They drive homo tho cows from the pas
ture, lp through tho Ions, shady lane.
Miere tho quail whlstlo loud In tho wheat
Holds
That are yellow with the ripening grain.
They nnd In the thick, waving grussos
yhcro tho scarlet-lipped strawberry
grows! "
They gather the earliest snowdrops
And tho llrst crimson buds of the rose.
They toss tho hay In tho meadow;
They gather the elder hloom white;
They find where the dusky grapes purplo
In the soft-tinted October light.
They know whore tho apples hang ripest
And are sweeter than Italy's wines ;
They know Where tho fruit hangs tho
thickest
On tho thorny blackberry vines.
They gather tho delicate seaweeds
And build tiny castles of sand:
They pick up tho beautiful sea shells
Fulry barks that have drifted to land!
They wavo from tho tall, rocking tree
tops, Where the oriole's hummock nest
swings,
And at night tlmo aro folded In slumber'
By a song that a rond mother sings.
To those who toll bravely arc strongest;
The humblo and tfoor becotno great;
And from these brown-hatulod children
Shall grow mighty rulers of state.
Tho pen of tho author and statesman
. The nobU and wife of tho land
Tho sword and ho chisel and palttto
Shall bo held tn tho ltttlo brown hands.
....
Whitened Hair.
BY II. S. ROGERS.
(Copyright, 1001. by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Conductor Shaffer of No. f let him
self down from tho rear end of his
train as it camo to a standstill. Ho
cast an Inspecting glance along tho
lino of cars and at first hardly noticed
tho whlto-halrcd man who camo creep
ing out from under tho car near which
ho has standing. It was evident that
tho stranger had been stealing a ride,
and ho was dirty and begrimed; but
In spito of tho unattractivo appearance
of tho man thero was something un
usual in hlB appearance that would
cause anyono to look at him a second
time. Tho skin had tho pink tint and
smoothness of youth, yet tho hair
abovo tho faco was as white as winter
snow. Tho men looked at each other
a moment and then tho stranger
turned quickly as If about to movo
away. Said Conductor Shaffer:
"Joe Jordon, by thunder!"
"Hoped you wouldn't know too,
Shaft."
"I'd know you In tho kingdom come,
Joo. But, Lord, how you havo
changed!"
Joe appeared a bit uneasy and moved
from one foot to tho other restlessly.
"What you doing under that train?"
"Riding tho rods."
"From where?"
"Other end of tho division."
"Where wero you going?"
"Didn't know and didn't care. Just
got out becauso I was getting
cramped."
"You aro a regular bum, then?"
"Yep, pretty much."
"Just you get right In tho smoker
thero and after I work the train I will
como in and talk to you."
Aftor Conductor Shaffer had dono
his work ho went forward and sat
down by tho sldo of tho queer looking
tramp.
"Kind of getting up in tho world
some, ain't you, Shaft?"
"How?"
"Kind of clovatcd from a freight run
to this."
"Yep, modo up my mind threo years
(go that tho old man on tho I. N. and
W. would 'nover glvo mo a chance, so
.' took the first offer and transferred
ever here. Had not been hero six
"Joo Jordon, by thunder!"
nontlis until I got this passenger run.
L'ou seem to bo still on tho slow
freights In your line, Joe. What on
larth has happened to your hair?"
"It's a pretty long story, Shaff, un
less you have got tlmo to listen."
"Twenty miles to the next stop."
"Well, you see, It is like this. Shaff.
It's five years sinco I dropped out Not
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ono slnglo person that I knew or that
know mo In tho old days has over seen
mo or spokcu to mo sinco thon until I
ran across you this morning. Thoro
was no ono dependont upon me, and no
ono that cared, I guess. You know
that I was running pretty strong with
Mary Parr then for a tine, and al
though Bho Is married now "
"What's that?"
"Well, I ain't ashamed to say that I
thought a lot of her and If things had
gono differently may be I would havo
had a passonger run by this time. Ono
evening Mary and I had a llttlo spat
didn't amount to ,much but wo thought
It did and that settled It. Then I
heard that she was going with Henry
Weber, a machinist at tho shops, and
so I kind of dropped out. Left the road
and worked all over for a tlmo. Then I
got to traveling nbout a bit, and soon
I was on tho bum. You don't know
how easily a fellow can drop Into that,
especially a follow that knows rail
roading as I do. I have trnvoled all
over theso United States without a
cent. It's hard lines some times, but
I don't know but it Is as good as any
other if a fellow don't caro what be
comes of him.
