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WHERE LOVE REIGNs.
Mrs. McKinley's Romantic Devo-
 ton to Her Home and Husband
Fears the Arrangement from Home and Friends That May Come with Politi- cal Elevation = The Major
 and His Mother.
TcoPYRreHr, 1896. l

Imagine yourself, if you will, alight- ing from railroad train and finding yourself in dirty, dusty station in the midst of an equally dirty, dusty DOT tion of a thriving western city. Then imagine yourself entering a somewhat dilapidated stage coach and being driven slowly through various narrow, crooked streets until at the end of ten minutes you emerge into broad plaza lined with stately buildings and tall trees rich in yerdure. Thls is what the visitor to Canton sees, and he won ders at the sudden transformation from squalor to beauty One is told that Canton has but one squalid quarter, and that is near the railroad station, and when one has been there a few hours one realizes the entire truth of this statement. Then let your imagi- nation take another flight and picture yourself strollipg up broad, straight avenue thick with shade and lined on either side by stately residences ap- preached by lawns of conspicuous neat ness and beauty
 At the end of four short blocks you finally come to a square, wooden house set back some 40 yards from the street, with wide yeranda in front and tall oaks brushing their branches against the newly-painted boards of the house. Flower beds abound on the spacious lawn, the prevailing blossoms appearing to be red geraniums. On every pleasant day in the immediate past one might have seen fair-faced woman seated on this veranda drinking in the quiet and beauty of the scene that lay stretched before her. But now all that is over. There is no more restful quiet for her, for her husband has become one of the most eonspicu- ous men in the United States, and she. against her will, has been unconscious ly drawn into all the strife and turmoil of national politics. It is easy to see that this frail woman is not happy
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One would see that she felt proud of be bestowed upon her husband, and yet through it all she found ample time to receive and greet with simple grace all the friends and Heighbors whom she held most dear.
 But when I saw her the second time all this was changed. Canton was alive with bunting, from every porch and from every roof there foated flags and ban ners inscribed with the words 'McKin- ley, the advance agent of prosperity" The one servant who had done duty for somanyyears at the Mckinley home had been reinforced by various others in the guise of secretaries and waiting men and messengers. There was constant air of hustle and activity, and while her husband was gentleness and thoughtful ness personifed in his interest in his pa tient wife, it did not take q wizard to see that the wife was grieving not a lit tie at the thought that the fortunes Of politics had robbed her of the constant society of her husband to which she had grown accustomed since he stepped from the gubernaterial chair at Colum- bus. Men were coming and going, the iron gate at the edge of the lawn was changing and banging, the screen door on the piazza was opening and shutting. there was a Babel of voices and at all hours of the day and even into the late evening carriages were flashing up be- fore the door, telegraph wires were tick ing, telephone bells ringing and in short what had been less than a month before an Eden of domestic felicity had been suddenly transformed into Babel of confusion.
 cannot tell you what Mrs. Mckinley was gracious enough to tell to me in her frank, ingenious way without first tell ing you the story of her courtship as it was told to me by more than one old resident of Stark county. Her maiden name was Ida Saxton, and pretty muck all the older people of Canton call her Ida Saxton still. Her father was the editor and proprietor of the Reposi- tory, a weekly paper then, established in 1915, but now a daily paper run by Mr. George Frese. But the editing and own ing of this small journal was but side rssue to old Col. Saxton. He was a bank CT, the most prominent in that part of Ohio, and he had ideas of his own, and among these ideas was one that apper= tained to his daughter. He gave her all
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amidst these new surroundings. To be sure. for over 20 years she has been not altogether unaccustomed to the clangor of political life, for she has seen her husband elected to congress time and with him to a greater or less extent in his successful campaigns for the governorship of Ohio; but while those scenes were all exciting, they pale into insignifieance beside the mad and fever ish scenes which are now hourly brought before her. Each day, each hour, may say each minute, men from all over the country journey to Canton to see and to talk to her distinguished husband, the republican candidate for president of the United States. She enjoys it perhaps in certain way-en- joys it as loving wife enjoys the tri- umphs of the one who is all the world to her-enjoys it, if a sense of deepest pride can be called enjoyment, and yet it is plain to be seen that her gentle nature shrinks from it all.
 Mrs. Mckinley is essentially a gentle woman. Her face, her form, her mau- ner all suggest that which is sweetest and best in woman. Thrown into direct contact with the world as she has been, she has yet retained to an eminent de- gree all that charmingfemininity which the older inhabitants of Stark county, O., recall as being her chiefest charm in girlhood. There is something sad about this little woman, too-strillingly sad when now and then one catches a far off, mournful look in her eyes and notes the pathetic lines of suffering which even her bravery and strength of will cannot altogether obliterate from her face. She has suffered, has this wom- an; suffered no one knows how much. For many years-in fact, since her last born died and was laid away to rest she has been an invalid. Not an in
 valid in the sense that she has been confined to her bed or even to her room all these years, but an invalid inasmuch as she has been unable to go about and mingle in society and enjoy the recre ations that other women enjoy. In Washington, during Maj McKinley's many years of service m the house of representatives, she clung pretty close y to the home which she had there, meeting comparatively few of the men and women who go to make Washing ton the gayest city of the land during it's own unique season. She has never been happy altogether in those years she admits it herself. The bright, shin ing periods of her life have been when she was back in the home of her birth. having her husband all to herself and seated on her piazza or in her tiny re- ception room receiving, not as guests, but rather as loved companions, the friends of her early days. It was thus that 1 first saw Mrs. Mckinley To be sure. at that time the clans were just gathering at St. Louis and there was the illy-concealed air of anticipation which overspread the entire city of Can ton, even to the home of the major and his wife; but at that time there was a repose about this gentle sufferer which was as beautiful as it was pathetic.
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AN AWKWARD SITUATION.
The Trying Experience of an Unfortunate
 Swimmer.


