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By NU&A R. REID. .
. . Wrtttan tttr The ' Observer. . .
; The .United States Senate -.has had
' within lt charmed circle many illu
.. ?"; trlous men, - Great . men, v "immortal
' names that' were not ..bora: to die'
:i ' They have shed a halo of glory oyer
V this Union and their memories aro our
Idols, our .household gods. - cherished
and loved. Great men's deeds should
"v, be Incentives to be great e. ' The
j' . world 1 full of great men if. the world
, v ,; only knew it. There Is always a- great
. leader for every great event.- a., wash
, ington for every great revolution,' a
, t.v -' way lor every great compromise.'
" . Great men-have occupied - seats In
, .the House and the Senate and have
jr.,,.. died, and men equally as great do oo-
' ; . cupy their places, and the legislation
i moves on as of yore, at Is well for
1 1 ' i , the nation to mourn - over - th dead
.'. statesmen to perpetuate their memo
".t. rles in marble; but at tha same time
.-'-' mere words cannot make the dead per
' ,i-v feet or Imperfect - Their acta and
x r thoughts have mads their characters.
' Yet' whan am reads the USt of Saft-
ators this country had from December,
I860,, to January, 1878, the , wonder !
V t how easily the vacancies created by
,-' . the tall of those giant oaits in tne
"' forest were filled by strong and stal-
,C';.;"wart trees, " , '
1 - The Cincinnati Bnaiilrarv, In the
month of January. 1877. protrayed sad'
If yet eloquently Old Time's Imlta-
jV-- lions tn the following editorial: ,-
,. TIME'S CHANGES IN THE SENATE
, , After -an Interregnum of seventeen
f ' ' years 4he Senate Is now full.. .There
"have been' great changes since the
V - Senate met In December,, I860. The
, k government runs on and on. while the
: - grave takes the' governors. To the
man familiar with the Senate of that
.' day, the changes death has made In
the body that Itself never dies have a
melancholy interest. Of those .who
were then Senators but two are 'Sen
, atom - to-day? - Hannibal Hamlin, of
,'" J Maine and Henry . B. Anthony, ' of
' Rhode Island. Notwithstanding the
long term of the Senator who serves
for six years and the tendency to re-
1 elect, of the seventy-six senators to
day but two were Senators less than
three times six years ago, Pitt Fes-
tsenden was in the Senate then, grim,
keen, commanding, but misanthropic
seeming to have a spite against man'
kind because of the bitter love-acci
dent to his birth that sprung from the
nature of mankind. Fessenden is dead.
, ' John P. Hale was there, brave, elo-
, ouent, witty, able to state his case
with unsurpassed force and clearness
' Hale Is dead. Henry Wilson was there.
politic, ' tireless, , ambitious, making
' " ' more of his native talents than almost
', any man in our history; and-Wilson is
- .dead. Sumner was there, the student
of the Senate, the. man who alone-in
the Senate was able to summon all
' history and all literature to prove his
polnW;M!wly ln?hiir vanity, isolated
, ,' .in his tastes and llferna-rSttmnr la
dead, .William Henry .. Seward was
there, who had been for ten years the
Idol of a great following and was the
'. . statesman of his party in I860. Seward
is dead. Stephen A. Douglas was
' " there, his democracy pure and simple,
and,-' running through the warp and
'' ; woof of his nature; his loyalty to the
' ttnicav so deep-seated that not even
disappointed ambition, always a de
- - stroyer of .the best things in men.
could shake it "I am ready to act.
' With any party. With any Individual
of any party, who will come to this
' question- with an eye .single to the
preservation of the Constitution of
the Union," said Douglas In thosenry
Jng hours. Douglas is dead. Andrew
Johnson was there, his voice of the
oravest; ana Andrew jonnson is gone.
.'.'George E, Pough was there, fresh
- '-t nnw the laurels of Charleaton. "that
. " '. BhrllT tenor tone ringing like a sllveryl
.voeii tnrougn tne senate (jnamoer,
. " .clinging' to (he Union L and to peace
-A-with tenacity, but to nia tteiier wun
s i defiance, .And that .brilliant man
sleeps... .Jeffesson Davis was there,
s saying, "If I could see any. means bv
' . which I could avert the catastrophe of
;,,' struggle betweem the sections of the
"' . Union, my past life, I hope, gives evl
" denee of the readiness with which I
, . would make the effort. - If, in the opln
" ' ion of others, it be possible for ms to
do anything tor the public good, the
' ' last, moment while I stand here Is at
the command of the Senate... I will
y serve on the committee U the Senate
,'",5hoOBe." There were. . thirty-three
' . , i States then. There were other shin
';lng names tn the list' of Senators,
; There were names less lustrous that
A take place In our history. "R. M. 'T;
, Hunter. Mason of Virginia, - Robert
Toombs, John-J. Crittenden, Jesso D.
