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and that was the beginning Of his po-
itical career. He seemed to spring
toll armed and ready for battle into
he political arena. His triumphs were
last and thick. A man Of wonderful
~nA -esouraAs, he ~ns
in politics as in business
Chandler, the boy, 1t is said. refused q
c.llege education, but took $1,000 his
father offered him in its stead. he
cane to Detorit in 1888 and went into
tn. mercantile business in which he
wa, successful. He was a prominent
Why and took much interest in the
railway. He had held the
|mayoralty only one year when noml-
mated for governor. Success was nope
less from the moment Of nomination,
hut he fought good fight. In 1854 he
Twas active in the organization OF ina
tRepublican party under the oaks AZ
jackson, and in 1857 he went to the
senate to succeed an illustrfous prede-
cessor-Lewis Cass. One of the catch
ing Incidents of his senatorial career
was letter he wrote to GOV. bialr'
known as the blood letter. In 1t ne
said: Without little blood letting
this union will not, in my estimation,
be worth a rush" For the succeeding
two terms Chandler was returned TO
the senate. In October, 1878, Grant
made him secretary of the interior and
he retained the office until Grants re-
tiremeut from the presidency. Again.
in 1879. Chandler was elected to the
senate to take the place OF Isaac r.
Cbristiancy, who resigned. 1t was in
March of that year that he made MS
famous speech against Jefferson Davis
and At once he was regarded, In M1chi-
gan at least. as presidential possibil-
itv october 81, 1879, Chandler went to
Chicago to deliver a political speech
and the next morning he was found
dad in bed Chandler had a prodig-
ious infiueace upon Michigan politics
and. indeed, upon the politics OF the
nation. It was in the memorable cam
pafgn OF 1876 that he was chairman ol
the national Republican committee ano
worked for the success OF Hayes ano
Wheeler. 1t was great campaign and
success nearly slipped from his grasp
but by hairs breadth he won.
Michigan's last honored citizen tc
occupy a cabinet position was Don NJ
Dickinson, who took for year Inc
portfolio Of postmaster-general under
Cleveland in his first administration
when Villas retired.
1t is this quartet Of brainy, sterling
men that Gen. Russell A. Alger is tc
make quintet.
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Sons of Ex-HreSilentA.

President Mckinley is having great
deal of trouble in finding places for
the sons of other presidents. Russell
Harrison has not offered himself for
appointment, because he is busy run
ming trolley road in Terre Haute. but
Allan Arthur is a candidate for secre-
tary of one of the European embassies
while one of the Hayes boys and one
OF the Garfield boys are candidates for
foreign appointments. With Mrs. Lo-
gan urging the appointment of John A.,
jr., as minister of Austria. the sons of
his predecessors keep President Nc
kfnley quite busy
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nbont which It turns within limits. The
upper end OF this dipper is connected with
the uptake pipe by Joint supported on an
ottAr pivot
The force cr Impact of water on the lower
half OF dipper tends TO hold II down. while
tends to lift 1t. 1t is stated that these
forces practically balance each other. and
that trains have, with this device, taken
water at Il speed Of seventy miles per hour
filling 1900 gallon tender in nine seconds
The advantages claimed are easy manipu-
lation and no lost time, less water wasted
hy being. splashed ont Of trough and more
water taken per 100 feet of trough which
can therefore be shorter and cost less for
construction and maintenance.-Eailway Ga
zette.
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Fouxht Their Battles Anew.

While Joaquin Miller was walking
along the street in Seattle recently, a
man approached him, and, without say
ing a word, lifted the poets beard and
examined the right side OF his neck
Then he remarked: Yes, you are Joa
ouin Miller" Naturally. the man was
asked to explain this singular behavior.
whereupon he said that forty-odd years
ago he had pulled poisoned arrow
from Miller's neck, and with his lips
had extracted the venom from the
wound. The poet remembered the DC
currence. and q few minutes later the
two old men were fighting all over
again an Indian skirmish that toe
place on shoulder of Mount Shaska.
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AN APArnEr,c COMMUNITY.
HOW New York Is Imposed Upon by the
Monopolies.

