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The age-herald., 1901-10-06

dishah's idominions the name of the un- fortunate son of Abdul Medjid. The cur rent histories of Turkey do not mention Mourad V, and his name has been effaced from the official list of the Ottoman Sul- tans.
 Of corruption in the government there is this accusation:
 Said Pasha, having ascertained in six months the Armenian massacres had cost the Turkish treasury in allocations to certain European newspapers, found 1t was approximately GAO decorations and a235, 900 Turkish.
 He Stops at Nothing.
 Abdul Hamid stops at nothing, and this small-footed Juggernaut has attempted bribery in the strangest places. Did he not try to buy the Times? And at the opening of the Congress of Berlin did he not say to his minister, Savfet Pasha, with a million pounds Turkish we could silence Bismarck"
 Does the Sultan, who does not always believe in the virtue of man. believe in God? Does he who outrages earthly jus tice so infamously believe in heavenly justice? In this respect, also, he Is full of contradictions.
 Abdul Hamid is a skeptic. He fears the Unknown. and the nightmare of death often haunts and torments him. At such time he prays with fervor, with fits and starte. He has even been known, they say to have made secret vows and to have imposed mortifications on himself In order to please Allah and redeem his sins; but he soon becomes discouraged
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PRIVATE LITE OF THE SULTAN" THE AUTHOR
 IF WHICH HAS BEEN CONDEMNED ID DEATH

attitude. Abdul Hamid, startled at his sudden apearance and suspecting some evil motive at once fired at him. The unfortunate man expired soon after, and as no weapon was found upon him 1t had to be acknowledged that a blunder had been committed.
 The royal marksman is always in prac- tice, and so accurate Is his aim that he can write his name with bullets on wall at 25 paces
 Like all despots, Abdul Hamid has an atrocious fear of death, and dreads con tageous diseases in particular. While still heir-apparent he met one day in his park at Kiathane a gipsy who, at the Princes request, told his fortune, and oddly enough she predicted exactly what has happened since: His rapid accession to the throne, foretelling the tragic circum- stances by which 1t would be attended as well as a long reign, wars, etc., con- cluding with the omnibus worlds Your death will be caused by an illness coming from outside" Consequently, cholera and the plague have no more determined en- emy than the Padishah; and If Constan- tinople of today boasts in time of epidem- ic an almost perfect system of sanitation and advanced colleges for the study of bacteriology, 1t owes them to the gipsy
 
