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MAINE'S ' POLITICAL GIANTS J
An Attnosphoro Oondnciva to the Develop
ment of Brainy Men ,
SOME FAMOUS LEADERS IN CONGRESS
nt Hnniillinl Iliiinlln AVIio
Pcm-rr * In TUrlr luj Huc-
ccKolvc liomlcrnlilii nt KPNMCII-
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( CopyrlRhtect , 18 ! > , by S. S. McCluro. Mmlt d. )
Mnlno IB the youngest of the states cast
ot the Allegheny mountains. Although ono
ot the New England group , yet some of Its
sons who have been of great nnd recent In
fluence In public affnlra were young men
when the Maine province of Massachusetts
became the state of Maine. At ono ot the re
ceptions In the closing days of President
Hayes' administration two men mot with
cordtat greeting. One wag tall , swarthy nnd
smooth-shaven , whoso large dark eyes
twinkled with humorous suggestion na ho
chatted with the other , -who * ; attenuated
figure and white locks Indicated physical ago
that his bright eyes sjcmcd to belle. Years
before , these two , as yuung politicians nnd
budding statesmen of the new state of Maine ,
had llrst met each other upon the stump a
opposing candidates tor congress from ono
of the Maine districts. That was at the be
ginning of President Tyler's administration ,
forty yearo before the meeting at the white
house reception In the winter of 1SS1.
Kach of these sons of Maine had made an
enviable record slnco that early day. Ono ,
the d < irk-sklniied , heavy-framed man , had
served as member of the houre with Lincoln ,
had been thrice named senator , once elected
governor of Maine , had become vice president
of the United States when Lincoln was first
president and was still to round out a politi
cal career ao mlnlt'tcr ' to Spain from the
United States. The other , after n brief term
In congress , had become a mill of great Influence
fluenco In the government of the Hawaiian
Islands , and was sent to represent that king
dom as minister to the United States , serv
ing In that post for so many years that he
became at last the dean ot the diplomatic
corps , and died In the very moment of diplo
matic service , for ho fell smitten In an In
stant , nt the first reception given by Presi
dent Arthur. That was Ellsha Allen the
other Hannibal Hnmlln.
MUST BE RECKONED WITH.
Something In the atmosphere of Maine
develops not merely skillful politicians , but
men with whom the greater politicians of
the country have always found It necessary
to reckon while planning the great game of
politics. That Influence , whatever It Is ,
stimulated the 'young Blalno to a wonderful
development of his powers within two years
after ho went to Maine to live. What
Blalne's career would have been , had ho re
mained In his native state , Pennsylvania , or
settled , as ho once thought ot doing , In the
Ohio valley , has always been a topic of In
teresting conjecture to his friends as It
sometimes was to himself. That his ability
sooner or later would have blossomed seas
as greatly to distinguish him none of those
who knew him well over doubted. They did
sometimes suspect that his growth would
'have been slower. As It was , at 24 ho was-a
teacher of the blind In Philadelphia , whereas
at 26 he was a delegate from Maine to the
flrst national convention ot me rcpuuncan
party , at 27 member of the state legisla
ture , and before ho- was 30 the directing
manager ot the republican organization of
Maine.
Something In the history , the social con
dition , the Intellectual activity of Maine ,
stirred him mentally , oven before he bad
goneto the state to live. In his very early
manhood , when ho went with his wife to
her Augusta home for tbe vacation season ,
ho found keen pleasure In reading : the story
of the state , nnd learning of the achieve
ments of the people. When he took charge
of the weekly newspaper In Augusta he knew
Malno better than he did Pennsylvania.
Then , too , he flrst came In personal touch
with politics of the higher sort , that whlc'.i
Is of moral Influence , and he then knew that
the politicians of Malno were able success
fully to match themselves with those of older
or richer states. It happened that Just as
Blalno became a citizen of Maine the convul
sion which shattered the whig
party nnd brought the republi
can out of the chaos that fol
lowed whig disruption , was at Its height.
The crisis was at hand. Webster had said
In Boston threa years before , "If you break
up thei whig party , where am I to go ? "
and many persons thought that plaintive plea
an argument for the preservation ot the whig
party. The Maine politicians were not of
that opinion. Hannibal Hamlln was a
United States senator , elected as a democrat.
The torller democracy flourished In the state
of Maine , nnd Hamlln was a leader In that
faith. On itho slavery Issue he parted with
It. That the state might bo swung Into the
line for the new party. Senator Hamlln ac
cepted Che nomination for governor nnd ,
as wns expected , brought to his support many
of his party. When by this choice Maine , In a
September election , had pointed the way
that the now party was to take , then the eyes
ot the country were fixed upon that far-away
ata e , and from It 'they ' have never been
wholly averted. Governor Morrlll , also , by
me onuB ? 01 leinperauc ? , us uau uumuiuu
says , passed over from the democratic to
the. republican party. All this was able pol-
'ttlos and Its Influence touched every young
man of good abilities In the state.
Besides , an older generation was teaching
Impressive lessons. Nathan Clifford , a very
able Jurist , after service In the national
house ) of representatives , had been appointed
associate Justice of the supreme court. George
Evan ? , almost forgotten now , as Is often the
lot of able , public men , after serving ns
United States senator , sharing a /'national
renown with Webster , Clay nnd Calhoun , "
wna attorney general- the state. Ot him
Hannibal Hamlln once tald : "I have seen
all the great me-n of my generation. I have-
served In public life with many of , them ,
and I may pay that the Judgment of my old
ngo'U Mint none among them was superior
In mental power to George Evans. "
THE WASHBURNS.