 Swimmer.
 Young Punk Sladdock, a prominent society sweA of Hawsille, o. T. had just finished whispering into the rosy ear of Miss Gladys Mork, the village belle, the sweet story, old, but forever new, and the maiden's soft cheek was reposing trustfally on his manly bosom, the while he was filled with emotions so joyous and tender that he scarcely knew whether his head was on straight or not, when suddenly deep, solemn groan of misery gushed in at the open window of the dimly-lighted sitting room of the Mork villa wherein the young couple sat.
 "Oh, mercy" uttered the maiden, in sudden fright Somebody has been hstening.n
 "Wal, I'll soon see about that!" ejacu- lated the swain, grimly, jerking out his ready revolver with the deftness born of long practice "Who the dey-that is, who are you, out thar?"
 "All that is left of Henry J. Tiddi- cnm," replied a careworn voice, as a head and neck, the latter, unadorned by collar, were dimly seen rising out side of the window. Don't mind me. have no objections to offer"
 What are you doin' out thar, an what in thunder do you want?"
 q jest want to ask a favor of you, an then I'll slink away. l hope you will excuse me for mentionin' it in the presence of a lady, but l went in swim min down it the creek late this after noon-it seems almost year ago to me now-an' some diabolical boys stole my clothes or the cows ate 'em up, or something Anyhow, they disap- peared, an while I was pryin' around huntin' for lem picnic party of young ladies and gentlemen an preacher or two got betwixt me an the creek be- fore I noticed 'em. I have been prug- nosticatin' around, so to speak, from one slight hidin' place to another ever since.
 Il have been blistered by the sun, torn by brambles, chased by dogs, stung by hornets. lacerated by red ants, shot at once or twice by near-sighted gents, an burned to a ragin' fever with shame. l lost my bearin's after dark, an finally slipped up to this window in time to hear you propose to the girl I've been engaged to for the last six months, an whom l leyed quite a good deal.
 An now all I ask is that, in the name of pity, you'll wake Miss Gladys brother, Hank, an borrow enough clothes from him to cover me sorter half way deeently while l sneak home through town, or if he hain't here, please fling me out blanket or a barrel an let me go. have nuthin' to live for now, but I don't want to be found dead in the awful an unsightly condition I'm now in. -N. Y World
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Sea Moss Blanc Manpe.

