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HOLLAND AWAITS AN nEIR
Tation Ready to Welcome It. Future
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. THfc HAGUE, March 10. -The advent of
n heir Apparent to the throne of Ilnlland
l a prospect whlrh causes the heart of
very patriotic Dutchman to beat higher.
'For Holland, of course, the question of
the continuation or the extinction of the
house of Orange-Nassau Is of paramount
Importance inasmuch of the latter con
tingency would mean either the blotting
out of the kingdom as The Netherlands as
separate entity or else a return to Its
seventeenth century status of a common
wealth. Blnce Germany Inaugurated a more am
bitious naval policy some few years ago
. these possibilities have formed the sub
Joct of grave considerations In more than
one Bumpean chancellery. Twice already
the hopes of the young queen have been
disappointed, and her subsequent state of
health gave rise to all sorts of rumors as
regards her ability to ever give an heir
to the nation.
Da tea Saeeesaloa dimple.
The Dutch succession' is really a simple
Alough question, seeing that, contrary to
the state of affairs tn many other Euro
pean countries, there are no pretenders or
claimants to the throne. Fate Indeed has
not dealt kindly with the house of Orange
during the last half century. King William
III, the present queen's father, saw the
sons of his first marriage die childless
after they" reached manhood, and his
brother and uncle also died without leaving
male heirs. With what tense expectancy
the scion of Wlll'am's second marriage with
Princess Emma of Waldeck Pyrmont was
awaited those who were In Holland at the
tlfte of Wllhelmlna's birth can testify.
Apart from the purely Teutonic origin
e the reigning house of Holland, It has
gjt several occasions received further ad
jpjxture of German blood since the con
gress of Vienna In 1814 remodelled the
Map of Europe and 'William I assumed the
Lyle of king of The Netherlands. For this
wjonarch married a Prussian royal princess,
fid his grandson, William HI, went for
Ms two consorts, first to the court of
Wurtemberg and then to the principality
of Waldeck Pyrmont, while the union of
queen Wllhelmlna, the last direct repre
sentative of the Orange-Nassaus, with Duke
Henry pf Mecklenburg In mi Is of too re
cent date to need comment.
Collateral Heirs.
Falling an heir, male or female for the
Callc law does not operate In Holland the
nearest candidate in line of succession
would have been Prince William of Weld,
whose mother waa the only daughter If
William Hi's uncle, Frederck. But the
prince of Wled died in 1907, leaving an off
spring of very tender age. Since then the
chances of the grown-up sons of the late
Prince Henry VII of Rcuss, whose con
sort was a daughter of Princess Sophia,
William Ill's only sister, have been con
sidered. These are, of, course, purely
German princes, holding commissions In
the German army and navy, and their
willingness to press their somewhat remote
clalni 'on the Dutch throne if occasion
arose has ao far been understood to be
doubtful In the extreme.
Reasona of state prescribe precautions
to be taken in view of the possibility of
the queen dying childless. A. council of
state would take the reigns of govern
ment, but It Is unlikely that Prince Henry
of. the Netherlands, the queen's consort,
would have more than the courtesy title
of president of that' assembly.
Of Queen Wllhelmlna's persanal popular
ity among her subjects there cannot be
the slightest doubt. For the majority of
he Dutch she has since her childhood
presented the hope of the nation, and
van those whose leanings are toward
the re-establishment of the United Prov
inces sympathise with her over her dis
appointed hopes of motherhood.
All Holla ad aad the Karaery.
And so all Holland la waiting eagerly
for the event which is to affect Its des
tinies so powerfully. Everything is ready
for the arrival of the expected little
stranger at the unpretentious royal palaoo
at The Hague.
The nursery occupies part of the second
story of . the palace, comprising six wide
aDd spacious apartments, besides separate
rooms for the attendants. The wing of
the castle has been remodelled in Its en
tirety. 'Tnwvalla and ceilings of all the rooms
have been scraped, and new woodwork, as
well as new floors, heating apparatus and
hot and cold water have been put in under
(he queen's own supervision. She devised
the plana from EnglUh and American
models, ' ordering that everything old
fashioned about the nursery be abolished,
aad Insisting that she would have none of
the old time nursery with Its unsanitary
surroundings.
