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The HOLY Shrine.

1t is announced in the cable-jis-
patches that the Scherif of Mecca has
placed 1T the Turkish Sultan's disposal
the treasures of the holy shrine,
amounting to 2%00.OO0.OOO piastres. The
Boston Globe has the following in ref
erence to these treasures: "A deputa-
ton has been sent to the Scherif of
Mecca, who processes to be the direct
descendant of Mahomet, with q view of
securing some funds to aid in the war
against Russia The number of pill.
grims every year to the tomb of the
Prophet Is about 100000. and their of.
ferings amount to @3,O00,OCO. Three
sacred sepultures serve as Golfers or
safes to receive the funds contributed
by the pilgrims from year to year. and
these are opened only in cases II the
greatest necessity. One of these sep-
ultures was opened in 1928, and then
to be replenished, and opened
again in 1854. But it seems that there
il one that has not been opened since
l4lS. If the deputation is wise, it vii!
30 for that me. Unless there have
been some irregularities among the holy
bankerA that sacred sepulture is worth
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9ueTins Abtassdea In the middle Of he
eighth crniury: nest into shoas Of ,he
CAiiphs Of BaxiA, and KAhsra uA
trough; into Eurvs- toward The eio~e
Of The ssx;sen;h c~niury By sultan
AmurA;h Ill with whom Qs~en E1srs-
birth made asrea.y % comnesce in ,s1a
IL Vas deposited in Cas;an;sncple.
uher-. covered With sossy.uo wrap
psnss 81 silk. u uas aevs.a,~i In a
chapel in the interior 81 The ~rAxiio.
where 10 ts p~rp~<ually xuArd~i by .~v.
era. emirs with ouns;An: przyer.. I, q
known. however. TIA; The hammer TN
folded by the Moslems Al The beginning
OF . war. and likeuts~ carefully rr~
served. IL Dot The same ne The aseasical
tA9 which MohAinmcd bad made oui Of
The white iafhAn OF The Kor~ssh. The
Noslems Relieve TIA; /; In add VII
fight bsa~eiy under 3. thus verifying
Mokanna's famous t.~~lararaun. TIA.
-rss,s. frsss,s Issa ~sSs s~as~s sAss
To eas 1eaf fsisesco2 s4Ss a D. tas tsss
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Swearing in CrOmwelI's Time.

Laws against swearing were strictly
enforced during the times Of the Com
mOnwealth. and with the largest possi-
BILE Interpretation against the accused.
We are reminded Of the reproof that
Sir Walter Scott put into the mouth Of
Cromwell: What can it avail thee TO
practice a profanity so horrible to the
ears Of others. and which brings no
emOlument to him who uses III" Every
oath was counted. For q single oath
the fine was IS. g., but the charge was
reduced to IS. I'd. each ION taking q
quantity" Humfrey Trevett, for swear
ing ten Oaths, was committed till he pay
3333a IL. to the poor Of Hartford. John
Huishe. Of Cheriton. was convicted for
swearing twenty two Oaths and two
curses at n time, and four oaths and
one curse at another time. OF coune
the greater number of these cases were
disposed Of at Petty Sessions without
being sent for trial. One Justice re.
turned the names Of ten persons whom
he had convicted Of swearing since the
previous sessions. We are not left with
out examples Of what was considered
swearing in those days. William Heard
ing, Of Chittlehampton. for saying two
several times in court, upon my life"
was adjudged to be within the act Of
swearing. for which he paid Is. ST.
Thomas Butland was fined for swear
ing "On my troth.' Gilbert Northcott
had to pay ss. i'd. for saying upon my
life" Thomas Courts was fined for
swearing in court God Is my witness"
and Il speak in the presence OF God"
Christopher Gill. being reproved by Nj.
Durant, clerk, for having
used the oath, Gods Life, in discourse"
went and informed against the minis
ter himself for swearing!- Fraser's
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victed himself Of ignorance % trickery.
sorue slaves were In attendance 20 pitch
him head-foremost over the clii into
the waves below.
