The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17

Pen Portraits Of the Ministers BY q
Wo0AD.

Here u Blaine, with whose face the
10 familiar powerful face.
in which seaft and kindnss, force and
passioa and will are strange
y conaiselsd. HE temperament u
one Of great visality;ons Of nerve rather
tha. Of nussls, of fluent electricity rath-
o. than Of iron. This tsopsramsnt males
him . man Of moods, Of impressions.
Of Prejudiess. Of passionate power,
quick to kindls the emotions rather
than the Judgment Of bis fellows. HE
head 10 both symmetrical and strong.
bis brov is intellectual, his ears are
large. - the ears Of powerful men
needs bs-iu addition, Blains's are we'll
shaped. His nose i sensual his
mouth 10 petulant like . 6tful boys /;
his eyes are dark, bold, keen and 6ne;
his hair p prematurely gray. A man
Of oak.liks form, he bears on his crest
the marks Of the storms that have
swept over him. Barely City. at first
glance he looks over sixty; bat anoth-
e. will show you thst the Ere Of youth
still flashes from bis eyes. vibr,tes in
his voice and 6ames from his will.
William Window, secretary Of the
treasury, some three years older than
Blaine. looks many years younger.
You seem TO zee in his wake his line
If Quaker ancestry-plaeid women. in
close caps. Who loved the Lord and
served Him; and devout men. whose
shed . benign comming-
ling Of shrewdness and unworldiness.
Nothing else seems to explain the 1T
mosphers which surrouuds M. Win
dom. compounded ut once Of worldly
wisdom and unworldiy grace. A man
eminensly successful in oil the under.
takings Of his5lifs. he yet has not the
face or bearings of mere man of the
world. Ut powerful frame and full
habit. bic eOunienance u most remark
able for the clearness and purity of ito
His chin is clean shaver.
but be wears moderate side whiskers.
His hair 10 dark. waveing. and luxuri-
ant, isbrushed back from brow and ears.
His forehead is high. round and full.
Ills nose 10 not small, bot dslicately cut.
His mouth 10 firm, with IN expression
Of latent kindness lurking in it, corners.
His ewes. of dark blue. are clear, thought
fol, and ever benign in expression.
H1 complexion 10 fair and eighty rud-
dy. An atmosphere Of real henigniiy.
q we'll % Of great intelligence and Of
perfect health, surrounds him.
JAMES.
Thomas L. James comea Of the un-
Welsh stock that settled 80
largely central New York; the same
that ssnt forth that true man aud &C.
complished gentleman. Ellis HI. Rob
erts. Of Utica. The same city sends
forth the new postmaster general. - il
has sent forth before Roscoe Cooklinx
and other veil known persons. Like
the president. his postmaster.g general
- shining proof Of what IN Ameri-
can boy Of muscle. will and brain can
make Of himself. In the long. patient
endesvor and 10 every result Of success
and honor he II ''selfmads." He
came to the poss-of6cs Of New York
and where % many Who
stepped from = higher place fell, be,
Welding to no Temptation. went On
working, till he made the New York
post-of6ce service one Of the best Of the
world. and his reward came when he
wss called higher. To the place where
be nov seaDds be worked his way up
from . printers olBcs in Utica, N. Y.
He has On executive face. Studying
L, one sees how be did il oil. Fifty
!ears old, be looks ct least ten years
younger. Every feature 10 full, 6ne.
With nothing TO spare. His
syes are full Of insight. His nose 10
hold, but not aggressive. His mus
ache 10 assertive, hie chin clean, bis
~ the ono that rulsD and executes.
KlRKwoOD.
Samuel j. rkvood, secretary Of
he interior. has one ofthe most benign
INT Of faces. Nothing could b truer
" kinder than the expression Of his
yes or more serene without weakness
han the expression Of his mouth.
0ne looks, and takss heart for the
aturs Of the Apaehss. the Poucas
md Ill outcast Indian tribes.
LINCOLN.
Robert +. Lincoln. in growing older,
bas grown in sxprsoiOA more like his
liussrious father. There y look in
,is eyes very like the immortal sadness
hat looked forth from the eyes Of
Abraham Lincoln. and there 10 the
ame expression about the nossrils Of
he nose. To-day be u bearded like
bard" With military mustsche and
,eard that seems ct var somehow With
he gentle sys.bsans above. He has
J most interesting faes. that u the
rue exponent Of what be is-modsst,
Ientls. thoughtful. patient and true.
That be u the right man in the right
,lace u 10 one way shown By the hosts
Il colored people pressing in upon him
o his new ot6ee, just to shake the
hand Of their Father Abraham," -
III Warrington negroes call President
Lincoln.
HUNT.
William H. Hunt. secretary Of the
,svy. though IN older man in person
Il,ty, bears . esrtaiu resemblance to
3ecretsry Blaine. He has the same
frona feafnres hut n moea seranA ma