•* P̂HOMAS JEFFERSON'S v 'as Î p Appears ĵ '̂,w&iroN.rweEfrop • U2+%. - HE ARRIVAL of ttie month ofAprU, with its recurring anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, has served again to direct public atten tion to the project for securing as a national memorial the mansion and estate of Monticello, the famous Virginia home of the atithor of the j. Declaration of Independence. Next V* to Mount Vernon, Monticello is un doubtedly the most historic and. most interesting private habitation in America. Not only was it the residence for more than half a century of rone of the most admirable heroes of the repub- lic and the last century's most celebrated rendez- ; ,p sleeping chamber to whloh tf^fferson died. % The house at Monticello t, 83 years In building. Begun % 1770, it was not completed unt&f 1802 and it cost, according to the account books of the famous chltect and Guilder, the sum $7,200. The bricks were not i: ported from England, as In thtt case of many of the old Virgin]* mansions, but were made on th# ground by the slaves, of whlcl| Jefferson had at one time sev eral hundred. The ornamental 77HfASmMOU AT /Yo//r/C£rno the resources of the Sage of Monti cello, who had not at any time in his life a fortune of much more than a quarter of a million dollars. In enter taining his guests, many of whom were almost total strangers, who came from idleness or curiosity, Jefferson went heavily into debt. In an effort to extricate himself he soldi a large portion of his estate and even wished to dispose of Monticello by lottery, but the legislature of Virginia, would not sanction this. He did, however, sell to the United States congress his H". fKV- ;n : .<>*":• mm fifOAT/CSLLQ -D£JJG/Y£D Am BU/JLT 3Y 7XO/fA3 JEfrfASOM ' .pAi T'r j vote for statesmen, but this stately mansion, designed and built as well as occupied by Thomas Jefferson stands to-day in a perfect state of preservation, the finest remaining ex ample of the old southern plantation .manor house of the colonial period. "•This noble seat, which ranked as the most imposing in Virginia at a period when the Old Dominion was dotted over with* baronial holdings, ts situated in the broken and pictur esque Piedmont region and Is reached from the quaint little city -of Char lottesville via a winding road that has a sharp incline. En route to the emi nence on which the mansion stands the visitor passes the tomb in the woods where repose the remains of the famous master of Monticello. The nucleus of Thomas Jefferson's "Virginia estate he Inherited from his father, the tract comprising some 1,900 acres. At that time "the best highlands of Albemarle" were rated as worth not more than $2 per acre, but the earning capacity of the property is indi cated by the fact that from the outset it netted * Jefferson not less than $2,000 a year. The found er of the Democratic party gradually increased his holdings and in the year 1774 possessed more than 5,000 acres. Then several fine farms came to him as his wife's dower and thus the period..0. the Revolution found him one of the jrtphegt landed proprietors in the south. Jefferson chose a3 the site of his home the ^Ifest of a hil^ which he designated Monticello, the Italian for Little Mountain. Assuredly no more beautiful or inspiring location could be imagined and veteran travelers all agree that the magnificent panorama which lies spread out be fore the gaze of the observer on this height is tmsurpassed anywhere in the world. The little mountain on the apex of which Jefferson placed Ills residence is 580 feet high and in the form of a cone. It slopes eastward one and one-half miles to the Rivanna river. Jefferson's birthplace is in sight of the por- tfeo at Mooticeilo. Seemingly almost directly below is the University of Virginia, which was founded by Jefferson. President Monroe lived eight miles down the valley and the home of President Madison was but a few miles north. Incidentally it may be mentioned in passing that ithese three ex-presidents of the United States ^assembled at Monticello to welcome Lafayette on «the occasion of his visit to the United States. Yrom the cupola of his mansion Jefferson could gaze upon' 12 of the richest counties of Virginia, and in pjje direction the. view extends to the Blue Ridge mountains, nearly 50 miles away. I The top of the hill which Jefferson had dep ilated Monticello he had leveled off for a build* lag site, 600 by 200 feet In size. On this tu erected his spacious mansion, which, with ts wings or colonnades, is in the form of a gigantic letter E. The center of the letter is the nmu alon proper, while extendling from it in position* • isomewhat corresponding to the arms of the FT"" are wings, the flat roofs of which form prome*" mades. The arrangement of the houss in so fur as these wings or colonnades are concerned is very similar to that of the restored White House at Washington, in the designing of which Jetier* ' so31 had a hand. * The mansion at Monticello Is of the Doric or-.',.,, der