed. Iam not sure that she did not refer
with beautiful vagueness to the Boston tea
party In this connection. The ship came
slowly up the harbor. Waiting crowds on
the dock could be seen. The lady with the
watch leaned over the rail to wave her
hand. The watch fastening broke, and
down, down into the sen went the precious
timepiece. The owner didn't- dnre even to
scream, but I think she wished that her
conscientious scruples hadn't forbade the
paying of duty.
Another woman at that luncheon went
to Canada last August. She has a fond
ness for lace, real lace, and finding some
over there so very, very cheap, she bought
yards and yards of it. Of courr-e, she
smuggled it. Her hat had a Tarn O'Shan
ter crown, and between this crown and
the frame of the hat she slipped the lace.
The crown had a brocaded pattern in blue
and red. When its wearer arrived in De
troit it was raining raining cats and dogs.
She had an umbrella, but she couldn't open
it, for there was lace in its folds. She
marched out into th rain, and when the
took the l?ce out of her hat the red and
blue pattern had soaked through on it, and
not all the cleaner s art so far has been
able to remove one stain.
?tot to Be Overreached.
Washington Star.
"Vou want as much for this thermome
ter," said the woman who had arrived be
fore the store opened so as to be the first
at the bargain counter, "as you did for
tho.t you snowed me last August."
wOf course." the salesman answered. "It's
the same thermometer."
"No. it isn't. There ought tobe a reduc
tion in the price. Those others had nearly
twice as much mercury in them aa these
tave."
A Poser. '
Truth.
Freddie Ma, what is the baby's name?
Ma Tho baby hasn't any name
FreddieThen how did ho know he be
longed here?
SQUARING THE CIRCLE
DIt. GOOIIWI.VS DEMOXSTIIATIOX AC
CEPTED n MATHEMATICIANS.
Snppoftetl Impossible Problem the So
lution of Which Change the Mul
tiple Pi from 3.141G to
Official recognition by one branch of the
Indiana Legislature has been given Dr.
Edward Johnston Goodwin for solving three
geometrical problems which have puzzled
the brains of mathematicians since the
erection of the pyramids of Egypt, and
which the French Academy of Science, in
1TT., and the Itoyal Society of Great Brit
ain. In 1776, both declared Impossible of
solution. The first and most important of
these problems is what has been popularly
ttrmel fcr centuries the squaring of the
circle, or in science the quadrature of, the
circle. The other two problems solved by
Dr. Goodwin are known in mathematics as
trlsection of the angle and the duplication
of the cube.
The solution of these problems Is a matter
of Utile Interest to the average citizen, but
to science the worth of these solutions
cannot be estimat?d in money. To the de-eIopme-nt
of astronomical sclerce their
value Is Incalculable. The mystery sur
itundlng tho supposed Impossibility of
these problems haa ever inspired both
cranks and mathematicians to unceasing
toil in their search for the correct formulas.
Squaring the circle has been a chimera as
ague as perpetual motion, and it was be
cause of the worry and waste of time in
examining the man 5' alleged solutions pre
sented by would-be discovciers of the key
to squaring the circle that the French and
English societies, ov2r a hundred years ago,
decided that the problein was impossible,
and refused to further consider the sub
ject. This action was supposed to settle
fcr all time the fact that the decimal
3.H1G plus (Pi), multipliod by the diameter
of a circle, would give the circumference.
It was always known that this decimal
vnfl not the correct multiple, but it was
taken as being so nearly accurate that it
would serve for all purposes, and the math
ematicians let it go at that.
Dr. Goodwin discovered the formula for
squaring tho circle eight years ago, but not
until the world's fair did he make any ef
fort to get his discovery before the world.
He secured space in the liberal arts build
ing for hanging his charts and Intended
to be present and make his demonstration
to those visiting the educational exhibit,
but Selim H. Peabody, chief of the depart
ment, after granting the space, revoked his
permit and advised the author to present
his solution to the mathematical journals.
