Telegram-herald., 1890-02-16
IN THE HOLY LAND.
Or. Talmzge ar Nazareth and
By the Sea Of Galilee.
rsE AIsERT or TURKISH wOxEN

.faaFr.s.E 1911 u f....lz 1850 asa Hars
t0esr sraSTrsoFTE. Jsa. q iSs8 NV
aH er ended wlta q description ~
N.flas. where 4s st1d for lhe nlzat
IAerr suaa- .ther things. se saw the
So. III aha8s ivofr la ace O. rte ulag-
ceaG architecture once surrounding
ahIcb over Ef.y g.gaatle columns or
81 ar-. sll ia upright posilion. give
aa4ndaaf testimony Pa f.cr. - lllner-
aa. az ghe evidences to tile .ailff .llIiess
and .rlsrso ortalsess of ths Scriptur=7.
f4s ir IaIlale-. 4l.l9aga ever or-no-
aeE l.-a. llat a.F rhs llDls has be-
.-uls lo lIm 4 Iea book ~ "-licn the
HaIy land itself a lle mr-g s-lanlls
eo.aal-ntarg
Carly ID ard early at 1.-THE only
rr.ct .ra1.- way ~ making trip Ike
Co.'S irliF sueee,st vas azala Gaze or
4ec at -l- lt' ana o 1-@- = found as IN
one s-lills really iJr INC occasion. NO
hant4e-l-An cea4esefi-s are very numer-
ous in te-a eou--rf, ami "e had lon5 De-
Tore t-a leco-l' quite accustomed q
seeing tleini nuL lnls morning oar Allen-
ton Has specially directed % one lg q
large Ehrons ~ women VINO were moan
lls AMI weeping as Enough they lad just
lad away one very dear 70 the-r hearts.
oA inquiry ws FOUND JhAs "l-h lae No-
hammedAns u Is customary Tor the wo-
men 70 visit and weep every Friday for
one year at the grave oi their departed.
an4 the grlet manifested on such coca
sions exhibits al the freshness aud earn
esrness usually occasioned oy recent
los And hsre THIS chilly morning thin-
lY clad were probably hundred and
hfty women comforting each other as
besg they could while gr.eglng and
mourning their own bereavement.
The pic Ia which Il IS said Joseph was
placed by his brethren before their dis
posll of him 20 the IshmaehtisA mer-
chantnlsn was pointed out 70 rs, but on
readIng the text and comparing it with
the place and rs surroundings Or. Tai
mage pronounced l- un2uthentic. lt is
now well, and whole regiments OF
women were either coming from il or
travelling 20 II, adroitiy balancing oriental
water lars on their heads. Sweet water
"a not 70 be found everywhere IN Pales-
tine, and private wells are altogether
unheard Of. Wherever wei IS found
II is public property, and the women
come from near and far 70 secure a sup
ply of the necessary fluid With faces
veiled. bosons half uncovered. feet bare,
they present a strange appearance. and
though most Of them, while naturally
quite pretty, have been rendered posi-
lively hideous by tsttooing and staining.
ones heart is moved with pity and sym
pa1hy for these patient creatures. whose
form alone distinguishes them from the
beasts Of burden. Here woman has
no rights. Her husband owns her
body and soul. he can divorce her
90 will without consulting any law
One act of cisobedience may result in
her being cast oH. \ water jar acci-
dentaLy broken entails corporal punish
ment. and not infrgquentiy do these un-
happy women, after meeting with an
accident % this kind, absent themselves
for days from their miserable homes 10
avoid such a catastrophe. So far be
meath men are they held IL some Iocah-
ties that they are not considered it TO
pray, and hence are not permitted 10
enter q mosque, but, when their over
ourdsned hearts yearn for relief in
prayer, they may. II they So choose,
kneei down = the outer court. without
tho gate. and there otter Up their nm
worthy petitions No woman. said
Dr. Ialmage. "who has not visited this
country will ever fully appreciate all she
owes 10 the blessed influences Of our
glorious Christianity. Heaven and he'll
are not IN stronger contrast than are the
dear women Of America and these Of
Turkey.
On we went. crossing The magnificent
plains of EsdraeIou. the great battle
heid Of Palestine, every inch cf which az
some une or other has been drcnchel
with tne blood % tho slaughtered. To
the rl5it oi us iiy N1n, from which tho
WIDOW only SON was borne ott Tor
burial whom Christ. moved % pity.
causeI nim - re restored 10 tle lei-
was O1iooa. where hinS saul ar3 his
three sons, and among these jonathan.
lost -heir lives whllo ~ contention WITH
the fniilstlnes. tii1oon 5 Fool. whore
his On htnl three hundred Tapped water
axe dogs, iaT an hour journey OF orr
path. and We were about 70 pass it bv
rather than delay more than two Hours
making Tho round trip. whom pr. Tale
mage o6lecte1. insisting that he must
ace 10 U it took ai J7r. Thi-her ue
went. and "a refreshing drought ~ Is de-
hclo1fs water repaid rs for rhe EFFORT