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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1903)
J IIBIHHBHHBri "PBnv 7 ' inT'Vt '"v- rT-" v v 5r' ' ww"!"''1 ' -,l"'ltIV',.',,' HnTi "p --' 5' ' iyWW'i'-' Mf SMSteWWr' PjHMiIMlBllBB . i,( t Xll 'iijfr. : " it "a j". AdjUbM iin Weekly Crop Bulletin H'ortlaud,' Of,, Tuiwlay, April 14, 1003, , Tlio pnul wctik linn boon Hiiieaiounbly cool, willi Ircquunt ruins mid sumo llurrloj ol enow. Hlinrp fruita ocuuriod on ouvoral morning, pud in no mo local itloi tltln Ico formed. Conildurnblo plowing nml cucdiriK wnifc douo In (lie Columbia Hlvor valley rnd tlio coml counlloa but llttlo ouUltlit work wa nocomplislioil owlnjf to tlio wot woatlior. Work on Hummer fallow contlntioi, m d in Boutliorn Oregiu tlio urdunit In IjcIiik prepared for corn. Full nml tprlni no rn grain linvo mndo lltlln uilvcnco moat. Tlio raliiM started grain mid jih turnKO. mid tlio condition of Block la somewhat linirovud. Work In tint hop ynnli continue! lliu vlnui nro growing nicely and linvo n bunltby up poarnuco. K.tly planted gardens nro making low growth. Thu'cold weather check ud tho development of fruit budrf, ontl whli tlio ponlblo exception ol curly penebv. tbo front hare dono llttlo or no dfinmKo. Ilioro htii boon a perceptible1 lncrcnco In Ihoitiipply of milk in (lie ilnlryj dlf- trlcte mid It li exp&otcd tlmt nil o! tliu crcmnorloo will bo In operation by the cloioof next week. Kuappa, Olatiop county, W. II. Hnd cllffo. Week wet and cold, with front nnd liall ; henry froit and about one inch of mow on morning of tlio tenth. Llttlo farm work douof grau.nnd oats tatting rlowly. Gardvni buck ward; some early fruit, treoi bnddlug. t j , Xohulam, Tillamook county,''':, K Bcovtd. Cold rnlni, Fruit hudi etvul Hngj cran bnckwnrd; stock generally In fair condition. Not much gardening doueyot. Harlan, Lincoln county, A. 1.. Hathaway. Weather cold and rainy. 1'eachei nnd chortle In bloom; rye growing romo; ioat rliearinu ncsrl) dono. Point Terrace, Ijjiio county, H, J. Alllrou. Weather changeable; garden inn bnckwnrd ; enrly gardens doing well ; grAi growing flucly; pinch. and poar trori in bloom. Cnttlo In good tttidl tton, except tboio that have bueu le horned lately. ' Gardiner, DongUs county, 0. I. llitudali). Tlio woatlior bai turned warmer, nnd tho light mini) linvo fjlvun p,ratn a good atnrt. Calllo will begin to pick up very fast now. buddiug. Fruit tiecB A Swift ..,. t .. Repentance ,v ViK Singular tlmt I nhouhl bo nil officer; that I nhouhl bn marching In tlio pfneo ef rt second lieutenant in tho-rvar-ot tlio con'ipnny; Unit I ahould bo In Hnntlago do Cuhn. 1 linvo no remembrance of hnvlng been graduated. Yesterday wo r.-cru mnrchlng to nnd from tho mens lull. Yesterday I got befogged lu thnt (inl)lum of analytical geometry. Iw cltloH, how did I got hero? I don't re iiieuihcr coining no railway ride, no troopship, no debarkation. "1 nay, you, there, Uoh Truuinn, how did Wii of tlio second dims gut Into thin whr?" "Graduated n year ahead." "Hut what djjl wo coino on?" "Lightning express to Tallinn, thou over tho water In a balloon." "Singular." Thcru wnti a rattling ahead with drawing my ntteiitlou from what hud hupponed to whnt was happening. Quo captain faced about and gnvd an onlur to march from coliiiuu Into line. Wb Ktrtlgglod through tangled bushes, a .Maimer bullet 'twitting hero and tliero lllto raindrops pelting tlio leaven. Hut twllfght wmi coming, mid then it ,waa (lark. Tho firing ahead ceased. It Doomed 1 wan worn out; tlmt I had been with tho army from tho llrst and 'had been over every Inch of tho foad from tho conBt to our present position heforo Santiago. ; , "Will thoy yield tomorrow, do you think?" iiHked n palo faced boy, 8ta goring up to hie, "and lot us got out of 'thlH dreadful country?" "Don't know. I'm BUffocaUng Avlth thu heat," Thon