Rod Heads of Asiatic Turkey
Last of the Baal Wo shioers.
HAVI: SO ia E QJ
All:
Bai.
.c I W han Born.
SI IV
Ari. I
tl
re i <
They
m I"
Ol:
U. i. <
at';, r
e\
bel 1!
a: a
fell
TOMS.
• I..J Ljps anj Around
Eld Knottcii Cord* and
. . . o lioot T. cm— All
All
au> ■
» C.
!
people a ix' I lie lied Heads of
. y
ilu'.v ,:ro the lust of
i's. ilio mou wear
. c tiu ir nan o ltod Head*.
■ \ i red knotted cords
l it- i k
The iord Is put
i l > I k »< h 1 mi l ki never rc-
ii i Hi :Tod with ilio I kh I. ì
.■
r heads
I .id i i i Ilio tap. and
.
tho hair to prow long
pigtails, which bang
.. ... They are tall, wiry
' ítu i ornions appetites for
bo.:.
t, who do not veil theta
n d'. -i Imply lu loose
,.l.. nto thin Had spare,
fltli.
.'ally strong.
in their
but IV. ■
ear breeches as well us
bt. . ■ I:
U uo w ife beating among
ii
ns, Out plenty o f husband
the lie 1 I
■ husbands toko their fre-
beai..::,
lor.iotus meekly and pa-
quoi t i '
■ employ themselves, both
tifili
nd the men. in agriculture
tho V
I'hoy produce a couple of
muí ilici
crop :. toi a » ai 1 ilurra. Tiie rest of
tir
:
■ ,
up to 1 « d m tbe
Turks' I'l't'l S ;:U.l aftle'.
In the ce cr of to ory rllla.ee there
Is a sum 11 l i v e rn!!ed i . .1 lu this
space there ..; plat
1 the spe lal rell-
Tii
St-.'
gi,
s euiln. a. ill i cm IT a m t .
No
oi. except ii i.iili r pii t • i the vil
und. which
la;. > enters t1 o In- lo-ixl
is ii '¡'atro with sinall lings, strings
1 1 leads.
Of oins : ■ i ! .
e the Bed
A :
. I ii.clous fes-
Ii.
eil
• t
ti' ai known > them, "t • ■ e:t ’lerlng of
the i w moon." wiii b t a!;.- place ev-
ery i. nth. I .rectly a n- iv moou makes
its appearan e the p p’e are called
together by n lay priest ! ting a bar-
. d up on tbe
H I shaped i
ground
Fires are lit, the coo :ing utensils
plaecil thereon and t ie si cep killed by
the priest, who sprilli, t a little of
oak. and the
the animait
catva- es flu; d and cut i: i into joints
anti tbe latter cooked "Ver the tires,
before which millet and wh- t cakes
are by this lime baking < h ive flags.
In the meantime tabli on tr ties are
aet t.p and laid w
a plate«,
kora spoons and at .
and forks,
and soon the feasting 1 i-ins. Tho
Women wait on the io a. v ! o gorge
1 •
1 then.
While their wlvi
dealin g op fl lit le tl
ft, in
ti
merriment.
No religious formality marks the
f
blessing or bt diction or
grie
Indeed, not u, blith or burial
or marriage do the-" survivors o f the
ancient Baal worship .s cm: !-*y any
formula or < I servo
be na
ture o f a religious cere ouy. They
have no Code no prayer 1 ok, no lit-
•t-.-y. io plu e of wor. hip Tlielr one
•I only sanctuary Is the sacred tree
.re. their only religious symbol
evergreen cak.
Wk.n a baby is born it is warmly
<•:
ed on lai
rooden plat
ter a’ ! taken to tl
1
v. ’ ", in
f-
salts it. P i ..bly thi- a
nits for the
r.
iat now gun I t «, it l>e-
h •
dli-l b> n :
. : i r i
'
aid.
F
given a ' ml '• r fi.
