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Show ARNOLD'S "GONDOLAS" IN SIGHT. Sunk by Him in Lake Champlaln. They Can Be Seen on the Bottom. Parkman'6 history describes tho "gondolas" which Benedict Arnold destroyed de-stroyed on Lake Chnmplaln when he was forced to retreat before superior British forces in 1776. The wreckage may still be seen on a calm day at tho bottom of Arnold's bay. A sojourner sojourn-er In that region thus describes a recent visit to the bay: "The water Is lower in the lake than the oldest Inhabitants can remember. re-member. It has gone down six feet slnco June. We found one of tho 'gondolas.' These were evidently stout, wide boats, very large and strong, propelled pro-pelled by oars, as the two oak ribs sticking up from the keel of the one we discovered plainly showed. These ribs are about five or six inches thick. "After a long struggle we Bawed off a piece with two rusty nails In It; nails that are really large spikes. As the water Is about seven feet deep and the top of tho rldgo was about two feet below the surface, the task of sawing about a foot off was heroic. It Is hard oak, now quite black. 'There were alrendy six saw cut3 In the piece we secured. Some other travelers had been at It and had got discouraged, which is not surprising." surpris-ing." Doctors' Fees. "Do you mean to tell me," asked a learned counsel, when be was cross-examining cross-examining Mr. Whistler in a well-known well-known case, "that for a piece of work which only takes you half an hour you can charge bo extravagant a price?" And Mr Whistler's answer remains tho claseical apology of all learned and technical skill. "Yee," ho replied, "but I am charging for the knowledge and experleuco of a lifetime." life-time." A doctor's fee may seem enormous enor-mous to a patient who is aware that he hafl only seen him for 20 minutes. It still remains true that what is charged represents that accumulated mass of hardly earned experience which distinguishes the medical proficient profi-cient from the mere amateur. Loudon Lou-don Telegraph. |