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your nose. 1t Is against the law and the custom
for woman TO be seen in Korea by any other
man than her husband, and the nation would
be Mortified If the Queen appeared in public.
She manages however. by having n hole bored
in the wall of the room next TO the Kings
counsel chamber, or she stations herself behind
crack in IL gives her full view of the throne, and
with her right eye peeled and her ear skinned
Ebe peeps through at the nabobs of Korea who
bump their heads on the mats before his Mai
esty, the King, and If there be any news going
she hears it. The Empress Dowager of China
receives her Ministers from behind a screen,
and am told that the old lady Is fond Of ath-
letic sports. and that she can shoot an arrow
with rs much skill as one OF the Tartar archers.
The Queen Of Korea has weakness for Ameri.
can cigarets, and the Empress of Japan imports
her dresses from Paris. The japanese En-
press is also a strong minded woman, and
learned at Bangkok that the Queen. who In,
you know, the Kings sister was fond Of betel-
nut chewing, aud that she liked 10 smoke ciga-
rets Of American manufacture. Tho Korean
Queen, by the way, Is fond Of diamonds and
she carries a chatelaiBe watch studded with
these precious stones. She wears the Korean
dress, but, like the Queen Of Siam, she probably
has number of fine Paris. made dresses In her
wardrobe. / am told that there are lots OF
Paris dresses in the haTem Of the Sultan, aud
know that tho lights of tho harem wear French
kid gloves. The wife Of the Khedivo dresses
like a lady Of Paris. and Queens the world
over seem 20 DO as fond Of fine clothes aa all
our wives and our sisters.
FRANZ q. CARFEsTER
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wool, trimmed with black. You will hnd
Kurds from the mountains. who will stare
into your eyes with as! brave look as
that which their great-great many times great
grandfather bore when he fought with Keno
phon. You will find Arabs from Arabia and
Bedouins from the borders of Nubia. You will
meet with Turkish Bulgarians. pass by Albani-
ans in the kilt skirts of Greece, aud likely be
crowded TO the wall by Cireassian officer,
whose breast is covered with cartridges and
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great part Of the business Of Constantino-
pie is done by Armenians. They are sharper
al q bargain than the Greek the Jew or the
Turk, and you viii find rich ArTnenians In
every country along the Mediterranean Sea-
The richest man IN Calcutta is an Armenian
and when ] asked the nationality Of the con-
ductors on the Egyptian railroads, was told
that they were Of Armenian birth. The Turks
call the Armenians the camels Of the Empire
and they are certainly much stronger people
than the Turks physically. They arc the pOr-
tiers Of C0asiantinOple, and you see them carry
Ing immense burdens on their backs through
the business streets Of the city. A load Of 500
pounds Is not an uncommon weight for a single
man 30 carry, and Sunset Cox once told me that
be bad known Of Armenian porteFs who had
carried cottage pianos on their backs up the hills
Of Pefa. You will fnd Armenians with all the
banking institutions OF Turkey. They are
born caiculators, and they know how to save
money and make ii bring more. Many Of them
dress 10 European clothes, and 10 is often hard
Tor TDC 10 tell them from the Greeks, who are
possessed OF the same money making tenden-
cies They have, however. none Of the spirit
Of the Greeks, and they allow the Turks to
Cypress them without resisting They have
been prosecuted for ages, and like the Jews
persecution has scattered them over the whole
weird. Such Of them Es remain in Turkey
will probably he well treated from now on, and
the fear OF Russia will keep the Turks in order.
II they can have fair chance 20 make their
Fight against the Turks with their heads rather
than with their hands. they are sure 70 succeed.
for u is common saying in Turkey that the
brains Of four Turks are required 10 outwitone
Frank, that it takes two Franks 10 cheat one
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and luxuriant, and their eyelsshes and eye
Dr0Es are thick. Their noses are a cross be-
tween the Greek aud the Roman. and they
have large mouths. with semi-sensual lips.
Their women are noted for their beauty. They
have eyes large and languid. They are tall and
Eeli-shapsd. aud they dress very much like
the Turkish ladies Of the harem. Many Of
them are well educated, and ] was told at the
great seminary in the Asiatic part Of CONSTANT
nOple that the Armenian girls ranked among
the best Of their students. The most OF the
girls talk Turkish, but MS 70 the men, they
arc among the fine lineuists Of the East and
you find them speaking half dozen different
languages.
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The Plympton Monument.

The Ladies' Memorial Association, of Plymp-
ton, Mass, will dedicate soldiers and sailors
monument on Wednesday, Nov. co. at 1890
o'clock q. m. There will be dinner at IL
o'clock and an Grafton ut o'clock. Carriages
will be Mt the Plympton Depot to convoy guests
TO and from the monument. A large gather
ing of citizens is anticipated.
