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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-17
MUSIC-LOvING SPIDER.

AN astonished. but apparently satisfied
spider, was one upon which gentleman
recently made an experiment. The result Of
his investigations IL told In Public Opinion: /:
While watching some spiders one day. it
occurred TO him to try what effect the
sound OF tunning-fork would have upon
them. He had az strong suspicion that they
would take II for the buzzing of a 1y Sc
Letting large. fat spider that had long
been feasting on flies. he sounded the FORK
and touched a thread OF the spiders web
The owner was at one edge Of his web.
and the thread selected was on the other
side. Over his wonderful telephone wires
the buzzlng sound was conveyed to the
watching spider. but from his position he
could not tell along which particular line
the sound was travelling.
He ran TO the center Of the web in hot
haste. and felt all round until he touched
the thread against the other end of which
the fork was sounding. Then. taking an
other thread along with him as a precau-
tiorary measure. he ran out 70 the fork
and sprang upon II.
At this point he found out his mistake
He retreated. for short distance, and
stopped to survey this new buzzing creature
which should have been a fiy, but was
strangely unlike any insect he had ever
SEEN. AT length. apparently convinced thar
the object at the outer edge of his web was
more suitable for amusement than for an
article of diet, he got on 1t again and
danced with pleasure. 1t was evident that
the sound Of the fork was music to him,
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yards Of the line and Captain McGee OF the
Second Arkansas begged permission 10
charge with a squad and secure the coiors'
but Cleburne refused. saying he would not
have even ore of his brave men killed or
wounded for the honor of its capture. So
the coiors remained temptingly under the
covetous eyes Of the gallant MCGEE, VINO
could with difficulty be restrained. not
withstanding cleburnc's prohibition.
ut was now past noon. and for five hours
Cleburne' had been battling against odds in
creasing every moment. Large masses OF
the enemy at this hour In view justified
the belief that most of Grants army was
now at and near Ringgold. preparing 10
throw itself In overwhelming force upon the
fianks Of the one opposition division. That
Cleburne would he forced back was GER
tain: II was only n question of time. About
IL O'Clock a dispatch was received from
General Hardee to the effect that the trains
were now safe. and that Cleburne might
withdraw when. in his Judgment. 1t was
advisable.
Cleburne took position one mile IN rear
upon a hill known as ''Dick's Ridge" where
slight works were thrown up and prepar-
atoms made for another contest. The en-
emy. however. declined battle. and, ad-
vancing only to the eastern outlet of the
gap. abandoned the pursuit.
''Cieburne carried into action 4.l51 bayo-
nets. and his loss in killed, wounded and
missing. was I'll With the exception OF the
few cavalrymen. who took no part in the
actual battle. 4; was fought by his divis-
ion alone. For over six hours he held at
bay the larger part of Grants forces, and
again saved the wheels Of the army.
Remaining in undisturbed possession of
the position on Dicks Ridge until dark. Gle
burne. in obedience to orders, marched to
Tunnel Hill, where he arrived about mid
night and where his weary troops had
their first regular ration since the 25th. On
the next morning he occupied the line of
Tunnel Hill. where the division remained
on outpost duty until the opening OF .he
campaign in May, 1864.
of Cleburnes troops. IL need only be
said that they were worthy of their COM
mander-a man OF lofty courage. and pure
patriotism. unerring in his military in
s,incts. and quick and resoIute in the ex-
ecution Of his plans. which. once matured,
never miscarried."
ClehuTne was killed at the battle OF
Franklin. a battle disastrous to North and
South alike. and one Of the bloodiest en-
gagements Of the war. He fell in a fierce
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was retired" The men in the Office pre-
sented him with a handsome clock and a
gold-headed walking cane.
The gentle. little wife at home stroked
the knotted old fingers and told him not
TO mind. that hers were still nimble and
useful. and she stretched out pair of lit
tle hands that the man thought beautiful.
even If they were wrinkled.
And long. and far into the night after that
the patient and busy little fingers Piled the
needle. But dim lights by night and one
small window In the back room of a tene-
nsent by day do not help eyesight. when
age is near.
Then he became the Shoestring Man,
A few pennies would keep starvation
away, and he earned them.
One night when the Shoestring Man went
home, he wondered why the little. sightless
wife shiyered when there was a warm fire
on the hearth. He did not know that the
only bucket OF coal had been kept all day
until his coming. The doctor came and
looked grave.
