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disorder of the voiceess inhabitants d
this greatest mausoleum of the human
race.
1t is said that there is room for bur. tvso
more interments In the consecrated
ground, and that this is reserved for the
two most iI,ustrious living representatives
OF English literature and craftsmanship.
Everyone is familiar by description and
photography with that part of the South
traDsept. populariy known as "Poet's
Corner" opposite "Solomon's Porch"
through which the abbey il entered. 10
presents aside from its sentimental inter-
est the most imposing and characteristics
perspective of the vast interior. From all
points of view the vision ends in mysteri-
Gus gloom which the light cannot pene-
trate. The nave, with its repeated col.
umns and arches and sublime elevation,
is inspiring but it can be comprehended.
In the Poets Corner" everything IS ieis
to the imagination. To be mathematic-
ally exact, it is eighty-two. feet long,
eighty-five wide and i05 feet high, but 10
seems infinite in space. Many OF those
whose memorials appear upon the walls
are buried elsewhere. Shakespeare, who
is represented by an unworthy monument,
sleeps at Strafford, Gray ut stoke Pogls,
Thackeray at kensal Green. Milton IN -.
Giles and Goldsmith in Temple church,
yard. Ben Jonson, whose name IS wrongly
spelled on the stone, was buried IN the
grave standing upright and has been seen
twice since his original Interment. Long,
fellow is the only stranger In the great
company. and though his presence IS an
unprecedented distinction, the noble gra-
cious bust appears lonely and solitary.
His admission was a mistake.
The grave of Dickens Is marked by brass
letters sunk in the gray slab that covers
his ashes, giving his name and the dates
of his birth and death. 1t seems some
thing like dissertation TO bury the dead
where their graves will be a highway tor
curious or reverent pilgrims Tor all the
generations TO come.
In the circumference Of the nave and
aisles of the chapel are many recesses
crowded with the tombs of kings and
queens, princes and mobiles, eloquent with
the instruction that all alike await the
inevitable hour" and that the paths OF
glory lead but 10 the grave"
Passing from the oppressive contempla-
ton OF these memorials, which ambition.
wealth ana pride have reared TO escape
oblivion, the shadows of the crumbilng
cloisterc afford relief md co-soI atior. In
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cries, its monuments and its trophies. the
abbey would not excite extreme enthusi-
asm. IT is far less impressive than St.
Pau's. It's gray and corroded walls have
venerable majesty, and viewed from the
side 1t wears formidable and leonine as
pect; but it is unfortunately situated
upon depressed site and surrounded by
inferior buildings that mask and obscure
its outlines. Its neighborhood to the GIN
gerbread and millinery architecture of the
houses of parliament is a disadvantage and
detriment to both. The incongruitv is as
confusing and bewidering as the transit
ton from the DIN and roar and tumult of
Victoria street to the tranquil silence of
the deans yard on the south side of the
abbey, with Its peaceful and monastic Sc
clusion, or to the chamber of the Pix
whose double doors are still covered inside
with human skins.
Though its early history is lost in ira
dition and William the Conqueror was
crowned within its walls, the unfinished
towers were not completed until the last
century, and meanwhile the building had
been so changed, altered and restored that
1t must be regarded as growth rather
than a construction. The chanel of Henry
VII. was restored in 1909, the chapter
house in 1865, and the north transept was
only completed in 1890 from designs by
living architect. But notwithstanding the
changes and modern additions, the gene
raj effect is one of extreme antiquity,
though this is not strange, for everything
looks old in London. The corroding smoke
and the perpetual humidity change all
colors to gray and obIiterate the sharp,
clear outlines of the scuptor's chlsel.
The interior is, if possible, more gloomy
and dingy than the exterior. The vast
columns of stone have the compile xion of
pig iron and are roughly scaled and faxed
as if with rust. Only crumbling vestiges
nf taI tvac
of the graceful capitals and on the corbels
OF the arches and the cusps and mullions
of the pointed windows, while from some
of the recumbent etfigies upon the most
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This life is journey Ter mountains and plains,
With cities and towns on the way,
And Edeus of beauty with flowery lanes,
But. oddly enough, where no mortal remains,
Though prayerfully anxious to stay.
There are beautiful maidens as spotless as snow,
With voices as sweet as a song,
Aud flowers aflame with the morn's rosy glow
That all are permitted to CLEAN as they 60,
But no one can treasure them long.
There are fragments of songs, with a far-away
ring.
That come from nobody knows where:
There's bewildering be auty with loves offering,
Aud friendship az genial and welcome "a spring,
And pure as an infants first prayer.
There are banquets with banners and paeons OF
praise,
And laurel wreaths woven with flowers,
For those who succeed in life's perilous ways
Or please with their humor or sermons orIays
Or brighten the beautiful hours
And there are moments OF sadness. for nobody
Why the journey was ever begun,
The distances travelled or whittier he goes
Nor what new adventures await on the close
OF the day when the journey is done
But rumor anon, like a requiem wind,
Announces with haf-bated breath
That whithersoever their footsteps may tend
The mystical journey is certain to end
In the echo.ess valley of death.
o wonderful vale of which nothing is known,
Save that silence and darkness hold sway
That infant AMI maiden and king on his throne
N ust enter at bidding and enter alone,
To return not forever and ayei
All shrink from its terrors. and some In despair
The darkness and silence implore
One moment to lay their yelled mysteries bare.
But never an answer to question or prayer
Comes back from the opposite shore.
And opposite shore there must certainly be.
As certain as man il on this,
For two must exist when one shore we can seei
Yet so often at fault is philosophy's plea
That our only reliance, dear Lord, Is on Thee
That Thy love spans the dismal abyss
Seattle, october, 1892. Paul Cortland
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TEMPLES OF EUROPE.



