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used for defensive purposes. AT least Two
battles have been fought around 1t;
Under a window on the eastern SIDE near
the altar is large stone bearing a shield
with the Washington coat-of-arms and the
following inscription in quaint old English:
Here lyeth ye bodyes of Lawrence w ASH
ing. Gent. and Amee~ his wyf, by whome
he had issue iii sons & VII daushts- Mr.
Lawrence dyed ye - day of ammo 10, ana
AIMEE deceased ye vi day of October ano
DIN. 1884"
1t is evident that Lawrence Washington
put up this tablet himself. leaving blanks
which his descendants failed to fill with
the day of the month and the year of his
death.
family which appears upon this tablet with
its stars and stripes suggests the shielo
of the United States of America. and UNI
doubtedly was the model therefor.
**
The family is an old and honorable one.
In 1881. the thirtietn year Of his reign,
when Henry VIII suppressed the monas-
teries and drove the monks out of England,
he presented the priory of st. Andrew at
Sulgrave with 1900 acres of beautiful farm
land, which had belonged to and been cul-
tivated by that order. to this same Law
renee Washington. Gent. who served his
king with loyal heart, lusty sword and
a sagacious mind.
Lawrence Washington remodeled the
ancient priory into "a manor house suitable
for a gentleman of his rank. 1t was OF
spacious dimensions and imposing appear
ance. and a portion of the building still re-
mains. The stables said to be the same
that were used by Lawrence Washington.
but the picturesque effect has been destroy
ed by roofing them with new corrugated
iron, which glistens IN the sun. The house
Is surrounded by a lovely rose garden. in
which may be traced the original founda-
tons showing that the present structure
Is only about one-ifth the size Of the old
priory. The same arms of the Washington
family which appear in the church are
engraved in the spandrils Of the arch over
the main entrance. and over the drip-stone
Of the door Is window with q sun dial
on the ledge. surmounted by the arms of
King Henry VIII. with lion and a
griffin supporting the shield. What was the
original hall is now the family sitting room.
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1t had struck us amidship? Why, every
soul aboard would have been roasted to
death before the meteor had pierced the
ship like a bolt Of lightning. tearing a
great hole through her melting her in
two as II she had been subjected to the
force of a blast furnace
why shouldn't a meteor in the season
when meteors fall. strike a ship just as a
thunderbolt might? We might have been
under the very spot where that big fellow
fell. tell you I believe the mystery of
many missing ships can be accounted for
by meteors. We saw four within q month
fall into the ocean and I have no doubt
that other ships will report more or New
foundland. II 1t had not been daylight I
haven't any doubt We would have seen hun
dreds near and far
The neutrality-suspicious. liner Brazilia.
from Hamburg. also observed a great me-
teor when northeast of Cape Race on the
same evening. about three hours after the
st. Andrews experience. The Brazilia'
meteor was visible for thirty seconds be-
fore 1t buried itself in the sea.
About a hundred meteoric swarms have
now been recognized by astronomers. most
of them furnishing very inconsptcuous dis
plays OF these at least dozen have
been shown to travel in the paths of comets.
These swarms are named from the constel-
lations In which the radiants are situated
Those Of special interest at the present mo-
ment are the Leonids and the Andromedes.
The Leonids attain their maximum display
about November IA. the Andromedes about
November q. The Leonids still retain a
somewhat compact swarm and have a
comet path.
The most interesting feature Of the an
.nuaf showers is the possibility of seeing
or finding a meteorite. 1t Is by no means
certain that there Is any difference between
the ordinary shooting stars and an actual
meteorite And for that matter no connec-
ton between star-showers and the fall Of
meteors has been proved to exist Meteor
ties are usually sporadic In 1885, however.
during an Andromedan display. a meteorite
weighing ten pounds did fall at Mxzapil in
Mexico.
meteorites and the iron meteorites. There
are about ten times ~ many Of the for
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that one day in the autumn Of 1889 two
well-dressed men appeared in the village
about o'clock in the afternoon. They
wandered around tourists usually do,
spelled out the quaint epitaphs upon the
tombstones in the churchyard. climbed the
tower to get the view of the country, spent
some time in the church-whose door, up
to that time. was always open, In order
that repentant sinners might go In and
pray-and took leisurely supper at the
inn.
After their cakes and ale they visited
the church again, leaving the horse and
carriage in which they came hitched to
tree In front of the gate. Nobody watched
them interfered with their movements.
but the Ifext morning the Washington
"brasses'' were gone. The strangers had
pried them up from the stone tagging to
which they were fastened and had carried
them of, They had tried to remove
the tablet. but were unable to do So An
effort was made to trace them and to dis
cover their Identity. but they could not be
followed farther than Helmdon. the rail-
way station. where they returned the horse
and buggy to the owner and took the train
for London.