Ths only old-fashioned things about the
nursery are the various cradles, heirlooms
In the. Nassau royal family, some of them
nearly aa Uio as a state coach. .The
queen had them thoroughly overhauled and
only their elaborate shells remain.
It la the. custom tn Holland to use pink
ribbons and pink lining for the cradle cur
tains when a girl would be most welcome,
light "' blue when a boy Is hoped for. So
The Hague women Inquired what color the
queen would prefer for the cradle. The dip
lomatic answer came that she had chosen
a special shade of vlell or for the nursery
and would prefer the same color for the
cradle.
Trosmeit la Ready.
'The baby trousseau l.ad. Indeed. a!resd
ben ordered lien the queen was the first
time dls ippolnV-d In her expectations. The
dainty llt!e garments wtre made In dif
ferent schools tnd workshops In Holland.
The queen is fond of elaborate hand-made
embroideries and she Is a very good Judge
of needlework, to that It Is needless to
say with how much loving care tho layette
was ordered.
The coming event has already set many
heads at work in devising plans to cele
brate It. Throvglinut the country commit
tees of HOirlety women snd others have
ben formrl lo rollfct funds and make ar
rangements. The queen has intimated her
desire that the msjor portion of the funds
I so collected should be used for phllan-
tnroplc purposes and not be employed In
making her presents, as was originally In
tended. At Holland's chief naval station of the
Helder the military and civil authorities
ip committee have decided on a great fete
to which the united mualral societies of
the town and surrounding districts ar to
hf; Invited. A philanthropic lady at The
Ilegue has decided to give All the poor
children of Th ' Hague find Sehevenlngen
a treat ef biscuits and sweets (oars way
candles called mulsjcs). It Is the custom
In this country to give biscuits and car.
sway candles when a child Is bom, smooth
candles being chosen when the newcomer
Is a girl and rough or.es when boy, so
that from thp character of the sweets re
ceived one can know the sex of the new
born child. The recent plans at The
Hsgue, which are under consideration by
the committees, are for the celebrating
of the event four weeks after the actual
birthday.
Uvea the Shoes'.
Throughout the country of late there has
been a brisk trade In orange paint. In red.
white and blue ribbons. In flags and flag
staff. In secret mxny peasants have
painted their best ooden shoes orango,
rutting them aside until the festive mo
ment. Careful housewives have had tho
flasMaffs of their houses newly painted
and the flags cleaned, so as to have every
thing In readiness. And with every house
displaying the red, white and blue, with
the bells ringing, the old churches playing
their carillons and the crowds singing in
the streets, the towns will be festive
enough.
Queen Wllheflmlna has signified her wlll
li gnesa to accept the suggested work of
the pupils of a needlework school at The
Hague, who intend making six sets of In
fants' clothing, which will be presented
to women who have tho good fortune to
become mothers on the same day as the
queen, and numerous gifts hue been prom
ised to the lucky babies that will be born
on the same day as the hoped for heir
to the throne.
At Wlnschoten ft has been decided to
employ all money collected In establishing
holiday settlements In three provinces, to
which poor and weakly children can be
sent to recuperate. In this way they think
to associate the idea of the birth of a
young prlnoe or princess with the recovery
of health and strength by some poor chil
dren. . .
Gift for the Queen.
In every trn"t,n3 vlllagV committees
have been formed to allow all the women
in the place to contribute. A central com
mittee has been appointed for every prov
ince to arrange one gift itv the name of the
whole province. In this way there will be
money enough to present the queen with
an article of value and sufficient will be
left over for charity.
The province of Zetland, for Instance,
will give a white perambulator. The lace
sunshade over it for summer use will be
made by the famous Sluis lace makers.
The Hague glvc a cradle, the embroidery
of which is entrusted to the same hands
that embroidered the queen's coronation
robes and her wedding dress. Leeuwarden
glvca a silver book on an antique oak
stand, in which the events of baby Hfe will
be noted down the baby's weight every
week, the date of the first tooth, of the
urst step, of little ailments, etc.
