rrsin n n vst
J-:siUlLlSilED IX
Lookup Not Down!
Life to some i fuii ' Kirrovr
Hal! i-r-;), half !!.' lorrw;
Full r k- :i I !uil of l.-.lt."-.
'..i uern hirj- uri'i rutting e.lfs.
'I li'ii'h th j'i t. 11 rimy h rlii' r. sr.
'.t a n tr you II l.;r ihfii iinrin.r; .
H--inf nNr iinik- tti in
I.ook i 1 1 i out irorn Jov:icmt --.
All In vson tin-sun i -hiiiinjr,
Wu t-r- -"trk 1 1 Iil', bloh-om-. t wi ni li l ;
T 1 1 y hut htc t hroiiizii t !.' -;wne sorrows
stuii to ila .s aiii wo xi 1 o-inori ovv-: .
S-f? tlif rlou'l- ;h:tt must iter-over ;
Swtnv vv-li anion 4 tl.-. lo-r
r.vciytl.lig soul an thing
Hut 1 1 i - u"'l 1 tic mi urn hri ntr.
D .hiking front thf hlttT I' .11 1 i '1 ', .
!.! V'.ijr mole hi 11 M"-ni- ;t miint;!rj.
' ir"i fI iii'W ai.'I droi ts ( f mi n
H w - i 1 I ii to 1 ii- rn isfht v Tii:lu,
All In v;t i t thf lW--i ii'h,-Iiow f-r.
And tin- iihtcii h !ah with powf-p
; t h rln; riialt. treii1 the u hfTtt,
1 1 ) 1 1 and n.v;i I, im at h our !.
I. ft 1 not ties'), my iiHhbor,
I,M.k up, a- on lo- ai.il l.it.or.
Not tor out-: i n-wor f la! -;
Kvry nno Im rare ati'l trl 1n.
.Ion Hii pitinni'1 llnkfil tour-t her
Like, the !air aii'l Hoiuly matli'T.
.. ay vn f 1,. 1 o, oh, let UK pra n ,
I- aliti and pal U-in r- for to-hiy.
1 uk A r"' a v K.
Twp Scenes by Firelight.
A'ter rat h-r a vaiulerinir life neither
ai i I h:.ive at I t-t settled down in a
lit t le matit.taei ui inn t"U n in tin- et
of 1 Mj. 1 lid - a j 1 1 - r Utile Jilaee, where
the -in;. 11 atiMiuiilof ji ailalde sieje
is -plit up into smaller cliques, which
are aiJiili divided iht tact H '11-, t lie
eauseof it.is ;atterdiviion in im ciiit lly
pariA'- iii.itttr- and real 'r siipHistd
dill Ii he. Ill reliui... .pillion. I SIN
i M-i in s t. h r the weruiv i n hat titan is
of .atH'lii II lliatn are more leillie
on ..e Mil jtct e, loeiiis alui spindles
thali that el i le. 1 1 i li s. and could
h; idly advance a h'tti !iri;unint in
hv r ol ti.eirA n view- than " I know
what" I like," or the well-worn " l.t,
catlse I do."
Our parisli chinch is all that an an
tiquary could dtsin a -glorious old
pro-cat I edral. Its pewing arranve
nienJs, hiw i v r, sue, I n gret to say.
alt that a young woman w ho wishes to
sav her nruvr in h H"ct. Mini lv weip. . lie .unci her wimi
tioliat psUlie, ami no Net Iwao-,-!-'"""--'- n
tain amount ol tender reca.d lor her hoyn w ho h d
back and knees, would Hot de-il
our stall' of clergy consists of a vicar
and tw curate-, one of whoni is furn
isliel by that most evaligeltcal liody.
the Pastoral Aid Society, and goes by
the nan e of " Pastoral Aid Curate,"
or .more often'! on the principle that
hrcvitv is the soul oi wii.ine f. ;
.... 1
('.," o, w ith this liberal
supply ol dl- i
"
vine-, our souls should be Well weeded
iiid watt red. if thevaic not
n h,v in the end of October, i ;
'" - - - ,
... ... i
was fitting over the lire, chatting with !
