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toe walking, with shoulders well
braced back and lungs inhaling the
life-giVing country air.
No better example of the value Of
his own teachings exists than does
Edward Payson Weston. who in the
last four decades has walked in public
a distance equivalent to passing three
times around the world.
He is hale and hearty, and. thanks
to his lifelong habits of moderation
and sane living and abundant exercise,
is now, In his old age. walking from
Maine TO the great lakes.
That he is able to undertake such a
feat at his age is due to the training
Of lifetime, for six days in the week
he walks from ten to 20 miles and
thus keeps his muscles in condition for
sustained efforts at pedestrianism.
Mr.. Weston stands five feet and
eight inches in height and weighs
when in condition for his walking
trips 140 pounds. He is spare and
wiry in build, although he could hard
ly be called thin. His gait shows his
abounding vitality, and the clearness
of his eyes and the steadinesS of his
gait reveal the athlete.
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HERKIMER IN BRONZE
STATUE OF GENERAL RECENTLY
ERECTED IN NEW YORK STATE.
Revolutionary Hero Once More on Bat
tIefieid of oriskany-ls Shown
with Pipe in Hand Direct
inc His Forces.

. Herkimer, \. Y.-The bronze statue
Of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer of revolu-
tionary fame which has recently been
erected here represents the general.
with his leg shattered by bullet,
seated on the stump Of tree direct
ing the American forces in the battle
of OriskaRy. The sculptor is Burr G.
Miller The piece was on exhibition
in the salon in Paris this year and
was the only one of 400 pieces in
bronze TO receive honorable mention
Gen. Herkimer was at the head of
500 hastily recruited militiamen and
volunteers, most of them his friends
and neighbors, who set out in July,
1777. to take relief to Col. GanseYOOrt
and his $50 followers in Fort Schuy-
ler. st. Leger's forces had marched
up the st. Lawrence on the Canadian
side, crossed over at Oswego and, pass
ing through the Mohawk valley, were
Investing the fort. st. Leger's forces
consisted of 800 white men and 1000
Indians, the latter under the command
of the famous Brant. head of the Six
Nations
Gen. Herkimer sent word to Col.
Gansevoort of the relief that was COM
ing and asked that a sortie be made
from the fort when the relieving forces
came up, so that the enemy's attention
might be distracted.
When he got near the fort Gen.
Herkimer waited for the signal from
Gansevoort. 1t didn't come. and his
young recruits began TO chide him for
the delay. He refused at first to risk
the sacrifice of life which he knew an
advance with his 500 men would en-
tail.
He continued to wait, but the re-
marks of some of his officers and SOL
diers became more insulting. They
accused him finally to his face of be-
ing a coward and a Tory. The end Of
it was that against his better judg
ment he gave the order to advance.
. ST. Leger had heard of his arrival
and had sent a detachment to inter
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Of that company was Charles w.
Morse. Mayor Van Wyck and several
other politicians were interested in
the company, and it made vast wealth
for its stockholders. one year clearing
more than $1,5OO,00O
Then Morse became a banker The
Garfield National bank was his parent
institution. In time he dominated a
chain of banks all up and down Broad
way.
In the banking business he became
associated with F. Augustus Heinze,
of the United Copper syndicate, and
when the United Copper syndicate hit
Heinze. Morse, who is said to have
sold 1900 shares OF United Copper.
thus showed the weakness of the syn
dicate and, it is believed, caused the
smash which resOunded around the
world and for a time threatened to
cause a financial panic.
Then followed the action of the
clearing house committee. Morse was
promptly eliminated from the follow
ing institutions, his designations being
demanded by the committee:
Resigned as vice president and di-
rector of National Bank of North
America. Garfield National bank, New
Amsterdam National bank, and as di-
rector of Mercantile National bank,
Fourteenth Street bank, New York
Mortgage & Security company, New
York Produce Exchange bank, Van
Norden Safe Deposit company and
Van Norden Trust company.
Immediately came the actions
which forced Morse out of two more
of his strongholds. the Consolidated
Steamship lines and the American Ice
company A plan for the reOrganiza-
ton of the ice company has been
drawn up whereby Morse will have
no further control in its management
Morse is therefore completely down
and out. and. his former associates.
the Heinzes and Thomases, blame him
for the collapse of their copper cor
ner.
There are reports that J. P. Morgan
& Co. and the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad have entered the
affairs Of the shipping combine with
powerful influence. Thus was fore
shadowed the possibility of greater
combine, including the Morse COM
panies and the New Haven roads
marine lines, 10 control the entire
American coastw.sa shipping trade Of
the Atlantic and the gulf
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MORSE DOWN AND OUT
RISE AND FALL OF PROMINENT
WALL STREET FIGURE.
Wrecked by Recent Financial FURRY
Organized Gigantic Ice Trust
Which Made its StockhoId-
ers Wealthy.

