Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-15

The city, SCORES u donkeys Iadsn With
similar products afs mssndsring shout
among The crowd, the vendors shoutin { |
their wares With lusty lungs. In con,
places the din ID quite desfsuing. End
the odors are snything but agreed u
to European; bat the natives aSe
not in the least fastidious. The steam
issuing from the cook-shops, from cop
psrs Of Soup, pillsu, and sleeps tros-
tsrs, and the less Questionable odors
from places where busy men are roast
ing bazaar kabobs for hungry customers
from morning till night, mingls With
the aromatic contributions from tho
spice and tobacco-shop wsdgod closely
in between them. The spics.merchsns,
squatting beside pan Of glowing char
coal smoking kalian after kalian oil day
long while bis assistants wait on Gus
toners and also on him, is undoubtedly
the happiest Of mortals. With .
kabob.shop on the right, . sheep.
trotter.shop on tho left, and .
bakery and . fruitshop opposite,
he INDUCES in tid-bits from either
whenever he is hungry, and with no
thing to do but smoke kalians amid the
fragrant aroma of his own spices, and
keep Q wstchful eye on what passes on
about him, his Persian notion Of de-
sirable life causes him to regard him
self Is blessed beyond comparison with
those whose avocations necessitats
physical exertion. All the shops are
open-front places, like small fruit
stands in an American city. the goods
being arrayed on shelves sloping down
to the front, or exposed to the best I'D.
vantage, according to the nature Of the
wares.
Occasionally 1 pass shops where
European articles are exposed for sale,
or pass the shop Of some dealer In an
tiquities. The watchful proprietor, see.
ing . ferenghi passing, sings out "Sa-
nib !" calling my attention to his stock.
There are portions Of the bazaar where
every shop.keeper deals partially IN
these things, and where one fairly runs
the gauntlet of double row Of watch
full eyes and shouting voices, anxious
to attract the "sahib's" attention to
something they think they can persuade
him to buy. As keen retail traders
the Persians are not to be outdone by
the Jews. In fact, the Persian shop
keeper is more Of q Jew than the Jew
himself. He is perhaps the ksenest re-
tail dealer in the world.
The piping notes of flute, or the
sing song voice Of troubadour Or
story.teller is heard behind the screened
entrance of the tes.drinking shops, and
now and then one happens across groups
of men quarrellipg violently over some
triflipg differences in . bargain nsise
and confusion reign supreme. Here the
road is blocked up by q crowd ofidlers,
watching some lutis, or buffoons, jerk
ing q baboon about with . chain to
make him dance, and . little farther
along is another crowd surveying an.
other brace of lutis, with small brown
bear. Both the baboon and the bear
look better fed than their owners, the
contributions Of the onlookers consist.
ing chiefly of eatables bestowed upon
the animals for the purpose Of seeing
them feed.
Half q mile, or thereabouts, from the
entrance, an interior quarter OF the
bazaar is reached; the crowds are less
dense, the noise is not half so deafen-
ing, and the character of the shops I'M
dergoes q change for the worse. A
good many Of the shops are untenanted,
and a good many others are occupied
by artisans manufacturing the rudeI
articles of commerce, such as horse
shoes, pack-saddles, and the trapping'
of pack-camels. Such articles IS ka
lians, chibouks, and other pipes, gel
vehs, slippers, and leather shoes
hats. jewelry, clothing, &C., ar
generally manufactured on tn
premises where they are sold II
the better portions Of the bazaar
Perched in among the rude cells Of in
dustry in the lower part Of the bazaar
are cook-shops and tea-drinking estab'
lishments of an inferior grade, and the
occupants of these places eye me GU
riously ard call each others attention
to the unusual circumstance OF ferengh
passing through their quarter. After
half mile of this my progress il
abruptly terminated by high mud
wall, with a narrow passage leading to
the tight. | am at the southern ex'
tremity of the bazaar, and turn 10 re-
trace my footsteps.
So far I have seen
NO DISPOSITION TO INSULT
anybody, only a little additional rude
ness and inquisitiyeness, such as might
have naturally been expected. But ere
| have retraced my way 300 yards |
meet q couple Of rowdyish young men
of the chsrvadsr class. As soon as ]
have passed one of them delivers him
self Of the promised insult, peculiar
noise with his mouth. Then they both
start off at a run, as though expecting
to be pursued. As turn partially
round to look, an old poms-
granate vender stops his donkey, and,
with broad grin Of amusement, mo-
tons for me to give chase. When
nearing the more respectable quarter
again, stroll up one Of the numerous
ramifications leading toward what looks
like q particularly-rough and dingy
quarter. Before going many steps
am halted by q friendly-faced sugar
merchant with "sahib," and sundry
shakes of the head, signifying that If he
were l he wouldn't 80 up there. And
thus it is in the Tshersn bazaar. Where
q fereDghi will get insulted once, he
will find Q dozen ready to inter.
pose between him and anything
likely to lead to unpleasant conse-
quences. On the whole, . European
fares far better than q Persian in his
national costume would in an occi-
dental city, in spite of the difference
between our excellent police pegala-
tons and no regulations at all. When
coming through the bazaars Of pro-
yjncial towns, however. with the bicy.