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:T.::::Nf n;:::.',u,. COYS, 12 T0 10, ! ( n lot a Dita cf Breakfast Until You Drink Water y TO FIGÜTFQÍ1U.S. U AMERICAN JUNIOR GUARD WOULD Says a gluss of rrot water and phosphate prevents Illness and keeps us fit BECOME LAST LINE OF RE SERVE FORCES. 1) (ulgravc Manor, itój in Northamp tonshire, is preserved as a peace memorial between Great Brit ain and the United States. Here is an interesting story of the historical place te í . I'M 'Iti,,: ;fT iarrrs of Wahiriféonls AncGonj N a quiet, rural neighborhood, where the farmhouses are quaint, and antiquated, stands Sulgrave Manor, the one-time English home of the Washington family. The ma.ior never really saw li'v-i GeorKe Washington or his father. í-ít ti or even his grandfather, but the Luv l Washington family possessed and , Jfgt occupied It during most of the tf 1 sixteenth and seventeenth cen-I"-'- It Is still possible to dls bbümmhm tlnguisb over the main entrance to tue old building the heraldic device of stars and stripes which Washington accepted as his own coat of arms, and which Is commonly re garded as tha origin of the American flag. ' In the summer of 1911 the suggestion was made by a prominent member of the British Peace com mittee that the historical property should be pur chased and dedicated as a memorial to the peace ful relations existing between the two countries during the past century, the dedication to be enn of the features of the International celebrations In 1914. This Idea Immediately met with popular favor. The BrltlBh committee acquired the prop erty, and dedicated it to peace between England and the United States. The manor has been made Into a Hall of Rec ords, where matter pertaining to Anglo-American unity is kept. It Is understood that a lecture chair soon will be supplied by the purchasers aad that James Bryce, ex-ambassador to the United States, will be Its first occupant Charming Old Place. The manor Is a charming piece of old archi tecture, gray with the rains, frost and sunshine of 300 years. The house stands at the eastern extremity of the village of Sulgr&ve. In Northamp tonshire, and It Is approached from the west by a pretty green croft, separated from the almost encircling: road by a hedge. To the right of the gable end of the manor Is a low stone wall with a larch gate, facing a small court, partly paved and partly In grass. From the courtyard the house Is entered by a handsome old otone doorway, above which a little attic projects from a tiled root. The fine old Tudor doorway Is surmounted by a shield containing the Wash ington coat of arms, which three centuries have somewhat robbed of Its original sharpness, but "which is still unmistakable. What a fortune had that shield of u private English gentleman to become the most notable blazon of all the world! Strange to think that this little obscure stone coat of arms In a se cluded Northamptonshire village should be the original of so much should still be extant. As strange to think of the contrast between the tor pid and monotonous rustic life surrounding It for so many generations with the rush and roar of existence in our great republic. There Is very little doubt that the three stars and the three stripes furnished the Idea for the American flag. In the flag, as in the original, the stars signify divine Influence guiding the bearer In the right way, while the bars denote one who sets the bar of conscience and religion against 'wicked temptations and evil desires. The colors, Ted and white, scorn to follow also; the red mean ing military bravery and fortitude; the white peace and sincerity. Tradition attributes the suggestion to Benja min Franklin. Tupper is probably right when, in his "Centennial Drama," he makes Franklin tay: . . I proposed It to the congress. It was the leaders old crusading blazon, Washington's coat, his own heraldic shield. And on the spur, when we must choose a flag Symhollng Independent unity, We and not be all was unknown to him Took up his coat of arms and multiplied And magnified it. In every way to this Our glorious national banner. He adds, also, some allusions to the old man sion: . . , The Washlngtons. of Wassyngton, In County Durham, and on Sulgrave Manor. County Northampton, bore upon their shield Three stars atop . . . and for the crest An eagle's head upsprlnglng to the light. The architraves of Sulgrave testify. As sundry printed windows In the hall At WeBsyngton, this was their family coat. And at Mount Vernon I myself have noted An old cast-iron, scutcheoned chimney-back Charged with that heraldry. The old building Is In an excellent state of preservation. The main hall has a fine fireplace and an oak beam celling. The ancient oak stair case has very beguiling twisted banisters and a fascinating secret cupboard