"About my whlto head? Did you
ever hear that a man'B hair could turn
gray In a night. I never took much
stock in that, but hero beforo you is a
samplo of what can bo dono by fear. It
was in this way. I had ben wandering
down through tho eastern states somo
threo yearB ago, and ono night I land
ed at Lancaster, Pa. .There was a
young follow hanging around tho
Pennsylvania road's water tank and wo
decided to travel together. It was
warm even If It was lato winter and
we began nosing around the cars. Tho
young fellow found a car door unsealed
and called to mo. Wo climbed In and
found ourselves In a car loaded with
bananas. It wa3 pleasant enough and
we found straw on top of tho crates
and mado it a good placo for sleeping.
Beforo I went to sleep a brakeman
camo along and I heard hlin swearing
because tho banana car had not been
Eeaied before It loft Newu.1 and thon
! .icard him closing the door. It did
not seem that I had been alsecp very
long whon I was awakened by my com
panion. Said ho:
" 'Thero Is something in this car.'
" 'Of course thero Is,' said I, and
about to fall asleep again.
" 'It's something crawling. Don't
you feel them?'
"I did feel something on my hand
and shook It off. Thon I dug a match
out of my pocket nnd struck it, That'B
whero my hair began to turn white.
Tho placo was Bwarming with gigantic
spiders, I thought, but ns tho matcn
flickered and flared I looked up at my
companion. His face waB deadly whlto
and ho hissed at me:
" 'Tarantulas.'
"Then I understood in nn instant.
Tho horrible things had been brought
from somo southern country In the
bunches of bananas, A blto from any
ono of the ugly creatures meant death.
I could hear my companion's teeth
chattering and I knew that ho was In
an agony of fear.
" 'What's to bo done?' ho gasped.
"'Sit perfectly still,' said I. 'Don't
movo nor brush one of them, off, oven if
It crawls on your' face. Havo you tho
nerve to do It?'
" 'No, no. My God, I shall bo Insane
in a few minutes.'
"I knew that ho was telling tho truth
and felt that I also had tho same, to
fear. Our warm bodies probably at
tracted tho creatures, becauso they be
gan to crawl over us, and to this day
1 have, only to close my eyes and I
can see" and 'feel those hairy legs "arid
little claws creeping ou my flesh. Sud
denly my companion gavo a scronm and
began beating the air and fighting tho
tarantulas. Wo wore pressed so closo
to tho root of tho car that wo could
scarcely move, atid as I lay thero not
daring to, oven turn a hand or foot it
was fearful. Tho odor from tho insects
that ho had crushed and from tho rlpo
fruit was In Itself overpowering, and
It is not surprising that I soon became
unconscious. And that no doubt
saved my llfo and reason.
"It was somo tlmo tho next day
whon I awoke, and thero was daylight
in tho car. I looked nbout and thero
was not a tnrantuln In sight. I called to
my companion, but thero was no an
swer, and 1 wns too weak to got over
to htm. After a time I hoard people
"Tarantula!"
moving outsldo nnd mndo an outcry
that attracted attcntlou. At last tho
car was opened and I was released. I
won't trouble you with all those de
tails, but they found tho body of my
companion. It wns swollen to horrl
blo slzo and n fearful thing to sec. I
lay In n hospital threo weoks and when
I camo out my halt wns llko It Is now,
although you know, Shaff, I am less
thnn thirty."
"I havo had somo dnrncd queer
stories told me, Joo Jordnn, but that
takes tho cake. Who told you that
Mary Parr was married?"
"Nobody; Just know It wna nil."
"Well, you aro tho blamdeot idiot.
That girl has Just been sitting nround
waiting for somcono, and most pcoplo
think It is you. My wlfo wns saying
to me only tho other day that if Mary
was pining for that Joo Jordan sho
bettor look out or sho would end up an
old maid, because tho Lord only know
whether ho was in tho land ot tho liv
ing." "Reckon most peoplo would think
sho wns losing tlmo waiting around for
an old whitehcaded tramp, Shaff."
Tho queer looking tramp Bat a long
tlmo watching tho scenery rushing by,
but It is doubtful if hojiaw nny of it.
When tho conductor camo .along tho
next tlmo ho looked up and remarked:
"Say, Shaff, do you reckon I could
get back on tho old I. N. & W.?"
" 'Ain't dono nothing to queer your
self, havo you?"
"Not that I know of."
"Well, tho old man always spoke
mighty well of you, and If thoro la
nothing doing for you on that road.
I havo got a pretty good pull over here
myself. You drop off at homo with
mo, and wo will bco about fixing you
up a bit beforo you tacklo him." "
Frleilerlehiliof I Horn.
