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fore him having given their support
to the party. He has always Deen
keenly interested in politics and has a
fondness for public life. lie has held
many offices His political career be-
gan as a member of the common coun-
Gil, where he served two years. going
to the board for the same time He has
spent two years in the house and two
in the senate defeating Gile and Man
ming in the latter contest. While he
has been defeated as the representa-
tive of the minority party, he has al
ways drawn a large republican vote.
attesting to his popularity In 1892,
when he ran for congress against Mr..
Walker he came within IS4 votes of
election, while the democratic electors
for president failed to carry the dis
trict by 5000 In 1886 he ran for mayor
and polled the largest vote ever cast
for a democratic candidate up to that
time
Mr.. Thayer has not followed his par
ty in its support of free silver and free
trade; but on the contrary has put
himself on record for protection and
a gold standard. He goes to Wash
ington absolutely unhampered by
pledges, and there is no concern felt in
the district for fear he win not do his
utmost to advance the interests of his
constituents, and to work for the gen
eral welfare of the Union as it starts
out on its new era.
He is sure to make friends in the
capital. and to become as popular there
as he is here among all classes Of peo-
pie irrespective of party. Fearless, in
dependent, just and sincere, he is sure
to represent the heart Of the common
wealth well.
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the thousands and adds them by the
score, as he moves about, he is certain
ly an exceptional man. TO do this he
must first OF all have a heart big
enough to think OF other people. Their
interests must be his, their success
bring JOY and their sorrows pain. He
must be a man of character, one whose
every act is based upon well-tounded
principle, and who commands admira-
ton by his steadfastness to that prin-
cipal. We may not agree with many
exceptional men on certain points, such
as religion, art or politics; but when
we. come to know them and find that
their e6nvctiCns are firmlE founded on
sinetfe 9beliefs, 1--WE forget Ynese faults,
if they may so be called and see only
the virtues.
Congressman-elec Thayer is one Of
these exceptional mem In boyhood he
made friends unconsciously and without
effort. He was Interested in his play
mates, ever ready to lend ball or help
bufld shanty by the roadside. He was
willing to show his comrades the pools
where he caught the biggest trout. the
oaks where the squirrels We're the most
numerous or the sWamps where rabbits
were most plentiful. He was willing to
lend helping hand, ready to lay aside
his personal wishes for the general en-
joyment of the whole In a word he was
kindly and unselfish, AS he grew to
manhood and character formed itself
about a Well-defined. well thought out
principle his friends became his admin
eIs and his popularity grew apace, until
at the recent election it was demon
strated in a most astonishing and sur
prising manner The achievement can
he attributed to no other cause than
personal popularity" but this popular
itv is not of tho 'tDODuIar" sort With il
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CHIEF OF THE BLACK FLAGS.
Lao Yus Operations in the Southern
Chinese Provinces.
CFrom the London Graphic.)


(From the London Graphic.)
The Black Flag chief who has been
causing the trouble in the southern
provinces Of China, is known by a
number of names, properly by that of
Liu Yung Fook, but he is better known
as Lao Yu while another alias is that
of Ii Yum Ting. He became ceIebrat-
ed as the chief of the half Chinese
half-Annamese army corps which
played such a prominent part in the
Franco Chinese war. Formerly he
was d lieutenant in the great army of
the TAPPING rebel chief Wang. and af-
ter the collapse of the TAPPING chiefs
he removed with his family to the
KWangSi province and made his home
in the city of Kun Chow
On May 25 Lao Yu arrived at Can
ton with body guard of thirty-five
hundred (since then this has been re-
inforced by two thousand mem,
and pitched his camp outside
the north gate of the city.
He brought his men from Kun
Chow, in Kwang-Si, near the Tonkin
river and carried things with a high
hand throughout the route. Every
town was at their mercy, and they
levied blackmail in every direction, the
provincial troops and Manchu body
guards making themselves scarce as
soon as the Black Flags made their
appearance. Conflicting statements
have been made about the arrival of a
large body of troops in Chinese city
but story that at least merits slight
consideration is to the effect that the
real ruler of the Two KWangs, Wong
Chen San. chief of the Lilkin bureau is
in common with several of the discOn-
tented high officials of the central prov
inces. very much Disguised with the
weak policy of the central government
and is in league with them to prevent.
