Daily Republican., 1881-01-13
SONS or TnE DESERT.
Cuatoms aud PccuItariiic~ of n
Troupe Of AFnDs now in tie Uni
ted BIAtea.

CUstOms amt PccuItari;ics Of n
Tronpe Of arabs now in tie Uni
ted States.
Describing tribe Of Arabs Iog in
this country, the N4w York San says ;
The troups inclnaes sel!um Hsshim,
the Arab guide who was the first &c
discover Livingston in the Stapl-y tx
peditlon; sheik AoCu Dayeh (Ei Bsja'
les), E Bea0uin reed player and dancer,
Sheik Youseph Agdeh (El Ramlaree),
who was married when eight years ell +,
and became 4 father at twelve year !;
Kbswadia Yakoob (Rl Bahzoozir), Z
sword and dancer and tan bourpiSt;
Kxawadis Yakooh (El HaWee:), play
e- on the Syrian harp; Sheik HohatO
usd Sul4imau IL. Mal0weel whirlipg
iervish from Bar lad, and James Rose
dale and his cousin, Ecbeccs kosedale,
lgrae!ites from Jerus slem' The Arab
represent the JstusiteE, Edomite5, Mos
bites ard Ishmssi,es. Tie only tansl-
member Of the party is Reb.cca, tue
Jewish girl, who is singularIy fair,
Rith large eyes shaded by long bl6cS
laghes She was in native costume and
wore 2 head dress of tiue stuf embrold
cred with gold thread. She had nj
skirts, hui wore long, baggy trousers
0. br3cated silk, drawn sboui her
ankles.
The most interesting member Of the
party is the Be2oW!n, big Arab, with
astriking aud fierce eye He and tbs
deFvlsh, WHO is faithful tollsWer OF
the prophet, are rarely on good terms.
4 few days ago he said that it was q
pity that the camel which bore NohSm.
med in the HeGira did not break It's leg,
SO that the prophets neck might nave
been broken also, AID then there would
not have been any MOhsmmed Suleiman
whirling dervish from Bagiad. About
the English that the B4douln sptak.
is parEot-likc repetition Of the iltru.
duUtion of the MJAGmneian IS 4
weerliDg decrveesh i!tom Bag al. -
! lie is cuiet Of 500 men in his country,
Of whom his father was alsO chief. lis
mother, to whom he Is tenderly at.
tached, is iIGfm from having been
thrown from camel uPon wlich SIZE
was trying to escape rom a band Of
robbers that sprpriscI her sons camp.
The Bedouin's ;aste for highway rob
! bery IS 50 strong that his manager does
not think it safe 10 p rulit him to have
an opportunity to indulge it. Olive!
Wendell Holmo5 and The poet LoQgfeI,
low called upou tbs troupe in Boston.
Mr.. Holmes examined with int.res, q
fine old Damascus sword. He said tc
the Brdoulu;
"Would you cut of my head with
this?"
"No,' said the Arab, 4 Hould cut
Of your enemy's head
cater watching the Boston women
the bydouin said; II Woult no. like Il
marry an American. She would be Ia.
man in year, and would havc to d
the cooking"
lie saw q ballet performance in Boz
ton, and as the Ailazous filed out il
their pink tights, he asked whether
they were ali Orphans. "OA, 20. SaiG
The Interpreter.
"Eave they brothers and fathers ~
asked the BsdQuin.
"Yes," he was told.
"WeI," he said, "wLy don't the;
kill these girls. Iwould, if they we've
my sisters, bgior' a0uld allow tLcu
to appear ike this"
The whirliug dervish Is a pi9u5 No
hsmmedsn, whose devo:Ions, as tx
hibited 10 an audience, are said to b.
sincere. He is oblivious 10 his SUI.
roundiugs as he hOwls AID wbirls. In
his dressing room he kisses his hat both
at the rim and upon the Crown When
he puts it on, and ne takes of his shotL
wnen he steps upon the prayer rug. II
anl ers him 10 see any one with ahoes
on tread upon the rug, and he says he
would knock such irreverent Chris
tiaus down II It we're safe 10 do 50. Fht
rug is over 300 yeafs old, and was sto
len from mosque.
The dervish carries, as his badge o.
Office, battle az, descended from til,
Saraoen5 and mads OF Damascus steel
The howling of tue Dervi4h is to eiEni
| fy that ne is ready 10 serve God with
all his might, and his whirliug is TO in
dioats that he will go just where God
pleases to turn him. He is truo Ish
mGelite, and believes tina! every mans
hard is against him as his hand il
against every man. The dervish rs the
only one OF his party who cares moth
ing for money. Accordingly he Goei
not sell re!iss or products OF the East
James Roseda!e, the interpreter o
the troupe, was educated at Klugs col
lege, under the patronage Of Hora.i,
Bonner, the author Ct the hymn
l"What q friend we have ia Jesus
ais father is 4 learned pundit in Jeru
salem,
| As ths Arabs appeared in their scene
Of salutstion, hsrleriDg, teasting, mar
Trying and rObbing, they seemed to hav
stepped cut of picture Of Orien!a
scenes. The sword dance Of El Bah
Izoczte is interesting. 1t is the dance o
a chieftian beiorG Li5 warriors as the,
rsturr IrOm battle. TIE dancer bran
dishes the sEord so swiftly that b
seems o. timeG to he behind a sheet Q
mirror glass III BahsOoze's title i
taken irota his large eyes, and the nam