The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-20
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surge through the streets of Cabul agree in
way, AT night when the narrow bazars
arc aglow with the reflected light OF oil in
little meta, :. wick lamps, ignited cotton
floating in carthenwarc sauccrs, II the wood
| fires Of the cooks, the Fcrghancc has no
objection to sit side by side with the Box
harlan on the low, open verandah of the
cooks shop; and on the same platform,
with the sccthing tiesh-pot in tho centre,
containing little Jumps Of meat slicwercd
| upon d Stick, representatives Of twenty diff
fercnt Mohammcdan nAtionalilics- are con-
tent to sit together upon terms Of equality,
and attcrward to exchange the hookah and
tho national love song, and the romance of
chivalry and theft. Our native agents who
have lived III Cabul, representing the gov
crnment of India in titful fashion, have
limited at crimes being frequently commit
cd in the bazars; and as the Cabul woman
is celebrated in Eastern song for her eyes,
her height, her olive skin, her long black
hair and her gallantry, though never for
her love Of washing, it is easy to sec how
such hotbed Of unthnking passion as Ca
bul is, might become hotbcd also for as
sassination and counter assassination. The
Cabuls have no known police, and it is be-
level that the inhabitants would object
to tho introduction of conscientious indvid-
alais Of that class, because they would inter
|feSe with ancient prerogatives. Troops
are employed rs revenue collectors at diff
ferent' times of the year, and, as they col
Elected. reyontle for themselves as we'll as for
tthel State, sthe sCabuli chcrishes hatred
b toward all .tcvcnuo ,coilectots unless he hap
|spens To be one himself. k,S i ~
'SEalSb bther % riehtaI TOWNS, Cabul Is filthy.
Sanitation Is mob even dream With the in
habitahts.' s|Thero are four principal roads,
Which arc from thirty to forty feet broad,
and these are considered the handLomest
Streets. One is the Great Bazar or Char
citta, composed Of onc-story mud houses,
which, have verandahs, slightly elevated
above open cutters, opening full upon the
Streets" These vcrandahs become shops
in THE daytime, and are stored with spcci-
mems Of %lll the furs, silks, and wool and
hair cloths that Central Asia produces In
the evenings three or four crcnics sit on a
mat in ,almpst every shop, set a lamp in
tlieir' niitlst,, fold their feet, put on their
sl1ulicaps, and smoke and tell stories till
nlidnight.' eAnother great bazar, leading
from the Western Gate to the Ba!a Hissar,
is; monopolizcd, by cooks and butchers.
lIeudssand caroasses are suspended there
NAL, the. pig, is discerniblc. 1t is in this
picturesque looking ruflians in the world
} fsId5 be scahaH Observe this nnh. l. a man
over six feet high; his head conical shaped,
the jet black hair close cut, almost to the
bone; his face long, sallow and fringcd
with grizzly black whiskcrs, which meet
beneath in one long matted beard ; the eye,
small, black and keen; The nose archcd
and Tim; The mouth cruel and compressed;
the chest and arms to the elbows bare: the
body envclOpcd i'll tattcred blue shirt,
reaching beneath the knees; bare, Scared
legs; the feet trcading Oh grass sandals.
which arc held on by the toes. This is a
Cabuli beggar, and most arrant villain he
is, for, maugcr his rags, he conccals knife
like the rest of his amiablc countrymcn,
aMd will use it with the rage of a wolf il he
is tempted. The cooks are glad enough TO
toss kabob or two to gentlemen Of his
class. The other two roads have no purtic-
ular characteristics, excepting that they are
great deal broader than by far the larger
portion of Cabul. or these four principal
roads numerous dark and filthy lanes, twist
ing for q quarter Of a mile ut Il time, and
not more than three feet broad, shoot at
frequent intervals. The flat rooted houses
in them arc made of mud, thickly mixed
with straw, and the apartments are
dark, square holes, much worse than the
much dccried shantics Of the Galway peas
ants. Men, women and children sleep to-
gethcr, and never change their garments
till these drop Off. Frequently cattle and
fowl are to be found crowded into these
apartments, together with the human in
mates. Such places arc dangerous to all
strangers. Not even an unusual pariah dog
could stray into them, for he would bc
worried by a hundred jealous, big-boncd,
hungry ours. In tho last British attack on
Cabul, Afghans who preferred 'dying like
poisoned rats i'll holc," rctrcatcd to their
tortuous streets and lanes, and many good
life was lost in hunting them out vv