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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-29
THE TUG UNDERWATER.
During the Gale she Lost Her Tow.
Tho Tug Wars Missing.


Boston November 2S--The tug und@'-
writer, Captain WyNe. arriving hee this
afternoon from Newport News, had Ter
rifle battle with the storm, during which
she lost both her barges. the Virginia and
the Lucy A. Nichols. A report of the loss
of the latter was received tonight from
Nantucket where IL is learned that three
of her crew were rescued and two OF them
lest. The fate OF the Virginia is still
mystery and II seems probable that she
foundcred In the storm.
Captain Wylie says the tug Mars, with
the barge Daniel Kelly, were astern the
Undnr,t.iter when the Virginia parted
from tine latter boat, Up To a late hour
tonight nothing has been heard OF the
Mars and her tow. II seems probable
therefore that these three vessels Will be
included In the long list CT lost, There
were six man ON tho Mars ana live eash
of the bargeS.
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MAsso,s AMBITION.
The ex-Cuban President Is Opposed
TO Any Protcctorntc.

Kingston. Jamaica. November 2S--Gen-
cral Masso. the former president OF the
Cuban nsurgent government. arrived here
Yesterday on VISIT TO his family, In an
interview no confirmed the report that one
81 the chief objects of the mission or Gam
oral Garcia and Messrs. Cnpote. Sangu'ily
and I.anuza 10 Washington is to endeayo-
TO secure a grant for n loan OF money suf-
flcient 10 pay off the insurgent array
when ia about to be alsbanded. He adds
that the provisional government Is bank
lmpt and that unless the Cuban ariny rs
provided .or satisfactorily grave ana re-
grettablo complications may arise. the
Cubans General Masso said, entertain pro-
found admiration and gratitude Tor me
Americans. but nevertheless they Will OPP
pose annexation or proiectorate. They
are confidently expecting the United States
o speedily recognize their ability 10 man
axe their own affairs, on which basis oaiy,
General Masso concluded. is permanent
peace possible.
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SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS.
wan AFTERMATH.

Tho Sraniards agreed 30 Americas DE-
mands for tho cession OF the Philippine
and sulu archipelago. stating they had
right ON their side but submitted to might
in order to save further bioodshcd. Paris
aavices ray that continental Europe does
net like thu now stnte of affairs
IS peace Is assured $4,000 CT 10000 more
& volunteer troops viii be disbanded.
b N. De Biositz says Spain will not sell
The Carolincs.
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OUTBREAK IN INDIA.
Tie Mai Atriial, Has Won the
First Flight.

Londcn. November 30. - Special
dispatches from Simla, the summer
capital OF British India, say that
the Mad Mullah has been successful
i'm his first fight, defeating the Dir
tribesmen and killing 4 number OF
them. The Nawab Of Dir has sent
an army against the Mullah and the
British native frontier troops ore
moving toward the Swat valley,
where the outbreak has occurred.
The Mullah Is trying to arouse
fanatical outbreak against the Brit
lsn.
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Paris, November 2S.-An immense meet
ing was held this evening in favor of Colo
mel Picquart. Thousands OF people shout
ing "Conspuez Rochefort" and "Conspuez
Drument." marched 10 tho Cherche Midi
prison, where PlcquaIt is confined. and
cheered and demonstrated there on his be-
half The anti Picquartites rallied and
there were several conflicts between ihe
fArn honda
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Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn, Novem.
Der aS--The Fourth Tennessee regiment
is now en- route to Savannah, having left
hore at II O'clock tonight. General Snyder
an,a stan, wBh the brigade headquarters
eqpipinezt. preceded the Fourth Tennes-
SEQ tonight In a special train. They viii
loesfe AZ Cfenfuegos, General Snyder Is re-
Noved OF command BY Colonel Cornelius
Gardner OF the Thlrty-flrst Michigan.
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u-he wilson sunk.

philadelphia. Novsmeer 2s.-Dispstches
from Delaware Breakwater bring the news
that TIE schooner William Wilson from
Philaaaphla for Norfolk, which sprang a
leAk Yesterday about four miles out to
sea. and Was abandoned by her crew, sank
oo sy in fiva fatshoms Of water. The NIL
son Is loaded with coai.
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Beo County Drouth Rrok.s

Beeville, Texas, November 2-
the fifth day of cold, cloudy wahs
a driazling rain falling all the time
a heavy rain fell yesterday and tas !
is now wctter than it has been u
monohs. The streets of Beey!lle
a Cb-lolly," but the people have
wet weather in so long they seem y
the mud.
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COMING TO HOUSTON.
Humor that Cotton BELT Trains
VIII Soon Run to This city.

