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CUP.
Annual Convention of the Total Ab
etinence Union.
St Paul. Minn.. Aug. I.—Thousands of
representative Catholic abstainers, rep
resenting a large majority of the Cath
olic dioceses, are here as delegates to the
twenty-fourth annual convention of
the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America. The attendance is not asffarge
at some previous conventions, owing to
the fact that many delegates have been
unable to leave their homes on account of
the commercial depression, and the inter
ruption to trade occasioned by the rail
road strike, but what is lacking in num
bers is more than made up in the enthus
iasm of those oh the ground.
Archbishop Ireland delivered an ad
dress to the delegates, in which he
enumerated the following points as the
chief aims of the warfare of the Catho
lics against intemperance: The conver
sion j to sobriety of men. Catholics by
baptism and profession, who are
the victims of intemperance; the dis
countenancing of social drinking
customs; the elimination of liquor from
the sideboard imCatholic families, from
Catholic club rooms, from all Catholic
festivities and banquets: the removal
0 f Catholics from salooonkeep
ine in accordance with the
instructions of the council of
Baltimore: a high standard of practical
civic virtue, so that no Catholics shall
appear in public life as the representa
tives or advocates of the interest of the
liquor trade, and no Catholic shall vote
on election days to put into office such
representatives or advocates.
SATOLLI’3 LETTER.
The archbishop expressed strong ap
proval of the recent letter of Mgn.
Satolli in regard to saloon keepers hold
ing membership in the Catholic societies.
The Catholic church, he said, has
put herself on high ground in
Opposition to intemperance and
all its alliances; no stronger nor
clearer words could be spoken than those
of Leo XIII. in his letter on temperance
work in America, of the father of the
council of Baltimore and of Mgr. Sa
tolli. the courageous and intelligent
representative in this matter as in all
others of the great principles of Catholic
truth and of Catholic practical
life. It now remains with individual
Catholics to so live and to work to realize
in daily life the teachings of the church
and bring others to realize them. Tem
perance work, courageous and continuous,
will put the church in her true light, and
more, perhaps, than aught else will com
mend it to America.
The archbishop appealed for co-opera
tion to the priests and lay people, both
men and women, but particularly to the
priests, of whom there was a very large
number present in the cathedral. The
priests must be the leaders in the war
fare by word and examples; the people
will surely follow them. In the hands of
the priests is the future of the Catholic
church in America.
DEBS DONE WITH STRIKES.
He Decides That the Sentiment of the
Country Is Against Them.
Chicago, Aug. I.—‘T will never again
be connected with any strike organiza
tion," said President Debs of the Ameri
can Railway Union to-day. “This strike
has developed the fact that the sentiment
of the people of the country is against
strikes, and that the government stands
ready to put down such movements at the
point of the bayonet. I shall hereafter
advise all workmen to seek redress by
the ballot.”
President Debs arrived from Terre
Haute this morning and was met at the
depot by a rommittoo from the American
Railway Union. He went immediately
to LTriehs hall, where a directory meeting
was held and arrangements made for a
convention to-morrow.
TREASURERS TOUCHED.
Two Wisconsin Officials Called on to
Disgorge $181,015.
Madison. Wis., Aug. I.—Judgment was
to-day rendered by Judge Siebecker of
the Dane county circuit court, against
Democratic State Treasurers Bates and
Kuhn for interest on state funds retained
during their terms of office, 1870 to 1878,
aggregating $181,015. The case dif
fered from the cases previously
decided, in that the law which
took effect in 1878 specified that
the treasurer must thereafter turn all
fees and perquisites into the state treas
ury The defendants contended that this
implied a ratification of their previous
acts in taking interest, but Judge
Siebecker holds it has been decided that
such interest is not a perquisite, but part
of the state funds.
REFUSE TO PAY COSTS.
The Railroads in Indiana Resist Court
Charges.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. I.—The notice
of the federal clerk of the courts to the
various railroad companies in Indiana to
appear and pay the costs of the several
injunctions issued at their demand
against the strikers has developed the
fact that the roads intend to resist the
payment of the costs. They were charged
for copies of the restraining orders, but
say that these were part of a proceeding
tor the benefit ana protection of the
l nited States, and that no part of the ex
pense can be lawfully charged to them.
MOST EXPERT BEGGAR.
Edward Kimball Makes a Business of
Raising Church Debts.
From the New York Press.
