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entity doing well. I called on him and
found that be was a refined and lntelli-
gent man. ] said nothing about hearing
from his wife, but spoke OF his friends
IN Rochester, who j said would like him
70 write to them.
He seemed pleased and said be would
do so. In the meantime / COmmuniCa-
ted with his wife, giving her his address.
She wrote and got no reply. found
afterwards that Immediately on the re-
ceipt OF the letter from her he had
thrown up his employment and again
disappeared.
Fathers frequently seek scapegrsce
sons a gentleman wrote 70 me from
Essex, England, about his son. When
last heard FROM be was in the Central
prison, Toronto. I wrote 10 the war
den, who answered, saying that the
young man had been liberated in March,
1890 His ofIsnSe was larceny. He
adds: He is a confirmed thief, bad
youth, thoroughly deprayed, and II
living will doubtless be found in some
Of the prisons in she United States. l
inclOse you bis photograph This
was very difficult case, but l found
the fellow. he called himself Neil
Robinson. He appeared at . religious
meeting in Bleecker street, Florence
mission, and stated publicly that be ia
tended TO reform and gave up his re-
vOlver. he obtatned board, lodging and
financial assistance, but before a week
had elapsed be 4 ned one Of his old pals
TO help himNSop hit burglary. The man
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have got far on into manhood, when the
roar of the cannon had struck suddenly
on my ear, have started with thrill
of vague expectation and tremulous
delight, and tue long unspoken words
have articulated themselves In the
minds dumb whisper, the wasp mas
comel"
Dame Prentiss was the mama of his
first teacher, fat, sunny-natured oody,
who always kept several rods displayed
in her school room, but seldom II ever
used them. As he grew older be was
pupil al other schools in Cambridge
port, and among his classmates were
Alfred Lee, Margart Fuller and Rich
ard Henry Dana. When be was fifteen
years old he was sent TO Phillips Acad-
envy at Andover, where he experienced
for the first time the horrors Of home
sickness, and where for year
he was most unhappy, Then
he returned home, entered
Harvard College, and, having prosecu-
ted the regular course, graduated well
up in his class. After leaving college
he began the study OF law, but did not
find il to his liking, and at the end OF 3
year decided to become 3 physician.
Time proved that be had acted wisely
in leaving the law for medicine, and
both as doctor and professor at Harvard
his laborS were most successful. Holmes
began 10 write both prose and verse
when he was very young, and when
be was twenty-one be wrote a
poem that brought him in
slant reputation, 1t was proposed TO
break up the Constitution, an old frig-
ate with 8 most glorious history, then
lying at the Ch2rlestown Navy Yard,
and the young medical student, IN a
vigorous and patriotic poem, printed in
the Boston - dUcTtiSCr, protested against
the intended dissertation. The poem,
copiend in other newspapers and
printed on slips, flew over the land and
aroused so much feeling that in the end
the Navy Department decided that the
historic old ship should be preserved.
Thus, sixty-two years ago, was laid the
foundation Of a literary reputation that
has since grown greater with each
passing year.
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for Mr.. Dunning's Valuablss were found
IN his possession. A button that Mr..
Dunning had, In his unavailing struggle,
torn from the coat Of bis assailant was
found exactly to match the buttons on
the coat worn by Johnston when he
was arrested.
On the 21st OF March, 1892. Ebert
Bower and Patrick Martell, nurses in
the Presbyterian Hospital, were locked
up on the charges Of rObbing patients
and their fellow nurses. A watch be-
longing to Miss Hall, patient, was 10
Bowers possession when he was ar
rested. Other property missing from
the hospital was seized in his room, and
Bower confessed that be AID Martell had
plotted to raid systematically the help
less sufferers In their care.
Col. T. p. Ochiltree had been lying Ill
for some weeks in his apartments in
Thirty-third street. across the street
from the Waldorf, when James +.
Lynch, OF 447 West TWenty-seventh
street, was sent TO care for him. The
trained fhurse had not been long in
charge when Col. Ochlltree's beautiful
gold watch, the mOmento OF q friendship
shared with 5 noble lady OF Eng land,
passed from view. IL had lain on the
bureau as the head OF the sick mans
bed and attracted much admiration
from his visitors. Lynch was arrested
NJ once and il was discovered that other
things OF value were missing. w. r..
