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Copyright 189, by BOBMX BOHHB' J30HS,
. CHAPTER XII.
Continued. ;i
The stirring events which occurred
3ust previous to my entry into Con
stantinople were eclipsed by the mo
mentous changes in the Turkish Gov
ernment -which took place in the sum
mer and autumn of 1623. Sultan Mus
tapha having by the absurdity of his
acts convinced everybody of his insan
ity, he was again deposed, and a young
boy, scarce twelve years old, set in his
place as Amurath IV. I saw the youth
ful Amurath for the first time on the
day his high dignity was conferred
upon him, and thought he was an ex
ceptisnally handsome boy. Certainly
I perceived nothing in his clear-cut
features, his aquiline nose, his full,
lustrous, dark eyes, which denoted in
any degree the fierce, bloody and re
morseless tyrant he afterward be
came. Being too young to rule, though
liot to reign, all power reposed in
Mahpeiker, mother of the Sultan.
Mahpeiker was a clever woman, sin
cerely desirous, I believe, of the hap
piness cf her son, and of the stability
and prosperity of the State, and to se
cure these objects she scrupled not to
geei the advice of Sir Thomas Roe
-conduct which gave mortal offense to
the Grand Vizier and other high offi-
cers of State, and tended not to the
security of the E.;lishman thus hon
ored. The difficulties with which the
Sultana-mother had to contend were
numerous and great, for the lunatic
Mustapha and a host of parasitical
pashas who surrounded him had de
pleted the treasury and suffered the
defences of the country to fall into de
cay. Sir Thomas Roe having recommend
ed me for various public employments
his recommendations were adopted. I
undertook the tasks, and acquitted my
self with so much satisfaction to the
court that other commissions were
given to me without any suggestion
by my friend, my -success being due
not to any exceptional ability in me,
but simply to honesty a quality rare
ly found in a Turkish official, nor ex
pected in more than a minor degree.
Early in 1G25 the health of Sir
Thomas Roe was such that it deter
mined him to return home, and ar
rangements were made for Sir Thomas
Philips to represent England at the
Porte. In three years I had grown
Accustomed to life in Turkey, which
was not at all distasteful to me. Dur
ing the minority of Amurath IV. my
services were frequently requisitioned
by Mahpeiker and her advisers in
'drafting dispatches to foreign nations,
my services being rewarded with mag
nificent presents. I visited the Serag
lio when I would, and on two occasions
was examined by the assembled Ule
12a as to the respective military
strength of the nations of Europe.
The ten chests of Venetian sequins re
mained unbroached, and My English
money was not decreased by one pen
ny. I had purchased numerous slaves,
yet notwithstanding all my expense I
waxed richer and richer, and my per
sonal influence increased daily. Such
being my condition in 1625, It will be
small wonder that I was disinclined
to return to England with Sir Thomas
Roe, more especially as at that very
time the Grand Vizier, in the name of
Mahpeiker and the Ulema, offered me
the distinguished position of Gfvern
or of the Vilayet of Trebizond vrhich,
ss all men know, is an Important prov
ince and port on the Black Sea coasW
stipulating only that I should embrace
the Mussulman faith. I was but
twenty-five years old, and the prospect
of being king in everything but name
of a large and beautiful province was
too flattering to resist, and I accepted
the position with its accompanying
condition, much to the disgust of Sir
Thomas Roe, whose friendship for me
declined from that hour. A few days
later my noble friend sailed for Eng
land, and the last words I heard him
speak informed me that he had hoped
tor better things of me than had ap
peared. At this distance of time it is
easy to perceive in whom lay the fault
which wrought this estrangement, and
this incident is one of many which
make a retrospect of my life very mel
ancholy to me.
