, 1890-03-27

him under the rule of tho deys.
/ Then no Jow could ride ON horse
back. lie must perforce employ an
nss. Nor could he come into the
presence Of an Arab man or woman
without repeated salaams aud kiss
| ing the hem Of the Arabs burnous.
| There are 10000 Jews In Alglers
now. There IL not u poor one
among them. They, with tho
Aioznhites, monopollze nearly ull
commercial transactions and are
/ found In possession of the best shops
and all the important retail trade.
They We're all, save two, dressed
similar TO the Arabs, with long,
/ lowing white robes, turbaued heads,
.ichly embroidered waists and
sashes, ample trowscrs caught with
jcwcled bands below tho knees, blue
silk stockings and low sandals upon
their feet. The head dresses of two
differed from the rest. They were
the red tarboosh, with bluc-and-
black tassel, bctokening that the
wcarcrs were Tunislan Jews, for In
Tunis the Jews are prohibited from
wearing the sacred green and white
Of the prophet, these cOlors being re-
served for the use OF the descendants
OF MOhammed only.
THE JEWISH WOMEN
In their company gave an excellent
example not only OF the beauty of
the female members of this race ms
they are found near and In the
Orient, but also of the costumes of
the better class Of these In AlFiers.
Long, straight gowns, without
drapery and of the richest silk,
green, orange or purple, encircled at
the waist by cords Of silk, gold and
silk, or chains OF pure gold, consti-
tlitc the sole outer garment, strilS-
lngly different from the Arab wo-
mans. Their feet were cncascd In
colored pointed slippers. Each wO-
man wore black silk scarf, bound
tightly across the forehead, gathered
cl seiy over the head, and falling In
delicate folds behind, held in place
at the back by great gold or
leweled ornaments. This, with II
plain band OF spotlcs1 white linen
drawn tightly across the chin, ana
II magnificent India shawl carried
upon the arm or thrown carelessly
across the shoulders, completed the
costume. The silk scarf upon the
head limited OF the Spanish man
tilln. The white linen band sug-
gcstcd the nun. And the eutire
effect was simple, rich and classic
l have never seen more beautiful
women than the younger Jewesses
of Alglcrs.
THE sCAvENGER TRAIN.
Here Is IA drove OF weary donkeys
with hulging palmetto panniers ON
their backs, and, chattcring beside
each one IL IA bareheaded, bare-
armed and barelegged black man,
with straight hair, fine, determined
features, and with splendid form
and muscular development. This
II the scavengcr train OF Algiers.
Garbage from houses is loaded into
these pannlers, aud the Hitter Of the
streets Is also conveyed away by the
same primitive means. The men so
employed are the blskrls. They
wete the police, watcrcarriers and
all manner of serving-mcn
under the deys In old Algiers.
They are now scnvengers, water
carriers and men servants at large.
These Bislsris bear u strikingly sim
liar relation TO the Alglcrs that the
Galiegans Of Spain do to Madrid
and other cities of the South. They
are the ever-patient, neveT-rcsontitll
servants Of all Spain outside OF
Galicia, their own ambition being
TO earn and save enough to secure u
little choza and patch of land where
they may contentedly end their
days in the glens ON the mountain
slopes Of the North. So with the
BislSris youth from the dcsert-bor.
derlng Algerian village. Subsisting
upon dates which lie carries In his
pocket, he sets out ON foot for the
"white city, and suffers every
fatigue and degree of starvation 10
reach 1t. Then, like the Gallegun,
DO Will lead u slave's life for the
humblcst earnings. His dream, and
he viii realize 1t, too, If he earns
less than ten sous per day, Is to save
as much ~ 500 or 500, and with II
return to his native birth-land oasis
and buy date-palm grove, and
from two to six lusty wives to care
for himself and his plantation. Be
sides all these strange folk who Will
pass you, the
iMPtsH LITTLE BoOTBLACKs
are constantly dancing about YOU,
ready to perform any diabollcal feat,
from backing and shining their
faces To Pumping an eye out and
into It's socket, for but one sou for
each exhibition; thousands of trav-
elers rom all nations have trooped
by you, displaying the costume,
manner and murked characteristics
of each; trains of donkeys and cam
els laden with merchandise for the
far Villages Will have fitted by:
groups of women with servants In
whose baskets are fowls for behcad-
ing ut the revolving "negress sacri-
ficesh ut the cave OF the Seven
Fountains, ON the road to
St. Eugene, have plqucd your
curiosity; hundreds of Nihyles, with
leather aprons and shaven heads,
their strong wives, unveiled, with
long chclniscs reaching to their feet
and girdled at the waist with bright
s;ishUs, who work with their nus
bands everywhere and anywhere,
have provided an ample study of
these African hillmen; while thou
sands of the native Arab men and
Wohivii huNt rW'pt ny WIN SWISH
of robes and Jingling jewels and
anklets, like weird aud softly
musical wruiths In white. Most OF
these were plodding toward some
'k0ubah, marabout or mosque TO
worship, Leaving the strange
scenes of the street, we will follow
those who are on their way to
Djumaa el-Kebir, the grand mos
que, TO pray.
EDGAR l.. WAI<EMAN.