The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-12
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y semi-Occasional under date Of June LIST. Oran.
Algeria, writes as follows:
The Emperor Napoleon arrived at Algiers on
the Sd May, in grand state, accompanied with
about all the irOnclads of the French Navy. and he
felt that he was safe. no doubt.
Ostensibly he came here in search of health. but
MS personal appearance would lead a Yankee to
guess something else the motive. However that
may be, the programme read that he was in pur-
suit Of health, (and Napoleon believes in program
mes) so, after due receptions, IOI gunings. speeches.
vivas, bouquets, flags and fauntings. he proceeded
to les Earlr Theraales dq DiaBEc-H lies
k0Vti1, "Bains du Maudit," as the Colons call them.
These baths are situated in the reimbursement Of
Guelma, Department of Constantine. and about
eight kilometres five miles)east of the village of
Guelma, reached by a wagonable road, and the
latter is connected with Port Bone by an excellent
government road. These baths are in the valley
of Oued Zanati, and in getting to them the shallow
river has to be forded several times. There is no
village. it is simply an establishment, and presided
over by Doctor MORGAN, Medicin en- Chef of the
civil hospital of Bone. These baths happen to be
located in 4 vast and beautiful park, surrounded
with picturesque scenery, game plenty and wild.
inhabitants scarce and tame and the water in the
devils bath " stands at So ccntigrade. Q7Oo
Fahr.,) good for rheumatism and hot as " I'd Deem
ber,@ one would think. Napoleon bathed once
and emigrated, whether it was the temperature.
the devils or Eugene annulling the - avertisse-
ments that started him off so suddenly, no mortal
Will ever know. An eyewitness describes TO me
hdtbGth substantially as follows: 1t is Il wild. weird,
savage place at best, with grOttoes, stalactites
ard stalagmites in abundance. but. expecting the
Emperor, its scraggery had been tanned down won
d~erfully, combed, brushed and dressed in the latest
Partisan fashion, to receive him. The Emperor
don know half as much about the art of war as
he pretends, but is thoroughly acquainted with the
art OF dress, is the prince of handles. in fact. and
expects every great man to be Il dandy as well as
himself. and if from his dandifed pinnacle he
should deign to notice a poor devil in blouse. it is
evidence of his fitness to rule France and all the
world must hear of it. This being known. Ham
mam-Meskoutin was dressed as near Partisan style
on gala-day as possible. The yawning grottoes
were turned into arches of triumph. the Jagged.
scabby stalactites were dressed and wreathed into
such beautiful columns of victory. that the memory
of smoking the poor Arabs out of a like hole was
completely Obliterated. The whole establishment
was reprinted and parOiSeed. the magnificent bath
room re-varnished, polished and tapestried for the
occasion, and the lofty windows frosted and tinted
in order TO mellow down the glaring Afric light
into decent fellowship with the head of civiliza-
ton. and at the same time agreeable to over-tasked
eyes just from the herculean labors on Vie de
Cesar. Tout L Monde was there to give welcome.
cheered Enthusiastically but politely as only French
men and licked Kabyles know how. Napoleon
acknowledged the warm reception as
another = evidence of devotion to Napoleonic DIV
nasty limped SO naturally that the people were
cajOled into believing him a martyr to rheumatism
and the women wept in sympathy squinted. or
rather set his eyes into a dead wriggle after the
of the student, and the people recalled his
literary labOrs and wondered that the Neveu Of
could condescend to such drudgery for
The glory of France stepped into the bathroom.
INTO the solemn mysteries Of the BdinS dl Mdudit.
md disappeared from all mortal eyes at Hammam-
deskOutin forsCer. save one pair (Our witness) not
n the list of attendants submitted TO Empress
Eugenie for her approval. Once inside. the author
f Caesar ceased to limp, opened wide his eyes and
the place closely. pfeped out through
hole in order to see if the secret detectives.
isguised in Zouave uniforms. were on duty. felt of
he water. scalded his fingers. sa~cre-damned a lit
le, called for ice from the mountains of the :
and then proceeded leisurely 10 denude :
imself for q bath. Napoleon III Is given to the f
ad habit of sOliloquizing. and was heard 70 say :
L grand Emperor was fond Of a warm bath, he :
athed in Africa and I must do likewise-Casar, {
20, liked & warm bath Here be ceased mutter- d