The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-09

glare Of the snowy plain 1t was like entering coal
cellar. AZ ones elbow, shut on only by partition
eighteen inches high, COWS and calves munohed thcir
chopped straw.
UNPLEASANT COMPANIONS
To inhnbit the 0dd Ut an Armenian PEASANTS house
Is literally TO nnabt STABLE All the sights. soundA
and odors OF rude. close stable palpable to dc-
gree far from pleasant From The space outside me
ccmented hubble masonry, leading 10 the different
chambers. The oda oil the female portion OF the
family great. square chamber thirty ieet either
way, rooted with the peculiar kind OF cupola COM
mon IN these c0untfies Great beams cross uingonAy
above tho corners others cross these In opposite
sense, each Tier advancing moro than that below 10
over the centre of the room, till alter six or seven
tiers dome Is formed, having In its summit
square opening, through which come air and
light. There are great many other chambers do
voted to storing grain chopped straw and hay ana
agricultural implements. These houses arc nj.
mirably adapted to the extremes OF temperature OF
this climate. In summer the thick walls and
oarth.covercd roofs Keep tho rooms compare
lively cool, and when, as now, tho cold 10
almost nsupportabe outside, the oda under the joint
influence oil dung aud the animals collected along
side, Is quite warm. Owing 10 this mild temperature
within The chambers even now stray dies are 20 BIO
seem and am sorry add other moro Objectionable
specimens of the insect creation. All night long ono
neighboring quadrupeds, and long ere dawn
shows family athwart the paper square IN
the gable the plaintve lowing oil hungry
calves ana the angry cries OF quarrel
horses break ones rest Even now, at ten at
night, various animals wander incontnently TO ind
fro; and five minutes ago was obliged to repel
by physical force ncursion on the part OF largo
black VINO walked hOcmny IN Win Wow Oh
partaking OF bag of oats, which constitutes my Inn
promptu writing table A calf Is munchng the end
of the which sit, and am obliged 10
keep eye II large black rat who has serious de-
slyns a cold FOWL In the corner.
ERzERouM's SUMMER RESORT.
Illidgc itself struggling village OF some three
hundr houses such have described, aud In ord-
nary times contains population OF over hltcen hun
drei innabitnps, tho great majority Christian. A
large, and Tor place, respectable looking
church rises IN its midst IL has a stable-ko cala
where no cofec Is 10 DO had and halt dozen miser.
able shops or booths only two OF which OPEN
From lllidgc as from every other place IN the neigh
borhood, all that were rich enough TO do So, ned
to Erzngan and rrebIzono IL Is now dreary look
ing place as could well be imagined. In peace times
II Is much resorted 10 by the people OF Erzcroum and
other neghboring towns account oil It's
hot mineral springs. visited ono OF these yester-
day low circular building with donod root covers
circular BASIN some thirty feet In diameter, hewn
yeowish Kind oil rock something Ike ano grained
Oolitc limestone. II Is I'VE feet deep and full to
the brim with clear water, having temperature OF
about ninety degrees Fahrenheit This water gushca
INCREASINGLY IRON the centre OF the floor OF the basin
flows away by sluice into tho neighboring river
the lidge Su which here expands INTO pretty ex.
tensive lake. The How OF water Is copious and con-
tinuous ut all seasons, aud accompanied by q
large amount OF carbonic acid gas which caused
the wafer to eiiervosce brskly, especially
two points toward tho centre. Standing
tho cdge and seohg tho bubbling water
and dense steam clouds rising from its surface.
would have said huge seething caidron. An OPEN
Ing in the centre OF tho dome, almost equal to tho
width OF the basin, admits light stono platform
wall Is a rough divan tor the accommod atom
OF the bathers. Fee for admission there s none, nor.
indeed Is there any guardian whatever. II Is open
10 all corners.