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SEEN THROUGH SOUL WINDOWS
Cushioned in velvet seems the light which
ies
Dreamy and soft, deep in thy sparkling
eS’es.
-Wondro_us their web wove from expressive
'ray's
'l‘lashedy from thy soul, as though for
' prayer and praise
The glad lights kindled in some sacred
' shrine
Gleamed from thy. soul's live altars into
mine.
Those silken lashes from this world may
hide
Their well veiled secrets, but they turn
- aSide
To let me See as in some crystal deep
The beauteous thoughts their truthful mir-
rors keep
From all the world except the favored one
They open to, and kindly gaze upon.
And in their lenses clear I plainly read
The message I most gladly hear and heed;
~ Truth, purity, sincerity and trust.
And helpfulness which ev er may and must
Command the admiration and respect
' ‘0! him who as their friend they thus select.
‘Men wrote of magic mirrors years ago
.r'Inf which they gazed and therein learned
to know
Themselves and who was foe, who truest
frien
; Their paths of life and where each path
-' should end;
I‘flndany magic mirrors in thine eyes,
And what I see fills me with glad surprise.
Ahd so I watch in them the gleam and glow
' Of; fairest fancies passing to and fro; .
But-though their crystal deeps show pic-
tures strange
_ Thein trust and truth reveal nor chance 1101'
change.
All sunset tints and glories of sunrise
“Mingle for me within thyg "lowing eyes.
I. EDGAR JONES.
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HETTY‘ MARVIN.
PRICE had been set upon the head
of Gov.'Gris1vold, of Connecticut,
. by the British, but when, in 17—, they
attacked New London, he escaped and
"made his way to the town of L., where
his cousin, M11s.M'1r11nlivcd.
Here for some time he remained con-
ccalcd in the small farmhouse, and
thought himself safe.
Two miles from the house, by way of
the road, was the 111 o.11th of a small
stream that joins the Connecticut river
near where it empties into Long Island
sound. Beneath the high banks of this
' little creek tv. '0 faithful friends of the
governor kept a be: 1t in readiness as a
last resort, should his hiding-place be
discovered by the enemy
One afternoon in 31:1; :1 sudden warn-
ing came to the refuge that his 111 here-
abouts wcre ltnov. 11 and that at that
moment a mounted 11:1 .'1t1 were riding
rapidly toward the house to capture
him.
Gov. Cris 1'.'.o d 11ml previously ar-
ranged a cod. 1 of si '1: :12s with his friends
at the cr cck. bv 111111.11 a white cloth
displayed in hisattic window by day or
a light by night meant that he was dis- '
covered, and 1v as coming to the boat.
Hastily arranging the day signal, be
rushed from the house. Closely pressed
as he was, to take the road meant cer-
tain capture. lesides, a quarter of a
mile could be saved by taking the little
path across the Marvins’ orcha ”'11. So
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A BRITISH OFFICER DREW REIN.
down the path he dashed at full speed.
Just “here this path eme1gcti from
the or.ch .rd and joined the road sat
Hett-y Marvin with her dog, Towser,
tending the bleaching of the household
linen.
Int hose days the long web of 40 yards
or more used to be diligentlv sp1‘1n and
woven during the winter months, and
whitened in the spring. The task of
bleaching usually, for economy’s sake,
fell to the lot of the voun ger daughters'
of the household who were not old
enough to spin 01' 11 cave nor strong
enough for the work of the kitchen or =
dairy.
The heavy 101] of linen would be car-
ried by the farmer and his men to some.
grassy spot beside a. spring or running
brook. Here it was thoroughly wetted
and spread upon the green turf' to be
whitened by the rays of the sun by dav
It was the duty of whoever was in
charge to turn the fabric as occasion re-
quired, and occasionally to sprinkle it
with water—not an onerous task, al-‘
'though one that required faithfulness
and patience.
As Hetty was sitting, this May dav,
near the linen her mot’her s cousin, the
governor, suddenly sprang past her into
the road. '
The child was startled by this sudden
shock, and by the look of desperation
on the fugitive’ s face, but quickly real-
ized his danger, and at once quieted
Towser, who, although a friend of the
family’ s guest, «considered such strange
‘ behavior on his part sufficient” canse for
barking.
