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NEWS ITEMS.
."southern Pencil Pointers.
Mot'ii"" missionaries have been ex-
Pliel 'from Meridian, Miss.
'Vor than- 100,000 people passed
throng k 4-: gate's of the Tennessee Ex
jx,fcitii l.tst week;
T,Vo .t w Orleans destroyed the
rrn.t Jiict! Mills, and the loss will
ounttJClW. ' ; -
jle Virginia Btate board of health
jeoomiDemf-i compulsory vaccination of
j,ub!ic -school children.
orf"k. tt is to have an industrial
Etijool vr the education of colored
rbil'l'''"-
AVain r Mi' ele, an aeronaut, met his
(kati-nt L'v'nchliurjr, Va. , while making
.. l.-',., a .. t JiBiou. j
( li u'es L. -Montague, a leading cot-'
toil fin t' i' (,f Savannah, Ga. , was killed
in a I'ii'yfl'J accident. 1
tui levtruor f Worthington sent
two -cuinmH and a- company oftroops to
iiiii -son vuunly, Ky. , to protect a negro
from l.Mi'-!ifs. r
iuiT;' antrill has decided that Ken
tm kv riiuxiut issue the $50, 000 bonds
"-jiioM'H'.l - K-r hy a recent act. oi me
L.-i.-jnOnc. . i
4-tn -wall Jackson Memorial Hall at
' f -m t t 11"
iirl iiivei sit Toi v lrgimanas Deen aeu-ii-at!'!.'
Dr. Hunter McGuire was the
oiutoi :aiil Senator Daniel delivered
ciincJii'linLr address.
A Louisville and Nashville train, be
tween larksville and Nashville, was
held it hy one man at the point of two
jiistuls ami robbed of from $2,000
to .1. according to reports from
l larksville. . !
(lovei nor Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
has ihsut (1 an order on the basis of the
lindin f the; Court of Inquiry upon
tlieieeeiit iiot among students and po
lite ftifl niililiii on South Carolina cam
jms. . Ile'did ii ot have anything to say
as to W atts, as he will report his case
to the General Assembly. i
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AH About the North,
rhila.lelphia, suffered a $150,000 file,
the tire destroying five manufacturing
plants. . ' -
Four armed, robbers looted an Oma
ha, LNeb. ) bank, jind were pursued and
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capim i-u. i ue casnier ana one oi me
'robbers .were shot.
Senat or Ifanna will address the
atkiiiaul liepublican League Con
vention at Detroit Mich., on the 13th.
Snow fell at Fliie Mountain Lake and
I!uiu ttt' Luke,. 'in the Adirondacks,
Mew York, on the2uth.
On tbe 2iith at St. Louis, Mo., Orna
ment won the $12,000 derby before a
laro crowd. . -
At NV.' York, Ben Brush, won the
.-eat M)tJrla;i race in the faat time f
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1 he United Mine Workers have de
ide d not to order a strike in Ohio on
eu-a-es. r ' ,
The I 'an-American Expositioa Com
I'any, iivst incorporated at Albany, has
arranged for a six months' exhibit on
-'ayu -a Island, N. Y., in 1899.
The Lir gun factory at the "Water
ville Arsenal, at Troy, N. Y., will be
shut down during this month and 435
men will be 'thrown out of work.
deficit of $3,500,000 has been dis
covered in. the Pennsylvania State,
.Treasury, -said to be due to extravagant'
apri oi u iatioiis bv the lecrislature.
Conressnfan Edward Dean Coke,
cf( 'hicujro, A as found dead in his room
A' I. y 1 Ti l 1 t ' A
u uie v ocuran iioiei, v asmngion,
.iiuni a ciot on ineneart
TohniTi. Sullivan is in training at
hitu I'lains, N. Y. , under the direc
forshipof Win. Muldoon, the wrestler
aiil trainer, and the prospects of a
ludetin- between him and Fitzsim
iiiou; is growing more favorable every
day.
hi t liicapo, 111., a new bullet proof
i.oth is to behest ed, and in response to
an advertisement a large number of
Hien and women . have offered -them-Myes
us targets. Someday they don't
' are whether they are kiTled or not, as
they cannot get work. - " ; r
uuses, wno mnraereu an oju
'au nanied Strong, near Crystal
N'liiiLrs.-Mnss. a few days ago, con
it'e.l to the killing aud shortly after
ward, he was taken from the jail by a
iuoh .f Jon ,r :u0 men, mostly farmers,
and han -ed to a tree near the railroad.
iV.ter Maher and Tom Sharkey have
Mailed articles of. agreement and de-
'i eacn in new xoric to
"uht t.i u ihiish for the biggest induce
juent ami for a side bet of $.5,000. The
'out is to take place within three
Whs after August 2d, that is, if the
naal tlej.osit ot $2,500 is made.
