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THE SECRETS OF LONG LIFE
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lamons Veterans en Life's Stage Eelato
r V Their Experiences.
SAGE CONCLUSIONS SEASONED WITH AGE
butnn II. Anthony , I.ouUn Drew ,
Clark , Siunticl Hmllri , Illicit Mct'ulloch
mid Other Notable * Contribute
Wisdom for the Young ,
* ( Copyrighted , ISO : . , by Frank d. Carpenter. )
WASHINGTON , July 3. ( Special Corre
cpondenco of The Bee. ) "How to keep
young"
For the past ten years I have been getting
advlco from the famous old people of the
world upon this subject. I Interviewed
George Bancroft upon It when ho was in his
L nineties , and ho then told mo ho could ride
thirty miles a day without tiring. I chatted
with W. W. Corcoran as to this when he
K was 85 , and President Harrison's father-In
law , Dr. Scott , gave mo hla receipt for a
working old age when ho was 92. I know a
dozen men who have passed their three score
and ten , and who are famous In public life ,
who are still doing good work , and Governor
Gear , the newly elected senator from Iowa ,
in halo and hearty at 75. I Interviewed
Casslus M. Clay when he was over 80 , about
three years ago , upon this subject , and since
that tlmo ho has married a young wife and
lias begun another existence. LI Hung
Chang told mo last summer how ho divided
his work and sleep , In order to maintain the
wonderful vitality which ho showed at 74 ,
nnd I have today a number of letters and In
terviews with noted septo and octogenarians
upon this subject. Thcso loiters have been
accumulating for some time. They are writ
ten by mon a-nd women who have long since
passed , their three score and ten , and still
their handwriting shows that they have not
Inst thclV vigor , and their words sparkle
with the 'vitality' ' of youth.
ADVICE FROM SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
The first ono -I give Is from Susan B.
Anthony. She Is now 75 , but her blue eyes
are full cf life and her voice Is as strong as
it was when she made her first public speech ,
away back In 1847 , nearly half a century ago.
I sent her a list of questions upon the sub
ject of perpetual youth about a year ago.
And hero are her answers , dated April 28 ,
1S94 :
"The course of llfo for a young woman to
lead , In order that she may reach a working
old ago and make the most of herself , Is
precisely the course of life that a young man
nhould pursue for the same purpose , and
this has been so well Indicated by Phillips
Brooks , that I can do no better than to quote
his own words , as follows :
" 'To be at work , to do things for the
world , to turn the currents of the things
about us at our will , to make our existence a
positive element , oven though It bo no bigger
than a grain of sand In the great system where
wo live this alone Is to live. Long-lived people
whp keep up their work to the last are the
people who have found out this secret ,
namely , that congenial work ts the Joy of
life. ' "
Ono of my questions was as to how Miss
Anthony kept her wonderful health and workIng -
Ing power. Her reply to this Is as follows :
"A human being Is born to think , to will ,
, to' enjoy a liberty bounded , only by respect
for the equal liberty of others. To think
one's self into ( he realm of perfect freedom
cf thought ; to possess and enjoy such liberty
of social action as Is bounded only by the
same liberty In others , and to will with all
one's power that each unit's political liberty
shall be conceded and officially recognized by
each Is to tread the natural path of human
development. Hence , I can but attribute my
own extraordinary health and working powers
to' the fact that I have chosen such a course.
As machinery In action lasts longer than ma
chinery lying Idle , ro a body and soul In ac
tive exercise escapes the corroding rust of
physical and mental laziness , which prema
turely cuts off so many women's lives. It I
am able to do the work of dally traveling
and lecturing at over three scare years ami
ten , I bJllove It to bo simply because I have
always worked and loved work. As to my
habits of life , It will be plain from what I
liave just said that It has been Impossible
for me to have fixed rules for eating , resting ,
Bleeping , etc. The only advice I could give a
young person on this point would be : 'Llvo
as simply as you can. Eat what you find
agrees with your constitution when you can
get It. Sleep whenever you are sleepy , and
think-as little of thesis details as possible. '
' 6'A WORD ABOUT MARRIAGE.
"You ask whether marriage Is conducive
to longevity and should women marry young , "
Miss Anthony's letter continues. "Now , the
answers" to this are plainly : That depends
upon the specific case of marriage and upon
what you mean by young. In the orient a
woman Is considered old enough to marry at
12. In the Occident the average ago for mar
riage ranges from 20 to 28. I should con
sider 25 a good age for a woman to marry ,
as by that time she has arrived at a reason
ing stage , and Is therefore In condition to
make an Intelligent choice among men. A
marriage at this , age , largely because It Is
likely to be made with some Intelligence , Is
nioro conducive to longevity than a child mar
riage. Then , if It be a marriage with a hus
band whp highly respects his wlfe'.i Individu
ality , who treats her In all particulars as ho
himself would wish to be treated were he a
woman ot fine spirit , of Independoit thyg'it
and ot self-respecting will , ! should say such
a marriage Is conducive to longevity , and \a \
an Ideal human relation. "
In closing. Miss Anthony writes the WowIng -
Ingas to the preservation ot mental activ
ity :
"Intellectual health Is best preserved by
exorcise of the Intellect. Intellectual decay
U due io an Inactivity ot the mind. The
worrying people of the world are rarely
round among the workers , for one of the les
sons a worker learns is to do the best possi
ble at every moment , and to trust time to
finish what cannot then be consummated.
Worry belongs to those who have no faith
and who assume too great responsibility. It
belongs to the people who feel that all the
work of the world can only be well done by
themselves , and that they have neither time
nor strength to do It alt. The true thinker
understand ! that nature creates thousands of
workers for every work , and her faith In this
standing host preserves her from the worry
that la born of narrowness and egol m. "
THE GREAT MRS. MALAPROP.
Ot the same age as Susan B. Anthony
and Cf equal vitality Is Mrs. Louis.-x Drew ,
who now. at 75 , has all the vigor ot youth.
For the the past sixty-seven years she has
been delighting audiences In this country
and Europe with her genius , and her comedy
acting has laughed more fat upon the boneset
ot the people of the United States than the
humors ot "BUI Nye" or "Josh Billings. "
Mrs. Drew may almost be said to be In her
prime today. For thirty years she was
the manager ot a theater , and her letter
shows that her life has boon comparatively
free from the Ills which ordinary flesh is
heir to. I give It verbatim :
"BIRMINGHAM , Ala. . April 23 , 1894.
