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FAMOUS LEES OF OLDEN TIMES.
The First of the Family to Comato—
. America.
When Longfellow wrote “a thing
for flouts and sneel‘s and jeers is an
American aristocracy” he could not
have, meantuit in a. literal, sense. There
are many families in the United—States
who can show as illustrious a descent,
and whose achievements in peace or
war Would favorably compare with the
renowned families of older nations
were our institutions strained in order
to nurture titles or kindred personal
distinctions. Nor could the poet
have intended that it was a bad or un-
becoming thing to have come of good
stock, or to have had famous forefath-
ers. As We hope that our own deeds
shall be sweet and inspiring in other
ages, so we are all in duty bound to
revere the memories of those who have
gone before us. Burke who uttered
so many wise' aphorisms has truly said
on this subject: “he will never look for-
ward to posterity who never looks
backward to his ancestors; and their
deeds whether good or evil can never
be a matter of indifference in the life
of a nation." ‘
And'amongst those prominent fam-
ilies who have enriched the history of '
the United States, and whose records
can never be a subject of indifference
to our people is that of the Lees of
Virginia. The family of Lee is prob-
ably among the most distinguished in
martial deeds as,,_well as in point of
antiquity. And an illustrious public
services will always rate higher than
mere uneventful pedigrees, however
long descended may be the line or
numerous the quarterings, let us see
how the Lees of Virginia measure up
in this important respect.
The first to whom there is mention
was the Richard Lee of. Colonial times,
who was Secretary of State for Vir-
ginia. He’s said to have been six feet
high with a. handsome face‘denoting
spirit and enterprise, ”and .which ape
pear to be characteristics that have im-
pressed~ themselves _u‘po'_n'“all his def
scendants. In othe' ‘time of King
Charles he received large grants of
land of Virginia where he died in 1663.
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GEN. ROBERT E. LEE.
His son, Major Richard Lee, was sent-
to Oxford University, and when he re-
turned was appointed Naval Officer for
the Potomac River being succeeded in
that capacity by his son. He' was
spoken of by the English Governor as
a “loyal discreet person and a gentle-
man of as fair character as any in the
country," the succession of the son
being a mark of esteem for the father.
This son, Thomas, accordingly be-
came president of the King’s Council,
and Commander-in-Chief of the Col-
ony and played a rather important
part in the early annals q: Virginia.
He negotiated a treaty with the “Six
Nations” or Indianswhlch so advanced
the King's interests that the Queen
Caroline sent him a present of $30,000
on the occasion of the burning of the
family mansion- at Stratford. This
was a mark of uncommon esteem, and
when Sir William Gooch, the Governor -
of Virginia, died, he was appointed the
first American Governor of his native
state. He left six sons, whom John
Adams alluded to as “that band of
brothers, intrepid and unchangeable.”
They were the neighbors and the
earliest advisers of Washington whose
home was only one mile distant. When
the famous Westmoreland declaration
against the Stamp Act was drawn up
the oflicial connections of the Lee fam- '
Four .
ily was severed with England.
of these six brothers signed their
names to the Westmoreland declara-
tion and two, Richard Henry Lee and
Francis Lightfcot Lee, also signed the
Declaration of Independence. Indeed
this Richard Henry Lee has a most in-
timate connection with the Revolution.
Like others of his family he was sent-
‘ to school to England and was so pain-
fully reminded by the sons of England
aristocrats of the inferiority of the col-
onists to themselves that, he returned
from England a. pronounced Republi-
can and henceforth resolved to make"
his country free. , It was he who drew
up in the Continental Qpngress the
famous stirring resolution “that these
united colonies are and of right ought
to be free and independent states, that
all political connection between them;
and Great Britain is and ought to be:
totally absolved." One of his sons,
was Washipgton’s Attorney General
and the otherwas therfamous dashing
“LightHorse Harry"-Lee. 'He raised
.theindependent corps of light cavalry
'which he commanded and which under
the name of “Lee’s Legion" became
proverbial for the dash and bravery of
its men in the Revolutionary War. In
1779 at the head of threehundred men .
he captured the British fort at Jersey
City takingone hundred and sixty
prisoners for which Congress also pub-
licly thanked him, and also presented
him‘jwithwa medal and a commission
in the army.:;_ ' ' ”gilt, H“
“Light Horse Harry" was renowned
in war but it may not be generally
known that he was no less renowned in
peace'and was‘the author of the phrase
used by Washington: Q‘First in war.
1799 when Washington died.
