TO ROBERT BURTON.
A quaint oM store of learning llei
n I! 11 1 ton's pleasant paces:
"VVIUi long quotations Hint comprise
Tho wIpcIoiii of tin- w;e..
Tin strange to rend lilm 'mid tlic crowd,
And modern htnly-btirly;
Tlic only utitlior John.'oti vowed .
Could innke lilm get up early.
Hp lived ii Military life,
He cald, ''MHiitci wowta,''
And put Ills rest from wordly strife
To very plensmit uses.
Ho. wrote the book wherein we find
"All Joys to this are folly';''
And naught, to the reflective mind,
"So sweet as melancholy."
How strangely he dissert" his theme
In manlier anatomic;
He's earnest at otic time, ou deem,
Now decorously comic.
And most prodigiously he quotes,
With learning quite gigantic,
Or telling classic anecdotes,
Is pleasantly pedantic.
There's sterling sense In every page,
And shrewdest cogitation,
Tour keen attention he'll encage,
And honest admiration.
If any man should vow to live
With but one liook, be certain
To hlrn could friendly fortune give
No better book than Hurton.
He Hen at rest nt Chrlstchurch aisle,
With all his erudition;
The hieroglyphics make one smile
That shows his superstition;
His epitaph survives to-day,
As one "Cut vtlain ilttUt
JCt morttm Mtlnnehdia.
Mo he himself has said It.
Atidreiv Lang.
Sandorf's Revenge,
X SEQUEL TO MATHIAS SAXDORF AND
DOCTOR AXTKKIH'JT.
JEy Jules Verne,
Atrrnon op "joonNnv to tub oentihi
Olf TIIK KAUTH," " TltlP TO THE MOON,"
"AHOUND THE WOIIM) IN KIIIHTY
BAYS," " MIOHAF.r, HTllOOOl'l',"
" TWKNTY THOUSAND IiUAOUKS
UNDuit Tin: sua," r.ra, irro.
Tiatulatlon eopyvtoMetl hy G. II'. Ilnnna, mi.
CHAPTER XXIV-CoNiiNLir.i).
Suddenly a shout oame from tho
minaret above, from ono of tho men on
ffiinrd. At tho same moment tlin other
jumped on Pescado, while Namir rushed i
on to tho terrace, und tho wholo house- '
hold cunio hurrying across the court- I
yn.nl.
Would Sava allow herself to be
retaken ? No ! To bo rotnkou by Sar
cany was to be lost ! A hundred times
would who prefor deuth I
With a prayer to God tho brave girl !
ran to the parapet, and without hesitu- j
tntion leaped from the terrace. I
Pescado had not even time to inter-
foro ; but throwing oil' tho man Unit
bold him, ho caught hold of tho rope 1
and in a Hoeond was at tho foot of tho
wall.
".Savu! Suva!" ho shouted.
"Hero is tho young lady!" said a ,
Tnimlinr voice, "and no bones broken I
T was just in the way- " j
A shout of fury, followed by a heavy !
thud, out short Capo Matifou's speech, j
Namir in a movement of rngo, unwill- )
ing to abandon tho prey that was escap
ing her, would havo been smashed to '
pieces if two strong hands had notcnught j
Iier as sho fell. '
Doctor Antekirtt, Pierre and Luigi,
had rejoined Capo Mat if on and Point '
Pescado who woro running towards tho I
ulioro. Although Suva had faiutod she
-weighed uhnost nothing in tho arms of
her rescuer.
A fow minutes afterwards S.ircany,
with a score of armed men, oamo out in
pursuit of the fugitives.
Whon ho reached tho oreek whero tho
Eleolrio had been waiting, tho Doctor
and his companions were already on
board, and in a fow turns of tho sorow
tho swift vessel was out of range.
Savn, nlone with tho Doctor and Pierre,
booh regained her consciousness. Sho
learnod that sho was tho daughter of
Count Mathias Handorfl Sho was in
lier father's arms 1
CHAPTER XXV.
ANTUIClUVrA.
Fifteen hours after leaving tho ooast
of Tripoli, tho Eleotrio was signaled by
tho look-out at Antokirtta, and in tho
afternoon sho camo into harbor.
Wo can easily imagine the reception
flivon to the Doctor and his companions.
Now that Sava was out of danger it
was decided to still keep secret her
relationship to Doctor Antekirtt.
