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made ter dig an plant an reap till they
could git back tn moral SAVIOR of bein
tn salt of tn yearth. 'Twouldn't cost
nigh ez much ez hit do ter endow ev ry
little gim-crack college in the country.
an hit would save er sight of good men
tibet air headin' straight fer perdition in
spite of tn Greek an Gospel they know"
Cleghorn became gradually domesticated
at the Corn homestead without becoming
socially acclimated in the valley. Neigh
bors dropped in occasionally. hoping to
learn something Of this latest acquisition
to Pappy's family. but he never took
them into his confidence in these delicate
matters. and no one knew whether Cleg-
horn was reformed highwayman or a
discharged convict.
He means we'll. but Pappy don't hev
good taste in some things" commented
Bob Teasley. AN we all know his
speret draws him to'ards TIL worst folk
he kin find!'
Meanwhile Cleghorn was singularly doc
lie, especially to Pappy, as IL he had no
hope in the experiment, but was gratefully
willing to please his friend and benefactor.
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low tide. Then came the wonder worker,
Henry NJ. Flagler, Standard Oil magnate
and virtual owner of Florida, to dream
the wonderful plan of an all-rail line that
would go from New York to Havana.
His was the thought of taking the dan
gerous reefs which in the past were the
terror of navigation and making them the
foundation for the structural work of a
railroad such as the world has never be-
fore seen.
Not all of the way could be taken over
the reefs, for there are intervals where
the floor of the ocean sinks, and is al
ways covered with old Neptunes element
In places like this the concrete founda-
tons had actually to be placed right on
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The problem of building this road Of
marvels was complicated by the thought
of the terrific hurricanes that have their
breeding place in the West Indies. The
in their terrific havoc not only on the
Florida coast, but as far along the Gulf
Of Mexico as Mobile.
A railroad that would withstand these
typhoons must be stoutly built. The
great storm of a year ago which ravaged
Jamaica did serious damage to all the
work which was in the course of building
and had not yet been made secure.
All except some Of the structural stone
had to be carried to the scene Of opera
tons and the money outlay in doing the
work has been of kind to stagger those
not used to dealing with figures In large
amounts.
In some parts of the trip the passenger
is entirely out of sight of land, and mas
the novel experience Of seeming to be as
completely at sea as If taking a ride on
an ocean liner.
In the course of the many projects to
overcome the inaccessible are many mover
and wonderful constructions. but none
that appeals more impressively to the
| imagination than this amphibious rail-
road.
Various forms Of the incline railway
have been found valuable aids in bring
| ing the inaccessible closer to earth. johns
| town. Pa. scene of the terrible flood of a
! couple of decades ago, has one that
| opened up a whole new section on the
heights overlooking the town. and gave
an aristocratic residence section on a
site that had formerly been barren
| mountain waste.
| An inclined railway. of somewhat SINH
lar type, but far greater dimensions, has
lust been completed at Bozen, In the
| Tyrol.
been famed for the beautiful view it at
| forded Of the town Of Bozen and the sur
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Before he had followed the cradle binding
sheaves two hours he craved a stimulant
more than he did the restoration of any
virtue. His arms ached. his shirt chung
to his shoulders drenched with perspira-
ton. and from time to time he regarded
Pappy with sullen rage. The latter STEP
ped briskly down the wide swarth, swing
ing his cradle rhythmically and looking
like an ancient beetle doing minuet on
its hind legs. Cleghorn hated him for
his cheerfulness. but at the moment when
he felt he could endure this strain no
longer the old man paused, whetted his
scythe and remarked interpretatvely:
''Yo' air feelin' cantankerous, reckon
by now, an wantin' err drink. Yoll be
tibet way off an on, bet when the cravin
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onst merself. Bet arfter tn war, I wan
dered of up here an hit seemed ter me
like I'd found the very mind of God.
Everything were SO natcheral an fearless
an quiet, hit rested me. 1 don't know ez
kin explain. bet got ter feelin' kin ter
them hills. Mer heart took on tn green
ness of tn valley, an mer speret have got
so free hit hit jest natchelly defies dam
nation. ] hain't never been SO eZ I could
quit cussin bet / kin tell right from
wrong afur Off An no man ner doctrine
kin come betwixt me an mer sight erlong
them lines
Cleghorn listened with deep emotion. and
rightly interpreting his melancholy silence,
Pappy continued:
'Yo don't hev ter say nothin' ner
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the bed of the ocean. Not less than four
teen miles Of the road thus far finished Is
built in this way.
