St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-31

Edouard Guerrette, delegate of the
commissioner general of Belgium, told
how the people vote in his country.
Every man must have at least a small
amount of property before he can vote.
If he be single man, and has only the
property qualification he has but one
vote at an election. II he be married
he may cast one vote for himself and
another on account of his married state.
If he has family OF children he may
vote three times.
j. j. Q uelch. special commissioner of
British Guiana, told that while his
country is located on the eqnator the
thermometer seldom rises above 20 deg,
and never to 80. 1t seems that the
northeast trade winds blow constantly
over the land and keep the temperature
down.
Facts About Turkey.
A. q. Asdikian. the Turkish commits
sioner of agriculture. and who, by the
way, was one of the most interesting
characters on the trip, told Of his coun-
try. He says that contrary to the belief
in this country Turkey has not a mo-
narchical but a constitutional govern
ment.
There is no capital punishment
there. as you folks think" said he.
"How about the ebowstringing2" asked
one of the party.
"Bowstringing! Bosh; that is all a
fiction. No such thing ever takes place
in Turkey. / said that we have no cap
ital punishment. must explain. The
Judges OF the courts sentence convicted
murderers to be hanged, and the sultan
commutes their sentences to life i'm
prisonment. 1t is very many years
since anybody was hanged in my coun-
s.try. l want to say another thing;
Americans who live in Turkey have
more liberties than the Americans
who live in Russia. The grand
vizier has much more to do with the
government than the sultan. He is the
! head of the cabinet. You would call
him the secretary of state. and the
English would call him prime minister.
The sultan is little more than figure
head. We have twelve cabinet officers,
/ and each in his department is an auto
crat. For instance, the minister of agri-
CQltQl dO ilO piCdSOos 1Ol dli luc
sultan can ssay, about tie agricultural
department Maybe you would like
TO know something about myself. l
am an Armenian, and my race is
called the Yankees of Turkey, and they
really are. l was born in the Garden
of Eden, the real Garden of Eden,
from which Adam and Eve were ex-
PEELED. l will explain that. Kharpoot
(or Harpoot, as you Americans spell it),
where l was born, is one of the Oldest
cities in the world, and is located on the
identical spot between the four rivers
as described in the authenticated ac-
counts of the location of the Garden.
Here he displayed map of Armenia.
and pointed out the four rivers and Ar
menia. 1t may surprise yon to know
that Mohammedans are prohibitiOnists.
The Koran strictly forbids the use of
any Intoxicating liquors, and the many
who live up to their religion have never
tasted liquor in their lives"
Master Cutler of Sheffield.
Mr.. Atkinson, who is the master cut
ler of Sheffield, detailed how his Office
came into existence. 1t is the highest
Office IN the gift of the people of Shelf
field. IN 1924 charter was granted to
a company of cutters. called the Cut
lers' Company of Hallenshire, which
place Embraced Sheffield, and came
afterwards to be called by that
name. Since that date the place
has elected annually master cutler,
who is at the head of the guild. l
am the 269th master cutler, and en-
Nov. 5, 1892. gave the twenty-ninth
annual banquet. at which were present
as guests Lord Herschell. the Duke of
Teck, and many other nobIemen and
high dignitaries of England; also rep
resentatives of every British colony,
among whom were several prime min
listers. Canada was represented by Hon.
Mr.. Foster, minister of finance. / sup
pose you know that Sheffield manufact-
ures more cutlery than all the rest of
the world. and that we make more
hardware than any other city In the
world.''
DIR. Emil Hassler, commissioner gen
eral of Paraguay, gave an interesting
account of an article of food used i'll his
country which is unknown in Mort n
America. 1t is called Paraguay tea,
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