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ACIIAI'TEKON PENSIONS
INFORMATION
SEEKING!
FOR THOSti
PENSIONS.
Illn (Mil l.uu mill Ihn llnrk-iM) Itlll Tfir.
Ilept'llttrlit J'mifdnit iiimI tint I'ruiHiTil
Si-Mlre Jllll Hint I'rimluim lire . llred.
The pens o icrs of tlio United States
are mostly otoiaus of tlio Union nrmv,
ami their widows, utplimts, ami depend
eut parents Thoro nro about 1,500,
000 living Union soldiers. The num
ber of villous, orphans anil dependents
ii probably twieo us groat. They uie
scattered over a toiritory nearly a
groat as Kurope, and nuiong a jiopula
tioa greater than that of Lnglnnd and
Prance, " I o numbor of veterans is
continually decreasing. Titno mows
them down as tliu year go by. Not so
with the pensioners. Their uumbor
over increases. It is now far greater
before. It will Boon bo
not bo given, then thu testimony of twi
cimrades is required. The cillicrr then
demands the testimony of tho army nr
goon, If possible it must ha procured
If thu applicant cannot Hurt the- stir
goon, ho itiunt mako nlllduvitof the fact.
Then, if tho claim be for disability un
der tho goooral law, ho must prove con
tinuinco of tho disubi ity from tho time
it mux contracted iu thu service down to
tho data of upiilicu'iou. This should
bo dono if possible, bv tho testimony ot
Lphysieintis.wjio hao ationdud him. If
no cuunut jmivo u ill mm wuy, iiiuii uu
must proo it by the testimony of two
witnes.'o .
Whou ii'l thin is done the claim l
mid to bo pro; ort up.
To proui up a pension under the de
pendent pension bill is much easier. It
is necessary only to show ninety dnjs'
service, an honornblo discharge, and, a
ptescnt disability not duo to vicious
habits.
When the applicaul has proved up his
claim ho wntos for an elimination
L an ever before. it will Boon
irrnater hHU. Thn United States is now i 'I'lin nfllcn imii.ni nu oritur remiirimr 1. 1 til
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paying ponsions, including tho retiree' ' to report within ninety dny.s at souio
list, which is onlv auothor form of pen
Bions, aggregating nearly $100, 000, 000
n year. Tlio pension system of tho
United Stitci combiuos a vast amount
of good and a great amount ot evil in
itnduo projxirtions. An examination of
its main fcatutet makes this plain.
At first pensions were granted only
to those disabled either by wounds or
disoao contracted in tho service. I'd
tu 1877 tho pension, when granted,
ilatod from tho day of tho tiling of tho
application. Not long afterward tho
ponsiou arroaragos law, commonly
known as tho Dock-pay Pension bill,
was passed. By this bill a ponsiou was
allowed to dato bark boyond the data
of fllinir the implication to tho date of
tho contraction 3f tho disability. This
was a long stop in tho direction of
wuolosalo pensions. In tho original
bill thoso w how eio to share tho benefit
of tho law wero required to tako ad
vantage of it by filing their applica
tions boforo .Tun. 1. 181)0. But boforo
this dato arrived tho clamor of men who
began to feel that thoy might take ad
vantage of the law led to an extension
of tho time. .Since then it has been
extended again and again.
Undor all thoso laws, howevor, it
was necessary for tho applicant to provo
that the death or disability of tho sol
dier resulted from wounds or disouso
contracted in tho scivire. Tho ma
jority of the mighty army of would-bo
pensioners know that they could provo
nothing of this kind. A cry arose for
tho ropoal of tho obnoxious rcquiro-.
meut and a freer granting' of ponsions.
Some favored a dopondout bill, grant
ing a pension to every soldier or sailor
unablo to earn a living, or to his de
pendent parents, widows or orphans.
Others iavoied a sorvico bill, grunting
a ponsiou to nil sohliors and sailors who
sorved ninety dajs or more and wero
honorably discharged. Tho rate of the
pension was to be proportional to tho
time, of service, nnd irrospectivo of tlio
health or sickness, tho poverty or
wealth of tho applicant. On Juno 27
last tho agitation in favor of a depend
ent pension bill crystalized into law.
