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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

"A GENERATION ago wagon cover
IM ed with Ehite canvas turned TO the
An right on the California road and took
a northerIy course toward prairie stream
that nestled Just under a long low Dull
When the white pilgrim. jolting over the
rough. unbroken ground through the tan
blue stem, grass, reached broad bend
IN the stream ii stopped man and
woman emerged from under the canvas
and stood Tor moment facing the wild.
green meadow and the distant hills The
man was young, 1.-THE and graceful. but
despite his boyish figure the woman felt
his unconscious strength as he put his
arm about her waist She was aSlow with
health: her fine, strong. intelligent eyes
burned with hope. and her firm jaw was
good 10 behold They stood gazing at the
virgin field q moment in silence There
were tears in the wonlan's eyes as she
looked up after the kiss and said
And this is the end OF our wedding
Journey. and-and-the noneymoon-tie
only one we can ever have in all the
worlds over.
The horses, moving uneasily In their
sweaty harness. cut short the mans re-
ply When he returned his wife was get
ting the cooking utensils from under the
wagon, and Hfe-stern. troubIous-had be-
gun for them.
II was IUuS llldI young I'LL
fIucks brought his wife 10 Kansas.
They were young. strong hearty people
and they conquered the wilderness a
home Sprang UP in the elbow of the
stream In the fall long rows OF corn
shocks traIled what had been the meadow.
In the summer the field stood horse-high
with corn. From the bluff. as the years
few by. the spectator might see the
checkerboard of the farm, clean cut, well
-, -,
frolicked in the king row and hurried
10 school down the green lines of the
lanes where the hedges grow.
There were years when the light in the
Kitchen burned far into the night. when
two heads bent over the table figuring 70
make ends meet In these years the girl
ish figure became bent. and the light faded
IN the woman's eyes, while the 1.-THE figure
81 The man was gnaTled by the Tigors OF
the struggle There were day@not years.
thank God-when The lips forgot their ten
GernesS, and. as fate tugged fercely al the
curhed bit, there were times when souls
rebelled. and cried out in bitterness and
despair al the roughness OF the path.
IN this wise went Col William Hucks
and his wife through youth into maturity
and IN this wise they faced toward the
sunset
He was tail. with a stoop: grizzled.
braWny. perhaps uncoath IN rneir. She was
stout. unsha peIy. rugged; yet her face was
kind and motherly. There was beyish
twinkle left in her husbands eyes, and a
quaint. quizzing, one-sided smile often
stumbled across his care-f urrowed eounte-
nance As the years passed Mrs. Hucts
noticed that her husbands foot fell heavily
when he walked by her side. and the pang
she felt when she first observed his pIod-
ding step was too deep for tears
It was in these days that the minds of
the Huckses unconsciously reverted to old
times. It became their wont in these lat
ter days, TO sit in the silent house whence
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

structor. and work Is being conducted
along general programme. which cannot
fail Of producing healthy and vigorous
children among the growing generation
In the high schools gymnastics has a
strong foothold. With the opening OF thu
high schools in 1897 physical training was
included as a prescribed subject and the
results OF a four years. course show how
necessary this branch Of education has be-
come.
For example: Here IS a student OF tho
Dewitt Clinton high school who entered
in September. 1900. His home surround
ings We're such and stHi are that the boy
is compelled 10 work In factory every
afternoon from to o'clock. He has
absolutely no opportunity for outdoor rec
rea1ion, but deyotes every spare minute
from school to physical work On enter
ing the high school his measurements
were taken. together with his strength
tests chased on the college requirenents}
and the result was astonishing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Home Coming Of Col. Hueks|. : e..
BY WILLIAM
ALLEN WHITE
Copyright by
S. S. Mcclure Company

