The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-15

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Taz railroad ~ y AsEoo- l. III . =
forgotten We Rad ben u Eg-1- 5efC-s.
BIT never beyond Caro-. or r1e pyramids
. CHA, s. that TIE scenes q re railroad
travel were novel. c5Tz--L-z an interest
liz Having Il apartment Cr csr-lsze q
ourselves, We CLz5e1 CIR pCrCELaucezUs On
Lhs seat ard mounted thereon a. q want
age situation, and for sig1- hours, from 2
q Il I'll evening we Ezz=d OF q t1=
windows e. the srraCzezez5 u rh5 pa1C-
Es1ss With is constantly changing c5L5rs
and forms RsUe115e- Z = winter
MIDI e0r1ary- Tie grain harvest :
nearly ripe The cotton = picked only z
feTE oc-Ls remain Il Ire feds ILs sugar
cane Is being cu- and carried q DONKEY
calels and cars % the sugar factories
lie long stalks are s@e1 every T1s-5- lie
little big bslle1 Arab oJvz Z urr5r max
edness, are grinding ne s--c1-e1r, sac-
charlDs stalks between rl5Lr g--s-eC11g
upper and neither teeth Every o1s "a the
route has z lCLg ECzzrca1s. carving one
end K the mouth TEs E-=s are settling
thick around the juicy Or.1c=z The ar =
pregnant with the expression Of -Es cane
Tie sugar factories are AZ work The
fumes Eor only add their fragrance. bit
the long iron ch-mneys give rle-r PecU
liar business LOOK 70 the laEdscz1e.
LEE PEOPLE y TEE SILE
There were other Peculiar-C1=s for which
the car was point Of observation Not
rhe costumes Of the people, for they
seemed uniformly q q DARK o. blue boUr-
nous Ire sexes ere hardly distinguish
able from each other. except by -hs
muEtache, beard or curb&u There IS
Inuch uakeduess. O. nearly 80 after Al
eager glance towards the pyrarni6s q
Sakauah, near old Memphis, the multi
tuCin0Cs mud hu-s and Villages appear.
Palms n abundance everywhere plume
themselves II their stately beauty. The
soil Z being plCughsd IN places for tos
new crop The people are said % De In
oUstr1ous, but everywhere we see them
sitting under walls. IN rhe shade and
covered with 1ies-eyes, ears. FACE, hands.
feet covered with flies. The animal life
seems % move as slowly - If il had ages
70 do lifetime Of WORK The buffalo s
very unlike our almost obsolete big
headed species Il Is seen IN the fields
-loughing with the old Oue-handIed
plough Of the time Of SETS. Il turning the
water wheel At q distance. and esDeci- .
sllF when cooling in The water, II looks +
Ike q pachyderm. In fact It's brown
black tough hide, ungaiuIy form and hide /
Gus face. 70 which the horn gives z sinister .
expression, make him al object Of curious T
interest Here and there we observe .
shepherds, generally children with shep-
herd dogs. Some are Bedouins, with tents .
Of camelhair, black and dirty. They have .
hocks Of sheep and goats, and often u ed .
rocks. There are generally a donkey and .
yellow dog and plenty Of naked children. f.
Yellow and white flowers are already be-
decking the meadows
at various times On the railroad we OBJ
tained giimpses Of the white and yellow
stands; and the peculiar masts Of the da-
Aablehs at an odd angie, with their still
more quaint sails. Ridges and plains Of
sands soon give way 10 villa yes, which
are Inc sign and sight Of palm groves.
On both sides Of the valley Of the Nile
lone, arid and tawny mountains appear.
They are pictures not unlike the desert Of
Aoab-Out Of whose wilderness the Bap-
list came They are the shaggy barriers
Of the fruitful valley. For such fences as
are needed 70 separate the fields, the
cane, interviewer, makes tClerable pre-
text Of protection IL would not turn a
-resOluts7 rabbit. Everywhere are seen
stakes, indicating rnetes and bounds and
proprietOrship, which have 70 be re ewed
when the Nile food disappears Old well
sweeps are seen such as were common in
Ohio II my bOyhOOd. They lift the .ater
out Of the soft soil 10 the surface. The
bottom Of the well Is. Of course, On a level
with the river, and, a. l said, the river IL
everything 70 Egypt Il is ROW quite low:
the pond water does not seem Etaguanr.
Indeed the people use the water for
istdy purpose-cooking, wa-hi"0 bath
ing is in favor Of Mir -------'7' -----
PLAGUE or FLIES.
After the buffalo for number and utiI-
ity, come the donkey and camel I had
no idea that the donkey was such a daisy
In Egypt. Bridl-less and saddleIess, he
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sebrse. He Is as patient and as meek as Il
his burden were nothing Sometimes you
do not see his legs and only parts Of MS
ears when he is loaded down with sugar
cane or grasses. I send you with this q
picture OF him-loaded-wirhO only his ears
protrUding. The camel looks as usual,
sinful" and moves il mysterious way,
as If he grUdged every time he lifted his
foot.
II I should be called on 10 name the
most vital element Of Egypt it would not Z
be the buffalo, donkey, camel, o. rich or
man It would be the flies II was win
Ter, but they were as plentiful as in the
time Of summer or Of the plaques. In the
sighth chapter OF ExOc Us 1t Is said that
he Lord did according 70 the word OF
Moses, and ne removed the swarLns Of flies
rom Pharaoh, from his servants, and
rom his people; there remained not one"
" hat a relief Not one That was
near 1, coo years ago. They have eCcumu-
ated since enormously. The infanriIe
leath rate is due mostly 70 flies. On the
'essel or in the mUd-hut, II temple or (
own-fies From Thinite, first dynasty, G
700 B. C, 70 the time Of the present cour-
cons and unselfish khediye-Eies The
ian, Bubastile, Salte, Ethiopian, Mace I
Ionian, Greek, Loman and Mahometan /
Iynssries - flies From the tinniest I
,uzzer 70 the biggest blue-bottie [
flies Touching with dainty foot I
nd prehensile grip the beauteous eye 7
ash Of Cleopatra; biting with chivaIric !
through the harness Of God =
reg de BOuiIIon, and pursuing with q
nipping air. Persian, Kernaui, Syrian, Z
nd Room as they dit through history =
les IS. s. Cox's Letter IN New York q
World.
A Novel Flower on the Isthnus.
a novel flower has been found on the u
'thmus Of Tehuantepec. al the san Jose :.
acienda, some twenty-five leagues from u
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