Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], February 01, 1878, Image 6

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“The Water Mill."
Liston In the warm—mill
AH thu lenn: day-~-
How Hm flicking u! llu- \\hwl
\ers (hv huun nu a}.
I,.ulguidl} the autumn wind
Sllrn lhu urccnumul Iran-n;
hum tIL-fiu‘d tho rrnpvrs sing,
Hindi“: up "w ihcuuw.
And a momnry oh my mind
\n u q‘vll is Hut;
'l‘hu mxll \\‘Hl n»-\ or grind
\\‘nh lhc mm-r that is met.
Tulw llu- [mu-on In vmnrwlf.
Loving hour! and true:
lénlulvu _uuri «Irv flu-llng hy;
Youth i~ p.u~im:, 100.
sn-m- to make Hm mm! or We.
Lom- no lump} my;
Time “in non-r bung- you mwk
l'lluucui awepl MWuy;
Lunw no (under “'m‘d unsuld,
Lm'u whilv love shall lastm
'l‘ln- mill willnen-r grind
Wllu the water that is past.
\Vurk while yet the daylight shines.
Man of thought and will;
.\rvur duos tin-atrcumlrt glide
l'sulc-m by the mill;
Wuil not [ill unluurruw‘s sun
Beams upon your way.
All um you can cullyour nwn
Lion [in (h:'x——lo-day,
Power. lnlullucl and health
May not uh» :lyb Instr—
-I‘lw mill nmnn! grind
Will: the water llml In past.
Letter from Mexico.
Emrmt (harm-thorn. Anvocamz-A i
week it .s ll‘tfiflUtl may very pleasantly in |
this dehgntt‘ul city. I find the some kind
and unansnming hospitality tlttt [now
Int-gin to bulk upon as one of the attri
butcs of Mexican character. There is a
courteous deportmcnt manifested by them
all to each other, and also to the “stranger
within their gttes." i think one reason
of this marked courtesy to each other is
because they have got the time to do it.
A Mexican never rushes ahead —-except he
is on horseback. and then his horse tran
sects the rushing for ttiut~—as the Ameri
cans are so prone to do. What tithe has
a hurried American got to be courteous
in n nr'H‘tieti thoroughfare? In his oth
gernets to get along. he is regardless of
whose come he treads upon, or who he
inoommodes by his strenuous exertions to
pass through the throng. All this rush
sod hurry is unknown to the Mexican;
he has no conception of such a waste
of muscular force; but wrapped in his
quietude he passes calmly and easily
along. greeting kindly all he may meet,
and parting with thensual friendly bless
lngot‘“A dioel"—“God be with you!" it
is the attention given to these minor ntat
ters of gentleness and kindlinees that
evince the innate gmxinese of the heart.
Nor is this line at conduct confined to
the street; it shows itself in the social
circle. in their homes and their neighbor
} intercoum,snd in its manifestation,
they'plaoe before us an example which
we might follow with decided improve
ment upon our present status in such
matters. If a guest in a Mexicsn family
should by chance express his approoa
tion of any particular article that pleased
him, the reply of the host or hostess
would very likely be: “I am glatifled to
and that you admire it; please allow me
to prewar it to you." But it would be
expected that the same degree of courtesy
‘tld compel the guest to decline accept
ing the proffered gift. There are two an
otes connected with this peculiarity of
expres-sion that I venture to narrate here,
to illustrate it. A stranger to this idiom
of the country, when expressing his ad
miration of the house. at which he were
visiting, was told by the owner: “I will
be proud if you will allow me to present
“to you.“ astonished the owner afore
said, the out day. by sending a crowd of
masons and carpenters to make a mate
r‘isl change in the architecture of the
building. And when a gentleman who
md ridden out with the lady t 1 his boat.
in her luxurious carriage, expressed his
sdlnirstion of the span or blooded steeds
Ind the vehicle in which he was riding.
