Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 16

16 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. HISTORICAL FRIEZE — Proposed Panels for the Completion f the Work. CIRCLING THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA Transcontinent Railway Complica- tion and World’s Fair Opening. ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE a For sev building have notice ture harging to the wall of the rotunda on the southwest quadrant, ard have won- @ered w wrical frieze whic al years visitors to the Cafitol wa he gre all but les this great room was complet Two pan h sixteen fe in leng*h, remain tor 1890, untouched, an brown 3 with age, is still in place at the point where the work was aban- doned when the appropriation and the Btock of history were exhausted at the same ne The reason for the abandon- ment of this work was # peculiar one, and it has vexed the architect of the Capitol and t t committe on the library, which ge of such matters, for se esses The ¢ was intended to represent the vents in the history of the be < naturally with th America vy Columbus in 1 times grew modern it was wre the of his- aking. In es of the ; zed up to ippt, t none as and Capt. s up to the days of overy of gold in fornia in 1849 i own, and here ends the Fistoric frieze as painted up to date. Bromidi's Iden. The work was begun in 1S78 by the Italian Constantine Brumid!, who labored n nda until his death, in 1882, when the contract was t over to Filippo Cesta: , a pai ef the same school and a master in fresco work. Brumidi’s sketches had never included the last t panels of the dozen necessary to comp the cir He bad worked from time to time under the direction of the library ccmmitice and the architect of the Capitol, and It was understood that before the last panel of the series just mentioned reached some provision would be made for t ompletion of the circle. Brumidi un- doubtedly had in mind for one of the panels scme episode of the civil war, but there has aly been a hesitation on the part of Congress about ordering the painting of such a }anel, which would tend to increase sectional feeling by commemorating what many public men of y regard as the most unfortuni 3 in the history of the count When £ he had completed the Penn's tr and Costaggini painted that rer signing of ratio s. He has now been practically selectel to co! the work, for after years of delit n, subjects have been all but chosen for the last two panels, and ft is expected that within a twelvewnenth the istoric frieze will have been entirely hed, and the un- sightly scaffolding removed from the ro- of the two panels to be painied, story of the a nt the driv- ing of t 1 the Union and Cen- tral Pa on the 10th of May, 1869, leaving a period of twenty y rs be- the events of the two panel The second of the panels will portray the ope! ing of the world’s fair and Columbian ex- 1, 1893. It is the last panel, barrassment in the portrayal of living especially ppropriate as the hm the frieze, ly adjoins that wh iscovery of America by % ing the four hunirod nm era, as it has o: been 83 is claimed in the fact that t panel the Duke of Veragua wiil be shown, he baing the last Uving lineal descendant of Christopner Co- lTumbus. called. Driving of the Last Spike. The Star presents tod: reproduccions of the rough sketches submitted by Mr. Cos- an unsightly struc- | 3 | gini to the joint committee on “brary In 1 to complete the work. The hes have not been definitely pted, but it is understood that the contract will the artist to finish the A few days ago, on motien of Mr. work. Hansbrough, chairman of the Joint com- | mittee on the library, the Senate passed a | | pitt ing $6,000 for this purpose, | { probable that before :he close of | 1 legislation will be com- pieted, and a contract will be signed with | Mr. Costagsini, who Is at pressat engaged work near Baltimore, but w gin his task in the ho is rotunda the sketch representing ing of th t spike, which in its sub- mission to the committee he marked “B,” Mr. Cos: ni writes: “The object of the ked ‘B' is to commemorate the driving of the last spike and the completion of the Unien Pacific railroad. In the cen- ter of the sketch is President Stanford, in the act of driving the last spike. To his left is Vice President Durant. To the right of President Stanford is Gen. Dodge, the chief engineer of the road. To the right of dent Stanford, and next to Gen. . is the Rev. Dr. Todd, who read the yer on the occasion. To the rdd is ford of ht of anford is perintendent of con- r of President Stan- Sanderson. To the ant is Shermay rnment comm rn M the The two ladi wife of President t at Ogden, and rowbridz ‘or the C. P. cn, the one kne other holds | ‘Phere are t ing holding the pike, the wire hed to the ent | telezraphic The | rest of the labor- er . and spe 3 gen- no pretense that the por- likeaesses of the persons resco, of course, this would The sketch merely represents