And SO, when all was over the Shoestring
Man wrote to friends In the home town and
they sent money for the burial Of the Shoe
string Mans wife. II was her first journey
back TO her home town.
The Shoestrfng Man did not know how It
could be possible. and yet 1t was. that two
years had slipped away since she died, and
ne still lived and sold shoestrings.
One night when the Shoestring Man went
to his poor room he wrapped a piece of
paper about some green bilis-the hoardings
OF two years. On the paper was written:
This Is to take me to my resting place be-
side the woman l loved"
call one morning was sent to the police
station that pauper was awaiting burial
But the police found the little roll of MON
ey and the slip Of paper clutched fast
You may miss the Shoestring Man from
Av.A
Vas he to you but the Shoestring Man?
You may not care at all to read this that
short and simple annals OF the Door
MODESTO H JORDAN
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Were left under charge Of a competent
staff of officers with instructions to with
draw them at stated hour. which was
successfully accomplished without the loss
OF man. Later the bridge across the
Chickamauga was flied with rails and
fred, and Cieburne's division took up its
sorrowful march TO the railroad, which was
reached at late hour.
Before dawn on the morning Of the 25th
General Bragg put the infantry of the
army In motion towards Dalton. leaving the
trains and artillery to follow. and Cleburne
to guard the rear. His division. Intact from
the disasters of the 2ith and 25th. was per-
haps the only one In the army to which
that responsibility could be safely intrusted.
The trains were telling forward over a
single narrow road. the artillery wheels
cutting into the soft mud up to the axles.
and requiring heavy details TO prize them
out. and the rear wagon was still in sight
when the enemy. flushed with victory and
pressing forward in energetic pursuit, ap-
peared and opened on Cleburne with shells.
shells.
At Rin&goId Gap.
"At a. m on the 9th Cleburne marched
through the town OF Ringgold to take po-
sition In the gap OF Taylor's Ridge. in
conformity with an order direct from Cen
eral Bragg. A staff officer was dispatched
to him for more specific instructions. He
was found at Catoosa Station. General
Bragg's instructions were: Tell General
Cleburne to hold his position at all haz-
yards. and to keep back the enemy until
the transportation Of the army is secured
the salvation Of which depends upon him.
Such was the brief, but comprehensive or
der. In pursuance of which Cleburne. with
4.15T effectives. was to confront a flushed
and victorious enemy, and do battle for the
safety OF the army.
1.-THE troops at the gap were subjected to
a heavy and continuous fire. to which they
replied with spirit and effect. Cleburne In
company with Govan remained in the front
line, in the mouth Of the gap and watched
every movement. The enemy effected a
lodgment in some buildings near the line
from which they kept up well-directed
fire Of sharp shooters. Finally concentrat-
ing a force under this cover they charged
Goran's skirmishers, but were repulsed by
canister from Goldthwaite's guns. Goldth-
waite afterwards shelied the buildings with
such effect as in a great measure to abate
the annoyance from that quarter. In this
charge upon skirmishers a stand Of the
enemy's colors was left lying within sixty
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Something About the Man Who Was Called "lhe
~ Stonewa11 Jackson of the West. ~

charge of the enemy's works. His horss
was killed under him. writes Mr.. Hemp
stead. latter which he went forward on
foot, and when within less than 4 hundred
yards of the works he fell, pierced by a
MIME ball His remains were buried in CO.
Iurnbia: then at Ashwood. the family ceme-
terry of the Polk family. six miles south
of Columbia; but in 1859 were removed to
Helena. Ark by the Ladies' Memorial AS
ISOLATION and there Inferred. He was one
of the ablest Generals the Southern army
had General Hardee said of him and his
command: when his division attacked
no numbers resisted its onslaught. save
only ouce-and there Is the grave Of Cle-
burre."
1t was not alone on the field of battle
that Pat CIeburne showed the heroism
of his character.
In his biographical sketch of General
C:eburne and T G. Hindman, Doctor
Charles Edward Nash of Arkansas says:
in the year 1855 the town of Helena. at
that time containing about ].5p0 Inhabitants.
was stricken by the most terrific epidemic
of yellow fever that had been recorded in
the annals of medicine up to that date.
As soon as the news spread Of the
advance of this fever. all who could get
ou. of town fed to the country for safety,
leaving only few to take care of the sick
and bury the dead. Three physicians only
remained in the city to do the work-Doc-
tors Grant. Nash and Jacks Doctor
Grant was stricken down early with the
disease and barely escaped with his life.
