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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

Ms.LnIiAt Fhurch-HnLu lar sCrvlCC9 cY-
e7y sabbath by Eev; } / heard
SUNDAY S'hool AZ ,'nF n>, every
wednesday nigh At ha,l past seven.
Pres5y!elia n Ni"'yh-S'r'lctI ts'T "a
SD' r"''o lh5;3r. SnoSay school ev.r,
aahbalh uornias at iaf pa! n;ne o'elo.f.
Singing IL t"9 e'sn'"S ~.T ;5nys h,f.ro
~ sr"t snj trird SUNDAYS ol each month,
a, : O'Clock p. m. g..
1stholS c S1Hi(" ~ Ta,5Nr EHtf,
90
Apoyvrarux.
.b,.o C.s.
w"
4hs de-' Is 1S'''A'' '"' 1t" e
ST. MN
CSnt bfoohhsF'A gel u" eoH"'oN ''''
for Savannah:
MI ihs >"Fe iEo'''N '"' ""i"'">
from 1eS"' F"''' nc T''"' i've "''A'
Tbs oyster season IS upon u am? fse
BIAS the oivsiyeSln great quantity
ar. ". T.. Mitchell has gone to Winona
where he Is Engaged on the fff' fsF''
On occouut Of holidays al he J.wish
y,m. IN town vi., he c,os,d Thursday.
zS.h inst.
gu.ineqs i. loakinr Up, ard or 1ner-
o1sn,s or. ye~v much enccarag d. ana an
.
r.rn, ro,son,t
AL' -,
M'"t''Fi """' ~.
1'o'o! "
H'8""
Mr.. r ) SchH'lTf ~ eiec'lhs " '"F~' 1''''
haudaohe t~o story h'ose on 'h' 'f "'A'
10 MS O." shop' "'l<' ''t VIII ''' 49,
'
= us ti'd1H C"'ct' A"'S i'f'N'l" -
%tir seq IS rst<f! Noa'e 'HS q '"S' "'''o''
u p>s*sut h.efli '!'s.' H's' Fo"'S' -
ladies Wc2tfe'r e.
E,,lsrs. Kaas.s ( Le7 'sreieee'F.ng ne"
.u5 :rrs1 gooIs If every Le script:"n, See
their delicate advertisement. We Vii
notice them Al length Isl Lczt i-suel
III. Hranaun HeouLjic.a saws that NJ.
= " NI,..,s If Lincoln. = p~rsuiatNt
n,g,aEart of u~fookhayen, has ;uracl i;em
s.r,s. That will pe acws 10 ti- u r.
CtI Yam,,ei Of SILVER Geek |
4 the R.n.c,euts ives # y 100
...,,,y in rbe Eeri,I.tu.e, ,pent ve,te1Gs,
,-c;tv "a, .r.d ~, s!jh a call.
49,, C.,o.,1 !
~ A'''A .. |
: P'"''A
SN"'"s
"
Hs we're Pisa'ei 70 n-ee' Ia "offthctuh
last MONDAY Af' ''"fhF' 'HF 8''''e''""''
trsTs!4'8 agent o. 'N' 'ASe'-'N' ""u 1.""
bic a!stl9oeFY No''9e u I J '"'o>
ere, of sew tie NE A'"':' "e''':'|'
Lincoln is one ii tie best organized
counties ia the $.a;r, and viii give 4 ia!,e
a~.ilritv fo7 the hpte<ttitAet. C!5lf have
been formed in every boat ald HE snt.u-i-
asm Of The people is Srra&. Keep he good
vork upti.i lie 7h Of Nuvenher.
Ir ?. Eitgurr has ned the Culu.i3 q II
front of his bai Der ssop elegantly panied.
D.a:tes tie o|inameutai wo'k tiey tear the
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

FiIENDs, when ypu bling you cotton 10
to"r, d"n't III; t. cal at Tnn LGDiaR Of
fee aud pay y"nr srb>c,ipion. Il y".l
G,e T. taaIEs the paper, cali ana So,
scribe.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

