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f CONNECTICUT IS POWERFUL { ADDITION TO AMERICAN NAVY j There went overboard from the gov ernment ways in the Brooklyn navy yard Sepf. 29 a battleship the superior of any of her type save her sister ves sel, the Louisiana/which was recently launched from the yards of a private shipbuilder. The Connecticut and the Louisiana are two of the most powerful battle ■fhips that have ever been built. The Resigns were found to be so satisfac tory that they were adopted for three later battleships subsequently author ized by congress, these being the Ver mont, the Kansas and the Minnesota, all now in course of construction, but none very far advanced toward com pletion. Designed for giving heavy blows and for receiving them, the main points of interest about a battleship lies in her battery and system of ar mor protection. The Connecticut is designed to carry a battery of four 12-inch rifles, eight 8-inch rifles, twelve 7-inch rifles, twenty 3-inch rifles, The First Connecticut. twelve 3-pounders (automatic), eight 1-pounder (automatic) eight machine guns, two 3-inch field guus and four torpedo tubes. “It goes without saying,” writes the naval expert of the Scientific Amer ican, “that this is a tremendous bat tery. All the guns are of the latest high velocity, long calibre, rapid-fire type. The 12-inch has a muzzle veloc ity of 2,800 foot seconds, an energy of 46,246 foot tons and a penetration of iron at the muzzle of 47.2 inches. The 8-inch gun has also a velocity of 2,800 foot seconds, and its energy at the muzzle is 13,600 foot tons, while it is capable of penetrating 31.4 inches of iron at the muzzle. The 7-inch gun is fifty calibres in length, has a veloc ity of 2,900 feet per second, a muzzle energy of 9.646 foot tons and can pen etrate 28.7 inches of iron at the muz zle. The excellent 3-inch gun has the high velocity of 3,000 feet per second and a muzzle energy of 874 foot tons.” By reason of her memorable trip ♦round the Horn and her splendid work at Santiago, the Oregon has been popularly regarded as a battleship inequaled. The Oregon certainly was and still is a superb fighting ma chine, but her chances of winning in an encounter with the Connecticut would be about the same as those of complete steel deck three inches in thickness, which slopes toward the sides of the vessel to a junction with the side armor below the water line. It is also sloped forward and aft to a junction below the water line with the stem and stern. In addition to the belt of Krupp steel that protects the waterline near ly 8,00'J cubic feet of corn pitch cellu lose will be driven in back of the belt armor throughout the length of the ship, the mass being tightly rammed into a steel cofferdam, which is worked in as part ol the structure of the ship. Should a penetration of the belt occur the shot would probably pass through the corn pith cofferdam, but as soon as the water followed the saturation of the corn pith would cause it to swell with great rapidity, until it acted with an obturating ef fect in closing the hole. Before the shell could reach the en gine room or boilers or magazines it would have to pass through several feet of coal stored in the coal bunk ers, and then it would have to effect a very oblique penetration through the sloping sides of the three-inch deck. If it should penetrate the three inch steel deck several feet more of coal would be encountered, and it is pretty safe to say that such frag ments of the shell as might reach the vitals of tiie ship would have lost so much of their velocity as to be capa ble of doing very little harm when they got there. Ir is interesting to note that in the building of the Connecticut and the Louisiana there has in n a rivalry be tween the government builders and the Newport News Shipbuilding com pany, which has had no parallel in this couutry. The vessels were au thorized by the same congress and it was stipulated that one be built at a navy yard, the other by a private en terprise. The Newport News company got the contract for building the Louisiana, and the work of constructing the Con necticut was intrusted to the New York navy yard. The Louisiana was so far ahead of the Connecticut that she was launched several weeks ago. This would seem to indicate that pri vate shipbuilding enterprises can turn out battleships faster than can the government at its navy yards. But it should be recalled that no vessel had been built at the New York yard since the Maine was construct ed, whereas numbers have been con structed at the hands of the Newport News company. The one had already been equipped with every necessary appliance, whereas on the other hand these had to be supplied. Moreover, the men in private em ploy might work overtime if they liked, whereas the other being in gov ernment employ had stipulated hours of labor, and there being