New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-03

means being used 10 put great renforcemene into
the field and to preserve the greatest secrecy In re
gard to t. Commonly the movement OF troops
occurs by night. Trains depart hour after hour
when the city is asleep. Steamers appear
i'm the harbor loaded with troops, and he moored
all day without sign OF movement, and the next
morning they have mysteriously disappeared. The
troops which came are of all degrees OF efficiency
Many of the soldiers seem TO have been selected
without reference to the time-honored tests OF
strength and stature. No Turkish child IA allowed
to know precisely his birthday, fearing that astroi
ogers might make bad use Of the knowledge. Hence
the military officers determine for themselves.
They measure the youths neck with a string. III
the circumference Is more than the length Oh MS
face. he is deemed old enough for the army. H.
however the circumference Of the neck Is less than
the length of the face, the boy IS consldereu W 10
too young for campaigning.
The latest device is one which will, without caSn
payments provide the army with Winter clothing
The women OF a large section of European turkey
are celebrated as weavers of coarse wooen goods
To each woman the Government has handed over
certain quantity of wool to be spun and woven Inc
allowance to be made by each person Is about thlr
ty-six yards. In return for their labor the women
will receive vouchers. to be paid some time. INC
raw material thus procured Will be made up also OH
the same system, and Will be ready for Winter USE
report has been circulating that Mr. Layard, the
English Ambassador. has resigned. The story ~
now denied and probably had its origin IN the fact
that vigorous effort is being made by the German
Ambassador to the post of Official ad-
wiser to the Porte. which has been time
honored right of the English Ambassador in all
times of trouble. One is reminded in these days
that 200 years ago the European ambassadors at
Constantinople were mainly occupied with lntrlgues
against each other In 1862 the English Ambas-
sador tried to recover by force seat which the
French Ambassador had syly taken from him at
Vzierial dinner and, in consequence, had his ears
boxed, and was turned ont of the room by the
Turkish officials Ambassadors had hard time in
those days. and often ate the bread of affection In
prison at the Seven Towers. The French AmDas-
sador was imprisoned in 16i0 because of the defal-
cation of the captain Of French merchantmen, ana
the Earl of Wnchesea was shut short time before
that until he consented to pay fine of 900 crowns,
for misleading Circassian girl. The employments
with which the diplomats of those days beguiled
dull care were less innocent than III these times.
Not long since | behed the edifying spectacle In
front of the American Consulate i'll Pera, of small
crowd Of street puppies looking with anxious eyes
TO n lofty window where a junior member of the
Consular staff was killing time, by dang
ling in front of the noses Of the puppies bit OF
bread tied to a long thread The thread being deX-
terousy handled induced a series of lively gymnas-
tic exercises among the puppies to the edlicaon OF
the whole street and to the intellectual advance
ment of the said Consular attach6.