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nothing but his honest labor at the
making of the finer glassware to help
him. / foreSaw trouble from the be-
ginning of it; and when I talked of the
thing to Orio, his old love for me alone
permitted him to hear me out.
And thou, old friend cried he, to
talk of this to me! What wed her to
lout that blows beads upon a string?
My daughter, whose lap I will fill ten
times with sequins? Madonna mia,
what words!'
He went on to speak of sending her
to a Convent of Sisters at San Gle
mente, and of other hard intentions;
nor had 1 any courage to wrestle with
him then, in the early moment of his
displeasure. 1t was plain that Paolo
must come no more to my house by the
Church of the Salute; and while 1 gave
Orio this promise, / wept in my heart
for little Christine. But oh, how cum
ming is woman-how quick to see and
mend her misfortunes!
" 'Nicolo, said she to me that very
night at supper dear Nicolo-for this
was her way of speaking-'what shall
I do, how shall live without him?'
Who knows said I, to cheer her,
what time may bring? I have seen
men more set than your father, and yet
turned about when month has gone
like a blade in a rotten basket. Per-
chance. before the feast, you shall
dance with Paolo at Torcello, little
Christine
''She gave me no fair word of an
swer; but presently, when she had
thought she said to me:
" 'Nicolo, thou knowest the house of
Paolo's brother Lorenzo, over in the
city yonder?'
AS 1 know my own said I, for
they be close together as the pillars
upon the Piazza
And, Nicolo, thou knowest that
Paolo now goes every day after mass to
help Lorenzo in his work?'
SO surely. child, 1 know-rare the
day is that l do not speak with him on
his way
And he may not come here now
when his work is done?
- I fear not, little friend
she unused set a little while, and
then. putting her red lips very close to
mine, she said:
Nicolo. if 1 may not see him here,
| cDulQ 4 not come TO Wdlcn IDG0 make
swords? Ard Paolo, he would be near.
| Dear Nlcolo, do not turn thy head awcy;
know that thou lowest me. Oh, say
that l may come, and I will pray for
| thee every day. Sweet Nicoloi'
What the end Of it all was, comrade
l may tell in few words. She came
after that every day in my gondola to
| Murano. and there l watched her happi-
ness, and that of the boy she had taken
| for her lover. For a whole month there
| was no more joyous creature in Venice
| Then Girolamo the worthless came to
| my house; and almost from the day of
| his coming little Christine's cheeks
paled. and the rings of sorrow stood
out black beneath her eyes.
Cousin Nicolo!' said she to me one
night calling me oddly as she was wont.
thou lowest me, and yet Girolamo comes
to thy house,
And why not, child? asked /. He
likes to cross a blade with me. What
is that to thee2'
He has asked me of my father in
marriage. she sobbed: and then, for
want of any more words, she laid her
| pretty face upon my lap, and her cheeks
were wet with tears. Nor / could find
a word to comfort her.
Knowest thou said I, what thy
| father said?'
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SONG OF THE MYSTIC.

I walk down the Valley of Silence
Down the dim, voiceleSs valley-alone1
And 1 hear not the fall of a footstep
Around me, save Gods and my own;
And the hush of my heart is as holy
AS hovers where angels have flown
Long ago was 1 weary of voices
Whose music my heart could not wins
Long ago was / weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din;
Long ago was l weary OF places
Where l met but the Humankind sin.
I walked in the world with the worldly
l craved what the world never gave;
And l said: In the world each Ideal
That shines like a star on lifes wave
Is wrecked on the shores of the Real,
And sleeps like a dream in the grave"
And still did pine for the Perfect
And still found the False with the True'
| sought mid the Human for Heaven,
And caught a mere glimpse of its Blues
And / wept when the clouds of the Mortal
Yelled even that glimpse from my view
And 1 toiled on, heart-tired of the Humani
And L moaned mid the mazes of men;
Till [ knelt, long age, at an altar
And I heard a voice call me since then
I walk down the Valley of Silence
That lies far beyond mortal ken
Do YOU ask what l found in the Valley?
eTis my Trysting Place with the Divine.
And l fell at the feet of the Holy,
And above me a voice said: BE mine. ="
And there rose from the depths of my
An ecRo-"NIy heart shall be Thine
Do you ask how 1 live in the Valley?
l weep-and i dream-and l pray.
But my tears are as sweet as the dew
drops
That fall on the roses in May;
And my prayer like a perfume from
CenserS,
Ascendeth to God night and day.
But far on the deep there are billows
That never shall break on the beach;
And / have heard songs in the Silence,
That never shall float into speech;
And l have had dreams in the Valley,
Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen Thoughts in the Valley
All! me, how my spirit was stirred!
And they wear holy wells on their faces,
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through the Valley like Virgins
Too pure for the touch of a word!
Do you ask me the place of the Valley?
Ye hearts that are narrowed by Care?
1t lieth afar between mountains,
And God and His angels are there;
And one is the dark mount of Sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of Prayer!
FATHER RYAN.
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TIE SWORD AND THREE.

