Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 February 1885 — Page 9

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PORTRAITS OF THE PROMINENT.

Parsons Wio are Attracting tli« Moot Gen* eral Attention Just Now.

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ROBERT C. WINTROP.

"When the cornerstone of the Washington monument was laid, on July 4,1848, in the presence of President Polk, the vice-president, members of the cabinet, senators, representatives, and a host of other persons, Robert C. Winthrop, then speaker of the hoAse of representatives, delivered the oration. It would have been a most happy and appropriate eveiit if, after an interval of nearly 37 years, now that the noble shaft, capped and completed, stands against the sky, the inaugural address in honor of the consummation of the work, on Washington's birthday anniversary, could have been made by the same and now venerable orator. This was, for a time, confidently expected but illness has intervened, uid it has been decided that the oration prepared by Mr. Winthrop shall be read by the Hon. John D. Long, a representative from Massachusetts, in the presence of the president and cabinet, judges of the supreme court and the members of both houses of congress assembled ia the hall of the house of representatives.

Mr. Winthrop was a eotemporary with Daniel Webster, having studied law under the latter. He is a lineal descendant in the lixth generation of the first pilgrim governor Of Massachusetts. In politics he represented bis district in the Massachusetts legislature from 1835 to 1840, when he was elected to congress, remaining there until 1850, when he ivas chosen to succeed Daniel Webster in the lenate, the latter having accepted a place ia President Fillmore's cabinet. After 1851 his political career ended, and he devoted himself to pursuing literary, archaeological and charitable employments, having for years been president of the Massachusetts Historical lociety. He has also published several volumes of a historical ami biographical nature.

Engineer of the Washington Monnmnt

X' COL. THOMAS CASEY.

To the energy and skill of Col. Thcnnas Lincoln Casey is due, more than any individual, the stupendous undertaking of the completion of the Washington monument in six years without any delay and without the loss of a single life. In 1878 Col. Casey was chosen by the joint high commission to prepare a project for tha completion of the monument. On the acceptance of his plan he Immediately set to work and has since Lean piling up blocks of stone to a height heretofore unaccomplished in the history of architecture. In six years he has added 880 feet of masonry, making the total height of the shaft, above its base, 555 feet.

Col. Casey was born in Madison Barracks, Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., in 1881. His family, on both the paternal and maternal sides, have been active and respected citizens of Rhode Island since the middle of the seventeenth century. Graduating from West Point he entered the Ordnance Bureau as instructor of engineering at the Military Academy. During the late "unpleasantness" he was mainly employed in charge of the construction of fortifications on the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. *-,» gj

His present duties relate to the construction of the buildings for the state, war and navy departments, of the improvements over the grave of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello, Va., of the erection of a monument at Washington's headquarters at Newburg, N. Y., *mrl of the erection of a monument to mark the' birthplace of George Washington. Col. Casey is a genealogist of note, and a gentle* man of fine literary tastes and acquirements

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HERNANDO DE SOTO MONET.

In several of the lists of cabinet possibilities "going the rounds1' in anticipation of "Presidejit-elect

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his choice, is found the name of Hernando D« Soto Money as the coming postmaster-gen* eral, which renders his portrait of interest jiist now. Mr. Money was born in Mississippi in 1889, and received a university education prior to pursuing his law studies. H« is an editor by profession, and has wielded powerful influence in the politics of his state. He was elected to the Forty-fourth congress, taking his seat in 1675, and has been continuously re-elected -ince.

United States Senator-Klect from Arkansas

-JAMBS K. JONES.

The recently elected senator from Arkansas, who is at present serving the state as a representative in congress, is anative of Mississippi, Where he received a classical education. At the age of 22 he entered the Confederate army. After the war he returned to his plantation and remained there until 1878, when ha began the practice of law. When the constitutional convention was called he was a member of the state senate and was re-elected under the new constitution. In 1877 he was chosen president of the state senate. On Dec. i, 1881, he first took his .seat in the house of representatives, which he has occupied since, uid where he is at present serving as

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ber of the ways and means committee. At the agd of 46 Senator-elect Janes, who, by the way, will constitute the third Jones in the senate, is a man of ideas and well qualified for the great trust he is honored with.

