CLOSE TO HARRISON. The Men Who Enjoy the Con fidence and Friendship of the President. FAITHFUL LIGE HALFORD. Michener and Kerens Are Trusted Folitical Counselors. SHERMAN'S JUDICIAL MAKE-UP. Uow CuIIom EesemMes Abraha m Lincoln in Both Bodj and Mind. TWO FATOKITE CABINET MINISTERS coTmrroxDEXCE or the disfatcit.i New York, Oct. a. The man who en jove in fullest measure the confidence of President Harrison is Elijah W. Halford, his Private Secretary. The two men have been rami friends for many years, and the relations between them resemble closely those which formerly existed between G rover Cleveland and Daniel & Lamont. Like Lamont, Halford was a newspaper man, aud a very good one, too, and came to his present office direct from the managing oUtor's desk. He is now about 48 years of sje and a methodical and tireless worker. Ptrhaps the chief regret of Halford's life as that he was born in England. But he Louis T. 2dichewr. came to this country in his infancy, before serious harm had been done him, and from his youth has been an ardent and patriotic American. Short and slight in bnild, with i-een gray eves and dark hair and mous tache now plentifully sprinkled with silver, he is cautious and pleasing in his address, but reporters find him reserved and singu larly uncommunicative. As an editorial writer 3Ir. Halford was free and fearless in the expression of his views on men and events, but as private secretary reserve and caution seem to be his dominating charac teristics. Can Talk as "Well as "Write. He rises early and works late, never putting ofl until to-morrow what can possi bly be done to-dav. His work commands his attention at all times, and he has his midday luncheon served to him in his office, talking with callers and glancing over the daily newspapers while he eats. President Harrison i a warm admirer of his private secretary, and one reason tor this admira tion is probably found in the fact that the latter is not only thoroughly familiar with the political history of the country, but he is, like the President, an excellent practical pol itician as welL Asa boy he reported the speeches of Lincoln in the campaign of I860 and has taken a pretty active part in every campaign since that time. "Unlike most newspaper men he is a good talker as well as writer and as a campaign speaker is well known in his own State where he has often appeared on the stump. As sfn after-dinner speaker he is also especially happy and jrracetuk President Harrison made an ex cellent choice when he selected Mr. Hal Jord as his private secretary. Sever had chief a more discreet or capable lieutenant, and in these trying days of the President's domestic grief his services have been one of the first importance. Messrs. Michener and Kerns. The two men upon whose political acu men and judgment President Harrison places the greatest reliance, and in whom, aside from the regular party managers, he conndes most freely when his political for tunes are at stake, are probably General Shelby 3f. Cullom. Louis T. Michener and Colonel Richard C Kerens. General Michener is still young, having been born in 1818, but he is a man of great ability and signal shrewdness, and has long been a forceful lactor in State and national politics. He is a native of Fayette county, Indiana, and a lawyer by nrofession, having begun practice in 187L His advance in his profession was rapid and 'from 1S87 till 1891 he filled the office of Attorney General of Indiana. General Michener took to politics as naturally as a duct takes to water, but engrossed in the duties of his profession, his gifts as a political general did not attract general attention until some ten years ago. In 1882 he was made Chairman of his County Com mittee, and the brilliant and aggressive campaign which he conducted compelled general admiration. It resulted in the de- Illy feat of the Democratic party in Shelby county for the first time in its history. He "Was for Blaine In '84. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republi can National Convention and took an active part in the nomination of Mr. Blaine. He was Secretary of the Indiana Republican State Committee in 1S84 and 1886 and a member ot its Executive Committee in 1884 In the latter year he was one of the leaders of the Harrison forces at the Repub lican National Convention. He was chair man of the committee having the nomina tion of Harrison in charge and did much to bring that result about. In 1889 and 1890 he was Chairman of the Indiana State Com mittee. Again at the Republican National Con vention held this year he was the leader of the Harrison men, and proved more than a match for such sagacious political captains as Quay, Clarkson and Piatt. Following the convention, he refused on account of important business engagements to be con sidered in connection with the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, but the fight he would have made had he seen his way clear to accept the office can be easily, imagined. General Michener is now at the head of