CBeing fragment of a letter written to
Count Ruzzini by Nicolo Ferrara OF
Felluno. who. going to Venice in the
fiftieth year of his age, brought the fash
Joining both of broadswords and of rapiers
to much perfection. Long a servant of the
Moro family Nicolo died in room of the
Palazzo Balbi, in the year 1902, carrying
with him to the grave many cunning
secrets of the art he had so worthily
adorned)
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is where my practice began. I came here
in 1867, when this was town of 5000 or
5000 inhabitants. 1t has 30, 900 now.
His First Law Case.
''What was my first case? Well, I be-
Heve my first court experience was in a re-
plevin case on appeal, given to me by ap
older lawyer. Before that suppose had
had some practice in the Justices courts.
That is the way young lawyer in a coun-
try town usually begins
Mr.. Mckinley said he had never had a
particular fancy for any branch of his pro-
fessional work. He had been engaged in
some criminal practice, particularly when
he was prosecuting attorney, but most of
his experience had been in the civil courts.
He always practiced law in Canton, but
his active professional experience ranged
through only II years, while he has boon
in public life more than 20 years. He has
varied his official duties by writing
economic questions for the magazines.
Lately he has not been able to carry on
this work because his time has been SO
well occupied. Every time he makes a
public speech he has to prepare himself as
fully as though he intended to send the
material to a magazine over his signature.
He dictates his speeches to a stenographer
in advance of delivery, but he does not
commit them to memory, and he does not
often use notes. When he has prepared
speech he reads it over carefully, preserv-
ing the main points and the illustrations.
The connecting phrases form themselves
out of his thoughts on the lines of the
original composition. When in the course
of conversation L spoke to Mr.. Mckinley
about the recently published charge that
he had modified his tariff views, he quoted
to me almost verbatim the words of his
Chicago speech:
cit may be asked what the next Repub-
p l. r II
you. I cannot tell you what the rates will
be, but they will measure the difference
between American and European condi-
lions and will be fully adequate to protect
ourselves from the invasion of our MAR
kets by oriental products to the injury of
American labor and will in no case be too
low to protect and exalt American labor
and promote and increase American pro-
duction. I cannot better answer this grave
question than by an illustration of Mr..
Lincoln's. Some one asked him how
long mans legs ought to be. He said:
That is a very serious question, and
have given much thought to it a great
many times. Some should be longer and
some shorter, but want to tell you that
a mans legs ought always to be long
enough to reach from his body to the
ground And SO tell you, my inquir-
ing free trade friend, that the legs of the
next Republican tariff law will be long
enough to firmly support the American
body polite, sustain its public treasury,
lift up our national credit and uphold the
dignity and Independence of American
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A Brave Cycling Feat.

feat in bicycling which many trick
riders would find hard to duplicate was
accomplished on Tuesday by one of our
bicycle policemen The officer not only
overhauled with ease couple of drivers
who were racing their horses furiously
down the Boulevard, but, seizing the rein
of one horse, he chung to it and kept his
equilibrium on the wheel at the same
time, the horse meanwhile rearing and
plunging. By dexterous manipulation he
slackened his pace gradually until the
horse came to a standstill, when the driver
was placed under arrest. To such as think
that cycling in this city is impraotioable
at this season of the year, or that the bicy-
Gle squad lies dormant during the colder
months, this exploit is instructive. New
York SIM
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labor and the enterprises and occupations
of the American people.

