Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-26

liberty to man confined under sentence of
death. He reappeared at his desk with his
sober face and bu mess like air writing his
jokes as canary sings-each one taking up
the middle of half sheet OF note paper.
What he called ''those things did in Puck, y
the dialogues now sold in book form under the
title of ''The Tailor Made Girl, he said, were
beyond his powers of authorship. He always
gave his wife credit for the principal work
upon them. That book is the only enduring
work he has left
The operation by which he lost his tongue
was performed nearly three years ago. 1t
left him able to talk, but, of course, very inn
perfectly-liKe a tongue tied person Two
years passed and la summer another cancer
formed, this time on his chest. Again the
surgeons went at him, knife in hand, and
again Welch appeared at The Sun Office after
q fortnight's illness -
Here is a joke written at the hospital:
SPOILED BY TINE.
Free Lunch Expert TO Bartender)-.Them GU
cumbers amt as fresh as they might be- Mr.. Bar
keep.
Bartender--They were fresh enough when You
began on the lunch. but how long do you expect
cucumbers 10 remain freshg
Fancy that coming from under surgeons
knife, written by man IN the very bloom of
life lying in a hospital, knowing that he must
soon d e, thinking of the word be loved and
yet must soon leave, OF his wife and the two
charming little girls that on sunny mornings
always took hand OF his, one on either side,
for walk out of doors
In a score of traits Philip II. Welch was
remarkable figure among Inc most striking
characters in journa ism. Now that his lire
is past, it is noted how true man he was
There is nothing to hide about his record,
nothing to SUR over or extsnuate. No vices
enslaved him; he had no mean attributes. It
Is said of every departed soul that he was
modest, honest, charitable and generous
The words have been SO abused as to lose
their salt, but the men and women who knew
Welch know that they applied to him, and
did not do him full justice, either Although
a humol ist, he never posed as a funny man.
He had no stock stores, no eccentlicities of
speech or manner; no desire to shine except
in his work
Every man brought grist to his mill. He
carried a note book and jotted down ideas
that he got from his talks ami the conyersa-
tons he overheard wherever he went The
last time he came into The Sun Office was to
announce that he was going to Boston to
spend three or four weeks, 50 as TO see doc
t1r there daily. He looked then as ii the seal
of death was ON him, and his associates be-
ieSed he might never return TO his desk. The
last operation upon his chest had pulled his
neck to one side, and stiffsned it so that he
coud not easily turn his head. But the in
domitable spirit of tae man was still there.
His walk was confident, his manner earnest.
his eye was steady While ask ng for leave
to go to Boston, ~ the way, he turned in to
the managing editor sma batch Of Jokes.
Mr. Welch's pluck and heroisrn is shown in
the fact that he knew he was under sentence
OF death In the autumn after the second
operation he went to Angelica, where he was
born IN 1c49, to a cemetery where The remains
OF his parents repose and arranged for the
right to have his own body laid beslds> theirs.
1t Is tn conviction that he was soon to die
that makes his bearing and his work phe-
nomenal
Mr.. WEIGH for nearly twelve years was con-
necsed with the hardware business in this city.
Quitting New York he went to Oil CITY.
and while there sent petroleum market re-
pcrts t. Bradsreets. In tne autumn Of 1882
be gCined the editorial staff Of The Rochester
Post stExpresz. His Present Hour column was
revocation Of quaint lulnor and telling shots
&C the foibles Ot tns dAy. Nishin q wear Tia