', - "Bright, Ben. Wade, kyman Trumbull,
Yules of Florida, Wlgfall of Texas,
BenJamVv and Slldell, and the others,
'' .were then Senators. The graves have
"' f - opened,., and events have . shitted the
- ' leaders. Five States have been added
. to the Union, since, that time: f ten
, '; Senators have been added to the Sra
ate of those ante toellura days. The
- Senate never dies, but how -changed
It is. . . , , s , t ,r l
'-: notice Iri the very excellent "and in
terestlng article In; last Sunday's Ob"
server contributed by Mr. Hufham re
garding the '"Famous Debate,", he re
fers to Oliver p, Morton, once a Sen
ator from Indiana, as .the ."Aoostle of
Hate" If one cares to inform himself
''about the late Oliver Perry Morton let
him read - The Congressional ' Rnoora
rv f: vtrlnir tha a4l ha1 ahrwnaii iA 'In.
- vriana on the, Senate floor 'and', then
. read an ' extended biography of the
- man which was Written by one of Sen-
ator Morton's admirers, yet .' at the
' same time, while admiration ' and love 1
s ,,mut)u ine pvn oi ine oiograpner, me
' . great man is truthfully pictured and
" his life faithfully portrayed.
, wnen ' prejudice shall - have yielded
to trutn ana reason their rightful su
; premaey ths historic pen will say, that
Oliver P. Morton did not hate the neo
pl of any; section, , The preservation
of. the Union was with, him convlc
, tlon of duty so intense. that no earth
ly power - ever - presented obstacle
' which he deemed Insurmountable.
' Prior to the election of Lincoln, Mor
' ' ton was recognised Id Indiana, as a
, man tf commanding ability, yet It was
" as Governor of Indiana; h became a
, national character. It was durtnsr tha
term of Governor . Morton - when the
f Indiana legislature failed to makn
. provision by law to pay tha expenses
, , of the State government, prtserve her
credit, and cars for the helpless -rd
. unfortunate blind, dumb arid insane,
i Governor Morton did not cuail In th
presence cf the perAJy for ai luptant.
tut enuil to tha emgrsency, he boldly
OF THE SENfiTu
Earlier Days
pledged I is personal 1 honor that the
tuoney should ' be repaid,, and it ' w
promptly, loaned him, " ,.k
That, he had. oolitleal enemies
srrant lNo " public man, deserves; a
place . In history who has .not. A loving
friend of. Senator Morton wrou thin
about. Aim S,
"His intellectual power was. of the
highest, order. la that regard no man
has so j nearly approached the full
measure of the "great expounder of the
Constitution, Daniel Webster. ' In de
bate, by reason of his- almost' sutxr-
humaa Intellect,- he , was, mvlnclbie.
The 'Simplicity, clearness, - and com
pactness, with which he presented every-
proposition;' his power of analysts,
which exposed sophistry or falsehood,
and the ever prevailing earnestness of,
Manner, bprn of conscious power, en
abled him in the, discussion of great
constitutional Questions to reach, in
struct, and convince the common, un
derstanding as easily, as if .presenting
matters of .jess moment involving mere
party . policy., Impartial history, will
accord him the foremost debator of his
time. ' In party warfare, as in defense
Of the Union, his blows were those of
a .Hercules,, never aimless, ' but " with
crushing force upon the forefront of
opposition. Oft and again has his ad
versary reeled, staggered, and fallen
Upon the field of conflict. Clay, with
his dashing chivalry and .electric ap
peal, Inspired the whig as If a divin
ity; Morton,' cool, self-reliant, majes
tic, hurled at his opponent his unan
swerable logic with the resistless force
and power of a thunderbolt from Jove,
In party politics he was bold, aggres
aive, and untiring. He recognised the
efficiency and power of organisation.
and heace his. cohorts wero ever dis
ciplined and ready for the charge. As
a leader he was without an ectual in
modern times."
I could Write an extended article.
telling the atovy of his life,- filled to
overflowing, with Interesting chapters.
I could quote from those magnificent
speeches that Morton made while In
the Senate but the readers might be
worried. - Tet to see- him called the
Apostle of Hate" made me think that
It is one of the misfortunes of nubile
men to fee misjudged by those who
know. them not. Partisan misrepresen
tation has dons, prove in the vears
that are past and Is dolnsr more to
day to debauch public virtu and low
er the standard of national integrity
In the estimation of the masses than
has the aggregated actual short
comings, of all our public men. And
perhaps no man was more misunder
stood than was Morton of Indiana.
It was In the Senate the 17 th dav of
January, 1878, while paying a tribute
to Morton of Indiana,' who had died
the first day of November, 1877, when
the brilliant Roscoe Conkllng closed
his beautiful speech with these words
on Death: ; - -
"Death 71s nature's supreme abhor
rence. The dark Vallev. -with its wlerd
aad solemn shadows, Allumlned iy the
rays or wnrisuanity, suu toe grouna
which man shudders to approach. The
grim portals, and the, narrow house
eem in the lapse of centuries to have
gained rather than lost In Impressive
and foreboding horror..
it must, have been while musing
over this pussltng fact that' an illus
trious American gifted as a poet, and
there fore gifted as a philosopher-
wrote these graceful, memorable
words:
In the temple of Juno, at Ells.
Sleep and his twin-brother, Deatft,
were represented as children reposing
In the arms of Night. On various
funeral monuments of tbs ancients the
Genius of Death IS sculptured as a
beautiful youth, leaning on an invert
ed torch,, in the attitude of repose, his
wings folded and his feet crossed. In
such peaceful , and attractive forms
did the Imagination of ancient poets
and sculptors represent death. Andi
these were men In whose souls the re
ligion of Nature was like the light of
stars, beautiful, but faint and cold!
