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T - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1913. A t 1 : VjJthe story oy THE'rmsr PBEsmpSvv4yy i BY THE PRE SIDENTW V (ChttIxM, 18'' b I'fJr BrolSierx. All rlg!i( rencrted.) Syndicate.) f j T was not the same Virginia, nor p.ven i the same homo and neighborhood he .A had gone from, that Washington yl I JL camo back to when tho war was dono. Ho had left Mount Vernon In the care of Lund Washington, hl3 nephew, while the war lasted, and had not forgotten amidst all hla letter wrlt i jng to fiend seasonable directions and ' nuintain a constant oversight upon the management of his estate. It was part ' i, of his genius to 11 nd time for every I ,: thing, and Mount Vornon had Huft'ered i nomcthlng less than the ordinary haz-1 '.: ards and neglects of war. it lnld suf I fered less upon one occasion, Indeed, than Jil its proud owner could have found In his V . heart to wish. In the spring of 17SI several Brll , Jsh vessels ha1 come plllaglni' i within the Potomac, and the anxious ! Lund had regaled their officers with rc 1 freshments from Mount Vernon to buy V i them off from mischief. "It would have ! been a, lns3 painful circumstance to m': me," hi3 uncompromising undo liad writ J ten him, 'to hav0 heard that. In consc S I ( quence of your 'non-eompllanee with their VK ) request, they had burnt my house and . I laid the plantation in ruin. You ought I it to have considered yourself aa my rop- I resentutlve." .) Kept though It was from harm, how- id ; ever, the place had suffered many things for lack of hla personal care. There was some part of the task to b done iw over again that had confronted him when 7 ; he caino to take possession of the old ; plantation with his bride after tho ncg u f cts of the French war. I VTBGrNTA'S HEEO. K Washington found himself no stranger In the new statu, for all It had grown of ( a sudden so unlike that old community in pj i which his own life had beon formed. Ho l , found a very royal welcome awaiting S him at his home-coming. The old com- J J ; tnonwealth loved a hero still as much as !' ever, was as loyal to him now as It had ; been In the far-away days of the French 1 t var, when Dinwiddle alone fretted apelnst him: received him with every tribute of affection; offered him gifts and loved him all the better for refus ing them. But ho must have felt that a deep change had come upon his life, none the Ie.!S' e,V.en unon relations with his old familiars and neighbors. Ho had ; cone away honored indeed, and marked f for responsible services among his peo ple a Burgees as a matter of course, a ; notable citizen, whose force no man who knew him could fall to remark: but bv S no means accounted greatest, even ) among the men who gathered for the M : colony s business at Williamsburg; chosen only upon, occasion for special services of ' action; no debater or statesman, so far as ordinary men sec, too reserved to be ; 1 F?rua,r lth thc crowd, though It should ', like his frankness and taking address, and ro out of its way to soe him on horseback; a man for his neighbors, who ; could know him. not for thc world, . wlilcn ho refused lo court. I A WORLD FIGURE. M B.lit "J0 waJ 1,lad suddenly lifted him W io the view of all mankind; had marked m . mm a statesman In the midst of affairs V r more a statesman than a soldier even. 1 ?icn,'5.ust havo thought who had read f ; ; JiU letters or heard them read in con- tt, -, sress. on the floor or in tho committee to , ' "0ni3;had drawn to hlmsolf the admlra- ijj ; Jion of thc very men ho had been flght- 1th f '"S;. too very nation whoso dominion he ; i v hclpld to 01181 ofr- H2 had come th f I ""no perhaps the most famous man of . ' m. a,1,d culd "ot lak P the old M . ' V)or; l,e hlld ,eft lL off. much as ! L to; was ohHscd, In spite of iiiniEcIf, to play a new part In affairs. Jl J fw" weoks. indeed, after ho had e1 ?,l0X1"t Vernon, nature herself -V m K Jllm 42 a 1 Ule Privacy and real i . ?"monl; The winter (17S3-) was an ' '"Jon'J' b-evero one. Snow lay