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basin, burned perfumcd mixture, whose
fragrance filled the place.
Suddenly the heavy hanging which
entered: Upon seeing before him one
whom he believed Was still in prison,
ibrahim felt Sinister presentiment
Let your last hour be happy" said
Al in grave voice, stopping upon The
lbrshim did not misunderstand the
sense Of these words; he knew by the
senger of death. and that he held con-
cealed in the folds of his caftan the
terrible siIkcn moose. SIN the face Of
Ibrshim rema!ned passive: his eyes
burned a little brighter. Slowly he said:
"Allah wishes II, Allah is powerful We
are at his feet only miserable worms Of
the dust. Let his will be accomplished
Render me his last service of waiting
"A moment, and let me finish my abu-
tons and my prayers. You know Ma
homet has proclaimed sacred the VOWS
Of the dying"
Your pardon" replied Ali, but my
orders are absolute. | cannot lose you
from sight moment Moreover. what
good would II do you TO leave the room?
Look out OF the window! There are more
than thousand janiZaries surrounding
your palace. DO you not hear the clash
Of arms? They are the. guards OF His
Majesty, who have invaded your palace.
You see II ~ in vain to ry To escape
"Of which never dreamed replied
lbrahim. "Reassure yourself, All, | VIII
not Keep you waiting long
lie struck his hands three times and
two Nubidn slaves appeared. They ucw-
bllHgly brought In a ever and a basin
and prayer rug,
Ibrahim then raised his mantle and
slowly made his ab,utions. No one would
have thought, seeing him 50 calm, that
in "a few minutes the fatal cord would
encircle his white neck. Outside, upon
the high minaTets OF the city. the mucz-
zlns intoned their soft aud monotJnuus
chant announcing To the faithful the de
cline Of day.
While the Grand Viaier plunged his
head In the basin, All, thrustng his
hand under his CaftHn, drew out the
chord OF red silk and placed Il In the
hand Of one Of the slaves. The sla .es
understood.
Upon delivering this deadly moose,
which he would receive again only after
its mission was "A, umpllshei, the soldier
trembled. lie HAD seen thousands OF
men tail upon the battlefield without
finChing, but upon contemplating this
fun, plump face, which In "A few moments
would Ice only an inert mass. he WAS
mortified. An, "A terrible business that OF
an eNeCutioner,
While An-Pasha was thus sadly re-
flcctlng the Grand Nizier finished his
majestic step he advanced towards the
prayer rug upon which no stood with
head high and proud. his body erect. in
order to isolate himself from the rest OF
tho world, so that no terrestrial noise
should interrupt mis- eCstaiiC meditations
The Grand Nizler very slowly raised
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prison. During the several days which
were spent in the dungeon the ex-Gov-
ernor OF Kars had the pleasure OF re-
flecting upon the situation and of pre-
pairing his defense. one morning they
brought him before His Highness. The
Pasha allowed the reproaches which hin
master heaped upon him on entering to
pass unnoticed: then. when he Judged
the anger of the terrible Sultan had sub
sided somewhat he began To plead his
cause boldly and frankly:
you sent me 1000 purses to enable me
to buy some powder, Now, II I had re-
ceivsd them ! would have been able
belong to Your Majesty. / swear upon
the Koran ! received only 81 liz purses.
Here is mystery which at first APP
pears incomprehensible, but upon re-
fecting little the explanation is easy:
II you Will permit your faithful servant
to give it,, you will speedily see that he
is not guilty. You sent me LOO purses,
the sum has been divided by two four
times. In other terms, you have been
robbed four times. glorious Padishah.
Now, II you desire TO know the names
of the robbers. nothing would be more
easy. They are those through whose
hands the money passed.
The first is surely the Grand Nizier,
who pocketed 800 purses.
The second could only be the khaZna-
dar. who took $50.
THE third, would be the karayanbachi
VINO carried on Ia. Ana the fourth
must be the january OF the escort, who
Kept 62 IL. See. great seigneur, how sim
pie that is?''