New YOrk.-Charles w. Morse, who
a rev years ago went from Maine to
New York with but small capital and
in a short time humiliated the great
captains of industry of the netropo-
lis by gaining control of a dozen or
more banks, and becoming the owner
Of acres of real estate and bales of
rich stock, not to mention his connec-
tiOn with the ice trust and his great
consolidated steamship lines. is COM
pletely down and out. He was elm
mated from the banking field of New
York recently by the clearing house
committee, and the great steamship
lines of which he was the brain and
push are to be reorganized with Morse
left out OF some of them at least.
Morse was born at Bath, Me, in
1856, the son of a w-boatman on the
Kennebec. After graduating from col
lege, he returned home to find his
fathers business grown to consider
able proportions, Morse, ST., having
a big fleet of up-tO-date tugs, and
"on the side" were excursion barges,
natural ice plants all up and down
the river. Young Morse was installed
as bookkeeper. but the field was not
large enough for him. and he left
home for New York, where he began
by specializing in ice by the cargo,
in hard pine lands, in hard pine car
goes, in pieces" of schooners and
steamers and tugs.
Then followed the big feet OF ocean
carriers and tugs and the ice inter-
ests were constantly expanding both
on the main rivers and the coast, and
in Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington fields as
we'll.
Nine years after Morse went to New
York there was but one fee company
of any importance, and at the head
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his present position uRder Mr.. Wynd-
ham.
Not only was he a staunch Roman
Catholic and home ruler, but an In
tense radical as well, and the con-
seTvatiVes Writhed in horror at the
idea of their leaders making MacDon-
nell virtual dictator of Ireland. For
Mr.. Wyndham was not a strong man,
while Sir Anthony is strength per
sonified. He had learned in India how
to take the land from the big land
holders and return it to the people.
Before accepting the Office he stated
his views to Mr. Wyndham and In
sisted upon a written pledge that he
should have a free hand. Immediate
ly he set to work to make himself
solid with the Irish people. He won
the support Of the clergy, he manipu-
lated the police in a way that won
him the affection of the people who re-
gard the police as their natural enc
mics, and he travelled the whole
length of Ireland to plead with
rapacious landlords not to evict help
less tenants.
1t was not long, however, before
the tories of the old school raised
howl against the unlimited power Civ
en- to Sir Anthony, and Mr. Wyndham
had to drop out after the reading of
the agreement in parliament. This
made no difference to Sir Anthony,
for he remained in his office under Mr.
Long, who succeeded Wyndham, and
was as much OF a power as ever. The
party papers denounced the under sec
retary and ali his works, but the gov
eminent still retained him. 1t found
itself in the position of the man who
had d bear by the tail-he couldn't
hold on and he dare not let go.
When the Balfour government was
defeated Sir Anthony remained as the
adviser of the liberal government. Mr.
Bryce became his chief and at the
same time his tool. Mr.. Bryce was no
more successful than either of his
predecessors. for the Sim Fein move
ment, which sought to separate Ire
land by strictly legal means, had
grown up and was working at cross
purposes with Sir Anthony Prof
Bryce gave up and Mr.. Birrell took
his place. Sir Anthony advised the
"devolution" bill. which the Irish peo-
pie, investigated by the Sim Fein. re-
fused to accept Nor were his land
measures more popular, and Mr.. Bir-
rell came to the conclusion that Sir
