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ON THE EVE
THE QUEEN'S SHW CROWN.
LONDON, March. 3L (Special corre
spondence.) All is ready for the
coronation of King Edward VII,
Ruler by Grace of God of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and of tho British Dominions beyond the
Sea, King; .Defender of the Faith, and
Emperor of India.
His mother was crowned June 28, 1838,
and just 64 years later the son, standing
little taller, almost as round, fully as in
tellectual, sobered by a life of waiting,
of play, of practice and of desire, v comes
to the crown, takes the oath and starts
in at being King in earnest.
It is "only a matter of form," the Brit
isher will tell you. But as a peer re
marked In Parliament when some niggard
ly neighbor refused to vote for an. ap
propriation to crown Victoria, "xmly a
matter of form, but the same can be said
of everything. Moonshine and daylight
have become to be matters of form with
us."
For a year and a half the nation has
been getting ready io put the crown on
the King, and for 14 months His Majesty
has been rehearsing.
He has made appointments, received
hearings, selected colors and ordered the
music. He has purchased electric light
bulbs, designed the dining-room decora
tions lor the great banquet, picked out
tbe carpets and had them changed three
times, and given orders lor tho menu.
He has been praised, advised, cajoled
and condemned.
Swore at the King:.
His severest lesson came from a laborer
In Buckingham. A man was sent in by
a carpet-laying firm to put down the red
carpet in the middle banquet halt The
man, chief of (his working division, would
not trust an ordinary apprentice, but laid
the carpet himself.
Fat and puffy, but capable, he had the
carpet stretched upon the floor. Then get
ting down, he called for tacks and began
DSF THE FIELD
N VIEW of the fact that Texas is
producing eight times as much, pet
roleum as the wells In all the world
have heretofore produced, and at a cost
which permits a great profit if the oil
I brings 30 cents a barrel, taken with the
I fact that 99 cents worth of oil equals
(ln heating- power a ton of coal, the fol
lowing excerpts from the United States
! Consul at Cardiff, referring to the use
'of petroleum in Europe, are of great
financial moment of this country:
An impetus was given to this Industry
(five years ago, when petroleum, discov
ered in Borneo was found to be well
adapted for fuel purposes. This field is
.owned by the Shell Transport and Trad
ing Company, Ltd. Last year (1901), the
exports exceeded 100,000 tons.
The Dutch Steamship Company uses
jthls fuel in its boats; the Hamburg-
American i-.ine nas Duut lour new steam
ers adapted for oil fuel, and run them
in the Eastern" trade with marked suc-
jcess; the North German-Lloyd has two
i local steamers using oil; the East Asl
fatlc Company, of Copenhagen, employs
the fuel In Its local boats, apd is build
ing two ocean-going steamers with the
i intention of using It; and the China
JMutual is preparing three boats for the
'employment of oil.
First The saving of labor is large;
there will be no ashes to hoist over
board after each watch; no need of
jstoklng. All that will bo necessary, will
be to watch the water In the boilers;
the feeding of the fuel to the furnaces
will be automatic
Second Fewer deckhands will be need
ed, as the dirt caused by coal shovel"
ing will be done away with. ,
Third Under proper " combustion, no
smoke will' be generated; every atom of
oil Is of calorific value; there is no resi
due. Fourth The fuel may be stored In
the double bottom of a ship, tho fore
peak, afterpeak and the tanks under the
engine room, thus occupying space not
utilized in any other way. No rust Is
.possible where It is stored. The space
now filled by coal bunkers Is thus avail
able for cargo; oil stores in a space of
35 feet per ton, as against 44 feet per
ton of coal.
Fifth The oil fuel has a higher con
centration of heat for manufacturing
than can be obtained with coal.
The Great Western Railway of Eng
land has already a large number of
locomotives using this fuel. They say
that by its use steam is more easily
produced and is maintained up the steep
est gradients, and great economy is ef
fected by reducing the supply of oil
when descending or remaining station
ary; the life of the boilers Is prolonged,
inasmuch as the tubes do not foul;
the nuisance of smoke and the danger
of sparks to surrounding property are
entirely obviated, and the rolling stock
generally is kept in a state of cleanli
ness which Is Impossible on a line where
coal is used as a motive power.