During all this discourse the Sultan
Selim remained quiet, then spoke In
perfectly composed manner:
Very well, All. You are "A good soldier
and loyal servant, who has not yet
learned the art OF lying You Will re-
enter my good graces, and | will return
all your grades and privileges. As for
this miserable lbrahim, the first and
greatest rubber OF the four. he will pay
dearly for his infamous action. | will
teach him what the Sultan Seim does to
"A Grand Nizier who has the audacity to
rob his master, You go, my faithful All
and find him this evening before the
hour OF prayer and present him this
moose OF red silk. He viii understand
Co..
For the first time in his life Ali-Pasha
paled upon hearing this sentence OF death
pronounced n so tranquil tone. To
strike an enemy IN the face with arms
when he could defend himself; TO strug-
gle with warrior who was armed as
well as he. was for him only pleasure,
but to send some one into the other world
with a silken cord revolted him. How
ever. the order OF the Sultan was also
left the palace wondering how he should
execute the sentence.
In his sumptuous palace OF Ortakoe,
sea, the Grand Nizier, Ibrahim. reposed,
ing his amber beads Before him. In a
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MUST DO HER WASHING.
Though Mrs. Frank Fell Forty Feet
aud LANDED on Her Head.

Mrs. John Frank, the wife of II long
shoreman, living on the top floor OF the
five-story tenement 80 oliver street was
able to do her washing to-day, in spite
OF the fact that she plunged head first
through the man-hole in the tire-escape
while dozing yesterday afternoon. land
Ing on her head on the fire-escape at the
first floor, forty feet below.
She had passed through two other
man-holes on the way, and had struck
bumped and thumped her head and body
against the rungs of the iron ladders
twenty times or more. She was picked
up unconscious by Peter Cornelius, whose
wife that morning placed some carpet
on the man-hole in their fire-escape on
the first floor. which act saved the fall
ing woman from going twelve feet fur
Their to the stone-paved area.
But when the ambulance surgeon said
he would take her to Chambers Street
Hospital Mrs. Frank promptly came
to-" and declared that she would not
go to the hospital.
"To-morow's Monday" said she, land
I've got my washing to do"
She thereupon assembled the three
flights OF stairs to her rooms. There
was a compound fracture. Of Mrs.
Franks nose, a bad cut in her lip.
bruises all over her head, and four
teeth were almost knocked out, but she
had escaped death as II by miracle.
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Ibrahim was a true Turkish functio-
nary. and the sight of the little purses
Intellectually arranged on the carpet
You pretty silver things! You are
destined to be devoured by the cannon!
The noble metal of which you are made
nothing TO stop this vandalism? No.
Allah would not pardon me If did not
make the attempt. II cannot save you
some SON o of You. since the Pasha wishes to
Kill the Russians. he should put in two
shells In each cannon, thus using only
h half as much PoWdhep Ttho,n Con he
Thanks to this subtle reasoning, Ibra-
him, finding his conscience at peace,
hurried to put away 500 purses under
the mattress with the others.
What is most astonishing, when the
Khaznadar took possession OF the re-
naming 800; he reflected also;
was no. am Imbeeils ne he wo anG knoW
how to spare his ammunition. Instead
of sending useless balls and bullets
great distances, he ought to let the en-
with cartridges. Why should l prevent
this brave Pasha from giving proof of
his bravery? 1t is my duty TO furnish
purses for him and the same for me"
The vanbachi-chief of the cara
van-said In turn: Two hundred and
nifty purses are too heavy for one camel
not 10 maltreat an animal; the Koran
forbids It; Ny duty is to divide this
sum evenly"
II was done.
The january who set out with some
soldiers to escort the camel loaded with
the I25 purses unceremoniously helped
himself to half the load, desming II Use
less to trouble his subaltern mind with
ingenious reasoning.
Reaching Kars unimpeded, he placed
the 81 LIZ purses at the feet OF the
Pasha.
