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LA. GEANDE EYEiHUa OBSERVER PAGE THRE3 MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913. The Young Man of the Bridge , r Br DOROTHEA HALE ., Id Constantinople Ultra baa always ' been, nine ita conquest by the Turks, A nilsi-ellaueoua population. Petvlans, Greeks, races of western and southern Europe are nil ogled together, besides Moors from northern Africa. Some of these peoples form colonies among themselves and continue the caatoma ot their native countries - Consequent ly there are greut many queer cus toma In Constantinople. ' Among tbeae customs perbapa tbe strangest Is betrothal and marriage among tbe Moors. There Is no such thing as a courtship among tbem. Mar riages are arranged by contract be tween tbe parents of tbe groom and tbe bride, wbo do not see each other until tbey are married. Tet tbe buman heart In these people beats tbe same as among other races. It may be well ' for a bride If she bas not met some man to whom she bas given ber heart. ' for, fancy free, she may fall in lore with ber husband or at least become attached to Mm as is natural between tbese wbo live and bring up children together. But woe to tbe young girl wbo baa seen tbe man wbo bas Insplr - ed ber with a grand passloa. - ... Tbe marriage ceremony umong tbese people Is aso peculiar, as will appear In tbe case of a yonng Moorish' girl .called Ayxa, who was betrothed to a young maD named Muley Abdul by ber parents, but wbo bad fallen in love with a young man she bad seen bnt once. Tbe young, especially girls on tbe threshold of womanhood, are prone to succumb before a single glance of a man wbo captivates their fancy, and southern 'races are more liable to this than colder blooded peoples of tbe north. Ayxa In crossing that siucb frequented bridge uniting two parts of Constantinople, stopped to look down over tbe Ride Into tbe water. While . doing so she uncovered ber face, since there was no man below to see It Presently turning ber eyes aside' she saw a young man also burning over the side, but Instead of looking Into th water be was gazing at her.- She saw the lovellght In his eyes and uncon sclously returned It Covering ber face she pursued her way. But from that moment tihe was changed. Her young and excitable be , Ins saw in all nlxfut ber that face ? alone,. At least It. was all that excited a ri'Rponpe In her. - Indeed, It became n p:irt. the urenter part, of her being. s It was nt thl.vtime thut negotiations were e:it!".'i:J upon for ber marriage ..i' i. ti.,,. tiwi,,i n,nn t.n ..,iii . .1 .Lull ,. .,wmii. , uni nnu ucbiu Arf them r!ii l):l not met the young mini on i m- iirmm. nun uiey uiu not P";twl:il!v interest her that is. tiiey eie ri'jiiiive lu ner. Aiier iue meeting they liecnme n horror to her. But Rhe ennlil do nothing to prevent me itiili'il i.:ii iinauru tier. ctuv uiiu met the young man of the brlilire . but once. mul even if she bad seen him often ami they had become lovers It would nut have made any difference. one would nave mnmea me mau pro vtded for her and that without having seen ill id . The arrangement for the marriage baving lieen eompleted, the parents of the bride and the groom, wbo were both Moors, prepared for the wedding, to be celebrated as it wonld have been, celebrated In Tangier or Tripoli. Ayxa. aa wus tbe ciiHtom. was to be carried to her husband at night. The street In tbe Moorish quarter through which the bride would pass was lined with persons to see her pass. She was at home with ber father and mother and the woman who h.id nursed her from babyhood. Languidly she bade her parents goodby and left tbem, go lug with ber nurse, who Id accordance "rlth tbe ec-remony was to conduct ber to ber husband. And now comes tbe strangest part of this strange custom. Tbe . nurse left tbe bouse, carrying a box wblcb contained the bride, placed It on a mule standing before the door, then led tbe animal down tbe street Mov ing slowly to tbe sounds of wierd mu sic, tbe old woman, tbe mule and tbe bride within the box proceeded on their way to the bonv of tbe groom. As tbey passed house after house friends emerged to salute the bride. None knew tbe feelings of Ayxa, for she had not confided tbem even to ber mother. What desperate resolve was In her fierce Moorish bosom she kept bidden there A bride wbo had loved another, on her way to an unknown husband, bad been found at the door of his bouse dead In the box that en closed her. by her own band Indeed there were those along tbe route wbo. rememberiug this, shuddered lest the casing concealed a corpse But nearly all were as