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r a v .?".. "• '. • "• r" *•' .; .' , +" '*"« -"A; mr IeMU7̂ * ft..,: *"!*'*•> * " J' ; • IDEA AN AMERICAN ONE DEVELoVfokWf" OF THE tRAIN DISPATCHING SYSTEM. »SSfPf. "'i 'J Al\> O the vast majority of people who year by year visit Capri, the island merely remains associated in their thoughts with an excursion to the Blue Grotto; but as I watch, from the Great Terrace at San Michele, the little steamer, fully a thousand feet beneath me, laden with tour­ ists of all nationalities, plying her way back to Naples, a sense of peace once more descends upon the island. . And surely nowhere can earth present a fairer scene. Far away on the western horizon, the dim outlines of the Ponza Islands are visible. Iachia, floating in the golden base of the dying day, seems linked by Proc'da •mi Nisida to the mainland, and the eye travels •lowly eastward over Posilippo and Naples to where Vesuvius, brooding and silent since the great catastrophe of five years ago. keeps watch over the city it has so often threatened with de­ struction. Still further east, the distant peaks of the great Apennine Range appear almost to fringe the sunlit waters of the Bay of Sorrento, whose cliff8, dotted with pink and. white walled houses, are dominated by the rugged mass of Sant' Angelo and tbe hills which guard Ravello and Salerno's gulf. Well-nigh two thousand years have come and (one since Augustus Caesar, wearied by the splendors of imperial Rome, first gazed on the matchless beauty of this scene; small wonder that the magic spell which Capri throughout the ages has cast upon the stranger within her gates should lose none of its potency till men's hearts shall cease to care for beauty. Since my garden first came into being. I have often analyzed how Imperious is this love of beauty, for, from a purely gardening point of view, no one would select a spot exposed to all the winds of heaven and bereft of water on a springless island. And yet Nature supplies the compensation in having provided such a background to the picture that •be must continue to dominate it, making amends for the inevitable failures which the gardener Is forever encountering. And if the "growing" period is short in this sun-baked land, yet again It Is prodigious in result while it lasts. Gardening In Italy teaches one of many lessons; namely, to avoid the temptation arising from the desire for quick effect--that of planting trees and shrubs too large in size; the smaller ones establish themselves and go ahead in half the time, Making compact and sturdy growth, and also avoiding tbe necessity for unsightly staking. Six years ago the hill of San Michele was little more than a barren rock, clothed in parts with vineyards and olives. Approaching Capri from Naples, it is eas­ ily discernible as it rises midway between the precipitous cliffs at the eastern end and Monte Solaro, the highest summit of the island; this exposure to all points of the compass is being utilized to advantage, as the difference between the north and south aspect amounts to fully a fortnight In the flowering season. The modest little house--originally the Colono's --lies at the base of the hill on the southern side. The vineyard which surrounded it has been cleared and a terrace and parterre substituted; here in the Bpring months Darwin and Cottage tulips flaunt their painted faces in the sunshine; freesia, narcissi, ixias and sparaxis (for Capri is S bulb-soil par excellence); roses are rapidly cov­ ering the columns and wreathing the olive trees, all grafted on the Banksian rose, that boon to the gardener in the south. Beyond the parterre, in the lower garden, a long tank, flanked by cypresses on either side, holds the beautiful Nei- umbium--the Lotus of Old Nile--speciosum ro- seum. rubrum, Sbiroman and Osiris--a feast for the eye denied to the gardens of the north. Will you come with me on a pilgrimage up the hill through the old lemon garden, where the trees, once perishing from neglect, but now well •creened from their cruel enemy, the south wind, are bearing thousands of yellow fruit, and the air Is laden with the scent of blossom? As we as­ cend, each successive terrace holds its quota of bulbs and iris, under the silvery sheen of tbe olive trees, until we reach at length the rose garden, and here it is well to rest a while. The Southern Sea stretches below us, with the pic­ turesque ruin of Castiglione in the middle dis­ tance Against a background of tall bamboos, at <»ur feet bloom the roses for which Capri (as Paestum was of old) is famed. What would have been the feelings of Virgil, could he have looked on the goodly array to which rosarlans are now accustomed--Mme. A. Chatenay, the Lyon rose, Richmond, Betty, Marquise de Ganay, Mme Leon Pain, in addition to all the older favorites, such as Anna Olivier, Mme. Ravary, Caroline Testout, to say nothing of pillars wreathing themselves with Sinica Anemone, Taueendschon. L'Ideal and the M ichui alanas' From the rose garden the circling of the hill ronimences; a broad path, planted on either side with flowering shrubs-- wigela8, lilac, syringa. deutzias, pomegranates