of what the fresco should obtain. . of course, would be historically my ide The fre | correct © News Received Here. ene depicted is one that was witnessed by a comparatively fow, and has pessed out of the minds of most of those who read of it at the time, a cortem- peraneous description of the incident which meant so much to the commercial develop- ment of the nation will be read with in- terest. In Frank Lesllo's Illustrated } peper of June , the following count of the in as published: “At about noon on the 10th of May, the announcement having been male in Wash- ington that the driving of the jest rail which would comp railroad between the cific oceans would be c the telegraph offices i pikes in the te Ue line of Atlantic and mmunicated to all the country the in- stant the werk was done, a large crowd gathered in the main oilices of the Western Union Telegra ny to rei welcome news. ker, the of the office in a col could wit ne there, placed a magn ffices in dif- a ferent parts of to make all sorts of inqu at Omaha, | from which pe the circuit was to be | | Started vme little trouble in the 1 the clo: x of a circuit the t was ad-| For a and 1 the bh Another moment the one, two, pause the hammer of instrument the three— of a few 1 the ligh & came flashing eas vibrating over 2,400 mi be ction of the two reals and Wa: and the blows of the hammer upon delivered inst in tele- , on the the capi- Promonc t gave the announcement that anned with iron. By an Eye-Witnens. spondent at Promontory Point relates as follows the incidents of casion: We arrived on the ground at 8:20 a.m. At 845 a.m. the whistle of | the C. P. is heard, and soon arrives, bring- ing a number of passengers. Two addi- tional trains arrive from the east. At 10:4 the Chinese workmen commenced leveling | the bed of the road, preparatory to placing | the tles. At 11:15 the government train ar- | rived. The pre wayly decorated | with little bons, the red, white At 12 m. the rai s driven. Th eight feet long, inches thick. finely polished, were laid and last tie that | elght inches | It is of Cali- and is orna- bearing last tle | ana blue. | the fron s was laid wide and fornia six jaurel, mented with a silver es the following Inscriptioi ‘sand officers of the Central Pacific company and of the presenter of the tie. “The point of contact is 1,085 4-5 miles from Omaha, leaving 690 miles for the C. | P. portion of the work. The engine Jupiter | of the C. P. and engine 119 of the U. P. R. R. | moved up within thirty feet of each o} | | A call was made for the people to fall b: in order to give all_a better chance to s Prayer was then offered by Rev. Dr. Todd of Massachusetts. The remarks of General Dodge and Governor rd were Three cheers were g! for the ment of the United spangled banner, for th those weno eaeatshieny theca ly. The four spikes ver—were furnish California and seven Inches long, respective two gold and two sll Montana, Idaho, They were about ndn Httle larger thin the fron spike. Dr. Harkn of Hacrs mento, on presenting to Gov. Btanford of pure gold, delivered a t and | opriate speech. The Hon A. Tuttle Nevada pre 4 Dr. Durant with «| spike of silver, saying: To the fron of the east and the go'd of the west Nevada adda her link of silver to span the continent and wed the oceans.’ Gov. Spofford, present- ing another sp! : ‘Ribbed in tron, clad in silver and crowned with gold, Arl- zona presents her offering to the enterprise that has banded the continent and wed the oceans.” “Dr. Durant stood on the north side of the tie and Gov. Stanford on the south side. } At a given signal these gentlemen struck the spikes, and at the same instant the electric spark was sent through the wires east and ‘The two locomotives, Jupl- | ter and 119, or Rogers, then moved up until they tcuched each other, and a bottle of | wine was poured as a libation on the last rail. Several ladies graced the ceremony with their presence, and at 1 p.m., under an almost cloudless sky, and in the presence of about 1,100 people, the completion of th greatest railroad on earth was announced.” World's Fair Panel. ‘The opening of the world’s fair is of more modern interest, and its depiction in a his. torical panel is, therefore, much more diffi- evlt, as practically all the persons repre- sented are living and have great promi- nence in the nation, But it has been urged that this frieze is not for the men of today, but for posterity to witness, and that it ny, * r | a pedestal tel fore completing the great in the rotunda. The committee felt con, siderable embarrassment, it is understood, owing to the political del y of the tion with re to but the mat has thought, in a non-partisan the sake of finish pect President Clev viewed light, ng the work all s have been laid aside, and the artist commmssioned to paint the President the United States in one of the most lar portraitur pr attempted. Mr. taggini’s description of the sketch, is marked “A” in