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SOUTH AMERICAN POLITICS

GUAYAoUIL, via Galveston), Oct.
21.-EL GtObO publishes a long edit
orial in support of the refusal of the
Ecuadorian government to accept the
proposals of an agent for a European
syndicate for an arrangement touch
ing upon national, external and in
ternal debt. Also for the construc-
ton of a railroad to Quito, and the es-
tablishment of an official bank.
The government has rejected all
proposals, not acknowledging that the
agent had sufficient power to act in
the name OF foreign bondholders.
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Attest: W. B. Ross, Recorder.
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entered from the insidcby stairs lending up to it,
and the conductor has compartment or car of
his own. Tho conductor does not take up the
tickets himself but he regulates the number
of people who go into the compartments. and
he carries the keys. When arrived at the de-
pot in Coustantinople, which is in the very heart
of the Turkish part of the city, asked my guide
To Introduce me 10 the conductor. IIo did so,
aud the conductor, though no spoke but little
English, fully understood from my Turkish
and my gestures that | WAS willing to give
him good fee if he would hold compartment
for myself and wife and keep all others out of
1t. l had quite a large amount of hand-b
gage, and was little late in getting into tho
car. There was great crowd of second class
passengers but the conductor, having .jammed
six Of these into each compartment unlocked
an empty one for me when came up and locked
IL again rs soon rs we were seated. When the
other passengers attempted To enter before
came he told them IL had been reserved for a
noted Pasha, and shortly after the tickets were
taken up he came around, congratulated me on
my comfort, and said he hoped | was satisfied.
| handed him dollar, and he went away happy.
My next-door neghhor, who had paid first-elass
fare, had compartment full of passengers and
did not have IA chance to liedown. This bribery
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you will not find in America. In this she gives
the trousseau of Bulgarian peasant girl. 1T
consists" she says " of long shirt embroider-
cd with fine tapestry in worsted or colored
silks around the collar sleeves and skirt, and
of hOmespun WOODEN sleeveless coat made so
as to tightly fit the figure, and also richly en-
broidered. In addition to this the maiden
must have an embroidered overcoat, an apron
completely covered with embroidery, embroid-
cred woolen socks garters, and red shoes. Her
whole wardrobe is homemade, and ono Of the
dresses will often take three months of con-
slant work to embroider it. The girl must also
bring carpets, rugs and sheets, and she has sill
yer ornaments. consisting Of neck Iaces, ear
rings and bracelets, as much as she can afford
She begins to work upon her trousseau rs soon
as she is old enough 10 thread a needle and she
keeps il in long bolster shaped bag until she
grows up and becomes fortunate enough TO get
an offer of marriage" Many Of the marriages
among the Bulgarian peasants take place in the
cellar and the bride comes to the home OF her
father-in-aw to have the marriage performed
The Bulgarian wife expects 70 do her share of
the working for the support Of the family. I
see as many women men working in the
fields, and number Of the wooden wheeled OK
carts which we passed on the road were driven
by women.
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and IL gives thorough classical education.
When IL was first projected great trouble was
experienced in getting charter and permit
TO build from the Turkish Government but
Admiral Farragut happened To be at Constan-
tiuope. and he was entertained by the Sultan.
During the audience he was asked his opinion
of Turkey aud in replying he requested the
Sultan to allow this college to be built. The
Sultan knew that the American gunboats were
In front Of Coustantinople. and though there
was perhaps no danger from them he feared
them. He granted the request, and this college
has since then been one of the great educational
institutions Of the Orient. The leading thinkers
of tho East have been educated in IL, and tho
most of the rulers in the Bulgarian independ-
encc were graduates of it, / visited ladies'
seminary in the Asiatic part of Constantine
pie, and | saw here large number of Bull
garian girls who were receiving good English
educatiOns.
met on tho train Bulgarian lady and her
daughter, both of whom spoke French and
Greek, and am told that many of the Bull
garians are now educated in the Capitals of
Europe.
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In Sofia that the Prince lives. but his palace Ia
not extraordinary, and the streets Of the town
arc narrow and crooked. The most interesting
scenes were those of the country. / passed
through the land on day, and the peas
ant girls came ont in their Sunday dresses.
