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New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
THE ESTATE OF LORD P4UycEFoTE

London, Aug. 1.-The will of the late Lord
Pauncefote, British Ambassador to the United
States. has been proved. The value of the es-
tate Is placed at f63, 100 (S31S. 500.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
EIkA PARK.

a crarminr spot near TannersviIie. in tn
Cut.kfIIs, and OF the quaint swis
architecture in vogue there. See The sunda
Tribune tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
PLAINFIELD. a. L.

PLAISFIELD. n. j.
fhe Mayor of PIainGeId, o. L.. Jenkins ex-
plains the very desirable features of TINT
city for homes of New-YOrk business men.
See The Sunday Tribune Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
GOVERNOR OF PARAGUA.

= Manila, Aug. 1-Captain William A. Phillips.
of the 10th Infantry has been appointed Cover
nor of the Island Of Paragua.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
CLOsURE OF FRENCH SCHOOLS.
MANY DEGREES SIGNED BY president
LOUBET.

Paris. Aug IA Cabinet council was held AZ
Rambouillet. where President Loubet IS staying,
to-day The Premier, NJ Comoes explained
that six thousand religious establishments nag
not applied for authorization as required hy tnf
Law of Associations Half OF the NUMBER dc'e1
In good faith, belonging to the category o
charitable institutions which were exempted
srono the operations OF the law All save fOur
hundred of the remaining half had obeyed A
Combes's circular ard closed voluntarily I'M
others had decided to wait for the DEGREES q
closure. These DEGREES were submitted 70 Presit
dent Ioubet to-day and he signed them
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
BODIES RECOVERED NEAR MELB0URNE

Melbourne, Aug. $50 far sixty-seven bodies
have been recovered from the Mount Kimbla Coll
iery. at Wollopgong, where explosion occurred
yesterday. The work of rescue is much ha npered
by afterdamp in the mine.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
nay SHORE HORSE SHOW.

Some of the officials In charge of the show,
also some of the horses entered In the
competition. See The Sunday Tribune to-
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
HITCH IN CHINESE TARIFF.
SIR JAMES Z. MAcKAY's PLANS MAY NOT BE
| ADOPTED.

London. Aug IA news agency dispatch from
Shanghai says that a serious hitch has occurred
between Sir James l.. Mackay and the Chinese
treaty commissioners. threatening to interrupt the
negotiations looking to the adoption of Sir James
L. Mackay's scheme for Chinese tariff revision.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02

A dispatch 10 "'The London Times from Shang-
hal on April % quoted q Chinese merchant to the
effect that the Chinese native merchants opposed
STR James l.. Mackay's tariff plans because OF lack
OF belief that the British government would keep
China TO her engagements
New-York tribune., 1902-08-02

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New-York tribune., 1902-05-11

were also found with the boat the remnants Of
oars showing that this method of propulsion
was also employed. The lines are graceful and
calculated to develop speed both Prov and stern
rising from the region of the keel in graceful
curves and tapering to "A narrow point The
gunwales amidship are lower than the PROV and
stern. in this respect not deviating from the
lines of vessels that have been built in all the
@ INJURIES which have passed since the timbers
NJ this hoat were laid down. There is no keel
and the art of navigating by sail against the
wind is not illustrated in this specimen; possi-
blv il had not yet been discovered
AS To the age of this interesting memorial of
antjoI1ity. it may be said that Brugsch Bey as
serts in unqualified terms that the latest date
which can be assigned to the vessel makes its
construction to have taken place two thousand
five hundred years before Christ 1t was there
fore buiIt. according to the chronology which is
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published in "The London Standard" of May

