Show l t P. P j i 4 T i f t r Y r 17 r 2 Jf WAI k s S W 7 1 1 u 9 W k c n 47 5 W i f i f 1 i 1 At the Foot of Her lier t t. Mary plary Moulton of Blue Rapids lan Kan Becomes Mrs It A. A Scan Scammel el Over Oyer Parents Parent's Grave r J I Jf f i i j I W W W 06 11 tri Blue Rapids Kan Correspondence f No stranger wedding ceremony was ever performed than the one which last Sunday united Alfred Scammel r 1 and Mary Moulton in this place They stood hand in hand band at the foot of or a a. 3 tl 1 grave in the Oak Hill cemetery and andt t were there made man and wife at the grave of or the mother of the bride who 11 had blessed and approved the union but who died before she saw the pair united I I i The little company gathered there in inthe c the city of the dead looked strangely k solemn in the fading light of the 4 r February day and there was little to toI suggest the gayety of a wedding In the i solemn words of the minister or the I grave faces of bride and groom t t For many years Miss Moulton the bride had been fatherless and between tL 1 her and her mother there had grown grownup grownS S up an intimacy and affection different 1 in many ways from that ordinarily exhibited ext ex ex- ex- ex t J by mother and daughter They were more like loving sisters They i c were friends and companions and the thet t tenderness and devotion each exhibited exhibit exhibit- L. L ed toward the other had bad often orten been re remarked remarked remarked re- re marked by their friends And when 0 over a year ago Alfred Scammel came Jr around wooing a-wooing and wrought himself 1 c. c the gentle heart of ot the daughter until she felt her life Ute would not be complete without him the mother Joyed In the union and blessed it and said it was i- i i well She entered Into all the preparations preparations for tor the crowning vent in the life Ute f of her daughter with more than a mothers mother's zeal and devotion She was wasas f r r. r as earnest in her ber work for the happiness happi happl- 1 P I ness of Mary as though it were berI her ber tr own nuptial day which was approaching approach approach- J lug ing The wedding was set for Feb 13 of or ory y last year The guests were bidden and I the feast was set and It remained only 5 for the words of the minister to join J 7 ti the lives of those who had bad chosen one oner r j another from all the world for all r i. time Then came sorrow and suffering j t and the gaunt band hand of or death On the k eve of the wedding the faithful mother moth moth- 1 5 er was stricken with illness and the f fk- fk c wedding was postponed She grew jc h l t t 4 r. r tV tt r W f J. J yr t- t j a ti r SF 1 t tf f f h i I i f 11 s ti cj 7 t THE HE ALTAR WAS A MOTHERS MOTHER'S GRAW GRAVE i. i ENGINES OF DEATH EATH 1 I 1 borne Orne Debatable Matters 1 In n the Methods l i S of Modern l Marine l Warfare ti a r We know that the bigger the gun the I 1 1 less ss likely it is to hit the target but I c. c S' S S'S 1 S again our data only suggests that the I r t possible lies in a mean mean mean-a a mean N tb tbt t eft t to the individual Judgment 11 f Already trays the Forum the French have discarded it for tor a a. heavier weapon o and we may look to see other nations S following suit The ram tested by results re re- 1 suits has proved itself more likely to tobe totS 5 t-S t be fatal by accident than by design From an absolute belief In it opinion ti gradually changed till it was spoken of or ofas ti as an impossible weapon and the French previously so 80 partial to enormous enor enor- l i. i 5 spurs so far discarded their old build their battleship Breh- Breh i ideals as as' to 4 C j nus without any ram at all Yet at atthe atthe r the same time the United States were t. t t busy over the a ram pure c if s t j and simple she is now In the navy Sr if r France is building ram-bowed ram ships i once more and the new second-class second r British cruiser and her ber sisters sis sis- sisters I are short doubled ships t f-t specially designed for use as rams f Where then lies the truth about the S ram The torpedo again forms debatable debatable debatable debat debat- 4 able land With the torpedo vessel I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall deal d al further on here bere we need but consider the ships ship's torpedo tube The torpedo is a destructive weapon but It Itcan itcan can not be used at a range much exceeding exceeding exceeding ex ex- ex- ex a quarter of or a mile At that distance the big gun can hardly miss and its devastation would be quite as as any that the less accurate torpedo could effect Moreover the 18 r 55 c j. j M U- U rapidly worse and on Feb 13 the day set for the ceremony she passed away The shock of her ber mothers mother's death al almost almost almost al- al most carried away the to bride She withered under it and when at last she began to recover her ber health and strength she went every day to the cemetery to kneel upon the sod which sheltered the mortal remains of her ber whom she loved so dearly and to pray for her eternal happiness The young man came with her ber he ho who was ready to cleave to her In sick sick- and kneeling there on that green mound it came to them that it would be fitting they should b be wedded wedded wedded wed wed- ded there above the mothers mother's grave and on the anniversary of her death Thus It came about that this strange ceremony was performed in the acre of mourning amid the gleaming headstones headstones headstones head head- stones and the weeds of sorrow Laist Lalit Sunday a few friends were bidden to 0 the wedding and when they were as assembled assembled assembled as- as at the grave the young man and the young woman came down the avenue of bare and leafless trees hand hani handin in hand At the foot toot of the grave they halted baited and the minister standing in front of the marble shaft erected In memory of the mother made them man and wife Thus TV Was as the Idea of or this odd service service service ser ser- vice carried out The church was beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- Oak Hill cemetery the lights were the slanting rays of the sun playing playIng playing play play- ing seek hide with the shadows of or the great trees the flowers were the loving mementoes placed upon the mounds of the th sleeping dead the music was the tho soft carol of birds and the requiem of or a gentle wind and the altar was a mothers mother's grave All around the little company were the graves of the dead above them arched the blue sky the tender charms of nature were everywhere displayed the sounds of priestly prayer and orphan orphans orphan's orphans orphan's or or- phan's phan sigh gentle breeze and twitterIng twittering twittering twitter twitter- ing birds mingled in an anthem from nature to natures nature's God and the fast declining sun in a final burst of golden gold gold- en glory gilded the mothers mother's monument monument monument ment and shone radiantly upon the young bride like a benediction slow speed of a torpedo torpedo slow slow in com eom- comparison parison with a projectile projectile Infinitely infinitely hi Increases creases the risk of damaging a friend Instead of the enemy aimed at Also every part of the ironclad not heavily armored being searched by quick fire shell the torpedoes are likely to be exploded in their tubes long ere they can be employed So much Is this recognized recognized rec rec- that the underwater tube alone Is being adopted for new designs while the above water tube is condemned entirely en en- But submerged tubes are difficult difficult cult to use In the British navy certainly certainly certainly the deflection of the torpedo caused by the ships ship's movement has been reduced to a very few degrees but perfection is still some distance off ott With other nations the tube beIng being being be be- ing of cruder design the deflection Isso is isso isso so enormous that a hit at any appreciable appreciable appreciable range must be almost a matter of pure chance |