The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-02

SNCuue AuCn elated when they are IN
his favor
It would seem unreasonab BILE under these
circumstances that any Turk should ever
grow rich, but among the merchants of
the capital and leading seaports there are
| many wealthy men, who have become
rlch IN spite not only of their natural in
dlnerence TO their surroundings, but also
OF the exhorbitant taxes levied by the
government. For when the Turk is a
| money-maker at all he is exceedingly
close Even the Greek. who has the
| reputation of being the sharper of the
I orient, Is not shrewder at a bargain than
a Turk. But to the latter the value of
tlme is an unknown quantity, nor can he
| IN the least be made 10 understand that
others regard time as money. IT is a
matter of supreme satisfaction, therefore.
70 MIN TO deter even the consideration of
| the most important and pressing affairs,
| ana when a Turk succeeds in putting off
until the day after to morrow what ought
| TO have been done the week before last
ne regards himself as having achieved
triumph of intellect.
1t is thus about as easy to hurry Turk
as 70 hasten the march of the seasons.
he cannot be hurried Whether the fair
IS that OF buying handful of tobacco for
ms pipe or OF negotiating a treaty for the
salvation Of Constantinople from the Rus
slams ne is
GOING TO TAKE HIS TINE
About it, and to every effort to hasten
matters he will oppose passive resist
ance far more effective than the most
active antagonism. A gentleman officially
connected with the British embassy in
Constantinople some years ago had occa-
sion to transact piece of business with
the Turkish foreign Office. The matter
was simple, merely requiring the consid-
GRAFTON of one official and the preparation
OF paper not more than two or three
pages in length, and, under ordinary cir
cumstances, the whole matter should
have been concluded in twenty minutes.
But there were two grave objections to
it in the mind of the official concerned.
One was, it was out of the ordinary rou-
tine OF business; the other was il de-
manded little extra work. The first
Item was of grave importance, the second
was an almost insuperable objection. The
application was made on May 20 1882,
and on the following day the gentleman
called with the confident expectation that
that the whole matter was concluded. He
was met with an excuse and went away,
promising TO return on the following day.
He did so, 10 be again put off The his
tory OF the third and forth days was that
OF the first and second, and the fifth and
sixth showed no Improvement, He was
determined to see a higher official, and
did so, with the assurance that the mat
ter should be looked into. 1t may have
been, but he could never find out, as mis-
calls for week on the SUI
perior functionary produced not
whit more effect than on the
official a grade below.
He resumed his calls on the original
office, therefore, continued them each day
for a week longer, and then went away
to Smyrna. Hewas gone month returned,
called every day for week more,
left note and went to Egypt Six weeks
later he came back and resumed his calls,
determ ined TO ascertain, if he could, how
long it would take to wear out the pa
thence of Turk For weeks he contin-
ued to call, only to be met with the same
excuses every day, until, finally, becom-
ing thoroughly eXasperated, he applied
To one of the sulJan's ministers, laid the
case before him, and after two weeks
longer secured an order that the paper
should be made out at once. This was
sent to the bureau where the matter first
started, and after the official had taken
week to digest and understand it, the
business was done, nearly six months
after it should have been.
THE INCIDENCE
OF official life is reflected in every grade
and class of the people. The street porter
sits down and smokes while waiting for
Allah to send him Job; the donkey boy
lies down. Nobody stands Ip to do any
thing that by any stretch of ingenuity
| can possibly Deaccomplished while seated.
Carpenters sit down to saw and plane
board shutting inconveniently along on
their hams as the necessities of their work
demand when on guard in positions that
do not demand constant watchfulness the
| Bashi-BaZouk sentinels squat cross
| legged on the pavement, smoking their
| pipes or cigarettes
The triumph OF laziness, however, is re-
| corded by DIN, who, in his travels in the
| Orient, noticed in a province of Asiatic
| Turkey a farmer at work spading his
| garden. AS any one knows who has
| tried it, sDading is not an easy task, but
requires not only a considerable applica-
| tion of muscle but in addition all the
| weight of the body to be thrown on the
| spade in order to force IL through the
soil. The laborhating Turkish granger,
! however unwilling to do violence to his
| own feelings or to set a bad example to
! the neighborS by standing up to work,
| managed to accomplish his Job, after
| fashion, while squatting on the earth.
He had two instruments, one resem-
| bling a spade, but with n short handle, tho
| other much like small Ratchet. With
| the latter he chopped out a square block
of soil, and, this accomplished, he laid
| DOWN JHe ndJCneJ' LOOK WnllI OF MS pipe,
| and with the spade turned over the block
| he had detached He thus worked slowly
| backward, turning the earth as he went,
and signally triumpning in his ability to
! farm without standing up to do il.
This, however, is only an extreme case,
! for. the sultan who squatS on a divan
while receiving ministers of state, to the
harem beauty who IS never represented
save as reclining among her cushions,
everybody sits, and everybody regards
any occupation at which he cannot work
while seated as fit only for an intidel and
an unbelieving dog