II I , , MAJOR WILLIAM McKINLEY.
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m I J XN J Kinley was at the
B V o J beginning of his
B N fRlLt1 / political career a
H - young man of C4 ,
H who recently had
B been elected to congress President
H Hayes said to him : "To achieve sucH -
H cess and fame you must pursue a spe-
B cial line. You must not make a speech
H on every motion offered or bill intro-
H duccd. You must confine yourself to
B one particular thing. Become a spe-
B cialist. Take up some branch of Icgis-
H lation and make that your stud } ' . Why
H not take up the subject of tariff ? Be-
H ing a subject that will not be settled
B for years to ccme , it offers a great field
B for study and a chance for ultimate
B The seed thus sown has borne fruit
H -which the whole world has tasted.
B ' 'After fourteen years of preparation Mc-
Hl Kinlcy's time arrived , and his name be-
H t came known to every nation as the au-
1 thor of the great tariff bill of 1890. It
H was a great stroke of policy , a grand
H strategic movement in commercial vvar-
H fare , redounding greatly to the benefit
B of America and the discomfiture of the
H European nations , which were seeking
H to bring prosperity to their own ind'is-
H tries by destroying those of the United
H A Cuban HoRny.
B So far did the fame of McKinley
H spread abroad that the negroes in Cuba.
B having heard of "Bill" McKinley and
B the McKinley bill , and being taught by
H their Spanish oppressors that both
H were bad , got the two mixed up in a
H sort of ogre , and used to bar the doors
B of their huts at night for fear that "Old
B 1 Bill McKinley would catch them. "
H The congressman had become a man
H of national and international import-
H ancc. Since then his name has stood
H as the visible sign of the republican
| * party's principle of protection to Ameri-
H can industries. As the second admin-
H istration has brought out into strong
H relief the administration of Harrison ,
H so the weak and halting tariff bill of
H "Wilson has caused the tariff bill of Mc-
H Kinley to aj.pear stronger by contrast.
H In the last election the theorists fooled
B the people with juggled phrases , but no
H theory can fill an empty dinner-pail ,
H and the revulsion of sentiment in favor
B of the McKinley 'tariff is complete.
H But not only in Cuba is the name of
B McKinley cordially disliked. Every
16yal Englishman , in England and else
1 where , believes it his bounden duty to
his own country to berate the statesmanship -
_ _ _ - manship of the great American.
H Scotch-Irish Stock.
B McKinley is of Irish descent on his
| father's side , and of Scotch on his moth-
B er's. His ancestors were settled in this
| country before the revolutionary war.
| Whc the War of the Rebellion broke
B out William McKinley , then 17 years
B old , was teaching a little country school
| in Ohio. He enlisted , and as a private
H went to the front with the Twenty-
B third Ohio Volunteers. At the close of
H the war be was mustered out as major
B of the same regiment. He won his
H promotion by gallant and efficient serv-
B ice at Antietam and in the Valley cam-
H Then young McKinley had a liking for
H the profession of arms , and wanted to
B stay in the army after the war. The
H mental qualities of the man are un-
B doubtedly those which would have gone !
H to the making of a good officer in the
H regular establishment , and there is
H something about his personal appear-
H , ance , perhaps it is nothing more than
B his facial resemblance to Napoleon , but •
H it is there , which makes one think of a .
H military commander. McKinley's
H lather and mother objected to his be-
H coming an officer in the regulars , so
H the army lost a general and politics
H gained one. (
B His Wife Interested.
H ' McKinley studied law , graduated
B from a law school in Albany , and then '
H went back to Ohio to hang out his
H "shingle" in Canton. His was the us- ]
H ual experience of a young lawyer start-
crnor of Ohio. He married in 1S71
Miss Ida Saxton , the daughter of a
banker in Canton. Two children have
been born to them , but both died in in
fancy. Mrs. McKinley has not been in
good health for several years. She is
fond of collecting laces , and has accu
mulated many interesting specimens.