The governor saw his little cousin’s
action, as she hastily clasped her hands
around ToWSer’s nose to insure obe-
die‘nce,‘ and he stopped short' 1n his mad
race and came back to where she was
standing.
"Hefty," he said. earnestly.
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'80 run quickly, cousin.
WEEKLY
Tories overtake me before I can reach "
my boat I am a. lost man. When they
come along here, tell them I have taken
the north road”—the road forked near
by—“to catch the mail-wagon,” and he
turned to run on. .
“O cousin,- cousin!” cried Hetty after
him,‘ 1n- an agony of distress. “I cannot
tell a lie, indeed I cannot! Oh, why did
yOu tell me which way you were go-
lng?”
“Hetty, dear child, " said the gover-
nor, who had returned and wasg ently
holding her hands, “surely you will not
betray me to my death!
north road, and Heaven will bless you.”
“Heaven never blesses these who
speak falsely, cousin,” said Hetty, sor- j .
‘ "officer who illustrated so emphatically
rowfully.
“Ilary! I hear them! I hear the
horses! Hetty! Hetty! You must do
this for me!”
“I will not open my lips to tell them
anything, not even if they kill me for it!
1" ..
' “It’s of no use,” said the governor,
sadly. “Unless I can deceive them and
throw them ofi my track, I am a dead
man.” '
Nearer and nearer came the clatter
of horses.’ hoofs' on the hard road.
The governor stdod 1n despair, and lit-
tle Hetty Wrung her hands.
“Quick!” she said, suddenly. “Under
my linen! Quick, cousin! Quick!”
' “It’s my only chance,” he said, and
was soon concealed beneath the folds of
cloth.
Almost immediately a. mounted party
of six Tories, headed by a. British ofi-
. oer, drew rein at. the fork of the road.
Betty was quietly. sprinkling her
linen. The officer caught'sight of' her
and rode quickly to the end of the path
' beside her, followed by his Companions.
“Child,” he said, 'sternly, “have you
seen a man running hereabouts. 9”
“Yes, sir,” replied. Betty, trembling
and confused.
“Which way did he go ?”
“I promised not to tell, sir.”
“What?” thundered the Englishman.
“I promised not to tell, even if you
killed me!” sobbed the frightened girl.
"."I’ll have it out of you!” exclaimed
the officer, fiercely, and started to dis-
mount.
“Let me speak to her,” said one of the
Tories. “I know the child.” Then, turm’
ing to Hetty, he asked, pleasantly’.
“Isn’t your” name Hetty Marvin?"
“Yes, sir.’
“And this man who ran by here afew
minutes ago was 3' our mother’s cousin,
was he not ‘1’”
“Yes, sir, he was."
“Won’t you tell us what he said to
you? We are his friends.”
“He—told—me, ” Hetty hesitated, “he
was flying for his life.”
“Just so. Now, Hetty, tell me where
he said he was going to hide. I could
help him, perhaps, if I knew his plans."
Hefty, not in the least deceived by
this smooth speecl1,quickély and shrewd-
ly decided that frankness would serve
her kinsman better than silence, so an-
swered his question.
“My cousin said he was going down
the east road to the river, where he has
a boat in waiting, but he wanted me to
tell the men that 11 ere chasing him that
he had taken ihe north road to meet.
the mail- -1vag0n.’
“W111 did you not $31 so, then, when
l laskcd ya. u ?” thundered the officer.
“I could not tell a lie, sir,”
tearful tesponSe, “and I told him so.”
"'Hetty,‘m1'ehild,“ again began the
smooth- tongued Tory, “everybody
1~nows you are truthful. Now tell us
web t your cousin said when you told
him _3'o'-1 a could not tell a. lie.”
“He
would be his death, and I promised him
I would not tell which way he went, if ,
l was killed for it.”
“That. was a brave speech, my dear.
And then, I suppose, he ran down the
C' .1st road as. quickly as possible?”
“i promised not to tell which way he
went. ’
"So you did.
one thing more.
words?”