In tho tvvouty-nino year botween tho
filing of Fort Sumter and tho passago
of this law, under tho lequircinont that
tho disability bo contracted in tho
service, betvveon 700,000 aud 800,000
applications wore filed. On Juno 27
this renuliomont wus abolished. Tho
tlood-gates ware opened. Sinco that
time over 100,000 now applications hovo
been tiled.
Tho reador may wonder how this vast
numbor of cases is adjudicated. Visions
of open court, judges and jurios, of law
yers, and witnosses examined and cross
oxainincd, may como boforo him. Com
mon equity would toom to require that
those cases bo tried without favoritism,
each in its turn, in opon court, in the
vicinage, or orul testimony, given by
witnesses whoso actual existonco would
place named in the order to bo exam
inod by a Hoard of Government Sur
ges ns. If he does not find it convenient
or prudont to report within tho ninety
days, ho can return the ordor and get a
fresh one in its place. In time ho re
ports to tho Hoard and is nxaminod.
Tlio examination order is endorsed by
tho chiof surgoon ami returned to tho
Pension Ofllco. In dun time tho sur
goons make their report, rating the
inan'a disability, if they find one, or
stating that thoy fail to find any such
disability, if such is tln5 rase.
About this timo tho Pension Ofllco
begins to look into tho allldavits in a
practical mannor.
If tho ovidonco filed is unsatisfactory,
or is contradicted, ho will simply bo told
that moro testimony is wonted that
filed is not Hitfllcioiit. If the Pension
Ofllco finds no fault with tho testimony,
and the applicant poke up his case
continually, his claim will bo in time
allowed.
A Surr Wny lo iiiiilull Mllrldn.
Out at Proscott, A. T., ten years ago
a young man with rod hair, blue eyes
and solt hands tramped into town. He
had como down from the Tin Oup dis
trict ot Colorado on a prospecting tour,
but why ho should strike into ProscOtt
for anything nobody know. He had
been lu hard luck, as anybody could.
sro.
His bluo woolen shirt had been
washed nnd washed until it was almost
brown from the corrosive action ot
alkali wator, and his clothing was torn
and wrinkled. Ho was n gentleman for
all that. Ho had a pleasant word for
everybody, although somo of the boys
had caught him moping about tho cor
ners. How ho lived nobody know. Ho
had no money nnd could got no work.
"Idaho .Took," a reckless gun lighting
cowboy from tho Three Sister Moun-
I tains ot Idaho, was in town, too. Ho
had some monoy, told a good story and
abiorbod liquor like a blotting pad. lie
said ho was on his way to Doming.
L'ory night saw Jack at tho Ark. Ho
made frionds with everybody oxcopt tho
stranger from tho Tin (Jup district.
A 'rtnllirrn .Kn I irtiui.
Ill lllrmi'igham .lefferson Comity,
Ma , thoro lives a man, who, if his resi
dence; wero in the North, would be re
garded as phenomenal; but tlio South
is full u sueli characters, and they Hood
only to be noticed in order to ho known
This muii's name is Andrew Heard;
born in Jellnrsou County, he is 11 years
of age; he was a slave that county in
and has risen to a substantial position
of life by reason of the play given to
his mechanical ability. His lilo is in
terps.ing, and, as it will commend itself
to all, ho limy bo allowed to si eak for
himself
"Mv naiiiie is Andrew Itrnnt I am
U years t ago-. I wits born in Hirming
ham. L unver went to school m my
life, nnd all the- education tliut 1 litve
is gotten by contact with people in tlio
vvotld. I was iv slave-and belonged to
a- family by tho uiuiivot Heard, I was
Kot freo at 1ft yours of age and at III
was married. I funned live v ear m
Jellerson Count v, nnd moved uftervvurd
iiiln St, Clair County. I UUed Mont
gomery in 1872, with a loud ot apples
mull ill flviill I Ij-lll I1IIV Ii1WiIm
roadway was built of solid lock clear to wllo i" w)1j nl mi av erage of ft pr
tho pinaclo. and was from thirty to i,,il0. u took me tlitv week to
forty feet m width. A wall of ttoliil , M1K0 tho trip. Aftei this venture 1
ruck formed a foundation and an inside njttod farming and went into null
vfuli at tho same timo. rhe i outer edgo I wr,g,ting at Huidwioks, and built
of the road was unguarded. Hi" o I MMllo tmm my llrt Hour mill. I r
stones weigh all the way up to a ton ,nine,i tiere lor about three vears, and
ei(ch, and nro not cemented, ihe road- ruiriug that time l run th mill that 1
way is us lovol as a lloor, and is covered I imit. I watohoil um people uorkctl,
wmi uruhcnpiecusuiiMriiieimuii. waier nml tUal a Iimv t hUeeeeded in blUld-
Vessels. I fnir tlour mills. Uuilnir mv work there
AN AZTEC MOUNTAIN.