IA DF7TER gOvcrnmont can be@secured
under proper ec"nomy. with ell unnec-
esaary and improper ieakqges stopped.
than Under Il system OF eXtrava8auca
which tenla to make all public officers
indifferent and reckless. This is thr
true secret of Administrative reform
II New York we are running the Coz
eminent for little more than half what
it cost two wears ago. and the work is a.
least rs efficiently done. '-Goc. H.
teas conversation at ii6ony,>e SEPT. 4.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

".lc I'f."f 81 tap' !u&:ing,' Etc.
" t4is a4c Of hunbU$ge 3 it il cay t.
A:Sc bod ass.3'iomR, bu. t.. idlnioh ind +
puta5.e evidence Q! dc tutn Of them Is
cot a,w - easy.
We bolnIy assert that Dr.. Tutt's Hair
Dive i, sutsr!.r to al! oth-r- and 10 p:o>a
i, We y We ,e-jila,ns Of > celebfate.t liar
Dresser, $40 has ,.crd the N%a;ioVa Gem
pounds r. commented fur c0iollnS lie hiIr
i0r ,wvHty-dvc years.
nFrDIT
AvGrsrA, G., NV 4, II
UR. TUTT:-
Ucar Sl.:-hs :. Hal, D cs7er for teen v
d,a wears, botn il Lurope aud AMe'3cs, /
have used All kiDa:s u iialt dyes. and | am
iappy 10 say tiiit vaur@ iss"pe ior 10 any
| lave ever seen. FJrsrveral years / have
used it VI Il thu g.ea;e-t "a ~i,.ac,i n TO my
>tif and customers. hesptciGliy,
{. bAL1zE n.
French hair Dresser,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

Alfred Vaughn was the name of a col
ored man living on the plantation of ID.
Llsle's Esq about three hall
miles Southeast of Okoluna.
On iast Saturday night a party of
black man and boys went to E.is cabin,
with the intention of whipping him.
and making HIM leave the country.
They commenced operations by BON
harding his house with stones aud
brick bats, lie came to the door,
w~hereupon the attacking party fired At
his person four times. The last shot
struck INN in the breast, killing INN
almost instantly.
New witnesses were summoned, and
their testimony led to the arrest Of Jake
Walls, Henry Davis, Brick Colgin,
Louis Davis. Frank Banuvrman, Dick
Ezeli, and Jack FuNlks. these par
t.ss-who are all negroes-confessed
their guilt, and they together with Bill
Mil'erl were sent 10 the Aberdeen jail,
on Tuesday morning Oho!oho HtnteS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

/ DESIRE t" exchange q second hand bp4-
Nv Tor COW; goats or money. Gail on ME
or The editor IF The LEDGER.
J, 3. DEAsoN.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

Notice!

On account OF Holidays my store viii
be Closed AID tranesct no business ON Sep
TENDER I9th, 20h and % h.
q tpp,nS
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
BRooKhAvEN RETAIL MARKET.

CoRRttfED EEhLr.
Axes-sl 90 to 81 80.
Bacon-Clear sides, t6c.
shoulders, Ito l2hc
Hams, lSc.
R~arein.-per yard IA to II
iron Ties--rer pound &c.
Rutter-CouptrA, Doc.
+" Western. 81 to 40c.
Hrsu-Wheat. per 100 h. 2 90 to , -.
B~ref-retaii ! to lh}ac.
Iottou-per pound I ID to Il lie.
C~onep--per nound - Ia 2Sc.
Corn--per bushel ., to | 10.
Chickens--per dozen 20oto 90.
corn Meai--pcg bt,shel -.
Dumestics--Brown, 10 10 lie
Z. B~learhed, 40 I5c.
Egye.--12L to l5c
F,Gder--loo %.
Hay--1Ac.
lron--Tt to Zoe.
l.atJ--per pound TO 10 fSr.
AolnSsps--p per gallon 81 to IS.
Nackerel---pe 81 kit l 20 - ; 90.
Nails--ler p0ana 70 I}zc.
Oais--1 90.
Pork--Mess, per barrel %.
Country, per pound SO lnc.
Prints TO 10 ..
Peas 30 To Is
Potutoes--Sweet, 40U.
Irish, Z - 10 on.
iiowS--. 1 90 to 1850.
Salt per sack , o. to . -,
sugar--per pound 70 to l24E.
ShIngles--3 30 to ( 0U.
f~urkeys--l 90 10 | - each.
F~ohacco-per pound 81 to / %.
Whisky--pcr gallon lI5 to5n1
Wa.oAs--SI? to Sltfi-
EuMBUa! thy name is Democrat
ieforp.-Co,t NchNrz.
Inconsistent fool! thou AIT known q
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.. Co., St. T.. &. "a. ge.

