The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-03

From H. P. CARSON.
On board S. S. Arabic, Cruising
the Mediterranean.

the Mediterranean.
Even as the day dawned we realized
the impressiveness approach to Glib
raltar, called by the sailors sthe rock.
Browning's lines came fresh to mind.
"1n the dimmest northeast distance
Dawned Gibraltar, grand and gray
As our ship drew near we experienced
feeling of awe. Ashore and riding
about in carriages or walking the
streets. or from the dock watching the
great W warships and almost innumerable
small craft, l was impressed with the
great variety of humanity, the preva-
lent Spanish phase and not least the
military atmosphere of the place. We
were not allowed to go to the top of the
great rock nor take any pictures of the
Qualifications. The 5000 Spaniards that
come across daily from Spain to work
are not allowed to remain overnight
If the Moors or Arabs from Tangier re-
| main their consul becomes responsible
for them
The southern side of the great rock
is covered with the town and buildings
and gardens, great variety of trees
and flowers. OF the 81, 600 people there
5000 are soldiers. The two-wheeled
cart, mules and asses, as well as horses
and canopy topped carriages in great
numbers, and a motley mix of various
ly apparelled humanity with here and
Ithel goat oran occasional monkey
move along the streets. Many ped
dlers were burdened with their wares
and manifested great eageruess to sell
to US. A mighty fortress indeed is Glib
lsraltar, and it's great harbor with dry
dock cost England many millions.
But Algiers with its $4,000 popula-
ton was our next stop. 1t reminded
| us viyidly of the bay and smaller city
of Funchal in MADEIRA, Our ride about
it afforded many very charming and
beautifully impressive views Of the bav
as we'll as of the villas, some of which
are occupied by Americans during the
winter season, so mild, bright and with
air so helpful for tuberculosis. More
motley, however, the humanity ap
peared and more noisy on the street.
The French language predominates,
automobiles are more numerous and
the lites Of street cars sre longer The
Moorish architecture and tropical gar
dens still attracted our attention. The
number of vicious looking faces made
US recall the piracy and Christian slav-
cry that for centuries dominated that
region. None who saw it will forget
the plaster cast of the Christian martyr
/ who was encased alive in u block of
concrete, which was then built into
| the wall of fort. In Algiers citizens
of the United States were once held in
slavery until all American Commodore
| forced their freedom, without ransom
money. When the Dew asked for a
gift of powder the reply was, 'If you
take the powder you must take the
balls too"
Early he second morning after leav-
ing Algiers and steaming hundreds of
miles along Africa's northern coast we
sighted st. Paul's Bay on the Island of
Malta. AS we passed it 1 read in The
Acts the account of the shipwreck of
the Apostle Paul. There monument
| to him has been erected and over the
place which they say is the spot where
he helped to build and keep fire is
small church building. Some Of our
| party later lunched on the shore Of the
bay and brought away some pebbles as
souvenirs
We spent the day at Valetta, the
capital, with its 10000 population, in
cluding II 900 soldiers. 1t was found
ed in the early days of Roman history
and abounds in scenes that help one to
better appreciate some of the Latin
read in college or high school days. We
were driven about the city in carriages
but walked the stone stair cased streets.
The coming ashore and returning in
large skiffs was fine fun. The Maltese
ladies, young and old, wear peculiar
bonnet. The Governors summer pal
ace and garden is impressively beauti-
full. The Maltese handmade lace is
famous and many purchases of it were
made by the ladies Of our company.
The smallness of the fields and the
abundance of stone-for the entire is
land is stone with only about six inch
es of soil on it-makes it easy to fence
each field with stone wall Terraced
on the hillside they present rocky APP
pearance, but produce two or three
crops annually. Most of the people,
though evidently poor, seem gay rath-
er than happy, some of them sad. Beg
/ gars abound, not so much as in Madei-
ra or Cadiz, but seemed more persistent.
| Only one of ten can read and write,