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New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
GUARDING 1HE PRtSIDENT
Iroxs IN THE wocLD-BE AssAssrN's PATH

Iroys IN THE wOCLD-BE AsssssrN's PATH.
One of the most puzzing of American ways -
the foreigner is the simplicity OF the highest on-
cial life and the of approach TO The home ooi'
of the President. When General Arthur was r'',
dent he was accustomed to take long horsebacf
rides about Washington wholly INIT ied' lho
White House stands back from the busiest st'ee'
in the cautal with the gates always OPEN anu
there is popuar impression 10 the elect tiat "ns
frpeborn American citizen can walk in IN shoot
the President whenever the spirit moves him. lhaV
;s not quite the case, however. An officer VINO
has a general overs. .ght Of the lrcsld ntal mul-
sion made an experiment the other nisht 10 lest tne
efficiency of the guard Being thoroughly tamil al
with all the highways AMI byways oil the "h'''
Io.se grounds, lie climbed o. er DacN gdte ~ aDouo
haf an hour after Midnight, and plckeu us way
through the shrubbery. before he iiai s'AI "
nun red feet tie shalp - " no goes there J. oI
vitchnlan brought him to hat. CIon recog-
milton he was of course allowed To pass CnueA
the shadow OF the house he was asah Chsl,e
lie tIiea all the windows and founl them bcAed'
Upon opening the front door a. nJlseessH as pos
siDie he was greeted by an usher. Before tne Goor
Of the II hesuents study PnOther Usher bade MN
good mo NJ Within he found the Chief Mig
stIate IN the traditional and apt rop1ate cOslume'
his shirt slee. es, immersed n pa els ami the carts
of state. Thus four hives stOol between the Presl-
dent AMI any crank who might have sought the
notOricty and the tate OF a Gulteau.
The men who framed the " hite House had
about Inadequate an luca OF lne "hiNH
their work was to be subjected us did those WHO
framed the Constitution. When the Army AMI
Navy reception held soon after the ms ala,
tior of Mis- Cleveland in her new me. The 81 oVd
filed the porch, packed the grand staircase and
spread all over the sccOni iOOr Those WHO were
familiar with the weak points OF the old structure
were On pins and needles. The next day an eX-
animation revealed tie justice OF their fears. ] he
gran staircase had sagged ses en- inches at some
points and the floor from two to five inches. Ii
cost $3.50 to yet the staircase into line aran an
fIgr nf
some of them had been sawed half way through by
careless gasmen and plumbers.
The wals of people who 20 to these public re-
ceptions form a stuly in human nature Some
lose their voices altogether AMI Others exrerience
an accession of volubility that lasts them a the
way down the line AMI out of the door Some
times a carefully prepared s,eech is Tcr
pet atcd. 1hls at the receI tion mentioned above
a richly dressed woman approached Mr. and Ms
Cleveland evidently loaded and primed with
a creat idea When within rance she struck IN
attitude and remarked in staccatO cents May
your happ ness be as great rs your roSition is eN-
alted ,' and marched of with the air OF one who
has said a good thing and knows it.
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
THE PROpOStI

7
It happened a a motel the Treas
ury building. He Of serious intentions and
numerous attentIOns aud sue rich and weddablc.
Monday night he there, aud they eat In the hall
under the stairway. II was a nook for lovers. There
wasn't a soul in and he thought his golden oppor
tnnity arrived. Down he Topped his knees and
casped her hand
bear one" lie whispered not very loud, but loud
enough, loved with the whole strength ana
artor a mans when it 10 reused by all th1 10
pure ana g01d and lovely and can no longer
restrain my pen-up feeliuga must toll you what IL In
my heart tell that never yet has woman heard
from my lips the secrets that are throbblnk and
Just n rustic heard on the stairs above them.
aud A card fastened n thread swung down and
.angled not two inches from tbs lovers n0se- On IL
we're these portentous woris: e. am something OF
lar myself" Then the awful truth flashed upon him.
aud fed As he went cut tho door, sixteen girls st
he OF sent sixtcen aughs out into INC
lamp night air after him He makes love in hotels
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
npANl,S TREVIFW.

