THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1S01.
9
The Honeymoon Ship
(Copyright, 1300, by Morgan Robertson.)
A trick at the. wheel on the Great Lake
steamers lasts six hours that Is, tho whole
watch hence you steer the same trick each
day and night, under the same watch of
ficer. You tre allowed to smoke at the
wheel and also (this Is truth) allowed a
stool to sit upon when your legs arc tired.
Yet the time passes slowly In the pilot
bouse and It Is fair to presume that It
passes as slowly out on the bridge, wbero
the officer In charge Is sUDDOscd to paco up
and down, Intent only upon his duty. But
on fine nlghtt duty Is easy of performance
There may be a word through the pilot
house window from the officer, a tenta
tively Jocular answer, a Joke or good
humored comment In return, and demo
cratic relations pro tern are established.
Thus it was that old Dutch Pete (officially
Mr. Decker, chief mate of the Sunderland,)
first bcrrowlDg my chewing tobacco, began
talking with me as we steamed up Lake
Erie and reeled off the yarn which follows.
He was an old, wise man, who had seen all
lands and all men, and he was a seaman
and an officer whom l esteemed and ro
spected, while 1 was a wheelman" whose
steering he tolerated. Wc had so assured
each other. Yet there was ono subject on
which we could not agree the place aud
value of womcnklnd. While not being a
woman hater, the old man was certainly
unjust to the sex in some of his allegations
and I was young, with a warm recollection
of a brown-eyed, dimpled, plnk-cbeektd
young woman, with fluffy hair and a sweet
smile, who 1-but never mind her.
"Joost think of the poor fellers." re
marked t'cte, as he handed In my plug,
"married men, who can't chew, nor smoke,
nor drink, nor have any fun, Just 'cauee a
wooman says they moosn't. Why. terbaccy
Is one of life's blessings and It weemen
folks only knew it they'd use It same as
men, but they hacn't sense cnoof."
"Yes, sir," I answered, "but It s a dirty
habit after all. It's all right for men. but
not for women."
"What?" he said In scornful surprise.
"Why? Are weemen any better than men?
Aro they any more p'tlcular about w-hat
they do? Does a wooman wash her face
any more than a man? Hey? Sho don t.
She puts vaseline on it or sirnuv w.
that cold cream stuff, and then she swabs
it off with a towel ana cans u ju".
don't chew terbaccy. No, It makes bad
breath, she says, but she cats candy and
cake and sweet things till her teeth nrc
bad and her stomach's out of plumb and
her mouth smells like a slaver's main
anrt if vnu offer her a chew of good
navy plug to freshen It oop she's Insoolted.
" i n.. v. ' Tho nlil man'
yan weemen ium "
stamped down the bridge, peered ahead and
astern, sang out something to the lookout
and returned to tho window.
"Docs a woman know anything, any
how," he continued. "She thinks she
knows It all, and banks on It. and when
things don't go right she blames some
mn who didn't do what she told him.
And she's always ready to tell him what
to do. and how to do It. and when to do It
Joost as If she knew. Did jou ever noticn
. wtln irl. ioost old noughito go.jut and
play-how sho tells her Iqetle kojhfcr Uiat
he" moost do this, and he moost not do
that, and this was wrong, andithat'waw not
right? S,he don't know arptblagrnbout It
nv mnre than the lectio boy! It's an In-
tlnct-joost' h0 am:.;M;:rrfkea.
kitten growl and It' ovcrf bonelNow,
nobody wants that bono but me Kitten
but It takes her back to the -wilderness
h thinks the whole wide world Is con-
sDlrlnsr-toT ob her of It.1 amV'she thjnks
h. . 'rnrlnr other anlmalB away. Same
wv with the leotle lrl.iiShe"''gets at from
the Mine 'way back. when hweemio, .wjre
bosses', and men sawed wood I mean they
said uothluB. And-soihe beulns.pceacblos,
when sho .learns to speak, and she never
stops no' never. She 'never stops. Young
man. ;dmYt yolKgel married. Wben a man
gets married ' ho 'not only binds himself
to support .another ' person, -but to-, consult
that person about everything as to what
he does, what ho wears, where he goes.
Whom he knows, and what money he
spends. Yah men aro d m fools to get
married."
I thought of brown-oyes-and-dlmples, and
smiled pityingly. He saw the smile In the
light from tho blnnaclo anu I naateneu
to speak.
"Must have had a hard time, sir, In
your married life."
"My married life? Oh, no. I've had
most kinds of hard luck, but pot' that.
Still, I came near it 'bput yqur4 age. too,
or a lcetle older."
I was Interested and expressed my inter
est. He visited 'both ends of the' bridge,
looked at the com pa as amidships to see
that I was on my course, and leaned-hls
elbow on the sash.
