Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-04-26
GEoRGEWlCulLDS.

the W asihagtea SUNDAY Chronicle. lp-
teresting anecdotes of popular men He
concludes them with an eloquent and
hearty tribute to Geo. W. Childs, Of the
Philadelphia Ledger We copy as fol
lows - .-t
No charity appeals to Childs in vain;
no object of patriotism no great enter
prise: no sufferer from misfortune. wheth-
er the ex- Confederate or the stricken
foreigner. He enjoys the confidence of
President Grant, and was among the
first to send a splendid subscription TO
the monument to Greeley. He, more
than any other, pushed the subscription
of over 800, 900 for the family of the
dead hero, George g. Meade. and yet
Alexander ii. Stephens of Georgia has
no firmer friend. His list of unpublish
ed and unknown benevolence wouhi
give the lie to the poor story that hc
Graves notoriety When | carried let
,ers from him in Europe in 1867, his
name was 4 talisman,and it was pleasant
10 see how nublemtn like the Duke of
Buckingham honorei the Endorsement
of an American who thirty YEATS ago
walked the streets of Philadelphia with
out friend or dollar lie made his
money himself. not by speculation or
office, and got none by inheritance. lie
coins fortune life magician, and spends
il like man of heart He likes society,
and lives like gentleman. lie is as
temperate rs ever Horace Greeley was,
and vet he never denies his friends Il
generous glass of wine His habits are
rs simple as Abraham Lincoln's, and yet
his residence is a gem bright with ex-
quisite decoration. and rich in every
variety of art. He gives a Christmas
dinner to newsboys and bootblacks,and
TO travelling dukes and earls, with equal
ease and familiarity. lie never seems
to be at work, goes everywhere, sees
everybody, helps everybody, and yet his
great machine moves like clock under
his constant supervision.
In sketch like this have no space
to do more than alude to The L,dgT
under the management Of Mr.. Childs {;
to the palace, which cost with the
ground, ovor 800 o.0O0, i'll which he prints
and publishes it, and to his circulation,
running at times Ia $1,000 copies day.
But there is one aspect that must not be
omitted rs | close these anecdotes.
mean the perfect independence Of the
paper in regard TO loca! and TO. general
corrtptions. Ii does not hesitate. IL
strikce' ont bold and quick. Its rheto-
. =. ,lA.,,,t hot Of
! Jarvis, when lac took 1.-THE bull by the
horns, twenty and twenty five years
AGO, and when he stirred the scnsibili
! ties of the medical students and the pro
slavery mobs; but it is more effective,
I because more moderate. George W.
Childs, an intimate friend Of President
Grant, does no; fail to tell him in his
Public L,dgsr, as he does hope, in
his private talk, thai among those who
affect 10 support Grant in Philadelphia
/ there are creatures who do not care
three continental farthings for him, cX-
cept rs they can nse him II is some
thing to feel that there is at least one
man in Philadelphia who has money
enough not to want any more, and who
! can afford 20 tell Grant thetruth with
out being accused OF Il longing for his
favor. l.II43.. t...f
SOME RArs Ggr DdSK.-Tbe Bod
ford Inquirer Is responsible for the fol
/ lowing: r ~ .'' '- r.a. .tLl
A friend informs lIs that the St Clair
township rats have been on n big spree
! since the election. Our old friend, Ex
| Sheriff Aistadt keeps hotel at Alum
Bank. On Monday night Of last week
/ after the Sheriff had retired, by some
means or other, a spigot worked out Of
one Of his whisky barrels and some tbr
~ gallons of the fluid raj out on the
! cellar floor. The rats which abound jn
numbers soon discovered the state of
affairs and concluded TO have a Jolly
time. The next morning the cJrpses
of thirteen Norways, Zone male and
twelve femalc) toll the fearful tale
Thay had drunk themselves drunk and
died of dtirimm btm,as. a post NOR
TEN examination showed that the Spring
crop of rats in ST. Ciairlwill fall short
this year by about one hundred. l.a-a
FrIRrlNG A. FIxE Anr.-Thc Sci
ence of society amounts TO little true art
unless n certain genius goes with the
knowledge; and who will deny that
there is certain natural gift for social
influence, as there is for all beautiful
arts Some persons have a rare social
witchery who have not any other for1n
of genius, and some women, Of very
moderate abilities in other RESPECTS, have
an art of pleasing that amounts TO fasci-
nation, One woman Ia famons attire
will gather great crowd Of notables IN
a grand house ard Give them n great
supper, and all shall be fiat and dull
While some winsome little body, without
any fiashy costume or parade, aud even
without rare beauty will entertain her
circle of guests in q charming way Of
her own, and make them all at home
with her and each other She plays MP
. on fheir various tsnipcrs aud traits ani
associations as master hand plays upon
the harp or piano ! have sometimes
thought that womanly charm, aud per-
haps even what in the best sepse is call
ed flirting, could be made one Of the
fine arts, and eonsecrated TO charity,and
even to religion That bright girl takes
that half dozen striplings in hand, aad
t<.,,,.b.u saoI, I'm furt, With s.la vf,,l x,r.f.e