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DIED.

In this city, April 49, Mr.. VIM. Cumming, aged 90
years months. (Pictou papers please copyJ
In this city, April 10, Richard W Kennard, aged 60
years month"; ~ "
funeral services Saturday afternoon at 81 o'clock
Burial at convenience of the family. Advertiser
years months.-edest son of John and SARAH Will
liams. ~ "
Funeral services at 81 o'clockl
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MENIsbRA NDA.

Sch Abbie, OF Portland, which was passed 18th.
waterlogged and abandoned, was probably dismasted
in the gale OF the 9th apd filled while on her beam
the crew. The Abbe registered 295 tons, was buiIt
IN 1868 and owned by p N Blanchard of Yarmouth.
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The Reading Railroad Strike

louisville, April 19.-Tbere ara M nam do
velopments in the engineers strike to renoTt
from this end. The Brotherhood men are
working hard to induce those at work to ioin
them with but little success Today all The
trains were nearly on time.
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MARRIED..

In Gorham, April IS. Walter R. Libby of Gorham
and Miss Dele G. Fletcher of Saco.
In Augusta, March ~, William E. Hollis of Gardi =
ner and Miss Mary HI. Ladd of Augusta
IN augusta. March H. Geo. A. Mute of Natck and
Mrs. Anna j. Henderson of Augusta
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gHt, NICE, CTanberry Isles.


Portland. -N-
, SD nm lCardenas 9Th inst, brig Rabbon Coombs,
Boston; 9th, brig Lena Thurlow. Corbett, North Of
1hdaatteras; sch Charles Sears, Turner, New York
lOth, baraue Endeavor, do.
Ar at Clenfuegos 7tb, barqne S a Staples, Green
ock; sch Charlie Morton, Pike, New York.
.h ou atn, parques Brunswick, Hutchinson, NYork
Aoerueen, trinidad; Arletta, for Boston.
New York. fN mum
AT ar at AL, Havana 18th. brig Raven Nash. Philadelphia
pth n@lG, oarques Jas e Brett. for New York; 14tb
Watts do. S'@ - N'''A'iuso''
T s Sia I'm Matanzas 10th inst barque II Loring,
and Wauban, Wiley, do; sch Nellie Star, Poland.
Sagua. A' ''"nu'
;, Ar at Sagua 10th, brig Chas Dennis, Dodge. from
Havana tor North of Hatteras. -O-A
u olu lOtn, brig f Munson, for Boston; Mary f
staples, 90; 18th. brig f Ii Jennings. Mahoney do.
AT az trinidad 18th, barque Edward Gushing, Bick-
SID Mich 80, sch Jos Wilde, Reed, Cienfuegos
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NEW YORK, April Instantaneous arrests
OF counterfeiters 'were made yesterday in St.
Louis, Warrington, West Virginia and Towan-
da, Penn. Counterfeit silver pieces are being
manufactured rapidly in various parts of the
country, including the Black Hills region.
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New York Stock and MONEY Market.

New YORK, April 19-Evening loans close
at q per cent after loaning down to II per cent,
the highest rate to-day having been per cent. For
eigh Exchange firm with actual business at 1860 "a
4S7 for bankers 60 days sterling and 1881 g 4s9 for
Cola weaker to-day on advance of securities in
London and sold at 1O6s 1861 alternately, closing
at 1861. The carrying rates were q per cent.
The elearances were SS7,00O00O, The customs re-
$17.400 for interest and So, 900 for bonds.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day
aggregated $4,000 shares.
The following were the closing quotations of Gov
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
p. O. s. of A.---Special Notice

The members OF Washington Camp No. / P. o. S,
of A. are hereby notified to meet at P. O. s. Of A.
Hall, Plum Street, SUNDAY, April 22d, at IL
O'clock to attend the funeral OF our late Bro.
dered to Camps, 8 and and Forest City Com
mandery No. IL. Members will appear in Regalia
Fer order, Il. E. M ESERVE, President
Attest, q. A. MAXWELL, Rec, Sec'y. ap2Osn2t
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MARINE n -EW5.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Thursday, April g2.

