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VTHD CnnCCrr 'DAILY' JOUItNAt. PORTLAND.' SATURDAY. EVENING, ' NOVEMBER IOC? 1906,
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If" family, ona of thoaa tenlaLior-
in, lovaDia na ar-ao-wena w,
lla ToPy, rjat;crwa4-h faa4 twaa
Pll4 vtiBlnalir kr 'Minv tha ealy kay
"Jit ttia! flock f girl. n4 ciiaaiuenly
W, M' Hogerfc', !jia walfleft "aut ' to
bba tendfr raercla (ia jfiai bten left
. (,,whoi 4 mcra tow and.. unliKi. moat, ln
, ate4 f belD awa4 bjr, bey fcWUy, h
Jiat) qulta woi bar brart by aataroatu
- ally taklnc, what In any ona olaa would
-f bava bean oonaldere-J uiyr)J((jna,b,la,.lb.
' tL : "ow what ,maij''yo ur p .tii
'anvelope?" asked Aunt Jaufy In
- voice, pitched Uka a clrJanet Tooka
-If. Jf you'd ajirayf baan Mfuatinail to
; ha(m tbiiiK grow op ireea. , Now
. bat'a .thf mattar with that ,ar)Vlop,
any aray? Say. t watcUad, you addraaa
j It, an' It . looked correct,, notbln' l to
cratch out not avta roei ' .'
Pata turned iallyK and wth' a. good
- jpturcd y.wn, resHedK-r'-Tou, ra rlfht,
. Aunt Kancy,, Ita only avjlt lay in, ita
jcorrrctnaaa. -, It -.may ,hvt bean .vary
I ailly.", contlnuad ha.. "tMt wlti aucb, an
Important addreaa . aa 'Mrs. Abrabni
Carter atarlng ma In tha. face, I felt
Uk blnni(i 'Dear Mailara,'. whereaa,
without ita atarn atmoapnere and lnflu
'enfe, I' could wrltf: n-uch more' ntur
my.'inforts!! and tovtnfll tq the ir
.pid aoui :;, : , . , ... ;
. "Now who. uOght you W be Jntprroal
, Wtb , 'dear ; W-"aoUU'r. aaHej :Auhi
,.Nancy to tonea , that admitted of. bo
coftiprorpiaa. "Una mora Lnriaima ;r
' the aouth and a few more Harvarda ac
.afaja.HS aondlllqii -of, tha. aultaa of
on I iv-Turkey, ia at last believed, la the
(if ft 1 inner circle t Censtaotiaopie. to
s'iLLa ttopeieea; hut at'Tlidia KUsx
th greatest show' 6f ftpMmlslm i made
"jy the palace entourage to tbelr aui
'(jruat 'jnaster'g hfattb., JotJU. Ptjon,
' current through the gt respecting tha
,heaUbof the. samaadeae)(- ibav aiUi-t
ful,. enjoins that. tha, sultan , can never
1 be seriously JU;"ln fac,t.tthat p cn
nevf die. ' Then death 'or a;fiarem In--v'trigW
remowa him; khd 'af arrhnar' Hc-
:on. .te applied te HI auoawawar.'i S'
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. TbeXiPalact; Dtetora, fit u n r ! hii i :
- 1'Th fhyslclaaa5' tormlnftne martlcVil
. antoerage ef the sultan' at tfidta Kloak
are;, aot ' without -aklit r Somev i indeed,
! have r studied v at Berlin, r Vienna, and
t Parte. But they as j-ulo, r aovargly
handicapped In oqtnlsterlng to bis- raJ
eatyille take bl medlolnee badly, and
haa a morbid dread of tha knife. ' Me
lea a -towards ekarmaeind eahertatltna,
raaaUat heast haa' far.-greater .falUi. In
platwltll aueekery then in ywnulaa aaeil
, leal skill. His sedentary Ufa- kaa laag
"eairaed aa aperatloa ta be neoMsary) brut
,-ha haa - shirked , th appUoaMoa t tha
, knife, and haa gone on sufflsriaa- acopias,