paradise They are dirty. detiied and neg
iected enough now to be the gates OF the
inferno.
The cathedral of st. Mark was built
when Venice was the New York of Europe
and the richest city in the world. Its opu-
lent and princely merchants squandered
their treasures with barbaric magnficence.
summoning, as if by incarnation, from the
enchanted islands of the Adrjatic an
architectural dream in marble. like base
less fabric of Prospero's VISION. that re-
mains, after the tragedies and vicissitudes
OF a thousand years. the most pathetic and
splendid Renaissance OF history. An
irresistible fascination, to which poetry
can give no adequate expression, which
criticism and philosophy cannot anaiyze,
nor any art define, subjects the coolest
nature to its subtle and mysterious spell.
The cathedral does not look like y
Christian edifice. Il seems like a pagan
temple for the worship of some Oriental
deity. Its low, broad front is still more
depressed by the i've shallow domes thar
crowd its roof. The bold and spirited
group OF horses in gilded copper that rear
above the entrance have no spiritual sig
niticance and the golden mosaics that gilt
ter and burn in arch ana roof and yault
with lmperiShable ulster are tributes
rather TO the genius of man than to the
glory of God. The Unsuitable sea is insid-
lousy destroying It's foundations. and the
worn, uneven pavement Is sinking into
the mire and ooze of the lagoon, but the
centuries cannot dim nor tarnish the SOM
Der glory of those immortal cartoons
whose surface is ike an inCrustatlon of
gems upon golden armament.
No American of English blood can ap-
proach Westminster Abbey without rev.
erence and awe. Its extreme antiquity,
its historical associations as the place
where so many sovereigns have been
crowned and inferred, and as the sepulchre
of England's warriors. statesmen, poets.
philosophers, orators and divines, render
it unique and unapproachable in interest
among the buildings of the earth.
Westminster is England's Waihalla. her
temple of fame. indissolubly associated
with the greatest achievements and tri-
jumps of English history. literature. art
and civilization. Were it not for IT'S men,
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ancient tombs the features have almost