Carev, w ho had just come to spend a
... i .
few w eeks with me at Xarroniyndham.
(rey is my particular friend, and
very nice and very pretty, but she has
one id fault she is a shocking flirt.
I oiteii remonstrate with her on the
subjtct, but it is quite useless, iiml she
makes some very uncivil and profane
retorts about "motes" and "beams"
ami "brothers," wiich I don't like..
As I was watching the firelight
dancing on her soft brown hair and
lighting up her glorious hazel eyes
fascinah I, as I always am by any
thing beautiful, ami thinking that
win n I'L rhaps I ought to say if) I turn
into an'an angel 1 should wish to be
just like her- he middt -nl inquired:.
"Are, ! bete any curates here?"
"So my angel is planning iresh works
of slaughler," thought 1, Unanswered
'.'Yes, two; one isold and married, and.
has St. Vitu-'s dam e, and the oih r is
young and unmariitd and sound, like
wise ht'i-a p;iloral aid curate. Wi.l
he do?" .
"Don t!" with a laugh. "I know
the animal. It always seem to have
outgrown its clothes; is weak about
the legs, hair i.mg " i louchi njg her col
lar) '-ahdshek ; c hijl- x ton p Hid and
tin w boh son e : expulsion imek.. It
makes con-laht use of the woid siem
Iv;' ha- a voracious app tite ami a lit
tle waUi.e-s for tea and old Ldns.
Tbei. 'san inveiitorxo! it-charms, and
I don't b. ln v the soc iety wou;d have
anything to do with a man hot pos
s, h, d of .nil these,qualilicaliolis."
Moth r o.. m d her n outh to ieni n--tratc
against. this flippant "tirade: but
the remonstrance was never ilestin. d
to !t- utteie.l, lot at that mom lit a ser
vant ami. unced " Mr. Llo d," and t he
Mlhj.ct of Caley's long w in.it d sj ere h t
t i,il iei the room.
A oung man, in a veri correct cleri
cal equine, with n licrctj. detern.iuel,
good looking lace, and At a trace of
weakness about himf let or otherwise;
in -hoi t, a man. every inch of him. and
lu.i .i . i. ...,M..hi.u imii'i.iii i.ini .
. . . . . . . T
.humi(((iiii ni
thinkofacura!ea.iuuiteanau. j
1 giaaud tit Carey, and sw Uje UkJ j
1878. JIlIJliOROUGH, X. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13,
tin- look of our visitor, for she had put
little hutiihu!; hhecaii alwaMaHume
at will, and always does when there is
a- man ures.-ut .whom khe dhink if
U lO lall.
.wou.er itaving gone tnrough the
. eremony ot introduction, the Pastoral
A.d Curate prided to inform u, that
there wan a parochial row on.
, " ,!"'re1bI1Wa.y!; 5h in, Nttrr'nd-
ham. said I. " r u'lim it -n t , i,l-
j tu.uu
I ""1 IU NIT UUUJHII,
" I -houldn't, only that you and per-
I opened my mouth to refuse, for I
am not parochially-minded, and am
proof against all petition-, even from
handsome young curates, t- make my--elf
u-eful in that line; but Carey wan
too quick lor me. j
" It would he nice if wecotild, Kitty;
lut there is so little girUcaii do." Tlds
w ith an humbh' i ok at our spiritual
pastor.
"1 hope -you won't think m?very
mde it I agne with you," was the an
vwer. "A a rule, I think it the greatest
pos-ihle mi-take for young ladies to go
pott, ring: : about a palish, interfering
in matter- they don't understand, or
teaching poor little Sunday school chil
dren shocking false doctrine. Hut thin
is -really something you c.m lo; it's'
inu-ic." 1 : " i
" Now. vou must giv( a full. coherent, ;
but, above all, short account of whaf
ha- gone wrong, and i form us what
part we are i-pccted to hear in putting
I right," said I.