“His last. words were: ‘It‘s my only
chance,’ ” and overcome by fright and
1' he thought of her cousin’s danger, Het-
1y sobbed aloud, and hid her face in her
hands.
The pursucrs did not wait to soothe
or to question he: farther. They had,
as tln'v supposed, obtained theinforma-
lion they needed. They wheeled their
horses. and dashed off down the east
road to the 1".i1er
.\ea1 the shore the boat was in wait-
ing 1'01 the go1e1'nor, and in it Were his
two faithful friends, for they had seen
the signal in the attic window.
But now they caught sight. of the
pursuing party as they dashed down the
road. and the British officer’s uniform
told them who the party were.
The Tories reached the shore in time
to see the boat as it was hurriedly rowed
out. to sea, and as there were two men
in it supposed their intended victim
had escaped, and so tliev 1elinquished
pursuit.
Meanw hile, Go1. Griswold lay safe
and quiet where Hetty had hidden him,
I forgot.
What were his last
until the time came for her to return to
Iftlie house for supper.
Then he bade her ask her mother to
set the light in' the attic window as soon
as it was dark. and to send him some
supper . .
That night he made his 1vav to the
shore 111 safety, fennd' the boat again in
~1r'aiting,z'1n‘d after a' time rejoined his
.nf '.11ilvin a. home secure from his ene-
rules.
A little (laughter. whom he found had
been born 'to him during his absence, he
named lietty Marvin, in grateful rc-
meinbrancc of his preser1'.er ——Youth's
Companion.
High Opinion of the Hub.
Col. Bob. Ingersoll’ used to tell a story
of 'a‘lioston man who asked his advice
as- to what-toread. The colonel reCom-
mended Shakespeare. After a year or
'two' the Best‘o'n' man came ‘ back ‘and
- thank ed‘Col. Ingersoll for his advice.
“The plays are first rate,” he said. “I
tell you, Mr. Ingersoll, there are not te'n
"men in’ Boston who can write like this,
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An EnglisllPicLurt oi Dewey.
Bv MAJOR 6.1. YUUNGHIISBAIIJ.
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{In his volume, "The Philippines and
Roundabout," Maj. Younghusband, an Eng-
lishman, of the Queen’s Corps of Guides,
gives the following description of Admiral
Davey at Manila. It brings into relief the
.adznirai’s characteristics,_ and will be of
peculiar interest at the time of his home-
coming. —-Ed ]
.‘lE of the first visits paid in Manila
was to the admiral of the American
fleet in these waters, the gallant naval
at: Cavite the Writings of his distin-
guished countryman,- Capt. Mahan, on
i the preponderating influence of a sea
'1 power updn history.
Under 'the awning,
«at thestern of the line‘o‘f battleship
5 Olympia, with a. cool and pleasant land
1 seated with the captain of the Olympia,_
looking out on the bay with the calm
breeze blowing, I found AdmiralDewey
and happy air of a man who has made
history and can afford to rest on his
laurels. Receiving me with the great-
est cordiality and kindness, he intro-
duced me to the captain, and then we
three sat down, and the conversation
became general. The admiral. is a
clean-built, well-set and powerful man,
7 standing about five feet nine inches in
was the
said that if I betrayed him it
not visible at the expected point.
ish navy.
height, Dclean shaved but for a gray
mustache,1 which gives a touch of the
soldier to the old American Sailor. A
ha'ndsomeman with a remarkably
pleasant and genial face, strong, steady
eyes, alert, active and ready—avgreat
, commander born and bred. Yet, With-
al, a more modest man it would be im-
possible to meet, as he described 1n the
most graphic and entirely natural man-
ner how he placed 11 formidable Span-
ish men- --of -1-'1ar at the bottom of the
sea.
There are many lesser men than Ad-
miral Dewey, who, perhaps, naturally
in the glamour of victory assumea pres-
cience little short of divine, whereby
the reader or listener is imbued with
Napoleonic notions regaiding heaven—
born geniuses, stars of good fortune,
predestined successes and the like.