the official docum as follows: ‘The object of the sk marked is to commemorate the opening of the world’s fair, held at Chicago in 1893, and the com- pletion of the 400th anniversary of the dis- covery of America by Christopher Colum- bus, “My idea of the matter is to repre the fair and the opening as an internation al affair. The picture will show the leading participants pres! tives of foreign nat center Is Preside . including representa- ns. ‘The figure in the t Cleveland in the act of pressing the electric button which set the machinery in motion. To the right of Pres- ident Cleveland stand are the Du nd at the > of Veragua a ter of the i his fam- fly, descendants of Columbus, consisting of his wife, son, daughter and brother. To the left of President Cleveland, standing : is the president of the e of Prestdent C! also at his land, left, are Mr. and Mr: Potter Palmer, the latter pri tof the managers of the t Chap- lain Milbur Ss represe: 1 at the left and back of President Higinbotham. To the ht of the duke's family is Director G 1 Davis. other figures consist of Columbian guard an entatives of foreign nations par in the op ing. If n ures not in the skeich ¢ -o in order to make it historica he portraits ari etch, but in the # t likenesses in lool There is no pretense that the sketch a curately represents the style of dress used by the participants at the time, since this would only be material in the fresco. As a matter of fact, I have clothed the par- rse, ideal in the 0 they would be cor- and style of dress. ticipants in winter garments, though the epening was held on May 1. I merely used this style of dre use May 1 was a very inclement day t of course, will have to be v the figure show accurately in what kind of garmen they were clothed. This proof merely gives my {dea of what the fresco should be in crder to properly convey to the beholder what It is Intended to commemorate, viz., the opening of the world’s fair and the completion of the 400: ary of the discovery of this country. The Star's Account. In The Evening Star of May 1, 1803, the seene at Chicago on that day was de- scribed at great length. Acccraing to this account the following was the order in which the guests were seated on the pres!- cential platform, from which the electric button was touched starting the fair: In the center ent to his right, Vice ent Stevenson, etary of State Gresham, Secretary Carlisle, Secretary rt, Secretary Smith, Sec- retary Morton, the Duke of Veragua, the Duch of Veragua, Marquis De Barboles, Christobel Colon of Aguilera, dro Colon y Barte on the left, Am- jor Bayard, Lam t Tree, Maj. Gen. dmiral i i, G Altgeld, Ghe arrison, or Ge of nham, President fe Higinbotham, Lyman Will! Baker, Vice President Wailer of the commission, Vic s nt Peck of tory and Potter of the of lady escribing the prayer by Chaplain Iburn, the re s of the poems of dedi- or and the a by Director Gen- 1 Davis and dent Cleveland, the unt con As the President was sluding the fi his eyes wan- to the table t close at his left 1. Upon this w button, the pres- upon which the machin- ke and m the open ery tion an accompilshed fa ry form of teleg: in use in most offices, was of gold instead of E of ivory instead of rubber. It rested upon pho! Tin navy blue and ‘old and yellow plush, and on the sides of lower tler in silver letters were the sig- nificant dates 1402 and 1892. As the last word fell from the President's lips he pressed his finger upon the button. This was the signal for a demonstration diffl- cult of imagination and infinitely more so of description. * * * The Columblan ex- position was open to the nations of the world. It was precisely 12:08 p.m. whan Grover Cleveland touched the button, and bas declared the opening an accomplished fact. as is pt that it a button Baby’s Complaint. From the Chteago Dispate! Take out the me om And me Jog Papa's vu and up down; proud bis he 60. of baby, Must me all town, show to the Women there's dar- shout a Hing! Fretty threw on girls me kiss. va enjoy ride, know, really the you It my cle, brains Ko this. didu't tke T like to get ont and see th And mui the good lake alr; On, the wings of the wind my papa and I an distance the millionaire, by dts high-atepping stidy and his big barouche And Hveried pride and fuss. When ein training, and It isn’t raining, here's nobody tn it with us, So— Tako out _ the me on __ bleycle, Give oa milk me nice shake; When shall the we reach Papa have nice steak. behind; Diss! what immensely, + like ‘gO Louse wi a Mamma's block a Beaten, Hat enjoy this! ay Wanted to Utilize Him From Truth. Sandford—“What did she say when you told her you were a tutor in Yale?” Merton—“‘Asked me if I'd toot for the coaching party her friends were getting up.’ AT M'KINLEY’S HOME ——E Impressions of Frank G. Carpenter, Who Visited There. ON THE EVE OF THE . CONVENTION a es Time Largely Occupied in Receiving Callers and Answering Letters. DAILY ee HIS LIFE (Copyrighted, 1895, by Frank G. Carpenter.) CANTON, Ohio, May 27, 1896, HAVE COME TO Canton in order to tell you ‘how the leading republican candidate for the nomination —_ looks, acts and talks within a few days of the convention at St. Louls. Maj. McKin- ley 1s today the fore- most man in the thoughts of the jAmertcan peaple. {There are millions of republicans who belleve that nothing but death can prevent-hisheing the next Preal- dent of the United States. I have no doubt but that he holds the sdme opinion, and that he feels himself face to face with the problems and responsibilities of one of the most trying times of our history.: Within the next three weeks the most momentous questions of his life are to be decided, and in the minds of many the future prosperity or the reverse of the American people de- pends upon him. You would imagine that a man in such uation would have his hervous system keyed up to the highest tension. You would ‘picture him surround- ed by an army of leutenants and wire- pullers. Your mind would suggest a great literary bureau, & corps of telegraph oper- ators connecting his offices with all parts of the Union, and the other political ma- chinery which is supposed to b with every great ante-preside paign. I expected to find something of this kind a connected ential cam- Ss ye are Ge BOM During anothe tour he made 270 speeches, and at another time for eight weeks he averaged more than seven speeches a day, speaking lo more than 2,000,000 people with- in two months, He takes no stimulants dur- Ing his campaign. He is not a drinking man in any sense of the word, though he is not a prohibitionist. He speaks easily, but has no special methods of training, nor any rules of dict, in order to keep himself in ‘trim. He once told me that he did not like to . and that he trembled whenever he 1 to appear before a new audience. He id that his heart went down into his boots whenever he rose to speak, and that this was the case notwithstanding the fact that he had been making speeches for more than a score of years, How McKinley Talks. The man who knows McKinley only upon the stump, however, aas not the proper conception of the man, He ts far different in private conversation. His speaches arc serious matters with him. He prepares for them and never jokes nor tells stori+s dur- ing them. It Is different when chatting with his friends. He is then perfectly at | home, and ustrates many of his point by anectdotes. He tells a story well, bu hever relates anything that could not be told in presence of ladies. During my stay here such conversation as I have had with him has been with the understan that it is not for publication. ton is such that anything he might s: nj y he situa- | and dictates the answers to most of it after directions given by Maj. McKinley. he mail when it first comes to the house is opened by Mrs. McKinley, she and the governor looking over it tcgéther, and the governor then giving his directions as to it is to be answered. Fr jence in public Mfe Mr. rned how to use the work of other men and he answers himself only such letters 8 are ary. Much of the mail is made up of begging letters. People from all parts of the country write for morey, though it is known that McKinley is a cemparatively poor mai Many letters come from politiclans who claim that they done or can do a great deal for Mc day or so a letter ap * from a man who insists that he 1s % nal McKinley Man” and that he was the first to present his name to the country as a candidate for the presid-ucy. McKinley's Religtoy. During a drive this afternoon I saw the church In which Major McKinley was mar- ried. It is the Presbyterian Church of Canton, It ig situated on the main busl- hess street of the town. Miss Ida Saxton | was then one of the Sunday school teach- of that church, and Major Mck Was suy te of the Methodis z Since Church further down the the marriage Mr. and 4 nley have attended the Method! Church, and during their stay in Washing- they went, I believe, to the Foundry Methodist Church, which is on the corner today would probably be misconsirued by | d 1a . ; all attempts to deaw him out. There are | M-Kinley, on account of her poor now a half dozen newspaper men here rep- | } coun- senting Journals in all par’ ry. from Boston to San Fra governor is polite and i but he will talk politics with none. McK *s Romantic Hi. But let me tell you how Governor Me- Kiuley Ives at Canton. His home is a house with a history. Every room in ft is the life of the governor, his possession of it today is to a extent a matter of sentiment. He ot own the house, I think, but rents n J met him at Columbus during st days of his governorship, he told that he had arranged to lease it, and the frien, associated with and large me | said that nd Mrs. McKinley were anx- | lous to back to it. It is the house in which they first lived after This occurred when Mc a young yer and his wife, Saxton, one of the