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About Weekly Gwinnett herald. (Lawrenceville, Ga.) 1871-1885 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1882)
R, .L HE G WI NX£ T f IT KRA L D ■ •••» e * ft v PUBUSHK* V.VBIfY WK**KsnAY BT heepC.eS &. BOWLES. •SUBSCKII’IiON a.vtes : 1 copy 12: n*jß i sl.sp in advance. 1 copy <5 mosT, .75 in advance. 1 LOpy 3 mos., .50 in advance. Low Enough for Everybody POETRY. Bitd-Song. Idiers is a little bird that ‘ftSweetbeart !” I know not what his name m*y be; S’-only know his notes please me As load be sings, and thhs sings lie— ! “Sweetheart 1” I’ve beard him sing on soft spring' days— “ Sweetheart l" And when the sky wfit? dal'k above. And wintoc wip4 a [ had the grove. SHe still ►peered forth these words •. of love— “ Sweetheart!” And like that bird, my heal t-, too sings— -1 Sweetheart !” 'Whan heaven is dark or bright ©“ blue, When trees are bare or leaves are uew T , It thus sings on and sings ofycu— “Sweetheart !” What need of other words than thee —■ “Sweetheart !” If I should sing a whole year long My love would not be shown IBM'S strong Than by this short and simple song— “SweeHicart!" M ISC El iTaxV. LIVING IN TURK.EY. Of a.ld Eascerq customs and hub its. It4w little is known of the in* 'uor life of the Saltan, of his ways of living, of the li ireui as owned by the rich pachas, and of tke dom itieE»t ioliaeace of Priw-oe Buck- Shoes h. ‘■Behjmi tUc.jotjy gards’npVStjl, Wherp flping'l’ me? Can lie cr .surprise-! That inner wp«-id licr all im-a-M Tht K islern woman lives ana dies.” O wing to the nature of the insti 'tution our knowledge ol hatem life is entirely derived from the visits European ladies. The Turkish authorities, it must be confessed, are very amiable in this {respect and little difficulty is ex perienced when the introductions are gifod! The Turk is fcomiAon ly believed to be a sort of blue beard. It is not so. Polygamy is rot the rule, but the exception. The lower classes neve; have more tha.. one wife ; and it is only the case of vvealtliy pachas that there are three or four wives, the latter number being ’ legally allowed to every Mussulman according to the “Koran-V this is exclusive of ai most any number of slaves and concubines. The husband must have no pcffnainbance, however slight, with other than those of his gwn ’ h-ire,ip ; aipl should he observe slippers outside of the harem door, ho knows that ladies are visiting, and therefore Cannot enter his own homo. Then, again, if perchance he strolls thr@’ the bazaar, ihere mist be no recog nition of any of bis own women, although they may be throwing away his money right and left in a most lavish way on silks and jew els. He must not say a word, and so strokes his beard and passes on with an “Insliallah” (Please God), or “Allah Kerim” (God is great and Merciful); for now he knows only too well how the money goes! European ladies afe the objects of much attention and curiosity on the part of the women of a harem. Their dresses are felt, they are pawed all over, and asked childish questions incessantly ; for it must be remembeted that a large harem consists of wives' and domestic slaves, the latter counted by hun dreds. A young English lady,seventeen years old, of great personal attrac tions and engaging manners, some time back vis’ted a harem accom panied b* her mother and friends The woman questioned her and would not believe that she had “no children, or even a husband.” One of the wives, who tank a great Weekly Gwinnett Herald. |f% 4 r 4 f Atl rfK ft I Tft *4- fl *’ f • 1 *, ' I L. W ‘ 1 ' 1 '* ‘ TYLKK M PKKI’LES.') Editor and I’Rdf iftsVcn. f fancy to her, threw her arms aPound bed’ neck arid entreated her to stay with them forevef >he could haVo any husband she hked and even was so kind as to espe cially recommend her own, adding that she was sure he would soon Want another wife, and that shftr, the. real wtfe, would much tat her it was this nice English girl, as thtfre would always be the pleas ure es having her as a friend and companion. Here was a most de cided offer. A (irm refusal, how ever, of these honors caused ranch surprise and disappointment-. Turkish hidies are vety illitar* a*;e and in very few cases able to read sven a French novel. They live avety quiet and happy life on the whole much of tbsiir time be bg taken ftp with visits, excursions to the S*eet Waters and dressing It is asked, "Well, what about mar riage ; there must bo weddings, wives and families •?” True ; tmt, as in other things, they have their own peculiar mode. Tke process of courtship is mikeewn among them. The matrimenial negotia tion is Carried on by a woman of mature ago, ot by the mothers oft both sides, who arrange a marriage by visiting soma desirable young lady at the baths. They chat and expatiate on the good look's atad accomplishments of tire yofing man propose 1, and all is done.