.. cs., "a. D.. & e. "a. Sc.
Mai. Train-Going North.
Leuyes New Orleans 400 p. m
Brookhayen 1888 o.. m
Arrives at Jackson 1:30 D. m
Mail Irain-Goilg South.
Leaves Jackson 2:90 a. n
" Brnokhayen $50. a. m
Arrives at New Orleans 1900 m.
freight Trains-Goiug North.
Leave ~Brookhagen 1880 p. IN
G:9 r. N.
sos a. m.
Freight Trlins-Going South.
Leave Brookhaven a:as 2. N
a;13 p. IN
s:tT d. IN
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OUR

We hereby appoint the following named
persons "a agents for THE LEDGER, They
will receive and receipt for subscriptions,
advertising or JOB work. Call On the one
nearest to YOU and subscribe;
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We notice Of Ia. r. W. Mils,2s To h~
CCsyG.aer9.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Condensed Time Of the
Louisville & Ct. Southern
RAILROAD LINE.
Condensed Time, September 10, 1878.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS WITHOUT

CHANGE
Are run between New Orleans and Louis
vile, via Milan; Little Rock and Louis
vile, via Nempbio; Memphis and Nash
vile, via Mckenzie.
For info nation about Tickets and Emf"
grant Rates, address.
G. p. ATMOHE Grn. p. & T. Ag
J IN LIT LOUISVILLE, by.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

RE,D;heietscYs ofR B. W i;heta { TO
il uaolher ccinmu.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

EuMBUa! thy name is Democratic
IefOrn.-C0tt NchW,z.
inconsistent fool! thou AIT known as
Carl Schurz.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14
The influence of Newspapers.

A school teacher, who has been en-
gagged long time in his profession, and
witnessed the influence of a newspaper
upon the minds of family and children,
writes as follows: | have found it to be a
universal fact, without exception, that
those scholars of both sexes, and of all
ages, who have access to newspapers at
home, when compared with those who
have not, are:
/. Better readers, excellent in pronun-
citation, and consequently read more un-
derstandingly.
,. They are better spoilers, and define
words with ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain practical knowledge Of
geography in almost half the time it re-
quires of others, as the newspapers have
made them acquainted with the location
of the important places of nations, their
government and doings on the globe.
/. They are better grammarians for
having become so familiar with every
variety of styles in the newspapers, from
the commonplace advertisement to the
finished and classical Grafton of the states
man, they more readily comprehend the
meaning of the text, and constantly ana
I'VE its construction with accuracy.
D. They write better compositions,
using better language, containing more
thoughts, more clearly and more correct
ly expressed.
6. Those young men who have for
years been readers of newspapers are al
ways taking the lead in debating socie-
ties, exhibiting more extensive knowl-
edge upon a greater variety Of subjects,
and expressing their views with greater
huency, clearness and correctness.
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The Princess BOrghese and Lord
BrOugham.

