The Washington herald., 1907-03-16

lutlOnary widow died. $nlS was ESltlCt ,
Damon, of Plymouth Union, VT, who died
last fall at the age of ninety-two. Shl
was the widow of Noah Damon. private
in troop Of Massachusetts volunteers
Russell H COnwel, the pastor OF the
Temple Baptist Church, in Philadelphia
the largest church in the world. has
turned his diversified genius TO many ac-
counts Besides preaching to record
breaking crowd every Sunday. he is the
most popular lecturer on the platform,
and is acknowledged TO have spoken 20
more people than any other living man,
He has filed 5000 lecture engagements,
one of his subjects having been given on
5000 different occasions. Between times
he has served through the civil war, built
up fourishlng law practice, studied
theology. built a university and a hos
pital. and laid to his credit more indi-
vidual charities than any other preacher
in America. He is a genuine apostle of
gtrenuOsity
It has been said of him that he can
lecture a year without disclosing the
fact that he is preacher, and can preach
six months without letting one discover
that he is a sectarIan- He once heard Of
a man in his congregation who had failed
at the trade OF boOkbinding. Instead Of
offering spiritual consolat ton, he studied
the art Of binding books, and preached
a sermon on it, which has been preserved
as an authority on the subject. This also
served to put the unfortunate bOOkblnder
7- of
comparative wealth. and he accredits it
To that sermon. Il was a fair example
OF Mr. Conwelrs methods. His university
was originated as a free high school
for working men, until its growth neces-
STATED its present commodious buildings
His Samaritan Hospital is built entirely
from subscriptions he solicited and por-
tions Of his Sunday collections. His con
gregation an Temple Baptist Church each
Sunday outnumbers any other congrega-
ton in America.
There we're three survivors of the Ben
uington disaster at san Diego. Cal. who
are not recorded In the official report
sent to the Navy Department, though
news Of their safety was the first re-
ceived from the scene of the wreck.
They were the pets of Commander Lucien
Young, q little white deer. an Angora
cat, and a sleek. little, fox terrier puppy,
now grown TO manhood with the weight
of his trying experience. These three lit
tie companions were with Commander
Young on every voyage, and each had
developed a fine pair Of sea-legs. equal
TO any emergency short of an actual ex-
plosion under the decks. Needless to say
the animals We're petted and spoiled by
every one aboard, from the commander
10 the middies. When they were found
unharmed after the explosion, Com
mander Young telegraphed his wife
John and I and the three babies are
safe John" is Commander Young's
old servant, who goes with him on all his
voyages.
Mrs. Yohlande Degg. confined in
county jail in Alabama, sentenced to a
twenty-three year term of Imprisonment
for manslaughter, devised numerous ways
Of beguiling the tedium Of her enforced
retirement. The most unique idea is to
have in her cell private telephone, by
means Of which she can chat with her
friends whenever It pleases her. Mrs. Degg
has appealed from her sentence. and ex-
poets 10 be liberated soon. Having wealth
and political power, she has been granted
many privileges not ordinarily the lot Of
prisoners. They say she keeps the opera
tor busy with her numerous calls. It is
the only instance ever known where a
telephone has been put in a prison cell
Three American families are the proud
possessoTs Of sacred scarabs from Egypt. |
not the usual kind that any tourist with
plethOric pocketbook can buy from the |
Arabs al the foot Of CheOps, but scarabs /
that at one time adorned the neck Of no |
Other than that great potentate, Rameses !
II, the Pharoah of the Oppression. Three /
scarabs were secured by the late Charles /
Dudley Warner who was present at the /
opening of the Rameses tomb about twen- |
ty years ago, when the famous Pharoah /
mummy was exhumed.
He furnished some Of the funds for the 1
work, and as his share Of the royal sDoils |
took the three scarabs that hung on a
cord about the neck Of this proud king
who had driven the Israelites into exile SO
many weary centuries before. The three
roughly carved beetles of some black
stone were taken by Mr. Warner and set
IN rings made from a lump Of virgin 4
gold that had been given him by a friend i
IN Mexico. One Of these rings he kept II
and it is now a treasure valued by his n
heirs; the second he gave TO Dr. r. L. II
StOver, Of Richmond. Va. and il is now II
the property OF his widow, who uses If II
as a most unique stamp for her. personal II
letters; while the third was given another \
friend. Thomas Nelson Page, the creator
Of "Meh Lady and ''AIarse Chan"
A visit to Boston is never complete un-
I'll one has gone TO Cambridge to see the
former home OF Longfellow II stands Il
on a lot terraced up from the street Just
as It was built long before the Revolution.
when il was the home Of the, Craigies
Later it passed into history as the head
quarters Of Gen. Washington when he
was IN Boston. and still later as the
house OF the most popular OF all Ameri-
can poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfei-
low 1t is now the property Of his un-
married daughter, Miss Alice Longfellow.
who is the grave Alice" of the famous
poem. The Children's Hour" The 9th
er daughters. Laughing AIlegra and
Edith with golden hair" were married
some years ago, and went TO live in
homes on each side Of the old Craigie
mansion.
The fair ehatelaine of the famous home
has kept 1t almost the same as it was