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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15

I hold him firmly. This gives the candidate
| a distinct advantage, and the practical
joker, who has a grip. like a steel wise, is
! baked in his endeavor to crush the bones
of the smiling candidate. This brand OF
the practical joker seems to make it a
| business to shake the hands of great men
just for the pleasure of seeing them vince
under mighty pressure. But the up-to-
date statesmen have foiled them by adopt
/ ing the candidates grip.
A TWO-HANDED CLASP.
! Mr.. Bryan is the only one of the four
who uses his two hands when he wishes
/ to impart a double amount Of emotion in
/ his greeting This double shake is used
only on particular people, and its effective
ness cannot be magnifed. When a visitor
! approaches, Mr.. Bryan throws back his
broad shoulders. takes a step forward, and
before the caller knows it his hand is being
vigorously shaken by the candidate. If the
visitor happens to be of unusual note, or an
old friend Mr.. Bryan places his left hand
on top of the visitors right or if the caller
be person of exceptional prominence the
candidate reaches out his left hand and
catches the left hand of the other, and then
works both arms like the piston rods of q
twin screw steamship.
M'KINLEY'S SURPRISE
Major Mckinley is less enthusiastic, but
his handshake is a surprise to most peo-
pie 1t begins in a passive, Hfeless sort
of a way, but it ends like a climax in an
old-fashioned melodrama- The Major is
sternly opposed to the new style Of hand
shake which requires the lifting Of the
hand as high as the head. He always ex-
tends his hand on a straight line from the
fourth button of his waistcoat and is quick
to grasp the visitors fingers. He raises
his arm slowly about half a toot ana tnens
when the caller thinks it IS time 70 Dfeak
loose, the Major jumps up ana uO"h WI
surprising energy, accompanying lHe ma
purnp with a squeeze of the fingers. which
makes the arm Jingle up to the elbow.
Then the Major bows gently and is ready
for e-next conner. If the visitor happens
to be a lady the process is the same eX-
cent that the squeeze is modified to a
gentle pressure. Ladies who have just
Dassed under the benign influence Of a
handshake with the Major have been
heard to remark: isn't he just awfully
deferential?'
Arthur Sewall, of Maine, has much to
learn in the political Handwriting line. He
is naturally abrupt and uerse, avoiding
the delivery and reception Of cheap plat
itudes as much as possible. He has not
yet rid himself of the business idea that
when some one comes to see him it is for
some purpose other than the mere formal
ity of shaking hands with him.. But he is
able to identity members Of this class at
a glance, and he passes them along quick
ly with a powerful grasp of. the hand and
a How do2 How are your"
Mr.. Hobart is less abrupt. He shakes
hands in a way much like Major Nc
Finley that some people say that he either
took lessons from the Ohio statesman or
that he spent many hours in studying the
latter's system. The slow beginning and
the exciting finish are the same, and even
the gender graded pressure is met with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
THE RIVAL SHAKES,
GLAD HANDS OF BRYAN, MCKINLEY,
HOBART AND SEyVALL.
POTENT CAMPAIGN FACTORS
How the Candidates Shake Hands al
the Rate of Fifty q Minute OF
5000 per Hour.

An incidental feature of the Presidential
campaign will be the handshake of the
four leading candidates. The other day
Mr.. Bryan shook the good right hands Of
1000 men, women and children at Lincoln,
and it is a common occurrence for Major
Mckinley to shake hands with 500 persons
in an afternoon. Mr.. Hobart has extended
a hearty grip to pretty nearly every one
in Jersey, while Arthur Sewal1 has made
the good. people Of Maine swell with pride
by his cordial generosity in the handshak-
ing line.
Grasping the hands of such vast multi
tudes was a new thing for Bryan, Hobart
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fifty people a minute for two hours at 4
time, grasping the dainty fingers Of a So
ciety belle one second; falling into the iron
clad clutch Of a horny handed son of toll
the next second; shaking the mushy paw
of a bargain-counter dude the third second;
catching the diplomatic hand of a million
aire the fourth second; fondling the pudgY
palm Of an influential dowager the fifth
second; pressing the oily hand Of a fat
politician the sixth second, and so on
through every grade of the human family,
tickling the pet emotions and hattering the
respective vanities of each. Handshaking
is judged to be a simple thing by the un-
thinking, but when 1t is elevated to a high
place among the arts it becomes an intFt-
cate science.
THE BRYAN GRIP.
Mr.. Bryan's shake is a device tingling
with emotion, bubbling with enthusiasm,
sizzling with vigor, bursting with confidence
and volcanic in its heartiness. cordially
and good will. But it is artful, like the
hand grasp of every schooled statesman.
Mr.. Bryan never allows the visitor to dc
the shaking or the squeezing. He does that
and so do Mckinley. Hobart and Sewall.
RS a matter of preservation, and after
a little practice the habit becomes instinct
i've. The art lies in grasping the extended
fingers of the visitor and holding them
in such a position that the visitor cannot
get a good grip on the candidates palm.
The caller may try to slide his palm further
along. but the fingers of the candidate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15

