Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29

flies. There are also a number Of con-
vents and other charitable institutions
The Bon Pasteur good shepherd In
English)is a very large asylum for chill
dren, as well as refuge and reforma-
tory for abandoned women-not wise
combination. II would seem TO the cas-
nal observer Another orphanage for
Girls rs In charge OF the good listers OF
ST. Vincent de Paul; and still another
for boys belongs 10 the same sister
hood. Midway between these two
FLoURlsHING AsYLUMs
stands the great head es-
adjustment of the Freres dc la
Doctrine Chretienne. who have prim-
airy schools for boys all over the PROV
mce A few miles farther on are the
springs Of Ain Heboudja, which supply
the Upper Town OF Alglers with water.
Here is another large orphanage
lpr0testanO; and In the same neigh
borhood is the Petit Lycee, once a
Jesuit orphanage. now devoted to a
younger class Of boys than those re-
ceyed in the III Bar asylums. SO
YOU see that whatever else may be
lacking In northern Africa. 1t is not
the cardinal virtue of Christian char
ity,
Going to Bou-zarea, 1t Is better to
take carriage. rather than the public
vehicle. the hire OF the former being
very cheap, seven francs for the trip
direct. or about fifty cents an hour,
m American money, II stops are made
en- route And you VIII certainly feel
inclined TO make many halts and de-
tours. First, nearing the Mastafa sub
urb is the splendid palace of the
deys, now the summer home OF the
French governor general, and worth
at least passing glimpse. At high
or point you turn from the road to In
spect the enormous reservoir which
Husseln Pacha built In 1922, to supply
the four acquaducts OF Aglers with
purest water Farther on are two
great hospitals each with num-
erous white buildings grouped
together like village and set
I'm the midst OF extensive gardens
Appropriately enough, several ceme-
teries are clustered near. Algiers gem
eral background is In the French
tyle.-ncomparabl ugly with multi
tudlnous wreaths Of black and white
beads strung on wires into caricatures
Of leaves and flowers, one corner Of
It Is reserved for the consular corps and
their families, corresponding 10 the
ancient consular cemetery under the
Turkish government, and no interment
can be made In It without the consent
of the dean Of the corps diplomatique,
who happens at present 10 be the Eng
lsh consul general, Next Is the
new Jewish cemetery an
cient burial place having been
recently appropriated by the gov
eminent for public purposes. At
the very top Of the hill Is the pretty
cemetery of the commune of Mustafa,
which Is not nearly so foreign in APP
pearance as it's name Indicates, but al
most counterpart Of an English
country graveyard. About thirty
years ago the larger portion Of it was
set aside for the use Of Anglo-SaXons
in Alglers. The bishop Of Gibraltar
came over to consecrate il, the English
and American residents planted 1t with
shrubs and flowers, and have ever since
carefully tended II at their own ex-
| pense.
More interesting than either 10 lovers
| Of the curious are the two Mohamme"
| dan cemeteries, with their queer mara
bouts. or tombs Of the saints and their
lime washed koubbas glistening in the
sun. In one Of them is the koubba Of
sidi Mohammed ben Abd-er-Kahman
bou Koberain--"the saints with two
tombs." He it was who founded the
strange religious fraternity TO which
vast numbers Of Kabyles and Arabs
are affiliated. After having made a
voyage to Egypt, he came to Algiers,
with Baba Mohammed Pacha, and lived
here many years. While on a visit to
his native place in Kabylia, In the
country OF the Benz Ismail he died and
was buried there, splendid tomb being
erected over his remains But the Al
berians wanted his body, for the mira