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Th1 StrTaimany Farmef
PU1IDISt:ED WEEKLY.
COVINGTON, : : : LOUISIANA.
Auto Speed Limit.
With miles close to 30 seconds on the
straightaway, or, to be exact, 0:34 4-5,
ands the same disthnce on a circular
course in 0:52 1-5, it is admitted by ex
per that the speed of automobiles has
almost reached its limit. Not that en
gines cannot be built bigger- and more
p~Dperful and the cars made strong
enogSh to stankd even greater strain, but
becaue the pneumatic tire cannot hold
up for any great length of time when a
car is. travyling at sucl teirifc speed.
On the road, however, the speed limit
has almost been reached, and also on
the track. The pneumatic tire makes
the automobile possible, yet it is the
weakest member. When traveling
around the track at top speed, 3
even with a 30-horse power car, which
travels close to the minute, the tires get
heated up and are liable to give trouble.
So far as motors in automobiles are con
cerned, they can turn for hours and
hours and require no attention what
ever. Moreover, 'a touring car going
35 or 40 miles an hour gives compara
tively no trouble. But you will notice
in all the long road races, both here
and abroad, where the cars go at a mile
a-minute pace the greatest trouble is
from the tires, which proves very clear
li that the speed limit of automobileA
does not rest with the American manu
facturer's skill in building powerful
motors, but in the tires with which the
machines are shod.
Behavior. of the Heart.
A recent publication of Ann Arbor
university describes an instrument for
securing a continuous graphic record of
the pulse rate in man which affords valu
able indications of the heart's work.
The records showed that the commence
ment of muscular- work is followed
almost simultaneously by marked accel
eration of the pulse. In fact, this modi
flcation of the pulse rate is observed in
the next heart cycle after the work be
gins In' typisial caes there are three
well-marked stages; a primary rise, a
period of sustained acceleration and a
se0ldr rise: Similar stages of de
creue! in .ate ccur after the work
sto1si. 1 rapidity of the pulse dur
uing work depends not only upon the
amount of wotk don!e but much more
upon the manner 'i n which it is done.
Speed and resistance are factors requir
ing seplrate consideration, and of these
two speed has the greater influence.
These records show that while muscular
work may not appreciably require the
expenditure of bodily forces, it immedi
ately- reacts upon the heart, and that
,conversely cessation of muscular exer
tion is an immediate relief to the heart.
Honor American Heroes.
In view of the honors recently
paid to John Pauly Jones it may be in
teresfing :to note that two other revo
lutionary- worthies were remembered
at aboU3the 0ime time: Vermont
honorec one of her favorite sons,
Ethtm Allen, the leader of the Green
Smountain boys and the hero of Ticon
deroga, and a daughter, Ann Story.
Mrs. Story took the place of her huse
band, a pioneer who pjenetrated the
?then wilderness of Vermont to make a
home fo(.. li family. and was killed in
an aceideat.. Mrs. Story took his place,
defied Indians and .assisted as a pa
triot in running down- and capturing
a horde of tory spies in revolutionary
times. She made her home for a time
in a cayeydeftly dug out on the bank
of Ottort reek. -The Colonial Dames
proe a Aer~c a monument to her at
Rutland. Allen's memory is to be
aonored- by ..a - memgrial tower, at
whoseedication are to be present
o ther notables Vice President
b a d z l. ".than Allen Hitchcock,
sesjvI' ofte lInterior.
Chances for College Girls.
In an interesting talk on the college
Sil as. a brea winner, a graduate of
ellesley,-who keeps an agency, states
that ahprt the only difculty she finds
with ~ women who consult her
iabou. bread-winning opportunities is
an uswillingiess to begin at
amr q ft 4th4tler., ' hey don't
underr ~ ld in going into business it i:
geperatly nes.ary to take a subordin
ate position at a saml salary, but they
fl they shouilOdsibe draxw the salary
thEy wouldlomrapd eacstechers." The
pr essioh usually .elected by the =l
lee graduate is that of teaching, but
Toy many are now taking up stenogra
pit, as there is considerable demand
b college-bred women as secretarie.,
and in a position where a knowledge of
1a uages counts. l lublihing houses
>1 ofter a promising 1eld to the eda
eat woman who is willing to begin at
the bottom of the ladder.