The Waahburn family , five sons , each of
whom gained national repute , parceling
among them , In flno proportion , governor
ships , aenatorshlpa ani } cabinet posts , wore
of thla Maine training , and , except the
youngest , of the earlier generation of public
men. Before the stormy political days ot
the dying whig party two young men of
Mnlne had gained national repute for ex
traordinary mental gifts. Jonathan Cllloy's
name has passed Into tradition because the
ffltnl hltllftt In thn ne > Adlo 3 duel foueht
Graves caused a tragedy which shocked tu ?
country. But to his colleagues In the house
of representatives It seemed that Cllloy's
promise of great achievement In public life
was comparable with that suggested by only
two or three others.
Sargeant S. Prentlsg , of whom Wendell
PMHIpH once said , "I have meltoj beneath
the magnetism of Sargeant S. Prentlss , who
wielded a power few men had , " and whose
triumphs .of oratory In the national house
wcro such as were roierved for few mon to
gain , received his early Inspiration In his
native state , Maine , although his profei-
alonal llfo was almost wholly passed In
Mississippi. So there were even In the ,
earliest days of Its statehood great Jurist * ,
able politicians , brilliant orators , true states
men ; but It was with the establishment of
the republican party that Maine's greater In
fluence was obtained.
When Blalne entered congrcai he had as
associates James Pike , who had been an able
Journalist , Sidney Perham , afterward gov
ernor , while- the Portland district had In
Lynch a representative whose ability com
manded high regard. But towering above
thpse , above * nearly all lilt colleogueB , was
'Wlllani Pitt Feisentten , one of the few
chocin ones of the war days , wlios abilities
and eervlce ore to keep hla name familiar.
A member of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet was
, onca ai'lteil who. In his opinion , ws the
ablest member cf either IIOUPO of congress
during Mr. Lincoln's flrst administration.
Without ft moment's hesitation he said , "All
In all , William Pitt Fessenden had , perhaps ,
the greatest Intellectuil power of any of
them. His mental depth and accuracy
were marvelous. He was a constructive
atttearatn of the highest order and a finance
minister of tbe rarest ability. Hli * hat-
tcrod health alone prevented an tdmlnlstri-
tlon of the Treasury department that prob
ably would have compared with Hamilton's.1'
Fesscnden's career and example were of
extraordinary Influence upon Iho young men
ot Milne who were Just beginning public
life , as he , worn by tbo Insidious illieara
which he contracted from an cpen sewer In
the capltol , wan lowly but trjrely passing
a way.
There wcro several of them. Blalno had
been brought Into Intimate relations with
Senator Fessenden s ear.ly as 1856. Yet
Hlalno did not subordinate himself en-
llrcly lo the great senator. For while a
majority of the republicans of Maine , like
the great masse * of the party In the cas > t ,
favored the nomination of William H ,
Scward for the presidency In 1860 , Blalne
baked upon Lincoln es Iho stronger candi
date , It not the stronger man. It was In
part dun to his Influence that six votes from
the Maine delegation were cast for Lincoln ,
on Influence which In some dcgrco made
that nomination possible.
BLAINE TO THE FRONT.
When Fessenden died Blalno becatno not
only prc-emlncht among the leaders In the
state of Maine , but ho also at that very
time was chosen , when only 39 years of
age , to the second office of power In the
government the spcakershlp of the house.
It was then pointed out as an Interesting co-
Incldcncn that with the passing away of
the most powerful Intellect In cither house
of congrcsu there had come to extraordinary
honors perhaps the most brilliant man In
cither houve , both of them being sons of
Maine.
Blalno was not long to absorb , although
bo was sure always to command In great
part the Interest aroused by the public men
ot Maine. He had ono remarkable ex
perience of early association with what waste
to bo later greatness , There came to the
Maine capital to report the sessions of the
legislature for a newspaper a young man
whoso political faith was not that of Mr.
Blalnti's. Blalno was himself reporting
that legislature for his own paper , and the
two young reporters were In friendly rivalry ,
neither dreaming of the career that was
before them. After that legislature was
adjourned the reporters parted , not to meet
again until thirty years had passed. Then
Sir. Blalno , ox-secretary of ptato and de
feated candidate for the presidency , met In
the now chief Justice of the wiprome court
of tbo United States him who In old days
had been the rival newspaper reporter of
tlio Maine legislature.
There cnmc to the Maine legislature two
yount ; men , when Mr. Blilne was early In
congress. One served as assistant clerk of
the house ; tfio other had gained wide repute
for p&wors of oratory , as well as for political
fiklll and the promise of statesman-like quali
ties Eugene Hale and William P. Frye. In
those early days of his caresr Mr. Frye was
esteemed by many persons as an orator who
had upon the stump much of Blalne's force
and charm. Ho was already well known In
Now England as ? a brlllant c-impalgner , as
well as an able lawyer , when his district > 3nt
him to congress. Blalne ha ? wld that It Is
essential for success In the IIOUEO that a rep
resentative enter It before he has passed his
fortieth birthday. Frye wns four years
younger than that when ho took the oath.
