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and the deeper that tube sank IN the water the
shorter became the liquid. A small button placed
in the tube on top of the liquid was dragged down
and remained at its lowest point while the glass
being brought the surface This button
therefore. marked the contraction OF the liquid.
and the depth OF the water determined there
from.
Again the machine was dropped overheard The
moment IL touched the bottom which was indi-
Gated the observer by a slight tremor in the
wire. It wound up again. and Ninety faith
oms sir was communicated to the bridge. As
a machine came up and was unlocked
from the line, another fastened on and
dropped over. and 1t occurred me that the depth
of water being made known 10 the officers
on the bridge about every quarter mile as We
sped on.
'Eighty-six fatAoms. sir. stiI shoaiins: Eighty
fathoms. sir. eighty-nine fathoms. sir deepening
again; 'sxty-seven fathoms. sir the bottom OF the
coming up again. the bells in the engine
room jngied. the motion of the ship decreased
'Forty-two fathoms sir slower vet. twenty
eight a half sir, and the bell struck out one long
loud stroke, the steam rushed up through the es-
cape pipe the throbbing OF the engine ceased the
line was coming on board again. Nineteen a half
sir then the bell struck again. the ship Went
astern. and came TO standstin
The sea smooth and CLASSY. and the water
was becoming visible at "a greater distance from
the Ship in short time il clear enough 10.
discern something besides water Land on the
starhoard bow rang out from somewhere on
hoard. ] could see nothing. but in a few minutes
there doomed up the bold and rugged cliffs OF rock
on land distant scarcely half a mile There did
not seem to be any beach or shore straight up for
l should say some hundreds OF feet with here and
there a dark spot like cluster OF trees perched
in an opening
Glasses were brought % bear in the direction
Of land; the officers on the bridge very shortly
pointed-in one particular direeton< rherssshe lse
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A PENNY NOTE.

When the Bank Of England commenced business
in 1924 with ! staff of ifty-tour clerks all or
whom worked in single room. ana the directors
with them, no one imagined that 1t would develop
,nto the great national institution it is TODAY.
And its career. extending 'over two centuries has
brought it in touch with A wealth OF romance
relics Of which may be found in that department
OF the bank with which the public is least familiar
namely, its museum.
How many people know that the bank issued
a note for a penny ?-although it should be ex-
planned that this entirely due to an error
But The penny note went into circulation all the
same, and only by offering reward of to was the
bank able to get it back again before it passed
into the hands of the curio collectors. This note
Is stilI preserved IN one of the albums, and in
another are some of the curious notes which saved
the bank in 1745. In that year great run on the
funds took place-so great. in fact that 1t was
thought that the bank would be unable to meet 1t;
but the directors. in the nick of time. sent a
number of their clerks into the crowd TO present
notes which were paid in sixpences thus giving
the officials time 10 prepare for the demand for
specie
Another curiosity IS a note for 100000 which
is the only one Of that value printed; while
there IS also a note which was in circulation for
Specimens of all the forged notes which have
been uttered from time to time by the unscrupulous
kept and their value aggregates several million
pounds. while notes brought from the wreck OF the
enormous goldfish captured off the coast Of Green
land, among the banks most valued treasures.
coins which have been returned TO the bank from
all parts Of the world. found in the testing ma
chine This machine, by the way, tests $500
sovereigns day and automatically rejects any
which have become light
The museum library contains all the old ledgers
which have been used by the bank since il was
first opened, and they number 10000 while another
set of volumes gives record OF every member OF
the stan who has ever served at the bank There
are also 5000 volumes Of all kinds for the use Of
the stan some Of which rare that the same
lection
The bank has its own ehurchyard adjoining and
in
been buried. In one corner is the grave OF q clerk
who stood eight feet two inches in his socks
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TUlIUT'.
Brand Neso Metropolis of the Com
monueaLth of australia.

