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into the building ON his charger and, strik-
ing one Of the pillars with his sword, ex-
claimed:
aThere is no God but Allah, and Mo-
manned is his prophet
Then followed a slaughter 80 cruel and
bloody that the Christians never recall
the day without indulging the hope that
the building may some day return to the
possession q those who cherish the faith
Of its founde r.
Constantinople is full Of mosques, their
minarets rising above all other buildings,
but none OF them possesses for either Chris
tan or Moslem the importance that at
taehes to st. Sophia.
The modern mosques lack the stateliness
Of ~Constantine's building and are not so
rich in their ornamentation as some Of the
mosques OF India. There is one, however,
near the upper end Of the Golden Horn,
which is regarded by the Turks as especially
sacred because it is the burial place OF the
first Mohammedan "a standard bearer Of
Mohammed) who attempted the capture
OF Constantinople.
Each Sultan visits that mosque as he
enters upon his reign, and Christians are
not permitted to use the street leading
10 the mosque. The Sultan visits st. So
phia once a year. but he Is in such fear Of
assassination that he usually has a street
cleared for his passage and then quietly
goes by water to elude the crowd.
THE suLTAS's TREASURE HOUSE.
The first settlement at Constantinople,
or at Byzantine, Us it was originally called
In honor OF Its founder, was made at what
is now known as Seraglio Point. m eleva.
ton which extends into the Bosphorus
! between the Sea Of Marmora and the Golden
Horn. It commands the best view Of any
place In the city.
The historian Bancroft visited this
spot and was so impressed by the magnif.
oence Of the panorama spread out before
him that he stood gazing at 1t for an hour,
| This was the site selected for the royal
palace, and the kings, emperors and sultani
lived, there until recent years, but 1t 10 90
exposed to the attack Of any hostile feet
that the Sultan's palace has as a matter Of
p-Teoaution been removed 70 tie hills back
Of Galata, and seragfio Point 10 now Q sort
! OF curiosity shop.
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Il 10 visited with di1iculty, p~ermissIon
having 10 DO obtained from the Sultan
himself upon application Of the diplomatic
representative OF the nation 10 which tho
visitor belongs. BY the courtesy Of our
legation We obtained q permit and found
It full Of interest.
Ono OF tho buildings contains o very
old library. another 10 o reproduction OF q
Persian summer house which, q former
Sultan having admired 1t, his chief eunuch
had removed to Constantinople without
his masters knowledge.
The most important building on the
Point, however, Is the treasury, where the
crown Jewels, ornamental arms, royal gifts
and the robes Of former Sultans ara kept.
1t would require moro space than that
allotted to O dozen articles to describe
even the more important pieces Of this
collection.
JEwELLKD ROBES AND THRONES.
One room contains two thrones brought
from Persia, one Of which must have rivalled
the famous peacock throne Of Delhi. II
is Of unusual size and literally covered
with rubies, emeralds and pearls, arranged
In graceful patterns.
The seat is Of orimsonbvelyet embroidered
with gold and pearls. The other throne
while smaller, Is even more richly orna-
mented; 1t Is incrusted with larger jewels
and has a canopy from the centre Of which
is suspended an emerald Of enormous size.
Along the walls OF one room were K
hibited the costumes Of the various Sultanf
from Mohammed II. to the present. No
where else have we seen such evidences
OF Oriental splendor in dress.
The robes Of state are lowered and figured
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1.u9xs suoxzNd .wrA ussIE 6us8lyRP

