The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12

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at the same time u take a grips cR IN eaci
hand. Next, and apparently WI. no gFea
iuconve1ieace or discomfort, ne "a oSIeA Oh
the distance Of about five blocks t. the motel
I feel sure that the combined welg 10 OF tn
trunks and valises carried by eacis N thes
sturdy fellows could not have beer Il - lnai
$50 pounds. Needless to add, we All IooAeo
on IN mute establishment while tlS ptO
digiOus feat of muscular power an0. agIIitl
was being performed.
Port said may be described as having
been created by the Suez canal, on Il v ives
side Of which Il lies. Ii IS a city con
sid rab,e population, at least the ha Il
which live in a wretched suburb to the YES
of that paTT Of the town where the ira F5lel
lands. the city is situated for the gre re
part On a strip q low land, treeless, sne
possessing no natural feature Of iltert
Geogra phIcally considered It Is lnterestn
because it separates the Mediterranean st {
from Lake Menzsleh.
While there we saw an Egyptian funeral.
A procession consisting of about twenty
men, at the head Of whom were two MOslem
diguitaries. preceded the corpse, which was
carried BY six men on their shoulders Inc
body was incloSed in a white casket, 20 the
head Of which was fastened piece OF rough
wood in an upright position. This object
was partly covered with a thin, white
veil, and on the yelled part were
suspended the cheap jewelry and some OF
the hair Of the departed, who, we under
stood, was young girl. The cAsket was
followed by about thirty women dressed in
black, and nearly every one of them carry
ing nursing infant. That one Of their
number VINO was their leader held in her
hand a shred of calico which she stretched
aud handled between her hands as boy
handles bean-shooter, pointing in her
fpoVeTupufs IN the ceEEGt This OUriOus
performance appeared in my mind as a
thrifty representation of the ancient Gus
tom Of rending the garments es an express
sion or intense grief. Not content with
gesticulations, she repeatedly broke out in
means and shrieks, ard these were taken
up in dismal chorus by the women follow
ing her. The first part of the procession
stopped at the door of mosque,
which the women were not permitted
20 approach. To lift the casket within the
open door was the next proceeding, after
which the two Moslem dignitaries whom
/ mentioned before followed 1t into the
sacred building. first takiLg off their shoes
at the entrance. Within the mosque, the
clergymen, as we would call them, stood
near the casket for about three minutes,
seemingly engaged in prayer. We could
see the whole ceremony without difficulty,
the door Of the edifice standing wide open.
into the Street, where the procession was
reformed as before, with multitude of
yelling, grinning urchins on either side Of
1t. The cemetery reached, and the entire
company having passed In through the gate,
DR.. Talmage and the writer prepared to
follow them. The women, who were last
in the procession, thereupon turned fiercsly
upon u.s. jabbering and gesticulating
to a degree Which seemed TO intimate that
rtn frt nv,fn tha ~ -
the cemetery they would tear us to pieces.
Two or three of the men then undertook to
explain what was intended by the demon
STATIONS OF the women, vigorously shaking
their heads to tell US that we must not fol-
low them, and pointing outside the gate as
indicating that was just where we ought to
be. We promptly followed the instructions
so ingeniously conveyed. The person at
whose interment the author of the Life Of
Christ" and reverently assisted, as far as
we we're permitted to do so, was poor, and
the casket which inclosed the remains was
borrowed for the occasion, the corpse being
in it only during the ceremonies aud the
procession to md from the mosque. After
ward the body was permitted to slide out
into the ooeu grave. Then the casket was
removed for service on a future occasion.
1 cannot take leave of Egypt without say
ing Something of the wretched fellah, who
LUZ lnOuS1Ulo VI 1thIb utS Q6BU LIb N1cLlin
of hard usage. Nothing could be more
pathetic than the patience of this poor man.
Suffering and cruelty he takes to be newt
able, and g matter of course in his expert
ence, and never loses his temper because of
such trihes as those. He does not like to
pay taxes, and will submit without grumb-
ling when famed for weeks by tue bias.
tinado rather than pay them. Poor fellow,
he never has much and saves the little he
can save, excepting as he is occasionally
the victim of an unthrifty impulse When
the great man of the district approaches
the fellahiu salaam in mute reverence be-
fore him, aud touch their lips with dust
from the street in token of the Vener-
him. A coward by habit, sthe
fellah does not resent the use of the
stick on his unoffending shoulders, if his
presence is considered unobiectionable by
the mental who applies it. His house CON
tains almost nothing on its earthen floor
His wardrobe consists of only one garment
| and one quilt is his only bed Dates are
staple article in his frugal diet, which con-
sists. besides, of unleavened bread, vegeta.
! bles eaten raw, aud milk, which he drinks
! sour. The wife of his bosom is no better
off than he, excepting that she is spared
some of the abuse which ne encounters il
the outside world. Her solitary robe
| mean excepting the veil she wears-i
cleaned with piece Of earth and much of hel
time is taken up IN active, and, hope, sue
cessful attempts to kill the fleas which
haunt her attire. She carries her nakeC
brats astride on her shoulder, and till they
are years old the matter of their COSTUME
never engages her attention at all. Spit,
of his helpless wretchedness, the fellal
sings at his toll, whatever it may be, anC
his few hours of rest and recreation ar
solaced with music The peasant inhabit
ant of the delta of the Nile presents
striking contrast to the dignified Arab, tina
free son=ef the desert. He does all the har,
work of the country and gets all the kicks
Our busy day at Port Said and its sub
urbs ended with our embarkation in tn
evening on palatial French steamer, bounC
for Joppa. LOUIS KLoPsCH.
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