It wiih dnWii. Tho full moon wub in tho Hl;y far to tho west, largo uud round and pale. Wheu Lllrst looked jit it, 1 thought It a groat' wlilto bird. I wondered- if it Avoro not a bird. No, 'that'll Uio moon, Biuo enough. No It l.in'ty It's n )Ig hombshell, It Is palling ylght fdr mo. As It cornea ,U Is turnlnjj black. JThut BUovu.it'B.it BhoIL(jurc)y. it cotnoii on nnd on, passing directly over our hundjt and goca down nlowly to tho roar without burntlug. Thera U that OnUliig gun again, Th-r.r.r-r-r-r.r from loft to right, then tlLr-r-pr-r-r-r from right to left. Now HtHlucfln, now a illataut grown, an oath, an order, anything, ovorylhlng-ovury thing thnt In horrlhln, Hear tlmt frightful Khrlclci Homo wo man leaving thu xtiirvliig city. Hliu inunt bo Hpanlsli, and nomo brutal Cuban Xlint'n fainter, mora plaintive 0 hoavoi, it'n n baby'n cry. What an awful thing In war that oven it habo iniiHt go down under III A moan tho mother's iloubtleiui-theii iilllliieH-a Htllluesn moro awful tlinii tho coundft, Wo nro marching through tliexu In foriinl tangles again, but nuddunly emurgo on an omlnenco. Thoro hi Hun tlago below and tliero are thu Hnnntnh ling nnd tho outlying worlm. Tliero In death In thorn; redoubts on tliono long Hues of low earth. Thoro nro driving storms of bullets and bursting roclaots of shells, nnd tho muzzles of thu (Jat ling gunii pptir u destroying Hood from tlio iiorzIo of n hose. Wo'vo got to go down tliero nnd take them. Yus, talto tlioiu If wo are torn into silvern. Why don't they shoot? I'd rather har nil occasional shot, neo n puff of smoke limn sou that silence. Yes, tiee It. I can almost hoar It. All is lively enough now. Tliero nro volleys near, volleys far; caution boom ing, men shouting, horses neighing, Catling guiin th-r-r-r-Mng, till mingled in one gigantic roar. "Wlro'fenco nippers herol" "Hrlng up those gunsl" Turn nbout. there, my man, or 111 run you throughl Tho enemy Is lu the other direction!" "Wnterl Wnterl" "Oh, lodi I'm hit!" I put my canteen to tho lips of tho man who called for water nnd cast a ghiuco at thu in nn who was hit. when thu captain ordered mo to stop those who wore trying to go back. ' 'Next I was lying on my back, clutch ing a wound, lu my left side. 'Iho blood was pouring out like water. A Cuban girl was bending over me hold ing my canteen to my lips. Whnt n peaceful face! Whnt a contrast with Iho frightful thing called warl Oh. that thosu ejos could look Into mine forever! Oh, that that tress of hair that has come down and Is blown by a breath of nlr ayoss my cheek might thus lightly touch It during u lifetime: Again I am pushing on toward thonc earthworks. They are pouring forth lire enough now. Singular that lu uueh n storm of uiUslIcu I am not hit "IK)U out I" "What Is If" "A mine! A' mine! Itua for your lives!" "Itoom!" There Is a terrible oxploolon. I niu In my bed in barracks at West I'oltit. 'The moriilug gun hint Just been fired. I am tying on my left side, nnd my heart is throbbing llko a drum. Hob Truman, my roommate, Is rubbing his vytsH with his lists trying to wake him self up. - "I say, Hob, what a queor dream I've had." "I I'm!" "Urenmed wo wero graduated a year nhend and In tho .Santiago campaign." "Thnt campaign's an old story now. I nhouhl want something fresher." "Tho- Spaniards exploded n mine and blow us all up. It was tho moriilug gun. It awakened me." "'Jliat's a trick of d renins. Some in cident occupying a second will produce n dream running through it month. It proves conclusively that there's tic Ulieli thing as time." 