The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-19
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In company with Rev. HeFvey of the
9. T, Church, representative Of the
NEWS called on DR.. Watson, at the res.
idenee Of Mrs. Barnett, on west Ninth
street, where he IS now visiting The
Friendship between the two families i
very warm: and dates hack to the time
n the sos and I0s, when DR.. Watson
and DR.. BARRETT were associated in
missionary work in Egypt. DR.. Wat
son Is a very pleasant gentleman. very
affable and ready conversationaiist
He docs not look at all ike 3 man who
had lived twenty eight years among
the Arabs, Gopts ana Fellaheens 81
i Egypt. On tIle contrary, he looks last
ike the average American, and would
De taken fer a successful man of isf-
fairs or minister OF some we'll to-de
! cougFega ton. LIS. Watson inclined
70 be a little stout Sd, is a very agree
able lady of quiet and winning man
ner. aud Is a sister of DIR. McEickaf of
Hashbufne college. at Topeka
1iie doctor Went as missionary for
/ the United Presbs terrain church TO
EaEKp il 1851. He found DIR. harnett
al,eady on the ground. having landed
IN that country as a missionary Il few
91fttg5 tli St tt1ete19. lucy We're lOcdI6u
at Cairo where they worked together
until DR.. Barnett, Through faiiing
health. vas forced TO return To Amer
lea.
Asked as To the progress made in
Egypt ia miss i0nary NO. K, the doctor
replied 6ilat such work was necessarily
SLOW. ewing TO the dense ignorance. SUI
peTstitionand degraded character of the
natives. The languages of the peo-
a
be learned, schools and missions or
gained, aud native teachers educated
aud drilled IN tile work OF teaching and
eYangef3Zlng among their own race.
There are Il number OF schools. an
academy and a college conducted by
the missionaries IN Caro- for the train
ing of native children in the ways OF
Christianity. Not all of these so
trained, tie doctor says. stick, but
many. do. There are in Cairo quite a
number of naive Christian teachers
among the Egyptians. But little at
tention is paid TO education among the
people outside OF the mission schools
The only schools are a few academies
maintained by the government to edu-#
cate young men for positions in gov-
eminent ofilces. The coutrol of affairs
ia Egy pit is nominally in the Khedi8e,
but really III the hands Of the English,
whose firm hold on the country IL the
form of a proteetefate insnfes a Tegu-
lar and orderly administration. The
land is mainly owned by the govern
ment and tiled by the Fellaheens, an
ignorant and tamelg submissive class
OF people. the descendants of the an
cient Egyptians, who rent the land
from the government at from IS to IS
an acre. The principal crop is wheat,
but a number Of other things aTe Pic
dnced III large quantities. cotton among
them, and onions. OF course the ara
bic land Of Egypt is confined TO The
valley Of the Nile, which at Cairo
is about ten miles wide,
and grows broader as the
mouth Of that celebrated river is APP
preached 129 miles lower down. AS
one ascends the Nile, the valley grows
narrow er.
Cairo is large place Of 40G. coo pop
utati n, ard is the capital Of Egypt.
The main part of the city Is As vel
bailt as European cities of like size.
AMI eoirtSjfs as much wealth and
fsshion. it eaS d years ago to be plague
stricken when fhe1R1 ortaiity among The
natives was frigEtfuf. hssG the draining
ard filing up OF couple 0fsasarstly
lakes IN She middle Of the city, and
asiter sanitary precautions have baa-
is9ed plaques and pestileneeS. The
outer parts of it are populated by
Pat5yes. asld are sqnal3d, hithy and the
srchi.eelIre primitive as IN the days of
Pharaoh From Cairo to Alexandria
on the = edeteFraneafl. The distance is
I2a miles, = IT'D two lines of railroad,
one en- each side of the Nile The run
! is made III four hours.
The Pyramids and Sphinx stand
about TN sIYe miles from Caro- on the
verge OF = slightly elevated plateau
i-t5eE5 GDIfFk a51 IEe outer lii 9 OF tie Nile
valley. Or course they are in pain
view II he CITY and every time DE-.
Watson sits down TO meals, his eyes
rest en- Caeops the largest of them, a
beautifully teraeed driveway, lined on
citaef side Hith over archiug Ac-
freta the city 20 the Pyramids, and
| thousands nom all plsrfs Of the world
YES then annually
Iala6Glbered entaGies of oppression
nave b1ltal} ZPd tie ESYFits an mass ).
| a0 es szof course. ignorant. saoth-
fiJi fatl5 &, e. less sss9r1tHefi AID sapeFstls
Ii ;ts- They are All Aghamine,lal9, :
exert tIit. handful evangt lied by the
ms -iOsaries The climate is genial
tut lltte Il sasttin bhetn. Ebe Sill is
| ifisEisly rTeduet3Ye. but the taxes being
h5ea, they are lett but bsre sutsis
tenee. . begB Que third of the men
EN- FeaH q iittls, and hardly am
Df tie scnen. In fact, the woman
sgaa can read IS considered worse than
Blues tecllng with rs
DR.. Wabs0a met Stanley in Cairo
thr, e years ago when be Was
Oh his way 10 the Congo country in
search OF Emln. he vas greatly ias-
afessed with tie explorer'S strength
ana sCildHy OF character.
Asked as 10 what be thought of the
efIerts Of such n3ea as Gordon. Enin
and the Europeans to accomplish any
any 8. aet IN the Equatorial provinces.
abe doctor shook his head and said he
thought but little of such efforts
Gordon, he said, left Cairo in 1874 to
90 10 KBaftoum, as governor Of the
Equatorial provinces, against the adj
vice Of all sis friends IN Cairo, who
felt that such astep was suicidal IN the
extreme. But, deaf to the advice of
everyone, he persisted in going. and,
as we all know. met with an ingl9rIous
death at the hands of the natives. Be
fore he bad been in Khartoum two
weeks, he sent 70 Cairo begging help
ThesEngiish government sent General
Lord Woiseiey with an army 20 bis
aid. but before they ceuid reach Khar-
toum Gordon was no more So the
English, having marched up the hill,
marched down again, Emin. who ac-
com paDIed Gordon up the Nile to
Kasftoi; %, weas, under orders from
Gorfson. to the south west, where be
should take eeTnmand with beadqnar-
tiers AZ Is1stss. or Wadelai- There be
remained eyer since, managing to bold
that nertion Of the Equator iaf provin
ees under his control, until rescued
aaa carried cut Of the country the
ether dag isF Stanley.
IRE dieter ard Mrs. Watson leave
sssks u day f1r Garrett where they viii
nate short visit. and then 20 to
tsleir home n y aigkeslIa county ~ iseon=
sir. s beFs they VIII remain until next
I tai when tfiey viii return 10 Cairo.
Nf1 Provide Wogk
BERLIN. Dec. I2.-I'he LaHdsrath Of
| 1selssns ischen has announced that he
| IS ready to IlrssfCe work for al uneIn-