THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-
MORNING, APRIL 1894.
RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS.
Heroes oi the War Now Residents
of New York City.
A LONG LIST AND A BRILLIANT ONE.
Potue o! Mie Slost ftunoni HoMUers of
tllf Wl'.r JtOW Reside III SothMU
Uenerab Howard, stoeuin, Meet,
.irtt'r, Pryor, uuiley .-.mi
evtton liming Tlii-iu.
Although a generation has poind sinoe
'.he clone of the great civil war.lt Isestima-
ed that more than ball the men who partici
pated In it Iron tho North ond Boutb an stPi
living, and a majority far from being ok)
men. Tho youiigMt living soldier of the
Mar, Captain Klem ot tho regular army, is
sliout forty-tour, and tho oldest is thought to
bo General Soul Don of Maine, who inn jusi
oomplsted his ninetieth year.
Snuo oue has said that all good Americana
go to Paris whan they die, but be that as it
(hoy, thoso who son afford it prater to live in
N..v York City, and bora some of our must
fatuous toldiora diet ami other famous sol
dloi - are still residing,
0 rant, und Sherman and Hancock, lived in
New York, and all tbxog. died there, thougb
a tow days before his dftXh Qra&t was hur
ried to Mount MoOrogor, near Boratoga, in
the hope ot helping him. Although the moat
oonspiouooi Dgurei on both sides have
noosed away, a large percentage ol tbo prom
incut survivor live In Ot near New York
City, and manyol them are still active tig
uros in tho business, professional and literary
world. It would crowd our spaoe to give any
thing like u complete list ol these, or to more
than bint at names that have bosoms his
t tic. and the owners ol which can bo seen
every day In the Street! Ol the great mi'tiop
oiis, still as eagerly lighting the battle ol lif
as ii they were only beginning the prelimi
nary skirmish.
Not only by reason of his position as WO
ond In rank ui the army ol tho United States,
but for his spleudid record as a soldier and
hti starling ipiallUes as a man and a oltteen
to be proud of General Oliver Otis Howard,
now in command ol the Dapartmsnt ol the
Atlantic, with bis headquarters on Govern
or's bhtnd, IS the most prominent of our
military heroes, He was born In Maine in
1880, and next November will have reached
the age for retirement. A graduate ol West
Point, Howard was assistant Instructor of
mathematics at the school when the war
broks out. At the tlrst sound of Sumter's
Kims young ii. .ward was appointed by the
governor ol his state colonel ol the Third
Maine Volunteers. Within -i months he
was iii epmmand of a brigade, and he led a
division in tho Peninsular campaign under
IfoCtetlaU, where he lost his right urui. I'p I
to Gettysburg, where he commanded the
Eleventh Corps, he was with the Army
Ol ihe Potomac. In October, i!3. ho was sent I
West, and under Sherman he foughtgaltanrJy j
in the campaign to Atlanta, eommandlng the
right wing in tho marah t. the sea. After
the war be served South, and then in Arizona
nnd the Northwest against ihe Indians.
General Howard, thanks to a line constitu
tion nnd excellent habits. Is tlll ill the prime
ol life, and so great n social favorite Is he in
Hew York that it U the hope Ol our citizens
that he may make his home here after he is
retired.
The mention of Howard's name suggests
that of General Henry Warner Blocum, with
which It Is Immortally connected. General
Hooum was born In New York Slate Se,t. -Jl,
1887, and was a roommate ol Phil sh.-ri.iau
at West Point; indeed, it i-i said that Sheri
dan could not have passed but (or the help of
Ins more intellectual comrade. Soon after
graduating BkMUffl resigned, studied law,
and was admitted to the bar in li". At the
breaking out of the war he was commissioned
colonel of the Twenty-seventh X. Y. Volun
teers, and from tluit time on his star never
waned, but rose brighter and higher, till it
wai grouiod with thoso of the foremost mili
tary leaders of the day, Ht commanded the
left wing of Sherman's army from Atlanta to
Savannah and north to BentonvHIs, He was
offered high rank In the regular army, but he
resigned and wont back to the law. He has
served with success in Congress as a Demo
crat, and but for the trickery of Hmoklyn
ring politicians he might have been governor
of the state, if, indeed, he did not rise higher ;
for there la no pubiio offlos for which hsSs
not qualified. Hois Interested in the s! ret
roads of Brooklyn and Is rich, for he Is oi.t;
Of those men who succeed In all their under
takings. He Is a great favorite socially, nnd
although his hair is white, his figure Is SS
trim und Ills step as light as when he held
the Union right at Gettysburg.
Xo attempt is being made to present the
names of our local military heroes In the
order of their standing as citizen or sol
diers, for that would be I most difficult un
dertaking, (ieuural Franz Slgel, born In Ger
many in 1W14, perhaps curries his uiro a well
as any of these men. Be was educated as a
soldier It Carlsriiho. and ns a revolutionist
in his natlvo laud in 14S be saw much we.r
and eommandel buye armies ij.-i.iro the fail
ure of tho effort! of himself und compatriots
forced him to seek an asylum In America.
At the broaklngoutof tho civil war hobffhrad
his services to the Qovernneot, and raised a
regiment in Missouri. He served with dis
tinction in the West and subsequently had
command of the DsDartmsnt Of Wsst Vir
ginia. Bll record Is honest tUid distin
guished, nu.l Iho Union cause owes Mm
much, After the war ie was eio,:t".i register
of New York City, und wis subsequently ap
pointed pension ag'nt here by President
Cleveland during his first term- Rls hair Is
fair, his beard thin, and he is light and
active, weighing not more than one hundred
and twenty-fhre pounds.
