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WALTER BLOOMFIELD CopnUM USMir Boss** Bents* Ion CHAPTER XIL Continued. “I am Sir Ihomu Roe, rcprcrcnta- tlre In this country ot Kins James of England. Tour paaaporta and yonr let ter of Introduction accidentally camo Into my banda laat night, and yon may thank God that It waa to, for had It fallen out otherwlat It la lmpoaalblt to •ay what might hare become of you. The cauaea which have produced your recent expert an eea art quite clear to me. Yon hare not been to unfortu nate aa In the clrcumitancea might have been expected. But before I ex plain farther, ooneole yonreelf with the knowledge that your ten cbeata of eequint are quite aafe, and to la your girdle, your paaaporta and your Bng- ltih money, and that you are free to take them when and where yon choore. Know then that we are In the aecond week of September, and that leaa than live months ago Constantinople waa the aceno of a bloody revolution. The Jnni.snrloe, Incensed by deferred pay ments, broke through all restraints of authority on leaning that Sultan Oth- innn contemplated a pilgrimage to Mecca, the expense ot which they con ceived boded 111 for the satisfaction of their claims. This turbulent and pow erful military body broke down the outer gates of the Seraglio, and with angry demonstrations demanded tho heads of tho Sultan'a Ministers who bad advised the sacred Journey. For the moment the discontent of the Jan- IssnrJes was appeased with fair words but tho Government was In a bad way, with an Incompetent Sultan, dire lack ot money, and but feeble support of any sort, It was necessary that somo vigorous measures should be adopted. The Ulema met secrotly and resolved to depose Sultan Othman, who was soon afterward decoyed Into one of tho sewn towers which compose this building, where be was strangled by hn ex-Vlaler assisted by three pashas. This step, while It effectually disposed of the pilgrimage question, raised Athcr question* vastly more momen tous to the State. Mustnphn, who was Othmon'a predecessor, and had him self been deposed. Is again installed Sultan, though he cannot, I think, hold hie high offico for long hie conduct being that ot a lunatic. The t being almost empty, sol money ur gently needed, the Admiral Pasha was instructed to make reprisals on Vene tian vessels for Indignities Inflicted on tho faithful by Venetian traders at Rhodes and Cyprus. There have been no complaints to the Parte ot any each Indignities—for the reason, as I suppose, that no each Indignities have been committed, but the Admiral Pasha understood bis orders In the spirit In which they wen Issued, eud hence tho capture of the Venetian frt- g&toon in which yon came hither, II was seen that yon were not of the IttUan race, and yon and your effects were set aside for special considers tlon-a consideration delayed by tho turbulence of the times, which en gross estbe attention of all the officers of state. It was last night when the Grand Vlilcr put your English papers Into my hands for Interpretation. I perceived within a Httie what had 00- eurred, and exercised each power as I bare for your beneflt Your property, uninjured end complete, la at my house, and than It la that I would ad vise you to come end stay for the pres ent With regard to the captain who has your ring I could by my word cause his beau to be brought to you at once on a dlah, bat yon have not been fo Turkey long enough to bo Indiffer ent to the eight, and Indeed hie fanlt scarce merits the penalty." No words can adequately express the tmnxports of joy with which I drank In the generous declaration of Sir Thornes Boo. When I was a school boy at Bt Edmond's Bury I aaw a thief (tending an a gallows hie arms bound and his neck In a noose, with the hangman at hla aide ready to tun him off. bnt the king's pardon at that moment arriving, the baiter waa re moved from his neck, hie arms un bound. end he wee led back to prison. r ing eaa efface from my memory exproesloa of that man'a face while the king’s pardon waa being read oat to him, and I think I must have felt somewhat ee the Suffolk rob ber felt on that occasion, lfy thanks, - however briefly expressed, were very foe lent, end I frit feint with pleasur- abia excitement when Sir Thornes rose to leave end bade me accompany him. The two young Turks who bad guard ed me threw wide tho door to allow of oar departure, and bowed to my pro tector so humbly that their foreheads touched the carpet I would have re warded them for the kindly treatment I bad racatved at their hands, but I had nothing wherewith to do to. end the opportunity passed. After descending a gnat number ot •tape and threading our way through aome.paved courts not much unlike the courtyards of OB English castle, my protector and I at J ut reached a pub lic afreet, where riralted ns ate ne groes with two fine Iffime*. SlrThomas end I having mounted tito horses they were led by ttvo negroee, with a negro walking on either tide of'each rider. An-) in this manner we ptoceedcd to Pors, where Sir Thomas BOS’* house was situate. Oor progru* through narrow streets ailed with a