The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-11

and Mrs. Scudder. Mrs. Scudder wrote
her letter while on board the Frieslend.
and Mr.. Scudder his in Algiers:-
ALGIERS. AFRICA
February 22. 1895.
Dear Friends at the Tabernacle:-
Here l am in Africa and a long way
off from the corner. OF York and Hender-
having visited Gibraltar. Malaga, Granada
and the Alnambra. The ROCK of GiDrai-
tar impressed us greatly. 1t s the most
powerful fortress in the world. and a
good symbol of the English nation, so
strong. so solid. SO uncomfortable. We
the tunnels in the solid rock crammed
with guns and ammunition. drove around
this famous locality and studied the
Gus parts of the earth. Gibraltar is
styled the crouching lion. and its shaggy
name and head lie towards the North.
her by the roar of the morning and even
ing gun. to beware. In the afternoon
We drove over the "neatral ground to
a Spanish village. 1t was the dreariest
place on earth l have ever seen. The
inhabitants are lazy. dirty people. with
out enterprise or thrift, The houses are
carriages are old rickety concerns hat
a second hand dealer in America would
be ashamed of. When the harness breaks
the drivers mend it with ropes. and some
horses are very much tied up with thus
MANILA rigging. more appropriate for a
ship than a horse. The streets abound
800 - ~ @Ao NS5o1e - o1A opaAAi
IS like this. | never want to see 1t again,
but this is the very worst end of it I
am told.
From Gibraltar we steamed to Malaga.
is is a quaint, but beautiful city, with
the blue Mediterranean at its base, and
lofty mountains behind it, some of them
carriages. was regarded by the inhabi-
tants with great curiosity and 1t seemed
stare al us. They laughed at our Ameri-
can costumes and regarder us as a sort
of menagerie. We looked at them in the
same way and constituted a mutual adj
mtration society which lasted the whole
day. We visited their beautiful Cathedral
and drove to their watering place, a few
miles out of town and admired the arch;-
lecture of their summer houses.
The next day we took a train for Gran
ada and visited the celebrated fortress
aud palace of the Alhambra. The beauties
OF this historic structure can not be de-
scribed. and | will not attempt it. We
were w ed dgg5 beyond measure with all
the celebrated courts and towers, and
gaZed upon exauisttely decorated walls
fairy land; from the ummit CT the bell
tower we beheld one of the grandest
panoramas of the world. The day was
clear and we could look away one hun
dred and twenty miles. 1 wished l could
look across the Atlantic and see how the
T~a6ernaelers We're faring. n in the
cence: I had a thought for them. Now,
goodbye. l will tell Il all' when l re-
turn. Times flies and 1 shall soon be
with You. sincerely yours.
ON BOARD I 5. 5. FKs1ESssGGRARRbbiR'
Sunday evening, Feb. II. 1896.
Dear Friends of the Christian Endeavor
We have just had a delightful c. E.
meeting, led by Rev. Mr.. Wick, and it
at home, and inclines me to send you a
line by the mail which starts for New
York tomorrow. The spirit of the meet
ing was Sn aXaPt1U Hka ni1r rhot T aa-
not feel. that l am SO far away from
you, and vet we have been on this boat
ten days riding day and night over these
only two ships, but this afternoon we saw
two more. which makes four in all.
yo mhI re now 10 te wb you w aoG Iaft o Mew vo yagge
it was cold but pleasant, but soon the
ocean began to grow rough, our ship be-
East Eaa "a and io We we're seg S soon IN ruf ne midst i9s '6 of
a fearful storm For a day and a half
none of us left, our beds, and scarce a
lady was at the table, and altogether We
We're a miserable lot of people. The Cap
tain reported it the worst storm of the
landed at last" safe on Bermuda's shore.
and what a lovely country We found
those beautiful. islands to be- Only two
and cola, but at Bgrmada re ta roses IS and nd
birds fitted tabopt evetyWhSsfes and everyT
artist How We aid fRafesgts go back
ourselves away from 4 this lovely spoTl
the past Weektswe have had a lovely
time. with good .appetites and plenty of
time Tor rest.Tand readingsISNe have a
Which plays twice al7day, on brass
instruments, and in the evening there Is
another concert with stringed instru-
ments.ss ) t81ads9 3 e. 80 t4
Jersey City is swelA represented, and
New Jersey aAtogether has A.representa-
tives. We have the tusuaf number of
cranks and fault-inders, and What a
lovely. lesson they teach US, for no one
likes them. They act as If the whole plan
in getting up the expedition was to cheat
them out of something. There are only
a few of these. l am glad to say, and
they help US in our study of human
Tomorrow we stop at Gibraltar; Eng
lands greatest fertilization, and l sup
pose the young ladies On board will en-
joy seeing the English soldiers in their
pretty red coats. l shall, of course, close
my eyes if they are at adj good looking.
We expect now to travel on land quite
a good deal. and / am looking eagerly
to the time when we shall. reach the
land of our deal Savior's life, for I
want to feel Him near me, and thus
grow to be more like him.
Savior. Pilot Me-" I will try and write
pray often for you all. s.
ALICE MAY SCUDDER. 81
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