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BY WILLIAM L. CTRTIS.

written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald
7HE Great Central Railway of Eng
and is advertising excursions to
THE Original Home of WASH
ingtons" and offers Special re-
duced fare facilities from Mary
Ie-bone station London. to Helmedon sta
ton Northamptonshire sixty-two and
half miles. three shilling and three pence
for the round trip. The advertisements.
which you find in every hotel and in
many other public Places in London. promise
that A special vehicle will meet the arrival
OF visitors and drive them to the old world
village of Sugrave. an enjoyable drive of
seven miles from Helmdon station. the
charge being two shilhngs and six pence
each. The trains leave London at and
IL o'clock In the morning and return at
9:35 at night.
Advertisements also say that pathetic
indeed must be the British or American
born subject whose bosom fails to heaye
with just pride or whose blood flows nor
mally on, when the name or fame of such
men as George Washington and BENJAMIN
Franklin is under discussion. Their Eng
hsh ancestors were Graded amid the same
rural surroundings. and a few short miles
separated their village homes
~
Sulgrave. the home of Washington's an
cestors, Is village of farmers with a
population OF about 300. blacksmith's
shop. general variety store an excellent
inn. which is we'll supported by excursion
lists. and one of lesser quality patronized by
teamsterS who pass along the highways
with loads OF freight between Northamp-
ton on the east and Banbury on the west
There Is school house with large play
ground filled with merry children, a post
ONCE and telegraph office. and one of the
Quaintest old churches you ever saw which
was built In the fourteenth century. and is
a splendid specimen OF the architecture of
that period. Its outlines are severe: its
tower Is strong a fortress and on more
than one occasion In ancient days Was
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and Is warmed by a monStrOuS fireplace
with cupboarGS on either side set three feet
deep in the solid brick WALL which show
how substantial was the masonry of the
monks. The rafters and beams, the floor
Ing. panellng, wainscoting and cupboards
are of black oak. polished with much
rubbing. and the roof Is covered with states
from Stonefield quarry in-the neighborhood
which, according to local tradition, will last
forever and day.
The estate now belongs to Arthur Reg
nall Pack of Netherton House. Newton
Abbott. who is famliarly known as
Square Pack" He is a man of wealth and
sporting prOclivities. who seldom appears
at Sulgrave. Indeed, his tenant told me
that he had never seen him. He has a
yacht and Is always ON the sea. The pres
ent occupant, who leases the farm from
Mr.. Pack, is William Price Seckington. an
estimable gentleman with two daughters
and son, who Is master of a high school
at 1Banbury.
Lawrence Washington was mayor OF
Northampton when he became Lord Of Sui
grave Manor. and in 1882, one year after
that honor was conferred upon him, he
married AIMEE. daughter Of Robert Pargiter
of Gretworth. Their eldest son. Robert
Washington. married Elizabeth. daughter Of
Robert Light OF Railway. and their eldest
son was Lawrence Washington, who died
December Ii, 1916. The latter had five sons.
the eldest Of whom. William Washington.
was knighted by Charles / and removed to
London. where he died and was buried In
the churchyard of st. Martin s-in-the-
Fields. Trafalgar Square. June p 1913 An
other son. named Lawrence for his father
was a fellow of BrasenOse College, Oxford,
took holy orders and was vicar OF Bur-
leigh parish. Essex county, Tor forty years
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Phoenix Line freighter st. Andrew late In
October before sunset, about sixty miles
northeast Of Cape Race. Newfoundland.
Just before the giant shooting star appear
ed First Officer V. Spencer. who had charge
Of the bridge. saw several miles dead ahead
three meteors rip fiery lines almost from
zenith to horizon through the vapor curtain
In the west The greatest of the trio
Spencer said. would have made dazzling
Illumination at night.
While he was looking at it he heard q
kissing far away on the port beam. The
chief engineer. who had come out on deck,
called to Spencer to look to port The first
officer has sailed in many seas and has
seen marvellous marine and meteorological
phenomena, but the spectacle that met his
eyes when he turned them to port almost
knocked him Off his feet.
Stretching far into the air was a reddish
white tail Of fame twenty feet or more in
diameter Below zigzagging toward the sur
face Of the lumpy sea was the giant meteor
that had made the evanescent scar of fire
on the face of the sky.
Il have seen many meteors, chiefly at
night. but / never have seen any act like
this one" Spencer said In reporting the
event. when 1t was within half a mile
of the sea 1t began rocking. or swinging.
II you like; anyhow, going from side to
side, and leaving zigxag trail. 1t was
bigger than my cabin. which is twelve
feet wide; and it must have weighed tons.
1t was less than mile away to the
southland on the port beam. and when 1t
struck the sea it must have cooked many
fish all around. The water boiled up to
height Of twenty feet or more and the
'vapor created by. the steam spread over a
space wider than the length of this ship.
and that is more than $50 feet It was near
ly half a minute before the sea went down.