Rotterdam gives a sliver mug, plate,
spoon and egg cup; Amsterdam a wash
stand with sliver ewer, basin, etc. A screen
painted by Dutch artists, an antique oak
chest for linen, a press for baby clothes,
white lacquered furniture, a clock in Hln
loper carved wood and a weighing machine
are among the other gifts.
The larger towns preferred not to Join
the provincial committees. The East and
West Indian colonies and the Dutch people
living abroad are following the same
course. The Dutch colony In London hopes
to collect money enough for a free bed in
one of the Ixmdon hospitals, to be always
at the disposal of a Dutch patient.
To Aanoaace the Kveat.
As soon as the doctors go to the palace
a battery of artillery la to be put up In the
Malleveld, a large open space at the en
trance of the Hague Wood. Men with
flags will be stationed along the route from
the palace to the Malluveld. As soon as
the royal baby la born they will communi
cate the news from one to another with
different signals tor a prince or a princess.
Then the cannon will boom forth the
happy news of the queen'a deliverance.
Telephones and telegraph will convey the
newa to every part of the country and the
colonies.
As' soon ss the queen has regained her
strength the royal family will go to the
queen's country residence of th !,,
where she spent the greater part of her
happy childhood, under the old trees In
the healthy Gelderland air.
ALONG THE COLDEN HORN
Constantinople, Too, Hai Its Bridge
Crush.
DAILY JAM BECOMES NUISANCE
Slightly Disfigured
But Still in the Rinq
All coal orders will be filled from our South or Cen
tral Yard until wo can aooumulato now supply ;it tho
North Yard whoro tho flro waa.
If you ordar from ua you will rcelve dry, claan, high
grado ooal Juat tho aamo aa ovor.
Our atock of Building Matorlalo at tho North Yard waa
not touehod by tho flro and wo can take oaro of North Side
bualnaaa right
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thee M ameeat aersea saewlS neve SMI u
tHe ra Milt at a nei eisn, eewarsiy set.
tflre la that
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MAIN OFFICE
1614 Harney Street
Patchwork . reel ore aa Which Maay
Races Meet Regaars, Peddlers,
rrlesta. Porters, Officials
la the Crowd.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. r.-Every year
or two the European Inhabitants of Con
stantinople are aroused to a certain amount
of enthusiasm by the prospect of having
a new bridge to take the place of the
patchwork structure that now serves as
the main onnectlpn between Stamboul and
Fera the Turkish and the European quar
ters of the city. At the request of the
pttoman government various engineering
firms throughout Burope have frequently
made proposals, snd laid down plana for
this 'indertaklng; but with the Turk's cus
tomary reply thst he would look Into the
matter the government has carefully dock
eted and pigeonholed each plan without
giving It any further attention.
I'nder the old regime an American once
offered to build a suspension bridge from
the heights of Stamboul to those of Pera
in exchange for concessions to lay elec
tric tramways . throughout the city. But
Abdul Hamld wanted no such improve
ments. Dynamos sounded to him suspiciously
like dynamite and the entrance of all ma
chinery Into the country waa strictly pro
hibited. The old pontoon bridge was good
enough for his ancestors, and so, contin
ually patched and repatched, It Is quite
good enough for the present day Turk,
many thousands of whom, with their
clothes hujiglnsT together In mysterious
manner, resemble externally the ancient
bridge.
Adventure of Steamer.
Since the constitution ttie question of a
new bridge has again arisen, and a firm
of engineers recently offered to rebuild
It 1 for IJOO.000. While this proposal was
"under consideration" by the Turkish gov
ernment an English steamer in leaving Its
ancharage last month had the effrontery
to carry away a portion of the Stamboul
end of the bridge. And for, this little ex
hibition of its prowess Its owners had to
pay $30,000, which amount naturally comes
In very handy for some long needed re
pairs. For several days after the accident no
attempt was made to construct a tempo
rary passageway, the Turk contenting him
self with exclaiming "Kismet dir" (It Is
fate)! But when the thousands of busi
ness men, hamals (porters), horsemen,
pack drivers, beggars and carriages that
daily use the bridge were forced to cross
the Golden Horn either In caiques or make
a long detour round the Arab Kapou bridge
further up the stream, which meant a loss
to the government of from J1.000 to $1,600
a day, the Turk awoke to the fact that
something must be done.