Dallas. Texas. November 2S--
President Russell Harding and party
of CoIton Belt officials, in q special
train. arrived in Dallas tonight.
They are masking tour of iaspec-
ton OF all the st. Louis Southwest
ein property. Since their arrival
the report has started that the Cot [
ton Belt has made q trackage ar
arrangement with the Houston East
and West Texas whereby Cotton
Belt trains are to run into Houston ,
from Lufkin (the junction of the
Houston East ana Yves, Texas with
the Tyler Southeastern), beginning
at an carly date. Cotton Belt off
cals. however. deny this story.
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COMMERCIAL.

Spot cotton advances Lied in Liverpool
and lsc IN the American markets.
Cotton futures advanced 5-6i In Liver
pool, l. to IA points in New York and 10
TO 10 points in New Orleans
Wheat 9salc higher. corn and oats nc
higher and provisions unchanged.
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SPORT.

Tho investigation into tho Corbett-
Sharltey fake resulted in nothing. Cor
bett says alcVey thought lie was being
beaten and Jumped into the ring to save
him
Jimmy Scanlan defeated Fogarty in the
eleventh round at Galveston.
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near Jerrys Point, n. II. The crew of four
was saved by the life sewing crew. The
vessel is said 10 be II total loss
Another telegram states that the British
brig Champion and the schooner q. j.
Willard ara ashore in Quaddy bay Maine.
The Champion will DO a total loss. Tho
crews are safe.
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Gloucester, Mass. November 2s'--Nine
vessels were lost In tho blizzard at this
port. but nothing can be learned AS TO the
less OF life. II is believed that the crows
OF nearly all the craft ESCAPED. In several
instances no one was on board Nearly
all OF the vessels lost were fishermen.
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VAN xnndi,. ynte.

Canton. Texas. November c6.--In the re-
cent ele,tion ssyers received ai6s votes
end Gibbs 1856 woes, democratic major
ttv OF 2Ss
In 1896 Jerome Keasby carried this
county by 100 majority.
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SCHUlLTZ.-Wlsmenton, TEXAS. ~
27.--Died at his residence near ~
Saturday might, November 20. M.
Shultz, aged IS years. The decess
from nervous prostration. follcws
fever. and leaves "a wife and cn'le~
his loss.
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srhooncr nan Ashor..

Quincy. Mass, November 2s.--The three
masted steamer John d. Hill. bound for
Hillsboro. N. b.. from New York. is ashore
here. She Is high on the shore and Is APP
paremtly not damaged.
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Galycston cotton an rive

Liverpool, November 2S.-The British
steamer oaktield, from Galveston October
80 for this port, arrived here yesterday.
1t is feared the cargo in her forehoi1 is on
f1yn
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won,t sen the Cnroiines.

London. November 29.--rhe Paris corre-
spondent OF the Times, NJ. De Biowitz says
hs believes spain will decline 10 seal the
C2nlinos
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Duxbury. Mass. November IS. - The
schooner Max II. Perry OF Boston was
wrecked Off Drant Rock during the storm.
Captain Plnke and four OF the crew par
ished. a
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CABLE FROM DREyFUs.
Permitted to Express His JOY to His
Devoted Wife.

Paris, November 2S.--Nlme. Dreyfus, wife
of the former captain, Alfred Dreyfus. the
prisoner on Devils island, has, by permss-
sion of the authorities, received the fol-
lowing telegram from her husband:
Il rejoice with all of you. My health
morally and physically is good"
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FORT WORTH The Cotton ~
are making extensive arrangenens
play their exhibit during the -
the National farmers congress, ~
December 6. Carpenters are nos I
ut the market house preparinS =
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Threc ye..el. s,rnndca.

Washington. November 2s.--Chief Kim
ball Of Inc lifc saving service has received
toiexram stating that tho schooner Ivey
Helle, from Boston 70 Bristol, is STRANDED
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The IIarlrun Aground.

Duluth. MIMI. November u.s. = Tho
steamer Harlem Of the Western Transit
line i ashore on the south side Of Isle
Koyaie.
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WILD DAT
The Penalty.
The Remedy.