The most successful beggar in the world
®ade the Astor bouse his headquarters
most of last week.
His name is Edward Kimball and all his
begging is done for churches struggling
w ith the incubus of indebtedness. He be
ean his work in 1877, and during the
years since then ho has freed from 150 to
churches from financial indebtedness
and charmed rather more than 815,000,(X(0
trom the pockets of regular church-goers.
How does he do it? Undoubtedly his
Power lies very largely in his intimate
Knowledge of the Bible and his entire
sincerity. To these indespensable quali
fications are added a pleasing person—he
* s tall, with iron-gray hair and beard,
, ee P set, dark eyes and well chiseled
Matures— a penetrating, vibrant voice,
and absolute self possession at all times
and in all circumstances. Once when he
“ad succeeded in raising some 810,000 or
vjo.Oixi of the (50,000 that was needed, the
•frcarn of dollars and pleges stopped
•n°rt F or a half hour he pleaded with
"e people of the congregation to con
i nue their giving, but in vain. Then he
topped for a moment, gave a quick
inrt epm ? about the auditorium,
and told hi s hearers that he was sure
“at many of them were holding off be
pf some scripture passage that was
n their minds. He would tell them what
i, * Passage was, he added, and showed
s true application, and then he would
' ori with the business of the day.
THAT BROUGHT THE CASH.
'^’ ov ‘ ■" he said, after he had read it,
/f an y are willing to admit, that I
1 right? Be frank, now, and hold up
Jour hands."
i here was a little pause, and then the
a rich man, a member of the
_ urvh. went up. Then the hand of the
perintendent of the Sunday school.
n others, until nearly a score of the
lr ,k W * lo 881 1° the pews had confessed
Ibemi WBy that they were Justifying
- nselves bv this passage of scripture.
' J00 “i” was the comment. "Now aua
wer mo this question who can. Who
wrote this passage* To whom was it
written, and why?”
No one could tell.
“Well.” ho went on. “it was written bv
Paul to Timothy. Timothy was a young
man. and he had charge of the church at
Ephesus. The inhabitants of that city
were a singularly degraded people: they
worshiped Diana of the Ephesians and ob
served the most degrading rites. They
were also in the habit of killing old and
helpless persons and the surplus children,
often for economy’s sake: and some of
those who had joined the church in Ephe
sus had been guilty of these things. Hence
Paul's denunciation of those who do not
care for their own. But are you willing
to be classed with these licentious Ephe
sians? Are you, any of you, ready to con
fess that this passage applies to you as it
did to them? God forbid
This bit of vigorous attack broke the
spell, and the monev came.
□lt is doubtful if Mr. Kimball ever used
that passage again when raising a church
debt, but he always does his work by the
application of the Bible verses to the
case in hand.
HIS FIRST BEGGING.
Mr. Kimball's first experiences as a
raiser of church debts were in San Fran
cisco He was in that city on business
during a portion of the period of depres
sion following the panic of 1873. This de
pression was at its depths in 1877. Mr.
Kimball's engagements were such that
he had time to engage in some evangeli
cal work as a layman, and he improved
such opportunities as came to him in the
city of the Golden Gate. But he saw
that one or two of the churches he
was laboring for were suffering severely
because of their indebtedness, and he
could not shake off the feeling that he
ought to help them to lift their debts. He
struggled against it for some weeks, but,
in his own words, "surrendered at last.”
Inside of three weeks from that time the
debts on four San Francisco churches—
the Third Congregational, the Westmin
ter Presbyterian, the Calvary Presby
terian and the First Congregational—had
been paid—not pledged, but wiped out.
Then he came east, and with slight inter
missions, has devoted himself to the work
ever since, visiting nearly every northern
state save the Dakotas and Virginia of
the southern states in its prosecution.
$150,000 IN ONE DAT.
Before he began church.debt raising
Mr. Kimball was greatly interested in
Sunday school work, and, as indicated,
in evangelical work as a layman. One of
his Sunday school pupils in Boston was
Dwight L. Moody, the revivalist. It is
worthy of note here that quickened in
terest in spiritual matters frequently fol
lows the financial relief caused by Mr.
Kimball’s labors. His work is almost in
variably done on Sundays, in the church
and before the regular congregation.
Sometimes he holds the audience for
hours, and sometimes he works an hour
or two without results. When he does
“strike fire” in such a case, however, the
debt is likely to melt away very’ rapidly.
