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This Port ' ait Of Giorgo Washington Which Hangs in the Congressional Library at Washington, Was Drawn
on Stone by Rembrandt Peale, who Made Portraits of Numerous Other Prominent Men and Women.
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’Cj' VKItY nation has some great fig
nre of its own by which it fixes the
Mirwlurd of greatiua sin man, hut to
America was given a figure whose
greatness is more than national. The
greatness of George Washington, ob
serves a writer In the Kansas City
Shir, is universal, like tiiat of Shake
pero; tvis name and fame abide in
all lands.
• The explanation is not difficult to
find. Washington's greatness was in
the mart, and was not made by events.
Asa soldier lie met defeat more often
than victory, yet as a soldier lie takes
rank with the greatest in all lands and
nil ages. Wa.diington lost many bat
tles, hut he never lost an army, and
in that lie outranks Napoleon. He had
hotli the courage to tight and the cour
age to decline lighting, for his Judg
ment always held-complete sway over
the man. He could afford not to win;
he could not afford to lose. "The old
/<*." t fie British generals‘called him,
' >-id railed him well. He had the .su
premo without which there
can he.no great generalship, or mak
h : hi-niself Invisible, of turning up at
unexpected places, of striking and dis
appear* g.
Napoleon's soldiers in the first Ital
ian campaign boasted tliifl they \yon
their general’s victories with their legs.
It was' Washington's ability to move
his nVtli.v that saved the’- itevolytion.
Vhc greatest military victory of the war
was won at Saratoga by a third-rate
general 1 . The greatest military achieve
ment'of tlm war was Washington's re
treat across tin. Jerseys, after having
Keen beaten twjee. We do not need
Yon Molt he's word for this, though he
was a good judge, nor 'Cornwallis',
though, lie was present. We have the
pointing linger of history to read by
<m that retreat the American Fahlus
--and the term was then one of re
proach to Washington—snatched two
victories that, remain classics in war.
With a beaten army in full retreat, in
the dead of winter, he surprised and
defeated two British armies in quick
vuocos dm and got away before cither
could know where lie came from or
• here lie went. Trenton and Brlnce
oo stand high above Saratoga In mili
tary nlinals. In daring and in swift
-8 css these movements are unsur
passed.
Did Not Love War.
Washington was a great soldier who
slid not love war. Asa youth lie felt,
*s he confessed, a "bent for arms,"
awl Horace Walpole records that the
young Virginia militia officer wrote in
• dispatch from Ids first field some
thing about the “charming sound" of
the bullets. The dispatch is not nn
tt.i i tic. In the fullness of ids fame
W> rngton was asked if he wrote it.
“if i did," he replied yre'ciy "It
was when I was very young.” With
out loving war for glory or waging it
for fame, Washington rose to the
front rank in an art pursued for a
great cause alone, refusing pay for his
services and laying down command in
tiie hour of victory, and while the
world rang with his renown, to re
tire to the life of a Virginia farmer.
If Washington’s public life had end
ed with the end of the Revolution and
his fame rested on ids military achieve
ment alone, we should still have
t<> place him among the foremost of
mankind.
But Washington’s constructive gen
ius was not misled by the results of
tlie war. The military victory of the
colonies ushered in their real test;
it was then to be determined whether
statesmanship could create a nation
to seal tiie victory in the field; wheth
er the idea of nationality could sup
plant in provincial minds the raw
conception of the sovereignty of de
tached and jealous colonies. Wash
ington tiie soldier retires from his
tory, and Washington the statesman
emerges. As the voice of Massachu
setts called him to the command of
THE WASHINGTON
MONUMENT
After the great Wasnington monu
ment in the city of Washington was
150 feet in the air the entire founda
tion of stone was taken out and anew
foundation of concrete was substi
tuted.
THE DANIELBVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
armies, the voice of all now called
tiie same great leader to guide the
deliberations of that body that made
the Constitution under which we live
today. Here again (lie American
Fublus displayed the daring of Tren
ton. Tiie colonies were not ready for
nationality, hut the cautious but sure
judgment of Washington risked giving
It. Tin; Virginia plan draiwn by Madi
son had his approval. It must be na
tionality or anarchy. Washington took
the risk, knowing it to be a risk, de
claring that what the. convention did
might lie rejected by the people, but
approving and guiding the deed. Let it
be conceded that the mentality of Mad
ison and Hamilton made the Constitu
tion—the weight of the character of
Washington ballasted it. His name
carried it. llis statesmanship exe
cuted it in tiie first feeble years of tiie
young republic.
Broad in His Views.
We have been told many times, says
a school boy in an oration, that Wash
ington was not a genius, but a per
son of excellent common sense, of ad
mirable judgment, of rare virtues. He
belonged to that rare class of men
who are broad enough to include all
(lie facts of people’s practical lire, and
deep enough to discern tlie spiritual
laws which animate and govern those
facts. # ■
Caesar >vas merciful, Seipjo was n
, master': of self, Hannibal was patient;
but it was reserved for Washington
to blend them all in one, and,; like'the
lovely masterpiece of the' ‘artist, to
exhibit,: in one glow of associated
beauty, the pride of every model, and
the perfection of every master. A con
queror, he was untainted with crime
of Wood; a revolutionist, lie; was free
from any stain of treason, fhr aggres
sion commenced the contest 1 and his
country called him to tiie command.