90 its magnificent rooms would only serve
to conceal something of greater beauty
If Mrs Vanderbilt has a full week, with
out Interruptions of any kind, to prepare
for her daughters wedding it can be counted
upon to be the grandest that this country
has seen in a long time, not even excepting
the marriage of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt
to the young Duke Of Marlborough OF the
gorgeous affair which marked the wedding
OF Miss Anna Gould and the Count de
Castellane.
AN AMERICAN TROUSSEAU.
None of the details of the forthcoming
marriage have vet been given out, for the
reason that everything is still unarranged.
Tie young people are anxious to submit
everything for the approval of Mr. Wander
bilt, and as he has been too i'll to discuss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15

into their respective strides and each has A
handshake of his own. Major Mckinley has
been shaking hands with the nation for
some years past and it was an easy matter
Tor MIN to meet the great tidal wave of
outstretched palms.
The political handshake, particularly the
national political handshake is a very diff
ferent thing from the ordinary business, or
social greeting. Most people don't know
this. If Mckinley, Bryan, SewaH or Hobart
shook hands like ordinary people their fists
would be a shapeless mass inside Of a week.
Imagine what it is to shake hands with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
RACE TO The NORTH,
PROF. DYCHE AND LIEUT.. PEARY IN
A UNIQUE CONTEST.
METEORITE THE PRIZE.
Both of the Explorers Want the
Honor of Bringing 1t Here.
Weighs Forty Tons and Is Worth
$4,000.

/ If two noted Arctic explorers should hap
pen to meet at the same place IN the
frozen North there is apt to be a big scrap
and if it once begins there will be no
danger of police interference. These two
explorers are rivals and enemies, and
moreover they are both now on their way
to Melville Bay for the express purpose OF
bringing back a gigantic meleOrlte winch
lies half buried in the ground on the shore
of the bay. It has been there for ages,
and the native Esquimaux call it the
| great iron stone.'' Both of these explorers
claim the meteorite as his particular prop
erty, but the one who gets there first will
gain the prize.
Lieutenant R E. Peary is one of the
rival explorers and Professor Lewis Lindsay
Dyche, Of Kansas, is the other Lieutenant
Peary is more widely known than Profess
sor Dyche. but in the scientific world the
latter is held in the highest esteem He
has made several trips to the Arctic re-
gion in search Of the Pole, and on one
occasion JOurneyed north with Lieutenant
Peary. Something happened on that occa-
sion which caused an estrangement, and
now they are anything but friends. When
Lieutenant Peary returned a year ago
from his eventfuI trip to the North Profess
scr Dyche wrote a long article in which he
showed that had it not been for a series
of blunders made by Peary the North Pole
would have been discovered. This, of
course, did not lessen the breach between
START OF THE RIVALS.
When it was announced short time ago
LnaJ Lieutenant RGary was gong 10 start on
a journey to Melville Bay TO bring back the
great meteorite. Professor Dyche said moth
ing, but Immediately packed up and left his
home at Lawrence, Kan. A week later the
news was given out that he was going to
bring back the meteorite. Dyche left about
the list Of July, whereas Peary did not leave
until July 16. On that date he sailed in
the steamer Hope from Sydney G. B., ac-
companied by a number of scientists. Hen
son, the famous black servant of Lieutenant
Peary, is one of the party; also Hugh Lee,
who accompanied Peary in all of his trips
to the north. The scientists are: Professors
ALI Burton and George H. Barton, of the
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology; Rus
sell W. Porter, a student in the architec-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
THE PRIZE METEORITE.