Sanford, OF 10 West SiXty-eighth street,
advertised early in 1891 for trained
nurse. Leonard Barnett was engaged.
Two weeks later be disappeared, and
with him went four gold reDeaters, two
hundred dollars in cash and other prop
erty valued at five thousand dollars.
When BarnetJ was arrested 0y Detec-
rive Eysuhoe, he had pawn tickets for
Mr.. SGnfOrd's jewelry and confessed his
crime To Inspector Byrnes.
On June 25, 1890, q morning metro
politan journal of high reputs for accu-
racy stated that: at is within the range
OF possibility that one or two nurses
shOuld beat q patient almost 20 death
and yet escape the consequences Of
their act by COLLISION and false state
msnts." This was apropos Of charges
Of brutal treatment made By Catherine
Carr against nurses in the Blackwell's
Island insane asylum.
i No ldmlJ tuAt -eAoS ~ o u @'D~N
nurse may entertain an angel IN
Ewares," and In MANY cases does So
There are dsmoniac possibilities, how
ever.
The death OF Mrs Alvin Smayles az
her home in Orange, n. j., recently,
was directly trsCsable to that eStlmao.e
wOmau's devotion q the war Of the re-
bsllion 20 her seIf-aDpoiutsd task OF
nursing. What the trained nurse Of to-
day learns ia the hospitals OF great
city, where humanity is warred against
by disease and poverty, the nurse OF
those earlier, more stirring days was
taught by emergency, in the immediate
presence Of an armed and bloody foe.
Mrs Smayles was a hospital nurse 10
the early SOS. while az work In the
Geld, " said q friend In Orange, "shs re-
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names, and such slight clews as Initials,
and writing to newsdealers and others,
he learned all he desired TO know and
got into correspondence with most OF
the contributors, much to she surprise
but subsequent satisfaction, OF the pro-
prietor Of the paper.
"What induced me, said Mr.. Drenon,
'to turn my attention to the search Tor
missing friends was mere accldent.
I was doing work on the London Star In
the year 1883, and there was much ex-
citement on acco~nt OF the sudden us
appearance Of q young and pretty bur
lesQue actress, Mabel Love, from the
Gaiety Theatre She was supposed TO
have gone away with q nooieman. her
mother was always with her, and ruled
her with rod of iron, but the girl, after
collecting her salary one morning, mad
given her the SLIP and goae no one knew
whittier.
How was she to be traced in the
great world Of LondOnS For amusement
1 thought would try. I knew guard
on the Irish mail train that left Euston
station for Holyhead to connect with
the Dublin boat. ] asked him casually
II he remembered such q passenger as
Mabel Love. DE said that there was =
young woman that answered the de-
scription and she had no baggage.
Thinking that it might be the girl, l
took the next train and boat for Dub
lin. l searched all the hotel registers
In that city without success. But 1t
never occurred 10 me TO look at the
register az the hotel at which / myself
was staying. This was the Clarence
hotel, Wellington Quay. Sure enough,
when opened the book her name was
there. Satisfied my self it was she, l
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eyes OF dead sculDin. After the read
ing OF the annual report, the women
all want TO kiss him (which is no harm
81 all for be Is such a nice old man and
those who are Young and good looking
succeed, while the others fail, but take
no offense, which shows what won
derful talent he has for managing diff
cult affairs.
The woods are full Of such men, but
we seldom hear OF them. Sometimes 3
mau who has really done something
crsditsble is threatened with the Pc
culiar alteration that's usually lavished
upon the venerable president Of the
Society for the Providing OF a Soft
Snap for its President. But such a
victim is usually really good and able
gentleman, AID therefore safe from Of
fee holding during this and the sue
ceeding century, so far as we can see.
The other kind likes it. That is what
be lives 90.
