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Show 8HEIK ADUL HUPA. Aeriu.d. .1 Triln, (n Hork on nil r.lmn'. rr.r.. Of low origin rihelk Abdul Hilda Is a native of a imail village In the neigh, borhood of Aleppo lie claims to be n dewenlsnt ' " prophet, and to be considered a Mint When he first enme to l oasisiithiople- In the reign of Abdul Ails he was accounted as a derilsh a tnwl slung lo one arm and a tom-ioM t0 lhe ,,,, Wh emJr ,,, of sanetlu about him. He professed to prnpheM l interpret drewnis. to cure dlsrui.,-1 aii wnri miracles; but he nmde no Impression nt niurt till VMm llsmtit .snip In the throne Then lih srsat persistent.) tin torn-tommed torn-tommed ,. , l0 tho imperial presence and si nme caught the new tultiin's fatu Mia majesty had him washed nm.tr. him n member of his household his prltate prophet. In fact, and lodged him In the palace Tor many )eart Abd-il Hilda did what he Ilkid with Abdul Humid by administering adminis-tering lo his superstitions and soothing sooth-ing hit most abject terrors, llul latterly lat-terly he lot his hold over his snter-elgn's snter-elgn's mind nnd he attribute this to the Influence of Tshsln lley. tho sultan sul-tan s trtt seitetsrt, who has a hearty hatred for the holy Syrian All this week Ylldli hat been absorbed with an Inquiry Into the allegation against Abdul Ilmia made by u Druse named Mlrl Ssld la great ally of Tahsln's), who denounces him for having Intrigued In-trigued with a lertnln Selawl Krtendt to get up a demonstration against the sullsn on his way to mosque Ian Friday Fri-day In order lo glte hit majesty a good wholesome fright, so that he might onie moro place hla trust In Abdul Ab-dul lluda The Inquiry is not yet concluded, hut as far as It goes Abdul lluda appear likely to have tho best of IL tmdon Leadir. |