, 1879-02-14

llo ecats himself At lila tc.t ~
easS'GnaiF. You draw an ntm.shsinne !. SEATED
tl,e ire, or ncrhaps tho ca,y.cIaI: aIsnst befors
fo,os m.n s,,orL step'ndcr /, d,,mt nat I'D
ihc urncraI lays his or two jr,, ,,i IN IN Writing,
TINT tinnu on the droIrttght ninn. ,ttr t"tre hoof,
ffl9, hc holds It In flls hanl The u entcr,sn.
ntai1c In neutral tinss, erays h6d dr9on Is fur.
!nfgo correction ot books .efewc,s s'9Shs, .ss, 4
hiIts1s hmIt IT, "ssy pqnacrovs reference boos hsh
!xct' with your surrounding, hnassy' ht"sy 'smfl'ar
ttlc General invitcs you 10 ra,n, a,n"ssef, ~ hctors
Inu arc fatr p'aycrl The tjenr,,," !" Il, o1lliard,
2o At tho close the score rrat.. h.1'Ts ha!l1Ts ynu
g.tcst, !oi mud you are tnsteil 10 ~ nat!es, 81
lwo iaoles aro opcn for your preference sanhoher h
gang, nnl would sooner hear u eho, 1o' tscopi
on the relies tic room t,osscsscs th.n thatY lecture
friendly whlrl Of the lyorys, Thn 1aa engage Ii
long apartment, Is over the woosbcddp dpon r. -
mud Is yofitaole cabinet Of cor,iorts II ~
y strewn wltn sksnt OF boar, buffalo. ma e aS:
books boz s ere. 'S sa eVefy 1tS tectnno.h
topic, iaw, however, prelomina1tne." So ,sssII
innlltcl hanos q large, old.fashoacd vsss rss she
hosn' covered BY quaint caryiny. f,pus ,l%sa,i. e
AN OLD soLniEn's HAND. y
The artist was Capt. Zcpban.ah 1,,,,..
probably tte carving was done during ths thst 1!a saa
days With Wolfe at Quebec. Tic ma, 1s1 "tatl sal
Wle,ucu en'9 o!a hnrn was the gransitah.,aa9, :,
which was slung a. Tic Captaio's eila !,aekka!t
elamhercd up tho slippery rocks hcfore asn H., ;,
cn's Gibraltar, md bciuw swort ihat 4. asane'
many revolutionary fight. From III. As.sa .tssl q
old veteran, and from his father, VIA stsra} ss.
faithfully under Hickory Jackson no tonh,s hs,s,sa ,s
host derived that sldo Of bis character sSI5E 5o
best known. Not fur oil Is hung she e1sssll ss.a
certificate Massachusetts presented tho.. hs,!ei Hs
took part In the War. The military rncrs.sa ~
Of father and son hang side BY aIle mn M y
story Of all thcae your host lwclia sith n.,,sa .a
ablc delight. The b,lliar tablcs hc teIIs IIesa' es.
arc often run together Mt the end Of The ,den 3sa
plnY sometimes, GcneraIin 1Ccrtainnni.gm nn y y {o9
you have no doubt but that he plays erre,s.'nsa ~
Tic desk just there u where be wrnto hjs n",!;
letter to Judge Hear. but yoar tnc has n,..a ns.a
70 pleasantly, ''thc night Is far spcnt:f ~ nv
fortabIa chamber receives you, a,, aoon ,Ss H'.'
lcnce Of the room Is broken only bY ;he ~ =,
among tho trees. ''a@
You Will not find your host dto8n ye7 .,.,,
| next morning Hc ta hardly an early rIs.r. 4,
ho will sit up to any hour convcrsiue; md ~ ~
deus. Ills ability to do tho work be sss, aas,a,
p]ishes seems to come with the powcr Of d!yest.
ing himself Of tho matter In hand and X.
methods he employs. 0ftentimes he viii mi
from $3.50 or Q rtll 2, lunch till $50, dozs h.
twenty minutcs-to has tho power to sieep IL,
TING, nng gwhete' qnd II any pos!tion-shsn ,wt
to his bedroom, throw oil his cares With bs ets
md in five minutes there Ia no sounder sI,trt,
| On this aide OF tho crave. In his o[]rt H.
systetn Is u science. Ills letters arc Opened mi
briefcd on the back Of Whatever Is inport.n,
| This brlcf IA read to him. The answcr d d..
tated to hts shorthand secretary, Major; o., i
ttt, 1ntt nr rartfrt,lnrIy fn,norfonf he ,,sJ.
whole Of 1t. His ulcthols OF thinking hs e1r
easily communicate to snbord!natc. and hs
two most trusted clerks, Gems. Waltuey nd
Casscll, relieve his hands materially. Whlnt1
takes the law affairs, Casselt tic political n,;.
ters. So carefully hare they. worked Into bis
communications to him about cosscsponaelca
aro somewhat like this: "Gen. Blank wylte. to
sas this md that I surpose I had belstt tell
him 50 and so1" "Ycs." "Mr. Smith, of T..
sex, writes for documents relating TO The wls5.
St clam. 5'ys Rsht ssGs n IN 'fi , rss es IL s'! M
mendous business Is accomplished, and e,sa
claimant receives his RESPONSE. During the }Gr
Gup. Butler outworkctl hts stall, and secfetMr
Stanton told ono OF bis aides that Buffers Eo,s
was sont Washington butter prepared than lh..
Of any other atRM in the War. Fur he ne7sr
spares himself, Ho cxacts tho most rigid ii.
hcgenco to orders. Il first failure is mel With !
kindly Tumark about care for tho fu,urt. Th
repetition OF a mistake Is not forgiven. -
those who call Upon him l,e gives aut!eacs
readily, hears them patiently, asks. "1s ttas
ailln antl tlicn shows them out unhcsltstt1Gl1.
Time is precious, and the callers nanJ. To hA
friends there is, perhaps, little more conlies'.
but they know business drives, and do not sts!.
IIo may hurry them of, but they arc sTare thts
any little rouchncss OF manner is merely II
ouigrowth OF haste. II he is their friend be
has nothing but frtendship for them, The' a.
photograph him differently, know him dast;
Guilty, see another Gen. Butler than y pIetu'hl
to tie world, atd nun who, II ho u Eteit
failure to his oncnlos, remains ever Ia the'tigE'
| a trfIi,n pllaut euccck8,