The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900. OBJECTIONS OF THE WAVOR WERE 0T CONSIDER George Y. Ridenbaugh and Helen Eaton of Los * Angeles Elope. e oS Arrived in This City on the Owl and Will Remain Here a Week Before Returning Home. Mayor Eaton of Los p give his immediate arriage with George Y. g n Louise Eaton elop wursday night and arri t Owl train yesterday ple are now and will remain in at the end of urn to Los Ange- of forgiveness person. he rriage on the s parent s father | - the event 50 | wait- wought ¢ by hi of presence of d a wedding | on the Owi. ty of City 1 and is well con- Angeles, | WILL SOLEMNLY OBSERVE | CORPUS CHRISTI FEAST Catholic Churches Have Prepared | Fitting Ceremonies for This { Most Sacred Day. | hx celebrated in r of the | father Chi- | sermon. In | solemn vespers | lessed sacrament. | »ers there will be a | essed sacrament | will & church. Priests s in surplices, wen’s Sod: he Ladies’ Sodal ocession. The Sod ring the procs irgo will be rendered | be celebrated in $ o'clock Thurs- 2 of St. ° In the evening there will tion An extra mass be celebrated at 9 he sacred vill be a ser- | ssed sacrament of the novena “hristi to-mor- gh mass at 10 n with the morning service xposition of the adoration nented chof: rening at by the Rev. owed by crament HREE TIMES TO COMMIT SuiCID Ehle, an Insane Soldier, capes From the Presidio and Is Recaptured. priv in\the United ¥ insane, made his > Thursday. The the Recelving Hos- ep a lookout for d on P wn TRIES exchanged ific street ker, not 1 the wrong car- s v so that Bhle re room in a ¢ Stockton rning made mself. He first : cartridge T ke a bottle w agged edges .. That he jumped m. He had and escaped ecelving Hos- ttended to insane were aken back to POSTUM CEREAL. COFFEE DISEASES. ter and Young Lady Affected. metimes find they suffer bad habits as well as Rev. Mr. of had become greatly coffee drinking, which h trouble and all of the overwork or poor nourish- ee and began 8rinking Food Coffee. to improve and he ds, an increase of | s former weight. This | n health and strength is! due to the use of Postum by the fact that when he g Postum—as he has done periment—he begins to lose back into his old condi- | L who writes about the | t she was formerly suffer- irom “those twin diseases,” nervousness. ‘I knew i the discases had their origin and while I was | rious effects upon | .1 was not willing to give it | did not know of anything to| | | | 1 the | come forth by | aims the existence | POUNDMASTER SLINKEY TRIES TO BEAT BOAT TO SAUSALITO L B e e e R S Sl e ol o e o e e *i e eb e )-&-P-0-D-0H oD * » . 4 T b T STAND ouv : WATERY . FOR THE ¢ RESTING PLACE o+ TASTE OF ; WATER ¢'v - ”» 1 “Dan” Takes a Flunge Into the Bay From the Ferryboat. Beieieie e e beisied AN SLINKEY. poundmaster of the against the poolmen Slinkey has always | town of Sausalito, attempted to|been their friend. His ladi poolroom, commit suicide by jumping into the | “'fl““h was backed by the other pool- =ellers such a pal bay from the steamer Sausalito on | pable violation of the at even the the trip from this city vesterday | {les had to turn I¢ dogn. o1t authorl- afternoon. In the early part of the pres-| Slinkey is quite a character. His main ent week Slinkey, in connection with | falling is liquor and to that is attributed iu Sausalito and was in a fair way t0 | 1oF7osibly have been caused by contact make a fortune, but the publicity given|with the water and It 18 supposed a the affair caused the authorities to close the place. Since then Slinkey has been despordent with the result that to-day while crossing the bay he endeavored to | cruise along the water front before em- barking on the ferry steamer resulted in his attempt to beat the boat to Sausalito, Dan strenuously denies an attempt at suicide and is quite positive he fell off, but drown his troubles and himself in the | eye-witnesses disprove | ihis statement chill waters nd say that he deliberately threw off his Slinkey is an old resident of Marin|hat and coat and leaped overboard. Hardly passing beneath the was seen to calmly turn of await his, early rescue. surface, he back and were ex- County and has been a Strong supporter | of the pool-selling Interests in Sausalito. | In the fierce battle that has been waged | ars 1 ENJOYED | E BRINGING To OCESS o« = B s SECE S e ST S SRS SRR RCRN S S SOSPe B S R S e e . ] pressed by the passengers that before the | rescuers could reach him he would swal- | low one mouthful of water, which would | be more fatal than poison. The boat | traversed about 200 yards before it was | brought to a standstill and then the usual | delay occurred in