In delivering to me the warrant for
my office the Grand Vizier, a crafty
old Turk, with a long white beard and
a magnificent but deceptive eye, compli
mented me on my honesty and truth
fulness, to which qualities, he said,
I owed my appointment, inasmuch as
the Sultana-mother had been very fa
vorably impressed therewith, though,
for his part, he thought these were
virtues which might be carried too
far. Honesty, he further observed,
w.as in itself a commeggahle thing,
and sometimes worked well (as in. my
own case, where it had gained for me
this valuable appointment), yet it
might not be lost sight of that the tri
bute from Trebizond must at least be
maintained if not increased, and that
the good will of himself and some of.
his brother officers was only to be re
tained by gifts. With regard to truth
he could not speak so favorably that
It was frequently inexpedient to em
ploy it was the daily experience of all
men, . but carefulness on occasions
when its use was dispensed .with was
floubtless needful, "J4e .'With suffi
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WALTER BL'OQft FIELD
cient circumstance to ensure belief,"
said this . consummate deceiver, "yet
with not so much circumstance that
the forgettal thereof shall embarrass
thee on another occasion. In this lies
the whole art of lying." Thus admon
ished, and with an overpowering sense
of my newly acquired dignity, I set
out for Trebizond accompanied by a
numerous retinue.
The city and province over which I
was appointed to rule had been de
plorably ill governed from time im
memorial. The people had been har
ried and plundered by an unbroken
succession of incompetent despots,
and no man's life or property was se
cure. Before I set foot in Trebizond,
I had resolved to use .the unlimited
powers entrusted to me in reforming
any abuses which I might find pre
vailing there. Having taken up my
abode in an ancient castle which faced
the sea and stood just within the city
walls, I addressed the chief men of the
city who had gathered to receive me,
and occasioned them much consterna
tion by announcing my intention of liv
ing as simply and frugally as possible,
of administering impartial justice be
tween man and man irrespective of
rank.officeT or wV-aithTand of my Willi
ingness to hear personally all cases in
which suitors for justice could show
reasonable cause for appeal against
the judgment of the cadis. "The au
thority," I said, "delegated to me by
the Commander of the Faithful, to
inflict death on any inhabitant of this
province who shall incur my displeas
ure, I will never exercise except to
punish the evil doer whose deeds in.
the judgment of men shall merit that
penalty. The annual tribute of Trebi
zond fixed by the Sultan's advisers is
a heavy one heavier, I fear, than you
can pay without hardship. Neverthe
less, it must be paid, punctually and
fully; but I hope by the laws I will
enact and the impartiality of my rule
soon to lighten your burdens, to which
end I will direct all the energy of my
nature, confident of success if only
your present protestations of loyalty
be sincere."
The domestic establishment of my
predecessor (who marvellous in a
Turkish pasha! had died a natural
death) was large, expensive, and most
ly useless; so I deemed it a fitting sub-,
ject for a first experiment with my re
forming hand. I reduced it four
fifths, and reconstructed the remainder
on a system which I had devised my
selfabolished the office of purse
bearer, personally controlled the treas
ury, and kept a sleepless eye on ac
counts rendered to me by my subordi
nates. Verily the ways of reformers
are hard, and the opposition of those
whom it is sought tc benefit is too
great to measure. At first my rule was
as unpopular with the people as that
of any of my predecessors had been,
which is saying much; but I lived it
down, and in a few years converted
hatred into, tolerance, which yet later
was changed to esteem when it was
seen and felt that I scrupulously ad
hered to my original declaration.
Trebizond prospered enormously under
my rule, and in ten years had become
one of the wealthiest and most peace- i
ful vilayets in the empire, whereas;
before it had been, one of the poorest,
and most turbulent. Mabpeiker's'
Grand Vizier, who, true to the trad'j
tions of his race anu office, had fixeu
the tribute of Trebizond at ten times
as much aB had ever before been'
wrung from that province, was as-,
tounded to see from me the sum he
had demanded, and was at a standi
to know how I had accomplished sucv
a wonderful feat. In his dilemma the
Vizier resorted to the Court Astrologer
from whom, after narating the cir
cumstances, he asked for enlighten
ment. After practicing divers fooler
ies with an astrolobe the astrologer
informed the Vizier that the Beardless
Pasha of Trebizond had discovered a
gold mine, and announcement which
so powerfully excited the cupidity of
the Vizier that he undertook a journey
to Trebizond to see whether it was
really so or not. With great difficulty
I proved to this vile wretch that his
credulity had been abused that jay
success was due merely t my acting
directly contrary t3 his advice; and
he returned to Constantinople, disap
pointed and disconcerted. But during
his absence from the capital a faction
had been formed against him, his
peculations had been exposed, and in a
passage leading to the Seraglio he was
met by the Seven Mutes and there un
ceremoniously strangled.