— Tiie fiance never sees his wife un til she lifts het veil in tiro bridal a jattraants-. The lady rfftou more fortunate as She takes c ite to have a look at the gentleman through the small apertures of the lattice window, or in some other manner, when be least expects it. The Turkish ladies are fond of giv ing entertainments, especially a cake party, called “chalva,” On arrival at the hostess’ quarters, es corted by Slaves and eunuchs, they salute each oilier gracefully by touching lips and forehead. They will then gossip quietly and com pare notes as to their dresses, jew els, etc. ; and if the harem be a distinguished one, dancing girls are hired to perforin with casta nets aud tambourines, and thus time is whiled away. The signal for the “order of going” is given by the clapping of hands and or doling lti the ‘chalva.” which is rich and luscious, something like our trifllfc cake Atsomo of our dull and dreil’y entertainments we might well take a hint from this Eastern lady, especially as she in variably bids adieu to her friends with the remark. ‘ J am so glad it’s all ovey,” not intending to be rude but simply congratulating herself that the little party lute gone off to her entire satisfaction. Humor has it that the harem walls con tSeal terrible secrets < that trap doors communicate with the blue Bosphorus ; and that mysterious proceedings go ou under cover Of darkness. The euuucli in a grand person age in the harem or palace. His power is almost absolute. There is no limit to his control. The chief eunuch in a palace is styled Kislar Agaci; he is black and takes the position of the second man of the empiie, ranking with the Grand Vizier. He is captain of the girls. If they are insubor dinate be does not mince matters, but chastises tuern with rods on the bare body. Should the mat ter, however, be a very serious one, they are disposed of! These black euuuchs are hideous, ungain ly fellows, generally with short necks and long legs they are very lianghty aud overbearing in their demeanor, and when escorting their charges on excursions slath about with their ‘courbatch’ or whip indiscriminately, to clear the way for their pets of the Pad ißhah. They enjoy princely sala ries, aud the large fortunes amass el by them result mainly from backsheesh screwed out »f the m mates pf the harem. It is from Lawrenceville, Q*. Wednesday, July 5, *BBB this class cf Oriental* that the' I nrttes are Mutes are | still employed by ;he Sultan in his palaces -Ss guards ftnd atten twndanta; a>nd especially are their negative services availed of the ‘PcA’te,’ where all official business ' Lnd diplomat!tic interviews are car tied on. The mutes'(we tfto not. taking of the ‘Arabian Xights'and I their fanciful Stories, but in sober 1 err-nest aft to what is happening at the present betu j are selected from eunuchs, and when very young have their toDguescut out and overy means devised to keep tfoern ffc a of ’ignoiancr, as they at e not even taught to read a w ud write. The eunuchs a’ue also , turned to f nit he! afecoftiA Wfann a grand vizier is to be deposed, or some othir pe son in high office is to be dismissed, such fftafters ale generally car ried thiot.gh with expedition. The officer whose du ty it is to undertake this impc*r tant mission is termed ‘Blaekfiars’ It is for him only to notify the Grand Vizier that his power - is at an end ; he appears suddenly, al ways at midnight, and without apykind of warning. He receives for this errand an enormous amount of tm'cksheesu. In for met' days it was his privilege and duty to strangle then and there iheOrand 'bzier cr high functions ry whoever he might lx. But things are more mercifully tanning !ed now, alulthe victim is scrag £led on board the Sultan’* Bteim yacht, the //.zedin, to some distant point in A.abia or Asia Mipor.and most probably the ministerial ca reer is terminated by the simpls procesc of adnrhvintecing a cup of ‘mocha ’ The Sultan never marries. The mothers of his children are styled j Siiltauas, and have seperate estab I lisbments ; but as tbev have been | slaves they Are ftot permitted to j sit at the table with their own c ildr'cn, although these very cbil | dVeU are princes and prineesses.