belles of county. was the daughter of one of its richest and most irfivential citizens, John the editor and founder of the ¢ epository gun its publication away back in 1815, and which today is one of the leading new papers of Ohio. It was In this house that they spent. thelr honeymoon, Here on Christmas 4 in 1871, their first daugh- ter, as le girl, was born, and here three years later she died. Here Mrs. Me- Kinley’s second daughter and only other child died when yet a little baby, and here myself, but if Maj. McKinley has It, he does not keep it at Canton. The working part of the machinery may be in operation at Cleveland, where Mark Hanna Is in charge, at Mansfield or Columbus, where Col. Wil- liam Hahn pulls the wires, or—but I trust not—at Washington, where the genial Gen. Grosvenor blows predictions, covered with figures, like soap bubbles into the air--each bubble iridescent with the glowing future of McKinley. MeKiniey @ Major McKinley to2n @utward appear- ances has more leisur® oe any other of the presidential candidate) I have spent a day with him, and he is*as cool as the center seed of a cuctimber. He has time for plenty of long widksggind he takes a drive every afternoongwith' Mrs. McKinley. In the evening he goes-out-to call upon his friends, and he spendg.a pert of each day with his mother, who lives here within about a mile of ‘his Zhouse. He rises at about 7:30 every morping, breakfasts at §, lunches at 1, and hag his dinner at 6:30. He goes to bed everyfeveping at about 11 o'clock ard sleeps like-a Baby. He has no trouble whatever with hig digestion, eats what he pleases, an withont fear of affecfing @is nerves, The chief part of his tim& isgfaken up in the receiving of callers, and the spends hours in chatting with his friends on the veranda which runs around the front of his house. His life today seems to be more that of rest than of work. For the past dozen odd years he has been in the thick of political life, and he seems today to be taking a vacation, The excitement in regard to his nomination has not phased him, and I have never seen him in better, physical and in- tellectual condition than'he 1s now. He has, you know, a wonderful power of en- durance, and as a public speaker he can talk for hours without tiring. I have heard striking stories of his oratorical feats and if he should become President and take a “swing about the circle,” he will break the record. In his trip through Kansas last year he spoke to 150,000 people in two days. He spoke twelve times in one day, and during another part of the journey he made twenty-one speeches in sixteen hours and looked as fresh as a daisy at the close. iInton. snfgkes ad Mbitum today the ex-governor and his wife lead as loving a domestic Ilfe as they did a score and more years ago. The house is a yel- low frame cottage-like structure of two stories, It Is about three blocks, I judge, from the public square, and is situated on North Market street, in the heart of the fashionable quarter of the city. The street in front of it is paved with Canton brick, for which the city Is noted, and of which It makes about 100,000,000 every year. Gov. McKinley's home is ‘on the corner. The lot is about fifty feet front, and a beautiful lawn surrounds the house. ‘The cottage has a porch in {ts front, upon which there are half a dozen comfortable rocking chairs. Here the governor receives his call: ers during these hot summer days, and here he chats in the evening with his Can- ton friends. Entering the front door you come Into a wide hall with parlcrs at the right and left. It was in the one at the right that I chatted during a part of my stay with Major McKinley. It was plainly furnished and the only large pictures upon its walls were a portralt of Mrs. McKinley and an engraving of Abraham Lincoln. At the back of the hall there is a stairway leading to the second floor. McKinley's Canton Barenu. Here I found Major McKinley's office, and here are the only evidences that you can see in Canton of the McKinley literary bu- reau. It is merely a bed room, carpeted with matting and furnished with a wall of shelves, a typewriter table and a flat top desk. The bed, which is used when the house {s crowded with visitors, still stands in the room, but all day long the governor's pretty stenographer clicks away on the typewriter answering the mail of a presi- dential candidate. The correspondence Is necessarily enormous, and as the conven- tion approaches it increases every day. Nearly everything requizes an answer, and there are from fifty to sixty letters avery mall, ranging from two hundred to three hundred a day. On the day of tho Ilinois convention, which instructed the delegates to vote for McKinley, more than two hun- dred telegrams of congratulations were received and every mail brings letters of this nature. The major’s gubernatorial secretary has the correspondence in charge a paper which be- | | Methodist minister, ai