So bitter has been the rivalry between Mel
bourne and Sydney for recognition as the me-
tropolis OF Australia and as the seat of the fed
eraI government and legislature, that the lead
ing statesmen Of the antipodes have finally
come TO the conclusion TO turn deaf TO
the pretensions of these the two principal cities
Of the continent and to establish a brand new
capital, at Tumut, now a small township, stu
ated halfway between Sydney and Melbourne
II is at the present moment so remote from the
outer world that it IS fully twenty miles distant
from the nearest line of railroad. with which it
keeps in touch by means of daily coach
vice. But what it lacks in prosperity and in
accessibility il makes up in salubrity and in the
picturesque beauty Of its surroundings.
The town as now constituted has popula-
ton of about thirteen hundred with four banks
four churches curiously placed. as If they We're
the reflection of the pointer stars OF the South
ern Cross; few schools a lecture, haIl and
three inns. The principal buildings are of red
brick, while the others are of the weather
board. veranda fronted. corrugated iron roof
variety. common in the small Western towns
Of this country in Australia. and are perched
on the slope Of the hillside, along the banks Of
the river Tumut. from which the town takes its
name. and which. unlike most Australian rivers
does not become enthusiastically small during the
hot weather. but remains at the high water
mark always. thanks, perhaps. to the melting
SHOWS of the neighboring mountains. the loftiest
of which is Mount Kosciusko. the eliminating
point Of the entire continent.
This abundance OF water all the year round
so rare in MISUNDERSTANDING 10 render the
town OF Tumut and its vicinity perfect garden
from January TO December. The river is over
hung by closely set willows, while the roads are
bordered by hedgerows Of sweet briar inter
mingled with waffle, the golden blossom Of
which is the floral emblem Of Australia Long
lines Of poplars are dwsrfed here and there by
huge gum trees, while the valley is green with
Indian corn. Tunlut maize commanding the top
prices IN the markets Of Sydney and Melbourne
In fact, the vegetation Of Tumut never becomes
the withered. bone dry spectacle familiar
during the heated season in other parts Of
Australia: and situated as fl is in a sheltered
mountain valley. its climatic conditions are
those Of a sanatorium compared with those
Of Sydney and Melbourne. Indeed. il is difficult
TO conceive Of political strife taking any acute
form az Tumut, whore the mountain air, cooled
by the SHOWS of towering Kosciusko, will al
Ways be. at hand to soothe the.heated- passions,
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stranger was fainter fainter; then I knew that we
had passed-passed Close passed safely-but l saw
nothing, nothing but fog. and thanked God that
there were men on that bridge who were capable
and knew their duty.
DAY after day, night after night that fog lay
thick around US, close wet and drizzly. When we
reached the banks of Newfoundland the speed
was somewhat reduced, but IL still fast enough
to be dangerous. The many small craft fishermen
who nhabit these waters, take very little precau-
ton but we sped on. seeing nothing but ourselves
and the everlasting fog sounding our terrible notes
Of warning.
TT was about 3 o'clock of the afternoon of the
fifth day out. I was the stern Of the ship
close beside me there apparatus made of
cast iron cogwheel probably about eighteen inches
in diameter, hand crank fastened each side
this wheel meshed into a smaller cogged wheel
upon the journal of which were two thin disks OF
metal probably four inches apart; wound around
this journal and between the disks there seemed
to be continuous coil OF fine bright slvered wire
the whole of this machinery fastened together
and securely bolted TO the deck floor.
