Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-13

is one and n half days journey from
here. From Il come all manner OF
sweet. rich and penetrating per-
fumes, frankincense, gums, barSs
and balsams, which all kinds OF
merchants here ut Jedda burn
In their shops TO attract trade.
ARABIANs
are not 10 be confounded with
Arabs. The latter are merely sons
or mixed descendants Of the former
in other Mahommedan lands. The
true Arab or Arabian is muscular
and beautiful as to physique. The
physiognomy is regular, the features
classical, the beard handsome,
though mot very heavy. The face
seems intelligent; but he is not In
reality intellectual. He is bold,
and will rob rich pilgrim with as
good grace and as politely as he viii
lodge n poor one. The Koran has
something to DO with this. An Ara
bian travelling through this desert,
mountainous country, If POSSESSING
only n dollar, will not start out until
provided with a big cutlass and
sword or spear 1.-TWO white armsl and
one fire arm at least, either OF
Which-pistol OF ancient Moorish
guns fired by ilint stone. Conf
dence in each other is scarce,
though they permanently al
dress each other as "BrOth-
er'', and so! friend" Men
and women dress as much as possible
in gauze, lawn and thin muslin.
The heat requires 1t. Men wear
sandals instead Of slippers or shoes
The upper straps OF these sandals are
Of multicolor leather, often embroi-
dered with gold and silver. Ladies'
street shoes resemble a stocking
made OF yellow kid, without heel OF
undersOle. Boys 90 around naked
very often, and little girls wear n
primitive though beautiful belt or
girdle from which hang several
hundred straps like shoe latchets,
all full ofpreciOuss sea shells. Abound
the neck hang charms and coins,
around the ankles are silver, bruce
lets adorned each with n dozen mimi
Azure sleigh-bells Of silver which
tinkle sweeIy as they spring
about.
FANATICIsN.
The Arabians are fanatics aboveall
Mahommedans; and why not? Nice
ca is the city Of Rlbbna Jour Lnrdl.
Here Mt sunrise God drscends and
C.~ells until sunset, 10 return again
ON the morrow; and IL Is the city
Of the chest" prophet. At Medi-
ma Fatma il buried; at Jedda,
Father Adam. Then il is the He
jaz-the pilgrim land. At times it
would be more proper 10 call that
hypocrisy which seems fInaticism.
One day l gave a pilgrim food; we
ate and drank together; an hour
later, in my hearing, this same man
fell upon a co-religionist who had
just taken n drink OF water and
said: cart thou Of Islam and
drinkest by daylight during Ram
adam? 1.-THE month Of fgSting, when
they eat 10y night only. I have
aeveral times been upbraided for
eating. = gentleman said to me
not later than yesterday: Thou
dog, KnOwest not thou it is rob
berry not to .'fast?' / answered
him, and he retorted: "Never
mind Turkey or Constantinople;
they are IN the hands Of dogs
filthy Christians; but this is the
Hejaz." And he threw to the
ground what | had In my hands,
telling me TO 20 hence and eat.
| said, Wherein the sea?''" No;
go into that den''-tthe salOOal. 1
asked, lis 1t better for me 10 drink
strong drink now than TO eat? He
spat ON the grOunj, stamped his foot
aud swOre: "By the beard Of our
God these Christians are cunningI
Never can We hinder their dOings
or catch them in their words.
Wretchesi Dogs! Phew! But God
helps, and Whist is "irritLeH - JUTIt
teH," said he. AS 10 me, house
less, where could l go and eat but
on the street? However, they are a
good people in many respects.
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