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THE EVENING GAZETTE

THE SAGE OF MONTICELLO . 1

Thomas Jefferson. the Profound {States-
man in His Younger and Older Days.
The celebration on April 13 of the one

hundred and fifty-fifth anniversary of

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the birth of Thomas Jefferson,_prom— '

less to be unusually enthusiastic and
general this year. Probably the most
notable event of the day Will be the
subscription dinner held at Washing-
ton, under the auspices of the National
Association of Democratic Clubs. This

Never. in nearly every respect. will be .

a repetition of the now famous dinner
of 1897. Mr. Bryan again will deliver
the principal address. Other orator:
of national reputation and Democratic
persuasion are to be present. It. is
expected that every state in the Union
will be represented; and that upwards
of 600 staunch Democrats Will be there
to honorjzhe memory of Jefferson.
Another notable gathering win he
the banquet given by the Iroquis Club
Of Chicago Grover Cleveland is to
be present and will deliver the address.
Senator Caffrey of Louisiana, and pos-

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blY. BOllI‘ke Cochran are among t
iE'oienowned speakers. This Will bee

gold Democratic dinner, and the silver
men in the club will have, probably,
other engagements on the night of the

ct.
baarqiren Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of Independence he built
his most enduring monument. The
world read it; and straightway in-
scribed the name of Jefferson on the
roll of those who have done a great
work for liberty. But, to the student
of United States history, the author of
the Declaration of Independence 13
subordinated to the statesman who
with sense and judgment helped to
mold the destinies of the young Repub-
(ic_ Washington. Jefferson and Ham-
lton were the nation’s master~molders;
and to them more than to any Other
tnree men the great Republic owes the
solidity and breadth of its founda-
lions.

Jefferson stood for simplicity and
economy in administering the func-
tions of the government at. a time
when something of the grandeur of the
ceremonial pomp of the courts of Eu-
rope was beginning to appear in public
life, and the nation’s administrators
were unloosening too freely the strings
3f the public purse. He advocated un-
éversal suffrage. The people found in
hizuthe'r ablest champion. To-day the
nfiuence of his deeds still works for
:he same things—simplicity, economy,
:he people—the whole people. The
Democratic party claims him for a.
Father; but his achievements are'the
:ommon heritage. They belong to no
party; but to the nation.

The Sage of Monticello! What a
pleasant picture of Jefferson, after he
had retired from active public life to
spend the time yet remaining to him in
be busy quietude of Monticello, these
words recall. The tall stately figure,
straight and erect though crowned
with the snows of seventy Winters;
the fine scholarly face, with its thin
firm lips, strong chin and high fore-
nead; the kindly eyes, not as bright
now as they were when they guided
:he pen that wrote the Declaration of
independence; the firm step, just be-
ginning to halt as the old man strolls
tround the home of his own making-
:his was Jefferson when old age found
him dwelling in peace beneath the
porticos of beautiful Monticello. .

Jefferson loved Monticello, and no
wonder, for it almost‘grew out of the
native soil at his command. The
bricks which composed its walls, the
nails which united its wood-work,
much of the furniture, the building it-
lelf, and even the state carriage, an es-
Iential and characteristic appendage of
:he period, all were the product of the
Ikill of his slaves and servants. His
awn brain planned every architectural
'eature of the building, and laid out
he walks and drives and gardens that
leautified the surrounding grounds.
For years, as time and means permit-
:ed, the structure grew, under his di-
'ect supervision, until it became one
If the fairest homes in America.

Here Jefferson spent the last seven-
:een years of his life in the pursuits of
iterature, the management of his
arms and other interests and in en-
.ertaining, with true southern hospi-
ality, the many distinguished guests
vho came to do honor to his greatness.
to few men have been given a more
perfect ending to a long and fruitful
life; but the clouds came.

