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s THOMAS B. REED,

that he was bright enough, but he was
ca uncommonly indolent and ease low
ing that no one believed he woula
amount to anything. Grandfather
Reed was a sailor, and at one time rose
10 the command of small sailing YES
sell
Reeds father was also sailor az one
stage In his career, but he apahuoheu
that life for the ideally sedentary one
of Waterman In a sugar factory. lie
was good citizen, but he never was IN
line for a presidential nomination ne
married Matilda Mitchell a superior
woman, who was accused by her reia-
tives of throwing herself away when
she married Tom Reed, and II was con-
fldently asserted that she did so In q
III of plque caused 10y paternal inter
ference in love affair BE this as II
may, Il Is sure that the traits whlch
have forced Thomas Bracket Reed TO
the foreground come from his mother,
and from his maternal ancestors
HIS HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE.
The house in which Thomas b. Reed
was born is of a type common In loca-
lions dominated by docks, railroad
yards and factories. His parents were
poor. and we're content with the humble
apartments In Hancock street. The
building yet stands exactly as II did
sixty odd years ago. More factories
have crowded in around II, but glance
at the surroundings is sufficient TO indi-
cate that il has always been poor
neighborhoOd The rooms are small
and few in number There Is no front
yard and only an excuse for a back
yard. The infant Reed probably played
more In the dirt than on any grassy
| lawns. One hundred yards 70 the south
are the railroad tracks and beyond
them the wharves and docks. Up the
| hill 10 the west Is the famous old East
ern cemetery Of Portland, within whose
moss grown walls THE rude forefathers
Of the hamlet sleep
As has already been intimated In THIS
| sketch, the boy Reed was not FOND OF
work. His fathers COW was the bane
| of his youth. She interfered with hunt
| ing and fishing and swimming, and IN
| a general way demanded an amount OF
| attention from Tom which was irksome
| In the extreme. The COW gave mix,
| the milk cream, and the cream had to
| be churned, and that meant more work
for Tom. 1t is but another proof or
the innate savagery OF the male OF the
human species that all boys regard
work rs something degrading, Indians
and other savages hold the same views
and relegate all work to squaws and
| superannuated warriors.
Being a normal boy, Tom Reed thus
looked ON work and liked 1t not, He
regarded II as a punishment and not as
a blessing One day his mother tied an
apron around him 10 keep him from
getting his clothes soiled and set him
TO work churning butter. II was a
fine spring day with a southeast WIND
and the founders were biting out In
the bay, He was proceeding reluct-
antly with his task when number OF
! boys came along and jeered at him.
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The misguided creatures who
through their action in abolishing the
army canteen, have driven hundreds
Of our soldiers to drunkenness might
pause awhile in their exultation
and study some statistics cited by
writer in a recent issue Of the Kreuz
Zeitung Of Berlin. According 70 this
showing, in 100 army prisons through
out Germany forty-six per cent Of all
the murderers committed their crimes
while under the influence OF drink.
Sixty-three per cent OF the cases OF
manslauehter. seventy-four per cent OF
serious injury TO the preson, and seven
ty-seven per cent Of criminal immorali-
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ONE OF THE LATEST BOYS in THE

and my pleasure when found that you
were not one Of those who
Just for a handful Of silver had left
us;
Just for a riband to stick to their
coats"
you would feel assured that I have an
interest In your future welfare, and
deem II pleasure to subscribe myself
your friend
THOMAS Il. REED.
BY fishermen" Reed meant the
agents and organizers OF the secret So
cieties, who were ever on the alert for
desirable members
oVERCAME HIS HATRED OF
STUDY
In the last eighteen months at COLI
lege Reed threw off his Indifference and
went TO work In earnest He put the
novels cut OF sight ana spent all Of his
spare time In the college library Up
every morning az or before five o'clock
he became a tireless student and as.
founded the teachers and professors by
his progress. In the closing year he
stood we'll at the head Of his class and
was awarded the honor Of delivering
the class Grafton His subject was a
strange and greWsome one for a young
man, and was entitled The Fear %
| Death II was delivered in faultless
style and greeted with much applause.
| This was IN 1860, and the young man
| lacked but a few months OF having at
tanned his majority
Having nothing better to do, Reed
| continued his profession Of school
teacher He secured a position In the
| public schools at Portland. and at one
time was principal of grammar school
| at a salary Of Sij a month. This was the
| height OF his success as a pedagogue
| At various times he taught In Deerns.
Cape Elizabeth and IN number Of dis
. trict school He was a strict discipin-
| arian, and had he continued his career
might now be in charge Of the Portland
public schools or perhaps professor In
Bowdoin college.
WENT TO CALIFORNIA IN THE
cos
While teaching school he began the
practice Of law reading In the office OF
Sewall c. Strout OF Portland, Such
famous lawyers as a. \. Strout, Senator
Eugene Hale, Nathan Cleayes and II.
W. Gage got their knowledge Of the law
under the eyes OF this veteran. In 1869
Thomas b. Reed was admitted 70 the
bar. and soon after went to California,
holding that Maine was too crowded
with lawyers to give a young man a
chance He did not attain any success
In California and remained there less
than year.
He then went to Washington and
40 " kEsbfde: -ttce. otlcaketaagnute
through the influence Of Senator Fes-
sender secured an appointment as as
sistant paymaster in the navy. Al the
close OF the war he returned to Maine
and engaged In the practice Of law He
was elected 10 the state legislature IN
1863; and began that political career
which occupies so conspicuous place
lin partisan and national politics
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PINE TREE STATE.

