The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10

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Kissing oy the Demonstration may
turn from their wicked ways ter the
ways oY modern Twin an thtnkIn'.
Then, instead oY gnin' naked. or half
naked. they will become interested
In the fashion magazines an will de-
mand clothes. shoes pills. powders.
newspapers. books. an dczens ov ar
tickies that air now useless ter them.
Ov course. they will hev ter go ter
work when that awl happens. git up
earlier. sleep less, eat more. d.e
sooner. But they viii enjoy the
change, IL they ever git use ter hit
Durin' the days ov Constantine a
great cathedral wuz built. with pub
lick funds. ov course. Ii liz called st.
Sophia. When the Mohammedans
captured Constantinople the Chris
tians had retreated 10 this great
buildin' fer perteckshun- Hit wuz
packed with people. The Turkish
leader rode into the buildin' on a
horse an struck one OF the pillars
with hiz sword, sayin': There liz
no God but Allah and Mohammed is
his prophet" The Turks then per-
seeded ter slaughter the people with
out mercy. But the day ov the Turk
liz comm They will keep hit up till
England. Germany, France. or posi-
bly, the United States. will wake up
an give them what they hev long
needed, guide old-fashioned lickin',
an then they will settle down an be
decent. The trouble with the Turks
liz that they spend too much time fit
in ermong themselves, live sorter in
the backwoods, air hard ter git at,
an air too smart ter tackle a big
outsider; an I am goin' ter tell the
Sultan erbout hit, too.
spent the day at the palace an
the Sultan seemed ter do hiz best ter
make me feel at home. He took me
over the palace an l seed more fine
things than ever looked at in one
day. Then We visited the treasury"
whar the thrones, jewelry an things
air stored. The two finest thrones
air a site. One ov them IL awlmost
covered with rubies, emeralds an
pearls, awl arranged in guide shape.
The seat il ov crimson velvet, en-
broidered with gold an pearls. An
| other throne, not SO large, wuz even
richer in precious stones, awl so
purity that | couldn't hardly look at
them. The clothin' worn by differ
ent Sultan's IL shown an most ov hit
/ in ;rs
| with real gold braid an other things.
With each royal robe il the sword
carried by the different Sultans from
| Mohammed down ter the present rul-
err. They hev awlmost priceless
jewels in the handles. But the pres
ent ruler did not go in fer fine robes
ter SIGH an extent. Hiz ofisial suit
consists ov simple red military uni
form bound with gold braid. Hit
lOks like hit mite hev cost erbout
| twenty dollars, SO they hev gone ter
| the other extreme. The treasury
awlso contains, many other swords
| with jeweled handles, awl kept az
mementoes of value; awlso guns,
, especially cannons, on some ov which
air engravings ov gold an silver.
There air valuable jewel cases, some
| of them sent az presents by other
rulers, some ov them given by peo-
pie who had axes to grind, fer hit IL
necessary to buy Turkish offisials
in many cases If you wish to git a
job through. They may hev larned
| that from some ov the offisials in the
United States, however.
Thar il but one park in CONSTANT
| nople, an hit liz a pity, fer although
| the city IL so rich in some respeckts,
| the streets air narrow crooked an
dirty. The Park is called the Sweet
| Waters of Europe" an extends er-
long the stream bearin' that name.
Here the women congregate on each
Friday an hit liz then that the poor
men git a peep at seem ov them at
least. The Turkish women live in
seculsion most ov the time, an a
poor man will walk fer miles ter git
ter this park fer just one pep at the
beautiful critters-awl exsept the
Sultan-he gifts tired leokin' at
them.
| In this city the dog IL the natural
scavenger. He IL numerous, here
there, everywhar, an he will eat al.
most anythin', hez no owner-no
object in life-but to eat what he
kin find on the streets. Strange that
with the fondness ov the Turk fe1
horses he does not divide hiz affeck.
shun so az ter include the dog.
The full name ov the Sultan o,
Turkey, so he told me, IL Abdul
Hammed Kahu II. He iz erbout 81
Years ov age, an hez bin on the
throne fer more than thirty years
He IL awlso the spiritual head ov the
Moslem Church. Every Friday hi
goes to the mosque, near the palace
ter pray, an liz accompanied by {
great crowd ov ofisials an church
men, The route to the church /.
guarded by several lines ov soldiers
fer the Sultan takes no chances.
The Sultan haz more than a thou
sand fine horses in the royal stables
ridin' horses an drivin' horses. HI,
hez more than a hundred fine sad
dies, so he does not hev ter ride oil
one old saddle aw1 the time. TIVE
ov the saddles air fine leather ones
the kind American cowboys use,
present, no doubt.
Durin' the afternoon we visite'
the harem an / saw few ov tn
Sultan's wives, some fifty or sixty