Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-14

and beautiful gray eyes He always wore
his face smoothly shaven, and his hair was
dark. He dressed we'll, and was, upon the
whole, a very good looking man"
who" said l, sis the greatest man you
have ever knownF
Il have only known three men whom ]
have considered as looking great, when Close
to them. These were Daniel Webster. Robert
E. Lee and Albert Sidney Johnston. Web
ster impressed you at once with the greatness
Of his intellect You felt 1t wherever You
met him and under whatever circumstances.
Lee impressed you as great, though In diff
ferent way, and there was an element of
kindness in his nature which you did not feel
In your contact with Webster. It was the
same with Albert Sidney Johnston, and l
think am safe in saying that these three
were all very great men"
Some of ingalls, best thoughts come out in
his private conversation, and l give you q
few Of his sayings, which are 50 character
istic that they stick in my mind. They
cover mary tails and numerous subjects:
''Civili2ation is but veneer. The in. s.itu-
tions Of society are stuck upon an e,iifice of
barba ism, plaster ornaments that continu.
ally pael and crumble, revealing, through
the rude windows of crime, disorder and
violence, the rough framework Of brutality
end rufiasiism.'
1.-THE gentleman Is varnisho2 savage
The haughty dame and the languishin;, belle
are but lacquered squaws. Beneath the
daintiest Alexandra Jouvin gloves are con-
ceaied the claws Of the tiger. Fangs iurk
behind lips that breathe loves softcst sy.la-
bles. Under many blonde coiffure lies the
cobra de capello"
"No gentleman, had he the power Of decid-
ing whether or not to accept life, the so called
boon of existence, knowing its joys and sor-
rows, its struggles, its flthiness and the ever
constant effort TO keep itself from being OBJ
noxious to others, would do So"
"The malignant forces in this life are pre-
dominant, and mans strife against them Is
vain The height to which he can rise is
limited, and it is all be can do to keep from
groveling in the dust"
"Nature does not care for individuals, and
the individual has little TO expect from ma
ture. She disposes of her sewerage of human
ity just as great city does of its garbage.
She throws the unthinking clods Of man.
kind into the gutter, and they are carted
away as though they were not flesh and
blood
"As to religion-what know WEI Look at
the Chinese. They number one-fourth the
population of the whole world, and occupy
one-tenth of the earth's surface. There are
more Mohammedans than Christians, and
the efollowersof Buddha outnumber US. These
minds all come from the same source They
rnf i'm fhai ~ ~
which Is the right wayi l believe Chris
tianity is the best Of religions, but the lines
OF belief are not so plain that he who runs
may read"
"The Aryan race is the great race among
nations, and the Puritan idea Is the idea
which controls the United States. 1t was
once fashionable TO sneer at Plymouth Rock,
but, to me, it is one of the most impressive
spots on the face of the earth The Puritan
idea is Aaron's rod, in that where it appears
it swallows all others"
Speaking of old time law practice, Judge
Ranney, of Cleveland, tells the following
story of Daniel Webster webster saws
he, charged big fees for his day, but, as the
most eminent lawyer in the country, ne was
always in great demand. One day, when he
was at his home in Marshfeld, Mass, a
Rhode Island Yankee came to get him to
try a case for him at Providence, and, YAM
kee like. he wanted to know beforehand how
much he would have to pay. Webster reck-
oued up the time the case would probably
take and the expense Of going and re-
turning from Providence, and told the
Rhode Islander his terms. The man said:
THAT is a sight of money senator but I
will hire you at that price for that number
Of days If you will let me sublet you for the
extra time to other clients should my case be
settled before the time fixed endsn
To this Webster agreed, with laugh. He
tried the Yankees case, got through with it
in one-third Of the time stated. and the other
two-thirtis the Yankee let out at such rates
that he not only got his own case for moth
ing, but made a handsome little pile in addi-
ton THOMAS J. ToDD.