She used to be fond of reading books ,
but these days she devotes herself
mostly to reading newspapers , for she
is deeply interested in her husband's
public career , as every good wife
should be , and reads eagerly of his
chances for the nomination. She is
about her house , however , every day ,
attending to her domestic duties with a
cheery courage at once admirable and
pathetic. Wherever duty has called
her husband she has been his compan
ion , and the careful attentions he gave
to her have been remarked ever since
Major McKinley attracted , bV his pub
lic services , the attention and regard of
the nation. No matter how engross
ing his public work , he has always
found time to look after even the small
est of his wife's wants , to look after
them personally and not delegate such
duties either to friends or servants. In
health , I am told , Mr McKinley was
rarely beautiful , and as Ida Saxton she
was easily the belle of the Northwest
ern Reserve. And she is lovely still
lovely with the refinement of patient
suffering , beautiful with the courage
which conquers the painful disabilities
of little health.
Dally Visit to Ills Mother.
There is another woman who is for
McKinley for president first , last and
all the time , and that is his aged mother ,
who lives near her son , and upon whom
McKinley calls every day when he is at
home. The lower part of McKinley's
face strikingly resembles his mother's.
The upper part he gets from his father.
McKinley is an early riser and a hard
worker. He has his breakfast every
morning at 7:45 o'clock , and then works
until 11 o'clock , when , if the weather is
suitable , ho goes driving with Mrs. Mc
Kinley. After luncheon he takes a
walk , a short siesta , and then works
until G o'clock.
Fond of Smoking.
His evenings he devotes to his family :
and friends. He does not care for wine
or liquor , but is fond of smoking. He
is 52 years old and is in excellent phy
sical condition , though rather inclined
to corpulency. That is the reason he
takes a walk daily. Major McKinley
is fond of dancing , and , in spite of his
weight , is light and graceful on his feet.
McKinley has had the advantage of
having good advisers in his youth. His
father and mother were people of ster
ling worth , and when he was a boy sol
dier in the army he was fortunate
enough to attract the attention of offi
cers like Hayes andCrook.who did much
to guide and advise him. General
Hayes especially took a deep interest
in the young man's welfare and had
him on his staff for awhile.
No doubt General Hayes had a large
part in shaping the career of McKinley
and in forming his character.
Hl MAJOR MCKINLEY'S FATHER. MAJOR MCKINLEY'S MOTHER.
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H B ing out to practice law , and as every
B persevering young man of good habits
B does he succeeded ultimately in getting
HH [ a good practice , and became prosccut-
H' ' ing attorney of Stark county. Then he
Hj went into politics and was elected to
Hj congress , where he served for fourteen
H years , made himself famous by his
H tariff bill , and in 1891 was elected gov-
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Having entered the house of repre
sentatives at an early age ( he was only
33 when elected ) and having served
so long in that body , he has an intimate
knowledge of all the machinery of
legislation. He is not an ornate
speaker , but is clear , logical and
forceful. His speeches are all prepared
with great care.
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He cays : "When I have an important
speech to make it absorbs me. It i3
hard work and it takes all there is in
me. I do not like to speak ; I dread It.
My heart goes down in my boots when
ever I get up before an audience , and I
tremble until I begin to talk. It is al
ways ser and I have been making
speeches for twenty-three years. " -
McKinley is an accessible man , and
will receive the greatest bores with a
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retained this until he answered Lin
coln's call for volunteers.
Talk With JicKlnluy's Mothor.
The McKinleys had had six other
babies before William was born. The
bright and sweet-mannered woman ,
who bears her eighty-seven years with
easy grace , when approached on the sub
ject by the writer , repelled with some
thing like indignation the suggestion
that perhaps William was a little bet-
MAJOR WILLIAM McKINLEY. MRS. WILLIAM McKINLEY.
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supernatural self-control. He is fond
of a joke , but does not like anything
"risque" or profane. He is a member
of the Methodist church , and as a rule
bars all jokes which turn on the subject
of religion.
He has one , however , on a politician
of his acquaintance , who , he says , could
never become a Baptist because be
would have to be immersed , and would
never consent to stay so long out of the
public view.
McKinley On the Stsuid.