"About your age I went to sea with n
full crew" of married men and' their wives
alone with them. That cured mo. I had,
a girl at the time daughter of n Liverpool
grocer good girl, too, as girls go and
sho was to wait Joost one voyage, till I bad
saved enough to stock a lectle homo for
her. I had a master's certificate, but had
never commanded a ship, all I hoped for
was a chief mate's berth and I was goln'
to save- my money and marry that girl nnd
bo a happy man. I did not knqw. nut I
learned that the ship Hyderabad, loading
"for Singapore, wanted a skipper and I
struck for tho Job. Then r knew why she
wanted a skipper wanted him bad and
couldn't get him, Liverpool was full of
skippers lookln' for ships to sail and I
was the only man who was willing to try
that ship. That's because I was young
and goln' to be married. You see. her
owner was a young man. too. nnd religious
and he read his biblo steady find that bible
told him that It wb not good for man to
bo alone and he figured that It meant that
he ought to have a woman 'long with him.
so what docs he do but put a new forrad
houses In the first of his ships that come
homo and sink it down to tho 'tween deck.
That made two stories, with a winding
stairway. Down below was a dining room
with a table, and chairs, and a pantry and
a laundry room, where the weemen could
wash clothes and dishes. He knew some
thing about weemen folks, or ho wouldn't
have thought of tho laundry. Above was
the fo'castle proper Just two strings o'
two-bunk rooms with a door and a window
to each. Oh that was a tine fo'castle.
Then that man gave out that only mar
ried sailors could sign In his ships and
their wives must go to sea with them. I
thought that was all right for roe, too. and
after I'd got the berth I wanted to splice
my girl and take her along, but her old
dad wouldn't hear of It. He said to wait
until the floating asylum got back and if I
was still alive and not crazy I could have
her. So. my girl stayed home.
Now, I wasn't so far gone that I didn't
have sense to ship two Yankee mates
buckos of the "vorst kind Know what a
Yankee bucko Is? No? Sign out'o' New
York this fall and you'll know. He's a
cross between a prlicftghter and a loco
motive. I got those two mates aboard In
the dock 'fore the crew came. One was
Illack Dunkherst o' Cape Cod. I shipped
him chief mate. T'other was "Mister"
Johnson o' noston, Mister was his first
nsrao, he said, and he never had any
other. Both had bad records and reputa-
tlons and neither had a conscience, as far
as I cvuld bee. Hut they were the men I
needed In that ship and I didn't care. They
both said they had wives ashore nnd
wanted to bring 'em along, but I knew
better and wouldn't have It. Wasn't a
specially moral man myself, but I didn't
want to stand alone, the only bachelor In
the ship.
Must have been 3,000 people on the quay
to see us haul out Into the stream. All
Liverpool was talkln' about the honeymoon
ship and while I tallied off the crew six
teen couples at the capstan that lunatic
of an owner stood on the poop, proud as
Qllly-bc-dam, bowing and scraping to the
crowd ashore
Now. I said I wasn't a specially moral
man, as men go, but I was too moral to
countenance that crowd of brides at the
capstan. Three or four old girls, who
looked like ex-barmalds, might have been
lawfully married to the men beside them,
but the rest were cruisers from Waterloo
road and the dance halls of I'aradlse street.
I hadn't nlcksd the crew the crimps did
that for the owner. And, on the whole,
they'd given us a pretty good crowd o'
men, but the wocmcn Oh, Lord! After
all, I was glad my girl wasn't along.
Well, we cast off and began warping
down through the docks with the big
hydraulic capstans they have there, and, as
tho two mates were competent, I went be
low with tho owner to settle up affairs and
tho crowd nsborc followed along the eea
nail.
Down below, I knew by the sounds that
we had got to a broken-down capstan and
would have to use our own amidships. We
were warping stern first and I heard Mr.
Johnson sing out to some one ashore to
make fast tho stern line and to the men
for'ard to heave away the capstan lively;
then I heard the biggest hullabaloo I ever
hcard-a wooman screamln' and 3.000 peo
ple ashore yellin' and that second mate o
mine shouting as loud as he could to "heave
away, my bullies, and clear this wooman.
We ran on deck.
Now, this Is what had happened. She was
a Nova Scotia built ship, with a low poop
and a cabin trunk with alleys. The poop
rail wae about as high as your middle and
thPr was a chock for tho stern line on
the taffrall and a pair of small timber-
heads like our lake schooners nave on mc
poop rail Just at the forrard corner of the
house. You see, the stern line would not
lead from the chock on the taffrall to the
canstan amidships without chafing the
house, so Mr. Johnson had thrown the bight
over the timber-heads on the rail anti tnat
would make the line lead etantlngly through
the alley from the Inboard corner aft to
the outboard corner forrard.
