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Conservative and Progressive.

AS1A s0tASC sAAu XO8ECoSltcs
A Mexican paper says that some Of
the old conservative business houses OF
the city Of Montezumas cling to eight
zenith century ways as persistently as
do few such establishments in Lon
don. Several Of them are still using
tallow dips.
A bookkeeper, We are told, may be
seen making his entries in a great
ledger by the light of single candle,
and the wealthy proprietor may be
found bending over his big mahogany
desk fanked by two tall and stately
candelabra.
While Mexico holds on to the good
old times and ways. farther north we do
not know how to move fast enough, and
the invention of yesterday must stand
aside for the improvements of to-day,
In California fruit-groWers are no long
err content to let nature take her own
way, and freeze up their crops when
she has a mind so to do. They now
prevent damage by frost by forcing
hot water through number of burrows
among their groves. The air is heated
by the rising of the water vapor, and
thus the temperature cannot cool to the
degree of frost. Every country has it's
own Methods
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Turned the Tables.

A little cotton-tail rabbit turned the
tables OH a party of hunters recently
in a rather tragic manner The Sunny
South tells the story of how the hunted
creature became the successful hunter.
Louis Fries, boy Of fifteen, with his
father. Peter Fries, and Chris Riech,
went out for little sport. They had
walked mile or two into the woods
when rabbit was started. The dog
kept between them and the rabbit till
the rabbits burrow was reached.
The boy reached the burrow first. He
laid his gun, which was cooked, upon
the ground, and securing long pole,
began punching into the hole where the
rabbit had disappeared. The rabbit,
finding this procedure disagreeable,
leaped from the hole so suddenly as to
startle the boy and confuse the dog.
At the first bound the rabbits foot
struck the trigger of the gun. The force
of the blow was sufficient to discharge
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he De1leVe0 TO De the CHESTER A. ARTHUR
rights Of the great masses of the peo-
pie. He strongly opposed secession,
but was not an out and out Republican.
He might be termed a Douglas Demo-
crat. He was a powerful orator and
had commanding presence. Because
Of his services in maintaining the au-
thority of the government during the
early years of the rebellion, he was
considered an available candidate for
the Vice Presidency on the ticket with
Lincoln in 1864 and it was believed
that he would attract to the ticket the
support of those people who did not
wish to ally themselves with the Re-
publican party, but who were opposed
to the principles of the secessionists.
Shortly after President Lincoln's death,
Johnson was sworn in as Chief Magis-
trate Chief Justice Chase. He made
no pledges, but it was known that he
was not in accord with the pacific pol
icy Of Lincoln in bringing about the
reconstruction Of the Southern States.
He said, 'Treason is a crime and must
be punished This was the keynote of
his policy and it soon brought him in
conflict with the leaders of the Repub-
lican party. So wide did the breach
become that impeachment proceedings
were instituted and President johnson
was sustained by only one vote.
ARTHUR'S ADMINISTRATION
When President Garfield died from
the wounds Of an assassin's bullet, the
Republican party was divided into two
POVERTY factions, known as the stall
warts ans half-breeds, the former led
by Roscoe ~Conkling and the latter by
James G. Blaine. The martyred Presi-
dent had favored the Blaine contingent
while Arthur was allied with Conkling
and his followers. Therefore, when the
Vice President succeeded to the Presi-
dency, the political policy, at least, of
the administration changed, but despite
his large following and the power of po-
litical patronage, he could not control
the next Republican National conven-
ton. He made good President, how
ever, and the country enjoyed peace
and prosperity while he was at the helm
of State.
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He Knew of the Ailment.

