Highest of all fa Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE THE GRAND VIZIER. HOW HE 13 SELECTED BY THE SUL TAN AND INSTALLED. One of the Moat Striking Scenes Connected With the Turkish Court Mo One Know Who Is to Be Named Until the Last Mo ment An Impressive Prayer. The ceremony of "naming" the new grand vizier is one of the most impress ive sights imaginable, and as it has seldom if ever been described an at tempt to convey some idea of it may not be without interest. It was toward 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon that the servants commenced to carry out from Djevad Pasha's rooms at the sublime porte his books, papers, pens and other private paraphernalia. This was the first intimation given to the world that the grand vizier had fallen. Shortly aft erward troops filed op the hill and lined both sides of the road from the landing stage at Sirkidjy to the doors of the porte. The news spread like fire under a wind, and by 6 o'clock all preparations were completed for the reception of the new occupant of the principal office in the empire. In the great council cham ber the scene was unique in its quiet dig nity. The room was crowded with all the high officials present and past, and though an hour or two previously none there had even guessed what was about to happen each one took his place si lently and regularly, without confusion or mistake, awaiting the advent of the still unknown chief. At the head of the hall a small vacant space was left, around which grouped the present ministers and those who had previously held portfolios. As each came in he paced slowly up the carpet with one short salute. As soon as he reached the end all present returned the teme na'a with a sweep of the hand to the ground, breast, and forehead. This rhythmical greeting, accentuated by the movement of scarlet fezes in unison with open hands, given in silence, and in the dim, curtained light of the coun cil chamber, defies adequate description by the pen. And then the newcomer returned the salutes separately, beginning at the left hand side, round the square of his col leagnes, subordinates and superiors, and one more candidate for the vizierate was effaced, for nobody knew upon whom the choice of the sultan had fall en. Many names were whispered round, but as their owners entered the circle of greeting their chances were seen to be extinguished. One after another they followed on, till by a process of reduc tion it became a question of only two or three, all the rest of Turkey's statesmen and all her greatest pashas having al ready trodden the carpet and taken their seats of expectation. Then from the windows could be seen a small proces sion winding up the ascent. In front were two horsemen, he on the left a lit tle man well known to all the watchers in the chamber, and on the right the Sheikh ul Islam, shining in the sunlight with his robes of pure white and gold. In the passing of a breath the name of Eetchuk Said fluttered round the room, and a few moments later the new grand vizier, who had already thrice gone through the same ceremony, was standing in the center of the ministerial group. There he drew from his breast a green silk bag, and extracting from it the imperial hatt he pressed the parch ment to his lips and forehead. The dark bearded sheikh repeated this homage to the words of his imperial master, and the hatt was handed to the evrak mu diri, or keeper of the archives, who read aloud that his imperial majesty the sul tan, knowing the devotion, well proved, of Said Pasha, intrusted to him the duties of grand vizier, and that, having full confidence in the piety of the Sheikh ul Islam, he prolonged his term of of fice, being anxious in all things for the best welfare of his people, and might Al mighty God bless their efforts toward that end. Then again a wave of sweep ing hands and bending heads went round, and the sheikh, in full, deep tones, offered up a prayer for the sultan and the empire. In a moment the coun cil chamber was transformed into a holy place, and the politicians, pashas and scribes, with upturned palms, seemed to have forgotten for a space the world and its vanities. It would be hard to imagine anything more striking than this prayer, amid such surroundings and on such an occasion. With it terminated the investiture. The new grand vizier adjourned to his room with his ministry for coffee and a perfunctory cabinet council, and later on the old and new viziers and min isters repaired to Yildiz to pay their first or last respects to their lord, Mean while another hatt had arrived, chang ing the occupant of the western wing of the porte, for Said Pasha, who has been minister for foreign affairs for nine years, was bidden to vacate his famil iar chair in favor of Turkhan Pasha. Constantinople Letter. Irving and Stoker. Not many know how that talented Irishman, Mr. Bram Stoker, came to be associated with the fortunes of Sir Henry Irving. It was in this wise. Sir Henry, when on a visit