Years came and passed away, and
many were the changes in the govern
ment of Turky. In 1632 Amurath,
at that time a youth of twenty, as
sumed full power and ruled his em
pire with a rigorous despotism which
has never been exceeded in the history
of the world. Fortunately for his
people, Amurath was a man, of great
capacity. Though himself inconceiv
ably cruel, he was politic enough not
to permit overmuch tyranny in others.
His Majesty professed great regard
for me, and did me the honor and
his people the benefit to enact for his
whole empire-some salutary laws
which I had enforced witn advantage
nt Trebizond. My position was assured
by the mandate of the Svrttaa and the
loyalty of the people, my status thai
of a dependent prince, my wealth
greater than that of any other pasha
in the empire.
And thus circumstanced did I live
on. In 1640 the Sultan died of a fever,
accelerated by terror at an eclipse of
the sun, and was sicceeded by hid
brother Ibrahim, -
. - A man
Snail slow in action, dull of apprehension
Rich, in delay and doubt, confusing all
things,
whose milder terhper, though appre
ciated by the people with whom he
was in immediate touch, soon effaced
the good effects of Amurath's iron dis
cipline. Ibrahim reigned but eight
years, and the power and wealth of
Turkey dwindled so marvellously un
der his rule that to save the empire
from disintegration the Mufti agreed
upon an edict to extinguish this feeble
minded voluptary; and he was accord
ingly bowstrung, and his son, the pres
ent Sultan Mahomet IV., then a child
of seven, set in his place.
The regicide of 1648 failed entirely of
its object, and the people of Turkey
were plunged "into even greater misery
by the deadly rivalry for supreme in
fiuence which ensued between the
Sultanas Mahpeiker and Tarkhan,
grandmother and mother of the infant
Sultan Mahomet. The feud was main
tanied with the utmost bitterness, and
each of the principals attracted to
herself a faction of pashas. The Turk
ish treasury, always the prey of Court
officials, was soon emptied by the host
of thieves who saw in this division
an opportunity to enrich themselves;
and poverty and disaffection prevailed
in the land. Demands for money
from my province became larger and
more frequent, until at last they could
no longer be met. In a vigorous re
monstrance to Sultana Mahpeiker and
her advisers, I reviewed my conduct
during the whole term of my pashalic,
Insisting upon the impossibility of in
creasing the tribute from Trebizond,.
and requesting permission to resign
my office.. My report did not reach
Constantinople until a few days after
the death of Mahpeiker, who had been
assassinated by a partisan of Tarkhan.
About the time this intelligence was
brought to me, my son. a charming boy
of fifteen, the delight and hope of my
life, succumbed to malaria, and I de
termined to return to England.
The" corrupt cabal then ruling at
Constantinople would, I was sure, op
pose my departure from Trebizond, for
a like reason and probably by similar
means that Signor Battista's depar
ture from Constantinople was opposed
in 1622. Of this I had no doubt, and I
ordered my conduct accordingly, escap
ing in a Muscovite merchant ship to
Taganrog, when I traveled slowly,
and with no incident worth the telling,
to London, arriving in the latter city
on Christmas eve in the year 1651,
bringing with me a goodly store of
Turkish money and jewels, and the
ten chests of sequins just as they were
nine years before, and as they remain
even to this day.
