Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-02


cellent use OF that van tage point.
When from force Of circumstance the
four walls OF home become the out
skirts OF her kingdom for time, the
window where her darning basket, the
account book, the baby's cradle, The
daily paper or the magazine may bear
her company, while yet the outer world
comes close enough to bring It's message
of broader horizon and wider activi-
ties, becomes blessing not TO be I'M
derestimated. In crowded city, in the
trim village around which gardens clus-
ter and orchards Irvine, or in the real
country close TO natures heart, there is
always much OF interest. The sky, the
bending trees, even the lights and
shadows on the opposite wallis and the
people-always the people--have each
their own especial story to tell. But
herel Was there ever such a window,
with such infinite possibilities II is
high, to be sure; but SO much more COM
prehensive the view. Just before me
curves the Golden Horn, which Pro-
copius describes as always calm, and
never crested with waves, as though
barrier were placed there to the pillows,
and all storms were shut out from
thence, through reverence for the city,"
Various are the traditions as to the
causes for its name. Formed like
stag's horn-some say that The Golden
referred to the color OF the fish which at
one lime filled IL; while others attribute
tito tne rich revenue which It's fisheries
yielded from time irnmemoral. These
fish, rushing down from the SEA of Azov
and the Black Sea, early showed pre-
objection Tor these quiet waters, shoo.-
LII ,,,txs I,,t
rIching The rival city Of the coast of
Asia@Chalcedon, the CITY Of the Blind.
In this splendid hlfbor, benta Il my
window, is the Port OF War, in which,
idly rocking and rct,ing, lie all the
Turkish memo war, save the Jew apollo
gies that have timidy ventured 10
Crete and the Dardanelles. Great
black, unseaworthy bulks. Tor nearly
twenty years as idle as a painted ship
upon painted ocean, today they are un-
wontedly gay, tiicked out in scarlet
flags and pennons IN honor oil the Turks
great sactifcial feast of Courban Bal
ram. Across the Horn, to the south,
stretches the triangular ptomontory OF
Stamooul-the ancient capital OF Byzsn-
tium, founded 65S B. c. This is today
the purely Monammedan part OF the
city, holding within its walls the Serag-
ho-the principal mosques, the tombs or
turbehs OF the Sultans, The baths aud
enormous underground cisterns, the
khans, the bazars, the public Offices OF
the government and all the existing re-
mains OF the ancient CITY OF Constantine.
From the water, it rises in gradual
ascent, its swelling domes and slender
minare,s outlined against the sky; while
from the tender green Of budding
Ma,
stately palaces and humber dwell
ings that follow with fantastic
outline the narrow, ancient streets Few
factories or chimneys belching smoke
proclaim utilitarian activities, for Con-
stantinople is not manufacturing city,
despite her wondrous wafer privileges
And here is food Tor mediation Dur
ing the past thirty years foreign capital
lists realiz ng that Turkey was by nature
one OF the finest grain producing coun-
tries in the world, have tried to estab-
fish flour mills. AT one Time ten or
twelve were in operation, giving en-
ployment to many hundred men; but so
narrassed were they by the Turkish
government, regarding machinery, labor
and management, that one by one they
tailed, and TO-DAY only three or four
are left to a precariuus existence, and
the most OF the -four used is imported
from Russia,
Across the Golden Horn, see one oil
these factories story OF whose vi
cissitudes could scarcely be believed by
one unacquainied with Turkish meth
DDS. There is also near here a fez fac
tory, glass, porcelain and paper fac
tory, and that is all. Beyond, just be-
lore the Golden Horn curves out OF
tnh hs. 81
esQue Turkish village Eyoub, whose
mosque, built by Mohammed H.. is held
so sacred that no Christian is allowed 10
cross its threshold or take residence
near it. In this the Osmanli sutans are
girded the sword of Osmau, the founder
of the dynasty; this ceremony being
performed by the chief oil The Mevlevi
Deryishes. Near the mosque are the
tombs OF Sheikhs-ul-lslam, grand viz :
eis and Chief eunuchs, the Valdez Sui
turn, motner Of Selino ILL.,, and her two
daughters; son and a daughter OF Sui.
tan Abdul Mejd, and the TWO children
OF Adileh Sultan. sister OF Abdul Aziz.
The biers are covered with ficniy em-
broidered shawls and velvet, and be-
meath the ieZ which crowns one OF the
tombs is the following inscription, that
touches an answering chord IN many
another mothers heart; "a flower that
had scarcely doomed was prematurely
torn from its stem. II has been re-
moved to those bowers where roses
never languish. Its parents tears will
supply refreshing moisture. Say iaaia
for ITS bealitude. 1859" Qe45l. On the
high hill overlooking Eyoub, and closing
The landscape to the wes,, stand i'm
meDse yellow buildings outlined against
the sky; the Hamidien barracks, where
the Kurdish regiment from the interior,
those Hamldiehs enrolled and armed by
the sultan. and who had been the terror
OF the Armenians IN the provinces ever
after the first awful massacre at Sassoun,
were brought and quarlered just before
the Conslahtinople massacres of last tall.
Many were The coDjectures at the time
as to why the sultan had sent for these
soldier; but 5peculations soon found
their answer. Farthest to the west, on
the north side OF the Horn. see the
hills OF Haskieui, where, on the night OF
Wednesday, August 26th OF last year,
began the irightiul slaughter that, con-
tinuing for forty eight hours, left the Ar
menian quarter OF that pretty village an
awful, blood-staiued monument OF
mans inhumanty to man." Here,
led by the Jews, systematically from
house 10 house, rushed a frenzied,
cursiDg, bowling mob OF Kurdish ruff
ans and Turkish soldiers, until 6oo Al
menian men lay dead; the comfortable,
nicelv furnished houses ,vere sirinref,-