at the Intermediate landing. The drawing room is on the second floor, as was the custom In the days when It was built, and In one of the bedrooms It is said that Queen Elizabeth once slept The estate surrounding Sulgrave manor con sists of about two hundred acres of gently rolling land, substantially all of it in full view of the manor. The ownership carries with it the lord ship of the manor, "with the Rights, Royalltles. Privileges and Appurtenances thereto belonging," and Is Bubject to "a fee farm rent of lis 6d ($2.84) per annum." Sulgrave Manor Is the place In England most closely associated with the name of Washington, and yet It is true that George Washington him self attached little Importance to this fact In the early days of the American republic, ancestry was despised much more than Is now the case. In 1788 George Washington refused to accept the dedication of a book on heraldry because a por tion of the community were: "Clamorously endeavoring to propogate an Idea that those whom they wished Invidiously to des ignate by the name 'well-born' were meditating In the first Instance to distinguish themselves from their compatriots and to wreBt the dearest privileges from the bulk of the people." . But the ability to trace one's ancestors has a greater value in this country today than It had In the days of the first president. Washington knew very little about his own forefathers. When he was asked about them by the Garter King-of-Arms, he said the first of his family in Virginia had come from one of the northern counties In England, possibly Yorkshire or Lancashire, or even farther north. Later there was considerable disputation about the root of the family tree from which he was descended, and it was finally agreed by genealogists that the Washlngtons of Sulgrave and Brighton did actually spring from the Washlngtons In Warton, Lancashire, a place on the Westmoreland border. Several generations of Washlngtons of Warton are recorded, and one of these was the father of Laurence Washington, mayor of Northampton In 1532 and 1545. He seems to have taken up his residence at Sulgrave, though members of his family continued to remain at Warton for several generations. This Laurence Washington had for mother the daughter of Robert Kytson of Hen grave In Suffolk. This proved a matter of very considerable Importance in their history, because It brought them Into connection with the Spen cers of Althrop and Wormleighton, through the marriage of Sir Thomas Kytson's daughter, Cath erine, to Sir John Spencer of Wormleighton, whose grandson. Sir Robert Spencer, was created Baron Spencer of Wormleighton in 1603. In the process of time the Washlngtons of Sul grave appear to have got Into financial difficulties. Laurence Washington entered the wool trade, per haps induced to do so by the fact that Lord Spencer was one of the great flock-masters of his day. This Laurence acquired considerable riches In the wool trade. In 1539 he became possessed of the Manor of Sulgrave for the sum of three hundred and twenty-one pounds, fourteen shil lings, and subsequently be purchased additional property. Sundial With Washington Arms. He bad many sons, of whom the oldest was Robert, the ancestor of George Washington. He succeeded his father In 1585, when be was of the age of forty, but he does not seem to have been so prosperous as his father. Yet it appears that be was able to send both his sons, Christopher and William, to Oriel college, Oxford, where they were in 1588, the year of the great armada. Robert's oldeBt was named Laurence, probably after the mayor of Northampton, and In 1610 Robert, In agreement with bis son, agreed to sell Sulgrave to their cousin, Laurence Makepeace. The second Laurence Washington then removed to Brlngton. near Northampton, his father per haps going with talra. though the latter was burled In the family vault at 8ulgrave. Laurence Wash ington bad seventeen children, two of whom rose The WashinflanJkietd to high positions and were knighted Sir William Wash ington of Packing ton in 1622 and Sir John Washington of Thrapston In 1623. The old church of St Mary's, where the Washington fam ily worshiped for years, Is near the old manor, and is in a good state of pres ervation. It forms a point of considerable Interest containing, as it does, three memorial brasses on the gray stone slab put down in memory of Lau rence Washington and his family. These brasses consist of Laurence Washington' effigy, a shield bearing the Washington arms, and the following Inscription: "Here lyeth burled ye bodys of Laurence Wash tngto, Gent, & Anne his wyf by whom he had Issue liij sons and tj daughts wo laurence Dyed ye . . day . . . ano 18 . . . & Anne De ceased the v of October ano Dnl 1664." Apparently Laurence Washington, great-great-great-grandfather of George