There is tendency, In these ~,
turers and social reformeir -
against tho sins and foilies o. ~ ~
propose all manner OF scncn.ssisa n
otherwise. for tho moral Fesshh s IA
tiousposs. This is one way o. pt's ~
Ina millennium, but there are A.,se,sf
Who hold TO the opinion that is s,,sssis
what people who have mace
or need. 4 fts
soon dispelled. and then me mn fh,i
who has gone the pace INV INV ha|
pleasures and designations n so'h VI
hidecus marks and sears On ~ 4 4
brain. No need OF moIlalih,us III 4
time--no occasion for leeturlnts. ,rst N
penalty OF bitter experience ~'
lessons. .t,tbts1
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-26
From NE CIercluud Rum Dealcr

DELAWARE, o., June 20, While President
Bashford WINS in England last winter he was the
guest OF The late Hon. W. Il. Gladstone. and tho
doctor presented Mr.. Gladstone with a de.
scriptive circular Of Ohio Wesleyan University.
He requested Mr.. Gladstone to write Il letter to
be read in this city AT the present commence
ment. The letter follows:
sd ". BuahIord, Il. /. IN. D., President Wesleyan
InirersttV, DehdlrGrs, ~.
DEAR DOCTOR: Divided MS is our Chrlstcndom
into sects, l cannot but bear my humble testi-
mony to the wisdom which, in the case you have
brought before me, prompts the members Of one
OF these sccts to an apparently magnificent
effort for providing that its young men shall
have enlarged, opportunities ia immediate con
neCtion with the full formation of their religious
convictions for the general cultivation of their
minds. Such efforts will, | think, serve the
cause of truth. and | heartily wish them success.
l also observe with pleasure in the explanation
OF the plan some excellent enunciatlons 81
principles and intentions which | trust will
always be prominent in tho minds of both ad,
ministra.ors, of lgschcTs. AL of students,
Allow me TO remain. dear sir; yours very faith
fully, w. L. GLADSTONE
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STRATEGIC TALUE or HAWAII.


WAsuINGToN, June 2I-Undcr date of June
23 Commodore Melville. Engincer.i in Chief of
the Navy, writing to senator Morgan on the sub
icct of Hawaii, saws:
''With regard to the value OF the Hawaiian
Islands, not only stratcgically in the defence Of
our coast, but also commercially, in their pro.
lection of the great trade routes of the Pacific
Ocean, desire to call your attention TO the
prize essay entitled, THE Protection of Com
mcrce During War; prepared for the Royal
United Service institution Of London by Capt,
Winter. Govcrnor-Gcncra of Canada Foot
Guards. Referring to the sen road between
Hong Kong and Victoria. 49,, C., vim Yokohama,
and to that between Victoria, Is. C., and Aus
tralin, via Hawaii, the cssn3i-t sals:,
lt2in 'lr5c routes, HhIGr noG'an' Gonlr
importance. but in the event Of war the control
OF both of them would be of the greatest value
TO Britain. forming as they do thc further portion
OF III Canadian ransCuntincntu route, one .Of
the two great alternhtcs 20 the Orient In the
event of The Sucz route beng blocked or Inn
practicable. The trade from Hong Kong and
Yokohama to Victoria il unstHully expanding,
and Nil no doubt ere long nrrcssIinte more
steamers In addition to the Canadian Pacific
Railways Enlrcssc-. These three really fine
vessels are ali under Admiralty subsidy and
deal toward taking car" OF themselves in case
Of trouble Tie run FROM Ni"tCriG 70 sydney
on the route, I'm important feature in connrc.
ton with tuCse waters r. the probable anncNh-
lion OF iANnll TO the | nlltd states ana me con-
seulent possibility at any time Of finding tho
islands hOstilC-tO ~, ns they were over 100
years ago TO our great navigator and explorer,
Capt. Cook, II. y. Discovered hy our officers
and long friendly disposed toward our Govern
Incnt during tho early part Of This century, II
docs sGt IN remarkable thai these fertile island
should have been allowed 70 quietly slip through
unr hands into those Of a few Yankee adyentur-
crS. of recent years their strategic vaiuc has
been enhanced Itniold; they nu!t be our coal.
ing station and cable pier IN tlr Pacific. but 10
they are not and their value Ina. been gra,pad
and appreciated by others, We shall have To
make the best Of smaller and less valuable
islands for our lurUn-c-.
At viii lac noted that while the cssHyist pro.
phcalrs thai IN the event Of war the control of
the-c routes Will he uf the greatest value 10
Britain, he fOresee-, in the pain Of this con.
troll the liza NHiiuu Islands under the flag of
The | nltcl states those isluuds whose strategic
value in recent years, he says, has been en-
HANGED tcnfoid,' and which. he adds, should hc
britain cuallng station and cable pier in the
Pacific.
The cssnyi.t's testimony Is wholly frank; II
j. surely dIsinicrrSlet mud is in entire accord
with that Of every naval and military EXPERT
WHO hah given his views upon this question Us q
question which at this time concerns 80 vitality
not only the defence of our Western coast, hut
the 6 HpansIOu VI our IN through the
island groups of the Pacific aAd upon the greaI
Asian littoral beyond"
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RIOTERS BECOME s2LD1ERs.
Their Commanding Omcrr WINS Once Thei
Prisoner, ana They Threatened His Life.