AN officer came aft, looked over the machine
adjusted IL in different places another officer came
holding an iron tubelike apparatus with brass
ring in one end he fastened the free end of the
wire to this ring; then he carried it to the rail
and dropped II overheard, down into the seething
waters below; instantly the disks began TO revoive
the wire ran off with whizz and stretched away
back into the waters at an angle Of about thirty
degrees. The officer stood at the brake on the
wheel in a few minutes he suddenly applied this
brake and the machinery stopped; a sailor seized
each Of the cranks. and they wound that wire back
upon the disks in about the time il had taken
to run of; the iron tube came up over the stern:
the officer seized it quickly. opened a cap of the
end and drew out therefrom a glass tube about
the size OF lead pencil and about three feet in
length. He looked at ii moment, and spoke
smartly tie words Ninety-sixT Another officer
stood by the charthouse with his mouth close TO a
speaking tube he spoke into that tube quickly and
distinctly 'Ninety-six fathoms. sir This tube
a once understood communicated with the officer
on the bridge. Then IT dawned upon me that
had witnessed the practical working of Sir Will
lam Thompson's deep sea sounding machine such
a vast improvement over the old nifty pounds Of
lead the end of rope and which could not give
the depth Of water unless the ship was al stand
still
With Lord Kelvins machine il is practicable
with a speed of over twenty knots to ascertain the
depth of water over which the ship Is sailing
Seeing much interested in the work of these Of
ficers and sailors. the chief invited me into the
chartroom. and explained 10 he loaded up a
second tube that the glass table was hollow and
filled with colored liquid other substance; this
subsanc had the property OF allowing itself to be
compressed longitudinally in the glass tube; the
-wsizht-of water zaboyesit was ths.notiyes powes,
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lacking in interest, stands of necessity. upon an
infinitely lower level in historical Importance when
compared with King Edwards chair 1t was manu-
featured for Queen Mary II. who was crowned as
Joint sovereign with her husband, William I'LL
At the time the revolution in 1889 the Prince of
Orange absolutely declined to give way, to oc-
cupy position inferior in dignity to that of his
wife; who as the elder daughter of James IL. had
by means incOnsiderabe claim upon the
crown of England. The difficulty therefore, could
only be solved by placing the two of them upon
precisely equal footing. With this end I'm view, it.
necessary to furnish. in view OF the corona
ton, the special embems sovereignty peculiar to
a resnant monarch for the Queen as well as for
the King The sceptre and the orb with which
Mary ii was duly invested may still be seen among
the regalia in the Tower OF London. 1t was also
considered desirable for special chair be made.
as nearly as possible resembling King Edwards
chalr IN Its general shape and details Into this
chair then Mary was lifted, and while seated there
she was amounted and crowned. instead of under
going these ceremonies in kneelng posture like
Queen Alexandra and other Queen consorts.
This chair has been removed to an altogether
different position 1t stands in the small chapel at
the extreme eastern end of King Heny Wis chapel.
It will probably never be used again. seeing that
we are never likely to behold a Queen regnant
simultaneously with King. 1t ought to be made
perfectly clear, therefore that this chair is the
Queens chair at all Properly speaking. it should
undoubtedly be styled Queen Mary's chair. for it
has been rightfully occupied by any Queen
since the year 1889.
King Edwards chair remains in sole posses
sion of the Chapel of the Kings 1t been placed
upon wooden pedestal similar in the Character of
teenth century altar screen adjoining it. Here It
occupies an infinitely more commanding position
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and lavatory. the last being sound proof, walled
in white marble and wholly a gem. But these
rooms though fitted up In mahogany and panels
OF brocaded satin, secondary TO the stocking
room. TO which they are merely adjuncts after all
In a word. the stocking" room is the apartment
into which go to take the money they WISH
to deposit in the bank from their stockings NOW
IT is a jest end byword among men that woman
carries her fortune in her hose but not many OF
them believe that this is true Experience taught
the bank officials that it the case, for many
and oft the query made: Where car we go
TO take out our money! Hence, when the pank
was enlarged recently, room was provided just
for this purpose. It is extremely private, anu Is
equipped with chairs and with little footrests anoul
the wall at convenient height, so that woman
may put her foot rest and secure the iuIus
wherewith 10 make her deposit. Although not
finished as yet the room has already proved It's
right TO be- and is in constant use
The bank officials do not look upon the stock
ing room as joke by any means, but are per-
fectly sincere in opening it. They have found it
10 be a public necessity, far their women
customers are concerned But 1t doubtless is the
only room OF the sort in tho world.-(Kansas City
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came the exclamation looked iU The direc'"A
indicated beheld the outlines OF great steam
ship similar to own. her stern perched ilsA
underneath that terrible cliff the stump OF
broken mast. and quantity OF wreckage hans-
ing oven the side. the water all around heF a
smooth as a millpond; Indication o. Storm
now. but the white seagulls swooped over the N.
tervening waters, the sun shone out bright anu
clear and the sheen OF gold the stern OF ina.
great black object was clear TO the eye coela
make 1t out. Scottish King. Glasgow
" Was that steamship equipped We areF
inquired OF the oflcer, and had she the appaI-
atus for ascertaining her whereabouts VIXEN sns
ran in against the terrible elm? Yes said As
she had everything that was provided for ea'as-
trophies OF that kind: she had all the safeguards
that have been devised. she had capable. care
ful captain and experienced officers; she Is WIS
there upon the reefs and soon there Viii be MOTH
ing left toNeu the tale.