was answered by therequt-st of his accept
..ce ot‘ the some, and sent I note t» the i
Indy the out day. with a profusion ot’
[hash for he: ltbcrsl gilt. and so order
to deliver them to the bearer. he certain
ly was not more ehagrised at the expla
lstion nh'uzh ensued. than she was uton
flsd It the purport of ill! note and thei
owner-swing order. When the mutui
mu (oily understood. they Itmul upon}
this roman-n “YUUUAWPMQ grinned. and
ha I» eta-tanned ‘
Tlu- Iran sun but a hygienic prnrrrl.
ant ‘ Frat! l- ut-l i In the mummy a..1:-r
gluon sol |—u| \' right I an run;
0’ at.) rr-wtrt 2- hurt [UV ‘4 m' it lit 0 \
"Pt rs :) I" lit» .3.“ 5,.l mimu mm
“is minor I Hi I .‘rgv t-s-hv-tt. .-
umgr-u I’m-int: l ,1... or (...: l, in
unhsnt an; vwry m 'l;l_’ \i. \-
‘vmlfinlll‘flfl- 5" ’fl' 1'“ i ‘ " l r i ' ‘r
‘s‘.» 0i nv’" ’ I ‘lst i ll“ Il's 0:»1. r. 'l‘,
‘tfls awn mum-l it man e. n :. ,
wl's'r\’lflllt‘f'tl ultr -t. .-
l.u)v-t rziuwl, I [mun - 'n r ' 1.:
‘li:":v-u'1 Utr- ‘n' '.I ‘t , -,
.Jm'st It-i'tlg Eur .t ~ .“ - i' '.
“slitral elsst‘ . ..'-v no" ...
its 1" mil-l I. ,u. ‘ ' ‘ . a -
Lhylwu,“ r... ,_| x ' in:
[At-V how “u . I 'h w _- . ‘
\nrlwt'ls- ahs': ll 9 1
“up” ”other: tuci l_w a ~ .:.
mud 'Hllt \s'lhn n: ‘t I--l 'i 1,. ~ .all
nude mm a mum « 3’ ‘t'
""le M-l-xnnl awn sh'l 1. an“ ..
Mm I of protrudes We sluts-l- ,' ":ems,
‘u‘tfd It-rr v... f many w.'. u.
(Inflow IN llt'h’bth t-s P'lnul 'l. g
mnrh about u iouune- from town and
cumin tlu-n- t'vr 'lw night. Mill] :muil our
cumin: in tln- vnrl)‘ l||l|l mug. We \\vul
In liu' rt'flnllmnt‘ übiuinwi uur .‘uppn-r.
:mni \u-rv Icming lhcrv. win-u Wl‘ it'ul‘llt'd
Hm! zru- train “m- upun run tin-r mm! Imm
(hut \rhivh l instl'un'tuli tru- mulutucr t.)
mkv. Kw nnxuntmi hin Inulu Mini rmlo
nl’tcr Hlt‘ln. :nml l'uumi mum camping at
~uwiin‘r phm- nn mw'hv-r mml, mir ilk-M‘-
tinm hm‘illu lm-n llli.§llll|ll‘l‘~tmui. We
Hum-d ul 5} .\. M and animal whom the
[ruin \\us‘ imbu- iiuyhrcuk. um] having
won it umlrr way, We: \vunt l'nrwnrd
with inalrui'tium for it to uvurtuku us in
”mice M. night. I
‘ Luring the road on “hirh they were.
\\t' took it cross-train to the ri;ht rmld.