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Miscellaneous.
degree of LL. D. has been con
me..lon President McKinley by the
"Astern Iteserve University.
(.old, running $100 to the ton, has
Hee.'t found in tbo T.jiat. Slnn of Pikft's
; ak. at to, 000 feet elevation.
.fiance has resumed diplomatic re
lations w itu Venezuela and the apology
that republic for, the incident
"ich led to the rupture has been ac-
l'l'ted. .
At ' 1v"uns laiv tlie name of Miss
vlcVUuion, of Arkansas, who had
tending the Due West College,
Jue W est, S. C, went to Nashville,
i , meet ner father, but missed
now she cannot be found.
i ue middle of June cereal report
om Russia shows that unusually good
l'S iuay be expected, especially of
anlTS"Uie of Province8 Silesia
.' 1 0St'1i for instance, are expecting
years'1 an'tllinS known in twenty
Washington Echoes.
fiev iState department has been noti
t bv the Japanese ministry that
Wan has" important treaty rights in
"awa hich must be respected fin the
annexation bv the United
states . -
f.e Universal Postal Congress the
"U convention of the kind in the
vlyT't elo8ed at 'Washington on the
eroi ua a clsed session lasting ev
w, hours. The next of the congresses,
ixth sexteffnial one, will be held
4wa, iuiy February, 1903.
To-day the birthright of her hopes the
marching Nation sings,
And o'er the arms of laughing forts" the
banner lifts her wings;
To-day in honor of theflag the myriad la
bors cease, j
And breathe the silver bugles low the mel
lowed notes of peace,
Ho, bugles, hoi Ho, -glimmering bands!
Mo, veterans ld and true!
xlo, children iarching for the States 'mid
roses wined with dew! . , .
Behind ye thrice a hundred years, before a
thousand grand, - t :
What says the Past to you to-day, O chil
dren of the land? I
What are thy legends, O thou flag that glad
denest land and sea?
What is thy meaning in the air amid the
jubilee? j
Flag of the sun that glows for all,
Flag of the breeze that blows for all.
Flag of the sea that flows for all
The silver bugles blow and blow across the
- silver sea, ) ,
What is thy meaning in the air? "O banner,
answer met j
No azure pavon old art thou, borne on the
Palmer's spear; t
No oriflamme of Red Cross Knight, or coif
fured cavalier; i
No gold pomegranates of the sun burn on
thy silken cloud, j
Nor Shamrock green, nor Thistle red, nor
: ' Couchant Lion proud;
No golden bees of purpled isles on redrtaf
feta wrought, I
Nor eagle poising in the sky above the oce
lot, j
No gaping dragons haunt thy folds as in
the white sun's spray,
When westering Vikings turned their prows
from noonless Norroway;
No double crowns beneath the cross are in
thy hues unfurled.
Such as the Prophet Pilot led toward the
sunset world; 1
No Golden Virgin, circlet crowned, such as
with knightly pride
Old Balboa threw upon the air o'er the
Pacific tide. )
Not e'en St. George's Cross is there that led
the Mayflower on;
Nor old St. Andrew's Cross of faith the
Double Cross Is gone.
The silver bugles blow and blow across the
sliver sea, 1
What is thy meaning, O thou flag, this day
; - of jubilee? j
O children of the States, yon flag more
happy lustres deck
Than oriflamtoes of old Navarre or Cressy
orliosebeq. I
The Covenanter's field of blue, caught from
the clear sky, see, ; i
A FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
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THEIR FIRST PACKACE OF SHOOTING CRACKERS. "7.1 ' .
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH.
Sow Fireworkt Are Mad In the World's
Rlgrgrest Manufactory.
