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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1886)
SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRISE. A. J. HAHP, Publisher. DEATH OE PAUL HAYNE. THE great southern poet BREATHES HIS LAST. He r»»*e« Awej ■> His Horae In drove. muni i;t.-SWUbla| About HI. I.lfe and Works. i ] i! .s=fi M . % » , ij Jmmm ’S' mm\ -J I ’/vm *: f rm T. m / r . M fr - v; v anal For some weeks the family and friends uf the poet hare known that he was ill beyond the hope of recovery, He was stricken with something like paralysis, a clot of Mood on the brain, his physician described it, and human skill could avail nothing. Even in his helpless condition Mr. Hay lie’s chief anxiety was to cheer and strengthen his devoted wife and son; and by a tremendous effort he, almost to the last, spoke hopefully, and endeavored to divert attention from his affliction. When it was known that he could not live, spontaneous expressions of sorrow •came from every quarter of the country, ind to-day many a tear-dimmed eye is turned in the direction of the little cot¬ tage at Copse Hill. anything Most people who know of our literature know something of the lineage of Paul Hamilton Hayne, the general outline of his career, and the world’s es¬ timate of his genius and his works. Born in South Carolina, in 1830, our in poet the belonged to a family distinguished annals of the state, and de¬ scended from an illustrious English ances¬ try. He was a kinsman of the famous patriot, Colonel Isaac Hayne, who was so murdered by the British during the revolution. He was also closely re¬ lated to the Senator Hayne, whose cele¬ brated debate with Webster has become Young Hayne entered life with all the that name and high social posi¬ tion could give him. After graduating at Charleston college, he turned his atten¬ tion to literature. He had inherited a comfortable fortune, and was therefore at liberty to follow his inclinations in the matter of occupation. At that time Charleston was a literary center. Legare was a familiar figure in its social circles. William Gilmore Simms was at his best, and the influence of Calhoun was a JlO tential clement in letters as well as in politics. Hayne naturally drifted into journalism. He was called to the edito¬ rial chair of Russell’s Literary Monthly, and from that time until his death wan never separated from literature. In 1855, when he was about twenty- five years old, Ticknor & Co., of Boston, published his first volume of poems. A second volume followed in 1857, and a third in 1860. Success crowned his ven¬ tures. The critics on both sides of the water applauded the young poet, and the older bards hailed him as the south's greatest singer. He had married in the of mean time, Miss Mary Middleton Michel, guished Charleston, the daughter of a distin¬ French surgeon, whose services under the first Napoleon at the battle of by Leipsic were rewarded with a gold medal the third Nopoleon. Of this noble and affectionate wife too much cannot he said. No poet, no literary man, ever had a more sympathetic, appreciative and devoted helpmeet. The war found Mr. Hayne suffering ill Health. But in spite of his delicute con- stitutdon he felt that he must serve his ■country. Unable to take the field, he accepted a position on the staff of Gover¬ nor Pickens. Ilia beautiful residence was laid in ashes duiing the bombardment of library .harleston, an( l his large nnd valuable times his destroyed. During these stormy * pen was not idle. His “Black a ?’’ was a model of fiery v erse, perhaps too fiierce to be appreciated now. Note the refrain; -then up with the sable banner ! Let it thrill to the War-God’s breath, Fur we march to the watchword—Vengeance! And we follow the captain—Death 1” " e must remember that this was writ¬ ten by a man whose native city was then r a ^>ng through a baptism of fire. The war swept away everything that Hsvnes possessed. After their home was burned the family silver was sent to Columbia for safe keeping, but even this ^ os t- Homeless and penniless the fa mily sought a refuge among the pine barrens of Georgia. At Copse Hill, !n olumbia county, sixteen miles from Augusta, the poet began the painful and iiborious task of literally creating a home place ffe h ft( j nothing to start, with, an ' ™' land was without a sign ofprom- 1 ‘' p - In this lonely spot the exile built a little cottage, or “shanty” as it was called at first. He courageously faced the situation and 'ont to work with his pen. The best ’“i torn magazines gladly welcomed his <lim