He has raised four church debts in one day,
and, in a few instances, it has taken three
of four months to raise the debt of one
church. The largest single debt he ever
raised was $350,000, $150,000 of which was
forthcoming on the first day. One
church, Presbyterian was given up be
cause of its indebtness, by its presbytery,
not ajthousand miles from New York, and
a vote had been taken by that body for
abandonment when someone rose and
said:
"Wait a little. That church isn’t in
debt. Mr. Kimball was here last Sunday
and he raised the money.”
HARD TIMES EAST FOR CHURCH DEBTS.
It is Mr. Kimball’s belief that church
debts are much more readily liquidated in
hard that in easy times. He says that he
knows of but one instance where a church
debt was paid when times were good, and
that was because of special circumstances.
When the moueyed men of the churches
are doing profitable business they would
rather pay the interest of church debts
annually than to withdraw the capital
needed to liquidate from commerce or
manufacturing uses. When times are
hard if pifiches to pay the principal. Of
course the work he is engaged in pre
cludes Mr. Kimball’s doing a regular
business, and he accepts payment from
the churches he serves, but he never
works for an agreed-upon sum or on a
commission basis. The payment is volun
tary in every ease. Much of his work
has been done in New York and the im
mediate vicinity, and many of the strong
est churches hereabout owe their present
financial strength to his efforts. Re
cently he has labored very effectively in
Washington, D. C.
IT REACHED THE MINT.
A Bogus Gold Brick Which Passed ths
Officials of the Bank.
The branch mint in Denver received a
nice, big, shiny gold brick from the First
National Bank of Albuquerque. There
were 560 ounces in it, and the noted ex
press value was $6,060. The true value
for that quantity of pure gold would be
about SII,OOO.
When in due course the mint people
got around to melting that brick to de
termine its value they took their ham
mers and chisel sand proceeded to chop
it up. They found it hard and tough.
They pouncted it and turned it around in
various ways and labored over it, finally
reducing it to pieces. All the time not a
thought entered their heads but that it
was all right, and into the refining fur
nace it went. For five hours the hottest
fire that the resources of the establish
ment could procure was kept at work,
while the attendants wiped the drops of
perspiration from their brows and won
dered wbat was the matter with the
thing. When at the expiration of the five
hours there was not a trace of gold in
sight the experts from high and low were
summoned to see what they could make
out of it. Each applied all the tests of
his art, but at last they were compelled
to give it up, so far as finding any gold
was concerned, and the conclusion was
forced upon them that whatever the mys
terious compound might be it was not
gold.
Then they set the mixture aside and
sat around it waiti g. for it to cool off.
and wondering what the bank people had
paid for it, and where they got it. After
it was cool the assayer tried his hand to
determine what it really was made out of,
and decided that there wasn't a metal
present except copper and zinc. There
was not the slightest indication of either
gold or silver.
Stories of gold-brick swindles are as
old as gold itself, but this is the first
known instance where the fraud escaped
detection rill the bogus brick actually
reached the mint. The victims are us
ually persons afflicted with the double
burden of greed and greenness, who are
made to believe that they are getting the
brick for less than its value, because it
was stolen. About four years ago a Den
ver lawyer had the nerve to attempt to
palm off a bar of antimony as silver at
the branch mint here, and that is the
only previous incident bearing a close re
semblance tothe present affair.
Prioot In Bicyclist Garb.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Paterson. July 29. Rev. Father Corri
gan. pastor of St. Agnes' church, and
brother of Archbishop Corrigan, is indig
nant over his exclusion from the general
hospital and the unsatisfactory answer
received from Miss Annie Ingib, presi
dent of the board of directors. A bicycle
suit was the cause of the unpleasantness.
Father Corrigan went to tbe hospital on a
wheel, and instead of his priestly habili
ments wore a bicycle uniform.
The Reason.—" Why, Jennie, you mar
ried, of all girls;’’ "Yes, m.v dear. Ills
theae frocks that hook ovei the shoulders.
I couldn’t do it myself, and I couldn’t
afford a maid.’’—Harper a Bazar.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1894.
MR. STEVENSON SAID NO.
That Word Separated the Vice Presi
dent's Daughter and Her Lover.
From the New York World.
Washington, July 30.—Miss Mary Ste
venson, the eldest daughter of the Vice
President, is the heroine of a romantic
love affair and but for the firmness dis
played by the Vice President and his son,
lewis, it is said, she might at this time
be enjoying a honeymoon as Mrs. George
F. Curtis instead of inhaling the breeze at
Bar Harbor, separated from her lover.