Washington COrrespoadcnc, Cterst1nd Leader'
heard st the story Oi Geu-rsl Gralts last re
view In Wash ngton think II was the Last review
OF his life. 1t few moutns ueiote his Ics,n nS
was th. grand com Ter Of an organization aers cosn-
rc.sT ~ old y-t-raua. .ud known . Tue Boys IN
Blue. 1his organization met dfhs MS IA VISIT hets,
they invei him 70 be present. There wa, & iait
attend tae aud tAeir wives. and they
were having 0yual time when b~urral Grant afriNrl
WITH General la sri Healr Major j. j. NOAH resided
over tie meeting. lie received Oi'nt as ne came IN
The General Was not reling well and he looked uioa
the larse assembly with I'll may. he saw Inc entt isi
astc spirit which animated them Aad esrei ne "Oun
slakon to pirce. Tie had but ieN ouens 10 stay sd
crowd. Major Moan introduced the 1eueral 10 thi-
Ing speech and held tie suruce I'D hand lie t"id .hen
that they might be looking OF Grant Tor Tho last TINS,
md ta the General wanted take each Of them ~ 10
hand and DId them aud all God speed Driv'e ne ni
He then organized the company INTO ranks ana hAt
them come DY one anG snake hth . sln thr -Ioss
Genera. He described the scene u M last nieht and
the ears stood IN hs eyes 10 he all 80.
It was said ne, the most sircung sght nave ever
witnessed. Many Of tue veterans hsd one ARA Sohc,
some tue left an Others the In; ana "rast Hsu t 20
continually changing hands 10 orier 10 SUI nHs"i ~
tne occls;6u Some LoDDled crntsh"s aud otiefs
lifted up tht sleeveless arns an gaze Dran. "a"
or the coat t. sOake zone or thosr "no al ~
arms at ali General Grant gasprd ABOUT oir N.ss an
said pleasant word as they pdssei JJ Au'us .nr -.
US An OLD lady in w.Ows weeds. Win misery "sttsn
all over uer lire features She eaMe up sg"y .sa n
presented her In word 10 "eneisl 1t'H ,,.ii,
killed duriug the latter Nart of yOdr Ain 'e'on-
General >irant put for'h h.s Land anu thc ,saeea
widox urasped IT, stood loolu2 luo es' "thcr
sves for fu thirty seconds aud Grneral prauts ey
III ed with tears he did lie seei"d. s"ht 80,
NOAH, TO be looking beyond her' anh !" lo- w. % a
Ali tne misery and sorrow whlci tue mas,sotc us :
a.,..I her Inc hearts of hot, too full 10 SPEAK
There was only long pressure oi t"e sos 20 sp 10 s 20
rdow passed on she got by GRANT tnrn-1 70 ooN -
her ami found that -te had also A'o'uh''i"' '
her cad In his dire ton. ~. ,,,,.. ,hr.>
after the hana.hakiDg was over three uines tnss :
cheer IN Grants honos ara ns .e. err, Ne
hOme OF General Beaie, auu &c" u"s "'AS '~- 49,
iug ton more 10 return
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
A GOOD THRASHING.

Many people are in the habit of assuring their
frends that they enjoy very poor health" not
meaning by this assertion to express content
mert with their condition. but che contrary.
When |. however. tell you that | once had Jolly
good thrashng there is special intention in every
word of the phrase. The cast CATION was lJl y,
because thoroughly relished every blow as II fell
on ny body; aud t was good, because II saved my
life. lhe circumstances in which took this very
unusual form of justification were a. follows:
l was living at Trlmurtigherrv. where had
small cotton cleaning and pressing factory. ne
cotton grown from indigenous seed IN that district
mas but poor staple and, IN fact, ls crop only
cultivated on soils which are considered too poor
for cereals. This inferiorIty of quality naturally
deferred shippers from placing orders freely with
me; and in the hope of demonstrating to the ryots
the advantage OF paving more attention 10 tue
industry, ] procured variety OF SEED from
America, and formed a small model plantation
near my bungalow. :.
lSsucceeded very we'll and as the bolls ripened
used carefully to gather them myself. IN oruer 10
keep tie different kinds distinct and to test the
yield
was engaged one morning in this manner, ana
was IN the act of plucklng some pods on tree,
when felt sharp bite on my right wrist. Az the
same instant saw snake drop to the ground
and Wrthe rapidly away. | noticed briRht
yellow lnr on each side of the upper surface Oh tne
reptiles head convergent on the snout, ana
feared. only too Justly that had been bitten by
common of venomous snakes. If anything were
needed to confirm my misglylngs, IL was suppiled
by glance AT my injured wrist. look was
snftc ent, and instantly knew that the wound had
tesn inflicted by poisonous serpent
There Is an unmis akable indication OF
the nature of snake-btes, the non-poisonous
being marked by the teeth of the animal
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07