The bachelor who spends his Sundays
in visiting his friends in the country
proverbially has blue Monday on
his return. Sometimes his depressed
mental state is brought still lower by
disagreeable neighbors on the home
ward trip. One downcast traveller in
the double seat of railway car lately
was greatly annoyed by his seatmate,
a man whose flesh seemed to overflow,
and who smothered the bachelor every
time he turned leaf Of his newspaper.
A peaceable person, and one rarely
moved an anger, the bachelor found
himself on this occasion so irritable
that he could not keep out of trouble:
so, fully expecting that fight would
follow, and rather hoping that it might,
he leaned over and fetched the large
man a fierce dig in the ribs with his
elbow. But only disappointment fol-
lowed, for his neighbor turned and
laughed in his face, and said, with mis-
placed sympathy: "Aha! Monday morn
ing crouch, see. Had it myself, lots
OF times!'-New York Evening Post.
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though this did not bear the vigorous
stamp Of his early work, 1t was by nc
means weak.
NJ. Verne recently distinguished him
self by declining seat in the French
Academy for the second time. He be
gan his literary career as a dramatist
and for thirteen years labored success
fully in that field as a writer Of come
dies. 1t was not until 1868 that he
published the first of the stories upon
which his fame was to rest. This was
give Weeks in Balloon" Its imme.
diate and rebounding success induced
NJ. Verne to continue to exploit him
self in this direction and the result was
that widely read series Of romance
which have delighted the world, young
and old, for thirty years or more. NJ
Verne's chief amusement since his
youth has been yachting. He owns q
fine steam yacht and his happiest days
have been those spent on it's decks.
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The signing of the fugitive slave law
and it's attempted enforcement were
the acts which made him unpopular
and prevented his nomination. Thus
one incident might turn the tide of pop-
ularity against President and do away
with any possibility of his becoming
his own successor. His cabinet was in
entire accord with him throughout his
administration, and the country at his
retirement was enjoying peace and
prosperity. Despite this he could not
command 20 votes in the Wing conyen-
ton of 1852. In 1856 he was the nomi-
nee of the American party for Presi-
dent, and only the State of Maryland
gave him its electoral vote.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lin
coin, the first Of our country's THO Of
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DeDenuent.

The late Emperor Frederick Of Ger.
many had no easy life as crown prince
during his fathers reign. A complete
dependence on the sovereign is hered-
itary in Prussia. This, in small mat
tiers as well as great, exercises a ire
mendous influence on the sons relations
with his father, and, indeed, on family
life in general. Gustav Freitag, in his
book on the German succession, writes:
"a farmers son who, with his family,
inhabits a wing in his fathers house,
and possesses not a single shilling be-
yOnd his allowance, whose children are
kept by their grandfather, and en-
ployed in looking after the plantations
on the estate-such man, who had to
put up with this dependent position for
fifty years, would be looked upon as es-
pecially unfortunate. And yet, accord
ing to old traditions and the laws of
the house, the case of the German
Crown Prince is similar one.''
1t is evident that the old Emperor
William was quite willing to accept
such state Of things. Early in the sew
ent1es the artist, Anton Won Werner.
was appointed to perpetuate the impe-
rial proclamation. He first made a
sketch, to submit to the Emperor. In
this, the various personages were
grouped in the same order as during
the ceremony at Versailles, William I.
standing on raised platform, with
Bismarck at his left, on a lower step,
and on his right the Crown Prince,
whom the artist had represented with
one foot ON the upper level The EN-
peror examined the sketch, and at once
noted the position Of the Crown Prince.
he frowned, took his pencil and made q
thick, rapid stroke through his sons
| right leg.
mot yet!' said he.
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JOHN TYLER. pecanOe, the Oldest
man ever chosen to the, Presidency,
68; Lincoln, 50; Mckinley, So; Hayes,
81; Van Buren,: and Benjamin Harrl-
son, each IS; Washington, 81; Jeffg-
son, John Quincy Adams, and Madi-
son, each 50; Monroe, 50; John Adams
and Jackson, g., each; Buchanan, 68;
Cleveland. the only living ex-President,
48. He is now 81 and enjoying robust
health.
A short review of the Vice Presidents
who have become elevated to the Pres
idency by the deaths of the Chief Exec
utives may be Of interest now.
'"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too was the
political slogan heralded by the victo-
rious Wings during the campaign Of
1910. It made Gen. William Henry
Harrison President and John Tyler
Vice President. Just month after the
inauguration the President died and
John Tyler became the 10th President
Of the United States: He was born in
Virginia in 1890 and died in his native
States in 1862, when civil war was
rending his country. He was a gradu-
ate of William and Mary College and at
the age of 10 was admitted to the bar
He was fond Of reading history, a lover
Of poetry and music, and, like Thomas
Jefferson, an accomplished violinist. Al
though opposed to the Wings, he was
not supporter of the radical policy
of Jackson, "Old Hickory" and, there
fore, occupied to a certain extent an
independent position. Despite this, the
State Of Virginia always stood by him,
and for this reason he was a political
power. When the Wings nominated
Harrison for President they were hap
py to accept Tyler as his running mate,
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long illness, in which he spoke of hel
love for and devotion to him.
OF what Mrs. Mckinley has borne il
is not necessary to speak. The nation
has observed the close union between
husband and wife and it has touched
the peoples hearts. -
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison cannot be
properly called the widow of Presi.
dent. 1t was not. however, until after
he had left the Presidential chair that
she was married to him; so that she
does not occupy a place in the same
category with Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs.
Garfield, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Grant.
The country remembers her as the
widow of an ex-President.
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PRESIDENTS WIDOWS
QUARTETTE OF FORMER WHITE
HOUSE MlSTRESSES.
Women Whom the Country Reveres,
Not Only Because of Their Hus-
bands Greatness, but for Their Own
Noble Traits.