MOnOPOnes.
A community which will not assert Itself
deserves to be robbed, and therefore others
the matter. The price of Il telephonein New
York Is $40 year. One hundred dollars
would be an ample price; but the telephone
strong In business circles and In political
quence the victim No community deserves
emancipation from situation of this kind
until 1t shows vigor enough to win its own
freedom. The transportation lines In New
York, whether the elevated or the surface
d9 not try to MAKE the
1t Is more profitable to pack the ears until
a tired woman is hanging from every strap
In the aisle, while the front aud rear plat
forms are densely jammed with long snner-
ing men. 1t seems never seriously 10 have
occurred to these men that they We're the
victims Of a9, outrage that men OF spirit
companies find 1t lucrative to carry sixty
people for full fares In Il car built Tor
twenty. Throughout the civilized world
the public In this fashion: but, in so far as
such matters are concerned, our country IA
not yet civilized. our people have the rem,
edy In their own hands: and nothing could
lack of humor than To lind fault with the
transit companies They do well to make
all the money they possibly can out Of the
ing Cities like New York are deserving OF
nothing better than their people have the
intelligence and self-respect 10 demand.
Meanwhile the trusts are hourishine the mo.
nopoies Of local supply are waxing fat, and
the Legislatures nre investigating these sub
jects with show Of hostility while actually
in the end oheying the behests of the cor
poratlons with perfect mcekness. And the
great. silly: good -nntured American pubic
tolls on and ncuuiesces readily in anything
agree upon.-Frum 1.-THE Progress of the
World" In March Review of Reviews.
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A STRANGE FREAK OF NArURn.

We hope to sell 100000 packages
Golden Rind Watermelon. the most
wonderful freak Of nature-smooth,
shiny. yellow rind. crimson flesh. DELI
cious! It's sensational. Took 500 first
prizes In 1896. You must have 1t to be
in the swim. Melons go like wild fire
at $1.00 apiece. We paid 5000 for one
melon! 500 prizes for earliest melon
-ripened in 1896 in Al days. Lots Of
money made in earliest vegetables.
Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty
five earliest sorts, postpaid, $1.O0.
Send This Notice and is Cents for ,
Package of Golden Rind and won
derful seed book, LAG big pages. to John
A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis
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MR.. CAGES GREAT BANK.
Unparalleled Success of the First National
Gf Chicago.

In 1865 began Mr.. Cages connection with
the greatest of western banks, the First M
donal of Chicago. For years he was the
assistant cashier. and on Its reorganization
In 1852 he became the vice president and
general manager In 1891 he succeeded to
the presidency with an annual salary Of
$1,000. Although not the largest stockholi-
er In the First National bank. he is the
mainsPring Of the institution and the whole
financial world accords him credit for the
masterly manager which has made 1t
the Gibraltar Of western capital Since its
reorganization sixteen years ago 1t has accu-
muluted surplus Of S2.Dp.NO. and its de-
posits not lufreuuentty greater than
those OF any other banking house in Amer
lea. Its foreign business alone amounts 10
SO OpO.ooO annually. Its capital stock is
$4,000, 600. and the annual dividends thereon
are II per cent, mud have been for years.
The stock has sold high S355 share.
y late comptroller of the currency said that
In Legitimate banking business. disappointed
from kitc-fying aud speculation, there Is
only one Institution that snrpasses it-name-
ly. the Bank Of Enslnnd;-From Lyman J
Gage: n Character Sketch by Moses r.
Handy. in March Review of Reviews.
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Water SCOOP. for Rallway..

Railways have for long time made use
Of water scoops, let down into troughs set
between the rails, to refill engine tenders
without stopping trains. Such devices. it
Is claimed, have never been entirely salts
factory, because wafer could not be taken
In this way without running slowly. If the
speed too great II became impossible
to lift the scoop from the water, and In con.
sequence it was smashed against the end of
the trough The Pennsylvania railroad hns
since the middle Of 1894 adopted as standard
device. in which 1t is claimed the power
required to lift the dpper from the water
is entirely Independent of the speed of the
train.
This result. to speak generally. is arrived
at by balancing the lower curved portion of
the dipper near its center on trunnions
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GEnRn IL Xnu MIISf

But also appeal to a means of relief of the
torture-i physical-,whch produces the
Rroah. rheumatism is prolific source Of
agony In Its acute inflnmmatory or chronic
forms. But 1t may be annihIated at Its
birth with Hostetters Stomach BItters
which, unlike the posons in minute doses
often prescribed for 1t, Is perfectly safe In
nniarinl, kidney bilious. dyspcptic or ner-
Of relief
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20
Mrs. MckInley's Clothes.

