Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-11-07
Trials Of T.raveE IN Palestine.
BASaouT, GAhILEE.


but we have never found land
where there are SO many difficult
ties and dangers to be encountered
as in the HcIy Land. The native
Arab pn pulation ha te with per-
feet hat,a. every one who Is not a
Moha,nm,s3an, AMI as the Turks
have sole and unlimited power in
the land, their inf ,olence, ,freud ana
dec epsior against Jews and Chris
tians are something shamefully
w,tocg ON the one hand and griev-
oussw humiliating on the other. At
thspott of Joppa one gets his first
lssso'l. Like all the parts of Pal
sstirepoppa has no wharf Or docks,
SO the steamers must lay far out
at sea and passengers are taken
as ,hore by the Arabs IN small boats.
a price is agreed upon and the
passenger gets in tie boat which
I after leaving the ship, the "bak-
shesh' robbers for such they are)
demand double and was inform
ed fifteen times tbs. price agreed
upon, before they will lanI the
passenger. They howl, threaten
to throw baggage and passenger
|oyer-board and if q man is un-
armed or a little timid and has
ladies under his care the chances
lare he will be feeced and there is
lno redress on shore. We haye
paid in advance, agreed to all be-
tfore a native port policeman, and
Eyet scene was sure to be enacted
Eon landing, in which baggage
would be pulled and knocked about
kin most damaging way, and a
complete denial would be made
| that any money was paid. What
can you doa Well if you call a
! policeman it will be as Jew once
remarked, sthe Arab is always
right and the Christian wrong,and
tpay again you must, bnt if you
lnaye partner and are too strong
for the Arabs as was once the case
with myself and Rev. Mr.. Brock
lway of New York. We were BE-
ling imposed upon and forbes~
Eceased to be a virtue, anc
, ttie htened up on the wa ;ns
+ Icouple of them az oo1lors Of
a sample Of .L,n n nave the,
a Christie IL tre sntn s nower
3 th: % ms right arm, and the
~ "a as docile as lambs. I
.,s is not necessary only in vel
,extreme I N cases, for an equal stu
sn- born demand with their own "
rom usually secure ones rights wn
one has an equal chance, whl
however is very rare. An Anne
Ma ;can passport should be respect
'em- the world over, yet the Turks " "
,ior- not accept it and hence IN ral' "a.
pa tine we had to travel with lu
he- ;sh passport and pay extra
Having 1t stamped at every por'
ction CITY we entered. The money
oked the country is complicated $
~ tenn of coin, composed of tln'gl
ratio iron, @ brass, copper and silver "
'puo- the money of every country
Far Europe included. Few forelgl
ever learn it and hence the cha
for fraud by the money chan|
,end- is great and they usually take {
Y last cry advantage. In buying Il !
,,otss the Arabs they will rarely re
Wv, y. the right change or give
ion to a foreigner. They seem to
no respect whatever Tor truth' Z
a esty or justice, and | was lnf
offer al that they regarded it as
Tues gious right to rob from ana
III for the Christians. II SO, have q
- hid da1t proof that they live up tt
IN naI ~ mart oi their religion. They
aee u 10 have no shame when disco
in in theft, and to insult them Is
to impossible. They will pr
hold one until it comes to driving
' from YOU with a stick, for at
!. ~. he they gather around at . sta !,
Ineipie' landings and hotels and toilo
ted to stranger from place to place
inten- they must be driven away II
,ost;on many dogs. They take all
'e''' of abuse and often it has no
Stances on them. One will dash a
and tell you that place ol
sbould building is called SO and So
. e hold out his hand for bak.
foreign then another will tell yop Il
leeisla- low .lied" but such and suca
t home, truth, then he wants bak-she
will have SO you are tormentea oi!'
coma Of Ihours until you pay them t
'" as YOU alone. and 60 away, wh v.
o goois the way is done too ofte
that can hence they hang on sna
american keep out of reach of STICK
motto of they get their bak-shesh q, a.
seek another upon whom tn
impose. They intrude IN
on Matt. seat on the cars, and at tn
. House rant and wait your exit at y
s!tel and dog about after yo'
Is one Oh street uptl you return, an
speeches ever they esn get their h'
y. Free they carry away. 1nea
her dem lnection there are beggars
. - stand dreds and venders OF eve
NV e. that the Orient produces.
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