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

concise and childish language Proof
Proof ] am at Marseilles | buy cotton.
] choose the thread. thick like this. saw
This number, this stamp. this quantity,
send pay, depart. arrive at Morocco,
receive cotton, Open look. same
number same stamp-thread three
times smaller. good for nothing. loss
thousands of francs. / run 10 consul
ate-nothing. Otro' another. Merchant Of
ez orders blue cloth in Europe. so many
pieces, so wide. so long agreed, paid. Re
celVes clotn. opens, measures. First pieces,
rght; under, shorter. last half yard short
or. Not good for cloaks: merchant ruined.
Otro. otrol Merchant Of Morocco orders in
Europe thousand yard gold gslloon for Off
GERS and sends money. GalloOn comes.
CUT sewed, worn-cOpper otros y
otros otros," With this he lifted his face
10 the SKY. and then turning abruptly to
me; More honest your"
repeated that these could only be ex-
ceptional cases. He made no reply.
More religious you Z" he asked then,
shortly. No, and after a moment. NO.
Enough to go once into your mosques"
1ou say. be went on. encouraged by
my silence, in your country there are
fewer matamientos (murders): Here
should have been embarrassed to answer.
what would be have said il had confessed
that in Italy alone there are committed
5000 homicides year. aud that there are
$1,000 prisoners on trial and condemned.
i do not believe It." he said. reading my
answer Ia my eyes. Not feeling myself
secure upon this ground I attacked him
with the usual arguments against polygamy.
He jumped as if had burned him.
ToUcHY SPOT.
Always that" he cried turning red 10
his very ears. Always that as If you had
f.s4a rrr Nr-f Il 4 IL
us believe it One wife is really yours, but
there are those Of los otros and those who
are de t0dOs nadle, Of everyb and no.
| body. Paris London Cafes full, streets
full. theatres full. Yerguenza. and you re-
proach the Moorsl"
So saying he pulled the beads of his TO
sary through his trembling fingers. and
turned from time to time with faint smile
TO make me understand that his anger was
not against me. but against Europe.
Seeing that he took this question rather
too much to heart / changed the subject
and asked him ii he did not recognize greater
convenience in our manner Of living. Here
he was very comic. He had his arguments
all ready.
Tits true. he answered. with an ronical
accent 1t is true. Sun? Parasol. Rain
Umbrella. Dust? Gloves. To walk? a stick.
/ To look? An eyeRlass TO take the air A
carriage. To sit down? Elastic cushions
To eat Music. A scratch The doctor
Death statue Eli. how many things
you have need Of What men per Dios!
What children ~
In short. he would n OF leave me anything.
He even laughed at our architecture.
Che. che. said he. when talked Of the
comforts Of our home. There are three
hundred o. you living in one house, all atop
of one another; and then you 90 up. and
up. and up; and there is no air, and no
light. and no garden"
Then / spoke of laws. of government. Of
liberty and the like. and as he was a man Of
intelligence. and / think / succeeded. If not
in making him understand all the differ
ences in these respects between his country
and ours at least in introducing some
CLEANS OF light into his mind. Seeing that
he could not meet me on this ground he
suddenly changed the subject. ana looking
at me from head 10 foot said smiling,
Nal vestidos" BADLY dressed).
l replied that dress was OF small import
ance and asked him If he did not recognize
our superiority in this, that instead of sitting
for hours IDLY with our legs crossed on a
mattress we employed our time in many
useful and amusing ways
A ToRMEETED LIFE.
He gave me q more subtle answer than
had expected He said that it did not ap-
pear 10 him a good sign 70 have need OF so
many ways Of passing the time. Life alone
then. was for US q punishment, that we
could not rest az hour doing nothing with
out amusement. without wearing ourselves
out In the search for entertainment. We're
we afraid of ourselves? Had we something
in US that tormented us
But see" ! said, what dull spectacle
your city presents what solitude, what
silence, what misery You have been in
Paris. Compare the streets OF Paris with
the streets Of Fez.p
Here he was sublime. He sprang to bis
feet laughing. and more in gesture than in
words. giving testing description Of the
spectacle which ia presented by our city
street: Come. 90. run; carts here. wheel
barrows there deatehing noise; drunken
men staggering along; gentlemen buJtOning
up their coats TO save their purses; at every
step guard, who looks az If at every step
he saw a thief old people and children who
are in constant danger OF being crushed by
the carriages of the rich; impudent wo-
men, ard even girls-hOrror- who give
provoking glanoes. and even nudge young
men with their elbows: everybody with
a cigar IN his mouth: on every side people
going into shops. to eat TO drink. to have
their hair dressed. TO look into mirrors. 10
put on gloves; and dandes planted before
the doors of the cafes 20 whisper in the
ears of other peoples wives who are pass
ing: and that ridiculous manner of saluting.
and walking on the toes. and swinging and
jumping about; and then, good heavens.
what womansh curiosity" And touching
this point he grew warm and told how. one
day. in an Italian city, having gone out in his
Moorish dress. in moment there had gath
cred a crowd who ran before and behind
him. shouting and laughing and would
scarcely let him walk, so that he bad 10 20
back 10 his hotel and change his dress.
And that is the way they act in your coun-
try" he went on. That they do 80 here is
not surprising. but in your country. where
they know how we are dressed. because
they have pictures of us and send their
painters here with machines to take our
portraits among you. who know so much,
do you think that such things ought to hap
penn
After which he smiled courteously. as II to
say, All this is no reason why we should
not be friends
NEVER POLITICAL sLAvEs.
To yoke these wild children Of Northern
Africa in bondage is impossible. II the
powers do cast lots for the raiment OF the
last Of the hoorsit will be at dreadful cost.
The eferinate and corrupted jewellers
along the coast may be subdued by gold.
but The fierce tribes in the interior must DO
exterminated by the sword OF Gagged like
wild beasts IN a menagerie.
The Cross can never wave above the Cres-
cent.
One Of the unique characters in the new
British House OF Commons is Mr. Henri
jesse. who was returned at the recent cleo
tions by the borough OF Great Grimsby IN
the Gladstonian interest. He was born in
France in 1922. and studied law at Caen:
He took part in the Revolution of
1s4s, and in resisting Louis Napoleon's