Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-19
IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
SOME OF THE STRANGE SIGHTS
 SEEN IN ITS STREETS.

SOME OF THE STRANGE SIGHTS
 SEEN IN ITS STREETS.
 The Turks Fez and Funny Trousers
 Crooked Streets and the Dogs Thereof.
 Shops and Peddlers of All Sorts--Driv-
 ing Bargain.
 One of the first things you will notice is the fez, worn by all the Turks. It is a red felt cap with no visor, with fat top and black silk tassel Turkish law requires every male subject of the sultan to wear this kind of cap. The men wear very funny trousers. There are no close fitting pantaloons, such as 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 colored girdle, which is sometimes very handsome
 The streets are not much better than our narrowest alleys, and so crooked and dirty! 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 in the streets. They have no owners, but shift for them selves as well as they can. You will stum- ble over them if you are not careful, for they seem to think that the street belongs to them selves. They lie down anywhere, before a shop or in the middle of the street, and evil dently expect us to turn out for them. These dogs organize themselves into bands, and each company has its own district. It is dan gerous for dog to leave his proper territory, and he is likely to pay dearly for trespassing within his neighbors' limits.
 CANINE GENEROSITY.
 The dogs are generous to each other. At the soldiers barracks the dogs receive the fragments after every meal. One day when the food was brought out only two dogs were in sight. These might have had a grand feast by themselves. They did not take @ mouthful, but started off at full speed in op- posite directions Soon their barking sum- moned the whole pack, and they ate their dinner together.
 I know you will laugh at the shops in Con- stantinople. They are not like the beautiful stores you have seen in our cities, with large plate glass show windows and long rows of elegant counters. In Constantinople the principal stores are in bazaars. These bazaars are large one story buildings, with streets running through them in every direc- tion. On each side of these streets are the little shops. The floor is about two feet above the street, and the owner usually sits on the floor with his legs crossed under him. The room is small, so that he can reach many of his goods without rising. As we pass along we can look in at the various shops and examine their goods.
 Let us stop at this dry goods store. As soon as the man sees us looking at his goods, he takes his pipe from his mouth and begins to chatter away in very lively fashion, showing us some piece of goods. If you show any desire to make purchase, he will name a high price, and pretend he is giving you the article. If you offer a much smaller sum he will fold up the cloth and put it away with gesture of horror. When you turn away, however, he will call you back and take your own price or else make new offer much below the first. .5.#
 THE CARPENTERS SHOP.
 One of the strangest places is the carpenter shop. Here you will see a man seated on the floor behind a turning lathe. Instead of using treadle as our workmen do, he has a bow and string which he draws back and forth with his right hand, and so makes the wheel revolve. He holds the chisel in his left hand and presses it against the wood with his bare toes. Is that not strange way to use turning lathes
 You might think, where the stores are so close together and the streets narrow, that peddlers would have a poor chance. Still tueIc dIe SISoC Ol GueIu WHO Sen fruit. These men carry trays of fruit on their heads When they find good place to stop, they set down the tray upon high stool, take their scales from their shoulders and are ready for business. They sell almost everything by weight and are usually care full, though the scales may be very rude. have seen them made simply of two wooden saucers, suspended by strings from a straight stick. The bar was held by another string fastened ill the middle, and the eye must judge when tho two scales balanced The weights may be bits of iron or even broken pieces of stone or brick. On the tray these ped;lal:, il;iTc largo, luscious grapes, and will give you all you can eat for a cent or two. There are fresh green figs which do not look much like tLc dried ones that come to us in boxes. The quinces are large and the people cook thcm with meat. Tho chestnuts are larger than ours, though not quite so sweet. They are roasted, taken from the shell and cooked with meat and potatoes in a very nice stew.
 Other men carry tanks of water or lemon ade on their backs and jingle cups in their hands to attract attention. The funniest way to carry water and wine is in the skins of hogs or buffaloes. When full these look almost like the animal from which the skin has been taken. Thus you may often meet a man with what looks like one or two hogs on his back. The men who carry these wine s1ins as we'll other burdens, have queer saddles fastened to their backs, end put the load on these. .t
 In the eating rooms you may see little stoves with soup cooking on them, or bits of meat roasting oil spit over the coals. The odors are inviting; but you may go hungry, unless you can talk their strange language. In Constantinople almost every language of the world is used.-Detroit Free Press. Said Ever So Many Things.
 ''Oh, Georgew cried young Mrs. Merry running to meet her husband at the door 'I've something the best to tell you"
 'Noy' said George, "what is itp'
 "Why, don't you think-the baby can talk Yes, sir, actually talk. He's said ever and | ever so many thingS. Come ripht into ths