As it is. Mr. Curtis, a clerk in the law
library of the United States supreme
court, has nothing to show for two months
of ardent devotion to the Vice President’s
daughter except one diamond engagement
ring and the unpleasant reflection that
his fondest hope can never be realized.
Miss Stevenson first met Mr. Curtis in
May. Mrs Senator Blanchard had given
an excursion party down the Potomac
river to Mount Vernon, and it was
through her that Miss Stevenson was in
troduced to Mr. Curtis. The young man
was very much impressed by the Vice
President's daughter, and the other mem
bers of Mrs. Blanchard's party thought
she received his marked attentions favor
ably. Mr Curtis is poor, but he has a
good family name and excellent prospects
professionally. His ancestors for three
generations won distinction in the United
States navy. His grandfather, Stephen
Casin of Pennsylvania, received a gold
medal for distinguished bravery at "the
battle of Tioooderoga. Young Curtis is a
graduate of Georgetown University, and
has been admitted to practice before the
United States supreme court.
In this armor he laid siege to Miss
Stevenson’s heart so successfully that
after about two months’ courtship it was
whispered about that they were engaged.
Miss' Stevenson accepted Curtis’ photo
graph and a ring. The Vice President
did not look with favor upon the love
making, nor did his son, Lewis. Mr.
Curtis, accompanied by his friend. Cadet
Tompkins of the navy, called at the
Vice President's hotel one evening and
left a note for Miss Stevenson, inviting
her to join Mrs. Senator Blanchard’s pic
nicking party to Great Falls the follow
ing day. Failing to receive any answer
he called the following morning and left a
second note. Later he learned that
neither of his messages had been deliv
ered, and lie sent up his card. Lewis
Stevenson came down in response to it
and called Mr. Curtis aside, saying:
"Let's take a walk. 1 want to have a
talk with you.”
In the conversation that followed Mr.
Curtis was told that his attentions to
Miss Stevenson must cease; that the
Vice President desired it, and would en
force his order personally if it were not
complied with. The day following Lewis
Stevenson met Mr. Curtis, returned his
ring and photograph, and warned him
not to do anything that would incur the
wrath of the Vice President.
The Stevenson family then left town.
Their first objective point was Cape May.
A few days later the family arrived at'
Hotel Povvhattan, Charleston. W. Va.
Mrs. Stevenson and her daughter re
mained there only a few days, and were
next announced at Bar Harbor, where
they are now supposed to be. In
the last week Mr. Curtis has sought,
through a mutual friend, who volun
teered to go to Bar Harbor for that
purpose, to re-establish communication
with Miss Stevenson, or at least learn
from her why his attentions had suddenly
proved so offensive. Nothing has come
of this mission so far. Mr. Curtis was
seen to-day. He is a handsome fellow, of
pleasant address, fine manners and ath
letic mold. He has a 'high, classic fore
head. strong eyebrows, thick, black hair
and a very luxuriant and picturesque
mustache. His eyes are blue and de
cidedly Keen. Mr. Curtis declined to
discuss the love affair with Miss Steven
son, or even admit that he knew any
member of the family, but from other
trustworthy sources the details given
above were confirmed.
Miss Mary Stevenson is said to be about
33 years old, while Curtis is 38. She is a
strikingly good looking girl, and has never
lacked admirers from the day she entered
Washington society. She is modest, sen
sible, admired and commended.
The Vice President and his son were
surprised that the affair had reached the
ears of the public. They were not pre
pared to make any statement to-day. Vice
President Stevenson, it is understood, has
been much distressed over the affair, but
believes his counsel will prevail and that
his daughter will not renew the acquain
tance of Mr. Curtis.
MARRIED ELEVEN TIMES.
Still This Much Wedded Woman Is
but 44 Years Old.
From the PUadelphla Press.
Valparaiso, Ind., July 30.—A woman,
who was until recently Mrs. Dr. Spencer
ef Bourbon, has Just been joined in wed.
lock to her eleventh husband, and as the
bride of to-day is but 44 years old, time
may possibly record many o ther matri
monial alliances.
Her career is believed to be one of the
most remarkable ou record, and her uxor
mania is only equaled by her ability to
annul marriage contracts. She was a
bride when a girl of 15 summers, and her
first venture was more successful in point
of time than any of then, ten years elap*
sing before that marriage was demon
strated to be a complete failure. She
was separated from the second and third
husbands.
