The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-04-27

/ preferred your society to all other. j
do not love you less now,! but habit 10
second nature, and that Of choosing 9th.
or coMpanionship has grown on me-"
Teddy is now big boy, and mammaE
hair is silvered with gray; but Ethel 10
not forgotten, as the little grave ia Az
nndale amply proves q y; Icing bends
and many are the pilgrimages made to
the silent eity. For papa the place has
"a sad but peculiar charm, for, unknown
to all, he has there madea VOW that
home shall have the first place in his.
hearts best love. {. a
d Reader, he kept the vow, and al,
though he has laid other dear ones away,
10 rest, never has child Of his repeat
ed, in dying moments, 81 want papa"
Pictures Of Cairo.
Egyptian Correspondence New York Tri-.
bune.
Cairo is certainly a fascinating city,
but to- see it under It's best aspects one
must abandon donkey and driver and
plunge into the narrow lanes; right OF
left, ask no questions, but just drive in
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 a. kind of high street
which ran north and south, and. from
this innumerable lanes have diverged,
which are as crooked as the ways OF
evil, and redolent Of all odors from
frankicnense and altar to garlic. Astick il
an invaluable accompaniment on all
pedestrian excursions; for although for
eigners are as plentiful as flies. the ma.
intolerable curiosity The raising of the
yards, and'a fixed glance, even if of adj.
miration, at some beautiful little girl
will cause her to scream and fly prccipi.
lately. from the evil eye of the stranger.
But, if curiosity or cupility frequently
triumphs over fear, there is u 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 Duferin should carry out the re-
forms he has planned; foreign capital
and machinery will soon tighten, the
burdens of the people. But to this
they are Indifferent, and prefer,theirt
own sort of civilization and happy hunt
fairgrounds. In many a household
verses pass from hand to hand, and are
hung upon the walls bemoaning the con-
dition Of the city. 20 Masr (Ca,ro) how
hast thou fallen. Weep for the fate of
the beautiful pearl. Weep, let US bow
our heads and weep, for strange men
ride armed through the streets"
The Muski and the Boulevard Moham-
med Ali have cut the old High street in
twain, and monopolized 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-
the workers in precious metals. The
patterns Of their goods are generally re-
productions of the old Ciirene, and the
willy dealer has always disco!ored speci-
men of one of these forms to pass of
upon the curious traveller az genuine
work of the Soudan. With the excep-
ton of articles of general consumption,
the value of which is fixed, a pteuoster-
Gus price is in the first instance always
demanded, so that shopping is all occu-
patton OF Joy to the gen,ler sex, as in
other more fashionable capitals.
Squatting side by side upon the
chop board, the mer .haut and
the fair shoppers discuss their coffee,
smoke their cigarets, tt k scandal, and
every now and then, az if by accident,
return to the object Of the purchase.
Fifty francs is. sometimes asked for an
article which may be eventually obtain
ed for five.. Time seems to he of no i'm
portance to the trader. but the hu rried
traveller finds tia sore trial to Lis temper
to bargain for several hours, even with
the assistance offs dozen other. Arabs,
who drop in to advise an.a>si>t. In the
courts of tue mosque OF Nuristan Kalaun
once spacious hospital erected by sui,
tan OF that Maine, the copper.n tbs have
established their FORCES, and the sound
of many hammers and the voice Of many
thinkers now break in upon the devotion,
of the faithful. In u. lane adjacent
groups of tailors are cutting and stitch
ing garments, embrOiderers are tracing
gorgeous ornaments. for the running.
footmen, and weavrrs~ar throwing oil
thousands of yards of gold lace for the
new mushroom ,Egyptiap army. There
are mountains of rIlliuntly colored Man
chester goods for wonal.'s wear; stacks
Of mysterious articles. from the coasts OF
the Red Sea-: labyrinths Of yellow slip
pers, and such a. wild rness of red toed
shoes that one maryrls how the bare
footed population. will ever.weurr them
out.
Among the noisy mass that thrones
the streets he only creatures hat accept
Kisinet in its absolute entirely are the
dogs. Generally OF the color Of the sad
desert itself, they are tho most forlnrn,
miserable, NANCY, mongrels, accident
ever produced. Will, foxy head and
half.opened eyes,. they lie intwos and
thiees in, the sunIliest and. most incon-
venient places, aud when kicked out OF
the way or trodd-n under foot they
make no. circumstances. but trail off to
some other spot equally pleasant and in
convenient for tue pe iestrian. Thev
appear utterly daNoi,liof pluck, spirit or
intention, and exhibit no emotion, ex-
cept. when they catch, sight of II bone in
the fist Of an Arab nuncl,ins his ,linne-
on the sidewalk. They about half wake
up then, and surround tie dinner
In a selni-:ircla, blinking
at the bone in q faint SOFT Of feeble ex-
pec'ancy. Indeed, there is but one
thing that binds them to- life. and that ia
to. keep their beat inviolate. Ifu stray
dog should venture into the. street
where he was not dragged up, he, or
she Will De INSTANTLY as,alled by the en-.
TIRE detachment Of TINT street. and COM
PEELED to dv or III mediately become q
neal. In other paris Of Egypt the dog
dlsp!ays, some OF the qualities OK expected,
put IN CAIRO he is to degenerate o beast
to inspire Sympathy and too stupid to
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