December 3. I am disposed to think
there are very few men who can look
back upon a long life with unmixed
satisfaction, but I hope the larger
number of men are more happily cir
cumstanced in this respect than the
old man who pens this record. There
remains but little for me to tell, and
I am weary of writing about myself.
At Holdenhurst I found my brother
Mathew alive and happy in the com
panionship of his wife and sons and
daughters, as, thank God, he is to
day. And now twenty years have
passed since I returned to England,
all of which (except a brief and fruit
less visit which I made to Venice in
1660 to discover the heirs of Signor
Pietro Simona) have been passed in
this quiet English village where I was
born. The alchemical investigations
with which I have occupied my leisure
have failed to yield the results I had
hoped for, and my only wish now is
that my life (which by many signs
I know is now surely tending to its
close) may be prolonged sufficiently
to allow me to found a hospital for the
poor of St. Edmund's Bury with the
Venetian sequins which for safety
have lain so many years immured in
tiCjAbbott'g Cell beneath this house.
Is it too much to pray for, that my
Maker shall regard the charitable act
I contemplate as some slight atone
ment for my bitterly repented renun
ciation of the faith of my fathers and
of the riotous excesses of my youth and
middle age? Truly do I now well
perceive that Lust is a flame which
rages fiercely and expires, while Love
endures forever and is clothed with
immortal youth.
ROGER TRUEMAN.
To be continued.
A Still In a French Church Spire.
An interesting discovery has just
been made at Quezac, (Lozere.)
France, by some customs officials. As
the result of anonymous information
they climbed into the spire of the
church, and after a careful search
found a still which, although, dating
from the seventeenth century, was yet
in a perfect state of preservation and
capable of being worked. Naturallr
the requirements of the law with regard
to "apparatus of this description had
not been complied with in this case,
but who was the offender? The vicar
in charge of the building? Th?
sacristan who visited weakly? In
terrogated, "the former declared that
he had only recently come into thf
parish and had never set foot in the
spire. He was therefore totally ignor
ant of the existence of the incriminat
ing vessel. The sacristan, however,
could not allege so valid an excuse,
and his explanation not being consid
ered satisfactory, he will be proceeded
against .
Chairs were in use in Egypt so lonf
agq fts P. C,
Tomato Sauce.
Put one pint of tomatoes into a
saucepan, with a slice of onion. Cook
five minutes, then strain. Put one ta
blespoonful of butter into a pan, add
one tablespoonful . of flour; when
smooth add the tomatoes, stir until
thick, and season with salt and pepper
to taste.
When Making; Soap.
All the tedious skimming and strain
ing of soup can be avoided if one takes
the precaution to put in a small un
peeled onion at the very start and per
mit it to remain until one is ready to
thicken the soup. When lifted out it
will be found that this vegetable has
served as a magnet to draw to Itself
all the floating sediment, leaving the
broth as clear as crystal, yet in no wise
impairing its nourishing quality.
Farmers' Fruit Cake.
One pound sour dried or evaporated
apples, soaked over night in warm
water. Drain off water and simmer
two hours in two cups molasses. One
cup melted butter, half cup thick sour
cream, two teaspoonfuls soda, one cup
brown sugar, four eggs, four and a half
cups sifted flour, browned in the oven,
cassia, ginger, cloves,, nutmeg, lemon
rind grated.each one teaspoonful.' Bake
In moderate oven. What To Eat.
Curried Bice.
Wash in several waters one cup, of
rice; put it into two quarts of boiling
water; add one teaspoonful of salt;
when the rice is nearly tender pour it
into a strainer; put over the fire one
cup of stock; add to it two teaspoon
fuls of curry rubbed in a little cold
water; then add the rice to this and
cook until tender; serve in the centre
of a platter; pour the gravy over it;
squeeze the juice of half a lemon over
all and sprinkle over it a little chopped
parsley. , , , '
Boston Brown Bread,
One even cup Indian meal, two heap
ing cups rye meal, one teaspoonful salt,
one teaspoonful soda, one cup molas
ses; mix very thoroughly together the
meal, salt and soda;add one pint of
hot water to the molasses and stir;
pour the molasses and water into the
middle of the meal and stir till a
smooth batter; put in a buttered tin
boiler, cover tightly and set in covered
Iron kettle to boll three hours, adding
water as may be necessary; when done
set the bread boiler in the water for
ten minutes. .