Anthony was the champion of a lost
cause 1t came to a test of will power
between a dour Scotchman and an
obstinate Irishman, and the former
seems to have prevailed. Hence Sir
Anthonys trip to America
Sir Anthony entered the Indian civil
service as d young man. He rose to
the very highest position in the serv-
fee. lieutenant governor of Bengal,
and subsequently governor of the
northwest provinces. He did much to
reform the land tenure of Bengal. It 4,
was his dearest wish to do even more
for his native land, and this is why,
after retiring on a pension, he &C
cepted the under secretaryship for
Ireland.
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cept him. AS the militia advanced in
hasty march through a wooded ravine
near Oriskany the British regulars in
ambush at the other end and the In
dians on both sides opened fire The
rear guard of the Americans was cut
of from the main body and was dis
peTsed.
Early in the conflict Herkimer had
his horse shot from under him and a
little later a bullet shattered his left
leg just below the knee When his
friends urged him to leave the field he
replied:
NO, will face the enemy"
He ordered the saddle removed from
his fallen horse and had it placed on a
stump near by. Seated on this, with
the wounded leg, which had been
hastily bandaged, hanging from one
side, he issued his orders and received
the reports of his subordinates.
With his friends and neighbors fall
ing on all sides of him, and suffering
agony himself, he cOolly took his tin
der box, steel and flint from his pOck-
ct and lit his pipe. The statue shows
him with the pipe in one hand, while
with the other he is directing his
forces.
His GOODNESS infused new ardOr into
the men. They fell to fighting the In
dians and British in their own fashion
from behind rocks and trees, and
finally, aided by a sally from the fort
they forced the attacking party to re-
treat. About one-third of the militia
fell on the battlefield and many more
were carried into captivity
Herkimer was carried on a litter to
'his house, 80 miles away. The ampu-
tation of his leg was badly done and
he died ten days later In his last mo-
ments he called for a Bible and read
to those about him the psalm begin
ming:
p 20 Lord rebuke me not in thy
wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasuTe"
. The base of the statue is a boulder
from the battlefield of Oriskany.
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rem. She taught the district school at
"A, and later attended Royalston
academy.
In 1S4S she was married to Uriah
H. McNalI, a farmer, who died in
1853.
Left without funds, she taught
school for two years, and then en-
tered and was graduated from Genes
see college. She was preceptress in
two or more SCHOOLS of considerable
standing, and IN 1866 went to Wash
ingtOn, where she taught until 1868.
There she was married to Rev.
Ezekiel Lockwood, who died in 1877.
In May, 1873, Mrs. Lockwood had
graduated from the National uni
versity law school at Washington.
Over her admission to the bar of the
supreme court there was a bitter con-
test, but she won, as she did in the
later tight for entrance to the court
of claims
She built up an extensive and profit
able law business, and in 1884 was
nominated by the equal rights party
of San Francisco for president of this
country. She accepted, and made a
most creditable and astonishingly
strong fight. She was also a candi-
date at the next national election.
Mrs. Lockwood is still a very active
member of the international peace bu-
Teau. and occasionally practices law,
but has virtually retired.
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QUEER AND SLY CRIMINALS.
Journeymen BARRIERS Who Make Their
Living by Stealing.

