The pioneer press., February 18, 1904, Image 7

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| From the center of this erstwhile
living space an arched passageway
leads to the remnant of the beautiful
garden that once ran unobstructedly
to the river front On each side of
this way are Isvo rooms, three of
which once housed the soldiers, while
the fourth was the prison. On the
rough stone walls of this room are
wvidences still of the shackles by
which the worst of Its Inmates were
restrained.
THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY. AND HIS FAMILY
| BRADDOCK
The purchase of Faunce’s Tavern in
New York city, in which Washington
bade farewell to the army and the
determination to restore the structure
to its original appearance and make of
it a repository for colonial and revolu
tionary relics, adds all the more point
to the suggestion to buy another bit
of Washingtonia intimately connected
with the younger days of the great
general.
There exists to-day in Alexandria,
Va., the house in which Washington
is said to have received his first com
mission; certainly the house which
Gen. Braddock made his headquarters
preparatory to his fateful expedition
against the French on the Ohio. This
house, formerly known as the Carlyle
House, was built by John Carlyle, one
of the first trustees of Alexandria in
1 799
I 106. ,
To-day the Carlyle House forms part
of the deserted caravansary still
known as the Braddock House, but
formerly doing businecc under the
several titles of Newton’s Hotel and
Green's Mansion House. The hotel
forms the west fropt and the north
and the south sides of the quadrangu
lar structure, while the Carlyle Uouce,
facing the courtyard, forms the main
astern part of the building now bear
ing Braddock’s name.
The Carlyle House, with Its wide
grounds, once reaching to the Potomac
just below the east, was built upon
the site of an old colonial fort which
guarded the interests of the King and
his. traders when the neighborhood
was known as Hunting Creek. So sub
stantially was the old fort built that
John Carlyle took the structure as it
stood In 1732 and built thereon the
house that now bears his name.
This old fort Is not without its meas
ure of interest. There still remains a
portion of the underground passage
that once led directly to the river, and
by which fugitives were hastened into
shelter while the military spirits
issued forth secretly to engage the
•enemy unawares.
The living rooms of those early
-dates, now the cellar of the Carlyle
House, In which the women and child
ren were gathered in those times of
trouble with the Indians, seem even
to-day to breathe through the nostrils
of their iron-barred windows the
same spirit of defiance with which
they once confronted the foe. These
rooms later, when the Carlyle House
became famous for its hospitality,
were turned into meat pens, wherein
-were stored the luscious old hams and
the like for which Virginia has long
been famous.
This part of the old fort still forms
the plaza out upon which the main
hallway leads; and It was there, In
Washington's days, that the young
people gathered in the summer even
ings to chat and to watch the moon
rise over the river, then In plain view,
and It was there, too, their elders met
to discuss the questions of the days
when the wharves beyond were crowd
ed with trading craft and littered with
the richest barter of England and the
Any Objection to This as a Sizable American Family?
HOUSE STILL STANDS
The part of the history of the Car
lyle House, however, in which we are
most interested is that dealing direct
ly with Washington as a national char
acter. Most of us are fairly -familiar
with Lieut.-Col. Washington’s work
with the Virginians against the French
at Great Meadows; and we know with
what spirit he resigned his commis
sion from Gov. Dinwiddie rather than
take that misguided Scotchman’s dic
tum that provincial officers should
rank no higher than captains when
serving in concert with British regu
lars.
Maj.-Gen. Braddock, however, had
formed a very different opinion of
Washington, and in recognition of the
young man’s services, invited him to
become one of his staff and to serve
in his military family with the rank of
colonel. It is in this we are Inter
ested.
Making his headquarters in the Car
lyle House, Braddock set to work at
once to.fully organize his forces, part
of his military command long beirg
recruited in Alexandria. In mid-April
of 1755 Braddock had called together
in Alexandria the governors of Mas
sachusetts, New r York, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Virginia, w-ho were
William Shirley, James De Lancey,
Horatio Sharpe. Robert Hunter Morris
and Robert Dinwiddie. It was to the
councils of such men that Washing
ton w-as bidden by Braddock, and it
,he received his commission as colonel
on Brnddock’s staff. The walls, wains
coting, woodwork, mantel, «tc.. of the
very room In which this occurred re
main to-day Just as they were on
"hat momentous occasion.
