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soUATTED ON THE FLOOR.

to the Notifications; he wanted to see
how the work of mounting the guns and
strengthening the walls was progress
ing. As the old man stood up, he looked
every inch a man of war, and, with his
AK (which he put in his belt), his pis-
tolls and his poniard, a formidable one.
Everybody made way for us as we
passed through the streets-exSept the
children; they ran after him and greet
ed him with laughing familiarity.
Djezzar appeared to know them all by
name, patted them on the head, and
gave them sweet stuff and money.
''Good heavens!" thought, ''and yet
people can call this man a butcher"
We went first TO the old tower. q
bnilding with enormously thick walls,
dating from the third year OF the
Hcgira- The guns were beng shifted
from the sea side of the Notifications
(where they would be OF no use) to the
land side; and Colonel Phclippcaux,
who was directing the operation. ex-
planned to the pasha what he had done
and what still required to be done, the
pasha on his part making suggestions
which showed that, though he might not
be q scientific engineer, ne was at any
rate shrewd and observant soldier.
By the time the conversation and the
were over it was getting
dark, and limited q desire to return to
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on.n.e. Ara,n.t Good Form.

In like fashion, q young woman con.
dennis herself in the eyes of good so
ciety who is observed to enter alone
with a young man place for public
Refreshments, be the restaurant or tea
room ever SO select. Bred under other
conditions of a society SO necessarily
VARYING as that in our broad America,
a stranger visiting New York, for in
stance. might readily and innocently
make q mistake of this nature, and
blush at finding herself condemned for
1T. In the same category OF offenses is
ranked that of maidens visiting places
of public amusement under the escort
of young men alone. Many parts OF
the south and west allow this to be
done with the smiling consent of good
society; but in eastern cities it is con-
sidered a violation of the code of good
form. and for the comfort, If not the
convenience. of the girl considering it.
had better be ranke0 among the lost
privileges upon which social evolution
NAV look back with fond regret-La-
dies Home Journal
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CHAPTER H.-cosr1surD.

CHAPTER XI.-CoNTINUED.
well, these Notifications are nothing
TO boast OF even yet, and we have great
~ improved them; nevertheless, with q
garrison of European soldiers should
have little fear for the result. But
with these half-savage, only half-dis-
ciplined Turks and Maugrabins, and
heaven knows what besidesr' (Here the
colonel shrugged his shoulders. much
depends on whether Bonaparte has a
siege-train. But confess that put
my trust mainly in your ships and
sailors and Bonaparte's bad general
ship"
''Bonaparte's bad generalship! I
never thought to hear Bonaparte's
name and bad generalship mentioned
in the same breath"
''Oh, he can plan a campaign and fight
battle-I grant you that. But he is
bad hand at a siege. He is too inn
petuous, and wants to win with a rush,
which when stone walls are concerned
Is not always possible. And this time
he has very good reason to be more inn
petuous than usual. He is cut off from
France, and can obtain neither supplies
nor reinforcements. The sea is open to
us, and we can obtain both. Acre will
not be taken by a coup de mnin-I can
promise him that; and if we hold our
own until the arrival of the Turkish
troops and feet which the sultan has
promised to send, Bonaparte will be a
lost man. My countrymen do not like
generals who fail. And now, gentle
men, you will kindly excuse me. /
must to my work. An revoir."
HE is always like that-worls, work,
work, night and day." said Capt. Mil
Ter. II doubt whether he sleeps three
hours in the twenty-four. And he has
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-26

THE Detroit Tribune shows how tho
Michigan legislature Numbered In tax-
ing mortgages.
Here is . state of things that econom-
lists would do well to reflect upon. I'M
der pretense of avoiding double taxa
ton, the legislature passed the mort
gage tax law. It is not at all certain
that the provisions of tho law will bo
effective in relieving the mortgagor Of
taxation upon that portion of the a.
sessed value Of his property which IL
covered by the amount Of the mort-
gage, but it is certain that loanablo
capital has been contracted, and that
the borrowers upon mortgage security
must pay higher rates of interest In
view of these circumstances, 1t Is not
surprising, that home capital must
seek investment elsewhere, nor that u
should flow to Illinois, where no enor-
nous burdens are laid upon either bor-
rover or lender. But It is strange
commentary on legislative wisdom, that
Michigan. by o foolish law, should
drive her own capital out Of the state
for investment No greater legislative
blunder was ever incorporated in our
statutes than the present law taxing
mortgages.
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PiTH AND POINT.

