The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-10

and all day long it is thronged witf l ioungers of every race and grade. Two
 of the finest streets of the city join al
 this square-the Rue Bab-Azoun and | the Rue Bab-elOued. Running paral- hlel more than a mile, they are fanked
 by colonades, adorned with arcades
 and shops that might grace the boule- | wards of Paris. In them the traveller
 may purchase an endless variety of Oriental goods and trinkets-embroid-
 cries. textile fabrics; curious fans; ob- I jects in coral, brass and silver; inlaid
 work in wood; mother -of-pearl and ivory, barbaric manufactures in color
 ed leather; jewels rudely set; photo graphs of African scenery and native types-all at prices not unreasonable,
 if the purchaser remebers the Oriental
 habit of asking at first sky-high
 figure not expected, with a view to the
 inevitable beating down.
 Even more animated, if possible, is
 the Place Royale-a large, oblong
 space, planted with orange and lime
 trees surrounded by houses in the Eu-
 ropean style, three or four stories in
 height-too high for safety in place
 so subject to earthquakes Never was
 town so rich in squares-unless it be
 Washington, D. c. There is also the
 Place Bresson, with pleasant garden
 in the middle, opening upon the aristo-
 cratic Boulevard de la Republique; the
 Place Mahon; Place de Chartres, occu-
 pied by an open-air market: Place de la Tyre, in which is a covered market;
 Place d'Adams a tringular park ad-
 joining the arsenal; Place d' Islay in the center of which stands a bronze statue of Marshal Bugeaud Place Malakhoff, and a dozen others. Every one of them should be visited and it's traditions learned. The place d'Armes, for example, is the site of the ancient Moorish cemetery. The north side was reserved for the interment, of paches; and in the middle rose the ancient fort now known as "des vingt quatre heure," made famous by Geronimo's martyrdom Do you remember the story? During an expedition made by the Spanish garrison of Gran, in 1540, a young Arab boy was taken prisoner and subsequently baptized under the name of Geronimo. When about eight years blu, He Wdo ICNoPtuiSV NY hi' relatives with whom he lived, as a Mohammedan. But the teachings of the foreigner in his infancy had made an irradicable impression, and at the age of twenty-five he voluntarily re- turned to Gran, with the intention of living thenceforth in the religion of Christ Islam knows no mercy toward | apostles. It happened that Geronimo accompanied a party of Spaniards in small boat, to make a razza on some thieving Arabs The expedition was chased by a Moorish corsair and all the members taken prisoners and car ried to Algiers. The Sapniards were sold into slavery, fate worse than any decent death. Every effort was made to induce Geronimo to renounce Chris 1 tianity: but he remained steadfast in ! the faith, and was therefore sentenced { 70 be thrown alive into a mould in ! which a black of beton, resembling | stone. was about to be made. His feet | md hands were tied with cords, the [ ,ruel sentence carried out, and after wards the square of concrete, with his ! body inside of it, was built into an an- ,le of the fort. ''des vingt quatre