The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-11
THE YoURoUK COUNTRY.

THE YoURoUK COUNTRY,
description Of the Domestic Life ~
aQueer People.
Each tent has its spinning wheel and
ITS loom, a hole for working the ped
ais OF which is dug in the ground and
all the women of the tribe were on
gagged in making the far-famed Kara
manlan carpets. There is thewooden
mortar for grinding the roast coffee
berries IN, the decoroted wooden plat
Ter IN which they cool the same, the
wooden water jars made out Of the
followed stems of pine trees. Everv-
thing almost they use is of wood, and
gayly decorated with rude patterns.
according to their fancy. When reap
lng a Yourouk uses wooden gloves to
protect his left hand from the sickle.
When tending his flock, the Yourouk
shepherd has a long wooden flute, in
cased IN a carved wooden case made
OF two bits OF wood glued together
and strung with ribbons and colored
beads across his shoulder, looking for
all the world like the African Tasseeai
or some other primitive weapon of
war: In it he always keeps long
suck with goats hair at one end to
clean 1t, and really the weird music
that he produces with this instrument.
known as the Mai, is very striking and
suitable to the surroundings.
In one corner of the tent are the bee
hlves-long trunks of trees followed
out and the ends stopped with dung
cakes. The bees travel with them.
wherever they go, on the backs Of
camels, and their honey resembles
cakes OF soap, for they boil it, wax
ana all, before eating it. The Your
ouks nave not the remotest idea of
letters, and carry on their transac-
lions with the outer world by means
or wooden tallies-four- sided bits of
wood, sometimes gayly carved, some
times plaln.-Blackwood's Magazine.
An Ancient "Sen."
Not many travellers visit Carrara.
where the finest of marble is constant
ly being quarried, as it has been for so
many centuries, but, once there. much
may be found in the way of legend and
scenery to occupy the curious mind.
lnnunerable stories float about the
place, says a writer in Cornhill, con-
corning the existence OF hidden treas
ures.
Gold has often been found in the
nelghborhood of the town, and not
very long ago a crock of gold coins was.
unearthed beneath one of the streets.
A most curious experience, however,
was that of a quarryman who, in one
OF his rambles, stumbled upon an old,
deserted quarry, within which, half
buried in grass and brambles, Law an
enormous block OF heavy marble. On
examining it, he found number of
letters rudely cut, and half-hidden
under a crust of dirt. With some dif-
ticulty he managed to spell out the
words, BLESSED is he who shall turn
me over"
The man at once jumped at the con-
cluslon that he had stumbled upon
hidden treasure, and that his fortune
was made. He rushed home and col
lected some ofhis friends to aid him in
the recovery OF the concealed gold.
After some very hard labor they sue
ceeded in turning the hoary giant over.
Another rude inscription met their
eager eyes.
Thanks, my friends. was weary
OF reposing so long in one position!''
Gettysburg and Chickamauga the
Best Battles Of the War.
The national instinct on this subject
is perfectly correct. It was at Gettys-
burg and Chickamauga that our Amer
lean armies were at their best and did
their best. Never were they-either
before or after those memorable en-
gagements- so stong, so we'll differed,
SO fierce, so determined to win, so re-
solved not to yield. They were then,
we repeat, at their best-containins
none but seasoned troops, under vet
cram officers, Injured to war, both
armies confident ofvictory, and pretty
nearly, taking all things together,
equally matched. And no one can
read the story Of those great battles
without being proud of his country
and his race, for never was there more
resolute and obstinate and gallant
fighting done, nor ever were severe
losses more unshrinkingly borne. Nor
can it truly be said of either of these
battles that the beaten army did not
fight as hard and as long as its more
successful antagonist. There is glory
enough for all. Hence it is fitting that
both Misunderstanding and Chicka-
be dedicated to the
perpetual remembrance of the great
battles so worthily fought there
Scribner
No Doubt About the Quality of
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