Telegram-herald., 1889-12-03


larss IA Washington a. a practising
phvsician. out : becoming famous
thFoaxao1f the country a. an advocate
q woman Afe insurance and u the svs-
ten4lic oos.ection - statistics bearing
apoa Ehs bsrth. hts and death Il the
human race. Al MS death Dr. Bliss.
after long and very successful practice.
left littls except an account book con-
tanning So coo Of unpaid bills have
heard Il said that DR. Bliss prolonged
tie lives of a greater number of pubic
men than any ether physician of las
time. The late 5. ) Cox used 70 say Dr.
Bliss had saved Ais life q half dozen
times
A room about which sad memories
cling Is the library II M Cox IA ne
handsome home built by him in THIS city
q few years ago. Mrs. Cox ne ~ goes
into ths library when she cau aelp II.
for that apartment reminds heF If the
many long evenings spent there in her
hus0and's company As his secretary aud
those women VINO helped their bus
bands with every detail Of their work
Afr. Cox 5 library table stands Just as he
leftil Not a paper OF book has been
disturbed. Slill IL l. the acme II order
iiness. sam Cox, with an his brhlAncy,
was = man OF method. If APT alton, Of
roll. Not alone his vii, but i.s persist
ency, his mastery Of all Jhe subjects
which came 10 his hand. won him sue
cess.
Cox was known as one OF the best in
formed men in the house. His knowl-
edge was fairly encyclopedia 4 hint Of
the method by which this reputation was
won lies upon his library table IL Is an
atlas So fail Of clippings from news
papers and magazines that the book Is
swollen 20 thrice it, original proportions.
At the map OF Nicaragua, for instance.
are fifty newspaper cuttings about that
country, lis politics, statesmen, army,
navy and commerce. So with Chill,
Brazil and all other countriee particu-
larly the western nations. in tulu
II Mr.. Cox lad not been mau of care
ful method not even his great Industry
would have enabled him TO keep abreast
Of modern thought and literature. and
at the same time 70 perform the prOdig-
ious amount Of labor which fell upon
him as a representative, IS one Of the
leaders of his party in the house. and
as the friend and champion Of many
worthy interests and measures. For
several years he devoted to the letter
carriers alone an amount of labor equal
10 all that performed by the average con-
gresham, and now the grateful letter
carriers are TO build him monument.
OF his habits of work Mrs. Cox said
day or two ago:
when / came TO look over Mr.. Cox's
desk, found no unfinished business.
Everything was done up to the day of
his death, excepting three letters which
he had promised TO write for friends who
were seeking places in the New York
city government. For these three let
ters | had addressed the envelopes, as
was in the habit of doing for all his cor
respondence, but he was too sick 10
write the Enclosures"
Mrs. Cox added:
Few people know what hard worker
Mr.. Cox was. and how much he was
able to accomplish. once asked him to
sit down and make me a memorandum
of the important legislation in which he
had borne a part, simply by way Of rec
ord of his life work. He replied: No,
I cannot do that. The present is too
lively and the future too tremendous to
bother with the past
Secretary Blaine was one Of the guests
at the dedication of the new Catholic
university in the outskirts of the CITY.
Among the newspaper correspondents
| present was a young woman society re-
| porter who has not been long in the bust
| ness. though she is as bright as a new
silver dollar. Fearing that she might
not be able to get anything TO eat till her
return home at night, she put up in a
very small and very neat parcel a slice Of
bread and meat, with one piece of cheese
! and two pickles for relishes. To her sur
prise and delight she was invited TO the
dinner given the notable guests, and
| chanced 10 occupy a seat directly oppo-
site Secretary Blaine. But what to do
/ with that luncneOn! Ihe aOsurdIty OF
carrying a bread and meat lunch TO a
banquet so Impressed the young woman
that she laughed immoderately, and
finally, becoming desperate, she tossed
the now obnoxious parcel under the table
at her feet. As the dinner was concluded
and the guests were rising, the secretary
of state fastened round to the young
woman's side. Smilingly he held out to
her a fragment of her own bread and
meat and pickle, saying, with a mis-
chievous twinkle in his eve:
Better put this in your pocket to eat
on the way home if you get hungry. |
have tried the bread. and it is very, very
good. Who made it,
WALTER WELLMAy.