young soldier weds daugh
TER OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
IS A BRILLIANT AFFAIR
President, Vice President and Other
Distinguished Guests Present
Union Is Purely a Love
Match.
Washington—In the presence of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the
Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks,
the justices of the supreme court and
their wives, several senators, repre
sentatives and other distinguished
guests, Miss Edith Root on Wednesday
became the wife of Ulysses Simpson
Grant 3d, Lieutenant United States
Engineer corps.
The wedding was generally recog
nized at the capital as being the sec
ond in social and official importance
that has taken place during the'Roose
velt administration, there being only
less interest in the marriage than in
that which centered about the mar
riage of Miss Roosevelt to Mr. Long
worth.
The bride is the only daughter of
Secretary of State and Mrs. Elihu
Root, while the groom, as everyone
knows from his name, is the grandson
of General Grant, his father being
General Frederick Dent Grant of the
MRS. U. S. GRANT.
army. Lieutenant Grant is a nephew
of Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Dr. Stryker of Hamilton college,
who was for several years the pastor
of the Fourth Presbyterian church at
Rush and Superior streets, Chicago,
and who was a college friend of Sec
retary of State Root, a friendship that
is to be made the closer by the mar
riage of the secretary's son to the
college president’s daughter.
The tying of the bonds united two
young people who are very much in
love with each other. There is not a
whisper in any quarter that position
or name had the least thing in the
world to do with the engagement.
The former Miss Root has always
rather shunned the gayer life of the
capital, and Lieutenant Grant has
never been any too fond of it. He is
studious, and so is his bride and both
are of domestic inclinations. It was
a good old-fashioned American wed
ding, with Cupid's heart engaged in
every detail. v • 4, . >•
The cards of invitation^itf*(ha wed
ding read as follows*.
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secretary of state,
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that saw his ntwr
tenant Grant.
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! present. The
wish of the secretary of state and lii'j
family, too, for that matter, was to
have the wedding company as small
as possible, and the ceremony marked
by attending simplicity.
Of the groom's family there were
present his father and mother, General
and Mrs. Grant; his aunts, Mrs. Nellie
Giant Sartoris and Mrs. Potter Pal
mer, and several of his first cousins,
one of whom, Mrs. Sartoris' daughter
Vivian, not long ago married Frederick
Roosevelt Scovel, a cousin of Presi
dent Roosevelt, and so, although
rather indirectly, a connection is es
tablished between the Root and the
Roosevelt families by the Root-Grant
marriage.
The Root residence, where the cere
mony took place, belongs to former
Vice-President Levi P. Morton, who
occupied it for months between the
times of the leaving of Count Cassini,
who leased it for the Russian embas
say quarters, and its renting for resi
dence purposes by Secretary Root.
While the wedding party was compara
tively small, the house is big enough
to hold a multitude. It stands on a
triangular piece of ground with Scott
Circle at one end, Fifteenth street at
the other end and a street on each
side.
Lieutenant Grant and Miss Root
were married in the great south room
on the first floor of the residence, a
room which is as long as the house
itself. It is a huge drawing-room
known in the days when the Countess
Cassini presided over social affairs
in the residence as the “yellow room.'1
Miss Root had no bridesmaids. Sev
eral of Lieutenant Grant’s classmates
and other army officer friends were
present at the wedding, and his cous
in, Potter Palmer, Jr., of Chicago, was
his best man.
After the wedding Lieutenant Grant
and his bride left for a short honey
moon trip. They will go to Clinton,
N. Y., to be present, December 7, at
the wedding of the bride's brother and
Miss Stryker. From there Lieutenant
Grant will take bis bride directly to
TJoston, where in the suburb of Brook
line there is a pretty little, house
awaiting their occupancy.
The house was selected by the bride
whose mother recently has interested
herself in furnishing it completely for
housekeeping. Lieutenant Grant was
ordered a short time ago from Wash
ington to Boston to carry on his en
gineering duties under the direction
of Major Edward Burr, who has
charge of the river and harbor work
along the Massachusetts coast.