As the Fourth of July is a daypar
ticnlarly set apart for our self-glorification,
says a writer in the St. Liouis
Star Sayings, I suppose I may be par
doned for saying that, acoustomed as
we Americans are to being "the big
gest" in any given direction, probably
no youth in the land will be surprised
to learn that the largest manufactory
of fireworks in the world is in Amer
ica. The word manufactory will doubt
less call up to your mind, as it did to
mine, visions of a huge brick building
of many rooms, more or less vibrant
with the noise and bustle of machinery
and labor. So you will easily imagine
my surprise when 'I found myself es
corted instead to ja vast meadow of
some seventy acres, dotted over with
little smokeless, noiseless huts, fifty or
sixty in number, interspersed here and
there with larger ones and two-story
buildings. In these small huts are
kept all the more dangerous combusti
bles, and they arei therefore placed at
Mich ft distance from each other that
an explosion in any ene of them would
not affect the others. Here, all the
charging is done. 1 The floors are cov
ered with rabberj and protections are
numerous. Talking is strictly forbid
den, as- it is unsafe for a man's atten
tion to be distracted from his work. In
fact, only one man is allowed in a hut
at a time.
At a respectful distance from the
huts are the larger buildings where
less dangerous work is carried on,
and where many boys and not less
than seventy-five girls are employed.
Here one finds enormous quantities of
brown and white paper, hundred
weights of pins for attaching the quick
And Lyra's burning stars of peace and end
less unity. j . j j
The morning beams across it stream in roses
red and white, I i i
As though 'twere outward rolled jfrom
heaven by angels of the light. )
All hail to thee, celestial flag, on this pro
phetio morn, i j.
That mlnglest with the light of heaven
hail, flag of heaven born! f t
The silver bugles blow and blow across the
eilver sea, i
And speakest thou to every soul this day
of Jublleel ' j j
Flag of the battle fields, with pridebeneath
thy folds I stand,
While gyveless Freedom lifts to thee her
choral trumpets grand, 1 I
Thou stanA'st for, Monmouth's i march of
fire, for Trenton's lines of flame, s
For rippling Eutaw's field of blood, I for
Yorktown's endless fame; f
For Cape de Gatt, and fierce Algiers, and
Perry's blood-red deck, s t
For Vera Cruz, and Monterey, and ! white
"Chapultepec; if
Thou stand'st for Sumter's broken wall,
as high above Tybee ! I
The shouting forts uplift again the Stars of
Unity; i
For Chattanooga's rain of fire and that
grand echelon I j t
The deep drums led at Gettysburg beneath
the smoky sun, j ;
Thou stand'st for Progress and the1 years
all golden orbed to be, j f .j
For earth's new Borne upon the land, and
Greece upon the sea, I i
Thou stand'st tfeat all the rights of men
may everypeople bless, f j
And God's own kingdom walk the world in
peace ana righteousness!
0 my America, whose flag we throne amid
the sky, ., i If.
Beneath whose folds i'tis life to live and
noblest death to die,
1 hear the silver bugles blow across the sil
ver sea, (j
And bless my God my palaoe stands a cot
tage home In thee! j j '
So speak the voices of the Past, ye children
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oi iu jana, j
Behind us thrice an hundred years,
a t hriiR.nH errand . i
before
Such are the legends of yon flag that glad-
"leiis muu ana sea.
Such is the Hand that scrolls the air this
day of jubilee. i
Flag ot the sun that shines for all,
Flag of the breeze that blows for all,
Flag of the sea that ' flows for all,
Hail! flag of Liberty! all haill
The Festal Day has come!
H. Butterworth, in Youth' s Companion.
match, to set pieees, steel ana iron
filings for producing the, bright starry
coruscations, chemicals to give to the
stars their wondroms hues of red,
trreen. white and blue, and other
harmless materials. j j
Scarcely less interesting was it to
watch the nimble fingers as they filled
the Roman candles. Into one of these
strong cases were put the layers, in the
following order: Composition, a pinch
of trunpowder. a star; and so on until
the case was quite filled, theoomposi
tion and irunpowder furnishing re
soectivelv the necessary combustion
and propeller for the variously col
ored stars. The Roman candle not
onlv shines bv herself, f "a thing of
sweetness and of light,'.' but fills an
important part in pieces like The
Devil Among Tailors, Chinese trees,
etc. Altogether a dainty modest crea
ture, quite unlike her more noisy
frisky kindred. I . i i
Letters, figures, in fact, all designs
for set pieces are made by means of
hundreds, yes,1 thousands of lances
connected br a quick match, and the
making of these requires many nimble
fincrers. A lance is a small tube
about the size of a squib, filled with
ordinary composition, which is gun.
powder debased by the addition of in
credients to reduce its rate of com
bustion, containing probably not more
than five per; cent., of, actual gun
powder.