My Pear Sir : You ha > e put several ques
tions to mu which are difficult for me to
answer. How can I tell that what agrees
with my constitution will do so with others.
I can only answer for myself , and shall , I
f * ( ear , appear egotistical. I have always
' lived generously and have enjoyed my life.
Many sorrows have overtaken my late years ,
but have not crushed my spirits. I mar
ried very early In life , at the age of 16 ,
but should not advise to early a marriage
Bonerally. Still I did not have any family
until I waa SO years old. and I waa consequently
quently not harassed by the care of children
when I waa very young. I know of no way
ot preserving health. Intellectual or physi
cal , except through the exercise ot the facul-
i , ties. I have never been aflllcted with In
somnia , and therefore cannot prescribe a
' remedy ( or that. In fact , I have been to
Insularly blessed with One health that I
m scarcely a good subject for your purpose.
Yours truly , LOUISA DREW. "
BISHOP CLARK OF RHODE ISLAND.
One of the great men of the Episcopal
church Is Bishop Thomas M. .Clark , who has '
jeon preaching the gospel for the last sixty i
years. He graduated at 'Yale college when j
Andrew Jackson was ( till In his first pres-
dentlal term , and he was llcenrsd to preach '
as a Presbyterian clergyman before Van I
llurcn got the presidency , . Soon after this
lie dropped Presbytcrlanlsm and became an
Episcopalian , and ho was mdde the bishop of
Rhode Island more than -forty years ago. He
has published a number of , books , and now ,
at the age of 83 , he can outwork most of the
young men about htm. Here t ? what he
writes :
'PROVIDENCE , R. I. . April 1 , 1891. Dear
Sir : In reply to yours of the 3d Inst. al
low me to say that I wasi born In Newbury-
port , Mass. , on the 4th of July , 1812 , and so
far as I know , with the exception of a stiff
ness In the joints , which-prevents me from
walking long distances , I am as > strong and
well as I ever have been. I am able to keep
all my appointments home and abroad ,
and to work with entire freedom In fact ,
I have done more visiting-within the last six
months than In any other half year of my
life.
life."Now
"Now , In reply to your questions , let mo
say that In order to reach a working old ago
and making the most of himself , and 'keep-
Ing up his work to the last , a young man
should take abundant physical exercise , nu
tritious , wholesome food , < and rational
amusements. He should 'cultivate all his
mental powers to the best possible advantage ,
while at the came time he should be care
ful not to overtask his mind wl.th the study
of books , or anything , likely to Impair his
health. Of course he must avoid every habit
and Indulgence which tends to weaken his
nervous force , and lead a natural , wholesome ,
pure and temperate life. . The working power
of the mind ought not , to diminish with the
approach of age , and it U possible for us to
do our best work toward the close of our
mortal existence.
"I attribute my own ( health , which has
never been seriously Impaired , and my lon
gevity , very much to the Inheritance which
has been transmitted to me by my ancestors.
I am descended on my mother's side from
the Rev. John Wheelwright , one of the
earliest of the Boston ministers , who was
banished from the Massachusetts colony for
heresy about the year 1640. He lived to an
extreme old age , as most of his posterl.ty
have done , my own grandfather being 93
years old the first time he ever sent for a
physician.
SMOKED TOBACCO FIFTY YEARS.
"As to my own personal habits , I smoked
tobacco faithfully for fifty years , and then ,
seven or eight years ago , I abandoned It
altogether , on the ground that I did not care
to be a slave of such a htfblt any longer.
I have not been a total abstainer , except for
certain limited periods , when I thought that
the wefare of others required It. I have
been accustomed to sleep as other people do
and without giving much thought to It. In
fact , a scrupulous regard for sanitary rules
and special attention to bodily health have
never interested me very much.
"In regard to marriage as conducive to
longevity and everything else that Is good
and desirable , I think that every able-bodied
man who has the means of supporting a fam
ily Is under a moral obligation to marry as
soon as , possible after he has reached the age
of 21. If he expects to live upon other people
ple , like a parasite , he has no right to marry
at all.
"In order , to preserve Intellectual health
a young man , I would say an old man also ,
should act and work like a reasonable being ,
'
and always have so'methlng on hand to oc
cupy and benefit and Interest him. Inertia Is
the cause of old age. A machine that lies
Idle for a series of yeara ts destroyed by
rust , and It works In the same way with
human beings , whether they are young or
old. I do not mean that a business man
should keep on going to his office or his shop
every day and toll on as ho has been accus
tomed to do until the end comes. But there
must bo something to occupy the mini If
wo would keep from dying before our time.
"As to Insomnia , I go to bsd every night
at 12 o'clock and get up before 8 the next
morning taking a short nap during the day
If I have the opportunity to do so. I often
keep on writing until after midnight , as I am
now doing , but this does not Interfere with
my sleeping. I have no troubls oh that scare ,
"I have , in fact , no consciousness of old
age , and but for the Impediment in walking
I should consider myself as young a man
as I ever was. I know , of course , that the
end must be near , but It does not seem to
me any nearer than It did fifty years ago.
I have great reason .to thank God for giving
mo such a serene and famous old age. Very
respectfully yours ,
"THOMAS M. CLARK. "
THE AUTHOR OF SELF HELP.
My next letter Is from Mr. Samuel Smiles ,
the author of Self Help and of a dozen
other valuable works. He also says that
work is the only thing that keeps man
young. His letter Is full of personal details
about his hablU and his work. It Is written
lu a firm hand U leads as follows :
"KENSINGTON , London , June 4 , 1894.
Dear Sir : I have Io ask your pardon for not
sooner rcplylnir to your letter of 10th April.
It came to mo through Edinburgh , Scotland ,
which I left fifty-six years ago. Since then
I have lived at Leeds , but principally In Lon
don , whore I long acted as secretary of the
Southeastern Railway .o-mpany. .
"I am well on In my 821 yeir. About
twenty-three years ago I had a stroke of par
alysis and should scarcely be living at pres
ent , bul having a sound constitution and
giving up all work for about five vears. I
happily recovered , and only the other day
I sent the MS. of a new book to the printers.
"The reason I had my stroke of paralysis
Is as follows : After doing my secretarial
work during the day I went home at night
and wrote the Lives of the Engineers.
After that came Self Help and Character.
