The New York herald., 1874-08-10

ment; and he, the speaker, is that Trustworthy
man. Possibly an agreement Is made with him on
the spot, and the trustworthy man instantly van
ishes into chaos ostensibly bent on producing the
horses In half an hour bur the Ambassador Is LEFT
to sorrow that ne VIII also behold the trustworthy
mans face no more. When negotiations have
arrived at this stage the consul puts on his gold
laced cap once more ana stalks or with terrible
frown ana interpreter TO the local pacha.
'ooD BE PRAISED" SAYS THE PAcHA
"wnat brings your consular transparency hero
again Lol the trader who sold you six pome-
granates too dearly has been bastinadoed; your
tailor Is In jail; the man who makes your shoes ID
in light What can do for you nexts ?"
The consul states his case; the pacha smiles and
clsps hts hands; silent secretary, who looks like
q half animated gingerbread image, answers tho
summons; she pacha puts his signet ring rubbed
with India ink on "trip OF paper, which ts, IN
fact, warrant for the apprehension OF q criminal,
and two hours afterwards the original iout who
has been playing ali those tricks in hiding comes
forth TO the daylight quite ready for the road.
THE AMBASSADOR
may now start forthwith II he likes, and is Rener-
ally eager to do so after this preliminary expert
fore, drawn up in the usual form, describing all
parties to It In nowery terms, and away he goes,
with two tents, q dozen servants and his forty
horses In single ne. They pass into the clouds
over the range OF mountains known as the Kara
kapan or the "Biack Bitern ana are henceforth
lost to the world OF newspapers and opera houses.
AT Erzersum the Ambassador and his suite may
get some famous shooting and may say gOodoy to
plates dishes and roast meat at the houses OF q
couple OF European merchants who are settled
there. From Erzersum to the frontier OF Persia
they come upon much the same state OF society a.
that which existed IN the time OF the Orusades
Every man they meet Is armed to the teeth. aud
most OF them carry q sword, spear and q
shield. On the summit Of every mountain or a
high hill which looks over the road will
be seen perched o horseman, like a hawk prepar.
ing 10 swoOp down upon Its quarry. These horse.
men are the scouts or advanced guards OF robber
tribes, whose proceedings are guided by their re-
ports. Woe to the weak caravan which is worth
plundering and Is Ill guarded. Along the Turko-
Persian frontier the right OF private warfare Is
lully recognized, ana bands l.O00 st Ong are
wandering about to do battle with each other, IS
in the old border days there was the fight OF
the Percys and the Dougiases, OF England and
Scotland. At the first Persian village all this IS
government Of the Ehzabethan era III Britain.
The Ambassador NAV imagine himself
A CONTEMPORARY OF SHAKESPEARE.
His luggage is carried by pack horses as in Tur-
key, but the men-at-arms or tine crusadlng epoch
and the Percys and the Douglases have been lett
lords, such as Suffolk and Leicester, who come ont
to meet him in proud array. clothed in silks and
nsned t gold Pal Palaces ' are thrown open %r mis- re-
ception and there Is an exchange OF princeIy gifts
between host and guest This state OF things lasts
till Teneran, where he meets With magnificent
barDarsm In mud huts lir up by French and Rus
sian candelabra. He Will find when he gets there
!. that he has passed a pleasant time in his tents.
He will remember many an agreeable reverle be-
on the necks OF MS beasts OF burden He VIII
think forever afterward at stray moments, OF the
wild ducks which ne snot on the banks Of the Eu-
pirates. chat IL tabled to have been one OF the
rivers which bounded the Garden OF Eden. He
will recoect the delicious rides he took In early
w Ia a la
only broken by the tinxltng OF his horses curo-
chain and the cry of the sand grouse. He will call
iyened by Quaint ceremones, When p' some power
1u khan sent gaudy servants, bearing traYs OF
sweetmeats, milk and cream, vita tall oaves or
sugar, upon their heads. and then RODE up with a
hundred norsemen to pay him honor. BY ana by
on that bright. gay -colored lie, which seemed all
sunshine and nowers but wnen 1t Is over he Will
was between three and four months in travelling
! THOUSAND MILES UPON LAND.
whica precedes the dawn Yet Yet q little Il @ wnile e and
the iron road Will take away the last halo Of
s ~ In syse nes
about to be inaugurate>; but hitherto we have
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attention will be revealed TO u.s. Those who
wonder at the Asian mystery and feel surprised
that commerce has not made quicker strides In
this direction will do well to consider the history
OF locomotion In order that they may thereby ar
rive at clear understanding OF the past and pres.
ent state OF Eastern countries, and that tney may
see what are the reasonable prospects which Will
be opened to
The unassisted labor OF man was the most
primitive mode OF transport, and following this In
order OF Importance, came successfully the work
OF the animal, the wagon, the rowbOat, the sailing
ay the raroa With its
It's train. Each innovation gave rise TO an I'M
mense iocrease IN traffic, much IN the same same way
progress in the discovery oil new means OF OBJ
The transnortation of hftv nonpds weight at tn a
rate OF twenty miles day, Is the fair limit OF a
mans carving power: African trayeers-speke,
carrying power OF negroes was limitea to
about seventy pounds and that man
miles. But the human laborer, unlike
the beast OF burden. can dispense with the 1orlna-
obstacles which could not possibly be laced by the
animal. Win the increased employment oil the
latter there grew up necessity or the creation OF
roads, and IL became possible TO transport much
heavier burdens than by pure human agency The
horse can carry flom two hundred 10 two hundred
and fifty pounds at the rate of twenty to twenty
i've miles per Gay the camel iour huudred at the
rate OF twenty miles day, or tighter burden a
much longer distance. To the wagon the road is a
still greater necessity; on good road horse can
draw nearly five times more than 1t can carry, aud
weight,
IS q good mode OF transpor tatton; but 1t lacks
speed. More than five men cannot handle an oar,
| and this limit to force necessarily curtails the
Length OF the os 70 The @ egh ev o. pSs @ tS
!
| necessitating iat bottoms to give room ior good
load. But these circumstances render the boat
useless for service In the open sea or IN deep mar
nors The sailing vessel can carry any load, and
| II properly built and rugged, may make hundred
miles day and more. Thus II Is that nan can
carry a weight in nearly any direction. The beast
| OF burden is guided by the rising or falling Of
the surface; the wagon must keep TO the more
or less Ievelled road: the rowboat must hug the
coast, the sailing vessel shun the land. Prior to
the Invention oil sails by which side winds were
made available transatlantic voyages were out Of
! the question. Their invention offered the oppor-
tunity, and with IL commenced the "age OF dis
| coverIes" inau2urated by the Portuguese.
THE SIDEwHEEL STEAMER
! being absolutely independent OF the wind. may
choose the shortest track from port to port. but,
to equaiZe the movements OF the wheels, advaD-
tage IL derived only by \ wind from behind The
average speed, therefore, is limited to about
twelve miles an hour; besides. transportation BY
steamer Is comparatively expensive. and neces-
states frequent calls at coaIlng stations. The