The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-09-27

OF all sorts, sooty with smoke, sitting
with the fumes of kerosene. and sizzling
of frying ham. Here and there an or
gan or dilapidated hurdy-gurdy-
and there monkey perched upon some
elevation, eyes shining, and jabberine
to himself. Men and women eating or
the floor, holding saucer or plate in the
lap; here and there little children, wait
ing patiently and sleepily for the food
literally thrown to them.
cha !" spoke the master, who had
monopolized little Mona and her broth
er, "no more monish dan dis? You
can go to bed-you cannot hat no sup.
per-"
Mona crept away, too heart-broken tc
cry. 1t seemed as cup of he1
anguish was full, and, side, her heart
beat so, and her veins ran such hot
blood If she could only sleep and for
get it all
"Dere ish great dings in dat child's
voice. said the man, with demoniac
smile. 'but peoples don't seem to find
it out, not mooch," and he went to cat
his supper.
In the middle of the night the girl
awoke and touched Matte on the arm.
"What is the matter2" he asked, in a
whisper.
"Did you see her ?" asked the girl,
eagerly.
| 0See who 2''
"She said she was my mother-you
would know If you saw her. Oh, [
didn't feel hungry any more Oh, L
didn't feel anythingr' she added, in a
sort of rapture. 81 never saw anything
SO beautiful in my ife-not even the
pictures in the great store. Oh, she
was all in the light, and she said, Poor
little darling, am going to take care of
you soon.'"
cit was a Dream" said Matte.
CHOW go to sleep or we shall get
whipped"
Mona walked up in the morning, but
she did not know her brother She
sang and held out her hot little hands
for pennies. Never had her voice had
such trumpet tone.
The master shook her, but it made no
difference.
"She is sick, F" said one of the women;
" don't you see? Let her alone. While
she is here you shall not be cruel to
her.
Just then Mona looked up and called
the hard-featured woman mamma, anG
from that moment the black-browed
Italian could have no power over her.
Mona grew rapidly worse, and Matte
sat by her in sorrowful silence. Day
after day the cruel fever ate up her
strength, until one morning the woman
who cared for her wiped the tears from
her eyes, and called Matte to kiss his
sister, for she was going. The boy
threw himself down and looked into the
great, dark orbs that even now, perhaps,
were gazing upon a new worlds visions
His means and sobs must have reached
her ears, for she CROPPED for his hands
A smile of unearthly beauty fingered on
her lips, as she whispered:
I'm going to sing-with- mother"
Poor little Matte No wonder, as he
plays on his violin, standing alone upon
The crowded walks, his face attracts
more sympathy than his music. Nobody
knows but God how he longs for little
Mcna.- Youths Companion.
The Kurds and Circassians, those law
less allies of the Turk, form most i'm
portant element of Moukhtar Pashas
army, and are an interesting study
among warriors. They are men without
any organization, under no discipline,
and obedient to no chief-troops who go
and come as they please. Rarely receiv-
ing pay, they are dependent for subsist-
ence on their own exertions, and the loud
complaints of their conduct which are
heard on all sides, and which have con-
stantly been reported to the Commander
in-Chief, show that there is a thorough
understanding between the Turkish
Government and its levies as to the
method of drawing their rations. It was
only the day after levin that the Circas-
slams deliberately refused to follow the
Russians unless Ahmed Moukhtar Pasha
gave them 10000 piasters. Instead of
| treating these mutineers as any other
General would have done, their demands
were complied with. Again, after the
| hoff Of T.
cllned to advance, as his men had no
tents; and, finally, hearing of a Cossack
detachment in his front, fell back on
kupri Ku. Once more, a body of
IL, 900 Circassians, on arrival at Ere
roum, proceeded in body to the palace
and demanded revolvers in addition to
their Winchester rifles, declaring that
they would go no further until these
were distributed. It is difficult to say
which reflects more discretlit on the army.
the insolence of these men, or the weak
ness of the leader who complied with
their demands.
The kurds proper of Turkish Kurdis-
tan number something like 1000, 600
OF souls. While owning nominal
allegiance, first to the Saracen Caliphs
and afterward to the Turkish Sultans.
they have remained, until the late con-
quest of the Turks, as essentially indie
pendent as were their ancestors. They
are most Jealous Mohammedans. fierce.
turbulent, and truculent, robbing and
plundering upon every opportunity, and