The first successful book I wrote was on
the life ot George Stephenson. I had at
tained the age of ' 45 years when I wrote
that book. The' ' vothcrs"'rollowed. Whllo
I was writing Character I was also editing
the work of my son , "A Boy's Voyage
Round the World. " This was more than
any human brain could undergo. Then I
was stricken down lost the use of my right
side , lost my speech had what Is called
aphasia ; and then took mj- long rest. When
I recovered I proceeded to write other books ,
most of which are known In America. Many
of my books have been translated Into
European languages and also Into Asiatic ,
as far as Japan.
"You ask me about my habits. I am never
Idle Work Is the salvation of every human
being. My wife la alive and as happy as
I am. I should not have been as I am
without her. We had two sons and three
daughters one of the sweetest of the latter
died. But we have , nevertheless , twenty
grandchildren , and one of them Is happily
married. Wo had our , golden wedding in
December last ,
"I smoke moderately and take three-quar
ters of a glass of whisky at night , by the
advice of my doctor , to Induce sleep. Every
thing In moderation. I take two walks a
day , one in the afternoon , another In the
afternoon. On the whole , I anv very well.
Ever yours , faithfully , s. MILES. "
SECRETARY M'CULLOCH.
? ! V\OIi ih most ' " ' " " "tine of these un
published letters was .from Hon. Hugh Mc-
Culloch. He was 76 ye.trs old when secretary
of the treasury , and he preserved his Intel
lectual vigor to the last. About a year go
ho dictated a letter for , me on youth and how
x ? i.'X' ' , , He , wa * nof we" at the tlme. a"l
.Mm.
McCulloch wrote- the letter and signed
t. In It she said : " .Mr. McCullosh believes
In the golden rule. The young man who
woull grow old and fitlll keep young should
do to Qlhera as he would b done by. He
should bo pure In soul "arid body , and be
temperate In eatins and drinking. He be-
lltves that tobacco and ardent splrlta are In
jurious , and he would advlae the young to
let them alone. Ho should devote himself
to business , but he Should not neglect his
family. He should marry aa aoon as he la
able to keep house , and when he flnda the
woman whom ha can * sincerely love.
' You ask ua to Insomnia. Mr. McCulloch
htu found that horseback riding has done
a great deal for him. He has always been
a light sleeper , nnd he could not sleep well
when business cares annoyed him. He waa
delicate when he we.it to Indiana at the age
! cf 25. hut he had to take four trips a yeir
from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis on horse
back. This exerclflo made him strong and
vigorous , and he kept It up In atter life. It
was his chlet exercise when. In the Treasury
department. Secretary McCulloch has always
been domestic In hi * tastes. His pleasures
have been In hla family , an. ) It Is there that
ho has gotten his rest and enjoyment. Hla
boys have always been fonder of homo than
of any other place , and their father was thflr
favorite'companion. . He therefore had no
black sheep In his family. Sons and grand
sons are respectablemen. . so far. God blew
them ! MRS. M'CULLeCH. "
AX OCTOGENARIAN ASTRONOMER.
One of the most famous astronomers and
scientists of England Is Hon. William Hug-
.glns . , F. R. S. , D. C. L. , LL. D. . who now ,
at 81 , writes a hand like copper-plate. I have
a long letter from him upon these subjects ,
and he glvc me many good points as to how
to keep young. Says he :
"Ono of the chief things that I would say
to young men Is , don't burn your candle at
both ends. Do not attempt to take upon
yourself the double burden of hard Intel
lectual work , and at the same time try to
undergo the exhausting activities of modern
social life. Work alone seldom , If ever , kills
or even enfeebles , but Intellectual work , fol
lowed by the exhausting excitement of B3cc'y ! ,
makes a double strain which is one of the
most frequent causes of premature feebleness -
nes-s and of old age. I believe In regular
and sufficient periods of sleep , and as for
myself , I have never smoked , and , though not
a total abstainer , I take very little ot any
alcoholic stimulants. I sometimes drink a
glass of claret , but often for a long period no
wines at all. . - . .
"You ask as to marriage. I reply that ,
other conditions being equal , a young man
will do wls-ely to marry reasonably early. I
think , however , that It would be far better to
defer marriage If Its Increased expenses and
social claims are likely to cripple the means
of the young man and his preparation for his
life work. If a wise choice Is made , and
both are willing by a prudent mode of living
to avoid bringing upon themselves prema
turely large expenses and social distinctions ,
I believe a young man In such caws will be
Immensely the- gainer by the stimulus , sym
pathy and safeguards of an early marriage.
"WILLIAM HUGGINS. "
THOMAS WENTWORTH 1IIGGINSON.
Few men in the United States have done
more literary work than Tlumai Wentworth
Hlgglnson. He has written a dozen dlfure.it
works , and ho has been one of the leaders
of advanced thought In the United States for
vears. Ho Is now 82 years of age , but he la
In good physical condition and Is still at
work. His reply comes to mo on the pages
of a notebook , with the questions on one side
and the answers opposite them. It is short
and to the point. He says he doe.3 not use
tobacco nor liquor , an ! yet many who us
them reach a healthy old age. He sleeps
eight hours every night , and takes a cell
sponge bath daily. He can't say whethe-
marriage Is conducive to lo-gevlty or not
and he adds that "many unmarried psopla
live long. " He thinks 25 Is a good age for
a young man to marry , and advises young
men who wish to reach 80 "to have regular
habits nnd to work moderately , but persls-
cntly. In some good cause. " To such us can t
sleep he says : "Diminish the strain upon
your mind and avoid care from annoyance ana
evil. "
This correspondence of mine Is Interesting
through the Insight which it glvei into the
lives and habits of some public men. Many
of these old men write firm , characteristic
hands. Some refuse to give matter for pub
lication. Canon Farrar writes me that he
has a rooted objection to giving promiscuous
opinions and details of biography to the press
and that he must beg me to kindly excuse
him.
HOW HERBERT SPENCER WORKS.
Mr. Herbert Spencer , the great scientist. Is
now 85. He was a sickly boy , and he never
had good health. Still his life has been spent
In hard work , and he Is now one of the most
skillful men of the world In the art of taking
care of himself. He does most of his work
by dictation , and he saves himself In every
possible way. He has for years been troubled
with Insomnia , and though he Is a good talker
he will not enter Into discussions In the
evening. Ho drinks tea and snakes' cig
arettes. , , '
He firmly declines to do everything butslde
ot his own work and he has a lithographic
reply which he sends out to all correspond
ents who write as to matters whtah do not
relate to this. His life shows that work and
care arc the secrets of his wonderful workIng -
Ing old age. Huxley ts another eld scientist ,
who writes me that he cannot supply the In
formation which I want. His letter is an
autograph ono and the hand is firm and
clear.
