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AN ICY REJOINDER.
Pert Remarks From y Small Boy Who
Hankered After Ice Water.

From the Mail and Express.
They didn't have ice water at b 10 store and
they did have II at the store next door. Conse-
quently his soul was filed with envy, oven il
he was but a mere snip Of an Office boy. The
other morning particularly big iceman
with . particularly big pair Of tongs, saun-
tered up to the store whore they did have ice
water carelessly dropped u particularly small
piece Of ice at the door and strolled away.
The envious Office boy happened TO ne around,
and The sight of even that small bit of ice ro-
vived all his old heart burnings and perhaps
all his old-time stomach burnngs.
Eth, mister" he shouted, Il say!''
The big iceman with the big tongs, who was
fifty feet or 80 away by this time, turned arc und
saw the bay waving his hand at him and re-
traced his steps, think ing. perhaps, that he'd
found q new customer.
"weli wat 10 yer want3" he lueried, a. he
approached the m )tionless youth.
"Oh, just wanted to tell yer yer dropped
something" responded that console nee less in
dividual with u nasty gesture toward the micro
scopic piece OF ice and q still more hasty de-
paSture from the scene Of action. that iceman's
tongs di Int hit the envious office boy, but they
did hit the place where he had stood and the
verbal voiiey of thu i;emsn hit erything In
the vicinity.
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1t is not only guns .Lat find their way to this
cemetery, but also the things that the guns
used to shoot Around behind the factory
where they are now making those highly tenn
pered cones Of steel that are designed to go
through ever SO many inches OF armor and
then explode on the other side are piled in
neat symmetry hundreds of old projectiles,
solid shot and explosive shells, round. elong-
ated, pointed, twisted, all sorts Of shapes, in
fact. Some are painted white, some red, some
black. while others have given themselves
color OF their own through successive rustings.
tree is artistic group Of these old missiles OF
death, arranged in the regulation pyramids and
loakins very peaceful, rs II their sole mission
was to be used for decorative purposes.
REAL GRAVE IN THE CEMETERY.
There is death amidst all these engines Of
death-a lonely little grave down behind one
Of the shops, marked by a. leaning headboard
that bears three ietters-BOB Here is u small
mound to be vet discerned, with evidences Of
care taken with the spot at some time not far
distant Some Of the older workmen know
the story Of how one day the pet dog OF the
children Of the commandant's family died sew
eral years ago aud there was Q great
ones formed in procession and laid
their dear Bob away under the sod. Some
days afterward one OF them came to the conclu-
sion that Bob had not boon buried properly,
and they enlisted the sympathies OF one Of
the gunners attached to the yard and resu--
rected the remains. Then the ceremony
was performed in the right way, and
after another procession the dog was
once more laid at rest. About o week after
that there was another epidemic of discon-
tent among the mournera, and after some pro-
test Oh the part OF the gunner. the performance
was repeated On this occasion. however, the
gunner showed such lack Of the proper feel
ing tina. he was severely rebuked by the chief
mourner, and as punishment was compelled
to rebury the dog once q week until the pro-
cess became o nuisance. And this IL Bob's
grave
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N THE GRAVEYARD.


To the casual visitor. most likely, these huge
humps of metal represent nothing but SO much
weight, o. mass. or value as old iron. while to
others, who like to regard the past and its
memories, they arc full of meaning. They
told a strange story the other morning TO o STAR
reporter vino wandered among them armed
with y more modern and still more deadly
weapon than any OF the relics, a detective
camera They were mute as the ordinary ma
rine guardsman. and the tales they told we're
those of the siien. language, quite full of ex-
preston, and often more enjoyable than the
other sort The major part OF the graves are
located in the rear Of the office Of the CON-
mandant of the yard. straight down the wide,
main street that leads from the gateway to near
the waters edge But before one gets well into
the yard there are two antiquities N the shape
Of men-killers that are sure to attract atten-
ton. They stand on either side OF the road,
with their muzzles pointing toward the outer
world. as II guarding the sacred precincts OF
both activity aud "Reminiscences. They are Of
the famous Spanish pattern. with their
oreeches-this word is purely technical
adorned with flowing designs. monogram of
some departed CastIlian monarch. band OF
letters around the extreme edge tells how they
were cast at Barcelona in the year 1T3S. \. D.,
aud more modern piece of literary work.
painted on n TIN plate and tackled to the trun-
MON of each gun. reads follows, telling tho
tale OF these refugees from their native land
better than any reportorial pencil could hope:
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PAST MENDING.

