New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-02
PRESIDENT GILMAN Is SAHARA.

From his Algerian letter t. The Baltimore sun.
And what did W. find IN biskri good hotel
at this -cdsOn and with shady, cDvcrcd corridors
Tor shelter In summer ana TIL, VA, all that we cared
for at the moment after our ufcoOmc journey. Next
morning. a. We looked ont oi The window We law
Tie cancls loading and caravan forming for con-
across the desert. soon MdlOmctin, who bears The
name Of the once famous Arab chietthn, Md ei ht
dir, became guide. and under hi escort We walled
through the place. A. IN other Algerian towns, We
found French quarter with CAFE, sludlc' Roman
Catholic church, "a fertilization aud garrison, AN
Arab quarter, with tn markets. is shops and IT. hand
Caiis, ana negro quarter. Inc caravan, were com
Ing and going. But We made a short STAY IN TN.
part Of Isa. and went TO the beautiful park and
garden maintained by fichrh gentleman, VI. Ian
don. Ills IN raising trees is wonderful. Many
acres are covered with beautiful foliage Here wcro
palms, oranges, lemons. eucalyptus, acdclds, pepper
trees the banyan and many more SUD tropical trees.
Roses and other summer flowers were IN bloom Well
kept walh, led through the grove and at intervals We
came upon tcihOuscs aud other Attractive resting
culture Tho effect /, not unLc that of some private
groves of palms which grow in other pats Of Eiskra.
upon narrow strip Of lrnd which be three mile,
long and on an average half a mile broad within
hi, tract there arr i've Village. but instead Of visit
Ing them all drove across the desert To another
oasis, five mile, from Bistra the site Of AN Arab vii
agc named Chctna. ON the way We could see IN
the distance the oasis Of sdi Okba, where the tomb
Of okba, the Mahomctan warrior. IS cn,hrn'd In .
Ing In Africa
Crctma. which might be called a village Of mud.
the trouble mat took o. it. We entered the
place by narrow road, in which IT would have been
twelve feet high sometime topped with pieces Of
broken glass. and sometimes with other obstacles 10
juvenile curiosity for the Young Arabs here are like
the young arabs In our American TOWNSHIP ont
all 10 the groves Of date palms which saw
on the right and left. We came 10 halt In the
middle Of the village where the lisc,s people, sitting
in the doorways Of their mud cabins or their mcagrc
shops, scarcely noticed our approach row of "A
dozen urhancd Arabs Standing and sitting under the
shadow OF Il mud wall. were being skctchcd by
iron oh ife had
Nshed temporary residence. We came to the door
size from the other dwellings. " You must call on
the scikr said Aid 81 Kadir he IS bon garcon. who
has seen many Enropelns' 50 We knocked at me
10 enter. while word brought that the shck would
receive all under The date trees In his garden. The
place which he + pleased 10 call garden Is sort Of
back yard where there plain board seats
surrounding stone table, that rests on ancient
Roman pillar Here we took places. and the
pcin way, and engaging In friendly conversation
through the aid Of tho drlgonsn. Dates and nuts
soon placed On the table, and afcrward strong
bnc, coffee wanted to make some return for this
hospitality extended 10 party of strangers. but 1t
would not do 10 olcr money. and the only other thing
that nv pocket contained pearl Handled pocket
knife that brought from baltimore 50. In the beat
Arabic that the diagOman conld command offered
mis- souvenir from America 10 host. who seemed
years more Of age, of slender figure and feeble
movcmcnts He wore the bnrnous Of the region and
SAT on the ground, willie chairs and
benches Poor man, he was suffering, Ike. other
dignarcs, with the grippe. and we did not prolong
TO his pain than it could to our pleasure. doubt
whether In our proposed Journey shall
thing more characteristic OF rural life than this visit
10 the ShcilI Of Chctma. The houses dresses manners
and customs have hardly changed In thousand years
Aid ri Kadr who has travelled. apologized for the
q ls people DO tsy not n change
OF him. because the Arab never Changes was
bis answer.