i which ointment -and- charm have hut
. teanpwrarUT x removed.. .. It-waa solely
; J through tue-earnest reresentatlona f
: -tha Oerman aaibaeiador that the aultan
'at, teat consented to . the calling' In of
VtheT aeletaratad I. Prof eaaoa- Bergmaim,
Ahd, after the oonwaHatlotV D. Sler;
t -mean -waa 'Mat aliawed1 ta 'Opera te.MU
majely la auf feting from fa-eomplloe-'tteef
0 AlaeaesM, n. He waa tO'have beer)
neatee. upaaj for appen4teMtar,'hal' tha
- vtlay-wa pur. off. ' He la known no
A have Brlght'a dtsaNand 'atw U 1s
understood he la uf ferine -from cancer,
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t "Hi taajeaty la gettm an In year. H
"-waa-born on-eeptemher lti"ltf,-nd baa
'relftred,' a erovn'tha tlst or'Auginit lest,
' '! year. - Whrf WUI'aMeet hltti "Thit
'Is thB 4oentlon 'burning' tjUeatteM ! in
itke near future. i-Tlie hela presumptive
. a hla brother, MtogammaeVRachad, who
Ma tare yeara', hla-. Junior, ) having been
'born on November lliU- But Abdbf
'Hamld-ta atiitan, and' he baa a will bf
' hla own, and he may,' tn nominating Ma;
successor,- pass over the generally ac
retPi eUtniaaf bit broth and uiase
ion f . hia ,awa ,,on4,, Ilia, al4"t, ftoi.
-Melewiil-BeMtW .kaa,- believe, , go
'chance ef ' beln bis Hthe' , aiweetlan.
rTia favorite n -is1 Abdut-Ktais, t
'February if. 'UT.J'T'lt qermaaMa
' ,enoe, .whlob, indajf ,11 tllpoweffu' In
.Canataatliiople-will have aqraelhlng y
aay in canmeotloa with- the. uccelon.
Tt' easy t ttw htohammed-Raonad , or
for Abdul-Kadi r, or ra dark heaae
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taJarlnd,-?oW,d e patting the pteat-?pt"-jt.aV,oulder.i
'Aaytxntiy .wonld think
tnaf my envelovea and dollar, aria ilfh
llket wi t-plii-MaKwM wt 4a jaot
gathered. ' Now I want to know what
poor old ' ouf "yow ar loving o In
formally knd atuTally.,' coatlnued lh'
angular 'Aid maid, with an emphatic
shake of her head, from either aide of
which.' dangled oork-eereW' a-irla. (
' "Oh; you needn't get fealeua, Auntie,
replied "Pete, 'With auaplcleuo twinkle
In hi tfra ejrea, "for aha a Juat a t.gre
"A Who! -A 1 whatr etied the -14
lady' aghaat, "and did you vlalt her,' too,
whert you 'Were 1n Virginia r" '" i
Well,' no,1 not aiaeny. although an
Hrtalnly waa the autocrat -who-man
aged the entire Byrd family, ao It aoetaa
hut flttln-f that I aend her Una. 'Don't
tonf tttltik. ao,' Aentlar- u 1- . ; . !:! I
7a- "Don't know tithlr 'bout ouy nta
gera." replied aha with a defiant anlnT,
"buf "l know ia that there'a ; i 4
proper place for everythlnf, and a ken
nel for a dog. a atall for a horae and a
kitchen- tor nlggera; It maybe-' ela
faahloned, but I ain't none ' of - youf
pooker f,1 Waahington omn,',nar
advocate 'neither for gentlemen oorret
ponding with nlfrer mammlea,' nor-'
"-Petal oh, Peter erled a merry, lrt
lh' voice 'frohr the hall.' "May I come
InT ' Whefe are yoU, anyway V ' ' ,
5 "Now, tnere'a one of you up-to-dat-era,"
aald Aunt Nancy aarcaatlcally.