.: K ,ance one neason, and, doubtletw, forgotten ! Bengal, ami siied "Carev Llovd "
... ndin.rutioi. at ( arey, whieh I saw her hh lightly the next ; and I couldn't i On the dav before the now'hannv
(W7' 1 ;,n ,i; r1m H,,U;f ,,wn" help teHing her R d'' Renedicfsdeparture from Xarmmii
( -ast even, "can 1m It if von w 1 " - ; huA i :.. ...... ' . - . . - . ' ,,,,u
1 1 u hi. futir f rtumi" il.r.., .1, . .
. , ' - . "vc" riiuij- uer jnnvers oi las- nam -t.eiore t, arev bad left us
" It'- Miss Trills '" uau ginicu
..... ... . . ' from the room.
Stop! ' Horn ( arey. "I must know ! i
who the spi,,st, r in question is. What- ys aft,'r this 1 ,,ad com in
.n alarming name in connection with fr;ni a 'xi,,k' in wlli' Carey had de-inii-ie
:" i dined to join nit on the pica of a slight
"Mi-s Trills do, snot belie her name I ('ol,1-not in her head; the lucky linie
She is a good lady, who had a strong l,eaut' 'H never atllicted with anything
voi. e i her youth, ami in those tar-off 1 u"l,tco,lii"; "'id I can't recollect
halcyon days volunteered to assist in ' eVer ,,avi,1 seen h pretty nose dis
training the choir, and, bavin some i fiuml un,iut' friction, for he isn't
know edge of the music, was really a i e,v"n t( te"iH; on the same principle.
help. She '.and her nU r her totaet i
i! to Mft
not tluMi a'r-
rived xt tht di.mitv if ui i r. .1 ....u .....1
lead thechoir-
"Out of thestraight path int flowery
was," put in I; "hut what -do you
want us to do ?'J
"Tliis. On Wednesday week there
is to be a harvest thanksgiving service.
Rather late certainly, but Narromynd-
ham ms vim Ltimu iu ulivma h.liii.l
' - ' " j l'""u
ni: 'i :ii . 1
e ei uiiug. .iiss 1 rwis wants 10 nave
an extra utly ami flowery anthem;
and this eing objeete! to she decline :
. .
to silif Ht all fir what u fur vctrm ti
. " '
toifh t u liovs ji ki motor nn Wilt 1
teach the boys a, simpler one. Will
you and your friend come and practice
with the boys ? You won't be expected
t sit among the surplices at the ser
vice." Carey professed herself delighted.
Mother said we ought; so I, with a
very bad grace, had to consent to be
present at the next practice, and the
i, ..... i .1 ,w. i. : i i
-.um j
Carey a little more than the regulation
hand shake, it struck me) and took his
departure. -
Shall I ever forget Jhose choir prac
tices? The well-meait efforts of the
organist to drown the very small voices
of the boys; the hopeless ignorance
and stupidity of the aforesaid little
mortals; the cold, very often wet.wjdk.'
to the church for such was Carey's
si - i
zeal in the good cause that nothing
would induce h r to miss a practicV,
the P. A. C. always being our escort);
and last, but not least, hefmr con
straint d to pla the uncongenial part
of goocht i ry.
How the Misses Trills attenlel every
j ractlce hot, ilideed, tij-eldlig -their
mouths to sing or speak, hut marking,
w ith paUgn t n. spiteful eyes-, eve r
Jresh failure; how ('arey and the P. A.
C. always sang out of the same b ok.
making, no doubt, sweet harmony tor
tin msi l ves. but not n.a!eri;dly a.s.-iting
in reducing to stmt thing like time ami
nine the balsh, discordant voices with
which it was my doubtful privilege to
cope,
thiiu
almi-t unaitieti are not these I
. graven on the ileshy taides of i
tl,v v' ', . nnim-oij- i
I ! ... r-t ' t I luiM.tn tt.v fv,. tt.Cl...
sinks linn in signify ance t-ide this
uineie inn e niury in .-oiinn ; lortnine .
was but one saciitice, while all these
things xea.'amt u.tire also did I en
dure many limes lor the sake of my
friend. '
Weeks p3!-sed. The harvest thanks
giving scr ice was over, the sinking
not having leen worse, but rather U t
ter, than u-ual, wh itever. Mi Trills
oii'i nu ti.in-.c- iii. i iu- r- ij in id 4
ami her fr emis may I a seen tit to
. - i
say to the contrary. And yet Mr.