A Wiirrilprfti! Sliiiiml l llw ,- li Slitilro, I
A coirespoudent has rerontly mado
the ascent of an ititcosting moiiutaiii
in Mexico, which he calls one of tho
most giqantio exhibitions of man's
handiwork a id something nlmoit be
.oinl credence wero vve not already fa
miliar with the works of tho
A',tec. Ho writes about it as follows
.lust imagine a ailoy lorty by thirty
miles in urea, und from its center ris
ing n mouud over 1,200 font iu heigth,
then you can I entire tho first o licet
created uihiii our minds when vve uaine
before the hill I am to ilo-eiibo. My
foreman was with us, nnd1 had partly
pi opal od us for thnsurpiiie, but vve hud
treated his story with hioicdulous re
marks, and had by no mollis nun.
peeled ho had but given n modest de
scription ot the tnoiimi.
Wo gued to tho top and nllovvod our
ovns to lollovv tho windings of a road
dovu to I huso. We went around
tlio base at. a conjectured it was about
one and a half miles iu circumference.
Then wo started for tho nu li'iut. The
CARPDTS MADE
tlmv III s
my run Artii In Is
ror in- i rnur.
BY W MEN.
Mnlln ltKinly
Half wayup tho mountain is an altar ! j began turning th uiy miiidthtrnuiking
tin solid rook; in tho niche is a I of ploughs, and iu 1H81 I patented ono
cut
bowlder which must weigh at least
six tons. Tho bowlder is of different
stone from that used in tho walls. Tho
rocks in tho walls are drosscd by skilled
workmen, but am not K)lUhod. We
saw no inscriptions, but wo hud no timo
to sparo in making a searching investi
gation. Wo did look for nriowheudsor
other warlike implement', to satisfy
oursolves that tho mound had not bean
used for dofonsivo or ofl'eusivopnrpoes.
ot my own invention. I sold it iu lHS-t
lor $4,000,. and then returned to my old
home where 1 was born, and farmed
there four yeurs. During that time I
invented another plough; on tho 10th
of December, 1887. 1 hold it for $.",2tK).
and then went into the real estate busi
ness. With tho money I mode, 1 ac
cumulated ill sum of ?;k),0IK. In lHi
1 turned mv attu itl u to auothui sulr-
)ect -the making of u tlsh plate, and
Nor was there any evidence to tirove-i i,,,,! M -uvit rr it. Mv intention U to
that tho roadway had been built tor hawsoiue luunufuctuier take hold of
tho purposo of witnessing bull-lights or it mamifuctnro theso plates, and put
otlior sports in the- alley. I could ' ticm on 801uo ,,r0minout lailroad atmv
only conclude thot tho- Aztec- suu-wor- ottn expense for a milo or two, and If
snipers oxpoimeii years us lauur on me , t ,oy prove suceesslul i will su 1 tho pat
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cut to the hiizhnsl bidder.
"Iu 188'J 1 discovered the rotary en
gine. This engine dillers I mm all
oihors iu these principles; it is simple,
costs ono-teuth lots than other engines,
aud saves 20 per cent of steam and has
no eccontiic. There is no danger of
explosion, and overy ounce of steam is
used from tho buiiei. This engine is
made wholly under my mipervi-iuu at
hill in order that thoy inigat liuvo an
appropriate lilace to. celebrate their im-1
osing festivals, inasmuch a.s the road-'
way was strown with broken eurthen
ware, aud thoso scions of a bygone aud
notable race wore known to cany at
sunrise laige quantities of watei iu
earthenware jars to un eminence, ami
there pour out tho liquid and smash
the vossols.
Whon wo desceudod wo brought with j t,0 Hhop ot Dennis I. Hood in Hirming
us a number of small soi shells which
had petrillod. Wo ngam took a long
look at tho mountain and saw it was
oblong in shape, and that the upward
road commenced on tho eastern side.
