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given here than the kings monuments show. Did not one kings son try on his fathers crown while he lay dying, and was he not called tol the death-chamber with 1t on his head?
 The Jerusalem chamber is one around which centers many of the important events of English history. It is small room, after one has become accustomed to the great size of the chapel. On the walls hang tapestries showing affairs Tn English history; in the center IS long table with red cloth cover. and around it are straight common chairs. In thls room the clergy meet, and here the knS died. Here his son was brought, with the crown still on his head, and one tapestry shows him kneelng to ask forgiveness. Here the Bible,-the version Of James r. was made, here the revised version was compiled at a more modern time. Here the crown jewels and all the robes Of cer- emony are kept for twenty-four hours before the coronation of British king. From this room he goes for that coro- nation. Edward passed from this room, no so long ago, down the rude,t worn stairs. across the abbey to take his oath of office; to sit in the great coronation chair, beneath which Is stone on which Jacob is said to have slept when he saw the ladder in heaven, stone that has had to do with Scotland when that was kingdom as well as England. Edward the Confessor has his tomb, and Eleanor, or Good Queen Eleanor, as she was call ed, Is buried close beside him, though she lived long afterward. The Chapel of Henry VII is the finest in Workmanship. the most expensive, and the largest of the tombs. It seems to occupy a whole wing of Westminster, and contains a number of small chapels in which others are buried. l do not say what the abbey Is like It is too large for one to know, and yet there Is only the idea of being in a great tomb; indeed it is said, that there Is not room for another grave, and the people who kneel in prayer or pass so carelessly to and fro kneel on or walk over grave. Having no room in the abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral is being used in like manner. The Duke of Vel lington and Nelson are buried in the lat ter
 The Royal Academy is full of beauti- ful pictures; there are pictures of every kind, portraits, landscapes, decorative and everything that may be termed great in art. It is very beautiful Sergeant is there, he who decorated the library in Boston. He shows much versatility, the Frieze of the Prophets there being en- tirely different from the dashing picture of Mrs. Chamberlain. and this in turn, from a decorative picture in Tate Gal lery. Though Rembrandt is now be- yond all rvice, there is reaction against his brown tones. the modern artist pre- ferring to have sky and shadow tones in
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of the kings who had lived in the palace. The Gothic architecture Is interesting and the palace large. The gardens are beautiful great English lawns with seats on them and here and there large beds of flowers One bed of heliotrope was so fragrant It's perfume came to us in the palace courtyard This is not in the gar den proper, for here there are innumer- able flowers and trees centuries old train- ed and trimmed to make dark shady ar bor The Thames flows just outside the wall and this made the palace accessi- ble in those days of water travel.
 The British Museum contains every thing one can name 1t seems. But we who are studying art feel that nothing is left for other places, so entirely com plete does the collection seem. There are the winged bulls that were gate ways to Assyrian palaces before the dme of Christ, and Egyptian monuments ana stone collins carved in the strange art of inc people. I could not understand the beauty supposed to be concealed pe- meath the strange figures from ignor- ance, I suppose But the Grecian art IS something we have studied all our lives, and in it there seems to be much beauty, beauty that vandalism and ill-usage has marred but could not conceal, beauty that was shown in every broken line and imperfect curve The great figures by Phidias and those decorative panels or border that were done under his direction for the Parthenon at Athens are in the museum, having been brought to Eng land by Lord Elgin after one of the Greek wars People so often regret that they have been removed from the place where they stayed for so many hundreds of
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thought of crown jewels in the rich or namental way in which we read of them there. This being true, the jewels were not so bright nor the crowns nor swords so rich as 1t seems those of king must needs be. In one thing I was much sur prsed. There are perhaps a half dozen gold salt cellars, each of which would hold from a quart to half a gallon of salt In reading of the east, salt cellars were not part of the royal regalia, hence the surprise.
 There are great number of old can- non in the court of the tower. but none compared with the beauty of the en- craving on the old bronze and brass can non of the Spanish we saw at Moro Cas- tie in Havana. There were a half dozen very old cannon balls made of stone by the side of one of them. I do not remem- ber anything else of this historic place, except that the guards, who were dress ed in brilliant red are called Beef Eat ers," because long ago there were fed with beef while on duty
 The House of Parliament is very near Westminster, and though almost incon- ceivably large there are so many rooms for Hobbies. halls, private rooms and roy al state apartments that there is scarce- ly standing room in either house for it's members If commoner is so much in- terested in a measure that he wishes to avoid all chances of missing a seat he comes to prayers in the morning and is given a slip of paper which he pins onto a seat inside. One side being for the af- firmatve, and the other for the nega- tive, it is not like being "a democrat once democrat always" but he pins his slip on the side for or against as he wishes to vote. The great hall and some of the Hobbies have in them statues of the most famous members of parliament Prof. Powers lectured last evening in the hotel parlor. He spoke of England's past and the future that would come as a na- tural result. When he finished. a man. who had been sitting quietly but listening attentively, rose to say that as an Eng lshman he wished to thank Prof. Powers for the fair and impartial manner in which he had spoken of the English na- ton, and spoke nicely about our cordial relations with England, and her appre- citation of America and Americans. It was like listening to toasts and responses at a banquet. with the banquet left out; but it was a pleasant finis to most pleasant week.
