EDWARD VII CROWNED Impressive Ceremonies Held in Westminster Abbey. SERVICES WERE SHORTENED Coronation Procession Was a Beau tiful Spectacle. CHEERS FOR KING AND QUEEN Their Majesties, Drawn By Eight Cream-Colored Horses, Presented a Splendid Appearance and Were En thusiastically Applauded After the King Was Crowned the Archbishop of York Crowned the Queen, But With Less Elaborate Ritual. London. Aug. " King Edward VII. of England was crowned at 12.39 o'clock today, and shortly after, at 12.56 p. m.. Queen Alexandra's crown was placed upon her head. The cere monies took place In Westminster Ab bey, and were much shorter than those arranged for last June. The coronation route was beauti fully decorated for the fete. Consti tution Hill is flanked with a continu ous line of stands fronting upon Green Park. IMccadilly, from Hyde Park corner to St. James street, Is lined One of the Royal Crowns. on each Fide with red poles tipped with gilt, and connected up ami down and across the roadway with festoons, flags and streamers of all colors. Pri vate residences, hotels and shops are heavily demented with crimson, blue and purple hangings, bordered with Bold. The colors do not harmonize at times, but for a hastily improvised srheme at diminished cost the munici pal decorations are not Ineffective. Solid white columns, wreathed with ereen ornaments In tissue paper and surmounted with gilt drowns, are the chief decorative feature of-St. James street. There are green- wrenthings overhead and a medley of strongly contrasted colors on the fronts of the buildings on each side. Iled pedes and many colored streamers are continued through clubland and Whitehall to the timber yard surrounding; the Ab bey. The Procession. The procession to the Abbey started from Ituckiimhum Palace at 10.30 a.m. First came a groupof mount cd officers of came a group of mounted officers of the headquarters staff in red and gold uniforms, stars and medals sparkling on their breasts. Following them was a detachment of the Household cav alry, the most gorgeous troops of the empire, with their Oerman silver hel mets, long horsehair plumes, red tunics, cuirasses of polished steel, white leather breeches and high top hoots. Over their saddles were sheep nkins, and the horses, as well trained ns the men. Kept perfect step and lino. Then came eight coaches with out riders and escorts, the coaches con taining the king's brothers nnd otlyr members of his family and nlso the grand dukes and other representa tives of foreign' royalties. Following them witli another troop of house hold cavalry was n, coach, only less splendid than the king's own, In which were the Prince and Princess of Wales. The coach was drawn by six jet black horses with flowing tails. The crowd, which up to this time had been murmuring applause, broke Into cheers ii t'lis coach came in sight. The princes and prim-esses acknowl edged the cheers by bowing cordially to right and b it. Next enme coaches containing members of the king's household, la tiles and gentl'-men with noble titles, tvho were supposed to look- after the royal robes, the king's stables, etc.. duties which done for anybody else would bo considered menial, but here a great honor. The crowd was hardly through shouting with admiration when more waving plumes of the household cav alry betel, cm d the king's approach. Prawn 1 y eight ream-colored horses, with their outriders and escort, the cavalcade presented a splendid ap pearance King Edward and Queen Alexandra, not wearing their crowns, were easily visible through the coach windows, and the crowd yelled rap turously. The king seemed preoccu pied with the ceremony ahead of him and bowel rather absently. The queen was more alert and bowed with untiling appreciation in the direction where the (beers were for the mo ment loudest. After these came the Duko of Puc cleugh, captain general of the Itoyal Company of Archers; Earl Waldo Brave, captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, and the Duke of Portland, natter of the horse, followed by the equerries la waiting and the royal grooms. The rear division consisted of an escort of the Royal Horse Guarda and the reserve squadron of the Second Life Guards. 