1
ARRIVED.
Steamer Falmouth, Colby, Halifax, NS-passen.
| gers and mdse to j COyle.
steamship Eleanora, johnson, New YOrk-passen-
| gers and mdse to Henry Fox.
Steamer City of Portland, Pike, Boston for East
port and st John, NIB.
Barque Tatay. Pettis Boston, to Z Lewis & Co to
load for South America.
Brig Mary Haskell, Haskell, New York-coa to
Maine Central RR.
Brig Gypsy Queen, Morgan, Boston, to load for
South America.
G w Richardson. Proceeded to Yarmouth
Sch G Willard, Simonton, Philadelphia-coal to
Rounds & Dyer.
Sch Telumah, Bennett, Phadephia-coal
Sch l. Godfrey. Wheaton, Philadelphia.
Sch Sarah Bird, Hall, New York-coal.
Sch Benedict, Crockett, New York - sand 10
John L Winslow.
Sch BraMhall, Hamilton, New York-coal
Sch Monticello, Morton, New York-salt to e G
IS Sch Game Cock, Robinson, Nwe York--salt to G
Sch Sea Foam. Pendeton New York.
sen Elya e Pettengll, York, New York-coal to
Kerosene Oil Co.
Sc Sch Frank Maria, Alley, New York-coal to Ran
dali q McAllister.
Sch Vieksburg, Kendall. Port Johnson.
Sch Carver, Allen. Port johnson.
sen Raven, Herrick, New York
sen L Chaples, Patterson, N London for Belfast
sen Ida l. Howard, Rich, Boston.
Deering. e"0'' ~ "
II Sch he Chacedony, ingalls,, East Machas-R ties to
Sch Tiara. Chatto, Brooksville-posts to d B Rick
:, Sch Judge Low, Halowel Dennysve- to
sen Starlight, Rice Cranberrv Isles
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lSales at the Br0kers' Board, April 1871
Boston and Maine Railroad. .............,,,, 81
k25 Eastern Railroad. .......,.,,., ..,,.,,,,,,.
VH ssuU.
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kilograms from the Commission to the
Presidenf.
WASHINGTON, April 19-Telegrams were re-
ceived by the President from the Louisiana
commission yesterday afternoon, last night and
today. 1t is not considered expedient to fur
nish the contents for publication. but assurance
is given that their tenor warrants the assertion
that the prospect of settlement of affairs con-
tinues TO improve and the indications are. that
the labors of the commission will have a Salts
factory termination.
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Boston stock Market.

Daily Domestic Receipts.
BY water conveyance-10O0 bush corn meal to G
w True & Co, :. =
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III April 10. lat 50 49, lon 70 49, barque L Stocker
April IL, lat So 10. Ion 70 H. sch Nellie j Dinsmore
from Matanzas for North of Hatteras
No date, off Frying Pan Shoal baroue lavender
from New York for Savannah, (frst mate had broker
his army ' "N '-'Ao'
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16
a Colorado '5e-er ON the Hack nills.

The Longmont (Colo.) Press says
Mr. Gilbert Tower who settled in this
country in 1859, has returned from the
Black Hills country, and according to
his description it must be good mining
and pastoral region. The quartz ore is
rich with free gold in the vicinity of
Deadwood and Custer. At GaIena, on
the Bear Butte river, silver abounds.
Three quartz mills were there, and one
of them was running and paying well.
Several arastras were in operation dur
ing the season, giving good results
Very few leads were taken until late in
the season. Hard wood, such as oak.
elm and birch, abound in places The
character and business of the country
reminds him Of the early settlement of
Colorado; and it is his opinion that it
will be a permanent mining country.
1t is tirst.rate stock country, and ev-
erything can be raised that is raised
here, with the exception perhaps, of
corn. Oats that ne sowed did well. In
regard To the Indians, Mr.. Tower says
that all the depredations have been
committed by the Indians from the
Agency, and that the massacre of the
Metz family was traced to them. He
also thinks the killing of Fritz, of Sun
shine, was done by the scouts belonging
10 the army. He says that If the gov
ernment otficers had permitted volun-
teers TO go after them, the Indians
would have been cleaned out by the
middle of last summer.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

