The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-19

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the hill@ overlooking the hsrtasr
about thirteen hundred
AMI s. I.asrouiEvd uof onlS Dos
Esv.nch hat ~ she Arabs snl N
Th*r. are at~s agriculture @ehn
technical schools of tartaf-
I throughout the colomt an& N
m~.4an high schools wf5er~ ~
nttf~ are prepared for uatiyr
fn"ut. Thsr. Is y normal v.
Algiers. ana not far from lt g r
arho0l ike ina gat West aja
the children IS Fr urh cIfif.rs
indeed. all chlkttr~a except Those
Arab~. ARE compelled a. attend
uset "a seF the ages ~ eight p g..
teen. and there are common
everywhere have found fu,m ..
edge If Morocco far down iU ths h..
eft ~ sahara. ANA Ai~o i'll StrAn1 m
bNlla. high III tn the Atlas MaJuE"
IN most ~ tho native schools H
French and Arab4t are taught HH
many places the little ones wrftH
from m. Koran on their Auad"u
and commit them Z" memory
A. to for.lgn AMI native rvlE
houses. these arr foAnd IN uG nt
large settlements Their" ar NJ
shrines and mosques sNerVWhrr-
French have "a cathedral u Mis-
and she Roman Catholic hufsn
al archbishop There Is q
Presbyterian church Ia Mu~taph.
pericur. and there ARE VENT.
Protestant pastors who sha Boa
government grants for religious
s., RI. There ara "A number 90 lEH-
lies and museums IN Algeria d.
in this city the university has uu.
each and there j. also = national
hrary supported by the French
old Algirr~.
.)ne might think that these mud.
.nrovations would change the char.
or OF the Arabs. ana that thcy ~.
threw OF the customs ana ESQ., aH.
Of the Arabian Nights and adopt t".
II our modern world They 'R 81.
Come with me into the nAtiv" usta
ter. which odjoIns the French 'f.
n closely rs a patch on 2 quill =
Ctanb Il ~ stone steps. w #
8 staircase ana enter another wo1.a
He@c the streets are too marrow s.
carriages or horses. With the '-e
ton OF a few cross roads. the a
arc =" c.uSe together that | can egat
i1 sc riddle and reach them ou Hs
sides. some Gre 50 small "a a. :h.
scH.s>cs are squeezed as they fl
'hr4uPtl. In places such a~ ~. t.
a.. I',:abie or street OF the bt#fi va
tsnu<ce are built over thc street.. #H
nile q mbs through dark pipes. SIS
y flf. ION b1t I'Aft IL ssEttifIt'
makes me think of TIA" cave dWc1Ier
or the catacombs,
The Trench city was gay aud n.# .
This ola quarter H. ~ullcn and silicon
S9b""-fct ted men In turbuu~ aH
Downs and women with sheets 81
Nhi'" l.nen fastened 81 tightly ut.
then faces that they seem Il ba a-.
ed CT. go along In slippers $40 90.
Voluminous breechcs The city is 81
uDhill and the most ~ the street. rua.
sist Of Staircases which climb frn.
icyol To- level.
Tie shops arr in striking a,,Llr
With hose OF ~" nuo a b-Nrouu "a
each side Of rs are mere holes iu th
walls. in which somher Arab sd
s~ir.purded by good Or work aNMH Is
thci. trades. Here j. j shocn.1E
with four helpers in y hoXlike cell u#
more than eight feet square. Ju
above is a carpenter in u space hardI
big enough for his bench. and furthe
on are men in similar quarters. max
ing iewelry Of horns. using their tae.
as We use our fingers.
How strange the crowd looks, Their,
are bare-iegged Biskris. who "a
come here from the desert to act 60
porters, carrying great loads on then
backs. There are kahyles with tur
and big hats In from the farm.
aud there are many fat Mozabitee. ths
Of the sahara. who rave COM
here To make fortunes BY trading Wit
the Christians ana Arabs. Now ans
then a native soldier makes hia VA
through the crowd. and a Jewish wa
man. unveiled. Waddles along climb
from level 20 level Indeed ult
is the same as IL has bcer
century To century far back int
time of the deys, when these PEG
pie had Christian slaves and their pI
fatical bands We're the terror Of Eu
The scenes here are those o.
Scriptures. We pass a man WIN
might be an Abraham or an Isaac ia
few steps. and are crowdsl
against the wall by others who remfut
Us Of the forty thieves. The piuu.
Mohammedan is also in evidence. Tur
baned men are praying in b~usinea.
hours and merchants are to be qeeG
reading their Koran in their shops b.
tWeen sales.
Where the Dey Ruled.
Through scenes like this we climb.
TO the citadel, which was both th.
and the fertilization Of fht
deys or the past. This rises higt
over the rest of the town, and Is no.
by French troops. The.
are soldiers az the gates, and we ar
Watched by them as we pass through
The citadel is surrounded by wal
with great portfolios, through whin.
We're thrust two hundred guns. COR
handing the city and harbor. Tnef
Is one building which the dey dcvot
to his harem and in which he kent o..
numerous wives Another was h.
mosque, which has been turned int.
. French church, and q third l
~ which was built right over Nh.
cntrance gate and contained H#
throne room where the dey held cour.
outside this room is a chain. vha+
hangs down over the entrance gat-
! pom IT the heads OF Christian an.
criminals. who were beheaded, accor#
10 orders from the court abo."
We're strung, ] am told that the hra#
were sually shown for twenty.
hours, and were then taken down a.
given to the Mohammcdan |solI.-#
for O o balls.
\ Costly Blow With n Fan.
such were the antics these Mo~Iar-
We're cutting before high heaven wh.
Iohn Quincy Adams was president
N United States. They dii g..
monkey with the Yankees. hotyerr
or Commodore Decatur had tau4.
them better. Nevertheless. To-.
were still bulldozing Europe and pre-.
upon the shipping Of the Mea.t-e
n o. ~ sAn