The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03

the bay, but OF capri and or the eter-
nally smoking Vesuvious. I used to
see the sun rise and set from this spot
and also, with strange fascination,
watch the vapor lazily issuing from
the awful crater that since the world
stood has swallowed up and buried SO
many human beings. passed whole
day in Pompeii and never was, more
amazed and impressed. The moro one
knows Of this long buried city, now
unearthed (and for two and one-ha1f
franc open to the inspection Of the
public) the more interested will be
the visitor. Aside from the worn
paving stones, the stepping stones, am
pitheatre, market place, fountains,
etc. sought out new and unreported
places. For hours did we pass into
dim and secret chambers. It was
away back, say five hundred years be-
fore Christ and even much longer ago,
a most luxurious and very wicked city.
The explorer has not only exposed it's
grandeur and lavish display of wealth
and comfort, but brought to light its
unspeakable vileness and wickedness,
of which no one may write and hardly
whisper of. When returning from
Sorrento by train-a most delightful
and picturesque trip, requiring day
there was small avalanche of rocks
just in front of our car. It spoiled
the track and some of the stones were
too large to move from the rails. AT
that point the mountain is close to the
tramway and precipitous. The rocks
are loose and now and then fall. Some
day there will be, right there, an
awful tragedy. The incident in ques-
ton was a very narrow escape. The
Italians are very excitable and vocifer-
Gus in conversation. One expects to
see a murder at first sight, but as the
days pass, you only smile. It all ends
in talk and fierce looks. The dusky
lovers Of southern Italy are very dem
onstrative On the trains they al
ways hold hands, and the looks thew
frequently cast are of such nature
as to perceptibly sweeten the atmos-
phere and suggest that the sun has
come out, even in the midst of a
thunder storm.
1t was four days trip by steam
from Naples to this city or rather to
Port Said, the entrance to the Suez
canal. The distance is, reported at
1900 miles. A train ride of FIVE hours
brings us to Cairo. Here one enters
an entire new world. The national
garb, the fez the turban, silk gowns
or dresses for the Mohammedans and
the shawl and face wells for the
women, give one feeling that some
how they have gotten into another
planet. What dispels that feeling is
the sight Of hundreds of Americans
and English folk. Am more and more
impressed with the fact that if all
the Yankees stayed in America for one
year, Europe and Northern Egypt
would go bankrupt. Have visited the
various main points of interest, and
enjoyed the African splendor of the
best Mosques, the finest streets, ba-
Ears, etc. 1t is all absolutely unlike
anything American. An Arab will
sit on his knees and reach his whole
stock without turning around. Mean
while you stand on thesstreet and bar
gain with him. They are mostly rob-
bers in, trade, only; very few indeed
have fixed prices. They charge you
say sixty piasters, "a, plaster is five
cents U. S. You must look Mortified
and start to leave. But you won It
get away as easily as that The
"son of his father, sees to it that
the price goes to forty, twenty and
may be to twelve piasters. You pay
up and pass on and soon find man,
If he sees what you have, who offers
you the same thing for ten When
you know what the article is really
worth You need not be cheated; other
wise beware. In the evening, say ten
o O'Clock or so, all Cairo seems given
to pleasure. The wine shops and
lunch houses are packed with fezes and
turbans; richly dressed women, with
face wells, painted eye brows and in
viting eyes, pass and repass, the sound
OF timbrel, guitar, song, laughter and
the shouts of the cab drivers, all min
gle in one composite tone of revelry
and dissipation. Yes Cairo must be
seen to be appreciated. The trip TO
the pyramids will never be forgotten.
The days are warm and sunny. 1t
rarely ever rains here. You go by
tram within walking distance OF old
Cheops. / am now travelling with a
smart chap from London and that is
what [ call him. ftLondon'' and I
took camels and rode over and called
on the Sphinx and inspected the grand
old time-defying pyramids 1t was a
most strange and yet delightful sensa-
ton to sit on those "ships of the
DESERT and view the scenes of six
thousand years ago, nearly. There
we were, close to the world wonders
pictures of which are nearly as com