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cer omnibus. newly painted; also 20-pas-
ssnger w;tgonette. Viii sell cheap for cash
or tratie for horses, McConibs Bros.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

and grammatical uses which had quite deserted
the language they had been born to speak; nor
did they always correctly understand the right
use of their innovations One might say OF
them. as Mr.. Hilton wrote in the Cambridge
Light Green'-''but though they wrote 1t all
by rote, they did not write it right" kossuth
when he visited this country, charmed English
by speaking the language of Shakespeare
but there is nothing particularly charming
about the language in which Greek journalists
write and Creek politicians speak. 1t is an
gular. and it is not alive Just because 1t is not
natural Perhaps this is best proved by the
fact that in moments of informality especially
of grief or of passion, the average educated
Greek will cast off the approved language like
a cumbrous cloak, and fall into the common
speech of the people, which is expressive, lucid
and living. Nevertheless, in spite Of all this
inconvenience, it would be impossible 10 per-
suade most intelligent Greeks that they are
wrong; a man who is called Leonldas likes TO
think that he speaks the language of Leonidas,
and that therefore (ty easy sequence) he too,
by the endowment Of his ancestry, would be
capable of combing his hair and meeting his
death in a stately manner at n new ThermopyIae.
There is inspiration in the thought; to deny that
would be to want imagination ones self. But
the result of the whole process is that there is
ever widening gulf between the common
language on the one side and the official and
written language the other
The few educated Greeks who have opposed
this artificial process have been pursued with
obloouy and have even been called traitors.
There IS NJ Pallas for example, who is respon-
sible for the version Of St. Matthew into mod
ern Greek, which has excited the riots. More
than a year ago he wrote a Yernacular version
of parts of the lhad. which was a tour de 1orce
in its way. But after its publication his life
would scarcely have been safe in Athens-hap-
PLY he lives in Liverpool-he was denounced as
a traitor in league with the Pan-Slavists, an op-
ponent, in short of the whole Hellenic Idea. The
version of St Matthew is, of course, an even
deeper offence. for it is offence committed
against the traditions of the Orthodox Church.
And no country in the world has a church quite
so important TO it politically and secularly. as
well as regiously, as the Orthodox Church is
to the Greeks. Here, again, the Greeks are not
without a shrewd perception. If they ever al
lowed the New Testament in its early Greek
form TO be deposed from its eminence as the one
and only authority which is in public use, they
would cut a link with the past that is genu-
inc source of strength. The Greek Church
would then have nothing to distinguish 1t pc
culiarly from. say, the Bulgarian Church-CThe
Spectator
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE.

The men of the New Republic will not be
squeamish either in facing inhcting death.
because they will have a fuller sense of the pos
sibiliCes of life than possess. They will have
an ideal that will make killing worth the while
like Abraham they Will have the faith to kill
and they will have no superstitions about death
They will naturally regard the modest suicide
of incurahly melancholy diseased or helpless
persons as nigh and courageous act of duty
rather than crime And since they will re-
gard, as indeed all men raised above british
level do regard. very long term of imprison-
ment as infinitely worse than death. as being
indeed death with a living misery added to it's
natural terror, they will, conceive. where the
whole tenor of a mans actions, and not simply
some incidental or impulsive action, seems to
prove him untitled for free life in the world
consluer @ inlfR i careIuIIy ana condemn MIN and
remove him from being. All such killing will be
done with opiate. for death is too grave a
thing to be made painful ds~adful and used
as a deterrent from crime. If deterrent pun
ishments are used at all in the code of the
future. the deterrent will neither be death nor
mutilation of the body nor mutilation of the
life by Imprisonment, not any horrible things
like that, but good scientifically caused pain.
that will leave nothing but memory. Yet even
the memory OF overwhelming pain is sort of
mutilation of the soul. The idea that only those
who are fit to live freely in orderly world
state should be permitted to live is entirely
against the of deterrent punishments at all.
Against outrageous conduct to children or
women. perhaps. or for very cowardly or brutal
assaults of any sort. the men of the future may
consider pain a salutary remedy, at least during
the ages of transition while the brute is still at
large. But since most acts of this sort do
under conditions that neither torture nor ex-
asperate, point to essential vileness in the
perpetrator. I am inclined to think that even in
these cases the men of the coming time will be
far less disposed to torture than to kill They
will have another aspect TO consider The con-
scious inf1iction of pain for the sake of the pain
Is against the better nature of man. and it is
unsafe and demorazing for any one to under
take this duty. To kill under the seemly
ditions science will afford is far less offensive
thing. The rulers of the future will grudge
making good people into jaers, warders pun
ishment dealers. nurses and attendants on the
bad People who cannot live happily and freely
in the world without spelling the lives of others
are better out of it, That is current sentiment
even to-day, but the men Of the New Republic
will have the courage OF their opinons-(H G.
Wells in The Fortnightly Review
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

