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Show SULTAN SPENDS MUCH MONEY. His Household Costs Thirty Million Dollars Annually, Tho personal expenses of Abdul Hamld, sultan of Turkoy, are larger than thoso of any other monarch In Europe Ho spends annually no less a sum than $30,000,000. Of this ?7.-C00.000 ?7.-C00.000 alono Is spent on tho clothing of tho women of his harem and ?100,-000 ?100,-000 on tho sultan's own wardrobe Nearly another $7,G00,000 Is swallowed swal-lowed up by presents, $5,000,000 goes for pocket monoy and still another $.i,000,000 for tho tablo. It seems Incredible In-credible that so much monoy can possibly pos-sibly bo spent In a year by ono man, but when It is remombered that somo 1.C00 persons rcsldo within tho palace wa'ls and llvo luxuriously nnd dress expensively at tho cost of tho civil list it appears a Httlo moro comprehensible |