got tipped out over trying to drive two
horses TO sleigh with the lines between
my knees. Mother and me have remem-
bered IT, someway. ever since
And the old man stroked his gTiZZied
beard and tried 10 smile on the wrong
side of his face that the women might
see his joke. They exchanged meaning
gianees when the colonel turned away.
and Mrs HHcks was proudly happy. Even
the dizziness of the color on the grass.
which she had remembered as luscious
green. did not saddea her for half an
hour
When the two Kansas people were
alone that night the colonel asked
Don't il seem kind OF dwarfed here
TO what you expected it would be?
worn out. and old EreryIhing,s got
dust on Sit The grass by the roads Is
dusty. The trees that used TO seem
SO tai and black with shade are Just
nothing like what they used to be- The
hills I've thought OF as young noun
bluff blackjack home.
Kansas was home" TO them now.
For thirty years the struggling couple
on the prairie had kept the phrase
back home sacred to Ohio. Each felt
a thrill at the household bIaspheny. and
both were glad that the colonel had said
back home and that it meant Kan
sas.
Are you sorry you come, father"
said Mrs Hucks, as the colonel was
about TO fan into doze-
4 don't know: are you2" he asked
Well. yes. guess 1 am I haven't
no heart for this. the way II Is. and I've
some way lost the picture I had fixed
in my mind of the way il was 1 don't
care for this and yet it seems like I
do. too. Oh. wish hadn't come to
! find everything SO washed out-iike it
isl
And SO they looked at the pictures
| OF youth through the eyes OF age How
the coioTs were faded. What tragic
difference there is between the light
| which springs from the dawn and the
glow which falls from the sunset.
After that first day Colonel Hucks did
not restrain his Dragging about Kansas.
| when she heard him Before that day
she had reserved 4 secret contempt for
| a Kansas boaster. and had ever wished
| that he might see what Ohio could do
| in the particular line which he was
praising. But new Mrs. Hucks caught
| herself saying to her hostess. What
small ears OF corn you raise here.s'
The day after this concession Mrs
| Hucks began to grow hoTnesick- At
! first she worried about the stock; the
| colOnel's chief care was about the dog.
The fifth days visit was their last As
they were driving 10 the town to take
| the train for Kansas Mrs Hucls over
heard her husband discussing something
after this fashion:
Il tell you, Jim. before I'd slave my
| life out on an eighty the way you're
doin'. To go out takin in wlitewashin'
It's just like this-a man IN Kansas has
| lower taxes. better schools and more
| advantages In every way. than you've got
here. And as for grasshoppers2 Why.
Jim West. seeh talk makes me tiredl My
| boy Bits been always born and raised
| In Kansas, and now he's in the iegisla-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

the children had gone cut 70 try issues
with the world, and. OF evenings to talk OF
the old faces and OF the old places in the
home OF their youth. Theirs had been q
pinched and busy life. They had never re-
turned 10 visit their old Ohio home. The
coionel's father and mother were gone
His wifes relatives were not there Yet
each felt the longing TO go back
For years they had talked OF the charms
OF the home OF their childhood. Their
children had been brought I'd TO believe
that the place was little less than heaven.
The Kansas grass seemed short and bar
rem OF beauty 10 them beside the picture of
the luxury OF Ohio's fields. For them the
Kansas streams did not ripple and dimple
so merr1ly IN the sun as the Ohio brooks
that romped through the dewy pastures IN
their memories. The bleak Kansas plain.
in winter and in fail seemed to the colonel
and his wife 10 be ugly and gaunt when
they remembered the brow OF the hill un-
der which their first kiss was shaded from
the moon. while the world grew dim under
q sleigh that bounded over the turnpike
The Old people did not give voice 10 their
musings But in the wonan's heart there
gnawed a yearning for the beauty Of the
old scenes. II was almost physical hun
ger
After their last child. a girl had married
and had gone down the lane toward the
lights Of the village Mrs Hucks began TO
watch with q greedy eye the dollars mount
toward a substantial bank account She
hoped that she and her husband might af-
ford a holiday.
Last year Providence blessed the Huck-
seS with plenty. II was the woman who
revived the friendship OF youth in her
husbands cousin. who lives IN the cid
township IN Ohio. It was Mrs Hucks
who secured from that cousin an inYi-
tation TO spend a few weeks IN the Ohio
homestead. It was Mrs. Hucks again.
VINO made her husband happy by putting
him into tailoz's Suit-the first he had
bought since his Yedding-for the great
occasion Col. Hucks needed no per-
suasion TO take the trip. Indeed. II was
his wife's economy which had kept him
from being a Spendthrift and from Dor
rowing money with which TO go on a dozen
different occasions
The day which Col. and Mrs. william,
Hueks set apart for starting upon their
journey was one OF those perfect Kan
s3s DAYS in early October. The rain had
washed the summers dust from the air.
Clearing II and sfenciling the lights and
shades very sharply. The woods along the
little stream which flowed through the
farm had not been greener az any time
during the season The second crop nj
grass on the hillside almost sheened in
YIvidness- The yellow OF the stubbse n,
the grain fields was all but a gIitteriug
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
- HYSICAL training in the New York
- public schools Is not a new thing,