I havo traveled on both fides of the
ham, and is now patented. 1 have just
received the patent, and it is my inten
tion to put it out in order to piove its
merits, and will then roll it to any
prominent niaiiiifuetuiur. I paid the
workmen who worked on the machine
Kind. 1 tliorofoio take tills opportunity to
slap Jack, knowing us 1 do Unit It menus
Instiuil iioaiii. ami iiuii is vwnu i sock, ii
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, ., . itl. VUni IIUIIIIIIU, II in ,. m n i.t.i ,i ntv on.-
bo apparent, whoso character could bo ,.i,i0 ,i i demand of .m that ou do not
" . . .i i t
I 1.. . .a 1 . .. In l n 1 IF II Ail Ik MA . . . . .
who iiiijMi. uuii .nu ""-"' mound which I havo been tolling vou
with smoke, iiud Idaho Jack was in ui)0t. Tho valley is about (iUO feet
the midst of a harum-scaium story, tho nbovo tho soa lovol, and is about
morpso Btinnger quietly nroso from its bcyonty n,i0, from tho c:iWU lt Hlt
chair, walked up to the tipper country unto(l ; Sonoin, between tho cities of
romancer and cuffed him across tho ear. Anr mul jiug-lelima, und near tho
lor an instant not a word wui said. MaKliolona llivcr W o call tho curios
Thonof a sudden tho Idaho gunner lty ..aiisluiu Mountain, and it is well
diovv his weapon like a lla-.li and fired. name,i,
Tho strangor foil dead. Nobody know j ' '
his name, but when tho Shouir ran- '"" t-""'!-'- '
sacked his tattered clothing he found I ovr of one hotpe that is not
this note: troubled by tramps It is thu boarding
"My nnii'io Is A. C. Hepburn. .Mv p irents houso of Mrs. K., which has been
live at Orafton. N. . 1 have been out of uingu'.arly freo from these pests ever
worn iiiiu nun time. ,""1' ""l """J ,co one beautiful t
UIIOIIKII in uii) ii,intfii ii iikiiii. iiiii iiii-i.i ir.
not water enough In Arioiiu toilrounu
mountains fioui Hntish Columbia to ! (,(j cents por hour. 1 havo also anothei
Central America, and on eithor side of i t,K , Viow a eounliiig luncliinc. 1
tho. Hiorra .Madros whore tho clill , ,ir ,MH0 to couple cars lriespectivo of
dwellors have left sueh lemurkablo me-1 thinr heiohL Thin is a uroat dilllcnltv
ineuioa im iiieir skiii nun cusiums, uui
1 havo uover vvitnoised anything su
wonderful and magnificent ns tho
judged, and whoso stories could bo sub
jected to a rigid oro-is-exauiWQtrou.
Tho interest of tho pensioners and of
tho Government would apparently re
quire this. Assuredly tho monoy of tho
people Bhoald not bo squandered
in tho paymont of pensions to
undosorving rnon on fulso or forged
testimony. It is equally certain that
justice demands that tho cases should
bo tried without favoritism, and ad
judicalo.1 without unreasonable delay.
Tho npplicant for a pension obtains a
blank, and fills it out. He states that
ho is tho identical soldier who, under a
certain name, enlisted on a cortain day
iu a certain company and regiment; that
ho sorved in tho war, and was honora
bly discharged at such a place on such
a date. If applying undor tho old law,
ho atatos that ho is sutloring from cor
tain wounds and disabilities received or
contracted in tho son Ice If upplyiug
under tho dependent pension hi 1, he
states that ho served at least ninety
days, that he is suffering fioirt disabili
ties, by reason of whioh ho is unablo to
earu a support, and that theso disabili
ties aro not due to his vicious habits.
Thh application is sworn to bv tho ap
plicant and attostcd by two witnesses
who can write. It is then Mod in
Washington. The Pension Commit,
slonor uoltuowktlgo) tho receipt of tho
claim nnd numbutsit. He sees that tho
application is correct iu form. Ho has
the army records searched to ascertain
whether there was any soldior of that
narno and description. If ho finds tho
application correct in those particulars,
ho has tho hospital records of tho regi
ment searched to ascortaln tho appli
cant's hospital record. If no
hospital record to substantiate tho claim
is found ho writes to tho claimant re
quiring him to furnish evidonco. The
testimony of a commissioned officer or
of tho company sorgeaut must bo pro
cured if possible. If, however, it can-
nriiBocntii Jack. Iieoaiise ho was not tin
.'iCKrcHhor llury me as 1 die. 'Hint Is nil I
ask. Hlncurelv A. (' II."
