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cannon in the White Lot was fired
and the cap-stone was set. The
ceremonies occupied exactly fif-
teen minutes"
The height of the Monument
above ground is sos feet SIS
inches. The estimated number of
stones in the shaft is $4,000, and
its total weight is S1,12O tons.
The mean pressure is five tons per
square foot. The total cost Of the
structure is about two million dol.
lars. Popular subscriptions
raised 100000 and the balance
was appropriated by Congress.
The foundation Is constructed OF
solid blue rock and is 146 feet 8
inches square and 36 feet 8 inches
deep.
The base of the shaft is So feet
square. and the lower walls are
Is feet thick. At the 500.foot ele-
walton the walls are only IS inches
thick and about 35 feet square.
There are 80 flights of stairs, each
flight containing IS steps. The
thirteenth platform, at a height Of
156 feet, is where the Government
began the work of construction.
The walls are set with a number
Of memorial slabs sent to the
Monument Society by States, cor.
porations. and foreign govern
ments. Many Of these slabs are
handsomely carved and cost
great deal Of money. One Of these
slabs was n block of Italian mar.
bic from the Temple of Concord,
in Rome. 1t was the gift of the
Pope and bore this inscription:
From Rome to America"
During the excitement caused
by the Know Nothing" Society
In 1854, the place where the slabs
were kept was entered and the
one from the Pope stolen and
thrown into the Potomac River.
The act was attributed to members
of the Know Nothing" Society,
which at that time was stirring up
agitation against the Roman Cath
Ollie Church. .. 49,.
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to dash away. but was captured
and killed by the watchman's dog.
Mrs. Brown was heartbroken over
the loss of her pet.
Patrick H. Mclaughlin was su.r
perintendent of construction OF the
Monument. Ne secured the posi-
ton through the influence u w.
w. Corcoran. Edward Wayson
ran the elevator that carried up
the stones to the different land
ings as the work progressed. Lewis
O'Brien was the cement mixer, and
he was also the official vocalist Of
the workmsr. Lewis. q free-born
negro. used to entertain the men
while at work with his sweet songs
Of the Southland. Joseph Engel-
fellow, better known a. the Old
Corporal. was employed as q la
borer. Charles Cumberland was a
skilled laborer. James Hogan was
a rigger. James Wells had the
distinction OF being the first man
to be knocked from the monu-
ment. Fortunately for Jim, he
fell In a net and was not injured.
John Flynn also went throigh
the same experience, but grabbed
hold OF q rope and held on until
rescued. Among the other men
engaged in the construction Of the
monument were James L. Talbot.
John Mahoney, Joseph Faunce.
George Knightsey, James Chauncy.
Theodore U. Ryder. Dennis
o'Leary. Thomas Pursell, James
b. Evans, Thomas RELY, John e.
McKenna and r. NJ. Dykes.
The monument as Il stands to-
day is the wonder and admiration
Of all who gaze upon II. People
journey many hundreds Of miles to
view it's grandeur. and when back
home once more they tell tales Of
Il to their children and their
neighbors' children until their
young minds paint dream pictures
Of some future day when they, too,
will stand on the shores Of the Po-
tomac river and gaze at that
stately marble shaft rising straight
up to greet the blue skies Of
h.svA
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The animal belonged to- Mrs. r. E.
Brown, who lived in South Wash
ington. Lewis o'Brien. the only
colofed man employed on the con:
struction. of the Monument. met
the black cat at the $50 level one
morning. The cat spied o'Brien
and not liking his looks, sprang
upon one Of the walls. The work
man approached with the object
Of rescuing II. when the cat jumped
out into space. Instead Of being
mashed to atoms, II was UP a.
soon as 1t hit the ground. It started
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Crown Prince Annoys William,
Tuesday. December 3.