to his assertion, and IL he and tho csok had not
grossly exceeded the limits of sobrIety that night.
! might have been persuaded that alone had
swallowed a full gallon imperial measure of old
cognac As it was, formed opinion that my
worthy servtors had been drinking my verv good
health and speedy recovery. and did not reprovs
them for the iollifcatIon. on such an occasion
gave my faithful boy twelve months pay and
to the cook six, a reward for their timely
services. | do not think anything could induce
me to part with Veerapeu, or Veerapen 10 leave me
as long as remain in tho country, and shall give
him a pension for life when finally retire from
India.
disappear for some tins bat n ifested themselves
at intervals in muscular spasms, which were very
painful and accompanied by great depression OF
spirits. Time however, cures all things, and am
to-day as sound as though had never been within
an of losing my fife through the bite of tic
polonga.-l London Society.
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
FREDERICK DOUGLAS ~ Ey6LASn

London
ssverv has been abolished name aud IN theory AA
oa- ,bs Union; but tue prr rudce against his color
ami al times very painfully manifest Ms "uvio n.o
hattie with IT, and lie IS now mere III EhsIAnh 10. 50
ar IN or der for time spe FROM the strrd "uea
H. - alvnv. 90 ause,ols OF struggling against Ia us o"a
country. ,. IL a.. an s,,sr,e.n ladv-
wang and fair iii Ter ~Ori tOr thc hout o a'.
country. She Ltly remin0s heL nusosIt 'nse nos
400 thrv trayrIed tCgetLer 2OOo mics tnro"s" -
Siatss and everywhere Mr.. Douglas bau ns. VIZ
Ln,,s.s and courtesy. Very corui3ly ne admits ~
A. ran IN the uugsou steamboats, where thirty years aso
another lady who present esdhe, tO us nav
furciby elected from the saloon IN Nucu ns ns' -
mad to stt do yu to dinnrr With MS frenis from ins
I'M fhougn taey sat table by thenlsr'cs ~. 49,
perrnitted in the course OF th's ,urhey ~ -
anv interference OD account " us coior tnnee. -
80 v.rv agreeable Instruction.. The coiorrn sets
On hoard the vessel refused 10 Ike ms money. n -
Go, an much for them. they said. that as hohey
nor na,s them Ye-; he fully recognize tne cnsnse s
,iDa % h.d broupht nnt nevertheless II Was true '"ss
h,, the uast TWO years the mere ruinor thst be $50
Ten "A slit NJ in Pres yteriaT ehurcE =, :.
r.ssd fernent throughout tile ci'N an" S"e, .'' ,-
a,-. WIN angry and excited ietters- ihis s'-.y
81 sd and heroic man. whom ADrslsn .a.1 .
n,,,sh.d with his friendship. who bas nceh
J Star,s a and has lust retirei ron tue l"-"u
Of Reg,srar OF DEEDS tor tue u stritt OF eol.n n.
- dit.d and owned n iiHeniial newspapers 'su ~
rLo,, a whole continent recoenlzes a uan Ot o'sSu-
ptIy sAin and he must not take siting WIN o'"sf
N n Any Won are really conscious os different SOCIAL
a,mosphere ere In Eng aud J. ..,-
an dear yes the really response. ehtifciy
ainerent / have in Amsrcs my own vile ere ot
aIs and my official position has reduced friction ana
nnprasan:ness 10 = minimum; 0ut here IN hhsa.1
there is no friction uniieasanness AM irre anu
feel myself free 10 90 anywhere or 70 mnS'o n my
society,""
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
TIE COLONEL AvD rHE SOLDIER.