Rev. R.I. aiit fro the ap
tist church in Firmiount, -Va., is evi
9detA _ .ilr ms s? scular Chris
tiassity. In the midst of the service
Sunday night a eah unaied oeld en.
ti ed the chlttci and 'Iformed :the
minister that his (World's) house near,
I was:beiag robbed. The paStor mde
the announemens fro he pulpt,
t short thi closing exersise and the
e tAretoa resolved itsel) at once
a sort of pose comitatas to hunt
arglars. Upon racbing lWorld's ho
ewas 'found the burglar had ' fled.
Ne 41 a@nd#re , 14w 'yOtk, are not
c c. the danger of a
Sht#' ih t'no such s
Scat i tie edi e, that num.
her ban been mpe. the next
poor above te twlfth is the four
It takes a asylvants judge to doa
vevE bit Q 4 E i hn : While
.ai er sno;R:ha ssleoad to ayire tat'
W'ATSA USET.
W'atsa use for attln mad
1us' baeause YQ* 'ita bed ,..
tou go'. d feela worse an' whiee
Fet you gona stopan' aurse
Ev9, time eea somu-theeng Weong.
,Iyou no' gatta leev ~igo long.
Wan, two. t'ree, four year, bimeby,
Mebbe so you gona die.
So ees best from day to day
Maka sunshine weetha hay.
Don't be gattin' mada while
You can hava time to smile.
W'atsk. riset'
Padre Imeeth he tal me, too.
Justa like I tal to you.
Wan day he ees say: "Hellot
W'at ees mak' you growla sof
Evra time you gitta mad
Eeet ens mak' Dia::" glad.
Justa laugh an' dedi'ta care,
Den you mak' Diablo swear."
Smila now an' dej bimeby
You can smile w'eii you die.
Growla now an' you weel yell
Weeth Diablo down een-well.
W'atsa use?
-Catholic Standard and Timet
* *
Vacation I
for Two
* a
T HE last letter was written and
with a little tired sigh the pack
et of letters, her day's work, was
given to the impatient ofice boy, and
Catherine, the stenographer, hurriedly
crossed the room to the peg on which
her hat and Jacket were hung. With
eager haste she attired herself for
the street, mechanically glancing into
the little mirror which hung over the
wash stand. The face which looked
back at her was an attractive one
could have smiles displaced the look
of ogre gndhae broad brow cleared of
the" littlt pucker which of late has
comeletweefr the brown eyes.
.After ,. timid good night to the
bookkeeper Catherine opened the big
door and went out into the sunlight.
Never had the out of doors seemed so
beautiful as now. This tras the first
day of April and the air was sug
gestive of spring; the grass was strug
gling up along the edges of the side
walks and the twittering of the spar
rows could be heard from every roof
and ledge., Quickly boarding "a car
Catherine started on her ride home.
If the day had been one of tiresome
business routine, vexatious happen
ings, hard work, all were forkotten
now in the bright anticipations which
filled her mind. Two months more of
the shabby ofce and the noise of the
whirring machinery, and ther a month,
the whole month of June, she was to
hav%for her Very own. To-day the
manager, a good man in his way, in
a burst of generosity occasioned by
the satisfactory termination of an im
portant business transaction, had told
her the joyful news.
Upon reaching home she found her
mother standing at the door where
she had been anxiously watching each
car as it unloaded at the corner.
When the dishes were cleared away
and mother and daughter were alone
in the little sitting room, the good
news could be kept no longer: and
throwing her arms around the aston
ished woman's neck Catherine. burst
into such a torrent of words and
nervous laughter as to almost fright
en good Mrs. Sander: "Just think of
it, mother, a whole month and my sal
ary to go just the same.- Oh, it seems
too good to be true." I am sure Jank
& Co. would not have recognized their
prim, quiet stenographer in the little
figure that dancei over the floor in an
ecstasy of joy.
No need to question where she would
go. To Vermont, her old home, of
course. This visit had been the dream
of years, but her father's death 'five
years before had forcec upOn'~ her
young shoulders the necepsity of keep
ing up the little home ian keeping her
brother in school, and now for the frst
time in all these- years a time of re
iaxation seemed possible.