The eccentric sister Of the great Napo-
leon was a coquette through policy as
well as inclination. After her separa-
ton from her husband, Don Camille,
she was through his generosity left mis-
tress of his magnificent establishment
at Rome Napoleon was then an exile
at St. Helena, where he often mentioned
his sister with fondness. He considered
her the handsOmest woman in Europe,
and spoke with pride of the fact that
artists loved TO call her the modern
Venus de Medici. When she was at
-Syce." he said "she actually estab-
lished Il line of baggage wagons to and
from Paris to bring her supplies of the
latest fashions Had | known it at the
time, | should have scOldcd her soundly,
but after all she is the kindest creature
in the world" In her palace at Rome,
the deserted wife still swayed her sceptTe
over hearts She was still marvelOusly
beautiful, though her health was delicate
and her constitution impaired. She was
surrounded by admirers, the most ardent
of whom was Lord Brougham. . He
was admitted to the mysteries of her
toilet, and she allowed him to sit on the
floor before her and hold her feet in his
hands. He was also permitted, as a great
favor, to hand pins to her dressing maids
when they needed them in the arrange
ment of her person. . How can you
take pleasure" some one asked her, q in
the society of men who have imprisoned
your brother al st. Helena?' Can you
not understand" she replied, vehement
", that | enjoy the sight of these men,
once so arrogant, now humbling them
selves tothe dust Of my sandals? Canyon
not see that the complaints Of that
British peer are sweet music to my soul?
He stands for hours TO give pins to my
waiting-maid. because they are to touch
my person. lie has the courage to con
front the capriccs of a woman, but he
does not dare to speak before his parlia-.
ment in behalf Of that woman's brother,
that he be more kindly treated in his
accursed dungeon at st. Helena! And
this man hopes that l may love him
And the others hope that | may love
them. If | had neither heart nor soul,
perhaps might! Let them love on and
suffer the penalty"
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Good stewards of the manifold grace
of God Every one to whom this grace
comes IS t3 consider himself as its stew
ard, and tc act accordingly. The apOS-
ties language is: As every man hath
received the gift, even so minister the
same, one 10 another. IF any man teach,
let Kim teach as the Oracles of God; if
any man minister Ga term which may ap-
ply to any kind Of Christian service), let
him d. it as of the ability which God
giveth" "a steward is one who acts for
another; who is bound to dispose 0fwhat
has been intrusted to him for the advan-
tage of his master, and in accordance
with his masters wishes. 1t Is a striking
thought that even i'll regard to God ;
gifts of grbce we are considered but as
stewards. He still retains the titIe-deeds
of the estate in His own hands, and says
to Us IS His tenants: Occupy till l
come" While salvation is all of grace
it imposes the most solemn obligations
on the saved. While God has his work,
we have ours; and as we cannot do Gods
work, God will not do ours. Now this
grace is as manifold in its responsibilities
as in its revelation, operations and re-
suits. We are stewards in relation to
the Gospel itself, which is the revelation
of His grace. 1t has been committed to
the church, not as a monopoly, but as a
trust; and God holds her responsible not
only for It's preservation, but also for its
propagation through the world. We are
stewards also in relation to the various
gifts and graces with which, as Christ's
disciples, we may have been endowed.
Every grdcious disposition, every mental
and bodily power, every calling i'll life
every relationship i'll society, every of
flee in the church, our time, our sub
stance, our influence, these are all con-
ftrred on us a5 trusts to be managed by
US, not for our own advantage and enjoy
ment merely, but for the welfare of
society ard that God, in all things, may
be glorifidd. No man livcth unto him
self. HewhO tries to do so is chargeable
with mi5management, and even with
embezZleIhent, of the estate committed
to him. He is robbing God and robbing
his fellOW-men, without enriching him
self. Every one has something which
no other has, and can do something
which no. other can. Every bullet, says
the provGrb, has its billit, and, in like
manner, every Christian has his special
mission He is what he is and where he
is for some wise and gracious end. He
mas his SPECIALITY, which lt Is lllS to cui-
tivate for Christ. To each and all, there
fore, would say, stir up the gift that is
in you. Be up and doing; do some
thing; doIyour best; do it at once, and do
it heartily as unto the Lord. Don't be a
mere cipher in the church. Don't be a
mere on-lookeF, still less fault-fnder
Don't be ia mere critic in the Christian
warfare, but an armed and active COM
batant. Every citizen must be soldier
to do battle with sin and hasten the
triumphs of the Cross.-N. y. Observer
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Mysteries of SIeep,