Dr. Goodwin then sent his solution to the
American Mathematical Journal, the high
est authority in this country, and the edi
tor instantly accepted it and printed it in
th- September number of 1893. while the
world's fair was In progress. It attracted
thft attention of mathematicians the world
over, the scientific journals at Paris at once
communicating with the author for original
contributions to their reapers.
INDORSED BY AUTHORITIES.
Dr. Goodwin had his formulas and laws
derived from them copyrighted In the
United States and in seven countries of
Kurope Kngland, Germany, Belgium,
franct Austria, -Italy and Spain. During
his visit to Washington he won the sufi-
port of the professors at the National As
tronomical Observatory, at the head of
which is the celebrated Professor Hall,
whoso fame is secure with the discovery of
tho moons of Mars. Dr. Goodwin's demon
stration was accepted by all at the observa
tory. When it was made clear to Professor
Hall that tho old multiple of 4Ti" should
le- 3.2 instead of 3.1416 plus, he exclaimed:
"I always thought the earth traveled pret
ty fast in IU orbit."
Professor Hall's practical mind at once
grasped the fact that the known speed of
tbo earth in its orbit was now explained
becauso its orbit was much greater than
the astronomers had figured it. Mr. Good
win has an instrument constructed by
Gardner, the well-known astronomical
instrument maker at the Washing
ton observatory. which gives a
practical demonstration of tho cor
rectness of his formulas. The vener
able author has a deskful of letters from
mathematicians at the. leading colleges in
America, and, better than all, a letter from
his agent in I-ondon showing that his dem
onstration was presented to both Huxley
and Tyndall and indorsed by them before
it was copyrighted in England.
The man who has thus shown the errors
in the text-books from Euclid's time to
Loomis Is a native of Virginia, where he
was born near Petersburg, Dec. 3). 12S. A
wealthy aunt sent him to school
ard furnished the funds for a
course at the Philadelphia Medi
cal College. For forty years he has
been a practicing physician in the vicinity
of Solitude, Posey county, Indiana, that
densely rural part of the State referred to
by the humorists as Hooppole township. He
might be considered another Illustrious
product of the famous Robert Dale Owen
colony that was established at New Har
mony, In Posey county, about seven miles
from Dr. Goodwin's home. He was not only
a friend and early associate of Dr. David
Dale Owen, but is related to the family.
He Is a most modest citizen, refusing all
modern methods of advertsing himself. He
Is six feet tall and his frame is strong and
elastic and his massive, angular head cor
rectly suggests his rugged matematlcal
brain. In the discovery of the new formula
for squaring the circle Dr. Goodwin pro
ceeded in a manner that is so simple that
the ordinary schoolboy may easily under
stand the demonstration. He discarded the
diameter as a linear unit from which to
figure the area of a circle and proceeded
to experiment with the perimeter, the same
system that Is used to find the area of a
square. To square or quadrate a circle, as
every mathematician knows, is to find a
square, one of whose sides shall equ;l
the quadrant or one-fourth the cir
cumference of a circle. In other
words, a line equal to the circumference of
a given circle will also equal the four sides
of a square whose area Is equal to the cir
cle Inscribed by the given circumference.
Dr. Goodwin, by employing the old multiple
"PI." or 3.1416. found that the diameter of
a circle represented by "t" would be 1.2732.
Continued figuring, however, showed that
this was in reality the diameter of a circle
that was larger than "4." He then found
that the square root of the product of the
diameter by the quaarant of the circumfer
ence produced the tide of u square which
equals 0 when the quadrant equals S, if the
diameter of the circle be taken as the linear
unit, thus showing it Is impossible to quad
rate the circle by taking the diameter as
the linear unit.'
With the assistance of an Inscribed
square in a circle whose diameter is j."
Dr. Goodwin found the relation of the chord
and the arc of PO degrees Is as 7 to S. and
also tho relation of the diagonal and one
side of a square is as Id to 7. These. two
ratios show the ratio of the diameter to the
circumference Is as Hi to 4: hence, "Pi"
should be 3.2. Any mathematician can ver
ify these claims with the assistance of the
charts employed by Dr. Goodwin, as shown
1 la the accompanyjnsr diagrams. The doctor
even offers $200 to any one showing an error
In his demonstration.