Now, there was a woman standing In that
alley swappln bllllngsijate with somo one
ashore and' as' Mr. Johnson sang out to
"heave away" he kicked the line close to
her heels nnd up. It came, taut, to a level
with the rail and ll lifted that wooman's
clothes' with It and squeezed her tight. Then
ns tho men hove It In it began to saw and
saw and saw, till it's a wonder that wooman
wasn't cut In two. Oh, how she yelled,
while that wet, six-Inch hawser ground past
her and dragged her tighter Into tho angle,
and all this tlmo Mr. Dunkherst on the
forecastle deck was lookln' every way but
aft. pretendln' not to see, and Mr. Johnson
was slngln' out to "heave away and clear
this wooman." He was grlnnln' like a
Cheshire cat when I got on dejek and made
em surge-") the line. Then she got clear of
It, still yellin', and ran down tho cabin
stairs; -Sba-wss a shocking spectacle. That
line had carried away all 'midship fasten
Ings and everything came down by the run
iwhr.ntthxj pressure, (was off. I sent some
.Wet Wen' down&iith her duds and they fixed
her up.
That 'was the first trouble, but in two
minutes Mr. Johnson had to lick the woo
ninn's man, who had been Torrard with the
mate and had Joost got? aft.. Now an
English, 'nbld seaman". Is handy with his
flsts bit.a-'Yankeo second mate la a bad
proposition and mighty handy with a be
layln,"P"lrf, so about' the time tho wooman
got rigged out ber man was ready for the
ihosplinrimd I sent 'cm both to their state-
roolli torrccuperate. Then I thought I d
better apt' reprimand Mr. Johnson, At the
dock head I got rid of the owner, then we
fdok a tug and towed to sea and were well
outside the three-mile line before tho
watches were set for the night. Now, you
know- that under English law a ship cap
tain is a magistrate on the high seas, with
power to perform the marriage ceremony,
I had never seen anyono married, but I
ranged 'cm along the deck after the mates
had picked tho watches and had each man
tako hold of his woman's hand, so thrre'd
be no mistake; then I read 'em the ship's
articles, then I swore 'em on the bible, then
I" read off tbe men's names the whole slx-teen-;-and
said 'Do you take this "woman
for your wife?" and they answered "Yes,
sir," one after the other. Then-1 said, "Do
you weemen I don't know your names
takes the man who has hold of your hand
for your.husbandj" And they all answered
"Yes," fo I called 'em man and wife and
sent tho watch below. I have since learned
that -the marriage was legal. Dut all I
wanted at tho- tlmo was to make them
think ho. t '
I had a notion that with all hands mar
rled. and one man licked at the start things
might go along smooth for n while, but In
the. morning a woman a good-loklng young
woman, sho ,was came aft and wanted a
divorce said she wouldn't bide with a man
that went to bed with a pipe In his mouth:
said that as far 'as she could Judge, the
only, difference 'tween a sailor and a hog
was that one made up his bed with his
nqse and t'other with his fcot. I reasoned
with her told her that sailors made up
their beds after they turned In, and smoked
themselves to sleep, but she wouldn't be
ljeve mo. 1 sent for her man, a husky
young fellow named Jim something . and
Jim came gTtnnln'. He Baid a divorce
would please him very much, as he was
goln' through the world for the last time.
and. although he expeoted , he wanted
It after death. I Jawed 'em both a little
and sent 'em forrard. nut next watch
Jim came on deck with his eyes nearly
scratched out, and bis wife's were closed
tight and black as your hat, and sho
seemed proud of 'cm so proud that I
hoped she'd stick to the man that gave
em; and ho she might, for that's their
nature, young man, "but the rest got to
takln' sides, and. for a whllo there was
to pay and no pitch hot forrard. A
big Liverpool Irishman got too sympathetic
for the woman, and Jim slugged him; then
Mr. Johnson took a hand and licked 'em
both, but Jim's wife and her woman friends
did him up, and he came aft Joost able to
see.
So I had to separate this couple. I called
all hands for witnesses, put 'em through
somo mummery, swore m clear o' one
another, and pronounced them two, Then
I entered the Job In tho log, and as the
wooman was a grass widow now with no
husband to protect her, I gave her a state
room aft, with the run o' the forrard cabin
and poop, Jim was much obliged to me
and would go 'round the deck smiling, he
was so happy, and he and the young
wooman would pass without speaktn'. nut
after a few days I noticed her watchin
him more than I thought he deserved, and
concluded she was coming 'round. Jim
paid no Attention, and that seemed to
worry her. She sneaked aft next time he
took tbe wheel,- and sat down behind him
on the grating, and I moved 'round where
could see them and not be seen myself.
"Fine day." she said; but Jim dldn'
hear.