Brothcr Tom, who had been an in
terested listener to the conversation
between Catherine and her mother as
they sat on the porch, drew his chair
up closer to his mother's side and
said: "Ma; why can't you go with
Catherine? It seems to me you need
a vacation about as much as anyone'
I know." An eager look came into the
mother's eyeb, she tried to speak, but
somehow th words would not come,
and arising hurriedly she went into the
house.
,For a time brother and sister sit in
silence. "Blame it all, Catherine,
imother -.vorks like a hora. and never
goes anywhere. Can't wemanage it
s8mehow so she can go' 'ith you?"
Tom spoke excitedly and it was too
dark for him to see the sudden cloud
that .came over the face ot the girL
"I honestly 'hadn't thought of it be
fore Tom. Mother never seemed to
-are much About it, but. I am afraid
it isn't pcsslole. She would have, to
have new clothes," and she thought
with a pang of her mother's shabby
Sunday dress and bonnet v.hich were
seldom worn. "It has been almost
more than we could do to spare the
money for one trip," and there was a
catch in her voice that did not escape
Tom.
"Oh, well, perhaps she doesn't care.
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings and
I'ma awfully glad you can go. Next
yeat I hope to be earning a little
asore' than my clothes and car fare
and then I can help a little."
that night' sleep refused to come to
Catheline's eyes, and look Which way
she would her mother's patient face
and gentle smile seemed to confront
her through the gloom.. "Mother needs
. vacaStion" Tom's words echoed and
echoed in her ears as she turned from
side to aide in a vain effort to forget.
what should she do, let her mother
p in her stead? But to that she knew
~ter would sever consent and it
oat "theb qo eetion for them both
to go There w'as but one thing she
olid' do n`that was to remain at
kome and try to make the month one
Sip$easure to both ti them. It. was
sot without a strugtle and many tears
chat the decision p"a made, for Cath
wine was so .erola, just a common
plane hard-working- little woma..
- The firt f June was but three laya
it and the bent moang at brefa t
rs. Shiders suggested that she begin
h day to pak ,the new trunk far
M*4-.L ,;· %
lSj as she could . %mmand: "I hazt
decidif ot to go to Vermont, mothr
ei, but will spend my vacation ,at
Counto nation, pleasure and grief
were Iattling for the mastery. in the
face of the mother. "Not go! Why,
Catherine, what do you mean?" Then
a sudden light broke over her face and
laying a trembling hand on her daugh
ter's shoulder she exclaimed in a voice
in which the tears were not far off:
"You are thinkiug of what Tom :aid.
Why, I wouldn't go if 1 could and yc
must go; you need a change. Your
clothes are all ready ant think what
the girls would say."
"It makes no difference what any
one says. I am going ",o spend a
month with my mother and it will be
the happiest month you and I ever
spent. We shall ride and picnic and
eat and be merry in our own way, and
-please, mother, don't say anything
more against it, but let me find my
happiness in my own way."
And such a vacation as it was; the
neighbors tall: of It yet when food for
gossip over back fences is at low ebb.
Happily Mrs. Sanders and Catherine
were ignorant of their remarks, per
haps had they known it would in no.
wise have intcrferred with their pleas
ure.
First there was a picnic in the
woods, with well-filled lunch basket
and a bundle of late magazines, and as
mother and daughter sat on a grassy
THERE WAS A PICNIC IN THE WOODS.
knbll at the foot of a giant tree and
ate and inad and talkea and laughed,
in their ears the rustling of the
brances and the songs ox the biras,
the h~art o the girl was cull of suient
tanaksgiving tnat she was permittea
tJ share wits her mother this beautiful
vacauton in "God's wondertiul out of
doors."
There were early morning walks and
a couple of drives over tne beautiful
boulevards and through the parks
where the beauties of nowers, foun
tains and trees were spread out before
them. Then came a dinner in town at
a cafe so fine that at first Mrs. San
ders felt rather out of -place in the
midst of so much elegance. The nov
elty of the situation, however, pleased
her and she finally ate her dinner to
the accompaniment of music as calmly
as though seated at her own modest
table.
