St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-01-13

is certainly good Christian gentle
man, lover of wife and home, and one
whom all manly men may admire on
that account.
Gen. Miles is also worthy of the hon
ors which have come to him for the
same reason He would rather go home
to lunch or to supper with his wife
than to attend any of the grand BAN
uuets which are bestowed upon him.
His home life is beautiful, and his wife
loves him for his unblemished life and
character. He is never away from
| home at night, unless accompanied Dy
his wife, or unless public duties or pub
lie receptions require him to be without
/ her.
/ Admiral Schley has always been
home body, and he loves no society as
he loves the society OF his wife. After
his return from Cuba, when hundreds
of letters were pouring in upon him
from every section of the country, Ad-
miral Schley quietly lived here in re-
tirement, his wife by his side, and all OF
j the letters which came were opened and
read by her. She smiled one day and
said to the writer: This experience
would make a good private secretary,
for I am debating answers to many OF
these letters"
j One day recently, while writing an
Endorsement upon a small check in
bank, / heard voice near me saying:
s'WiII you kindly cash this check and
give an old man some money for it q
Looking up I saw Admiral Schley
standing by me, smiling as he handed a
check to the paying teller. who said:
t"Why, admiral, you are not an old man
Iyet, by great deal.
Admiral Schley replied: "Well, OF
4 board ship the boys call me old man.
They always call the commanding of
icer the old man. no matter what his
age may be. remember when 4 was in
command of the New York heard some
sailors swearing, and sent word to
them they were violating the regula-
tions, and were offending high heaven
by the use of such language. The
next morning, just as | awakened,
heard sailor start sentence with ar
oath, when another said: Be careful
the old man will hear you.'
After the admiral received cash fol
| his check, told him that an old school
. mate of his had said to me that many
years ago the admiral had said tina
many men lost fame and fortune bJ
failing to take advantage OF opportuni
: ties. and he replied:
"That is true. During the civil war {
, young captain in the navy had an oP
portunity to win fame by sinking a boa
of the enemy, but hesitated few min
utes. and the opportunity was gone.
:. have often said that if ever had an op
!, portunity for distinction, / would taxi
advantage of it, Well, when the battle
of Santiago was beginning ! mentally
! said to myself Here is your oppor
) tunity. and / FASTENED to take adyan
: tage of it. Any captain in the feet couls
have done as well as did on that ocea
sion; but it was my opportnnit.
to be temporarily in command, and
! took. advantage of that opportunit,
: and got into the fight without delay
: Opportunity comes to every man a
. least once i'm lifetime, but man,
; men neglect their opportunities"
. How true that is. Young men ans
women who read those words of tn
|, great admiral will do well to remembe
5 them, and be ready for the opportunit,
!. to win success, when opportunit.
comes. It win be well also toremembe
;. that the men who achieve in this worI,
!, are those who love their homes, ant
), who turn their backs upon the world
follies and wickedness.
SMITH d. FRY