The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
THE TURK At HOME.
An Industrious Farmer and . PICTURESQUE
Figure In the City.

Figure In the City.
SERAJEvo, Bosnia, Sept 1o-Tourists stop
at Mostsr before coming TO Sersievo. Mostar
Is a Mohammedan town settled by Turks You
realize this a. soon as you arrive even II Il Ia
after dark, for the Turk Is everywhere and you
mako out without difficulty tho white nina
rets rising from the mosques against the black
sky. In the markets and tho shops you get
the best sight . foreigner can OF tho unspeakable
Turk and q very curious sight II Is Imagine
a long limo OF low houses or sheds raised about
two steps above the street level, with the entire
fronts lacking. and you have Turkish business
street. Here the shopkeepers sit crosslegged
behind their wares smoking long pipes or cigar
rettes In holders and contemplating would-be
purchasers In tho narrow streets Is q mixture
OF donkeys panier laden bringing fruit and
merchandise from tho country, soldiers, Mon
tenegrins Dalmatans and Bosnans, all push
Ing and jostllng along. As you walk
along you see for tho first ume q Turk
ish woman fully yelled, and an uncanny sight
she makes, being clad In a black cloak which
reaches the ground and has huge hood arrange
ment that projects In 'front.' Within this hood
you SEQ the veil which completely hides oven
the eyes OF the wearer Outside the city in tho
country you that Turkish life Is not all cigar
cites and black coffee for to the right and left
stretch splendid fields OF corn and other vegetables
all in fne condition, among which men with
brown arms bare to tho shoulders may DO seen
toiling. even late in the evening.
There l. but one train day from Mos.ar to
Seraovo II runs at tho ratio OF about twenty
miles an hour and stops everywhere As you
wind up through the mountains you have plenty
OF time for observation Of tho country First Il Is
a land OF rock. hugo Jagged cliffs, little vcrdure
and the green Narenta churning through gorges
below you. After an hour tho scene changes
more vegetation Is seem tho Narenta flows more
peacefully, and under its high banks arc caves
fenced in with interviewer branches In these
caves tho peasants live with their goats Next
the rough mountains have fallen away, the coun-
try takes on moro fertile aspect and you SEQ
cornfields each side OF you the feathery tops Of
the ripe stalks waving gently in the cool breeze
After while you reach little station. the plat
form crowded with Turks and Bosnians, while
perhaps a Greek priest stands little apart his
long hair done up like woman's The different
types OF Turks interesting There are those
who have been TO Mecca distinguished by the
white and gold turban they wear over their fezes
the soldiers in their simple rod or white fel Chris
tian Turks with white bands around their fezes In
no way to be confounded with tho Bosnian shep
herds with their red turbans and white shawls
tile the SS na 5Sw out can sSS how fer
piled in neat stacks, the corn grows in long lines
and rows and the grass is kept short as a lawn by
the feeding cattle, Now and then you pass a
peasant threshing his whoat by driving a pair
Of mules over IL in a circle. and afterward sweep
ing away the straw and casting the residue az ainst
thc wind 80 that tho wheat falls on ono sddo and
two distinct parts One is seraieve, Tho capital
Tho Government par OF Soraievo is like q minia-
turc Paris II has It's tram cara electric Lights.
ns G S6n Ebe eHd vide sS1S IT, has % S.S
the Seine itself But this is not the part OF tho
other Seraiovo you find yourself in world oon
| sisting OF narrow, nl-peved or unpayed Streets
open ,I0nsed saoPs and long cared mules h world
Oriental city. II is mid day and the sun Is almost
overhead; hush gradually comes over the CITY
mules have rest suddeny f1om n sO %S Sae
comes long drawn cry which rises and falls until
you are in doubt as to what il is then you look up
and see the priest on the mnAret who is calling
the faithful 70 prayer. Already many arc docking
surrounded BY high walls, with a fountain in tho
centre. lies directly before the mosque, and il Is
thronged with good Mob 'mmodans, who arc either
wsshing their ieet at the fountain. waiting their
turn or else having washed arc nerng the mosque
There are all sorts and conditions Of men, from the
ragged shepherd 10 the dcrvsh, who Is distinguished
by his long coat and the peculiar white turban
around his fez- Another weird cry bids stray
thickens and then decreases the men finish
their abluuOns and walk into the mosque each
one az he comes 10 the threshold removing his shoes
II you poop inside the open door you can 500 them
standing in long rows facing the cast, and, as you
watch, the prayer begins. Presently tho mOnOt-
Onous chant begins during various intervals Of
which the whole congregation throw thomso YES
on their faces and you sec nothing but long lines
OF bare feet Soies uppermoSt
l. is all very 5 range and weird, and you urn
wi b ra her feeling Of relief 10 The busy sIeeis
Here you find yourself plunged Ia a maze Of be
wildeTing reels, lined with shops containing
everything from meat and tobacco 10 the finest
Of silver work. Bright colored silks catch your
eye and, as you Turn Ia look, your attention is
caught by some fine BIT OF brassware which ands
all cleaning from he makers hands All the
work is done in these little shops and II you had
time and patience you might soc your purchase
made before your eyes Fruit is abundant and
absurdly cheap You can yet oil The plums you
eat for half cent, and then the Turkish cOfee
II is no, ,ill you have tasted Turkish coffee that
you realize lis delights And 80 you might 60 on
moving about The streets, peering into The quaint
shops, and purchasing much more ihhn you
ought to: but II you walk far enough you get away
from the shops and come 10 The living part OF The
town Here arc long twisted streets, i'll paved
running up and down hill. lined with houses
whose closed doors and LAT iced windows present
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