Lio d' daily vUiu, begun at th Uium j
of the practices, and alw
ays purporting
; were not di-eontiriued
He i-i the mtt
earnest man I ever met
Whatever he
..:,..J '
evt.ry onf tU withOUt irolniT tO the
injudicious length of falling in love
with her. Of course she enootti
; him. though seemingly in the mrf
i leeway; and itemed tomea,hame
Our P. A. C. was oo good and if a
i ' - . . . i v
, ...mi .u ue ner piayumig-altogepifcr a
difltrent stamp lromthe young fftow
who had fallen in love with herlisitly
dilation to the utmost. and, I am bound
to say, wit4i unmitigated success.
" You'reQealous, child," said she :
lightly. -
"That's humbug, and you know it.
The P. A. C. doesn't admire little peo-
pie; and besides besides "
No, I certainly wasn't jealous; for
was there not lurking warm about my
heart the thought of someone very1
big and strong who, nevertheless did ,
admire little people. ami w ho could treat
them with a chivalrous gentleness ()f
which the P. A. ( was utterlv incaia
blc? " Do you know that the he under dis-
cussifn h going away very
soon
said Carey, after a pause.
"No. Where?"
"He is almost sure of that appoint
nnntin India he was telling us of.
and if he is appointed must sail in
January."
Be ore I could answer this startling
tlll.T' .if i II t tj 1 i in.li .... . 1 . , I I I- 1 1
, BUI,Pf. Ulal mnuenza doesn t utlack
' ia Jrawinr-oom dotr WU
" ituw, hp i eiuereu noi-e-
gly jK)sed in the
attitude of the famous Huguenot pic
: ture. My first impulse was to with
! draw as noiselessly as I had come, but
it seemed rather a sneakish thing to do;
i so I notified my presence by a loud
! "Ahem!" I
i The two sprang apart guiltily. The
P. A. C. began shakimr hmnlu ihiK-
am 111,m(irin,wmtili iu', I
"uuiMiuuK .in unrj ciiiiyi
. . c v.u
about "great hurrv." "beofr lit.iK.
' . . " 1 '
flew out of the room down stairs, and
out of the house, shutting the street
door with a bang that set every window
in theold house rattling, and left Carev
with cheeks that put the well-worn
crimson curtains quite in the shade,
and me, I regret to say, in a pa oxysm
of laughter on the hearth rug.
Carey couldn t stand that. SheflW
at meand hookme, exclaiming
lou are mean and hard-hearted
and cold-blooded, too!"
"I am awfully sorry," Raid I, pick
ing myself up and fishing my hat out
of the coal scuttle; "hut I couldn't
know you were doing tableaux rirant; j
and. besides, you really ought not to." ,
know
irssi , it uill Tullier astOIIlsll niM tin ; . . " i r - - . , wm , ... .......
I. .....1.. 1:1 - ... ! 'lie oiut-i SiliTllt wnrcn nir.n 1 7- v uu r.ni. , ' OiaceiJ. v- . f 'jnaiiijirnnniur.imiF niilt'l nun 1
c.UHt..u,la I am totl-l,,!., Mule f,rl 1' ugl 1 ' KCn'V the pot . tu,- ,,;;; wai,r '
HirfH vaKari.-i her ami Mr ' '. r-i.. . Tl.fj I f lr'"' n..v j... Ke..i.t .Uuvlmx. .(L. ,,,, jlr Sw,-,U!1,,. ,:,,
H.re to im-rea.se my astonishment. I nursing it. Anybody knows how a
she threw her arms around me and j monkey looks.jwiih a dwarfish, bem
kised me; and when she let me go I j up lsMiy and face liU- a British tourist
saw there weie tears in her eye.., j but a baby monkey is simply the samt
"You're not to preach, and I shall ! hi,deous thing cndenseJ and intenni
often do it again, only you're not to j fled.' Yet in tiie.littie, meagre features
tt come into rot nis so suddenly. He" j of the child monkev the tfnitn ...
the
i""""u" great ev nress.on i i
has got that apitointmeut."