’’
' • '» which
H
w
I
tr
ti
Just ni" Te t
l of I
the forchi a i.f the dead and the set
tling of all disputes.
When n couple becomes engaged the
wt
I:
’ ’a them to lipr lover's
tia -• round
by her father with wine
botín', folli 1
•n i j-ph'it
1 reach o f promise is nl-
fur the youth who Jilts
tun'd 1111k:
nt. An < rrlng husband
b:
'•me remote tree by the
is biiigi-d «
•irs round Ills neck, and
red troni 1
a:; a warning to others,
tbe li"dy i
mysteriously disapjiears,
An erring "
ms are asked. A man
and to q
who d i c i ! « !■ is w ife also Is hanged,
in who deserts her lius-
while tbe '
ieil to return to him.
band is c<
There i« a > erit ceremony of initia-
11 TT ml i i < omiielled
til'll hid.
ruing bis seventeenth
to undergo •
-, i i
lu : ui for »ev-
bln :
;oiug V. I bout fowl and
en i? - .
i ys At tho termina-
drin! : r
timi C tli
p diminar ti ft the youth
U and grips
Is tn' :ht it T in imss1
his breth-
by whi h In my n ign.
( lu lo
i sied rm his
ren, and
!" live on
bren-d.
|l|T
! » v. hole of
term of !
f ""p.io:i of
.'¡til
tli'dr i
th
o i 1 treat
tbe 'i 11 rl
■.■."•Noble in
S"
Loudou (ìli/..
Ga/e Him Pause
“ W ill you marry i
“ I f mother my.'
"H um ! Li mol !
■11 our i j : lions .
marriage takes placer"—!
Journal
Nothing i < i dillrally righ
morally wrong. O’Connell.
r
They ProvsJ Thair liiraat Value After
the Belgian Invasion Began.
.1
i 't teen for the French air
; s I'.in ton J. Hendrick in
tl \ i. i id's Work, "Krmuee would have
I..-
. -i roii .I in the tlrat few weeks
i •:.»t .it world war.
' >r veara the Freudi general staff
1 e v oteil an attack through Rol-
n. a. The strategic inIIroads which the
i!c i.liana were so iKiiiistakltigl.v build-
in; u|> to the Belgian frontier could
no other meaning.
Yet the
i'
n ..II believed that the main
:nwi.: w >uld come acroaa the
Fieiiih
utter and had made their
,il
f r tlnir gri'ati'st resistance in
this
, ion. France entered the war
only about 100 army nlr|)lanes,
nit 1 1 many, which had forceccn the
to. n \v Instrument was to play,
• I a much larger equipment.
' Vet a few days after the Belgian
.. ion began Freud» aviator» flying
r the Belgian Herman frontier saw
iglit that Immediately caused a
e in the French operations. The
■ naans were crossing the frontier la
: nums anml'ers, and the fact be-
appan’it that in this section the
i attack was to come. This news.
~ 1 to < ieneral Jolfre, causeil that
de i alteration in Ids plans that
>e p -
e the successful battles of
irly Seplemt»er.
lad it not tH>en for this operation
• Trench army would have conccn-
!!■:■
■ Germans lu force on the
• 1 o m!::e frontier, and the whole
i¡ory, from Belgium to I’ arls and
ala
would have been left iqien to
■ Herman on- aught that Is. the war
war u i 1 have ended according to the
'culai ions which lmd been so care
fully made in Germany.”
¡¡IS OPINION OF LINCOLN.
it \V»» Well Founded, Ha Had Every
Reason to Believe.
1 hap|iciie i to be at Atlanta, Go., over
r.- birthday, writes John Ken-
dii k Bangs in ‘'From Pillar to Post,”
; leas d me beyond measure to
i prim 1 on the first page of m e of
pmmlueiit newspapers o f that beau-
1 illy a three column cut o f Abra-
■* 1-im lu. with a suitable tribute in
verse.
After eating my breakfast on tbe
: lug o f the 11th I dallied for awhile
the office o f the massive Georgian
l in ■ hotel, smoking my cigar and
gk uciiig over the news in the paper.
