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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-31

On molten Of Trustee Dauchy Il was
ordered that all moneys. books and pa
pers belonging to the town Of Gold Hill
be handed over to the County Commits.
sioners as o as the Treasurer can fx
his books and oil warrants allowed at
this meeting are paid. Also. II wal or.
dered that the Town Marshal. Clerk and
Attorney turn over al books and papers
in their possession belonging to the
town to the County Commissioners.
Trustee Mercer and CLERK Hyde were
instructed to transfer oil the town prop
erty (as per inventory to the County
Commissioners.
There being no other business, Trus-
tee Dsucby In . few appropriate remarks
moved that Q vote OF thanks be rendered
to President Fox and President (pro
tsm) Mercer for the able manner In
which they have presided on all coca
sions.
Trustee Mercer replied by saying that
the unity OF feeling which has existed ct
all times among the members Of the
Board made the duties Of presiding
officer light and pleasant. BE thanked
the members for this mark Of courtesy
to President Fox and himself,
and hoped the good feeling now existing
would continue 10 bind thsm together a.
friends.
The Board then adjourned sns d..
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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION

'NHE BOARD OF COUNTY coMMIsIoN-
ers Of storey county do ordlin:
That section 50 Of An Ordinance TO Fix and
Collect . License Tax Upon Certsin Trades and
Business Within the Corporate Limits Of the
Town Of Gold Hill. be and the same 10 hereby
amended % a. 10 read % follows: Every per.
son or persons whatsoever. who shall sell or
offer TO cell. deliver Or ofer to deliver, within
the limits OF the Town OF Gold Hill, not Q resi-.
dent OF nid town, and doing business In said
town. under Q license duly issued therefor. any
goods. wares or merchandise Of any character
or description whstever, coming from v thout
tho limits Of Gold Hill. shall pay therefor Q
quarterly license a. In the following schedule:
First Cisss-Montnly sales or receipts Of ave
thousand dollars and over. quarterly license
seventy.nvs dollars.
second Class-Monthiy receipts or sales from
four to ave thouAand dollarr. quarterly license
nity dollars.
Third olass-Montbly receipts or sales from
three to four thousand dollars, quarterly license
forty dollars.
Fourth Clsss-Monthly receipts or sales from
two TO three thousand dollars, quarterly license
thirty dollars.
Fifth Clsss-Monthly receipts or sales nom
one to two thousand dollars, quarterly license
twenty dollars.
sixth Glass Monthly receipts or sales under
sthourand dollars. quarterly license tan dol.
lars.
Passed February eth. 1882.
Attest; j. A, MAHANNY, Clerk,
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cHIxY ESarSkrR's REPORT.

cHIKY ESoINkrR's REPORT.
GOLD HILL, May /. 1881.
To the President and Members Of tho
Board Of Town Trustees I
have tho honor to report tho following
resume Of tho Fire Department for tho
past year Number Of fire alarms, 26;
number Of fires "a; estimated value OF
property destroyed. S25, 900; insured for
$4,000. In tho majority Of cases tho
cause Of fire could not be ascertained.
The number Of enrolled members OF
tho Department Is q follows: Liberty En-
CINE Company No. I. 2s; Yellow jacket
Engine Company No. 2, 80; Lincoln Hose
Company No. 8. II. There are also two
active hose companies not enrolled, who
have rendered very great service.
Number Of hydrsnts. 81; number Of feet
Of rubber hose, 1900; number Of feet Of
leather hose, $50; number OF hose car
riages. 8; number Of parade hat fronts. s;
number Of parade belts, z; number Of pa
rade trumpets. 8; number Of service trum-
pets. 8.
have the pleasure Of stating that the
entire department and apparatus are In An
efficient and servioeable state.
Respectfully submitted.
NICK SEXTON.
Chief Engineer G. II. F. D.
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PATENTS.