Miss Root made her debut in New
York several seasons ago and has
twice been a cabinet girl, although
she was extremely young when her
father was secretary of war in Presi
dent McKinley’s second administra
tion. She is a gifted linguist, an ac
complished musician, and is devoted
to outdoor sports. She is an expert
horsewoman, and her smart trap is
familiar to all the uptown sections of
Washington.
Lieut. Grant has served as military
aid at the white house during the
last two seasons, acting with Capt.
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., and Lieut. Philip
Sheridan.
He is a nephew of Mrs. Potter Pal
mer of Chicago, his mother being Miss
Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Palmer.
He is a brother of Princess Cantacu
zene of Russia, who was Miss Julia
Dent Grant, and the only child of the
Grant family born in the white house.
Lieut. Grant's early education was
obtained in Europe while his father
was minister to Austria-Hungary and
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he then spent four years in a state
military school founded by Empress
Maria Theresa. He entered Columbia
college in New York on his return to
the United States and was graduated
in 189S, when he at once joined his
father in Porto Rico, where he had
his first experience in warfare. At
the end of a year he entered West
Point, graduating sixth in his class of
1902. He was ordered at once to the
Philippines, where he did good service
for three years, and, returning to the
United States, was ordered to Wash
ington barracks.
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Plagues of Nerve Sufferers.
There is a class of well-defined
“phobias,” as they are called, with
which nerve sufferers are plagued.
"Monophobia," or fear of being alone;
"castrophobia,” or fear of closed-in
crowds or of broad open spaces; “in
spaces; a “goraphobia,” or fear of
somniaphobia,” or fear of not going
to sleep, and many others. The one
great remedy for all these and similat
mental miseries, w-rites Dr. Samuel
McComb in Good Housekeeping, itf
auto-suggestion.
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
DAIRY NOTES.
Bad Luck in the Business Invariably
Follows Bad Management.
A cow that averages less than one
and a half gallons of milk per day
can not be kept at a profit.
There may be such a thing as bad
luck in the dairy business, but It is
a peculiar coincidence that it always
follows bad management.
Keep .the calf growing at all times
from the moment of its birth. It re
quires twice as much feed to raise a
stunted calf as it does to raise the
one that has been kept growing.
It is important that the milk pail
be kept clean; how important is shown
by an experiment. Before the first
washing there were 7,389,000 bacteria,
before the second 157,000 and after
the third, only 58,000.
Do not oppose the cow’s appetite.
She knows what it takes to make a
balanced ration better than any reed
ing standard. If she gets tired of eat
ing bran and corn, try oats and corn.
If she is tired of fodder, by all means
try a little clover hay.
The dairyman who winters the dry
cow finds that his bank account is but
little if any larger at the end of the
year than it was at the beginning. The
cow should be giving enough milk
during the expensive winter months
to at least pay her board.
An Iowa dairyman writes: “Once
each wreek I give my cows all of a
mixture of two parts salt and one par*
ashes that they wifi eat. The ashes
should be rich in charcoal. The cows
require a great deal of charcoal and
can not do their best without it.”
Could the reader live on one tea
cup of cold soup each day? A ration
of dead grass alone at this time of
the year contains about as much c"
the food elements for the cow as a
teacupful of soup for the person. Do
not thing that it is a waste to feed
the dairy animals a little additional
In the way of grain and hay or grain
jnd fodder.
How About the Fruit Trees?
Have you all the fruit trees you
ueed, and is your family abundantly
supplied with a variety of fruits
throughout the season? November is
the best month in the year to plant
out trees. Get a catalogue from some
reliable nurseryman and make a se
lection. If you make more than you
need for consumption at the time, and
have not market for it, it can be
canned for future use. Remember that
good ripe fruit saves doctors’ visits.
