People in the Lime Light of Public Print
'HKSSMAN UALUSHA A
PillOW, who Is known ns the
dean (if the house at Washington
and the fa l lit t- of tho homiMtoad
law, llmls unc of his greatest
pleasures In life In conducting a little Sun
il.iy school of about Km scholars of the
(row homestead, (ileuwood, Susquehanna
county, (Ja. Tho school was organized
forty yearn ngo by .Mrn'. F. 1'. (Jrow, the
congroisinan's sister-in-law. Its member
ship Includes nearly everybody In tho little
neighborhood, from children to men and
women with gray hairs.
Of the late Frederick I'raley, the l'hll
udelplila Press speaks thus: "From 1 S3 1
wlun ns a ymiiiK man of 30 and he never
i wax an old man he helped to form the
I l'hilnilelphla Hoard of Trade, he might
truly say of all the financial and commer
cial movements In the city and In the
nation, 'A great part of these I have been,'
lie was nut a conservative, one of those
who feared the new, lint, owing to a keen,
inquiring mind that had a sclent I lie trend,
he was among tlui'e who led In advocating
. ami who helleved In improvements. It was
liy rinsnn of this, and not only the respect
' due his great age. coupled with Ills ud-
mlraldc personal qualities, that made him
In hM latter one can hardly say declining
? ears reveled and honored as one of the
truly icpresentatlve men who had made
the city a great mart and entrepot, ami
whose memory ami works are a precious
heritage."
Among the works which nre taking pla '
at Windsor castle Is the pulling up of all
the Moor which have not been touched
since the beginning of the last reign; homo
not for a century. They nre to be com
pletely n laid on modern pilnclplcs and are
to lie rendered fireproof. Since the btirnlu;
of Snndiinghum King IMwnrd has always
hail n great tlroad of llro and lie is taking
advantage of the present oppotlunlty of
rendering the castle more secure against
the devouring element.
The Macon Telegraph says: "One of the
most convincing tributes to the lato presi
dent as a man and a gentleman comes from
Scuatcr Tillman, and was uttered as long
ago ns January, lS'.ifl. Doing asked at his
own table In Washington how he liked
I'resldent McKlnloy, Mr. Tlllmaii Is said to
have replied: "The president embarrasses
me with his consideration and confidence.
He Is the most lovable man I know.'"
Father Aloyslus Wlever, a Franciscan
priest, who died nt the Santa llarbara mis
sion, In southern California, on the morn
ing made memorable by the death of I'resl
dent McKlnlcy, wns the man who In 1878
earned the title of "The Hero of Mom
phis." He was a native of Vrcden, Ger
many, having been born sixty-throe years
ago. He eamo to this country when 20
years old and became one of tho professors
nt a college at Toutopolis, III. In 1S70 he
HKNKV WATTKllSON, the great
Kentucky editor. Is one of the
largest caters among the public
men of the United States. Hi3
capacity In that respect seems un
limited. As a fair example of Ills capabil
ities two Incidents will mllleo.
On ono occasion ho attended tho bi
monthly meeting of the Salmagundi club of
Louisville, relates tho Now York Times,
A banquet wns one of the attractions of
these meetings, llcfore, during, and after
tho banquet there were discussions, but the.
banquet was tho thing. On this night It was
nt tho house of tho editor of the repub
lican paper of Louisville. The menu wns one
of fourteen courses, with tho usual wines.
Ono course wns quail, ond Mr. Watterson
had two, another was venison nud again
he wns served twice, This happened In
about half of the courses.
lleforo the end of tho dinner all tho other
club members were but tasting what was
S9959SKEIS
iPBiflHpHBBEBiuN . 1 1
removed to St. Louts and In IS?:!, when the
plague of yellow fever broke out In Mem
phis, he voluntarily went to the stricken
city and remained through the plague, ren
dering assistance alike to white ami black.
He later iemovod to Minnesota, from whlih
s'nte he again went to Memphis in 17,
when tho ellow fever once more became
epidemic. In this later plague ho was one
of twenty-two Franciscan fath rs who rcii
dortd service to the suit rers. and of them
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all he only survived He refused all olfors
of reuiuueiatloii and declined all presents,
of which many were olfeied.
Though Admiral liewey Is a mode! of
patience and eonshl'inlo po.lumss. he can
bo peremptory and cuttingly iionlcal when
occasion calls, lelales the Satuiday Keen
ing Tost. His friends retail an Interest
ing Incident Illustrative of these traits. It
took place in l.N7."i when he was commander
of tho l'ensaiola of the Fiirnpcnn squadron.
Ills vessel visited a Mediterranean port
which lias seen few Ameilcan war shins
since the war with Tripoli. As the l'ensa
cola needed sprucing up Commander
Gk airings from the Story
put before them, but Mr. Watterson was
eating all and often calling for more.
When the dinner wns endi;d the rival edi
tors went to their olllces together. When
they reached newspaper row Mr. Wntter
sou said:
"Colonel, I am hungry, let's go over to
lloymer's" (a cafe much nffected by news
paper men) "and have something to cat."
