The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-03
THE GENTLEMAN FROM ALeIEas.
Archie Brown Finds 1T Too Hot Down
there and Returns Home.


Archibald K. Brown, who went to AL
giers, in Africa upon the Mediterranean
coast as United States Consul, has return
ed to this city.
ssThe fact is, he said to one of the TAT
LER reporters yesterday, 81 couldn't stand
the heat of the place. And then couldn't
assimilate the food. The thermometer
stood at los degrees during all of January
In the Summer months 1t runs up to 1875
and 100. was right OH the sea shore too.
There was cool spot visible to the eye,
but never cared to climb to it. Twenty
five miles out of the town a lofty mountain
raises its head IA, 900 feet into the air. 1t
wears a cap of snow, in the hottest part of
the year even. The food was all cooked
in the French style, rich and greasy. We
had no coffee, and if we wanted milkswe
had to take that taken from goats. Beef
is unknown in that region. About the
only kind of meat to be had there is goats
flesh"
How did you find the people there?"
ssThe contrast between the civilized
region yoa live in and the manners, GUS
toms and people of that far away land is
most wonderful The landscape is beau
tiful the view of the great sea grand.
There are great vineyards just outside the
town, and in the town orange trees and
other tropical growths are to be seen in
every dooryard. Algiers is in possession
of the French. Forty thousand soldiers
are garrisoned there. The populace is
mostly French and Jews-any number of
Jews. There must be 10000 Hebrews in
the place. / speak now of the new town,
which is on the sea coast. The old section
of the town is occupied by Moors and
Arabs They live in low, two story houses,
most of them, and the streets are not over
four feet wide. Balustrades are around
the roofs, and the Moors with their families
sleep on the tops of their houses. saw
only male Moors for the most part. They
wear gunny bags for sacks and no other
clothing The women dress IN bloomer
costumes, and their faces are yelled from
their necks up to their eyes. You seldom
meet them on the streets-and those you
do meet are the old women. The young
women are not allowed to go out. The
women are beautiful beyond descrip-
ton. They do not even go to the
Mosques for worship. The man does
all the worshipping for his family.
There are two mosques in Algiers, one of
them over 800 years old"
Dlu you SEQ any uOtdDlO oASAeo "AAAO
you were there?"
ST saw what no white man is said to have
ever seen before me-a Moorish wedding.
The men never go to the weddings. Only
the women are allowed The lady guests
after reaching the place where the
ceremony was to be performed disrobed,
and attired themselves in gauzy costume,
that scarcely hid their nakedness. A
priest pronounced few words over the
welded couple, and then the women made
their obeisance to them-just bowed and
withdrew There was a feast after it. The
room was full of bridal gifts Then went
and visited the ruins of Ancient Carthage.
1t is only grand wreck. Outside of twenty
or twenty-five Arab huts, it is unoccupied.
went through the Notifications at Gibral-
tar, too"
elbow do the Moors make living ?"
"Oh! they raise fruit and ride into
market with it on asses. saw only one
Moor on camel. They present odd sights
on the asses backs. Some of them have
to hold up their feet while riding
There are any number of lines of street
cars in the city, but only one Railroad
running into it.