The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28


whipped and had execrations heaped upon
him. Cultured, noble men, both of them.
Others of the prisnoers were wounded in the
first assault of the soldiers.
I've told you of our cooks brother, who
fled to our cooks house at first. His Moslem
neighbOrs said "Come back, we will take
care of you" Then they broke into his
house, stole everything and left him bodily
said, "Oh, you have been fighting" So he
was taken to prison and there he has suf-
fered two months or more.
Mrs. Montgomery writes from Adana that
when she was going on the train to Musine,
to carry their mail to the U. S. gunboat, a
high official from Zeitoonay, had beauti-
full little girl he was carrying away as a
trophy-and this is the 10Th century-sup-
posably Christian century. Nonsense,
one has but to look at the map to see what
a small part of the world makes any pre-
tention to federation, Thirty-six hours
from London, in Vienna, there can be no
Protestant church.
Mrs. Montgomery also writes: "a por-
tion of the army advancing on ZetooD,
came to village Geben. But the inhabi-
tants taking alarm, had fled. The soldiers
infuriated, because they had missed their
prey, burned every house and everything.
The rains came. they were to wait there for
a time, their provisions gave out and they
were starving. With Retrospective sagac-
ity' they say that they might have had
houses to live in and food to eat. Probably
they got i'll from flocks, because many be-
came i'll from eating meat, and were sent to
Adana; many died and all were so nearly
famished, that when several thousand lOaves
of bread finally got to them from Sis, the
last crumb was devoured before the loads
could be taken from the ANIMALS.
We got no news from Zeitoon, evidently
they can't take the place. l am glad the
people refused to be butchered like sheep.
That is all their uprising MEANS"
Mrs. Lee is now making five lisas worth
of quilts. have made 60, and, oh, if there
could only be more l am giving exclusive
ly to widows now. They come with the
dearest little children l ever saw. l am go
ing to commence making children's clothing
as soon as L can get my breath bit, after
making those quilts. Pve wrecked my
book accounts, so fear | cannot do more
quilts. unless something especial comes to
me, and then it will be late. Just think Of
sick women, wounded men, hungry little
children lying down with nothing over them
or under them.
Our gate keeper, Setrak and his wife,
have no children, and have taken one of the
little ones orphaned by the massacre at
Furnuz. He is five years old and his soft
baby voice sounds like music these sad days.
He had sword-cut on his foot, but it is
place where it was. He had the stomach
ache last night, and while Tokohee..put on
hot cloths, Setrak fed him sweets. 1T is very,
very, funny to see them. The hen with
one chicken is nothing to be compared with
these fond parents. His name is Johnathan.
Consider yourselves introduced. He has
blue eyes and fair hair, and is very modest,
keeps his eyes modestly down and eats in
dustriously all the time, when have seen
him. He lives in the tiny lodge by the
gate and will doubtless spoil many morning
maps, and in turn we shall spoil him, fear.
| 1t seems natural to think of children the
day before Christmas. England and Ger
many with their Christmas festivities come
before me now, and the eager, expectant
ones at home; then my thoughts settle down
in Marash, where we have seen little ones
with nothing to cover them but rag for
their shoulders, and the hundreds and hun
dreds of little ones cold and hungry this
Christmas eve in the year of our Lord, 1895.
Three thousand five hundred suffering,
naked, starving people are in Marash tonight
made so by the soldiers Of this humane, (O
kind, (?) generous (?> government.
DEC. 25.-A strange Christmas morning!
The same busy round of duties, and the
only hint of festivities is Hattie Lees happy
face as she comes in to greet US and tell us
of the little ones presents. Elisha Hoja's
little boys were eagerly wondering yester-
day If "Santa Claus would Gomez" He al
ways comes there, and l sent them Santa's
picture and some reindeer's pictures. which
filled their little cups of joy to overfiowing.
The presents l ordered in July are at Scan
deroon. There is still a hope before us of a
spot of brightness. 1t is post day and pos
sibly mail may come. Oh, how we long
for news!
Something certainly happened at Zeitoon.
Very many wounded soldiers were brought
in, and the news is that the place was taken,
but we do not believe it, for the Turks are
extremely depressed. Another report is
they stormed certain place there, took it,
and when 5000 Turkish soldiers were inside
they found no one to kill. Suddenly the
others appeared and demanded the surrender
of the Turks, who, refusing. were cut down
to the last man. All that seems incredible
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