labor and the enterprises and occupations
of the American people.
His Tariff Views Unchanged.
'My views on the tariff question: he
said, "were expressed very fully in the
campaign of 1894, when I went every
where, and they were repeated in 1895.
when made a number of speeches. What
I said in Chicago was plain enough, and
do not see how can add anything to it, -
Mr.. Mckinley said he did not care to
talk about the policy of the Republicans
in the present congress, or, in fact, about
any public matter except as he discussed
them in his pu blio speeches. Those speeches
are the careful expressions of matured
thought, and they cover his opinions fully
When the presidency was suggested, Mr..
Mckinley smiled and said, 81 am a good
deal Of a philosopher, you know from
which one may draw tho inference that
Mr.. Mckinley is not lying awake nights
wondering whether he is going to be hon
ored by the st. Louis convention next
June.
When asked whether he was going east
very soon, he said: ST have no plans for
the future except that I hope and expect
to stay in Ohio for long time. Mrs. Mo-
Kinley and I may run away for a little
while, but most of my time will be spent
right here"
And this is the way Major Mckinley
spends his time when he is at home: He
breakfasts at about half past or O'Clock.
After breakfast he goes over his mail.
Unlike most public men, he opens and
reads all the letters that como to him, and
they are of many kinds. Political letters
are in the majority. Even the personal
mail is tinged with politics in these days
of preparation for the national convention.
OF crank letters and begging letters there
arc few. Then there are Invitations to
dinners and political gatherings in cities
in almost every state of tho Union. All
these Mr.. Mckinley examines. His secre-
tary, Mr.. Boyle, joins him shortly after
breakfast. Mr.. Mckinley turns over to
him some letters which require only form
al replies. To others he dictates an
swers. A few he answers with his own
pen. It takes half the morning to dispose
of this mail, and as visitors keep the cleo
trio doorbe1 tinkling at brief intervals
tho last letter is seldom answered before
luncheon. Luncheon is at I or / 80
o'clock. After that there is more mail,
and there are moro visitors. Dinner is at
$50, and in the evening there are often
visitors who come to call socially on Major
Mckinley and his wife, and sometimes
there other social duties to fulfill.
Mr.. Mckinley does not go out very often,
though. He does not have time.
The visitors through the day are OF
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Sugar Creek township.

Sugar Greek township will go down in
history as the only place north of Mason
and Dixon's line where resolutions Of So
cession we're presented at a public meeting,
debated and passed. Sugar Creek town
ship at that Il ne was the best developed
and most thickly settled strip of land in
this part of Indiana. One Saturday after
noon, Feb. 16, 1861, public meeting was
held in the schoolhouse, at which, with
only one dissenting voice, it was resolved
that eff after all peaceable efforts have
been made to keep the several states united
in one grand confederaoy, they must di
vide, and we must be cast with one or the
other portion, we do of choice prefer to be
attached to the southern Confederacy."
The resolution was published in the
Louisville daily papers, all of which con-
tanned lengthy editorials, in which it was
claimed that the action of the voters of
Sugar Creek township, Shelby county,
Ind, voiced the sentiments of almost all
the people of the western states. Yet no
county furnished more soldiers in proper
tion to its population than did Shelby
county. In two weeks time after Sumter
fell two full companies were organized and
ready for the field, and three more were
in course of organization. indianapolis
News.
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LTNc0LN,s SPECIAL RATE.