There's a queer and nasty kind
Of criminal that we call the barber
thief" said Lecoq the detective He
is a journeyman barber who lifts your
scarfpin while he is shaving you.
These rascals have learned some
how or other to shave and haircut
fairly we'll They go everywhere in the
rush season-California or Florida in
the winter Atlantic City in the sum-
mer, and 80 On--and there the over
worked boss barber, with hands scarce,
is only too glad to take them on, and
70 take them on without references.
1T doesn't take a clever barber thief
long to make a good haul In day in
Saratoga one of these men lifted out
of millionaires' and sports neckties
diamonds and pearls to the value of
$4,000"
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Strictly Business.

Young man" said the old gentle
man as he shuffied into the parlor, Il
believe-in fact, l know-that you and
my daughter are rapidly edging to-
ward matEimony."
1T is true, sir" replied the poor but
otherwise honest youth, and while I
am obliged to confess that it will have
to be a case of love in cottage, still
i"
That's all right, young man" inter-
rupted the stern parent. Love in a
cottage is the true ideal of happiness.
You have my consent"
"Oh, thank you, sir" exclaimed the
y NJ.
Upon one condition" continued the
old gentleman, and that is, you must
be able to show me the deed for the
cottage Goodnight, young man"
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REMARKABLE PATIENT
h VER c. PERRY A MOST
UNIQUE CRIMINAL.
rain Bandit, Blind Through His Own
Act. Refuses to Wear Clothing
or Eat Prison Fare and Is
Fed Through a Tube.

New York.-Blinded by his own
and. living for four years without
ssdng food or wearing outer cloth
h. Oliver Curtiss Perry, whose train
.,bbng exploits in 1892 startled the
,,gntry by their boldness and novel
rethods. is declared by insanity eX-
a--s 90 be the most remarkable pa-
IEsBt in the state hospital for the
sriminal insane.
Perry declares he will never take
| bite of food or wear a stitch OF
sl9thes while he is in the Daunemora
sosDiral. and Drs. North, Townsend
sgi Mcdonald. his physicians, believe
i'm. Since November 19, 1908, Perry
as received nOurishment through a
) abe not because ii is necessary but
imply because he has determined to
rather than to eat the regular
rs0n fare.
The prisoner is Classed among the
.,ane, but he declares he has a mo-
ire for his actions His refusal to be
8 lad and to feed himself in the fashion
gtOmary in DannemOra is not a
mania he argues, but is merely a bit
!, subbOrnness aimed at what he de-
mibes as unfairness. and he adds that
! the taking of food and the wearing
Df clothes will establish his sanity in
be opinion of experts and get him
transferred to a regular prison he
EiI eat solid food and clothe himself.
he objects to being treated unfairly.
ss says, and this is the basis for his
Strange actions.
His action in binding himself, in
ss ineXDIiCable self-tOrture, he as
sribes to another motive. His family
bad deserted him, he says, and he
wanted them to come to see him. He
assumed that his father would see
the reports of his strange action and
would hasten to his cell Days passed
without bringing his parents to his
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GREAT FRESHMAN COMING
Sir Anthony MacDonneII to Visit
United States.

New York-Sir Anthony Patrick
MacDonnell. permanent under secre-
tary for Ireland. is on his way to the
United States. but just what his mis-
sion to this country is. is known only
to himself. It is safe to conjecture.
however, that it is to explain to the
Irish leaders on this side of the water
why he has failed TO get Ireland home
rule and land act that would turn
the property of the land owners over
to the peasantry. These were the
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FLAG OF BRITISH SUBMARINES,

quarters. In one division appears a
submarine and in another three tor
pedoes, while the other two are
adorned with white mice. The right
of these little animals TO a place on
the flag may be a little puzzling to
the lay mind. but, as a matter of fact,
no submarine ever goes to sea with
out some of these creatures On board.
They are extremely sensitive to the
presence Of gas and their actions en-
able the slightest leak to be stopped
in time. thus preventing accidents.
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VETERAN ON LONG WALK.
{. p. Weston Now on Way from Port
land, Me-, TO Chicago.

