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dictated s'Gethsemane," voicing ore pite-
GUS wall:
Thou knowest, Lord. how weak my faith,
How sharp the thorns upon my path.
The single, self-considering plant in all
her abundant writing.
Later came Patience"
I asked Of gifts the fairest and the best,
Gems of the spirit that should shine afar,
Making my life to other lives star.
did not ask 70 r patience, which deemed
Too poor a treasure for the life dreamed
How could IL be upon my royal road
should need help TO bear weary load:
Oyou who watch with me the years go by,
shut in from life's sweet work and liberty,
Let US hold fast to patience: she alone
Abides when hope and happiness are gone
At Is Frances Laughton was dream
ing, 5Iue-eyed girl, with firm black brows
and rippling gold-brown hair. Intellect
was hers by birthright; poetry by the
grace of God.
mime was silent, dreamy childhood" !"
she says, haunted by visions of impossi-
bic poems; a lead pencil and scraps of pa
per scrawled over with verse, hidden away
in nooks and corners"
At she began to think in rhyme. Be-
fore she reached 13 she had translated the
Eneic and taken up bucoiics. At II her
poems began to appear in print. The
first TO be published was
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1t was late when we reached San Ra-
faeI on our way to visit Marin County's S
haunted CELL 1t had been warm day,
and the air scintillated still with the heat,
and the trees languidly tried to fan them
selves after the exertion of enduring. The
flowers glanced at US from between the
cracks, nodded over the fence tops and
showered their petals down from above,
welcoming US with the perfume Of their
warm breath The cool evening shadows
began to creep after Us, doubtfully, like
naughty children who have stayed away
too long.
"Going to iaiP' is not the pleasantest
thing on earth, even with clear con-
science. l tried to fancy how one would
feel to be chained and led to dungeon
along a pathway strewn with flowers,
with load of sin upon his soul and the
consciousness that the world knew of his
guilt. To endure hell in, the midst OF
heaven must be no worse.
We paused on the lawn in front of the
Courthouse and viewed the prison from
without. There were few blank, staring
windows that contrasted strangely with
the green, smiling lawn. There was moth
ing unusual about it. 1t was like all the
rest
"Did you want the County Clerk?"
asked a voice at my elbow in dulcet tones.
Turning / saw an elderly gentleman
with a world of mischief in his eyes and
two dollars worth of expectation in his
smile.
"No; the Sheriff"
He hurried away, with disappointed
droop of his shoulders, while I. feeling
bitterness arising in my soul against good
Dame Fashion, who decreed white wells,
fastened up the steps to make my identity
known.
The Sheriff. think it was tina. worthy
gentleman, if not, the people of Marin
County have made a mistake, for he
should be-took his mportant-leoking
keys from the drawer and led Us into the
hall.
Want to see the haunted cell and stay
there; he spoke with q falling infection,
eyed US and smiled cynically-the kind of
3 smile that impresses you with the
owners knowledge of the world and
human nature. and tells you plainly that
he thinks that you are harmless lunatic
playing the part OF fool.
That is, a smile which is owned chiefly
by politicians. although at times it is bor-
rowed by newspaper editors.
WANT to be locked in, l suppose2' he
went on, iingling his keys unpleasantly,
and still eying us with that smile, eurving
his lips. Want to wait till the ghost ap-
pears. hey? Well, it's nice cool place to
wait in. There's only one fellow down
there now, locked up for vagrancy, five
davs."
Mentally thanked heaven that my Sc n
tence was lighter-booked ons night for
curiosity. l compared the two-vagrancy
and curiosity. The latter deserved the
heavier punishment.
This is where we used to hang people"
said the individual with the keys, as he
pushed aside the loosely laid strips of car
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cot, with rough blue blanket, sat in a
corner. That was all the furnishing.
This is the haunted place!' he said,
going toward the further tank. I'm here
man hung himself. See." he went on,
there's where he tied the rope-up there,
and swung himself off, quite neatly. It's
his ghost that comes back. A Chinaman
hung himself in the other cell, but he
don't seem to haunt it. Guess now he' S
got out of it, he prefers to stay"
"But this ghost?''
"Well, there was a young woman here
from somewhere. She was trying to
paint the town. and we locked her in here.
In the morning she swore that the ghost
came out of the cell where the fellow
hung himself, and crouched in the corner
nearest the door. She described him,
and it is not proba Bile she had ever heard
OF the incident.
Then there was a Chinaman who said
he saw ghost, and when we let him out
in the morning he was nearly crazy with
fright. Lots of people declare it is no
myth"
'tAnd You credit the story2'
He smiled and shook the keys bit.
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cious that such was the case and his re-
quests for settlement grew more and
more pressing. Finally young Raphael,
in desperation. resorted to the following
device:
He carefully painted upon tabletop in
his room a number of gold coins and,
placing the table in certain light that
gave startling effect, he packed his few
belongings and summoned his host.
'There," he exclaimed, with a lordlv
wave of his hand toward the table, 'is
enough to settle my bill and more. Now
kindly show the way to the door,
The innkeeper, with many smiles and
bows, ushered his guest out, and then
hastened back to gather up his gold. His
rage and CONSERVATION when he discov-
cred the fraud knew no bounds, until a
wealthy English traveller, recogn izing the
value of the art put in the work. gladly
paid him ESQ for the table.-Harper's
Round Table.
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ingly again.
''What will his wife dor
''She can't do anything, now," he said,
as he turned away, "but she'll come out
ali right. There's no getting away from a
woman"
Which may have been true-with ex-
ceptions, as in all rules - but it was
scarcely polite.
The keys clanked unpleasantly as the
door was unlocked into the further corri-
dor and the whitewashed walls cleaned
CHASTITY in the half light. We passed the
cell where the vagrant lay-an old man.
broken in body and soul, with pitIful, un-
certain eyes and trembling hands.
He should have been resting in this
evening, after his battle OF life, in the
shelter of love, hiding his scars and bear
ing the wounds until he should sink away.
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the side of the mountain and tunneled
again and found the ledge intact After
that We were set to work scratching along
the back OF the ridge here and there for
the 1900 feet of the claim, and everyw here
the ledge showed up between two walls of
granite as perfect as molten lead poured
into mold, and you see those greenies
really wondered when we would strike
pay dirt! | tell you it was .Iaughable.
Somehow, disremember how, particu-
lar friend of mine, Sam Adams, loca ted
on an adjoining claim early in the game,
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THE FAMOUS HAUNTED CELL IN THE MARIN COUNTY JAIL