After these mild forms of dissipation
these two pleasure seekers were next
to be seen, at the matinee, and Cath
erine's delight at her mother's evident
enjoyment of the play was almost
hilarious. This was Mrs. Sanders'
first glimpse of what to her seemed
fairyland, and only when the curtain
went down on the last act did she
seem to breathe, so intense was her in
,terest
But the gayest, the most unexpected
was reserved for the last, and Cath
erines mother was almost staggered
when it was proposed to her. An
automobile ride, of all things! When
the ponderous machine with its chauf
feur arrived at the door- of their
dwelling there was a rush of many
feet to front doors and windows, and
heads, gray, yellow, brown and red,
were crowding each other in wild
endeavor to gain a view of this un
usual sight.
It was al: over now, all the excite
ment, and but one week remained in
which she was to remain quietly at
home and rest for the work of the
comilingyear. Had it paid? wondered
Cathefine, as she stood that last even
ier looking out at the starse of the
June night. Just then her mother's
laugh rang out clear and sweet as she
sat on theporch below telling Tom of
some of their expetienoes, "Why, i
feel like a girl again," the little woman
had added. Surely` that was .enough
for Catherine. Turning she surveyed
her own face in the mirror, and laugh
ing softly at the rosy-cheeked reflee,
tion that confronted her she was
forced to confess that her vacation
had been a brilliant succesa-Kansas
City Star.
SWIMMING POOL REMEDIES.
Kow the Boy with His Head Full if
Water Was uddenly
Believed.
"Golly, my head's full of water," said
a boy at the gubeic bath as he stood out
the side of the pool and pounded his
temples with his open hands.
"Put a rock on your ear," yelled a
country lad who was treading water
in the middle of the pool. "Thatll
draw out the water."w
The city youth thsed a piece of brick
thatdwas lying in the corner of a dress
ing room, but it did y o good. Reipes
fore drawing o eat te-water were harled
etnom all parts of theisom. u
"Here,. I'll show you ahow to get ite
out, said a boy iWrd: had been ma:kinig
spectacnlar-des and 'twask therefork
competInt toyea re.Habedi p taid e won
Cton u oi ar fhte s eiod and put yoer
lettf~t on yor right khes. TNow fhold
roar. niose in youai left hnd -mnd yot~hi
legt ear wit~h yot right a nd;w.Set at
hie boyn t thelowater teling.Top
s.omeof:s tear.er exeinces, "Whiy, ol' .
feellke a girl agan the ito te wom
hade t added- lyp hed thaEt waepnoiug
a oya tBhe ulcbt a esod
the ~ ii~- i2 sie f hepol nd Poudeis
tepe ihhi pnbns
W ,h1IN , N tSSATS
SUCCESEPUL AT TmS.
School Girls Should Write on Subjects
That Interest Them-Never Write
a Historical Composition with a
Book Before You--Take Notes
Avoid a Long Introductions-An
Abstract of a Book Should Tell of
Host Entertaining Characters -
Letter-Writing Helps Composition
Writing.
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
(Copyright, 190, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
One day in the early summer, it was
my great good fortune to be invited to
what was called "A Composition Read
ing" in a girls' school of high char
acter and wide reputation. It was
a pretty sight that greeted my eyes.
The girls of all ages, from 10 to 18.
were dressed in white, and their sweet
faces and lovely manners entitled
them to be called, if ever girls de
served the name, winsome school
girls.
The programme of the morning in
cluded essays in English composition,
written by members of every class int
the school, from the lowest to the
highest. There was great variety
both in subjects and in treatment. Full
play was given to originality, and no
two compositions were alike. The
teacher who had charge of the work
told me that so far from disliking to
write, the girls loved the exercise, .nd
that her classes were the most popular
in the curriculum.
I don't know how it may seem to
the girls whom I am talking. with to
day. They may enjoy writing compo
sitions or they may dread and dislike
this part of school duty. It depends
a .good deal on the way one begins,
whether one likes or dislikes anything.
If one is called upon to write a compo
sition on a topic which does not inter
est her, and which she knows abso
lutely nothing about, she cannot ex
pect to find much fun or much inter
est in so dry a task. The important
thing is to have something to say
Composition is the art of having some
thing to say, and saying it agreeably,
with due regard to the rules of good
English.