The fourth was wedded as the sequel
of a romance. A convict in tbe Joliet’iail
won her good graces, and a pardon, which
was granted by a sympathetic governor,
had a matrimonial ending. Death ended
this union and the season of mourning
was followed by the choice of a fifth and
sixth husbands from among a legion of
suitors. A charge of bigamy was dis
proved in connection with the marriage
of the seventh husband, who gave her
statutory grounds for divorce.
The eighth husband was secured
through the medium of a matrimonial
paper, but his life had a tragic ending and
at the age of 3fi she concluded negotiations
with S. H. Brown, No. 9, with w.iom she
lived ior two years, and to this union the
first child was born. Brown disappeared
and the next alliance, with Dr. Spencer, a
venerable physician, was terminated by
his sudden death.
The courts of the state fail to record a
parallel with the ex-Mrs. Spencer’s check
ered matrimonial life.
Sinking of a Lake of Fire.
From the Philadelphia Record.
San Francisco, Cal., July 28.—An ex
traordinary spectacle was witnessed at
the volcano of Mauna Loa. in Hawaii, on
July 11, by a dozen tourists. A fire lake
of ten acres suddenly sank 250 feet,. The
sides were left unsupported bv fluid lava,
and began falling in with tremendous
crashes and clouds of dust, drshing lava
about in enormous waves. The visitors
hastened down to view the sight, repeat
edly standing on the point which soon
after fell in.
‘‘At a downtown lunch court*!-," says a
New York writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer,
‘‘may be seen every day a staid business man
who ihvariably orders an eccentric lunch—
three cigars and a glass of beer. He lights
and partly smokes the three cigars, one at a
time, sipping his beer in tbe meantime.
When the beer hue all been drunk lie goes
awav. leaving the three cigar stumps lying on
the table.'’
■ ‘ —•-
Children get rosy
and strong
Brown’s Iron
Bitters!
ORIENTAL LAZINESS.
The Turk Is Too Indolent to Stand
I'P.
There Is No Such Word as Hustle in
Their Lexicon—A Land Where They
Wait.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
It is impossible for people ia the west
ern country, with their habits of stirring,
bustling industry and their indisposition
to allow a single moment of time to go to
waste, to appreciate the indolence that
pervades all classes of people in the east.
The Philosopher Buckle, with an inge
nious refinement that does credit to the
mental acuteness, finds in the climate of
a country a reason for almost any and
every peculiarity of character, and there
is, no doubt, much importance to be at
tached to this consideration. .
But the climate is not wholly respon
sible, for in India the sun is as- hot as in
any part of the world, and yet tne people
have habits of industry that contrast
strongly with the constitutional indolence
displayed everywhere in Turkey, and the
countries which are now or at one time
have been under Turkish control. For
the "unspeakable Turk" is not only him
self utterly averse to any exertion, but
has the property of being able to commu
nicate his aversion in this particular to
others, and it is only a question of time
when all with whom he comes in contact
become like him; not exactly, perhaps,
but sufficiently so for the resemblance to
be recognized.
To strangers it is a matter of the ut
most astonishment how lazy a Turk can
be, and how repugnant to the Turkish
intellect the idea of any sort of exertion
can become. In the land of the sultan
nooody rung save on the most urgent
provocation, and when walking is done it
is under mental protest. Sitting is better
than standing, and lying down preferable
to either. To one who has never tried it,
the Turkish plan of sitting presents dif
ficulties that are not easily surmounted.
In the first place western knee-joints
seem to lack the power of adaptation to
circumstances that characterizes the
knees of the Orient. When seating him
self according to the formula in such
cases made and provided the Turk will
FIRST CROSS HIS LEGS,
Then, by gradual and graceful gradua
tions, and not too rapidly, will allow the
weight of his body to descend upon them
until firmly settled on the floor or divan,
where he is not onlv solidly established,
but hes before him an improvised table,
on which he can deposit his pipe and
tobacco,'his glass of liquid refreshment,
or even utilize as a writing desk. His
knees are flat on the ground, his whole
picture one of contentment and comfort.