piled. , ' but Impassablo, upon the roads, frosts : ' Mil?? aH 1110 coutry against travel: " ' . u I not cvcn lo Fredericksburg VtlraLaBCf mother; and not many J.rlv,"' th0USh they were his near Shobn0rs' cou'd reach. Wm at Mount 5i',th tlle r'nff the wholo lifo of tho ; V jotw seemed to come pouring In upon & on of n30tc everywhere pressed tn- rr.es,l5ondeiJce uPn Win: no -Cl"aJr-,rV,slte1 America but thought ' i t X, , "nL Vft,raon 1" Planning where , l5Mdn,S0 nd what "e shoutd sec; 1 ti'hu' ,nds and 0,(1 sat cvery day at hih . t ;?' v1. y,car arJ half had gone by Se In w 1,0'nc-co'ng before lie could , S h nnMH.,V1,0lT.,(Jl?ne 30' 17S5): "Dined ' ESKMJ- hlngton. which, I be 1 rittwil,e,,lrst Insfanco of II. snce my V lltitoS6"1 ,from ,publlc foM for some SreuS brkc their way evon ,ri 3 .h.the winter roads. 1 ' VfflSJ1.0 cn.L l,lm what tlmy wrote; In- ' W?? t,mt was beln dO"e' "-to Vm.,0 nrnd 118 way. If nowhere else fo' 1 Ms o, n ,ycrnon tl" those who knew ' :'to5Won,8 couId sPeak of Washlnp 4C' i rfttnifiLJU8t,yVas t,,e foc"s f'f Polltl ' wi ,vH IW20 ror the new world." uevvould not alter his way of living ' i r imerniStlonw 'aiCi? f BU.ch overwhelming lttir L0-1 u 11,3 K"ests saw him for a I mlcrhi Kd,in,l1& a,ld O,,co aild aa, kern tn m' i" .the cverin also: but he ivnrlin" ,S busl--ss throughout all the desk n5OU,rar 0f V10 da" waa at his brSkf?n.,,ef0,ia brkfst. and after dndaSotrfhfShfar-mS?arly ,n UlC 3ad' GENERAL AT DINNER. sJSS ov.a!he dld 1,c pla' the host. Iln toaits and rVhiC..V' "C 10 ,vc and cal1 for Ioinr -,sd Xc)a:: ..P'""! conversation. ,S I as lhe months passed by. some him SraV,ty tllat had settled upon hltn in the camp, and showing once more an enjoying relish for a ph-asant storv nn unaffected sally of wVtV or a bur- awe of him SlranBers were often In hJ. md.i,,0.t' cc0use talk in those who i!r n"miB. t0.Bay to 8,1 ,n the presence I tii-i.l- vcry Proportions of his strong vnrCVerl nnd whosc erave and steady S?f , challenged the slgnltlcance of nat was said. ,inTou5 People would leave off dancing r.mm ro"lP,n? when ho came Into the t?.?m,0arY fo,rCB J,lra to withdraw, and i .nV.oat H10 f,'ln from without the door. lmfeTif-, I1 was only amnP his in ! ?, C8.ulhnt. ,lc. was suffered and taken nun?.0,. 0 s,mPIc- straightforward, avm man hG was" exciting, not awe. "t only a warm and affectionate allc- rl,,mr;reern, W,t.h a fGW P'aSSCS Of MPiaK"0, KOt 1uite merry," a young iMigllshinan could report who had had the good luck to be Introduced bv Rich fin,;ierVJ Ij,ce' ",andl h'ilnS with his in good deal " ' laUBhed " nd talked a rti5!."1"011 2s .llR S0,,,d he resumed the d . Hfe. and the thoughts and pastimes l JO"; with It. Once moro he bocame the familiar of his hounds at nl miC b'- ;ind followed them as often nfi,"1!16?1 1be ,n the hunt at sunrise. He asked but one thing of a horse, as of 2 a,nid U,,nt wa.s t0 E aloP- "o rldl cii cd the Idea that he could be un- llgs " provlded tne animal kept on his A PLEASANT PICTURE. The two little children, a tiny boy and Ki.TornplruY mischievous lassie, not much r fif?r.' w,,0mJe ,,ad loptcd at Jack custlss deathbed, took strong hold up. maey with him such as few ventured to claim any longer amidst those busy days 1 T,r "est-crowded house. It seemed wh i elte & v?ry engaging picture rnVimiJ10 faw AYaslllngton and the little toddling hoy together "a vcry little tt"11? with a feather in Ills hat, noiaing fast to one linger of the good P"!13, s, remarkable hand, which (so ,e i'Vv hand!)" was all the tiny fel-ww-1 . "Id maa?e- These children took L,1 . ? nlngton back more completely than anything else to the old days when he oum, m,,Ueht ,lisbr'de home with her Jack, too. when ho was on his horse In liSLi.?pon,n eoln? thb ro,,,ld f Kod twelve miles and more that carried him to all the quarters of his plantation. once more he was the thorough farm er, ransacking- books, when men and his own observation falliii M tho best methods of cultivation. Once more lie took dally account of tho char acter of his slaves and sen-ants, and of the