future greatness as could be found IN
Maine,
Certainly he showed no signs Of apt
ness as a politician nor qualities 81
leadership among boys or men lie Just
barely escaped being unpopular While
not exactly quarrelsome, he was Dy no
means averse to trouble. There was
a strapping young fellow named Crow
ell at Bowdoin who had served an APP
premiership as a blacksmith before en-
terlng college. He was a good natured
sort of chap, but Reed managed 20
get into a dispute with him. and In the
heat OF the argument called him liar.
Crowell drew back and let Tom have II
from the shoulder. The blow caught
him under the ear and the future
speaker Of the House went down and
out. He avoided any future arguments
with Crowell and they became fairly
good friends.
At the boarding house young Reed be-
came angry during a political argu-.
ment and hurled glass of water az a
student who disputed one OF his state
ments. This missed the mark and
drenched two innocent boarders and
Reed was forced TO make an apology.
These incidents are related not for the
purpose Of throwing an unfayorable
light on the young student but to call
attention to the fact that successful
men are much the same as ordinary
mortals In their boyhood.
AT this period Reed was a tall, lanky,
! awkward, long haired boy OF eighteen
or nineteen He was not particularly
fond Of sports while In college, though
the records show that he was member
| OF the Bowdoln Boat club. He was also
| a member of the Pantagon club, mus
| zeal organization. and was the leader In
| series Of entertainments given by that
| society II was. however, as debater
| rather than as a student, athlete or mu-
stefan that Tom Reed excelled. Ma
turally disputatious, he was possessed
OF logical mind aud sarcastic
tongue. Naturally an orator and by
temperament cool and collected, he was
an almost invincibe champion on the
rostrum. When once assigned to a side
IN a debate he would put aside his
habitual Indifference and apply him
self assiduously 70 the task In hand,
"He could do almost anything he set
out to do" says man who was his
fellow student, but the trouble was
that he was generally too lazy TO want
TO-.
The young college student Tom Reed
was bitterly opposed to college secret
societies. and this did not add TO his
popularity among large section of bis
classmates. He steadily refused TO joir
any OF the orders, and remained dur
ing all the years at college an 'ouder'
or nobody, or nothing, in the yernac
ular OF the students. A letter writer
to a friend who had also refused {
join one Of these societies is evidence
that Reed had very decided views abou
secret fraternities in those days. i
reads as follows:
Dear Emery-If you knew the anxet,
with which have watched your escap'
: | from the weariest fishermen of college
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ELDER c. w. PENROSE.
rkhd the Image God-Every Soul is Immortal-Obedi-
nee 10 Law Essential to Salvation-Universal Redemption
Glory to be Regulated by Merit.

