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CHAPTER V Continued
The Captain smiled upon his warders
and said It didnt look it madam -
But it is true said Greeba
He has been your husbands best
friend said the Captain
He is my husbands worst enemy
said Greeba
He has carried him off I tell you
said the Captain
Then it is only that he may have
his wicked will of him said Greeba
Ah sir you will tell me I dont
know what Im saying But I know
too well It was for attempting my
husbands life that Jason was sent to
this place That was before your
time but look and see if I speak the
iruth Now I know it is false that
my husband is only Injured Would
he were Would he were Yet what
am I saying Mercy me what am I
saying But only think he has been
carried off to his death I know he
-has I am sure he has and better a
thousand times better that he should
bo here however injured with me to
nurse him But what am I saying
again Indeed I dont know what I
am saying Oh sir forgive me and
heaven forgive me also But -send
after that man Send instantly
Dont lose an hour more Oh believe
me sir trust me sir for I am a
Ibroken hearted woman and why
should I not speak the truth
All this is very strange said the
Captain But set your mind at ease
about the man Jason The guards
have already gone in pursuit of him
and he cannot escape It is not for
me to say your story is not true
though the facts as we know them
discredit them But true or not you
shall tell it to the Governor as you
have told it to me so prepare to leave
Krisuvik immediately
And in less than an hour more
Greeba was riding between two of the
guards towards the valley of Thing
vellir
II
Jorgen Jorgensen had thrice hard
ened his heart against Michael Sun
locks first when he pushed Sun
locks into Althing and found his sel
fish ends were not thereby in the way
of advancement next when he fell
frim his place and Sunlocks took pos
session of it again when he regain
ed his stool and Sunlocks was con
demned to the Sulpher Mines But
most of all he hated Sunlocks when
old Adam Fairbrother came to Rey
kjavik and demanded for him as an
English subject the benefit of judge
and jury
We know of no jury here said
Jorgen and English subject or not
English subject this man has of
fended against the laws of Denmark
Then the laws of Denmark shall
condemn him said -Adam bravely
and not the caprice of a tyrant gov
ernor
Keep a civil tongue in your old
head sir said Jorgen or you may
far that caprice
yearn to your cost how
price can go
I care nothing for your threats
sir said Adam and 1 mean to ac
cuse you before your master
Do your wost said Jorgen and
take care how you do it
And at first Adams worst seemed
likely to be little for hardly had he
set foot in Reykjavik when he was
brought front to front with the ma
terial difficulty that the few pounds
with which he had sef out were spent
Money was justice and justice
money on that rock of the sea as
elsewhere and on the horns of his
dilemma Adam bethought him to
write to his master the Duke of
yAthol explaining his position and
asking for the loan of fifty pounds
A long month passed before he got
back his answer The old Duke sent
fforty -pounds as a remonstrance
against Adams improvidence and
stern counsel to him to return forth
with to the homes of his children
In the meantime the old Bishop out
of love of Michael Sunlocks and sym
pathy with Greeba had taken Adam
into his house at Reykjavik From
there old Adam had sent petitions to
the Minister at Copenhagen petitions
-to the Danish Rigsdag and finally
petitions to the Danish King His
reward had been small for no jus
tice or promise of justice could he
set
But Jorgen Jorgensen had set no
easier on his seat for Adams zealous
efforts He had been hurried out of
his peace by Government inquiries
and terrified by Government threats
But he had wriggled he had lied he
had used subterfuge after subterfuge
and so pushed on the evil day of final
reckoning
And while his hoary head lay ill at
ease because of the troubles that came
from Copenhagen the gorge of his
stomach rose at the bitter waters he
was made to drink at Reykjavik He
heard the name of Michael Sunlocks
on every lip as a name of honor a
name of affection a name to conjure
with whenever and wherever men
talked of high talents justice honor
and truth
Jorgen perceived that the people of
Iceland had recovered from the first
surprise and suspicion that followed
on the fall of their Republic and no
longer saw Michael Sunlocks as their
betrayer but had begun to regard
him as their martyr They loved him
still If their hour ever came they
would restore him On the other
hand Jorgen realized that he himself
was hated where he was not despised
jeered at where he was not feared
and that the men whom he had
counted upon because he had bought
them with the places in his gift
smiled loftily upon him as upon one
who had fallen on his second child
hood And so Jorgen Jorgensen bark
ened his heart against Michael Sun
locks and vowed that the Sulpher
Mines of Krisuvik should see the
worst and last of him
He heard of Jasen too that he
was rot dead as they had supposed
but alive and that he had been sent
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to the Mines for attempting the life
of Eunlocks That attempt seemed