And though today carriages are still un
able to get across, pedestrians are able
to get to the other side by means of a
triple flight of narrow steps and a pa
sage connecting with the shore. At the
head of these steps you are frequently
obliged to wait from ten to fifteen min
utes while a flock of sheep, bewildered and
dased. Is induced to ascend, or while four
hamals, getting their long poles entagled.
leisurely proceed to solve the difficulty of
lifting their heavy burden to the bridge.
About a week after the departure of the
English" steamer a huge umbrella twenty
feet in diameter was set up near the former
entrance to the bridge, an here some half
a doaen workmen began repairing opera
tions. But perhaps owing to Intense cold
and Incessant falls of of snow or to the
fact that there are three days of rest In
every week Friday for the Moslems, Sat
urday for the Jews and Sunday for the
Greeks and Armenians the progress of
their work Is very slow.
Crossing the Bridge.
When in its customary everday working
order It la a source of wonder to many
people how the London bridge of Constan
tinople (as the old pontoon bridge la often
called) manages to keep together its un
even planks of ancient timber and how it
supports the constant stream of heavy
traffic which abates only at nightfall, for a
hundred thousand fares are taken dally
from carriages, and pedestrians, exclusive
of the soldiers and po'lce, the maimed, the
lame, the halt and the blind, and all sick
persons, to whom the bridge Is free. An
American girl recently visiting Constanti
nople for the first time was amased at
having her metallk (1 cent) returned po
litely by the collector, who, pointing to the
crutch with which she was walking, in
dicated by his gesticulations that her
"wooden leg" exempted her from the toll.
These collectors, four of whom stand
at either end of the bridge, are aa well
padded as the Paris cocker. The white
cotton nightshirt which each man dons
on a fine day makes him easily dlslngulah
able from the-crowd, but on a wet day
both fes and shirt are hidden by a large
peaked hood and overcoat, such as la
worn by every third man one meets.
In little wooden sheds at the right and
left of the bridge entrance sit the change
givers, who under the old regime had a
curious system of making money by
punching holes In It. which accounts for
the far that practically all the imal
coins In circulation today have hcles
In them. Each of the sliver coins which
passed through their hands they punched,
snd the pieces thus obtained were care
fully and painstakingly collected until
a amall fortune waa accumulated. At
the same time the total amount of dally
tolls, which would . have been sufficient
to keep up a first ctaas navy, went with
out question into the pockets of the old
ministers.
Plagaea af the Paaaaga.
li Is practically Impossible to walk
upon ths narrow footway, for when It
Is not occupied by hamals. who frequently
stand and chat with a friend while rest
ing their load and one of the stands placed
here for therir benefit. It la covered with
loathsome looking beggars of all ages.
One of the young Turks' first attempts
at reform was to banish these plagues from
the bridge. But they were unsuccessful.
For one short week only were pedes
trians allowed to pass unmolested, then
every beggar waa back In his place and
tlw popular and legitimate business of
begging grer on aa before. It is said
that one man makes it his business to
collect, from all over the empire such
monstrosities as are to be found and
to bring them to the capital; and all ths
deformed beggars nknowledg htm as
their chief. Msny poor women Injur
their infants In th sura knowledge thst
they can then earn a good living later
In this country where labor la too plenti
ful and 111 paid.
Bide by side, upon tha footway axe round
faced, wide eyed babies, hardty able to
walk, hat having been taught by their
mothers, they repeat v.r and oyer again
mechanically a versa from the Ctoran In
tended to tnova passersby to pity. There
re too blind boys, boys without legs.
youths' with shrivelled arms and men
Ask the sal rim an
to allow you the
Vntran Clas ISange.
the kind that saves
pas, and is positive
ly odorless.
