The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-02

| iHVtSlDIe. hOunu, ucnSe ana compact Us
n bullet, with the characteristics of Scot
land which mark him as surely as the
furze that each season adorns the heather
Amerlcan-born generations may stand
between him and his ancestors, but he
is no more changed than an English
walnut would be, transplanted to the
Western continent.
STILL THEY COME.
Square, heavy-rigged, sitting low IN
the water, bearing down under full sail
determined to reach the port in time
this is Secretary Kirkwood His clothes
are thin and fleecy, but more sleepy
looking than cloud-like. lie perspires
One is reminded of great drops of rain
pattering on shingled roof, only the
noise must exist in the imagination.
llomely and plain as a crooked apple
tree, and yet the very shade where it
would be delightful to linger. Only
rough shell, containing the sweetest of
kernels After eleven The clock hands
point to the hour of twelve A moving
tableau enters the broad corridor from a
side door Secretary Blaine is the cen
tral figure, On his right walks Sir Ed
ward Thornton, in full court dress, daz
zling in decorations and gold lace. He
has come to take formal leave of the
President, as he has been called home
| by his Queen. On the left of the Sccre-
tary walks his eldest daughter, proudly
Miss Alice Blaine. She is clad in
pure white, e,unrolieved by color. a broad
brimmed chip hat on the back of her
head frames her oval brunette face, and
with her youth and grace she is striking
addition to the picture. Secretary Blaine
looks troubled and worried. The shad-
ows have grown darker under his eyes,
while the other portions of his face are
far more pallid than of yore. His step
is less elastic. but the heat must be con-
sidered. The doors close and the cur.
tain falls 1t should have been men
toned before that the officials who guard
the front doors of the White House have
the power to assign people to different
rooms in the order which may seem to
them best Those whom they consider
of most consequence are permitted to 90
up the stairs, whilst the ''rabble, so call
ed from want of honorary prefixes to
their names, must remain below This
is applicable to Cabinet day. When the
i fortunate arrives up stairs the winnow-
ing process goes on again. The highest
privilege is to be permitted to enter the
room or headquarters of Mr. j. STANLEY
q Brown, a youth of twenty-five summers,
- whose velvet cheeks, destitute of hirsute
, ornament or manly decoration, is sutli
a cient evidence of his guleless innocence
1 and his willingness to obey the will OF
1 others. Mr.. Rose. who had been the
:. Presidents private secretary for years
- when he was n Congressman, was found
to have opinions of his own, and it did
: not suit those who have matters in hard
/ to have that kind of material to man
age.
a AN INCIDENT.
q Whilst DR.. Bliss has shown the con
/ too many doctors around, Swain anc
" Rockwell are the men who keep guarc
f at the chamber door IF the President ant
# will not permit Il friendly face to pass
Il As proof the following tact is given tC
> the readers Of 2He Times When Mrs
n Gmti Id visited New York, before he
II late illness, she invited her warm per
"a sonal friend, Miss Ransom, to accompany
f her. The two intend Il to visit the az
a. galleries together. Mrs. Garfield wisher
.t to have Miss Ransoms opinion on
10 picture of Alexander Hamilton that ha,
# lately been resurrcctcd and come to ljgh
ID after lying for many years among Tn,
Is rubbish. Mrs. Rockwell also wen
10 along When the names of the angus
female Presidential party were made III
to be given to the press Colonel Rock
well instructed the correspondents t.
~ leave out Miss Ransoms name, sayin.
%. that mo names must be mentioned bu
.. Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Rockwell Al
T. T. the old trusted friends of the Garfield
- are thrust aside, whilst Swain and Rock
IT, well guard the doors. The isolation an,
~ cruelty towards the President is not IT,
Z work of the doctors, for they are only inten
;" on killing off each other and if the couu
=" 10 try could be relieved of this surplus ma
)" terial the nation would have cause to re
=, - joice.
? WAITING AN AUDIENCE.
v But coming back to the White House
'o among those permitted to wait up stair
g was the gallant Colonel Buell., no ha,
u n come to Washington after an eightee
~ months campaign in the field after tn
u numbering Victoria and his savage band
lie waited until the Cabinet meeting wa
~ over, and it was we'll on to 4 O'Clock
II ''Better on an Indian trail in the wilder
d ness than the trail of President, if thi
's is the experience" he said. Did Pres
~ ident Garfield know that this brave, gal
- liant soldier awaited audience at his door
=! The writer believes not Did the soldie
q depart with his face crispcd with disar
u pointment He did. Who saw th
: President One woman of all the WON
70 en- who hung around like the lost soul
'e around the gates of Paradise. This wa
" Mrs. General Morgan l.. Smith, tn
= woman Who'll began suitin the New Yorl
courts for $4,000 damages for refusin.
. to pay her for giving decision of TIN
y Supreme Court in advance of its bein!
" y known through the regular news chan
e mel, Mrs. Morgan Smith informed tn
= writer that her interview with the Pres
Z dent was perfectly satisfactory. Thu
} Joy stamped on her beautiful face wa
r sufficient proof, The soldier walked sac
. and detected away, but from the window
! of the Executive Mansion a woman
= eyes filled with tears followed his retreat
u ing footsteps; and from the holies
- depths OF her heart assembled the praye
y that God would shield and protect him
: and give his brave soul and strong arm
- the strength to protect the lone settler
y from the murderous sayages that infes
u our remote frontier.
OLIVIA.
Il William Brooks attempted to shoe
/ his wife, at Shelby, n. g. The indigna
a ton of his neighbors was outspoken, anC
p they proposed to have him prosecuted
. but he said that they need not go to tha
G trouble, for he fully realized his despica
A BILE character. and would punish himsel