"a HYSfCAL training in the New York
~ public schools Is not a new thing.
but real gymnastic work in the
gym on the bars. bucks rings. ETC. is OF
recent date. All new schools are being
equipped with up-to-dates gv1anasirrras.
and all public pupils are being given two
lessons a week.
In former years il vas thought SUM-
cient If the children went through a So
called setting up drill that is. a group
Of calisthenic exercises which would helm
TO build I'D the body; but il is found row
that besides building I'D the body the
intellectual and moral side OF the pupil
must also be considered. and this can
best be done by heavy gymnastic work
on the different apparatus
Exercises that promote Gexterity and
accuracy of motion. exercises that re-
quire obedience and acute observation.
greater strength. self-eontrol and self
reliance, are the main requirements in
gymnastics
decision. self-ccntrol. judgment, self-re-
lance and fortitude.
In the primary grades very little aB-
paratus work is done. IL in fact. any.
Jumping, hanging on the bars and swing
ing on the ropes are about the limit OF
heavy gymnastics In these grades. And
they are amply sufficient
bodies develop physically more work is
taken and the field OF activity widens In
the grammar grades We fnd the pupil
using the bucks, horses, parallel bars.
horizontal bars. ropes. ladders. rings etc.
The question is often asked: WHY do
we use All these different pieces of ap-
paratus2" To go into detail and explain
fully would lead us too far, but I win
briefly explain the use OF the different
pieces OF af,DarafasS
Every lesson in gymnastics must con-
sist Of: L Marching eyolutaens or tao
ties 2 Calisthenics. l. e.. with or with
out the use or dunbbells, Indian clubs or
wands. ETC. ,. Apparatus work 4
Gymnastic games
1. Marching Evaiutions. or Tactics
They demand entire control OF ones self,
that he may be able 20 move in correct
pose through given lines and angles They
require the pupil 10 keep close attention 10
each member in order TO have harmony
in movements These marching eyaiu
tons relieve the brain from the strain OF
the previous hours Of mental work. re-
instate healthy respiration and cir
esilation and tone up the body in general.
Furthermore. they give to the pupil the
fundamental position and carriage best
suited to the physiological interests OF
the body
Have you ever noticed that sparkle
IN boys eyes when asked Let's pIay
seldiers2 Have you ever noticed how
quickly he would straigaten himself out.
come 10 position and look earnest
Many people claim that tactics are a
waste OF time and do not tend to buad
up the body But what better method of
training of mind is there than tactics2
The individual is here last and the
company IS the main object Every pupil
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

heartbeat and respiration and give con-
scieusness OF power and viii.
tb1 Horse-These exercises are chiefly
abdominal and improve digestion The
abdomen is fiattened the flow OF blood in
mesenteric veins is accelerated intestinal
absorption and elimination are increased
Improved digestion makes q more
cheerful disposition.
6c1 Parallel BaEs-These exercises in
crease the sphere OF activity Of the
shoulder joint and skill OF arms and
hands They tend TO widen the chest,
broaden the back and strengthen the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

All measurements are taken In the me-
trio millimeters. Kilograms and
Hters-
All colleges have organized gymnastio
teams and look to the high schools for
material With this end in view the gym
nastie teams OF Columbia university and
the New York university give annual eK-
hibitions in the high schools to awaken a
greater interest among the high school
boys in this line. and the result is crafty
ing
Block. who last year won the champion
ship OF Columbia on the side horse. and
Lyle also OF Columbia: BeIcher. last years
captain of the New York university gym
nastic team; Peck. the present captain,
and Eunson and Smith are graduates OF
cur public schools and high schools.
With the excellent gymnasiums well
fitted out. competent instructors and a
well laid out plan. 1t is self-evident that
gymnastics in the public schools OF this
city must within a short time. become
a prominent factor in education.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
BOXERS ARE
PREPARING FOR SEASON
Steve Crosby Ready to
Meet All $50 Pound
Corners