Two-thirds of the work is now accom-
plished, the road being finished as far as
knights Key. Even this much Of the
journey brings Cuba half a day nearer
to the United States.
In another year, when the remaining
forty-seven miles to Key. West shall have
been opened, the distance between Uncle
Sam and his island ward will have been
still further reduced. Havana and Key
West are only ninety miles apart. and it
is planned to join the two by ferry
service, which will take the trains them
selves straight through. Thus never for
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trees in the mountain forest. Pappy, OBJ
serving his exhaustion, remarked:
"Yo air tired, son, bet one thing err
man hev gotter learn in this blamed world
is tibet he CANT quit when he's tired on
less he hev finished TIL job. Hits inn
moral ter shirk Thet's what them
church mines done when they drapped
yo They didn't hev tn speret ter do tner
plain duty by yo.''
And what was their plain duty?" de-
taciturn man and rarely made or en-
couraged conversation.
''Goddlemighty, man! They'd oughter
found err institution out on tn bar ground,
endow hit with plow geer. axes an hoes.
whar fellers with yor disease could be
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FlRsT TEAM cpos5n1G THE OCEAN
NlAuucT, ON TIE FhoRmA AND KEY
NEST PA ROAD
, INACCESSIBLE is a word that is be-
ing banished from the Biographies by
the skill of the modern engineer.

INACCESSIBLE is word that is be-
ing banished from the Biographies by
the skill of the modern engineer.
II All over the world places it was
once deemed impossible to reach are
being girdled with railroads. Locomotives
are being sent up mountain sides steep
that it was once considered feat for the
daring Alpine climber to scale them:
mountains are being tunneled to shorten
routes and give access to countries that
were once far removed from the path of
travel.
In the United States the unheard-of ex-
ploit of sending a railroad to sea has just
been pushed to a successful conclusion.
At the present rate of progress there
will in ten years be few points that it is
not possible to reach in a comfortable
Pullman seat.
Not so long ago it was considered q re-
markable feat to have climbed to the top
of Pixies Peak. A burro was used in the
earlier stages of the ascent, but the climb
ended in arduous footwork, where the
success of the exploit depended on cour-
age and the guides knowledge of the
route
That day has now passed and rail-
road runs to the top of the peak, with
speed and comfort for the passenger and
infinite saving of time.
The Jungfrau used to be the aspiration
and the despair of the mountain climber
of a generation ago. The modern tourist
has nothing more difficult to do than pro-
duce the price of his ticket, and get there
by train.
All through the Alps tunnels are being
driven. which have had the result of ia
cilitating travel to degree never posi-
BILE while this chain of snow-clad noun
tains stood in the way as a permanent
barrier to progress.
So many centuries ago that the count is
lost. the zoophytes on the Florida coast
began working for Henry NJ. Flagler. |
They didn't know It, neither did man.
kind for hundreds of years, but these |
coral makers. so tiny as to escape the |
scrutiny Of the naked eye, and working |
go slowly that years show only slight |
progress, were laying the foundations on
which was to be built that wonderful rail- |
road that goes to sea.
=
The coral strand and it's accretions re- |
suited in the formation Of a chain of tiny |
Islands. some of them only in evidence at |
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comes yo' Jest go down ther ter TIL
spring branch at tn bottom of tn field
an help yo'rself. Thet kind of liquor
don't harm nobody. Yo' kin drink till yo'
mighty nigh bust yo'r biler, an hitll jest
make yo' sweat more. which air good fer
yo'. / told them pharisees at Blue Ridge
tibet I aimed ter sweat the devilment
outen yo'. an tn more water yo' drink
tn faster We'll get erlong.'
During the summer which followed
Cleghorn often awaited himself of this
invitation to the spring branch. He Bills
tered. hardened, toughened, but there was
no day when he did not do the requisite
amount of what Pappy called moral
sweatin'." Once, in fodder pulling time,
he had tainted between the corn rows.
only to find his mentor bending above him
when he returned to consciousness with
this inhuman comment:
''Yo' hain't sweatin' enough, young
man. Thet's how come yo>r liver ter
fling yo'. dust lay. thar under yo'r hat
till yo'r head quits swimmin'. an then
light inter work err leetle harder"
Again, when he had his first day cutting
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old brownies seated beside his bed were
all incredible to him.