"(iroat Scott, Watterson, I've filled all
tho space In my lockers. Hut I'll drop In
nnd watch you eat."
Tho colonel claims that Mr. Watterson
ate two pounds of cheese, half of an 1m
liietibo bologna sausage, n bowl of crack
ers and drank six buttles of beer, nnd Mr.
Watterson never denied it. After this ho
went to tho olllco of tho Courier-Journal
and wrote his celebrated "Star-eyed God
dess" editorial, that was copied and com
mented on all over tho United States.
At another time ho entered a cafe In the
rear of a saloon of which he was a regular
i ppi:u di:s moinhs
Dewey gave orders that no visitor be al
lowed on hoard until neon of tho net
dny.
It happi ncd that a .New Yoik nabob was
In the li:i tin r wlih his yacht. In his launch
he uigde to.' the l'oiincol.i without del.iv
I oi wis io'i.s I peruitssi u to hoard bv
the deck nlih 1 r
"Nil l.:ots will be teccivod until noon
tomorrow," (' millionaire was Informed.
"Hiii Jim must l"t me on now." the
nabob orgi l I am Mr So-nud-So. vou
know,' mentioning his ih.i.med name. "I
pay mor Iims in Ameii a than anv othei'
two men, ai.il. in fael, I own h.lf the United
States navy."
"Let him up," anie an order from th.'
command! r.
The man of millions clambered aboard
and was met by Dewey.
"I heard your temiirk that vou owned
half of the I'liiteil States navy." said I he
commaiuliT; ami then, stooping, ho cut
with Ills knife a silver i f wood from the
deck and handed it to the boastful visitor
"Take this souvenir of the I'ensacola and
keep It." remarked the commander. "It Is
youra; It Is nil you have ever owned or
patron ami called out to the proprietor
"What have you to cat tonight, I'm
hungrj'."
"Well, Mnssa Henry, I have some nicn
fresh Ohio river Jack salmon."
"How many hnvo you7"
"Six."
"Well, bring mo all six."
Tho Ohio river Jack salmon weigh about
two and n half pounds apiece. Thcso six
cleaned and cooked weighed fifteen pounds,
tho proprietor weighing them out of curl
ositj'. Mr, Watterson Mulshed the six, nil
but the bones, with it salad, some bread
mid quite a little liquid on tho sldo. This
Is one of his favorite dishes, and ho has
said that ho has never been able to get
enough.
In the palmy days or Long Branch, back
In the fiOs, when tho steamer Jesso Hoyt
was a llier, and tho Wall street men and
politicians traveled on It, Thomas Murphy
i:ditoiis AT DKNISON, In
over will own of the un of the 1'nitod
Slates. Shall lie glad to see vou with oilier
vlsltots any time after the noon hour to
mm row ."
So saying. Dowcj turned and walked nft.
and a crestfallen Croesus erepi tack to his
t .1 II lit ll
1'iof Ham ii Wendell tell." an Incident lu
his e.pi rlence that Illustrates the magical
power of lOdward Kvorolt's eloiiuenco. That
illstingui.dll d orator was g Ing to 1 1 rock -ton
one night to deliver an addnss and ran
across Mr Womb II ,n the old I'aik suuaro
Hi nt Ion. Come along. Wendell." he mid
"I am gi lug (Hit to llni iiton to speak and 1
want Miiic ii respectable to sit on the
platfoim with me." So I ho professor went
along. When Kverctl arose to sp"iik I lie
ball, which was a large one, was only pass
ably well lllled. and oven the comparatively
small number present began to grow
smaller as one by one people slipped away.
Mr. Wendell began lo think that llrocklou
must lie a singularly cold-beai ted place,
when suddenly be noticed people coming
in by twos and throes and silently taking
seals wherever they could tlnd I hem. Soon
the hall was full, with standing room only.
Teller's Pack
wlio died n fow days ago, was in his prlmo
and on the top wave of popularity with the
men who gatbtrod on tho broad piazzas of
tho Stetson House, Stetson, of Astor House
fame, ran tho hotel, mid there wns no more
frequent visitor than Murphy.
Ho was brimming with good humor mid
loved a Joke, whether nt his own cxpenso
or that ol Homebody else, relntos the New
York Times. He wns a good swimmer, too,
and the bathing hour found him nt the
bench.
Just out from tho briny, and with a pull
of water, ho was plodding through the sand
to a bathing house, when a vision of pretty
womanhood stood upon thu steps lending
from tho bluff, A bathrobe hid the splen
dors of her bathing costume, and with an
air of condescension ami proprietorship she
called to hltu
"Hero, my man, nre you busy''"
"Not very, ma-am, at your service!"
but still thej came, till the aisles ami walls
were lined with Interested listeners The
supposed dcscriiTM had simply gone out
and told the people of llrocktou that here
was the grcato! man they'd oer hiard
and gathered them In b the score.