motley crowd of petty chapmen etrangely ap pareled, all pressing closely to get a view of me, was very slow, hot I would not. If I could have hastened It, for the senee of liberty, the cnrlous scene, end tho conversation of Sir Boa were delightful to me. Of Anita and her maid Sir Thomas could unfortunately tell me nothing. The usual course, he said, with female captives wee to submit them to the Mistress of the Harem for examina tion, and If, In the Judgment of that lady they were euffldently young and beautiful they were received Into His Majesty's harem, while such as failed to present the necessary yonthfulhess and beauty were sent to the slave mar ket and sold. He promised to Institute an Inquiry concerning them that same day, but warned me that be was un able to afford them any protection In whatever circumstances they might be placed, as they were neither of them English subjects. The house of Sir Thomas Boo was large, square and low. with wide ver andas on every aide. It was In the middle of a garden on the side of a bill, and overlooked the sea. The de mesne was surrounded by a thick wall so high that tho housa could scarce be seen, from the outside. We were no sooner entered within the gates than a swarm of elavee crowded abont ne, and oor Jaded horse* were half led, half pulled, toward the house. I was abont to dismount when a stalwart negro threw himself upon the ground right In my way, hla legs and arms doubled under him In curious fashion, and the surfaco of his bock presented upward. Hesitating for a moment. In doubt what thla might mean. I no ticed another alave behave In JQdmllar manner In front of my companion, who proceeded.at once to dlemonnt, using bis slave as we In England use a stepping stone. I copied bis example, but with an 111 grace for Sir Thomas smilingly observed, “I perceive by many signs that yon are newly oi^ rived In Turkey." As soon aa we had refreshed our selves with sherbet and fruits. Sir Thornes Roe himself conducted me to a room, where I saw, standing one upon other on the floor, the ten black chests, each bearing my name, appar ently In the same state as when I last saw them In my cabin aboard the Orlo Mallpletro, and there alio waa my girdle full of money, my papers, and tbo pistols which Signor Simona had riven mo. ,i Mr. Troeman," laid my host, “If the contents of your chests had been known to your raptors, I feu nothing I could have done wonld have saved them from confiscation. As It was, my knowledge of you was acquired barely In time to help you, for the public disturbance* having now sub sided, your effects would soon have been examined, with what result you nay guess. On learning that yonr nsage was the best which the Porte allows to any prisoner I thought It pru dent to make your property my first rare, and accordingly obtained last night an order from the Grand Vliler that It should be placed In my charge, and behold It before yon a* I received Examine It all carefully at your leisure, for I must now to Seraglio, where I will Inquire concerning the two Venetian ladles, your fellow pas sengers, and of tho Venetian merchant whose aequls yon say these are. Mean-, while you must consider my house and servants aa yonr own." At these words my noble benefactor left me, and I proceeded to carefully scruti nies etch chest None of them had been tampered with In any way; they were all of the proper weight and the rralnoua black paint with which each waa covered had scarce received a scratch. My money, too, wae equally safe and correct nine hundred and forty-four pounds, all told, showing that my expenditure elnce I left Eng land had amounted to no more than flfty-Mx pounds. After an absence of several hours Sir Thomas Roe returned, and I per ceived at once from hla countenance that he bore no good newa. "The two Venetian ladle*,’’ said he, “yon are not likely to ace again. I have spdken with the chief eunuch, who has con- ferred with the Mistress of the Ha rem, and I learn that both ladlea were rejected ms unworthy of the Sultan, and sent to the alave market for eale. I hare been to the slave market, and talked with the merchants there, and am told by them that the younger of the two ladlea w£s bought by an old merchant from Aleppo for two hun dred sequins, bnt that aha protested In dumb show so pathetically against being parted from her mistress, the only human being near with whom she waa able to speak, that her new owner bought the other lady also for aeventy-flve sequins, to be the servant of hla first purchase, and thus, both as slaves, and with their respective posi tions reversed, they h%ve been carried away to Aleppo.” Poor Anita! I was too dazed by contemplation of her miserable and graded fate to offer any remark. Sir Thomas Roe continued: “Signor Mario Battlata It dead; ho was killed a Jail month before you I largo fortune by trade, and being a shrewd, clever men he liber ally feed aa influential pasha, from whom be received In return Intelli gence of State matters, fix title way the unfortunate Battista learned In advance of the Porto’s alleged griev- r against the Venetians, and cor rectly estimating the Incident he closed his affairs here with os much secrecy and despatch at he could, and. accom panied by hie wife and his two sons, embarked one night aboard a vessel h* had purchased, taking with him an immense treasure of money and Jewels. Bnt bis flight was noticed almost at once, and his means of In formation ascertained. His friend, the pasha, was bowstrong. Battista's ship overtaken and sank with all aboard before It bad got out of the Bosphorus, and the treasure brought back and placed In the Imperial treasury, where It now !