New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
rHE NIGHT NOISES
OF C0NSTANTINOPLE
rsOCKOUT- DROPS NEED
ED FOR SLEEP.
,,ors HozpI, Night Fatchmen Pound
premsnt and Volunteer Firemen
Run, Shrek and Fight.


-,s-. n ~. world with a civilized govern
,. .--r-- light TO be MADE hideous with such
N-sslx l..sas hears IN the city Of Con-
--.t,euse Z here are three chief reasons not to
-.f,p minor ones. why sleep is impossible IN
= or are +ks NEST conatOse OF beings. Noises.
---sxsfing and peculiar to this city. begin It
-. sns continue the aight long without cessa-
= Ire first u your to-r1ents Is the becky. or
=. ,rsfch-aan. then the vast army OF homeless
= whose business il is and cleanse
= x--eets q their flth. and. lastly the volunteer
- with rhesr rreazie6 shrsekinE SIS they run
- and thither IN search CT FIRE
.--ed with heavy club shaped stick. three feet
= re beckH feels. and certainly rs master OF
= ss.rstion 81 night. One may sometimes get
-~-use q thiS sxasperating person he sets
- ron bis lair al sunset clad in picturesque.
- .-o,sers OF some red blue o. brown cloth
- n ttght below the knee TO the ankle q
- II vivid plaid. crimson sash OF much vol
-. szathe5 around his waist thirty forty
SO tfick heavy soled boots anc red sez; but
; is oor Until several hours later. when seeking
81 thzt you fully appreciate the becsjis obteo-
s-,sbIeness for then. hour after hour, you are
s---sd % listen hts heavy tread and the inces-
=. .s-pfng of his club He is not ashamed TO
- thss his object II thus nerclessly pounding
:. rareueut Is 70 warn intending burglars OF his
,-,-each. IS the penetrating sound can be heard
- streets away None but a fool burglar
.aul5 be caught and the chances arc the beckji
.sSr- cernes Il contact with one
:, the Turkish quarter he taps out each hour
turkish time. viz tap fer the first hour
-.- sunset tvo taps for the second. and
s---rb he night the Turks time changing each
AZ with the Il the European quarter, not
-azt7E the European tine, ne taps much
: rlezEez. and always oEerwoTks himself. The
-ss4 echoinE sound is naddening. fer YOU realize
Fs-e IS 10 redress and that yeu must endure it.
ssssh you are tempted TO annirlate the perpe-
z7or
PAY TO BE KEPT AWAKE
- s-rs Hfts-.s Of the better class houses pay
IN masters CIs cents & month: the poorer IN
..Ai-.r-z nav Rim less For this both Turk
.zs Is-artine expect 20 be vsked hourly, and feel
ss--.lv aEg-ieved Il the beckji fails 70 DO &C He
understands this, and with faithfulness performs
ss aut-. When two OF these beckjis meet II the
- s--es--the rendezvous Of course takes place
.r benes.h your xtndow-nether one ceases his
,,g-5inx for moment unless II is 20 give play
e. rsp OF the head OF one OF the many dogs II
* Esrh Al this signal the canine orchestra tunes
~ boz While TIE offending beckji passes on lis
~ and you relieved O. his presence for &
r7sH The dogs remain and howl
me thousands Of ownerless dogs. whose duty II
< - caeanse the streets of the art and refuse
rssch s-e thrown out OF the shops and houses al
-ssAt hsz-e nothing DO but TO sleep during the
~ Consequently. as the streets OF the city are
-. 70 nan and beast alike, they choose for their
s.-=s ne most announcement spot On the pave
n.rt or II the roadway. where carriage ire
-y-st5v usseses over and breaks the leg OF dog
y.1-s = can get out OF the way At sunset there
m. rse hour wnen the dirt piles begin 70 grow.