pet and exposed the trap. "The rope was
fastened up above there and"-he pushed
open the door leading downstairs-"the
spring is right here in the wall. The con-
demned man vas brought up these stairs.
slipped on the trap, the black cap was
drawn over his face. some one touched
the spring and, zip-oh, I've seen lots of
'em !"
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Raphael's Joke.

Raphael, the great Italian painter,
whose celebrated Biblical pictures are
worth fabulous sums of money, was not a
rich man when young and encountered
some OF the vicissitudes of life like many
another genius. Once when travelling he
put up at an inn and remained there, un-
able to get away through lack OF funds to
settle his bill. The landlord grew suspi-
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quering beasts of the forest. than such de-
praved ignominy.
We followed the Sheriff down the
wooden steps and into the damp of the
prison air. He showed us the cell of
Colonel Finigan and told US how he had
entered there rich man and in short
time had gone into the world again to go
through insolvency, and he smiled mean
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Only waiting TIL the shadows
Are little longer grown;
Only waiting till the glimmer
Ofrhe dav's last heaTn fs Haun

Few English-speaking hymn-lovers are
unfamiliar with 'OnIy Waiting" Rather
than the expression of any one human
heart it seems the spontaneous utterance
OF many beautiful lives.
But it was first felt and sung and writ
ten by brown-haired Frances Laughton
of Maine, now white haired Frances
Laughton Mace of California. who, five
years ago, from her bed of pain and help
lessness, unable to move hand or foot,
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liave, was the name. :"

But the hotel clerk was an old-timer.
and smiled as he said: Been having
social chat with old Jack Winters, have
you he IL great one. Knows every
mlne-ownsr in the Northwest; an. old
time prospector who is pensioner on the
bounty OF every pioneer in Montana,
Idaho and Washington. he can draw the
long boy with the best of them, ana like
the hero of '49 is entitled to never miss
meal nor to pay cent. F"
DERF DE WoLr.
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WROTE "ONLY WAITING.' y
Frances L. Mace, the Celebrated Authoress, is at
Present Residing in California.
TIE MARINERS LAST WISH,
In the unfathomed deep,

Where far above me shall the birds hy
Where the storm spirits unawakened sleep
There let me lie
Not bad, for girl of Il.
When she was Is. the same age at which
Bryant wrote ''Thanatopsis, friend tolG
her OF the answer an old man in the poor
house gave to the question, what are you
doing here?" He replied, "Only wait
ing." An hour later the hymn was writ
ten word for word as it stands to day. 1t
was published above the signature of Inez,
won immediate celebrity, was copied over
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Tall per sons live longer than short ones,
and those born in the spring have sounder
constitutions than those born at any other
season.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20

