The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

You just get after him and give him
good stiff calling down, and then we
will see what is to De done next.
called the clerk up and told him mat
he was making serious trouble for hlns-
self that he was abusing the courtesy
OF the service, and that If he didn't call
a halt ne would probably hear something
drep with a dull thud: fCrbeartnce had
been exercised when forbearance hal
ceased to he Il virtue, and his chief clerk
was as easy a man rs lie ever saw TO
have trouble with when the other fellow
saw proper to begin it John actually
Kept sober for week. From that on. he
was given q mere nominal duty, and he
soon went off to a naval hospital and the
next we heard he was dead
CAN SAY mo" ON OCCASION.
One afternoon as l was sitting at my
desk in the bureau Commodore Dewey
came into my room ana strobe back and
forth the length of the loom, after The
manner of walking the quarterback Tor
several minutes. Finally he stopped ami
said, Il have Just done something very
disag reeaoIe, very unpleasant l am glad
il is over with He explained to me
that a certain naval officer had asked him
to put his namc on an application for
membership to the exclusive University
Club Of New York, of which the commo-
dore had been q member for many years.
This puts me in = very embarrassing
position he remarked. For some rea-,
son that | can't fully account for my
self / can't recommend this gentleman.
There is certain something about him
that j never liked. 1t is with me more
Of an impression than actual knowledge
He's a good enough fellow. but somehow
he doesn't come up to the mark. | can t
do it, and / have just written him note
telling him so fatty. It is very unpeas-
ant indeed, and / am glad i; is over
with.
In the summer of 1889 Commodore Dew.
cy bethought him to buy a horse that he
might go riding for mis- health. There
was an old retired naval officer living
down in Virginia somewhere who offered
to furnish the commodore horse fot.-
$50. In due course the horse came along
and was delivered in 4 Washington NV
nrv sfah a he eo-.rN d
take a run down to the stable. look the
animal over and give him an opinion.
[ did so. | said to him, Commodore |
think you have bought dead horse"
He was very much astonished, and 1
explained that the horse was evidently
suffering from a serious lung complaint,
which no enc Of the equine species ever
wounding the feelings of the old officer
who had sent the mare the commodore
promptly sent a check in payment and
took chances on the animal recovery.
1t was beautiful mare, highly bred,
gentle and affectionate, and the commo-
dore took a liking to her at once. He
went riding, however, but q few times.
1t was a source of amusement to people
CA the road to see the commodore on his
rides. The mare WAS never allowed to
go faster than walk. the rider gave her
the full bride, and she would go pol1ing
along at her own pace, with her nose
about a foot and a half from the ground,
now and again ranSing to take Il nip at a
tempting lunch of grass by the wayside.
Meanwhile the commodore would be look
ing at cows, at the forest trees and prot
~ country homes OF the Georgetown
heights, medit;tins in apparent supreme
CCntentment
The commodore soon sold the mare fcr
little or nothing-$25 was said to have
been the amount-to a Washington PC
liceman He was evidently b~nt rpcn
M. king the best of Il bad bargain. for
he did not expect his new pet long 10
survive. Some years later he was walk
ing along one of the streets of the No. TIL
west in Washington and met the lie
man riding the mare. He stopped a~d
shook hands heartily with the officer and
was as delighted to see the mare again
us though he had met human Fl nd
OF old times
INSTANCE OF SELF CONTROL.
When Admiral Dewey, then a COM
mander by rank was secretary OF the
lighthouse board. a painful incident oc-
CURED which strkingly illustrated his
Commander Dewey he'd
ia aY1;no of the
younger officers Of the service which
stood IN the way Of that officers promo
ton 1t should be understood that when
q naval officer advances from one rank
to another he is subjected to a rigorous
inquest to develop his fitness, physi,a y.
morally and professionally, for p omo-
ticn This was the case with the officer
mentioned.
Dewey mad made the report In the
line of his duty as. the commander or
one of the ships, which reflected Upon
this man In such a way that the board
of examining officers would not pass him.
Upon being appraised of this state OF af-
airs the candidate for promotion be
came greatly incensed. He intlaned
with strong drink temper already
aroused to the danger line and proce e(let
ia hunt Dewey up. He found him at
the lighthouse board, in the treas ny.
anG demanded, that Dewey should with
draw the damaging letter. Dewey sail.
with much composure. that he would not
thinL for an instant Of Withdrawing it.
and added that it should have been by
rights more severe than he made it.
riiereJpen the angered officer lelh:d
over the desk, shook his fist in Dawey's
face and launched into startling tirAda
of blaephemy and vulgarily. D "
never as much as hatted an eye. !!s
listened calmly, and when the eX-itad
man had expended d share of his VIC
lence he remarked:
II have no further conversation with
You sir; no further business. There *