lowering and mannin | the ‘boats. Fortunately the San Rafael, on her way to this city, perceived that | something was wrong, instantly changed | her rse and lowered a boat which soon picked him up. | After being transferred to the Sausa- | lito Slinkey was taken to the bar and | enough “preventive” given him to keep | him free from colds for the balance of his | life. The rescued poundkeeper had a | bath furnished Him, causing unlimited | amusement to the crowd on the boat and | finally went ashore at Sausalito with a “package” of very comfortable propor- | tions, one that ought to last him a week without any replenishing. ANSWERS DEATH’S FINAL SUMMONS Milo J. Ayer, One of the Forty-Niners, Passes Away. L e e e s i I SR e e o HUNDREDS TOOK FAMINATION T0 BECOME CLERKS | Civil Service Commission Faced Large Array of Candidates. —_—— B O R e R tously Assisted in Testing Capa- bility of Applicants for Positions. st The second civil service examination | under the new charter took place last | evening In the Girle’ High School. Four | hundred and fifty persons, ranging in age | from 21 to 70 years, sat at the desks re- | cently vacated by the High School girls | with squared elbows and expressions of | ¢ earnest attention and worked two hours over the questions prepared for them by the Civil Service Commissioners. The prizes at stake were positions as ordinary clerks in several departments of the cit and county government. There were twenty-five women candidates, none of whom had reached middle age. J. Richard Freud made all the announce- ments in the auditorium, which contained % eager contestants. He assisted by Secretary Moran. Civil Service Commis sioners Quinn and McCarthy and the board of examiners, consisying of Judge Coffey, L. R, Ellert and Charles Bund- schu, were on the front of the stage. The tasks set were to write a letter con- - MILO J. AYER. @ e o R e R ot e o ] ILO J. AYER, an old and respect- ed resident of this city, died ye: terday afternoon after a brief ill- ness. The deceased reached Sac- ramento in August, 1849, the plains with a_party consisting of twenty-five young fortune seekers, one of whom_died on the journey. Among them were D. J. Staples, recently deceased; W. Felch and Mr. Sweetzer of Sacr: mento and D. Easterbrook of Haywards. The death of Mr, Ayer leaves Mr. Ea: terbrook the last survivor of the perilous s trip of fifty-one years ago. On arriving at taining at least 10 words pertaining to the | Sacramento Mr. ..yer met his cousin, Dr. city government; to write a letter of 100 | Washington Ayer, who had reached the Words addressed to the Civil Service Com- | Golden Gate by way of Cape Horn, and mission asking for a position as clerk in | together they set out for Mokelumne Hill, Some department, describing the duties of | where they located some good claims af Such position and stating how they should | Rich Guich. A few years later deceased be discharged; solving ten problems in | came to San Francisco and established a arithmetic; copying from a mixed up sec- | Jucrative business as a millwright. Some tion of the city charter, arranging it prop- \ of the mills of the early days still stand A% %nd correcting something like forty | as a monument to his skiil and clever errors of spelling, punctuation, etc. | workmanship. The contestants were required to score | Mr. Aver was a member of the Society 5 per cent to be eligible. The results will | of California_Picneers, under whose aus- ssibly not be known for a fortnight. | pices the body will be interred. The n contestant having four sets of Da- | funeral will take place to-morrow after- there will be 1800 sets to examine. | noon from Pioncer Hall, on Fourth street, hools having closed yvesterday, the | The deceased was a native of Vermont, gervices of the public school teachers may | 79 years of age and leaves a family of four not be available, their vacations properly | children andseventeen grandchildren. beginning to-day. The following named secn. Al e teachers assisted as examiners last even- Rely Upon Platt’s Chlorides . for household disinfection. Odorless,cheap* Zac Rose V. Claiborne, M. Misses I. R. Brown. e. H. D. Conlon, M. E. Crowley, L. F. e gl gl g Doraa, M. Fitzgerald, ¥. X Brutally Kicked a Horse. -l ey g ¥ Hintord. T-1 C. A. Dittmale, a conductor on an Ellis- o O F 'Langley, E. Levison, M. E. | street electric car, was arrested yesterday ¢ L. MeCarty, B. McNicholl, K. J. | by Officer Hooper of the Society for the tuef, M. T.