The entire medical work rested on the other
two. We could get no volunteer nurses for
the sick, as a complete panic had struck the
citizens. When the doctors made known
the imperative necessity for taking care Of
and nursing the sick only three came for
ward and offered their services-Cleburne
and Hindman. and young Methodist
preacher Mr.. Rice There never will be
three persons who braved every danger
and made more personal sacrifices than the
three young philanthropists. They made
their rounds day and night. They went to
the bakery, and. with their own means.
purchased bread. made tea and soups with
their cwn inexperienced hands. and per-
formed all kinds of menial labor"
Cleburne was engaged to Miss Sue Tarie-
ton. whom he met at Mobile, Ala, when he
went to General Hardee's wedding. At
his death his personal effects We're sent
by his staff to Doctor Nash, who sent them
to Miss Tarleton. His war horse. "Oid
Pepper" was captured by the enemy. Gen.
eral Cleburne was an Episcopalian in faith.
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- ENERAL Cleburne's success IN tne
service Of the Southern cause was SO
~ uniform that after a time friend ana
foe alike learned TO note the place IN mo
battle of his original blue battle nag, the
distinctive mark OF Cleburne's divisior-the
only one in the Confederacy allowed TO he
carried into action other than the nationai
colors-
Thus writes Irving A. Buck In his paper
OF Cleburne in the Southern Historical So
ciety papers. Cieburne of Arkansas was
the only man in the Confederacy who had
a distinctive flag, the only General whose
men followed a flag other than that OF the
Stars and Bars. This. in itself. Is a tribute
to the strong individuality OF their leader.
Cleb5;rre was famous in Arkansas before
he became noted throughout the West and
South for his ability as a battle leader.
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was born near
Cork, ireland, March II, 1873. His father
was a descendant OF an old Tipperary fam
ily of English Quaker stock, which settled
In Ireland at tho time OF Cromwell Ha
was educated by tutor at homo until he
was - At Is years OF age, after tho death
OF his father he turned his attention toward
pharmacy as a profession. and apprenticed
himself to a dispenser OF drugs at Mallow.
Not long after, however, he enlisted in the
Forty-fir5t Regiment Of Foot, served three
years and then, through the intervention of
his family, obtained a discharge In the
fall of .Ji9 he came TO America, landing at
New Orleans on Christmas Day. He went
direct D Cincinnati. where he engaged in
business with a druggist named Saiter. In
1850 he removed to Helena, Ark, his home
for the rest OF his life. and where he soon
became favorably known to the people.
Cleburpe was druggist a. Helena for
several years but all the time he was
studying law. He read law in the Office of
T. Il. Hanley. and was admitted 10 the
bar in 1855. The practice OF his profession
claimed his time until the beginning Of
the war, when he enlisted among the first
men Of his State and was elected Captain
of the Yell Rifles.
His company was mustered into the First
Arkansas Regiment in August. and placed
under the command OF General William J.
Gardee.
Early Military Service.
Writing OF General Cleburne in the his
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ed and worn out, and announces the ap-
proach of new revelations"
After 1867 Emerson wrote no poems, and
little prose, and slowly his mental powers
failed with his failing health.
He was tall and slender, not OF robust
physique, rather sallow In the face. with
aquiline nose, brown hair, and eyes of
the strongest and brightest blue" His ap-
pearance was majestic. He was calm, kind
ly in expression. and frequently smiled. bu:
seldom laughed. His manners were digni-
fed and simple. He was a ready listener.
and often seemed to prefer listening. as II
he were to be instructed rather than TO
instruct. He rarely showed irritation. His
hospitality was almost unbounded, and he
frequently waited upon the humblest of his
guests with his own hands. He was never
well-to-do until in his latest years. In 1898
he wrote to Carlyle that he possessed about
$1,000, at interest, and could earn SSco In
winter by lecturing. but never had a dollar
''to spend on a fancy
He worked very hard every summer writ
ing. and every winter travelling and lectur-
ing. His habits were regular ani his diet
frugal. the only peptic luxury In which he
INDUCED being pie for breakfast. Every
morning was spent in his study. nnd se
would go all day without food unless called
to eat. He fulfilled the duties Of citizen
punctiliously, and always ATTENDED the town
meetings.
Much question has been made whether
Emerson was poet or a philosopher.
He was an intellectual. rather than
an emotional mystic, and idealist. who IN
sisted upon the application OF idealism to
the affairs of daily life. He believed that
Nature Is the incarnation OF a thought
The world is mind precipitatei.' He
believed in the over-soul as q liRht-guidinS
man, the light Of intuitive perception, in
God as the soul Of the world. snd in the
human soul as one with that Over-soul."
