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Show IHE SEEI-WEEKL- M. . Y m NATION. BEFORE 1 PVBLIC EYE R ITM, riWUm Scientist Would Caligulas Sunken Ships. UTAH LOGAN. RECALLS WASHINGTON'S GREATNESS It !s ct n tod that in New York "on cent will huy a square meal a soda cracker, probably. 'Bluoume-'i- t I rretud ou Spot Wlirro Int Ail J Crown. Perched upon the brow of a hill, two miles southeast of about A Philadelphia woman has had her N. Y., stands a plain, unpretenhusband arrested for not giving her an tious rubble monument, erected by Easter bonnet. The worm will turn. the Historical Society of Newburg which marks the site of a buildThere will be no danger of a whlaky Bay, within whose walls occurred one ing famine as long as the supply of water of the most dramatic events of Amand prussic acid does not run out. erican history. In 1782, owing to lack of pay, etc., The announcement that Missouri discontent with their lot, distrust of a highwaymen looted a train shows that republican form of government bad the spirit of Jesse James goes marchgained a formidable foothold among ing on. the rank and file of the army. Matters had reached such a pass. Indeed, As If he hadn't suffered enough ala secret meeting was called, urgthat ready they have put a Mr. Nelson of the army to appeal from the jusSt Joseph, Mo., in Jail for having thir- ing tice to the fears of the government, teen wives. make demonstrations of power and determination, arouse the fears of the The Massachusetts Judges who deand so obtain justice for thempeople, cided that a Wall street margin is a selves. wager would undoubtedly call a The outcome was a letter addressed spade a spade. to Gen. Washington by Col. Nicola, an officer of the army, which, after a reThe announcement of Gcu. Otis cital that he doesn't mean to write a book chief, of fulsome praise of the commander-in-said, in part: "Owing to will tend to endear him to the hearts the prejudice of the people it might of the people. not at first be prudent to assume the of royalty, but if all things were title The czar of Russia is obliged to keep once adjusted we believe strong argu his subjects well scattered. His latest edict is that three men in a bunch constitute a mob. New-bur- Tennyson's "The Charge sold for $440, called a light g, original manuscript of of the Light Brigade which could hardly be charge. A Chicago man named Junk has secured a divorce In California. It is understood that the Junks have been much given to scraps. $15.-00- 0. Truly wonderful is the news that comes from Gotham. Policemen there who do their duty are not to be punished for being so reckless. Cecil Rhodes intimates in his will that he regarded the muddled oaf as an important member of society. It's about up to Kipling to change his mind. In the event of a separation It is probable that Queen Wilhelmlna's husband will demand an amount of alimony that will wreck the bank of Holland. A students' demonstration in St. Petersburg for April 1 pressed. The government want to take any chances April fooled. planned was supdid not of being "Jesse slammed a speedy one to the tall timbers for a trio of cushions and Rhody sent him over the last quarter with a daisy cutter through second. Sound familiar? intended to recover the two imperial ships that lie on the bottom of the lake of Nemi. It is needless to enter into the technical details of the mode by which the professor will accomplish the task. One piece of information which he imparted to the king has a special interest. He notified his majesty of an import ant discovery made by the Cavaliere Giuseppe Pedercini the finding of an- other "emissarlum of Roman construction, at a lower level than the present one, through which the overflow of the lake is drained. Between the two levels, the ancient and the one in actual use. it is expected that the ruins of the villa of Julius Caesar will be found. Its discovery would solve several archaeological problems which are not explained at the present time. The lake of Nemi, which fills the crater of an extinct volcano in the heart of the Alban hills, is, with its larger sister lake of Albano, one of the loveliest of the many lovely scenes in the vicinity of Rome. Seen from the i, grounds of the Villa which overhang its steep banks on one side, there are few sights in the world so attractive, and fewer still that possess bo historical an interest. The lake of Nemi is four miles In circumference at the water's edge. A temple of Diana at one period stood in the little plain between the lake and the tiny town of Nemi, which stands on the ridge or lip of the crater. The late Lord Seville, while he was British ambassador at the court of the Qulrlnal, made a contract with the proprietor of the lake and its surroundings, Prince Orsinl, for the right to excavate on