disappeared.
II Is perhaps not an exaggeration to say
that stranger visiting Westminster. Alb
hey tor the first time, with no previous
knowledge of its history or design. would
not suppose that 1t was a temple erected
Tor the worship of the Supreme Being. Il
IS crowded with sucn a confused and
Heterogeneous throng of busts, statues
monuments, slabs, memorials. effigjes and
gravestones IN walls and pavements
alIegories and metaphors in marble. sar.
coPnagi, tombs, cenotaphs, inscriptions,
epltaphs ana craven irnages-sorne absurd
others profane and many irreverent and
undeVout-that the first impression is not
unlike that produced by the miscellaneous
colIecIlons IN the gallery of museum or
VI me. lussaad's waxworks. except thar
there are no Chambers of Horrors. Des-
potic and profigate monarchs and their
lIegitlmate offspring. military and naval
heroes. dlssolute noblemen and Infants
oVerlald by their nurses, inventors. mill
anthropists, historians, lawyers, poets
and poerasters, orators. politicians and
statesmen. musicians, schoo masters and
artists, editors, novelIsts, actors clergy.
men, antlQlarlans, travellers scientist.
physicians, brewers, biologists. chamber
Ialns, u$hers, caFyers in ordinary tho
eighteen children OF Queen Anne who Ali
died stliiborn or in infancy. and Thomas
Parr, who lived m the reigns of ten Princes
and died at 1872, ali indiscrirpinateIv a.
semoled in the democracy OF the grave
without sequence OF time rank or dignitv
SO illat the attention Is siidered and the
MAaa coaio0a0sd " tee multiplicity aud
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his fingers upon the notes and coins which
constituted his entire personal assets. This
lady appeared 10 be a well-dsposed per-
son. but his precocity taught hiniSo dis
trust appearances. and he doubted whether
1t would he prudent to let her into the
secret OF a plan which tae accident Of her
invitation had rendered somewhat more
easy OF execution than IL would otherwise
have been. So he limited himself 20 the
confession that he had TOR a few minutes
refused To perform that afternoon.
Dear mer. exclaimed Lady Winch
connie. laughing. land if you had per-
sisted there would have been no concert.
How amusing that would have been
However, as you didn't persist, there
wasn't much harm done. and your father
won't punish you. hope"
Nothing was more certain than that his
father OF he got the chance) would both
punish him and pick his pocket. Dut 1t IS
always difficult 20 explain domestic situa-
tons to outsiders. and Franz a5staIned
from any effort in that direction He
answered, with perfect truth, that he did
not think his father would punish him
this time; soon after which he was spared
ali further need for equiyocation by the
pulling up of the carriage beneath the
portico of the Winchcombe Towers.
Winchcombe Towers is not quite so
grand an editice as its name might seem
to imply, although it is by far the largest
and most imposing among the many villas
which are scattered over the hillside Of the
fashionable watering place that it dorni-
mates. Such as its magnihcence and lux
ury were, they produced no impression Of
awe or wonder upon Franz Osternann.
who had seen plenty of big houses and
Conservatives and powdered footmen and
Persian carpets before. These attributes
OF wealthy existence were nothing TO him:
but he did like mullins, and was not
averse TO congenial society, when it could
be had. 1t was his good fortune TO be
provided with both, on being invited TO
seat himself at a tea table beside Lady
Ella Stracey. a vivacious little blue-eyed
maiden, who at once set to work to cate
chise him, and of the two he really
thought that he liked Lady Ella the best.
Her mother had letters TO write, so,
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no; only heardless but made no offer 10
kiss the young gentleman Tor whose talent
she professCd the s4ucereSt admiration.
She Was n handsome. mlddle.sced
molheFlyloOkjne woman. and il Was in
a very kindly snd sympathetic voice that
she said:
Poor little mani hos tired you look
Are YOU tired 2"
oh. YES, | an always tired, -" answered
Franz, meaning rather to safe 3 tAct than
10 make any appea! for additional p.ty.
But that - quite wrong: that Viii
never dol How arr y08 T. 81, on giving
concerts II you aren't a,lCSet 81 rvn about
and have plenty OF fresh ar. Lac other
ehlidrcn3 Come hack t. Tea WI ne and
he introduced ~ my lizzie dau.. Ter. who
- about your own age. / suppose youcan
b. spared %
LAdy Winchcombe supposed. ar3 h.f
Gcoi reason for sUpposlnE chat every VISA
al hers could he compiled with. in .hts
Instance she MAS not disappointed. s.
thuush Mr.. Robinson, " h3.a boWlag 1tse~
auleus.y snd thanking her lsdyshjp tr-
hcg k.ndnpsS ana condfsCvn sion, thought
II right - mention that Franz hal .o.
been ~ al \ gotsi boy thaf DAY
lie Is al oNeVS Sct hoy, sad Lady
Nluchconlts rather severely. "and every
ba'ds knows. ar ought te kaoW. thst az
eseTwor&c.s boy cannot he = good BOY. %
And when Franz Was seated beside hey =
he sotfly-cusbituea carriage, she asked 3
Nv ell. what have yoQ been s50Gsf Nhy
diJ wear ta.hSs say ;a@i yoa had been
ssugbtvT'
tsAuz put his hard sato tie pscAet ~
bis Ne.FeI AI.eAcEN~c~S-s All tsA.SDsG
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FROM "IS MEMoRIAM."

envy not in any moods
The captive void OF noble rage,
The iinnet born within the cage,
That never kne " the summer woods.
envy not the beast that takes
His license in the field OF time.
Unfettered by the seuge of crime,
To whom q conscience never wakes,
Nor, Whist may count itself as best,
The heart that never piishted troth
But etagnates in the weeds OF aioih;
Nor any want-Dego.ten rest.
hold ft true. whate'er bssall:
feel 10 when sorrow most:
lis better TO have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all
Alfred TennysorA
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Disappointed.
Chicago Tribune.