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first in peace and first in the hearts of
his countrymen," which occurs in the
resolution he moved in Congress in
Colonel
Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee
and succeeded to the family seat at
Stratford: where, in 1807-, General Rob-
ert Lee was born. .
Another brother of "Light Horse
Harry’s” had been sent to' school at
Eton. He wrote an anonymous ap-
peal to theEnglish nation to deal just-
ly" and intelligently by’the American
Colonies and though the authorship
was never suspected by his fellow stu-
dents at the famous English ~school,
the'document'was. so able a. presen-
tation of the American case. that it
was said to be the production ofloru
Chatham or of Edmund Burke, both;
of whom were staunch friends of
America, when to be a frie’iidaof the
Colonies meant ostraciézp from the
drawing rooms .of London.
The‘latest member of this prominent
American family, and beside whose
virtues and historic achievements
those of a. Howard or of a Prince of
Comic or if a Platten of Germany
would be honored by a comparison, ‘is
General Fitzhugh Lee, who has just
been voted the thanks of 3. Congress
for patriotic services to his country at
Havana.
THE NAMING OF AMERICA.
A Short Sketch of the Man From Whom
America “’33 Named.
The celebration of the four hun-
dredth anniversary of the naming of
America. will probably bring once more
into notice the claims of Columbus and-
of Amerigo Vespucci to the honor of
discovery. At the time of the Colum-
bian Exposition the controversy as to
whether Columbus or Amerigo Ves~
pucci was the original navigator raged
in several learned geographical socie-
ties ln Europe, while these rival claims
of both were disputed in toto by the
partisans of a third claimant, and a
still earlier voyager named St. Bren-
dan. As between the friends of Co-
lumbus and of Vespucci honors appear
to be even. The former [is embalmed
in history as the real voyager, while
those of the latter claim that his name
is associated for all time with his
deeds in the very name of the country
:itSelf. i'I‘he ' fortune 'Of the name of
America is not a little singular as an
instance of the» fitness. and the power
of a name notwithstanding", what thl
poet insinuated , to ‘ the ' contrary.
The name of “American" has too be-
come the symbol of an originality and
prowess to which not even the majeetic
. word “Roman" could aspire in its
grandest and most triumphant period.
Great oaks from ‘little' acorns gram
and it is worth knowing that the name
Amerigo was first" borne by a poor
Italian whom his, biographers dignity
by coupling his birth. with the era of
Lorenzo the" Magnificent; that this
name was afterwards given to a single
province of the New World, next
' the whole southern conti-
nent. then passed to the Northern,
later on became the distinguishing ap-
pellation of the whole vast continent
and so grew and expanded until the
word “American" has come to be uni-
versally accepted as the antithesis oi
everything‘that related to the tradi-
tions of the crowns and courts and
chain of circumstances!
Amerigo Vespucci was born at Flor-
ence, March 9, 1451, and in youth was a
studious young ma , working out prob-
lems of a philosophical character. He,
therefore early attracted attention
even from princes and nobles; and at
settle in Sévllle.
In his capacity as an officer of the .
Cit'i, Vespucc1 had to draw up a state-
ment of the expeditions of Columbus
and was requested by the King of Por-
tugal to set out and discover a route
to the “land of spices" as India was
then called, further south than Brazil.
In his letter to Lorenzo de Medici and
to the Duke of Lorraine he gave an ac-
count of these voyages and of the con-
dition of the Western World in one oi
which it was said that the torrid zone
is habitable and inhabited.
The first city of the new world, he i
there also tells us consisted oftforty- l
four bell shaped houses and was built
on piles in the middle of a lake, the
dwellings being connected together
by drawbridges. Some of the inhabi-
tants approached the 'galleons of Ves .
puccl in canoes formed from the hol
19w trunk or a tree and after gazing at ,
Vespucci and his sailors the .nativei
paddled back to their insulated city
With great precipitation. They soon re-
turned, however, bringing with them
‘sixteen young women and Showed a ,-
disposition to get aboard the ships. a
fact which in our fin-de-siecle way of
looking at matters, would indicate that
those on .the mainland had metsailori
before, or had at least understood
their habits. Vespuccl then sailed eighty .
leagues farther along the coast, lands
ing occasionally. and at last entering
a; sheltered, haven, where he was re-
ceived-with hospitality arid he andhis
,‘cxrew ”spent nine days all having inathe .
*lajngttagecf our day “a high old tune."- :
.T—hoeountry seemed quite populous ant, _
great multitudes assembled to admin)
the dressand complexions-of the Eu-
ropeanswhom they entertained as .if
they Were beings of a superior “race.