NO matter where we walk we are
sure to be followed by somebody
Rams Horn.
= It is hard to convince q man when
the baby cries at night that it isn't do
ing it on purpose Atchison Globe.
"A young man never thoroughly ap-
preciates his own insignificance until
he attends his own wedding. Puck.
The girls can not resist the impress
sion that there is something engaging
about the marriage proposal.-Bing-
hamton Leader.
lyon seem to have q poor view Of
human nature. - s'My friend. you should
remember that mix great deal among
politicians."-N.Y Y. Press
"A Distinction.-Mr. Saphead-.sSo
delighted to meet you, Miss Candid.
Alone and 1onely?" Miss Candid {icily)
Merely notwithstanding, King &
Co.'S Monthly.
Hello, Stranders, still suffering
from insomnia?'' Stranders-'sNo I
found the COMPOUNDED trouble was
killing me and SO / joined the police
force. "-Inter-Ocean.
/ How many kinds of seals are
there?" asked Penelope. WELL" said
papa, ''there is one kind that is found
on sheet of paper and another that
lives on sheet of ICE. "-Harper's Young
People.
Just the Place for Her.-Miss Elder
~ do SO love to attend a masquerade
ball" Miss Flypp-"I don't wonder at
that Your style of beauty would show
off to the best advantage there. DE.
troit Free Press.
II understand that there is move
ment on foot to start a crusade against
the practice of keeping houses too
warm" who's at the bottom of it?'
"a fellow who owns a lot of steam
heated hats."-Buffalo Express.
We do not often hear of better
turned compliment than the following
from the Paris Gaulois: Wife-s'See, my
dear, I am actually beginning to get
wrinkles" acknowledgements my
love! Those are not wrinkles, but
smiles which have become petrified, so
to speak
The Lucky Man. Courtleigh -
''See here, Marigold. you don't keep
your word. When we were both after
Miss Gotrox 1t was agreed between us
that the lucky man should pay the
other $4,000" Marigold ''Well?"
Courtleigh-"Well, you married her."
Marigold-'E Exactly. But upon con-
sideration 1 think you owe me the ten
thousand. IN. Y. Herald.
Judge Ito the Defendant)-'.You
confess, then, that you called the plain
tiff cow?" DISADVANTAGES, I do"
Judge Ito the Plaintiff)-"Well, what
damages do you want?" Plaintiff
want fifty dollars reparation of charac-
ter" Judge-'sThat is rather a big
sum for such an offense.'' Plaintiff "a
drover) But, your honor, please take
into consideration the present price of
cattle, if you please. Omaha Mer-
curry.
"A Lost Lctter.-Little Emery, three
years old, has just discovered the letter
A and finds it in displayed newspaper
advertisements, on bill-boards and in
many other places, much to his sur
prise. But the other day he found one
in the most out-of-the-way place, and
this time surprised his hearers by point
ing to an NJ and saying: There's an A
in there and 1t can't get out" He re-
ferred to one-half of the M. which.
although minus the cross-bar, looked
like A to him.
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NOT so GREAT AFTER ALL.

| The Small BOY Was GrievousIv Dlsap.
| pointed In Governor Flower.
| A child's conception of human great.
ness is often very curious. The stand.
| ard by which children gauge fame
| would sometime cause us to smile were
their thoughts only voiced. Mark
| Twain humorously tells of the disap-
pointment of Tom Sawyer in a certain
| judge, who was mot as tall as steeple
! and who had voice just like any other
man."
An amusing story is told at the ex-
pense of Gov. Flower. The governor
it a great man, and. like great men in
general, likes children. A Watertown
friend of the governors has little boy,
great longing to meet his excellency. He
had heard great deal about governors
in general and Gov. Flower in particular,
and no one knows what extravagant
notions he had got into his head con-
corning him. This summer the little
fellow was gratified in his great desire
and with his father one day called on
the chief executive of this state. After
a few commonplace remarks had been
passed the father said: Governor, I
have little boy who has always had a
great desire to meet YOU" Then, CALI
ing the little fellow over to him, he
sa''; willie, this is Gov. Flower, whom
you have heard SO much about Won't
you shake hands with him.
Willie sized the governor up, then
looked suspiciously at his father
Are you really true governor?' he
finally asked.
''Yes. my little fellow" said the one
addressed, with his best Sunday smile,
II am governor of the state, of New
York"
The boy eyed him critically from head
to foot. Then he blurted out:
.'Umph! And you amt much of .
governor either, are your
A story fully equalling this is told
about Gen. Grant. We believe this
anecdote to be entirely new. The gem
eral, who was also very fond Of chill
dren. was introduced to little tot of
four years. The little girl gazed ut the
great general with wonderment. Al
most incredulous that such an honor
was hers, she asked:
Are you the Gen. Grant that fought
in the battles?"
Eyes. was in good many battles"
said Grant, much amused.
Another long and wondering gaze
and then came the modest request:
Let's hear you -Brooklyn
Eaolo
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CHAPTER XII