1 At the Abbey. As the royal party approached the middle of the abbey and the fanfare of the heralds' trumpets died away into silence the organ pealed, and the choir of the sweetest boy voices in England began the anthem "I was glad when they said unto me. We will go to the bouse of the Lord." The archbishop of Canterbury in his episcopal robes, preceded by the Garter king of arms and accompanied by the lord great chamberlain, the lord chan cellor, the lord high constable and the earl marshal, stepped to the front of the dais and a clear voice said: "Sirs, I here present unto you King Edward, the undoubted king of this realm. Wherefore all of you who are come this day to do your homage, are you willing to do the same?" Immediately everybody in the abbey shouted, "God save King Edward'. God save the king!" repeating this many times until the voices merged into a general shout of acclimation. As it died down the heralds lifted their trumpets and blared a salute. The king was given the imperial robe and orb with the injunction that "when you see this orb set under the cross, remember that the whole Is sub ject to the empire of Christ." A ring was placed on the fourth finger of the king's right hand, after whicti a rich glove was put on the hand and the sceptre and cross placed in it. With the sceptre the king was enjoined to be "so merciful that you be not too remiss, so execute Justice that you for get not mercy. Punish the wicked, protect and cherish the Just and lead your people In the way wherein they should go." The Crowning. The archbishop, standing before the altar, took the crown in his hands and prayed God to crown the king with all princely virtues. The king, who had knelt during this prayer, seated him self again In the chair, and the arch bishop, attended by other bishops and the dean, advanced to where the king sat, and the archbishop very slowly placed the crown on the king's head. There was absolute silence, and then the moment the crown touched the king's brow every one Bhouted loudly and well together, "God save the king." The heralds blew their trumpets, and outside guns fired a salute. At the same moment the peers and the kings at arms put on their own coronets. The tumult of shouts lasted some moments. When it had subsided, the archbishop prayed, and the choir sang the following strains: "He strong and play the man. Keep tho command ments of tho Lord thy God and walk in his ways." Then, when tho king had been presented with a Hiblo and blessed by the archbishop, tho choir spiritedly sang tho "Te IJeum," while the king returned to the chair on the dais near the throne. Crowning of the Queen. The archbishop of York then crowned the queen In much the same manner in which the king hid been crowned, but with a less elaborate ritual. As the crown was placed on her head all the peeresses put on their coronets. in passing to her throne, which she took without further eremony, the queen bowed low before the king. The two chairs or thrones on which their majesties were seated during the greater part of tho ceremony nre very fine. The one for the queen has been specially made. They are big and roomy, are upholstered in ruby velvet, with a small, tasteful design of the rose, shamrock and thistle. The top of the chnir Is surmounted with the royal crown with tho lion and uni corn. EDWARD VII'S GIFT TO NATION Presented Osborne House to England as Coronation Memorial. London, Aug. 11. King Edward has signalized his coronation in a mem oralile manner by the munilieent gift to the nation of Osborne House, one of the favorite residences of the late Queen Victoria. The gift is made in the following message to his people, addressed to Prime Minister Balfour. For reasons apparent in the document itself, his majesty makes his intention public: "Buckingham Palace, Coronation Day, 19(12. Under the will of the king's much lamented mother, the Os borne House estate is, as Mr. Balfour Is aware, the private estate of the sovereign. Having to spend a con siderable part of tho year in tho capi tal of this kingdom and in its neigh borhood, at Windosr, and having aluo strong home tics in the county of Norfolk, which have existed now for nearly 10 years, the king feels he will be unable to make adequate use of Osborne House as a royal residence, and be, accordingly, has determined to offer the property in the lslo of Wight as a gift to the nation. As Osborne House is sacred to the mem ory of tho late queen, it is the king's wish that, with tho exception of those apartments which were in the per sonal occupation of her majesty, his people shall always have access to the house, which must ever be asso ciated with her beloved name. As re gards the rest of tho building, tho king hopes it may be devoted to na tional purposes and be converted In to a convalescent home for officers of the navy ami army whose health lias been impaired In rendering ser vice to their country. "If, in order to give full legal ef fect to tho king's wishes, it Is found that application to parliament bo necessary, the king trusts that Mr. Balfour will see that the necessary steps are in due course taken." MORE AID FOR ROADS. Hew Yark Haa J est Paased m Law Which Saoald Be Stadled bjr