Daily News, Franklin, Johnson County, 14 September 1889 — Page 5

THE COMING RACE MEETING.

•|*ltK»»AllATION*« FOR TITK ORKATEsT KVJEJST IX THE STATE,

THE FLYCH# WIU Atx 8E HIBK-B»O OCCEREO—HOMC NOTES or IMTKHRST-

Association have abandoned the free-for-all classes and have, following the example of our own association, added a 2:10 trot and pace.

NOTES.

Kntriea close Saturday, .September 30. Bcraggm Bros, will ship their stable of horses west from New York in a short time.

An offer of 10,000 was made for the great English colt Gay Hermit, and refused,

M'liw, owned by Ham Fleming, is in a race at Crawfordsville this week. Best time, 2:32.

U»«er Bughani, Uixington, Ky., has sold to Colonel H. 8. b'trader for $1 ,KX), a two-year old colt by Jay Bird.

Benator Hearst's two-year-old colt, King Thomas has not given much promise of being a world beater as yet.

You use George is the name the Dwyer Bros, have given their chestnut colt out of George Kinney, out of Arizonia.

The Wabash Importing Company, of Wabash, Iml., last wwk received a shipment of 42 Belgian horses, valued at $W3,U00.

J. Canton & Co., bookmakers doing business on the races at Merohantsville, N. J., last week skipped out and beat everybody.

The management of the Exposition track at Pittsburg, Pa,, have decided to hold a four days' uneet commencing September 25th.

It is not probable that the 2-year-old (olt Drizzle, will run again this season as hut legs have failed and to gnlle} him strong now would permanently injure Imn.

KtarlerCaldwell savs that twenty years ago he would have considered a man era«y who would havtv

Jewel Bar, the winner of the Ashland Oaks at U-xington, Ky., and Kentucky Oaks at Umisville, pulled up lame at Lexington the other day and will have to l»e retired for the season,

Maud Midler, 2:21$, winner of the 2:110 clas at the Hartford meeting were got by Lockerbie, a son of Blue Bull. Her daughter, the {toeing mare American Girl, hasoclipaeu her dam's record,

Raring at the Chicago West Side track will probably close at the end of this month. Both Corrigan and Waldo have made entries at jitonia and will race their horses there. Mr. Waldo contemplate taking in the Ivy City meeting at Washington, 1.

The annual sale of veariinga, property of N. T. Harris, Murstlxjurtje stud farm, Uiuisville, Ky, W, 11. Cheppu, Meadowthorpe stud farm, taxingtou, Ky., and William Astor, FerneliH* stud* farm, Khinebeek, N. Y„ took place in NewYork City,. Monday last. The attendance w?is"unite largo ami the prices realised were uvh ly good.

Three of the Meadowthorje lot brought a clean $1,000 each, while a fon rut was knocked down at $1 ,lVH. The tw entv-hm» in this lot brought $1G,(U»5, and the eight Ferneliff warlings went for $3v440, The Hurstltourne youngsters

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tJiein, At the conclusion of the regular sale, live Australian hom* belonging to J. K, Newton were sold at prices ranging from $2,100 to $HK),. (Captain 8. 8. Brown, the wealth Fitts* burg turfman, has commenced suit against the Mew York Times to recover #100,000 for libel, in consequence of mane sevctv comments in that paper on the running and management of his horses at Monmouth Park at Gallatin, Tenn, Captain James Franklin's great brood marc, Kennelec, out of Imp, Glengarry, out of Kathleen* and a great

race mar*? in her day, was shocked by it few days ago, from which ft is feared she cannot nwt*r. She was bred this season to Imp, Mr, lick wick.

Accenting to a Kentucky writer on ww i«g matters, the total value of the staJass and \mrtm run on the American turf was $2,iHvS8?.50. Of thk $2,ll$,liKUi0 was won by horsed finishing first 4von bv those tliat nut see»Rd. while third home «&|>t«red pf Wjpit f^winner was FrwUtr Knotty which *ptur» ih! in stakes and purm while the lowest amount won by a sinrfe «o*»e was

J*o.O0, which Jw Hooker totk into reunp, iHorses of unknown |mligre«t won H,» while the other moioer won was ^-aptuixHl by the get of 4T2 eiws. the five ea«lersof hi oh were Glenelv, with 130LC746,50 to his erwlit Umgfellow with f|*l2I,0SL67 won hv get, while the sous and d&uighter* of l! *U Lnke Blackburn

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tX^ PUXlSHJODfT.