the stream, In the transparency OF the
water. in the height OF the banks and in
the ~irregularity of the course In fact, the
channel contains so many curves that one
seems to be passing through q succession
o f,lakes.
A little more than half way between the
Sea of Marmora and the Black Sea, on the
north bank, is Therapia, the summer cap
ital, to which the officials repair when the
warm weather begins, and upon the same
bank about half way between Constan-
tinople and Therapia is Robert College,
an institution for boys established and
maintained by American philanthropy. 1t
occupies a promontory which overlooks the
Bosphorus at its narrowest point, the point
ct which Mohammed ii. crossed over from
Asia when In 1853 he succeeded in cap
turing Constantinople.
The Golden Horn is the name given to
an arm Of the Bosphorus which, leaving
that strait a few miles from the Sea Of
Marmora, stretches northward five or
ak miles to receive a stream called
the Sweet Waters Of Europe. 1t may
have been that the Golden Horn lat
one time rivalled the Bosphorus in beauty,
but It does 30 no longer. Full Of ships and
boats Of every description, from war ves-
sci to canoe, and polluted by the sewage Of
two cities, it disappoints as much as the
Bosphoras delights.
RISE OF THE CRESCENT.
The city Of ~Constantinople is divided
by the Golden Horn, STEAMBOAT, the Turkish
city lying on the west, and Galata and Pera,
the foreign quarters, lying on the east.
Skutari stretches along the Asiatio side
Of the Bosphorus, and the navies and mer-
chant vessels OF all the world could ride
In safety in the waters adjacent to these
three cities.
In the seventh century B. G. a colony
oil, Greeks under the lead OF Byzas settled
at Cape Bosphorus, now the site OF SIAM
boul, aud in the rise and fall of the dynasties
OF the East it has played an important part.
Being on the boundary line between Asia
and Europe and guarding the water COM
munication between the Black Sea and the
Mediterranean, 1t possesses strategic ad-
vantagee which statesmen and warriors
have been quick to recognize.
The Persians always wanted It and sew
eral times captured it. The Greeks were
continually taking it and losing it. Philip
Of Maoedon laid siege to 1t, and in 80 doing
furnished Demosthenes with q theme for
some Of his greatest speeches.
There is q tradition that Philip would
!, have succeeded in spite Of the aid by the
Athepiaps but for the barking Of the dogs,
which apprised the inhabitants Of a night
assault. As the dogs were set to barking
not by the enemy but by the new moon
which rose just in time TO save the city
the Byzantines adopted the crescent as
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and heavy with gold; the turbans are huge
sometimes fifteen inches in height and
b~readth-and adorned with aigrettes Of
great value. One Of these ornaments CON-
tains three stones, a ruby and two emeralds,
as large as pigeons eggs and without a
flaw.
With each robe is the sword or dagger
carried by the Sultan and each has a jewelled
handle. While the robes differ in color
and design-as star differeth from star in
g~lory-and while the aigrettes and sword
handles vary in pattern, all are on the same
scale and show lavish expenditure. They
are in striking contrast with the last Of the
series, which is simply a red military uni
form covered with gold braid.
ROSE LEAF JAM N COFFEE.
The treasury contains numerous por-
traits and family trees, presenting the heads
Of the present royal line. 1t seems that
nearly all of the Mohammedan rulers wore
a full beard, and some Of them had strong
faces,
Besides the swords Of the sultans there
are in the treasury innumerable other
swords with jewelled handles and with
scabbards inlaid with gold, silver and gems.
There are guns also Of every description,
many Of them engraved and ornamented
with gold and silver. One fertilization gun
bears upon the barrel quotations from che
Koran written In gold.
Then there Are Jewel boxes, vessels OF
gold and vessels Of silver, rare china-some
Of 1t set with jewels-not to speak Of enam-
elled ware and embroideriea Many OF these
pieces were gifts sent or brought by other
rulers, for In the Orient the gift IL az indis-
! pensable In dealing with the sovereign "a
baksheesh is In dealing with the subordi-
nate Turkish official.
When we had finished the inspection OF
Seraglio Point we were conducted to one
| Of tho reception rooms and refreshed with
q Jam made of rose leaves, and this was
| followed by Turkish coffee. Turkish coffee,
by the way, Is very different from the cof-
| fee Of the Oocident.
The berry Is ground or pounded until
| It Is as fine as -four. It Is then put into water
| and raised to the boiling point and cooled
three times. 1t 10 usually served hot. and
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BOOM IN CUT OYER LANDS.
Millions Of waste But Fertile Acres to 10
Dealt In.