In reply to Subscriber" we give the rule for sea moss blanc mango. Purchase half a pound of Irish or Ice land moss or a package of sea moss farine. The latter is convenient form of the article sold by grocers who sell dom deal in the ordinary lichen Islandi- GUS of Iceland and the Irish coasts. Some persons prefer the genuine sea moss, and this must then be purchased at druggists. Wash n handful and rinse 1t i'll a number of waters to re- move all the grit. Throw it in a quart of milk that has been brought to the boiling point. Put the whole in double boiler and stir it until enough of the sea moss has been absorbed by the milk to make & blanc mange. Add half a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of any simple flavor and sugar to the taste. No exact time can be given for the time of cooking the moss in the milk, as some moss seems to contain more of the gelatinous substance of the lichen than others. This matter probably varies with the age of the moss. Cool little of the mixture after cooking it and no- tice whether it forms or not.-N. Y. Tribune
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HOSIERY AND SHOES.
What Is Being Worn with the Summer
 Costumes,

"
 Costumes.
 Black hose and ties having a moder- ately pointed toe and medium heel are correct with any summer costume, though tan ties and hose are cooler looking and very stylish with thin street or house gowns. A colored shoe makes the foot appear two sizes larger-a fact that makes many hesitate in buying either tan or white ties. The latter in canvas are worn with white hose at summer resorts and chiefly with white suits. They are certainly entirely out of place on the streets of large city. Patent leather ties are said to draw the feet and also to easily stretch out of shape, but they are, nevertheless, much worn for dressy street wear. White glace kid slippers keep their shape bet ter than those of suede kid. White slip pers and hose should be worn with a white evening costume, but black ties and hose are worn with a white day toilette unless white canvas ties are pre- ferred. High buttoned shoes have kid or cloth tops and patent leather tips, with the razor-pointed, moderate or square toe and fiat, moderate or high heel. Wipe shoes when taking them off; air and stuff them with soft paper when not in use. Wearing shoes on al- ternate days keeps them in better trim besides resting the feet. Russet ties may be cleaned with paste that is sold for that purpose, and white canvas ties with French chalk or naphtha; the lat ter is very explosive when exposed to either light or fire, consequently great care must be exercised while using it. Black shoes and hose are worn with any costume; tan hose and shoes with brown dresses. Dressy black kid slip pers for the house have bead-embroid- cred toes in open or close work Ladies Home Journal
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LILLIAN wIcKHAM.
THE SITE OF PARADISE.
There Are More Than Eighty Theorie
 Regarding It.

There are more than 80 different the ories regarding the site of Paradlse- namely, the north pole, Pelyneslan ls lands, Canaries, Cashmere, delta oi ui1 Indus, Arabia, Persia, Mesopotania Syria, Palestine, Armenia, Scandlnava eastern Prussia, foot of St Gothafu \ Switzerland, etc. These theories, tn' speaker maintained were deficient E three respects: They try to harInoni1' the Biblical description with aceua geographical conditions; they do nY strictly adhere to the principle that 'i' words used in the description of far9 disc must have the same meaning th1 they always have in other passages E the Old Testament, and, lastly, the9 confuse Biblical and eXtra-blpi'oSs ideas, failing to distinguish betWee3 the Hebrew conception of Paradise 'ii'| the primitive Ba.bylonian view.
 cording to the views of the Bapyioh' ans, as found in the BabyloEian MI rod epic, Paradise, the fountain oi iis was situated not at the head oi io1 rivers, but at the mouths of the rlsel The same idea is found in the orien,1 ~, legends concerning Alexander '51 Great, which are ultimately uei'
 from the Babylonian Nimrod ePy When the Hebrews adopted the pan1 lonian idea of Paradise they trahsici the Garden of Eden from the mou..j of the rivers to the heads of these san . four rivers. This was done Ill aeeo. ance with the idea of the Hebrews .ll .n God dwelt in the north. Such an , la, is found. for instance, in the first ehs M Fl fer of Ezekiel. where the prophet -
 iating his vision distinctly says 'n.3 he saw it northward. And so' too'
 the 14th chapter of Isaiah. Now 'ns us, changes. of course, entalled
 graphical confusion, because wnpo
 four rivers all empty into the fe'si. gulf. they do not, of course spar sIan f from T.n' the he same source-Hsbrew stand ard
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the advantages of a libera, education in cludinga protracted stay in Europe, and then he brought her back and said to her: Ida, believe that you should know my business as know it myself. do not wish you to marry early in life, l wish you to come to me at the bank and gain knowledge of my affairs"
 That is how Ida Saxton obtained the rare business ability which has been of no mean advantage to her husband in his career, and that is also how she chanced to meet the man who was des- tined to become her lover and then her husband.
 She was perhaps 20 or 2t years old when she entered her fathers bank as paid assistant She had rare beauty, both physical and mental, and. as everybody knows, her suitors were both numerous and persistent, but she seemed to care for none of them; in stead she attended closely to the du- ties which her father placed in her hands. She had been in the bank but a comparatively short time when q young man, handsome of face and fig ure, came to Canton from the adjacent town of Niles. This young man, it soon became known. had just returned from the war, where at the age of IT years he had enlisted as a private and. had emerged after Appomatox as a major by brevet.
 When Ida told her father that young Mckinley had asked her hand in mar riage he replied: q don't want you to marry yet awhile, my dear, but when you do l know of no man to whom I would so willingly give you up as to Maj. Mckinley" And so it was that in 1871 they were married and they went to housekeeping at once in that same square, wooden house where they now live. The vicissitudes of fortune and of financial difficulties compelled them some time later to give up this charm ing home; but fortune is good some times, after all. and so it is that at this moment in the erowning triumphs of their lives they find themselves in the same old house where they spent the first joyous hours of their honeymoon.
 Two child1 en were born to Mai. and Mrs. Mckinley in the 25 years of their married life, but God in his wisdom took one away in infancy, and the other joined her baby sister when she was barely four years old. It was upon the death of the latter that Mrs. Me kinley's health was shattered, and while her neighbors will tell you that she has been stronger in the past year than for any of the 1s or 14 years which preeede this, yet they admit sorrowful- ly that she is very different from the strong, vigorous, healthy Ida Saxton whom they knew quarter of a cen tury ago.
 It was plain to me that Mrs. Me Kinley was essentially domestic wom- an. Surrounded as she has been bv an environment of politics and turmoil, it was yet evident from her words and manners that she longed with an ire sistible longing for the peace of home life.
 One little sentence 7ressen to me
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The very substance of the an,bi- 3ious is merely the shadow of 3 dream.
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NEVER SEEN AT THE NORTH.
Southern Delicacy That Finds No Market
 This Side of the Line.

