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was in 1855. But Sir FRANCIS DRAKE
was soon abroad with deadly hatred
of Spain and Spaniards in his heart.
He swooped down on the little St.
Augustine fort and captured it within
twenty years after it was built. His
descent, however, was only the de-
scent of the devastating cyclone. He
left the Spaniard to repair damages
and went his way. The fort was re-
built. And then, half a century af-
ter DRAKE's whirlwind onslaught, the
present fortress was begun. Indian
slaves did all the work; it took them
an even hundred years to finish it.
The fortress as 1t stands to-day was
not completed until 1855.
For its day and generation 1t was
formidable stronghold. 1t repre-
sented the then last word in vauban
skill in fortiflcation. 1t is built Of
coQuina rock, and coquina rock is
conglomerate of small sea shells
quarried from the adjacent Anastasia
Island and sun dried to great hard
ness. The size of the fort was COM
mensurate with it's strength. 1t
had quarters for 1000 men.
1t was within these grim walls as
they now stand that Spain bade fare
we'll to the Florida that so long had
been hers. From the spot where she
first set her foot she took her de-
parture forever. The Spanish flag
fluttered slowly down from the fort
ress staff. The Stars and Stripes
leaped swiftly up it. Fort San Marco
became Fort Marion-and all was
over.
Thus was the curtain rung down on
in the Floridas, as they were then
called, for there were two of them
East Florida and West Florida, which
embraced originally large part Of
what is now Alabama and Missis-
sippi; the one bounded on the east
south and west by the Atlantic Ocean
and the Gulf of Mexico and on the
north by the thirty-flrst parallel Of
latitude, the other bounded on the
north and south by the same parallel
and the Gulf Of Mexico, on the east
by the Apalachicola and on the west
| by the Perdido River
Contemporaneously with the hun
dredth anniversary of the Spanish re-
tirement negotiations are afoot for
the cession to Alabama of the west
ernmost part Of the present State Of
Florida. Alabama wants to gain a
broader Gulf coast line and seeks to
buy the necessary territory from
Florida. With the lands from the
Apalachicola westward to her present
Perdito River boundary she would
have a Gulf front of over 200 miles
instead of one Of scant hundred.
From Florida she would take ten
counties with approximately 1000
square miles Of land area.
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Duchess Could Not Spell.
Favorite Of Charles III. Had Little
Desire for Literature.
From the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News. -
One Of the most famous beauties u
the court of Charles II. was a French
woman. Louise de Keroualle, whoSA
pretty face SO fascinated the King that
he showered her with gifts Of money and
created her Duchess of Portsmouth
Louise was member Of a noble fam
lily in Brittany. but very little is known
Of her childhood. At an early age she
was given a place In the household OF
Henriette. Duchess Of Orleans, q sister
of Charles III. Charles was extremely
devoted to his sister and when Henri
ette went to England to visit him sire
took Louise with her. The English
King was tired of Lady Castlemaine's
shrill temper and he was at once at.
tracted by the beauty Of his sisters at
tendant. When Henriette left England
and asked Charles what she could leave
behind her a. a gift the King sniiingly
observed that he would be very con-
tent II Louise were left to console him
for his sisters departure This Henri-
ette was unwilling to do, but she died
soon after leaving for France and Louise
became a lady In waiting to the French
Queen.
Louise. according to all contemporary
evidence. was extremely attractive, el-
though her beauty was somewhat child
like. She affected a lang,lor that added
to her charm In the eyes of courtiers
who priced affectation. She never could
learn to spell and she had little appre-
citation of literature. It Is not surpris-
ing that she seemed to the King ana
his flatterers an immature and unds-
signing beauty.
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Gresham and Enright and Hay.

Three of the 1000 American sol
diers whose bodies lie to-day on a
North River pier, and to whom high
military, naval and civil dignitaries
will pay tribute at the memorial
service this afternoon. left names
which will endure in popular memory
as long as the nation exists. They
were the first American soldiers to
fall in France in a sector held by
an American army unit. Death came
to them in trench raid made by
the Germans November 8, 1917. Their
fate was published to the people of
the United States In a report from
General PERsHING on November 5.
Just as other patriots died as gal
lantly as WARREN at Bunker Hill,
so many members of the American
Expeditionary Forces met death as
bravely as did GRESHAM and En-
RIGHT and HAY. But just as WAR
REN's name will ever be treasured
by Americans, not because Of his rec
ord in political affairs but because
of the dramatic circumstances sur
rounding his death, so the fact that
GRESHAM and ENRIaHr and HAY were
the first of our khaki clad men to
give their lives in France assures
them a personal renown few other
men can attain.
In them we personify the courage,
the devotion, the generosity, the phys
ical endurance and the mental alert
ness which characterize the Ameri-
can in fighting garb. In them we
epitomize the spirit and tradition of
our country's defenders. Their
names stand for companies, regi-
ments, divisions, armies. They are
raised above the common level, and
in honoring them we honor those who
for the nation have dared all things
and made the supreme sacrifice.
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Until You Came.