Members of the Mckinley family
contradict with emphasis the published
story that Mrs. Mckinley expended
$4,000 for wearing apparel during her
visit to Chicago. They say that her
entire disbursements on that account
were less than $1,000, which paid not
only Tor her own outfit, but for many
things for Mother Mckinley and her
sisters
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The Only Afternoon Train

Making the quickest time from Denver to
Kansas City. st. Louis and the East is the
Union Pacific Electric Special leaving
Denver daily at go p. m. This elegant
train carrying Buffet Pullman sleeping
cars and chair cars. makes quicker time to
the above points than any other line. Ticket
Office 941 Seventeenth street, corner Curtis.
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any means a necessity of womanhood
They may be overcome and completely
eradicated under judicious treatment.
There is no need of repugnant examina.
tions. There is no need of resortinR to any
unauthorized medicameut compounded by
an unskillsd, uneducatcd person. Doctor
Pieree's Farorite Prescription cures the
troubles of tse feminine organism posi-
lively completely and safely
For nearly 90 years DR. r V. Pierce has
been chief consulting physician of the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo, NY. He is an eminent and expert
specialist in this particular field of practice
Any woman may write % him with perfect
confidence, and will receive. free of charge
sound, professional advice and suggestion
for selftreatment by which % out of 100
cases of female complaint ever of the most
obstinate kind, may be completely and per
manently cured Address him as above.
while was living at Eagle Rock, botetourt
Co, Va writes Mrs, G. A. Connor of hllegh.
any Spring Montgomery Co, Va, "a lady
friend came to me and said: My daughter aged
lsyears, has repeated hemorrhages at the nose
and she has never had the necessary indisposi.
tons of womanhood.' advised her to get Dr.
Pierce's Favorte Prescription. The lady pur-
chased one bottle and 1t cured her daughter
She was well and happy when left there"
Constipation is the all embracing cause
of ill health. DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
cure it. They never gripe.
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The Leading Line

Doing the largest business to the East Is
the Union Pacific Three trains east daily.
Quickest time to all Eastern points via
Omaha or Kansas City. Through sleeping
cars, dining cars, buffet smoking and IL
brary cars, chair cars, heated by steam
and lighted by Pintsch light. Ticket office,
941 Seventeenth street, corner Curtis.
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THEOLD WAREHOUSES;.
MEN FROM MICHIGAN IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL CABINET.
Lewis Cass, Zach Chandler. Robert Mo-
Cleliand, Don Dickinson and Now
Gen. Aiger-Reminiscenc of the TIVE
Eormcr-Chandler as y Campaignss.
Detroit Letter.)

EWlS CASS was
without doubt the
greatest statesman
Michigan ever had
in Washington.
His name will keep
C o m any with
those of the fore
most leaders of the
republic. He might
have been presi-
dent had not the
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Even the soung men of this day have
not forsottehthe name and prowess Of
zachariah Ch>ndler. He was, next to
Cass, probably>ps able man in many
ways as Michigtn has sent to the ma
tional capital. Ris name is closely as
sociated with DetAoit and the evidences
Of his fame and fsrtune have not yet
died out. Chandlers old home on
West Fort street is always an object OF
interest to be pointeS out to the Wis.,
itDr, He was mayor of the city in 1851
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Has Hobson got good headI" "Good
read? He's the most stupid creature on
arth. Why. that man couldn't make money
wen II he kept II drug store
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'.There is one thing I've noticed about
babies who named after great men,"
'What Is that?' ''rhey usually punish their
parents for II when they are grown"
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