This Side of the Line.
 Of the many ailments peculiar to the
 United States that are exported to Eu-
 rope with entire safety, there is enc
 that has so far balfied the preservative
 qualities of refrigeration. This is the
 coqulna, a small bivalve found i'll Florida.
 the average size of which is less than
 half an inch long by one-quarter of an
 inch wide. It is taken from the sand at
 low tide, it's whereabouts being indi-
 cated by small tuft of grass invariably attached to the shelf. When employed
 as food coquina when gathered are placed in perforated boxes and exposed to the action of the waves to remove as much as possible the particles of silt that adhere to them. This, however, is only partly effective. They are boiled, shells and all, ill pot in q little water, which is alone used as the flavcring extract, as the meat contained in the shells is sc trifiing and of such light consistency that little or none remains after cooking. The resultant liquid after boiling is incorporated in cream or milk for tke concoction of a puree of surpassing delicacy. The flavor of the COUulna tO1lfDlucS tlttt VI lhS SSd1iObs soft clam and oyster. It is a curious paradox that the largest and the small- est of the clans found on the Atlantic coast possess an identical taste. The great quohogues, or sea clans, washed upon our northern sand beaches in storms are in magnificent proportions of the same general shape as coquina. They also make delightful puree of the same flavor as that imparted by the minute Florida biyalve. Moreover, they are available for other culinary concoc- lions to a very superior degree. While cooI,ina are never sold in northern markets, the great quohogne is ocea- sionauy obtainable. As rule, it is a delicacy reserved for those who live directly upon the beaches; for, unless these be frozen, the clans so soon as < cast upon the shore bury themselves with surprising celerity in the sand. TO find some method of transporting coouina from Florida to our northern markets is worthy of effort, inasmuch as their use in the manner described above will offer an epicurean diversion n A field of ali1nentation that is now somewhat distinguished by monotony snd saneness N. N. Sum-
 The very substance of the ambi- |aous is merely the shadow of dream Ghnk kespeare.
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scalIoped Eggs and Potato.

Fake equal quantities of hard-boiied .ggs and potatoes sliced. Moisten with cream sauce, put in n baking dish in ayers with bread crumbs, the top and bottom layers being of crumbs, and brown in a hot oven. cooking until the potatoes are done This makes an ele- gant d.sh for Cincinnati Enquirer.
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p,aca for Everything.

~Always remember there E ' l,oy r for everything, Willie saio " mother. .,.a4 x,1acei
 s.Yes, and | know where that pnls Pls n.a; it's boy Ioe1e s'
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