crvnt Of the Cistercian monastery of Roberts ;
Bridge not far from Battle Abbey. That relic
of the crusades of Richard was once in the pos
session of the Websters, to whom Battle Abbey
has reverted; and Bodiam Castle, with its broad
moat and massive battlements, was also theirs
The southeastern coast from Pevensey Castle
to the Isle of Thanet is strewn with medlseVai
ruins Dover Castle and the Ypres tower at
Rye are the only secular buildings remaining
kings and the Pharos is the sole survival from
the Roman invasion; but there are scores OF
medieval castles and abbeys in every stage OF
picturesque ruin The glory OF the historic
confederation of the Cinque Ports and the Two
ancient towns has passed. Dover alone retains
its grip upon the coast; Hastings is mooelt
seaside resort; Winchelsea is the refuge OF
artists; Romney and Hythe are neglected anu
COMMONPLACE villages. Sandwich and Rye are
cut off from the sea and in melancholy stage
of decadence The eastward drift has not been
more destructive in Transforming the outline OF
a rockbound coast and sitting up rivers and
harbors where the British navy was Graded
than the passage of time has been IN sweeping
away the castles and abbeys of storied medise-
yaIism in Sussex and Kent. If so many pre-
cious remnants are still to be SEEN IL IS laIeely
due to the interest taken by rich and titled
families in their preservation Battle Abbey IS
one of these memorials of glorious past, and 1t
is now the home of a soldier with an antiquarian
strain in the ancestral blood. No changes are
likely to be made by the Duchess of Cleyeland's
nous battle scene, and the solemn yews will
continue to whisper:
And there wal
An Abbey he let
OF Saint Martin. for the soules
there slayn
IN.F.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