Mia# Adipose (very Bfcowt)—If I owned hat vicious pony of yours. Miss Scimp, would punish him in the severest mao»er possible.

Miss Scrimp—Won't you please ride iim as a favor to me, then He really loes need a lesson.

MATUWTY]

IJttle LeUie—Will 1 ev arge as you are? Mamma—I expect so.

PUSSES

11h' greatest meeting ever held in Indiana will be given by the Terrc Haute Trotting Association at their annual fall meeting, commencing October 8th. The magnificent sum oC $10,100 will be trotted ami paced for, and the citizens can expect the greats sport ever witnessed by them. Each parse is $1,000 and is comj*»ed of the following clauses On the first day them will be the 2:10 trot and the 2:21 pace on the second day Little girls (puzzled)—Nobody knows there will be the 2:32 trot, the ill the christening!—[The Wasp. 2:22 trot and the 2-year-old stake on the third day the 2:16 pace and the 2:25 trot and the 3-year-old stake and the sensational pacing bonne, Johnston, to beat his record. On the fourth day there will be the 2:1« trot, 2:27 trot and 4-year-old stake. This a grand programme and will attract the greatest 'hormm on the turf. The St. J/rais Fair

Little Lettie—And will I talk, talk, alk all the time, too, the same asyou do? HE COTJLD HARDLY HKLP IT. "I love the stage'." exclaimed the traigetlan, I am bound to it by so many ties." "Yes," assented tLe comedian, "rail•oad ties. *—{Time.

A BABY PUZZLE.

Two small girls—Oh, auKtie! we've some to tell you there's a baby at our louse!

Aunt—Tliat is nice Did the stork jring a little brother or a little sister

A YOUTHFUL EXPERT.

Import

(to applicant for position)

—You sav you are able to distinguish a genuine diamond. What are its principal features

Arthur Smart—A grand stand, a home plate, and whitewash lines between the jases.—[Jewelers Weekly.

A SURE METHOD.

You s-s-s-say you c-can t-tell a f-fel-. .er h-h-how to avoid stut-tut-tutering Of-for wo-w-one dollar?" -Yes."

W-Wellvh-h-here's y-your

d-d-doll-j1-

ar, H-how c-can I av-v-vooid stut-tut-tering?" Don't talk. "—[Harper's Bazar.

OETENER THAN THE BATTER DOES. 44 We are looking for a clock to present xi our hatter," «aid a member of a base oali club to aNew Y'ork jew eler. "This will suit you, then,n said the jeweler,indicating a timepiece "it strikes avery quarter of an hour."—[Time.

BHTTER LATE THAN NEVER. Why didn't you marry your husband fifteen years ago? He would have taken rou then," said an Austin lady to a new ly-married friend.

I know, but lifteen years ago he was too old to suit me." GETTING DOWN TO DETAILS. "Do you imagine Miss Porcine is well jfT?"

I judge so, from the fact that she said her father owned next to the largest Abattoir in

Chicago."

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a half mile would bo run in forty-six seconds, Orillamtiio and Hanover are the two most successful horses on the turf that that have undergone the trying operation of nerving. The former was never faster tluiu at present.

Henry W. Genet, who died in Now York last .Sunday was an admirer of the trotting horse utid at one time owned the black gelding, General Grant, that was famous at oue time.

Do you know what is next to the largest abattoir in Chicago?" "No what?"

A vacant lot." A SAD HEARTED SHEIXFT^H. "How are you?" said th.« oyster to the clam. "So you are pickeI up and carried away to be eaten just like the rest of us." -j "Yes, it is sad. Oh,"if I had only needed the advice I received in in my early youth."

What was thatl" Don't be a clam.'" WANTai) TO SEE BKIXA JUMP, Kooby (who has lieen sitting patiently half an hour)—Mr. Boomer, I wish you would pop the question to Bella.

Bella—Robert, you naughty boy, what possessed you to make such a preposterous remark

Hobby (sulkily)—Well, anyway, ma Mid if he did you'd jump at the chance, and I want to see you jump.

TllE ELIX IK.

A row pnowN-ieRQCANN'S ruaoovKRT. N»»rly Str»»|rer. Mr. Clubman—My private secretary, young Nieefellow, says ho is an acquaintance of yours.