"How fast be we goln' now, Jim?" sh
said next, and Jim looked aloft and said
nothing-.'
"Jim!" sua said. cln. and still Jim
By A organ
Robertson
dldnt hear
Then she got a pin out of her dress
ind
reached softly toward Jim and Jabbed him
In the leg. He let a horrible yell out o'
him that woke the watch below for they
11 turned out. He let go the wheel, and,
till yelling, rolled 'round the deck with
his hand on the sore spot. "Oh, my good
Lord Ood," he howled. "Oh. I'll die, I'll
die!" I ran aft in fact, all hands were
comln', and tbe young wootsan, very white
in the face and scared, ran forrard t'other
side. 1 was mad clean through, and I
lifted Jim on the toe o' my boot and made
him take the wheel and shut up; then I
caught the young wooman and told her It
she ever talked to the man at the wheel
again I'd put her 'fore the mast. So she
let Jim alone after that.
Dut that was only one thing. There
was a scrap or a halr-pullln' most every
meal time forrard, and I could only pre
tend not to hear it, and wish that damn
fool owner was along to regulate 'em. But
I wouldn't have a row on deck, to break
up the w-atch on duty, and I told my two
bucko mates to stop tho first signs o'
trouble, even though they had to use force.
Now, that was dangerous license to give
such fellows, for they'd hit a wooman
as quick as a man.
The steward was a mild-mannered old
codgor, who stuttered badly, and as he
was aft most o' the time ho didn't set
well acquainted forrard. One evening, at
supper time, a big, strapping woman met
him near the main hatch aud sold:
I say, cheward, cau ye gimme some
He?'
Now, she may have wanted coal oil for
the lamp down forrard. but tho steward
didn't know but what she wanted some
of tho olive oil he had In his basket, so
ne saia:
"Wha-what-wha-what k-k-k-klnd do you
want :
u-d-d-d-on't ye m-m-m-ml-ml-mlke
gyme o me, ye f-t-f-four-lced old b-h
b-bumble bee," she said, squarln' up to
mm. "itrm a lydy. hi ham
"J-J-J-Just tell me wh-wh-wha-what you
want," said the old man, backing off, but
sho followed and smashed him on tho nose,
ana tne cabin supper went Into the scud
pcrs. You see, the woman stuttered, too,
wnen sne got worked up. and she thoucht
me steward Knew it and was mockln' her.
well, along came Mr. Dunkherst from
forrard, Joost as the big wooman's husband
came from the wheel, and the mate cot
between the wojman and tho steward, but
sho wa3 encouraged by the sight of her
man and she soaked the mate 'tween the
eyes. Tnen he knocked her down and she
lay klckln' on the deck, squallln' bloody
murder, and her husband went for the
mate. Then all hands came out o' the fore
castle and the second mate and I ran
forrard ,and pretty soon there was n gen
eral, all-round, catch-as-catch-can cotillion
on that deck. Every one was In It but the
man at tho wheel, and while the men, to
the last one, went for the mates, the
weemen sailed Into me. The mates got
belayln' pine, but they were free for all and
the men got 'em, too. Now, fifteen able
seamen can take the tar out of any two
buckoes alive and sixteen weemen can takf
tho good intentions out of any skipper,
though I don't know to this day what they
hid against me. I thought I was flghtln'
for my life and when I got clear o' them
and aft to the cabin I was scratched and
bitten and bleedln' and had hardly a rag o'
clothes left on me. I saw the two mates
layln quiet on the deck and the men stand-
in' over 'em waltln for one to move, so I
went below and got my pistol. Tho weemen
saw me rome out with It and charged aft,
but I covered 'em and swore I'd shoot the
first one that made a break an'd they
stopped, but I got a tongue lashln' that I'll
never forget. They called me all the names
that a mad wooman can .think of nnd de
manded to be put ashore.
Well. I considered that It was the only
thing to do. Even though the mates were
not dead, they'd have no more Influence
or authority over tho crew, and there was
likely to bo worse trouble ahead If I went
on. So I made a condition of it. I sato
that if they'd promise to behave and keep
off the deck I'd run back and land 'em.
And I did. I put Into Cardiff and hanaeu
the whole lot over to the police and sent
the mates to the hospital. Then I wired
to the owner to send another, skipper or
permission to go on without weemen. He
did the first nnd I went back to Liverpool.
"And what did they do to the crew, .Mr.
Decker?" I asked, after a moment's si
lence.
Let 'em eo. weemen and all. me mates
got well. Yon can lick a bucko, but he's
hard to kill."
"But that voyage couldn't have made
you sour so on womankind, sir."
"Partly." he answered, siowiy, yes, u
was that voyage."
But your girl didn't she show up diner-
ent from that crowd?"
"Mv clrl." he answered. looking away
Into the night. "My girl had eloped with
another man before I got Into Cardiff."