progress of their work, talking with tnem when he could, and gaining a per sonal mastery over them. When ho succored distress, he did It in J?Ity xnot. ,,n Justice not excusing fault, but giving leave to mercy. If he urged the government to pension nnd reward thc soldiers of the war. who had only dono their duty, he himself sot an example. Thero were black pensioners not a few about his own homestead. Bishop, his old body sen-ant, lived llko a retired gentleman in hl3 cottage thero: even Iselson, tho good sorrel who had borne him ho bravely in tho field till i orktown, now went forevor unsaddled, free In his own pasture. OLD LIFE GONE. But. much aa ho loved his home and courted retirement amidst tho duties of a. planter, the old Ufo would not como back, was gone forever. Howwas too fa mous, and there was an end on 't. Ho could not go abroad without drawing crowds about him. If he attended serv ico on a Sunday away from home, though It wero in never so quiet a par ish, tho very walls of thc church groaned threateningly under tho unaccustomed weight of poople gathored in the gal leries and packed upon thc floor to see tho hero of the revolution. Not even a ride into the far west, to view his lands and pull togethor his neglected huslnoss on the Ohio, was long enough to take him beyond the reach of public affairs, On the 1st of September. 17S1, with Dr. Cralk for company, he set out on horse back to go by Braddock's road again Into the west. For nearly five weeks ho was doep In the wilderness, riding close upon 700 miles through the forested moun tains, and along the remote courses of the long rivers that ran Into the Mis sissippi: camping out as In the old days when ho was a sun-oyor and a soldier In his 'prcnllceshlp In these very wilds: renewing his :-.cat for tho rouch llfo and the sudden adventures of the frontiers man. But, though he had come upon his own i I 1 4j r CASH PRIZES FOR YOUNG FOLKS 3 S WHO WRITE ESSAYS FOR TRIBUNE s THE TRIBUNE invites cvory young person, not over 17 . '. years of urc, to participate in an essay competition. Prizes will 1 be dlatributocl as follows: j $10.0n FOR THE BEST ESSAY SUBMITTED, regard- i $ less of school connections: I P0R PUPILS IN SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOLS j $5.00 for the best essay submitted by a high school J I pupa. : rftS 5,00 for the best essa,y submitted by a grammar .1 grade pupil. t ; . FOR PUPILS OF OUTSIDE CITIES AND TOWNS-; A ; $5.00 for the best essay submitted by a nigh school jjjH 85,00 for the best essay submitted by a grammar "jB," t, Pnnila in private or parochial schools -will bo conridored as t000Jmt fl'n school students. lit attT1"0 0fsriys desired aro to bo based upon the sorios of articlos, -rtfflB Washinpton bv Wilson- or Tho First Prosidont bv tho President- niV'lr imS-'" now rnuuinc in THE TTCTBUNE. Tho .title to bo used is iM't Wa!,nsrtoii as Wilson Soon lliru," and offerings aro to bo not M oro than 300 words in length. ifl'l i ComPosltlon6 must bo original and can he written with ncn and 'nK- Pencil, or tvpcwrltten: one Hide of the paper only must be used. n&bWfBi riS nt 1 -K!t ono-half Inch of margl n left on top. botton nnd both sides. tlMffl '"ClOFo with your inaruiucrlpt a separate shoet with only your name. PSBfe Bc nddresn and school on IL n Hi . AI1 essays will his submitted to a committee of well-known men 3 ml women, who will Judge and dccldo tho winners upon: jmi A Originality of composition; n : 13 Clcarncso of eprccslon; 3 dHf C Neatness: 1 Ml D Oram mat I cal construction. a tK K Gcneral merit. 1 A" rnaIm.crlpls and communications must be addressed to rWK Woodrow Wilson Eesay Kdltor, o0 iK Salt Lake Tribune, 3jK Salt I-ake aty. Utah. iS w5m'0,t'on received or mnilnd before midnight. Febniary 22nd i Jtmb irjshtnston's birthday), will bo accepted and considered, and tho jrfjJH Jay) ncumont or wlnnors will be In Tho Tribune March 4th (Inaugural i BiB SYRUP OF FIGS IS BESTI1 A CHILD Its Little Tongue Is Coated, Breath Feverish, Stomach Sour and Bowels Clogged. Every rnothor immediately realizes after si vine her child delicious Svrup of iias that this is the ideal laxativo nnd physic for the children. Noth itr else rogulatca tho little ono's stomach, liver and 150 cet of tender bowels so promptly; besides thoy dear ly love its delightful fig taste. If your child isn't fcelinc well, rcstincr nicely, eating repularly and acfcinc naturally it is a sure sin that ts httlo uisidcs need a Rentle, thor ough cleansing at once. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or vour little one has stomachache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, toupuc coated, civc a teaspoonfnl of Syrup of Fics and in a fw hours all tho foul, constipated, cloeged up waste, undigested food and sour bile will gently move on and out of its little bowels without nausea, gnpinrr or weakness, and you will siirolj' have a well, happy ami smiling child again shortly. v With Syrup of Figs you aro not drugging your children, being com posed entiroly of luscious figs, senna and aromatics, it cannot be harmful. brothers should always keep Syrup of Figs handy. It. is 'tho onlv s'tom ach, liver nnd bowel cleanser and reg ulator needed a little given today will i.ave a sick child tomorrow. Full directions for children of all ages and grownups plainly printed on tho package. Ask your druggist for tho full name. "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna,'1 proparcd by the California Fig Syrup Co. This is the delicious tasting, gen uine old reliable. I?efuso anything else offered. (Advertisement.) business, it was tho seat of a future em pire he uaw rather than his own acres scattered here and thero. When last he had ridden tho lone: stapes from settlement to settlement and cabin to cabin In thi3 far country of the Ohio, lie had been a Virginian and nothing more, a colonial colonel merely, come to pick out lands for his comrades and himself, their reward for serving thc crown against the French. A transfor mation had been worked upon him since then. He had led tho armies of the whole country; had been the chief instrument of a new nation winning Independence; had carried Its affairs by his own coun sels as no other man had done; had aeen through all the watchea of thoee long ca.mpaifm3 the destinies and the hopes that were at stake- CROWDING IMMIGRANTS. Now he Haw the crowding1 immigrants como into the west with a new solici tude ho had not felt before. A new vision was In his thought. This western , country was now a "rising world." to be kept or lost, husbanded or squandered, by the raw nation he nnd helped put upon its feet. His thought was stretched at last to a continental measuro: problems of statesmanship that were national; ques tions of policy that had a scope groat ' as schemes of empire, stood foremost In his view. He returned home more en grossed than ever by IntorcLs not hla own. but central to public affairs, and of the very stuff of politics. ( And so not the letters merely which . poured In with every mail, not only his host of valors, great and small the governor of the ututc. the president of . congress, foreign noblemen, soldiers, dip- , lomatlsts, travelers, neighbors, friends. "acquaintances, Intruders but his own unbidden thoughts as well, and the very suggestions of his own Interest as a citi zen and land owner, drew him from his dreams of retirement and forced him upon tho opon stage again. C Upon hie first home-coming Washing- J ton had found it hard to break himself of his old habit of waking very early In the morning with a sense of caro con cerning the affairs of the day, an If ho ) were still In camp and In tho midst of A public duties. Now a new son.se of re- 1 sponslblllty possessed .him, and more and more gained ascendancy over him. He began to feel a deep anxiety lest . a weak government should make Indo- A pendenco llttlt. better than a reproach, 1 and thc country should fall Into a hopo- J less lmpotcncy. At first ho had been vcrv sanculna. lTor tho present he saw little that could bo done beyond holding up the hands of 1 the