The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-27
OLD EGYPT M0DERNIZED.
TELEPHONE TO THE SPHINX AND
HOTEL At THE PYRAMIDS.

eIlNes 900 the ldnd OF Egypt The young
giant OF The west, whose tcAng palm il
reaching out toward Japan. China. Corea
and the lands Of south Asia. has already
a strong grip ON this birthplace Of his
tory, and the Egypt Of the past has days
chat are numbered. Alexandria has long
since arisen from the ashes Of the bonn
barjmcnt Of seven years ago, and it il
now the size of Cleveland or Washing
ton Its buildings are European rather
than Arabic, and its streets have French
names Cairo, the city Of Arabian
NIGHTS, is fast becoming city of Partisan
nights, and the Mohammcdan call TO
prayer is mingled with the bacchanalian
songs of the cafe chautants Modern
science is pulling the mumnlies from the
pyramids. a telephone line runs almost
TO The very car of the Sphinx, and the
old lady is being pulled, fr, '"o SAN"
'' IS q hotel at the oaso Of the Pvra.
mid of Choops in which English men and
women drink brandy and soda, and the
spirit of the Nineteenth century, with
some of its virtues and all of its vices, is
breathing new life into the land Of the
1 pharaohs.
Cairo is becoming a winter residence
city, and it has hundreds Of mansions
which would do credit 10 New York OF
Paris Real estate has rapidly risen in
value, and the land upon which the baby
Moses lay In the bulrushcs is ROW worth
big price per square foot When ! Wis
tied Cairo about eight years ago the don
. key was the chief hackney cab Of tie
foreigner and men. women and children
went sight seeing on long cared beasts,
with donkey boys in blue gowns follow
. ing behind and punching up the animals
( by pol.ing sharp sticks into patches Of
bare flesh ass big as % dollar. each Of
+ which had been dcnudcd of skin for the
purpose.
Tie hotels had Egyptian servants in
urbans and gowns, and YOU called your
boytoyourroom hyclapping yourhands.
4 Now the lshmaohtish hack driver has
taken the town. and though hc wears
. fcz cap his dress is European ami his
check is as hard as that Of am American
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j Oh foreign men and Oh the natives. ln
side The walls OF Shepherds hoicl.
,..l..ro I o,, STAINING top arc as f,,
,.,... ..il Zen, ~ ,.nn ,.onil ho in tao
+ Cr,nd botei M pari. THE servants ar.
rr.n.b enoalin0 Swiss i'm blacl, sw1l-
lass. fail oa,t. The chamber, have cloc-
tri. h.n. arl fho 81 a day which Won
f..,. for ,oi.r board doe. NOT iucludceithor
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TlDvsol.o Of tl,,eol Of r,ypt haslcen
brouclt down from tho mountains Of
Aa,--inia hv the Nilc. 10 is nowhere
more tsan nlyf,et deep and its average
l.pth is about thirtv-nte feet. Under
thi. soil is found tho sand. The Nile
waters it as well as lortiIizes it, for there
is no rain 10 speak of in Egypt. The
country is fiat Hero at Cairo YOU can
500 for miles i'm every direction, and
standing ON the great Pyramid the vail
f.vof tho Nile is snrcad out below YOU
inn GREAT patchwork of different shades
If rr.en There are no fences and fcw
trees. Ucre and There grove Of tail
nalm raise thcir fln like heads high up
ln the clear biuc atmosphere. and neal
t..,n Won sec "a vilhecof mud nuts made
of the same sun dried sticksthat Pharaoh
Ground out of the children of Israel This
Great plain IS cat mp by canals. roads un /
hero and There through it. and along
those move caravans of camcls. of Egyp /
fians I'm gowns upon donkcys and OF I
8ro,es of lonkevs laden with grass or /
GRAIN There arc cattle and sheep by the .
Thousand upon the field, and their fat .
.iIos..listcn under the tropical sun as
they MUNICH the sweetest and iucic,t OF T.
clover. Tine air Just now is IS pure as .
fhat of Denver An nature seems TO F
s,oila and fbe ONLY poor thing upon the .
scone is man.
Ontof the six and a half million people F
Of Egypt. fully six million arc peasants. F
Tbey are known as "fellahs." They are 4
tho tiilrrs of tho soil and they are the F
noonlo who do the work. and make the
,.l.;.b ,,rs fhe immense yearly /
,i.. 49,. ri.,.o ..fslabsv are the
"'". '' .--'t' 49,. icon, ,,,.
ancient Egyptians iney '''9 .. v'i', ,i w.,
pressed throughout inc ages ul','i '''ol
have no spirit left in thcm, and they are
baopv if they can get enough 10 keep
,,'mselyos alive. You see their mud
III. .,'.,.,,horo aplthe, slave from
''l''7'' e.i5s Their
morning ""''' '''H''' 80 '''' I'.n fam ree,
houses are i"i''y n'o'o l''.., o; ',i' eeet
high aud often not more IMAM ~ ' n.y.
square In an Egyptian village the
houses are built close together. Ihere
are no pavements, gas lamps, nor mod
arm improvements Of any kind. The
S'.' ~, W. ,,ei bonse consists of few
MATS u shoepskin. copper kettle and