They wore n most picturesque costume, con-
sisting of n long gown bound in at the waist by
girdle fastened by buckles made of great discs
of silver, each buckle having two discs as big
around as the bottom of tin cup. | saw one
such belt-clasp which mnst have weighed sew
eral pounds for each side Of il was fully six
inches in diameter. IL was richly carved and
was very massive The gowns of these madens
fell nearly to the feet, and abont the necks of
many of them were after row of silver
coins, much after tho same style as the costume
OF the Greek country girls There were many
pretty faces among them, and | noticed that
most of them had their hair bound round with
wreaths of flowers. The men were clad in
costume half Turkish, half European, and
both sexes went along together.
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all of, sending them 10 the Confederate rear,
from whence they got TO Richmond; and it
happened to be the very best thing for them, as
they afterwards got in good circumstances, and
one of the children is now Baptist preacher.
Shortly afterwards Confederate cavalry bril-
gade was camped at Stevensburg and one of the
regiments WIS the 1st Nd. Cav They picketed
at the DEVILS Jump" about 600 yards from
my house. The Sergeant OF Co.
of the 1st Md. was very susceptible young
man, aud professed TO he very much smtten
with my youngest daughter. Every day saw
his horse tied TO my fence and il was becoming
little tiresome TO tho girl. So one day he was
sitting on my doorstep, and had taken of his
belt and pistols and had laid them down by
him. My daughter picked up one of the revolv-
ers which was fine English seif-cocker, and
asked him If it was loaded. He said il was,
and 10 be careful. as il was n self ocker, and
firing might alarm the pickets. She was full
OF mischief so holding the pistol out, she fred
the six barrels as rapidly as she could, aud then
handed the astonished ]. G. Mather his smok
ing weapon and went into the house. As
came around from the back yard saw Mather
flying toward camp and some Of the pick cts
coming up from the other directions to sec
what the trouble was. My daughter came out
and lAughingly told me what had occurred, SO
/ explained to the pickets.
MATHER CALLED NO MORE.
On June s, 1863, went beyond Brandy Sta
tion 10 purchase some -four, and was returning
next day, when met a large body of Conleder-
ate cavalry, who halted me, rs | was mounted
and galloping, and inquired my business. l
told them and they let me go on. The whole
country seemed To be covered with cavalry and
batteries and as passed out of Brandy heard
the firing and cheering and yelling OH the
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There are many Turks still in Bulgaria, and
l saw in some of the villages MahOmetan
women with walls over their faces but these
were in the towns nearest Turkey. Bulgaria
has been subject to Turkey until within few
years, and tho Turks very much fear that tho
remainder of their Bulgarian population will
revolt visited large missionary establish
ment in Constantinople where a Bulgarian
newspaper was printed. It's editor told me
that the officers Of the Sultan made him sub
NIT all his proofs to them before they would
allow them to be published, and that they
crossed out every sentence and every word
that tended to tho praise of liberty and indie
pcndence.
The Bulgarians are very bright and very
ambitious people They have made great ad-
vances in the last few years, and there is an
American college at Ccnstantinople, which, | am
told, has done more than anyih hing else toward
the establishment OF Bulgarian Independence.
This college Il situated on the Bosphorus, above
the palace of the Sultan. 1t was founded by
funds given by Mr.. Roberts, of New York,
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A great part Of the country through which
the new railroad runs reminds one forcibly of
the richest valleys of New York and Pennsyl-
vania. and riding through southern Hungary
is like going through great garden filled with
the most luxuTiant crops, and spotted here aud
there with long lines of forest trees which
shade the white, we'll made roads There are
no fences in either Hungary, Bulgaria or Ser
via. You see few ruins in passing along the
line, but tho houses grow better and the people
appear more comfortable you get away from
Turkey and into Christendom. Some of the
road runs along the Danube. You see the
snow on the Balkan Mountains while travelling
through Servia, and your eyes are delighted
with plump sheep. fat cattle and fine horses
along the whole of the route. One of the most
curious sights | saw during the whole trip
was the shoeiug of horse at a blacksmith's
shop in Servian village. Two blacksmiths
were working at the horse at the same time.