pupIlSned in The London Standard" of May
Il, 1901:
Knackaderry Castle
County of Dumbartonshre-
My Dear Lord Provost:
1t Will give me pleasure to provide the needed
FUNDS for branch libraries. which to
prove Of great advantage to the masses of the
people
1t is just ffty-two years since my parents
with their two little boys. sailed from the
Broominlow for New-York in the bark Wis
casset. 1t is delightful to be permitted to COM
memorate the event.
4 careful search of the marine registers. Old
and new. shows that there was only one square
rigged vessel named Wiscasset. that one being
whaler built in Wiscasset and named for the
town. Wiscasset is built upon land purchased
by Massachusetts colonists from the Wawenock
Indians in 1862. Its Indian name was Wha-
casseke. From the beginning of the eighteenth
century down to the latter part of the nine
teenth century when steam crowded sailing YES
sells out OF many trades. WisCasset was pros
porous seaport town, and at one time large
ly engaged in whaling. In 1884 the Wscasset'
Whale Fishing Company formed. and built
the ship Wiscasset, many Of the inhabitants Of
the town investing in the enterprise. 1t cannot
be found that any other vessel Of that name
ever existed In or out Of the United States
This ship made several voyages from Wiscass (
to the whaling grounds in the Pacific. each
voyage Of about three years duration and was
then sold In lNi9. the time OF the emigration
Of the Carnegies TO America, it is probable that
she was in the merchant service as a general
carrier. ana rugged over into a bark as many
old ships had been.
The only picture of the Wiscasset in existence
is "A carving made by sailor. one of her crew
on the first voyage. upon tooth taken from the
Iawbone of a whale. The ship sailed this
first voyage March u. 1884. and on reaching
latitude 3o.:;O south longitude l77::i0 west. he
struck a school of big whales. and captured one
which yielded ninety barrels of oil Upon
tooth taken from this whale of the crew
engraved the scene of the Capture-thc ship
lying by ana her boats out chasing the school.
The whale tooth is in the possession Of
Nathaniel Lincoln, Il merchant of WisCasset.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11

a memorandum of the number of football SER
mons preached each fall by ministers of good
intentions.
Occasionally the young men gathered against
their will for worship, are rather cruel
in calling down a clergyman who has sinned
against the college code. Yale registered its
disapproval of prominent New-York minister
not long ago. in an emphatic manner The
preacher had begun shortly before IL O'Clock.
The college boll chimed the quarter and the half
hour following. and all precedent proclaimed
that he should have done. Thirty minutes
of exposition had been forced on the students.
when the minister proposed. Now let us turn
t. the other side"
This too much for the boys. who, thir
teen hundred strong took him at his word and
shifted legs and generally changed position.
The mass play was perfect and the noise very
great. The widespread shutiling refused To die
down till the clergyman decided to leave the
subject sided and proceed with the final
hVmn-
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11
BOAT 1900 YEARS OLD.
BROUGHT FROM SANDS OF EGYPT TO
THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM.
PITTSBURG.
PTTTSBURG.

(By DR.. W. J. Holland. Director Of the Museum)
The science Of archaeology as developed within
the last 1--WE decades has most powerfully rein
forced the labors Of the student of classic an
tquity. After the revival Of learning in West
ern Europe the knowledge Of scholars in refer
ence 10 the manners and customs Of the ancients
whose writings had survived was founded
largely upon the references contained in these
writings to usages and customs which had pre-
vailed But the spirit Of modern scientific in
quiry. not satisfied with mere verbal references.
has addressed itself TO the attempt, if possible,
to acquire knowledge Of things. and with pick
and shovel the sites Of historic towns and of an
cient burial places have been carefully explored.
The result has been the bringing to light Of a
vast mass Of material the fiotsam and jetsam Of
centuries. which serves vividly TO bring before
Tho -tudent Of modern times the life Of past
ages. The student Of to-day can scarcely express
an excess Of gratitude for the IabOrs of such men
as Layard. Botta, Schliemann Brugsch. Petrie
and host Of others. who with consummate
careiulness, have delved into the bosom of
Mother Earth to recover the story of her chill
oren whom she wrapped close TO herself as if to
hide them forever
One Of the most interesting discoveries re-
Gently made in Egypt was that Of five ancient
poats. buried at Dahsh1r in a subterranean
ciyPt beneath the hot sands Of the desert, where
a! 'he dry atmosphere. kept from the attacks
" "Ood-destroying insects, they had rested
""e I'r'y-lve centuries had taken their flight.
o''. 'I these five boats. through the kindness of
ANlie" Carnegie and the intervention of Ed
"aid r. Aver Of Chicago, was recently secured
=" t'e carnegie Museum in Pittsburg and forms
oHe among the hundreds of most interesting and
important objects obtained by the latter institu-
''l from Egypt. With its fellows this boat re-
mains aS probably one Of the most ancient ex-
ohileS Of naval architecture in existence.
inscriptions and objects associated with the boat
III It's burial place 90 to show that it was prob
aoy intentionally preserved in connection with
1le funeral rites attending the burial of an
~ u lhe government who stood high in
SoI'eih as master Of naval affairs.
~ marks the beginning of the story of
p'"er- The ant Of navigating the waters when
,i'S boat was built in its infancy and yet
~1 already advanced among the Egyptians to
''i' lar ahead that reached by many primi-
aces found upon the earth to-day. The
- - bult from timbers Of cedar which have
M iaD"rlously hewn into shape by an adze.
marks OF the tool employed are still plainly
Visible in places There is no evidence that a
vas used. They were mortised together
no. ""eie the ends of timbers required to be
for, Vseiher the opposing pieces were per-
nro, ny openings through which thongs
Diy of leather were drawn and the blanks
h. mus lashed one TO the other and the whole
An 'oselher- The seams and ioipts were
WIN bitumen. so as to make the craft
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11

