Three Notable Deaths

Death loves a shining mark anc three Americans who have Jeft their irnpress npon the country have passec froin Hfe, their life work done, duriug the past week, Dana, Pullman and Worden. Their work in life was differ ent. Charles A. Dana was a grea editor, for years te had impressed the markes of bis personality npon the New York Sun, thousands of whose readers had come to believe impliuitly, almost religionsly, in the saying. "Il yon see it in the Sun, it's so. " Xo paper had apparently mademore devions turns ín tho political world.repnblican, greenback, democratio and republican by turn. Yet throuth it all Dana took tais readers with him. He at least, was sincere. He used vigorous Eng]ish. He demanded that every sentence used in the Sun should be expressed iu the most correct Englisb. During the war he iendered valuable service to the government and with him undoubtedly dïed much of the unwritten secret his" tory of the war. George Al. Pullman was not a literary man. He was the inventor of the Pollman palace car and made his millions as a railroad man. He essayed to be a philanthrophist, but his expeii ment in founding the model town of Pullman was not a snccess. He made his own fortune whioh is varionsly estimated at frora $13,000,000 to $15,000,000 and was an esample of the sucoessful business man. Admiral J. L. Worden was the lieutenaut in command of the little Monitor which defeated the Merrimao. Thongh he afterwards proved a brave offlcer the memorable battle of the Monitor and Merrimac is the one on which his fame will always rest.