There are some famous pieces Of ordnance
in the cemetery. Up on the north side OF the
yard is an old hulk Of a gun that has not only
gone out of date, but is SO badly mutilated that
it can mover be used again, and it received its
scars in the. line of duty, too. 1t is one of the
great guns that formed the fighting powers Of
the terrible rebel ram Merrmac. that came SO
near to wiping the Union navy off the face Of
the seas. but which came to grief in very few
hours after her successes were achieved, at the
hands of a contemplate little tomato can on
shingle. the work Of the man whose remains
have just been taken to his native home by one
OF the most magnificent of naval constructions.
The inscription Of the gun is stamped into the
side with steel letters, and reads thus: Zone of
the guns Of the Merrimac in the action with the
L. S. Frigates Cumberland and Congress.
March 8. 1862. when the chase was shot off
The mutilation of the trunnions, &C.. shows
the Intellectual attempts to destroy the gun
when the United States abandoned the Norfolk
navy yard. April 20. 1861" The chase, it might
be well to explain. is the part which does not
appear in the illustration, that is. the end
which would have been there had not
one Of the Yankee shots hit it and
caused it 20 disappear end of the Euzzle,
in short. The gun is painted a dingy brown,
as, indeed. are all of those in the yard, except
those OF Spanish origin and other bronze pieces.
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Bot the secret OF their presence here IL In the
fact that it does not always need death to kill.
for to be ont of fashion 10 quite as sure
method. and these guns are very much behind
the STYLES They are not very old. some OF
them being as near to the present as 1855. but
they are considered as mere lumber when the
new theories OF gunmaking are mentioned
They are arranged in an elongated semi-circle,
with the round to the south. just as if they
were placed there to protect the river front.
They are dismonnted from their carriages and
lie with their truunions sticking heiplessiy out
into the air like young bird that has been
left alone and does not care to try its wings
The great guns are placed on the southern
edge OF the curve. the larger ones in the cen
ter and the smaller tapering off to the east and
the west. Most of them are contraband from
the rebellion and bear inscriptions showing
how and when and where they were captured
by the Union forces
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Tho smith Family.

From the Chicago Tribune.
W. T. Ewing. one Of the best story tollers Of
the Chicago bar. recalls an incident Of Joint
debate in Virginia. The disputants were Fitz-
hugh Lee .pd Wise. They were always rivals,
but their debates were always courteous. On
one occasion Mr.. Wise paid compliment to
the Eame OF Lee. Ifit were not that his oppo-
nent bore that ma me, said Mr.. Wise, that oppo-
nent would not be in the field. Had his name
been Smith" said Mr.. Wise in his perora ton,
''he would have gone to his grave unknown,
unhouored and unsung."
Lee replied. He said, personally, he should
like to see Mr.. Wise governor Of Virginia He
lavished compl iments upon his opponent In
quantity until he tired OF that sort Of play.
but warn him" said Lee, 'how he tribes
with the name OF Smith. He seems TO think
never b. anything. The Smith family has
helped Be- csake the history Of shis country. "
Then Lee Eegan citing the heroic deeds Of the
Smith family from the commencement He
mentioned each by namc and z ave an account
of his decds There are," he continued,
Matthew Smith, Mark Smith, Luke Smith,
Peter Smith, Paul Smith, Timothy Smith and
ST. John Smith"
Lee pause d for Vie purpose of giving hia
audience an opportunity OF grasping what be
was driving at In that pause there came one
OF those breaks from drunken man which d
as often fatal to good speech ~ 10 the blundsy
OF poor copy reader or proof reader TO a.
orderly and weii-mannered sentence. Ths
fellow seemed 10 rise out Of the ground.
"Wazzes matterth John. Smith that killed
pucahontasF no asked = '--.---s..as
u broke mp the meeting.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