From Ihs ~ F'rni Dspafch
trictAttorney At Seu'Yors City wafs.r bad served
t"r One dark day ~Siis Mr. Wsiker vas sitiss Ia me
office. wondering how lous he woul b- eempelisi %
his boys IN blue. private soldier walkei In snd coa-
irontsd him The .odisr boIoax.d 70 .corns,sisss .
following conundrum was pat 10 him by he soliief;
W. haven't n1S mad 4 csSs sDa now IN tnre So"sns
The assistant paymsster Shared at his visitor and toi
biz = business IhIs was FAR from .atlsf1story ssd
but ir is NV business and that Is why here. The
men treated with slightest Justice, and n tic
United States amt ale TO them. WY yoa can have
sdraft on New-York bank for the amount dns my
reginent"
OF cour,s there alternative ls't 70 Colonial
1t remained only to De sure just how dang rous crank
You'd better GET back to camp at once, ssid the
taymaster. ~who gave you permission 70 come b-ses
anyway Come nov, get ont or VIII cai the snsfu
and have you placed under arrest Git
eiting the the word the doughty pAynasfsr
ana proceeded to fire tue private
Hold a minute; take your nanis on Tell you
rlean what say. I belong Ia the IL ConD-ctleut
and can aso,d 70 pay my esment tnsrss , no eolss 90
vance the money. Nv name l. Elias Hove :!
master Waller grew quite deferrn'isl. The man ~he
before hin the famous Inventor of the sewing
he nd the WILL and he hai tue money. Colonel
Walker 'hou sht an AZ oloey was demanded Inc spooO
given AMI Elias receivein with the air OF man
who ha but little TO forsive , -
want you TO step downi New-fork sometime ana see
me-
The Colonel" lived then In Vermont and when the
war wa. closed he managed mud himself 10 New YORK.
He had started office; that ~ 20 ne hepei 70
occupy the Office iriecis OF MS. Business was
not specially One day Walker thought ne would
step in whether Elias Howe recalled the nisAa-
venture OF the Two years had thea elapsed knss
Howe was tnere and Is memory was good. ThsJ sas
do Sn together and talked. Howe was rom has-schh-
setts Walker from Vermont The Howe Msc'inr CON-
PAM had lust been organized Walker was appoiDtsi
is attorney. With Oihcs In every city, town ans
hamlet in the civilized world, no wonder the Hove
M,chlne Company was 'he foundation OF Walkers
fortunes
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07

purely literary squabbe and still more strange tnas IL
has only just aeen discovered tnat Mr. W. Gosse nos
infsble. During his lecfurirg tour II was very SUI
found In America th trough rcasant tsikss 10
by q profound student, ana our own
sophomores far better acquainted with the h.sr
ture Of tue seventeenth and eighteenth centuries .
the Cambridge ,ofcssor who came To teaen .nu
TIE fact ia sir that with us these periods represent
far more important historical period than they 90 20
study and not fasaionabl, foibe. and do not en-
ploy Governmeat clerk, TO teach It, woull, tneIeioe,
In insrest- OF literature. strongly rrcommeht ss
when your universities seek for a Mr. Gosse
they apply 10 their American friends who will soon nn
vant An AMERICAN.
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE
rHE BISHOPS MrsrAKH


Autograph crsnks fitted ~ aud out Of the aee -.
copsl veution sesston. while tsey weef1oo
the deputies beyond measure tho experie0cs % -
bishops was far more exasperatinE lt 70 10 wceSNs
then, that when Bishop -, OF New York rscstvsd svo
album--one from his page. the other from vsy 80.
lsh young lady living on Praire-ave.,-hs male ne
very amusing mistake ~ mixing booxs II soe -
bum which he supposed bronxe to the LADY IRON see
svenne. but which In truth ownef by the eoys -
wrote these lineG
"vsry respectfully youra
bishop -"
tn the boy the good bishop. In bis erctsmsss go
worry. pebned these words:
In grateful spprecI,uou OF your personsi services
rendered me, am yours afscti onAtely
Bishop -"
when tbs prelste learned of his mfstsGs he made .
Wild but futile effort 90 the LADY. vho vao ~
this time on her way homs.
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
THE Two BTGGARS


