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T11K- OMAHA SUNDAY HI IK: (KTOBKH 2. 1009.
NEAR VIEW OF ABDUL IIAM1D
Intimate Sketch of the Crooked and
Shady Buler of Turkey.
HIS VOICE ALOXE ATTRACTIVE
Fritirrt of Ilia Career Whlen fe
Inccd t.raft i a Holenee and
Mad Spylna a lrror(f4
Profession.
, .The sultsn of Turkey, Abdul HattiiJ, dur
ing hi reign of thirty odd yfr, tins been
til sport of Some Europcnn monarclis, the
tool of other and the byword of mankind.
What manner of a ruler he Is may be In
ferred from the fart that be reached the
throne by disposing of his elder brother
and seizing tha machinery of government,
fiut how he looks and acts In public and
private are not generally known. Just now,
with Turkey factor in the, Balkan dis
turbance, with the progressives In control
and a constitutional government In the
fnrmnUve stage, an Intimate, sketch of the
sultan Is instructive and timely. Such :i
pen picture Is contributed to the Novem
ber number of the American Magaxln by
' Nicholas C. Adossldes, formerly an attache
of the Turkish foreign office, son of
Adossldes Pasha, and who has enjoyed tin
iinal facilities for observation of the ruler
und the Turkish system, tn part lie says:
. A'idul Ilsmld, the sick man. Is the most
mysterious personage of our time. No other
rui so occupied the Imagination of. the
world, no other has been so feared and
fit hated, no other has been so much, the
thme of the contemporary historian. What
titanic epltheta have been hurled against
the unhappy SAlltan of Turkey,, who has
r igncd for thirty-three years, throned on
ti e fear of his subjects!
flatter tall and exceedingly slender, Ab
dul Hamld has the unstudied stoop of the
consumptive, ills face is 'wrinklel parch
ment, as If 1,hm anxieties and suspicions
JiHil left their Impress there, (lis fcutures.
Unities cruelty and cunning, denote intelli
gence and cowardice. The eyes, of almond
fhspe, by far the most Interesting detail
ff Ills parson, are dark and piercing, aged
wiih eternal suspicion. They denote high
Intellect, extraordinary Intelligence, subtle
refinement and pitiless cruelty.
The thin upper Up and the thick, sensual
lower Indicate a combination of passion,
irascibility and selfishness. His nose Is
fluulllne and lend to hi face the appear
ance of bird of prey. The chin, though
bidden by a beard, is weak and indecisive.
The Kalian's Remarkable Voice. '
The voice, however, belles the face. It
-In marvelously subtle und insinuating,
melodious In Its modulation, and full of
dulcet tone. With this remarkable voice
tVbul Hamld ha been able to seduce nearly
everyone who ha approached him, even
lils antagonist.
The sultan Is an Invalid, a de,
the higher order, Descended from sickly
princes whose Uvea wei'o spent half in
tho gloom of a prison, hair in the wanton
luxury of the serai; son. grandson and
greal-grandso.i of lary slaves of different
races; himself the child of a consumptive
mother and a tubercular father, he belongs
to an enfeebled dyr.asly that I afflicted
with every kind of disease, both of body
and mind, to the point of actual insunlty.
A Famous Headsman.
' In Turkish the. official term for the title
of gr.itid vizier I sadrl-aiam, an Arab
word, which mean porter; and, while
the derivation remains the same, the
original sense, has disappeared. The
grand vaslers of Abdul-Humid carry
nothing on their shoulder except the
everlasting dread of a disgrace ..that
may come uon them at any moment.
The entire burden of the empire being on
Hie master, they are nothing but figure
heads. Heme It ha happened that Abdul
Jlanil.l has In thirty-three years disposed
of so enormuu a number of ministers that
they form an endless procession, a vast,
unending nilnislerlurauis. and thus It hap-
pens' that one is not surprised nowad.iys
at meeting In Constantinople so consider
able a number of degraded highnesses and
excellencies In retreat. Who is there who
has not been more or less grand visler for
a year, a month, a week or a d:iy? Yes,
even for a day, like Ahmet Vefyk Pasha,
who. when grand vtiler for the first time,
held the office for twenty-four days and
on his second elevation for twenty-four
hours.
On the other hand, the personnel of the
generate of
Palace of Ylldis Is unchanging and to some
degree unchangeable, for here the qualities
the sultsn exsets from those who serve him
sre all united In earn of his courtiers. If
the ministers of Abdul-Humid are servile,
ten tlmra more so are the peopl- of the
palace one might sy they had no person
ality, no Individual existence. It Is for
this that they are chosen to serve as blind
Instruments of a personal policy, inaug
urated by the sultan after roncentratlng
In his hands all power; for. as I have al
ready remarked. It Is the Tlldis palace
which rules the empire.