/ have often wondered concerning
the mysteries of sleep. If you have
watched any one slumbering, you must
have felt that there is something absent
which is there when the sleeper is awake.
Thought in a moment can fly to the
other end of the earth. a woman born
and bred in Australia, being in london,
can constantly conjure up the homestead.
Why, then, shall not the soul be able,
when the body sleeps, TO gO-who knows
whittier? Sometimes, when we wake,
for some moments we appear to be strug-
Cling with something, and then, sudden
ly, we are still again. Where are the
souls of the mad The souls being n
perfect existence, if it were with the
mad, then its perfection would overcome
the madness. 4 man who has never
known any impurity Of thought becomes
mad, and his fancies are in the last de-
gree terrible. Can the soul, which
guided him when sane, be still with him
when he has become some thing worse
than a brute Who knows ?-who
knows? Mohammed, wishing to illus
trate the wonders Of sleep, told how a
certain man, being sheik, found him
SELF for his pride, made poor fisher
man that he lived as one for sixty year,
bringing up a family and working hard
and how, upon waking up from his long
dream, so short a time had he Leen
asleep, that the narrow-necked gourd
bottle filled with water, which he knew
he overturned as he fell asleep, had not
had time in which to empty itself How
is it that sometimes, when we go to a
strange place, we fancy that we have seen
it before II is possible that when one
has been asleep the soul has fioated away,
seen the place, and has that memory OF
it which so surprises US? In a word,
how far dual is the life Of a man, how
for not 2
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ticular like that which, in this disease,
usually forms in the throat or in some of
the air-passages. He took a membrane
from the throat of anotherlittle daughter
cf Mr.. Scull, who was then sick and has
since died with diphtheria, and. com
pairing it with that taken from her sis
ter's thumb, found them precisely alike.
The little girl who had been the subject
of this singular development, as the dis
ease advanced from one stage to another,
still continued to show symptoms of
diphtheria, having paralysis of the soft
palate and lower extremities, being una
bic to either move or speak for several
days. She at length began to grow con
valescent, however, and is now nearly re-
covered, being again able to walk about
and talk the same as before her sickness,
while the sores on the back of herthumbs
are entirely healed up. DIR. Pyle IS OF
the opinion that the course taken by the
disease in this case is a strong argument
in favor of the opinion which many
medical men hold that diphtheria is not
wholly, if it is indeed chiefly, disease
of the throat and organs of respiration
Jersey City (N ~ Journal.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14

endorse Intervention at the present NOM
and the other governments express willing
ness to support Intervention, but hesitate to
take the initiative
Allentown, Pa, has thirty cigar fac
tories, which turn a monthly product OF
100000 cigars. Next to- Det~oit-omitting
New YOrk-she is the largest manufacturer
of cigars in the United -iStates-that is, stands
third on the hst
s On and~a after January /, 1876, the
Anglo-American telegraph tariff for political
and general news dispatches, other than
commercial dispatches to the press, unabre-
waited and not in cypher, viii be one shilling
twenty-five cents gold per word. cg-A
Postmaster Tilley, of st. Louis, has
addressed Postmaster,General Jewell, sug-
gesting change in the present postal law
relating to publishers matter, to the effect
that newspapers and periodicals. be made
uniform in classification, and the rate be
placed IN the second class. He says pros
pectuses,- posters, sample copies, etcs
now rated as third class at one cent per
ounce or fraction thereof, yield but little
revenue in that classification, and give great
annoyance and dissatisfaction to the post
masters and publishers, and asks why dis
elimination should be made between news
papers and periodicals, bills and receipts for
subscription TO regular subscribers and
newsdealers, which are now carried at two
and three cents per pound, and the same
kind Of matter, to-Eit; prospectuses, posters,
samples, copies and all matter relating to so
licitation and renewal "of subscriptions,
should not all be classified and rated as sec
ond class matter. The Judgment Of postal ex
perts, lac says, is the result Of this change
from increased subscribers and quantity of
matter yield revenue equal to the present
and the satisfaction to postmas-
ters, publishers and the public would be equal
to the present workings of the reduction on |
second-class matter and the prepayment of |
the same by publishers. 1t would also re-
move all occasions for espionage, delay and
arising from the present |
and simplify the work of |
both publishers and post-offices.
Gen. Lane, vice-presidential candidate |
on the Breckenridge ticket in 1860, is farming |
in Oregon, and his son is a member of con- |
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hi phtheria in the Thumbs.