Mr. Halo , differing In many wnys from Mr. ,
Frye , like him had the power to command
Influence. Ho wns not esteemed the orator
that Fryo was thought to bo , but be had
many personal graces and unusual polltleil
tact , and he. too , while still a young man ,
was chosen to represent hlsi district In con
gress. Within a term they commanded re
spect' ; within another such Influence as placed
them among the leaders of their party upon
the floor of the housre. They were often
wiled Elaine's lieutenants. They were more
than that , for although Blalno leaned with
perfect confidence upon them , yet they com
manded i by their1 own abilities Influence
thereby outside ot and beycnd any that the
sneaker's favor might secure for them.
Therefore during Blalno'a second and tnira
term as speaker It was a common thing to
hear men say , "Maine directs the house of
representatives. " In a proper sense that
opinion was correct. Both Hale and Frye
wore ready debaters ; Halo polished , courte
ous , his shafts coated with polite veneer ;
Fryo aggressive , earnest , quick , Impetuous.
But their devotion to committee work , their
singular aptitude for self-possession In such a
turbulent body as the house ot representa
tives 'is , brought them to be with Garflold
leaders upon the republican side.
Hale afterward might have served
In a cabinet post had he been
Inclined to glvo up parliamentary life. Frye
would have In all probability been chosen
speaker of the house In 1881 hart he not
a few months earlier been elected senator
from Maine. Mr. Hale had been elected to
the senate as the successor of Hannibal
Hamlln , and Mr. Frye to the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Blalno that
ho might enter Garfield's cabinet as secre
tary of state. _
THE RISE OF DINGLEY.
When Garflold was elected United States
senator from Ohio In the winter of 1880 ,
common opinion'pointed to Frye as pre
eminently Indicated as the leader of his
party In the house. He was already spoken
of with confidence as the next speaker In
cat-a the republicans galned | a majority of
the members at the next election. Such
majority was secured , nnd undoubtedly
Maine would again have won the honor of
the spenkershlp had Frye remained In the
bouso.
When Fryo went to the senate many
of his old associates of the "house said ,
"Oh , his district will not send another
rke > him , " and when upon the meeting of
congress a small , quiet man went forward to
take the oath as Frye's successor , the old
members eyed him curiously as though It
were almost an assurance for him to hope
to maintain the Influence that district had
secured.
He had been , H was true , wuue stiu a
young man , governor of Maine , but that
might not count for much. So far as ag
gressive leadership Is concerned the doubtIng -
Ing members were correct. The new mem
ber hod no conspicuous capacity of that
sort , but In Intellectual force he was soon
recognized as the equal of any ot his col
leagues nnd the other day he was named
leader of the house , by virtue of his post
as chairman of the committee on ways and
means. Of him It has been said by those
who have had long service with him In the
house that "Governor Dlngley Is one of the
ablest mon who ever sat .In congress. " Thus
Malno again assumes , through Its representa
tive , the leadership of tbe house , as she
does Its executive direction through her con
spicuous son , who Is Its speaker.
BLAINE TO FRYE FRYE TO REED.
It Is Bald by those who have thought about
the political servlco of. this state that it Is
an extraordinary thing that since the be
ginning of- the first administration of Grant
whenever the republican party has controlled
the lower house of congress the representa
tives from Malno have In larger measure
than those from any other state been of
conspicuous Influence In that body. Out of
the ten years since 18G9 that the republicans
were In majority in the bouse of representa
tives Malno has had the spcakershlp eight
years and would have possessed It In all
nrnhnhllllv for all ten vearo had Mr. Frvo
not retired from the house.
Mr. Blalne bos been thought to rank with
Clay and one or two others who w.er4 deemej
Ideal speakers. Yet Mr. Reed In his ulnglo
term as speaker focused to himself perhaps
greater public Interest , at least upon one
momentous occasion , than any other speaker
over secured. The succession of the leader
ship wont by state heritage from Blalne to
Frye and from Frye to Reed. And the
extraordinary coincidence unparalleled In the
history of the country Is now established ,
that Maine In the person of a speaker of the
house presented one candidate for the presi
dential nomination , pre-eminent among all
otter candidates , and thin after an Interval
of twenty years , and at the flrt opportunity
It could be dons presents In the person of
another speaker a candidate for the nomina
tion who stands forth conspicuous among
all other candidates. DANIEL STRONG.
A CUTIJ rilOI'OSAI , .
A Cincinnati girl , up to leap year date ,
made her proposal aa follows In a letter con
taining various bows of ribbon ;
Dearest Friend , ,
If you are tame other girl a fellow ,
Send me back this bow of yellow.
If of me you sometimes think.
Bend mo back Ihla bow of pink.
If to mo your heart Is true.
Send me back thla bow of blue.
If to me your heart Is dead ,
Bend me back this bow of red.
If for me there la no hope.
Bend me back thla heliotrope.
If you want me for your wife.
Bend me buck , thla bow of white.
RAILROADS H FAIR FRANCE
Government Guarantees Holders of Stock a
Dividend.
ONLY TWO LINES YIELD A PROFIT
StncUlinlilcrx nnil I lie ( iovrrnnieiil
AVorlf ToKcllirr Wn fii 1'nlil
KniltlnrcN Conrlrxy of Hull.
ronil Ofllolnln.
( CVipyrlRht , JW. by 8. S. McCIurp. Limited. )
"Chemln do Per du Nord" Is the name of
the railway that runs from Paris down to the
Kngllsh channel. Near the coast the road
forks. One leg of the "Y" going to Calais ,
connects with the boats of the London.