.'Yo' lay still. SON." crooned the old man
brownie. I'VE had er time castin' tn
devil outen yo' an hit left yo' powerful
weak. Bet yo' air sho ter strengthen up
soon, fer yo' hev drunk five quarts of
stripped tn gall bladder outen' Spicey
gittin' hit: an tibet ole COW air rarin
round tn cuppin with her tail twisted at
tn injestice of bein' MIXED four times in
one day. Yo' air plum full, son. 'Twouldn't
s'prise me ter see yo' sweat cream
.'Shet up. Pappy, afore yo' turn his
stomick ergin.' commanded Martha, AN
yO ontie his legs, too'' she continued,
hes tibet weak he can't cervort no
more
Cleghorn closed his eyes and groaned
with modification.
Mighty weak in tn poodle." comment
ed Pappy, who was determined not to OBJ
serve the delicacies of the situation.
''Yo let him be. Pappy!'' retorted
Martha, who always adopted her hus-
bands quondam children with maternal
fierceness.
Cleghorn's condition was indeed serious,
for it was one thing to recover gradually
from a case of delirium tremens cared
for by a physician who gave the proper
amount Of stimulants, and quite another
according to the abStemious measures of
Brasstown Valley reformer.
X X
But on the evening of the following day
Pappy found him seated on the bench out
side the door when he returned from the
field. Martha's high treble rose with
piercing melody inside the house.
'She amt sung that hymn since our
little boy died. Yo'r bein' here puts her
in mind OF him. he remarked confiden-
TALLY.
But why am I here?" asked Cleghorn
who had no recollection OF events after
the closing scenes in the conference room
where he had been "silenced by the
bishop and deprived of his credentials
II brung yo' up here. SON. Pappy sat
down beside him prepared to go into par
ticularS.
Them church fellers dropped yo' an
yo' celebrated by gittin' on err spree. Now
yo' air ter stay here till yo git we'll. Maybe
yo' hain't heered much of this valley.
Hits jest err little green basin scooped
outen tn very top Of TIL Blue Ridge-er
sort of independent republic, founded upon
ignerence and bliss We han't no institu-
tons. no laws, an thar's nobody ter rule
again us bet tn preacher an tn jestice of
the peace. We heV one creed which teaches
original sin in inherent children. election
fer some folks, an predestination fer all.
An thar's helf er dozen hymns which
promise free salvation. Yo' kin take yo'r
choice. Still, this is er healthy place fer
tn speret of man. l don't keer much fer
doctrines merself. bet this little valley do
whisper of peace now don't it," He
swept a gesture indicating the green and
golden fields of corn and wheat. AN
them hills tibet guards us Ground, never
changin' ner gettin' tired, they seems ter
bar witness ter somethin' mother. eternal
an everlastin'. An they air good COM
pany fer yo' son. They'll steady yo' many
a time when yo' CANT steady yo'self eff
yo' jest look at EN- right"
The inebriate young preacher felt the
sympathy in the old mans council so
poignantly that he. could not restrain
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WOIhdh VIII
uN lived an exciting life because
i she was Pappy Corns wife.
She never knew what to expect
of her husband. and a pair of absurdly
arched brows added to this expression OF
uncertainty. Summer and winter she
wore a little plaid shawl pinned beneath
her chin, and kept her nerves prepared
for the worst that Pappy could do WITH
plentiful use of snuff. But, notwithstand-
ing this antidote. for excitement, her an
cent wrinkles OF establishment deepened
into CONSERVATION one morning when she
hurried out to meet her husband, just re-
turned from his weekly trip to Blue Ridge.
He was perched high upon the drivers
seat, with his short. thin legs braced
against the dashboard. His whiskers
spread out Ike white frill beneath his
clean-shaven chin, his mouth twitched dri-
ly as Martha approached. and the light
Of his small, bright eyes rested upon her
quizzically like two azure beams Of humor.
Suddenly she drew back and threw her
hands over her head. She had caught
sight of an elegantly dressed young man
lying in the bottom of the coach with
closed eyes and pallid face.
oh. Pappy. What yo' mean comm
home with err dead mani" she exclaimed.
Don't git skeert. Marthy, he amt
dead; jest fer gone in his trespasses and
sins he explained. climbing down and
peering cheerfully at his victim.