, + r. is annroachei by magnificent
gatehouse from the quaint market to"h Vi
Battle and on the edge OF neelec'eu e'ee1
outside where IN medieval times there was d
bull ring is an ancient timtered mousse WHICH
was once a pilgrims hospital Ihe natue-
mented and turreted gatehouse' WITH us uen-
cate tracery in windows and arches ana us
,-~otr,od or,+rsnoa roof. dates from 1888 and is
beautiful example of early decorated WORK
1sevond the gateway are the ruins of the abbey
founded by the Conqueror on the battleheld;
and the manor house built from the ciolStelS
and other portions of the original structure 1t
is an irregular, picturesque residence win the
Abbot's Hall, a lofty apartment with Ialseo
platform, gallery and immense hreplace' as the
NEST conspicuous feature, ana with terraces
over 2 range of vaults commanding broad
view of the park with its avenues or ancient
yews The modern library adjoining the Abb
bot's Hall behind the terraces marks the centre
Of the Saxon line of defence when the Normans
sparmed over the hills from the SOUTH and 1T
vas here that they were repulsed by an I'M
pregnable wall of shields until defeat was
turned into victory by preteEce of flight fol-
lowed by an irresistible onset. The Abbey
Church stood near by where the body of Har-
old was found by the Normans; but only few
stones of the crypt remain, above which the
high altar was erected in commemoration Of the
where sixty Benedictine monks ministered for
nearly five centuries and where masses were
said generation after generation for the souls
Of the slain warriors. The chapter house and
the cloisters near the church, hut not
trace Of them remains in the tranquil park.
The refectory and old town hall picturesque
ruins covered with ivy, and the yews keep silent
sentry over the monks cemetery.
To the north OF Battle Abbey in the Rother
Valley is Bodiam Castle, of the most beau
tful moated fortresses in the southern counties.
In historic interest it cannot rival the battle
ground of Harold and the Conqueror. 1t was
built toward the end Of the fourteenth century
by Of the Knights of Crecy and Poictiers,
and there is no trustworthy evidence that It
ever had genuine defensive value or that it was
besieged by any military force. 1t Is one
of the picturesque possessions OF a section of
England famous for its mediavaI and Roman
relics. and II has been presery ed and to a con-
siderable extent restored by the owner Lord
Ashcombe. The artists from Winchelsea are
fond of sketching it, and from the footpath it
makes a pretty picture with the outer walls
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

perfect in line, the wide moat lighted up with
white and yellow water lilies and a splendid
gateway and outer portcullis. The Duchess OF
Cleveland never undertook the restoration OF
the ruined Abbey 1T Battle, but she regarded
the relics of storied past with reverence, MADE
them the special study of her closing years, and
revised with painstaking care and antiquarian
research the celebrated roll Of Norman heroes
and warriors. She loved the ivy covered ruins
and the stately procession of yews up and down
the park; and she was the natural patron and
protector of Abbot Ralph's early English
church. with it's low tower. it's old glass, its
brasses with Latin Inscriptions and its quaint
eff1gy of one of the standard bearers of Henry
VIII. It is to be hoped that the new owner OF
Battle Abbey will be equally faithful in protect
ing the historic field and equally hospitable In
admitting sightseers to the Abbor's Hall.
The old time monks Of Battle Abbey could not
live ground which had been consecrated with
heroic blood without becoming inspired with
martial spirit. The most famous of the fighting
abbots Hamo de ellington, who organized
monks, fishermen and peasants into an army for
the defence of the southern coast. and repulsed
two French attacks upon Winchelsea, after Rye,
Hastings, Lewes and Nottingham had been
captured plundered and burned. The abbot's
defiant reply to the summons to surrender was
that he needed not 10 redeem WndJ ndd not
been lost and the warrior priest saved the town
by his valor and generalship. Other fighting
monks there at Battle Canterbury, Lewes.
Faversham and other clerical strongholds, and
sometimes they took up arms in defence of local
liberties during periods of widespread discon-
tent An abbot of Battle implicated in
Jack Cade's rebellion. and he was supported
by the monastic clergy, as we'll as the constables
and bailiffs OF the Cinque Ports. The abbots
were great landlords until the abolition of
monastic institutions during the reign OF Henry
VIII. and to them belonged the lordship Of large
sections of Kent and Sussex The abbots OF
Battle were not as powerful as the ecclesiastics
Of Canterbury and Faversham who reclaimed
the marshlands OF the coast and directed the
maritime energies of the confederation of the
Cinoue Ports; but they owned vast estates,
ercised lordship the shores of Dungeness,
and enjoyed many exceptional privileges. such
as the right of treasure trove and the exercise
of pardoning power for the benefit Of condemned
criminals. Except at Canterbury, the abbeys
and priories which were once centres of political
power and military resources are now moss
grown ruins, like the closter eartn enc groined
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