Chester. Sept. 30.-With the closing of
the baseball season other sports are be-
ginning to assume an aspect of reality.
Football win be a strong factor but the
boxing game in this city win be strong
er than ever.
There are many local boys who have
a claim TO some of the things that are
going, and many are being accommo-
dated.
There Is one boxer in the city that is
not getting the chance that some dubs
are getting. This may be because the
dubs are cheap. An easy fighter can
get a game most any night. Then why
not a good one?
Steve Crosby is one of the class Of
fighters who by his gentlemanly de-
pertinent and strict care Of himself is
always entitled to recognition. Crosby
is out with a challenge to meet any or
all of them. People in Chester want to
see Crosby box. 1t is up to some OF
them who think they are good ones, to
challenge Crosby, then the club would
have to take him on. Crosby is will
ing to meet any of them at 1S0 pounds
and says he will even give a little
weight.
Jack McClain has just closed sue
cessful campaign of three weeks. He
will rest up for his fight with Johnny
White in Philadelphia next week.
"Kid" Williams, who has been max
| ing a successful tour of the West, is
again in Chester. He is anxious to get
/ on a match and is especially looking for
fight with Harry Lenny Manager
Bailey, of the Broadway A. c., win
/ mako al arrnnopmpntg
Little "Shavey' Devine, who a few
years ago. ran copy for the editorial
room Of the Philadelphia Record, now
says he is a prize scrapper. He has
gone up against some Of the best OF
them, Spike" Sullivan, Nathy Math-
ews. Jack Bennett, Harry Foley and
Jack williams, included.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
Walking ON the Ceiling.

Few people probably know what II
Is that enables fiies to walk on the cell
ing. 1t has been supposed that their
ability TO do 50 was due to the fnct
that each OF their feet is a miniature
air pump This theory was found to
be unsound, and II was then explained
that the feat was made possible by
means Of a viscous substance which
exuded from tie hairs on their feet
This theory also was abandoned as
being only partly accountable for the
facts, and the preferred explanation Is
that flies are enabled to walk upside
down on smooth substances by the help
OF capillary adhesion. An investigator
has found by a series Of nice calcula-
tons, such as the weighing and meas
uring OF hairs that a fly would be
upheld by capillary attraction were It
four ninths as heavy again as It Is.
Each ny is supposed TO be furnished
with from 10000 to $1,000 minute foot
hairs. These exude an oily fluid, and It
Is because Of the repulsion between a
watery surface and this oily hQuid that
a fly finds it difficult to mount a damp
ened glass.-Harper's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
spoiled IL An.

A farmer went TO hear John Wesley
preach. Wesley said he would take up
three topics OF thought. He was talk
ing chiefly about money. His first was.
"Get al you can" The farmer nudged
a neighbor and said; This is strange
preaching. / never heard the like be-
fore. This is very good" Then Wes-
ley discoursed on Industry" "Activi.
~" Living 70 Purpose and reached
his second division, Save all you can"
The farmer became more excited.
WAS there ever anything like thisF
be said. Wesley denounced thriftless-
ness and waste, and he satiriEed the
wiIiful wickedness which lavishes In
luxury, and the farmer rubbed his
hands. and he thought, "All this I
have been taught from my youth up"
and what with getting and what with
boarding II seemed 20 him that "sal-
walton" had come to his house. But
Wesley advanced to his third head.
which was give all you can" "Ah,
dear; an. dear" said the farmer; "he
has gone and spoiled IL air.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
Eatal Ray SAD Wreok.

Braintree. Mass. Sept 3O.-A pas
senger train for Boston over the
Plymouth division Of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad was
wrecked by the breaking Of a driving
rod. Engineer William Adams and
Fireman Elbridge c. Cook were caught
in the wreckage Of the engine Both
were removed TO the Massachusetts
general hospital in Boston, where Fire
man Cook died last night. Engineer
Adams sustained compound fractures
of both legs and severe scalp wound
and is on the dangerous list None OF
tie seventy-fve passengers was in.
jured.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
HcIiotrani.m.

Heliotropism is the peculiar property
shown by many plants notably the
sunhower, OF always turning toward
the sun. In the case OF seedlings the
phenomenon is especially marked The
cells on the light side are apparently
retarded in growth, thus causing a
curvature toward that side. Professor
Romanes experimental with an inter
mittent light. such as that Of an cleo
tric spark discharge, upon mustard
seedlings and found the hellotropic
effect produced in this way far greater
than that caused by the sun OF any
other form Of light. Strange 10 say,
however. this abnormal influence Is un'
accompanied by the generation OF
phlorophyll. the green coloring matter
in plants which requires sunshine for
its proper production.-Pail Mall Ca
~ette.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
Asparagus.