Miss Cityhelle—What imprudence! 1 never met him except at the seaside, and last summer I even refused to become engaged to him again.—[New York Weekly,

Vtuk'itjr tea* a Toale KffMt. What's the matter, old man ?w Fm not feeling very well." "Your wife'aaway, isn't she?" .. .1 "Yes." •Seettw to me you ought to feel well, then, *—[Lowell Cituen.

Mtilnil.

"Io you know Smilkins?" «Yee," replied Uw young woman to whom the queatioi) addmned: "I have met him.

He eh*?**** to look down on society. "Does he? Well I've observed that aociety does aa much for him. Metcitant TYavcler,

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Oile*—Now that y»honeymoo» bore*, I hope you atill count your wife your better half

Glfeha—Indeed 1 do, I brought home $100 and she kept f«0.—Drakes Maga**ne

Ret«tt«liMh

"Da you know** said tl« Engli^man, ii lw gated cimtemplatively at a gww caricature of the father of his country, *1 take a certain delight in liekiaf,* a 3c«nt stamp?" aslcU Ills Anwkan frfend.

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A COLLEGE FOR HORSES..

HOW THE STEEDS IN THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE TAUGHT.

Marvelous Tbioss AcooropU«hed In a Few Second*—Apple* utd ianpi of 8o|« for the Ctoad Sehol*i*—Started In Eleven

Seconds.

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•That's tho best educated horse in New York. He Is the most intelligent horse that ever came out of schooL"

The speaker was a broad shouldered fireman, who stood at the door of a down town fmyrinft boose. The handsome roan which stood a few feet away ready to jump into bis harness, seemed to know what was being said, for he twisted his bead and arched his neck iu the. proudest manner. A moment later, under the direction of the fireman, he went through a wonderful exhibition of fast harnessing, showing almost human intelligence. He practically harnessed himself, and did it so quickly that the eye could scarcely Hollow him. Lt

What the fireman said of the horse was true. He had been to school, from whence he graduated with distinguished honors. There are many interesting things in New York, but there area few things more interesting than the school from which this particular horse graduated. It is situated in tfa* upper part of New York and is under tha management of several veterans of the fire department, commanded by a well known veterinary surgeon, who is practically principal of school.

And there is as much hard studying done in this school as in any in New York, even if the pupils are horses.

The school in New York educates horses for the fire service* only. It is a more imijortant institution than most people may at first thought imagine it to be. Intelligent horses are almost as Indispensable as are intelligent men. A ttupid, a slow or a balky horse may at times cost the loss of thousands of dollars, and perhaps many lives. The delay of two or three seconds in getting afire engine out of the engine house sometimes gives afire an impetus that is unnecessarily damaging to life and property. The horses turned out from this school are warranted to be strong, intelligent and to have a thorough knowledge of their business. They never balk, they are never lazy, and are in every respect reliable, being sound of wind aiid limb and more than intelligent. ys* ..

SELECTION AND TEACHING.

The horses are all picked, but they seldom ire of any use for fire work after five years of service. Tbey are selected by experts from among the best horses that are to be found at the Bull's Head horse market, the chief horse market in the United States. The horses selected come mainly from the west. It requires some skill to pick out horses for use in the fire department. Big and clumsy horses are of no use. But the horse must be speedy and strong. The horses selected are usually about sixteen hands high, weighing from 1,200 to 1,450 pounds, and their ages range from 4 to 6 years. Younger horses are not strong enough to drag heavy fire engines, and older ones are too old to train.

As soon as the horse is bought be is sent to the school, and Dr. Shea, who is in charge of this institution, says that in his opinion horses and boys are very much alike, and must be managed in very much the same manner. But Dr. Shea believes in kindness as a means to get control of his pupils and teach them.

It is marvelous how quickly these young horses learn what it is necessary for them to know before they can be put to work. The man who handle them knowthehr bosiness thoroughly, and are in love with it Under their careful handling the green horse understands his duties in little more than a month. No whip is used in this school The first test is that which establishes the soundness of the animal's wiud. Then he is put in his stall He is led backward and forward to where the harness hangs until ho becomes used to the engine, and until he also becomes accustomed toducking or lowering his head to get it into tho collar.

When he accomplishes his task well he is given apples or candy or lumps of sugar, and is petted aud made much of. He is next taught to rush to his place iu front of the engine at the clang of tho gong. When he becomes expert at this his education is complete and he is ready for serious work, and a week later can run to afire as well as the most thoroughgoing veteran.