Dome Depths of Oriental Intrta-oe.
The word ylldix means "star." A beau
tiful name, but It hardly appears appro
priate for the home of a monarch tike tho
sultan, as it resembles a prison rather than
a palace. It is a prison for the aultan
himself, who lives there, self-Immured and
surrounded with real fortresses and by
thousands of soldiers camped around the
circle of the protecting walls; a prison for
the hundr. ds of women who composo the
imperial harem, a prison for the people
of the court, for chamberlain as well as
for the lowest domestics who live there,
keeping themselves night and day at the
disposal of their master. Everywhere one
feels the depotism, the fear, the perptual
dread that centers around the gloomy per
son of the monarch, who, though shut
within a triple ring of w ills, allows no one
so much a to crosa the outer gate of the
pakice wlthbut being subjected to a search
ing Inquiry. But for a prison It Is a fine
one! ss big a a town-a city, one might
sy-bullt on the crest of a hill at the
mouth of the Mosphorus and containing in
itself everythlng-palaces great and small,
kiosk, belvederes, arsenals provided with
nuick-firina- guns, museums, observatories,
mosque, lakes, shop., work room. tables,
etc But most especially Ylldl boasts tlic
finest collection of sple that could pos
siblv be gathered together; the entire
household of his majesty is composed of
them.
Abdul llamld has gathered around him
,r.r entmirnre 'such as no sovereign hs
.. i i.,o. hmtiiriit together the
ever imu, im'B
vilest and most corrupt men to be found
in his realm, and when they were not bad
enough for hi. purpose he ha taken upon
himself the task of fashioning them In his
own Image. All his policy conlt in studv
hig their vice and making such use of
their weaknesses, hatred, Jealoule and
discord as to render a combination against
htm Impossible. For example. It often hap
pen that two courtier quarrel, exchange
sarcasms,' even blows, or perhaps merely
Insults; the suHan then decorate them
and makea them a uaeful preent-the dec
oration is the higher, the gift the more
royal, In proportion as the quarrel has
been the more violent. Later he call the
two enemies to him separately, recommend
ing to each loyalty to hi imperial person,
gives conciliating advice and engage each
to watch the other.
Inefficiency and Laslaee.
Tho city of Constantinople has a popula
tion of more than 1,000.000 inhabitants.
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over whom aouui iiamm nu iinjmi'.-u
army of lu.OuO spies otrtciai anu
YOUNG TURKS CAUSE ALARM f
Bulgaria Really Fears a Reformed
Ottoman Army.
ONE FEATURE OF LATE SCARE
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llellef that Revolstlos at Constanti
nople Portended Increase of
Turkish Power la the
Balkan.
who, as they say, watch directly or .mui
rectly for the preservation of hi life. This
work costs the Treasury deparlmet 14,000,
000 a year; still he allows to die of hunger,
not the great officials, but nil the petty
ones too humble for him to fear, and leaves
In misery and destitution the army-not.
of course, hl private guards at Y)hl!,
whom he cherishes and pay highly, but
the troop of the province.
The ordinary Turkish official is a curious
example of the orlqntal character. One
has only to look at' him to feel that he I
born ,ait official; that he ha come Into tha
world with the soul of an Ottoman official.
To "rank as a functionary is. in' fact, for a
Turk tho only honorable career, -Commerce,
even the liberal prof .'scions, are
degrading a very good Job for the giaour.
That is why, whether he be son or a
pasha or son of a cabby, the Turk has only
one ideal, one ambition to end his "lays
tn the skin of an official.
The duties of an official consist. In Jolng
nothing, or almost' nothing, for a Turkish
bureau is a temple of Idleness. The Otto
man functionary will make the unfortunate
man who ha to deal with him come tcme
after time, to extract from him a little
bakchlch, or perhaps from more honorable
motives, as, for Instance, to save himself
the trouble of writing a letter or locking
up a register. Of 'course there are anting
these official men who are industrious
and painstaking, but it Is only the strongest
will that ran resist the enervating a'moi
Bliere of a Turkish ministerial department.