congress, and Increasing, as It might 0 prove possible to do so. the meager pow- J crs of the confederation. "Mv political creed," he said, "Is to be wise in tho cholco of delegates, support them like gentlemen while they arc our represcn- 1 tatlves, fjlvo them competent powors for f all federal purposes, support thorn In the J due oxerclso thereof! and, lastly, to com pel thorn to close attendance in congress during their delegation." IKS WESTERN TRIP. 1 But hla thoughts took wider scope as tho months passed: and nothing quick ened them moro than his western trip. He saw how much of tho future trav- 71 cled with those alow wagon trains of lm- $1 migrants Into tho west; realized how they wero leaving behind them the riv- 1 ers that ran to the old ports at tho sea. and going down Into tho valleys whose outlet was tho great highway of the 1J Mississippi and the ports of the gulf, iff how tho great ridge of thc Allcghcnics T lay piled between them and tho older seats of settlement, with only here and thero a gap to let a road through, onlv hero and thore two rivers lying close 1 enough at their sources to link thooast Jf with tho west: and the likelihood of a separation betweon the two populations seemed to him as obvious as the tilt of tho mountains upon either slope. . "Thisro h nothing which binds one M country or one state to another but In- (tt terest," he said. "Without this cement I the western Inhabitants, who moro than probably will be composed In a great ucgreo 01 lorcisncrs, can navo no pro dllcctlon for us, and a commercial con nection la the only tic we can have upon them" "Thc western settlers," be declared while still fresh from the Ohio, "stand as It were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any wav" down tho Mississippi to Join their Inter ests with those of the Spaniard, or back EUROPE LEADS IN FIGHTING CONSUMPTION Great Forelon Remedy Now Belno Uied In America, Specialists In Europo have been fight ing Consumption during thn last few years with great success by using a Swlns preparation called Slrolfn. This Is of jjreat Interest to sufferers In this country, becauso Slrolln has been Imported lately In great quantities, and is suro to becomo Juut as valuable in tho treating of tho dlscaso hero ao it la abroad. Slrolln. though vcry powerful in at tacking the tubercle bacilli, contains no ".tarmful or hablt-formlng oniKS. It leema to' agree with the most delicate stomach, and creates an appetite that would do credit to a healthy man, thus making It a great body builder. Additional Information about Slrolln can bo obtained In this country bv ad dressing the Slrolln Co.. 22S West Broad way, New York City. Schramm-Johnson. Drugs, "Tho Nevor-Subslltutors." Five (5) Cood Stores, and leading druggists ire recommend I rig and distributing biro- I lin with considerable- success. 1 (Advertisement) I Handsome FUR COATSl I f liSliPi Fur Sets and Small Furs at f I I JlNp Savings of Half and More I . I jJ 0W uvs that are needed now but if bought for next season repre- I ffl tWw Sent a Sure saving of 50 Per cent on what yu ny expect to pay next gffl I X iMffl fal1 for the same articles- " v W$ 15 handsome Fur Coats all new garments this season and t(fj 1 W including our Hudson Bay Seal Coats, as well as the Pony Coats all 1 fM 10 less than half regular price. jjV ' M ' 1 $125.00 Coat for $47.50 1 $195.00 .Coat for $ 99.00 )f I W ... 1 $100.00 Coat for ".$47.50 1 $225.00 Coat for $ 99.00 M I aJ l 1 $145.00 Coat for ...$62,50 1 $125.00 Coat for $ 57.50 I ffl fit '-: ' 1 $165,0 0oat for- ..-.$72.50. 0 1 $295.00 Coat for $119.00 I Y jffl f 1 $100.00 Coat for $29.75 1 $225.00 Coat for. .$ 99.00 I WW W " 1 15a00 Coat for $55-0 1 $225.00 Coat for........ $112.50 W ' 2 $ 85.00 Coats for $29.75 . 1 $595.00 Coat for. ...... .