health, is not always able to attend church, | The major usually goes, and here in Can- ton he may be seen every Sunday at the Methodist Church. He believes, you know, in Christianity. He has never made capital of his religion, however, and there is noth- ing of the Pharisee about him. On the ether hand, he has a deep religious side to his nature. He has nothing to do with the infidelity and free thought which are so common among many of our public men, and he never says anything against re- ligion, even in jest. He oniy says that there are many things in this life which he | cannot explain, and that, though religion is In some respects a mystery to him, he has nevertheless implicit faith in it. I have been told that he is very fond of Methodist hymns, and that he often hums them over to himself while he is at work, Hils mother hoped that he would be a she had an ambi- y seeing him bishop of urch. McKinley, how- ver, took to the law rather than to the- ology. He studied law while he was teach- in, hool in a little country district not far from here, then took a course at the Albany Law School and began his practice here in Canton, tion of some di McKinley as a Lawyer. I nave chatted with a number of the old lawyers here about McKinley as a lawyer. He had a fair practice when he want into politics, and was making money. One of his law students, who Is now a leading ctitioner here, sald: McKinley was, 1 think, the equal of any r in Ohfo at the time he went to s He was at one time prosecuting attorney of thts county, which then had about 60,000 people, and’ his business was very large. He had also a large private tice, and was an all-around good wyer.”” Was he much of a money maker?" I asked “I don't know about that,” was the reply, “I judge he would have ade mone at the law hed he stuck to it. He was a hard worker and studied his cases. As h went on, however, he became interested in poli- tics, and after he entered Congress he paid but litue attention to the law.” McKinley's First aw ne. It was an old judge who told me about McKinley’s first law case. It was in| . sult for replevin, and McKinley ved | * for his work. He was at the ime a | ° “paheds student in the law office of Judge George “How wu W. Belden. He had been admitted to the w, for ste bar, but having no clients was still reading on th law in Belden’s office. One the old | laid it Judge came in and said to McKinley: Jack had put in, and we “Willlam, I want you to try un case for me tomorrow. I find not be able to attend to It.” ‘Blank that I will “But, judge,” said McKinley, “I don’t krow anything about it. 1 have never tried a case in my life. I am afraid 1 can't do It. “Oh, yes you can,” sald the judge. “You have got to do it. I must go away, and that case Is sure to come up. Here are the papers,” and with that the judge threw a lot of papers on the table beside McKinley and left. McKinley tcok up the case and went into {t. He sat up all night and worked at it. At 10 o'clock the next day he was on hand when the court opened. He took the place of Judge Belden, made an argument, and won the case. As he was speaking he hap- pened to look at the back of the court room, and there he saw Judge Belden sit- ling.’ This seemed rather queer to him, but he afterward found that Belden had put up the Job to test what he could do as a lawyer. The next.day the judge came into the office and said to McKinley: “Well, William, you've won the case, and here is your fee. As he said this he took out his pocketbook and handed McKinley = But,” said young McKinley, “I can't take that, judge. It was only a night's work. It ain't worth it, and I can’t take it,” and with that he offered the bill to the judge. “Oh, yes you can,” was the reply. “You have earned the money and you must take it. Besides it ts all right. I shall charge my client $100 for the work, gnd it is only right that you should have this $25.” This argument overcame McKinley’s scruples, and he took the money. A Visit to McKinley's Mother. During my stay here I have made a most pleasant call upon Mrs. Nancy Alll- son McKinley, the aged mother of the governor. She lives at some distance from McKinley’s home in a very pretty two- stery cottage, with her daughter, Miss Helen McKinley. I made the call in company with Mr. George Frease, the pro- prietor of the Canton Repository, and the most enthusiastic McKinley man’ you wil find in Ohio. The door w McKinley, a_ bright-eyed, young lady, who led us into’ the parlor, a who, a moment later, introduced me to her mother. I wish I could show you Major McKinley’s mother as she came into the parlor yesterday afternoon. Dright-eyed motherly old lady soft black, with a white lace ‘ollar al ut the throat and a cap of snow white on her head. Let her be straight, well-formed and of medium height. Let her hair be the color of frosted silver and have it combed so that the white strands curl just over the ears before they are tucked into