, 1890-04-10


dustrial activities; with the added
advantage of u soil and cline capa-
BILE OF incnlculably diversified en-
pioyment. Even the date, that
precious almost inanna of the Arab,
tho feet Of whose tree are In s'the
water and Its branches In the flames
OF hcaven,n Is transforming the
northern edge Of the Sahara Into a.
gnrdcn,, through French ir-
rlgation. Two crops of pota-
toes are annually yielded.
Bcetroot for sugar manufacture 10
already successfully cultivated, Tho
fig is everywhere, forms an immense
food supply when fresh, IL exported
for spirits distillation, and no Amer.
lean need be told of its universal
foreign consumption when cured.
Nearly all the gliava jellies, which
come by way OF France, are made
from tho Algerian fruit. Algerian
bananas and oranges of the most
delicate flavor, aro now rlvaling In
the European markets the same
fruit from the Azores, Cannries and
the West Indies. Wheat, barley,
rye and corn ns fine as produced
anywhere In America, and already
70 yield of nearly 400, 200, 900 BUSH
els, aregrown. Cotton Ii still an ex-
perimental status; but specimens of
extraordinary yield and texture are
secured. Tho vast tobacco plant,,-
ticns OF Mascara and elsewhere are
now producing u leuf the equal II
not the superior of the most priced
product OF the sunny valleys be-
hind Havana. But more than all
fhtZ 4 have. lnteoxnI In. tha
noblest vineyards of France, Spain
and Italy, you will find that those
OF Algeria now surpass the most
countries ever knew. Years ago the
French savant, Nj. Dcjernon, COM
missioncd by his government TO
study and report the subject, said:
''Thc vine Will become the fortune
of the country. IL can produce an
Infinite variety ofgrapes, suited to
every constitution and TO every ca
price of taste.n The promise ls al
ready fulfilled, though gmpe-grow-
ing and wine-mnking are yet in their
infancy. What all the travellers
and poets have written upon the
Vineyards OF Southern Europe with
In the past two centuries will be
true before the close of the present
century In this wondrous land where
the swallows home beneath IL gem
ial winter sun.
A PARTING PEEf AT ALGIERs
was taken In tho old Arab quarter
of the city. Ono ceases to wonder
over the rhapsodies of artists upon
this bit of Moresque holding itoelf
sturdily against all inroads of mod
erp progress. Its outlines still very
clearly define those of the ancient
city. Down here harborward are
the grand boulcvards, plazas, pal
aces and shops OF the new Paris the
French have made. The two great
the port, and two stately mosques
occupy n line of common ground
upon which all nationalities seem to
meet. From this line, us a broad
base of nearly mile in length con-
verging gradually as you ascend to
the KasbaiI, or ancient citadel, rises |
and narrows the old Arab quarter, "A |
dense mass of Moorish structures \
from 100 TO | 900 years old. No one
ever gave, no one can ever give, am |
adequate description OF this almost 1
trackless labyrinth. Nothing exists
in Europe or America to which itcan |
he likened. l have attempted It's |
exploration on eighteen different
occasions. On each but one was
rescued and conveyed back to recog- |
nizable precincts and location only |
after an excellent exhibition of pan
tomime and coin. There is hui one
street. or way, which starts at |
and finally reaches any
where. That IN the Rue de Ia lSas- |
bash. This Mt one time led from
the quays TO the pirates stronghold |
on the heights. What IL left OF 1t |
rises IA step In every two yards, and |
500 crumbling stone steps still re-
main. TO the right and left Of this,
there are, | am told, upward Of |
400 distinct streets, thoroughfares,
courts, alleys and lanes. No two
are Mt right angles. Every curve or
slnuosity imaginable is described. |
It Is u maze of shadowy burrows
where fit and loiter swarthy 4
beings sheeted In ghostly white. |
In not half dozen of these old 4
Arab streets can one catch "A glimpse |
OF more than "a tiny blue thread of I.
sky above. The widest streets are 4
not upward of twelve feet In width: |
the average one does not exceed I
eight; and in very many one can
touch the opposite walls with out |
hands. The habitations /
of rich and poor are Joined, None /
are detached. a corner may inn
pede progress here; lumpy angle |
may obtrude thcro; ponderous
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facade may cut INTO the street be