Count Mathias wished to remain
unknown until the accomplishment of
his work. Hut it was enough that
Pierre, whom ho had made his sou, was
tho betrothed of Sava Sandorf, for signs
of rejoicing to be shown on all sides, in
tho Htadthnus as well as in tho town of
Arteimk.
Wo may judgo what wero Madamo
Rathory's fooliugs whon Snva was given
back to her after o many trials. And
JSava herself soon recovered her health
a fow days of happiness wero sutlloiont
for her complete re-establishment.
That Point Pes cad o had risked his
lifo there oould bo no doubt. Hut as ho
seemed to Uiiuk it quito a uaturul thing
to do, there was no juissibility of reward
ing him- except in n fow simple words.
Pierro Hathory had clasped him to his
limist, and tho Doctor had given him
look of gratitude that he oould hear ol
no other recompense. According to his
custom ho gavo the wholo credit of tho
adventure to Capo Matifou.
"Ho is tho man that should bo
thanked," ho said; "if old Capo had
not been so olever with that pole I
nhould never have boon blo to jump
into Sidi irozam'a house, and Suva San
dorf would have been killed by her fall
if Capo Matifou hud not been below to
reorivo lier in his urins I"
"Look here 1 Look horol" answered
Cape Matifou; "you n:o going tot) far,
and the idea of -"
"Ho quiet!" continued IVoido; "I
am not strong ono.igh to receive com
plimcnts of that calibre, m hi to you
Come, let us look after the garden!''
And Cape Matifou held his pence, and
returned to his pleasant villa, ami liuallv
accepted the felicitations that were
thrust upon him "so as not to disoblige
his littlo Pescide."
It was immured that the wedding of
Picrro mid Sava should take place on
the nth of December. When Pierre was
Sava's husband ho could claim his wife'n
rights in the inheritance of Count San
dorf. Madame Toronthal's letter left no
doubt as to tho girl's birth, and if nec
essary, they could obtain a formal state
ment from the banker. And this state
ment would be obtained in time, for
Sava had not yet reached the age at
which sho would enter into her rights.
Sho would not be eighteen until six
months later.
It should bo added that in tho fifteen
years a political change had taken placo
favorablo to tho Hungarian question,
and this had entirely ameliorated tho
situation- particularly with regard to
tho conspiracy of Trieste.
It was not intended to eomo to any
decision ns to tho fato of Carpona and
Toronthal until Sarcany had joined
them in tho casemates of Antokirtta.
Then, and not till then, would tho work
of justice be completed.
Hut while the Doctor was scheming
how to attain his object, it was abso
lutely necessary that ho should provide
for tho safety of the colony.
His agents in tho Cyrenaie and Tripoli"
had informed him that tho Scnousist
movement was attaining great impor
tance, particularly in tho vila3et of Hen
Ghnzi, which is tho nearest to tho island.
Special messengers wero continually on
tho move to the minor chiefs of tho pro
vince from Terbonb, "tho now polo of
, ki- i.iiiuiiu it oil ji jyiiiLjiiui
I calls it, the metropolitan Mecca where
I lived Sidi Mohammed El-Mahcdi, grand
master of .the order, and as the Senou
ists are the worthy descendants of tho
old Harbiiry pirates, and bear a mortal
halo to everything European, tho Doc
tor had to take stops to bo very carefully
on his guard.
In fact, is it not to the Senonists that
wo can attribute tho massacres in
African necrology during tho last
twenty years ? The sanguinary brother
hood lias put in practice tho Senousistio
doctrines against our explorers, and wo
have scon Bournum killed at Kaiiem iu
180!), Von dor Decken and his com
panions on tho Djouba River in 1805,
Madamo Aloxino Tinue and her people
in Wady Abedjoueh in 18(15, Dournuiix
Dupeiro anil .(otibort at tho wolls of In
Azhur in 1871, Fathers Paulmeir Houch
ard and Monoret beyond tho In-Calah
in 1870, Fathers Richard Mozart and
Pouplard of tho (Ihadmos mission in
tho north of Azdjer, Colonel Flatters,
Captains Masson and Dianous, Dr.
