Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-02-24


selected a donky that looked |
quite large with a high padded
seat, | mounted with about ten
ladies and gentlemen under a
guide. Then We started out with
loud cries from the driver and |
the riders, and entered the wall |
ed city with the driver crying |
."CirOs" (hurry up). As we |
went up through the crooked !
street paved with cObble stones, |
our appearances attracted many |
curious glances from the native |
women, who stood in the open
doorway in streets about 6 to
S feet wide. They are envelop-
ed in long white garments of ma
terial like turkish tOweling, one
end being brought across the low
er portion of the face leaving
only the eyes exposed. A dis
agreeable OdOr permeates every
thing in Tangier, even the very
bread we eat, and if that is the
bread which we saw carried I'M
covered through the streets, no
wonder. Horrible looking fakirs
covered with ulcers, dragged
themselves to excite our Sympa-
thies. Everywhere beggars thrus
their filthy hands before our
faces with something to sell.
Tangier streets run up and
down steep hills and are 50 mar
row that if one meets a donkey
with a load it is an anxious mo-
ment, and what a load the poor
donkey can carry. | saw one
carrying a load that took three
men to place on its back. | saw
another with two large trunks.
When | got off my donkey to
look into the governors house, or
shall say palace, | discovered
for the first time that my don
key was very small, weighing on
ly about $50 pounds. How it
carried me up and down those
hills | cannot tell. | felt that |
ought to have carried it instead
Of it carrying me. The ladies
went into the governors har-
EN- but we men were not permit
ted. From the harem, it was a
step to the prison, where we
looked through a small opening
in the stone wall into the room
where the poor whetches who
have. CHANGED to incur the dis
pleasures of the Califa were herd
ed like cattle, some were chain
ed in pairs and looked the very
picture Of despair. They are al
lowed to weave baskets which
tourists are impOrtuned to buy.
In the market place the noise
and bable was deafening, groups
OF women were sitting upon the
ground with flat round cakes of
bread piled up in front of them,
their mantleS over their heads.
The men mOnopOlize the veg
: etable and flower trade and hold
up their nOSegay Of viOletS and
, roses. The Children are as thick
as flies, all pretty, plump and
bubbling over with fun. If it
were not for the lOathsOme beg
. CARS that creep and crouch like
Shiny things or lie at full length
|, on the ground moaning and
whining it would be quite a gay
scene. The heads of the males
(men and boys are Shaven with
the exception of one tuft of hair
which is braided and hangs down
= like a queue. By this lock, ii
is said, they believe the Angel
of Death will take them up to
heaven. There are a great num-
Der of negroes among them, but
e all the MOOrS are white at birth
[ whether they are MOOrS or mix.
Y ed with negro blood. To the
air and sunshine that they owe
J. their swarthy skins
Tangier,' whose population is
: about $4,000 carries on a flour.
: ishmg trade with Gibraltar land
= exports leather coarse wool, pot
:, terry and eggs. The mackere.
t fishing is fairly good in the bay
I The heritage is poor and there
+ are almost no trees in or neal
: the city and the productive warn
e lands are far from the coast
e Mules and dOnkeys feed on thu
: thiStleS, and the few horses on
/ green stuff called Chibick, ac
s cOrdign to our guides spelling
e The cost of living must be very
S low as you will see MOOrS in ev
n cry direction offering for sale
?, and products of one kind or an
a