The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
HOLLAND DEMOCRATIC
MONARCHICAL STATE

h'sh court OF Justice at Dublin. But
once Erin RECEIVERS home rule the
called upon once more to preside over
the deliberations of the Irish House of
Lords, just in the same way that the
Lord High Chancellor OF Great Brit
ain presides over the sessions of the
House of Lords mt Westminster.
Sometimes the Lord High Chancei-
Tor of ireland Is member OF the Cab
met. but more often not. In fact. the
matter depends largely upon political
cNigencies. aud the Importance Of the
parsonage ntrusted with the care or
the Great Seal of the kingdom of Ire
land. The first Lord Chancellor OF
ireland was stephen Ridel, who was
appointed in 1857. and the office has
been in existence ever since. that is to
say, for over 700 years.
In the obituaries OF Lord Wolseley
in the English papers, l find a story
ascribed To him which of right refers
to the late General Lord Dormer. 1t
intimates that Lord Wolseley during
his expedition up the Nile for the re-
lief of General Gordon at Khartoum,
in endeavoring TO extract Information
from n captured Arab, declared in
Arabic that he Wolseley, was a wiz
ard, in token of which he drew out his
glass eye, threw it up in the air, and
put it back in it's socket
Now, although Wolseley had a glass
eye, he was una BILE to speak q single
word of Arabic. on the other hand,
Lord Dormer. who spent n number OIL
years in Egypt in various military cap
aclties, including that of commander
in-chief. was master of the native
language 1t was he. and not VOL
seley, who convinced the natives OF
his supernatural powers by means of
leGerdemain with his glass eye. This
glass eye Of his used to get so hot
while he was on the upper reaches
of the Nile, where the temperature
was almost intolerable. that he was
wont to have spare glass eye al
ways by his side, cooling in a cup OF
water. III order to take the place of
the other. when its heat had become
unbeara bic.
Lord Dormer was afterwards ap-
pointed to the command of the Brit
lsh military forces in the presidency of
Madras. where he was killed by n
huge tiger, which this gallant old SOL
dior, despite his age and his glass eye,
had attempted to stalk on foot in the
jungle; a feat which was really court
ing death.
The capture of AdrianopIe, and the
marvellous preservation throughout all
the siege OF the magnificent sixteenth
century Mosque of Sultan Sclim. with
IT'S four exquisite mnarets, each OF
them 700 feet high, serves TO recall
the TACT that it's architect, a Bulgarian.
Sinan by name, who likewise designed
the ShahZadch or Princes Mosque at
ConstantInople. was among the earliest
aviators. Having learned that Sultan
Sclim had determined to put him TO
death as soon as he had completed the
great mosque at Adrianople, to prevent
his building anything finer elsewhere
ne devoted all his ingenuity towards
effecting his escape
Realizing that all the gates and ap-
proaches OF the mosque were closely
watched. with a view of preventing his
hight. lie contrived a huge pair OF
wings, composed of the feathers OF
ducks and geese. Fastening these to
MS shoulders and arms, he lcaped out
INTO the air from tho summit of ono of
the minarets, expecting to be able in
this way TO ny far above the heads oil
those who were seeking his life, until
he had reached some point in tho
neighboring mountains. where he
would be safe from pursuit.
unfortunately. his movements were
impedcd by some carpenters tool,
which had become entanglcd in the
folds of his garments, and which pre-
vented him from moving one OF his
wings In such a manner as to sustain
him In the air. and the consequence
was that he fell to the ground Just
outside the princts of the mosque,
and was dashed to death
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