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.
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,- . 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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