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Ireland, on tho 24th of Septem ber, lTi»f>. acme ten year* before tho down of !h» preoetit eontnry. Hl* fntbfr war a hardware mert hunt of i-tnple mean* Hl* methfr 1 * family, the Newltia. were ardant roya'lat*. To 1 I hitnaelf of dlsahlllUe* at Horn, which he could not endure. Mr. Wilde removea with hi* family to thl* coun try at the opening of the year 17117, and engaged In commerce In the city of Baltimore. Bualnr** reverae* theto gud the nilscoudiiet of h:» partner lit Ireland wreck, tl h a (>rtunc. and «hen. In October. I*o2. he wna laid In hla grave hi* wife and chlldr.tt stood al mo*t upon the brink of want. I have bet-n unable to tllacover what chance led the boy Richard Henry to thl* city, of which tic waa destined Ui nc come »o diatlnguUhet*. an ornament; but In the wittier of 18U2 we llud hint engaged here a* a clerk in a mercantile ctdali lUhment. The next year he persuaded hi* mother to Join him; and In eon- Junrt'on wlta him she ahortly after wards opened what »»» thru known a* a “general store." To that slender enterprise her son gave hla attention for seven year*, devoting himself as siduously. however, during hi* leisure moment* to the cultivation of hi* mind, under the Intelligent supervision of his mother. And it was that moth er,'' doubtless, who while directing the A’ve.'opment o. those talents whose brilliancy she clearly recognised, flred the youthful mind of her son with the honorable aspiration for distinction uhleh here such rich fru.t in his Inter years. The young Wilde was attracted by the tempting field which the low then afforded for thes,exercise of ability ond Industry, and _h<? ektly entered upon the study of that noble science, and pursued it Kith- unabated nrdor until he had equipped himself for the bar. At the March term. ISfty. of the superior court of Oroene county, he pve-euted himself for examlnailon and I §•«» 4m» ||fc» •* j I ** i« Nt ••• fl»«» I"**** ***** | 'tin# #Hf ****** Mi **t* 1 > <o.. j ilfew M IMI * *** \ 1 iIMN *0 iM ****** j I (ingn fifiik • 4t* *** **** ** | *4— tum.f twm***"* ******* ** w** Ij. lufrifinri t fmm fM iuiWi H OMMMuii *4 tiw *4 »*•> iwy*» I iwf UUifto * •*<•* 4*4 *•*•*• Mj a o***f 90 #**9o*H*l%***l *** | Hn* o*o *0 +W****” IMt *• ] • m a#* • to K Ua* tovNM *4 a toM | •Mil M I»to*nn» **4 wwtotot I iwtoto' ■<* »hw Itototo aanwato’ wf wH»t I I |i„, totowto «wto*4 ttofwntotowa* *M» | mimmrn atof. *M4 Ml totoaawi »ww»* ) 4*4 g.taif tMto'W *l4* ] *9O I nwrto to toakrT wwlMtoa to Ito MHMf | _wf ||t witoto to W'htoto taw thw ** * ui—ti m a iw>mh pwMtoM ad; mmrn i •*■ ttoa* f*M *“*•>* ** ***** I tm gng fmm aitaa. t» that Wto* ta iltoM** atoHtotaaftoto d M Nk tohhb ■, M wlbbw itotiit- «a M Carta *«r fm» \mummm «4 «to* MtlUaawv «4 hi* lab .ta iha tartofy ad to** #*>aia*aaa*». •**4 to* »»«*■** *M» •«•*» «* W “j A* a Uay*» I to ta haaar (ha ri**4**iiins« ; whtoa ta aua 1 bua «• rto*** '** *»a ! •tor hla o»Mraa* at that **wy aarty aaaj >at which toe nr-riwr to have pa'd Ml ; !•, Rr . ar-ntmae Rat •* #*• «*4i ’’ a**ara4 that atoa •*# a*to 4t*hiaiafwd | toy hi* atoto**M life- ua* aarvkrw He woa (Wtoclsto upua lie tary Ihmato tonia at hto pr-nf-n — 1 rarer? 1 ll ke aaM that H *•• W m4rt that hto itwaber an**' not he aurtia-d hy kto tMM*ll>le retortion that he toft bk* boat* aad appli-i for edniltakm in the bar la Orwaae rtMtal*. Thto elrr uamtaaee •roared the •Mtotrtoo «4 Jadge Rarly. and ha «*aa *waifarte4 (« an niamlßa i tom pecallnrly eann hlac. eve* far h ! judge who wa» anted for hie aaverlty upon aueh oeeaahma But the young aspirant ahtoM»bed the eourt and bar hy the rare co«tpleti*ne*» of hla equip ment, and won eordtnl atoeamhtm* upon hla triumphant vindication Yet hi* rir*-f>t inn*l ttllllßlißlf gained hy palleni Indualry dating *ito-h ,«ld moment* a* he could anatrh from 'the exacting care# of buatnea*. »nd by •tody at Bight *o unremitting that hi* 1 atrength. never conaldemble In hla 'youth, failed under the continued (train. “Hla elevation to the attorney gen emlehlp wna directly the outcome of an I accession of reputation upon a contra! I which, notwithstanding hla youth. ! served to Illustrate and to advert!