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TRAVELLING ON SUNDAY.
Its Dreariness Accounted for by . Veteran
Of the Road.

Its Dreariness Accounted for by . Veteran
Of the Road.
A man who travels much on bust
ness said yesterday that, az far as his
observation went, the number Of per-
sons who set out on long journeys on
Sunday exceeded that of week days.
When he made this remark he was
speaking Of the suggestion made re-
Gently in Chicago that a car for d.
vine service be attached to through
trains. This suggestion is idle" he
said. mot 5 per cent of Sunday trav-
elers would heed the services, and
those who did would get little good
from them. 1t seems clear to me" he
went on, that nor people prefer
Sunday to any other day to make long
journeys on. l know that every time
l have within the last year had to GO
to some distant point the train has
been packed, not a seat empty. In or
der to be sure of a sea l make a point
of getting to the station early. Late
conner frequently have to stand.
This is not because there are fewer
trains; the fact is the number OF
through trains on all the railroads 60
ing out of New York is the same as
on week days. l say this with regret.
l am not a Sabbatarian, but I don't
like to see people travel on Sunday.
There is nothing, not ever open sa-
looms, more destructive of the sacred
character of the day. The stir, the
hustle, the rush and jostle of the
train, make tatters of the Sabbath
feeling. If my observation is accur-
ate, not n out Of every 100 passen-
gers gives a thought to the day. Sun
day ordinarily. disposes the mind to
devotion, inspires a prayerful feeling.
Not Sunday on a rushing railway
train. l think that the mind of near
ly every man and woman aboard is
innocent of any thought, sacred or
profane. The mind seems to be lulled
to a peculiar insensibility. To my
mind nothing is more lonesome than
Sunday travelling. Something is al
ways lacking. At the railway station
there is an absence of the weekday
rumble Of trains and Kissing Of escap-
ing steam. Streams of people are
pouring to the trains, but in silence
and detection. This detection, how
ever, may be the reflection Of my own
mood, for l am always blue when set
ting out on a journey on Sunday
New York Mail and Express.
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900 Wholesome Did||ud00ment...

spent her splendid. miserable years
are little closets, and that the house in
which Carlyle penned his great pro-
phetic messages to mankind is a cheap
little tenement in a squalid neighbor-
hood. One of MI. Lincoln's favorite
anecdotes was of an old farmers wife,
who, with other women, during tho
Civil War, was. busy knitting socks
for the men in the field. But. moth
err" cried some one, 1.-The foot of your
sock is twenty inches long! No man.
could ever wear that" The old wo-
man smiled serenely. "It isn't for a
man." she said. tits for n Of the
soldiers fighting for his country!" It
is only inexperience that imagines
that the warrior must have the proper
lions of Goliah. When we grow wiser
we learn that the soul of the hero is
as often found in the small common
place life and insignificant body. We
learn, too, with reverence, that u
own place cannot be so petty or u
tasks so humble that the King of
kings will refuse to enter them and
! dwell with us as in a temple.-Youths'
Companion.
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Gen. Otis makes one state
ment in particular which comes
as a distinct surprise, in view of
the fact that he spent a year and a
half in fighting the Filipinos, for he
declares that these same Filipinos
were without question the very best
of any of the Asiatic races living on
the Pacific coast and the islands.
He paid a high tribute to their ac-
quisitiveness, saying that the young
and old were alike anxious to learn
from the Americans and quick to do so
II given IN opportunity. The demand
for schools on the American plan was
Unsuitable. 1t has not been possible to
secure a sufficient supply of Spanish
American text books, the market hav-
ing been denuded Of such. 30.
When the book-hungry Filipinos
were told this, they begged for Ameri-
a school books, and declared that
their children could learn from them
even without the Spanish text. and
TRANSACTIONS. Gen. Otis found to his
establishment that such was the case,
and says that in the course Of a very
few months the Filipino children pick
up a fair knowledge of English.
Even the old natives con the text
books in the effort to fix English
phrases in their minds. There was a
dearth Of teachers, too. Gen. Otis
often had to the soldiers in
his ranks who knew a little Spanish,
and SO were suitable for detail as
teachers. General Otis said he
looked upon this educational
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An Englishman who was recently
showing to a friend from this country
the historical sights of London, stroll
ed with him through Green Park.
Charles I. is said to have walked
down this path from St. James Palace
on the morning of his execution,"'h he
said. Here is the door by which he
entered Whitehall, and here lis the
place where the scaffold stood. Why
do you look so p~erplexed?" cit is SO
small" said the American. Il can
hardly understand that a kingdom
| changed into a republic in a space no
bigger than a corn-f1eld on my farm
at home. St. James Palace, too, where
the queens receptions are held, are
not so large or so fine as the resi-
| dences of many a rich American" 1t
! is natural for us all to imagine that
great historical events. have magnifi-
| cent settings, and that the leaders Of
the world were larger and more i'm
posing in bodily presence than other
men. Almost every tourist is disap-
pointed to find that the rooms in Yer
sailles, in which Marie Antoinette
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dea. Otis on te HtpillS
Says They Ar u lalenlet ksa.

