The Alaska citizen., April 17, 1911, Image 6

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Twenty Presidents
of the United States
HENRY WATTERSON IN YOUTH'S COMPANION
Of one born no further buck than
1*4". rt." statement
sonally knew and tan iii.-tln '1> re
member all the i>r< .den'- of th«
United States cto e; t six t r l a
is the paragraph which is g> mg
the rounds of the press bucking
the writer of the e lint' re
quires the explanation that he was
a child of lennesset palel. tee horn
in Washington C't > . bet an .-« to
cover Jackson and John Quincy
Adams not to say I’olk and i ay
lor —- It must have been mi; for
Jackson was n t in Wasninge :i be
tween 1*1" and hi- death in 1*1 .
while Adams died u.ttt m 1*1*. tto
four of tbetn. Adams, Jason, I’.dK
and Taylor, a.l being in • r gra..
before I wa> 11 >t.tr.- old,
To say that I • persona "anew
them would need to be . ;aim d
as the knowledge of a child. ai
tnough 1 tan "distinctly remember
them, especially Mr. Adam.-, who
used to take me airo-s the r Hilda
to the library ■ < mgt< -
rue books to reatl, his arm of t
about my neck; and when he fell in
the house of rcprc'ch’ativcs. I bd
lowed the ext ilt a ••ri-gc t t the
sjieakers' r. •in. ami o• . • oping
by the < Id man's e;i'- a • 1 : rm
as he lay dying e, m tubed
improvised for the . ta-: ::
* * *
My grandfather was .i ; sol
dier with General hen
the general tame to Nashville. <n
his way to the national c.ip.'al in
1M&, 1 was taken lo -ee lain by In
former comrade. i nis same grand
father had bieu n only General
Jackson's staff oik*<-r. but ins in*.
long neighbor and triend: and wa
children were < t:t-n driven over t
tne Hermitage irom the adjtdniug
farm of an un< It he Robert
Buchanan, to sit on the hero's km<
and be dandled in his aims; al
though. truth to say. i - a kind <d
dream, the far-away memory id 'la
very white-haired and rather dt
erepit old man. Tin i\Ik- and the
Walter's wire elo.-*-ly < -niiei'ci.
My father succeeded Mr folk in
congress; and 1 not only played
about the White H u.-e while lie
was president, liut about hi- own
house In Nashvilh-. a "• miitig his
funeral and seeing him a.- lie lay
In his eoilin.
The other presiih -its 1 met • n
when I was a full grown man. ui"
of them familiarly. tlius making it
true that I "km -- then, lmm tin
sixth president. J hn tjuim y Adams,
to Roosevelt, the William
Howard Taft i ur:- ,-ly . .. i
met for tHe lir.-t time h .t reccii'ly.
and William Henry Han. - n die-i
when 1 was an infant in ar. -
Just across the -tr- • • fr m the
hotel where we lived in Wa : ing
ton stood a livery - ..id.- | . hy a
man named Kimball. Over tlih
stahle were a few rooms to hi. oc
cupied by single g-.uth mem In
those days people had -< a
they might in the National fapi'ai.
Mr. Kimball was an imp - t-g per
son who wore kt.ee I re- he and a
rutiled shirt. He was k : d to h ie
boys, and 1 became a pet oi his.
One day in the early r.i.g of
1852 I was lie- led in a chair a
the entrance to the .-'able ch
the proprietor tilling iii.- acru.-'oiucd
seat opp- site. A tall, gr, a.-y, ill
clad man came down Uit- .-tree:,
and pulling up immediately in front
of us said:
"Kimball. I've just got a letter
from Frank."
This he produced and 1 heard
him read it. It was all ab«...- :he
coming National in-m - r.itic con
vention. the writer a candidate tor
the presidential nomination. tin
style familiar and eunti-leniiul. 1
listened intently, and marveled much
that two men sh uld !-•• disc-im. ing
such a communication from a po.--i
ble candidate for chief magistrate
of the United States; and when I
went hack to tile hotel 1 clescrined
what had happened to my father,
and expressed my wonder. "My sou,"
said he, "the greasy old man was
Mr. John C. Rives, a very distin
guished and influential Democrat.
The letter was from General Unink
lin Pierce, of New Hampshire, whom
some of us are hoping will he our
nominee for president. Mr. Kimball
is a New Hampshire man and a
close and highly esteemed friend of
General Pierce.”
