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Presidential Possibility Whose Mod
est Explanation of His Rise In
Life Is I Only Tried
to Make Good
Copyright 100S by Tmlerwnod Under
wood X w York
JOHN A JOHNSON
the state is quite remarkable When I
first knew him he was running a coun
try newspaper in St Peter a village
of a couple of thousand people lie
was elected to the state senate and
made a dignified intelligent and inde
pendent senator
After detailing how his political op
ponents tried to defeat him for the
governorship by publishing the story
to the effect that Johnson allowed his
tfather to die in the poorhouse when the
fact was that John was but a small boy
when his unfortunate drunken father
died there and was working hard to
TWO VETERANS OF THE NAVY
Rear Admirals George W Melville and
Bowman H McCalla
Admiral McCalla recently made a
statement to the effect that with a
navy department under a civilian sec
retary and with eight different bureaus
run by civilian secretaries ruinous
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3R ADMIRALS BOWMAN n MCATLA AKD
GE015GC W MELVILLE lJErrilED
ntKi nm oulv what should be expect
ed These views he said lie had fre
quently expressed for twenty years
Sut not In criticism of any individual
Tribute of Minnesota Political Op
ponent He Has Nerve and
Tact He Is Not Aggres
sive but Firm
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hauling Tin washing
man
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in i n is
John A John
son governor of
Minnesota and
one of the pres
idential possibil
ities on the
D e in ocrati c
side In all that
lias been writ
ten about this
Interesting man of the northwest per
haps nothing serves to give so definite
an idea of the place lie occupies in
Minnesota politics as some impressions
conveyed in u recent letter from a lie
publican of the governors own state
to an eastern friend
This correspondent starts out with the
remark that it is hard to think of a
man whom he knows so closely as
Governor Johnson in connection with
the presidency and continues
But when I reflect on the situation
I see no reason why he would not be
a most available candidate or why if
he were elected he would not make a
very satisfactory president lie is
really an exceptionally good man and
everything about him is very cred
itable His public career lias been
very dramatic and his hold on the re
spect and affection of the people of
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help support his mother the Minnesota
correspondent continues
As governor Johnson has done very
well There really isnt very much for
a governor to do except be decent and
sensible address public gatherings and
represent the state on public occasions
Johnson has done all this with credit
He lias appointed good men to office
been sane and reasonable kept out of
trouble and from taking extreme posi
tions The state Is very proud of him
and I think has a right to bo He has
nerve and tact He is not aggressive
but he Is firm
This from a political opponent is
deemed a candid view of the man who
twice lias been elected governor of
Minnesota a strongly Republican state
on the Democratic ticket Governor
Johnsons first election may be explain
ed by the sad error of his opponents in
circulating the poorhouse story and that
about his mother taking in washing
When the voters of the state discovered
that the candidate had worked his way
up from the bottom of things and not
only that but had supported his mother
and several other little Johnsons they
elected him governor the Republican
party being split open to begin with His
second election appears to have result
ed from his good record as an exec
utive in addition to the story of his
early career Somebody once asked
Governor Johnson what he had done In
his office to make the people re elect
him
I only tried to make good he re
plied
Governor Johnson is forty six years
of age and a native of the town where
until three years ago he ran the St
Peter Herald
His parents
were natives of
Sweden The
governor is a
thorough Amer
ican hi all his
tastes and in
clinations
There has been
some tendency
toward describ
ing him as be
ing like Abra
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ham Lincoln in his earlier surround
ings but John Johnson poor as he
was had boyhood advantages of
which Lincoln never dreamed because
the latters early environment was
that of a pioneer in an illiterate book
less almost mauless wilderness John
Johnson had the advantage of the
towns public library which he used
faithfully during the years when he
clerked in a drug store Between sell
ing patent medicines and liver pads he
filled up the chinks with reading the
best authors
The governor is married Mrs John
son being a charming woman consider
ably younger than her husband In the
event of White House occupancy both
the governor and his wife would be
able to maintain the social dignity of
their sphores Governor Johnson
though decidedly a man of the people
does not resist dress suits and top hats
when social usages call for those ha
biliments
The admiral had two years of very
hard campaigning in China and the
Philippines Ad it was he who com