-:md pnssmln il'm‘l of rolling land, and
'thrivuub myrimls ut‘ llmwrs of the must
brilliant uud :eudy unlurs. it seemed
us it'nsture hud "hide this tl’ltt‘t her l'u-
Ivorite tlawer «_rurdl-n. lh ery hue, every
,tiut. every sh-nle of color, wns to b..-
t'ollml here. The poet hm uttered the
idea. "'l'hut flowers are the ulphubet nt‘
)ungels. whereby they write on hills and
'pluius mysterious truths :" it' his idea is
in true one, I think the whole angelic
{writing-school must have had it long tusk
‘set bet'nre it, previous to :icmuiplishiug
Ithis tiorul chirngrupby. The whole chur
aeter (if the Vegetutiuu t|p|)(‘ltl‘.~ to huve
chimged, us we leuve the low plains of
the “term culiente"—wunn lends—sud
shunst imperceptibly ascend the rising
ground which is the premonition ot‘ the
foothills of the Sierms. The vegetutinu
becomes more dense, the cectii ure not
as numerous and the trees are larger. ‘
The truil,uwing_g to the rank under-l
growth, becnme more ditiieult to follow. l
end We soon found ourselves trying to
force uur way through the brushes whivh
Covered a low tlut trsct. almost e murshy
swamp. The moisture of the lust shower ‘
still formed into glistening peurls upon
the tnliege of the peudunt branches uu~
;der which we have to puss and which
ldissolviug in the souruess of our trials,
lwvre trsnst‘urmed from pearls iutu ruin
‘drops, that penetrated nur gurmeuts, and
l trickled in diminutive etft‘ltlnrl down the
wrinkled ravines of our bodies. The
trays ofthe sun burned uni scorched us;
the thorns ot the cuctii pierced and
scratched us; the swaying limbs bent}
and scourged us, until in the plenitude
of our wrath and anger we sought solace‘
in the utterance of meny epithets plentix
fully interspersed wlth decided eusthe~
mas. At least an hour was passed in this
exciting recreation, when finding that
the trail was. Jordan-like, “a hard road:
to travel," and at the same moment l
emerging upon the road we were seeking,
we resumed our long-time habit of gen
tle spesking, and plodded cheerfully
along. It is a relief, under the pressure
of such vexstions, to give voice to posi
tive epithets, and to utter some naughty
words. -
Soon after entering upon the right road
—snd here let me state that most of the
roads in this part of Mexico are merely
trails which have been used for centuries
-—I witnessed a spirited contest between
a dog and shelf-score of buizsrds, for the
ownership and consumption of some car
rion by the side of the trail. Dag had
both the best and the worst of it. He
held possession and realized all the en
noyanee. Buzzards to the right of him. i
buzzerds to the left of him, huzzards he- ‘
fora him, and huzzsrds behind him, and
sometimes buzzards would swoop down
from above him. Like the trading In
dian, he might have said: “You huzzsrd
me all." Did he turn his attention to
the repeat in front of him, the huzznrds
would do the same, and a dozen of unfair
bids would be presented to his bill of
fare. Did he snap at s buzzerd the others
would snap at his choicest morsels. Did
he attempt to mouth it delicate fragment“
numerous indulicnte mouths would et-‘
tempt l'\ similar petfornmnce. Worried.
tensed. perplexed and harassed, he hit
this way and that Why; barked, whincd,
plunged and dsdted, but all to no avail.
rile tied at luscious feast. ulmmt within his
trench, and from his ngqmvated pmitmn
‘he could not pnrtnke of it. The power
lful nromn so etfectuslly pervaded thesur
iraundiux atmosphere that l Wl‘ thin to
lride onward. and leave the field to be tle.
lcidod by a fair tight; and. looking hock
Lfrom time to time, I leld sw- tuat the
belligerent powen still retuincd their
§primsl autos, and the strife had not been
idecided.
Our and In 3 my inactive on, onl
account 0! lb. Milo. diunfly of
Mine; to low to .0. noun-ply dilut
utfmauth-gl M yo: no; I'd
SSO whale prolong. decor-Id with
a locum. landing vin
mngl up” m. «we! :80 1503-!
"li. Ind with M! Ibfilllnt-hud blou
mbnd decked then in bonds, van.