General t'Az John Volar Is a New Yorker
by birth, a West Pointer by education, and
will be It year -if ago the Ui!h or next June.
Ho comas of military family, mid
he distinguished himself and was wounded
during thu attack on the Helen gate, taking
the City of Mexico, (a May. '61, he
was appointed colonel of tho Fifteenth rogU
lais, an 1 from tho first ikOWOd the highest
military talents. He commanded the Sixth
Corp In tho Seven Days' light, und gallantly
N(Hllaed Hie enemy at Malvern Hill. Pope
brought charges against blffl tOT dlsotxdtsnee
of orders. He was tried and dismissed the
Service by a prejudiced court and on false
ill ' V
GEXEHAL PORTER IS WAS TIME, j
i
evidence. One of the noblest acts of General
Grant's lift was his righting tho wrongs that
had been dune Porter and lifting Ihe cloud
from his illustrious name, Hs is a polios
Mmnitaunar In New York, and Is popular
and beloved by a largo eiivio ol friends, Ho
stows bqt few signs ol ago, and could take
the field to-morrow.
One of the most plclui'Osipin men in ap
pearance, as well ns in inc siiggosuvenoss 01
his life, to be found In New York City, Is (ien.
moor Atkinson PryoTi He will be 88 years
Of In on tin 19th of ncx'. July, and was Ik rn
near Petersburg;, V. Educated at the uni
versity ol his native state fur tho bur, for
which hW talents qualified him, he soon
took an active part In polities, and mads s
reputation as an ardent SlosSlloajSt With
the faith of bis convictions, he fought brave
ly, if nt brilliantly In the southern tinny,
was oaptured near the elo W Ol the WM and
Imprisoned In Port Lafayette. When the
end came he accepted the situation and came
to New York. Ho soon won position, and to-
OKNKl'U si.ofTM.
day (s one ot our most honored judges. His
hair Is long, his figure tall and spare, am! his
face is usually us clean shaven as a monk's.
Ho Is a delightful man socially, mid his
wannest friends are amongst his old oppO"
nente.
During and lllloe the war few names have
been more popular than that Of lien,. ml
David Slonue Stanley. He WSJ born In Ohio,
June 1, 18:K, and educated nt West Point.
He refused a nigh OrHoe In the Cohfederats
arm) at the breaking out of the war. He
was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers
and distinguished himself at Island Number
Ten, and subsequently at Corinth, .v. man
was more beloved by his men. This was
shown ui the Nashville campaign, when they
followed him and he led in persoq -in one
oi the grandest charges of the war. When
the army was reorganized, he was made col
onel of the Twenty-second infantry, and
served in the seat,-Janob of the time In
Tens. Ha was made brigadier-general In
'A and was retired two years ago. He Is a
frank, heurty man. and looks every inch the
soldier that he is.
General John Newton i a Virginian bj
birth and is in his seventy-first year. Hale,
strong, alert, and us elear-bralned as forty
years ago, He gmduateJ second In his class
at West Point, with Van Dorn, Longstreet
and other men fulweipu-utly fiinio;:-. For a I
time he was instructor of engineering at the I
academy He served with distinction in
Alliert Sydney Johnston a I tali campaign,
While never popular with his men. he was
with his superiors by reason ol hi marked
I ability. He succeeded to the command of
the Sixth Corps after the death of General
Reynolds, the first 'lay nt Gettysburg, Sub
sequently he served with distinction hi Geor
gia, commanding a division in Howard's
-ps. After the war, as an engineer officer,
he was engaged in moving tho obstructions
in Xew York harbor and the entrance to the
Sound. He was retired as a brigadier-gen
eral, and 1 now commissioner of public
works for Xew York City. He is a man of
pure life, but is said to be reserved and some
what hnrsh In his manner-.
One of the greatest Social favorites In Xew
York and Brooklyn M Rear Admiral Daniel
Lawrence llraine. H" was born in New York
In 1838, and appointed a midshipmen from
Texas. Hi name is brilliantly associated
With the grandest exploits ol the navy during
the civil war. and he won every step of his
promotion. For years he was in c .mound j
f the Brooklyn Xnvy Yard, Where his name
became a synonym for hospitality. Although
retired two years ago. Admiral Brains is as fit
for duty to-day as he was when he com
manded the Montieello, in UI.
Among the men wtowona reputation lor
dash and daring during the war was General
William Woods Averiii. now In his sixty
ond year, n native of New York and a gradu
ate of West Point. Before the war he had
had some experienc in Indian lighting. As
cr.NF.IIA!. ISIfSXl.
cavalry, he soon made a nnme. The hills
uvsl of the !hi iiamlouh Were tin' llclds of his
e.pl..;.s. Here In the spring of '64. to ipiote
himself, he "marched, climbed, slid und
swam Hid miles" g live days, in the midwin
ter, and with the enemy In hoi pursuit. He
was several times wofcndod, and was with
Sheridan In the- closing Imttles of the war.
