Show Turkish Censor Strict An honest German merchant met with a sad adventure a few weeks ago on account of something which he had not dreamed of violating the laws of the Turkish censor The German wn In the porcelain busIness nnd the only thIng he thought of writing was entries in his ledger But he gal an order from a Turkish merchant for 25000 coffee cups and he tilled It and straightway he became a violator of literary laws He had packed up tho coffee cups In old German newspapers nnd that settled It The Turkish censor seized the whole shipment Ho insisted on reading each newspaper and only after he had become be-come convinced that there was neither Intention nor danger smuggling Insults In-sults of tho Sultan or of his harem into the country of the prophet was the shipment released Toledo Blade |