Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-05-04
Pictures OF Cairo.
Egyptian Correspondence New YORK I'll
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Cairo is ceft.llnlY u laSHtlA''u''-- S"9t
but to see it under lis best aspects II
must abandon donkey and driver and
plunge into the narrow lanes, right OF
left, ask no questions, but Just drive ~
wherever chance or fancy may direct.
Here in the close courts and alleys you
find the life of the Orient, and here in
the densest by-ways are bazars and the
miniature factories that supply them.
There are originally Il kind ofhigh street
which ran north and south, and IRON
this innumerable lanes have diverged,
which are as crooked as the ways OF
evil, and redolent Of all odors from
frankicnense and attarto garlic. A stuck is
an invaluable accompaniment on all
pedestrian excursions, for although for
eisners are as plentiful as flies, the ma
tives still pursue then with
intolerable curiosity The raising OF the
stick will make Il mar start away several
wards. and a fixed glance, ever If OF ad-
miration, at some beautiful little girl
will cause her to scream and fly prec!pi-
lately from the evil eye OF the tranger
But, if curiosity or cupidity frequently
triumphs over fear, there Is a deep
seated aversion in the Arab heart to all
those but of his own faith, The advent
of the English troops has brought trade
and security into the country: and if
Lord Duflerin should carry out the re-
forms he has planned, foreign capital
and machinery viii soon tighten the
burdens of the people. But to this
they are Indifferent, and prefer their
own sort of civilization and happy hunt
ipu-yrn.nil In many u household
verses pass from band TO hand, and are
hung upon the walls b~emoaningth the con-
dition Of the city. so Masr Cairo how
hast thou fallen. Weep 70. the fate of
the beautiful pearl. Weep, let us bow
our heads and weep, for strange men
ride armed through the streets"
The Musk and the Boulevard Molam-
med Ali have cut the old High street in
twain, and m~onorolized the more mod
ern shops, but the Arab trades are still
carried on in the labyrinth of lanes. In
one barely wide enough for two persons
to pass are the shops ofthe silver smiths,
and all the courts leading from it re-
sounds witt, the furnaces and bellows of
the workers in precious metals. The
patterns of their goods are generally re-
productions of the old Cairene, and the
willy dealer has alwaysa disco!ored speci-
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upon the curious traveller as genuine
work of the Soudan. With the exeep-
ton of articles OF general consumption,
the valnc of which is fixed, a preposter-
Gus price is i'll the first instance always
demanded, SO that shopping is an occn-
patton of Joy to the gentler sex, as in
other more fashionable capitals,
Squattlng side by side upon the
shop board, the merchant and
the fair shoppers discuss their coffee,
smoke their clgarets, talk scandal, and
every now and then, as if by accident,
return to the object of the purchase.
Fifty francs is sometimes asked for an
article which may be eventually obtain
ed Tor five. Time seems to be of no inn
Portance to the trader, but the hu rried
Traveller finds ita sore trial to his temper
to bargain for several hours, even with
the assistance ola dozen other Arabs,
who drop In to advise and assist. In the
courts of the mosque of Muristan Kalaun
once a spacious hospital erected by a sui
tan OF that name, the coppersmiths have
established their FORCES, and the sound
OF many hammers and the voice of MANY
thinkers now break inupon the devotion.
of the faithful. In a lane ADJACENT
groups of tailors are cutting and stitch
ing garments, embroidercrs are tracing
gorgeous ornaments for the running
lootmen, and weavers are throwing Oh
thousands of yards of gold lace for the
new mushroom Egyptian army. There
are mountains of brilliantly colored Mar
chester goods for woman's wear; stacks
OF mysterious articles from the coasts OF
the Red Sea; labyrinths of yellow slim.
pers, and such a wild rness of red-toed
shoes that one marvels how the bare
footed population will ever wear them
out.
Among the noisy mass that tbronps
the streets the only creatures that ACCEPT
hlsmet III It's absolute entirely are the
dogs. Generally of the color Of the sad
desert itself, they are the most forlorn.
miserable, NANCY mongrels accident
ever produced. With foxy head and
haif-opened eyes, they lie in twos and
threes IN the %sunniest and most incon-
venient places, and when kicked out of
the way or trodden under foot they
make no remonstrance, but trail off to
some other spot equally pleasant and in
cohvehlent Tor tue pc iestrian. They
appeai utterly devoid of pluck, spirit OF
cept when they catch sight of a bone in
the fist of an Arab munchinp his dime.
on the sidewalk. They about half wake
up then, and surround the dinner
semi-circle, blinking
at the bone in a faint sort of feeble exs
pectaney. Indeed, there is but one
thing that binds them to life, and that ia
to keep their beat inviolate. i'm stray
dog should venture into the street
where he was not dragged up he or
she will be instantly assaulted bv the en-
tire detachment of that street and com
PEELED TO hy or immediately become a
meal. In other parts of Egypt the doc
displays some of the qualities expectedt
but IN Cairo he is too degenerate a beast
to inspire sympathy and too stupid to
accept it even if it were offered.
Carlo is said to possess $50 mosques a
great number of them on the line of one
cramped and ancient thorouphfare
II mosque of El Ahmar, with q lofv
portal and a vast and graceful interior,
is undergoing restoration. This has heen
undertaken by a council recently ON
stltuted to protect and preserve The NH.
nc monuments, and the authorities have
wisely added the antiquarian Rogers bey
and u other Europeans to the body'
Miss Mary McLain of Fond du Lac.
Wis, abandoned her new born child al
Chicago, Friday, Her parents IRE yery
respectable people, and she was anoacaS
TO he marrin1 Nav SSNT