Guiard and Engineers Heringer and
Rocho on tho road to Wargla in 1881 -
On this subject the Doctor often
talked with Pierro Hathory, Luigi Fer
rato, tho captains of tho flotilla, tho
chiefs of the militia and tho principal
notables of tho island. Could Antokirtta
resist an attack from tho pirates? Yes,
doubtless, although tho fortifications
wero not complete, but on condition
that tho number of assailants was not
too great. On tho other hand, had tho
Sonousists any iutorest in capturing it ?
Yes, for it commanded all tho Gulf of
Sidra, which formed tho coast of Tripoli
and tho Cyrenaie.
It will not havo been forgotten that
south-west of Antokirtta, at a distanco
of somo two miles, there lay tho islot of
Koueraf. This islet, which thero was
no tinio to fortify, would constituto a
sorious dangor if a hostile flotilla nvulo
it its base of operation, nnd so tho Doo
tor had taken tho precaution to mine it
extensively. And now a terriblo oxplo
aivo agent filled tho fougrssos amid ita
rocks. It would sufileo for an eleotrio
spark to bo sont through tho cable from
Antokirtta, and tho island of Konoraf
would bo annihilated with everything
that was on it.
With regord to tho other defenses of
tho island this is what had been done.
The Hanking batteries had been com
pleted, und only waited for tho militia
assigned to them to movo to their sta
tions. Tho fortress on tho central cuvo
was ready with its long-rango pieces.
Numerous torpedoes had been sun k in
tho channel, and defended tho oiranco
to tho harbor. Tho Ferrato and threo
Electrics wero ready for all eventualities,
either iu awaiting tho attack or advanc
ing on a hostile flotilla.
Hut in tho south-west of tho island
there was a vuluerablo spot. A landing
might tako place thero in shelter from
tho gnus of tho fortress. Thero was tho
danger, nnd it might bo too lato to
oeco'iio sulliciontly lulvunooil with tho
works of defunct.
i et ..ii - :i i . . 1 1. i i,.
oilier nil, nits it initio ueiiaiu nullum
i Senonists intended to attack Antokirtta ?
1 It was a lug nihur, a dangerous oxpodi-
I tion which would require a good deal of
material, Luigi still doubled, and ho
said so ono day while tho Doctor and
I Pierro wero inspecting tho fortifications,
"That is not my opinion," said tho
j Doctor; "Antokirtta is rich, it ooui.
mantis tho Syrtio Sea ; and thosa aro
sutlleient reasons for tho SenousisUs,
sooner or later, to attack it."
" Nothing can bo nioro certain," nddotl
rierns "and it is an ovontuality agaiust
which wo should Ihi prepared."
"Hut what makes mo fear an iinme
diato nttook is that Saroany is ono of tho
I brotherhood of those Khouans, and I
know that ho has always lxon in their
sorvioo as an agent in foreign parts.
Do you not remember that Point Pes
emtio overheard in tho moqaddom's
houso a conversation luitween him nud
Sidi Hazam ? In that conversation tho
name of Antokirtta was mentioned
Boyornl times, and Sarcany knows Unit
this island Iwlongs to Doctor Anto
ktrtt, tho man ho fears, tho man whom
ho mado Zirouo attack on tho sloped of
JEtna. As ho did not succeed in Sicily,
there is little doubt ho will try to suo
coed here under bettor circumstances."
"Has he any personal hate against
you?" ttsked Luigi; "and dooj ho know
your
"It is possible that he hat soc'i m"1 at
rtagusu," replied the Doctor; "in tiny
oiiso ho would not be igtioraut that in
that town I was iu communication with
the Hathory family. Dosides, the exis
tence of Pierre was revealed to him
when Sava was carried off by Peseado
from the house of Sitli llazam. In his
mind Ik; would see the association, nnd
Mould hao no doubt but that Pierre nnd
Sava had taken refuge in Antekirtta.
He will, therefore, urge on us the wholo
Senousistio horde, and wo shall get no
quarter if he succeeds in getting posses
sion of our island."
Tho argument, was quito plausible.
That Sarcany did not know that tho
Doctor was Count Sandorf was certain,
but ho did know enough to got away
from him tho heiress of the Artonak
estate ; nnd there was nothing surpris
ing in his attempt ttexcito tho caliph to
undertake an expedition against tho
Antekirttiun colonv.
However, they had reached the 3rd of
December and thero had been no sign of
nn imminent attack.