Maj. McKinley has always been in
great demand as a campaign speaker ,
and in the canvass which resulted in
the complete unhorsing of the demo
cratic party he probably made mere
speeches than any other orator. As a
speaker he is effective and persuasive ,
because he thoroughly believes in the
doctrines which he advocates ; his hear
ers never suspect that Major McKinley
is trifling with them or with himself , lie
RESIDENCE OF McKINLEY AT CANTON. OHIO.
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discloses himself with entire frankness ,
and the audience seeing a true man
fighting for what he believes a true
cause , cannot fail to respect and ad
mire , and in a large measure also to be
lieve.
McKinley and His XoIgl ; > uors.
With his neighbors in Canton one
of the prettiest small cities in the coun
try , by the way he is on most cordial
terms , and they drop in on him with
out any formality , sure always of a
friendly welcome. It is my experience
that Americans are usually possessed
with a deal of cynicism as to the merits
of most men with whom they come in
intimate contact. About such men
there is no veil of ideality , and we see
their short-comings , their littlenesses ,
and sometimes their meannesses , too.
When a man has lived for more than a
quarter of a century in one community ,
where every man knows every other
man , and that man still has the capac
ity to arouse universal enthusiasm as
to his worth , his ability , and his hon
esty , then "we may be sure that there is
no pretense , no humbug about him.
And such is Major McKinley's position
in Canton and in Stark county , together
with the neighborhood thereabouts.
He is so clearly the first citizen that no
one has ever suggested a rival. The
little city has grown during the last
decade or so in a most gratifying way ,
and has manufactures at once very
large and very prosperous.
Ilh Ancestors.
As has been said Major McKinley
comes of Irish-Scotch ancestry. His
forefathers came to this country from
Ireland in the 18th century. They set
tled in Pennsylvania. Two of his great
grandfathers joined the patriotic Conti
nental army and were with it under
Washington until the British were
forced to evacuate. His father , who
died a few years ago , was born on a
farm , but was during all his active life
and iron-maker. Not long after the
birth of his son William , the elder Mc
Kinley moved wih his family to
Poland , Ohio , because of the educa
tional advantages of that place.
When five years old the son started to
school and continued there for eleven
years , when he was graduated from the
academy. He at once secured a place
as teacher of a school in Poland , and
ter or maybe a little worse than the
other babies. To her the babies as such
were all alike. They were pretty good
babies , Mrs. McKinley thinks , and Wil
liam was no more so than the rest.
They were alike , too , in that they
were all good looking , for what mother
would ever admit that her child was
not ? To bo sure , Mrs. McKinley re
luctantly admitted William had that
nose that straight , long , masterful ,
Napoleonic nose that cling ? to him
yet. In fact , he hasn't changed much
except as the years have matured his
form and face , and if anybody can
imagine fifty-two years rolled away
from the McKinley of to-day he would
see the squirming , chubby , red-faced ,
brown-haired McKinley child that en
tered a home in Niles one day in Jan
uary lifty-two years ago.
McKinley's Childhood.
And that is the only way a picture of
baby McKinley ever will be made , for
his mother has none , and if any is in
existence she says she does not know
where it is. Mrs. McKinley has none
of the little socks , nigat gowns , or
baby frocks that William grew up in.
Such as he did not wear out were given
away. His mother said she never be
lieved in keeping old things. She en
joyed restrospection as much as any
body , but she liked new things , she
said , so saw no use in clinging to the
old and worn out just because they hap
pened to be old.
Even the settee-cradle is gone , and it
is a pity , for as described by Mrs. Mc
Kinley , it must have been an imposing
affair. Perhaps it was a sort of elon
gated rocking-chair. In the chair part
the mother sat and rocked , while in the
extension , which had sides and a head
board , the baby cooed or cried itself
to sleep.
After baby William came , the other
little McKinleys took turns at holding
him and putting on his woollen gar
ments for Mrs. McKinley is a great be
liever in the use of wool , and is firmly
convinced that no baby can be success
fully reared without woollen clothing.
Her boys and girls grew up in wool ,
and it is barely possible that the
grown-up McKinley's interest in
American sheep is due to his early as
sociation with American-grown and
made wool.
