The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-19
5ialtn Rnd tho ainltusc-lif.
tcorYEoitr. 1882, by EDdAII. wAKEMAS.l

Special Correspondence q the in'dlt0neer'
NALETrA, MALTA, Feb. 20, 1802.-ThC
s.roct Genes OF ya!ettu may be briefly
de,cr;hod IN tho s,o,o,,ort ,ho, - o,0
~ :" Wv ~, ss''O'No' 'n"' :, o,''
eo"'u COMBINE waterproof street anu tue
Alameda OF Gibraltar, tho Toledo OF
Palermo. The Eolus OF Athens md tho
modor, por,o,o,l Jo Ia ponr,J;o,o -
"o'H 'oH,''"'" VIZ !" t'opup'Ii"" -
Alglers, and then remove from TINS con-
glomerate some OF its Derbcr and oricn.
tai nsnects Won would secure nm excel.
Low, I;I.o,n,, - ,ho ;,nnro,p,o, ,,o, ~
ISM i'hoiess " .',o it'ip'''''oN y" s''n
from tho colorlul scenes oil everyday
life and activities in the chief t'i:v oil
MALTA.
The constant presence of the British
soldicry, the splendid. luxuriant and
sometimes wantonly cxtravagant dis
plays oil the government, officials and
sul,so oie oia, WIN t ,a ,,,p ruues
ordinary liie and activity. As every
native inbabitant OF the islands is nj,
adbercnt of tho Roman Catholic faith,
pricsts and students clad in nriestly rnrb
aro never absent from SIGHT. while Tho
nroccssionols nre Of nm extraordinary
humber and ircoucntlv chnrnctorizcI by
tho GREATEST snlcrIor.
Every day. and often many times n
day. the huge passenger steamers OF the
Mediterranean discharge hosts OF tour
lists here. Thousands during tho win.
tor months are ON their woy to and from
Evynt. Australia or India, Thousands
more are mercly Mediterranean travel.
crs. Nearly ali are here but for a day,
Int the accessions arc ceaseIess, md
their members COMPRISE peonlc of every
nationality, These arc nnxious to 500
much in little time, and with their
chatter in ali tongues. cranirr heads
and enthusiastic faces, beighten and
BRIGHTEN the CAV scenes OF The hand.
some thorouchfarcs.
nm rn,,, =, Or ,,~rnrsr
W. ,N,'.h' VI tSih"h',.
Then IN Oil TINS singular and unique
medley there are odd tritles for interest
and study ceaselesslv nassipr before
Won. or forming distinct hits of color
md antique in Tho STRANGE and curious
SETTINGS. Barefoote6 sellers OF delicious
Maltese oranges, which hide no less
than nectar beneath their thin rod
skins. dart through the streets with
their meIodic cries and their endless
"Sa-hasv or "Good mornings pp what
ever the time OF day. the most agile and
oIort human bcino; Won over bohnId
Gronns Of Waterman stroool;nr N
their homes beyond Flor;ona rrdnlont
of harborside toll and traffic. paily nod
and smile and chant ms thev move with
in the tbronr Hero n bnvv. NJ hrigbt
faced middics. with tho roll and ewog.
ccr of old sen sails hut with tbe orovcet
dccorum look in this shon ond tLat
with rnsnectful curiosity olwavs form.
inc pleasant groupings and now and
then touchinr svmnathctic chord in
your heart ms members nj tho hand
strooole behind to neor into the iaces
OF tourists with an eager hungry iooI
ne II with n faint hon" Of rnroeniyin9
irianda or relatives from tho fer awn,,
home Officers from men.of.war
smileiess md critical and interosted
chiefly in the great fortifications mass
and repass constantly. They have a
ttolerative sort OF bearing, and the look
IN thelriaces plainly tells the wonders
their battle ships might accomplish
even against Malta should they ever
chance to attempts breach IN Its walls.
Solemn turkish travellers and mcr-
chants, viewing everything askance, as
though they remembered the Turkish
heads Lee Valette once blew back from
cannons' mouths into the ranks OF the
besleSerss, as reprlsal, suddenly appear,
whlsk along Tor moment, and as sud-
denly are missing Algerian Jews,
often with their beautiful! wives and
daughters, rich IN robes and splendid
jewels, sweep past with truly regal
bearing. Well they may, for with the
French IN Algeria they arc gaining
great wealth from the vast tobacco
plantations OF Mascara, and they bring
their finest cargoes to Malta, " here the
cheapest ana best cigars IN the world
arc made by the deit Maltese, who feel
that they arc rolling in wealth ii they
receive Tor one years labor what would
sustain the American clgarmaker for
only one month.
A MINED SCENE.
With oll thoso will In bo,i-,o,,oa
Grool and S;c;Iion so;IorS onnttor;,,a
md ocat;cnlotina wilJly I GominS
monks n,ovc noisoloss,v olo,c. S S%on
mon rush from Mace 70 nIaro 70 soc nTp
what tbnir cnstomors los;ro " , itIort
losing them While in the nrr "tnHu.
mood Ifawkors nj Iova b;lo,i.r;s nnj
lace n,oad and wran"le VIII T"' to T., .snu
NIiIitnrv hands orc com;,g and an;na
filIing the mir with EnGT;sh scottisiS,
md irish melodies Wh;ln ,,dJ;u% s'1 ~
the oxhiIirotino cIon,or NJ Tho tomn ~. "
hoard MI thc t9nr,,e NJ oil notioM "' o ny
nbovo these tho clonC;nn Of conn, %a,,
49, S''4's'hS " Souiit'CaS