Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-25


The Jacksonville fAlal RpnbasoaR
prints The following quaint letter, Written
from TaiYss iyy the little daughter of Col.
S. I'll. l,ockest, formerly Of that pisce, who
has recently entered the service 0i the
Khedire
We reached here or the 1lfh If
August, and went 20 a very large hotel
called tie Grand Nes HsssL Ii MAS very
large, and one a. the finest hotels | ever
saa. Ii belongs 50 the khedive. OPP
rosisr the hotel II very large and besusl-
Gsi garden. u also belon gs 10 the khediTe.
We'll. in fact the khedige owns every.
thing here that is pretty, OuT trip was
quite pleasant One Of the prettiess parts
sras from Paris 10 Genera. We had The
Alps on both sides 81 u nearly al tse
way. and yon can imagine hos splenaad
that was That was the hardest thing 20
realize han often seen pictures Of the
Aips, bat never thought thsi ] would be
ness enough 10 climb them. Geneva was
a funny looking old place. Our trip from
Geneva 80 Alexandria Was quite pleasant.
We STAYED Al Naples one night and half the
nexf day, bat all oar parry did bot go
ashore. Papa did, however, and brought
az some ice that came from the top Of
Mount Yesnyius. I Was very sick com
Ing across both the ocean and the RIA.
We stayed 10 Alexandra only one day and
one night. II was very cool there in the
evening" great deal more 80 than e1.
pecied TO find IL ] do not find Il very
uarrn here AT Cairo 10 the house, but u Is
sdscadfully warm out door. do not dare
80 20 oft until the sun h down. IL gets
very cool late In the evening. We only
stayed al the hotel six days, tben papa
found Us a house, for which he psys 500,
or go, aycsr. Papa - higher than any
American officer here, except Gen. Stone.
lie has gotten his uniform. The coat -
white and the pants a dark navy blue.
Dftlcers have 10 wear cap called
tabJ0sh They are NOT allowed ~ 20
out on The streets without their
swords. Mamma does not like Egypt very
much She IL considerably homesick.
think am homezick myself. ! sigh all
day long aud wish was back In Amer.
GA. The dirty Arabs run me distracted.
cant bear them hate the very name Of
Arab. Edith il trying 10 learn 10 speak
Arabic and French. 1 studied French all
of last year, but can't speak one word Of
IL now get 40 frightened tina. ] forget
what ! was going 10 say. am very much
in hopes that by tho end Of this year ] will
kDos hOw 30 speak 1t right we'll. am
going 10 study al home this year with
Edith and Henry, read hard, 10 viii not
bc homcsick. II II too lonely for any use.
Papa goes away carly In the morning
and docs not come home until In the even
ing. Tie only thing we have 10 laugh at
is the donkeys II looks perfectly ridicu.
tons 10 zee great big men riding on them
with their feet dragging the ground. The
Arabs have donkcys 10 ride instead Of
street. cars, and you see them running be.
hind them 10 get their money and their
donkey when they stop. Every now and
then they have 10 push them omake them
go faster. Yesterday evening Mrs, Stone
wrote note asking mamma 10 let one Of
her little girls 20 out on the desert with
her children riding. ! went and enjoyed
myself very much ! saw two OF the
Khediyc's palaces. They were not pretty,
but Miss Kettle Stone said they were mag
euiiiceut inside. II Is about breakfast time
IN jacksonville now while write, and II
IL evening here. We have eaten our
gunch and are ready 10 eat dinner when
papa comes. lie In Just M happy M can
be, and we are so glad He IL In very
good health, and 40 are all Of IVA. This
climate seems 10 agree with all OF us"