The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-27
A PEOPLE,,
Inhabitants Of alonika Who Arc Jews u
Heart. but Turks to the World.


Inhabitants Of SAl0nika Who Arc Jews 81
Heart. But Turks to tho World.
In these days it is somewhat difficult
to find anywhere peculiar people who
are not public property; about the Nor
mons of America and the savages Of
Central Africa We know as much, il
not more. than we know about Our
| selves; so that it was with considerable
satisfaction that l came acrOss a Pc
culiar people who. in many respects.
Out-MOrmOn MOrmOns, and have Gus
toms as quaint Is any to be found in
Central Africa. Moreover. they live
in Europe. in the ancient city Of Salon.
ika. and come of the most ancient stock
in the world. namely. the Hebrew; they
are bound together by ties that none
dare break; they are Il dOuble-faced
race. u race with two distinct religions.
a race which leads two distinct lives,
protesting openly to be followers of
MahOmed. while in private they pro-
fess a religion of their own. accepting
the old Hebrew traditions. yet believ-
ing in the first advent of their own
Messiah. and living in daily expecta-
ton OF His second coming.
The Turks call them '.Dunmehs." or
''renegades." their Jewish brethren
call them '.hypocrites." while they call
themselves Maimeenim. or ''true be-
LEVERS" For the sake Of simplicity
we will call them Dunmehs. and We
may take it for granted that they are
disliked by both their wOuld-be co-relig-
iOnists and in consequence they have
been compelled to exercise u secrecy
in their acts and deeds. a fact which
has rendered them a mysterious people
in the midst of busy mercantile world.
During u recent stay ut SalOnika l set
myself tho task of investigating this
people.
SalOnika may be termed a New Je-
rusalem. As there are no less than TO-
900 Of the seed of Abraham within its
walls; almost all the business of the
place is carried on by them; the quays
are gay with them in their quaint cos
tunes. the men with their long robes
lined with fur Over q tunic Of striped
cotton or silk. while the women arc
decked in the gayest color possible. and
adOrn their heads with caps of green or
red. closely bound Over their fOreheads.
and hanging down behind in a thick
trail embroidered with gold thread and
terminating in a fringe of gold. while
around their necks hang strings Ofpearls
and other jewels. These Jews of SALON.
ika are perhaps the most fervid adher-
ents of the quaint rabbinical doctrine
to be found anywhere nowadays.
During the days before the Passover
you may see Jewish women at the
tOmbs outside the walls in their long
red clOaks and white mantles round
their shoulders. wailing over their
dead; turbaned rabbits stand at the gate
Of Karamilia to conduct families. for q
consideration. to the graves of their
relatives. there to excite them to
by reading portions OF Scripture.
and finally to drive them home again
like sheep when the ceremony is over.
with lacerated arms and faces uttering |
bitter walls. There cemetery the Jews
call 1.-The house Of the living" for the |
dead they look upon as alive. and pass
ing the first eleven months after their |
departure in Gehenna, where they can
intercede for the living; consequently
this period the death walls are
which are in point of fact in
many cases more intercessOry than the
outcome of genuine grief.
If a rabbi of distinction dies, you sec
women rush forward to thrust
into his hand for delivery to de-
friends a he is carried on the
bier Ito the house of the living"
On the Sabbath day no Jew of Salon
ka may carry any burden in his pocket
no money. no tobacco. no scrip-sO
hat Il jew with a cold has to wear q
handkerchief around his waist. At q
pot where the walls have been pulled
Town. of late years the rabbis have
a wire, so that the idea of
he city being surrounded by walls may
Ne kept up. and the computation of
days journey not interfered
With. Such r among the doctrines
# the orthodox Jews; from these their
'enegade brethren are happily exempt;
md. though despising them as they do.
IN orthodox jew will not scruple to
make use of the Dunmeh. who may eat
UGH portions Of flesh as his own law
who may come in and light
lis fire for him on the Sabbath and
OOk his food, for it is unlawful for q
Jew even so much as to
ight a brazier to warm himself withal
I the weather be cold on a Sabbath
ay.-LOngnan's Magazine. |,
An Ancient Powder.Horn.
There has been presented to the JEFF