Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-25

Co.'s was the name of the place, and
1t was in sequestered and desolate
spot. A narrow rusty old gate opened
out Of an archway at the wayside, and
was marked 1wudh. The word means
WELCOMED" but we were not sure OF
being welcome, for in vain we pound.
ed at the gate with the hammer that is
used for that purpose. But at last q
| rave little lad came and gave us adj
mn ttance. We dismounted, and walk
| ing up weedy lane entered the village,
and sought the. poti. The entrance
was a a 1uare cellar, and the accommo-
dations were like those of all other
Eastern ho> stelries. There was one IN
noyation-a .rlass window, dirty one
at that. but one of which the proprie-
tor was very proud. He took the
sash out and showed it to us,
and then took us to our cham.
Der, where in q strange sort OF
continuance a boy burns some charcoal
and cooked our rice. After sunrise a
priest came in to see us, wearing robes,
but with bare feet He wanted to con-
vert us, but he spent a good half hour
in telling us that by the will of Allah
his skin was OLA delicate ecru color,
which fact he regarded as a mark OF
divine honor, inasmuch as it dis
tinguished him from the burnt-sienna
colored natives. Afterward he talked
theology in a mad sort of way.
Apologizing for the building that he
called a mosque" he invited us out
to see it, and we found very gaudy
place, hung all over with festoons and
tinselled drapery, with tapers burning
and tin ornaments sparkling.
We saw perhaps dozen Afghan
women. They wore no bonnets. but
simply long veil of gauzy stuff. Look
at them in the right way. and they are
pretty. Their countenances have
Jewish cast, but they are not brunettes.
| Their skin is an9mic, strikingly so,
and they wear their hair tied over a ball
SO as to make them look more than
naturally white. They walk remarka-
bly, well, and in the management of
their wells display much innate grace
and elegance.
Of the men may as well say that
they are not unlike what cross be-
tween a Hindu and Pers an would be.
Athletic, fair and well-bearded, they
have aquiline faces; with the foreheads
shaved, and the hair on the sides hang
ing in curls that fall over the shoulders
III d picturesque, Shaggy, uduc-likc
way. Their carriage is full of resolu-
ton and pride, and from one border of
the country to another you can not but
remark that they remind you of BAN
tam ROSTERS. And they are like them.
too-turbulent, vain, brutal, quarrel
some, liking nothing better than the
practice of martial sports of cruel
cast. The kazh. or chief tribesman of
Co.'s, was as perfect a game-bird as l
ever saw.
This same kdzh wanted to buy my
pens and ink, and | had no alternative
save to consent. But exacted price
of him. and that was ride in his slam
to Herat 1t was preferable to 6ouqy
riding. though a slam is carriage that
is as awkward and unwieldy as any
thing ever drawn by horses. From
Selup, three miles further on, to Herat,
fine carriage load had been recently
finished, and as our Russian had
gone on by another road, we had a
pleasant ride When we came within
sight of Herat, we found rope
stretched across the road to stop us,
until a naullah came out to collect toll
and exact an oath that we were not
enemies of the city. Then he went back
and sent out a mounted courier, whose
duty it was to tell us that we could en-
ter the city by the way of the river
bridge. We turned down into the val
ley, where. passing village after viii
lage, and coming among network OF
irr eating canals, we reached the mag
niticent bridge, structure of twenty
three arches, and called Puhli-naahlo7a,
truly the most splendid piece of engi-
neering skill that we had seen since
leaving Yezd. Crossing it, we were al
the gate of the best fortified of the
Oriental cities.-Cor. N. 2. Tribune.