Tuesday December 3.
NE learn that the Dutch government me s has appointed ted
status in Holland. My husband is highly annoyed.
We like to be left alone Have not suffered enough hu
mstioni William to be anxious to seek unpleasant
Kurt Esner the jew, rules Catholic Bavaria
Still humiliation. Hndenberg too has abandoned
and anxious enter into the good of the rebels
Berlin He has warned the not to most the members
Of the Workers and Soldiers Councils In other words he
has declared himself the side of the rebels So
Wednesday, December A.
NY that he has renounced his right to
lIl the throne Later telephone message informs the
Kaiser that the Crown Prince has given long inter-
view to English newspaper representative William
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Returns as Cowboy
After 80 Years

sTRoUDsBBRG, Pa, Sept. 90.
THE REV. w. H. wESTwooD,
pastor Of the First Methodist
Church Of this place, had a thrill.
ing experience at Minks pond
while fishing from a boat.
A big pickerel snatched the bait,
causing the doctor to over.balsnce
and drop into the deep water. He
Ia an expert swimmer and got
back to the boat with the assist.
ance OF 8. d. Manuel. a Philadel-
phia manufacturer.
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Drowned" 2 Years,
Now Under Arrest

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept. %.
A MAN said to be Elwell Albrit.
tan Gadsden, automobile dealer.
reported drowned In the Coosa
river two years ago. has been ar
rested and 10 now on route from
Aberdeen, WASH. 70 Birmingham.
Albritton's machine was found
In the stream. but the body was
never recovered, Attempts were
made to collect 31oS. 900 In life in-
suranos,
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CUCKOO MYST @RYp
NOW MADE PLAIN

Half an hour later I heard three
sharp blasts on a whistle, which
was a signal from one Of the
watchers that the cuckoo was ap-
preaching the nest.
A moment later the beautiful
bird arrived. She settled a few
feet from the opened nest and
seemed puzzled. When she had
previously visited It a few days
beforehand. on her tour Of m
spection, 1t was well concealed.
However, she walked up to it,
looked In, and her doubt increased.
for she now flew away.
She went straight to her OBJ
servation perch about $50 yards
away, took her points, and again
glided direct to the opened nest.
This time there was no hesita-
ton. for she at once picked UP in
her beak the pipit's egg nearest
to her. shuffled on to the nest,
still holding the stolen egg in her
beak, laid her own egg, and i'm
mediately flew away.
The whole performance, from
the moment she arrived to the
time she left, took just ten Sec
onds.
The cuckoo's secret was a secret
no longer. For thousands of years
she had kept 1t. but my camera
stole 1t from her for all the world
to see.
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"O those who have set eyes on
that dread enemy Of the sea-
, Il .faring man. the mighty ice-
berg. 1t, seems impossible that this
huge object Is the child Of the
softly. falling snowflake.
But the snow has to fall for
many years for an iceberg to form
high UP on some frozen mountain
side.
A hundred years Is q rough es-
innate for the time It takes TO
form one of those colossal giants
Of the north. and In that time
layer after layer of snow has
fallen until the very weight COM
presses the, bottom flakes into
clear blue ice.
The mind Of man cannot imagine
the weight Of this ice, but It 10 so
terrific that. the ice slowly slides
down over the rough rocks In the
form Of glaciers and so at last
reaches the sea.
Here as, the ice projects farther
and farther into the water the
pressure underneath snaps off huge
Jumps, which float away as Ice.
bergs.
The weight OF some Of the big.
ger icebergs is as much as 2,000,-
100000 tons and they tower to a
height Of over 1000 feet above the
waves.
Years ago sailors viewed an Ice.
berg with superstitious dread. for
these mighty masses would be
seen ohurning their silent way
through the sea In the teeth OF
gale and against sea currents.
But the explanation Is simple.
An iceberg floats with seven.
eighths Of its mass below the
surface. This huge bulk will
be immersed in a current Of water
flowing southward, which has a
far greater hold on II than the
more surface streams and wind.
An iceberg has one great and
curious feature; II 10 It's own
executioner, and from the mo.
ment II sets sail II u gradually
dying.
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T TAKES 100 YEARS
TO FORM ICEBERGS

AS the suns rays strike 1t.
the surface is continually melt.
ing, and pours off in rushing
streams.
This water, which Is fresh, is
lighter than the salt sea water,
and 50 floats on the surface,
wrapping round the berg like a
warm blanket.
This has the effect. Of making
the ice melt still more quickly,
for fresh water is more readily
warmed than salt, and so aids in
the general destruction.
SAVED BY AN ICEBERG.
A half.melted iceberg is much
more dangerous to passing ships
than a new one, due to the melt
ing, the center Of balance is grad.
ually altered. and the berg may
suddenly lurch over and crush a
ship nearby.
Ships avoid bergs as they would
the plague. but on one famous
occasion q ship actually sought
help from one.
The skipper. DR.. Kane, al.
American. who had gone in search
Of the lost Franklin expedition.
ran out Of fuel many miles from
land. A drifting iceberg gave
him the chance that he craved
for. He hitched his ship to 1t
and was towed for many miles
dead in the teeth Of wind and
wave and in the comparative calm
Of the iceberg's wake.
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Fears for Her Husbands Life
Monday, December 9