Hs was tor a tlma our consul ut Montreal,
but for yeafl bus been engaged In the manu
facture ot steel. He is very popular loeUkUyi
and still look the cavalryman In every move
ment. Many southern soldiers have won position
and wealtii In Xew York since the war, und
among these Isljenerid Thomas Jordan, who
veil tnirii Id V'lruii.lu I,, iwl.l ...,.l ...U.S....I...I
Willi honor at Went Point. He distinguished
himself In the Seminole and Mexican WOH,
but had retired to civil iifewl.cn secossfon
eumo. He served ,vith credit on the stuffs ol
BeOO regard and Bragg. After (he war ho be
came noted for his forts to tree1 China from
the yoke of Spain, in which attempts Be cam.,
new losing his own head. He Is at present
the editor of th "Mining Record." lie bos
written a life of General Forrest, and con
tributes brilliant articles to i ur lending periodical-..
Naturally, he Is a great favorite of
the local Confederate camp and of the South
ITU society, but all who know htm like him,
GeU On! Daniel Kdg.ir Sickles Is a Xew
Yorker of the Xew Yorkers. He d':es not
look to be 71 and though the loss of a leg at
at Gettysburg, Where lie commanded the
Third corps, compels him to go on crutch 's,
he ts still a remsrkably VigoroUS-lookIng
man. He Is vary wealthy and has many ad
niitvrs, and a good many w ho do not admire
him so much, lie begin life in u printer's
I devil, and has won by she o force of will and
1 despite iiwvleipiate training. He is a retired
major-general In the United States army, Mill
j Is also Ot this time a member of cdngreSI iii
i opposition to ihe regulations, - ime claim.
j The American sailor has alwuv-been Justly
if a
U -A CM
colonel of the gallant Third Pennsylvania i
popular, but not since ParrOgUts death ha
there been any man who so won his way into
tic. hearts ui ihe people ol Now York, a Ad
miral Ghsmrdi, now in command of tho
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Ho was born in Louis
iana in ISM, and entered the navy ns a mlil
enipman from Massachusetts. During Ihe
wnr he distinguished hlinsolf In tho Gull
nquadnn, arid Inpnrtloular in tho ,m. sh
Hay light. It Is iiald he receives on nu aver
age twenty inflations a day, during the win
ter, to private and public dinners,
General Joseph B, Oifr, born In Albany in
IMS, is one or the mosl distinguished of our
surviving volunteer officers. He went Into
the war as Colonel of the Second N. Y. Yohni-
tesn, fought through uii tho battles of the
Army of the PotOUUM, and came out u luajoi -general.
In polities he is a Kep'.ibllean, Slid
was twice eWeted lepretary ot atate tine ol
the oldest West Point men DoW living in New
York Olty is General Thomas A, balnea who
was born in 1809, He has been u merchant
and an engineer. During tLo wur lis won u
brilliant name in the West, He Is a writer mi
religious and sslentlho subjects, and is a
charming man socially,
Then there isGeQoral Bohuyler Hamilton,
of illustrious family. boTfJ on the Hudson In
ii. and educated at West Point. He honored
tils name in the Mexloon war, tn the midst
of n brilliant carer in the West lie was forced
on account of Ill-health ts resign In 'HU. He Is
Interested in hydrograpblo engineering, and
to Mm more than any other man, New York
City is Indebted for her wad r works.
General Granville Melleh Dodge, althougrf
not a West Pointer, was one of the foremost
soldiers of the voir. He not only rose us u
soldier, but he achieved feme an it statesman
and an engineer, Born tn New York 68 years
ago, much of his lifu h:u been spent in the
West, where thu Unlou Paclftc Ballroad, ol
which ho was chief engineer, must ever
stand a monument of his ability. He Is still
interested In railroads, and CStl do more
work than a dozen ordinary i i, and then
huve time to see his friends.
We have gallant General "Tom" Swing, ol
Ohio, n vigorous youth of 85, and one of thu
i leading members of our bur. General Daniel
I Butterfield would take n go to hl:n justice.
; He was one of our ablest Soldiers and QOSl
j ftiithoii public ofUclals. He, too, looks like a
young man, despite Ids (U years
Gnneral Webb, tho soldier and teacher, do
; serves more notice. Hut tho space is ex
. Imusted, l Bud, at the beginning of the sub
I jtct. Stanton Edwabds.
A man ihoWS his breeding the way he eais
his dinner; a woman shows her breeding by
Ihe way she receives people.
The Spaniards have more proverbs than
any other nutlon. and despite the fact Hint
they ie a very ivligiou-. If not u pious
People, many of their proverbs hold the
priests Up to ridicule.
Queen Victoria has had so far, llxty-flve
children, grand children und great-grand
children, of whom Hfty-stx are living, she is
t'ie most proline monarch of modern times,
and sh? is not troubled With the fear that any
of her descendants will bring up In the poor
house
DOME GGOUPATiONS.
wwwi ihwi
The best thing that a mother whose means
are ample can do for her daughter, after Se?
ing that she takes out of door exercise suffi
cient for her health and physical develop
ment, and that her diet Is wholesome. Is to
put her In the way of learning t.. occupy lier
self pleasantly Indoors,
I lay this to wealthy mothers, or to fathers
who feel that they can assure their .laughters
comfortable Incomes for life. Those who ee
before their girls a struggle with poverty,
are likely to give them a trade or a profes
sion, nnd need of bread or bonnet will gener
ally serve us an impulse to a clever girl, and
force her into the Held of usefulness,
Poor women, whether they are obliged to
work for bread, or are the helpmates of
struggling wage winners, ure seldom op
pressed bv l.ll- moments. It Is the Woman
wno has plenty ol money who sometimes
Do Is life a burthen in her middle age
many ol these ladies live In rural dis
tricts, or in suburban homes remote from all
placel of Amusement.