Some time ago when talking about the
meteorite Professor Dyche said: This
meteorite was first seen by Franklin, to
whom the natives showed it. The Esqui-
maux have known it for ages. They call
it the fgrear iron stone It weighs forty
tons and is composed of solid iron mixed
with a little nickel. It probably fell out
of the heavens centuries ago and has lain
among the rocks on that inhospitable coast,
seen by only few men.
when the Kite, on which I went after
Peary. was returning, the Esquimaux told
US repeatedly of the great iron stone,' and
prevailed upon US to stop and see it. PearY
and I saw it at the same time, but Peary
claimed it for himself by right of discovery.
Il do nCS know of any law by which he
can claim it over me or any other man
who will take the trouble to go after it. I
received a letter from Lieutenant Peary a
day or two ago in which he warns me that
the meteorite is his and that he is going
to go after it in a ship in the spring I
understand a syndicate in Chicago is also
thinking Of Quitting a ship to go after it.
If I should take a notion that I wanted it,
and my ship was the first to reach there,
don't think anyone would prevent my taking
it.
1T is a peculiar grayish bit of metal,
lying half out of the ground. 1t is very
hard. We found it impossible to break
piece from it with cold chisels and sledges.
We managed to bore a hole in it for a short
distance, after wearing out several cold bits.
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Two charming dust cloaks covering the
pretty toilets worn at a suburban wedding
were, one of manufactured silk, with pleat-
ings OF white tafeta let in the skirt seams,
and white silk ruches finishing the throat
band and wrists Of the big bishop sleeves.
The other cloak was Of brown Holland COM
pletely covered with fine white soutache braid
sewed on in irregular waving lines It had
white satin shell collar and cuffs to the bish-
op sleeves, a Princess back and Russian
blouse 'front.' girdle with jade and old silver
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tural department Of the Institute Of Tech
nology, goes as artist and photographer,
and John G. Phillips, student OF Harvard,
nam. assistant in the United States Coast
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about a trip to Melville Bay, as it does not
require the long preparations which a
more protracted journey to the North does.
Melville Bay has been known to navigators
for more than 300 years. and it used to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15

: a common stamping ground for the old
whalers.
The last heard of Dyche was at Seattle,
where it was said he was to sail for the
North. He was to go through Behring
Strait and the Northwest passage to Green
land. This is a much longer route than
that taken by Peary, but as the Kansas man
had a start Of nearly two weeks, this should
even things up.
A year ago Professor Dyche said that he
was going to try and reach the North Pole
this summer, and it may be that after dis
posing Of the meteorite he will push on to
the North. He is not a rich man, and
could not afford to defray the expense of
such a journey, but 1t is well known that
& number of wealthy men have stood ready
for years to supply the money he would re-
quire for trip.
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DYCHES MYsTERIOuS man.

There is considerable mystery about Pro
fessOr Dyche's trip. None of the details of
his plan has been given, but he is known
to be man full Of resource who can make
plans in one minute and carry them out in
the next. There is nothing very terrible
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and Geodetic Survey, has been detailed to
take pendulum and magnetic observations
Three scientific parties will be landed at
Labrador, South Greenland and Melville
Bay, respectively
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11

Texas bonds. "But mind" said dr.
INV opinion. You must not hold me en-
tirely responsible II annexation fails'
Young English asked that the situation
he moro fully explained. which was
done. He was then prepared for the
consequence OF his own acts Here was
Clearly his opportunity. He got leave
of absence as quickly as possible ana
went back home. There he drew on the
town for all the money he could borrow
But the town was poor. One OF the rich-
est men in Il was a merchant who hai
made a snug sum by swapping prints
for produce. and who liked Bill English.
He was asked for liberal loan. lie
wanted time TO consider. But time was
money then or nothing. No golden
dream had ever suggested to him
speculation in bonds. but on English's
assurance he shelled out thousand or
so. He knew that, make or break. IL
would be returned TO him. That was In
1s45. English went back to Washing
ton and put every dollar he had In
Texas bonds. The Lone Star Joined the
constellation. the bonds went TO par.
and Mr. English made his pile. LIKE
the peach. II grew. and II grew, and II
grew. But some of IL returned to the
old merchant at Lexington. Enterprise
had pushed him to the wall. he had
made other loans that were lost. and the
bank that held his money collapsed IN
a panic. He lived four years. surviving
his wife six months. without shelter
or a table OF his own. and during all
this time Mr.. English cheerfully sup
piled him with both.
This was but one or the millionaire's
kindnesses that the world knew nothing
Of He despised ostentation In charity,
yet was greedy of fame. When Chicago
burned down Mr.. English gave thou
sand dollars to the relief Of its people.
though II is believed he gave only ten.
He wrote his name on a subscription
paper for round thousand. Though
carelessness or inattention he put the
lest two ciphers in the cents column, or
at least too far to the right TO be in line
with the dollars. The subscription list |
was given to one of the newspapers with |
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He doubtless found good company in
himself, for he was the sole counsellor
of his own acts. Had he been less Sc
cluded he might have lived longer. He
lodged and ate at a hotel on the Circle
which he owned. II was there he fell
sick, and there a few weeks later he
died. To an old man who has known
the minute attentions of home. sickness
and death at hotel are not ideal reali-
cations. When Mr.. English's illness
was incipient he INDUCED the delusion
of robust men that IL was a trifie,
though warned not to do so. His only
daughter lived but couple hundred
miles away at Chicago. though she was
not sent for until her fathers condition.
l believe, was critical. Mr.. English had
ample fortune. OF course. to keep man
sion and pay servants to wait upon him.
but the ease and comfort of such life
were never part of his calculations.
Economy seemed to have grown into
passion with him. and perhaps he prac-
ticed 1t to extremity. don't know.
OF late Mr.. English had become stout.
and yet with his increase OF rotundity
from year TO year he never outgrew that
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11

