The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-25

the restless caprices of their builder.
 It is indeed a town. in which are fac tories. arsenals, stables and barracks gaTrisoned by 1000 soldiers Of the Im- perial Guard and populated by some 5000 creatures of an eastern court wives and concubines, slaves and eu- nuchs. servants and musicians.
 Near the center is simple wooden chalet. with some twenty-four rooms luxuriously if barbarously furnished, and here or in little neighhoring kiosk, walled with cement, the Sultan of Tur- key lives out his haunted life.
 Always he carries revolver hidden, where within the folds of his robes and when he is receiving any one in audience his right hand is never far from the place where the revolver lies. With painful anxiety he watches the slightest movements of any one who is | admitted to his presence. Living in mortal fear of assassination, a brusque movement, quick step, even a change | of ittitude, is enough to make him start l in terror and to send his right hand to his revolver pocket-and' often, over come by sudden fear. he whips out his revolver and smhoots some wholly in- offensive man or woman. 1 When walking one day in the park at YlIdiz the sultan came upon gardener kneeling on the ground, intent on his work. Suddenly becoming. aware of his royal masters approach, the man rose up quickly to assure a more respectful attitude. Fatal movement, for instant | lT ctarf1oH %bO S11HHaT1
 ing before him, instinctively suspecting treachery, the sultan drew his revolver and fired, and the man dropped dead at his feet. When searched no weapon was found upon him, save his garden ing tools. -. Abdul Hamids groundless fears, though they do not always have such tragic sequences, invariably lead to un- pleasant scenes. Only great presence of mind on the part of a suspected per- son will save the situation. Thus a trusty minister. Hakin Pacha. was in the sultan's room and noticed that a draught was annoying his majesty. His sudden movement as he quickly rose to close the window was enough to send the sultan's hand, to the revolver that | lay concealed beneath a handkerchiey, and it was only by sitting down as quickly as he had risen up that he es- caoed bullet from the revolver.
 I And once, one night when the sultran was lying in bed. he summoned his chamberlai. Raghib Bey, in audience. Leaning over the bed to light cigar ette, at the sultan's command, he hap | 4r his master into paroxysms of fear.
 The sultan imagined that his cham berlain meant to strangle him. Seiz- ing his wrists, the terrified monarch held them fast until his wild shrieks brought the guards rushing to his aid. Of poison he has an equal fear to that which he displays against more open as- saults, His private Kitchen is verita- bie fortress-a tiny chamber with bar red windows and massive door. This is how the writer describes how the sultan is served: ~I..l. A2a@> .Fr"fI :. .
 As the hour of fGdinner approaches two high officials bear a little four-legged table. set with the imperial dinner ser. vice, before asultan-followed by 6 llackey with tray on which are spread the dishes. These are totally envelopet in black sheet, the ends tied and seal, ed with red wax by the Kelardji. Be hind marches another servant, bearing bread. and a fifth brings up the req with sealed bottle os water. s
 All who encounter the imposing cor
 tege bearing the dinner bow low be
 fore it as F. passed to the sultan! l ie- h, the Kelardii, who breaks the seals il
 the presence of his majesty with a, sol
 emnity fitting the occasion, and offer
 each dish in turn,
 Merely touching one or two, Abdu Hamid-who. is as abstemious as he il
 susricious-orders the remainder to b
 carried to such court.ers as he desire
 to honor, for it is no light favor to b.
 allowed to finish sultan's meal.
 Now and again the sultan is seize,
 with fit of suspicion, and, pretendin,
 that he detects poison in a dish, sud
 denly orders the Kelardji to taste il
 narrowly watching the effects of tn experiment. :, Another precaution that he takes i
 to surround himself with number 0
 cats and dogs, throwing them scraps 0
 food. and seeing that they survive be
 fore he ventures to eat himself.
 Fond as he is of sheep's feet stewe'
 in sauce and all kinds of piduant dishes
 the sultan holds boiled eggs in esteen
 above everything, considering that the. are less likely to convey poison thai lanything else.
 In this curious character some start
 ling manifestations are found. He
 very fond of animals. There is a me
 nagerie in the palace and we'll bull kennels for his favorite dogs. His sta
 bles contain magnificent horses. con spicuous among them superb whit charger, present from the Czar o