The women ol the cllv can nt least go shop
ping, or nnd some lecture, or concert, or I
exhibition of pictures to entertain her. She
hoi probably friends within a short walk, but i
there In tbo obi family mansion the widow j
or .-plnstes. who lias passed the time of life ,
w hen day-dreams are delightful and one can
Idle and smile away one's hours, live halt j
her life "behind gloss." She looks out I
through her Window panes upon the rainy
landscape, or upon the high-piled scow. I
The mud is deep between her home and the
station. Nobody win call, she is tired of
reading. Only Ihe student by nature can
live perpetually on book.
Sewing the long, white seam' i an occu
pation that needs little thought, and permits
all those regrets of the pist. and i'ars for
the future, to flock thick nnd fast through
her brain. Besides, the seamstress sews
better what Is the m of it all 1
So she wanders about, wishing she had
lomethtng to do that Interested her, and
Iii the worst casus, go's out of her mind, or
lut'igt hcidf in '.he garret.
But all (hat hOI nothing to do with your
Kitty or fanny. You say, they are the gay
est of the gay. rhle their byolclss, play at
lawn-tennis, run about, rain or shine, never
have a Weit'y moment.
That is very true, but time will ss. ru
le's your girl die early, they must grow
older, and be less nbl.; to s, .);d hours out of
doors. They may not marry
1 if they d ,
the blessing of children may be denied
Without being Invalids, they may bs far trom
strong, and thus a little shut In. To such
Women, the kftOWledgOof some pleasant art
or industry Is Invaluable. If she can caive
on wood, or hummer brass, decorate Let own
fines, paint ohlni or satin, or velvet, and has
learned to do it Wei, so that she does not
merely raprodUOS, bill creates designs, she IS
armed against such Udium. If she learns to
do that sort of embroidery which Is called
art-work, she will find much the same ft tor
est In It. 11 she can sketch from nature,
paint llOWers well or manage a portrait Of
the kitten, even though the Academy of
Design might not hang her pictures, she boi
actually entered into art-life and will taste Its
Strang ' happiness,
Ho If she has genius for music, and culti-
vales the art for Its own sake, not merely
that listeners, ma v admire at evening pa files j
if h cat! 00ds1 In clny, or curve her
thoughts in marble, in fact do anything that
uplesthe hands and Ihe brain nt the same
time, sin. will never be as forlorn and lonely
a -ho would otherwise.
Let your girls pl.ty their 0Ut-0f door gotni I,
rli'c and run. Walk and row u much as they
like, nothing is better lor tlietn, bttt give
them al io, 1 besscch YOU, a thorough, train
ing In some artistic, home occupation to
Which they nmy turn, w hen ,thSM thlSgl be
cine, for any lemon, impossible.
The so-called a"eoinpli.slii,.eiits of the pOSt
gen. ration Were dropped In disgust by
Omen of sense, and Were vahlless as ocupu-
tjons, because they did not inter the region
ol a.'.
U hat Ileal! by parents may have their girls
taught to-day, will grow mors Interesting
lth every year, and III! the life when the
uopis of early youth ore over.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS.
How Some Corporations Secure
Their Uirectinp; Hoards.
A fiOVEL AND LUCRATIVE INDUSTRY.
'Not i Important si j re nt In Kmrlnml,
but Mtlll .Uany an Honest Penny U
Turned l) It - -Financier Whose
Mniucs tire Enircrly Honcht by
xlncMit Hrimioters,
It Is nn old saying in ilnanf. ial ClrotSS that
when one is rlsh, It Is easy to besoms richer.
Tbj Hoh man has sXCSlloDt opportunities tor
Inereusilig his wealth, and be has the means
to avail himself of the opportunity presented.
Hen of Influence, us well as men of vast
means ei'hieii.ler this category alto. The
Influential banker, railroad man or lawyer', is
always sought alter. Ills name Is requested
on the prospectus of a company, In u circular
soliciting money for church und charita
ble objects und on the application forposltlon
oroffloe. There are hundreds or rlohmen
throughout the country who ore dally besieged
to take part in some enterprise, subscribe to
some projeot or join In some philanthropic
cgAtnroH m. pinsw,
or monetary movement.
But this sort of solicitation Is not always
made without any consideration being In
volved. There is a premium attached to
these requests, provide! Ihe man In question
consents. The man Of prominence is very
busy. He cannot nfford to servo on a board
of directors or lend his signature and intlu
ence to an enterprise for nothing, iflsivn
object, In nearly every instance, to get the
party Interested, and therefore, It it made an
object for him to become Interested. This
statement, Of oourss, does not refer to benev
olent or religious schemes. In such cases it
is expected both money und Influence will be
contributed to the cause. Eut In the scram
ble to nuke money and float enterprises, the
value of nu Influential endorsement is recog
nized and nop roc luted and the Influence ami
endorsement ars paid t"r.
To get the right man as an underwriter for
an industrial concern, n Subscriber to bonds
or stocks of n new company, or a director in
a reorganization, is the aim of the promoters
and backers of all such projects. Then Isn't
a prominent man in Xew York, be ho finan
cier, lawyer, merchant or railroad magnate,
who is not constantly offered the biggest
kinds ol inducements if he will lend his name
to something new, become president of n
company that is about to introduce a va'.ua-
bio patent, or tuke his iiiae- on the board of
directors ot u freshly incorporated Imnk, in
surance company or manufacturing estab
lishment. Big blocks of stock arc offend in
i consideration, He can h... a figure-head as
president und draw a large -alai v. 1: he will
only servo and recommend the matter to his
friends. Ii' he will allow the use of his name j
us a director Of a land company, he can have
Ff.vjAsrtN r. Tract.
lol 9 enough to found a village on.