'Well, r tliat'B war I don't wnnt ally of It. 1'vo u mind to resign as soou as I graduate. I expect tQe real thing Is no fun." fllE RELIEF AND ' AID COMMITTEEMAN (OrhrlnnM I wan cashier of Scott's stato banlc, uud Mr. Scott nnd thu public had every conildenco lu me. Nevertheless I de termined to avail myself of my oppor tunities to rllle tho safu and skip out. llotweeu tho lth and 11th of .Septem ber I arranged tho details for my lllght mid concluded to work tlioni out on thu' night of tho Kith. On that evening at half pnst r tho night watchman no tified mo Hint Ills wlfo had died. J ex cused him trout watching thnt night At 7 o'clock l wont to tho bank, pulled down tho shades, lighted tho gas nnd In tho cottrso of twenty min utes had packed every dollar In tho vnults Into u sate! ol provided for tho purpose This Hutehol 1 placed on a ohali outsldo tho railing and had sat down for a mnoko when thcro was n rap at tho door. 1 know It was ono of our force, but hardly expected to 8oo tho president hlimv'r. "1 expected it wiu you," ho Bald at ho entered; "alwnyu tho last to go. You aro working too hard and must take n rest. At a meeting of tho board today It wiib deckled to give you a nvonlh'B leave and a gift of $500 cash." I don't rcineinbcr what 1 snld in ro nlv. but I do romombor that something llko horror umzcu upon iu v- '" or my own baseness. Itlgtit hero with in reitch oMils.lin.mI was tho mouov l iiitoiidcM tofluo' with, nnd yet ho was, luvish in Ula Drutao .of .my integrity.' no romnlned only n lflof time, nnrt soon aftor his duparttiro I wont ottlstdo to walk about and plan a iittlo. I hadn't given up tho idea of robbery mid lllght, but it still, small volco was whispering to mo when a, hand wax laid on mv arm. mid I turned to con front tho lending merchant Of tho tttwi.1 "Look here," no mud as wo wiuked along arm lu 111111, "l'vo always dono btiHlncKM with Gloasou becauno X found' everything nil right, but I'm going to begin with' yoti tomorrow. Glonnon Is as good us gold himself, but I don't fancy bin new cashier, llo'tf n high roller, I hear, nnd some day ho may, turn up missing with till tho bccdlo ho can carry. No fear of that in your case." And I had ? 107,000 all packed up nnd was only walling for train time to hoj, como a robber. "Hvcrybody Is speaking lu yollr pnilM?," ho continued, "and you do sorvo all that hi said. Just keep 11 level head nml you'll find thu road to honor nml wealth." When Ik left hip. I had to lenn, against n dead wall for' support. The sound of his footsteps was mill lu my earn when I suddenly felt that I was an veil. There had been a tcrrlbli tnig; glo of conscience, but rhrht had trU 'iimphed nt hist. I was pulling myself together to return to (he bank when a woman accorded mo by name and nnld: "How luclty I happened to see you. I was on my wny down to J Hack's to sco if hu wouldn't take charge of this packngo till tomorrow. It's money I got only two hours ng0-?:;,OOO." "Come lu here, and I'll give you n receipt." "Never mind that. Wo all know you and trust von." Ilei' parting words gavo mo n shiver. How llttlo they knew me. I had onu moro ttlnl (0 undergo. Almost at the door of tho bank I mot two business men of high standing who wcro hold ing an animated conversation. "Heard thu uuws?" queried ouo as 1 came up. "What la It?" "You remember tho clerk In my brother's ofilco In Philadelphia who hklppcd 'out two years ago with ?30,' 000? Well, he's been overhauled. He went to Peru, no doubt expecting to linvo grand times. It scorns that every 3dy soon know he was n thief, nnd be van an object of contempt. He wan tiered about, always a marked map, acd at hist was so overcome with liame mid degradation that he asked .0 be 1 rrested and sent back. He was iWf'!": d, insulted mid plundered, ami ho did not have ono hour's solid com fort nut of his funds. He will, go to prison for ten or fifteen years, nnd ho might as well die then. Say, Isn't It a curious thing that men will so destroy themselves?" Tnko your own case." added the oth cr as ho placed n hand on my Moulder!' -..? ir1..!?"; . T, I500 " rt "1th '" " x ro am! honored and 011 the sure road to 7 .. , ..... ,,,. , ,. wealth. V.. ...I..I,. ...It. OtlVfl t ...... 