no govern ment warrant to hurry work these worked the regulation hours and ceased. The Connecticut measures 430 feet r>0U«f>O« ri*KETV*'’*>5'Ot 0> >~P »KO»» TMKJIIWW C«/Ni"'0« • (gut) bw-cm LOAiM* unit (Ptmi) eovHOt-Hi , * ti rapipfwe J«u. DZAGRAIi SHOWING THE NUTLBER..5IZE d POSITIONS OJ’GWJ. Latest Addition to United States Navy. John L. Sullivan if now pitted against Jeffries, the new champion of the ring. The defense arrangements, accord ing to the expert authority quoted, are the most complete to be found in any design built or building today. There is an unbroken belt of Krupp armor from stem to stern, which is eleven inches in thickness at the water line amidships, and tapers gradually to a minimum thickness of four inches at the ends. Associated with this is a i in length and lias an extreme beam of 7!) feet lo inches. She displaces 16, 000 tons, is fitted with triple expan sion engines, and is designed to have a sustained s^a speed of eighteen knots an hour. Her engines are of ! the vertical triple expansion type and | are supplied with steam from Babcock & \\ ilcox boilers. The indicated horsepower is 16,500, the coal capacity 2,200 tons. Her complement ia 42 oL'cers and 761 men. Rounded Out Name. Judge D. Cady Herrick, Democratic candidate for governor oNNew York, was baptized plain Cady Herrick, the name having been selected by his mother. But this did not please his father. The latter thought that Cady might be softened into Katie—and his child was a big, bouncing boy. When the boy attained a few years his fath er told him to write his name D. Cady Herrick. He said: “The D will signify the only letter of the alphabet for which it stands. If people choose to think that it stands for a name in stead of a letter, they may; but as for you, w'rite your name D. Cady Herrick -r-D. to please me and Cady to please your mother. Then we’ll both be rep resented.” Lady Grey a Crack tihot. Lady Sibyl Grey, who will accom pany the newly appointed governor general of Canada, Earl Grey, to America, inherits her father’s sport ing proclivities. She is an expert angler and a crack shot. Last year at the Crystal Palace, she scored sev en bull's-eyes in succession. Ajtogether she is a fine type of the aristocratic English sportswoman, full of life and vigor, and delighting in ail forms of outdoor recreation. Stage Coach for Fair. A six-horse, thirty-four-passenger eoach of the tally-ho style has arrived at the world’s fair from Yellowstone National Park. It will be used to con wey distinguished parties over the grounds. The coach will be handled ■fcy John Reynolds, a veteran driver. Long Life of Usefulness. George H. (“Laundaulet”) Williams, mayor of Portland, Ore., is 82 years old. He served as attorney general of the United States during Gen. Grant's second term and was United States senator for six years. Soldier’s Enduring Fame. “Dulce et decorum est pro patna ! thus it has always been and tnus it will be so long as international disagreements continue to be settled by resort to arms. Not only do patri ots deem it sweet and becoming to die tor their country, but the mem ory of those who fall in defense of flag and country is cherhfhed more sacredly than that of those who achieve the greatest and most benef ; icent triumphs in the arts of peace. Xo other fame is so enduring as that of the military hero. On no other are honors so gratefully bestowed-. This is demonstrated in the history of the United States- quite as conclu sively as in that of any other country. —Washington Post. English Speaker to Retire. Mr. Gully, who has entered his 70th year, will probably retire from the speakership of the house of commons before another birthday comes round It is predicted that by this time next year the first commoner will have a viscounty and a pension of £2,000 per annum. Mr. Gully, should be re tire next year, will have occupied the | chair for exactly a decade, or only one year less than Viscount Peel, his immediate predecessor. Has Ideal Health Resort. Senator William A. Clark of Mon tana has built on his Vegas ranch lif Lincoln county, Nevada, a fine hotel and sanitarium. It is a beautiful spot, and the Montana millionaire has de termined to spare no expense in mak ing It an ideal resort. ->-v Ex-Mayors of New York. The deatty of ex-Mayor Franklin Edson of New York, whose term of office was 1882-4, leaves Edward Coop er, Hugh J. Grant, Thomas Gilroy, Robert A. Van Wyck and Seth Low as the surviving ex-mayors of the city. AS THE WORLD REVOLVES HERO OF SCIENCE DEAD. Late Dp. Finsen, One of the World’s Greatest Benefactors. Dr. Niels R. Finsen, who has just died at Copenhagen, deserves to rank among the great heroes, as well as among the great benefactors of mod i ern times. The healing power of light had j been recognized, in a general wav, | by the medical profession long before his time, but little practical use