Of receiving the truth In this present
state Of existence. We obtain that
much OF step in advance o. those VINO
do not receive the Gospel
UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION.
II is very gratifying to us who de.
sire the salvation Of mankind, ana
whose work II is to labor for their up
lifting who have been specially called
OF God and appointed 10 work under
the Captain OF our salvation for the re-
demption Of the whole human race, TO
know by the revelations OF God that the
time will come, In some future state OF
existence II not in this, when every SOU
that can be redeemed will be brougnl
out of darkness and sorrow, ana nell
and death, and be placed where they
can enjoy existence, TO glorify God ana
obey His commandments. We 40 no,
know how long II Will take Tor some
people TO obtain this redemption ~
is certain. however, that justice Wi,
claim ita own. our God is meicilui
Being. His name is love he Is iul'
OF longsufferlng. kindness ana charI,y,
and He desires the. salvation Oh ms
children. But He governs Hlmseil ny
law. His word is law. He lives py
the precepts which He administers anu
reveals 10 others. We shall nha tiia'
lie sets the example, as Jesus OhrisS
His Son, our Elder Brother, uiu,
Therefore there can be no salNauon 10.
the transgressor until he shali rep r,.e
and be willing 10 be obedieht' nu
laws of God are eternal; they are LOT
ever and ever: they are inhexiDle' anu
IL is only by obedience 20 law ,na' en-
altation can be secured In TINS oon,
dition we are learning TO be opeuleh, "
law-such law as God has 1eseale ,,,
also Ia the wholesome rules anu 'esu
iatIons that are established In the gov
ernments under which we may ''Ne'
VARIOUS DEGREES OF GLORY
We have been diyiney charged with
the duty OF obeyIng the law OF the ianu
as well as the laws OF God. Az
neon,e must eventually be brought INTO
obedience 10 law, in order to be saved,
ana ,hoir exaltation. their glory, their
norer ana dominion. II they have any,
Vii, no In proportion 20 their obedience
40 those things that God reveals. he
Thai cannot abide and obey the celes-
tial law cannot abide celestial glory.
That Is written. II is the word OF tne
Lord IL we desire 10 obtain the great
salvation. n we desire TO obtain tne
crown in the presence Of the father;
N We desire 10 have the gift Of eternai
lives (which means endless increase IN
| power. dominion anu g,oFy forever, we
must abide the conditions on when ms
| glory is predlcated: we must De obe..
/ dent 10 the divine commandments; anu
devoted 10 God We must not only pe
baptized in water. but baptized In,o hls
| Spirit, and into the spirit OF opeaiense
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Tho census recently taken In New
ZEALAND shows that the Maori popula-
,,o, Of that colony II increasing IN
number the figures in 1901 being 1850,
as compared with Sse2s In 1896 ana
lesser numbers in preceding years
commenting on this fact which has
oxcl,ea considerable interest through
on, Australasia. the Melbourne Argus
remarks:
"The increase suggests a chance Ct
permanent survival. Th'nf o. the
helpl,ssness Of all Pacific islanders
against E.sopsan microbes! We Will
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THE SURVIVAL OF THE MAORI.