Anecdotes of Mr.. bIzsar Ihe weil-know1 irisn NJ r.
plg-iobber as well, and a very good business. too
Well on occasion his father took fancy 10 soms OF
his hogs. and, asking the price, had them driven 70 MS
~
In due Bggar the younger sent the bl 70 bis
gar elder. who took 40 Doiee IL IN duer course he
form-r sued the latter. dnd, no notice being taksn
thereof, ud xment by default. - -.
In duest course NJ r. was dining win MS f2tner,
vh,n In am. A my rmIon the law with eKecuLioa-
But irs for your pigs: tell the tusn 20 20 away.
"No no, father" replied the son. the matters Gus
of oy hands anu II you let your furniture "
taken, cannot help IT,
Then the old shellef out.
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
THE pEALTHTFSr CABDRTVER ~ EUROPE
~ Ero1n IN, Phil Nal GdzSff,

Every one mas heard arisI IOcrstie cab pr0prS
tors he latest idea for their c drive them
member the IT. Jamess Cu0-the most select alter
me R,chrlors', ia I0nd0nirpve uD 10 th~ eiuo door
the 0iher day (.avs Ihe nchesfr GUdrdd and toox
up any members who nxsg-d hin chsrEin- ne heEAt
fare This gentleman driver rrshes IN D~ltrs'S
souare aud has three new HsnsOms ~ tue birmin<-
nam % an lie may be seen any sfternOon In Tue vest
end drl wing one or other OF vehcies lie 10 cer-
tainy tb- wealLnest caDdryer Ia Europe, aud DoAse
the sme OF OF the Oldest families In The south ot
England.
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
CUTTING 1T sHORt

TIT HlSfOn hfc0TL
Hally IL an intensely rracue.l ena anna storiss roa
20 navsr t,r.s Of several Of b, sEeci .s
Of these tho history OF Jcsspa ar with TINS request,
sunday he came vou TO sit down nov Ani tell NE
. .n .nart Jos aud tho other oofA
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
KIND SUGGESTION.

KIND SUGGESTION
An American IN The Pail Mall Gazette.
As an American it strikes rs somewhat strange 10
find your diiy Journals 90 peculiarly Interested IN
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07

discrimination OF o CORE
Weekly TO discover the
q attractiveness In English
il Ia not their money 80
To interest AMI amuse; but
take another look, hc VIII
women are most likely to
have the moncy.--sBosson
New-York tribune., 1886-11-07

IL was left for the deeI
spondcnt of The Toronos
secret of American women
society. He alilrms that
much aa IL ~ their power
Il this correspondent VIII
ind that those American
interest and amuse who
Transcript
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-10-28
Good Advice to workmen.

A Western railway company gives
the following advice to its employees
gratis. Ii is applicable to employees in
all parts of the country "The servant,
man or woman, who begins Il negOtia-
ton for service by inquiring what priv
ileges are attached to the offered stu
alton, and whose energy is put chiefly
in stipulatiOns, reservations and con-
ditions to lessen the burden of the
place, will not be found worth the hir-
ing. The clerk whose last place was
too hard for HIM has a poor introduce
ton to IL new sphere of duty. There
is only one spirit that ever achieves Il
great success. The man who seeks
only how to make himself most useful
whose aim is to render himself indis-
pensable to his employer, whose whole
being is animated with the purpose to
fill the largest possible place in the
walk assigned to him, has, in the exhi-
bitiOn of that spirit, the guarantee of
success. He commands the situation,
and shall walk in the light of prosper
ity all his days. On the other hand,
the man who accepts the unwholesOme
advice of the demagOgue, and seeks
only how little he may do, and how
easy he may render his place and not
lose his employment altogether is unfit
for service as soon as there is IL SUI
pernumerary on the list he becomes
disengaged as least valuable to his en-
plOyer. The man who is afraid of do
ing too much is near of kin to him who
seeks to do nothing and was begot in
the same family they are neither of
them in the remOtest degree a relation
To the man whose Willingness to do
everything possible to his touch places
him at the head of the active list"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-10-28
Tender Hearts Under Ragged Jackets
PhiLddeLDhia Press.