II CHANGED "a s<ertain day that Ira
sullus had been invited 70 one Of these
charming ssonoea TEL me- said Ii
besius. with acurioas look. how long
do you think you have 70 livey- Ira
sullus who wA no foo |. appeared To be
absorbed in mysterious calculations
then suddenly. With m EXPRESSION Of
alarm that wzs not altogether feigned.
he exclaimed that he was menaced Il
that very hour by great danger" Sat-
isied with the answer. Tiberius en-
br.ced him. and from henceforth Ira
sullus beca me Of the number Of his
friends
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In the matter Of personal Aiommcni.
the boytw-lv- or fourtr~n has the tastA
Of = mule Not tina; he actually feels in
clin~i % bray. on occasions. but his
assnine taste crops out In another way.
Given bis way. and q little money. and
he gets himself up In q red nockItfe
checkercd standing collar. boiled shirt,
with ruficd bosom. corduroy brcsche~.
stuffed In rcd-top boots. hair comt<si
well down over The forehead. aud part
ed behind. and . scent Of peppermint
rising from his red-frins-d handher-
chief like the smell of q drug store.
Then his room: you should sr~ thats
W. got . peep into the r,s,m Of our .
de vii" yesterday. aud IL will ansser
the description ~ all other rooms OF
boys Of twelve % fourteen. The IRE
pr~ssihle dime move, Was on the taLle.
the leaf turned down to mark The spot
In the book where Tin TAngletop-s
went out before breakfast and kili~i .
tribe OF Indiana Then there Vas
bottle Of hair oil on the table: coAr,e q
comb. with twelve teeth gone: then
over the bed a wood cut Of . fight i.s
tween q man and bear. and al xno,AAr
place ON the vail . picture taken from
illustrated paper Of q boy and Adog
rabbit with q Wild deer In the
background. The room. viewed frum
the devils stand points highly arts
TIC. and We learn that b. will soon In J
the orrAmsntztion with . Jews
A< Lincoln tSs6l Josrnp
NJ
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A Curious Old EewaSay~r.

There has lately BEEN discovered. In
the library Of tho University Of Heidel-
berg. q copy Of q newspaper which
proves to be the oldest periodical OF
which there IL now any certain knowl-
edge. 1t Il q quartO volume. bearing
the date 1909. and is supposed to have
been printed by John Carloua Of Stras
burg. The paper was issued weekly
each number consisting Of two sheets.
1t was mainly occupied with letten
from CORE spondents In adjoining
States, which were contributed regu-
Larry. It 10 interesting to note that let
ters from Vienna were about eight days
on the route. from Venice. fourteen 10
seventeen days and from R0mevoUen-
ty-one days When the matter con-
tanned in the letters. together with the
news retailed It second-hanc, failed 20
al the sheet, the remaining space was
left blank.
Intelligence OF every sort found .
place IN the 10 urnal. Among the most
Occurrences noted vas the
manufac ture Of tie telescope by Calico.
The CORES pendent from Florence
writes. on September 4. TO the effect
'that the Government Of Venice made
} considerable present TO Sisnor GAiileo.
" Florence, Professor Of Mathemstios
Il P46uA and increased his annual
1dpend BY 100 crowns. because with dill
GENT study he found out . rule and
neasure BY which it II possible TO see
'aaess 90 miles distant - IL thsy were
,ear. md. On the other hand, near OBJ
ectS to appear much larger than they
n before our eyea
The news received from Prague af.
ords disturbed picture Of pluDder and
murder In The streets Of The city. II
ppeaE1 that It this period men and
'omeo were daily seized b. banditA
oobed, struggled. and thrown into he
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MoAsesa seven bodice we're tAk1
from as vssss In cee aay. snd
Anoshss time sever nAss~so<s vsrs
a~gpfessos~d. who cunf~s@i shse IN
;Ae issA % ;As nsonsh shsy shrsv sfsa:
fcars~,a psr.uns into he water. snd
IA. th~sr saai nnmfssei aa.oas o.
