. Christian herald and signs of our times . ng their little ones intoefemitv. One hundred and tiftv men were leit outof fioo, who escaped to Parga; tfie third and last di-vision, consisting of 1,000 Suliotes, reacheda convent, but after a biave re-sistance all were killed but 45. e reign of Orchan, the Janizares or newAre organized bv the advice of Kara-Halil-ereli. then Kadf-ul-Asker or judge of theHe urged Allah-ud-din and the Sultan to or-—iments of Christian cnildren, who, havingery. would readilv submit to their offi-prove more faithful to their masters thanbo could not be easily controll
. Christian herald and signs of our times . ng their little ones intoefemitv. One hundred and tiftv men were leit outof fioo, who escaped to Parga; tfie third and last di-vision, consisting of 1,000 Suliotes, reacheda convent, but after a biave re-sistance all were killed but 45. e reign of Orchan, the Janizares or newAre organized bv the advice of Kara-Halil-ereli. then Kadf-ul-Asker or judge of theHe urged Allah-ud-din and the Sultan to or-—iments of Christian cnildren, who, havingery. would readilv submit to their offi-prove more faithful to their masters thanbo could not be easily controlled,and most inhuman proposition was ac-and one thousand Greek bovs of perfect1 features, from seven years of age and up-lere torn from their parents, converted ton, drilled, and thus this famous corps wasTheir emblems, devices, and the titles ofwere given according to their rank,stance, their commander was named Tchor-?Broth-iistributor; the ether officer? werei-Bassi or chief cook, the Saka-Bassi orand so forth. The kitchen kettles of. FAMOUS DrSPOTS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. iaopd to the regiment, which gave the sig-ewott by turning them upside down : the Ou-ireptace in their liorracks was a sacred asy-~ famous corps was exterminated by Siil-od II. It has ever since been customaryMussulmen to kidnap Christian children andthem to embrace Islamism. in which theytected by the authorities. ? next ruler. Murad I., perished by•ination. His career, like those ofedecessors. was marked by war andinhumanity. Angora. Adrianopleia were conquered and the peacetern Europe greatly disturbed. Sul-3yezid I., his successor, continuedttoman conquests in Europe- At theof Nicopolis (1396). frightful ex-were committed by the Turks. Con-nople was besieged and the Byzan-npire was humiliated and laid under i Ottomans had now become the:e of Europe. Under Mahommed II., wars, revolts, and incur-were incessant. All the provincesa Minor were brought under Turkishlion and the tide of blood and s
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