the snowy cap. Let her face be strong, but at the same time sweet and motherly, and let her eyes smile as cordially as those of a young girl when she takes your nand end gives you a cordial grip, which makes you think more of youth than of age. Mrs. Mc- Kinley is eiglty-seven years young. Phys- dent of the Sunday school | ically ana intellectually she does not ap I to be more than six She walked into the room with a firm step and stood for a moment talking after my introduction before she sat duwn. She pulled her chair close to mine we tall ed, saying that she was just a littl at. I found, however, no trouble in making her understand me, and for f hour chatted about the me/or the stirring times of her lon; talked I could not realize elghty-seven years old. This about was born in 1809, six 's before Napoleon fought the battle of Waterloo and when James Madison was just at the begining of his career as President of the Unit States. Our great middle states were t @ wilderness, and the vast domein acquir- ed through the Louisiana purchase had b n in Uncle Sam's hands just about six years. She was a girl of ten when we bought Florida from Spain, and she was in her thirties whe we acquired Texas and California. At her birth the c tained about 7,000,000 people. Sh it grow into an industrial em (0,40) and to see son held up as the possible ruler of it all. Such an experience would turn the ordinary woman's head, It has not in the 1} affected that of | Mrs. McKinle the same sterling pmmon seni bly in her son. true, but her f, ich shows out so 4 is proud of him, it is ling is that of a womanly, motherly pride and not a mawkish nor @ sentimental one. She is prow of him in that she believes that he is a good man and that by this h a th spect of other men. sure would rather see him be plain W McKinley all his lite tha hould do one thing derogat manhood or the right. It is throu mother, I doubt not, that much Kinley's streneth 1 venture to say that his resy mand her training has ¢ bled him to resist many temptations. FRANK ¢ THEIR MEAT. CARPENTER. SAVING A Woman Used Dynamite as a De fense Aguinst Thieves. “Yes,” said the manacer of a I coal min- to a St rter, nessee “we do now and then have an experience worth re- lating, and one that I recall just now you may have to add to yeur Ist. It happened when I was opening a mine about ten years ago, and whet > mountaine Kentucky as ard well three whose first name was 2 so bank boss had of thes one Harris, was #nd unmar! 1 farmer wi the latter Jack marric rg man of ed. Near of the date of his fir cecupied one of th on the edge of her an old log cabin mas @ im which stored ) a witter’s supply of meat. The meat about a hundred yards from the and the ne¢ tried to veral oc Mrs. Jack set a trap for the t her husband on the me thief preventive. quite an or’ginal he would fix up 2 that woul charge up a small ¢ of nose mall th told saying a word to about 1 o'clock in th sleeping the sleep sling out of bed t m Jack and most of ihe were piled up cn top meant he didn’t know, couldn’t tell, becavse she was = ad feint. t wasn't long unt!l the e nity was cut in the mid ened almcst into fits and to find wlat the matier house was found tc rush was made for Jack's was met at the door carrying in his arms. By this t he ” ed that it must he the powder house, but the peovle told him that was s Then he thought of the smoke having bromght his wif across the field A there. . had happened will never be known, further than that some uncertain amount of dynamite 1 exploded, for there wasn't anything left but a hole in the grouad. Neither will it ever he known who or how many or if any thieves had set the shot off, for there wus no sign of them etther. ck always insisted have trken a wheelba’ it hefere the m Jack t his wife Mrs. there wasn’t even an ay bit Ike that couldn't h ‘onful, ve done so wm Whetever there w up that night stopped meat + from one smcke house at le and pelled ter. com= k to buy his supply for the wine The Coming Watermelon. From the Florida Ti =-Union. Seventy-two million porrds of water- melon ts what the railroad and fruit men estimate will be raised in Florida this year. This is equivalent to 000 mel- ons, which, if placed to end, would make a chain of watermelons S52 miles long, or further than from Jacksonville to the city of Washington. What a picture to cause the astonished smile cn the face of negro to broaden and this train wo: long. But_our uasion neod rot nine African pe 1 smile infty a look of h tation. All these melons leave Florida. Some are going right with us, and this summer fiend will find a happy snapshot on the shady side of man grapevine the shape of two empty melon sleeping negro, with a rim of flies ¢ a war dance around his yawn Railroad men say that this will be three times larger in Fi that of last year, and the prospects brighter for better prices, are as there will be orly a half melon crop in Georgia to com pete with.