one of the leading law firms of Washington, D. G Cautions and bold on occasion, adroit, resourceful and a supe rior judge of men, he is a splendid specimen of the successtnl politician and the stout, unyielding partisan, of which Indiana in recent years has given us so many notable examples. He has been an intimate friend ot President Harrison for the last ten years. A Heavy "Weight of the Campaign. Colonel Riohard G. Kerens, of SL Louis, is one of the striking personalities of the present campaign. He is one of the mem bers of the National Executive Committee, and as one of President Harrison's most in timate friends great weight is attached to his opinions by the party managers. Colonel Kerens was born in Ireland, reared in Iowa, and by natural ability and his own nnaided efiorts has ristn to a position of great influence and wealth. He is an ex tensive railroad owner and mine operator, and is interested in many important enter prises. He wa during the war a gallant soldier in ihe Union army, but has never held office except that of member of the World's Fair Executive Committee and President of the Continental Railroad Com mission, an outcome of the Pan-American Congress, held a couple of years ago. He is a devoted Catholic, a generous con tributor to religious and charitable under takings, and has taken an active tart in the affairs of the Irish National Federation of America. Colonel Kerens is a man of deeds rather than words, aud abhors notoriety. He possesses great force of character and is a politician who does not believe that votes can best be secured by hunting for them with a brass band. The party management which without noise or fustian makes its influence felt by every member of the party is, in his opinion, the one which most otten succeeds. Colonel Kerens' friendship with President Harrison is of many years' stand ing. Two Favorite Cabinet ministers. President Harrison's relations with the several members of his Cabinet have been from the first of the happiest nature, and especially is this true of Secretaries Foster and Tracy. Some surprise was expressed when Secretary Foster was called to suc ceed the late William Windom, but not by those acquainted with the friendship ex isting between the President and his new aide. Foster is one of the most democratic men in public life and also one of the ablest. He has abolished red tape from the Treas ury Department, and made it easy of access to all who happen to have business with it. Good, hard common sense is his chief char acteristic, and has brought him success in all that he has undertaken. Secretary Foster is a born Ohio man, and the town in which he lives, Fostoria, was so named in honor of his father, a shrewd and pushing country merchant of the early days. The son has figured in politics ever since his youth, aud was a leading member of Congress for serveral terms. A fuss which he had with bluff Ben Butler while in Congress, and in which the Massachusetts John herman. From an old photojrrapn. man got rather the worst of the argument, showed that he had the courage of his con victions and gave him a national reputa tion; After .leaving Congress he was elected Governor ot Ohio, and in the na tional campaign of 1880 played an influen tial part in the election of General Garfield. His Chances In Garfield's Cabinet. It was fully expected by Foster and his friends that he would be made Postmaster General in Garfield's Cabinet, but in the end that position was given to General James, of this city. Secretary Foster, ever since he entered public life, has been a de voted supporter of the political fortunes of John Sherman, and in the Republican National Conventions of 1880 and 1884 tried to secure Sherman's nomination tor the Presidency. In the convention of 1888 he supported Sherman until his nomination was seen to be impossible and then joined the followers of General Harrison. There is no nonsense about Secretary Foster. He is always practical, makes decision quickly and is never alraid to call a spade a spade. In private life he is charming and has a rich fund of political reminiscences that make him an instructive and delightful companion. No one has contributed more than he to the success of the Harrison ad ministration. President Harrison and Sec retary Foster have been friends ever since their public careers began. President Harrison's appointment of General Benjamin F. Tracjr as Secretary of the Navy was also something of a surprise, but events have fully ratified its wisdom, as Secretary Tracy in a'ddition to proving one of the strong men of the administration has been from the first one of the President's most discriminating and loyal friends. Sec retary Tracy is now about 62 years of age and was born in Owego, this State, a town remarkable for the number of famous men it has produced. Tracy a Politician "When a Boy, His father was a farmer and lumberman. and a portion of the son's earlier years was devoted to the same callings. He went to school in the academy at Ovreeo. and before