Danger Froin Electric Shocks.
In speaking of the danger of death
-from accidentally "placing the "body in
KUTG EDWARD
putting them In "himself with his own
hands.
The critical part lay near the great wide
swinging doors that will let In a dining
procession eight abreast In front of
these he knelt, and with arm uplifted,
hammer In hand, prepared to give the
blow which should drive the first critical
carpet tack In place It was a trying mo
ment Just as the carpet -was properly
stretched and the hammer held aloft
there was a crash and a bang and the
great door flew open from behind. Over
went the carpet-layer, hammer and all,
and x the carpet slid with him. There was
an Instant's silence then came a rip and
a roar. Such oaths were never before
heard in Buckingham. "You blankety
blank blank" and "You blankety blank
blank ," swore the man.
In the open doorway stood the King,
laughing. "I am afraid I upset you,"
said he.
"U-u-up-set N-o-ot at all. Your M-ma-jesty,"
stammered the man.
It took the King's messenger and a
court physician to assure the abashed
workman that no harm had been done
the King by being sworn at.
Getting crowned Is not all fun, as the
King of England will assure you.
So used up Is he with the work that
he has gone cruising to recuperate for the
final act, while Queen Alexandra has gone
Into retirement to take a series of beauty
baths for the restoral of her complexion
before the great day.
"Will King: Edward Faint?
Queen Victoria bore up very well dur
ing tho preparations, and went through
the ordeal bravely, "but a little pale."
Just how King Edward will bear It one
can only con jecture. There is a legend
that no King has ever stood the day with
out fainting.
The Queen has selected white for her
robes. Now, white Is unlucky in history.
White satin has been worn by only three
monarchs of England, and all came to a
violent end. Richard II was crowned in
white satin. So was the unfortunate
Henry VL Then came Charles I in
white.
Alexandra will follow. But the Queen,
OF SCIENCE
HOW PETROLEUM IS NOW
STEAMERS & FACTS FROM
an electrical current, the Electrical World
says:
"It was generally admitted that pres
sures below COO volts arc very unlikely
to produce fatal shocks; while the dan
ger increases rapidly above 1000 volts.
Of course, no rigid rule can be laid down;
because, assuming that all persons are
equally susceptible, which is unlikely,
the degree of danger would depend both
upon the path of the circuit through
the body- and upon the strength of the
current. The current strength, in turn,
depends both on the voltage and the re
sistance in tho path. A great mass of
evidence has been collected concerning
the electric resistance offered by the
human body under different conditions,
nnd the conclusion appears to be that It
is capable of enormous variation ac
cording to the positions, surface-areas,
and wetness of the electrodes. In elec
trocutions the resistance of the body is
intentionally reduced to about 200 ohms
by the application of large electrodes,
thoroughly wetted with saline solution.
Between dry finger-tips, on opposite
hands, however, the resistance may be
many thousand ohms."
According to recent researches of Dr.
Cunningham, death by the ordinary elec
tric shock, when not caused by burning,
is due to fibrillar contractions in the
heart, or a state of abnormal muscular
action In that organ, in which the nor
mal functions aro suspended and the
circulation stops. The researches which
led to his conclusions were conducted
upon dogs.
Cause of Autumn Haze. .
In reply to a letter, asking the cause
of Autumn haze, the Chlefof the United
States Weather Bureau recently prepared
a letter, part of Vhlch Is quoted in what
follows by the Scientific American: "The
dry haze is undoubtedly due to fine
particles of dust. The finest dust Is
composed of one or all of the following
substances, namely, fine particles of
soil, or the dead leaves of plants, smoke
or ashes from wood fires, salt from
ocean spray, the shells or scales of
microscopic clllclous diatoms, germs of
fungi, .spores of ferns, pollen of flowers,
etc In the still air-of the damp nights
these dust particles settle slowly down,
and the morning air is comparatively
clear. During the daylight the sun
warms 'the soil, which heats the ad
jacent air, and the rising air currents
carry up the dust as high as they go.
