Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-14

l mother belonging to the tribe of Peul and ] his father to the Saracolais. He is good l type of the se1ni-savage. with fat nose, thick l lips and protruding jaws. His skin is red dish black. He began life as a caravan ] driver, but displaying great courage in war with neighboring tribe, he became famous and was elected chief. Fired by ambition, heset to making conquests on his own account and eventually assumed the rank of royalty. It is estimated that he has onquered no fewer than 157 small States. The frontiers of his kingdom extend from English Gam bia to Ashantee on the one side and from Segon to Sierra Leone on the other. His territory,
 therefore, is as large as the whole of France.
 His army consists of 60,000 infantry armed
 with guns, and 5000 cavalry. Samory is 8
 Mussulman, but not very fervent believer.
 He has prohibited intoxicating drinks
 throughout his empire; he says drunken
 man fears neither God nor devil, and is
 prompt to rebellion His arms, hands and
 breast are tattooed. He bathes every day,
 after his bath he rubs his body with per
 fumed butter, according to an ancient GUS
 tom, and paints his eyes so as to make. them
 appear large and terrible. In time of peace
 his robes are all white, but in war they are
 yellow. Samory has harem of about one
 hundred girls chosen from different parts of
 his Kingdom. When he visits a village it is
 the custom of the local chief to make him
 presents, including the most beautiful girl
 in the neighborhood.
 In order to show that the pursuit of poli-
 tics is not very profitable business, a Har- risburg correspondent of the Pittsburg {Pennsylvania) Dispatch gives some account of Governor Pattison's career. Governor Pattison would be called exceptionally for tunate in his political experience. He is but little more than half way through his thirties and he has had pretty near ten consecutive years of office-holding at a uniform salary of $10,O00 year. He resigned the comptroller ship of Philadelphia near the end of his sec ond term of three years to take the oath of office as governor, almost four years ago. His official life has not been marked by any ex- travagant social features. During his ad- ministration as governor two or three off cial dinner parties year, an occasional plate or two for immediate friends, couple of weeks at Bedford Springs or Atlantic City in the summer-these have been his social ex- penses. He is a man of simple tastes and would rather tramp along mountain trout stream in pair of gum boots that cost $2.75 two years before than lead the german at Newport. He is still better satisfied when he can spend a holiday afternoon riding about the country roads on his big bay horse and chatting about the weather. Governor Pattison does not grudge the fair price of enjoyment; but he knows the value of dol lar and takes good care of all that comes to his purse. Now, how much do you suppose he has left of the $10O, 1000 salary that he has drawn in ten yearss A gentleman who is very near to him, and we'll acquainted with his affairs, says that he will go out of politics at the close of the year about $6,000 better off than when he announced himself for comptroller ten years ago. His political ex- panses and contributions in those ten years have amounted to about $40, ,000.