In short there is much ground for be‘
lief that Vespucci was the discoverer of
the mainland while the credit of first
seeing the islands of the West Indies
probably belonged to Columbus.
The relative claims to the distinction
of first discovering the west has caused
a. bitter contestover the character and
exploits of Vesp-ucci, ”who the haughty
admirers of Columbus claim wasonly
a. beef contractor in Castille, and a
master pilot instead of a navigator.
We are much 'obliged to VeSpucci for
giving the early inhabitants of this
country so good a reputationlin his an-
. nals and while we are theheirs of his
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,. ‘ A Dainty Frock. .
A very attractive toilette for after-
noon, ls made of flowered'foulard. The
gored skirt is trimmed at the foot with
three narrOw ruflies of the material,
cut on the bias, the top flounce forming
a. narrow heading. . .4.
With this is worn a bodice which is
made with a tucked yoke of white
silk,"with a fichu like arrangement over
each shoulder, trimmed with narrow
ruffles and finished with two bows of
black velvet ribbon. The sleeves are
(Zifimw‘fly-w '
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tight fitting trimmed with groups of
three tucks from'top to bottom, and
finished ,at'tho wrist with 'afrlll. A
black velvet belt is drawn around the
waist and tied in a short bow in back.
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Worth Knowing.
Nauseous medicines nowadays pos-
sess none of the terorrs that many of
us remember when ‘fpow’de‘rs’fn were
‘ given in jam and caster-oil in hot
milk, as pharmacists have invented no
end of ways of giving the nastiest
drugs without any flavour at all.
Castor-oil, cod-liver Oil, quinine, and
things of that disagreeable kind are
made up in little flexible capsules,
which slip down the throat like a
strawberry.
, These capsules are also made in two
parts; so that anyone can buy' them
empty, and put the powder or other
drug in 'himsel.f,.sealing them, and
then swallowing themwithout know-
ing that the drug has a taste.
Then there is the round wafer-paper,
in which can be enclosed any kind of
bolus, pill, or powder, and which, when
moistened, can be sWallowe‘d with ease.
Even the grape and strawberry have
been turned to account; and there is no
more pleasant way of taking a bad-
fiavored drug than by scooping cut the
middle of the fruit and putting in the.
drug.
Pills are now made much smaller
than they used to be, and the various
”coatings render ‘them quite tasteless
and easy to swallow.
Finally, when none of these devices
the age of 40 years was induced to s can be used, the physician can fall back
- - . on gymnemlc acid, which temporarily
paralyses the sense of taste, and al-
lows one to swallow anything, however
bad.
In taking a pill, by the way, most
people get into exactly the position
they should avoid. They throw back
.their head, opening the passage to the
r ach.
lungs and closing the way to the stom-
‘The right thing to do is to look
1 at the toes.
'.those baked in France and Italy.
giant Loaves.
The biggest loaves in the world are
In
France they are made in the shape
of very, long rolls, five feet, and in
‘ many cases even six feet each.
The bread'O'f Paris isdistributed al-
most fextflusively by women, :who go to
the various bake-houses at 5:30 a. m.
and Spend about an hour polishing up
, the loaves.
5 customers.
name there is also ,on our part a strong j
temptation to keep'his memory green‘
in spite of the eficrts of-‘uis detractors
to wither or effect? it. . 7
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After the loaves are thoroughly
cleaned of dust and grit the “bread
porter” proceedson the round of her
Those who live in apart-
ments or flats find their loaves leaning
against the door. Restaurant-keepers,
and those having street entrances to
their premises, find their supplyof the
staff of life propped up against the
front door. -
The ; wages earned by these bread
carriers varies from a couple of Shill-
ings to half-a-crown a day, and their
day’s work is completed by ten o’clock
in the morning. , 5‘
Bhudhome 'I'Fhll Models.
'A-Iliandso'm‘e model for an autumn
tailor gown is made of pale heliotrope
cloth in a bourette weavehfigured with
tufts Votiwhite camel’s-hair. The jacket -
‘ what we :take to :be obstinacy to give
of heliOtrope cloth turns back with re-
vers of olive-green velvet, sho‘wing a
blouse vest of white cloth braided in
green and gold, with narrow belt to
match. The skirt is ’open up each side
to the waist, revealing panels of white
cloth with cloth straps crossing them
piped with velvet and almost covered
with the green and gold braidwork.
The Children's Hour.
-Mothers should never be too much
occupiedwith their social or household
duties to help their little ones with.
