Telegram-herald., 1890-01-16
At PORT SAID.
Progress Of ths BrookIyn Divine
IA the Orient.


jgKCsALkA. Dec. O. Ia say leg.er of
yesterizy I lold u TIE agreeable tIip ~e
made from Cairo o. Lsuls-iia and Port
said lE V as early in ths evening IS hen
- reached 1he iazr uamed place. dLseua-
barking 0y torchl lshE TIE manner In
whicl cur hasgsgs was carried Co the
ho1el vs. arr .lsi giy u0Tel in our Aloeri-
can syes. u u-s borne bv tie natives.
al the MOODS opeIsnii Vas IS follows.
Fiaclas one trun4 ou the top ~ another,
a. iI 4ppsaTed without regard a. their
SIZE the Porter threw q TCpe scrues the
the Up. after this two men lifted the
trunks 0n hls back Then. catching hold
CT one ead of the rope with each hand
he pulled down the trunks close 90 his
hack, managing az tie same time % take
a sripsaek Ia each hard Next. and ar-
pAEentiy with 40 great lncon wen
leIace OF discomfort. he trotted OF
The distance Of about FIVE blocks
u the hotel feel sure that the com
biued weight II the trunks and vallses
carried by each OF these sturdy fellows
could not have been less than 500 pounds.
Needless a. add. we all looked on IN
mute astonishaent while this prodigious
feat Of muscular power and agility was
being performed. Show loving people
Of America, 1 alu sure. would have trav-
eled miles and paid handsome admis-
sion Zee 70 see tho wonderful perform
ances 4 tine Pert sand porters, bat which
there are only every day occurrences. IN
physical appearance the performers
looked lean G4d half starved. | took tha
trouble 20 ascertain how they were paid
for thelr LABOR, and learned that the Lo-
,si proprietor rewarded them each with
hair a plaster, which Is equal 20 two and
= hAH eeuts. With wages at this figure,
l vas informed. they were very
well paid men, and in cousidera-
ti0n Of this fact, cordially increased
their wsrk by carrying baggage up stairs
and depositing It IN the rooms without
extra charge. Every one OF US felt sorry
that the poor fellows had left the hotel
before ws could get an opportunity 10 IN
erase the allowance they had received
Expressing our sentiments 10 the land
lord on this occasion we were informed
by that person OF the mistake We were
making IN commiserating the men;
for said he. they have earned enough
carrying ySur trunks and valises for
full days board" Or. Talmage there
upon suggested that one Of the great ad-
vartaSes Of travel in foreign lands is TO
make one very well satisfied with our
own. Nothing showed more, he thought.
how eKecra5lc Is the behavior of these
who Try 70 upset our institutions than 10
see how Eiserably they have things In
countries from which these would be
Tevoiutionists have come. "As for mo.
lie added, 4 woyld rather be 4 donkey
IN Anerica than = king in Egypt"
The next day was the only one we
spent Al Port said, which may be de-
scribed as having been created by the
Suez canal, on the west side Of which It
lies. Port SAID Is "a city Of considerable
population. at least the half of which
live III q wretched suburb to the west OF
that part Of the town where the tourist
lands. It's water supply is from Ismailia
h conduit. as q coaling station it pos
sesses its chief importance. There are
two churches in the place, one Catholic
aud one belonging 10 the Greek church.
Ot lis Ave schools enc l. conducted bv
Capuchin friars. The Freemasons also
have o school in this dreary looking
place, which Il situated for the greater
part on q strip of low land, trecless and
possessing no natural feature Of interest
geographically csnsideicd. i. is interest
i-5 because 1t separates the Mediter-
rlasan SEA from Lake Genzaleh.
We were fortunate enough while there
% witness genuine Egyptian funeral
A procession consisting OF about twenty
aco. at she head of whom were two
Mos.em dlsnitaries. preceded the corpse.
g hch Was carried by SIX men on their
shoulders The body was inclosed in a
via-e c3sket, % the head of which was
fastened "a rough stick Of wood. placed
ir an upright position. This object was
covered with chin white veil. and on
thc v1ilcl part were suspended Size cheap
JeweIy and some ~ the hair of the de-
parted vho. we understood, was young
girl. Tho casSet was followed hy about
tbrtv women, dressed in black. and
uoei'y every one of them carrying a
nursing infant. That oae q their uam-
her who WAS tl-.- leader held in her
la.1 shred oi calico. which she
s.r re1 a0i handled between La
sr osa Boy h1ud'.-1 b-an she0. p,
r-ir i0 hor movements 70 tho