Show ti I sK- sK I r Lucy She dwelt among the ways Beside the springs of ot Dove A maid whom there were none to praise And very few tew to love A violet by a mossy stone Halt Half hidden from the eye Fair Pair as a a. star when only one ono Is shining In the sky She fib lived unknown and few could know When Lucy ceased ceased- to be But she Is In her grave and oh difference to me I William Wordsworth I An Ancient Burial Burial Place Ever since the advent of man upon the earth the question of disposal of bf his remains after death has been one of vital Importance It is to ma mans man's s 's present ever-present desire for a safe and suitable suitable suit sult- able repository for his dead that arch archaeologists arch archaeologists owe much of their knowle knowledge knowl e edge ge of prehistoric time for for forthe the f weapons co cooking king utensils and other articles exhumed from these burial places of the ancients unfold many facts regarding their e r meth methods of oj living Of the various places used by bY bYthe the ancients in which to deposit their dead the rude stone chamber known as a cromlech cromlech w was was s probably the most often adopted for any burial burial other than the very common ones The picture shown is is' an accurate one of a cromlech which was discovered fn in a barrow near Paradis the on-the Island of Guern Guern- sey On digging into the mound the mound the the large flat fiat top or stone cap-stone of the tomb tomb mb was discovered an and when this was was removed the upper part of two human skulls was exposed to view The chamber was filled with up-with-earth and as this was was gradually lly J removed exposing the b bones nes of the entire figures figures fig fig- ures ures the We latter were found to be in ina ina inta ta a a good state of preservation The Thet t teeth eth ana and jaws denoted that they were were the skeletons of f adults but not of old men A singular feature in connection connection connee- connee tion on and o one one e unexplained ed is the fact that the bodies had been so placed at burI burial l that one faced north and the and the theother other south Possibly Possibly they were prisoners prisoners prisoners' pris pris- or slaves who w. w were re slain slain per per perhaps haps haps' buried burled alive at alive at the f funeral of some great tribal chieftain or or great person whose bod body was placed In the large chamber near by i Had a Jolly Funeral On One hundred members of a cigar cigar- makers makers' union had a jollification recently recently re reo In Hoboken the the- occasion being being being be be- ing the funeral of Miss Sophie Van Van- a member of the union The celebration was as In accordance with the wishes of th the dead woman woma and the expenses w were re paid with mon money she money y she set aside for that for that purpose se out of the death benefits from the union The remaining was left to her sisters sister's children Miss who Was was 60 O years old had been a member of No 6 for many years and was generally a good f fellow A A year ago ago Miss i said to Jensen proprietor of the hall In which h the union met and who was was- also in poor poor health When I am In my coffin you you may offer Ome me a glass and If it I dont don't taker take lit It then you m may may y drink It yourself but butI I yo youre you're re not rugged and may go 10 before re I Ido do do In that case Ill I'll drink a a glass lass I JI J I should you reruns It when I offer It to you I All right well we'll call that a a bargain bargain replied Jensen He lIe fulfilled his part of the compact The womans woman's body was laid on a bier in the center of the room When the funeral party had assembled Jensen poured Tout Out a glass of kimmel offered it to the corpse corpse and abd drank It down Then a keg of beer was tapped and the funeral services were read When When their sister had been laid laid to reUthe members members- returned to to the hall halland halland and enjoyed the the gO good d time for which she slie had provided Among those who attended was was was' Maj Lankering in whose t cigar factory Miss had been employed i t Alive but Legally Dead Deap A queer qu question sUon of law arises in an Alabama county Two weeks ago runs runs the story a negro was' was hanged for murder in Ip due process The body was cut down and pronounced dead by bythe bythe bythe the physician attending and was then turned over to the relatives who took It away They observed signs of life in it whereupon a a f physician was called in who applied restoratives and the man came came back to his former existence existence ex ex- in which he now abides In health and nd strength The question Is whether the law can again lay hands upon him for that crime crima since e officially officially official official- ly he has paid the full pen penalty and stands stands as dead In the legal records of the the case At any any rate nothing has been d done ne loo looking ing to to his t. t House Over Two Centuries Old Workmen have have been kept bUs busy throughout the spring months on the meadow surrounding the Roc Rook house the Shoemaker house or the Hendricks s house as aa the historic building bunding is variously called which is built on the huge rock at station near Phil adelphia This rock is famous foi for being the pulpit or the preachers preacher rock used by William Willlam Penn in pre- pre revolutionary days days In Inthe the famous old meadow through which h until recent recent recent re re- cent years the beautiful ing creek flowed and in which during the the revolutionary nary war some of the British caValry had th their ir encampment there are now huge flower beds and clUmps cl of hardy harlly flowering shrubbery All underbrush has been cut from the stretch of woods on the hillside above the meadow and the trees are trimmed to let in the sunlight making It possible pos pos- sible to grow a smooth rich slope of velvety grass There is renewed Interest In the historic house house- since Germantown Res es have been attracted to to the spot because of the It is claimed to be on one of the oldest houses in Philadelphia limits It is not known exactly When then the house bouse was was built although although al al- though it Is stated on good authority that it was previous to 1691 Some historians historian's declare that it was built by fl i k Ih II I II II i I Ifill fill THE 7 a all D Sr Shoemaker in 1690 others s s are equally confident that It was built by Gerhard Hendricks in 1682 |