"Was that a fond farewell ?" said I.
my bewilderment, I suppose, appear
ing in my face: -tor Carey, p
tiingher-1
- x I1HM ,
... i : . i i
Stilt.
wniie nanus over my eyis saiti:
" You mu-tn't lMk nt me liL tt,a."
land adtlttl very so;tly: "I'm
too, dear."
going,
! " What did you say almut P. . C.'s?
; and tiitin't you alvvax- tell me you had
no heart? and I thought nothing short
j of a title would content nou." gaid I
-pv. r.-tv
T which shP n,.,tan
.vr ,.
iie won t t.e a I . A. C and of
a P. A. (
course due talks like that, hut
one
dotfu t mean it
and I havelf t a heart
for I've gone and given it away, ami
think it's a wry ( hh! match it.ti df '
Having wound up her sentimental
sjicveh with this astonishing fib she
settleti ht rself at ii y fet. and we hai
a bug explanatory con versaiion, at the
end of w hich sine premised me vol
un-;
: fxritv- tr ..,. ,11. I . . . . . .
- " j m i t n pracut es. m
i iiir z i ii i r in a.
5 )wi
in' vi ?. v- or mi-ii ti,.: ... - :
- a I'nuiuse, i am
bound to say, she has, to the Ur of
my knowleda, faith fuii y kept.
There is little more to hetold. Carev
gut her own f(xlis.h 'way. And th
-rr.atfh wosl ,.. . ,,..k ,.
- fU,u a uau uueauerail,
t.riv nn 5,..l,lt.,. - .
thou.h ti.i i.tt' T ""T.' T
t J U v ' TV." lMS?
I . Un Z 3
? teW. P tU da a,m8
i The wedding was necessarily quiet
. . . . . . i . v
i an t numed, but I
was brldoniaid
nevertheless; ami already I have had
j two quaint bright letters, dated" from
T 4
him to ask be-opinion oif a Pastoral
Aid Curate. j
" I know lt,"jeaid h
it before I saw her."
Jt j '
The Wit of the National ; Press.
A Badly SAHKKI) i.vdiax. The
Indian Joapiiri (iomez, who killed a
Spaniard at Gilroy, about two weeks
ago, i- breathiiig the vapors of a dun
geon in a county jail. The following
description of him ha ben entered on
the jailer's record: Joiquin Gomez
Charge, manslaughter ; height, o feet
"i inches ; weight, 1" pounds ; native,
California Indian , age, about 4o years;
occupation, vaqueriand herder; hair,
black and coarse; whiskers, black ;
lea tun s, square ; nose, medium large ;
teeth, extra good ; chin, broad ; build',
heavy-set ; manner, very quiet ; marks,
two scars of knife-cuts 4 the left hip
two inches long; scare of 'knife-cut in
the centre of ithe. forehead , also one
over the left eye, one through the left
nostril, one on' the under lip and on
at the corner of the left eye, four scar
of knife cuts on the inside of each thigh
near the kneefjoint ; also divers scar.
t kni:e-cuts on his breast, four scars o
knife or bullet wounds on the right
hip, situated in the form of a square
ami three moles on the right side o
the neck. j
A Pact isi Astronomy., Vounp
ir. ijnteijarsjwa.- fitting on tlie'porcl
star,'? he said, smiling at his owi
poetic fancy, j I wuld rather xn
were a comet," she said .Ndreandly
His heart beat tun ultuously. " An
why?M he aked tenderly, at thesaim
time taking her hands inhis own :
"and why? ? he repeated, imperious
ly. Oh," she said, with a broodiie
earnestness that fell unon life soul lik. S
A s
L. . ., ... ... 1
41 l"tH ulmu an onciotn, " becaus.