Strong : Drink E rhetrPd.
It was a rule in the McKinley house
hold that strong drink must be eschew
ed. When somebody needed a stimu
lant , or an aggravated case of stomach
ache proved especially obstinate , a cer
tain mysterious bottle appeared and a
small dose was measured out carefully.
There was also a little home-made
grape wine that was amazingly good in
mince pies and pudding sauce , but as
beverages these things were unknown.
Thus the lad McKinley grew up a
thoughtful , loving , dutiful child. He
was scarcely more than a child when
he came to his parents , then living at
Poland , to propose the enlistment in the
Union army.
He was a serious child , a thoughtful
lad and an earnest student. He pre
ferred his books to ball. He early be
gan to read "Robinson Crusoe , " "Swiss
Family Robinson" and the -rest , and
went to his lessons with patience. Ho
had to strive hard for all He learned.
He was an affectionate child and he
liked his own family better than any
other family. He made friends , but he
preferred his own little brothers and
sisters. What is more , he liked the
girls , and he liked girls Letter than
boys. There was nothing of the roy-
sterer about him.
Anilree's Balloon.
Herr Andree , who is to start for the
north pole in a balloon this coming
summer , has engaged M. Lachambre of
Paris to make it for a little over 2,000.
The material for the envelope will be
pongee de chine , a Chinese silk covered
with india rubber varnish , and so im
permeable that if the gas had no means
of escape but through the pores of the
cloth it would remain aloft in the at
mosphere for three years. The silk
will bo two-ply in the lower and three-
ply in the upper portion , and the net
work is to be covered with varnished
silk to keep snow from lodging in its
meshes. The balloon is to be proper
ly tried by actual ascents before the
aeronauts leave for Spitzbergen , from
the north of which they will start on
their bazai deus journey. . * '
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CHILDREN'S CORNER.
INTERESTING READING FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
The I.lttlo IMrknnliiny Strcngthuiiln ; ;
the Memory IJoinim Theaters , 1800
ISoth'B White Mouse Father IJorcy ' n
Witty Retort Cruel Truth.
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An' all de sparrers far an * near came
projickin' aroun * .
Between de leaves dey sharp black
eyes went blink-a-blink-a-blink ,
While pickaninny's fingers thrummed
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"Ker-plunk ker-plank
plink ! "
De great big yaller sun , lie climb de
ladder ob de sky ,
An' beckon to de hopper-grass an' lady
bugs ter fly.
"Hole on ! " dee cry , "ole Mas'r Sun , it
sholy can't be noon.
Jes res yo'self w'ile Pompey pl3y an
other liT chune. "
"Croak ! croak ! " de bull-frog holler ,
free de rushes on de bank ,
W'ile pickaninny's fingers thrum , "Ker
plunk ker-plink ker-plank ! "
An' , when de night am fallen , an' de
stars fill up de sky ,
Like liT golden raisins in a monstrous
big blue pie ,
Den Pompey he lie down ter sleep ; de
banjo on de floor ,
But , in de shadder-land he play more
sweetly dan before.
W'le jes outside , upon de tree , de owl
he sit an' think ,
"W'at kinder bird was dat I heard go
Tlinker plunker plink ? ' "
Sfrojjjjthoninir the Memory.
How to strengthen the memory is an
interesting question. I think the best
way is to use it constantly making
it serve you by giving definite facts and
events to carry , as a pack-horse might
on a journey. There are many phases
of the problem , some people finding
that they cannot fix dates in their
minds , others forgetting the faces and
names of friends , and others still hav
ing great trouble in committing any
thing by rote. Devices of rhymes and
associations help some persons , and
others simply depend on memoranda ,
and do not tax their memories at all.
As a rule , the more we give the mem
ory to do , however , the more quickly
and faithfully it will respond to our
wishes. In little children memory is
very retentive , because their minds are
at the stage when impressions are
easily made ; you know the line which
says that in childhood our minds are
"Wax to receive , and marble to retain. "
So that we should be very careful in
deed about what we say , what we do ,
and what we teach , where the dear lit
tle ones are concerned.
