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pebsonax pqintsbs kotos of interest about some prominent people robert casper of neuruppin gor- ixnany who is totally blind makes a i living as a newspaper reporter ills i memory is such that ho can iviueai- lbcr the exact words of any speech lis accuracy is maryellous it has long boon known that the i czar kssessed a very prvtty musical gift and his majesty has recently essayed his power as a composer of i music to his own verses in these i verses the predominant note is one of religion theyextol the glories i of the orthodox church and its saints land exalt the virtue of christian self- i sacrifice and renunciation of worldly i goods and prosperity ilr briton rivlwv ra is do- iservodly proud of the remarkable i feat or having had a picture- hung jut tho british gallery while still a cheltenham schoolboy at seventeen jtwo of his paintings were ucceptod the royal academy- and yet where slavw reigh8 scene ax a morocco savh mabket proceeclings begun with prayex- showing off the slaves i a crowd of penniless idlers to whom admittance is deeded clamor outside the heavy door vrhilo the city rats fight for the privilege of holding the mules of wealthy citizens who are arriving in large numbers in response to the report that the house hold of a great wnzeer recently dis graced will be offered for sale tort- ly moors from the city country moorswho boast less co3tly gar ments but ride mules of cosy pace and heavy price ono or two high officials all classes of the wealthy to bo brier or arriving- rapidly for the market will open in a quarter of an hour and bidding will bo brisk wo pass the portals unchallenged in spilo of his early success he was awl the market stands revealed an for some years compelled to main- opcn p 0 barei dry groumi nerq himself by illustrating maga- j me around with tapia walls dust- izines ami books before ho could re- colored crumbling ruinous somo- isume the luxury of his beloved j thingig nu arcade stretches across i brush the centre of the ground from one that wonderful woman the dow- j si do to tie other of the market roof- inger kiiipress or china who by-the- j les now and broken down just as hye ik not of the low origin she is tho outer wall itself or the sheas ojnilarly credited with has the like cattlepens that are built all teat distinction of being able to around it read and rite which makes her unique among chinese women of her oherahon she looks extraordinar ily young for her age her hair is fjtill dark and luxuriant her skin sinn and unwrinkled though she rouges to a considerable extent- her ichiei recreation is cardplaying with lthc ladies of- her court and largo sums of cioney are often staked for at heart sho is a gambler apropos of the birthday of the i bishop of lincoln dr king who i was seventyfour the other day is i told the following pretty story a couple of years ago the bishop at- 1 tended a confirmation at boston england th i crippled for con brought to the service without more ado despite ids threescore and twelve years and a driving rain and blustering wind he set out and walk- led the two miles that separated the cottage of the girl from the church the service in her bedroom lost no- ithing of its beauty or solemnity be- cause of its mean surroundings the crown princess of sweden who is very prettv and popular goes i by the name of the colonels wife the crown prince unlike his poot human cattxepeks on the ground by tho side of the human cattlepens the wealthy pa trons of the market seat themselves at their easo arrange themselves in leisurely fashion and start to chat as though the place were a smoking- room of a club- watercarriers lean halfnaked men from tho sun spring klo the thhsty ground that the tramp of slaves and auctioneers may not rniso too much dust as they go about their work with the apathy and indifference born of long exper ience 1 liavo a curious reminder of the spanish bulbing to which tho slave market bears same remote re- ho heard of a poor semblance the gathering of spccu- 1 girl who had- been prepared j to tho watering of the ground tho firmation but could not be scnce ot excitement all strengthen the impression c within tho sheds the slaves nre- shrinking huddled together thoy will not face the light until the mar ket opens tho crowd at the en trance parts to the right and left to admit grave mcnwoarng white tit bans and jellabias- they nro tho delals or auctioneers and the sale is- about to begin slowly and impressively tho delals advance in a lino to ths centre of the slave market almost up to tho j father is a military enthusiast and j arcade where the wealthy buyers all is honorary colonel of several regljsit expectant- then tho head auc- ments when he was first married ho i tioncer lifts up his voice and oh took his young bride into the head- hideous mockery of it all ho prays quarters of the regiment of which he 1 with downcast eyes and outspread was then acting colonel and said j hands he prays fervently he rectos gentlemen the colonel in command i the glory of allah the one who of the regiment desires to introduce j mndo the heaven above and tho his wife to tho regiment thowrth beneath and the u and nil charming young wife was received tiat is therein his bicthrcn and the with rounds of applause and the buyers say anion name has stuck to her ever since j w arc the crown princess is n notable j mountain music strange formation of musical bocks in nevada from the shores of pyramid lake icar the truckee river nevada rise he rockcovered slopes of a musical j mountain it is littlo known to n of tho present age for it has mines and the country about its base is barren and unfit for cultivar ion whilo the absence of a railway r coaching convenience puts it out f the beaten track of the tourists in 1803 it was first discovcied by l party of white settlers who had omc prospecting from comstock ml who pitched their camp along side a waterholc at the foot of the mountain when the sun had gore down and tho myriads of insects had ceased their humming and the animals had xnght their lairs a low sweet sound of music seemed to cmanato from tho mountnin side beginning like tho tinkling of millions of fairy hells gradually swelling into a roll of harmony and then stopping almost abruptly in a short- time tho operation was repeated and the sweetest sounds that ever fell en human car rose in the calm evening air theories wild and improbable were propound ed by the prospectors but no satis factory reason was forthcoming and the sounds continuod at intervals throughout