The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10


dogs OF Christians are responsible for most
Of the wickeduess IN the world. and that
u they get any further hold on Persia I
they win ruin IT, The Russians encour-
Persia. Il viii be seen cuts no very great |
ugure LOO The trade and commerce OF the !
world. or In its finance. because It's rulers |
nave been shrewd enough 20 keep out OF /
the hands Of foreign money lenders. There
IS no national debt 20 speak OF. and all /
the money needed 90 run the government |
is raised within the country. Money fs I
raised in peculiar ways. The sun told /
yesterday Of the merchant who was over
taxed hy a prince. and who appealed 10 /
the shah 90 have his wrongs rightcd. The /
shah issued q decree telling the prince TO i
REFUND whereupon the prince said 90 /
tne merchant Thou art a brave man ]
TO appeal TO the shah. Thou must have I
a brave heart. / must see your heart and I
take courage from IT," And he had the /
merchant cut open and his heart taken /
out OvertaNation Is one way money Is l
raised I'm Persia Here is another story OF /
Mr.. s C.. w Rcnjam.n's that viii show
another way the shah raises money when |
work.
was Moayer- ul-Mamolek who was the son /
of a rich father and who used his fathers
money TO make more money. When he |
had amassed a large fortune the shah |
sent 10 him one day message 10 the
effect that the shah had watched with
great pleasure the success of his son-in-
laws enterprises and congratulated him /
on his business saEacity. Having been so
very successful. he 0he shah thought 20
about time for him 70 divide, and he
would expect by return messenger one
half the fortune OF the sou-in-law. The
son-in-law, not being dutitul subject
under the circumstances, gathered up his
portable wealth and told MS Wite tndl
he was going TO see friend and would
be back In "a couple Of days. II happened
that when this young mans father died
he directed that a large part or MS Tor
tune, which was IN Jewels should be hu-
ried with him. The young man thought
of these and drove TO the cemetery. The
cemetery Keeper had pretty daughter.
The fugitive told the keeper that he want
ed TO marry the girl. The keeper was
willing, and the marriage was performed
at once. That night the fugitive told his
wife CHE new one) that thousands OF
tOmans' worth Ga tOmau Is a gold piece
worth $50 OF 1ewelry was IN his rather
vault, where II did no good, while II nc
could get II he would put a TO good use.
The wife said her father kept the keys
under his head and she would get them.
She did. MOayer- ul- Mamolek went TO the
vault got all the jewels, and then, jump
ing on his horse. slipped to the seacoast,
with no wife at all to hinder, and took
a boat for Europe. He spent his money
like prince In Europe. When he had
spent IL all he wrote to his wife, the
shahs daughter She was OF a forgiv-
money until all her fortune was gone
too. Then the shah heard of II. He sent
for the daughter and learned the facts.
The shah decreed that the young man
should be strangled on sight. The daugh-
ter pleaded, and the shah consented to
forgive him on condition that he came
back. The runaway returned, and at last
accounts hadn't been strangled.
As stated before. the arbitrary demand
Of the government for money from the
people Is a common thing in Persia. The
books all say that the merchants are
successful business men and accumulate
wealth, but that all display Of wealth
Is avoided. 1t is a custom of the country
for the rich men to build high walls about
their residences, so that the attention OF
the government shall not be attracted to
the wealth within. The ordinary rate OF
taxation is per cent. on everything rails
ed, per cent. on everything exported, and
3 per cent. on everything imported. but
the rulers grow rich by the extortion Of
higher taxes as well as by monopolies OF
various trades.
One of the universal customs OF the
country Is the giving of presents.
poor man will send a present to rich
nelghbor. The rich neighbor responds
| with something more valuable. IL Is the
| custom of the servants to charge their
| master 10 per cent. more than they have
| to pay for everything that they buy. For
/ instance, II the employer buys hushel
of rice for a dollar, the servant who does
/ the purchasing charges him M.lO. More
often the servant says to the merchant;
/ Give me my 10 per cent" and the mer-
/ chant adds that to the purchase price.
/ Then the servant collects another 10 per
cent from the master. The right OF the
| servant to charge one 10 per cent Is rec
/ Ognized When a servant Is hired his
| whole family must be taken with MN.
| If he Is over y years old he has az least
/ one WIFE and may have two or three and
several children, so that when man has
fifteen or twenty servants, Whieh Is not
an unusually large number In that eoun-
/ try, he has IN reality eighty or one hum
/ bred persons in his household, besides his
| own abundance of wives and greater
/ abundance Of children.
| erning IL are a little strange. Polygamy
/ is not universal, but there Is no law
/ against It. The law prescribes that man
/ harra faf4r vi p
/ ries these wives for all time. They are
| usually OF the same social rank as him
1 self In addition to these hrst-class wives
| he can have as many second-class wives
| as no wants, and II makes no difference
| what rank in society they come from.
! The second-class wife Us married for
| certain length OF time, set out in the con-
! tract. Her doWry is also stated In the
! contract, and Is usually paid at marriage.
! The law about the term of the marriage
| is elastic. A man may marry woman
/ for a minute, or a day, or week, or year,
| or a hundred years. The custom Is, how
ever, to marry her for ninety years. In adj
! dition to all the first and second class
/ wives, a man can have all the concu-
bines he chooses. 1t is no discredit to a
woman to be a second-class wife. II
| man has got his quota OF iirst-class wives
| and happens to want a woman of dis
tinction, her parents being willing, It Is
! all right for her TO go into his household
| as a second-class wife. II a child Is born
| after the term OF the marriage expires,
the woman being a short-term wife, the
/ father takes II ana maintains II.
The divorce laws are liberal-for the
/ men A man can divorce any Of his wives
| at viii. The law requires that he shall
announce i publicly TO her, and there
not good, and isn't received even as evi-
| dence.
There are two methods Of administer
ing law in Persia There are two sets Of
laws One relates to religion and is
| forms. Every detail Is embodied IN this
| law, and 1t is administered by the priests.
! The other set Of laws relates to crimes
! against the person and against property
/ They are all crude, and the punishments
! are nearly ali severe but II takes = Iot
I Of evidence 10 convict In one class of
crimes women cannot be witnesses at all
| and II takes four males besides the par
| Elephants in the crime to prove a case
! The convictions for this crime are there,
| for severe.
Ordinary thieving is not severely pun-
| shed. The liberality Of the marriage and
divorce laws make crimes against chastity
| almost unheard Of Persia has no edu-
| natlnnal eNslem- Private schnnIe aro nnn-