The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
Round About
NEw DIRK

that is mortal OF Edwin Wall,
known throughout the east side as
the good apotheCary." In the midst
Of the swirling hurly.burly of great
city Wall lived the life of recluse,
and for thirty years previous to his
sudden death last week he had not
ventured beyond the doors of his lit
tie drug store He was an exile
among the mighty multitude-a self
imposed exile, since he was strong
and vigorous and quite able. physi.
cally, to take his place in the process.
sion which marched increasingly past
his door. The trolley line in front
of his place of business had never
collected a nickel from him. In the
distance he could hear the roar of
trains going through on subway and
elevated, but they remained mysteries
of which he knew only by report. The
transition TO the grave must have
been, for him, but slight change.
Three decades ago when Walz enter.
ed upon his life of seclusion from the
world, the metropolis was, compar.
atively, but struggling village.
Around the little shop of the chemist
great buildings were reared. The city
| spread and prospered, the drowsy hum
Of traffic became shrek, but the
druggist needed not the changes that
men call progress.
| Yet he was no hard.hearted miser.
His hand was always open to the
poor and the afflicted In a dozen
languages he was called the good
apothecary," and when he died prayers
of the repose of his soul were uttered
in all the tongues and dialects known
TO the cosmopolitan East Side. No
prescription brought to Wall was re-
fused because of lack of money to
pay. Every night line of homeless,
hopeless men formed at his door and
received from his hands the money
to pay for lodgings.
Despite his charity, Wall prospered
financially. Few were so mean as
to take advantage of his generous
spirit and in a large proportion of
cases those who had received medi-
zines free eventually paid with inter
lest. Even the tramps and beggars
sometimes returned after months or
lyears and left with the chemist some
Substantial evidence of their oppre-
citation of past favorS.
| Walz came TO New York from Ger
many when a mere lad. and gradu.
ated from the College of the City of
New York. He began his business
career as a clerk in the same store
in Grand street where he died. A
Dr. FaSen then owned the shop, and
at his death left the place to his clerk
About that time the young chemist
wooed, but failed to win, beautiful
girl then living in old Greenwich vii
lage. Shortly afterward he entered
upon his life of seclusion and never
left the store until his lifeless body
was carried out in coffin His cpl
taph, The Good Apothecary," is gray
en- on the hearts Of thousands who
knew and loved him and whom he
loved.
The most perfect specimen ever
: found OF the eohippus. or fourtoet
horse, the earliest known ancestor OF
the noble animal which is now being
superseded by the automobile, is be
ing mounted and will soon be on view
to the public at the museum of natur
al history. This almost complete spec
linen of the skeleton of the eohippus
was found last summer in the Bac
Lands of Wyoming by William Stein
a chef and teamster for Wyoming
expeditions and, between times, ;
, bone hunter on his own hook,
, The new specimen is considered b!
experts TO be the most ancient in eX
istence, as it was discovered in {
, formation which dates. roughly esti
mated, to q matter of three million
years ago. AT that time, say the sci
entists, or rather shortly before. WY
oming was at sea level and was in
b habited by mammoth snakes and rep
: tiles of kind undreamed of by evel
Z. the victims OF delerium tremens. Al
l earthquake caused an uplifting of tn
ranges now known as the Rookie
and a general elevation of the adjacen
scenery. The snakes died off and tn
. abundant vegetation that sprung "
: became the home of rare wild beasts
. including the eohippus, or four-toe
- equine. Their bones became imbet
ded in the clays and sands of that re
=. gion. The Big Horn Basin, where tn
T.. remains of the eohippus now in tn
~ possession of the museum We're found
is part of the formation caused by tn
!. great cataClysm. In size the skeleto
indicates an animal about like a re
fox or a mediumsiZed dog. Severe
other unique specimens of variou
{ sorts OF primitive animals have latel
> been discovered by agents of the mi
! scum in the states of Jalapa and ST
i nora, Mexico, and in Texas and Flo
II ida.
1t is doubtful if the south could d,
Il velop anything so virulent in the e:
! preston of racial hatred as followe
the attack on DR.. Booker T. Washing
u ton, the Negro educator, by a whit
man named Ulrich. Comments hear
on the streets of New York indicate
~ that the average man took no accom-
;. of the guilt or innocence of Uric
but defended or condemned his az