The Forrest City times., 1905-08-04

h the ground. and the stock had been offered for one cent share, the par value being hundred dollars. so man who got share for a cent would, when the mine got to paying. eeI q hundred dollars for every cent he invested.
 Dad filled out one of the stock certifi- eates fer 1.e00 eco shares. which would represent q capital equal 10 all the debts of Turkey, and We went before the sultan. and We couldn't have been treated better if we had owned brew cry. Dad told his story to the sultan through an interpreter. while ] looked around at the gorgeous surroundings and tried to think of something to do 10 wake them up.
 Dad said he came right fresh from the American people. and was authorized by his mining company 10 present the sultan with untold millions for pure love of the Turkish people. V nom they Lad seen riding and leading eamels at the Chicago worlds fair. and dad pro- duced the stock certificate for 1000 GOO shares of stock in the Golden Horn Sold Mining and Smelling company and took out handful of s20 dollar gold pieces and showed them to the crowd as specimens of gold that came from our mine.
 He said our people did no1 expect any hing in return. but just desired the good Will of the Turkish empire. He salG that President Roosevelt desired him to present his warmest regards to The sultan. and 10 invite him to visit America. and if he would consent to do SC an American war vessel would be furnished for him and the white house would be turned ever to h3n for his 1aTem, and dad said the president wanted him particularly 10 impress upon the sultan that if he came he must hGlng his folks all his wives lbat would oe apt 10 size up for beauty with our American women.
 well. you ought 10 have seen that sekly looking sultan brace up when aau handed him the millions of mining s.oeh' and he grabbed the paper like an oiu clothes buyer would grab dress suit sns' Wife had sold for 60 cents, belong -Ns 10 her husband. He also wanted to see 'he gold that dad had shown as con-
 IFS rom the mine. and when dad sho"ed him the yellow boys he took 'nem as souvenirs and put them in his stu'e' and then ] thought dad would 4a1ht, out he kept his nerve like a poker taser betting on a bobtail flush.
 -He sultan asked so many questions eoout America that l was afraid dad ouio get all balled up. but he kept his ~! V and lied as though he was on the ss stana trying to save his life. 'u 1olG the sultan he was authorized , the American people 10 inquire into -1 industries of Turkey. and what he .@' 1eGiaf!y desired was an insight sue harems as a national insti- -'-oh' because many American people gradually adopting the customs
 'Ae orlent, and he desired to report congress as 10 whether we should seop1 the customs of Turkey, with her
 VU prunes and dates with worms A' ana her altar of roses made of pigs @.u' her leg. to cure badness. and her su'ahdlsh pants and peaked red Mo-
 w shoes, and her harems.
 ne sultan said he would like to 1o~ us little bunch of the
 am of the harem, who would do s.uht ID the way of dancing, to cele- , s.a'e the good feeling of the American ss0pie and the visit of the distinguish.
 statesman and gold miner to bis