to Dublin, was invited to a supper party, and during the course of the evening was induced to recite in his thrilling way "The Dream of Eugene Aram." One of his auditors, a young man with a brilliant reputation at Trinity college, was so af fected by the tragedian's delivery that he burst into tears. Henry Irving asked the young man to call on him the next morning, and then and there made him an offer, which was accepted to the mu tual advantage of both. The young man was Mr. Bram Stoker. London Corre spondent. One Good Deed. Mrs. De Ruffe If you ever did any good in this wide world, I'd like to know what it is. Mr. De Ruffle Well, for one thing, saved you from dying an old maid. London Quiver. , EMBOSS EXPERT HOTEL ROBBER. Be Believed Schuyler Colfax of Baft- Full of Securities. "Did yon ever hear of Charley Holt, the prince of hotel thieves!" said Detect ive James MoDevitt. "Well, I had two encounters with that gentleman here in Washington. My first experience was brief and devoid of sensational incident. "A guest in an up town hotel awoke one night and saw a man going through his clothes. He gave chase to the rob ber, who dropped his booty, consisting of a watch and several hundred dollars, in the hallway. "He managed to outrun his pursuer and reached his room on an upper floor unseen. The hotel people sent for me, and after searching the register and making some inquiries I went straight to Holt's room end put him under ar rest He accompanied me to headquar ters without a nnirmur, but as we had no proof against him he was let go, with a warning never to show up again at the capital "He staid away three years, but the next time he came he did a job of no less magnitude than to rob the vice president of the United States, Schuyler Colfax, of (135,000 in bonds and se curities. The robbery occurred at Worm ley's hotel, between 5 and 6 o'clock, on the evening of Feb. 22, 1869. I had been to Alexandria that day and heard of the affair as soon as I reached the oity, about 9 p. m. The first thing I did was to go to a restaurant keeper and ask him if any crooked people were in town. He replied that there was n party in the badger line at a place on Tenth street, near the old gas office. In company with the chief of police I went to the house and asked of the landlady if she had any strangers stopping there. She said yes, and on telling her our business she admitted us into the parlor, where a good looking young man was walking the floor, apparently in a nervous con dition. "Before we could say a word here marked : 'I know who you are after. Charley Holt has stolen a lot of bonds belonging to the vice president. He told me so himself and said he was nearly scared to death when he found whose property he had taken. You'll find the Btuff in the express office, for he boxed it all up and shipped it to Philadelphia this evening. Here was a revelation to take a man's breath away. I never dreamed of making such a swift capture. We went to the express and got the securities right enough without any trouble. It would have been an easy matter to get Holt, but Mr. Colfax, for some reason, vetoed the proposition to catch him, and he went scot free of that particular crime. The fellow who told me was a crook, but had nothing to do with the transaction, and in consideration of the 'give away' was allowed to leave the city with a warning." Washington Post. A LUCKY SNEEZE. It Came Just In Time to Make 91. X. a, Spanish Minister. The writer of "Secrets In Spain" tells in the pages of The New Review how ministers were sometimes made under the regime of Queen Isabella of Spain. Perhaps the most remarkable instance is that of a man who was made minister for sneezing. The story is as follows: M. X. had gone one day to pay a casual visit to one of his friends. To his surprise he found his friend very much occupied. "Excuse me," said he, "but I am very busy today. But if yon have nothing to do come along with me. " "Where are you going?" "I have been summoned to the palace. " They set off together. At the palace one was conducted to the presence of the queen, while the other waited in the anteroom. There was a lengthy sitting in the queen's cabinet, a new ministry being in course of for mation. It was very cold and drafty in the an teroom, and the man who was waiting began to grow very impatient, as he felt a cold in the head coming on. "Whom shall we appoint to the exchequer? Whom to the Fomerto? Whom to the war department?" asked the queen. Gradually after much discussion the ministry was built np bit by bit There was now only the colonial minister to be appointed. "I must have a colo nial minister, " said the queen. "Whom shall we appoint colonial minister?' ' No one conld be thought of. All at once a loud sneeze was heard in the anteroom. "Who is that sneezing in the anteroom ?' ' asked the queen. "M. X." "M. X. I The very man the very man for the colonial minister 1 Tell M. X. to come in." That is how M. X. became colonial minister for