"Why was Mrs McSmth elected president
of your womans cluby' 'Because she can
ding her arms around and make gestures like
man,
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been q
God send TO me.-Wm. b, Mcclellan, Chester.
Florida, Sept. II. 1895.
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"Pushpen is ready writer, isn't hef'
Yes: he writes readily enough; but th'
trouble is he can't think"
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think he's money lender" "Why?'
'pidnt you notice that he said his wife's
mother would visit him probably for sixty
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

ANTI-COLD Powderl CURES a COLD
In the head in one day. All Druggists refund
the money II 1t fails to cure. 23 cts SURE
CURE FOR CATARRH AND HAY FEVER
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'.We ought to give even the devil his due.
Eyes; but the trouble is we often spend OF
him money we owe to other people,
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the matter this tImef' .'IIe criticised al
,ssayist without saying that his work re
minded the reader Of Charles Lamb
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"Gripsack has got his appetite back
again" "How did he do itt' Got caugh
In a washout, and the railroad had to pa!
his board for week.
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

Just try Zoe box of Cascarets. candy ca
thartic. the finest liver and bowel regulator
made.
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

"Were there many people at the inaugnra-
tion?' ''people? Why, you would have
thought there was going to be a balloon as
SpnsiOu," .5 .|.Ee
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NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS.
over 400, 900 cured. Why not let SoTo- Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco 7
Saves money, makes health and manhood
Cure guaranteed. soc and Sl.0o all druggists
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

"What makes yon think Jimmy will grow
M to be an impressionist DainterT III,
can't write n word without smearing i
dreadfully."
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PtTa etopped free and permanently cured. No fits
after trst day = use of DIR. kIine'A Great Nerve
Restorer. Free 81 trial hottie and treatise
Send to Dir. KLINE, g3i Arch st. Philadelphia, Ia
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

"Uncle Jim, what's picked baseball
nlne?" "Are you talking of before or after
the gamer
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"Boa riding houses have taught me one
thing" ''What is that?" at couldn't have
been dried apple with which Eve tempted
ADAM
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Isabel. you haven't painted any nngeli
on these Easter cards" mo; ! can't max,
them look stylish without big sleeves"
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forgotten by this generation. But he
was secretary of the interior under
Pierce, taking Office March 6, 1857, the
second Michigan man to get into the
cabinet. McClelland was big figure
in Michigan politics in his day. He
occupied many position of trust The
hrst one accorded him OF Importance
was as member of the state constitu-
tiopal convention in 1898, when Michi-
saA was getting ready to come into the
union. McClelland had come into the
state from Pennsylvania, as a lawyer
looking for clients. In 1888. He set
tied IN Monroe. He did such good work
In the constitutional convention that
he was sent to the legislature from
1888 to 1913, and attained to the high
position Of speaker. He was sent next
to congress and there he made his de-
but December 4. 1913, and his exit
March 8, lS49, serving well three terms
as Democrat. He was one of the
eighteen Democrats that Joined hands
and voted for the extension of slavery
into the territories. McClelland was a
delegate regularly for years to the ma
tional convention, and in both the con-
stitutional conventions of 1850 and
1887 he was prominent figure. In the
Pierce campaign OF 1852 he took an ac-
tive part and his reward was the Sec
retary ship of the interior. Previous to
that hcnor he was provisional gov
ernor Of Michigan in 1851. He served
In Pierces cabinet for full four years
ana cam\ back to Michigan to spend
the remainder OF his life. He died at
his Detrok home in 1880.
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

STAR TOBACCO"
As you chew tobacco for pleasure use Star
! is not only the best but the most lasting, and
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

MAKE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
oy chewing PAsTEUHINE GUN. For particular,
sri,s JOHN T. MlILIKES 81 CO., st. Louis. Mo-
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''Then you don't look for good times the
day after Mckinley goes in?" ..No; 1t will
take me several months to get over my trip
to the inauguration"
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When bilious or costive, eat n Cascaret,
candy cathartic. cure guaranteed. 1Oc. DC.
The Meeker herald., 1897-03-20

Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
HAIRS Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
ictlng directly upon the blood and mucous
,urfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
yists 10
Halls Family Pills are the best
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llOW's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
Tor any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
f. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo. O,
We, the undersigned have known F, j.
cheney for the last IL years. and believe
aim perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
put any obligations made by their firm.
west q Truax, Wholesale Druggists. Tole-
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Mrs. Windows soothing syrup
For children teethng koftsns theg ums reduces inhAm
nation aIlays pain wind collie. Is cents bottle
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Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never slcken. weaken or grippe. 1Oc
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LEWIS CASS.

