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| ; L lll — a a ~ x _ & a ~~ ke SS LS _— -_ - = — —— ~ | —_ The subscription price of thie ARGOSY is $3.00 per year, payable in advance. Club rate.—For $6.00 we will send two copies for one yeur to separate addresses. All communications for the AkGoSy should be ad- dressed to the publisher. Subscriptions to the ANGOSY can commence at any time. Asn rule we start them with the beginning of some serial story, unless otherwise ordered. The number (whole number) with which one’s subserip- tien expires appears on the princed slip with the name. Renewnls.—Two weeks are required after receipt of money by us before the number opposite your name on the printed slip can be changed. Every Subscriber is notified three weeks before the ex- piration of his subscription, and, if he does not renew at once, his paper is stopped at the end of the time paid for. Ju ordering back numbers enclose 6 cents for each copy No rejected Manneacript will be returned unless stamps xccompuny it for that purpose. FRANK A. MUNSEY, Pus.isnen, 81 WARREN Srereet, New YORK. —_> — The subject of neat weele’s biographical sketch will be E, Rosewater, editor of the Omaha + Ree? This sevies of sheiches of leading American editors commenced in No. 209. Bacle nwm- bers can be had, IMPORTANT NOTICE. Any reader leaving home for the summer months can have THE GOLDEN ARGosy for- warded to him every week by the newsdealer from whom he is now buying his paper, or he can get it direct from the publication office by remitting the proper amount for the time he wishes to subscribe. Four months, one dollar; one year, three dollars. ee A TRUE GENTLEMAN. AN open horse-car is rather a prosaic vehicle from which to expect a display of gallantry, yet the fact of a Boston schoolboy having givep up his dry seat to an old lady with a bundle, and himself taking the wet one which otherwise she must have occupied, moves the Post of that city to diken the inci- dent to the occasion when Sir Walter Raleigh threw his coat overa » the path of Queen Elizabeth. — And the act was in every way worthy of the comparison, for it showed not only innate courtesy, but an opportune thoughtfulness, lacking which the courteous deea itself loses half of its charm. For it seems thut there were several vacant seats in the car on the ceeasion mentioned, all of them, to be sure, outside ones, in the line for catching all the drippings from roof and sky. Still, how many would have excused themselves from moving, by pretending not to notice such details? We hope that all our young readers would imitate the Bostoa boy upon a like occasion. ——_____ -- ee -—-- We will send THE GOLDEN ARGOSY, postage paid, to any address for three months, for 75 cents; four months, one dollar. —_——_—___—_—_ oe -—-——_—— HOW TO KEEP COOL. Don’t worry about the heat. Some people are continually calling the weather to account for making them uncomfortable, whereas if they tried to think about something else the chances are that their temperature would be considerably reduced by the mere fact that they are not contributing to raise it by their own irritability. To illustrate: how seldom do we hear com- plaints of the heat from a company of people playing tennis, although they may be exposed to the full glare of the sun; whereas it is safe to predict that these very same persons will at other times move restlessly from place to place on the piazzaand about the grounds, mopping their brows, fanning themselves and declaring that it is the hottest day they ever exper- ienced. The difference lies in the fact that in the first instance they were interested in the game they were playing and had no time to think of the thermometer; whereas when they had nothing to do but endeavor to make them- selves comfortable, they naturally thought of nothing else, with the unfortunate results al- ready noted. The same rule will apply to work. We ven- ture to say that on a phenomenally hot day the average business man does not suffer any more discomfort, if as much, while going through his ordinary routine at the office, than if he had remained at home and de- voted himself wholly and exclusively to keep- ing cool. Jo sum up, we would recommend as the most effectual method of enduring with com- parative ease the midsummer warm Waves, the devotion of as little time, thought and talk to the effort as possible. —__—_—__—+04¢——__—_- IDLE CURIOSITY. We do not know that Americans possess @ larger amount of curiosity than any other nationalities. Indeed, we call to mind the fact that onee when afriend in Paris stopped in front of a show-window on one of the boul- evards to sketch a dress therein displayed, a member of the firm stepped out and politely informed him that the thing could not be al- lowed on account of the crowd it would at- tract. However, we set out to tell of a funny hap- pening on Broadway the other day, as related in un evening paper. It seems that a tall man was observed to be looking very intently at some objectin a store window. Two passers-by paused to ascertain what it might be. They were joined by others, until finally a crowd of a score or more had gathered, not one of whom could discover the center of attraction, although each had been eraning his neck in the endeavor todo so