" Our time may come. we cannot tell; there ais
a thousand and one ways by which this stout anu
stanch looking ship may be caused 20 lie just hAS
the Scottish King
The bell in the engine room rams out as2n
slowly the great liner gathered way, Ne oaas
adieu 70 the terrible looking shore. its ROCKS -
reefs and It's wrecks. our again into the opsA
sea. no booming OF the whistle, no fos, and tas
haven OF Halifax doomed up next day
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noa. using the simple sibilant at the beginning. The
typical French sound at the OF CastelIane
is avoided by Led by the look OF the word
speak it exactly II 1t had a Saxon origin Nor
is this surprising People who habitually drop the
moderate ing in such vocables as strength length
singing and beginning. one of the worst blemishes
OF popular utterance. by the way are likely
TO suffer the nasal twinge Incidental 10 the OF
the Gauls. Again. Thebault. which the French pro-
nOunce Tho. two long vowels is freely rendered
by at full length because the first syllable cor
responds 20 many In English like theme. the Sec
ond to others like fault. President Schurman OF
Cornell University courteously informs me that
he prefers to hear his name. which is OF Dutch
origin. sounded Sureman. This is a half way step
between Skureman, the original. and Sherman.
the pure English. though belieye the custom here,
dictated by analogy, IS TO make it a perfect
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gave the command to cast or the standby signal
was telegraphed the engine room. All clear,
came from the officer the deck the go ahead
signal of two short sharp clangs of the bell was
given there a throb of the great engines be-
low, the water in the dock was churned into foam
and slowly the great mass of iron, steel and wood
composing the good steamship moved out into the
blue waters of the sea.
Gradually the decks deserted as night
came on. and with the others I sought my state
room, away down in the very heart Of the ship;
probably had been asleep half hour when was
awakened by the sounding of the whistle of the
ship. I listened; 1 took up my watch and timed
the duration of the basts-three-quarters of min
ute-silence and a quarter of a minute, boom.
boom, boom-the deep bass voice of that whistle
far above shouted out it's note Of warning.
And why? For the reason that the fog had settled
down thick-fog the bane of the ocean greyhound,
had possession of the surface of the waters.
and it required precauton in the superlative de-
gree lest another ship should suddenly crash down
upon us or into them Such has happened
time and again.
1.-THE booming of that whistle continued all the
night long-boom boom. boom-unceasingly, inces-
santly-and it varied the time-three quarters
of a minute-s4ence, one-quarter, boom. boom,
boom 1t was so regular that became accustomed
to it, as a person will do listening to continuous
noise and l dropped off 10 sleep I arose in the
morning early long before most of the passengers.
It was fog fog. thick drizzly and wet-so thick
that could recognize nothing except water. look
1
ticed that upon the bridge there were four five
officers in uniform each with telescope poised in
different direction. endeavoring to find opening
In the sheet of darkness while the sonorous boom
of the whistle shocked the very air
But harkl-there was an answering note-boom,
boom boom-far away in the distance L endeav-
ored 10 locate the sound. 10 ascertain the partcu-
lar point from which il came, I went over 10 the
port side I listened there until II had sounded
perhaps half dozen times; then ! went TO the
starboard; it impossible for me 10 he certain;
I glanced up at the officers the bridge; they
were then gazing all in the same direction. evil
IDENTIFY they had located the sound Then / noticed
that the speed of the ship had been perceptibly
duced the vibrations Of the great engines below
Were slower, the boom becoming dis
tinct blasts had been altered TO sounds quicker
and sharper, but the fcg dense, closer and
compact.
The steam. when less was being used tor the
engines. was escaping from the boilers. and be-
that and the sound of the whistles the noise
indeed terrific. but the officers were calm and
smiling Amid all this din however. 1 noticed that
the boom of the whistle of the strange steamship
was becoming more dlstinct-coser apparently;
aiaTmingly closer. 10 me-and that / could not
recognize tho boom OF the stranger from own.