NEWMAN HALL ON PERPETUAL YOUTH.
Rev. Newman Hall , who , now at 79 , Is halo
and hearty , and writes a good business hand ,
says : "To remain In health to three score
and ten , and possibly by reason of strength
to four score , I would say : 'Live according
to the laws of God temperately and virtu
ously , soberly , righteously and godly abstain
from fleshly lusts , ' which war against the
soul , was PaUl's advice to young Timothy.
As regards my personal habits. I have never
smoked , and during sixty years have wholly
abstained from all Intoxicating drinks. I gen
erally sleep from 11:30 : or 12 to 7 or 7:30. : I
sleep seven hours without waking. I use a
cold bath every morning throughout the year.
On an average I walk about four miles a day.
I can still walk ten miles without fatigue. I
generally have three services every Sunday ,
and am never Mondayish. On an average I
preach five times weekly and neither suffer
from pain nor fatigue. As to overwork of
brain. I would say : Give up working as soon
as It Is a weariness and do the chief brain
work early In the day. Do not work the
brain late at night If you wish to sleep , and
as to worry , do your duty and cast you care
upon the Lord , content with His approval and
a good conscience. " ' , .
M
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ixnvhTiii.tr.
Minnesota employs 79.629 factory hands
with an annual output of $192,033,478 worth
of goods.
Jewish butchers ot New York establlshe <
a co-operative slaughter house In opposition
to the meat combine.
There are 3.000 operators employed In the
general postofHce building , London , and o
these 1,000 are women , ,
The Fort Worth Iron works , Fort Worth
Tex. , has Increased Its force ot men more
than 100 during the past few weeks.
The Cumberland Nail and Iron company
Bridgetown , N. J. , will soon resume opera
tlons , giving employment to several hundrei
men.
men.The
The Port Chester ( N. Y. ) Bolt and Nut
works have notified employes that begin
nlng with the 1st ot July their wages wll
be increased.
New England cotton spinning Is quite
active. A new mill Is announced at North
Adams. Mass. , to cost $1,000,000 and employ
1,000 hands.
Preparations are being made for a genera
resumption at the Herrertown furnace o
the Thompson Iron company , which has been
Idle for some time.
The Youngstown ( O. ) Bridge -company has
taken at $27,000 the contract for the stee
construction of the grandstand at the state
fair grounds at Springfield , IIL
The' directors of the Newcastle ( Pa. ) Tube
company have let the contract for an engine
and pumps. Ground has been broken for the
new plant , and It Is expected by September
1,300 men will be at work.
Some time ago the men employed by tbe
Illinois Steel company cent a committee
whose expenses were paid by tbe company
on a tour ot Investigation to all tbe largt
steel plants In the country , to compare the
wages paid at each of them with those pak
by the Illnola Steel company. This com
mittee returned two weeks ago and made Ita
report to the effect that tbe men In tbe em
ploy of the Illinois Steel company are at pres
ent receiving as high wages aa any In the
country. Notwlthatandlnjr thla report , the
IllnoU Steel company announced that an ad
vance ot 10 per cent would be made at all
their worka , and the order went Into effect
SCOTLAND'S ' CHILD OF SONG
A Tojtio Star Eisiiij in tin Horizon of Eng
lish Litters. '
PROMISING WORK OF JjHN DAVD30N
A Soul Attuned to the Dnrlt iinil Mrlnu
chilly Hided of Unman Nntnro ntul
, KxUtrncc Selections * from
III * WrltlngM
CHICAGO , July 2. ( Special Corre
spondence of The Bee. ) "A poet of the poor
and wretched , " "a poet of the lost and
Sillily" that Is a characterization of John
Davidson , the young author who Is Just now
cieating such a stir In the English world
of letters. Davidson , like Robert Burns , Is
an offspring of Scotland , but , unlike him , no
sun child of the highlands ; on the contrary , a
stepson of the fogs of llio moorheath and
the damp coast marshes ; already In child
hood a martyr of puritan narrowness ; later ,
as youth , the prey of unceasing external and
Internal struggles. At last , as a man , a poet ,
and at the same time the victim of a poetical
Intuition , left chiefly to the dark sides of
human nature and existence , to the tragedies
of personal doom , to the general Injustice of
society , and , above all , to that dire dis
proportion between the number of fortune's
children and the overwhelming majority of
the deserted and the outcast.
In this he does not stand alone. Pessimism
Is us old as man's writing and poetry Itself.
Even our race's first and oldest document
of history and literature , the bible , fairly
teems with It. And In our days It permeates
nearly everything In art , philosophy and fic
tion. But here also.lt Is that the poet , who
lends to his creative and formulatlvc powers
provided he be ths true and called poet
liiust at the same time step In as comforter ,
reconciler and glorifies. And If the degree
In which he Is equal to this mission Is also
the measure of his poetical standing In
general , then In John Davidson we ara deal
Ing with a poet of the first order.
Ilut not for that alone , for , notwithstanding
the fact that his latest book , or to speak
more exactly , that book of his which brought
him the first real success. Is no more than a
booklet of 130 pages , containing , all In all ,
thirty poems , but every one of these 130
pages and all of these thirty , poems unveil the
full fledged master of his own. "Ballads and
Songs" Is the title of the boolo.ind Its con
tents vary In volume from the epigram of
two , six and eight lines to the full epic of
twelve , sixteen and even twenty-eight pages.
The best way to be the spokesman and
proclalmer of a true peat Is to allow him to
to htj own spokesman , So , therefore , let
our new champion tnd high defender of th ;
great human crowd on tne cold , dark an 1
criminal tide of life's great highway be Intro
duced with two or three df his best charac
teristic poems. Of those which show most
clearly that great' , peullarlty of his to re
deem and glorify all eartMy misery and sin
In accordance with the Nazarene's great word
of "the heavenly kingdom belonging to the
troubled and heavily laden. " or of the still
greater one of "pardoning those who slnnet
for love. "
"Thirty Bob a Week * ' Is the titleof a
Ulna of monologue put ' In the mouth of a
poor clerk , dragging hl'mtolf and family at
the weekly pittance of so royal a salary
through the exigencies of. liondotn llfe.-i The
description Is "not altogether'.devoid of hRs
of truly tragic pathos nor of aHruly grim
humor. . It tells of one 'of thosa Inri'umer-
able underpaid existences In the metropoll-
: an whirlpool , where , the. pay Just enable. ?
him to starve through the life , or , rather
to live through the starvation secured by
( t. The two last stanzas ihow the hsart
cutting , realism pervading ; the ; whole poemr
"THY AVILL BE DONK ! "
They say It dally up and clotvn the land ,
As easy as you take u , drink. It's true ,
But the dllllcultest go td understand
And the dltllcultest Job a man "can do
Is to come It brave and meek
With thirty bob a. week
And feel that that's the proper thing for
It's a naked child against a hungry wolf ;
It's playing bowls upon a splitting wreck
It s walking on a string across a gulf
With millstones fore and aft about your
neck ;
But the thing Is dally done
By many ana many a one , .
