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Guard American Statesmen. Exceeding rare Is taken by the members of the Senate to prevent some crank from attempting to wipe that body out of existence at one fell swoop- The doorkeepers have special instructions on this point. Every per son who enters the public galleries is closely scrutinized. Visitors can carry no packages whatever, because It Is feared the bundles may contain bombs or other infernal machines which could be hurled with deadly effect Into the chamber. During the recent rush of visitors to Washington the guards bad lively ex periences with the amateur photog raphers’. Every day dozens of tourists were barred out because they had their cameras with them. The guards admit that tin* Senators have no ob jection to haying their pictures taken, but they say there Is danger of some dangerous missile being concealed in the cameras, so they cannot take the risk of permitting,them in the galler ies. As the guards refuse to he re sponsible for packages left with them the fears of the senators result in cut ting down their audiences. During a recent exciting and prolonged session of the Senate several young women who did not wish to miss any o'f the interesting debate sent out for some luncheon. The guard stopped tne mes senger on his return. He explained thut the package contained things which were dangerous only when ta ken Internally, but the doorkeeper was obdurate. The young women were forced to give up their desirable seats and eat their lunch in the corridor. On another occasion a well-known congressman attempted to enter the Senate gallery with a suspicious-look ing bulge to his coat and he was made to show what he carried In his pocket. It was a bottle of Ink which he had just purchased In the Senate station ery-room. Dramatic Oath-Taking. At a memorable gathering, attend ed by Henry HI., the prelates and bar-’ ons of England, each bearing a lighted taper, encircled the king while the curse of heaven was invoked by the archbishop of Canterbury on those who in future should in any respect violate the two charters (the Magna Charta and the Chnrtn de Forests). Hands were lifted in air and brows bared, and "the tapers were then ex tinguished and thrown, stinking and smoking, on the ground and the dire malediction uttered that the souls of every one who Infringed the charters ‘might thus lie extinguished and stink and smoke in hell.’ ” Weirdly Im pressive in its rude fervor, the epi sode was made additionally striking by the action of the i\ing, who closed the ceremony by declaring these words: "So may Clod help me, I will inviolably observe all these things, ns 1 am a man und a Christian, a knight and a crowned and anointed king." George Washington's Religion. A New York Tribune correspondent writing from Washington arrays all the historical evidence at hand and concludes that the first president was not a communicant of any religious body. A leading quotation, that from Robert Dale Owen, seems to convey tho spirit of the whole communica tion: "When 1 spoke of Washington’s deathbed. I had the account of an eyewitness lying before me. And' most strongly does that corroborate my opinion that Washington's religion was of the most liberal stamp. No clergyman around lils deathbed. No protestations that in the dying hour religion afforded- him aid. No praying. No repenting of texts. No asking for a Bible to. road a chapter. The Father of His Couhtry died the death of a patriot; |»e died as ho had lived, in dignity and peace; but he left behind him not one word to warrant the be lief that ho was other than a sincere Deist." The Point at Issue. A witness, who had given his evi dence in such away as to satisfy everybody in court that ho was com mitting perjury, being cautioned by Justice . said at last: "My lord, you may believe me or not. but I have stated not a word that is false, for I have been wedded to truth from my Infancy." “Yes. sir." said Justice ; "but the question is how long have you been a widower." Electric Light Not Harmful. A Russian specialist has decided that, contrary to the general opinion, electric light plays less havoc with the eyes than other forms of artificial light. He bases his deductions on tho fact that disease and damage to the eye are proportioned to the frequency of the closure of the lids. He found that the lids close in a minute (5.8 times with candle light. 2.8 times with gas light. .2.2 times with sun light and liß I-jj.'S *.ith elect i- light. Land Stolen by the Sea. The Strand .Magazine describes the steady and disastrous eating away of the coast line of England by the en croaching sea. and it is stated that the annual loss of area by coast eros ion in England alone is probably not less than 2,000 acres. On the other hand, marsh lands have been drained and other lands reclaimed, but these areas are insig nificant as compared with those which have been lost. Parts of the lost lands were low-ly ins. protected by dikes or levees, which were eventually breached; oth er parts were washed away by floods arid storms; hut in many cases the sea-is eating its way into tall ellffs, demolishing numerous towns and vil lages. The line of anchorage for ships off Selsey. in Sussex. Is still called “The Pnrk.'’ having been a royal deer park |m the reign of Henry VIII., while the treacherous shoals known as the Goodwin sands formed In early days the