He had been thrown on the ground under
sort of crotched log, upon which another log
Was stretched, so that this last log rested Just
above aud over his belly. To this log both his
hind feet and his front feet were tied and his
head WAS tied 10 tree some distance away
He thus rested on his back with his feet in the
air during tho shoeing.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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the original Bulgarians. They shaved their
heads, wore turhans and were poygamists
They were very fierce race, and they con-
quered the Savs and united with them, be-
ing from that time ON known rs Bulgarians.
About the close Of the fourteenth century the
Turks conquered the Bulgarians and the conn
try was under the con troll of the Sultan until a
few years ago. The Mahometans during that
time were tho controlling part of tho population.
They had their mosques in the different cities
and many of the richer of the Bulgarian peo-
ple became Mah0metans in order to increase
their power. The main body of the people
We're, however, Christians and SO they are to-
day. They believe in tho doctrines of the
Greek Church, and you see your high capped
black -gowned Greek priests here as Won do i'm
all parts of Russia and Greece.
The Bulgarian of to-day has but ons wife
and marriages are often love matches. There
is no seclusiOn of the sexes, and among the
peasants the girls work in the fields as well as
the men. lt is customary TO have matchmak-
ers TO arrange matters, and the groom is ex-
pected to pay certain sum To the father of the
bride. This sum ranges from a couple of hum
dred To more than u thousand dollars, and a
contract for IL is entered into at the time the
engagement is made. Elopements are not un-
common, and tho marriage ceremonies are full
OF interest. An English C0nsnls daughter
who spent II years among tho Bulgarians, has
written book containing her experiences,
which Is out OF print in England, and which
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TURKEY TO EUROPE.
Our Correspondent Crosses the Balkan
Peninsula by The New Railroad.

Travel and Traffic on the Highway Between
Europe and Asia-A Dribsd Confederation Bul-
garia and ServiR Look, and Something About
Their Curions Peopic-fhe Two Capitals, Sofia
and Bclgrade-B Bulgarian Independence and Rob-
ert Colcge-Admiral Farragut and the Sultan.
Bulgarian Maidens aud bulgarian Marrages-A
Chance for MASSACHUSETTS, Girls-Servia and It's
Material Advancement = HOrseshoeing in the
Balkans-LOwer Hungary, etc.
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We left Constantinople at night, and we
travelled through rich, rolling plains from
thence to Buda- Pesth. We crossed Bulgaria
and Servia, and rode for many miles over the
rich fields of Hungary. The novelty of the
railroad had not yet worn off, and there were
crowds at most of the stations. / stopped for
a short time in Sofa. the Capital Of Bulgaria.
It is fat, uninteresting town in the center OF
great plain. 1t contains about 10000 people,
and the population is much like that of Eu-
ropean city. There were soldiers at the sta
tion, and you see soldiers in Turkish trousers
here and there in the streets of the city. 1t is
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The Bulgarians more like the Russians
and the Greeks than the Turks. They are, in
fact, u sort of combination of the Russians aud
tho Germans. The Slavic race had overrun
this country at the end of the sixth century,
aud during the seventh century they had set
tied down TO farming aud sheep-raisug, whom
n tribe of the Huns swooped down from the
north upon them and conquered them. These
Huns were known as Bulgars, and they were
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URKEY is tie d to
Europe with iro n
bands. The through
railroad from Paris to
CoustaDtinople w as
completed this Spring,
and four days will now
take you from London
20 the city of the Sui
tan. A fast express has
just been added from
Berlin, and tho German
Mtniglnr ran rafpt vn
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wi
his instructions from Bismarck s mouth, aud 72
hours later can whisper them in person in the
ear of the Sultan. Railroad building is going
on throughout southeastern Europe. Athens
will within year or so be connected with
Buda-Pesth and Vienna by rail. and this rich
Balkan peninsula through which have just
passed will be a network Of railroads. The
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The road from Paris 10 Calcutta goes through
some OF the richest country on the face of tho
giobo, and the road ought TO be paying in
vastment The new part of IL running from
hero 10 Turkey Is well hallRsted, and the trains
move over il as fast as do those of the Pennsy-
vania company in going from New York to
Washington. The fast express, which goes three
times week through To Paris, is always packed,
and it Is necessary n engage your berths for
weeks IN advance during the busy season. Tho
cars OF this train are the Mann Bouhoir ears con-
tanning sleeping compartments and dining-cars,
aud the fares on this train arc about 90 per cent.