Strange, that, in later davs. this angel
of God, which leads us with a gentle
hand into, the "land of the a-reat de
parted Into the silent land" should
have, been transformed into. monstrous
and terrific thing I Such is the spec
tral rider on the white horse: such
th ghastly skeleton with, scythe and
hour-glass; the Reaper, whose name
la Death,' " '."
- Fighting Bob.
Memphis' Commercial-Appeal ' .
Quite recently,' In fact Just before he
tried to ram a piece off the territory
of the United States and stove in the
sides .of - the . Kentucky,' America's
greatest admiral,- Robley - D. Evans,
was quoted as follows:
."The navy is only begun. We should
X believe, have a navy large, enough
to meet any pbsalble combination, of
powers against, us. We need a navy
so large that we will never use It in
actual war. . ,
."Our. navy at present Is. not .large
enough to meet one of the first-class
powers. That is my personal opinion,
"Qf rcourse, it, Is for the .people of
this country to say how large the navy
shall be. - If Is our business; to flaht
with, whatever navy the people give'
'We, will fight whether the navy is
big, or Httle, but my own opinion is
that It is much too small now," ,,. '
Perhapr "Fighting BobW recent
exploit, wherein he showed an inabil
ity to take five battleships to - sea
without grounding, one and breaking
a hole tn another, has caused him to
change his. mind' about ' the "blames"
of a navy. , m M k U "
Our admiral .would do well to learn
now to handle a few ship before get
ting "chesty" In a call foe a large num
ber. Buf "Fighting Bob." llko most
Umrpoee , of, warships which can not
ao with tnis wg navy by Jamming his
ships upon , the bosom of ths Stats of
New york., He couldn't have done
better it he had. all the vessels of
England under his command, for he
demonstrated beyond peradventura the
sobriquet, has always Indulged In a
swollen-op sort --ot. language, which
looks awfully funny, when It ''comes
In contact, with his deeds. ' -y
We need a navy so, large that we
will never use It to actual war savs
this : picturesque . sea , fighter, - and
straightway he shows what he would
other warriors wearing th J,flghtlng"
be used in actual war, ' ,
i When a man has a pair, .of hand
cuffs on his wrl?t he. knows whst it
means to be within the clutches of
the) law, . .
DENTAli CUWIO roil SCHOOLS
Teeth of Children In Germany Treat-
' ed CompuLsorlly. 1
Daily Consular Rbpdrtsv4 "ff,y0lpl
: Consul Joseph X. -Brtttain famishes
tha following regarding the care and
treatment of teeth of school children
by the authorities of .Germany,'-'
. In 3902 the city of Strassburg opened
a dental cllnlo for .the care and treat
ment of.. the teeth -of '.the; children In
the public sohools, and to make such
care and .treatment compulsory,. ,The
children are, treated free, of cost and
are given instructions In the care 'of
the teeth and keeping ', them dean-.
Since the establishing, of the Strass
burg clinic, similar ones have been op'
ened In Darmstadt. Mulhausen and
other cities In Germany, and much In-
leresi is oemg aroused. - At the Strass
burg clinic 6,S43 children were examin
ed the first year and ,967 , received
treatment,. During the second.. year
,fl were examined and 4,967 ' were
treated; -The third annual report. Just
published, states there were 12,819 .vis
Its to the clinic in 1904 nd (.828 chil
dren were treated, for whom 7,065
teeth "were filled and, 7,985 were ex
tracted and 4.378 other children bad
their teeth examined,' '" ,
. Great advancement ' waa made dur
ing' the past year In attention1 glv
en children between the ages of three
and six. years. Of the .children of
these ages, examined: only 863 out,, of
The Old South Meeting Rouse On Stilts
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Tower Of Boston's Historic Church Propped And Braced
While a Subway Station Is Built Beneath It
Correspondence of , The Observer. V'
Boston. January 19. The digging
and ' delving and propping and but
tressing that ! now -going on around
Boston's historic Old South Meeting
House In order that right under It
an entrance to the Washington Street
subway, now In xroc.ean nt mnntruc-
tlon, may be built, and still leave the
venerable structure uninjured, exem
plifies the new spirit of the makers
of commercial Improvements toward
famous buildings.
Lieas than twenty years aero, when
the same building, which because of
Boston's Famous
its traditions had come , to be re
gttrded as a national Institution, was
threatened With destruction, only the
efforts of a limited number of persons
specially Interested in- American His
tory could save It from - sharing the
fate of many other important relics
ox v me , past.
