The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ltan ox Turkey. It ismade, so rumour hath it, of human skin, per-fectly tanned and elaborately tooled and em-bossed, and it has been in the Royal quartersfor more than two centuries. This remarkablescreen is not an evidence of cruelty or barbarityon the part of Turkeys ruler two hundredyears ago, but is a memorial to twelve faithfulservants of a former Sultan. At one timeduring the Sultans reign, two hundred yearsago, a wing of the palace caught lire, andduring the conflagration a much-loved memberof the Sultans family was rescued by twelveserva
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ltan ox Turkey. It ismade, so rumour hath it, of human skin, per-fectly tanned and elaborately tooled and em-bossed, and it has been in the Royal quartersfor more than two centuries. This remarkablescreen is not an evidence of cruelty or barbarityon the part of Turkeys ruler two hundredyears ago, but is a memorial to twelve faithfulservants of a former Sultan. At one timeduring the Sultans reign, two hundred yearsago, a wing of the palace caught lire, andduring the conflagration a much-loved memberof the Sultans family was rescued by twelveservants. The twelve servants perished, someof them dying later of their wounds and burns,so his Majesty had their skhis removed by anexpert and had them preserved in this touchingthough remarkable manner. The screen is nowlooked upon as a part of the rulers inheritance,and it is said that every Sultan cherishes italmost as he would his own Royal skin. July 29, 1907. SUPPLEMENT TO THE MARK LANE EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL AND LIVE STOCK RECORD. iii. COLLECTORS GUIDE, Silvi r Lustre. By H. W. Lewes. Intent on high designs, their fabrile soulsI To shapes untashioned now direct their tools;I With daring aims, irregularly great,I To raise their art from its degraded state. —Shatv. In many farmhouses during the latterrears of the last century there could beseen varieties and forms of the old silver lustreio much prized in its time, and afterwards rele-jated, like the old oak coffeis and chests, toihe lumber-room, or disposed of to the , untreasured, and overlooked by thecollector till the last few years, these examples>f the potters art have once more come into fashion ; so much so that the genuine articles now being imitated by modern additionsfrom home, and from abroad. It is the curse>f a craze, that although it increases the value»f the object, it produces almost automatic ally,he creator of forgeries, and in collecting silverustre the wheat has carefully
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