Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-17
Coflrc-DrInkinc in Turkey.


Cor. San Francisco Chronicle
The Turks are nation Of coffee
dr mixers They use coffee as the Italians
Use wine or the Germans beer. or
course alcoholic drinks are popular
but it is illegal t. use them in public
Coffee houses are as plentiful as saloons
in mining town, and IN addition itln-
Grant vendors OF the drink are omni-
present in the streets. These latter
have each small sheet-iron stove such
o. thinkers carry, an iron sauce-dish
with long wooden handle. bottle of
,oiiee, paper OF sugar, a can of water,
spoon and few small cups.
When a cup Of coffee is ordered from
one of these fellows. he retires into the
nearest doorway and rakes up the Goals
in his stove. hen ont of the bottle is
ladled the coffee, previously ground
into impalpable powder, a teaSpoonful
being taken for each cup to be made.
An e ual amount Of sugar Is added and
the whole put in the sauce pan and
covered with water Then the pan goes
Oh to tho Goals and Is allowed to boil
up once. The result looks inviting and
SIHeIlS SOOt, but you itci LlOie II ituuiv
with it outside than when You have got
it in. If it did not have so many
grounds in it, it would be good syrup,
but there is altogether too much sugar
for it to he z oil coffee.
The coffee houses are delightfully."-
free from ceremony. have seen moth
ing, except erman theatre, that
e,ualcd them They are generally
combnat on concerns, the refreshment
clerk being also Il surgeon, dentist
and barrier. The rooms are large,
but low. and commonly very neatly
whitewashed. The only furniture is
set of benches ,divans III poetry that
run around the walls aud Ill the center,
q stool used ~ operating chair when
the cook is called ON to minister to
diseased body or mind. Against the
wall hangs a hand mirror and case of
instruments and under the benches are
y row O. nar3hili for the use of smoking
customers. The man who is to be
shaved. bled, or have his tooth pulled
sits upright on the stool, with no sup
port for h s back or head. and gets what
en- oyment ont of it he can. The
smoker, and louneers on the benches
take no notice Of him or anything for
that ma tier. Coffee drinking is grave
matter with IA Mohammedan, and he
takes his pleasure sadly.
Catching a Tartar.
(Chattan "gs Time-
On the train from Cincinnati to
Chattanooga the other day, the talk OF
the mob of six or eight in the smok n9
car ran to train robbery. The subject
was canvassed from every standpoint,
and all but one agreed that passenger
could be robbed without danger to the
robbers. This chap Was selling druge
for Baltimore house, and he all
nounced his readiness to lay down his
life whenever an attempt was made t.
deprive him OF his cash. 1t was gen.
orally believed that his courage was oil
talk, and by and by. when he fell
asleep, We put up a job ON him.
A giant chap from DAYTON. Ohio, was
selected to play the robber. He was
about the ug,icst looking white man
anybody had ever set eyes on, and he
borrowed two revolvers removed the
ttt siIuSch W~liSu IOI uiO-
ment AS the train stopped at little
station the big fellow opened AMI
slammed the DOR and cried out
Hands up. gentlemen. The first
one of you who drops hand is dead
man
Up went our hands, and the drug
man awoke
"tp with 'em throw can up" com
manded | ayton as leve ell both shoot
ers at the drummer and ow.y adj
vanced.
Not if l know myself" was the
cool reply. and what did the Mary
lander do but ont W tn his levol, or and
began popping away! He had fl ed
four shots and driven the "robber" to
the door before any one could grub him
and eXp'a'n matters. One bullet went
through the big mans cap. a second
burned his cheek, and tho third and
fourth went through the windows. He
was winter tEan snow when tie affair
ended and returning the reviewers t,
their owners he stood up in the aisle an !
sad:
"Gentemen, you can put me dow
as the biggest blamed fool in AM ricu .
Good night"
And he took his coat and grip and
left us for seat in another coach.