The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-01-30
FRANK LESLIE.

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FRANK LESLIE.
We have already referred to the
death of Frank Leslie, whose original
name was Henry Carter, and who has
so long been connected with journalism
of certain type. The following sketch
of his life will prove interesting:
Henry Carter was born mt Ipswich,
England, in 1921. His father, Joseph
Carter, was q glove manufacturer, and
Henry's early days were spent in his
fathers factory. At very early age
he acquired a passion for wood carving,
to crafty it. At seventeen he was
sent to London, where he became q
clerk in the glove department of the
extensive dry goods establishment OF
his uncle, but every moment that could
be snatched from business was surrep-
titiously devoted to sketching, draw
ing or engraving. His relatives so
discouraged his artistic aspirations
that he was constrained to keep his
work secret from them, and, in or
der the better to insure his incognito,
adopted a name which is now familiar
the world over-that of Frank Leslie.
At twenty years of age he married.
His marriage, an unfortunate one from
the beginning, continued 10 be unhap-
py, and terminated by separation in
1860. Three sons were born of this
alliance-Harry, Alfred and Scipio,
the last mentioned of whom died in
1879. Henry Carter, Immediately up
on being launched into art life, became
connected with the illustrated London
News. He came to America in 1S4S,
and after some little time had his
name changed by act of Legislature, to
Frank Leslie. Mr.. Leslie's American
career commenced upon Gleason's Pic
torial. After the collapse of Barnum's
and Beach's illustrated paper Frank
Leslie, in 1854, commenced publishing
on his own account, and the first peri
odical he issued was the Gazette of
Fashion, known now as Frank Leslie's
Magazine. Shortly afterward he pub
lished the New York journal, which
he purchased when its circulation was
at its lowest ebb, and speedily raised
its circulation to the point of profit.
On December IA, 1855, Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, now in its
twenty-fifth year, made its first ap-
pearance.
In 1865 Mr.. Leslie started the Chin.
ney Corner, the editing of which, to.
gether with that of the Lady's Maga.
zine, he relegated to his wife, the OBJ
ject of his second marriage being the
divorced wife of E. G. Squier, the
well-known archseologist. In rapiG
succession Mr.. Leslie published the
BoysI and Girls Weekly, Pleasant
Hours, the Lady's journal, also edited
by Mrs. Leslie; the Popular Monthly
the Sunday Magazine, the Budget o1
Wit and Chatterbox. In addition to
the foregoing he published the Illus
trirte Zeitung, in German. The ellis
torical Register of the Centennial Ex-
position' was regarded by its pub
Usher with feelings of pride. This
work was published at an enormous
expense, but proved dead loss to the
publisher, and involved him in num-
ber of unpleasant suits with his Phila-
delphia agents. In 1857 Mr.. Leslie
was temporarily embarrassed in his
business affairs, but receiving an ex-
tension of time from his creditors he
basis again.
The war of the rebellion proved a
perfect mint to him. From one of his
papers alone-The Chimney Corner
he is said to have realized the sum of
$50, 900 in one year. He built mag
nificent establishment at No. 537 Pearl
street, and at one time had fully 800
employees at work, to whom was paid
at least $4,000 per week. In 1867 he
was forced to make an assignment of
his property TO an assignee for the ben
eft of his creditors, but an arrange
ment was made whereby he was re-
tained as general manager of the pub
fishing business, receiving 20 per cent
of the profits. The place of business
was changed to its present location,
the running expenses reduced, and the
establishment in q short time cleared
away over 81 ,OO0, 900 of liabilities. In
April of the present year, by law
suit, Mr.. Leslie succeeded in recover
ing large portion of tho business.
Nihilism seems to be spreading in
the Russian army. -Four officers in
one regiment were arrested three weeks
ago on charge of disseminating revo-
lutionary intelligence among their