All that is changing In - Boston to
day. Landmarks with historio asso
clatlons are treasured, and where once
the horse railroad brought destruo
tlon, the present transportation sys
temr-wtucn, with Its carefully co
ordinated subways, tunnels, .-elevated
structures and .outgoing surface lines,
has acquired a world-wide reputation
for excellence Is In a measure one -of
the instruments of preservation. The
station of the elevated company un
der the old ' Massachusetts . . state
House has given new security to the
fine old example of colonial . architect
ure and the , great girder that ' Are
now i being placed under the historio
tower of the Old South in order that
-trafficking thousand 1 may descend
by way of tt o the subway station
will establish It more firmly rendering
It less IlaJblo than., formerly to subsi
dence on the bed of clay which ser
ved the original builders as a founda
tion Practically every .station, in
fact,! at "which the 'Visitor to Boston
may get on or oil one of the elevated
trains has Its historical outlook, from
Charles town Neok, th ; scene of the
flight of the American troops from
Bunker Hill, fd Dudley Street, one of
the outposts 'of. Washington's, . encir
cling army. -Jf'n'fiy
- Crowds for the fast few- weeks have
been peering through the Iron fence
Into the - big hols - 'constructed be
tween the - tower and - the northwest
corner of ih meeting,. house. Never
before in the - memory of man' has
It been pbscdblo to see the well mor
tared - sub-structure which the 1 old
time builders laid ' In tha spring of
172 Nor will the stonejKbd. visible
for long because a portion of the
earth, now . temporarily-, removed, Is
to be restored. - Even the ancient tvey
which for generations has graced . thv
tower and front "Of - the church will
not have been Injured. The roots of
the plants have been carefully galher
ed into ' canvass bags with . suffici
ency of 'earth for,, their support dur
ing the -winter months and they- will
presently be replaced In a bed of
nourishing soil, ' "
Perhaps, nowhere In this continent
will there be a more marked contrast
Horn months hem than that between
the Interior of the historic meeting
house and the-white-tiled. subway eta-
4,805 had sound teeth, of less than 16
between 'the fcges" of ' six, and eight
per .cent Of the children examined
years, 160 out of a tout of 2,103 bad
sound teeth, or' but 7 1-8 per centThe
school teacher enters the name of each
pupil on a card, which is taken to the
clinic, where the -dentist enters & de-
Uailed -record of the condition of the
teeth, after maKing . tne examination,
returning the card to the pupij and
retaining a duplicate of the same. .' ' -i
There were 44 -examination lays, at
which 8ff children -were examined per
hour. Tha children are taught v to
clean their teeth, three times daily,' and
especially, before'-retiring. The -dentist
also Instructs the children in -the
use of the toothbrush., each child re
serving ' a brush for home use, 1 The
dentist also' gives each child a piece
of rye bread' and teaches lr!m how to
masticate the same with the least in
Jury to the teeth
At a recent meeting of the Strass
burg Teachers' . i Fraternity, where -400
teachers i were present a lecture- was
given upon the, observation and care
which i" teachers should take in refer
ence to the teeth of their pupils. Ail
tne meeting a praenca aemonsiqauon
was given by a class of boys between
the ages "of 10 and 12 years,' who show
ed remarkable knowledge concerning
the construction, diseases and care of
the teeth; -. Since the introduction of
the treatment there is a marked Im
provement In the general health of the
publlo , school ..children, and there la
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tlon beneath, -with its thundering
trains and hurrying crowds. Th un
der ground platform and apparatus
constructed by the Boston Transit
Commission in accordance with an
agreement with the Boston Elevated
Company: wilt ' represent the atest
features, of steel and concrete con
struction, "suitable for a tunnel equip
ped with facilities for safe running
of commodious trains. Meantime, in
the church still reposes the historical
museum, filled with relics recalling
the most Important scenes and per
sonages of our earlier epochs.
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Old Church and a View of the Tunnelling, Operations.
Above all, there are everywhere in
It Instances of the ending of the co
lonial era and the beginning of the
American republic, for since April 28,
4730, , when the .present building, cotr-
structed according to 'the beet taste of
tne time and recalling Sir Christo
pher Wren's English efforts, was ded
icated. It has been closely associated
with stirring events. I Cere, for ' ex
ample, in. October, 1748 at the rumor
of .the coming of D' An ville's fleet.
Reverand Thomas Prince, the pastor
ana a Historic scholar of eminence,
prayed for the Almighty's hem so eff
ectively that, as Longfellow has relat
ed, an answering tempest smote the
hostile ships and wrecked them utter.
I. Within sthe hlgh-rofed, oblong body
oc me meeting' nous, when Faneuil
Hall became too.,-small for the, town
meetings of thOM ante-revolutionary
puncnus, conventions oi pitb -and
moment were held. Beneath one of
the arched windows" James Otis acted
as- moderator in 1768 at a . meeting
umibu w vunipu uovernor rternard to
remove from the harbor a n-nr r.
eel stationed thero for the purposevof
omurcing me odious customs laws.
Again an overflowing town meeting
in March, 1770, right after; the Bos
ton Massacre, watted from morning
Into. the night while Samuel Adams
went back . and forth to , the State
House until he prevailed neon nnv.
eroor Hutchinson to yield and' with
draw u .regiments. 1 - r
' It was here, too, that on November
29, .1773. 6.000 eitlsens eatbari t.
ffether and resolved that tea shooM
not be landed, and on December It,
,- i.vvv - citizens ; crowded the
meeting house until long after candle
light, listening to. orations by Joslah
Qulncy, Jr., and Samuel Adams, while
messenger - after . messenger went to
got redress of the . Governor at Mil
ton. When the loyalist dignitary fi
nally refused, the , warwhoop was
raised about the doors of the church
and a band of prominent citizens,, d la-
guinea an patnuta savages, ,. led tha
way to -the harbor for . the 'destruo.
tlon of the offensive tea. . :
' Another great , town ,meetinai",that
sat in the church on June 27.. 1774,
was worked upon by Tories, who
ffougnt to sway . it in the Interests
of General Gage and the Boston Port
nm, thus rebuking the Committee
of Correspondence and nipping In -the
bud the project for a Continental
Congress. The assembly, lasted . for
two days and ended In the triumnh
or the patriots and the sustaining of
the committee. Otherwise ihe course
of American history might have
less headache, earache, and stomach
trouble. ' Dr. Jessen,,-. professor j of
Strassburg, -deserves great credit tn
causing, the establishment of , the cuniu.