Tho lettor diimfoundcd the town. It
took all tho flKht out of "Idaho Jack."
Dollar by dollar the "shiners" cumo iu,
uniit Him-ii iins pnmiffh of thnm to buv I
a varnished cofthi and a whitewashed f
headboard. Jack's contribution was
something like $8- all he hud and .ill
ho could borrow at tho timo. Ho was
not prosecuted, but ho left town as soon
as the headboard was sot. -l'tttiiburgh
Dispatch.
miik) ot Vi oIiIimi linn..!.
"Moro than ono-halt of tho men that
are arrosted for diuiikoiiuoss aud taken
to tho police headqiiaiters aro crazy
drunk," snvs a vetoran oltieer to the
that railrouds havo to encountered; tho
present cars being ot unequal height
cannot couple together. ' lloatoi
Ti'unicrtitl.
MlAllllltM lit I lie 1)H'
Quito recently u loading Loudon
daily concluded its obuuury notico of
tho late Duron Dowse as follows "A
great Irishman has passed away. Ood
giant that many us great, and who as
wisoly shall love thoir country, may fol
low him " Not long ugo an Amulicuu
paper gave a curious account of a
Western millionaire. This concluded
by observing that "Hoat rived from Cat-
I ifornia about twenty years ago with only
ono shirt to his back: and since then ho
pong morning in . ,.,,., ., i. iM ....i...,i
1887. On that morning a A luphluted , buMI to Bcerilnilltl. teii millioiK."
pedestrian applied to Mis. K. for a bite A X.UNcn-stlo paper, again, had tho
to eat, and that lady, fee ing the in- j foUoBing tho pqKisitio.., no doubt, of
spiralion of the joyous day. und ho u mivobftLsor: "The (Meaner is ono o
oxiiiiniuuoii ... im acquis.....,, o, ,o thn nllest mul fastest boats on tho Tyno
new-boarder, had given him n oup oi ,uu. a(.f0mmodution is tn ovorv losped
cuueo uuu son in uiuni. uu., iii.iu-r. uu
sipjied the colfce, took a nibble of tho
buttered biead, thank, d Mrs. K., und,
remarking that tliere wcio times when
it seomed n piofnmition of ones spitit-
unl noture to eat, slowly departed,
w ith a far-avv ay look in his eves ami a
melancholy lassitude in his stops, pans-
ing long onougi, at the gate tn .cut; an , ,, -fc r ,orU of ,,,,
oad-lookuig hieroglyphic on the btrk , ,Jut tJe n(Jlt ,MU0 hwl crrii
ui u lieu
Sinco that day Mis. K. has novel'
beon bothored by a tramp. Occasion
ally ono would reach tho gato, but on
socio; tho trco won d turn and )uraUo
his pilgrimage.
This imtmally excited curiositv
among tho boardors of Mrs. ., us well
Seattlo Time tup irur. Tlioie is as in tlio bosom of that good lady her
something about the whiskv lift men solf a curiosity which vus not gratillod
standing all up, twists them all n , and i until ono ovoning last weok. It was
drink nowadays that winds their undo -1 just nf'or supper, and Id is. K. and most
fumbles their ideas iuto a shaieo.. of hci lumidois wore sitting outside in
mass," ho continued. "Now, yoa.s iig ., tho siimmor twilight, when a tramp up
back Eust, it was nothing unii-mul to , prouehed, belie d tho hieroglyphic, ami,
see a man got so that his legs would all j turning to 'cave, wn hailed by tho star
twist uj), nnd his tongue would even boarder aud quudioued as to the mean
act a little thick m w and then, but ho . lug of tho inscription on tho tie". Tho
seldom not crazy drunk like men do
nowadays.