-Shea, L. Simpson, §. | Prevention of Cruelty to, Animals for impec C. Stallman, Jesste Smith, M. C. | prutally kicking a horse. The horse had orpey £. Teaynor, L 8. Wolt and 3 ¥ | peen left by its owner, J. Cantor of 738 w ames G. Mitchell an . Mani. | Vallejo street, near the curb on Elilk el 38 3. Dewhes | street, near Powell. It moved a little Those in charge of rooms were: Mre& R. | toward the car track, and the conductor L. Mann, Miss M. E. Kennedy and Miss | i moving it away kicked the poor beast Wolf, room 19; Miss M. Fitzgerald, Miss | repeatedly. Mr. Cantor went to the rescue M. Ruef and Mrs. Fitzgerald, room 20 and was also assaulted by the conductor, Miss E. L. McCarty, Miss S. Simpson and | byt was not damaged. Miss M. G. Gleason. room 21; Miss Jessie | b siace: oo P O S, Sitn, il 68" Bori and Mgk M | e save mones tor amateurs, we loaa you 8 > O B L & 3 4 . H D, Conlon and Miss K. Levison, room | kodak. Backus Studlo, 1 Geary at.; sgoplies. © % T other teachers named assisted in | the ;‘&‘;iu‘;num. aistributing and collecting To Address Young Men. To-morrow afternoon the Rev. W. M. the examination papers. None of the questions were difficult for | ywhite pastor of West Side Christian persons of ordinary intelligence to answer. | Ay 05 FONOT 0 ST eting for men The more difficult problems in arithmetic | 5,1y 5t the Young Men's Christlan Asso- were to tell the tax rate, the grand roll | ciation hall, Mason and FEllis streets. nd amounts collected for city and county | goa¢q are frée and all youn men are in- a and State®purposes being given: to esti- | Tred iy Usorvice opens promptly at 3 mate the quarterly license tax on a fixed | 1oy promptly 0 f business, and also to fix the fa“)lt Iyanl: gn wagons, horses, etc., at a fixed Valuation. The papers were signed at the top, but the signatures will be torn off and preserved, and the papers that go to the examiners will be numbered only. | BOY FALLS IN FRONT OF A MOVING ELECTRIC CAR| Prompt Action of Motorman Saves | Edgar Randall From Possible | Death. The custom of hazing pupils transferred THE CALL’S Home Study Circle. SEYMOUR EATON, Director. SUMMER COURSES, .1900... having crossed | WOULD INCREASE ATTENDANCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS School Board Plans the En- forcement of Compulsory Education Law. e % Patrol Officers May Be Employed to Use Moral Suasion on Parents to Havs Their Children Educated. L One of the most important projects which the Board of Education has in view is a plan to enforce the compulsory edu- cation law of the State. The proposition is at present in embryo, but it has been seriously discussed at informal sessions of the board, and the plan will undoubt- edly be consummated at no distant date. | The State law makes it mandatory upon parents or guardians to send their chil- dren to school when they are between the ages of § and 14 years, and violation of the law is punishable by a fine. No attempt has ever been made to enforce the law, but plans will be formulated by the board to use moral suasion in persuading par- ents to comply with its provisions. | "In his report of the school census, June | 1, 1900, Chief Census Marshal Elbert sub- mitted thes names of about 18,000 children between the ages of 5 and 17 years who did not attend any school in this city. The age for compulsory education being be- tween 8 and 14 vears of age, it is calcu- lated that at least 7500 children are being kept away from school whom the law says shall attend. It is believed that if some effort were made to carry out the law at least 50 per cent of that number could be added to the enrollment of the local public schools. Even should 3000 pu- pils be so secured it would mean the addi- tion of a large amount of money to the school funds. For each pupil in average | daily attendance the charter allows $32 and If the number were increased by 3000 it would increase the school fund by nearly $100,000. The plan contemplates the employment of officers whose duty it will be to round up those children who are obliged to at- tend school and endeavor to prevail upon their parents to comply with the law. These officials would opérate in a similar manner to the truant officer who exacts attendance of D;;IPII! who play truant from the school in which they are regularly en- rolled. While the board is disinclined to employ any more subordinates than it F"“"’l can, owing to the limitations of ts funds, it realizes that the system would more tham pay for itself in larger returns allowed by the charter, owing to an in- cr(g:’:’i?d atten&mge. rman Mark when seen last night said that the board would take the mnt‘ter up fp ke et e proposition has received so - sideration already,” said Mr. Mu?