Tomato Jelly.
Pass the contents of a can of toma
toes through a sieve, rejecting nothing
but seeds and coarse fibres (if any). Put
two cups of this puree over the fire
with two slices of onion, two cloves,
a sprig ofparsley, a piece of bay leaf,
four peppercorns, or a bit of green
pepper, and two teaspoonfuls of tar
ragon vinegar. Let simmer fifteen
minutes, then skim out the vegetables,
etc., and add half a teaspoonful of salt
and half a two-ounce package of gel
atine, softened by standing some time
in three-fourths a cup of cold water.
Stir until the gelatine is dissolved and
pour in moulds.
Hints' fof the.
HOUS E KEEPER,
Cane chair seats become more elastic
if washed in hot water and soap. Dry
them in the sun and air.
A piece of soft paper wet with kero
sene oil will clean an enamelled bath
tub or bowl that has become dingy.
Dwellers who live in apartment
houses should know that turpentine
poured down the kitchen drain pipe
will keep the water bugs away.
Lamp burners which are in constant
use should be boiled occasionally in
soda suds, then scrubbed and polished
with brick dust, when they will do as
good service as new ones.
Save all your broken and crooked
carpet tacks and keep them in a box
in the kitchen for cleaning bottles.
They are better than shot, for the
sharp edges scrape off all the stains.
Kerosene added to boiling starch a
tablespoonful to a quarts-will prevent
the smoothing irons from sticking and
will give a gloss to the articles; the
scent will all evaporate in the- drying.
When silver spoons become discol
ored from eggs scour them with fine
table salt. This will remove the dis
coloration, which is caused by the sul
phur in the egg and not scratch or
wear the silver. ;
For tomato fritters scald and peel ,
ripe tomatoes and chop them fine. Sea-
son with salt and pepper: and stir in
enough flour to make . a:, thin batter.1
With the flour mix about half a tea-1
spoonful of soda. Fry in deep fat and i
serve hot. j
Nickel plating which has spots of j
rust may be cleaned by covering it
for a? few days with mutton tallow.'
Follow this treatment with a brisk
rubbing with powdered rotten stone
and then by a bath in s'rong ammonia,
a rinsing in clear water: and a final
polishing with dry whiting, . . ,.
5om2 of the 3&X
joure5of the Dy
The Solution.
IIoW old is Cupid? Hard to tell,
So youthful still he sings; --
Perhaps you judge him like a tree
And count him by his rings.
-Puck.
Closely racked.
"Was the jury packed t"
"I guess it was. They wot til fat
men, and one of 'em must have
weighed fully 500." CleYelanu Plain
Dealer.
1
Tier Reason. ------
T never thought she -i.vcd him.5
"She didn't."
"Then why did she marry him?"
"She had a grudge against him."
Chicago Post. .
Cure For Stammering."
Mother "My little boy seems to
have recently acquired the stammering
habit."
Doctor "Have him quit reading war
news." Cleveland Leader.
An Exception.
Kwoter "It is always true that if
you want a thing well done you musi
do it yourself."
Knox "How about an operation up
on yourself for appendicitis?"
No Trifling Detail.
Miss Trueso "Am I to understand,
papa, that everything is settled in re
gard to my wedding?"
Mr. Trueso "Yes, my dear, every
thing -but the bills!" Chicago Jour
nal. ' -
She Lost a Boarder.
Prospective Boarder "Do you object
to children?"
Landlady- "No, indeed. I lave ten
of my own."
Prospective Boarder--" Well, ei er, if
I decide to take a room I'll let you
kuow.''
His I-ong Suit.
First Lawyer "How are you getting
on with that will case of yours?"
Second Lawyer "Famous-. I hav
just got another postponement."