-ho vsrr. fOr The Haass pars. nAnv~s %
Pn<m-Issfss Asad<as
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On 70 the gates Internal.
Napoleon and the Newspapers.

In the ninth volume of the "NapO-
leon Correspondence" recently pub
lished, there is a curious letter ad-
dressed by the Emperor to Gen. Savary,
Duke Of ROvigO, then Minister of PO-
lice. 1t Is dated Chateau de Surville,
10 Few. 1914" THE newspapers" his
Majesty is pleased to say. "are edited
without intelligence. Is it rational, in
the present state of affairs. to say that
l had very few men, that 1 conquered
because surprised the enemy. and that
we were one against three? You must,
indeed. have lost your heads in Paris to
say such things, when l am saying
everywhere that I have 100000 men.
when the enemy believes it, and when
it must be repeated again and again. l
had formed a bureau for the direction
of journals; does it never see these Dr.
ticles? That is the way in which, with
q few strokes Of the pen, you destroy
the good which results from victory
You could very well read those things
yourself; you al understand that this
is no question of vainglOry. and that
n of the first principles of the art Of
war is to exaggerate and not to dimin.
ish them. But how am ! to make this
clear to poets who seek to flatter M, as
well a. to fatter the national self-love,
instead of seeking to do good? Itseems
to me that these matters are not be-
meath your notice; and that If you were
to pay some attention to- them, such
articles, which are not merely nonsense,
but perniciOus nonsense, would never
be printed"
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One of those odd geniuses who spend
their lives and means in collecting curl
Gus and rare articles lately died. His
name was Sylvester B0nx1f0n, . retired
merchant Of Philadelphia. His chief
mania was for Clocks, which literally
covered every portion Of available
space in his apartments where they
were placed on chairs, tables shelves. or
hung against the wall Some of these
time pieces wefe0f unique construction.
One clock was made to run 400 days
after a winding; another was set in
the dashboard OF his carriage. and he
used to regulate his drivers to an exact
BY it In fact he seems to have
utilized his clocks to maintain his repu-
tati0o for minute punctuAlity.-Puk
lisAeT:s Noathly.
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9
Asd SerSesy.
In Decrmt<r. 1915. the New England
ers In New York celebrated The ami
versary Of the landing Of the Pilgrims.
Rufus Choa.e being the orator. and
choosing - his theme. Tine Are Of The
Pilgrims. ouy Heroic Period The ora
ton vas delivered In the old Broadway
Tabernacle. then the larres; auditorium
In the city. The great building uN
crowded 10 hear the famous speaker.
Mr.. Webster and other pubic men we're
on the platform. Mr.. Choa;e ws then
In his prime. and his presence was hardly
less striking than ths; Of the greA; ex.
poundef. Tall. thin. his comp,exion .
nch olive. his eyes large. liquid. elsw-
ing: the face Oriental. rather than that
OF m American. and generally rather
sad than eager and passionate. His
voice VA . rich baritone: sonorous,
majestic, finely nodulxfed and inimi-
table in expression Of paihos. He phil
osophically developed the rise Of Purs-
tanism. and the causes Of the Pilgrim
emigration. and came down 10 the May
flower. 10 Myies and Rose StAndish. 20
the landing at Plymouth. the severity
Of the winter. the famine and the sick.
ness. and the many deaihs-ifty out Of
q hundred. including the beautiful Rose
Standish.
Pausing with a sad. fzr-oH look in his
eyes. n the vision had suddenly risen
upon his memory. and with a voice
inexpressibly sweet and pathetic. and
nearly choked with emotion. he said:
In q late visit 10 Plymouth. l sought
the spot where these earlier dead were
buried. 1t was on q bank somewha;
elevated. near. fronting and looking
upon the waves-symbol Of what life
had been 10 them-ascending inland
behind and above the rock-symbol also
Of that Rock Of Ages on which the dy-
ing had rested in that final hour" /
have never e an audience SO moved.