Washington, devised this monument as a memorial to his wife, leav ing the date of his own death blank to be filled in after his death. This, however, has never been done. Two other records of the Washlngtons ara found In the village of Brlngton. In this little township, not far distant from Northampton, stands the house to which the family moved from Sulgrave. It was In this house that Robert Wash ington died in 1622. and In the yard, engraved upon a sundial. Is found the Washington coat ot arms. In the Church of All Saints, near at hand, where Robert Washington Is buried, an lnscrlpton reads as follows: "Here lies Interred ye bodies of Ellzab Wash ington, widowe, who changed this life for tmmor- talltle ye 19th day of March, 1622. As also ye body of Robert Washington, Gent, her late hus band second sonne ot Robert Washington of Sol- grave tn ye County of North, Eaqr., who depted this life ye 10th of March, 1622, after they lived lovingly together." Laurence Washington, grandson of the Lau rence of Sulgrave, died in 1616, and Is also buried hfere. Unfortunately little ot the village of Sulgravo as it was In the days of the Washlngtons now re mains. A disastrous fire In 1675 swept the vil lage, and only a relic may be seen here and there In an ancient house. Most of the streets are set with neat brick houses. Coming . toward the Church of All Saints, one might fancy oneself In the business center ot some minor New England city, but with rather less of glare and noise, and the community held In a certain abeyance by the presence of the old church. In dedicating the manor as a memorial to the peaceful relations existing between the two great English-speaking nations during a century, the British committee has created a permanent me morial of permanent interest SCALE OF ANNUAL PAY NATIONAL GUARD PROPOSAL FOR FEDERALIZATION OF STATE TROOPS BEFORE CONGRESS. Weitern Nawnpaper Union Nws Borvlc. Washington. The proposals ot the National Guard Association for fed eralization of the state troops were before the military committees of Congres in the form of a bill drafted by representatives of the association, at the request of the Senate commit tee. The regulations contemplated are given force by a provisión limiting participation In the federal pay fea ture to officers, men or organizations complying with certain specified re quirements. The scale of annual pay proposed is as follows: Major generals, $S00; brig adiers, $700, colonels, $600; lieutenant colonels, $550; majors, $525; captains, $500; fust lieutenants, $300; second lieutenants, $250. hnllsted men would be paid on the basis of 25 per cent of the pay ratts of the regular army, a private receiv ing approximately $45 a year. The maximum number of troops provided for by the bill is 600 for each congressional district or a tota peace strength of approximately 200,000, an increase of 70,000 over the present strength of the national guard. They would form a separate branch of the regular army In time of war when called into the federal service. Tne act would take effect July 1, 1916. The bill provides also for organiza tion of a Junior guard, composed ot boys between 12 and 18, available for active service when other classes of militia had been called out. The ju niors would be divided into two classes cadets, or those of 15 and above, and cadets of the second class, thoBe less than 15. First to Die for Liberty It would be difficult to say who was thj 4rst man killed In the Revolutionary war, The spirit of revolt prevailed and tome collisions between the people and BrltlBh soldiers occurred before the war actually began. The battle of Concord oc curred more than a year before the Declaration of Independence, but there was blitoduhed before the battle ot Concord. One of the earliest of these collisions was the so-called BoBton massacre. March 6, 1770, In which British soldiers fired upon citizens, killing tfcjre and wounding eight The first to tall In thk. affray was CrUpus Attucks, a mulatto. The first man killed In the battle of Con cord, April 19, 1776, was Capt Isaac Davis of the Massachusetts "minute men." In the battle ot Con cord the Americans loBt 93 -killed, wounded and missing, but no complete Hut of names was pre served. Kindliness Is the true wealth of the mind and I beg you to keep it In your heart as a'prlcolesl treasure. -GlustL BULGARIAJOJUIT WAR Has Made Overtures tor a Separate Peace to the Entente Powers. Germans Take Trenches In Champagne. London. Feb. 15. The Exchange Teleeranh Company received the fol lowing dispatch Sunday from Ath ens: It is confirmed in entente circles that Bulgaria has made overtures for a separate- peace to the entente pow ers." Iondon. The Germans are fiercely attacking the French positions in the Artois section as well as in Cham pagne. In the latter district