And we fall , face forwarJ. fighting- the
deck.
. Reaching back to the "milleti" of the me
diaeval and the legendary U the "Ballad of a
Nun. " Among all the poems of Mr. David
son perhaps Is the one which apart from Il
lustrating most loftily and boldly the whole
Chrlstllke drift of his poetry at the same
tlmo allows the charm of his terse ant
original diction to stand out with greatest
fascination. As this .ballad Is one of the
more voluminous pieces of the book It can
find hero but the following abridged repro
duction :
THE BALLAD OP ANUN. .
From Eastertide to Eastertide ,
For ten long years her patient knees
Engraved the stone * the fittest bride
Of Christ In all the diocese. -
She conquered every earthly lust ;
The abbess loved her more and more ;
And as a mark of perfect trust ,
Made her the keeper of the door.
High on the hill the convent , ruing- ,
Across a duchy looking clown.
Where everlasting mountains flung1
Their shadows over tower und town.
The Jewels of their lofty snows
In constellations flashed at night ;
Above their crests the moan arose ;
The deep earth shuddqred with delight.
Long ere she left her cloudy bed ,
Still dreaming la the Orient land ,
Oi > many a mountain's happy head
Dawn lightly laid her rosy hand ,
The adventurous sun took Heaven by storm
Clouds gathered largesses of rain ;
The sounding cities , rich and warm ,
Smouldered and glittered In the plain.
And on all that has the young nun , ap
pointed as a guard at the very door of ever
lasting resignation and absolute renunciation
to lookl down. On all that and many a
thing more !
Sometimes It was a wandering wind ,
Sometimes the fragrance of the pine ,
Sometlmea the thought how others sinned ,
That turned her sweet blood Into wine.
Sometimes she heard a serenade
Complaining sweetly far away ;
She said : "A young man wooa a maid , "
And dreamt of love till break of day.
Then would she ply her knotted scourge
Until she swooned ; but evermore
She had the same red sin to purge
Poor , passionate keeper of Ihe doorl
For still night's starry scroll unfurled.
And still the day came like a flood ;
It was the greatness of the world
That made her long to use her blood.
One sees the catastrophe approach. World's
beauty and world's lust combine to allure the
young nun , helplessly and defeneelesuly ex
posed on her guardian' * post , .to allure her
down from her quiet , worM-removed convent
hill to the bustling city. In the vortex of
roaring humanity Into rack and ruin.
In winter time , when Lent drew nigh.
And hill and plain were wrapped In enow
She watched beneath thf frosty sky
The nearest city nightly glow.
Like peals of airy bells outworn.
Faint laughter died above her head
In custs of broken music borne ;
"They keep the Carnival ! " she said.
Her hungry heart devoured the town :
"Heaven gave me by a .miracle !
unleHs God vends an angei down.
Thither I go , though It vere HolH"
She dug- her nails deep Irtlier breast.
Bobbed , shrieked , andirftight withdrew
the bar ; *
A fledellmr flying- from trw n * t ,
A pale moth , rushing to a star.
And fate overtake ! the pale nun-sphinx ,
who rushes out exclaiming :
"I leave the righteous God behind ,
I go to worship sinful , man ! "
Ana perdition Jay * uol $ ot the perjured
sister , revoking her convent vows with the
words :
'I care not for my broken vow.
Though Hod should come In thunder soon ,
[ am sister to the mountains now.
And slater to the sun und moon I' *
Through all the towns of Behnarle
She made a progress like a queen.
"She Is , " they said , "wlmte'er she bo ,
The Htrangest woman ever seen. "
'From fairyland she must have come ,
Or else' Hie Is n mermalden. "
Some said she was a ghoul , and some
A heathen goddess born again.
And the end ? Here It Is :
But soon her fire to ashes burned ;
Her beauty changed to hnggardncss ,
Her golden hnlr to silver turned ;
The hour cume of her last caress.
At midnight from her lonely bed
She rose and said : "I have hud my wllll"
The old , ragged robe she donned and fled
Buck to the convent on the hill.
Hnlf naked ns she went before ,
She hurried to the city wall ;
Unnoticed In the rush and roar
And splendor of the Carnival.
No question did the warder ask ;
Her ragged robe , her shrunken limb ,
Her dreadful eyes ! It Is no nm. k
It Is a she-wolf , gaunt and grim !
< S
She rnn across the Icy plain ;
Her worn blood curdled In the blast ;
Each footstep left a crimson stain ;
The white-faced moon looked on aghast.
She said between her chattering Jaws :
"IXep pearl Is mine. I cense to strive ;
Oh , comfortable convent laws.
That bury foolish nuns nllve !
A trowel for. my passing bell ,
A little bed\wlthln the wall.
A coverlet of. ttones ; how well
I there shall'keep the Carnival ! "
Like tlrod bells chiming In their sleep.
The wind faint pvals of laughter bore ;
She stopped her ears and climbed the steep ,
And thundered at the convent door.
It opened straight : she entered In ,
And at the warder's feet foil prone :
"I cometo purge away my sin ;
Bury me , close mo tip in ptone. "
The wardress raised her tenderly.
She touched her wet and fust shut eyes :
"Look , sister ; sister , look at me ;
Look , can you see through my disguise ? "
She looked and saw her owrr pad face.
And trembled , wondering "Who art thou ? "
"God sent me down to till yoilr place ;
"I am the Virgin Mary , now ! "
And with the word God's Mother shone ;
The wanderer whispered , "Mary , hall ! "
The virgin helped her to put on
Bracelet and fillet , ring and veil.
"You arc sister to the mountains , now ,
And sister to the day and night ,
Sister to God" and on the brow
She kissed her thrice and loft her sight.