of Grecian architecture, with heavy cornices and massive balustrades. The interior is In thi1 ' Ionic style and it must be admitted that thers < is little about this magnificent home suggestive of Jeffersonian simplicity. The front hall re cedes six feet within the wall of the building and a portico projects about 25 feet, with stone* pillars and steps. In the interior the hall or main room of the rhouse extends to the full height of the building ? and is typical of the spaciousness of the house. There is a gallerjr under the ceiling where the f ,,,, si ladies of the household could observe all that ^ A went on at the receptions which Jefferson fri- quently gave and where the band was stationed when he gave a ball Opening from •his hn.ll are the salon or drawing room, the library, where Jef- ' ferson housed the major portion of his famous • collection of 13,000 books, the dining room and LODGT AM) GA7TPVAY AT MONTICELL material for the house was brought from Phil adelphia and every nail used In the construc tion was forged in a nail factory which Jef ferson established on the place and a me mento of which is found In the vine-covered ruin of the brick building provided for this manufactory. After serving two terms as president of the. United States Jefferson took up his resi dence at Monticello and there led a life very sim ilar to that of Washington at Mount Vernon. Monticello was, from this time forward, the scene of the most lavish hospitality ever known even in a land famous for its hospitality. In the end Jefferson, kind-hearted and pleased to play the host, was imposed upon unmercifully. Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a famous, watering place. Wtyole families Journeyed to Monticello in their coaches--parties made up of fathers and mothers, children and nurses--and remainedi for periods of from three to six months. One1 family of six persons came from Europe and. made a visit of ten months. After a short tour of the United States they returned and remainedi six months longer. One man came to present as letter of Introduction and remained three weeks* Thirty-seven house servants were required for the domestic service, as can be imagined when it IS stated that as many as 50 guests were fre-,. quently entertained over night at Monticello. ^ Naturally such "grafting" was too much' to#;! TJi£ GfiAV£ Of THO/fAi Jff/VTAJQrt AT ' /VO/fT/C£2.LO Valuable library, a sacrifice that cost him more mental anguish than any other he could have made. However, he died with many of his obli gations yet undischarged, but, be it said to the credit of his heirs, every debt was ultimately paid. - After the death of Jefferson Monticello passed Into the hands of a man who found himself un able to keep up the estate and who eventually sold it to Commodore Levy, a retired officer of the United States navy, for the sum of $10,000. Levy several times offered it to the United States government or to patriotic societies, but none of them ever accepted his offers--it is said - because he wanted too high a price. At his death the property passed to his son, Jefferson >" M. Levy, a New York lawyer, who has made some effort to preserve Monticello in its pristine glory. - ; jionticello is visited by Increasing numbers of ^tourists every year and bids fair t,o become in ! time the strongest rival of Mount Vernon as a yahrthe for patriotic Americans. '5fi.ii!' • i ©©Menn Mnirndltm Temp e The city, it appears, is honored )»Ut quite recently the first Hindu temple in th«- Weatern world, or, to be more esact, in the Uni ted States, a San Francisco letter to the Port* Wi d Oregonlan says. The temple has been con structed under the supervision of those of the V*dur.te faith. The temple is in charge of two Hindus, both |Wi\ml, or high priests of their faith,, the chiel Of these being a Hipdu named Prakashananda, who directs affairs. T'he building, which 1s i three-story structure, Is copied after the great (•mph's of India. The first two stories are after style of the'ordinary American dwelling, but tliw third takes on the Oriental style. There is a balcony with Moorish columns and It is on this 'balcony that the Brahmancharins, or neophytes* as the ten white men who aspire to priesthood are known, take their daily exercise. Some of these neophytes work at daily labor, but for the, most part they remain in ,the teu^ple and do only sacred work. - « > t On the roof of the temple are small towers, which are duplications of the predominating fea tures of the big temples in India. In view of th*H fact that this is the first temple of Its kind erects ed in •*. America, there IS, surmounting * all, an American eagle. *-• Inside, the first thing that strikes the visitor Is the absolute lack of the Oriental in the fu^ hishings. Everything is"severely Americai., There is an assembly hall capable of seating 200 people and it is here that the lectures are giveio. Across the street is a nunnery. In which thete, by having ;<«re Installed seven American