Nobody knows the frequency of these re
quests nor the persistency w ith which they
ore presiod. Erastus Wlman us.sl to say lie
was offered tho presidency of a now company
on an average of onco a wocif. Jay Gould
WOS bored constantly In this line, until ho ab
solutely shut down on It. '. Plerpont .Mor
gan is flooded with earnest appeals to act in
an official capacity, with 11 big bonus of bonds
or 'docks or lands for libs services. Leading
lawyers, like Joseph H. Choate, Ellhu Boot,
John H. Parados and Robert g. Ingersolt,
COUld sit bn 0 hundred board" or directors
apiece, If they heeded these applications.
They usually sit on the applicants, There Is
-cai eoly n banker of note on Wall Street who
is not startled nnd surprised now and then
j upon the receipt of n handsomely prepared
usoepectus, m wii.cn ne is mentioned as one
ol the directors of u new corporation. With
tho prospectus eomw a letter, stating that
the projectors have taken great pleasure In
electing him nnd hoping. In view of the mer
its Of the enterprise mid the fact that thous
ands of copies of the piospoiius huve been
printed, that lie will accept. Most of tllOM
Battering missives corns from distant points
and the ibrewd author takes care to girl tho
circulars wide publicity beforo tho usually
indignant declination IS received. The cler
gy of the metropolis uru not exemt t from
I this sort of business. The more prominent I
1 the preacher, the greater he Is In demand. !
T, He Witt Talmoge, Charles U. Pnrkhunt,
John Hull. David Greer, Robert Armttogo
and Robert Cdlyer are understood to be fav- I
! orites with aspiring promoters. Dr. John 11. ;
I'. xloii was frequently sought after during
his pastorate, und while he was chaplain of
the seventh Beglmtnt.
Neurit nil these sollcllatloiis are promptly
turned down. But there is a feature, which
Is almost u tlmineinl fad, that does attract
and rapture a great many prominent man.
Companies ut good standing often get big
men on their boards of intnagepken,t, in
many eases three or four leading men net
together ina sprtot advisory capacity. They
are paid well for their Work nnd lime. The
recompense comes In the shape of a fixed
sum given them at every ne etlng they at
tend. It Is considered only right thai they
should be well rewarded. Thcyhnvet.. meet
In the busy time of day and usually hate a
number of reports to hoar read and a number
of accounts to examine and audit, ti,
I prices vary with the hnportahci of the work,
I thefrequohcy Of the nnetlngi and the slr.e of
j the company. Out instance will suffice us
In example of nil, There Is a young, but
,;l
vigorous and successful insurance company
that possesses uu advisory eoinniittoo con
sisting of Cliauncey M. Dopew, Benjamin P.
Xney and Chariei s. Palrohlld. In the por-
PHAI1XS K. FAlnCHII.b.
sons of ihese three gentlemen are represent
ed oho of the largest railroads, one of the
leading law llrms and one of the most prom
inent trust companies of tho country, The
committee Is supposed to meet ohoea month.
If nil three ..f the members are present, each
gets one hundred dollars. If only two arc on
hand, they each receive one hundred and
fifty dollars, und It only one attends, he
walks off with three hundred dollars, This
may seem a largo sum. but It Is not, when
the influence and standing of the men ure
considered. It Is good business for the com
pany ami yet perfectly legitimate for ail con
cerned. This Is really nothing more than an Imita
tion of tho methods In vogue for year? In
England. It has been tho fashion to invite
men of prominence to act as the directors ol
coin panics and pay them stated annua! sal
aries. There arc lords and dukes und shs
and members ol parliament who reap hand
some lnoomee from the salaries received by
them as directors of corporations. There are
well known figures in English llnances who
practically advertise themselves as Open to
poSltloniof this sort. If their names r.dd to
the strength of the company and attract cap
ita! to Its coffers, they are in eager demand.
Half a dozen knighted gentlemen could be
named who are kept constantly busy attend
ing meetings. It was stated not long ago
tliut several of these parties draw salaries in
J this manner that aggregate 175,000 10 J100,
I 000 a year. Ordinarily It Is no reflection
! upon a prominent man to Indulge In this
kind ol profitable pastime. Certain It is that 1
! I. .. fan O , I.. . . ,! ...O.K.. la n.f
to suoearioe tor ine snares oi any company
iu whose boards of manajpment these gentle
men appear. They are recognized ns csrstul
and eniilious, and when they join a board, It
means they are (satisfied of the soundness und
prospects of the enterprise,
Hero In America, it Is different. Up to
date, no influential citizen has pOMd as an
applicant for directorships. Tho men of
value to companies have to be coaxed to be
come officials. They insls,1 upon thoroughly
Investigating concent they are Invited to
associate themselves with. The money con
sideration is not tempting enough of Itself to
bring them Into line. If they Join the board
thev do so beeaose they are absolutely sr.tij-
lied of Its merit and future, or because
friends of theirs, upon whose opinions they
urn rely, aro Interested, and assure them
that everything is right. How soon the cus
tom will beooms more general, is a matter of
conjecture. Of lata years, prominent men
have mora and mora iJentiiied themselves
With various enterprises anil corporations.
