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In an i an Ian-d m It! nou- d ham. and mm b- In all It. can; and and It had kn IN not nun-«u Mar o! .1 moom IN” SHAVE i “.0an . fAmhdmmmaflbo- Jon mum-(mammo- In July, no. "Wan, my N. will do you unit" an m to n to Wool Point. “How old a. you?” On his mate a. m I“, laying his mum on m M's shoulder, ‘OII, they won't mauve m at» Walt Pour; In no not old W" The tor-icon- tenanen Mod you dinndatmt. Kr. Linea]: and mu whco he lived and what to 7. do“; Kc an. M! mMeheemdnflhww-Morln‘ «mummy-It. “Enigma”! M‘wnh annulment?" "Ivor-Inca “I. III. unerrlnl annuity. yin much I ”fine“ can. ”any m nu they Inn-col «m m ad mifitmm. m- m was nd i “do. M to manifest u» . mu mummquun m mmxwfim «mam-mun. 0-bi- Imwumlfl- mm'maâ€"uunm. DOWN m trim III m. been to contra-I. We might our! how many representatives of 200.000 men would forget that-selves enough to do flu mm thing. '"l‘ho vary chlldm." the My Irma. “knew Mn tor mm m not one of then to: when he Md not. done some kind dead. fly first mama-mu at Hr. Lincoln unwobrouothhklnd deeds. I In: you: with u mu. Mend tormyflrottflpulonoouthonfltotd can. llmncpoohotmynh. I bud planned to: u and aim at It tor mu. 1 “noel-'0 Elna-c. u o um- um- ”any n m o! kindneu ha been let: undona beau-o it curled with It A seeming lou of alum]. an an ex- change. The lollowln; lottor ot a My at Springfield. "1.. published In Ile- Clure’u Mina. show- m not! for- nttulneu and kindness. o! «be [rut men we delight to honor. Th. Incl- dent took ulna met Mr. Lincoln m When I reported what I had [mud n the wu- depummnt he took hi- pen and wrote an order reinstating Captain James and handed it to no and mid to me to tan um over to the department and m if they would underatund It. My.” M "II! mural: tannin uh umtlon all eyes wem turned on no with wonder as a: who 1 was that tho president nddtemd no familiarly. “mdumbmumtmo! ’1;M 'vm. M‘fifli "3'0" {mm WI" I!“ DOWNEBS GROVE REPORTER. I Inc. It. Blame. For twenty yum a boy and mm In August: I lived near him. 3 single home lutervenlng. The Hanna live in that home sun. ‘ nu. spare, erect In figure and upright In life, though well past 80 year- of “Uncle Joe" Roman outlivea hlu m flu. Roman in n aunt of Jo- ni: Haley. and the Roman home way a. rallying then for both famine; mm and tulwothhme- as. m the am am In In Lou.- it!!! 0. than diatom-lo In no mun- k 1 film W (or III ‘1“. “Id! In upheld protection to Ameri- can Industry, and deemed the cpl-loo \ will: his powers. Aunt his data! by (Mom Cknllml. he retired to his homo I- Am He took an active mm the In!“ mans. In use. ope-Ins It on Aug. 24, in a speed: de- votod to tile blades. um! um third party #1031sz movement. In 1881â€" I has mum In Europe. and In 1889 was appointed secretary of sun In W Harrison's Cabinet. Hr. 9mm in the anchor of “Twenty Yeas of Guam” (2 tom. Norwich. Comm, 1314-0. In Jun. 1892. Mr. Rhino re- “and the nice o! mercury of mu and become o 0“de for the Mn». lieu minimum for President. but was dot-ltd. 0-. In. 9 following he died In no home at Wodlnnon. in. re- mains moon In Arlington. The gran lo a yet unlocked. Some day the poo- pla om build I monument to tho great Inn's memory. .0“! MEMORIES OF BLAINE. When One-l Garfield New. PM]. Ml. Ir. mata- m undo Menu" a! nun. Ind nu. the President Hanna 0| lb mm. M In It. "pro-on- mm or a. avenue“. 0- Doc. It. In). Ir. Btu-o mind m- m Cau- ut. and In (bu. lot no In: um I- floaty-nun Inn. on! of while Me. In 1m to In napobflcu «mud-u for Walden. ho tool (In many In Ohio. Indiana. New York and own tum. xlvlu I mm or Ipmhcl. In Jamee Gillespie Bieine. statesman, was born in West Brownville. Wash- inaton County. Pa" Jen. 31, 1830. Hi- srent-arnndtnther. Ephraim L. Blaine, wan colonel o! the Pennsylvania line, and eoomminnry-generel in the Revo- lutionary army. After receiving an edu- cltion in Munster, Blaine was gradu- ated at Washington College, Pennsyl- vania, in 1847. and afterward became a professor in the Western Military In- uitute, Georgetown, Ky.‘ After two years he returned to Pennsylvania. studied luv. m admitted to the her, but did not practice, and became a teacher in the institution (or the Blind in Philadelphia. in 1854 he removed to Auguste, Maine, where he took churn oi' the Kennebec Jour~1 nni. 0n the tomuion or the Republic. an party in 1866 he became noted he a public speaker. and in 1858 was made ‘ chairman at the state committee. 