Ss
Dealt In.
There h every reason to belisve that
the big lumber syndioates Of southern
Mississippi which have heretofore been
devotlng their energies to buying vast
tracts Of virgin timber land will In tho
future apply themselves with equal ardor
to the business Of aelling their out over
areas and filing thls country with q de-
sirable GLASS Of immigrants.
During the past week, says the Rirming-
ham Aoe-Hernl4, there was fled with tho
ohancery court clerk Of Perry county q decd
from the j.. ]. Newman Lumber Company
to the Blakeley Manufacturing Company OF
New Jersey for 1900 acres Of land l shis
county for q consideration Of 500.
Inquiry developed the fact that the land
in question b located some four miles from
Hattlesburg, that 1t u Out over land, and that
1t Is fertile and convenient 70 market. II
Company Ia an organization devoted to the
immigration business on . large soAls.
Having pretty we'll exhausted shs avail
able vacant ereas Of the Western countries,
this. company has now turned is attention
q q s tSs s iSmaa, NJ PF E sons,d K IN = a., :h AVID, ssds
ton. The cheapest and beat lands OBJ
tainable for thls purpose are the out over
lands Of tho big lumber syndicates, which
can BE- bought In big blocka and at moder-
ate prioes.
The transfer Of this big block Of Perry
county land At . nominal figure would indf.
cate that no Tina b 70 be lost In putting
the enterprise into efieot. Tho Blakeley
company e known TO have offered as much
a &30per acre for the out over lands. Such
a price l calculated 10 attraot the ooopera-
ton Of the lumber companies.
The company would not purchase the
land outright at this. figure, but would take
an option extendable from year to year,
contingent upop bringing In ~settlers each
year sufficient 70 all an agreed percentage
Of the land. Tho possibility Of these b{s
immigration plans being carried out has
had the sitsGs q bringing on quite . boom
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as Tillnan mounted Inc bIahu wearing d
brown linen helmet.
About every Eve minutes, sometimes
when there was occasion, sometimes when
there wa none. q young man half reclining
on the floor of the platform, not five feet
away from the speaker, would lean back
on his elbows, look up at him with admiring
eyes, put ON a big broad grin and CRY. out
In & slow drcwl:
-Hurrah for Ole Ben Tillmanl'
As no rose to speak, the crowd yelled
and that part of 1t which was seated on the
rough benches Immediately In front Of the
stand stood up to get a betteriview.
aSit down. Numbered Tillman.
They sat down, but they still yelled and
several began to make good humored but
bantering remarks. Same Ole Beni=
solve it to 'em, Ben!' Hurrah for Ben
Tillmani Hee-eel'
Keep your mouths smut now II You want
to hear me talk, shouted Tillman at them.
They laughed, said II was the Same Ole
Ben and yelled again. In q few min
utes they quieted down and he began to
preach to them the gospel Of good 'licker."
Not one reference did he make to the
rate bill, with which subject he has been
chiefly engaged during the past session
OF Congress; not once did he make reference
to my other measure before Congress or
that ought to be before Congress-, He
never mentioned the President Of the United
States, nor the Presidency, and the only
referepoe he made during the whole OF hts
two hours speech to himself In the Senate
was this;
stalk about having fun In Warrington.
Why. / haye plenty Of fun. ! iust hays the
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Franco nesaining Her Prestige.
The Atlantic Monthly

During the past year the French people
has kept to Q dead level OF unbroken pros
perity, without any notably great man Or
commerce and industry. and society to dIs,
I nguish. this from other recent years Ia
International finance alone q state OF thipsrs
has been made evident which has gone lSs
70 LIT lfranoe. 70 her old leading place amoHs
shs nations Of the world.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Scheme Worked Out Badly.

Congressman Sulzer represents a
densely populated district on the East
side of New York city. 1t occurred to
him some months ago that though
there are no gardens in his district
some of his constituents might grow
plants in boxes placed on window
sills or fire escapes, so he sent an as
sortment of seed to the inmate of a
model tenement house owned by one
of his friends. The latter met him
few days ago and said: See here,
Sulzer, l want you to cut out that seed
business. It's the limit" Why,
what's the NATTER? asked the aston
ished Sulzer, and he explained why he
had sent the seeds. "Oh, you meant
we'll, all right" returned the friend,
scornfully, "but when l visited the
place the other day found that about
ten families were raising cabbage, GU
cumbers and tomatoes in the bath
tubs"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Worth Knowing.

That Allcock's Plasters are the
highest result of medical science and
SKILL and in ingredients and method
have never been equaled.
That they are the original and gen.
uine porous plasters upon whose rep
utation imitators trade.
That Allcock's Plasters never fail to
perform their remedial work quickly
and effectually.
That for Weak Back, Rheumatism,
Colds, Lung Trouble, Strains and all
Local Pains they are invaluable.
That when you buy Allcock's Plas-
ters you obtain the best plasters made.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
A Misunderst