movement as the only solution Of tho
Philippine problem. and was confident
that the spread Of American ideas
through the Filipino schools would in
the end make good citizens Of tho
Filipinos. Gen. Otis was positively Of
the opinion that the American forces
in the Philippines at present were SUI
lcient for all needs.
OF course, he said, Gen. MacArthur's
present army could not furnish q,
guard to protect every Filipino house
hold from the L%adrones; to do that
would require q force of no less than
200, 900 troops, and even then the task
would occupy many years. As a mat
ter of fact, he said, Spain had spent
several centuries in the effort to stamp
out the Ladrones in the Philippine
group, and there was reason to believe
that these brigands are scarcely more
numerous now than they were during
the Spanish occupation, when the is-
lands were nominally at peace with
Spain. Gen. Otis was confident, how.
ever, that conditions would steadily
improve, and that little by little these
robber bands would be driven away.
Meanwhile he admitted that it was
often dangerous for Filipinos of the
better class, whose interests naturally
lay in American sovereignty, to admit
their preferences, for they were SUBJ
ject in that case to assassination; to
the loss of property, and to persecu-
ton, instigated by various elements
in the population to whom American
occupation was obnoxious.
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wade and Douglas.

It is very much to be doubted
whether Stephen A. Douglas ever had
a superior on this continent as a de-
batter. He and Wade were, of course
generally on opposite sides Of ques-
tions in the senate, but were firm per-
sonal friends. One day, in discussing
some bill. the great I%llinoisan said:
"Mr. Presiden..,that proposition is con-
trary to my code of morals" Wade
jumped up and she lted: Against his
codeNsof morals! Good God, Mr.. Presi-
dent, his code Of morals! I didn't know
he had any!" which was M Of those
off-hand shots at point-blank range
which would disconcert any man, tenn
porarily, at least. Once Wade was
crossing. the plains. On the train q
man said: "All this region needs is
more water and better society" YES
growled old Ben. that's all hadea
needs to make it an ideal dwelling
place!"-Boston Herald.
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national characteristics. They are all
stamped with the approval of the
American government and have their
correctness attested by n of its de-
partments. Their preparation has
been the careful work of the geological,
survey. These diagrams will appeal
forcibly to the Frenchmen because the
facts they are intended to make clear
have been illustrated by a comparison
with that piece Of architecture Of
which French people are 8 proud
the Eifel tower. The annual produc-
ton Of our various mines are massed
together in their respective groups and
the proportions Of each group are ar
ranged on a scale which a be COM
pared with the measurements of the
tower. Prominent among those thus
considered are coal, iron, gold. silver.
copper and petroleum.
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A
Poisoned by Carbonic Acid in a Brew