God sent you to me, for until you came
did not dream that love ana faith again
Could make my wearied heart awake
Throughout the long unending years
A nonotonous time was beat with Fate,
And hope was ever struggling with de-
spair:
could not learn to weep--for there
Were shadows far too deep for tears:
I would as silently have welcomed death
AS birds at twilight welcome sleep.
God sent you to me: for when you
placed your hand In mine
All the inspiration OF soul divine
Came to my heart; my childhoods shat.
tered Faith returned; my soul
awoke
And In its joyous ecstasy 1t spoke
Again And when raise my eyes and
see your noble image there,
know Gods benediotion has been said
upon my broken life; bow my
head,
And find myself upon my knees--again
In prayeri
RosLYx cIzpaArD.
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Marching Under Difficulties.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: Those
who call the wet parade on the Fourth
a fizslc should remember that for about
two hours, the hottest hours OF the Ihot-
test day of the year, up shadeless Fifth
avenue marched a parade such as Fifth
avenue seldom witnessed. '.f,,
With hundreds of thousands out of
town to enjoy the three day holiday
there naturally could not be hundreds Of
thousands either marching along or look
ing on. Yet the parade was success.
Probably as many as $4,000 hoofed 1t up
the avenue and as many as $4,000 stood
in the broiling sun looking on.
Even our Seventh Regiment or the
West Point Cadets could not have
marched, by on that scorching day in
their usual faultiess manner. so this
large body. composed OF workingmen
very largely. came along bravely In
lines that perhaps were not very. even.
some in shirtsleeves, some carrying coat
over arm. some hopping their faces.
There were numerous veterans Of our
wars In line, even two of our glorious
Zouaves Of the civil war. and one could
not help adrnirins their courage In
marching on such a day, Considering
that both must now be so years old
or over. There was one large fiAg car
ried outstretched by young men who In
vited suhstroke through marching bare
headed.
The parade was strikingly American.
made SO by men who had fought for
their country and by others who though
perhaps middle aged. fcreign born 0t
even not naturalized were none the LEES
Americans. ApoLPff OPPENHrIN,
NEW YORK, July 8.
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been made In 1S4S to the National AS
sembly of France. His story. wildly
improbable and self-contradictory
though 1t was. includes a record of
dupes. Not all Of them were ignorant
or uneducated or unsophisticated.
While HERBERT was reaping the
harvest of his fraud NAUNDoRFF set
up in Berlin a claim to the Kingship
which has puzzled historians as well
as statesmen. OF all the pretenders
he made out the best case. After his
death his claim was pressed by his
son. without any more tangible result,
however, than putting royal name
on his tombstone. About all that
can be asserted positively about
NAUNDoEFF is that he was not the
Jew of Prussian Poland his enemies
declared him to be.
America contributed to this list one
of its most interesting members, the
Rev. ELEAZAR WILLIAMS, who, until
the woman recognized as his mother
solemnly declared she had not borne
him, was known as the ninth son of
THOMAS WILLIAMS, otherwise THoRA-
KwANEKEN, and the Iroquois woman
MARY ANN KoNwATEwENTALA. Flea
zAR's profile was not unlike that OF
the Bourbons. He recalled life with
beautiful lady; he trembled at the
sight of a portrait Of SIMON. Flea
EAR asserted that in 1841 the Prince
DE JoINvILLE obtained his signature
to document of abdication, sealed
with the seal of the monarchy, and
LOUIS PHILIPPE made an allowance to
him from his civil list. Needless to
say, ELEAzAR had followers who be-
lieved implicitly in his royal origin;
the controversy over him In this
country frequently became warm.
In the Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn" Mark Twain inimitably por-
trayed the ease with which unde-
served titles may be assumed. No
reader Of that classic needs to be re-
minded Of the scene on the raft when
the Duke of Bridgewater, having dis
closed the tale of his noble descent,
"took the old man by the hand and
squeezed it, and says The secret OF
your being: speak, and the old man
answered: 'Bilgewater, I am the
late Dauphin!'"
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
Farewell to Bermuda.