. . . .
then you would only
j every fifteen hundred years!" He did
! not say anything until he was halt
I way to the troiit-gate, when he turneti
: around and shhok his fist at the house
and muttered between his teeth tha
. "gt would be a thundering sight Ion
: ger than that before he came arouno
! again." But by that time the pool
! girl was in bed and sound asleep.
SOMETHING j NO FELLER CAN FlNI) t
Oi T. Cole's circus was-) tacked yester I
day with woinen who wanted to set 1
tlie " bahv m'oTtL-ev Tl,u tw.i... ' HI
- p "ir i.iwijrvc
mother sat there with its diminuti v.
offspring in itsfarms, holding it just a
a human mother would havedone r-
J j J -. "-'.,
usual, saw more U-muv ii.on
evei
jjtsiphael crow.
j 'hi Madonna,
I it ju-t lovely
ed int the features o
' Oh ! do bok." "Ain't
?" "How cunninir."
I
"Oh .my ! li4 you ever see the like?" Crt
now i wisn it was mine." "What
do they cost?"! " Isn't it just charm
f r w
ing. Jtight alongside the monkev
in another cage, was a Ua cttnsfrictor lit
-
. ... . or- iiiur sun graceiui a . ,v
cftuld he well ironiMHe.1 nL o i..i.
who markings and combination of
colors rivalleti the rainU.w y-t he wa.
vote a "naatJ. thing by 'the admir-
en of the monkey Who
- - - . " 1 1 ii a in nj
plain the
ch ir,,. ,w , t j
lutrm nionkeys exerci-e i
over women ? fA.
.!,,, l I
ivnciMwi isiy, w no spent some six '
r-, W t.tl.. C T.t , ..... j
i"iiiiip iu iiP Hiiij ci...Ai.
home la4t vi--L- miH -..i.
,nn x, i . T V 1 r U1' I
sJo rV :rZ nfnIe,.I,e
oiacKiaii aeer sKin
ivalltalotins. b(ided niodeHjin( nH a !
nit'-cnudns and a '
white felt hat with a brim Hkea wagon
whet 1. He wjimlered into a saloon !
thumi-ed his fl-t on the counter and
howie.1 for fan juice with a glisten
in-' ve-j t...t.
, V ,IJtM,ie- wranger?
: Si
at a uyl . I
- - S 1 'Ii I V'r iTi it'llll'Il 1 T
ting
m ,
""vV I was : - .j . r..,Mlrt..r tr. Swu.k-
1880.
NEW SERIES. VOL. 1. NO. 0.
ine an invite nvans liquor or blood
Ye'd better come ap' Tliey approach
ed the bar, aud all took beer except
one, who t(ok cider, explaining that
ne iiad never touched spirit in his life.
i Xa11' ri1 le dogged!" roared the
i skin-decked traveller
" Ef ver
with me whar I hang out ye'd be inter
a hole. 'Caue ihar's whar yer got ter
drink, whether yer drink or not.
'Sluck!" And he poured in tne poi
mn. " Where are you from, if I might
ask ?T' inquired the eider man. "From?
Right from tile gulch. The edean up
put me a few thousand ahead, aud I'm
wanderin' to see the sights. You bet!"
" From the mines?" ' tr ff-n
J IIVU1
iist whar ver reckone? T
I been inter the Hills.
Panned big,
land now I'm in for a reg'lar old He.
" How are things in the
Is business depressed or
Hills now ?
are things flour.shing?" " I don't
know nothin' about them big word.5
but ef yer want fer ter know how things
is, they're thar; right thar. I seen
twenty millions o' money taken out o'
my mine in fourteen hours. That's
trade. ThatV hitten' gilt every wash,
and don't you torgit it; ybiCbet!"
" How does Custer City seem to pro- j
I rtHS
" I ain't no bizness with ho
Cutter City-I'm a miner. lam."" "I
saw in a recent paper that a number of !
troojis have been moved to Fort
Meade. Do they think there is any
danger from Indians?" "Injuns! In
juns, pard ! Why tier's more'n seven
millions of 'em ettVn around on the
rock waitin' fof aUiance to lite in.