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In Honor of IndIana,s war Governor.

A marble bust OF Hon. Oliver r. Morton, the
celebrated war Governor of Indiana, and United
States Senator from that State for two terms
after the war, was unyaled at indianapolis on
Tuesday, Oct 9Th. that day being the 18th
anniversary OF the Governors funeral. Tho
bust was made in Rome by Simmons, and Is
mounted on pedestal seven feet high.
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The news that the Rus
SLAMS have had spies
travelling throughout
Armenia, aud that they
have collected and for
warded 10 the Car a
large amount Of sccu-
rate information in re-
gard 10 the atrocities
perpetrated by til e
Turks upon the Chris
tians bids fair to make
things lively along the
Black Sea. Russia
wants only a good ex-
cuse TO make war upon
Turkey. Its itching
territorial palm h q 5
been grasping after
the dominions of the
Sultan for years, and il
,,,,,- Ia thor fhn Gar
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Pictures Of Fort Sanders.

W. III. Buchtel. 108 Bell street, Akron, o., o
deaf comrade, offers to send anyone who desires
them pictures of Fort Sanders, sketched by
himself, for so cents, or IL for $5.
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viii make this excuse the cause OF war. The
Sultan is said to be very much excited over the
matter. He has sent officers into Armenia to
stop the persecution, and for the time the
Kurds and the other Christians viii have both
Justice and mercy. The Mahometans of the
back districts Of Turkey are not fond of unbe-
leveTs, and there are regions along the Mediter-
rsnoan where the Christian traveller would be
decidedly unsafe. 1t would be sure death TO
attempt 10 penetrate 10 Mecca or Medina in
European clothes, and many Moslem Sheik
would consider the killing % Christian sure
passport to Heaven and its hours. il is not
many years since there was massacre Of Chris
tians AZ Damascus, and in 1850 5000 unohcnd-
ing Christians were murdered there. am in
formed by prominent official, who has just re-
turned from Constantinople, that the Sultan
has had nothing to do with the present atToci-
ties, and that the wrongs which the ATmenians
are now suffering come from the local officials.
These Armenians are the brightest people of
the Orient The men are strong, well-built
fne-looking fellows, with features as regular as
those Of the American, and with compilations
not much darker than ours. They have bright,
bl-ck, LIQUID eyes Their hair is black, coarse
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the head of whose horse is so poised as to show
its Arabian blood. The Turkey of to-day is
the succotash of races Its different peoples
are by no means harmonious, and when the
Sultan finds himself involved In war with
Russia he will find some of his worst enemies
among his own people.
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His Majesty, the ruler of Turkey, leads by
no means happy life, notwithstanding his In
come Of si0,000.000 year, and that he has his
wives by the score. His predecessors lived In
q great palace on the banks of the Golden
Horn, or rather Of the BosphoFus at the point
where the Horn commences In front Of this
palace stands the yacht Of the Sultan, and
there is usually gunboat or two stationed
near by 10 guard IT, The last Sultan woke
one morning 10 find the guns OF those ships
sighted on the palace and a set Of Turkish
rebels demanded his surrender Tho present
Sultan has a palace away back on the hills.
The grounds which surround 10 contain many
acres, and there are wateh-towers built here
and there among them. In these guards are
stationed. who keep the landscape ever before
their eyes, and who would at the least hostile
demonstration inform His Majesty. lie has
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Greek, two Greeks 10 cheat one Jew, and six
jews 10 cheat one Armenian. There is church
Of Armenian Christians In Greece, though
many Of these people belong 70 the Greek
Church. The Armenians have a convent at
ConstantinOple and the Armenian Patriarch
ie one OF the great men Of the Far East
We are accustomed 10 look upon Turkey az
containing only one race, aud TO think that.
under the Sultan, all people arc Mahometans
The truth is that Turkey and the dominions
under IL have as many different races as has the
Continent Of Europe, and you will find no more
cosmopolitan city Ia the world than onstanti-
Dople. You will meet the representatives of
every nation under Heaven on the wide bridge
which crosses the Golden Horn. and Won will
nnd dozen different men ia gowns at the turn
Ing Of every corner each Of whom represents a
people as different in looks and customs as we
are from the MeKicans. You will see Pcrsians
by the hundreds, rich Bagdad merchants, In
gowns which cost as much as a wedding dress
going beside poor Persian servants. whose fat
Pantaloons are Iaade Of the cheapest brown
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What fuss they were making about this
wedding when / was in Greece. The Queen
had her Industrial School working on the
dresses for one of her daughters, the one who
was married in June at st. Petersburg, and
Her Majesty is as domestic in her tastes as any
of my fair readers. She likes to go about
Athens with only her children accompanying
her, and when she makes a trip to Paris or
London, where the people do not know her,
she delights in going into the drygoods stores
and shopping all day over a spool of white silk
or pair of 25-cont gloves. At least this ia
what she told one of my friends In Athens, and
she probably told the truth.
