The times., 1899-12-24

eyes and tlNeu hair The little fellow said 10
his mother after be had returned from lynch
ing. Il have seen q man hanged now ] wish /
could see one burned Rather than hear such
% remark from one of my little boys | would pre-
fer 20 see him IN ius grave.
This is strong language and it comes
The more effectively from a man OF Mr..
Nashlngton's gentle and conservative habit
OF speech. No one however, eau complain
that he has treated any phase of this ques-
tion unfairly He makes allowances for
everybody; and IN discussing a question
which concerns SO many and varied types
of people so nearly as this, it is just as
well TO try to see all sides of it. The
| little book is packed with wisdom and
ought to be in the library of anyone in
terested in the social and political prob
| lens which confront the American nation.
| (Boston: Small, Maynard, & Co. $1.50)
Robert Barr.
The Unchanging East" is an exquisiteIy
illustrated book OF travel in two volumes,
and its author, Robert Barr, has handled
his material extremely well. The text is
as good as the pictures, and that is saying
q great deal
The two volumes are small. Of a con-
yenient size TO carry in ones pocket, and
in them is packed a wonderful amount of
interesting material. Mr.. Barr begins
win tAt StdllblL bl lldlNutsltI- anu eI05
with Jerusalem and the Holy Land. He
travels through the north of Africa, in
! cluding Tunis, Tripoli, and Egypt; then
proceeds TO Antioch describes Turkish
types, and ends with Jaffa Jerusalem and
/ the rest of Palestine And there are pic
/ lures from all these places and several
| others.
The selection of the pictures has been
made with remarkable skill Many Of them
! al F,f
! tied. or OF characteristic street scenes,
! so that, what with the beauty of the illus
| Irations and the graphic style of the mar
/ ratiYe, the reader feels as if he had been TO
| the places described. The following is a
! fair example of Mr.. Barr's way Of telling
! about his travels:
! 1t was midnight when we passed Gibraltar.
/ ] regret 10 sdy It has always been my luck 10
/ come upon THIS celebrated fortress in the dark
ness Pretty nearly every body else in the world
/ has seen Gibraltar, excepting myself As we
steamed along through the smooth black waters.
! the rock lcomcd up darky ahead, and wicked
! little quick firing light at its foot guided the
vessel However, there IS one satisfaction in
/ viewing the TOcb al midnight for as we passed
/ through the Straits. and saw lis huge dark bulk
against the less dark SKY the resemblance to one
/ Of LandsccTs lions was most striking. The great
beast lies there with lis head facing the Atlantic
/ Watching every craft that approaches the narrow
channel They tell me that Iu the sChOOlbOUkl
! Of Spain IL is never admitted that Gibraltar
/ belongs 10 the British Spain, il seems, allows
/ tins people 70 occupy Gibraltar temporarily, and
/ Is soon Spain has need ot tie rock oi cougss,
| she VIII take IL. u Is always pleasant 20 know
/ that u you want thing ali you have 90 de l-
] 70 20 and get it. ] think il shows a beautiful
/ disposition on the part OF Britain 10 spend so
/ much mCGev IN running tunnels through the
! rock OF Gibraltar and IN building great docks
/ when il knows tHat al any moment spain mag
! come forward and say, politely: III trouble
YOU for that bit Of rock. II you please Truly,
! as lark l.tI Flar
| toned in Scripture, where it says that The
meek shall inh5rit the Garth
There is considerable fippancy in Mr..
! Barr's way Of saying things and serious
minded people who desire solid instruc-
/ tion will not care for his book. All the
1 same the frivolous who do care for il may
| CLEAN some useful information on almost
! every page. For instance, when the au-
| thor remarks that Cairo is the Chicago
of the East, he gives one a tolerably cor
rect impression Of the nature Of the town,
and moreover, an impression likely TO last.
! And when -e tells story about the Druses
| and a missionary, he characteriZes those
! Interesting people in a way which pages
| of Latin words could not equal. The mis-
/ sionary. il may be said was suspected by
| the Druses Of being SPY In the employ
Of the Turkish Government, and one day
| as he was travelling up 70 his station in the
Fl mountains. on 4 lOLhtEs ne NJ tlS al L4EA Va
| this. end told that ne was going to be as
| sassinated. He could have gene back, but
did not care to do So for he knew that
he could easily disproye the charges
| against him if given time He also knew
| that the Druses could cut his throat first
and then wait for explanations But when
he reached their village he talked TO them
shrewdly, and began to tell them of story
he had been reading-it was Treasure
Island" He got them so interested IN the
story that they put off killing him till
it was finished and before that happened
he secured proofs from BeyrCut that he was
not the traitor they supposed him to be-
The book is full of stories as well as oi
Gescription and some Of them viii prove
| especially interesting in view Of the paTt
which America is likely 10 take in inter
national relations in the future. One OF
them is the tale Of how an American
| cruiser nipped d Turkish massacre in the
| bud on one occasion. There were jNt
| American families in a Turkish coast town
and they were the only English speaking
people for miles around. one day a crowC
Of terrified children found their way dowI
I from the mountains. They were the rem
nauf of a massaCred village. The Amerl
can turned his house into an impr0yiseI
hospital, and took care of the children I'll
| an English steamer came along next morn
ing and took them TO Bcyrout where the.
were put in charge Of an English charlta
! bic society. For this interference Will
local politics" ." the American was censured
Two DAYS later he was warned by trustee
enploye that the mountaiueers who hat
committed the outrage up-country wer
hiding in the mosques, where they were Il
charge Of the local authorities, and wer
10 be turned loose in the town after thre
davs. The question before the American
was what to do to save himself and bi
! family. His eldest son managed TO eiud
? J the vigilance of the authorities and sill
, away in a boat to an American cruiser
B which was living some miles down the bay
2 He asked the captain if he could come u
S and protect the threatened family, and IN
| captain answered informally but brcibiy
, .-Y0u bet, That's what We are here for
J This is what happened:
The boy told us, with tears In his eyes, how hi
! heart leapci when from the pro" OF the cruise
| he saw two lights burning side 10y side in a
/ upper window Of bis fathers house, for Tins ma
| been thc prrJIrauged signal II everything wa
all rght two lights were 70 6e mredi II l'
compound was at'auhl. one l-It only ana spec
Z was necessary: If the house were in darkncs,
then they had been y4uqaisAgd and the cruise
b | lad arrived 900 late.
, Tie first iutiml.ioH the American fan
! | lis had of the arrival Of the cruiser was lh
S cueIopiug their l9usc; then it ranged tae toN
E from end 90 end and Illuminated the high mom
b talLs beyond.
Z ~. WIS ike thc finger Of God on the hls,
n said rHl baG mother So mc
N.Ia re by Slipped ashore .a tie 3-r.sHs
f.T. .. stur-- banner -. l15s-
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