higher than the ordinary rates | took the
slower and cheaper train. ~ wished 10 SEQ the
country, aud | found myself very comfortable
with sccond-elaas ticket There arc three
CLASSES this railroad. Tho FIRST aud second
arc much tho same, save that the compart-
menls of the hrst have seats cushioned with
velvet, while the seats Of the second are cover
ed with leather. The ears are made much like
those Of England aud France. the coaches being
cut up into little rooms By partitions being run
across them from ono side 10 tho other They
arc better however. than the cars OF Europe in
that there is an aisle al the side Of the car
through which one can pass in "a hall from
one room to the other. The doors Of the com
psItments all open into this hall, and there is
a wash-room in each car The brakeman has
a little cage built on the top Of the car, which is
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Eastern and Wcst.vn civilizations will flow
from one part Of the world to the other through
iron veins. The most advanced Of tho Turks
expect to see railroad from Constantinople to
Bagdad within very few years. and the new
Safnarcand is being pushed on toward tho Indian
frontier, and we viii yet travel from Paris to
Calcutta by rail-
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The Bulgarian farms are small. The whole
country is not much more than twice the size
Of Massachusetts,, and the population Is over
100000. This population is almost entirely
agricultural, and there are only eight towns in
the Kingdom, which have ever 10000 inhab-
itants- Speaking Of Massachusetts,, it might
make some kind Of an arrangement with Bull
garia To dispose of portion of its $4,000 mar
riaReable unmarried girls. The men are in the
majority in Bulgaria, and by the last censas /
find that there are about $4,000 more men in
tho country than women. / doubt, however.
whether the Massachusetts, maidens would be
satisfied with the average Bulgarian cottage.
i have seen thousands Of them, and they are
mere huts thatched with straw. aud in many
cases they seem to be woven of twigs. They are
one story, and generally not more than ID
feet high. Each house is divided into three
rooms one of which is the liying-room Of
tho family, another the sleeping room. and
the third is sort Of storehOuse. There
are beds, and the bedding is piled
up during the day, to be out of the way.
The whole family sleep in the same room,
and there is a sort of little porch or vestibule
in the front of the house. where the family sit
during pleasant weather. The floors are the
ground. which is covered with mating and
rugs. The people live very eheaply, and rye
bread and cornmeal mush and beans are the
staple articles of diet. | see many men dressed
in sheepskin. with the wool turned inward; and,
all told the Bulgarian peasant man is not the
ceanest nor the sweetest animal in the world.
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The population Of Servia seems to be much
the same rs that Of Bulgaria. though the capi-
tai. Belgrade, is a much finer city than Sofia
and nearly twice as large It has many fine
buildings. and its depot will compare favorably
with those of any town of hundred thousand
in the United States. IL is on the Danube and
is Systematically situated. Servia isadvancing fully
as fast, If not faster, than Bulgaria. It's people
are of much the same character, but there is
less Mahometan blood in their veins. Their
religion is that of the Greek Christian Church,
and you see the priests everywhere. They
have n compulsory system of education and
there is a Seryian university which has faeul-
ties of philosophy and law. and which employs
33 professors. The girls are educated as well rs
the boys aud an agricultural school has lately
been started. Tho majority Of the Seryians
are farmers and cattle raiseFs, but the country
is full of minerals, and the Government is anx-
ious TO have these developed. Mining conces-
sions have been lately granted TO capitalists in
England, Belgium, and Germany. and / am
told that the country is full of iron, silver,
copper and zinc, as well as coal and quicksilver.
There is a Servian National bank, and there
are numbers of savings banks throughout the
different parts of the country. Both Seryia
and Bulgaria are we'll covered with telegraph
wires and both have now good postal systems.
Railroads have been projected which will open
up the interior of both countries to trade, and
this Constantinople road makes a large area
of rich territory accessible.
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of conductors Is the regular thing in southeast
ern Europe, and, in fact, all over the continent
q judicous bribe will add to ones comfort
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lcoPYRfanTED ny FRANK q. CARPENTER. 1881

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