Pricdorichshof, at Cronbcrg, the pal
ace wheroln tho Into Dowager Empress
Frederick died, Is ono of tho most
beautiful country scats possessed by
tho royalty of Europe. It Is natural,
therefore, thut envious oyes should bo
now cast at Princess Frederick Carl of
Hesso because, by tho will of her de
ceased mother, sho comes into posses
sion of this estate. It is a spacious and
sumptuously furnished palaco, sur
rounded by a magnificent park, sot In
somo of tho most romantic country
scenery in Germany. Upward of $1,000,
000 was spent by its recent occupant In
improving house and grounds. Tho
young princess who Ib soon to occupy
Jt is ono of tho sweetest-faced memborB
of Gormun royalty. Sho is the fifth and
youngest child of tho Into Empress
Dowager, nnd was tho favorite during
tho last few years of her life. She was
born April 22, 1872, and was nnmed
Margnretho. Her marriago to Prince
Frederick Carl of Hesso occurred in
January, 1893, and sho has threo sons.
Homo Hotel Figure.
' Statistics aro not very entertaining,
but thero are somo stories of hotols
that thoy nlono can tell, nnd that of
tho supplies Is ono of thorn. For In
stance, during tho year 1000, ono of
those big hotols spent for meats, $200,
000; for poultry, $113,000; for vegeta
bles, f80,000; for fruit, $42,000; for
eggs, $12,000; for butter, $57,000, and
for tho flowers used In decorations
and thero nro flowers on tho tables
every day $30,000. The inltlnl Invest
ment In silverware was $250,000, and
with losses that, charitably, nro cred
ited to tun souvenir crazo, nnd tho gen
eral wear and tear on tablo servico,
nbout $40,000 a year Is spent In kcop
Ing this supply up to tho hotel's ttand
ard. I'rogrei In Occmi Trnviil.
In 1840 tho Cunard steamship Brit
annia, built of wood, propelled by pad
dle wheels, maintained n sea speed of
nbout 8V6 knots. Her steam pressuro
was 12 pounds per Inch. She was 207
feet long, about 2,000 tons displace
ment, her engines developed nbout
750-horso power, and her coal con
sumption was about 40 tons a day, or
about five pounds of coal per indicated
horso power per day. Sho carried a
full spread of sail. In sixty years
spoed has been Increased from 8V4.
knots to twenty-three knots; the time
on tho voyngo has been reduced to
about one-third 0t What it was In 1840,
A Z h e W r ld ! uTi
; I n Panorama.
Verne "Reported "Blind.
Jules Verne, who Is reported to havo
become totally blind at his homo in
Amiens, has been n sufforor with defi
cient eyes for n
long time. Tho
science Is now in
h 1 b sovcnty-thlrd
year, but ho hn9
nover ceased his
llternry work, oven
utter hjs sight be
gan to fall. Ho
published n novel
only threo years
ngo, and, although this did not bear
tho vigorous stamp of his early work,
it was by no means weak. M. Verne
recently distinguished himself by de
clining a scat in tho French Acndomy
for tho second tlmo. Ho hegnn his lit
erary career ns a dramatist nnd for
thirteen yenrs labored successfully In
that field as a writer ot comedies. It
wan not until 18C3 that ho published
tho first of tho stories upon which his
fame was to rest. Thla was "Fivo
Weeks in a llaloon." Its tmmedlnto
nnd rebounding success induced M.
Verne to contlnuo to exploit hlmBolf
in thin direction nnd tho result wns
that widely read series of romances
which havo delighted tho world, young
and old, for thirty years or moro. M.
Verne's chief amusement since his
youth hns beon yachting. Ho owns n
flno steam yacht and his happiest days
havo been those spent on its decks.
Executed Lincoln's Murderer.
Captain Christian Rath of Jackson,
Mich., is a cnndldnto for a singular
CAPT. RATH,
position. Ho desires to be tho official
executioner of Leon Czolgosz, tho as
sassin ot President McKlnley. Captain
Rath ndvanccs as his claim to this
distinction that it was ho who officiat
ed at tho death of tho conspirators
who were condomnod for tho murder
of Abraham Lincoln. It wns this vet
eran who supervised tho execution of
Mrs. Surrntt, Palno, Horrold and At
zoroth, tho persons who wero found to
bo guilty, with John Wilkes Booth, in
tho plot to tako tho llfo of tho great
liberator. Tho captain Is an old sol
dlor of tho Union. At the timo of tho
trlnl of tho conspirators ho was pro
vost marshal of tho Washington pris
on. Ho nsslstcd with his own hnnds'
In tho orcctlon of tho scaffold on which
tho assassins died. Ho plnccd tho
ropes about their necko and in other
ways facilitated tho work of execution
of tho law'B mandate. Ho says ho Ib
willing to turn on tho current which
will end tho llfo of Czolgosz, nnd will
ask no pay for tho servico savo his
expenses to tho placo of execution.