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thousands OF soldiers connected with his own
body-guard, bat he trusts very few, and like one
Of the former SultaDs, he places implicit con-
hdeDce only In bis mother. lie has had number
OF revolutions during his reign, and IL you
will look over the history Of Turkey you will
find that assassination is a very common fate
for Sultan. j saw this Turkish monarch
several times while ] WAS in Constantinople
He is q sallow, nervous little man, with Ro-
man nose, with a pair Of bright, black eyes,
which sparkle as they look out under his red
fez cap. He wears a suit Of black clothes much
like those Of preacher, and his coat is buttoned
high at the throat He does not look like q
healthy man, aud there is more timidity than
bTaggadOeiO about bis bearing. IL Is said at
CousiantiBOpie that he darcs not move about
unattended through the streets Of tho Turkish
Quarter, and his home Is On the European side
Of the water. When he takes a ride through
his Capital the whole army at Congtaptlnople
turns out 20 guard him. Yellow sand is sprin-
killed. over the road ia order that his royal
bones be not j0lted, aud he has a couple Of the
most noted OF his Generals IN the carriage
with him. j am told that he is really fond of
his subjects, notwithstanding the dangers Of his
situation. aud that he would do much for the
lettering Of bis Kingdom If il were not for
the plots and plOtters which continually sur
round him. His situation is practically the
same as that Of the other Asiatic nonarchs Of
the Courts which ] visited Not one Of them
felt secure aud safe upon his throne, and all Of
the countries Of Asia have their political fac
tiCns and their political intrigues.
The Mikado Of Japan is little more than the
tool ia the hands Of the politicians or statesmen
who brongn; him forth from theHoly seclusion
Of his palace at Ki0ta. Am
and made him the -
nominal ruler Of his hzA
/ people. 1t 10 not long u ~
since one Of the lead NJ
/ ing statesmen Of the <&rNTsP.
| Empire was assassnat- <TN9gpk<v%N1h
| ed and If His Majesty AlNf NTsf2gSGIA
4 persisted in acting con- RH4f92&o %5gS&#A
trary 10 public opinion EH4acassSs M "A
he would probably E4835@I4g fiSxAs III "a
meet with the same 49,, III VA III 800
| fate. The King OF ST. kzFgE fMw
am, for all that lac is the EEsE III ~
| despOstic ruler of the taE58SX
| Empire aud has forty $500 E544 XVIII IN.
| odd million dollars in n Eax ~ q III WJ
his treasury, is by no ~ Hs IN
means safe upon his E4f Ekf4 N
| throne, and lac lives ia EkR# Hill M lift stAAV//
! fear that England or 80 80 8 3 5ss - n
| France will take pos Esah fSiE Al s8E W.
session Of his kingdom, MI bIAA/1E/I
or that he may be in Il Viii IIsnsIt/AE/
yolved In the plots and w uI4 llf/IAI/
| intrigues which are IN IN Ill Il WAX
continually going on E #t Hill 1Ha&zk2
among his mobiles. The l&3 Hi 3{sssl5F
Khediye of Egypt Is ~ ~ y
merely tool in the - ESKl=-
| hands Of the English %ZZW W#7IL
and the other foreign Rupnryx op Fey.r
powers. He fears that
q second Arab Pasha may arise. and that the
knife or the boW-6tFing may cut short his
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The Turkish army, all told. does not embrace
more than 100000 Sighting men. That of Rus
STA contains more than 100000 aud it is said
that the total available war forces OF Russia
are more than 100000 Turkey is bankrupt
and Russia could easily raise plenty of money.
As TO the navies of the two countries, that of
Turkey is worth but little in comparison with
Russia which has one of the best navies in the
world and whose ships are found in every sea.