His business interests became in.
rolved; and at last hopeless bankrupt-
:y confronted the old man. He feared
but he would be compelled to part
with Monticello, dearer to him now
.han ever, for age clings with ever in'
:reaslng fondness to the associations of
iy-gone days. But a tardy public
.ympathy was at last aroused, and con-
gributions sufficient to justify the hope
ahat beautiful Monticello. would be
raved, were sent to him..

He died, comforted by this thought,
It Monticello, early in the afternoon of
iuly 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary
if the signing of the Declaration of
independence. A few hours later in
:he day John Adams passed into his‘
;ory.

Strange that these two men, Jeffer-
son the author of the Declaration of
independence and Adams its most el-
iquent defender, should both have
lied on the afternoon of the same day;
nut, more striking still, that the day
ihOllld have been the Fourth of July.

The last words of Thomas Jefferson
were: “This is the Fourth?" Then
after a brief pause be repeated in a
very faint whisper: “This is the
fourth?” and, with an expression of

ileasure lighting up his face, sank in- '

:c unconsciousness. .
When the attendant bent over John

Adams, to catch the last utterance of

he dying man, he heard what he
bought tobe,‘ the words: "Thomas
iefferson still lives"; as the aged pa.-
rlot passed from life to death. '

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ADVANTAGES OF A SOLDIER’S LIFE '

Nut; Particularly Gay, Perhaps, but Profit-
3 bio in More \Vays Than One.

"It would be a good thing,” said an
army officer, “if parents more generally
knew that their sons might go further
and faremuch worse than in the Unit-
ed States Army. Could they know fully
as we know. the benefits of the service
to young men, they would approve of
their sons enlisting rather than object
to it.

“The general opinion that people have
of lite in the army is erroneous in the
extreme. The army is not a. rough
place, nor is the service, except on the
far frontier and in the winter, a rough
service. Young men, even thOSe who
have acquired vicious habits in civil
life. come out of the army after five
years of service better men, unless they
are utterly incorrigible and bent on a
life of evil. The service and 'the disci-
pline develop all the good qualities of
the man. He knows that disobedience
of orders or violation of any of the un-
written laws which should govern soci.
ety meets with prompt and merited
punishment, and that makes him sup~
press and govern what may be vicious
in him. This disipine gives him a

manly courage, an assurance he mighi'

not otherwise possess, a better respect
for law and order; and he learns tc
obey without questioning, which is, un-
fortunately, something young men do
not learn in civil life.

“There is another thing to be consid-
ered about service in the army, and
that is the habits of economy, and pru-
dence that are generally acquired
True, the pay is not large—$13 a month,
but in addition to this the men have a
home, food, abundant clothing, medical
attendance, and in fact everything nec-
essary to a comfortableexistence. They
do not have the luxuries, to be sure.
but such as they may require} or de-
sire, for that matter, are obtainable
from the Commissary or Quartermaster
.at just what those things cost the Gov-
ernment to purchase at wholesale. The
men are paid once in two months, and,
if they are provident and not extrava-
gant, the greater part of their wages
may be saved, and if the soldier so de<
sires, the money can be deposited with
the Government. “Then the amount of
these deposits reach-es $50, interest at
the rate of 4 per cent. begins to accu-
mulate. This money, once deposited,
cannot be touched until the soldier’s
time is out, and he gets his discharge,
when he hands in his depost book and
receives the amount due him.

“During the third year of service the
Government allows the soldier $1 a
month extra; during the fourth year $2,
and during the fifth year $3. This ac-
cumulation, $72, is paid the soldier when
he receives his discharge. He may also
save durng his five-year term as much
as $200 on the single item of clothing if
he is careful of his uniforms. All of
these methods of saving allow him to
accumulate a. snug little capital to start
him in life with when he leaves the
army, if he cares to leave. Moreover,
wherever he may be at the time of his
discharge he receives his transportation

* to the place of his enlistment at the

rate of a day’s pay for every twenty
miles of distance, and an additional a1<
Iowance of 30 Cents a day for rations.
Thus, should he happen to be in Mons
tana at the time of his discharge, and
be entitled «to transportation to New
York, he would receive $150, or $75 more
than the actual cost of the transporta-
tlon, or an entire profit of $150 if he
chose to remain in Montaina. Very
many soldiers who have served their
time on the frontier have settled down
there and become prosperous and infiu<
ential citizens, and the frontier has
many prosperous farmers to-day who
became such from the savings of a. term
of army service, that enabled them to
take up claims and make happy homes.