$297.50 I W fe ' Small Furs and Sets 4 1 A11 our remaining furs, without exception, will be sold during this sale I at Lalf price We haYe niink' black fox lxed and Sra7 fox, Isabella fox, natural W I ? raccoon, mole, marten and beaver. . H T IP Black and Brown Coney Set $5.95 ? I MU ISi These are very handsome looking Coney Sets selling all jrfjl I f pTjrf season for $12,50. Just a few sets a decided bargain. I S Women's and Children's Underwear Sale jf I 200 Garments-Pr actually Cost. Women's Shirts and Tights I tfjjfe Small and Broken Lines Even Less. 600 Garments in This 'Lot y& I T Fortunate are those who buy underwear The 39-cent garment is fleece lined, W I A at this sale, where all goods are of standard . high neck and long sleeves and ankle length pants A, I ffl ' qjKity and the pnees represent savings of Thc 50c quality is a flne bleachcd cotton almost halt fleeced lined, some arc not every stvle. The 75c 5 H m Women's Union Suits ZZl'lJ?: j I 500 Garments Here f regular styles, regular sizes and out sizes. I These are all Standard; first Class in . The $1.50 graments are two-thirds -ivool and como jfg I every respect our regular stock; absolutely no in out sizes; broken lines. The $1.75 to $5.50 come VP , I seconds. High neck, long sleeves; low neck and in tights. some are part wool and gome H elbow sleeves; low neck, sleeveless and ankle jL length. Fine bleached cotton. g0" 'i'con$ Kartnnts; now 2$ cents ffftfi H Jvogiilar .oO-cent garments; novr 37 cents 'VUv ? $1.00 Union Suits; now 69c XlSIlfc IfL onts; now- 4S cents 5 irtV ' , r, rm Koguinr $1.00 and $1.25 garments; now 70 cents ? . Ntt $1.25 Union Suits; how 79c Eegular $1,50 garments; now 05 cents Wit? 1 W $1.50 Union Suits; now 95c Regular $1.75 to $5.50 garments; now $1.25 to $2.05 jtjjjj ww.hu.w m. Children's Union Suits A I m Sterling Union SuitS About 200 Garments XjjB The product of one of the best mills in The 85-cent, 95-cent, $1.25, $1.35 and I HjK America; $3.75 to $6.50 regular; now $2.75 to $1.50 garments are part wool. The $1.75, $1.80 u H 'o0- and $1.95 are two-thirds wool. The $2.15 to $2.50 5 H mh 77 T- 77 c n T l 1 are silk tmd TOo1- Mostly higli neck, lontr sleeves jfh ' H M For the hirst time bait Lake has a com- !m, flnl.ln . fc lift JP , j J . , , ,, r .,, , . ana ankle length. Vlfn T plele hair goods store 2nd floor, Kti'Ji-U Brien f Sk Co. A comprehensive, assortment of styles and filTiSl uS ISt now ? ITntl M qualities-priced reasonable. 1158 JS 1151 SSiSS ISJSf SSS .T:::::: " 08 fS WB I T $2.15 to $2.50 Union Suits; now $115 VT M Washington's Birthday Children's Vests and Pants A T t . - Cj . 35 and 40-cent garments; now 25 cents each yP Nfnvpll-IPQ nnA FnvnrQ Stationery 0 to On-ccnt garments; now 3D ceuls each )5 H Yfh lMOVeiLieS alia raVOrS Department 70 to o-cent garments; now 49 cents each H IK ciuti 80 to 0o-cont garments; UOw 5S cents each WW, H jp ' nnd $l-2o garments; now ..65 cents each JUB to tho mountain roads and the headwa ters of the eastern struams. to make for thi!intelves a new allogancc In tho east. Ho was plnd to seo the Spaniard go Im politic as to close tho .Mississippi against the commerce offerod him, and hoped that things might stnnd so until there should havo been "a little time allowed to open, and make easy the ways between thc Atlantic states und the western ter ritory." The opening of the upper reaches of the Potomac to navigation had long been a favorite object with Washington: now It seemed nothing less than a necessity. 11 hud beon part of tho original schomo of the old Ohio company to uso thla means of winning a way for commerce through thc mountains. SEES WEST ASTIB, Steps had been taken more than twenty years ago to act In the matter through private subscription; and active meas ures for securing the ueceswiry legisla tion from tho assemblies of Virginia and Maryland were still In course when Washington was called to Cambridge and revolution drew men's minds Imperatlve- Use Allen's Foot-Ease The antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the shoes. If you want rest and comfort for tired, aching, swollen, sweating feet, use Allen's Koot-lCase. It relieves corns and bunions of all ps.In and prevents blisters, sore and callous pots. Just tho thing for Dancing Parties, Patent Leather Shoes, and for Rrcaklng In New Shoos. It lfi the rrcatcst comfort discovery of tho age. Iry it today. Sold everywhere. 