Traveling across in the launch, I was
talking to an American officer about
the battle and he made the remark:
“Dewey knew right enough that the
Spanish fleet lay at Cavite, and he only
went across to Manila to draw them out
to more favorable maneuvering ground;
and when he found that they would
not come out, be steamed up and down
so as to give them plenty of time to get
ready before he attacked them.” And
such I found a very prevalent- notion
among the troops 011 shore. But Ad-
miral Dewey would have nothing of the
flattering tale. He said he went
straight for Manila, because he thought
he should find the Spanish fleet there,
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LOOKING OUT ON THE BAY.
and he experienced some moments of
anxiety at dawn when his enemy was
Di-
rectly, however, the light was strong
enough. to make out the Spanish fleet
- at Cavite, only seven or eight miles dis-
tant across the bay, likea sensibleaeom-
mander, he went straight for it, ready
or not- rcady. As a- matter of fact, the
admiral considers that the Spaniards
11' ere not ready in a true fighting sense, ;
an unreadiness due not to surprise, but-
to culpable negligence. The entry ofE
the American fleet had been‘ signaled!
from the island of Corrcgido1',-- which
bars the entrance to Manila bay, at mid—
night, and the Spanish admiral had had
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from four to six hours in which to make 3
his preparations. Possibly, therefore,
the most. suitable place for a fleet which
position-—at the bottom of the sea.
“ith the growing prospects of an
Anglo—American alliance, it
gratifying to the British public to hear
that Admiral Dewey speaks in terms
of the warmest friendship for the Brit-
Apart from broader. ques-
tions, it may be mentioned that this
warmth of feeling is in no small de-
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2’ Exp,“ 2‘?
American history of the future as ship:
like the Nelson, Howe, Rodney, Anson
and Collingvvood are by association in
our own fleet.”
Talking of the rewards open to a suc-
cessful commander in the service of a
republic, I asked Admiral Dewey what
hisreward would be for his naval vic-
tory, and added that he would certain-
.y have been made a peer under 3 mon-
archy.
been,” he remarked, simply;
eiznrrn'
“Yes; I suppose I would have ‘
“but I)
have been very amply rewarded, forvl "
see from the papers that the senate
has voted me a sword of honor, though,
mind you, I have not heard a word
about it myself. And, my friends tell
me, they hope to secure my promotion
to the rank of rear admiral. 1 am only
a commodore now,-and perhaps they
will me a medal, too. Besides, every—
one has been most kind to me, and you
won’t credit the number of flattering ,
little presents that I have received.
” f/museutn, Washington. D. 0., now it is
Here was republican simplicity with a '
vengeance—a sword, a medal and, per—
3
haps, a step of rank for winning a great 1
naval, victory!
Among the many little presents
which the admiral showed me was a.
new broom decorated with the stars
and stripes, and embroidered with the
inscription: .“A Clean Sweep! To Ad-
miral Dewey, from the Nu Club of
Boston.” He also brought out a hand-
_, some little carved baton and cigar ease,
presented to him by Aguinaldo, the' in-
surgent leader and ally of America dur—
ing the war, together with a very cor-
dial letter which accompanied them.
Illustrative of Admiral D/ew ey’s
promptness and grasp of situation, a
minor incident may be mentioned. A~
letter was received one evening from
Aguinaldo, saying that he had attempt-
ed to land on a certain small island
in the bay, and to take possession of
it, together with some Spanish prison—
ers who had been left there, but had
been prevented from carrying out the
operationby the German man-of-war
Irene, the captain of which ship ap—
pears to have been a singularly indis-
creet person. The admiral, European
complications 01' no complications, very
naturally resented this second infrac-
tion of “sea manners,” and calling on
board the captains of the-Raleigh and
Boston, gave them explicit orders to
proceed at once to the scene of dis-
pute, and to land troops on the island
at all hazards. These instructions were
literally and promptly executed. The
two American war vessels cleared for
action, ran up their fighting pennants
and bore down in all earnestness upon
the good German. The local emblem
of the “mailed fist” had hardly bar—
gained for this exceeding prompt and
robust action and cleared out with more
haste than decency, some say slipping
his cable in his hurry, and left Agui-
naldo and the Americans to effect the
necessary capture. Judging from the
general behavior of the Germans re-
cently in these waters, they are perhaps
a little liable to forget that though they
have a colossal and probably good army,
their navy is very low in the scale of
sea power. Argument on land, backed
by a couple of million soldiers, is liable
to be effective, but a couple of million
soldiers are not of the least advantage
in an argument at sea.