=
Theodore Herren, of Salem, killed
twenty-five teal ducks at one shot last
week.
Robert Cameron is to have sevea-
mile ditch dug in Jackson county to
aid his mining enterprises.
Dill Roberts of the Chehalem has
been arrested for shooting VIM. Van
derpool in the back of the head.
The Astortaae says lady in Oregon
City has given birth to five children III
less than two years. Verify Oregon
City is great place.
Marden q Knott, arrested in Jack
sonville for shooting a Chinaman, have
been acquitted, Notwithstanding the lat
ter admitted firing the fatal shot.
Engineer Hoonett last week ran his
train from Cello to The Dalles, dis
tance of fourteen miles, in fifteen min
ntes, there being many curves on the
route and three miles of bridging.
The Editor of the Dalles Tribune
says he was intimidated into voting Tor
a person at the recent election by gal
-vanic battery of bewitching smiles OF
some young ladies he's an old man
too
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16
Agents for the Register.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1e, 1877.
THERE'S SUNSHINE AFrER Ram

There's sunshine after rain, dear friends
There, : sunshine after rain
And twilight comes when darkness ends
To usher day again;
Spring brings to life the sleeping grain,
Aud varied flowers gay;
And hope, when all is grief and pain,
Shines DER the hearts highway.
Then never let the fiend dispair,
EEcslAin Our troubled mind:
Nor let the clouds of bitter care,
Tae souls bright mission blind
For If life's morn he dark and drear,
BY gloomy ills o'ercast,
"A glowing noontitle. bright and clear.
May cancel troubles past
The n1eatls grow richer for the storm,
And sweeter smell the flowers:
And why not man receive the charm
From cen embittered hours?
Good with the evil ever blends,
Weeds grew among the grain.
While there is love tor all, dear friends,
And sunshine after rain.
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AMERICAN HUMOR.

Aheie heetnS 10 O0 q fatality duoHS
the supremely rich men this year. We
are not feeling well, ourselves Wash
ington Nation.
Beautiful sentiment by a milkman
"While the ship of State is in danger,
let every man be at the pumps. lou
isville Courier-J ournal.
Queen Victoria is not for war, al
though the soldierly are. This shows
that the hair-pin is mightier than the
sword.-New York Herald.
Said ones sweepingly, sWhen you
are in Rome do as the Romans do;''
and johnson replied, s'When you are in
gin do as the Injins New York
Herald.
The grave OF the inventor of the ac-
cordeon is unmarked by stone. 1t
ought to have an epitaph. "Hark from
the tomb doletul sound. New York
Graphic.
By the number of good resolutions
about 1877 already adopted, one might
suppose the year to be defunct men,
ber ofa gilt-edged fre-company.-R
Sentinel.
y
earnest to court girl, the deferential
manner in which he regards her big
brother is truly remarkable.-Turners
Falls Reporter.
Business seems to be generally reviv-
irg. A man went around at the saloons
one day last week, trying to trade three
palm-leaf fans for ten cents worth of
hot Scotcb.-Rome Sentinel.
The leap year has passed, and that
reminds us that it's blamed sight
easier to ask questions than to answer
ing and amt married.-Was ashington
Nation.
A large number of our merchants
have figured up their business of last
year, aud find that Notwithstanding the
unparalleled hard times and general de-
preston of trade, they made-nothiug.
Rock land Courier
Alfred Tennyson wears his hair long
and natural. The first time he ever
saw a comb, somebody sent him one for
a Christmas present, and he thought it
was something to scratch his back with.
Burlington Hawkeye.
An exchange does the Chicago people
the justice to say the great majority of
them are honest. You meet the great
majority oftener, because circumstances
require them to be constantly in notion
Brooklyn Argus.
Seventeen thousand Towans spent
nearly 100000 at the Centennial.
And nov they are sitting around in
Iowa cona Dlaiuincs that thcra ic NO
money in the State. Singular where
all the money has gone.-Burling,on
| Hawkeye.
In a composition written by miss of
fourteen, a pupil in one of our public
schools, occurs the following passage ::
"Sunrise is the front door of the day,
and sunset the back door," This indi-
Gates talent.-Brooklyn Argus.
We have been looking for it, and
here it is: "A South Bend hen has laid
an egg Inscribed, WAR" Read s'war'
| backward and you will have the true
character of that egg. The hen COM
menced at the wrong end to SPELL
n Norristown Herald.
The London Saturday Review says
that ''Girls are bv nature more inclined
to untruthfulness than boys" This as
sertion may be true as far as Eng
land is concerned, but IN this country
it's falsity is. proved by the fact that
more boys than girls become editors of
| Democratic papers,.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

