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play and he was always fresh and new. /
could see him hundred times In tho same
part and not tire me. 1t was the same with
Tom COTwln lie was an actor as well as
an orator II had tue most wonderful
facial power Of any man | have ever met.
BY the mere movement of his features,
without uttering a word. he could throw
an audience into tears or cOnvuse
them with laughter. He could initiate
Any one. and | have heard it said of
him that he was tie only man on earth who
could move his ears aud his nose at the same
time o separately at VIII while keeping the
rest OF his features IN repose Speaking Of
his powers OF imitation, | remem Der one
speech which 1 heard him make during the
great campaign in which Zach Taylor was
elected. and in this speech he initiated Zach
Taylor, Martin Van Buren, and Lewis Cass.
a the start he spoke of the three by name.
but as he went on he dropped the names,
and by the mere imitation OF the voices and
actions of the men and by throwing into his
voice and gestures their well-knOwn charac-
terlsucs, he gave his ideas OF them. When
he spoke of Van Buren, his voice became
oily, and he appeared to be the gentlemanly
Diplomatic politician. He made the index
finger OF his right hand 60 up and down
through the air, illustrating the gallOping Of
fox, and without mentioning Van Buren's
name that foX-lke statesman was apparent
to all When speaking of Taylor he put
on the fierce featares and bluff tones of old
his appearance brought out the Wing idea
OF him as a money-lending. grasping poll
tician. About this time there had been "a
story published concerning Cass. which
stated that white he was civil Governor OF
the Northwest Territory be had taken
poor NomanS cow because she could not
pay her taxes COrwin brought ont the idea
by making his hand move in and out like
the running Of a COW, and when lie spoke of
Cass his face was the Dersonifcatiou OF that
of the ideal ShyOck. COTwin was one of the
most wonderful takers | have ever met
He was tie center of every crowd he en-
tered, and If he were here with US to-day he
would mODopoiize the conversation and
would talk for hours We would be glad TO
listen to him. and il was so everywhere
even to the time OF his death"
You were present at his death, were you
not?'
YES" replied President Hayes. land /
shall never forget it. 1t happened in Wash
ington in December, 1866, at reception at
which a collector Of the military debts
which the General Government owed to
Ohio gave to the leading Ohio men at Wash
ington. This man lived on + street, in
what Is now the most business part OF the
capital His rooms were comparatively
blage would be large We knew there
would be no chairs. Corwin was not well
and he could not stand for any time, and
he told me before the event that he would
not aud could not come. | knew, however,
that ne couldn't keep away, and as soon as
L came into the room / took possession of
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TAPESTRY ROOMS AT WINDSOR
Not Large, but the Most interesting in
the Castle.
PhiInhalnhia Time.