(z,!f:nnd I believe that some plan could be devised whereby the attendance in schools could be materially increased. The board does not intend to-use harsh measures to com- pel attendance of children, but has in mind some gentle methods which will in- duce parents to send their children to school. We will proceed cautfously in the matter, as we know that considerations of overty prevent some parents from obey- ng the law. Their children may be their only means of support, and we would not care to deprive them of that. Mi; work in that direction might u:;;):fl:i a great deal, and the n will partake somewhat of that natui The in successful oyerallon in Bongll;o Jif}, ‘; understand the law is more severe in that city. ‘Thirty-five patrol officers exercise 22‘,’.’:3.‘,"32 ?;ar t!t edchfldren, and as a ence the attendance fousaduence ¢ Is nearly what NOTICES TO PAY TAXES * SERVED BY MISTAKE Assessor Says Lack of Clerk Hire Caused Erroneous Requests to Be Issued. Frequent complaints have been tered at the Assessor's office during the past week by taxpayers who have been served with notices to pay their personal property taxes and yet possess receipts showing that they had already paid them. MOTHER DELKY MLLOWED 1 S, CRAVEN'S CASE She Will Not Be Arraigned for Perjury for at Least a Week. —_—— Evidence to Show That She Is Too Il to Appear in Court—Bail for Sylva and Simpton Fixed. e O Judge Cook's court had the air of one devoted to the Fair case yesterday, the Fair atmosphere was there and two or three points in the noted litigation were on the calendar. Being on the calendar was as far as they got, however, for the were put over because of the sickness of the principal figure in the case—Mrs. Net- tte R. Craven. The case has gone over more than once on account of the illness of Mrs. Craven, but the present continuance is based on more than the mere affidavit of a couple of doctors who swore to what they thought was right. court that if another continuance was in contemplation the defendant's physiclans should be in court to be cross-examined if the prosecution wished, and as the pros- the subject the physicians had an inter- esting time of it for a few minutes yes- terday_morning. Mr.” Deuprey, Assistant District Attor ney, wished to cross-examine, so when Abram Ruef made the motion for a con- tinuance the physiclans were sent on the stand. The cross-examination was " thorough and pointed and satisfactory to court and counsel, for at its conclusion the case was continued until August, at which time the court will have returned from its vacation, the defendant will have re- covered from whatever ails her, the law- yers on all sides will be ready and the case will be in shape to dismiss or pro- ceed according to the demands of the situation. Dr. Charles A. Clinton and Dr. E. § Howard were the witnesses yesterda: Their testimony was to the effect that Mrs. Craven had not left her room since the indictment had been filed; that she was_seriously ill and not able to stand the strain of an arraignment and that any court proceedings that required her pres- attend, seriously endanger her chances of recovery. This was all brought out on cross-examination. The result was the continuance. 'The cases of George Simpton and that of Adolph Sylva were also part of the proceedings, for they came up on a propo- sition of bail. It was fixed at $10.000, the bail to be accepted by any Superior Judge. The two are now rustling up se- curities. PLAY BY BRUSIE SUNDAY AFTERNOON >-+o+@ [ R R e S o i D e S O e e S FRANK W. BACON. G *Oe0+0+0 4000 00+@Q UNDAY afternoon next “A Home- spun Heart,” by Hon. Judson Bru- sie of Sacramento, will be given at the Grand Opera-house. Frank W. Bacon, a talented Californian, will appear | in the play. ————— Burglar Uses Beer Glass. Two men knocked at the door of A. J. W. Lagermart, in the Delmond House, Market and Turk streets, late last night and when he cpened it one of them struck at his head with a heavy beer glass, while the other seized his watch from the dress- ing table and ran. Lagermart held on to the man who had assaulted him, and Offi- cers Ring, Coleman and Lake, after a short chase, captured the other thief. Both were taken to the City Prison, where charges of robbery were placed ainst them A hey gave the names of J. Mullenhuck and Albert Ferring, allas Charley Ross. Lagermart was treated at the Receiving Hospital for a slight laceration of the scalp. _——————————— To-Day’s News Letter. This valuable weekly keeps up its reg- ular pace. The editorlals are splendidly independent, the Looker On tells a dozen good stories concerning well-known peo- le, the Town Crier applies the lash with isscustomary vigor and there are many verses and special articles of peculiar