One has but to glance over the list of direct
ors of the leading bankj. Insurance and trust
AftmMtitM rtf ftlA bMi AttlM t1 Mia MMflt
I , ,i., t.. i ,, ...
i iv mvwif HUH. i.icii u; ee.oi 1.1 an w in.
concerns gets a fixed sum for his attendance
at every mooting. In banks the amount is
understood to range from ten to twentv-llvo
dollars. In insurance companies and In
trust companies the amount usually varies
from tWSntv-flve to one hundred dollars.
There Is no orltloism to offer to this habit.
The directors of prominent companies that
handle. In trust or otherwise, n great deal of
money for other people, an I have prominent
and perplexing) negotiations to conduct con
stantly, ought to be composed or men of the
greatest experience, the highest standing and
the widest influence.
Liwnixci 3. MOTT.
onciie VeriCl,
The night WM drear, you scarce could hoar,
The solemn eodllsh bawl;
The owl, somehow, forgot to howl.
The calf had lost his . aul.
"Tie growing cold, the stove is coaled,"
The ice man shrieked in glee.
"I'll get some ice. 'twill boil my pot,
Some m. e," said the Chinee.
The MW-tofM saw the saw Ash saw
The lee and said, "That's gueis-i! '
The ice man sought to euro nil eyes,
He laid : "My niece Is nice,
I'll tttko iter to a town that's Nice,
."illno Ice Is wasting her.'.
I'll get my eyesight back again,
While here, I only hear. '
He soos the soas. and lelOM hold
The rope, and down the hold
Be bowled, and knocked tin Captain down,
Who cried: "You're over-howled !"
"This is the 1". rulOOX." he cried,
"It knocks us equally,
Hi noxious both to man and beast, ,
Such seas those seasons see,"
"Let mo alone the Ice tunti groahoa,
I've grown afraid to pun ;
"Let you alone? " the Captain erted,
" "1'ls done, bttt I laall done,"
"This bounding billow's bound to boar,
J he passengers to land ;
I Abounding hv the wealth they n I,
This bill owe
ill- for "sand.'
"Tiic francs v
1 frankly need in France :
Stranded we reach iter strand,
Her bunks COn't check our COSh advance;
They will not Uin our latd.
With health and eye-light both restored.
The nice.) nnd loo-mau two.
Will hie them back from Nice to Ico
'T.s due they thus should do.
Xcmr Lane
Uc More Kxnel.
Hailstone! weighing eighteen ounces are
reported from Texts. This is something
definite and shows an etie niragdig leaning
toward veracity on the part of reporters in
the cyclone belt. The old comparison of
hailstones with hens' engs got to be frightfully
monotonous. It would improve the accuracy
of the description still more to Indicate
whether troy, ivoldupoli, or fluid ounce ore
meant. But then, we recall that In the t ill
tory of the turbulent tornado und the cir
cuitous and convoluted cyclone they do not
measure fluids by the ounce.
Worth, tho man milliner of Par's and the
present source ot feminine fashion, ts op
posed to woiusn ii rights. Ho intimates that
the more he oees women the Utter he likes
men.
It looks very much as if the woman of the
c imittg generation will know less about tor
luring a piano und more about books, and
studies that develop the intellect. ThowoiM
I- coming to believe Hint uitlosl on" bus a
talent for niusle. It is a eftmlhol wns'.e of
time to try to learn It, besides the torture iu
(llotod on those compelled to listen to a girl
practicing.
LUCK OF THE BOLD-SEEKER.
Chance Plays a Large Part
Western TUningr. Life.
m
HANK MMM AND HIS RICH FIHD,
xtart a Uraiui ot Veteran Miner to
Story Tolling The Alder Oiilcti. Uit
Clmnee, Meli f Time nnd Other
Fammi JI(ne-Early Dgys ot
the Conxtnck Lode.
I
Ttovm. Colo., Mare). 23, WM.-Mr. K. C.
'reode. who US lUit been visiting his partner
-., ... i- Ji
li inkwr .uollat, In uus city, I cue ol otu
UmoUS fMn, He ii lomuththg over fifty
and ipiite a s modest as In the day when he
was willing to prospect on a grab itake, an I
had not yet given his name to it town nor sud-
denly leaped into the possession of miUUons.
Greede's appearance here always starts sto
ries of the days when he was hard hit, and
how, after twenty years of persistent effort,
he seemed further from SuceMI than when
he started.
Greede's success was Mr-gdl-ussed in a
club-room where I was present on St. Pat
rick's evening, and one of the number, a
mun who had made and lost a hall dozen for
tunes, and who, though now down on his
luck, expects to make another and hang on
to It, said: "In most businesses energy,
pluck and brains count for everything, but in
milling it is nil dumb luck.'' "Dumb ' was
not (AO word he used, but it sounded like it.
The others hastened to agree with this, and
eases Innumerable Were cited of men who,
W 1 tli no more bruins than th- law Olio. Jla .1
actually blundered into wealth.
'There was Hunk Morgan : why. ten years
ago he was dead broke over In LesdViUc, He
had Juit come from California, most of the
way on foot and the rest of the distance in
freight ears, and he knew no mowabOUl the
new country In which he found himself than
u hog does about the topograph)' of the other
rirnxa or:
j side of tho moon. Hut Hank hud check nnd
' an oily tongue, that's how he got Tim Foley
ti grub stake him. Hank told me afterwards
that he expected to go into the hills and stay
as long ns the provender held out. Well.
