The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-08

Mogado and Tetouan. are ever full
OF European craft. NJ. de Lesseps
passed his tops-and-m arble-dsys at
rapgierr. The Rlff pirates. and the
salee rovers we're proverbisI; bu. these
buccaneers were the expression of
their epoch. The mountaineers are
still very wild, tney live in oavefns
like ,roglodStes raise cattle and
honey. They have blonde hair, and
little or no beard, and . kind o.
chemise or woolen smock, without
sleeves, is their costume. They go
bare-headed; there are some high
landers who in other countries 60
bare.legged. They are governed by
their white haired. or old men, like
the Germains OF old, who as chiefs or
marabouts embody in themselves the
civil, military, and sacerdotal power.
They fight well ard their rule is never
to be taken alive. They dispute re.
ligious dogmas ss warmly as do Euro
pean theologians. The Moors are
iawniDg to the strong and insolent
toward the weak; like their Csrtha-
ginian ancestors. their whole ambi-
ton Is to get money and conceal it.
For the Jews, suferance il still the
badge OF their tribe. They are COM
PEELED to 60 baretooted and to never
return blow when struck. Their
testimony is OF no value; they are
good only for paying taxes, and the
old English plan is applied, that Of
drawing their teeth il they do not
cash up. The JeWesses are very
beautiful. So are the Moorish ladies.
only it is difficult to see them. They
are q combination of slave and mis-.
tress; teeth, white; features, brown;
hsir, long and black: eyes. large and
brilliant; the drawback. dying their
eyebrows and nails. The grand rule
of life for Moor is, Vinegar given.
is sWeeter than honey purchased"
He relies on charms to be protected
from the Evil Eye" but be is not
an or hodox Mabometan. as he de
posts food every Fridry on the tombs
OF his relatives, and Las weakness
for liquoring up. The Moors are
rarely sick; they have no defo med
members in their miist. ss the child
rem being lett to themselves. i. ia
struggle for life where only the fittest
wins.
The Emperor governs the tribe
whenever they do not govern him.
He coaxes rebel chiefs into loyalty, by
Offering to marry a daughter. This
vanity captivates: the young lady
arrives and with valuable presents.
She is sent to the harem. ant in the
course OF time, when she has little
Sultan. she is sent back TO her family
who are delighted at having an heir
apparent 70 the throne in the family.
But there are go many heirs pre-
sumptive and apparent. extending
over several generations that all the
royal scions are concentrated in the
promise of Tafet, and there the
hidalgos demand only the privilege
to boaet of their quarterings. like a
German baron, and the right-to
beg.
The imperial dynasty, like Solomon.
dearly loved "the lasses, o." The
Emperor Youssef. who died in 9S3-
for the Vandals succeeded the
Romans. and the Arabs the Vardals
had 1000 wives, and often seven
teen little strangers were born to him
in his palsce in one day. Now that
fecundity ought to alone excuse the
French coveting the realm. Moulay
Ismail, who reigHed in 1878. sent his
ambassador to France, to demand from
Louis XIV, the hand of his illegiti-
mate daughter, the Princesse de Cont
whose mother was Madlle de la Val
liere, an Rhonor which led Rousseau,
the poet, to observe that the influence
OF her eyes extended beyond the
pillars OF Hercules. At the time the
emperor had no less than 5000 wives
already; when he died, he had S25
sons and 342 daughters, and terri
BILE quarrel ensued respecting the
division OF Ithe wealth OF their dad.
The Moors have never liked the
French since the latter took Algeria
and go cut their connection with the
Mahomesan world. Further, the
French bombarded them at Mogador,
and defeated them ut lsly, for aiding
the rebellion OF Abdel-Kader. in
1874.
The chief officer liz the emperor's
cour! is the "tea master" His duty
is to taste all the beverages, to ascer-
tain il they be poisoned, before being
served on the imperial table. An
other important func!ionsry bears
kind OF Sally Camp umbrella, while
a chronos official, carries his majes!y's
on eight-day clock lines.
The governor of a province receives
only salary of so francs a month:
but he is so frugal that in short
time ne retires from business very
rich. The bastonnade lie the uniform
save for women. who il
convicted for stealing, have both
hands cut of. II sufficiently rich,
an assassin can buy in his punish
ment. The test for a learned man ia
to be able to write a good hand. a
ballad-monger is held in the highes.
30 a Fletcher ofSaltoun would
there be treasure.
The Ereneh can hardly beliave