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- , -.Thfelr Uttle Jokes,
Tit Bits, t M m' :v; Je-I4.
The other, day a counsel; engaged m a
case In which property of various descrip
tions was , involved, made a, long and
rambling speech '- referring to each to
turn. & "i.saivf. &.,'' ftti'iJ ,
His monotonous delivery had sent near
ly everyone to sleep, when ne suddenly
startled them all. by abruptly changing
his voice as ha exclaimed to the judge:
My lord, I will now address myself
to the furniture,"
'Tou have been doing that for some
time, ! think, Mr. Wells," remarked the
judge, sweetly, amidst universal titter
ihg. ,
Now, there was another Judge -. Who
heard this anecdote, and1 thought Of stor
ing It up for some future occasion.
At the court, soon afterward, his oppor
tunity Kfipmpd tn have arrived. He was
trying a case In which the circumstan
ces were somewhat similar, but the prop
erty involvt-d was livestock. '
AHA r.miifiA nnn m T.n nounsei sum
My lord, I will now address myself
to the donkey. ' .
"Ymi hnvn hwn dnlnr that for some
time,'' was the prompt response, where
upon a regular roar of laughter followed,
which highly gratified the judge until
its reason dawned upon him. - ,
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been - very different. Here, once
more,' ' the memorial orations were
delivered after fhe Boston Massacre.
Three months before General Joseyh
Warren was killed at Bunker Hill
he delivered his celebrated second
oration, entering through the window
at the Tear of the pulpit, because the
aisles and steps were filled with
British soldiery and officers.
The pews and pulpit now on view
in the" church are later in construc
tion) than 1776, for the good reason
that ; while the British occupied Bos
ton, a riding school for his troops
Was established here by General Bur-
goyne, the pews and pulpit being
torn away ana broken -up. When
General (Washington made his tri
umphal entry In March ,1776, he
entered the building and looked down
from the eastern gallery on a scene
of desolation.
Since the revolution . time has
brought vicissitudes.. The congrega
tion which formerly worshipped in
the Old South meeting-- house has
moved to the New Old South Church
in a more fashionable district. The
great lire of 187J spared the historio
structure; but for a longtime funds
were lacking for its support. When
in 1879 commercialism threatened to
tear ft down altogether and erect an
office building In its room all that
wag-best In literary and artistic Bos
ton .rose in protest The Old South
Fair, held to raise money for the
preservation of the meeting house, is
still remembered as one of the
greatest social happening of the New
England metropolis In the nineteenth
century. , On the walls are still seen
the autograph verses written for the
occasion by Whittier, Holmes, long
fellow, Jean Ingelow, Aldrtch and a
score of other famous poets, and Il
lustrated by the best artists whom
America at that time claimed, , ,
! From further dangers the Old
South is now well protected, Indeed
with recent safeguarding the famous
meeting house should be saved for
many generations of the "sight-seers
to whom the historic associations of
Boston are its ' great attraction, It
has very lately been equipped with
a system of 4 Ot sprinklers as a pro
tection - against "damage oy , nre. in
particular the spire, which ' being of
wood is the part most exposed to
danger, has been thoroughly attended
to. Up to within fifteen feet, of the
gilded, vane have , been Installed , the
sprinklers, which In case of menace
from flames, .either in the ..structure
below or among the . neighboring
buildings, ' will let down copious
streams of an extinguishing fluid for
the protection of all the sides at the
spire and belfry.-jrtfs fw- !M ?
Safeguarded thus above, the con
struction of the .-new supports be
neath the tower and the' Washington
wreei siae, or tne Dunumg in the In
terest - of , the Elevated - Company's
rapid transit system, of which Bos
toniana are so proud, will give fresh
sense of security to the association
which has the building In care, and
to the millions of Americans who re
card the Old South as one of Uncle
iium's most priceless treasures.
THE TRAINING
d Topsy Tuifvy Story
By MRS. LAVINIA
Written for The Observer,
"Whoa! now, Polly Ann, Just you stand
still, till I get this bag fixed good.
rou won't mind carrying me some aay,
will vou Pollv?" nd her Todhv affec
tionately patted the slick glossy neck of
the beautiful little Jersey calf, her fa
vorite net alnra Cnlfm Cram's decease.
Topsy bad spent much of her time tnis
upeciai summer in tne country, ior
naa grown more rond or It, ana was so
well there that mover wished her to have
as mucn of tnis pleasure as possiwe. u:
the old (arm nlnrna in th cummer time!
What a lev to think, of the childhood
days spent there perhaps at a grandta-
mers. mow m tne arterroain t .grown
un years, how sweet to recall those past.
care-free days, and agatn hear from
memorlo's coves, the song of the birds
and are buss of the bees gathering sweets
from the clover blossoms I Aye, there is
a-pleasure almost in the memory of tha
bee sting which went into your bare foot
as you carelessly trod upon the busy fel
low, buried deep down within the clover
blossom. I say reverently, God pity the
boy or girl who has never had one sum
mer, at least, nut at an old country farm
placet -
So Topsy Turvy loved the sights and
sounds still, of this big, free, open world.
