New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21
CREAM OF THE MAGAZINES.
THE YOUTH OF FAMOUS WAR-CORhE-
SPONDFNT.

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There arc those who have poverty thrnst upon
them. anu others who thrust poverty upon tn9' ~
selves | am afraid Archibald Forbes oelonecu w
the latter class His father Louss b,s motber
belonged TO the old family Oh Leslie LYNX ~ Wy
north of Scotland. Forbes studied hrst ~ SCHOOL,
then with tutor aud finally at the Aberdeen UNI,
,arst~ rbough excelling In classics. he had such-
an aversion to mathematics that when the senatus
acaacmcus recently proposed 10 CONFER up"n mn
The degree of LID, an Irate professor exclaimed
"a I can never consent Ia such a mockery. A stu
dent Mr. Forbes 'ploughed in mathematics.
shall never consent that man should receive an
honorary degree from this university VINO mas Iaou
10 pass his examinations. :, ,.,
Daring Forbes's second collegiate year his iatheI
dropped dead in his pulpit. There being NINE
children and little fortune, Archibald lett anei =
deem for Edinburgh, with designs FIRST upoh INC
law, and secondly upon the church WINE au ti az
desvoring to decide upon career, ne spei. an '
money and Tell in love with Young Iady, WIN
whom he arranged to elope in gag on certain
sunday when ane ne opaef laid schemes mice and
men gang aft a-eley." The obdurate father way
laid our hero remonstrated WIN p'ac., . ;n,o a
minaton and turned the love-orn Youth INTO
ditch whence he arose sadder ami wetter.
Attaining his majority in 1888 Forbes became
possessed of 81. 800. and Determined 10 ION cousin
in Canada who owned large tract Oh iahd near
lake Huron. On reaching Quebec, he fingered IN
the old town. held by the beamng eyes OF ms iand-
lords daughter. AT the end OF three months the
Wild Scotchman had exhausted this resources con-
fessed his poverty to the landlord daughter ana
abandoned the idea OF Joining his cousin WIZ
as sailor and steeIed twelve hours DAY LOT
weeks when his vessel became water logged. No
timoer-ship can sink, otherwise Forbes Mou'a nave
gone to the bottom. There was 10 cooking Tor a
week life being maintained on biscuits and salt
meat. After several sailors had been washed over
hoard the crew took to the boat. winch was
ncked mn by the cotton-shp Moses Taylor, from
New Orleans. Finding that the crew were sadIv
diseased. Forbes. who had studied i9eu i GO
otc1fg,y got ont the mediciDe-chest Killed one pa
ti.ut and cured tue rest. OF course has susceptible
heart fell prev TO the captains daughter upon
whom when bidding her farewell IN Liverpool,
after three months taste CT SAT- water ne spu'h-
ocrea his last eight shillings in grapes
What was to be dOnef Never without resource
Forbes sold fine held-elass, and with the money,
went to London, where he was recruited IN the
ROYAL Dragons Despite his tendency 10 lal as"
be made rapid Roadway. In addition TO ms ap-
nointment as school-eacher TO his company, Forbes
was made actng-q ulrt"rnaster sergeant, WthOut
the rank OF sergeant. as he happened 10 pe me
only man of his company who could solve the FOL
ing stupcndouS problem III nieh'al hltiiIhetc
IL one man is allowed the thirty seventh part OF
an ounce of pepper per day what Is TIE ain0nnt 10
be dra VII for two hundred men per week. Having
compassed this Forbes was lot oil irOih punishment
drills and became object OF admiration TO MS
companions. Already articles by hlm mad been
accented for Household Uords and The CoTrhW
uagdsiRe Shortly after, he competed for priIe
essay Of fifteen gIineas, TO lie written Uy Wolk-
incuan. 4" On the advantages the m0ther-eouhtfy
derives from her colonies lie was then stationed
M Weldon where libraries were consplcuousiY alb
sent and as he knew nothing anont the eo,"n, ,
low could he obtain dateSI Discovering an Uid
,ucyclopPdia he collected his material from II,
wrote lis essay. and secured the prize!
Owing to literary earnings, forbes had more
money than his fellows and consequently got INTO
frenucnt trouble. His COlOnel-noW Gencra
Nardlaw-was q strict diSciplnarlan, ana metcd
ont punishment uniinchngly. Toward the end OF
his military career, which lasted five years forucs
bore "A very good charactcr-a happy change which
would probably have led 10 promotion Aad not hls
health yiv,n way and caused hum to De lnVaildfd
after enduring ignorant army hospital treatment
for eighteen months he went to London, got wei
In six weeks and was then sent to Aidersh0t to
.how the military surgeons how easy had peen his
ture.
ruhlishpd in $50. in The ETtHiPg STIR. lie he
r,me n casual writer OH TIE borRirI ffccrt'S0 ana
received once eighteen pence tor paragraph az
cepted by ne UGiiy Macs ON thus promising m
come he married. AltfI puDiishlng an Hdiciiv ~ ~
The CornhiI on Army Reform, and another III ~,
Paul entitled Soldiers Wives both OF which
were well received, Forbes started a paper called
The London Scotsman, intended, IKE every olHeI
newspaper TO fll an aching Vod. II provided
Scotrhnen with condensed news from their own
country but as they either failed to sec MS heccs-
sty OF expected 10 get II tor nothing the editor did
hot amass fortune. lie ekcd out pttrarlouS
,vistrnrc bv occasional dramatic and musical
criticisms contributed 10 The MorpRg AcoTfiser
Unfortunately Tor art. Forbes IS not the only
example OF the wrong man ia thc WRONG. place.
When sent 10 pronounce upon Inc M rlt" OF per
faimoT Oh the pedal piaaofoTte, the cX-S'ldieT
recorded the artist from gynnastic point Of view,
au1 praised him rs an rohat!
on the breaking cut Of the Fran o-ierman war
Forbes was ENGAGED IN writing a novel iOT ms
Taper while chcriShing the idea that mature had
designed nn ior war oneSi'ohu'hrc an lu'a lio
communicated 10 James HTSit, 'ult"r Oh me
a,orsipI .fdUeIfiseT. who soon after said to him
" I've concluded to OfleT yOu position as war.
CORRESPONDENT. Choose whichever Sdr sou prefer
Having studied German tactics, acquired Il slight
knowledge " the German language. and feeling
sr.e that the German eagle would WIN. the eN-
soldier lltor went direct to SaaI hTuck. and wit
nessod the baptism 10y fire. Oh August 2 1910