Chatham & Dover railway , the other touchIng -
Ing at Rologne , Interchanges traffic with the
Ixmdon & Southeastern. Thus , feeding from
both sides , as It were , like n steam thresher ,
the "Iron road of the north" gets about all
the business coming Into Franco from Eng
land. This property la controlled by the
Rothschilds , Is well managed , and Is the only
railway In France that pays more than
operating expensas In a legitimate
way. There Is another road pointing out
toward the Pyrenees that pays , but not as
the Nerd pays.
Because a sick and suffering child , mis
erable In mind and body , had a vision of the
Virgin Mary In a grotto , at Lourdcs they
built a chapel there , and hundreds of people
ple went thcro to worship. The sleepy
old town grew like a mining camp and In
time another child , with a bandage on .her
foot , dipped her'wounded member In the
spring at the grotto , removed the rag and
found the sere had' healed. Thus another
miracle was recorded. Three years ago
Zola went with the regular pilgrimage and
wrote a book , but Instead of discouraging
tbe falthfnl or reducing the number of
visitors the story Zola told , seems to have
had the opposite effect , for last year thousands -
sands of sufferers and'Chauncey Depew went
to Lourdes , and that's why the Southern
railway pays a dividend now , which It failed
to do before little Bernadette related her
dream.
dream.HELPED
HELPED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
The railways of France are not owned and
operated by the government , as they are In
Germany , nor by stockholders , as they are In
England , but by both. When you buy a
railway ticket In Franco 12 per cent of what
you pay for that ticket goes directly to the
government. For this the state guarantees
a reasonable Interest on the- money actually
Invested in building and equipping the road.
At ithe end of the year If the road has run
behind and failed to earn expenses ( and they
Invariably do fall with the exceptions nl- ,
ready noted ) the stockholders do not apply I
for a receiver ; the government simply steps
In , mokes good the shortage and the same
officials continue to do business at the old
stand. Ono would naturally suppose that ,
being thus secure In their places , the officials
would become arrogant. Icy and unapproach
able , but they are.tho most obliging , genial
railway officials oh earth. The secretary ,
whoso office corresponds with our general
manager's , I remember , of two of the biggest
and best roads In Franco , stood up and
bowed to me when I entered and then sat
down and chatted as pleasantly as though
I had been an ambassador. They are deeply
Interested In all that Is going on In the
American railway world , and men are kept
to translate "whatever Is written by Ameri
cans ot the railways over hero.
If , by any streak ol good luck , such us
has * como to the line to Lourdes ; a railway
begins ito earn more than operating expenses
making up Oo pay1 rail la h-ird to under
stand. Flrrt therp , Ini a fixed wlary for
train and englncmen , , n.l what one receives
above that amount depends upon the mile
age made and npo'h1 Ih'e time It has taken
to make that mllrWiil In addition to all
this there Is a im'aJJ premium on economy
In oil and fuel ana upon the care of the
locomotive , rolling1' st&Vk or other property
In the employes' o ro , The pay ot an en-
glno driver runs from $6S to $83 a month.
Firemen earn from J45 to S.10 < i month.
Conductors get frorh1 J30 to 350 a month.
It would bo haWkr railway employes
here to understand1 how a man can bo per
fectly contented to flvo i locomotive four or
five years for } 40 and $50 $ , or how an engine-
driver can ba perfdctly happy nt $ S5 a month ,
t landing on n Peatlcss. dablepj engine through
the long blltpr cold winter night ? nnd
'
northern Franco ly a's cold as northern New
York. French employes do not require
tug much In the way of comforts of life
as Americans do. Your Frenchman with
four sous worth of bread and cheese and five
cons worth of sour wine will make n meil.
His three mcaln n day will not copt him
more than .10 cents , while an American In a
similar capacity payu 35 cent ? a meal. Delnrj
accustomed to the cold the Frenchman
sleeps In a flrclerj room and look * for nothing
better. In fhcrt , with half the wages and
none ot the com foils ho manages to be
about twice ns happy as the average rail
way employe In America.
Except In cases of grosa carelessness or
drunkenness on duty nn employe Is seldom
discharged iinlcrj thci charges made against
him are well fjstnlnc.t after thorough Inves
tigation during which ho Is allowed ample
cppoVtunlty to defend his cause. The manage
ment , as a rule , doea not consider the
organization of employes as detrimental to
the service. On the contmry , sach organlra-
tlon la rather encouraged than otherwise
S3 long as the object 'is inutual aid , but they
i , ' )
FRENCH ENGINE DRIVER AT WORK. ; ; .
fight hard against , the formation of any
thing of a political 'nature.
I MANY PORTERS' AND LITTLE WORK.
[ ' One Is surprised atitha army of Idle porters ,
who .do the work gf offlco boys , bu ( they are
all big grown up'men and It takes at least
i a half dofcetl of them1 to do thci work usually
.dono by' a bright boy In this country. Even
at the i entrance to , the shops or yards you
' will find a closed'gate , a llttle.'offlce or bu
reau , ) as'they ' cMl u ; oiid'a half'UoVo'h ' nien ,
j ' .half police and half porters , In charge of this
gate. Just outside the office of the director
of ono of the largo railways I saw eight big ,
round faced , clip-headed porters seated at
a long table waiting to take In the. card of
any visitor who might call. Ono of them
took my card and passed It up to the man
who appeared to bo the chief. That Indi
vidual , s.hot ' a few sharp glances at me and
directed' one of the men to "throw me In"
on a siding while he nubmltted niy card tea
a number of under clerks. Presently a young
man came out and said In nn embarrassed
way that he was afraid zat zc secretary could
not seeme. .