It had been th first home of Calico
Crum and was the home of Polly Ann-,-so
what more was there to ask? Of Top
ay' love foranitnals, there could be no
doubt. Muvpr said from 4rcjr earliest days
Topsy T. had stretched out her tiny hands
to any sort of animal dog, cat, oow or
horse never seeming to ; feel the least
fear of them. During this particular
summer, therefore, the affection Of tne
small lady was given especially to the
gentle-eyed, fawn-colored calf and in
some way the idea had come into her
brain to make this little creature into a
riding horse. For the first time, I think.
In all of her seven years, Topsy T. failed
to make a confidant of muver, for some
how she had the feellnsr that muver wouia
not exactly approve the plan. Then, too,
Topsy had a cousifi with her now of
whom she was very fond, and she advised
strict secrecy. This relative, Mary, was
a few years Topsy'e senior, and the
younger girl had mueh confidence In
Mary's wisdom. "What fun It will be,"
said this counselor, and she was honest
I, i.m ill.,, ,v, q,;v a .... j ...... , .... .
exactly trained, and then some day go
riding up to the house!" Topsy waa de
lighted with the project and exclaimed in
nign glee: wont muver oe spmeu
when she sees us a-trottln' up?" Al
though Tonsv hud not taken muver Into
this scheme, she really felt now that she
was neirxna to plan sometmng tor ner
pleasure too.
The afternoon selected for . the trial
ride was a hot July one, Polly Ann's
training had now been under way for a
month or more, but un to this time neith
er Topsy T. nor Mary had attempted to
mount, maeea, Mary naa naraiy plan
ned to do so, for she considered herself
most too bis." as she told Topsy. They
had accustomed the Calf, as they fully
helleved. to snv weisrht urjon the back, by
a bag of sand, which they had fixed for
this purpose. This, however, I suppose,
did not welsh over ten nounds. if that,
although it seemed quite heavy to these
two youngsters. It had really never oc
curred to either of them the difference
in weight between this sand bag and
Topsy T.'s plump little figure. Due prep
aration had been made, too, for the
(Minlnment nf Pollv Ann's riding regalia.
and for this tha old srarret had been many
times visited. Here two stirrups, one. of
iron and on of wood, were found, but
this made no -difference: the Question to
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MH ...... ' ,.r 3(..,. t...l -.1, , ,, -tt'k..
mis yuuuv ,huj avrmvik . bmiu, - ,,ujr.
Mnry, course I'm going to ride like ai
ladles ride!" "Well." said
Marv. "I think
you oughter ride the other way, 'cause
then you can't fall off. and you will be
nair on one side or 'ouy Ann, ana nan
on the other, and that's the way we've
trained her With the bag. anyhow." Fi
nally a sort of compromise, was agreed
upon by deciding to fix the saddle with
both stirrups, so that they might be used
on two sides, or not, as Topsy T. would
decide when ready to ride. Not being
able to find anything more suited for a
saddle, or saddle blanket, Mary offered
one of ner nice gray flannel patucoais,
with a pretty red border, which, site ex
nlalned. "I An not ti&na. anvhow. beln
summer time." To each side of this im
provised saddle a stirrup was attached by
cutting a hole in the skirt and tieing the
stirrup securely In place. To the skirt
also was fastened a broad band of call
co, pink and white, made from one of
Tt.psy's dresses. That old frock comes
vividly to mind a white ground with a
pina figure, rony Ann's expression, too,
is recalled as she stood there so patiently
In her new saddle, with this, band softly
pinned around her waist I A rope bridlo
completed the outfit, , and surely all
things were not ready. Muver had gone
to town that day. so what fun. thought
Topsy, to take "a turn about the bis
yard, and then ride te meet her when-she
returns In the afternoon. "Won't she
think we are smart, Mary, to have train
ed Polly Ann like this, when she sees us
eomin'T" said Topsy prouaiy, "uecKon
she ll believe we did H7"
Dinner was not lone over when the two.
In high spirits, want forth to saddle Polly
for her first ride. They had been wait
in all the dar. when everybody would
be away, or maybe asleep, and there
would ne no one to notnar tnem. aunt
Rose, the cook, was : somewhat to be
dreaded, for she might- Interfere, as the
children were left somewhat In her care.
Now, however, she was busy cleaning up
the dishes, and singing at the top of her
healthy lunss. Every where . else looked
deserted, and the old place Stood In si
lence and abandon. Just as tha little rid
ers wished it to be. They heeded not nor
cared for the hot July sun,-nor the heavy
odors aboutThJTO a mingling of late clo
ver blossoms with the perfume -of a long
row of tube roses in full bloom. - Doth
children were dressed to suit the weather;
Topsy T. having on only about ''two
clothes," together with an ' old, broad
brimmed straw hat. ' -
For protection a pen about a foot hish
had been built around a young tree in
the yard, and from this-Topsy was to
mount; but when the actual moment ar
rived, she acknowledged, "sorter 'frald."