Philadelphia Times
The Grand Duke and Duchess Sergius of
Russia were treated with extreme courtesy
by the Queen at Windsor. and were lodged
in the charming suite of apartments known
as the tapestry rooms. the windows of
which look straight down the finest avenue
In Europe. The rooms themselves are not
very large. but they are about the
most interesting ia the castle. for they
are always allotted to the most distin-
guished of the guests of the Queen, her
most intimate friends or members OF the
royal family. 1t was in the tapestry-rOOms
that the late Emperor Frederick and his
English wife stayed during the jubilee
week in 1887. and more interesting still Is ii
to recall that it was in these same rooms
that they spent their honeymoon nearly
five and thirty years ago. The Empress
still has the rooms allotted to her when her
Imperial Majesty visits her mother at Wind
sor, and among the other disiin guished
visitors to the castle who are also located
in the same apartments is the Empress
Eugene, who is now one Of the Queens
oldest as we'll as dearest friends, and
cOntidante. The rooms contain some very
fine pieces Of old GObelin tapestry, and
there are some wonderful bits of old china,
one very curious being q spray of white
thorn in full flower made In Worcester
porcelain, which was presented TO the Queen
when girl by the werkmeD on the occasion
of her visit to the factory with her mother
the Duchess of Kent. 1t was at the time
impregnated with thes of the hawthorn
bloom and, although SO many years have
elapsed 1t is said still not TO have wholly
lost It's fragrance.
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ton of himself as the Presidential candi-
date. / had seen him before this when TIC
came to Cincinnati 20 argue case there IN
connection with Edwin NJ. Stanton. and in
which Stanton was said to have snubbed
Lincoln. / was connected with the case
and / remember him. but / do not recall
anything about his being snubbed.
"Do you know" President Hayes went
on, 'that Abraham Lincoln was in many Of
his ways like Henry Clay. l had seen Clay
some time before l had heard Lincoln speak,
and my first thought as l listened 10 him
was, Here is Henry Clay over again.
The two were very much alike in their
sDeechmaking. Both were earnest. simple
and easy to understand. aud their methods
of reaching their hearers were much the
same"
when was it that you heard Henry Clay
last speak Mr.. PRESIDENT" said |.
1T was when he was an old man. He
spoke clearly. me!odiousy and forcibly, and
his manner was that OF talking quietly to
his friends except at the last, when he
warmed up and closed in q burst OF elo-
Quence which contained something of the
fire be always exhibited in his prime. 1t
was about the same time that l heard Web
ster. lie was the very reverse of Clay in
his manner of speaking, bat like Clay he
did not warm up until the close, when he
ended in powerful effort. / remember he
spoke in tho open air and shortly after be-
ginning he begged the pardon OF the people
for putting his hat on his head. He said,
1 am an old man now and ! know YOU will
excuse me for wearing my hat He talked
for two hours. and ii was during this speech
that lie denounced those who were trying 10
read him out of the Wing party. il was
about the time that he left Tyler's Cabinet,
and he had many enemies for his action in
remaining in it. He said: i warn these
gentlemen who are trying TO read me out of
the party | belong TO the party of Wash
ingt0n, TO the party of Hamilton. | am a
Wing, aud | warn those who are trying to
read me out of the Wing party that they
had better be careful or they will find them
selves outside of It,.
Il oppose you have known all the great
Ohio men OF tue past. President Hayes ?"
said l.
Yes; ! knew Edwin NJ. Stanton quite
well. and was well acquainted with Ben
Wade and Tom CorWin."
Tell me something about Corwin," said /.
HE was indeed. wonderful man and IA
wonderful orator." was the renly. "i1e as
in the field OF oratory what Joseph Jeffer-
son was on the stage. he was the best
story-telisr l have ever known, and bis
power rs n speaker was such that have
heard him make the same spec ch over and
over again, and it seemed each time fresher
and more Interesting than before. l have
heard Jefferson many times in the same
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Construction of Locomotives.


The number of locomotives built during
the past year has fallen below the figures
for the two preceding years. Thirteen
companies last year CONSTRUCTED 1882 loco
motives; fifteen companies in 1891 con .
structed 2300. or 41S more. Taking twelve
companies from which reports have been
received for both 1891 and 1892, is found
that in the former year 1868 engines were
built against 1903 in the latter In 1890
thirteen companies built 2240 locomo-
tives, that year being the best of
the three. AS regards freighteafs. forty
eight companies turned out %, 293 cars
in 1892, figure that compares favorably
with the 1914 built by fifty companies dur
ing the previous twelve mont tbs. The forty
TWO companies reporting in both years,
made 90.340 ears in 1892, and 1850 in 1891 !;
while their output of passenger cars was
1895 and 1886, respectively. for 1892 and 1891.
Judging from these returns. it appears that
the car business has been better than the
locomotive, although neither shows the ex-
peeted increase on account OF Columbian
Exposition traffic. 1t must be remembered,
however. that the railway companies them
selves are large builders. and il their re-
turns were public, IA different showing might
result.
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the whole civil war, and the standard of
patriotism and honor is higher to-day than
1t has ever been before. This is so in every
sense of the word, and you will find 1t the
case 10 business, in politics and in society,"
PRESIDENT HAYES paid no atten ton TO poll
tics alter he left tho White House, and he
cid not NEEDLE with party matters. As we
walked through the grouBds alter lunch,
however, he chatted with me about his
Southern policy, and he told me that he was
thoroughly satisfied that it was the proper
one for that time and the future. HI SAID
his Southern policy had long been accepted
by the country as being corr eet, and that
though the force bill entered into the last
campaign every one knew that Ii amounted
to nothing, and IL cut no figure in the max
ing Of votes. He was very decided as TO the
length of the Presidents term, and be told
country if the term could be extended TO six
years and the President be made ineligible
10 a second election. Said he:
H alf of the bad government of the past
has resulted from the possibility Of the
President securing a reelection. If be has
been once President his old officials feel
bound TO work for his denomination and re-
election If he should ever be a candidate
in years to come. ! think il would be better
10 limit the President to a single term even
if the duration of that teTm be left at four
years, as it is now, and | think that such
and make it more efficient than it can pos
sibiy be under the present rule"
Much of nv time with resident HAYES
was spent in his library looking With BIN
over his thousands of books and taking
peeps into his valuable papers. He showed
me drawers which contained autograph let
tiers from the distinguished men of the
world, and lie has left thousands of letters
which are full of unwritten history His
conversation sparkled with Renaissance,
and l asked him if he would not leave
something in the shape of book Of me-
moiTs, and whether he had arranged as to
the publication Of his papers. He replied:
mo, | am doing no literary work of that
nature, and doubt whether my papers will
ever be published. I find my DAYS so full
that l have not time for an autobiography.
/ have all my life kept diary or sort of
notebook in which l jot down from day to
day things which interest me in the way of
events and thought A large part of my in
tellectusi life has, l suppose, gone into this
set Of books. and / keep the work up still"
Here President Hayes showed me one of his
! diaries. 1t was a little notebook about an
inch thick ana of the size of an ordinary
octave volume. The writing was in the
fine hand of President HAYES, and as !
looked at il he went on: You note that
much of the matter is personal matter about
myself and family, but there is in addition
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-29
An important Discovery