Captain. there's lady standing on the
docE who wishes TO speak to you before
the boat pulls out"
The captain Of the lake steamer hu-.
riedy ran up on deck and looked in the
direction indicated.
Lady be hanged" he exclaimed
That's my wife.
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Uyou do no, register you eaaao. ,ote

The I mon Pacific il thu only transcontiasntal
line running TWO tarough trains daily from the
Northwest 70 Omaha, Kansas City, Il. Louis ant
Chicago 2ai al points EasL Modern equip
meni, last time and the beat OF service. TIGxsk
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Al disorders caused by billion. .tsts ~ thu
system can 10 cured By US AZ Cart-r's ,tfs
Liver Pills NJ pain, gr.ping OF oIscoInfort
Atssl 1iaS lex vsA 2Iy issU
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-02
THREE MEN IN A FIERY BOAT.
The Fatal Result Of a Thought
less Deed.
One Man Dead, Two Dying and Much
Property Damaged.
All Because Man Lit His Pipe and
Dropped tile Unextinguished Match
Overheard and Set the
River Afire.
BY the Associated Press

Dy tuc AssOCiutCu IItbs
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IA thoughtless
act cost one life, much suffering to two
men, and destroyed $4,000 worth of
property this evening at Point Breeze.
The Schuylkill at this point is always
covered with scum OF oil from the ad-
jacent oil works. This evening William
Miller, Albert Krumbach and Warren
Hit were on the river at Point Breeze
in row boat. One of the men lighted
his pipe and carelessly tossed the blaz-
ing match into the water. As the
match fell into the water blaze
shot up alongside of the skiff, and
almost instantly the surface around the
boat was blazing. TIE men realizing
that the boat would be quickly con-
sumed, plunged into the fluid around
them and tried to swim ashore. The
fire spread more rapidly than they could
swim, and they found they were being
roasted alive. Hit sank beneath the
surface and was seen no more. His two
companions, by repeatedly diving and
swimming beneath the surface, sue
ceeded in reaching the shore. Both
men were horribly burned about the
shoulders, head, face and arms. Their
condition is critical. The fire in the
meantime spread down the river, and
the wrecking steamer Maryland was
damaged to the extent Of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-02
THEIAMs CASE.
ColOneIs Streator and Hawkins Testify
In Their Own Defense.

ColOneIs Strestor and Hawkins Testify
in Their Own Defense.
PrTTsBURG, Nov. 1.-The final testi
mony in behalf of the commonwealth
in the Iams case was heard this morn.
ing. Nothing new was elected.
Quartermaster Robbins of the Tenth
regiment then opened the case
for the defense with an address
to the jury, in which he de.
clared Iams made himself sick by
swallowing tobacco while hanging by the
thumbs. Notwithstanding that Colonel
Streater pointed out Iams's offense to
him in fatherly manner, Iams was de-
fiant and continues so still.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Gray, the first
witness, told of the situation in Home
stead before the troops were called out.
A certified copy of the governors order
calling out the troops was put in evil
dence, and the court took recess.
AT the afternoon session Colonel
Streator, one of the defendants, was
called to the stand. He retold the story
of Iams' conduct, and his punishment,
and said Iams was previously sentenced
to carry the log," as punishment for
desertion from guard duty. Witness
conferred with Colonel Hawkins
as to Iams' punishment, and they de-
cided on hanging by the thumbs. The
physician was instructed that no physi.
cal injury was to be permitted. When
the doctor said Iams was sick from
chewing tobacco, he cut him down.
Witness said the purpose OF the punish
ment was to prevent recurrt nee of such
breach of discipline.
In cross-examination nothing addi-
tional was adduced.
Colonel Hawkins then took the stand,
but his version of the occurrences did
not materially differ from Colonel
Streator's and the stories already pub
lished. In witnesses opinion the mode
of punishment was proper. Iams's Of
fense, he said, was mutiny, and he has
seen men shot for it.
In the cross-examination, Haw-
kins was asked why Iams had not been
given his discharge papers. Witness
replied that it was not needed, as an
official order was all that was necessary.
Iams' attorney said the national
guard code provided for discharge, and
his question was to show malice in not
giving bis client one.
The court adjourned at this point.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-02
ASEB ALL.