Admiral Dewey‘s firm attitude,
backed up as it no doubt was by the
moral support of British naval opinion
on the spot, went far to clear the at-
mosphere and to make sufficiently ap-
parent to all and sundry that he meant
1 to take his rights as a belligerent cap-
able of insisting upon them, and that-
he would brook interference from no
one. In the extraordinary and unwar-
rantable behavior of the Germans lay
the chief danger to the general peace,
but German bluster was met with quiet
dignity by the American commander,
who showed the most- undaunted front
and clearly declared that it' the Ger-
mans d'id not as neutrals adhere to the
laws of neutrality, he should fire on
them. “But, that, sir, would mean war
with Germany,” said the horror-
stricken German admiral. “I am per-
fectly aware of the fact,” was the suave
reply of Admiral Dewey. When the
question of the bombardment of Manila.
was under discussion, a matter which
lay entirely between the belligerents,
{and which remained for them and them
Ialone to decide, the German admiral
was again on the point of exceeding his
rights as a neutral in interfering, and
with a view to ascertaining whether
the British squadron would support
him. he visited Sir Edward Chichester
. and asked what action he proposed tak-
. _ _ _ L ing in the event of the Americans bom-
cannot get into fighting trim m_ from i
four to six liours‘ time is its present;
barding the town. “That, sir, is known
only to Admiral Dewey and myself,”
' was Sir Edward’s polite but crushing
will be ‘
.
. manned her
gt'ee due to the judicious and'states-E
manlike demeanor of Capt. Sir Edward
Chichester, of H. M. ' S. Immortalite,
who was'the senior British naval of-
ficer on the spot during'thc most trou-
blous times. Again and again Admiral
Dewey mentioned his name. and each
time in a manner which brought home
the honesty and sincerity of his regard
for this officer.
Several of the sunken Spanish war-
ships Admiral Dewey proposes raising
and adding to the American navy. . “And
mind you,” he added, “though a lot of
kind people want to have them called
the ‘Dewey’ and other names connected .
vith me personally, I"won’.t have it at
my price. They shall keep their pres-
'nt names, and go down in our navy as
- 1 record of the past, in the same why
as the gloriousold names ‘ofucaptured
- french and Spanish shipsrhtwebecome
hgusehold words in the :British navy."
A‘, the same time,.while honoring this
ioble and unselfish sentiment, let 11!
mpg that the “Dewey” will be the
-: zone of one of the :new American war-‘
hips new on theretockhgmd form one
s! an f'eduirhlmh.’ "cinnamon- in
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reply—a reply which did more than
much diplomacy toward furthering the
prospects of a pan—Anglo-Saxon alli-
ance. When at the end of the trou-
bles the Immortalite, on her way to
Hong-Kong, steamed out of the bay,
every, ship in the American. fleet
ish man-Qf-wai' three cheers as «she
passed along, and she, with the answer-
ing signal, “Thank you,” flying at her
masthead, went on her way.
'With‘ a warm shake o‘f‘the hand and
the most cordially expressed. senti-
ments toward the old country, the ad-
miral handed me over to the officer on
duty, leaving behind an impression of
csteem,,regard and admiration which
,it is difficult for me to sufficiently ex~
press. in self-defense “and anticipating
an accusation of emotional enthusiasm.
it may be useful to recordthat far tram
verging toward hero worship, it was
a cause of solemn complaint by one
of my commanding officers thatl bad
a hollow in my head where the bump of
veneration ought to be! And such, dear
reader, to let you into a phrenological
secret. is indeed the case! ,
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of the Air Ind-Produce” Dl-I'n-
tecratiou-Sonc. Notable neo-
seng'cn (f0fl.t.h9».§klel. .
