Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-30
MARK TWAIN'S ADMIRER WILL
WILL BRING THE SULTAN'S SOLlI
SILVER BEDSTEAD WEIGH
ING A TON AND a HALF.

Far Away Moses is coming to the
fair, says the Chicago Herald. All OF
Mark Twain's readers know Far Away
Moses. They may hot have met him in
the flesh, but they know him just the
same Far Away Moses is a guide IN
ConStantinople. He is engaged Ill buSl-
ness there, but his fOndness for Amer
cans is so pronounced that he quits
business when american tourists come
to town, and then he shows them about
the place Robert Levy says Far Away
Moses pilots thousands of Americans
through Constantinople every year. He
| takes them in big parties" said Mr..
| Levy. land most Of the tourists have
so much confidence in Far Away Moses
| that they give him all their money
| when they come to town and let him
| pay their bills. When they go away
| he hands them back their purses and
| they don't stop to count what he passes
| back. Oh, it's a fact. Far Away Moses
! is an honest fellow. He hasn't laid up
dollar, and every year he has thou
sands thrust into his hands. I know it,
| because he works for me-that is, he
is supposed to have charge of a depart
ment in the big firm with which [ am
| connected
Anyway, Far Away Moses is coming
to the fair And, better than that, he is
going to bring not only himself, but a
| solid silver bedStead with him one
| that an eX-sultan of Turkey used to
stretch his tired form on. The bed
stead is not one of those venerred things
that are found in some hotels and 9TH
| er places. 1t is the solid stuff. 1t
| weighs a ton and a half, and is all sill
yer. That is what Far Away Moses,
| the honest Turk, claims, and he backs
| his statement up with an irOn-clad con-
| tract, made with big men Of the worlds
| fair, who have no sympathy with Shams
or veneered bedsteads. 1t will go hard
with Far Away Moss if he undertakes
F! to palm off a cheap article of furniture
for that all-silver bedstead, on which
| IN eX-sultan used to rest his weary
frame. Far Away Moses would probab-
| ~ be thrown off the grounds violently
and without any unnecessary ceremony.
|
consideration, and will not run am
risks. Robert Levy. and others who
know Far Away Moses, say he will
bing the genuine bedstead.
! Far Away Moss viii hinslf be one of
| the Interesting exhibits in the Turkish
and Syrian show at the fair. He is not
! exactly the brightest star of the consteI-
| latiOn, for 449 other Turks and SyrianS
are coming to show how Turks and
| Syrians live on their native heath, to
work rs they work at home and sell
| goods just as they sell them at home.
The Turkish and Syrian village will be
all interesting place to visit. A lot of
natives are getting it ready now. They
were brought over especially to build
| the houses and theatre, so they would
be exactly lik those in COnstintinople.
| sSome unique things have been under
| taken in connection with this show,
| which has been planted in Midway plat
sance along with other foreign displays
of tbs character. One Of the attractive
| places in the section will be the Turk
| ish theatre, where dances are to be
| given exactly as they are on the oc-
| casion Of wedding celebrations and holi-
days. Dancers will be brought directly
from COnstantinople to do the high
kicking at this theatre. Then girls who
| do not dance viii sell original Turkish
lemonade, and mollebee, and sultan sy-
rupS and raht of lukum, which means
Turkish delight. These ingredients of
these mixtures and compounds are mys-
ferrous and elusive.
Robert Levy, who represents the big
| firm of Ella Souhomi Sadueeah and Co.
which is going to bring all these things
to the fair. says the company will build
thirteen typical Turkish houses at Jack
son park, just as they exist IN the old
streets of COnStantinople. These hOus-
es will be filled with men and women
carrying on their native occupations
women working at embroidery and orr
entaI aruCdeS, men weaving Co. yeIS
and merchants standing in bazaars off
erlnS genuine Turkish and Syrian ar
tlcleS of merchandise We have TWEEN
ty-fiye wOrkmen on the grounds now
and will have fifty more in two months.
The company has made d contract to-
reproduce the hippOdrome of Constan-
unople, and CIeOpatra'S needle I'hdi
later will be fashioned in wood and will
be a perfect duplicate of the original
in every respect. 1t is to be 100 feet
nigh. Then we will reproduce the an.
Gent fountains and old bazaars of Con-
StantinOple, and our work SHIPS will
form perfect duplicate of one of the
historic streets of that interesting citv.
But that is not ALL We shall erect
in honor of the shah Of Persia a tent
fifty feet square, the walls will be hung
with rich tapestry, worked in gold, and
other decorations of silk and cloth in
terlaced with gold will adoln the sides.
This work resembles the finest tapestry
and has never been seen in America A
conspicuous feature Of this tent to !
which the shah has promised to con-
tribute literally, will be an illustration
OF ancient wars the battles being por-
trayed by needlework of the finest
pattern. This tent alone will cost $780,
600. The sultan Of Turkey has agreed
to make many gifts to our display.
1.-THE Syrian bread workers will be
watched with interest They mix their
dough in a hole in the ground, and when
1t is baked it comes from the rude oven
in sheets nearly as thin as paper and
almost as white. Eminent Syrians and
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