Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — The Saltan of Turkey. [ARTICLE]

The Saltan of Turkey.

The seventeenth anniversary of the accession of the Sultan of Turkey to the throne has recently been celebrated, in Constantinople. Abdul Hamid is said to be a man of great muscular strength, and it is asserted that, although small and slight of build, he is powerful enough to overcome the strongest of his janissaries in a trial of personal strength. He owes this to his regularity of life, the observance of the laws of health, and his passion for gymnastics He is devoted to carpentry, and his palace is furnished with a workshop in which there are many artisans, whose work is directed by the Sultan himtelf. A considerable proportion of the furniture of the royal residence has been made from his designs, and in many cases executed by himself.