There are always a dozen horses being put through their paces at this school, which is constantly becoming more and more of a necessity. These horses cost about $300 each, and after their five years they are disposed of to street peddlers or cartraen for any sum from $50 to 1150. These horses are so well taught that they never forget their training. It is not an uncommon thing when afire engine dashes through the streets of New York to see some dilapidated looking nag attached to some huckster's wagon prink up his ears and join in the race to the some of the fire. It is an eld and broken down fire horse who can't forget the stirring days when ho helped draw an engine. It Is the same spirit that led broken down hunters to join in the hunt at the sound of the cry of the hounds.

THX CKAMPIO* TXAV.

There are some wonderful horses in the New York fire department, but the champions are "Joe" and "Charley," the splendid team that or© attached to engine company 17, in Chambers street. These were the prise winners at the world's fair at the American Institute, in 1S85, and they are still the champions. They are tho two mast famous scholars ever turned out from New York's school Joe is the champion of champions, and he entertains many visitors who come daily to admire his intelligence. Joe is a roan, and a handsome one, too. His mate Charley is a bay, and this team can drag a heavy engine over the ground faster than any team in the United States and probably in the world. At the world's fair, when they won the medal which they stilJ hokl, they wens tried on a dash of 26 feet 6 irichea. Tbey made three testa, one at 10 in the morning, another at 2 in the afternoon, mad. yet another at 8 o'clock the evening.

The time for the first dash was bhe and five-eighths seconds for the second two and cate-hail seconds, and^ the last two second*. The intelligence of these horwa Is simply remarkahle. Chie? Shaw, of London, owld scarcely bd&ree that they cocdd do what was aodd of them until ft was done before his own eyes. Even then ft was hard to believe. On three ordinary triali the otter night Joe and Charley gu* into their harness and had their engine oa the street and on their way to a ike in an average time of eleven aecooda And there *aa aos&eeial effort to make extraordinary speed, either.—Cor. St Louts {Hobs'

Oyster £b*Mii.

In cleaning ««t tbs kwwr kveb of the oaves «t Potndogne,, in Prance, akeg with sccne of Hie most Pttdimeatary arrow Mi yet dieeoventd time were found grtaiamny oyster jgmUs pikd te wtch a manner as to show that tte Neanderthal man ased the bivalve a* a common article of food. The oyster is that taMMtntwi to be the oldest dometttcafad dahcac-y known to man. Tha reba are soppomtd to be orwr 60,000 year* Oid.

TERRE HAUTE DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1889—SUPPLEMENT. W0

JJU miMf-iii.

The Qoeen el Ron mania Is at work on iha libretto of a Swedish opera. An Elmira (N. Y.) school teacher has just married a young and prosperous fnerchantof that place whom she birched many a time. She is about 45 years old he is half that age, and proud of of his bride.

Anna E. Dickinson denies that she is m. invalid, and says she will, before many months, "take up her public work, probably for a short time on tlW platform, certainly on the theatrical stage.

Mzs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's favorite diet is bread and butter and pineapple. A young saleswoman in New York was exceedingly polite and attentive to an aged customer, who has just now died and left the young woman $6,500.

Alice Liebman, aged 9, is astonishing London critics with her skill on the -violin. Musicians more than 10 yearf old are becoming quite rare.

A postoffice in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, bears the brief and unromantic name of "Sis."

The queen regent of Spain daily reads the newspapers in search of cases espe^ dally worthy of charity.

On Mme. Modjeska's farm in Calif or ipa are 800 hives of Italian bees. It is said that ex-Queen Isabella oi Spain, has reduced her expenses to 50 per cent, more than her income.

Mrs. Kesterson, of Fulton, Ky. ,* has five sons, and the birthday of eachjte July

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward has es tablished at Gloucester, Mass., a "Fishermen's" reading-room, with news papers and games. She i$ said to b* extremely popular among the fishers.

Mrs. Stephen Danforth, of Manchester by-the-Sea, is another victim of th tobacco habit She learned to smoke ir Virginia, where she was born, anc though she does her own work and look/ after her husband, who is old and infirm she is rarely without a lighted pipe ii her mouth. She smokes twelve pipe fuls daily. Mrs. Danforth will be 91 years old on her next birthday.