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CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. .-tn the ca
pacity of special correspondent 1 have ben
to Pofta often, for the little Bulgarian
capital has been the storm center of Euro
penn politics from time to time for many
years. It wa In fiS that I first drove
Into the town from the railroad station
which Ilea on It outskirts. I drove In
small victoria drawn by two whit ponle
with blue bead around their neck and a
diamond shaped spot of henna on each
forehead lecorationa In deference to the
evil rye. The peasant Bulgarian I a man
of superstitions.
A wo entered the town, our ponies al
ways galloping, the shop grew from bcas
ant establishment where cheese and odd
shapes of bread or lancv allpper and
sheepskin coat were spread on open coun
ters to place where Austrian glove and
French shapes of silk hats were on sale.
At the center of the town electric car be
came numeroua, double lines crossing each
other at one corner.
iJere a sturdy gendarme raised his hand
for us to stop. He was two heads shorter
than a New York policeman, b it he carried
a sabre by his side. The chief of police
explained to me later that the weapon was
not for use, but simply to Impress the
peasants, who would have no respect for
one of their fellows In a brown uniform
only. '
At the heed of the broad main treet
we came to a solid, drab colored, rec
tangular building, surrounded by trees and
high drab colored walls. The massive Iron
gates were wide open and before each two
senllr-ls paced. This was the palace of
the prince, now proclaimed ciar of tho
Bulgarians. Suy.t beyond the palace was
the Hotel de Bulgurle, where I wa to put
up.
With Bulgarian Officers.
Several army officers In uniforms were
standing before the, Bulgaria as we drove
up, and one speaking good American
hailed me In this familiar manner: "Well,
of the free and the bruve." Strar-gers ari
conspicuous in Sofia, and when they are
how goes it? I see you're from the land
Americana they are always spoken to by
some graduate of the American college at
Constantinople, or some pupil of the Ameri
can missionaries who have spread their
language and their idea of liberty through
out the little country.
There was to be a military ball at the
Officer' club that night and I was In
vited forthwith. Two of the officers waited
at the hotel until I had dressed, and after
driving with me took me to the dance.
The scene was very like that at a mili
tary hop In any civilized country. The
officers looked martial In their simple Rus
sian uniforms and the women were simply
though tastefully dressed. There is no
wealth In Bulgaria, not a millionaire in all
the land; and as for the orflcers of the
army, they must live on their pay.
Members of the government and other
state officials were at the ball .wearing
ordinary evening dress; some few with
one or two decorations. Of course the Rus
sian diplomatic agent was there, and of
course he wore much gold braid and many
medals. He wore a monocle, and assumed
a patronizing, pretentious air.. I, was in,
troduced to him, and he talked-about Rus
sia's generous protection of the Bulgars.
But I knew that even then the Bulgarians
were aware that Russia's Interest was en
tirely selfish.
Aot Partial to Foreigner.
It Is said of the Bulgarian that they
dislike foreigners, and this is true to an
extent, for It hafc seemed to them that
the sympathy of even England Is moulded
largely on self-interest. Still they are not
like the Greeks, who believe that all ac
tion are Inspired by self-interest, and
they realize the value of the sympathy
of a newspaper correspondent. I wa the
special correspondent of an Important news.
paper and they were anxious that I should
sympathize with their cause.
Yet they adopted no surreptitious means
to make me do so; they went straight to
the point, demanding to know my atti
tudenot one or two of them, but every
man I. met. I Intimated that I had come
out to the Balkan to take nobody's Side,
and they remarked that an honet man who
was not a fool must perforce become a
partisan on the Balkan tiuestiun.
That, as I have said, was five year ago,
when the most horrible effects of Abdul
Hamld reign were being felt of the Bul
garian of Macedonia, more than lti.OuO of
whom had deserted their homes to seek the
safety of Bulgarian territory. A few weeks
after the Young Turks had taken over the I
Ottoman government I was at Sofia again
and had occasion to talk with some of the
same officers at the same club. Their argu
ment now was as direct as it had been be
fore. I.oral Virm of Matter.
"No," they said, "we have no legal lights
over the Oriental railway. Neither by the
Berlin treaty have we any right to possess
an army or ship of war, or to fortify out'
territory, or to make commercial treaties,
nor had we any legal right to annex cast
Humelia.
"But In all these things England gave uh
moral support and In the case of the last
materially assisted us. Now it talk of
rights in the Berlin treaty, In tiie making
of which we had no voice.
"And It seem to us rather absurd to talk
of breaking a treaty which has been trans
gressed In some faahiun by every European
power, not the least of all by K'ngland, and
which the Turk has successfully combated
ever since its creation."
