The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-10-31
IN C0NSTANTlN0pLE.
SOME OF THE STRANGE SIGHTS
SEEN IN ITS STREETS,

The Turks Vep and Funny Tro"scrs ,
| Crooked streets aud the Dogs Thereof
| Shops and rcddlers of All Sorts-nriN'
| ing Bnrgan
One of the first things you viii notice is
the fes, worn by all the Turks, Ii is nd
felt cap with no visor, with a flat top aud
black silk taSsoL Turkish law requires every
male subject Of the sultan 10 wear this kind
of n cap. The men wear very funny trousers
There are no close fitting pantaloons, such s
men wear in America; hut loose haggy con.
triyances, which look like two largo bags
faStriipd together at the top, These arc
rathord around tho waist with colorod
rirdle, which is sometimes very handsome.
The streets arN not much better than our
nnrrovrst alleys, aud So crooked and dirtyi |
We S,tth not enjoy living in such streets, and
business would ho quite impossible, You
never met 81 many dogs before They are
his yellow animals, and live in the streets /
They have, no owners hut shift for them
solves as we'll as they can, You will Stun |
hle over them il YOU are not careful, for they
seem to think that the street belongs to thehl-
selves. They lie down anywhere, before a
shop or in the middle of the street, aud owl
IDENTIFY exrect us 20 turn out for them These
dogs organize themselves into bands, and
each company has its own district, 1t is dam
rerous Tor a 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 AZ
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 grand
: feast by themselves. They did not take n
mouthful, but started off at full speed in OPP
posite directions Soou their barking sum-
: moned the whole pack, and they ate their
| dinner together,
{ | know YOU will laugh at the shops in Con-
, stantinople. They are not like the beautiful
l stores you have seen in our cities, with largo
plate giaeS show windows and long rows OF
; elegant counters. In CJnstantinople the
, principal stores are in bazaars, These
:, bayaars are large one story buildings with
: streets running through them i'll every dtrec-
tion. On each side of these streets are the
little shops. The floor is about two feet
D above the street, and the owner usually sits
u on the floor with his legs crossed under him.
D The room is small, 50 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,
: be takes his pipe from his mouth and begins
= 10 chatter away in very lively fashion,
r showing us some piece of goods. II you show
q any desire 10 make a purchase, he will name
, high price, and pretend he is giving you
a the article II you offer a much smaller sum
: he will fold up the cloth and put it away
!, with a gesture of horror, When you turn
y away, however, he will call you back and
= take your own price or else make u new oher
y y much below the first
THE CARPENTERS SHOP
q One of the strangest places is the carpenter
y shop. Here You will see a man seated ON the
/ floor behind a turning lathe Instead of
l. using a treadle us our workmen do, he has a
bow and string which he draws back and
forth with his right hand, and so makes the
wheel reyolve. He holds the chisel in his
left hand and presses it against the wood with
II his bare toes. Is that not a strange way to
>, use a turning lathei
r You might think, where the stores are 80
r close together and the streets so narrow, that
r pedders would have poor chance Still
G. there are a great many of them who sell
70 fruit These men carry trays of fruit on
,e their heads. When they find good place tc
NJ stop, they set down the tray upon high
ro stool, take their scales from their shoulder:
90 and are ready for business. They sell almost
-, everything by weight and are usually care
''7 full, though the scales may be very rude.
have seen them made simply Of two wooder
saucers, suspended by strings from a straight
stick. The,bar was held by another string
in fastened in the middle, and the eye must
e., Judge when the two scales balanced. The
the weights may be bits of iron or even broker
is pieces of stone or brick. On the tray thest
. 6r, peddars have large, luscious grapes and vii
os give you all you can eat for a cent or two
est There are fresh green figs which do not lool
ia tne much like the dried ones that come to il
.rs' boxes. The ounces are large and the peopl'
as cook them with meat The chestnuts ar
gu. larger than ours, though not quite so sweet
nst They are roasted, taken from the shell ant
IRE cooked with meat and potatoes in a very mic
ND ND stew.
Other men carry tanks Of water or lemon
ade on their backs, and jingle cups in thei
G. hands to attract attention. The funnies
cd ed. way to carry water and wine is in the skin
of hogs or butfaloes. When full these loo
almost like the animal from which the ski
has been taken. Thus you may often meet
man with what looks like one or two hogs o.
'ei' his back The men who carry these win
US skins, as well as other burdens, have quee
aid saddles fastened to their backs, and put til
lis load on these
lis In the eating rooms you may see littl
out stoves with soup cooking on them, or bits Z
the meat roasting on q spit over the Goals. Th
ap- odors are inviting; but you may go hungry
Ken unless you can talk their strange Language
, In Constantinople almost every language {
oie the world is ed.-Detroit Free Press.