St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-08-06
Notes from Turkey.
THE ILI.I NI\ATIo\.

liif. ll.l-l NINA lI'N-
.Nr Edif0r: If ! could ltlN describe
t. ynu Il scene which Witnessed Il few
nights ago. N"u would perhaps hr per
>uadtd that the Arabian Nights WAS not
all Il fiction. 1t WAS the fourteenth an
uIycI>aIN of the accession OF His I'm
pcrial Majesty, the Sultan. Ahd hdul-Aziz.
To he throne ot Turkey. The cclthra
tinm took place in the evening and
consisted nt tIcA"lk> and illumlnations.
have never before seen amy thing that
could ut all c"mpalr with it III Splendor.
For twelve miles both shores of the
BoSpIoiu> were, one blaze of light, com
ing from millions upon millions "t lamps
and candles Both >hulc~ are lined
it'll houses. and cNrIN house of any
pretcn~ion> WAS illuminated. This WIS
hnt huge tlamcWorks built in every
sort of fantastic shape were completely
covered with lamps and lanterns. There
| were stars and crr>ccut> without num-
| Der. ir>toorIS. arches. pl ranid>. nI>cilp-
| liuus. red lights. green lights, calcium
! lights and electric lights. One who has
not seen il can hardly imagine the effect
of this cnmhincd brillianrN, with the
reflection ia the calm waters of the
BnSpIInruS. With Il party of friends
went ont in Il steamer. chartered foI
this purpose. and sailed slowly up and
down the strait.
Every mosque had lights up and
down its mimarctS. The ron-clad men
of war lN ing in front of the palace "l
the Sultan had lamps all over then
rigging. while the royal dispatch boat
of the khcdivc of Egypt WAS most bril-
Iiamtly Illuminated with c"lorcd light'
that Sparklcd like jewels. The watel
waS alive with boats. there heing per
haps twenty Strcameis. all lighted. an'
hundreds of calques each carrying ;
lantern in its how.
Most of the Pashas and ministers o
state have palaces and gardens on th'
Bo>phorus. and on occasions like thl
they vie with each other in shown:
T. their devotion to their absolute master
who could dccapitatr each one of thcI
political heads with wave of hi: hand
This very often happens without th
slightest warming. as WAS the case Il fc,
davs aro with the Sheik ul-lslam th
Il Il, Il,
had been making grand preparation
for an illumination 1T his BoSphoru
:. palace. hut the VcIy daV before tn
I. anniversary he WAS Informed that Iii
Majesty no longer needed his service
to guide. the. flock of the faithful.
One of the most beautiful illumlna
tioms was at the palace of the khediN
of Egypt For a third of Il mile i'll trol
of his gardens there WAS hung trlpl
row of lanterns in arches and fcstnul
iutcrsperScd with cresrents and star
and his grounds which reach for SON
distance back on II dcclivitY We're Il
e Illuminated in the same manner. ii
of fireworks were very beautiful. and b'
-, iur fired from Il raft at anchor ont
thc stream, the beauty was doubled
the reflection in the water. just as "I
2 tup reached the raft. an accident o
: ,urred which caused Il magnificent dl
rl,v for the lockers on but WAS anythIl
but sport fol the p""I fellows on L
raft. I'm some way spark reached
magazine where the fireworks we
stored and in AN instant they all e
ploled together. For II moment
mir WAS alive with rockets shooting
all directions, the raft caught hre