The orator had skillfully led up to this
passage, and then. with a voice sur.
charged with emotion. symbolized the
stormy and tumultuous life. the sudden
and sad end. and the heroic faith with
which. resting upon the Rsck Of Ages,
they had laid down upon the shore Of
the eternal sea As ChOate approached
the climax. Webster's emotion became
uncomfortable; the great eyes were
illsd with tears. the great frame shook;
he bowed his head Ia conceal his face
in his hat, and ! almost seemed To hear
his sob. Tie audience WAS flooded with
tears and a handkerchief at every face,
and sighs and sObs soughed through the
house like wind through the tree-tOps.
The genius Of the orator had transfer.
red us to the spot, and We saw the rocky
shore, and with him mourned the early
dead.
80 on the tip OF bis suoduing tongue
All kinds OF arguments and que lions deep.
Ali rspliesiions prompt and reason stroi g.
Fer his advantage stiil did wake and sleep;
To make the weeper laugh. the isusher weep.
He had the dialect and different skiIi.
Catching Gil passions In his eraft Of will.
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Motley. the Historian

The career Of John Lo:hT op Motley.
the historian twho died =: lonioaMa q
Sol,illus,ra;ss the potency Of enthusiasm
and eArnestDcss a important elements
among those that most contribute %
success Mr.. Mo,l-y's art ventures In
literary work were romAnc-A He ira
yeled abroad and became interests! in
the history Of Holland lie resolved Ia
write the history of the Dutch, and
commenced work In this country. As
he worked he became Interested. and
then enthusiastic. He went abroad
again that he might thoroughly study
the subject The historical records and
and state documents nj The Hague and
Berlin. were placed al his disposal. and
throwing aside what he had written be
began the work anew. This Vas IN
1851. In 1850 he published The Rise
Of the Dutch Republic . work ~ won.
derful xs . composition and 80 pictur.
esque and vivid as u history tina, placed
the author al once among the mos, sue
cessful historians OF IN. day. The story
Of the rise Of the republic Was told az
though IL q romance. with Will
ham the Silent as hero. The dramatic
groupings aud dramatic intensity Of IN.
story made II popular with all classes
Of IesGers. and revived interest In On.
history OF an enierprising class Of PEG
pie. II not only revived interest, bu, 1,
threw about Holland q charm tina, t.~,-
pie had e SEEN there before. Tn.
history WAS published In English. Dutch.
German. French. and Russian. and VA
received everywhere with enthusiasm.
Mr.. Motley had from the Dutch not
only highest praise. but every trsti-
mony Of the peoples gratitude. H..an
American. had told the story of the
struggles Of the Dutch for freedom a.
no author Of their own had ever told
It He had allowed his hero and his
cause To take possession OF him. and he
had. without distorting any event. msde
all occurrences subordinate To the in |
tensely dramatic presentation Of u he
roic struggle. The next two volumes. !
The History Of the Netherlands |
were looked for with eager interes, and
created almost Is much excitement I'm
1850, n the "Dutch Republic" did In |
1855. This was completed by the issue
OF two volumes in 1857. In 1874 he pub |
lished THE Life and Death of John Of
Barneveld. Advocate Of Holland: with
a view OF the Primary Causes of the
Years War And since that
date frequent mention has been made
to the effect that he was engaged ON q
Of the thirty years war.
Mr.. Motley WAS United states Minis.
ter To Austria from 1861 10 1857. and
was appointed Minister To England In
1899 by President Grant. but was re-
called in 1870.
