Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-25

FldoE or the cllitH, ana Wo SN' SlAito
900 feet down to where the River
Roumntrl. known also ~ the River OF
sands runs rushing and foaning along
ON IT'S way 10 he Mediterranean sea
We take carriages and drive far up
the valley. and then cross and come
10 the ladders, The way from here on
rs rough and tiresomc, but we chtho
down, down, down until AT last "e are
near tho water. FAR under the Guy
ON both Sides of us rise precipltous
black walls, stained by sewers ana
springs and routed by the sky.
The gorge is about 200 feet VIDE
narrowing in places To l5O feet OF less
The rocks rise almost suuiEht up from
tho river. aud Ne are lnuking our way
about through a narrow canyon along
this fuumiug stream. Down mere III
the gorge one hears nothing tho
noises uf the city are unknown and II
ifs as silent as death There Is only
-hr wh'rrug OF the wings OF the crows.
uorks and other birds as trey ny
across ~ their nests in one wal or
the other. and the roaring OF the roam
ing river, aus n dashcs ON through 'he
rocks The gorge changes IN coafac-
ter as we go through II. Here me
cliffs arc mighty pillars OF stone "oo
feet high. there they look IKE Bfent
battcments. and farther on they At
most meet overhead.
A. the lower end Of the gorge al
most under the Kpsbah SIS natural
bridge somewhat Ike that OF virginia, W..
Across. II runs an aqueduct punt oy
The Romans aud at the same place aru
tho remains Of the Roman ROAD Wn,yh
joined me ,i'S T." ,,dttior II
= Ola hflae' Is SUI wa ,,.tAgo NJ KAN
rs iiHn' unde' VIZ ,' S 2tieT high
tara Whlen row lo',I . , rnct,
,,,,s,.,s,.r nun, ctSN- JEWELLERS
.a
,,or, ,' hy ,,snsrerring nj El Guerra to
H. -nijrnnd which runs from Algiers
A., ,rynls This landed me on the
h..tybta nnuoslt, The city and 1t was in
"a cah maj | crossed the gorge by the
Kantarfi bridge TO the rocky plateau.
am now in a comfortable hotel situat-
ed ON a street so narrow that q car
,iaVr cannot turn round in it. / am
nyI, a short distance from where the
led,,e drons off into the depths, and
,gcTs + n sInen walker | might find my
,cav am nf the house and dash myself
ia pIcces in The gorge below.
Constantine now belongs to the
Trrancb lint the greater part of its pop
marion ~ composed of Mohammedans
and Ievys so that all the strange char
| acters of North Africa walk through
its streets
In one mart of the town there are
MANY ene buildings. The French have
~, - a ,itv hail Mt n cost of several
t1jitiop francs There are some excel
iant stores ana on at the north reach
| Cd nv bridges A European city is being
constructed on n modern scale by
| syndirnte of capitalists from Lyons, in
| ISranre The CITY of Constantine has
! - ,hc,,t > o00 E,urnppans outside the
Trrenrb soldiers stationed in the kasbah
ar forti6catlons at one end OF the town.
THE MOHAMMEDANS,
oooo so,,,s
toHsltulmc nag 49, Nfoto,,,-
VINO pelleVe III Wy iol,,,e S. iii,o
med, ana IN duult'uu .i 70 - ~
SOuO or lu'OuO jews ~ , 10 ~
are the cph'toIllls hdtlSJ ~
| ing az ms place, tney ulsnl ~ 91iH - =,
| actually nave lnansIohs Al tIiS shto9
] wish cpulu snow YOU tneta nm ~ o.
| They are along narrow streets uIe
houses III some plares ue,i.s So ,e,, 80
| together tubL 1ou '.'A.tu 80 VI -, kth
| the road ana touch tlG Nai,S ". Dot ,i
| sides ne streets Wlnu ti,'s 10y aI az
that. Ihete are IluHy oiiuu aiieS9 "i'S
me mae OK ctosS,us ,, TrSs 10 Font Ions
time and only learn his location when
h I"ol S',i" down S i'm INTO The gorge.
| Tbrse houses are suualid and rough.
l r,ba,, ,re usually nj two and three
| cred Win sfucco. They are painted blue
ar while with the roofs of the same
| bues Tho roofs are fiat. and each has
| a low wan about IL. The roofs form
| the nlaygrounds of the women and
| children. and they are often the sleep
| ing nlaces Of they whole family as well
| al, fev ~ these houses have win
| dows facing the streets and the win
dows aro roverpa with an iron network
| for fear the ladies OF the haren may be
| seen nv others than their husbands.
| Tho Arab ,vnmen here arc unite as
serl1ided as those OF other narts OF Al.
! psrIa Srhcv wran themselves i'm shawls
| when thev go ont of doors. and wear
pioces OF white cotton tied tightly about
| thah. faces al mat one aces only their
J ewes. so far have not observed a
| single pai- OF the vnmmiuous ladies'
| breerhes ,vbirh are sn common in The
| streets OF Alpiers The gowns of these
| Constantine ladies' ran clear ia the
feet and The female nopuIotIon looks
| like so MANY bie RAJ hundIns UaddlIng
| along unon SINNERS The Arab men on
mo nthrr hand nrn srorgao,islv dressed
| and thnv gnend "a int on thair ctotbns
|
THE JEWS OF CONSTANTIN
The Jews mere are dlneient from their
race IN Europe or America, ana What l
| write Is not 10 ne considered In connec-
| non win our Hebrew population, There
nave been Jews IN AFRICA since the tlme
! OF the tatthaglnians. They are people
of their own class ana quite AS African
| as the Arabs themselves. IN Constant