Two or three months later, when
in Philadelphia, news of the nomi
nation of General Franklin Pierce
at Baltimore arrived, 1 knew all
about it and him, and was regard* *1
in the immediate family circle as
a prodigy of political learning.
1 was preparing for great times
in the White House. Benjamin
Pierce, like myself an only child,
was exactly my own age. His fath
er and mother and my father and
mother had been inseparable dur
ing their congressional sojourn.
Then occurred the tragic railway a<
cident. Soon after March t. my
mother took me to the White House.
A pale, thin woman in black held
me in her arms and cried her heart
out.
Franklin Pierce was a beautiful
man. He did not look a day * ver five
and thirty when he took office. He
was a sentimentalist and loved his
friends with a consuming love.
Millard Fillmore was a most sub
stantial man — not unlike Grover
Cleveland in some of liis physical
aspects. He was stalwart and tlorid,
extremely simple and approachable
I knew him very well later. It is
related that Daniel Webster once
said to him: "Fillmore, 1 like Clay,
but he rides rough, sir—very
rough!"
In connection with Mr. Fillmore
a curious Incident occurred to me.
President Garfield was urged to re
move Kenneth Rayner, then more
than 70 years old, from the solid
torship of the treasury, which he
had held for some years. He re
fused. Finally pressed for his rea
son, Garfield said: "I am not going
to turn out of a little office a
meritorious and capable old gentle
man who came with,n a single vote
of occupying the place now occupied
by me."
This was indeed surprising
“What," exclaimed his interlocutor
“Kenneth Rayner, president of the
United States?”
"Yes," said Garfield, exactly that.'
"You amaze me, I never heard ol
such a thing — could never have
I reamed it "
Nevertheless. the president eon
limed. it Is a fact In the Whig!
• nvetfion of l't1-. the night of the:
u ty when Taylor was nominated
for president, a conference was
'eld between the friends of Millard
V i tit re and Kenneth Kayner. as
lean's for the vice-presidential
t, nation. Then both had been
tut tubers of the lower house • f con
gn s. the one front New York and
• thor from North Carolina Thov ,
were good friends. Kayner mtn h I
tie- !: re distinguished and bril
li.u. of the two. After a free anil |
friendly Inti n hange of opinions, it.
was agreed to take a ballot, and :
whichever received a majority of
■!; o-e present should he giten the
, field On t hat ballot Fillmore led,
Kayner by a single vote. He was,
mxt day nominated for \ irepresl
lent. The ticket was elected, and
1 months later Taylor flying while ;
m the White H mse Fillmore be
anie president.
* • 0
I have In my possession the man-1
ript of a newspH|>cr editorial in'
the handwriting •! James K. Polk.,
trg :.g the nomination of Martin
Van lltiren for president by the
National Ib-moora'ii convention of
Is) | About the middle of the
third i tr.e another hand takes up
•he pen to urge Mr Polk for viee
:*resident on the Van lltiren ticket.
Three weeks after this editorial was
printed In Mr P Ik's home paper,
e Coluinhia. Tenn . Mr. Polk him
■ if was nominated for president.
In the summer of 1 **r.5 inv father
itn.1 nuitin.r u'urn sojourning in New
York, and Mr. Van lltiren came fre
quently to visit them. Mr. Tyler
presided over what was called the
Pea.ngress in l',;l. of whose
proceedings I was one Of the news
caper reporters.
The 'Philosopher of Kinderhood”
was certainly a dear old gentleman
1 here ma> have b en a hit of the
fox about him. hut his manners
'were gentle and suave to a degree.
Mr Tyler was a plain Virginia far
mer. 1 made myself known to
him a day or two after congress
convened, and he was exceedingly
kind and gracious to me, asking me
many questions and inviting me to
- ome to see him as often as I might
at his hotel. Neither he nor Mr.
Van lturen. however, had the look
of great men. and I was disappoint
ed in both of them.
* * *
For all his < bliquenoss of vision,
his too great height and a certain
iwkwardness of movement. Mr.
I: icl.npan looked every inch of the
ire-idont. He had a winning way
q' making himself hateful when
he was in a hat-fill mood; hut he
could lip — especially among ladies
i'liti the courtier. His voice had
a disagrt eahle draw l. He appeared
i.nbitiialij in a quasi-full dress—
black swallow-tail and white cravat
giving to his appearance the cast
and cut of a hisliop.