' The “Allegan meteorite,” as they call
it at the National museum, is the latest
thing of its kind in the scientific world.
lt came to earth about eight 0 ’olock one'
fine morning last. July, .with Thomas
Hill. on the Saugatuck road. Allegan,
Mich" as its lighting place. It was a.
mixture of stone and iron, and is sup-
posed to have weighed 70 pounds when
it fell. . As it is seen at the National
labeled (321/2 pounds. Several pounds of
it were broken or hacked 01! by relic
lovers before it. got safely into the
scientific clutches of the museum.
Great crowds of people over in 'Al-
legan claimed to have seen it fall. and
assert that it came with crushing, roar-
ing. noise like unto distant thun-
perpendicularly. It gave a bluish tinge
to the atmosphere through which it-
passed, but possessed no luminosity. It.
was not so awfully hot when it fell, as is
attested by the fact‘that the leaves and
grass into which it fell were but very
slightly charred.
The stone as now seen atthe museum
is about 17 inches long by 12 inches
thick and is rather irregular in shape.
One end of it' IS badly shattered. It' is
polyhedral in outline, the larger sur-
faces are convex and are covered with
a thin black crust. Prof. Wirt Tassin,
who shares with Prof. George P. Merrill
the distinction of being the best au-
thority on meteorites in Washington,
said of it in his explanation to a New
York Herald correspondent:
“The structure is chandritic, and the
essential constituents are olivine and
an orthorhombic pyroxene together
with very finely disseminated metallic
iron and undetermined sulphides. It“
THE' 'TUCSON METEORITE.
(The Most Famous Specimen of Its Kind
in the National Museum.)
belongs to the group known as the
Kugeleben Chondrite, of Brezina.”
This meteorite is so soft that it will
fall away to. sand when pressed between
the thumb and fingers. It is, therefore,
kept in a glass case. Itfiis probable
that the earth is frequently bombardled
by meteorites, but it is protected by the
atmosphere, which for a distance of
some 40 miles acts as a cushion to keep
the meteorites 011. Scientists tell us
thatxthe, wonder is not that the me-
teorites fall, but that they ever get to
the ground, for they have great oppor-
tunity to be burned up by the atmos-
phere as they pass through space.
Meteorites are nearly always cov-
ered with a crust of varying thickness,
resulting from the heating and fusion
of the surface ofthe mass during its
passage through the air. Prof. Tas-
sin tells that in the fall of meteorites
1here is no such thing as “periodicity.”
The phenomena may occur at all times,
all periods, all latitudes, all longitudes.
The meteorite may be of any shape or
size and may be made 11p chiefly of
metal. of metal and .stone or mainly of
slope. They are grouped in three
classes-“meteoric irons,” "meteoric
s1ony irons” and! “meteoric stones.”
’l‘here are numberless theories as to
1heir origin. but the only safe theory is
that they come from “outer space."
The Tucson meteorite is the most fa-
mous and best known at the museum. It
fell upon the Santa Catalina mountains,
near Tucson. Ari7... and is said to have
long been used by the native es as an
anvil. 1t weighs 1, 400 pounds and has
a great hole through the middle of it
as if it were meant to be carried around
on the neck of an ox. '1 here are be-
1ween 300 and 400meieoriies in the Na-
1ional museum of various shapes and
sizes and brought from all parts of the
world. The Hessle meteorite fell on thin
ice but so thoroughly was it held up
bv the atmospheric cushion that it did
not break the ice. -.and rebounded, 11n-
broken. itself. The Warrenton (Mo. )
meteorite. weighing 100 pounds. barely
penetrated the ground. The time of
their flight is so small that it is meas
ured by seconds. ,
Some of the meteorites are so soft
and inflammable that they burn read-
311' by the flame of a candle. Certain -
of them. as; the “Canon Diablo of
Arizona." . contain,microscopic dies
.monds.
British Naval Pensioners.
The naval pensionlist of Great Brib ‘
ain consists 01.5.921persons. who are
already receiving the regular service
pension. in addition ,to which there
are 2.750 persons who are eligible. b1: i
' who have not yet been awarded the
pension. Th'cse 8.677 pensioners re-
ceive the munifioent sum of 10 cents
a day. but of this- number. 4,082 are
in receipt of an additional sum of’
18 cents a day. The total annual cost
of all these naval pensioners amounts
The estimated cost at
paying such pensions is about $1, 000.