I said no more, for I could think or
nothing to say. but I knew now what had
embittered him. Ho began pacing the
bridge, and so continued until midnight,
while I. dcenly sorry for him. and glad
that I knew a brown-eyed, dimpled girl
so different from those he had met. spent
tho time thinking of her and wondering
what she was doing that eventng. I have
since learned; she' was getting married.
IIB.VT Sl'IM'LlUn UY THE CITY.
Colli Weather Toim1 for SlliUnniiu-jr
nenilliiK.
An innovation In municipal ownership is
soon to bo launched at Goshen, Ind. Tho
city council proposes to furnish heat to Its
citizens n addition to water ana ngms.
The plan is to furnish hot water heat from
the municipal water works plant. This
system has been tested and found success
ful In London, England, and also to somo
extent by private companies in the United
states, but never before has a municipality
undertaken such a rlan. It was In 1S"4 that
ha oucstion nroae of either increasing tne
size of Goshen's flro department or else
constructing a municipal water works plant
on a small scale for flro protection only.
There had been a number of big losses from
fires and In those days the fire depaUmcnt
facilities of the smaller towns and cities
were usually Inadequate. The outfit here
consisted of a hand-pumplas engine, two
hose carts and a hook and ladder device.
A public meeting was held, It was largely
attended and the enthuslnsm was marked.
It was decided that the city should put In
a water works system as suggested, and a
resolution to that effect was sent to the
council, and soon the work was begun. Tho
system Installed would now, twenty-five
years later, be considered very crude, but
It answered the purposes of that day. The
main pipes which were laid were of wocd.
They were mado to connect with a canal,
and to force the supply of water through
them the city purchased pumps and a largs
wheel for water power. The system, when
completed, cost tho city $9,000 and It was
found that bcaldes filling the needs for
which It was particularly constructed that
it would admit of still furthor extension
with but little extra cost. Following Its
completion a public test of the system was
made to the satisfaction of the citizens.
From this beginning later developed the
Installing of steam power so as to allow
the supply of water for private consumption.
Next came the addition of artesian wells,
and U UU ft (wr ftouae with a complete
plant w-as erected. Today the system In
cludes nearly twenty-one mllce of street
mains, 160 fire hydrants and twelve public
watering troughs. The power station equip
ment comprises a standplpe of 265,000 gal
lons capacity, one pump with a capacity of
2,000,000 gallons for every twenty-four
hours and two pumps of 1,000,000 gallons
capacity each and four boilers of 400-horse
power. From the plant there Is an annual
Income of nearly 7,500 from private con
sumers. The Installing of a municipal hot-water
plant Is now In the hands of the water and
lighting committee, which Is so success
fully managing the municipal plauts al
ready In operation. In their first report
to tho city council they stated that they
had Information to tho effect that the ex
haust from the city power station would
supply, without cost, all the heat required
for heating the water for from 40,000 to
50,000 squaic feet of radiation. One esti
mate Is that It will hat from 70,000 to
SO.000 feet. In order to be safely conserva
tive, they go on to assume that the ex
haust will supply heat for only 25,000
square feet. The cost of furnishing the
heat for 125,000 square feet would be, an
nually, $7,600 for heat and JS76 for power
to circulate the water. It Is figured that
fifty pounds of coal will supply heat for
one squa.e foot of radiation surface for
one year. Computing coal at $3 a ton, this
amounts to 7V4 cents per square foot of
radiation per year. The figures, J7.60O per
annum, represents this amount as applied
to 100,000 square feet, the other 25,000 feet,
It will be remembered, coming from the
exhaust pipe of tho plant which the city
now owns. Thus a waste product Is made
a source of profit. For circulating the
water for 125.000 square feet twenty-horse
power Is required, which will consumo five
pounds of coal per hour, which, for 160
days, which Is the average number of days
that heat Is required in a year, makes the
cost In this regard 1576. The total cost,
therefore, of operating this system for a
year in Goshen would be 18,076. At the rate
of 15 cents per square foot to consumers
the Income from 125,000 square feet would
be $18,760. This, It will be seen, Is $10,674
in excess of the operating expenses. It Is
assumed that the full 125,000 feet would
be taken by consumers annually after the
fifth year, at least. Forty thousand feet
should be taken the first year, tho commit
tee estimates.
The cost of putting In a system which
will furnish 125,000 square feet of radia
tion would be n little less than $10,000.
This Includes the cost of laying all the
maius. Assuming that 30,000 feet of radia
tion would be taken the first year. 50.000
the second year, 75.000 the third year, 100,-
vuu tne rourtn year and 125,000 the fifth
year by consumers, the revenue over ex
penses for the first live years would be
$20,024. In the expenses Is Included the
cost of Interest at $3,000 annually. If no
payment Is made on the principal of the
debt for the first five years. Goshen also
proposes to heat Its public buildings with
cot water.