Famous Family of 'Restaura
teur. Charles CrUt Dolmonlco, tho noted
caterer, who has Just died nt Denver
from a complication of heart nnd lung
troubles, wns a member of a family
of restaurateurs whoso public dining
rooms havo boon an Institution of gay
New York for upward ot soventy
years. Tho lato Charles' Crist Dolmon
lco was tho nephew of Charles Del
monlco, who was himsolf n nephew ot
Loronzo nnd 8Iro Dolmonlco, brothers.
Theso two lnttor Buccoedod their uncloa
John and Peter, founders of the house,
In 1848. Delmonlco's first restaurant
was at 21 Wllllnm street nnd wns es
tablished In 1827. Sinco then tho plant
CHARLES C. DELMONICO.
has been removed to successive up
town locations, improving in grandeur
with every fresh change Tho de
ceased caterer unfortunately Inherit
ed not only his family's great capacity
for borvlng tho public's gustatory
wants, but nlso tho affliction of which
many of its members died. Not long
ago ho returned from Europe, whither
ho had gono In a valti search for
health.
JVcto Comptroller of Currency.
President Roosevelt, In conformity
with his nollcy to carry out as far nn
posslblo tho plans bt President McKln
ley, has appointed W. B. Rldgoly, ot Il
linois, as Comptroller ot tho Currency.
Mr. Ridgcly, who is tho son-in-law
WILLIAM BARRET RIDGELY.
of Senator Cullom, was tho choice of
tho late President for tho post made
vacant on Octobor 1 by tho retirement
ot Charles G. Dawes. In fact, tho com
mission wns signed by Mr. McKlnley
Just beforo tho Journey to Buffalo, but
formal announcement of tho appoint
ment wus delayed.
Can the Kitchen be Abolished?
In offering solutions of tho servant
girl problem It is a singular fact that
scarcely anyono thinks of suggesting
tho plan ot clovntlng cookory to n
scienco that is worthy tho attention
nnd study of tho brightest Amcrlcnn
women. Tho solutions that nro now
being proffered nil tond toward ono
end, tho complcto nbollshmont of tho
kitchen ns nn adjunct of tho modern
homo.
Ono of theso kitchen exterminators,
recently outlined Ills plnn in tho Now
York Sun and commended It to tho
consideration of Amcrlcnn housekeep
ers. His plnn Is to Incorporate a com
pany with sufficient capital to estab
lish In various districts ot a city largo
kltcbonn undor tho management ot
compotont chefs, with a properly or
ganized forco of uBalatants and help
ers, Theso various district kitchens
aro to bo controlled from n central sta
tion and nro to proparo and distribute
meals at tho residences' ot subscribers,
tho meals to bo sorved in properly con
structed, self-heating receptacles, tho
necessary dlBhcs to bo sent with tho
food, and, It desired, an asslctunt to
nrrango tho table, or n wnltor to Borvo
tho meal.
LiOcs With Bullet in "Brain.
James Callan, nn lnmnto of tho Al
toona (Pa.) hospital, iu probably tho
RADIAGRAPII SHOWING BULLET
HOLE IN A LIVING MAN'S
SKULL.
only mnn living nnd In nppnrontly
good health with a bullet In his brain.
Ho attempted sulcldo August 14 nnd
fired n 38-callbor bullot into hit; head.
For a timo ho hovered botwedn llfo
and death, and no nttompt was mado
to probo for tho bullot. Then ho be
gan to rapidly rccovor. His mind bo
camo clear and lila normal health re
turned. Tho phyalclnns plnccd him under nn
X-ray machlno and procured n photo
graph ot tho man's skull, showing that
tho bullet was Imbedded in tho mid
dlo of tho brain. Tho photograph Is
reproduced ohovo. Callan, uccording
to a Philadelphia Enquirer special,
says tho bullet causes him no Incon
venience. Ho wbh discharged ab cured
last week.
Out of Woman's Sphere.
Woman's ndvent In tho learned pro
fessions is u comparatively modern
dovclopmont iu tho United States.