''"Htr fn the I1krry. called Pete; rio
Ing nd making1 for the door. 'Owe
right In," .",J 'o''. . :
'.'Anu ao'Votr are really bark from the
iouth." hppled a'glfllBh vtaioa of II,
kmohf ' thi ultan'' mimerous aona; In
act. for the one "wha will best aarvt
Oerman interests. The Turkish krmr.it
should not be forgotten, has been mod,
filed oh the Oerman plan, and the kaiser
has lent the sultan some of his most
distinguished efWeer, to Instruct : the
Turks in the art- of war. ; 1 ;, ! !;'
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Sultan ta Worker nd Ltnguiatj . j
" AbduJ Hamld U pa of the hardest
working -monarcjia. , , Ha upertntrnda
every Important detail, of state espe
oieJlyrtb diploma Ho aide thereof, ,No
mattea wbat hour of the night. Import
ant cablea or teleftrama arrive, having
bearing upon affalra f eiaie. he musi
at etw Ve mads cqualntd with their
contiita..,.Ka has; a. boat of affrta'la'
ti attend- to thla work and to KpP him
hourly Informed. Negligence would cer
tainly, cost a secretary bis plac,' an(
maybe hla life. Then secretaries art
conversant t with all languages, and
every really Important article id a news
paper ia at once marked out and brought
to his majesty's attention., In thla way
h knows tar mora What is going on n.
Ida big own realms nd outaldt of them
that ie fxar of ill tle Russia. The
Bujtan .knows , more "langua get thari 1
genrsilx bellevetf; but In Mk conversa
tion ..with thi orr)a diplomatique bo,
UBlcsl.any fmber thereof , esn coni
vers .direct with, him In Torklah, al
ways employe, an Interpreter. , Many a
time' haa n i 'fuM comprehended thi
asides' Irt hfr bwn tohfcues of he dlplo.
mattets who bva met him in audience.
The' influence .of Baron Chalice,' the
Austrian ambassador and doyen 'of the
ambnseadorg who If iretlrlnpr froth th4
fllhlomatla service, with tha sultan- wa
nfft 0' rrfuch doe to' hi charm of " man
her 'and bis Vonderful 'tt ' aa to tha
fact of hl Vns" able to'converse' dlreet
wHn 'the padlshah 'in' TiirklsK." On 'on
occasion when conversing with the tat
Blr Clart ryird, th Bl-ltlsh ambasandoi
B 'Constantinople," ' respecting certain;
representations wikde'lto him enhoerntng
the ' Armenians, i" his majesty anconacl
otsly let slip a big d d. Abdol
HaMld.' by tni"try. "although,1 on hla
mofhefa side, undoubtedly of Armenian
descent haa nr for hatvsr for the
Armenian,'" hay.,' to his tnlnd,1 are not
only ultriy rmpoaslble people, bat are
the"mor " dangeroua" politicians and
arlwilnaia l hla empire. 1 A'. ' ' '
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Hit Baiy Sl. f ' " k4i
'. qutt4a of the Armaataan, and whom
hla msjesty dislikes from tha palUloal
aa distinct from tha reltgloua stand
point, Abdul Hamld ia br ae naeaar
rellaloua intolerant He, In fact. Is far)
ant loleraa than d Russian eisr. le
allow all 1 within hi -realme freedorn
of religion thought ao long they do
net ua their rellgloa a a aaeaaa ef
yjot any heart left at' aflt Or.-- Oh,
I beg your pardon. Aunt Nancy," aald
aha in aurprlaed tonea. WdB't ae you
at all. -Hegular liOndoil mils.tdy
aide and ovt!--: '-".