he was a voter bad begun to take a hand in politics. His county was Democratic, but when he was 23 years of age he carried it for the Whigs, and was elected District Attorney. He was one of the founders ot the Republican party in this State, and in 1860 was among those who tried to secure the nomination of William H. Seward for the Presidency. He served two terms s' District Attorney,' and then went to the Legislature. He was a member of that body when the war broke out, but left it to enter the service, and went to the front as colonel of a regiment of infantry which he had raised. He periormed active andgallant service untilatterthe Wilderness campaign and then tor a time commanded the prison pen at Elmira, where 10,000 Con- &7 federates were confined. Following the war General Tracy was appointed United States District Attorney by President John son. When his term expired he success fully engaged in private law practice In this city and held no publio offioe until he en tered the Cabinet of President Harrison. Physically, Secretary Tracy is a large man, with a face that denotes both intellect and resolution., To no man's opinions does President Harrison attach greater weight than to those of his Secretary of the Nary. Another of Harrison's Standbys. The friendly relations existing between President Harrison and Senator Shelby M. Cullom began when they were in the Sen ate together. During the past few years tbey have been especially close and cordial, and the Illinois Senator had much to do with securing the President's renomina- tion. Senator Cullom is one of the very few men in official life who ii poorer now than ne was wnen ms puoiio career began, in this particular he is a striking example of the integrity of American statesmen. He is now 6J years of age and has been a leader in politics for more than 30 years and save once has never known defeat. Twice he was Speaker of the Lower House of the Illinois Legislature and three times during the war he was chosen a member of Congress. Later he was twice elected Governor of Illinois, and he is now serving his third term in the United States Senate. Once when some one observed in the presencejof the late James Robinson, in his time one of the shrewdest leaders of the Illinois Democracy, that 'Senator Cullom had been a lucky man," Robinson replied: "My friend, when a man rnles in politics for 15 years it's something more than luck. It'a common, hard, every day, seven-day hoss Bense." This compliment came with exceptional grace from Robinson, as he was the only man who ever beat Senator Cullom in a political fight Cullom's Besemblance to Lincoln. , Senator Cullom was a friend of Lincoln, and bears a striking resemblance to the martyr President, a resemblance which Secretary Tracy. constantly increases as he grows older. It was Lincoln who first called Cullom's at tention to Blaine as a man destined to cut a large figure in the history of the country, and Cullom, keeping Lincoln's words in mind, was one of the original members of Congress, who brought Blaine out for Speaker. iAs I Btated a moment ago Senator Cul om, despite his splendid record as Legisla tor, Governor and Senator, is one of the poorest men in public life. He is entirely dependent upon his salary for support, and he said not long ago that he sometimes found it hard work to keep his head above Force The BEHIND OUR PRICES is QUALITY. YOU DO IN BEDROOM SETS . ' WE BEAT THE WORLD . You will travel a long way before you see another such a collection of them as we show. You will travel forever before you match our prices. Scores of new styles await your inspection. They are here for you to look at whether you desire to buy or not HERE'S A SPECIAL53 fttt i liilfgtM f ' ItitTt iiiBtMra fK MtjgtJtJtJtk. -n JL.-jmhi grUiMini iMJJMJ. ssZs!2EBmm I i-rat f THIS SOLID ASH SET In antique finish, pretty, stylish, well made, for the smaAl sum of -h$16.75h- If for cash io per cent discount on this. Look at it before you pur chase A cheap set of furniture. 923, 925, 827 PENN AVENUE. r ' nirrir. a. -z v - Hi rtid" tat uinq' ;r Carit cXeaA .-im,e. twice NATURAL GAS BATES HAVE OOHB water. Still, in the Senate he is a decided success and there'is no member of that body more popular than he. Senator Cullom now occupies the seat so long held by George F. Edmunds and is the leader of the Republican tide. He holds the President in high regard and the esteem is mutual, the President often availing himself of the experience and sterling wisdom ot the Sena tor from Illinois. Senator John Sherman of Ohio. President Harrison has another warm friend and valued adviser in the 'Senate in the person of Senator John Sherman. The friendship between them is of many years' standing and has been strengthened and cemented by time. Senator Sherman's public career covers a period of 37 years, and is still uncompleted. Thirty-three years ago as the leader in the House ot the then youthful Republican party, he was one of the great personalities of the coun try and his subsequent record