| Show mahometano Maho Mabo pilgrims to medina anti and mecca will encounter worse hardships and dangers this year than usual owing to an insufficient rainfall during the last few seasons in the province of hedjazi the arabian holy land famine prevails throughout the district and renders the natives eager to rob and lea plunder at every opp rt unity the lea I 1 ling I 1 ng rou routes tea to NI medina ed I 1 na a and n d mecca are most moat insecure robbers ly lying 1 n in wait for travelers and merchandise fee while the tribes are constantly fighting ing among themselves to secure the scanty pasture for their cattle zon lon don Gr graphia Ora phio aphid mr lang writes leaders for the daily news newa yet he goes and comes as he pleases and his duties as a journalist are aie not suffered to interfere with his other literary work his lectures etc A share of his time la is spent in lEdin edinburgh burgh it is said that when he reports at the office be asks if any particular topic requires quirce re treatment at his hands he is so thoroughly informed and so facile that assigned a theme for editorial treatment he be will ditl sit down in all the noise and confusion of the editorial room and reel offa off a delightful essay full of learning learn inn of wit of al allusion lupion and of quotation this too without referring to any book from which it may be desirable to take extracts or to which it may mav be desirable to turn in fact lang is looked upon by h 9 journalistic associates socia tes as a cyclopedia of learning a fountain of litand a master of all that is charming in style fix ex |