tlfe site of the temple of Diana, the ambassador to bear all the expenditure and the proprietor to receive half the objects discovered. At that time the existence of the ships lying on the bottom of the lake was well known. How nearly these boats must have come to the gorgeous barge of Cleo Sforza-Cesarin- A woman bookkeeper In Philadelphia has confessed to embezzling There is no field woman cannot fill if given the chance. The Kentuckian who shot at a man and crippled a blooded colt is entitled to great sympathy. Ills mistake will cost him some money. A few days ago King Victor Emanuel received in audience Prof. Emilio Uiurla, who is the inventor of a project lli. II ments might be produced for admitting the title of king. isThus forewarned, Washington sued an order for a meeting of the officers at the Temple. Gen. Gates presided, and amid great solemnity the commander-in-chie- f arose and read his address, which was a masterly and eloquent plea for faith in the justice of their country, terming those who would overturn tLe government traitors, and finally euqphatlcally declining to be made a king. A YOUTHFUL HEIR PRESUMPTIVE 1rlueo Might Ugittncd to Kulo tho nowrv Kmplre. Only recently has Japan taken its place among the great nations of the earth, and still more recently did It gain the youngest heir presumptive among the leading royal personages of the world. This la because Prince Mlchl, grandson of the Mikado and destined to rule the "Flowery Empire one of these days, was born only of a year ago. Prince Mlchi, whose Imperial father. Young RecoHJer has described it patra us may be derived from a study of the objects taken from the vessels by the divers, wno within a comparatively recent period went down into the lake. The mooring rings, formed of lions and wolves' heads, wrought In fine bronze and executed with excellent artistic taste and skill, show how happily the ancients employed art for the decoration and adornment of the common and useful things of life. A number of tiles have also been found. One of the most unlooked for discoveries is that of the mosaics and marbles brought up from these ships. The mosaics of various colors brown, blue, yellow, white, green and red are made of vitreous paste. The marbles, red porphyry and green serpentine, were cut Into thin discs and used for Inlaying, either in floors or dados. In presence of these fragments, the mind begins to build up pictures of antique greatness and luxury and artistic completeness that renders the Cleopatra barge a possibility and the poets dream quite within the limits of the artists and artisans of "the serpent of old Nile. One understands then also Shah-spear- o these floating palaces muat have been allowed to follow the most extravagant flights of bis imagination without regard to time and expense. "The deck is paved with discs of porphyry and serpentine not thicker than a quarter of an Inch, framed in segments and lines of white, gold, red and green enamel. The parapets and railings are cast in metal and heavily gilded; lead pipes inscribed with the name of'Caligua carried the water to the fountains playing amid-shand mixing their spray with the gentle waves of the lake. There are other rich decorations, the place of which In the general plan of the vessel has not yet been made clear." Such is the style and character of the ships now lying on the thick ooze of the bottom of Lake Nemi. A little distance off, on farther shore, rose the Temple of Diana, the celebrated. Artemlsium, that stood upon an artificial terrace or platform, having an srea of about 45,000 square meters, has been thoroughly explored by the late Lord Seville, and the best of the findings were given to the British Museum, where they may now be ip t3 seen. jroaRiacr Many suggestions and Indications of the old life hi the temple neighborhood were brought to light in the excavations, but imagination is enkindled by the prospect of the spectacle that would be revealed to men's eyes if the project of Hrof. Giurla be supported by the king and carried out to its completion. To look upon these two ships, which have been embedded for over eighteen centuries, at the lowest calculation, in the ooze of this lake in the crater of a volcano; to note the richness of their the possibility of Caesar carrying build and perhaps to discover treasures around with him in his campaigns "tesselatcd and marble slabs for the floor of his tent. The ships that lie on the bottom of Lake Nemi, and which were intended evidently to be Imperial pleasure boats, wtre not of very great size, considering the hugeness of the ocean steamers of the present day, but they were sufficient for their purpose. It was indeed little more than a pool in which these boats floated, but a recent writer on Roman antiquities notes that we are not far