ings are owned by Englishmen Of high rank
The Duke of Devonshire is the owner OF the
grim Roman fortress of Pevensey, where the
Norrnans landed fortnight before the battle OF
Hastings. The ancient haven has been eaten
away by the eastward drift; a maritime town.
which shared in the glories Of the Cfnque forts
and the Two Ancient Towns. has disappeared,
and a deserted fishing village with quaint
church marks the site of a Roman city Ihe
castle with its Norman keep once stood guerd
over the coast from Beachy Head TO Hastings
and Wfnchelsea. and 1t several times
closely besieged. it was the adjacent snore
that William the Conqueror stumbled and feii on
his face after leaping from a small boat. ano' IN
order to dispel the superstitious dread OF the
soldiers exclaimed: Il have seized the land with
my two hands and much there is OF II, 1t Is
ours!" Half the wayt over the marshlahos'
which the Norrnans crossed in marching to their
hattie with the Saxons, is another ruin. Hurst
monceux Castle one of the few examples OF the
brick fortress mansion remaining in England
from .he feudal period. Further inland is ASH
brrnhan1 Place a red brick mansion with tow
ers and gables the ancestral seat of titled
family tracing its descent from the Saxon sherlIr
of the county at the time of the Norman con-
Quest. Not far away is Lord Brasseys stately
residence Normanhurst. and while 1t is MOD
ern structure it stands high ground, COM
n7anding the whole stretch of country seaWard' )
over which the Norman warriors marched 1or
ba file with the last of the SaXons.
Battle Abbey is not far from the country |
houses of Lord Ashburnham and Lord Brassey. |
II is seven miles from Hastings and is sur |
rounded with reaches of woodland and undulat- |
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
SOUTH COAST RELICS.
sBATTLE ABBEY AND OTHER FAMOUS
SITES NEAR HASTINGS.

London, November 30.
There has been much quiet satisfaction IN
England over the purchase Of Battle Abbey by
an English baronet whose ancestors were IoI-
rneriy in possession Of the famous esta7e. Or
tAugustus Webster is q typical country squire
with military record as captain of the Grena-
dier Guards and with a reputation of being one
of the most authoritative Free Masons in the
United Kingdom or all questions Of craft His
ancestors have been associated with the historic
reaches Of the South Coast, where the Norman
Invasion began and there have been antlqua-
rians and men Of learning among them. Inc
price paid for the abbey is 100000. 1t is not
considered excessive, when there is an acreage
of 611S and rent roll of 1880. in addition 10
the residence and grounds; and the ownership
carries with it the lordship Of the manor, the
great tithes and the rights Of sepulture in the
chapel of the old parish church of st Mary's
Certain fixtures are to be purchased after valu-
ation and these include the Duchess OF CleVe-
lands Aubusson tapestry in the Gothic room. the
ia neIs in the tapestry room, and the arrnor'
trophies and tapestries in the Abbots Hall. Old
fashioned Englshmen consider il eminently
proper that estate and fixtures should pass into
the hands of a family of rank and prestige
which can trace its lineage TO the time of Henry
VI They would have shuddered If so historic a
eite had been auctioned off 70 a wealthy Amer1-
ran.
The show places in the neighborhood OF Hast
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
THE NEW REIGN IN ITALY.

Those who expected that King Victor EN-
manuel ITS reign would be coincident with a
marked Improvement in Italy have so far been
amply justified. Few ventured to hope that his
Liberal ministry, under Signors Zanardelli and
Golitti, would weather Parliamentary session.
AS it is, despite some weakness and few mis-
takes, it has come out triumphant. Compared
with eighteen months ago, Italian politics has
undergone what is little less than a revolution
The closing months of the last reign saw the
most dangerous constitutional crisis that United
Italy has known A reactionary government
was threatening Parliamentary liberty: the Lib
erals and Socialists were making desperate
stand which at all events preserved the consti-
tuition and perhaps saved Italy from revolution
Now the signs of danger have almost passed
The Crown is fast getting back Its popularity
Parliament is asserting itself as 1t has not done
for many years, and is able to give its time to
quiet. useful work. The Extreme Left stub
bornly obstructienist last year, is giving an in
dependent but fairly cordial support to the min
istry. Outside Parliament Italians have for once
a government which allows them TO breathe
and move and speak" For the first time since
Crispi introduced coercion. seven years ago
there is liberty OF speech and public meeting
Sun, occasionally, the unteaehable censorship
suppresses an issue of some democratic paper
But there is no prosecution for political speeches.
no arbitrary political Imprisonment, no marrying
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