If one wishes to excel in this branch
of education, one must first of all be
willing to take great pains. If I
were teaching a group of girls, I
would say: Write your theme at the
top of your page, then stop and ask
yourself what you know about it. If
yen are to write the story of a journey,
go back in memory to the day you
started, and tell in an orderly fash
ion the various steps you took, by
what train or boat you traveled, what
incidents arrested your attention on
the way, and how you were impressed
when you arrived at your destination.
There are people who go through the
world as if they had no eyes.. Taey
see little, because they do not look.
The one who looks around her will
find interesting incidents in the short
est walk, or drive, or trip by train
In describing a place or a jaunt there
is this to be remembered, that you
wish to fix the emphasis on the strong
est points, and slide over without men
tion little details that are simply com
monplace. For instance, it is not
necessary to say that the conductor
came through the train and took up
the tickets. As everybody' knows,
conductors always do this. But if
you had an experience that I once bad,
on a leisurely train, in a southern
state, when the conductor signaled the
engineer while some of the lady pas
sengers went out of the cars and gath
ered flowers by the roadside, you
might tell about it. In other words,
tell df t'e unusual, not of the ordinary.
If yo ar composition is to be his
torical, and its central figure is one
of the country's men of renown, as, for
instance, George -Washington, Rcbert
E. Lee, or some other man whose deeds
have passed into history,. you would
best read what you can find about the
man and his period - On no account
write your composition with the book
you have read before you. As you
read make notes, if you choose, so
that you may be accurate when you
mention a place or a date, but put
wholly aside before you begin to write
the volume you have been consulting.
You wish to write your composition in
your o*n words, not In the words of
an author whose volumes are in the
library. Do not waste time in a long
introduction. 3egin at the beginning,
tell %where your hero was born, Where
he attended school, and what hap
pened about the time that he enterel
public life. This is not difficult in
the case of the Father of His Country,
and every American girl should be so
familiar with his life that phe can
write a creditable composition on
George Washington.
Perhaps your teacher will ask you
to make an abstract of an interesting
book which you. have lately read. Here,
again, ask yourself what pleased you
most in the book or the story, and
which of the characters was the most
entertaining? Try to tell the story
briefly, taking from it the important
points and omitting much of the con
versation and the minor episodes. One
of the most prominent American au
thors, a man whose name il famous
wherever English is spoken, puts the
entire substance of a long novel into
three pages oT note paper, before -he
begins to write his book. If an au
thor can do this in composing the
framework of a novel, a school-girlt
wrlting about the book, when she naas
read it, may learn how to sketch the
story the same way. Doing this gives
splindid practice in writing English.
Your composition may take for its
sitbect anuact in one of Shakespeare's
.plays, or it may weave itself arouind a
tat of Sripture, or::a -sentiment fro.t
po try. Whatever the subfect, sit
down before it and gaze at it until it
takes shape in your mind, and yeou
thoughts begin to answer it, as the
$ y on the piono responds to the
totch of your anger.
Erery school-girl should leara htw
should be traightforward and lic&
telling preclsely what onewante , in
4ie foaste psshbi# WOrds A letter
te to the lhape neenl, mben anI
ke fo-,r ranted thtti
i write a few-es 0av.n a .all
all .that is ,goits on; ?t. should Ae
have qeite gone outi.nd are alt atl
should answer any questions they may
hare put In letters they have eset
In old times there were pet phrases
thnecessary. which people began their lettrs, y
Uh as: "Iyou take my peat tn hand to
write a few lines," ore "aving a alyou.
oUse tohe spare this afernoonuld tougt
I could not spend it better tha& in
writing to you," etc. These pith ses
have orr ite gone nt t,ad are not at all
necessary. Begin your letter as Youn
would your composition, at the bof read
ning. Let your letter re one reenads, you.
Use the same words you would 4f you
were sitting face to face with yorad,
correspondent.
No girl will ever excel in writing
compositions who is not fond of read
ing good books. The more one reads,
the better one will write. As we read,
words and sentences form- themselves
into part of the furniture of the mind.
A good style is gained, not so u1ach
by constant writing, as by thoughtful
reading. Read the books you like.
Read books that have to do with what
you are studying. Read Tennyson ardi
Shakespeare, and Longfello* and
Emerson.
Time spent over good books will be
well spent time for girls who long tc
write cleverly and forcibly.