ingly spend enormous sums OF money
and endure a vexatious quarantine sys-
tenn 20 keep out smallpox and bubonic
plague The Pacific islanders have had
no defense. Consumton, measles. in
nutnss-to which we have become, by
long acquaintance, in some degree i'm.
mune or haraened-have devastated the
islands. So the Maori suffered. His
way ~ living, dis contempt for sani-
tary usages and precautions. exactly
suIiai cur mioroots. They attacked the
tattooed warriors and yanquished them
with appalling case. They could not
stand up against their invisible foes.
The race seemed doomed to disappear,
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us and interested themselves in his be-
half,
The statement has been repeatedly
made and denied that the women OF
the church raised the money with
which Thomas b. Reed entered Bow
dom College. with the purpose Of edu-
eating him for the ministry. II Is SAID
that the young man soon discovered
that he did not wish to be preacher'
and accordingly earned enough money
teaching school to repay the women OF
the church who had interested them
selves in his behalf. As result OF TINS
step Reeds name was dropped IRON
the membership of the church. This Is
the story they tell in Portland. IL Is
certain that the young man intended
TO ioln the ministry, but changed ms
mind and has not since been active IN
church work.
NOT A WORKER AT COLLEGE.
Reed had a hard time at Bowdoin:
The spirit OF industry which landed
him there soon subsidized and he re-
lapsed into his old habits. He had a
room In house owned by one OF ms
mothers relatives and his expenses for
board and lodging were small lie
fourd " easv Ia earn enough to pay
tut ion fees and other expenses by doing
Dad Jobs and by intervals Of teaching
school. Most of his spare time was
spent IN reading, and he was yet fond
OF trashy and sensational literature
The room was filled with paper COW
cred books and he spent much time In
their perusal As a result he made q
very poor record during the first three
years at college. He was fond OF
Thackeray, and found some pleasure In
the writings of other standard authors
but he much preferred that light and
sensational stuff which appeals to the
passions rather than TO the intellect
In his studies he was fairly good In
! history, grammar and rhetoric, but sad
! ~ deficient in mathematics and scien-
tifc and technical studies He did not
like them. and was too self-indulgenl
to make the necessary effort to mas
ter them. The boy had not yet reached
that age when the world was more thar
place In which TO seek and fine
amusement He had no special ambi
ton. At the age Of nineteen tom
! Reed was as unlikely candidate fol
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Elsa most magnificent sight to
Wen looked upon the congre-
y als afternoon and saw the UNI
w heads Of both brethren and
81 ! thought Of the saying OF
''1' that God made man In his
n'se in the image of God Great
stn' male and female created He
y ! also thought OF one remark
= y President Snow in his open
Ha'ss' that every one Of US Is
~N that the spiritual part OF
N'g = the offspring Of God, and
liisr how long we may have ex-
kiofe we came into the world, or
he mystery Of our origin, we
1aoTtsl beings, and while ages
~ come and changes viii take
he worlds that God has Great
" The beings who inhabit them,
T" snall live on forever and ever,
1'ie viii be no end to our exls-
'hd to the development of the
g u'at exist within us as the sons
"-sn'trs Of God. What a grand
'ln'oling thought tins isl that
y We now are weak, clothed
Win mortality, and subject 10
1l''nlties Of the flesh and the
s That we have inherited
" long line Of ancestry, who
respects have transgressed the
'llnents Of God-notwithstand-
y 'failties, and that with which
y 70 contend through our en-
UNI and the influences Of the
4 =. eternity is before US. There
" our existence, and there
b, % end to our advancement.
er.5 gslson upon whlm I look In the
r-.0h lhis afternoon Is immort-
~, VIII be an opportunity in
|e.,. 70 come, II we do not avail
L, ~ y Them In the present. TO
~. alnd and win OF our Eternal
y M W. 70 come into harmony with
q. - YIN His divine purposes. But
| y mn S receive the truth IN this life.
|ett, themselves Of ihose oppor-
css'.s. 'oai which we have heard this
L sho receive the truth as II
p shiisi Jesus, enlist under
a. ,S hghi the good fight OF
r., s /. ofercome, win obtain the
e ,s - zoe kingdom Of the Father.
p MI and ever they viii be in
N a.s. o. those who fan to oh.
~, !, blessings, who fail 20 be
|'rtr !, |" NE Lord and are not found
~ . inheri, this FAR more and
II W. 20 exceeding weight Of glo.
~ q, y NOSE can attain 10 who
S9IeL irha, Is the advantage
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Strong Drink and Crime in the German Army


~ are due 10 the same cause. In ths
during the last six years. seventy-nye
ner cent of the most serious cases
have been due 10 drunkenness.
This overmastery by strong drink
comes not from the use OF beer ana
light wine, such as was formerly OBJ
tainable IN the post exchange IN our
army but from indulgence In semi
apps" This is the German equivalent
Of the whiskey served to our soldiers
In the hundreds OF dram shops when
form a Gordon around the army posIs'
and which we're established there as
direct and logical result Of the acl9n
OF Congress influenced by the W. {. l.
4. and other well-meanlng, but some
times pernicious. organizations'-N' l.
Medical Record
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need was born and raised ',,a
r perhaps PERM it might be ,,i more re
is.crIce his birthplace ,1 as
y. Down East" but . as 'l,ls
~ term the distinction
| disputed by those e.. Jealous nou0
'sr Zealand who were porn
ss ',as sun than Portland
~ average western man
, ' East he may mean
w. 'D' Buffalo to New Bruins
i, old New England
W. :, yanRee from the soles
p ,.st to the shining dome
2. MAN head. The twinkle
4 ',s.. the drawl and nasal
!, q, voice his gait, gestures
!. hear the ineradicable I'M,
/ Nv England training ana
r -, on october IS. 1899 IN
y, IN A house which yet re-
~ n the "show places OF
] perhaps no half square III
anal claim to fame COM
! !. = ,s sSt in which Thomas y
w ''o In the corner OF the
y WV i,oSr,med by Hancock aNl
~ -, are the houses In when
MA Ellsworth Longfellow ana
/. wax s,csett Reed first saw the
|, % and in the same square
!. ~ X the first building erected erected
~ 4. y agelllng of George Cleeve,
!, !. . N settler of Portland and
s, YIN seven generations re-
J 7 , h subject of this sketch
qOs STURDY ANCESTRY
,.,,,s cleeye decided to locate
|, I'm I, nav Portland, he gave 20
80 the name OF Casco. lie
!. ' ~ bouse on the rocks, well
/, ~ rstsrs OF the bay which now
/. ,sme Of Casco. He brought
a Mn on his last voyage from
gentleman named Michael
80 became his son-in-law'
,,pghters and one son, who
M 6y the Indians. were borr'
\ union.
4 the daughters, Anna ara
,aried. respectively, Thomas
iib0ny Bracket, and from the
I descended Thomas Bracket
Tle original Andrew Bracket
,n..bslf of Portland and all OF
lsand. His great-great-great
.Bft,er married a man named
Red. and his grandson is the
iBraekett Reed Of today.
h Of The male side Of the Reed
\ tree leads one 20 believe that
nsl speaker inherited from his
/ parents his physique, sailors
hat lazlness which he found II
be 10 overcome until we'll past
d maturity. That he was d
I there Is no manner OF doubt
knew him as q boy admitted
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In His Youthful DAYS the House Representatives dae no Ear
Promise of Future GreatnesshOw lie "ot Religion oun-"as
Schoomas Theological STUDENT Lawyer tmgran 10 Canona anu AS
san Pamaster NayyEnetainng Stories OF ION Keeo boy
hood Told by Frederick Upham Adams the New York Herald
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INCIDENCE ESSENTIAL
TO SALVATION.