Y.--sUBTERRANEAN.
In the deep fairy cloisters OF Bermuda'l
Crystal Cave
A oream-white stalactite had reache<
down, down, through centuries,
Above a cream-white stalagmite tha
had strained Up. up. through CEN
turtles.
In some ruteiy passionate mineral
yearning.
TIL at last the delicate stalactite peak
shyly touched the tapering stalag'
mite apex.
And the twain were made one slender
lovely column, from dripping ROOT
to ribbed onyx floor,
Where to-day the guide In the caves
cleaning labyrinth flashes ar
electric lamp
And shows the crystal pillar glowing
against the light
with the ivory and honey lustre OF
chiselled alabaster.
"cAp-o'-PoPPY-PErAL"
Thank you. girl on the drab ferryboat
from His Majesty's Dockyard on
ireland Island Point.
For the retina-searing blaze Of your ver-
million tam-o' -shanter.
Reviving to a languid mood
AS a sip of some tingling Mexican
pulque.
Or dash of caustic tabasco.
VIII you accept the fanclful name I've
ventured to bestow upon you,
For your gorgeously nodding: crest OF
volcanic flame color.
From defiant old Popocatepetl in the
southern land?
uI.--sEA GARDEN HuEs.
In the open ocean beyond ireland Point
and Grassy Bay.
The coral reefs beneath the surface
weave intricate curved patterns
Of porphyry purple
About shadows of vibrantly brilliant
opal green.
Within the deeper foods setting of
glowing gentian blue,
In the glorious ocellated figurations of
jewelled Peacock Throne
For the semi-tropic sun.
N.--HoMEwARp BOUND.
In the sunny morning at sea
The wave crests are dazzling parterres
of lilies. or heaped eiderdown, on
the great sapphire billow ranges
But In the stormy dark ten hours later.
Where they swirl against the portfolios
Of the lighted dining saloon,
And crash impotently on the firmly
bolted glass circles.
They are the livid-green gnashing fangs
Of gray wolves besieging a hunt
er's cabin in a mountain blizzard,
v--RErURN.
New York harbor and the North River
Choked with yellow-gray February fog.
Yet beyond the bleak waste Of colorless
water. and masked by the blurred
shipping. and dull disarray Of the
docks and streets,
Waits the purple and silver of the home
welcome.
ELIOT WHITE.
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Wet Heroes on Parade.
Thermometers Were Defied by tho
Foes Of Prohibition.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: with
reference to the letter concsrnins the
parade Of the vets which Archie Rice
furnishes, in the interest of historical
accuracy permit me to say that. ac-
cording to official figures furnished W
the United States Weather Bureau Of
this city; the thermometer at the bu-
reau's Offices which are located several
hundred feet lDove the street, recorded
SO degrees Of heat at P. NJ, the time
the parade was on. y.
] personally observed several ther-
nometers on Fifth avenue, the route Of
the parade. registering ss degrees in tho
shade and one showing 1903 degrees ON
the sunny. side Of the street
Personally i regard every participant
in that parade. under the existing trying
conditions. as hero. JOHN wALsH.
New YORK, July 8.
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Wealth on the Screen.
Display in Moving Pictures Assailed
as Demoralising.
From the ToIedo Blade.


Asked why the movies represent the
lives of Invariably rich as a sort Of
challenge to Rome in its periods of lux
ury and degeneracy. a producer said !:
I'VE have to do It. It is the publics
idea Of the way in which the wealthy
live. The public would like to live in
that way itself, and IL takes a gloating
pleasure In the envy OF silken gowns,
butlered homes and the profuse display
OF money"
We wonder IL It is a good explanation
and wonder more II 1t does not have
harmful reaction on the minds of sus-
ceptible movie fans.
There are far more well TO do families
In America than IL generally supposed.
This is fairly we'll indicated by the in-
come tax reports, the existence OF ex-
pensive shops the fact that thousands
and thousands Of people are spending
their middle and elderly years In CALI
fornia and other pleasant places. the
prosperity of summer resorts and the
sprinkling Of summer cottages and coun-
try homes everywhere. II all stands
for an enormous accumulation Of wealth,
in It's total far exceeding the notable
fortunes OF the United States.
This Is the type OF the wealthy II
there is one. Yet its members do not
swim In luxury. wailow in Il disgust
ingly as do the figures OF the movies
They are not overservanted. overclothed
upon occasion or underclothed when they
shouldn't be. They are normal, healthy
people, dlseiplinins their children and
living their lives with fine apprecia-
ton OF the value and comfort Of SIM
plicity. Few, indeed, show any mark Of
that deeeneracy which comes very near
70 being the distinctive character of the
wealthy pictured by the hlns
1t is important that a, people should
have a goal of material things to work
toward and strive for. We have II In
America, and as It exists is II desirable
thing IL the movies succeed In trans
forming desires so that the young. in
stead of employing energy and practising
thrift TO the end OF attaining natural
pleasures, should DO these things In quest
Of pleasures weakening and destructive7
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
Custer's Last Fight.
One of His Civil War Soldiers Can't
Understand What Happened.