The man from western climes tries it and
finds his knees sticking out at an acute
aDgle, anything but graceful or pleasant,
while in ten minutes his back will ache
in the most distressing manner, and the
pains in his legs and feet will compel him
to rise and walk for relief. But to a
Turk, squatting cross-legged on the
ground is the acme of satisfaction; he
will remain in this posture all day long,
and then rise and shuffle off in his awk
ward slippers as though stiffness of tho
joints were an unknown quantity.
The national posture has an important
effect on business, or what passes for
business, in the land of the true believer,
for, as far as possible, everything is done
sitting down. In a Turkish bazar the
shops are all small, to accommodate the
business to the posture that is preferred
to all others. Of course, if the Turk
could transact business lying down, he
would like that even better than sitting,
but the impracticability of such a thing
is recognized even by the Turk himself,
so, perforce, he sits and adapts his shop
to himself in such a way that when Allah
sends a customer the shopkeeper is not
obliged to get up to wait on him.
His whole stock in trade is within reach
of his hands, and when anything is
wanted he simply reaches out and gets It,
takes another whiff of his pipe and waits
for the customer to buy. If the latter
does so. well and good; if not, no change
is observable in the demeanor of the mer
chant; he is not visibly elated by a good
day, nor visibly depressed when there
are no customers, for “Allah is great and
will send bread somehow.” His fatalism
is the secret of his equanimity, for he is
perfectly convinced if Allah means for
him to get rich Allah will send him the
customers, while if Allah has determined
that he is to be or to remain poor.
NO AMOUNT OF EXERTION
On his part can frustrate the decrees of
fate. The same philosophy influences
his dealings with his customers. If they
are to buy, it is kismet, and there is no
need for him to exert himself; if they are
not to buy. ho will have wasted his labor,
so, Allah Bismillah, let them alone. And
lie does it, too, for if he were a graven
image he could not display much less in
terest in the words -and actions of his
customers than he does.
When a customer enters an establish
ment where articles of value, such as jew
elry, carpets, arms, ar.d the like are sold,
there is a regular formula gone through,
without which the trasactlon of busiuess
is supposed to' be out of the question.
The stranger comes in, and if noticed
at all by the proprietor it is with a grave
bow. A mat is indicated, on which the
visitor squats as uncomfortably as he can,
and an attendant brings a pipe and a cup
of coffee. Ihe goods asked for are spread
out on the floor between the two, and se
rious business begins with smoking.
After a few whiffs the visitor asks how
much he is expected to pay. and for a
few moments the merchant smokes in
silence, disregarding the question. It is
repeated, when, after a sufficient inter
val has elapsed to satisfy his dignity and
give him time to think the matter over,
the dealer names a price Jour or six times
what he is quite willing to accept If
the visitor is experienced in Oriental
dealing he will receive this announcement
in solemn silence, am’ after due delibera
tion will make an offer of about one
fourth of the merchant’s demand.
A basis is now laid for negotiations,
and the dealer protests that he will b(5
ruined by accepting one piaster less than
the sum originally named, while the
buyer declares that his offer is far beyond
the value of the goods, and only prompted
by the personal good will be bears to the
proprietor. Little by little one advances
and the other recedes from the first
prices, and after an enormous waste of
time a bargain is concluded, the adjust
ment of the last piaster or two probably
taking longer than all the rest of the
tranaction. As it is, both parties are
generally well satisfied and separate, each
imagining he
has cheated the other.
In spite of their apparent indifference,
the Turks are clever bargainers, and the
outward show of contempt for such a pal
try consideration as a few piasters does
not prevent the keenest possible traffick
ing in order to gain a small advantage
over a commercial adversary. But none
of this is shown in their manner of deal
ing, for nothing could be cooler or more
apparently nonchalant. They could give
a New York stock broker many jioints in
concealingtheir real feelings, and still
not seem ruffled. The Turk is notin the
least excitable, and things that cause
the people of other countries to grow
wild with enthusiasm hardly make him I
raise his eyebrows. Nor Is this lack of
emotion in him due to self-control; it la
simply his nature; he does not care. He
has an idea, tolerably well defined, that j
the universe will go on about as well J
without as with him. so he does not i
worry when things go against him nor |
become much elated when they are in
his favor.