Chief of the Woman's Department at the New Orleans Exposition.

MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE.

The chief of the department of woman's work at the World's exposition at New Orleans is Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who is admirably qualified for the arduous duties of so trying a position. She is descended from one of the old families of New York, and was married in 1843 to the celebrated abolitionist and philanthropist, the late Dr. Samuel 8. Howe. The marriage took place in hex1 father's residence, the Ward mansion, one of of the historic houses of Broadway, New York, which has since made way for business blocks. Mrs. Howe has traveled extensively was one of the earliest voman suffragists and abolitionists is a fine speaker, and at present chief editor of The Woman's Journal The greatest poem of the war was written by Mrs. Howe, under the title of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," the last stanza of which runs: '"In the beauty of lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,

While God is marching on."

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BENJAMIN F. JONAS.

Among the prominent southerners in the United States senate whose names appear in connection with a position in the incoming cabinet that of Benjamin F. Jonas is quite frequently mentioned. Senator Jonas is a native of Kentucky, where he was born in 1885. As a child he was taken with hia parents to Illinois, where he received his education. Returning south, at the age of 19 he settled in New Orleans, studied law, and wag admitted to practice there. During the war he served in the Conf edemte artillery corps, and immediately after the war he was elected a member of the Louisiana legislature. Thii was the' beginning of an active political career, which he has followed with but slight -interruption since, having served in botl branches of the Louisiana legislature, besidet being for four years the city attorney foi New Orleans. He has been a prominent figure at Democratic national conventions, and is at present a membdtaf the Democratic national committee.

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TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1885

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DAVXD DUDLEY FIELD.

On the 18th of February Mr. David Dudley Field completed his 80th year, and a reception was given at the house of his brother Cyrus in commemoration of the event, lb*. Field is a remarkable example of physical vigof in old age. His step is as firm, his carriage as upright and his endurance as great as most men's are at 40. The secret of his preservation is worth knowing, and Mr. Field thus relates it: "When I was a young man I had very severe headaches. In 1846 I bought a horse and I have not had a headache since. Every morning I arise at 6 o'clock. I have done so for 40 years. I take an ice cold bath, dress myself, jump on a horse at 7 o'clock, and ride for an hour. I then breakfast and work at. my house till 11 o'clock, when I walk down town, a distance of four miles. I remain at my office until 8 o'clock, then walk home and dine at 6. At 71 deep for half an hour, after which I am ready for anything. I retire between 10 and 11 o'clock. I have done this for over 40 years. I attribute my hardihood to horseback riding."

Sinee the retirement and death of Charles O'Conor he has succeeded to the lead of the New York bar. He occupies a unique position in American history. With the exception of a seat in the lower house of congress and a 8oat en the floor of the peace convention he has never held any public station, political or judicial, yet he has attained to a position and an influence which any jurist and any statesman might well envy. Although he has amassed a magnificent fortune by successful practice, ho is to-day as active, in legal business as if dependent upon the day's work for his daily bread. The great reform with which Mi-. Field has for nearly half a century been connected—Codification —is now through his persistent efforts on a fair way to general acceptance in many of the states of the Union, and certainly in the largest state has already become a pronounced success.

Wisconsin's Senator-Elect..

JOHN C. SPOONER.

John C. Spooner, who has just been elected United States senator from Wisconsin, if comparatively a young man, having been born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., on the 6th oi January, 1843. He comes of a family oi noted lawyers, and himself stands at the front of the Wisconsin bar. He served' in the Union army during the civil war, first as a private and later as a captain, and upon returning from the field became assistant state librarian and military secretary of Gov. Fairchild—having meanwhile studied law with his father. Resigning his secretaryship, became assistant to the attorney general, anu in 1870 began the practice of law at Hudson In 1871 he was elected to the legislature as Republican, and the state university being in difficulties, he became its foremost champion. The governor recognized Mr. Spooner's services in appointing him a member of the board of regents. From 1873 to 1882 he was the solicitor of the Chicago, St. P^ul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad. He has always been a Republican, and has a high reputation as a political orator. "w

Assistant Bishop of New York.