Then sthe bell in the enigma room ingledz ths orus
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and 10 calm the fevered brow OF the Australian
legislators
Tumut has the rare advantage of being able
to have its name spelled forward or backward,
according to the wishes of its inhabitants and.
moreover. is aboriginally and therefore charac-
teristicaly Australian. 1t is difficult to predict
it's future. Perhaps it will be like Washington
and Ottawa. merely the centre Of legislative
functions. the headquarters Of the federal ad-
ministration and the seat of the government
Possibly, too, with increased traffic facilities
such as the construction of the railroad already
in progress, 1t may become the chief seat OF
commerce and Of trade, well as the place
where will congregate all that is eminent in lit
erature, science and art in Australia. One thing
at any rate is certain. namely, that the new
metropolis of the commonwealth will be the
most healthful city of the huge continent. be-
sides which, there is something particularly re-
freshing in the spectacle of a great colonial
dependency constructing for itself brand new
caDital.
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IT HAS A STOCKING ROOM. :"

All banks Of any size in cities have stock
rooms. These are of two classes. one being where
bonds and stocks are examined by their owners
and the other where the stock stationery and the
like are kept But only one bank earth has a
stocking room. and that bank Is in Kansas City.
The stocking in the National Bank of
Commerce is fer the exclusive OF women OF
whom the bank has four thousand customers.
It is one Of suite OF four. devoted 10 their uses.
tina others being q reception roon ting room
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1ouea CHINESE PONIES.

A French agricultural engineer calls astsntioa
70 the Chinese pony. and suggests its acelnatl-A'
ton in Europe, Its endurance and courage are ~
markable Last February, in race from Ile-s'
sin TO Peking G2s kilometres. or about = rlss,.
over bad roads in A storm OF wind and rain. - p
them ran. and the first arrived in hours s. mn,
utes. the last In hours minutes. The resli' :
comparable To thatsof the Brussels 70 Ostend -
The prineiple characteristics Of this horse Is % ~
long distances az moderate London eslo@''i
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MARY IFS CORONATION CHAIR.
Some Improvements Made in Westminster
Abbey

great Improvement has recently been made in
Westminster Abbey in connection with the cele
brated coronation chair. For many years past two
chairs have stood side by side Immediately behind
the high altar of the church. facing the tomb of ST.
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NARROW ESCAPES FROM PERILS IN FOG AT SEA-
ABOARD LINER WHEN WALL OF DARKNESS SUR
ROUNDED-APPROACH TO DANGEROUS COAST.

GERS laid down their glasses. the escaping steam
suddenly ceased, the vibration quckened and the
steamship forged ahead. The next boom of the
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II was the last passenger to go on board" said
a returning traveller; "the gangplank was hauled
in An officer upon the bridge, in a quiet voice,
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possesses. of course. meaning which to English
people can be less than sacred for It has de-
scended to from the days of 1.-The greatest of the
Plantagenets' himself, and the old stone which it
enshrines untes our twentieth century life with
hoary antiquity. The other chair, commonly desig-
mated the Queens Chair" though by no means
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A BREACH OF DISCIPLINE.

Among the stories of the commanders of the
Civil War is one in connection with Captain Joshua
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-09-24
i
Vega.

The people in this vicinity are
soon done threshing. If the rainy
weather had not set in it would al
ready have been done, as there are
80 many machines in the field.
Aaron 2. Pierson, the Vega butch
er, has been so busy butchering this
summer, that he has not finished
haying yet.
Miss Mayme Pierson and Miss
Maybel1 Lundin, who are attending
the Warren High school, came home
for visit with their parents and
friends Friday night. They re-
turned to Warren on Sunday.
"A fine son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Hegglund on the 18th. He
feels very proud Of the new conner.
Miss Edythe Dagoberg, who is
now teaching school at Halvor, was
seen, last Friday, on her way home.
She intended to travel clear home
but just then her mother came to the
store so she had the luck of having
a ride home.
Miss Hilma Pierson, the teacher
at Valborg P. O., has travelled home
from her school every night, except
one, the past week.