The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-03-31

anyone can see H1at advantage that
would be To any pubic man. Matters that
were best kept secret were in no danger oi
diVulCence. This correspondence was
answered by her dictation, and when it Is
known that often the wee small hours Oi
the night have found her at her desk, it
can be inferred what helpmate she was
To him
After the General was nominated for the
Vice Presidency, public demonstration
WAS given him at this residence, where he
delivered Il carefully prepared speech;
some OF the papers next day, as usual,
gave the credit to Mrs. Logan. The facts
Were Gen. Logan had private room in
which to prepare his speech, and Mrs.
Logan was too Ill To see anyone that day
but the nurse attending her.
One very stormy Sunday in the parIOr at
/ the Strathmore AIMS congregated several OF
the household, Gen. Logan among the rest.
j j ne conversation drIfted upon religious
/ subjects. Among the number was young
man who really was an intellectual prodigy,
! but without principle. He made a furious
attack on the Christian religion, and eS-
! pecialiy the Methodist Church.
| The General listened attentively for a
! time. At length he opened upon him. 1t
! took but very few moments to show who
| was the Biblical scholar, and it was as in
! teresting as it was astonishing, to learn
! how completely the General had the Bible
! at his command The young man saw
! that he could hold no argument with him
on religion, and so withdrew his forces and
/ planted them upon the plains OF the
! PeloponneSuS.
Again the General proved himself quite
| as much at ease among the CLASSICS as III
| Bible lore. The Greek philosophers,
statesmen, and warriors, one after another,
were brought up, each one representa-
| tive OF the. past in his age, their ambitions
and their failures noted. Through mass
al
gathered them out OF the centuries; and
| on that stormy afternoon we listened to
the old story afresh from his lips.
| The young man sat, aStoniShed ana
| thrilled, through it all, while the whole
company had been held speIhOund by the
man whom, the newspapers say, got some
one else Ia write his speeches.
! We remember a paper prepared for the
! Travel Club, one OF the literary clubs Of
| Washington, upon the military lie OF
! Egypt. 1t was wonderful III research,
! beautiful in expression. Astounding in IN
teresting data, and when we asked where
! ne went for all his information, he replied,
/ have had no book III my hand but the
| Bible.
| If he liked a friend. it was for his true
worth; rich or poor high or low it nlattered
! not; If he possessed redeeming traits, he
! liked him for those; if a servant did him Il
| kind act he never forgot it, and from that
! time held him IN grateful remembrance.
| If, by virtue of HIS Office, he could be Of
| help To others, the needed aid was sure to
! follow.
! 1t sometimes happened that those who
| had been thus beaefited would keep aloof
out OF consideration to- the great demands
upon his time; nothing hurt him more, and
| we have been surprised at the sensitive
| ness manifested. He Liwas fond OF COM
| pany and was always glad to see his
| friends. He would say,
Sri. L. ti,,n
| service OF mine, know they come because
| they want to see me. and it is the people
who are willing to foot 1T that | like to see.
But when they come with n great flourish
OF trumpets, four In hand and livery, it is
because other people do it, it is the thing
TO do--there is no heart in it..
1t always gave him pain when he re-
called the Injustice done him by the criti-
the Tax on Whisky" should go towards
educating the masses.
AS We look upon it in the light of the
days gone by, we can but feel that the ad
vocates of temperance were penny wise
and pound foolish; as though it would
purify the money by being put into the
general crib and drawn out ad libitum had
the Educational bill passed The anec-
dote repeated by the Senator is pertinent
to the case.
One morning the tall, stately form of
Ihaddeus Stevens was making its way up
to the Capitol on Pennsylvania avenue.
He was stopped by a colored man, who
saluted him with good morning." and
added that the cOlored people were Strug-
Cling along to build church; could he
help them little.
Mr.. Stevens took hundred dollar bill
out OF his pocket and handed it to the man,