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that time and gave expression to groan
She picked the turkey off the ground. how
ever. and put 1t back in the pan, and we
went on. I found that the old woman had
started to Lakeland to some kind of col
ored festival, and was taking the turkey
out as her part of the affair. 1t still re-
mained in the pan in which it had been
cooked surrounded by plenty of gravy and
dressing. Her heart was nearly broken to
lose the result of all her labors in that
way.
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A few days before the foot ball game at
Philadelphia between the teams of the Mil
itary and Naval academies a congressman
called at the Navy Department and de-
nounced the authorities for failing to pro-
vide him with tickets to the game. In the
course of his remarks he said that his con-
stituents wanted these tickets and expected
him to get them for him. All his patronage
had been destroyed by the civil service
law, he said, and he thought his official po-
sition entitled him to a few tickets to the
foot ball game. That was about all that
he had left to give his constituents, and he
thought 1t little enough. The congressman
was so wrought up over the matter that
ne could not be made to understand that
the invitations were entirely in the hands
OF the athletic associations of the respect
i've academies, and that the officials at
Washington had no control whatever over
their distribution. sHe intimated strongly
that there would be no such trouble here
after, as he would see that these games
We're held in Washington and under the
management of congressional committees,
or else that they were discontinued in the
future. This possibly is the reason of the
bill recently introduced in Congress provid-
ing that the contests be prohibited in the
future.
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Lieut.. Rowland, 18th Infantry who had
command of the transport Mcclellan on her
recent voyage from Manila to New York
with the 1st Battalion of Engineers tells
an interesting incident of the visit to CO.
lombo, where the returning officers were
entertained by prominent residents 1.-THE
people at Colombo said Lieut.. Rowland,
had heard of the big reception we had re-
ceived at Singapore, and they decided to
give ball in our honor. We visited the
Island Of Ceylon and stopped at Handy
where they showed us the palaces of the
ancient kings. 1t is at Randy that many
believe the Garden of Eden was, and many
assert 1t still exists there. If the old Gar
den of Eden is anything like the one which
We visited at Handy it must have been the
most beautiful spot on the face of the
earth
There We're two trees there that seemed
perfectly bare. AS the guide led the United
states officers toward these trees he clap
ped his hands and thousands of big black
Dats arose and flew from the branches
Ihen the keeper of the garden led us over
TO tree which he explained solemnly was
the tree that contained the forbidden fruit
one of the officers asked him If any one
ever tried to eat the fruit this tree hora
Oh, no, he said. it contains arsenic"
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Ihere are many popular illusions con-
corning the Capitol" said Mr.. H. T. Ken
nedy, chief of the corps of guides. who ex
plain that big building to visitors. "Amone
the erroneous Impressions that seem to be
entertained by almost every visitor is one
that relates to the frieze in the rotunda,
Nlne>in every ten people who live in this
city, and who bring their friends to SEQ
the building believe that Brumidi fell from
the scahold while at work on the frieze
ana was killed. The floor of the rotunda
appears to be stained near the east en-
trance ana that stain is frequently pointed
OUT as having been made by Brumidi's 8
blood 1t Is very common to hear people
telilns their out-of-town friends that the
killing of Brumidi is the reason why the
frieze has not been completed. Again 1
have heard them say that the missing Dor
ton OF the frieZe has been taken down In
order that it might be cleaned These very
general MISUNDERSTANDING may be traced
to accidents that have occurred in the ro-
tunda In 1854 Purdy, a painter. working
on scafold, fell and was killed Two
men were on the scaffoId when it timed
over, one of the men being able to save
himself from the terrible fall to the floor.
In 1873 Brumidi was. working on his scat
iold He was hauled up to the frieze and
mad habit of placing his chair on a box.
one or the legs Of the chair slipped from
the box and Brumidi was thrown back
ward, his body striking a support used In
the scaffolding. He did not fall however.
out was shaken up and as he was an old
went to his assistance at once and be u,as
brought down. but in a day or two he re-
sumed his work as usual. His death was
a natural one, and occurred February 3
iooo. Costlglni took up the work on the
Irleze and several reasons have operated
to prevent It's completion, the first and
ch1er or which was the impossibility of
having design for the remaining space
TO be hlled in approved. Costigini has pre-
pared TWO designs, which have been re-
Jected because they each included a man
l!Ving at the time. and he has since made
another design which has not been passed
upon. More recently an uncertainty as to
the treatment the rotunda Is to receive
mas caused delay Costigini's first sugges-
ton for this remaining space in the frieze
was picture showing the junction of the
Union and Central Pacific RAILWAYS at
Promontory, New. Stanford Of California.
then living, was in that picture, and the
suggestion was rejected. Senator wilson of
Washington opposing it. The second de.
sign represented the opening of the world 8
ralr at Chicago by Cleveland. and that
was not approved, Senator WalthaIl of
Mississippi opposed it. A third scene
"hich mas not come up for official action
represents the emancipation Of the slaves
by Lincoln"
Reason Enough.