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Origin o! the Jaw's Harp.
LoaSoa Cbraatrto.
The origin of the Jew's harp,
which Birainghsm fears it will
soon cease to produce, is lost in
more or lass antiquity. Jew's
harps have been net with in Tib
et, and Hakluyt shows that Ral
eigh and his contemporaries used
to trade them off upon various
natives, who would give bens in
exchange. In Prance and Scot
land the instrument's name is
"trump," and in England it used
to be "Jew's trump,” this coun
try being alone in associating
the thing with Jews—why, no
body knows. Even "Dr. Mur
ray's Dictionary can only smile
approval on the conjecture that
it was originally made, sold, or
sent to England by Jews, or
that "Jew’s harp" seemed a tak
ing name for business purposes,
suggesting the harps of Scripture.
The suggestion that "Jew's"
represents "Saws" or French "Jen"
(toy) is ridiculed, and the guess
that "Jew’a harp" mav be a cor
ruption of "gewgaw” u not even.:
mentioned
According to that standard
authority, Grove's "Dictionary
of Marie.” the Jew’s harp was
originally and obviously more
correctly called the Jew’a harp.
Nobody now plays the JewV
harp at concerts or variety enter
tainments. but it i« on record
that a soldier, after charming
Frederick the Great and receiv
ing a handsome present, accu
mulated • fortune by playing the
Jew’s harp at concert*. In the
earlv part of Inst ceatnry a per
former created a sensation in
London by playing sixteen lew's
harps and producing extraordi
nary affects.
ClmM'i Flak Starr.
In Twk TtaM*.
Grover Cleveland, wbo lest
week completed aootber year In
Mi march toward the three score
aad tea—sow only twenty-four
months away—has riven a n
opinion oa ash stones which
may well be accepted ss expert
wfltdaa. "I’ve told a few, and
beard • pood many, bat this
kibe he* of all the k>t-besaya.
-la one of the Maryland towns
•beta} W »* on some of my
eacarsfona lives a pleasant Httle
«aa wbo makes tbe wberawlthal
to aseet bis expenses by atllia*
bak aad tackle, sad so to adver
tise tbe fact be haa set ap out.
side of bis combination pole, *
**» wakened at 12 or 1 by a
knock on the door from the
atreet. Leaning out of the win
dow he could make oat a neigh
bor, hot all he could get from
the man waa an argent reqaeat
to come down at once and (above
all)very quietly.
* 'Now what’a the matter?*
demanded be, when be bad
opened the door.
•Hie noctural caller looked
Upay and amelled tipaier, but
i,**?*.?1* WM tipaieat of
all. Sabi he wbiapered' ‘Sab!’
Don’t make any noiae. Pull in
voor line. Got a bitel’ "
owiim in omUIM.
J.rttor w Loairrilltf Ccmrirr
All gambling U vulgar. Call
it what yon will, assign for it
whatever yon plesae, it ia an
irrational, an ignoble struggle
for moqey.
Money got for nothing on the
turning of a card or the re void
*"• °* * wheel bringetb good to
not even to him who
Aad- lo bl* th«K
loreth? Sometimes perdition,
o1t*a''™T that aiuklng
aenaation, that; tired feeling—
even where the rained loss is
immaterial-which follows fu
tile effort and says as plain as
h tbe *«. "The
world’a against you."
Tbero ft s postal-card picture
which showa us the facade on
the Casino at Monte Carlo, with
a drove of sheep, fat and wool
»»• tb« same drove,
node end skinny, coming oat
sod 0° friendly roice ,? «£[
Jfsasrjsr ’rfnd
uamntwr. naa everythin*
elee, U relative. The afaSti
n the overplay, with its col
aterial vices, chief inM. them
improvidence. The ranine
eovereim who has only b&
money to low and plenty of
that, ie not to classed with the
baoker or the banker's cool
dentiel clerk oe aecretary who
bea everythin* at stake, charac
ter Included, thou*!, each
plays lor tbe wait rod—that ie.
the diveriioo and excitement.
Asked what was the ercatest
plea tore in life, Pox^said.
"Wmnin* at cards.” There
waa a rambler tor the love of it,
and yet Pm pl.yed never for
hieh stakes after he was forty,
ilia played at aM.
Subscribe to Tum Gastomja
OaaxTTS. •
TK STOITOr OTANA.
Jhm’i Mighty Soidiar. Kg SI
ImI. W1m ud Brava—la to
tha Brala ad tha Amy
Created It aa Madam Haas
Taught it Saw to right aad
Navar to Saltar Balaat—Bta
lallglan a Sacrat.
