The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-19

given. the vendors have reputation
 for honesty. and a lady told us Of
 having had her attention called to
 mistake of five dollars in change and
 of having the money returned 10 her
 when she next visited the bazar.
 I mentioned the orieptai dog m
 speaking of Damascus; ha forces him- self upon public attention in Constan-
 tfnopIe also. The dogs of this city act as scavengers and are relied upon fo keen the streets neat-~a vain reli- ance, for while they devour every thing that they can digest. they are not sufficient for the task imposed upon them. These dogs are wolfssh in appearance and generally yellow m color. Lacking the fldelity which the
 dog Is accustomed to show to his mas ter. these animals roam about the street and hunt the places where food Is most likely to be found The people or Constantinopie assert that the dogs maintain a police force Of their own and. dividing the city Into districts. enforce their own regulations IT strange dog comes into the district he is at once driven out by the canine sentinel on that beati The Golden Horn is spanned by two
 pontoon bridges eff the word spanned
 can De used in connection with such bfidge), and the one connecting tne
 business portions of Stamboul ana
 Gaiata Is d veritable mint. the income
 from the tolls amounting at times to
 s2.0OO per day. It is owned by tho
 eoyernment and the bridge companies have offered to replace it with good bridge for the income of two or three years. but 1t is so profitable that II is allowed to remain in its present dil- apidated condition.
 One can stand by this bridge and seq all phases of life and all types or hu- man beings All nationalities meet m constantinopie and all colors are rep resented there Two streams naas each other on this bridge from dawn to dark. and there Is no better place 70
 study the tragedies and the comedies of life as they are depleted in the Faces of the people
 The haste that ts to be seen on the bri~e is in sharp contrast with the afr of leisure which pervades the cof- fee houses and the side streets. where fezzed or turhaned Turks meet to smoke their hubble-bubbie pipes fthe smoke being drawn through wa ter) and discuss such topics as are not forbidden by the extremely waten- ful government under which they live
 Before leaving Constantinople we crossed over to the Asiatic side to visit the American school for girls which
 has enjoyed prosperous existence oz moro than twenty years. lt IS anotR~ ar evidence of the faF-reaehfng syfnpa- thy of the Christian people of the unit- ed States and adds to the feeling oK
 pride with which an American eitizen
 contemplates the spreading influence of his country.
 when we recrossed the Hosphorus
 we bade farewell to Aaia within
 whose borders we had spent about sey~ en months. They have been wonder fully instructive months, and we have enaoyed the experiences through which we have passed. but we can not say that we have fallen in love with Ast0tie feod We have been afraid or tne raw vegetables; we have dtstrnsted the wa ter. unless t was boiled, and we nav@ sometimes been skeptical about tho meat. The butter has not always look ed inviting and our fondness for cream has not been increased by the sighf or the goats driven from door to door ana miiked in the presence of the pur- | chaser. The bread was not rival Tor | inc Vienna brand. and the cooking mas not been up to western standards. Bue the hen--long life to herl she ms been our constant friend. When all elao failed we could fall back upon
 inc boiled egg with sense of security
 and n feeling of satisfaction. If l ara
 not henceforth a poultry fancier In the
 technical sense of the term. shall return with an increased respect for
 the common, every day barn yard fowl.
 There are many differences in race
 characteristics, differences In costume.
 differences in ideals of life of govern
 ment and of religion. bud we all meet
 at the breakfast tabie--the egg. like "a touch of nature. makes the whole
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