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years, but from an artistic point of view they are In piece to be much more ap- preciated than formerly, for here 1t is said thousand people see them where one saw them in the long ago. Here na- tions are being educated to an apprecia- tion of their heroic beauty.
 Phidas mastered the problem of filling triangular space with figures apparently uncramped as no other sculptor has done. He was decorating a temple of Athena and must of necessity portray her life in some way. He does not choose the criti- cal moment when Jupiter's head is split asunder for Athena to come but rather In a grander way. Athena, In her grave beauty, and Jupiter rousing as if from sleep. Of course there were innumerable things, even parts of the mausoleum of King Halicarnassus which was long termed one of the seven wonders of the world This tomb was erected by his wife, the queen. who said that she wished him to have tomb so splendid that none in all the earth should compare with it.
 There Is the Royal Academy, to which living painters and artists are admitted, and Tate Gallery also contains some wonderful pictures. In both there are some of Sargeant's works. He is known best for his portraits, but in Tate there is a beautiful picture of children in a garden lighting Japanese lanterns. The light shines on their faces and hands with red glow that Is like the red in sunset. The picture is a magnificent one from a decorative standpoint Brother painters bet that Sergeant could do nothing but portraits. and this master piece that did so much toward his admis- sion to the Royal Academy is the result. He was offered the honor if he would become a British subject; he declined, but later yielded although he was an American.
 London has its beautiful and loving side, though one sees it only a little at time. A bride came down the steps of steps of the church next to us, in all her beauty of new found happiness, with her light veil thrown back head bent, and 1eyes upon the ground in maiden mod esty, her flowers held against her bo- som in soft caress, beside her the man whom she had married, looking at her bent face with a lovers devotion. The carriage doors closed. there was a shower of white and pink confetti that futtered over the ground like fallen petals. Amid the good-byes and wishes for life happi- ness, he kissed her, his wife, as if they were far from the maddening crowd of the largest city in the world.
 Who has not heard of St. Paul's Ca- thedral with it's great dome? l nave seen 1t and heard the services in it. It is Gothic--I believe--but in the choir and in the dome. the walls are gilded and painted till they blaze with gold. It's size is enormous but it does not appear so until one is under the dome. A voice is lost. and the chant of the choir becomes wordless songs. Today the music was fine. and I thought of the boys with their mischievous .eyes as they came in for the service from the vestry with beauti- full song On their lips. and of the com ment Prof. Powers made: See those boyx They can sing like angels"
 And, indeed, the far separated walls ,Aade 1t seem like angelic music with
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the more natural blues and greys An other tendency that seems to lead toward the impressionistic style is that of paint ing reflected lights, the greenish glow white dress has when one stands on the grass. or the yellow light that shines in everything at evening,-preeminen the painting of atmosphere. After going through such a place as the Royal Aead- emy, pictures that do not give the effect of changing light and of the air are harsh and disp1easing to the extreme.
 iThe Tower is always interesting to the tourist on account of the prominent place it has held in English history; as prominent, in fact, as that of Westmln- ster Abbey. It is really a great castle, which in the olden times had its moat, and even now one passes portcullis after portcullis in going into it. Every gate IS defended in this manner. Now the fof- tress is used as a home for soldiers, depository of relics, firearms and old ar mor But the guards in their picturesque uniforms and the barred entrances carry one back to the time of feudal defenses and feudal wars The moat is now filled with gardens, and the portcullis has grown rusty with disuse. The Chapel or St Johns is a monument of Norman architecture, in which a few crown pen- sioners may have service. The stairs be- meath which the murdered princess were found. leads to an armory which IS an old curiosity shop of war-like relics. A brass plate marks the spot where Henry WITS wives were beheaded. Beauchamp Tower, which they call Bee cham Tower" is a clean plac7 where one may buy views of the interior or the tower. Mars is dead: Harmcnia, ms daughter. rules instead, and though the
 Iaaf r11s,1sp into seythe 1t hangs on the walls of the keep, in the white tower making a petal for some gigantic flower, a line In some intricate geometrical figure. The Trait ors Gate opens on the Thames, and when courts of justice, or courts of intrigues sent a nobleman here to die, ne was brought down the river ana entered the prison through this gate. The story is told of Queen Elizabeth, that when she was only Prln- cess Elizabeth, her sister, the Bloody Mary becoming jealous and fearing her favor with the people, sent guard 10 the princess with the command 10 carry her in through this fatal gate. Eliza beth came, but when she was landed at the Traitors Gate, she refused to pass In and. i'll though she was sat in the pouring rain without. The guards feared to enforce the order, for the princess was the heir-apparent to the throne, and Mary. the queen, feared the people; so Elizabeth was carried home again and guarded for months. Her stubbornness was probably all that saved her, for the people whom afterwards called her Good Queen Bess." All the towers ot the castle are filled with bloody memories of those who were sent there to die, and on the walls one may see the names ana coats of arms of the victims scratched into the stone. The crown jewels are also kept in the tower, but l had read Arabian Nights and unconsclously
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JRIC LONDON WITH ITS CATHEDRAL,
 ART GALLERIES ABBEY AND GRIM TOWER

