The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-17
THE EGYPTIAN FELLAU.
His House md his Faniiy-l1iy Hunlbl,
Lot In Life.

Loadoa Times
Let US begin By whiting the house
Of poor member OF the community
30 as 10 ees an idea Of ls!!al Lilo in
its simplest form, Ia a blank wall OF
about eight ieet high, composed Of uuburnt
bricks and reneered With 4 coating
OF sundried mud, we End q email door
through which no one over or 6 years Of
aga could pass wit bout STOPPING. As this is
tho only entrance We conclude that the
proprietor has neither buffalo nor any Of
the larger kind OF agricultural instruments,
and that any hopes he may have oiacquir.
ing live stock III tho future do not soar
above C CIT, few barEdoor fowls, and, DER.
hapa, very diminu,ive donkey. A glance
atthe interior confirms this conclusion. The
Enclosure consists OF three small courts
if aspace twelve feet by six feet can be dig.
uiiod with such name-connected by
hoies in tho partition wa!!a similar in s:za
to tie entrance. The fret court ia OCCUPIED
almost entirely by u windowless mud.hut,
covered by n flat roof OF maizs stalks mixed
with clay. This diminutve structure Ia at
once the kitchen and win,er bedroom nj
the whole family, comprising married
couple, the husbands old mother, and two
young children. A large brick stove,
which cccupies two.thirds Of the dark in.
terror is used in tbs daytime 70, baking the
bread und cooking the scanty fare, and Mt
night it seryes as a bed Tor all the inmates.
During the warm summer nigh!a they can
elcep Oh a bit OF reed .matting in one Of the
two other "coartR." In the first of
these are two hollow mud-pilars for
storing the grain and other provisions and
close to these primitive provision chests
aits the old grandmother churning builalo's
milk-presumably for oAe OF the neigh ors
in kids skin suspended by bit OF
palm rope from long peg in the wall.
Leaning on her shoulder is q young child
whosa perfect nudity 10 only partly CON.
cealed by tho multitude Of f!es which
cluster on his dark brown skin, and who
divides his attention between the cnurrino
operation, the unexpected strangers AVID
the bit OF susarcane which he is rnuyjno
with intesse Satisfaction. III the third and
innermos: court there Is nothing bnt
small mud hut which repres n the taui.
Iy treasury. Without making a personal
inspection, wa can construct with :olerable
certainty MI Inventory OF its contents,
There will be the gaudily painted wooden
trunk. in which the wife, when bride,
brough! her modest trosseau to her
Few home, the few articles Of wearing up.
parel and female ornament not actually in
use, and some copper cooking utanaiIs,
These constitute the entire movable prop
erty OF tue family, unless We include under
this term halt-a.dtz9n lean chickane, which
have bssn taught to subsist by their own |
exertiors: The premises arc quite sut- |
icien', therefore, Tor all practical: wants,
aud II tho livestock should be hereafter in.
creased by the, addition Of y fsw kids,
ambs, OF even donkey no additional &C.
,ommoda,ion will DO required, for The
new Corners can sleep comfortably In Close
to tho family without danger Of
oipeds and quadrupeda interfering with
zach others comfort.