Legislators Everywhere. , Gov. Odell has signed a measure passed by the legislature that is cal culated to aid very materially in the .work of road repairing throughout uir h;up. ji is an amenumem 10 me highway law, that made possible the substitution of the money system for I that of day's labor in the repairing of the public highways, and the bill that hag now become-a law provides for doubling the state aid toward such work. Employment of the money system of road improvement has met with very general favor by the people throughout the state. The provisions of the law are of such moment as to warrant more than summary notice. It is provided that: "Any town voting in favor of the money system shall annually raise by tnx, to be levied and collected the same as other town taxes, for the repair of highways, an annual sum of money, which shall be equal to at least one half the value at the commutative rates of the highway labor which should be assessed under the labor sys tem, but in any tov,n in which there may be an incorporated village which forms a separate road district, and wherein the roads and streets are maintained at the expense of such vil lage, nil property within such village shall be exempt from the levy and col lection of such tax for the repair of highways of such town, and the as sessors of the town are hereby re quired to indicate on the assessment roll the property included in such in corporoted village in a column separ ate from that containing a list of the property in the town not included in such village, and shall also place on the assessment roll the names of all persons liable to pay tax who are not residents of such village, and the board of supervisors are directed to levy a tax of $1 on each person liable to poll tax as thus indicated; but this tax shall not apply to assessments made for damages and charged for laying out or altering any road or for erecting or repairing any bridge in such town. The amount of such tnx shall be determined by the commis sioners of highways and the town boord, who shall certify the same to the board of supervisors, the same ns any other town charge. The clerk of the board of supervisors of each coun ty containing a town which has voted for the money system sholl on or be fore the first day of January of each year tronsmit to the state controller n statement certified by him and signed and verified by the chairman of such board, stating thc-naftc of ecch town so voting, and the amount of money tnx levied therein for the re pair of highways during the preced ing year. The controller shall draw his warrant upon the state treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the county in which such town is situated, for nn amount 'equal to SO per cent, of the amount so levied in each town. The county treasurer shall pay out the amount so paid to him on account of the money tax levied in any such town upon the order of the highway com missioners thereof, to be used by him for the repair nnd permanent improve ment of such highways therein, nnd in such manner ns the commisisoner of highways and town board may deter mine. The sum paid by the state to any town by virtue of this section shall not exceed in nny one year one-tenth of the per cent, of the taxable prop erty of such town." The particular change mnde is the increase in state aid from 25 to .10 per cent. P.ut the general purpose of the law is to insure the making of rond improvements nnd repairing under the supervision of a competent nnd skilled official. Under the old system of work ing owt the rond nx our farmers were npt to do the work nt their own con venience. The times they selected were not always the best times for such work and the systems pursued were seldom the same ond rnrely ap plied according to effective and accept ed plans of rond making. The money system insures the work being done in n uniform way. nt the proper time of the year nnd according to the most modern methods of rond construct ion. Furt hermore, the farm ers who so desire may receive employ ment on the work nt a fair wage, un der proper supervision nnd direction. The system was made opt-onal, nnd while it wiis heartily indorsed in many sections of the state before the dou bling of state aid ns provided in t'lis new law, it should now be universally ndopted since such a course will be Imperative when the extensive plnns fur our rond improvement are carried out. Daily Saratogian. Angora Cinnts ns llrnvesrrs. A close observer will notice there are many upland or mountain farms that have some pieces of pasture too dry nnd perhaps too rocky to yield a prof. The past few dry seasons have brought in bushes, briars nnd weeds that have robbed the land of tame grass for