Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-02-10

ard, night editor of the paper. Sud-
denly Mp Childs began to slip forward
in his chair, and would have fallen to
the floor if the two gentlemen had not
sprang forward and raised him up.
Mr.. Shepard and Mr.. Steele and Mr.
Childs himself believed that the at
tack was nothing more than vertigo,
and Mr.. Childs laid down and DR.. J.
M. Dacosta. his family physician, was
sent for When DR.. Dacosta arrived
he found that Mr.. Childs had had
slight stroke of paralysis, due, as the
physicians have since learned, to the
breaking off small blood vessel in the
head and the formation in the brain of
a small clot Of blood.
Mr.. Childs was removed to his resi-
dence after DR.. Dacosta had completed
his examination and another physician
was called in. The two doctors at the
time did not apprehend any fatal re-
suits, as the paralysis was slight and
did not greatly affect his limbs, and
they had good basis to work upon in
Mr.. Childs' splendid constitution and
orderly life.
When the news OF Mr.. Childs' illness
was read in the papers throughout the
country on Friday morning kilograms
and letters of sympathy and hope of
his speedy recovery began to pour in
upon his family from the most eminent
and prominent men and women in the
United States and from many in En-
gland.
For more than week Mr.. Childs'
condition did not grow any worse, but
on the contrary showed slight signs of
improvement. The clot OF blood. on
the brain. however, was not absorbed,
as often happens in similar cases, and
after week the paralysis began to
progress slowly. Then Mr. Childs'
physicians began battle against hope.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell and DR.. Charles
X. Mills, two of Philadelphias' most
eminent specialists, were called in for
consultation.
On last Friday night week ago Mr..
Childs' condition changed for the
worse and became critical. Through
out the past week he has remained in
much the same condition, but Thurs
lay and yesterday Mr. Childs showed
some improvement and there was a
faint hope that he might ultimately
rally.
At no time before last night was Mr..
Childs' unconscious during his Illness
He recognized those about his bedside
and conversed with them, expressing
wish for anything that ha wanted.
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night
Mr.. Child's respiration became en-
barrassed and his pulse began TO flag.
His physicians recognized the signs of
approaching dissolution, and although
everything that medical science and
skill could do to prolong life was done,
Mr.. Childs sank rapidly, and at SOL
o'clock this morning the generous
heart that beat SO kindly for his fellow
men was stilled in death.
Except his wife, Mr.. Childs had no
immediate family, but there were gath
cred at his house at the time of his
death George c. Thomas and James W.
Paul, Of the firm Of Drexel & Co; Miss
Peterson, Mrs. Childs' niece; Miss STAN
ley, Mrs. Childs' companion, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Drcxcl, the son and daugh-
ter-in-law OF the late A. J. Drexel and
Col. Dc v. Morrell, husband of the
youngest daughter Of the late Frank
Drexel.
In the death Of Mr.. Childs Philadel-
phia loses one of the citizens of which
the city was most proud, and the coun.
try at large one of its best-known pri-
vate citizens. From his early bcyhood
Mr.. Childs' life WAS such that :its.c4n
stand as model and example to all
mon for what noble manhood and an
honest, upright, conscientious life
should be. The story Of the struggles
Of poor and friendless boy into the
position Of one Of the great publishers
Of the world. and the honored and
sought for friend Of eminent men in all
walks Of life, reads Hike . romance.
Mr.. Childs' career as publisher of the
better class Of books, and his phenom.
enal success in rebuilding the fortunes
| Of . broken-down newspaper and maxi
ling il ono Of the leading and most
profitable journals of the land have
made his fame ~ u business man as
great as have his acts Of bcnevolence
made him beloved wherever the En-