to him to come of a natural passion
and as often as he spoke of it he
warmed up visibly not out of any
human tenderness toward Jason but
with a sense of wild triumph over
Sunlocks And the more he thought
of Jasen the firmer grew his resolve
to take him out of the Sulphur Mines
and place him by his side not that
his old age needed a stay not that
he was a lonely old man and Jason
was his daughters son but only be
cause Jason hated Sunlocks and would
crush him if by chance he rose
again
With such thoughts uppermost he
went down to Krisuvik and there his
bitter purpose met with a shock He
found Jason the sole ally of Michael
Sunlocks his friend his defender and
champion against tyranny It was
then that he ordered the ruthless
punishment of Sunlocks that he
should be nailed by his right hand to
a log of driftwood with meat and
drink within sight but out of reach of
him and a huge knife by his side
And when Jason had liberated Sun
locks from this inhuman cruelty and
the two men dearest foes and dead
liest friends were brought before him
for their punishment the gall of Jor
gens fate seemed to suffocate him
Strap them up together he cried
leg to leg and arm to arm Thus
he thought to turn their love to hate
but he kept his own counsel and left
the Sulphur Mines without saying
what evil dreams had brought him
there or confessing to his Danish offi
cers the relations wherein this other
prisoner stood to him for secrecy is
the chain armor of the tyrant
Back in Reykjavik he comforted
himself with the assurance that
Michael Sunlocks must die There
was death in his face he thought
and he cannot last a month longer
Besides he will fall to fighting with
the other and the other will surely
kill him Blind fools both of them
In this mood he made ready for
Thingevellir and set out with all his
people Since the revolution he had
kept a bodyguard of five and twenty
men and with this following he was
crossing the slope of the Basket Hill
behind the capital when he saw a
score of the guards from Krisuvik
riding at a gallop from the direc
tion of Hafnafiord They were the
men who had been sent in pursuit of
Red Jason and Michael Sunlocks the
same that had passed them in the
hummock where the carcass of the
dog still lay
Then Jorgen Jorgensen received
news that terrified him
Michael Sunlocks had escaped and
Red Jason had escaped with him
They had not been seen at Hafna
fiord and on ship had set sail from
there since yesterday Never a trace
of them had been found on any of
the paths from Krisuvik and it was
certain that they must be in the in
terior still Would his Excellency
lend them ten men more to scour the
country
Such was the message of the guards
and at hearing it Jorgens anger and
fear overmastered him
Fools Blockheads Asses he
cried The man is making for
Reykjavik He knows what he is do
ing if you do not Is this not the
time of Althing and must I not leave
Reykavik for Thingvellir He is mak
ing for Reykjavik now Once let him
set foot there and these damned Ice
landers will rise at the sight of him
Then you may scour the country till
you fall dead and turn back and he
will only laugh at the sight of you
Back you blockheads back Back
to Reykjavik every man of you And
I am going back with you
Thus driven by his frantic terror
Jorgen Jorgensen returned to the cap
ital and searched every house and
hovel every hole and sty for the two
fugitves and when he had satisfied
himself that they were not anywhere
within range of Reykjavik his fears
remembered Thingvellir and what
mischief might be going forward in
his absence So next day he left his
body guard with the guard from
Krisuvik to watch the capital and sci
out alone for the Mount of Laws
III
The lonely valley of Thingvellir
was alive that morning with a great
throng of people They came from
the west by the Chasm of All Men
from the East by the Chasm of Rav
ens and from the south by the lake
Troop after troop flowed into the
vast amphitheatre that lies between
dark hills and great jokulls tipped
with snow They pitched their tents
on the green patch under the fells
to the north and tying their ponies
together head to tail they turned
them loose to graze Hundreds of
tents were there by early morning
gleaming white In the sunlight and
tens of hundreds of ponies shaggy
and unkempt grubbed among the
short grass that grew between
Near the middle of the plain stood
the Mount of Laws a lava island of
oval shape surrounded by a narrow
stream and bounded by overhang
ing walls cut deep with fissures
Around this mount the people gather
ed There friend met friend foe met
foe rival met rival northmen met
southmen the Westmann islander
met the Grimsey islander and the
man from Seydisfiord met the man
from Patriksfiord And because Al
thing gathered only every other year
many musty kisses went round with
snuff boxes after them among those
who had not met before for two long
years
It was a vast assembly chiefly of
men in their homespun and sheep
skins and woolen stockings cross
gartered with hemp from ankle to
knee Women too and young girls
and children were there all wearing
their Sunday best And in those first
minutes of their meeting before Al
thing began the talk was of crops
and stock of the weather and of what
sheen bad been lost in the last two