echoes that were as beautiful as the song. One in the choir sang the sweet high so- prano that rang like a bell, and could be separated from the others only by it's greater beauty. I wondered if he were not the most human and most fun-loving boy among them.
 Buildings done in this style of architec- ture are enormously expensive, it being necessary to decorate all the interior with gold and fine paintings Although this cathedral was built to replace one destroyed in the great fire of 1866, half of the building is bare and seems dismally so when one sees the other half ablaze in the light The church fails in many ways to give one the same impression of vastness that is felt in Westminster Ab- bey, though both are nearly the same size. The pillars are so large that they obstruet the view and apparently divide the building into a number of chapels; yet, were measurement actually taken, the floor space would be found to be but little more obstructed that that in Vest minister Abbey. Again, the dome which Is so large from the outside, has been painted with erect figures on the interior. From below it Is as if one were standing underneath man on a scaffold. We knew how tiny he would appear. In some of the churches in other countries this perspective has been corrected by giving figures also in the perspective. This was Ike fitting eyes with proper lenses. and the tower rose above to ap- parently a greater height than 1t reach ed in reality. St. Pauls seems to have been made for exterior rather than inter- for admiration.
 Westminster, on the contrary is grand and thorough. One bows in unconscious reverence on the threshold when the cold chilling air of the interior passes over the face, for on either side are the monu- mental statues of the illustrious dead, statesmen, warriors, and rulers, poets and noVelists, beauty and those who were full of good works. Gladstone stands in simple majesty with Disraeli near by, and Sir Isaac Newton is buried not far from the brave, ill-fated Andre Tenny- son, whose poetry inspired a dreamer like Turner, Scott, Dickens who knew people as they were Browning and Addi- son are here. Shakespeare has a monu- ment, and to Longfelow one was given by the English who also love his poetry. We passed along the tombs and statues with never a leaf nor a flower to show that the good men do lives after them. Longfellow and Shakespeare had wreaths of howers-Longfellow, red roses. Did an American give them? I wonder. TO Jenny Lind there is also tomb, just be- meath Handel, I believe. Separated from these are the kings and their kindred. Perhaps their tombs are finer, but white marble seems purer than bronze or cop per, and one feels that more love was
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Miss WeileTs Engage
 menf 10 Mir. Hood.