Sixty years ago no woman In this
country, so fnr as known, hnd over
boon regularly accredited oh an au
thorized practitioner in law, medicine
or theology. Indeed, It Beomed thon
far moro likely that womon would bo
allowed to preach than vote. Whon
Autolnetto L. Urown imported to her
clnBsmato, Lucy Stono, at Oberlln, her
intention to bucomo nn ordnlnod min
ister, Lucy, who nlrcndy nsplnxl to bo
como n voter, oxclalmcd, "You can
nover do It!" Yet Antolnotto wns or
dained nnd ministered to an orthodox
congregation somo fifty years ngo,
while Lucy, after half a contury of
heroic effort, died a disfranchised citi
zen, Of tho threo lenrnod professions,
medicine haH proved tho most general
ly uvallaDlo for womon. Thero aro
now many thousand womon physicians
of every school practicing mcdlclno
successfully In America.
People and
f EJents
Aster Js Sorry.
William Waldorf Astor, who has Just
apologized for his oolf-expatrlatlon by
saying that the hitter criticism ot
American newspa
pers drovo him
from tho country,
becamo n natural
ized British subject
in 1S09, nbout ono
yenr or so after It
becamo known that
ho was intending
to renounce hla nl
leglanco to the
United States. Mr.
Astor wns born In Now YorK city on
March .11, 1818, tho oldost son ot John
Jacob Astor. Ho was married In 1871
to Mary Dahlgrcn Paul, of Philadel
phia, who, through her mother, wor de
scended from tho Amcrlcnn navnl
hero, Dnhlgron. Mr. ABtor occupied
n tow public onicoa undor tho Ameri
can government. Ho torved ns n mom
bor of tho New York legislature In 1S7S
and in 1881, nnd ha was Unitod StatPB
minister to Itnly from 1882 to 1885. Ho
had lived much In England, nnd nbout
ton years ngo ho stnrtod Tho Pall Mall
Magazlno nnd purchased Tho Pall Mali
Gazette. Sinco then ho has lived al
most entirely in tho British IsIcb.
"Director of Conjtruction SY.
Louis Exposition.
iBnao 8. Taylor, who has Just been
chosen director of construction and
maintenance for tho Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, was born in Nnnh
vlllo, Tenn., In 1S51, Ho was- gradu
ated with class honors from tho St.
Louis University In 1SG8, nnd nt onco
adopted tho profession of architect.
ISAAC S. TAYLOR.
Aftor six yoara study under Ooorgo
I. Barnott, tho doah of westorn nrchl
toctB, Mr. Taylor wuh taken into part
nership with hlo preceptor undor tho
firm namo of Barnott & Taylor. In
1879 Mr. Taylor soverod hln connection
with Goorgo I. Barnott, nnd olnco thon
hns been In business for himsolf. Ho
hns erected fifty of tho biggest and
best buildings in tho city nnd has dona
much work in Illinois nnd Texas.
Whllo plunnlng and erecting public
buildings' nnd residences which have
nddod to tho beauty and attractiveness
ot tho city and to Its metropolitan as
pect ho has dono much to elovato and
improvo public taBto.
Scth Low Afain
Both Low, who is again a candidate,
for mayor of Greater Now York, this
tlmo nt tho head ot tho ticket named
by tho commlttoo ot olghtcon ot tho
fusion forces of tho city, has como to
roprosont tho Independent clement ot
Now York citizenship by a kind of tra
dition, Mr. Low's namo, In a way, la
a Bynonym for good government and
nn antonym for corruption. Sinco 1889
ho has boon nt tho head of tho Colum
bia university, nnd Is ono of tho very
few prominent educators ot tho coun
try who havo found tlmo to tnko an
actlvo part In politics and btand as a
cnndldnto for mayor in n city ot tho
first clnss. Mr. Low wna electod may
or of Brooklyn in 1881 and ro-oloctod
with gratifying results, In 1897 he
wns nominated by tho Citizens' Union
SETH LOW.
party for first mayor of Greator Now
York. Tho only public ofllco ho haa
held sinco his mayoralty of Brooklyn
Is that of tho dolcgato to tho pcaco
conferonco nt Tho Haguo In 1899.
England's Coming Coronation,
Owing to events preceding tho coro
nation King Edward will upend most
ot tho next year in tho metropolis, only
going to Windsor, It Is oxpectod, for
tho week enda nnd for Ascot rnco
week. Therefore only Just '"Bufllclont
staff will bo kept nt tho 'castle to n.t
tond on IiIh highness at these periods.
It 1b thought that tho king will mako
most of his Journeys to and from Lon
don by nutom&bllo. Tholiorses In tho
royal stables havo been reduced by
about thirty and n number .of stablo
hnlnnrH hnvo boon discharged".'