F. L. "Any chance of settlement?"
S. L. "I am not worrying. I. if: mj
long suit, you know!"
That Settles It.
Flora "He told me her life's his
tory." Dora "There isn't a word of truth
in it."
Flora "How do you knov?"
Dora "Because she told it to him
herself." Yonkers Herald.
Flint and Steel.
Mrs. Highmore (with cold dignity)
"To what am I indebted for the honor
of this visit?"
Unexpected Caller "To your care
less servant, perhaps, madam. I dare
say she forgot that you were not at
home." Chicago Tribune
No Fear.
Boroughs "I'm afraid I've got heart
trouble."
Lenders "Oh, you needn't be afraid
that you'll ever die suddenly."
Boroughs "Think not?"
Lenders "No, you'll pay the debt of
nature slowly, just as j ou pay all your
other debts." Philadelphia Public
Ledger. .
An Excellent Idea.
"Girls who want to go in for litera
ture," he said, "should take up the re
alistic school of fiction."
"You think so?"
"Oh, yes, indeed. And then they
should write domestic stcries that deal
with the home."
"But why ?"
"Because it would do them a lot of
good to get the necessary experience."
Chicago Post.
A Wonderful Gain.
Miss Vassar "Of all the six-montbs-old
babies I think Mrs. Dumpling's is
the cutest little "
Miss Spoarty "Oh, do you know
her?"
Miss Vassar "Yes, indeed! She was
in college with me.. She was in tfie '95
cl&ss thci
Miss Spoarty "The idea! She's
easily in the 170-pound class now."
Philadelphia Press.
Prepared For That Emergency.
"If you can listen to me for a few
moments," began the soft-voiced per
son in the suit of faded black, "I would
like to show you our new publishing
scheme. We give with every copy of
our magazine "
"But I can't listen to you," impatient
ly interrupted the man at the desk.
"In that case," said the caller, rais
ing his voice and opening his valise
with a jerk, "you wiil be interested, I
am sure, in learning that I am intro
ducing h this locality the latest and
best ear trumpet ever placed on the
market.' Here it is. Only a dollar zl
a hajf." Cbicajio Tribune,
1 n
W F SCIENCE ! JP
The Ambidextral Culture Society, of
England seeks to increase the ability
to use the left hand, but without aim
ing to add to production in the arts by
the simultaneous use of both hands.
Radium promises to fill a need of
the Paris municipal laboratory. Meas
urement of the electricity of the air
has depended upon water, which gives
trouble by freezing in winter, but ra
dium offers a means of measurement
unaffected by cold. ' ','
Water is often thought to be almost
absolutely incompressible, but Profes
sor Tait nas now calculated that the
ocean would rise. 116 feet higher than
at present if it were not compressed
by its own weight. We ave indebted
to this compression, therefore, for two
million square miles of our dry laud.
Rivers seem to have played a con
siderable part in limiting the distribu
tion of animals. A notable instance of
many noted by W. L Distant, a Brit
ish zoologist, is that of the viscacha,
a rabbit-like rodent of South America,
which is abundant, south of the Uru
guay, but is unknown to the north,,
where the country seems quite as well
adapted to its habits.
According to the United States con
sul at Callao, Peru, that country has
many rich, large mineral deposits of
gold, silver, copper, mercury, lead, sul
phur, coal, salt and petroleum, not to
name those of less importance. He fur
ther states that the only things neces
sary to develop these vast deposits are
capital and labor, which would make
the republic as renowned for its min
eral wealth as California, Australia
and South Africa.
Left-eyedness is looked upon by Dr
George M. Gould, of Philadelphia, t s
of greater significance than left- hand
edness. He is seeking facts concern
ing the two and their association, but
suggest that bcth may e due to the
abnormal location of tae speech centre
in the right side of the brain,. He be
lieves ambidexterity should be dis
couraged, while he has seen only bad
results in the attempt to correct a de
cided use of the left hand.