Anybody who hass watched him at
work will not doubt his ability. The
very fact that he remains unknown,
except TO his dsYotees, shows what =
really great MAD he is. We see bis
name, of course u reports of the meet
ings OF the 81 tiety, accompanied by
resolutions of we and affection, and q
one-column cut pr silver mug, suitA-
bly, inscribed, ne said cut being kindly
furnished the eWspapsrs by the gen.
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telegraphed 70 her mother, who came
by the next train and took her home.
Ii was what YOU call in this country a
beat for the star, which paper gave
the first intimaJiOn 10 the public that
the girl had been found. She was
good, innocent creature, and had gone
away alone, her mind having become
uuhiused by the constant surveillance
Of her suspicious mother.
Now" continued Mr.. Drenon, TAX
ing from a bureau drawer numerous
packets Of letters all neatly done up
and Endorsed, Il will show you the
correspondence IN some Of my more i'm
portant cases. My reason for coming
10 the United States was that l found
that most Of the cases OF missing
friends placed in my hands were con-
corning persons who had lett Great
Britain or Ireland for the United
States, aud I thought I could work
with greater facility here. Reynolds
Newspaper and LlOyd's Weekly insert
advertisements for missing relatives or
friends free. The following is the kind
Of notice that appears ia the columns Of
these journals; News wanted Of
Samuel Herbert Bradley, who left Bull
well. Motifs, 1856. Last heard OF AZ
Burmese, Pa, about four years since.
Reynolds Newspaper OF March II gives
a list Of nineteen missing men and nine
missing women whom 1 successfully
traced In the United States in quite a
short time"
Mr.. Drenon then spoke OF his meth
DDS s. length. They are simple
enough" he said 81 first get all the
clews together and follow uD the most
probable ones. II necessary l advertise
or go to the place where there is the
most likely clew. ! often try to enlist
the sympathy Of the postmaster in l
small place, and then, as last resort,5a
work through the police. Some appar-
entity difficult cases l have found easy
and others that would seem very sim
Die have taxed my resources and ener-
giles to the fullest extent. Sometimes
persons do not wish 20 be found, and
lose themselves again rs soon as they
hear from the friends who are looking
FOR them. l had such a case few
months ago. A poor wife wrote to me
Ia great distress. Her husband bad left
England for the United States and she
had not heard OF him for many years.
With considerable difficulty | traced
him 20 Rochester, y. y. There / OBJ
tanned another Clew which resulted in
my locating MIN in New York city. He
was with mercantile house and appar-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-24
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
ONE OF TIE YOUNGEST OF OLD BOY
LIVING.
Light-Hsart.d aud BuOyant as in Youth.
Sons Account Of Els Long Life and Useful
Work.

Boston, June 22.-Visters to Boston
will sometimes see walking briskiy
through the streets slender, white
haired old gentleman, whose distn-
guished bearing at once provokes curios-
itY. Should you ask who he was you
would be told that he was Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, famous IS physician and
college professor, but still more IA
nous by reason OF the many delight
full books, in prose and verse, OF which
he is the author. Dr. Holmes is one Of
the youngest old boys living, as light.
hearted, buoyant and with as keen an
interest in lite and its pro- lens as
he possessed in his youth. he is now
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eighty-fve wears OF age, and from the
study window OF his house in Beacon
street, Boston, he can see the town OF
Cambridge, where he was born, and the
village Of Cambridgeport where ne went
to school. The Old gambrel-roofed
house in which he was born was pulled
down . few years ago, but during the
revolution it was for time the head
quarters Of the American army, and FOR
several generations 1t was one Of the
sights OF thu town.
DR.. Holmes father was long pastor Of
the first church In Cambridge, then a
rambling, pleasant country village.
The little boy, as soon as he was old
enough was sent TO danes school In
ambridgeport. He was an imaginative,
fanciful child, easily frightened, and
there was a glove makers sign, big
wooden hand, which he had to pass on
his daily walks TO and from school,
which always filed him with terror.