The quick match, the indispensable
fire conductor, is made by saturating a
niece of lamp wick with wet gunpow
der and gum. I It is then reeled off and
dried, and afterwards cut into lengths
encased in paper tubing, f Oirls are
chiefly employed for making this fiery
macoaroni, and turn out millions of
yards in a year. Let us suppose, for
instance, that one wants the head of
George Washington to appear in the
heavens outlined by a brilliant band
of light. A scale of the proportions,
of his face is first made from a pic
ture. A large frame is then laid on
he floor, and in the centre of this
frame with a bit of crayon is drawn on
the floor, according to the scale, a
very much enlarged picture, usually
measuring at least thirty inches from
orehead to chin. A girl then takes a
piece of rattan and bends it to the ex
act form of the crayon outline. This
is fastened to the frame, And upon this
rattan outline lances are placed very
close together, and are connected by the
quick match. Naturally, for this sort
of work, and for all finishing off pro
cesses, girls are preferred on account
of the superior flexibility of their fin
gers and thfcir general deftness.
Among ' the most fascinating fire
works are always the rockets and the
beautifully scintillating complicated
wheels which give such charm to set
pieces. There will be this year an in
finitely new and beautiful variety of
both these devices. Rockets, display
ing a swarm of magic dragon-like ser
pents with vermilion hued bodies,
rockets bursting forth into a broad
spread of liquid gold with streams of
glittering radiancy lighting up pretty
parachutes, willow tree rockets, dia
mond chain rockets rockets without
end. Then the number and variety
of wheels 1 Wheels with a brilliant
outer ring encircling an inside ring of
red or green, contra revolving wheels
with pots of fire in variegated colors,
colored double triangle wheels, etc.
The motive power of these delightful
displays is simply due to the rapid
evolution of cas. One has but to
ight the fuse in order to produce gas
with sufficient rapidity to press!
against the . air and thus impel the
piece forward in its course.
The wheel is used as a motive power
in some very funny set pieces. I was
shown the skeleton of . a donkey out-
ined by the lances and quick match
in the manner which I have described.
Attached to it was a wheel which
when set in motion by alighting, acted
upon the legs of the donkey in a most
lyely and vivacious manner.
July 4 at Junius'.
"I like what the Declaration of In
dependence says," began Mr. Junius,
buttering another biscuit, "about all
men being created equal and"
"Well, there, Julius Junius," cried
his wife, staying the teapot in the air.
"if that isn't just like you to begin on
me in that way wnen A ve naa tne
hardest day in the world with cannons
going off everywhere and making noise
enough to almost paralyze one a
tongue and me having to put up pre
serves over a hot fire just as if a legal
holiday never was in the world and
you off with a lot of your low men that
I suppose arp what you mean by being
created equal drinking all sorts of
things that are bad for the blood and
mine heated over the preserving ket
tle till it breaks out all over my face I
mean Of course my blood and not the
kettle and you think it smart now to
sit there using twice as much butter as
you ought to on those fresh biscuits
and the price getting higher every day
but a lot you care so long as I have to
churn it and twitting us women with
being inferior to men but we scorn the
insinuation as you'll very (soon find
out when we get the ballot and show
you pretty quick who's inferior and
who ain't but for goodness gracious
sake Julius Junius don't sit there in
that aggravating way of yours saying
nothing positively just like a deaf and
dumb man who used, to work for
father on the farm that his uncle
Isaac gave him I mean that father's
Uncle Isaac gave him and not the deaf
and dumb man for of course anybody's
own uncle wouldn't go around giving
away valuable side-hill farms to deaf
and dumb men that they never saw
much less spoke to and tell me what it
is you like so much about what
your old Declaration of Independence
savs " -
As Mrs. Junius whistled for brakes
at the blind crossing her husband
slowly folded his napkin.
"It was so long ago, he said, softly,
"that I have forgotten what I was
thinking about."
And when he came in, from mowing
the lawn Mrs. Junius still had the
pole and was skimming around the
track far in advance of all contestants.
W. O. Fuller, Jr., in New York
World.
Pleases All.
The Fourth once more is bringing Joy
To the firecracker maker; j
It tickles the heart of the little boy,
The doctor and undertaker?"