watertght- The sides were painted white above
the water line. the white paint being set off
above and below by double black lines. The
skill with which the painter picked out his lines
would do credit TO a modern craftsman. There
is evidence also that the boat had received coat
Of red paint before the white and black lines
were laid This color is visible under the
white and black paint. but most of it has scaled
off from the body Of the boat
The boat is 80 feet in length. s feet in beam
and about feet in depth. 1t was partially decked
and the boards Of the deck and the sup
porting cross beams still remain. With it was
short mast. showing that sail was used the
form Of which must be left to conjecture There
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11

given in common English Bibles at least
seven hundred years before the days when Jo-
seph viceroy in Egypt and thousand years
before Moses. the lawgiver. essaycd to lead his
kinsmen out of bondage 1t takes us back into
the dim. historic past. far antedating Abra-
ham the time Of the Crusades antedates the
present day.
An uniformed writer ignorant OF the facts.
has fooshly given to this boat the title of
Moses and Aaron" II had been for a thou
sand years sleeping in its silent resting place
before Moses and Aaaron appeared upon the
stage of human history. Still another ignorant
writer announced that the vessel was Cleo
patra's barge" He was only two thousand five
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11
COLLEGE BOYS AND SERNOVS
KnaCkaderTy Castle,
unity of DumbartOnShire.

Presbyterian elders may sit severely in juds-
ment on the theology Of young preachers. nut
for ruthless criticism of preaching il is hard q
equal a college audience Manuscripts in the
pulpit considered undesirable by them. and
any sermon the length of which is more than
twenty minutes must be more than passing
good to gain approval. Most unpardonable II
all is attempt to play to- the audience by
a reference to athletics This is felt to be
obvious departure from the preachers prov
ince and is not to be tolerated. The boys ke"U
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11
BROUGHT CARNEGIE OVER OCEAN
THE BARK WIsCASSET. BUILT IN WIS
CASSET. ME. AND ONCE
A WIIAI.tR
A WIIAI.ER.

The people of the ancient town of Wscasset
Lincoln County, Me. are much interested in
their recent discovery that the vessel in which
Andrew Carnegie came tn this country was built
and owned in their town. r. X. SewaIl. a
lawyer Of Wscasset ard local historian of
note. made the discovery. through reading the
following extract from a letter of Mr. Carnegie
New-York tribune., 1902-05-11

hundred years ahead of the times. The life of
this old wooden structure covers in one span al
most the whole of human history with which
I'VE are familiar. Moses. Alexander the Great,
Caesar, Charlemagne are all modern when com
pared with it,
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
MODERN MAIL SERVICE.

Its long from the primitive devices by which foreaes
supplied with their letters and appliances
for that purpose step from the mail and the
coach the slow railway of fifty but the
of the and the gradual perfection of these methods
portatn have made possible today rush the mails of
country speed which
have stood aglas
progress postal
of the United ranks today the the world Its
completeness equaed by that other Indeed when
consider which the mails distributed
surprising
sionaly.
Among
the transportation mails pneumatic
Though the probationary stage this invention has progressed far
availability
the posoices of New York, Philadelphia
equipped with it. Tubes
TO the Capitol and il the be what from
will probably
the Printing Office Thus the faculty
annate space day
when shall be able letters
them there automatically whked
of
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
Noors Indifferent to Life.