Of state, added to the troubles by
sticking up for Mrs. Eaton. "Old Hick-
ory" made as much fuss over the little
scandal as he did over the removal of
the deposits" or the South Carolina
notification act. He got go stirred up
that he threatened to send home the
minister to Holland and his wife be-
cause the latter would not sit beside
Mrs. Eaton at the Russian ministers
ball. Under such pressure the jackson
cabinet dissolved and Lewis Cass came
IN, the first man from Michigan to
have voice in the presidents council
He served Jackson in the cabinet until
1896. when he was sent as minister to
France because of ill-hcaIth.
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Get pIfu quickly. Send for In tons an ted
Vll nlVn EdGnr Tate Z Co. 2ts BroadwAY. New Y ork
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was scarcely more than a child herself.
being but about 10 years of age; but
tradition attaches TO her most excellent
Judgment, and maternal instinct in
calculably strong. Besides did she not
know her boy had been foretold by the
angel? Thou shalt call His name
Jesus, because He shall save His people
from their sins" She might not love
Him the more because of His illustrious
destiny. but her heart could not be
but lifted up in commendable pride at
this reflection, as she gaZed for the first
time into His dear, sweet face and His
tiny blue eyes looked wonderingly into
hers. Then the news quickly went
abroad. angels from Heaven bearing
about the tidings of the birth Of their
King. They told the shepherds upon the
plains of Salem and the wise men of
the east and all of them entered the lit
tie caravansary of the village of Bethle-
hem, aud saw the babe and its mother
lying down in the same room where
were the camels and horses and oxen
of strangers, who had come up TO
Jerusalem TO be taxed. Angels sang
the praises of the newly born and new
star appeared i'm the sky. The wise men
brought gifts and laid them nj the feet
OF the mother.
This was the first Christmas and
Mary was the first person in all the
world TO receive n Christmas gift, and
hers was infinitely greater in value
than all combined. that have been since
received by all the people who have
lived or died. Her gift. the Christ
child; she honored above all the wom-
en- who have lived or died. In being made
the mother of Him who should "bc
called jesus. because He shall save His
people from their sins"
The angel song to the shepherds had
for its burden peace to men of good
will" One could scarcely think of a
Christmas that is other than gladstone
and joyous. The clouds may be thick
overhead. while in north countries the
earth may have sheet of snow. and in
the southlands there may be thunder
and rain. But there are warmth. sun
light and gladness in the heart-the
best place in all the world for them. In
the heart birds sing carol songs of JOY;
in the heart flowers bloom. leaves are
out upon the trees and velvety grass
covers the hills.
o. the Christmas tide-Christ's birth
day, day of all days in the calendar.
How hearts glow on this day and warm
each Ia the other. How strifes and bit
ternesses end. and all cares, from with
out and from within, take on quick
wings and fly far away. How self is
swallowed in love for those about one,
and ali become, like the Magi who
visited Jesus, bearers of gifts-glad-
heart gifts that make radiant the
cheeks of donors as we'll as recipients.
o, the Christ day. Would that the
cheer of the family board, the joyous
home-bringing and the gladness of
the heart might be in every day of the
year. That. indeed, would be a bring
ing down of the New jerusalem from
Heaven to earth; for then there would
be no more sorrow or tears. and wicked
ness and sin would end in the land.
WILLIAM ROSSER COBBE.
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Christina. Trees in England.

Christmas trees were unknown in
England until the reign of Queen Vic
toria. After the present prince OF
Wales had become three or four years
old, Prince Albert ornamented Christ
mas tree for the amusement of the in
FAINT prince. The idea pleased the peo-
pie, and as Christmas trees were every
year made a feature of the court cele-
bration, the fashion soon spread among
the English