1UI1 IlllH.ii VIIU f ,WUW ill-,111 the bank ami get away, but would that' compensate you for the sacrifice? No. Kvcii a million wouldn't. I tell you, thu man who has got to outlaw himself to enjoy his plunder must sec days when he wpuld almost give his life to bo set back in thu position ho once held." I passed 011 Into the bank nnd care fully locked tho door behind 1110. My knees wero Vo weak thnt I hnd to rest for n good twenty minutes. Even my hair wns sopping wet with percpira tlou. When I felt strong enough, I carried the satchel to tho vault, opened tho doors and replaced tho money, and It was not until the Iron doors were locked iinalti that I fell sure I had won. Tliero would be no watchman 'that night. I had planned It so. I took off my coat, kicked off my rhoes nnd made myself comfortable hi nu nrmchnlr. 1 did not feel sleepy, but when tho day porter came nt 7 In the morning to re lievo tho watchman 1 wns sound asleep. It hnd got to the ears of tho otllcers that I had sacrificed my ulght because of tho dath of the watchman's wife, and tho president feelingly said: "Illcss the dear boy! lie's a man out of .1 million!" Am I still cashier? Well, never mind about that. 1 um still regarded as an honest man, and I doubt if you could make, any of my business friends be lieve that I had ever been tempted for nn Instant. ' M. QUAD. HE MORNING GUN .IOrlclnnl.1 In thr rooms of tho relief nnd aid committee to dlstrlbuto funds contrib uted to sufferers by tho great Chicago llro of 1871 Kdwnrd Tucker, n commit teeman, Bat writing. "Can you tell mo how to socuro aid?" Tucker looked up into tho kindly, pa tient faeo of an old womnn who woro a faded, threadbare dress that many years before must have been "costly. "Have you been burned out, mad am?" ho asked.- ,. . "Well, no, not exactly, hut wo nro Botuowlmt straitened lu our circum stances. My husband was a bunker, Ho died many years ngo nnd left us without nnythlng-'to llvb on, and" '(eon lldcnthilly) "I wasn't brought upright. My father had beeu rich. I, Couldn't tako hold for' lrfysolf."-"W'luit-vns your hUBband'a namo?"..' '"Plumber- ltnlpji n. Plumber of Vlumbcr & Ohubh, baukore." . . Mr. Tucker started. v "You know him'" "Yes. That Is many years ngo. Ho was iv great, dent otdor than I and rich. I wns n ioor hoy then. Olvo mo your rfddrcas, Mrs. number." t HIiq ..fiftvp I1I111 an address which Tuckor noted, and tlio old lady with- idtHv, Tucker took n checkbook from Jilji desk and wroto n check. Then iftepplng to a man who sat at another rtck he said? "Hxclinngo check for tlmt, please, pnynlnVto Mrs. Italph 11. I'luinbcr." Tho check was duly mndo out, nnd Tucker went to bin room to prepare for dinner, which ho usually took at bis rlub. Ah hu entered ho niched. .No ouo was over In tlio room l.it Him self and a ecrvnnt It was a dreary phfc, though It was handsomely fur- msjicd. 'juciccr sat down mm nrooueu for awhile, an ho had brooded many n time before, on tho fnet that with all his menus for tlio procurement of n home ho had no homo. Why was ho not married Thoro wero a dozen wo men among tho wealthy people with whom ho moved who had angled for h,'m. Perhaps It wan becnuso they an gled that ho did not enro jo mnrry them. Presently ho nroBO languidly nd made his toilet Ho dined nlono nt his club and nftcr dinner set out to find Mrs. Plumber. Hu was admitted by a girl of twenty-two or twonry-thrco years of age, hearing the samo Impress of rcflnemdut as her mother. Bho resembled her fa ther, especially as Tuckor had known him when ho was perhaps ten years older than the dnushtcr was now. typewriting mid bavo finished my stud ies and secured n situation. Now I wish, Mr. Tucker, that you would give ma somo hint as to how I may show you my appreciation of your kindly in terest which baa