Mary, seeine? ner falter, exclaimed, "(let
on there, you goose; Polly Ann wouldn't
nun a ueai ,, ,
With this encouragement., Tons T. ad-'
vanced, lathering her bridle and placing
one toot cautiously m tne stirrup next
ber. Mary gave her a alight boost, saying
as she did so, "Now, don't hold your bridle
so tight, and Polly will trot right Off 1"
Topsy said afterwards she remembered
something about that remark,- and Of
loosening her. hold on the reins but that
was all. She even forgot to sit sideways,
her cherished hobby, lor before she could
get the oft foot Into the other stirrup
Polly -Ann .struck out" In whivt wa no
trot. - but a senume. eld-fashioned , bine.
Topsy had never been able to get anoth
er hold on her lines nor. truth to tali.
had she tried. Her one Idea now was to
hold on and to do this he had clasped
Polly Ann firmly about the neck. The
start had been so different from what she
had expected so sudden and swift that
Topsy T. waa dated, bnt - presently be
came dimly conscious of Mary's voice (for
she, too, was running furiously) shouting
at the top of her lung "Whoa. Polly
Whoa there. Polly! She's a-stoppln' nowt"
Ketch tighter, honey I New she'll stop,
but- Polly Ana Wasn't thinking , of stop
ping... On the contrary, by thL' time, ai,
it seemed to Topsy, she, waa simply fly
ing. In one corner of the back yard stood
a large Iron pot used on wash days, and
for -soap-making purposes: " this blm-k
monster stood la such- a powltlon near the
fence and other plunder, .that -Topsy saw
with Joy that Polly Ann must jump the
pot or stop. Of course- she would never
attempt such a feat as that end the ract
would end. Topsy was ao sure of this
that she felt herself getting ready to
loose her hold-but, alns) her hnprs "wers
In vain. Surely they had boen tt-.ilnin
race stork, for the calf rleurd the pt
with one wild leap and sped on. A roily
plunged throuutt the air. m-ilii iSmi-v'b
vole van henrd. She Wria u,i 1 ik, v-''i
exclteinnnt end fur, end .4 v,- i
a JOllllg : t'olllUlK'UH: "l,, , !,- H-I"
Ulary had; never beu kuovMi to i no-.
OF POLLY mil I
MORRISON.TURNER
fane, and was not now, This wa a re I
prayer In her heart.) , "Honey, dear. d
hold on tight! Whoa, Polly I She'll sto
now, honey, .sure) Whoa, there, ,Pohy t
Ann! She's a-stoppin now!" . Mary, how
ever knew she was notj this wa only
for encouragement. AS for Topsy, she
thought Polly would never stop, and the 1
warning from' Mary to "hold on tight"
was waste of her much needed 'breath;
h was on that calf's back same as if
Oh '-tinI . a, .... : ' ,T ',
,tj,i giucu tutirw, - v. i ,
When the pot had failed: to Check Polly .
In her mad career, and not only that,
but she had cleared It like a young deer, 1
things were indeed looking serious, -Top-,
sy s quiet, - too, disconcerted Mary, for -that
young miss was so busy holding on
she had no time for words. Her hat wae .
gone, and the curly hair was blown -
BiiiuguLBr iimn tor many a aay. Mer big
yf. as she flew past, looked . bigger"
still, and there was a pathetic look in
kiciii h weu a a most miseraoie aroop
to the corners of her mouth. Mary grew
riAsmArnta, Fit,, . mi-Ljj
lng more noise than Aunt Hose was do- '
ing with her singing, and soon this fat,
person appeared upon the scene; waving ,.
her apron and yelling as loud as evpr.1
she could, thus quickening. If possible, '
Polly's speed. , r
The cries of Aunt Rose attracted her
husband and son Old BHlie and Blllie
who it seems were not very far away. r
uid unite had only recently been elected,
as he said, "a dickens in the church,
and believed a "power" in prayer, wher-,
upon, seeing Polly Ann with Topsy T. ,
upon her back, disappear around he
rmllJIA lltHt DD k . mn frh. . Jk :
fell upon his knees and began: "OI Lord. -Massa,
come here now and head off thin
rampageous beast and" but Aunt Rose
tltlnns. "Got up from dar, you black
scamon," she called, "and show some
prospertln' help to de Lord to get dls healv
chile offen dat critter's back!7'
The combined efforts or the ejuartette -now
at hand soon had Polly Ann headed
In a fence corner, where she dropped 1
down exhausted, while Aunt Rose gent-
iy miea me scared nttte xopsy .;to heri
. . ,.',rv,.v'..!..!'.':'i ,..'. 'j,.,
''Do vn' mn lrnnw vn nrf. A . JtlM,
aKea uia m e. "Tore ah done u.f wo.
dls mornln'T If sh ain't den itnnA -
never try to ride no mo' cafes 'thout fust .
axln' uf her." Topsy T. needed no such '
warning. This was her first and last es
capade, in which Muver was not a part- .
". U M. T, .
.WMMHIII ,, ,, ,, , m T. Vt-J.,.
ZOO ANI3IAL8 STKIKI3.
Wild Am Percy t?scs Heels In Protest -,
Against Halter. ,r.
New York World. . '
iney nave ousted "Chappie," and the ;
row is over!" trumped the elephant to hie
neighbor, the rubber-necked giraffe, '
across the aisle.
