Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-28
SAVANNAH MORNING NEVIS FRIDAY, MAY 2S 1886.

administration OF justice, and Tor that we
( require a firman from your Majesty, so
4 that we may be allowed to visit the
courts, aud also 5000 piasters for our
/ travelling expenses
The sultan granted all they asked, and
they left. During their tour they found
themselves in a village where certain
/ Mehemed bought horse from man Of
4 the name Of Osman. He paid for. it 800
! piasters; that is, 100 cash and 200 on
/ time, to be paid two or three days later.
Mehemed took the horse home, but, to his
/ surprIsE, che horse refused atlofood The
/ animal was sicks lnsths 0mOFning Me-
hemed took the horse bach, to Osman, pro-
/ testing against the bargain, de intend
ed to buya sound horse. f'hfs one was
sick. Heswished 0sman to take it back
and return 8he 100 piasters pafd. Ceiaau
answered that he had sOlda sound horse,
anA declined to7take a sick one back y Ne
Insisted on the payment OF the balance
d5teo The neighbors fnterposed in Vhih,
andfthe two parties concluded 10 apptSit6
the court. Mehemed and Osman started
far the chief town to see the,IAdge. When
arrived the court they found the,JUdge
alpsent-7gone to his bath. As the h0ur
was late they decided to return home and
come back in the mornings bringing the
horse with, them. Unfortunately, during
Mehemed.
The second day they went to see the
Judge again, and both sides stated the
case. Osman Insisted that he could pro-
duce witnesses to testify that the horse
was sound. Mehemed asserted that the
best evidence OF the horse being sick was
that be died.
''Oh," said the Judge, hoping to find a
clue on which 10 found decision s.when
Il nc "a
"The second day after it was taken by
Mehemed."
"Why, then, did you notcOme while the
horse was alive ?" asked the Judge.
1--WE came, but you We're at the BATH"
snow | see" rejOined the Judge, and
turning to his servant. ordered him to
bring 4 box wherein his documents and
moneys were kept. The box was brought
and opened.
"What is your claim Mehemed?"
''The restitution of the hundred pias-
ters.'
The Judge, taking that sum from the
box, handed it TO Mehemed. He then
asked Osman:
'What is your CLAMP
"The payment of 200 piasters, the bal
ance Of the price for the horse"
Taking from his box this sum, it was
paid over to Osman.
meanY' the Judge replied:
"Had not been absent when the two
men came the Urst time / would have
been able to decide justly in accordance
with the sacred law; but my absence
from the bench, at the bath, postponed
the trial, and, meanwhile, the horse died.
| cannot give any decision. 10 is my
fault, and that is why pay these sums"
The two priests returned to Con-
stantinople. They stated what they had
seen.
''Well," said Mohammed, "what is vour
opinion now as to the durability of my
power"
''Your Majesty" said tho priests, "as
long as justice continues to be admins
tered as we have Witnessed it, your reign
here will he everlastingw
II one should look Tor the idea OF Orien-
taljustice underlying the stories / have
narrated, it would be found in the reality
or simulacrum of that rule which IS writ
ten in the Mosaic code-.the ''lex taliO-
MIS-" Kind, hospitable and trusting as
are the Orientals, they have ideas of re-
/ Venge not based on passion or maligBiiy
/ Ii is a part Of their system. There is
story, at the end Of the "PhOusand ard
! 0ne Nights" which illustrates in a whim-
steal way this law of retaliation. The
! story is thought by some annOtators to
] Apply W AlOStSs Dub IL has anOlCa-
| ton IN literature. IL is found in a certain
/ form in ParnelPs Hermit" but it's true
source is in the Koran, or rather In the
/ Pentateucb, from which so much of the
| Koran is derived. Here is the story ab-
/ breviated:
a prophet went into mountain, be-
meath which was a spring of water. Dur
ing the day he sat on the summit, and
the people who came TO the spring saw
| him not. He saw them. One day he per-
/ ceiged a bOrseman dismount at the
/ spring. He put down his leathern bag,
rested, drank and retired. He left the bag
| behind him. 1t was full of gold pieces
| Another man came, drank and departed.
| He took away the bag. Then there came
a third man. He was wood cutter lie
rested and drank, when lOl the first man
dashed in, distressed for the loss of his
bag Of gold pieces.
"Where," he exclaimed, ''is my leath-
ern bag Ofgold pieces p
The wood cutter replied:
"Truly, | know nothing Of it,"
The horseman drew mis- sword and slew
/ he wood cutter. He searched mis- clothes
! but found nothing and departed.
The prophet upon the mountain was OBJ
| serving all these Incidents. He addressed
Allah to resolve the mystifcatiOn of his
mind about the divine justice of these pro-
1 ceeuluks. UOu hdlu 10 MIN: F'OccupV
| thyself with thy devotion. One thing Is
! thine; another is nine. You are limited
| in your knowledge. You see but in part,
and hence you fail to reason. The father
Of this horseman had fOrcibly taken a
thOusSn pieces OF gold from the property
OF she father Of the supposed rObber. /
only put the son in possession Of his own
The wood cutter nad slain the father OF
tho horseman. Wherefore the retaliative
sum OF the SON.
Then the prophet exclaimed:
"EXtOlled be thy perfection! There is
no Deity but Thee, keeper of genealogies
and aliwise dispenser Of justicei''
After all are not most Of the codes, East
and West. 70 say nothing Of human con-
duct, founded upDn this natural law OF
Moses and Mobammed--tne law OF retail
atom Were IL not an element In human
action and Jurisprudence would we not
lack many serious and humorous illus
trations Ofthe better side Of that naturef
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