FANCY TROLLEY: POLES.
.New Feature of the Present-Day
Equipment of Many City
Railroads.'
Among various specialties no* pro.
duced in trolley road qupplies and
equipment are ornamental poles. When
trolley railroads were first built the
poles used everywhere for supporting
the wire were, of the simplest and
plainest sort. The first were of wood,
iron coming later.
But when the trolley had come to be
established in use and the sight of the
trolley poles had become familiar, it
was felt in many localities that bare
poles standing in long ranges, often
along fine residence streets, as well as
in business thoroughfares, were not
sightly objects, and there was begun
the manufacture of ornamental poles,
which are now made, in considerable
variety and are widely used.
The, columns of these ornamental
poles are of better finish' and appear
ance than the original iron poles, an%
under the arm projecting from the top
to support the trolley wire, extending
from the pole to the end of the arm, is
placed an ornamental bracket of scroll
work or other design. The effect is to
do away with the succession of bate,
unsightly poles and substitute-in place
of them a succession of forms of grace,
for, in their brackets at least, many
of the ornamental poles are of grace
ful conception, making them objects
agreeable to the eye.
These ornamental poles are made
single, with a single arm an5) bracket,
for single track roads, or for side poles,
or they -are, for double track roads,
made with two arms, in such a case- a
single line of columns being set along
the middle of the street, wlui the or-.
namental brackets projecting on either
side. They are finished painted or
galvanized.
Such ornamental poles are now pro-l
duced in various stock designs from
which selection may be made; but they
are also sometimes made to order from
special designs supplied by the build
ers of the roads along which they are
to be set up.
American ornamental poles for trol
ley equipment are sold not only in this
Scountry, but in Europe, South America,
Japan-in all parts of the world, where
trolley cars are used.
WHAT HIS JOB WAS WWORTH
Plain Hints Given Corporation OfB
cial by One Who Wished
'Him Well.
Some months ago an officer holding
an important -executive post in'one 'of
the greater corporations received -t
kindly, almost neighborly call from
one of his fellow directors, says a New
SYork letter. in the Philadelphia Press.
This officer had returned from a brief
vacation trip. The fellow director said
to him that in tiew of their long
friendship and their respect and admi
ration each for the ability and achieve
ments of the other, he waq going to
speak somewhat plainly to that officer.
Then he put this question bluntly to
him:
"What will you be willing to pay to
keep your place?"
It seemed a strange question. The
executive officer did not know at first
what to make of it. He saw, of coursq,
that there was some kindly, though
hidden, purpose in the question, and so
he answered in the spirit in which the
inquiry' was put. He said that, of
course, if it were necessary and was
the proper thing to do, he would rather
pay a large sum of money than to lose
that office, for it represented his ambi
tion and was in line with his achieve
tments. "But I do not know what you
are driving at," this offcer continued.
Then the officer was told that while,
of course, it was impossible to take
seriously the question "What- money
are you willing to take to hold the
office," nevertheless there was a price
which he would have to pay" and that
price was this: He must give up.s-.
tentatious living, he rtust-be especially
careful to observe local ordtnances, not
driving recklessly with his automobile,
he must be careful to keep all the ap
pearances of propriety, he must do all
things that- a sober-minded, self-re
specting citizen should dm and if his
disposition led him to geel diesipa
tion, riotous living or .t ostentation
then the giving up of those things was
the price he would have to p-ry if he
desired to keep his offile. Aid the ras,
son why that price was exaqf t was
that at offeicer of a corporation itil ich
tle public has invested heavilv be mut
necssarily heed public opinion even
in thi conduct of his private life. -
. He Didn't.
His other-- altM Tsorry, Tommy, to
learn that you and the little boy next
door have beei . uarreiing again. Bet
ter `make it up with lhim. Never let uto
sun go dowA pon your wrih.
'111<84 < rjVCfL.
