The Washington times., 1894-03-30
CORRIDOR AND CURB.


The friends of the President rejoice that he
has dissipated all those wild rumors about his
sickness by appearing at the usual White
House reception and shaking the hands of
500 persons; and it has been especially graft
flying that this terrible rheumatic gout, which
i has been so much referred to, only caused the
slightest kind Of limp. 1t is curious thing,
this constant reiteration Of the rumors that
the President is not well. They were revived
with great activity soon after the presence Of
the doctors convention, evidently because a
number of doctors who were presented to Mr.
Cleveland admitted that he did not act like q
well man. Those professional impressions,
which, however. were not permitted to be
professional utterances, seemed like cumu-
lative evidence upon the top Of Hollands
Philadelphia Press story. 1t finally appeared
that the President had bad tooth. Now 1t
seems that it was the rheumatism simply-a
serious thing sometimes, however, with men
inclined to corpulency.
SIT is part Of Frank Jones' programme"
said prominent New Hampshire gentleman
at the Shoreham last night, "and not the
presence of Hon. John H. Oberly, OF the Con-
cord People and Patriot. here, this appoint
ment OF Col Tom Cogswell to be pension
agent at Concord. He has been slated for
the place from the beginning. That is true
also of tine appointment of ex-Congressman
Henry B. Lowering TO be pension agent at
Boston. Lowering. as perhaps you will re-
member. beat Lodge for the Forty-ninth Con-
gress. Lodge beat Lowering for the Fiftieth
and came repeatedly after that Lowering
was pension agent at Boston under the pre-
vious Cleveland administration. and more
recently has been warden OF the state prison
at Charlestown. unsuccessfully, / believe,
lacking discipline. But now he is comfort
ably provided for again. Mr.. Lowering is q
one-legged soldier and a strong, all-around,
good-hearted man."
Another ex-member of Congress from Mas
sachusetts, Hon. Rodney Wallace, of Fitch
burg, has lately been a guest at the Ebbitt
house Mr. Wallace is millionaire paper
manufacturer now, and not ashamed to recall
the days when he trudged through New
Hampshire and Vermont with peddlers pack
upon his back. And. speaking about that
sort of thing. do you recall that Jim Fisk
used to be peddier in Vermont, though it
seems to me he brapched out into four-horse
teams and band wagons and that sort of
thing very early in his career. And. speaking
about pack peddling. there is another eminent
Massachusetts man, Elijah Morse, who began
the sale OF his famous stove polish by taking
it through the country towns personally and
stopping at the stores and polishing UP the
stove and then by reason of the brilliancy of
his article. making no end OF sales. This was
the beginning of his fortune OF million.
The politicians all consider that Major Nc
Kinleys presidential campaign has really
begun 1t has been deemed inevitable. of
course, that he would be a candidate since
his reelection. There is no doubt that he is
a popular favorte. Republican Napoleon
as it were, and a Napoleon Of protec-
ton, popular for that. too. unless
the majority of the Republicans of the
country really want some sort OF revised
tariff. Major Mckinley is enjoying. however,
a good deal Of strength just now that is really
for Reed or Allison or even Harrison or Gull
lon. when the time comes. Especially are the
anti-Harrison men talking Mckinley now, as
they want to make no doubt. or to have no
doubt. that the ex-President is beaten. The
managing politicians OF the Republican party
really don't care very much for Mckinley.
They think him much like Garfield, and they
believe they have had enough of the Ohio
idea in recent years. The hign tariff people
adhere to him. however. whether they are
managing politicians OF the party or not.
Il taught school down in Arkansas for two
long dreary. and weary MONTHS said Miss
Emeline c. Dalton. of Providence. R. l.. as
she stood taking 10 a crowd OF friends in the
pariors OF the Arlington yesterday. Il had n
large class composed Of both sexes. On
Fridays | made each student read some orig
inal composition. had to exercise coDsidera-
bic patience. OF course, but l had determined
to win in my fight
lone day sent out invitations to the pa
rents of the children to come and see how l
was doing. The evening arrived and the
room was crowded. had the class TO stand
uptogether and made each one repeat some
old maxim or proyerb.
"One said that money was the root of all
evil
1.-The next one said that all was not gold
that glitters. l gave an approving nod.
''The third remarked that the germ of am
bition was the chrysais of WISDOM and SO on
they went down the line.
Now the worst and most stupid boy in
school was Gus Flint, who stood at the foot
of the GLASS. l intended to pass him. but l
noticed that he was anxious TO say something.
Sc gave him chance.
"a stump-tailed dog is the bestest for
coons was what we heard from him.
His father then grabbed him in his arms
and shed tears of joy over his intelligent Of
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