The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-31

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PIX UNLESS 10y 9pssts G1svsyoga, -
% The Qase ogosn1 ~ bssa Devoted
70 that tarpsss. The vhols city ofCoa-
steutinople On both tho Earepeaa and
Asla1ie lido y snciroled with csmstseies.
Go out q what gate you viii, or scale
The wall q any point, you viii surely
invade tho dominion Of the dead, I'll
planted thickly With eyprsss trees, and
there in these shady sepulchr"l retreats
On their Sunday and on Ill Usher Aolt
days the natives Aock In largo numbers
men, women and children and amuse
thensslvss among the neglected and
decaying tombs oftheir ancestors. The
Greek and Armenian cemeteries are
separate ftoM the Turks. They place
slabs horizontally over the graves, while
the Turks erect Stone ct the head and
feet with IN inscription. All are mar
be, some white, others painted blue,
green or red. At scutari, the Asiatic
subsro, where Ill Massslnien that can
afford It are taken to be buried, tho
number Of tombs in what b called the
great cemetery II said to b ten times
that q the living population Of the
whole city. The slahs and columns are
quite high and - thickly planted that
IL apt cans like . forest Of marble beneath
one Of cypress trees. Hero ever sinoe
the Turkish invasion, more than i've
eenturies ago. have they been Deposit
ing tho sinful nesh when the spirit took
it, flight TO Paradise. Time too be- LETT
IL record, and decay he's ct it, hand
upon the tributes Of surviving friends.
The s)abs and columns are Standing at
every possible inclination, and are
strswn by thousands upon the earth,
and many lying even in the roedside
mutilated and defhced. This y . pio-
turs Of desolat;on which the gloom Of
the cypress forest stretching mile after
mile renders ed enough In the contem-
platiou.
One Of the most crooked things here
b time. One O'Clock begins with the
setting Of the Gun, and - the days vary
in length clocks, have to b regulated to
eerrsspood, which b . little bewiljer-
Ing. It seems strange to hear them say
at bedtime that II b 6ve O'Clock. The
police pessmbulate the streets It night
and carry long baton which they keep
bounding endwiee almost constantly on
the stones, PERHAPS to give the thieves
due notice q their approach that they
may not fhll into their clutches too
easily. This noise With tho barking Of
tho does ,he whole night long, makes
night hideous 70 the nervous. It y
easier to slespin quarts mill than any
where In Psss, and then at Tho dawn Of
day when the policemen ct
quiet and the dog repose, the peddless
begin their unearthly yslh. Who be-
net heard q The dog a Constantinoplee
They constitute one Of tho principal
features q the city. Evssy.trest haS IT.
hundreds Of them, medium-sised, yel-
lowish In color, wien clean enough to
exhibit color, and of the wolftype. You
inset them at every turn, sometimes In
groups Of ei4ht to ten. They are the
sesvsngess Of tho city. The people
throw garbage IN the stseets and the
dog ct Il. They seem 70 live In fhmi-
lies Or societies IN given quarter, and
any Invasion Of the precinct By . neigh
boring eanine - Aercely resisted, hence
the continual raekst at night. During
the day they slumbsr In the stseets, and
the people religioasly drive and walk
around them. Twice or three times Q
day they 40 fed By tue city. The Turk
be- . sacred regard for these wretched,
unoWned and h0We1eo cgeot0reo. Once
. canine hating Sultan ordained that
the dags should b exiled 10 . ]a,ge
Island In the - of1(aImosa, which was
partially accomplished, wbss psblie
clamor caused . reversal Of the deoeee,
ma t0e11 I060tD 20 t0o Guy W. maze
The occasion Tor . grand Iste.
The sesag1iss Of the past 6ultans, now
unoeeapied bat closely guarded, ase in
deed palacea We obtained tho peivil-
70, seldom granted now, ofvisiting the
|aryea and most elegant q theee, built
By Abdul 1essid. father Of The present
5altan. Nothing In TIE Wy q palaees
h France q Italy can b compared 10 !
e IN The elegance of it, interior deslgn
md finish, in marble and alaheseer, and
ID the richness aud luxuyianoeof IL en-
bellishmeat and iurniture. In thjs pol-
no that Sultan = said 70 have opened
his veins IN . bath. He was suooeedod