has been in many respects an extraordinary one. He is a positive character, and wherever you find one of his friends and followers yon generally discover a man of decision and force. His idea of political friendship is that it should be deserved as well as earned, and this has sometimes caused him to be called a cold man, which he is not. When Sherman entered Congress Chase was the chief figure in Ohio. Sherman suc ceeded Chase as leader of his party, and his leadership, though sometimes disputed, has never since been taken from him. A careful observer, chatting about Senator Sherman, once said to me: "John Sher man is great in public life and great in private affairs as welL He has the most complete blending of the dual qualities that enable a man to become, truly great ot any man in this country. He never loses his head in any emergency. He goes right along doing the things that come to him to do as if they were the most ordinary affairs of life instead of the most extraordinary. He is a truly great man and fatality alone aftBtf ECONOMY PRACTICE ECONOMY when you buy such fur niture as we offer, cheap. ITS THE VALUE FOR YOUR DOLLARS that makes it cheap. TMH& Ts.e Bill ftJUMs r,Sifti j). Ke "tnerf' rea.c as "UP AJTD THE THERMOMETER DOWK. has prevented him from reaching the Presi dency." Sherman's Besemblance to Harrison. President Harrison and Senator Sherman have many things in common the same de liberate, judicial temperament, and the same hard-cut, matter-of-fact way of looking at men and measures, and both are careful, methodical and cautious. It was undoubt edly the support of Senator Sherman and his followers that secured the nomination Secretary Foster. ot Harrison in 1888, and since the latter came into office Senator Sherman has been one of his most constant and welcome coun selors. No list of President Harrison's personal OUR CODE bVf32l J . r- . t. poop eow, Ke "tnerf' a. oa.s m&xtp. ItittM v A pleased customer is the best possible advertiser. A dissatisfied person can undo the good of hundreds of dol lars' worth of advertising. Hence we are particular what we say in the papers what we have in the store. We look beyond the benefits to be derived from one transaction; we want your future patron age. We win confidence by deserving it; we deserve it by giving better values than you can obtain elsewhere. Whatever is good, desirable and fashionable is here; the correct in style, the right in price. ' A LACE CURTAIN SNAP. ONE THOUSAND PAIRS -OF- I0TTIIM LACE CURTAINS As a "special offering for this week at $1.25 A PAIR. friends would bt complete without mention of the name of William H. H, Miller, his former lawpartner and present Attorney General. Harrison and Miller have been friends and companions for more than a quarter of a century. The Attorney Gen eral, who was ones a schoolmaster, is modest, retiring and unobstrnsive, but a man of signal worth and ability, and by no one are these qualities more cheerfully and fully recognized than bv the President him self. EUTDSlt. WlMOJT. THE SEX OF THE M03N Various Ideas Entertained by the reople of the "World. Pearson's Weekly. In arohaio times the moon wa regarded as a male god. "Primitive man," says a well-known writer, "saw the moon as a most conspicuous object, whose spots, at periods, had the semblance of a man's face, waxing and waning Increased their wonder, whose coming and going among the still and solemn night added to the mysteryr until, from being viewed as a man, it was seated, especially when apparently angry, in a mist or an eclipse, and bo reverenced and worshiped as the heaven-masn the monthly god." We learn from Max Muller that "moon" is a very old word, and in Anglo-Saxon, where it war -! as a masculine and not feminine, was 'mona." In all the Teutonic languages the sun was feminine, and it is only through the influence ot classical models that in England moon has been changed into feminine and the sun into masculine.' Even in comparatively recent times the Germans were fond of calling the sun and the moon "Frau Sonne" aqd "Herr Mood," The practice prevailed in ancient Egypt "Another reason," says Sir Gardner Wilkinson, "that the moon in Egyptian mythology could not be related to Bnbas tis is that it is a male and not a female deity, personified in the god Thoth. This was the case in some religions of the West. The Romani recognized the god Lunns, and the Germans, like the Arabs, oonsldered the moon masculine and not feminine, as were the Selene'and Luna of the Greeks and Ro mans." In Slavonic, as in Teutonio my thology, the moon it male. 7L0WEBS IMPOSTES Iff 1CZ. How- They Can Ba Transported Prom Australia to England. London TelezrapU. A decided novelty it on vie w at the Royal Aqnarium, Westminster, in connection with the exhibition of the National Chry santhemum Society. For the first time in history flowers from New Zealand have been imported in ice, and the experiment has proved a complete success. In the an tipodes the culture of the chrysanthemum has awakened a good deal of interest