AprOpos of a misunderstanding on
the canteen question, Gen. Frederick
D. Grant said at a dinner in Washing
ton:
"It is like the case of my friend
Maj. Green. Maj. Green said to his
servant one morning:
James, I have left my mess boots
out, want them soled'
"'Yes sir the servant answered.
THE major dressing for dinner
that night, said again.
az suppose, James, that you did
as l told you about those boots?'
James laid 35 cents on the bureau
"'Yes, sir said he, and this is all
I could get for them; though the cor
poral who bought EN- said he'd have
given half a dollar if pay day hadn't
been so far off,"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
TERRIBLE ITCHING SCALP.
Limbs-An Old Soldier Declares:
"Cuticura Is a Blessing"

"At all times and to all people l
am willing to testify to the merits of
Cuticura. 1t saved me from worse
than the tortures of hades, about the
year 1900, with itching on my scalp
and temples, and afterwards it COM
menced to break out on my hands.
Then it broke o+lt on my limbs. |
then went to a surgeon whose treat
ment did me no good, but rather ag-
gravated the disease. l then told him
| would go and see a physician in
Erie. The reply was that | could go
anywhere, but case of eczema like
mine could not be cured; that l was
too old (S0). l went to an eminent
doctor in the city of Erie and treated
with him for six months, with like
results. l had read of the Cuticura
Remedies, and so l sent for the Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent,
and continued taking the ResGfvent
until had taken six bottles, stopping
it to take the Pills. l was now get.
ting better. I took two baths day
and at night 1 left the lather of the
Soap dry on. l used the Ointment
with great effect after washing ir
warm water, to stop the itching at
once. l am now cured. The Cuticura
treatment is a blessing, and should
be used by every one who has itching
of the skin. / can't say any more
and thank God that He has given the
world such a curative. VIM. H. Gray,
1908 Mount Vernon St., Philadelphia,
Pa, August 2, 1905"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
LAWYER Committed Suicide.

Robert R. Lockett, the lawyer who
died suddenly at TeXarkana, is thought
to have committed suicide, the coron-
er's jury having rendered a decision
to the effect that his death was due
to morphine poison, self-administered.
The testimony shows that the deceased
spent his last conscious moments
reading that portion of the book, Quo
Vadis, which tells of the suicide by
poison of one of the characters. Be-
fore becoming unconscious Mr. Lock
EFT is said to have informed those
about him that he had taken the drug
and would soon be in the other world.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Museum Gets Fine Pulpit.

King Friedrich August of Saxony
has given to the Germanic museum at
Harvard full-size reproduction Of the
sandstone pulpit OF the Church of
Wechselburg, near Leipsic. This gift
is regarded as the most important
made to the museum since the fine
collection of casts was sent by the
German emperor. The pulpit be-
longs to the beginning of the thir-
teenth century, and is massive struc-
ture, IS feet high, resting on Roman.
esQue columns.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
School District Appeal.

The transcript in the case of Jessie
Allen against school district No. GS
Of Clay county, has been filed in the
Supreme Court. The purpose of the
suit is to test the right Of school di'
rectors to select teacher at the close
of one term for another term, when
new directors are to be chosen in the
meantime. Miss Allen who had been
chosen in March for the fall term, was
refused the right to teach the three
months school at $40 a month and was
allowed in the lower courts, $12O dam
ages against the school district.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Nav Throw Liqht on History.

While excitement regarding the Ho-
henlohe memoirs is still rife in Eu-
rope, there is subdued talk in British
military circles regarding the forth
coming appearance of book which
will contain scane of the late duke of
Cambridge's voluminous correspond
ence. A diary kept by Emperor Fred
erick of Germany is in safekeeping in
England and the day may not be far
distant when it also will be published
Correct answers to numerous histor-
ical enigmas may be expected from
such a publication.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Children Bitten by Mad Poodle Dog

The three children of C. w. Abrams,
of Little Rock, were bitten by a pet
poodle dog, thought to be mad, and
have been taken to the Pasteur In
stitute at Baltimore for treatment. The
youngest child is in the most danger
of contracting the rabies, having been
badly bitten on the lip by the dog, but
physicians believe that the prompt ac'
ton of the mother in sucking the pol
son from the wound will ward OFF the
disease. The wounds of the other two
children are slight and not considered
dangerous.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Want State Election Day Changed.