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New York, March 18—"Mar«
■hall larawa Oyama has been a
soldier all hia life,” said Baron
Kancko, the eminent Japanese
statesman. who is aow to the
city. “I know him well, having
been his colleague (or sevenu
yeara la the Cabinet. He cornea
of fighting atock, being of the
Satauina clan and the descend
ant of centuries of Samorai.
Tradition gave him the instincts
of the soldier aad hia education
developed them. The Japaoeae
arm v tn.Hiv !■ lamotu I.!.
creation."
Baron Kaneko made thia
statement in bis apartment in
the Hotel Leonori, the adorn
ment of which bore witness to
his exquisite Japanese taste.
Between the windows stood a
large basket of ferns, in a
corner was a bronze jar bolding
sprays of pink and white almond
blossoms arranged with that
careless grace ot which only an
Oriental is capable, while on the
mantelpiece were photographs
of Japanese men and women,
evidently some of the loved
ones the Baroa had left at home
when he came here on his mis
sion for the Emperor. The
nature of this mission has
never been anthoriistively
announced, but it is gen
erally believed that it has to do
l****ly with raising the sinews
of war, for the Baron baa been
secretary of the treasury.
Baron Kaneko U a smalt man,
with the slender, graceful hands
that betray aristocratic blood,
whether the skin beneath which
it pulses be white or yellow.
That Marshal Oyama is to him a
hero as well as a friend ia quite
evident, (or he loves to talk of
Marshal Oyama’a exploits in
this war have made the whole
world ring with bis name, and
the apparent imminence of a
capture by him of the greater
oart of the Russian army, if not
of the commander himself, have
so amazed the military experts
that they are comparing him
with Hannibal, Washington, Na
poleon and Caesar. Now. what
sort of s man is this military
genius before whose onslaughts
the giant fabric of Russian glory
bnih up by centuries of Gears
has crumbled like a boy’s laud
castle before the rush of the
Ude? Let Baron Kaueko in the
wisdom of his long association,
official and persona!, answer.
OYAMA BIG AND &ILKNT.
"Unlike moat Japanese, the
Marquis Oyama is a big man:
He is tall, broad-shonldrred,
deep-cheated and inclined to
stoutness. He la, iu his official
relations, a man of few words,
but in society most genial and
charming, fond of wit, with n
delicious sarcasm and a great
fond of humor. In hia home or
at an entertainment be ia always
the centre of a group of bright
men, officers of the army, for
eign diplomats and men of learn
ing. These are the men whom
he attracts and holds by his de
lightful personality.
"c n m m«n ov iremenaoM
foresight—el was looking ahead
and seeing what will be neces
sary to do almost as if he had
prophetic vision. Ha is, 1 think.
61 veara old. So he was about
24 in 1868, when he took part in
tba war of tba restoration of the
Kmpevor. After that war ha
roaa steadily in military rank and
travelled e greet deal In foreign
countries. In the year bat ween
I860 and 1888 he was in tbc Cab
inet much of the time. While
he sms minister of war with
Coont KaUnra, the present
premier, as vice minister, they
between them organised tba Jap
anese army on a modern basis—
organized It es it is to-day.
When the first Parliament met
in 1880 it arms necessary to lay
before it tbe complete army
scheme, Hi ell its details, in or
der that the representatives of
tbe people might know whet it
wee to coat. This stupendous
task he end Count Katoara fin
ished before tbe time, which il
lustrates whet a capacity for or
ganization he bed.
"There ere many greet sol
diers who ate splendid organ
wars, but not much nse as actual
fighters. Marshal Oyama la not
of these. He is a fine, practical
fighter, as his campaigns against
China and Russia show, a mag
nificent and daring strategist
and a man of grant personal
bravery. He has tbe valuable
o’ jar
men oi mgs CMIlnir itw tMi
tty, el Umpiring them sod getting
theta to work t.* ether without
friction. Hi* iwrsoast suit ia
the present wet is tbe best Ulna
trsrioo of this. Nogi, Kurokl.
Nodsa sad the others wen all
hia personal selection. aod so
iner staff could have been gath
ered. This quality of choosing
his subordinates in order that the
right man may be always in the
right place extends down through
the whole army. Oyama knows
bis officers sad knows how to
place them where they can do
the moat effective work. Thus,
mufer him. tbe army ia like a
P«fect pyramid, with Marshal
Oyama at the top, the generals
under him, the officers and non
commissioned officers ia lheir
several grades, and lastly, the
base of the common soldier.