Under certain conditions which are
named In the letter, the layer of dust
reaches higher and higher every suc
cessive day. During long, dry Summers
in India it reaches 7000 feet with a well
defined upper surface that is higher In
day time than at night time. Tills Is a gen
eral explanation of dry haze weather
and applies to Indian Summer also. The
reason why we have more of such
weather in tho Autumn is because there
is then less horizontal wind and less
rising air.
' No Flat Rate for Phones.
It is stated that capitalists in Eliza
beth. N. .J., are proposing to establish
a telephone sy&tem thvr$ mvr to
basis of one cent "per' call, telephones
THE SUNDAY OREGONTAtf, PORTLAND, APRIL 13, 1902.
OF THE
AS A SPORTSMAN.
who will change her gown three times,
will be robed Irt purple, and once In .Iris
color, so these may be a color antidote
for white.
It 13 a great disappointment to florists
that the new orchid King Edward VII
cannot be chosen for the coronation
flower. This lovely bloom Is so large that
it completely hides the wearer, and as a.
personal decoration would be Incongru
ous. It Is tall, stately and of a royal
purple, but its very superiority Is against
It.
The part of the archbishop of Canter
bury Is nearly learned. For several weeks
this dignitary has rehearsed the corona
tion in Westminster Abbey to the peal
ing of the thunderous organ and the sing
ing of the boy choir. With stately step
he has advanced, making the proper
pauses, while the music has Indulged in
its Intervals, and finally he has placed
a mock crown upon a mock head, while
the boys have sung the glorious "Te
Deum."
The King will follow In a way the cere
mony of his mother, but will depart from
It In certain manners.
The exact route of the procession has
not been agreed upqn. though It Is pretty
well known, even If not ofHclally an
nounced. One street corner rests upon
uncertainty, and until the carriage ac
commodations of two streets have been
measured there will not be the final say.
The Day's March.
As nearly as has been decided, the pro
cession will form near Buckingham Palace
at 10 A. M., and will start with trumpet
ers and a squadron of the household bri
gade. Then will follow the Ambassadors and
Ministers, the bands, more cavalry, and
the carrlagps of certain Dukes'and Duch
esses and some mounted bands. The
King's bargemaster and alone 50 special
riders will precede about 20 royal car
riages which will be required to convey
the household.
Cavalry will follow music and distin
guished officers. The yeoman prickers and
foresters, the royal huntsmen, the yeomen
of tho guard and officers will ride next.
Then In the great state carriage of
USED ON OCEAN
EVERYWHERE
being also installed free, with wires laid
underground, which of course, means
also metallic circuits. This sounds like a
telephone millennium, that has not been
realized on euch terms in any
American city yet. IE is interesting to
note the recognition In all recent tele
phone development of the measured rate
basis of operation as compared with the
old flat rate still prevalent in many
quarters.
Nctv "Thriller" Invented.
Just In tlmo for the Summer-resort
manager the machinery for furnishing
a new thrill Is patented: An open sub
marine boat which is shot down a steep
Incline and through a tank of water at
such velocity that its occupants, although
completely submerged, leave the water
with clothing) just as dry as when they
entered It This exciter Is based on tho
principle that the velocity of the boat
Is greater than that of tho velocity of
falling water, so that the boat is swept
through tho tank before the water has
had time to enter. A short upward
incline raises the boat out of the water
at the end of tho Journey.
Where Thin Country Neglects Trade.
Of the exports from Singapore last
year, valued at n34.432.SG0, 9.S per cent
went to the United States, while of $159.
373,210 Imports only one-half of one
per cent came from the United States.
Thus It is seen that Americans 'purchase
In that market nearly 20 times the value
of what they sell. This inequality is
entirely due to want of representation
of American Interests.
With exports from the Pacific Coast
Europe should not be able to compete,
for our Pacific Coast is E00Q miles nearer
tho 550,000,000 buyers in Japan, Corea,
China, Slam and Polynesia than are
our European competitors for such trade
Our rivals have also to pay the enor
mous tolls of the Suez Canal before
they can land a cargo in tho Orient
At present these tolls, $1 95 per ton are
more than one-half the gross freight
from Singapore to New York.