i;i unions and some of them achieved a wide Popularity in Europe. The Lip- pincotts, t882i published liis “Legends ami Lyrics,” and in 1873 his edition of * nil rod’s poems appeared, with apathetic hi i ’graphical sketch. “The Mountain of [ Lovers” was published in 1875. He wr °tc also a “Life aLtol, of Gilmore % Simms ” I Hayne ......... and Mr. Lcgare.” Among liis wrTS ra8 v at ! hiR P eriod of his | ^ anti the International atlhe opening of AUon- i tf- ' articles Cotton Exposition, “Ante Bel- “ s P rose on '^( hudehton” and Judge Gayarre. in xo4 u ito£r ftC ’ hllve attracted fa ‘ It is conceded that Mr. Haync's sonnets will hear comparison with some of the best in our language. So far as the judgment of his contem- poraries goes, it may be said that he of successfully criticism. passed through the ordeal The beautiful edition of his poems published by D. Lothrop & Co wX“;.txr’ iSTZSa So.tr, With the pcple of (ho Booth hi, tinctly southern. It interprets nature as we see it. It brings the pine barrens, the mocking birds, the muscadines, the peach blooms, the wild flowers, the cy¬ clone and the midnight thunder all before us, The holding the mirror up to nature. the city council of Augusta, and Hayne Circle, in called meeting, both adopted resolutions on the death of Paul H. Hayne, the poet leaureatc of the south. The news of the death was received with genuine sadness. Paul Hayne was idolized in Augusta, and his death is regretted by all. WRECKED BY THE WIND. APALACHICOLA , FLA., IS SWEP1 BY A DISASTROUS STORM. Six Men Drowneii—Shipping Broken From Th fir I'nfcteniugs and Destroyed, ctce The particulars have Apalachicola. been received The of the late hurricane at wind arose at ten o’clock, and by 1 p. m. had increased to seventy miles an hour, the barometer reaching the lowest on record. At half past four there came a lull; then the wind, which had been from the southeast, suddenly blew furi¬ ously from the opposite direction. The air was filled with flying shingles, tim¬ ber and branches of trees. The business houses were closed, and the citizens bat¬ tened their windows and doors. There was six hours’ reign of terror. Combs & Co.’s mill lost both smoke stacks and part of the roof. C. H. Smith & Co. had a lot of dressed lumber blown away. Munroe Co.’s mill at the bluff, had the roof and smoke stack blown off, and at Carrabelle many buildings were leveled, while much timber was carried away. On the river and in the bay the disaster was extensive. S. N Kimball’s dredge was sunk, as was also the steamer Emlen, belonging to Combs & Co. She was down the bay, and wa? swamped. Three men, Jesse Rainey, en¬ gineer; Abe Monroe, cook; and Walter Johnson, deck hand, tried to save them¬ selves in the dingey, which capsized, and the first two named were drowned. The rest of the crew, the captain and three men, were rescued. At East Pass, the W>«.. California, mrfc f,.« to (h. bark Bigette. At Dog 1 Island cove the bark had out four anchors, but dragged ashore. The lighter was cut loose and swamped. There w as on board Nicholas Comforter and son Willie, also, Wm, Anderson and James Norman. The lighter . found - j that . night . i . water-log- was ^ed and with no one on board at all. The four were drowned soon as the Bigette grounded. She lost her masts. She will be saved. The barkentine, Alice Timber Dickerman was dragged schooners ashore on T«l»nd Tbe \ Kate ,, marse , r ] fSantasKet Tvr * , , araggea . also . M,. ana but escaped Two men, McKmght and Milner, were on Sand island when it was submerged, Thev y took S refuse g in the onlv tree on ,T the island, ■ ,i and. remained - , there several i i hours. St. George s island was swept by the wind and waves, All the glass in the light house was blown out and the tower badly shaken. The keeper's house was filled with water and sand and the fami- lv ly took took refuge refuere in in the the “wale” gale house house, built built for protection in such cases. Iherewere many accidents to harbor craft. A num- her of small sailers capsised, and several tugboats received damage Many hair- breadth escat>es are reoorted.. The storm was was the the greatest orpatest one one ever ever seen seen at at Apaia Aoala chicola. h BLOODY FIGHT. THREE BROTHERS KILLED BY THREE FENCE BUILDERS. A Dispute Over Land in Texas Leads to Bloodshed. Three brothers—lewis, Elmer and James Smith—were killed five miles from Henriet- te, Texas, in a fight resembling a pitched battle, in which shotguns loadetl with buck- shot and six-shooters were the weapons. Neal Butcher, manager for tbe Clay County