Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-27

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stances Of modern history less interesting.
In short the, the commerce, The rlches' tne
number and variety Of strangers 10 De
found there, Justify the p~royerb, thai he
who hath pog seen Egypt, hath not seen
the greatest sight in The world. ,,
lis thus tnGt the Arabian Nights
speaks of Al Kskeirah
The ~,ICToKlOCs.
1t WAS NY fortune, as with almost every
other CITY in ny travels, 10 enter CAIRO Ia
the night. From lsmsillie, over the broad
barren plains of the desert, we had taken
our dreary way, with 10 object TO Ieleve
the eve from tie glazing red Of the shifting
sands beneath and the intense green OF
the sky above. We come Gt .ength TO
son,e sro,s Ct yer3cce With al occasional
stunted palm and u lev mud huts OF the
felIahs, The archei roofs Of wud giving
them the appearance OF bakers ovens.
Now ard then We see d line OF caneIs
those ships of the deserts, moving with
erect heads and measured rolling pace
along a sandy ridge, painting tHelr un'
couth forms ugains, the akY.
At length We come 10 u wide OASIS with
clumps OF teathery palm trees and green
ields OF growing .rain.
Now ths red sand hills retreat on either
hand aud the wide and fertile valley opens
out, filed with fields Of wheat and corn,
cotton aud sugar.Cauer beans aud barley,
With every where the palm trees waving
above, dangling their cluster OF rips dates,
and dark green orange groves with the
golden Iru.t glowing amid the glossy
lesves. Here u village N mad huts has
arisen and aourished, ard their mother
has fallen into ruins. We pass frequent
fellshs piowiug the fields with camels and
bufaloes or cows yoked together, unequal
teams. All is fatness, fruit aud folsom
No wonder the Jews, who still retain their
appetite for the good things Of this world,
should have longed for the hesh.pots OF
Egypt. The hills TO the right have dissp'
peared from view, but even on the left
loom up the terrible red sand hills like
solid clouds of fire forever moving for
wsrd 10 oyerghelm tie fertile earth. Now
We come to mansions and psIace
aud groves aud gardens and see
the sun sinking in a purple, crimson, green
and golden tide OF spiendor behind the
pointed pyramids, lightning up the domes
and towers aud minarets Of Cairo, tlashirg
upon the mosque of Mehemet Ali, tn,
city's ieweled diadem that crowns the lofty
citadel on u rocky spur Of the Jebel Mok
kattam.
The sun does 2ot linger long on the hor
ION in the south, and it was dark bY tht
time We reached the railway station, where
| omuihuses from the hotels wero in waiting
ss in New York or Paris. We we're CARR
ed pas. long rows of Illuminated windows
filed with costly merchandise, past throngI
/ of peop!e in the %collonades, dressed II
/ the latest Paris costumes. AS we proceed
gradually the silk hat gives place to tn,
turban and tez; we enter more narrow an(
gloomy stress, and st length stop at on
into which the omnibus cannot pass; ",
alight and grope our way through the dark
uess to the Hotel du Nil.
On stepping forth from my room in III
morning, / ives surprised at finding my
self in the midst Of a beautiful garden witt
fountains and kiogks, and filled wit
flowers aud trees. The entrance 10 III,
hotel is through narrow courts aud darl
alleys. where one would not dream Of find
ing such a place. These open out into tn
Mouski, the stree. Of the Franks or Euro
mean merchants. This is a straight stree
ieading to the bazarrs, and is wider thal
any ether 10 the old town. 1t is file
with tine shops mostly kept 0y Greeks an
Italians, bat with a few uermsus an,
French, and is always thronged with pee
ple, horsemen, carriages and footmel-iI
a mixed and confused multitude, Turk:
Franks and Feilahs, E.hiopiaps and Arabs
and an everlasting din OF noises, shoutiD
donkey boys, running sykes, braying ssse
and growing canels.
Carried onward by the tide pour!u
down the Rue de Monski, we are dritte
into the bszaars. Here the upper stotie
!, of high zebra striped houses project owe
the narrow streets, and the strip OF ak
above is shut out By screens of mating
with here and there an opening througI
which desc ends a golden shaft Of sunshine
, glowing through the gloom.
The bazaars ore tGrongei with peopl
t dressed il all manner Of strange and GU
: lsndish costumes. The sober Turk, wit
t q gown Of striped satin bound with Il sas
, about the waiat, @ loose overgaTmen
!, reaching to the ground, and his hea
; decked with an ugly twisted urban; III
: gar young Egyptian, vito loose trousers {
sre.n cloth thickly plated about the wais
ard reaching below the knees, where the
: are gathered up and fastened TO the leg,
) white or bright co,ored silk shirt coyere
, BY a short broidered Jacket, q scarlet sss
r and red fez; Aibsuians, with their whit
3 s~ustani.las aud SCARLET hose; Geek priest:
, with strange looking bats like black pot
: on their heads and dressed iu long blsc
8 robes; Wild looking fellows ircm the deser
' with two or three o,underbasses stuck l
' their belts, fierce looking Bedouins Ell
veloped in Cosrse camels hair closks wit
poin,ei hoods dawn over thei: heads
gaudily dressed negroes; ladies with
white cloth over their noses-bundled u
, in pink or yellow satin or folded up i
. black silk-mouuteG on donkeys, riding i
/ carriages, or wedding along on foot; tn
poorer women having q blue checked clot
wrapped about their bodies and aims, al
drawn over their heads, a cloth over tn
lower part of the face and nose and a ahar
D pointed I.as3 ornament running down ID
middle of the forehead, en- esrthen yesst
gracefully poised upon the head, perhsl
. naked child ssisite one shoulder.
Here done the caravans from Dartool
Sersar, The Soudan, Abysinn!a, the MY
terious regions OF Central Africa, III
wondrous Timbuctoo, bringing gold, ivory
precious gums and slaves. The rich Cal
pets OF Persia. the odors Of Araby tn
olest, the wealth Of Ormus and OF Ind, ar
emptied into these nsrrow shops. yher
sit the sober merchants ssdately smoking
their nsrgilehs amid confused heaps o
costly merchandise.
Here We are indeed in the heart Of tn,
Orient, and realize our dreams Of the Ara
Sisn Nights. We see mu:ted princesse
with their attendant slaves 6srteriDg viii
Byzantine, Persian, and Indian merchants
perhaps princes in disguise aud undrr pre-
text Of barter, exchanging tokens snC
looks Of love. Here some grave old mer
chant Displays his upsBnned boards OF golc
and f .shiDg diamonds. pearls and precious
H.. Ea.,tan ssfa Odd ~,