FOR ONE AND THE WORLD. By NJ. BEruax
EDWARDS, author of Love and Marriage"
Next Of kin-Wanted." international
Series No 1l5.l New York: John W. Lowell
Co.
ENGLISH WRITERS: An Attempt towards a
History Of English Literature. By HENRY
MORLEY. Vol. V. The NV Century. New
York: Cassell & Co. Washington: Brentano's.
ECHOES FROM TIE ORIENT: A Broad Outline
of lheoaophical Doctrines. by WILLIAM @.
JUDGE tOccultus>. Reprinted from Kate Fiel is
Washington. New York: The Path.
THE LADY WITH THE CANELIAS. By ALEX
ANDRE DUMAS, flls. A New Translation. With
New Preface by the author, illustrated.
New York: Belford Co.
THE BISHOPS BRIDE BY DAVID CHRISTIE
MURRAY and HENRY HERMANN. ffnterna tionaI
Series, No. S9.l New York: John W. Lowell
HOW A HUSBAND FORGAvE. By EDGAR FAw-
cgTT, author of Divided Lives" sMirium
Balestier," etc, etc. New York: Bedford Co.
THE wONDER-LIGHT; and Other Tales True
Philosophy for Children. BY Mrs. j. CAMPBELL
vERPLANcX, FITS. New York: Tho Path.
SITTING MATRIMONY. A Novel By CARA
CAMERA, author OF Society Rapids" Phila-
delphia: I. h. Peterson & Brothers.
CONFESSIONS OF A WOMAN. BY MABEL Col
Inns. international Series, No. I'LL New
York: John w. Lowell Co.
COOPER. Philadelphia: The jewish Publica-
ton Society Of America.
THE vICOMTE'S BRIDE. By EsH SrukRr.
international Series, No. 1901 New York,
John W. Lowell Co.
IN THE RIDING SCHOOL: Chats with Esmerelda.
BY THO. STEPHENSON BROWNE Boston: d
Lothrop & Go.
VENGEANCE is NINE" By DANIEL DANE.
New. York: Cassen Il Co. Warrington: Bren-
tAno'a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20

A Georgia Woman Religiously Keeps Q
Vow Made to Her Husband.

The death of Mrs. Susan E. Merrifeld. which
occurred here yesterday, snys a special from
Americas, Ca. TO the Philadelphia Times, re-
wives interest in one OF the most peculiar cases
ever known Of vow Of silence made and kept
thirty years. In 1860 Mrs.. Merrifield, who, il
is said, was little woman of peculiarly bright
and CHEEKY disposition, was telling her hus-
band of some occurrence when he requested
her in a very suriy manner TO be silent. adding
that the sound of her voice was hateful TO him.
1t seems that Mr.. Merrifield while a good
husband in ever other way, was in the habit Of
venting his dispieasure when aroused by ont
side matters by i'll humor with his wife. whose
good nature usually passed his testiness by, but
on this occasion she replied that as II was
hateful 20 him, he should never hear her voice
again. And he never did, nor did any other
person ever hear II, for, IN spite of her hus-
bands remorse and remonstraDces from friends
and relatives, Mrs. Merrifeld kept her tongue,
though she continued TO act the part OF good
wife and mother, fulfilling every duty scrupu-
lousy y. She even bore three children to her
husband after this vow taken. When COM
manicaton was absolutely necessary with
those about her she used a STATE, but reduced q
language of signs TO such perfection in govern
ing her household and children that it was but
seldom that this slate was resorted TO.
1t was thought that when her husband died
she would resume the use of her speech. but
Wullc eno eat Ds MS Dtu, ueNOteu anu
loving to the last in answer to his supplications
that she speak but word TO him, she wrote
on the slate with all the evidences OF grief,
Il cannot, l cannot! God forgive and help
me. cannotr' But whether II was that she
found il impossible TO break her will and
her vow, OF that long disuse had effected her
organs SO that she really could not use them,
could not be arrived at. but her family inclined
TO the latter belief, for 1t is said that while she
was on her own deathbed she made distinct
but Intellectual efforts to speak TO her children,
dying with the seal of silence unremoved from
har n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20
GREAT GUNS GRAVES.
Some Interesting Relics at the Wash
ington Navy Yard.
OLD ABANDONED CANNONS.
Old spanish Trophies-Relics Of Ante
Bealum Days-Grim Scntincis Thnf
Cams shoof-PiIes OF Deadly Project
les-Homelcss shells.