"Give this to him , . " said I , . "and let him
decide the matter , " and I handed the clerk
j a letter from the United States embassy. In
1 less than two minutes I wag In the presence
of the director , who stood up to receive me.
It's the same everywhere. My embarrass
ment always ends when I set past the type
writer nnd the office boy.
RAILROAD MEN- ARE PENSIONED.
Ono of the meat Interesting features In
the management of the railways In Franco
Is the system of retiring pensions In vogue
on some of the large railways. AH "com
missioned employes , " as they are called ,
which Includes all staff officers , men em
ployed In the transportation and locomotive
departments and on permanent way , are en
titled to a retiring pension when they reach
the age of B5 years or Jiavo served ther com
pany a quarter of'ol century. The amount
of the pension depend ! ) upon the average
pay drawn by the employe , but Is never less
than COO nor mere' than 000 francs a year.
If an employe Is compelled by any' mlsfor-
TUB JUNCTION AT THE "Y. "
and Interest on the money Invested , tbe sur
plus goes to the state to make iood what baa
been advanced to the railway company ,
In return for alt It guarantees to the rail
ways the government reserves the right ,
In caio of war , to take poiseaslon of all rail
ways , rolling stock and official * , at a mo
ment's notice. With a touch of the key the
president ot Franca can make a colonel ot
the superintendent , a captain of the chief
do Bare , and soldiers of the section men.
As the officials tire InUreited In the man
agement of American railways , no are the
employe ! Interested In the it niggles and
tribulations of the rallwiy employes In the
United States , They read closHy and dls-
cusa hotly all that goes on over- here , and
during tbe Pullman strike at' Chicago that
was ono of the matters regularly discussed
at the meetings of La Fraternelle.
Thla organization IB tbe oldest and strongest
In the republic , having a fund of 15,000,000
francs. A rival organization has been formed
lately , but It more of a politic-it order and
doei not amount to much. La Fraternelle
It an organization eomewbat similar to tbe
American Railway union , admitting to mem
bership all claisoi of railway employes and
Including among Its number * many prominent
offlcUla. They have very few strikes among
the employee In France the mon appear
to bo very well wtlaflod , and to feel se
cure In their places. Thla Is due mainly
to tbe kindness of the officials , Englnemen
are especially optlmlitlc at all times , since
it is tbe rule In Franco to choose all offi
cials of the locomotive department from
among the men , no there It the eternal
spring of hope to encourage them.
HOW RAILROAD WEN AUB PAID ,
system employed by tbe French in
tune to leave tbOi&ivlco > , or la "forced to
retire"- after having ) served fifteen or twenty
years , ho recelv ! . , a rqtlrlng pension ; but In
that cane It Is never rhore than < 50 nor less
than 300 francs. H'iKii
A , widow Is entlUftl to one-half the
pension of her husband provided the mar-
rlago took place two years previous to the
husband's death. This aeems a hard rule ,
but it Is necessa/r.oi am told , to cuaril
against enterprising } ' , ? PnS widows who are
wont to spring up unexpectedly and como
weeping around tffo6Vave ) ' of a dead pen
sioner. Somotlnie jtf he ( Woman came alone ,
sometimes leading Ji. lUtlo child whom the
relative * ot the dead man bad never seen.
You can kick a' bruWrilnap and get a widow
anywhere In Francet'
To provide for ti ) ) # retiring pension fund
3 per cent of the wages of each employe la
retained , to which' * the company adds an
amount equal to 12 , per cent of tbe wages.
In other words , four-flfthi of the fund Is
contributed by the- company , A very Im
portant rule to the employes In one pro
viding that In caop & servant severs hia
connection with the , , road , even If be la
dismissed by the company before bo ha *
served long enough to be entitled to a pen
sion , all the money bo baa contributed to tbe
pension fund IB returned to bint with In
terest. Day laborers who do not contribute
to the pension fund have no uhare , but
they are not forgotten by the company. If
they have served fifteen year * they receive
a retiring pension equal to one-half tbe
amount received by commissioned em
ployes. Tb.li fund IB provided almost en
tirely by tbe railway company.
Thoie who have served but a short time ,
If overtaken bjr any serious trouble aru
usuilly careil for In the * smo way by the
management , and all thl ? tend * to make the
employes appreciate what they have and
strive to held their places or gain belter
places with belter w.i ; es. Wry friendly
arc the relations ot the ra'Innys lo the
press and the pros * to the railway * . Passes
arc given more freely , If anything , to repu
table Journalists than they are In America.
A great many political men , Including ex-
members of Parliament , nro considered to
be entitled to permanent passes. Two va-
r'ctlcj ot the French politician Invariably
refuse free transportation , the man who Is
extremely conscientious and afraid ot his
Job , and the fellow who Is only acting to
fool the people. These good souls either
pay fare or walk. CY WAR.MAN.
COXM'IIIAMTIHS.
L. W. Dennian , aged 72 , nnd Miss Martin
Eaiijlleen , aged 21 , were wedded at Hennes
sey , Okl. , last wee * .
