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The Constantinople correspondent of The Tire Writes that a little while ago. an unusually enterprising local journalist in Constantinople unearthed an angiot namel Zorah, who was said to claim to have lived more than twice the tradi tional span of three score years and ten- allotted to human life.

Investigation proved that the ancient was not merely, the creation of Byzan tine journalism. He lives and moves and, has his being in the quarter known as Top Hanch, where the grimy small arm.! factory stands on the edge of the Blus Bosporus. There, in the humble and not over-clean coffee shop, Zorah receives the curious infidels who come to visit him, question him, and sometime photo- graph hid but, who never fail to leave. a pecuniary souvenir of their apprecia| tion. He is, "nevertheless, to-day some»' what wary of strangers, for during the some German professors insisted upon taking samples of his hair and blød--a proceeding to which he objected. strongly

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Zurah is a Kurd, and says he was born in Bitlis in the Mahomedan year 1911. As the present secular year of the Slahomedan calendar is 1817. this would ninke his age 1 years. It is not quite " clear, however, whether he reckons by the secular or the sacred year, although in either case he would be an amazingly ok man. The present year is 1330 of the Hegira, and by this reckoning "Zorih's age would be 148 lunar, ùr about 158 sular, years. It is unfortunate that no- records of birth,or deaths are available to substantiate the old man's claims.

Except that his throat is withered and loose skinned beneath his white beard, nothing" in his appearance indicates his having reached an extraordinary old age, His subarut faen is a tangled network of wrinkles, but his Back is me more bent than that of any other hamal; for that is Zornk's calling, and when a porter caltivates the habit of carrying heavy loads upon his bück he develops an habi tial stoop

"Zorah's longevity is not inherited; his father lived for 78 years, and his mother for 83 years. He considers they were cut off in their prime, for has he not a sou now living his native Bitlis who was born, nearly 7 years ago? Mashallah! And has he not his sprightly daughter Gule, no mate than one and sixty years old! True, there were eight other sons and two other daughters but they have all been gathered to their fathers-and mothers, fo the ancient has survived four spouses, as well as four-fifths of his children. Alah is merciful and com passionate, and Zorah enjoys such health that he considers himself only just past his prim. He can carry two hundred- weigh in his back, and complains bit terly against the British who, when they took over the arms factory, insistel pon His tiring after a paltry 50 years ser-

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(20)-Ne ment, no alcohol, no tobacco. (Ir answer to an American present, Zarah emphatically denied that he had ever heard of Mr. Pussyfout" Joha- son.)

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Mr. Richard Turtle, of the Sergrant- at-Arms Department of the House of Commons, gave a lecture at the Essex Zorah came to Constantinople from Hall, last month, on the Houses of Trebizond as the age of or when Sultan Parliament. The meeting was held inf Mahmud 11. was on the throne, and be connection with the Overseas Club and remembers the slaughter of the Jani-Patriotic Lengae, and was presided over saries in 1825 by the orders of that by Sir Howard d'Egville, secretary of monarch, who is known in Turkish his. the Empire Parliamentary Association. He was in Drawing upon recollections of an as80- tory as "Thé. Réformer." his second youth when he went with the clation with Parliament which has last Turkish Army to the Crimea and fought twenty-six years, Mr. Turtle spoke of throughout

without any interesting happenings within his thut campaign seathe. Nearly 60 years later having on experience. In addition, he traced served the Saltan and Caliph in various the evolution of St. Stephen's from its parts of the Empire, he enlisted as a earliest beginnings, and explained many volunteer during the Balkan War and points of Parliamentary etiquette and or helped in hold the Bulgars at bay at der which might otherwise have remained mysteries to those of his auditors who Chataidja.

For example, he So far, Zorah's story is astonishing, but came from overseas. not too difficult of credence. He makes said that the reason the Speaker names one statement, however, which calls for a member who "catches his ere" is a somewhat lengthy pause for reflection, that in-a-past-century. the Speaker of for he says that when he had reached the the day was nicted with a squiat, and age of 100 years beneficent nature endow this, as might be imagined, led to con- siderable confusion: He also recalled ed him with a third set of teeth!

Nature has undoubtedly favoured the little-known circumstance that at one Zurah with marvellous vitality, and members were accompanied in old there ising reason to believe that this has St. Stephen's Hall by their wives and been at the expense of his imaginative Biters, and narrated the incident which eventually led to their exclusion. Од the eve of an important debate members arrived to And every seat occupied by that hospied strangers, which led to ladies. An irate naval captain declared

the order that the ladies must leave, but the atmiest, persuasion of the ser jeant-at-arms and his staff could noti secure its execution, in less than twó hours. After that, no ladies were seen. in the House of Commons chamber for fifty years.

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A drifting mine which came ashore on the Durham const some time ago, gave rise to. An amusing incident which might, however, have easily resulted in a tragedy

"Mr. Turtle. illustrated the history of St. Stephen's by lantern reproductions On a Saturday, afternoon, the Mine of the Eamous papel paintings upon ite sweeping Division at the Admiralty walls, and, further, gave the following received long-distance telephone call dimensions of the two Houses, which may from the local Durbam police, who stat not be generally known The two ed that a mine had been washed ashofer Houses together cover eight acres of but that before they or the Coastguard ground, contain eleven" courtyards light could warn people uf.a miner who, ing 1,100 rooms, and upwards of 200 had lunched well-bod clambered on top monuments and 100 staircases. The of it and gone to sleep.

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Oft the length of its hour figures is 2ft.

Two hours later the police, in a very and of its pendulum 13ft.It is wound relieved voice, reported that the man up every third day by a small electric had awakened of his own accord and had machine. "Big Ben itself weighs 132 slid off the mine, into safety-Morning tons; the original bell to which it i Post,

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