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Diameter inner circle equals T.
Area uf inntr circle equals IS.
Arc A H enuala 4.
Chord A li equals S!J.
(Fiff. 2.)
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Rectangle M equal9 circle M in area.
Rectangle N equals supposed area cf circle M
when corpfuted on diavneter as linear unit.
lUetariKle I equals circumscribed Fquare of
circle M.
D K equals diameter of circle M or 5.
t e equnU quadrant of circle M or 4.
Rectangles M, Js', V equal in area circles M,
N, P.
QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE.
Tho laws for the quadrature of the circle
discovered by Dr. Goodwin, which are copy
righted, and which he permits the use of in
this article for tho first time in any news
paper, are as follows:
"To quadrate the circle is to find the side
of a square whose perimeter equals that of
the given circle; rectification of the circle
requires to find a right line equal to the
circumference of tho given circle. The
equore on the line equal to the arc of 90
degrees fulfills both of the said require
ments. "It is Impossible to quadrate the circle
by taking the diameter as the linear unit,
because the square root of the product of
the diameter by the ,quadrant of the cir
cumference produces the side of a square
which equals 9 when the quadrant equals
8. It is not mathematically consistent that
it should tako the side of a
square whoso perimeter equals that
of a greater circle to measure the
space contained within the limits of a less
circle. Were this true it would require a
piece of lre iron eighteen feet to bind a
wagon wheel sixteen feet in circumference.
This new measure of the circle has hap
pily brought to light the ratio of the chord
and arc of 90 degrees, which is as 7:S; and
also the ratio of the diagonal and one side
of a square, which is as 10:7. These two
ratios ahow the numerical relation of
diameter to circumference to be as li:4.
"Authorities will please note that while
the finite ratio (1U:4 represents the area
of the circle to be more than the orthodox
ratio, yet the ratio (3.1416) represents the
area of a circle whose circumference equate
4 plus 2 per cent, greater than the linlte
ratio a will be seen by comparing
the terms of their respective proportions
stated as follows: 1:3.20 :: 1.25:41:3.1415 ::
'"'it 'will be observed that the product of
the extremes is equal to the product of the
means in tho first statement, while they
fall to agree in the second proportion.
Furthermore, tho square . on. a line equal
to the arc of IK degrees shows very clearly
that the ratio of the circle is the same in
principle as that of the square. For ex
ample. If we multiply the perimeter of a
square (the sum of its tides) by U of one
side the product equals the sum of two
sides, by 'i of one side which equals
tho square on one side. Again the number
required to express the units of length in
i of a right line Is the square root of the
number representing the squares of the
linear unit bounded by It in tho form of a
square whose ratio is as J :4.
"These properties of the ratio of the
square apply to the circle without an ex
ception, h is further nustained by the fol
lowing formula to express the numerical
measure, of both circles and square: Let C
represent the circumference of a circlo
whose quadrant is unity, Q the quadrant,
and CQ2 will apply as tho numerical
measure of a circle and a squ.-ire.
"Tho following facts may be set Conn as
showing that tho diameter Is the wrong
factor to employ as the line on which to
measure in squares the linear unit. The
square on the diameter is the mean pro
portional between the circle's circumference
and the square circumscribing it. The
square of the quadrant of the circumfer
ence Is tho mean proportional between the
circle's inscribed square and the square on
the diameter as the linear unit. Therefore,
the product of the diameter by one side
of tho inscribed square produces a line that
is greater than the circle's circumference.
