1885.] "^^^ [Agnew. 



models of order and neatness. There was not a nail or a chair, a hammer 

 or a piece of twine which had not its specifically assigned place. I was not 

 one of those who first entered Dr. Beadle's study after his death, but I 

 would venture to say, that I could locate the exact position occupied by 

 each piece of furniture in that room, even to the inkstand, letter weight, 

 blotter and other articles of his table. 



Not only was he methodical in the arrangement of working material, 

 and in the disposition of his time, but he was also scrupulously exact in 

 the disbursement of income. He was old-fashioned enough to believe that 

 there were some things belonging to the Mosaic economy which might be 

 advantageously introduced into the ethics of modern life. He held to the 

 doctrine of stewardsliip, that God, as well as Caesar, had claims on every 

 man's property, and, accordingly, he faithfully tithed, not mint and cum- 

 min, but his income, presents as well. He did not invest his money, and 

 then tithe the income, he was too conscientious to do that, as investments 

 often take wings and fly away, but whenever salary or other moneys were 

 received, one-tenth was immediately withdrawn, and the amount placed 

 to the Lord's credit, and, not un frequently before the day was gone, the 

 entire sum was distributed in those directions, where, in the judgment of 

 the donor, it was calculated to effect the most good. 



Men of method, of exactness in details and economizers of time, are also 

 punctual men, and this was eminently true of Dr. Beadle. Of the many 

 appointments we made together, extending over a period of several years, 

 I cannot recall a single instance in whicli one was forgotten ; before the 

 last minute of the designated time expired he would appear. "Name the 

 time when you will meet me at a particular place in London," said a friend 

 to Dr. Beadle when he was just on the wing for a hasty tour through Nor- 

 way, Sweden, and as far north as Moscow. " At 4 o'clock in the afternoon 

 on the Fourth of July," was the prompt reply, and at the day and hour 

 named, our traveler set down his carpet bag at the appointed place. His 

 power of observation was also remarkable. Though loyal to the sentiment 

 of the wise man, "let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look 

 straight before thee," yet he managed to give an immense circumference 

 to his visual field, for riding over a stretch of country in a railroad coach, 

 or passing through a hospital ward, and apparently occupied with inner 

 thoughts, you would be surprised to find that the geological and floral 

 peculiarities of the region had not been overlooked, nor had the different 

 expressions of the sick escaped his notice. 



Nothing perhaps would more quickly challenge the attention of one 

 familiar with the career of Dr. Beadle, than his early recognition as a pub- 

 lic man. Philadelphians have the reputation, I do not say justly, of being 

 a procul, procul este, profanis sort of people ; a people proverbially slow 

 to break over the charmed circle of family and sect, when sharing the re- 

 sponsibilities of public trusts. Be this as it may. Dr. Beadle, not long after 

 his removal to this city, was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of 

 the University ot Pennsylvania. He was also a member of the active 