Asparagus, deservedly a favorite veg
etable, was extensively cultivated by
the ancient Romans, but was not in
troduced into England before 1900,
In some parts OF Europe the seeds are
used as substitute for coffee, and q
spirituous liquor is made from the ripe
berries. Asparagus Is both lithic and
dluretic. and its roots used to be ex-
tenslvcly used in medicine. In some
old recipe books directions are given
for boiling asparagus one hour, but
this Is great mistake-twenty or
thirty minutes is long enough TO cook
Il suiiciently-but there was one sug.
gestion worth following. Instead Of
cutting OF the white parts it advised
that they be broken, saying that II
they were too tough TO break they
were unft TO eat.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30

WANTED. Six good electricians. Only
first-class wiremen need apply. Nor
ris Electric Co. septeS-3t
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
A zno rnrnsd nose.

Bedford. Mass. Sept. 30.-Somebody
opened the doors of the animal cages
in the zoo at Lexington park during
the night and allowed several beasts
to escape. Three bears. a buffalo and
three wolves took advantage of the
freedom that was thrust upon them.
One wolf is still at large. though the
bears and buffalo were captured by
the police in the morning.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
odeIl VA Nnt Rntire.

New York. Sept. 30-An authorita-
i've statement is made that Governor
Odell will not resign as governor or re-
tire from the chairmanship Of the Re
publican state committee Of New York.
AZ the Saratoga Republican conven-
fion Governor Odell suggested TO some
If the Republican leaders that if he
was unsatisfactory TO the party he
would retire The suggestion received
no serious encouragement from the Re
publican leaders.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30

OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER
master. Delaware CITY Del. Sept. "a
1901. Sealed proposals, IN triplicate. will
be received here until II a. M, October II,
1904 Tor sinking artesian well and con-
structng 3OO00-gallon brick or concrete
reservoir and furnishing and erecting air
compressor and receiver, boiler, Duplex
necessary connections at Fort DUPONT.
Del. u. S. reserves right TO accept or re-
iect any or al bids or any part thereof,
Information furnished here. Envelopes
containing bids should be endorsed PRO
posals for Water System" addressed
Captain Louis f Gwrard, Jr.. Q. M.
sept29 80 oct7s
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
rrains cra.h In a 80

Charleston. S. c.. Sept 3O.-A col
lision in which one life was lost and
eleven people we're more or less seri-
ously injured has occurred on the At
lantic Coas; line five miles from this
city. A local passenger train. No. Al,
ran into through train No. 80. which
had been stopped unintentionally by
the accidental pulling Of the bell cord.
A heavy fog prevailed
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
rRI-srArr LnAGuE STAMPING.
The standing of the teams in the Tri-
State follows:
THE LAST AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP CAME

The third and last game for the anna
teur championship OF the city between
the Brandywine and X-Wilmington
clubs will be played at the Front and
Union street grounds tomorrow after
noon. Each has won one game. the
Brandywine winning the first by
scor eof to 8, and the x-Wilmington
the second, 3 to .. Tomorrow's contest
promises to be the warmest kind Of an
affsir as both teams are determined to
capture the game. 1t is said that both
teams are padding up and several ring
ers will be on each team. Either
'Ikey" Sayers or tom" Lipp will
pitch for Brandywine while Scarboro
or Dent will be on the slab for Brandy
wine.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
S p Q r TIN c.
HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD
GETTING IN SHAPE
TWENTY CANDIDATES ARE PRACTICING
DAILY TO TRY AND MAKE THE TEAM
FIRST GAME WITH WILMINGTON CON
FERENCE ACADEMY

Butz santmyer, Taylor, Oberly. speer,
McKaig, Appleton. Ulrich, Hughes. Lind
say. Vernon and Evans.
The schedule that has so far been ar
ranged follows: October s. Wilmington
Conference Academy, at Dover; October
"a, Central Manual, at Wilmington; Oc-
tober 2S, Camden High, at. Camden; No
vember s, Central Manual, at Philadel-
phia; November II, Goldey College, at
wilmington; November Is, Camden High,
at wilmington; November IS Friends
School, at Wilmington; Thanksgiving Day
Bridgeton High, at Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1904-09-30
jamestown Exposition Proclaimed.

st. Louis. Sept 3O.-The chief execu-
lives of four states. Governors Terrell
IF Georgia. Beckham of Kentucky,
Herrcid OF South Dakota and White Of
North Dakota participated in the cele-
bration of jamestown exposition day
1t the Virginia worlds fair building
The celebration was designed to pro
claim 10 the world that in 1907 at
Hampton roads. Virginia, the tercen-
tennial Of the founding Of jamestown
in 1907. the first English settlement in
America. will be celebrated with an
exposition.