Leprosy has been investigated by
Jonathan Hutchinson, the great Eng
lish pathologist, in all parts of the
globe where it prevails. He finds nolh
fng to justify the idea of contagion,
as attendants in leper hospitals do
not contract the disease, nothing like
an epidemic is ever known, and even
transmission from husband to wife
is rare. He attributes the disease to
decayed or badly cured fish not to any
excessive use of fish in good condi
tion.
What is known as the "universal
transferable steering propulsor," a
French invention, is a light explosive
motor that lan be attached In place
of a rudder to any existing boat, with
out boring a hole in the stern-post,
and can be removed when desired.
It enables anybody to convert a row?
boat into a gasoline launch for the
temporary needs of his day's outiu
No rudder is necessary, and as the
propellor can be turned . completely
around a reverse action is given. A
launch to which a twelve horse-power
propulsor has been attacned towed a
three hundred-ton canal barge loaded
with 150 tons of sand.
"What Fikes Like Most as Food.
There is a professional fisherman of
my acquaintance in Tipperary who
kills many pike during the winter
months, for which e finds ready sale
in the town. He told me of one cus
tomer who was in the habit of so beat
Jnff him down in price that he felt
justified In resorting to somewhat
questionable means td increase the
weight of his fish. In the manner of
the winning of the stakes in the cele
brated "Jumping Frog" sporting event.
he would introduce some weighty sub
stance into their interior, stones, bits
of iron railing, &c.
Once he went so far as to stuff two
old handless flatirons he had picked
from a refuse heap down the gullet or
one before taking it to his customer,
who, aftr weighing it carefully,
and after much haggling, paid him a
fraction less per pound for it than he
might have perhaps obtained else
where. Meeting mm next day, he was
instan.try aware that there was trouble
in the wind by the opening remark,
"What do pike feed on, Paddy?" "Och
and indade, your Honor, but there's
mighty little that comes amiss to thim
lads." he answered; "frogs and fish,
sticks and sthones they like well, but
they would give their two eyes for
flatirons." Country Gentleman.
Found a Bat That Wore Diamonds.
A rat, wearing around its neck a
gold ring set With a solitaire diamond.
was killed recently. The family cat
was the fortunate ratter and so proud
was she of her prey that she carried
it into the house, where it was about .to
be brushed out when the sparkle of
the diamond was noticed.
A examination showed that it was
the ring of Miss Maggie Adams, lost
two years ago. , It fitted so tightly
about the neck that the rat must have
nearly strangled. It is supposed that
the rat, when young, had slipped its
head through the ring and had never
been able to get, it off. Philadelphia
Press. .
Harbin 5 about 600 miles north of
Port Arthur, 350 miles west of Vladi
vostok and five days by boat on the
Sungari River from Amur,
The Birmingham school' tinthoritlesi
not only teach the children1 now o
cook, but how to shop ecoaotfdcallyV
? ?i-v ' Z: (yill ':w ''.
In nearly forty instances languages
have been first reduced to1 writing by?.
the British and Foreign Bible Society, j
In Persia, India and China the lower
classes, still live, as V rule, together
with their animals I u: the ; same: idarfc
and unventUated huts, ,
By the flash of an' electflc spark' !ntf
hundred and twenty-five onillionths. Ot
a second in .duration, a rifle bullelj jcau
be photographed in, its. flight. -
rpi, Vo Innlila J a 1 tno nn . In il llA
world is preserved in the British lu-
seum. It is written in red inK on papy
rus and it is believed to be' about
3000 years old. ' ''z ivmHo?
The life of-a dimes pnly 'foOr 'of
five years, because it ' changes 'hands
ten times While' a halfa dolUt'-is
moved once from one person's- pocket
into the till of another, j
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The smallet-t coin iu vhe world having
a genuine circulatioa . is probably . the
Maltese "grain," a tiny fragment6f
bronze about as Yw around as thetop
of a slate pencil and having a'value
of only one-twelfth of a' penny.'