Lanl and Cattle Company, one of the biggest live-stock contras of the Me-ft, had employed .Steing D , Doc. Thompson and Jack Doutbitt to ience a tract of land with wire. The ownership of the land was a matter of dispute between the Smith brothers warned and But-her tbs company;and not to thi brothers had pro- cee:i w.th the work of fen’ing it. But'her Ln7ftnd 0I nawio?i^ to^vori* 1 ^bu^when °the e ti7Lowis f n t%at' n d he’^ame word Smith i within 300 foot of the fencing gang there would be trouble. The Smiths resumed their threats and th * Djufcbitt crowd went on with their work, and beside their tools had trusty six-sho ters. They seemed to have made a safe estimate of th > determination of their enemies. The latter rode in a wagon to within 101 feet of where the Doutbitt crowd were at work. the raising of , The signal for the battle was i a shotgun from the wagon-bed by one of the j Smiths. and The fired. Doutbitt Shots crowd 1 in drew quick their sue- j weapons passe i ITZ Suni, 9 t S wott 8 and 8t o^ d^ing, while their team bolted off in a run to the 8 f SmTth?Xmothe?of theyoungmen, ; Mrs. from tbe house. Half way she met the team running home. She stopped them and j drove back rapidly to tbe spot where th3 boys were lying. James and Elmer were bi>th dead, but Lewis w.is.stiff alive, H» told her that Doutbitt had shit both of h ls brothers, and that 8ta“*dnK 1 ,1 - j , " ____________— — ! poisoned WITH ice cream. j states A special from Coulterville Illinois, : that seventy persons were’poisoned there Monday bv eating die#, picnic and ice cream, in Four have already ' more are a prerari0Ufi cond ition - ELLAYILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1886. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Tub average cost of a Parliamentary can- vass is about *3,00». In Montana alono (here are 8,000 different registered cattle brand*. This year’s wheat crop is the heaviest g*“ C “’«° ^ of„,, k „ >'*"'• «*«*• j»ais!KSraf5Srtgys The question of using bloodhounds to pur- AriTOnapreasL* 8 * Mng di ~ d by the Various countries of South America are £ Berlins Septem^ ° f ** 1,r0dUCt8 been about 35 a per centum. Colorado offers a premium of *2 per 100 for every line of trees maintained along ditches, fences and highways. A proposition meeting with favor in the Kepublic of Mexico calls for the eitablbh- ment of a savings bank for soldiers. The total number of dwelling houses in Boston is 49,998, of which 30,20-. are of wood, 15,059 brick, 297 stone and the balance of mixed materials- Senator Mitchell Wealthiest of Oregon savs 7 ]in that Portlaud is ouo of the cities the United States. It has at least twelve mil- Of the 300 prisoners in the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island, New York City, only three refuse to go cialist, to church. These are Herr Most, the So an 1 his companions, Braunschweig and bchenck. Canning clams at Islip, Long Island, N. Y., is an established industry. Between 300 and. 1 >0i) bushels of clams are used daily at a cure for dyspepsia. A Scotch colley belonging to Christian Tomling, little of Louisville, Ky„ has adopted a brood of chickenswhich havelost their his kennel, tnd’by He day^ he'^frSs for them. also shares his meals with his iBSSSSr ™»,*. bite' w . that the onlv reliable cure for the of a rattlesnake is turpnt.ne He says that a bottle of turpentine held over the bitten spot, the uncorked mouth down, will draw out the poison, which can be seen as it enters the turpsntine in a sort of blue flame. Al- though he has never been bitten, he has tried this cure on his dogs, always with success. —.».— PEKSOHAL MEHTIOU. Ex-Senator Windom is lecturing in tho West on the “Relations of Capital and Labor.” The ^President will probably go to New England the Berkshire in the fall. His wife wants to see Hills. To one who saw her recently the Empress Eugenie had a the cheerful look, black. though clad m raiments of deepest are j» rin e ton graduates this year, Professor Proctor, tbe astronomer, is back in the country. He thinks he will now take up h.s permanent abode m bt. Joseph, “°- Representative Rymes of Colorado, j has such a heavy voice that he is Talking known amons; tbe i B di ans of his district as Thunder. although Dr. Alonzo Clark of New Wk, is eighty years of age he is still strong and active and is the consulting phjsician f °r Sixce fou i Oscar J losp ‘ tab Wildes ' marriage his dress has steadily become lo-s striking, while his wife has taken to wearing robes of an outlandish if not ridiculous kind. For smging three songs and joining m a duet