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We re exclusive
ngrntn f"r the llolin
Syphon System nnd
Minnesota Kefrlg
orator, the lxst
refriireratora made.
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Tomorrow we offer tlircc hundred room-size rugs at prices cut 33 1-3 and 25 per cent. You will
find a remarkably pretty collection of domestic rugs. Patterns in all sorts of artistic color effects
y sizes for parlor, reception room, library, hall, den, dining room and bed room. Patterns shown
to suit nearly all schemes of decorations;
$13.60 Brussels Rug, 9x11 Monday special $9.00
$16.00 Brussels Rug. 9x12 Monday special 811.05
$18.00 Brussels Rug. 9x12 Monday special 813.50
$16.00 Brussels Rug, 8-3x12 Monday spe'l $11.75
$10.00 Brussels Rug. 6-9x9 Monday special. .$7.25
$20.00 Brussels Rug, 9x12, seamless Monday.
special SI 4.25
$18.00 Brussels Rug, 8-3x10 seamless Monday
special $12.25
$15.00 Brussels Rug, 7-6x9 seamless Monday
special $9.25
$12.00 Brussels Rug, 6x9 seamless Monday
special $8.10
$22.60 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x12 $15.05
$25.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x12 seamless Mon
day special ...$17.50
$44.50 Wilton Rug. 9x12 Monday special. .$30.00
$76.00 German Saxony, 9-10x13-1 Monday
special $30.00
$66.00 German Saxony, 8-8x11-6 Monday
special S45.00
$32.60 Body Brussels, 9x12 Monday, spe. $23.00
$30.00 Body Brussels, 8-3x10-6 Monday
special $20.00
Sal.e of .Printed and Inlaid
Linoleum
The greatest attraction for this week's showing is the Clearance
Bale of Printed and Inlaid Linoleum. We have nearly one full car of
these goods which muBt be disposed of.
65c Printed Linoleums, per square yard 25
70c Printed Linoleums, per square yard 35t?
76c Printed Linoleums, per square yard 45
80c Printed Linoleums, 12-ft. wide, per sq. yard..49
WILTON VELVET RI O
$28.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x10 Monday "
pwlal $18.67
$24.00 Wilton Velvet Rug 9-9x9 Monday
Peclal S10.OO
$33.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x1 1-9 Momlav
spetlal $22.00
$16.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 6x7-6 Monday
special $10.67.
AXMINHTKK Ul tJS.
$37.50 Axmlnster Rug, 10-6x12 Monday
"PeeUl $25.00
$36.00 Axmlnster Rug, 10-6x11-3 Monday
Plal $24.00
$35.00 Axmlnster Rug, 10-6x12 Monday
pwm $23.35
$24.00 Axmlnster Rug, 8-3x10 Monday
Pecl-1 $10.00
nm ssKLs m os.
$25.00 Brussels Rug, 10-6x11-3 Monday
special SRI ft 67
$32.00 Brussels Rug, 10-6x13-6 Monday special 21 T 4
$20.00 Brussels Rug, 8-3x1 1-6 Monday special $1115
$15.00 Brussels Rug, 6-9x8-8 Monday special $10 OO
Inlaid Linoleum
The kind that the colors go through to the back and do not wear off.
90c Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard 65
$1.25 Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard 80
$1.35 Inlaid Llaolcum, per square yard 98
$1.50 Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard $1.15
$1.65. Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard Sl25
$1.75 Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard jkl!35
Remnants, per square yard 50t? and 252
Every kind of curtain, nothing that the spring season calls for is omitted from this, largest; of all drapery stocks
either for door or window. The variety in styles is almost endless. Plenty of pretty patterns whether you are outfitting a
new home or replenishing. The expense need be trifling and nothing adds more to the beauty and attractiveness of your
home than pretty curtains and'draperies.
Novelty Net Lace Curtains In
Arabian, cream and white, suit
able for library, djnlng room and
bed room, price, per pair, $5.00,
$4.75, $3.95, $3.75, $3.60, $3.25,
$3,00 and $2.75.
