Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-02

kinds of exquisite ware and placing
it for sale when completed, each IN
its own department. Interest in
creases each tine we visit these num-
Ierous bazaars. The Eastern mer-
chant in his silken robes sits among !
these perfumes and rich colors till he
seems part of them; he is very
slow and deliberate in his move
ments, but wide awake. Some OF the
streets in the old quarter are not over
three feet wide, and If donkey hap
pens to come along yeu have tol
squeeze up against the wall till
he and his rider pass by. The houses
have an old notify, look on the
outside and numerous bay windows
and latticed windows are sticking
all over the wall some little distance
from the ground. The museums are
other interesting places, one might
spend months studying their Curl
osities and relics and still not learn 1t
all. There are life size statues of
kings and queens, the Oldest sculp-
tured figures in the world. The
Pharaohs are there, thousands of
years old, with their features perfect
ly preserved; and too many wonder
full other things to mention.
i One OF the pleasantest features OF
this warm city is the numerous
places where you can get refreshing
drink of water, at corners and rest
ling places are fountains with marble
walls, and beautifully ornamented,
, with cups attached stoschains. Large
, earthen jars, kept filled with flesh
water, and propped here and there
, with drinking bottle, for the thirsty
i The first trip we made from the
city was to the Pyramids ano
, Spnynx, that can be plainly seer
from the city. Many of the tourists
, climbed to the top of the Great Pyra
mid. The Sphynx is built of hug
stones OF granite and alabaster. AL
4 around are deep wells that were ono
4 filled with dead bodies, one on tol
\ the other, but these have all been re
moved, leaving dangerous looking
l. holes. We were driven in carriag
J. out to Heliopolis, the city of the Sun
!. there ale only left few ruins and al
!. obelisk. On the way you can see tn
v line where stops vegetation and tn
v desert begins, which stretches milf
K and miles away. Near Heliepoli
n is the Ostrich farm, which is
Is wonderful sight, $50 birds. TIL
q cocks are very fierce; we wer
v told they killed two men
,, few months ago. The spler
d did plumage is black or white
) The hens lay plenty of eggs, but ar
q not handsome. A young cock tie
Is days old is priced at..s20.
IS We rode the donkeys out six mile
of to the Petrified forest. Many of tn
v trees are quite perfect and immense
ly large around, many stumps loo
h very natural. We picked up som
g, little pieces for cabinet we know o
Or We visited the Khedive's grove, an
d saw the poor fed. For forty days a
i, ter his death, food is given al TO,
is O'Clock each afternoon to. seven hui
re dred poor people. Three cows al
is killed each day and cooked for then
I'd They sit around in rings and gre'
* pans of rice, bread and meat a.
TX given them; it is all carried on vel
e- quietly. thought one a
a. ticle would include the Egyptian e,
so perience, but in making these e,
ne tracts find that the space is too lin
re tied to give any of the Nile inc
I'd dents. They were there three weel
making the Nile trip, and If the
no two that have already sent, and Il
IS, spring work does not accumulate tt
er fast, may make still another. 4
he the letters are entirely home lette
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ed only suitable extracts that can
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