The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-09-07

these day, If steam and travel aud we
s,s,zl acrr~s the rem0test seas and most
dissant lands, with considerably les pump
and danger than half century a.su attend
ei trp to California, while the Trip
Around the World in Eighty DAYS has
~ tamiliariEed the subject 10 almo>t every
une thst not nnly have enterprising news
paper correspondents started in io lower the
re,-orl. bar rval biryole makers have.
With their agents. entered the field In
the ease uf the Island of Ceyion alnne
during the hrsi half of the present cen
,ury the arrival of a ship once in thre
mouths was sn event oa the island. but
now mail, aud passengers are brought
ihrcngh fran London in 20 day. Not
unly II there a reduction in time alone but
the struggle for existence and the sharp
competition among the yarious steamship
lins- leading "a India China and Aus
tralia. has ionc much towards reducing the
hitherto high rate II passage, and also
diminished in many ways the yarin,s, DIS
c,,micrJs thar were Formerly the heritage
# tho.e uho went down e. lhr >ca in
ships Thu~c a. whom sea travel p,>>es~s>
m aIlurmenis ~ "a whom tiule b an OBJ
lect have bath these elements reduced by
means og fat express trains from London
aud Pans direct to Brindisi fusm which
paint magnificent >,csmers make the tTip
to the Sars Canal in four day>. abuui
day and half in the Canal, hsc DAYS in
the Red Sea "a Alden. and seveR ~ eight
aey-s the Indian Ocean t. C,luml.o the
.ea pr, e Ceyloa.
sUgZ CANAL
- much has hsen written ai-aut the
SurI Canal that II leaves bus little to hs.
-aid except a to IT, present condition.
Originally French idea. II was oonssrlcted
by that nation. The cpn,rulling interest.
however, in = few yrars passed into English
hands but. judging frS.m the -crvier aud
employs. the uianagvmynt -cesas tu BE- in
the I-,ss-s-Ssinn It she former I-sTlc Thl.
l. c,iually true Throughout EgyVs and ii
seeuis moEs than strange 10 ssv osuniFy
which !. occupied aud almos, owned by
England prSlominatei 10 such an extent
b. French inauencr The language and
nancy are srSrly French. and the ryi-tsuas
and life uf ,he residents, a, sell a. that It
the nio,leEuilrd Egyptian, Par,ase Il the
general characteristics # that uaiisn The
aolui-itipa of the canal by England wa-
snccs~sful, NJ, only frnm political I.,iu,
of view bat !, wa, al~.b a -,r,ke 81! bss>i
us.s, huaneislly The e,-s IT maintaining
ihe canal with the gy.n-,ant dredging
necc--ary. j, expansive. bat the rryrnue !,
large and b q constantly increasing quantity
each wear The chief disadvantage cx-
Iericneei by ,hs~- making uSe ai ,hi, c',n-
n,c,i"n t-.tWs,-n Jhe East anJ she Nr>, l.
the nh-tarl,-, "a Fal5d transit A. the breadth
ii the channel will n,s permit yrS-els G."
IlSs each other. At a number uf stations
alung It, length iudentati,,ns have bceu e,it.
wherc ys-ssel- meeting each other can pass.
A. vessel ,ziunut leave these ut-nuts ~
-are> until the block ahead i clear, II j,
Sometime, nss,-sary Ia lie several hours ia
one station, maxim. the trp tesiiou~ly kong,
especially IL a ship has grounded ss.,ne.
where along the line in which ease all
traffic j. blockcd until the derelict Is off.
The length of the cut !, about 100 miles,
with a width at the surface of about 800
fest aud ~ the hpttom not over 80 feet.
The travel through the canal has been in
creasins ~ steadily since it, opening that
il j. only question Of time when il must
be Widened or parallel canal built that
will permit the passage Of a train OF ships
IN opposite directions. 81 that traffic may
flow without interruption. For the past
few years ships pass through by nigh, As
well a, BY day, but in both ease, the com
pany : pilot are in charge. and the speed
Is limited to i've ar six miles an hour, in
order To prevent damage to the banks.
Taken altogether the passage Of the canal
Is very iiresome; it takes at least 30 hours,
and the high banks OF sand efeetualy
shut out the air or. If they de- permit =
ripple, fine sand Sits into every creyice.
producing ANYTHING but a comfortable sen
,.tion about the mouth. nose and eyes.
CAIRO.
At Port Said it is possible to make de-
! tour and visit Cairo. $50 miles distant, the
largest city in Africa and probably, next
10 Constantinople. the most important city
/ in the Moslem world Here one appetite
for the ancient can be fully satisfied. with
the Pyramids. the Sphinx and the Citadel.
Joseph Well ancient sepulchres and
mummies galore. The new part of the
city Is laid out with broad well paved
streets and occasional parks, full of the
sun glare and fine dust. and rather mono
tonous and unsatisfactory A short walk
from the hotels in the European quarter
soon brings into view the narrow crowded
streets of the older or native section OF the
town Here one finds himself plunged
suddenly into the midst of Oriental life;
among people, life and customs to which
he is utterly unfamiliar. The various
nationalities and sects - Jews, Arabs
Copts, Egyptians, Fellahs, Greeks, Turks,
and black and stalwart Nubians, in their
| distinctive garbs of white, black and yell
low. and of all shades of color, religion
and politics. furnish variety of costumes
and LANGUAGE that probably cannot be re