Thu viu- noun-I with a thick nun-g
«lining. my but by the In“ dd".
tho; sin-haul llpul the “me cul
uuuu emu ud cl-nthel H in sylndhl
mm; the, an; {to- IM tn Irv-in
(halal, nun tints! fab-mu. no]:
run-ed ulr lrul {u shun um Inn-ii.
wrung curb Inunphnl uclm .0 um
i!" [fwd IM pr‘rm Inf I (Maw-rot \
[IA-gum fail. to Pufluy the uqu‘uito‘
[Io-"hum o! the nonprofit: lupfl.‘
n In in» Mbflnl In: unh. Inn unudy‘
In! In"- II m {min-mu away .1
cum-d I' nu Im. 1|”Milll“0fl”r.1
‘Cmt «up-m In [Mr uf [mun-e {M m h
‘I-nm m and and t rating more '3.
:H- M N. P Column.“ Ado-ow.
‘ oo- ‘
i 'och Hm pink-o pint. “voting It'h ‘
‘lyn‘mg nun bun hml an unnounfi, tuna-I
[Hymn-u n! lmnu-If, amt In nloayn I-m
"ml, in umrp cunvnngtm. W! ‘in ll
‘tlylmnn, ui-I In Inn. "Ihrnllch young
nun. um “um In. [mo no I.” nu.
In! only on mm. tn iolor- .- um I.
"mmd be non fund, to bed than u:
speck.
The Young Lady of the Past and the
Young Inuly of the Present.
The young lady at a hundred years
31:" wag taught to embroider. tn sing and
t-ulaneethe tninnet. She carried her—
self upright. and wilt h‘tbitually on the
e luv Ul‘ her chair, and nuw' leaned hack.
Whether ~~he \\‘ttn lllllllt‘al at limit! or not,
dim ujfillllu'li a modest. demeanor. She
ltmkerl clown “hen gentlemen spuke to
her, and Win slltlt‘kt'tl when they po-eped
under her bonnet. which was really 30m1."
thing to dn in these (new. She were her
dresqu Very luw in the neck. and vcry
short in the sleeves, because it Wui the
t‘aehion. Shenlnays «poke respectfully
to her elders, and nut in a corner till the
gentleman who admin-ll her bullghl her
out. When She tl-tnt‘ed she gave the tips
of her lingers to her partner. and when
he paid her eomplitncuts Silt‘ blushed, or
hid her face behind her fan. “Sensi
bility" was conuiderell a great charm in‘
her. and she said "YtH, madam.“ to hot"
mnther. When any one proposed to herl
she either made him a courtesy and de- ‘
clined the honor with many polite
speeches, nr fainted away. which was
mntamottnt to an acceptance. Having
been brought to. she rel‘erred her suitor
to pupa, and wrote a confidential note to
her dearest friend. hugging her not to
mention it. and contiding the fact that
Orlando awakened an interest in her
heart at their first meeting. but that
never was she so surprised as when he
made his declaration of attachment.
When she was hurried she wept. and
so did all the bridesmaids.
The girl of to-dny istuught to plny the
piano, and t 1) deuce the glide. She stares
about her, end there is no occasion to
peep under her bonnet. At present she
(‘hokes hex-sult‘with scurfn and standing
rulllea, and sometimes nmnnges to give
them anything but a modest ell'uet. b‘he
makes no secret of despising old people,
and at n pnrty goers about hunting up
her bmmx. When she. dunees, she tells
her partner to hold her tighter and not
to let her fill, and she is rouged too
highly to blush. When she hesun ofi‘er,
she laughs, refuses it twice, and accepts
it the third time, relying: “Don't tell
nny one we‘re engaged yet, especinlly pa
and min“ and having flirted t 0 the end of
her tether, tells all about it herself to all
the girls of her set, declaring that Tom
was dead in love the first dny they met,
but she could hardly make up her mind
between him and that handsome Ned
Jones, until Ned‘s father failed. When
she is mnrried she whispers to her brides
maids to see it' her train is right, and
thinks to herself. as her wedding ring is
slipped on, howjnulouq poor Ned Jones
is.——.!!. KJ), in N. Y. Ledger.
Tea-Drinking In Morocco.
