The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-11-21
Cabul and Its People.

The diversified crowds of people that
surge through the streets of Cabul agree
in way. At night when the narrow
bazaars are aglow with the reflected light
OF oil In little metal wick lamps, ignited
cotton floating in earthenware saucers,
or the wood fires of the cooks, the Ferg
hanee has no objection to sit side by side
with the Bokharian on the low, open
verandah of the cooks shop; and on the
same platform, with the seething flesh
pot In the centre, containing little Jumps
OF meatskewered upon stick, representa-
tives of twenty different Mohammedan
nationalities are content to sit together up
no terms of equality, and afterward to ex-
change the hookah and the national love.
song, and the romance of chivalry and
theft. Our native agents who have
lived in Cabu1, representing the Govern
ment of India in fitful fashion, have
limited at crimes being frequently COM
mitted in the bazars; and as the Cabul
woman are celebrated in eastern song
for her eyes, her height, her olive skin,
her long black hair, and her gallantry,
though never for love for washing, it is
easy to see hows such hot-bed of I'M
thinking passion as Cabul is, might be-
come hot-bed also for assassination and
counter assassin. The Cabuls have no
known police, and it is believed that the
inhabitants would object to the introduc-
ton of conscientious individuals of that
class, because they would interfere with
ancient prerogatives. Troops are en-
ployed as revenue collectors at different
times of the year, and as they collect
revenues for themselves as we'll as for
the State, the Cabui cherishes hatred
toward all revenue collectors unless he
happens to be one himself.
Like other Oriental towns, Cabul is
filthy. Sanitation is not even dream
with the inhabitants. There are four
principal roads, which are from thirty to
forty feet broad, and these are considered
Great Bazaar, or Charcutta, composed of
verandas, slightly elevated above open
These verandas become shops in day
time, and are stored with specimens of
all the furs, silks and wood and hair
cloths that Central Asia produces. In
the evening, three or four cronies sit on
mat in almost every shop, set lamp in
their midst, fold their feet, put on their
skull-caps, and smoke and tell stories till
midnight. Another great bazaar, lead
ing from the western gate to the Bala
Hissar, is monopolized by cooks and
butchers. Heads and carcasses are sus-
pended there in plenty, but no trace OF
the unclean animal, The pig, is dis
cernible. 1t is in this bazaar by oil-light,
that some of the most picturesque look
| ing tIffians in the world may be seen.
| Observe this one: A man over six feet
| high; his head conical-shaped, the jet
| black hair close cut, almost to the bone
his face long, sallow, and fringed with
| grizzly black whiskers, which meet be-
| meath in one long, matted beard; the
eyes small and keen; the nose arched and
| thin; the mouth cruel and compressed
| the chest and arms to the elbows bare
| the body enveloped in tattered blue
| shirt reaching beneath the knees bare
SCARED legs, the feet treading on grass
| sandals, which are held by the toes
| That is a Cabui beggar, and mos1
arrant villain is he, for, maugre his
| rags, he conceals q knife, like the Test OF
his amiable countrymen, and will use il
The cooks are glad enough to toss 6
kabob or two to gentlemen of his class
The other two roads have no particu
| lar characteristics, expecting that they
are great deal broader than by far the
larger portion of Cabul., Off these foul
principal roads numerous dark and filthy
lanes, twisting for quarter of a mile al
time, and not more than three feet
broad, shoot at frequent intervals. The
hat-roofed houses in them are made OF
mud, thickly mixed with straw, and the
apartments are dark square holes, much
worse than the much-decried shanties O.
Galway peasants. Men, women and
children sleep together, and never
change their garments till these drop off
Frequently cattle and fowls are to b.
found crowded in these apartments, to
| gether with the human inmates. Sucl
places are dangerous to all strangers
Not even an unusual parish dog coulG
stray into them, for he would be worried
by hundred jealous, big-boned, hungry
ours. In the last British attack on Cabul
Afghans who preferred sdying lik.
/ poisoned rats in a hole" retreated tx
! their tortuous streets, and many gooi
life was lost in hunting them out.-LOn
don Standard.
SToNEwALL JACKsoN's DAUGHTER
When the Jackson statue was unvailed II
Richmond some years ago, after the pro
cession and oratory, Governor Kempel
brought forward upon the platform {
1 oACuuCL l1utlC gin, dlu dOuEcSoluS bllt
great crowd of the old Confederate
soldiers, said: Comrades, let me pre-
sent to you the daughter of Stonewal
jackson" Somehow the tears sprang tc
every eye at the sight of this delicate
child of their restless leader. There was
no cheering, but every face showed q
deep emotion. Ever since that time q
tender and poetic interest has clung te
this little lady, and there are many
thousands who care to know of her well
1 being. She has recently arrived in Bal
| timore under the care of her mother, who
never loses sight of her, and who brings
her to school. They are at present stay
ing with Mrs. Hugh Lee at 118 st. Paul
street. Miss Julia jackson is about six
teen years old, tall, slender and graceful
| She is blonde, with fresh color and fai1
hair. Her eyes are of exquisite cleal
gray, large and expressive. Her man.
ners are gentle, but not shy or reserved
There is not any marked resemblance te
her illustrious father, and she seems
hardly conscious of the distinction thai
she enjoys, and the romantic interest thai
she carries with her.
Miss Julia jackson, daughter oi
s6tonewalT jackson is about sixteen
years old, tall, slender and graceful; .
blonde. with fresh color and fair hair.
Her manners are gentle, yet not shy.