ST. Louis Globe DemecraI,
The removal of sulphur from iron has
long been a subject Of investigation among
metaIlnrgists. recent English process $
which is attracting considerable attention
abroad is also adapted to remove parts of
the silicon. A mixture Of equal parts of
calcium chloride and lime are thoroughly
ground together into a moderately fine
powder aud placed on the bottom of ladle
or receiver, pressed down and solidated
by heat or kept in position by some
other suitable means. The ladle is
then filled with iron, which may be drawn
directly from the blast surface. the heat of
which is sufficient to melt the mixture. This
rises through the molten metal and is said
20 remove the sulphur very completely. 1T
is interesting 10 note that If the calcium
chloride is dry before being mixed with the
lime then only the sulphur will be removed,
while it is wet before the mixture is pre-
pared portion of the silicon will also be
removed with the sulphur. The cost of the
calcium chloride is about Is cents per tan of
ingOts bu; the reduced consumption of ore
and scrap where this method is used is said
To reduce this addlt onal expense about one
half
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INSOMNIA.
Its Cause Mental Overwork and
Strained Energies.

DR. VIM a. Hammond in n orth American Review.
Now, it happens in this stirring age of
ours that men-and women too-are so
much Intellectually worked, or so emo
tionally disturbed, that their brains have
more to do than they can aec0mplis h
and yet preserve their normal balance.
Mental work, whether II be simply
perceptonal, intellectual. emotional or
yoltionai, requires that an increased
amount OF blood shall flow to the brain
hence, during mental exerIion of any kind.
the cerebral vessels become distended owing
10 the Increased volume of blood they con-
tain, and they remain in this condition as
long as the exerlinn is continued. If ii is
too intense, or if it be perseyered in for too
long period without there being aterna-
tons Of rest. the vessels lose their eontraeti-
bility, aud remain in a permanently Gu
larged state. They are, therefore, not able
to contract so as 10 produce sleep. A state
OF cerebral congestion Is established and
wakefulness is the result.
Such persons 60 TO bed perhaps feeling as
If they would SLEEP, but no sooner do their
heads touch their pillows than their minds
become inOrdinateiy active and they lie
awake hour after hour recalling the events
OF the day or else indulging in the most pre-
posterous thoughts. The blood vessels will
not empty themselves, simply because they
have lost the power to do So They are like
the indiarubber bands that we put around
big packages and leave undisturbed for a
long time. We try TO use them again and
we find that the elasticity which they once
possessed has gone
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A Valuable Suggestion.
New York Press.