; vIt don't appear .to have dampened
your aplrlta none," r piled Aunt Nancy,
frith an onrtnoua frown. ; ' f , :
1 "No tbla kind o ' weather aiwaya
4rlvea the klnka out of my tempea tuto
my halr, aald the girl with a. total Ula
nagard for-bar hoateaaV aareaam, "and
than, too, I've got olhar raou," added
aha myaterloualy. -TA - 'a a-'-vV ' '
f "Eht Now glva them to ua Vane,"
aaked Pete, encouragingly, "for you look
Intereatlng." - .'.''
i Yaa." aonUnuad Jane, Tm happy aa
at -Sand Boy,' and f rea,' ya free again,"
maiA ah trtti'lilnr ut both arma to
their full length and taking a, long
hruth, "Poaltlvely. I feel Ilka flying.
and t va been doora All, day and
breathed ao muoh oaone that . really
ought t float.' " v-
1 -What do you mean by being freer
naked Aunt Nancy, impatiently . "Any
body would think you'd been m JaH.- ,
' "Engagement is broken. : Juat think
of It, Aunt Nancyl Toe family- earn
mighty near bulldoilnaj ma Into marry
ing (hat EngUahman, but I talked to
them, and now "have Juat com.' Over to
confide in you and Pete, . Gofly 1 bu
Juat did inlaa being. exported!' . . ';.
trVJl, I etpect your, home 1C a llttj
peppery," aald. Tete,' . aympatheflcaily,
-ao tell ua all about it," aald he. edging
hla chair P a l-UU? clpaer1i."?fow, wjjajt'a
the particular trouble T"
Vh,-HothWc in Ta"'c",rrnr very
thing In general.,1 ,alwaya knew, roy
:t
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polUcal prepaganda. .lAaearaing ta niaa,
a good Mohammedan ahould remain at
good Mehammedarand rod Chrlatlan
a good Chrtettan; hut politic ahould be,
anust ba, left severely alone by al
aeet within the TurkWll empire.' Hia
majekty 'Ukea hia amusement sadly)
but h,' ae many European entertainer
hate dfaeovered. iainbt bad audlenca,
and, in truth, I a Very liberal patfon.
Hla taatee. indeed; ra' peculiar; and ha
much prefer a; tumbler-cqntorllonlt
ahow or a good sleight-of-hand exhlbli
Haa to A flrst-claat drsmailo or musical
entertainment." Tha Oerman ambassador
Once got the entree of a Oerman musical
prodigy td Tlldls Klftkk. He fiddled and,
fiddled, and the aultan aat tmmnvable,
and at the en he' yawned; hut he loaded
Ut prodigy with flXta, ad U werraaii
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love waa of too eollaralble and bubbly
a material to last well, a yesterday be
my Johnny HuU, explained aha, nod-
ding Jrtvolouaiy -aun kkkj, ,i'
overaentimantal, grabbed and tried to
klaa me. I didn't exactly ahare hla an-
thu8laam,' aald he, auu anaKin
golden curia, ' ao ducked my , neaa w
mlaeed hla aim, but aa It waa 1 eaughti
It la the eye, and and. or, wall that a
the beginning at the end." ? ' . v
,t- 1 1 1 umt tan aood. to be
kissed, what do you auppoaa be wanted
to aaarry you rorr aaaan avk wf
with an uplifted ehln, which cpaveyed
unutterable meanlnga of acorn. . "Like
to be put In a grlaaa cabinet an hung
up n a braaa nail for exhibition, I aup
poaa. Don't know what you young peo
ple la eoinln' to anyway. I never was
craay about kissing or marrying either,
but If I d decided wnd promlaed to do
either, I'd have sense and force enough
of character, too, to ad both. I most
oertalnlir don't know what you young
la pomln' to." aha again ex-
'viaimerf with aocumulated wrath, "Now
here'a Pete--r-my ... rexe-f-ej-iu-a
with a "autoeratlo niggers
'A WHAT II!" aaclalmed Jane. "A ria-
rOnife "true.'' aald ' Peti Aolamttly.
'Met her In 'Old" Virginia,' and waa Juat
writing; to her when yon buret In apon
x"-"!. don't, think 1- ult -understand,"
aid Jane, Increduloualy; , . -
''x "Certainly don't look a If yon do.P
aald Aunt Nancy, "you face U aa .blank
aa aa oyster, ah' I can't aea any par
ticular reaaon wbjr. you oan't fbnX your
moutn.