in a recent entertainment given at Lord Rothschild’s London palace, Mme. Patti re ceived a fee of *1,5<W. In a single British regiment assigned the to the Soudan 106 men have died within last month. Pe tilence and not the bullets of the enemy decimate the ranks. The oldest mail in Congress is John T. Wait, of Illinois. He is seventy-seven years is old ’ ani1 aftel ' fillin S five ful ' terms he again a candidate for re-election. the Baring Brothers, London bankers, are nearly as rich and as powerful as the Rothschilds. It is a half American house and keeps *30,000,000 “ready for instantane- oususe. Mrs Ezekiel Webstkb, the widow of Danie j vVebsfer’s brother, who dropped Concord dead wb jj e making an argument iu the Court House in 1829, is still alive and quite of the Webster statue at Concord. MUSICAL I__ AND DRAMATIC. At-gttstiv Daty's New York Conoany is meeting with great success in London. s^rTTKPnv of will snnoort S’next Miss sJaion. Heten Dauvrey in -'One Oar Rubinstein, the pianist, made *25,000 dur- mg his re eat visit in Loudon. He gave only eight concerts. Audran has compoted a new shortly operetta ot- titled “Indmna.' which will be pro- ^ ^fralfy bl . others are which the owners they of several new comic operas, may pioduce e . ’ ■ Mr. Booth and , „ Mr The leading men for Barrett uext sea «m are Charles Barron and Newton Gotthold resj>ectivoIy. Mtss Mabel Jordan, an Amorican ac- tress, is creatingsome stir in London, where s he appeared m Dagoaet's play, ‘1 he Mem- ber for Slocum. ’ M. Coquelin, the great French comedian, who is to visit this country next season, has tendered his resignation to the manager of the Come lie Francaise, Pans. The American Ooera Company, which has just returned to New 5 ork after a sue- ( . ess f u l tour, is already making elaborate preparations a for that n»xt George season. Gould the eldest report London son of Jay Gould, has gone to to njgny Miss Edith Kingdom in of New Daly \ ork. s Com- p an y. excites much interest SvrasA te, tho Spanish violinist, refused . 50;) wb ; c h was offered him to accompany F a “U? * X"1b deman^edTl^. ^ f 0 , ra iii, rP tto by Charles H. Ho Mward bolomon, entitlwl The marriage of Mme. Nilsson to the Count Mme. Ckaa, Miranda Nilsson will_t» has a.ieauy e pace recenen in ore marry valuable present* from her aristo rratfe. admirers. —— - A YOUNG Massachusetts girl died the , rttar <l»y of corwf compff«o». Sh, confessed the crime, but alleged that she had to be pressedl by ^ething and ‘ " y ° UnR m ‘" ^~ — ' The loftiest active volcano m the world is Popocatepetl It is ^48 feet above the sea level and has a crater three £p. ,n c,rcumference an ’ ’ THE HEWS IN GENERAL, i u appcmimc'e A.. nr JL imtcppct 8 FROM ALL POINTS. - *»» mm ’" : $Z ! valuation of real and ° *4$,® oX I For the fw m hy^ophoWa^SeT a,.,,.., „ , , .. „ | SI wnsthe subject xSSHS'ES'iir of the operation. He bitten by was operation. a pet dog ten days previous to the Judge Barrett, of New York, on the olx l e red the prosecution of the Volks a ( * erman newspaper, on the charge , publishing articles designed to intimidate ! UFraHon ,! nmi h nf fi™ r mrt.v2 1 er TK T A rinK e a ', *r} tf ', es th *' th ® written ad Sf"' oie ^ .!, „u° T St »ol en, Land e h»i raf’ s bakerv f boycottm q w°York t -v- # . i ... ? dicte< l in countrvworrmi^Mrs 1 their ment. * Thhee boilers exploded at the colliery ('nlnrinv of the Delaware and renu'wreSg Hudson Cminl 1!e ing arAVfike-Lane, and the bnUdl fheman. fatally injuring the engineer and R E \\ Sam Jones the £ou f hern revivalist has been preachin-’at Chautauuua w NY* SOUTH AND WEST. Sixty persons wore poisoned . at a celebra- , , ‘nad^^“lewft’J^taXr emeth- Al! were made dangerously sick. Seventy persons were poisoned at Coul- a precarious condition. A fire at Denver, Col., destroyed the several Academy of Music, a newspaper office and stores. One man was burned to death. The losses aggregate *175,000. Colored Knights of labor have struck for higher wages on Arkansas plantations near Little Rock. r. . „ ,, „ Corkhill, the cuted Guiteau, the aBsassin°of e Cmiield^d’iwi the other day at Mount Pleasant, la A cT«f ^specti\ T E snortago in the crop | v,« has sent the price up with a jump at Chicago. I The Minnesota Prohibitionists have put a full State ticket in the field. The Ohio Republican editors in convention at Columbus passed resolutions repeating the charges B. Payne of bribery in the election of Henry to the United Slates Senate. Seven salmon fishermen were drowned by the upsetting of their boats during a gale off the entrance of