estate of Earl Goodwin. On tin* Yorkshire roast there are 12 hurled towns and villages, and in SufToJk there are five. Submerged for ests may be seen at low tide off Bex hill and Wirral, ami their remains have been found at numerous points along the roast. Southwest from Lands End. toward the Scllly islands, a peninsula of about 227 square miles has been car ried away: and below the sand beach is a deposit of black mold containing indications of trees and deer. At Wirral is Leasowes castle, now on the edge of the cliff, but fifty years ago it was half a mile from the sea. Many historical towns, such as Rav enshurg (mentioned by Shnkspere), where Henry IV landed in 1399, and Edward IV in 1471, have now entirely disappeared. At Reculver the cliffs were grad ually eroded until a church, originally two miles inland. wn3 partly wrecked; this church, however, had two spires, forming a striking landmark for sail ors. and th-> trinity hoard (in charge of the lighthouse work) therefore had a sea wall built to prevent the des truction of the towers. To Build a Chinese Cemetery. A Philadelphia attorney has pur chased a farm of forty-eight acres in Hcnsalem township for a syndicate, which purposes to establish n Chinese cemetery. It will be the only ceme tery of its kind east of the Rocky Mountains. Its projectors say that it will have one or more temples, and bo laid out in every way to conform to Chinese customs. The principal pagoda will be nine stories high, and from the balconies will hang bells, which are to be rung at stated hours of the day and night—certain ones to keep the evil spirits away and others to guide the good spirits. The Chi nese have been trying for a long time to obtain a tract of land on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad, between New York and Philadelphia, for a cemetery. Edward Kemeys in Washington. Edward Kemeys, a sculptor, well known for his reproductions of ani mals, and his wife, who is also a work er in the same field, after a winter spent in studying the Indians and wild game of New Mexico, have settled down in Washington, where the Zoological park offers them plenty of material. At present Mr. Kemeys is at work upon a series of bronzes or dered by Chicago for her public buildings, representing the important animals of America. His chief work heretofore has been bought by Chica go. which city 13 especially proud of the lions that guard the entrance of the Art Institute. They are nine feet high—the largest in the world, with the exception of those by Landseer in London. Pat’s "Test. A good story is told of an Irishman, more patriotic than clever, who en listed in one of the smart cavalry reg iments. The fencing instructor hail experienced rather a difllcult job in the matter of explaining to him the various ways of using the sword. "Now.” he said, "how would you use the sword if your opponent feinted?” "Bedad,” said Pat. with gleaming eyes, “I’d just tickle him with the point to see if he was shamming.” His Editorial Message. When Martin Baddies went North, with a grip full of poems, the janitors and editorial attendants, suspecting his purpose, turned him down. At one office he displayed his wares to one of the editorial guards, who said: "The editor won't talk to you about | manuscript—he’s full.” "Ail right,” said Baddies, as he packed his grip again, "tell him I'll '•nil a -ound when he’s sober.’ —At . !'ir.ta Cchetitution. Cerements Grace Weddings. Few brides would care to follow a custom traditional In some rural dis tricts of Northumberland, in England. There, when a woman marries, her grave clothes are considered quite as essential a part of her trousseau as her wedding gown. Safely wrapped away with lavender and all kinds of sweet-smelling herbs, they are taken out from time to time and carefully aired and inspected. Indeed, these grewsomely suggestive garments seem to have a special value, for their own er, in moments of gloom and depres sion. often finds comfort in trying on her snroud and reflecting upon the pleasing efTect it will produce when her turn comes to be "viewed” by her mourning neighbors and acquaint ances. A Story of Holland House. The place now belongs to the fifth Earl of Ilchester. a lineal descendant of tae famous politician Fox, after ward Lord Holland, and Lord Ilches ter. who owns over thirty-two thou sand acres in other parts of the coun try. has ample means for “keeping up" Holland House. Holland House, too, has its ghost story. The beauti ful I.ady Diana Rich, daughter of the Earl of Holland from whom the house took Its name, was once walking in the garden before dinner, when she met her own apparition, "as if in a looking glass.” A month later this lady succumbed to smallpox, and her sister, also, it is said, saw an appari tion just before her deatn.—Cassell's Magazine. ALABASTINE ron YOUN BCHOOL HOUSES Cleanly and Sanitary Durable and Artistic Safeguards Health The delicate tint 9 are made with special reference to the protection of pupils' eyes. Beware of paper ana germ-absorbing and disease breeding Kalsomines. ALABASTINE COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. IT TOO ? Over 2.000,000 people are now buy- I ins goods from us at wholesale prices—savins 15 to 40 percent on every thin? they use. You cun do it too. Why not ask us to send you our 1.000- page catalogue *— It tells tho story. 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