hard winters The day had opened
brightly with clear air and bright
sunshine but the blue sky had soon
become overcome with threatening
clouds and this lead to stories of
strange signs in the heavens and
unaccustomed noises on the earth and
under it
A man from the south spoke of
rain of black dust as having fallen
three nights before until the ground
was covered deep with it Another
man from the foot of Hekla told of
a shock of earthquake that had lately
been felt there traveling northeast
to southwest A third man spoke of
grazing his horse on the wild oats of
a glen that he had passed through
with a line of some twenty columns
of smoke burst suddenly upon his
view All this seemed to pass from
lip to lip in the twinkling of an eye
and when young men asked what the
signs might mean old men lifted both
hands and shook their heads and
prayed that the visitations which
their island had seen before might
never come to it again
To be continued
TURNS WAVES TO ACCOUNT
Energy of Ocean Billows May Be
Utilized In Propolllng Vessels
For years engineers have bemoaned
the great loss of physical energy the
oceans waves and currents have pre
sented and many have been the efforts
to so control them as to make them
subservient to the uses of mankind
At last Captain John S Watters a
graduate of the naval academy at An
napolis thinks he has solved the prob
lem Capljiin Watters is at present
a resident of New Orleans and claims
that his invention can be applied to
any vessel with little expense He
would substitute for the solid bilge
keel one which would contain square
apertures and in each aperture firm
ly secure by its forward end a fin
made of laminated spring material
preferably steel on a steel ship and
brass on a wooden or coppered vessel
These fins fill up the apertures almost
completely and when the ship is
steady offer very little if any more
resistance to headway than such as is
due to a plain bige keel merely skin
friction As soon however as the
vessel rolls the pressure of the water
jtself impinging upon the fins broad
side on or at right angles to their
length springs all of the fins out and
thus defects the water aft by reaction
forcing the vessel ahead It is an ap
plication of the turbine idea He has
tested the plan with a small boat on
Lake Pontchartrain where the waves
are not powerful and when running
with the wind abeam on which course
it is obvious that no force whatever
outside of the work of the fins could
be driving the boat ahead the speed
was about three miles an hour The
fact that a vessel equipped with this
apparatus may be headed in any direc
tion Irrespective of the direction of
the wind makes it particularly ad
vantageous in Captain Watters opin
ion for a vessel so equipped will travel
directly against the wind and thus may
be worked off a lee shore where nine
tenths or more of all sailing ships
come to grief
NIAGARA FALLS TODAY
Recent Breaks In Rocks Gives Falls a
Rounded Outline
Recent breaks in the rock edge of
the Canadian or Horseshoe Fall over
which by far the larger part of the
Niagara river waters are precipitated
have tended still further to give the
fall a rounded instead of an angular
outline says the New York Sun This
result of the breaking down of the
rock has been observed for about ten
years and the Horseshoe Fall is
gradually approaching again the shape
that suggested its name The brink
of Niagara Falls was mapped in 1844
by James Hall who established bench
marks that have been connected with
the last few years with the latest sur
veys As Dr Gilbert has pointed out
the comparison of Halls bench marks
with those recently established show
that in the middle of the Horseshoe
Fall the brink is retrograding at the
rate of four or five feet a year On
the other hand the American Fall
which carries a much thinner sheet
of water is receding so slowly that its
rate is concealed by errors of survey
We know at least that the drainage of
about one thirtieth part of the area of
the United States pours over these falls
and that the volume of water is 275
000 cubic feet in a second The day
is coming when the grandeur of Niag
ara will vanish but many generations
will live and die before that comes to
pass
Russia In Danger of Famine
The threatened famine in the re
gions of Volga is a subject of deep con
cern to the Russian government The
causes of the frequent famines in that
district are two fold first the period
ical drouths which occur in the lower
Volga regions and second the im
providence of the peasants who since
the emancipation act of 1861 have
ruthlessly destroyed the forests on
their newly acquired lands This In it
self would have been sufficient to ruin
the country The task of providing
food for the starving inhabitants of
the Volga provinces is not an easy one
The government last year did all it
possibly could no less a sum than 5
000000 rubles 3860000 having been
distributed among the peasants be
sides enormous quantities of corn It
is now stated that an even greater sum
will be required this year To further
relieve the unfortunate inhabitants of
the provinces the government proposes
to convey free of charge as many
families as may wish to emigrate to
Siberia and to employ as many peas
ants as possible as laborers on the
Transiberian and other railways now
