The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22
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TauaInosisn Learned TO Howl ard whIri.

Taninostsn Learned TO Howl ard Whiri.
isaiah Taminosian. Howline and Hurting
Deryish." was the signature on paper handed
TO Sun reporter the other Jay. The reporter
had undertaken 10 Interview the man in scarlet
robes who at o'clock every afternoon spins
round and round for about ten minutes on one
Of the platforms down stairs at the circus.
The attempt was not particularly successful.
Mr. Taminosian. which is the real nnmo Of
THE Human Top" is said to sneak ten lam
Ruages luently, but English IL not one OF
them. So the reporter wrote a few questions
which the dervsh said he would take to an
Armenian friend who would write the an
swers. II was the document containing these
answers which was signed in large letters.
"Howling and Hurting Deryish." II should
be OK planned for the reinsurance OF those who
contemplate going to SEQ Mr.. Tamlnosian per-
form his revolutions. that his Armenian friend
hasn't quite learned English as shells spoke !"
In Now York. and that hurting" should be
read "whirlinG."
MIR. Taminosian is rather handsome young
Syrian from Antioch. lie is "a years old.
and has been In this country nine months
When he shall have aided English to the ten
languages he speaks 6uently. he is going to
write book on Mohamm edanism. He says
he will expose its corrupt beliefs and bad
manners" He is a Christian by birth and be-
Lief, and the story OF how he became a sheikh,
and learned what he calls deryish principle"
In a romantic tale OF adventure. He refuses to
give the details because he is reserving them
for his book. but here are the main facts:
Syria and one Of the ne9hbors OF the Tamino-
sian family was n Ehekh. One day young
Isaiah was absent from sch0S,; Owing l., his
was hockey" but a certain i'm nation on the
ously led the reporter to think II was. He was
standing at window facing the house Of the
arrived and began n to recite their prayers &C.
companylng them with such cheerful little
eccentricities as putting iron pins through
eating them. and eating glass and fire:
The rolling gait and taitooed skin Of sailor
boy more than did these performances the i'm
aGination OF young Isaiah After the der
and beg him to teach him how 70 do such won
deriul thing; He was told that Ia they were er
sSelk III" would ID teach him. We'll. Il didn't take
a II.year. old boy long to decide. Was, there
thing in order to learn to eat snakes. and fire
and glass But the profession was secret
the so w Gna his
curiosity sfil further. and then said fS
become an open convert to Mohammedanis m.
Isaiah did not propose TO he stopped in his pur.
home with his Christian relatives after pre-
tending to become n Mohammedan. so he ran
NS Ihs 81 hP to 40 to
travelled among the different Mohamme dan
sects. and then returned to his own country
where the same wise old proselyter ordained
the still more cunning young convert regu-
lar sheikh. After that Isaiah went to Constan :
tlnopie for several years. served one year in
the army. and then. as he mysteriously puts f..
for some reason. fed"
He visited over nifty, cities in Turkey. anil
ia "a n a ~ y a
twelve varieties altogether. The i've which
Roafni Bedevi Saadi, Nakshl ami MevlevL
Asan illustration Of his friends English here
"Bedevi dervish means wild, I mean Bedevi
word itself means wild but the real name OF
this dervish also has ,, been M2ha INN VINO
wild man before. but after Icing educated has
been a wise man and in o:der to celehrate hit
derysh principle and has been the author OF
Bedevi dervish principle"
village where the founder, MohImned. lived,
They dress entirely in black. The NaSshi
dervishes spend most Of their time in repeat,
all alone. close the doors and windows care
fully. and count over and over. as fast as they
They think that every bead signifies prayer
to Allah. whose name they rel eat to them selves
Snaditdiu the name 81 the founder of this sect
Of derrishes. As Mr.. Taminosian tells his
Story. Ne was once an invader IN me mountains.
the leader Of oand OF forty thieves, one day
man named ShAikh Abdoul kadir the
servant Of the Almighty"l was on a Journey
TO lBagdad. This man" was rather youth
full being only II years old, but he was both
brave and honest. as the story proves. Saadi
with his forty thieves ran across the caravan
and began to plumber right and left Finally
they came to Abdoul ka,iir. who. according to
Mr., Taminosian. had stood quiet. folding his
arms across his breast" They asked him
what he had with him. and as his mother had
advised him not to speak lies he told them
that he had ten Ottoman pounds. seven in his
garments. In the upper part OF his sleeve. The
robbers promptly searched him and found
that no had told them the truth. which SO sur
prised them that they took him to their leader.
Saadi was 90 much i'm pressed by the truthful
ness OF the young sheik h that he was con verted
on the spot and became the founder OF the
Saadi deryishes.
II is as a Mevlevi deryish that Mr.. Tamino-
sian performs at the circus, but he confesses
that he does not concentrate his thoughts upon
a ah. as the real deryish is supposed 70 do. He
uses not get Mt all dizzy. and can whirl inces-
sanity for hours without being tired lie also
declares that when he bowls il does not hurt
his voice because" as he says. " know how
"Dervish," says Mr. TaminosIan. means a
step at the door which every one steps on
when going into house. and. therefore. some
thing very hum le." When deryish enters a
door he takes a long stride. so as not TO put his
foot on the doorstep. That would be equivA-
lent to treadIng on his own body