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HIE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THE HEAL KAISER.
MOST .TALKED Of MAN ON EARTH
ROYAL TAILOR'S DUTIES.
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Hl Mnm I.lfo, l Ilmrrlbpil Ily
PreiM'litnnn
The floree light hnt beats upon R
ilirono tuirns to-dny with fiercer litBtre
than ivir. The occupants of those
thrones no longer shun Its glnn In
Jeoil, they are usually as anxious to
urt It ns If they were star actors
yearning to get under the calcium
light on the mimic stage.
Kmporer William Is not a man of
scholarly attainments. He was rather
k flnll pupil at school. Ills younger
brother far outshone hlni. When, nt
aljchtocu years of nge, ho left the Col
kgc of Tassel to proceed to the Uni
versity of Itonn, 'William was only
tenth In a class of seventeen. Hut this
was through no lack of wish to excel.
Oe was a hard worker and gained one
if the three medals reserved for th
three most studious pupils.
Curiously enough, he loves Paris
tod hates London. Ills mind still
joes iHiek with delight to the few
rollicking days he spent In the French
capital iu 1878. But despite his Eng
lish mother he has never felt any af
fection either for Euglaud or the Eng
lish. It Is said that long ago, when he was
only a l'rlnce, he was seized at re
view with a bleeding of the nose. As
the o Ulcers of his staff pressed around
him he reassured them.
EMPF.ROR WILLIAM.
"Do not trouble yourselves about It,
fentlemen; It Is only the last drop of
Jftigllsh blood escaping from my
veins."
lie loves Hie army and Is beloved by
It in return. After leaving the Uni
versity of Bonn he turned his chief
attention to his military education. Al
ways the first at parade, he was the
last to seek repose. He exacted much
from his men, but more from himself.
On. the very eve of his marriage he
was commanding, as captain, a com
pany which he was drilling at Totts-
dam, while according to ancient cus
tom, his betrothed was making her
triumphal entry into Berlin. His fam
ily and his future wife only saw him
for a few moments In the evening.
The very day of his religious cere
mony, at six o'clock In the morning,
be was once more at Tottsdam, to give
a medal to a sergeant-major. He said
to the officers, who were astonished
to see him at such a moment:
"fientlemen, I am only doing m
fluty."
"But," said the sergeant-major, un
aer his breath, "when I was married
I had a week's leave."
He has carried the same traits Into
his Imperial life. His energy Is pro
verm.il. lie never rests, and profes
ses the tteepest horror of Idleness.
jnuiTuver, ins capacity lor work is
prodigious.
At levees the Emperor pays his
Buests some original attentions. .Dur
ing the course of a levee he will
change his uniform Ave or six times,
Thus, for instance, If the son of a de
ceased general of the artillery comes
to announce to William II. the death
of his father, the .Emporer does not
fall to put on his nrtillery uniform
to do houor to the officer who has I
died In his service. lie wears the uui- '
form of a general of artillery, of
eavalry, of infantry, or the naval unl- j
form, according to the person he re- '
ceive8 and the position that person oc
cuples. I
If the Emperor receives foreign rep
resentatives or military ataches of
foreign Powers, he wears the uniform
of the army of the country which tho
visitor represents, or at least the orders
belonging to that country.
This fatiguing ceremony lusts till
about half-past two. The Emperor
then Joins his children, who are al
ready at table, and takes his second
breakfast with them. "
He then visits certain great function
aries, geuerals and ministers, aud dis
cusses stats affairs with them. He
visits an artist and sits for a picture
or a bust. He Inspects the barracks
and the public offices, and, If lie bus
time, he conclude! the arternoon with
a carriage drive, which lasts till five
or six o'clock.
At half-pust six he again receives
peraoBS who have some communica
tion to make to him, or who come to
consult him on military of civil busl-
cess. He reads reports and signs pa
pert which wero presented to him In
the morning, but which he wished to
think over. Finally, at seven o'clock,
be dine with his family.
