The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-15

Last RecoEnIzsd Rspresentntivs OF e Dy-
ing Race and Religion.

AA& AAM4e ana A@4AMA01s
Pierre Lott, who was ia the train
OF NJ Paternotre, Envoy Plenipo-
Tertiary OF France To Morocco, has
given the most vivid personal de-
scripJiOn OF the Sultan and OF the
ceremonial OF his court as 70 lows:
"ThrOugh a door surrounded bY
pink and blue arabasQue come about
nifty little negroes, slaves flo red
gowns, with muslin SUPPLIES. like
choir BOYS They walk heavily
huddled together likea 10 k Of sheep
srIhen come six magnificent VIII Je
no rses, saddled aid haFnessed with
silk, and FESTIVE under tn hands Of
the servants who lead them. Then
comes a guided carriage, which lo0ka
ridiculous in these roughly impressive
surroundings. IL is the only carriage
IL Fez, and was a present from queen
Victoria To the ultan.
There are d few moments of si-
1ence. Then a tremOr OF religious
fear passes through the hedge OF
soldiers. The nity little slaves run
as il in a panic and deDioy their
ranks in the Shape OF an open fan. 1n
the penumbra the pointed door.
on a superb white horse, which four
slaves hold, appears a tall VIII te
mummy with brown face yelled with
muslin. A red um brella - ant que
form is held over his head, and tW0
negro giants, one IN pink gown. the
other in blue gown, fan invisible
flies from his head. AS the strange
horseman comes toward us, almost
shape ess, hut Imposing nevertheless,
under the mass or his snowy wells.
the music groans In notes more strl-
dent, sings a religious HYMN, slow
and desOlate, that fruitful drum
IN Il
horse kicks with rage, the slaves
holding him with much diLcultY
''At last appears in front Or@-.-~. his
1astauthentics son OF MOham med mixed
" tn Nubian blood His costume OF
muslin. delicate as a cloud. is ina
maculaJely white. His horse, too, is
all white: his large stirrups are made
Of gold, lightly embroidered with
Dale-green gold. The slaves who
hold The horse, the one who holds
the parasol, and those who hold the
fans are herculean negroes. VINO
frankly smile. They a1e old, and
their white boards are in striking
contrast with the black Of their
cheeks Tn ceremony Of another
age is in harmony with the plaintive
music, is admirably framed by the
immense surround ng walls.
s'rhis man, who has been escorted
resen tative Of a religion, OF a clvIzA-
tiou that is dying. He persOnihes
old Islam-for pure Mussulmans re-
gard the Sultan OF STEAMBOAT as IA
usurper almost sacrileg Gus. and turn
their eyes and their prayers toward
the Mogreb. where resides. i'm their
/ view, the true successor Of the
/ Prophet.
s.Of what use is an EN- bassy TO such
4 a sovereign. immobili ed, like his na-
ton. ia old human dream that have
almost disappeared from the earths
We are unable TO understand each
other: the distan between as is
that which sepa ates us from
C9liph OF bagdad, resusicated alter
thousand years sleep
Oils brown face. parch ment-like.
that while wells frame. has regular
4 and noble feltures; his eyes are
deathlke: his expression is one Of eE-
cessive melancholy Of supreme lassl-
tude, or supreme WEAKNESS. He
seems k nd aud is said TO be really
kind But it must be a relative
kind ness, chat ST ings OF human
heads, in garland at the door OF the
palace, do not ahacb He canuOb be
cruel, with his sofJly-sad look, and it
is said that he prefers usually TO be
merciful. He is a priest and war
r or. He IS sure Of the divinity Of
| his mission. He lives q chastity in
his seraglio. He tries to copy Mo-
hammed He is a person that we
cannot, ia our epoch, either under
stand or Judge, but he is assuredly
an imposing Individual
There, in our Or sence, he has an
air OF surprise and tim idity which n-
vests him with unexpected charm
! The Minister presents TO him his cre-
dentials in an EN- brOidered bag
Speeches are exchanged, then saluta-
tions The slaves lead mis- horse,
harnessed with silk. The Sheridan
mummy appears 10 Us like uaD
specUer in white, misty shr0uds."
Irrfgarfng Plants in the West.
Very few people realize what vast
engineering and construction prob
lie $ are Icing solved out West lu
what "A few years ago was termed the
Great A merican Desert region. That
same desert region is Of remarkable
fertil " wnen water Is supplied boy
irrigation plants. The SweetWatel
dam, in Southern California, is the
pride or its builders and is worth
many millions 10 the lands il renders
fertile In Arizona an immense canal
is Icing built. which will utilize q
part of the surplus waters OF Colo
RADIO and irrigabe 200 90 acres of
land In New Mex co. ln Eddy
County, Is the second largest irriBa.
tiOn plant in the United States. ITO
secure an abundance OF water ai
all times. two immense reservoira