J gentlemen, Bank Morgan Wondered into the
I mountains, not knowing where be wa solng,
I and not caving a blank ei'.hcr. When over in
! the Gunnison foothills, he stumbled on n
j n0jo where someone had been at work before,
As that was e.s good n placj to stop ns any.
he cleaned OUt the hole, went down a little
deeper, not mon'n a foot, and by the jumping
jingo I hs struck It I He came back, located
his claim, and sold out within a month for
1800,009, Will any man have the braten au
dacity to tell me that was the result of lore
thought or brain'? Xo. gentlemen, it was
pure, unadulterated luek, ami Hank Morgan
himself, when he got to wearing n gold enMe
for a watch chain and driving a pair of the
; fnitest horses in the mountains, WOl man
enough to iteknowiedgc It."
Having had no experience in prospecting.
1 I asked what the modus nperaii'li was. and
j this Information was volunteered :
1 Every spring hundreds ol prospectors
along the Bookies and Sierras nlunge into
i tho WllderneM to searxh for gold or silver.
The well-to-do. thai is the men who can pur
chase '.boir own outfit, lay in supplies for
few months, and have a mule or a horse to
carry their camping r.tid prospering outfit,
consisting of a bag of flour, some bacon,
coffee and sugar. A pick, suade and pan arc
fastened to tho peek, and the prospector
usually carries a hatchet a his belt and a
rifle on Ills ihouldsr. A majority ot the
inspectors nr. "grub-Stoked," tltr.t is. some
merchant or man with means furnishes then:
with mppllOS, the conditions being that in 1
the event of lUCCSSS the "ongOl," to use a
thntrical term, divides with them. These
men keep clear of the beaten trails, and they
know more in the aggregate about the geog
raphy of the North American continent than
all ihe engineer outfits combined. All suffer :
many of them die : more of them, and often
the best and the brightest, persistently fail:
and the few. through dumb luck, strike It
rich. But it is much like n blind man shoot
ing nt n target after ho has bjen told the
Ure-tlor.. Tho ehancea are he will miss, but
II ho mak a bull's eye only a fool would
attribute n .0 his marksmanship.
?: :$?Ji m 1 1!
"They say." said another, "thai about men, WU the way in which was discovered
every ten years there is .1 business panic In u'hnt Adams, who was dead broke, called
the iaist, but I've been out here a leetle over . ' Xbe Nick of Time' mine."
thirty year, and I know for a fact that every ' "That wmindk ms of the 'Christmas Gttf
ten years th Is a mining crane-some new! m!,, ' California, ' said the llrst speaker.
outcrop or diggings hive been dlsooverei1, s""' ut Jeer hunting in the
and there Is a ruih and a boom. In ' the Sierras wllha party trom Frisco, and 011 their
World WM running tfl California. In '50 the i Wl,.v to oomp on Christmas Eve the
the country was orosy over Hike's Peax. In 1 others missed Snow. They found that he
'00 the silver discoveries of Virginia City Bd his horse had tumbled into a canyon,
wore making miUionslres by the score, iii Whflo they Were getting the man nnd horse
'70 there came the Lesdvllls rush, and it was ' 8n. w'" hod been a prospector, filled
a dandy, In '89 the Cosurde Alne country bit pockets with some of tho detached
was opened up. and so It g .'es. But while WonoS. They proved to be rich In gold, and
thodleoovoryot mines U largely o matter of t,,e tortnnoi the hunter and hit friends
chance, and the management oi them is too ; wore n'r'i? by a mishap which they deplored
often a swindle and a gamble, Whew It Is fob 'at the time. "
lowed honestly und persistently ns n bus!-: Many other eases eouolly Interesting were
lies.; en'erpiiso. it is sure to pay in the end. I e;,e'1 io bW that the element of luek was
Why, right here in Denver there are more the principal factor In the discovery of rich
men worth WWQOOthan KZtX
country except New Vm nnd Philadelphia; chief value. XtlLSOX Ashlsv.
antt bine-tenthi of them made their money ,
out of mining. And, let me say, the wealth; Leopold. King ot Belgium, is nddieted to
18 by no means ail discovered yet ; we have i .Hods ol frightful debauch. His sprees
only skimmed the SttrtoM." come on about onoi in three months and he
Others nt ones became reminiscent, and keeps them up til! his brain and nerves are
without MtfliptiOB r.'.l were disciples Of the exhausted. He has Just closed a carouse,
doctrine of luck. which DSgOU In Brussels nnd ended In a
"Why," continued another, ".here was old brothel In Geneva.
Cruse. Ho went to Montana whon it was a ,
iMWlingwildcrn.'fs !.: '. with - "Ian,; x y jj thaf Theodore Thomas is about
Sioux on every hand. For twenty years he to give concert- alternately in Chicago and
plodded and starved, nnd lived the life Ota New York. It will now ho in order for the
hermit tn ft shadowy gulch near Whan Butte Windy City to olslm that Thomas will give
City now 'stands. Why, he got so poor that drees rsheorsals In Kew York and the genuine
ho couldn't get credit for O AftCk of flour, thing With all his best licks and grand
but he had a dumb faith that there was gold flourishes 6ut thsi I,
in the earth near by, and he hun on. Hoj
believed there was money In his claim, and I The short skirt innovation for women om
after a time begot others to boilers the I pioyos in the telegraph and telephone servioe
nine; and so there came a day when he 'old u on no.-ounl of the dust, so Injurious to tho
owaportoi ms tiuoresr 10 an iMicnsn syn
dlCOte lor about 89,000,030, He is :t wifeless,
ahtldlssiold man. who dot) not knew what
to do with his money."