local interest. — e e———— ‘Wanted to Kill the Doctor. Dr. William A. Bell of 131 Powell street swore to a warrant yesterday charging a man named William H. Merritt with threats to murder. Two days ago Bell received a letter from Merritt threatening him with death. Yesterday he got two more of the same character. Dr. Bell claims he has only a slight acquaintance with Merritt and believes him to be in- sane. Merritt was arrested on Montgom- ery street by Sergeant Helm: —_——————————— Near Pittsburg the owner of a coal tract is building a modern mlnlnfi town with a view to supplying 3000 workmen with. all possible_benefits at a minimum of ex- ense. The houses will be built only of Brick or stone and will stand on a quarter acre lot, with flower beds and hedge in front. It is arranged that the houses shall be owned by the individual miners when they can pl; for them, and the miners are to run the village themselves. The stores are to be managed on the profit-sharing plan. x for | It had been ordered by the| ecution had rather pronounced wishes on | ence at this time would, if she had to | b2 4 1 You never thought of Mr. Whittier as a Quaker when you saw him. He wore, or- dinarily, a tall silk hat and black clothes, varfed sometimes with gay trousers or a light overcoat, and In winter he was par- | ticuiar to have his best overcoat turned out with a fine Astrackan fur. But in| most other matters of min{ and anise and | cummin he was a careful observer of the rules of his sect. He used the plain talk | generally, sayfng “thee” and “thou,” but perhaps he offset it now and then by say ing ‘“plaguey” and he did bow to the a quaintance on the street and use the cu: tomary titles of Mrs., Miss or Mr. in ad- dressing a stranger. He would have said, | and did say, that he was a stout Quaker | in his principles; he undoubtedly was so | in his prejudices: but the man of war and the man of peace were always at variance within him. It was the man of war that made the tremendous fight for the freedom of the slave, that did the work which rejoiced his soul and which also won him his repu- tation. It was the man of peace who afterward wrote the ballads and lyries and the songs of divine love that brought | Bim the affection of almost a whole peo- | ple. But the truth is that Whittier loved a fight as much as any frequenter of ‘Donnybroqk TFair, provided it was for a question of right or truth. There were | absolutely opposite spiritual inheritances contending within him. There wa of course, the Quaker with his love of quiet pursuits—Thomas Whittier is said to | have brought the first hive of bees to | this country—but also with his indignant | knowledge ‘of what it is to suffe* under | tyranny, wrestling with his conviction of | the ideal beauty of peace. Of this type | the poet’s grandfather, Thomas, was a ‘slrlklng example, refusing the shelter of the garrison house, making friends of the | Indians, who went and came in his house | as they would, his doors never barred and | he and his family remaining unhurt in the midst of sacre. Hesides this strain there was the well-known fire of the Black Bachelder, one of the most in- teresting characters of the colonial hi tory. And then there was the hatred of | oppression and the determination to be free in body and soul, that marked the | Huguenot, for among his ancestors were the Feufilevertes, ted their | name to Greenleaf on leaving France, one | of whom was a lieutenant of Cromwell's and whose coat of arms was peculiarly | suited to Whittier himself, as it bore not | only a dove and ive branch, but the helmet of a man . It was well for the world that this fighting blood did run | in Whittier's veins and made his heart | | burn with power and his arm strong to | strike. |~ Whittier was born of the people. father was a farmer, whose few a pro- | duced all that his family ate or wore, as the<dew of Eden was sufficient to Eden. | | The name of Whittier was derived from | white-tawer, the dresser of skins for gloves. The boy began work with last and | awl to earn his first money; and he re- | | mained near the people and with a heart | full of tender sympathy all his life. The | | house in which he was born was of the | same comparative.order as the cottage in which Burns was born, and as the Craig- ienpnltn(-k ben and byre. It is a curlous } freak in fate and fortune, although by no | means an unusval one, that he who | loved humanity and was virtually giving | his life for it shou!d many times have been | hustled and assailed by mobs. It was his | pleasure to live near the people; although | he had accumulated—through genero | payment for verse, large sales