the Columbia River, Oregon, pal Deming, business New houses Mexico, has lost its princi- bv fire. Mrs. Theresa Turpin, wife of a farmer j living at Princeton, Ind., in a moment of in- i sanity herself. killed her two young children and ! WASHINGTON. The Senate Committee on Pensions in its granting report recommending the passage of the bill charges the a Resident pension with to Mary unwarranted J. Nottnge <5 an use sometimes‘'rudely the veto power, declares his vetoes were that the motives of Congress expressed,’and as- serts in passing the sented- private pension bilk have been misrepr^- H. A. Whitney, cashier of tho United States Treasury, dropped ‘residence dead of apoplexy, Washing the other day, at his in ton. He had been a Treasury employe for about twenty-one years. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: J. W. Romeyn, of Detroit, Consul at Valparaiso; J. L. Camp, Register Land Office at Prescott, Arizona. The President has signed the Pension Ap- , propriation bill. j ; Committee At a meeting it of the ordered House that Ways and Randall Means I was the | Tariff bill be reported affirmative. adversely. All the Democrats voted in the i The President on theDth vetoed twenty- j nine private pension bills and the bill pro- yjding Duluth, for the erection of a public building a t Miun. The last-named bill is ve- t ^ e/ ) because in the President’s opinion the j dent says, the claimauts are of the not result entitled of to the a pension. President's A examination statement into ea.-h I case ac- companies the vetoes. naI”L 8 T(to^.roor :t HughT^n t ,5on° m c;'f : South Carolina, to be A-sistant Wyn Secretary of the Treasury, and H. J to be Post, master at Birmingham, Ala. „ tram Drunken at desperadoes.took ~ion of a I ^. | ^VtI>r 1 e h,-:-’ 1 e p Forest fires in Northern Wisconsin have j done great damage. Tho village of Romeo has been entirely wiped out. A recent hurricane at Apalachicola, Fla., j f I l ; ^drthOT^OOTrty^^ XH 8enate h as . jopto , tbe nomination of Hari y Hall to be Postmaster at Catskill, N.Y. ; , - - j FOREIGN. r ev . Henry Ward Beecher preached Parker’s to an enormous congregation in Dr. C h m *ch—the City Temple—in London. Thirty-five pei-sons were injured by a toe* elections, "riw mTnibVr.^ replied 'with bottles and firearms, injuring twenty of the rioters and killing one As tho crowd was about to set fire to the building Its destruction. the police The or- rived and pre vente d | inmates were arrestsd. j late election returns indicated a defeat for Gladstone and Irish Home Rule. Heavy gains for the Conservative; ami Unionists. wh o were opposed to tho Gladstomans aud parnellites, were reported. THif heat has been so overwhelming in 1 Madrid that the Spanish Cortes -the national ! j legislature—was obliged to adjourn. Asiatic cholera is on the increase through ! out Raly. ^’ a a ... , ... , j torn a the islnn-l of Jamaica. Low I moorings. ssswassj-rassrsras The estimated loss is *500,900. | immense congregation heard Henry , v «rd Beecher nreach his second sermon in the City Temple, London. A poutical riot at Cardiff, charged Wales, was broken up by the police, who the erowdand wounded over J 100 persons, twenty „brflv tl». tb»y tob. ttb. »«. hospital.------ Important Information. j A professor in the medical department ^ ® l *^ asked 0ne ° f ad vaicel.ud,« g M ld ts I . ™ iRt " en a ™ e °4 i 8 t BASE BALL NOTES, _ There boom in . baseball . « , „ In . the .. „ South, is a Jersey City’s colored pitcher is doing fine work. The Detroit* have lost few games on their j&rr “»h", «— «—« <• th. pUchor, The Virginia Baseball Association has been admitted to the National agreement. Pittsburg is the first Association club to to whitewashed twice tn suction this sea- O’Rourke, Anson and Connor are running ^ to leftd th@ L “« U * the ska (Oa ) Club. The Association pitchers still hold their own in batting. Of the first ten batters live m ’ e P itc ‘ber.s. In the League it is a close race between Detroit, Chicago and New York for the championship. Browning, the leading batsman of the American Association, has been suspended indefinitely for bad playing. . his Radbourn, °l*I form. of In the Boston, last is 11 rapluly gammg only games hits have been Inade off his delivery. There is a growing demand for a National The Atlanta* have to thiir credit nearly F* “telenbases forOhe pre^nt season. 