The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-12
was DISCOURAGED and left me- / was a

| was discouraged and left me. l was a
| we'll man; 50 l gave fervent thanks and
Immediately took to those delicacies
again.
ct seems a valuable medical course
and I recommended ii 10 lady. She
had run down and down and down and
had at last reached a point where n1edi-
cines no longer had any effect upon her.
L said 1 knew ! could put her on her
feet in a week. 1t Frightened her up, it
| filled her with hope, and she said she
| would do every thing I told her TO do.
| So / said she must stop swearing and
drinking and smokingand eating for
| four days, and then she would be all
right again. And il would have happen
| ed just so, I know it, 1ou, she said she
could not stop swearing and smoking
and drinking because she had never
| done those things. So there il was.
! She had neglected her habits and had
! mt any. Now that there would have
| come good, there were none in stock
| she had nothing to fall back on. She
was a sinking vessel. with no freight
| in her to throw over board and tighten
the ship withal. Why. even one or two
| little bad habits could have saved her,
| but she was just a moral pauper. When
she could have acquired them she was
| dissuaded by her parents, VINO were ig-
norant people, though reared in the best
| siciety, and it was too late to begin
| now. It seemed such a pity, but there
was no help for II. These things ought
| to be attended to while a person is
young; otherwise when age and disease
come there is nothing effectual 10 fight
them with
GENERAL GRANTS MEMORY.
General Grant, which is not only funny
| but which Is an illustration Of tine fine
memory which General Grant possessed.
General Grant had a fine memory
for all kinds OF things. including names
and faces. and I could have furnished
an instance OF it If had thought OF It.
The first time ever saw him was early
in his first term as President. I had
just arrived In Washington from the
Pacific coast. a stranger and wholly un-
known to the public, and was passing
the White House one morning when 1
met friend, senator from Nevada.
He asked me IL I should like to see the
President said should be very glad:
| SO We entered. supposed the presi-
dent would be in the midst Of a crowd
and that I could look at him in peace
and security from a distance, as an
other stray cat might look at another
king. But it was in the morning and
the senator was using a privilege Of his
Office which I had not heard of-the
privilege Of intrucing upon the chief
magistrates working hours. Before l
knew I. the senator and 1 were in the
presence. and there was none there but
We three. General Grant got slowly up
from his table. put his pen down and
stood before me with the iron express
sion Of man who had not smiled for
seven years and was not intending 70
smile for another seven. He looked me
steadily in the eyes-mne lost conf
dence and fell. I had never confronted
a great man before and was in a miser-
able state Of funk. The senator said:
"'"Mr. President, may l introduce
Mr.. Ciemens?"'
The president gave my hand an IN
sympathetic wag and dropped H. He
did not say a word, but just stood. In
my trouble I could not think of any
thing to say: I merely wanted to re-
sign. There was an awkward pause. a
dreary pause. horrible pause. Then 1
thuoght OF some thing and looked up in
to that unyielding face and said timidly:
HE MADE GRANT LAUGH.
"''Mr. President, II am embarrass-
cd. Are you?'
His face broke-just iittle-a wee
glinmer. the momentary flicker OF a
summer-lightnng smile, seven years
ahesd OF time-and l was out and gone
as soon as IL was.
"'Seven years afterwards I met the
President. and his first words to me
were: ''Mr. Clemens. I am not a bit
embarrassed Are your
Here is a bit from his diary which
may prove interesting Sept Crossed
the equator In the distance It hooked
ike a blue ribbon stretched across the
ocean. Several passengers kodakei II
We had TO fool ceremonies. no fautas-
tics. no horse play. All that sort OF
thing has gone out In old times a
sailor, dressed as Neptune. used 20 come
in over the bows with mis- suite and
latter up and shave evryoojy who was
crossing the equator for the first time.
and then cleanse these unfortunatss by
swinging them from the yard arm and
ducking them three times into the sea.
Sept s. Sunday-We are going 80
nearly south tina: We cross only about
two meri3ians o, longitude a day. This
morning We were in longitude rs ives,
from Greenwich and 81 degrees ives:
from San Francisco. Tomorrow We shall
be close % the centre ot the giOse-the
1sO,n degree 90 west longitude and the
Isoth degree Of east longitude.
And then xe mustdrop out day
los. day out % our lives. a day never
20 be found again. We shall AL die
one day earlier tina, from the beginning
% The time We were foreoriained - die
We shah 0e Day behind al through
eternity. We shall always be saying .
rhe other angels: Fine day today"
And they viii always b. reto-ting- /
But Il !sa': today: is Tomo-roT." We /
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