His poetry was often irregular in form.
Sometimes he unconsciously so perfected
his poetic lines that, as Doctor Holmes
says. a moment after they were written
they seemed as IL they had been carved
on marble for a thousand years." as this in
'Voluntaries':
SO nigh Is grandeur to cur dust
SO near IL God to man.
When duty whispers low. Thou must.
The youth replies. can
"The influence that Emerson exercised not
only upon persons since grown eminent,
such as Professor Tyldall, who found L.
l.fe's inspiration in his thought. but also
upon thousands unknown, Is one Of his
claims to recognition. Another Is, that at
a time when. 1t is ccncsded. the people of
the United States were largely Materials
tic in their aims. he came forward as the
most idealtstic writer Of the age. and also
as a plain American ci:iz.n He was great
ly Indebted TO preceding authors. 1t has
been ascertained that he named in his writ
ings 1898 quotations fyofn S6s individuals.
mostly writers. The inventor only knows
how to quote said Emerson: and. net
withstandfng his drafts upon the treasury
Of the past. he is the most original writer
as poet seer and thinker that America
Possesses"
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-17
EARLY RAILROADS
IN MISSOURI.

IN lsol all passenger and freight trans
portation In Missouri was either in private
carriages. horseback or In stages that cross
hned the state. and all freighting was done
by horse or OK teams from the Mississippi
or Missouri rivers
The first railroad built in the State wa.
the Pacific. out of st. Louis There were
several preliminary surveys made One by
the way to Carondelet and one across the
Chouteau ponds TO the Rock Springs. Tho
nrst train over the road plunged into the
Gasconade River. and either killed or Grim
pied a large number OF the leading citizens
OF the city and st. Louis County Doctor
Mcdowell. founder of the Mcdowell Col
iege, and number Of ministers were on
the train Among them was the Presby-
terfan divine. Doctor Bullard- Just before
the wreck Doctor Mcdowell. q semi-ap-
nestle. and Doctor Bullard, got into con-
troversy. and Mcdowell turned on his heel
ana remarked: This car and its passen-
gers are bound for III Pn leave it,.
He did so, and In less than three minutes
the crash came. The car that Doctor Nc
Dowell was in did not leave the rails.
IN lSa2 n convention was held at St.
Charles Mo-. and II was then decided to
build the North Missouri Railroad Work
was begun on 1t either that fall or the next
spring. 1t was the second railroad In the
STATE.
The Hannibal and St. joseph Railroad
was begun In 1853 John Dun secured the
contract for the whole road, but there were
several sub-contractors. B. F.. Hixson Of
Hannibal furnished the edged tools used in
the construction Of the east division. and
was on the first train that ran out of Han
ntbai The charter of the Hannibal and St
Joseph road forbade its connection with
any other road within a distance of fifty
miles OF Hannibal. At that time a Mr..
Moody was building railroad out Of
quincy to Palmyra. known as the Moody
Quincy branch
During the war the connection between
the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad was
made by the Government as a war meas
ure. and afterwards the Moody road was
absorbed by the Hannibal and st. Joseph.
r. 4. HIxnoN
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Nature answers all he asks:
Hand in hand with her he walks,
Face to face with her he talks,
Part and parcel Of her Joy
Blessings on thee. barefoot boy!
Oh, for boyhood's time Of June.
Crowding years in one brief moon,
When all things I hear or saw,
Ne, their master, waited for;
i was rich in flowers and trees.
Humming birds and honey bees:
For my sport the squirrel played.
Piled the shouted mole his spade;
For my taste the blackberry cone
Purpled over hedge and stone:
Laughed the brook for my delight.
Through the day and through the night.
Whispering at the garden wall,
Talked with me from fall to fall;
Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond.
Mine the walnut slopes beyond,
Mine on bending orchard trees
Apples Of Hesperides!
Still as my horizon grew,
Larger grew my riches. too;
All the world 1 saw or knew
Seemed a complex Chinese toy.
Fashioned for a barefoot boy!
Cheerily. then. my little man,
Live and laugh as boyhood can.
Though the fiinty slopes be hard.
Stubble-speared the new-mown sward.
Fresh baptisms Of the dew:
Every evening from thy feet
Shall the cool wind kiss the heat;
All too soon these feet must hide
In the prison-cslls OF pride,
Lose the freedom Of the sod,
Like q colts for work be shod,
Made to tread the mills OF toll
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IL Just bndded from the bud OF Spring.