** hi* learning, hi* ability and hla absolute Independence, Karly In thl* century, ihe legislature of Georgia, impelled by the harsh Industrial roodlllon* which then prevailed, enacted what *»« called “The Alleviating Ijiw," the pur poff,. and effort of which waa to de prive creditors of recourse to the courts for the enforcement of their demands. Nothing save the great pre |M>nderanee of number* In the debtor rla** an<l the desperate strait* at which many of them had arrived, ran explain that unwise, unjust, nnd palpably un t on*tltutlonal Interference with Up right* of private contract. Yet It is | apparent that the very condltJou* which made the law possible made It likewise popular. To attack it was assuredly a course to which no eltlxen could he led save hy exalted rouidder utlona of public duty. Nevertheless Mr. Wilde, though advised by hla friends that he could but wound his own reputation, assaulted the disgrace ful statute through the coutt* with n display of learning and acumen which amply proved that he was able to win and worthy to hear the highest honors of his profession. Hie efforts, though bearing no immediate fruit, contributed substantially to that change of public *eu -1 intent which, subsequently, compelled the repeal of the law. It was inevitable that Hie career of a man who thus brought to the practice of law ability, learning, probity, and Independence, should be udurued with honorable tri umphs. And there Is not lacking tes timony from very eminent sources to his wisdom as a counsellor, lo his elo quence as an advocate, and to the ur banity. Hist-nitty nnd Integrity which at all times marked his professional conduct. Sentiment does not often grace with its benign presence the austere environs of courts of appeal, and personal compliments so rarely blossom In tho chill atmosphere of ju dicial deliberation that we may well ,learn that when they appear at all they appear only In celebration of the most distinguished merit;.and yet It was Chief Justice Lumpkin, of the supreme court of Qeorgta, who, in one of his earlier opinions, proclaimed tn endur ing eulogy the fame of Richard Henry Wilde In saying of him; 'His Is a : name dear to Ceorgtans and to fame. 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He to credited With Hto remark that he had found aw todf which did aa« require at Ha follower* what no bone** maa should, and no aenrieman would, go' Indeed, it would *eem that he carried well nigh ta ears** hi* Indlapo aitiow to cultivate the art* of coaclll attou But that vrry fed. while It de- ( niad him popularity pained him re spert Men to whom politic* mean* frantic partl»»n*hlp may resent the Jw- j dtclnl balance at ■ atateeman of that •tamp, nnd grumble that he reject* those attgam-at* Into which they themiwlvr* rush *o »rdwttlly; bat they raanot refuse him the tribute of con ttdenre and esteem which hto ladepeu deuce and hla ddellty to hi* eoarto-1 turns dowry*. Mr. Wilde spoke but seldom while In congreae. hut when he did apeak he showed himself the mas ter of hi* theme, foe he never ap pealed tn the arena of high debate nave after that cooaclemlou# study and reflection which alone can equip even the moat consummate talent for the responsible task of moulding a nation * poll,-Ira. Yet, In those sadden grnp- j pllnga with the foe. which are the am huarades of debate, and which make unexpected demand upon the resource* of Ihe speaker, he displayed a *upple neas and agility and * capacity to thru*! and parry which made many an antagonist remember bis engagement | with sorrow. “Perhaps the moat charncterHHc, a* well a* the most widely known of all Mr. Wllde'a mternnee* In the House of Representative* I* the superb apos 11rophe to 'The Stare of the XIV. Con- I g.