A l'OI.LOWEIl OF TOLSTOI.
Yonnc .Irrnryitimi I'refcru Povcrtr to
Ills Father's Minimis.
The eccentricities of a young millionaire
follower of the teachings of Count Tolstoi
are vastly puzzling the good people of the
village of Woodbrldge. N. J.
With practically unlimited means at his
command, George Ruddy, Jr.. son of one of
the. richest men in the state of New Jersey
and a college graduato who has enjoyed the
advantages of foreign travel, prefers the
life of the humblest toller. Clad In blue
Jeans and cowhide boots he literally wrests
his livelihood from tbe unwilling soli of a
tiny farm, the smallest and most, worthless
corner of his father's, vast estate.
What makes the case the more remark
able la that Ruddy's wife, a young and
beautiful woman, delicately nurtured and
highly accomplished Is fully In accord with
his sociological vlows and enthusiastically
shares the hardships of the life to which he
has devoted himself. Ruddy and bis young
wife believe that tbelr stony little farm Is
nil that they are morally entitled to, and
that to take more would be to rob some
less fortunato individuals of what Is their
rightful due.
Ruddy, who Is now 30 years old, is the
only son of George Ruddy, the owner of
vast clay beds from which he has drawn a
great fortune. As a lad George showed a
disinclination to associate with boys of his
own social rank and preferred to spend his
time among the children of the poor, with
whom ho shared his pocket money. From
college the young man graduated with high
honors, having particularly distinguished
himself In G.-cek and music.
On his return homo his father wished him
to enter his office and gather experience to
take entire charge of his business. This the
young man refused to dp, declaring that he
believed the whole property should be dl
vlded among his employes. In spite of his
father's protest ho Insisted on driving one
of the clay wagons for a common laborer's
wages.
Soon after attaining his majority Ruddy
married Mildred Barnard, the daughter of
one of the richest men In Woodbrldge, and
his father had for a time hopes that his
marriage might change his social theories.
His .bride was fond of gaiety, and the hUB
band politely refused to take part In any
of the festivities of the neighborhood. As a
result of this he became estranged from his
father. One day the young man appeared
as driver of the village watering cart as an
employe of the township. This was more
than tho prld of his young wife could bear
and she obtained a separation, which was
followed by a divorce.
Ruddy continued his mode of life until
two years ago, when he met a highly cul
tured young woman who shared his views
They were married and went to llvo In New
York. Recently Ruddy's father made, over
turcs for conciliation and used ovcry pur
suasion to Induce his son and his wife to
come and share with him the big house In
Woodbrldge. The son refused. All he
would accept at his father's hands was the
tiny farm, on which he and t'.i wife now
llvr. There he tolls all day, only coming
oceaslrnally Into the village to get his mall
and trade his farm produce.
According to nls philosophical creed pov
erty Is the only Incentive to Intellectual
effort.
IIAimiMA.V. COUNTUY C.BNTLEMAN
Mnntcr of One of the Flnrst Landed
Estate In America.
Edward H. Harriman is" now the proprle
tor of on of the largest 'and most magnlfi
cont landed estates In America. "Within
llttlo more than one hour's ride from New
York City, says the New ork Herald, thl
busy, bustling man of affairs has acquired
In tho heart of Orange and Rockland coun
ties a demesne worthy of an old world
dukedom.
Deeds w-ere signed yesterday for 2,300
acres, for which Mr. Harriman paid In cash
$115,000. This was only a single parcel cf
land and a comparatively small one, but It
was the transaction which assures to Mr.
Harriman a continuous stretch of property
aggregating 20.000 acres and extending from
the village of Central Valley right down to
tho northern boundaries of the Tuxedo res
ervation. This vast acreage represents the railroad
magnate's holdings In Orange county only.
In Rockland county he owns already almost
up to tho Havorstraw line.
A single owner now remains, with whom
Mr. Harriman Is negotiating for k small
parcel In the Tuzedo direction. Once he
has acquired that tract he will be the un
disputed owner of practically all the prop
erty east and west of Tuxedo park for
seven miles and extending back over the
mountains Into Rockland county, nearly
twelve miles further.
It Is not Improbable that the famous es
tates of John D. and William Rockefeller,
on the Hudson, have cost more money, but
In their actual .acreage they would both be
swallowed up In Mr. Harrlman's wooded
kingdom, and the great Havemeyer estate
at Mahwah, N. J., and several others might
be thrown In for good measure.
Mr. Harriman has long entertained the
ambition to become one of tbe largest land
owners In the east.
