The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-10
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them dead if you just kill them-it's
no use, up they bob serenely. So one
OF the articles most in evidence as we
stop in the towns along the way are
fly switches for sale, made of hair,
with deliberately carved bone handles.
There are hundreds of other things
for tourists to buy and the price often
obtained is one-fourth to one-fifth the
lowest asking price. You say "How
much " Fifty piastres." You walk
away. !" How much you give, lady
There, take it at forty piastres, it is
yours" You continue walking. 4" How
much you give, thirty-fve? They're
yours for thirty-five piastres-very
cheap" You keep on walking and
say "I'll give you twenty-five pias-
tres, " and then you are stuck, for it is
only worth about ten piastres, but a
piastre is only worth five cent and you
have purchased valuable experience
for half dollar, cheap enough if you
remember.
1t strikes me ! am not saying much
about the wonderful sights along the
river. Ancient Memphis, fifteen miles
from Cairo, was one of the world S
greatest cities. 1t seems almost in
credible that where palm trees grow
and land is under cultivation, one day
a million people bought and sold and
lived the lives of people of to-day.
One can dig almost anywhere and find
stone foundations. One of the statues
of Ramese, III, lies on its back Of
polished granite as bright as if lust fin
ished at Davis marble yard. Nearby
are the Pyramids of Sakkara, consid-
cred the Oldest in Egypt. Our next
stop was Ben Hassen, once and also
now, place where the inhabitants
are not all considered strictly honest.
Here we mounted our dOnkeys and
rode to the rock tombs, good sized
rooms cut in the living rock, founda-
ti0ns, roof and pillars cut out of one
piece. Some of the walls contained
painted Inscriptions, clear and bright,
considering this done three or four
Thousand years before Washington
crossed the Delaware and ages before
Moses was hidden in the bull ruSbeS.
We might fairly call them fast colors
dyed in the wool. warranted not to
rum
We had thirty-four passengers, an
M. p, an archbishop of the PrOtes-
funf HniC0ntool rhf1rnh a CT Of
note going up the river to sketch, a
judge, several lawyers, and a number
of good all around story tellers. One
tried to have a concert, but 1T tiZzled
into swear story sociable." A we'll
regulated swear story social Is where
the gentlemen try to tell the most aw-
full story In the most refined way, and
when the archdeac0nS turn came
(the archdeacon is very quiet, refined
and gentle) apologised for not having
much experience, but he would do the
best he could.
"There was once very devoted
clergyman officiating in Kansas. His
early life had been spent amid evil
surroundings and profaL -ty-i.l fact
he could remember the time when he
had been profane himself-but ne had
been sOundly converted and considered
himself cured. One day he preached
a fervent sermon son gambling and
kindred alliances, and nearly forgot TO
call the attention OF the audience to
the extreme poverty OF brother and
sister Ennis, who were suffering for
the necessities of life. Now brethren
we want barrel of flour, barrel of
pork, barrel of salt and barrel Of
pepper. Oh h that's too much
pepper. = The archdeacon then sat
down.
We spent some time at Luxor, and
no one who has been there can forget
the magnificent sunsets and the stu
pendous ruins. Ancient ThebeS must
have been wonder in its day, for it is
certainly wonder in its decay. 1t
seems to me if ] was on the building
committee of the cathedral OF ST.
John the Divine, 2 would after seeing
the temple of Karnac, want TO throw
up the job. What manner Of men
were these ancient Egyptians and how
did they rear these great buildings.
Oh the sunsets, the glorious burst Of
flame, the glorious sea Of gold, the
delicate outline of the blue hills in the
distance. One must experience it,
it cannot be described, Q. W. Il.
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