Show street scenes in cairo ff the liveliest imagination cannot form anny notion of the infinite of ft street scene in cairo tho city 11 is about thirty feet wide and leads from the tho park and the frenchi quarter of the city where are alio holds cafcas tho hills it is lined with small shops allot which have no windows ant the whole front stands open to the street tharo are perhaps a dozen french c dry stores aliat have show windows that is all in the busy hours the street is crowded but jet not eo much ai a cross street near alic farther end which bazar street ns the bazars anro entered from it and it is exceedingly dillie hacic to get the right name lor anything among arabs on anin days this street is a perfect jam it asli bcd with little shops there hundreds nf women with faces will squat on lie ground about three elect lect in front of the shop and duplay stocks of prea cakes pieces of sugar cane a stiv pairs of slippers and other goods of lie crowd slowly moving in opposite directions there anro many men and carrying tras water jars or other on their and all women who carry children place ilicin astride their left shoulder and lie little anc soon learn to linn on to the or wrap covering mothers then a glnn bearing a gont skin of water occasionally squeezes through he throng and a woman completely enveloped in black silk riding astride on 1 donkey with feet drawn up as hiigli as possible goes along next comes a carriage with a sais or runner in picturesque costume who goes ali cail carrying a gold tipped rod wath which lie urgently taps people who fail to get out of the way at his binn shout of left ancnik right the crowd way for alio carriage amt about as makes way for a boat closing in behind it alien comes two or c bur willi liue eloids of clow their long necks and supercilious noses extending over tho crowd As all the people arc cottu mcd in bright colors and strange styles alic jam seems tons more like 1 grand especially 13 cen body 13 so good natured cd and jost aing i 1 of course the b arc the inot interesting places in chiru there anro sections for almost every variety of business gold and silver work slippers rugs and carpets saddles perfumery spices books crockery and dry goods all have a EC cr yon mop out of the crowded street through an old arch dav and find yourself in ba ajr where tlc alc workmen arc busy ham arring out all sorts of jewelry such as bracelets necklaces etc the gold and silver bazar consists of a doan hort short s narrow passages about six feet wide running around corners this way mid that and loosely roofed lats or matting the spice between lie buildings is occupied for about eighteen inches on each side vi ich a platform about as hiigli as an ordinary chair chith is called alic anasta bah anil is an extension of the bloor 0 the shop this is for the to sit on alic natives dropping their slippers and silling on their fret according to lie turkish fashion alie space between alio llio bahs is only about feet for alic passage of the public and in esit is for two persons to walk abreast the ground is and uneven ami leing wet down twice a day is often slippery alic dusty dingy buildings and the dilapidated ance of the co coching cring gives to the little lanes a afy nast look but alic impression is removed when you look fit the goods dip lacil by alic shopkeeper hicar shops are about live or frix fed square and open in ho front A part of this space if occupied by a workman alio w ith a little furnice n hammer small nicil pair of and a few other tools is working silver and gold into shapes bitant will open an old safe and show aou very beautiful gold and ilver ornaments which they leavo manufactured in same styles as were popular and fashionable IMO or thousand years ago as proved by old jewelry or pictures found in alio llio ancient tombs alic merchant will often order colace to be brought and you lake a cup shaped like halt an agg chell and holding about three tabac by way of politeness alie jewelry lacks tho fine accustomed cus tomed to ECU on lucli goods but the styles anro most attractive and show what can be dono by patient iima labor and without tools the goods arc sold very that if when you have gone through the regular custom of baat ing the asking a price down to about bouc it three days to make alic iso of gomo coveted article at alic lowest pric but as it prolong our visits to the bazar and the enjoyment of lie people at work and llie panorama that is constantly moving by wo do not consider it a misfortune while alio chop mccin aau to enjoy the time spent in making a bargain the slipper bazar is about as narrow us eliol of the gold and silversmiths and nil manner of red and yellow slippers with queerest pointed toes aro offered for sale tho manufacture of alio pers goes on in these liello cubby holes one I 1 noticed had a space of only three feet wide and eighteen inches drap and this is parti occupied by narrow for his goods lie has barely to sit on his acet between lie side tho other bazars arc not so naj biow say from eight to ten feet wide in alic perfumery auar may bo found the odors of 1 fl from altar of roses to peppermint and the civility anid patience of chanta arc admirable they you to it down to iko liko l cigarettes or coli ce and taking a bottle of precious attar of docs rocs ironi its tin box will put some upon thu handkerchiefs of all members of abo parly some of alic speak a little anglish or french and seem to bestow unusual attention upon travelers ut they arc bot to bo trusted as regards price and will take double tho real of their goods if alio is not liuis awake cairo cor springfield YIM publican alic india rubber alan is ing a good deal of speculation for the new boik medical men he gave an a few nights ago of his wonderful peculiarity after acin thoroughly lie stretched the skin of liis forehead over ills entire face lie skin on his fully a foot and alio llio skin of his legs ocr ids knees and tied it in a knot and hen when it wis released it resumed to its iribe 1 i i rf |