.-. Monday December 9. =
YESTERDAYS walk with Count Bentnck had bad
L. physical effect my husband. Last night he re
turned with chill I informed his secretaries to keep
the the surrender Of the German fleet to the
British away from him, possible He however summoned
one of them and demanded it. felt the account might
almost kill him, especially when he was not very we'll
physically 1t had the effect him That feared His
don became the result Of reading the report
worse than it was since his arrival Amerongen He
must be constantly attended beginning to fear for
his health. "a few days after December 9th message
came Holland stating that the Kaiser had attempted
suieide)
Tuesday, December 10.
Yx/LIAM feels better today. Although he is greatly
~ indisposed he is able to sit at his desk He wrote
for nearly hours However, feel that the terrible
mental strain will eventually conquer him. wish were
were desert island without any of communica
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Popular Indignation was aroused
by the act and large rewards were
offered for the recov"ry Of the
stone. A number 81. 5 Jars later
some workmen, building the Long
Bridge, fished It out OF the Poto-
mac but it was again stolen and its
present whereabouts remain un'
known.
Before concluding this article
it may be we'll to mention the
famous black cat which met an
untimely end indirectly through
the construction Of the Monument.
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ton. very weak but must be brave for without me
William would be very lonely.
'77HIS morning William felt indisposed. feel still
L worse. We had breakfast in my bed chamber. Will
make every effort keep from him, especially
Czernns long lecture shifting the blame for the out
break Of the from Austria to Germany. I feel out
ragged, but William be persuaded not to receive
He has read Czernns lecture and learn that he
is beside himself I not well enough to visit him. Better
news The Dutch premier has made statement to Para
maintaining that the Emperor has the right of sanctu
ary Holland We must be regarded political refugees
This will Williams mind. Why must they hound
usi Have not suffered enoughf hear dsconcertng
from Berlin about my sons domestic affairs What
terrible days! Still must bear them It is Gods will.
expecting specialists from Berlin Here the diary stops
until it is resumed again on December 15.-Ed)
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. ERFoRMING seals are great

LnpOftmlCNS Seals are great
football players, but they
play the game with their
heads. 1t Is a fact, also, that these
sea animals actually play games in
their native. haunts. sliding down
CLASSY ice toboggan slide into deep
water, and then returning for
another 60.
. But all young animals have their
games. The poet says: The young
lambs are playing in the meadows"
and he is right. Lambs play al
most like children, and their favor
ite game is King of the Castle.
II there is a little hillock in their
field, they VIII romp for hours.
One little black.face win estab-
lish himself on the summit and all
his brothers and sisters and cousins
will do their best to oust him from
his point of vantage and occupy
the place instead. Then they will
play foilow-my.leader, round trees
and up banks. and round and round
their mothers, in the most amusing
fashion.
ELEPHANTS LOVE DANCING.
AS readers of Kipling's great
story of the lord of the forest will
recall, elephants have dances at
: stated periods IN the depth OF the
Z forest. There is cleared space
surrounded by giant trees, and
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Pickerel Pulls
Pastor Overheard
LYNN, Mass, Sept. %.

LYNN, Mass, Sept. %.
THIRTY.EIGHT years ago George
Norm ran away from his home
at suncook.. II. H.. to be a COW.
boy.
Recently he was in Lynn garbed
in true Western fashion and astride
his COW pony, Shelters, having
covered the s,ooo-odd miles from
Wyoming In lal days.
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BY OLIVER G. PIKE. F. z s.,
,...: r! n. r. 8.

