Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 16, 1913, Page 2

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Miller Building, East Side Square FLORIDA PURE ICE FOR LAKELAND PEOPLE } The ICE I am handling is made from well water and[double_distilled. It is not a question of quantity, but QUALITY. It the people wish this kind of ice they must stand by me. L. W. YARNELL MR EVENING THLBGRAM, LAE ELAN N LAND©® | TROVBLE ), FLA., AUG. 16, 1913. A Women Jeen-Bryant Bldg., Suite 9. BLANTON & LAWLER— .W Americans have ever visited the isolated parts of Albania, However, if he returns home but those who have, recall the and defends it for three days so it cannot be fired he is allowed to re- He can also save it by invit- ing the lord of another tribe to take possession with a posse of sharp-shoot- ers to defend it. Sometimes for business purposes an |, oath of peace is taken by two parties for a stated period, and at festival time a week's peace is sworn; 80 that all blood foes may attend church and the festivities without danger of death. During this week everybody 18 very'| gay and friendly. At the end of that time they instantly become bitter “Duhan, rakia, pushke, Meaning “tobacco, brandy, guns and love.” Guns are most in evidence, for every man must shoot—or be shot. This little land of blood feuds is tucked away in the group of moun- tains that form Montenegro. it 8 a rocky, barren wilderness and not cultivatable. The heat in ‘mid- summer is overpowering; shallow rivers run through valleys rich with cherries, figs and almonds. There are few Lridges, and those who wish to cross usually wade. gardens line the river banks. small ponds are made and the water fmmense wooden In most towns the entire population can turn out under arms inside of ten minutes and the smell of gun powdes 1s like blood to a tiger. Gurizi (Black Stone) is a Moslem vil- lage that derives its name from an It is full of greyish- . white dogs with wolf blood in their who are taught to attack strangers on sight. Puppies too young to walk will snap fiercely at passersby and no stranger can enter the town dipped out with ladles and showered on the crops. Albania 1s inhabited by distinctly different tribes, each led by a heredi- standard bearer--an handed down from father to son, or the nearest male heir. The chief or leader of each tribe is absolute mas- ter of the others and their flocks and worldly possessions are held in com- enormous rock. In some villages houses are formed of irregular stones, with a stable on the first floor and living room on the second, with a covered balcony across Windows are small and very scarce, and most of the light comes through broken roof tiles, which also provide an outlet for smoke from There is little or no furni- ture. The rough stone walls are cov- ered with guns and fleld implements and festooned with drying fish and meat. Other food is hung in tight baskets from the rafters, beyond the Rude cooking dishes made of clay and chopped pigs’ bristles are kept in an alcove near the fire. Large tree trunks are dug out and used to hold food and small pleces of the trunk are hollowed out for bowls. A wattled larder for milk stands on posts in the yard. Clothes are kept in rudely-painted, clumsy chests. The floor of thick planks, hewn by an ax, is always clut. tered with household belongings. The family sleep in hurdles hung from a tie-beam of the roof and supported by a pole underneath. Sheets are of thickly-woven white felt and pillows of bright red cotton. Very often a sheep 18 penned in one corner of the room and a pig in the other! are tethered near the fire! Albanians are friendly and hospl table with everyone, as a rule, except When guests come within howling distance of the house they are to visit, they begin to yell greetings and empty revolvers—which 1s heartily returned by their host and kept up until they are inside by the fire that always blazes and the tam- boritza that always tinkles music. News travels fast—being actually shouted from town to town. The Al have peculiar, powerful voices, and can hurl messages acfoss the valleys' with great force. In an bour a message can be sent and an answer received from a place 12 hours distant by horseback. Anyone hear ing the shout, repeats it and sends it Of 8trange Mixture, They are a strange mixture of emo- tion and unnatural insensibility. They prefer to have a hand chopped oft for theft, instead of serving a short prison aentemce. They are . broken-hearted over murdered: son-~but continue to shoot. - They are proud of their high death rate and spend more for guns and ammunition than for food. They buy caps and powder and cast their own bullets. Martini cartridges are most popular because they are easily filled and wound worse than the rapid- firing Mauser. For & severe wound at close range nothing ¢an compare with their old-fashioned flint-lock, rammed with a dram of powder, a big bullet, spikes, glass plinters, etc. Many of are silver mounted and ornamented with initiation sapphires The old idea- of purification by blood ~blood vengeance—is the ruling beliet in Albania. Blood only can wipe away blood; but it is taken strictly accord- ing to rule and not classed with mur- der. A blow, or even an. insult, re- quires blood. Blood only can cleanse the sin of marrying a girl who was betrothed to another. Abduction or adultery demands blood. This ' does not necessarily mean the blood of the offender himself—any male blood of his tribe answers the purpose. It is against the rules to shoot a man when he is with a woman, a child, or a company of friends. Therefore, many meén never step out of doors blood enemies. the sky There are no doctors in the country, The sick usually wait for death on & heap of rags in some dark corner full ia was pute T4 An old custom still in vogue s swearing brotherhood. comes very fond of a friend he asks him to be his brother. string around the little finger so tight that it swells. It is then pricked and the blood allowed to drop on a loaf of L ; £ g tah Zg. PES is then liable to be shot by any member of the other tribe, troubles him not, but in a few dis- tricts a council has authority to burn his house, demolish his erops, kill his cattle and forbld him to work the ard eaten—making both wmen of the If either has any feuds the other is in honor bound to avenge them—e0 swearing brotherhond usual Iy means were sbovuiing The few who are uc: saot live to a The Protesslons-|RENTERS AND ¢ Wfptinz };RoMpT | action ,will do y, # —_‘—__—_——_—“ 52, GANVEL 7. SMITR SPECIALIT, and Theee! e, s, Bot sud Shovet Glasssn ; henss Ofes, 141; Realdomes. Brywt Bidg, Lakelsad, i ._______.———-—.'—“' A W. B, GROOVER, PUTEBAN AND 9R. 0. 0. WILGOX— PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Spectal Attention Gven to Diseas and Children. OBy |of watehes, lockets, chay Sresches, ots., 18 nedica| perfoet tante a0 well o Phone 887, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Lakeland - Florida SA GARAX A VEEERR SIIOPATE PEYSIEAL labsland, Meoin. tlt‘s.ulm l—nuu'nn.n ... LAKELAND, FUBLIC STENOGRAPEER Griiat Blag. 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