To THE New York. HERALD: I was
one Of Clusters soldiers in the civil war
ana marched with him hundreds es
miles, and It has. always been a mys-
terry to me how 1t was possible Tor tho
Indians SO to surround him and his
men that no man was left alive to tell
the tale. 49,
Many a day and night / marched
with and was part Of Clusters army,
which fought under Philip Sheridan. and
! never saw the time when It was pos
sible for us to be so surrounded or am
bushed that all would perish Upon our
marches through the enemy's country
the main column of cavalry, marching
by fours abreast. always had cloud
OF skirmishers in front and companies
OF skirmishers on the hanks. all at such
distance from the main column as to
give warning of the presence of the
enemy and time sufficient to form 4 line
Of battle.
We also had rear guards, and though
we were often attacked in the rear and
on the tanks we were never SO sur
rounded but what we could force an
advance or effect a retreat. The coun-
try we marched through and fought
over. the Blue Ridge and Allegheny
mountains of northern Virginia, was
very similar to the country where Gus
ter had his last fight. We always had
some knowledge Of the presence OF the
enemy and time to form our lines OF
battle.
1t might be said that there were
larger numbers marching together in
our case. but this was not always the
fact There were times when marches
we're made with no more men than Gus
ter had. We soldiers of the civn war
have often tried to figure out how such
a catastrophe could happen. Won't sorae-
body explain to US how Custer ana all
his men could be killed?
CAPTAIN G. M. wooLssY..
MILTON. July 8.
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Balancing with snails.
From YOUTHS Cct4panior.

A snail that is placed on an Inclined
plane always crawls toward the highest
part. Georges Dombrevai the French
aviator. once placed on the upper plane
Of his airplane eighty-eight pounds Of
snails. two-thirds Of which were the
large snow snails of Bourgosne. After
rising to a height Of perhaps fifteen hun
dred feet he was able to take his hands
of the controls for the rest Of the two
hours Of flight Whenever the machine
dipped. either laterally or loneitudin.
ally. the snails moved in a mass toward
the upper part Of the plane and rees-
tablshed the equilibrium.
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
False Czarevitches.

That a number OF Russian peas
ants accepted as authentic the decla.
rations of a youth who asserted he
was the Czarevitch, that he had es-
capped death when the slaughter at
Ekaterinburg occurred, and that he
sought to gain the throne of his
father will surprise nobody. The
mystery OF the fate OF the ex-Czar
and his family lends itself to any
romance the mind can devise. There
will be pretenders seeking to estab-
lish their claims and finding parti-
sans for half century to come. The
nearest historical parallel Is the ia
nous series of impostors who sprang
from the obscurity surrounding Louis
XvI.'s son, the Dauphin. who, Janu-
airy 81, 1893, on the beheading Of his
father, became under divine right
LOUIS XVII. of France.
His jailer, SIMON, had orders to
bring him up as sansculotte, and
at the age Of s this process began.
The boy lived three years, but his
death excited no popular interest.
and the records were notoriously
neglected. The condition of public
affairs and the state OF the public
mind offered rich field for frauds:
frauds were not wanting to till that
field. At least forty pretenders ap-
naarad Arof onH laof
In BRAN SroKERs work Famous
Impostors" the distinction OF being
the first pretender is tentatively
awarded to JEAN MARIE HERvAeAULr,
son of a tailor. He was born three
years before the Dauphin, and
before his assumption Of royalty he
had attempted other frauds, in one
calling himself at one time the son
of LA vAUcEILE of Longueville and
the Due D'URsEF. Notwithstanding
his record, he attached consider
able following to his claim, made up
not of peasants but Of landed pro
prietors and clerics. He died eventu-
ally in prison. He was followed In
his claim for the throne by an old
soldier, PERsAT. and q bricklayer.
FoNToLrvE, both of whom, despite the
fact that their pretensions were
ridiculous on the face OF things, had
some adherents. but not enough to
save them from the hands Of the
public executioner.
The vagabond MATHURrN BRUN-
NEAu. by birth'a peasant Of Veins,
put forward his pretensions in 1917,
when LOUIS XVIII was on the throne
OF France. He had following OF
worthless and criminal companions.
He died in prison. After him came
HENRI HERBERT, who made his ap-
pearance In Austria and whose &C.
count OF his life is given In a
book published by himself in
1881. In this the writer says
toy horse with a dying child
in its interior was introduced into
the Dauphin's quarters through the
connivance OF S1MoS's wife, the
Dauphin was substituted for the
doomed boy and smuggled to liberty
in Belgium. He tells OF a trip to
South America, Of adventures In
Europe. His appeal was made in
1928 to the Chamber Of Peers; in
1880 he appeared again as the Baron
DE- RfcHEMoSr; in 1888 he was ar
rested and condemned but escaped
from his guards. He lived till 1858
and persisted in his claim until his
death, his last Official appeal having
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
What Is a Clipper Shipi

