Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10
THE SULTAN,
Secusion OF the Turkish RuIer--.His
Religious Oevotion---His Constant
Fear.


apart, on the hills of the European
side of the Bosporus. He comes forth
but rarely and cautiously, as czars do
nowadays. He is bound to go TO GER
tain mosques on certain days. and on
Fridays always. We saw him the
other day at the mosque below the
palace, but we waited for him in a
miscellaneous and enthusiastic crowd
for two hours. The soldery were there
on guard. They surrounded the en-
trance and lined the streets between
the high walls. The people were not
near. Bands came and played music;
officers of state arrived and were ush-
cred through the ranks. At length
there was blast of trumpet-a good
deal like a circus summons for the
grand cavalcade. The gates of the
palace opened We peeped into the
secret and beautiOus grounds. LO! led
by servants in gala attire, some rider
less horse appeared. II is a custom
which follows the sultan, Then came
man in plain fez and on white
horse 1t was the sultan! He seemed
sallow; but he was not Unlocking. He
is like all Turks, for they all look alike.
The hush of expectancy was over. a
rush and crush was made after him as
he dismounted and entered the mosque.
A shrill cry went up from the priests,
which reminded the sultan that he also
is mortal and God is great The crowd
dispersed, and the sultan stayed and
prayed.
He is in perpetual prayer, or is eX-
pected to be, in these fasting days Of
Ramazan and festive days Of Bairim.
At the close of the former he was mar
ried-again. 1t was his annual mar.
riage at Il mosque. 1t was public in
one sense, but "no cards. to us. Every
year the Turkish empire is winnowed |
for the handsOmest young lady to adorn
the palace as a wife. The mother Of
the sultan selects from the bevy Of |
beauties gathered from "silken Samar- |
cand to cedared Lebanon" One Of the
singular laws of royal marriage here is
that the wife becomes the slave, when
married to his majesty. Why? Be-
cause the crown prince, or future sui
tan, must be a born slave himself, and
" ' tI,a ', ro,ia, ~ In % ,,,,,arns' - ma, Il oI1
but i, is oriental
Again, this week the sultan appeared
in Scutari, where he met all the militia
/ ry pashaS ana DeyS ana the Ulemats,
riLhn79od hh'7 n +rrhans MIA i"ttor t aro ~ tho
nriostiy intormrotor, Of tbo law anJ
prn,Ts, TLnr dismIoy ,roat no,nn in
-, ,Lo 'r,,r,no.,ia, ,rTop t,a smIt,p antor,
tho Chmroh NJ i,o Siy Winarots
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This chief Of the state, how tlmld
soeyer he may he, must come forth 1T
stated times. The present sultan Is
not large man, nor OF conspicuous
courage, He is regarded as able, ami
manages his own matters with adroit-
ness. When Abdul AzlA was deposed
in 1876 Murad V. assembled to the
throne lie also was deposed after on
| ly two months rule, because OF alleged
weak intellect, thus making two weak
lings who have given way under NM
isterial dictation to the present sultan,
There is much unrest among the Turks
because of these mtoward and susplc,
ious changes, which has been promoted
by the extraordinary trial and exile Of
Midhat Pasha for the alleged assassi-
nation of Aziz.
Thororo,a wo ,vere mt Iittle
curious to 600 the rresenf snItan who
senm. IN master the sit,,otinn. which
is surrounded by so much doubt and
danger We had once seen tbe sultan
hbdnl Nreiid amid forty thousand
troons on = Grand dav for fine rpcpp.
tion of tba chief of the Mohammedan
roIigion from Mecco No sneciol guard
rras noeJoJ thon Rrt dynamite and
ossassinotion Lava modn necessary these
nrooanlions and y sense ,f wronrfullv
try;ro and rnnisbinr Ntidhot Pasho
tLe hSst of tbe nrocTessivp statesmen
or tLo eost and fHIl ot enIinhtene1
iJeos makes the srItan timid like the
c,ar When therefore fhe onnivprsa.
Iy W. Of bis m coronation came the other
j,r bn boo,n,o neryous and uncertain
NJ, IS;y,t ~ be wss 70 givp Grand dinner nt
lie nalatiaI cont af which he himself
rioe ,,,o pt,,''' to nresidawa rare conces.
oi"H J ord ceromopv lie was to
V SLnw W hinseif verv h,nnv rener-
omT oiIy mo dinner was io he givpn
Hn Hn'' tho i"o o,,SassoJors ~ and chief men
" " vns v"0 diSnaTdoJ however on the nlea
T as % "", moyor1v % Nfter snendinr several
~ t,,o,ioon5 ponn5H, ,,ornds II was oscertained
tio''%u u,ot ~ Ill he indalicota IN have n
vl,aS r;r ~ moG,m iar,Ioroo % whom tbe arrears
lGS 9o, Sse'inS IN tbo so,diors and oricors
". .or" ra' so os f,r ~ bahirJ - yaar or more
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NlahlB w., i'So 80 VI 'iT Tho root sitnaton
postlonuG a'' i',''v vooi, or s' so ago soma
Is T;le' WEE, miSI of S s,nis,o moti5ns nv and
lSaia % 'uuJeo'9 n,.o orrootoJ W. o Gov consniracv
conuTTV . me,o IT. a,n''T Thair % oyniopntion
W MI tnI sutIs'n' 10 o,,,,,os;vo, u,ora
was VnaC 1len s!r I,iii;no Ssh IN tho Saa
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