Whittier. the poet, thinks $50 year
ought to dress any woman. Certainly.
Eve dressed for less than that. But it
was before fall set in.
A Charleston correspondent doesn't
see how Hampton will get out OF the
sea of difficulties he has plunged into.
He will Wade.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

loose and easily removed. | suppose I
had tried and pried that identical one
fiftv times before, instigated by the fact
that the mortar between it and its
neiqhbors was more deeply grooved
than almost any other in sight, but,
heretofore, it had been apparently one
of the solidest in the side; now it yield
ed to the slightest pull. When it came
entirely out l discovered that it was
only halt brick, with an ingeniously
fitted iron back, provided with staple
in which bolt had evidently played.
The bolt dropped when the first brick
was loosened, and sprung into the staple
when the connecting rods base was
pressed back by the lower brick and
fragments of mortar. L knew by the
coincidence of the clew and results that
| was on the eve Of fortune, but dared
not proceed further alone. There were
GOOD and sufficient reasons enough oc-
curing to me why further investigation
should be continued in the presence of
spectators. 1t was too late to proceed
that night, so | kept watch aud vigil
until the village was astir again.
BY nine o'clock the next morn, the
local lawyer, a mason, carpenter and
constable had answered my summons
and we carefully examined the chimney,
within and without.
The house had been SO cunningly
constructed that the chimney apparently
| flush with the nam wall, had room for
a cavity on the right hand side, more
than a foot wi Ter than the wall was at
| its iunctura with the wall into which it
ran, and instead OF beng of single
with space of eight inches between.
/ We did not stand on ceremony in break
! ing through the inner wall and drag
ging out an iron case eight inches wide.
two feet long, and three feet deep, sup
piled on the end next to the side of the
fire place, with slit like those in the
ends OF letter boxes, only considerably
larger, which was exactly opposite to
| brick number seven by nine. 1t was
the old miser's repository, constructed
on the principle of child's bank, to
receive all but give up nothing until
broken into by force. a more careful
device could not be conceived to guard
| its contents, for we had to call in the
village b acksmith to enable us to pen
citrate to i,s hearded wealth. Besides
gold bonds ard notes, it contained Trip
! tolemus Forbes will, devising all TIC
died possessed of to Ethel, as the one
reparation III his power to make fol
the evil he had exercised towards hel
| father.
In Difference to the opinions of my
neighbors | have caused costly stone
to be erected to the memory of Ethel'E
uncle but in my heart there is proud.
er monument, with a more grateful in.
scription, raised to the honor of that o,d
Dutch clock, for from it really descend.
ed the inheritance we enjoy.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