*.' This horrible narrative dumbfounded me, and I resolved to get withont the dominions of xhe Grand Turk as soon as conveniently might be. Apprehend ing I should experience some difficulty In reaching Venice (far I designed to return to that city), I ques tioned Sir Thomas Roe as to tho de gree of safety enjoyed by Englishmen id Turkey, and In particular desired him to tell me how It came about that Us representations were more regard ed than the representations made by ambassadors from other countries, which appeared very plainly the case. “TheTurks,"said SlrThomas Roe, “have respected England since 16SS. In 1587 England humiliated liersclf by asking these people to aid her lo repelling Invasion. The Turk, who Is nothing If not selfish, of course re fused, and Elizabeth’s envoys succeed ed only in Impressing the Porte with an Idea of England’s lmpotoncy. But when In 1588 England single-handed scattered and destroyed the whole might of Spain, It was noted here, ns Indeed It was throughout the world, that the Islanders of Northern Europo are not only keen In trade, but quick to avengb and formidable In fight, ac customed wltbsl to speak the truth and stand - for their rights against whatever odds. Your Turk, I say, noted these things, and the beneflt to Englishmen has been tbat to this day their ships ride In the Bosphorus as securely as In their own narrow seas. That It Is not so with the ships of weaker States you yourself can wit ness." For many days I continued to resld* In the house of Sir Thomas Roe, not going abroad fur|her than the bound aries ot the garden which encompassed It. My host was a delightful compan- top, aa full ot Information as an egg la of meat, yet withal singularly modest In his manner of Imparting It. By hla advice I not only delayed my de parture for Venice, but refrained from walking about tho city, and I was tbo more content to follow his counsel when I considered, the pain which In telligence of the ill-fated Orlo Mallple tro and her passengers would Inflict on Signor Simons, and so I rested my self, filling my mind from tho rich stores ot knowledge possessed by my host, and making under his able guid ance rapid progress toward a mastery ot the Turkish tongue. But tbo time soon came when I could no longer suppress my desire to explore the atreets of Constantinople, and observe the manners and customs of the people, and I Intimated as much to my host In tho choicest Turkish I could command. My host no further UNCLE J/MTJ WORLD’J FfllRBUILDlN< At the St. Louis -Exposition the United States Government Has Erected a Structure Which Is a Model of Grace and Beauty. !•: ! ' ! •jOja HE Government Bnlkllng at the World's Fair ranks O r | 1 o with any on the Exposl- J i ji tlon ground In point of "vfOV architectural dealgn and sculptural beauty. The architect Is Mr. James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the United States Treas ury. The sculptor Is Mr. James Far rington Early, the youngest pupil ever admitted to the Royal Academy. The exterior of the building Is clas sic, stately and beautiful. Tbe main entrance consists of a portico of eight Ionic columns, five feet In diameter and forty-five feet high, surmounted by an entablature and attic. Tbo attic Is enriched by eight colos sal female Ago res eleven feet high, BY MARK BENNITT. The central ornament for )be -United States Government Building proper Is the statue of “Armed Liberty.” Tbe first plaster cast of tbis statue was made la Rome by Thomas Crawford, the sculptor. It was used by Clark Mills lo 1800 for making the mold in wblcb ho cast the bronze statue sur mounting tbe dome ot tbe Capitol In Washingto. Tbe belgbt of this sta tue Is nineteen feet six lncbes. Tbe Government Board appropriated fl5,- 000 for the Interior decoration of the Government Building. Tbis work was under tbe Immediate supervision of Mias Grace Lincoln Temple, whose plans, however, were subject to the approval of tbe members of tbe United States Government Board. AUTHOR OF THE i WORLD’S FAIR HYMN The selection of the veteran poet, Edmund Clarence Stedman. to write the World's'Fslr hymn, seems to have been a popular choice. When the question was asked who should be in vited to undertake a work of sneb mo ment, the name of Mr. Stedman was suggested from many quarters. The poem has now been completed and set to music by Mr. John K. Paine, of Harvard University. The title is tbe “Hymh of the West." Per mission to bear this notable composi tion is withheld from tbe public until GUMPSB OF THE WOBLD’S FAIR. SlldwING A BRANCH OF THE WATERWAY, THE EDUCATION