It takes no particularly vivid imag
nation to animate that place to-day
.vith a sense of the atmosphere of that
time, now a century and a half cone
by, and the use to which the building
is now put—a repository for antique
furniture of the artistic sort —only
tends to give further touch to the
ancient halo about the place.
This room referred to leads directly
upon the broad central hallway of the
house, and, according to tradition, it
was at the foot of the still beautiful
mahogany staircase of this hall
way that Washington stood waiting
the coming of fair Sallie Fairfax on
the occasion of a ball in the house,
and, likewise according to honored
tradition, it was in the room directly
opposite the one In which he received
his commission and counselled with
the colonial rulers that he proposed
to the same fair Sallie and was re
jected.
But for the unusually substantial
manner In which the house and Its
old-fort foundation were built, the
place would long ago have lost much
of its originality. The ravages of
time are now beginning to tell and It
will be but a question of a few years,
if something Is not done to prevent
the attacks of relic hunters and the
natural decay of materials, before the
building Is ruined.
To-day the Braddock House, which
is not without Its civil war history—
for It was there that Col. Ellsworth
of the zouaves was shot In '61 —Is
practically deserted, only the wide
sweep of Its ground floor, which once
was the scene of many a ball and Im
portant function, Is now littered with
mahogany relics of every Bectlon of
Virginia. The work of preparing this
furniture for the market Is fast mar
ring the walls and Injuring wainscot
ing and the like, and the Carlyle
House suffers in common with lta
more recent neighbor.
Stringless spinnets and dumb harp
sichords stand mute records of the
days gone by, while empty chairs and
broken tables, like limping spirits, fill
the halls and rooms with shadows of
the past
The front and portico of the Car
lyle House remain to-day as they were
originally when they looked unob
structedly across upon the ancient
market place of the town, and beyond
to the further side of that square,
where still survives the old City Hotel,
built in 1762, and for some time Wash
ington’s headquarters.
This same hotel, then known as
Wise’s tavern, was built by Ix>rd
rairfax out of the same lot of bricks
ho Imported from England in 17C1,
from which he also built Christ
Church, where Washington worship
ped, and the chapel to the same
church at Pohick, a few miles distant.
The Fairfax House, still surviving,
was built between the market space
and Christ church.
The market space of Alexandria Is
intimately connected with the story
of Washington’s life at Mt. Vernon. At
one time the place was known as Bell
haven, and in those days, according
to Weems, It boasted more of beauty
for the eye than charms for the pal
ate. He says:
“Not that the neighborhood of Bell
haven was a desert; on the contrary,
it wa3 in many place* a garden spot
abounding with luxuries. But its in
habitants, though wealthy, were not
wise. By the successful culture of
tobacco they had money. And having
filled their coach houses with gilt car
riages, and their dining rooms with
gilt glasses, they began to look down
•pon the poorer sort and to talk about
families.
“Of course it would never uo for
such great people to run market carts!
Hence the poor Bellhavenites. though
embosomed in plenty, were often In
danger of gnawing their nails. And
unless they could cater a lamb from
some good-natured cracker, or a leash
of chickens from the Sunday negroes,
were obliged to sit down with long
fanes to a half-graced dinner of salt
meat and Journey cake.
“This was the order of the day,
A. D. ’59, when Washington, Just mar
ried to the wealthy young wddow Cus
11s. had settled at ML Vernon, nine
miles below Bellhaven. The uuplcas
ant situation of the families at that
place soon reached hl3 ears. To a
man of bis character, with too much
spirit to follow a bad example when
he had the power to set a good one.
and too much wit to look for happi
ness arywhere but In his own bosom,
could not long be questionable what
part he had to act.