“There are a great many good phases
to army life if people only knew it. In
all the Western posts there are regular-
ly established libraries and reading
rooms, containing the daly papers and
the best curretn lterature. Then there
are schools {under the supervision of
regularly appointed Government teach-
ers, where the best kind of common and
practical education is given without ex-
pense. a solder desires to pursue
his studies further officers are Willing to
assist him. Besides that he has plenty
of leisure time to educate himself. The
rlrll and guard duty is not severe, and,
taken all in all, the work required is
much less confining and onerous than

that in many of the pursuits the soldier

would follow in civil lfe. And the ser-
vce is healthful, and there is very little
—I might almost say no—opportunity to
cultivate or contract the vices so rapid-
ly acquired in our cties and towns.

“The opportunties to a soldier, also,_

for making money are many, especially
if he have a good trade. Tailors,'shoe-

makers, carpenters, blacksmiths, masg

ons, bakers, tinsmiths, harnessmakers,
and sometimes painters, bricklayers,
telegraph operators, and other skilled
workmen pick up considerable sums of
money in the course of the year by do-
ing odd jobs for the officers and soldiers
of the post where they are stationed.
I honestly believe that such men dc
better in a financial way in the army,
when these extras and their regular pay
are added together, than they would (it
at home."—New York Sun.

ALarge Key,

“The oldest lock in existence is the
one which formerly secured one of
the doors of Nineveh,” says the St.
Louis Republic. “It is a gigantic at-
fair, and the key to it, which is as
large as one man can conveniently
carry, reminds one of the Scriptural
reference to such instruments being
carried on the "shoulder. The exact
words are, ‘And the key to the house
of David I Will lay upon his shoulder.’
The key to the lock from Nineveh is
nearly three and a half feet in length,
and of the thickness of a four-inch
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GRANT, IN THE DAYS OFCIVILWLR
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The North
‘ culling Bis Career.

This year the birthday 0: General
Grant, which occurs on April 27, is to
be celebrated in a memorable way at
his old home in Galena, Illinois. For

the first time a veteran of the Confed- '

crate army, Judge Emory Speer, of
Macon, Georgia, will deliver the mem-
orial address. In answer to the invi-

tation to give this address, Judge Speer

wrote: “I do not hesitate to accept the
invitation, and if I can give any
adequate expression of the care-
fulness and honor with which the
renown of that great American is
cherished by his countrymen who
dw 11 in the Southern States ‘1
shall be happy indeed." This is
a. significant occurrence. the honoring
of the leader of the blue by a soldier
of the gray; and heralds the complete
establishment of the “era of good feel?
ing.” Judge Speer served in the 5th
Kentucky Regiment, which was a part
of the famous Orphan Brigade. He
is an eloquent speaker; and his tribute
to the memory of the man 'who con-
quered him, along with several bun-
dreds of thousands of comrades, will
be of unusual interest.

At Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, the
day is to be commemorated by the un-
veiling of an equestrian statue of Gen-
eral Grant. In New York city the
Grant Monument Association will give
a banquet in memory of the great sol-
dier; and the services at the tomb,
while lacking the pomp and cir-
cumstances of the grand dedication
ceremonies of one year ago, will yet
be a fitting echo of that notable event.
it is interesting to note among the
trustees of the Grant Monument As-
sociation the names of three Confeder»
ate generals.