"Sixty-two purses and a half" said
the captain to himself. THAT is very
little to buy ammunition. What will /
do? All, l will give 1t to my secretary,
more sand to dry his writing! In this
way one Of us, at least, will have what
is wanting"
He called his secretary and said TO
him: The Sultan. our glorious SOW
ereign, is a master who lets nothing
escape him. He has learned you needed
you 81 1-2 purses fun of white pieces,
with which you can buy sand and Mi
your office for several years"
sent TO His Majesty the Sultan Selim, "a
rible. The NANTES of the sentinels
were not waved very long from the
SUBMITS. Three signs sufiiced TO trans
NIT the fatal news, Taken" Kars was
taken.
The unfortunate Pasha was sent at
once TO Constantinople and thrown into
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apartments of his master. The unfortu-
nate scribe had reason to fear, for
scarcely had the Sultan glanced at the
news, the scribe received forty blows
Happily" said the faithful survivor
10 himself, with that resigned philosophy
1.-THE Pasha OF Kars confined himself to
a Geographic style, for II he had used
the usual formula, Glory to the universe,
thy unclaimed slave, striking his humble
forehead, the lowest before thy brilliant
throne; which touches heaven &c,
This brutality only slightly appeased
the anger of the Sultan, who now sum
moned his Grand Vizier Ibrahim, an old
and ugly man, but very Intelligent
many salamaleks prescribed by etiquette
the amiable Padishah, instead of salut-
ing. hit him on the head. This did not
forebode an agreeable conversation, no
he Frustrated himself still lower to es-
"Ah! Rascal! Miscreant!' roared His
Highness, greatly. exasperated. rs this
no longer astonished that the cursed
Muscovites check our brave soldiers II
all my generals are In the same predica-
ment as my captain at kars! without
powder. indeed! But explain how IL
happens that a fort as important as that
OF Kars should want ammunition
Probably II has burned its last car
fridge" humbly suggested the Grand
Vizier without daring to rise.
"You are an imbecile, lbrahim. ] have
a mind to throw you in prison at once.
II the Pasha has no powder. he probably
has no money to buy II. so tomorrow
morning at daybreak you start out car
avian filled with thousand purses OF sill
YER"
II have the purses, gracious Majesty,
but where shall ! get the silver TO NIL
them?'
"That does not concern me. Apply to
my Greek banker, unless you prefer 10
ask the Persian flnancier who lent me
money the other daY."
Your orders shall be obeyed, Your
Majesty" replied Ibrahlm, with humility.
Tomorrow thousand purses VIII set
Happy TO have escaped so easily. the
Grand Vizier left the palace and proceed
ed slowly to the residence OF the brave
Hassan, from whom he expected TO bor-
row the necessary money. This cunning
Persian was a man OF precaution, and
never allowed a sum OF money to leave
the bank without at first deducting an
honest interest of 30 per cent. Thus, in
stead OF / 900 purses, Hassan counted out
only 500, but the Sultan wanted 1000, so
the Grand Vizier signed note for 1000
and received l,6OO.
Reaching home. the faithful lbrahim
took the superfiuous 600 and hid II under
the mattress OF the divan then sent for
the Khaznadar-Pasha, treasurer general
10 confide the care OF sending the silver
into Asia Minor.
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Its doors for the season Saturday night.
The play was BLEAK House" with Miss
Jane Coombs in the dual role OF Lady
Dedlock and Hortense, and Miss Bertelle
as 10. The Peoples has an excellent
list of attractions for the season.
II was introduced to Sir Augustus
Harris in Mr.. Abbey's Office" said man
ager Oh Broadway yesterday. land I feel
very uncomfortable. The title annoyed
me. IT is 80 difficult to say Sir Angus
tus! | broke into "A Yes, MIR. Harris,
and No. MIR. Harris once or twice, but
he didn't seem to mind II. Even sir
Gus would be easier to pronounce than
sir Augustus Hes nice fellow.
though, aad he's coming to this country
again later on for Il much longer visit
He was delighted with the ocean cross
ing"
1t was announced that Miss Helen
Dauvray's starring tour would begin at
Palmer's Theatre Sept. 3. MIR. Brooks
has the house for New Blood two
weeks later, however. Miss Dauvray's
manager, Edwin Kpowles, says that he
finds II impossible 70 get the new play
In shape for such an early production.
so 1t has been postponed until later in
the Autumn. The company Is now
being engaged. Miss Dauvray Is going
to resume the vacation that was cut
short by the death OF her sister, Mrs.