had been made of it. When Dr. Finsen was a young student in Copenhagen university he began a series of in vestigations to discover to what prop erties of light its curative influence was owing. He was naturally of frail constitution, and excessive exertion : broke down his health. Nevertheless, with indomitable perseverance he continued his work in the cold, hu ppo/: A?JZ5 J?. mid climate of Copenhagen. His | efforts were at last rewarded with the j important discovery that part of the rays of the sun’s spectrum destroy bacteria, while others possess the healing nature which physicians had long ascribed to the ray of light as a whole. The first successful test of Dr. Fin sen's important theory was made at Copenhagen in 1894, when he cured many cases of smallpox, and even saved the patients from being scarred, merely by hanging red curtains at the windows of the sick room. He later ; found a way to concentrate rays of the ordinary electric light so as to cure long standing cases of the dread ed lupus or tuberculosis of the face. If Dr. Finsen had chosen to keep his plan of curing lupus a secret and to employ it only in his private prac tice he could have made a fortune out cf it, and it would have been deemed professionally ethical for him to do so. But, inspired by the same generosity and desire to relieve suf fering humanity which prompted him to continue his investigations at the cost of nis health, he made his meth od public. Dr. Finsen was but 43 years old. j Overwork cut short his life. He was a true martyr in the cause of hu manity. Mankind loses more by his early death than it would by the pass ing of many statesmen and soldiers ing of many statesmen and soldiers. HONORED BY FELLOW VETERANS I gem*04/. ff.Vjeoyrncw Gen. Henry V. Boynton, president i of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, which recently held its reunion at Indianapolis, is a distin guished soldier of the civil war and later was widely known as dean of the newspaper correspondents at Washington. He was made a briga dier general by President McKinley. Oldest Window-Light Blower. Moses Myers of Quinton is the old j est window-light blower of Jersey, if ! not in the country. He is past 70 | years old and still in active service. ! He blows double-thick rollers. Myers has fifteen children and has just , taught his youngest son the trade. H*s sons are all glass-blower,s, but the father can blow as full a day as the best of them. Aged Presidential Elector. One of the gentlemen nominated for presidential electors, by the Pennsyl vania Republicans has seen his 85th birthday. He is George Van Eman I^wrence of Monongahela, ex-con gressman. He used to be a locally famous fox hunter. He voted for William Henry Harrison in 1840. He j is five years older than Judge Par j ker's running mate.. — Output of Copper. More than half of the world’s out put of copper is produced in the United States. The total production in 1903 was 565,820 long tons, of which the United States contributed 298,650 tons; Spain and Portugal, 49, 740; Mexico, 45,315; Japan, 31,360; Chile, 30,930, and other countries smaller amounts. Famous French Statesmen. M. Combes, the French minister, who has become famous by his war against the religious orders, has a big head, strongly marked features, slop ing shoulders and & bent back. Del casse is almost a dwarf. Vessels Fitted 1Vsth Ears That Will Warn of Danger Terrors of Submarine War) , Engines and of Ordinary Peri7s Dissipated by the Novel Appliance Pictured ' Here > The terr r in which submarine boats have ’ hitherto been held by >cean vessels in time of war promises to he entir ly dissipated by the ap pearance of a simple apparatus, which • he inventor, J. It. Millet, calls “ship’s , ears.” With this new device secret sub marine attack is, the inventor claims, made impossible, and all the former disadvantages of the bell buoy and the lighthouse, particularly caused by a heavy fog. are done away with, for the new “ears” catch sounds under ! ihe water and locate exactly the point of the compass from which they come. In making use of the idea of trans mitting sound signals under water the originators of the scheme. A. J. Mun dy and Prof. Elisha Gray of Poston, were pionpers. When they started their work in the summer of the Span ish war they had no idea of making “ears” for vessels, but when the re sults were finally turned over to Mr. Millet last year he soon had his work running on the lines on which it was finally completed. The principle of the invention has been established largely by experi ments, but the method had not been made practical. Mr. Millet undertook to make it so and has apparently suc ceeded. The invention has been installed on steamers of the Metropolitan Steam ship company, and for four or five weeks these vessels have been using the apparatus constantly for the pur- , pose of testing its accuracy