of books | and the wise counsel of friends in inves: | ments—a very comfortable provision, | amounting to more than $100.000, yet after | he sold the Haverhill homestead and came [ to live in Amesbury his home was very | | | | | | m: His plain and his habit of life frugal, showing an extreme simplicity of life and conduct You passed through a small parlor to en- | ter his study, which was a pleasant room opening on one side on a garden fuil of oRrubs and trees, and the Elass door on the other side giving a view of Powwow Hill. Here were bookcases and a desk, a lounge and an easy chalr,and on the walls | were a water color of Harry Fennis and a painting of fringed gentians by Lucy | Larcom. Here by the open fire sat with him from time to time Garrison and Phil- lips and the Fields and Bayard Taylor, | Emerson and Longfellow and Sumner and | Colonel Higginson and Stedman, Alice and | Phoebe Cary, Gail Hamilton, Lydia Maria | Child, Anna Dickinson—in fact, all the personages of this era. But here also sat | on equal terms the village carpenter, the drover and teamster, to Whittier a man | being “a man for a’ that. | Here he lived with his mother and his | | beautiful sister Elizabeth, herseif a poe and from here he went with them to the Friends’ meeting, preferring to worship in rather than in any splendid temple where | the light filters through glass stained in | many colors and the organ rolls sweet | thunder, or in any fields or woods where | the loveliness of nature perpetually ‘ brough. his thoughts back to earth, al- though in his youth he had felt quite oth- | erwise. Essex County, in which Whittier was | born, is full of legends, storles of second | | sight, of witches and witcheraft, of | haunted mills running by night, of phan- | | tom ships, of wizards who made the dry | | bough blossom and innumerable others, | all of which Whittier made his own, and | in doing so won to himself the afféction | of all who had a common interest with him in the traditions. | ‘Whittier was in_his seventh year when | he first went to school—the district school, | | whose teaching and whose appliances and | tools were very primitive. He was 14 when the world of poetry opened to him with the songs of Burns. His earliest ac- | quaintance with them came through an old tramp, who after his refreshment sang ‘Bonnie Doon” and ‘Highland Mary" | with great spirit. Later his first school- | master, Joshua Coffin, read him several of | the poems. *‘I begged him,” said Whittier, “to leave the book with me, and set at| once to the task of mastering the glossary of Scottish dlalect at its close. This was about the first poetry I had ever read, the stillness of the little bare-walled place | b: WHITTIER: BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. LITERARY TALKS AND REMINISCENCES. with the exception of that of the Bible, of which I had been v it had a lasting in began to make rhymes myself and to im- agine stories and adventures. In fact I lved a sort of dual life and in a world cf upon fancy as_ well a in the rid of plain matter of fact about me. Almost every one is familiar with the sister, Mary, story of Whittier's elder edited by V sending to the Free Pre liam Lloyd Garrison, of his ear poems without his know of Garri- son's visiting him in consequence and of Whittier's coming in from the field to get on his coat and shoes to see his guest From the day of th ntous _inter- view Whittier stretched every nerve to acquire education, w row a book, losing no char ing the gift of poetic exprossion. a tall and slender boy, very beautiful with his pale face and large black eyes; very shy. with a love of fun and teasing: but with a good humor and chivalrous spirit that made every one his friend. He was still very young when he be- came an editor and he spent many vears afterward in editorial k, although he worked on_ the farm véen w to pay off its debt. In 1833, when 2§ years old, he threw in his lot with the abolitionists and both in prose and poetry for a long time thereafter devoted his pen to the cause. When be u his work with them it was a State prison offense to rach a colored person to r d. Now there are 15,000 primary schcols for colored children in the South, to speak of or, and colored people themselve than 150 newspapers. What stormy what splendid days they were in which he was n actor! Days in which he and all his friends carried their lives in their hands, but in which they were animated -born purposes, hearty companic d herole coura “T am here,” said the president of their meetings, in the face of a murderous mob, “and I will be torn in pieces before I leave my place at your dictation