The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-09-05

Key has no place on its highways. IL has good
hotels and the Hotel d'Augleierre, where am
stopping has electric bells, French cooks aud
French servants. il is no different from a
French hotel. and inside Of il you mi ght i'm
hEine yourself in Paris rather than in Turkey.
II Is much the same with STEAMBOAT. which is
the Turkish quarter Of this great city. IL has
streets paved with cobble-stone, aud you can
ride il street-eaTs from mosque 10 mosque and
go past the very Offices Of the Sublime Porte
itself The houses here look more like those
81 some dirty European village than Of a great
Turkish capital, aud ] find that C0nstantinople
is much less Oriental than Cairo European
trinkets Tor sale in its bazars; tiuerant
vendors peddle saltwater in pOp-botties at the
corners Of the streets, and its Government
officer wear European clothes. ] called upon
the Secretary Of State in Government Depart
ment not unlike one Of those Of Washington
and found q grsy-whiskered man sitting behind
mahogany desk upon which was a row oil but
tons, by the touching Of which lie could call
hts officials from the different parts Of the
buiiding. His face ar fair as my own, and
he conversed iH French huently as any Of
our diplomats al Washington. he wore black
clothes, much like those Of an Episcopal
preacher cut Of the pulpit, and his only sign
Of Orieutalism was in the rcd fez cap which
covered bis white locks The Sultan himself
dresses IN European clothes, and the ladies OF
the baren, when they 20 out 20 drive have
clothes Ike those Of our Washington bellies
and their faces are covered with walls 50 thin
that you can distinguish the layers Of paint
upon their cheeks
COustantHOpe has about 100000 people
IL is one Of the most beautiful cities in the
world, and also one Of the most indescribable
Lying a. i docs a. the mouth Of the BosBhOrus
and At fIie head Of the Sea Of Marmora it is
between Europe and Asia aud il forms the con-
melting link between enc and the other. The
sea Of MarmoTa d az blue az the Mediterranean
ia entering il you sail for miles through the
Straits Of DaFdaneiles, across which Byron
SWAN and on each side Of which the hills rise
iB low mountains, with picturesque villages at
their feet. The Bosphorus itself is lined with
great hills, and COnstaHtinOple stands upon hill
and valley. The city ID composed Of three
quarters, and the one you see TsL in coming %
y by sea IS StSmboul. Imagine a great city
rising ~ il were from the edge Of the sea. Let
u have hundreds Of tall white towers extend.
ing for many feet above it's nests Of houses.
let lie bills be crowned with mighty mosques
some Of which cover acres, aud from the NINA
refs Of which you hear the shrill tenor voices
calling out the hours Of prayer Let a low
ruined wall run around the edge OF this vast
city, and let wilderness Of palaces slope down
from hili az Seragio point 70 the edge Of the
water Put green trees among the houses aud
bet there be a patch Of green grass here and
there amid the wilderness Of buildings, aud this
gives you confused idea Of Stamb0ul. At the
right almost q stones throw from Europe is
Asia. aud the white, glaFing town at the base Of
us bills is Skutari, where the Deryishes live.
and where the most fanatic Of the Turks hold
their celebrations. On Ia front Of you as far
as you see flows what appears 20 be a
mighty river, is steep banks lined with
Oriental palaces aud modern villas and as you
round the point yOu face another piece Of water
which washes the European side Of STEAMBOAT.
and which is the famous Golden Horn On one
side Of this, surrounding a massive Geonese
tower and climbing up hill as steep as those Of
San Francisco are the cities Of Pera aud Galata
and al their base on the waters edge is long,
white, three-story palace of the Sultan, and
further up on the Hill among the trees is aa-
other palace in which his Royal Highness lives
with bis harem. The Golden Horn itself Is a
deep inlet, half mile wide where il Joins the
BosphorDs, aud narrowing as il curves in and
around STEAMBOAT and goes on into the country
70 the sweet waters Of Europe There is .