OF all Oriental races there are none
more callous and Indifferent to human
life than the Moors. A traveller who
has recently returned from Morocco
related the following anecdote in proof
of this fact. The grandfather of the
present sultan was one day boating
on the lake in the gardens of the palace.
the boat, by the way, being small
steam launch given him by Queen Vic
toria. By some accident the vessel cap
sized. and the sultan and two of his
wives. by whom he was accompanied.
were thrown into the water, says the
Family Herald" soldier on guard in
a part Of the palace cut of view heard
the cries, and. running up, sprang into
the water and rescued the sultan's fav-
orite wife. the ruler himself scrambling
cut unaided. Later In the day the SOL
der was sent for and presented himself
joyfully before his monarch, convinced
that his reward would be great. You
are the soldier who rescued the delight
of my eyes?' quoth the sultan. The
soldier bowed. Did you dare TO look
at herr" Il did, your highness," re-
piled the soldier. taken off his guard
The sultan turned to an officer. mur-
INJURED n few words and a moment later
the soldier was on his way to the heads
msn. That was his reward,
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
THE VALUE OF A RIGHT START.
By Rev. LEON HARRISON, D. D.,
Of New York.
Fifty per cent Of the failures in
life date from an indolent or tiTid
commencement"


the first
the
Who the
beginning with
beginning end hold what do with
of
finish
they should
of
industry
the field carried and orlorn outside
OF in
household kitchen
habits
to your
what they
and will
opportunity
nurseries and train according the wisdom
maker
guided
might weakness
the still
with its ours he
the mind the willing heart the oiedient
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
By Rev. CHARLES H. COTTON,
Rector of st. S'epasn's (R. c.
Church, New York.

union. and to the disedifcation Of the
children
Because there can be no real happy
married life unless virtue reign. For
1t is for this that the married life was
instituted-for the we'll being and pros
perity of the married couple and for
their children.
AS these conditions are the requisites
for the welfare of society at large. they
must necessarily be found in the house
which is a little society in itself and a
unit of that greater body we call so
ciety.''
This at once tells us of the necessity
of religious practices of some sort in
the family. because marriage is the In
stitution Of God, and as God has insti-
tuted marriage for the happiness of
those who enter into that state, they
should make their homes miniature
heavens in preparation for the heaven
ly mansions. So religion must be prac-
ticed by the father and mother and
their children to have the designs of
God fulfilled. For religion is the link
that binds man to his Maker. and back
on that same endless chain does God
send his blessing for this life and for
the life to come
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
The German Way.

We have in our ships decks OF steel,
covered with wood. which require great
labor to keep clean and smooth. and
would splinter in action. How do the
Germans manage? On the quarterback
of the Kaiser class, where the surface
is exposed to the weather, a special
preparation of cement, with a slightly
rough reddish surface, Is laid over the
steel and elsewhere all over the ships,
the men walk on linoleum, which gives
a good tread. is silent. and is kept clean
easily. In fact, wherever a non-com-
bustible material can be utilized in these
new 5attleships, 1t is employed, and in
day every particle of wood, such as the
divisions between cabins, can be ripped
out and the vessel rendered fit to go
into action. says the London News"
Another striking feature OF these armor-
clads is the reduction of all weights not
absolutely essential. and these econo-
mics are utilized in many effective ways,
as may be understood from the number
of guns and quantity of coal carried.
Efficiency seems to be the watchword of
the fleet.
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
TITLED FOLLY.