loud lu their congratula tions as If Ayxa was going to the h:is band of her choice. At Inst tbe home of the groom was reached.: He wus not at the door to f-eive her. but waited for her within When a living bride stepped from the box there were those In the throng wbo brent bed m'kIkIi of relief Ayxn was conducted by ber ir.rtber inliiw to the room where ber bu tbsnd .united her There she was left to en ter alone She was expected to ad vance toward him and throw bervlf at his feet. Instead of doing so abe (topped abort and fixed ber gas upon bltn Then aae sack npoo tbt floor In a a woo a. i lu a few momenta aba revived to find herself la tb anna of tba man aba bad married. Ha waa looking down npon bar with love and dellgbt In bla eyes. waa tbt fount man aba bad mat oa tbe bridge. i r ,- . ASPIRATION. 0 tbou great arbiter of lift and " '' death. Nature's immortal uumaterlal lam, Whose all prolific beam lata call ed me forth ' ; ' From darkness teeming dark ness where I lay, , Tbe worm's inferior &nd in rank beneath Tbe dust I tread on-blgb to ' bear my bryw. To drink the spirit of tbe golden day ,' r ; And triumph in existence, and i could know No motive but my bliss, and bast ; ordained A rise In blessing, with tbe pa triarch's Joy, Tby call I follow to the land un known. I trust In tbee and know In ... . whom I trust. . OrUlfe or death Is equal; neither weighs All weight In this: Ob, let me , , live to thee! . Edward Young. ROUND THE WORLD Des Moines bas ncrbulldlng Inspector, but may soon create tbe office. Tbe famous Latakla tobacco crop averages only 350 tons a year. New York bas within its city bound aries 85,000 vacant acres of land. . Manufacturers are seeking a substi tute for glass which will not be brittle. Wages In Belgium are lower general ly tban In any other European country. Porto ' Cleans are displacing bull drawn carts on -great estates by auto mobiles. f The demand for their bides in South Africa is met by batching alligators In Incubators. Evangelist Billy Sunday says the last genuine religious revival in tbe United States was that of 1857. ' India's latest great irrigation project Is tbe Nlrl Right Bank canal, in Bom bay presidency. It cost $8,500,000. A hospital for women will be estab lished in south London because of at least a supposed demand that women want women doctors. -Tberjare now New York. Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia market ing clubs, the Inst to be organized be ing those of Philadelphia. Motormen of tbe traction system of the English city .of Birmingham re ceive cash bonuses when tbey avoid accidents due to negligence. Old Epiphany aptist church, Phila delphia, long a landmark, is to be de molished to make, way for an apart ment bouse to cost $1,000,000. , Recent official figures placed tbe number of sheep in Australia and New Zealand In excess of 117.000.000. the greatest numlier in eighteen years. An American sewing machine com pany bas oiened eight schools in China, in which the natives are taught to embroider with silk by machinery. Dr. H. S. Frost superintendent of Boston's Hospital For tbe Insane, re ports great success in the use of wacm water baths In calming violent pa tients. New York authorities are starting a campaign for a stricter law to govern and restrict the sate of cocaine. The present law is too feeble to check tbe traffic. Germany's area devoted to vine cul ture reached Its maximum, 207.037 acres. In 1006 and has since decreased by 27,900. The vintage varies greatly from year to year. - A shadowless drafting table invent ed by a Wisconsin man is made of plate glass. lighted from below by electric lamps, which also quickly dry ink used on drawings. Tbe record for submergence is claim ed by tbe Italian navy, as one of its submarine boats recently remained un der water with twenty men on board for twenty-four hours. On the back of each seat of a new Iondon theater there will, be coin in the slot telephones to enable persons with defective bearing to listen to what is being said on the stage. 'I' he National Poultry association bas been organized in Havana, with branches all over the island, for tbe purpose of promoting tbe breeding of all kinds of poultry on a large scale. The price of fresh salmon In Ger many Is about 44 cents a pound In the spring and reaches double that figure at other times. Canned smoked sal cnon Is preferred to tbe. fresh canned dRh. Minute measurements of ball bear ings on the axles of a New Jersey trol ley car tbat has traveled about 150. 