Another earl is bound to carry the sword of state in the procession to
Westminster.
The peers are very proud of these privileges, and make a great boast of
them. The highest honor ever perhaps granted by a sovereign to a subject
was earned by the lords of Kinsale. In the time of King John the head of
the house performed a great service for his King, and when asked what
reward he desired, replied that he had lands and money enough, but that
he should like to have the privilege of wearing his hat in the presence
of his sovereign, and that this right might belong to the head of his
house forever.
Foolish as this right may seem to us, no Lord Kinsale would ever give it
up.
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You will be interested to learn that the break in the levee near New
Orleans has been closed.
It was feared that this break would prove very destructive to the
surrounding country, as it occurred in the midst of the richest sugar
districts of Louisiana.
The crevasse was four hundred feet wide, and in some places twenty-five
feet deep.
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