The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Hobart Pasha.

Hobart Pasha.
The Turkish navy OF the past owed
almost its existence to an English sail.
or, Hobart Pasha. q bold b%uccaneer Ut
the Elizabethan period. who by some
strange perverseuess Of fate was born
into the Victorian age. Re retired from
the English navy in 1863. and during
the American var he became q biock.
tnnumerable. After the war he en-
tered the Turkish service. suppressed
the Cretan rebellion by intercepting
the supplies from Greece and then re.
organized the Turkish fieet 80 well that
the sultan appointed him marshal OF
the empire. Hobart Pasha also en-.
joyed the unique distinction Of being
twice struck of the British navy list
for breach of the foreign enlistment
act and twice reinstated there. And
he died In 1885 with the rank OF q
British vice admiral. --London Globe.
Prudence and Shaving.
The classic case Of a King who knew
better than to let anybody else shave
him Is that Ut Dionysius the Elder. ty.
rant Of Syracuse, who appears to have
been unable to shave himself. for be Is
said to nave resorted to the uncomfort.
able device Of smuggling or his beard
with hot walnut shells. We may sus.
pect that Napoieon's was another case
Of the kind. rogers asked Talieyrand
whether Napoleon shaved himself.
Yes" replied Talieyrand: lone born
to be u king has some q to shave
him. but they who acquire kingdoms
shave themselves" That way Of put
ting 1t pleasantly emphasizes the prac-
tical superiority of the parvenu to the
helpless spoiled child Of heredity. but
prodence probably entered into the
matter also, II ralleyrand's statement
was correct-LOndon Standard.
Noyon Cathedral.
Noyon. In France. held peculiar At
fractions for Robert Louis Stevenson
because Of its cathedral. where ne
heard the ''Miserere" sung one sum-
mer afternoon. OF the place itself ne
wrote: 1T was but q stack OF Drown
roofs at the best. where. / .be1eve.
people live very reputably In . quiet
way. but the shadow Of the church
falls upon It when the nj = low. ana
the 6ve bells are heard In all quarters
telling that the organ has begun. II
ever I join the church Of Rome l shall
stipulate to be bishop OF Noyou on the
Oise."-PaD Mall Gazette.
An Idle Curiosity.
Teacher-The sentence In the lesson
Ia, He went there out Of Idle cur1os-
ity." How would You define idle 90.
riostty?" Give oie an instance. II one
occurs to you.
Rad Boy Well. I think q mummy n
about rs idle n curiosity Ms any
know of. ma AN Exchange.
Earthquakes.
An eminent authority ON earthquakes
believes that any great displacement
of the crust Ut the earth makes the
earth to rotate u%nevenly. or 'wUbble.
and that that ~unevenness Ut motion
has to be neutsalized by displarements
In other regions. Exchange
Nouoht.
II tell you what. sir" said u tankee
Of his opponent. that man don't
amount to y sun, 10 arithmetic. Add
hfm up. and there II not hing to carry.
Christian Register
A exception.
bow did he get nts start!
"ais unrie left him sUn,e money"
"Humph: That's usually \ young
mans tinish."- Detroit Free Press.
He who aims at perfection in great
th3oGs. but v willing to b. imperfect
In little things. will eve reach any
great height