The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-02

on skirt, ard flowing sleeves, work in
the fields from early morning till twi-
light, or trudge from distant villages
to market behind their lords and mas
tiers astride the small be-panniered
donkeys. Chivalry, 1t is needless to
say, is not observed out here. We in
the west venture to doubt that woman
was made for man; but here, beasts of
burden and women are in the same
unfortunate condition Of inferiority
and neglect.
At first one overlooks these and SIM
liar details, and in the huge slums
which constitute an eastern town, one
sees but the picturesque; 1t Is only
later that one is sometimes tempted to
forget it in the pity and contempt OF
the European for the misery and de-
cay that lie beneath. The old turbaned
Turk sleeping peacefully in his shady
shop or sitting cross-legged in the gor-
geous sunlight, placidly smoking his
cigarette, though he does sometimes
remove 1t to spit devoutly as the ghivor
passes, is pleasant object to look
upon. So, too, is his co-religionists,
the Mussulman Albanian, with his
gun over his shoulder, his white fez
and broad red cumberland studded
with cartridges, and his slim, light
figure. He is terror to all population,
Christian and Turkish alike, when he
is reused, or when reforms" are sub
mitted for his consideration, though it
is whispered that he is really rather like
a naughty, bullying schoolboy with
something smaller than himself, and
the is quite ready to fly before any
thing regular" in the way of Euro
pean forces. From his native noun
tain haunts come grim stories of long
blood feuds, carried on from father to
son, Of Christian villages pillaged, and
cattle carried off, But with it all there
is ever about him the indescribable
attraction of the free man man who
has hardly felt the oppressors yoke.
He has one redeeming point, too, even
in his most lawless state, for though he
shuts up his woman-kind with the deep
est religious fervor, feminine presence
will usually prevent attacks on parties
of travellers who have ventured too
far into the wild regions of the noun
famous Albania.
In the towns a great Bey's establish
ment is usually supported by Alban-
ians, who, in return for the meal or
bread which form their simple susie
nance, stand about in the yard Ca
garden is not often seen out here)
ready at any moment to render SER
vice. They "eat his bread" and live
in their Bey's shadow" and the accom-
panying obligations are varying. The
harem has to be watched carefully at
all times, and when the great man
goes out his white-capped attendants
are In waiting to support him to his
carriage. That Is literal. A great Bey
is or should be stout-the greater the
parsonage the larger the person. and,
as I say, his floppy, pufhng per-
SON is always reverently supported I'M
der the arm-pits to the rusty vehicle
without. His followers are also called
upon to infiict corporal punishment on
any foes either in or out OF the estab-
lishment, and when the Bey's temper
is a short one, or he has happened to
take an extra strong dose Of rakf "a
strong spirit) the night before. that
last duty is in considerable request.
The correcting rod is the simple and
effective method of reform for Turk
or European alike in Macedonia. Ones
cook spells ones dinner once, twice,