Ama ia J ekfa ot. e
Those of Other Nav·le-O!1
ing tlse Capitol ouitin"
New eri r.Light.orhe
erhave -l pretty di
The pittace 9tit
ulre. rs tableeetprepeave byforther
lish N avy and Re tho the alo-f
lowin cot mainceD made to th
enlisted man in four of teb navaot
theworld: n theSthtel ted Stagt
Is A56;.n table rEneistly prepared by the
English Navy and Rle cos rd giv that fo
listed man in four of thenbig ofvi; of
Unthe world In tates United Statee
Is $565; anthe English navy, 990; in the
An estimat,. of the 'psay.' ceid
-men and petty o~cers .iti~ esAtiO
French navy, $ ,be o and If the Rap isia
rollnavy, 250,of one only half that the reB
lish te aryand, less thas hce that i the
United States navytt Underslp t heo into
aof whomtec e s clude. are ts clo-t il
the highestand alloes
men and petty orecers mthore thAerican
namothvy Theran be formed by tr w the p
rollot one of the bndettleshipas The
one of the latest aned ships t to I.nto
commiston. he hav U31 enlisted e nada
-The lowest wage paids$9aioathiz#
the highestr $75.7. Seven - t of -eee
peo t ty ofbeier receie more ith 'i5
month Thera e are 17 more who get over
$70 and les than $75; fouri whio reeive
more than $60 andtless than $70; 25 mor
$40 and ess than $50; 184 morethaii $30
and less h than $40, and 139 more than
$25 a month..
heNo foreigt. battleship can compare
with that record for the paynof its n
listed for$e, and this does not include
the thtra pay and all waneasuch 6s. re
recev0ed by seamen tn 0 cha3g of roedn,
qualined gns poanters, who get froms ;
to $10 to their regular pay and : e
taNo. A man on the retired li11oart eh
navy gets three-fourths of his aent
pay, and it is possible for ealise~pea
to obtali homes wrih thpttet facilities
than the average wage worker i inoer
lines. -
renovating the . Ca pit.
OR the r 't.time in
a great number of
years the wotunda
of the capittl is bp
Singthoroughly retn-`
ovated. Thea en.
mulation of dusttg
stwnsre h.s be.
so deep as to hid
miaty of the beau
ties `t the . ft .
places the bl*k,
i flnedunswast~b
in depth. Althiasaciumilation hadg
soaped, away before the work ofp.*t
ing the huge .dome oud begin. Ir
sine congress left t
March a force of men hae bee at
work on the rotunda, and a made thrill
lug slght thana half dozen hlertsies:
cleaners at work stting frail seats
suspended by ropes ri theupper pmt
of the dome could not bq l -p*gtu W
mhakes one dizsy to lok p and set
those workmen with nothing between
them and the Doer ofd the dome, .18
teet below, exoept _a slight board at
tached to two ropes suspedtrom t
rim of the dopne.
The sight- of these *woshesn Wa a
fascinating one, despite its bloodehill
In- character., The thousands of touar
eits that thronged to this old bldg
during the ummier have carried with
them a memoryas thri sg those wh
witness the lost V dartg kteontamtb
climbing' feats. A miastep or an un
sound strand in the rope aeant a horni
be death for thf ese workmen. The re
ovation of the dome has worksea great
change in its appearance. 'Always i=
presoive, the new fresh coat of painthes
given it added beauty. Th: histori
paintings around the base he all beep
refreshed and the circle of frescoes ,t
der the first gallery alyh mre anttende
to illustrate the grqet events l thei
tory of the country now stand out mer
distinctly.
The dome 1S to be further
by 3,000 incandescent lamps whicf*w i
Iluminate it. Heretofore this ha* Mee
a ghostlike plac at litt whe g ,d
a few faint gas fats dappied the I1bhtt
The newlampp will bem nngel
rows, the fart i li ,iupt- u
painting at the top otthe ds ne ndh
other rows wil11 be sq arane thatol
the light -effect will be seen. 4 S
thwnemselves will e conealed.
erubling gStatues.
Domertist& isa
as lttle less
va'ndslfaem has
been followed o
- k a'd stattuesi
years ago 'sia
cove for leaet
the lll
u+reaan4s o
h eelebrateu stattue -at *s
by Greenough,. whih 'stdfd
pa-a immediately fd t
wis the * 4ar Pk tiec of
marble and tit
keepe
ties are `0
' vidence f ge
isltion tof
o~idooth.
The delia t i ý
fac. .'trikete
hie never
entire ulig`
their 1job, .or
one sid hf 0 ý
lie old
congruou
cJl2 and
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