tho night becoming in audible at sunrise after a timo it was discover by those men who developod a greater interest in the musicni phenomenon than in prospecting that tho whole of the mountnin side was covered with thin flakes of crystalline rock lying in largo beds which were over moving slowly like an avalanche towards tho foot basing their tneoies on this discovery they nr- ilved nt the conclusion that the strains of music arore from the friction of those plates one against tho other and that the sounds of the world drowned the music by day which accounted for its only being ludlble at night settled the argument visitor to onolegged darky tmd you lose your leg in tho war incio barky no sah i dono lose dat lalg in the boptis cause sab i war niilstcrin down in carliny and tuk sinner down inter do libber ten neshlato im inter de chuch an long como oner deso yoro monsus bfg catfish an strncted dt laig from tho remains cr my puson indeed that was a sad misfor tune i was in dat crpinion inyfef v time sah but dnr vti7 ore goovl xult comln fom do rnrhc lut et- lled a pnt dat my wife an me hnd littered bout fo some lae she illcrs lowed dcre wnrnt nufim in o round wol dat i war good fo but lifter dnt mo war blecdge to own lp dat x wuz mighty good fish loit l cook and this gift which she has taken great enre to perfect made her a prime favorite with the old emper or william of germany many good stories arc told of sir walter farrntt the master of tho kings music jlcrc is one illustra tive of his extraordinary memory somo eight or ten men were nsscmb led one evening in one of the lodg ings attached to st michaels col lege tehbury sir walter parratt and herr von hoist played in turn upon the piano such music as was naked for this went on for somo time until at inst the chessboard was brought but sir walter l then proposed to play two men nt chess in consultation still remaining at the pinno and playing from memory what was demanded either from rnch beethoven mozart chopin or mendelssohn without even a glance nt tho chcssboird ho won tho gamo in on hour the marquis ito the primo min ister of japan had a narrow escape in the adventurous days of his youth ho and his mom inouye incurred ob- f- ll elds young woncn- no ing for once unveiled yet unrebuked the last amen i said tho delals separate each ono going to the pons he presides oyer and calling upon their tenants to come foith obedient to tle sum mons the slaves face the light tto sheds arc emptied and there are a few noisy moment bewildering to the novice in which the auctioneer place their goods in line rearrange drosses give children to the charge of adults sort out inch and women according to their age and value and prepare for the promenade the slaves will march round and round tho circlo of buyers led by tho auc tioneers who will proclainv tholut- est bid offered and hand over nnyj one of his charges to an- intending purchaser that he may make his ex aminations bcfoic raising the price showing their points in tho procession now gathering for tho first parade five if not six of tho seven ages are represented thorn are old men and women who cannot walk upright however the delal nmy urge others of midcilo nge willij years of active service before them young men full of vigor and youth loquy by their advocacy of tho euro- ponnizing of japan and their politi cal opponents resolved upon their assassination ito was traced to the house of a lady to whom ho was attached but the lady hid him so se curely that he could not bo found saying that he had left her some hours before and that she would be glad if the strangers would leave her also they departed and ito man aged to got on board a vessel bound for england coneenlod in a bale of silk ho remained in that bail for thirtysix hours without either food or drink then ho introduced him self to the skipper and was allowed to work his passage to liverpool as a steward f- tho following affecting advertise ment appeared some time ago in a london newspnpor if this should moot the eye of emma 0 who absented herself hist wednesday from her fathers home she is implored to return sho will bo received with undiminished nftoclion by her almost heartbroken parents if nothing can persuade her to listen to their joint appeal should she be determined to bring their grey hairs with sorrow- to tho grave should she never mean to revisit a house where she has passed so many happy years it is at least expected if she bo nqtlost to nil kcnsc of propriety thatgahe will without a moments delay jend back the kev of tho teacaddy somo lawyers consider it a crimo to confess a crime dr aw chases q catarrh cose wc it kt kl 19 lfc dlvmcj panbrk rrrocd baw hrjltir- tat dej tlai pivsc tt tfc pfafft to tit ihiwt and trmtontif ecrc cittrth ifiy fcvit niowcr lem an jjlf cr lr a w chvi uiictt co toreatr oj bo before tho faccsof men and clildjeft of every nge from babies vio will bo sold with their mothers to girls and boys on tho threshold of man hood and womanhood all arc dre scd in bright colors and displayed to tho best advantage that tho hcnrth of bidders nmy be moved and their purses opened widely it will bo a lino sale says my noighbo a handsome dignified moor from one of the atlas villages who had chosen his placo before i had reached the market thoio must bo wellnigh forty slaves now each delal has ms people sort ed out and tho procession begins followed by his bargains he inarch es round and round the market somo of tho slaves are absolutely freo from emotion of any sort oth ers feel their position i learn that tho delals colnnilwinn is 2j per cent on the purchase prico and there is a government tax of r por cent slaves nro sold undo- a warranty and arc returned if they liavo not been properly described by tho auctioneer bids must not bo ad vanced by loss then a moorish dol larthat is about three shillings nt a time and when a falo is concluded a deposit is paid at onro anik tho balanco on or after f the following day the attractive women nw strong j inon hno boon sold hnd have rcallz- ed good prices tho old people nro in littlo or no demand but tho auc tioneers wiupcrsist oulsldo tho marheiplnre onccoun- try moor of the middleclass in cliargo of four yoimsc boy tlnves nnd is telling a friend what lie paid for them i learned thattclr prico averaged cloven pounds micioiu kngluh currency two liusidred nnd eighty dollars in moorlmi nioilcyr that thoy woro nil bred in mnrrntf- ih bv n dealer who hcps n largo eilaulfshmcnt of ilav as ono in england might keep n rfinlfnmi nnd nils the children lhy grow up- ifnr i i