The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-09-10

under French influence, have become
greatly moderniled; railroads and
the the conveniences of civilization
have been introduced, until the town
of Algiers has been called Little
Paris" but Morocco under the des-
potic rule of the sultan still holds to
its barbaric customs.
Not a wheeled vehicle is allowed
within the dominions of the Father of
the Faithful" and all merchandise
must be transported upon the backs
of camels, mules or men. The country
is rough and unbroken; bridle-paths
lead from one settlement to another,
and the natives have such fanatical
prejudice against foreigners and limo
vations, that progress under the cir
Cumstances is an impossibility. The
Moors are intense fatalists, holding
that what is good enough for their
fathers, must suffice for themselves.
Indicative of the aversion of the
Arabs to any improvement presented
by foreigners, is the following Incl
dent: The promoters of a British cable
company, upon the failure of repeated
attempts to gain consent to establish a
terminal for their line in Tangiers, be-
thought them of a novel idea One
Of their repair steamers being pro
vided with numerous electrical appli-
ances, such as motors, fans and minia-
ture railroads, anchored in the bay op-
posite the city The sultan was given
a banquet on board, and the contriv-
ances pleasing him, the whole lot was
presented to him, delighting him so
much that he staightway gave the
company the desired permission. The
cable was laid and all trouble believed
to be ct an end; but the orthodox
Moor not having been subsidized as
had been his royal master, conceived
that both his feelings and his religion
had been outraged by the christian
dogs" Accordingly, one dark night
he went down to the beach and cut the
cable with an ak. The line was re-
paired, but whenever any Arab had 9
grievance against the hated foreigner
he Immediately applied his efforts tC
destroy the cable 1t was repaired
three times, when the company re
solved upon this expedient One darl
night the cable was taken up and car
ried underground to the office, and {
dummy cable was laid in plain sigh
for few hundred feet The device
was successful, and although Mr.
Moor often took occasion to chop tn
dummy to pieces, for a long time tn
whereabouts of the true cable was un
known.
The international lighthouse Of
Cape Spartel, at the entrance to Gibral
tar Straits, is one one of the points 0
interest in this neighborhood. 1t j
supported by the maritime Nations q
of the world, marking q point yer
dangerous to navigators, and is stu
ated opposite the old Spanish town {
Tarifa, whence we derive our wor
tariff, this town being the first plac
where such duty was levied.
One morning, accompanied by tw
English acquaintances and an inter
prefer and guide, Spanish Jew, tn
writer set forth to visit this celebrate
light. Mounted upon mules with hig
Arab saddles, we started, the pat
now winding over cliffs skirting IL
blue Mediterranean, and again plunge
in the Businesses of a deep woodlan,
Turning in our saddles, we could st
Gibraltar, crouching lion, owe
Swallowed by the snowy ranges of IL
Sierra Nevada in Spain.
After two hours Of rough riding, v
drew up at the lighthouse terrac