 There Is no precaution he does not take to guard against possible contagion. Nat urally very clean man, washing himself every five minutes-there are lavabos in every corner of his apartments-and ex- ceedingly particular, the Sultan pays the greatest attention to everything relating to health and antlseptics, and follows the progress of bacteriology with passionate interest.
 The Sultan Is an early riser. He gets up winter and summer between 4:3O and 5 a. m., and covering himself with an entari-a long, flowing, silken robe-pro- ceeds in black leather slippers to his bath room. A few ablutions in cold water suf- flee him, and after exercising a little he passes into his study, where he drinks cup of Turkish coffee, prepared in his presence. He then lights the first of the innumerable cigarettes which he will smoke without interruption until he goes to bed, and all of which he has made be- fore him for fear of poison.
 He devotes the carly part of the day to official work, and lat CT on, during the moments of leisure, proceeds to the ha- rem. where he takes a glass of raki;
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and relapses into his skepticism-the pill low of doubt, as Montaigne says, alone being able 0 procure for him restful sleep
 Of his violent temper the biographer re- 1ates another instance: Once when a fa- vorite parrot perched on a window sill screamed the name of an attendant whose presence was not desired, but who came in response, thinking his master had called, the Sultan flew into a rage and selzing the btrd wrung its neck.
 Several times he has beaten his secre- taries or his chamberlains. Once he threw his inkstand at the head of Kut- chuk-Said Pasra, then secretary-in-chief of the palace, who was able to dodge his head in time. Another day, suddenly en- ragged with the same parsonage during a discussion on the Egyptian question, he drew from his pocket a revolver and threatened to fire at the pesha, who, ter rif1ed, implored his pardon.
 Fear of assassination Is constantly in his mind and he goes always armed with three reyolvers.
 One of his gardeners, working in the park of Yildiz, on seeing the Sultan ap- proach unexpectedly rose quickly from a stepping posture to assume respectful
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black arts, this Prince, who was either very much behind or a little ahead of his time, cast magic spells more than five centuries after Charles de Valois and twenty years before M. de Rochas, whose experiments with mental suggestion re- gently have supplied the scientific world. Later, in fact he is said to have had made by a oothsayer-toward the end of Mourad's reign-a wax doll representing his brother, the young Sultan, and which he himself, now heir presumptive. pricked with the traditional pins; then he gave the doll back to the sorcerer to be put in the cellar of his hovel at Stamboul. And there in the dark, the black magi- cian seated on the Koran, made funereal incantations and invoked the evil spirits by striking Mourads effigy with branch of thorny tree in order to has, ten the fall of the young monarch by &C., celebrating his malady.
 His Brothers Madness.
 The intrigues surrounding Abdul Ham, ids accession to. sovereignty are made much of, and it is said that he displayed shocking indifference to the pitiable con dition of his brother, whose madness re- ouired that he vacate the throne.
 The following appears in foot note:
 .'It is impossible, at the present time, to state what is the actual mental con dition of this unfortunate Prince. Well informed persons claim to know, how ever, that twenty-five years of captivity and the horrible life he has led have had of late a disastrous effect on his health, and that the victim Is now really done for! What is most surprising is that Mourad has been able to survive so much misfortune, and so many insults and hu- initiating persecution. Let us mention here few instances of the treatment to which he has been subjected.
 After the mad heroism of Ali-Souavi, who tried fruitlessly to liberate him, the unfortunate Prince was transferred to Yildiz and questioned. The Council of Min isters, with Sadyk Pasha as Grand Viz fer, then discussed a proposition said to have emanated from Abdul Hamid, sug- gesting putting to death his unfortunate brother Mourad, under the pretext that the Cheris does not permit two Sultans to exist at the same time. This inhuman proposition, referred to a committee of ulemas was rejected only owing to the courageous attitude of the Fetfa- Emipi Nouri- Effendi and the Ulema Sahib- Ef- fendi. t-,
 The humiliations to which Mourad is subjected do not spare even his paterial affection. Last year Abdul Hamid want ed to betroth the eldest daughter of his captive brother, Princess HadidJe, who has remained until now with her unhap- py father. to Tahir Bey the too famous director of the Servet, scandalous sheet. But this plan invoked the indignation of r-- violent a letter to his imperial brother that all idea of the marriage had to be abandoned. isss--s