The unusual event ot n double marriage-
which a mother nnd n daughter were the
parties occurred In Brooklyn on Wednesday
of last week. The brides were Elizabeth
Davenport Miller and her daughter , Miss
Carolyn Alice Miller , and the respective
bridegrooms were David R. Underbill of
Brooklyn and David P. Ycaly of Philadelphia ,
Miss Mary Quay , the swnet nnd pretty
daughter ot Matthew Stanley Quay , Penn
sylvania's statesman and politician , \\lllFoon
bj Mrs. Louis R. Davidson. The announce
ment that the wedding Is to take place on
January 29 came ns a big surprlp ; to the
young lady's friends and society generally
In Washington. Mr. Davidson Is n success
ful young business man of Beaver , Pa.
Pastor Schneider of New York , who mar
ries all the east side girls and their young
men , has Just finished figuring up the num
ber of ceremonies he performed In IS95 , nnd
has found the total to bo 730. This Is a
record of records , for It beats anything
that Pastor Schneider ever did before In the
mnrrvlnw linn , nnil Vnt fnr the HASt flVO
years he has held the marrying record In
New York City.
Sanford Mclntyre of Crawfordsvlllc. Intl. ,
a bridegroom of two weeks , Is In Jail on a
charge of larceny. For n year past Mcln-
tyro .has been engaged In wholesale chicken
stealing. He had n covered wagon , pe
culiarly adapted to his business , and admits
that several of his recent nll-nlght expedi
tions have netted from twenty to thirty
drzEii fowls. Mclntyre returned from a wed
ding trip taken upon revenues derived from
stolen pullets.
William Hendrlckson. the young San Fran
cisco millionaire , admired Miss Wlletta H.
RpWnson of Seattle for her bravery when she
captured a burglar In the Hotel Savoy , San
Francisco. The steps between admiration
and adoration were not many , and now they
are to be married. Miss Robinson Is not
onlv beautiful , but highly accomplished and
nn heiress. She Is the daughter of sirs. l.
A. GaiTey , who Is one ot the heirs of the
late William Renton , a millionaire lumber
man of Port Blakely , Wash.
Miss Belle Mulhall Is regarded the most
claralcally beautiful and most supremely for
tunate young woman In St. Louis. She Is
now the center of all talk In the swagger
circles by reason of the announcement that
she is to marry August Belmont of New
York , Just before the beginning- the
Lenten season. Miss Mulhall Is not long
from the boarding school and became a con
spicuous figure some time since , when It
was told In the town that she had been the
model for John Wilton Cunningham's famous
mural scene In the Planters' hotel. She Is
tall , slender , with dark hair and splendid
eyes. Mr. Belmont has conducted his suit
with the lavlshness of n prince , nnd the the
ater nnd dinner parties under his patron
age have set a now pace for the members
ot the St. Louis four hundred. The mar
riage will take place early In February.
The most unique organization In Carlyle ,
III. , Is the Bachelor Girls' club , a society to
take a leading part In the- social entertain
ment of the bachelors or uariyie. THIS CIUD
Is composed of the most prominent young
ladles of the city , and was espe tally organized
for the year 1896 , for the purpouo of showIng -
Ing the- young men their ability as enter
tainers. A leap year ball Is to be given , for
which the girls are making the most elaborate
preparations , nnd Intend to make the beaux
Of the town ashamed of themselves for the
Indifferent efforts they have mafle heretofore
at entertaining their lady friends. They will
call for the' boys In carriages , thereby set
ting an example that It Is hoped will be
followed. The members of this club also In
tend ere long to glvo a minstrel show , the
proceeds to go to some charitable purpose.
In fact. It Is their Intention to ba on the
aggressive during the entire year and lead
In everything pertaining to social enjoyment.
IMI'IKTIES.
When the congregation had settled down
and finished coughing the minister arose
in the pulpt ! , nnd Instead of beginning the
regular sermcn he Informed his dearly beloved -
loved that he was contemplating a change.
He had received a call to another church , he
explained , and although the salary con
nected with ) the new position would be
greater than that which his present con
gregation was pleased to give him he had
not decided to accept the call.
"My heart Is with my old charge , " he
went on to say , "and I am greatly disposed
to look , beyond this world's goods to the
greater return which comes from duty well
done. The congregation to which I am
called Is a wealthy one. It Is true , and the
emoluments will bo Increased. But I shall
pray for light before deciding. All week I
shall pray for light that I may better see
the way , and on next Sabbath f will an
nounce my decision. "
During the week one of the congregation
met tbe minister's small and Incorrigible
boy on the street and asked :
"Tommy , do you know whether or not
your father h < fs decided to leave us 'and go
away ? "
Tommy thought a few minutes and then
"Well. I don't know. Pop's still prayln'
for light , but most of the things Is packed. "
After the now minister had delivered his first
sermon In the Presbyterian church of a lit
tle Washington town recently a deacon approached
preached him and said :
"You didn't glvo us eny Latin or Greek
In yer sermon today. "
"No. " said the minister. "I did not. I
was not aware that the congregation In
cluded any who understood those lan
guages. " And this with a bit of sarcasm.
"Wall , ther ain't none wet duz , " replied
the deacon , "but we folks up here w'ant to
hev wat's going on In them city churches , an'
wo'll hev to ax yer tu glvo et tu us. "
Maine newspapers are telling that a
Caribou clergyman , the other Sunday , no
ticing that the choir eeata were unoccu
pied when the time for beginning the serv
ice arrived , rose and remarked : "I see
all the singers are absent thla morning.
