, 1874-11-06

rottrng at tho cntl Of ti,oir eighth year, and tho
progress Of public opulot1 That tho principle Is
salatary, have etyon It, in praotico, tho iorcc at
prcsiiont uousone to bo q candidate for u third
election, trust ho would be rejected ou this
tlou,ullBtration Of ambitious vlowa.. ;"
soNN ". oAnnETT.
WrilinE In tho library of CuugrohH, laat weak,
anw portly llgnro aI tic lend Of . body oi
stiangois walking up mud down and explaining
things. recognized TINT rubioonl fnoo, blulsli-
gray oyc. aud sotd. uuauxoua trend nnl paee,
.otho =, baltimore l. Ohio Hallway megnatc, John
1Io has bocn In Europe for moro tim two
years. n tho tntorlm, hts foltow-capltallst and
frlcnd Jollus IIopkins, llns passed to tho grave.
During bis al'Bonco, although oibidtlcn to ut
tond to business, Garrett wrote by cvcry null
md had tho opitomizcd work scnt out to him.
beon ut tho quartors Of tile Prcsiaouoy n hia ab-
scnco, King exercising ylceroynlty, and KoyBor
moving up md down tho limo mid through tho
commercial crntrcs.
Whatovor tho reasons orphtlosoplY, this nnn-
agstnont OF this railway IL Ylndlcated above
evoiythng Of tho kind III tho Western World.
The great paniu aWopt over tho country yoarr
ngo, mud drove Vanderbilt to Wall street, asld
Scott to ptoseat, while these Scosch-lgss- Dutch
mon Of Baltimore woro ~ oblivious Of tho panic
a. that Frederick County man who, having
plowcd oil day, sud. Us lso can,o homo:
" dtnka foels como itslo bobblus in my
hoots. "-nnd forthwith han!s out a pRsr OF onna-
ers mud q acart-wronch.
There waa no scrip nor wator In CARROTS
booH. AL tho stock thelo Was oil dry.
''That Is tho only railroad Ia A,norioa," Ha,d
Shanty. tho Canadian WHO built tho lloosao
Tunnel, .sablo In any contingency to take caro-
The powor Of this railroad Is no secret. It
consists iu learning whatever ia good from The
present ago, aud forgetting nothing TINT was
good in former ones. Once or twice, therc Inns
boon stockholders moyoInont to divide mora
the absolutiHm and tho oid-fashIoncd sagacity OF
Garrett hayo prevented this going through.
u's motto has beon: Economy tn every do
tail; from pound Of nails up" .'Timo," gays
oasrett "is longer thaa sge'alat.ou; M III a. . Sol! s
long credit Of tho stock NIL wait together,
stockholders and officers! Invest tho surplus in
the syasem. Lot politics alono. Neither con-
ciIiate 1t nor antagonizo It. Particularly do not
odgs and il viii enaw you Ill yonr days.
Responsibility in the working force; conscrya-
tBnl] in tile management: patience III the
stocE-list. Do not fool With Eooalislns. Side
largo terminal points, a1id tho eide-placos must
build toward tho stem wo extend III their general
direction"
1lr. Garrett took this road short timo before
tho War. ue was d proyisiou-dcalor, tho son OF
baulcr.-scolc1-1rish Presbyterian on Que
had hard, round hoad, slow and gracious
manner, n large, rolling, acute p3ausblitY,
which reminded people Of . Hollnnd Dureo-
mastor. Ho WIS mover in hurry, but always
very prompt five minutes OF reflection ho g1yo
| to every second Of speech, except whom ho lat
| great occasion, and then lao hnd done tho
] thinking for wecls before. He WIS never de-
| ncjont In contidencn, but 1t was diplomatic
and graduated md 1t embraced people u1.cttlol's.
y, inatead Of Carrying them BY storm. His por-
hrurt1 tyna frEnRrrifnh1n Hin fntnrnp1 hn1 n.
turned AGAIN to tho same point, and by weight
and tic leaning power, not attrtion nor intrigue,
carried tho position, or pefulsted until 1t 'fas
lost. Ho had largo Baltimore apPositcs for food,
and bis stoady animal heat any intol'
loctua1 relapse or melancholy. II ho could be
capable Of It, Detweon work ard eating, they
| aay. lis organism for time grow unstrunS. lie
! worked OH full stomach for fifteen years
yortigo boca.no 90 manifcas TINT ho Ind to give
over and go to Europe. lie told mo that he Ind
perfectly capable assistants, aud should not 10.
sunle bis labor with so much willtulness.
GArrett III essentially q merchant uo has lod
| this railroad from 85 ccnlB on tho stock up tc
| 5t.35 aud more, whore it stands like Moha,n'
mods coffin, against the coiting. From road,
badly of, between baltimore and WAeeling,tit it
now road to Staunton, to Danvllle, to C!ncin'
mt, to pittsbnrg, to saudusky. to Chicago. 4
may got he q road to Omaha and New Orleans
ItB ambition stops ut Baltimore. In that cit,
there is IN rntlortono Of fcoling that john "
Garrett may become candidate for tho prosi
deucy OF tic Unitod stasos.
EDUCATION AND ITS pEQuEsTons,
Tho report of John Entnn, Commissioner o.
Education, Is one Of tic most thorough docn
ments published this year. It Is fresh from t
GoYornment press, IL subject TO the charge O
voumiuousnees, making above 1,0D0 acid nit
tabulatod pages, but is also indexca and oditc'
with revision.
Tho fist thing to strike tho eye !n 1t is th
amount Ut private contribution to education Il
it's various forms. Eloyon and one,qnnrto
millions Of doIlars aro footed up, and the reckon
| 5i5, 900, 900 wns wll!cd md tecdcl, III 1873, +
achoola, libraries, md foundations.
Maryland received or this above 80, 500. 900, O
uoafly ono-thira Of tho wlole muniiicont bcquos
of the Quaker Hopkins. Massachusetts, an
o0o.. YandorblIt's gift of s5l1,0oo to til
Nashville University bearing his nam
ia notable. Connecticut received S6o1
GOO, OF which Harvard got two-thirds. I'll
Union Theological Seminary. New York. receive
Iilinois, sa78,Oo0; Indiana, e927ooo; Iowa
sGd,o0o; Kansas, 912,ooo; Michigan, Sl45. .ooo
hiaeeso.a op9 ;d Mssoa1 g 1 ?5 99o NJ
5GO,0U0.
Tako tho throc Middle States together, MI
: tho beuefactiona amounted to s5,lUJ, 900; til
Now England States together, to 700, 900
and the Western States, 70 81, ,G52, COO. Tho ps
ciilc states received s352, ,0o0. Not one Of to
cltic sldo gavo anythinR for education, or bookt
or women,-D. O. alills excepted, s5,010 to Oat
land University for cabinet OF minerals: Jame
Lick, Tcal-esloto ,,,,,,' operator, gaye Sl5o,og
$4,000 to tho library founded BY bis fathe
School III his native town. Il: q, Margua1!t