They Both Went Oft.
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Consternation, j JJ
Investigation.
" ELIZABETH COLLEGE FOR WOMENCHARLOTTE, N. C.
The above cut shows the main building of. a new institution that has; attracted
much attention lately. This College is destined to be the pride of the South.
The old custom of sending our Southern girls to extreme Northern schools during
the coldest season of the year has worked physical disaster in many cases in the
past. It has been lamented that the South has had so few colleges of high gTads
that compare with the best Northern schools. But the South is fast changing in
this respect. Elizabeth College takes her plaoe in the line of this educational
progress. In the formation of the large faculty only teachers who have post
graduate culture from institutions of the highest standing in Europe and
America have been selected. The new college building is of brick, trimmed
with Indiana limestone, fire-proof, 172 feet frontage, 143 feet depth, 4-stories
high, and has all the good points of modern classic architecture. At this school,
which is strictly Christian and first-class in all respects, parents can feel that
their daughters will enjoy all the comforts of a refined home and superior edu
cational advantages. The College Campus consists of twenty acres of park-like
grounds, with 100 developed, native trees, on a beautiful eminence overlooking
the city of Charlotte, a splendid town cf 25,000 population, popularly known as
the "Queen City," and noted for its healthfulness, refinement and progressive
ness. See College announcements on another page. It will pay parents who
have daughters to educate to consider the merits and advantages of this school
of high education. The College Catalogue is handsomely gotten up and is now
ready for distribution. , '
CAROLINA.
Words by Miss S. Jessie Wilbur
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Of Switzerland's grand-est
No mar - tyrs needs this
And old N. C. with
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held her
But grand - er far than
Our gal - lant men sur -And
all their boast - ed .
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Her danc - ing streams, her wave-washed shore, And snow-capped mountains grand.
Our wo - men pure as the star - ry sky,- And good, se - rene and true.
Naught would our Car - o- li i - na loose. Were she with It com - pared.
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The above song, "Carolina," was composed hy Miss S. Jessie- Wilbur, of
Manson, V C4 who can supply copies, with music, on appacation.
ROWS OF TROPHIES.
How Alaskan Eskimos Ornament
Their Poor lints.
The Eskimos of Alaska live In rude
ly constructed huts, and frequently tbe
outside of the shelter Is decorated In a
fashion that vividly recalls a boneyard
to the mind of the civilized traveler.
Rows of prinning skulls of various
UUT or ALASKA ESKIMOS.
kinds of animals are ranged along the
most sheltered side of the hut, and the
owner takes great pride In their num
ber, looking at them much as an enthu
siastic sportsman regards the antlers
of the bucks he has brought down. .
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Music by C. B. RICHARDS.
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aj skic5, ji iNor - way sniKi - nignt sun,
or,Greece With Caro - li - na com - pared?
on earth. Con-fined their treas-urcs rare.
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- y, England's fame by Shakespeare won,
peace, Here sorrow by all is shared,
own, There'd be no treas - ures there :
know, Is
world. Our
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Car - o - li - na's strand,
girls are peer - les, too,
one fair land were shared.
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STAMP REQUIRE3IENTS.
Number Needed Will Slake One
String 54,703 allies Long.
Assistant Secretary Tanderlip has ad
vise the director of the bureau of en
graving and printing of the probable
requirements of the postoffice depart
ment for stamps during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1808. These estimates,
based upon the number used the pre-
vious years, are as follows: ' i
Ordinary stamps, 3,444,187,000; news
paper stamps, C,42,000; postage due
stamps, 21,163,000. Of the ordinary
stamos two and a half millions are of
! the 2-oent denomination, and five mil
lions are of the 10-cent special delivery
series. . -
As compared with the requirements
for the present year, these , estimates
are an increase of about 2y5,000,0u0 in
the number of ordinary stamps, an in
crease of 770,000 in the special delivery,
an increase of 962,000 in the newspaper
and periodicals and a decrease of &J2,
000 in the postace due series.
There are six necessities, you know,
for a happy marriage. "What are
they? "First, a good husband." "And
the others 7 "The other fife are mon
ey. La Caricature.
THE CONFEDERATE RE-UIIIOU.
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7,000 Delegates Were Presentand
1,000 Camps Represented.
STILL COMMANDER GORDON
To Meet Next Year In Atlanta A
Resolution of Pratt e for Queen Vic
toria Voted Down.