Hesides, tho thought of tho approach
ing marriage of Pierro Hathory occupied
everybody. And tho colonists tried to
persuade themselves that tho evil days
had passed and would not return.
Point Pescado and Capo Matifou
shared iu tho general sense of security.
They wero so happy in tho happiness of
others that thoy lived in a state of per
petual enchantment with everything.
"lean hardly belicvo it!" repeated
Point Petoadc.
"What can you hardly beliovo?"
asked Cape Matifou.
" That you are to becomo a big fat
annuitant, my Capo! I must think of
marrying you. "
" Marrying me ?"
"Yes, to some nice littlo woman!"
"AVhy little?"
"That would be only just! A largo,
an enormous line woman! Eh! Madamo
Capo Matifou; wo should havo to look
for you among the Patagonians !"
Hut pending the marriage of Capo
..uatitou, wincu would end well if ho
could lind a compa lion worthy of him,
Point Pescado busied himself about tho
marriage of Pierro and Sava. With tho
Doctor's permission ho was thinking of
organizing a public festival, with foreign
games, songs and dauct-s, discharges of
artillery, a grand banquet iu tho open
air, a .serenade, and a torch-light proces
sion and fireworks. That just suited
him I Ho was in his olemout 1 It would
bo splendid ! They would talk of it for
long afterwards! They would talk of it
for ever I
All this excitement was nipped in tho
bud.
During tho night of tho lirditnd 1th of
December a calm night, but a very
cloudy one an electric bell sounded iu
Doctor Aittekirtt's room iu tho Stadthaus.
It was ten o'clock.
At the call tho Doctor and Pierro left
tho saloon in which they had passed
tho evening with Madame Hathory and
Sava S.indorf. On entering tho room
they saw that the call was from tho look
out on the central cone. Quostions and
answers immediately passed by moans
of the telephone.
The look-outs signalled the approach
ol a tiotiiia to the south-west. ot tno
island, the vessels appearing very con
fusedly in tho thick mist.
"Wo must summon tho Council, "
said the Doctor.
In le.s.1 than ton minutes afterwards
tho Doctor, Pierre, Luigi, Captains
Nurso.1 and Kirtrik, and the chiefs of
militia wero at tho Stadthaus, consider
ing tho information sent down from tho
cone. A quarter of an hour afterwards
thoy wero down at tho harbor, at tho
end of the main jetty, on which tho
bright light was binning.
From this point, which was very littlo
above sea-level, it would bo impossible
to distinguish the tlotilla that tho look
outs on tho central cono could clearly
see. Hut in brightly illuminating tho
horizon, towards tho south-west, it
would doubtless bo possible to mako
out tho number of ships, and their plan
of attack.
Was it not unwise to thus disclose tho
postion of tho island? Tho Doctor did
not think so. If it was tho enemy
expected, that enemy was not coming as
a blind man. He knew the position of
Antokirtta, and nothing could keep him
away from it.
Tho machinery was put in action,
and with tho aid of tho two olectno
beams projected into tho oiling, tho
horizon was suddenly illuminated over
a vast sector.
Tho look-outs wero not niistakon.
Two hundred boats, at tho least, wero
advancing iu line, zobecs, polacoas,
trabacolos, saccolovas and othors of losi
importance.
Thero was no doubt that this was the
flotilla of tho Sonousists, recruited by
the pirotos iu every p rt of tho coast.
The wind failing, they had had recourse
to their sweeps. Tho passage list ween
Antekirtt and the Cvrouaiu was not a
long one. The calm might oven help
them, for it woufd allow of a landing
taking place under favorable conditions.
At tho moment the tlotilla was about
four or five miles olV, in tho south-west.
It could not roach tho ooost beforo
sunrise.
Cn.VPTEU XXVL
TUU 11ATTI.K.
After the llrst reeonnoissaneo the
ights wero extinguished. Tho oulv
thing to do was to wait for day.
However, by tho Doctor's orders, tho
militia wero mustered and sent to their
stations.
It was neeossarv to bo iu a jKisition to
itriko the llrst blow, on which perhaps
the issue of tho enterprise would depend.
It was now certain that the assailants
oould no loug'ir hope to take the island
by surprise, inasmuch as the projection
of the light had allowed of their course
nud numbers being known.
