The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-21

Tombst0nce-l Glimpse of he
Turkish Womai-Ncndors OF Mcr-
chandi-c Have Il Reputation for
HoncSty-DogS the City's S"aNcn-
arr.-a Fridge That Earns Two
Thousand Dollars = Day for The
Government - All N~ationalitic-
Seen at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
C~cn2rc@atc at Coffee Houses to-
Smoke IIubblc-Bubbie PiDc-Asiat-
ir ocd Not Up to Western Stand
ardS-Dn Tour Through Asia Par
~ Lived Largely on Eggs
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph l.. BoW.es
-Copyright in Great britain
All Rights teserVcd.l
Vienna. June ?. OCT is impossi-
BE to convey to the reader any AIDE
Quutc ida OF the beauties of the BOs-
phorus at the point where Constant
tine located the capital OF the ByZan-
tine empire.
The best way to approach it is by
the sea, and as the Traveller usually
enters from the west he sails through
the ~DaIdcnelleS, known in ancient
times as the Heliespont. passes
through the Sea of MaTmOra and en-
tcrS the ROsphoruS between Constant
ilIIb pc, Oh me one Sltt, ana SkllIdll
on the other. The ~8osphOruS itself is
between Is and 20 miles long and
very deep. 1t is the connecting link
between the Back sea and the Sea OF
Marmora, and the hills that jut into
it on either side are nearly all covered
with towns and villas. The water is
as clear as the water of Il lake. and
fish may be seen at q great distance
below the surface.
y ride through the B~osphorus re-
minds one Of q trip up the Hudson. al
though the former has the ADVANTAGE
in the depth of the stream, in the
transparency of the water, in the
height of the banks and in the ire
Huiarity of the course. IN fact. the
ham contains so many curves that
one seems 10 be passing Trough q
succession of lakes.
n little more than half way be
tween the Sea Of Marmora and the
Black Sea, on the north bank, is Thor
HIia, the summer capital, to which
the officials repair when the warm
weather begins, and upon the same
bank: about half Il between Con-
stantihople and Therapia, is Roberts
college, an institution Tor boys estab-
liShed and maintained by American
philanthropy. 1t occupies a promon-
terry which overlooks the EOsphoru4
at its narroWest point. the point at
winch Mohammed II. crossed over
from Asia when. in 1453. he succeeded
in capturing COnStantinOple.
The Golden lIorn is the name given
To an arm of The BOSDhOruS which
IeaNlng tlat strait q few miles from
The Sea of Alarmora, stretches north
ward five OF six miles tO receive a
stream called the Sweet Waters OF
Europe. 1t may have been tina the
Golden Horn at one time riVal!ed the
EoSphorus in beauty, but it does Sc
no longer. Fun of ships and boats OF
every description. from war vessel t.
tanoe, and polluted by the sewerage
Of two cities, it disappoints as much
as the R~oSphorus delights.
The city Of ConstantinOpIe is divid.
"d by the Golden Horn, StambouI, the
ihlkl:5n city gin on the west, anC
''%iata and Pera, the foreign quarters
lying on the east. Skutari street.-the.
along the Asiatic side of the Rosnhor
u, and the nayies and merchant yes.
>el# of al the world could ride il
safety IN the waters adjacent to thes,
three cities.
in the seventh century, &. c., q col
chE OF Greeks under the lead of BY
Za& settled at Cape nov
the site Of Stamboul, and in the ris.
and all of the dynasties of the cas-
ii mas played an important part. BE
ing on the boundary line between Asia
ana Europe, and guarding the water
"mmunlcation betWeen the Black sea
and the Mediterranean, il possesses
WHICH Statesmen
ana warriors have been quick to rec.
"sniZe. The Persians always wante,
!; ana several times captured it. TIL,
creeks were continually taking it an,
losing it: Phillip of Maced0n lai,
siege to it and, in so doing, furnishe,
be;nosthenes with a theme for som,
OF ms greatest speeches.. There is
tfahltion that Phillip would have sue
ceeded IN spite of the aid by tn
Athenlans but for the barking of tn
dogs, which aprised the inhabitant
of 4 night assault. AS the dogs wer
set to barking, not by the enemy. bu
pE the new moon which rose lust i
TIME to save the city, the Byzantine
td"pted the crescent as their emblem
ana IL has continued to be the embler
Of turkey, having been retained b
the Turks after their victory.
Alexander the Great became maste
o. the B~oSphoruS, and later B%yZantiuI
1eli into the hands of the Roman
After a c~heckered career of two Ger
tufleS it was taken by COnStantin,
VINO decided to max it the capital {
the Roman world, and his own nam
mas been given to it, although h il
ended to call it New Rome. No or
can doubt The political wisdom of tt
1IrSt Christian emperor in putting tt
seat of government at this place.
Europe, Asia and Africa are ey,
brought together under one govern
ment, or under one
Constantinople will be the natural ar
necessary capital. The shores of A
RIGA, southern Europe and Asia Min,
are washed by the Mediterranean al