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BIGHT REV. HENRY CODMAN POTTER, D.D.,LL.D.

Assistant Bishop Potter, who has been much displeased and annoyed by the renewed attacks of the Rev. R. Heber Newton upon the fundamental doctrines of the Episcopal church, has, it is said, at last consented to have Mr. Newton presented, and the controversy which has arisen in the church settled by an ecclesiastical trial. This trial, it is expected, will attract more than usual attention, as the questions to be settled by it are not a mere matter erf high or low church, or broad church, but whether some of the doctrinal pillars on which the whole fabric of the Protestant Episcopal church rests can •$ -as

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Com clown without wrecking the whole structure. Assistant Bishop Potter is a native of New York city, where he was born in 1885. He graduated from a theological seminary in Virginia in 1857, was ordained a priest in 1858, and consecrated assistant bishop in 1888. He is rector of Grace church, New York, and lives in a palatial residence adjoining it:

Returning to the Charge. [Life.]

Mr. Ficklepate: "Then, Miss Golddust, am I to understand that you reject my offer? In that case I have only one request to make, which I fervently hope you will not refuse." She: "What is it?" Mr. F.: "That you will never, never betray what I have just revealed to you of the deep feelings of my inmost heart" Miss G.: "Oh, certainly not. But why?" Mr. F.: "Because—ahem!—'well— because I intend proposing to your elder sister ao-morrow."

Honom to the Secretary of Wyoming. [Bill Nye.]

We had a secretary once who thought when he was appointed that the crowned heads of the world would probably make the welkin ring with glad acclaim, and- fairly make the Atlantic boil with red hot congratulatory cablegrams but they did not. When he landed at Cheyenne the shbek was not great. The •ocial fabric of that wealthy and bright little city did not seem to totter much. Not a single tot. The secretary even had some difficulty in getting the best room at the hotel, even when he stuck his chest out and announced that he was secretary of state. He fid not then know that in matter of social standing and salary the poorest paid justice of the peace in Cheyenne looked down on him and pitied him. He did not know that when he announced himself as a federal appointee he began to be looked upon with suspicion, and that he would have to behave mighty well for years to come in order to erase the bad impression which he had unwittingly made. The people of Wyoming will never forget him. He hoped for a demonstration when he arrived,

When he landed at Cheyenne the shock was not great. but he prayed that there would not be one when be went away. He was the champion ass the known world. He wanted to be preceded oy the blare of trumpets. He yearned to walk over the wild and woolly yahoos of the rowdy west. He liked to have the governor |o away, so that he could appoint a notary public at Deadman's Ranche and sign it as icting governor, with a big, big G. He did not know that the people of the west walked their hind feet till he went to Wyoming. For many months he kept it well before the people that he was secretary of state, but before he went away he tried to conceal it. He traveled incog., as a matter af safety and comfort. I know one man who has held an important federal office bwo terms of four years each and is liable to continue through the third term, which he has just begun, but he did not begin by calling out the troops to come and hold his head while he thought of a hard word. He knew when he went west that the Lord reigned there also, and that the man who kept his mouth shut most of the time was less liable to get an overdose of daylight into his vitals. He has lived and prospered and been twice reappointed. The hoodlum west knows when it is well used and it also knows when the president is seeking to play an April fool trick on it.

When a man goes into a territory ribwadays to enter into trade or business, the people at once offer him every kind of encouragement but when he goes there as an appointee he must behave himself for years before he can secure that "perfect love which, casteth oat fear."

Work the First Wife Neglected. [New York Mercury.]

"You don't cook like Sary Ann used to, Matilda," he said, in tones of gentle, exasperating reproof "no, it seems to me you cant cook like Sary Ann used to." On another occasion it was: "You're not as smart in gettin' round as Sary Ann was, Matilda. You don't appear to ketch on where she left off." About this time a heavy rolling pin came in contact with his head. "What do you mean by that, you vixen?" he exclaimed in agony. "I'm doing some of the work Sary Ann neglected," she replied, and there was much peace in the family thereafter.