MT. and Mrs William H. Weller of Anniston anounce the engagement of their daughter Rosa Lela, to Mir. William Alex ander Hood. the wedding to take placs at their residence on the evening of Oc- tober 15.
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Salfer-R RObbins.

One of the prettiest of the autumn we'd dings will be that of Miss Julia Jayens Robbins and MT. Llivellyn H. Salter which will take place at the Elyton Meth odst church on the evening of Wednes- day, September 16, at 9 o'clock. The we'd dna 1ty will include Mrs. G. Marvin Milner. who will be matron of honor Miss Mary Alice Murphy of Indianola, Miss who will be maid of honor. MT. Pitt s. Miner will be the best man and MT Verman Day and Dr. G. M. Milner will be ushers
 The bride will be given away by her father, Mir. James B. Robbins. Miss Rob- bins is member of a prominent Missis- sippi family She is the granddaughter of the late Col. Nathaniel Robbins, dis tinguished officer in the war of 1872.
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Elegant Colonial and
 French designs, strict ly first-class goods at reasonable prices. ". D. Colby Decorating
 Co.,. 2023 First avenue.
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N0fes and Personals.

At brilliant card party Friday even- ing at the Sweetwater Park hotel, at Lithia Springs, the first prize, an elegant card ease and purse, was won by Mrs. Charles Samuel Simmons of Birming ham.
 Mr and Mrs. A. S. Smith are at Lithia Springs.
 Mir. and Mrs William s. Morrow an- nounee the engagement of their daughter,
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Society Notes.

The D. of R. Reading Circle met
We dnesday afternoon with Mrs
George s. Bowen, of Williamson
Place and had a delightful meeting.
The reading of the book adopted at
recent meeting proves very Inter
esting and instructive inasmuch as
1t treats largely on the lives and
histories of Bible women. Mrs.
Bowen entertained during the soc.
ial hour with fine Ice cream and
cake and a little musicale inter
sperced by some pretty recitations
by the little girls present.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Lizzie Olmstead, Mccoy
avenue.
HIM. Stanberry gave his Sunday
school class an enjoyable outing
today. They were taken In the
yacht Blanch NJ. to a point Just
north of the city, where the day
was delightfully."- passed In a beaui-
full grove. An elegant luncheon
and refreshments were enjoyable
features of the occasion.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
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We, the undersigned, have known
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in all business transactions and
financially able to carry any obi
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Halls Ca,arrh Cure isstaken in =
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blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free.
P.,ce 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists
Hal' Family P..ls are the best
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Smallpox Situation
in Matamoras'

1t was hoped that this week We
would be able to inform our read.
ers that the small pox was thing
of the past In our town, but EVIL
IDENTIFY such was not the case.
The first of last week there was
only one PARENT In the pest house
Ray Flo y, the young man who
contracted the disease In Pittsburg
several weeks ago: he was isolated
immedIatly after ibis arrival In
town, before there was any danger
of contagion and he Is now conva-
descent. About two weeks since,
Mrs. Clyde Rea, a sister of Finny,
also of Pittsburg, came home on a
visit, and several days after was
pronounced Ill with smallpox. she
was also removed to the pest house.
This week two children of VIM.
McBee are suffering from the dis
ease In very light form. l. seems
to be exceptional, so the physicians
say, that all of the children who
had the contagion here have only
had very Hight attacks, while the
reverse was expected when unvac-
clnated children have smallpox
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Result OF School Examination