In her widowhood the beloved wife
of our last martyred President has the
deep sympathy and compassion not
only OF the public generally, but in par
ticular of three other ladies who have
presided over the White House and who
have since been bereft of the noble hus-
bands on whom they leaned and to
whom they were source of joy and
comfort. The eldest of these Is Mrs.
Ulysses S. Grant. Julia Dent had mar
ried plain u. S. Grant Aug. %, 1S4S,
when he was in the regular army, sta
toned at Detroit Later he went to
Panama and the Pacific coast and, after
leaving the army at -, began strug-
gle for existence on farm near St.
Louis, with his wife and one son, now
Gen. Frederick D. Grant. Mrs. Grant
was by her husbands side through all
the hardships which followed. Few Of
the aristocracy of St. Louis in 1853
could have been made to believe that
the Grant who hauled wood for them
and the wife who waited for him at the
farm would be on their way to the
White House ten years later. 1t was in
May, 1861, that Grant entered the SER
vice Of the State Of Illinois and began
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that career which was to make him

that career which was to make him
twice President. Mrs. Grant was
essentially an ornament to the White
House, as distinguished in the social
life Of the capital as was her husband
in national affairs. When his fatal ILL
ness came and the long struggle against
encroaching disease those qualities
which had at first endeared her to him
became more and more nationally
known, winning the unstinted admira
ton Of the people. Mrs. Grant still
lives, happy in the life of her children
and grandchildren.
Mrs. Rutherford b. Hayes, as the
successor Of Mrs. Grant in the White
House, came into social life of the CAPT
tal when much bitterness prevailed.
Democratic authorities and Democratic
wives believed that Tilden had been
elected, and that President Hayes was
all usurper. Mrs. Hayes was woman
Of tact, slow to give provocation and
most anxious with her husband to allay
the bad feelings aroused during the
election. She succeeded in doing this
long before her husbands term ended.
One. of the strongest steps taken by her
after her arrival in Washington was
stand against the use of liquor at Presi-
Dental functions. Like Mrs. Grant,
she survived her husband and is still
living at Fremont, Ohio
Mrs. James A. Garfield is also living
IN w,
joyment Of her beautiful home at Men,
tor, the widow of the President who fell
a victim to misguided political strife
probably now thinks Of the days. a
score of years ago, when millions
watched with her in spirit at her hus-
bands bedside and wept with her at
his grave. The nation never knew
I.ucretia Garfield as it knew the wives
Of other Presidents. She never cared
for society and rs mistress Of the White
House, during the brief period of her
husbands occupancy of the executive
chair, she was little seen. She was in
i'll health much of the time. Mrs. Gar
fields maiden name was Lucretia Ru-
dolph, and she was the pupil of her
husband at Hiram College long before
he married her. They began their home
life under modest circumstances and
accumulated little during the Presi-
dents lifetime. His estate, at DEATH
amounted to $4,000. His life insur.
ance was $4,000. Could he return now
and see the wealth and luxury of his
family he would, indeed, be amazed
His widow to-day Is worth million
When he died, Congress voted her his
salary for full year, in addition to ar
annual pension Of $1,000. A fund was
raised by the public amounting tt
$363, 900. Cyrus W. Field invested this
for Mrs. Garfield and it has nearly
trebled now. In addition to her vas
wealth, she has what is infinitely more
precious-the memory of the repeated
expressions of her husband, during hi:
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Their Second Meeting.