manded the navy relief expedition dur
ing the Boxer troubles It was during
the S impson Schley controversy that
he called on Schley one day and in the
course of conversation about the dis
pute then on remarked Isnt there
glory enough for all
The phrase in slightly altered form
was embodied by Schley in his report
and in that way it soon afterward be
came famous
Hear Admiral George W Melville
and Rear Admiral Bowman H McCal
la who have both been drawn into the
discussion over the condition of the
navy and the organization of the navy
department have had more than the
average number of stirring adventures
in the course of their long careers
Both are now on the retired list Ad
miral Melville is sixty nine and Ad
miral McCalla will in a short time be
sixty four
Melville who recently urged the pur
chase by America of the captured flag
of the American frigate Chesapeake
made n brilliant record in the civil war
and in 1S79 sailed with De Long on the
Jeannette in the ill fated arctic expedi
tion He commanded the boats crew
which escaped from the Lena delta
and later he led the expeditions which
recovered the bodies of De Long and
his companions Admiral Melville was
quoted by President Roosevelt in his
letter regarding the Rixey Brownson
episode and the command of the hos
pital ship Relief Question having
arisen as to where he stood in the
navy controversy Admiral Melville sent
a letter to a New York paper In which
he said that in a public address in 1S93
he finished his oration In the following
words
The navy of the United States In
its personnel and its material man for
man ton for ton and gun for gun has
not its superior on the face of the
globe
In his recent letter he declared
This was my opinion at that time
and I have never had reason to change
my opinion notwithstanding all the
newspaper reports to the contrary
SAVED BY THE MUD
Exciting Elephant Adventure In the
Heart of Africa
During a hunting trip in Africa A
Henry Savage Landor had a narrow
escape from two elephants which he
was stalking He had got to within
ten yards of the male elephant and
taking careful aim pulled the trigger
The story of what followed is told in
Mr Landors book Across Widest
Africa
The cartridge never went oD but un
fortunately nij kresh who relied on
the effectiveness of my weapon fired
at the same moment with his match
lock We were such a short distance
from the animal that he actually hit
him in the head I shall never forget
my surprise when the elephant lifted
Ills trunk skyward and in his fury
roared like thunder
A moment later the elephant with
his trunk extended dashed after us I
too with my useless rifle in my hand
having by that time acquired a high
rate of speed
Had I been running a race for the
worlds record I am sure I should have
won the prize It was amazing to me
how fast I could run as I confess my
blood turned perfectly cold when I
could feel the hoarse blowing trunk of
the elephant only a few rods behind
me and I expected every minute to be
crushed into a jelly
In that particular part of the country
these marshy plains areextraord y
sticky and slushy so the urn I
dashed into the grass at the i rd
breaking speed at which I was travel
ing my feet stuck in the soft and slushy
mud and I was precipitated with my
face and hands in the slush my rifle
sinking deep
This was the supreme moment of ap
prehension I said goodby to the world
and imagined myself dead No one
could have been more surprised than I
was when a reasonable time to be
killed in having elapsed I got up again
and perceived the elephant a few yards
off cantering away in the opposite di
rection
nis back view was a great relief to
me He had come to within two or
three yards of where I had fallen and
having himself sunk in the soft mud
had turned around and struggled away
leaving big circular footmarks regular
holes four or five feet deep in the mud
GOLD MADNESS
A Passion For Literally Reveling In
the Yellow Metal
A singular passion for literally revel
ing in gold is exhibited now and then
by men who have suddenly become
rich Some years ago a London jour
nalist who had speculated in railroad
stocks netted fr000 as the result of a
lucky venture Drawing it in gold the
fortunate man repaired to a hotel emp
tied the bags of gold in the bed and
went to sleep literally in the sands of
Pactolus The man was so crazed by
his good fortune that lie found inde
scribable pleasure in reveling in a
golden bath
Paganini the violinist when he re
ceived the proceeds of his concerts he
insisted upon being paid in gold used
to Avash his hands in sovereigns
A French novelist Soulie wrote a
book entitled The Memoirs of the
Devil It took The publishers paid
him for the first volume 10000 in gold
The author carried the gold to his bed
room poured it into a footbath and en
joyed for half an hour the excitement
of moving his feet to and fro in a bath
of gold coins smoking meanwhile the
biggest of Havanas
A Boston merchant of great wealth
believing certain symptoms indicated
that he would become insane consulted
a specialist and under his advice be
came an inmate of a private asylum
For twelve years there his recreation
was piling up gold coins and then