9 his is more than auy other club in the country ^ The two youngest League club*, the Wash- T ingtons and Kansas Citys, have the played league two of the longest and best games of series. jk &' vses .jtfiaia any other player in the American Associa- tion. Or the leading Southern teams three- At- lanta, Nashville and Memphis-have the ad- rtmig§t^f‘ U,lg h ° me ^ SWtee “ u “fr^me h f ten te The lHB New Yorks ' ° rks won wo ^_ nine e of ol the twelve J ” which they played on their , ._ ,_ last . games inn'etroi^ ^ 2 amltwo 11 l b I Pitches Stood, of the Yale Club, „ . struck out of ninety-three in nine He games, to an average over ten to a game. is remain id college two years longer. Just think of it, a left fielder to put out he Ctect^MCs*did in St. L^uis re^ntly, \y Q are nni \ ev ^ impression, ^ been says equaled Sporting in Life< that this has ever J professional base ball fj HE R os p m Courier strongly insists that j “there is no second baseman all-round who can There com¬ 1 pare with Burdock in play. are players who make less errors, but for accuracy especially and double plays plays, that he require has no Superior.” quickness, j j coming It may b9 effective noticed that and the the batting pitching lighter. is be- more This is due to the fact that the pitchers know gen- | erally have found their gauge and ox- of opposing teams, have discoverd just where ! to insert the wedge of science and skill and i are therefore more effective. TROUBLE AT THE KING MILL. I _ I The Discharge of Three Opera,Ive. a General stoppaae. Ad , spate . frnm All g > ’> « ays •?'. -__ j Information has just reached the city ot trouble at King’s Mills. Ahoy was dis- charged ,® from one of the departments for ct f dut ^ two men asso( . iate d with him were directed to perform his w . . conjunction . . with •-> tneir own. I ’ or ' c ln : j They refused and were discharged. It seems that the duty of these was to fur- nish material for the weaver. Substitutes for them who were not Knights of Labor, the mills shortlv after because , j;' £ of f threats . ts 01 0 f bodily boauy narm. harm One of the coats of the “scabs was cut to pieces and he was threatened if he did not leave the mills immediately. He did j so ^pj le knights refuse to occupy the ; Cvers to P f i;«c},„rwd device men mid the decline to from tl,< work usually u expected , of them to f supply j frames with “filling,” which seems to | laV e been the duty of tho discharged oonseouence is that 2<Ui looms management to fill the positions of tne discharged men. More trouble is ex- Decte " d I-ATER.-The trouble in the King mills has , been ended by the mills yielding to the demands of the men and rein- stating the discharged men and bovs. ; The King mills granted a demand made 011 it by the employees for an increase of ten per cent in wages. A » vnTnffr YOUNG mm? WIFE D DP ROWNED. nWHYTl «» a Pleasure Part, „» Lake Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wilson and Mrs. Dr. ». Lora T ord of of Chicago, Phicairo went went riding ridino in in a boat in charge of two sailors Tuesday At 9:30 o clock they were off Tayloi street, when their craft was run into by the excursion steamer Gazelle. Thenar- ty was thrown into the water, excepting and the captain then sent a boat to the rescue of the party struggling in the wa- ter Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Lord were „j ^ c k e< j UD P unconscious but Mrs " Wilson v\ as d arow ned. . Mr Mr. Wilson Wilson was was taken taken Horn the water unconscious, and for a short time it was feared that he would D0 ^ t recover, which he finally did, only to distracted o siraciea over overrnetragic the frame f»te tate of * , young „ wife he wedded only few a months ago. Mr. Wilson is theconfiden- tial man of P. D. Amour, and is one of ' ^Hefmen L® 8411 ” street. in Mr. Amour’s office, in j ~ W i ! Twomssewna _. A Party on a Lake Meet* a Sad • Henry McCauly, 25 years of age, Moses ( Levi, 25 years, and Michael Collins, 23 ; years, Lt life celebrated the fourth by taking ptrk, a „„ tho l.ko in Doogla. ■ Chicago. Their boat was capsized and ^ZZ party^ ! mother boating drowned but they Levi could and Cob be lins ^' ere before reached Their bodies were subsequently recovered and were rejnSved to the morgue. **Then ril stay here with thcm,”r« plied Sam decisively, “and if I had thin money I’d take it all home to mother, and pour it -in her lap. I don’t believo she ever saw so much money in her life.. And my 1 wouldn’t she laugh—and sister too. Then she’d get well right off. I know, ’cause the doctor says money is all sha needs. Then I’d buy her some grapes and oranges like what you sec od the fruit stands, and some coffee and real milk, and we’d have meat every day. I’d buy mother a new calico dress with red