Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-31
HOw 4 REPORTER was R8OEIVHD By $40
RETARY N0BLA
It Was Eoblss Bad Day, But Be Made Mistake in
tie Nan Be Taoklsd-Prssidsas HsrrisOns
Trip Through New EnglaDd-A Kite Fly
ing Incids1l-Eolss Of Interest.
Special Telegram to tie Register.

lie Of times when it is unsafe TO enter
the room. / am told that Secretary
Noble can be very gentlemanly in his
manners towards people when he is in
the proper mood and wants TO be agree
able, but there is no means OF knowing
when he is in the amiable mood until
he has been approached and it is too
late TO escape his fury if he happens to
be In the wrong mood.
The episode of Thursday afternoon,
when be had a tilt with cOrrespon-
dent Of a Western paper is but one OF
number of times that he has lost his
temoer and his good manners, 10 the
general sacrifice Of his dignity. The
CORRESPONDENT with whom he had
trouble ThurSday--whO, by the way,
is quite modest and amiable in his man
ners. and too much of a gentleman 70
make himself offensive-entered the
room of Secretary Noble on business.
lie had an unlighted cigar in his hand
and took a seat in remote part or the
room until Noble should have finished
conversation he was holding with one
of the officials OF the department. He
had been there but a few minutes when
the Secretary shouted out TO him In the
toughest tone be is capable Of:
"What are you doing with that cigar,
sir? Leave this room at once. Get
out, or will have you thrown out" At
the same time he rang his bell for the
negro messenger.
The correspondent was completely
taken aback, but he replied with as
much dignity as he could under the cir
cumstanceS that he was not smoking
and would not have brought even an
unlighted cigar into the room had he
known that the sight of it would be Of
fensive. He further suggested that
there was \ different way Of addressing
q gentleman under such circumstances.
The only reply OF the secretary was:
"Are you going to get out OF the
room? You rode up in the elevator
with me putting your smoke in my face,
and now you follow me into my room.
I shall have you pitched out"
The CORES pOndent denied ever hay-
ing ridden in an elevator with Mr.. No
BILE, and, as he was very angry by this
time, said something uncOmplimentary
about never wanting TO be brought into
such close contact with one who did not
appear 10 understand the language or
manners Of a gentleman.
Are you going TO get out OF my
room?' cried the Secretary.
You said you were going to have me
thrown out, was the reply, land l am
waiting for that"
BY this time neither man was in a
frame of mind TO be very choice OF his
language. and I am afraid that epitLets
were applied to the Secretary which did
not become the dignity of mis- Office.
Perhaps he never got palmer talking
Co in his life.
The subordinate official stood by
trembling, but he finally plucked up
courage enough to whisper to the Sec
rotary that he had made mistake.
When Mr. Noble found that he had
been abusing q correspondent OF
western newspaper, and got IL through
his head that there was no cause for
his quarrel, he became very prOfuse in
bis apologies. The correspondent was
i'm no mood to accept apologies, and he
intimated TO Mr.. Noble that, il he must
express his displeaSure like ruffian,
he should first be sure Of his prOvOca-
tion.
Some version Of this episode has prob
ably been told over the wires, but this,
am satisfied, is the correct one, and II is
worth while TO call attention TO these
peculiarities Of temperament of one
holding so high q public position, and
whOi is said 70 be ambitious to assume
the robes Of a justice, where a calm and
judicial mind is supposed to be deSir
able. A story has been told Of SINH
lar episode to this one between Mr..
Noble and Senator Pettigrew, and
humble Of other persons have had occa-
sion 20 regret having intruded upon his
bad mood. Q
There are gentlemen who would have
said TO the correspondent suspected Of
smoking:
81 beg your pardon, sir, but l object
to smoking in my Office" But there
might appear to be q lack Of vigorous
manhood In such a mild remark. There
would have been an uncOuth good hu-
NOR in the way an accomplished
rufian would have knocked the cigar
from the gentleman'S mouth with an
admonition to "spit out de weed" but
Mr.. Noble has his own peculiar way Of
doing such things.
There is a classic flavor to Mr.. Har-
rison's travels IN search of the golden
fleece of popular approval-his passage
through the country OF the Southern
brigaders, his encounter with the sill
ver-armored knight and sockless saw
ages of the west and hiS march through
the land OF the Platts and the BlaineS.
il must give him a queer sensation to
listen TO the good things that are said TO
him in speeches and then TO turn and
hear the malicious maldictionS said Of
him in private. His hunt for approval
may turn out like the search for the
original sin. At the end of his search he
may find that the object OF his search
exists only within himself. 1t is to be
hOped this will not be true, but there is
danger of it. Harrison is possessed Of q
spirit OF persistence, but there are some
things he cannot do, as has been shown
I'm his efforts at kite-flyiog. John w.
Foster tells the story of the Presidents
attempt az kite-hying at Cape Nay Point.
The President and Foster went over TO
Cape May to buy kite, MIR. Harrison
selected a fine large one and carried It
home himself. He attached a great
quantity Of cord to it and then set to
work TO make II mount on the fresh sea
breezes. To him this was an expert
ment in an untried regio0-llke Brice's
rainbow chasing. lie had Foster hold
the kite, while he gave Il a length OF
line and ran TO give IL start. He
started of manfully, but he had gone
only a few yards when he found that
the kite was ploughlng the sand. Once
again he tried and the kite futtered and
darted about few yards over his head,
and then shot straight down at him.
Again and'again his efforts met with