Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-22

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the course of an half hour he appeared again
they resumed their old position.
The Sultan seldom goes TO the mosque
twice in the same way. Yesterday mag
nificent riding horse was led behind the car
iiage and shortly after his majesty arrived
low carriage drawn by pair of milk white
ponies was driven up to the front of the
mosque. The servants of the sultan had not
been told as TO how he proposed TO go home
ward and these three different equipments
were present in order that he might ride on
horseback, drive his ponies, or go back in
his barouche
AS HE SAW FIT.
He preferred the ponies and i had good
chance TO see him as he drove back up the
hill with the ribbons in his hands. Behind
him came several carriages containing ladies
Of his harem, and / noted that a dozen beg
gars followed these and that the ladies
within them threw out handfuls OF coin to
them. over which they fought as it fell upon
the sanded road.
have seen the sultan several times dur
ing my stay in Coustantinople. l saw him
twice at the mosque and saw him when he
made his annual procession across the
Golden Horn to Stamboul TO kiss the mantle
of Mahomet which is preserved IN the old
Seraglio. have met some of the most noted
of his officials aud have had numerous con-
versations with men who have been con-
nected with his palace for years. The sultan
likes to wall his dongs with secrecy, and
only the barest details of his private life are
known to the general public. Within the
gates of his great palace only his intimate
friends and his most trusted servants come,
and L ain told that he has such
FEAR OF ASSASSINATION
that he has men continually on guard, both
about his person, at his doors and about his
watch towers. The palaces of Yildiz are oil
built upon hills Their grounds contain
many acres and they consist of ravines,
through which flow babbing brooks, of for
ests and lakes, of parks and of gardens.
They rise almost straight up from the be-
thirty or forty palaces which his
majesty owns here all command
views of the surrounding country. Not
wthstanding this elevated position the sui
tan still fears plottings and assassinations.
He trusts few people implicitly, and he sell
dom goes to bed at night. He sits up until
o'clock, amusing himself as best he can. and
then throws himself into a cushioned chair
and dozes on till daybreak when he retires
to his bed to sleep. He has those about him
IN whom he thinks he can contide, but the
fate of ms predecessors warns himto beware.
During the thirteen years of his reign he
has had several revolutions, ard he was
frightened almost to death when the car of
Russia was assassinated
He has number of other palaces outside
of this one in which he lives, but he seldom
occupies them for more than few hours at
a Time. One of his largest palaces is that of
Dolma Bagtche, which seems to rest on the
waters of the Bosphorus and which is
great airy structure of stone and stucco,
painted so it looks like marble. 1t is sur
rounded by beautiful gardens and parks,
and is gorgeously furnished with rich car
pets, crystal chandeliers and with all the
beautiful things that money can purchase.
This palace was that in which Sultan Abdul
Azzlz lived, and the upper part of it was de.
voted to his harem. When it ia emembered
that this man spent nearly
SH $4,000, 900 YEAR
on this part of his household alone, some
idea of the grandeur of the furniture can be
conceived In one year Abdul Azziz spent
5000 900 for pictures, and there was nothing
too costly for his palace. / went through
this palace by means of SPECIAL permit of
the sultan. and | saw great crystal posts as
big around as the body of man, and more
immense clndelabra, the prismatic crystals
of which sparkled like the diamonds of Sin
bad, the sailor, under the rays of the light.
passed through room after room finished in
gold and walled with satin. / entered the
most luxurious of bath rooms ana spent
some time in the grand audience hall where
the sultan holds his receptions at Bairam or
the Mohammedan Easter. l walked upon
the court in front of the palace, along the
beautiful waters of the Bosphorus, and
looked at the yacht of the sultan which,
with steam up, stands unused IN front Of
the palace; and as L did so L re-
membered the story which one Of the
sultan's officials told me as to why his
majesty never occupied this grand building
over night 1t is, said the official, because OF
a warning which the last sultan gave him.
This sultan woke up one morning TO lind the
gun boats, which he had built to guard him
self, turned against him, and he advised
Abdul Hamid never to occupy palace
which could be rs easily stormed as this
one.
The sultan of Turkeys
VERY FOND OF HORSES.
He has about two thousand in his stables,
and these have been brought here from all
parts of the world. His finest horses are of
Arabian blood, and you will find nowhere IN
the world such horses as are seen upon the
streets here IN ConstaDtinople. The street
car horses have the finely arched neck
characteristic of the Arabian, and in every
troop of cavalry there are hundreds of
horses which would bring the highest of
prices in America 1t is against the law of
Turkey to export Arabian horses, and when
Senator Palmer wanted a couple of stations
for his breeding farm near Detroit he had
to get the permit of the sultan himself To
buy them. The sultan himself Is good
rider and he is much inter-
ested in horse training and breeding
HIS stables cover many acres,
and there is great training place connected
with them where his majesty sometimes
comes and watches the exercising of his
horses. He prefers the Arabian horses for
riding horses and his favorte mount is a
beautiful bay. His rides are taken in the
parks whica surround his palace, and which
are of a great extent. His friends often ride
with hun. and General Lew Wallace and he
often rode toge her. He sometimes hunts
upon horse back, aud am told that he is a
good shot. He once told General Wallace
that he had broken half dozen vases with a
revolver while galloping past them on horse
back. and he often hunts deer and duck in his
parks.
The Sultan is thoroughly posted on all
matters relating to horses. He keeps track
of the military affairs and is posted on all
new inventions in arms. Not long ago there
was sent to him from America a set of the
MeyDridge photographs, consisting of instan-
taneons pictures OF the horse in action. The
American minister and the men of our lega-
tion looked at these pictures. but did not see
much utility in them. The moment the
sultan saw them he graspeu at the
advantage they would be to horse
training, and he explained to the minister
what they meant He afterwards offered
MIR. Straus a present of a couple of fine Arab
horses but the minister explained that he did
not think 1T would be right for him to accept
presents aud ne declined the gift. He gave
presents TO General Grant and to several
other Americans and he has made some pres
ents 10 Abram :. Hewitt. He is
VERY FOND OF AMERICA,
and / am told that he is very anxious to have
American capital brought into the develop
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