LONDON, June 19.-Two questions
are agitating London; the prospective
weather on jubilee days, the procession
day, Tuesday, especially, and how to
get to the seats from which to view
the procession. A storm on Tuesday
would almost amount to calamity
and would spoil the entire show The
majority of the immense stands along
the route are quite uncovered, and
even the house of commons stands do
not boast of awnings. In many cases
seat owners have been notified that
they will not be allowed to use UNI
brellas. There is an absolute corner
in all kinds of vehicles, and it will cost
more to drive to the seats than it has
cost to purchase the seats themselves.
Since early morning shoals Of royal
personages and foreign special mis-
sions have been pouring into London,
this being the date from which they
are the guests of the government. The
principal railway stations of the con-
tinental lines present an animated ap,
pearance. Their platforms are covered
with red carpets, and royal carriages
are continually arriving and departing
with bland officials and brilliantly uni
formed officers. The situation is COM
plicated by furious gale in the cham
mel, which is upsetting all calculations.
EX-Empress Frederick, of Germany,
who started in the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert from Flushing, was obliged
to put back. Each royal party comes
in a special boat and on special
train.
The first arrival today was Prince
Waldemar, OF Denmark. He was due
to get here at g. but he did not reach
London until noon. The Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria and
large suite; Prince Albrecht, of Prus-
STA; Prince Mohammed Ali Khan, the
brother of the khedive of Egypt; Munir
Pasha, the Turkish envoy; the papal
nuncio, and a lot of others were all
expected within a hour of each other
this afternoon.
Americans generally are to the fore
in the jubilee, though vast numbers,
after a few days in London, fled to the
country Nearly all the American
residents and those who have taken
houses here for the season will enter
tain largely and are making elaborate
preparations to illuminate their resi-
dences. Mrs. John w. Mackay will
not entertain extensively on account
of being in mourning, but her sister,
Countess Telfener, and one of the Of
ficers of the pope's guard, who accom-
panies the papal nuncio, are staying
with Mrs Mackay at her residence on
Carlton House Terrace. William Wal
dorf Astor will entertain the visiting
colonial premiers at Cliveden next
week.
Among the prominent Americans
who are enjoying the jubilee festivities
are M. H. De Young, proprietor of the
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People who have suffered for years
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The first box helped me so much that
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I had suffered for four years with the
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I suffered death from piles, but I
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Physicians recommend the Pyramid
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The Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by
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cents per package.
Write to Pyramid Drug Co., Al
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20