the making of good quality of butter. Such cheap land pasture is where the angora goat will thrive best, as they i'fer bushes nnd briars to grass, and will thrive and grow fat where sheep will starve and cows ennnot live. An gora goats are very prolific, will live about three times ns long as sheep and their mohair will bring about three times the price of common wool. G. H. Bloodgood, in Farm andome. MAKING A PARK BRIDGE. The" Irarlar Here Desrrlfcrd Ha Wit (! the Freshets at Twa Ralar sprlasja. We have recently built a new bridge across the creek on our farm. This ere ,4 U the center of a wide ravine pab7Ve, and the peach orchard are on the high ground on the farther side. A good bridge is therefore a necessity to us. The i.iilictilty, hoveer, has been to get a brl. e which would not be ex orbitant in cost and yet which would he capable of w ithstanding the spring freshets. The entire creek bottoui lund is often overflowed, and ordinary bridges are quickly undermined or else they float away onto some other fellow's land. But 1 think the problem is now solved. As stone is scarce in our part of the country (and ns we are not million aires) a wooden bridge was the only thing to consider. The span of the creek-bed proper is about 16 feet, and the bill for the material footed up as follows: Three CxfixlS pine stringers.... 3 00 Tlank rail (2x4's), nails 7 75 1'uint S 43 Labor 2 25 Eleven cedar post s 1 10 Total $14 25 The first thing done was to sharpen and drive three cedar posts on each side of the creek-bed. and three in the center of the bed. (I have placed black dots on the accompanying cut, show ing the location of these posts.) Next, using some old planking from a former bridge, the outer side of each approach was planked up vertically from the creek-bed to the top of the posts. Then the short spaces between bank and abutment were filled in with old logs, rubbish, sod nnd dirt making a nicely graded, inclined approach on each side of the creek. The inclined ap proaches were necessary because we desired to have the bridge floor ns high ns would be conveniently possible, so as to have it above the height of the ordinary spring overflow. Next, the stringers were put on nnd firmly nailed to rncli abutment and to the central supports. We tried in DVItAULK FA KM BRIDGE. every way possible to anchor the bridge so securely that it would "stay put." To prevent the uiulerniiningnnd washing away of the dirt approaches, two protecting "wings" were added at an angle on the up-stream side. These wings were planked up vert ically, and held in place by two extra cedar posts and 1 iy masses of sod tilled in behind. The planking for the Hour was then spiked into place leaving a narrow space between each two planks for the purpose of drainage after rains. In laying this plank the overlap was nil put on one side, putt ing down t he other side straight (by line) so as to neces sitate the sawing off of but one edge. Sawing olT IS feet of plank ends is no fun. as J can testify, and if we hadn't laid one edge st might there would have been .K feet of trimming to do. Surfaced "x t's made the railingnlong each edge, nnd, nit hough this railing may not. be absolutely necessary to a farm bridge, it makes it. safer nnd certainly adds a gerat deal to the ap pearance. The rails and supports are painted white, nnd the finished struc ture hns n neat, "comfortable" look which is entirely satisfactory to the builders. Tme last, thing done was to spike to the bridge floor on each side, an incline-plank to help smooth the np proneh. We can't afford to bump fruit needlessly when hauling it across our own bridge. This bridge has now withstood the freshets of two spring seasons. It is still secure and in worh' ingorder. Walter E.Andrews, in Ohio Farmer. MAKING A ROADBED. In t.ecnllf ! Where I lie Ground I Level the I'lnn Mere DckitIIm-iI Works In Perfection. An admirable plan for const met Ing roads in level regions is shown here with. The level of the ground before working is shown at A A. The ditches, Ffnno Sect WELL-MADE RO ADDED. D D, are nt either side of the rond. The roadbed is show n in heavy black, made of, earth taken from both sides of the ditches. The trench, in heavy black at sides, for placing tile, which carry off the surplus water. Water from the roadbed naturally runs into 1 be side ditch and then,' settling down to the tile, is carried off. Very little fall is required for getting rid of large quan tities of water. The width of tile will of course depend upon the amount of water to be disposed of. The tile can usually be made nenr home. C. G. Shedd, in Farm and Home. Souring cream does not particular ly affect the flavor of the butter. OLDEST LIVIKG EKGISEER. Haw