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The Washington times., 1903-06-14
1.-The Waiting. (cOntinued.l

OHE half expected to get some hint
of disappointed love; she was
certain the man was not COM
mon tinker, and it might we'll be Tin
her mind, at Ieast) that the faith
lessness of some fair one had driven
him forth. But if she expected any
such tale she was disappointed. for
Jeremy, Selling the glowing metal with
strong Dincers. answered. 81 have never
yet seen a face beloved nor felt the
heart-beats of any. answering mine or
otherwise. 7 like not such close prox-
Unity
elizabeth laughed. Nor I. said she;
''stnI, the verse IS pretty
She watched him while in silence.
'You are g master of your craft" she
said at last.
Il learnt it of masters . he answered.
she asked him who they were, but he
did net fully tell her. The most ne
would say of them was. ''They are a
wandering people: in all the countries
of Europe you viii find them-ay. it
is said they are in the Indies too. Little.
strong. black men. living by preference
IN the woods, though sometimes to be
found IN the towns. moving from place
to place and plying their craft for the
perfection of art more than for the
profit OF gain. Tkey work. 1t is said, as
Tubal Cain worked, building their fur
inaces even as he built his. and making
things finer than any other men: the
sword Excalibur. I believe, was Of their
making"
But you are not one of them" Eliza
beth said.
No he told her, ~ am but poor
student with bent for wandering. Or
rather I was In the days when my good
father lived He destined me for the
profession Of medicine, and sent me to
the schools at Leyden; but it was little
medicine learnt and many other things
A man may learn much in the Low
Countries. providing he does not sit toe
long in the leeture-halls. learnt
somewhat, and when my good father
died and left rae without a penny piece.
I went of to follow my bent, and a
wanderer and a vagabond am I. and have
been ever since the happiest of men,
AS he spoke he threw his tools on one
side, for his work was done. 1t was
that same fre-basket at which he toiled
when Tobiah found him. Now it was
finished, and beautiful and wonderful
piece it was, in design both simple and
grotesque, yet fulfilling its purpose com
pIetely, and in workmanship perfect ii
sdeHcaey and strength.
Elizapeth was filed with admiration
Whose IS it?'' she asked.
my own" he answered. 1.-THE mend
ing that has been brought me is finished
in this hour have been spending your
firing for my. own work. abusing youl
hospitality
''Nay." Elizabeth said warmly. 81 an
proud that any part Of such a thine
should have been made under my roof.
hope that you viii stay longer and dc
yet more
But Jeremy, though he thanked her
said. 81 believe that my work here is
dona.'
He looked at her straightly as he
spoke, then turned away and began gath
ering together his tools.
But you will not go ROW. she said
''You cannot go; it is already almost
dark Yoa must sleep here tonight. il
you VIII not sleep IN the house-indeed
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CONCLUDED NEXT SUNDAY.
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saved the eggs from destruction with
the close. soft feathers Of her breast.
and before long four little tree swallows
peeped out OF the entrance hole ready
for their first flight.
One OF the most abundant woodpeek-
ers. the flicker (colaptes Bauratus), Ike
the tree swallow, Is loath to leave the
place it has chosen for 4 summer home.
The flicker nests In hole which It hol-
lows out OF a decayed tree. Persons
with callous consciences have taken set
after set of the eggs OF the flicker. the
bird keeping up the laying and tho at
tempt to raise a family until nature was
we'll nigh exhausted.
The flicker has nearly forty names. 1t
is known in different parts OF the coln-
try as high hole, yellow hammer, pigeon
woodpecker, yarrup, yellow shnftcd nick
err. and so on to the end OF the list 1t
Is abundant everywhere. and In recent
years it has become a bird OF the lawns,
where It eats thousa nds upon thousands
OF destructive ants. An investigator
Z 81 u 4. . E
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sion, largely among moneyed men, VIII VIII
naturally cause some of our best citi-
zens to hesitate in making large sub
scrIptions.# But when It Is realized that
this opportunity only comes once In 800
years, and that It offers a chance TO IN
crease our population, develop our re-
sources, Increase taxable values and thus
harden tho securities held by the very
men who just Mt present took askance
at any Investment, wc feel that they
will feel Justified In backing the enter
prise to the extent Of their abilities
Lone thousand OF our citizens. Invest
Ing ono thousand dollars each in the pre-
ferred stock of the Exposition Company,
would give the requisite million dol
lars capital. and would only require the
payment Of $12 every siX months Some
5of our patriotic citizens in Richmond and
Norfolk, said Mr.. Wool, have already
subscribed amounts ranging from $500 to
$4,000 to tho preferred stock. while one
subscription to the common stock has
beel& made for as large a sum as $4,000
This. i, view Of tho fact that no organized 4
effort as yet been made to place Tho
stock, $50
Mr.. Wool expects to open the office Of
the company next Monday In the New
Atlantic Hotel building, Norfolk. and eSz5
presses the hope that when the plan Is
fully understood by our 8cltiz ans, as Will
be outlined in the press from time to time.