if possible, the cession of any more of
the territory of China to foreign pow
ers or to cause grave complications
with the western nations. Wong Chen
Sen and Viceroy Tan, therefore, in the
month of February last. invited the
Black Flag chief to visit Canton to con-
suit on measures for the protection Of
the Two Kwangs against foreign inva-
sion. The chief came to Canton and
left soon after for the Tonqutn from
! tier. end the result is he is there with a
pretty strong force, which is being
drilled regularly, and is armed with
modern quick-firing weapons. Some
say that the French are at the bottom
of the business, and have been, and
are, encouraging the Chinese local au-
thorities to oppose the extension of the
British frontier i'm the direction of Can
ton. 1t is more likely that he. being
ambitious. looks forward to viceregal
power obtained by force if necessary.
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MR.. THAYER's HOME.

He has held office in some capacity
ever since. In all, he has owned some
forty hounds, and always has three or
four in his kennels. Hardly a week
passes unless he is very busy, but
what he takes time to go with them to
the woods. He loves their music and
the contact with nature inVigorates
him in body and mind alike. He be
lieves in the good, staunch New Eng
land hound and has little faith in
southern stock Mr.. Thayer is fond Of
good horsefiegh and always has at
least three good roadsters in his sta
bles. He is very fond of driving.
He is not a member of any secret So
ciety and has never been connected
with one.
Mr.. Thayer has a summer home in
Pomfret Conn, where he spends most
of his time during the summer He
has his dogs and horses, and he en-
joys the friendship and confidence of
his farmer friends.
Nh Thayer is a democrat by inher-
lance, his father and grandfather be-
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THAY ER.
He Will Make
Friends
IN WASHINGTON.
Story Of the Life OF the New
Member Elect.

Through friendship men come to truly
know each other for friendship is the
golden cord that binds the hearts of
men in love and unity; 1T is the pana-
eea which sooths the aching heart and
the thing that gives life much of its
best happiness. A mans true CHARACTER
Is seldom revealed to the world at
large, to casual acquaintance Only his
friends, those who come into close as
sociation with him, see and appreciate
his best and noblest side. Emerson
says, "A friend is one with Whom l
may think out loud" and untn man
thinks out loud with us, we know not
what is in his heart
A man TO have friends must be a man
of character, a man of worth. and when
man has friends among all classes
of people, when he numbers them by
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There was much of truth in it, Il usu-
ally keep my republican friends and all
ways my democratic ones" expresses
a good dead. The man who can keep
friends is rare, but the man who can
both keep old friends and make new
ones is exceptional 1t is not an easy
task not one to be acquired for it
must be gift within the man. Yet
the secret is easily told. First of all
Mr. Thayer's interests are broad He
does not find it impossible like many
men to find enjoyment outside a certain
set He is just as much at home talking
farming and kindred topics with the
farmers near his home as he is dis
cussing points of law with fellow
nembers of the bar. In the hunting
field he is enthusiastic and inspiring. a
fellow" everybody is glad to meet and
chat With. In his home he is the kind
y and interested father, and on the
street he has a pleasant word and
warm handciasp or CHEEKY smile for
each friend or acquaintance. He sell
Garn forgets a face and usually renem-
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flakes Of pigment had fallen off the cam
vas. At Toledo there are priceless ex-
amples of the Flemish school shame
lessly tossed about. In churches he
saw valuable Riberas of which half the
paint had scaledoff, and at Valencia all
the pictures, about a thousand, are
more or less damaged. A vote was
passed to the effect that the directors
of all the Eurouean museums should
use their influence on their own and
the Spanish government to save what
may yet be saved
The other day." remarks the Art
Collector, Il was asked 20 examine a
large painting. which l was told was by
Van Dyck, and represented The Last
Moments of Charles T. The fact that
Van Dyck died in 1641, and Charles I.
was beheaded in 1649, staggered me
somewhat, and | felt inclined to refer
the matter to Nine. Blavatsky, wher-
ever she may be"
Zorn, the Swedish painter. whose
portraits of women have raised much
discussion and admiration, and whose
etchings are among the best of mod
ern work on copper, is again to visit
this country, where he will execute
some commissions.
The autumn exhibition of the acad-
envy closes Dec. 8.
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THE CHINESE cHoPsTlcK.
