Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-03-18

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the question. He says 1t IL safe. and
engages boatman, sees us down the
stairs and seats us iu the boat, waves
his hand at Us as we glide over the
water. We reach the shore aud find
man appointed by the government
to show strangers around the city.
He takes us up through strange mar
row streets. We see long flight OF
stone stairs with houses on each side,
This Is a street. All the supplies of
the people who live in these streets,
are carried by hand. The streets are
full Of beggars. They annoy US great
lys We shake our heads, but still
they follow us until the guide points
to policeman. We enter st. Joha's
Cathedral and are filed with wonder
and admiration as we behold our sur-
reundings. Here are some OF the
finest works of art i'm the world,
hundreds OF years old. Paintings
that cannot he surpassed at the pres
ent day. Walls richly decorated
with brasa, chandelier of pure
silver, the sacred alter guarded with
silver gates. These are the gates that
were painted black to deceive Napo-
leon when he entered the 10y and
plundered 1t. The paint has since
been removed and they are now
bright and beautiful. We see marble
and granite of every color and varie-
ty. Full sized portraits In Mosaic
work. II is impossible to gave you
much of an idea of this wonderful
building. We leave this and go to
the Governors Palace. A stately
looking gentleman meets us at the
door and bids US come in. Leaving
our guide outside, he takes us TO the
room where the Governor receives
the Queen, Shows us her throne,
&c. We are not especially interested
We have seen much flner parlors in
America. We have our cards with
US, but as our time is limited, we
! think IL best not to send them to the
Governor as he might ask us TO dine
with him and we would not like TO
refuse. Our guide gives us rush
through the armory, stopping tn take
breath occasionally and giving us the
history of wonderful knife or some
murderous weapon that was used by
some great parsonage. in past ages,
that we never heard of before or exs
pect to again. He shows an iron
helmet worn by a giant. Asks us to
lift it. / attempt it but fail. Miss
Thoburn succeeds. This give us a
desire to know something of the
anatomical relations Of this huge
gentleman. We wonder the size of
his brain, thickness of his skull, &C.
We are escorted out at side door,
pass down flight of stairs, and the
guide points to dilapidated old car
riage, which the great somebody rode
In several hundred years ago. We
stop a moment To look at it. The
gentleman holds out his head for
money. We are disgusted with him,
never the less drop shilling I'm his
hand as we go out. Here our guide
meets us and shows us through the
palace gardens. Here we see olean.
ders and geraniuns growing luxuri'
antly. Orange trees loaded with ripe
fruit, and beautiful tree and vines
which are brought here from India
1t Is just the time for flowers. Men
and boys tempt us on every corner
with exquisite boquets. We cannot
resist. The roses remind us of home
and look like old friends. They are
80 cheap we can almost afford pill
low. The markets look very invit-
ing. We see new potatoes, raddishes,
onions, melons, pomgranitess, or
aDges, apples. &c. We see men hop.
ing the steward will replenish his
store here. There are few places oil
interest to visit; two or three houses
are quite sufficient, unless we take q
carriage and drive out to the garden.
about four miles from here. We
have scarcely time for this, as the
ship will sail ut four o'clock. We
shall remember Malta as city oi
laces, jewelry and beggars. The old
world is overfl0wing with inhabitants
with nothing to do. This state ol
things casts "A shadow over all thai
il lovely, and the constant though,
is: "What can be done to relieve
and elevate this people," We return
to the ship and find quite an addi.
ton to our family. Two stately
looking English gentlemen have
entered their names as cabin passen.
gers. Eleven pilgrims for Mecca
have taken up their abode ON deck
Some of these are very old; are nc
doubt making their last pilgrimage
to Mecca, hoping 10 die their thai
they may enter Paradise ut once.
Just at twilight, as the lights begin
to appear In the city, our sails are set
and we pass out of the harbor. The
scene Is grand. We linger on deck
to catch the last view of the beauti
ful land. The last light disappears
and again we are n little world by
ourselves surrounded by the heaven
and sea. The waves run high anc
angry. The ship rolls and pitches
There has been gale. We pool
creatures suddenly begin to feel 1
commotion about the hypoaastrit
region. We have felt the same be-
fore and know the consequences.-
We hasten to the cabin and throw
the contents of our stomachs to tho
fishes. For nearly three days this
heavy sen continues aud we suffer
more than ever. can not heIT
laughing when / think of our de
plorable condition, and how atten,
tive and sympathetic the gentlemen
are. The English are not so partlc
ular as Americans. We thought Il
fortunate for US that they were not
We were nearly five days going from
Malta to Alexandria. No land In
sight until we arrived in port.
SATURDAY, 18th.
Here we are still on the ship. w.
went on shore yesterday accompa
MED by two gentlemen, the parsor
and merchant. The expenses o.