THE SUEZ CANAL-
PORT SAID TO CAIRO
The Funny Things One Sees
n
Smiling Round the World
MARSHALL P. WILDER
( .Copyright , by Joseph B. Bowlca. )
It was a flnc , cool morning \vhcn
wo reached that historic i.vtery of
water that joins the Red sea with the
Mediterranean , the Suez cannl.
This unprepossessing "ditch , " as It
has BO often been called , has hecn
held responsible almost as much as
the unbridled extravagance of Ismail
Pasha , for the financial ruin of Egypt ,
and her occupation by Great Britain.
Despite dlro prophecy , and centuries
of failure for nearly every ruler of
Egypt , from Setl , father of Ramcses
the Great to Napoleon Bonaparte ,
tried his hand at the problem of estab
lishing water communication between
the Mediterranean and the Red sea
the great canal has become a Used
fact In the world's history. The one
time American consul general at
Cairo , Mr. Frederick Courtland Pen-
field , in his charming and Instructive
book , "Present Day Egypt , " lets In
The Mud Houses.
iiuch pleasant light upon the musty ,
old traditions of the ancient land.
Strabo , now ; he's the world's
earliest geographer and historian , or
one of 'em , and I suppose we are
bound to believe him , even when he
says ( he must have said it , for I've
never seen any of his handwriting
lying around ) that 14 centuries before
the Christian era ( that's an awful long
time , Strabo ; but I'll not dispute the
word of a gentleman ) Set ! cut a canal
57 miles long from Bnbastls near the
present town of Zigzag I mean Zaga-
zlg to Heroopolls , at the head of the
Bitter lakes , then forming the north
ern extremity of the Suez gulf.
Herodotus another old-timer who
Juggles with centuries as the circus
clown Juggles with his old hat says
that 800 years later Necho the Persian
tried a little canal building , keeping
at It till the mere trifle of a hundred
and twenty thousand lives had been
acrlflced in the Job , and only aban
doning It when the great oracle of that
day ( whom he consulted ) prophesied
that the most dire results would fol
low the completion of the work , and
the entire land of Egypt be given over
to the stranger and the barbarian.
Then , successively , the Roman em
perors Trajan and Hadrian ; the
Arabian conqueror Atnron ; the great
Napoleon , who held the hollow of the
Heavens In his usurping hand ; Mo
liemet All , who had butchered 400
Mamelukes before supper , but had not
the daring to brave the ancient
prophecy ; French enginers , English
engineers , Austrian engineers , each
and all , tried their hand , but to no
definite end. They disagreed as to the
level of the two seas. Napoleon's engineers -
gineers estimated that the Mediter
ranean was 30 feet below the level ol
the Red sea , calling for a scheme of
sluices and locks. Waghorn , an Kng
llshman , declared that the level of the
two waters was identical.
Meanwhile , a young Frenchman wa
dreaming dreams ; he was eloquent ;
ho was convincing ; and ho flnallj
convinced Said Pasha that the future
was lettered big with the name o
Ferdinand do Lesseps , and if a con
cession were given to him , ho woulc
make Egypt and France both Immor
tal. Ho got the concession. Sale
cared nothing for the ancient oracle
that had frightened his grandfatho
Mehemet , and so Fate swept on will
her relentless broom and Said was
gathered to his fathers ; Ismail the
magnificent , the extravagant , a prince
of Immense fortune , succeeded his
uncle and also succeeded In plunging
his unhappy country up to the neck
In bonds and mortgages galore ; Eu
rope stepped In ; England became the
purchaser of Ismail's personal hold
ing ( only $20,000,000 saved from the
wreck of J85.000.000) ) which ho sur
rendered to his creditors a short time
before his dethronement and banish
ment to Naples.
Ismail not only Incurred , In his brief
rule of 1C years , a debt of over $400-
000,000 , but ho mortgaged the souls of
generations of Egyptians yet unborn.
And thus did the prophecy come
true ! The ancient oracle spake not in
vain. The land of the Pharoahs and
the Ptolemies , of Alexander and Cleo
patra , has passed Into the hands of
the stranger.
The canal's varied and almost tragic
history lent an nddcd Interest to the
dull and monotonous aspect that It
presents , the flat sandy banks melting
out Into the desert , unbroken save for
the occasional government stations , a
steamer tied to the bank waiting for
ours to pass , or a collection of mud
houses belonging to Arabs , whoso
camels and donkeys were tethered
nearby.
At times , small boys would race
along the banks , easily keeping pace
with the slowly moving steamer , cryIng -
Ing for "Backshoelsh , " to which the
passengers and crew responded by
osslng fruit and packages of food and
noney to thorn.
Great stream dredgers wcro fre
quently passed working constantly to
jeep the canal passable for steamers ,
is sand and silt arc continually filling
t up.
Port Said Is a town of some impor-
ance , very much larger than Suez , but
n the flying glimpse we caught of k
n the course of a wild , carly-mornlna
Ido to catch the train for Cairo , w
voro Impressed by its dirt and nolsu
nero than by anything else.
The ride to Cairo was tiresome for
many reasons , chiefly because of the
lust and llles , and a family who
shared the compartment with us , to
gether with a mountain of luggago.
The changing interest of the land-
cape , however , made us forget tha
innoyanccs , for were not the scenes
of the Bible spread out before us like
an open book. The shepherd with hln
lock , the camels either resting or
marching slowly , the mud houses sur-
ounded by palms , the women carry-
ng water Jars on their heads , walking
splendidly , swinging lightly from their
lips. A family working among the
'ertllo fields ; little girls tending goats
ind winding wool on a distaff as they
watched , or else n venerable old man
n floating draperies riding a diminu
tive donkey.
