Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-11-29
THE HOME OF THE TURKS.
coNsTANTlNoPLE, THE GORGEOUS
CITY OF THE SULTAN.


CONSTANTlNOPlE, THE GORGEOUS
CITY OF the SULTAN.
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s5s5 $50 -T--T -3
The Granslen: Of Pera, the European Quar-
ter-Feasti ,g ON Gold Plate-Publio Of
f,c,.l. who Make Mora Than rh.,r Sal.
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s1'e' ous = ''laoes.
II Paris is France, Constantinople Is Tur-
kew. Il is here that the sultan liyes Hara
arc tho rta,s - +,,a 1,,;s,,
from tho ,,acss hara - o,t ~, -.
ol onv ..s,e -. ~ ous slo
.iics y to1..1cs4 apko1u.111eus "nlsn conoIOa
tne lives anu property OF more tnan 9S.UtO,VU
people Constantlnople Is the center OF Turk.
fsh business and it is the pivot around which
the whole Mohammedan world revolves. Sit
uated, as It is, partly in Asia and partlv IN
Europe IL forms the connecting link e tina
too a,,s.t c;v,l,..t;o,,. ~, ..
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sse Aoev 'suo u.u :, on sne lace ol .ne
gloDe. Inc straits OF tne noepnorus, *, which
connecs 1ne oig Dlack sea Win sne httle SEA
9. Marmota, VINO w N ana ouS nke wide
1ivef !, oesweeh I 1.urope ana ASIA.
= P1cruREsoU1 SITUATION.
slope down in places almost precipitously to
the water, and their natural scenery COM
pares very favorably with the best bits along
the Rhine and the Danube. At the beginning
Of these straits there Is q lofty peninsula con.
tanning the area Of two or three GOOD sizad
farms, the greater part Of the northern side
Of which Is separated from the main G bo,1 v..s ~
Europe by a long inlet Of water which winds
around like horn and which is known as the
famous Golden Horn of Constantinople. The
Sea of Marmora, and its upper edge blocks
She waters Of the Bosphorus. STANDING upop
it's shores you can almost throw a stone int,
Asia and by turning around YOU could. with
a revolver, shoot a bullet deep into the bodv
of Europe.
1t is upon this penins,,la that tha craataat
part of Constantinople is built. Tbis nart IL
known as Stamboui. and il belongs almost
exclusively to the Turks Upon it stand the
great bazars, above it's thousands Of Turkisb
houses rise the tall minarets Of hundreds q
mosques. and the cries of its tnrbaned nod
dlers are mixed with the shrill tenor If tho
muezzins. who five times each dav stand
'upon the balconies of these towers and sine
ont the hours Of pravers bridge Of hoat.
about a mile long and as wide as Pannsvlva-
mia avenue in Washington connects this
Turkish quarter of the citv With tha E,,ro.
raan shore and over th;s hr;doo thsra 4. ,,o,,-
stantlv nassino a throno,of TnrLs Chr;.+;a 10
and Greeks of hroun o,ou,,a.l NOV, era,,,
Persia and broadc,oth traders from Euro,,a
An Italian writer IN Coostantinonlo savs
that 100. 600 men 90 over t;.,is hridaa avarv
iav and one new ;dea crosses 8 ahe,,t s,,,a,.,,
tan vears
This bridge leads to para x,h;c, ;s tho M.
ronaa, !, nnartor {of f,onst.,t;no,,Ia Tho LII,
IN rho north sda ~ tha f1nlda,, uo,,,
staa,, as thosa ~ Son Fr.,,o;s, -. 20 ~
hlnR on which Kansas c;+,, !. h,,;,t 0
Para has Enrona.n hnts,. v;th % s,,,;.. -.
Want. French cnnLs .nd a,s.t.;. ha,,s ~ :. :.
wh;ch Won can Ia no con,fortshia .s';.s ~. =
hotel IN Nav yorL And tha - sao,a, 70 a;,.... =. .a.y
~ ito ,,aonla would cn,.nara - ua.sh,.. ~
those nf tha otha,. "a n;ta j. -, E,,,.o,aa ".sn
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- tha n,ost imnortant can;teIs ~ E,,,,a.s -
The @ comn;cat;ops ] sSh;oh @ .s a's - :. aulope.
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tha E,.ancl, a,,d tha .ss sae
esta h;shn,ants hove and +,,., -.
tora;or ,;n;sto,.s fo :. .as
tSa tens ~ thn,,ss ~. - ..ns m lrso
- tha laoation moe - ;ts &C., IL III III
and silver nlata which "a ,yorti, e1nn,nnn 80 49,
tha smlts,, faast. +ha d;r,an, ~ - - ,s anu
and fnrn;shas thar, T,,rl.;s, BY pla.s' a,s
, o,,,,s ..--->~ o-'--@ 49,. se.Aoo =. sDnA
THE su1rAu,s or,,c.,s
Tho s,,tan hos ,,;ss s.,.s.t ss...a. -.ss.
rort,nonta lito th,sa .t ..41uy ~, as
e a danartman+ ~ s+ata ~ ea,.s;. - .ne4o
war denartment danart,nent - s VII
works and a dans mont - aa,,as+;s puIc ~ ~
interior and of inst;ca 4 49, ,.,.,,.us :. .ne
these 90 danartnnan+s sra n +ha ,.s.t nr h...,s =
known as tha Sublime por+s ,.h;ah 49, = s ,anauus
80 - A,A1 =. ~ y Aosaeeu 1ss
honl known as The old So seraas;n - r .s;s;eal, Ss
tha Sublime Porte vests,daa s,,d 49, s.sa.s'u
bar of the leading Tnrk;.h ne1o;s,. ' sa.. nu
that many ~ then s,ol,a | Eaa,;s,, -, loanu a.ra
All % cold converse II Franch osh;as. Snu sase
i.tar who has chavez m - - ~ : e. nn-
~ the ennn;ra snd ,shn :. - sssls plses
connected With tha ;ntsr;or +oid ~ 49, s4os
eovernmant was no,v 49,. .a. Sl.e
naner and that tho ,,av ] wouid e ea,. .ne ngws-
each citv in the Tnr,.ish ar,r;,.a aa,.lS s mnen
;ts da;iG ,anar 'e.1 s''''n "ou1u 1'ave
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