Jerome IC. Jeioiue had an uncle of uu
usually methodical manner who was noted
for always being supplied with nccossaij
comforts on the Journojs ho was compelled
to make, ami Mr. .Iciomc sajs this was the
sjhtet.l he followed
Take a piece of paper and put down on
it e oi jibing j on i a n posslhlj reipilro
Thou go over ll and see that it eioilalus
nothing j on urn p. sslhlj do without
Imagine jourielf in hed What have jou
got on" Very well, pul ll down, together
with a oh.ingc. Vou gel up. What do mi
do" Wash Jiutseif. What do jou wash
yourself with'' Soap I'ul down soap Co
on until you have Mulshed. Then take your
clothes Iteglti at Jour feet. What do jun
wear on your foot" Hoots, shoes, socks
I'ul thorn down. Work up till you got to
your head What do jou want besides
chillies" I'll! down eerjthlng
This Is the (dan Die old gentleman olwaji
pursued The list made, ho would go over
It carefully to see Dial ho bad forgotten
nothing Thou lie wiiibl v;n over ll again
mil strike out everj thing ll was possible to
dispense Willi Then he would lose the list
John llollingsheail, who was 71 jcars obi
on September is said In be one of the
oldest Journalist in active harness i,,i,iy,
as lie was on (he slalf of Household Wnid'i.
under Dickons, and if ill' C tiihlll M.iga
Inc. under Thackeinj . when I hose publl a
Hons were llrsl stiitlnl A few years ago
ln published a couple of volumes of tcmln
Iscoiices, which were written in a curious
way Tho Journalistic habit oiling so
strongly to him that ho wrote so much
of Ii every di.j ami sent it to the printer,
who kept I his up until he had Mulshed.
Perhaps the only living explorer who Is
oipially fiM'illiar wllb the dalk places of
equatorial Aft lea and the "laud of the
midnight sun" Is Paul du Challlu. The
mjsteiions fas.-lnat l.ui of the "Dark Con
t Incut" lured him from mi oast African
counting house when ho was ipilto u young
man. and ho was away four years, return
ing with a live gorilla as a trophy. Then
ho wont far north and his fascination of
manlier and kindness of heart won him
hundreds of liiends.
King Victor Kmmunucl of Duly spends
the summer I early autumn months at
llacconlgl. The other day ho disappeared
from his chateau and no one knew where ho
had gone. Ills automobile, too, was missing.
It turned nut that he Inn! gone, with the
queen and an adjutant. In Vent Imlglla.
passing the French boiiinlnry without being
recognized. Ho returned lo llacconlgl at 7
o'clock In the evening over Hie Colin ill
Tenilii, having made the trip of about 2IT.
miles in fourteen hours.
cheerfully replied Murphy, putting down the
pall and advancing with obedient air.
Tho robo wns gently Inken from the
shoulders ami handed to Murphy, who mod
estly Inquired, with a thorough brogue:
"What'll I do with It, nm-aiii?"
"(live It to my maid, over at house No. D.
Then couio to mo."
Murphy saw possibilities for a Joku. Ho
gave the robo to tho maid, nnd, touching his
forehead with his hand, put himself on
duty, leading his solf-coiiHtltuted mistress
to tho surf, taking her out to tho end of
thu llfo-llno, mid guarding her snfely while
fhe swain around, then, holding her hnnd,
led her up the beach to No. G,
"Yuil want a pall o' water to take thu
sand olT your pretty foot, ma-mn7"
Tho question was put so nicely Hint even
tho compliment was not resented, so ho
tilled the pall and carried It to tho lia'h
Iimiho, while tho bather took u half-dollar
from her maid, handed H gracefully to
Murphy ami Inquired:
"What's your name, my man?"
"They call tin- Tom, mii'iini," at your
service. Thank jou, inn 'ii rn : " and oir lie
wont to Join Iho eiowd of friends ami
bathers.
Thoio was a "hop" at tho Stetson that
night, wlih many well known men on the
committee noil Murphy was the outer of
a Jolly parly, while the woman of tho huth
toho was among tho dancers.
She looked at Murphy, not unco, but
oflon, and, with a whisper to her com
panion Joined "Charley" Sleison. ami
then Stetson laughed and nodded in Mur
phy, beckoning him toward the group In
which the woman stood.
Let me Introduce an old friend." sabl
he ami with mi air of merriment con
tinued "Mr. Murphy."
There was a smile on Murphy's face, only
'ho eointly acknowledgment or an Intro
di Hon.
i thought your mime was Tom. the
llathcr." bliihhlngly suggested Murphy's
lato mistress.
"So It Is, ma'am anil I'd bo 'Tom I Im
llalhor' every day for tho privilege of es
"orllng you to tho water and I'd pot want
half a dollar for tho service, elllier!"
Ilo held up tho coin as a souvenir of tho
on anb n ami I horn was a pleasant III lie
' pper. with the woman aiming the guests
and an all around toast to "Tom. thu
llalhor," later lu thu evening.