-ess,' It admirably Illustrate* his j powers of analysts and the fertility of his imagination. The classical elegance | of his style furnishes a fit vehicle tor I the native vigor of his thought and the i vtvld emanation of hi* fervid and poet -11- fttury. Yet, Its polish is not marred I by coldness nor Its rhetoric hy bom iu»*t; but thought and feeling, form and color, are blended In such Just and - happy union as proclaims at once the ! scholar and the orator. I regret that I the limitations under which 1 speak will not permit me to quote even a portion of the passage, hut If it may he deemed fairly Illustrative of his pow ers. there could have beeu but few in his day and generation who were his peers in the supreme gift of oratory. "I do not know how I can more aptly eharncteriie the dominant quality of his statesmanship than by saying that he was Intellectually conscientious. His Judgments were the crystallisation of impartial research and reflection. As a consequence, his views, which were cleat- cut and positive, were asserted boldly and maintained tenaciously. Hut always. In the domain of political thought, he was a judge before he be came an advocate. He had no bias save towards the truth, and he knew no enthusiasm in politics save that which was born of enlistment lh wliat he deemed a righteoUi* cause. And 'there Is little to surprise us in Un fad that such a man was neither par ty loader nor party follower "It is a circumstances not without significance in a study of Mr. WildeV political career that his re:trement from congress was attributable solely I *«k ■**■«» *om *w* - ted* tip taM* 1 99 #'f 4 99m 9* mm ! 900* 99*9%9 Ml 90*% 9*9*9 909* *9O 9* % ,****** : HrM ‘f 9*99*9 *9900* 900 99** 90*9* #telflK 90 MRHMI Ml tNMMM I f v #«4 90*0*9$ Ml %•# *9*o ii' ii—jwMMii m» mm 9mmm mm Mm* ***** *m m* 9*o*9 fftlT *9*99 *9*** 90*9*9* MM M»*lt 9*9* **9*9* *9O *** *99s ** *99* &0 **s*o*t%o 9* »MM 90- 10999** Ml 990 ***99**9 1*99*909** *9 00i»wmmr%f* 9 *** *9m» lIM MflUkß* 9»m 4MiM| MM *o*9o* wm 00***90 y*o*9*9*% MM f M#* 990 m**f rnUm l 90 999* MM Ml l«M **oo** *Ol *9O f*» t inwtit M»t* liUMi MMM Ml • qlp- ■—-n tol Atototoro* ttoawtolM at toU'Mnaary *w4 kawwtf M*a »e*w •toe twit-eta fwaaa Be newanad (to a— wtoeiaww B *** snaM *Mwrfc *k* *• Pto4t*v tow—l <4 Ma to">* ***** •tow Utoe Mi taktoto tto aßarliag **•»« m tottoen taaev.e t—to«**~» kto» •Mil Nto tola taat **4 »»»to*4 B» M» •toeerda a towfn atoatoe. 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I A mum aeltotatoe ta hto mm*» atrlklto* ■ ecbleee—i* totals N* iftta •mmtr* at' an and learn lag I* Hto totowM I mar j her* allnto toyaelt The ttotoW' tot* •err eMek « hwded Hto rafeer at am* at Italy'* Ktot liiaMrieoa tae«» tarty am tcam*4 tola laaagtnatt<m and hi* lave*- u*a)tatoto n*v» ta in* wild «h* R* •sMfrhee and (tajeiew • mernllng •toe Isatto Madnwa atod Uprteotontoot Of Torquato Ttototo,’* to romposition «i,*HtoC«tob*4 alike tm the aalnutloe of Its »•*•#, tto* variety at it* Varela* nnd Ik* IngtauHt "< **» arau.nent* He aande kilsetf ma«te, of I Mole a amrk*. and of tk* tota ‘4 fritt-al literature to<> »kkb they fcnd given birth; totod/Wt* to today ta e»- tstence, la manWrntpt. one volume at a projected IM* at the poet tohvh atteeta It* author s profound grnap «4 hla subject It •** durla* hi* t» •etorrhe# among the aecret arrhlve# of, Florence male engaged upon thto t*ah. that It wna anggwted to him that on the walla of the ancient chapel of Bar- ■ gello, ryfered. tbrowgh some Inexpli cable neglect, with whltrw**h, was an authentic portrait of la* great l-ioreii tlne from the pencil of (1 lotto Mr.! Wild* gamed the consent of the Italian government to bx-ate and roatore It. raised the required fund*, sad after month* of 101 l waa rewarded by euc ,<«■ 'lt etas an event.' *ay» Washing ton Irvlag. 'which pimlueed through out Italy some auch •eaaatlon aa in England would follow lha'.dUcovery of a well authenticated t keneaa ofi Shakespeare, with a difference In In tensity proportioned to the superior aeivaitlvcneo* of the Italian*.' Nor we e there the only arkb>vemeot» of his gculua and industry. Yet undeliv ered to the world are nuraeroua trani tnllon*. remarkable at once for their beauty and their fidelity. In which he proposed to give to hla countrymen, in tbeir own tongue, the noblaat speci men* of the ltaltuu. French and Span ish lyric poetry. Hut Richard Henry Wl’de waa more than a *oholar, mote than a biog rapher. more than a translator. He wait a poet He was born a poet. He made verses while yet of childish year*. Verily, he seemed to 'lisp In number*. r for the numbers came.' It I* aa poet that that the world has rememtiered him - the world that knows, too, scarcely to line of hi* save that matetjless lyric— Mv Use I* IJke the Summer Rose.' which has sung Its way Into the heart* of