On leaving the table the Eumeror
votes some time to his children, who
th.dny ,'n the'l; ?.tUdle8'
or in physical ei.rctaei, and then he
eturai to work.
In the evening, as a novel rerrea
tlon, the Kmperor practices fencing.
Toward ten he takes a light repast
ntid then retires to his bedroom. At
a little after ten he summons his valet
to help him to undress.
On a table beside his bed there are
nlways placed paper and pencil, In or
der that the Kmperor may make a note
of nuything that occurs to him before
he goes to sleep or before he gets up
In the morning.
SHORTEST TELEGRAPH LINE.
It llrgltm ami Kmlx In the York Stock
I'rolmbly the shortest Independent
telegraph line In the world 1s the one
contained within the walls of the New
Viirk t,ii.L- 1.' vi. I,, i n. r.. If lu llttlo
more than fifty feet In length, extend- 1
Inir imlv fr.mi tli first tn the fourth
floor of the famous money mart, yet
It Is perfect In mechanical detail, and
over It during operating hours passes
a volume of business exceeding that of
trans-continental wires.
This unique telegraph system Is cm
ployed solely In reporting the transac
tions of the exchange. One terminus
of the line Is on the exchange floor,
the other Is In the top of the building,
a Hlght above the point to which the
elevators run a,nd where none but
trusted employes of the telegraph com
pany are admitted.
Here, lu two little rooms side by
side, are the ofliees of the New York
Stock Quotation Company, where rec
ord of all the exchange operations 1st
received and Is transmitted to "tick
ers" In every part of the city almost
as soon as the transactions arc com
pleted downstairs. Inside the office
are six operator selected from many
hundred for their skill, rapidity and
trustworthiness to carry on this confi
dential work. Nothing Is left to the
honesty of the operators, however.
From the time they enter the olllce, at
1 in the morning, until the exchange
closes, at 3 lu the afternoon, the doers,
which afford the only means of en
trance, or exit, are closed and locked.
Outside on the stairway stands a uni
formed guard, who warns away all
would-be Intruders and keens wateli
and ward over the men themselves.
The business transacted In the of
fice at the top of the exchange build
ing is of a peculiar kind, being made
up entirely of the record of quotations
and sales. The method followed In
doing this work Is Interesting, as Il
lustrating the perfection or quick com
munication. There may be 10,000 quo
tations sent out In the course of a day,
but so complete Is the system that
every sale or offer is reported In 2,000
offices In from ten to thirty seconds of
the time when It takes place.
All the business on the floor of the
exchange is transacted by verbal
agreement, and when the market Is
brisk there la a perfect fulisade of
bids and sales. Fourteen, official
'reporters" jot down the record of all
transactions on little slips, which nre
then rushed over to the telegraph
desk, a distance of perhaps twenty
feet, and promptly placed on the wire
which runs upstairs.
At the other end of the line the oper
ators are ready to receive the mes
sage ana put It on the outreachiig
lines. When business Is running In
ordluary course there Is no copying
In the upper olllce and each trans
mitting operator takes the message by
ear as It is clicked off and puts It n
his own wire without w'alting for the
receiving operators to pass It to bin',
so that the printing of the quotations
on the tape of every ticker In the sys
tem Is practically instantaneous with
the touch of the transmitting operator
on the exchange floor.
But when there Is a rush this meth
od cannot be followed. In that case
two receiving operators are stationed
with each sender, one seated on elthe.'
side of him. They take down the mes
sages as they come and pass them on
to the transmitter. He sends them out
alternately, being able to work twice
as fast as the receivers.
"The men employed In the stock
quotation office are all experts," said
the superintendent of the exchange
telegraph iu answer to a question. It
requires a special training to master
our system and become familiar with
all the characters employed In our
work.
"Each quotation consists of from four
' to eight characters, running like this:
, 'W. U. 107 1-8,' 'C. B. & Q. 1)0," all Jot
I ters and figures. The speed which the
; men acquire In handling these quota-
tlons is remarkable. The averag-s
I record of each operator runs about
twenty-five of these jkt minute. Tills
means from 150 to 200 impressions per
minute or something like ,1(,(MKi dur
ing the hours when the exchange is
open from 10 to 8. It would rattlo
: the ordinary operator even to thlnlt of
maintaining such a speed."