Portland, Me. - Edward Payson
Weston, father of the long walk and
apostle of Out-of-door exercise, is now.
at the age of SO, on a pedestrian jour
ney from this city to Chicago.
Bishop Leighton Coleman. who is 70.
has just finished a ten days Jaunt
through two states and has returned
to his duties strengthened and vital
lied by the exertions of his trips.
Such performances as these by men
Of advanced years have again called
the attention of all to the manifold ad.
vantages Of the Old-fashioned heeLand-
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sjde and he completed the painful
TASK Of binding himself which he had
Pnly partly accomplished on his first
attempt.
Only 42 years old. in the prime or
sealth and strangely enough gaining
strength until he has become as
anewy as a trained athlete despite
nls peculiar regimen, Perry gives indi-
patton of long life. Seated in his cell,
partly covered with a blanket. he told
/ reporter his reasons for his acts.
Ii is the greatest regret of my life
hat | blinded myself. he said. 4
El1ed up a machine which when heat
- dropped two sharp pointed
Reghts into my eyes. l had taken
EPlum until the pain was deadened.
4 md when / woke up l couldn't see at
A little light came into them.
kowever and when my father still
allied TO come TO me I decided to
somplete my blindness. This time
r. an electric light bulb, crushed
up small and rubbed the pieces
5 ajo my eyes.
That left me entirely blind. but
lever heard from my father, and now
am cut of from sight of the world.
don't see why they won't let me go
ee now | could not do anything
mnal if / got out, and all | could
ope for would he to go away some
Mere and make a living by selling
pencils or trinkets like other blind
ben"
For weeks prior to November l9.
''a, Perry had complained of the
0od that had been given him. and as
climax he declared that if certain
~'hss were not included in his menu
T would starve himself 10 death. His
-Eedt was not taken seriously, but
'~rh u days passed and he still ad-
-7ed TO his determination artificial
-5a1s were resOrted TO. Since then
MS food has been administered
"olSA a rubber tube His weight
-~l decreased from $50 to 120 pounds
y. TIE loss has since been made up
4 Week after he stopped eating
'..t tore his prison suit to shreds,
''el his shoes to pieces. and an
-A'ed that until a suit Of respect
E cut and texture WAS given 10
~ he would wear none. Since
- DEE has worn neither coat nor
'-seEs. and nothing more that a
--~el has covered his shoulders.
RI that protection he uses only on
i days.
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ONCE RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Mrs. BeIva Lockwood Now Living
Practically in Retirement.

Washington.-The only woman ever
genuine candidate for the high Of
ice of president of the United States,
and the first woman admitted to the
practice of law in the United States
courts, is Mrs Belva Ann Lockwood,
now living practically in retirement
at Washington.
The accompanying picture is from
a portrait of her as she appears to-
day.
She was born in western New York,
in Royalston. Niagara county, October
"a, 1890 being the second of i've child
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around the top of a 150-foot chimney.
She thinks little of accomplishing a
feat the very thought of which would
cause thousands of men to shudder.
Arrangements are being made for
Lydia to climb chimney near Liver
pool which is over 400 feet high, and
one of the taIlest in the country. On
this occasion her ascent from start to
finish will be recorded by the bioscOpe.
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A STEEPLE JILL.
English Girl Who Is a World ssatsr
at Chimney Climbing.

London.-HaYing received no re-
plies to her challenge for a steepIe
or chimney climbing competition with
any girl under IS years of age. Lydia
Akiens, the 15-year-old Leicester girl
steeple-jack. claims to be the cham
pion girl steeple-jack in the world"
Lydia recently climbed and walked
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WHITE MICE ON BRITISH FLAG.
Novel Design Adopted by Submarine
Branch of Navy.

LOndon.-The submarine branch cf
the British navy has recently adopted
for its exclusive use a novel flag of
design hitherto unknown to the Col
lege of Heralds. The pennant is of
three colors-red blue and yellow
representing the three submarine
depots of Portsmouth, Devonport and
Chatham, and is divided into four
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Cars Kill Many PeopIe.

Coroner Hamburger Of New York,
has compiled figures which show that
the city's trolley cars kill one person
every fifteen hours. He ascribes this
enormous death rate TO the lack Of
means for properly controlling cars.
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A Pertinent Question,

You favor the theory that Mars Is
Inhabited" Yes, answered the pro-
fessor. 1t has been the subject OF
some of my most interesting articles"
But do you favor it as a scientist or
as a literary MANI"
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This GRAY Old World.

A certain young man was once per-
mitted to make the world over to suit
himself; the world ard all that in it
was.
And when he was done, he stood
back and surveyed his work and ex-
claimed: a paradise! All, truly, a
paradise"
But at the end of a week he was
found dead and the verdict Of the
coroner's jury was that he had been
bored to death.-Puck.
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German Railway Stations.

Nearly all railway stations in Ger
many are equipped with restaurants,
and as a rule the restaurant is the
only waiting rocm
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Women are happiest who are willing
to share in the reflected glory
achieved by their husbands to whicI
they have contributed sometimes.
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'' man ever succeeded in watkins
way when he was looking another
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