The Queen of Madagascar is a tall, slen der woman about 28 years old. Hei complexion is lighjt and her face is sad

The Queen of England makes her owr tea when traveling. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is devoting her self almost entirely to prose writing She says the nervous strain of composing poetry is too great. fThe women of Berlin use daily 20? kilos of face powder, 117 kilos of rouge. 611-4 of coloring matter for eyebrows 56 of lip pomade, 69 8-4 of glycerine, If of cold cream. A kilo or kilogram equal

two and a half pound*

The explanation of the queen's apparently inexhaustible supply of Indian shawls, one of which is her regular wedding present, is that early in her majesty's reign one of the Indian prihees, in consideration of his having a large and valuable territory ceded to him, bounc himself to pay an annual tribute, whict vij&chideji three jpairs of the ftnest cashv mere shawls, and twelve perfect goa' shawls.

A little curly-headed girl of about & years was leaning out of a window on Second Btreet, in North Seattle, when team attached to a transfer wagon wen4 rattling by. She suddenly turned to hei companion and cried:

tt0h,

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see Unck

Fred, there doos two mools." "How dr yon know they are mules? Maybe they are horses." "No, sir. I dess I know mools from horses." "How do little girls know the difference, Pet?" Wl^r horses have hair tails and mools justonr have meat tails.—[Seattle Press. c,

A Meat Reply.

A young lady of Mississippi was visiting the blue grass region of Kentucky and was entertained at a dinner party at the governor's mansion. During the course of the dinner a degenerate son of the governor talked loosely about thingr in general, and among them of a visit tc Mississippi, remarking that he had not seen a pretty woman in his tour through the State. The girl from Mississippi awaited her opportunity, and during a lull in the conversation turned and asked the governor if what she had heard ol the gentlemen of Kentucky were true The governor wanted to know what it was, and the attention of the whole com pany waa directed to the young lady's re sponse. "Well," said she, "I heard that Ken tucky gentlemen educate their horses and turn their sons out to grass."—[Argonaut

A. Novel Reading Habit Explained. During the recent annual meeting of the British medical society, in Leed% Sir J. Crichton Browne delivered an ad dress upon Psychology and the Ily gienic Uses of* the Imagination," in which he stated tliat the latter are daily becoming more and more understood and extended all over the world. All in strumenta of appeal to the imagination snch as picture galleries,, exhibitions concerts and novels, are becoming more popularly availed of, greatly to the publk benefit and perhaps the most powerfullj increased influence of them all hi that oi fiction. Sir Crichton Browne accounts for tliis by saying that "the monotony produced in life by the division of labor and the increased mental friction which arises from the aggregation of people ir town*, all tend to whet the appetite fot an imaginative diet and this, as hi* remarks indicate, it la well to gratify*

CBXi.DMJBN*M AAYlJfOS.

Aa we were finishing deaqert, little 4 year old Griswoid Jumped down and hastily closed the dining-room door. "Are you cold, my mmt* said mamma "No, I'm act, but the fee cream ia."

Mamma, speaking of certain vesttfem which she had wished very much toatte&d, Mid "Efen If I wa* not there my heart waa there. little Ima spoke up and said: "No, mamma your heart'* in your

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tomach."

"Mamma,* said iittie Kate, "1 don" mind goin down to the hotel with Lou, Iw I doa*t like to go up in the alligator.r

MOHAMMED'S CASTLE.

THE FORT THAT SEALED THE DOOM OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Story of the Ruse by Which the Site of the Fortification "Wa» Seevred-How It Wat Constructed in Such Short Time—A

Conflict That Waged Over 800 Year*.

The castle of Mohammed was built on a height overlooking the Bosphorus at its narrowest point, and just where Darius threw across his famous bridge of boats for the passage of his Persian invaders. It was planned some two thousand years after that invasion by the young and ambitious Mohammed II, whose bold and determined nature prompted him to do and dare far more than had ever before been attempted for the conquest of that much coveted and much fought over capital, Constantinople.

That a fortification like this and in this location was of almost immeasurable importance to the besiegers of Constantinople was well understood by Mohammed II'^s grandfather, Sultan Buyazid, as early as the year 1371, when he built the stronghold on the Asiastic shore directly opposite, and only six miles from Constantinople. By building this castle tho young sultan completed the circle his ancestors h®d been forging aboi^tg, the doomed city.7

STRETCH ISO Alt OX HIDE.