A Method In Hit Peculiarity.
A certain learned prefessor at Cam
bridge Is a very absent-minded man.
A friend of his had been seriously III.
When he was convalescent the profes
sor used to send him jellies and other
delicacies. One day ho took him ;i '
fine bunch of hothouse grapes. The
old friends were very pleased to see
each other, and were soon In deep dis
cussion. The professor, becoming In
terested, began absent-mindedly pick
ing the grapes, taking one at a time
till they were all gone. On going out
of the door ho called back to his friend.
"Now, mind you eat th'oso grapes; they
will do you all the good in the world I"
"Yes, we lost that good girl that I
told you about," "What was the
trouble?" "Why, she left the water
running in the bathtub, and it leaked
ilinAii rVi and alia Aannri --! -l CVtA aniA
' wouldn't stay iu a honse where they
; dld.t have watertight fioora.-Clv
land Plain Dealer.
SENATOR DEPEW.
HE EARLY DECIDED TO ESCHEW POL
ITICS, BUT DIDN'T.
"Our 'hnnnrpy" Hun Alwnjs Horn Popu
lar, Hut II in I rcqucnll.v lli-rn Agnlnut
the MhHiImp- llml Iln Not Tiikon to
lt:illriiiillni He Wnnlil lliive Ileen
Nullminl 1 Itfnr rn A no.
Senator liepew Jalil out his course
in regartl to politics when he wus
thirty years old. At that time Secre
tary of State Seward wished to make
Dim minister to Japan and actually
ippolnted him to the olllce. At aboi.it
the s.irje time Commodore Vander
hllt ffer.Ml to make him nttorney of
the Ilnrl-in railroad. Mr. Jiepew
H'ought tie matter over carefully amd
tna"onel .Japan for the railroad. Of
ibis conclusion he said:
"My refusal to take the mission lo
Japan was the turning point of mv
life. I reasoned this way: If I go to
Japan my career must bo a political
me. if I stay in politics I may get to
Congress and the Senate, and when
I get to be about forty-six years old
I will be dropped out. If I stay, mv
practice will grow, nnd If 1 want to
i to the Senate or get a mission wheu
I grow old, I can get It."
Mr. Depew was sixty four years old
tast April, and he has not found It so
easy to "go to the Senate" or "get a
aiisslon" as he supposed It would he
thirty-four years ago. lie has been
ready for several years, but the otllces
linve not come his way.
Mr. Depew, as everybody knows, linn
icd n life of great activity. He has
ichleved fame ns a lawyer, a railroail
manager, a financier, a raconteur anil
an orator, but the thread of politic!
has run through everything that lm
nas done. In spite of the fact that
no turned his back upon It with so
much resolution in the early sixties,
it has been the warp upon which the
ivoof of his accomplishments has been
tvoven.
No young man ever had a more
flattering start In politics than Mr.
Depew had. lie came of a Democratic
amlly, but his opinions changed while
tie was at Yale, and wheu he was
graduated In ls.'ti he took the stump nt
jnce for Fremont and Free Soil. Ho
jiade a favorable Impression. He was
nominated for the Assembly In the
Third district of Westchester lu 1801
md was elected.
SENATOR prTEW.
lie became a candidate for Speaker
before the Legislature met, but was
lefeated by "Noble I,. Elderkln.
Though he missed the speakership, he
landed the chairmanship of the Ways
and Means Committee, which carried
with It the leadership of the majority
in the floor. This was doing pretty
well for a young man of twenty
;Ight, serving his first term.
There Is a contemporary portrait of
Mr. Depew sketched at this time,
which shows that his political promise
was recognized. Here it is:
"Mr. Depew is one of. the ablest
members In the assembly, nn.l bids
fair to become a prominent man In
the state. He possesses decided abil
ity, to which may be added a good
iegree of Industry, energy and perse
verenee. Although looking much old
er, he Is scarcely twenty-nine years
of nge, but his bearing and business
habits partake more of the character
of middle age, or even mature years,
than the Impetuosity and recklessness
of youth."
