New-York tribune., 1903-02-11

The famous lamp OF Towneley Chapel. at Towne-
ley Hall, in England, has recently been extln-
guished This was probably the last of the So
called lever burning" lamps of England. 1t Is
claimed that the Towneey lamp had been burning
constantly since the days OF King A1red-tor
more than one thousand years AT the beginning
of the last century half dozen were still alsht'
while at the dissolution by Henry VII many nun
dreds aIieht I'm the monasteries had been burning
ever since the Norman Conquest Doubtless these
perpetual lamps were remnant OF that FORM OF
pagan worship known as everlasting hre Whlch
was kept alight by guardians, who were punish
able with death If they allowed the FIRE to go out
HARPS
He harped upon her beauty, he harped upon her
But Shea She answered his proposal with a coIdly
SO he took a dose of poison and proceeded to
Where. venture the assertion; he will harp harp no
forever -tBrooklyn Eagle
The best sailing vessel flying the American flag
is the steel four master Atlas. which arrived at
Baltimore a few days ago after a run of 1880
miles from Hong Kong IN ninety-two days The
Atlas averaged 172 miles a day, and ~ knots an
hour. Her days was 312 miles, at the rate
of 121a knots an hour. This breaks all authentic
records, except that of the bark Amy Turner,
which made the run from Hong Kong TO the Vir-
ginia coast in eightyseven days The Atlas beat
out of sight the British bark Kelat. which cleared
for New-York eleven days ahead of the Atlas.
The English captain boasted the sailing qualities
of his vessel, but at the time the Atlas reached
Baltimore had not arrived in New-York
Similar Traits.-"What would you do If you had
one % desc yer automobiles dat stops when you
m t0 s n Mr. Il SO Erssus ae Pnke9
yoh description. reckons could git jes as much
ington Star.
A curious will is 10 be admitted to probate in
Alabama in short time. With her grandson and
daughter Mrs. Davis attempting TO cross
Shades Creek in one horse wagon. The stream
was high and the horse drowned The re
Inainder of the party drifted downstream on the
wagon body. While in this precarious position
Mrs. Davis wrote her will on the back of her
daughter. Mrs. Dismukes, and then died from
excitement attending the adventure. The re-
naindAr of the party finally rescued The
dispatch does not explain how the will was writ
ten on Mrs. Dismukes's back nor how the back
will be fled unless the lady consents remain
file herself.
In the conseryatory,-''You are my ideal; won't
~ prefer to remain your ideal"-(Town and
Country.
Berlin paper of recent date, in article the
'cakewaIk" the new American dance. which
threatens to become popular in Europe gives this
startling account of the origin of the dance: AT
a dinner given by wealthy plantation
rich negro and his wife were guests The black
par were so inflated with pride at being there, and
walked with much studied air that they at
tracted much attention When the black couple
the man and woman giving the best imitation of
the black pairs walk. Everybody wanted to win
the prize, and women did their best to produce
the pose and step of the high nosed negroes. and
that was the first cakewalk." The careless Ger
man historian falls to give the of the planter
who entertains ais black neghbors and makes fun
OF them after they have gone. Evidently the
writer is angry with the United States for sending
the cakewalk to Europe, for he says: Last year
there was exhibited at the South Kensngton
,ha art frea ytfc
gan bought Of Mannheim, the collector. There
ere thirteen full Of these magnificent pieces
of silver enamel and faience. At the same time
one could at the Guild Hall other works OF art
for the Morgan palace. while at Cherbourg and at
Havre priceless pictures being transported to
America. And for these treasures what does
America bring us7 The cakewalk'
The One Thing.-Tourst-No trouble here to get
something to drink Sunday
Colonel Kantuck- None whatever: suh
Tourist-You people down here don't believe In
keeping anything dry, ehf
Colonel Misunderstanding but powdah, sub
-LPhiIadeiphia Press