The giraffe snorted disappointedly ,
Organized labor received a marked mt
back yesterdav in the hronlrin nt m .
Hirmeiii tne antelope house in the Raw -
yorii zoological Park in the Bronx.
Kvvn since tha new antelnna hnuu
i.iu-uwu open to tne puDllc coiection -or
miiu asses, seoras, eiepnants, glraffs, :
deer, gnus, and whatnots have prided -themselves
that While they were still In
captivity and had to work for a living. In
the sense of being show-folk, they- bad
not yet been civilised, and no neck in tlto
place had bowed to a yoke or bridle save
old Qunda, the elephant, who. of course.
carried children on his back about -the
park. ,
Recently Dr. Hornaday. the director,
gave orders that tha Persian wild uhm. '
the African sebras, and Chapman's sebra,
together with pther folk In the house,."
should be broken to the halter and every '
morning tied to a hitching post and '
? roomed in the most approved stable
ashion. This was to keep their coats -flno.
Keeper Gleason looked surprised at the"'
order and shook his head. Me was not
so sure it could be done. - ,-
When dawn broke the next morning and ;
the keener went s-entlv into thn mua
where the Persian wild asses live fie,'
carried in his hand an ear of corn and .
behind his back a leathern halter. He '
held out the corn temptingly. ' - '
Percy, n wild ass, came forward con ft- j
dently and smelled the corn. Then he
became curious and stuck his head under
Oleasnn'H arm a n nMiA - iii,:k.ik'.
In a moment It wae slipped over hie bead! .:
But though he wore the halter, he hadn't ,
uiauuvarwu wiwi n was ior-. e tnougtit-v.
it was some sort of a joke, and he put
Daca nis ears and grinned.
"Look out. Percy, you are In a irap,' i '
trumped Orunda. the elephant . from.!
across the aisle.
Percy looked at Gleason and tried to '
shake off tha halter. It would not come '
off. He was tied to a post. When the ,
keepers aDDI-naahed with crd and pnrrt
comb, Percy's heels suddenly flew into ,.
the air like fiatls. and kept moving Ilka
wines of a windmill. . lie . wouldn't be
combed at first, but finally submitted.
A little later Chapman's sebra was ba!
tered likewise and was tied un and room
ed and then released. - , ' - - - . ' ,
But vestnrdsv when tha' tilimitt waa-',
anlmnls there was nalck and midden re. ,
volution. One of the asses kicaed over .
a keeper another ran Into tha yard end
smashed the fence, and another drove
every man out of hi vard. Th Mmmit t
sebra, familiarly called Chappie, took ad-
vaniHHv oi jveeper tHeaeon, who wa
trying to halter her, and Induced him to '
set unon her bark. Hhe then tan nu
thfrttlirh th,. -. ,M.II 'Jaa; 4w.,,. It... '-..J .
Gleason clinging desperately to her neck,
and flew around In a circle, the gnarda
no Keepers youinr lor uieason to let go. ,
It was evident from that, onnnert of ac
tion that the animals had reached an
understanding and had decided to strike.
Tlie striken) were successful till- break
fast time. Then, when the employers re
fused to furnish food until each animal
was wearing a hatter and - had been
groomed, the leader of the strike was the
first to give In. Now the strike -is ttrok-'
en, but none of the animals la speaking
to Chappie. She ie a social outcast.
"" IV ''. Hi'.'., -I . "
A Famous Passenger Agent." -
Victor Smith, tn New York Press.
"Nearly everybody who has crossed V-
Atlantic on a Cunarder knows that tun
passenger manager Of the line -for t-n
last forty years was John- Keppie.. l , ,
has just been retired on a handsome r'
slon, nnd-a committee of influential ,
lishmen, Scotchmen, and Irishmen t
been appointed, to onmntse. a suit, t
testimonial of regard. This is sura to ,
on a- large and representative sr-, ....
George If, Daniels, who has retired f-u ,t
passenger-department of the New k
rentral, 1 betar known, probably, than
Keppie, yet I hare heard of no testimo
nial or pension for him. If every man in.
America who has received a favor from
Mr. Panlels would chip m ft for a memo
rial piece of plate, why, it would be nearly
as big aa the Washington Monument. ,
, . '..tll,",'.l'.lli."'.'l...,l.,.', i: ,
Maintaining iMgnlty, ,. ,,
Kansas City Journal.
One time Coh Hill Hackney,- of Win
field, was indicted by the grand jurv t'--r
betting on -election, along with wv- I
other men. llncknev stood in vhh i .
judge. , The defendants all pleaded ttuTi. ,
Iefore passing sentence on the buiu i
the judge took Hackney Into a side nxna
and asked:
"How. much shall I fine you. Pill?"
"What ere ym going to noak the t-
Of the bunch fort" asked Ilackne-v.
t I think I will give them il r "
costs,' said the jude,
1 "Well. I don't want to b trent-l -
common crlniinnl," id li-n-Ki!'--. '
fine me $.,0 ant i-i" '
Artil the Juinje txlt V fi'.t i
btiiieh ami cliil h(k,
Mohammed I'cn T
Moorish Kran-b-e, 1
from unavniiii'r f
threo n Ive to t " r
i-iu i -i i i a i '
I f t V .