"Ef our son had lived he'd be erbout
the age of him. Thet's how come me
ter think er brinSin' him up here ter
wean.''
Ter wean. What yo' mean talkin'
erbout weanin er grown man.
From drink. Marthy; he air soakin.
full of hit
''Yo hev kilt him. she walled.
lie hsint dead. tell yo', just flung err
fit back thar on TIL road. I were glad he
done hit. bein wore out fightin' snakes
fer him an drivin at tn same time" %
.'Pappy"' exclaimed Martha whose
anxiety took a new turn, "hev yo' brung
er man up here with tn delirium trem-
bles?'
That's exactly what I done. Marthy.
The Methodist conference met at Blue
Ridge, last week. This here John Cleg-
horn were one OF the young preachers In
hit. bet they turned him out fer gittin'
drunk an hiccoughin' while he were
him afore he spilled tn holy repatriation of
Their church. An / reckon they done
right; er church hev ter be ez pertickler
ez err Pharisee erbout 'sociatin' with pub
licans an sinners. Bet yo' know / hahn I
got no repatriation fer piety ter take keer
an not one of them goll-dern preachers
raisin' er hand ter save him. 1 lowed
ter bring him up here an see eff we
couldn't sweat some OF tn devilment
outen him.
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promise anything. ner even hope yit. All
yo' gotter do is ter trust me an Marthy.
Termorrer' he went on, changing the
subject adroitly. II aim ter cut tn wheat
yo' see lolln' so yaller down thar In tn
an yo kin foller tn cradle ter
bind. Hit won't come handy at fust, bet
YOU git use ter hit. n afore the summers
over l hope ter prove tibet whatever
preachers say. work air tn main part of
the plan of salvation, 'cordin' ter mater.
An while mater hain't much of er the
ologian, I hain't never knOwed her ter
slip up an let err thistle grow on er fig
bush. nor disappint err man by CROWN
tares whar he sowed wheat! What yer
gotter keep in mind is tibet mater air dead
game erbOut bein' logical. She haint no
an no sentiment. bet she al
ways does tn squar thing, whether hit
accordn' ter Scripter err not.
This was really the beginning of an ex-
pertinent which Pappy Corn made at re-
claiming sinners, and which sheds much
light upon that difficult business.
Cleghorn never forgot the first day OF
the redemptive process in the wheat field.
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In the afternoon of this same day Cleg-
horn opened his eyes with a sigh of ex-
haustion and regarded the two figures
seated beside the bed with rational inter-
est. The absolute silence, the prim white
ness OF Martha's company room, the two
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The inebriate young preacher felt the
sympathy in the old mans council so
poignantly that he could not restrain
sob
Now don't yo' go ter gittin' moved,'
exclaimed Pappy anxiously. Il know all
erbout everything. l were drinkin' man
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tCopyrIght.)

tCopyrIght)
ARTHA was a little, wiZened,
NH apple-cheeked woman who
V lived an exciting life because
she was Pappy Corn's wife.
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The coral strand and it's accretions re-
suited in the formation of a chain of tiny
Islands, some of them only in evidence at
The Washington times., 1908-06-02

given about everything in sight, as
a consideration for the Taft nomi-
nation. Is it good politics?
The Republican party doesn't
have to concliate such men as Bur
rows, Hopkins, Long, Crane, and
sherman. They may not enjoy it,
but they have particular and
weighty reasons why they viii sup
port whatever the party serves up
TO them. The people who need at
tention just now are not the con
servatiyes, but the radicals. They
are not getting much Of it; they
are getting less of it than good
Judgment in practical politics would
dictate.
Theodore Roosevelt could run for
President on any sort of platform,
and beat anybody who was put up
against him. lie would himself be
the platform; nobody would bother
about written promises. But with
as nominee, the platform
is certain to be of the utmost i'm
portance. It will be studied in the
light shed by intimate knowledge
of the men who made it, and of the
likely to be placed
upon it by them. Already there is
yidence of a disposition not to go
into specifications as 30 the legisla-
tive measures desired; to employ
congratulations instead. Ordinarily
this is the safe way to write plat
forms. But the platform written by
standPatters, for a convention
which seems likely to be in standpat
viii be under sus-
picion with other people if it doesn't
make some pretty specific pledges
in unmistakable terms.
The Washington times., 1908-06-02
Where the District Stands.