D.
In the report of Chairman Morrison of
the interstate commerce commission, in
reply to the PETER resolution regarding
railroad rates, extracts from which were
published in the JOURNAL yesterday, it
will be noticed that Lincoln. Neb., is an
exception to the regular scheme of es-
tablishing freight rates to points west of
the Missouri river In the case of other
cities the rule is to add to the regular
rate between Chicago and the Missouri
river the local rate from the river on
Lincoln, however, has a rate bat triAe
in excess of the rate to Omaha.
This sort of special rate is what Topeka
merchants have wanted so long, and
what they must have before this city can
attain any Importance as a distributing
point Lincoln secured thisra thrOugh n
the united action of number of her
wide awake business men. They entered
into an agreement to ship all their
freight over any one road which would
grant them the rate they demanded.
In order to prevent any one road from
accepting this profitable offer to the en-
tire exclusion of the others from any
share in the business, the traffic associa-
ton placed the rates at what they are
now, and the wholesale business of Lin
coin has grown steadily ever since.
A similar movement on the part of To-
peka business men was iEaugurated
more than a year ago and reached the
point of the appointment of a committee.
since which time nothing has been heard
of the matter. Nobody has seemed to
care enough about it to enquire why, and
they probably would not ascertain the
real reason if they did Railroads, as a
rule, are very successful. however, in
silencing committees without tbs public
knowing how it is done.
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many classes. There are friends who have
stopped at Canton between trains TO pay
their respects. There are politicians who
are conducting Mr.. McKinley's campaign
in Ohio and in other states, though the
work which is being done outside the state
is done without consulting him. Mr.. Nc
Kinley hears something of what is going
on through the representatives of the Ohio
state committee, who are conducting his
campaign. Some people call to ask in
dorsements for appointments under the
state government. Some are delegates
sent to invite him to attend banquets.
Always Accessible.
None of these visitors has any difficulty
ip seeing Mr.. Mckinley. He is in his office
all day long, and he sees every one who
comes on any legitimate business. This
simplicity is one attribute which has en-
deared Ohios candidate to people all over
the country, for in his campaigning he
has visited all but the most distant states,
and he has met hundreds of thousands of
voters. He is fortunate in having re-
markably good memory for faces and
names. One of the young men of Canton
whom met spoke with some pride of the
fact that when he called to pay his re-
spects to Major Mckinley last January he
was addressed by name, although he had
met the major only once or twice before
and had not seen him in more than year.
NODh1ng contributes more surely TO the
popularity of q public man than the spe--
cial gift of memory for names and faces.
Mr.. Blaine possessed this gift in a remark
able degree, So does Major Mckinley.
Next to this quality a creator of pop
ularity is the ability to make good speeches.
It helped elect Benjamin Harrison to the
presidency, and to this day Democrats of
national eninence join with Republicans
in admiring comment on that famous
series of speeches which Candidate Harri-
son delivered eight years ago. Mr.. Nc
Kinley has displayed unexpected ability as
a speechmaker lately. Hardly a week
passes without bringing some opposite ut
terance from the famous Ohioan delivered
at banquet or political meeting. The best
test of their value is that newspapers ev-
erywhere publish them. Organs of po-
Htical candidates devote unlimited space
to the utterances of their favorites but
when newspapers without regard to party
bias publish the speeches of public men
there Is something in them of value to the
general reader. With tho possible excep-
ton of the ubiquitous Chauncey Depew,
Mr.. Mckinley is the most widely quoted
orator of today.
al these special gifts and personal at
tributes have made for Major Mckinley a
personal following which threatens to
overthrow the plans of the men who are
known as leaders of the Republican party
the men who like to dictate nominations
and control administrations. He has be-
come within the last two months an amaz-
ing feature of the Republican situation
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little time for reading, though that Is one
OF his faverite recreations. The reading
of newspapers, of course, is one of his daily
occupations. He sees every day the prin-
cipal journals from Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago, Pittsburg and New York, and
his mail is swelled by newspaper contribu-
tions from friends. A few days ago an
Ohio man sent him scrapbook flied with
clippings about himself. And he.Zsceives
many letters every day containing personal
paragraphs clipped from the newspapers.
He told me laughingly that he read the
paragraphs about himself, good and bad,
when he had time. But he is not collect
ing them, and he is making no effort to
keep up with the product of the paragraph
mill If he did, he would have time for
nothing else.
81 have net gone back to my law prac-
tice yet, said Major Mckinley when I
asked him about his profession. 81 have
not practiced law since 1878. may have
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He Paid