Scientific and Industrial Notes.
Greece has experienced 31S7 earthquake
shocks In five years. T
It takes the constant labor of CO.OOO peo
ple to make matches for the world.
Glass and chlnawaro made In the Tjrilted
States Is becoming popular In Rio Janeiro.
Tho Province of Quebec, Canada, has a
population of 11,545,572; of these, 1,307,950
are French.
The gimlet screw, the idea of a lit
tle girl, brought many millions of dol
lars to its Inventor.
The French Government has asked two
officials to Investigate tho benefits and det
riments of the trusts.
Next' Autumn an exhibition of jnotor
machines, exclusively American, will be
'had inj Crystal Palace near London.
The Austrian Lloyds Steamship Com
pany have contracted for 100,000 tons of
American coal to be delivered during
1902.
The Carrara marble exporters "have
formed a trust which will affect the price
of the more than threc-auarters of .a
million dallars' -Worth 'of monument marble" i
eCRONATION
THE CLOAK OP ERMIXJ3 AXD VELVET.
glass, drawn by eight cream-colored
horses, will come the King .and Queen,
seated so high that all can see them, and
they will be followed by the Royal Archer
Guard of Scotland and many cavalry.
Along the coronation route to Westmin
ster Abbey they will ride, when they will
enter and dispose themselves in the order
to which their rank entitles them.
When Queen Victoria was crowned this
wa3 the order, which will be pretty close
ly followed by King Edward.
The clergy headed the procession, fol
lowed by heralds and "household officers,
then prelates and officers of state, then
the Duchess of Cambridge, wearing a
robe of purple velvet, her train borne by
a lady. A.fter her the Duchess of Kent
Both these royal Duchesses wore a cir
clet on their heads, having their coronets
borne before them.
Of the regalia, the St. Edward's staff
was carried by the Duke cf Roxburghe,
the golden spurs by Lord Byron, the
scepter with the cross by the Duke of
Cleveland, a third sword by the Marquis
of Westminster, the curtana by tho Duke
of Devonshire, and the second sword by
the Duke of Sutherland. The coronets
of these noblemen were-carried by pages.
After the Black Rod, the Deputy Gar
ter, and the Lord Great Chamberlain of
England came the Duke of Cambridge In
his robes of state with his baton of
field marshal, his coronet borne by the
Marquis of Granby, his train by General
Sir William Gomm. The Duke of Sussex
In his robes of state followed, his coro
net borne, by Viscount Anson, his train
by Edward Gore and Lord Coke.
Then cime the Duke of Lelnster as
High Constable of Ireland, the Earl of
Errol as High Constable of Scotland, the
Duke of Norfolk as Earl Marshal, with
his baton, and the Duke of Wellington
as Lord High Constable of England,
with his staff and field marshal's baton.
The sword of state was borne by Vis
count Melbourne, and the scepter with
the dove by the Duke of Richmond; St.
Edward's crown 'by the Duke of Hamil
ton, the orb by the Duke of Somerset,
the patina by the Bishop of Bangor, the
Bible by the Bishop of Winchester, and
the chalico by the Bishop of Lincoln.
They preceded the Queen, who wore a
tho United States buys at that Italian
town.
The cost of making cranberry bog pro
ductive is $300 to $300 an acre and three
to five years' time.
The cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, is
to have electric lights. Hitherto, it has
been illuminated by candles.
The most expensive and roomiest rail
way station In the world Is that of the
Peninsular Railroad at Bombay.
On the date at which the census was
taken there was $55,794,890 worth of poul
try on foot in the United States.
Alligator skins now bring In the Lon
don market about 25 cents an Inch, the
measure being taken across the should
ers. The amount of merchandise transported
by rail In the United States is doublo that
of all the other nations of the earth col
lectively. The death rate in the City of Mexico la
52 to tho 1000 per annum which Is moro
than double that of any city in the United
States.
-The Inks used in the fifth and twelfth
centuries have faded, but in a little while
those On manuscripts of other times are
seen with difficulty.