that every man and woman in Underwater
Virginia and throughout the whdlc State
will give thoughtful consideration to the
amount of stock they can afford to take
ana send In their subscriptions on blanks
which will be furnished by the company.
without making 1t necessary to employ q
large agency force to sell the stock.
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Especial to The Times Dlspatch) ~
5wASHINGTON. August 22-Mondny,.
August oath, marks tho elghty-nlnth an.
niversary OF the Sucking and burning OK
the National Capital by the British army
under General Ross, but tho real torch
bearer was Sir George Cockburn. whose
record showed that he delighted in such.
Ross had carried on war In the Pennir.
sula and In France under q different
spirit and It was his wish that the Amer'-
can capital should be treated as It was
but no was forced to obey orders. with
Cockburn to lead, the work was accom-.
plished speedily; the unfinished Capitoi.
The Library OF Congress. tho White
House. the War and Treasury buildings,
the Arsenal and Barracks. together with
q number of private residences. we're soon
IN flames, and nothing was left but tnelr
smoking ruins. The Americans adIed 10
the horror by setting fire to tho navy.
yard and vessel, and the Virginia emo
Of the long bridge. while ,Cockburns me''
fred the Washington end. When this was
finished Cockburn set fire to the otfice OF
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Ross and Cockburn. saying: Willingly
would we throw n veil Of oblivion over
our transactions at washington. Tho
Cossa cks spared Paris, but we spared
not the capital OF America" Yet Eng
lands guns were fired in honor OF Ross;
Parliament thanked the victors: erected
monument to Ross. who was killed at
corsuchs farm, seven miles from Bal
timore, and about tho same distance
from North Point. where the British
had landed. Parliament authorized tho
descendants OF Ross to forever style
themselves ROSS OF Bladensburg," that
being the landing place Of the British
lsoldlcrs when they marched into Wash
ington.
1t has always been charged that the
president and Cabinet were mapping or
the British would never have landed at
Bladensburg, /" and General Windcr had
Representatives, required Of him by the
Secretary OF War, there being only 6l2
regular troops at his command, notwlth-
standing tho fact that general uncasi-
ness had prevailed for many weeks
and there had been ample time to con-
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The JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Theodore Wool Appointed
to Charge Of Office Of the
Company.
(special to The Timte,.s-pispatch.)

FL NORFOLK, VA, . August 22.--The
jamestown Exposition Company has re-
qucsted Mr. Theodore j.. Wool. of Ports
mouth, one OF the vice presidents of the
exposition, to take charge OF the Office Of
the company. and arrange for the sale o t
the stock of the company, both common
and preferred. so as to duality under the
charter by he 1st of January. and practi-.
ically assure the holding OF the exposition.
Mr.. Wool states that he reluctantly
takes charge Of this work, knowing full
wellsthe difficulty to be encountered, but
feeling that he Will use his time, energy
and ability In showing to tho people, es-.
pccially to those Of our State, the great
advantages that will come from the hold
Ing Of the exposition.
He believes that when the people do
rcalize the benefits. to accrue to our
State. they will interest themselves in
placing the exposition on a sound finan-
cial footing Subscriptions to the capital
stock Of tho company are. wha t is needed
at this time. The payments on the sub
scriotions will extend throughout the
entire preiod from now until theEhodlng
OF the exposition. ~ s5
The company. as at; present organ
ized Is managing. 81 the affairs OF
the exposition for the. time being,
When a sufficient amount OF the
stock has been pTncedzto assure the hold
Ing OF the exposition, livestock olders will
be called together. and they themselves
will select their officers and directors
Tho az pocitior'4 "a n 'on1 u he held S,io-
cessfully by the Interest and CO operation
of all our people. tits an enterprise OF
great magnitude, and will require tho
very bost management In order to give
to Virginia the credit OF holding the first
thoroughly successful exposition which
shall return to Its stockholders the money
they have invested in the enterprise.