"The organization of the Young Turks,"
the Bulgarian argument went on. "i com
posed chiefly of officers of the Macedonian
regiments that massacred pur people In 1903,
and their first object In throwing over the
old regime was to save Macedonia from us.
Prog-ram of Yoana; Turks.
"Hjd only the Christians of the Ottoman
empire suffered under the old regime there
would have been no change of government
in Turkey; It was only because Abdul
Humid regime began to oppress Moslems
I as well as rayahs that the Toung Turks,
with '.heir European education, were able
to persuade their people tu make the
change. The Young Turks have declared
thai they will never grant autonomy to
Macedonia, and" that nieuns that they will
hold that province, the most civilized of
the empire, back at the level of the Illiter
ate, more or le fanatical mass of the
country.
"They proptrse, too, that Turkish shall be
come the general Urruage of thia prov
ince, though under the old regime Bulgar
ian was at leusi tole.-ated. Not only thia
with regard to the unhappy province, but
for u. lor free Bulgaria, only in name a
vassal state, thvy propose to impose tha
power of their suzerainty.
"The first object of the new government
is not reform or goud government; these
are but the weans to the reorganization
of the OllouiAB army, ud while justice
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under the Moslem Is to our minds a thing
impossible, the creation, With the assist
ance of European officers, of a formidable
Turkish army. Is altogether too probable
for our - good."
Imnrovenirnta la Sofia.
Thirty years ago, when Bulgaria becanio
independent, Sofia was a very dirty town
without a street paved with anything but
cobblestones, and with but ome house of
any pretensions the Turkish Kouak.
Today, besides a palace and a parliamen
tary building, there are a national bank,
a postofflce, a military academy, a na
tional theater, many other government
buildings and several vast barracks.
There are parks and public garden
where bands play on summer evenings.
New streets and avenue have been laid
out, and some of the narrow ones of
Turkish times have been widened. Substan
tlal shop and hotels mark the business
quarter, and avenues with modern houses
the residential quarter.
Still Sofia reminds one of a lanky girl
whose spindle shanks and lean arms have
outgrown her pinafore. The dwelling by
standing far apart try to extend the long,
new avenues and cover the gawky child,
but ini places It is absolutely bare.
Hut the streets of Sofia have not alto
gether parted with the past; thorn are
many touches of Turkish times left. Many
of the old shops are dark, low and dingy,
though the shopkeepers no longer block
the pavements with their wares, silting
crosslegged among them. J
An ancient Turkish liuth and an old
morgue stand side by side In front of the
market place on one of tho principal corn
ers. The morgue, now no longer lined for
most of the Mohammedans: of Sofia have
gone back lo Turkey Is shortly to be torn
down, and the old bath has given place to
a splendid new one about the size of a
first-class London hotel, for the hatlis of
Sofia have some little reputation, the water
coming from mineral springs at the temper
ature of bolllr.g.
Sot a Huaalau loan try.
The Institutions of the Hulgurlans are
by no means those of the great Slav coun
try that liberated her. The Bulgars can
boast of having attained in a little over a
quarter of a century a liberty which the
Husslans have not yet secured.
The Institutions of bulguria are liberal
In principal, and generally as fair In
operation as those of- Fram e or Germany.
The suffrage Is extended to every male
adult, as a result whereof seven Turks
represent the Mohammedan districts of the
Danube and the Turkish brrder In the
Bobranje and sit among the other deputies
without removing their feres. Compulsory
service in the army lias given a splendid
training to the peasants.
The Bulgarians owe muc h to the Ameri
can missionaries, both directly ami In
directly. The Americans tranHlatod the
illblc for them. American missionaries
first began to educate Bulgarian girls, but
that was many years ago, before Bulgaria
became a principality. Now the state
schools afford every advantage the Ameri
can schools can offer except the English
language.
It Is due to the freedom of rellnlous
opinion lu Bulgaria that the American
missionaries have become so closely allied
with the Bulgarians, for in no other
Balkan country Is the same freedom of
thought permitted. Tho Servian govern
ment prolrtbits by law all conversation to
Protestantism; the Greeks since achiev
ing Independence have enacted law which
make religious teaching in the schools
compulsory. The Turks would never have
tolerated the missionaries If the4v had at
tempted to convert Mohammedans. A few
Turks who have deserted Mohammedanism
are said to have mysteriously disappeared.
And it has been found almost impossible
to convert Jews, so only the Bulgarians
are left to the missionaries.
