El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

sist Of most fertile loamy soil, trans
formation viii take place that will as
tonish The world.
Ever since the Russian war
Russia has made every effort to make
herself independent Of the United
States. BY raising the tariff on agrl-
cultural implements and ali other ma
Cnlnery.. she forced the international
Harvester company and other manufac-
yurerS 20 manufacture their goods in
Russia, ana as a Russian business man
told US IN I3shke7nt, 'When the time
comes that We VIII not only be able to
do without your cotton, but compete
with you In the markets of the world,
your folks won't be so anxious to abro-
gate treaties WITH us nor seek to med
ole with the internal administration OF
our country
1seaee Enissaries Murdered.
@Iu the reign Of Alexander II it was
still impossible to penetrate into the in
terror Of West Turkestan. To cross the
the early SOS England sent her repre-
sentative to BOkhara with a view to
making a commercial treaty, but the
fanatical natives could not tolerate
nOn-belteTer among them and after
frightful torture they executed hIm-
This was the fate of every European
try, and often Russians living on the
border were attacke aftCi cutting
women and children into pieces and de-
strOying everything Ewing by fire, the
and prepare for other raids,
Home Life in Bokhara.
While Staylns IN the city OF Box
hara we enjoyed the hospitality Of Ak
bar AXIS. the Oldest and largest dealer
in raw Persian ana Astrachaa- skins in
BOkhara- lie is so years old and a mill
HOnaire. He lives in a house that has
no windows 10 the outside and looks
like any common Mexican mud house,
but the interior is that of a veritable
oriental palace and the decorations are
most beautiful. only in-the summer
palace or the enllr did we see the same
character OF decorations and. rugs.
We could not help but feel that
American money paid for many Of these
about 60 percent Of t-ss entire output
OF kar3aOOI skins
We enjoyed the hospitality-of Akbar
Ais and never viii forget the aplOff'
on which we feasted- It was awkward
to sit on the rugs, there being no fur
niture Of any kind in the house OF a
Sart. not even stove. little low
square table IS placed over hole in
the uOOr INTO which hot charcoal is
poured, the table is then covered with
quilt and this positively constitutes
the only furniture in the reception
room Of any native, rich OF poor. It is
thus possible to warm ones feet but
the rest Of the body remains cod, Is the
quilt seldom reaches farther than the
How Food Is Served.
Green tea is first served in Chinese
cups, and then comes the 'ploff,' con-
siStfng Of mutton. raisins and rice, ard
served for all in one dish. The meat is
torn up with the fingers and every
body eats with his hands, a trying or
oeal, especlaIIy LOT NOVICE, as the ma
uVes are lndeScr1bably dirty and most
OF them suffer from nasty skin diseases
we have never seen a knife and
fork in the house of a single Sart, ex-
cept in the palace Of the vice emir,
where we mad the honor to dine with
his highneSs, the Kushbegi OF all Sarts
There We were treated to five different
Kinds Of 'plOff,' ali containing rice and
ralsins, but the meat varied from
boiled and fried chicken to boiled and
fried beef No guest ever gets a chance
10 leave the palace of the Kushbegi or
any OF the governors before ne has
thoroughly stuffed himself with
plOfF and fruit, and he is expected to
drink from five to ten cups OF tea The
bread is as hard as a rock and looks
like an enormous pancake served cold.
There are no alcoholic beV RACES served
in the houses Of a BOkhara, as it is
against the law as laid down by Ma
Finest Horses in the World.
In 1865 and 1868, Russia undertook
the conquest OF the country. There was
fierce and continual wars. A railroad
was pushed in with the greatest Diff
Guilty. In 1881, after many years of
campaigning, the chief fortress of the
Iel1inzes was stOrmed by the Russians.
The tribe had always been the most
and relentless. For ages
they had had the reputation of being
the worst desert robbers in the world.
The fortress fell, and the Technics
1T last decided to turn TO ways Of peace. /
They ran down other rObber bands, re-
stored order, and live in comparative
luiet Civilization does not seem 90
have affected them in the least, how
ever, and they live in their tents and
mud houses the same life as our Wild
est tribes Of North American indians
They are ideal hOrsemen and the
rekinz horse is said by some to sur
pass even Arabian breeds of runners.
or the past year England has been
ouylng up many OF the pes5 Ieklnz
horses; a great many go to England,
but most OF them are taken to East In
lila, where they are used by the English
children sold as aWives.o
Among these people, when girls are
or s years old they are already sold
.Or wives, and, providing they are paid
Tor, are delivered by the parents or
nearest male relative when II to Is
years old If only partially paid for,
The girl may live a while with her be-
rothed, but then she must again return
home until the balance IS paid The
price now paid for a wife is fixed at
700 rOuEles ~ the Russian govern
nent. although secretly they often pay
Clothing.
'Ihe Turkomanr ras well as the Xiii
Wan men do not wear a 'chalma,' and
he same is true OF the Khirgizes, but
wear an immense sheepskin cap, often
1-2 feet high, and as the Khivians
wear a very low sheepskin cap, one can
distinguish the two Municipalities easy.
70 Sart. Tadjik or Uzbeck will wear
anything ever on his head except a
chalma' consisting of a small woven
zap that fits on the top of the shaver
head and surrounding Il about so yards
If fine, gauzelike material is wrapped, I
he two together constituting the
chalma' When a mOslem dies away
rom home. he is wrapped in the ma i
erial of the chalma, and unless so
wrapped. he cant enter the paradise
Promised by MahOmet.
Dirt and Disease.
Nv hen one comes to BOkara and |
ices the sickening sanitary conditions
he naturally wonders what Russia has
laan lnine al rhasa Eaars that ha-a