penal laws was simplifed. a public prosecutor
was appointed. the new police established.
newfangled bolts and alarms were invented, gas
lamps rendered the streets comparatively safe
by night. railways ruined the profession of the
highway robber. the telegraph cut off criminal
in full flight, while the eXtradition laws abol-
ished the sanctuary once provided by foreign
country. OF a truth. with the passing of the
eighteenth century, the palmy days OF felony in
England were at end forever-(George Pas
ton, in Longman's Magazine
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
4 NEW OFFICE BUILDING IN LONDON.

THE GREAT STRUCTURE OF THE AMERICAN TYPE
TO BE BUILT IN THE STRAND.
London's American Office building which II is
proposed to build in the Strand will have all the
features of a great NewYork structure Of that
class but it will not be a skyscraper. The law
limits the height 10 seven stories, but the plans
for the new building made in anticipation of a
change in favor of additional height
The structure will be crescent shaped, with
a frontage of 80 feet and a depth of $50 feet 1t
will stand ground leased to the Anglo-Ameri-
can Building Company for s99 years, and will cost
about 100000. The American office buildings in
oxford and Cockspur SITS. are the only buildings
that style in London at the present time but 1t
is believed that others will be begun before the
great structure is completed. There will be one
thousand suites OF offices in the building. and
IL will contain everything in the way of improve
ments to be found in the best New-York buildings.
The interior decoration will cost about $4,000.
Among the stockholders Sir Charles Rivers
Wilson. the Earl Of Kinton Earl Gray and George
Cornwallts West.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
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ASTONISHING SCRAP OF FOLKLORE.

A correspondent kindly sends the inclosed as
tonishing scrap Of folklore from Tennyson's
county i rather think that the Folklore Socie-
ty has published the rhyme received from the
same authority. But 1t was new to myself and
doubtless viii be to many:
Il wonder il you have ever seen the following
charm for ague, which l believe I may claim to
have rescued from the hidden Of the Dast NV
self.
II a North Lincolnshire man by birth and
upbringtng, and, thanks to my dear mother
always keep open eyes and ears for folklore
We used TO have a lot of ague about when
was lad, and my mother dosed the village folk
with outnine. She sent me ore day with bot
tie to the house OF an old granddame whose
But when produced il she said:
May, lad. knaws tew a soight better cure
than yon mucky stuff
And with that she took me round TO the
foot OF his bed. an old fourpost There on the
bottom board, We're fixed three horseshoes
points upward (of course). with a hammer laid
'sloshways over them. Taking II in her hand
she said:
Feyther Son an Holy Ghoast
Naale Z OVID divvel tew this poast;
Throice strokes with holy crock
With this nell throice du knock
One for God,
An one for Wod
An one for Lok.
rs it not an extraordinary instance or 6
minglemangle Of old Morse paganisrn and Chris
uanityg Thors Nell and Christs Cross The
Christian Trinity and Thor, Wooden and Ioki )"
That Thor, Wooden and Loh should he re-
membered, even In a population partly of Morse
origin, is SO unexpected that I have tried 20
explain II away. Thor is not named though his
hammer is: "Wod" might be q nonsense rhyme
but Lok'-I am unable TO explain away I,ok
and he brings the others IN his train II this ts
all right what 'rnalady of not r,1arlxinrs' ser
mons and Bible readings the I.incolnshfre neonis
must have,-(Andrew Lang. IN Longnan's Mag
azine.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
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