Tin re was never a more consist
-nt domestic autocrat. Kven his ac
complished niece. Miss Harriet
I.ane. had to walk the chalk line in
lie White House. The last six
months of his Incumbency were full
of worry and dread. He was in
p ality an able and conscientious
man, with vast knowledge of public
men and experience of public af
fairs. The rising tide of revolution
and war was simply beyond him.
He had been nominated in I8J16
purely on account of his availabili
ty. He was self-willed and head
strong. rather than lirra, yielded
bin..-• If to the strong Southerners
:u his cabinet Thompson and
Floyd, quarreled with Douglas, and
helped to rend his party asunder.
lie was no match for Douglas. In
die early days of their quarrel he
one day warned the "Kittle Giant"
against the danger of breaking with
the administration.
"Remember, sir," lie said, with
characteristic asperity, "ihe fate of
Tallmadge and Rives." With a mer
ry twinkle in liis eyes as tie turned
Jauntily away. Judge Douglas re
I plied: "You forget Mr. President,'
i that General Jackson is dead."
* * *
This brings me (o the most dra- 1
matic and tragic chapter of our po
litical history. 1 was engaged by F.
A. Gobright. the agent of the asso
ciated Press in the national capi
tal. to assist him and Major Ben
Perley Poore, a well known news
paper correspondent in those days,
with their report of the inaugural
ceremonies of March 4. 1SC1. The
newly elected president had arriv
. ed in Washington ten days before—
to be exact, the morning of Feb
ruary 23. It was a Saturday. The
same afternoon he came to the
eapitol escorted hv Mr. Seward and
; as 1 was on the floor of the house
at the time—the rules were not so
; strict then as now — I saw Mr.
; Lincoln for the first time, and was,
indeed, presented to him.
"You are not a member.” said
lie, kindly, observing my extreme
I youth.
"No. sir,” I answered, ”1 only
hope to he.”
He said, “I hope you will not be
disappointed,” and passed on.
Fatly in the morning of March
1th I found thrust into the keyhole
of my bedroom door a slip of paper
which read. “For Inaugural address
see Colonel Ward H. l.auton.”
Who was “Col. Ward H. Fainon?"
I had never heard of him. The
city was full of strangers. To find
one of them was to look for a
needle in a haystack. I went straight
to Willard’s Hotel. As . 1 passed
through the big corridor of the sec
ond floor, spliced with little dark
stairways, to the apartments facing
on Pennsylvania avenue, I saw
through a half-opened door Mr. Fin
coin himself, pacing to and tro, ap
parently reading a manuscript.
I went straight on. He was alone,
and as he turned and saw me, he
extended his hand, calling my name,
said. "What can I do for you?”
1 told him my errand and dilem
ma, showing him the brief mem
orandum.
“Why,” said he, “you have come
to the right shop. Famon is in the
next room. I will introduce you
to him, and he will fix you all
right.”
No sooner said than done, and
supplied with the press copy of the
Inaugural address | gratefully
glc* fully took my icav*
1 < annul retail whether
ried it directly to Mr. tlohright. or
to Major Poore, or to tie .
offit e immediately over tin way
the northeast corner of the av* i. •
and Fourteenth street Major IV r>
records In his memoirs that it p
it on the wires, and very likely h<
did. I had time to run tny
over it. and distinctly remenib
that it had been eluiasily printed it
some country office, and was * ■ ti
siderably interlined with i • to .
marks.
Two hours later I found my st'
In the senate chamh* r. wittn-ssit .
the oath of office administered
Vn e-President-Kleit Hannibal II ••
1 in. and lis'ening to his I ritf .-pet
Then, keeping close to Mr. Unfit
1 followed the tortege through tin
long passageway and across the r
tunda to the east portico, where ;
special wooden platform had 1» et
erected.