When Miss Swagger met Mr.. Sap
hedde at the seaside she thought he
was a millionaire and he permitted her
to think so, although he was a humble
clerk in hotel at the sqwedunk. On
her return home, some weeks after his
departure, it SO happened that she
stopped over night at the Sqwedunk
Hotel. Her meeting with Mr.. Sap
hedde was very embarrassing to him
until she said, ''Oh, you didn't tell me
you were hotel proprietor" =
'No," he said, airily, II own several
hotels over the country, but didn't
think they were hardly worth mention.
ing."-Ohio State Journal. +
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NAMES THAT ARE POPULAR.
That Of William Leads All Others in
the Favor Of the Multitude.

That OF William Leads All Others In
the Favor Of the Multitude.
Parents display some queer notions of
proprlety in naming their children.
Those, of religious turn of mind more
frequently in former times than now
search the scriptures before the baptis-
NAL ceremony. Parents in search Of
fortune will label their luckless babes
with the surname Of the expected tesla
tor. But, nevertheless, the list Of COM
mon English Christian names is very
small one. Out Of every 100 fathers and
mothers Of male children some eighty
four limit their choice to fifteen famil-
lar names.
The favorite name is undoubtedly
William. In all ranks of society-in
the peerage as in the workhouse-Will-
lam is the commOnest of male Christian
names. g..
Stop the first 1000 men you meet in
the street. No fewer than ITO are WILL
Jams. A long way behind come the
Johns, closely followed by the Georges.
OF every 1000 men ninety four are call
ed John and ninety-two George.
The next commonest name is Thomas,
which has seventy-four owners, while
James claims seventy-two. Henry and
Harry between them are seventy in
number. OF these about one in four
have received the name of Harry at
the baptismal font. Following them
come Frederick with fifty-seven.
Charles with forty eight, Alfred with
forty-flve and Albert some way behind
with thirty-one. The popularity of Al
bert has arisen entirely from the per-
sonal popularity Of our late Queens
beloved consort. 1t was practically IN
known In England before Queen Victo-
ria's marriage.
The good old Saxon appellation Of Ed.
ward Is given to- five and twenty out of
every 1000 citizens, Arthur and Robert
having each twenty-three, while Of the
remainder Of these 1000 men you have
accosted in the street seventeen are
called Joseph and fifteen Herbert. So
we have accounted for no fewer than
856 out Of every 1000 Enghshmen, and
they divide between them only fifteen
out Of the many hundreds, nay thou
sands, of names from which parents are
at liberty to choose.
OF the remaining la of our repre-
sentative 1000 a few, such as Richard,
Percy, or Ernest, are claimed severally
by two or three men, but all the rest
are the sole and exclusive property OF
lone in O."-Chicago Chronicle.
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Health Resort.