under ail i conditions. The captains of the sb amors have reported to the officers of their com pany that they have been able, in variably. to locate at three miles dis tance the Boston lightship, upon 1 which a submerged boil was being rung, when the vessels were approach ing at full speed. A striking instance of the efficacy of the device occurred a short time ago when a steamer was approaching the Boston lightship on her return from New York. Owing to a severe gale, which had been blowing for sev eral days, the seas were mountain ous. As the steamer came up Boston bay the lightship was obscured by rain and fog. Not hearing the fog horn on the lightship, the captain of the steamer turned to the signal apparatus and, adjusting the ear pieces, immediately heard the sub marine bell ainl got his direction. Five minutes later, having proceeded on his course, he heard the whistle on the lightship for the first time. The receiving apparatus 'of this unique submarine telephone has two receivers, one for each side of the vessel in which it is installed. These are enclosed in iron cases, screwed into the hull of the vessel below the water line. A connection is made by wire between the hull and the wheel house where the telephone box is i placed. * By moving a switch to the rurht or loft and then holding the earpieces 10 his ears, the listener can ascertain wketlv.r or not there is any danger Co warning of danger ahead, and where it is located. This method is so accurate that, the steamers using the system have often f'.unrl their direction within one point, and by a little maneuvering of the vessel a captain can always get his direction with accuracy. The vibrations which he hears are initiated by the bell that is hung over the side of the lightship or suspended in the water at the end of a cable from a lighthouse or bell buoy. The bells are struck by a hammer exactly like a bell in the air. only with more j force. These vibrations are taken up by the receiver on the sides of the vessel and transmitted through the j telephone. A type of apparatus designed for fishing boats or small vessels of any kind includes a receiving box. with a ball receiver, which is lowered into the water. It is obvious that some sounds would be too delicate to pene trate the side of a vessel. To meet this case, a receiver has been invented which is lowered directly into the water and picks up sounds of com paratively small intensity. To appreciate the importance of this invention to the maritime world it is only necessary to consider that at the present moment there are no sound signals in the air which can be trusted. SOME CURIOUS JEWELS OF ANCIENT DAYS Symbolic Ornaments With Histories Attached. The first jewels were seals and sig- i nefs. The material might be gold, silver, iron, copper, etc. • A next step was the ladies begin ning to wear them as ornaments. Number 1 is a ring of English fab rication. It holds a large emerald cut in the form of a basket. From this diamond stems spring, tipped with ruby flowers. Hence its name, “The Flower Ring.” A handsomer, perhaps, but less val uable. jewel is represented in Num • tiers 2 and 3. It has a sad history. It was given by the unfortunate Queen j of Scots to her husband, Lord Darn ley. On the bezel, or part that holds the stone, are the initials of the fiances—H. (Henry) and if. (Mary). On the circle are cut, the words “Hen ry L. Darnlev” and “15G3,'’ the date of their marriage* Figure 4 is a jewel that contrasts : strangely with the preceding. It is the symbol formerly used in Jewish weddings. The material is gold, beau tifully chased. The bezel represents the Temple of Jerusalem in minia ture. Both parts of the ring are cov ered with Hebrew characters. Original and curious is the ring, in mother-of-pearl, shown in Figure 5. ! This kind of jewel was fashionable in the middle ages. Their hollow tops, closing with springs, were secret hiding places for deadly poisons, to be used on the wearers themselves, or another, as circumstances might demand. The “Schlag." or “Blow," Figure vj. is a massive ring made of copper. Its only ornaments are five sharp points rising high above the bezel. The style is ages old. but they are said to be still commonly known by the Bavarian peasants for attack or defense in their village broils. FEARED SHE LOOKED OLD. Proffered Courtesy in Street Car Irri tated Elderly Lady. “Do I look so old?” asked a gentle faced, elderly lady anxiously. With out waiting for a reply she continued: “You see I entered a crowded street car the other day. All the seats were occupied and I had to stand clinging for dear life to a strap. I had been shopping and was rather tired and I suppose that ma’de me appear older i.han I really am—I’m only fifty-seven. | you know! That’s not what I call old! And I usually feel so young. Well, ihen. you can imagine how humiliat ed I felt when a