brown frock coat his tailor made him.
some seventeen years ego. for visit to
Samuel J. Tilden. /. was in that coat
pants and vest TO match-that he had
the famous interview with Mr.. Tilden Gs
10 campaign expenses, and about which
Mr.. Walter Wellman has spun some II
his widest romance. Mr. English GER
tainly did not get cheated IN that coat.
no matter what price be paid for IL. II
must have been made of good material
to have kept its dressy look so long,
even IL handled with the best of care.
/ should say, from observation at differ
ent times, that the goods was north o.
England worsted. Mr.. English seemed
attached TO the coat as an old friend;
and. like Napoleon. he could never
tolerate new faces about him. 1t was
all he retained of the campaign, and
kept it as a relic, though he paid for II.
as he did for everything else he got at
that time. ] saw him last in the early
days of December. He was without an
overcoat, after the manner of Hannibal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11
A New Chimney.

An ingenious method of making
ehimneys has recently been invented.
1t looks very we'll on paper. and may
prove serviceable in houses where there
is extreme solidity in the construction,
or where u can be so arranged that
vibration is reduced to n minimum. The
chimney is made OF sections of pipe
after the fashion of the ordinary drain
tile. These sections are set one over
another with laps like joints of stove
pipe. There are inner fiues for cold
air, in consequence of which the out
side of the pipe is not likely to be
overheated. The objection to this Chin
ney is that, as in high winds buildings
sway more or less, the pipe is liable
20 be crushed and become extremely
dangerous on account Of cracks and
flaws. The ordinary brick chimney IS
in itself support to a cheaply con-
structed dwelling: but this new device
neither furnishes support nor yields In
any way to the oscillation of build
ing in a high wind.-New York Ledger.
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Hamlin. which was very injudicious. for
the weather was Indictment. The brown
tTock was wide open In front. Possibly
IL was little too tight to button then.
In Indiana Mr.. English was thought
a rich nan. He left an estate worth
three millions, half of which goes TO his
son. IL is of fifty years growth and be-
gan with the annexation of Texas. Mr.
English was then % years old and
clerking In a department at Washing
ton. He was richer In character than
in purse, and had his reputation at his
home not been OF the very best, that
fioodtide in affairs that Shakespeare
sings OF would probably have dashed
past him and been lost forever. He had
some money at Lexington, his native
town, and had saved all possible from
his salary of two years-for Mr.. English
was born saver. though not then domi-
mated by his genius for acquisition. The
bonds Of the Texan Republic were at
very low price-not above seven or
eight cents. Jesse ID. Bright, who an
ticipated Texas becoming a state, was
a friend to young English and told him
that he might lay the basis OF fortune.
II he had ambition that way, by buying
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11
Trees Ten Inches High,

The midget of the whole tree family.
Is the Greenland birch. 1t is a perfect
tree In every sense of that term and
lives It's allotted number of years from
seventy-hve to $50 just as other species
OF the great birch family do, although
its height, under the most favorable
conditions. seldom exceeds ten inches
Whole bluffs of the east and southeast
coast of Greenland are covered with
"thickets' of this diminutive species OF
woody plant, and in many places. where
the soil Is uncommonly poor and frozen
from eight to ten months year. for
est OF these trees will flourish for half
a century without growing to height
exceeding four inches.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11
An Example OF impure Air.

large jar or stone pot smaller at
the top than the bottom. or covered so
as to leave only small opening. may
have rubber tube dropped into It.
through which the experimenter may
eXpel his breath for some seconds.
After continuing this for a short time,
a lighted taper may be carefully low
cred into the Jar. The fame will be-
gin to waver and die down, and will
shortly expire. finding not sufficient
vitality in the air to support it. When
one compares the size of the stone pot
with that of the ordinary room and
realizes that exhaled breath is insult
cient to support the fame OF a candle.
IL is not difficult to understand why
children and delicate people pine away
and die on account of impure atmos-
phere.
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Gone Forever,

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage saws:
When | was boy my mother used to
say to me sometimes: Dewitt, you will
be sorry for that when | am gone
And i remember just how she looked.
sitting there with cap and spectacles,
and the old Bible in her lap. While we
have our friends with us we may say
unguarded things that wound the feel
ings of those to whom we ought to give
nothing but kindness. After a while
some of our friends are taken away
from us, and those of us who are lef;
say; oh, if we could only get back
those unkind words. those unkinl
deeds; II we could only recall them
But you cannot get them back"