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Cleveland could not enlist during the War of 

 Secession, for two of his brothers were in the 

 army and he had to work hard to support his 

 mother and sisters. But he borrowed money 

 to hire a substitute, and was unable to repay 

 the loan until long after the war was over. 



The Indians of the Oklahoma country had 

 been deprived of many of their rights and much 

 of their territory by white settlers, but Cleve- 

 land compelled the latter to withdraw and 

 even to tear down the fences which they had 

 built on their "claims." 



At the great memorial meeting which was 

 held for Cleveland, his personal friend, Richard 

 Watson Gilder, read a poetic eulogy, in which 

 occurred the following lines, which give a true 

 picture of the man: 



Thou brave and faithful servant of the State, 

 Who labored day and night in little things, 

 No less than large, for the loved country's sake, 

 With patient hand that plodded while others 

 slept ! 



Fishing was Cleveland's favorite relaxation, 

 and at this sport, as in everything else, the 

 secret of his luck was "hard work and no let 

 up." No sun was hot enough, no storm blind- 

 ing enough to turn him from his favorite 

 pastime, and that he took the matter seriously 

 is shown by the fact that he published a 

 volume of Fishing and Hunting Sketches. 



Cleveland was one of the few men who have 

 been much in public life of whom it may truth- 

 fully be said that in no instance did he seek 

 the office the office always sought him. 



His manner of speaking was delightfully in- 

 formal, and his powers of mimicry were so 

 great that Joseph Jefferson declared that he 

 had missed his calling and should have been 

 an actor. 



Almost the last words he spoke were, "I 

 have tried so hard to do right." 



Consult Peck's American Party Leaders; Stan- 

 wood's History of the Presidency; Whittle's 

 Grover Cleveland. 



CLEVELAND PUBLIC SQUARE 



r LEVELAND, OHIO, the largest city 

 of the state, the second largest port on the 

 Great Lakes and the sixth city of the United 

 States in population. It is the county seat of 

 Cuyahoga County and the most important 

 manufacturing and commercial center of Ohio. 

 Cleveland is situated on Lake Erie, at the 

 mouth of the Cuyahoga River, in about the 

 center of the coast border of the state, 108 

 miles east and south of Toledo, 132 miles 

 northwest of Pittsburgh, 183 miles southwest 

 of Buffalo and 245 miles northeast of Cincin- 

 nati. Chicago is 339 miles west. Cleveland 

 is an important railway center, being served 

 by the Baltimore & Ohio; Cleveland, Cincin- 

 nati, Chicago & Saint Louis; Erie; New York 

 Central; New York, Chicago & Saint Louis; 

 the Pennsylvania, and the Wheeling & Lake 

 Erie railroads. 



Interurban lines extend to Ashtabula on the 

 east, to Columbus and Youngstown on the 

 south and to Toledo on the west. Steamers 

 90 



docking at Cleveland connect with all ports 

 on the Great Lakes from Duluth to Buffalo, 

 and through the Welland Canal with Toronto 

 and the Saint Lawrence River. The area of 

 the city exceeds fifty-one and a half square 

 miles. In 1916 its inhabitants numbered 

 674,073; by the Federal census of 1910 the 

 population was 560,663. About thirty-five per 

 cent is made up of Germans, Austrians, Hun- 

 garians, Russians, Irish and Italians. 



Cleveland is located 689 feet above sea level, 

 on a plateau which slopes gently toward the 

 lake, and is divided by the winding course of 

 the Cuyahoga River into a smaller western 

 section (West Cleveland) and an eastern, or 

 principal, section. It is also intersected by 

 two tributaries of the stream. Near the river 

 bank, where the land is low and flat, are 

 located many of the industrial works. Several 

 viaducts span the river and connect the various 

 levels of the city, the most remarkable of these 

 being two constructed of steel and iron, which 