building
Life is worth living so long as there
is somebody worth loving
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Extracts From W J Bryans Paper
Constitutional Liberty
The worst feature of the supreme
court decision in the Downes case is it
strikes a blow at constitutional liber
ty In attempting to defend the po
sition taken by the majority of the
court Justice Brown used arguments
which if carried to their logical con
clusions would deny the necessity for
a constitution anywhere According
to the decision of the court congress
can govern Porto Rico as a colony
without constitutional limitations so
far as the taxing power is concerned
and enough is said in the majority
opinion to show that no political right
is absolutely secure
The question naturally arises If
the Porto Ricans do not need the pro
tection of a written constitution why
do the people of the United States
need a written constitution If we
concede that the Porto Ricans are safe
without a constitution we must also
admit that the Americans would be
safe without a constitution Justice
Brown says Grave apprehensions of
danger are felt by many eminent men
a fear lest an unrestrained possession
of power on the part of congress may
lead to unjust and oppressive legisla
tion in which the natural rights of
territories or their inhabitants may
be engulfed in a centralized despotism
These fears however find no justifica
tion in the action of congress nor in
the conduct of the British parliament
toward its outlying possessions since
the American revolution There
are certain principles of natural justice
inherent in the Anglo Saxon character
which need no expressions in constitu
tions or statutes to give them effect
or to secure dependencies against leg
islation manifestly hostile to their real
interests
I shall at another time treat of his
reference to the benevolence of the
British parliament but my purpose at
this time is to emphasize the fact that
he repudiates the arguments which
have always been given in support of a
written constitution It was necessary
to do so in order to justify the Porto
Rican decision and yet in doing so he
surrenders one of the most vital prin
ciples of government Some of the re
publican papers have most violently
assailed me because I pointed out the
political heresy uttered by the court
Will any republican paper quote the
language which I have quoted above
and then answer two questions
First is a constitution a good
thing fob the people of the united
States
Second if so do not the Porto
Ricans also need a constitution
A special invitation is extended to
the editor of Postmaster General
Smiths paper to answer the questions
but any republican paper great or
small conspicuous or obscure is at
liberty to try The Porto Ricans do
not elect the congress we do and yet
we have the protection of a constitu
tion while the Porto Ricans have none
We can retire the members of congress
if we dont like their conduct and yet
we have a constitution and the Porto
Ricans have none The members of
congress are chosen from among us
and they must live under the laws
which they make for us the congress
men are not chosen from among the
Porto Ricans and do not live under
the laws made for the Porto Ricans
and yet we have a constitution and the
Porto Ricans have none If there
are certain principles of natural justice
inherent in the Anglo Saxon character
which need no expression in constitu
tions or statutes to give them effect or
to secure dependencies against legisla
tion manifestly hostile to their real in
terests why were the people of rev
olutionary days unwilling to rely upon
that natural justice If there
is no danger in an unrestrained pos
session of power on the part of con
gress why were our forefathers so
careful to restrain the power Has
human nature so changed as to make
unnecessary now the constitutional
limitations which were thought neces
sary a century ago
Constitutional liberty has been at
tacked and the attack must be met at
once The doctrine laid down by Jus
tice Brown is antagonistic to all that
the American people have been taught
to believe sacred If we admit his ar
gument when applied to Porto Ricans
upon what ground can we stand when
we claim for ourselves the protection
of the constitution or the bill of rights
If the principle contended for by Justice
Brown is established for the govern
ment of colonies it will by irresistible
logic become operative in the United
States That the readers of The Com
moner may fortify their own views by
the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson the
following extracts are made from his
writings as collected in that invalua
ble volume The Jeffersonian Cyclope
dia
In 1802 he wrote Though written con
stitutions may be violated in moments
of passion or delusion yet they furnish
a text to which those who are watch
ful may again rally and recall the peo
ple They fix too for the people the
The Cuban convention has accepted
the Piatt amendment but as the Cu
bans had to accept it or fight the ac
tion of our nation has not increased
their love for our people But the re
publicans think love is unnecessary as
long as we have a large army
There was but one Dred Scott but
the famous decision in his case brought
about a revolution The supremo