No more dignified or gentlemanly off
cial of the Government than Arthur
Simmons, the old negro attendant al
the White House, can be found III
Washington; nothing disturbs his re
poseful elegance of manner and speech
A short time ago, so the story runs, he
was doing in his chair when an usher
hurried in and exclaimed:
"There's a man downstairs who
wants to see Mr.. Cortelyou."
'He can't see him." answered Arthur
with firmness and precision.
'But this man says he's got to see
him" pleaded the messenger.
Don't know nothin' about that
Arthur replied, closing his eyes as II
the interview were at an end. ''Nobody
can see Secretary Cortelyou. He's
gone into his sanctum sanitarium."
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Presidents, was born in Ra-
leigh, n c., Dec. 20, 1908. and died
near Carriers Station, Tenn, July 81,
1875. His parents were very poor and
when he was years old his father
died from injuries received while saw
ing another from drowning. He was
taught to read by his fellow workmen
in tailor shop, where he was an ap-
prentice. Shortly before he was p he
was married and his wife, being a tai
ented woman. taught him writing and
read to him while he worked at his
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the gun, and the load Of shot entered
young Fries left thigh. The range was
short, and the shot went into the boy
in bunch, making a wound that re.
quired an improyised tourniquet to pre-
vent death from hemOrrhage.
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oUAC lAdL Ills ADMIN.
istration was the
most tempestuous,
politically, Of any
s l ce Lincoln's,
through which this
country ever passed.
The slavery ques-
ton agitated the
country and such
giants as Clay, Cal
houn: Hayne and
Douglas were In
40SA
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believing that such
g. course would at
tract all factions op-
posed to the Jack
sonian Democracy.
The result of the
election showed
that good judgment
had been exercised,
but when President
Harrison died the
Wings found that
Tu1or uyoo not IN IN
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Gent eyes for q
long time. The
great romancer OF
science is now in
his seventy-third
year, but he has
never ceased his
lit erary work,
even after his
sight began to fail,
He published a
novel only three
wears ar0 and al.
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JULES VERNE.

The Famous French Romancer, Who
Has Become Completely Blind.
Jules Verne, who is reported to have
become totally blind at his home in
Amiens, has been a sufferer with def.
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81, when Lincoln
was assassinated.
The ages of our otA-
er Presidents when
they assumed tie
duties Of the high
Office were: Grant,
next youngest 10
R os ev Welt, II;
Pierce and Garfield,
each 40; Polk, 80;
Harrison, "Old Tip:
nooon0o tho o1lo.
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trade. When 21 he
was elected. an AL
derman of Green
vile, Tenn, where
he had moved, and
thenceforth was &C.
tive in politics. Not
until he had been in
Congress could he
write with ease. He
was always a leader
in advocating what
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A number Of young women came
across boy lying face downward in
a gutter the other evening, and they
decided that he was dead; probably
murdered. While one ran to tele-
phone, the others tried to pick him
up. "Dog on you" said the boy, you
have told on me-" And a girl around
the corner began to yell, Zone, two,
three for Johnny"
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A girls idea of q flatterer is a man
who is always saying nice things to
other girls. -.
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It is a question which causes moth
er the more worry: A boy SO sick that
he is good, OF SO thoroughly well that
he is bad. r.. 5@s
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Lots of men seem to think that there
is a patent on honest labor and they
don't want to risk being infringers.
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It costs at least $25 to show prope,
appreciation Of having baby named
for you. -
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~ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT is n,t
IL only the youngest Vice President
who has succeeded to the Presi-
dency, but the youngest Chief Mays
trate our country ever had. He is nit
yet 43 years old. Tyler and Arthur
were each 81 when their chiefs died;
Fillmore was so. when Taylor laid
down the cares of life and johnson was
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A dead whale 10 worth more than
some live men, financially speaking.
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A gay decetver is never gay long.