Mr. Lincoln was tall and ungain
ly. wearitfg a hlat k suit, a I I o k 'it
beneath a turndown collar, and
black silk hat He * arrietl a g •'
or sliver headed walking < am A
w • came out into the open at.
upon the temporary stand, when
there was a table containing
Bible, a pitcher and a glass .
water, he drew from Ills hr'
pocket the manuscript I had ■ et
hint reading at the hotel, laid ti i
before him. placing the cane upot
it as a paper weight, removed fr ti
their leather ease his suel-rimnu
spectacles, and raised Id- h md
he was exceedingly dcliVr.ii
composed- to remove his hat
As he did SO. 1 lif’ed in> ! e
to revive it; hut Judge I >■
who stt>od at my side, reach* I • • :
my artn. took the hat. and held i
during the delivery of the inaugura
address, which followed.
♦ * *
Ills self-possession was perfect
Dignity herself could not ltavc D- s
more unexcited. Hi- voice was
li tie high-pitched, luit resell air
reaching to the outer trill)-'s ot
vast crowd in front, his expr> r.i '
serious to the point of gravi y. no
a selnt illation of humor.
Notwithstanding the 1 ampaigt
pictures show ing Lincoln n>. a ic or
I wa* prepared to expect much
Judge D agin* had said to me, upm
his return to Washington after Hu
famous eampalgn of t for •
Illinois- setiatorship. from wl.i-ti T
Little r.lant” had come nil vi, i
• He is the greatest dehater I li t •
ever met. either lieu or an;-as- ■
else."
He delivered tl.at inaugural au
dress as if he had been delivoiii.
inaugural addresses ail his life 1
me it meant war.
As the crowd upon the porn
dispersed hack into the • api
was wedged between John Dell
Tennessee, and Reverdt .lulu -en. 1
Maryland, each took me l«y the at
and we sat down upon a h i
just inside or the rotunda. 1 h
were very optimistic 'l'here w. .
be no war. no light; 11 it- ir !
would tie tided over; 'll..
was still safe.
* * +
I was a boy. just one and 'w.i. .
They were the two able.-t. and m
renowned of the survive g Mi ■
leaders ot the school of C’luy a:u
Webster, one of them just defca'ci
for president in the preceding elec
tiou. Their talk made me mart
greatly, for to my mind there seem
cd no escape from the armed <■ 1
llsion of the sections.
There is In youth a i roplietic hi
stinct which grows duller with ad
vancing years. As 1 s ok b<
I not only bear tliis in min i, t
trated by the talk of those hu
veteran statesmen tlmt day in tin
rotunda of tlie capitol at Washing
ton, hut I feel it and realize it,
that I am much less confident will
a lifetime of experience to guidi
me, than I was when buoyed b;
the ignorance and bravery, but al ■
the inspiration cf youth.
The next tliree months 1 saw un
heard .Mr. Lincoln often in public
and on several occasions was throwi
with him in private companies. ID
looked the picture of h- alth. r
enity, however, not levity, wa;-; tin
prevailing mood with him.
* « +
To me he seemed a wholly rose
lute man. There was In his habit
ual kindness a most unfailing am
a very firm note, i do not believi
that at any turning lie hoped for <
reconciliation between the ’ a b r
of the North and the Uouth. n<- i..>
carefully measured the sources t.
combat and made up ltis mind liotl
as to iiis duty and the situati- n.
Ir will be remembered ilia- Mr
Lincoln was but 52 years ot age
His practical knowledge of nations
affairs bad been limited to a slnglt
term in Congress. His nomiiiauot
and election to the presidency wen
regarded as accidental- he was ai
untutored, a very homely and awk
ward child of fortune.
Seward and Chase. Fesseudct
and Trumbull, Simon Cameri u anc
Zachariah Chandler were, each it
his way, the accepted authorities
of the time. There was not a mem
her of his cabinet who did not con
sider himself a bigger man that
his master. Even so keen an oh
server as Seward wholly missel
the dominating features of the chie
ho had reluctantly come to serve
until he got his answer in tha
queer letter of April 1, IStil. which
as by a flash of lightning, revealu
the truth and brought Seward n
his intellectual knees, never to rist
again. Somehow- i had a great im
pression of Mr. Lincoln from thi
first, and during the four succeedins
years of war, although 1 was serv
ing on the opposite side, this nevei
left me.
* * *
No man can read the documentin')
history of Abraham Lincoln’s ad
ministration, especially his letttr:
and State papers, and doubt that hi
was among the few r< ally great mu
who have lived in the world.
it is hard to write either Just it
or wisely of Andrey Johnson,
knew him intimately as far bad
as 1 can remember to within a fev
years of his death. On three occa
sions I saw him cry. I never sav
him laugh.