VYou see. it'a thla , way,r explained
t hnrrledlv . . In hODta Of Checking
further aarcasm. ,"thl old ?" )r'th
Been a rgmr. i.uiuy f" t"l ."
ftvrit whoiTi I've been visiting, and aha
.gav4.ua ijuch a..royat time Chrlatma.a
that more in ine lorra 01 ii.iiery iuu
t-iythtng- else- I thought f -wtttlnr to
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embassador, waa undes tjae Impreaalori
that he had provided Jtla maiaaiy with
a dellghtru! evenlnr tntertalninent,-, 7'
Sarah Bernhardt and Abdul. .-vr ),,..
'In th days whep 'Paul pambon'. !th
French ambassador to , Great ; Britain,
represented the interest of the French
republic: ' at'. Constantinople, ' Madame
Berah Bernhardt., who bad been' touring
in eastern Europe, waa desirous of giv
ing a dramatic repreaentetlon at Tlldia
Kloak. The aultan waa willing, and tha
term1 wr 1 duly arranged with the
keeper" of th -wardrobe,' tha worthy
pasha "whd haa 'th eontref'of all en.
tertalnmertt- at' Tlldla- Bat th pasha
held out his hand for mora baoksheeah
than La Belle parah felt Inclined to
aire, and ae th ong-loeke4 for repre
"Well, but how n tha nana of genae
could ahtf or rather waa It In her power
tos glva you royal times r aaked fane,
even mora aoyatlfted. " ! '
- "Oh. aha Juat a earned the natural foun
tain head that regulated everything; and
waa never the round peg in the auara
hole, no matter what the oonUoattoni,
mammy" was all aufflcleat. 1 as to
a matrimonial whooper-up khCa the beat
ever pity you didn't have her on hand
last night, Jane," added he aympathetl-
ally. .:.'..-. .. .j--.- ,
. "And atUI you , cama back alngleT
cjueattoned Jane. ' 1
"Tea. but I made a very narrow ea
ape, propoaed te the wrong girl: but
a fallow Juat naturally had to get aentlr
mental, von know, what with mlatletoe
and candlelights and Jullpa, to aay noth
ing of an atmosphere almply permeated
and aaturated with tha holy eatate of
matrimony and then, you know. Jane,
I aiwaya waa tender-hearted, and aha
looked ao lonely and'
OhrhpahttnUrrupted-Jene, "thoee
kind of miatakaa are nothing new oa
your part however, what did aha aay 7"
A "Well, I don't - remember exactly
but - a aha declined, and I didn't puah
the taatter, beoaaaa all tha time I had
a anaaking Idea that it waa the egg-nog
and no, my effsc.Jpnf a waa working
' "OUt, do com to ;he Wat Veddlnga,
Pete, ypu are worse 'han fourthly and
fiftblf In aermona," , . -. , ' , , . , J
"Well, tp begin, th.ey. were alt colored
affalra, you know, and each, unique la
tt- own- wrr-w- ywte.
-Colored r aaked Jane.