There stands against the back wall
of the Chestnut street stores box,
over which hangs Il tattered American
flag, and in which, Oh soft bed of ex-
celsiOr, lies poor little "yaller" dog,
grievOusly wounded, both his forelegs
having been broken by being run over
by watering cart at Eighth and
Chestnut streets.
The poor little animal was not with
out friends in his misfortune, however.
There is pervading the neighbOrhOOd
of Eighth and Chestnut streets a gang
of young newsbOys and bOOtblacks who
are not the cleanest or always the most
orderly of Gods creatures, but that
there is Il large-sized spark of good in
the breasts of most of the gamins is
shown by their treatment of the poor
mutilated animal. AS one of them re-
lated the circumstances
eyes, we saw the poor little Gus git
run over and the man what owned him
was in a wagon and druv right of
'thOut waitin' to see what was the mat
ter; then us fellers picked him up and
got Il box and fixed it SOS he could lay
easy, and then we all chucked in and
got horse doctor to fix his legs"
GLOW much did you have to pay the
horse doctor 2"
"Well, he done it for us cheap, cause
we hadn't much cash. He only charg-
ed us a quarter. He said it ID be 81
for anybody else"
GLOW is the dog coming on new2"
go bully; he can most walk. We
all chucks in and we gifts him little
milk every day and lot O'meat, and he
knows us all, and guess he'll be all
right now pretty soon. | don't know
who he'll belong to when he gets well,
but | know if had my legs broke I'd
like somebody to take care O. me like
we took care o. that dog"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-10-28
Interference i'm Parental Management.

Not the least of the trials that the
mother has to contend with is outside
interference. 1t begins before the ba-
by comes and says, "If | were you
would" and "If were you l wouldn't, y
with wearying chatter which has the
form but lacks the spirit of advice.
Also it says, not infrequently, "Do
Won dare DO that 2" with a disapprov-
ing emphasis quite indescribable. At
ter the nurse has gone, and the mother,
distrustful of herself, and often weak
and disturbed by fears, takes up the
sweet burden of care and goes about
what will thenceforth be an unceasing
duty then begins, "DOn't you feed
your baby anythingq" ''Do you rock
her 2" "Does he sleep with you ?"
Don't yOu dress it too warmly 2" and
so on indefinitely. A more serious
thing is the meddling with the moth
er's manner of discipline. While the
mother, alas is not infallible here, it
is better that she make mistakes than
that she be by others moved from that
course of action which she believes is
for her child's good. The intelligent,
conscientious mother will probably
find her way through her mistakes to
better thinking and wiser ways. There
are plenty of unthinking people who
do not hesitate to demonstrate, and
suggest, and make excuses for the
childish delinquent in the presence of
the little offender. A child out visit
ing is perhaps cautioned by parents
not to touch certain articles of adOrn
ment; instantly the hostess says:
"Why, let him have it. You can take
it if you want it, dearr The embar-
raised mother will need nerve if she
insists he can not have it,, when insist
ing may seem ungraciOus. Again, at
meals it is often fact that she must
combat the pleadings of every individ-
ual ut the table if she decides to deny
her child some article which he would
like, but what she feels would be hurt
full. Illustrations might be multiplied.
Ordinarily no one but parent knows
a child ftOm first to last, and what that
child's needs as to indulgence and dis
cipline are. Except in rare instances
no outsider has any right to attempt
to influence parents decisions. I'm
obtrusively as may be, but above all
firmly, parents should exercise the
privilege which is theirs by divine
right, of doing for and by their own
what seems to them good Baby
hood.