Laura u. Wright.
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HYPNOTIZED HIS EXECUTIONER
The Grand Vi*ier Of turkey Robbed the
Sultan and Escaped the Red Cord.

You are all alike. you Frenchmen.
really you believe that all sciences, all
curious discoveries emanate from your
nrains, when often you only bring to
'sht what was once known"
mus spoke my friend Hamed-Pasha, a
rdris'an, though, by chance, born upon
"e shores of the Bosphorus. or his native
'ouhtry he preserves but two customs,
namely, wearing the National fez and
'"ohihg the white latakieh. As for the
', thls disciple of the Prophet is
eooa'natured sceptic. literary, polished
u OF charming mind. Ten years of
""'an life have dissipated nothing of
SAVIOR peculiar to Oriental natures
"S inclined to superstition and to ia
We were talking of hypnotism
~ o. suggestion" added my friend,
~ was comfortably extended upon a
tu" u'an watching vacantly the sweet
80 VI his cigarette mounting In blue
a, towards the ceiling. you spoke
,o,.~ ]e remarkable progress which occult
y.s. mas made in France the past few
y.' Well, II you would like 1 will tell
Mn u" absolutely authentic story, which
no,,1 oVe 10 you that 100 years ago hyp-
I'm, m was not only known In Turkey,
wen practised advantageously."
pssta Iepted' and my friend Hamed-
To ths que mas ever seen a similar epistle
100 vo.. which the Pasha of Kars sent,
tan ss,,s sso' to His Highness the Sui
not writi.b, third of that name. 1t was
psrchmenth upon vellum nor upon
Let nor o. II did not bear q wax sig
the gpaci any seal whatever, but when
iell backwas Padishah received 1t he
formed Of ~I ara upon the thick carpet
This stranne skins OF Nubian lions.
eight sismsse missive was composed of
formed tvs i've which, taken together,
lion, eaas TO words OF terrible significa.
UPON UPON reading The Sultan frightfuf anger
rise BY s tss out in the morning at sum.
Ing, when t rhashs OF Kars, and at even
"e last rays OF the setting
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sun gilded the high minarets and the
golden domes OF the mosques at SIAM
boul, like SO many gigantic scarabees;
'he glorious Selim received me IearIui
How could these eight letters cross In
a day the distance which separates
Kars I'm Armenia from the Bosphorus!
How could the missiye of the Pasha In
few hours reach his august Majesty,
when the best cavalier, mounted Upon
the most rapid horse could not accom-
plish the distance in less than eight
It happened that my ingenious ances-
tors before the invention OF the tele-
graph contrived means OF rapid commu.
nication. In the morning, by order OF
the Pasha the sentinel who stood stead
fast upon the highest battlement or the
fort took in both hands his long black
mantle and waved 1t once IN me AR;
The soldiers on duty upon the Rock OF
Muzurdagh made the same movement
with their nantes, and from, point to
point, summit to summit the enl,Ts
length OF the chain of Akdagh, az well
Scutari. one series OF black nantes
waved once in the air. The scribe OF
the Sultan, who stood attentiVely upon
the highest tower of the palace watch
| ing the horizon, upon seeing this sign
wrote with the end OF pointed reed
which served for a pen Is upon the
open parchment before nm: his man
| tie and waved Ii again, showing the I'M
ing OF a brilliant red. In less than an
hour, from the Caucasus to the Golden
Horn, several hundred nantes were
waving the red signal. The scribe or
| the Sultan wrote an A upon the parch-
ment. All day long the nantes con-
tinued TO wave from the SUBMITS, some
times red, sometimes black, following
the code. At evening, when the muez-
zins were calling the faithful TO prayer,
the scribe OF Selim wrote upon MS
parchment the last letter Of the winged
message from the Pasha OF kars.
