The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

The lowly orders proper live very
much like their brethren in Christian
countries. Both me6 and women work
The wife helps her lord and master in
the daily toll, washes, cleans and keeps
the house in order; she has neither time
nor opportunity for frivolous amuse-
ments, consequently she is more re-
spected both by husband and children,
and knows not the heart-sickness and
WEAKNESS of the harem. But even here
women do not eat with the men, and
never stir outside of their domicile I'M
yelled. There is no middle class among
the Turks. There are the rich Cor easv)
and the poor. These two orders are
constantly changing places. The rich man
OF to-day may be the poor one to-mor-
row. You will know him by his shabby,
greasy coat and unbrushed shoes. He
will make no effort to keep up an APP
pearance. You may see him buy some
simple fare and eat it in the street on his
way to business or home. He has lost
his place. He is poor. He is neglected.
Meeting him thus you might suppose
him a shoe-mender or a low class coffee
house keeper, yet he has only Just missed
being a Pasha, and few months more
will probably reinstate him in the posi-
ton he has lost The men and women
of the country are naturally all on par.
There IS no genius, no talent, no emil
hence of virtue among them Cor if there
be, it is banished as soon as it dareS lift
its head. One man is as good as anoth-
er. A fair address, a smatternG of
French and ''gOod luck" are all that
are wanted to make nobody first min
lister; but the same fortune grown tickle
may hurl him from his post, and he sinks
lower than what we understand by the
poorest gentleman. One fact battles
European would-be reformers. We are
always meeting with surprises. There
is nothing solid anywhere. There is nc
public spirit, no landed interest, no trade
interest, no personal notwithstanding
to grapple with. Everything slips
through your fingers. The laws eN-
ist, but are not enforced 1t is no.
bOdy's business to enforce them Prop
erty is yours to-day, mine tomorrow,
and a week hence it may be Mahmoud' $.
or Safnet's or Ahmcd's. The one thing
permanent among us is the watchful
I'ttlONtNN VI llC tbI lOtio lltlllDlldllllCSs 1t
is the different Consuls that keep order
here, not the Turks; and were it not foG
this protection Europeans could not live
in Turkey. The Turks are Indifferent
tradesmen. Nearly all the shops in
Galata, and the whole of those in Pera,
are kept by Europeans. The Greeks are
the chief traders, though a smart bust
ness is done by the Levantines. The
most fashionable shops are French, but
there are a few first-rate English and
American ones. A large class of the
Turks hawk their wares in the street.
They are for the most part fine, stall
wart, ciyil-spoken men. They shoulder
enormous baskets containing cheeses,
creams, fruits, vegetables and many
other comcstibles, and furnish more
than half the Authorization of the city.
The habits OF these men are very simple
they live chiefly upon bread and fruit
but they also know the secret of the poi
al fen, and often | have seen a knot OF
them after their days work, grouped
under a shed, or on green spot OF
earth, mixing the 'savory mess"-you
will perhaps be shocked to hear the pot
contains vegetables (of onions large
share) stewed in oil! A somewhat
strong tasted mutton called Karamani is
the favorite food of the Turkish upper
classes. Pilaff is also an everyday dish
wherein Europeans also delight The
chief fault of the Turkish cooking is the
enormous quantity of grease and fat con-
sumed, and the excessive sweetness Of
many OF the dishes. - Temple Bur-.