"Oh. the dreadful hand" he says in one
Of his essays, always hanging there
ready TO catch up little boy who
would come home 10 his supper no
more, nor get to bed-whose porringer
would be laid away empty thenceforth,
and his half-worn shoes wait until bis
smaller brother grew up to fl them"
In another place, referring to his child
hood, he speaks Of the firing Of the great
guns at at the Charlestown Navy Yard,
which could be easily heard at Cam
bridge. This was the signal that a ship
of war had come in, and 'of course, -
adds the poet, 81 supposed that such
vessels came in Unexpectedly after years
of denly as fallen stones
and that the great guns roared in their
astonishment and delight at the slRhtof
the war ship splitting the bay with her
cutwater. Now, the SloOp-of-war,
the Wasp Captain Blakely, after
glorious!y capturing the Reindeer and
and the Avon had disappeared from
the face OF the ocean, and was supposed
10 be lost But there was no proof OF
il. and, Of course, for time hopes were
entertasaeG that she might be heard
from. Long after the last chance had
utterly vanished, pleased myself with
the fond illusion that somewhere on the
waste of waters she was still floating;
and there were years during which |
never heard the sound Of the great
guns booming inland from the navy
ward without saying TO myself, the
WASP" has GOMEZ and almost thinking
could see her, IS she rolled in, crumb-
ling the water before her, weather
beaten, bsrnacled, with shattered spars
and thresdbars canvas, welcomed Oy the
shouts and tears of thousands. THIS
was one of the dreams that l Rnrsed
and never told. Let me- nake>a clean
breast Of II now and say. that so late IS
to have outgreWn childhood, perhaps TO
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no more about it till the bell rings for
the next fit. Some of us know better.
The Constitutional Convention in New
York gave US 8 very valuable tip. Be
fore this body, the case of Woman with
a capital w was presented in the same
old way 20 which we have become &C
custoued. But the chorus, this time, is
different Not woman can be found
who is satisfied with what was said be-
fore the convention In favor Of the
cause. No two agree as TO what was
the matter with it; and that's the hope
full sign. So long as the little band OF
suffrsgists were at peace with one an
other, they were justly held 30 be .reaks,
aud not truly representative Of the sex.
Eut now they shout: "Oh, will you
look at that argument! 1t is short
wasted behind, and its skirt hangs be-
low its dress. " That's business. Woman
has now certainly taken this question
up, ana wa shall have no peace in our
lives until We yield, and very little
sfterward.
Il behooves rs, then, TO consider
whether we shall lose or gain by the
change, and how much. In the small
towns there will probably be no notice
able difference. The rural districts, az
TO their local affairs, are already gov
erned by Wemen. II is true that the
men meet once a year and eject tobacco
Juice upon the floor Of the town hall.
They imagine that they are exercising
political powers, but In reality they are
meudinE q few roads and patching up
the roof of the school house. There is
no government, strictly speaking, in the
country except in the churches, which
are controlled by women. II is rare to
ind a town meeting which breeds Bit
teruess OF spirit, or ScaEdsl, or the
various forms Of effective oppression,
aud without these there can be no poll
ties.
1t is in the cities that We may look
for q change, and in those communities
which are sufficiently under city inGu-
ence 10 have their bosses. The govern
ments Of large cities are now entirely
personal. We have certain number
OF kings whose individual characterize
les are exactly reflected in their rel gns.
The reigning monarchs of New York,
for instance, have not bathed, in many
generations, with that regularity
which is supposed to characterize q
good dog.
These are cold facts and perfectly
well known. Now! am no enthusiast
in the matter OF women's judgement Of
character. l haySialwGYs been favor
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the fact that the charges osougnt
against Gilroy in connection WITH al
legged corruption in the city govern aent
OF New York have been OF nature TO
clear him OF any downright law break
ing. For Gilroy is one OF the moss
acute men in Tammany, and void hesl-
tate 10 place himself in conprmisiny
position for very obvious reasons. lila
certain that any investigating commit
tee would find IL hard TO get him In its
clutches.
