Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-06

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sharsad Minister OF Marine "' y hsssan
which hs ~.h tire Sultan the oec,,ia ,,nn s
iieet to a MAJ sauced the one fine Turkis5
mooring, unable ever again IRON ~ ana rot
bis own body o s1l,en Horn. The third
vate Noinlu.rraction. The four,hm nan OF the
profounSoaih' or priest a crea,,shls pri-
Ana the two IIo e,snee and fanaticIsm ne
thesa than the two far lar more. In
iency. " added the name OF nj. III 70
Is nobody else ag ga Chief Eunuch, there
Il The cory. o counts. / nust ns,, uiftsn en-
\pest repuIiISesn Of saying that he Is man ibe
. SSssssye ever set eyes In human shape thar
1 lneff$ the ee Us the last person me Friday
: pgi udis 'son th the q. arrives The broad
f 20 WITH Ss Ham sIsdiieS OF Ydg to the
' approach, tfas or zen zen picturesque I'M.
general officers Int eaay,SSlry block every "n,
clash and clang ore in rigid lamp and
mas suddenly ceaseRzen miIltaruvp the
one window. and the favsre, posted at
another; the roadway has b5a guests at
Win sand, every twig carried sprinkled
Wlhd-swept leaf removed. every Il, .ssvery
erased by long broom, and the WAS
gatherlng is petrifed in spectacular 9 o.
tentlon, when from the palace a huge
lsure energies, dressed in fez and long
DIaSK trock coat, and marches down the
N
Rrrogant and insulting glances TO RICH,
" iel, rms Is the chief eunuch, an !
l0llo"ed by dozen of his unspeak-
<ibe. Formerly their horrid mispro-
ioN were concealed under long robes
Y thN Ne are emphasized by European
S. -bellied. long legged. splay-
ed. thlM Sshouldered, beardless abor-
5, with dH Soping jaws and bullying lips.
r eyes filleSN half with fear and half
defiance. poor sexless beasts.
cred forcibly with all the vices of
ization and Of &vagery, and cut off
a the virtues OF lther-you shudder
he SUITAN'S MUM = EUNUCHs.
Sc even than these intris Nng keepers
ne pearls OF the haren. HWkden away
4 common sight and hearinsS are the
. eunchs. rendered also speecN less In
Ter childhood These are the fklople
ne dagger, the pillow, the poWstiNk
the swift-running river, In the ~
uries. when the foreign amDassadorN
: thrust into the imperial presence
|. the cry, Let the dogs come ana De f&(
. a cannon doomed from the seraSno thrS
lements as the strangled corpses OF doi,
victims Of displeasure were hung mo ~
Bosporus. No cannon nowadays an .ne
aces The tragedies or the Palace Oh ties
star but they occur all the same; tute
re are plenty Of dungeons there, ana pro-
have been full lately. Men tod IN
,pers IN Constantinople the other Gay
seventeen men ldn b'NA
q in a single night. And any Turk VINO
Is you can tell you or score Oh n l,n Au
have recently been summoned 70
liz. and never seen again. Nltnln lu'
4 live the ex-Sultan, Murad w., wnon 81
young Turkey or Constitu9siV ,ha ,ihie littl
Id set upon the throne; and the Wni.e-
j son of Abdul Aziz and his raVishlnS pas
ASSAM. These know well tnat ne big
lS dde sno viii be their last. They day
cut off entirely from the OUTSIDE hur
ID and never a door opens Denlhd tho,
n but they expect to hear the horrl- stvl
veip of the mute execu- 80
er. sDringing upon them, bowstrnS III -
Within the whited sepulchre or wal
liz at the end OF this nineteenth Cnrls- sho
century deeds are daily done or Whlcn ski
dara.hardly think besides which So a r
and Gomorrah were respectable COM wre
titles. was
4 Abdul Hamld II. seems 20 sit firmly vi
lis throne secure I'm the jealOusles or VIZ
great Powers, unable TO agree upon sur
division of his kingdom. one OF them her
do nothing to introduce STABILITY or curl
her autonomy into the Balkan PENN and
preferrng to walt till the ripe ana two
IN itult snail ulop my horobti rsre. of
haha anS Of if the sultan loses heart for rest
oment in the desperate game he rs
ing he can find fresh courage by ! golf
king as Professor Grosvenor in his see
t book. has recently reminded US, bew
the British Embassy stands upon thir
presented 10 i.HBidilu III tiaituHc toi and
against France in 1901; that the site -
&c &, tbanLfuiness for aid against mex
land in 1871: that the shaft among the nv
esses in the cemetery at Cutari COM writ
lorates English and French support zine
nst Russia IN 1891, anu thdt dno.hSt the
nh on me bO5RoiuS '.lra ,, ~" ~, fsqs aga
y Nloiiiho ' - ~ y, III a 1'nrlIisb "y
ssman recently 10 a foreign ambassa- Aun
'but i'm truth we are very strong won
our strength is rooted in your di- "Pe
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