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r tians are'not required to se io the army or navy, but m pay a substitution tax. This emption from service is not account of love for christia but from fear that tbey mif Hot bn lnval ? .,y?un?toialVI ?UD O tan's government. This subs tution tax is levied on all raal even on a boy six months c An infant's father or guard must pay it. When once levi it continues. A man or a k liable to it can't move to anotl country without first providi lor the payments being made , ter he is gone. There is one excep'ion in 1 case of a Mohommedan liable military service. If he marr an orphan girl that exempts h from liability to do service. T1 * puts orphan girls at a premiui The poorest orphan girl c easily marry the richest you m*n, no matter how ugly e may be. LAWS AND OOURT8 IN TIIE HC LAND. Turkey has no legislative bo except the Sultan. He is pari ment or legislature himself. A there is no Supreme Court whi can declare his enac ments vo He can veto the deci ion of a court in the empire. If any o questions his laws such a one considered in rebellion to Q<?d In Turkish jurisprudence there a curious mixture ot the secul and the religious. I' is difficult tell where the secular ends ai where the religious begins, there is any law on a subject in t Koran, that controls. Civil nu ters are otten reuulated bv reli) ous laws. For instance, tnarria is simply a religious ceremon and a divorce is obtaintd fro the church or minister. Even tl courts are organized on religio lines. In small masters thr judges try the issues and two them must he Mohammed-ins at ^ one a christian In serious crim 4 the trial court is composed ot li judges, two christians and thr Moslems A minority vcrdi will control. If three judges vo for conviction and t wo for acqui tal, the accused stands acquitte It the defendant has the mon< or a religious "pull," two met bers of the court can easily 1 "fixed." If he has neither, 1 l.orl oc ?.ii ~J : i .-VI i?o "cu |>ioi'u guilty JI defendant abscond*, lie is trie anyway. If convicted ho is ou lawed and his properly confiscn ed. The judges pet $10 00 pi month and bribes are pe<qu si? of the office Corruption i- t.ai faced. These things [ learin from a man who was former one of the judges and who r signed on account of the c??rru tion he saw practiced by office and even members of the court By invitation I spent an eve ing at the home of Mr. Faidy K Alami, President of the Munic pality of Jerusalem (as he siyl himself on his card 1 f? a long lime a judge and is we versed in the laws of his couutr His ancestors came to Jerns*le with the all-conquering Sa'.?di lie is an Arab, a Mohammeda in religion, and a most alTab gentleman. His hospital it > w k truly Oriental. Turkish cigarett * were first passed around. fo ha^ declined one would have emba rassed ray host. Everybody smok over here and the refusal ol sue .a luxury cannot be understood t THE L rve ? native. Knowing this, I lit my ust cigarette and pnffed away like ex- some of our American dudes.? on After cigarettes came cocoa-jam. 08. It was BO awpot Hint nr... - ~ # >-ua UIJ appCVHD jht demanded a disregard of Arabio ?ul- etiquette. Turkish delight, or >ti- "angel's food," wa9 also served, esf then Moca coffee. Cigarettes Id. came again, and again 1 puffed ian away like an American dude.? led Smoking Turkish cigarettes and ?oy at the same time discus-ing ler Turkish laws with an Arab judge ng was an experience that will beat come a pleasant reminiscence. A M08T COMPLICATED TRIMINAL ihe CASK. to ies 1 nex^ ^ay? accompanied . by an officer sent by Mr. El' Alami, 1 attended court to wit118 ness a noted murder trial. Mr. m. Jacob Eliahu of the American an colony, who speaks six languages I fluently, interpreted for me.? Theie were four defendants, two men and two women. It was a iLY cane ot circumstantial evidence. Some six months ago a man and ^ woman were murdered at a iaCa' holic convent in Jerusalem. Thev were ostensibly man and c h wile and had been staying at the convent for f-ome time. One morning both of them were found "e dead on the street at the convent. 