There April corresponds with the English chrysanthemum month of November, but until this year the growers here have had no means of accurately judging the methods of the plants reared In our Australasian col onies. It occured to Mr. Earland, gardener to a gentleman living at Wellington, to take a few of his finest flowers to the Meat Refrigerating Works. There they were placed in tin canisters filled with water and then frozen. The tins were opened at the Royal Aquarium and found to contain each a iolid block of trans parent ice, in the middle of which, em bedded as it were in the pure crystal, was a beantitul bloom, perfect in shaoe and color, and comparing, as experts declared, with the finest varieties customarily exhibited in England, In recognition of the success of the enterprise, taken in conjunction with its merits, a silver-gilt medal was awarded, the feeling being that by way of encourage ment to the New Zealand growers a special prize thould be given. HEADQUARTERS. YOU DO OF ETHICS. THEY KXE"W OF CWBrrrot toe CHAPTER I. Never to be born at all is the best of all lots, and the second best is for a child to re turn as qniokly as possible after his birth to the place from which he came. ioftoc es. "Cousin or no cousin, she has been the kindest friend I have ever had," says Ken rick, warmly, his young and kindly face lighting as he speaks. There is still a good deal of the boy about him. "And I say it is a shame that her life should be spoiled by such a beast as that Terner. Why he he isn't even decent" "It is horrible," returns Lady Carysfort, tears in her handsome eyes. "But what I mean is, that you being her cousin and I her aunt, the world will regard us as preju diced." "Who cares abont the world?" says he, throwing up his head. Considering he is qnite 23, such astonishing valor is hardly to be expected. It is from the earliest youth alone that belief in one's power to conquer the unconqnerable can possibly emanate. "The question it, how is she to live?" "How, indeed! It is abominable how ever one looks at it," says Lady Carysfort; "but what can one do? She has made her own bed, my poor girl. Ton know, Gerald, how I opposed that marriage?" "I know. But surely something " "No, there is nothing," interrupting him gently. "I assure you, Gerald, dear, I have thought it all out over and over again, and can come to no possible solution of the mystery. Of course, there are ways " "Well?" eargerly. "No, no, no! Such ways are disreputable, j NOT PRACTICE ECONOMY when you buy anything simply because it's cheap. There's lots of furniture about that's not worth the buying: THIS REPRESENTS jl JL .. V - A "MARKS" RECLINING CHAIR, And it is the acme of perfection in a chair of this kind. They come in all degrees of luxurious trimming, but the cheapest cane seat at from $15 to 20 has all the points of utility and excellence that the silk upholstered hundred-dollar chair has. We are sole agents. If you want the best you'll not hesitate a moment after seeing it. CREDIT Credit is the life of business. By it thousands of men have been helped to fortunes. Without it progress would be slow, indeed. You buybouses on credit, don't you? Why not furnish up on credit. We'll show youTiow to do so without paying too much for what you buy. HER FOETDNE. the dispatch.! and Rhoda is iht v&rxr world to ro in for a divorce. I sounded her on the subject only last Tuesday, and she vas positively indignant with me with mel" repeats Lady Carysfort, as though thl fact makes an end of all things in the di rection of such interference. "No. I see no way ont of it" "Could the divorce be obtained?" "Well, I'm not sure. The law is always a little intricate, yott see; and Sir Gaston is certainly a very difficult person to run to earth. So slv!" says Lady Carysfort. in dignantly. "What can you expect of a man with such antecedents as his? His father well, we all know abont his father, and hi grandfather. When my poor darling girl told me she had decided finally on marryini; him I said to her, 'Rhoda, have you heard of his father?' It appears she had, bnt she was young, poor child, and undoubtedly those Verners persuaded her into tha match." "Youngl She was a baby! Seventeen, wasn't it? And never outside the Grange till her marriage. Those Verners havo something to answer for." "They will have a bad time when the an swer Is' reanired." said Ladv Carvsfort, i with undeniable joy in this thought; 'there is some comfort in tnat "There Isn't," says her nephew moodily. "The remote luture conveys comfort to no mind. What I want to do is to smash up Verner and all his belongings at once, on" vehemently "the spot" 'I don't think, Jerry dear, that is quito a Christian sentiment," says Lady Carys fort, getting up and moving a little closer to the open window, as if to getboth air and inspiration from the gentle wind that 1 now and then drifts in idly lrom outside. Quality, NOTPRICE ONLY, is WHAT COUNTS. I!-lS? m,mM PENN AVENUE. i - it 4 r ,-j
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