woman who was, I declare, at least ten years my senior got up and offered me her seat. “‘Pray keep your seat,’ I said hur WASHINGTON BUILT OVER CITY? Recent Discoveries of Interest to Historians and Archeologists. Was 'Washington once the site of a great city, long forgotten, unknown to the modern archeologists? Did there live and thrive on the North Ameri can continent a race prior to the Az tecs? Are there treasures of art buried under the soil of this capital? Wherefore, then, the mysteries of stone Just unearthed In the digging for the foundation of the new build ing for the House of Representatives? Far below the foundations of the houses destroyed to make room for the new edifice these fragments have appeared, and the memory of man to day runs not back to the time when structures were there as to call for these deep-laid bases. Nor do the oldest inhabitants know of any one who remembers having seen or heard of such. Washington was built upon virgin soil, so far as city creation was concerned, in the judgment of its founders. Here were farms and smail dwellings, a manor house or two, and an unbroken record of freedom from riedly. ‘I don’t mind standing in tt<. least.’ “You should have seen the loo! ,that old lady gave me. It made im feel I was a hundred years old. Sh took me gently by the arm, and ac' tually forced me down into the seat, and then said to me in a sweet, kindiy voice: “ ‘My dear lady, if you were my mother do you suppose I would allow you to stand?’ “If I were her mother! She actually thought I was old enough to be her mother! Well, perhaps I’m on the brink of the grave, but I don’t feel it, which is one consolation!"—New York Press. The wise man learns something every time the fool blunders. the inroads of the city-makers. The j North American Indians did not build cities. They did not dig into the soil to found their structures. Here, then, j is a problem for the historians and the archeologists to solve.—Washing ton Star. Knew Where It Came In. “And did you beat the little boy in the foot race, Willie?” asked the interested father. “Why, say. he was a puddin', pop,” answered Willie. “A what?” “A puddin’.” “That’s not a nice name to call your j little playmate.” “Why, pop,” said the boy, who was anxiously waiting for the dessert, 1 “the puddin’ always comes last, doesn’t it?” Oldest Union Pensioner. Patriarch Fish, a Seminole Indian, is said to be the oldest living Union soldier and pensioner. He is 119 years old and draws a pension of $12 a month. He was a member of com- | pany K of the Indian home guards. Guard Health of Mikado. Although the emperor of Japan is in excellent health, he is always at tended by physicians. There are four eminent medical gentlemen attached to the imperial household, one of whom is within call at all times, night and day. His majesty's pulse and temperature are taken four times j every twenty-four hours in the pres ence of two of the doctors when they relieve each other of duty, and the results are carefully recorded, just as if he were a patient in a hospital. The prince imperial and his baby sens j are subject to similar medical sur veillance. He has two aud they have two physicians always in attendance and a log book is kept of their physi- ' cal condition like that of the mikado. i Clothes Tell the Story. i The cable brings the news that a series of gowns has been designed 1 for a certain American actress, each 1 representing an emotion. They are ' named appropriately: “Incessant Soft 1 Desire,” “Thoughts of Strange I Things,” “The Vampire,” “The Tan ’ gible Now,” “Dirge; or, The Death 1 of Pleasure,” “A Silent Appeal,” “The < Meaning of Life Is Clear.” ’ i The idea is capable of indefinite ex- < pausion. What household does not I know the feminine trappings that might be called “The Cook Has Quit"? i Does not every domestic hearth shel- s ter “The Nursemaid's Day Off”? “Company Is Coming" warns many a returning husband of the impending fate. It is the universal language of duds.—New York Sun. h Irish Land Purchase System. The successful working of the land f purchase system m Ireland Is once < more the chief feature of the annual K report of the land commission, which 8 was issued Aug. 30. There were only twenty-two defaulters among 70,000 tenant purchasers. CURED HIM OF KICKING. Gentle Hint of Hotel Manager t: Patron Enough. An incident that greatly am us Thomas Taggart occurred at thf French Lick Spring hotel, situated or property of which the Democrat it national chairman is part owner. Among the steady patrons of th* iotel was a chronic kicker. Nothin* n the accommodations suited him The climate made him suffer agonies, ind the society and general surround ngs bored him to the last degree. Ht was not backward in making hit grievances public. The manager resolved to ci thi complaining or get rid of the - .