Injuns ! Why, you dpfi't know nothin'
about Injuns here.l'seen a hundred
ihousand troops killed in an hour ail
a half. But I don't mind 'no Injuns
I tunnelled under four tribes camped
half a mile from my claim, and every
logged one of them went up in the
oljst. You bet ! th.re can't no Injuns
gu away with a Widt r, and don't ver
it IT t. T I J. . . ,
""r"- ic- ieau wooi m usi ne rat lugvt
i-i
angerous locality. . I had
i . . . i
no pflea It
was so exposed I)eadrwood I)an-
:erous?
w mM ,e
a v. if ver ever
earn to iranfw -A
up your mon -
V on t. - tatenieiit
at Deadwotxl
if time?" " Jist come to take a souiiit
it it. ay, Muow me around. Show me
i faro bank. I've got ttto much dust
or comfort, ami I'd like ter drop or'
pick up. Show me around, stranger.
Hid I'll make yer proud of yerself."
' I don't think you would And me a
very good guide for I've only been hVre
t comparatively short time, but per
iap one of my friends, who resiths
nere, would " "I.n't belong here?
Whar yer from, stranger? Whar's
ver teepe?" "I live in Deadwood,"
responded the stranger. " I'm only "
If the young traveller will come around
uid pay for those drinks all will be
forgiven.
Housekeeper f' milkman: " My
riend, you put water in your mi k."
Oh, no, ma'am." "But I am sure
you do." "Oh, no, ma'am." " Now
will you say solemnly that you do not
put water in your milk?" "Well,
ma'am, well, I must say that some
tunes I put somj; water in the can,
and put the milk (in that, but I never
put the water in fib e milk."
The EvepyyDay Turk.
3
The Turk has oven called unneak&-
hl. n Uihl rheti.r-dl fl.nrP W,M,
consider ln,w much he has been spoken
M if. In one sense no epithet could well
1
ie less hapjty. There is nothing inef
fable altout the Turkish system as such.
Its distinctive feature is its rigidly
natter-of-fact character. It eon-ist in
literal atllierence toafew general rule.
;a$ Even among the well-educated Chri
tians mav fteuuentlv be ttbservetl that
( .v
f.. w rtprsona are not to t morf cruel
than
the cttn-cientitius man who has
no
imagination. Now the average
Vl 1Uf " "lUC 1Uia,nal,rj
l ,,M-'i u ,K'n iR "nefl by his
I ix !li"n-lhat iH b' ,he hrrxid views
ttt'tn 1 injunctions of the Koran ; and his
t '"ducat ion is not calculated to correct
i.
r nnsieraie ims. i ne nverage mm
,r t ab)ltitelv indiflerent to the reuitM
i'- nduceti by applviug his
general
all that ii the will If Allah.
"
" rhat he, ae a servant of the Prophet.
M,a todo.hei.todo what the Koran
sa .u i.i- . a
. - . '
in varj'ing aegrees or integniy, dui
nf t, generally, with any diabolical
ni alice; often, however, without that
6 moderation which armed
t!i rength i apt to forget, unle it is re-
raineti bv conscirnce. by cant, or by
' I me power of seeing m the victim
, a. ro". JebVt " Modern Greece."
Hi
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A Sad Mistake
OK MR. HIOOS. THE FORM Kit KMTt'tR OK
THK WORMVILLE LANTUKN.
Mr. John Biggs, a young man with
brisk air and brisker loquacitv. came
to the city several days ago, and call
ing at the Gazette .office, feked'for a
situation as a reporter. "I'm ligJ.t
ning,,? he said, I used to le cdiW-iu-"
cheif of the WorruviUc antwn. Oh.
hilt. uVv. -fLS a papeT. YiU
ought to have seen how I pUdied Vntu
a section Is ssr for calling my half broth
I er a Tox-eyed liar. I skinnetl him. Now ,
; if you've got any important work that
I you want done I'm the mau to do it.
j I used to report the WormvlIU- City
Council. I stirrel"up one AhttrmHii
j until he threw one of those old-fash-
lonetl brass kettles at me. That's the
way to write. Thik quiet way of doing
things may take with religious paper,
but with a newKpajer, theyarenogoei.
