New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-18
PURSUED BY MONEYLENDERS.
HOW TRAVELLERS FARE AT ALDEN.

from correspondence u The Philadelphia Time
Travellers en- route to India and the East In ges
eral often meet with curious incidents when making
purchases of curos;.es or changing tner money int
that of the country they may Oe In. Once wnen
.Hrn TO allow the numerous tmen, vendors and
guides to aboard. the vessel was completely b.
siegeI by Jew money-cnAngers
There IS no mistaking the Eastern Jew or COD
founding him whn he Ishinaetes, for the distne
ton between the two religious races Is most marked
The Jews particular manner OF dressing MS nan.
and the long thin cIris hanging down each side Of
the face between the ears and cheekOones. proclaim
who and what he is. To see these creatures one can
help thinking how. indeed. the once mighty have
fallen. -. .,.,-
large money-bags Of silver; intercepted. worried and
followed ey aG0q s "s mSsh
stewards could do 20 keep them out OF the caonk
Ny friend and asked one Jew wha5 the s rate q
should receive twenty sh!llings, or twelve rupees 'or
a pound. This rate was. Of course, oDtainaoe rom
having already some knowledge OF the almost daily
nuc,uation in the price Of silver n the East we Ds
Nothing daunted, five six OF the Jews jumped
into their boats and followed US to the andns stage
along the streets to our hotels There seemed to Do
no way OF getting rid Of them, and W. had not pro.
ceeded far ere the party was augmented by rur.ne'
changers" all the same class Of business oe1,
Rupees began to advance by hsi annas Mna
Fifteen then sixteen rupees were offered but sni1.
ings. curously enough. did not adyaEce one jot !;
by cnang ng our god. after refreshing ourselves
we set off to walk 10 the town or Adeh proper sons
distance away among the hills co,,. ,,,.a
The terrible heat soon Weared as some niea
donkeys and galcped along the sandy roSds ~ ca
amazement the Jews followed our exanpie;; Wnaa t
lot OF trouble 70 make "a little per shent Arrives t
at Alden and desiring TO MAKE Jew purC onSs,
OF curlos for which IL was necessary Drs 10 .ohr.
our gold we thought the faithful and jealous ioas.x,
ers deserved some consideration. ana 80 "e'''
ue SnH st ,ne fun i b. gan The moment the Jews
derstood the situation they nnened on the srouA
Ne were pulled this side and that s1s ,n!t Know
%por sa n2 sskes we're nearly on b. his tm
and hats hsl los thei. ;h2ps anu the din was
nrap S AM was ever man in such ~.
comp,eteiy hemmed in. and all for the SAKE VI ''''N
ing nm to o chanfe nee Change one pound a.:
PHRASES that an not ffn Of y svsr Taking
one handful began to cunt Tee w rd E,.t Ind.
CONS some British. French G1rman anu '''@'
iar iO nointsd ont further coins were ads.a
very slowly and regretfsily' I'LL the a'"o'''
surely all this excitement was worth n'''e "'-
there was not single clean coin among me 10.
and thought they felt very rough SO oysr
them ali for another lot this S., time AMI Ip oescurr
.oe m noq to closely examine them hold hem I'D
all but toe E rd y owes IN; being good
discovered that every coin was IT'LL, a IL n.
and through, in numerous places very d ''r not be no
Taa1ipe angry and disgusted threw the none!
lie
shoulder. said: Let MS get out OF ms n 70
perience had been similar to mine attsdp ~ and
break through the ring We were as'onshe" u "'N
no one would give way. 49, -, ri, and this
Bacsheesh, bacsheesh"' the Jews crieni ana "a W., We
was ecnoed and re-echoed by the crown: 80 az |,
were expected to make presents.lt hot 'nse i ,ro
business-for the entertainment wnich thes hdp nv
'v.ded. ,.s ,,s,,., our nsta
So abreast we struck out. first this way anu ~.
lew after Jew rolled over. but soon were Oh ~, :.
feet and rainei showers of blows win we suapS
and belts upon our shoulders. The cro~n dtounS
began yelling and dancing vita delight, anu n,s n
we're the sly attempts-and successful ones, ~.
made TO grab the coins laying in heap, on s IN
ground The shutting OF feet helped 70 als.'lnti ns
the Money and in a Very short spice Of time cons
were rolling about the ground what p 1,s' hs
and iuprecations came from the jews ihey "a
came frantic and began drawing their knives ANU
attacked the nearest person ,o,.
Afrairs were looking serious and We were anxo Ss
~ get awav fierce free fight set III between wv
lows and Nahometans and blood flowed freely.
We we're too far removed from the Military quar-
tors 70 attract any attention; and considering az
erection the better part OF vaor TOOK 70 our n.rs
ana hed 10 the main road. resained our donSe''
and "a lloped off back 10 Steamer Point.
'rhe next dav we heard great riot ana nsnt na9a
taken place during the night. when quite nuha'es
ne~sons had been killed. and the Jews driven out o.
he Town BEYOND the fact OF two white men p ~
arst connected with the trouble the authorizes "er'
unable 70 trace anything 10 us