Show THE MISSISSIPPI'S SERVICE The Time silver service for the battleship Mississippi ha has been completed in Philadelphia and amI has been sent to Mississippi to be on exhibition until June 1 when it will be bo formally presented to the bi big war war- ship There arc are three sixty-three pieces thc they weigh 2000 ounces On one side ide is a punch bowl bow on the other a picture of the old Mississippi which was set on fire and sunk b by confederate batteries when Farragut ascended the great river and upon which Admiral Dewe Dewey then a lieutenant was executive officer Both ships were built at Philadelphia The first was launched in 1841 the other in 1903 1905 The punch bowl bowlis is a happy device the most appropriate thing over which the north and south can shake hands without any bloody chasm |