New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-17

Al ID" Tors have come 70 pass. and since
Of "' -. water. land and sky is normal lhe
the -" must he derived from the s"'o
NAME .a-rn red hot" The wisdom OF the
Aniel'' engineers who prepared our p'a'
ven'i" -, r,on MS The cooling and fresheh-
grow ..A,s nour from registers into the sleep
ps - and all is clean ana sweet
hs-oo' ..,,,,h the ship late Mt night convinces
W. =. q better trans sport has never heen
sn Oh one criticism may. however. ne made
sen I'D he A steam laundry plant on
Th'' ~ obsracter A ten days trip or even
eo"' - ,osr,ng a fortnight Is easily managed
an clothing but one Of Two months "u
Iii, the men limited as 70 the size "l
AN" ,,okas the problem a serious one
.hst the Grant will in future carry
Su'' = and q portion Of the orlop deck ne
.o.,sA for laundry
VuH' 80 lost letter we have passed ny the
' u.sv house 10 the East-Port SAD
seN' The western entrance 10 the great
he'' ..,derteking now SO firmly held by Eng
f'en'- ecu, lights and scenes stranger than all
AIM &, o,- iourneying However. TO begin
oeio' -. general air 81 the place was Of utter
VIZ -. sn6 Incidence. excepting always the
~''' o,s 6~aaornen. An equal amount or IN
a., other directions would surely lead the
GUS, -, =, cornforta bile circumstances.
s1-,,o ~ st reduced speed. with the flag OF
- We saw a town Of many stored
ts'P ..ns,,gs with an occasional one NJ
.-o,a with streets 81 sanded asphalt
VIZ" -. licking much as does a boom town IN
~ Nv Western prairie States Quick was
Wv % the ID Kansas is that Wichita OF
80 CIV. Wheeler nearer view as we lay
We .,,e,orn-house dock did not altogether
80 tho first impression. though the loca col"
=, the wagons on the streets piau"'1"S Vi
- ~ rloughs and the inevitable lumner
1,o-eas town scenes were replaced by
ne strangely clad people, the donkeys OF
,bslrdly small size or other Diza'Ie a''U '''''S
color scheme . c,r,..,..r
Forewarned by our experience al 'lo'a' a.
.,,r,aons had devised an isolation ward tor
49,. measles cases This. though OF canvas
,.r,.sd 70 give Us pratque. and the cofhn'a'''-
=. oascer was most busy granting verbal 70
.,.s,s N 60 ashore SO soon as the QUAR- ah'lne
ras lowered With a rush we mace Tor me
III bosts already gathered. and IN the nrlei-
..a,le time the invasion Of Egypt was on.
c.,,,,erraids were begun by the natives ana
.,,,h.4al We slept on our memories Of mosque
"a Tow shon and hazaar while the enemy lay
A. - resi- on not a few OF our dohHfs
u.,.A o,,r memories Of the day-for We
senAa Al midnight--was the cable news 'f 'he
soh, ~ the 5,h at Manila Meag1e as We're me
pau,s- cables. We knew victory had been ""h'
IN, who Of the 23d the 18th. the l4th or the
artillery. our aoquaintances all, had gone oo"h'
1aVfon's Impotence to move on could non D.
repressAd Five hundred tons Of coal We're CHI -
ned onto the Grant in FIVE hours came as
matches to Washington asking for news We're
~ OF. the siren sounded, the electric heau-
Va. attached 10 our bow was turned on. and
hp me great canal We s'eered
ne were not so many as in the morning I"t
relve Of the Aremen and four Of our men mad
sne ashore and had not returned-a case Of
French leave
THE SIGHTS OF RAMADAN
onr dav At Port Said was given over 20 the
rrand tour Hassan All. q scotch American $50
he assertcd). was entirely at our disposal II
h4ing the day before Ramadan. the Mahome'an
festival. tn. PREPARATIONS therefor were every
vbAre visible. The fairs were already In blast.
The dancing bear poor beast was doing MS
pr+ul turn" The squeaky merry Fo-round
sn6 awnings were whirinR. while everywhere
were bavrkeTs Of fruit % toys-''made In Amer
,cs " many If then-fakirs Of al sorts dano ers
IN r,da Enclosures of reeds and burlaps The
nmiliar Punch. done by an Egyptian, squeaked
his foxes and WOES The curious double-har-
relied musical reeds sounded over The cries OF
hsv.k4rs and showmen. We saw the dancers
the premier being & man al least hfN years 'i
age We bought Egyptian flags. pith helmets
agsinst DAYS Of tropical suns real pure true
ge,u,,e Turkish paste-" and We bought also tie
Oh r.f IAN lea ~
suited with bird shot but plump. soft delicious
fruit W. bought postage stamps 100 S'a''''''-
Gu, IN the street before he postofice. wherein
tie name was displayed in English fren'h ana
Es,n-iar We bargaIned IN American. English
Frenor and Egyptian coins. and We're Weol
done. w. all fo,lr varieties. but We saw T.f'
SAD Win re curious mixed population MOI =,
IN color ana race-Port Said. with us leler0' 10.
6onkavs its Ara bs-We saw II all An" 'i,'
sr.r. - .,e 49,, quarter where bread Us MADE
IN ne omen and LAID on the GROUND Wheh uo"7
where the ducks pigs fthere are plenty 'l 49,
Children and donkeys wander me cuiui O'' a..
Only In natures garb-the smells Aboae Nl~' u'
u,tN the shower bath board cledltu 'Ul
skins and washed the Dust from eyes SO sooh T.,
iu,n from the and % the Pharaohs ana Aa%e -,
"s!nars awful height in the wilderness Oh '''
children ~ Israel 1911
A our bosr mas twin screws we did not breaF
;ae record 10. z quick NIP through 'nr O"'la
Hence we had opportunity 20 see some illns ~.
GEO a great 1eei--of the AIdUs di''lS SAY 49,.
Day had scarcely dawned before we heaTu 'Ii1'
O. 'bsr <encesh" and saw animated hron@e hs
ures do.ne pantomime intended TO convey 10 "
TIER exceed ne great desire 10 receVe-any 'hiiiE
The men sailed bareback threw potatoes
cropped overheard garments no longer wan go
ad INC bank OF the canal was dotted with nlbt
Enots of the strange people Littie emu. 81 =,
bu4d mi, elders in the scramble, and the
fa'ef wss beaten by naked youlhs
soon W. came 10 Ismailla Lord Wolseiey ;
'sse IN ne campaign that ended al IeI-el. hep.,
snc a. l0 O'Clock al night. having taken tWen'y
hours fo- th1 elqhtv-seven miles, We reached me
Eastern entrance There We lay until The morn
-g That night three OF the Longest Legged men
n 'he Army Major Edwards. 81 General La"
l'r's star. Lieutenant Brown and Lieutenant
Gregg. ~ tho 4'h-went ashore and maze me
N'se nil, Trip from Port Tewhk 20 Suez on uie
snailest three donkeys in Egypt Tney maze IL
i,t once Uut twice They describe 10 in various
ways but al agree that Egyptian DARKNESS
-'ens something At o'clock a. m. they -
ft-'hec. bringing with them the tTemen IeI' n,
TUT. Said he soldiers lsDul