The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-13

way with tho smaller silver coins, you iose a
fraction with every Exchange: nAhu y np ~
of 5 ~piastrcs 100 cents 70 a tram,oaI chnnSs
small change. you are told, and while SILVER IS
below par small silver ana roPIsr ara arr n, entirely
past understanding TO the casual VISITOR ny g
difficulty 1, not made less BY me rstaonsn'"
trade customs ~ giving The Mrllu."n ~ ~ IN
venliOnal value for certain purposes hnu ~
certain localities In smyrna, Tor "Nhn,prt
II IL worth more piasires than 10 ,oiiS,nn,
tinoplr. While It's value in bISllg 3bIuni .nm I'm
and coal differs in each case Bookko'Plni
under these circumstances must D' inu,ru
an art, or conduct straight to s'li'lle oI Nv
lunatic asylum. The faces r"ieft "a woTs
plain the existence 81 the nnu,neranl" ',,gas
or money chan gers whose stands dot tlr I'rerts
IN every direction, Their NUMBERS anu IA ~
fuencp. il IS said, are primarily fespon Innrc
for The n"slect o, the H shoiI.h ,bS abuse
The ordinary visitor 10 ,0nstantlhople wiz
poses In the security Of his iar-awhy nun" o.
q linquist on the strength OF his assiduous ~.
p%licntion TO Smith's French in Twenty Lessons
or Browns complete German Phrase b.Vn
will be astounded by Tho marvellous au
ments Of merchants doing business mn'fi
~pcrforce speak at least three language ~.
emily, while many and many. OF me irrTnn nrs
you make speak from fiyeto zen tonsnrn, The
IS a small match pedler who irrquetntS me
cafes of the Irande Rue de Ptra IN the "NfI-
ing. a Russian Hebrew of fourteen years VINO
manages fairly vel. win nIlie lahgu'tcs, ,,,.
hlber l. an English resident OF 'ph9,a,n-
noplr. English IN spit" Of his tr"nch hilln
and married. 10y the way, 10 a Rus-lai, lroi!
Odessa who sings 10y" songs nrNl'inntJn
coffee IN Aiber's office one day we We're u''rI-
rup'ed by the return Of his kava" ron ny
telegraph Office 10 say that NE cen,or ifiuIeu
10 accept a certain message fr transrlIss,pm
because its meaning was not clear. Ordinary
kilograms from the sultan domains must
n every body knows, be written ID lta,,' III
Quagc. that is, not coded, and the preseh' mes
sage was clear enough, though abpr"Via.ea;
but Auber had TO go IN person 10 tHe hNtH.'
Official and finally produce his books aiu cT-
rcspondence TO convince that ~or,na wa, u" w,
unfamiliar commercial terms lnVolVen nol,n.s
intended 10 overthrow or Discreet, tne Sta'r
IustanceJmight, indeed, be cited wh'rr dlnlo-
matte representatives, OF, lolelSh pVmrrH " M
more drastic measures than the Scnuhls o.
kilograms TO their Goyernmcn,s IN PIN, ,an-
guagc rather than in oficlai clph'rS, Wen h,"M
ing that the contents Of their message, "oulu
| roach the attention Of the proper authofih's
within the hGli-hour. u
His Majesty the sultan WAS Ess,erua,,
| sraciously pleased to hestow the order ol
the Neildich, fourth class, upon MI 'onli
Jones OF New York, was the tenor o! . c"nr'
notice on" day las, autumn N tMe y yo, " ,.Te cd
tho writer, and what'- he done +" get the
WHY. Jones Is really a very, clever fellow,
VI. the rerlv. livery body here likes MN.
III o. NV 81 y p 'AN's 80
, come, over her" eN"tN Near. .u.,
But why should the order Of the Mclldl"h
be bestowed upon him. q,
Oh. through some Of his friends here !
suppose ,r
w, hundred. POO rrancs; perhaps more De
| pend, on circumstances
"Did YOU have 70 pay for yours
10 Not "A plastrr,' with some lnoisha-
For what particular service 90 the state
then. wore YOU rewarded; or
oh manifc~ting y little Conlu-lon,. !
va1 able 10 place u coal contract. Tor me hoN-
ernman' AT u-ices that saved II 2 lot OF money
mi Tho order i conferred for all sorts ol roo
son There's Gocggel, for example, ms
win n smile had 10 leave town q year or lN3
ago You've heard tho story, Well ''ocgcti
got the NIc,idieh because the Sultan profee>ed
himself 50 well pleased with some American
| hrouchamst that he had sold him. .
An evenings row along the BospoT7l" must
sngceS, visions full Of poetry and romano"
IN INV on, vhohas ever turned pages OF TURKISH
travel To the prosaiC mind of the man on
affair. NOT tho leae' interesting feature oi the
excursion will be- TIVE tiukling, squeaky muse
tbat o0at- o'i through he moonlight IRON. ne
hind tho l%lttiCod windows 81 all 'he lHftlel
places tina, border that narrow ,ntrSll on
have already seen Paragraphs displayed IN
The shop windows and are now told that inol-
sands Of them are beng sold ne secret Hl
their pomIlaritv Is not 2 pu2'Iilig one, u
il the toy Of the harem, from II The lnrkloII
women get their only idea OF the soufn, OF
non voices in song, Of the latest or oldest
f~ayori,es in opera house or music han let
II is odd, AT FIRST thought, this idea OF the laIhlhE
machine in the rece9ses OF MoSiem nome