1 To the genuine lover of tee even the
Isliuhtest addition of cream and sugar is
;ohjectionuhle. He loves it for its deli
‘ cute flavor and, like the Chinese and Jsp
lunese, drinks it without any “trim
‘ wings."
‘ In Morocco the methml'of tea-drinking
lie peculiar. A traveler thus describes it:
The tea is washed before It is infused,
lend a great quantity of sugar is put into
the tea-pot. It is, in fact, a syrup, and
it might be supposed that people so par
ticular about flavors as are the Moors
would find such excessive sweetness ob
jectionable. Yet, what is more extraor
dinary still. they endeavor, apparently,
to suppress the delicate temflevor alto
gether.
There is a regular course of tea. im.
pregneted with different flavors. which
are all more or less disagreeable to the
novice. The order of these may vary;
but from the numerous opportunities we
had nt‘judging, the following seemed the
rule in the “best circles :“
First there was a round of plain gluten
tea with no addition but augur. Milk or
cream was nos'ur used. Then came a sec
ond course, in which spearment was in~
fused. a horrible compound. Third. an
infusion of tea with Wormwood. not quite
an objectionable. Fourth. one linVHred
with lemon verhonn. l’il‘th, one with
citmn. Sixth, and more rarely, in being
on expensive luxury and intended u a
gmt compliment, tea with 1 little an»
bergriu u-npod into it, and which could
he been flouting like grew on the sur
fnce. Of this the fluor. if peculiar, wu
not diugteenhlo. Ewh cuurua of ten
In token while very wmu mg! with I
loud Imncking min: of the lips; nothing.
“awhile, nu eaten.
Amen to hunt lion. ~Wo mn
nend lo‘ tut-on Md M: boy- that
phi- wnrdl. tun-ed rm: bud new.
ohmic-um Chg-«Ha, who now- “I
shut M'k’ll lib:
“If rind O buy huh}. I would who:
put him "I 0. "(My uzn lot [But bad
nun h-I u plat no u no upm- Ig (In
plum him I. m. but Hunt-nu! «In
in the lad. lute rm ban. was".
flat:- tho-I1 mum" \b-I yum mu
“a daughter: lill Im- M In.- H
m mu any «but plan no God’- ant.
"lot. um Mum «I rum!" to
urn-Mo than you mm" m mu 5!
no Ibo out homuul .04de m.
poun- to fluid. thy cu m. Bunk!
Inn-l Mud boy and infimh
111-‘1 got u an! crucial curt-um, but
pm u- I [find n 0... In (ad. hm: my
raucous-re that you cu. m Ibo! you
l-‘tm ud dough." um am. It up..-
.an t-- "If." "to" bunch-nu out ll
.thh ll] yon cu Ind-g up yum um and
5 «human. no “no Inn: in! who you
‘ nuke up lan-o "pols". you ddn um.
hm: (:th and «um "bl fl
Ibo-u. than M "I.“ u h ’o
unsold. tho at cm."
Anon It.“ pawns-..., '0...
ad away—punch. rail] the poly
lie but 0! Mm.
! Dining with the Sultan.
l A remarkable (.‘Vl‘lll recently took place
: in (‘unstuntinuplm musing a lively sen
lwm in that capital. Mrs. Lnynnl, the
. wife at the British Amimsandnr, wave in
ivited. with her huslmml, tn dine with the
QSultun .\lnlnl llnmiil nt hid pnluce.
To those who do not know theeti~
ghetto of the Turkish court. thisevent
would not seem a strange one. The
wives of tliplomatiats often sit at other
courts at the tables of sovereigns.
There are daya when royalty is social
and hospitable and deigna to be fa
miliar with people of lesser rank.
Bat Mrs. Layard is the tirat iady
net of royal dignity. Who has ever been
honored With an invitation to hit at table
with a Turkish Sultan; and the fact
that. ahe has done so marks a great
and striking change in the customs and
prtjedices ot‘ Turkish royalty.
la the Sultan‘s palace there are two
wparate sets of apartments. ()ne is
called the “lleramlykfi| and here live the
Sultan‘s many wives. apart from the
rest of the world. The other is the.