Poisoned by Carbonic Acid In q Brewery
Vat.
It sometimes happens that mel
whose work it is to clean out brewery
watts are overcome by carbonic acid.
One such case, which resulted fatally,
occurred in the town Of Rhymney, En-
gland, awhile ago. The man was 25
years old. The vat vas 8 feet deep
and 6 feet in diameter, having a man
hole 10 inches square. The vat was
of an almost obsolete pattern, the
modern one being large and shallow.
1t was used for storing beer prior to
tracking" The beer had been. drawn
off, leaving a sediment or "slummage"
of a few inches in depth at the bottom.
The vat was then flushed with water
and the cover put on the manhole
sometime in the afternoon-it Is said
by the man himself. The object of
covering up the vat was to facilitate
the subsequent cleaning, as otherwise
the sides, became dry. After removing
the cover and allowing the hose to run
lUUO Cu0 VdI 1Ol IOA A1AAuI0o ~ 0A3A
entered the vat with a lighted candle
in his hand. About twenty minutes or
twenty-five minutes later a cellarman.
wishing to borrow the mop, called out
to him, and, receiving no answer, went
up to look for him, when he saw him
lying on the bottom of the vat, face
downward, with the ladder. which had
fallen on its side, resting up against
his body. The candle was subse-
quently found on the bottom. This
is an important fact, as it indicates
that the man was overcome before OF
shortly after he had reached the bot
tom-the custom being to stick the
candlestick into the side of the vat, q
spike being attached to it for that pur.
pose. Having called for help and pro-
cured. another ladder from an ada
cent Office, the cellarman descended the
ladder, followed by another man. They
hitched a rope around the arm. and
with. the aid of some others got him
out Of the vat in about three minutes,
when a doctor was called and arrived
within a quarter Of an hour.
EHtL ~aFrH
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every year. however, he boards a trans
Atlantic steamer, and, coming to
America, visits the grave in the quiet
little Detroit cemetery.
Cohen is an American by birth and
lived in Detroit when he was married.
He was the founder of one of the larg-
est business houses in the town. and
was very successful from the start.
He made a very large fortune and was
preparing to. retire when he met Miss
Anna Freud, the daughter Of a wealthy
Hebrew family. He paid her assiduous
attention and was married, to her a
year later.
Cohen gave up his business after his
marriage and Travelled . for d. year,
While abroad his wife was taken i'll
with pneumonia. Her eagerness to re-
turn home led them to attempt the trip
against the advice Of physicians, and
she died in London, unable to proceed
further.
It was here that the promise that
she should be buried In the cemetery
in her native town was made. Cohen
brought the body Of his wife across
the water and It was inferred in the
family lot in the Woodmere cemetery.
Cohen was broken-hearted at his
loss. He began again to travel, but
Q n the anniversary Of her death he
came again to Detroit to pay his re-
spects to her memory. Shortly there
after his health began to fail and he
found It impossible to continue his
travels. He went to Germany, and by
the advice of his physicians spent six
months each year at Carlsbad. When
the anniversary Of his wife's death
came, however, he was insistent upon
visiting her grave.
He made the trip and went back to
Germany. Each year since he has regu-
.larly crossed the water and travelled
the total distance Of 5000 miles forsthe
purpose Of seeing the grave and deco
rating II. Fifteen such trips hs has
made, making . total distance Travelled
Of over 100000 miles.
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with the issue of the case and took an
appeal.
During the trial Of the case McKin-
ley had become engaged to marry Ida
Saxton, the belle of the town of Can
ton, and while the case was pending
between Rostetter and Sheets, McKin-
ley was getting ready for the wedding
tour. He was married January, 1871.
His interest in this important event
Of his life is shown in a letter written
a short time before his marriage to
Judge Amber of Salem, Ohio, then
congressman from the Canton district.
The young Canton attorney sent a let
ter of inquiry to Congressman Amber
Of Washington, asking about the
hotels of Washington, and informing
Mr.. Amber Of his approaching mar
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Young Attorney Lost His Initial Suit,
but Won a Bride.