"Why, just tho othor day wo had a
man up her that hud too much of that
Juokson streot whisky, nnd he was bo
crazy that ho was hysloiical. Ho could
walk all light, but ho would laugh like
a mauiao one miuuto and weep like a
whipped baby tho next, and thou ho
would throw himself into an attitude
that would melt a wooden man iu front
of a tobacco stand to toart. This is a
great ago of improvement, but I don't
boliovo that thoy havo improved on tho
whisky of cur grandfathers' day orv
much." and just thou the ofllcor had to
aw of! this interesting dissertation on
whisky to go below and unlock a
prisoner, but everybody agreed that ho
Bpoko at an oraclo. '
wanderer was non-committal at llrst,
refusing point-blank a bribe of a squat o
meal iiotn Mrs. K., and not con
senting until tho star boardor had taken
up a subscription of thirty-live cents as
au inducomeut.
"I will not translate tho character
orally," said tho tramp, pocketing thn
fund Thoro uro some things
ospeot
good aud comfortable, her crow skillful,
steady and obliging, boing nowly
puinled and decoratod for plnisiiro
tiips."
The leading paper in Queensland, a
fovv mouths ago, in reviewing a book,
totnarked. "Thnie need be domand no
lougci for .Itilei Verne's a id other
uiou.
ction
l'or otlicr HrckcuardV, please road
'llulor Haggard's.'" A financial papor
had. "1 would ask I ,ord Salisbury, Mr.
W. II. Smith, and lialfour, w ho aro
alwajs tolling lios, that by our ugita
tions," etc Tho correction afterward
appeared -"aro always telling us."
A liulictous oiled is sometimes pro
ducod by tho intermingling of tho mat
ter bolongmg to dilVuruut paingiuphs.
In a Lancashire ovoning pupor this cu
rious obituary notice was iuoited not
long sinco "A laigo cast iron wheel, re
volving nine hundred tunes a minute,
, exploded in tho city lately, after a long
I und painful illness. Deceased was u
1 prominent piouiber of tho 1 ieal tempor
I anci! association." Anothei l.ano.ulilio
I punt has tho linos-
V lltllii kuowlwlKO U n Unsoroii. tliluu
I PrlliU iluc-p, or t A.te liol ue iiperlenl niulnit "
One of the most important mnnufuct
uros of Asn Minor, and it is nlso one
i-oiirorning which little is known by the
general public, a .Smyrna comvpond
ent says, is the manufacture of tluxe
eon els which have acquired a world
wide reputation under thn designation
tif "Turkey carpets." They are prin
cipally miidn in the towns of Oushak,
(Ihioules, Konla, Demirgi, Mollis,
IibiIiK, Pergnmix. and Sparta, nnd are
expotted tor the most part to Ihiglund
and America. Oushak, the sent of the
trade, is pleasantly situated m the midst
of a fertile plain. It is n town of some
20,000 inhabitants, most ot whom are
directly or indirccllv occupied in car
pet making, tho actual iiumberof looms
at work being MM). Koulii and Ohior
d(s have u ipnlation ot uKmt 15,0tHI.
Dotnligi has beeomii a carpet weaving
town within the lastsiv or eight .vearr,
owing to an accident.
Wars back the-town was dtstro.ved
by lire, and the inhabitants, too poor to
lecoustrurt tlieir habitations, emigiatert
to Ohioides. where thoy learned the
art of carpet making. As soon vs thoy
had gamed some money thoy (tituruud
Mid rebuilt their native town, setting
up looms- ot their own. Tlieir carpets
were not a success at llrst, but they
managed to improve thorn, and now
they rank superior tth in texture aud
eolor to tho Ohior.les. I.ndik, Per
gauios and MeUs aro nig producing
renters. At Siarta the industry has
Hist been introduced. Lite manner of
weaving the carpets is primitive
euougb.
The wool, whioh is obtained from tho
fat tailed sheep reared by the Turks on
the highlands, is washed by tho men in
the neighboring streams and then spun
nu the wheel by thn old women of tho
town; it is then sent to the Uov'a llano
to tie dyed, alter which it is sold to the
nianufuctuior. Three okes of spun yarn
are required for a square pie of carpet.
The looms consist of two thick poles
tlxed firmly in tlio ground at somo plas'
distance from each othor, two others aro
joined, one above and the other below,
and to theso the warp or chain of tho
carpet is attacked.
At tho foot of this loom tho vvoavoM
sit cross legged, sometimes as many ns
teu in. a row, each working at u two foot
width of carpet. Thovaruis taken from
bobbins suspended above thoir heads
and tied to the warp; it is then cut with
a sharp knife and tho pilo and woof
driven together by means of a eomb.