Among the various freaks of that ter
rible disease, diphtheria, which has msde
such ravhges among the children in this
city within the past few months, is one
lately developed in the case of q little
daughter of Mr.. James Scul, of West
Side avdnue. The child is about five
years of AGE, and was taken sick with
diphtheria about five weeks ago A day
or two previous to the attack she had
broken the skin on the back of both her
thumbs, DIR. w. Pyle. the attending
physician, found the child had all the
symptoms of diphtheria, with tine ex-
ception of the formation of a membran
in the throat. But this membrane wa
formed Gin tine back of each thumb, owe
the places where the skin had been
abraded. The doctor, becoming inter-
ested in this strange freak of the disease,
removed the diseased membranes from
the thumbs, when others Immediately
succeeded in the same places lie then
exam ined the membrane as it appeared
on sEc chiId'S thumbs. under the micro
sclope, and found il to De in every par
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14
The Cure for Gossip.

What is the cure for gossip? Simply,
culture. There is a great deal Of gossip
that has no malignity it. Good-natured
people talk about their neighbOrs because,
and only because, they have nothing else
to talk about As we write, there comes
to US the picture of a family of young
ladies' We have seen them at home, we
have met them in galleries of art, we have
caught glimpses of them going from
bookstore, or a library, with a fresh vol
ume in their hands. When we meet
them, they are full of what they have
seen and read. They are brimming with
questions. One topic of conversation is
dropped only to give place to another, in
which they are interested. We have left
them, after delightful hour, stimulated
and refreshed; and during the whole
hour not neighbor's garment was sOilcd
by so much as a touch. They had some
thing to talk about. They knew some
thing and wanted to know more. They
could listen as well as they could talk.
To speak freely Of neighbOr's dOings
and belongings would have seemed an
impertinence to them, and, of course, an
impropriety. They had no temptation
to gossip, because the dOings Of their
neighbors formed a subject very much
less interesting than those which grew
out of their knowledge and their culture.
And this tells the whole story. The con
frmed gossip is always either malicious
or ignorant. The one variety needs
change OF heart and the other change
of pasture. Gossip is always a personal
confession either of malice or imbecility,
and the young should not only shun it,
but by the most thorough culture relieve
themselves from all temptation to indulge
in it. 1t is a low, frivolous, and too often
a dirty business. There are country
neighborhoods in which it RACES ike a
pest. Churches are split in places by it.
Neighbors are made enemies by it for life.
In many persons it degemerates into
chronic disease, which IS practically in
durable. Let the young cure it while
they mav.-Dr H. g. Ei0Uqnd.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14
The Most Expensive Monarch in the
World.

Perhaps the court of Solomon afforded
some precedent for the magniiicence of
the Sultans court, but it certainly has
no more modern parallel. His servants
at the palace number $500, the kitchen
employing 500, the stables 400, the
menagerie 200, and other items accord
inglv. The menagerie is special hobby
of the Sultan's, and it is one OF the most
remarkable collections i'll the world. He
paysit daily visits, and every man-of-war
that visits foreign ports brings accessions
of new beasts. The SUltan's wives and
concubines number ] 200, 500 more than
Solomon's family. Wealthy Mohamme-
dams, whenever they purchase specially
beautiful slave, send her with their COM
pliments to the Sultan, and he never re-
fuses. To take care of this harem are
fifty doctors, $50 cUruchs and 100 mes
sengers. Seven thousand persons are
daily fed in the palace, and the table
alone costs - SOC, 900 yearly. The harem
requires nearly million dollars yearly
to keep it up. The total expenses of the
Sultan for these and other purposes are
IS. 600, 900 year And meantime
famine stalks abroad throughout Turkey,
the shaving peasants are rising in bloody
rebellion against the cormorant tax
gatherers and this empire is falling to
pieces.I