Three days later the leading columns
of Bonaparte's army reached the foot OF
Carmel, where they were attacked by
the Tigers boats and forced to pass to
the north side of the mountain, instead
of continuing their march by the shore.
Shortly afterwards, moreover. the Tiger
captured seven gunboats which were
bringing from Jaffa the battering-train
of artillery, ammunition and other sup
plies destined for the siege of Acre.
They were used for the defense of Acre.
So were the gun-boats.
Meanwhile, Sir Sidney Smith (who
arrived at Acre the day before the
ordered me to leave the Kangaroo in
charge of my first officer and come on
shore with half of my ships company,
the other half being quite equal to
working her guns. This order re-
ceived with pleasure and obeyed with
alacrity, for 1T was evident that the post
of danger was inside the town and tn.
hottest fighting would fall to the lot OF
those who manned the ranparts-
I had also to act as aide to the seras-
kier, at his own request
''He has taken great fancy to you
said Sir Sidney; land, as he has few
subordinates who are good for any
thing, and you speak Arabic SO adj
mirably-"
mo, not admirably by any means,
commodore; very indiferently."
'sDjezzar says you speak it admirably:
SO does Miller. / like young men to be
modest, but it is not always well to hide
your light under bushel. As I was
saying, you will be very useful. You
will take the pasha's orders, of course,
and he, on his part, will be guided by
me and the colonel. Try to keep him
and his people up to the MARI. They
arc brave enough, dare say. but, like
all Orientals, they lack energy and
order, trust too much in destiny and
Providence and MI that nonsense. Your
principal duty will be to rcpel boarders
assaults, mean, and take part in sal
lies Do all you can to protect prison
ers and the wounded. You know,
suppose, that the Turks make practice
of refusing quarter and decapitating
their prisoners The pasha is rightly
called Ahmed the Butcher. But we
must just make the best Of him. He is
as necessary to us as we mrs to him, and
pom my soul / don't think he is half as
bloodthirsty as that villain Bonaparte-
TO NE CONTINUED.
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my ship. on which Djezzar said he
would accompany me to the water gate,
where / should have to take boat.
We had not gone far when man,
whose head and face were enveloped in
burnous, glided furtively past us, as
If he wanted to escape observation.
Djezzar, who missed nothing, saw this,
and called to him lin Arah;cl to stop.
The man obeycd. Whereupon D:ezzar
asked him who lie was, and then
another question, the answer 10 which
was hardly out Of his mouth 1cen the
one hand and with the other stabbed
him in the heart.
1t was done so suddenly that the
victim had not time to utter cry, and
only when saw him roll on the pave
ment did I realize what had happened.
just then some Albanian soldiers
came up.
Take it away" said Djezzar, point
ing to the body.-''Shall we go on.
Capt. Roy? You seem surprised"
More than surprised. l am stupe-
fed"
'That man was one of Bonaparte's
SPIES"
~ on knew MIN. then!
ST never saw him before"
GLOW. then"
"You mean how did arrive at the
conclusion that he was spy? Well,
his movements were suspicious, his
answers unsatisfactory, and his eye
quailed before mine"
''And SO you killed him.
sit was written that I should kin
him. The cast is not the west, my son,
and its ways are not our ways. Fifty
eight years ago was so poor and found
life so hard that 1 sold myself to Jew
slave dealer, and was brought by him
to Egypt and sold to Ali Bey. Now am
pasta of Syria, with the power of life
and death over all the sultan's subjects
in these lands. do what seemeth right
in my own eyes, and no man dare say
me nay. Why? Because I have never
spared an enemy and always destroy
those who cross my path or whom sus-
pect of treachery or disaffection. If
waited for proofs before punished, as
you do in Europe, I should not be pasha
of Syria until the next full moon. The
only way to insure respect and obe-
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The Income Takers.