A most uaroful watoh was kept during
the last hours of tho night. .Many
times was the horizon again illuminated,
bo as to permit of the exact ituitiou of
the tlotilla Iniiug noted. That tho assail
tuts were uumeroui there oould bo no
doubt. That they wero sutlloieiitly
irmod to havo a ehauoo asaiuAt Ui
I Antekirtta batteries wm doubtful.
They were probably without artillery.
Hut the number of men that the chief
i oould land at once would mako tho
Sonousists really formidable.
Day at last began ti break, and tho
first rays of the sun dissipated the mists
on tho hoiiznn. Every 03-0 was turned
I seaward towards the east and south of
Antekirtta. Tho flotilla was advancing
iu a long curvod lino. Thero were over
' two hundred vessels, some of them
of thirty or forty tons. Altogether
I they could carry from 1500 to 2000 men.
1 At livo o clock tho flotilla was off Ken-
j craf. Would tho enemy stop thero nnd
take up their position before attacking
j tho islnnd? If they did so, it would
. indeed bo fortunate. Tho mines laid by
1 tho Doctor would seriously damage their
attack, if they did not entirely settle it
An nnxioii3 half hour elapsed. It
seemed as though tho vessels, as thoy
reached tho islet, wero about to land
but they did nothing of the sort. No,
one stopped, tho lino curved farthor off
to tho south, leaving it to tho right, an 1
it became evident that Antokirtta would
bo directly attacked, or rather invaded,
in an hour.
"Tho only thing now is to defend
onrselvos," said tho Doctor, to the chief
of the militia.
Tho signal was given, nnd thosa in tho
island hastened into the town to tako
the posts that had been assigned them
beforehand. Uy the Doctor's orders
Pierro Hathory took comniatid of tho
fortifications to tho south, Luigi of thoso
to the east. Tho defenders Hvo hun
dred at tho most wero posted so that
thoy could faoa the enemy wherever ho
attempted to force tho walls. The Doc
tor held himself ready to go where his
presence might bo necessary. Madamo
Hathory, Sava Sandorf and Maria For
rato remained fu the hall of tho Stad
ihaus. The other women, should tho
town bo carried, woro ordered to tako
shelter with their children in tho case
mates, where they would have.nothing
to fear even if tho assailants possessed a
few landing guns.
The question of Kencrnf being settled
unfortunately to tho Doctor's disadvan
tage thero remained tho question of
the harbor. If tho flotilla attempted to
force an entry, the forts on tho two
jettios, with their cross-fires, tho guns
of tho Ferrato, tho tor icdoes of the
Electrics and the torpedoes sunk in tho
channel would havo something to say in
the matter. It would, in short, bo for
tunate if the attack wero made on that
sjde.
Hut as was only too evident tho
chief of tho Senonists was porfectly
acquainted with Antekirtta's means of
defense. To a tempt a direct attack on
tho harbor would havo been to run to
oompleto and immediate annihilation.
A lauding in the southern part of tho
island, whero tho oporotion would bo an
easy one, was tho plan ho adopted.
And having passed by tho harbor, as he
had passed by Kencraf, ho tool; his
flotilla, still rowing, toward the weak
point of Antekirtta.
As soon as he saw this, the Doator
took such measures as circumstances
demanded. Captains Kostrik and
Naisos each took command of a torpedo
boat, and slipped out of harbor.
A quarter of an hour afterwards the
two Electrics had rushed into tho midst
of the flotilla, broken tlio line, sunk livo
or six of tho vessels, and stovo in more
than a dozen others. Hut tho numbers
of tho enemy woro so great that, to avoid
being boarded, tho Electrics had to
retreat to tho shelter of the jetties.
TO BE CONTINIHUJ.
Not 11 Society 3Iufi.
Senator Coke, of Texas, is a hig
f ruined, heavy-built man, better adapt
ed by nature for tho frontier than a
holy's drawing-room; not that he is
wanting in tho liner sensibilities, but he
does not like to bo hedged in ami re
stricted by tho conventionalities which
fashion imposes upon her votaries. Ho
wants room to swing himself in and to
put his big fot down without any ap
prehension that it gets on forbidden
ground.
"Aro you going to tho reception to
night, CokoH" lleek inquired of the
Texas senator last Tuesday.
"No, I ain't," responded the big man
in a voice that has tho ring of manly
earnestness about it.