Traditions differ regarding the ruse by which Mohammed II first gained a foothold on the rocky heights of Heromoion. One tells us it was through the influence of a traitorous Greek priest, who humbly sued for permission to build there a hunting box on land that could be covered by an ox hide. This modest request being granted, an ox hide was cut in strips so narrow that when joined they could be stretched around the site of this immense fortification, from whose high towers the doomed city could easily be overlooked, while its great guns command©! the passage of the Bosphorus, and thus held the key to both empires.

There is a disagreement among historians about the time occupied in building the castle of Mohammed. Some say it was built in forty days, others in four months, still others tell us six months were thus consumed. Certain it is that Mohammed had been industriously gathering material in the forests of Asia Minor, along the shores of the Marmora and the Black seas, around Nicomedia bay. and when all the men and material he coul-.\ command in his own dominion were collecteu ho had no scruples about appropriating anything he could lay his hands on in this vicinity. We are told that when digging to lay these walls he unearthed massive foundations of a former castle and baths, which he at once utilized. It was during the winter of 1451-32 tliat men and material were hurrikl here from all parts of his realm. Then tho effeminate and luxurious rulers of Byzantium were first awakened to their peril and great consternation prevailed in Constantinople but so heedless and given to procrastination had they become that, although it was begun March 39,1452, and doubtless occupied at least fpur months, the sultan was interrupted but once in his work, and that was when the Church of St. Michael at Arnatukue was being dragged away.

The importance of this site for a fortification could hardly be overestimated, as it afforded a short and easy passage for troops between bays that were protected from the violent winds and waves of both the Black sea and the Marmora. The foundations were 'laid in such a form as to Spell the sultan's name. It was to have four gates, facing the four cardinal points of the compass. Tho dtrcumfereuce -of the central tower on tho fop was 225 feet height, 8S feet inside diameter, 46 feet thickness of wall, 10 or more feet. The outside diameter of two of tho huge towers was about GO feet. One thousand masons, each with two assistants, worked on the outsido of the walls, as many on the inside, as well as countless carriers.

FATS OIF THE WEARY WORKMAN. A large number of troops were stationed to protect the workmen. Tho sultan was present all the time to push tho work with all possible dispatch. The building of the tli/ee larger towers was intrusted to throe of tho sultan's ablest generals. The Turks of today will tell you with an air of great solemnity that tho dark sculptured head you see high up in the massive wall of the white tower yonder is truly the mummy of a workman who refused to perform his task, and the general in charge had him walled in at that immense height. The cannon upon these walls and upon tho sea tower carried balls weighing GOO pounds.

You may soo many of these great balls of granite still piled up on the quay beneath the castles. The sultan placed a garrison composed of 400 picked men within the fortifica tion when completed. Many of their descendants still live there, and eke out a scant) subsistence by following tho peaceful oecupa tion of fishermen. In one of tho strong towers Mohammed II placed his treasure, another was used as a magazine, and others were used as prisons, not only for persons of rank, but after a time for the dreaded Jannisaries. Today these white towers stand like sheeted ghosts in the moonlight, solo witnesses of the mighty host that stormed the great capital of the Roman empire in the east. Hitherto Moslem valor had dashed in vain against its triple walls, and might again have done so if only internal feuds and jealousies had been set aside. But the day had come when a people so stained with sin and cursed with greed must give way to stalwart arms Mad trenchant swords despite their strong resistance for kng centuries.

It was in the year 633 that the Mohammedan host first began their inroads, and the conflict raged until the 2&tb of May, 1453, not continuously, it is true, hut in three furious storms. The first was the Argonaut onset, which lasted 840 years, and tore from her scepter the provinces of Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia. Next fell the assault of the Geljourhian Turks, lasting two centuries and a half, and ending in the loss of almost the whole of Asia Minor. Then came the Turks of the house of Othman, strengthened by memories of the remarkable, and, to them prophetic, vision of their founder.

Mohammed IPs triumph was not alone the result of the power of one man's will be but echoed the voice of past generations. His deeds embodied the efforts that bad gone h»fore. —Cocwtantinopie Cor. San Franaisco Chronicle,

Patriot Lotii»

A recent visiter to the venerable Louis Kossuth, the great Hungarian patriot, states tb%i Ura reports as to bis health are entirely unfounded. Although born in 1801, and having gone through experiences which would have long since cost the life of any ordinary man, Koawth is still in ihe fall psmmkm of all his fecufttes, is iu robust beal'Ji. keeps well informed upon the current topics and events of theday,aadisln 4miiypM|wctooe«f she grandest old men of the period,—San Frandba» CSirooida.