"BARUTJOK. Powder is given out
said the Pasha.
The news was serious, for II the Pasha
had no more powder how could he re-
pulse the assault OF the Russians? lie
would have 10 surrender. and kars, the
"sy ~ the Caucasus would fall into the
hands of the soldiers of the great Cath
crime. The poor secretary OF Sellm
| thought of the consequences OF the news
and slowly and timidly approached the
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IT TOOK TWO TO ARREST HIN.
Crazed, with Drink, Cannon As
saulted a Stranger
Fought the Police Like a Demon
When Oyertaken.

Patrlck Cannon, twenty-four wears
oiu' tall. powerfully built mechanic.
living at 2N East Forty-seventh street
was dragged screaming and struggling
INTO norkville Court, at o'clock this
morning by Policemen Delehanty and
Reed, of the East Thirty-fifth street
squad Their uniform coats were in tat
ters, and the prisoners clothing was in
no better condition.
cannon was crazy with liauor and
gave the policemen a battle from the
time of his arrest two hours previous
until locked in the prisoners pen in the
courthouse, where he was kept until his
case was called. At z o'clock, when
foliceman Delehanty was standing at
lfirty-eighth street and Third avenue,
ne saw Cannon cross the avenue and
strike a man who refused to give his
name, terrific blow behind the ear.
me unknown man was sent spra Wiling
10 the middle of the street.
cannon then sprang in front of Della
manly, and. striking a pugilistic atti-
you one of them Delahanty, who is
not SO heavily built as the prisoner, was
not frightened, however, and, drawing
The latter did not await the onset. but
turned and ran.
After a race OF a few blocks, Della
hanty ran Cannon down. A terrible
struggle then ensued between them.
during which Cannon struck the police
man several times and tore his coat
into shreds. Delahanty used his club.
and when Policeman Reed arrived IL
required their united efforts to arrest
Cannon and drag him to the police sta
ton. There his pedigree was taken and
he was taken to court
Cannon told Justice Taintor that the
stranger he had assaulted had insulted
MN earlier in the morning, when he
tried to get into a saloon with a woman,
He claimed that he did nothing to the
policemen to justify his arrest. He was
sent to the island for ten days
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Original Music In Paradise Park.

The residents of the Second Assembly District
who visit Paradise Park tonight will have an
opportunity OF listening to an original compost
ton, a polka Berlin. written by Timothy ,.
Driscoll, entitled "Fiavianna." Mr.. Drscoli Is
leader OF the state Democracy In the Second Dis
trlct, and is also a candidate for Alderman
"Flavanna' Is named In honor OF the infant
daughter of John T. Boyle. President Of 81
Patricks Lyceum, Mr.. priEcoll being the child 3
godfather. Another original composition by l..
" FLYNN, Financial Secretary Of the G. Y. NJ. A..
~ White street, entitled THE POstman" also
viii be PLAYED. The musical director is Prof.
Louis Contprnn.
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IT IS ROUGH ON ALEXANDER.
In the Name of the Gear" Makes
Him Responsible for Much.
Is Sandow, the Strong, to Star with
Lillian, the Airy Fairy?

Vary ,Iooa,,irs,v 10 "a. .,a,..,,.
o,oo'''"i'S 10 'ne ni.'ou' anna Wy
the Car" that was produced at Niblo's
cardar 8, .,,n,a, -, ,,, a., -
ua.uen oa'ufuas hish'' mere u Some
thing blithe, jingly and skittish about
the name OF the author. hut his play ia
,,,,a. 49,, - ,t,,. 80, ,.,..t =,
are heaVy ana mi'oeWeu with age us
a Russian anair' OF course and gentle.