While dreaming In her downy bed ,
Far In the crimson Orient land ,
On many n mountain's happy head
Dawn lightly laid her rosy hand.
There Is an old Scotch lay at the bottom of
this unique poem , but that Is no detraction
from the poet's merit. On the contrary , there
are plots which In their elementary great
ness are so thoroughly human , yet so per
fectly divineat once , that only the work
of generations ot men's mind and men's
fancy might Invent and shape them. Even
Goethe had to take hold of such a folk-lore
to give to the German world In "Faust"
their most sublime poem.
And now , ln > lconcluslon , once again let
the poet himself speak directly to the
reader , but this tlmo In a complete poem.
One who has the courage to open his book
as he does with the following dedicatory
distich addressed "To My Enenemy : "
Help me with scorn and strengthen me with
hate !
should be entitled to be heard , at least once ,
unabridged and uncurtalled. "A Ballad ol
Heaven , " Is the tltlo ot the 'ninth piece of the
book a story from heaven , that heaven
which this poet Imagines andi hopes for all
human cross bearers , alike those by their own
guilt as well as those by fate's Implacability ,
as the end of all earthly suffering , erring and
falling.
A BALLAD FROM HEAVEN.
He wrought at one great work for years ;
The world passed by with lofty look.
Sometimes his lips with laughter shook ,
Sometimes his eyes were dashed with
tears.
His wife and child went clothed In rags ,
And In n windy'garret starved ;
HP trod his measures on the flags.
And high on heaven his music carved.
Wistful he grew , but never feareil ,
For always on the midnight skies ,
His rich orchestral score appeared
In stars and zones and galaxies.
Ho thought to copy down his score ,
The moonlight was his lamp ; he said :
"Listen , my love ! " but on the floor ,
His wife and child were lying dead.
Her hollow eyes were open wide ;
He deemed die heard with special zest ;
Her death's-head Infant coldly eyed ,
The desert of her shrunken breast.
"Listen , my love ! My work Is done ,
I tremble as I touch the page
To sign the sentence of the sun
And crown the great eternal age.
The plow adagio begins ,
The winding sheets are raveled out
That swathe the minds of men , the sins
That wrap their rotting souls about.
"The dead are heralded along ,
With silver trumps and golden drums ,
And flutes and oboes , keen and strong ,
My brave andante singing comes.
"Then like a python's sumptuous dress ,
The frame of things is cast away ,
And out of time's obscure distress
The thundering scherzo crashes day.
For three great orchestras I hope
My mighty music shall be scored ,
On three high hills they shall have scope ,
With heaven's vault for a sounding board.
Sleep well , love ! Let your eyelids fall ,
Cover the child ; good night , and If
What ? Speak the traitorous end of all !
Hoth cold and. hungry , cold and stiff.
But , no ! Godane'ans us well , I trust !
Dear ones behappy ) , hope Is nigh !
We are too young to fall to dust ,
And too unsatisfied to die ! "
He lifted up against his breast
The woman's body , stark and wan ,
And to her withered bosom pressed
The little thin-clad skeleton.
"You see , you ore alive ! " he cried.
He rocked them gently to and fro ,
"No , no , my love , you have not died ,
Nor you , my little fellow , nol"
Long In his arms he strained his dead ,
And crooned an antique lullaby ;
Then laid them on the lowly bed ,
And broke down with a doleful cry ;
"The lovp , the hope , the blood , the brain
Of her and me , the budding life ,
And my great music all In vain !
My unscored work , my child , my wife !
"We drop Into oblivion.
And nourish some surburban sod ;
My work , this woman , this , my son ,
Are now no more ; there Is no God !
"The world's a dustbin ; we are duo
And death's cart waits ; be life accurst ! "
He stumbled down beside the two ,
And clasping them , his great heart burst
Straightway he stood at heaven's gate
Abashed and trembling for his sin.
I trow he had not long to wait ,
For God came out and let him In.
And then there run a radiant pair ,
Huddy with hase and eager-eyed
To meet htm first upon the stair-
Ills wife and child beatllled.
They- clad him In a robe of light ,
And gave him heavenly food to eat ;
Great seraphs praised him to the height
Archangels gat aoout his feet.
God , smiling- , took him by the hand ,
And led him to the brink of heaven :
He saw where systems whirling stand ,
Where galaxies like snow are driven.
Dead silence reigned ; a shudder ran
Through space ; Time furled his
wearied wlnga ;
A slow adagio then began
Sweetly resolving troubled things.
The dead were heralded along.
As If with drums and trumps of flame.
And flutes and oboes keen and strong ,
A brave andante singing came.
Then like a python's sumptuous dress ,
The frame of things wag cast away ,
And out of Time's obscure distress
The conquering scherzo thundered day.
lie doubted ; but God said ; "Even BO ;
Nothing IB lost that's wrought In tears ;
The music that you made below
Is now the music of the spheres ) "
Verses treating of mu lc , and betas mutlo
henmtvei , such thorough music that they
night easily conjure up before the reader's
mind that symphony of the symphonies Bee-
hovcn's fifth , with Its first movement marked
> y the composer's own hand as "Knocking of
Fate , " as the eternal awakening call , with
ts singing Andatito coming next , and with
that greatest song of triumph ever written
breaking upon the listener like thundering
and conquering day as the closing move
ment. Only that , fortunately for the world ,
he great master's fearful life tragedy being
ileethoven and being deaf never prevented
the most sumptuous and most unceasing
flow of musical creation , and that he had
not to go first up to the heavens to give
to the spheres the music of their own.
UDO URACHVOGEL.
I..t3lXT 01' A LITTLE ( tlVU
Toronto Mull.
My brother Will , ho used to bo
The nicest kind of girl ;
He wore a little dress , like me ,
And hud his hair In curl.
We played with dolls and ton set then ,
And every kind of toy
But all thopp good old times arc gonn
Will turned Into n boy.
Mamma has made him little suits ,
With pockets In the pants ,
And cut oft nil his yellow curls
And sent them to my aunts ;
And Will , he was so pleased , I believe
He almost jumped for Joy ;
But I must own I didn't Ilko
Will turned Into a boy.
And now ho plays with horrid tops
I don't know how ' { 6spin. .
And marbles that I try to shoot ,
But never hit nor win ;
And leap frog I can't give a "back , "
Like Charley , Frank or Hey
Oh , no one knows how bad 1 feel ,
Since Will has turned a boy.
