The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21
IN rNokRsoLLs nousR.
The Great fnAasl's Mansion and What
 IL Contains -His Family Bible.


 .wasAsrs,oa coFf. oi Philadelphia Press Colonel ingessoli lives on a square in this city, made famous Ia the last twenty years His house IS large brick with heavy brosnstone trimmings. yesy deep and broad. with generous halls and big square rooms. Fronting the house ss the hlg Lafayette park, si,h its rare toli age. and within a stones sArow Is the White House. Three doors ois ,s the old Seward mansion. in which the as. sassin Payne came near pgtrng aE end n the hfe of Wtll.aga Ii. Seward. on tas, unhappy nigh, oi the ista ot sApril. 1893. The tree agalns; which William ke, tell in his Il, ing agenies WAS carried ct: piece by piece many years aga hy relic hau:ers. and not even a 100; al !; remains. X vide zap be,~eea the me old trees ss the only .hlng to mark the place ot the noted tragedy. The house of Co.one, In. gersoi ss almost rev. and. although not but, for him. seems b have been fashioned for hssa. The main haN IS very w.de. the floor Is ei marble. and arches lead to the s,asrw1y. 10 the dining room and to the pArlors. An immense m.fror IF si, frame on marble base, 2 and the ordinary hall furniture may be seea as you enter from the sesiibuic. A copy of Pages bus, of SAakspeate is on the marble stand ot the mirror, and the walls are hung ~i;h allegofseal ngaFes n photography. The nr,, door to the leit as you enter Is ,he library. The furniture ,s oi velvet a table covered ~ith books Is Tn ,hc center et the ,roor, and book ases inc the val. The 'thrary is no, laise. ani does t spesaa.ls indicate tae character of the asuet. !. s gomp.ete aa aoab. "a the slandsta s k et prose aad poe,sX and inc osRess bent nav possibly he guessed itafa ;ke .etl tgEi editions Il \ s.t.lse. Hobbs. t4s5n. fehn N Diaper Helaaa.ss. lie sle. Bas kaet htc, aopeuh4scg aud itps, Q. iac e;hcf Fas.ase shei,. osl..Ass 9esie E e ses y- she.e u hts heese He . sae s Aaes q edkei sts. aa4 ,he oa.A ssfsa ,Aes kl,v, oi ske5es Rae tcs ea he ma. a.ess pees s.. F. .=lcs a. h4H 8e csesyNhcte.
 $el laas sse ,tas sbeA r 3.'5. can. Wha E ,Isa ehef1a ,5e@hc, ea3e5 .pon the sfcat aiatat, aad the ts, ;agked together ia .he b5f4fN fhe head lookias mo An atfe.nias room. sas upon the cen,et;1hl- n immense volume ~i,h sil' eiges an5 heavy raotocco binding
 "oh. eoleael, sad he 90 yea keep 4 bile
 .soh yes cer;a5uly soeae and see |
 The t~o wxked into the par.ol and Colonel Iusefsoi! ,aoN up the great book and showed the back The ins tp,,on aAs The Inspired Book 0a tAe .aes. n old English gili. ~a> ,he .esend ?. The o.enc ot the Bran
 Turning the leaves ove, the [ ead per sesei that the grea; hook so gfaildiy ooani and 0 .Gpy1as ihe pla6e II honor aas Shakespeare, aa! n inc m,ddie oi ,he book were as ln ,, tAatiy bibie blank page, 10, The famliy Eegis;et Here acre tAe dates oi b,r.h otCelonel lnsersoa and oi h., w 'c the l'c ai ,het uaffil,c and inc dt.e, ei otrth oi tne tAo shs.d-eu
 faes. sad aae lasets3.l !. ne f.aaly b.b.e .a. sefe T. he prayer. i5ook = showsr- beAafif, po ud , y3.ame oi Us.as Here [, at lae feAg.oa sanf
 lie sal., of eHefl roora n Colonel lnsetspii's ho3se afe Aefei s'a pa. ;ure, E,tden'A he does ua' sate :. ;,p abo4, artsisc u4ns-neg' 5e eve tAcs ssy ths' ots penu81,. ensfay.ays and phe,3graph> saoa.d oe h4rs septt- , s'ey lngefsoii se<tts = hate b4, nc iea n oey'ns pst.-fes namely. . peAse n.fsse.i aH ap;hlaS scene i7 have been - po9g or ,e9 a4fuD.- .1s pnsp Gogs .p.aTe. l. a photo graph nal an ieA i'. | ,a4' ;oC ned hlrl a.i tghi II chtsmo took ms fan very p-li | An e sras n < p!case,i h.m as, in- same. ant | yoa eseT 70 into his h,-,e. gentle re ,de' yoa vii md pAln;.ngs. hrou1s. ithog; iphs , engfavinss and sha:-no,s all fnts-d n together B., you vii ind also ,hA' ,hc i, grea' lnade. fl he s oncl can give al , adequate reason fot she presence pfeyeD thing. If there is TO, room or the al, for All Of the pictures. and there s not. then room is found on the ao,r. and .n ;his respec, ihe home of Colonel Ia ger soll reminds me much Of ,he residence of ,he la.e Charles Sumner Pictures were everywhere. No place ~as too good for them. and ;hey ennobled the hgmbles, places Colonel Ingersoll has gre4: many framed photographs, and ,helr tendency Is n tao directions. He ians to pictures of athletes, gladiator and al forms of Hercules, and he runs equally 10 beaa,ifu! women and children There never was Venus whose picture he does no, possess. and some Q. them he ha, n bronze and plas.er Everything 'ha. ls manly and eyeyrh,rz tha. IS beao;,,2i appeals Q ;hls ssa.l say notoro4s :, man. He Ia, some p. lures ao~ of Payne. and he shows slih pr.de and apparent zreet.en 5ronEe b,.p oi s'ol- ;alfe Al the age of }. shich ,o ne seemed hideols, b., Q hsra eppears ~l.h al. the holy Aanbl,es of ruth and zre4.nexs
 l, appears io me ;hs; al he reveteaee z there T 10 ,his man :t.rnst to Shakespeare
 Per sonally. Co.anei irg-fso,l ib i.4e mos, caarming pt men, aEd. as 3 oase- agence, hs life $ bAfnesess for ose of hfs peculiar le@s 2, .i@ ane dca.h could no. d<eH in peace ss r-iigioas com iaenlty if there were I .4in, sn kl. pslsa:e lite and wAlss He keeps away from