. Book of the Royal blue . stayindoors, so 1 began to compose a song. At first I could do nothing, but a sen-tence, T wish I was in Dixie, kept repeat-ing itself in my mind. In despair I set itdown, and Dixie was the result. In twentyminutes the verses and music were com-plete. Dixie is just what Bryant wanted forthe next week. When we reached NewYork the song had actually preceded usand the boys were whistling it on thestreets. It made a great hit at once, butsoon the South claimed it, as Dixie Land,of course, refers to the South. The first line I had often heard fromthe lips of negroes with
. Book of the Royal blue . stayindoors, so 1 began to compose a song. At first I could do nothing, but a sen-tence, T wish I was in Dixie, kept repeat-ing itself in my mind. In despair I set itdown, and Dixie was the result. In twentyminutes the verses and music were com-plete. Dixie is just what Bryant wanted forthe next week. When we reached NewYork the song had actually preceded usand the boys were whistling it on thestreets. It made a great hit at once, butsoon the South claimed it, as Dixie Land,of course, refers to the South. The first line I had often heard fromthe lips of negroes with our circus, who,when caught in unseasonable weather inthe North, would always wish they were inDixie. The old man is very proud of his justlycelebrated song, but prefers the life of acountry hermit to the rush and excitementof a city. Although one of the oldest men in thissection, Mr. Emmett is still remarkablystrong, and says he owes his health to atemperate life. He is supported by money drawn weeklyfrom the Actors MASON AND DIXON LINE. MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA RELOCATING MARKS. ACCORDING to a Baltimore special inthe New York Times the old Masonand Dixon line between Maryland andPennsylvania is being resurveyed and willsoon be remarked with iron posts. Thiswork is being done under the direction ofDr. Wm. B. Clark of the Maryland Geologi-cal Bureau and Secretary of Internal AffairsLatta of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvanialegislature in 1889 appropriated $7,000to repair and reset the monuments on theboundary line between this commonwealthand the adjacent State of Maryland on thesouth, and in 1900 the legislature of Mary-land supplied $5,000 to aid in the work. Mason and Dixons boundary line, whichoriginally was run and marked to establishthe territorial limits of Pennsylvania andMaryland, later became famous as theboundary between the free and slave-hold-ing States of the North and South. It was,according to an agreement made in 1732,to run due west from Cape Henlopen (fi
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