During the ride wo were much edl-
fled by one of the English party with
us saying as we passed a station :
'There's a fine engine , a splendid en
gine , by Jove ! "
"That's an American engine , " said
he other man , adding , before we had
lost our little glow of patriotic pride ,
'but we don't care for them out hero ,
they burn such a lot of coal and are so
very dirty ! " To our humble sugges
tlon that perhaps they made up for
this defect by being fast , he assented
condescendingly that they were fast ,
"but so dirty , you know ! "
The great barrage , near Cairo , con
structed to hold back the surplus
waters and thus irrigate a larger area ,
was begun in 18o7 from plans made
by Mongol Bey , a Frenchman. The
English tourist never lets slip a
chance to boast of his country's su
periority in the matter of the reincar
nation of Egypt under British "occu
pation ; " and a good story is told by
Consul Penfleld of one of these globe
trotters who was inspecting , with a
proud air , the great barrage.
"Yes , It's a great work , and these
foreigners ought to better appreciate
what we are doing for their good. This
thing has put them on their feet ,
financially , sure enough , but I don't
see that they show any gratitude for
our having built It ! "
"I beg your pardon , " said the en
gineer in charge , "but this barrage
was designed and built by French en
gineers. "
"I didn't know that , " replied the
tourist , somewhat subdued , "but any-
Water Jars on Their Heads.
way , they have to get an Englishman
to take cae of it ! "
"I beg your pardon again , " said the
gentleman with U. P. W. on his cap
and shield , "I have the honor of be
ing a native-born American citizen ! "
The tourist walked away , muttering ,
"Well , I'm going back to the hotel be
fore some one tells me that a Fiench-
man built those pyramids over there ! "
At every station wo saw great
crowds of people and passed trains
packed like sardines. Our Interest
was profound when we learned that
they were pilgrims just starting on
their long and tiresome journey to
Mecca. They were bound for Port
Said where they would take ship for
Jaffa , from there traveling to Mecca
by camel and hortebaok , though the
great majority go all the way across
the desert on foot , thereby attaining
added merit. Beside assured salva
tion , a trip to Mecca gives a man the
right to wear a turbun of green , the
prophet's own color. ' and the title of
Hadji , and when he returns to his
home , ho would quite naturally fresc *
over his shop or house door the his
tory of the pilgrimage , a purple train ,
a red boat , a string of green camels ,
and a yellow mosque before which n
man in a blue turban bows himself In
prayer. Beneath this highly decorative
record ho would henceforth sit serene
ly wearing his green turban , and
smoking his narghila , trying to look
unconscious of the looks of respectful
admiration not unmixed with envy
' 'hut arc cast in his direction.
NEW NORWEGIAN MINISTER.
Ove Gude to Represent His Country
at Washington.
Washington. One of the most Inter
esting foreigners who has coino to the
United States In recent years on an
ofllclal mission Is Ovo Gude , the new
Norwegian minister to thin republic.
Mr. Glide , who is about 55 years of
age , Is o son of the famous Norwe
gian painter , Prof. Hans Gude , whoso
landscape nnd marine masterpieces
caused the old Kalsor Wllholm to In
vite him to take up hla residence in
Jerlln.
The newcomer in the official "for-
ign colony" at Washington has had
n Interesting career in the diplomatic
ervlce. Ho was attache ot the lega-
Ion of Sweden nnd Norway at Paris
n 1S77 ; In 1S79 was appointed secre-
Mr. Ovc Gude.
ary of the legation at Berlin. Ho
served as secretary of the legation in
in 1S91 and was sent on a
special mission to China and Japan in
1897 and 1S98. Ho was minister to
Spain and Portugal in 1900 and In 1902
was made minister to Denmark , where
lie served until the union between
Norway and Sweden was broken In
1906 , when he entered the service of
his own country , Norway.
Minister Gudo was a widower when
ho went to Copenhagen. There ho mot
and married the daughter of the fam
ous Danish soldier , Gen. do Stleru-
helm , who was chief of the Danish
general staff in tlio war between Den
mark and Germany in 1SG4. Mine.
Gude , who is much younger than her
husband , Is an accomplished violin
ist. Minister Gudo has two daughters ,
1C and 17 years old , by his flist mar
riage , and these will soon join him
in Washington.
QUEEN HAS UNIQUE BUNGALOW.
Gothic Door of Alexandra's Residence
Is Half of a Rowboat.
London. Queen Alexandra has a
unique bungalow. It is in Norfolk down
by the beach of Snettlsham , a quaint
watering place of 15,000 people. The
beach , a favorite with the queen , Is
crowded In the summer season with
holidaymakers , tourists and others.
The Gothic door or main entrance to
the bungalow Is nothing else than a
rowboat cut in half. The outer walls
are of bright yellow cast stones
brought from the Snettisham pits and
Queen's Bungalow Built of Coastwise
Material.
the blocks are laid in the rough with
numerous projections.
There are two main rooms , one for
the queen and another for the attend
ants , and between them Is a small
lobby which also gives access to the
oirice. Around the queen's npaitment
runs a five-foot high dado of dark
stained vertical boards and above the
cemented walls are incrusted with
stones of various hues and mussel ,
cockle and other shells from the
bench.
population of St. Petersburg.
According to statistics just Issued
the male Inhabitants of St. Petersburg
outnumber the female by 12-1,000. The
total population of the capital is now
1,454,701 , showing an increase of 230-
000 , or nearly 19 per cent. , as com
pared with the census of 1900.
Llpton Spent Much Money.
It has become known that the three
attempts made by Sir Thomas Llpton
to capture the America's cup , the In
trinsic value of which Is about ? 250 ,
have cost him $500,000 for yachts
olouo.
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Eccentricities of Genius.
"Genius is freakish. It is claimed
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"I know one of them geniuses. "
"And does ho touch every post ho
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