The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-06-13
LITTLE JAUNT INTO AFRICA.
-. al-Jeziar in the Twentieth century.
,,eerful Patriarch in Frills and Fur


=, not altogether agreeable, to learn
pr fine Lower Town of this ancient
~ that which follows the crescent
:" .osd shore, five hundred feet below
s dominating castle has degener-
,,5 into mere commercial port and
".aonable winter sort, particularly
amended for invalids! So called
nodern progress"-the same which
.,rsl its picturesque name of Allie
i, into commonplace Algiers-has
finished plague, leprosy, yellow-jack
,ther time-honored foes of man,
- If filth and bred in neglect, which
y. heir lair here undisturbed for cen
,s. together with the Riff pirates,
~..eaauts Of that famous band of
.ol ats which swept these seas in
H. middle ages, their long, low-lying
moved craft flying the terror-in-
.-r. 1lack flag emblazoned with skull
@.f bones. The Reefian and Ber-
A.u ltion-always up to mischief
,. gone far inland, to the deserts
.. 5u ATLAS mountains, with the
e. ua eopards that used to prowl
A.. .5lU coast; while stately Moors
l,t- arabs have retreated to the
vo.em ptr Town, coming down only
r,Ut necessary business and sol
..4 Stalking the infidel dust from
.t. -r-- on the return. The once all
-.a.tu dragomen-splendid creatures
II ne- and turbanS, who look as if
.-sr.pcd ont of the Arabian Nights
nov shom of dignity, squat on their
fs., III .ioorWays and ante-chambers.
Mating to run errands for the conqueror.
r overs Of the antique and pictur-
..qe G $ disappointing, to say the
sy no md here a town that is
0oMg6y European in character, with
.agut regular streets lighted by gas,
ND lined with such everyday buildings
/, aIp seen in New York, Paris and
o1ou ITS many expensive hotels,
,apppo with ''all modern improve
--. according to advertisements
/, lNded with tourists from every
rt ct The globe, who saunter with
rgIr feet into mosques sacred to
IT. worship of Allah and flippantly
g-lla wen the saints in their tombs.
~ French have thoroughly revolu-
.HzeJ the old African town, so that
.sat wears the aspect of any thriv-
.i4"pean city Its principal square,
cd Lace du Commencement, is large
M ml>ome, planted on three sides
-I1able rows of plane trees: while
the ether opposite the Hotel de la
---utr which is to Algiers what the
1dGt astoria is to Gotham) rises a
1astaoe group of palm and orange
s-> The central fountain looks as if
d recently strayed over from the
HUe-t iyseeS. except for the tall
MloUs That surround it: and in one
sands bronze equestrian statue
g. luke Of Orleans, cast out Of the
UN taken at the conquest of AL
.g This is the fashionable prone
lN Were military bands play beside
FHHtain on pleasant evenings; and
-H oug It's thronged with loungers
-0Et ace and grade. Two of the
-- Streets of the city join at this
1a lire Rue Bab-AZoun and the
e la.-eLOued. Running parallel
a. "aa a mile, they are thanked by
a-s, adorned with arcades and
Ws that might grace the bouelvards
.au, III them the traveller may
F.a-r an endless variety of oriental
.gS aud Observation-Disclosures. tex
e fabrics, curious fans, objects in
Ass and silver. inlaid work in
oee Hother-of pearl and ivory, bar
a.. Manufactures in cOlOred leather
'f, ludely set, photographs of Afri-
d scenery and native types-all at
-s Got unreasonable, if the pur-
asel members the oriental habit of
sa-ls az INST sky-high figure not ex-
tiso with a view to the inevitable
eating down.
15ti more animated, if possible, is
-- Place Royale-a large, oblong space,
<ed WITH orange and lime trees, sur
lhded by houses in the European
We. three or four stories in height
'Q Algb for safety in place so subject
earthquakes. Never was town SO
Wy ~ squares, unless it be Washing
.s'2H. ID {. There is also the Place
'lesson. with pleasant garden in the
1-lllt ppening upon the ariStocratic
'Vole'a'd de la Republique; the Place
d'AoA, Place de Charities, occupied by
- 0lenair market; Place de la Tyre,
d "a'e0 Is covered market; Place
ZINES, a triangular park adjoining
~r arsenal: Place d'Islay, in the center
which stands bronze statue of Mar
-' b0geaud; Place Malakhoff, and a
'1vn others. Every one of them should
IT, Visited and its traditions learned.
'' 'laee dArmes, for example, is the
'' NJ The ancient Moorish cemetery.
47 North side was reserved for the in
Nu''lJ of pachas: and in the middle
@v 'ae ancient fort now known as
IS