~ UNs ARE born. like hu-
.kN~ty man beings. and then they
EHAE die. following out the sim
A~ ilarity quite accurately.
49, They have their periods Of
usefulness, their stages Of
decay and their times OF abandonment when
they are cast aside for other and better makes,
and are allowed to rust away on the refuse
piles of. perhaps, the scene of their birth. In
some cases they follow the ancient doctrine Of
the transmigration Of souls. and, when they are
melted over and recast into newer molds, they
reappear rejuvenated, fit for another period
Of noise-making and destruction.
But sooner or later these great guns, some
times known as cannons by the laymen. find
their way to the graveyards for abandoned do
stroyers. for there are cemeteries OF this sort
Just as there are those for human guns, great
and little. There is such spot down at the
southeastern corner OF the city within the
limits of the Navy Yard, where. oddly enough,
there is now the largest plant for the making
of guns this side of the Atlantic ocean Thus
do the elements OF life and death nestle side
by side. Here are store a good many of the
csnnons that were captured from tho confeder-
ate forces during the late war. and several
relics OF former strifes in which the American
dag was sustained in a truly American m amer.
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battery Of huge mortars on letters Square.
great roand fellows that fire six-;nch shells and
make q thunder Of report. II was the guns
OF this type that did 50 mu CHI damage to the
confederate forts and feet during the passage
OF the Mississippi blockade by Admiral Farra-
gut. They weigh several tons and are made of
cast iron. az are all of the pie ces OF this class
aud time.
SPLIT MONSTER.
In the next square are some odd relics-.guns
that have been destroyed BY constant firing.
both through accident and design. The most
remarkable Of these il here shown. Its story
is thus related on the side: First l5-inch gun.
Fired ss5 times with charges varying from IS
pounds with shell Of $50 pounds to 70 pounds
with shell of $40 pounds" Rather hard ser
vice, that The gun has been actually split
open, hike peach kernel. with the bore laid
bare throughout its entire length. log OF
wood has been placed in the broken muzzle for
the hack OF better place to put it. Most OF
the gun: along here have been condemned and
some ut them look very wofiii with the IL
yawning cracks and their bandages of iron
around them to keep them FROM falling apsrk
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The museum, the interior Of which will be
described at some future time. forms the rest
ing place for some Of the more deserving Of the
ordnance invaiids. Outside, summing in a long
line next to the wall, are a couple of dozen
shots and shell, and torpedoes tanned by fire, by
extraction, by rust. They represent the odd
tiles Of shell making the insanity of explosives,
SO to speak, and the mere sight Of them will
give a nervous man the shudders The fifth
OF those shown in the cut, counting from the
right and using the long, pointed fellow as
number one, 10 the WhHworth she'll previously
mentioned. The affair with startling resem-
biance to the end Of hot-water boiler attach
ment to q kitchen range is a can torpedo that
was found floating in one of the southern rivers
one day by daring Yankee. The southwest
corner Of the building is we'll decorated with
these toys. One of the prettiest guns in the
yard is to be found here-a small bronze how
itzer OF the Spanish pattern that was captured
at Fernandina, Fla., by Rear Admiral Dupont
February 8, 1856.
AN OLD SPAR TORPEDO.
Next to it stands what looks like beer key
with pointed top that has seen its best days
and is now slowly rotting away. Closer exam
ination shows that it has several protuberances
about as long as a cigarette, holes through
which the charge was poured into it and from
which the firing apparatus was worked. II was
once spar torpedo, designed to be fastened to
the end OF a long spar carried by a vessel and
thrust under the nose of an enemy and there
exploded. This sort of work was quite ms
dangerous for the attacking party az for the
other.
RELIC OF THE BRITISH INVASION
Around the corner ia o queer old gun painted
black. with wLite paper pasted to the top
that tells the whole tale, as far ss can now be
told 1t reads rs follows: Recovered Feb
ruary IL 1884, while dredging in the channel
In ho ~
of the guns of U. 8. sloop-of-war Argus, which
Was burned August "A, 1914, by order Of tho
Secretary Of the Navy. at the invasion Of
Washington city by the British" That, then,
is n relic Of the last time that the red-handed
invader, as he is called In the story books, left
his mark upon sur beloved land The gun is
rather short in proportion to its bore and sug-
gests the Spanish piece in its general out
lines, although it is quite devoid OF the decora-
tions usually put upon the latter.
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Clair, badly bruised; Joseph John picyoune.
Mshanoy City, hand crushed and hurt about
back and head; Harrison sylsnd, 1855 North
goth street. Philadelphia. leg broken; c. y.
Merkel, Cressons. instructor civil engineering
Lehigh University. arm broken and hurt in
ternally; John Mcdonald. Shenandoah. Iegs
broken; Lawrence Barnes, Philadelphia. head
injured and arm broken: John Straub Schayl-
kill Haven. leg cut; John r. sonen. Leesport,
head crushed and cannot live; John Rilsnd,
Philadelphia, leg broken and injured internally;
John Barnhart, Shenandoah, head cut and
bruised
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Among the most dreaded pieces OF ordnance
which the confederates had was the noted
WhiIworth gun, terribly effective rifle that
had wonderful range and accuracy, and sent
out a shot a foo. 80 in length that would
peGetrats almost any bulwark. The riding was
hexagoaal and had an unusual twist. so that
the projectile was given whirling motion that
caused 1t to send forth a particularly blood
curdling shrek that sent terror to the hearts
of all who heard il. There IS q good specimen
OF this gun IN tho yard, a few PAGES away from
the Merrimac relic. 1t is a long. slender piece
with scarcely more than two and a half inches
in the bore. while its length is fully seven feet
One OF the shells OF this piece is to be found in
the row of projectiles standing in front of the
yard museum. The following Inscription has
been stamped on the breech of the gun:
"Whitworth breech-loading gum captured by
Rear Admiral Lee near Fort Fisher, NC, Au-
gust %, 1868"
The centerpiece Of this unique collection of
old metal is whitewashed stone. rounded
standing on stone base. on each side of which
Is bronze cannon, numbered trophy Is and
trophy IA. The former. so says the legend,
was surrendered by the capitulation Of York
town, October 10, ISL. 1t must have been
stolen by the English from the Spaniards-by
whom 1t was made-before our troops reley ed
them of it. Its companion. on the other side,
Is named the "Justiciero," probably signify
ing justice.
QUEER MECHANISM.
There are some queer pieces of mechanism
among these old ruins. Some Of them have
really unique breech arrangements, but not
sufficiently ingenious. it would seem, from the
subsequent course of gun making One has a
long lever. which is to open the loading end. but
which will never do it until the gun has been
boiled in oil and the paint. dirt and rust re-
moved. Most of the guns have open vents, but
here and there are some that show evidences
OF fierce determination on the part of the re-
treating owners never to let their cannon be OF
use to the captors. for the holes have been
filed by irons. and in some cases sharp points
have been driven into the metal near the vents,
in order to weaken that part so that this guns
would burst In any attempts to unspike them.
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Foreign Notes of Interest.

