St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-25

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Landing Of, ,Jslae. 1)n Geihis bsgAal
MS 0bseryati9ps vi once-. lOppe 10 ON
of the Oldest cities in. the, world. a16
the first p6ssiUse landing place as ops
sails norsAwarlifson Egypt." ."Ys & there
Is difficulty in Landing. :ReefS of roctl
detend the shore, the bay u shsAOw.
sharks Sre not unknown, and the. coss,
b much exposed Your vessel anchors
halt mile oAt ss rs<a. ana q throns
Of 1idtish- -bott0ned is oobles sos,n sur,
round the ship 10 carry pasAengaz
through the opening in the reefs tp
land : A bal,el'Uf cries. unintelligible
70 Western.eAi. kns thesmf;b.,t by de-
E1ees the molly crvi 0fsAeck passen-
gers, OF the most varied pstisaalitln.
veiEed women, shawlcoverpl Arabs,
black NulnansNs ith thaif red fe ;es. brown
Lersntines. turbaued SsrMns. Or Egypt
iArls with. their Aowins. robes ~ an
shades, all drift by dagees cnts ils
beats. and for a time At Least you see
the last Of ti,eif red or yellow slippers,
and hear theiPn noisy ajargon 40 more.
Then yen. who -taSs ,1hn,ak posstsass
from this crushing crowd lqf oaisstaH.s
have yohr turn. and the skilltpl and
strong ARMED troarshi;ehf Hwhisk YOU
through she opening In Me Ytcik atrOes
the shallow harkOrs Nad,fhsE ssn1dealy.. b
when you are twenty pr thirty wards Of
shore, YOU are seized and carried in the
bare arms or on the the back OF a boat
man. through the shallow water to the
tumbled-down old quay builsof ssone'
from the ruins of C~sassa, a.d a last YOU
find yourself tresding on ~ solrof tia
Holy Land. -
Not a very digniAed entrance, per-
haps. but the boats could not approach
closer. and you have Jared no worse
than the head-cyed Greeks or the hook. |
nosed Romans did thousands 81 yearx
ago. At one psfiod Venice oasg gariixed
q spring -Apd .aaitaun packet-servicsl
(how strangely moaera that sosnndsD
to Joppa and built . nolotoprotect the
hutsinee the reign ef the .'unJ
spcakable Turk every thing HAS fe-
lApsed into q state Of mvsis1re.. And 90
rOm the earliest Tins Phouieiap. sRM
Egyptian. Roman sssl Crusader. Eng.
ish and American, all haSe t0acknOWl.
'ige the P9wT Of tho reachsraS ~
efa sfr .,...4t : a. .TsisiuSS =
Pursuing our way through tho street.
se find it rough enough. Ou6e paved.
he stones have long sipce risen o. nnk
lhss~ o. s-hslow. thsir spssr,ss leseaS
hiss-bins and seNas being appsrentiyf
like unknown to the idle. oriental.
VERY kind Of foulness bestrewsth the way.
Tho buildings are Of stone, with little
e no wood anywhere. timber being
carce in Palestine. The arch is, hence,
nivsssal As YOU ramble on you see
hat no light enters the shops except.
ron the front that they are, in fact,
like miniatures Of the gloomy
oles sometimes made out OF railway
rches in England. - Il
Tables Of cakes or swectmeats line
1e narrow streets. Rough awnings Of
lats. often s0rely dilaPfdated. or tent
oths. or loose soarsis resting on =
ckety struehlne of poles. partially
,ade the roadway Now xe meet ~
lrbaned wstescarrisp with. 1 huge 9
Iin bottle on his back. The b6tsle sie. =
fact. dsfunct ealf. With water In
cad Of veal within, and without legs,
,ad or tail. asia otering . most SoftfI 2
Q illustration Of the reference TO the Q
acing Of new vine u old bs$tles.o ' 81 .
Further on We see a bare-armed and
Ire:le0ged individtal IN ragged sknll- Y
p. cotton jackee. and cotton kniGeerI q
'ckers. chaffering with some roAdAade .
lckster for ,s0ue delicacy. costing a ~
rthing or two. from some a ,tAe uAs z
skets On the table; the bsarl1ea' vead- =
. also bare-armed and bsre-legked, =
8 as he tries % sell. his head syashetl q
. white and red turbau. and hin hedy Z
pink and white eottOn... .rOf courss II
re IS q loungel at his isids hokiae q 3
nsen again we sec AZ, Arab. in, .:.kefi- v
I" or head shawl. with abspd Of cam Y
'-hair rope, very soft around hia bt
ad 10 keep the flowing gear in hal q
'sssand brown and whiters,yippoa n
bsa" for his outer dress; he is bar ID
ming for bridle at q saddlers, and w
ing to- eheapen1 il. and the sadales =
crosslegged on 2 cpputer snd lin- N
= shady projection Of wood and ca
ds. ~hich gives AimT mueh-neaaed,j ~
de-. fAhd thps ,Ye. sec rglsnAcs oi p
inary every day fiIe in ,hs. SO town "
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Making Modern nu"";ss.;u SSe
,...t nv E-sl sstq snf,S
gentlepnsn who has just returned ! =
no an extended foreign tour WIS sc
cd Why he had not brought home Us.
n Egypt. among other curios, a
mny. He said there was 4 great 10
OF fraud in the mummy business.
sons purchasins uummies, 6fcOurse IN