Toward that end he has been steadily
working since 1S96, when he paid to tho
Parrott Iron Works company $52,500 for
2.S30 acres of land near Arden station, on
the Erie railroad. This was his first ex
tensive purchase of Orange county real
estate. On that tract he established Arden
Farms, his present country seat.
His comfortable, but thoroughly unos
tentatious house stands on the summit of
one of his loftiest hills, commanding a
superb view of the Ramapo valley. The
stables and all the buildings are in keeping
with tho dwelling spacious, airy and com
fortable, but by no means luxurious.
Mr. Harrlman's tastes are simple. He
shrinks from anything savoring of lavish
display. He sincerely loves the untamed
grandeur of Nature, as It Is soen In the
mountain fastnesses that guard his rural
retreat, and whatever he may propose for
the future of his princely domain It Is safe
to predict that the beauties with which
Nature has stamped Its every mile will not
be sacrificed to any utilitarian or sordid
purpose.
At Arden Farms Mr. Harriman finds rest
from the cares of his stupendous business
Interests nnd curccase from tho brain fag
of stock corners and other Wall street
snares. Ho and Mrs. Harriman are gen
erous entertainers.
Last summer they built a perfectly
equipped camp on one of the most pictur
esque spots of their little empire of rocks
and rills and there, closo to nature's heart,
many of their friends passed the most de
lightful weeks of a rare vacation, hunting,
fishing and lolling at their ease.
For, be It known, Mr. Harriman need not
go off his own preserves for all the sport
be and his friends may c.-arf,. Game fish
dart through the waters of his brooks and
lakes and big game prowls In the timber of
bis broad acres.
For contiguous lands since purchased ths
Dodson file In the Orange county clerk's
office shows that Mr. Harriman has paid a
consideration of $375,000. This does not
even approximate tho actual cost, however,
as manv deeds have been filed wherein tbe
only consideration stated Is "one dollar."
In many other cases Mr. Harriman. pur
suing the same tactics as those employed by
Mr. Rockefeller near Irvlngton and Tarry-
town, has bought out small business es
tabllshments at liberal figures In and
around Southflelds In order to secure title
to the land.
At such times he has won the good will
of his less favored neighbors by dUtrlbut
lng among them gratuitously the stock In
trade of such small stores as he has pur
chased because he wanted the ground on
which they stood.
Tuxedo lake Is beautiful. It Is the pride
or tne aristocratic cottagers and club mem
bcrs, who build their summer eyries on the
cliffs high above Its placid surface. On
Mr. Harrlman's estate are no less than
three such mountain lakes, each of them
larger and not a whit less bountifully en
dowed by nature.
It may well be doubted whether the en
ergetlc chairman of the Union Pacific direc
torate himself knows the exact acreage of
his Orange and Rockland county holdings,
but careful estimates place his contiguous
Orange county territory at nearly 20,000
acres, or about thirty square miles. Gauged
by area alone. In comparison with these
figures, the Westchester estates of the
Rockefellers, the New Jersey estate of the
Havemeyers and. Indeed, many of the great
landed estates of tbe old world sink almost
Into insignificance.
WAKING UP AN OPKn.VTOn.
MenNage Sent Ela;)t Tkouannd Mllea to
Rouse the Sleeper.
Out among the beautiful green groves of
Northampton lives Dr. C. H. Crosby, who
once was the champion telegraph operator
of America, relates the Boston Globe. He
Is an M. D., with a large practice, a mem
ber of two or three clubs and a prominent
secret society man, who has, quite out
lived the days when the "key" was his
constant companion.
Once In a while, however, of an evening
when cigars are lit and the company is of
tho right order, he can be induced to tell
a good story. Perhaps tbe rarest of the
lot, one that has never been printed, al
though lots of them have found their way
about, is about the time when tho French
cable people telegraphed 8,000 miles to have
him waked up when he was asleep In the
next room, not twenty feet away from the
operator who received the message.
Tho French line from this country to
France was tho second of the transatlantic
cables. The line stretched from Duxbury
by way of Newfoundland to Brest, In
France. Dr. Crosby was tho responsible
night man in the lookout at Duxbury, It
was a night In October and the future
disciple of Galen had taken his usual sta
tion at his key. Betweeu the hours of &
and 1, when tbe foreign news known In
those days at Rcuter's cablegrams, used
to come over the wires, there was usually
very little doing. To sleep at his post was
death or equivalent to It and this he welt
knew, but the winds of autumn howling
around the lonely little house crooned a
melody that reminded blm .of his mother's
lullabies and he fell forward on the table
and was soon past two continents In his
dreams. This happened, on his own recol
lection, and he Is the only witness, about
S;30.
At 0 o'clock the New York office called
him. They had a private message for
transmission.
