The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-01

haps hundred feet high, which con-
 tain an illuminated clock.
 More interesting than any mosque in
 Algiers is the "Marabout' of Sidi Abd-
 er- Rahman- ct h. Thaleb containing the
 tomb of that saint of the ponderous cog
 nomen, who died in the years that Co.,
 lumbus made famous by his western
 discovery. Around him are buried sev-
 eral Pachas and Deys, commencing with
 Khadar Pacha, who gave up the ghost
 in 1895, and ending with Ahmed, last
 Dey of Constantine Lights are kept perpetually burning on the saints tomb, which is hung with many-hued silken draperies; while suspended from the roof are various offerings, such as jew eled lamps. embroidered banners, os- trich eggs and fruits strung on wires Next to the Grand mosque it is the old est religious edince in Algiers--of course always excepting the tomb of Sidi-Ok- aba, near Biskra, which dates from the seventh century,
 ! The defenses of Algiers furnish a weeks study. Chief of the ancient for tificatons, and most interesting of all, is the citadel, or Kasba. overlapping ev-
 
 hundred years ago, on the site of an old er fortress. It's history is the suhee- quent history of Algiers down to the conquest, at which period it was still the palace of the Deys and had two hundred pieces of artillery Within it's walls the last Dey gave to the French consul that now historical blow with his fan, which cost him his kingdom. After the siege the castle was much injured by the French, who cut road light through the center of 1t, turned its mosque into harrack and appropri- ated the rest of the building to military purposes. The French found enormous treasures here, stored In vaults, traces of which are yet to be seen, and the an- ciant door lined with sheet-iron. The wooden gallery, where the beacon and banner of Islam were displayed. still ex- ist; also a beautiful minoret and some marble columns and arches. But the historical pavilion where the coup d eventail was given has fallen to decay, their exquisite tiles.
 The Fort de rEmpereul--so called from being built on the spot where Charles " pitched his camp during his disastrous attack on Algeria--was built by Hassan- Pacho. in 1554. It stands outside the walls, but is connected with the Kesha by secret passages General de Bourmont was In 1t when he received the exploitation of the Dey Of Algiors. 1 The French Dew it up little later and it is now used as prison for offending officers. The fort des Anglais was built | about a hundred years ago and as a protection against future bombard- | mants by the English. Then there is | the Fort de rEau. the Fort Matifon; | the Fort Peecade, Fort Neuf and doz- an others. FCrt Bab-Azom. now con nected with tte line of water works WIS built by Hussein- Pacha and is . prison. It was surrounded bv l wall of enormous thickness pierced with loop-holes, and with battlements top but has lately been almost entire { y destroyed to make room for modern 1 improvements.
 The French line of defensive works, of rampsrts, parapet and litch strengthened by hastions, com nences above the ancient citadel and ,tends down to the sea on either side, distance of more than a thousand feet II all Inside is space of one hundred md eighty acres. Later improved means of attack have rendered these xpensive fortifications almost useless, nd their demolition Is merely ques- ion of time. The peninsula of the ad- niralty is also strongly fortified and important isolated works crown all the djacent hills, each we'll armed with nodern artillery.
 FANNIE B. WARD