Hon. Scott Wike, who represents
the Twelfth Illinois Congress district,
is one of those democrats who agree
with the alliance economists in regard.
ing graduated tax on incomes as q
great financial, social, and moral pana-
cea~ Hon. Scott Wike counts that day
lost in which he hasn't introduced into
the house of representatives bill for a
graduated income tax, and't abolition
of plutocracy and poverty thereby. Since
the election he has returned to his old
love, his favorite thought, the final ex-
preston of his political creed. He was
at Washington and at once demanded
attention to his bill, introduced in the
last session, for a graduated income tax
upon incomes exceeding congress
mans salary of IS, 600 year.
Under the tax would levy" said
glowing Mr.. Wike, there would be no
multi-millionaires in the country. I
would raise the levy so high on large
incomes that it would practically be
impossible for man to acquire more
than million dollars worth Of wealth
at the outside
It would be useless to point to an up
per-air thinker like Mr.. Wil<e that the
income tax is an odious and inequitable
form of taxation that has been tried in
this country End found wanting. It
may be refreshing, however, to all the
tenpsst-tossed on the seas of political
economy to know that a pilot like Wike
Is at their disposal. Wike proposes to
make the country prosperous by taxing
prosperity. and to raise revenue from
wealth by discouraging or prohibiting
the production Of wealth. And II
wealth or the income arising from
mans inheritance or earnings. his skill
his shrewdness, his superior talent or
good fortune is to be regarded az an
evil to be checked, where shall the line
be drawn between a modest competen-
cy exempt from the income tax and in-
decent plutocracy to be taxed and bled
numerically? Clearly the s.. coo . year
rule could not be accepted. Pluto
crat-huntin9 congressman must show
their sincerity by coming within the.
rule and offering their income for ann
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A Desperate Effort to Collect Personal
Taxes.

BERLIN, Nov. 29.-The municipal an
thorities of Falkenstein, in Voigtland.
finding difficulty in collecting taxes, re-
sorted to the novel measure Of posting
IN every tavern in the town = list Of the
names OF the citizens who were IL de-
fault for taxes. and notified the prupri-
etors Of the taverns that the serving Of
rexresh1nents 70 any Of the delinquents
would result III fine Of one hundred
marks or one weeks imprisonment Tor
the favern-keepers are busy making
themselves acquainted with the appear.
auce Of the men on the list, and REFUSE
refreshments TO all who arc unknown
IN. Sun. November "a
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no ne. or Not Co DE.

The Shakesperian artist had flung
fonr or 1--WE Of his elocutionary efforts
at the miners in Wind-Shake gulch,
and they were beginning to be FESTIVE.
ON the fifth round he began:
To be, or not to be; that is the
question
A grizzly old fellow rose to his feet
aWell. look here M ister," he said, ''ef
that is the question, l move that you
ain,t,o and with = wild whoop the mo-
ton WAS unanimously carried -Eimira
Telegram.
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TAX REFORM DEPARTMENT.
scommon Hard Sense and No The-
Dries. =