delivered General Conference OF the Church OF Jesus
Iater-day Saints In the Tabernacle. Salt Lake
City, Saturday Afternoon, April o, 1901, by
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Of receiving the truth in this present
state Of existence. We obtain that
much OF step in advance OF those who
do not receive the Gospel
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-08
AT THE HOTELS.

Brunswick:-E. H. Bailey, Barnes
vile.
Grand Central b. w. Bee, Penn
slora.
"A Hot Time Company is at the
Park.
Windsor:-W. S. Wiley, New Mar
tinsville; z. W. Kotzetine, New Mar
tinsville.
Stamm:-J. W. Boyers, Sistersville;
R. c. Ankross, Padens Valley; ".
Hays, Sistersville; j. NJ Kincaid, Cam
eron.
Park:-Chas. W. Barrick, New Mar
tinsville; Geo. l.. Morris, Middlebourne
]. f. Rough and wife. Warrington, l..
A. Rose, Parkersburg.
McLure:-S. D. Bosley, Warrington:
J. c. Trees, New Martinsville; W. E.
Cummings, Sistersville; Mrs. NJ. c.
Hagar, Sistersville, A. w. Carroll and
J. A. Young. Alyy; B. D. Man, Hunt
ington; j. B. Barnes, Warrington; j.
T. Hervey, New Martinsville; F. A.
Prichard. Warrington; S. w. Hall
Fairmont; C. ]. Bagnell, Clarksburg; C.
]. Hall, Sistersville; ]. H. Irwin, D.
Werhams, Park Sailor, DR.. j. "A. Stath-
ers, S. W. Templeton. C. e. Bailey. j.
Ford NELL. Sjstersville, ]. w. Dyson,
Parkershnrg.
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SECRET SOCIETY NOTES.

The Daughters of Naomi initiated
several candidates into their order
Tuesday evening. The meeting was a
very interesting one.
Concord lodge, i. O. o. F., a Ger
man lodge of the South Side. has de-
cided to discard the German ritual and
adopt the English one. At it's meet
ing Saturday night twenty candidates
will be init1ated and the English rit-
ual will be used for the first time.
District Grand Chief C. S. Greer will
in the near future institute castles of
the Golden Eagle in McMechen and
Wellsburg. He will also make an en-
deavor to install a new castle in this
city, to be known as the Business
Mems Castle. Such a castle flourish
ed here some time ago.
The Central Castle No. /, knights Of
the Golden Eagle, is making arrange
ments to celebrate its fourteenth ami
versary on the 22nd of this month at
the Odd Fellows hall A literary and
musical programme will be rendered,
which will be followed by dancing.
Prof. Miller will furnish the music.
The members of the Tribe Of Ben
Hur held an important meeting Tues
day night at their hall in the l. O. O.
F. building. This lodge has grown
rapidly and the members have every
reason to feel proud of it, Prepara-
tions are being made for an entertain
ment and ball, to be given in the near
future.