CFrom Popular Science Monthly)

CFrom Popular Science Monthly)
With the evidences of Asidtic con-
tact supposed to be SO strong in Cen
trail America. one might have imagined
that so useful a device as the simple
chopsticks would have secured a foot
ing. These two sticks held in one hand
and known in China as Fasteners or
nimble lads" are certainly the most
useful. the most economical, and the
most efficient device for their purposes
ever invented by man. Throughout that
vast Asian region, embracing popu-
lation of five hundred million, the chop
stick is used as substitute for fork,
tongs, and certain forms Cf tWeezers,
Even fish, omelet and cake are separa-
ted with the chopsticks, and the cook.
the street scavenger, and the watch re-
pairer use this device in the form of
iron, long bamboo and delicate ivory.
The bamboo chopstick was known in
China 1000 B. c.. and shortly after this
date the ivory form was devised. Their
use is one of great antiquity m Japan,
as attested by references to il in the
ancient records of that country. One
may search in vain for the trace Of
any object in the nature of a chopsticil
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/ ever have been the charming Fanchon,
Tor Lorlei, the tiny belle of the Can
tton. What a ruthless hand time has,
4 anyway, and wise indeed the man or
woman who plucks the flowers in
their prime, remembering that life's
springtime and summer come but
| once and that change is written upon
everything
And so Patti the ever peerless and
unriValled, is to forget her recent isor-
row in new marriage? Her first dis
astrous alliance with the MARQUIS de
CauX and subsequent divorce and mar
riage with Nicolini are all so well re-
membered that it is difficult to recon
Gle what appeared to be almost foolish
devotion, with so soon putting some
one in his place. 1t will be a Vear in
January since the once famous tenor
died, and the wedding with the Swed-
ism nobleman is to follow month Ia
Ter. so the prescribed year of mourn
ing will nor be infringed upon by the
arriving wedding guests Those who
knew how apparently devoted Patti
was to Nicolini, can scarcely under
stand how such an alliance is possible.
but then it's little of their business,
ana as they say in the play, Forget
Sarah Bernhardt, whose recent pro-
dpcuon of Medea has again set Paris
by the ears. has chartered a yacht.
with Perre Lott as director to start for
eastern lands and extend a fame that
viii forever be as bright and shining
as the stars in heaven.
Mansfield, beside presenting a most
Wonderful production of "Cyrano."
holds Sunday evening receptions which
are becoming the fad of the hour.
Mrs. Mansfield and the young Richard
Jr. add to the interest of the scene.
Later on, several dinners will be given
in honor of Mr.. Mansfield. who has
easily placed himself at the head Of
the acting fraternity of this country.
He seems to be getting the better Of
his temper and no longer regales his
audiences with those curt sauce pi-
quante" speeches for which he became
more or less famous, in a way. but
then 1t is early in the season
Julia Arthur in ''Ingomar" next
week, "A Dangerous Masd" at the Ca
sino, THE Turtle at the Manhattan
and 'Topsy Turvey" at the Herald
Square, keep the town lively and break
the dull monotony of daily life
Isle MANNING.
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An Interesting Melange
From the Metropolis.

New York, Nov. 9.-Scarcely have the
fever and friction Of the election sub
sided, and things resolved themselves
into their natural channels again, than
is the horse show announced, the one
great social event of the year. OF course
the show as such is a delusion and a
snare. People go, not to see the horses,
to any great extent, but to be seen of
their fellow men.
The costumes that make the gar
den" a veritable glimpse of fairy land
outrival Solomon in all his glory, or the
splendors of the queen of Sheba. Mo-
distes, dressmakers, milliners and jew
elers are all glad to have it come, and
indeed the folly of one-half the world
makes the profit of the other. 1t is
astonishing how the upper ten thou
sand love horses for just one week in
the year how they strive to Guido each
other and know perfectly well that
after all the equines are but an excuse
for bringing together the most beauG-
full women in the world. The horses are
only a side show. Really as everybody
knows, it is the play Of Beauty and the
Beast" on a grander stage, with the
audience for actors
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If Spain would only behave herself
and take her medicine as she ought,
the episode" so fatal and yet so sue
cessful, would soon pass into history.
As a people we 1re too restless and
busy to remember anything very long.
Just while the pressure is upon us we
are enthusiastic and intensely in earn
est. but new events wait upon old in
terestS, and We can not find time to
linger too long upon any one subject.
