The Republican journal., 1901-12-05

clans. Two years ago I commenced taking your
Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Pre-
scr1ptlon and took also several walls of Doctor
Pleree's Pellets took eight bottles -four of
each) and feel now perfectly cured"
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
sticking out of the entrance, and to
crawl outside the length of his chain to
lmplore aims of the passers-by to keep
him from starving, as absolutely no
provision is made for feeding the in
generated. Other prisons are small,
high-walled enclosures on some desert
spot outside of a town-no shade. no
shelter no water-supply, no sanitation
nothing but pen for men to starve
in, exposed to the full rays of the Afri-
can sun by day and the chilly dews of
night No wonder there are SO many
insane in Morocco. No matter what
dreadful crimes ''Santo" may commit,
he is never interfered with in the
slightest degree. Should one of them
attempt to strangle you, in broad day,
In the open street, the chances are that
the by-standers, instead of rushing to
your assistance, would turn in and help
the miscreant, if you showed fight"
To resist the attack with blows, to the
injury OF the lunatic, would bring upon
you the wrath of the populace and
probably put ali abrupt fms to your
further explorations of any country
but the undiscovered"
One days experiences are much like
anothers in this land of the Arabian
Nights. Ours began early to-day, as
we were awakened at the first glimmer
of dawn by an unearthly racket out
side. Taught by previous experience
that the ear-splitting din meant band
of music, we hastily clambered up on
the scanty furniture of our apartment,
to bring our eyes to the level of the slit
in the front wall which answers for a
window just in time to get an unob-
structed view of a Moorish wedding
procession as it passed along the mar
low obltol. L llSt odliO JIG Ddili q
dozen men, clad in loose white garments
that resem bled Hitting night-shirts,
huge Jurbans on their heads and yellow
slippers on their bare feet No words
can describe the discord of their incon-
gruous instruments of ear-tOrture; the
sharp metallic clash of cymbals, the
wailing of bag pipes, the shrieking of
trumpets, the rafting of oboes, the
rasping of snake skin covered victims,
accompanied by the harsh, gutteral
droning of mems voices wishing the
couple good luck, and the high pitched
loo loo-Ioo, lee-lee-lee of the women
the whole combination making a very
deformity of sound. The females, of
course, were closely covered as to their
heads and faces; but with the strange
dresses of meal-sack -tied-in-the-m middle
contour left their legs bare to the knees
or Whereabouts. A gaiiy caparisoned
Arabian steed, led in the midst of the
procession carried upon his back {
neat, square box painted scarlet, witt
azure trimmings. In it was the bride
securely packed, like an automatic doll
invisible to the world, even ON her
wedding day, though surrounded by all
her kith and kin. Suddenly, from
around the corner swept another pro
cession-all mounted men, sitting theil
horses as if glued to them, career
ing like mad, helter-skelter, pell-mell
leaning far over from side to side,
standing up in their stirrups, flourish
ing their long old fashioned guns
and firing them in ftful vollies, fill
ing the neighborhood with smoke anC
the smell of powder Thoughts of war,
of Bulgarian bandits and Barbary pi
rates and other incidents that frequent
ly enliven this part of the world
flashed through our minds. But no;
it was only the bride groom and his
friends come out III the usual way to
greet the bride. How the two reckless
professions could meet in that narrow
street without clashing and killing a
few pedestrians was mystery: but
! apparently there were no casualties,
and the united bands moved on to.
gether.
They were not going to Mosque, as
might reasonably be supposed, for. nc
religious ceremony accompanies mar
riage in Morocco. Having bought a
bride from her parents, probably some
little girl who ought still to be in the
nursery, and whom he has never seen,
the husband-to-be makes feast, to
which the friends and relatives of both
are invited. On the appointed day, she
is taken to his house, securely boxed,
like any other merchandise; and he
goes forthwith his party to meet her,
or remains at home to await her arrival,
as suits his convenience. In reality,
two feasts are spread, etiquette de.