—- His Alajesty A idul Hamed has on ly four children, all b 00*0 wife : but even she dares not sit down in presence of the Sultan’s mother ,but must stand before her defer entialiy. The mother of a reign ing Sultan—the Queen Mother or Saltan a Valideh, as she is called— is the first lady in the empire and always treated wit j great ceremo uy. She has unlimited influence. Het position is unique, and he!' power in the affairs of the state is as great as that of the Grand Viz ier hiuiself; often, indeed, the ap pointment of the latter is to be at tributed to her intrigue and tines se. The Sultan Valideh is at the bottom of ever scheme, and domi nates her sovereign son to such an extent that every pasha courts her favor. A great scandal and an amusing scene took place when the Empress Eugene visited Con stantinople a few years back Bo Ing anxious to recogonize all the kindnesses and attention paid to her, her Majesty a s a farewell in tervieW actually kissed theValideh on the cheek, looking upon her In the light of a sister sovereign.— The Queen Mother was much ex cited, and flaw into a towering pas nion. Here was a direct insult from a giaour. She took to her bed, refused food for four and twenty hours, and bad several baths before she could consider herself purged of this enormity, this terrible stain ; and this old big ot, probably herself botn a slave i thought herself too good, forsooth to be saluted by the beautiful Ell gene, consort of one of the most powerful emperers of the oonti nent of Europe. The Turkish gentleman is amia ble and has a good heart, and that means good manners leady mad«. Like the Spaniard, hi with his bonhomie, offers everything that he has. You admire his jeweled pipes : “Tliey are yours, Kffendi." You praise his horse or his konak —all is at your disposal. Even in the lowest, classes their inmate courtesy rc'tetost reraatkable. The Turk is much given to hospitality, and will go to great longths; but yet is shretved enough not to be imposed upon, aud can show that lie is not a rssn to be fooled.— 1 Torching‘rtiir. a story is told by I one of the best of raconteurs, Mt. RanlsLon. A peasant presented a ) pasha with a hare, which, in due course was converted into soup.— fSoon the y.easant called and wa« well treated. A little later came several neighbors of the man who had givC’fi Ifre hair; they also re ceived a ‘square’ meal. But by and by more visitors Catfie claim ing liosp’i’talit.y, saying that they wi re neighbors t*f the neighbor of the mari who had given the hare. The pasha was no h excited, and put hit foot down. All they got was a glass of water each,with the remark that it was ‘the sauco of the sauce of the hare.” One word about the ftlaves. Al i though the public slave market 1 hm been abolished sinco the time of the Crimean war and tht trade is now contraband, the system of providing th’em is carried on with | the greatest ease and winked at by the authorities. So long as there are harems, so long must these os tabl/sbments be supplied. The merchant* hiring them from Circas sin, Georgia and from Tripoli.— 1 Those from Circassia bring the ! highest price, ftnd it is generally from ibis race ’-IY.Vt a sultan's wife jis chosen. At certain seasons I whole ( arravans arrive, and the inch of them will be handed over | *■ to some high Turkish lady who ‘ makes a business of th* matter and nets as intermediary. Sho trains 1 aud educates the girls, and at the fitting time makes her b trgain.