We continue to sct - Solicitors fer pstsnts-
oaveats. Trade Halis. ~copynshis. &C.. Tor ~:
United States. Canada, oubs, England, Prince.
Germany. etc. We have had thirty.avS
years experience.
Patents obtained through ~ are noticed In
the eclEMIvlc AnxaicAn. This isres ana
shows the Proersss Of Reliance, q ven i-rt:rsstss
ipR. and has n euoruous etrculaioo' AddrSSe
nuNN CO.. Rstsct eoiic1tors, PuSltsHa1 a
ecIIfSyIc Anz.,2Ax, q rssk Row, NV f0k.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
TowN OF Coin HhLL.
County Of Storey. state Of Nevada, ,
Februa-y n. 1854.


To FELIP RAxmxz and JoHN SARRAH, asso-
cists owners In the Marssretta Gold and
Silver Mining Claim. 0old Hill Mining
District. Storey county. State OF Nevada:
Notice 10 hereby given 10 the following per-
sons. locstors and purchasers Of the MAR0AR-
sly COLI AND SILVER MINING CLAIM.
situated and bling In Storey county. Nevada.
and In Gold Hin Mining District: FELlP
RAMIREZ. JOSEPH rARRETTS, ~locators
OF said claim, and JOHN SARRAH, pur.
chassr OF said claim, that JOSEPH FAR.
RkTTS. a. one OF the ~iocators Of said claim,
TO. protect his interest In said claim, caused
w6rk 10 be done on said claim to the amount Of
Tuo Hundred Dollars. and paid for the came.
The pro rata amount asssssed to ssch Of the
above mentioned parties, TO Wit: joseph Par.
retts, $50 for two ears; Felip Ramirez. ass 40
for two year.: John earrsh, SIG co FOR two
years. This 10 9 notice for said Yelip Rsmirez
and John Sarah TO pay Joseph farretts the
smout expanded By him on said claim, az ~
forth In ssld notice, On or before the 2sth dsy
Of NAY, A. D. 1881. The failure to paw raid
amount viii cause the intsrsst Of said parties
10 revert TO said Joseph Fsrrstts, ct the expir1.
tion Of ninety days, - provided By an Act of
Congress. approved Nay loth. A.: D. 1871.
p. o. address. Gold Hill. Nsvsds.
February stth. a. D. lisa. d
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GOLD

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GOLD
\ Hi do ordsin:
SECTION I. An annual ID vslorsm tax Of one
and one quarter per centum upon the value Of
tsxsble property within the Town OF Gold Hlll
h hereby levied and directed 70 b collected FOR
tovu purposes upon the asseesed value Of III
such taxable property made taIabie BY the laws
Of this etste for STATE and county purposes, In.
sIo. .. The taxes levied BY section 1 Of this
ordinance. and 10 DO assessed and collected In
accordance with the provisions Of an Ordnance
entitled. IAN Ordinance 70 provide for the lsyy
md collecuon o. nsss on real and personal
April IL. 1881; and also. an ordinance entitled,
An Ordinances 20 provide for the time and
mnnsr OF ascertaining the value OF ths net pro-
eesds OF mines for the purpose Of taxation, and
President OF The Board Of Trustees Of tis Town
00old HUI.
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State OF NEVADA. l..
Secretsry's Ohlce. ~

