The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-27
oTHMAN's DREAM
The Wonderful Origin and Growth OF the
Turkish Empire.

According to Oriental tradition, II u now
some CO., years since a band of eElgrlnt5
from the region where the river Euphrotcs
haa :,s source, were crossing the plains Of
Asia Minor. They numbered four hun
drcl families their chief was Ertoghrll.
o. tag Right hearted Man, who rode at
lie head Of four hundred and forty four
uauel horssmen. 4 certain day hen on
tho march they came in sight OF a battle
i.i5 where two armies OF unequal size
we. lighting furiously without knowing
eif r the sympatties Of Ertoghul We're
n enlisted In favor Of the weaker
T. and he s~fruightway led his troops
A. INST the stronger This decided the
c. It, and saved Alacddin, Sultan Of leo
ri.. from defeat by the Mongols. His
g ie for the timely service rendered
h.. pressed itself in something more
50 AN mere words Ascertaining tina.
IL Grants desired to settle in his do.
m l-. nc assigned to them . principally
~ minor. near the frontiers of the
l. I'D province Of the byzantine LIN
~. -ch was the small and insignificant
b. OF tho power whose destruction
/ attracting the attention Of the
" Its growth was rs strange as its
br ~lrtoghrul became the most trusted
il L Of Alacldin. and was rewarded
& uragc and success in border war
+ trger lands and hOnors, which he
/ I'd uudiminishel TO his son
Q OF Osman, from whom come, the
D. -mluli--Lho only national appel
Ia bee Turks recognize. Gilman sue
9. is father ia lGSS. aud remained Il
v. the Sultan Of Inouium unit! 1907.
throw off the cnsy yoke and
/ 40 independent prince. Meanwhile
b erci III love a. well rs war.
\ 'ron, " treasure Of n woman was
/ -htor Of the pious and learned
J. who, though the match was in
OK. gyspcct desirable, seems to have
h. Hong before he formally sanctioned
IL. 'iminurr courtship. lie could not,
he. yer, refuse The young prince the shell
{ & his roof, and one memorable night
had Il dream which smoothed the
pat tn his marriage. He dreamed so
tho historian, " that he saw himself
aud mis- host rcpOsing near each other.
the bosom of Edebali rose the full
moon-emblem OF the bcauteous Malkha.
toon-nnd incliniug toward the bosom of
Othman, 1t sank upon it and was lost to
sight, Thence sprGng forth n Eoodly tree.
which grew III beauty and strength ever
greater and greater. Still did the embrac.
ing vcrdure Of it, Juughs and branches
cast an ampier and an aEpler shade, until
they canopied the extreme horizon of the
three parts of the world. Under the tree
stood four mountains, which he knew to
be Caucasus, Atlas, Taurus and IIermus,
These mountains were the four columns
which seemed 20 support tho dome of the
foliage of the sacred trec that now pnvil.
Toned the earth. From :hc roots Of the
tree gushed forth four livers the Tigris,
the Euphrates, the Danube and the Nile.
Tall ships and bnrks innumerable were on
the waters. The fields were heavy with
harvest. The mountain sides were clothed
with forests. Thence, in exulting and fer.
tilising abundance, sprang fountains and
rlYulets that gurgled through thickets Of
tho cypress and the rose. In the valleys
glittered stately cities, with domes and
cupolas, with pyramids and obelisks. with
minarets and towers. The Crescent shonc
on their submits; from their galleries
sounded the Muezzin's call to prayer. Thai
sound was mingled with the sweet voices
OF q thousand nightingalcs and with the
prattling of countless parrots of every hue.
Every kind of singing bird was there. The
winged multitude warbled and fitted
beneath the fresh living roof of the inter.
lacing branches of the ail-overarching tree.
and every leaf Of that tree was in shape
like unto q scimitar. Suddenly there
arose a mighty wind, and turned the points
of tue sword leaves toward the various
cities OF the world, but especially towards
Const tinople. That city, placed AT the
Junc.J On of two seas and twp continent
seetIod like adiamond set between two sap,
phre~ and two emeralds, to form the mos
cious tone in q ring of universal empirr
Gilman thought he was in the act of plar
ing that visioned ring on his finger, When
he awoke." The dream was related +,
LGebali. who accepted il as "a prophecy all
gave his daughter to the magnificent
dr.amer. Dur M the reign Of Solyman :
the tree Of othman's dream became a
reality. and reached the summit of IT,,
growth. Twenty different races of man
Eu1 acknowledged his sway. His sccptr
stretched over all that was left of Car
thagc: Memphis, Tyre, Ninoveh, Babylon
and Palmyra; over Alexandria, Jerusalem
Damascus, Smyrna, Nice, Prusa. Athens,
Phillippi, Adrianoplc, Constantinop!e, Al,
giers, Cairo, Mecca, Medina, Rassorah.
Bagdad and Belgrade over the Nile, tho
Jordan, the orontG7, the Euphrafcs. the
Tigris, the Tanais, the Borysthones. the
Danube, the Hebrus and tho Ilyssus over
the Eastern recess of the Mediterranean.
the. Propon.is, the Yalus Mmotis, the
EuN,ne and the Red Sea over Atlas
aIld Caucasus; over Athos. Sinai. Ararat.
Mt Carmel, Mt. Taurus. Ida, Olympus,
Pelion, Hemus. the Carpathian and the
Acroceyaunian heights. And all this in
thr,e hundred years after Ertoghrul with
his 'oug hundred and foIty-four horsemcn
rooo leo the rescue of Alaeddin Is it any
wonder that the dying agonir- of such an
cmDir" Excite the pity of th5 wo IL