New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

volunteered for service and was made surgeon
Of the Goth New-York. place ne was not al
lowed 10 fll because OF his previous service In
the Regular Army. and was finally sent TO
Manila with General Merritt. where he served
in the First Reserve Hospital, being detailed
by General Otis on board to go to Java to
study the hygienic conditions there. DR.. Ca
heu wa. mustered out on October /, 1898 and
has since been medical superintendent in the
Columbian Hospital. where his work promises
70 bring that institution to high rank.
The ghosts Of youth not. as a rule. agree.
able IN meet along in middle age. and their
anrsarance often causes annoyance. II not real
trouble Few men in the public eye would care
IN have all the follies Of their boyhood resur.
rected and held up to the contemplation OF this
age and generation but, II confronted by an
early indiscretion, few would comport them
selves with more dignity than has Senator
Thurston since he has been followed by poem
written in his boyhood days that has become
a yer,table Frankensteln. from which there 10
seemingly no escape. The story OF the publica-
ton of this effusion, entitled, 20 Rose, Sweet
Rose" and the accompanying paragraph at
tributing it to his later years is not credisa-
Bile one
More than year ago. It seems, at camp On
Moosehead Lake, where people. Isolated from
the madding crowd. grow nearer to each other
and become confidential, Senator Tnurston re-
cited this poem TO his friends as sort OF JOKE
but as usual in Edens, there was serpent there
In the shape. alas! Of reporter, VINO straight-
way on his return to CIVILIZATION proceeded
TO publish that poem which gave rise to many
PAROLES some OF them. indeed. amusing
notably 30 Nose, Red Nose" and 20 Lunch,
Quick Lunch"
Vice-Presdent Hobart, whose death on Tues
day has cast gloom over Official circles, was
much liked by the subordinates In the Capitol
especially by those statesmen In embryo the
pages to whom he was invariably agreeable and
friendly. The little fellows have eagerly read all
the news concerning the distinguished Invalid.
and many a genuine tear OF sorrow mas been
shed by them in his memory.
II tell you what It is" said one OF these boys
in speaking Of Mr.. Hobarts taking off, he
understood us fellows better than most men, and
he treated us all like gentlemen He was the
right sort down TO the ground, and there isnta
! fellow at the Capitol who doesn't feel as II he
| had lost some who belonged TO him..
The friendship that existed between the Preh
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marked. and Is as noteworthy as it is rare
There was never any formality In their inter-
course. and the confidence between them was
absolute Mr.. Hobart would go to the White
House at any hour Of the day. the President was
wont 10 look into the vice-Presidents study
without ceremony, and they were frequently
seen driving or walking together. There has not
always been such fraternal feeling between the
two chief officials Of the land. Lincoln ana
HamIin. TO be sure, were congenial and under
stood each other perfectly. but President Lincoln
had no confidence in and little regard FOR Mr.
Haml!n's successor and Johnson did not at
! tempt to conceal the sneer with which ne spoke
! Of his chief. Later Executive teams nave not
been. with few exceptions. happy In their rea-
tons and few Of them were so extremely I'M
congenial that they kept up only an appearance
| of friendship.