Chambers of Commerce and export as
sociations in Saxony are now by legis
lative enactment prohibited from giv
ing any Information to a foreigner.
In every public school of Mexico above
the primary grade, in every private
school, training school and college, Eng
lish is. a compulsory study.
Wisconsin dairy products aro now more
than S2fl.O0fhA(V tiat- nrmum In vnlitn TMa
industry Is rivaled only by the flouring J
mills whose annual output Is worth about
$27,000,000.
At the annual conference last week of
the Associated Chambers of Commerce
of Great Britain and Ireland, a reso
lution was adopted almost unanimously In
favor of the metric system.
The stringent law against the use of
presentations In meat products which was
intended to shut out nearly $0,000,000 a
year of American exports la found to im
perllthe home produced frankfurter.
Subsequent to a recently promulgated
law, a youth of France of any height
above five feet if he weighs 100 pounds,
is liable to conscription. Previously the
minimum height was five feet two Inches.
A Minnesota mill recently ground 12,404
barrels of flour In 24 hours, the largest
run ever made by a flour mill. To haul
the product for this one day 85 "full-sized
freight cars were needed, and the product
was valued at $50,000.
The pay of the British soldier, which
was formerly less than 25 cents a day in
time of peace and but SO cents In time
of war, has recently been advanced In
order to get volunteers for the Transvaal
to $1 25 a day with keep.
The Army took charge of the health de
partment of Havana when deaths were
occurring at the rate of 21,252 per year.
It gives It up with tho deaths occurring
at the rate of 5720 per year. Mortality
from yellow fever had for half a century
averaged 751 per annum. It Is now nil.
The value of the coal mined In Japan is
almost equal to that of all other minerals
combined. It varies" from the hardest an
thracite to peat hut tho quality Is usual
ly inferior to that of American coal.
Modern machinery and methods have been
introduced in the operation of many
mines.
The National Industrial Association of
Great Britain, whose purposes correspond
to those of the committee of the 'Civic
Federation In .this country, with the ad
vancement of trade added, Is growing
rabldTiC The'organlzatlon appointscourts
THE CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
(From the painting by Sir George Hayter.)
royal robe and was followed by her fam
ily and attendants.
On this occasion the robes were more
than magnificent. But It Is Interesting
to note that the Austrian Minister sur
passed every one else In magnificence,
for he was covered with jewels down to
his very boots. A lady who was present
wrote that he looked "as though he had
been snowed upon with pearls and had
also been caught In a rain of diamonds,
and had come In dripping."
The King will enter the Abbey, pre
ceded by the officers of state, bearing
the regalia. The oholr will sing "I Was
Glad When They Said Unto Me. Let Us
Go Into the House of the Lord."
This will ring through the long arches
ind echo back from the distant roof,
while the booming of cannon will be dis
tinctly heard from without. Then will
come the national anthem, "God Save
Our Lord, tho King."
A deep hush will fall on the Abbey,
and the King and Queen, will kneel be
fore the altar for a few 'minutes. As
they rise the choir boys will sing "Ed
ward, Edward, Vivat Edward Rex."
Then will come the recognition, which
Is a very striking ceremony.
At this point the Archbishop of Canter
bury will step up, and with the King
will turn unto the right and call out:
"Sirs, I here present unto you King Ed
ward, the undoubted King of this realm,
wherefore all you -who are come this day
to do your homage, are you willing to do
the same?"
To this challenge the people on the
right will shout, "God save King Ed
ward!" The Archbishop will turn to the four
quarters of the compass and shout out
the same challenge in each direction.
After -the recognition, the King, with
his attendants, will kneel upon the steps
of the altar and offer a golden altar
Cloth, and an Ingot of gold, of a pound
weight. Then will follow the litany and
the first part of the communion serylce.
The sermon will be preached by the
Bishop, after which will come the elab
orate ceremonies of the coronation ser
vice. The Archbishop of Canterbury, ad
dressing the King, will ask, "Is your
of arbitrators, adherence to whose de
cision Is binding upon members. It is
expected that evils will be corrected as a
result of attracting public attention to
them.
