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OFFICERS OF REVOLUTION. Very Few Emerged From the Obliv ion of Routine Naval Druggery -Biddle's Self-Sacrifice. New York Evening Pos . John Paul Jones unquestionably stood 'head and shoulders over his brother officers in the service of the Revolution, yet there were some who pressed him rather closely in the award of honors concerning whose deeds comparatively little is known. This is regrettable for more reasons than one, chief among which is that, while Jones will be found to have suf fered .iothing by comparison, these humbler heroes of his day have not received the recognition so justly due them. Of the 29 officers who held the rank of naval captain in our ser vice during the Revolution, only a few emerged from obscurity. They, like the great majority in all ser vices, were destined to perform that hardest of all professional work, the morrotorous routine duty incident to the carrying on of naval war. There were few, however, who had the good fortune to emerge from the oblivion and naval druggery and per haps the greatest -of these is Nicho las Biddle, of good Pennsylvania stock. He commanded the Andrea Doraa in the first naval expedition of the war, Captain Jones (then a lieutenant) -serving in the same squad ron aboard the flagship Alfred. Jones shortly afterward won the im mortal distinction of taking the Sera pis -ihile his own ship went down. A year before the Bonhomme Rich ard-Serapis fight, Biddle had the unique distinction of both "going up' and "going down" in his ship, the 32 gun frigate Randolph, in her engage ment with the ship-of-the-line Yar mouth. Jones' bravery off Flambor ough head was superb, but it does not equal the patriotism and noble sacri fice of Biddle, who, in order to save his convoy of seven rich merchant men, laden with goods indispensable to the American cause, unhesita:ingly ran alongside the monster ship-of the-line and was blown up, 311 of the Randolph's complement of 31i perishing, including Riddle-but the convoy was saved. This was the noblest act of self-sacrifice on a large scale in the annals of the Americarn navy. Earlier in the war, Biddle, wthile in command of tche Andrea Doria, in a cruise of four monthe captured 1o English vessel-s, which with the exception of two, reachec port in safety-t\vo of the prizes con taining 400 soldiers of a Highland regiment. While the immortal distinction oj being the first man to (hoist our na tional colors aboard an American wa: ship belongs to Captain Jonies, the by no means small honor of showing the American flag for the ifirst t,ime on a regularly commissioned Ameri cm war ship in Eu,ropean waters belongs to Captain Lambert Wickes who crossed the Atlantic in the 16 gun war .brig Repr-isal. Lamberl made a cruise in the Bay of Biscar and in two circuits of Ireland tool< some 20 przes. Nor huld the daring cruises o0 Captain Gustavus Conny-ngham ir the Surprise he overlooked. One yea: before Captain Jone.s appeared or the other side of the Atlantic as com mander of an American warship Connyngham scoured the coast oj England and picked up prizes in the very chops of the English channel Our commiss,ioner in Europe, Silas Deane, wrote: "Connyngham, by his first and second bold expeditions, is become the terror of all the easter! coast of England and Scotland, an.d is more dreaded than Thurot was in the .late war." Then there were Capta,ins Thomas Thompson and Elisha Hinman, who one year before Captain Jones's ap pearance in English waters, executed a dash against a British fleet which is second in audacity only to Jones attack on the British fleet off Sprun Head. On dh.e night of September 2. 1777, the 32-gun frigate Raleigh and the 24-gun ship Alfred, commanded by captains Thompson and Hinman, while on their way across the ocena discovered a fleet of merchantmen escorted by four British warships, among Them the Druid. Availing himself of the cover of night, Thomp son worked his way into the fleet un detected, and getting alongside the Druid, opened a terrific fire on her, so that in a short time she was re duced to a sinking condition. Realiz ing the folly of fighting the con bned escort. Thompson then made good his escape. and arrived safely in France with the Raleigh and Alfred. Nor should the daring of an Ameri can privateer be overloked, which, very much after dh.e manner of Jones at Whitehhaven, sent a force of men ashore on English soil and made pris-on-ers of a lieutenant and an adjutant of a British regiment. A Bold Bad Book Agent. Lippincotts. One day a enterprising agent who had informed himself approached a Mr. Smith with the interested sug