The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-22
THE BLACK SEA
An Interesting Sketch of the Coast Cities and Peoples Of
That Fabled Sea
From The Classmats

Front Classmae
What land of romance and myth one travelling in
cruising Here the
Fairgrounds The the southern
Alexander the Great by Cyrus by
Darous by Tmou the Tartar and other historic characters that
youthful imagination This has been thoroughfare
conquero battlefield for Its shores have likewise
during the and
have times its For centuries
fighting between the Cross and
Crescent.
The Black Sea of goodly hundred miles
long at it's greatest length hundred miles
BREADTH ancient times important highway of
commerce. just The first Greek colons
out early hundred before the Christian
era located carefully selected Sites
which of the fertile regions
of the world there which
Black both the southern and northern Shores
sailing under divers flags shores
heritage for they include
grain producing wealth of petroleum. The southern
which belongs Turkey much like Palestine in it's
characteristics Roumana and Bulgaria small frontage
imagination the Greeks peopled this whole
region beings who the heroes of their fables
songs quite probable that there mixture of history
Especially this of the southern There
scarcely shore which the of myth
illogical fable The modern of Eeg occupied the site Of the
Haracea Hercules There
Ereg which have entered
Cerberu The goddess Diana
and other animals these shores At
every port the surrounded by fleets of
high-pOmted
ancient galleys of the Greeks.
Argonauts under the command of and
greatest heroes of Grcn fable sailed it's in
the golden which suspended from oak
grove guarded night dragon They
sailed ship fifty built under the instructions
Hercules Theus Castor and Poux and
other mythical heroes JASON The EXPEDITION with
surprising Cochs the fleece
providing that Jason would yoke together fire breathing
perform other impossible ordinary mortal He
did them all and returned home safely needless the
story To sail the blue of the Black
peace ship of with of destructive
attack by hostile fleet delightful One enjoy in
the historic that have occurred these
shores and let his imagination evel the legendary tales
that told NEUROLOGICAL heroes who sailed these
More history being made for the historian of the future
by the taking place the nations
that the Black Euxne Consannope guards the
M and for that has long been
by powerful empire. From the of Peter
the Great the have looked longngy for free and
exit this that would provide round outlet the
boundess beyond the jealousy the nations
opposed to the Sultan has prevented Russia from attain
ing this goal
wonderful variety
the Black Sea- and the Black Sea void of
One will hear than caused such
the of Babel. Russians Coacks Amnians Arabs
Crcassian Bugaans Poles Greeks
Jews Syns Walach Turkomans Kurd Lazi and Persans
classes will be among those represented Most these
the deck and make themselves comfortable
BILE with their bundles Of blankets and pillows They afford
of life color odd
artistic Many of them be clothed less
brilliant colors
this really body of there
The Mohammedan passengers themselves
that lard other pig
itself Mohammedan Frequently will
Mhammedan mulah wearing long robe red M with white
urban wrapped the proper
medan would their faces Mecca
through with the gnuectons that of the
ritual. and cry aloud that there is God but Allah.
The Caucasus with it's mountains,
extraordinary collection different
sadspaking of representing
branch of the human family make
The stopping place the Baoum the
harbors the Black Sea- the
we'll. The that
district and the petroleum the oil fields
1t said that shipped
other the world.
1875 the same