Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-02
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II wa4 Sandy. a. NJ. Know,
whose Sunday /. was. for there gre three
TO tho week in Tan2irr, tie M0hamme.
dan, the jew, eu ii,n Cari.;isn tiavino
each his opn Il vAa SunJay: bat wha,
was more ~ :ao purpose. le w4S also
niavi,: t-tiay, | h. calai,t tua town in
one Of its spaai:s Of bGsitcss. Batween
these srasm., an1 when tie Aisslwa are
not over-runhing il, or no fate is going
IN, the place is said 10 he rs dull: and
silent rs !. niague smit.nn city.
Il beng my last as we'll as nv first
DAY ~ .ifriei. / did rot >gais for the
Hajil {, cal; ne thas morning. ! WIS
Az early bird, astir even before the
sijghies; worm of breakfast was prac-
ticable. Having completed ray toilet,
| wandered out on the platform in front
of my bedroom to ti!l ihs. .interver::S :
hour. Discovering "a stone staircase
leading still higher. / mounted the
steps. and found myself on the roof of
the hotel.
The kasba on tho height hsd all its
windows illuminated by the davbreak.
but the rest OF tho town jay IN cool
shadow. At my feet stretched con-
fuse: mass of sGuarecut white houses
reaching to the seas edge on orc side.
ard ending IN drifts on the slant OF a
hill ut my left lt-atown of snow that had
seemingly dropped flake Ivy flake from
the clouds during the night.
There were figures moving on sever
al Of the neighboring housc-tops. All
the roofs were perfectly flat, aud most
OF them surrounded by low batlamenis.
fonder was yoang negress in sulphur
hued caf'aa and green girdle, shaking a
striped rug over parapet, and looking
consciously picturesque. On 81 terrace
furthe. of a Moorish washer-voman and
litti girl were spreading ont their
harct* and embroidered napkins on the
flag stones; the sun wouId reach them
by uHi-by. At my right was Il man in
dolently lifting himself eff a piece of
carpet laid dangerously Near the nm
protected roof fedge-possibly o sum-
mer hoarler who had chosen that airy
bed chamber. lie WAS rubbing his ewes
and had evi ieutly slept there over
night. ll this temperate climate.
where the thermometer seldom rises
above 80 deg, and rarely falls below
40 deS., the house-top would he prefer
able to al inside room to IL SIMMER
boarder. On many of the roofs WAS
evidence of pretty attempts at garden
ing, oleanders, acacius, palns, and
dwarf almond trees being set ont in
ornamental jars and tubs. There, ro
lonbt, was the family resort after aight-
fall. the scene OF cercmonious or social
visits, and, imagine. OF much starry
love making
Behind the hotel. in desolate va
cant lot chechered by small watts hslf-
filled with dye-stutfS, was all Arab tam
ner at work. Standing i'll the midst Of
his colored squares, he rseembled a
solitary chessman. | could look di-
rectly down nn his smooth bare skull,
which seemed e..es &c Silt-hronzo eF
bell-metal. He wore nothing but a
breech.cloth. The Moorish tanners are
very expert, and employ arts not known
to the trade elsewhere. They hsve a
process by which lion and panther
skius are read Jed AZ pliable as satin,
aud of creamy Wilderness. The green
leather of Talilet. the red OF Fez, aud
the yellow of Morocco are highly es-
eemed.-lT. Il. Aidrich, in Harper S
Magazine.