women, who have taken the vows of the Vedante faith. Although rdosely secluded, they are permitted to attend the itffaily services that are held in the temple. Strangely enough, the Hindus In charge do not minister to those of their own faith, but cattir i to Americans, and particularly to those of wealth. They have a society, known as that of the en>- Mated members. They are the ones who keep the bills paaid and the ones who attend the lec tures that are given. A prominent member of ' the firm that operates the emporium is said to. have become an enlisted member recently. He also lives in the temple, along with the swamis and their neophytes. Once every year the swamis and their tr&itd make a pilgrimage to a place in the Santa Clara , valley, known as the San Antone valley, not more • than 20 miles from Mount Hamilton and the lick .Observatory. In that secluded nook they remain for a month, going through their meditations or yoga, as they are known. The swamis say the . faith was first established in the United Statea some 15 yearB ago and in San Francisco 'ten ; .^yeara ago. * ^CLAIMING THE EXCLUSIVE CREDIT. "i 4 < '• 'pv ' * ~ Yaarly Task That Breaking Blockade of Ice •X- Revenue Cutter Undertakes to Gain Entry Into Nome, Alaska. Is&k •"* y ^ . • % S a e h s p r i n g t h e s t e a m e r - C o r w i n , "'̂ formerly a revenue cutter, built strong- ' ly of oak, with an iron sheathed how , and Iron stern ft# bucking ice, breaks > - ' the winter blockade at Nome and ^ ' that Alaskan city in touch with sails from Seattle on May 10 for her first trip of the season. Her managing agent the other day told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer how the Nomitea reeeive the ship when, after pounding her way through the ice, she anchors seven or eight miles off shore. Sleds go out to her, with a brass band and many prominent citizens, who board the vessel and search out all the fresh fruit and vegetables they can find. •I "They are all good natured about it," said the agent, "but It is tough on the shippers. The people of Nome h^ve been s«J long without fresji fruit and vegetables that no one can blame them, and they are always willing to pay well for what they consume, but the cargo is Intrusted to us to deliver Intact, and we are obliged to resist all attempts to break into it until it is saftily landed. We are going to antici pate this this year, and will put from 50 to 100 packages of fruit and vege tables on the boat for free distribu- •• • ' " >.'&> Jiff--' • • " i IfcBi.*?at, ii JfLf't. Editor--Miggles, that was a good idea of youri. " -to interview the sausage manufacturers as W* ,' what they thought of the wholesomeness of a mixed diet. It was a regular inspiration. New Reporter--Er--no, Mr. Bumble; the idea f ^was exclusively my own. tion. STATE NEWS on AimESMitES "For the last nine years the Corw in has been the first vessel to arrlue from the outside, and each time site wag met by a brass band and hun dreds of citizens, many of whom weife famished for a taste *>f fresh fruit or vegetables.,* They grabbed upSfVery- thing in this line, some of- tbe people peeling potatoes right oa 'the deck and eating them raw?' ' " • But kiss by any other aamg rhyme with bliss. .i£s\r' if Aurora.--Melancholia caused Miss Ella Bessie Hopkins, niece of for mer United States Senator Hopkins, to commit suicide at the tatter's home by drowning herself in a cistern. Her body was found later by the colored butler at the bottom of the cistern. When Miss Hopkins' sister missed her from the room a search was begun. The top of the cistern was found open, and an investigation resulted in find ing the body at the bottom. Coroner Norton summoned a jury, which re turned a verdict of death from drown ing with suicidal intent. Miss Hop^ kins had been an invalid for years and had been under treatment in a private sanitaritfm. Recently she re turned from the Bellevue sanitarium in Batavia apparently improved in health. Her suicide was a shock to the family of Mr. Hopkins. Her fa ther died several years ago, and since his death Miss Hopkins and her moth er have made their home with Sena tor Hopkins. Chicago. -- Fifty women and chil dren were carried down ladders, one fireman is believed to have been fatally injured and a woman tenant gave birth to a child In a fire which for a time threatened destruction to the Chatham apartment building at Forty-sixth street and Cottage Grove avenue. The building, which is four stories high, contains 41 flats and is occupied by over one hundred persons. Benjamin Enger. 4629 Indiana avenue, a member of Engine Company No. 45, was cut with glass and six compan ions narrowly escaped injury when a big plate glass window was blown outward in an explosion. Enger was rescued from beneath the wreckage by his comrades. He was bleeding from deep cuts about the head and body and it was reported that his jugular vein was severed. Marseilles.