 

The most striking strait of General
Grant’s character was his modesty. In
the makeup of the man egotism had no
part. He never boasted and never
posed. He had no vanity to feed. A
distinguished literary critic, after read-
ing Grant’s “Memoirs,” made the re-
mark: ”This is the only autobiogra-
phy I have ever read which is totally
devoid of egotism.” Shortly after the
close of the war General Grant visited
Bethel, where his father had lived.
The good people heard of his coming,
and after the manner of country folks
:ought todo honor to him. They hired
:1 band and carriages, and the judges
and politicians rode out to meet and
to escort him, with befitting pomp,
into the town. 0n. the way they met
a middle-aged, core-worn man driving
a team of horses hitched to a surrey.
He looked like a country merchant out
for a drive.

“Didn’t hear anything of General
Grant coming along this way, did
you?” the leading citizen inquired.

The man in the surrey nodded.
“Yes; he is on the road now,” he re-
plied and jogged on.

Shortly after the plain-looking
stranger had vanished one man said
to the rest: “I believe that was
Grant himself."

The man was right. The care-
worn, plainly’dressed, middle-aged
man jogging along contentedly in the
General Grant. The
"judges and politicians” could hardly
believe their eyes. They had expected
the great general would appear infull
uniform, with his staff, likewise in
glittering uniforms trailing behind
him. . . .
Another trait, rarer even than is
modesty in great men, was his absolute
truthfulness. Few men knew Gen.
eral Grant better than did General
Horace Porter, who thus writes of
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most absolutely truthful man I
have ever encountered in public
life. An incident will illustrate
:his' trait. One day, while busy
writing in his bedroom at the
White House, a servant brought
n a card. “Say the President
-s not in,” ordered an lmportunate

ufficer to the servant. General Grant
overheard the command, and, turning
:uddenly in his chair, called out to the
servant: “Tell him no such thing. i
lon’t lie myself, and I don’t want any-
me to lie for me."

General Grant was one of the very
'ew men who never displayed the
slightest nervousness during a battle.
\lo mattcrhow great .the_personal dan-
ger or momentOus the occasion, heswas
llways outwardly calm,_imperturbable.
At Belmont one of his staff exclaimed:
‘We are entirely lost. General. They
nave surrounded us.” “Then we will
:ut our way out,” he replied-indiffer-
ently. During the attack on Peters-
ourg Grant and his-staff halted on the
summit of a. small bill, which over-
ooked the battlefield. The" position
was exposed to the fire of the enemy.
who, probably noticing the'gathering
3f officers, began to pay particular at-
:ention to that particular spot. Gen-
eral Grant was busy writing dispatches
and gave no attention whatever to the
calls flying all around him. The
members of the staff began to grow
uneasy, and suggested that he move
to a less exposed position. Grant con--
.inued writing. When he had finished
the despatches and had taken a final
view of the enemy, he mounted his
’lOl‘SG, remarking as he rode quietly
away: “Well, they do seem to have
got the range on us."

General Grant was never great in
little things. He could not success-
fully manage a farm; but. he led great
armies to victory. He'was ,.nable to
:ope with his townsmen in~a petty
election; but he directed a negotiation
;hat averted a war between. England
and the United States, and won the ad-
miration of diplomatists. He was a
aoldier and statesman; not a business
man; but even here he needed the spur
If great; responsibility to force out all

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lNVENTOR OF LéAo PIPE; r

First Suggested by Robert Seydell of
- Pennsylvania In 1880.’

There was born in Milton, Pa... in 1890
a man of wonderful genius, it is said.
His name was Robert Seydell and he
died an 1347. '

Mr. Seydell was a. coppersmith and
was almost continuously working but
some device connected with the ma.-
chinery in his factory. To him, it is
related by some of the oldest citizens
of this place, belongs the discovery of ,
the process of making lead pipe, and
like many other inventors, the idea. of
making the same was stolen from him
and further developed to its present
form of manufacture.