flowers all over it and a new bonnet and sister too. And this winter we’d go down South whero the doctor says moth¬ er ought to go.” To say that the other boys were sur¬ prised at Sam’s way of spending the money would hardly do justice to their feelings- They were not a little ashamed, too, for they were unselfish at heart, as most boys are. But they didn’t allow Sam to see what effect his words had upon them. It was not so, though, with a tall, well- dressed gentleman who had stood next to the boys during their talk and heard every word of it. When Snmjhad finished he observed to them kindly: “So, boys, you would like to have all this money, would you?" No one replied, but he didn’t seem to think any was required, for he reached down into his pocket and drew from it three bright half dollars. “Here,” he said as he handed them to the lads, who were speechless with as¬ tonishment. “Take these and see how wisely you can spend them.” The boys mechanically took the money and with a pleasant smile the gentleman turned and walked away. “Well,” exclaimed Jimsey as he rolled the coin over in his grimy hands, “This is a go, isn’t it?” “It is,” replied Billy laconically. “Here, Sam,” remarked the former as he shoved the money into the boy’s hand. “Here, you take this, you need it more’n I do.” “Take mine, too," cried Billy, as he followed his friend’s example. TheD, as if ashamed at their generosity, they both darted into the street and cut around the corner as though they had done something wrong and were in a hurry to escape from the consequences. “Well,” observed Sam to himself as a hard lump came up in his throat, “those boys is good enough almost to be preach¬ ers.”— Nine Fork Graphic. * American Resources. The Marquis of Lome, in an article on “Opportunities for YoungMen in Ameri¬ ca, written for Youth'» Companion, says: And with what a choice is the young American blessed in regard to his career I Although he may not look forward to be¬ coming an East Indian nabob, he may achieve greater success by cotton planta¬ tions on the Mississippi or in some fertile tract of the South than can a modern Eng¬ lishman in India. He may have under him hundreds of dusky workers, better than coolie slaves, because they are now free laborers, worthy of their hire. Al¬ though he may not hope to command victorious armies waging war in Egypt, in China, in Central Asia, or in some green jungle of Africa, he may guide the forces of workmen building some mag¬ nificent continental railway line, or pierc¬ ing another isthmian canal. If we have a fancy for exploration, he can vie with the Englishman in endeav¬ oring to reach that goal which will prob¬ ably never be reached and climbed ex¬ cept by a white bear, namely, the North Pole. He has the next best chance to the bear's for Englishmen have not at their back the host of enterprising and generous private citizens such as, in the States, are always seeking some new thing on which to spend their well- earned fortunes. I have often wondered what I should do if I were, by some happy magic, transformed into an Amercan boy, and were not deprived by the change to youth of that knowledge of the world man can only gain in after life. Most men of forty would here be more puzzled on the subject of a choice of professions than are most fortunate youths of that great nalion. The temptations are so many to pursue almost any career, That vision of becoming a big railway con¬ tractor, having armies of navvies, and of cour»c making piles of gold, is one most enticing career, but it needs hard work, brain for mathematical study, and a turn for civil engineering and mechanical knowledge, which things are not born with every man. The Last Shot. Nap. Casby fired the last gun of the war on the Confederate side in Gen. Lee’s army. At the time of the surrender of Appomattox the Federals and Confeder¬ ates were drawn up in lines facing each other, and but a few feet apart. The latter were almost starved, having been without food for several days. While the terms of surrender were being ad¬ justed, some very good hogs came along near the line, and, as soon as discovered by Casby, he raised his gun and shot one of them. The shooting of the animal created intense excitement for a brief time, as it was generally supposed that a conflict had been opened by the two op¬ posing forces. The facts soon became known, and Casby was allowed to take his “forage” for the benefit of himself and frieuds.