THE captain and talked over the me-
teor afterward. He didn't see 1t. as he had
turned In for nap. but 1t caused him to
make some observations on the periis of
life at sea. We concluded that meteors
explained the disappearance Of a number
of vessels, including several liners that had
run under a shower of meteors. Suppose
that great mass OF metal. consuming the air
all around 1t. had hit our ship? Suppose
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records, demonstrated that ever since the
tenth century of the Christian there
the autumn at an average interval Of thirty
three and one-fourth years. 1t was also
observed that there was usually a consid
cradle display Of meteors a year before or
a year after the principal shower. 1t soon
became evident that instead of being con-
centrated at one point on their orbit the
mete0rs are strung along In q column suf-
aciently long to occupy at least two years
in crossing the point of intersection with
the path of the earth. so that the latter,
after meeting them once. could complete its
annual circuit and arrive again at the
crossing place before the whole column of
meteors had passed. Upon the basis of the
studies made after 1888 q return shower
was predicted for 1866 1867. True to
time. notable shower occurred in 1865.
and second display the next year. Neither
occasion was equal to the spectacle OF
1888. and at once astronomers began q
study of planetary disturbances. The cal
culations of the possible perturbative effect
of Jupiter and Saturn on the swarm. the
action of these planets having been par
ticularly effective since 1867. were verified
in the anxiously awaited showers of 1899
and 1900 Although considerable number
of meteors were seen, there was no such
display as would have occurred had the
earth plunged through the main meteoric
solumn.
1t Is now fairly well established that
there is an intimate relationship between
meteors and comets. comet known as
Biela's. which had split in two in 1916.
failed to appear when due In 1872, but on
the night of November q of that year.
when the earth was passing close to the
orbit of the missing comet. a new and bril-
liant shower Of meteors. with Its radiant
point In Andromeda. made its appearance.
Seen again in 1885 and 1892. and coinciding
with the orbit of the lost comet, the inter-
val OF appearances has been determined as
seven years. Owing to planetary perturba-
lions the date. in 1892. had fallen back
bar RI, ofor .uI,.
not seen In any dignity in $780, they are
now due this fall OF 1906.
A great meteor kissing through murky
sky startled tie officers and crew Of the
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SExToN hD GRAVE lNdER ----
AT lHE 1or15 Of linz MJnMq1oY

Another son. Col. John Washington, COM
manded a regiment of dragons at the
battle of Edgehill in 1912 and supported his
king against the 'Roundhead" army Of
Cromwell His immediate commander was
Sir Jacob Ashley. a pious man. who uttered
20 Lord. Thou knowest how busy 1 be
this day. II I forget Thee, do not forget
me. March on. boys"
Oliver Cromwell. then unknown. COM
manded battalion Of the opposing force
under the Earl Of Essex.
grated to America after the execution Of
his king and died In Virginia. He was the
great-grandfather of George Washington.
The estates were sold by Lawrence
Washington. grandson Of the original
owner to Lawrence Makepeace Of the Inner
Temple. London. and passed through sew
eral hands before they reached Square"
Pack.
Until 1889 brass ef1lgies of Lawrence
Washington and his wife AIMEE were i'm
bedded in the hagstone pavement of Sui
grave parish church. Mr. Washington was
represented as wearing close-fitting
doublet. loose gown with demi-sleeves.
trimmed with fur. and large boots with
broad toes. AIMEE Washington was dressed
in a plain gown with a short waist. ruff
around her throat and a cap or bonnet
similar to those you see in the pictures of
Queen Elizabeth. Upon a third plate were
the effigies of several children. The boys
wore doublets. knee breeches. long hose
and sQuare-toed shoes and the girls were
dressed like their mother. James East who
has been parish clerk for thirty-two years
and whose father held that honorable Of
fce for forty years before him-told me
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background. against which the body moves.
provides an opportunity of determining the
angle between the lines Of sight of the two
observers The base line being known, the
distance and elevation can be easily calcu-
lated. The most respondent display from
the heavens known occurs when the earth
in its orbit encounters groups of meteors
travelling In their own elliptical orbits about
the sun. Such a confagratiOn Is called
star-shower.
Many who are now living must have
heard their grandparents tell Of the mar
yelous meteoric shower of November 13,
1888. The writer remembers when boy
listening to his grandfather recount the
Amusement and fright of people on that
memorable night. when the very heavens
seemed to be falling. Hundreds OF thou
sands of shooting stars fell within the
course Of three hours. They are said to
have been as thick as the flakes Of a snow
whole of North America. 'Star-storm''
seems better word to apply to that spec
tacle, which was a matter Of CONSERVATION
and alarm to the ignorant. Among other
perceived that il the trails of the stars
were traced back. all seemed to radiate
from central point like the ribs of an open
umbrella convergfng to their central stick.
