The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-07

man can lease woman on probation for a
month or two, and II he doesn't like her he
can do what Lord Dundreary wanted to-
send her back TO her MAJ
Iheit Is summarly dealt with. If caught
IN the act the offending hand is often
chopped off. IL the mscreant Is told TO 20
aud SIN no more and falls from grace a soc
ond time his eyes are frequently put out by
burning Goals. These dreadful punishments
have been modified lately by the interces-
sions Of foreign consuls.
SOME or THE SAINTS.
A curious belief is that insane PEOPLE arc
saints" According 20 the popular belief
God has taken their wisdom and Is keeping
It sacred ia heaven. The saints nave all
sorts Of vagaries. from harmless, driveling
idlocy TO violent tendencies with the long
sticks they usually carry. Foreigners resent
whack over the head. and il IS signif-
cant fact that the average violent saint"
confines the use of bis stick 10 his Islam
brethren.
Although Tangier IS despissd by the
Arabs OF the interior as being corrupted by
us small Christian population. il is typical
Morocco city Old walls surround It, and
the old gates afs closed early every evening.
Tor the Moor is up and down with the sun.
II you want 10 90 out after dark you must
take servant. who precedes you with
lantern. There are no theatres or places of
public amusement. no literature 10 keep
people out Of bed. Little children are
taught the Koran. nothing more. To be
learned IS TO be suspected of being dan
gerous 10 be rich is 20 be an object of
government espionage. At any time the
sultan can demand all the money of his
rich subjects. though he has not acquired
the art of holding up" unfortunates as
they do in our civilized Western stage coach
routes
SUMMONED TO TTz.
He is polite A royal invitation summons
the unfortunate to Fez or Morocco, wherever
the court is sitting. fortnight later his
relatives receive q hint that good sized
ransom will restore the guest to his home.
Usually the money il forthcoming, but If IL
can't be raised there is one more widow in
Morocco. This bloody extortion has re-
suited in wealthy men either swearing ale
glance 10 some powerful government repre-
sented III IangiersOr else in hiding their
wealth. In order 10 obtain this hidden
treasure the government has frequently
torn down houses stone by stone. At hid
ing money in strong places the MOOrs are
adopts and there Is more treasure hidden
away from the Sultan than the searcbers for
the wealth of the Hussar IN the East river
ever dreamed Of
The position Of AMBASSADOR or consul at
Tangier IS not one requiring great labor.
but frequently diplomatic fnesse is noces-
sary. Our Consul is Colonel Matthews,
Louisiana creole from California. He has
been there for many years, with the excep-
ton of "a brief interregnum during Presl-
dent Cleveland's administration. Secretary
Bayard sent out q Pennsylvania railroad
station agent named Lewis. but ne made
bad mess Of the whole affair and Consul
Matthews was returned.
NO ACCURATE MAPS.
The confines of the country are in dispute
and much of the territory 10 unexplored.
It's geography bias been a matter OF guess
work in measure. but its area 10 about
FIVE times larger than that of England and
Wales. The interior tribes are fierce and
warlike; some of them are always in rebel
lion. Only the other day dispatch TO the
Herald stated that thousands or Europeans
were hocking into Tangler from settle
ments along the coast, fearful OF tT Des now
in rebellion. Traitors and rebels when
caught are not restored 10 political prlvi-
leges in Morocco. The Sultan has stand
ing army of about two hundred thousand.
He gives the word and this wild horde
sweeps down upon the rebellious tribes, II
they are not 10 the inaccessible parts of
the Atlas Mountains, and in few weeks
the parapets of fez are adorned with hun
dreds of hideous heads. Suppose the rebels
are successful. The Sultan is driven out
Of the mountains; another ruler IS elected.
He like the first, maddens the people TO
rebellion or he is continually at war with
his former sovereign TO keep his head on
his shoulders. so it goes, and the people
are always between the devil and the deep
MULzY FL HAssAE.
The present Sultan is far above the aver
age of his predecessors in wisdom and hu-
mainly. His full name is a yard long, bat
he Is known TO his subjects as Muley Ell Has
san. He comes from the ferocious family
of Flleli. whose history has been written
with blood. Early ia the seventeenth cen
tury the province of Tablet, on the edge Of
tho desert elected a scherif named Ali. He
and his descendants gradually by their
prowess in war extended their possessions
until they reigned over all Morocco. IL has
been a long and bloody reign-a history OF
robbery, rapine. murder and cruelty. The
present ruler, however, is not such bad
fellow The march of civilization that
tinges his coast on the Straits seems TO have
entered his dark domains. 1t - the little
leaven that has leavened the whole, but 1t
will be centuries If events are allowed to
take their peaceful course before the China
OF the West" can in any way resemble civil
lizaton.
NO KODAK FIENDs THERE.
In nv travels through the northern
borders of the Empire / carried a small
camera. with which | was enabled to take
many good views Of still life, but when
ever the black box was pointed at an Arab
he beat q hasty and savage retreat. Inls
fact ] subsequently discovered was due 10
religious aversion 10 pictures OF any KIND,
especially those of the machine as the
more enlightened Arabs called the camera.
ri L.
images. and the Bible condemns just such
probibition if the Ten Commandments are
taken literally.
Taken as a whole they are a people that
we'll awaken n profound interest even IN the
most thoughtless traveller they are sad'
vet contented. their customs and haolts are
those OF the time of Abraham, yet they are
ignorant of any that are better. 1hey nate
Christians as fercely as some OF the CHRIS
tan sects hate one another, yet never
heard of a wholesale Moorish lnquisltion'
such as their lberian neiRhbors have enjoyed.
They are absolutely uncivilized. yet they
have never enjoyed a bull or prize hght:
Strange people. you think les. ana
stranger are their thoughts. BY far the best
index 70 the Moorish idea of the use OF the
world is \ conversation with an lnteilgent
Moorish merchant reported by Edmondo DC
Amicis. an Italian writer who. mace VISIT
TO Fee with bis embassy late IN the seFeh-
ties. Ii was as follows;
AN INFIDEL SEPTIC
What have you to say" asked, "of our
great cities" .s
He looked fxedly at me and answered
coldly: Large streets, fine shops. handsome
palaces fine ofices-and all clean.
With this ne appeared 10 think that he
had said all that could be said in our honor.
"Did you see nothing else that was hand
some and good" / asked.
lie looked at me as if 10 inquire what 4