The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

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self upon, public attention IN Gonstan-
tinople also. The dogs Of this city act
as scavengers and are relied upon to
keep the streets neat-a vain reliance,
for while they devour everything that
they can digest. they are not sufficient
for the task imposed upon them. These
dogs are wolfsh in appearance and gen
orally yellow in color. Lacking the fidel-
lty which the dog is accustomed to show
to his master, these animals roam about
the street and haunt the places where
feed is most likely to- be found. The
people Of Constantinople assert that the
dogs maintain police force of their
own and, dividing the city into dis
tricts, enforce their own regulations.
If strange dog comes into the district
he is at once driven out by the canine
sentinel on that beat
The Golden Horn is spanned by two
pontoon bridges (if the word spanned
can be used in connection with such
BRIDGE, and the one connecting the
business portions of STEAMBOAT and Gal
| alta is a veritable mint, the income from
| the tolls amounting at times to $4,000
per day. It is owned by the govern
ment and the bridge companies have Of
fered to replace it with good bridge
| but it is 50 profitable that it is allowed
| to remain in its present dilapidated
| condition.
| One can stand by this bridge and see
all phases of life and all types Of hui
man beings. All nationalities meet in
| Constantinople and all colors are repre-
sented here. Two streams pass each
| other on this bridge from dawn to dark,
and there is no better place to study
| as they are depicted in the faces Of the
| people. > - -.
1 The haste that is to be seen on the
bridge is in sharp contrast with the
air of leisure which peryades the coffee
houses and the side streets, where
! fezzed or turbaned Turks meet to smoke
their hubble-bubble pipes (the smoke
! being drawn thru water) and discuss
such topics as are not forbidden by the
which they live, -
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i Before leaving Constantinople we
crossed over to the Asiatic side ito
visit the American school for girls,
which has enjoyed a prosperous exist
ence of more than twenty years. It is
i sympathy of the Christian people of
the United States and adds to the
feeling of pride with which an Ameri-
can citizen contemplates the spreading
influence of his. country.
When we recrossed the Bosphorus
we babe farewell to Asia. within
whose borders we had spent about
seven months. They have been won
derfully instructive months, and we have
enjoyed the experiences thru which we
have passed, but we canot say that we
> have fallen in love with Asiatic food.
We have been afraid of the raw vege-
tables; we, have distrusted the water,
unless it was boiled, and we have some.
times been skeptical about the meat.
The butter has not always looked invit-
ing, and our fondness for cream has not
been increased by the sight of the goats
. driven from door to door and MIXED in
the presence Of the purchaser. The
bread was not rival for the Vienna
y brand. and the cooking has not been
! up to the western standards. But the
, hen-long life to her! She has beer
8 our constant friend. When all else
: failed we could fall back upon the
l boiled egg with sense of security an6
q feeling of satisfaction. If I am not
e henceforth poultry fancier in the
g technical sense of the term, I shall re
e turn with an increased respect for the
e common, everyday barnyard fowl
n There are many differences between thu
= east and the west differences in race
t differences in ideals of life, of govern
+ ment and of religion, but we all NEE
at the breakfast table-the egg, ik'
n "a touch of nature. makes the Who'll.
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