having sneezed. Keep Their Secret Well. The French keep the secrets of their ammunition wonderfully. Their powder gives excellent results, but its composi tion is still unknown, and their dyna mite shells for the navy and field artil lery have not yet been imitated by any other country. The best French naval experts believe that only quick firing guns, using high explosive shells will be of any use in the next naval engage ment. They contend that these shells will abolish armor, as armor tends to increase the effect of bursting shelL The first thing our now government will have to do will be to provide our navy with quick firing guns and shells that shall be effectual. It is not denied that in both these particulars the French at the present moment are far ahead of us. Saturday Review. Horseless Vehicle Not New. "Talk about these horseless vehicles," said Uncle Si. "I seen 'em long ago. " "Why, pal" began Aunt Mandy. "Oh, but I did. Don't you remember the ole ox cart we rode to our weddin in?" Indianapolis Journal Only 27 per cent of the capital of this country is owned by men holding be tween $100,000 worth and $1,000,000 worth of property. OXCE WORE CROWNS. SEVEN EUROPEAN WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR THRONES. None of Them Wants. For the Comforts or Even the Luxuries of Life, hut They Are All Exceedingly Unhappy, So Tla Said. Eeeentrle Ex-Queen Marie of Naples. Although it cannot be pleasant to be queen out of a job, there is oue thing about it none of the ex-quoeus of to day is in want so far as the comforts and even the luxuries are concerned, gave the luxury of a throne to sit upon. As this, however, is the one luxury which ex-queens are supposed most to desire, it is likely that more or less unhaupi ness is now the portion of the seven Eu ropean women wno were out are not royalties. It is not easy to say which of these women is most interesting. Eugenie, the ex-empress of the French, has prob ably had the most romantio and pictur esque career, and probably also she is most unhappy, since she is utterly with out kin among reigning families and mourns the death of a son, the prince impeiial, who was killed in the English-Zulu war, as well as that of a hus band. Concerning this son it is stated that when, driven to desperation by his mother's constant repinings against fate, he announced his design of going to fight the Zulus, twoscore young French men offered to go with him and act as a guard of honor. This, however, was not pleasing to the ex-empress, who said her son must be protected as much but no 5. MARIE SOPHIE, EX-QUEEJf OF NAPLES. more than others, and there is no doubt that now she blames herself for the young man's death. Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, mother of the Infanta Eulalia, who visited America some years ago, lives comfort ably in Paris on an income of $100,000 a year, and even now, though not far from 60, sometimes behaves herself in a manner that wonld be termed scanda lous if she were of ordinary birth and was declared outrageous by the infanta while the latter was visiting her mother recently. The widow of the Emperor Frederick of Germany, son of the great Emperor William and father of the present em peror of that name, is of spotless repu tation, as are all the daughters of Eng land's Queen Victoria. Perhaps her case is most pathetic of all. She is a woman of literary tastes and ability, of liking for art, of much more than average mental power, and her influence over her husband during his life was potent and for good. During all the later years of the great William this woman looked forward to the time when her husband should be emperor and she should sit with him upon the imperial throne, only to really occupy it for the brief timet that elapsed between his father's death and his own from a deadly cancer. An eccentric ex-queen is the widow of Francis, who lost the throne of Naples when Italy was unified, years before his death. He was rich, and bis wealth was so increased during his life that she is even richer than they were when they quitted Naples. Being of economical habits, they lived for yeais in furnished apartments in Paris. His widow's name is Marie Sophie, and she is the sister of the empress of Aus tria and of the Duchess of Alencon. She passes for a beauty, is tall, slender and an accomplished horsewoman. It was ber custom occasionally before her hus band died to hire the Hippodrome, where in the presence of only the ex king and servants she used to appear in the costume of a circus rider tights, brief skirts and all and jump through hoops, ride bareback at full speed and perform all the other feats of profes sional equestriennes. She is also a good water woman and delights in boating, being an adept both at the oars and the management of a sailboat. She is clever at repartee, and once, when her ac quaintance was claimed by an old man who said she had been his guest at a hotel named the Crown, which he kept, she retorted quickly : "Do