— A handsome Circassian will bring seven hundred and fifty dollars, and when thoroughly educated a thousand dollars be asL ed and "easily obtained. Irfhould bo stat ed lb at the slaves in Turkey are very kindly treated, artd tart the whole their los is a happy one. The Clarksville Advertised of the 21st lilt., ha* the following to say of Mr. Speer : “We confess that in the past our sympathies have been in some degree, extended 10 Mr. Emory Speer, but, since he claims to be a Democrat and affiliates with the Republicans— *-tells the negro Host master at Athens that lie (Speer) ie the man that put him (Davis) in the said office, oHr love waxe* cold. Ji there had been no com pet.ent white men in the bouuda of thq Athens post office there might have been soiAe excuse for appoiut ing the negro. We have always lived in a white manse government, and when we cannot find white men enongh who are capable of performing the official duties of our government, our condition is indeed a deplofta ble one. But, we know that this is lot the case, and we are satis fied that these appointments to of fice of colored men are for selfish political purposes fer which we have no love, and he who resorts to such methods cannot be a friend to his constituents. The first murder arising from the stock law in Henry county oc cured last Week. We learn that Mr. Gray’s mule got out and Was impounded by John Welch, who refused to give it up until Mr. Gray had paid him $25, which ho claimed his crop was damaged.— Gray offered topaysls,butWelchre fused. He attempted to take the mule. Welch drew his gun but Gray shot first, killing him instant Frank Rard once a highwayman and desperado as notorious as Jesse James, is now quietly mak ling harness in the Illinois State Prison, where he is confined under a life sentence for murder. It j has been ascertained that his | right name is Scott, and that he ! belongs to a respectable lowafami ly. The prison officials believe he is inp me, and that his exploits wert more crazy than brave. OiittPiui’M ft Poet Te'ryraph A- M> If we may credit the solemn as sertions of the Washington Star, Charles J. Guiteau tae developed into a genuine spring poet. It is not our custom to mukegmuch com ment- upon the anonymous sweet singers who perch abemt the ocK or’s waste basket ns a general thing, but we hold that a man who -./rites iver his bvjx signature, whetheV in pftetrj or rhyme, in vites and deserves notice of some kind. Ou this priuoiplo we revie w 'ft few lines of Mr. Gtaiteau’s poems; and we do this all the more will ingly from the fact shat cfii.um stances have forced ns to the eou elusion that the time in which wo can do justitfb to tl u new Jfbttla.nl is indeed short Mr. ‘-uiteau has cl.osen a singu lat time to begin A 'pcfcVical career. It would soeiu that a man who is to be hung within two or three weeks should be more anxious about hi* physical than his liter a remains ; but not s« in this ca»e. — Mr. Guiteau had ft gated as an ed'i tor, politician, lawyer, prose an thor, a teformer, an office seoket and us assassin. ThV! only thing left him was to be a poet, and poet h 0 deter uined to bo. W e ascribe this inuiation to the fact that liis spiritual adviser has of late been Itev Watkins Hicks. all know the instincts, tin tra ving*, the versatility ®f the Doctor who has lieen everything but a po o\ himself. That the 1 >octor Ims noticed the only flaw in the career of Mr. G-'uiteau, aud suggested a remedy, ie That Mr. Gnitttah is doing his lovelest, is ftlio evident. True to instincts, however, the new poet writes with a view. He has tried everything that corild possibly soothe or terrify til© Amer ican people into a concurrence with ins peculiar views of the inci dent which hat brought him to dis aster* invective, eloquence, appeal*, leaeou. lunacy, have all failed..- All that was left him was to soothe or ferrily ui rhyrae. To tine end he has Written : Muses killed u innn (Kxudns ii : 12). Tliis made Phamoh in ui, And Vlo.ses lie would say. God kVpl Mimes , He will me. 1 1 (ear no man ! Fools nnd devils (jrhCifled rtftr Lord. ‘Fu’her, forgive iliem !' lint Ila Alnoaluy Hoes not Do business Thai way 1 The retribution Gn me Q iiek ami vlintp, In tire uml b o i.l, In shot und shell, In endless pain, When Jf-rttsal¥irt WAnt out. (See my book on this ) We have n«t at hand Uffi book referred to, and must take if for granted that ./erusalom was shell- 1 ed. lie, hoiVevel’, qpplied tho les son vigorously : Hqwure yt Ameiicans A lid ye nlcn ol power, What ye do, tast the Almighty F<d ovr you As He dot 'I lie Jvws ! Some tli'nk tide A devil, Sonic a lunatic. Sortie ail implied patriot, The I .si is right. And I stick To it! Following this came anoJief pd em, in which, having declared his conviction that he would be safe in the after world and