--The uncovering of a new scheme to lure young Italian girls Into white slavery has re sulted in the arrest at Marseilles of a father and daughter, Italians, who were brought to Chicago to answer to charges of trafficking in women. The arrests were made by Detective Harry C. Smale of Chief Steward's office and a representative of Attorney Clifford G. Roe. Mr. Roe said young Italian women had been lured from Chicago to Marseilles and then sold, to resort owners in other cities. Many of the women, it is said, were sold into places in Chicago Heights. Patrick Trotta and Loretta Trotta are the persons under arrest and their cap ture is the culmination of a six-weeks' search for Mrs. Maria Sabitino, 17 years old, wife of Fiurino Sabitino, a laborer of 620 South Jefferson street Springfield.--Patient labor at the Elgin State hospital has become one of the most striking features of all the 17 charitable institutions of Illinois. Fiscal Supervisor Frank D. Whlpp of the state board of adminis tration has just returned from Elgin, where he has been investigating the construction of buildings of cement blocks veneered with granite. Pa tients already have built a cold stor age room and bathhouse and now are at work on a cottage for the acute in sane. They make the veneered blocks in the basement' of the institution In winter. The process itself is compara tively new. It has been employed no. more than a year at Elgin, but has worked out with remarkable success. Aurora.--B. M. Craft, fireman on a switch engine, reached the two- year-old daughter of Mi*, and 'Mrs. T. B. Riley from death under thd wheels of the engine by jumping from the cab and snatching the child from' the tracks. The crew had been switching and failed to notice the child playing between the rails. The engine was traveling at 15 miles an hour when the fireman leaped from the cab, ran ahead of the engine and rescued the baby. Chicago.--John Agan, , pol- dier and pensioned printerf^ftas run over and fatally injured at Ogden avenue and West Monroe street by an "Ogden avenue car. Agan, who was about 65 ^rears old, apparently did not see the car until he had stepped di rectly In front of it. He died la a police ambulance while being removed to the county hospital and was iden tified by a card of Typographical Union No. 16 which was found in his pocket. Hlllsboro.--Two hundred men em ployed In the Kortkamp Milting Company's mine, a mile from this city, escaped death or injury, when W. W. Davenport, a mine examiner, discovered three kegs of powder con nected in an ingenious way with the electrical equipment of -the mine. The wiring was so arranged that when the power was turned on the powder would have been exploded. Kewanee.--Oscar Kiline of New Windsor, west of here, died while driving with Miss Fanlie Molburg. Miss Molburg drove rapidly home, a mile away,-and as she turned into the yard the young man's body fell from the buggy. The inquest verdict was heart weakness. Chicago.--"The happiest season of my life is now to begin," said Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) at the Congress hotel. "For the first time in many years my family is united, my wife and myself united, an<J I am just about as happy as I could wish." He reached Chicago from his ranch at Cody, Wyo. "My young grand soff, Cody Boals," he said, "Is the whole works out west right now. for he brought my wife and myself to our right senses and showed us where we should be together. The lad's right, and he can just have anything he ^Springfield.--By order of Adjt Gen. Dickson, the appointment of First Lieutenant Assistant Surgeon Daniel Weston Rogers in the National Guard, with the rank of major, is con firmed. He is assigned to duty as chief sanitary officer and medical in spector of "the division, Horace Bird Forrest's appointment as captain and assistant surgeon, assigned as assist ant to the chief surgeon, also is con firmed. An election is ordered In'Com pany C, Seventh Infantry, Tuesday, March 29, for'second lieutenant. Cap* Charles Rot^wlll n t ".'V ' ̂ • 4a L;;[rfe f i? j' r '• f- - •* ,'-i DIQK HAYNE8 HAS A' CLQ&E CALL, SO WILL USE A , "44** • HEREAFTER. . Denver, Col.--"Dick Haynes was a young daredevil who would go* ouit of his way to play with a rattler," said an old plainsman. "I have seen him kill at least a dozen with a knife, and I saw him when he got quch a close call that he dropped the game and used a gun forever after. We were out together one Sunday. It was warm, and as we rode ho fanned his face with bis sombrero. Suddenly he clapped bis hat on his head and start ed his horse on a lope. 