Consequently, said Mr., Wool. everything
connected with the enterprise should be
done on broad and patriotlclines.
The present period OF financial depres-
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there. The mother bird deposited FIVE
Spearly white eggs, The experlmse,nteer
took the eggs. The birds were loath to
leave. In few days there were FIVE
more eggs in the box. While his heart
smote him. the experimenter took these
treasures also, The birds still remained
about the box. Four more eggs were laid
and were taken, The tree swallows would
not give up, The female laid three more
eggs and tho hand Of the despoiler was
Stayed. The birds raised their young.
and the next season they returned and
" ere not molested.
HOME IN SWINGING GOuRD.
Not long ago a Georgia man wrote to
me and suggested that gourds be hung
up for the purpose Of determining 4 pur-
pie martins would use them for homes IN
the North as they do In the South. "a
gcurd was swung from a pole m the
yard OF friend, The purple martins
overlooked IT, hut pair OF tree sWal-
lows pre-empted II, and In the swinging
he me raised a family.
There were several feet Of cord at
tached to the little home. and When the
wind blew the gourd was thrashed about
.slarmingly, The mother bird, however,
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any ONCE th,er than supervisor. thrust
,,non rim dlnst his will. Though ur-
gently andepeatedly entreated to &C
cont !, everything within the gilt
~ either fnty or district. his Innate
n,oduatv caused him to refuse and
hacomn' II re ardent advocate OF Demo-
crn III iples, vcrltable wheel-horso
~ Jcffer ilan ideas.
NtROES TO REGISTER.
Tho noes Of both Bruton and Mel
snn distts arc preparing to make siren
.uous efts. desperately determined to
make heavy Increase In their VOTING
strengtAt the next registration, to take
,,loco ~ shortly. Sons of soldiers VIII
riso oof the very earth and lay heavy
calm the right OF suffrage.
E'f PERSONAL.
No Amy and Mildred McEvoy, who
havicen guests OF their brother, MT
q .McEvoy, at Temple farm, have re-
49,. .,,,l TO their homes in the far West.
a j. W. Rogers is considerably i'm
I'D after severe spell of sickness
inc early part Of the week. @
!. w. r. Goff1gon Is better after a
,tracted spell OF sickness, lasting since
first Of the year.
+. and Mrs. Adolph Wagner, OF New
t News: Miss Catherine Cross, and
sses Emma and Daisy Schulle, OF Baltl.
re, have spent tho week the guests OF
T. and Mrs. John c. Beer.
,fr. Robert S. Rives, the well known
Jung attorney OF Manchester is spend
z the summer here with his family. Mr.
YES, is greatly improved in health and
making an active fight for the Legis-
ture, as member of the House Of
,lcgatcs for the city Of Manchester and
,e counties of Chesterfield and Pow
atan. He expects to start on an active
,rsonal canvass about the first OF the
,ming month and be strictly in line for
,e primary on September oath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark a. Tyndall and Miss
lIzabeth Irvine. OF Washington are
,aking a stay of several weeks here
r. Tyndall is "a well known lawyer OF
,e national capital.
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centrate troops, and when the enemy
was right Mt the door of the city the
general had less than are now within
the District. Not only was General
winder pressed for men. but he was
forced to listen to suggestions from the
President, the Cabinet officers. and hun
dreds Of civilians who were ignorant Of
military affairs. The British were at
Upper Marlborough, and there was no
question but that Washington would be
invaded. Winder's Headquarters were ut
Combs. near the Eastern Branch bridge
and there 1t was that he was visited by
the President and Cabinet officers to dis
cuss the best means Of defense. and ho
plainly told them that he saw but little
hope OF putting up anything like de-
Tense which would be In the least cf-
fcotive. While they were in council Ross
had moved to Bladensburg, at which
place stansbury's forces wee rentrenched
near the old mill, a few hundred yards
from the bridge over which the British
must cross In order to get into Wash
ington. Information OF the movements
Of Ross was sent to Wlnder, who be-
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A THOUSAND DAYS
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Thus Ran a Texas Train.