ever since they had taken up their positions. At last a boy made bold to inquire what it was the man saw that was so wonderful. ‘*Nothing,” was the quiet response, ‘Iam blind and am waiting here for my boy.” —_—_——__ > 0 The yearly subscription price of THE GOLDEN ARGOSY is $3.00. Vor $5.00 we will send two copies, to dresses if desired, THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH. No less an authority than President Dwight of Yale recently told the students of his uni- versity that material prosperity or wealth is not essential to happiness. In commenting. upon this statement, the Evening Sun remarks: separate ad- Perhaps that is true, but we suspect that Presi- | him; but young dent Dwight is at least as happy ashe would have | Da: been had he not been a rich man. The college presidents preach nonsense wien they bid their young men to look with indifference | mand , Instead of . mld encourage it. zy the _ The young men who are just about to begin life roby should be told something like this: Work for in- | dependence, for wealth. Make as much you as can, but make it honorably. You cannot make money honorably without helping other persons make it, Then learn how to spend the money you have made. You cannot properly spend it without bene- fiting others. Be true to yourself, and then you will spend wisely and be happy. Make money honorably; spend money freely and wisely. That is what the young men whoure about to be graduated should be told. We believe that our eontemporary’s re- marks are wise. Great wealth is not essential to happiness; ill-gotten gain destroysit. The | millionaire may not be happy; the swindler and the miser cannot be. Yet an honorable independence is necessary for the proper en- joyment of life, and every young man should work to obtain it. —_—_—__¢e ¢_____— THE TALE OF A BOY FARMER. THERE is a boy living in a town in New York State whose achievements put to the blush the heroic deeds of precocious young- sters in dime novel literature. The facts of the case, according to the local newspaper, are as follows: Two years ago the boy’s father, who was a farmer, died, leaving a widow, four children, and an $1800 mortgage on the farm. The eld- est child, a boy of 15, set to work at once to try and carry on the farm. He has plowed the flelds, sowed, cultivated and reaped; he has had sole charge ofa large number of cat- tle and horses on the place, bas managed a retail milk business, and has himself mar- keted all of the farm products. Last summer he found time after his work in the fields to paint the house twice over and to build five new fences. Inthe winter he not only attends to the necessary work about the farm, butteaches a country school three miles away, fells timber in the woods on Sat- -urdays, and wriles excellent letters to the lo- cal newspapers. The farm is not only out of debt and in splendid condition, but the lad and his mother have enough money on hand to buy twenty more acres of land. The home of this remarkable youth is in Phelps,. Ontario County, and if any of our readers happen to live in the vicinity, we should be pleased to have their verification of the story. Editor of the Charleston ** News and Courier.” THE career of Captain Francis Warrington Dawson, editor of The News and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, is an interesting one. It gives us one more instance of suc- cess won by hard work, real merit, and steady devotion to principle. He was born on the 17th of May, 1840, in Lon- don, England, and educated in the British metropolis. From youth up, his tastes were studious and literary, and he took an especial interest in watching the condition and pro- gress of the United States. Those were stirring times in this country, and as he witnessed the drama of events that led up to civil war, young Dawson’s heart was fired with enthusiasm for what he sincerely believed to be the cause of liberty. When the first shot was fired, with a chivalry that we eannot but ad- mire, whatever may be thought of his judg- ment, he re- solved to sail ° for America and enlist in the Southern army. When the Confederute steamer. Nash- ville touched at Southamp- to n, h @ ap- proached Cap- tain Pegram, the command- = | quested per- a ——D>B mission to join his vessel. The captain de- clined to help wpise: sssczss: a —_——————————— ——————— A — aWson carried = - : = s point, for == SS duringthecom- == ES naulers. abo. ti a hegoken= ig 8 2 Poi ergie rnat ed asacom- $ , | n sailor by the first lieutenant of the Nash- ville. | : oe Good conduct and deyotion to duty soon earned promotion. On reaching the Ameri- éan coast, and running the blockade at Beau- fort, North Carolina, he was commissioned as master’s mate, at Captain Pegram’s recom- mendation. He was stationed for a time at Norfolk and on the James River, but found his duties ex- tremely monotonous. Eager for active ser- vice, he resigned his commission in the navy, and enlisted as a private soldier in the Pur- cell Battery, which formed a part of the Army of Northern Virginia. This was in June, 1862, while McClellan was moving upon Richmond up the peninsula be- tween the York and James Rivers, fighting almost continually. Before the month was over, Dawson was severely wounded at the battle of Mechaniesville. He remained