from right if we compare the vessels which plied on these waters In the centuries long gone by to the liners which crossed the Atlantic twenty years ago. hidden within them that might reveal The deck of these ships must have the luxury of the old Roman life that been a wondrous sight. "The fanciful is a spectacle to be desired, as rich in naval engineer, eays Lanclani, who Its outcome, has vivified Mafatti's technically writ- "Ab is the ooze and bottom of the sea. ten contributions to our knowledge of With sunken wreck and sumless these ships, who designed and built treasures. three-quarte- rs Mrs. Daisy A. Gentleman of Chicago, who is suing for a divorce, can hardly claim that her husband is no Gentleman, although she declares that he punched her in the face. A German author has published a dictionary of cuss words. He has found 25.000 of them. If they are all German it will be pretty hard to keep that language from spreading. The woman who steals from her husband to give to charity may consider it no more than fair to keep out a little witn which to buy the prize when the club meets at her house. The thief who returned the Jewels stolen from a church may think that he has atoned fur his acts, but we rather think that repentance based on fear does not count for much. You can never discourage a women about loving. If she can't love her husband she is content to love her children; if she hasn't any children she will manage to get along loving her pets. The claim made for Aguinaldo that he provides liberally for his mother will win high praise for him until it is remembered that all of his come from Unde Sam's provisionscommissary. hito, eldest son of the Mikado, and only 25 years old, unique in being the first heir presumptive of Japan to dress exclusively in European garments. Not a piece of his royal layette is made after the Japanese fashion. Except for the richness of his dress, the Japanese cut of his hair and the strictly Oriental look of his round little face, the baby prince might bs mistaken for the child of a American family. New York Press. well-to-d- o In-la- w - A barber in Richmond. Ya., shaved President Duke of the American Tobacco company on Sunday and received for his work a check for $:l.J'0 to pay off a churih debt. The fad that this money came from toliacco an was paid for hi rk done on Sunday Is not expectiil to result in tin? church's refusing it. 1 J tnay Jiifg. Is Jersey Justice making considerable of a name fur itself these days. Isaac D. Ward, a Justice of Perth Amboy, has derided that a parent can punish a child with uny degree of cruelty, provided he does not leave a mark on the child's liudy. The Chinese know eleven ways of giving tho death torture without leuiug a mark on the body of the victim. There Is a wide ami us- fill field fur u few Chin- si roaches in the wupe oi - - Jersey justhe. THR Tb Kubblih Got In. The last time Rudyard Kipling was In (Tape Town lie discovered a military hospital in the neighborhood which was without bandages, and very badly in need of them. The shops of the town had lots of bandages fur sale. He mentioned the matter to a friend and said he would supply the want Whereupon his friend rejoined that he would pay for all the bandages that Kipling would take to the hospital. A wagon was loaded, and then Mr. Kipling learned that, according to the regulatVins. .1 hospital was not allowed to receive supplies from private Indi- LAKE OF NEMI. the hospital door, and then go in and tell them to come out and dear up the rubbish, rerhaps In that way they exit manage to smuggle them Into the building without having any red tape. Somehow or other the goods were smuggled into the hospital. I.lfc Soma Othar. An old clergyman used to relate tfio following anecdote with grpat glee: Once, when preparing ids parlshlonefs for the solemn ordinance of confirmation, he found amongst them ono old woman so excessively ignorant and viduals. stupid that for some weeks prior to 'Veil," said t!ij author, I will dump tlie time he was obliged to have her the packages or the pavement before coino to his house every day, in order to instruct and erio.t-.iher. At length he began to hope that his time, patience and zeal had not been entirely bestowed in vain, a few flashes bright of understanding having burst from the old dame's intelle. t. The imnort-aday arrived. "Now. my good friend, said the worthy pastor, Just previous to the commencement of the ceremony, as this Is the last moment in which I shall have an of conversing with you. let opportunity me ask, do you thoroughly understand and believe all the articles or the Christian faith? Ay. yes, sir. thank'ee," replied his venerable pupil, with a simper, and dropping one of In r lies! eourtesies "Jl does, indeed, now; nnd. thank God, I heartily renounce 'nu all:" nt |