It would seem unreasonable under these
circumstances that any Turn should ever
?T°' V rich, but among the merchants of
the capital and leading seaports there are
many wealthy men, who have become
rich in spite not only of their natural in
difference to their surroundings, but also
of the exhorbitant taxes levied by tho
government. For when the Turk is a
money-maker at all he is exceedingly
close. Kven the Greek, who has the
reputation of being the sharper of the
Orient, is not shrewder at a bargain than
a Turk. But to the latter the value of
time is an unknown quantity, nor can he
in the least be made to understand that
others regard time as money. It is a
matter of supreme satisfaction, therefore,
to him to defer even the consideration of
the most important and pressing affairs,
and when a Turk succeeds in putting off
until tho day after to morrow what ought
to have been douj the week before last,
he regards himself as having achieved a
triumph of intellect
It is thus about as easy to hurry a Turk
as to hasten the march of the seasons.
He cannot be hurried Whether the affair
is that of buying a handful of tobacco for
his pipe or of negotiating a treaty for the
salvation of Constantinople from the Rus
sians he is
OOJNG TO TIKE BIS TIME
About it. and to every effort to hasten
matters he will oppose a passive resist
ance far more effective than the most
active antagonism A gentleman officially
connected with the British embassy in
Constantinople some years aco had occa
sion to transact a piece of business with
the Turkish foreign office. The matter
was simple, merely requiring the consid
eration of one official and the preparation
of a paper not more than two or three
pages in length, and, under ordinary cir
cumstances, the whole matter should
have been concluded in twenty minutes.
But there were two grave objections to
it in the mind of the official concerned.
One was, it was out of the ordinary rou
tine of business: the other was it de
manded a little extra work. The first
item was of grave importance, the second
was an almost insuperable objection. The
application wps made on Way -0, ISS’2,
and on the following day the gentleman
called with the confident expectation that
that the whole matter was concluded. He
was met with an excuse and went away,
promising to return on the following day.
He did so, to be again put off. The his
tory of the third and forth days was that
of the first and second, and the fifth and
sixth showed no improvement, He was
determined to see a higher official, and
did so, with the assurance that the mat
ter should be looked into. It may have
been, but he could never find out, as nis
calls for a week on the su
perior functionary produced not
a whit more effect than on the
official a grade below
He resumed his calls on the original
office, therefore, continued them each day
for a week longer, and then went away
to Smyrna. He was gone a month returned,
called every day for a week more,
left a note and went to Egypt. Six weeks
later he came back and resumed his calls,
determined to ascertain, if he could, how
long it would take to wear out the pa
tience of a Turk. For weeks he contin
ued to call, only to be met with the same
excuses every day, until, finally, becom
ing thoroughly exasperated, he applied
to one of the sultan's ministers, laid the
case before him, and after two weeks
longer secured an order that the paper
should be made out at once. This was
sent to the bureau where the matter first
started, and after tho official had taken a
week to digest and understand it, the
business was done, nearly six months
after it should have been.
THE INDOLENCE
Of official life is reflected in every grade
and class of the people. The street porter
sits down and smokes while waiting for
Allah to send him a job: the donkey boy
lies down. Nobody stands up to do any
thing that by any stretch of ingenuity
can possibly beaccomplishod while seated.
Carpenters sit down to saw and plane a
board, shuffling inconveniently along on
their hams as the necessities of their work
demand; when on guarl in positions that
do not demand constant watchfulness thb
Bashi-Bazouk sentinels squat cross
legged on tho pavement, smoking their
pipes or cigarettes.
The triumph of laziness, however, is re
corded by Otin, who, in his travels in the
Orient, noticed in a province of Asiatic
Turkey a farmer at work spaaing his
garden. As any one knows who has
tried it, goading is not an easy task, but
requires not only a considerable applica
tion of muscle, but in addition all the
weight of the body to bo thrown on the
spade in order to force it through the
soil. The labor-hating Turkish granger,
however, unwilling to do violence to his
own feelings or to set a bad example to
the neighbors by standing up to work,
managed to accomplish his job, after a
fashion, while squatting on the earth.
He had two instruments, one resem
bling a spade, but with a short handle.tho
O’her much liko a small hatchet. With
the latter he chopped out a square block
of soil, and, this accomplished, he laid
down the hatchet, took a whiff of his pipe,
and with the spade turned over the block
he had detached. He thus worked slowly
backward, turning the earth as he went,
and signally triumphing in his ability to
farm without standing up to do it.
This, however, is only an extreme case,
for, the sultan who squats on a divan
while receiving ministers of state, to the
harem beautv who is never represented
save as reclining among her cushions,
everybody sits, and everybody regards
any occupation at which he cannot work
while seated as fit only for an infidel and
an unbelieving dog.
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