The following are the results Of
the Uniform State Examination
held at Middlebourne, June 18th
and 18TH.
First Grade Certificate
Clinton Myer, Maud Carpenter,
and Ina Barnes.
Second Grade Certificates.
B. w. Ankrom. II. Lee Kinsley'
L. T. Buck, J. E. Buck, B. F.
Taught, Grover Hamilton, G. B,
Hamilton, Mary Hamilton, L. 81,
Henderson, Bessie Osborne, A. A.
Merritt, Stella Parks, P. w. Week.
", J. T. Bradford, CA. Underwood
and Elma Weekly,
Third Grade Certificates.
bessie Underwood, Bruce Hen
thorn, L. z. Maxwell, Bessie Jones,
Erman M. Nichols, Archie Stew
art
Totals three No. I; IS No. 2; 6
No. ?; I failure; 2 with held.
The State examiners report that
In some of the papers of two appli-
cants there are marked similarities.
and they hold the certificates Of
these applicants awaiting a satisfac.
tory explanation of the matter.
The applicants whose certificates
are held will be notified by the
State Superintendent.
D. L. TALKINGToN
County Superintendent.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Suicide PreyeRted,

The startling announcement thai
a preventive of suicide had beer
discovered will interest many. A
run down system, or despoudency
invariably p-ecede suicide and
something has been found that will
prevent that condition which makes
suicide likely. At the first thought
of self destruction take Electric Bit
tiers. It being a great tonic and
nervine will strengthen the nerves
and build up the system. Us also
great stomach, liver and Kidney
regulator. Only soc. Satisfaction
guaranteed by D. A. Henderson,
druggist.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Smallpox-Warning.

There has been several cases OF
smallpox In other towns and as we
do not desire to have this dreaded
disease In our city, we want every
one to take particular pains not to
be exposed to the disease. D. A.
Henderson, also advises to keep In
perfect health aud especially your
kidneys. He advises the use of
DeBells Kidney Pills which he
guarantees to cure or refund the
money. Don't delay, 1t may mean
death. No cure, no pay. Price CSC
per box.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Plies. Eczems, letter.

Mr.. D A. Henderson, recon-
mends Boro- Carbol Salve for the
cure OF blind, bleeding or itching
piles where all other ointments have
failed. It sbsorbs the tumors, allays
the itching at once acts like a poul'
tice and gives instant relief. Boro'
Carbol Salve Is prepared expressly
for piles, letter, eczema and all
itching skin disease. Sold on
guarantee, No cure, No pay. Now
CSC per box.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Pope Leo Dead.

The whole civilized world mourns
the loss of Pope Leo who has been
more than father to the Catholic
world. But who thinks of himsel!
when he may be dying of kidney
trouble. The reason that kidney
disease Is so deceitful Is, we don'i
heed the warning until too late.
Can you afford to take any chances
Delay may mean death. DeBells
Kidney Pills Wills will cure any case
price CSC. D. A. Henderson, will
refund your money unless cured.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07
Severely Burned.

While starting a FIRE In the boiler
at Amber Oh compaSy's No. S
below Moundsvllle this morning J.
A. McTamney was saturated With
oil, which caught fire. The grass
was deep near the boiler and he
rolled IN 1t. However, the flames
had made painful and dangerous
wounds before they were extin.
guish.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-07

Monday you wash and hang up
the clothes,
Tuesday you Iron as every one
knows.
Wednesday you bake both light
bread and rolls,
Thursday you mend and Darn all
the holes,
Friday you sweep and put things
In their place,
Saturday you'll say that this
worlds a disgrace,
Sunday you'll ask pardon from
sin,
And Monday you'll start 1t all
over agln.