I have to wear frocks just the same
And now they're mostly white ;
I have to Bit and just be good ,
While Will can climb and light.
Hut I must keep my dresses nice ,
And wear my hair In curl ,
And worst oh , worstpst thing of all
I have to stay a girl !
AMI RICAN8 IN PAH IS.
1'oor ItcprcAcntatlvoM of the New World In
tli ( ninny.
The American colony In Paris , says a
writer In Harper's , Is not wicked , but It
would like to be thought so , which Is much
worse. Among some of the men It Is a
pose to be considered the friend of this or
tliat particular married woman , and each of
them , Instead of paying the woman the slight
tribute of treating her In public as though
they were the merest acquaintances , which
is the least the man can do , rather forces
himself upon her horizon , and Is always In
evidence , not obnoxiously , but unobtrusively ,
like a pet cat or a butler , but still with sulfi-
clent pertinacity to let you know that he Is
there.
As a matter of fact the women have not
the courage to carry out to the end thow
affairs of which they hint , as have the
French men and women around them whose
example they are trying to emulate.
And , moreover , the twenty-five years of
virtue which they have spent In America , as
Balzac has pointed out , Is not to be over
come In a day or In many days , and so they
only pretend to have overcome It , and tell
rlsques stories and talk scandalously of each
other and even of young girls. But It all
begins and ends In talk , and the deques
stories , | f they knew It , sound rather silly
from their lips , especially to men who put
them away when they were boys at boardIng -
Ing school , and when they were so young
that they thought It was grand to be vulgar
and manly to be nasty.
It Is a question whether or not one should
be pleased that the woiijd-bo wicked Ameri
can woman -In Paris can not adopt the point
of view of the Parisian women as easily at
she adopts tlrelr bonnets.
She tries to do so , It Is true ; she tries to
look on life from the same side , but BIO ! does
not succeed very well , and you may be sure
she Is afraid and a fraud at heert , and In
private a most excellent wife and rqollier.
If It be reprehensible to be a hypocrite and
to pretend to bo better than one Is , It should
also be wrong to pretend to be worse than
one dares to be , and so lend countenance to
others. It Is like a man who shouts with
the mob , but whose sympathies are against
It. The mob only hears him shout and
takes courage at his doing so , and continues
In consequence to destroy things. And
tl.ose foolish pretty women lend their counte
nance by their talk and by their stories to
many things of which they know nothing
from experience , and so do themselves In-
Jut-tlce and others much harm.
Sometimes It happens that an outsider
brings them up with a sharp turn , and shows
them how far they have strayed from the
standard which they recognized at home. I
remember , as an Instance ot this , how an
American art student told me with much sat
isfaction last summer of how he had made
himself Intensely disagreeable at a dinner
given by one of these expatriated Americans.
"I don't mind their -taking away the char
acter of every married woman they knew , "
he said ; "they were their own friends , not
mine ; but I did object when they began on
the young girls , for that Is mnethlng we
haven't learned at home yet. And finally
they got to Miss , and one of the women
said : 'Oh , she has so compromised herself
now that no one will marry her. ' "
At which , It seems , my young man banged
the table with his list , and eald : "I'll marry
her , If she'll have mo , and I know twenty
more men at home who would be glad of the
chance. We'vo all asked her once , and we're
willing to ask her again. "
There was an uncomfortable pause , and the
young woman who had spoken protested she
had not meant It so seriously. She had only
meant the girl was a trifle passe and travel-
worn. But when the women had left the.
table one ot the. men laughed and said ;
"You are qulto like a breeze from the
piny woods at home. I suppose we do talk
rather thoughtlessly over here , but then non *
ot us take what we may say of each other as
absolute truth. "
The other men all agreafl/jito thlsf/and pro
tested that no one took them or what they
said seriously. They were quite right , and , as
a matter of fact , It would bo unjust to them
to do so except to pity them. The man with
out a country was no more unfortunate than
they. It Is true , they have Henry's bar
where they can get real American cocktails
and the Travelers' where they can play rea
American poker ; but that U as near as they
ever get to anything that savors of country
and they do not get as near as that towarc
anything that savors of the Frenchman's
country. They have their own social suc
cesses and their own salons and dinner par
ties , but the Faubourg St. Qermaln Is as
strange a territory to many of them as though
It were situated In the heart of the Congo
Basin.
ELIHD'S PREDICAMENT.
An American Mloliter In III * Stocking Fort
ntul renrli Court Knll.
When Kllhu Washburne wan United States
minister to France , says the Cincinnati Times
Star , there was a court dinner given at the
Palace of the Tulllerles one night by the em
peror , Napoleon III. It was ( ho custom a
these dinners when the empress arose to re
tire with the ladles for the gentlemen to rise
from their seats and step back. , so that the
ladles should pass down the line between
them and the table. By this all could avoid
turning their backi on the empress. Mr
Washburne had very tender feet. During the
dinner they had given him a great deal o
annoyance , and to ease himself he had slipped
off his patent leather pumps. Ho was ab
sorbed In conversation at the close of the
dinner and was caught unawares when the
empress made the signal for departure. Mr
Waahburno waa obliged to step back wlthcu
his pumps. There he stood lu tils stocking
feet , grave , dignified and self-poasetsed In
the row of grinning diplomats to hla right and
left. Ho betrayed none of the embarrass
ment he muit have felt , and was never heard
to allude to the Incident.
A notice has been Issued by the Federation
of Labor officials that the boycott U removed
form the Weatem Wheel Dicycla company , a
settlement of differences baying been made
with the metal polishers , buffetera and
platers national union. Secretaries- are re
quested to announce thli at union meetings.
\RE \ STEAM ROADS DOOMED ?
Details of the Remarkable Electric Power
Test on a Massachusetts Road ,
TRIKING AN EIGHTY MILE GAIT
V Hot lint Chock ! the Spnrd nnd Shorten *
the Trlnl Wlint the Now llnven Head
la Doing with iioclrlclty ni
. n Mollva 1'owcr.
Press dispatches ot Saturday gave
m'agei * account of the test of an electric
ocomotlvo on the Nantaskct branch ot the
-Jew - York , New Haven & Hartford railroad.
The details , supplied by the New York Sun ,
are of general Interest , and confirm the
; rowlng belief that the supremacy of steam
ocomotlvcs Is Imperiled.