And while you are thinking about
the fruit trees do not forget to add
some strawberry plants and also some
dewberry plants later. There are en
tirely too few of these grown by our
farmers.
Oiling Harness.
Oiling harness is a task that farm
ers generally put off too long. It is just
the work for stormy weather. One
quart of neatsfoot oil will be sufficient
for double harness. Wash the harness
well with soap and water and hang in
a warm room over night to dry. Next
day it will be in good condition to
receive the oil. Add a little lamp-black
to the oil to color it; apply with rag
or brush, rubbing it well into the
leather and hang in a warm room over
night., Next day rub well with a dry
cloth and it will be ready for use. Har
ness thus treated is much easier to
handle and far less liable to cause
galls to the horses and will wear much
longer.
Selecting Seed Corn.
November is our great corn-gather
ing month in sections where it is not
cut and shocked, and in those sections
there are many who shred their corn
in November. To those we wish to
suggest that the corn stalks shall be
thoroughly dry before shredding, oth
erwise the shredded corn may mold
and lose much of its value for feed
ing purposes. Where the corn has not
been cut we advise the selection of
the seed corn while the ears are y<'
on the stalk. Save much more than
you will need to plant, so that in re
selecting next spring there will be no
need to use any but the very best ears
for planting.
Keeping Seed Potatoes.
The ideal method of keeping seed
potatoes is claimed to be cold stor
age. Potatoes thus kept at Ohio sta
tion have come out sound and fresh,
with no indications of sprouffug, and
their vitality unimpaired, even so late
as the first of June. It is important,
however, that the temperature of the
cold storage room should not fall be
low 35 degrees, nor should it rise
much above JO. When cold storage is
not availablbe, sprouting may in some
measure be prevented by shoveling
the potaoes frequently.
"When the fattening season ar
rives," says an experienced gooso
farmer, “keep the geese shut away
from bathing water and feed barley
mean, cornnical raid beef scraps and
chopped celery and keep in a subdued
light for three or four weeks, then
let out for a couple of days to enjoy
the use of a pond. Then return to
their clean quarters and feed on bar
ley meal and mill: and chopped cel- !
cry for two or three days, letting i
them go for 24 hours before foiling, j
and you will have a goose fit for a j
king.” I
BREEDING HORSES,
Seven Rules For Farmers Engaged In
the Business.
A famous breeder of hunting horses
tells of the rules by which he was
governed In the conduct of this busi
ness. Such rules are likely to be large
ly applicable to the raising of the best
live stock generally, and should be
known by all those engaged in such
work. Every farmer is likely to be
helped by making them hisbwn. Seven1
rules are thus given:
1. Determine what it Is you really
desire to produce, and having done so,
stick to it closely.
2. Procure a young mother that has
arrived at maturity, and is healthy,
roomy, well shaped, round, large sized,
with good temper and good action; an’
remember that the better breed the
mare is that possesses the qualities
the more valuable she will prove.
3. The dam, as a general rule, has
more direct influence on her offspring,
as regards health and size, than the
sire has.
4. The offspring bred from greatly
dissimilar parents in either size or
character should never be used for
breeding purposes; their offspring will
certainly prove to be mongrels of non
descript character. That the parents
should be as similar as possible is a
rule the neglect of which has led to
more disappointments than any other
with which I am acquainted.
5. A pure thoroughbred sire that
has produced good descendants should
be selected, and I do not believe n
really good weight-carrying hunter
will ever be bred from anything but
a thoroughbred horse.
6. The sire has more direct influ
ence on the bones, heart, tendons and
nerves of the foal than the mare.
7. Breeding too early is quite incom
patible with hardiness of constitution
and lasting qualities. Hence, 1 believe
the mare should be at least four years
old before she is put to the horse.—
Home and Farm.
Need of Winter Work On Farms.