50 e.. - " =. ..
' "a LONDON. Sept. 20,
~ OR more than 1000 years
naturslists have been puzzled,
- as TO how the cuckoo actual
ly placed her egg In the nest Of
the fosterer. Tho usually accepted
theory was that she laid It upon
the ground, picked It up in her
beak, and carried It to the selected
nest.
It was left to Edgar Chance to
discover how she did perform this
feat. but Il took him five years Of
the most patient and persevering
field work TO find out how It was
done.
During the past few weeks
have lived in tho company Of the
cuckoo, under the guidance Of Mr..
Chance, and I have never seen
anything quite 50 fascinating In
tha bird world.
This psinstaking field.naturalist
has brought his observations to
such a successful end that he is
now able to ssy, several days be-
forehand. in which nest the cuckoo
will lay her egg, and also the ap'
proximate time.
When you consider the large
number Of nests that there may be
In the territory over which the
bird roams, Il seems to be . very
wonderful feat TO be able to fore
cast the cuckoo's doings In this
manner, yet I watched the actual
laying OF tho egg on nine separate
occasions and never once did Mr..
Chances prophecy fail.
But the only way to obtain a
conclusive photograph was to open
up the nest, and in that case there
was a doubt that the cuckoo would
use H.
However, a meadow pipit's nest
In which the cuckoo was expected
to lay had the grass and sorse re-
moved from the front, leaving a
clear view for the camera. The
"hide" was placed near, and I
went inside and waited.
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highly disturbed this We feel that
should be uncommunicave, at least for the present
Thursday, December S.
77HESE pests, the foreign journalists. They have
gathered outside the gate and demand interview
with the Emperor He will not consent to talk-not
yet Later they send officer back with written ques
tons If the Emperor should consent to them all
it would take him weeks They back to pest and
ask ridiculous questions At last William consented
the absurd about Krugers message. These
journalists constantly hound 1t fortunate that we are
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RECORD OF FALLEN
MIGHTY DRAMATIC
AS ANY i'm HISTORY

Notes and Comments of the DepoSed MOnarchS
at Amerongen and DoOm After the Ex-
Empress Joined Her Exiled Husband Until
aFeW DayS Before Her Death.
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KAISER INDIGNANT
WHEN HINDENBURG
."y SHIELDED REBEL S

Hc, lWW, hdS RWdlluUMCN US dlAN is AAlAlUuS
to ENTER IntO the Good GraceS of the Rebels
I'm Berlin So SOon!' is Note i'm the
Diary Under Date of December 3, 1918.
|THE International Neus Bureau mo-. of Boston has
received from an agent Of foreign government
the notes an documents of the former Empress
Of Germany during the months of her erile in Holland
soith the former Kaiser.
The publication this record of the late Kaserns last
months. shosoing the state of mind of the deposed
monarch and his early life, tou great excitement
and resentment among the Hohenzouern onarchists of
Gernsany aoho ,oiu make every effort to deny
But the Intrinsic evidence in the record itself as soeu
as the source from aUhich it cOlu,ces of its
0eauineness.
AMERONGEN. HOLLAND,
Thursday, November %. 1918.
RRIvED at Zevenaar met by the captain of the rural
II gendarmerie. The train proceeded to Maarbergen
whore Count Bentinck waiting for Such cold
weather. shvered considerably left the train for the
waiting vehicles Count Bentnck told that the train
that broughtus would take back in the evening Count
Platten Major Hrssfid and Count Molke Of the EN-
perors immediate encourage who returning to Berlin
The station platform filled with crudey made packages
board boxes told these their baggage
prepared for such horrible cold weather and
tcally froze ride to Amerongen.
Sunday. December /.
n fTTENDED Divine Service. My husband took part
II Took short walk in the grounds In the afternoon
William read Of Liekknecht's sleeping
In his bed in Berlin. He greatly indignant. tried to
make joke Of it, but he remained highly disturbed.
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A Real Victory

X
antnarcoic BILL
individuals contributed
N
had end
n o
II fundamentals
legislation
preve Of DOPE
The Jones Miller the other hand deals with the the
IL to in
be farreach
of
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Clean the Slate
Let EN- Out