Written Specially for TAX RxFoR3Ll
people want The cautious man turns
upon the proposals Of the Reformer thu
same cold light Of commercial interest
which he uses in buying and selling.
It the plan, however plausible seems
revolutionary, impracticable, expert
mental, or in other ways fails to stand
this test he promptly rejects It
II Is to this intuitive sense that the
advocate of the straight tax on land
values appeals From this point Of
view the taxation of personal property
is universally condemned as applied tc
any ones own case. Like boil or m
income tax it is considered wholesome.
only when borne by some one else.
Conservative economists have exhausted
the dictionary in denouncing the In
justice, futihty, injury, demor'
ailzat1on" and oppression OF the gen
eral property tax
1t Is enough to say here that TO at
tempt to collect such . tax IS CONNER
cial suicide and economic idiocy.
The progressive income tax is beau.
tiful theory, and might do nicely 1t i
could be fairly collected and did not re
quire particulars OF mans private ~.
fairs, which only his wife should ask,
and which only the Lord could answer.
however attractive or possible sucn 9
tax may seem to those who would them
selves be exempt. the American people
WILL nave none OF II
taxes Deang merely the expense o.
running the government concern as eA.
cases as taxes VIII haroiy commend
to business common sense suppose
your manager were TO state IN MS re-
port that the part OF the gross receipts
used up Tor expense was estimateo a
1orty per cent; tnat IL was uncertain
wnen, now, or IN wnat proportlon tnis
expense was borne, or now mucn Woulo
go Tor collecting II, or whetner II might
not be doubled or halved oy q change
OF system which was intended not to
affect taxes, but to help morals; that i
was even disputed point, whether
this concern paid 1t at all Would not 9
business man say mat IS TOO compll-
Gated; l must know just what, when.
ana how much pay and what pay u
Tor AS moral agents, or as PUNISH
ments' excuses may DO, out as taxes
tney are q oeao iaiiure.
wen, you are SO precise, says our
manager we can NIX IL TINS way; every
one who puts up machine, who fur-
nishes work, or makes food and cloth
ing cheaper, or works hard or saves.
shall pay fine and If any county does
not give up enough, we will have a
Board of Equalization to add to its
share. If any one has a fine horse or
smokes nice tobacco or wears pretty
1,,.,,,.;.s =. oon,f,r+s r,.I,a +hen, ,,a,,
"a ., AeS ~ Poy
Tor them-pay Tor them twice, mean
then they won't have so many luxu-
r;es or pleasures and we will all he
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The Clock was All Right.

She had looked at the clock several
times and he had observed her glances-
You were looking at the clock!' he
said.
Yes" she answered with q faint
smile.
Then he arose and went over TO the
mantel and looked at the timepiece for
full half minute.
II don't see anything the matter with
it." he said as he returned to his seat.
And he stayed an hour longer.-N. Y.
pvnsq
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FOOLED BY A spy.
Gen. Grant Outwitted BY Clever Co

Gen. Grant Outwitted by . Clever Com
federate.
81 came very near being hanged for Z
spy during the civil war, !" said Capt. =.
c. LaMotte at the Southern hotel -
was on the losing side during the war
and was frequently detailed for special
duty. got into Grants camp shortly
before the battle Of Shiloh, acquired tha
information I was in quest Of and was
ready to return, when the hero Of Fort
Donelson ordered me brought befcre
him. was personating . deaf-muta
beggar and had given my place Of resis
dence at Cincinnati.
"As / entered the generals tent n
charge Of sergeant he removed his
cigar and looked me over critically.
His gray eyes seemed % look mo
through and through Then he turned
to his adjutant and said: That fellow
is o spy. Have him searched and inn
prisoned.' As he spoke the sergeant
fred q pistol directly back Of my head.
My nerves were we'll braced aud neve1
finched The general stroked his stub
by beard and could see that his CON.
viction that ! was spy was shaken.
He took mp padtof paper, wrote on -
rapidly dozen questions about the
city Of Cincinnati and Its leading people
and handed II to me. had spent TIRES
years in.that city and my answers were
prompt and correct. Put him In the
guard house and report to me- said
Grant, and the order was carried out
THAT night, when was sleeping
heavily, the sergeant entered tho guard
house and fired . pistol near my head.
It awakened me, bat had presence o.
mind enough not to open my eyes o.
stir. Then he shook me roughly and
told me the house was on fire. I mere
" sat up and stared 1T him vacantlys
Quick! quick! where are your clothes9s
he asked. fumbled about and handed
him my slate and pencil He left ma,
and the next morning got pernissioe
to leave the camp. had fooled y. s.
Grant, but he mazda . mighty cioss calI
for my scalp. "-St Louis Globe Dem0.
crat.
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relieved in Hsrsdity.

Weery-That baby over the way
seems to inherit its voice from both pa
rents
Cherry-How so?
Weerv-Well, it makes great noise,
Ike its father, and keeps il mp MI the
time like its mothari- Puck
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HOPELESS.

''Cheer mp, old boy. A woman's NO
Is not always final"
! ut is this time, ! guess She even
went TO the trouble OF registering the
Observation-Disclosures Journal.