The Turks accuse the American mls
ionarlea . of propagating a revolutionary
spirit among the Bulgars. Of this, bow
ever, they are not directly guilty, though
the enlightenment of a people like the
Bulgarians and the teaching of American
ideals naturally tend to firo them with a
desire for liberty. FREDERICK MOORE.
Her F igure is Trim, Her
Form Sublime.
The actre.tr iooked debonair, though the
play had been pronounced a frost by the
critics.
"It's got to auccced," site explained, "and
for that reason I'm not nervous. Last
seasou I played seven new parts and I
burned a lot bf good coin for costumes.
This season I am radiating with health
My form is Ideally proportioned. I took
the Marlmola Prescription to get this sub
lime figure, and a woman's figure can not
be nearer perfection than what Marmola
has made of me. A doctor friend of mine
gave me the prescription. He's a brick.
It's so simple; Just get at any drug store
ounce Martnola. H ounce Kluld Extract
Caacara Aromatic and il'i ounce Pepper
mint Water and take a teaspoonful after
meals and at bedtime. Now I have the
strength, enthusiasm and power of a dozen
tars. I tell you I am going to be IT."
With this the leading lady bows.! the re
porter out. calling Sfler lilm, "If you have
any lady friends tell them shout Marninlu.
but impress upon them that there are i limp
substitutes on th market thai do out do
the work." Marmola Co., iJcUoit, Midi.
COAL COST JNHUMAN LIFE
Annual Heath noil Itnnnlna; Into
Thousand Mistaken Idea
mm to Accidents.
Accidents In the coal n ines Of the United
States In ItxiT resulted In death to t.YJt
nien and Injury to 5.S16 more, an Increase
of in the number of deaths and 616 In
the number of Injuries over the record of
lWt. This record mark the year, ln all
other respect the most prosperous, as one
of the worst in the history of the coal min
ing Indjstry of the country. fcven the
above figures, however, fail to reprenent
t.ie full extent of the disaster, for sny
'statistical statement that attempts to cover
coal mining accidents for the entire United
States Is necessarily somewhat Incomplete.
The United States Geological Survey, by
which the figures for the country ate pub
lished, does not collect the information ill
rectly. but obtains It through the courtesy
Of state or territory mine inspectors or
other officials, who compile data concern
ing accidents and tiieir causes and- effects.
A number of the ccal-produclng states have
no official's charged with these duties and
one or two of the state officials failed lo
reply to the Inquiries sent out by the sur
vey. In Ii6 returns were received from
twenly-one states and territories; In 1W7
only eighteen reported. x
The reports received Indicate a death
rata per thousand employes of 3.31 In 19 8
and 4.1k; in 1!7 and the number of tons
mined for each life lost decreased from
l!H.9Vi to 115.471. The state which had the
lowest death rate per thousand (HO) in
Vjtrj was Missouri, where m,H2 torls of
coal were mined tor each life lost. Michi
gan was second on the roll of honor so far
as death rate per thoununl employes was
concerned, and Kentucky waa second In
the number of tons mined for each life
lost.
The prominence given by the press to
descriptions of mine explosions when such
disasters claim a number of victims has
led the general public to believe that of
the many perils to which coal mine worker
aro exposed the danger from explosions is
the greatest. Ktatisttcs do not bear out this
impression. Of the total number reported
for the last calendar year, I7 deaths and
313 Injuries were raused by gas and dust
explosions, M deaths and 416 injuries by
powder explosions and windy shuts, l.UJ
deaths and 2,141 injuries by fall of roof or
cos), and ICu deaths and 2.416 Injuries wero
ascribed to other causes. The figures for
19U7 show, however, that explosions of gas
or mixtures of ga and dust have compara
tively fatal results, the uumlier killed lu
this way during the year being three tunes
a great a the number injured; In accidenta
from other causes the number of nonfatal
injuries largely exceed the fatal ones. In
accident from pjwdtr explosions and windy
shots twice as many men were injured as
were killed, and the same ratio holds in
Injuries from falls of roof or coal, in the
accidents ascribed to other causes nearly
three time as many men were Injured as
were killed.