“Selamlyk,” where the Sultan hitmelt‘ reg
aides, and where the ceremonies and de
liberatinns of the court take place. ‘
Foreign ladies. like Lady Mary Wortl
ley Montague, have often been invited to‘
dine in the lleramlyk, with the ladies oil
the Sultan’s houwhold; but Mrs. liayard.
is the first who has sat down to dinner‘
in the Selamlyk. ‘
lt him not been many yearsindeed,‘
since the Sultana were in the habit oi"
taking their meals in solitary state. They;
used to sit at dinner quite alone and}
apart from the rest of the world. Not.
eVen their sons or brothers were allowed}
to sit at the same table. The Sultani
was regarded as too exalted u personage‘
to break bread with any other mortal. 1
Finally. the imperial princes were ad
mitted to this privilege; and at last the
Sultan Abdul Asiz went So far as to in
vite to dinner his great miniature of state.
and the pashaa and buys ot' the highest
rank.
Less than a century ago. all foreigners
were considered as “dogs“ try the Sul
tans. An English ambassador once
entered the presence ofthe Sultan Selim,
early in this century, to prepare his
credentials. He was obliged to wears
shabby cloak, lined with catekin. and
was almost literally pushed into the im
perial reception room. The Sultan did
not deign to notice him, but conversed
with him through a Turkish dragomnn,
or interpreter. This utlicialfieliln asked,
"has the dog dined .’" 0:: receiving a
negative answer, the Sultan said, “then
let thedog be fed,“ and the ambassador
was hustled out again.
A great change has indeed come over
the Turkish court. when the Sultan can
sit down socially at his own table with
an English lady, who has not even a title
attached to her name. It shows that
even in Turkey the world moves, and
new and more intelligent ideas are being
adopted. It indicates that the Sultan,
taught by calamity and example, is dis
posed to put away some old Oriental nO
- that have long ruled in his palace.
and to adopt the more enlightened and
reasonable customs of Christian Europe.
If a Sultan can dine socially with an
English lady there is some hope that he
may adopt other and more important re
forms, such in his longmppresacd sub
jects sorely need, and the want of which
has brought many a disustor upon pre
ceding Sultans and upon. himself, as wall
as upon the mass of tho‘pnpulatiou.
Wmsrunmos mm BAmm.oxw.—Nouc
but the married mm has a home in his
old age; none has friends then but h»;
none but he lives and freshen» in his
grecn old rage. nmid the affections of
wife and children.
There are no tears shed for the old‘
bachelor; there is no one in whose oyea‘
he can see himself reflected, and from
whom lipe he can receive the unfail
ing assurances of cure and love. No, the
old bachelor may he toll-ruled lor hi
money; he may (at and drink and revel
in ouch do; Ind he may nicken and die
in a hotel or I guru-t. Wllll plenty ol
nttvndenro nhnul. him. like In many cor
mornnte wailing for their prey: but when
-170 the molntennl eye. and gentle him-l.
end loving lip. lhnl ought to receive hi
lut fuewrlli He will never know what
il in to he loved. and to live end .|.,.
mud I loving circle. He will go from
"I. would ignorant of the delight: of thr
dommtic “width!!!“ on the tram“ o!
hum-lily his lite in mud—l hluk.
A nil-ow: Ilium—Nu, In
could null (to. mun-dun. If they
could cut win nrinllud the“. vial
an" an. that Nighml [up-n. uh!
mm plans. could in 1514 M awry
nu If noun can .0! Wu. 0. m at
dot. tho the, m In that: hun- rel
{ll-10.
o‘." uni-rm“ not, oat-No
w, soul-i. pod-d ..me m
u- mld mm In» u! M. .um My!