"A market cart was instantly con
structed, and regularly, three times a
week, sent off to Bellhaven. filled vith
nice roasters, kidney covered lamb
and veal, green geese, lat ducks and
goblers, chickens by the basket, fresh
butter, new laid eggs, vegetables and
fruits of all sorts. Country gentle
men dining with their friends In town
very soon remarked tbo welcome
change of diet. ‘Bless us all!* ex
claimed they, 'what’s tho meaning of
this? You Invited us to family faro,
and here you have given us a lord
mayor’s feast.’ ‘Yes,’ replied the
others, ‘thank God for sending a Col.
Washington Into our neighborhood.’
“The cat was thus let out of the bag,
to the extreme mortification of some
of the ‘Little Great Ones,* that Col.
Washington should ever have nu; a
market cart”
MORE BULDING FOR ABERDEEN.
A Five-Story Business Block >• a
Caspar Hatz will erect his flve-story
business block at Aberdeen the com
ing summer. He has expended sever
al thousand dollars on the basement,
but was deterred from beginning the
superstructure last year by the discov
ery of a defect in the title of one of
the four lots to be covered by the
building.
Resides the Hatz block, buildings
in tight for business purposes are a
warehouse and office building for the
Aberdeen Wholesale Grocery com
pany: a large warehouse for the J. I.
Case company; a two-story brick and
stone building for the use of the Aber
deen Commercial club; a two-story
brick and stone store building for A.
W. Voedisch, the jeweler;; a two
story brick and stone building by the
Carswell estate of Chicago; another
tow-story brick factory building by
Ward Eros, compan , bakers and can
dy manufacturers. The failure of the
contractors to get the goiernii ut
building inclosed last fall delayed the
completion of the structure and this
will employ a large number of men
through the summer.
City Engineer Washburn preserved
hi 3 annual report to the city council,
and the extent of public improve
ments in new cement sewers and
sidewalks is shown during 1903 to
have been $46,216.43, of which $17,-
895.18 was spent for sewers and the
remainder, except $2,077.36, for side
walks, crossings, intersections, stone
or cement curbs, etc. The cement
sidewalks ordered for this year
amount to 19,000 feet. The total new
sewer laid amounted to 14,942 feet,
making a total for the city of ovei
seven miles. Last year the new ce
ment sidewalks measured four and a
half mihs, and there is ordered for
1904 nearly four miles more.
The city also laid a large amount of
new water pipe, the total length of 6-
inch pipe being 1,183 lineal feet and
of 4-inch pipe 6.845 feet. About four
miles of new gas mains were laid.
The city engineer recommends that
paving likely to be done on Main
street next summer be of macadam.
He figures that six-inch macadam can
be put down for sl.lO a square yard,
while crushed granite would cost $2.50
a square yard, and brick or Btone from
$2 to $2.50 a square yard.
TO SHOW FREAK ANIMALS.
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Singing Badger and Dancing Wolf
South Dakota’s exhibit at the
world’s fair may Include a dancing
wolf and a singing badger. The wolf
is of the coyote family, the property
of Bert Clouse of Miller. It has been
in capacity since early last summer,
which change of life from the open
prairies to close confinement in the
city has greatly agreed with it, for It
has grown from a slim little jerky
cub to become a fat, broad-backed,
lazy, gray monster of its kind, weigh
ing about a hundred pounds. The an
imal is a male and bids fair to grow
much larger. He is allowed his lib
erty about the house, and, doglike,
takes great Interest in chasing cats,
catching and playing with them, but
will not hurt them. Mr. Clouse ex
pects to finally succeed In teaching
the azy fellow to dance like a bear.
T 1.3 badger is the property of Geo.
Fenton. It, too, has prospered in the
confines of the town, and is a fat, yel
lowish gray monster of. its kind,
weighing about twenty pounds. It
may be taught to still more plainly
articulate the doggerel, poetic whine
that it now utters when It Is given
bcefstake to eat Instead of chicken,
and become In fact a singing badger.
