The Washington herald., 1907-09-20

traVagancs. Although he is able to crafty
any desire that money can buy. and IS in
command OF a slave as powerful as the
one attached to Aladdin's lamp. he doesn't
care 90 spend his money for anything
but shoes. Simple as his taste is in
respect TO all other articles of wearing
apparel, Mr.. Rockefeller's shoes must be
just right. He has them made 10 order
by a Cleveland shoemaker. and he doesn't
care what the price may be If the shoes
suit his feet and please his fancy. lie
orders new pairs continuously, and is said
10 have as large personal collection
of shoes as any opera queen. On the
golf links the Standard oil magnate Is
the most democratic Of men OF late
years he has shown a great fondness
for associating with younger people, even
with the somewhat irreverent young men
who make their living by writing for
newspapers To one of his newspaper
friends who played golf with him this
summer, Mr. Rockefeller said: I enjoy
being with younger men so much that
7 wish l could seek their society more
freely. But it is hard for me 20 have
friends. I meet people and begin 10
with a contribution box" Mr.. Rookie
feller then gave his newspaper friend an
opening: How are you getting on
financially" he asked. "As well as a
man Of my age could hope or expect,
replied the correspondent, braVely. And
they resumed the game.
Col James Armstrong commercial and
marine editor Of the Charleston News and
Courier. is blessed with a memory which
compreheuds the important events and
the minute details of all that has hap
pened In and about the port Of Charleston
for the past fifty years The News and
Courier is the third oldest daily news
paper in the United States. II has had a
marine department since the late '2Us OF
the last century. Its first marine editor
was James Gordon Bennett. afterward
the founder Of the New York Herald and
the father Of modern American journal
isa He was succeeded by William :.
King, who continued his activity until
1852 Then there were several others, ana
shortly after the civil war Col. Armstrong
took up the work which he Is still doing
To illustrate how details are stored IN
his memory q friend engaged him IN con
-ersltion about ante-bellum politics. In
what building was the Democratic con-
ventiJn Of 1860 held2 he was asked. IN
the old South Carolina hall which was
burned during the war l remember the
arrival OF the Massachusetts delegation.
Caleb Gushing and benjamin +. Butler
were its leaders. Gushing was made pres
!dent Of the convention and Butler dis
tiuglished himself by voting for Jefferson
Davis for lfty-seveu ballots. The Massa-
chusetts delegation came by sea In the
steamer s r. Spaulding. They had Gil
more's baud with them and were given u
great reception when they landed.
Col Armstrong was Confederate SOL
der, and was badly wounded in the leg
a few days before Lees surrender. He
was taken prisoner and was IN hos
pitaI tent at City Point Va. Mr.. Lincoln
was there and came into the tent and
spoke 10 him kindly. After few days
Col. Armstrong was taken TO Washington,
arriving on the same day Lincoln was
assassinated. When the news of the
tragedy in Ford's Theater reached the
hospital a nurse told Col Armstrong
Next morning he awakened and thought
he lad dreamed Of the President having
been shot and be turned TO another
wounded prisoner and began 10 tell his
dream. The other man held up news
paper. black -bordered, and Armstrong
knew il was not "a dream. He was IN
that hospital just one year. Then ht
lirnped back to Charleston and his ships
10 begin five decades Of hard worS-
James T. Harahan. president Of the
Illinois Central Railroad, whose quarrel
with his predecessor, Stuyvesant Fish, has
attracted so much newspaper attention
was once a Democratic ward politician
II Was LONG ago. in the days when he
was q section boss. Harahan was born
in New England OF Irish parentage. Soon
after the close of the civil war he found
himself working as q section hand on the
louisville and Nashville Railroad in Ten
nessee. He was made boss cf the section
II Columbia Politics was hot III lhOS5
davs. and Harahau went i'm and got con-
rr0l OF the Third ward. which sent him
several times TO the board Of aldermen
As a section boss he worked hard The
men higher Up noticed that he could ge'
more work and better work out or a Sang
of negro la3Orers than anybody else. -
he was made roadmaster From that tt
division suueriutendent was an easy
head Of the operating department Of th'
Louisville and Nashville. Then the Hi
nois Central took him away, and for six
teen years he was vice president Of tha
railroad His espOusal Of the cause o
Hartman and his supplanting OF FIsl
are events Of recent history.
When many young men were goinl
West. in accordance with the advice o
Horace Greeley, John L. Young, promo
ter and part owner of YOung's new mi.
Ion-dollar-pier at Atlantic City, decide.
that a strip of sand along the Atlantic
coast was the greatest piece Of pay dir
between New York and California for HI
man who worked it right. Mr.. Young wa!
a humble carpenter, earning less thai
SO a week and for a time il was difficult
to save anything, but by pinching anC
giving notes he managed 10 buy SOM
sea-fronJ land in the village Of Atlanta
Cftv. which then had no large hotels, ant
was IN its infancy as resort
Mr.. Young was q native of the vicinit!
OF Atlantic City, and his faith was strong
although his purse was weak. He saw il
the future a great playground for tn
overheated, enervated millions Of tn
great Eastern cities. lie induced fel
low-worknen 20 invest their savings will
his In land, and advised them to continu'
to put their money In Atlantic City in
stead OF savings banks. He worked 70
a time as a life-gUard when not employe,
al his trade. All Of his money went bacl
into the ground as he got IL. After
time he built TCungs Hotel the first fire
proof hotel at Atlantic City, and Young
Pier. or Young's Old Pier, as it is nov
called. Then he began 10 make none.