He was by nature a deeply se
rious aid sympathetic^ man, yet in
seemed to have an extreme aver
sion to people of education ant
breeding. He was incorruptibh
but easily deceived. He had lixei
opinions, but in his temper of let
went to excesses, and was boiit un
generous and unjust.
He was a tighter pure and siin
pie, indefatigable and tactless. Noth
tug in our political annals sliowi
such tenacity, such sustained vi
tality and courage, and such re
'lie '• ) srs' stnnrgle I
J bite H
v. <<• Mi- |
’ ■ | 1 o t 1
: • "I !l ■ ’ SM'cs A!
•! • reappeared .
,i i ii. or ii. . » deliver a
<;r;in. whom
i‘ • n he went
h-mo to die
I
1 ^ in my i wn
h . I' :< f • r the had been
I h ! I his tour
i 4 j4i 'he early
1 til k minp a
»nd very
to n. 114 ' whose sub- ;
. | i i j in * ■ 4 he a me the
— hr. night
^^k eek
i .tig I'ranrh
i .aid John I that (Jen.
• he Is. and
• * ,«i if f • . 4 *' mvi'ation and
h.r.i f i4 i'i.irl4. In his ov 11
1 i i I hail to 4 '■> e al'ai hod to
him I • t:< feel fra’eful to him
Xppomattox and
ii :■ . < m •4 i midst of very
i ’ i rryrhlng rises
no is in (Jon. (Jrant.
1 i ,i '■••• ol w‘lh him an'l go J
. . eem to abuse him. j
■ ■ rf irm, and I
must not tie my kinds or allow
em to lx tied ’
s. i a i* A newspai>er I
N elite 11 ‘
wl ■ h veil j iiier the Sar
• ,-i : h i ‘ •••. and lie departure of
<l». . ; ole f r Kngland. gave;
( in. fir int, writ
! a.- it wa - "o i'ur a li'tle sun !
• oi 4 'o difference be
ll* tn ■ s and per
• i • i . le, ami I had
a ■ :■ *71 I: ■ ' aa: ids old srlr ol-'
nia-v-r Mr Ki • ■ n, and Ids old
!t• . Hi i Huckner and
(oi. i ■ ■ ■ . .' Williams, then
a Si i. ■ : m ■ idnt at dinner.
i,■ i i i one or the frank
I * i:, " ’ 1 Ml 111111. an e\
", 1.1 - •:olh r, w ith in my a 1
i 11. run \ •■!•>■ ready u iti> •
i t it * i 1 said: ' 111’iieral. let .
i . • p caesarian business,
tni.y n a ’ a :i " l inn and settle
n and all in Hod's
i' •...is a leading qtios- j
I I :.i ■ 1 aide paused
.a As i.mp h as a flash, j
up; a mi n twinkle and seeming
lie said: ;
' , a. Ken- '
■ - i i, i -■ .! farm in Mis
I ':i!i • 'ie rei i:iii ; y ears of1
tIra■ • 'ii'- I ' liim often in l
.New Villi- Air . ' i- •■•resting, he I
i ■ rs i a n
■ t i u -■ nr. ! ;. lutdd make 1
■ .. * ’i'll: ai v situation
. , . I
plain v. pit a worn 1 I'M.
II' a I : I II ■: "Dll .Viol !
■ ■ 1’ortei
i•:*se?* I said 1 did i o'.
• | , t . , ,-.ii'u ■ said he. Tilt n
. ;i i i ni ii • • I made tha: s I
, | ...r |, , , -i • | mi i.iex
I .i iidt-r.-ii lhere 1
.i i.m' 1 I •• a :;. i--inn at all.
, n v.-eighn mil: I. w i'il a
the sinil of
tii affee
i, ; . -i: -. | rivi le duty.
j i,, ’ : • 11 i ( .ester A. Ar
■ I. ('!• • . -I: i and Then-;
i ... i*s folk and.
1 -1, 1-,.. ; i 11 ii 1 .in .dn, that is.
• f 1 >r i hlef mag-,
rar in mi’ '•■■■• o of the event ,
■ ■ ■ • i i to my
i ... l i •• 'i a i' -idents, hard-,
md kaisers, are 1
. n rii to the purple.