court of the United States has decided
that all Porto Ricans are Ired Scotts
and the nation will not long suffer the
injustice to remain
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principles of their political creed
At another time he described our
constitution as the ark of our safety
and grand palladium of our peace and
happiness
It will be remembered that the feder
al constitution was opposed by some
because it did not contain a bill of
rights and the first ten amendments
were immediately adopted to remedy
this defect and provide additional
guarantees to life liberty and proper
ty Jefferson was a firm believer in
the doctrine which led to the adoption
of the bill of rights In a letter writ
ten in 17S9 he said 4E disapproved
from the first moment the want of
a bill of rights in the constitution to
guard liberty against the legislative as
well as the executive branches of the
government that is to say to secure
freedom in religion freedom of the
press freedom from monopolies free
dom from unlawful imprisonment
freedom from a permanent militarj
and a trial by jury in all cases determ
inable by the laws of the land
In a letter written to James Madi
son in 1787 Jefferson said A bill
of rights is what the people are entitl
ed to against every government on
earth general or particular and what
no just government should refuse or
rest on inferences
At another time he defined hft posi
tion as follows By a declaration of
rights I mean one which shall stipulate
freedom of religion freedom of the
press freedom of commerce against
monopolies trial by juries in all cases
no suspensions of the habeas corpus
no standing armies These are fetters
against doing evil which no honest
government should decline
Jefferson was a believer in popular
government but he also believed in
the inalienable rights of individuals
rights which the government does not
give and ought not to take away
rights which cannot be safely intrust
ed to the keeping of any legislative
body Until recently Jeffersons po
sition on this subject was unanimously
endorsed
Every state has adopted a constitu
tion placing restrictions upon the leg
islative branch as well as upon the oth
er branches of the government The
state of Ohio has a constitution and a
bill of rights how can Senator Hanna
and President McKinley favor a cons
titution and a bill of rights for Ohio
and then declare that the people of
Porto Rico need no such protection
If the farmers laborers and business
men of Ohio are not willing to trust
the wisdom and justice of an unre
strained state legislature by what
process of reasoning do they reach the
conclusion that the people of Porto
Rico can entrust their rights to the
protection of an unrestrained congress
Justice Brown is a citizen of the
state of Michigan and Michigan also
has a constitution and a bill of rights
Is Justice Brown willing to go before
the people of his own state and tell
them that their legislature should be
vested with full and unrestrained pow
er to act on all questions affecting the
rights and property of the citizens
If not why not Is a congress more
reliable than a state legislature Is a
representative body more trustworty
as it gets farther away from the peo
ple Is delegated authority more care
fully exercised in proportion as the
seat of government is farther removed
from the voters
The position taken hy Judge Brown
would be ludicrous if it were not so
serious It is strange that his lan
guage is not challenged by the repub
licans Two republican judges out of
six dissented from this position have
the republican newspapers less inde
pendence than the judges Have the
rank and file of the republican party
who are under no obligation to the party
less independence of thought and ac
tion than the justices who hold their
commissions from republican pres
dents Unless the people are wholly
absorbed in money making and entire
ly indifferent to that constitutional
liberty so highly prized and so dearly
bought by our ancestors there will be
so emphatic a protest against the im
perialistic utterences of the court that
no body of officials on the bench or
elsewhere will soon again disregard
the spirit of American institutions
The trustification republicanization
and subsidization of the democratic
party is making progress only among
those who have been democrats when
there was neither campaign nor elec
tion on hand Men who have been
democrats in season and out of season
because the principles of democracy
were their principles are not demand
ing any retreat from advanced posi
tions taken by the party
By comparing the crookedness at
Manila with the embezzlements at
Havana we are able to formulate a rule
for carpetbag governments The steal
ing increases as the square of the dis
tance increases
Mr Perry S Heath can now revive
the Hanna presidential boom
When a man who calls himself a
democrat finds himself supported by
men who thrive on anti democratic
policies his democracy may well be
called into question
As the country understands it taxa
tion without representation is wrong
when we are the taxed but quite prop
er when we are the taxers
Will Grosvenor say that McKinley
as he said Washington did declined a
third nomination for fear of defeat
THE GRAND MEDICINE MAN