"Yes,1 joined In n third pnrty, "when old
Captain Butter bufll his sawmill in the Bterra
foothills, hi lisd HO dream of ,?!d till one
iiay it was found in tho mill-race, and Call
ii'ornia within a year became tin SI dorarfo.'! The CherosOtl, living in the Indian Terrl
A year after th Custor inossiere In the Blg'torv. nnn-bir 8.MW0, and am a far advanced
Horn country, during a noon halt a cavalry
ofltoer sat down to rest on u knoll of soft
e'.av; near by was hil Utterly, holding the
bridles of both horses. They were smoking
and admiring the grand mountain peaks about
them. After a bit the orderly's eyes came
down to earth; they were glued on the knoll
on which the captain sat. Suddenly ho
leaped to his feet nnd shouted out, -My
God, Captain, you are sitting on a gold
minul' find such proved to be the ease, and
these two men, who were out hunting In
dians, stumbled into wealth."
This reminded another that " In the sum
mer of '01 a prospector with tho euphonious
nam of Chris Keyce, who bad been prospect
ing In jlontaim till everything tut his faith
in his own luck was gone, came one dav to
Fort Benton with n hag full of quartt, in
jW f T W ,lk pluffi
he found in the Hear
WW .tloutiUiiK. A psr.y was made ut to
go with him to what I- de-.-"iil od as a gulch
full of gold, but they we.-e massscrsd by the
Indians, and Keyesand bis secret were lost
to the world. Tens of thousands of dollars
and years of time hare been snant uamh.
lug the Bear Paw ktoun tains tor Eeyss' lost
mine, and some day it will be found, atum
bled on, oi it was by its original first dis
co raven"
"You've ell heard of Alder Gulch Mine,"
sold a man who had been quietly smoking
up to this time. "Well, you know It is the
richest Dlld that Urn ns yet been made m
Western Montana, and Its discovery was an
accident, as much us the find of the hero of
Bow's Flat that Bret Harte tells about.
Early In tho sixties Bill Falrwcather and
some friends started out to prospect tbo
life' Horn Bongs, but were driven out of
their course by the Crow Indians. Disheart
ened and hungry, they were working thelt
i way book to Bannock Olty; the nearest set
tlement, when they went Into camp on Alder
Creak, While the other were cooking about
the last of their grub, Fu'rweuther, from
for.-e of habit, began panning out the dirt
In the creek. The very first dishful showed
about three dollnrj. That was the simple
beginning of it. a camp wr.s started: a
town sprang up; and, as we all know, about
flfl8,000,00fNo gold has been taken from the
j mines of Alder Creek.
I "Talk about brains ond foresight: they
in all very well, and I believe in giving
them credit, but as a rule they don't deserve
it. sTukc Helena; it's u second case of Alder
Gulch. The Lost Chance Gulch was discovered
by eharteo, and the capital of Montana was
j founded. Let me See yes, that was in '04.
Four miners. Cowan. Crab, Miller und Stan
, ley, stampeded from Alder Gu!ch and pushed
i north. They met Tim Coleman c imlng from
! the Kootenai country with tad news. The
j four prospectors itruok off In another dlrao
I tion, without any destination in view, ano
; after a week's wandering they decided to
'try their fortunes on a strewn which they
called 'Last Chocc) Creek.' They found
gold in encouraging quantiUes; the country
was full Of game: they stuck to itTand the
I result wu one of the richest finds in tho
I World, Old the founding of the capital of n
i great state. Lu:k? Well, I should say it
j was luck."
"BO you know.' said yet another, "that
the famous Coffiltock Lode that made so
many men in .Nevada and out oi it Immensely
wealthy, was originally a gold mine? " S inu
knew this and Others did not. "Well." ha
continued. ' It is a fact. There wasgjld on
the surface, but ns they went down the gold
petered out, an.! Oomstock and his partner-,
Peter OT.iley and Tat Mclaughlin, wero
nbout to abandon It, whoa It struck them to
have an analysis made ot the strange deposit
they had come on. This was done, and tho
silver was discovered by chones, but all tho
same. $868,000,000 was taken from that
mine."
"Talking about luck." said a man from
Las Vegas. " reminds me of the case of
Adams. I believe h was related to the
great Xew England family; nt my rate, Ills
front n.an'.e was John Quiney. One day while
prospecting, his magnifying gl.193 was so
hung that it focused the sun's ray on his
haversack and set it on fire. As the haver
sack held about a doxen pounds of powder.
Adams dropped it mighty spry, nnd lit out
in a hurry. Ir fell into n crevice that was
down in the Saudia Mountain and after
the explosion he went luck from curiosity to
see the effect, nnd he found largo masses
of rock scattered in every direction. Be
found, to his delight, a vein of white quart
with flecks of gold in it. He sold a tenth
interest within a month for SlO.OUd, but it
worth a hundred timet that. That, gentle.
ry .1
I
AncBtKo res 1101.11.
- jnrumeuts, which levr-sweeping skirts
r-sweoping
disturb. There are two kinds of girls the
pretty foot and nnkle. and the ugly foot and
ankle. The latter is kicking against the de
cree. The Indian population of the United States
Is 01 nearly as can bo estimated, 39,279,
In education and ogrloutture as their white
neighbors, Indeed, their per capita wealth
is greater than that of the whites.