Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-04-02

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of desert, silver pale and shining as Il enc 'tL
with gems little wind came up from the sou'n'
blowing the fine white sand into my la1e, -
minding me of the desolate soltudes tnat lay ~ :
yond the endless empty sands dipping Tar sou,n
ward Groves of date palms grew close 10 the
river bank and hedges Of wild oleanuer SIN
showed few belated blossoms of fragile PINK. ~
Is thus almost dramatically that one enters Tue
desert from the stony ,alfastreWn ways Vi 1 e.
plateaus. No longer needed now were 1no 80
coats and foot-warmers that had peeh 50 heSe9
sarv at the hour of our early departure from Con
tan+ina We seemed to have passed suddenly
into sub-tropcal land quivering In the oulhine
sunlight. -,
It is the fashion to say of Biskra tnat sue Ia
been spoilt since "The Garden OF Allan a""No l
the world to her hidden beauty, made her pop pt
20 the hordes of Cooks tourists and gave ites n
impetus to the loafng profession Oh sulue' IIa
the Arab is always only too ready 10 auo ~ cod
@ indeed somewhat more of pest t nah No 800
RI he he knows that he has been Written 49,
end perhaps presented in too hatterlhs a. fono
end # has made him conceited ana SCI ~ q,
mt no Is really no worse at Blskra tliah no -
Trense and luxurious hotels have spluhs
- 20 snnersede the simpler caravanserals " ~
rnar davis when the little town was d i"soiis I IN
quite questionable resort OF FlenI 80 on, in.
saorch of simplicity and suashhe' -, "Tbe
cned to think that Biskra IS aaatiorotelv
urt 90 the Desert" as the Arabs alectlol'se.'
AiI%ls - ha u,as the AID Piscinam of the Romans
81 in
- tbo lannon's Third Legion soJoufneu ~ - -.
ordorful and fertile oasis whlcn can ~
aohod IN the fifth day after leaving NonO a.
..T.,a thinos are necessary" says stevenson -
noiobhorhood where we propose 10 ePeHu
,,fa-a desert and running water - hos
aos these essentials in abundance ana sue Na'
.ha additional advantage of constant ans an, -
netual sunshine Her palm ana oilVe anu ror
proves are watered by springs that cave NV
Closa m her-so close, indeed that eho
1aot seems to mock at its parched lnter'll'y
~, Tho white splendor of the desert WIN i'S PAM
- 90 a calm sea family touched Win piue na ia
mo moonlight-colored city with us oiane .n =,
4aa+s uos surrounded by q fringe OF per ,
.o Watch the dawn waking 1rlshdeu III 'ne
eostern sky painting the Aures lnoui'a ,, oas
doener rose and drawing hlmy amoei VOL. ,t,, nc
the sands, and think you WIN "e
that Biskra is unspoilable' -. si
There are many simple sights tnae oa 80 an.
is.orast the unaccustomed visitor from III.
10 oooopnt Of their novelty. Inc Ara.
IanI With the bright-eyed inattentlVe iittie ~.
ea ~ befezzed scholars lstlessy reoi'i .n
oa-o srom the Koran, under the aegls y, N
.Iha or schoomaster; the market-paoe, $3.50
49, With native vendors, story-teheis W -
a,viners. the groups OF PICTURESQUE gro,
a nned IN their white burnouses OF shao ,, g.
,,pl.. tba caravans arriving almost oanS ~ ~
th oontb with their loads Of dates inc "@' 49,
Ionouins within which the women traVe. 49,. W a.,
cemes' backs, hidden and mystei,ous , to,ico
oa ' - count Landon, with its lovely uopl1a
saiuen "a aowera the village of Old Bckra, WI.
-. -, huyt huts swarming with darkeyeu oi'
e , thaso ara hut a few of the plcturespu
quaint or beautiful things that BisNra 9no
,isItor The nomad camps, 100 are so 10,
tatorast with their tents OF calhe'na 80
Guarded often by white Kabyle uos' iHo