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

Iassh ey~pend.rur-. The5 are 81,
striking contrast with the last of tH-
series, which IS simply 4 rei miiitag.
uniform covered with gold braid.
bne treasury contains numerous
portraits and family trees. p~reSeufIHg
the heads Of the present royal line. #
seems that nearly all Of the NOLAN
Iueddn rulers wore q full lizard and
some of them had strong faces.
Besides the swords OF the sultaus
there are in the treasury iuuumerabI,
other swords with jeweIe3 andles
and with scabBards inlaid with gold.
silver and gems. There are guns ais,
Of every description, many If them
engraved ana ~oTnameated with gpIG
and silver. one fertilization gun
bears upon the barrel quotations from
the Koran written in gold.
Then there are jewel boxes. vessels
Of gold and vessels of silver. rare
china some Of il set with jewels, not
10 speak Of enameled ware and en-
broideries. Many Of these pieces
we're gifts sent or brought BY other
rulers, for in the orient the gift is a.
indispensable in dealing with the
sovereign as "~baksheesh' is in deal
ing with the subordinate Turkish
official.
When We had finished the inspec-
ton of Seraglio Point we We're con-
Quoted to one Of the reception rooms
and refreshed with q jam made of
rose leaves and this was followed by
Turkish coffee. Turks coffee, By
the way, is very different from the
coffee Of the ~occident. The berry Is
ground or pounded until it IS as fine
as flour: it is then put into water ana
raised to the boiling point and cooled
three times. 1t is usually served hot.
and is very black and 50 thick that
at least half of the small cup is sedi-
ment.
The streets OF Constantinople are
narrow, crooked and dirty. There is
no park system and the cemeteries
scattered through the city, being
shaded with cypress trees, furnish
about the only picnic grounds for the
people. 1t is not an unusual sight to
see a gay party spreading its lunch
amid the tombs. A Mohammedan
graveyard is full of headstones. as
Well as trees, and on the top of the
stone is often carved a feZ or a tur-
ban. While most of this stony head
wear is u~nadorned, one sees occas-
ionably a painted fez, red beng the
popular color.
There is one park, called the Sweet
Waters of Europe, and extending
along the stream which bears that
name. where the Turkish women con
gregate-especailly on Friday alter
noon. AS might be expected. the men
have formed the habit of driving III
the park on these lays in order 70
catch a glimpse of the women, for,
Turkish women live in such ~seclusloh
that they are seldom seen. They wear
wells, but as we visited the park We
can testify that the wells are not al
ways heavy enough to conceal the
features. When the eye is especially
luStrOuS or the face more lonely tina
usual, the veil is occasionally lifted.
The ride to and from the park ais
gives one an opportunity to see a great
many fine teams perfectly matched'
for the Turk has caught the Arabs
fOndneSS for the horse.
The baZars of Co~nStantinople repay
a visit. though quite like the bazars
of Cairo and Damascus. The booths
are more substantially built and more
'commo1ious. and the labyrinth of
streets and alleys which form he old
bazar are all under roof. AS these
passages wander about aimlessly one
can easily become lost in them. Whle
one cannot rely upon the first price
given, the vendors have a reputation
for honesty, and q lady told us OF
having had her attention called to a
mistake of five dollars in change and
of having the money returned to her
when she next visited the bazaar.
l mentioned the oriental dog in
speaking of Damascus: he forces MIN
self upon public attention in Constan-
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act as scavengers and are relied upon
to keep the streets neat-a vain reli-
ance, for While they devour everything
that they can digest, they are not suf-
ficient for the task imposed upon
them. These dogs are Woltish IN APP
pearance and generally yellow in color.
Lacking the fidelity which the dog is
accustomed to show to his master,
these animals roam about the street
and haunt the places where food is
mos IkpIN tn no tnnnI Ihp npOnlI
of Constantinople assert that the dogs
maintain a police force of their own,
and, divinding the city into districts,
enforce their own regulations. If a
strange dog comes into the district he
IS at once driven out by the canine
sentinel IN that beat.
The Golden Horn is Spanned by two
pontOOn bridges Gf the word Spanned
can be used in connection With such
q bridge), and the one connecting the
business portions of STEAMBOAT and
Galata is a veritable mint, the income
from the tolls amounting at times tC
$4,000 per day. 1t is owned by the
government and the bridge companies
have offered to replace it with a GOOD
bridge for the income of two OF three
years, but it is SO profitable that it is
allowed to remain in its present Iii
l~apidated condition.
one can stand by this bridge and
see all phases of life and all types OF
human beings. All na1oildlllleS NEE
in COnStantinOple and all colors are
represented here. Two streams pas:
each other on this bridge from dawr
to dark, and there is no better place
to study the tragedies and the com.
edies of life as they are depicted il
the faces of the people.
The haste that is to be seen on The
bridge is in sharp contract With tn,
air of leisure which perVadeS the cof
fee house and the side streets, whert
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smoke their hubble-bubble pipes 9th,
smoke being drawn through water
and discuss such topics as are not for
hidden by the extremely Watchful GOV
eminent under which they live.
Before leaving ConStantinople w,
crossed over to the Asiatic side To visi
the American school for girls. which
has enjoyed a prosperous existence o
more than 20 years. 1t is another ey
ldence of the fa~r-reaching Sympath
of the Christian pppp1a Of ~, r-,a