The Farmers Union district conven-
ton, composed of the counties of Gar
land, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline,
Perry, Grant, Clark and Dallas, is in
session at Hot Springs. The most i'm
portant question which is being dis
cussed at the meetings is the matter
of changing state election day. An
effort will be made to have the day Of
the state election changed from the
first to the second Monday in Sep
tember as the day at present conflicts
with Labor Day. A petition favoring
this change is being circulated among
the delegates and it will also be cir
culated among the members of the
trades unions of this city, whose CO.
operation in the matter is requested
by the Farmers Union.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
II Will STAY There.

"In my family medicine chest no
remedy is permitted to remain unless
it proves beyond doubt the best to be
obtained for its particular purpose.
For treating all manner of skin
troubles, such as Eczema, letter,
Ringworm, etc., Hunts Cure has held
it's place for many years, | have fail
ed to find a surer remedy. 1t cures
itching instantly.
r. M. Swami,
Franklin, La.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Old and True.

"For fifteen years have constantly
kept a supply of Hunts Cure on hand
to use in all cases of itching skin trou-
BILE. For Eczema, Ringworm and the
like it is peerless. l regard it as an
old friend and true one.
Mrs. Eula Preslad,
Greenfield, Tenn.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Unknown Qualities of Radium.

Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, the dis
tinguisked London scientist has
joined Lord Kelvin in a protest
against the proposition submitted to
the British association that the pro-
duction of helium from radium has es-
tablished the fact of the evolution of
one element into others. Professor
Armstrong says that no one has yet
handled radium in sufficient quanti-
ties to be able to say precisely what
it is.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Staads Head,

There Is something about Hunts
Lightning Oil that no other hniment
possesses. Others may be good, but it
is surely the best. 1t does all you rec
ommend it for and more. For sprains,
cuts, bruises, burns, aches and pains
it has no equal on earth. 1t stands
head on my medicine shelf.
Very truly yours,
T. j. Brownlow,
Livingston, Tenn.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Australia's Chief Engineer.

T. Roberts, chief mechanical en-
gineer of the South Australian gov
ernment, has been appointed, subject
to the ratification Of the various Aus
tralian governments, consulting min
ing engineer for the whole Of Aus
tralia, with an Office in London. The
nomination comes from the Australian
commissioner of railways.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Died From Hydrophobia.

Mark Lipscomb, Is years Of age, son
of Richard F. Lipscomb of Helena, died
recently, his death being caused by
the bite of mad dog, He was bitten
by a small pet dog two weeks pre-
vious. but was APPARENTLY in good health
until the day before his death when ne
was seized with convulsions. Leading
physicians declared his death to be due
to hydrophobia
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Held for Arkansas officers.

Missouri authorities have notified
sheriff Logan of Jonesboro that they
have captured the men supposed to be
those who attempted to kill Policeman
Willis Copeland of that city recently.
1t is believed by the officers that the
five men under arrest are noted bank
robbers who are wanted in several
places.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Want Negroes Kept Out of Army.

The Arkansas State Guard Associa-
tiOn insessiOn at Little Rock dopted
resolution, urging Congress to pro-
hibit the enlistment of negroes in the
United States army or navy for the
reason that it is believed to be un-
safe,' and also urging that the War
Department be requested to keep the
negro and white troops separated and
at no time station negro troops at forts
where white troops are stationed. The
Association also commended President
Roosevelt for the stand he has taken
in dismissing without honor two com
panies Of negro soldiers from the Uni
ted States army because of the atroci-
ties committed by them on white citi-
zens of Brownsville, Texas.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
Thinks He Has Mica Mine.

B. w. Eddy, a real estate man OF
Hot Springs, is of the opinion that he
has discovered a valuable mine of mi
ca on his lands in the West Grand
Avenue addition In excavating there
the vein was cut into and the surface
indications are pronounced very prom
Using. Mr.. Eddy is sinking a shaft on
the vein to test its quality and quanti-
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21
A Biq Factory to be Located at Helena.

The Business Mems League OF Hell
ena has closed a deal with the Ford
Johnson Chair Company Of Frankfort,
KY, and Michigan City, Ind, through
which there will be established in that
city within a few months, the second
largest chair-making plant in opera
ton. The new plant, which is to be
transferred from Frankfort to Helena,
now employees 700 men and is said to
produce the finest product Of the kind
in this country.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-21

Mrs. Robert Austin of Pine Bluff was
badly burned recently while attempt
ing to save a valuable horse. The
barn in which the animal was confined,
was burning and Mrs. Austin made an
unsuccessful attempt to get the horse
out. In making the effort she was Sc
riously burned.