The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
ATTRACTIVE PERSIA.
4 COUNTRY FOR The SPORTSMAN.
eOTaNtST AND ARTIST.


>tah "ttsr-flpr Antiquarian Won"
dsr> \ Iiowlins Desert Life In the
Capital
isUt There i Vet play ground almost
untrtstttu 10y the tourists foot. a land
whvre lr-.l> are not or where, at any
rate. tucly = hut one "A land where the
.3>t,fI t1ittta>try opens its hu>pltable
G's't> I" ever, man, rich or po,ir. "A land
"hrrr uAe van travel en- prince. or pad
thr tl1ut anal ike tteeently ON ulnepeuce a
d,tt yuuutty Ia all inteut> and purposes
the Lar rt>t, Vel touching Europe. coun-
thy Interesting Ia the hatauist AMI nat u
ftst>t 1eg II, Nrrdant soil teens with ami,
ttHtI lsr, Il, streams are tull Of fish inna
,ritt ot The arts II the angler, country
pl tut-uI'ttcnt forests. Astounding With
game lat-e AMI small phea,auts, par
trtdS's, Wild duck. snlpe. bears, Wild
sheep. antelope. panthers. tigers aye. AMI
l"t>, a country where serylrrable horse
l. Ia he had tor "A 80 note, and where feed
never eNcrr't> pence "A day, \, tur eli
mate, perfection
n NORTHERN PERSIA
This i not "A mere land Of dreams it Is
northern Persia Here peace reign~, tho
r"ut> are safe. crimes Of violence arc un,
known, the people are tranquil London
t" lisrIln, a day and half berlin IL En-
kelh, "n the Caspian, ten days, total eleven
tat- and a halt And this eleven ami "a
half days of travel Is very varied From
Berlin 10 wilma tWell worth halt
thence Ia Eldtkhunen, AMI then Russia
iraf uii dirty Russia where they may b,
rough. hut where they are - kind and
ho,pltablr. ohar-ins nothing fn the chill
lren un rail az boat, prel-t,riazl TART
Gln, Then the river steamer, with its
.ooi living, its Aikuuskas ar snacks its
NaIkl, aud it, piyer or Russian beer ami
fresh ,INiarc a discretion IL Ii almost
worth the journey to eat fresh cavtare, Ia
say nothing Of sterlet Then Astrakhan
nni the Caspian sea And here good bye
civilization, good hye tall hats and var
hI>hel huut- good bye 10 female society,
good bye 10 Europe and European ciSili1i.
ton but not To- civilization Of another
hIhd and hospitality Of u more than even
Ru>~latl excellence 4 few hours halt Is
made at lnrbeud This Is an Asiatic, not
European town in fact, On to Baku u
halt al two dave, you land To ride 10 the
eternal fires, and Ia marvel at the streets
wattr,i with naphtha water Just ont
slde the town You scratch the earth, apply
match, ami Ia II lame The surface OF
the SEA may In some spots he ignitrd The
place Is greasy with naphtha, the ruble
NOTES snrll Of II. Baku, since 1t STRUCK
Ilr, ia, become very rich. The inhab
itan'- seem To do little else but talk Of
naphtha, play at cards, and drink cham
raLhe.
nn the twelfth day, having passed
thickly wuplri l.cnkoran, YOU arrive at
Your destination The shah, tower, with
ITS bright culurs, looms into sight like IL
fairy pagu,la. The orange groves VI I'm
kelll run down to the wutes's eig'. The
blue cl"udless sky hangs over an earthly
paradise, willis the distant dim blue
u,oWltaii.s, capped in place. with SNOW,
tower above the dark and many shaded
greens of the dcnsc forests This is Persia
the land whose customs never change, the
land Of lladji ltaba. the land where Il
despot rules patriarchally, where almost
all religions are tolerated, and, be 1t not
forgotten, where II pound goes further
than anywhere else
Here, then, Is the country for the sports
man, the botanist, the chronological, and
the artist. Also here Is change. novelty,
freedom from Restraint. Here Is the place
ful the dreamer Of dreams aud the smoker
of pipes For the Persian water pipe or
hubble bubble Is the poetry Of smoking,
aud pound Of the best ShrN tobacco
costs pence.
Ia l,Yig a IY.,, LA D.,
Teheran or Ispahan. The antiquarian or
urchuulogist will proceed Ia Khc, the
ancient khngeI to the tomb Of Cyrus, to
the statute Of Shahpur, he will visit Per.
sepolis and the tUmbs Of the Kings or he
will cross to iIanadan and see the ruins
IT Eebatana, Shtshan the palace, and the
tombs Of Esther and Mordecai Thence
he Will ~ on to kermahshah and visit
Besltun for the sake of the rock sculp-
lures Of Darius the Mcde, with the temple
Oi Diana on the way Returning home
via Bakdad, lie will ponder over what was
once the Tower IT Babel. As for the man
who journeys for change Of scene, a few
stages will take him out Of the fertile belt
hear the Caspian sea, and, after trayers
Ing many mountain passes ana rocky
ilAfl EbIE' Hf tiittlS HbNliIR itSfiLt
leaving the dense forests and plains u
pasture Not a tree, no water, an arid
plain, high mountains on all sides, and IN
habithnts none, or next to none.
In the capital Europeans are few, and
the gorgeous magniiiCence Of the shah
and his cont IL somewhat oppressive
Yelled beauties with their eunuchs are Ia
evidence. the crowded bazaars, the loaded
clnpls, mules, horses and asses all IA In
the picture books. The prpdighlity "
dress and VI ornament and the habitua
use OF the precious metals astonsh the un
Travelled ami even the travelled European
Here men are hastinadUed and blown from
guns IN trte eastern manner The jew Il
prosecuted by the Mussulman Wine and
spirit, are forbidden, but the court aud
hearty llbaions The derS i9h, in his tall
hat AID ! uHafi skin, stalks the streets
with hI~,Iub Ut huge AZ, or stops sou and
ask Tor aims stark naked The palaces
aud country seats Of the king AMI his
noble, are open to all Even the royal
isS"l, the Deryab Sur, or Sea pf Light,
the great diamond the pigeon egg pearls,
The coffee cup followed from n hinge tur
quui- the ruby ring hoop, coIlet, and
all carved from one stone the heaps and
skrIn. II royal gems all these will be
shown "a the inquirih4 foreigner It
james ta2ntte