1 , -di le.-r presidents
. ■ : yet. too early t
detail. 1 v.: -!:
\ ■ . r. ti nt 1 did not find
iv, -jd- i.. i i. " on t1 •• eold, brusque •
i ipre ented,
1 but. on coni rar a quiet, rat her '
|!reserved but exit edingly direct ami
manly gt - 1 i the very first j
ordi r : ■ er md ability. . J
: . . .. :: iv as a genial,;
, i .. bn: found Jordan :
i s iv i- i :.;•!• i I. ad ’ travel during
: ■ White ii" se.
■ i ipi all oil 111 l
William How
! ard ’1..;•. il i if good stock,
and 1. | er • s all', bey .-mi repr aeh.
x iii, hi fa n i il y very well, 1
met him only lately. 1 met him
familiarly. :.mi I niMst add my wit
... .! te timony of
Pi i '. t-• 11:inig p. r-.ihullty. A man
:,n,■ ir.ii,un.l engaging it 1ms not
i : ■ e lo <ncounter
my where \ . ever liis political
.el carry with
>U! ■ 1 - if:* e. tiie
r, ■ ■ , 1 and good "ill of all the
people
To i. i: tnrli, iln presidency
is I),,' a lied of roses. Clay, Web
-nr and Calhoun are supposed to
have worn their leans out longing1
ini- ii. Vain man! How li' I le lie
kn -.. • .- is b< -t for him I Cu
i i iisk. eie h. W- lister, who most
,,i the ihree "a.- hot in pursuit of
it, I'.vire i. it slip rrom him; lie i
could and would have been pul up
on the lieket as the Whig nominee
for vice piv-idcnt in 1N1U. and again:
in INI". He rej.eed the offer with!
, rn in !,■ th 1 o es. 't et each,
Would Pave led him to the White
House. j
LITTLE THUDS FROM
THE PADDED CELL
, ___
How nuiili did Philadelphia, Pa?
Whose grass did K. C.. Mo.?
. How mam i pus ould New Orleans,1
'I I-a?
How in ' h does Cleveland. ().?
What w.i it mad*! Chicago. 111.?
'T.i;i Wusliingtou, 1). C.
Sim would Ta. ua. Wash., in spite
Of a lial'imore. M. D.
When Hartford md New Haven,
Conn..
Wlur tvubei: ■ ! tliey soak?
I Could Noah U 1 i a Little Rock.
| Ark.?
If he had no Guihrie, Ok.?
I
i We call Minneapolis, Minn.,
Why not Annapolis - Ann?
If you can’t tell the reason why,
^ I'll bet Topeka, Kan
1 lint you speak o! ladies,
What a Butte, Mont., is;
! If 1 could bcrroT Memphis. Tenn.,
I'd treat that .Itckson, Miss.
Would Denver. C«lo., co he
ca'ise Ottmva. 1-a dore?
And tin* ta;, P'»i**,!mid, Me., doth love
I throw my Por'htnd, Ore.
Mr. Advertiser, you are reading
this item. Now. if you are interest
ed in finding out whether or not the
Citizen is a good advertising medium
I just ask your friends tomorrow if
| they did not also read it.
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i am ping apparuu: now b in •- sen:
) the (listrli t I ill o; I r.e i. • M
tr Charles Vane, who
v.urnod from the gold re : . . k
lie foregoing prodlc it ■ • ■. , j ,,
he fact that 1 "t s .nip
teing sent to the lake a: 1
'aeh stamp can crush li ns a
lay.
Porcupine now ha- in re- i t .
eight," he says, "gold a- 'unity j.ruv
I to exist by exploration i cl<
velopment limn tie il • ; t: it
gold in the whole jc-ov:•;• on
ario '1 here mus be
like eight <r ten mllli f
actually in sight. Som* «,t i* t
famous mining in. i • • : -
world are now at v. rk ;. l a . ,
ions are that th- *11- ri t i . .
eitne one etf the mo t :.uu. .
iields ,n the vv rid
This being the- . - -. M . r V:-t
says it is remarkable 1. ■ < at. u .
Ihentselvi -• know -• !: e- t
district. The gen* i.tl . i .t
distrlet can only n a
great hardships is ali.-o ::•*.
feet. Once the railvv.,. . . -j
right into t it*.' I 'or- .in* t.- .