ss psdahis struggle for lie among u1e canIiIe
-5ous1ior begins
Es-h main and side street is pat-olled by band
these homeless dogs, whose aucestsrs-genena-
su-s azoa1e % sorne arrangement among t1aelI1-
e-es Whereby every tz1d had IT'S aIlotteo a1ea
su,e-trnes not extending further than the length
= rsr~ block or fifty YARDS. and the descend
HIS a--rly enforce this unwrit1en law II one OF
.aothe- band perhaps in search OF provenoef TOT
~ 1-ounE 81 owing smaller amount OF relHse
"a usuel IN her own dirt piles, Is driven oy the
- ~ hunger TO trespess beyond this unseen
5,u-dz-v she Is pouaced upon By the united forces
n n. INVADED territory and Obliged 70 beat hastE
----z1 % the zcusic OF the pack
Ns.v % ne homeless dogs veterans whose
s.sss srS faces are covered with scars from
rshr- battles for peculiarly Of the fight is that
lie soEs ways attack the head A large proportion
a. fh4-n are the size Of wolves yellow o. brownish
II gelo- The weaker ones are lean. laIaA nllseE-
abe locking beasts, diseased and NANCY WHICH,
5-i.S less srreng thst the Others have 70 content
10000 -r5rb such stray rnorsels they can
rlsar II ne ou1skirs Of the rubbish heaps IN tAe
ssyrs-ne you can prod or kick aside most OF LeSe
doEy without receiving as nlucn as q grow u Us
APPROVAL though sometimes the younger ones-sore
t-ou n encounter the night before-WlA howl De-
.srs they are touched They are never savage e1-
ss2- when hunting for food. and the young ones
49, 80 lawn around vcu II you stroke or show
s7s least attention Fortunately 1o- the n
hSri-s--z -zpes IS unknown IL their community,
<o- though ne Turks are sometimes thougnI4ese'
hev WI not permit the slaughter CT that 10 Whicn
-Igzr has given Hfs" L is therefore IL the Ed
rupss- cskr4er o1Iy-thaaks 70 vel placed H1orse4s
!. Tyossoued -aeas-that the number OF these pests
aaz diminished slightly in the last teW yeere- 6UI
yeu VII p-pbabIy have dozen or more dogs n
yus- street and II they have not found cause
4, d,spuz.ng With one another when you enter 70
,es TIE beckl stars thern hovIng as ne PiayIu4iS
Escks them over Etta his club
TIE CONCERT OF TIE CANNES.
-ae concert e new In r1A swing in your street
Ess quickly he adjacent take up the strain
mt every part OF the city Is teenains with yelilns'
Es-.sug saa2ping. bowling beasts In your IN
rsc.sts ueiRnborhood the SOUND grows feinter'
bgt y canes back 20 you from & distance. as the
hrvl.nz q q freuzied mob OF humanity II II Is
yszr n-ss rsznt n ConE1zntiocple you arc wont
Z rlsa 70 TIE window and fling wide the snHtterA
lien ycz resIizs with disgust that Il Is notnlnE
ao-, .bs- the zcayenEerz' midnight carnival As
Z. ~4Ia znea-thIy sound of the dogs voices grad
zzy eses away, leaving only the occasional sn31-
IT e eho-s "a lie reizhoor1ug streets. you imagine
yvr -rl hsz. q chance TO sleep You are quickly
aa.c-sv~d No sooner are you comfortably oOz-
n aa,. rr.ors wh.a 9 desosning yen pierces the
rUh6a.d .,ol-s Of ne beck1 and the dogs The
as~-,a- ,vho.4 attention Is called 70 blaze BY =
szs y-., o7,. on one CT the high Ere towers Of
eunrf,,.s,erle hastily assemble, and. yelling Ike
ssr-o,a SaxA OF "a parties OK twenty OF thirty,
aeAs- and thttts-, down and Up the Eneve1ly,
zv.h k.s.r skSh,sa streets~ otter with no more
dss CT tie location Of TIE ire than tas ooss tneS