25 cts. Don't accept any substitute. For PRKH trial package, address Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Roy, N" V. (Advertisement.) ly off from the business. In 1770 Wash ington had written to Jefferaon of the project as a means of opening a channel for "tho extensive trade of a rising em pire": now the empire of which ho had had a vision was no longer Britain'?, but America' own, and It was become a matter 01 oxlccnt political necessity to keep that western country against, es trangement, winning it by commerce and closo sympathy 10 Join Itself with the old colonies In building u a. free com pany of united states upon the grout continent. Already the west was astir for tho formation of new states. Virginia had taken the broad and national view of her duty that Washington hlmsolf held, and had ceded to the confederation all her ancient claims to the lands that lay northwest of tho Ohio river, reserving for herself only thc fair region that stretched south of that great stream, from her own mountains to the Mississippi. North Carolina would have ceiled her western lands beyond tho mountains also, had thoy boon empty and unclaimed, like tho vast territory that lay beyond the Ohio. But for manyfl, year settlers had been crossing the mountains Into those fertile valloys. and both this region and that which Virginia still kept showed many a clearing now and many a rude hamlet where hardy frontiersmen woro making a new home for civilization. Rather than bo handed over to oon gress. to be disposed of by an autliorlty which no ono elso was bound to obey. North Carolina's western settlers de clared they would form a stato of their own, nnd North Carolina had to recall her gift of their lands to thu confeder ation before their plans of doflancu could be checked and defeated. Virginia found her own frontiersmen no less ready to tnljo the Initiative In whatever affair louche! t)n- interest Spain offered tho United States trade at her ports, but refused to grant thorn the use of the lower courses of tho Mis sissippi, lest territorial aggression should be pushed too shrewdly in that quarter, and news reached the settlers beyond the mountains, in tho far counties of North Carolina and Virginia, that Mr. Jay, thc confederation's secretary for foreign affairs, had proposed to tho con gress to .ylold the navigation of the Mis sissippi for a generation in exchange for trade on tho seas. They flatly declared thoy would give thomsulves, and their lands, too, Into the hands- of Bng-land ngaln rather than submit to bo so robbed, cramped, and dcserti-J. Tho New England states, on their part, threatened to withdraw from the confederation if treaties wero to be made to wait upon the assent of fron tiersmen on the far Mississippi. The situation was full of menace of no ordinary sort. It could profit tho confederation little that great states like Virginia and New York had grown mag nanimous, and were endowing tho con federation with vast gifts of territory in the west, if such gifts were but to loosen still further the already Blackened bonds of the common government, leaving set tlers in the unclaimed lands no allegi ance they could respect. Without a national government spirit ed and strong enough to framo policies and command obedience, "wo shall never establish a natlona! character or be con sidered on a respectable footing by th powors of Europe," Washington lind said rrom the first. Ho had mado a most solemn nppoal to the states In IiIh last circular to them, ero he resigned his commission, urging them to strengthon tho powers of con gress, put faction and Jealousy away, and make sure of "an indissoluble union under one federal head" ' ijijij farmers" "and 1 ; I STOCKGROWERS I BANK . I "THE PEOPLE'S BANK" CAPITAL ' ' I $300,000.00 H Now open for business in its 11 temporary quarters, 24 East I 1st. So. Commercial, and f fl Savings Accounts solicited. 4 per cant intcie&i paid on savings deposi.r. jJ