An old book. In which were recorded
the acts of John Walker, a chemist of
Durham, England, furnished evidence that I
he was the first inventor of the luclfer
match. In 1827 he sold the first box, the
price being IS pence s
In a recent experiment In submarine
signaling a bell hung 50 feet below a buoy
was struck electrically and the sound was
heard by persons who put an oar against
a rod held in contact with the hull of a
vessel five miles away.
The rubber tip added to lead pencils for
use as an eraser was one of the most
profitable simple devices ever patented In
the United States. Its Inventor had an
Income from royalties on It of more than
$100,000 a year for many years.
The condition of the Indians on the
reservation of Cattaraugus, N. T., has re
cently been described by Dr. Lake, who
Is an authority on that race. He finds that
they have seriously degenerated under civ
ilization both physically and mentally.
American glrfseng is worth, wholesale,
$4 to $6 a pound In Hong Kong. "Sang"
is considered a necessity by the well-to-do
Chinese, who use It for a stimulant
and attribute to It many.medlcal virtues.
Corea sells to China about $250,000 worth
of It each year.
An agreement exists between the Persian
and Russian Governments giving to the
latter the exclusive right to"construct rail
roads in Persia for a period of 10 years
from the accession of the present Shah.
This arrangement has still seven years to
run. This fact was learned recently by
Minister Grescom, of Teheran.
The United States stood second on the
list of those nations from which France
purchased her supplies In 1901 and fourth
in the lj3t of purchasers of French prod
ucts. In 1901 France imported $93,002,201
worth of goods from the United States
and exported $46,220,002 to the United
States, a balance In our favor of $46,776,259.
The, so-called chamois skin Is recom
mended In the Chemist and Druggist as an
excellent medium for the clarification of
thick liquids.' The leather Is to be well
rinsed In cold water, and after being
wrung to expre?s the excess of moisture
it should be affixed to tho top of the
funnol so as not to hang down very much.
The ne electric railway to Chamonlx
from Fayet, which Is operated by power
from the Arvo, a mountain stream, has 9
fer -cent grades, although it has the com
mon electro-motor cars with smooth
wheels. The Current Is from a third rail,
and a fourth rail Is used for a, grip brake.
The journey of 11 miles occupies about an
hour.
Incident to the discovery of natural gas,
the manufacturing Interests of Indiana
have Increased greatly in Importance. In
1900. there were produced In that stqte $6,
415.0S1 of agricultural Implements, $12,742,
242 In carriages and wagons, and $19,33S,
4S1 In Iron and steel. The value of lumber
and timber products have of late years
remained about stationary at $20,000,000.
The proportion of wage-earners to total
population has increased to 6.2 per cent
The Chemlker Zeltung 'describes some
experiments in the making of artificial
diamonds. Carbon was heated in an at
mosphere of inert gas, In an Iron flask
raised to a high temperature by the elec
tric arc Bits the size of a pea were ob
tained having the hardness and crystalline
form of a diamond. The crystals have a
gray tint that makes them worthless for
jewelry, but their Use In drills seems to
be promising. A French chemist has made
minute diamonds by heating pure carbon
under pressure.
GRAPHIC STORY OF THE CEREMONY OF
CROWNING KING EDWAkD VII
THE KING
majesty going to take the oath?"
"I am willing," the King will reply.
"Will you solemnly promise and swear
to govern tho people of thts UnltEd King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
the Dominions thereto belonging, accord
ing to the statutes in Parliament agreed
on, and the respective laws and customs
of the same?" the Archbishop will ask.
"I solemnly promise so to do," the
King will reply.
"Will you, to your power, cause law
and justice In mercy to be executed In
all jour judgments?"
1 will."
"Will you, to the utmost of your
power, maintain the laws of v Qod, the
true profession of the Gospel, and the
Protestant Reformed religion established
by law? And will you maintain and pre
serve inviolate the settlement of the
United Church of England and Ireland,
and the doctrine, worship, discipline and
government thereof, as by law es
tablished within England and Ireland, and
the territories thereunto belonging? And
will you preserve unto the bishops and
clergy of Englarfd and Ireland, and to
the churches there committed to their
charge, all such rights and privileges as
by law do or shall appertain tq them or
any of them?"