/, JASPER BAscocx, Secretary Of State Of
the State Of Nevada, do hereby certify
that the foregoing 10 . true. full add
correct copy Of the original Of an Act
a~msndatory Of and supplementary 70
An Act entitled. "An Act TO create .
Board Of County Commissioner In the
several counties Of this State. and to de-
Ane their duties and powers" on Ale In
my Office. In witness whereof, I have
hersunto set my hand and afsxed the
Great Seal Of State. Done st ofios In
Canon City. Nevada, this 7th day Of
March, A. D. 1881.
lsEAL.l JASPER BABCocK,
Secretary Of Stats.
Published BY order Of Board Of County
Commissioner Of Storey county.
MATT. CANAvAN, Chairman.
]. A. hAzAxsr, Clerk.
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The final meeting OF the Board Of
Trustees Of the town Of Gold Hill was
held yesterday afternoon. Present
Trustees Dauchy, Lsmsry. MoCurdy
and President (pro tsm.) Mercer.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were approved as read.
The different standing committees re-
ported everything in the best condition.
The streets were in good repair.
The Committee on Fire and Water re-
ported the mains, hydrants, tanks and
everything connected with the water
works in good condition.
The regular monthly bills. amounting
to $1oS5. were. on motion. ordered paid.
The following bills. referred TO the
Finance Committee and found correct.
were, on motion. ordered paid: ]. B.
Gsenon. So 40; B. Mercer. 90 so; ". N.
Hall & Co., S11 so; D. Thorburn, $50;
w. hall. IS 30.
On motion. Il was ordered that the
officials b paid their salaries up to and
including May I'd. 1881.
The Street Committee reported that
some parties had built . fence on D
street, near the Dayton toll road. on
ground purchased by the town. and
wished 10 call the attention Of the Coun-
ty Commissioners TO the subject.
The following quarterly reports from
town officers were read and ordered to
take the usual course:
r OF TOWN r~nEAsunxn.
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees VI
the Town Of Gold Hill-Gentlsmen I
herewith submit my report for the quarter
to data. Nay 2, 1881:
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STOCK DIVIDEND.

AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
"A Directors Of the Centennial Gravel Gold
Mining Company. held this day, . stock divi-
dsnd Of thirty.six and onshalf l36kl per cent.
Wa declared. deliverable Immediately.
By order Of ths Board Of Directors.
PRANK 4. WISE. Secretary.
Gold Htl, Nevada, February Is. i6e2. fs74
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REPORT OF TOWN ATTORNEY.

REPORT OF TOWN ATTORNEY.
To the Honorable. the Board OF Trustees
Of the Town OF Gold Hill-Gen<lemen: I
herewith submit my final report OF all
moneys collected BY me a. Town Attorney
for the year ending the first Monday In
Nay, A. D. 1881, Is follows:
Delinquent taxes a. charged to
me, per assessment roll. ...... $i,395 81
Ten per cent. delinquency ...... 1873 So
lOIAi. l,foo w
Not sued by order Of the Board,
aud Withdrawn from sale. -. 1913 10
Paid to Treasurer a. per receipts
on file with Town Clerk. .....$ 1,270 rs
Total. .$1,488 90
Respectfully.
]. p. FL~ANNISouAM,
Town Attorney.
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AN ORDINANCE.

To Amend Section 81 Of An Ordnance
Ts Rlx and Collect \ License Tax
With the Corporate simit. or the
Toxn Of Told kiiil, passed April -
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S88 |; . s::s, r -; ,ss' S sss .s'I Z: a G:sI. =. :
d, Portland. xAtna
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TOWN TRUSTEES.

Fiaai Msssins Reports sf Town
Omcers-Boeks, Aeney. Ese., 60
be Turned Over 20 she County
Commissiopers-oood Rysi
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AN ORDINANCE to vrevide for she
Levy Of Taxes On Real AID Personal
Property within the Tswn Of Geld
fPasssd April IS, issi.l
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mHe BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION.
1 ers Of Storey County. Nevada. do ordain :

ero.i I. Section Il OF ian Ordinance OF the Town
Of Gold Hill. entitled an Ordinance ITO AZ and
collect . license tax upon certain trades and
business within the corporate limits OF the
Town OF Gold HILL" passed April 2s, 1871, 10
hereby amended 70 40 10 read a. follows
SEC. Il. Every person or nrm engaged In
the business OF manufacturing Wines, Cider,
Soda. ~Barrapsriils. Malt or Bpirftuous Liquor,
Soap and Borax shall pay quarterly, for license
TO carry on the rame, according TO his or their
average monthly sales or receipts. - In the fol.
lowing schedules
First Glass Monthly sales or receipts One
Thousand Dollars and over. quarterly liecnss
Twenty-Five Dollars.
Second Clsss-Monthly sales or receipts Biz
Hundred Dollars or over and under One Thous.
and Dollars, quarterly license Twenty Dollars.
Third Ciass-Monthly sales o .recsipts under
BIZ Hundred Dollars. quarterly licsnse Fifteen
WIN. WEBER, (c..u..
D. Il. PRAsRK. oommittss'
Passed September 18th.
J. A. MAHANKY. Clerk. II
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n. KENNEDY. Town Marshal.