 No one pronounces any more in the Pa-
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and meats Is undoubtedly the best, in spite of the claims made by vegetarians and food cranks generally.
 As compared with grains and vegeta- bles meat furnishes the most nutriment in a highly concentrated form and Is d. gested and assimilated more quickly than vegetables or grains.
 Dr. Julius Remusson, on this subject says: Nervous persons. people run down in health and of low vitality should eat plenty of meat. If the digestion Is too feeble at first it may be easily strength ened by the regular use of Stuart's Dys- pepsia Tablets after each meal. Two of these excellent tablets taken a-ser din- ner will digest several thousand grains of meat, eggs or other animal food in three or four hours, while the malt diastase also contained in Stuart's Tab lets cause the perfect digestion of starchy foods, like potatoes bread, etc, and no matter how weak the stomach may be, no trouble will be experienced il a regu- lar practice Is made of using Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets because they supply the pepSin and diaStase so necessary to perfect digestion, and any form of indi- gestion and stomach trouble except can Ger of the stomach will be overcome by their daily use.
 That large class of people who come un- der the head of nervous dyspepsics should eat plenty of meat and insure its com plete digestion by the systematic use of safe, harmless digestive medicine like Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets, composed of the natural digestive principles. peptones and diastase, which actually perform the work of digestion and give the abused stomach chance to rest and to furnish the body and brain with the necessary nutriment. Cheap cathartic medicines masquerading under the name of dys- pepsia cures are useless TOT relief or cure, of Indigestion. because they have absolutely no effect upon the actual di- gestion of food.
 Dyspepsia in all it's forms is simply a failure of the stomach to digest food and the sensible way to solve the riddle and cure the indigestion is to make daily use at meal time of safe preparation which is endorsed by the medical profession and known to contain active digestive prin- cipales, and all this can truly be said of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
 All druggists throughout the United States, Canada and Great Britain sell them at the uniform price of 50 cents for full treatment.
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while a melodious voice sings a slow
 Oriental romance to him. More often, however, he busies himself with clock making. He shuts himself up in his workshop, where ramics. painting and even chemical analysis, for, cautious monarch he is, he has taken care to render himself competent to examine any foods or beverages that may be under suspicion. He was an excellent carpenter in his youth, and now that he Is 59 years of age, very frail body and daily growing more nervous, he has given up his youth full exercies and outdoor amusements. He always eats alone, and. disregarding the Prophets injunction, Is not averse to a glass of brandy or champagne He suffers from stomach trouble and has to diet.
 He goes to bed late and sleeps little, and Is ever in fear of nightmare Dark ness terrif1es him so that ne has his pal ace illuminated till dawn. An attendant reads him to sleep. Choosing by royal order only the lightest of blood-and-thun- der literature.
 After describing the pitiable fate of the women of the royal harem who are buried alive, Dorys exclaims
 And who knows even how much blood and how many tears have already flowed behind the impenetrable barrier of its double walls. and how many innocent victims have been immolated in silence to the fierce distrust of Abdul Hamid? It is notorious that at the slightest sus- picion regarding a woman he sees red, and does not hesitate to strike on the spot.
 "One day the Sultan, having to leave his study for moment, forgot on his desk one of the miniature revolvers which he is never long without. Returning soon after to the room he found little girl 12 years old, little slave in the harem, who had wandered by accident into the room, handling curiously the little weap- on, thinking doubtless that 1t was some pretty toy. Abdul Hamid's morbid fancy at once made him think some attempt against his life was intended. Seeing his terrified expression, the child burst into tears, and her emotion convinced the despot that 1t was a confession of guilt He had her seized and "questioned," which at the Yildiz means tortured in the most abominable manner. Though they thrust red-hot blades under the poor -childs finger nails they got nothing from her but screams and sobs and the investigation finally proved that she had nothing to confess. They only ceased the punishment of the little martyr, whose pitiful story is probably forgotten already in the imperial harem.
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Memphis Hospital Medical College,
 Memphis, Tenn.