But 1t Arrived Alice
Same.

BEEkoNT. TEXAS. August 15-0n
s,,ndasnorning, July goth. the only train
runninion the Gulf and Interstate Rail-
road pied Into the passenger station at
septeter 8. 1900, It has been stalled half
way tween the two cities, since that
| date. |pecinl festivities marked the ar
| rival the belated No. !.
| OFF passengers who started With the
trainany met their Death The others
| walk and rodo In gwagons. leaving the
engl more than two years and half
tthheain has stood where 1t was stalled
so lg ago only to be finally rescued
antrought to cover ms q relic lof other
l AL The, same locomotive that started
ban and, dllaplaated coaches through
q tde destination that should have been
Il rhed four hours after the start was
re- Gulf and Interstate Railroad was
finally constructed as a freight road
. weston jetties, Passenger trains were
i I on, and the road did prosperous
81 1900. Half way between the two cities
Iae. train was caught In the terrible storm
hat 2yerWhelmcd Galveston.
s 70 sesk safety N the house close at
y ihha bitants from round about, Not a
,erson who remained on the cars was in
ured Those who left met death In the
water that rose up over the land. E.
l3ut tho track both ahead and behind
liz train was washed away, Not a Yis-
ige OF the rails remained except beneat tn
HI wheels Of the train, The passen-
,ers subsisted for two days upon supplies
,ronght from farn-houses before the full
orce Of the elements swept them away,
nd upon the fruit and candy lyt In TIE ne
water went down and the ground dried
ut the men and women who had started
rom Galveston on the morning Of the
torn set out to walk the remaining
hirty miles to their destination. They
cached Beaumont In safety.
Since that time the road has been In the
lands OF a receiver, The destroyed track
vas not rebuilt. and the abandoned train
las for almost three years been stand
ng on the prairie MS though 1t had been
licked up and dropped on the spot,
Within the past year the road, as much
IS was left, was sold. a b9nus for its
mount raised in BEAUMONT and CALVES,
ar the new track, and the rails laid to
he abandoned train, An engineer was
ent to the rusty Locomotives ana succeed
d in fixing It in shape for the run to
" Wien It pulled into the STATEN, two
ears, nine months and tWenty-slx days
,ehjnd, 1t was greeted by salutes from
III the engines In the Beaumont val ds,
Il tho cars rode the officials OF the road,
The event was made the occasion LOT q
eneral celebration in the clty.
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lleved that tho attnck would be made
from Fort Washington, and was not ex-
pecting the announcement that he re-
cciveGl. General Svlndcr ordered Gene
raj Smith with his troops to move to-
ward. Bladensburg; Barney, with his
four or five hundred seamer was sent
the same way, nndHth secretary&of State
was sent to MD Stnnsbury. The Secre4
tary OF War followed then the Presi-
dent and Attorney General, with friends
on horseback. This was 10 o'clock In
the@mornlng and by noon the Maryland
soldiers, some regulars and others vo-
unteers were in position to aid In the
protection OF tho capital
VICTORY WAS EASILY WON. 4i3
Half an hour after noon the British
were marching down the main street At
Bladensburg and pressing on toward the
bridge but were for the time being
driven back by the Americans cannons.
The second attempt to cross the bridge
was met with an artillery fire from
Wlnders first and second lines. sweeping
down a whole company. and Pinckncys
concealed riflemen poured hot shot into
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connected with the biological survey
found 1900 ants in one flicker stomach.
The bird needs protection. for every
where it meets with the persecution OF
the thoughtless.
MALE VIREOs SHARE HoUSEWORI<.
S Warbling vreos this year are nesting
in the city parks. Possibly they have
done SO for years, but this season Is the
first that one observer at least can set
the occurrence down as q fact. Here is
a bird with q lesson to teach man. The
husband vireo shares all household duties
with his wife. He Is on tho nest cud-
ding the eggs fully hall OF the time. and.
so far from entering complaint, he sings
joyfully at his task Find warbllng
vireos nest, and II master Vireo IS IN
charge he VIII be found singing at his
sitting" He finds JOY in drudgery and
Is not ashamed to let the world know 1t.