Attorney General Daugherty evil
IDENTIFY secs no distinction between
ordinary crimes and offenses com.
United under tho espionage act.
and during tho stress and by.
terra Of war. There was general
consent 10 y surrender by the In.
disiduai Of some part OF his Gus
tomary liberty during tim war.
There was censorship Of both FREE
speech and q free press while that
seemed necessary. Hut oncc tho
war was over tho espionage act
and the riKors Of governmental
supervision Of individual liberty
were distssteful. and tho act was
repealed
In England. whose people sp-
pear 10 be more Jealous Of their
liberty than vs are. . maximum
sentence Of SIX months was con-
sidrred sufficient TO answer tho
purpose Of supprcssing paeifist..
In this republic. In some Instances.
tho sentence was - high ~ 20
years.
An thru Europe political prfs
oners hayv long ago BEEN freed
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bonus. granted during the war and
not yet dlscontinusdr How many
know that the teachers do not pay
income tart How many know that
they are paid by tho year and only
work 10 months Tor iess)f How
many people know that teachers
have certain special privileges. such
as diacounis at storesr
How many people know that
Seattle has siways been considered
AZ paying suoh high salaries that
several thousand applications for
positions are on file continually in
the school board object How many
know that there were 5000 appiica'
tions on file At the time that the
hue and cry went up that no teach
srH could be secured At the low
salary paid. at the time the cam.
raign was on for the bond issue TO
pay q - per cent Increase,
Are Seattle teachers cverworked7
They work i've and six hours q
day for i've days of the week. They
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Defends Tax Reduction Work

year, the maximum for grade teach.
srs. $500. For high school tssch-
srs the minimum IL $500. the high.
est In t3.4oo for teachers. Only a
very small number receive the low.
eat salary. either IN grade or high
schools: the highest salaries are
paid 20 tho largest number or "the
dominant group" as ~ u called
For example. only nins high school
teachers receive $500. while fo7
reosivs $4,000. Twelve get s2.sto. 90
got 1880. % get ss.iso. 70 get
t..ioo. 81 &c, 1900 and 81 get
1850. These ara all teachers not
heads Of depsrtmsnts principals or
vice principals.
The same proportionats rate OF
the dominant group or the largest
number getting tho higher rate. 10
tho sans In the grade schools ~ In
tho high schools
How many people In Seattle know
that teachers are receiving Q war
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have two and three weeks vacation
at Christmas and Faster. and more
than two months during the sum.
msr. 30 that In reality they work
only nine months In the year. They
have no much surplus strength and
time that many Of them work after
school hours and earn extra money
90 that they are able 10 spend large
amounts on sxpsnsive tours. auto
mobiles ard other iuJuriea In
spite Of all the editorials IN the
newspapers. the pififui pleas Of
teachers and their friends. the fact
remains that the teachers are got
ting better pay than any other line
Of work outside the movie star
group. And IN addition % their
good salaries. short hours. long va
cations and pleasant work. they
have the social prestige which the
position has always given them.
and no woman receives greater con-
alteration and respect than = con-
scientious teacher. who. from the
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LHHERC the Ss ENzUR
Taxpayer at Bat Again

fidencs IN the ability OF their teacher
20 teach them. Make n reduction In
the offics force. with real. honest
study In the class rooms they Will
not be needed. Cut down the srchi
teots' force A few men doing an
honest days work will bring about
bettsr results.
Instead Of giving favored teachers
extra OF night work. give that work
60 those who are on the applicants
Hat. 30 that when a vacancy occurs
II can be filled 10 greater advantage.
When teacher. take other employ
ment thru vacation periods stop
their pay for such period. IL IL I'm
fair 20 tho unemployed. and the
teachers ARE supposed 20 need that
time to rest after their hard work OF
five days a week. Now let the new
board set busy.
Very truly yours.
A. r. AXPAYER-
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vIduai prisoners. ana n wants
personal application for clemeney.
with assurance that those con
vieted for expressing their epin-
Ions In war times are rrpentaut
(which they probably are not.
The truth 10 that most Of those
who demand that political prison.
ers now be fried have no sym.
pstty with their political opinions
or with tho various political or.
CARNATIONS 10 which they belong.
What they are Interested In IL .
restoration Of the liberty Of eth
rens generally. and particularly
tho constitutional rights Of free
speech and n free press.
Every legitimate and patriotic
purpose for which pacifists. con
selentious objeciors and ether
snti.war agiiafors who had the
courage Of their convictions were
Jailed. has been accomplished.
Ti. law itself has been repealed.
Most Of tho prisoners are IN pen
itentiary for acts which arc not
now criminal Keeping them
there merely makes tho govern
ment its~if appear rrvenEcful-
They DO more harm is JAN than
they could out Let fhem out
Wipe eff the slate Lef's get
away from tho war - fast - Ne
can