18 A rope and other evidence indi ? culed that they had been lowered 19 to the pavement Irom a window ar in the convent. Suspicion point,0 ed to the detendan's, who lived lu' in the convent. One of them is a Catholic priest. When airested 'ie the younger male defendant made l' a confession and implicated his 11 co-defendants. The case.was complicated with international features. The dead man was a Ilus?m sian citizen, a"d the Russian con||p Bill general was represented his u* by kavas*. Tliemurdered woman 00 was a Greek, and a representative c' of Greece was on hand. The l(^ accused prie9t was a citizen of es France, and his church and country were assisting him and he ' 6 had a lawyer The younger male et delendant. was a native and had te counsel. The lemale defendants weie Russians and they had a lawyer. But a lawyer is of small y benefit in a Turkish tribunal. n About the only difference be3e tween him and other spectators ie is, he gets a little better seat in a the court room. So many differ* ^ ent nation dities and tongues called for an expert interpreter, v ll* Failing to hod such a one in the I . t>r court room, an officer was sent If 1 1 out. in f Iia filw ("! " ' ''I- ~ , .v. ?? IIK^'131/. UIO j J e | Russians gavo the trouble, but ?a Russian merchant was found ^a,j who filled the bill. Kach defend- p()jj e* ant was r quired to give name, mft( I'" nationality, ?ge, occupation, opQ1 rs married or single. One female jU(^ * defendant had to make the hu- to j 11 miliating admission that she t^e was 38 and without a husband. gr01 ;1 It seems that the dead man and cen( e8 the Catholic priest had had trou- ^im 3r ble prior to the murder. The coul murdered female was "the woman ^ejj y" in the case." The government's ant( m first witness was the defendant jont n "* who had coiifesBed. Now, he derYl * Hot nied all knowledge of or partici : _ le K mad as "Preventics" will promptly check a oold or B the Grippe when taken early or at the B "sneeze Rtago" i'reventics cure seated oolds /e well. Prev ntioe are little candy cold to g care tablets, and Dr. hhoop, Eacine, Win. T- will gladly mm I yon samples 'and a book tore p on Golds tree, if yon will write him. The :_u samples prov? their merit. Cheek early ll Golds with Pu vontice and stop Pnenoo* mat nla. Sold in ?c and 25c boxes by J. F. >/ Jiaokey A Co. I A tr a ANOASTJfitt WfcWS, APKIL 17. l.?o7. TH ?SH I I if 7/ C9?f?i??r av ??w>? WE Make Youi Stylish up-to-date men in all the latest vici kid, gun metal ai and 4.00. Ladies' Oxfords in 1.25 the pair. One lot patent lea shapes, special the pa Imperial brand Ox style and fit; we have at 2.00, 2.50, 3.00 an< Just received a fu Slippers for children i ties and button oxf blucher ties. This is given up to be one shoes on the market, and we ai you've seen them. aneasler Merc; on in the crime, and *a d the w>uld have ni ee had beaten him until lie own laws am le a confession. He was rig [their adminigt isly cross examined by one 5et who admonished l.im not 19 about the matter but tell were like Dr. 8boo| , ? , , . ban b?*en for 20 vea truth. But he stood Ills now require* that i jnd and protested his inno- ^? "???." ce. Finally the judge said to ?< , "Again the president of the Price of Lani rt warns you not to lie but to the truth." All the defend Land on 5th i i were cross-examined at from 60th to 9 ;th by the court, the man- from $8,000 to of cross-examination show- trout toot; on that their minds v. ere already ?dj ?cent to t] , - $4,000 to $6,0 0 up' Street Journal, ut space will not allow me M ive the details of a most in For Catarrh, let ir sting trial according to Turk- EatlfrhRemedy*1 lew. I only wish that every ESX'XfcS 1 in our country could witness throat. Make the I ... . dre?H Dr. Hhoop, Hi ial in court over here. He 50 ceuts. Moid bj 1 \ / ?? ?- ? " 4 K ?1 ^OLVEP AT IF>t>U WISH TO INE YOU MUST WE4R fTYLISH SHOES )UR FEET ARE HARD ? HIDE. 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