I '■
ai nit to toss the paper aside
.:
i ’ 1 typo o f southern gentleman
1 himself on the divan alongside
■ and i . the usual courteous manner
T o conn y gave me a morning salu-
h n. 1
. kind and then,
tapping my paper, observed;
That Is n tine picture o f T.tncoln."
' Yes. suh; a very fine jtleture, suit,”
!i' repin'd. " I never had the honor of
lb, but from all I
r.
' . I ■ mu-t have resembled that
pi dure pretty dose, suh.”
“ It Is a delight to me to find it in one
o f your soutbortl newspapers." said I,
'V<; - lally in one so influential in tbe
south us this.”
“ Yes, suh," he answered. “ It shows
tl i th ' south Is not slow to recognize
genius, suh, wherever it Is found, suh.
But.” l.e milled, “ there Is no occasion
for - ,ir use. suh. We havo always ap-
preciated Me. Lincoln's greatness down
here, and we have admired him, suh,
although we Lave had reason to be
lieve that diirin’ the late unpleasant
ness. suh, he was consid’rable o f ft
no'tbeni sympathizer, suh.”
“ Frcs^e at Airplane»' Approach.
All soldiers ure now Instructed what
to do when n hostile scouting airplane
is sighted by trooiis on tbe march.
On the warning "Airplane:’’ eTery
man drops on bis right knee, with his
Lend bent well over the muzzle of his
rifle, which Is held in a sloping position
in front of the body. To look up is
fat'll, for it creates a sea o f white faces.
All ranks then remain as motionless as
they possibly can until tbe airplane lias
pas t'd over them. In fact, they may
fie said to "freeze,” as wild animals
freeze when seeking to evade observa
tion.— London Mirror.
When the Paint Wear* Off.
There are sometimes places on tho
exterior of n house where the paint
gets worn off nud which cannot be re
touched without making a “ botch Job”
of It owing to the difficulty of mixing
the n> w paint to inntch the adjoining
color which lias faded. T o preserve
the v. o <d in such spots until the house
can he repainted apply tw o coats of
Unseed oil wiih a rag. This will im
prove the nppearance aLso.—Popular
Science Monthly.
Lived In a Glass House.
"H e's already gone through two for
tunes."
“ Well, I'm not going to criticise him.
Judging from the Judgment I ’ve shown
in investing what little money I'v e ever
had, I ’d have gone through two for
tunes, too, If I had had them.” —De
troit Free I’ ress.
Dead Men's Bones.
Alexander the Great, seeing Fdogenes
looking attentively at a purrei of hu
man Ixmes, asked the philosopher what
he was looking for. "That which I
cannot find,” was the reply»—'"the d if
ference between ydur father's bones
and those o f his slaves.”
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THE STAYTON MAIL
N o man tilings his own thoughts; 11«
man uses his own eyes; no man stands
upon his own feet; no mnn walks alone
W e go in Docks; we lean on others; we
follow the multitudes blindly, we bend
our necks to tbe yoke of public opin
ion; We have no self reliance. The
only virtue we have Is conformity. The
demand o f the age Is for men and wo
men o f character who are self poised
self reliant, Independent and self as
sertive. Society follows customs and
routine. The redemption o f the race
Is in the originality of Individuals.—
Jacob Gould Schurtnan.
Milton’» Work».
Miltoil regarded the “ Paradise Re
gained" as infinitely superior to the
“ Paradise Lost" and once expressed
great surprise that any one should en
tertain a contrary opinion, lie said
that o f all his works the poem "On the
Morning o f Christ's Nativity" was his
best It was his earliest, being writ
ten in 1C29, when he was twenty-one
years o f age.
Gold and Germs.
Microbes are never found on gold
coin?*, while paper money Is an Ideal
Domestic Bliss.
homo for them and every olil banknote
"You are always reaching for rome
is a menace of disease. The belief is thing you can’t afford.”
