The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12

the piano with a moderate degree of tai
ent. Popular airs are his favorites,
He is exceedingly ambitious and loves
power.
He drinks coffee at short intervals all
day long.
He has a deep seated fear of death and
breads illness.
He is superstitious and believes in for
tune tellers and magicians.
He has acquired mastery over his pas
sion and leads a we'll ordered daily life.
He always carries a revolver with him
and is in constant fear Of an assassin's
attack.
His meals are prepared in a little kitch-
en- barred like a cell and closed by an
iron door.
He loves the drama and attends fire.
quent performances at the private theater
In the palace.
Likes Dime Novels.
He is fond Of penny dreadful" litera-
ture and has all the latest trash of the
book world translated for his benefit and
read aloud to him.
He has issued standing orders that the
palace be lighted brilliantly all night long.
and his orchestra plays every evening un-
til q very late hour.
He never rides in a closed carriage. for
rear that he may not be able to jump out
quickly enough in case Of accident, His
favorite vehicle IL an open victoria.
ne makes 1t q point to invite foreign
actors and singers to appear before him
and often shows great liberality toward
them AFTER q performances. giving them
rich jewelry n diamonds.
He IL exceedingly nervous. and at times
when a state crisis Il impending he has
been now to remain awake forty-eight
hours at q stretch plotting and planning
to meet the situation.
He seldom reads anything except nov
els and Is a poor speller.
He is simple In his dress and shows a
marked preference for dark colors.
He distrusts every one, Of the persons
with whom he comes in daily contact.
He is avaricious, and ali his financial
accounts are itemized to the last cent.
He believes firmly in the microbe the
ory Of disease and takes every precau-
ton to avoid c~antagion.
He has the keenest dislike for all state
ceremonies n avoids them as far as his
position will admit.
He is 9 careful about his person.
bathes daily and washes his face and
hands at frequent intervals.
He is a crack shot with a pistol and has
been seen to write his name on a wall
twenty-five PAGES away with bullets.
He requires that all state documents |
and papers intended for his perusal shall |
first pass through a careful process Of
disinfection.
His courtesy toward visitors of quality |
Is always marked. He listens to the con-
versation with the closest attention and
politeness.
He has an excellent knowledge of chem
istry, which he acquired in order to be
able to make tests of food and drink in |
which he may suspect poison.
He is a hard worker and keeps a corps
OF secretaries busy all day writing out his |
orders to his ministers of state and SUBJ
ordinate officials in all parts of Europe.
He eats alone and surrounds himself
with cats and dogs, to which he OCCASION
lily throws pieces of the food before him |
in order to assure himself that it is not
poisoned.
Face Like Wrinkled Parchment.
In the American Magazine of last
November Nicholas G. Adossides, for
some years an attache of the Turkish
foreign office and the son of Adossides
Pasha, a former minister of the empire
and envoy extraordinary, thus describes
the sultan's personal appearance:
His face is wrinkled parchment, as if a
thousand anxieties and suspicious had
left their impress there. His features,
besides cruelty and cunning, denote intel
Ngence and cowardice. The eyes Of aim
ond shape, by far the most interesting
detail of his person, are dark and pierre
ing, aged with eternal suspicion. They
denote high intellect, extraordinary intel |
ligence, subtle refinement and pitiless
cruelty.
The thin upper lip and the thick, SEN
sual lower indicate a combination Of pas
sion, Feasibility and s~elishness. His nose
Is aquiline and lends to the face the ap-
pearance OF a bird Of prey. The chin,
though hidden by a beard. Is weak and
indecisive.
Yet there is a charm about the man,
especially in his voice, which ever
those who hate him most are forced to
confess. Summing up, Mr.. Adossides
pronounces him a degenerate of the
higher order. He is descended from a