.-...
President Mckinley, as a young at
storney, lost his first case in the COM
mon pleas court of Stark county, Ohio,
; as shown by the records, but he won a
bride. He also was elected prosecut-
Ing attorney during the trial. This
case was first heard before Justice
Philip Loew of Navarro, Stark county,
In 1859. Loew is a rock-ribbed demo-
crat, but has much love for Mckinley.
Loew, strange as it may seem, is still
a justice of the peace in the village Of
Navarro, and has held the Office In an
-unbroken line all these years.
John Rostetter. a farmer of Bethle-
hem township, Stark county, brought
action against Philip Sheets, his ten
ant, to recover damages of $213.2O.
The farmers had a quarrel over some
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Mineral

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

One of the ways which the Paris ex-
position will bring the United States
prominently to the attention Of the
civilized world and emphasize it's
greatness above all other countries
will be. by making conspicuous Its
natural resources from the standpoint
of mining. Among the exhibits In
the American department Of the expo
sition, occupying a place OF import
ance. is a series Of charts prepared for
the express purpose of illustrating the
inexhaustible richness Of this country
in mineral deposits and the stage Of
development at which each of these
has now arrived. These charts can.
not be scorned as specimens of Amer
lean boastfulness or al evidence Of
the tendency toward exaggeration,
which is popularity regarded on the
other side of the Atlantic as one OF our
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Wa. ii swearing.

Was This swearing7 !.
In clerical circles a good story Is pe-
ing told of the archbishop OF Canter-
bury. whose Impotence of bores and
gift of sarcastic epigram have some
times caused friends as we'll as oppo-
nents to vince. One Of the clergy OF
his diocese who had pestered him a
good deal recently wrote an inordi-
nately long letter, describing a picture
which he proposed to put. up In the
chancel of the church, and asking per-
mission to do so. By the time his
grace reached the end Of the epistle
his patience was exhausted, and he
replied on a postcard: Dear Blank:
Hang the pictured" The clergyman Is
still. wondering how he ought to re-
gard the reply.
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Social Longitude"

One Of Miss Mary E. wilkins de-
lightful heroines remarks, in speaking
of certain would-be leaders of social
reform in her village: p don't know
that I think they are so much above
us as too far to one side. Sometimes
1t is longitude and sometimes 1t is lat
itude that separates people," This
is true" says Gov. Roosevelt in the
June Century, "and the philosophy It
teaches applies quite as much to those
who would reform the politics Of a
large city, or, for that matter, Of the
whole country, as to those who would
reform the society of a hamlet"
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riage. This letter is now in the pos
session Of Attorney Ralph Amber of
this city, son of the former congress-
man. Ralph Amber, curiously
enough, is now a republican candidate
for common pleas judge in that
county.
The visit of William Mckinley and
his bride to the national capital was
an eventful occurrence in the young
bridegroom's life. It is said that the
bride was 30 pleased with the trip
that she then declared her husband
would some day be president Of the
United States. It is certain that such
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Mckinley and Lynch were again OPP
posing candidates for prosecuting at
torney. This was Lynch's turn and
he easily defeated Mckinley. Mr..
Lynch is now a prominent business
man and lawyer dt Canton, and one
Of McKinley's strongest friends. He
is a gold democrat and in 1896 worked
for Mckinley.
The presiding Judge in the case, the
parties to the suit, and most of the
Jurors are dead. The little house used
as a court by Justice Loew still stands
near his grocery store and serves as a
small storeroom.
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horses breaking into a wheat field.
The plaintiff caused an attachment to
be issued to satisfy his claim, should
he win the suit.
Summons was served on Sheets
March 10, 1859. He demanded a jury
trial. This was granted. and April 6
was fixed as the time to hear the case.
The parties were not ready and the
9 did not come to trial until May
8. It took three days to hear the evil
,dence and the arguments. The jury
finally gave judgment for the defend
ant. Sheets, amounting to $136.S5.
McKinley's client was not satisfied
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Foreigners in Slavery.