II. KENNEDY. Town Marshal.
REPORT OF TOWN cLxnx.
To tho Honorable Board OF Trustees Of
the Town Of Gold Hill-Gentlsmen /: The
following 10 my report for the quarter
ending April so. 1881:
Amount Of warrants issued. ..... $S5o3 rs
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TOWN MAMMALS REPORT.
To the President and Hon. Board Of
Trustees OF the Town Of Gold Hill Gen.
tlemen: The following Is my report Of
the business done In my Office for the
quarter ending April 80. 1881:
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AN ORDINANCE.

To Amend Section Ferty.ese OF On Ord.
nance OF tho Town Of Gold Hill Kin.
titlcd "An Ordnance TO Fix aud Gel.
lrct n Lacenso Tax U.ou Certain
Trndes and Busipess Within the Ger.
Hill" Passes April VI, 1877.
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OUR LIVE BUSINESS MEN.
WIDE AWAKE ADvERTIsE8s
WHO THRlvE THEREBY.

WIDE AWAKE ADvERTIsE8S
WHO THEY'VE THEREBY.
Advsrsisisg Business Great Bust
nessEPrents and Prosperity Fol.
Iew-rhas n the Experseace 81
All who Have Tried h
AMUsEMENTs.
Pipers' Opera House, Virginia City.
BANKERS.
Agency Nevada Bank Of San Francisco,
O street, Virginia City.
BROKERS.
L. B. Frankel. Main street. Gold Hill.
7. b. Mcdurn. LOG South @ street. Viz
ginia City.
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS.
Banner Bros, Corner O and Taylor
streets, Virginia.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
D. Thorburn. opposite Nxws once.
Main street, Gold Hill.
DRUGGISTS.
Hasbrouck q Hall. Main street. Gold
Hill. opposite Yellow Jacket sngins-houss.
John Jones, IT.. Main street. Gold Hill.
DENTIST.
A. Chapman. $50 South O street, Viz.
ginia City.
FANCY GOODS.
d. Thorburn. Main street. Gold Hill.
D. W. Chubbuck. Postofios store. Main
street. Gold Hill.
F0UNDRIES.
Reno Foundry. Reno. Andrew Fraser,
proprietor.
GROCERIES,. PROVISIONS. ETC.
y. W. Folsom. Main street. Gold Hill
Richard Mercer. Main street, Gold Hill.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
Gold Hill Bakery and Restaurant, MAR
street. Gold Hill; J. p. Becker. Pro
prietor.
City Bakery. ~ North O street, virsini,
Oily; Htzmeier 4 Armbrust. Proprie
tors.
HARDWARE.
W. N. Hall i Co. Main street, Cole
Hill.
NEWS DEPoTs.
.; W. Chubbuck. POs.Oface store. Gold
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DR.. ]. q. Hall. Main street. Gold Hill
SALOONS.
Fashion. Main street. Gold Hill; 8. b
Turney, proprietor.
WOOD AND COAL.
Thomas Gallagher. near railroad depot
Gold Hill.
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rowN BONDS CANCELLED.
Nos. los and l04. issued August 14th.
1879 /; time, ! year ; due August l4th, 1880;
cancelled August l4th. 1880.
oursrASDNo TOWN BONDS.
No. 100. amount $4,000. due May LIST. 1881.
Nos. los and 100. amount 500 D due Au-
gust 14th. 1881.
Nos. los and LOG, amount $4,000, duo
November LIST. 1881.
Amount Of bonds. $25. 900 90
Interest due on same TO April
loth, 90 W
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A~dvsrsisisg Business Creates Basi-
neas-Prenss and Prosperity .
low -Thas n the Expersence 81
Ala who Have Tried h
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tituton tho last sentence ~ ~ important
a. the first.
II the trainers Of tho Constitution had
intended by tho use Of the words: "No
lottery shall DO authorized by this State,'
to only limit the Legislative power 10 pub.
lio lotteries, conducted and managed solely
by the State for the purpose Of raising
revenue, they would not have used the
language they did In tho concluding sem
tenco, "Nor shall the sale Of lottery tick
cts DO allowed" These words clearly
show that 10 was not intended that any
lottery should DO authorized by this State
for any purpose.
Tho words "by this State" - used In
N Constitution. and tho words In this
State" cor within this State,"a a. used
In the Constitutions Of Now York, have
virtually the same meaning.
"No lottery shall be authorized by this
State, nor shall the sale OF lottery tickets
be allowed"
This language applies 10 all lotteries,
whether public or private. To lotteries
conducted by tho State I; BY the church /;
by private individuals ; by benevolent and
charitable associations. and by corpora
tons.
No lottery Of any kind can DO author.
lied BY tho Legislature under tho present
Constitution. .
We again repeat what, II seems to rs.
must be evident TO every unbiased and i'm.
partial mind. that the language Of the
constitutional provision 10 too plain for
argument. That under II the Legislature
cannot authorize any lottery 10 this State.
and that the Act approved March 0, 1881,
10 null and veid.
We arc conscious Of the fact that II was
unnecessary TO add anything 10 the reason.
Ing OF this Court In ez parts B -nchard
which 10, Of itself. absolutely ceaolusivs
upon both Of the points VI have discussed.
But Il has been attempted, By s.desire
upon our part, 70 show that NO authority
could b found In any Of The adjudisatsd
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ORDINANCE NO. il8.

