Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-16
4 slJLTAN'S KEEPING.
L,,ex,sA RULER ALWAYS EATS
ENTIRELY ALONE.


ENTIRELY ALONE.
ANY Of servants and On
=. sul.an's Big farm'--wasfs
,.,,.vsrauee In the h'tehen-one
b Expenses
81 for the sultan is cooked BY
ioou i T. his aids, and none others
r. ~. 7, "a cooked in silver vessels,
u s",e each kettle is sealed by .
ben oo.i0 and a stamp, and this is
PaT re presence of the sultan BY
% -. aIl'o.n,lerlain. who takes one
II i each separate kettle before
" =, .astes IT, This is to prevent
l.an's being poisoned. The food Is
ltan an served up to the sultan In
as rasssels IN which it was cooked,
~ ~ ore often of gold; but when a
, lssy the kettle is set into a ricn:
r liz shaped holder, the handle OF
!. Pr Ia bs slave while the sultan
=, e.. ~ kettle is a course. and Is
Ls IN bread and kind of pancake.
!, s lid on a golden tray by another
,iras inst twice as many slaves
ra courses to serve dinner to
d. = usually sits on a divan near a
~ vbirb looks out over the Bos-
v nd takes his ease and comfort in
nsrnbazar and gegelik, WITH his
tprued up After he has eaten
.snts tho sultan takes his coffee
y nbIlbo,lk and lies back in an
u enjoyment and quiet reverie.
i calls taking his keif. Woe be
ags who comes to disturb it.
V iood being cooked outside OF the
mai, males it necessary to have bell
iii covers to clap down tightly
III kettle. which has been placed
tvsv For the sultan and royal
.bsre are magnificent velvet covers
m over the outside Of these. en-
1sd with gold and silver threads
All coral or turquois beads. Those
bers are not 50 handsome.
sultan is served first. and he always
,1tirely alone, never under any cir
snces deigning to eat with any one,
4 soon as be has begun to eat the
Is served. The sultan never uses
He takes all his food direct from
tle Kettles, and never uses a table
arely q knife or fork. A spoon, his
or pancake or fingers are far
The whole household is at lib.
take meals where it suits him or
pst and thus every one is served
small tray, with spoon, a great
Of bread. and the higher ones only
pancakes.
h the harem the officers of the i'm
BODY guard, the eunuchs, the cham
Is and other high functionaries are
hey usually being seated around q
and the kettles are offered each one,
elps himself to one or two spoon
the contents of each. 1t is not
tte to take more, no matter how
be dish nor how hungry. but as the
y Of dishes is always SO great no
led 20 hungry.
! al the officers ard others of high
are fed the soldiers and servants
heir food, and at the same time all
en employed in the imperial stables
theirs. and during the progress of
beals any stranger. whoever it may
BIT liberty to come in and seat him
nd eat, AS a general rule three
ID persons are fed every day who
no earthly right except what the
I hospitality give. 1t is a sort of
|ual free lunch, and beggars as well
men avail themselves of this royal
Sultan has number of very large
some Of them covering miles in ex.
cth in European Turkey and Asiatic
and these are intended to supply
se things which farms can produce
palace. One of these farms is near
fhaldja, where the government is
out building a fortress. and another
FBey .keni, both of these within easy
pm Constantinople. There are two
at MISUNDERSTANDING and Be-
houkmedje. These are all near
lntlnople The others are in Asia
On these much Of the grain and
the horses are raised. They are
tlled by the compulsory labor of
ligarians. large numbers of them
Polged by conscription to serve SO
hohtls year on these farms. They
aed together like cattle and brought
2 and treated like brutes. This
sort OF tax duty which they were
70 pay In labor 1t may not be so
ut probably is.
soli Of Turkey is very fertile and
nve' and from these farms annu.
brought on donkeys and in boats
pom tons Of vegetables of all kinds,
outter and cheese, mutton, eggs,
and fruit. The amount in the
.ss Is suspendous, and yet it is not
les enough for the needs of that
eld Nearly all the tobacco, how.
zones from these farms. and is of
pst quality.
They DO not grow rice, and. in
aeuce' buy nearly one ton of rice
iof the inevitable pilaff, 600
VI sugar as much coffee, to say
u The other groceries. fruit,
.es and meat. Rice, mutton and
ClI me greater part of food for the
Va lurksi yet, aside from these
away with one ton of beef and
la OF veal per day, to say moth
.ae other viands and fish, sweet
fnualectloonery, nuts and dried and
us The waste and extrava-
Is 'u tb hltehen are enormous, and
y thrown away every day to
hundred families. Much of
/ tba req up by beggals, and the
H. I,ana ate is that it costs per year to
or s t'oa Tor the sultan's house
h. o.Ses and animals, aside from
NC ol the product of the vast
boo. e's nearly if not quite
~ nv cost os Of furniture. bedding
iswn, s9'o9o,ooo; drugs, women's
~ III and cosmetics. $40, 00O, 900;
s n, al ~ Kinds SIS. ZOO, coo; sultan's
and bedding, $4,000, 900; sundries.
IA Au servants wages, $4,000 600.
"a slu $ SILVER dishes, s., 800, 900;
0aa 17 T 81 them, S474. 900. Total.
Ss W. That is snug little sum
as e anuer rather than an over,
A. a eSery one who has lived LONG
A-iu mad means of iudpinp and