and guelder roses--leads to the vine-clad per­ gola. and as we leave it, at. the farther end. the Incomparable Bay of Naples greets the eye All available ground on the hillside is being utilized for 6hrubs and plants, with wind breaks of Cu- pressus macrocarpa and Pinus halepensis, which grow at a surprising rate in this sandy soli Here are to be found the flowering crabs, thorns and almonds, while Japanese mapleB and Rosa ru- gosa give a feast of color in the foreground, in- , tsrspersed with tenderer shrubs, such as Fablana Like Most Railroad Improvements, the Scheme Was Evolved and Perfect­ ed In This Country--Its First Workings. The train despatcher Is an Ameri­ can development of railroading. While Europe finds it feasible to more trains by "staff" from station to station. Doited States conditions have Indicated a totally different method. In 1851 two pas­ senger trains were running toward each other on the Erie railroad between Jersey City and Port Jervis. On the east-bound train, says the Railroad Man's Magazine, rode the general superintendent of the road, Charles Minot A telegraph line had recently been erected along that stretch of road. It was considered a great curiosity. Some people believed that in time it v ould prove to be of service. The majority were content to hold the pinion that it was a useless freak mtraption. The two trains were scheduled to meet at Monroe. Trains at that pe- od traveled by time table and prear­ ranged schedule. Imagination had not progressed to the point of conceiving a disarrangement of programs. On this occasion the east-bound train found on arriving at Monroe that the other was half an hour late. There appeared nothing to do but re­ main there, according to custom, and wait the tardy one. Nothing else appeared possible to lybody except General Superinten­ dent Minot. He refused to be bound f v tradition. He promptly wired to le west-bound train to wait at Turn- * 's, the next station, until the east- ound met it. Then he wrote an or- oar for the conductor and engineer of le latter to proceed to Turners. The engineer, it is sai4, refused to >ey the order. Disobeying the time .ble seemed to him to be like frac- tring the Decalogue. He declined to ke the risk. Thereupon the gen- •al superintendent climbed into the ib and himself drove the engine to urners. This is said to have been ie first time the movement of trains as directed by telegraph in America. INING CAR IS THE HEAVIEST lmbricata, Medicago arborea, Loropetalum chin- ense and the rarer varieties of plttosporums and acacias. But at length the long climb is ended and we emerge on the terrace, which 1b the glory of San Michele; hewn from the solid rock, on whose face the chisel-marks are everywhere vis­ ible, for centuries it has puzzled the archaeolo­ gist. For what purpose was this plateau, fifty feet in breadth, which encircles the hill, con­ structed? Can it have formed part of the Via Sacra leading to the summit where the founda­ tions have been excavated of what presumably was the only *Mjvple on the island, or was it per­ chance the playgrouftd of the Caesars--for the chariot races of the Emperors Augustus and Ti­ berius that this colossal labor was undertaken? A balustrade, surmounted at intervals by bronze vases, clear cut against the vast expanse of azure sea, forms the foreground to the unfin­ ished sketch, while on either side groups of cypresses are already giving promise of what the completed picture may be in years to come. Were we to continue on our way, the vineyard lies beyond and the vines are an important asset, for the good red wine of<3?San fllche^e is famed throughout South Italy; these terraced vineyards, moreover, hide the secret which has made gar­ dening on so large a scale possible; beneath them are a series of Immense vaulted chambers, hewn and cemented by Roman hands, and here ths precious rainfall (the sole water supply of Capri) Is stored, and gives color to the supposition that San Michele may in those long-ago days have been the reservoir of the island from which the twelve imperial villas drew their supply. The hand of Time is dealing tenderly with my garden, and, in dreaming dreams for Its futurs development, 1 recognize that here, at least. It Is not only for posterity that a garden need be created. Where Nature has given of her best with such a bounteous hand, the lapse of time is scarcely heeded as it would be in a less favored spot Year follows year, bringing the planting more and more Into harmony with the landscape, and emphasizing the glorious beauty of it: Exegl monumentum aere perennlus Regallque situ pyramldum altius, Quod non lmber edax, non Aquilo impotens Posslt diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum Non omnis moriar. Grand lines and ambitious ones to serve as an Inspiration In the planning of this garden scheme, but they are graven on the rock of San Michele. Peradventure the dream may be fulfilled. Chi lo sa? THE OCEAN LINER imagine a building 11 stories In height, and nearly 200 feet longer than the capitol at Wash­ ington--four times as long as Bunker Hill monu­ ment is high. , Nearly every metal has gone