perfectly llappjj he closes \f Ith these wo¥ds: But 1 do net think ! shall go For some time yet. No ; my work J In this wo-lil Is not yet donß. And I want til get Out ol here And do it ! Chas. Uuitjuu. U. S. J ail, June fl, 188.2. There is little to soothe iti these lines, They do not work out evenly, aud the jingle fs iri'ssingi But there is nmch to terrify. In the first place he declares that he has work yet to do, and is anxious to get abont it. Whether he re fers to work as a '‘remover” or as a poet, is immaterial. He is dan gcrois in eitb.r capacity. It good seasons continue Macon and I>ooly counties will make enough jjfrq ty do theqi two years. jVol. XII.—No. 16. How Hanging INm-IR Yon remember the great Nash vale sensation in which Neil Bunt line tig ired—no, I reckon not, ri tfier, for that was away back in tlm forties; forty ®ix. I believe.— Bunt.liino, the sensational writer, you know, whose rein name is Jud son, or some such name, had a 1 Vow with a prominent inan named j Hotteri’mld, about Hie latter s wife. Potterlirtld shot at Judson three tfftms, and was uhoftt to fcro again, when .li'tdson sai 1, ‘Tf von do that again, I'll put a bul'ct through your head. Pottertieli paid no attention to this rcmaik, but, fried Uie-fourtlrtimo, the- last bullet,, like Jib OtheVft, going wide of the mark. Judson raised his elbow to a level with his face, and, resting* his pistol on it took aim and fired. The ball penetrated l’otterlield’s brain, and he fell dead on the ground. Then somebody found Pottertield’s brother, put a pistol in his hand and tH<*. him to avenge the aViriW. He shot at Judson twenty times Vhilo the latter was running up the capital steps, and , missed every shot, t'lie mob final ly caught Judson and resolved to hang liiita. Taking lmn to a house bloio by which waft if, process of oonstruttion, they threw a rope over one the rafters and string him up. Thrice ho ,vat Strung up in succession; and cut down under the impression that he was dead. His leg was broken by the last fall and h‘A was unconscious. Ihe mob left bini for dead, and kind friends look him and sueccedo I in restoring fife. I saw him after wards at L iu : sville, Ky., some time in ’ll), and had a long talk with, him about the a flair. He told me that the few moments ho hung each time we)’6 tho most de lirionslv delighttal of his whole life. Beautiful lights danced be fore his eyes, of all hues and shades many of then* like those producti) by tbo chemical burning of w ifteli springs. The inbst, gbr geous pnnorainns passed in review before bun, each more entrancing ly beautiful And distinct than the last. Exquisit landscapes, snow capped mountains, green clad val leys and spouting springs of spirit ling water filled him with esstacy. Hie whole *oul was enthralled with rapture by the beauties which lay spread out before li ft gaftc, So wrapped up was he in contemplul mg these scenes that ho hated the moment the rope was served and the sweet illusions dicqrclied-. The pain caffie ufUdAvai'd, when hie throat dwelled froth the effects of the rope upon it, atld be \riift un able to swallow. But, then, lam contbnt with every day scenery,’-’ the Doctor wept on, ae ho tipped his chair back an 4 selected a new subject The Seventh Day Adventists of Battle b'reck Mich., have fer sev Oral yours been withdrawing as much as pos f siblo from social ami business intercourse with othe people, and now they alo gather ed in u quarter of t.ho town by tbemaelVee, with their own gro eery, meat market, bakery and dry goods store. The Eagle and Phtpnix Compa nj, of Columbus, are building a ! | granate darn across the ChattUhod fthee-, \Vliich. when completed, Jwill be the most substantial Aud exteu sive structure of the kind in this country. It is to be thousand feet long and eighteen feet high, I and built cf Georgia garni to. m • • •«»- —— - ■— One of those motherly old ne gro nurses whoso skill is So often extolled pnrsuaded a Grand Rap ids woman to skin a black cat and tftap her sick baby in the bidet-— 4 The treatment caused the Child’s ! death. A*l eccentric and wCaltllyFreilch marl M. de Molier, has built a pri ! VatC Circus. He is an excellent 1 hoHeiuam and has elisted a nnm bes of fashionable young men in Paris as performers in his troup. Mr. John Davis, who died in England in 17H8, considerately bequeathed $1,23 to his widow, to ; enable her to get drunk once more at his expense. Mr. Eddie Young of Quitman, shipped the first Car load of rnel ons of the season to Ilew York.