"Tick," went the little tormentor under
bis nose, but the operator heard It cot
After hammcrlns away In vain for several
minutes the New York operator gave It up
and thought a minute. There was hut one
way out of it. The receiving end of the
line was in the next room to that of the
missing operator, and there was a man In
charge who could undoubtedly tell what wa
wrong. To reach him an inquiry would
have to be sent tbe whole length of the
company's circuit, a matter of 8,000 miles or
so. So calling up North Sydney at Cap
Breton be began his task.
From Cape Breton the inquiry was flashed
to Heart's Content, on the bleak coast of
Newfoundland, thence across the Atlantic
ocean to Valentla on the southwest coast of
Ireland, and so across the English Channel
to Brest. From the end of the route It was
doubled back to St. Pierre et Mlqurlon. and
so slanted down to Duxbury. The whole
matter took only about fifteen minutes.
At about twenty minutes past 9 the man
In charge of the French end of the wire,
whose table was not more than twenty feet
from the sleeping operator In tbe next room,
began to get Intelligence. He In a few
seconds had recorded this somewhat sur
prising message- "Go Into the next room
and wake the man there,"
Crosby was aroused at once and the po
sition explained to him, when he picked up
his key and the business of two hemispheres
was resumed again.
Keep your system In perfect order And
ycu will have health, even In the mist
sickly seasons. The occasional use of
Prickly Ash Bitters will insure vigor aid
regularity in all tbe vltul organs.
HERE ARE A. FEW
OF THE
Timely Articles
By Eminent Writers
that have appeared in The
Twentieth Century farmer
during the first six months of 1901.
"What the Government Has Done for the Farmer," 8ec
retar.v of Agriculture, JAMES WILtiOii.
"The Atlvauee Made in the Study of Insects," Prof. LAW
KENCE 1MU'EK, State Entomologist of Nebraska,
'Some Leading Features of Kansas Agriculture," F. D.
CUBUItX, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Ag
riculture. "Why Lire Stock Men Oppose the Grout Bill," J. W.
SPIUNGER, President of the National Live Stock A
sociation.
"Arguments in Favor of the Grout Bill," J. B. RU8HTON,
Ex-President of the Nebraska Dairymen's Association.
"New Department of Agriculture in Iowa," G. H. VAN
HOUTEN, Secretary of the Iowa State Board of Ag
riculture. 'Review of the Last Century in Dairying," Prof. D. H.
OTIS of the Kansas Experiment Station.
"Redeeming the Semi-Arid Plains," C. S. HARRISON,
President of the Nebraska Park and Forest Association.
"Pertinent Facts About Seed Corn," N. J. HARRIS, Sec
retary of the Iowa Seed Corn Breeders' Assocaition.
"Question of Feeds for the Dairy Farmer," E. A. BUR
NETT, Animal Husbandman of the Nebraska Experi
ment Station.
"Proper Care and Treatment of the Soil." R. W. THATCH
ER, Assistant Chemist of the Nebraska Experiment Sta
tion. ' ,
"History of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture," Ex
Gov. ROBERT W. FURNAS, Present Secretary and
First President 6f the Board.
"Irrigation and Farming," GEORGE H. MAXWELL, E
ecutivve Chairman of the National Irrigation Associa
tion. "Making Winter Wheat Hardy," T. L. LYON, Assistant
Director of Nebraska Experiment Station.
Articles on Soil Culture and Conserving the Moisture in
the Semi-Arid West, H. W. CAMBEL.L
Special Articles each week, JAMES ATKINSON, of the
Iowa Experiment Station at Ames.
Letters of Travel FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Other writers contributing to The Twentieth Century
Farmer, are:,
Chancellor E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, of the University
of Nebraska.
Prof. CHARLES E. BESSEY, State Botanist of the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
R. M. ALLEN, President Standard Cattle Company.
C. R. THOMAS, Secretary American Hereford Breeders1
Association.
B. O. COWAN, Assistant Secretary American Shorthorm
Breeders' Association.
Prof. II. M. COTTjfeLL, Kansas Experiment Station.
Dr. A. T. PETERS, Nebraska Experiment Station.
Hon. J. STERLING MORTON, Former Secretary of Agrf.
culture Father of Arbor Day.
Prof. A. L. HAECKER, Nebraska Experiment Station.
E. F. STEPHENS. President Nebraska Horticultural So
ciety for Ave years.
E. WniTCOMB, Friend, Nebraska, Supt. Bee Exhibit at
Nebraska State Fair.
O. II . BARNHILL, Shenandoah, Iowa, Secretary South
western Iowa Horticultural Society.
Women's Department conducted by Mrs. NELLIE
HAWKS, of Friend, Neb.
Veterinary Department in charge of one of the best veteri
narians in the west.
What other Agricultural papir can match this?
Every week in the year for one dollar.
Send you name on a postal for sample copy and club
bing list.
Twentieth Century farmer
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