PAL ACE ON THE LEFT AND THE PALACE OF MINES AND METALLURGY IN THE CENTER. representing Music, Painting, Sculp ture, Architecture, Agriculture, Manu factures, Transportation and Com merce. On each side of the central portico and Just above the top of the attic are groups of four figures each. A seated female figure, fourteen feet high, rep resenting America, with a torch In one hand and an eaglo at her feet, Is sur rounded by three' young athletea, each ten feet six Inches high, typifying the youth and strength of the Republic. Each has a laurel wreath in his band. The domo Is surmounted by a quad- _ rlgn. a Goddess of Liberty fourteen opposed my desire, but merely auvised I feet high, bearing a torch In one band, me to adopt tho dress of a Turk, and nnd an eagle In the other, standing In never to stir abroad unless accompa nied by at least two stout slaves; suggestions which I very willingly adopted, though at first I found the looee flowing garments of the Otto mans excessively Inconvenient and conid not then hhve believed that I should for twenty-eight yean clothe myself In no other way. The health of Sir Thomas Roe was not robust and It waa always bis cus tom after a spell of sickness to talk of his return to England, a change which he contemplated with pleasure. list! He had no regular assistance in tho du ties of his office, which at times pressed heavily upon him, so that when I volunteered to assist In tho preparation If bis dispatches to King James my offer was gratefully ac- the triumphal chariot drawn by four colossal horses. The horses are guid ed by two nude male figures, each twelve feet high. The Fisheries Building, which Is con nected with the United Slates Govern ment Building by a colonnade, Is se verely classic In outline. It Is ns slm pie as the Greek temple of Poseidon, which still crowns “Sunlum’s Marbled Steep.” Groups of naiads, mermaids, mermen, sportive dolphins, sea shells nnd trldenti adorn every available place. Tho friezes nnd crests around the building nil suggest tho sea. A FEW WORLD’S FAIR FEATURES. SUPERSTITIONS Or MECHANICS. Bom* QMtr Belief* That Obtain Among Crnftemeg. Cal McSimm», of the Bricklayer*’ ccpted. “And thualhe winter "of 1022 | Union, speaking of superstitions passed away, the spring of 1828 ad- ] known among his craftsmen, said: vonccd and still my dally life remained "Should a bricklayer drop a brick unaltered, but I had meanwhile no | from a wall while nt work and break qulred the languago of the Turks, and l It lengthwise It Is a sure token of great that. too. with little trouble, for It pre- j luck, and that the man will get money, sents but few difficulties to an earnest but If It falls and alights on Its end student. In June. 1623. Intelligence and stands In that position for a mo- reached Sir Thomas Roc. In answer to ment. he is sure to die in a Inquiries which he had Instituted at my instigation, that 8lgnor Pietro Si mona was dead, that the good old Venetian merchant bad died in the belief that all who tailed from Venice In tho Orlo Mallpletro had perished. There remained nothing now to attract mo to that city, and abandoning my Intention to revisit It, I continued to live with Sir Thomas Roe. To be continued. came to Constantinople. He had)ton. Ttiffi Industrious Danes. The children of Denmark are taught to knit when but live years old. Even la tbe public schools tbis is quite an Institution, although tbe private schools made It an absolute rule, one hour each day being given to that in dustry. The same rule applies in the home-life, one hour being devoted daily either to sewing, knitting, .croch eting, embroidery or lace-maklng. Nor is this considered sufficient; the young woman of the family Is supposed never to be idle, sho must always have somo thing on band to be taken up. If a chance visitor comes in, or a friend arrives for the day, both have tliglx needlework with them.—Marie Man. ley, In tbs Woman’s Homs Compan* month. The painters have only one real su perstition, nnd that Is that. If whilo one of their number Is nt work fitting a pane of glass he lets it fall, and it Is broken into thirteen pieces, he will meet with 111 luck within the next twenty-four hours. Many of the waiters in the restau rants believe If the first order they take In the morning Is for ham and eggs they will have good luck all that day. ~ It Is a common superstition among tho barbers that if a man comes Into the shop nnd has a long beard removed there will be a marriage among tbe barbers in the place soon.