Show NOT AS F R 0 M TURKEY havi q wely safely arrived it at I 1 now send you yop a few line ila ipg the ate te of the toads dovw jebe country through 1 I chave he ivelo aklus it m nay y your mavro to know what progress the goy governed govern mD here bore has nde made in mad coad building sethe last russian wax war ihen a it learned such a sad les its ison owing to the impossibility to transport the neo necessary essary provisions and other equipments for tiie ram kare army anay the fact is very little headway has been made A few balles nalles of mod moderately erakly good roads ads are built fam samson to aimi gurene and ad also toward i as a whole the government is in about the same sam dilemma sas before the war aside from these se state roads the roads generally are as yet practically IMP impassible Ible with any amy consid considerable eMble burden the method of transportation from the most important terri territory torl of agriculture and fruit growing mountains asby is by means of caravan caravia ps consisting 9 either don donkeys Veys mules 3 horses or carhela came A very hard way observing QS erving life indeed from tio ta marash the writer traveled in such a train atrain donkey speed slow pd tedious upon which neither forpe norm nor coaling axing would create any my impression the roads whick connect thew these princ principal lAl cities of the interior f asia minor ar no more than trails located au aa L the nearest possible they appear to be as old eld as af the cities whish they connect very aae is done towed tow aad keeping them in repair and hence they are nearly mearly impassible Jm when therefore tOMO rIP two caravans meet on OB a dugway winding for mites around hauie tops of high te trail only admits of a single ale our mule drivers have bave a hard time jp in passing not only because of the narrow road but also because theY Meto to nave have imbibed somewhat of theoule the mule nature no one will move mave to accommodate a pas bags age thus by form force of much mach quarreling a passage is made often resulting suld ng in one or more of the animals moving off the dugway and ahlma animal and jourden going to the bottom of the ravine the road from durane to marash a of about mileo miledis leeis mi 19 of this de the trail trall crosses a range of 0 mou mount Rioe about allethe Al like kethe the was wae atcy mounta insi satt anitas as the canyons are by large rivers as a mattier matter of 0 course bourse the trail is forced into the tops of the mountains in order to great and from the main frail are many minor twite twing left off to t ot various lurd vAl vallage lagg in which the ans abound ahw villages W high up A the mom tsai bains aaeng the pines and thetA lear ear of zold cold water the tap bp content ath plentiful au supply of wood and water for they axe are dragging out a moat miserable existence poor in the full fall meaning af the word the banns are fertile because high up in the mountains TO our gi great eat surprise we alq sides of the mountains cleared and laid out in vineyards and a line fine quality qualify of grapes are produced but the kurds burds do not surprise the world with any improvements they live as their theja I 1 fathers have done iu in centuries past ruins of villages with their graveyards are seen all along the roads comfort is out of the question and to io 4 anything for the improvement of their condition they think folly for god is the giver they say and he has so ordained it therefore improvement pro belo belongs to him and him only it is needless to state that the products beyond consumption are not easily dJs disposed posed of A former farmer will load down clown his ass with a bushel 0 or r two of wheat barley or grapes and will spend from two to oja sl days according to distance ingoing to jaraah Al bistan blan or other cities to di dispose of his wares here his gnip grapes will bring from two tp to five cents per badma about seyen seven jp pounds his wheat and barley fetch something like salt lake city prices sometimes they will spend a day ip ia go gathering bering two large grim ann fuls of wood because timber in many places e aee scarce then another day to sell it in albiston Al bistan the gain being five ceja cents or three pounds of salt this neglect of good roada is ab fault of thip the government the roads were not built according to ow our way of understanding justice these roads bein laid ou by the government the villages of the road dista district lct were ordered out by goodwill or force as necessity demanded and wh each man poor and rich alike was forced to build frova from paree to five metres of rufed this ww was well enough for the rich but a gwng medicine fw for the poor man xen then again ake boeka heesh game was waa the road engineer WM pad to lay tho road off in the hills so as to eave arave the farms farma in the valleys thus making traveling hard and likewise hindering their own advancement not knowing the advantages vantages of good zoad and easy transportation it no manufacturing of any grest great importance can be found some home made clothie clot hse made some of them of very good quality but they gonot do not supply the home market maket much of a the e cheap cotton gloo goons of bebon and evon even america have found their way into this country and as a matter of fact bring no good to the home production the best articles maleare turkish mats which are am real gems of their kind being both neat and durable these mats are am the only furniture found in most of the houses and are the substitutes for our chairs and sofas and sometimes beds the mats are very ingeniously ly made of many colors and figures and when baroug brought ht to foreign countries fetch a good price but enterprise ter prise being in the background the trade is not considerable about the most extensive home industry is the manufacture of the buffalo bu fialo chip 11 II I this article is prepared chiefly by the women these poor serfs are to be found on the roads aud and commons early and late gathering the fresh material for the chip 01 ol when a sufficient quantity has iven been procured it is softened with water aud and sometimes mixed with a little atcas after a thorough mixing mostly done with the feet the chip is by hand bond formed into rough cakes and so far as room can be found the chip ny may be seen on thip the sunny side of the wall of the abe houses or outhouses out houses systematically stuck op on to dry when dry aud and ready for the fire they axe are put upon the market and in places form an extensive exon sive portion of the commerce wadle ahme thus taking a glance at the world at large with its sin and low life the effects of disobedience to our hes heavenly father how can one help saying I 1 youth of zion sion appreciate preci ate your edition condition in life obey and his servants remember your calling is to reform a ullen fallen world filled with all manner of wickedness here while we travel from one village to another we are subject to robbers and are am not safe in our houses unless the doors and windows are securely bolted with heavy iron in zion our peaceful mountain home you are sale safe by day and night with none to molest or make the present dark clouds notwithstanding let us appreciate our gur advantage P F P F HUTZE |