CHICKEN SALAD.-Boil 2 chickens.
bone, chop fine; chop as much celery
as chicken, or, if you desire, take half
celery and half cabbage; boil 10 eggs
take the yelks only-cream them, aid
! OF pound of butter, little vinegar,
mustard, salt, and pepper to suit your
taste.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

Pity is about the meanest wish that
ono can offer another. i had rather
have ten-dollar greenback that had
been torn in two twice and pasted to-
gether, than all the pity there is on the
upper side of the earth. Pity is moth
ing more than quiet satisfaction that
am great deal better than you are,
and that intend to keep SO.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

Schrnmpt, a milk dealer in New
York, was fined $3.50 and sent to Jail
for ten days for selling watered milk.
The prisoner says he is going into the
whisky business when he gets out, as
there is no penalty for selling adulter-
ated liquors.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16
Captive of the Sioux for Nine TearS-A
Romance ia Real Life.

Yesterday afternoon a young girl,
aged about II, arrived at the Union
Depot, by Chicago express, on her way
to relatives at Lockport. Her name is
Lizzie Smith, and she has been captive
10 tribe of the Sioux who live north
of the Black Hills, for nearly nine years.
Her fat her resided in Philadelphia, and
was engaged in dry goods store. She
and other members of the family were
visiting in Western Iowa, when the
Sioux raided the place, capturing her
and others, and killing her little BROTH
er. She was taken to their hunting
grounds, and was, she says, treated we'll
generally. but miStreated at times, be-
cause of her inability to learn their Ian
guage. Another girl a year or two her
senior, was captured with her, and the
two, by oenversing together, succeeded
in retaining their knowledge of the En-
glish tongue. Her companion was a
Miss Stewart, who was rescued at the
same time and sent To her friends at
Omaha. Miss Smith states that party
of five trappers discovered them some
weeks since and persuaded them to
make an escape. This they consented
W w, 0S'A bHO PotIys NIO'Ath'S A''"ihh
ponies, left for the white mans country
They were pursued four days by the
Sioux, but got off, and in time to reach
Rock Springs, on the Q. p. road.
There they were supplied with clothing
by their rescuers, Messrs. Welsh,
Schwartz Wolf, Botmeyer and one
other whose name Miss Smith cannot
recall. The railway company passed
her via Chicago, boarding her in transit
ano i~eatipg her with the greatest kind
ness The agent of the Pennsylvania
PSsf Railway di;a similarly here, and the
Lockport, on the 4:3c train yesterday
afternoon. Miss Smith has 5ees' SO iong
with the Indians that she has acquired
a few of their Peculiarities, and to ths
reporter seemed to have some of the
prominent features of the savages. She
is intelligent, considering her disadvan-
tages. and quite prepossessing in appear
ance, notwithstanding her bronzed COM
plexion. TPittsbnrg (Pa.) Chronicle.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR RA1N.-Mr. Paraf
has to certain extent, solved the prob
lem OF artificial irrigation by the dis
covery OF a method of doing without
rain. His plan ls to apply calcicum
chloride, which has powerful affinity
for moisture, and absorbs large guam
tity from the atmosphere. From actu-
al experiments he has found that it will
produce irrigation more efficiently and
cheaper than any other artificial method.
One application will, he states, produce
abundant moisture for three days, when
the same amount of water, applied in
the ordinary way, would evaporate in
an hour. The inventor believes that
his way is cheaper than canal irrigation,
and that not only by ITS use two blades
of grass will be produced where only
one is now, but that it will make it pos
sible to have fields. meadows, grass and
prosperity where now there is nothing
but sand and desert waste.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16

GINGER SNAPs.-1 cup New Orleans
molasses, / cup of sugar, cup butter,
large spoonful of soda dissolved in a
little boiling water, 2 spoonfuls cinna-
mon, one of ginger. Roll as stiff as
possible with flour cut thin and bake
ia quick oven. There are no better
ginger snaps than these.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-24
DIED.