A moth-L .
their daily tasks or lessons.
er’s first” duty is to her children, and
shedshould devote .atuleast‘pne hour;
of—-each..day to them if she wishes to.
secure their confidence and retain her:
mold on their affections. i
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QueerNotiol'n. .‘ -, ,2.
Kissing is unknown to the Australian
aboringin’es, the Maories, Papuans, and
Eskimo. ' .
Among the Kols of Central India a“
sham fight always accompanies a wed-
ding ceremony. L
Suicide at one time was .very com-
mon among the Brahmins of India,
who held the body in‘contempt, regard.-
ing it merely as a covering for the soul.
Census—takingin Japan is simple, but
the results are utterly untrustworthy.
The housesare'counted, and an aver-
age of five persons is allowed for each
house. ' .
The Papuans of the Malay coast. of
lgew Guinea are still in the mast primi-
pve state. They are wholly unac~
.iu-uainted with metals. and make their
weapons of stone, ,bones, and wood.
The laws of Mexico provide that a
Mormon who wishes to take a. second.
wife must present a-certiflcate, signed.
by his first help-meet, to the effect that
she is willing; and he must also have
the express consent of the second wife
and her parents. ‘
A singular custom prevails among
the Tartars orKurds.‘ If ,a._-ma.n~loses
his cattle or other property, he pours a
little brown sugar into a piece of col-
ored cloth, ties it up, and carries one
such parcel to each of his friends and
acquaintances. In return he is pro.
Sented, according to 1-, circumstances,
with a cow, 'or sheep, or a sum of
money. '
A regular slave-mart still exists in
many country districts of 'Flnlan. Once
a year such paupers, lunatics, and aged
people of each parish as, cannot sup-
port themselves aro put up at public
auction, and consigned to those tam.
illes Or farmers who'will board them at
the lowest price‘OEered by the'parlsh
The helpless creatures are
made to Work as'much as possible by
their owners, who havextho right to
chastise them. - -
. Dressy Accra-lotion.
Far the woman who mayposses’s but
few changeniinl‘the way of bodices,'tho
perfectly plain'cor'sage is the best style
tofsel'ect.‘f”"rhere .arét'any. number of
little'acce'ssories which maybe used to
give the-effect (if-haying quite a num-
ber ofpretty Infamy Dainty over
blouses, fichus, small-bole’ros and pret-
ty neck fixings tend to brighten up the
pIalnest gown andglves a stylish finish
EA pretty'model for fresheninglfinp", at
waist is portrayed in-_.th_e illustra-
tion.‘ The fichn of lace comes
over the shoulders, Crossing in front
and tieing in a graceful bow at the
back. ‘
Protecting Expensive Tables.
Expensive dressing tables are.' fre-
quently provided With a plate-glass top,
which fits over them perfectly. This
protects not only the finish of the table
itself, but as it can be lifted off, often
the exquisitely embroidered drawn-
work mats and doilies are‘placed be-
tween the glass and the top. In this
way they showithrough and are yet
protected. "The plan, however, is
scarcely an artistic one. The glass top
is not a. bad’idea in itself, but the plas-
tering _of doilies beneath seems unsuito
able. The same objection applies to
the elaborately ornamented dressing—
table utensils. It is a common thing
to have these tables set out so elabor-
' ately that a second set of everything
for real use is kept in one of the draw-
ers, such a course being actually neces-
sary because of the elaboration in the
show set. Fewer of these show imple-
ments and a selection made of rich,
plain ones, if cost is desired, that may
have the careful use which belongs to
refined-ways, would seemto be in bet-
ter--taste. . ,
Obstinacy or Determination.
“HOW“Oft‘en ‘do7we speak of a child
asobstinate and pig-headed when. he
isvmerely determined. We fail to see
up some pet project, is really a cour-
age and tenacity of purpose which
will prove a Successful shield in years
to come when fighting the battle of
life. What‘a terrible mistake we make
then when we try to subdue the child,
and, as we Say; “break his spirit".
A Chafing Dish Recipe.
A chafing-dish‘dalnty servedat a re‘
cent Sunday night. tea was chopped
Little ‘Néc'k clams: salted in a. little
butter. ‘Jus't 'befOrog‘tliéy woreiready
to serve, two 9'1‘ threefeg'gs: were «broken
'l'ntothe brazi‘ersand the 2mixtiire. tossed
nightly. With:a fork-Juntil the.:eggs..ha,d
-_.cook.ed to. the masters}: acts a soft
"scramblerwhsn “"3"“. turned cumin :
squares ‘ of was; . 3; nine, spans;
sprinkled .over it," and the ‘dish server.
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