Commenting upon this record in his repoit
upon the coal production of the country,
published by the United Status Geographical
Survey as an advance chapter from "Min
eral Resources of the United State. Calen
dar Year 1SU7," E. W. Parker, the coal
expert and chief statistician of tiie survey,
says:
"It has been said tiiat there is only one
way by which accidents In coal mines can
be entirely prevented, and this Is by ceasing
to mine coal. There is no doubt, however,
that the number of accidents may be
greatly lessened, and much benefit la antici
pated from the action of congress in appro
priating $150,000 to enable the United States
Geographical Survey to investigate the
cause of mine explosions and make recom
mendations In relation thereto. It Is not the
Intention, aa it la not the province, of the
Geographical Survey to undertake any sys
tem of mine Inspection or regulation, but
simply to carry on research Investigations,
the results of which will be published for
the benefit of all. The writer 1 of the
opinion that one of the greatest needs of
the coal mining industry I the enforcement
of military discipline in the operation of
the mine. Without such discipline the
knowledge acquired through investigation
has proved of no avail." New York Times.
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Tlnr' lrl Visits Cm it-awe. to . See
Harpist Whose Playing; Saved ;
Her Life.,
A llttlo girl has come all the way from
England to Chicago to hear again the
sweet strain of a harp played by a young
woman whose wonderful music brought
the small maid back to health a year ago,
after she had been given up as Incurable
by the greatest physicians of Iondon.
The little girl Is 6-year-old Natalie Fern
wood, of Heathcote, a fashionable suburb
of London. The young woman Is Miss
Clara Louise Thurston of 765K Emerald
uvenue, whom King Edward called "the
girl with the musical fingers."
Two years ago Miss Thurston went to
Germany to study under Herr Franz Pco
nltz the great harpist. After a year she
returned to America by the way of Ire
land and England. Hhe stopped for a time
In Heathcotc, and while there heard of a
treasured harp possessed by the Fernwood
family. The Instrument was an heirloom,
and was played long ago by the grand
mother of little Natalie. Miss Thurston ex
pressed a desire to play on the harp,
which hud been untouched for years. i:or
wish was granted and the Instrument was
brought forth from Its massive case.
The girl's dainty fingers picked out from
the musical strings a gentle, soothing lul
laby, and Li she played-ever so softly
the strains reached the ears of the little
Invalid, who, in a nearby room was wast
ing away fro-.u a disease that mystified
the dwtors.
A new light came Into the child's eyes,
and she asked her nurse "tu bring the lady
to play for tne." The harp was brought
Into the sick room, and Miss Thurston re-v
pealed tbe lullaby. Then she played an-?
otlier air a happy, rollicking song from:
which laughter seemed to ripple at every,
note. The child listened as if enchanted, v
"Play again, please," ahe Said when th
young woman had finished.
Another melody and the the American
girl arose to go.
"You'll come again, tomorrow, won't
you?" the child pleaded. It wa the first
time In week she had shown an Interest
in anything.
No heart could have resisted tha appeal;
of the small aufferer, and Mis Thnrton
not only cam the following day, but pro
longed her visit two weeks, so that she
might plesse Natalie.
When she finally sailed for America th
color of health had returned to little Na
tglle'ji cheeks, srd her recovery waa loekcil
upon an certain." t 1?
"I'm going to get well, mamma," she''
said; "so- I'c4n go to America and see the
kind lady who played for me."
When the Hmall traveler arrived in Chi-'
cago with her parents a few day ago
and went to the Thurston home she danced
with Joy as she caught sigt of Mis Tliurs
ton. In a moment the two were In each
other's arms ii(T tears ranio to the .eye.
of the mother and the American girl as
they watched the Joy of the child.
Natalie w.uld eat no lunch until Miss
Turston had played upon her own harn.
the wondeiful lullaby to which the child's
parents believe she owes her life.
Mr. Fernwood. who Is a London mer
chant of prominence, and his wife wll
retjrn to England In a few days, leaving
Natalie to visit with the Thurston until
the Christmas holidays. Chicago p0t.
Th ltetort Lethal.
The eyes are the base ball umpire's stsff
of life. Of what use would his knowledge
and honesty be unless be were abeolutely
certaln of every play that he rule upon''
His siirht. near or fftr, must be discrimi
natingly accurate. ' lie cesse to be an
umpire the moment his sight flickers.
Captain John McUraw of the Giants was
at bat one day In a hard-fought game.
The ChleHgo pitcher sent over a wld one
which John Judged would be a mere "ball"
to help him on his way to first base, but
the ball took a sudden inslioot and barely
cut the corner of the plate as John stood
Idle.
"Btr-r-rik one!" shouted the one and
only Tim JIurst. who was umpiring
"Strike?" shouted McUraw. "Strike?
Why, you mush-headed old blsnkety-b-s-x-s-s.
you're losln' your lamps!"
"Cut that out about tho lumps'.'' was all
Hurst said in reply. Harper's Weekly.
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