"o1, and sky SUNNY the me,odrama.
u 'Ay supply 'ne t,ie'ou'a anna
TIC elements The piece Itself Is hope
,he end OF each act-which means that
,nere are s.M s+O'ea"n The hero is
y,o,,s -
worth VINO says lovely things about the
Stars and Stripes all the time. He al
r,,,,. ~. .,,,,., , ~
iouhus 'he Villains ana ne seems TO be
travelling through Russia with stock
The audience IS perp na fsft appls"dins
him, but he evidently expects 1t, for he
waits for their friendly noise. In the
third act there is bal masque, and a
Dayrell prettily and elegantly alludes as
bold piece does "Carnation
Dance. In the NTH act Nihilist spy
Is throWn INTO the street from the berry
OF the Church of st: Nicholas. and that
makes even more of hit than the car
the customary withered bag. IL is ali
I'm the Name of the Gar" Poor Car!
Miss Phosa McAllister, Edward Brandt,
James WALL Arnold Reeves. Daisy
Chaplin and a number OF others were
In the cast
enpased r fnr The nreyproo On nss pee
Iitt's ain Old Kent,,cI ~" Comma nv
which onans a.. 80 H. O.; I a,,is g.,
!. She piayed the mart durina The long
run nj the Acadamy ~ Nusin wv '''o
aver. Mr. Canhw won,t So So and sina,,-
larly lacking IL Ieoi,, nss1. ontsrnr1se
they must he Twn piea sinu vomng men
kane Wash n hev oi e, nni,aa q. opo
comic one1n ,ibn uo,ver q aWo
far as the musical score goes il viii
ductions in this ling 'he b Hers b Desr pre-
The can't onaro i'n ,.od, muEt hearu al,
and this co,,ntrv tue ,a ,a t ,oa,,,
Years nr shn,,id , no, me past .wen.y
talon io Spnta, MIL, i1 ,3'' .ne nv,
The waW % fshIn WI" h,, ,hinucemehss w
accomGoda,, nn .kS, muht.hs anu notei
unselfishly hopes that some other nam.
i;s,,ir WI, H., not ininu 'sking tne "TRIP, pc
~ 81 " thaho'iie''
There is a large. stout whisper going
around to the effect that Sandow's tour
through this country at the head Of bis
vaudeville company will he abandoned
and that the Hercules will ioin Lillian
Russelrs Organization when she returns
bet ween the acts Of the comic operas
produced. 1t sounds rather incredihie
but two stars are better than one any
day, and comic opera itself, without
| going to the dogs. " NC
Manager Jacob Lift is very much
paiped at the statement that he is mar
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ELIXIR JUVININE.

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The evening world., 1894-08-13
A MISSION OF PEACE.
Barrios Will Try 10 Settle the Mos
quito Indian Troubles.

Senior Modesto Barrios, Nicaraguan
Minister to England, was a passenger
by the Pacific Mail steamship City of
Para, which arrived this morning from
Colon.
Senior Barrios, when spoken to, stated
that he had heard no news from his
that Honduras and Costa Rica had
offered assistance to put down the in
surrection of the Mosquito Indians he
seemed pleased, but not surprised.
When questioned as to his mission
to England, he stated that he had full
power to settle the Mosquito trouble
between England and Nicaragua. He
would endeavor to have the Managua
treaty between his country and Great
Britain modified and was confident of
success. lie is accompanied by his sec
rotary, who speaks English. Senior Bar
rios talks English, but prefers to use
the Spanish language. He Is lawyer
by profession and about forty-five years
old.
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LA CHAMPAGNE'S ESCAPE.
She just Missed Cutting Down n
Bark In the FOR.

Passengers by the French steamship
la Champagne, which arrived early yes
terday morning. are congratulating
themselves on the narrow escape of that
noon
During thick fog off the Banks OF
Newfoundland Norwegian bark doomed
up about $50 yards off the starboard
bow, standing directly across the
steamers course. Prompt action averted
the impending disaster, La Champagne
passing twenty yards astern of the bark.