The twenty-second annual session of this college will begin November 1st, 1901
 Its accessibility, together with ample facilities for thorough instruction in ev- cry branch makes 1t emphatically a school for the Southern student The New College Building, costing over $10O,- 00o00. provides every modern and improv- ed facility. Fees reasonable and advant- ages unsurpassed. Attendance last year 750 students which puts the Memphis Hospital Medical College second largest in the United States. Catalogue will be mailed on application and correspondence requested; all inquiries cheerfully an- swered. 10-5-2t.
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The Cause of the War.

From the London King.
 First Soldier (after missing a Boer)- Bill, you bounder. what's this here war about, eh?
 Second Soldier (after sniping a grey bearO-Somethin' about them outlanders 'aving to pay too much rent
 First Soldier-Who the dickens are Out flanders?
 Second Soldier-Weli. I ain't sure; sort of 1rish-Africanders
 First Soldier-Seems to me 1t would have saved sight of trouble, Bill if they'd shot their. bloomin' landlords at the start
 (Picks off his man and reloads for an- other shot)
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Lindsay, the Florist, buy

Lindsay, the Florist, buys nothing elsewhere that can be produced here. "Home Grown" and Homemade" is his motto. He is the only grower of cut flowers here. Patriotism suggests you buy only "Home Grown" flow- CTS. You get them only of Lindsay, 2O26 lst avenue.
The age-herald., 1901-10-06
MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR

t"e E'VeT, otoFndch, boWeIs
 and Kidneys. For biliousness, constipation and ma Iaria. For indigestion, sick and nervous head ache.
 For sleeplessness, nervousness and heart failure.
 For fever, chills, debility and kidney dis eases take Lemon Elixir Ladies, for natural and thoroush or ganic regulation. take Lemon Elixir. DOC and $1 bottles at druggists Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlan- ta,a Ga.
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A Prominent Memphian wr,t.e

Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta-Having been a great sufferer for three years from indi- gestion, and been treated by many pl,vsi clans, who failed to give me any relief. continuing to grow worse, my brother ad, vised me to try Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir, which remedy he had used for sew eral years. I commenced its use. ana must say your Lemon Elixir is the great est medicine on earth. have never suf- fered day since I commenced using Lemon Elixir R. L. ROCCO. 2O6 Hernando St.. Memphis, Tenn.
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A Prominent Minister Writes.

Indigestion, with great nervous nrostraf tion, biliousness, disordered kidneys an5 constipation, I have been cured by Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir. and am now a well man. REV. c. c. DAVIS. Eld. M. E. Church, South,
 No. 2S Tatnall St., Atlanta, Ga.
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Lemon Elixir.

An old druggist told me today he had longed looked for substitute for calomel with all it's good effects and would not leave the system in such an awful dan gerous condition. and found It in Lemon Elixir. T. A. JENNINGS. Druggist. Jasper, Fla.
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What Shall
 We Eat :?

To Keep Healthy and strons7
 A healthy appetite and common sense are excellent guides to follow in matters of diet, and mixed diet of grains, fruits
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Why drink inferior Bottle Beer when you can get Lemp's.
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GAS COMPANY

Has moved to No. 2lO4 1st avenue.
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HOW TO LIVE 4. heaas and ..e

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 Adxresos DR. R. H. PIERCE, gufEaio, 2. F.
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02

lie believe in equality of opportun-
itY Tor all men, regardless OF social
considerations. Admiral Samp-
son apparently proposes to estab-
lish a naval aristocracy based not
upon ability aud efficiency, but
upon social advantages. That
theory of army and navy organi-
zation is popular in European
countries, where the classes con
slider themselves better than the
masses. 1t has long been in favor
in Great Britain, where army ap.
pointments have been made largely
for -"social reasons" Yet the
stupid blunders Of the military
Chesterhelds OF England in TIE
South African War have shown
convincingly that social accom-
plishments do not make competent
officers. The British Government
now realizes the necessity of reor-
ganizIng its army on the basis 81
merit. Is it possible that the
United States will adopt in its navy
a principle which the most conser.
vative government IN Europe has
found to be a wretched failure9
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02
War Kevenue Bill Passes.

The bill. for the reduction Of the
war revenue was reported in the
Senate and the House on Thurs
day and Immediately passed by
both bodies. The changes in the
law 60 into effect July Ist. The
rate on beer is LOO a barrel.
When Mr.. Payne. the majority
leader, presented the conference
report in the House, ne took the
floor and explained in detail the
features Of the compromise as
agreed to Ivy the conference. Mr..
Richardson agreed with Mr.. Payne
that the bill as agreed to was more
nearly the House than the Senate
bill. He said the minority believed
that a reduction OF $40. ooo, 900
could be made without harm, and
that everV dollar OF war taxes
which could be removed ought to
be taken of. Nothing vas to be
gained, he said, by opposing the
conference report. It was the best
that could be obtained. Realizing
that, he had signed the report, and
now advised that it be accepted.
When Mr.. Richardson concluded
the Democrats cried "Vote! Votep
Mr.. Bartholdt briefly expressed
his protest against the bill, because
1t had not reduced the tax on beer
to greater extent. But, he said,
he should vote Tor the b II. A hall
loaf was better than no bread. He
gave notice, however, that the
SIGHT or further reduction would
be ,euewed in the coming Con.
gress, and would be continued
until rspeal was obtained.
The dill was then passed.
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02
An Illinois View.