3‘ poet which he held for twenty years. From 1858 to 1862 he served in the state legitimate, and en tor two yearn epeeker. in 1851 he removed to Port. land. Me, to edit the Advertiser. end in 1m entered Gangrene, where he eerved tor el‘hteen years. He lchieved I repnution u a ready dehuter; his alert perceptions, unfailing memory and eccurete knowledge or political history giving him great advantages. After the death at Thaddeus Stevens he became the leader of the Republic- ” party. In nil important mntteu re- garding reennetruction after the civil war, he he: had a prominent share. Mr. Blelne VIII chosen weaker oi the House in 1860, end twice mâ€"elecwd. serving until Much. 1815. He nu e candidate (or Preeident in 1876, at the convention in Cinelnnetl, end received the higheet number at voice on every heilot. except the lent. which gave the nomination to Rutherford B. three. in 1816 he use “pointed to the United sum Senate. to all n recent-y. end in the Republic- an muentlni convention held in Chi- een In me he nu min a candidate. "HWWMfiilfliifl if!" HW"""'§‘""M“"" 3 JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE. 3 HI- Fri-ml Ila-an. JAHE 0. BLAINE. [AXNIVERSARY SERIES.‘ Brilliant Yet Profound. But Blaine‘e greatness lay in a com- ‘hinntion at hrilliancy and pmtondity. The century develops only a handful of such statesmen. Roeroe Conhiing seemed to be one. but where are the evhiencee In statutes or In federal polb elen at n masterly. comprehensive. pro- found grasp of nlaire? Hiram Barney. Lincoln's collector of the port of New York. defined Canning-tor me no a "gifted innit-finder.” Hie areer in Congress. like Elaine‘s. demonstrated hie hriilinncy. But rend Elaine'- "Twenty Years" nnd know his depth. That hook wen n revelation to than- eonde who had viewed hint ne n pyro- technic. its reading explain- why the mugwnmp of todny Ia emhnrrneeed when the origin of the independent movement is recalled. History he: no decoration: tor the man who rennin his opposition to Blaine. Ill-Inn the Joml‘nm Blaine wan n giant from the tint. l 1 have explored his early editorial. in the dusty filed at the Kennehee Journal with delight. Blaine moved to Augusta in 1854 and did newspaper work and promptly got Into politics. One yenr was enough to give him state tame a a political orator, and within (our years of coming to Maine. a complete etrnn- gar, he was chairmen of the Me com- mittee. He wee then but 28 yearn or age This post. he held for twenty yearn, not it in of his editortele l was meeting. my otter dny the paper wee adorned and nun-thence m, in m and one h themed end i.- reflect- thcir depth. There ure come It Washington. I l I ration; to that i'smily circle, too, were carried bulletins hourly. as in the on- cornins years of disappointment, disas- ter and death came hooking in hesven's providence to enrich Ind dignity mperhaps to school and ”item-tbs last years at this man at slant heart and brain. Mr. Homnn was the first man to publish a penny newspaper in Boston. He began. us begin all men over 80 years of age whose heritage is wealth and honor. with nothing. Once an a lad distributing an early morning paper he fell asleep and went hie rounds without waking. Mr. Roman was the man to write Elaine's life, it personai knowledge in the touchstono oi qualification. But it in not. Like Miss Dodge, his admiration is too un- bounded. The historian who will dis- passionately -deilneate the personal‘ traits of this man and properly weigh his public services must be one who has never come under the spell or those great eyes or entered into the eternal Intimacy of a casual meeting. I have known many great men, and the [niec- tion or insincerity corrode: the mn- jority. Their hearts are not big enough to carry the ammo of so many thou- sand people. They come to believe that it in the stalesmnn's part to deal with outlines and generalities and trends nnd scopes; the details and petty remem- brances and unexposed kindnesses must be left to smaller men. III-isn'- Inflation:- But it was not so with Blaine. He was a sincere man; his cheeriuiueu was genuine: he loved his fellowu. “in love bubbled over like s fountain. Critte- with no name In their own hearts have denounced him. but those who know him and were ireo tram envy never binned him. Disappointed alike-seek- ers loved Blaine. They, best oi all. know whether he lritlcd with them. Then wu pride in the (wily, but Bisine I‘ll on Oils-ct at human election and drew men to him. A: one )lsino nun put it. commenting on Tom Reed‘- iniolieet: "When you inert him you feel youmil standing all s- to I mounisln and swing. ‘tht n slant of (re-tom yon sni‘ And when you talk with Blaine. you just want to throw your ems Around his neck Ind‘hll‘ him." The nation has many briillsni men. They shine uni spsrllo in tin- iii-unto Ind at the banquet board and in the ol- inlrn 01 Ill our li’fll c‘ilim. Thorn om proloumi moo. loo. The uni-.w-rnmm ieom wlth Ihrm. anal the printed page Hunting in Great Brit-In mm In some cases be sham but: go far g. killing the game hunted In to be g... sidered to Judge from the {mom advertisement...