knocking them over At times he
washed his hands in gold eagles and
half eagles At the end of the long se
clusion he returned to his counting
room and in twelve months confirmed
the thoroughness of his recovery by
amassing 300000 St Louis Republic
An Effective Stage Speech
Signor Grasso the actor who is
looked upon as one of the glories of
Italy made an effective response to
the enthusiasm of an Argentine au
dience after a performance Advanc
ing to the front of the stage he drew
from his pocket a letter
This letter he said is from my
mother in Catania She is eighty years
of age Then as his eyes moistened
he added I cannot thank you as I
would but I feel that I should like to
embrace every one of you as I embrace
the page on which my mother has sign
ed her name The enthusiasm of the
audience was transformed to delirium
Paris Cor London Mail
Different Stars
An Auld Kirk man was being
shown through the new United Pres
byterian church in a town in the west
of Scotland Gazing at the stars paint
ed on the ceiling he inquired their
meaning
Oh was the reply you know
what the book says He made the
stars also
Weel observed the man ye ken
the differ between your kirk and oors
Its this ye hae your stars on the
ceilin and weve oors in the poolpit
Her Sweet Friend
Miss Elder The idea of his pretend
ing that my hair was gray Miss Pep
peryRidiculous Miss Elder Wasnt
it though Miss Peppery Yes Just
as if youd buy gray hair Exchange
She Knew a Good Thing
Mistress Bridget I hope the baker
sent us fresh macaroons today Bridg
etYes maam They wuz grand
They wuz that good I ate them ivery
wan New York Times
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
CiiuibTiAN Bible school at 10 a m
V P S C E at 7 p m All are wel
come to those services
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sormon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
Wu J IviitwiN O M 1
13 apt st Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching sorvico at 1100 a in Even
ing service at 800 13 Y P U at 7 p in
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Burton Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
in Sunday school at 10 a m All
are welcome to those services Cole-
bration of the Holy Communion at the
morning sorvico
E R Earle Kector
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8
p m Subject Are Sin Disease and
Death Real Meetings hold in the
Diamond block Room open Wednes
days and Saturdays from 2 to 4 p ni
Science literature on sale
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p
m by Rev G G Noyce of Tronton
Junior C E at 3 pm Senior C E
at 7 p ni Prayer meeting every Wed
nesday at 8 The public is cordially
invited to these services
G B Hawkes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Sermons by pastor at 11 and 8 Morn
ing subject I have Kept the Faith
Evening When the Majority was
Wrong Junior League at 4 Epworth
League at 7 Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 9 pm You are wel
comed and made glad at this church
Sunday school every Sunday in South
McCook at 3
M B Carman Pastor
May Result in a Reunion
Peoria 111 April 3 James Elli
son who twenty years ago lived at
Curtis Neb disappeared from home
and was thought to be dead until this
afternoon when he appeared in court
as if from the grave to testify as to
his own identity and stop the proceed
ings brought by his former wife to re
cover on a mutual life insurance policy
which he assigned to her before their
seperation Ellison went to Canada
bun although his wife got a divorce
from him live years ago after he loft her
ho continued to pay the premium en
the insurance policy and corresponded
with her at different times Ho discon
tinued the payments ton years ago
On tho stand in court this afternoon
his wife now Mrs William Gray had
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just admitted that sho possibly would
not know Ellison if she saw him
Thon just look at this man said
Attorney J A Weil for tho Mutual
Life Insurance company which was
defending the suit Sho turned around
and nearly fainted when sho saw hor
former husband Their threo daught
ers and son were in tho court room
and thoro was a pathetic family re
union Mrs Grays socond marriage
also resulted in separation It is
thought likely that sho and hor former
husband will marry and rosumo tho
romance broken up in 1888
The Next Duty
What is my next duty What Is
the thing that lies nearest to me
to everyday history
That belongs your
tory Xo one can answer that ques
tion but yourself Your next duty is
just to determine what your next duty
is Is there nothing you neglect Is
there nothing you know you ought not
to do You would know your duty if
you thought in earnest about It and
were not ambitious of great things
Ah then responded she I sup
pose it Is something very common
place which will make life more dreary
than ever That cannot help me
It will if it be as dreary as reading
the newspapers to an old deaf aunt It
will soon lead you to something more
Your duty will begin to comfort you at
once but will at length open the un
known fountain of life in your heart
George Macdonald
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