Let the congregation rise and s'ng "Praise
God ; from whom all blessings flow. ' "
It was a Connecticut woman who refused
to buy a copy of the bible from an agent
because It did not contain the portraits of
the presidents of the United States.
"As to the right mode of baptism , " argued
Deacon Ironside , "I reckon everybody knowa
how John the Baptist used to do It , and i
John the Baptist was a man with a great
head. "
"Ho was , " replied Uncle Allen Sparks ,
"but he couldn't keep it. "
TUB OIJT-OK-lMTH COIU'I.E.
Chamber' * Journal. A
We nro "so out of date , " they eay ,
Ned and I ;
We love In an old-fanhloned way ,
Long jilnee gone by.
He nay I am Ma helpmate true
In everything ; i
And I well , I will own to you.
He Is my king.
We met In no romantic -way
'Twlxt "glow and gloom ; "
He wooed me on a winter day ,
And In a room ;
Yet. through life's hours of strera and storm ,
When grlefa befell ,
Love kept our smalt home corner worm ,
And all was well. f
Ned thinks no woman like his wife-
Bui let that POM ;
Perhaps we view the dual life
Through roneate glass ;
Even If the prospects be not bright
Wo hold It true
The heaviest burdens may grow light
When shared by two.
Upon the elided xcroll of fame ,
Kmblavoned fair ,
I cannot hope to read the name
I proudly btar ;
Hut , happy In their even flow ,
The yearn gild a by ;
We nre behind the tlmca. we know-
Ned and I.
TPI t ( ? AP TlJnUIVfUll 11 TMl PC
TliLLSOr lliRRllORIAL TIMES
Ex-Governor Atvin Sanmtors in n Eonii-
| niscont Mood ,
HOW .HE MADE FiHY CENTS IN ONE DAY
\HiriiNUa' * IiitM TcrrHitflnl ( lovrrnor
Urlntrfl liilrrrfltliiK ItictitviilN of
Illi nnrllrr Cnrror f'nit It it rut
< il the Stntf'M Kut lire.
"How you young men have grown nlmMt
out of one's recollection ! "
The speaker wan ex-Governor Alvlu Sinn *
dera. We wcio riding In tlio sleeping car
on our wny from Lincoln to Omaha.Vo
hail both been In attendance upon the meet
ings ot tlio Nebraska Stnto Historical so
ciety , \\horo tlio ox-governor had boon re
newing acquaintance with a number of hi ?
old-tlmo friends ot early territorial days.
To look nt his robust figure , his keen
eye and his clear complexion , the very picture
of licaltliy eld ago , no one would for a mo
ment Imnglno that the venerable ox-gov
ernor and ex-senator la Hearing his soventy-
nlnth birthday. In his long and active ca
reer In Iowa and In the territory anil state
of Nebraska ho has been Identified with
nearly every Important movement for the
promotion of the public welfare , and on
subjects connected with the stile's history
ho Is a veritable mine of Information.
On the day to which I hnvo alluded Mr.
Saumlcrs was In a particularly reminiscent
mood , and ho Is never eo Interesting as when
telling of the experiences of his earlier life.
"Do you know how Ashland come to bo In
Snunilcrs county ? " asked the governor , as we
I'pproicheil ' that picturesque little town. "It
happened while I wns In the governor's chair ,
'way back In the 60s. Ashland was noth
ing but a rmnll hamlet located on the edge
of Cass county and Just outpldo the border
of Saunders county. The man who owned
nearly all tlio property In the town sud
denly conceived the Idea that It would be
come a largo city If It were only made
the county seat. To make It the
county scat of Cass county wns out of the
question. So ho and his friends came to mo
with a scheme to annex part of the town
ship In which Ashland lay to Saunders
county and to make It the county seat of
that county. Helylng upon my prldo In
Imvlnir the cauntv named after mo. In
creased by the proposed addition , they nn-
tlcipatt'd smooth sailing. I objected , however -
over , to dividing a township between two
counties and urged that they might some
time want an organization on township lines.
But that seemed to make no difference. The
parties Interested set to work and procured
the consent of both the counties. When
the bill was presented to me for my signa
ture I still objected , but dually signed It
on the theory that It was not my place to
prevent a transfer desired by the people of
the two counties to be affected. That ac
counts for the break In the south border
line of Saunders county. Ashland was the
county seat for a number of years , but It
was found to bo too Inaccessible to the re
mainder of the county anil later lost It to
Waroo , which has the advantage ot a situa
tion near the center of the county.
WHAT'S IN A NAME ?
'It Is a queer thing how counties como
to bo originally named , " continued the ex-
Bovernor. "I went over to an old settlers'
reunion at my old home In Mount Pleasant ,
la. , last August In order to toll'the neonle
there how their county happened to bo
named as It Is. I found that bad I remained
In Mount Pleasant or returned after retiring
from the governorship of Nebraska I would
have been the oldest Inhabitant of all the
10,000 who attended that meeting ; .
"The people over at Mount Pleasant were
laboring under the Impression that Henry
covnty was named after Henry Dodge. I
told them they were entirely mlr.taken and
that It was named after General James D.
Henry , one of the heroes of the Blackhuwk
\ > ar In Illinois , and I also told them of the
part I played In having It so named.