• -t The next time the man told i im i :ale of woe the wily lan lor ym a chized with him. “You do suffer greatly." ] . . ai l as tie turned away, “but think how muei worse it is for me than for you. . nave to stay right here and < i. i -e it You can go whenever you i . " The man did not go, but L* vet complained in the manager's , . . again.—New York Tribune. Exonerated the Editor. When the plant of a Colorado ■ paper was wrecked during the no;: "lots recently Gov. Pennypack* r. Pennsylvania, was reminded ol experience of a Pennsylvania * “This man,” said tlv govern ■ “published a country weekly. It w luring a political campaign, and £ marching delegation, acrompane i by a biass band and bearing hug. tran carencies. passed the place of ptibliea lion. One of the ins-Tipt :o* s touched the editor that he nuked t the window and waved a i. pi 3f cloth and shouted appro; . “In an instant the marcher- broke -anks. clattered up thci stair.-, v • .’]■ ' the printing plant and almost •* • ■?*ed the editor. When citiz ’ fe~ed the marchers explained t: * editor had wilfully flaunted a : u 1 flag ir. the fa<*?s ol passing Am r: £r»d patriots. “Thereupon one of the pr.uter* made a statement and imm ;.i !y fund was made up for the r -t r-it. • of the wrecked plant. In his excite c ent the editor had seized the print ers’ towel.” Whistler First Told This. It often was said among the ae quaintances of the late James McN. ii Whistler that he would rather ruak t new enemy than a new friend. Oi course, he was eccentric and pccu dar, but those who knew him well swore by him. As an artist he was a master, and ie loved all things beautiful. He was Sond of books and poetry and ocra sionaily he wrote some verses him self, but could never be prevailed up )u to publish them. He was a goo 1 critic, and knowing this, a friend came to him one day with some verses written by a young man who wanted an honest opinion of them. \fter reading the verses Whistler landed them back to his friend, who said: “Do you think he can sell them?" “I don’t know' where.” “Well, what do you think he ought .o get for them?” “If he throws himself upon the mer jy of the court, I should say about oix nonths.” Better Than We Think. We fret at this, we fume at that. We murmur if we suffer pain; Much fault we find if we are fat. If we are lean it is our bane; We grumble if we 3ee it rain. And haply from the sun we shrink: But though we nurse a peevish strain. The world Is better than we think. And if a comrade wear a hat. To criticise him we are fain; And we are often vexed thereat if ’tis his whim to sport a cane; If he be glad we call him vain, tf he be sad from him we slink:— But what from cavil shall we gain? The world is better than we think And if we c-hanco to meet a rat. It is our wish that he be slain. And straightway we procure a cat That she his odious blood may drain:— But life is life and in the main Twere nobler not to break its link— Compassion should control th brain; The world is better than we think. Envoy. Friend, guard yourself from every >: a — And when life’s freer drafts yea it Ink. Love's beams for you shall nev> r w.u.-: The world is better than we thir.k. —A. T. Schumann. Forethought. The widow of a wealthy but irrev ?rent man wished to have an impos ng funeral for her departed, and en gaged the services of a noted preach* r who lived at a great distance from their town. After the funeral she thanked the eloquent man for his I0112 tnd beautiful discourse. The minister said to her: •‘Madam, when I passed through your town I noticed quite a number of churches. As jour husband always lived here, he must have been known to the ministers of this place. I am at a loss to know why you engaged me to speak at his funeral, as I am a stranger to him and they knew him.’ “The reason I employed you to speak was that the others knew him :oo well,” answered the widow. A Proper Roar. A few days ago George Ade. while inducting a rehearsal of his new :omedy, “The College Widow,’ at the harden Theater, was greeted by a Granger. “I am very glad to meet fou Mr. Ade,” said the stranger. “I 00, am a playwright and I would like o have some advice from you. I have :ompleted a play and all arrangements lave been made for the production ex :ept one little detail. I have a scene vhere wild lions are supposed to be oaring. I have been unable to find iny stage appliance that will make the toise desired. Can you tell me how I an get this effect of the roaring ions?" “Just fine one of your actors $2.” ras AdeCs reply.—New York Tele ram. Simply Senators. One day during the last session of ongress a party of tourists, headed y a professional guide, were being hown through the Capitol. As the party stopped for a moment 0 glance through an open door of the lenate, one of the sightseers ob erved: ' ‘ And there are our national solons’” “Solons!" repeated the guide in a one of disgust. “Solons nothing* ’hem’s senators!”