A revolution In railroading , says the Sun ,
s promised by the result of the trials of the
electric power on the Nantasket branch ot
he Now York , New Haven & Hartford rail-
vay yesterday. The success of the venture
s assured. The first trial was made on
Thursday night. News of the test was with-
icld from the public. Two electric locomo
tives were run over the road and a speed
of moro than fifty miles an hour was at-
: alned between the old Colony house anil
I'emberton.
Last night another trial with an electric
locomotive geared to accomplish eighty or
more miles an hour was made , and a hot
jox on a motor car defeated a now record for
speed. The heating of the box was duo to
he fact that the new bearings would not
withstand the friction caused by the terrlflo
spon ! at which the car uas run
'or a distance of proh-ibly lera
than three miles. Jn the opinion of
nen qualified by years of experience to
ludgo of speed , eighty miles an hour was
reached. The possibilities , they say , were
ilncty miles an hour , but the hot box
spoiled It.
None but officials and attaches of'the road
were allowed on this test , the entire party
comprising lens than twenty. It was exactly
8:45 : o'clock when Colonel Heft turned on the
current , and In less than four lenghts the
: ar was going nt n speed of twenty miles an
liour. Atcr having gone less than a quarter
of a mile the car was speeding along at a
thlrty-five-mllo gait. A stop was made at
Nantasket for a few minutes , and then came
the run to Pcmberton. The troublesome
curves In the first few rods were gone over
slowly , but upon reaching the long stretch
Just below Nantaskct full power was turned
on. There was none of the gradual Increase
of speed characteristic of the steam locomo
tive , but with a plunge the car began to
fly. .Just as the more apprehensive began
lo wonder how long the car would remain on
the track It was announced that there waa
a hot box , and Colonel Heft shut off the cur
rent. Eighty miles an hour with five notches
of the "controller" still to spare was his
estimate of the speed at the tlmo ot shutting
off the current. Under the momentum
gathered the car ran on for two miles
further , most of the distance at an estimated
speed of sixty miles an hour.
The engine room contains two tandem ,
compound engines wltln two direct coupled
generators. The engines are of the Greon-
Corllse build , and specially designed for the
work they are to do.The shaft ls eighteen
Inches and the fly wheel , which weighs 64,000
pounds. Is eighteen feet In diameter. Thp
condensers are so p'lpe.d that the 'engines can
work with or without them. They are ar
ranged to regulate from no load to a max
imum of 1,420-horse power. The regulators
are so arranged that In case of an accident
to any part of the machinery the engines will
stop automatically. They can also be stopped
by simply pressing ono of several buttons.
The two generators specially built for the
line run at a tpeed of 110 revolutions a min
ute , and are guaranteed to develop 1,600-
liort-a pcwer each. The armatures , Instead of
being built up ot wlrd In the usual way , are
made up of copper disks , each Insulated from
the other. By this arrangement It Is said to-
be Impossible for them to get out of repair.
The generators are ten feet high and 'the
armatures eight feet In diameter. The
switchboard Is of the latest design. It I
arranged with two main generator panels.
The tatlon voltage Is 700 volts. The wires
are so arranged that none can be seen Issuing
from the roof of the building , and there Is
little to Indicate that the building Is an elec
tric power houeo.
Four motor cars , built after the style of
baggage cars , are the electric locomotives.
To secure traction they have been made extra
heavy , weighing , when fully equipped , about
60,000 pounds each. Two will have four
motors each and the others two motors each
hung on trucks.
The wark of changing the motive power ot
the road from steam to electricity was done
under the direction of Colonel N. H. Teft ,
formerly president of the Bridgeport Traction
company , but who was recently engaged by
the Consolidated road to superintend their
electric work. Starting at Old Colony Houso.
thcro Is little to suggest the trolley railway.
In place of the girder , groove , stllt-llko "T , "
or the other' styles of rail In electric rail
ways , there Is used the conventional T rail
employed by steam roads. The rails weigh
seventy-eight pounds to the yard , and are ot
the typo known as. the "Old Colony section , "
four and one-half inches high , and are laid
precisely as the rails of steam roads.
Two flexible coper bonds seven Inches long
are under the base of the rails at each joint
and riveted tothem. . The bonds are so
placed that when the angle bars used In splic
ing the rails are In position the bonds can
not be seen. The length of the bond Is re
duced to a minimum to Insure the maximum
carrying capacity with the minimum ot re
sistance.
The tracks are fifteen feet apart from cen
ter to center , and between the tracks Is the
single lute of poles upon which ts supported
the cables and trolley wire cross arms. The
poles are 12x14 Inches at the butt and 10x12
Inches at the top. They are painted black tea
a point six feet from the ground , and whits
to within ono foot ot the cross arm , then
finished black.
Power house No. 1 Is situated midway be
tween Nantasket and Old Colony House sta
tion. The stack Is 115 feet high , with a base
of thirteen feet. The power house Is 83x110
feet and fifty-three feet to the top of the
roof. A twenty-four-lnch wall separates the
engine from the boiler room , In which there
are two batteries of four boilers each. The
boilers are of the horizontal flue type , sev
enty-two Inches In diameter and nineteen
feet long , with 140 three-Inch tubes.
The cars are equipped with the Wetting-
house air brake , and have all standard ap
pliances ot the steam care In use by the
Consolidated. In addition to a fifteen-Inch
gong at the front ends of the motor can ,
each of these cars will have a chime whistle ,
worked with compressed air In place of
steam.
Save for a single feature , there Is not the
slightest resemblance to tbo steam loco
motive. That feature Is the cowcatcher at
both ends of the motor cars. It Is situated
underneath the platforms Instead of pro
jecting beyond the body of the locomotive ,
as with the steam locomotive. The wheels
are about the size ot the largest wheels used
on steam cars , but the axles are consider
ably heavier to withstand the strain ot ths
electric gearing.
Until the capacities of the motors ara
fully ascertained It Is not known.how many
cars will be run on a train. It la expected ,
however , that tralna will have from tour to
nine can , as occasion may require.
The Nantasket Beach branch waa choeeh
for the experiment for the reason that
within Ita llmltu are condensed most ot tha
difficult problems which will have to to
determined to make electricity a successful
substitute for steam. The curves are maqy
and sharp and the grades stoep. Traltis
will be run with great frequency In the seven
miles between Old Colony House elation out !
Pemberton.
Rov. I'hllos G. Cook , better known |
"Chaplain Cook , " who haa Just died ( U
Buffalo , aerved In the war aa a regimental
chaplain and since Ihe war devoted hit
to Buuday school work : In