The warbling vireo (vlreo gilvus) has
olive gray upper parts. with wings ana
tail of dusky brown. The under parts arc
white shaded, with greensh yellow at the
sides. A white streak runs through the
eye, The birds nest Is hung IN the fork
Of n tree, and Is compactly MADE OF inner
bark, vegetable fiber and dend leaves
The lining occasionally is made OF pine
needles. 1t Is one of the prettlesE summer
homes fashioned BY bird KIND.
Tho cedar birds are busy in this August
season With their young, Something of the
character traits of these birds was given
In a previous article. pair OF cedar
birds have Figured In an incident which
Is OF great interest to the world OF bird
SCIENCE A nest was found IN nm orchard.
1t contained three cedar bird eggs. Of
( gray, with brown MARKINGS, ana ~ addl-
ton, three large blue green eggs or one Of
tho species OF American cucKoos'
THE LAZY CUCKOO.
Here was an instance OF tho reyerting
to what unquestionably was the habit OF
an ancestor, The English cuckoo inya-
rably lays Its eggs IN other plrds' nests,
The American cuckoo builds nest Of Its
own, but the construction or inc nest
Is Of such nimsy nature that U shows
house building with tho American bird
Is a comparatively recent requirement..
One cuckoo, at least refrigerated and
Imposed It's eggs and the care OF us
young on the molnerly cedar nlru'
Had cuckoo's nest been SUBJECTED to
the rafting hailstorm assault when two
robins, nests under my observation With
stood successfully there would not have
been shred OF the building n'aterla' lett
to tell the tale, The chances a,e we pro
itself would have fled for thicher slnller
when the first peltlnG bit OF nun 1ell y
was q terrific storm but sVlc.ly iocni
being confined to about one sauuFe 'nlse
of territory One pair OF ropl's nav PlaGed
a nest 1.-THE very top OF Tree, Inc
hall tore the foliage and the VINO broke
the branches about the little home, but
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HABITS OF
Wild BIRDS
The Tree Swallows TenaClty
in Home Duties.
CUCKOO NOT a BUILDER,
::ays in Other Birds Nests-Instance
Of Courage-The Partridge At
tacks Intruder Defense
of5Young

! By EDWARD B. CLARK.

By EDWARD CLARK. rs ~
associate member American Ornitholo-
gists' ,Union.) j.
al+1f you are looking for luck put starch
box with hole in 1t on your roof and get
a tree swallow for a neighbour. The bird
Is equally at home above the city streets
and about the country streams. All It
asks is a pla ce TO nest and welcome.
The Indian held the tree swallow. with
the purple martin, a mascot OF mascots.
In the olden days every tepee pole had a
gourd at its top for the use of either spe-
cies, and the brave who had no summer
bird twittering above his door looked for
evil happenings.
ts TREE SWALLOWS SEEK CITIES.
The tree swallow (Tachycineta blcolor)
originally dwelt in hollow trees along the
water courses. The custom Is followed
largely to-day, but the bird has found
that among men there Is protection from
It's natural enemies. and SO 1t is gradually
ffUrsaking old ways and seeking civ1liza-
ton. This swallow Is a beautiful bird.
It has pure white underparts, while Its
back and sholders, when the sun strikes
them are a shimmering green.
An experimenting friend OF mine put
a box on the roof of his city residence.
A pair OF tree swallows came and dwelt
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afterward we'll known banker OF New
Orleans.
All night long the British kept up their
work OF plunderlng and burning, and
such day and night OF horrors the city
has never known. 1t was not the intention
Of General Ross to hold the territory ac-
quired by conquest, and on tho evening
Of tho 25th. they retreated toward tho
Patuxent. having left anything but q
record OF modern warfare. President Mad
ison said In his message:
They destroyed the public cdiflces.
having no relation in their structure to
operations OF war, some OF these edifices
being also costly monuments OF taste and
OF the arts. and others repositories Of the
public archives, not only precious to the
nation as the memorials Of its origin and
Its early transactions. but interesting to
all nations ms contributions to the general
stock OF historical instruction and poll.
tica, science. -
CONDEMNED AT HOME.
The London Statesmen newspaper was
bitter in Its Remuneration OF the work OF