Mrs. How, the thrice mcomtnl president cf Stover's horse railroad, is even more of a saoraess as a housewife, neighbor and mother, sad in addition a good shot, an excelleat swimmer and very food of hunting, fishing, and fancy work.

HE TELEPHONE QIBL.

I'm a Central Union Telephone girl, Ting-a-linR, ting-a-ling-ling, I come when you give your "phono handle a whirl,

Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ting, ting

I'm qneen of a hundred holes here tu a row, A hole for eacn telephone number, you know. And for each of these holes Tve a cheery

Helloa!" Ting-a-ling, ttng-a-ling, ting,

I can hear every word that you spesk o'er the wire, Ting-a-ling-ling, ting-a-ling-ling. fc'en down to the whispers of love's fickle fire,

Ting a-ling. ting-a-ling, ting

know all the secrets there are in the town. Where faithless men smile and suspicious men frownIt would take me a year to just write the half down,

Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting.

I am just as curious as curious can be Ting-a-ling-ling, ing-a-ling-ling, The faces of all of ray patrons to see,

Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting

If I could but see as I hear o'» the lino, My knowledge of taiuga would bo semi-divine. And my job I would never, no, never resign,

Ting-a-ling. ting-a-ling, ting[Columbus (O.) Dispatch.

SJ'IVY SlJs'TISOS

A striking tail—The whale's. A hot head—A head of steam. A speech from the thrown—"Hang that tinile."

A cool feat—Climbing up an iceberg barefooted. "Throw us saline." cri&I a punster to an old salt.

The tailor hopes to succeed by close attention to business. In a certain Mississippi town everybody sings Natches of songs.

So many rogues are indicted now that there are hardly any left to go bail. Not every bridge contractor would like to be tried by a jury of his peers.

Many a man could buy his wife a pony phaeton with the money he spends for pony brandy.

Statesmen have begun thus early to write letters to the press declining a nomination for president.

Selling milk by weight will probably never be adopted here. You must look above for the milky weigh.

There isastatueof Bismarck at Cologne, and is makes the eyes of Cologne water vQ-look at it, he is so homely.

A correspondent asks "Who wrote «Isle of the Long Ago' Don't know,' but suspect it was Coal-Oil Johnny.

A correspondent asks us to describe a waterspout in as few words as possible. A water spout is when a man pawns his cistern, /-i

There is a Western railroad haunted oy the ghosts of flagmen who have been run over and killed. Being dead their spirits flag, naturally.

The position o' a learned blacksmith has been vacant ever since the death of Elihu Burritt. What are our young blacksmith* doing, anyhow

Whoever experts more of this life than victuals and clothes, with a little spare change for the circus, is doomed to a broken-heareed old age.

It was only the other day that a man who swore tliat lie wouldn't cut his hair until Heury Clay was elected president thought of a. way out of it. He let his wife cut it.

Rabbits are mercenary when one marries he is sure of taking a bureau. —-JYoukers Gazette.

A Brooklyn man sold his wife for $25 not long ago but brides are still "given sway. "—[Time:

The leader of an orchestra very often has a bawl to use his bat-on —•{Gleus Falls Republican.

If a steamboat captain wishes to please iiis passengers he should give them a wide berth.—(Lawrence American.

The old maid feels like making th® welkin ring when she has got a diamond engagement one.—[Somerville Journal.

Ostrich tips are expensive, but the feathers men get in their caps often cost great deal. Youngstown Telegram.

Mild Sluildocing:*

Mrs. Shrill—So you wont get me that aew bonnet Mr. H.~ No, wont' I

Mrs. S.—-Very well, then. Til go to 4very temperance meeting that conies *long,and people will nay the reason 1 ain't leceitiy dressed is because you've taken drink.—[New York Weekly.

He Wm Armed With Credential*., A colored man waa going up Brush street the other evening with a watermelon in his wicker baby cart, whan *e encountered a patrolman and at one# same to a standstill.

Well?" queried the officer, "Wall queried the negro. *1 aee you have a melon there, it be* fig early in the evening I shall not—" "Oh, 1'ae all fixed for dat, sab. fait ook at dat.

He pulled a paper from his pocket «rhkh read: "The bearer of this is O. K, He paid «e 40 cents for the accompanying melon.

J. BLMMK, Grocer."

aaid the officer, aa he returned

Jhe paper. "il'm!-" aaid the colored man, aa ba 4ck«*l up hb feet and walked away.

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