That Is to say, by taking the diameter as
tho linear unit in computing the area of
the square, we can make Its area alout
43 per cent, greater than the fact. This Is
because there is about 43 per cent, of the
diagonal not represented four times In the
rquare's perimeter. Another reason that
the diameter should be discarded as the
wrong foctor to employ as the linear unit
is because It falls to work both ways: and,
therefore, Is not mathematically trust
worthy. "For Instance, tbe circle whn.'e circum
ference equals 32. the diameter is 10.1Sj plu.j,
according to the ratio 1:3.1416 plus, and the
area Is M.4S4K plus. The square root of
81.4S4S plus Is 9.02C5 plus. Now. let us multi
ply the diameter 10.1S56 plus by the square
root lo sec if the product equals S1.4S43 plus,
which it should do If the diameter is the
proper lineal unit: 10.1S."it by 9.02C5 plus
equals fi.H252 plus. It will be found by ex
tracting the square root of 3l.P.13j plus and
multiplying the diameter. 10.1SG6 plus, by It
and repeating tho procedure often enough,
the resultant will be the side of the square
circumscribing the circle. The same result
ts obtained by employing the diagonal of a
square sis the linear unit, instead of one
side.
"The fact that the square on a line equal
to the arc of f1 degrees fulfills the require
ments of !oth quadrature and rectification
of the circle's circumference leaves no mar
gin to doubt the validity of the quadrant
of the circumference being the true factor
to tako as the linear unit in computing tho
area of v. circle.
"The above data shows very clearly that
when the circle's area is computed on the
diameter as the linear unit, it is one-fifth
greater that the area of a square of equal
perimeter. This is because there Is 2"i per
cent, of the diameter not represented four
times in the circumference. Therefore, the
area of a circle Is to the square on one
fourth if its circumference as the area of an
equilateral rectangle is to the square on one
side.
"We are now able to get the true finite
dimensions of a circle by the exact ratio of
114:4. nd have simply to divide the cir
cumference by four and square the quotient
to complete the area. Thus this new truth
in mathematical progress, carries us above
and beyond the curious necessity of having
tit teach that the finite Is one with the In
finite, or that to one linlte there is a mul
tiplicity cf infinites."
The other two problems abandored by the
French Academy o Science and the Royal
Society of Great Dritain more than a hun
dred years ago as impossible of solution,
and which D; Goodwin' slmplo squaring
cf the circle enabled him to discover, are.
"Trisectlon of the Angle The trlsection
of a right line, taken s the chord of any
arc of .1 circle, trisects the angle of the nrc.
"Duplication of the Cube Doubling the
dimensions of a cube oetupies its contents,
and doubling i'.s contents increases ltd di
mensions 25 plus per cent."
When the bill wils recently Introduced
Into th? Inilana Legislature for the pur
pose of recognizing Dr. Goodwin's solution.
i. was taken as a huge .1oke by Speaker
Pettit, a graduate of Annapolis Naval
Academy, and wai referred to the commit
tee on swamp lands. Two days later Dr.
Goodwin had a hearing before State Super
intendent Geeting and the educational com
mittee, who ct ence indorsed the solution,
called ui the bill and it passed the House
under a suspennioa of the rules without a'
negative vote. Professors from Ann Arbor
and Johns Hopkins have seen the demon
stration and declared it perfect.
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Following are thft simple rules embrac
ing the points in Dr. Goodwin's solutltn,
which are to be introduced in the text
btoks: "Doubling tho dimensions of plane geo
metrical forms quadruples their areas. The
Circle To line the circumference of a cir
cle: Multiply the diameter (according to the
ratio of .-4:4) by 3.2. To find the- diameter
of a circle: Divide thn circumference by 3.2.
Or divide the circumference by 1 and multi
ply the quotient by J-4.
"To find the area of a circle: Divide the
circumference by 4 and square the quo
tient. "Measurement of Volumes The Sphere
Doubling the dimension of a Fphere quad
ruples its spherical area and octuples its
solid contents.
"To find the surface of a sphere, divide
Its circumference by 4 and square the quo
tient and multiply by 4.
"To find the solid contents of a sphere:
Divide its circumference by 4 and cube the
quotient."