In spite of frequent warnings to
his Republican confreres, Chairman
Tawney does his part for the or
ganization by appearing in the Con-
gressionaI Record as an apologist
for the large appropriations Of the
session. The estimates were ruth
lessIy cut; the deficiencies to be COW
cred were not large; three bills
were reduced below last sessions
totals; and the rest is covered by
this statement in the caption:
The Efforts of the Majority to
Maintain a Policy of Greater Econ
omy Frustrated by an Obstructive
and Recalcitrant Minority"
Conceive the Democratic stump
speaker with this audacious defense
at his mercy. Conceive him asking:
'Who had complete control of the
House? Whose business was IT the
majority refused TO consider? What
party was it that would not provide
80 measley votes TO carry the poll
cies of that sterling patriot, Thco-
dore Roosevelt. through the House?
And if the majority did not want to
appropriate any such sums of
money why did the majority do it?'
The stump speaker. his audience,
the whole country beside, viii pause
long time before they hear any
reply.
But the District of Columbia viii
have a greater interest in a table
which Mr.. Tawney inserts in this
eleventh hour address. It is headed
Differences in the appropriation
measures of this session compared
with those of the last session of
Congress" Here fl Is:
The Washington times., 1908-06-02
FAREWELL DINNER
TO RABBI SIMON
Congregation Shows Regard
on Eve of His Trip
to Europe.

D.. Abram Simon. rabbi Of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation. and Mrs.
Simon, were hOnOred yesterday by sig
nal attentions from the congregation
prior TO their departure for Europe.
Last night DR.. Simon was rendered a
banquet at Rauscher's By the cougreza-
ton in honor Of his services as the
spiritual leader of the members. In ths
afternoon the ladies' auxiliary entertain
ed in honor Of Mrs. Simon. the founder
OF the auxiliary, in the vestry rooms OF
the temple.
The banquet hall az Rausche+s was
literally Transformed into bower OF
flowers last night. AT the large horse
shoe shaped table Dr. Simon ana his
friends were seated. the table being
decorated with pslms and roses.
The following toasts were answered
by the men named: Our C0ugrega-
ton" Isaac J. BIOut: "Dur EtBfTIra
Bright with Promise Max C5rer-
The Literature OF Judaism" the ReE
Dr.. Louis stern; Visions OF Finance
Jacob Eisemaun. Our Guest" Levi H.
David; our COuntry's Future, Julius
Peyser5 Opportunity" Max Fischer
The Ladies' y. j. kaufman. The
Jew as a Citizen" Alexander Wolf.
The Passing show" Henry Franc. Ir
Auf Nlederschen,' Rsbb! Abraham
Simon.
The Washington times., 1908-06-02
CLEVER NUMBERS
ON CHASE'S BILL

With a single exception and one
apology the -'U nj Chase s. this week
equals any of the best of the season.
Setback. who oreus the program.
gives a clever exhibition o. bag punch
ing with a pretty stage setting. in
which he gradually increases the num-
Der Of bags he maniuUlates until he
has ten going at the same time
Harry and Hughes IN a so-CaIIed
slang classic. make good with a lot Of
East Side talk. that concludes with a
good hurlcsque on the Merry Widow"
waltz.
al Almont and Nile. Dumout give one
Of tho best musical stunts of the season.
ln which a variety of classical music is
rendered on brass Instruments alone,
the act being u0tiCeahIy free from the
CUSTOMARY iiuEling apparatus. and d.
Vi5es hOuOTs with the headline attr4c-
tlun Of the week. Edward BIGndell and
company ln The Lost Boy who gave
an entertainment that is harmonious
and pleasing. RlOudeu. as the lost
country hos. does splendid work.
Seymour and Hill, lu an alleged side
splitting rendition Of some absurd an
tics. announced as The Mix and the
Mixer" have but little excuse and ruin
this little by giving tickling act that
Is neither funny nor polite
The Operator, good sketch OF the
SORT I'm which the tOO-true story is told
OF an overworked train dispatcher Civ
ing the wrong orders 10 a train. is too
strongly meIoIramatic 10 be appreciated
on the vaudeville stage.
The EmpE city Quartet. although
a bit slow I'm finding their audience.
made good as legitimate and comic vo-
Calists, and Vas repeatedly recalled
The vitagraph ends the bill with
clog Making in Brittany and The
Fresh Air Fiend."