It was in the latter part of the thir<-
ties that the idea suggested itself to
him, and the following is the way he-
wrought it out: He first took a slug-
or casting of lead, placing it on a. mans
drel, or rod of steel,-about sixteen-feet.
long and one inch in diameter; the
mandrel was highly polished, and upon
this he drew, or rolled out, the lead to.
the full length of the rod, thus giving.
him an inch bore, and the material was
rolled, it is.said, to one-fourth inch,
making a. total diameter one and one‘
half inches for the pipe. After com-
pleting several sections of the length
of the mandrel, ,he soldered them to—
gether, making the pipe of whatever
length he desired.

He put it to practical use by fasten—
ing it to pump heads, and also run-
ning it from springs to connect, water-
mg troughs and spring houses in the
country round about here. Being
greatly pleased with his discovery,
and receiving the most flattering of
comments from his friends and neigh-
bors in this section, he concluded to
make his invention more widely known.
and hence made a. visit to Philadelphia,
taking his device with him.

At the Franklin Institute in that city
he gave his first exhibition to quite
a. number of inventors, artisans and
mechanics. As it is now related, every
one who witnessed it was more than
delighted, and so expressed them-
selves in his immediate presence. It
was not long that he was allowed to
remain in a condition of supreme hap-
piness over his invention, for a. short
time after he made a disclosure of his
discovery, and while yet in Philadel-
phia, he found out that by the persons
:0 whom he had given an exhibition of
the process of making lead pipe his idea.
had been used and improved upon.

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CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.

The Place “'liere Christ Laid No Longer n
Rough-Hewn Cave.

It has been built over and lined with
marble and hung with lamps, etc., till
it is no longer a rough-hewn cave; but
on entering it (a. task of considerable
difficulty through the narrow. low arch
roughly hewn out in the rock) and on
seeing} the rocky slab on which lay the
body of our Lord, you feel it is the
true site, for it conveys the impression
that it is just the sort of a cave that
would be used for sepulchre purposes
and these alone, and not ashrine built
to accommodate the thousands of pil-
grims who flock there annually. With-
in it the slab of rough-hewn rock lies
altar-wise against the side of the
cave, and is about the width and
length that would be filled by a dead
body; the top of it is now covered with
a. marble slab to protect it from the
kisses of the pilgrims, which would
long ere this have Worn away the
stone. There is just room in front of?
this 'slab for about four persons to'
kneel; all the sides of the caves are
hung with lights, jeweled icons, and
pictures. _ .

To attempt to describe the feelings
evoked in the Christian soul when
adoring at such a spot would be be-
yond human pen. The Russian pl-l—
grims have a. touching habit of bring-
ing their bundle of grave clothes and
laying them on this holy slab in
order tobless them for their future
use. Of course there is always a Greek
ecclesiastic present within the holy
shrine, to watch over it. Just outside
the cave is a small alabaster ornament
marking the traditional spot where the
angels stood as they announced “He
is not here, but He is risen."—Pall
Mall Magazine. . ..,,;

For the Easterdfirlde.

Now as the season of weddings ap-
proach there is always a demand for
neat and dainty bridal gowns suitable
for the home wedding. A pretty mod«
cl is made of cream white satin, al-
though silk could be substituted if
preferred. Over the back of the skirt
falls a circular train of medium length.
while down the left side the skirt is
trimmed with a cascade trill of lace,
and also orange blossoms. If there
is any lace which is an heirloom in
the family this would be an excellent
way to use it, as it would not be neces-
sary to cut into it.

The bodice is made‘with a. tight-fit-
ting back. The front is covered with
pleated chiffon, which is draped and
fastened With a. bow on the left side
below a small vest also of chiffon.
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His New Delusion.

Mrs Fadde, Faith Curist-How is.
your grandfather, this morning, Brid-
get?

Bridget—He still has the rheumatics
mighty bad, mum.

2 ““You mean he thinks he has the
rheumatism. There is no‘such thing
as rheumatism.”

"Yes, mum.”

A few days later: .

“And does your grandfather still
persist in'his delusion that he has the
rheumatism?” ' ' “ '

"No, mum; the poor man thinks now

. thothe is dead. We buried um yistera

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