at his gun till he fainted from loss of blood; and the conspicuous bravery he displayed in this en- gagement attracted attention, and procured him a lieutenant’s commission. As soon as he recovered from his wound, Lieutenant Dawson was assigned to Long- street’s corps as assistant ordnance officer. After the battle of South Mountain, in Sep- tember, 1862, he was captured by Federal cay- alry, and for some time had to endure the hard lot of a prisoner of war. Then he was paroled, and exchanged in time to fight at Fredericksburg, in December, 1862. The following year he remained with Long- street, taking part in the decisive struggle at Gettysburg, and in thesubsequent Tennessee campaign. He was by his general’s side when that commander was wounded at the Wilder- ness, May 6, 1864, In the same month he was promoted to the rank of captain, and transferred as ordnance officer to Fitz Lee’s division, with which he fought at Spottsylvania Court House. He was slightly wounded at Harrisonburg, and more severely at Five Forks, one of the last battles of the war. At the close of hostilities Captain Dawson surrendered, and was speedily paroled, when he found himself homeless and penniless—his only capital being a three cent postage stamp. He took the first employment he could get, and labored fourteen hours a day for thirty dollars a month as book-keeper in a store in Petersburg, Virginia. In the autumn of 1866 he obtained a position (E@) Laer + Z : *. ¢ - fa +P, ni om . aD ~ ~! oe. od a Pri” Se FRANCIS pit be maelp FOracod JULY 3, 188%. 'as reporter for the Richmond Examiner, an1 then worked in the same capacity for the Richmond Dispatch. It was at this time that he formed the idea of starting a paper in Charleston. In 1866 Captain Dawson became assistant editor of the Charleston Mercury, and a year later he was able, in conjunction with Mr. B. R. Riordan, to earry out his design. They purchased the Charleston News, and in 1873 consolidated it with the Courier under the ti- tle of The News and Courier. The journal has been successful and influential throughout its career, and stands without a rival in the field it occupies. It is now owned by a stock company, in which Captain Dawson holds a large interest. Captain Dawson has rendered many ser- vices to his city and State. He is one of the Charleston harbor commissioners, and a di- rector of the water works company; he was among the organizers of the State Piess Association, of which he was the first vice- ‘president: and he is largely identified with the commercial interests of Charleston, Besides these numerous avo- eations, he per- sonally super- intends the management of every depart- ment of his pa- per, and alto- gether he still reckons his day’s work at about fourteen Nuss si \ x ee He hus st “hee a candidate for public office, although his position as editor of the leading newspaper of South Carolina gives him a powerf0! influence in the polities of the State. He has been a member of the State Democratic committee for nearly twenty years. In 1880 and again in 1884 he was a delegate to the presidential convention, and served on the National Democratic com- mittee as member for South Carolina. He contributed powerfully to the election of President Cleveland. His inflirenece in his State has always been thrown on the side of progress and of peace, in spite of the censure and opposition of the extreme men of hisown party. The part he played in the suppression of dueling was very honorable to him. Challenged by a notorious fire-eater, he had the courage to deciine, and to commence a war upon the barbarous cus- tom, at that time too prevalent in the South, which led to the trial of a duelist for murder, and the passage of an act in the legislature which effectually suppressed the so-called code of honor. For this service to the cause of civilization he received the compliment of the papal order of St. Gregory the Great. Captain Dawson has been married twice: in 1867 to Miss Fourgeaud, of Charleston, and in 1874 tc the daughter of Judge Thomas Gibbes Morgan, of Louisiana. RicHARD H. TITHERINGTON. ———+0—____- GOLDEN THOUGHTS. SPEAKING withont thinking is shooting without aiming. _ THE more important an animal is to be th is its start. Maun, the noblest of all, is born — Beecher. GaYETY is to good humor as perfumes to veget- able fragrance; the one vverpowers weak spirits, the other recreates and revives them.—Johnson. THE impartiality of history is not that of the mirror which merely reflects objects, but of the judge who sees, listens and decides,—Lamartine, CONVERSATION is the music of the mind: apn in- tellectual orchestra, where aJl the instruments should bear a part, but where none together.—Colton. should play THE Pythagoreans make good to be certain and finite, and evil infinite and uncertain. ‘here are a thousand ways to miss the white ; there is only one to hit it.— Montaigne. THe desire of fame betrays an ambitions man into indecencies that lessen his reputation: he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private.— Addison. A MAN who hath no virtue in himself ever envi- eth virtue in others; for men’s minds will either feed upon their own good. or npon others’ evil: and who wanteth the one will — b poe . prey upon the other. wer est. eee) (E <SzEOo ma