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Will you
oblige reader by publishing a delni-
tion of clipper ship; that is. explain
ing how 1t differs In rig from a full
rigged ship. bark or barkentins; the
number of nnasts and sails and the
sort Of sails, whether square or fore and
aft or some of both? FAIRFAX LEE.
WEEHAwKEN, N. j., July 3.
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Progress in Office.
Automobiles Used Now Where Horse
Cars Sufficed Once.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Thirty
Ave years ago the Mayor. Aldermen.
Judges and other incumbents OF high
public offices travelled to and from home
in horse cars and everybody paid his
fare.
Now too many public servants travel
in automobiles bought and run at the
expense Of taxpayers.
Let US save hundreds Of thousands
of dollars by cutting out all these and
other like extravagances. Any public
officer who needs a machine should pay
the expenses out OF his own pocket.
A. DB LA RUE
NEW York, July 9.
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In aa italian Garden.

The moonlight sifts between the cypress
trees.
Tracing vague arabesques upon the
ferns:
The broken Venus BY the fountain
yeafns
To know the gods once more on bended
Before her beauty; drowsliy q breeze
Brushes his lips against a yellow rose.
And through the ivied arbor comes
and goes
A little ghost. SAD with aim memories.
Two lovers pace the daphne bordered
path.
Silent amid this haunted loveliness.
And wondrins II perchance the after
nath
OF long gone loves sweet promise and
caress
Is garnered in the long. low plaintive
That breaks forth from q hidden night
cEarLorrr BscxnR.
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In Riga it is reported that the Com
munist party of America and the
United Communist party Of America
have pooled their strength to estab-
lish the Third internationally In ruler
ship over the United States. Unfor-
tunately for the promoters of discord
the news comes when a good part OF
the United States is trying to keep
cool, and consequently it will not ere
ate the disturbance its authors wish
it might
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horses hoofs and other refuse animal
matter with impure potassium carbo-
nate. Turkey red Is made from the
madder plant which grows in India !;
yellow comes from the camel.
Carmine. crimson. scarlet ana Grim
son lake are among the fins coiors fur
nisfred by the cochineai insects. The
yellow sap Of tree In Siam produces
gamboge.
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II the combined efforts Of the ma
jority and the minority leaders failed
to induce the Senate to take a recess
is the country not confronted again
with the labor OF examining into the
relative authority of an immovable
body and an irresistible force7
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"All they think Of is money, movies
and dancing" Is the crisp verdict on
New York rendered by two deacon
esses of Chicago's Zion who recently
favored this fortunate town on an in
speotion visit. How unfair! Within a
brief time many Of us have evinced
an earnest interest in boxing, baseball
and the weather. Even New York
should have credit for It's virtues.
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CnniaI Variety.

Knicker--we must cut expenses to the
bone.
Docker--That will still spare a lot Of
heads
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The Better Mcasure

Fron, the Russell (Kd~) Record.
The world viii progress faster on bushels
to the acre than miles TO the gallon.
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In bread baking contest at the
Evanston fair. in Illinois, man won
first prize over forty-five women
cooks and the cry is now raised
Mans place IL In the homei"
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An Arkansas Moodsa nrer.

Douis correspcmdence Hebsr sprin6s Hsdd-
Hohf.
Because ws have been silent for some
time 10 not a sign we are dead. We are
on the road OF progress.