THE SULTAN'S DAY'S WORK.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 7, 10 December 1877, Page 2

THE SULTAN'S DAY'S WORK.

A <!nl'irv of £2)00a-diiy will appear fo thosp who hsivp but few wnn's a ipcp cornpoleiwy. This is the daily wasfe o' Abdul fTamif}. Hie present Sultan of Turlt»y, and no Sorpre'gn alive eurns Ins m'-ney harder. Out of tint sum he ha*, moreover, f.o psiy for his own board, fire and pnnHlfS : his hvlginff* alone are fivp, so j that, considering the f»oMngon whi<-h hi* establishment is planed, lip inu-t he a m»n of order and economy to make both ends mpet with so small an income at his command. There is, indeed, no more active or diligent, man in hi" empire than the Sultan, and it is literally true of him to say that lip pats his bread in the sweat of his brow. Ke gives personal audience to everyone that applies for it, whenever it is possible ; when not, his first adjutant gives audience for him. The six hundred wives of Abdul Azz'z have vanished, and Abdul Hamid finds ifc as much as he can do to meet the milliners' bills of a poor three doz^n spouses. This scanty horem leaves him a sjo^d deal morp time for devotion and State business. He leaves his apart* incut; betimes, and ba flies the prison of his soul in tepid water, after which he stretches himself full length upon a carpet and breathes a silent morning prayer. He then drinks a cup of chocolate, and proceeds immediately sifter to the affairs of State. Despatches are receive I and sent, eports examined and approved of, expenses consented to, decorations granted, ministers and ambassadors received, and tint goes on for several hours Towards noon a second carpet is spread at the feet of the .Kuler of the Faithful, whereon he prays again, and then takes his second breakfast. After that he goes ont for a ride or a drive, nnd when he returns he is at the disposal o: hs family and the inhabitants of the palace. He gives audience to his brothers and si<tpr. listens to the report of tiie household officers, confers with the chief of thp. eunuchs who ranks next after the Grand Vizier, and whenever a des. patch containing good news from the seat of war comes in. it is he that is charged to read it to the ladies confided to his watchful care. The Irnaum. or chaplain of the palace, also comes in tha evening, and the Sultan prays or reads some pious book with him. Three times in the week the Sultan takes lessons on the piano from a French teacher, Mr. Paul Dutsap — that is, he listens to his teacher playing a fiw morceaux. but never plays a single scale himself. Later in the evening he despatches more state business, and then an hour before midnight, accompanied only by the chief of the eunuchs, he retires to the myterious recesses of the tarem, which it is forbidden us to follow him.— Mau« Chester Evening News.