France has entered into a contract to supply
the Russian government with TN enormous
number of rifles. According to the terms OF
the contract 100000 Of these weapons will Be
delivered within eighteen months.
A fire broke out Thursday in the house No.
1874 Friedrich strasse, Berlin, occupied by Q
wealthy merchant named Erich and his family.
His Two daughters aged sixteen and fourteen
wears. their governess and maid were burned
to death. When found their bodies we're dis.
figured beyond recognition.
Banker Syngros has started from Athens fof
Salonica to rebuild public institutions ct his
own expense.
The Vienna Frendenblatt has q scathing arti-
Gle on American egotism III desiring 10 excluds
European products while preserving European
markets.
1t is rumored that Chancellor Won Csprivi
and Count Kalnoky are discussing JOINT TO
prissls.
The Paris La Pair says that Emperor william
debate on the admission Of France into the
alliance with Germany, Austria and Italy.
A customs officer 1T Chabery, Savoy, shot
and killed an italian smuggier who was resist
ing arrest
When Maj. Gen. Baron Frederick, the mil
itary attache Of the Russian embassy ct Paris,
quilted the ground on which the review
was held at Cambria he WAS escorted 70
his residence by an enthusiastic crowd, who
cheered him and shouted Long live Russia"
Count schleinitz Of Berlin, who had been
ruined by gambling. has committed suicide By
shooting himself with revolver.
Advices from Hiogo state that the Turkish
man-of-war Ertogroul has foundered at sea and
that i've hundred Of her crew were drowned
The Turkish man-of-war EitZogroul haa
gone down with all on board near Japan
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THE FUTuas HRALrH or A CHILD can b influ-
enced 70 . marked degree By its nutrition during
childhood The choice Of . food u, therefore. q
the highest Importance. A physician writes: II
prescribe and recommend keliin's Food IN pref
oEoucp 70 any other and have done % for sesorAl
yoaxs With entire oaesfaction."
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. Mrs.. O'Hoolihan: sFaix, Dennis, an phat are
yex afther doin' now?" O'Hoolihan: '.Begob.
Rosy, it's meself ~ has bought . music stool
fcr Katie, an Ofve been woinding the Dassely
music cam i get ont Of il ct all, 1t eli p
Smith, Gray d Co.'S Noathly.
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10 Be Nlarricd Abroad.

London dispatch says: The wealthy Mis
Letter Of Chicago. who created such an in
preston during the past season. has fallen .
victim 70 the shafts Of Cupid. She y reported
10 be engaged 70 Sir Arthur Hail. Who 4 rich
man, tarristsr. md great friend q ~
roval family.