A carpet can be mado of any longth,
but its width depends on the sio of tho
loom. If the loom extends to ten pics
in width, tho carpet can bo ono, two or
ten pics wide The lnrgest loom iu
Oushak is at proout twelvo pics wide,
ho that if a carpet of a greater width is
lequired, a new loom must bo made,
although this, as ono may judge from
tho structure, is not rtitlioult. Notwith
standing that this is, as I havo said, a
iirimitivo modo of proceeding, it is not
without its advantage; for, innsmuch
as tho toxturo must perforce bo looser
than tho iiuichico made carpets, tho
color. can blend moro easily, and tho
carpet or rug becomes softer and more
pliant to tho tiead.
Tho carpet woavois aro all w onion.
They aro daily chaporonod to tho looms
by an old woman, who sees that they
work diligently. Tho uvorugo amount
of work ono person can do iu n day is
about a pic, for which tho wages paid
is from four to tivo piastros. Although
the cold iu winter is inteuso and tho
workers sutler considerably, thoy will
not accept the humanitarian eflocts
made to procure them some comfort.
Mr. d'Andria, one of tho largest carpot
mediants in this town, ofl'oted tn build
for them a laigo factory, with giass whi
tlows, whorohi thoy could work com
fortably though it blow a lempest with
out. Whether fiom feur of being soon
ir for noiiio equally valid reason they
refused this kind ofl'nr and continued to
work in wretched hovels bnroly fit for
pigsties, warming their frozen fingers
over the smoldeiing contents ot a
bra'ier.
Duringtho reign of Abdul-Aziz bright
colors wero in vogue, and tho manufact
urers had recourse to mineral dyes;
now, howover, tho fashion has gone out
and thoy havo reverted to vegetable
pigments volonoa for white nnd brown,
yollow berries for grcon and yellow,
madder roots and coclunoal fur reds,
and indigo for blue. Theso carpets
como to Smyrna principally by tvvii
routes; tho llrst from Oushak to Ala
shier, the terminal station of tho Cas
sabba Hallway, a distanco from Oushak
of twenty-four hours by camel; and the
other from Oushak to Chivril, the lasl
station on tho otitlodj brano'i of the
Aldiu lino, which is distant from Oushak
only six hours.
'I h Oiinur nf mitli m t inn jinn inn.
Daniel S. Lord is the Porry Mason
Co. ( nominal prnpiiotors) of tho Voullt't,
Comiianion, Ho bought it some thirty
which years ago, after it had been in oviitouco
can always bo hotter written thun spo-1 about thitty-threo years, for five or six
ken. I will writo out the translation of I thousand dollars, when it had only p
tho mark on tho tree, and when 1 am
gone jou may read it,"
Thou ho scratched something on the
star boarder's newspaper and vauishod.
This is what thu stnr boarder, with
unmistakable feeling and appreciation,
read aloud . "Tho sign on tho treo
means
oleomarg
few thousand circulation. It now has
an immouso circulation, close upon
r00,000. His income is reported to be
not far from $200,000, one-half of which
he distributes in chaiity, A business
reason for adopting tho namo of Perry
.Mason iv Co. is that thoio may lie no
: 'Pass on, boys; this house uos ; chungo in the proprietorship iu caso of
irganue.'" 1'itlnUitrg blsiiatch. j tho real ownors death or retirement.
An liiillun's IIhhI
Many yeurs ngo near Cyhthiuua, Intl.,
an Indian was dinwnod while bathing
in an old mill iond. A farmer noar by
who refused to Joun a Bheot to try tho
"rolHng" remedy soon after movod
away, saying that the Indian's ghost
had appeared to him. Yoars rolled by
and tho ghost story had boon forgotten,
when a low days ago the Indian ugaiu
appealed. A farmer who was fishing
in tho creok was iitcd by a man, stark
naked, who walked iuto tho cold wator.
Presently ho appeared right under thu
rod and with an unearthly laugh got
astrido of it. Tho farmer did not wait
for auy moie of tlio performance. Tho
next night a similar apparition up
peared to a cattlo buyer, who promptly
drew his gun aud blaed away at the
figure. After the shot thoro was a
hoarse, mocking laugh ami tho naked
figure vanished into thin air. It is now
boliovcd that tho ghoit of the Indian
has rovisited tho plsco and watching
parties havo been organized for the pur
poso of solving the mystery.
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