"I'm not going to any more of thoso
receptions and fal-de-rals. Why, Heck,
lein'ino tell you. tho hist ono l went to
1 was walking slowly across tho room,
and presently 1 noticed a lady abowin',
and sistuilin' at me. Sho was at least
six or eight feet oil", and, as I didn't
know her, 1 looked to see what sho
meant. Sho kept on bowin' und sniilin',
and 1 noticed two fellows stand n' pret
ty cIomi to her. I concluded that one
or both of them was nstandiu' on her
dress, so 1 reached over, givo each ono
a shove, ami said: 'Git off this lady's
dre.'.s.' She kept on bowin' and sniilin'.
1 looked again, and by (5 -d I was
stiintlin' on her ilns nnself. I ain't
agoiu' any 1110', for the wnv the women
wear dresses now, trailin' along live or
six yards behind them, jou can't tell
where to nut your foot." Cor. Balti
more HcrnU:.
Cash Versus Sentiment.
Omaha has 1G0 saloons, paving
$1,000 per vear license, and that money
goes into the school fund, Tho result
is that the public schools of Omaha
are as line 11s any iu the country. Hut
a silly sentiment prevails which op
poses tho adoption of this plan in other
sections, on the ground that education
should not be fostered by money de
rived from such a source. 1 have
heard men talk, but 1 havo yet to find
a man suilleieutly sincere in his pro
fessions of this sort to refuso to sell
goods to a saloon keeper. Whon this
man is found tho dime museum mana
gers want hi m. They have hiiu on the
list of undiscovered curiosities. Klyin
Evtry SattmUty.
Cats aro tho moil dlttlcult of all aniiinila tn
fruln to perform trick. A thowman who
could obtain ouo would consider hi fortune
mado.
Want to be In tho cabinet SpIrltiulUl m
dluiui. llostitn J'imL
THE SULTAN'S SOLDIERS.
The llneet rroni AVlilcli tlic Ottoman
Army Is Drawn t'nlformlty lie
quired Only in UcIIkIous Heller.
In no nrmy in the world, perhaps,
except our Indian army, says The St.
James's Gazette, is there to be found a
greater variety of race and hue than in
that of the sultan of Turkey. In ono
essential only is uniformity required
that of religious belief. To the follow
er of Mohammed alone is it permitted
to bear arms in defense of the domin
ions of tho padishah, and, if fate de
crees, to becomo a chchid, a martyr for
the faith. No Christian or Hebrew
subjects may enter the combatant ser
vice of tho sultan, but they render tri
bute for exemption in the bedel askcrich,
or military tax.
Foremost among the peoples which
furnish the best material to tho Turkish
army is the peasantry of Anatolia. Of
a hardy and industrious race, singularly
patient and long suffering under trial
and privation, tho Anatolian battalions
have always been among the most
trustworthy soldiers of the sultan. The
best troops with which Mohonict Ali in
the Hulgarian quadrilateral confronted
tho Russians in 1877 were from
Anatolia. Their disciplined bravery
was the admiration of all who wit
nessed their conduct in action. Me
hcnict Ali himself thought rather bet
ter, perhaps, of his Hosnians and
llerzegovinians. Hardy and enduring
as tho Anatolians, they often showed a
more licry courage, duo probably to
their Slavonic blood, and, in the hands
of officers capable of leading them,
would have proved irresistible. Hut
thanks to tho ignorant rashness of
Suleiman, their magnificent battalions
were decimated at the Shipka. It was
with the remnants of the Hosniau regi
ments that Raker subsequently covered
the disastrous retreat of Suleiman's
u iny by Ichtiiuan and Tatar Razardjik.