aentatlon 1 did not take ' place.' s Barah
Bernhardt lost by it l.e pounde ani
the coveted order of tha Chefskat Heri
mann, the eonjurar.' knowlnr th rope
better than the great rreneh aetreoa,
aw the keeper Of the' wardrobe, gave
hla ahow. and got hia thousand pounds,
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Yatrnlng for a --Friend.' ',V.! I
i. Th sulUa'a yaarnlpg ", tar? a frleo(
taa often been pathetlo, Thla la brought
out by Chedo MOatoVleh la aa admir
able chiraotar-eketah la th "Fortnight;
ly." Having heard that King Milan, aad
and broken hearted, waa alive in Vienna,
the aultan Invited him to aosae ta Ooa
stantlnople, and he aaked the writer to
espouse hla cause t In the. following
touching word: . "
"Knowlnr that King Milan Ma fond
of yotl knd trusts you, I called you to,
ask yott peraonaHy to, write to him to
aupbort my ' Invitation." Write 'to him
that I ahonld feel happy to have him
near ma. He knowa that all my eympa
thlea are with him, and that his friend
ship la precious to me. Tell him that I
have thank Ood! many' good and
faithful aervante, but that I often feel
quite lonely,' and that X am longing with
all my heart and soul to have nsar ma
a 'man to whom, aa to a falthfal and
sincere friend, I eeetld confide what 1
have in my heart, with whom l eeuld
freety exohange thought and take
rounael. and with whom I could ahare
toy aad aortow. .1 feel deeply that In
Milan I should And such a friend. Writ
to hist to 00 me, that wa aa friends may
help each other to bear bravely tha load
of our deetlnlea." , 1
Ia not thla an Illuminating record of
AbduJ'a heart hunger? . .j
"Swillgwed JEntlra Ironcladi."L .-j,
Another atory. llluatratea the Sultan.'
quiet humo. ..... ;
The grand vlalar gave a grand din
net one evening, at which, with the aul
taa'a sanction, several court officers
wera preeent, Ona of thee, th next
day gave the sultan a vsrbal report of
the exhibition of msglo power' by
poor 4enrl,t wnlch, followed the din
.irr. ' . '1 " ".."'" .
"Would yon beilev It,' air, be ld.
that poor dervish swallowed 'silver
spoona one after th other ' It wa
almply marvelou.' - . A' '"I
' " To yw aav marvelousl tha aultan
aaked him. 1 T do aot see anything mar
velous in the fact that a poor dervish
wallowed a few of the grand viator'
silver poena. ' 1 That feat la aa nothing
In comparison with' 'the -feat which
Hassan Faahe,' my f minister of the
navy, weed to perform. ' He swallowed
entire ironclsd without -changing 1 tha
eolov of hi far ff a moment., v '
4'Haean Pasha wa notorious for the
boldness with whleh' h - dlrerte4
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"Negroea," I ' mean, explained Peta.
"buT 'mammya'"granddaughtar waa the
prise winner. It -aeema that for four
yeara tthar btlerfha4 been playing "fast
and looa,wij&, kee affections, ao thla
time 'mammy' took mattera In her own
hamdav-wot'-t-oth.-'brld and ,room aleera
In a cart and aept tbem over, to Rich
mond ' to buy the neoessary 'glad rags.'
wedding garments, I abould have aald.
Well, on their retura from the . city,
however, tha groom got drunk, the mule
ran away, and In which flight, hla wad
ding breeches and her wreath' got lost,
but In lust such tlmea aa thoae 'mam
my' shines, and nothing daunted, she
went out lor the" barnyard' ana bulled
some ' feathers out of an unsuspecting
goose,' which beautifully took the place
of "orange blossoms." but wltb only a
houseful of young ladles and very thta
bachelors we had a terrible time euhsu
tutlng those p&ntaloona. , ' poor Mlsa
Byrd waa at .her wits' end when 'mam
my,' aa though .poasesaed, rushed off
to tut. attic axul.Kiturned-arme4. wHB-a
pair pf ancestral pants, belonging to
one of the depart'sd Byrd grandfather,
and wltb the aaaltance of a drawatrlug
and several aafety pine they answered
admirably; and after many more diinke
the groom radiantly took hla stand be
fore tha Impromptu altar. - and when
aaked by Mr.- TuVner. the Byrda family
minister, if, he would have Manny Ann.
eta, -with a Chesterflaldian bow and
In stentorian J tonea he responded t ,- "I
will, auh.' The ceremony waa performed
In the drawing-room, and Mlaa Byrd not
only gave he 1 bride away, " but alio
loaned a family rtna; for thd occasion,
and then after the . benediction Mr.
moneys, granted for the. Ironclads, ' ia
the needa of hla own renowned harem. "j
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Can a Man,. Escape Pcitinr.T -. -,'s
The aulUn'a 'graipPOf the' Intrtoala
emotional aide of life la emphaalaed ia
tha same 1 article ty hla oommetite on
the engagement t r Madam.1' Praga
Maahln te King Alesandar of aefvia.