The young man had married the rich
mans daughter aud wasn't killing himself
with work 10 support her. One day the
father called him up to call BIN down.
Look here, y he said, mphatically, why
don't you go TO work pr
Il don't have to- The son-in-Iaw replied.
with braZen effrontery.
well. you will have to-"
why will %
"Becanse. sir. | can't live always to sup
port you"
But you will leave US something?"
mot much ] won't There won't be any,
thing to leave
fhe son-in-law was alarmed.
Great Jupterp' he exclaimed. lyon
don't mean to tell me that you have moth
ng?"
That's about the size of it,"
The soD-in-law devoted himself to pro-
found thought for several seconds.
Il have suggestion to Offer" he said, in
a business-ltBe manner.
NV hat Is il ?" asked the old gent
well, suggest that you take out, say,
100000 life insurance on yourself TO save
wear and tear on my mind"
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A Snowstorm i'm Kansas.

Here is something from the Goff Advance
which beats the bottled testimony of the
shipwrecked mariner all hollow las we
write this item Wednesday night the force
OF this Office is completely showed in. A
huge sn0wdrft envelopes the entire build
ing, and we have had nothing to chew on
for twenty-four hours except an old roller
and an empty ink can. The situation is get
ting serious. The editor and the devil are
glarng at each other, each looking for an
opportunity to eat the other, wit chances
about equally divided. We roasted the
Office cat and baked the towel Tor dinner,
and if help does not arrive before morning
one or the other must give in. Ii you get
this paper this week you must know that
the editor came out on top or that help
arrived in time to avert a Calamity"
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the only chair In 1t. and though there were
older people in the room | decided TO hold
it for him. ] pushed IL back into corner and
sat down in it and waited for Corwin. Tie
room was soon filled and the assemblsge
was noted one. for Ohio was then. as always,
very strong at Wash ngton. There was
bluff Ben Wade who was still in his PRIME
and near him stood Salmon =. Chase. Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court. The two
Sherman brothers. tbs general and the Sen
ator, were there, and among other military
men were generals Bob Scnenck and Phil
Sheridan. We had then some of the strong
est men IN Congress from Ohio, and all the
Ohio members of the House were there,
and among them James A. Garfield. Shell
labarger AMI Bingham. These and many
others were chatting together ir different
knots about the room when Tom Corwin
walked 10. lie had stayed at home rs long
as he could, but his old colored servant
woman. knowing be would want to come
had lad out his clothes for bin, and
as The time approached she told him
to get up and go. He was lying in his bed
reading Cicero de Senectute' or Cicero on
Happy Old Age in the Latin, and he laid
the book lace down on the bed aud dressed
himself and came. As he entered the room
a cry went around, There is Corwini Cor
win! and every one rushed forward to greet
him. | can see him now as he walked
through that room, his face shining and his
eyes glistening and l can almost hear his
voice as II rang out when he said Gentle
men. we are all boys tonight and made an
apt quotation from Cicero. caught hold of
him and asked him 10 take my seat. He
resisted. but 4 got 10 front OF him and
slowly but surely forced him back into it,
Then the crowd gathered around him and
he began TO talk. In three minutes the
other corners of the room were deserted
and the party had all gathered
around and we're listening to him.
Men were down on their knees to get 10
hear hin aud to let those behind them see
over their heads. This was the case with
Garfield and Schenck, and later in the even
ing L remember that Ben Wade stood Just
behind Garfield. Corwin had recently re-
turned from Mexico, where be bad been
Minister, and in response to questions he
talked for an hour or more about the coun-
try. while these people hung on his every
word. In poetic language he described the
beauties OF the Mexican country. and he
gave glowing pictures of the beauties and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-29
FACTS ABOUT LONDON.
Statistics of the Worlds Greatest City
From Recent Returns.
PaIl Mall Gazette.

