Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-11
HIS MANY WIVES.

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AT 'He COURT vi '''' sultan 'ii,"
lie M" ''ti-'' " '''o ''''i'.' q,
II the great MonEoilhh klngupin ana tho
widow of the late sultan, yet young and
rrrtty, had given him the management OF
ter household, her son Mohammed being
I'm child
administrative, was GOOD Tho
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the raising oi ''ie pay y. s''' s't'.t''H t'ti'
three t" four aSierH- he number three
the hagoh claimed. was hol!' because 'hero
were three prophets
one day the gran" Ntzl'r' i'artur All
visited the uprifAt hhReh, ana WHO tho
two drank tol'',' M E'issA kan
Truly, Bhrhk fthe'n' II l. l''IF UNI
worthy 9i you 10 Keep 50 many wives. IL
1t was with rs rs th' rtHHs' ttte CUSTOM
to give WIVES, you might tHtf oe rs rish
as King SAp9r' ha' mere you '''"st 'l.'' 9his
buy your "li'' hAt must pa! eash ior ter.
Now y"u have sqaahdeFea RFt2'' o'ii III
gold for this purpose anu When your
money Is spent what nave YOU or tiie
cost OF one WIG you could Keep lVo sol
dicrs.
Barak strnHcd HIS beard No d"'nt'
but hundred s9ldleTs W9u!d h9t give ms
as much pleasure rs one pretty VIE
To this Al ihwaroIy agreed, hut tho
number.
one should PICK as many ho"ers as ne
can from tho worlds garden, returned
Barak.
True enough. you have blond and
brunette, white and black, blue eyed and
gray eyed women, yellow Chinese and
III nd
that color their hair red and their teeth
hlack Noe. think that one Of each sort
should he enough. BY Allah, You have SO
many that YOU cannot remember either
their names or their special good qualities.
"Don't YOU believe IT, F." said the hagcb
IL will show YOU First, then. there is
Jcdibah, who can pruphesy--we need her
10 tell the fate OF the nation; then Half
tenn the medium, who calls up the spirits
of the dead; Nourmahal, who understands
the language Of the birds better than do
yours. Alpaide tells stories that would put
sultan to sleep; Mahadcvi and Ass',inte
are famous for n pas de dcux; the great
thif.-. ',sat Mangora Is that she makes
sultans bread that is exquisite; Snndabad
c.rlcocts u wonderful sherbct after which
YOU wash your beard with regret; OF Bia-
Hia, my Chinese better half, l Will only
say that she translates the expressions OF
cockscoinbs, which makts cock fighting
much more amusing; tho Indian, kacka,
subducs wild animals and even bitches
lions to her carriage; Roxana is star
reader and can forc,ell to you the day OF
YOUR death; Aycsha understands the cul-
ture Of flowers; Kaika Is ugly, but she
rubs the rheumatism out Of my joints; my
Tartar. Yarko, is an admirable equcstrcnne
,,1 ,nachc- my ptb pr wives N ride " ilo
the learned Abuzaide writes my letters
from dictation; Josa reads to me from the
Koran; Rachel sings psalms and is accom-
panied by kaGagival and SamuZa, for one
must have atrio; yakima is u rope dancer,
while Zibella throws a knife SO skillfully
that she can split hair at II PAGES; Bo-
rassa knows all about the healing art; ALI
ben cmbruidcrs In gold; ANciel arrAhScS
my turhan most bccomingly; BaSdad
Chatum interprcts dreams; Mavoia plays
the harp, Icbia the tam tam and kia the
tanhourine and altogether they make
heavenly music; Zul '-
Good good, interrupted the grand
vizier He had kept count first on his
fingers, and when these gave oGt on his
toes When the number exceeded 30, he
grew alarmed. He feared his friend would
keep on all night
Il have heard enough; you need every
one of thcin-cach has evidently her IA
nous side Take care lest some day you
discover an Infamous on-
Whether the grand vizier was right or
not the following story will show.
The sultan Of kcrmau, Sidi Achmcd,
hearing Mohammcd's people We're diseon-
tented. decided to lihcr74,c them from their
oppression. To alleviate the suffcrings of
their ncighbors has always been u labor Of
love to oriental rulers
Sidi Achmed commanded an immense
army. Some Persian historians say he had
10. 600 soldiers: Others insist that he had
100, 600. The truth probably lay some
where between the two. Certain it is that
he had 300 cavalryInen
Before declaring war he raised the pay
of the troops from 4 to s aspers. This nat
urallv caused universal enthusiasm.