He atudiea the phto -of the handaom
woman, admires her fine eyes, and then
expressea his ' wonfle. that King Alex
ander should commit $ uch. a oly. By
and bye he adds: . , -
.."But. after, all, .what right have wa
to complalaT . What rlgt hv w veri
to crtticlT .. Can .a man, escape his
destiny t- And is it fair to forget what
an irresistible power lova haat .Where
Is th atrong man who la not ' weak
when" he flnda himself alone with a wo
man with whom h la In love? And are
wa not all liable sometimes to commit
follies? . Doea love ever ask what your
father and mother will aay to ; that
Doea' It ever listen to reason? ; verily
do not think we have a right to laugh
at tha foUy pf thla young man, Poor
Alexander la1 evidently deeply fn lav
NO writer ever 'fleatrrlbetf Sheaen
aatlone ef ballooning wlh jpjch
, particularity .. as a doea , A, , W.
, ,. Bolker- lni hia article .oa "fiky
galling, the New Sport,"; hatha Ameri
aan Magaalna , for Nevember, . The au
thor la a ley ta the reader because be
relate all the little things that you
want to know. j He la Indeed a traveler
returned from a land of woaders. poa
seaaadv of a passion te tell what, ho haa
seen, and equipped ; with the: power-, Id
write entertainingly rx-rA -t -1 -'-i' 7 r
Among tha numaroda sneclflo facta
that- Mr. . Kolker reportsw the. following
are Intereetlngt , 4 j. .s. i-,-.t
"It la while discharging ballast th en
ter 'the higher aitttudee that you. get
year first Idea of th haJrrigger hel
anc of tha giant aontrlvano keeping
yen afloat. 'Your pilot' takee-a email
wooden aeoop" no larger 'than an-ordt-nary-alaed
' aeap ladle, digs Inte aae ef
the aandbaga and aoattera - alagle
ehoveir ul' overboardj- Jp darta ' your
balloon KW,' JWO, D feet An ordinary,
steed' bottle of beer r111ed overboard
Ughtena tha balloon nouH to send It
wp arm feet aad if yea happen to be over
a vacant field where you can drop th
bottle Itself without flak of killing any
one, the release of thla wetirht will aend
you up another 0 fa. Ho delicately
poised I your balloon anee It haa atruck
Ita balant that rM.eould puah H up ,
. .. 1 ,:. ...... .. . 1 . ' ;..'.,
Dropping S B Trom a Balloon J
I I .;,V s'-!!i!lM" f-t'tt'r" 1
it ..-!, ;': it
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'li'H It; a Jitaf; r '.
i"1 I (..I V-ert A ,'i ti-
I it rlTi7 - t-: 1 1
.t:.'.-i " t.:j 'if. fix-"'
.-(. :f 'jtwc1t. attt-i-t'"-! ,
! ..! et' a . .' it, s't e-lT . y'
or: i' .i.-mcj . il'wi.
:t.A .rjv- JO xr tatty v$ '?
; I'll ,.f.-r.3 j ii.Acvjir ti.i , .
(lir-rr ?f - 4"0irf "!ti( ;' rel JfJH f.x,i
rner, toldy tha, groom toaaluta h1
bride (which la. I believe, a Universal
euatoaa among the negroes when In
all hambleneaa. deference-and generoe-
ity, the groom with, another, how an, I
comprehenalve aweep of the hand, eahi
After you, atih.. r - -
i. um aacKuna a vuv u aui wuaurr.
and until then I never knew the fool
meaning of a "Virginia break -down," ao 1 :
aa to aupperat Lordl never aaw o mucti
in au - my ... lire;., a. aaadia . or . mutton .
roaated pig with an. apple In hla mouth,
hams, turkeys, possums Um-m-mV No
wonder the , aouthemera , are . poor, but
they certainly do understand . how to
live up to 'eat. drink and be taerry for
tomorrow we die, " , .