M Team OM ill Haa peat the Meat at His Life at the Thrattle. Christian Sinith, the oldest living en gineer in the country, is spending the declining years of his life inquietude near Harper's Kerry, says the Phila delphia liecord. He is W) y.ar old, but still hale and heurty, and a fine specimen of manhood. ' He is over six feet in height and erect, and possesses ail of his faculties. His eyesight is as good as that of the average person of younger years, and he does not huve to wear glasses. Mr. Smith is the veteran engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, hav ing begun his career on that road in ISM, when horses were used to pull cars. He has served in the capacity of fireman, conductor, engineer, super visor of engines and assistant super visor of trains, and was also station agent at Martinsburg and the Relay up until 18(51. He was supervisor of engines on the second division of the Baltimore Ohio railroad at the time of his retirement. Mr. Smith ran the first steam engine on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at a speed of from six to eight miles an hour, which wos con sidered rapid for those dayR. IT in troduced the sand box in 1S36. and in the following year the headlight. In 1M2 link couplers were first used by him. In lSKT he rehired to engage in the quieter and less dangerous voca tion of farming. PLAYGROUND IN A STORE. C'hlrniro Establishment Una Inploa nre for the Areoinnioilnt Ion of Shonprrs' Children. Real grass, real snnd and renl wheel barrows and shovels nre to be provided for the children who visit one of the big department stores of Chicago. The idea of day nurseries where moth ers may leave their children while shopping has been improved on by the management. There has been laid out on the second floor a playground for the children, with swings, hammocks, sand, nnd plenty of toy implements for t he exclusive use of the youngsters. The pillars which form the corners of the playground arc, covered with bark and long branches, with realist ic leaves on them, twitke overhead, giving the final touch to the out-of-door appear ance of the place. The inclosure is surrounded by n picket fence high enough to keep the children in, but not high enough to make them feel con strained. The first day of the new departure, there was a large number of children digging in the snnd pile, running about the gravel paths nnd rolling on the turf. Just ns fast ns the grass is worn down by the feet of the little ones it will be replaced with fresh sods. Attendants nre nt hand to see that no nocks nre broken bv falls from 1he swings nnd hammock's nnd to prevent the overmisehievous from pouring buckets of sand down their playmates' backs. WOMEN FORM FIRE COMPANY. Men ffldliln't fluke the Youths Drill. II lit !' in I n I in Taet I'ouiul n Way. Prominent, citizens of Norfolk, Conn., have made several attempts to organize a tire company for the pro tection of their property in the last year, but every attempt failed, says the -New York Sun. There didn't seem to be enough civic pride or enough fear of tire in Norfolk to inspire fire drills, and it seemed as if it would be left to anybody and everybody to get out the garden hose and do the best that could be done if a tire did start. Then the women took up the mat ter. They issued u call for young men desirous of joining a military com pany. That caught Norfolk's young men. Fifty of them responded, says the New York Sun. After that it was easy. The young men didn't see just how to get out of it when, very neatly, the military or ganization was developed into a fire force. The women bought the hose, and now the town has just ns good a fire department as its neighbors of equal size. INisnIiik of the West. To those whose days have been spent in the enjoyment of the freedom of the old west, cveu us it appeared in the 'bOs, there comes a regret in the contemplation of the new order of things. For assuredly the old has given way to the new, says theTneoma Ledger. The old west as the early set tlers knew it for 20 years or more has gone as went the Indian nnd the buffalo, nnd with it has gone that larg er freedom which were its characteris tics and its charm. There i no longer any west. The methods nnd condi tions of the west ate the methods nnd conditions of the east, plus western energy. Indeed, to lie entirely Just, it may be questioned whether western push is not nn importation, for cer tainly it did not llonrish in the ante railroad days. KnliK-il by Ills Alrxlilp, Count von Zeppelin, who has the distinction of having built the larg est of all nirships, lias been financial ly ruined by his aeronautical experi ment s. 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