from the Washington Post.
Col. Anderson, commanding the Second Ten
ncssec Regiment, which is stationed at Camp
Algcr, was talking with n group OF gentlemen
from his own State yesterday.
This gallant officer has already gone through
as interesting an experience as he will ever be
likely to figure in. whether he joins tho Span
iArds In deadly combat on the soil of Cuba or in
the far.of Philippines. IIe commanded n force
of State troops in the famous Coal Creek strike
In East Tennessee, six or seven years ago. and
It is almost II miracle that he is alive now to tell
about It. The rioting strikers, It will be reinem.
bered, burned the Rtockade and freed n lot of
cOnvicts who had been employ cd in the coal
calling out the militia, and Col. Anderson went
In some way he became separated from his
men and was captured by the strikers, who im-
prIsOned him and came very near shooting him.
lie was in no wise daunted by his captors. and
when they spoke OF killing him he deled them
TO fire. A pcrcmptory demand for his release.
accompanied with n threat of wholesale hang
| ing, caused his liberation.
The most curious part of the whole AFFAIR 10
that there Hrc now In the regiment which Col.
Anderson lends "A half dozen of the very men
who participated in the Coal Greek strike, and
who were present when he was captured. They
are now, however. on the best OF terms with
their commander, and are willing to follow him
wherever he leads. They are great, big fellowa,
fine specimens Of physical manhood. and are
eager for a chance to spill Spanish gore.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-01
TRAINING THE CHILDREN.
A Domestic Picture. r,fe Size and Fall

. e. .
Detroit Ere Press: John" said Mrs.
Wisely to her liege lord the other even
Ing, II want to have a frank talk with
you. Do realize that the boys are old
enough to observe and are beginning 10
form their characters"
"Ot course do. Great boys
Eyes, and we want :hem to be great
men. They naturally look UP to you,
John, more than to anybody else. For
their sakes you must be careful in what
you do and say. You fell over q chair
the other day and used some very i'm
proper language. heard Willie repeat
1t when he studded his toe in the back
yard"
THE little rascal! He didn't?" chuck
led the father.
YES. John. and they pretend TO smoke
cigars and pour drinks from an imagin-
airy decanter. Can't you set them bet
ter example?"
SAY, little one, I heard Amy playing
keep house one afternoon lately. When
callers were announced she sent out word
that she was not at home. When she did
consent to receive any one she combed
them down TO beat the band before they
were admitted. One was an old trump,
another was an intolerabie bore, and
third better good deal be ct home
cleaning house or looking after her chill
dren. You couldn't have done 1t better
yourself"
II see what you mean. sir. No use OF
rubbing It In. But wait, dear" In soft
er voice. Lets both do better. It's for
their sakes. you know"
AS John left that evening he slipped up
on the front steps and made the air blue.
Around the corner he lit his cigar. Mrs.
Wisely had some animated gossip with
neighbour. And yet the children seem to
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very absurdiy 10 outlandish garment;
and crotesoue maskg. who PLAYED many

very absurdiy 10 outlandlsh garments
and srotesque masks. who played many
laughable pranSs. And the evenings
revelry closed with games By the chll-
dren, while their elders looked on and
enjoyed the fun. The game; OF snap
dragon" aroused especial Interest, as
the lads and lassies darlDgly plunged
thelr hands into the blue flames of the
big bowl. In search Of the goodies there
concealed. The candles were all put
out, and the flames from the roaring
Yu!e log threw 4 fantastic light over
the room; and but little power OF fancy
was needed to bring back the old ro-
mantle days, OF "Merrie England; al
though then, suppose. boys and girls
pushed and shouted, and older people
laughed in sympathy, about as they DO
In our own prosaic times.
II was during the quiet afternoon OF
Christmas day itself, however, that the
landlord OF the Green Dragon" In the
little back parlor, was induced to IN
bosom himself to me. and to recount
some Of the wild, picturesque tales Of
the castle and the cathedral, which he
loved 30 we'll Several OF them have
quite forgottcn:r but the story OF the
bronze kHocker OF the cathedral still
fingers inamg memory.
1t seems that when Godfrey de Cold
,!nsham died, In the fourteenth cen
hurry, 't;om7 the blow, OF an arbalest-
bolt, full between the eyes. Oswald. his
eldest son, a swnrthy. passionate youth.
became lord OF the castle. Oswalds
brother, Corilcf. was so arcrse to the
hardness oc war, aud so enamored OF
music and the arts OF peace, that he en-
We'd not.in the least his brothers ele-
walton TO the stormy leadership Of
pIke-men and men.at-arms.
Yet fierce Oswald Viewed him with o
dls,rustful eye, ond-so 1t was whisper
cd In the buttery and the ceiiars-cven
eousht occasion 10 end MS gentle light
hearted brothers life.
One Christmas Eve-the story runs
when Corilcf had been chosen Lord OF
M!srulc. and was leading the revels
riuht gayly, It Glanced that he seized
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living 10 Sec Llf.,, TroubIe.