Until yon see the new
McDougall improvements,
you will never realize how
perfect a Kitchen Cabinet
can be. Come and see them.
You'll never regret it.
Brussels Lace Curtains an end
less variety of new designs, some
special attractions, dainty effects
In real Saxony Brussels; many
styles made and exclusively con
trolled by us for the OMAHA
TRADK. Prices, per pair, $25.00,
$22.00, $17.60, $16.00, $15.00,
$12.00, $9.00, $7.60, $6.75, $5.00,
$4.75, $4.00 and $3.25.
Battenberg Lace Curtains, In
white and Arabian, range la price
from $42.50 to $5.00.
Cluny Lace Curtains, both white
and Arabian, prices range, per
pair, from $11.75 to $2.15.
Cable Net and Scotch Brussels
Net Curtains, Ivory, Arabian and
white, prices range, per pair, from
$5.00 to 65c.
Cretonne Bed Room Curtains,
fringe edge, all colors, per pair,
from $2.25 to $1.55.
Snow Flake Curtains, silk
striped, In various designs and
colors, prices range, per pair,
from $8.25 to $1.75.
Curtain Net, by the yard, Ara-
bian, two-tone, white and colored,
prices range, per yard, from $1.75,
$1.60, $1.25, $1.00, 95c,. 76c,
60c, 45c to 25c.
LA
i It takes less than half the
time to maice a pie who a
McDourall Kitchen Cabinet.
Let us . show vou what a
1 wonderful helper a McDougall
u ana cow unit it costs.
with none, gypsy women, lepers and sore
eyed infants, all exhibiting their deform
ities and diseases as a showman exhibits
his goods.
Some rock themselves to and ro shriek
ing: hideously; others chant verses from
tha Coran, and the pious Moslem, being
enjoined by Allah to give alms, gives dally
in the full belief that by so doing a sin
is expiated with each gift. The brldga
is indeed the beggars' paradise.
Bea;a-ar with a Business' Eye.
Both here and outslda mosque gates
they have been known to grow rich and
prosperous, and a week or so ago a
visitor to Constantinople was amaied
on hunting up one of these beggars to
whom she had given a sovereign in mis
take for a meUllik to find him living in
apparent luxury. He politely handed her
back the sovereign, at the same time
suggesting he would take the niotalllk she
had Intended to give hlra.
There is little room on the footway
for pedestralns. The road teems with a
heterogeneous mass donkeys, mules,
buffalo, horses, carriages and human
beings in every variety of coatume jostle
one another all day long. There are
officers of all degrees smart looking men
In light gray cape with red collars, and
others In dark blue or gray unlforms
but none Is too proud to be seen with a
bundle of fieh or a couple of newspaper
packages tied up In a red cotton' handker
chief. There are white turbaned Turkish Ind
ians, softas and hojaa fprtests and relig
ious students) In close proximate to Jew
ish rabbis; the Merleri and Rup to dancing
and howling dervishes) in khaki colored
headgear from fourteen to eighteen
Inches in height mingle with black aklrted
Greek and Armenian priests in chimney
pot hats many cf the Armenians, vener
able patriarchs with beards reaching to
their waists, look from behind like women
with their uncut hair fastened for con
venience Into a knot at the nape of ths
neck and long black veils flowing from
their hats.
J amble ef Toagaes.
Every variety of dialect is heard as you
push your way past Turkish women, Arme
nian hamals, Levantine sailors, merchants
of European nationality, soldiers from every
part of ths empire and pilgrima from Mecca
In bright green turbans. Here are proud
looking Arabs; over there are wild looking
Tartars and Circassians with belts full of
knives and other weapons, and in the dis
tance, making a broad passage for him aelf.
Is a rough Albanian shepherd whose sheep
skin coat, kept out on the shoulders by
means of a wooden bar, puts the modest
shoulders of a stalwart American athlete
to shame by at least foot on each aide.
