The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-06-27
little JOURNEY IN DARKEST
AFRICA"
Curiosities of Modern Algeria.

,,;ng on the edge of the Dark Cont
,ut we are naturally consumed with
~ 3esire to penetrate the unknown in
'..or of course our present desultory
.mhljngs are not equipped for serious
-norations; but-thanks to modern
,o5vays-any traveller may nowadays
from Algiers two or three hundred
lies toward the 'fheart' of Darkest
erica. Several interesting Arab vii
1,,ss are easily accessible by omnibus
,arriage; and various short excur-
.,n, may be made in the saddle with
..r,4rt safety, so far as the natives are
sncerned.
From the Place du Commencement
,ss me, large square in the Lower
~,er u Algiers-omnibuses run every
,s hour to Mustafa Superior, a beau
s-- -aourb on the slopes of the hills
.5r ut the port; and other buses go
t. tu ii Biar and Bou-Zarea, among
+e pure woods of the higher plateau.
+ bal the Wells is the typical Arab
ag straggling along the dusty high
r5. lich forms its principal street;
He B0u-Zarea, a few miles farther
Ill \, Is unlike it as can we'll be imagin-
ri eng thoroughly European. Both,
tagyer are favorite resorts of the
-rm,,,1iS winter visitors to this now
nYuaa Sanitarium, and have many
s-eant French and Moorish villas, set
anil aiming gardens and the most
rrmting views of land and sea to be
sa.a near the Mediterranean. Most
the nglish residents of Algiers have
t4F .umes in the Ell Biar suburb, in
,1dsug the Consul General and several
sf-d families. There are also num-
tsr pl converts and other charitable
e,tuuons. The Bon Pasteur ("Good
,ppherd' in English is a very large
g,gum for children, as we'll as refuge
and ralormatory for advanced women
-got q wise combination it would seem
ID Tie casual observer. Another Or
manage for girls, in charge of the good
sisters ot st, Vincent de Paul, and still
another for boys, belongs to the same
Nttbood. Midway between these two
gmr,bng asylums stands the great
ad establishment of the Freres de la
Mttuup Chretienne, who have primary
schools for boys all over the province.
lyH miles farther on are the springs
n Am Zeboudja, which supply the
JW,el Town of AlgierS with water.
Fire. +, another large orphanage prot
Nant and in the same neighborbood is
ap Petit Lycee, once Jesuit orphan
Gs BOW devoted to younger class of
IU. thm those received in the Ell Biar
Mume. So you see that whatever
ssr LAY be lacking in northern Africa,
te lot the cardinal virtue of Christian
tanty.
CONG to Bou-Zarea, it is better to
nst "a carriage, rather than the public
II lIe the hire of the former being
EH tAeap, seven francs for the trip
Wf OF about fifty cents All hour in
4H-0itau money, if stops are made Ell
Nte And you will certainly feel in
-A-' 10 make many halts and detours.
/ hearing the Mastafa suburb, is
ta ntndid palace of the Deys, now
b. ummer home of the French Gov
ga General, and worth at least a
M,,u2 glimpse. At higher point you
.H trom the road to inspect the
50nUS reservoir which Hussein
'.l@ WIilt in 1922, to supply the four
W5-tucts of Algiers with purest wa
H. Farther on are two great hospitals,
Ia with numerous white buildings
EQUIPPED together like village and set
n Ar midst of extensive gardens. APP
enough, several cemeteries
DE- llstered near. Algiers' general
NHa ground is in the French style
INVARIABLY ugly, with multitudinous
Heaths of black and white beads,
|1lng on wires into caricatures of
caves and flowers. One corner of it is
StFyed for the consular corps and
-tE families, corresponding to the
aaenr consular cemetery under the
lfkIsh government; and no interment
aabe made in it without the consent of
lie dean of the corps diplomatique, who
|alpenS at present to be the English
olsuI-General. Next is the new Jew
eemetery-their ancient burialplace
4'ng been recently appropriated by
government for public purposes.
ii the very top of the hill is the pretty
fnetery of the Commune of Mustafa,
'leh is not nearly so foreign in ap-
saTance as it's name indicates, but al
loSt counterpart of an English coun-
graveyard. About thirty years ago
Ne larger portion of it was set aside
ai the use of Anglo-Saxons in Algiers.
'lf Bishop of Gibraltar came over to
lSecrate it, the English and Ameri-
'n residents planted it with shrubs
Nl lowers, and have ever since care
} tended it at their own expense.
More interesting than either, to lovers
lie curious, are the two Mohamme-
eemeteries, with their queer mara
&6uts mr. +o,obc of +l,o oo;,,+c oal 4Lo;,,