thousands. Into that he breathed the breath of immortality,; for it la a thing of perfect beauty, ambit shall be a Joy for, ver! In his earlier yearn he planned and partially executed an epic whose scene was laid In Florida. This exquisite song, which alone Is saved to us from that forgotten fragment, was suggested by the tragic fate of the last, survivor of the 111-starred expedi tion of Narvaez; and it U he who, from his prison-gloom, thus pours forth bis melancholy plaint: I My Use Is like the summer rose That blossoms to the morning sky, But, ere the shades of evening close. Is scattered on the ground to die. Yet o'er that rose's humble bed. The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept such waste to see; But none shall weep a tear for me. My life is like the autumn s, leaf That trembles in the nuypn's pale ra y; Its hold is frail, its dale is Sfief, Restless and toon to pass away. Yet, ere that leaf shall fail affd fade. The parent tree shall mourn its shade; j THE PRUDENTIAL Insurance Company of America. Home Office. Jno. F. Dryden. Newark, N. J. President. MkJriliUHß • • • $26,029,157.04 Stylos JHr lIH - • S 5.G27.584.24 &■* kit. yy-JT k-W * Wwfiu 4' ff*\ psyi mjf r/*Wrj¥i T ■ J9ri t« • -v f .lmp The Prudential has forged its way ahead until it stands in the front rank of the great life insurance companies of the world. It offers all that is good In life insurance, and under the beet conditions. 1 Prndential Policy is Like Honesty—The Best Policy. For Rates. Plans, etc.. Call on or Address Burke & Milligan, General Agents, Augusta, Ga. The wind* brw.ll Ik# teaflta* tree; Hut non* *b*ll brtath* to *tgh tar Mv life ta life III# prt»«» which feel Have left oe Tstoftto * desert strand, ■tibto as the rising tide shall heat. All trace shall iiututi from the annd | kto- •• 4 grieving ta eg*.* All vestige of the human rare, fin that lone shore loud mourns the '»*• eea; < flirt none, ala*' shall mourn for me ’ “.That i* the most moving utterance wiitctk poetic art ha* ever given to (human woe! It la the very bodying | forth of deapalr. The skill with which, by imagery vivid and full of color, na ture t* made instinct with aymp»ihe«U response to the sombre mood of n hu ms n heart, lends to the poem a pathos which I* sublime The night, *hed o.ng her pitying dew. a* a last tribute of tear*, upon the dying rose* bed, the chill wind sighing it* sympathy for the leafless tree; the sorrowful re quiem of the everlasting water* upon the deserted shore—-the**- are images of snch rare hue and texture that It i» | not wonderful that they do not pas* fgrom the memory of man. nor that from aero** the sea. the Illustrious Byron himself was moved to pay them j the tribute of his dmtlnguUhed praise ; Despite the fact that the history of this poem make* so strongly for an other view. It is difficult to resist the conviction that we hear the throbbing of the chord of self In its dirge-like music, since we catch the same de sponding note tn nearly every fugitive piece its author has given to the world. Strange contradiction! The universal testimony is that the poet's outward mien was one of cheerfulness and sunshine. The glance which was attracted by the nobility of his phys ical presence lingered last upon the kindly smile which seemed but the winning evidence of a temperament at once happy and hopeful. Yet there is neither happiness nor hope in his verse. On hi* fortieth birthday we find him pronouncing the following pathet ic self Judgment: ‘Another of my wasted years has gone, And brought me nearer nothing—but the grave: And thus they wax and wane, and one by one Leave as they found me —melan- choly's slave.’ “I may not multiply Instances, but I am strongly of the opinion that in this sable garb of melancholy In which Wilde clothed so much of his verse, there is ‘confirmation strong as proof of holy writ' that his poet a genius chafed eternally under a destiny which shackled tt with the corroding chains of unloved toil. This is not the oeca : sion for a critical commentary upon infill For 1897. $15,580,764.65 lisiraics Wriiißß ii 1897. $143,900,000 'hla poetic product (hough I way per haps be permitted a taw brief observa tions upon It. It I* of etrlhlagiy <mw van merit. Hl* most mended effort. Htwperia.' while < rtto< and abounding la Imperfection*, contain* many pas sage* of remarkable beauty and pow er. which furnish convincing evidence of their author* wraith of poetic re •onrre . But the Hne*( fruit* of hi* muse are unquestionably hi* shorter poem*, among which there are few that, not withstand in* the occasional lark of form sod finish, do not ex hibit energetic thought, elevated aeotl ment, and image* of genuine grace and beauty Hta verse ta always without affectation. It »* original and sincere. It ha* an engaging simplicity and dtrectnes* a bleb are tn atrking contrast with the paltry pretences and empty vaporing* of many of our latter day barda And it I* In no spirit of indiscriminate eulogy that I venture to pronounce the opin ion that If his poriry shnll never be made scc-raslide to hi* countrymen., they will sustain a lo*a which they may well deplore. “Ladies and gentlemen, the task which i had *et myself is done. For the Imperfect manner In which I have discharged it I hope you will And some excuse in the very limited materials ou which I have been forced to rely. Yet I trust that I have sufficiently re minded you that Georgians cannot re main ignorant of the life and achieve ments of Richard Henry Wilde and be guiltless of indtffe-enc# to their illus trious dead. For he was ours—and his fame is ours, and our state, rich though her past may be in great men, can boast but few to whom may be more Justly applied than to him. who was distinguished alike In law, in states manship and in letters, the noble words of Dr. Johnson’s glowing trib ute to Goldsmith— “ 'He touched nothing that he did not adorn.” _____ 0 ontents of the Christinas Harper's. Old Captain, by Myles Hemenway. —lllustrated with a frontispiece In color and ten drawings by Howard Fyle. A romance of seafaring life in the early day* of American prowess at sea. An Esmeralda of Rocky Canyon, by Bret Harte.—lllustrated by . eter Newell. A humorous romance of a Western mining camp. Poems —“Mary,” b-’ Ruth McEnery Stuart; "Ere Christ, the Flower of Virtue, Bloomed,” by lionise Morgan 8HI; “Revelation,” by Virginia Wood ward Cloud. Illustrated by F. Du- Mond. How Santa Claus Was Saved, by Mary T. van Denburgh—lllustrated by W. T, Smedley. A story of the Civil War. T . How the Other Half Laughs, by John Corbin—lllustrated by Lucius Hitch cock. Familiar sketches in the lial lan and Jewish theatres of the Bow ery TM tWoad Wooing of Mlm Bw>. by Hu to M< Knery »«•«,—lllustrated by A. B Ppm*. A charming deplr- IM Of the grotesque kniwri of the plantation an.l lt» underlying pathos The Wi. l» Pruat.--Written uil Il lustrated by Frederic Remington In this article Mr. Remington give* gloving deserlpt Inna aad futures at the relaxation* to bt found la the Northern ft»re*t*. The White Heroo. by Ftoog Mar leod —A my at leal romance of life among Bcottlsh Aaher-foih. Illustrated with unusual sympathy by Albert E. fit enter. The Olrl and the Game a Poothall glory, by Jeeae Lynch Williams—ll luatrated by W. T. Smedley. A yield and faithful picture of American col lege life. The theme of the atory la a romance centering about a Yale and Princeton Thanksgiving Pay game. The Span O'Ufa—A Novel, part HI, by William McLennan and J. N. M<- llwraith. Illustrated by P- de Myr barh. The Battle of Manila, by Lieut. J M ElUeottlllustrated by pholographe taken by the author on board the Bal timore. Th? Rescue of the Winslow." by Lieut Ernest K. Meade. U. 8 R. C B.—lllustrated by H. Reuferdahl. and from photograph* taken Immediately after the engagement. The narrative of an eye-witness A Martyr'* Idyl, by Oulney.—lllustrated by E. Grasaet. A dramatic poem founded on a lagend of the early Christian church. The Unexpectedness of Mr. Horaca Shields. The last of th« "Old Chester Tales," by Margaret DelaOd. Illus trated by Howard Pyle. A Fable for Heiresses, by Alice Due, r. author of "A Fable for Maid ens," etc. Editor's Drawer.—An introductory sketch. “The Utilitarian Mr. Jarley." by J. K. Bangs. Illustrat’d by Peter Newell. The Drawer will contain also humerous anecdotes, pictures and verse. Miss Rosa Plumb has returned from Rome. yf 7','Y cocoa »nd CHOCOLATES j rot txrmß drwkiso. it j CMtKISC. 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