laeed September 18th.
j. A. MAHANKY. Clerk.
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EDUCATIONAL.

~ "a N1Il per day at home. Samples worn ys
w Nv VZU free. Address SrtHsoN Co" PortIIL-
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French Criminal Procedure.

The place which is given to "exten-
uating circumstances in the French
code explains the search made by the
presiding Judge into the motives of
prisoners in the dock. In England
murder case is devoid of psychological
interest, motives being only inquired
into to strengthen the chain of circum-
stantial evidence on which the prosecu-
ton relies. In this country the Jury to
some extent takes the place of the ghostly
confessor or director in the tribunal of
penitence. 1t tries to learn the hidden
causes which have led to the perpetra-
ton of the murder, and whether they
alternate or aggravate the crime. Hence
the sitting examination into the antece-
dents of the accused by the prosecution,
which tries to show evil motives. To
evidence which an English Judge would
reject as irrelevant importance is to be
attached if it paints the inner man that
commands the outer one we see in the
dock. The public prosecutor would de-
scribe Cain as envious, hateful and
strong. The counsel for the defense
would try to show him fanatical lover
of justice and of the principle of
equality-a persevering hard worker,
who had eradicated thorns and thistles
and turned the land that bore them into
productive wheatfcld. Abel he would
describe as lazy, pitiable, piping shep-
herd, who left his dogs to mind the flock,
and took siestas in a shady place while
Cain was laboring with his rcaping-hook
In digging and blowing malarious plains
Cain also was attacked by virulent fevers
The jaundiced body reacted upon his
mind, and when he thought himself the
victim of an act OF iavoritism he was
hurried by his love of equity, etc, and
his morbid state of health, into knocking
his brother on the head. -PariS Cor. Pail
| Mall Ga:eHe.
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Letting Ones House,