Into its construction--steel, copper, brass, bronze, silver and some gold--and nearly every wood of strength of beauty--teak, oak, mahogany, birch and maple, the choicest and rarest growths of northern and southern forests. It stands on the banks of a river. A cross-section of it would look like a gigantic honeycomb alive with bees the size of human be­ ings. Piece by piece it has been put together by thousands of workmen and arti3ts--steel-workers, electricians, engineers, carpenters and upholster­ ers--during a period of about two years The walls are of steel plates, many of them weighing four and one-half tons each, and secured by more than 3,000.000 rivets. As you life your eyes to it under the gauntry--the vast frame un­ der which it is built--it looks Immovable. Only by demolition could it be shifted, you would say. if you were not familiar with shipyards and ship­ builders Under the gauntry it slopes gently to­ ward the water, and a day comes when nearly complete, a palace in the fullest sense of the word, a habitation for between 3,000 and 4,000 tenants of every class, poor, moderately well-to-do and rich, it forsakes its foundations and floats into the stream without a tremor, as naturally aB a duckling swims What would you say If you saw the capitol or a "skyscraper" sliding off its base and rushing Into space at the speed of an express train, not on smooth, shining rails, but over a surface full of hollows deeper than arroyos. rougher than the hogbacks of the western plains, dipping into them, climbing them, buffeting them. splitting them, without being Injured or retarded by them. That is what. In the course of a few months, this building will be ready to do. It Is an ocean liner of the very latest and highest class--an Olympic--and thereafter we must speak of "it" as "her."--William H. Rideing, in the Youth's Com­ panion. 8uperlor Knowledge. A Scottish boy of six years, who attended a school at which prizes were given on the slightest sort of provocation, one day proudly exhibited a reward of merit earned in the realm of natural history. "Teacher asked us how many legs a horse had an' I said five!" the laddie triumphantly de­ claimed. "Five!" rang the surprised adult chorus. "But of course you were wrong." "Of course," was the prond admission. "But all the other boys said six." In Donegal. "I suppose you have an old age pension, Mr. Kelly?" "Ould age pension? Faith an' Ol wuddn't touch wan, the bad lack they bring. Luk at the number of ould age pensioners bez dyln' lvery year!"-- London Opinion. 8clenttflo Management. Empkfrer (angrily)--What are you throwing those handbills on the pavement for? , Bill Distributor--Well, guv'ner. that's what ths people does as I gives 'em to; so It's only sav­ ing time!"--Comic Cuts. fell First Coal Baron \ "It mast be borne la mind that men •massed wealth in Pittsburg before Btee! became the dominant money- producer," writes Isaac F. Marcosson to an article The Munsey entitled :**The Millionaire Yield of Pittsburg ' "Take coai.^without which there rould ha no gteel empire today it ited a dozen millionaires. None War more picturesque than William 'Maui gnvs, the earliest of the l'ltts- ft t:VfS~; •K ' jwoul iareat burg coal barons, a farm in Butler He was county. born on Pennsyl­ vania Interesting Comparisons Be­ tween Its Weight and That of the Other Coaches. The heaviest of all the cars In a imited" train is the dining car, which is, ordinarily, of a weight in excess of the other cars by 10,000 or 15,000 pounds. Between the car con­ struction and the necessary kitchen equipment and icebox contents, a full- size standard dining car tips the scales at 140,000 pounds when ready to make Its customary division run. There­ fore, on the principle that in case of collision a passenger is safer In the strong, heavy coach In the center of a vestibuled train, tbe dining car is a good place to remain. A sixteen-sec- tion sleeping car may weigh from 110,000 to 125,000 pounds, while the buffet-library car of the transcon­ tinental type comes next in weight at 107,000 pounds. The baggage car, weighing 85,000 pounds, may be the lightest in a train, but the postal car next to it weighs on an average 103,000 pounds, a reclining chair car is full weight at 87.000 pounds, while tbe ordinary passenger coach weighs 93,000 pounds. With a locomotive and tender weighing 260,000 pounds, one may estimate, by these figures, the enormous weight of some of the through railway trains of seven cars. MADE PRETTY POINT OF LAW Astute Lawyer 8ecured Verdict From Railroad Company by His Con- . vlneing Argument. Tha story is told t*hat in the early daya of the railroad in the west thera was a farmer who owned two well- bred and, useful dogs, named Major and Tlge. The dogs one morning chased a "Stray hog down the road and stopped to play at the railroad cross­ ing, with the result that Tige waa struck by an engine and killed. Tha owner promptly brought suit for dam­ ages against the road. Damage suits were a new thing at that time, and there were many neigh? bora and sympathizers present at the hearing. The ingineer swore that he gave a sharp blast of the whistle