At Nashville, Tenn., the Confederate
Re-union began on the 22d. F.ery
train running into Xa$hille 'carried
thousands to atteud the annual re un
iou. The number of veterans, though,
that were in attendance, it is said, m
nothing like the delegates sent to Rich-
tony b. noxnoir.
tnond, but it, is better than was exjert
ed. On. the 2.;d. a hindues meeting
was held at which reports were present
ed, and (leu. John It. Cordon deliver
ed an address. CJeueral Cordon pre
faced his remarks with an announce
ment of his intention to reMu as ku
eral commander. Tbere were cries of
No." "no," from all over the hall, and
when quiet had been restosed, (Jenera!
Gordon proceeded.
When General (Jordan had concluded
his address, a motion that' CeneralJo
seph Wheeler be requested to nominate
General Gordan for re-eloction was
made, and carried. Gen. Stephen JJ.
Lee, who had been called to the chair
declared nominations closed and Gen.
Gordan was unanimously re-elected.
The thousands of delegates present
eheered and waved their hats and
handkerchiefs. The committee on cre
dentials report 7,000 delegates present,
and 1,000 camps represented.
The report of the board of trustees
for the Confederate Memorial Associa
tion was read' and adopted. At the bust
ness meeting, . it was voted to meet in
Atlanta next year. Ihe arternoon ses
sion was held for the purpose of wind
ing up the business matters before the
association. The unanimous refusal of
the association to allow General Gordon
to retire as commander-in-chief had put
an end to possible difficulties and en
tanglements, and paved the way for a
speedy disposition of the remaining
business.
A resolution commendatory of the
reign . of Queen Victoria was voted
down, and the resolution of praise for
the Queen's jubilee was defeated.
TIIK CLOSING EPISODE.
The Queen ta Now 'Within the Walls
of -.Windsor.
London, June 23. (Hy Cable.)
This day has been one of the most for
tiguing of the week for the Queen, the
official programme demanding the re
ception of several distinguished bodies
and official personages; tho inspection
of the body Kuard and yeoman of the
guard, a garden party and the reception
addresses at Windsor.
The chief event of the day, one of
the most interesting of the entir week,
was the presentation to the Queen of
the congratulatory addresses by both
houses of Parliament which occurred at
liuckingham palace this morning.
Nearly half a century has pasned since
the House of Commons visited the
Sovereign in a body, tbe last occasion
being the presentation .of tho addrena
acknowledging the reception of the
Queen s addrsss announcing the declar
ation of war against Kusia; mid not
sinoe the early for tic niffen addresses
were made coujjTat mating the Queen on
the failure of the attempts of ahfiassina'
tion, has she' received the two bonne
together.
There were very brit-f formalities at
Westminister today. Th two lioue
meeting, the forma! a!iiiuncinnt
was made by Lord hahnbury in the
House of Lords and JIou Arthur J.
Ealfour in the House of (!oiLinon,
that the Queen would le plea-e 1 t re
ceive both houses. Ihe ixi-iu1j-ts at
once btarted in a procession to the pal
ace. Ihey assembled m the chamber
adjoining the throne noiii. After a
brief delay the doors were thrown open
and the announcement made that tbo
Queen was prepared to give them au
dience. Thereupon the Jord C hancel
lor and the Hi-aker of tho House of
Commons advanced iide by fide to the
throne.
Followed by memlx-rs of the House
Lord Salisbury knelt nt the foot of the
thr ne and read the address,, his knee
bended, and handed it to the Queeu.
The final episode of her prorets as
at the castle Kates w here ddree from
the Windsor bodies were received. As
the Queen's carriage arrived at the en
trance of her home, the national anthem
was chanted in welcome by three hun
dred voice.
The day's festivities were brought to
an end by the illumination of the pal
ace. - This afternoon the Queen returned to
Windsor. Her progress was a trium
phal procession. On the route the royal
party stopped at 8touh, Eaton o 'liege
and Windsor, where they were received
'by the local authorities with impressive
formalities and most v;flhusiast;cally
welcomed by the populace.
indication of Iletter liutfne,.
The Treasury Department at Wash
ington within the last w eek ha receiv
ed a considerable number of request
for small notes in unusually Ure quan
tities. This inquiry was entirely unex
pected, and is confidently regarded by
Treasury officials as an indication cf im
proving business condition.
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