— Thfey were large and fine, and net ted him a little over sodd. During the past eighteen niouths there has been eight murders committed in Washington county bv colored people on their own lace. , J t —• A,S— A n A tVfu rtf.s nit/ 31 ed turn The Ji HR A 1,1) ic vnrejStolfd hy reason of its erlrnsive eirrvln/i' n and r.rmarlcabli, Into nt<c*. Lusnuss nifn stumld Ttmtmhtr fit it. BLANKS! BLANKS ! EL/N Y S (am. KIND* NKATf.Y f’RINTKD) FOR SALE A T T II E // Eli A 1.1) ,1011.0 riICE A tropuftlirn u’s lEstitaato of A r tli 111. Wo deprecate tho levity with wliHi the press receives Mr. Thom as C. Hiatt s decliwfition that the President didn’t fell the truth v.*!fcn ho denied that there was a political conference at his house on Sunday, May fifi. 1881. To say that any President is untruth ful is not only an unmannerly but a demoralizing thing. It teaches Hie yonth of tiro country to speak evil of dignities. But to say that this president is untruthful i 9 rhonstroTia. H* is 'regarded ’n Washington as the handsomest ftui* now livir.g. and an excellent representative of “New York so cioty.” Besides, ho* has outdone ■every President wo ever had Ho can do things none of them, nor even Lincoln, or 6'rant, ot Hays, or (I’Afield ever thought of Attempt ing. Einco'n oV Grant cortld not leave Washington for a week, dot ing an important session of Con gre-is, to fix up a flute for a f*tat 6 ticket. Neither of them could ever de lay np| lointments for c rational tariff e -minission. in order to hold aonsivltai ions with ‘Jake’ Patter son, ‘Sieve' Frouckfti»d‘l.ou'Bayno as to the best way to put down Cornell. Neither of thorn was ever able to advertise a hoVdfc Ynoe during the session by the attembm-o of tho President of the failed States. Neither of them could onro go fishing un Kimditys during hi* | whole Presidency, * Neither of them cqiild spend a week in the nittYrtpoli?: without a consultation with a singlo re pro rasentativi* of iln -great brsinom interests, or without meeting its leading men ontxble the circle of those whoso attendance was coni pellod by official corrutesv. This is the sort of plan, thiscloar ip some Unfits ( of Lin coin and G ranh, whom tho bard m e<l ‘Tom’ Plat t exhibit''to the conn try aft hoMirtg A ilili, il e-*u m; a liis lions'* on Siinday, after, the good President hasTcpenf* lly an I emphatically declared t,l:ri’* l v o did not. Mr Piatt’s eOndrtftt is not A matter far levity. lUhodld never befoigotten or Ib'-givcn. fcoHin New Motel Kiilch* Rates, S 3 per dav. Any flints abent slop -c iffee will be charged at the rate of tweil ty five rents- per hint (Vilest* uuy see,] mixed with tllCir ton will please give no lice at the office. Otherwise it will bt hay seed. Oil) - beef steal! is cast lc order at one of the largest foundries in ( ho ceuntrys and can always be do pended on as fresh. Guests desiring napkins with hrties in ’em will please give no tico at the office twenty minutas before meal time. (■neats who wash theiV shirts ir the water bowl will be charged 2 shillings each. We cannot en courage cleanliness in this hotel. Children will cot be allowed to play ijl the lialjs, A beautiful thill pond will be found t\Vo blocks below todrewfi them in. We call special attention to our beds. '1 he rbatfasees aie made of the best quality of scrap iron, and the pillows di : e warranted to be of Hard wood and thoroughly season ed. Hie carpets in the bedroom have been in use upwards of twen ty gve years. Wo can therefore recommend them withuiit reserve. Turtles who look as if they might find fault with oar particular brand of butter will please pay in ad ■ vitnefe. To call a servant—press the but ten quickly, /f you don't get #ne under an bodf'und a half J at may know tli.lt the bell is out of order. » T he towels furnished guests are the invention of a Wisconsin man. They are warranted sitp&rior court to any other shingles iii the mar ket. i The extension of the .North Eas j R. R, to Tallulah fails is ex ! petted to be completed by the 4lh of July. This new foul penetrates J thO grandest scenery in the State i and vvill open u most delightful summer resort- I Admitted to the bar— the f, -.diva ; mosquito. 1
