The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-06

Of avarice in the brakeman, or lAe next
spasm OF vanity IN the army q purchaser.
The other fact II ttsi A. 1 dstermine ncrio
man In. .llfl r,nut1tion I learn be once had
uoth'n-. aud all li, life Las tstt.cd with dis
nuuniatmcat There is no great inln within
nay small ken whose uie-v ben come %
span t. out az rly own eve-does not auuaili me
with ifs nargsllus. I4cr urovocifife az
tuorrht 4 ma that ircCi lnis emnenco WAS
attained not DY s'anl.tg on other mems
shoulders. but bv Atlanfean laDors or holding
lgnihuss in tre ssy until the frst storm blew
them INTO an8ce.
have wrlfien0i sevorsi of our men WHOSE
regulations To ma SEEM genuine. bat have
reserved one subject hecause Of the made
ouacv OF my pen. i'm treating ~ David Swing
as a literary man l held him % be laf
ureachor-sOme hlpnOcamnus s0mo DENT
FORM which alone could survive "a a writer
In tho rioucer era az the western life Tho
man now have in hand must also b~ clas-d
as n survival out Of On epoch when iforafure
bv itself did not exist 70 be a literary nion
ono must slt up o. nishts liks = sweet cir.
graduate preparing ksr vsledhstory. | wiifn
now about Franc o. Wnkis Roiiutol aud
hone 70 DO him only iusrics. only the trnih
AaH lH ODD" HN NAH AANAA - Ni'tt"' f"-'
reputation can endure IL. Tor what may sav
can put no stone In his path nor take any
sF-sy.
Mr.. Willie is half litsrary man and hair
journalist. Getting his bread always by
newspaper work. he las also preserved
literary eye unlimmed ca that Of the eagfr'
ct youth. v hon he vrfIs- I eaa 80 to
eternal spring time. LilarsrY ssaius kccrsa
% ealtioa. and spares 80 asss,sery toeclss
OF tue nrnsn. Ihh E1sLss - tue voTta'ar
possibly hss singled htn N thAi large rZt-il
,isa whloa i osl5ys t.al0r-s T. Ai1. -
ls1si when msr cool3 g. ssrn, thsy AK 70
soout Mr Wiltia. lhos 49, act - ebis to
toll me what be has dor~-tAsy saEe nt..o ~
teat. 70 80 TO log a cay; snsy hsss for
gotten u. or ley Esysf sns1 nut sne5 d sirs
g gay their Io- poo,s 60 pr. Wiide. the dean
CO writers lors1b1gta ga ovsy othsr writer
In CAie8g0 they have gct b form IA opinion
-hurrah for him iodSy. out on him t0m-r-
row. Dll Dir. WnSis -fsndg before them .
completed inau. H. DC cai % hls house, il-
u0lace nv visitor. and learn Of that stony
road over which Our gteGt nan BIAS Travelled
Asauc b. Wilkie was born sixty years o. 80
n Saratoga county, =. y. 10 was ON the
rr0rnmme that Boz was % BE- beaten, after
Tie discipline of those days, aud he ram away
90 escape such bodily ani spiritual calamity
u.si idea was New York city. Ills first stop
ping place was at horse shed beside coun-
trv church. The a.r Ha3 l.l1. Tie she'd
was occupied by hogs The lors were warm
ana ho.U.aaie. The boy iay down among
them, and they. being nel fel, dill nos enc
ln. THE city Was reached, and % H'.renan
took interest enough in the wa.f to lt Lin
seli matches ou tle street, auI % al him
finally iu getting situation as icl boy On
the house OF Emanuel j. Hart, where tlere
was Gne library These people euicar-l
themselves 20 tle llI by humane AMI gener-
Gus conduct. and the mature man NJ today
saaol. with affection of the Surviving mem-
b.rs OF tuat pliautlropic family
After two years oi residence IN The Hart
mansion the youth returned i0 Saratoga
county. whore he worked at the frales Of
Stone mason and carpenter, aiternarl teach-
ing school and lang himself for college
Ills industry 40 this period was notable, for
not only did Doe oara tho expenses Of his edn-
cation hy u0r.. as q printer 10 the Office " The
Schenectady Star. setting both type and
music hut bee took tle course aud graduated
in fail from the Union college Of Science
tadv without staying for the last year. am
told 40 other scholar ever DID as much az that
institution
Coming wc... Mr. Wiisle, at the age Of y,
in ls54 married harriet Ellen Morse, Of IL
Gin. Ills. Ilo pair went o. Davenport IT,.
where the husband found employment on
Tho Evening News AID altersarl wrote
book. 'Ihe History of Davenport From
Davenport STR. Nl..s removed O. Dubuque
Tor the service. ol The Dubuque heri. b. AMI
was employed no $40 81 wees wheI the o;ar of
tie West uas irel on in CAilie.-ln har39r
Coin. s1l.a flr Tie Herald. One young man
entarei Ml..l CITY, 20, with tl' Union
,roan.. ami ODD tle i5th dly OF Jane. 1871
nllIsa.i fson deserted printing Office tho
/ l.rs. aul only issue oi oar Whole Union.
Tl.. unique newspaper I'll All0r tne cyo
D. tle u.In.l.i0r OF Ile Nsw Aors Times,
Raruoal who 90 0ael offered the CORES
ponleut $40 column and expenses. This
was olstl tae lapp.s,- crcuu .'anrei in -lr
Wilkes I.e. aud le nsfe. refers to be With
Oh, some loll.e sErrs .ll vi tle Jlf h3
Ok. lie wrote for Tho Now Nor. Times
over the name o. Galway AMI flr i.lr
wears followed tho fortunes oi tAs western
arn.os. arriving ia Chicago ia l,jj. after
Burnside bad Intellectually suppressed Tho
/ Chicago Times
Wil1rF Storey at onco bestowed ol tho
mcce..fli war correspondent bosh conf lence
end favor Tor period of about ,evcl'c,n
years Mr Nilsl9 vas the chief thinker at-
| tached % the urototype OK modern ueHsra-
pcrs. His word was law iu this town. PROM
llell cil-eli l.-...4 ll-l aud tA9 Lowry
/ found o professor iu bin. / may say That ~
is the oil policeman Of today who remains
! true TO the man who put him on the force.
II IS the widow of some forgotten official who
st.il faithfully acc1rl5 % the journalist tho
need OF humanity and public sririt. PoAuto's
"Walks About Chicago were the celebrated
writings Of my youth. The acrlbes OF my
generation compared them on Sunday w.,n
George Up,ans "Peresrlnatons," and each
champion had bis army behind him. After
the fire Mr.. Nuke was commissioned 20 build
the present Times elllice, then q wouderment,
now O fabric of the second class.
Tours abroad with Storey promised 70 fur
Their cement the intimate relations 81 the
twain. and Storey bad 10 und rs-ood that be
was % leave The Times TO The e@ecutorsl'p
Of the lieutenant who had so elsctalAy
served IT, Trusting % these representations,
the lieutenan, departed for London % e,lao-
lish foreign ersice. storey went d9ft n'l
newer fay0.tcs nefo sNiiI m tho work u
undermining the man az London. For that
lack of fair dealing Poiiuto has never caa.el
20 lash the ghost OF WILDER i Storey, anl
tie dmiribcs which the unreientlns scribe
has written have graiilei not alone tAe.r au-
thor / should ike 10 be- loved as sincerely as
Storey Is Aaiel in Chicago.
For several years after ISIS. M Willle
gayo bis time 10 literary work, preparing
"Tho History OF the Great Inventions"
large volume, ard giving 70 bis mind AMI
library taat scientific tarA which marks