As q historian. Mr.. Motley hal the
rare faculty Of interesting the reader
ut once In his subject. and u holding
his attention Close 10 the line he had
marked out. The frs, page OF The
Republic" rs given toa sweep
Df rhetoric that infiamed the imagine
ton Of the young and excited and In.
ensified the interest Of the mature. He
caught up what seemed the prosiest Of
subjects and threw about 1t the gis-
nour and the charm Of rom snce. And
he left with the reader such III miration
'Or William Of Orange and such hatr ed
Phillip II. and Alva a. before tina,
time only the Dutch had fell-Chioago
Inter Ocean.
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AstrOlogers' Perils in Ancient Times

Astr0lOgers' Psrils in Ancient Times.
Formerly they had rough and ready
modes of testing claims to supernatur.
al powers. "Dost thou know where
thou wilt pass Christmas ?" asked Hen
ry VII of an astrOloger. He could not
tell. W~hereupon the Kings grace,
which did still love q merry jest, ma de
answer, "Then am I wiser than thou,
for l know that thou wilt spend Christ
mas in prison."
John Galleazz0 Duke of Milan, is
said to have made even merrier at the
expense of a gentleman who foretold
him that he would die EARLY. And
how long do you expect tn liver" he in.
quired of the prophet. MY lord. my
star promises me . long life" Never
trust in your star. man; you are to be
hanged this moment" And the Du ke
took care that his own prediction should
be fulfilled.
A certain Arab General, whom the
French chronicler calls Heggiage, wac
more courteous in the expression of his
~displeasure. The General was sick,
when an astrologer. by way of comfort
ing him, assured his Excellency that
the illness from which he was suffer
ing would terminate fatally. Since
you have said it." replied the General,
lit must be 80. and I have 50 great q
in your skill that I should
be glad to have the benefit Of your nd.
vice in the next world. You will there
fore be 80 kind as to 60 there FIRST and
await my orders" The a~strologer was
Immediately decapitated.
Indeed, if one may express an opin-
ion in homely English, the wonder is
that astrologers should 90 often have
been such fools. Few seem to have
had the presence Of mind Of Trasullus,
Who os5Scesaved his neck with q com
readiness of wit TiberiuA
70 the Roman historian informs N,
when living in exile ct Rhodes, with
II he had keen banished by the Emper-
" Augustus, loved to while away the
by consulting divinerA The inter-
new usually took place on . lofty en-
nence overlooking the "a; and II the
by some foolish answer. con-
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A New C0ufdeuee-Came.

The worst connd~nce-sams Of thu.
season was prscticcd on . minister q
few days since by unknown parties. ,
. gentleman and
lsdy-weni To the house os Q Quincy d.
vine. armed with . marriage license.
and requested the minister b. marry
them The ceremony wx accordingly
performed. according 10 the latest fash
Ion: when the Bridegroom zsked the
how much he charevd.
Three dollars. A 90 bin Vas hzal4ra
out. and the Rroom received Git IN
change. A few moments conversation
and congrtaixtion followed. when the
happy couple prepared 70 depart: but
The BRIDE who was evidently . little
awkward st the business Of handling
train. displayed . pair Of heavy bnosA'
This naturally arroossd some susrA
'ons OF . trick Accordingly some Of
The household watched the pair - ;hey
eft the pnsonAGe. and had the sstisfac-
'f seeing The woman disrote in % a.
'ey. and come forth - lne-SookfnS a
rounR man - one would wish 70 49,
rhe Reverend gentleman who had made =
hem man and wife examined his Ogo
,ank-nots. and discovered that I, vas
But he has not yet found
he con6depcemen who psased IL On
,im-Qvfsy HHl WAig.
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The erown Of the Harsx Mosnsain -
the highest point Of Worth Germany.
and On that ootsn sf vantage a ooeatsk
b. been ra,ssd In honor Of Prince Won
Bismarck.
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Poetic Chips.

Poetic Chips.
Put ava his little ulster;
Lay his nannels in the drawer:
Bring him forth his linen duster,
Lead him from the city's roar.
Gone to get . sherry cobler.
Who shtands der streets und corners round,
Nit sefrel ages To be ground,
IND shmiled uud bowed, und ncfor frovned,
Der Candidate.
