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Show oo i WRITES HIS WILL ON IDENTITY DISC LONDON. July 29. Strange as the story of any document told in tl -tion Is that of a will which has Jut been admitted to probate and Is now filed inSomerset House. it is the last win and testament" ' of a sailor, William Skinner; who lost bin life when his ship, tho Indefatigable, Indefatig-able, was sunk in the battle of Jul-1 land It li In the form of the ordinary or-dinary identification disc On one side, in the usual deeply-punched let-j ters, appears the name, number, rat-1 lng and religion of the man to whom I It had been Issued. On the other aide the disc appears' at first sight to be Just a circular plec of smooth, polished brass. But w hen I viewed at a certain angle, there can be seen about 75 minutely engraved words. With a mlscrosope they can be plainly rend. They constitute Skinner's will by which he bequeaths everything to his wife. The disc had been recovered from the sea with dinner's body and on, belnr cleaned n vealed its secret |