Simply n. g. D you want a man?"
The young man seemed to haveu. h
a correct idea of4 the newspaper bii
nes that he vtcas employed, with n view
to doing sjecial wrk. A proviso was
addel to the agreement that Mr. Bigg
was not to feel aggrieved or bring uii
I in eae he was " Urn need " aft r a few
days trial.
u " IJn WPP?i " on the street.
it'l nz . . . . . i
mere was an air oi nusiness ahout him
that attracted the passer by. Hewalked
along with his note-book in his hand,
and with his pencil between his lin
gers, like a cigar.
" Yes," said a man standing on the
corner, addressing an acquaintance.
"That is a fine boy left at HwauksV
"What!" said the reporter "Boy
left. where?"
"Who are you?"-asked the man.
" I am a rejmrter. I used to be edi
tor in-chief of the Wormville Louturn.
Tell me atmt (he mysterious loy.M
The man v inked at Ids acquaintance
and remarked : " Well, I reckon a r-'
! , , t , ,
, t ' - -. - v . . i tiling.
t , . x . . . J . ... .
, . . a . . ,
ulKl irjiuiu a nue oov was icllat the
, - n - ' w, , , .
. 7 . "7 -
, c-jy III vsici ions. I "U K Octlcr LO"
, f .
i around and sec .Mr-. Swank-. '
i r. ... , , ,. , ,
s ,- ,.,,
t " You can't see her."
" Why. is she bu-y ?"
" Not so busy, perhaps, as indi-po-i d.
What is your bti-iness. sir ?"
"Tama rejKrter, sir. I used to le
editor in-chief of the Wormville l.m,
turn, but hard luck has brought n.e
down to the level of common iit wi
hunttr. I want to .see Mrs Swank- in
regani V that myteriius Imv"
" What mysterious ly ?" a-ked Mr.
Swanks, w ith warmt h.
" Now here. Colonel, you needn't t ry
any, little dodge on me. I u- i t. h
the elitor-in-chief of the Wormville
Lantum, I know more aiMiUt'tbis af
fair than you think I do. There's a
mysterious baby in this house, and I 'm
going to see it. I'm going right in
j where your wife is ami write the thing
up.
The reporter attempted to pass into
the next room, but was knocked; dow n
by Mr. Swanks The miM lirought1
out several ladies, sufhVie- tly al van. 1
in age to iKv'lteyonti the road-luw r -quirementa
The lathes scruimeti. 'I he
reporter regain-J his fe t and made
another dah for the door. Tbewmcn
caught him, while Mr. 8 wanks kicked
him, turnel hirn around, shovtj him
through the front door, anI kicked bun
I M r- Jil fHn"' U
! the oftW an'J tHt
if the office c-ould spare him a few unI
of tyfie he would go ut and re-fab-lish
tlie Wormville fstnfurn. All this
time young Hwanki laid in his Iitti
cradle, staring at an existence wi new
to him, and like Paul IomU-y, squaring
his little fist at he world.
A Feast in Morocco.
We seated oursel veu, and wen w-rved
at onee. Twenty-eight 4idie, withtfut
! fnununK in wy- gm
, immen-e dishes, '-every one of which
j would have ben enough for twenty
1 p-ocle, of all forma,-odor4 andflavt.r-;
monstrous piece of mutton on the f it,
' - . . .
ciuuhru vnn j-jmiu,; iur iiiu
mohi cream,? nn tun osaitti.,,
l.ven, puddings, v$?etatltf , egg
' sulads.all with the
pariie drt-alfui (m
ve of the harl-er's
every mouthful of
biuations. uggtti
Uhop; sweetmeats
mw ,rtWh -iA umn of
t . . . . . . - .... .
; any crime ue uau cer wiiiuinieii , aim
with all this, large ghve of water,
into which we spueeietl lemons that
w habrought in our pocketa; then a
I cup of tea, sweetened to syrup; and
nuaiiy. an irrupuon oi ervanm, woo
j deluged the UWea, the wUa, aud our-
Irtlvea wltL rue-waUr.
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