Now, however. there come stories
bearing every semblsnce OF verify, and
which are Endorsed by competent au-
thority, to the effect that for over q
year past Mr. Gilroy has been arranging
for trip 10 Europe At the expiration
OF his term. aud that the trip will last
many months. This is one reason,
according TO some, FOR the peculiar
investments the mayor has been making,
and for the care he has taken TO
conceal the nature OF his property from
everyone. Fsw persons, for instance,
are aware that Mr.. Gilroy is wealthisr
than Richard Croker. All his fortune
has been made out Of Tammany, and
consists OF real estate, stocks, bonds
and gilt dyed securities generally. The
revl estate is nearly all In the name OF
the mayors wife, but his investments
In stocks are made through a broker.
AS recently as six months ago Mr.. Gill
roy made transfer Of some OF his in
vestmsnts TO new securities, and the
amount thus involved amounted 10
$500, 900.
10 addition to that he took an inter
est In two trust companies which man
aged TO control east side business In
realty through his efforts and cleared
tens OF thousands OF dollars. Besides
this there 10 4 water company and gas
concern in which the mayor has felt
lively interest for nearly q year. The
mayors favorlte way is TO take small
financial interest In corporation
which needs municipal influence for
its success, TO boom It's stock through
his favor as official head OF tho
ci:y and uheG the price goes mp to sell
out respectable profit. Even the poll
Itlcians who surround Mayor Gilroy
would be astOnished 10 learn that his
income has averaged forty thousand
dollars q year during the past SIX years.
His fortune to-day Is at least one million
five hundred thousand dollars, In assets
which can be traced very easily a. his,
but go shrewd has the mayor been that
even those who know him best can
scarcely credit the fact.
The mayor lives like prince 10 =
quiet way. His stables are luxurious,
and his home Ia the city, while modest
outside, contains splendid evidences OF
wealth, His country homo Is not so
elaborate interiorly but II Is certainly
pretentious The mayor Is becoming
quite lit,rIry aud has fine library. His
sons, as is we'll known, are doing well,
o. rather one OF them IL. His wife
wears finer diamonds than any woman
in New York, and on one occasion
showed them 30 consplcuously Ia a par
Tor car as TO o ouse the hostility OF a
TammRny politicians wife who was 10
the same Conveyance, and thus began
some rumors tiat the gentleman who
looks so brave AS grand Eachem when be
wears the high hat OF his Office, might
have trouble in explaining where be
gets all his wealth.
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A new anecdots OF Gounod Is told by
e London paper. A lady, who was a
great admirer Of the composer, while 10
his drawing-room one day, noticed q
cherry.stone on the mantel-piece an
nexed It. took II home, and had 1t set by
q jewelsr as brooch, surrounded by
diamonds and pearls. Paying visit to
Gounod some weeks later. the lady drew
attention 70 her act Of reverence, when
Gounod said, But madame, | never eat
cherries; the stone you found on the
mantlepiece was from cherry eaten by
my servant Jean!"
Yyette Guilbert, the French chan
teuse, who sings the "bluest" OF songs
with the demursst Of faces, has begun
a ten nights engagement in London az
5000 per night, and people are crowd
ing the Empire Theatre 10 be shocked.
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about people which on investigation
show that something suspiciously like
crime may have been committed to
get the party sought for out OF the way.
An old woman wrote TO me from Hull,
England, that her husband left Eng
land in 1854 with seven hundred pounds.
He was going TO brother, VINO lived
IN Texas. The wife was TO join him
later. Soon after she received word
from the brother that her husband had
died three days after his arrival at his
brothers house, and asking what diSpo-
sition was 20 be made OF his effects.
The wife in great grief wrote TO the
brother to keep the clothes, pay the iu-
neral expenses and send the rest OF the
money 10 her. She received but twenty
pounds, the brother urging her 10 invest
ia land with the balance OF the money.
She declined to do so, since which she
has not heard word. She learned that
she was advertised for few years ago,
though this may be a mistake.
THE poor creature is very old and
feeble, is behind with her rent and re-
ceiveS parish relief. have got some
clew to the brothers former where
abouts, and when l have finished MY
INQUIRIES | should not be surprised TO
find that there was something like foul
play In making away with the husband.
The brother may be dead, but | may find
bis children and get to know how they
acquired their property and obtain
relief for the poor old widow"
B. =. VALENTINE.