'Watch me get that pisen,' he shouted. "Fifty yards to our right was a rat tler. It was trying to get away, but we headed it in an instant and were off our horses. It immediately coiled and then I saw the biggest snake I ever seen. It was a diamond rattler. The Rattler Was Beside ItseW With Rage. and about 20 years old. It had the ug liest head I ever saw, enormous in sizo and with a mouth that reminded me ofc a bulldog^s jaw. Dick stopped just long enoiigh to size up Its length so as to get an idea of its spring, and then went in on it "The strike came like a flash of lightning. The snake struck the ground with a sound like the cracking of a four-horse whiplash In the hand of an expert. Dick just saved himself by throwing his body full length back ward. The snake coiled again before he could get to It. I got nervous and called to him to shoot it " 'That's the first one ever struck at me and got back,' said he, 'and I'm going to have that beauty, head.' "The rattler was beside Itself with rage. It lay, coll upon coil of smooth, glistening length, showing the long reach and powerful spring %ln reserve. Out of the coils two feet more of neck and body rose straight in the air, and above all that flat, black, venomous head, with glowing eyes and forked tongue, waving slightly, warily, to and fro. "Dick stepped in again, more cau tiously. He advanced the knife nearer and yet nearer to that swaying bead. I knew he was getting too close, but I did not dare speak to him for fear of rattling him at the crucial instant. Dick's knife flashed, and the creature lay squirming, a headless thing,'upon the ground. "But Dick was pale. " 'It got me in the thumb,' Aid he; 'let's get to camp.' "We jumped for the saddles and started on a mad run. Dick rode with his thumb pressed hard against the saddle horn, and his knife in the other hand. " 'If she begins to swell, off she comes,' said he. \ "We reached the ranch, and while Dick poufed down whisky we exam- iped the thumb. Neither then or a| any later time did it show the slight est marks. The snake had struck the handle of his knife and the strength and suddenness of the Impact made Dick lost his nerve. It was a good thing for him. He never went after a rattier again without a long '44." Diplomacy. Down on the West side there's a 'longshore saloon wh^re they set up a huge schooner for five cents. When six o'clock blows the place is thronged by the thirsty, fortifying themselves for the long walk home. One night a huge Irishman in a red flannel shirt, open at his brawny chest and rolled up over his swelling biceps, stood In the crowd and tapped his nickel on the bar. Just as the barkeep set out the schooner the swing-door burst open and a little Irishman rushed In, flung his coat on the floor, threw his hat beside it, and, jumping on them, yelled in a high voice, quivering with rage: "Which one of yez beat up poor Pat Murphy?" The big Irishman in the red shirt tapped his chest. "Twas me!" ho bellowed, hoarsely. The little Irishman whirled around. "Gee!" he piped. • "Ye did him up folne."--Llpplncott's. IN HOSPITAL FOR NINE MONTHS^, Awfal Ta»« of Sufferln8 From KMn.v -. Trouble. . AlfredJfe jg^Brlen, Second St., ling, Colo,, says: "I was in the Bait more Marine Hos-pK p i t a l f o r n i n months. I had dull pain in the fpnall of my bac^^f tlhat completely!^': wore me out. ThejJ^; urine was in a ter*f;!'C rible state, and&*4 some days I wouldfe|g pass half a'gaiionplf of blood. I left#1 ;• the hospital because they wanted toi*^ operate on me. I went to St. Joseph's^ r Hospital at Omaha and put in three|^.i- months there without any gain. I wasf^ 4 pretty well discouraged when I was|ys advised to use Doan's Kidney Pills. I'#: ' did so and by the time I had taken one box, the pain In the back left me. I kept right on and a perfect eufe was the result" ' ^ Remember the name--Doan's. ^ ^ For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo., N. Y. Good Work in Denmark. Under legislation enacted in 1905 the Danish government pays three- fourths of the expenses, of all poor persons who desire to be treated In tuberculosis sanatoria. When the hos1. pitals under construction are com pleted Denmark will have one bed in tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria for every 1,200 inhabitants, a fact which will mean that the length of treat ment^ can be considerably Extended. In the Un|ted States there Is one bed for every 4,500 inhabitants. lJ ' „ Too Busy to Seeryt |p Ttetience--Do you believe there are microbes in kisses? Patriqe--I never saw any.--Yonkers Statesman. To Study European Conditions. Miss Juliet Points, who has just won the $1,500 scholarship maintained by the General Federation of Women'* clubs and providing for two year«s study In England, will sail In June for Europe. She will spend the sum* mer on the Continent, going to £ng*. land in time to enter one of the ̂ i*. verslties. "I shall do research work In th# British Museum." said Miss Pointy when speaking of her plans. "I mean to make a thorough study of the Eng*, lieh industrial revolution as^ the start. !ng point of all present sociological and economic development, and at th$ Same time T Intend to investigate presid ent industrial conditions in England. I*1 sp«nt last year doing research work for the i&nited ^States Inupigratlofi' commission and* I am eager to find out just how English. an$ Continental" conditions compare with ours." 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