' A Female Grivedizcer.
The town of Lewis, England, has a
woman gravedigger, who. has attend
ed to all the mark: in the cemetery:
.Jor a: years.
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CASTLE or CANOSSA.
Historic Fortress Now]. We. fl
any of the Italian Government: 3 .
and Will Be Restored.
{The imposing ruins of the famous
Castello Carpinets near Reggiod‘Emilia,
the Canossa of once on a time, perched
on precipitous rocks. were to have been}
sold by auction last week, but the [taint
in government stepped in and in-
formed the' heirs of the late Count.‘
Valdrizhi, the present owners of the
CASTLE OF C‘ANOSSA.
(Historic Fortress Just Bought by the Ital-
ian Government.)
castello, of the intention of the state to
purchase the property. It was within-
the now dilapidated walls of the castle
that Emperor Henry IV. humbled, him-
self before Pope Gregory VII. in'1077.
by waiting 1hree days, barefooted and
in sack cloth, for the papal pard‘on.
Referring to this remarkable incident,
Bismarck gave utterance to the now
proverbial words, in his struggle
against the supremacy of the ultra-
montanes in 1872: “To Canossa we aha-11'
not go.” The castle was partially de-
stroyed by the revolutionary burghers
of Reggio in 1255, and during the cen-
turies which have since elapsed the
touch of time has gnawed mercilessly
at the once almost invincible strong-
hold. Several of the halls and chambers
of the castle are still intact, says tha
Chicago Record, and both the Italian
and foreign archaeological associations
which were prepared to bid for the his.
torical ruins at, the proposed auction
are now most anxious that the Italian
government preserve the castle from
further decay in default of restoring it
to its pristine condition.
SIGNAL-TAG MAIL , BOX.
Good Thing for Localities Where ‘fhe
Honsc-to-House Collection System
'st Been Introduccil.
The post office department has or—
.dered that in all cities and towns hav-
ing free delivery the postal system shall
be extended to include house-to-house
collections, and the system is also ex-
tended to all rural free-delivery routes.
One of the. requirements, says the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, which the citizen
must observe .is to supply his own mail
box. Postmasters are instructed to
give information about the boxes and
encourage householders to put them up.
The government has made special
recommendation of a certain kind of
mail box represented in the accompany-
IMPROVED MAIL BOX.
(It Indicates Delivery of Letters and Sig-
nals Collectors )
ing cut. This box is a unique contriv-
ance fitted with automatic signal flags
so that the passing carrier can see at a
glance if there is any mail deposited in
it for him to collect. It is also a Iecepl
Iacle for delivered mail, and a different—
colorcd flag apprises the householder
when the carrier leaves any man in he
box. One of the flags is white : d the
other red. The box is to-be'aflixeu to a
post near the street convenient for’the
carrier.
It is fitted with perfect locks. and
when the carrier drops mail into the
box the white flag immediately comes
up. whiph indicates that there is mail
for the people at the house. Dropping
:1 leiter to be mailed into the box
raises the red flag, which is the signal
to the passing carrier. it is large
enough for the largest- -sized letters an‘tl
has separate spaces for papers and
packages. It is the intention of the
post office depanment. to introduce the
house-to-house collection system, as
soon as possible. A
Lytlillte Shells In Al's-lea.
The terrible devastation caused by
lyddite shells fired by the English
'7 among the Boers marks the introduc-
tion of a new and formidable engine
of destruction. The lyddite is packed
in a shell and fired .by a percussion
fuse. It is obtained by thefusion of
nitric acid upon phenol, Its explos
sion creates an area of havoc far
wider than that due to the ordinary
shell charged with powder and shot.
_ The resulting deaths are for the most
part due to the terrific concussion of
air, which has been known to- kill a
man at a distance of 200 yards. .-
Advanee oi' Annual-ill.
Aluminum, Which had no commer'
cial- existence a few years ago. was
produced in the United States; last
{rear to the extent of 5,200,000 pounds,
valued at $1.? 50 000.,_which in one-
,temh of the cost. ten years ago. ,3 .
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