St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

footed Turk with crate on his back
yellS out "3achsheesh" and behind hlm
stand the Turkish soldiers with guns in
their hands and with swords at their
sides. 1t is motley crowd, and you are
glad when you have gotten your way
through 1t and out in the country.
AMONG THE SHEPHERDS.
My trip to Bethlehem was made In
the spring. The hills were then dotted
with olive groves, whose leaves e shore
like frosted silver under the bright SIM
OF Palestine, and the plains through
which the road passed were covered
with grass as green as that Of old Ire
land. These were the plains on which
the shepherds lay when thew saw the
star, and there the shepherds praze
their sheep today. l saw perhaps a
dozen bearded men In sheepskin coats
who were watching their flocks on these
Judean hills, and their eyes were kind.
! and their faces full of character.
In one place saw family of four, a
husband and wife and two children.
Whlcn might nave represented the HOLY
Family, with the addition of John the
Baptist. One child sat in the mothers
arms, another squatteI ef6ss-'t.iy;-,., nm
the ground, while the father Law on his
elbow and looked curiously at me as I
drove by. The faces of all were fine.
| and you Will see nowhere more striking
features than those of these natives Of
Palestine.
1t is out in the country districts of
Palestine that you realize that You are
In the lands of the Scriptures. l saw
dozen old men during the Journey
i whose patriarchal faces and long white
DeardS reminded me of Abraham. Isaac
ana jacob and an old turbaned Syrian
wearing long beard who rode behind
me on donkey made me wonder if he
was not second BALKAN, aud why his
| long-eared beast did not open its mouth
and speak. Away off at the back I was
shown the site of the town of Mizpah.
where the prophet anointed Saul as
KING Wnen he was out hunting his
father'S asses, and the inn into which
| christ turned to break bread when
he conversed incognito with two of
MS apostles was shown to me. The site
is now occupied by Greek wine shop,
with a billiard table as an accompani-
ment, and it is within few miles of the
spot where David with his little stone
the great Goliath slew" l passed this
place in going to Bethlehem, and find
that there are plenty of stones there
still, and a lusty, bare-headed Syrian
youth was playing among them, though
did not note that lie had the sling of
his mighty ancestor. 1t was not far
from this point that | rode through the
Identical land which was owned bv
Boaz, the richest farmer of his day.
when he fell in love with Ruth, and dis.
gusted his neighbors by marrying out
Of his sphere.
THE GIRLS OF BETHLEHEM,
! | don't wonder that Boaz fell in love
with Ruth. The Bethlehem girls are
among the beauties of the East, and
you will find more pretty girls in the
Mills Of Judea than in the same amount
of territory anywhere else the world
over. A shipload of these Bethlehem
maidens, if they could be transported to
the great Northwest, would capture the
bonanza farmers of the Dakotas just as
Ruth captured this great land owner,
BoaZ. and when they came back to
Washington as senator's wives they
would be the bellies OF the capital.
These Bethlehem maidenS are fair
skinned and bright-eyed. They have
straight. well-rounded forms. which
they clotbe in long dresses of white
linen so beautifully embroidered in silk
that single gown requires many
months of work. This dress is much
like an American woman's night gown,
without the frills and laceS. 1t falls
from the neck to the feet. aud is open
at the front IN narrow slit as far down
as modest decolIete dress. Over this
gown they wear sleeveless cloaks of
dark red stripes, and the head