Nevertheless, Mr. Whittier objected being called the war poet. ~It is a mis- nomer,” he said. “I ha never written a poem in favor or in praise of war. 1f possible strike out as 1 do not wish to be re S6 false to my life- long principle yet in another of his letters Whit aid: “I know noth- ing nobler or grander than the heroic seif- sacrifice of Colonel Shaw. As he rode at the head of his troops, the very flower and grace of alry, he seemed to me autiful and awful as an angel of God down to 1 1 the host of freedom victory. I hi longed to speak the ons of that hour, but I dared n hould indirectly give a new impul to war.” Yet when the bells ring on the passage of the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, although he is at the moment in the F meeting, the mag- prings to being as cruel red The Blossoms wh £ war with righteous law, And the wrath of man is praise Mr. Whittier never lost his personal at- tractiveness in growing old as fiery, his smile was as early manhood. David Mass that his , full of dark flame, his Ara- bieh complexion, his sharp facial lines, his height, his movement, all showed the Sar- acenic’ type. He must have been agree- able to women, but if hie ever had a love affair nothing is knowu of it. But “more are the children of the desolate,” and in- stead of the love of wife and children he had that of all the people in his vicinage, and he loved them in return. “Why,” said one of his old neighbors, “he’s just as natural and like folks as can be.” 'He never went abroad; he shared the feeling of Naaman, who asked if Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, d not as healing waters as the Jordan. He never held public office, content to fight out his point of view at the post- office and the drug store. He never hesi- tated to fight if the glove were thrown down. I remember now my consternation when he met Judge Black, President Bu- chanan’s Attorney General, in my draw- ing room, for you can imagine the instant battle which each gave the other. Mr. Whittier went every summier to the mountains, and late in life he spent part of every year with his cousins in their sumptuous residence at Oak Knoll. Here a number of his birthdays were celebrat- ed with much ceremony, and I recall one of them with pecullar pleasure, because he chose to have in letters of goid on his big birthday cake a verse from a poem which my husband. Richard S. Spofford, had addressed to him: His life who loves his fellow men Wins heaven before it closes. He always returned to Amesbury for the election, always holding the act of voting as one of great solemnity. He died at last, after more than eighty beautiful and tirring years, in the village of Hampton Falls, the road to which has been glorified y_one of his poems. His funeral took piace in his own house and garden. The sket, half hidden in flowers, lay in the house; but in the gar- den, where rugs were laid and seats ar- ranged, the addresses and prayers were made; and there flocked representatives from all the world that loved him. The autumn sun and the blue sky through the boughs of the great trees waving in the soft warm wind, the faces of all the rever- ent throng., and especially the beautiful face of his cousin, Gertrude Cortland, re- peating his own words as if just inspired | with them herself, made it a scene not to be forgotten. His readers owe to Whittier a debt not yet fully acknowledged. If all facts con- cerning the historic life and manne: New England were lost, they.coul bulit up again from the pages of that im mortal idyl, “Snow-Bound.” ang other of his local poems. In certain of hISverses, t00, one can find the whole scheme of sal- vation. He turned his song of the sword into a_song of praise, a pastoral of peace. His whole nature grew mellower and riper with his lengthening days. After all is said, one cannot but repeat what has been sajd before, that love was the law of Whittier's being: “The burden of his first verses was the love of God and the bus- den of his last was the love of his neigh- bor.” HARRIET P. SPOFFORD. Newburyport, Mass. MUST PAY FOR SUPPORT | OF HIS INSANE WIFE Supreme Court Renders an Important | Decision Against John T. Davis. | Husband’s Liability. { A case involving interesting facts and points of law was decided yesterday by the Supreme Court. St. Vincent's Insti- tution for the Insane of St. Louis sued John T. Davis for boarding and clothing the ineare wife of the defendant from June 2, 1891, to June 2, 1584. In the Supe- rior Court of this city the asylum people | won. The Supreme Court, in discussing the appeal, says there is evidence which tends to prove that in 1577 Davis