Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-08

"bONtS are mixing IdSl uloNx TIE TlN-
er bank. some coming down the Nile
from khartum. some coming up the
Nile from Cairo" writes Jerome Hart
In a description Of the queer sights NJ
the great Assuan dam In Egypt. THE
quay along the river Ia semi European,
or, rather, Levantine. its buildings,
with arcaded fronts. like those n
sees in Algiers and other Mediter-
rancan cities. Tourists In the latest
tourist fashion pass along this boulc
ward, on foot, ON horseback. NJ donkey
back and In carriages. Every colnbina-
ton OF costume may be seen. Here
comes an old man "a European, in a
high silk hat and white kid gloves.
Behind him sklps q Bislarcen boy OF
fifteen, his shiny black skin exposed
to the cool breeze. his curly hair lus-
trous with grease. Next ON IN
American girl in a thin muslin gown, o
chip straw hat. mounted on II donkey.
Behind her rides an elderly Egyptian
official, sour faced and fezzcd, all
cronclled up and apparently shiverlng.
on Aisaasnkey, with a very heavy cloak
gathered about his shoulders.
Next comes "A squad Of Sudanese
soldiers In khaki uniforms and khaki
colored fezes. with riding brooches and
putteeA an their powerful but lanky
legs. They carry little 'swagger
Switches like those OF Tommy At.
kins, and are modelled on him in other
respects, but have faces 50 ~hideously
ugly and 30 Incredibly black that they
make yen fairly stare. Behind them
again il another native group. this
time Of Bishareens. 1eey differ both
from the Egyptian Arabs and the Su,
danese. There il nothing Of the Ethio-
| plan about their faces except their
, skins, for they have the same rich.
| glossy, stove polish black that the Su-
| janese have. LII other respects they are
utterly dissimilar, for they have
straight noses. line TEXTURES, oval faces,
kind eyes and are often very hand
some. except for their color. They
usually wear but u garment. a dirty
cotton shirt.
.IIere comes Il Mohammedan lady.
richly attired. with immaculate gloves
and neat Greek boots. She wears a
very thin veil, has large black eyes and
from her figure and her eyes IL appar
entity young and beautiful. A nurse &C
companies her with a baby, and the.
step into a smart carriage behind a
spar OF beautiful Arabian horses. "A
scowllng black servant IL seated Oh thu
box beside the coacllman. We see an
other Mohammedan I'M In the
same picture, also In black. But he's
Is moi 4 handsome gown; II Is patched
torn, dirty; II In in Topped aud winded
raggedness, It IL apparently the wear
Eer's only garment. Above 1t her skinny
arms stick ont. holding her baby. lie
low 1t her shrnnk slanks and bare feet
protrude. She ~ extending a mendi
cant hand 10 the woman In the car
rage.
ZIP the street comes a camel caravan
laden with kegs. At the command q
the driver the camcls knccl down. Tbs
drivers unlash the kegs, which roll al
over the road until at last they arr
stacked up on end. Curious 10 set
what the kegs contain, for theoretical
ly the Mohammednns drink no liquors
we approach. A trinity uniformed ma
tive policeman politely warns W. of
!, When I endenvor 10 ascertain the rca
son the only English word he can di'
up Is magazine, From this 1 ga be
that they ARE powder kegs, and ! re
spcct his warning. Generally speaking
Il II wise to obey the orders Of sentrie
|, and police officers In a strange land
perhaps even at home