Who hold your hand ven you would stan,
Und told you you was mighty smart,
Ind how he luved you NIT his harti
Der Candidate.
He took a sudden seat, he did,
In all his gorgeous foppery;
Such mournful spectacles We see,
When sidewalks are so sloppery.
And she, poor girl, went down with him,
In all her pull-back fippery;
Such tragic incidents take place
When sidewalks are so slippery.
Down where the wake-robin springs from its
slumbers,
Opening its cardinal eye TO the sun,
Come the dull echoes OF far-away %thunders,
Heavy and fast as the shot OF a gun.
Up on the hill where the Wild flowers nestle,
Like new-fallen stars On the green messy
strand,
There come the dead notes Of the house clean
ing pestle-
The sound Of the carpet Is heard in the land.
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Hes often. oh, how often We ncd .
man Who Win pay eleven dollars fo q
box Of eigan without squesesoo az Q
moments hesiistion. Who win contract
his brovs and start back In spesehless
horror and stare fov ten straight min
utss u the item. to one piees Of dres
braid. ten csntat' in . dry goods bill
that his trembling wife hasds him.
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A 6ne coat 10 but . livery when the
person who weass II discovers no high
e sense than that Of . fooemza.-rAd-
Olson.
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The Pnth.

The Russian army has passed the
Pruth. This river il the Pyrelus OF the
ancientA. 1t takes it source on the
northeast Of the Czrpathian Mountains
and emp,ies into the Danube on the
east Of Galatz. after separating Molda-
via from Russia. In travelling from
a end Of the Principalities Of the
Danube to the other. an inherent preju-
dice is apparent. which places the OIL
gin OF all species Of calamitiss on the
other side Of the Pruth. The rational
ballads TEEN with it, and the peasants
Of Reumania will inform you that the
appearance Of the Russians on the Dor.
ders of the Pruth sugurs most sinister
disasters. This is the cursed river. the
COcyte or the Phlegethon Of the Infer
nal Regions. which separates them from
the PARADISE of ROumania," a they
call their native land. The song Of the
Pruth now rings forth like = maledic-
ton throughout R,umania:
Pruth. thou curscd river.
Upheavips In thy anger
Lie the waters Of the Delusc,
When shore cannot see shore
And voice greets voice no more;
When no rays OF sunlight glance
Across the vast II psnse.
when enemies pass DER
And darken our shore,
Thou Pruth. may bear them on.
Farther. SSH farther on.
On to the Danube. to the sea,
On TO the gates Internal.
Beyond the Pruth. however, the
ROumanians have blOOd.relations.
From the mountains that bound the
horizon, to the heart of Hungary, as
we'll as between the Danube and Dnies-
ter, there are 5000. 900 inhabitants who
speak their language, have the same
customs and religion. and who answer
proudly. when questioned, Il am a ROu.
manian !'-Translated for The Chicago
Tribune. from a French journal, by
Emma STANLEY.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-10

TACOMA ITEMS. From the UerdM
There are now mere than fourteen
houses in course OF construction. aud in
the next two weeks there will he
double that number finished Mr.. T.. J
Bacon intends To build first . residence
for himself and family, and then a
plumbing and gas-fitting establish
meni. IN which he will carry On that
business Mr.. John McAllister. oil
this c.uu'y while crossing y smal!
prairie near the Nisqually river. last
Monday. WAS attacked by three black
bears The only available means o:
defense that he possessed WAS = small
pocket pistol. weighing only seven
ounces, which he used with good effect
His brother being but u short distance
from the scene of setion. aud hearing
rapid firing and cries Of the enrag ed
beasts. came 80 the rescue in time TO
dispatch the only surviving bear,
which had received four pistol wounds
10 the body, by which it WAS So badly
disabled ~ to desist from further hos
Utilities I. A box Of ore brought 10 this
place from the Puyallup Valley va.
FOUND to contain fifty per cent. Of pure
iron.