The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
HOW TO BECOME FAMOUS.
One Act often Enough To Win . Death
less Name.

COrl0uS LnrOugn Une COUuIsslO Ol
one act. Soldiers there are by the
score whose memory will be connected
with a single battle; authors, who
will be remembered for only a single
book or poem; men in all the various
walks Of life; speakers. lawyers,
statesmen, rulers, murderers and
other criminals, who but for the per-
Torrance OF one act would have re-
NAMED in Obscurity forever.
Sparta left no literature, no monu-
me Is, nc ruins, no art works, moth
ing BIT ~Thermopylp, and vt that
people and the heor C defense OF the
pass In the mountains by Leonidas
will never be forgotten while time
itself shall last. We see Horatius at
the bridge, defending it against the
a. advancing army OF rorsena, but we
never hear OF him again. C.nc;n-
natus left his pillow 1to become die
tatOr OF the Roman people, but hence
forth all historians neglect TO men,
ton him. egulus o a deathless
name by returning TO Carthage, after
his warning to the Romans, ana sub
hitting 10 a cruel death, but this Is
the only time his name is mentioned.
Ancient history ) full OF warriors,
heroes and Others who appear once
and once only to the reader.
In more modern times how many
yer great men are thought OF except
i'm connection with "A single event.
Charles Martel defeated the Moham-
med aus at Tours, and for this m
achievement Christians OF all future
ages will reverence his name. Wei
lingtou and Blucher were great
soldiers before the battle Of Waterloo,
but mad that battle not been fOu ut
their names would not be Is they now
are on the tongue OF nearly every
school boy in the land. CORVALLIS
appears only at Yorktown. Who re-
members anything about the hero OF
New Orleans except that memorable
engagement which was fought after
a treaty OF peace had been already
signed! Harrison will live in history
a 5 the hero OF Tlppecanoe, Commo.
dore Perry for the glad message he
sent after his victory on Lake Erie,
awe have met the enemy and they
are ours" Capt. Lawrence for his
dying words, Don't give UP the
ship and Winkehied for his one act
in opening his arms TO receive the
Aust. ian lanceS Noonc remembers
Gates disastrous expedition In South
Carolina, but no n fOrgetS his VIC.
tory over BurgOyne at saratoga The
battle OF Gettys urg made zen. Meade
forever famous.
AS the centuries ass Benedict Ar
nold's noble WORK al Montreal and
Saratoga will fade away. He will
not lie forgotten, however, as the
traitor. Sergeant Jasper at Charles
ton won for himself a niche IN history,
by holding a flag above the ramparts,
but no mention is made OF him again.
, The Scriptures continually refer TO
men OF whom no future reference Is
made Esau, the manly, soldicrly
brother of the deceitful Jacob, we
catch but a passing glimpse OF, when
he gave up his birthright for "A mess
of pottage. Rehoboam, Sargon Tig-
lathpileSer, S~ennacherib, Asa, Sar-
danapalus and many more, narrowly
escaped oblivion. Ncb sChadnez2ar
wa the Napoleon OF his age, and yet
we get only "A ,ew snap shots at him
from the prayer OF DAME. and one or
two historic writer's Judas might
have been easily forgotten but for the
BETRAYAL OF his master, Plate is seen
but "A single time IN the pages o. the
Gospel, although we learn about
him from Josephus; stephen the FIRST
MARTYR, AnaniaS aud Sapphira and
dozens OF others, are destined TO live
in the minds OF all future genera
tions because OF the accident Of for
tune which made them a single time
worthy OF notice by historians.
The love Of uotoricty has led TO
many tragedies, most men knowing
that they are likely TO be soon for
gotten il they do not do some great
good or some great harm. Guiteau
pre- ferred being know as "A great Grim
inal to being never known at all,
and the same ambition for fame or
itch for notOricty made ErOst;atoS
the i%ncendiary OF Diana's temple.
By this single performance he became
immortal despite the most strenuous
cuOElN VI luC lbNu NbhA'NAA Va
Ephesus. After he had been put TO
death il was ordered that his name
should never be pronounced, but the
passage Of the edict defeated its OBJ
ject, and every ancient historian who
had occasion 10 mention EphesuS re.
called the story OF EroStratus aud the
Temple OF Diana
For this reason II behooyes public
and prominent men and women TO
be on the outlook for assassin crankS.
Prendergrast will be known in his.
tory as the murderer OF Carter Har.
rison. Russell age ontlived Nor
cross, his would-be murderer, but
who can say which name will live
the longest? The love for %notorietv
is strong; and II men can not become
famous by fair means many Will by
foul. Preston Brooks is recalled aS
the South Carolina hot head who as
saulted Senator sumner, and who
, rana1l nua thinu thnt WilLna