Scientific study of meteoric flights began
with this Spectacular event, and 1t has
since been learned that central radiating
point is characteristic of all showers. The
constellation Leo" was the center on that
occasion, and many other more or less con-
slant radiant points have since been map
ped out Each swarm of meteors whose
orbit happens to intersect the orbit of the
earth has its own radiant depending ON the
relationship Of the two courses.
*A
Immediately after the great display Of
1888 Prof. Olmsted of Yale announced that
what had occurred was an encounter by the
earth with a vast swarm Of meteors moving
about the sun. The probability that such
an encounter was a recurrent phenomenon
suggested itself. Prof. Newton, also of
Yale. by careful examination of ancient
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There are some quaint inscriptions upon
the tombstones in the churchyard. One OF
them reads as follows:
To the beloved memory Of
Thomas Jones'
Who died Sept 80. 1765,
40 SO years.
Also of
Ursula Ann
Relief of the above who died
Nov. 10th. 1885, aged 70 years.
/ heard the voice Of Jesus say:
Come unto Me and rest and Of
Two OF their children who died
In childhood.
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The old church was for many years the
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-10-28
FINE ThBLEAUX OF
ANCIENT HAWAII

The entertainment for the benefit of
poor Hawaiians given at the Opera
House last evening largely comprised
an exceptionally fine presentation of
tableaux depicting historical events in
the reign of a king and queen of Ha-
Waii in the 10th century, the remainder
of the program being replete with mu-
sical selections, vocal and instrumental
The house was packed and was quite
enthusiastic, so much so at times that
the encores heightened out the program
far beyond all expectation. The enter,
tainment was given under the auspices
of the Hawaii Ponoi Society.
The ta ableaux represented King Lono-
ikamakahiki and Queen Kahikilani of
Hawaii in the midst of their court All
were costumed in the accepted style Of
the period, the men a Ia statue of Ka-
mehameha. helmeted. wearing feather
cloaks and carrying spears. All the
tableaux were given a forest back
ground and. with plenty of red-fire,
the scenes were startling in their orig
inality. The Hawaiians who partici-
pated in these tableaux had the natural
art of heroic posing. and each scene
drew merited applause.
In the first tableau, kanaloa Kuana,
the husband and adviser of the queen.
recommends that LOnoikamakahiki be
elevated to equal power and dignity in
the kingship. The next scene shows
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ragged at her and strikes her to the
earth. He then takes leave of the
queen. The last tableau shows the
king and queen once more happily to-
eether and surrounded by their people.
The songs throughout, solos. duets,
trios and quintets were well rendered.
and much talent was in evidence Mr.
Ulukou was stage manager and Ernest
kaai musical director
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the queen, Lonoikamakahiki, and the
chiefs sitting in the midst of the
dancers and musicians. The ancient
hula with gourd accompaniment is
then presented. The next shows the
king and queen playing the game of
kCnane. which closely resembles
Graughts. There We're many sections to
this tableau. The king hears a voice
calling for Kahikilani. He becomes en-
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A when
n the
going A "a woman mpted
to enter andeo the
Therea oman
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TO ]. LA LAUREL LEAF.

She dawned upon the dimness of my life
AS stars upon the dusk, and lighted up
The deeps with points of gold, and measured me
Full measure of delight, in woven spells
Wherein trod the stately streets of Rome
With all Romans certitude of power
Wrapt in Romans panop1y of pride.
She led through Dante's city fair
Florence among her hils-a living gem
Aglow with trumphs of the painters art
She waited to Attica proud heights
And oped my worldblind eyes to the world
Its hstory-its architecture
Each woven in with each, depending each
Upon the other for it's harmony
And yet throughout these joys of earth I feel
Within my soul the echo of her soul
Lifting my highest self above-beyond-
Into the empyrean with the gods.
e. M. sCHoLEFELD.
Honolulu Oct 21 1906.
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or SENT
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''Oh! I've a m
to opera you
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
The Latest Man.

The LATEST man 1 ever saw said a
travelling man, was not tramp nor a
cop, but station agent in little one
horse villige in Idaho. After I had fin
ished what little business l could do in
the town, 1 went down to the railroad
station to buy ticket for my next stop.
The lazy station master sat on a broken
down Office chair, his feet on the desk
and pipe in his mouth, unlit. When
I asked for the ticket he slowly reached
up to the rack, drew it out. handed it
to me and took my money without
bestowing a glance upon me or moving
from his chair.
That's the LATEST thing I ever
saw" 1 said to him. If you can do
anything lazier than that, I'll give you
this dollar. Without the slightest
curiosity or even interest the loafer
drawled. Put it in my pocket, and
did. "-Philadelphia Record.