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Show ANCIENT GLOOMS OF TURKEY i As long ago as 1013 Cory ato visited Constantinople and has left n minute account of Its manners and customs. Among other matters he notus that It Is the custom that whensoever when-soever any fire nrlsstfi lu the city, to hang up him In whose houso It be-gloneth; be-gloneth; ns now, a cook, In whose "houo It begun, was hanged up breSently after tho fire coasted" The Turks themselves, It appears, were modes of good breeding "Tho Tutk doth novr at the saluting of his friend at arty time of the day, or vhen he drliiHetfi lo him at dinner or supper, sup-per, put otf his turban (as wo Christians Chris-tians dp our huts ono to nnither), but bowbth his hBd and putteih his right hand upon bis breast, so that he utterly Utmikeih. the fashion that Is used niuiHW u ot uujllni,- ff our luts; therefore, wheft lie wlah'Ut any lit to fils tuom h" praytb Ood '0 sond him, no mur tv-' ,nn a Christian's lit.'' n |