A Life-saving Castle

Bamborough castle, Northumberland, England, whioh has been purcfaased by Lord Armstron# from the trustees of the lata Lord Cre wc, dates i from the year 547. To sailors on that portion of the perilous noi-thern coast it is what the convent of St Uernard is to ths traveler in the Alps. A constant watch is kept in tne top of the ancient tower, whence signáis are made to the fishermen of Holy ïsland as soon as any vessel is discovered to be in distress. By these and other means many lives are saved, and an asylum is offored to shipwreoked persons in the castle for a week or long-er.