With tender blue and wistful skies.
And winds which softly sing.
Susan Coolidge.
Priestly was the first tunless it was Bee
caria), who taught my lips to pronounce
this sacred truth--that the greatest happi-
ness of the greatest number is the founda-
tion of morals and legislation-Bentham.
It.. sureIy simmer. for there. a swallow:
Gene one swallow, his mate will follow,
The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.
Christina q. Rossetti.
A sound mind in a sound body is a short
but full description Of a happy state in this
world.-Locke.
IT'S true: 'tis certain: man. though dead. retains
Part OF himself: the immortal mind remains.
Homer, .Iliad."
awoke one morning and found myself
famous.-Byron-From his Life by Moore.
There IS no remedy for time misspent:
No healing for the waste Of idleness.
Whose very lansuor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.
Sir Aubrey De We're.
Now happiness consists In activity; such
Is the constitution of our nature; 1t is
running stream, and not a stagnant pool
Good.
The truest characters Of ignorance
Are vanity and pride and annoyance.
Butler.
Censure Is the tax man pays to the pub
lie for being eminent.-Swift.
Hone is lovers staff: walk hence with that
And manage It against despairing thoughts
Two Gentlemen OF Verona"
A mans first care should be to avoid the
reproaches Of his own heart--Addison.
So saying with despatchfuI looks in haste
ebe turns. on hospitable thoughts intent.
Milton.
The heart is a small thing. but desireth
great matters. 1t Is not sufficient for a
kites dinner, yet the whole world is not
sufficient for it.-Quaries.
Love. hope, fear. faith-taese make humanity;
These are It's sign ard note and character
Robert Browning.
Each man Is a hero and an oracle to
somebody. and to that person whatever
he says has an enhanced value-Emerson.
1t is the month OF June.
The month Of leaves and roses.
When pleasan; sights salute the eyes
N p Willis.
There is no terror. Cassius. in your threats
For / am arr.d strong In honesty
That they pass by me as the idle wind.
Which l respect not.
Julius Caesar"
Mahomet made the people believe that he
would call a hill to him, and from the top
OF II offered up his prayers for the cb-
servers Of his law. The people assembled;
Mahomet called the hill to come to him.
again and again. and when the hill stood
still, he was never a whit abashed, but
said. II the hill will Tot come to Mahomet
Mahomet will go to the hilL-Bacon.
OF legendary virtue carved upon tathers'
sraves.
Lowell
A face that had a story to tell. How diff
ferent faces are In this particular! Some
Of them speak not. They are books in
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The Barefoot Boy.

nLESSINGS on thee. little man.
X Barefoot boy, with cheeks Of tanl
- With thy turned-up pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes;
With thy rcd Lip, redder still
Kissed by Strawberries on the hill;
with the sunshine on thy face.
Through thy torn brim's Jaunty grace,
From my heart I give thee Joy:
I was onca Q barefoot boy!
Prince thou art-the grown-up man
Only Is republican.
Let the million-dollared ride
Barefoot. trudging at his side,
Thou hast more than he can buy.
IN the reach OF ear and eye
Outward sunshine, inward Joy;
Blessings on thee. barefoot boy!
oh, for boyhood's painless play;
6leep that wakes In laughing day;
Health that mocks the DOCTORS rules;
Knowledge (never learned Of scbools)
OF the Wild bees morning chase
OF the wild flowers tine and place.
Flight Of fowl. and habitude
OF the tenants OF the wood;
How the tortoise bears his she'll
How the woodchuck digs his cell,
And the sround-mole sinks his well;
How the robin feeds her young,
How the orioles nest Is hung:
whare tho vhitest lilies blow,
Where the freshest berries grow,
Where the eround-nut trails its vine,
Where the wood-grapes' clusters shines
OF the black wasp's cunning way,
Mason Of his walls OF clay.
And the architectural plans
OF gray hornet artisansi
Dor, eschewing books and tasks,
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The spear and the sword for men whose joy
Is to slay their fellow-man-'
And men. taught wisdom from the past.
In friendship Joined their hands.
Hung the sword In the hall. the spear on
the wall.
And plowed the willing lands:
And sang. "Hurrah for Tubai Cain!
Our stanch good friend is he;
And for the plowshare and the piow,
To him our praise shall be.
But while oppression lifts its head,
Or a tyrant would be lord.
Though We may thank him for the plow,
Well not forget the sword
-CharIea Narkav