Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21

fleece. they planted a laurel tree here.
MY guide pointed out TO me the very
tree. Science gives us the age OF trees
beyond doubt. lBut would like them to
explain away the fact that every tree
that has any ronown attached to II.
such MS this lnurell tree here. the tree
Elijah slept uiNcr tree. the virgin
rested under the trees christ walked
under and hundreds OF others equally
renowned, are always standing. OF
course. | don't doubt my truthful
guides statements. I have seen the
very trees. 80 II must be true that
specially renowned trees live longer
than ordinary ones.
Bcbck II the prctticst little bay on the
Iiosphorua. Here is a summer pavilion
OF the sultan with baths. Between Be
bek ana Romnili kissar u the narrow
est part of the channel The current
II very swift. commonly called Saton's
current. Iomnili kissar IL where the
Turks first entered Europe. Muhamcd
II built "a castle here. When II was COM
pleted he commenced the Siege OF Con-
stanlnoplc. The iiosphorua II well
guarded here at present. They could
blow "a fleet out Of the water that at
tempted to force H.
The Apin IN the summer resort Of Eu-
roneanA In summer. II IL lined with
hotels and commands flnc view OF
the B0sphOrus. The ambassadors from
various countries have their residences
here. a little beyond this Is juyuk
another beautiful summer resort. You
can Just catch "A glimpse OF the Black
Sea from here. II " dense with foli-
age. while many fine residences are
scattered around. Returning on the
Aalatic side We pass numerous fortih-
cations one spot u pointed out rs the
/ tomb OF Joshua. There " no foundation
for II. Heron IN passed. " once con-
tnincd "a temple erected To the twelve
gods supposed 10 have been erected by
Jason In thanks for his delivery. We
passed fine palace built Ivy Mo.
manned All We pass numerous pal
aces on the way back finally landing
at Scutnri.
scutari IL the entrance Of Asia Minor.
/ II has several nnc mosques, tho finest
being Sultana Waldo The soil OF scuian
" considered sacred ground by the
/ Turks. II has one Of the largest grave
/ yards In the world. As the Turks think
the prophet viii smile more benevolent
/ ~ ON them at resurrection day " they
are buried here. Here the Ottoman
dynasty was founded and from hero
fHlaniHm spread over Europe. Many
illustfiouH Turks are buried here even
To Mohammed's horse. which has the
finest tomb of them all. The bowling
DcrNishcr arr To be seen on this side.
| II IN a curious sight TO watch them.
A crowd OF about thirty form In a ring.
i
center or on slightly raised plat
form with two or three drumtucrs and
| earthly tune while the circle Keep bob
mute players. They keep up an I'M
bling up aud down moving the whole
body. rtralninK every muscle 40 they
throw their heads down with IN an
inch or two Of the floor bringing " up
with a swing of the body until they are
upright again. They do this Just as
fast 40 they possibly can. each one Hrc-
ing who can shake his head on frEt.
Each bend they yell Allah, Allah. They
keep this up for long tine. Ions
enough TO Kill person who IN not
urcd to II. Each one has long. loose hair
that seems TO stand out Ia front. Thoy
work their heads backward and for-
ward 30 quickly. After some uncarthly
chanting. "a couple of them got up and
commenced Ia whirl round and round AT
lightning speed. keeping u up for n
their religion seems 10 BE- In Furnishing
themselves as much ~ possible. Thoy
used To half Kill themselves before tho
powers put u stop 10 II, How they can
whifl ana bob around the length oi
tine they do. gets me. one poor fellow
could hardly walk away aftcr finish
ing his whirl. II one OF them breaks
down during the service he IN conaid'
cred bad. or the prophet has got d
Erudge against him. When they were
allowed to punish themselves as much
~ thcy liked. one used To drop dead In
the ring quite frequently. You see num-
croun caravans going ana coming IN
Scutari. They go from here Into IN,
Interior Of Asia Minor. one meets
numerous li.douiua here Just In from
the plains. They ARE "A hard looking lot
Their dress IN composed OF "a onc-plec,
robe OF canvas looking stun, While on
their heads they wear a sort OF Il
square tasaclcd scarf doubled In tri.
angular shape placed over their fcI
with a rope going around II To hold II
on. They are picturesque " they ar,
hard looking.
1 went TO the museum the other day
which was interesting In the extreme
Here We have the Sarcophagur oi
Alexander the Great. II had been riiicd
OF Ito contents when found and broken
TO some extent. II IN III" finest piece oi
art In that line ever found. Any one
can see that. the Wide corncc al
around IN made OF beautiful marble OK.
quiHitely carved In bold relief work oi
figures. lighting. hunting. etc. The I'm
irh and detail ara ~ perfect an life. II
IL the guft OF the whole museum. AZ,
ter seeing u you don't want 10 Zee IA,
others. They are NO far beneath this
masterpiece. II most likely held th'
bones Of the greatest general the world
has ever seen. What a shame mankind
could not respect such u hero enough
To let his remains rest In peace.
Another interesting sight h obtained
In driving around the city walls. wa,
shown the tower where Lord byron
was imprisoned. My guide tells m,
Byron Got into u Turkish hnref
through some means or another ~,
was caught and Imprisoned for awhile
In this old Roman tower, The present
.hll around the city was built by the
Turks. on the outside the countr,
seems Ms though every thing II turned
into graveyard. The tomb stones ar,
rather curious going straight up llks
"A post. while on the top they are carved
In the form OF "a fcz-tasHcl and all III,
orally covered with Turkish writing.
They grow great deal OF Tobacco,
around here.
one always turns back TO the bazarr
have seen all there IN To be seer
around here. but my true science ol
pleasure comes when | get down nmonl
these old sklnilintH In the baxarH. | cx,
poet II ~ birds " feather flock to-
gether. Hanna has been taken In agar
In buying gilded grnss coins for OLD
antiquities, lie says all these fellow
are liars, aud he won't buy another
thing, That fellow viii sell him some
thing Elise tomorrow.
Time has gone very quickly since mS
arrival. My week has come 20 an end
No we leave In the morning for tho lnnt
OF the Bible, We sailed down the SCI
OF Marina today en- route for Smyr-
ma. Passing down the Dardanelles, W,
uuagaH the lIaiiaannpt Raf.l ~ "a.