Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18

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ture. hut he is acting In obedience to
"A higher law and authority than the
car and serves his Master as his con-
science directs him. regardless OF
the temporal authorities
The international Harvester Com
pany of Chicago has an agent here and
Stucken 4 Co are the representatives
of Oelrich & Co.. New York. with Aug
nst Herbst In charge. They have
branches at the different cities OF
Central Asia. shipping wool. skins and
rugs TO the United Safes, but they i'm
port nothing except a few agricultural
implements. which come by way OF
Hamburg. Russia does not encourage
commerce with other nations
hear OF one Englishman here who is in
charge of the telegraph lines.
But when | began talking about
church steeples ! got diverted from my
story was telling you about the diff.
ferent sections of the town which can
be seen from the top of the hill. First
comes the Russian section, new and
modern. with wide, clean streets,
good sidewalks, an opera house, a
theater, club and military museum
or Temple of Glory" as they call 1t
There trophies won by Russian arms
battle flags, portraits and relics OF
military heroes and other interesting
momentoes have been collected, with
several battle pictures and other rep
RESERVATIONS of war. One of the pic
lures, painted on mammoth canvas,
represents the entrance of the Russian
army into Tiflis In 1908, when the
King of Georgia asked Alexander ]. to
come down and protect him against
the Persians; another represents a
treaty being negotiated in a forest
between native chief and a Russian
general; but the most interesting OF
all is a relief map of the Caucasus
which shows you at a glance the ex-
traordinary configuration of this part
Of the earth.
Bronze tablets inscribed with re
cords of all the battles fought by the
Russian soldiers in the Caucasus from
1867 to 1878 have been imbedded in
panels in the outer walls of the mus.
cum, which are of great historical
value. They give the number of men
engaged and the casualties.
The principal street of the town is
called Golovinski Prospekt, in imita.
ton of the Nevsky Prospekt of St
Petersburg, and 1t is fashionable
promenade.
To the east of this clean Russian
town is the Persian quarter, as genu-
inc as any city of Persia, with narrow,
crooked streets and mud houses of
only one or two stories. which were
built when the Persians occupied this
country. On both sides of the street
are little shops. like closets, set back
into the walls, not more than six or
eight feet square. with no light or
ventilation except that which comes
through the door. Each line of bust.
ness has a street or a covered arcade
to itself The rug dealers are all in
one street, the silversmiths and gold
smiths in another; the lawmakers, the
dry goods dealers, the hardware men,
the butchers. the bakers and even the
lighthouses and the BARRIERS are segre-
gated like the tailors and the dealers
in kitchen utensils, which is great
convenience.
one whole street is given up to bar
bers, who do a big business, for the
Persians shave their heads instead of
their faces. All the lighthouses are
on one street, which seems to be well
patronized also. Naskidoff, who
knows everything, says the Persians
wait until they are very dirty and then
go and take a long, hot bath.
Many OF the merchants make their
own goods and work at their trade in
their shops where their customers can
see them. The Persians are petty
merchants; the Georgians manufac-
ture arms and are gold and silver.
smiths. Their handiwork is rude but
artistic: that Is. they show more taste
than skill. They run to belts, daggers,
revolver handles. cups. flagons, fill
gree buttons and saddle ornaments.
which the Georgians covet more than
virtue. They do some very clever
work by inlaying steel with silver and
gold, but it is not so fine or SO artistic
as the cloisonne of Japan.
The Armenians are the big dealers.
the bankers, the money lenders, and,
like most prosperous people, are the
object of jealousy and resentment.
am told that when an Armenian loans
money he expects to have 1t repaid
His business reputation is fine, but
the people who owe him money hate
him because the Armenians are thrift
ty. industrious and temperate, and
do not waste their substance in riout-
Gus living,
The Tartars. who have their own
section of the town, hate the Arme-
mans more than the Persians do, not
only because of difference of tenn
permanent and habits of life, but be
cause the Tartars and Persians are
Mohammedans and the Armenians are
Christians.
The Tartars are the toughest of the
lot. They are desperate. reckless, hot
headed. desperadoes, with fondness
for fight and strong drink. notwith-
standing the prohibition of the Koran
When Tartar let's himself go, other
people are wise to give him the right
of way. particularly when he wears a
knife at his belt and totes" couple
of guns, He abominates the Arme-
mans, who are a constant moral re-
proach to him, and makes no effort
to conceal his hatred.