resulted in these checks. "Thcro Is hut ono wny nnd that would bo nsklng too much." ' "Nnmc It, and I promise you It shall bo done." J "If not repugnant to you." ,v "Nothing I can do for you would bo repugnant to me." "You will not think me sclflsh?" "I am sure you could never bo self ish. Come, tell mo what Is this re turn?" "Mnrry mo." Tho glr! looked at him as though sho did not understand. "Marry you?" "No, never mind. I'm too old and prosaic. I've not been brought up In tho retlned wny you have. I had to fcratch when very young. And, now I'm on my shortcomings, I may as well confess thnt tho relief and aid money you have received did not como from the cnmmltteo nt nil. It Is merely a re turn of money loaned mo by your fa ther, when I wns sixteen years old and it clerk In Ids bnnl;. Ho advanced mo 'u"'lu ,u UUJUUHl, Ullb WlllJlt Ul l.". 1 money It enabled mo to make! I con- Rider yqtt and your mother entitled to half my fortune. No; for mo to n spire to thu hand of Mr. Plumber's daughter hi nbsucd." For the moment ho wns jigaln tho ofilco boy, Margaret number the bank er's daughter. Margaret continued to Rtnro at him as he proceeded, then the wholo meaning of It all seemed to break upon her, and she threw herself into his arms. ... "Your mother called this morning nt tho relief nnd nld commttteo'B room, nnd I hav6 called to examine the case.!' said Tucker In a kindly tone. IJo was Introduced into tho living room, where Mrs. Plumber received him with as tonishment, nnd ho Bat down on n chnlr with holes In tlio seat almost targe enough to let htm through, 'He asked Mrs. Plumber about her re sources; thcu, apparently satisfied tlmt It was a proper case for tho commit tee to relievo, took out Ita chock for $300. Mrs. Plumber, to whom ho handed It, was too dazed nt receiving n check nt nil to notice the amount mid turned It ovor to her daughter. Mnrgnrot Plumber glanced at It and handed It hack to Tucker, with tbo ro tunvk that thcro must bo somo mis take. It was somo tluid boforo lie could convince tho two of tho extreme liberality or tno cCmmlttco lit tuclr case. Tucker cnlled often, every tlruo tying ,)ng 11 check signed by tho cnshler of the relief and aid society till tho nbodd of tho Plumber was . painted awl fur nished nud their wardrobes renowed. Ho took MargarcV Plumber lout to nniusoineutfl nnd to drlvo nnd spent many nn ovcnlug with her at her home. Ouo evening lie brought a check from the rollef and aid society which Mar garet declined! "There Is no furthor oc casion," sh'o said, "for this assistance. I have been ,8tudyliiK shorthnndniid ' " itnltlciinips to Go Abroad.' " Tho proposition of tho navy depart ment to scud tho cntlro battleship di vision of tho north At!aiUe naval force for a summer crulso lu European- wa tors Is not a "bud one. As compared with tho vast naval, iivmameiiof Great Brit ain, ids battleship RqundYon might not ha iVBHi'dcd'ns especially formidable, though it is tho strongest formation 'ovor maintained by tho United States 4is.mf povnument war unit in time of pcnceit.at consists ofitievou battleships, itv majority of them fhio now vessels, moro1 foru'Udnblo than the armor clad diviqics, which . blockaded Santiago and Kh6cKc'a but c'Crvcra'tf eot. Tficso brtt ticshlps aro tho Kcarsargc, tho Ala bama, tlio Illinois, tho Maine, tho Iowa, tho Massachusetts mid tho Indiana. While tho purposo of sending abroad iheso magnificent fighting machines Is of course. not to frighten anybody, It may give thu Europeans n modest hint thnt wc aro u till In tho procession, and, though disclaiming nny intention of r.howlug Ihiropo In n boastful manner our naval prowess wo aro not averao to letting them sco what wo can do in the way of splendid gunnery. Tho ef ficiency of tho north Atlantic battle ship division Is en Id to ho n matter of great prldu to tho navy department, nnd what