Mr. Clouse says that he expects to
create as great a sensation at St.
Louis with these two trained live Da
kota specimens as will be caused by
the stuffed hide of “Hornless Bill,”
the lone tramp buffalo recently shot
from ambush 200 miles northwest of
Pierre while taking his morning drink
from a spring.
Of all the government lands filed
upon under the timber culture act in
the Aberdeen district, but two remain
upon which patents have not been Is
sued or else the settlers taking them
have left them. Of the two, one has
already been advertised for final
proof, so there virtually remains but
one quarter section held by a settler
under this net for which a deed has
not been given.
The land men are coming to South
Dakota this year In unusually large
numbers for so early in the season.
On Wednesday five newcomers de
cided to locate in this section, four
of them buying land while the other
leased and will purchase later.
Sheriff Howard W. Cole went to'
Milbank after Charles Kuntz, who was
arrested at that place on telegraph
orders from the Aberdeen police. Ho
is charged with stealing an overcoat
from Charles Ilollslunder.
FOR GIRL HAWK AND OTHER 9.
Probate Business Involves Estates of
A number of Indians who took
severalty allotments In Lyman coun
ty years ago have died since making
filing, leaving their tracts to relatives.
Those relatives desire to put the
tracts In shape so that they edn be
disposed of to the incoming settlers,
and a large amount of probate busi
ness is being done in that county.
Among the notices which are being
published are such names as Walking
Shield, Girl Hawk, John Jaw, Sarah
Bills Alive, Soup. Red Finger Nail,
Sleeping Bear, Matthew Horse Run
ning, Red Spider, Has No Patience,
I.ame Woman Thick Bread. Henry
Splint Whirlwind, Kill Her Fast
Horae, Yearling Horse and Santee
Iron Shooter, besides of oth
ers which are being published In the
papers of that county.
Starter.
May Go to St. Louis.
LAST CLAIM
Dead Red Men.
Congress.
Return* of the Week's
Proceedings.
Washington, Feb. 10. —The senate
yesterday passed the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill without
debate and then renewed consider*
tion of the isthmian question. Mr.
spoke in support of the course
of tho administration in connection
with the Panama revolt and Mr. Cor
mack and Mr. Overman in opposition
thereto. Mr. Overman had not hith
erto made h’s position on the treaty
known, and his speech revealed the
attitude of probably the.last doubtful
member of the senate. The speech
was Mi. Overman's maiden effort in
the senate.
The house devoted the entire sea
sion to consideration of the resolution
reported from elections committee
No. 3 unseating Mr. llowell (Dein.)
and declaring Mr. Connell (Rep.),
who contested the election, to have
been elected from the Tenth Pennsyl
vania district. By agreement a volo
will be taken at 3 p. m. to-day.
Washington, Feb. 11. The house
yesterday disposed of the Conuell-
Howell contested election case from
the Tenth Pennsylvania district in fa
vor of Mr. Connell. The Republicans,
with the exception of Messrs. I.anning
(N. J.l, Shiras (Pa.) and Pnrket (N.
J.), supported the resolution unseat
ing Mr. Howell and giving the seat to
the contestant. The Democrat? sol
idly supported Mr. Howell. Mr. Shiras
and Mr. Banning spoke In opposition
to the unseating of Mr. Howell. Mr.
Connell was promptly sworn In and
took his scat. The house then re
sumed consideration of the senate
amendment proposing a loan of $4,-
600.000 to the Bouislana purchase ex
position, on which a vote on tho ques
tion of concurrence will be taken to
day.
The major portion of the timo of
the Honato in open session was de
voted to a speech by Mr. McCumber,
who supported the Panama treaty and
Justified all the acts of the adminis
tration in connection with the recent
revolt. A number of private pension
bills were passed.