Turkeys only safety lies in her European
friends, and in the fact that she owes so much
to the bankers of Germany. France and Eng
land that they have got TO defend her, just as
man often has to buy in piece of property TO
save the money which he has advanced upon
il in the shape of a mortgage. The Russians
are one Of the strongest races Of the world. 1t
is a question in the minds of many thinkers as
20 whether they are not the great race of the
future. / saw many of them along the coast
of the Mediterranean Sea. ] met thousands Of
Russian pilgrims at Jerusalem. and became &C.
quainted with some of the great Russian diplo-
mats at the various Asiatic Courts. They are,
both peasants aud mobiles, wonderful people !;
they have strong bodies, aud quick, active,
broad minds. The pilgrims at Jerusalem made
one think of the Patriarehs of old, and the big,
healthy, muscular women who ccompanied
these reminded me Of the old saying If strong
be the frame OF tho mother, hers shall make
laws for the people" This is the characteristic
OF the whole Russian population, which, IT
must be remembered, contains over l00000,000
souls. The Russian Empire is nearly three
times as big as the United States and Siberia
alone has a territory larger than ali Of Uncle
Sans dominions. In the future when the
Gar has settled the questions Of Nihilism or
the people Of Russia have made a settlement of
these problems themselves it is wonderful
query as 10 what is 20 be the destiny of this
great people and of their great country. IL is
no wonder that Turkey trembes under the
shadow Of such mass. and that the Sultan
himself fears 20 go TO bed at night lest he may
awake the next morning dethroned and dis
hnnnred
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ROYALTYIN THE EAST
The Great Russian Empire, and Its
Coming Contest with Turkey.

The Sultan and His Troubles-How the Ruler OF
Che HahometSns IL GHarded-Troubles OF AsiRtic
Kings. and Some OF Their Curious Tastes-Gos-
sip About The Grecian Prince Who Has Just
Been MarrIed-And Look at Number of East
srn Queens Who Henpeck Their Regal Husbands.
Gossip About the Arrenians, and their Perseeu-
tions BY the Mah0metans.
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IoOrrmoHrrD ny FRANK q. CARPENTER, Issa,I

Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., November, 1889.
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The Queen of Korea-the one who henpecles
the King-bas bump of curiosity as big as
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career. II the Emperor Of China should at
tempt to make radical reforms among the Celes-
tials, he would incur the ill-will of the anti
foreign faction, and the arrow of a fanatical
Manturian officer or the knife of one of his 5000
eunuchs might cut short his career. As il Is he
is ruled by the Empress Dowager, and he does
not dare to call his soul his own. The King OF
Korea has his plotting factions surrounding his
throne, and the poor man, is ! was d,under the
thumb of his wife. Both the King of Siam and
| the King of Korea are said TO be honpecked hus-
bands, and Il may be that the reason why the
Khedive of Egypt has only one wife lies in the
| unpleasantness which the Khedivieh mightstir
| up provided he took Others From this Ii will be
| seen that even Asatic Kings have their troubles
as we have, and, after all, they are not much
different from other men.
The King of Greece, for instance, whose
| daughter has Just been married Mt Athens, has
been fussing rs much over the wedding as any
| of the parents among THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
| readers are doing under the same circumstances,
and the young Duke of Sparta, the Kings son,
was as spoony over Sophie. the sister of the En-
peror of Germany as any West Point Cadet Is
over his first lady-love. A great lady connected
with the Court told me all about Ii at Athens.
The Crown Prince was student at Berlin when
he met the Princess, who is now his wife. She
was only about II or Is years old and in short
dresses when he first whispered sweet nothings
In her ear. Az soon as she was engaged her
mother heightened out the hens in her skirts,
and from that time on she became young lady.
She is only 16 years old and as pretty as q
picture. Her husband Is, / think, just begin
ming his twentes. He has an allowance of $40,-
600 year, and the Government will now build
them palace at Athens.
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second Arab PashR may arise, and that the
knife or the boW-stFing may cut short his
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The Mikado Of Japan is little more than the
tool in the hands Of the politicians or statesmen
who brOngnt him forth from thnAhnlv seclnsinn
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help to keep up the traditions accord
ing to the history of the ancient christ
ian church. A little Turk showed me
the very old looking house Of the tan
ner in Jaffa in whose house ST. Paul
lived. Damascus is the type OF Orient
al life and has in its bazaars many Pc
culiar curiosities. The most of these
bazaars are from ten to fourteen feet
wide and are covered with thin boards
rushes. reeds or palm leaves to height
of twenty to thirty feet above the streets
which nave no pavements at all. The
house in which according to holy writ.
Naaman the leper lived, is the hospital
for the lepers up to the present day.
It is highly satisfactory and interesting
to travel here where the cradle of man.
kind has probably been and although I
was amazed with the beautiful rich
plains of the Nile, that bears an abund-5
.ance Of food for man and beast. my
mind was better satisfied by travelling
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we know more about them in history
than we do about mythical Egypt.
Good bye now, will soon leave for
Cyprus and Constantinople.
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