“ to In" been at. from 3 Cart mum: Rod Don-n The Cum Hunt mm m a. pouottworeddoormthoyh‘ hunted for the ”1 two m be no” u day how Ch m ' well; M one fan. any, ' of sum m. "0h. he‘s um and has light but. be alnya wears blue neektlu!" Salesman In book-stores are .9 much accustomed to bums Deon: III! up authors and titles that An Inquiry for Noah Webster's oration: or on... Webster’s dictionary no longer alum-l- their unanimity. But I clerk in CIF 9130 m surprised not Ion no wk- 3, young lady also Into the um. a. am to him: “Iv-nttobnysmtotnm for I You!!! mt.” “Yea, also." said be: "what kind a! a book do you wnnt?“ “.Why A book for 1 young man." “Wellâ€"but Ill“. kind of . "Ill man?” hose. and the other carries . bru- urrnngment about I foot I. mm across the face. Here there I: a up. rov am running from side to m]. m not more than one-thitly-mgd of .- lnch in width. Through um narrow manure the comma air In forced at the rate at agvonty-flve cubic feet a mlnute.1‘he human-Id using tho pneumatic tweeper passes u back at torth over the surface of 1).. WM tor compressed nlr. When nee-nu. sweeper. here couplelely vo- their III. pnemmllc when may be and“ Into every home (mm a nu- II the nmyt. a I- now done um: an and ruler. With “eh A connection on whole hm mold be cleaned fro- mllnr to sum In a few hours and It. lebor of men! could be am with. The pneumatic sweeper can on. be walled to diluting the furniture. The new nweeper con-lots tlllply of I long mule attuned to the end at I rubber hose. The noazle ls Ibo-t the same elm an n hmom handle. One and of m: plpe in Inserted Into the rubber IM In... One of n» male-1 ad- to a. lot- crn hon-alumna: h the pun-Am sweeper. All um I: wry to It the wannabe sweeper In In haul at private m In I [in mm In r... so. Rm tho I... UN. 0 the an...” emu-A. Blulno In - lam an. tad nodal room. No loaded cum-u m be out In. Me In (and a! walking. HI- h- mm. exercise. however. III to m up and down IIII In" (ten M by Iron) will: a Mom ulch bold and" m. .m- mums him In tom his non:- ‘dan back. Mr. [It-Ina but I coach-u. Prod nmvm, n colon-d gunman. I’M was very pram! cl Mn connrmon. I“ on (he box at the Maple which won Ihk‘ll flu nun-mu dmve About to" presents! an Impala. nun. Th story m that an au- no pound ll. Au‘unu Noun unndn. It. mun nu poluwd out to I drummer :- n ohm-x of Imam-L The drum-or loud Ibo bully nlr at "M drhmr and dry” and. “Which u Ir, Ill-Inc?" A Good John on the flute-m I remember, an a boy, Mr. Blaine in the oflice of the Kennehec Journal on election nights. it is needless to I” lo we: in supreme commend. He alway- omied himself Is I. great man. live! at 3 o'clock in the morning he wee dignified. He mu always "Mr. Biline.‘ There was, however. one man who called him “Jim Bluine"-e-cieeem in Ohio. Mr. Blaine told the story a: the neighborsâ€"i believe it is new to the types. He wee on hie wny throw the buckeye state at a time when he was cspeciniiy conspicuous in the It tion'a eyes. i do not recall the year. He received a pressing telegrlm from an old schoolmate whom he had not seen for years to terry for a few hour! at the Intter's home. it won heart-ep- peai for “old time's sake." Mr. Bieine had lost sight oi his old mate in the intervening years, and it proved. much to his embarrassment. that the iriend had degenerated Into a. “town chub meter" and was rarely sober. Mr. Biline was met at the trnin by half the popu- luiou. at the head of whom was the mate of other days hilariouiy ine- brinied. After e um emhrlco. accom- ‘pnnied by vociieroue exclamation o! intimacy for the benefit oi the crowd. Mr. Blnine was escorted under convey a! his guest all over the town. every tee nope pen-in; to be introduced In "My old friend. Jim Blaine." it we: A proud any ior the Ohio nun end an auburn-in; one for Mr. Blaine. lib «lie! on lot-ling the tale move ed oi that community. which no doe“ even not has n unlined Muir-lieu (or the stunt-en. leasing hint (to. the country he kept. on be inuined. pressed by the article; He dimmed the statesman even then. They won ‘ long and Judicial and exhaustive. Thy Here dignified Ind nnansvrenhle. 'l'o ‘compere than: with the hurried, (to:- memory awaiiow-akimmint odiioriol at today is to make the heart sick. Blain- had. to be sure. connection: not equipped him for one: and full unet- nnco beyond most of our editorial writ- m of today. From 1858 to 1802, who. he was doing some of his best editorial work, he was a member at the out: Legislature, and the last two you! speaker or that body. Then he went to Congress. Dingle! and Howler are congressmen who have written I good many authoritative editorial or- ticles from the scene 0! forensic batik. PNEUIATIO SWISPIRO. A Hunt] PM... I'll-mo Span. AMOS WILDSR.