The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-27
In MOHAMEDAN LAND
Lewis Parker Writes Fur
Their of the Fries1and Pill
grims' Wanderings.
OLD AND NEW CIVILIZATION
Freezing at Sea While Tropical
Plants Are Seen Growing Along
the Shores-Site of Old
Carthage.
OLD AND NEW CIVILIZATION

interesting letter, Wnicn Hollow
FRIDAY. Feb. ed, 1895.
Ii is astonishing how cold it keeps.
There has not been a single warm day
since we left New York. The air is Good
all the time. You need to be covered
up in your overcoat and wraps to be com
Portable. Here in the Mediterranean sea
the wine is blowing a chilling blast, just
as if it passed over an iceberg. On the
shore you see tropical plants and fruits
and flowers in full bloom. but it seems
| almost as cold as it was at home. The
blizzard, which came on you the very day
we left, has followed us on our voyage.
People SIT out on deck covered to the
chin with heavy wooden rugs 1t is need
less to say | don't. You will f1nd me,
nearly all the time, in some corner pro-
! tected from the wind, and under shelter
[ go on deck once in a While for a walk
and when / walk L push along rapidly.
l am disguised with the weather. But
that is all / can dc with it. l must take
If as it comes and submit. and possibly
be thankful that it is no worse.
We anchored in the bay of Algiers
| early this morning. 1t is certainly one
| of the most beautiful harbors l ever saw.
and the view of the city is simply charm-
| ing. 1t is quilt on the side of the elevated
| piece of ground as if it were terraced
The buildings rise in regular order, one
above the other. They are all white,
| rough-east, with fiat roofs and perfectly
| plain. The new part of the city near
est to the water contains some large ahd
| imposing structures. The business de-
| partment seems to be on the first moor,
while the others are evidently flats, ana
filed with families. 1t is a busy place.
-, -" ND lnaJ.rptin.
| Everything is clean and tidy; The streets
are narrow, especially in the old town,
but in excellent order. They are N pet
ter condition than many of those at hoins:
We took a lighter for shore about eight
| o'clock, and then drove Tor several hours
ABOUT the city, By the he way y yTsre enepn a. and
| Aiaiers Of about FIVE hours. When We
left our ship it was just three O'Clock wiz
| you, and the best part of my toWnsinea
! at homie were wrapped IN innocent sluih-
FRENCH ACTIVITY IN ALGIERs.
The French have given an impulse 70
Algiers Of late years, and Freneh aetLvlty
is manifest n ayery branch Of industry,
I has sn syadSnsly j Fsk Ss p 3 a5sher tone %
You would naturally expect to ma me
negro predominant. out sueh IS n1t i nn
are Moors. though you see a sprinkle, OF
the pure African among them, togelhef
with The Arab and European. Of
Those MoOrS are the d~eScenudutS y
| that noble race that gave Hannibal TO
! The wer.d's history as general-psrhaps
fafhsrs also built the Alhambra. which
We lately visited. They are an inteiil-
| gent class. rhe-r color IS swarthy, mar
black and straight, teeth, perfect, anu
| nor q had expression OF countenance.
Their dress is a baggy pair OF trousers
reaching to the : knee bns. foa sah : lons Or mantle aGHle
| over the shoulders. and a soft ol laronu II
on the head. The women We're geiefaliS
enveloped in a white mantle that entlreiy
councad the head and race except d itdt-
row space for the eyes. 49,
There are several. public parks IN InS
cify filed with tropical plants, trees ana
IN MoHAMEDAN LAND,
We are now in the land OF the woman
| the w~orshippers. Christianity is behind
ms N fayorable to Spain. The Algerians
are superior every way to the Spamiagqs,
| as l saw them in gibraltar. Malaga ana
| Grenada. / don't want to be understood
| to impute this excellence to them because
| thew are followers of Mohammed. put tne
fact remains nsyeTsneles fhe a nrofessed re-
| iieions of the two people have little 70 40
| with the apparent condition OF the clues,
Possibly I 5 DI9st there be eo alg ere as important fac
| TORS. / haven't time to express my w
| opinion upon this subject now aishougn
I entertain a very pronounced one upon
# Snffce 1t to say that Christian Spain
nresents you in the three, cities apove
named with a Popqlatio on tha sn rnpkes the
bravado and the COMMON eSgar VINE
| the Moor exhibits enterprise, energy ana
thrift. morbad anchor and
pu sITa se oFi a3NciENT CARTHAGE.
SATURDAY, February %, 1879.
Today we are out at sea, sailing WITHIN
easy view of the African coast. which Is ;
a line of elevated m no fn i rdhninniinngg
hpiehtl but a few clouds are floating
| in the air, and you have a ehghtid
prospect of the beautiful sky for wnic q
| The Mediterranean is celebrated. 1t IS OIL
| a soft and delicate blue, that gives an M
| djgo tinge to the water. There IS a gen
| eral swing to the vessel, more n VS.
| have heretofore felt since we entered
| the straits of Gibraltar. early N lne
afternoon we saw the coast line OF Sar-
DINA. and just before sunset we pasSe q
host of memories crowd upon the mind
of the student of history at the mere
mention of the names OF fhese ancient
| powers
SUNDAY, February "a, 1885.
/ Early this morning we passed the Island
of Malta. AT ten O'Clock erviees were
wards we took our usual walk on deck.
It still keeps cloudy and cold. We are
pushing straight for Alexandria, which
we hope to reach en- Tuesday.
/ have not told you, / believe, all about
our eating on board ship. Breakfast is
served about seven O'clock. It is a plain
i SUDSIct1Ildl llSdl. We pC6lh ~ a -
and keep on with great variety. The
chocolate is excellent, and l do full JUS
| lice to it. There are probably forty
walters in the two dining rooms. Lunc1a
comes about one. But the great meal,
on which they spread themselves. is the
dinner, at seven in the evening. 1t is
| served in about a dozen courses, and
takes about an hour Inc a half to dis
pose of it. 1t is always All elaborate
affair. All kinds of d~elicacies are sub
mitted. The long Tins makes it a very
social meal. There is plenty of time
for talk, and since nobody is in a hurry,
1t passes very pleasantly. By the time
you take your smoke you are ready to
turn in. n lights are shut off in the
saloons at eleven. We have a few van
dals in our party, of which | have just
learned. Some of our ladies actually
Clipped off pieces of the superb carved
work at the Alhambra the other day,
and have been ~brsgging about it since.
Can such things be at this day and
amcmg the intelligence we represent.
without exciting Indignation, pity and
wonder.
OLD AND NEW CIVILIZATION.
AT Algiers the other day. / saw, in
one of the principal streets, two camels
i bearing merchandise and right behind
Them a drove of donkeys. almost covered
with loads. hen a French officer gall
Hoped by In full Uniform, and before
these had Disappeared from sight, q pas
senger car with a dummy engine steamed
by. Here WAS an exhibition Of the old