Elaborate BltuaJ of the OJlbways Cover
ing Several Days
The ceremony of the Grand Medi
cine is an elaborate ritual covering
several days the endless number of
gods and spirits being called upon to
minister to the sick man and to
lengthen his life The several degrees
of the Grand Medicine teach the use of
incantations of medicines and poisons
and the requirements necessary to con
stitute a brave When a young man
seeks admission to the Grand Medicine
lodge he first fasts until he sees in
his dream some animal the mink bea
ver otter and fisher being most com
mon fvhlch he hunts and kills The
skin is then ornamented with beads
or porcupine quills and the spirit of
the animal becomes the friend and
companion of the man The medicine
men have only a limited knowledge
of herbs but they are expert in dress
ing wounds and the art of extracting
barbed arrows from the flesh can be
learned from them In olden times
yes to within the memory of the Ojib
ways the medicine man at the funeral
ceremony thus addressed the depart
ed Dear friend you will not feel
lonely while pursuing your journey to
ward the setting sun I have killed for
youa Sioux hated enemy of the O jib
ways and I have scalped him He
will accompany you and provide for
you hunting your food if you need it
The scalp I have taken use it for
your moccasins Open Court
Austrian In South America
Some interesting particulars of Aus
trian settlements in South America
are contained in a report by the com
mander of the Austrian warship Do
nau which was dispatched last year
on a semi commercial mission to the
South American ports It appears that
there is an Austrian colony of about
1500 persons at Punta Arenas the
most southerly town in the world It
is composed chiefly of Dalmatians and
is the largest foreign element in the
place The greater part of its members
are engaged in gold mining but it
comprises a number of well-to-do mer
chants sheep farmers and Innkeepers
The colony is prosperous although
most of its members began without
any capital There is a favorable
prospect for future immigrants who
would benefit by the experience and
assistance of their predecessors The
report goes on to declare that Magel
lanes and Western Patagonia have a
great future The many islands of the
Patagonia archipelago are covered
with evergreen forests capable of sup
plying immense quantities of valuable
timber while the mountain ranges be
ing of the same geological formation
as those of Chili and Peru are thought
to be rich in mineral resources New
York Post
How a Spider Used Sixpence
A correspondent sends us a remark
able instance of adaptation of instinct
in a trapdoor spider Says the writer
A friend of mine noticed near his
camp a trapdoor spider run in front
of him and pop into its hole pulling
the lid down as it disappeared The lid
seemed so neat and perfect a circle that
the man stooped to examine it and
found to his astonishment that it was
a sixpence There was nothing but silk
thread covering the top of the coin
but underneath mud and silk thread
were coated on and shaped convex as
usual The coin had probably been
swept out of the tent with rubbish
Commenting on this a contributor to
Nature says As is well known the
doors of trapdoor spiders burrows are
typically made of flattened pellets of
earth stuck together with silk or other
adhesive material The unique behav
ior of the spider in question showed no
little discrimination on her part touch
ing the suitability as to size shape
and weight of the object selected to
fulfill the purpose for which the slx
t
pence was used Sydney Bulletin
Chapel of the Pyx
The ancient chapel of the Pyx at
Westminster is to be thrown open to
the public This is one of the oldest
and most interesting parts of the Ab
bey the greater part of the fabric be
longing to the reign of Edward the
Confessor It was used in early Nor
man times as a royal treasury and a
robbery from the chapel in the reign
of Edward I of treasure valued at
100000 created a great deal of stir
Later it was used as a record chamber
for the treasury and more recently as
a receptacle for the apparatus neces
sary for the trial of the Pryx the
standardizing of the coin of the realm
The documents formely deposited in
the Pyx chapel have been removed and
henceforth the public will have the
privilege of penetrating the recesses
of this mysterious chamber New
castle Eng Chronicle
And Thus TVe Became United
The board of civil service examin
ers for the New York sub treasury In
cludes Ulysses S Grant Republican
and Edgar F Lee Democrat The
former is a nephew of the great gen
eral and the latter bears the same re
lationship to the leader of the lost
cause Robert E Lee
Illiteracy Among Southern Hill
Illiterate white inhabitants in
southern and border states are most
numerous among the mountains Ken
tucky has 16 per cent Tennessee 18
South Carolina 18 and Alabama 18 per
cent of illiterate whiter
London Cab Accidents
Last year 1104 persons were injured
and eighteen killed in London by be
ing flung headlong out of the hansom
cabs by reason of the horses slipping
and falling
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Not wealth nor ancestry but hon
orable conduct and a noble disposition
make men great
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