as he approached the crossing. It looked as If the railroad company was "to go scotfree," but the attorney for the farmer knew his justice. "Your honor," he said, "it is re­ quired by the statutes in such cases made and provided that when any per­ son or domestic animal is up a railroad and is seen by the ^njjineer, he must sound his whistle. In this instance, your honor, there wervi two domestic animals Innocently playing on the track, and the whistls was sounded only once, when it is a positive legal requirement that it should have been biown twice, once for each dog." So convincing was this argument that the country justice wmld not even give the railroad attorney a hear­ ing, and awarded the plaintiff the full amount of damages sued for--The Green Bag. SAVED THE OVERLAND FLYER Much Coursge and Presence of Mind 8hown by 8even-Year-Old Girl of California. But for a seven-year-old girl, the sec­ ond seption of the eastbound Over­ land Liknited would have been wreck­ ed at Alta, Cal., recently. The hero­ ine is Ileen Martin, daughter of Al­ fred Martin, a section foreman of the Southern Pacific. She - flagged the train just before it reached the brok­ en rail. The Martin girl and her lit­ tle sister have been in the habit of watchlns for the block signal, near their home, which tells them when trains are approaching. After the train enters the block they have ample time to go to the station and watch It come in, and later get the Martin mail. One day the children set out to watch for the signal. Refore reaching the block lleen discovered a broken rail on the main line near a switch. Realizing the danger, the clev­ er child hurried back to her home. Her mother and older sisters were out. With rare presence of mind she tele­ phoned the telegraph office at Towle. The telegraph operator replied that the train had already entered the block and that he could not stop it. By this time Ileen's 14-year-old sistefr, Alma, had returned. The two girls then ran t^ the railroad track and suc­ ceeded in flagging the Overland flyer when it was but a short distanc^ away from the broken rail. 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Its pecularity consists in the boiler which on ac­ count of its length had to be Jointed In the middle, to enable it to take all the curves of the road. Conservatively estimated this locomotive with tha tender together is about 75 feet long.. This Is the first and so far the only locomotive of this kind. keeper. From this hujnble start grew what was the largest individual coal business on the inland waters." vanla, early In the last century As a young man, he walked to Pittsburg, and began to dig coal. It lay under the sidewalks and lined the hills. When he had saved enough to buy a horse and wagon, would diff his pwn coal early in the morning and then peddle it around town In tbe afternoon. His wife was his bootc- To Have Purpose Is a Duty. Working to a purpose is everything as a key to life. When man conscious­ ly made the choice of civilization he imposed the duty of purpose on every Individual and sharply differentiated himself from the other animals. From that time purpose and work have been absolute essentials to happiness.--Tba Economlet. Candid. "I am very sorry. Captain Snob, that circumstances over which I hava no control -ompel me to say no." "May 1 ask what the circumstancea are?" " Y ours."--Li pplncott's. His Business Propensity. "I should think a garbage man's wile would have a hard time at home." "Why so?" Because her husband ta w often in the dumps." The Other Man's Opinion. "Who 1b that beautiful woman across the room?" "Do you mean tha stately looking blonder* "No, no. The pretty little plump one with the splendid teeth and the glorious eyes." "You don't mean the lady near the piano T" "Certainly not. I mean the faacln- atlng little beauty who has Just turned to speak to Sproggley. By George, •he'a a peach 1" "Oh, that one? Say. what® the Joke?" , "JokeT There Isnt any Joke. She s the prettiest woman I'va aaan tot a leng time." „ "Quit your kiddin'. That's my wife. The Patient Human. 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Converted by the Salvation army, a burglar stood before the congregation at the hall in Spokane, Wash., afld drew forth two revolvers, an electric flaah, a jimmy and other parts of a burglar's outfit. He said that he bad intended to rob some stores, because he was hungry, until he heard their mualo. THE GREAT SUCCESS CORSET ••ry stoat .wouiBii Weam It. S4ake« baslneos tori **frf merchant wbOj telle It. " AT DtJALKRS tor tent direct fpr $ 130 Arm oroide Style 707. for •tedium nuil olendM figure®,. P.00 BIftDSIir-SftMEVIS m 233 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW ¥0M NOTICE SHORE TRt'.sT CO. of Highland Park, iilc'oU (A State Bank). CnpUal fliMi.OUl Pmys 4 p»r cent Interest on tiu>f> savings uccounts. Deposits or withdrawals may bo madu by mnll. We loan our money on first niorL«ak't-s on improved Illinois farms and hi(jh-oliiss linprovod real estate alonti the North Shore from Chlrutft) to Wuuke«ati. No totter security In tbe world. 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