Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-03-03

about and read. | had a bilious
attack, been too free at the table
but must be more careful in the
future.
Friday 25th. Another beauti-
ful day. All our talk is about
Egypt, what we shall see and
what we shall do and where we
shall go. Saturday 18th. Ar
rived at Alexander at Z a. m
After breakfast went ashore in
a tender, our ship was surround
ed by boats that carried the
cross sail as well as ours.
Alexander has a beautiful har-
Dor well protected by breakwat-
ers; its extent | would say is
about two miles in crescent form
filled with all kinds of ships,
steam and sail, one British bait
tie ship came in during the day.
There were also two yachts one
belonging to the Gould family,
the other an English. one. The
harbOr is surrounded by a wall
with large gates here and there
leading into the city and at these
gates are custom house officers,
inside the walls are docks and
custom warehouses. On our land
ing the quay was crowded by all
ranks and conditions of men, by
people of all races and all cOlOrS,
shouting in all languages and
geSticulating in all manner of
ways, who commended for the hon.
or of taking us (three) to show
our honOrs the beautiful things
in Alexander. We selected our
carriage and a guide and after
passing inspection of the gard at
one of the gates to the harbOr, we
passed into the city, we found it
full of life and hustle, the streets
were filled with a molly crowd
composed of all cOlOrS and classes
Levantine, Egyptians, Nubian,
Italian, Spaniard, Greek, Jew
Turk, Infidel, and hereto. Alex
ander is a fine city but it sur
priSed me to find so little of in
terest in it. We visited the Cat
acombS, Museum, POmpey's Pill
lar, the market place and the
sweet water canal. We return
ed to the ship and next morning
took the train for Cairo. 1t was
a day Of deepest interest, From
the railway we had our first
view of the Nile, whose dark wat
erS can never be seen for the
first time without pleasure akin
tc awe as the memories which it
awakens comes thrOnging to the
minds. Here was the river of
Egypt lowing in a calm and CO.
piOus volume, through the flat
and fertile plains, the fields on
either side with the fresh green
corn, and the banks of the river
traversed by men and women on
foot or on mules, camelS and jack
asses. How much Egypt owes to
the gracious Influence of this
river. No wonder that in old
Ell times it was regarded as sac
red and wOrshipped as a god. We
saw not only the Nile in It's fer
tilizing course, but its waters
continually rising through wheels
worked by mules, oxen, camelS,
and sometimes by swarthy men,
and then running in rills thru
plots of dark and rich SOIL. AS
we approached Cairo the Pyra-
mids came in sight, rising in the
other side of green plain,at a dis
lance of five or six miles. lifting
themselves upon the edge of the
desert. 1t thrilled one to see
those Pyramids of GhOzeh, the
greatest and oldest monument in
the world. Cairo is a beautiful
city the largest in Africa, and
traces its origin to the Arabs. 1t
is invaded now by hotels, cafes
and houses that would emulate
those of a European capital and
the mark of modern taste or
want of it is doing all it can to
turn the ideal city of the Arab
Ian Nights into a Paris, but when