More unmistakable evidence of pop
ularly awaited the rising young politi
cian. Horatio Seymour was elected
Governor lu 1S2, ami the outlook for
Kcptililicati success the following year
was not good. Mr. Depew was nomi
nated for Secretary of State and was
elected by 30,000 plurality. During
the campaign he made two speeches a
day for six weeks. It wus during his
term as secretary of state tluil .Mr.
Depew went to Washington to take
the soldier vole, and there met Presi
dent Lincoln for whom he had stump
ed New York. Mr. Lincoln took it
fancy to hlni. When he declined a re-
nomination as secretary of state Sec
retary Seward commissioned hlni min
ister to inn. He considered (lie
olllce for a month and decided to de
cline It for the reasons which he him
self has given.
Notwithstanding these two refusals!,
the party was anxious to do something
for hi in. Governor Ueuben E. Fenton
made him clerk of Westchester, the
legislature elected him a regent of the
State University in 1874, and also
chose him one of the Copunsslonerit
of the new Capitol. This last gift ho
declined.
Mr. Depew's eurly connection wlih
the Vunderhllt railroads wui political
In part. It was his dutytQ watch tho
Interests of his employer lu the legls
latv.re, and thla took him to Albauy
during the session, where he presented
arguments for or against Jeglsliiiion,
is the case might be.
Just to keep his hand In, Mr. Depew
ran for Lieutenant Goverenor In l.-72,
hut was defeated by John C llobln
on, who went In with Governor Dlx.
lie has never appeared before the peo
ple as n candidate for an electiva office 4
1 1 nee.
IS PRAYER A DELUSION!
An Killtor Hntnliintm Windy lint Fulls to
Answer III Juir)-,
To read the I'salms is to be brought
face to face with God ns a helper. The
writers drew near to the Creator, ex
pecting Hlni to do something for them
that they very much needed and cou
riered ' Ix-yond their own powers.
For such help tho I'salms render fre
tiuent and most lieautiful thanks.
Moral help there was, but material
help, of course, always wltnln the
lines of good morals, Is far more fro
lllenlly the subject of request aud
thanks.
Was this all delusion? Or Is there
this help In God for man lu his
struggle to live on the earth? Will
anyone say the Psalmist's request for
help Is unbecoming? Is there in our
modern oration about politics, or phil
osophy, our argument about truth or
Dur defense of "the articles" anything
more truly religious than these hum
ble pleas for help addressed to the
Creator? Have we "progressed" so
far, lu our ago, that worship does not
mean asking for food, raiment, liesilth,
protection and common blessing?
Doth (Soil bless the basket and the
store? The old writer said He did. But
we rely ou skill, training, "hustle" and
"pulls." No doubt these will 1111 a
basket and "bless" a store. Hut
whether we shall still teach our child
ren that God Himself is really worship
ped by our asking Ills help Is the
question. If the function of religion
Is purely governmental, we will try
to be loyal to the governenient, but to
lose out this old idea of a fatherlv
help leaves the world awfully loue
Ronie. Many of us refuse to depart from the
ancient ways of prayer. We have
learned to believe that (Sod has been
pleased to help us in countless needs.
