Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-10
IN CONSTANTINOpLE.
GONE OF THE STRANGE SIGHTS
SEEN IN ITS STREETS.

The TURKS Fch anu ruhhy Arouse'''
Crooked streets and tho Dogs Thereof.
Shops and Peddlers of All sorts-Driv.
ing u bargain.
One of the first things you will notice IL
the fez, worn by all the Turks 1t is red
felt cap with no visor, with fiat top and
black silk tassel Turkish law requires every
male subject Of the sultan to wear this kind
of a cap. The men wear very funny trousers.
There are no close fitting pantaloons, such az
men wear in America; but loose baggy con-
trivances, which look like two large bags
fastened together at the top These are
gathered around the waist with a coored
girdle, which is sometimes very handsome.
The streets are not much better than our
narrowest alleys, and so crooked and dirtyl
We such not enjoy living in such streets, and
business would be quite impossible. You
never met SO many dogs before. They are
big, yellow animals, and live i'll the streets.
They have no owners, but shift for them
selves as well as they can. You will STUN.
BILE over them if you are not careful, for they
seem to think that the street belongs to them
selves. They lie down anywhere, befors u
shop or in the middle of thu street, and ev.
IDENTIFY expect us to turn out for them. These
dogs organize themselves into bands, and
o,cb con,nanv has i,s own district II is dan.
,orous fo,. a doc to ,eava his proper territory
md he is likely to nav dearly for trespassinc
within his neighbors limits.
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I know Won viii laucb nj tha sbors in Con.
stontinopic They are NOT like the be,ut;ful
stores Won have seen in orr cities with larrs
nlate glass show windows and lone rove of
alerant court,rs 7, corstart;no,,l. tho
principal storrs are in hazaars These
hoyoars ara larre ono storv h,iIdircs With
streets RUNNING thro,rh them in every 1irer.
tiop On zach s;ds Of theso strests oro tho
little shons Tho Hoor 10 about two root
obovo the str,et and tha ou,or ,,s,,.Ir>. si,.
on tho floor With his ,ogs CROSSED ND. hin,
Tho room ia small GO tbot ha CON roonh
many of his goods vvitbopt RISING Az ,yo
pass alonr we can look in Mt the varions
shops and examine their goods
Let lis stop at this drv goods store As
soon as the man sees us LOOKING 1T bic (roo,s
he takes his ri,e from his month and Ser;,,s
to chatter away in a very lively ,asbion
showing MS oon,e niece of Goods II VOL, show
any desire f, make a purchase he viii name
n high pric, and nretend he ;s givin, yo,
the article. If Won offer a much smaller sum
he will fold up the cloth and mt r. away
with n gesture of horror when Won t,,r,,
away. however. he will call Won hack and
take your own price or else make n now offer
much below the first. T..
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'e no'oS 'iie chisei IN ms
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IT. 49,, Poo' 1uaiice sui!
fn,,;t ~. .nny % 'neii. VINO sell
tha;r hooj WI .a 80 VI Aiui' on
go, - I en o"ey Anu sooi pace 10
..i - ""n '.io 'iay upon hiSh
81 "e w.. iio'a Sneir shoulders
"iiu are ie"uy ior business 1hey sell almost
frI thorsI 10 60 usualiy o"e
hara 'n .oo,s ., VIC 'S"eS may w very rude'
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sos.o,o,, -, ~ ..n W ano'ner s'rihg
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