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The deepest hole in the earth is near
Ketschau, Germany. It is 5733 5 feet
in depth, and is for geological research
only The drilling was begun; in 3880,
and stopped six , years later because
the engineers were unable with-thir
instruments to go deeper, i ivll
John Burns, member of rarlisimfrt
for Battersea, recently took a 200m"ile
walk with an' infantry battalion iln
order to see the work done ; by Ytbe
army. He made an averageof, twenty
five miles a day and declared at the
end of the trip that ; he" enjoyed" it
greatly. ' i-' 1 'i'.j :4i
... j;t. . ; wj - v ;;!:t Jki.
The largest dwelling .houe In the
.world is the Freihaus, in a suburb of
Vienna, containing in ' air between
1200 and 1500 rooms, divided into. up
ward of four hundred separate apart
ments. The immense hous, wherein
a whole city ' lives, works; eats ..and
sleeps, has thirteen courts five open
and eight covered and a garden with- .
in its walls. ' . ,'. ' '; ' j.
A Queer Snaker ,j.r
Some,timbermenwho were working
out railroad ties nearTchultz Creek,
a short distance . from Fullertou, Ky.,
recently caught the first large 'snake
of the season. After they had' landed
him they became . greatly I perplexed
from the fact that he was of a variety
they had never before seen or heard of.
They brought him to town, where' his
shakeship was carefully inspected at
a respectable distance. , . .j
He bore all the marks of a common
blacksnake, but" protruding "from' his
neck at one side near the head wAs a
long horn, J apparently .as i sharp as a
needle. Nothing . like, this ,had fver
been seen or heard of before."
The snake was finally " despatched,
when careful investigation t revealed
the fact that he had swallowed a small
game cock and one of the steel gaffs
bad protruded through the1 ' reptile's
neck. Cincinnati Inquirer ---4
. The Tal'.t. of the Day, .
A school for. do fs is the latest devel
opment of the educational movement.
It has been established in ?Parls,-with
the object of teaching, not letters, but
politeness. The 1 school-ooni is1 fur
nished with chairs tabics and rugs,
to give the necessary "local .color" to
the surroundings. ;The dog pupils are.
trained to welcome visitors ' by' Jump
ing up, wagging the tail and 'giving a
low bark. When the . visitor . .leaves,
the dog accompanies Mm t: the?door
and bows his fareweil by bending his
head to the floor. ' He is trained like
wise to pick up a nandkerchlef,;' glove
or fan that has oeen dropped and re
turn it to the owner. " He is taught
further to' walk with '"proucf and
prancing steps" when" out i with his
mistress. ( . ;, u.-.a
Dance to Take Strain Oat of Muscles.
Dr. Bishoff,' of Vladivia1,'- Chile, de
scribes the hard, work -of the. mining
peons, who . carry 150 pounds of ore in
bags strapped to their shoulders while
they climb ' up ' hundreds - of feet oil
ladders, often consisting. i. only of
notched .trees. They, toil without a
recess from 6 r. m. to p. m., and
might seem to . be , in need -of all the
rest they can get, but. before supper
they prefer to' take the strain' but of
their muscles after a fashion of their
own viz., dancing .vehemently to the
sound of a fiddia for, an hour or two,
or even' longer if their lady 'friends
happen to musler ; ' forceAIIealth
Cure. ,?! .fir .
. ; An Odd Cnslout. r
It -is an old fact In modem .history
that the tombs of the Kings of Sar
dinia, and the cradle of their destiny,
Savoy, are now 1j the hands of France.
Only ' Kings VI ftor Emanuel II and
Humbert i. an- buried Ig Italy. The
rest, from the iiiirteenth century, and
numbering "tw(uty-eight,M, lie In the
Abbey Church' nf liaute-Combe, near
Chambery, ,whi .'h ihc peace of Villa
franca, in 1SG0, transferred to France,
with the rest of the provinces, in re
turn for 'French 1 aid against Austria.
By a strange oversight, the. tombs of
th kings "were -not "extra-territorial-
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