(. immigration officials say that many
foreigners in this country are living
in a condition Of abject slavery. At
Avon. N. Y, there is a colony Of 270
Italians who are under the direct con-
troll Of one man, who hires them out to
farmers and fruit growers and takes
most of their earnings. while those who
perform the labor get little more than
enough to eat, and are housed in build
ings little better than cattle sheds.
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ANTIQUE Wooden Warshib.

excavations which are being made
at Dunklrk. France, in connection
with the extension Of the docks have
revealed q wooden warship. with an
tique cannons, buried in the sands.
II 10 believed that the vessel belonged
TO the spanish Armada, which was
lifted out In 1887 for the subjugation
Of England, ~.~ , 81
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turkish Fatausm.

The Turk is a fatalist Of the most
pronounced type. "Kismet-it is fate.
lis. his watchword. He may lose thee
most cherished object that his lifesd
holds, but it will not move him to !
tears or supplications or to rage if11
he believes it was to have been.
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A Coquette Defined.

What is a ooquette. papa?" the;3
asked as she looked up from her book;
"A coquette.A replied the old gentls-,
man. "is . girl who gets lots Of adj
mirstion and nary Z husband."-Chi-
cago Evening Post.
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pressed wish. Cohen's health compels
him to live viz months OF the year IN
Germany drinking the waters $of the
Carlsbad springs. n December OF
The Republican., 1900-12-20
He Sees Through HIS Nose.

There is living in Paris to-day a
man blind from his birth, who claims
to be able to see through his nose.
The severest tests have been applied,
with the result that the most skepti-
cal are convinced that the mans eyes
are absolutely sightless and THAI he
can distinguish objects by some
means ineXplicable on any ether
hypothesis than the one claimed.
There are recorded instances of SIM
ilarly unaccountaDle gift of sight. A
treatise by a German scientist, Jo-
hann Zahn, published at Nuremberg
in 1902, gives well-authenticated ac-
count of a man who had permanently
lost the sight of both eyes and yet
had acquired the power of seeing
through his nose.
The Republican., 1900-12-20
OLD MEMORIAL STONE.
.icated to King Theodore of Cors.
Who Died a Pauper)

ings allowed. and received his vari-
Gus visitors with an amount of pomp
and ceremony rather ludicrous and
pathetic. Here he remained until he
was released on his surrendering his
kingdom for the benefit of his cred
itors. On his release he took chair
to the house of the Portuguese min
lister, but, being away from home,
and King Theodore not having the
wherewithal to pay for his convey
ance, requested the chairman to carry
him to the house of a tailor in Soho,
which was done. The man of scis-
sors and cloth paid the fare and gave
was taken i'll the next day, and died
three days later without siXpence in
his pocket.
Horace Walpole, who had done him
many acts of kindness during his life,
raised a subscription to bury him, and
composed his epitaph. Smollett de-
scribes his person and character in
Ferdinand Count Fathom.
The original mural tablet, of which
an illustration is given on this page,
has been made more imposing by the
addition of many-membered mold
ing.
The inscription reads: "Near this
place is inferred Theodore, King of
Corsica, who died in this parish. on
December II. 1856, Immediately after
leaving the Kings Bench prison, by
the benefit of the act of insolvency;
In consequence of which he registered
his kingdom of Corsica for the use
of his creditors.
"rrhe grave. great teacher to a level brings
Heroes and beggars, galley slaves and
kings.
But Theodore learned this moral e'er dead
Fate pour9d its lessons on his living head .
Bestow'd a kingdom and denied him
bread"
Under this monument is one TO
William Hazlitt, who also finds a res,
ing place in the churchyard.