Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-23
AMONG THE PYRAMIDS.
Dr.. Porter Rambling About Among
the Obelisks and Pyramids of
Ancient Egypt.
An Interesting Account of the Sights
and Scenes of Everyday Life
In Cairo.
Visit To The Principal Place, OF In
terest-a Glimpse of Raneses
Mummy.
A Pretty Little Shooting Afray
Between the Editors of Rival
Journals.
Preparations For a Months Trip Up
the Nile-An Interesting
Letter.

the Nile-An Interesting
Letter.
CAIRO. EGYPT, Jan. 20.-Instead of
sailing from Naples I sailed from
Brindisi, which gave me an extra day of
rail and one day less on the water Left
the latter place on the 9TH inst, and we
had only got we'll into the Adriatlc be-
fore the steamer rocked and plunged
and Topped about like a fish out of
water. Of course we all took to our
heels and the most of us to our beds.
The second day, passed into the Medi-
t%erranean. where it was even worse, and
that night we we're obliged to brace our
selves and hang on in order to keep from
tumbling out. The waves dashed over
the ship, the water squirted through the
keyhole and wet us from head to foot.
| found my shoes in the morning float
ing under the berth, and an inch of
water on the water tight floor. One of
my shoes was water logged so that she
could not sail as fast as the other, conse-
quently did not have so much trouble to
catch it. After three days and nights of
this sort Of travelling, for pleasure, we
sighted the coast of Africa and one hour
later we we're landed in Alexandria a
sea sick party of nine-now happy
Americans. Also many others from
different countries. We visited Pompey's
Pillar,the bazaars, Mahomeden cemetery,
and other places of interest, and then
started for Cairo by express train, and
only three hours run which was very
pleasant and interesting. Arab towns
all along the way, built of mud, long
lines of camels loaded with cotton and
all kinds of truck. Dusky Arabs plow-
ing with buffaloes hitched TO wooden
plows and also watering the land by dip
ping the water up in baskets and thus
irrigating thousands of acres.
The weather here seems simply per.
feet. So much finer than Italy. Warm,
bright and pleasant, no rain. Ladies are
dressed in white and gents wear straw
hats. Must tell you about a nice little
shooting match I saw last evening be-
tween two editors of rival papers. They
met on the street a block from the hotel
and pulled their guns. At first I
thought some Arab boy had lighted a
pack of firecrackers, but in a second saw
one of them fall with five bullets in him.
He is a very good editor now. The
other fellow wasn't much of an editor
for handsome l can tell you. He was
blood from the crown of his head to the
soles of his feet. He had a furrow
plowed through each cheek, part of his
nose shot off, andtwo Of his fingers dang
ling from his pistol hand, but game to
the last. Eight policemen had their
hands full to arrest him, and he would
have killed them all if he had more guns.
Come to Cairo, good opening for your
business, just now.
I visited the Citadel and Mosque of
Mahomed Ali which are situated on the
same high point, and where you get one
of the very finest views. At the foot of
the Citadel northward lies Ciaro
with its innumerable domes and
minarets, beyond are the green
delta. On the right is the tombs
of the Memlooks and the Obelisks
of Heliopolis. On the left is old Cairo,
the Nile, Grand Aqueduct, the Pyra-
mids of Ghizeh and Sakkarah. The
citidel is garrisoned by English troops,
and twas here that the Memlooks were
invited to a feast and entertainment and
then slaughtered. Four hundred and
fifty we're killed here, and8OO in the city.
Only one escaped by .leaping his horse
from a very high terrace. The mosque
is very bea utiful, the whole of the in
terror being lined with o rental alabaster
On the left, a golden grille enclosed the
tomb of Mohomed Ali, with lamps kept
pe~rpetually burning. The museum at
Boulak is a wonder. We saw paintings
between six and seven thousand years
old, and bright and fresh looking mum
mics of nearly the same age; one of
Rameses 1 I. Cairo has a population of
about 100000, and sitting on the hotel
porch, here is what you will see any day
-donkeys, donkeys everywhere. They
use them here same as people use street
cars in Chicago; camels loaded with
everything-hay, boards, heavy timbers
and a whole family of eight on one camel;
snake charmers, dressed in leopard skins
with q bag of snakes and a monkey man
with him. He will commence to pull
out the snakes until the sidewalk is GOV.
cred with them, and punch and bother
them and make them fight him, throw
them on the monkeys, and brighten them
nearly to death. The monkeys will
yell and jump on the mems shoulders in
trying to get away. A half dressed and