Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-03-06

over and explained our trouble and
traded a four cent piece for that five
dollar gold piece. Mr.. Williams thought
/ was mistaken, and he felt certain Of
1t after they had emptied the first bag
and nj gold piece was In sight, but It
turned up later.
THE BIG MARKET DAY AT TANaIER.
We are in Tangier. We left Gibral-
tar early in the morning before the
sun had risen and were compelled to
wait inside the city walls until the
sunrise gun was fired. 1t was cold and
damp. A British sentinel paced up.
and down in front Of the crowd, but as
soon as the sunrise gun was fired every
one made a rush for the gates. We.
all piled into a small row boat, luggage
and all, about fifteen people. 1t was
pretty rough, but we finally reached
the Spanish steamer, a small affair
compared with the Hohenzollern. On
reaching Tangier swarms OF little
boats manned by Moors, Arabs, and /
don't know what, came alongside TO.
take us ashore. / never before heard
such a noise. They yelled and snarled
at each other, but this was not a cir
cumstance to what happened when we
reached the wharf. 1t was almost im-
possible to hold on to your baggage as
every one wanted to make a peseta, a
Spanish coin worth about twenty
cents. Mr.. Williams succeeded in
holding his, but mine was snatched
out of my had before l knew what
had happened. After reaching the
hotel we Immediately set out for the
big market, as this is the main feature
Of interest here. This was one Of the
big market days and we saw it at its
best, and what a sight it was. Droves
of camels, hundreds of donkeys heavily
laden, piles Of tropical fruits Of every
variety, grains, fuel, merchandise, all
from the interior Of Africa. But the
most interesting feature Of all was the
people. Tangier is on the border Of
ciYilization-just outside Of the town
are barbarous tribes. Winding through
the market, yelling and ~gesticulating,
were the Jews; the tall, handsome
white Moors, In turbans and spotleSs
white flowing robes: the copper-colored
Moors in light %colors; the half-naked
negroes carrying water to sell in goat
skins, rings in their ears and nose, and
mingled with all of these the French,
Italian, German, English and Ameri-
cans. The noise was terrific, unlike
anything / have ever heard-it cannot
be described.
The streets here are SC narrow that
one can reach out and touch the houses
ON each side OF the street at the same
time. There are no wheeled vehicles
In the city. The streets are ilthy and
the odors fearful. Nearly all have had
the smallpox and they go around the
streets while they have II. 1t is said
that no foreigners can catch IL here
/, and as there is not a single case on
record Of their having done 50, this
! statement seems to be borne out.
9 EGYPT AND AMERICAN DENTISTRY
1t is like meeting old friends wher
I one runs acrosS passengers from thu
: ships upon which they had embarked
together. On the Hohenzollern w
a made the acquaintance Of a fine OLE
gentleman from Syracuse N. Y.
r going to Cairo to practice American
dentistry. We parted at Gibraltar
hoping to meet him here, but not ex
pecting it. American dentistry Is il
rv demand all over Europe and also thi
country. 1t is advertised everywher
3 and Of course a great many are frauds
nj We reached here late in the Afternoon
and after dinner took a stroll aroun'
b the town, when to our surprise v
met our old friend, the dentist. Fl
wasso glad to see US that he cried.
p- Imagine our surprise on landing a
e. Alexandria on hearing our name Gale
IS aloud BY several Arabs. 1t seemed {
s. me that the entire desert populatio
ID was on the wharf. They crowded o
ID to the ship and it took the entif
y crew to hold them In check. On
a names had been telegraphed from tn
last hotel and the Arabs were watehin
S. TO see who would be attracted by the
re calls. When we looked up they spoi
y. ted US at once, came up 70 us an
s. claimed old mountaineering. "
Sc spent a half day looking around Ale
is andria and left in the afternoon ft
ly Cairo.
ye Egypt is by far the most inteTestln
A country yet visited. The EnropeaI
as or modern quarter Of Cairo, is vel
err handsome. The streets in that pa
ne are wide and paved with asphalt. tt
We hotels are Of the finest. The nobiiii
X and millionaires Of every COUNT
I'D come here tospend the winter month
n They call 1t winter, but fresh riI
N strawberries and other fruits togeth'
to with spring and summer vegetabli
tn does not look much like winter. IT
z. Grand Duke Of Russia is one Of a hul
I'd dred other notables In Cairo at th
OF time.
oy One day was spent at the pyramid
ut The view from the topof the pyTami'
ar Is worth all the labor Il costs TO elm
be them. We saw the mummies Of q
be old Ramses themselves. With the
th we saw the wheat. jewelry and ute
ct sis Of various sorts, all dating bar
1T over four thousand years.
,i. VENICE AS TT Is AND AS 1T SHOULD B
rel Again we are Oh board ship. Tn
in time the italian steamship bouT
ct from Venice TO Alexandria. The 81
Ter is blue. the air is balmy, and We a
90 happy. Life on board this ship
IN different from that on the Hohenzs
er Tern. They serve five meals a da
be eognac, whiskey and beer, togeth
be with three kinds Of wine are serT'
without charge. One rule Of the SD
H. IS that cats, dogs and all other pc
an must be placed in the hands OF u
ad butcher. You know Ia u count
re. the boy that sells fruit on the train
lig called the train butcher. We bad &c
st man sausage for breakfast and NJ
nd Williams remarked that he now kne
We why they wanted the cats and do
ed turned over to the ships butcher.
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