took his insane wife from one institution in which he had placed her and that within a day or two thereafter she was found deserted and destitute in a small town in Illinois. | She could give no account of herself, not even knowing her name or where ' she came from. She was found in a hotel with a trunk and could not have got there with the trunk alone. The presumption, says the court, is very strong that the de- fendant left hér there, intending that her identity should be lost that she might no longer be a charge upon him. The Sisters had her removed to their asylum and Davis in his defense argued that the complaint failed to show that he was aware that she was being provided for by plaintiff. The court holds that even if he had no knowledge it would not fol- low that he was not liable. The judgment of the lower court in favor of the asylum was affirmed. ————— Said His Prayers. Senator Vest of Missouri has a grand- son he is very proud of. The other night his mother went into the nursery to kiss him good-night. “T have come to hear you say your prayers, Harry.” “T've done sald 'em, mamma. 'WhY, you can’t sa them by yourseif. “Yes, I can. I sai ‘God bless grandpa and make him well and fat again; God bless mamma and rapa, and make 'em gxg me everything I want. And, please, . bless and take care of yourself, for tyou are the boss of us all!"—Brooklyn Life. B NTAT AT ETED ¥R A AT AT AT ATES AT A TA TSRS A TATATATHTATO . E | from primary to grammar schools result- s :i - K iso feddia d | ed in what might have been a serious knew, was also injurious, and | ;. .jdent yesterday morning. Beginning Friday, June 29, Assessor Dodge’s deputies have been kept busy ex) !ah‘lgl why and - Dt Taiie ooetrred. Th & Sirouas 104 HERMAN OELRICHS SUED In a circular letter »coa, it lacked the ‘snap and go’ | Edgar, the 12-year-old son of W. J. Dodge says 3z ;,“m, ‘_\am,y 4 cofl'r;e drisk- | “‘:};’ff,:“ 2; fi“kc&lm‘t’ee;‘lnbreo;:’. n‘(”{'l:: 1. American Political Parties. The um: appropriation for extra deputies in B ‘ A MAN H E P LE < taste. About two vears ago I pur- | Facker ‘Grammar School, aceidentally ||| 1L The Discoverers and Explorers of ]| this office Surli fue sesestmment season, March first box of Postum Food | fell in front of a passing car and received P e 1y th 2 fee- and quit the use of coffee. 1|8 severe scalp wound Only Lhe prompts de -Postum according to directions :‘::rbug result. d found I had a drink not only cquall 1 Too Handy With His Revolver. coffee, but far superior to it in many { Since ‘that time I have used it| Frank Williams, allas Conwill, the ex- convict who fired a shot at John Williams y and find my general health ! ‘i improved, and the ‘twin dis- | in front of MeCormick Brog.' foundry at North America. JFamous Art Galleries of World. Historic Studies In Home Fur- nishing. Comparative Studies of Two Cen- year it was only $30, A reduced appropria- tion has necessitated a reduced force of olerks, and I have not had men enough to check up the cash payments of taxpayers daily, The men were rushed in their duties and worked nights In addition to thelr day work. As this office issues about 100,000 separate re. Cceipts for taxes, it is but natural that errors should cccur. Most of those would have been corrected in time to have saved you annoyance if we had had more help, and all will be cor- 1 sed i S S A Special Dispatch to The Call. the NEW YORK, June 15—The World has this from Newport: Herman Oelrichs has been sued in an action to re- cover $5000 damages. The sult has been brought by Samuel J. Harrison of New York City, who claims that he was vio- lently assaulted by Oelrichs last Thursday night. Harrison, who is a painter, was employed on the Harry Payne Whitney house, which estate adjoins Mrs. Oelrichs.” % nst AT R TR TR TR AR y . Howard streets on the 8th inst., tes’ gone -1 also send you the names | Main 488 FORALS SUCCE, 0o " betore tha turlss. | \eored B cha i bethay July'y He claims he crossed both estates and went to tie shore for a lawful purpose; that while there he was violently assaulted of Rey. and-Mrs. : o;‘;\]thmsi’N. i.. i Superior Court, Bonds were fixed at $io | Literary’ Talks and Reminis- e e e b il :y Oel;lgl' without warning or cause.®elrichs claims that the man insulted Mrs. Oelrichs and that that was what in- vhe have- been greatly helped by the | bY 'abusing a drunken man, cences. papérs ‘has increased from 20 to 100 per e i Sra sy Soapeison. O "Wl it cent since the beginning of the war in use of Postum Food Coffee in the place ol Fee” when John Williams interfered and was of ordinary -coffee. fired on. wtwa‘s;on@*Qfi»@*@*@*@*_@*stoisfipw South Africa.