The King will reply, ""All this I prom
ise to do," after which he will go to the
altar, and, laying his right hand upon
the book of the Gospels, will say: "The
things which I have heretofore promised,
I will perform, and keep.- So help me
God." Then, kissing tho book, will sign
the oath and kneel In prayer while the
choir sings the hymn, "Come, Holy
Ghost, Our Souls Inspire."
Next the ceremony of the anointing.
The King will sit In St. Edward's chair,
and a canopy of cloth of gold will be held
over him while the Archbishop anoints
him with oil on the' head and hands, say
ing: "Ee-. thou anointed with holy oil. as
Kings, priests and prophets were anoint
ed. And as Solomon was anointed King
by Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the
prophet; so be thou anointed, blessed and
consecrated King over this people, whom
tho Lord thy God hath given thee to rule
and govern. In the name of the Father
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The Planting: of the Apple Tree.
Come, let us plant the apple-tree.
Cleave the tough grceneward with the spade;
Wide let Its hollow bed be made;
There gently lay the roots, and there
Sift the dork mold -with kindly care.
And press it o'er them tenderly,
As, round the sleeping infant's feet
Wo softly fold the cradle-sheet;
So plant we tho apple-tree. ,
What plant we in this apple-tree?
Buds, which tho breath of Summer days
Shall lengthen Into leafy sprays;
Boughs where tho thrush, with crimson breast
Shall haunt and sing and hide her nest;
We plant upon tho sunny lea,
A shadow for the noontide hour,
A shelter from the Summer shower.
When we plant the apple-tree.
What plant we In this apple-tree?
8wcets for a hundred flowery Springs,
To load the May-wind's restless wings.
When, from the orchard row. he pours
Its fragrance through our open doors;
A world of blossoms for the bee.
Flowers for tho sick girl's silent room.
For the glad infant sprigs of bloom.
We plant with the apple-tree.
"What plant we !n this apple-tree?
Fruits that shall swell in sunny Juno,
And redden in the August noon.
And drop, when gentle airs come by.
That fan the blue September sky.
While children tome, with cries of glee.
And peek them where the fragrant grass
Betrays their bed to those who pass.
At the foot of the apple-tree.
And when, above this apple-tree.
The Winter stars are quivering bright.
And winds go howling through the night
Girls, whose young eyes o'erflow with mirth.
Shall peel its fruit by cottage-hearth.
And guests in prouder homes .shall see.
Heaped with the grape of Clntra's vine.
And golden orange of the line,
The fruit of the apple-tree.
The fruitage of this apple-tree
Winds, and our flag of Stripe and Star,
Shall bear to coasts that lie afar..
Where men shal lwonder at the view,
And ask in what fair groves they grew;
And sojourners beyond tho sea
Shall think of childhood's careless day,
And long, long hours of Summer play.
In the shddc of the apple-tree.
Each year shall give this apple-tree
A broader flush of roseate bloom,
A deeper maze of verdurous gloom,
And loosen, when tho .frost-clouds lower,
The crisp brown leaves in thicker shower.
The years shall come and pass, but wo
Shall hear no longer, where wo He,
The Summer's tops, the Autumn's sigh
In the boughs of the apple-tree.
And time shall waste this apple-trec-Ohl
when Its aged branches throw
Thin shadows on the ground below,
Shall fraud and force and Iron will
Oppress the weak and helpless still?
What shall tho tasks of mercy be.
Amid the tolls, the strifes, the tears
Of those who live when lengths of years -
Is wasting this little apple-tree?
"Who planted this old apple-tree?"
The children of that distant day
Thus to some aged man shall say;
And' gazing 6n its mpssy gtera,
.The gray-haired man shall answer them:
"A poet of the land was he.
Born in the rude but good old times,
'Tls said he made somo quaint old rhyme3
On planting the apple-tree."
WUHam Cullen Bryant, v
AS AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen." .
The Archbishop then pronouncea a
blessing on the King and the various
Insignia of royalty, the scepters, orb,
spurs, etc., having all their civil or ec
clesiastical significance, are handed to
him with appropriate exhortations. The
worda used by the prelate as he places
the sword of state in tho monarch's
hands are significant: "Receive this king-!
ly sword brought now from the altar of!