Even now, here in New York, the rough
rider has had his day; he no longer eX-
cites the town quite as much as he
did, as he swings jauntily down the
street, or produces so great a commo-
ton when he enters the restaurant or
theatre as he did only a few weeks
ago We admitted him, quite as much
for the novelty of his appearance as for
the record of bis deeds, hut he vas the
hero of his hour. and the hour quickly
passes. Col. Roosevelt, so long a fig
ure in New York life is now busy lee
turing, after one of the most remarka-
BILE campaigns in history, and were /
prophet, | should unhesitatingly say
that his next triumph will be at Wash
ington, for from Albany there is but
a step to make" However. all de-
Ponds and one of the bronchos that
dashed up San Juan on the memorable
day is not more unruly, in and out Of
season, than our Teddy" when once
he has made up his mind. Neither
Parkhurst, with his peculiarites nor
Platt with his plans, will be able to
control him.
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Seldom has the theatre shown so
much that is interesting and attractive
from the frolicsome "Yvette" at the
Manhattan, where Sadie Martinez has
regained her old time popularity, to
Cyrano de Bergerac and the Christian
It really does not seem to matter much
where you go the theatres are packed
and Standing room only" meets you
almost everywhere after eight thirty
At the Knickerbocker, where The
Christian is playing and preaching
some pretty daring sermons. extra
matinees have been given to clergy
men. who, it is thought, might gain
some points" by the able preseuta-
ton Of this marvelously interesting
story
While Mansfield, the one American
actor who stands out for whatever whim
Iarises in his somewhat erratic mind has
easily written his name high UP on the
annals of the Paris triumphs. He could
fill any playhouse the year through
with the present attraction. but must
nevertheless soon leave for other fields
New York generally fails to appreci-
ate serious plays. 1t thinks down town
all day and longs to forget everything
when the street lamps begin to gIim-
lmer, consequently farce comedies. comic
opera, Glc., are as Il RUE very dttTdC-
tive However this year things seem TO
have taken a far different turn, and
higher and better productions serve to
interest as well as amuse the weary.
headed. tickle minded public.
1t has been a great disappointment
that Joseph Jefferson was compelled TO
close his engagement SO suddenly here.
Bronchitis coupled with his advancing
years is an enemy not to be treated
lightly, and those who watched the
changing seenAs of the Rivals must
wait til another season before they
laugh with Rip, when he wakes from
his slumbers of twenty years. They are
passing on to the greater majority
these finished gentlemen of another
age, and ere long all that win remain
will be the memory of what they We're
| saw Maggie Mitchell the other day.
and one could scarcely imagine that the
old lady, whose efforts to defy the raw
ages Of time We're almost pitiable, could
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in Central or South America. Knitting
needles of wood are found IN the work
baskets associated with ancient Peru
Wan mummies but the chopstlck has
not been found. Curious pottery rests
for the chopsticks are eXhumeG in Jap
an, but even this enduring testimony
of its early use is yet to be revealed
in this country.
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My friend, said the visitor at the
dime museum to one of the exhibits,
as fat man you are rank failure.
| have seen many a fatter man than
You running at large"
But do you thoroughly understands"
asked the curiosity, that ! acquired
all this fairness in a military camp dur
ing the Hispano-American warp
Life
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It's hard world to abide in
With its many iolts and jars.
There are better planets, maybe.
Way up yon among the stars.
But there's no road built to reach 'em:
We must keep this mundane groove,
Irving still to make it smoother.
For we can't pack up ana move.
Don't let il be a storehouse
OF trouble and of care:
But give it your attention
And help keep il in repair
This earth has many features
Which the thoughtful disapprove;
But we may as we'll be cheerful
For we can't pack up and move.
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IngersoI seems to be having Gu
rious time just now. A friend of his
died in Boston, with the request that
Mr.. Ingersoll should preach his funeral
sermon Ingersoll wrote the sermon
and A. H. Hummel. Little Abe read
it. Now, although Ingersoll was left a.
valuable library by his friend, he is re-
tanned by the wife, who is left out in
the cold, to contest the validity Of the
will, while Mr. Hummel represents the
other side. In other words. IngersoIl' q
interests are being protected from his
own assault by Mr.. Hummel It's only
one more of these curious inconsistent
cies that make up the drift of daily life.