To refined mind the notion of letting
ones house, ones home-the sacred
center whence spring all the tendrils of
the heart, the neuclus of a LIES Joys;
hopes and suffering-must be inexpress-
IDLY repugnant. A stranger sleeps in
your bed, fingers your favorite books,
sneers at your pet arrangements, dimes
at your hospitable board, and ferrets out
all your particular contrivances. Moth
inc is sacred, nothing is hidden from
him; he cuts and mangles your precious
flowers, wipes his feet on your carefully
preserved carpet, Tolls about and tears
the chintz off your peculiar armchair,
breaks the old familiar crockery and up
sets the ink over a long-respected table
cover. The very walls seem to tell him
your secrets and to unveil the thoughts
of your mind; for the atmosphere of a
house is, so to speak, redolent of the
person himself; whether he be smoker,
recluse and bookworm whose heart
delights in the scent of Russia leather, a
diLetta9te dabbling in oil-paints, an ns-
thetic redOlent of incense and faint lilies,
a house-mother fond of homemade Law
ender and pOt-pOurri, an invalid given
to the fumes of eau-de-cologne and
ether, a fine lady saturated with poudre
de riz and the scent of frangipanni and
pedU d. ESpGgne-.whoever and whatever
he may be, the house tells his history, in
its faint odorS, in the perfume of forgot
ten drawers, in the reek of a stsdY-cur-
tain, in the intangible quality OF the air.
The arrangement of the furniture be-
trays the tone of a mans mind whether
he be precise, orderly or luxurious; the
combination and harmony of colors re-
veals his taste, the quality of stuffs de-
cides whether he be penuriOus, generous
or lavish. The number of dining-room
chairs tells what company he keeps, the
marks of nails on the stairs whether
there are boys about the place, the
names of the books in the library to
what degree of culture he has attained
whether he is sporting, horsey, liter
airy or devout. The Offices show the
state of his income by the number of
servants he keeps, the size of the cellars
his qualities of temperance and sobriety.
There is not nook of the mans mind
that remains uneXplored. His loves,
his hopes, his ambitions, his wife's
housekeeping, his, daughters vanity, the
number of his children-all are laid
bare to the careless gaze of the casual
observer. World.
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The Sheikh ObeidOullah.

By no means groundless appear to be
the anxiety and alarm of the Porte at the
disappearance from Constantinople of
the old Sheikh Obeidoullah. He, it will
be remembered, is the mighty chieftain
of the Kurds who, in 1880, organized
an army of his own relatives and de-
pendents, and invaded Persia. At first
no remonstrance was offered by the
Porte, and the Persian troops were
quickly put to rout by the Kurdish hord-
ers. Having gone as far as the City of
Oroomiah and laid waste vast extent
of Persian territory, Obeidoullah leisurely
retired to his own land again, only to
begin preparations for a second eXpedi-
ton, with the avowed object of the con-
quest of Persia, AT this juncture, how
ever, the Porte was prevailed upon by
Persia to interfere, and Obeidoullah was
invited by the Sultan to visit COnStanti-
nople, ostensibly for the purpose of con-
ferring about the proposed raid. Once
there, however, he was given to under
stand that he must stay there, and since
then, until his recent escape, he lived in
Constantinople in great state, holding
court, and exercising public influence
not much inferior to that of the Sultan
himself, The Sultan treated him with
the utmost consideration, and all the
high dignitaries of the Empire esteemed
it privilege to be admitted to his pres
ence and be allowed to kiss his feet,
Still the police kept close watch upon
him, and it was only by a remarkable
piece of strategy that he at last succeed
ed, two weeks ago, in escaping by way
of Russia. Now, if he succeeds in re-
crossing the Russian frontier he may
cause the much-perplexed Porte most
serious trouble, for he has sworn to in
wade Persia again under the Turkish
flag. He is lord of vast extent of
fertile country south of Lake Van, the
inhabitants of which are prosperous and
intelligent, They are fanatically devoted
to him, both as military and political
leader, and also as a religious guide and
prophet, for he stands at the head of
the famous Order of Nekhshibendee
Dervishes. So he will quickly be able
to raise an army of many thousands Of
fierce, bigoted Kurds, accustomed to
war, and ready to follow his standard
wherever he may lead.-M. Y. Tribune,