gestion, "Now, Mr. Smith, I know that to day is your wedding anniversary. Don't you want to give Mrs. Smith a handsome Bible as an anniversary present? I can let you have today a beautiful fifteen dollar Bible for five dollars." After some discussion Mr. Smith took the Bible. Just here the plot thickens. The book-agent pocketed the proceeds, then promptly ran up to Mr. Smith's house, called for Mrs. Smith, and asked if she wou'dn't like io make her husband a present of a fine Bible on this anniversary. He said that as he was anxious to dis pose of all his books before going to Cleveland at six o'clock, he would sacrifice a beautiful fifteen dollar Bible for five dollars. After some hesitation Mrs. Smith bought the Bible. Wizen Mr. Smith reached home that evening and presented his wife with a large package containing ar anniversary gift she went into the next room and oroduced its mate. Tableau! Smith vowed vengeance with. all the heat of a warm disposi tion. However there was a fine fes tal supper waiting, so he contentec himself for the present with a tele phonic appeal to one Lewis Johnson a nearby friend. . "Lewis," he urged, "I want you tc hurry down to the station and stof a book-agent who is going -to Cleve Tand at six o'clock. I must see hirr hold him till I can finish supper and get there." Then he gave a brie: description of the man and rushec back to his supper. The good Lewis hop-ped on a pass ing car and swept down upon th book-agent just as the train pulled in "See here," he explained, "Smiti says that he must see you and tha you are to wait over a train for him. "Sorry; I'd like to oblige him, bu it's impossible. I'm due in Clevelant at eight-thirty and have got to ge there. But I know what Mr. Smiti wants. He was thinking of buying a Bible of mine for his wife's anni versary present. It's really a hand some book, which I usually sell fo fifteen dollars, 'but as it is the las one I -have, I offered it to him fo five dollars" (producing the Bible.) "He was to let me know if he wantec -it. Couldn't you take it to him, a -I can't possibly wait? He'd be dis -appointed not to have it, I know." The obliging Lewis thereupon has tily produced the five dollars for th agent, acquired the Bible, and witl -the best intentionis in the world trot ted back to the Smiths with the book -Second tableau! Fortunately thei sense of humno: saved the situation and with chastened spirits they dis play all three books of Holy Writ t the initiated. How Ryan Began. Harper's Weekly. IThomas F. Ryan, who paid $2,500, Iooo for the privilege of trying to re establish the Equitable Assurance so ciety, was a lad of fourteen living wit'h his grandmother in Virginih when the Civl war ended. The estate had been devastated and there was not enough hoecake to go around Consequently the boy had to gc forth after dhe American fashion tc seek his fortune. The great city ir his imagination was Baltimore, and there he journeyed as cheaply as pos sble. Having no friends or letters to friends in the city there was noth ing to do but find a job for ih.imself. Day by day followed with no effect other than tired legs and feet ach ing from contact with unaccustomed pavements. Finally, with his last quarter in his pocket, he found a "o wanted" sign in the window of a dry goods store and went in. Fortu nately 4e plaen ws e nn andl the manager promised to give him a trial for one week at three dollars per week. "Report at 7 o'clock tomor row morning." was the cheering dictum, but hardly uttered before the youngster had hung his cap upon a convenient hook. "If you are will ing," the said, respectfully enough, "I would rather begin now. I won't charge anything for today, but I don't want to take any dhances" Those who have been familiar with his subsequent career think tihe trait thus indicated has been distinguish able to the present day. If Oliver l Optic had based one of his helpful boys' tales upon the incident the i would have had the youngster grow up and become a partner and marry the daughter of the proprietor, and we wiseacres would have smiled from superior wisdom at the en'chus iasm of tihe youthful readers. But that is what he did. People will discover a good man without the aid of a press agent. A little degree of divinity is bet ter than the biggest degree in divin ity. The best way to clear your title to an estate in the skies is to pay your taxes on it now. When a girl turns a young man's proposal down he is apt to take it to heart because he feels sorry for her. The end of clhlurdh work is not to raise a dust, but to raise men from the dust. Week End Rates via Southern Ry. 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