"It was shortly after I had removed to
Mount Pleacant and the people were divided
Into two factions over the question. Ona
group , who came from Ohio , wanted It called
Hyland .county , after their old homo county ,
and the others stood up for the name of
Henry. I JolncJ the Henry party and did
what I could for Its success , writing Utters
to members of the legislature on behalf of the
farmers In the vicinity , asking them to call
the county Henry county. So It was called
Henry county , although the Hyland people
long clung to their favorite name , and It
Is to thla very day often popularly called Hy-
Henry county.
"Why did I go to the trouble ot writing
letters to members of the legislature to get
them to honor General Henry ? It was be
cause I fflt that I was under everlasting
personal obligations to General Henry my-
! -vlf I had to work for my ItvlflK from
i nlmut ! wrljr boyhood. Down In Kcntnckr
I I lnd frequently picked up odd Jobs that
brought ma as much ns 12H cent * n day.
I was shout 12 year ? old when my father
moved hh family to Springfield , III. Thers
I gradually lncrra Ml my earnings until t
time : ! I wni able to obtain 25 rent * for a.
day' * work. Hut my ambition was to rarn
GO cents In onu day and It was not until
General Homy cnmo to my assistance that I
succeeded In reaching that goal.
JUS l-'IUST FIFTY CR TS.
"It was nn election day and the thought
( truck mo that the opportunity wns at hnml
to pick up a fi'w cents. Henry w.1 ? one of the
candidates In n very hot fight and the streets
were full of people. I went to thn baker's
shop and offered to sfll his ginger cakes
on a rommlislon. Persuaded by my en-
tr.'Atlo * , the baker filled a neat basket with
gliiRtr cakts , covered them with a paper
and nent me out to dispose ot them. Hut I
WAS of altogether too bashful a turn , and fear.
Ing to nsk anyone to buy , was , after "hours
ot profitless peddling , on the point of giving
up the Job In despair. I was about to turn
aiound iiml carry the basket back to the
baker's , followed by a crowd of boys who
had been attracted by the display , when up
camp General Henry and n number ot tils
mm.
" 'What have you got thereho niked.
'Do you want to Pell them ? '
"I explained that I was polling on commli-
slon and told him the price.
" 'Well , I'll take them , ' came the re
ply. 'Let all ithe boys tielp themselves and
tell the baker to charge them to me. '
The beys needed no second Invitation anil
In a moment all the ginger cakes had dis
appeared.
"Hut I had received no ninnoy for the
cikcs. and hilt fearful that I had failed to
drive a grxxl bargain I ran ns fast as I
could to ( ho baker's shop to ask If It was
nil right. You csn Imagine how relieved I
felt when I was told that Henry's word was
as good as gold. General Henry paid for tlio
cikea and I secured my commission. for
the flirt time In my life I had earned CO
cents In a single day. Is It any wonder
that I wns anxious to have a county named
after General Henry ?
UIDDt,13 OK TI1R FOUR SONS.
"Just as strange things happen In the
change of state names. I often put tlio
Btory no a riddle by asking how n man could
have four children , three of them born In three
different territories and one In a slate , and
nil four born In the same IIOUM , Yet
that Is an actual case. Thn children wcro
In my brother's family and they wore all
born In the same house In Mount Pleasant ,
la. When wo' first moved there , In 183G ,
It was the territory of Michigan. Michi
gan was admitted ns a state July 11 , 1830 ,
when the territory of Wisconsin was recog
nized. In 1S3S Iowa territory was organ
ized and became a state In 1S4G. So one of
these children was born In Michigan terri
tory , one whllo It was Wisconsin , one while
It was Iowa territory and one after Iowa
became a state.
"But there Is no state with bettor pros
pects than Nebraska. I was down In Texas
last October looking after some property for
which I have the agency. Texas hn ? the
advantage of cheap land , land tint attracts
the settlers who have only a email capital
to Invest. The people who go to Texas do
not como to Nebraska , chlefly because they
have not the money to buy our expensive
farm lands. Nebraska lands are the most
fcrtllo In the United States , and with normal -
mal climatic cond'tlons restored will again
make Nebraska farmers the most prosper
ous In the country. My faith In the future
of Nebraska has never boon shaken slnco I
came hero as territorial governor In 1801 ,
and It Is still as flrm as ever. " V. II.
IIO1IIN HOOD'S GOOD MCIIT.
Nora Hopper In lllack anil white.
Good night , good night. Heart's Dearest )
The Hunter lioldH the sky-
There wakes no soul In Sherwood
Save Little John and I.
"Twlxt thce nnd me the Brasses ,
Grow thick nnd roft and green ,
And falls a drift of hawthorn
O'er Sherwood's burlevl queen
'Twlxt tbee nnd me. Heart's Dearest ,
The grass Is green.
Shall I not soon. Heart's Dearest , .
Good morrow to thee say ,
And kiss thy Up ? , of lilsws
Forlorn for many n day ?
Shall I liia theo peed morrow ,
Good night to Little John ,
And lay me down beside tbeo
To flumber sweetly on
Nor dream of lonely Sherwood ,
Nor Little John ?
Shall we RO peek , Heart's Dearest ,
That land of Afternoon ,
Where shepherds to their lasses
Pipe out a sleepy tune-
Where kings nor cares may enter ,
And love grows never cold ,
Where Allan walks , n-hnrplng
A tune we knew of old ?
Shall we not Journey thither
O heart of gold ?
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