No Satanic Majesty to Spare. [Lowell Bell.

One of my correspondents suggests that I "pitch in and give the committee and the superintendent of streets the devil." My charitable and genial friend must entertain a high estimate of my possessions if' he fhinlra I can spare devil enough to lit out half a dozen men and then have sufficient left to run a Sunday paper.

Loddon Ball Fashions. [London Judjr.]

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There was an old cat named Maria, Who to sing to high "C" did aspire In the midst of her wails

Came of water—two pails— Which had previously been near the fire.

Changes That a Twelvemonth May Bring. [Somerville Journal.]

Now the merry sleighbells jingle, And there's not a girl that's single But will make her lover take her out to ride, ride, ride

And he'll sit within the cutter, Filled with bliss he cannot utter, With his elbow crooked around his future bride, bride, bride.

But when she is his bride, In a sleigh she'll never ride,

Or enrich the man who keeps the livery,—

But at home her husband—maybe, Will gently hold the baby, While she blithely brews the gladsome catnip tea, tea, tea.

The Advance of Civilization.

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The Nevada scheme is a taking one—with the horse, and a patent has been applied for.

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y* [Arkansas Traveler.] "Why, Caroline, aren't you ashamed of yourself?" exclaimed a mother, entering a parlor, and addressing her daughter. "Your poor father has only been dead three weeks and here you are playing the piany." "He's been dead longer than that, maw. He died on the 2d, so you see he's been dead four weeks." "That's a fact," said the mother. "Go ahead. I declare my memory is failing me."

Written the Morning After. [Henry Factson.]

Little drops of water, Little grains of corn, Make the festive whisky

And the morning horn. And the little cocktails, Humble though they be, Make swelled heads and fill the

Pen—i—ten—tia—ry. A Cold Stove. [Leavenworth, Kan., Times.]

One of our country exchanges has an offioe stove which, it thinks, with a crank attach* ment and a little encouragement, would make a good ice cream freezen_

THFC BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON

And How He Himself on Two

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In going over the battlefield o/MbIvmh Hill we came across one of the monster shells thrown from gunboats In Turkey Band. An hour later, in going up the Vaniumroad, wo met four colored men driving amnle and cart and told them of the location of the relic. They hurried off to get it, and wo wait into the national cemetery. Just as the party were ready to return to Richmond tha mule belonging to the colored gang came clattering past, having the thflk dragging behind him. Ho was pretty closely followed by one of the negroes, who went by .at a 2:40 gait and would not stop to .answer questions. In about five minutes a second one came up, hat off and face covered with blood. As he stopped to pant he was asked what had happened. "Pow-powful times, bowl" he gasped out "Arent you one of the men who went after the shell?' "'Deed I is, an' Fse one of de men who found it, too!" "What happened?" '1 "We dun out to broke him up wid de ax. De mewl has gone by, Julius Henry has gone by, an' heah I is, while de rest of do crowd am makin' fur de Jeemes riber and jiicktnf out pieces of iron as dey fly! Dat shell 19 an' went an' 'sploded onto ua"

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Hie Twentieth Birthday*

II. Feb. 22,1755. On this day, as was his wont, he delighted the stony-hearted maidens of his vicinity by throwing boulders across the Rappahannock.

A Short Banker Made LOttg. [Wall Street News.] Last spring an Indiana man started a bank in a town in Dakota, and about the 1st of October, having secured deposits to the extent of $23,000, a notice was one morning posted on the doors of the bank, reading: "Temporarily closed—hope to pay depositors in full."

The banker wanted to test the temper el the public previous to a big sooop. In the course of half an hour the doors were kicked in, the office gutted, the banker stepped on until he was 17 feet long and only two inches thick, and the chap who held a revolver ta his ear jovially remarked: "Now, then, my friend, we give you just five minutes to unlock that safe ami count out the slugs to the depositors in full."

Depositors were paid in full, and the banker has come east in search of more civil people.

The Fiftieth AnnlmiBty of His Birth.

HL Feb. 22,1982. He enters on his career as the original tall twister. This picture la not as allegorical as it might at first glaaoa