S*CX*T OV THXIS DISCIPLIKIC.
"He, like every other mania
the army, has before his eyes
the. seven precepts which his
jhe Emperor laid down
in hi* edict oI Janaary 4,1882.
You know, tbe Japanese army
baathe Emperor as its general
io-chfef, and the royal family,
including the Empress, only be
low bim. So bis edicts are the
army’s law. _ In the edict I have
mentioned the Emperor directed
tbat oo the walla of tbe barracks
and oo tbe sides of the tents, at
tbe foot of every soldier’s cot, a
printed copy of the moral prfn
should be knag, ia order
that the last thing the soldier
see* on retiring lor the night
and the very first thing that
meets him on awakening may
be these precepts. Every non
iag after roll roll the captain of
each company, or, h may be,
only a corpora', reads these pre
cepts akmd to bis men. He then
makes tbe men recite them in a
body, and afterward calls upon
the soldiers individually to recite
them.
“In the barracks the officers
not only drill their men in the
knowledge of these precepts,
but they explain them in detail,
illustrating their explanation*
with examples drawn from his
tory. Deeds of Washington,
Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon,
Grant and the other men whose
valor has made them famous are
told to the men in order that
fbey may know the precepts in
their practical application ai
well as in theory.
ra*C8m OX THE MIKAllO.
‘ President Eliot, of Harvard
University, asked me recently
to explain to him the real rea
son for the personal valor of our
soldiers. I told him it was due
to the practice of these seven
precepts. Here they are, as 1
have translated them from the
edict for President Eliot:
1. To be sincere and loyal
and guard against untruthful
ness.
" *2. To respect superiors,
keep tree to comrades and guard
against lawlessness and insol
ence.
" ‘3- To obey the command
of superiors, irrespective of its
asture, and never to resist or
d umrH
" 4. To prise bravery aad
courage and be diligent in the
performance of duties aad guard
against cowardice and timidity.
5. To boast not of brutal
courage, and neither quarrel
whb nor insult other*, which
will incite general hatred.
" *6. To cultivate virtue and
practice frugality, and guard
against extravagance mid effem
inacy.
" 7. To prise reputation and
honor, and guard agalast vul
garity aad greed.
"It la," said the Baron, "the
practice of these that makes our
soldiers what they are, from the
common infantryman up to the
great Plaid Marshal Oyama.
The Satauma clan, of which
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the past two months, rctaraad
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health.
Pram sach information as The
Enquirer has bees able to gather
fr&Wr&sas
of KI a g ’■ Moontala battle
jrauad; bat whether on the
York or Cherokee Uda of the
Hoe oar information is not dear.
The distillery will begin opera
tion* about April 1. it is under
stood.
Last Saturday was the aver
age date for tbs last killing frost
spring in this locality.
Killing frosts have occurred at
later dates,, on April 10 ia 1892
and again ia 1806; but on
the other hand, March 15 is not
annual. Bdievczs hi the moon
dread the first fall moon hi
April; bat ns that dons not on
cer until the 16th this year, H
may be asmxased that there is
very little danger.
The approaching seriagterm
of the court will probably last
three weeks. At least three
juries will be draws. Two peti
tion* were vest to the presiding
jndge oa the subject oac for ooe
extra -venire, and the other for
two extra venires. The order
was signed for ouhr Me extra
venire. There ia a considerable
amount of jary business to he
disposed of.
Major James V. Hart, wbo has
been quite unwell for some
weeks past as tbe result of an
attack of crip, and succeeding
complications, went over to
Charlotte last Friday to secure
tbe benefit of treatment by
specialists in tbe Presbyterian
hospital. He is troubled with n
stomscb disorder, that has not
been yielding readily to the
usasl remedies; but the latest
inform atioa gives hopes of some
improvement.
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other*. An examination fa*
carrier waa held a few days ago
hot the name of the aoccemfu 1
applicant baa not yet been pub
lished.
The Greenwood chief of police
has In custody a negro whom
murder of Me wife at Rock Mill
mow few mra ago. SbarfS
Brown baa beta advised of the
tact by a letter from the Green
woad^ officer. The letter cm
photolreph to ComtabSTwh^
then °ssnt to Shgrlitra^ Mc
Blhaoey at Port Mill; bet the
BSESSA**
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• treat deal of aatiafeetory fn
(ormation about UfeS*£
and dots not knew whether or