New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-12

entity. You'll BE- shot In half IN hour You can
Imagine or rather you scarcely imagine, the con-
sternaon Of man brought suddenly into the presence
OF dea'h In fashion like that Major Lundy ashed tho
reason for his cruel sentence but got small Satisfaction
e pressed the General harder and tho latter began to
question him about tho people OF the neighborhood. tho
men who had gone into the Confederate army. and .
vast number OF things. all of which appeared tring
formation Tor acSmnandns genera In hostile o,un-
try Presently tho General looked up and said grniy
the "d Mar s1 that vim Hc as Y@
can take your vehicle and go home Tho Major was
mombcrs IT. have always Thought that he took that
way Vi pumping poor Lundy."
One Of the results Of the Prohibition craze In Georgia
according to OF his intimate rendsw tho death
Of that lnimiabe story teller Judge o. A. Lochrane, OF
Georgia The Judge had become well known In H-w-
YORK where he lived at tho Hoffman House. He was
tho attorney Cor Southern railroads and telegraph lines
and for the Pullman Palace Car Company. He was an
Irshman BY birth and had Kissed the Blarrey stone
besides being endowed with remarkable mother w.t.
iie had rso lmhIte1 tho Irish national love OF good
whiskey One OF his intimate friends talking ycster-
day about his death which occurred last year, said
For twenty-five years the Judge had been 'hringu up
steadily with good old whiskcy. He steady and
regular drnker lie got Interested in the temperance
craze at Atlanta First he became Prohibiionlst In
order to shut tho saloons and keep the blacks rom
c crnS.ng ana rotlns He poured the liquor from his
baptist minister immersed him ' lie stuck to his total
abstinence and died for want Of the beverage he had
long Deen accustomed to take.'
conspicuous group OF mon In an uptown hotel cor
ridor night or two ago was composed of Senator
sabn, OF Minnesota, F. A. Munsey, Sol Smith Russell
and william 7. Adams The Senator Is so we'll known
that description OF his personal appearance needless
His dark face had the flush OF health and his black
musfacho was carefully trimmed and brushed as II
no had Just como from barber Mr.. Munsey Is tho
vigorous young Maine who has become
fnl publisher In Ncw-York 10 owns "The Golden
Argosy,' for which william Adams. who is better
Known as Oliver optlc,' IS contributor Mr.. Russell
IS the sonn-iaw Of Mr. Adams and talks about retiring
rom the stage TO business at Minnea polls He
was originally from Minnesota ANY one who has seen
his remarkable carcatures would find dGicnlt
ognize The actor In the sober faced clerical looking
OF private life lie would certainly be taken for a
clergyman before he would be thought Of as actor
oliver optc' IS figure worthy OF notice. Tie Is
little man with full gray beard pleasant face. and
twinltng hazel eyes. In conversation the genial and
kindly spirit shines of his face He wore a small
tightly fitting skull cap which made him look like
Turk lie lives In Boston and probably has written
more stories for boys and girls than any Of this
or any other age. lie has produced I15 volumes
Only seven of them for Adults. He began writing
SOME Time 10 1884 whom he was thirty -four years Of
age and he has kept at II nccSsantly ever since His
first story In book form brought him s37 so He had
previously received Sc for short story In Boston
paper ONE OF the things TO be admired In all his stories
Is helr evident moral tone. His bad boys are never
malo ln'0 heroes and the good boys always come out
on Top lie has a yacht at Dorchester and spends
great deal Of his time the water which accounts
iof the accuracy Of his descriptions Of boating he has
Deen ao Dad several times that might properly de-
scF'Dc tho lands where he wanted his heroes and
hcrolnes 10 travel lie writes his COPY with a TYNE
Wcr These are some IL the points about himself that
ne nodostly gave In answer to Inquiries. | had . Gu
nosly TO know how so volnmnouS novelist arranged
ms work lle keeps a book In which he maps out
beiofehand the Characters Of his story with sketch Of
the pant each one Is 10 play. He thinks IL all cur
ana thcn begins 90 wrc. and his copy he
EpWllcr all ready for tho printer 4 being rare that
he mas to make corrections ntcrIincatiOns