One of the greatest needs on the
average southern farm nowadays is
more work in winter. Every since I
could remember it has seemed to me
that life on the common Southern
farm is too much of a happy-go-lucky
style. To get results in anything one
h^s to keep everlastingly at it, so to
speak. For years I have heard staid
old farmers discussing fall plowing
and spring plowing, but I have seen
too little of it in actual observation.
There used to be an idea, which is
still prevalent, concerning results
from fall and winter plowing. Some
argued it was injurious to plow deep
in the fall; others that it was absurd
to plow in the spring time to any
great depth. The truth of the matter
is that good plowing at any time
when the soil is in good condition is
a good thing to do. Usually in the
spring the subsoil is too wet to plow
and when it is turned up or broken in
this condition damaging results are
likely to occur.
The fall presents the most accept
able time for plowing, for generally
the soil is in excellent shape. In addi
tion to this the benefits accruing
through the rentention of winter rains
in the soil is something that can not
be overestimated. However, another
of the chief benefits lies in the fact
that through deep plowing in the fall
the soil is prevented from washing
and the land preserved in splendid
shape.
Another consideration comes from
the fact that if plowing is done in the
fail and winter, when there is not a
rush of work it will lessen’the atnount
of work necessary during the summer
season when everything seems to
need attention at once. Farmers who
have not tried this plan will find that
it will pay handsome on investments
placed in the soil.—J. C. McAuliffe.
Make Plans For Next Year's Crops.
Begin now to plan and prepare for
next year s crops. The early fall is
the best time to break heavy or clay
land, so as to get the full benefit of
the winter breezes. Plow a little deep
er than the land was ever plowed be
fore, and if possible, sow a bushel
of rye per acre as soon as the land
is plowed, to be turned under next
spring when the laud is repiowed. In
the warmer sections it will be profita
ble to sow rye for this purpose even
as late as the middle of December.
Keep the plows breaking the stiff or
clay lands wherever possible. It will
help very much in the spring rush.
Save the Peas.
The man who had to pay $2 to >3
per bushel for seed peas last spring,
and the man who could not get them
at all, should not require the above
advice. But the information we get
from the pea-growing districts indi
cate a short crop and high prices for
next spring and summer. With this
information we again say: Save the
peas; it will mean dollars in your
pockets.
Poultry farming does not take a
great deal of land, but with good man
agement the harvest comes every day,
and although It is small, its multipli
cation by all the days of the year
makes a sum total that compares fa
corably with more pretentious ven
tures.
Here it is fall, and yet many a
dock of hens is still presided over
by old roosters that should have been
made into stew long ago. Get rid of
all useless stock and give their feed
and room to those that pay their way.
WOMAN KNEW HUMAN NATUriE.
Personal Experience Counted in Her
Indorsement of New Pastor.
A Philadelphia congregation was
called upon not long ago to choose a
pastor. The last three ministers had
been persona non grata with most of
the parishioners; and before selecting
another the congregation did some
pretty hard thinking. There was one
woman of experience whose voice car
ried particular weight. Preacher after
preacher was invited to the pulpit for
a trial sermon, and all, in the final
analysis, were rejected by the female
arbiter. At last there came along a
possible incumbent who met with her
approval.
"The reason I am sure he will give
satisfaction,” she said, “is because he
has the right kind of a wife for a
minister. She allows him to rant
around all he wants at home and
doesn't sass back. I found out a long
while ago—shortly after I was mar
ried myself, in fact—that a man who
hasn’t that privilege at home works
aff his spleen elsewhere. A minister
vents it on his congregation. That
was why we couldn't stand the last
preacher. This one will be all right.
We won’t hear a peep out of him.”
And upon that unique recommenda
tion the congregation really did give
the man a call. According to last ac
counts both he and the congregation
were doing well. The wife has not
been heard from.
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paigner. “The way to win the hearts
of the people is to tell them what
they already believe.”
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Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sub
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tions) by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother
or sister of intending homesteader.
“Any even numbered seetton of Dominion
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