Some girls have a great deal of
trouble in remembering the rules of
syntax , the Latin conjugations , and the
pages of history which her teacher re
quires to be recited exactly as they are
in the book. Try the method of study
ing aloud. Go away by yourself to
commit your lessons to memory , and
then , over and over , slowly , carefully ,
with your mind and attention fixed on
what you are doing , read phrases , sen
tences and formulas , over and over , and
over and over , and by-and-by you will
have them by heart. I have often done
this when I have wished to learn a
hymn or a poem , and I know that hear
ing what one is studying assists the
mere seeing. Then having other people
ple in the room , talking and laughing ,
is very distracting to the attention. Try
my method , and report results. From
Harper's Round Table.
Jlfth'i White Mouse.
"I'm 'lected , " cried Beth , much out
of breath and much excited.
"On what ticket ? " asked-papa.
"Member of the children's choir at
the cathedral , " she answered proudly.
Then she flew to everyone in the house
and at last to tell Whiter , her latest
pet , a tiny white mouse.
She took a seat on the floor in front
of its cage , and took it out gently. "You
will be very glad when I tell you that
I'm going to sing in a lovely choir in
church , " she said very tenderly. "I
wish you could go with me to rehearsal
to-night and then you would know all
about it. Will you be very good if I
take you ? "
So it fell out that Whitey went to
the rehearsal in Beth's pocket , where
he lay quietly enough for a while.
It was quite dark in the body of the
great church , but the choir stalls were
brilliant with light.
Beth's mamma sat down with many
others who had come to St. Alban's to
listen to the new choir of girls and
boys.
The older members of the choir were
already in the back seats when Beth
went timidly forward to be placed
with the other children in the front
seats.
They all gazed intently at the black-
robed clergyman and precentor who
stood in front. Softly the organ played
"Oft in Danger , Oft in Woe , " while
they stood ready to sing. Then the
sweet voices rang through the great
church and , with her head thrown
back , her cheeks like crimson flowers ,
Beth forgot everything but her delight
in the musio.
The children in the front seat quite
forgot the precentor's warning not to
lean on the front of their seat , which
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themselves and the host said , with a J M
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one of them , when a broad grin spread H
over his good-natured face as he said : . * H
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Washington Star. He was asked to I B
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my bride and just fling in something B H
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down $2.50 , grinned , got red in the jM H
face , said "good morning" and van- |
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Next morning he read that "Mr. John |
R. Huckleberry requests us to say that ' bhbB
he is at the Gait house with his bride ; |
that he is a prominent member of |
the legislature of Indiana , and that he _ * - - MB
himself , personally , cares nothing ) * VMJB
about newspaper notoriety , but that 0 ' H
society note would be highly gratifying - |
ing to Mrs. Huckleberry. He added M
that he wanted fifty copies of the paper H
for distribution , to his constituents. " H
J Co man Theaters. IS ( JO. |
The theatrical entertainments were . ' a BH
very good and the cost of attending # * , |
them was exceedingly small. While in f > |
the leading theaters of London or |
Paris there is usually one great actor 2VMB
who overshado , " * " SwMH
or singer vs the rest of
the company , in Italy all the actors VMVfl
were more nearly on the same level. AwMB
Many an evening we have enjoyed aa H
Italian play or opera at the modest cost BwMH
of a lira ( ninepence-halfpenny ) . In the |
summer time , when the Apollo and the- | |
Valle were closed , the Correa was |
opened in the mausoleum of Augustus- : / | |
there was no roof to it but the sky. |
The performance began at 5 and ended H
at S or half-past. . * JbbB
The price of a chair in the pit was a - flH
lira , and there was no objection to a B
cigar. The last time we were there |
the play was Shake = paresRomeo an4 q H
Juliet. " The acting was excellent and |
the text of Shakespeare ; ranslated into |
Italian was closely followed. In the bhbB
Italian theaters" then you could for a - ' ' BbB
lira have seen Ristori and Salvini in * n |
the same plays as they performed in 9BBB
London , where gold had to be paid for BBbI
entrance. Chambers' Journal. H
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