Tho Last of the Blocks of Five to Be-
gin Today.
The concluding five games of this sea-
sons last home series of league baseball
commences at $50 this afternoon at
Athletic park. The Dukelets will cross
bats with the Angels, and IS the latter
have not lost series since August there
is great deal of interest in local fan
circles to see them keep up the same
gait.
There are numerous conflicting ru.
mors as to the changes in the San lose
team, but they are probably confined to
the one man who will play in the place
OF Stallings, who has just got it through
his head that the outer covering Of that
portion of his anatomy has been frac-
tured for about year.
AS this is the last chance to see league
ball this season the cranks will probably
be out in force for each game.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-02
THE w. 9. T. U.
Miss Frances willard Re-elected Presi-
dent of the National Body.

Miss Frances willard Re-elected Presi-
dent of the National Body.
DENVER, Nov. Lady Henry Som
erset presided at this mornings session
OF the w. @. 7. q. After devotional
exercises, the convention proceeded to
the election of officers for the ensuing
year. Miss Frances E. Willard was re-
elected president, and she was conduct
ed to the platform amid the greatest en-
thusiasm and waving of handkerchiefs.
Mrs. Buell. was elected corresponding
secretary; Miss Pugh, treasurer; Mrs.
Woodbridge, recording secretary.
Some discussion was caused from the
fact that Republican club had held a
meeting in the unfinished Willard hall,
and resolution was adopted recording
q united protest that the first meeting
held within its walls should be the allies
of a political party whose policy and
principles regarding the liquor traffic
are utterly opposed to the spirit and
purpose Oi the organization,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-02
The only states which are positively
safe for the Republicans are the follow


concede;to Weaver, or the third party
Nebraska with its 8 votes, and there
is possibility that the 10 votes OF
Kansas and the 0 votes of Minnesota
may go to Weaver. At least 4 of the
votes in the latter state are fairly sure
for the third party.
tain 444 members, and majority is,
therefore, 223. Starting with 22O sure
votes, the Democrats have for the needed
13 votes three states to draw from which
are reasonably certain for Cleveland
These are Connecticut with 6 votes,
South Dakota with votes and Wash
ington with 4 votes. In case the
three named states all fail to respond,
there is Michigan. Under the Miner
law, which has been declared constitu-
tional by the courts, the Democrats are
sure of votes, if not more. II the
Michigan Mr.. Cleveland's majority will
be 238, or Is in excess of the number
needed.
The Republicans claim as sure Kan
sas, Minnesota and Nebraska, and as
kota and Washington. They also claim
sets; but on the strength of the regis
tration in Chicago Illinois is by no means
sure, nor is Massachusetts. But give
to the Republicans 8 votes in Michi-
gan, 10 in Kansas, 8 in Minnesota
s in Nebraska, 15 in Massachusetts and
% inTllinois, and they still have but
l57, and lack &c of majority. Again,
if Connecticut, g. South Dakota, 4 !;
Washington, 4; Iowa, 13; Montana, 8; /;
Nevada, 3; New Hampshire, 4; North
Dakota, g.; Wisconsin, 12. are surren-
dered to the Republicans, even these
make but 209.
There is no combination of possible
results which will give the electoral
college to Harrison without the votes of
both New York and Indiana. That the
81 votes of these two states are sure for
Cleveland I have no doubt.
There is not a diasension in the
Tammany ranks, and Hill and Flower
and Croker are working like Trojans,
shoulder to shoulder. The fat has
gone out from the Tigers lair that there
is to be no trading to the sacrifice of the
national Democratic ticket, that all local
issues in New York city must subserve
the success of Cleveland and Stevenson.
Governor Flower predicted before his
election that his plurality would be
$4,000 in the state, and it was so. He
has now given utterance to the firm
belief that New York state will give
Grover Cleveland, ON November s, plu-
rality of $4,000 or more. Governor Flower
knows his braves and they know him.
The Democrats in New York are in
dead earnest this year. Their quietness
Mr.. Blaine thinks is apathy. They are
not bowling, but working. No force
bill no negro domination are the
shibboleths. l predict that the electoral
college of 1892 will declare Cleveland
and Stevenson elected by 233 votes.
MARINER J. KENT.