With the occupation of Rosnia and
Herzegovina by Austria this element of
ni.litary strength has been lost to the
sultan. Almost on an equality with
these iirst two were the troops recruited
among tho descendants of the old
Turks settled 111 tho country north and
south of the Ralkans the "troops with
which Osinan held Widdin and
l'levna and the country to
the westward of tho Osnia in 1877. Less
mpctuous than the Rosnians. they did
not yield to them in the stubbornness
with which thev would advance to or
repel attack. War largely diminished
their numbers, and somo' (not many)
havo remained in Rulgariu and Rouine
la. The majority of the survivors have
returned into Asia, from whence, livo
centuries ago. their ancestors crossed
over to spread the terror and power of
tlie Ottoman name in Kuropc. The Mus
sulman Hulgarian, tlie l'oniak. lacked
many of the better qualities of tlie true
Turk; and there is evidence that some
of the worst crimes committed during
the atrocity time of 1870 were the work,
not of the descendants of the old Otto
man Turks, but of the I'oinaks. Fol
lowing these camo the Albanian contin
gents to the Turkish army. Here threo
very diverse elements were found under
one designation, varying in courage
and submisMVcncss to discipline. Tho
best of these men arc the Tosks (the
race which gave some of its most re
nowned and distinguished leaders to
the Greek insurrection of 1S1?G) of lower
Albania and Epirus the country of tho
Uouliotes and Ali of Tepelen. After
them may be reckoned the Arnaouts of
northern Albania and the Ghegas of tho
center. These last wero held in little
esteem by tho Turkish commanders, by
reason of their want of discipline anil
the thtliculty of controlling them in gar
rison or ainong tho Christian popula-
tion. They are, besides, much under
tho influence of the desire for plnlchka,
or loot, and tho prevalence of vendetta
between the members of different fami
lies and tribes often rendered it difficult
to preserve peace among the northern
Albanian regiments. For this reason
they have always been among tho first
troops disbanded after war.
Coining after these men, but at somu
distance arc the Syrian Arabs. The
Syrian troops that formed a portion of
Mehoinot Ali's army in 1S77 showed'
very littlo ardor 111 light, ami many of
them took advantage of any skirmish
to inllict on themselves slight wounds
to escape a service that was distasteful
to them. Among tho most worthless
of tho contingents sent from Asia to re
inforce the army iu Europe in 1877
was that composed of Zebecs, drawn
from the country behind Smyrna.
These picturesquo" but cowardly and
bloodthirsty warriors wero utterly use
less against the enemy iu tho lield; but
woe to tho prisoner w'ho fell into their
hands. Long beforo the war had ter
minated they were sent out of Rulgariu,
to tho great relief of the Turks and tho
population generally. Hut tho element
which most completely belied its repu
tation was the Circassian. Wnglori
ous and truculent, tho conduct of the
Tcherkess throughout tho war was a
bitter difappoinimont to the Turks. A
more unfortunate hospitality was never
exercised by tho Turkish government
than when "thoy gavo refuge to those
mountaineers of the Caucasus after
their subjugation by ltu-sia. Planted
along the banks of tho Danube anil in
the Dobrja iu the hope that thoy would
bo useful against Russian invasion,
they proved a scourge to thoir neigh
bors, and wero detested aliko by Chris
tian, Turk, and Tartar. Cattle-lifting
was common with them, but hoio
stealing was preferred, so systematic
woro their arrangements for passing
on wioir oooiy iiuii iney completely
evndod tho ordinary authorities, who,
however, were suspected of being iu
collusion with thoin. They never could
bo got to face the Russians in open
tight, but occasionally stampeded their
horses and surprised' Cossack vedettes,
who invariablv paid for their want of
vigilanco by tho loss of their heads.
Such aro" the races from which tho
Ottoman army is still drawn. They
do not all make good soldiers, but
some of them do supply iirst-rato men;
ami properly commanded, regularly
paid, decently fed and clothed, tho
Turkish army Is still capable of hold
ing its own against tho soldiers ot tho
czar.
We don't object to a uttionejt ballet and an
honest Count.--.fWuM IferaM.
HORSES AS NOVELTIES.
The 1-ifst Tlmt Were Seen In the
Sandwich Inlands.
In 1803 Capt. Richard Cleveland, of
Salem, took to tho Sandwich islands
several horses, an event thus recorded
in his life by his own son, just publW
cd by the Harpers:
Touching at Cape St. Lucas, whoro
they purchased "another pretty mare
and foal," for which they paid in goods
which cost in Europe ono and a half
dollars, they took their departure on
tho 30th of May and arrived at Kara
karoa bay, Sandwich islands, on the
21st of June. They found it was the
season of a periodical taboo, during
which no canoes were allowed to stir;
but the next day John Young came on
board and told them that tho king was
at Mowec.
Young was very desirous of having
one of the horses, and, thinking that
the probability of their increase would
be better secured by leaving them in
different places, they noxt day moved
to Tooagah bay, near Young's resi
dence, and landed tho mare, of which
ho took charge. This was the iirst
horse ever seen iu Owyhee, aud natur
ally excited groat astonishmont among
tho natives.