BEING BASHFUL
Of all tho phenomena of boyhood, per
haps the state of being bashful Is the most
ridiculous and subjectively the most rue
ful. It Is the fate of most boys to pass
through a more or less prolonged period of
bashfulness; but It is an affliction which is
subject to many degrees and manifold
forms. In extreme cases It Is probable that
this unfortunate condition has ruined what
might have been brilliant careers; that Mil-
tons have been rendered forever mute and
inglorious by the bane of bashful nee?. Now
and then you will find a boy in whom It
I3 so pronounced that his freckles stand out
on a facial background of continual blushes,
like flecks of rust on a red apple, and his
eyes, which really have less cause to be
downcast than the optics of any of his
elders, are constantly averted so that their
color is a matter of conjecture. Such a boy
Is simply a ruddy, palpitating bundle of
mortification. He is never at ease never
his natural self save when alone. He is
alawys making ludicrous blunders and Is al
ways painfully aware of them. The very
knowledge that ho is bashful Is a constant
torment to him, and this very self-consciousness
In turn serves to render hU bash
fulness more Intense. At school he Is a
self-imposed martyr, refraining from the
pleasures of mischief for fear of attracting
notice, his studied effort to keep in the
background all the while making him con
spicuous. All bashful boys are peculiarly timid In
their relationship with girls of their own
age, and It Is one of fate's crudest ironies
that to these very boys is given the great
est amount of soft sentiment. If he could
only make the plungo the bishful loy
would enjoy the society of ladies beyond
words. Some time or other he does make
the plunge, too, and this heroic act is one
of the most pathetic things In life.
He is invited to a party at Mabel's. Mabel
Is his adored although no one suspects this
dread fact, for he never even thinks of
her except when alone. He Is Invited to
Mabel's and he is determined once for all
that ho will go. The night of nights
comes swooping down upon him with ter
rifying swiftness, and, dressing hastily, ho
rushes boldly to tho fray. He approaches
tho house the first time with scarcely a
tremor, for he knows he will not go in.
It Is hours too early yet, he assures him
self. But as he encircles the .block and
draws near again, a fierce battle is waged
in his breast. Pride keeps saying over and
over, "I will gcln," but when he comes
opposite the gate, timidity makes a sudden
charge and ho says, "I won't go in." But
after repeated routs, rallies and flank move
ments, pride wins the day, or rather the
night, and the boy finds himself at the
party. He goes in and surprises every one
by flinging himself into the 'thick of the
merriment. He chatters and laughs, laughs
and chatters, until some are made to be
lieve that he is having a good time. But,
alas, it is only by sheer force of will that
he accomplishes this desperate feat,
and the feeling grows upon him
that ho is " talkir.fr stupidly, laugh
ing idiotically and acting tho ffol.
The strain is too great, and in the midst
of It all he breaks down. The tide of bash
fulness comes gurg'.ng back upon him and
he is swept off his feet. He drops out of
the game, murmurs something about going
and begins peeping about under sofas and
chairs In an aimless sort of way until Mabel
asks him, "What is the matter?"
"Oh, I was Just looking around," he re
plies carelessly. "I wonder where my
hat is."
"Why, it's on the rack in the hall, isn't
it?" suggests Mabel. Then she runs and
gets it for him. "Must you really go?" she
asks anxiously.
The boy wouldn't hurt her feelings for
the world. "Oh. no; I guess lil wait a
while yet," he answers obligingly. 'l Just
wanted my hat," and he laughs vacantly.
For the rest of the evening he stands
around engaged in clinging to his hat and
blushing. He would go home he would
rather go home than to heaven but be
knows etiquette requires that he shall
thar.k his hostess for the pleasures of the
evening before leaving, and this he cannot
do. So he lingers on, like the boy on tho
burning deck, and in much the same frame
of mind, until "alb but him have flown."
As tho others have spoken their polite fare
wells he has listened Intently to each
formula and has derided that he will say,
"I assure you, .Miss Mabel, I havo had a
delightful time." Drawing himself up In
line at last he makes the sally. "I have
had an assuring time I mean I am delight
ful. Mks. Mabel." he stammers, gazing
longingly at the door knob.
Thank you," says Mabel courteously.
"Oh, not at all. I'm sure," ho rejoins af
fably, grinding his teeth: then, "Well, I
guess 1 11 have to be going."
"Really?" smiles Mabel.
."I think I'd better it's 'getting late."
"Yes."
He reaches the door and after staring at
the floor in awkward alienee a few min
utes rushes wildly out.