all MAI OhZtlLo
The total population Of the county Of Lon
don on the 9th of April. 1891. was 4. 231 .431,
the increase in ten years being 397. 237. or
1876 per cent. The number OF Inhabited
houses was 557, 1874. an increase on 1881 Of
6, 249, or 500 per cent.
The total expenditure on the local govern
ment oil London In the year 1Ss9-90 was
9lo, 726.000 or as much as an Australian
colony. This was equal to CO los Sd per
head OF population. The rates were levied
upon ratable value of e3l. $50, 900, so
that the amount per FL was 6s cd. but
the ratepayer only paid Is 10d of
this amount. The central rates fall equally
upon all the parishes, but the rates for
parish purposes are very unequal, ranging
from IS ga down to Is Old. For imperial
and local purposes combined London pays
In taxation approximately a17,000.0o0. The
Inland Revenue returns show that the total
incomes earned In London amount 10 9i23-
$4,000, so that the burden of taxation
amounts to ii per cent. The balance Of the
loans outstanding at the end OF 1891 was
948. 032 COO
On January /. 1891. the paupers numbered
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Hayes satat one end Of the table and "Rud"
TOOK the place Of host at the other end. a t
the right Of Miss Fannie sat President
Hayes with your correspondent next to
him and further down the table on either
side were the other members Of the family,
including Mrs. Webb Hayes and her little
boy Sherman, who, in a high chair had his
seat next to his aunt Fannie AT the begir-
nlng Of the meal the President asked me IL
/ would drink Apollinaris. and upon my
saying yes he went cut and brought in
bottle and filed my glass with his own
hands. During the meal the conversation
turned 70 Russia, from which country | had
just returned, and we chatted OF 1olstofs
IDEAS for the Improvement of the world,
and ! asked President Hayes whether he
thought The world was growing better a it
grew older.
He replied: "Of course II is. The people
OF the world are better and purer every
year. Why, the old Greeks were tile great
est Sc0undrels who ever existed. By the
way. have been studying a good deal of
the Greeks lately. You probably have not
beard OF i, but am a college student Ny
daughter Fannie and myself are both fresh
men IN the ChautauQua University course
ana we viii graduate IN 1896 That is, If we
don't die"
''Oh, if we die" said Miss Fannie. in an
undertone, we viii carry on our studies on
tie other side"
We'll, continued the President, this re-
view OF Greek history SURPRISES me as 10 the
morality Of the past Why, the other day
I read all about the Greeks from their begin
ming To the days of Columbus. and they
were the worst pack Of liars, traitors aud
cuUbroats that you could imagine. Such
men would not be tolerated in this Gay and
generation. In all their wars there were
plenty Of men on both sides W no we're ready
and willing 90 sell out 10 the enemy. ana
they hid more 10 fear from treaenery in
their OVID ranks than from the strength of
their foes. At Thermopy9. you remem-
her the pass was lost by treachery, and
LeOnidas and his 800 Spartans met their
death by a traitor who sneaked over TO the
enemy. The leaders were as bad as the
men. ana no one WAS safe During our war,
with lis millions of men. such tfeaehery
was unknown. There were more traitors
10 any one Of the Grecian companies than
there were in the millions Of soldiers during
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Definition of Cheek.
Texas Sitting:

Hans-Vat means dot ven dose Ameil-
Gamers say dos man has some check, or
some gals, Ell?
Fritz-I dells how dot vas. Some time ago
lends my friend Schmidt Won hundred dol
lars. He bays me not cent pack. So |
prlngs suit dot court in. und wins my suit.
Den Schmidt he comes to me mine office in.
'He prings you dot money pack ?"
IN ct moOch. but he wanted me to lend him
$50 more TO pay his lawyer and d lose costs.
Dot ish yot dose Americans calls some
cheeks and CALLS"
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Three Wives Each Man Marries.

Rosegger, the Syrian poet, who is battling
with death just now, publishes a Christmas
book called ..All Sorts of Human Things"
in which he expresses the following thoughts
OH marriage: IF you think of marrying a
woman remember you marry three
creatures, a young one. middle-aged. and
an old one. Unless one or Two die before
their time. you marry a wife, a n. other. and
grandmother In her YOU marry lot of
people you do not know. You don't marry
for to-day, or fer tomorrow, but for life.
and for all sorts Of situations. If she is
gentle and wise and true. you have bride
not only for the wedding day, but for sick
ness and poverty and old age. If she is only
handsome, she will some day grow ugly /;
but il she is good and true. she will stand
wear. Try to know her before you take
hpr