From here they went to Moivoe and
were first boarded by Isaac Davis, who,
with John Young, comprised at the
time the European population of the
islands.
Soon after a lai'ge double canoocaino
off, from which :i powerfully-built ath
letic man, nearly naked, came on board
and was introduced by Davis as Ta
maahmaah, the great king. His recep
tion of thoui was not such as they had an
ticipated, nor could they account for
his apparent coolness and lack of in
terest, except on the supposition that it
was mere affectation. Ho took only a
careless look at the horses, and return
ed to the shore without expressing any
curiosity about them. His subjects,
however, woro not restrained b any
desire to appear unconcerned." Tho
news of the arrival of the wonderful
animals spread rapidly, the decks were
crowded with visitors, and next day,
when they wero landed, a groat multi
tude assembled, evidently with no defi
nite conception of imy use that could bo
made of them. As might be expected
from a people who had never seen a
larger animal than a pig, they wore at
Iirst afraid to approach them, and their
amazement reached its climax when
one of tho sailors mounted the back of
ono of them aud galloped up and down
upon the beach. Thoy were greatly
alarmed at first, for the safety of the
rider, but when they saw how com
pletely he cotrolled the animal, and
how submissively aud quietly the latter
exerted his powers in obedienco to his
will, they seemed to havo a dawning
conception of the value of such a pos
session and rent the air with' bouts of
admiration.
The king, however, could not bo be
trayed into any expression of wonder or
surprise, and," although he expressed
his thanks when told they were a pres
ent to himself, ho only remarked that
he could not perceive that tho.r ability
to carry a man quickly from one place
to another would Do n sufficient com
pensation for the great amount of food
they would necessarily require.
Bonner's Husiiiess Acumen.
Many years ago Robert Ronner ad
vertised the New York Ledger by en
gaging at munificent rates a number of
prominent writers like Raucroft, Dick
ens, Rryant, Everett, Ward Reeclier,
Horace Greeley lie is nothing unless a
self-advertiser but he relinquished that
policy long ago. He was tlie pioneer
in big advertising, having paid thcro
for as much as $27, 000 iu a single week
and $150,000 in one year, and found his
advantage in it. It has boon frequent
ly asserted that he bought high-priced
animals only to get advertised; but his
knowledge ami love of horses are un
surpassed. He is more interested in
them than anything else. His fond
ness for the latest acquisition, Maud S.
fStone, named from a former owner,
Capt. stone), amounts to a passion. It
is full timo that Ronner should tako
things leisurely, at least when not driv
ing his fast trotters. Ho is past CO and
worth $5,000,000 or $0,000,000. No
man is better satisfied with his paper,
his fortune, his Presbyteri anism, his
horses and himself. And ho ought to
be, having begun as a type-setter, with
out friends and inilucuce, aud having
achieved his present position by un flag
ging energy and perseverance. I'hila
dcljtia Times.
Tho Really Strong Bran.
It is not tho loud-talking, boistorou3
man, or rant and racket who is tho
strong man. It is jiot iho man who
deals blow for blow, and is over war
ring about his manhood's rights, and
challenges tho world to wrest them
from him, who is tlie strong man.
Did you ever see a man stand un
moved and unawed amid tho world's
bullets and wrongs, and w.th a calm
majesty of hearing maintain his foot
hold, nud bravely do his duty w th no
word of cheer from his fellows, and no
hope of reward from tho world? This
is the man spiritually strong, standing
orect 113 if carved out of adamant whon
conquering himself and his will to meas
ure out morcy to others as it had been
meted out to'him. llallanorean.
After the Quartz,
"Gentlemen, Arizona is a great coun
try; lots of gold, lots of fresh air.
You'd ought to sec tho mineral!
Quartz, quartz everywhere."
A red-nosed toper odirod his wav to
tho bar eagerly,
"Seuso me. Mister, but is them
quartz frequent iu 'Zona?"
"Frequent! whj, man, every settler
has quartz to give away; and ph tho
r.vor tho bars aro full of it."
The tramp seizod his bundle.
"Whero aro you going?" iiskcd tho
miner.
"I'm going after them quartz you
loll about. No moro thimble drinks
for me. Quarts at every bar! If tho
walking's good I'll gt thar; don't foi
gct it! Chioiitjo L'edfjer.