Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-13
How Zaehsrtsh CHANDLER 9.
have a He0 q -. -

eIcst oik man over SIX feet nigh Ans aNor.
slAAs years Old. He and Horace Cra.icw
were SNnrn within a caf-calI ~ eaeh 10y
-hu SUI - single man Old as nauch a. $780,
ShSndler 70 defeat the philoSopher fo- tha
TIeIla 81 Sy, he has . lumberins, heavy
carries an alterr ate white and ref Tace in
thont 40 hlgl~ cane - one hand aud a
% SshS.e 90 0t Bspers In the osser. he never
nAlNs LOT pleasure He a. always o. bust
ness. BE splits every eight minutes a;wav.
20 tne leIt seldom straight. and with the
s se pgaa1s an hat pnnctnaiss his every
bead on great ship, he carries MS er~st.
broad head aud vsriegated gace. on a cold
cay Die countensnce beams almost like the
RED glare OF \ locomotive head light Nine
ty-nine men who pass him on n frosty morn
ihg make htnety-nine remarks. fretghtaf
Win the Information that ssold Zach has
nso Dis oltteTs" But, on Lord, how this
world Is given 10 lying THIS red face has a
history, this crooked splitting has a reason.
ana Will give You both.
II Is now seventeen years since Zacharish
Chandler, being remarkably succeSsfui in
business, built for hts family a ne A. ana ele-
sant house In Detroit When nearly finished
he moved INTO IL On the first evening i'm
mediately after the gas was turned on and
llt' The smell OF the escaping gas aroused the
Co. ~ 49, ia and search was msde
lhen child. with a lighted candle, detacteg
~ In closet of the back parlor The father
hhoNlIs the danger OF al explosion, hurried
10 The closet with n servant. took the candle
from The daughters n snds. aud shielief hsr
Just in time 10 receive the full blast himself
burning his head, neck aud hands almost 20
crisp. The nose. ears. eyes. lips aud flesh
OF The face were so completely cooked that
old Zach embraced the opportunity ant
murmured through his blistered lips Bring
on your cannthsls. I'm cooked
A physician was Immediately sent for.
VINO, after few moments examination.
shook his head In the most unhopeful man
ntr- WIN a fOrttude which charactpriTes
MI. Chandler To- this day. he submitted 20
the examination, and at the close demand
To know the worst. Tue physician. Dr Clark,
wisely endeavored to postpone the giving OF
his opinion until the next dav: hut NJ Chan-
der insisting, the doctor reluctantly an
swered his questions.
ahout IL"
"Mr. Chandler, youm lose your nose.
And my ears, suppose, too"''
i. am soriy 10 say, yes they are complete
My forehead How about that"
well, don't see how the skin will ever
grow there again
my lips?"
The upper lip. Mr.. Chandler, shall have
TO take almost completely or"
Wits Ihs rs bad, for man 20 lose his upper lip.
II am sorry 20 say, shaIl have 90 remove
portion of that. also
"Eh! Well, go on"
There, that Will do. IN know better in
the morning"
You can't leave me until know all. CO
on, doctor. anything else"
The doctor hesitatad.
900 on, doctor. My eyes"
"Nour eyes,
Eyes. Go on"
both eyes
That's enough. doctor you can go now"
Nearly yeai passed before Zachariah
Chandler was seen on the streets OF Detroit
again. No one could recognize MIN except
by bis voice and immense frame. His face,
once full, round, aud muscular, was shriv-
eled aud musclClesS. His heavy Jaw, indi-
cstive OF his frmness OF purpose, was al
most without shred OF flesh Aud as he
remai ked himself, lie was the most thin
skinned man In the whole north west"
Such is the history and reason of his red face
ana crooked splitting, which too many addle-
rated Journalists stamp a. the outward and
visible sign OF a spiritual awakening inside.
Such is the history OF a face which DISCUSSES
the man Of whose entrance 10 the cabinet
you all howled like Dervishes-a face only
stNed ny Ihe very incest skill Of surgery-a
lace wearing sad change, Redeemed and
household.
You have never seen Zach. Chandler denv
anything that the newspapers ma ght say OF
him, and many unbearable things nave they
been. When his appointment 20 the portfolio
OF the interior Department was announced.
all Scoldom yelled with It's fOrty-jacksss
power. The New York Times, an admins
Iratlon paper, with its usual weak smart
ness, said IL didn't know what she was good
Tor unless 10 sit up with nights Every
stan on every New York journal was search
Cd for Its raeanest and most sarcastic writer,
mat something worthy OF the occasion and
The man might be said. The leaders on his
appointment reelled with the slimieSt adjec-
tives, but were as free from facts as a Phila-
delphia medical diploma.
Teacuen has, however, taken place, and
instead OF the senseless ridicule there il
shamed silence or open commentator. II
predict, Zach. Chandler will make the best
Secretary of the Interior that the country
has had since the foundation OF the govern
nnent-Ro0eTt Creighton, Washington Core
SlJOltdcIlce DOnblug NegCs.