tho great navr.l men of Ku ropo witness In tho lino of superb tar get practlco they may put In their pipes and smoke nt their leisure. No doubt thero will bo much com ment lu tho European capitals on this now nnval departure ou tho part of the; United States, htit'nowhcro can It bo regarded as a menace or unfriendly demonstration. It can bo interpreted only as ono of those "peace move ments". df which tho nations nro latter ly no fond of speaking. In this wo aro simply putting our best ships whero they will show to tho best advantage. Possibly It may stir up como rcllcc tiona in certain quartern as to what Is behind tlio Monroo doctrine, but that will do no harm. ANCIENT MARINERS. Qnccr nellcf Tliey Held Aliont the Unexplored Occnn. The landlocked Mediterranean, which wns the only sen known to the Romans and Greeks of twenty odd centuries ago, was filled with mysterious terrors, wlillo tho moro distant lands bordering on It were tb? nbodes of wonders nnd strange peoples. Gods of monstrou Klin pea ruled the waters, enchanting sirens dwelt ou the Islets nnd rocks, nbd on the dry land beyond wcro to be found weird enchantresses, aro breath ing beasts, fierce pygmies nnd dreadful cannibals. Adventurous voyagers who got as far as the pillars of Hercules, now called tho strait of Gibraltar, brought back Intelligence that tho great ocean beyond was not navigable. It was part of the mighty river which flowed around the Hat earth In an un ending stream. Tradition says that there was Inthoso times nt Ginrnltnr a stone pillar 100 cu bits high, with n brass statue on It and nn Inscription stating this to ho tho lim it of navigation. Iteyond was n "sen of darkness," Infested with terrors beyond the power of the Imagination to con ceive. Occasionally Jibqld vfravlgatcr did, nevertheless, venture outside Into the Atlantic, but was compelled to turn back very quickly. A whirlwind would arise and threaten to swamp the vessel, or, more alarming still, n gigantic hand, supposed to bo that of Satan, would emerge from the Ocean of eternal gloom nnd wnrn back the mariners. Not merely on these nccounts was the ocean Impracticable for ships. It wns reported to be so dense with. salt ness nnd so crowded with seaweeds nnd huge beasts that headway could not ha made through It. Even up to the time of Columbus such beliefs prevailed, and hhi crews wcro terrified on entering the Snrngossa sea by the weeds nnd THE CITY QF MEK1NEZ. One of the Royal Jlcklilenceii of t&c Saltnn of Morocco. There la no moro Interesting city In Morocco than Meklnes. Founded uid built by Mulal Ismnln, the tyrannical tultan who reigned through the middle of tho eighteenth century, It still dis plays the extraordinary buildings which lie caused to ho erected, largely by tho aid of Christian slaves. Today It is ltu: possible even to guess the purposes for which mauy of these masses of mnson: ry were constructed. Walls pf great thickness, some wldo enough to drive a carrlago and pair along, are met wltl in tho most unexpected places, running here parallo, here at right angles to' ono another, nud seeming as though built for no purpose except for tho em ploymcut of the vast uuuiber or fprcol laborers that MUtnl Ismaln always l;cpt at nis court, uere nnu tncro.are gate ways of givat beauty, sucji an tho dell- h 1 T s -r lit i SPRING TROUBLES 1 Pew feel woll In thosnrlnsri thnhlodd.h out olordor nnd ' Uwr Is inactive. Tho muni symptoms looung, pain in i , ekln ornntions, hoadncllu.coatid tongue, conhtip-itlor 3,hl 1 back or sides. Yon tuny not bo sick; hut it will lj rt3y.'"to : k.'. The remedy that giviw )uat'th6 holp needed la ,K& ' ' get clck. :: S'engsta'cken's' Active . . . : It makes tho blood rich and pure, Increases the. rt:'!