''.Just moment, sir said pleasant
faced man to stylishly dressed young
man who was about TO take the New
Haven train the other day.
we'll what is it?''
''You didn't pay your bill at the -
hotel
''Whewl Why, clean forgotl'
''Of course. Here it is-$12."
"Well, did I ever 1 was in a hurry,
and it slipped my mind. Here's your
money"
''ThanksI It will be 50 more for the
cab and my services, you know
"Two dollars-yes-herei it is. Well, by
George, but never made that blunder be-
fore Whv, you must have thought I
meant to at the hotelP'
sob, L.! You were rushed and forgot
it. Good day, STRIP
''Did he forget?' 1 asked the shadow
from the hotel as the other passed out to
the train.
THAT'S tho best way TO put it, he
1aughingly replied. sit isn't to be sup
posed that man can pack up and get his
valise out of hotel and forget that he
owes for three days, but Well give him the
benefit of the Doubt
''And how did you catch on2''
''Umi If you were posted on the tricks
of the profession, you might want my
place !"-New York journal.
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SornefhinC Hot.

Nothing is so unmistakable as the odor
of scorched wool, and nothing more inevi
tably conveys a sense of domestic calamity.
It may recall that dismal day when we
burned our Sunday gowns or Sunday go
to meeting jacket by too close acquaint-
ance with the fire. There is one case on
record, however of burning which sug
gested only pleasant ideas.
One day little Polly was driving with
the rest of the family when disagreeable
o1or penetrated the air, doubtless proceed
ing from one of the country houses which
they were then passing.
Something is burning" said one of
the company, shifting the air.
Feathers suggested another.
"HRir.''
Channel"
81 think I know what it Isl piped up
little Polly in all seriousness. GIVE got q
piece of peppermint in my mouth, and it
burns my tongue awfully. Pearson s
Weekly.
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Tho Biggest of the Big Trees.

The largest tree in the state of California
or on the American continent perhaps
is Old Sequoia, the titan of all the red
wood giants, which stands at an altitude
of 5, 800 feet above sea level at a distance
of II miles from the Yosemite valley. At
present Old Sequoia is but blackened
stump, but as it stands it is without doubt
the Oldest representative of the vegetable
kingdom in the world. At one time be-
fore fire and wind partially destroyed the
grove of big trees of which it was the chief,
Old Sequoia was more than 100 yards high
and upward of 80 feet in diameter. At
present the stump is 1876 feet high and
about II feet in diameter near its charred
and blackened roots. Quite a stump after
all.-St. Louis Republic.
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NO BANQUET THIS YEAR.

Medical college Graduates WOn'E
Gather Around tiae FestAI Board.
The graduating class at the Kansas
Medical college are busy with examina-
tions.
Commencement exercises will be held
in the high school auditorium on Tues
day evening, March 81.
The faculty hzd decided or Wedues-
day, April 1st as tie date, but the
students thought that All Fools day was
not exactly the time those of their num-
Der so fortunate as to survive the eX-
aminations wished to be made full
fedged A. DIS.
Judge J. G. Wood will address the
class. There are eleven students who
are candidates for graduation. Two of
these are women. There will be no
banquet for the graduating class this
year, for the first time since the school
opened.
DR.. Minney says that more letters of
inquiry az to terms and requests for
Catalogues have been received in the
last six weeks than ever before in the
same period of time,
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lat the beginning of his legal career, aged "a. ]
tried few cases since, but have not been
in active practice. I found when had
been in congress p few years that my pub
lie duties were too absorbing, and I gave
up the law. When came back here, where
I first practiced law, it was natural for
people to think that [ intended to take it
up again. But have not tho time to do
so now, and if 1 had the time I would
want to devote it to resting"
I asked Mr.. Mckinley if he liked his
profession and if he expected to return
10 it.
CT like the law very much" he said,
'and expect to take it up again in time.
] will practice in Canton probably. This
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AN EDITORS ONLY THOUGHT.

The Ruling Passion For Scoop Was
Strong Even When Death Was Nigh.
On Thursday, the regular publication
day of the Washington (Kan.) Post Regis
ter Editor Jacob T. Hale believed that he
was dying. Summoning his wife, be
whispered to her to send word to his fore
man to hold back the forms until Friday
that announcement of his death might be
SCOOP on the other papers.
Then he was ready to die. But he lived
and grew stronger, and the next morning
wrote a statement of his condition for ex-
elusive publication in his paper.-Phila-
delphia Press.