-."Now. thafa what I tall -weddtng;'-exclaimed
Jane,, enthusiastically. "M
regular, happy, ,' joyoua, - marry, Santy
Clausy kind of an affair. I wonder why
we more highly civilised ' belnga . arer
forced Into aucb aolemn, ; harrowlnrr
hlmvl-rnrdllna- formalltlea.' Oollvl said
ahe. Using, "I ffcrrigor flown senti
mental and. like recalling my Engllab-
man. Oh.aay, Aunt Nancy, added she,
clapping her hands, aa a very younaj
girl , might hive dona, "even yon. look
Interested thrilled." ,l : ' J : ,
i es, now come, own up, "' Jrt.e
"and telCus your thoughts. Aunty.
"Well, t waa thinking,", aald the?' oM'
lady gently, -"how nice it la to be young
and tbat If I'd known 'mammy Id.yeaxa
ago I might have er that is, may, be
there la no telling what might have hap-r
pened, added' she ' with a nmlle. anj
faint blush.'- " -"l- l"
"I believe; ahe'a nnma''''aft-''raU.v
aajdjane. In an undertones '1
Hi' "i H I. I II I
:r--t ;v-
7t t-Id:
-nit. Vw'mI ' n
wa tan do ia to wtart
lova ba crowned by
for hUn that hi
true and lasting happlnesa.' I wfll wire
him my beat wishes, but yon must also
et bint know that I ahalj aiwaya rev
jolrer to hear of hla happlnesg. 1 -'
Hera on almost reoogntaea th aym-r1
pathy and understanding; of a weman, '
, i v, , iu . j ...,.-,-a 1 i . :...
The $ ultan'a Sttpertthioni; f"
-The ultan I a myeU el the sayetio;
never was there la any ago a rale ao(
thoroughly auperatluouav He believe t
In dreams, in omen, the evil eye, and,
all that sort of thing that go to make
a man's Ufa full of unrest. . KeeanUy..
I believe, in view of the uncertainty'
surrounding the post of favorite sooth-(-ayer,
the soothsayer have banded to-
yether and agreed upon a general Haa
f prophecy and exhortation, ao that'
when the aultan, disappointed with this'
or tnot wlae man, ealla In another, hen
flnda him setting forth precisely th
same prophetic policy. Even wise own,
however Inspired, must live. Deeptur
hla superstitious weakness. Abdul Ham-''
Id la really a atrong naler. and, front
hla atandpolnt. la a juat one, .
or pull It tiown rrom' Sp t 400 feet with
strength equal to', that of your UttJa
linger. ; .: '. f 'f
When a mere cloud pas) between yen
and th sun, causing instant contraction
of the gaa Ira the baltooa. tha envelope
bjoromra taggy . and flaccid at one aa-l
you begl ta fall, some tlmea at the rat
of 1.0JO feet a minute, atthough yod hay
no warning of thla Other than the etato
acope and no sense tlqn exaept tha thrill
as you se the alarming rapidity wittts -which
the, earth cornea- peaer, you.
Three or 1 four aroopfui of land may
neceasary to sacrifice . pefor you agaka
atrikei' vcar balivnce. aad tha next me-
fment the aun darta from .behind th
cloud, warm the balloon ana me n
veiope, tautene aimcai wnn si m
yeu gd kltiag'Upwar under your light
ened load until you are obllr4 to oner,
the eecap valve to let eut ga a pre
vent gotnrr up bove your original level.
Then It ia Hist u batrlB te uaderta.
why thfibaahear. ef the aeronaut I
alternate yloud and'-suhehln. why he
praters Balling ' durtnaj the nlaht, ant
why, If he does nail throughout ,..
he mivirite htah above th cloul lu k -tli.MONS
sunahlae where the velm.ie tj
gaf I the bailooa remains eeneiant.'
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Rorkafeller In voMn said hm ") -for
the bent" for bluineif I , ( t
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