Mr.. Swinburne has been prayed in aid
to justify the title of story called THE
Fangs of Fate
AS l peruse THE Fangs OF Fate
Affirightedly l hold my breath.
And wonder IL "The Hair of Hate
Will lead me to THE Jaws Of Death"
When shall see 1.-The Lips of Love-
Or contemplate THE Brow Of Bliss?"
wonder. would the thrown-down glove
Reveal The Nails of Nemesis?'
Now. fighting war giants tooth and
nall
Suggests at once THE Teeth Of Trea-
SON.
"A Tail Of Trouble could not fail
To run right through silly season.
know The Nose of Naughtiness"
Ut went off rather fiat, hear,
Though ornamenting a princess).
But who will track THE Feet of
Fear!' Punch.
The Washington times., 1902-06-29

One of the reasons for many unhappy
marriages is the lack Of sympathy be-
tween the husband and wife-a failure
to give up individual preferences and a
wish to remain after married life as
they we're before--independcnt In every
work and action, a clashing about mat
ters of no Importance. and continual
reopening OF old sores which these
clashings have occasioned.
Another cause comes from allowing
interference on the part OF others.
For example: Although Scripture tells
us that a man must leave father and
mother and cleave to his wife, and that
a woman must leave father and mother
and clcave to her husband. still young
couple will often permit themselves to
be influenced and restrained in that love
that they should have for each other by
continuing in the same measure the love
they formerly had for their parents.
and this always cxcltes Jealousy and dis
satisfaction to the other side.
Another reason that makes many mar
riages unhappy is spending on the
part of husband or wife too freely of the
family income. which ever makes
threatened want through failure of work
or illness or death menace and dan
ger.
There are other causes that come from
the family-the children-by an overin-
diligence on the part of the parents.
by failure to uphold their authority, and
to maintain their dignity toward them
and toward themselves. and what Is fire.
auently the case, n showing Of prefer
ence to one more than to another, which
invariably lessons the love of the slight
ed one, and does not increase the love
of the preferred.
To these faults may be added the vices
OF intemperance. II drink be allowed
to be brought into the house in undue
measure land ] think 1t would be better
If 1t were never. allowed where there
are young people,. and secondly, the vice
of falschood and weakness Of character
that parents sometimes yield to. to the
loss of respect one for the Other and to
the destruction of tho family peace and
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
The Art Of Speaking.

There used to be a definition of
a lady as woman who speaks in
a low tone and thinks in a high
one; and the definition is a very
apt play upon words. Yet cu-
riously enough, this matter of the
voice is one almost totally neg
lected not only in common schools,
but in the higher institutions of
learning" as commencement
speakers call them. 1t is really
much more important, especially
in the case-of a girl, that she
should have a pleasant speaking
voice than that she should know
some French, and her English ac-
cent is, TO say the least, as impor-
tant as her German accent. Truth
compels one TO admit that neither
is as rule very pleasant thing
to the educated ear.
This is, however, a matter in
which self-education is to some ex-
tent effective, especially if the
subject be caught young. If the
women, well-dressed and appar-
emily at least partly educated,
whose conversation one overhears
on street cars, only knew how
their voices sound, it is probable
that most of them would manage
to correct the trouble. In this, as
in many other branches of educa-
ton, a horrible example is often
as effective as model. Some
women have been led to cultivate
low, sweet voices through having
been tortured, at some impression
able time in their lives, by loud,
high, shrill ones.
There is no standard of pronun-
citation in this country, nnfortu-
nately, by which faulty pronuncia-
ton may be corrected, but there
are some ways of pronunciation
and phrases of common speech
that ear at any rate be avoided.
Two or three of our novelists have,
perhaps. without deliberate inten-
ton, done good work in popular
education by gently ridiculing OBJ
jectionable manners and phrases
in their characters. Study of
good fiction is, therefore, in a way,
educational.
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
TEACHING THE CUBANS HOW TO TEACH.


of"
the Of educating the rising generation This does not apply
merely the institution of system public schools Cuba but
pcuarlto the facilities offered Cuban the
have
their doors from the republic for tins
gratifying find that number glad avail
themselves of the thus afforded them the OF
honorable livelihood the children of Cuba the benefit of their
training.
the notable institutions engaged this work The Amer
Normal School New Pa, " which engaged in the special
training young Cuban girls in This direction 1t has been operat
ing only but already has accomplished great deal Its
due small OF TO the diligence and earesns OF It's
pupils who applied themselves he with sincerity that
well for the ultimate of the school with which
become identified their of has been
completed
the
the intelligent of the of citizenship
teachers that will
the character of the of Cbns that