The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-25

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fifth stereopticon lecture by the Rev. ].
Lester Wells. who read a cable message
to the effect that the pilgrims had reach
ed Naples. Italy, in safety; that the
cruise was a grand success, and that 400
would leave the steamer and take a
trip through Europe, while the remain
der would journey direct to New York.
Mr.. Wells read these two letters from
Mr.. Scudder:-
ON BOARD s.. S. FRIESLAND.
February rs.
Near Alexandria. Egypt.
Dear Friends t1t the Tabernacle.
we are approaching the fag-famed delta
of The Nile and are packing up our valise
preparatory to going this evening to
Yesterday on board was New JERSEY
day, We had a parade ON deck which
would have scandal.2ed many Of the
sober inhabitants of Jersey City. Doc
tors. ministers, business men,, ladies,
young and old. dressed themselves up
Ike Arab women. with none of their
person visible except two eyes and the
bridge of the nose. They Wlar-whcoped,
danced and carried on i'm a very I'M
i amsneah For way Sth aaa P p%sssenge saoieI L H was
a funeral procession in which the State
of Pennsylvania was duly buried out of
sight. Jacob Rtngle n john Edelsten
CORPSE. tried to keep the ompany
from being too hilarious. but my hands
WCiG lull Ill h6GD-iiE SUCH HE + as Il .
Beach and the Kev. Mr.. Wick IN check.
If it had not been for me. I. don't know
what would have become of the honor
and dignity OF New Jersey. am glad
the Jersey City newspapers did not get
a SNAPSHOT of this ghostly procession.
Since my last letter we visited Algters,
which used to be one of the ~strongholds
OF pirates for centuries.
Many of the Moorish carriage drivers
are little less thar pirates now. They
more pay than they deserve. Here we
made our first acquaintance with the
Arab. and after walking through the
row, crooked and ill-smelling streets, we
made Up our mind that the average Mo
-hamnedan lis a lazy, noisy. filthy animal,
whose absence from this planet would
be a blessing.
The costumes of the Algerians are pc
culiar. yThe trousers of the men are as
fluffy as the sleeves of the women in
America. We laughed at them and they
followed us about by the dozens, making
all manner of fun of our ladies COS
TUNES.
The roads in Algeria are az fine as
can be found in. the word; They are
about perfect. I know OF only enc place
that has better roads, and that IS Jer-
of the circular life4preseryer, and WON
en- carry their loaves h hon e.,. On fneer
The people do their washing here IN
public in public scrubbing places. Inc
i + st1t e i + n2t t aa5gyshhg sng Af item W on phs
In SkOLiAS', my C
fences of growing cactus, with the
natural pr5ckers for clothes pins. j
We visited the famous citadel cameo
the Casba, where France found ten mil
hon dollars and turned it into her treas
ury. The rooms were ee.ilng ah,sn VIII
money stolen from the capfVes Of
been there when the soldiers .pocketed
the cohn I would certainly nave SET
aside a goodly sum for the Peoples Pal
Il must close. Tor my wife wants me
to come and pack the ~valise,. and when
she calls I always go.mthat Is Il | iiAe
JOHN l.. SCUDDER-
On Board S. S. Friesland.
On the Mediterranean. in the vicinity OF
the Suez Canal o ,ooz
Dear friends at the TabernacleL have
been out On a hunting expedition, .put
travelling over my anatomy, and. after
a vain search. resolved, like The ARAB
from whon1I caught him, to a thlngs
as they come. In driving through Alex
andriabour carriage was unusually luIi,
and l sat alongside of the driver. hence
this annoying flea. The passengers are
however, and it is well. for we are en-
our way to Jerusalem, where we are
10 find them by the wholesale. tortu.
| nately 1 am SO lean that they DO not
| trouble me much. They prefer better
| pastures. Another advantage OF being
thin, you observe; .aon,
SINCE Ill l6Sl We ~ 49,.
Cairo and Alexandria. l have climbed
the pyramid. sailed the Nile, ridden a
/ camel. kissed my hand to the SPHINX,
| which refused to return the compliment;
lodged beggars by the hundred, quar-
relied with Arab merchants over artlcies
worth about one-tenth of what Ihey az
who oppressed the children of Israel.
| and should nave given him q piece OF
my mind had he not been an old mummy
LOO stupid to heed WofGs OF gooo au-
vice from a Jersey DarSCn.
Cairo is the dustrest place under the
canopy. People tell US here 1t mas no.
rained for over a year. We breatnea
| dust and ate it without meaning to. NO
| wonder the people here have sore eyes.
| and are dirty beyond endurance. Ihere
is no use to be clean; We travelled
| over a fringe OF the desert and had
| enough for a lifetime. Egypt may have
| beautiful skies and clear air, but tins
| ground appear like a vast ash heap.
Without constant irrigation, vegetation
would perish. The people here are poor
huddle together in settlements. winch
consist of novels of mud, in which ami
mails and men mingle freely and ENJOY
tiles of our s~ojourn here, | shall have
to refer you to the lecture | am writing.
We have visited. many beautiful MOSQUES,
feet and various either superstitious hum
bugs, of which the country is full.
Some of the tombs here are magnlnf
h Ct1ll . u -@S -
ruins and g~raveyards. We venerate it
for its distinguished past rather than
for it's inglorious present. These people
enjoyed a high grade of civilization thou
sands OF years before We We're born:
We saw some excellent jewelry exhumed
only three weeks 6 and now on ex-
hibition in the Museum. The women
loved jewelry as much then as now, anC
some of it is very beautiful. Now ]
| must bring this rambling note to a close.
for the vessel is pitching badly, and ]
feel queer within. Goodbye everybody.
Yours sincerely,
JOHN L. SCUDDER.
After the reading of the letters Mr..
| Wells gave an interesting stereopticon
| discourse on the Orient, taking in the
| Mohammedan cities of Constantinople,
Smyrna, Ephesus, Sardis, Laodicea, Per
| gamos, Thyatira and Philadelphia. The
pictures were exceedingly fine, and the
crowded audience was impressed by
them all. A descriptive history of Con-
| stantinople, old and new, was given:
| Visits were made to the beautiful
| mosques with numerous minerets pointing
| to the sky; walks were taken through
| the streets to the Public Square, Mar,
| ket place, Slave Shameless, across the
| Bridge of the Bosphorus, Seraglio Car
| dens, Pera, Galata and Scutari and other
suburban scenes. The habits and GUS
toms of the people were clearly under
stood by the views. Pastor Wells ex-
hibited some scenes OF the prosecutions
of Christians thrown to the wild beasts.
He announced ATHENS" as his theme for
next Sunday.