Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-31

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS buuu
which was erected A. D. 1914, In honor
of the Roman emperors, Aurellus an
tonns and Lucius Verus rms Tip
olitan district became O Roman colony
soon after the fan Of Carthage, about
$50 years before the birth OF Christ ana
remained so an the hfth century
Happily, there Is not much to see IN
the town. for the European stranger Is
In imminent danger OF the plague or
some other deadly disease, which turks
in those inconceiyably dirty alleys. on
top, Of o mound by the rivers bank
stands the queer tomb Of Shcikh Abu
Nasr and opposite on the other side
Of the stream, rises the castle which
Count Raymond, OF Toulouse built IN
the twelfth century Half a mile above
the town. In a most beautiful situation,
is Wady Kadlsh, a building occupied
by dervishes, and which the traveller Is
advised not TO visit without an ade-
quate escort-fOr there Is no telling
what the fanaticism Of those pious
frauds might lead them TO do
Consuls are important personages IN
Mediterranean ports, especially among
Turks and MOors Those who nave
been longest In the service and there
fore understand the people best, take
every means 20 enhance their fancied
importance, for their personal safety.
In these parts, nothing adds TO mans
dignity so much as display so the wise
consul hoists the biggest kind OF an
ensign and brilliantly painted coat OF
arms. and hires a few Moors to wear
fine clothes at the gate. Each for
eign consul In Trlpoll IL provided with
a January. or sort of major domo-
stately Moor, In jacket Of crimson
and gold embroidery, white Kilt red
shoes long tasseled tabouche, and
jeweled solmitor at his girdle. And
this Is the magnificent individual who
acts as your escort about town, when-
ever the consul IL too busy to accom-
pany you To him all gates are open,
Except those OF the mosque) sentinels
give the military salute as he passes;
and when you arrive al the door over
which the American eagle spreads us
wings, the several hlrellng Moors SQUAT
on their mats at the entrance, arise
and solemnly kiss their hands, pointing
the way into the marble-paved court
yard which might be made into min
iature Alhambra.
Both the consul and his January as,
companied us on a visit TO the Castle OF
the Pasha-a formidable stronghold,
SCARED with innumerable seiges, the
old gray walls Of whose outer defenses
have been half in ruins since the last
cannonading. II was In this castle that
the American Captain Bainbrldge and
his officers passed much OF their wearl-
some captivity and narrowly escaped
death from the weapons Of their
friends. We were shown the room In
which Captain Bainbrldge lay asleep,
when a ball from one Of the American
gunboats came crashing into the
chamber and, reboundlng from the OPP
poslte wall fell within six inches OF
the prisoners head covering him with
stones and mortar, from which his Off
GERS lifted him. stunned and bleeding
This old castle has many memories thar
stir American hearts with recollec.
lions OF gallant deeds performed under
lis walls by Decatur, Morris, Somers,
and others "Childe Harold too Is
dimly mixed up In ones mind with the
selge Of the old corsair clty-but a ship.
in midocean Is not the best place In
which 20 unravel an historical tangle
We passed many sentlnels presenting
arms. and wound through dim, sub
terranean passage-way, In which. II Is
said, thousands Of victims have been
strangled by minlons OF the dey, In
obedience 70 a private signal given by
that potentate as he dismissed his un. |
auditors Those times are |
long gone by, and though the most |
peaceable Of goyernor-generals now
rules In place OF the Turk, murder |
seems yet to llnger In those shadowy |
corridors Nowadays Il Is the native
fashion In Trlpoli TO assist the shut
ling on Of ones enemies by means OF
poison IN the hospltable coffee. 1t 10
related that the last pasha, too pro-
yresslve for the bow-strng Of his an.
,estors, thus made way with an in
,redible number OF offending subjects.
he almost met his match in turbulent
'hief of the desert, who had caused Ia
leal OF trouble. The pasta summoned |
lin TO the castle for a friendly inter
Jew and loaded him with honor FL
lally coffee was served, but the desert
hleftain affected ignorance OF the
leverage and pretended to believe that
( was perfumery, with which he pro-
eeded TO anolnt his beard and hands.
lXulting In his narrow escape, he sa-
aamed himself out Of the presence so
iurriedly that he failed TO observe the
'rivate signal for the bowstring, and
ound himself strangled within foot
1 the doorway,
The finest treat" We have had In
'ripoli was dash into the. great
ibyan desert Arab horses were pro-
ded, caparlsoned with leopard skins.
gh-peaked saddles gay with red |
10th, gold embroidery and tassels that
rallied to the ground. our route lay
Trough the ba2ars, crowded In the |
arly morning with the strangest ag- |
regation OF humanity | have ever |
en-: past the old slave market, where |