In and out of this motley throng you
are forced to dodge, at the rama time
keeping your eyes and eara open to avoid
collision with one of the horsemen who
dash madly over the bridge and who often
come to grief In the middle, knowing no
more how to ride the hired beast on which
they sit than a Turkish csptaln who haa
never been to sea knows how to sail the
ship in his command. All day long U heard
the rumble and clatter of the arabaa (cabs)
with their couple of woraout horses and
private carriages with their well groomed
pairs as they drive recklessly through the
living mass; while to complete the pande
monium, above the din are heard ths voices
of Innumerable hawkers, who stand shoul
der to shoulder at tha edge, of the footway
yelling out the nature, excellence and
cheapness of their wares.
aaaet at S la at baa I.
Then, as the sun begins to set behind
Stamboul, silhouetting the great Sulelmanlet
mosque with its six graceful minarets,
business men swell the crowd bending its
steps toward Peru, where buildings of every
description Imposing embassies, houses of
wood and colored plaster are seen between
the masts of thousands of boats at anchor
Tongues of fire shoot out from the horlson,
and while the heavens change gradually
from red to brilliant orange, gold, yellow,
green, purple and soft blue, you realize how
the narrow horn of water stretching In the
distance came by its name for at the mo
ment even this is turned to gold.
But fascinating as it is to the artist and
the poet and Intensely picturesque aa aeen
by twilight, the Golden Horn with Ua thou
sands of sea craft is nothing but a home
of refuge for useless truck which the Turk
is too lazy and too Indolent to dispose of.
Here along the water's edge. In rows five,
ten and even twenty deep, between the
main bridge and Azab Kapow every de
scription of boat is to be seen.
Those which occupy the front ranks are
still in use, but look as if they must soon
Join the fast decaying, motionless craft
around them. Some are old steamers
which, having been scrapped by foreign
countries, .were sold to the Ottomon gov
ernment to end their days plying between
Stamboul and the Asiatic shore, and to all
appearance nothing but a miracle keeps
afloat those which are yet In constant use.
Last month there was a strike among the
passengers, the greater number of whom
are business men, who boarded the steam
ers and refused to pay the fares until the
steamboat company promised them sjme
improvement. After a day or two the fol
lowing notice was posted up on the boats:
"The honorable public is requested to be so
good as to pay the fares. Three new steam
ers have been ordered."
Further up the stream, as if afraid they
would escape, lie a few large cargo boats
chained together like prisoners, although
they are obliged to lean heavily upon one
another for support. All that is to be seen
of life Is in midstream, where ungainly
slow-going lighters creep lazily up and
down and various steamers and tugs
after calling at their landing stages cut
through the water without heeding the
myriad of yawls and caiques that skim
gracefully but perilously near their larger
brethren.
Everywhere on shore you will notice
apathy and neglect In the tumbledown
houses and filthy, uncaied for streets, but
you are still more forcibly struck with
the Indolence of the Turk as your eye
takes In tiie whole dead scene upon the
Golden Horn.
The few Young Turks who have arisen
-though they have done much in 'freeing
their country from the despotic rule are
as handicapped as Gulliver when a midgut
In the hnnds of the giants. Their work In
a gigantic one with the odds tremendous
against them; and you are inclined to lay
your hands upon your stomach In tha
Turkish fashion, ejaculating piously In' the
words of the Turk himself, "Allah kerltn""
(God will provide).
FREDERICK MOORB.
Outranks the White Plaicae.
Lecturing at Harvard Medical school Dr,
Elliott P. Joslln declared that pneumonia
was the most fatal malady in Boston in
19(13, claiming 3,000 victims; ht-art disease
ranking second in this regard, and tin
"white plague" coming third. Pneumonia
affects all ages, and about 25 per cent of
the cases result fatally, it is not usually
contracted from a cold, as Is generally sup
posed, said Dr. Joslln, but develops from
bad physical or hytrenlc conditions an4 .
from exposure. It is contagious In that
nne may catch It by breathing in the at
mosphere where there is a pneumonia pu
tient in the vicinity. New York Tribune. .
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