Berllu reports the capture of a front of 700 yards, while the French admit that the Germans have gained a footing in some of their advanced trenches near the Tahure-Somme-Py road. Hand arenado battles continued without In termission over the portion of the trenches to the east of Malson ae Champagne which the French occu pied Friday. The British steamship Sprlngwell has been sunk in the Mediterranean while on her way from London to Calcutta. A Reuter dispatch to Malta says she was torpedoed without warn ing. The officers and crew, number ing seventy-three, were picked up and landed at Malta. Lloyds reports that the British steamship Cedarwood has been sunk Two members of her crew were saved. On the Black sea Russian torpedo boat destroyers have sunk additional Turkish sailing vessels and have de stroyed bridges and depots ashore. Just as coal, when it burns, loaves behind a certain amount of incom bustible material In the form of ashes, so the food and drink taken day after day leaves In the alimentary canal a certain amount ot indigestible mate rial, which If not completely eliminat ed from the system each day, becomps food for the millions of bacteria which infest the bowels. From this mass of left-over waste, toxins and ptomaine like poisons are formed and sucked into the blood. , Men and women who can't get feel ing right must bogln to take inside baths. Before eating breakfast each morning drink a glass of real hot wa ter with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in It to wash out of the thirty feet of bowels the previous day's accumulation of poisons and toxins and to keep the entire alimentary canal clean, pure and fresh. - Those who are subject to sick bead ache, colds, biliousness, constipation, others who wake up with bad taste, foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiff ness, or have a sour, gassy stomach after meals, are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from any druggist or storekeeper, and be gin practicing Internal sanitation. This will cost very little, but is suffi cient to make anyone an enthusiast on the subject Remember inside bathing is more important than outside bathing, be cause the skin pores do not absorb Impurities Into the blood, causing poor health, while the bowel pores do. Just as soap and hot water cleanses, sweetens and freshens the skin, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the stomach, liver kidneys and bowels. Adv. The average man would rather lose $5 on a horse race than a nickel through a hole in his pocket GASGARETS" FOR SLUGGISH BOWELS Republican Convention, Pueblo, May 2. Denver. At a meeting of the Re publican state central committee in Denver dates for the district meet ings and the state conference of the party for the selection of delegates to the Republican national convention In Chicago during June were sot The state session for selection of four delegates and four alternates at large will be held at Pueblo, May 2. The First congressional district meeting will be held at Colorado Springs May 1. The Third and Fourth dis trict conference will be at Pueblo May 2. Each district will select two delegates and two alternates. U. 8. Population Is 10208,3t5. Washington. Census Bureau ex- perts estimated that the population of the United States January 1 was 101,208,315, and that by July 1, it would be 102,017,302. July 1 last year they figured the population at 100,' 399,318. Western states have led in growth, Washington heading the list with Oklahoma, Nevada, North Da kota and New Mexico following, In the order named. The bureau's estimates are based on the rate of Increase be tween the 1900 and 1910 censuses. No sick headache, sour stomach, . biliousness or constipation . . by morning. Get a 10-cent box now. Turn the rascals out the headache. biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases turn them out to-night and keep them out with Cascareis. , Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom ach. Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your Btomach; remove the sour, fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great A Cascaret to-night straightens yon out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head. sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil dren love Cascarets because - they never gripe or sicken. Adv. It is not always advisable to tell all one knows, but It Is' well to know all that one tells. A GRATEFUL OLD LADY. Mrs. A. O. Clemens, West Alexan der, Pa., writes: I have used Dodd't Kidney Pills, also Diamond Dinner Pills. Before using them I had suf fered for a number ol years with backache, also tender spots on nnlrtR- And hnH nt kftjh times black Boating o V f v a. utuure uiy eyes. I also had lum bago and heart trou ble. 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