He has been the Bileut partner in our
business. He has made our career a
wonder to observers. We stand as
tonished by the sure knowledge of
what He has succeeded In accomplish
ing with us. Men there nre who can
not but believe in God since they see
themselves; see what they had to be
gin with what they have escaped what
they have achieved. They may hesitate
to speak of these wonders. Not wou
Jerful, as results In comparative his
tory, to be sure, but wonderful as
flowed by a bclf-abncgation that Is
.ntelligently thankful. The days of
miracles may or may not be passed,
hut It Is not becoming In the church
that she should confine herself to per
suading mankind that they are Indeed
passed. Duys for miracles are now ou
as. Moral power, beyond man's to
generate, are needed. It would in
Iced be a queer contrast if now, when
physical force Is enlarged, in the dis
covery of electricity for example
spiritual force is curtailed. Teslu can
hardly surprise us. We are prepared
tor anything from this wizard. It is
only St. l'aul and Jesus Christ and
the rsalmist who, as we see them cn
looking backward, seem to need soft
ening explanations. "Ask and ve
shall receive." "If you know how to
give good gifts unto your children,
how much more your Father which Is
In heaven." Iteally there Is all the
thrill of novelty In it, of late, that ou
Infinite I'ersonago Is prepared to flush
his glorious care, warm us a father's
heart, strong beyond what one can
ever nsk or think, Into every weary,
darkening human life. Excelling all
fraternities for mutual help Is the di
vine help along the rough road, aud
wo are hungry to hear about It every
time we gather for worship. N. Y.
Mail and Express.
THE OLD MAN'S WONDERFUL CURE.
The Doctor Had th Wind Taken Out at
HU Hall.
A good story Is told by a Cleveland
physician on himself. He Is n physi
cian of considerable repute, nnd some
time ago was called to uttend n gentle
man of advanced years, who was suf
fering from a slight complication of
disorders. The doctor went to work
with a will, nnd presently had the pa
tient on tho road to recovery. In fact,
two weeks from the time he took the
case he had him cured.
As he left the house after announc
ing that further visits would be un
necessary the daughter of the restored
man accompanied hlin to the door.
"Doctor," she said In somewhat
tremulous tones. "I want to tell you"
The doctor, who supposed she was
anxious to express her gratitude for
his skilled attention, waved her
thanks aside.
"But, doctor," she persisted, "It Is
something that will Interest you, I
feel that"
"Say no more, madam,' cried the
doctor, much moved by the woman's
agitation.
"It's something I must tell you, doe
tor," she continued. "Please listen."
The doctor halted with his hand on
the knob.
"Yesterday," raid the woman, "I
was down town and met Mrs. Tugsley.
tho Christian' Scientist, nnd she toid
mo she had been glvinjr father 'absent
treatments' for two weeks. Isn't it
Just too wonderful?"
"Good morning," said the doctor,
dryly. Cleveland Tlaln Dealer.
Tatlenee What la the cheapest
thing you ever saw about a bargain
counter?
Patrice A husband waiting for his
wife Jewish Comment.
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PRING TONIC.
As winter parses &way it leave many
feeling weak, depressed and easily
This means that the blood needs
attention and sensible people always take
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not the right medicine they weaken instead
of strengthening.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for P&le People are
the best tonic medicine in the world and do
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the medicine, and when nearly thronuli with tlienecond hoi noticed
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iumI have had no occasion to take anv kind of medicine since. I
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Chinese artistscannot paint an animal
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the world, being absolutely true to life
in form, color, and reveal every detail.
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When a girl graduates, she has an
ambition to show the world what a
a noble woman, with a high purpose
in lile, can do, but slie meets a man
and marries him, and Soon begins to
get that funny look in her eyes.
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In all stages of nasal catarrh
there should be cleanliness. As experi
ence proves Ely'sCreamBalm is a clean
ser soother and healer of the diseased
membrane. It is not drying nor irrita
ting, and does not produce sneezing.
To test it a trial size is mailed for 10
cents or the large for 50 cents by Ely
Brothers, 56 Warren St., N. Y. Drug
gists keep it. Upon being placed into
the nostrils it spreads over the mem
brane and relief is immediate. It is an
agreeable cure.
There is a plant in Jamaica called
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possible to kill it. When a leaf is cut
off and hung up by a string, it sends
out white thread-like roots, gathers
moisture from the air, and begins to
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no.
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the folds, the letter cannot be opened
by an unauthorized person without
the. fact being noted.
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A Veteran's ""story. George
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am eighty years of age. I have been
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and in my time have used a grett
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Bari tb j ItiB Kind You Have Always Botgtt
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