— Bulti,norc American. The Silver Lining. A fisherman sat at his door one day Watching tho clouds that, heavy and gray, Obsbured the sunlight’s shining; And ha said to Bright Eyes at his knee, “Look yonder out in the west and sue The olosd with the silver lining.” I think when our skies are oold and gra And we vainly seek to find the way, Somewhere the light is shining. If we bravely resolve to do our pari And bear our griefs with a patient bea. And free from all repining, We shall lie led to a higher way, To a better work tlian we do to-day, And find love's sunlight shining; For truth of spirit and strength of so will make the darkest cloud unroll And show its silver lining. —Helen Ketthl WISHES AND WORKS. A Story of Hovr Three Boys Invested Their Money. Three little rugged urchins stood be¬ fore the iron-barred window of a Wall street banking house gazing wistfully at j among a field of green-backed bills like ; 8 idcn-rods in a country J meadow. It WaS laU the ^emoon and .... the busy ‘ ln street was almost deserted. After feast- . their the riches f m © eyes upon r time in silence one of the lads remarked “Say, Billy, don’t you wish all that _ _ . vonre?” y lr f “Don’t I, though,” replied William with an ^x V h<mxs which left no doubt of his sincerity. " ouM y ” dowl,hit! ” “What would I do with it?” repeated the boy, after a pause, 1 ’ for the thought of possessing so much money was new to him, and he hardly knew just exactly what ... he could ... do with ..... it. , ,. Well, x . ,, Id ,,, buy j all the candy j j CO uld find, > and then wouldn’t wc have a feast?” “Feast indeed!” retorted the first speaker. “That would be a nice way to 8n 1 end vour y0UF money m0 5 ' “What would you do with it, then, Jimsey?” “I wouldn't buy any candy. No, sir- ee. That would be a baby way to spend money. Men never eat candy. How much candy do you s’pose you could eat?” “I dunno,” replied Billy. “I believe I could eat nil there is in the world. I never had enough in my life.” t i Well, you could buy your candy if ! you wanted to, but I’d go to that gun store ’round the corner and buy some re¬ peating rifles and some revolvers and hunting knives and all the ammunition we could carry. ” “Then we’d 6hoot cats,” interrupted Billy earnestly. “I know where there are more’n a hundred.” “Shoot oats?” retorted Jimsey indig¬ nantly. “Not I. We’d try bigger game.” “What do you mean, Jimsey?” asked Billy in a half-whisper, for the mysterious manner of his comrade impressed him with something like awe. “Shoot hor¬ ses and dogs?” “Naw,” answered Jimsey with intense disgust, “Do you think I am a butcher? No, sir; we’d go out on the plains and hunt Indians, deers and buffaloes, like ‘Screaming Sam, the Scorcher’ in that new story paper. We’d live in a cave in the mountains, shoot our own game, there’s lots of It out there, and we’d make our own clothes out of skins. ” ]y w jth enthusiasm, “but how would you 8ew our ciotties P Whoa tofretber?” togetnerf “That’s nothing,” replied Jimsey dis- dainfully, as if making clothes out of deer skins was an everyday matter with bim wy ou don - t have to be a tailor to ®ake clothes out . of , skins. . All . have you to do is to peel ’em off the deers, dry ’em on boards and sew ’em together with an¬ thongs. Nothing’s eauer. Then we “ ma ^ e our " res hv I rnhhintr ng rtiolts s i . together.” “Yes,” answered Billy, who was new in matters of this sort and had never been a trapper In the far West, “but if we had so much , money we could buy matches?” “Where do you s’pose we’d find’em? inquired . .... Jimsey with .... indignation. , (T Do . you think the plains is up in Harlem? Do vou think thev have grocery stores on We’d go to Montana or down on the Rio Grande. I ain’t made up my mind which. When the Indians attacked the settlers we’d go to their rescue. We’d cut notches in our guns mln . for ior every rod rea- skin ive laid low. We’d be scouts, Billy, „nd d when wrien we we come como home nome we’d we a ff irive lve a a ^ow with some cowboys and real In- dian.:. .• w Wed P ’ d wear wear our our hair nair lone tong aud ana Stop at hotels like regular swells.” This entrancing description of the pleasures of wealth, while it fascinated the two speakers, produced no effect r ned to what they were saying, so intent was he with his own thoughts. Notic- ing his silence Billy asked: “Say, Sain I wouldn’t that be fun?” “Yes,” he replied; “but I’d rather not ,„« motto,.» “You wouldn’t go West if you had all this money?” inquired Billy astonished that any one could have another desire. “No, not unless mother and sister cou i d go too.” “They couldn’t go of course. The ^plains is only fit for men, not women.” VOL. 1. NO. 42.