Washington, Feb. 12. The houae
yesterday by a vote of 172 to 103 con
curred in the senate amendment to
the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill authorizing a loan of $4,600,000 by
the government to the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, efier amending
it with respect to the manner In
which the money is to be paid. The
proposition was Btrongly opposed in
the debate, which covered portions of
three days. There were arrayed
against it :om« of the house loaders.
Among those who voiced their oppo
sition to it yesterday were Messrs.
Payne (N. Y.), Grosvenor (Ohio) and
Dnlzell (Pa.). Mr. Hemenway (Ind.),
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee, closed the debate with a
strong appeal in favor of the loan.
There was no party alignment on the
measure, its supporters being com
posed of Republicans and Democrats
alike. The house also concurred in
the senate amendment to the urgent
deficiency bill authorizing tests of
coals and lignites at the St. Ixiuis fair
and non-coricurred in all the other
amendments proposed by the senate.
A number of bills were passed, among
them measures ratifying agreements
with Indians in Minnesota and Mon
tana.
At the beginning of the session yes
terday the senate adopted a Joint res
olution authorizing a survey to de
termine whether a tidewater ship
canal across the State of Florida is
feasible, tt also passed a bill au
thorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Ouachita river in Ixmislana
by the Little Rock & Monroe Railroad
company. The senate then, at 12:37,
on motion of Mr. Culloin, went into
executive session for the considera
tion of the Panama canal treaty.
Washington, Feb. 13. —Speaker Can
non yesterday took the hit in his
teeth and ran completely away with
legislative precedent in the house.
Incidentally ho broke all previous
records in the dispatch of private pen
sion bills. Under his guidance 320 of
these measures of relief were passed
by tbe house in 155 minutes. Nearly
the whole of this time was consumed
In committee of the whole. The house
passed the bills “en bloc” under unan
imous consent, which the speaker
himself asked for. About half of the
bills were disposed of under this re
piest, those without amendment
When objection was temporarily
made the Bpeaker plainly showed hir
displeasure by dragging the proceed
Ings. The objection was withdrawn
whereupon the remaining bills wer*
declared passed without even the
formality of having the clerk read
their numbers.
The senate yesterday listened to
the reading by Mr. Carmack of o
speech prepared by Mr. Morgan in
opposition to the president’s policy
with reference to an isthmian canal
and also considered a bill appropri
atlng $200,000 to ex-Queen Liltoaka
lani of Hawaii. Mr. Spooner moved
to recommit the measure, but thr
vote on this motion failed to develop
a quorum, so the senate was forced
to adjourn.
Fifty-Five Years In Bame House.
lowa City, Feb. 14.—At the same
table at which they had eaten theli
wedding breakfast fifty-five years ago
Mr. and Mrs Mathes, with a party ol
friends, celebrated the anniversary
with a banquet yesterday. Mr. W. V
bathes is a prominent stock man and
politician of South Liberty, where h«
has resided for the past eirty years
“
WILL LOOK AFTER PIGMIES.
American Profeeeor to Dispatch Ex
pedition In Africa After Data.
Prof. 8. P. Verner, of the University
of South Carolina has arrived here
from Brussels, whither he went to
seek facilities for the dispatch of the
scientific expedition to the Congo
Free State and elsewhere in Central
Africa.
With the help of Towna
end. the American minister, his mis
sion was successful.
Prof. Verner’s mission In Africa will
be mainly in connection with the
anthropological section of the St.
Louis exposition, and he will furnish
data for the scientific congress to be
held there. He will devote special at
tention to the pigmies and the primi
tive tribes of the Lunda piateau.
Church—Well, I see the Brooklyn
people voted to let tho tiger cross the
bridge?
Gotham —Yes, and now there’s an
other bridge provided so he can get
over without being crowded. —Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Buffalo, N. Y„ Feb. 15th.—Physi
cians have accepted Dodd’s Kidney
Pills as the standard remedy for dis
eases of the Kidneys and kindred
complaints R. H. Dunaway, M. D..
of Benton, 111., says:
“Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured me of
Diabetes after everything else had
failed and I was given up to die. I
have since prescribed them in my
regular practice for every form of
Kidney Trouble, ami have never as yet
known them to fail.”