This is all very amusing or harrowing,
according to the point of view. To the girl
it is funny; to the boy it is calamitous.
Not being a natural fool, he recognizes
his folly, and. indeed. Is apt tr. magnify
it to terrible dimenslDns. All the way home
in fancy he can hear Mabel's mocking
laugh, and with each step he whispers an
earnest, heait-felt "doggone It.doggone it."
There are no stars in the sky, no dew is
on the grass the world l. an immense ma.c3
of darkness whirling through a universe
of gloomy, gray mist, and life is the emp
tiest of iulo dreams. He steals radly up to
his cheerless bedchamber, out of which he
had emerged so full cf hope, of vaunting
pride and fend ambition a few short hours
ago. creeps Into bed and with his lart
waking breath sighs dolefully again. "Dog
gone it." :
If men felt their troubles as keenly In
proportion to their magnitude as docs the
boy, what a monstrous world this would
be! Yet, while the emotions of boyhood are
Intense, they are very fleeting, as Is youth
itself. The bashful boy soon sleeps and
dreams of posseting all that waking he
has pursued. And some day he will waken
to find that his bashfulne and his boy-
hsod have left him together that he no
longer feels so deeply nor'dreams to fondly;
and perhaps his conscience wili 1 embar
rassed by tho knowledge that lie no longer
blushes when he shouid.
- U. O. LAUGHLIN.
Her Mind Made I p.
Philadelphia North American.
"What are you going to do about the
reduction in salaries?" asked the soubrette.
- "Oh." replied the novelty dancer, calmly,
but significantly. 'l shan't kick."
SENATOR D. W. VOORHEES
TIIK "TALI SrC.tMOIin OP T1IK WA
BASH" as 111: ArruAits to-d vv.
Broader Minded anil Left Itnoetnotxi
than When He Kntered CunKrru
Thirty-Seven Years Ago.
SpeMai to th Tr. Ilanaria Journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. W. As sr-on ts
Senator Voorhees gathers a little more
strength he will begin the preparation of a
new lecture, drawing from his rich fund of
personal recollection of the grat men, of
his time. He has had this work In mind
for a long while, but tbe condition of hi
health has not permitted him to undertake
the task. He Is getting stronger, however,
and those who an? brought in contact with
him are frratified to see a steady improve
ment going on. giving rosy proml.o of a
complete restoration to complete health. It
It not likely that he will feel like plunging
again lr.10 tho Intenso activities of former
days, but It Is a pleasure to him to feel that
ho may havo before him many years of
usefulness and enjoyment in living.
Senator Voorhecs's new lecture will lead
off with a sketch of Abraham Uncoln, con
taining entirely new matter and treating
of that great character from an original
standpoint. Judge David Davis used to say
that there were only three men in the whole
world who really knew Lincoln and thor
oughly understood the grandeur and sim
plicity of that extraordinary character,
tho.e three men being himself (Davis),
Ionard Swctt and "Dan" Yoorhees. Sen
ator Vcorhees I the only aurvivor of tht
distinguished trinity, and It will Interest tho
world to have his Impressions of the mar
tyred President. Tne production will be an
invaluable contribution to the literature of
the times.
The statement that there existed between
Abraham Lincoln and Senator Yoorhees a
warm personal friendship, umounting to al
mcst brotherly affection, will be news to
the younger generation, and It may even
startle many middle-aged and old men of
Indiana, yet thr re are living to-day persons
who have personal knowledge of the fact.
The friendship was funned during the
stormy year that Immediately preceded the
war of the rebellion, when "Dan" Voor
hecs, then a young and ambitious practi
tioner, was traveling the circuits of west
ern Indiana and central Illinois. Itetwevn
1K.-.2 and 1S3S, a period of six years, Voor
heet saw a great deal of Lincoln.
KUMINISCENCFS OF LINCOLN. .
Talking over those days with an old
friend, tho other evening. Senator Yoor
hees said: "We found ourselves (Mr. Lin
coln and myself) thrown together very fre
quently, and as he appeared to show a pref
erence for me 1 was much iu hia society.
