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Show SULTAN Sr-END MUCH MONEY. Hla Housshold Costs Thirty Million Dollars Annually. Tho personnl enponses of Abdul Hnmld. sultan of Turkoy, are Iarer than thoao of any other monarch In Kuropo. Ilo spends annually no lesa a aum than $;lo,(,(iii,( no. Of this $7,. MO.lliU) alono Is spent on the clothing of tho women of his harem and tou.-001) tou.-001) on (ho sultan a own wardrobe. Noarly another 7X00,cno la swallowed swal-lowed up by presents, i.ono.000 goes for pocket money nnd still another .0u0.Udl for tho tnhlo. It seems In-credllilo In-credllilo that so much money can possibly pos-sibly he spent In a year by otio man, but when It la remembered that some l.r.OO persons reside within tho palace wa'ls and live luxuriously and dress expensively at tho cost of the civil list it appoara a llttls more coinprehousl-bio. |