- ; ff.lht f ,Uyer, Btlmulatea digeatloirJtudlteepa yoa at your boat. 1'. f 1 C0. !,' t.K ' ? J StNGSTACKEfV3SiPHRMAOY $v ' , I Marshfield, , .. . rf-w t tl 1 1 1 H-H-H-M"V-M' f' Irt - Hm - fcntd'tncn RntvTor ''.tlnnsur ci-aij," witu its large marbld column and CoWm thlnn capitals, supporting buttress of gray stono nud nnibesqtics, but oil tho Wholo It is rather tho vnsincsa of thu buildings than any artistic vnluo that hi rcmarknblo. ' Tho old palaces of Mulaf Ismalii nro in ruins today, nnd each sultan lu hhi turn has erected now residence:! till tho Imperial palscc today consists of n, collection of buildings of every shapti nnd size, scattered' among gnrdenn hu closed by high walls. A tower, which was uncompleted nt tile llnio of tho lato sultan's death, rcmnluu today Just mi the workmen left It, with the scnltoldr ing still standing, Adjotnlhg tho pal' nco Is n largo park, In which nro kept a number of mnres, ostriches mid ga zelles. , Tho city Itself Is tolerably clean, ami possesses no particular features thnt nro not common to all "Moorish towns. Tho entrance of tho principal mobile; Is striking, with great brouzedooninali'l to bavo been ' brought by tho Mourn from Spain. Tho idiops nro compara tively few, nnd tho trndo,nu,ycr large. London Times. Bating IrlcUty Ionr. My first sad experience of thc'Ar- rican prickly pear was gained ou u visit to tho market place of Algiers. Tho fruit wan handed to us, polltcl peeled by tho Arab dealer, and thus n;i we mndo acquaintance with Its de lightful coolness no' suspicion of lis cv.'l qualities entered our uifiiuX , A few days later, adding the excite ment of a- llttlo trespassing to tfie " fioro legitimate plcnsures of n country ramble, wo camo uppn a well laden (roup of prickly pear bushca and coulU not resist the temptation to help our" selves to soma of the fruit The result was woefnl. , . Concentrated essence of stinging net tle seemed all at once to bo assailing ' hands, lips and tongue, nnd our ekln, . I wherever It had come In contact v.itli tho III naturcd fru,lt, wn3 covercu wim- . a thick crop of minute, bristly hnlrs. . apparently growing from It, and vci ' omous and Irritating to the last degree. Our silk gloves, transformed sudden ly into miniature robca of Nessns, Iiail to bo thrown away, perfectly unwea: able, nnd tho Inadvertent use of 0U.7 pocket handkerchiefs before wo hatf fully realized the extent of our mlsfot runo caused fresh agonies, In which nose as well as lips participated. For many n day did tho rctrlbutlou of that theft haunt us In the form of mj rind of tiny stings. "Uomu Life on an Ok trlch Farm." , A -Girl; 'fo" trust." l 1 So T&aazht Trcnlilrnt Lincoln ,V.'jcn llo Handed Her a Vein. During the civil war' M!$3 N., a high spirited Virginia young lady whaio father, a Confederate soldier, had been taken prisoner by tho Union ' forces, wns desirous of obtaining t pass which would enable her to visit him. Francis P. Ulalr agreed to obtain un audience with tho president, hut jrrarncU his young and rather hupulslvu friend to be prudent and not botrny her sympathy for the' south. They tvero ushered Into tho presence of Mr, Lincoln, and tlio. object fpr which they hud como was 'stated. The tall, grn'vo man bent dotvn to tho Jlttlo inn,ldcn nnd, looking scarchlngly into her face, said: " "You arq.joj-aj, pfraeT.;., . -r. Jlerrlght eyes flashed. Sho hesl-, tated a moment, nod then, with n faco " eloquent with cr.'.gtlc;i;nnd honest; as , his own, shb replied':' "Yes, loyul to the henrt'a coreto Virginia!"-. Mr. Lincoln kept hla Intent' gaso up- on hoc for n moment longer mul tlrn, went to his desk, wroto n Hue or twg . mid winded,. her tho paper. WlthuT' bow the interview terminated. When they had left tho room, Mr. Itlalr began to upbraid his young friend' for her ins potuoslty. "Now you. linvo dono it!" he said. "Didn't I vvn'rn you to be very careful? Yoi have only yourself to blame.'' 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