God, and delivered to you by the hands,
of uar the servants and bishops cf God.j
though unworthy. With this sword do
justice, stop the growth of Iniquity, pro-,
tect the holy church of God, help and
defend widows and orphans, restore the
things that are gone to decay, maintain!
the things that are restored, punish and
reform what is remiss, and confirm what
is in good, order; thatdolng these things
you may be glorious In all virtue and
so faithfully serve our Lord Jesus Christ
in this life that you may reign forever'
with him In the life which is to come.
Amen."
The imperial mantle of cloth of gold
will then be placed upon the King's
shoulder and the ruby ring upon hl3 hand.
Next will come the most Important act
of all. The Archbishop, having offered
up prayer, will take the Imperial crown
from off the altar and place It upon King
Edward's head. Instantly all the great
crowd of peers and peeresses will assume
their glittering coronets and the Abbey
will ring with the shouts of "God save
the King."
While the guns are firing, from a sig
nal at Whitehall, there will come the pre
sentation of a Bible to the King, and,
to the singing of the "Te Deum." he,
with his Queen, will be conducted to a
throne in the center of the church.
Now all the princesses of the royal
blood, the Dukes, the Marquises, ;thet
Earlsr the Viscounty and the Barons will
do their act of homage and will kiss the
hands oNthe newly crowned sovereigns.
For, In the coronation, the Queen, too,
will receive her crown. Beautiful, though)
light, glistening, tall and royal. It will;
set upon the head of the consort as well
as upon the King, and ' two sovereigns
will graciously rule England.
Bong of the Mystic.
I walk down the Valley of Silence
Down the dim. voiceless Valley alonel
And I hear not the fall of a footstep
Around me, eavo God's and my own; ,
And tho bush of my lie art is as holy '
Aa hovers where angola, have flown t
Long ago was I weary of voices
Whose muslo my hetrt could not win;
Long ago was X weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din; j
Long ago was I weary of places
Where I met but the human and sin.
I walked In the world with the worldly;
I craved what tho world never gave;
And I said: "In tho world each Ideal,
That shines like a star on life's wave.
Is wrecked on the shores of the Beal,
And sleeps like a dream In a. grave." ,
And. still did I pine for tbe Perfect
And still found tho false with the True;
I sought 'mid the Human for Heaven,
But caught a mere glimpse of ita blue;
And I wept when the clouds of the Mortal
, .. Veiled even that glimpse from my view.
And I tolled on, heart-tired of the Human
And I moaned 'mid. the mazes of men,
Till I knelt, long ago, at an altar
And heard a voice call me. Since then
I walk down the Valley of Silence
That lies far behind mortal ken.
Do you ask what I. found in the Valley?
Tls my trysting-place with the Divine.
And I fell at the feet of the Holy.
And above me a volcu said, "Be mine."
And there arose from the depths of my epirl1
An echo '"My heart shall be thine."
Do you ask how I live in the Valley?
I weep and t dream and I pray.
But my tears are as sweet as the dewdrops
That fall on the roses In May;
And , my. prayer, like a perfume from censers.
Ascendeth to God night and day.
In the hush of the Valley of Silence
I dream all the rongs that I sin?;
And the music floats down the dim Valley,
Till each flnds a word for a wing.
That to hearts, like the Dove of the Deluge.
A message of Peace thsy may bring.
But far on the deep thtre are billows
that never shall break on the beach;
And I have heard. song3 in the Silence
That neyer 6hall float into speech;
And I have had dreama in the Valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
And I have seen Thoughts in the Valley
Ah! me. how my spirit was stirred!
And they wear holy v-il9 on their faces,
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They para through the Valley like virgins;
Too pure for the touch of a. word I
Do you ask me the place of the Valley,
Te'hearts that arc barrowed by care?
It Hetti afar between mountain,
-And God and- His anrels are there;
And one Is the dark mount of Sorrow,
"And one the bright mountain of Prayer.
,! ;'.. Father Abram Joseph Ryan.