Many and many is the time wo roomed to
gether, often occupying the same bed. for
in thoso days and in that country hotels
were insufficient to provide separate sleep
ing accommodations for their guests at all
times. Often have I tat up all nisht lis
tening to Lincoln's stories and talks. Ho
was an inexhaustible mine of anecdote, in
formation and knowledge. Hlt-tory baa
given 1dm a place among tho greatest
names of history, but neither the present
nor future generations will ever fully un
derstand the grandeur and purity of his
character. Ho Wis a. freak one-of tho
most wonderful men ever born Into ' the
world. Lincoln was very kind to me lur-
lr. the period of my acquaintance vrith him
on those Western circuits, and it Is my
pride and pleasure to know that he enter
tained for mo a cordial personal regard to
the end."
Senator Voorhecj was eighteen years
younger than Mr. Lincoln, but it is easy to
understand how ho should havo attracted
the older man. for Voorhees was an ex
ceptionally brilliant young man, with every
prospect of a conspicuous future. Ho was
then between twenty-three and thirty years
of age and right at the threshold of a long
and distinguished eareer. Lincoln liked the
society of Just such characters, peeminff to
draw inspiration, enjoyment and enthu
siasm from their society, as from a spring
of hope, vitality, youthful fervor. Small
wonder is it that Senator Voorhees ehould
treasure the memory of those days as a
precious possession and be desirous- of pre
serving his recollections In a permanent
form.
The senator will devote portions of his
forthcoming lecture to Grant, lor whom ha
always entertained a warm personal re
gard and friendship; to Maine, to Chester
A. Arthur, to Conkilng, to General Sher
man and possibly to others. Of his written
lectures Senator Voorheea thinks more
highly of tho one devoted to Thomas Jeffer
son and his last production. "The Holy
Sepulchre." Both are more or less familiar
to tho people of Indiana, The first named
gives an Insight into tho life and character
of Jefferson of sufficient nov.-lty ami Inter
est to hold any audience. The latter Is a
lawyer's argument to prove the divinity f
Christ. The senator reaches by tho cold
logic of facts tho conclusion arrived at
by countless millions of Christian men and
women through faith, that the Christ waa
more than a mere man that He was di
vine. "There can be no escape from that
conclusion." he exclaimed to a friend.
MANY YKAUS IN CONCULSrf.
When Senator Voorhees retires on the Sd
of next month he will have been In the
Senate of tho United States for nearly
twenty consecutive years, besides having
served previously In tho popular branch
of Congress for five terms. He was elected
to the House for the first time In 1V,'A tak
ing his scat In March. 1.C1. and holding It
until 1S71 He was drfeated for the Forty
second Congress "by reason of the nomina
tion of Horace Greeley as the Democratic
candidate for President." his biography In
the Congressional DInctory says. He was
out of Congress for the succeeding six years
and was appointed to the Senate to suc
ceed Senator Oliver P. Morton at the tat
ter's death in 1S77. He has been in harness
continuously ever ince. He will have the
Senate without an enemy In that body,
which Is saying a good deal for a man who
during the greater part of his senatorial
career was in tho forefront of political de
biito and controversy.
Of late years, however. Senator Voor
hee has mellowed wonderfull and in tbe
whit a heat of partisan wrangling has sel
dom been betrayed Into Intemperate utter
ance, although celebrated In his earlier con
gressional career for hot and impetuous
speech, and on the stump for an unoon
c;ucrabl propensity 'for "stirring up the
animal." On the 2Cth cf last September
Sen ?.tor Voorhees was sixty-nine years old.
of which thirty years have been pawed as
representative and senator in Congress.
Only one other Indlanian can boast of us
long rcrvlce in Congress and that Is Wil
liam S. Holman. Mr. Holman. however,
never ro above the rank of representative,
although in Congress fifteen terms, thirty
year. This year, after an absence cf two
years, he will enter upon his sixteenth
term, thereby breaking all tecords of House
service.
Few men In public life have endeared
themselves more to the people of Washing
ton than Senator Voorhees, His good heart
and generous nature led him to do for peo
ple cus much If not more than any man cl