Washington Star: yes" said a tall,
sallow-faced, misunderstanding man,
attired in thin pair of trousers, a fall
overcoat, pair Of dilapidated shoes
and last years derby hat. i've never
had anything but bad luck. I've work..
ed hard oil my life and only make
bare living. My health broke down
years ago; most OF my friends have died
off or moved west I've got literary and
artistic tastes, and can't crafty them.
Everything I undertake to do Is a fall
ure, and don't seem to be OF any use
in this world" Z
Have you no friends with political
influence enough to get some Kind Of
an easy Job for your" inquired n we'll
dressed and prosperous-looliin man.
"I've tried that" said the miserable
man, shaking his head. every time
get position a political landslide comes
along. and get thrown out Of the
snap" @
why didn't you open an intelligence
Office or start real estate aSency?"
asked man in n fur cap and heavy ul-
ster. THAT sort of business doesn't re-
qulrc much capita"
"I've tried EN- both, my friends. Got
burnt out In the first business and n
partner ran off with the profits in the
other. No use"
Ever Try canvassing?" inquired an
other sympathetic acquaintance.
Yes; often. Had O good suit Of
clothes like yours ruined in that bust
ness by vicious dos. Thrown down
stairs once or twice. No use, man'-Tm
not in it. Last week my pet parrot
died, yesterday morning lost o quar-
ter, and to-day I've got an earache.
That's the way Il always goes. II 1t
isn't one trouble It's another There's
only one thing that keeps mo from COM
hitting suicide and ending the whole
1wrctched business"
Whats that?"
"Curlosl;y to know what blamed mis-
fortune Is going TO happen to me next"
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had captured his liking by whimsical.
ways. AT night they built fire and
/ slept beneath the stars. Duke Oswald
slept heavily. and. rs his companion lay
awake, n timid voice near at hand be-
spoke him cautiously: Tell me, prithee
and waken not thy rGaster-what Is
the path to Durham town? l have
wandered, and am sm!tten with sick
ness" ~
Nothing hesitating, though startled,
the 'varlct answered. through the dark
ness. ard pointed the path. Then the
man slipped away through the gloom.
The other pondered. and':soon awakened
his master, and when he had described
the mans voice and FORM; as he had
Sl!mpsed him, Oswald started to his
feet with an oath that resounded
through the wood. "'Sblood. Churl,
thou hast helped him whom I most do
hate" Then the man knew that the
wanderer was the dukes brother.
At once Oswald set Off, in 4 CULVER Of
rage. and the vaclet followed, and noted
that his master strobe straight towards
Durham town. Which OF the brothers
would reach 1t first?
The river Wear !ntervened; at dawn
Oswald reached its shores, nearly oppo-
Site the cathedral, which lowered above
the eastern bank. 200 feet above the now
swollen tide. The duke paused; his
shailop lay among the reeds, few rods
away. = muttered curse rose to his
lips, and his hand stole tc his poniarI;
for lie deserted his brother fording the
dangerous current far below him, and
already half across. The passage was
perilouG. but Corilef felt that death was
behind, and desperation goaded him.
Oswald broke into louder maledlc-
uons anu ran for his hidden boat. He
launched II alone. and alone shot out
into the eddylng currents. Then Corr:
lef. frantic with fear. dashed through,
the shadows and swan the deeps, and
knew that his vengeful brother was
bent upon his death. Presently he
touched the shore, and, with one glance
OF terror behind. started up the preclp-
itous bank. Only two hundred feet be-
tween him and safety. On The great
eastern door OF the cathedral, now tow