in a never ending stream of familiar
melodies that dear old hymn
From Greenland's icy mountains to India's
coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains roll down
their golden sand"
That is it exactly. You hear
about you, even on the Strand, that
prosaic highway Of commerce, all the
tongues that were included in the ter
ritory which the psaln1ist POLITICALLY de-
scribes. 1t reminds me of the worlds
fair. Every nation seems to have sent
its representatives already, and though
I live in and love New York, 1 must
admit that this is the most cOsmopoli-
tan place today on the face of the globe.
The Lunnoner, I must be English you
know, and it would never do to say
Londoner just at first, is perpleXed.
He is reading the prologue of the juhi-
lee festivities. He wonders what in
Heavens name will happen to him when
the first act is really on. AS matter
Of fact, it is quite difficult to secure
anything like prompt service in Lon
don hotel or restaurant. Every London
restaurant has the unpleasant habit OF
closing at midnight, and they are in
no hurry about opening in the morning.
Therefore you have to eat when you
Aan-not when you want to. The Eng
fish people are what are known here
as good trenchermen. So are the Wis
itofs Between the two the poor res
taurateur is kept flying about seeking
what he may devOur.
Today, London is entertaining 100000
visitors. The 22nd of June, conservative
people estimate, she will have a million
and a half of strangers within her
gates What will she do with them?
The descent Of the locusts upon the
traditional tasseled corn field would
not result in a cleaner sweep Of all that
was edible than will the advent of this
hungry crowd into the highways and
byways of London town. People must
eat, but only kind providence knows
where they all will get food during
the days of the jubilee.
Any person, writing from London just
now, can discuss nothing but jubilee
matters, for that is all that any one
talks about and that is the objective
point Of everything that everybody
does. Indeed, it is openly stated that
hereafter it will be a serious dispute
as to whether we shall consider as the
beginning Of time the fall OF Adam or
the Queens diamond jubilee. YOU take
up the papers and you see how this
dignitary and that, or some town Or
another are preparing addresses. to
her majesty, telling her how rejoiced
they are that She has attained so signi-
fcant an honor as to have reigned for
sixty years. It Is safe to say that no
one on earth ever had so many good
wishes as those which are preparing to
fall to the lot Of Victoria Regina.
It is very old truth that the dis
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San Francisco Chronicle, who, with his
family, is staying at the Hotel Cecil
and will witness the procession from
the Hotel Cecifs stand; Gen. E. Burd
Grub and Mrs. Grub, of New York:
John Shuts, of New York, and George
Raum, of California. On Wednesday
last MRS; Mackay gave a small lunch
con IN honor of Mr.. and Mrs. De
Young, and on Thursday Mr.. Shuts
droVe Mr.. and Mrs. De Young and
party to Ascot in his coach.
Ihe United States ambassador. Col.
John Hay, the staff Of the United
states embassy, Rear Admiral ]. n.
Miller, Commander William II. Enbrv
Chief of Admiral Miller's staff' and
capt. Cook, of the United States crui-
ser Brooklyn. have been given seats in
the st. PauFs church yard for the
ceremony on Tuesday. Lieut. J. c.
ColWeH, Q. S. N, naval attache of the
United States embassy, will ride in the
procession with the queens equerries.
AFTER the procession Col Hay will en-
terrain the prominent Americans. His
othclal dinner to Whitelaw Reid. the
United States special envoy to the
jubilee, is fixed for June 20. MANY
prominent English people and Ameri-
cans have been invited, and invita-
lions have also been sent to several
gave reception today on board the
United States cruiser Brooklyn Adj
mlral Sir Newell Salmon the British
naval commander at Portsmouth. and
many other British and foreign adj
mirais and commanders were present.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who represents
the United States army at the Jubilee
and his aid-de-camp, Capt. Maus. took
up their quarters at the buckingham
Palace hotel today
The jubilee has furnished a fine OPP
portunity for poets to break out into
verse. In addition to Alfred Austins
production, the Saturday Review pub
fishes an ode by Austin Dobson, and
the Academy publishes one by Lewis
Morris. Both are very harshly treated
by the press.
The military invasion of London be-
gan this morning. Camps have been
formed in Hyde Park, Battersea Park,
and elsewhere. The popular side of the
celebration opened this afternoon with
a march drought the east end of Lon
don Of all the detachments of colonial
troops now in this city from various
parts of the country. The colonials were
escorted by detachments of the royal
artillery and the life guards Several
bands of music took part in the dis
play. The Daily Chronicle expresses
the fear that the colonists will take
away with them the worst kind of
an impression, as the result Of official
laundering and it especially resents the
fact that the colonial premiers do not
take part in the procession proper, say
ing: "They must keep at q proper
distance from the regular troops, from
the Indian escort and from the heredi-
tary grand princes of German doll
house courts"
The presence in London Of the Rev
w. H. Milburn, the blind chaplain of
the senate of the United States, has
attracted a great deal of attention.
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John Bull Smiles Oh the World.
Month He Keeping Open House in the Chief City the Empire

lance from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous is short, but really the subject
which is agitating the public mind
next to the addresses and good wishes
to the queen, is the agitation against
the silk hat, both crush and steadfast.
1t is proposed that, as a lasting mon
ument of the celebration of the jubilee,
that this variety of hat should vanish
forever. Strangely enough, there is
not such vigorous objection as one
would imagine at such an assault upon
SO old a custom. What would the an
cient shipmaster have thought of
project to celebrate the sixtieth ami
versary of Victoria's reign by abolish
ing his most cherished article in the
nature of head gear. OF course, it may
amount to nothing, but it has been
suggested, and the suggestion has TAX
en- root.
Despite the disappointing results
such property remains firm, and there
is nothing in the nature of a slump
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Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
LONDON, June 19.-Despite the mod
ern conVentionalities, London reminds
me Of nothing more than the scenes
of festivity which used to precede the
grand fetes and tournaments in the
days when bluff King Hal ruled over
merry England" London is commonly
called a city of shopkeepers, and truly
it is, but now one must reckon on the
visitors, gorgeous in purple and fine
linen. Today with the jubilee some
time in the distance, London is en- fete
She is like bride preparing for the
wedding and all the dressmakers in the
town are at work upon her finery.
AS you walk about the citys streets,
the thought comes to you that surely
this must be the modern Babylon.
There runs through my head nowadays