Show MABE MABB AL KAHIRA the city of or coiro and gamt J Cai cairo or alair nl al kahira as E egyptians call it when tl they do abbreviate it into lasris about a outtie the natural ita tural center cente of the realm rea linand and ie is situated on anthe the cast bank of th eNile twelve miles above the apex of it ita delta one hundred and fiat 11 fifty milea by rail from alexandria and eighty miles west of suez it id bult partly art v on oil the pl plain ain I and partly on the lower er slopes of the rocky range of Mon kallem the citadel being two hundred and fifty feet above C the tile level of the town from front this rain part the view of tho the city rity and the surrounding country ia unsurpassed ed even in the east for magnificence enco end and beauty beamut the cuy city with its strong walls walY its lofty towers its many gardens and squares its pala ces ita its mosques and ita its dwellings which I dirt dirty and squalid close at hand are alarming cl charming arming to the view at a distance the port of bulak the gardens of Shu brathe the green islands in the broad river the tree dotted val I ley of the nile bounded on the north by the towering pyramids combine to form a scene that is well worthy of the enthusiasm of the descriptive pen of the writer cairo formerly occupied an area of about seven milca miles in circumference but during the reign of the present khedive properly who was born heroin 1830 has been extended fully two miles modern civilization has to some extent done away with the huts buts and hovels that formerly disgraced it and in recent new and broad streets have bears been cen cut through to t the more crowded portions of the city esbe Es be keeyah the principal square which was long permitted to lio lie waste and neglected has been transformed into t public garden gardens with a lake in th tits center while houses and shops of considerable pretension pretensions are architecturally T have sprung up in tho the neighborhood the main thoroughfare is tha boulevard mehemet ali abich traverses tho the ci city ity in an almost northerly direction from the citadel to the Es bo keeyah in spite of all these innovations however tho the city ergel la largely retains ita its oriental orienta I ca character ch chiefly I fly noted for dirt and squalidness and in hundreds of its narrow streets street one l LM L M fin doff ant anuw mr bf ment most of the bouses houses of the poorer inhabitants arc are mi miserable mud bevels with filthy courts broken windows and tattered awnings water is as rare a commodity as ashon hon caty esty among politicians and the creeping vermine vcr mine combined with the general filth and nastiness for sewerage is is unknown in this part of the city make them pleasant places to avoid tho the houses of the better class of citizens aro are built generally in a style of elaborate arab esque with the windows ornamented with stained glass and shaded with prok of f graceful woodwork w r tho the courtyard court yard always has a fountain shaded shade with palm trees and the principal apartments aro are paved with marble and ornamented with r richly ical in inlaid I aid cabinets and other works hoftke of the upholsterers art cairo contains no less than four hundred mosques which causes it to rank in egypt it as brooklyn ranks in new york as the city of churches it has another similarity to brooklyn also in that most of its preachers are of the sensational order like talmage Talma gc the citadel of elkas el kas lah was built by br saladin about ls and contains a palace erected by Alc henic t ali and a mosque of oriental alabaster founded by the same pasha on the site of josephs hall tho the most ma magnificent mosque in ill the city is the mosque of sultan el hakim the patron of the bruzes founded in 1003 are famous for their elaboration of architecture re the mosque al azhar the tile splendid ia is the seat of a mohammedan university in which the koran is doled out gratuitously to such as desire to study its contents among the buildings that owe their existence to modern european influence are the italian opera the F french rench theater and the hippodrome the Public Library in in tho the palace of the darb AIga manig abounds in copies copies of th the koran and and hi I especially rich in grammatical works the tile study of grammar and the disputes over the rules and construction st of languages being favorite occue occupations actions of the egyptians in the tile way of educational institutions there are colleges that accommodate 1045 et udena and teachers and pre preparatory institutions that have 17 pupi pupils 71 the to mosque al azhar azbar has pupils there ate also a judicial school a school of art and industry at buluk and military schools at the yah there are also mission schools connected with the greek coptic armenian protestant and roman catholic churches the population of cairo is bf a very mixed ed and cosmopolitan character eherd are to bo be found at times representatives of all the th nations on earth aud and the regular sus SUB when any is taken shows shows natives nubians and of soudan turks 30 M jewa jews and aad and over europeans tho the german and english colonies arc are numerous ind and both have churches tho tile irish arc are not specially mentioned from the central situation of the till city of cairo and its proximity to tho the liot hot sandy deserts it is much hotter there than nearer to the coast but llie the dise ams aca i from rom which it suffers mostly such as the plague plaue epli th almia almin and malignant levers so far from being duo to Cli climatic Matio cause causes arc are evidently the legitimate outgrowth of the stifled filth with which the city abounds at present the death rate of cairo is larger in proportion cut ro portion than any european city but this ia accounted for by the fact that many of the natives come back to it at the close of their caris crand die lie within it its walls to a true a death outside of these sacred enclosures is is a symbol paradise the greatest greate A mortality is during the w winter inter and consumption carries off more I ore people than any other disease the temperature is not BO so variable as with western cities the average throughout the year being 71 the mean of the several months varying from 54 in january to n august angust cust in march and nn april dApril tho the south and southwest winds sometimes raio raise tho the thermometer to 1000 in the shade obade but this is seldom the fashions in Cairo Chiro unlike those in this part of the world seldom change you can always tell if you know flow how bow what sect family or dynasty a man belongs to by the color of this turban A green turban marks tho the descendant of tho the pro prophet liet or a mecca pilgrim tho the clergy and scholars wear ligat cul col ored turbans turban captains jews and non moslems wears dark colored turbans tir bans those of the captains being blue and of the jews yellow thus on one is never at a loss to classify the men he lie meets casually and is never I liable as he be is at times hero here to take a barber era ora hotel waiter for a solid banker the file women sensible creatures dress belter better at homo ionic than abroad and save all their chief adornments fo for r their lorda lords and masters when walking aking or riding they wear a light colored silk cloak with very wide sleeve sleeves over their dresses and also a veil that covers the whole face except the eyes reaching nearly to the feet icet the me women of ot the lower class rd debeir i AT kilar kil dr fai t t ulam anda and ne lr arms ag in civilized mothers arc wont todo to t do one of the principal jal human products of the city 13 is blind beggars who call themselves the guests of god and the prophet cairo has good water works but tho the people have lavo never been able to give up their old balkas sal kas aa or water carriers who still carry on this trade it is a fashion when one wants to be ul tra charitable to hire one of these makkas clas to giro gire away draughts of w water ter in the street tho the donor stands beside him and receives the prayers ra c of f those who partake of his clia charity it this his is the most fashionable leva way in cairo of wiping out ones sins the vendors of fruit although ugh outward dirty and unpromising enough arc are ever so much more charming and sweet voiced than your huckleberry and catfish women and when they sell oranges instead istead it of yelling ranges I itan gisl I at the top of their voices they deliver a brief brie fand and harmonious ad dresa dress to thia this effect mcdede bermis el loz ya malila mahla bened el bahr which being eing b translated means help Emba beb help I tho tile dupins of are better than almonds af a monds oh how bow sweet is the little eon son of the diverl the man who sells you tou figs invariably presents Pre them with in the name of ol 01 the ibe prophet figs I and almost every trifling sale role ia is prefaced and followed by a brief prayer they arc are a very pious people but veri very dirty and not over honest |