Show if F ply BAIll there magic in that name it calls up to mo me a vision of eastern splendor of nabobs nabors of gold and myrrh and frankincense of stately palaces of harems peopled by dark eyed georgian georgina and Cir cassion girls in silken trousers and jeweled turbans lolling beside fountains whose whoso water nver plashed and made music in their ears of gorgeous tropical nights of heavens thick inlaid with of bright gold of gentle breezes laden with all the pe per umes rumes of araby the blest but the many changing years havo havn made their difference here as elsewhere writes A W weddell lu lus los angeles times and it is to a far cry from now to tho the time when vasco do gamas victorious galleons swept around the capo of good hope and planted tho the portuguese standard along these shores after years nut but oven even after years jears of contact morn or less frequent with the west ern world the country presents today much of charm and beauty a land where it is always afternoon with mith every bypath by path leading to peaceful yesterdays ter days no na longer do strangely garbed europeans arze from the decko decks of stranger vessels over an alien und lend yet still the harbor Is peopled with dhows from mankat and lamu camu and the shores of india peopled by dark swarthy natives who bring down shawls and rugs and corded bales of persian and arabian and indian products and bear away amay cloves and ivory and copra prior to the building of the uganda railway which pierces the heart of sultanate was active our thrifty now england and explorers sending out the cloth known knon to every native as americana Amerl Ameri cani cant and receiving in return cloves and gums and ivory it will surprise many to klow that the sultanate produces perhaps nine tenths of tho the cloy cloves 0 11 0 of f the world in climate and soil the two islands of zanzibar and bemba seem scam peculiarly adapted to the growing of this plant though it is really a native of the having been brought over by the sultan sayyed said nearly a hundred years ago many of the trees arc are said to bo be ninety years old al though most of the clove plantations on zanzibar island date from 1872 when a cyclone swept over it doing fearful damage to the trees an interesting story Is told of an american ship captain whose vessel lay in the harbor at the time of tho the tornado and which weathered the storm realizing that the clove trees were practically wiped out ho he crowded all sail cpr aden then tho the terminus of the ocean cable line ho ile brought his ship to anchor about a mile from the town himself took a boat and rowed to shore gaining tho the telegraph office he sent a cipher dispatch to his principal in america telling him the news and suggesting the cornering of the cloves in the world this was as done and my chronicler informed afe me that tho the old sea dog never had to mako make another voyage the clovo clove trees begin to bud about january or february aary and the picking Is done any time after july continuing for about four months as the trees ripen irregularly when the cloves have been picked they are expose dyn an mr Z I 1 ALM IN the continent from Mom basa zanzibar town was the great tor for this whole coast and the hardy merchant or explorer who desired to gain the interior must perforce pel pei force come to this place for his porters and also to gain the influence of the powerful sultan in placating the many savage tribes lying between him and bis his destined goal tha entire island Is eloquent of the names of great explorers and travelers mungo park livingstone stanley emin pasha durton burton and a host boat of others the house which livingstone occupied on bis his several hero Is still pointed out and it is said that the older Swa bills never pass it without salaaming in memory of the daunt less soul which once dwelt there one of the very last links between livina stone and the zanzibar of today is the venerable father etienne baur of tie vie roman catholic mission he ns been at zanzibar or on this coast for or close C ose to a half halt century it was he who when the body of livingstone reached the coast after its long trip on the shoulders of the faithful native servants prepared the remains for burial tibe palace the palace 6 of tib is also pointed out a huge pile with a superb door of which a picture gives but a taint faint idea in 1833 america negotiated a treaty with the sultan of mankat who at that time ruled over the dominions of zanzibar as well in 1836 our first consul was mas named and from that time nn nu tho the trade between america and the mats mate to the sun tor for six or seven seel days and are then sent to tho the customhouse where the government exacts an export duty of 25 per cent in kind another great product of zanzibar is copra which Is the dried interior of the cocoanut coco anut the cocoanut trees grow throughout the sultanate without cultivation land Is sold by the number of cocoanut trees on it A tree will yield from to nuts a year the crop Is gathered about ev evry y four months A distinctive feature of ianmar Is the beautiful carved door seen in every house those these have generally an elaborate carved border with versos verses from the koran introduced the two wings of the doors which are about four inches thick are studded with braar which gives back the rays of the brilliant tropical aun sun approached from the ocean tho the town presents a beautiful picture the snowwhite snow enow white whito aral houses are set got against a background of soft tropical green lying close to the shore are the hundreds of native dhows with their quaint sails while farther out in the deep waters are the foreign ships A prominent building on the waterfront water front Is the palace of the sultan which suggests a hotel at one of our atlantic watering places with its wide verandas and square lantern back of the palace are the remains of the old fort erected by the portuguese and hei heie and there are to be seen the flags of the consa consulates lates of the various powers conspicuous them be bing the stars and stripes |