Jesse B. Limes, M. D., St. John.
Kansas, says:
“I prescribed Dodd’s Kidney Pill*
for the little daughter of Mr. and Mre.
Mcßride of this place, who suffered
from Epileptic fits following Scarlat
ina. results were miraculous; I have
never seen anything like It.”
Iceland Williamson, M. D., York
town, Ark., Hays:
“Dodd s Kidney Pills are the best
medicine I know of for all forms of
Kidney Disease. I believe In using
the remedy that relieves and cures my
patients, whether ethical or not, and
I always prescribe Dodd’s Kidney
Pills and can testify that they In
variably accomplish a permanent and
perfect cure of all Kidney Com
plaints.”
Mother —Johnny Jones, did you get
that awful cold out skating?
Son —Mother, I think I caught It
washing my face yesterday morning.
Discover* Mild Remedies That (tester*
Sifiht to Blind People*
Dr. W. O. Coffee, e noted oculist, 3flo Good
Block. Dee Monica, lowii, hex diacoTerc-d mild
medicines that people can une in their ere* a*
homo and cure Cataract#, Siums. (JranuliiU-d
Lida, Ulcers on the Kyea, Weak .Sure Kyea and
any kind of eye trouble.
Dr. Coffee has lust printed 60.000 of bta
famous Mo-patfc book on Eye Diaeaaen and wants
to tend a copy free to every render of this
paper. This book tell# how to care for the eye*
and prevent blindnexa and how hia mild troaU
ment cure# ull diseases ut homo at small ex
pense. Write Dr. Coffee to-day tot his book.
Don't watt to go blind.
“Pa says he had a horrible night
mare last night.”
“What was it?"
"He says he dreamt he smoked one
of them cigars ma gave him for
Christmas. —Boston Globe.
“Nope,” said Alkali Ike, who waa
visiting his cousins in the Fast; "wa
don’t give our children autymobllea
at Christmas. Wo give ’em six-shoot
ers. Then they can pot their man*
even if he climbs a tree.” —Judge.
“What makes you think they are
such rich Americans?”
“Because they know so much more
about other countries than their own.**
The Poboat Physique Can Stand More
Coffee Than a Weak One.
A young Vlginian says: "Having
a naturally robust constitution far
above the aveiage. and not having a
nervous temperament, my system waa
able to resist the inroads upon it
by the use of coffee for some year*,
but finally tbe strain began to tell.
“For ten years I have been em
ployed as a telegraph operator and
typewriter by a railroad In this sec
tion and until two years ago I had
used coffee continuously from the time
I was eight years old, nearly 20 years.
“The wore of operating the tele
graph key is a great strain upon the
nerves, and after the day’s work was
over I would feel nervous, irritable,
run down, and toward the last suffer
ed from insomnia and neural
gia. As I never indulged in intoxi
cating liquors, drugs or tobacco In
any form I came to the conclusion
that coffee and tea were causing the
gradual break-down of my nervous
system, and having read an article In
the Medical Magazine on the composi
tion of coffee and its toxic effect upon
the system, I was fully convinced that
coffee was the cause of my trouble.
“Seeing Postum spoken of as not
having any of the deteriorating effects
of coffee l decided to give up the
stimulant and give Postum atrial. Th*
result was agreeably surprising. After
a time my nerves became wonderfully
strong. I can do all my work at th*
telegraph key and typewriter with far
greater ease than ever before. My
weight has Increased 35 pounds, my
general health keeping pace with Ic.
and I am a new man and a better one. 1 *
Name given by Postum Co.* Battle
Creek. Mlob.
There’s a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the faraona
little book* “The Road to WellviUa~
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Less Jam for the Tiger.
Three Doctors’ Opinions.
Johnny.
DR. COFFEE
Reality.
Just as Well.
Self-Betrayed.
BURE.
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