Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-08-18

h.sauftfu cs5nmnk II Is nsssn3ed by
al q snail staufE IN fr8nE In beauty
II i szpsrb and uatEhlesg. It's estA
nztad xalae Is SFe million q dollars
We nEKt sntered the S1ltans suU-
ner palace II Is patterned xiEer the
PsrSEanx KIOSK 1t stately psEl-
ian The Sultan VISITS AMI remains
in zhis summer h1zae zh1ut tES weeks
every summer 10 pay his devotion 20
his faForite Ehrine- The walls are
covered With lovely MosaicS Cor
IEsous carpets e1rsE the Aoor and e1Sfly
6rzpery hangs ever the arches The
palace IS grand and stately. In the
Receptions r0orz, AZ the command Ct bis
Ms5estT We wsrs served with r0se iszf
5ealF and Turkish cafee- The Gum
IpzaT appreciated thts token q kind
ness and respect from tbe Sultan
We visited the Mosque of Saint So
phlA II Is the finest mosque in the
world. II vas buili b. tbs Emperor
guEiimixn 80 A. D. for q Christian
C1urch Ten Thousand people we're
employed in ins construction The
total cost 81 the edi1ce Is said 70 be
I've nilion q dollars The eslosszl
dome AB uae hundred and eighfFsDur
feet higb, one hundred and i've feet
IN diameter and lined with superb
Doaic aid IN pure gold II Is sup
ported b. rows q massive marble or-
unns which firm beautiful aisles in
the open court In these aikles. after
The cal 10 prayer. the kohznnsdzns
assemble, and GO their knees repeat
he chant prayer. The marble H0or is
covered with beautiful rugs Tbe No
hzmEecans req uire sperso1toputE slip
pens O orer bis shoes before entering
the sacred Shrine Sometimes one OF
The slippers zin come o1 and the per-
sun vii not knoE f. butfheM nhamme-
can places HIS hand On the Individual
and expects him 10 hold bis foot Of Of
the foor until the slipper i adjusted
over his khoe These people III de-
Epted 70 their w0rship. There are
nearly four hundred Mosques in Con
stantinOple- We visited many Of them.
They are stately and costly structures
We gained with eager hearts On the
hippodrune Ii was built By Oonssan-
tine for public races. festivals and
gatherings 1t is an oblang race
c0urse and about three hundred yards
around It. at the east end o. the
course stands the New Fountain. 1t
vas given 70 the Sultzn By William,
King Of Germany, On bis second visit
10 OoustzntiDople in1sse. Thestruct-
IRE Is octagon in shape and eight mar
be columns support the magnificent
dome. The decorations are superb
noszses and pure gold The New
Fountain is picturesque
The enclosure contains the Egyptian
obelist the serpentne column and the
isblsek obelistr The Egyptian abelist
uzs Ent erected By Thothmes III 70.
thesun God in Egypt and later brought
70 CoDstantinople and raised IN the
race course By the Emperor Constan-
tine II is only the upper portion Of
al ohelist originally the heighth was
much greater.
The serpsntine column from the
Sacred Oncle Of Delphi, In Greece,
caught and held Us fast with It's cele-
hnted and historic renoWn. The
column is formed by-three serpents
plated or interviewer together. The
heads formed q tripod on which. ac-
eording TO mythology, rested a plate
Of gold. They are broken OF and
said 70 be IN the museum. / could
get no definite information concern
ing the plate Of gold. The serpentlne
column has great historic fame
We then turned our fancy TO the
BLACK Obelist" II was erected first
by the Emperor Constantine and is
sometimes called By bis name. The
structure was built Of stone something
On the order Of the Bunker Hill monu-
nent Il vas destroyed By the nat
Ives during the famous crusades They
thought that IL contained vast guam
titles Of both gold and silver, and ex-
pected The crusaders 70 plumber the
structure and secure the yaluableS So
the natives destroyed the edihce, but
found nothing in il After the cru
zdes il vas rebuilt out OF black stone
consequently the name BLACK obe-
list
We visited the Underground eistarnx