— Kansas City Journal. "Whit U th* King?” The Ilereros, now in rebellion against Germany, have*a pretty fair opinion of themselves and of their chief. One of their songs begins: “What is the King of England, what Is tho King of Germany compared with theo, O, Mahereo, first among all princes? Have they so many thousand cattle as thou? No! Who Is so mighty as thou?” The Hereros despise Euro peans. The name for a European is “oUrlrumba”—“White thins.” In a short article such as this, one can only refer to such great features at the Philippine exhibit, corerlng forty acres and containing more than 1000 natives from those far off Pacific Islands; the United States Government Imllan exhibit; covering many acres and occupying a large building; the ex hibit of tbe United States Bureau of Plant Industry, consisting of an out door map of the United States, cover ing four acres; the great Athletic Field, where the Olympian Games of 1001 will be held; the Aerial Concourse where the airship and balloon contests having prises aggregating $200,000, wilt take place; the Anthropology exhibit; the forty or more State buildings; tbe outdoor exhibits of the Departments of Agriculture snd Horticulture, covering mnny acres; the Palace ot Horticul ture, 400 by 800 feet, containing the largest exhibits of horticulture ever brought together; tbe beautiful Temple of Fraternity; the magnificent build ings erected by foreign nations; the great Inside Inn, where 0000 guests may find accommodation at rates from $1.50 to $5.00 per day; the extensive Live Stock Pavilion; the great land scape clock, made of flowers. THE CROWS AND THE BALL. An IOTlncIbU Ess That Baffled All Their attack*. During a piazza game of ping-pong one of the balls was sent quite a dis tance out over the lawn, where a crow seised it and bore It off in trtumpb, evidently thtnklngit was an egg. After much pecking, from all of which the frolicsome little ball hounccd away un broken, the crow had an excited con sultation with several of his fellows, and then deliberately carried tbo. ball to the top of a high tree and let it drop. Again the assembly of black feathered experimenters gathered around In amazement. Was there ever such a remarkable egg? It bad fallen from a height that played havoc with their eggs and their little ones as well and yet survived intact! Then one after another tramped on it, cawing loudly all the while. At last, In sheer exhaustion and dis gust, they all gave it up, flew to the top of their favorite tree, and, still cawing loudly, watched one of the ping-pong players came out from the house and carry off the invincible egg that had baffled their boldest attacks.— Boston Wrtchman. The Odd Korean Flat. The Koreans, who have lately re called their Minister In Washington, uttract attention for one reason if for no other. Their peculiar flag adorns their legation building. The body of the flag Is white, nnd in the centre Is a design about tbe size of a football in red and blue, looking very much like huge entwined comma marks. On the top, bottom and sides are short lines of dots and dashes, reminding one of tbe Morse cods alphabet the opening day of the Exposition, but that an unusual treat is In store for them Is assured. Poems by Mr. Stedman have been used for musical settings of several of the most distinguished American com posers, and he Is especially gifted In lyric composition. The song for the World’s Fair Is considered Uls best ef fort . ME 8tedmnn was born In Hartford, Conn., in 1833, and was graduated from Yale in the class of 1853. He be came editor of the Norwich (Conn.) Tribune nnd the Wlnsted (Conn.) Hcr- nld w and In 1850 Joined the staff of the New York Tribune. He was. war cor respondent of tbe New York World from 1801 to 1803. After the war he purchased a seat ’In the New York Stock Exchange, and while devoting his life to literary work, has also car ried on a successful business. He has published many volumes of bis own poems and Is the editor of several col lections and libraries of poetry and literature. Frank Vonderstuken, director of the Cincinnati Orchestra, has written “Louisiana," the World’s Fair march, nnd Henry K. Hadley, of New York, has written the Exposition waltz, “Along the Plaza.” DIGGING UP GREECE Studying Archaeological Remain* to Find How th* Ancient* LI red. They are digging up Greece to find out how the men of olden times lived* carried on business and died. Accord ing to a dispatch from London, a large number of expeditions under the lead ership of sclentlflc men are at work studying archaeological remains. The American school under the di rection of T. W. Heermance will con tinue its excavations at Corinth, whero the difficulties in connection with the expropriation of landowners stopped the work in 1003. These have now been settled. The British school will now resume its excavations at Palaeocastro, East ern Crete, where a rich series of My cenaean vases and terra cottas have been discovered. Trial excavations will be made at Laconia. The first Rite will be the Temple of Artemis, at Kary. The French school will continue more completely and more systemati cally the Delos excavations of 1003, which have already revealed interest ing traces of the commercial activity of Roman republican tiroes. Onion* For the Nerrou*. Onions eaten raw, with bread nnd butter, make a capital complexion clearer nnd nightcap, especially for the nervous person, who is generally Inclined to lay awake o’ nights and to make up at disheartening early hours of the morning. Slice the onions thin nnd sprinkle lightly with salt to take off the raw, cmd* taste, and have the bread thin and a good deal of butter. Talking of nervoqsneas, there Is no better nerve fqod than good butter.