Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-08

ABOUT Jnelr boy Manning, who was recently
practically dismissed IN disgrace from the
Military Academy. In his rough, uncOuth way
Logan loves the boy and had built great hopes
upon his admission to West Point. Now he is
out of West Point, and despite the attempt of
the LOgans to make people believe that 1t was
on account of his sore eyes, everybody knows
that it was because of insubOrdination and
drunkenness. Mrs. Logan is almost heart
broken.
THERE ARE SOME MEN IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
who seem to have lifelong leases to the seats
they occupy. They come back year after year.
bObbing up serenely with every session. They
are usually men of small calibre who have a
good grip on their local political machine.
Sometimes, of course, the life tenant is a first
rate man-ust the man for the place-and in
that case he cannot be too often returned.
But the majority of them are like old Uncle
John ketcham, of New ork, who is as deaf
as a post when he wants to be, and never was
known in the House or elsewhere to speak
above whisper He is a worker, not
talker nor hearer. When sympathizing
stranger, upon being presented, d,cOmmisserated
with him on his deafness he replied, with
twinkIng eye: sob! hear enough" So he
does He is the worst beggar for offices IN the
House OF Representatives. He bOthers the
department officials all day and haunts their
dreams all night. OF course his achievements
IN the direction of Office getting are now more
limited than they were; but they are still so
considerable as to give him constant additions
to the unenviab nOtorietY he has acquired
Department of little experiment they tried
on "Uncle John" (as they all call him) with q
view to seeing whether he was not deafer at one
time than at another. Uncle John came in the
next morning to the office of the appointment
clerk. GLOW about that little appointments"
he whispered. Sorry" said the appoint
ment clerk. but we can't put your man in
You say it's all rightY' questioned Uncle
John, with one hand to his ear. mo-" said
the clerk almost at the top of his voice.
"No; | said we couldn't get your man in"
rffrhf mol VaEn 4
you'll make the appointment" but I say
we can't" fairly yelled the clerk. 'Yes"
SAID Uncle John; Il say Pm very glad to
know that you'll make the appointmcnt
Thanks. Od-bye," and he was off. The
other half of the experiment came the next
week when he was in again. asking another
appointment on can nave IT." sald the
clerk IN his lowest tones. 81 thank you"
saId Uncle John, and Immediately disap-
peared in the direction of another bureau.
MRS. FRYE, THE WIFE OF THE SUCCESSOR
OF BLAINE
in the United States Senate, has not recei we'd
due attention from the correspondents who
have glOrified Mrs. Logan and Mrs Hendricks
as the rulers of their respective families. Mrs.
| Logan is no more the cause of her husbands
success than Mrs Frve is of hers The mate
rial she had to work with was almost as un-
promising. After Frye lett BowdOin College
| IN 1850 he followed in the footsteps of thou
| sands of other talented men who have been
| ruined by drink. He drank very hard. He sank
very low. But his wife was faithful to him
| throughOut-picked him up. braced him up,
| held him firmly until ne broke away
| from his evil habit. Then she made friends
| for HIM right and left. She got him chance
| TO do some political speechmaking, so that
people could hear his fiery elOquence. She
| got him a nomination to the Legislature and
| got him elected. She has held him in the
| traces ever since. She has been his inspira-
| tlOn-emphatically his better half. She is
recognized In Maine as his political partner.
| He always takes her advice. He always acts
/ on it, She always participates IN all the
| ferences of his friends, and her opinion is
regarded as being as valuable as that of any
one else in the circle. Mrs Frye has always
| entertained hearty contempt for Blaine,
which she has never hesitated to eX-
press. She has gradually brought her
| ing. Neither of them cared a rap about
| his election in the late campaign, although
| Frye felt constrained to make few formal
| speeches for the Republican party. Since the
! election Mrs. Frye has not hesitated either in
| Maine or in Washington to express her graft
| fcatiOn at the result and her surprise that
| such man as Blame was nominated. This
| might be considered objectionable by the
| majority of Maine Republicans if done by
any one else, but Mrs. Frye and her husband
| are privileged persons. They always say just
| what they please.
THE BEST PORTRAIT OF THE LATE LA
| MENTED FANNY ELLSLER
! to be found in America is right up on the west
| wall of the west hall of the COrcOran Gallery
| of Art 1t formerly belonged to the private
l
| the contribution he made to the COrcOran
| gallery as a nucleus when its walls were bare.
went up to look at it the other day just to
| see what manner of woman the fascinating
dancer was in her palmy days. The picture
| is a large one done in oil in a Dresden China
| sort of style. 1t is entitled Fanny Ellsler as
| La Sylphide by Prof. Begos, and that is about
| all that is known of it, for it is neither dated
| nor signed, nor does the catalogue contain
| any description of it. But never mind, it is a
| beautiful creation. The divine Fanny is rep
I 8 q QriFl q a in
| beautiful of face graceful Of form, in the very
| act OF dancing on low pedestal surrounded
| with blooming flowers. A rather feeble look
| ing Cupid shares the pedestal. with her feet
| sitting on the edge, and smiling admiringly
| up at her. Well he may, for she Is a charm
| ing sight. Her features are delicate, her COM
| pleXiOn perfect, her nut brown hair is smoothly
| brushed in old fashioned style, either side her
| face, and her form is simply grace itself. At
| that age-whateVer it was-she must have
been bewitching. One ceases to wonder how
| she turned the heads of two continents by
''hOpping up and down." as Carlyle would
say.
HEARD A GOOD STORY ABOUT THE
ELDER BOOTH
the other day. He suffered, like many other
great actors, from an uncOnquerable aversion
| to water He was on the stage of the Walnut
| Street Theater, Philadelphia, playing the
| title role of ''Henry the Eighth" very drunk
| The audience soon found it out, and began to
| guy him. He understood perfectly what was
| the matter, and. breaking a speech off in the
middle, marched solemnly down to the
fOotlights and thus delivered himself: "Ladieg
| and gentlemen (hic-I know (hic) Pm not in
condition to appear before you tonight. But
| thic) give me five minutes to soak my (hic)
| head in a bucket of water, and I'll give you
| the (hic) damndest Henry the Eighth you
ever saw" The tragedy had suddenly be-
| come comedy.
| AM RELIEVED. SENATOR EDMUNDS
has placed a sentence personally composed)
| on the pedestal of a statue in a niche on the
| western side of the Senate, which formerly
| bore simply the word Hancock" OF course
the statue was that of John Hancock, who
| dependence, with that bold and beautiful
| autograph. But the average tourist Thought
| it a statue of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
| and he has bothered me not little. But the
little inscription placed on the pedestal bv
| Edmunds makes it all clear. Here it is: tsHe
| wrote his name where all the world shonId
| behold it and where all time should not efTace
| it," | think even the wayfaring fool will
| recognize the statue after that.
| THERE Is, OF COURSE, NOTHING IN THE
REPORT,
said to be current in London, that Abran
| Hewitt has been selected by President-eIect
| Cleveland as the successor of Minister James
Russell Lowell. Cleveland will make no se-
lecti0ns Of any sort until he resigns his pres
ent office on Jan. 6, and then he would not Sc
lect so marked an Anglophlle as Hewitt for
the English mission. The appointment would
be exceedingly unpopular.
Murphy's Temperance Revival.