BROWN. Departed this life on Monday mors-
ing. December Path. 1877. al s o'clock. Mrs. WIZ
GINA BROWN. wife :. Thomas Brown. lBzlL-
more sun please copy.
Her funeral will lake place from the residence Of
her husband, No. 6 West ST.. Georgetown. 10. e..
"Wednesday. the 18th. AT 2 O'clock pm. Relatives
and friends are invited 10 attend.
CARRICO. After short Illness. WILLIE only
and leloved son of VIM. III. CarricO. aged 20 years
and months.
NoVain. mo grief. nor an xi0uS fears
Invade the bounds: no mortal woes
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here
While angels watch thy soft repose.
Funeral from his parents residence at hall PAST
two O'clock On Tuesday. 18th of December, 1871.
lao Eleventh II. southeast. Friends and ac-
quaintances invited 10 attend.
GORDEN. On sunday morning. December 3.
1877, al 1--WE O'Clock, from injuries received at Dra
per saw MILL MIR. GILBERT GORDES, aged for
Weight years. lie Was one Of the leading men of
the knights OF 81. Augustine. lMaryla papers
His funeral will take place from st. Augustine
church. at 2:30 pm. on Tuesday, 18th. Friends
and relatives are requested Go attend.
MECHLIN. In New York. at the residence or
her brother-in-aw. Mr. He Brewer. on Tuesday,
18th of December, 1877. Of pneumonia. Mrs. MARY
ANN MECHLIN. formerly Of Mobile. Alabama,
widow Of DIR. Joseph Mechlin. 2t'
TOWERS. At midnight on the 22d OF Dscem-
Der, 1877, MARY MITCHELL MOORE wife OF WIN.
Towers. in the siNty-sixth year of her age.
Her funeral will take place from the Church &c
the Ascension on "Wednesday morning. the 18th
instant, at IL O'Clock. Relatives and friends arc
invited 10 attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-24
Progress Of the Eastern War.

II hkE1 ANXIOUS Fnk rFAfF.
lhe London NlPCfOf0r SAYS that Lord Il~s-
coh>held u DESTROYS of encourage the Turks
!" continue the struggle. and that Was the rea-
son Parliament Was summoned before th,
usual Time, ~ a. Ia hold cut hope of uti-
matelN receiving English aid. The SPECTATOR.
thinks That Mhcni comes to the point England
VIII decline Ia hight for the Turks. Who will at
last Ice compelled 10 purchase peace by with
dIaMlhE To their natural homes an Asia A
D'oN NerS Con>iantinople dispatch via Syra
SAYS IL i reported that the Russians are within
SlN hours march of sofia. The heights above
halndril are nov the only position held hy the
lOik> 10 defend Sofia. \ snow storm com
hShced on the 18th, and has been unusually
heavy an Bulgaria and Romania. u il feared
thai hundreds of Russian troops and Turkish
prisoners have persisted. OF one convoy near
bucharest 40 horses and - men were frozen To
death. The Times correspondent al Vienna
SAYS II J. reported from Paris that very active
diplomatic intercourse has been going on be
tween Paris and London. With a view Of cs-
tabh>hing an understanding on the Eastern
question. and that the chances Of the accom-
pli>hment of this object are rather favorable
Great distress prevails among the poor at
tonstaniinople. caused 10y the advance i'm pro-
visions and depreciation az the en- rrency The
Porte u determined to continue Ia war 10 the
last extremity ii his appli alton FOR mediation
ialls- twenty hattalionS Of Russians have
made their appearance 10 the northeast of
ETzeroum. and other troops are concentrated
behind Deye BOyun. The Porte has issued a
proclamation depO>ing Prince Milan a. ruler
of NerNia. The Sultan of Turkey has ordered
the Grand NiZier 10 take steps To obtain q