Mr.. VIM. H. Rehm, president
OF the Illinois State Brewers As
sociation, hit the nail squarely on
the head. at the recent convention
of that body which assembled in
Chicago, January a8, when he said,
at has been said, and believe
said truly, that "a nation will not
pay taxes " hen the rights violated
are not worth defending, or when
the defense will cost more than
the profit
This description about fits the
Philippine case. Forty millions a
year taxes for a gross trade OF
SI,5oo, 900 is hardly worth the ex-
penditure.
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02
Dancers or Fighters.

Admiral Sampson attaches un.
due importance to the social e1uip-
ment Of American naval officers.
The man who holds a commission
in our navy must, according to the
Admiral, possess the graces and
accomplishments of a Chesterfield,
For, he says, in time Of peace the
officers OF our warships represent
their country abroad; they are
often the guests Of distinguished
personages, and, unless we'll versed
in matters Of etiquette and the
usages Of society, they may make
an exhibition of themselves. So.
for this reason alone, Admiral
Sampson does not think that gun
ner5, machinists and boatswains
should be given commissions in
the navy. They have not, he oh.
serves, had "the social ADVANTAGES
that are requisite for a commits
stoned officer" II they were CON-
missioned they might be bidden to
some OF the social functions to
which European personages Of dis.
tinction often invite our officers,
and theu-to quote Admiral Samo-
sons letter to Secretary Long-
"the consequences that would
arise from their acceptance might
not rebound to the credit of the
navy or the country which the
navy represents"
No doubt the Admiral intended
his views on the social aspect Of the
navy to be read only by the Secre- |
tarY Of the Navy. Now that they /
have been made public, however, |
they are iair subject OF criticism.
The principle which the Admiral
asserts is sunsound and indeiensible.
viewed from the standpoint Of COM
mon sense, experience and repub-
lican institutions. It is an exalta-
ton Of the professional sailor and
soldier above the plain American
citiz n. It is a denial Of the right
OF competition, except within GER
tain narrow limits. Il would de-
prive the capable, meritorious man
Of the reward to which his eff
ciency entities him, making social
qualification the supreme test Of
itness. tits un-American in spirit,
because the people of this repub-
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02
Trust Goods at Home aud Abroad.

Trust Goods at Home aud Abroad.
The Anti-Imperial Society has
issued a chart OF prices of one hun
dred and seventy. y.eight articles Of
American products controlled by
trusts, which are sold at wholesale
and retail in Europe at much be-
low ruling prices in this country.
Kerosene oil is sold in London
by the Standard Oil Company at
several cents a gallon cheaOer than
at Bayonne, N. J., where the oil is
shipped for the British market.
Chicago Meat Trust hams, bacon,
sausage, mutton and beef is sold
anywhere in the United Kingdom
at prices ranging anywhere from
two to seven cents pound
below the prices asked in Chicago.
The Flour Trust sells prime Amer
ican flour in European markets,
five thousand miles from our own
country, at $3.50 to So barrel be-
low the prices asked within a mile
OF the producing mills. Sewing
machines made in New Jersey are
shipped to all parts OF Europe and
sold for IS to $40 each below the
prices ruling 10 the wholesalers at
home.
American made sugar is sold at
retail in London at twenty-five per
cent. below the price which our
grocers are compelled to pay the
Sugar Trust. The farmer in Aus
tralia, ten thousand miles away,
buys American wire fencing at
forty per cent. below the price
which the American farmer, within
a mile Of the factory, is compelled
to pay. The mechanics Of Eng
land can buy any kind OF Ameri-
can made tools at one halt the
prices which American mechanics
are compelled to pay for the same
brands, though made within a
radius Of fifty miles.
The Anti-Imperialist Society
ends this arraignment of the trusts
with the statement that their exac-
tions cost the American people
last year the assessed value Of all
.he churches, school houses and
places OF amusement in the entire
country. Ofthe millions thus ex-
acted, nearly three hundred mil
IONS Uere wasted in profigacY IN
europe - the degenerate sons
md daughters Of trust magnates.