CitJ that gold acts as a bactericide.
"You were not always of that opln
ion."
When a man is no longer anxious to
"Oh, is that e o r
h I- do Istler than well ho is done for.—B.
"l tlilnk so. At least you didn't sat
I It. Ilaydon.
that when I proposed. '-Houston Pott.
!
Madrid's Throne Room.
The throne room of Hie royal palace
at Madrid Is one of the most mngnifl-
rent In the world.
Ilerorntrd In red
nnd gold. It contains roek crystal
chandeliers, colossal looking glnsses of
the finest quality, mnrble tables anil
prlcelcA porphyry
The celling Is
painled by Tiepolo with the “Majesty
of Spain,” In Illustration of the virtue
of the kings and Ihe manliness of tho
people, who are reiwesentisl In the dif
ferent costumes of Hie provinces. Here
the sovereigns of H|wiIn receive on
grand occasions when alive and when
dead are Infd out In state.
Deeeriptive.
“ What a fine building this is! What
Is It?”
•'You've Just snld wiint It Is.”
“ How do you ineiin?”
"It's a fine building, nil right. It's
a police court.”—Baltimore American.
Poor Hietorle*.
"She doesn't think much of the his
tories that are written.”
"Why not?”
"They contain no mention of her an
cestors, whom she Is always bragging
about.”— Detroit Free I’ resa.
The diminutive chains of habit are
seldom heavy enough to lie felt till
tbni- uro Uw» s t r o ll« tn 1“ » hrokan
D* Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
During the lust years of tin" fifteenth
century l/conardo du Vlm l executed
for the Duke of Mllnn his masterpiece
of painting, "The Last Supper.” 11 wall
decorn I Ion hi tile refectory lu ihe mon
astery of Santa Marl« dellc Grnzle,
Milan. Owing chiefly to Ills use of
oil colors directly upon the wall, to
neglect and to vandalism, only 11 ruin
of the grnml original remains. But,
whllo for purposes of study it. Is neces
sary to refer to tho many copies by
Da Vinci's pupils, tho best of which
are those by Marco d'Ogglono, In 8 t.
Petersburg and In Hie Itoyal academy,
Loudon, and to Itaffnelio Morghen's
excellent print, the original alone gives
the true though faint Idea of the
wonderful lighting and melting color
The painting was lu every respect
epoch making, no leaa In plctorlnl
qualities tlmi In the remarkable corn
position.
"With these high prices," said tno
customer to the grocer, “you must bo
mnklng n lot of money."
"No," replied the grocer, "I’m not
making any more money! My custom
ers merely owe me more." — Detroit
Free Press.
Northcliffe’e Way*.
I/onl Northeliffo when bo founded
' the I/Oiidnn Mall wss a year getting
ready. The fledgling fiapcr was Issued
dally, almost complete In every r»>
»peel, for three months before a single
copy was sold lo tho public. In these
months Northellffn was scouring tho
world for men, npprnlslug material,
sounding tendencies, gelling ready to
deliver n thrust Hint when delivered
carried conviction nud knowledge. If
tliero is one tiling In Nortbcllffe's life
it Is thoroughness.—Isaac F. Marcos-
son In Everybody’s.
\
The Jenny Lind Roek.
The Ohio 4 vcr claims among it*'
treasures the Jenny Llml rock. Th*
singer was • passenger on a steamer
which slruek on a sand bar near tbo
roek, nud while waiting for tbe boat
to lie floated Miss Lind had boatmen
row her out to tho rock, where site
stood alone and sang s song.
Big Diffarsnes.
Hnolo Ezra—So ye Just got hack from
New York! What’s (he difference be
tween the city nnd the country?
Unele Riten— Waal, lu Ihe country you
go to Iasi feeling nil In nnd get up feel
It Is not the Insurrections of Igno ing tine, nnd in the city you go to lirai
rance Hint are dangerous, hut the re feeling fine and get up feeling nil In.—.
Life.
volts of Intelligence.—LowelL
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