“lulhmlhh-OMJHNIM
{II nod-m 111 could last nub
ynllyflwJMli-Ibqum. at“;
can and milk.-
Ifdt mm» m'rw-M.~{
"Ib- Nuudu I'- to aw ton an.
tn am bunt-g m and lu‘
Wonk-HM- lawn-“lnmlhu‘
Huang-hm: um cl Inn-wit
.. ‘
(nu-rut Mum Art-m an! up!
vim": mm” col-out“
‘obnr-W by M 4 at khan-M
bound who. (bo- I-b ch Inn-h
emu-. 4 Ibo-uh cl w,
‘udnbhllym‘ Mub- 00‘!
ha.- cw 5-4. s. u- umu um
mun-kn)...
.. -.,_.*._.__.....
lip-v no any In: punch. not
”built—W.
The Crueltios of the War.
1' Whenever a great war arises, and the
‘ eomlmt between the opposing armiea
thickens and becomes more intense.
charges of cruelty, ontrnge nnd atrocity
nre almost invariably mmle by each com
lmtnnt ugninst the other. This was the
cnse in ourown civil war; end in the war
between Frnnce nnd l'russin in 1870, short
as it wus, we had tnles of cruelty end in
humnuity, many of which, at least, are
know n to have been ewggereted or
wholly fnlse.
The same bitter complaints have been
Constantly repeated almost from the
beginning of the present contest between
the Russians and the 'l‘urka. Terrible
stories luwe come to us of outrnges com
mitted on one side by the Clrcnssiuns
end the linibi Ibizouks, and on the other
by the not less snvnge (Jossncks. Indeed,
ncts nre snid to lmve been committed, or
which we never heard u hint during the
other were tb it hnve been mentioned.
Not only do we henrot‘ villages burned
end the villagers, men, women and chil.
dren, driven foodiess nnd homeless out
into an open country or into the menu
tains. in the midst of districts where but.
tie is raging; not only of fields laid waste.
of towns destroyed by ruthless bombard.
ment; of flags of truce tired upen; these
nre horrors which wnr nlWnys brings in
its lurid train.
Far worse then these are the enormi.
ties which it is much to he feared have
darkened even the truuedy of war in Bul
garia mid Routnelin. We are told horrible
stories of the ruthless mesmere of old
men, women mud children; of younggirls
shot down without warning, of innocent
babes touted on bayonet-I, of mothers com.
pulled to witness the murder of iheir
children. of fathers forced to stand help
less by and see their families sacrificed to
the passion und fury ut’ savage soldiers;
ofnnmhem of people driven into barns
and there burned alive: of autl‘ering
wmuuled men, tortured and mutilated as
they lie on the battle field; of rows of
prisoners of war taken out morning after
mnrningund shot down by pletoonsof
soldiers, in deliance notonly of hunmnity,
but of every rule nnd custom of war.
We may believe thnt many of these re
ports are highly colored, and nmny of
them have existed only in the heated im
agination of the combatants; yet that
they have in some instances taken place
is too well proved to admit of n doubt.
Nor is it possible to question that both
sides have been guilty ofnhocking cruelty
and herbnrism. There in us much proof
against one as agninstthe other.- .
"The truth is that neither the Russian:
nor the Turks are sutliciently civnlizcd to
have learned how to wnge war with the
least violation of humanity, the least de
etrnctiuu and sacrifice of the innocent and
defenseless. The old Aniutic and Moslon
ferocity still breaks out in the Turk and
Circnnninu. The Tartar blond of the Con
snck and the Muscovite still boils, in con
llict. with savage and remorselexe bent.
It seems certain that the worst cruel
tics which have been committed have
been those which the Bulgarians and
the Turks have visited upon (such other.
As soon as a Russian army has occupied
a Bulgurisn district. the natives [mo
risen remorseiossly upon their Turkish
neighbors, and have carried tire and mus
mcre into their households. When the
Turks have regained tho district, they
have retaliated on tho Bulgarians with
equal ferocity.
Thus the present conflict exhibits to
us the horrors of war in all their ghustli
ness and intensity. It shows how utterly
ssvsuu tho instincts of men are when un
restrsinmi by the influences of civiliza
tion.—- Youth's Companion.
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