If he had paused there history
might liqve doubted what station to
assign him; whether at tbd' head of
her,.citizens or her lifer heroes
or her patriots. But tiie last glorious
act crowns his career and banishes ail
hesitation. Who, like Washington,
after having emancipated a hemi
sphere, resigned its crown and pre
ferred the retirement of domesiic life
to adoration of a land lie might be
almost Said to have created.
Just honor to Washington can only
be rendered by observing his precepts
and imitating Ids example, lie tms
built liis own monument. We and
those who come after us in successive
generations are its appointed, its priv
ileged guardians, the widespread re
public is tlie future monument to
Washington. Maintain its independ
ence, defend its liberty. Let it stand
before the world in all its original
strength and beauty, securing peace
order, equality and freedom to all
within its boundaries and shedding
light and hope and joy upon the path
way of human liberty throughout tlie
world—and Washington needs no other
monument. Other structures may fully
testify our veneration for him; this i
this nlone can adequately illustrate his I
services to mankind.
Combination Corn Crib and
Feeding Floor Is Efficient
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By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Air. William A. Radford will answer
.questions and giyo advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building' work on the farm,
for the readers of this paper. On ac
count of his wide experience as Editor,
Author a-d Manufacturer, he is. with
out doubt, tiie highest authority on all
these subjects. Address all inquiries
William A. Radford, Np. 182?
Prairie avenue.. Chicago. 111., and only
inclose two-eent stamp for reply.
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Hogs and corn tiro a logical farm
combination. Generally the prices of
the two farm products are such that a
farmer gets a higher price, for his corn
by marketing it “on the hoof.” When
this is done storage space for the
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grain is necessary so that the corn
will be available for daily feeding.
To handle this work efficiently there
has been devised and put into general
use on many corn-belt farms a com
bination corn crib and feeding floor,
such as is shown in the accompanying
illustration. The corn is stored in tiie
building, usually, located in the hog
lot or immediately adjoining it. At
feeding time the ear corn is taken
from the cribs and thrown onto tiie
concrete feeding floor. The hogs get
every kernel of tiie grain, as the floor
is solid and none of the grain is lost
in the mud. If the hogs overlook a
few kernels tiie farm poultry flock is
at hand to- clean up.
The corn crip is
foundation is,of, the pillar type, con
crete block's being ‘ sec every five
feet and the joists laid on them.
The floor is- of- plank, but a bet
ter method would be to have the
foundation a concrete wall and the
floor of concrete, making it tight
against rats, which do great damage
to stored corn. The framing is of lum
ber with regulation crib siding around
rlie. cfibS and* matched siding In the
gabies.
.Through the center of tiie bulding
is a 10 foot' driveway, OloXed at both
ends by double sliding doors. There
are four cribs, two on each side of tiie
drive. The driveway makes it a com
paratively easy task to unload the corn
nto tiie cribs from the wagon.
This is a simple and inexpensive
type of crib. Its - construction is such
that almost any man who lias had ex
perience in carpenter work can build
it. The lumber used is of standard
size that is carried in stock at all lum
ber yards. Tiie crib siding leaves
opening between each piece of lumber
for air and ventilation. At the same
time the rain and snow is kept out.
Tiie concrete feeding floor is as wide
Ts the building and slightly less in
depth. This also is easily constructed,
two by four-inch timbers are set on
rlie ground and held in piace by Stakes.
Over a foundation of loose crushed
< <-k or small stones a mixture of ee
ient and sand mixed with water to a
•msistenev so that it will flow easily
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is spread. One part of cement to two
or three parts of sand is about the right
mixture. The foundation of broken
stone saves considerable material, but
as the cement’ and sand mixture flows
into the it makes a strong ce
ment slab. The surface is troweled
smooth with a straight-edge board and
finished if a more workmanlike job is
wanted witli a float or hand trowel.-
Feeding ear corn on a cement feed
ing floor is economy. Tue hogs clean
up practically all the grain, the floor
is easily cleaned of cobs and none of
the food is lost in the soft earth.
This combination corn crib and feed
ing floor gives the farm nr economical
corn storage house and a clean feed
ing floor. When it is set in the he?
lot or nearby, there is a considerable
saving of labor in feeding tiie animals.
! These are two advantages that "ill
! appeal to the thrifty grower of corn
1 and iiogs.
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I Convenient Lighting
Arrangement for Cellar
In homes where the man of the
| house has a liking for tinkering "ith
i tools, there is usually quite a hit V
excess current used 'because he "i. 1
leave the main cellar light burning
while he is working at his bench, a
also is true that his bench light
not always located ideally for all tjpds
of bench work, it, having been found
that a portable light is particularly , l
sirable for the bench.
That both of these conditions may
Ibe met satisfactorily, some clever
j brain devised the method of stretw-
I ing tightly several lengths of wire run
ning the entire length of the cellar
j a turnbuckle should be provided w
each wire, so it can be kept taut. •
lamp and long cord can now be su
pended on the wire and m"' - 1 1
the cellar at will to any place where*
light Is desired.
Stucco in Panels
1 The application of stucco to fra®*
houses holds difficulties ulc M
reau of standards believes might
overcome through tests on pa-'
specially constructed frame -mm -'
Although a masonry base is probnW
capable of giving the most depen -
results, the bureau explains. •
ognized that there has be< n, in I P
ably will be for many years t-.■ -
a larger use of stucco on fr-‘- -
than on masonry structures.
The bureau’s consideration .
problem of stucco applicate-■■; .
ditioned on the full co-opera r. ■
representative interests.
We Wonder!
An artist gets as much h -
joyment out of painting a P
another man will get out 1 -