;t v isit t*> tlie * amp id ;
repay hose who * ;tr>■ to hi m
i.e journey.
One remarkable fm
* amp." it*' adds, "i
nary law-abiding ehara •
people. I mi •> t vv: -. > s t! »■. ■ i
iteiw lulls and salo-ibs in •
with mining e-amps. tm- i
melting of tlie kind i;i I
A jail lias lic ii *•:••< ii I i".
tri*--. but since it- comp'e'l n ■ i ly
one man had to lie Io< ke : * ■ A
body who appears t i In- an
Ide* character disappear
camp under gentle pn
>:i.er people hearing an .
it "
.Major Y.tni' also
would lie surprise.I a:
that grow in the disirp
at couuled I r by t ir :. -
ing iho summer 111 aU'..
short ami \ ••gii.'iib- (>•. • .
velops quicker, all in . :c i i
most people around i' '
are more lutei c- ci i i .
.vge'ables
People in Caim.i.i
■ be I mine ii -< :. i. r i- -
pine." said .'iyj r V. ••. *.
short In mils ago i,■
pine lake it
single building. In April.
May last, they been;
shacks. Now tin •
sized towns around in la
villa. Golden ( by .. . i c
with a population m
"The government k- in. .
way from Kelso, ah ut ; i.
away, rlgii' up ■•> -i
governm<nt 1 -flit ■ ih a:
lain iliar the line ill i •• o
liv .1 ime tiii . year. Tin fa,
government is doing li.is
tha: they a' least i nr: f.
of the camp.
"There is much ••\idei. <
tiiat Porcupine as a m. : ■
lias come to nv P ' 1.1
tlior gold camps in • ..mi ■
indicaiiens have b, • n
have ended practiciliy ::
in Pori ii .is
there art at least flvt
that will soon lie pay . g ! T
delids. Apart from !, ■ '
several more in whi. h
is being done, and whi 1
they will make goo I , . i
are perhaps l'miou •! ■ ’ i pp
the district abou ii I.'
known."
lilHLS DON TJfVISH TO
Sister of Senator Curt s Tally ;V.
Her Two Niece*.
NEW YOKE. .Man hi* P
odds the handsome.-: y,n;:i.; ...
m the Koenig Albert, whi a aiied
for the Mediterranean in i
Miss iVrmelia and Mi-- i., n i •
i is, daughters if St unti-r s i.
Curtis, senior Gnlte.i si.: < -,
tor from Kansas.
The young women dr, i-i,- I., ir
lime between the national an, ii
Kansas capitals, in each <u
they are popular with ilie yomtg
cial set.
"Are we suffrag, :' Nt . ,-ri
they repealt 1 in unison who.
if they had joined the so:.rag,
movement at Topeka this wciur.
"If they were.1' said tie .r a ..
.Miss Dolly Curtis, who is Gv
uior’s sister and campaign m m,
"we would spank ihcia li ih." i in
Misses Curtis are going abroi
their mother to spend . ev en mini
Senator Curtis boasis Indian In.,
and is chairman of the stnaic com
cittee cn Indian affairs. U,.,t ii bis
daughters are holders < f Indian
lands in their own riglu.
WuULUN I ALLUMUUAlMAri
Al'UUSTA, <!a.. March IV
story of how Julia 1>. K> ! : if r
refused to give up two t ■ . .
liis suite in the lion Air h i< 1 li.
to accommodate President Taft ••ante
out today.
Mr. Rockefeller's suite con.-i ■■ i oi
12 rooms. The hotel was crowded
when President Taft asked for re.
creations. It was found tint' wo
more rooms were needed after se\
eral persons had been mu . ' d t"
make room for the preside:!’lal par
ty. The manager oi the hotel hi;
tomatically suggested to Mr.
Rockefeller that ho giro up two
rooms of his apartments, but the
oil king refused to give in. Hence
it was that President Taft’s mil nary
aide. Captain Archie liutt, and a
secret service agent had to take
quarters in parts of the hotel remote
from the executive.
“1 guess my father must have
been a pretty had boy,” said Kid
Smithers.
"Why?” enquired Kid Jones.
"Cause he knows just what ques
tions to ask when he wants to
know what I’ve been doing."
Dies of Hiccoughing.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1".
Katherine Donnell, an eighteen-year
jld girl of this city, died today as
i result of hiccoughing. ,
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