100 miles Id four years showed that i hey bad resisted abrasion almost per 'ectly. Parties sent out by tbe French gov ernment to explore tbe Sahara desert have reported, that tbeobstacles in the way or building s railroad across th waste ot sand ire not so great aa wa auppoaed. Captain Louis O. Klatau of 8t Louis has 150 practical Inventions to . bis credit lu tbe patent office at Washing ton. His latest is a turbine engim wblcb be expects to revolutionize transportation by land and sea, - Deck benches that have been lit stalled on tin- steamers of one trans atlantlc Hue can be cou verted Into life rafts to carry six persons by raising lower portions to a level with tbe seats, wherrthey lock automatically. Tbe popular belief that the Panama railroad waa constructed at a cost of one life for every railroad tie Is it gross exaggeration. There are 140.000 ties, and In tbe five years of Its construc tion a total of 7.000 laborers were em ployed. , . ' All our coffee uiust lie purchased outside of this country. But this does not deter tbe American public from using 870,000.000 pounds of it every year, or nine and one-quarter pounds for each man. woman and chlidMn tbe country. ' Now tbat Lassa has succumbed to tbe advance of tbe globe trotter what Is the most Inaccessible place In the world outside tbe polar regions? Tbe London Post answers tbe oasis of Kuf ra. In the Sahara desert, tbe borne of the Senussl. , - Algiers Is said to have the largest European population of any city In Af rica. Johannesburg comes next, then Oran. Will tbe class In geography kindly locate the latter town, with lta 100.000 Europeans, without referring to tbe atlas? Several Malay boatmen wbo booked a man eating crocodile dragged It by ropes along the river bank for two hours, keeping its mouth open to solicit alms from villagers. A sum of nearly 2 In small coin, thrown Into the croco dile's mouth, was shared after it bad beeu killed and rut open. THE BEST COMPANION. I want for companion a dog or, a boy or a iiersou who has the virtues of dogs and noystruus- . parency, good nature, curiosity, open sense and a nameless quul ity thai is akin' to trees and the inarticulate forces of unture. With him you ure alone uud yet liuve company, you are fre, yon ' feel no disturbing element. Tbe Influences of ' unture stream through blm and uround blin. -He Is n good conductor of tbe' subtle fluid.-John Burroughs. " POETICAL FEATS. Difficult Rimes Had No Terrors For Poets may be baffled !n their search for rimes, hut It takes a great deal to balBe the doggerel rluiester. Charles II. offered a reward for a rime to "porringer." The reward was claimed with the following marriage announce ment: - The Duke of York a daughter had. lie pnve the I'rlnce of Orange ber. So now your majesty will see I've found a rime for porringer. Browning's perpetrations In rime are probably unique In English poetry. Here is a couplet from "Sordello" which no minor poet would dare to print for fear of blasting bis reputa tion: ' Chirrups the contumacious grasshopper; Rustles the lizard and the cushats chirre. lu tbe same poem be rimes "sulk ed" with "mulct,' "Hag" with "quag," "abbors" with "valvassors." But hf reached the climax surely In the cou plet: you trample our beds of ranunculus. And you "Tommy-make-room-for-your-un-cle" us. Tbe worthy and reverend author ot tbe "Ingoldsby Legends" was fond of such rimes as: A long yellow pinafore Hangs down each chin afore. or such riming gymnastics as: At Tapplngton, now. I could look in tbe Uszetteer. But I'm out on a vltlt, and nobody has It her. Yet in these enormities be was only parodying Byron, wbo wrote: fe lords of ladles Intellectual Confess If they had not henpecked you alL 8ome Satisfaction. The Hou Mrs. Robert Hamilton In her biography of ber fotbet, tbe late Ixrd Wolverhampton, says tbat in bis home bis orders were always stern and peremptory, but uo oue was more sur prised than be was when they were obeyed. One day he detected one of bis daughters making a statement in wblcb she rather exaggerated tbe facts. "You are one of the most inaccurate women tbat was ever crested," be told her. "Well." was the cheerful reply, "I am glad to be a masterpiece in some de partment of creitloo." The T)wr of Babel. Oo you realize that 4.000 years after the most wonderful of all towers was built by the ancients (according to the Book of Genesis about 2400 B. C), its seven atar.es still rise bi'b above tbe plains near tbe site of Ba1 ylon? Until a few years ago it bad been known as tbe Mound of the Blrs Ntmrud, wben Sir Henry Rawlinsou discovered in one of the stages tbe Inscribed cylinders which made the Identification possible. 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