you keep the Crown? Well, you do better than I was able to." She intends soon to abandon the apart ment in Paris where she lived with the ex-king so long and then will go to live with her sister, the empress of Aus tria. Of the unhappy Empress Carlotta of Mexico, who has been insane ever since the tragedy that bereft her of both throne and husband, the world only knows that she is harmless; that her hair has turned white, and that she is ever looking for her Maximilian, whose death she cannot be made to understand. Natalie of Servia, the divorced wife of ex-King Milan, seems always to have enjoyed life as much since she quitted the throne as before. The empress dowager of Russia, whose son is now the autocrat of that country, is despondent and retiring, af feoted by a nervous weakness which came to her soon after the accident to the imperial train, caused by a dyna mite explosion planned by the nihilists. A Sample. ' Sub Here is a letter from Anxious Subscriber. Chief What does he want to know? Sub He wants to know how long a man would live if theie were no such thing as death. Spaie Moments. A Case In Point. Teacher As the twig is bent the tree is inclined. Do yon quite under stand what that means? Scholar Yes, sir. When bicyclists grow np, they'll walk stooping. Lon don Globe. mi' vc.. t THE m-RIGHT MAN. Then Is certainly tome slight feeling ot humiliation in being bent down and ob liged to oreep along for fear of a map in the spinal column. It is such a plain show ot decreptituile that we feel embarrassed. It is seen every day when lumbago takes a good hold on a stitch in the baok. There is very little sympathy for one in such a plight, lor it is so well known that St. Jacobs Oil will cure it promptly and that neglect is the cause of so muoh disability. Why not keep the remedy always on hand and prevent such discomfort. "Mary," said the stok man to his Witts when the doctor pronnutwed It a case ot 11111(111101, "it any ot my creditors call, tell them that at last 1 am lu a condition to give them some thing." 100 UKWAUD SIOO. 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However, iu all. the street car linen have never employed over Kio.ooo howes. The dropptiiK of theao etuiine servants from the ronds of the principal oities of the Uuiou mid the coNHution nt the yearly pnrehiiHe of stock cum m "irce ly therefore have been the chief feature iu the reported (jreut recent decveuse in horse values. The furuier and horse bieedurs of the country ure said tomve lost ttbout $434,000,000 lu such vnltiiw in three years' time. Tho fact is that the supply of horses iu America hus increas ed per capita to the population of the United Stutos, aHidu from all questions of rise or fall In demand. The Stales possess today nearly us many horses its all Kurope outside of lltiHsia. In Janu ary, 1H03, tho farms and ranches of the Union hold IB, 000,000 horses, valued ut $1,000,000,000. In January, 1HU5, there ... ..... I I R tllKI II I U 1 Were, It 1H Itsserieu, iu,nuo,oin iiumcs, worth only $070,7110,580. Philadelphia. Record. ' Who Will do Ahead? In tho history of the struKKlo of the aivil war Wendell Phillips said of Anna Dickinson, "She is tho youiiK elephant Hint forward to try the bridges to see if they are sufu for older ones to cross." Who is to be the young elephant of our great popular uprising, when womdG, m ut present, no matter how liberal, are backward in becoming active sol diurs? If women wish to win this cause, tliuy must sacrifice all selllsh vanity anil Uattery of ignorant though influential Iriuiids, put their shouldurs to the wheel mid battle for the right. It is always well to dross well and to pi mine and make happy your frleuds, but remem ber evur thnt when you are loitering by tho wayside in Hitting frivolities the lliort clouds of life are gathering and the cause for which you lendyonr uauie Itands waiting by an open grave for a helping hand. There is no tune like the present. Talk suffrage for women; sing suffrage for women; write suffrage for women; pray for suffrage for women I Murgliarita Arliua tlamm. The Club Question, There will be many women to in dorso Mrs. Ilulimith's remarks in the matter of inordiunto olub Joining for wo men. Ul her rouont visit, to Huston it was mentioned to her thut Mrs. Mary A. Livoruioro was enrolled lu 87 clubs, and that Mrs. Mlcah Dyer, Jr., belong ed to 23 This Mrs, Helmut!) considered "intemperance," saying that it was about us reasonable to adopt 33 religions as to belong to 33 clubs. Mrs. Dyer, submitting to the Inevitable interview, defends the position. "1 should havo nil iworeil Mrs. Holimith, If I had been nblo to attend the reception, " she says, "und should huve told her that if sho only knows Horosis she is in danger of grow ing selllsh and narrow. Thoro is no limit to the number of clubs a woman may join with profit, so long as she re serves tuna enough to look out for her homo duties. ' ' A Lively House. 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